The Weather'
Forecast : Fair, but mostly
cloudy loniKlit and Saturday, with
foe. Not much cliungo In tem
perature. EDFORD
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Temperature
Highest yesterday .17
Ixnvest this morning 11 ."i
Piwipltatlon.
To A p.m. yewtcrday .00
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MEDFORD, OREGON, -FlilDAY. DECE.MBKR 'JO, 1929.
No. 271.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
56 Dead, 56 Unknown.
At Least Russia Flies.
Have You Seen Mr. Burke
Five Deaths a Minute. .
Copyright King Featureo Synd. Inc.
. Fifty-seven men found dead
in un Oklahoma coal mine. The
world will never know their
names, printed only in local pa
pers. Only eoal "hands," ex
cepting one engineer, their tro
usr is a minor incident iii indus
trial development.'
However, the 57 deaths may
cause sympathy for a moment,
a feeling that men ruiininj; such
risks should be better paid and
safety devices developed in
spite of cost. . .
T Just before the war, North
cliff e offered r0,000 for a
flight across the English Chan
nel, less than 50 miles.
On Tuesday, Coste, French
i'lier, set a new record by fly
ing more than 5000 miles with
out stopping or taking on fuel.
Great progress in a few years,
from 50 miles to 5000.- Who
doubts that 10 years hence fly
ing across the Pacific, at any
point, will be pilots' "child's
play," and flying the Atlantic
work for student fliers? '
By that time this country
will- have to think seriously of
hostile air visits from Europe
or Japan. Even our greatest
"statesmen" will get their
minds off archaic battleships.
i
The Russian marriage .system
f is convenient, for those uncer-f
tain. as to their own minds. You
get a divorce in Russia almost
i;s easily as you get a box of
matches in America.
Britain dislikes this, and a
British court refuses to recog
nize a Russian marriage.
Our proud nation refuses to
recognize anything that Russia
does, except buying from us for
cash. We detest revolution, al
though our own government
and titles to American real es
tate are based oir it.
This Anglo-American haugh
tiness may not be wise.
The Russians arc going ahead
industrially and in other ways.
They will be the world's great
est cash customers one day.
Also "All the World's A ir-
craft" reports that o'f all the
nations Russia, in 102!), spent
the largest' percentage of its
public moneys on aviation.
A nation that simultaneously
develops aviation and industry
ys not one to be snubbed safely.
' Various cities want Fred
(Continued on Page Four,
8econd Section)
Till I tlie mhjmmi wIm-m we git
more tb-ne iwper an' etiTl-lor
tor our money limn niiytlilnir else.
'Fannin's good cxenle ma' when
.that's will all' wild." remarked
.lake ltonlley. today.
iEDFORD
STANDARD
CITY AS
AGENCY
Second Floor of Liberty Building Leased for Offices
Work to Start January First Medford to Be Distrib
uting Point for Huge Area, Extending From Eugene
to Sacramento District, Pacific Ocean to Reno, Ne
vadaNew Families to Come to City and New Pay
rolls' Established Strategic Commercial Position of
Medford Recognized Further Development Expected
SAN FRANCISCO. Cat., Dec. 20.
(Special to Mail Tribune) The
Standard Oil Company of Califor
nia has decided to place its main
sales agency for Southern Oregon
and Northern California at Med
ford, Ore.
, Heretofore . Medford has only
been a sub-station, most of the
company's business In the state bo
ing administered from Portland.
Because of the development of
Southern Oregon and the' growth
of its business the Standard. Oil
company, decided that both Port
land and Sacramento were too far
distant to serve longer as main dis
tribution points. ...
A survey of the entire region
was then ordered, and selections a
short time ago narrowed down to
Medford. Klamath Falls and Grants
Pass. Medford, it is reported, won
out easily and unanimously. '
Medford will be the center of a !
vast,' region, extending from En-1
gene on the north to the. Sacra-Y
mento district on the south, the
Pacific ocean on the west, to the
Nevada state line. San Francisco
officials of the company declare
this action is "a recognition of the
Important strategic commercial lo
cation of Medford."
When the above dispatch was an
nounced by the Mall Tribune today
to the small group of Medford citi
zens Informed of the situation,
there was great rejoicing. Promi
nent business men here believe It
Is the biggest boost Medford has
leceived from an industrial and
commercial standpoint In
recent
history.
The east half of the second floor
of the Liberty building has been
leased from the owner, Mayor
Pipes,, by the Standard Oil com
pany, and work will start January
fin), on a complete remodeling.
Mayor Pipes declares the specifi
cations call for offices and equip
ment resembling those of a big
city bank, with everything of a
substantial and' permanent charac
ter. From 10 to 15 families will move
to Medford. principally from Cali
fornia, as soon us the offices arc
ready lor occupancy. Another side
light on the Importance of the
move may be gleaned from the fact
that the assistant manager of the
Standard Oil company in Los An
geles will be placed In charge at
the outset. It is expected that
later on from 3d to 40 families will
bo sent here. A large majority of
the men will be technical experts
and subordinate executives, many
of long exiKirlencc, and practically
nil receiving substantial salaries.
A short time ago (I. W. Perky.
of the company sales committee;
.1. II. Thompson, assistant chief en
gineer: and J. H. McKachern. also
of (he sales committee of Standard
Oil. spent some time In Medford
looking over tho ground and lay
ing out plnns for the transfer and
Installation.
Nepdless to say the company's
mechanical and storage equipment
hero will he greatly enlarged, and
It Ik nxncctcri thnl tint nulv will
other oil companies follow the
Standard's lead, hut many lurge
manufacturing concerns will estab
lish distributing centers In Medlord
for the same Reason that Standard
Oil chose this city as Its main snles
depot between Portland and Sacra
mento.
NEW ZEALANDER OFF
I.O.TON. KnK.. Dec. 20-(fl
P. C. Chichester, a wealthy New
Zcalander, climbed Into the cockpit
of a tiny moth nernplsne Bt Croy
don today and told his friends:
"Cheerio: I'm off to Australia."
He Rot his plane into the air and
took the direction of the continent.
Officials believed he hoped to beat
Hert Hlnkler's record of IS days
between Knxland Australia, evnb
llihed In Kebrnnry. Wi.
nil nnrftTA
I i i i i i 1 1 i i
main mwk?, vo hmMmmSi
iDRiS SEEK aMai " if . mil
lflTY flnl Associated Press Photo.
I J I- III IIJ I I 1 1 ' ' ' ' Associated Press teleilnito of rescue crowds and relative of 62 Imprisoned miners lit the mouth or
I III I I Mil Old Town Coal OomiMiny mine lit .North Mc.Mcslcr. Many of the men were killed III the blast.
nnniii i aui HT
rniini i iiuui - m.w u.ci rfuiid
.. fB Droei.
u ''"' c uiuiic; y "i
dent's Enforcement Com
mission ' Until .Result of
Hearings Submitted
Glass Charges Original
Purpose Lost, to Sight
Open Hearings Sought.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (IP)
Senate drys began a drive today
to force an early report or open
hearings by President Hoover's law
enforcement commission.
Two Democratic drys Senators
I Mams ot ueorgia ana wiass oi v ir-
i ginla gave notice in the senate
I that J'not another dollar" will be
I appropriated to the commission un-
less It submits some sort of reportj
on Its first eight months of work
Senator Glass, the author of the
$250,000 fund for the commission,
charged Niat the commission had
"shunted aside the original purpose
investigation of prohibition."
Senator Harris said that "every
enemy of the prohibition bill wants
to keep the commission there"
without any repoit. He said he
would propose an amendment to
the next-hill appropriating money
for the commission requiring It to
have open hearings.
However, it was another dry
Senntor Jones, Republican of Wash
Ington who blocked action today
on the resolution of Senator Harrlitj nnKtun tne nt. PnuL the Atchi
rcqiieBtliiB President Hoover to j S(in, tne it,-k Island, the Southern
have the commission submit a pre- h'rtcific. the -Missouri Pacific, the
limhiary reimrt to the aenato to be Union Pacific, tho Chicago and
used In connection with dry law en- ( Northwestern, and the Great Nor
forcement appropriations. I them and Northern Pacific taken
"This commission was appointed ! as one. The Frisco would go to
principally, if not solely, for the ! tho Hock Island., while tho two
purpose of inquiring into prohlhl- U. H. Hteel roads, the Dulutli &
Hon," said Senator Glass, "but un-1 Iron Range and Dututh, .Messube
til last week not a member of the A' Northern, would go to the Kt.
commission had even read the pro- Paul,
vision in tho appropriation bill au-,
thorizlng its constitution. ,
"It is the most extraordinary ex-
hlhition of Indifference to tho ex ,
pressed will of congress that 1 ever i
have known," he added. I
SLEEP WALKER FALLS
IN SEA AT WALOPDRT
WAUJPOHT. Ore.. Dec. 20. (Pi
A HomnninhiillHt flinee childhood,
Daniel Oakland, 40, fhthermnn.
Willi flcHd today after he walked
from the float houne In which he
ftlcpt and dropped into the Pacific
ncenn.
SANIA SPENDING OVER
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. (At
Santa Claus Is spending well over
tlitf),mif(.MHi fur toys alone this
year. The national, toy bill was
that In 1927. the last year for
which production flguren ore
available, and the rnnstimptlon Is
much larger this year.
1ADE
Rescuers Hunt Entombed Oklahoma Miners
IV L 1
INF
FOB WEST
I. C. C. Plan for Consolida
lion Cites Nineteen Major
Systems Burlington Is
Seen As Nucleus of Sepa-
. rate Lineup.
N 13 W YORK, Dec. 2 0 . WP)
Dow, Jones & Co., In n copyrighted
dispatch from its' Washington- bu
reiiu today, ntates that the inter-
utntA pnmmarrA fnm m iMMlnn'a mil
road consolidation plan has heun
completed, allocating the country's
railway properties into 19 major j
systems, comprising five systems j
in the east, baaed upon the present j
four trunk line systems, and un
additional system, the nucleus of
which would be the Wabash. Of
ficlai publication of the plan is
expected within a few days,
In addition to the five systems
in the east, two are planned for
New England, three for the south,
and nine for the west. These are
exclusive of the Canadian control
led Soo line, Grand Trunk Western
and Vermont Central.
In the west, the outstanding
provision Is the exclusion of the
hurllngton from the Northern
group and its use as tho basis of A
separate system. The various sys-
. tomn wm,i',i be based on the Bur
The Noted Dead
.MIAMI, Dee. 30. (I'l Kenni lll
Hurrliv .tniiK'ir.lnc writer. : died
here today ot a heiirt attack, lie
came to Miami a week aito from
bin home In Chicago to rerupeii'tc
from' lllneng.
BAIL
GROUPING
Mrs. Miles Poindexter4)ies After
Operation at Orange, California
ORANOH, Cal.. Dec. 2Q.(A)
Mim. Miles Pnlndcxter, wife or the
former senator from Washington
and ex-ambassador to Peru, died
hero HUddenly at 2:4 . m. follow
At rmr bedside was her son.
Lieutenant Commander Gale Poln
dexter, V. H. navy, Coronado, Col.
Her husband, who was summonei
yesterday when it became appar-
ent that she wns sinking, is en
route here from Washington. . C.
Mrs. Poindexter w ho created n
furore several years ago In tlteuiry
circled with her revelations, "A
Senator's Wife." came to Califor
nia two weeks Ago to visit, her two
sisters, Mrs. May Jorgensen and
Mrs. Charted Morton, who live at
COAST OIL CENTER
im ... r." , cunt
I V .MMI
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20.
(P) Come to Oregon!
4 M'lille the midwest and east
4 struggled with old King Cole
in zero and Hub-ssero torn-
jwwOIVh Srnbtii redbreasts
4iilunlitfivil in ar I'mllunil city 4
park. ' ' 4
(leorgc J. Wolff said tho
robins swarmed Into his back t
yurd and fought gaily over
4 worms.
FLAY LOBBYIST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. OP)
A scathing arraignment of tho ac
tivities of A. A. Arnold. miLnaircr
j of lhe Boutht,rn Tlirff association,
was made today in a report to
the senate by Its lobby committee,
while qui'stlonlhg of witnesses con
tinued in the committee room and
the war department promised an
Inquiry Into testimony that Gen
eral Unoch Crowder, retired, had
given interests working for a low
er sugar tariff Information on war
plans of the army general staff.
Arnold, in the report presented
by Chairman Caraway of the com
mittee was described as being
without veracity and as apparent
ly having no sense of 'self res
pect." Arnold, who Is also mana
ger of the American Taxpayers
luiKUe, was said by the report to
have collected a million dollars
during the past few years and It
was asserted that he used most
of this money for the benefit of
himself and a small group con-m-tcd
with him In the organiza
tions. The (mention of the general's
remarks was raffed Ify the Inser
tion In the lobby committee record
uf a letter written by II. '. wikln,
i pri-Hldent or the f'uhn company,
; iinoting Crowder oh huvlns mild
j In tho event of war the army
f would not undertake to maintain
1 ii line of eommunlcnllon with the
I I'hlllpplneii.
, Hunta Ana, near here. Hhe had
: planned .to return to her home In
I ashington next week. Several
days ago she was stricken with an
; (ilidomliial disorder. The HlheMS
rapidly became critical and an op
j prat Ion was decided upon yester
'day. She failed to rally and lapsed
i tn'o unconse lousneHH early today.
; dying a short time liUer.
i Mrs. Poindexter was born In
, Walla Walla, Wash. Her husband
wan United Staled senator from
' Washington for 12 years and prior
to that served In the house of
representative. His political car-
j eer began when he was an attor-
; ney In the stale of Washington and
he later beranie a Judge and then
, was elwted In the house of repre
! scnta lives. .
FOR
ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON
IT
Nil
t
Men and Women Trampled
When Terror Grips Trav-
' elers On East River Tube
Train Smoke Sends
Many to Hospital.
NUW YOltK, Dec. 20. (P)
CauKbt In a aubway train during
the man hour. In a tunnel under
the earn river, while groat clouds
of ainoko cauaecl by a ahort cir
cuited third rail rolled up around
them, Hcveral hundred men and
women today trampled euch other
In their excitement and smaahod
the wlnduwH with their flam.
I'ollco eatlmated that ao. were
Injured, many of them cut and
brulned. and all Buffering from
Kinoko Inhalation.
Thirty-five were taken to Ht.
John'H hoapital III Long Inland
City, where it wan said that they
nil had acute bronchitis from tho
anioke.
Many of them, heedlem of tho
dniiKcr of HteppliiK on the third
rail, had Mumbled through the
amoke and darknena halt a mile
to Queens l'laL Htatlon, ling
IhIiiihI Clly.
While the uunrdii shouted, "keep
cool" and tried vainly to quiet
them, the paHKengera began to
shove nod push and trampled each
other. Then they begun to hrenk
the windows, letting In tho amoke.
The guards opened the doors nnd
managed to lead some of the pas
sengers to the Welfare Inland
emergency exit. others wero
placed aboard another train head
ed toward Long Island city.
FREES FARMERS
Moi'vrilM 'lt.W A fir Hon.
i 20 lPj A Jury's verdict has
wiped away charges oi muruvr
! against four mountaineer farmers.
I whose chief witness testified ne
wns the Connie Trunk lln tney
were accused Pf slaying.
Tho acquittal after n trial which
added IHIMMI to Stone county's al
ready heavy debt, offered Hrt ex
pensive answer to (ho question of
the Identity of the 33-year-old
farm hand upon whom the de
fense based Its ca0.
BYRD WILL BE GIVEN
, REAR ADMIRAL RANK
WASHINGTON, Dec 2n. A1)
A bill advancing Commander Rich
ard K. Ryrd to tho rank of rear
admiral on the retired list of the
navy for his South Poe explora
tions was pa sued today hy the
senate and sent to the house.
DIE
President Lights
Tree for Capitol
On Tuesday Night
WASHINGTON. Dec. 50.
(P) President Hoover will
l light candles for the capital's
community Christmas tree
fr next Tuesday.
f Accompanied by Mrs. Hoov-
er, the president will preside "i"
over the exercises which have
been a community event In 4
Washington tor the last six
years.
4 A mixed choir from tho
) Junior high schools and tho t
I United States Marine band
will Join in a program of
carols. ,
Winter Attacks Wide Front
As Coast Retains Balmy
Weather Mid-Western
States Have Worst Bliz
zard Since 1928 Old
South in Grip of Unusual
Snow and Cold.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (ff)
Oregon stepped itself in sun
shine today, and signs, vt the two
weeks ruin, v which swelled rivers
und sent the Willamette over Its
banks endangering Eugene, Ore.,
disappeared swiftly.
Between Eugene and Junction
City, Ore., children paddled about
In bouts, while truffle over the
Pacific highway wus re-routed
southward. Springfield. Ore., prob
ably the worst hit, reported the
dumuge would mount to thousands.
Hy the Associate! Press,
America was knee-deep in win
ter toduy, save only California and
the sun-warmed shores of the Pa
cific and the gulf, which were
knee-deep in June.
Kog along the Atlantic coast,
sleet-slashed communication lines
In Ontario, sub-zero cold in the
northwest, and snow robing entire
tiers of middle western states
these represented the weuther's
vagurles. Kven Dixie shlvored and
shook snow from her hnlr.
The worst blizzard middlo Amer
ica has experienced since 1928 had
forged snow shackles which bound
transportation and chained the
forward march of Christmas trade.
Kven more snow moved Into the
middle west today, but nothing to
compare with tho mid-week storm
which the Chicago weather bureau
alluded to as "almost one In a life
time."
A complete list of deaths for
which the storm, snow, cold and
Ice were to blame, was not possible
with many sections cut off from
the world by drifts In highways
and broken telephono and tele
graph wires; but nearly two score
had been reported, more than half
of them In the Chicago metropoli
tan area.
Ship Ico Hound
Tho passenger ship Tourist was
gripped In the I-ako lOrlo ice, with
her passengers safo ashoro.
Ho Ur south did tho cold extend
that ono death from exposure was
reported In Ioulsiuna, a state to
which snow and killing cold are
infrequent visitors.
The storm, sweeping east, did
hoavlest damage In New England.
Snow, rnln and sleet played havoc
with communication.
Contrasting with tho 17 below
zero ut Wllllston, N. D., last night
was the plus 74 at Miami,' which
was only four degrees warmer
than Los Angeles.
FIRE THrStENING
.EXOMHOMES
1.IH ANOKI.KH. Dec. SO. (At
Klre sweeping before a 30-mllo
an hour wind through the tlnder
llke brush of the dry foothills In
Crifflth park city recreation lire
serve, today advanced on a mile
front toward the Ixis Kelli fash
ionable residential section, threat
ening tho homes nnd causing fire
men to order tho houses evacu
ated. Three men were killed a an In
direct result of the flames when
a water department truck speeding
to the scene overturned and pin
ned the driver nnd two depart
ment employes beneath It.
TWO SCORE
DEATHS IN
EAST CHILL
NOSE DIVE
KILLS FIVE
Al BOILING
Representative Kaynor One
of Victims When Big Ship
Crashes at Take-Off
Was First Air Trip for
Solon Captain Dinger
Rated Among Best Pilots
at Controls.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (Pi
Five persons. Including a member
of congress and his secretary, were
hurled to death In the worxl nir
crash In the history of Hulling
Field. .
Representative William Kaynor
of Massachusetts, en route by air
to his home in Springfield, along
with Stanley B. Lowe, his' offlcu
associate, were passengers In the
plane.
Captain Harry A. Dinger, pilot
of the plane, Arthur A. McOlll, a
civilian air employee, and Vlad
imir Kizma, an army private, wero
the others who lost their lives.
The big plane had just taken
off from the field und had reached
a height of about 400 feet when
It seemed to healtato and tlieii
turned downward, striking tho
gruuhd with a tremendous crash.
Love, who is also a resident of
Hpringfiekl, and McOlll, wero re
quested by Representative Kaynor
MaHsacnusetts. Kaynor only re
cently had been placed on the
house military committee and to-'
day's tragedy ended his first Jour
ney In an ulrplane.
V Captain,. Dinger .wae -considered,
one or tne mosi expert aviatort in
the army. ' He' personally piloted
Chairman Jumes of the military
committee recently on a trip of
20,000 miles over the country for
Inspection purposes.
Serving Firnt Term '
Representative Kaynor wti
serving his first term in congress,
having been elected In November
a yeur ago. He was born In San
born, Iowa, In 1884, was a gradu
ate of Yale In 1912, and was man
ager of the football .team there.
Prior to his election to congress he
had served as postmaster at
Springfield, Mass., for six years,
and formerly was chairman of the
Republican city committee - '
The death of Representative
Kuynor marked the second of 'a
member of congress in ah airplane
accident. A year or more ago
Representative Thaddeus Sweet
was In a fatal crash In New York
state.
The crash occurred, some ground
observers said, when Captain Din
ger attempted to bank his plana
with the wind. It seemed to conio
down as If such a maneuver was
Intended and then It failed to rise
Tho wrecked machine wns a
Fokker trl-molorcd plane known
as the "C-5." These ships hnvo
unusual power. All of those aboard
wero killed.
Will Rogers Says:
HKVERIjV HHiUS, 'nl.,
Dee. 20. Tliert; is only one
form of employment in our
country tlntt I can think of.
but i lias its
bright spotH,
H n (1 that 's
coiil mining
There i'h gci
e r ii 1 1 y an
6 v c r p r o
diiction and
they are out of work. 1 If not,
that, it'g a strike. Then When
they do go to work the niinV
blows up. Then if none of
these three tliinits happen,
they still have the worst job
in the world. , v -
Now it's Christmas every
where but MeAlester, Oklu.
There fit) families arc receiv
ing the father's manttlrd
body from the - earth on
Christmas day.' Now if you
can find somebotly more.
serving than that to remem
ber on Christmas: I am wrong.
The Red Cross handles it
there. That means that your
donation will be well spent,
. Yours, ..;
' WlUi ROGERS.
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