Medfoed Ma ' The Weather Forottwi: Cloudy tonlsht and 6iimlay; increasing southerly wtiMlx; not much elm nee In tem perature. JJL TRIBUNE Temperature Highest yesterday lowest this mnrnlmr HH Preclpltutlmi. ' 11 To 5 a.m. this morning .0" Tn 5 .in. yesterday ,00 iWly iMoty-rwrtb Tstr. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, DKCiiMBER 21; No. 272. i 10 LEASE NEW Ten-Year Contract On Nei dermeyer Theater Goes to Big Film Concern Fdhl I Jenies Friction With City in Construction Work ' Will Cost $100,000. , The nuw N.edermeyor theatre now under construction at the cor ner of Sixth and North Holly, hns boen leased for 10 years, according to a statement made today by Earl Fehl, who is associated with C. F. Nfcdermeyer in the establishing of the new movie playhouse, and in charge of its construction. "We have a signed and bond ed lease," said Mr.- Fehl today, "and Warner brothers and First National pictures will be shown, lncidently it is not true as stated in The Mail Tribune that 1 rushed to the city hall to file my plans and secure a building permit, the morning ufter the council meeting, where It was threatened to pro hibit continuation of the construc tion work." "The plans, which Architect Frank Clark have just completed after working all week day and night, were not filed by mo at thn j city hall until today. My relations . with the city officials having con-j trol of new building construction j have been frank and open from the start. I have met every re-j qulrement as It - arose, and they have co-operated with me In every way. It was perfectly understood that I was to go nhead with pre liminary work so as to get ahead of the weather. For this theatre must be done by April, and to do this no time can be lost. The de tailed plan are not completed yet, but the main points have been de; elded' upon, and we aro going nyiead under full steam with pre liminary drawings as a working basis." - Sent 1200. The plans filed show that the theatre will be bf the modern stadium bowl type, with no bal cony or galler', but able to seat 1200 people comfortably. Of gen eral concrete construction, the lilxth street front will be of press ed brick, and the east wall of tile. to conform with the desires of' the Home Telephone company with which the wall is built flush. There will be four stores on Sixth street In addition to the main theatre entrance, five offi ces on the second mezzanine floor, more offices on the third level, and the movie operating room and theatre offices on the fourth floor. The heating plant will be In a sep arate building entirely ns ti spec ial safeguard against fire, while the proscenium arch nbove the roof will serve as a fire wall be tween the stnge and auditorium. Copies of the preliminary plans were dispatched today to the staU fire marshnll for his Okoh, regard ing exits and entrances, as well as ine fire hazard requirements. The theatre when completed promises to be one of the finest In the state outside of Portland, Involving the expenditure for real estate and construction of over $100,000. V ItliiR Veteran III. HAMMOND. Ind.. Den. 21. WPl Jimmy Clnbhy, one of tho out ntamllna middleweight boxers of the Eddie Mcfionrty, fleorue Chip. Mike mbhona .days, Is III at liifl homo here. I"olk who travel on thrlr kmks thine l"? 11 '" rrw'knl np to bp, nnhuikty would romp bw-k hm","j ikt Joe Kite, am hp Wt ft silrlt - iinIM spanpe lost night. I (Copyright John F. Ullle Co. ) WARNER PLAYHOUSE Senoritas Stage Boxing Match to Settle Dispute MEXICO CITY. Dec. 21. (P) Senorita Ooncopelon Treo Anaya Ih In a hospital. Hen 4 orltii Kpperunwi Henmnclex Ijnpex disliked the Idea of her father paying ' attention to Senoritn Ooncepcion. There- fore Hhe issued u challenge to 8 a hoxinK match. They met in a corral outajrie the city. Sen- orita Espernnza hit Senorita Concppclon and Senorita Con- ceprion hit the corral. DEATH RECALLS FRENCH LEADER Former President E m i I e Loubet Passes at 91 Dreyfuss Case, Religious Bickering, Scandals and Strikes Beset Reign. MONTH LIMA R, France, Dec. 21 (JP) France todny mourned Kmile Loubet, former president, who died last night at the age of 01. lie spent most of his latter days sitting at a stove in the village store here, smoking a pipe and discussing current events in a de tached manner with peasants here about. His boyhood ambition was to become, a farmer. He died not because of any special disease, but because, as his physician said, "his light was just extinguished by old age." He was conscious to the last through hours of Ugony preceding his de mise. ' V In the seven yenrs of his presi dency, frorn 1809 to 1006, he coped with such i fierce outcropping) of racial -and.' '-religious ' feeling, 'the Dreyfus affair, expulsion of re ligious congregations, the Grande Chartreuse scandal, murderous strikes and rupture with the Vat ican. l His snn, Paul, his daughter, Mme. de Saint Prix, and his phy sician, Dr. Albert, were nt his bedside nt the end. OREGON RESIDENTS ABLE TO PAY TAX PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21. (P) Clyde C. Huntley, collector for Internal revenue of tile Oregon district, wild today that the ro cent slump in the stock market did not prevent Oregon residents from payiiiK" their final installment on their 1928 income tnxes dur ing the first 20 dnys of December. An Increase of 23 per cent in receipts over the name period for lust yenr was noted, Huntley said. Income tax collections from this district alone totaled (1,0.11.811(1.11.1 for the period of December 1 to 20, 1020 while collections for the same period in 1928 totaled only J827. 059.77. Huntley said. There were no requests for ex tension of time, the collector said. TRADE CONCLAVE SACRA MKXTO, Cal.. Dec. 21. (Spl.) Because of the Interest shown by the peonle of Oregon in exhibiting this year at the Western States exposition, held here In con nection with the annual stale fair, the people of the sister state to the north are to he af-ked to par ticipate In the Pnn-Amoricnn Re ciprocal Trade eonference to bf held In Sacramento from AugtMl 25 to 30, next year. A letter has been dispatched to Governor I. L. Patterson at Hnlcm. Inviting the stato and the' peopl of Oregon to take part in the sea nions of this international gather ing. OreRon'g exhibit nt the recent exposition here attracted wide spread notice from the many thou sands of visitors, and it wan be lieved that South America woul t bp InrereMcd In the products of the noil of the Heaver Mate. MARY REFUSES RIDE IN AUTO OF PRINCE NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (IP) Now lhat Prince Rente Mdvsnl has made up with Pola Negri. Mary i do with his auto. She says she has shipped It hack to him In Pads. It ls an expensive thing of Knallsli make. ; I h.nl only borrowed It, you mrr." she explained. TROUBLED DAYS INVITE OREGON TO NAVAL DELEGATES CONFER IN eg1 if? 'S, : -3 fl -.1 - J -. Awciutttl Prest Vhota Members of the naval delegation who will represent the United State, In the London naval con ference at they auembled for the flret time In Waahington to lay plana far the parley. Left to right: Charlea Francis Adams, secretary of the navy, Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, Henry L. Stlmson, secretary of state, who will head the delegation; Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas and Dwlght W. Morrow, ambassador ta Mexlce. SUICIDE THEORYlCROSS state line IN RAIL DEATH John Waterbury Found Dead Beside Pennsylvania Rail road Tracks Train Com partment Locked On In side Family Life Happy. NEW . YOIIK, Dec.; 21. There-1 'was some hiystory "today over the death of John C. Water liitry, 411, manufacturer and socially prominent New Yorker, whose body was found yesterday along the tracks In the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel tinder the Hudson river. He vns returning aboard a Le high Valley railroad train from Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he hud been earlier in the week on busi ness. H. J. Pyno, district claim ftKent of the Lehigh Valley, mild reports to his office Indicated Mr. Wuter bury had committed suicide. To support this theory he pointed to I lie fact that the door or the com partment occupied by Mr. Water bury was locked from the Inside and a window open, lllood stains were found on the window sill. On behalf of the family, how ever, n statement was Issued say ing "the meager facts available In- jiiicute that his death was acci dental. It declared he had been "in good health, in Bound financial I condition and was extremely happy . In his home life." Dr. William llraunsteln, assistant physician of Hudson count, New Jersey, said ho would officially re port the death as "probably acol- ' dental." CHICAOO, Dec. 21. (P) Wheat prices responded buoyantly today to the Intervention of the Partners' National Grain corporation In be half of better price levels and gained 4 lo 6, cents a bushel nbove yesterday's finish. The big co-operatlvo's bid of t'i, cents above cm rent cash prices niter the mar ket closed yesterday had an amel iorating effect on trading both here and abroad. Tinnl quotations todny were: De cember wheat. $1.21 ',i : March. I1.27V4 to 4; May, $1..1U-y, to and July, l.:ili to , Cains of -4 cents were marked up nt the outset, Liverpool having reacted favorably to the grain cor poration's announcements, and aft er a dull period at mid-session an other rnlly brought prices at the finish to the top or near the top of the day. Closing yesterday about a cent below the farm board's loan level for wheat. The market ended today 4 cents over the fixed value. PANIC FOLLOWS BOMB BLAST IN 'CHI' STORE ) CHICAGO. Dec. 21. (ITt Chl- cnRos latest bombing that of a Milwaukee avenue store last night caused a panic among passen gers in a crowded street car. The car windows were shattered and occupants of the1 apartments above the fc:rv were, routed from bed. OF NEW YORKER will beopposed:seek COALITION PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 21. OP) Definite announcement, that the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company would test in court the interstate commerce commission's order to build the cross-state railroad was made to day by Arthur C. Silencer, general counsel for the line. The O. W. R. & N. subsldinry of the Union Pacific system, was ordered to construct the line from Crane. Ore., to Crescent Lake, Ore. , .Spencer made no further com ment on the road's plans, but It was believed a test suit would he f led soon tn some Oregon court. PASADENA, Cal.. De?. 21. (7P Johnny Oolden, Patterson, N. J..( pro, shot a C7 today, four under par and' six under his score yes-l tcrdiiy for a 140 to load the early j finishers In the second round of the Pasadena $4000 open golf tour nament. ... J Ciotden made the first nine holes in 84. His score Is one under the record set last yenr by Craip Wood. Itloomfleld, N. J., pro and ' defending champion. (leorgo Von Elm, Detroit nma teur, nnd Walter Ilagen, Detroit pro. tied for' the load yesterday with a cn. IN PORTLAND HOTEL PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 21. (P) Noel P. Womack, 28, former Van couver Hnrracks soldier, shot and seriously wounded Miss (lay West lull, 24, nnd then turned the gun upon himself nfter an alleged qunr rel today In a downtown hotel. Wo mack died nnd physicians said Miss Weslfnll probably would die. LIGHT KEEPER AT MERCY OF GALE-LASHED WATERS WAl'KEOAN. III., Dec. 21. OP) For 30 hours, Joseph Ktodola, 40, assistant keeper of the Wau kexnn lighthouse, was Imprisoned hy the sweeping gale. Waves smahed In the lower windows of the lighthouse and ex tinguished, the heating plant; Hto- doia was forced to climb to the' light room. I Iln was under a physician's' care today nnd pneumonia was j fnnred. I Alma Rubens Believed Cured Will Seek Return to Screen LOS ANOKI.E8, Cal., Do. 12. Alma Itenbens, formerly prominent nn the stage and motion picture screen, todny Is free from the stale nylitm for the Insane nt Pnttnn, Cal., !0 miles from here, where she I as been under treatment since last June for narcotic addiction, but her exact whereabouts have not been divulged by her family. Miss Kubens was committed In the stale Institution on a complaint signed hy her mother and her hus band, Iticardn f'ortei, motion pic ture actnr. Previous attempts to treat her nl private Institutions and at Spadra, nn Institution for men. but nearer to Iter homo than Put- WASHINGTON IHEFLIN FORCES Actitfn of Alabama Demo crats in Barring Republi can Supporters From Fold Will Be Tested in Court for Primary. 1". , ...BIHJ 1 NB.U ilk m A In , tVwi, , Hugh A. - .Locke. Independent can didate- for governor, said today that Senator J. Thomas lleflln, who also has announced for ' re-election, as an Independent, would attend a statewide meeting here January 3, to plhn Locke's campaign. Locke had no comment to mnke on reports thnt his followers would form a coalition, with the Heflin forces and arrange a full Independ ent ticket. M ea n w h I lo, ste ps were beln p; taken to obtain opinions from the courts and tho attorney general on the decision of the state Demo cratic executive committee, which barred Locke and lleflln, a mo tin others, from competing In the n?xi party primary. The committee ex cluded as candidates from the IDS') Democratic primary, r.ll persona who supported the Republican presidential ticket or who openlv opposed the Democratic nominees. "I had hoped," Locke said, "thnt Al Smith would cease to be nn is sue in political affairs In Alabama, but the 27 (members of the stat-. committee who voted for the rul ing) made him the test for quali fication for office. : They have in jected him and Tammany hall Into the next prlmnry and tho next elec tlon." Tho Democratic prosldent'al ticket carried Alabama by 7.000 votes as against a winning margin of nearly 68.000 In 124. SEARCH FOR EIELSON KEATTLH. Dec. 2 1 . (P) The const guard cutter Chelun, with three Kalrchild plnnes and six Canudinn airmen, left hero shortly after 1 o'clock today for Seward Aliixka, on the first step of tho seai-'h for Carl Hen Klelson and Ei.rl llorlnnd, AbtMka, airmen. Iom betwnen Teller, Alaska, nnd North Ciip Siberia, since November fl. 1UU Shore Again. PRINCE RUPERT, li. C, Dor 21. (fl) The coastwise steamship Curd en a was reported aground last night for the second time In recent weckH, off the mouth of Skeemi river. 'ton, In which she wns placed by special dispensation, failed. She escaped from Hpadra. 1 Neither the foimer actress' mo- ' tl er nor her husband, during her confinement In Patton. Rave jip 'hope that she eventually would re 'cover. 1 A month ago they (old of plans for her release, and lor nn ocean voyage to restore her health. In recent letters to Los Angeles fi lends Miss Rubens has said: "I am coming out of the hospltnl !a new Alma It u liens. I shall devote nil of my lime to the work of go ing hack on the stagd nnd screen a better actross." NDEPENDENTS LOCAL MAN MESS IN IDAHO CASE Richard Cooper, Former Under-Cover Agent Here Threatened With Death By 'Chicago Mug' Signal During Testimony in Mul lan Rum Ring Trial Here in October. COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho, Dec. 21, Richard Cooper, federal undercover agent, formerly of Medford, Ore, testified rtnlay In the "Alullan rum ring conspiracy trial" that he was threatened with deuih while he was on the witness stand. Tho prohibition officer said that a man "Chicago mugged" him just before he left the stand, lie stat ed the "mug signal" Is n death threat used by Chicago gangsters to intimidate witnesses. The sig nificance of covering tho mouth with one hand and staring fixedly at the witness was said to be "keep your mouth shut or die." "Tho fv)low gavo me the sign and immediately left tho room," Cooper affirmed. Court, officials told him to Identify the man If ho could but this was not done. Cooper testified today that Sheriff R. E. Weniger, one of tho 2 0 charged with liquor conspiracy had Issued warnings that Cooper was an "under cover" man, thus nullifying his efforts to gt liquor evidence. Court records disclosed today that Ray Sheridan, representative of a press association had been subpoenaed as a witness for assert ing that he had "an exclusive in terview" with Weniger. The Sho shone sheriff dented giving out an Interview., -Federal Agent Hoyt Ray said that Sheridun's statement Iwuh trufi.-auU tbrtt h. could raolW the "interview1 frpm the witness stand. Ray charges thnt the defendants fostered, a scheme of tho Mullnn city council to license liquor joints and other vicious establishments. According to Kederal Agent Terry Talont, locnted hero, and other local peace officials, Cooper acted as nn undercover agent In this vicinity In October, lenving: hero for Portland. OCCASIONAL RAINS OR SNOW LATE NEXT WEEK RAN FRANCIHCO. Dec. 21. (P) The weather outlook for the week beginning December 22, was announced here today by the Unit ed Htates weather bureau as fol lows: Far western states: Tho outlook is for occasional rains or snow in Washington, Oregon and Idnhonnd prohnhly northern California and Nevada In the lntter half of the week. Oenorally fair weather else where. Temperatures will be near the normal. Tho largest purchaser of Tuber culosis Christinas Heals In the county was announced yesterday by the Jackson County Health as sociation ns being (Hen Kubrick of tho Med ford Domestic Laundry. He mado two big purchases to use on correspondence and Is one of tho heartiest supporters of the movement In tho county. Christ mas Heal sales were bettor than avernge this yenr, with the major ity of Med ford and county resi dents making good sized pur chases. PLAN HIT BY SOLON WASHINGTON Dec Si. P)- The first congressinnnl reaction to the plans of the Interstate com- rnrrce t-ommisslon on rnllrond con solidation came today In a decla ration of oppnnltton to detnlls of the plnn from two senators from the west. Consolidation of tho (lrent Nor thern and Northern Pacific t-nll-rnods as proposed in the plnn would be n "great cn la miry" for tho northwest, Senator Wheeler, Demoernt, Montana; asserted. Oregon Weather. Cloudy tonight and Hundny, with rain west and ruin or snow norther.si portion; slightly warmer in northwest portion tonight; In creating southerly wind, hecoin Ing strcng oil the coast. 111 ' i i Has Heart Attack ! rv LOS ANC.KLICS. Dec. 21. (fl1) Alexander Pantages, multi-millionaire theater man in the county Jail pending appeal from a sen tence of 1 to 50 years for attack ing Kunice Pringle, 1 7-year-old co-ed dancer, suffered a heart, at tack during the night and was taken to the jail hospital, it wan learned todVy. This morning he was taken back to his cell still suffering. Inll turnkeys discovered the the tiler mans plight during their rounds when they heard him gnsp Ing. - i TRAGIC DEATH OF GREINER IS E Bernard Greiner Victim o,f : Holdyp Man ..in,,. Detroit, While En Route to Visit ' Betrothed Mother. Sis ter in Medford. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 21. (P) Rnrnard Orolnor, 23, of Medford. Ore., laundry contractor, son of Mrs. Paul Greiner of Portland, Ore., was slain last night while .an hig way to tho homo of his fiancee tn assist In preparing a list of guests for his wedding, to have boon held January 15, Police be lieve ho was shot while attempting to resist holdup. Qreiner's body wns found in the lower hall of a building shortly after ho had delivered a package of laundry to a second floor apart ment. Occupants of the apart ment told police they heard shots. Police found 911.91 in Orelner's pockets. They believe ho was rob bed at the end of his route nnd should have had nbout 940. After the call he wag to have gone to tho home of his flanceo, Miss Jane Oarrlty, 20, where he planned to Inspect wedding Invita tions and draw up a list of guests. Orelner had lived here since the summer of 1927. Ho formerly liv ed In Condon and Portland, Ore., whero relatives rosldo. This tragic news first came to Medford last night In a long dls tan co telephone call to Attorney K. K. Kelly, father-in-law of Mrs. Kdward Kelly (nee Mary Greiner), only sister of the slain youth, and with whom Mrs. Paul Orelner has heen staying several weeks. The connection was poor nnd only the bare facts could be learned. A wire to the same effect was later received, but not until the above Aasoclated Press dispatch was sent, were tho details of the t raged v known. Rprnnrd Greiner was born In Condon. Ore., In November, 1900, nnd after leaving school went to work for the Oleason Foundry com-' pany of Portland. He was ad-1 vnnced rnpldly and as a salesman: for the company put In the saw dust burner at tho Hotel Medford. He made mnny friends here hut j never made Medford his home. loiter he moved to Detroit whero he operated laundry routes, of . whlrth hn tin1n n flnftnclfll AUCCess' and hnd been visited there by his mother and his sister during the past two yenrs. The. newn came ns a crushing j shock to Mrs, Orelner nnd her daughter, the circumstances on th.j eve of the young man's wedding nnd the Chrlstmi holidays, mak-; lng the tragedy particularly henrl hrenklng. Instructions have been sent t Detroit to have the body shipped lo Portland, where the funeral will he held tho latter part of the com ing week. R ulna Ha Has Quako. HOKIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 2 1 An earthquake of some severity was felt In Bulgarln at 11:20 p. m. Due to rupture of telephone communication, nothing was known of the effects of tho shock In the provinces. MOURNED HER LINK IN TAYLOR Former Gov. Richardson Blames Asa Keyes for Non-Solution of Murder Prisoner in Folsom Knew Actress . Responsible for -Crime, Is Charge Keyes Blocked Quiz. ' SAN KRANCISCO, Den. 21. (P) The San Kruncisco Call-lJulletln today quoted former Governor Kriend W. Richardson ns saying that he had proof thnt a motion picture actress murdered William Desmond Taylor, one of Holly wood's most famous directors. mysteriously shot in 1922. After going into the history of his differences nnd shiip ex changes of statements as governor with Asa Keyes, then district at torney of Los Angeles county. Richardson wild that "about that time 1 heard that a prisoner in Kolsom knew much about the murder of the motion picture di rector." Richardson said that he investi gated the case, the Call-Bullotln states, and finally went to Los Angeles whero he told tho foreman of the grand Jury and chairman of the Jury's criminal committee I that he had tho solution of the Taylor murder mystery. Feared Kcyc "I asked them whether he facts , should be presented to the grand Jury nnd If so If there was any chanco bf an indictment." the, Call-Bulletin quotes Richardson ns saying. To this the answer was-' "no," Richardson adding that . "they explulnod that either Keyoa or one of his deputies would he tn the. grand, Jury room and that before' ahy'; peiteori; could r' be'1 bi'btighf' tb tMaf for the murder ' the important' witnesses would bo spirited away, , bribed or mur dered." ' ' ' Richardson said that he return ed to Sacramento, called In the prison board and explained the situation. Needed Quick Action "I told them," the Call-Bulletin quotes him, "thnt alreudy the word wns around thnt I had the solution -of the murder nnd that unless he took quick action the convict In Folsom prison would be - mur dered." ' ' Tho convict was paroled, nnd Rlchnrdson is quoted as saying that "the last I heard of him ha was In Vera Cruz, Mexico." The slaying occurred In January 1922. After four years of investi gation Keyes announced that the investigation wns closed. U was generally . believed Taylor was killed by narcotic peddlers or one , of the actresses with whom he va friendly, or by some admirer of ; his nctress-friends. - Ok eh Ilyrcl Promotion. WAMIII VflTON. nee. .21. (7P The house todny passed the aenuto bill to promote Commander utcn ard R. By rd to- the rank of Rear Admiral on the retired list in rec- r ognltlon of his Antarctic explora tions. Tho measure now sees to tho president. . ' Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cn)., Dep. 21. I always felt 'there wh only one thiiiR thnt could possibly dufuBt Mr. Hoover's cnpnhlc manngpment of our nf fnirs, n n tl thnt wns when ho run out of practi cal in c n to put on pom missions, and, sure pnoiiffh ho is petting short bunded. Yesterday's ftomniission did not have n practical man on it, every one was n college professor. It's to find out "wbnt has hi-rlit the so cial changes in our lives here lately." Knowing college profesors he ftave them three years to agree, on nn nnswer. I could have told him before sundown what's .chunked our lives: buying on credit, waiting for relief, Ford enrs, too numy RepublicanM, Notre Dame coaching methods, mid two-tbinls of America both old nnd young, thinking they possessed "It."' Yours, ' . WILL ROOERtf. DEATH CASE n (a