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MEDFORD MZTE TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORTCfiOX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 3929 FXGE SEVEN WEALTH 1100 HEIRS TO OF ASTORS St. Louis Attorney Leading Fight for Group of Claim- , ants Estates of Fifty . ... Millions Sought De scendants of John Emer H ick Say Forebear Founded Fortune. , . By Ix'liim Jj. ChvGlef, Wnltod Press Staff CorrMpondenf. ST. LOUIS, Dpp. IS. (U.!) - In a little law office, littered with nfffrinvitH, letters, questionnaires and photographs, sits a man who may lend 1,100 persons to wealth wealth from the coffers of the Afitor family. Calvin I. Hoy, a St. Louis attor ney, Is the man who is represent ing this croup In the fiht for nn estate which has been conserva tively estimated nt approximately $50,000,000. ' Although they have encountered several IorhI rebuffs these eleven hundred all descendants of one J.lohn Nicholas Kmerick who. they claim, started John Jacob Astor In business over a hundred years aijn continue with crlm determina tion the attempt ta get what they claim in theirs. Having already lost their first legal fight in the United States distrin court . in New York, the Mississippi Valley Association of limerick Heirs is preparing to ap peal Its case. If they lose the np peal they are planning to take their claim to the United States supreme court. " When the appeal Is heard the court will review incidents of more than a century ago which tho Kmerlck heirs say took place-r-fi.nd which the Astors say didn'fc x Old Agreement Found. - The story which the Emerlcks will relate in court was, until re cently, a family tradition, but !n 1926' the discovery of n. will and trust egreement was made. The Kmericks say that they are the misslner documents which prevent ed prior settlement of the case. Tiro story, handed down from generation to generation, says that Emerick, after giving Astor hU start, in life as a business man, made Mm his partner-manager in his $1,500,000 fur business. Emerick died In 116, the story goes, but prior to that time Emer ick had entered Into an agreement with Aator stating that his share of the business $1,000,000 was to continue under the managership of Astor but stipulating that at the end of 90 years the heirs of the Emerick family were to receive his entire estate. The Emerlcks claim that tho estate has grown to 60 times Its original value. pocumciiu In Trunk. The 90 years expired In 1907 or therenhouts, but the Emerlcks did not collect, although, they claim, the Astors offered to settle At that time, providing the will and tru:.t agreement could be. produced but they were missing. In 1926, however, Mrs. Edna Carnahan, an Emerick heiress, dis covered what the Emerlcks claim to he the missing documents in the, lining of an old trunk which be longed to her wealthy ancestor. .Then came the organization of the Mississippi .Valley Association of Emerick Heirs with 1,100 mem bers and the selection of Hoy as their lender. The primary reason for their organization was to cut the expense of conducting the legal fight. Months of hard and costly work followed, then came the hearing but the Emerlcks lost becnuse the court held that the suit should have been Instituted long ago. Hut the Emerlcks say they had only a tradition "long ago" and without evidence they could not be suc cessful in a court fight. Now. during the present term of the United States appellate court, the "Legion of the Eleven -Hundred" stands ready to Attempt to overcome another great obstacle in its fight for fortune. WALL STREET'S WORKERS PEIS FANTALAUS One Hundred Million Dollars Will Be Divided As Christ mas Bonuses By Big Con cernsMorgan Aides Get Year's Wage. V. J. Emerick, former mayor nnd loe.il citizen Is one of the claimants to' the Astor fortune nnd has been active for several yenrs. in joining other .members of tho family in pursuit of the recovery action .noted above. WASHINGTON TOWNS ALSO AIR CONSCIOUS - The aviation committee of the Spokane chamber of commerce has found that 67 towns In Wash ington have been given "air desig nations" where they were previ ously unmnrked. This Indicates the "air-mindedness" of the com munities which can now be Identi fied by any pilots or plane pas "They work while you sleep" When the bowels need help there is nothing like cascara; nothing more efficient, nothing so good for the system. Any doctor ican confirm these facts. Candy Cascarets give you pure cascara in a most pleasant form. Take one tonight. See how fine you feel all next day. Without discomfort and without harmful effects-this gentle laxative cleanses , the whole thirty feet of bowels. Cascarets never produce that nauseous feeling usually asso ciated with the use of laxatives. And their action is so natural that there is no danger of forming the laxative habit. You can take them as often as you please or give them freely to children or old folks. A coated tongue or a laden breath is a signal for a candy Cas caret. Or a sick headache, or any sluggish feeling ; any time you be lieve the liver and bowels are not functioning fully, Cascarets will sweep away accumulations in the lower bowel. They are sweetened with pure cane sugar and flavored with real licorice, making them the .ideal laxative for children. Full medical endorsement proves their principle is right; the use of 20 million packages a year proves their effectiveness. NEW YORK, Dec. .18. (P) The New York World says today that more than St on. 000,000 will be distributed as Christmas bonuses In the financial district, mostly to clerks and bookkeepers In broker age offices and , banking Institu tions. ' 1 ' A survey indiciitos that the pay ments will be na larse or larger than 1928,' the largest on record. Despite the crash In stock values many firms Willi niake new rec ords for net profltA in 1929. J. P. Morgan & Co., which never reveals Its bonus plans but. is re puted to have paid n, yenr's salary ns bonuses for the . last several years, was reported likely to follow the same policy this year. Among bonuses nnnounced are; Ooldmun Sachs & Co.. a year's salary: , the -Chatham Phoenix Na tional bank nnd Trust . company. G per cent; the Bank of the United States, up to 10 per cent; the Chemical Bank nnd Trust : com pany, per cent: the International-Madison Bank and Truxt company, .& per: cent ;lhe J. 8. Hache & Co., up to CO per cent of a year's pay;' Barton & Barton, 2ft Iter cent; Clarence Hudson & Co., up to one month's salary; the K. 1. DuPont -De Nemours company, liiO.OOO shares of stock with a market value of approximately $2,000,000. -i - WILSON FAVORS STATE AND FEDERAL AID FOR I The . following communication, written by 13. M. Wilson, member of Medford's city council, appears in the current Issue of the Air' port Construction and Manage ment, a monthly publication is sued in southern. California: "I am in hearty accord with your views as expressed . in your editorial, on federal and. state aid for airports...! ,5 - " ' We are just cornplotlng Med ford's new Class A airport at an expenditure of $120,000, author ized by a Medford municipal bond Issua in April, 1929. While we have exerted every .economy in our construction, and have car rled out every detail necessary for the immediate need and re qulrement for our port, we real ly.e that the neur future is going to demand more. The expendi ture of $120,000 by our little "City of 15,000 people' Is a commend able effort. How our future wilt be taken care of Id yet a problem, for we must guard welt agalnut a too heavy tnx burden. . "Every developed airport gives ndded opportunities and benefltH to state and federal activities. Fed eral and state aid has been given for the benefit of rait and highway transportation. Airways are equally entitled to aid, , particularly so' where municipalities have gtv their limit In preparing a way for government .and other trans portation lines. I hope your ef forts will he-well supported." I valescents around tho stove, all of ! I mem iiikiuk turns in iiiukhik iousi and joining in the daily rorecast ol what the next meal would lie. That's all there was to ilo-r think about tho next orfcring of rations. "1 know whut'll bo our Christ inas dinner," said iank Joe, the I'ennsylvanla coal miner, "lteef hash, that's what. Wo had em- Just another day as cold and I banned beer roast yesterday. drear as yesterday. And tomorrow j . "You're l ight." snld the others. probably would lie the same. hitch predictions never had fallen. To tho othens in the dozen or so .mioh uroggeil nrouna aim ine American bnse hospitals that! mess line began moving. A star- swam on the muddy plains or : tnng rumor nriueu uown me line. Mors-sur-Alller, It wus Just anotb- Turkey and trimmin's! Turkey er day, too. aim trimming! Mars-sur-Alller was a place of Ann would you ueueve it, mere mud and snow. was turkey! They were tougiih Draughty wooden barracks, ench i giiblors arid ran unbelievably heated by a pot bellied sheet iron ! heavy In dark meat, but they were 101H Ily ClieMtor I- Sluiw Mars-Sur-Alller was conscious of Christmas at C:S0 a.' m. The bugler heralded It with first call after he had thawed the lec out of bis horn. Tho calendar snld It was Christ mas, anyway. To Henry i.bkiiib, second class private In the Ameri can lOxpedltlnnnry Force. It was niRnin ATiriN of lUMUCV PDfllJl0: mum muiUi) in b ra i tho general credit deuimnt on tho bunks for funds, tho rr'rve pur chases eligible commercial paper from the banks ho they may have ! ample funds in hand for all needs without borrowing to excess. . niCXVKU. M If Key Conn. Den er. outpointed Xawy Abad, Clev :tnl. (H. JACKSONVILLE PROGRAM AT GYMNASIUM FRIDAY JAOKSONVIM-K, Ore., Dec. IS. 1 (Spl.) A Christmas tree nnd pro gram will be given nt. the .school gymnasium l nibiy evening. The teachers are preparing u wplenditl ChilsiiniiH program, and everyone In the community is Invited to attend. stove and containing r- white steel cots, housed wounded men. '; The 62 .men In Henry's, ward were typical. Rome merely umd flesh wounds, some had lost anils, omo legs but none had lotttviv petites. So when the bugle sou this twenty-fifth of December, ward awakened eagerly. Hunger is a good alarm elm . Henry made his bed, milii fashion, nnd dretwed. Dressing easy. Knch . convalescent had uy fius a real turkeys. The dressing was Knggy and the mashed potatoes re sour, tho damp wooden table was cold and cheerless, but this was Christ mas nnd a Christmas dinner. : l - lTnclo Sum had not forgotten. That "was Christmas, 1918, Government Reserves Tap ped to Fill Purses Shop pers-More Money in CH JACKS0NviLLE BUILDING dilation During Holidays, to HOUSE APARTMENTS for Gifts. I : JACKSON VI Ore., Dec, 1 A. i (Snl.) J. o. Orchard recently pur chased the old "Times" bulldln,. 1 nnd plans to repair and change the! interl'ir for apartments and rooms., Toniglit Thru Station KGW at 9:00 o'clock Uaten to Ilruuswick I&revUics The best entertain ment on the air. pn Turkey ami triinmlir.s! duty In bed nnd out. .Over the bottom of then) he pulled a pair of heavy woolen socks, then stepped Into his hobnailed shoes and donned an overcoat. ' In that somewhat summery garb the convalescents walked,,, to th,e mess hall, there to stand In the chill' rain nnd wait for those In line to take their plates, gulp the food at a rough wooden bench, nnd make room for the others. Order lies carried plates of food to the bed patients. "It'll be rice this morning," snld Henry to his neighbor In line. . It was rice, with three prunes, ov cup of black coffee nnd nil the bread you wanted. When It wnsn't rice at Mars-sur-Alller it was" oat meal with the same trimmings prunes, coffee and bread. Not the. best breakfast In the world but, ns the French said, e'est la guerre. Henry polished his plate and re turned to the ward. In his pockets were four slices of bread he had filched. He joined the other eon- Uy Cecil Owen. United I'ress Ktaff Correspondent WASHINOTON, Dec (U.l Reserves of the United States gov ernment and Federal Keserve sys tem are being tapped to the ex tent of between $20,0U0,0()0 nml $250,0(10.0(10 this year to fill the purses of Christmas shoppers. The large expansion of currency in circulation for Christmas needs j Ik nn annual feature of the na- lion's credit structure. Unless the measures to forestall It. the rapid growi h a ml cont rnct ion of out standing currency would seriously disrupt credit conditions. Currency In circulation aggre gates about $ri,nuo,uon,ooo during normal times. It reaches a low point in July, but begins to ex pand ns harvesting of the nation's j crops exerts a demand for funds. ; Then In early November , the first sIkii of Christmas is reflected i in n growing demand for nddl-1 tional funds by department stores and other merchants with which j to replenish their stocks for holt- j day trade. Hanks, in turn, borrow) from the reserve fund system to! meet these needs of their custo mers. Gold Coins ns (Jlfls. Tart of the Yuletldo increase In currency Is in gold coins, princi pally quarter eagles of $2.50 each to be used as ballast in the toe of tho Christmas stockings. Nearly $350,000,000 of mviv gold coins are specially issued for this purpose each year. ' . , , ' Virtually, every .kind of cur rency, national bank notes, gold certificates, United States notes, Chinese ;aiiltMT Killed. roitTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18. (A1) Chin Song, produce grower, was killed early today when be was struck by an automobile driven by Itay llarrell. t Sylvan while ihe Chinese was pushing a cart load of produce to market. ; Phono 9 for FURNITURE REPAIRING UPHOLSTERING, REFINISHINQ , FRANK HOWARD 119 West Main 8treel ti:ito tu (i::t0 p.m. Halscy, Stuart I'roBi'am ' (iranHi-ominiMitul) Stir, nvrvlro to K(!0. KIIU. KOMO. lOiW. KF1. 6:30 to t:3(l p.m. I'almolive Hour (transcontinental) NI!C hoi-vUm ' to KOO, Kllli, KOMO. KC.W, 'k'FI. 7:.1t) to S:00 p.m. StromherK- 'arlon l'mram (tranRconti- nontal from Rochester, N. Y.) NBC service to KOO. KMQ. KOMO, KGW, KKI. 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. ."Hunds to Ko- manee" NHC service to KOO, KMQ, KOMO, KflW, KPO, KFI. 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. The l'epsoilent ' Program Amps 'n Andy NHC service to KCH), KHQ, KOMO. KflW, KIOCA. 8:45 to 8:00 p.m. The Hill Hilly Hoys NBC service to KOO, KHJ.' KECA. fl'fln Kt'ttnuwl,.lr llrpvltlen K(1V 9:00 to 0:30 p.m. l'nrlslnn Cjuln- nml llver coln ,s a llplPlIp tet NHC Rervice to KOO. 0:30 to 10:00 p.m. Miniature Biographies NBC service to KOO. 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. Cotton Blos som Minstrels NBC service to ' KOO, KHQ, KFI. KSU 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. Musical Mus keteers NBC service to KHQ, KOMO, KPO. W.:a, to 1S:00 pjn.--LnuKhnr- Hnrrls Hotel St. Francis Dance Orchestra NBC service to KOO - Mall Tribune ads are 20.000 people every day. read by the extra demand for cash dur ing- the Christmas season. Oold certificates alono Increase by be tween 3O,OO04O00 and (40,000,000. End of the Chrlstmns season in early January Is marked by a aud den sharp drop In currency out standing as the millions of dollars spent by Christmas shoppers are returned ' to banks and .resorve vaults .by, department stores,.- . Federal Kosurve officials oon slder It part of their duty to see that this seasonal .currency do 'mand has no untoward effect on the position of member banks or "I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before my first baby was born and I am taking It now for my weak ened condition after the birth of my second boy. Although I never have put on any flesh I am feeling good now and the Vegetable. Compound has helped rpe in every way. It is surely a wonderful medicine and I will be glad to answer letters for I recommend it highly."-Mrs. Fred W. Dave, Madison, Kansas. You pot off;gettmc' a radio for a. ' J whole yea-C says FatherTime. iAAK IT A POINT TO GET ONE RIGHT AWAV FfiOCft Radio Service Laboratory "ELECTRIC WIRING CO." 22 South Grape Phone! Office) 335; Res, 1442 wmwm A COMPUTE eiXAHIKO Junior High i ! n ill take your, car, sir I O parking trouble exist at The Minn I Tnc doorman takes your car when you arrive and place it in a garage conneded with the Hotel. Just hand him your key a you lean the car that' all. Located in the heart af tho City near everything. r I'., rr . qfjeMANX HOTEL1 I SAM FRANCISCO Junior IIIrIi rlirlstlllfls Prosrniii. ' Reporter, Eunice Fleming. , The annual Christmas program will be presented Friday morning at 1 1 o'clock. "My Lady's Tuletlde" will be given by the I class, assisted by a group of dancers, ' . ' The play Is based on the Christ mas customs of old England. Eng lish carols will he sung and old English dances will be enjoyed dur ing the Christmas revels. MY LADY'S YtJLETIDE" Hy Isabelle J. Meaker and Eleanor Ellis Perkins. Characters. Colin ..Helen Patton Oswald ...Lewis Campbell Edgar i Paul Ilorf Mary .....KHhryn Dele The Woodcutter's Wife Mary Thompson The Woodcutter Herbert Nellson Officers from the Castle Earle Pederson, John Rnider. The Wolf Terttko Maruyanm The Lord of Misrule, master of the Christmas Ilevels Calvin Wllloughby The Jester Barbara Holt Sir Christopher Cateshy. stew ard of the Castle Dolph Janes The Lady Illanch.. Catherine Drandt Ladles In Waiting Dorothy Bur gess, Evelyn Leonard, Helen McAllister, Kathryn Robinson. Yule Log Bearers Earle Peder son, John 8nldor. Walts Terkuo Maruyama, Mar jorle Stewart, Russell Ulrlch. Serving Men Mollis Brown, Pa tricia Turnquist. Dancers Mabel Annlng. Joyce Itnnlsh. LaMerle Beck, Agatha Buchanan. Dorothy Oore. Eve lyn Herman. Jean nice, Bar bara Schmidt. Dorothy Core t will play Christ mas carols between acts. Act. I. Christmas eve at the Woodcutter's cottage. . Act II. The ChrHtmas eve rev els at the castle. Act lit. Christmas morning at the Woodcutter's. The public la InVUfd. Prices far below COST f list XI I 1 The Greatest Holiday Shopping Opportunity of the Season! LsA, Beginning Tomorrow 5. Prices Again Slashed New Price Cuts in the Medford Electric's Glean Sweep Sale! Hotpoint Range Model 67 Large 4-plate semi-white porcelain range with large oven and warm ing oven and automatic control. 1226 valile cut to S143.00 Sparton Radio DeLuxe model 110 in a beauti ful cabinet. A regular $415 radio going at $259.00 Electric Double Boilers An appropriate gift for the housewife. $4.50 value going at $3.20 Armstrong's Electric Griddle $12.50 value, now ' $8.00 $5.95 Grill, now . . . $3.55. j Percolators Large "Home Electric" perco lators. $8.50 values cut to $6.15 Simplex Ironer With 26-inch roll, -1 1160.00 Ironer going jr. , . R $75.00 Shade and Reflectors 60 Off Boudoir Lamps attractive. Ich sell for I $1.15 . Especially attractive boudoir lamps which sell for $1,70 re duced to ' Water System Just one left) Automatic Paul system, . $140.00 value, going al $90.00 Wall Bracket Fixtures 60 off Regular Price MEDFORD Electric Company Medford Building No. 33 North Central Ave. Air Heater A cold-weather necessity.' Utlca heater, $10.50 value going at $6.00 Easy Washer Complete with wringer. $109.50 value going at $72.00 Electric Motors Vi Price Exceptional values! Regular $15.00 irons now reduced to Waffle Irons - ii values! one now re $9.50 , ; Johnson's Liquid ) , Floor Wax Assorted cans, while they last $ Price Stock is Going Fast Come While Bar . gains Last IP1