Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 21, 1929, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFOim MATL TRTIUJXE, MEDFORD, QKKC.'ONT, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929. YULE SHOPPERS RUSSIAN ARMY FORCES PENETRATE MANCHURIA TUNNEY CALLS CAPTURED PRISON MUTINEER ASKS CUSTODY GORE CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS TUG HITSJERRY IN BALM CASE eight RESCUED WHEN FOR SHOWDOWN Seven Hundred Passengers! Taken From Hudson v River Craft Without Mis hap Christmas Pack ages Abandoned in Escape. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. UP) Harbor craft rescued 700 Christ mas shoppers, com mut eri and new ly urriveil imm tyrants from the ferry boat West Point last ntaht, after tho ferry hail been rammed and disabled by a ear float. Thrt J persons suffered minor jujurie. The ferry boat was crossiim from the foot of Went 42nd street. .Man hattan, to U'eehawken. N. J-. di rectly across the Hudson river. I'r like the heiwy fop wbleh prevailed when the liner Kort Victoria wph rammed by the Algonquin tn the lower bay last Wednesday, the weather was clenr and visnbility j good. The ferry bout wan bril- I llnnlly lighted. ..In mldstrer.m the ear float whU'h wo beitiK towed by a iur lnhed alongside of It. drove its prow hit tho port side of the ferry, tenrlm; n hole through which water poured intn the engine room. The passenKfrs. startled by 1 he Impact, rushed from the cabins :i the ferry boat's siren began creim distress signals. IWuKs Xeiir Siviie. Amid n bedlam of answering slK- ni.ls. tups and other ferry lio.it converged upon the crippled era The towlnp tu held the prow of the car float in the (rash In thi side of the West Point, reducing the flow of water and preventinn the ferry bor.t from listlnu. , Ag rapidly as they could be mn- nenvered into position, retf uo craft were lashed alontcside and passen fjer assisted off the West Point. The rescue work was ncrnmr linhed under the Rlare of search- liphts trained on the Weft Point by surrounding craft, The passengers, who left hun dreds of Christmas packages he- hind in their hurry, wero landed at tho Central Hallroad of New tfer Bey ferry house. , WAY TO GAME IN i A WPfiT POIT V. Y.. nee. 21. The Army took more than lu football players west for the Intersection!!) battle with Stanford Deo. 28. but re-enforcements are on the wny by tho air-tnuil route. ' ft John M. Laxar, one of the hest yiidet centers, failed to pass his inuthematlrs examination ' enrly ih.fi week and was left behind when tho West Point special. Yifind for Palo Alto, pulled out birft Wednesday, J Today the Chicatco youth passed ft Special make-up test, hern me eligible attain and Immediately left to Join his team-mates. He was booked for passage tonight on the Transcontinental Air - Mall line that will put him Into Los Angeles Himday afternoon, -about the same time that the main party reaches Palo Alto. PLACED IN CONDITION TAHLK HOCK. Ore., Dec. 21. (Spl.) There has been a notice able Improvement hero this winter In the preparation of our hlnhn tor the winter rains. All roudbtds have been rounded up to shed the water, ditches along ench side huve been thoroughly cleaned out and culverts and drains put Into maxi mum carrying capacity, i This work was done by the coun ty grader crew union r. CO -horsepower caterpillar and two graderv Farm Hand Hangs to Tail of Plane ' J During Sky Ride Rfinuest of Mrs. Foaartv for i Withdrawal of Suit Met With Demand for Fight to Finish Extortion At tempt Claimed. ' dMiwinirt I'reaa Photo Rursian army forcei have penetrated Manchuria on both :ie eattern and western fronts driving demoralized Chinese troopi before them. Above are shown Chinese nationalist troops at HaMar, Man chuna. where Russian cavalry and tanks have cut off the retreat of Chinese soldiers. Below, barrl cades at Harbin. Manchuria, used by Chinese forces i an attempt to stop a recent advance by Russian cavalry. UKIDCiEPOriT. Conn., Dec. 21 (At The desire of Mrs. Kath erlne King Fogarty, Fort Worth, Tex., divorcee, to withdraw her $"0,000 breach of promise suit itgninst James J. Tunney, found the retired heavyweight cham pion today demanding a fight to u decision. Frank I. Wilder, Mrs. Fogarty's counsel, announced In court yes terday, after he had been granted permission to (juit the case as her representative, that Mrs. Fogarty had dispatched a letter authoriz ing a withdrawal of the action which vas brought in superior court hint May. Tu nney 'a attorney. Homer K. Cu minings, immediately filed n motion for judgment on his cross complaint, which, among other things, alleges that the suit was brought merely to defame Tunney and to extort money. A suit for I'.OO.OOO brought against the former boxer by John 11. Fogarty, one-time Fort Worth plumlK-r. who charged that 'Clone promlso to wed his wife Influ enced her to obtain a divorce from him. is pending. Associated I'reas I'hoto Convict being taken from cell block after state trooper, routed prison mutineers who had barricaded themselves In Auburn, N. V., prison mess hall and attempted to hold Warden Jennings as hostage. Prisoner shown above was one of those smoked out by tear gas. . 1 J-11.M3 AT P. 0. REACHES E Former Follies Beauty Returns , To Colored Mate "All Forgiven" YesierduyV ChrlKlmas business nt the -postoffice, both In outgoing parcels, letters and cards, und In Incoming mail of the mtme cIuhh, wa tho gmitoHt In Medford's IiIh tory, U wan slated' at the poatof f h o this . ninrnlnn by PoHtniaHter Warner, add the peak of tho In coming, mall will probably nut be reached unt'l Monday, thus clearly showing that the people of the past, went And far-west MttitOH paid intention do the plea for early mailing. Ventorday - .'( cardx ind letters were run through the poHtoffire cancelling machine.. The rush both way it continued at tile poslofficc today, with wait ing I tun (if people In the lobby waiting thi'lr turn to mall out packages, tx nil Christ inns mail had to Miit out bv tills even ing lo oilier points in Oregon and close by In adjoin ng states to be sure of delivery before Christmas day, and postcards and letter.4 mailed to Medford and valley points run a grave risk of non-de-j livery by Christmas day If mailed, tomorrow or Monday. The postof- fice is clnsi-tl Sunday all day to morrow and there v II be no de liveries of any kind. All Christmas p:tcU:ig'H and letters huve the riuht of wny at all postotrires and 1 lie delivery of postcards conies second. While the Incoming parcels, let ters and curds continue to arrive In lume volume on the special Christmas package and express trains the Medford posiofficc staff fur has Iwen barely able to krep nbreust with the deliveries. despite the nix additional clerks :ind carriers to the postoffice staff, ami the fleet of five motor trucks borrowed from the other federal diportmenls to Hid In the delivery of parcels. liecord breaking parcel, letter and card mail are also expected lo arrive Sunday and Monday, i Whllo the postoffice will be cloned Sunday the augmented staff of rh't ks and even some of the carriers will be busy Inside all during the day and evening receiv ing and sorting the pllrs of Im-nm- Inc mail for delivery to start Mon day morning. postmaster Warner declares that lesplie the rush of Incoming mnt- ; er, every ( h rlst mas pa reel a nd perhaps every post enrd that has arahed by lute Tuesday afternoon Will bo delivered. The Christina parrel and other mail nrrlvlnt; afir that time will not be de livered until after Christmas as ihtV postiiffiee Is closed all day Wednesday. LOS ANfiHLKS, Cnl.f Dec. 21 (A) Helen I.ce Worthing, former New York stuga beauty, reconclUMl with her liimlmtul. Dr. Kugenu G. Nolson, colored phyHiciun, afler n brief tmpurutimi ns n result of a "jealous spat," tntlny resumed her place oh mistress ot their home in the l.os Angeles negro Bectlon. Heconciliatinn followed a meeting. yeHterdny in nn attorney's office, liolh tho foimur nctresa and her husband said their diffurances, which resulted In n separation a week ngn, had followed a dispute over another woman, nnd that "all , has hern forgiven mid forgotten." i "To mo ho is not what the world would call a negro," Miss Worthing ; sakl. "Ho is not black in skin or I hluck In heart. 1 believe he loves me belter than anything else in the world, ant) I know that i do i him. No Hocial or racial barrier I can separate us." I No fraud as to his racial status was practiced by Dr. Nelson in I wooing nnd winning her handshe said. I Miss Worthing, formerly a mem i her of (he Zlegfeld Follies, appear- ;ed with John barrymore in "Don jjua-n" and with Adolph E. Menjou in "Tho Swan." Harrison Fisher, i artist, once adjudged her owner of fthe most beautiful protilo in Amer ' lea. ' j Democrat Leader Expects to Ride In Nick Longworth's Automobile WASHINGTON, Dec. ST I. it?) "Oh. Nick. Is our car ready?" "Our car? You mean my ca1." "No, our car: I'm letting you use it until after the next elec tion." The first party speaking Is "Jack" (Jarner of Texas, leader of the house Democrats; the second is Nicholas I-ongworth of Ohio, th speaker of the house. The car In question is that provided by the house for the speaker. The conversation between the two takes place nearly every after noon nt the capital. "When Garner has finished his work for the, day he looks up the speaker and de mands to be taken home in our car." He claims the house will gc Democratic in tho next election and he, as Democratic lender, will become speaker, and for that rea son It's now "our car." , Kong worth doesn't evert laugh He says "Jack" has made that claim so many times before elec tions that it's no longer amusing. Anyhow. "Jack" gets a ride home. AC! 1 TABLE ROCK AREA NEAR i VIOLATOR SENTENCED FLOOD IN HEAVY RAINS BIG CITY PIGEONS MAKE EASY PREY i ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (Pi A notorious outlaw, a death deal ing figure In black, has Just been d isco vo red In the sombre grey stone lower atop the post office department building. ' The discovery was made, how ever, not by postal offtciuls or by (he. police, but by ornithologists, for the outlaw is a solitary duck hawk. ' Austin H. Clark of the Smithsonian Institution today reported'- the presence of the bird, one of the most tsuvage members of the hawk family and one that ',b usually found along lonely, rockbound sea coasts, where it enn sweep down from the clffH upon unsuspecting prey. : Evidently more cunning than Its brethern, this particular duck hawk has found that the pigeon clustered nooks nnd crannies of the huge postoffice building provide morO food with less work and al ready he has taken a heavy toil from nmong the helpless birds. Prison Welfare League Blamed For Reign of Terror at Auburn In an affidavit filed by Mrs. Gertrude M. Gore, she resists the plea of her husband that the three children be allowed to spend Christmas afternoon with him. The affidavit sets forth that the chil dren have been suffering from a light attack of the flu, and their diet must be regulated; that, in previous years the Christmas tree has been held at the children's home, not their grandparents'; that'the Christmas tree Is for the purpose of influencing William, oldest of the trio, in testimony he may be called upon to give, and that Jay I. Gore is actuated, not by fatherly interest in his plea, but by a desire to secure publicity, and to "compare his wealth and plenty" with the circumstances of tho plaintiff. , . During a short hearing; this morning, there was a. lively .ex change between Attorney Charles Reames. representing Jay Gore, and Attorney O. M, Wilklns, which the court ended with firm admon ishments from the bench. In a petition filed late yesterday In circuit court Jay h Gore asks for the custody of his three minor children on Christmas day between the hours of noon and 6 o'clock, on the grounds that his wife, Ger trude M. Gore, who is suing him for separata maintenance, "keeps Hie children in the house and for bids the defendant from seeing i them." The petition recites that the cus tody of the children Is desired on Christmas day for their company, and to give them a Christmas tree ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. "21. Rh- Colonel George E. Chandler's rec ommendation for the abolition of the Auburn Prisoners' Welfare league was before Governor Uoose velt today, backed by the colonel's assertion that the league was "controlled" by plotting criminals! nnd crented n reign of terror! which caused two riots at that in-J dilution. j Colonel Chandler acted as Mr. i Hoosevelt's personal investigator I in an intensive study of the De- f cember 1 1 riot. 1 "Desperate characters have ob-! tained control of the welfare ; league and have held responsible J positions In the league." said j Chandler. "This has given them I freedom and they have gone about ' the yard, throughout the corridors J and have used their league room 1 at any und all times., even . well intn the night. "In fact we have a statement from a guard at the gate that night after night he has looked through the window of this room at gambling going on with money on the table and drinks of what fiinu (miner in ucturuaiiLB wiin me character he did not know, but ; family custom, at the home 01' their surmised. grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. "1'risoners have cat-called at Gore, the guards und have used vile and The petition also sets forth that abusive language to them, defied on Thanksgiving day the children their authority nnd when put in were in the custody of the mother, the cells by the guards have been and "that the defendant was not let out through the league of-(allowed to see them, and they were rieials immediately to laugh at the kept m the house." guards. "League members havi prisoners out of the li were marching and hn them Into the league ht-ro the league mem lavel 0 The netilion was scheduler! tnr taken! a hearing today before Circuit they)JnclKe H. D. Norton, who returned i ilerert : to the city this morning from act- n anil ' ing as one of the referees in the them-j Joseph-Mminix controversy at Sa- selves have, behind closed dfrs. flem. haten up prisoners so that they! Notice was served upon Mrs. Ger had to be taken to the hospital, ' trude M. Core and her attorney. In (art, a veritable reign of terror I O. M. WTlkins of Ashland, late yes had obtained In this prison thru ! terday and it is understood they the machinations of the criminals! were ' in court today. It is under in control of the league." j stood they will resist the granting Approve Hridue Plan. WASHINGTON, Dei". 21. (Tl The war department approved pl.tM of the county court of Tillamook of the piea. Highway Open. SAUJ.M, Ore.. Dec. 21. (Jf)- The state highway office said to. , dill' thllt the .lohn T)n hlhn.nu county. Oreuon. for a brldstjacrrssj which was reported yesterday to' the IUr Nestucca 'river at Kvoodf. 'be closed between Brogan and Ore., un.der the authority of t:ie fnltv. is now onen to ntitnmnhlle truffle throughout Its entire length. , CA.nKN. N. J.. Dec. 21. , 4 4V I In villi? ti.n ulvan nn ' 4 Involuntary ride of ten tulles hunirtnK to the tall of an air- plane, William t'numbe, 17- year-old farm hand. Is In Kood condition tn tell of his thrills. He was helping to 4 hold down the tall when the 4 engine was being wurmcd up, and he didn't let ro when the plane soared. In fact he held on till tha plane got to within five feet of the ground ngnin. Then he rolled over and over so much he was sent to a hospital with it few bruise.. 4 : Klamath Kalis rive story hostel ry will be constructed Itnra Immedi ately after rnmpiutiun ut Oregon Hank bulldiUB. iNEXT WfcEK. "nothimg .-.reus firY? t0 MK ewe , lafrsi. ;i Feci, so good ( V, AS DOING SOME- ( C Thing Fon ,V)ME. J (fft '! ONtt. ei.5E" yS-j ;j i ' a..o it, , Buying J . N HelpOther ' Christinas Seals .POIITLAXI). Ore.. Dee. 21. V Termed by federal authorities as an employe of disorderly houses In Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Jerry Metjuirc pleaded guilty to Maun net ohurRoa today and wns sentenced to three and nne-hnlf years at MeNeil Wland. .Meulre'- arrest and conviction followed n sensation:!! story uf Portland vice conditions told by a 22-year-old rorvaltU. tire., girl. TAI1I.K UOCK. Ore.. Dec. 21 (Spl. ) The heavy downpour of Wednesday night added to that of Tuesday brought the river to within a few feet of the over flow ng point nnd had the rain continued a few hours longer live stock nnd fences along the bot tom! would have been In danger. WARRACK RETIRES AS LIGHT SUPERINTENDENT BEESON LANE FARM TAt.KNT. Ore., IVc. 81. (Spl.) Mr, and Mm. Krne l'urvls of the Wanner creek district sold their farm home to (leorne (lal biulth also of Wuunrr creek re cently. Mr. und Mrs. l'urvls will go to Ashland to live. Mr. ami Mrs. Ooughran sold their farm on lleeson Mne to II. lu-ar of Medford and Mr. and Mrs. i'oui:hriin have moved to Medford. : . , gNii.onii for Survey. WASHINGTON. Occ. 81 KP The war department approved an allotment of sxo.Ouo for n project study of the t'olumbln river below the Snake river, whl.'h has been uothorlxed and ordered. ! I'OIITf.ANl). Ore., Dee. 21. UTi Hubert Wnrrark, n government (employee Mince 18S0, today an nounced his rpstmmtitlt as sun orinteudent of tho Seventeenth Lighthouse district, eflectlve Jan uary 1. Wurrack said his retire ment would bo followed by a trip through southern wators and then New York. wife sTayIrpays penalty for crime SAN Ql'KNTIN. Calif., Dec. 21. 111 Mario Crow, -III. of Ukla:i. Mendocino county, was dropped through the gallows trap here this morning nt IOiOTiH o'clock nnd pronounced dead nt H:l?H. He had been convicted of slaying his wife. .MILAN -iA'i There are thirty billion lire, approximately Sl.ftso, 0(in, of savings In Italian hanks or Invested In foreign bunds hy Italians. Senator de Capltnnl. out going mayor of Milan, told the local llotary club. The Interna tional Savings Institute has Us headquarters her. SACRAMENTO FAMILY COMING TO VALLEY TAllt.K ItOCK, Ore. Pec. 21. (Spl.l stnnley Lydlard nnd fam ily of K.cramento visited relative anil friends here Sunday. Stanley has been employed near Sacra mento by the same firm for six years, but Is building a house tin his farm properly near Medfoiil. and If present plans work out, wt'n move lo tho Itogue lllver vi,lley. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dea, 21. ion A charge of manslaughter was preferred agnuist William A. farks. 22, former Vancouver llnrracks sol dier, today in connection with the dentil of Mrs. Jean Andrews, i who was found lying beside the pavement of the Pacific highway near here October 21. Parks' arrest followed n state ment by Dwight Hughes, IT, held on a minor charge, that he was rid ing with Parks when the automo bile the former soldier was driving struck Mrs. Andrews and went on. 1 GOOD SAMARITAN TAKES INVALI DWOMAN'S PURSE POltTI.ANll, Ore.. Dec. 21. (PI A thief who displayed much con cern for the welfare of .Mrs. Hert llrooks of iJlKnyette. Ore., when she suffered a heart nttnek In n downtown department store, was being sought today by police. The "Oood Samaritan" concern wns Mrs. Itrook'a purse which con tained $'-'9. 1 Three Perish in Blaze While Kin Sing Yule Carol i state tnw. ' It In estimated that MtN.KSO people used the 22 mit'onal for-1 eU of Orenon and Wushihston for' rvc real Ion in 1929. 1 Aubrey '.. len, district man ager of tho I'nion Oil Co. has re- ' d to h's home In this rltv lifter several days' business vtlt In Klamath Kail. 4 KLKMOKX, Wis., Dec. 21. f Three members of the Carey household were burned to death last night while 4 three miles away, other mem hers of the family joined In singing carols nt n school house Christmas party. Tatsy Carey. 3. nnd Mabel. , with their grandfather. Henry Snowenberu. B3. were nlone In the isolated farm- house. The house was In flames when a neighbor spread the alarm. The bodies were found nmld debris In the basement 4 Into which they had been 4 plnBl when the floors burned away,. KM o -here's your Christmas Remembrance from Richfield ; JUST CALL at any Richfield Station. There's a Blue and Gold Richfield Balloon-left especially for you by our Airplane Santa Claus. Come anytime on Monday, December 23rd -or Tuesday, December 24th (but Santa Claus says "the quicker the better")