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
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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
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