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M Temperature Forecast: Fair tonight; Friday fair, nllli Increasing: clouillnctst anil valley tog. No change In temperature. EDFORD The Weather IHhe-st yi'itcrtlji) M IjOMCM this dm it-iiliitr III! lrMif(jillon; To 5 p. in. yosU't'tliiy T. To 5 ii, in. Hits morning . .nil IL TRIBUNE DftltT Tmetr-fowtb Twr. MEDFORD, OHKGOX. TlIl'IiSDAY, DKOEMHHlt 1!U, 1929. No. 'J7li. WHERE CONGRESSMAN AND FOUR OTHERS DIED The Awkward Week. Five Minutes From a Doctor. Wall Street Parcheesi. Fly, Red Eagle. KEEP JOBS MA PATTERSON EDUCATION 100 COSTLY IN OREGON l COOK 10 AWDLE fm. IN JANUARY Today By ArUmr Brlibuu AIDES WIL Copyright Kins Feature! Synd. Inc. This is the year's awkward , week. Heeovcring from Christ inas, drifting into the new year that will begin with good reso lutions for some, fusel oil head aches for others. One thing certain, lie who makes no effort to use the year's last week will do little with the 5- weeks of 10I10. New York's medical officer test city. 44 If you must drink in this bootleg era, do your drinking not more than five minutes awav from a doctor." . i. . AH SOOn as you swallow the pre-war, or right-off-the-ship liquor, wink your eyes a few times - if they seem blurred, liurry to the doctor and have your stomach pumped out. You may be in time. " ; A simple plan would be to take your littlo. stomach pump to the party. First-class: stores might sell stomach pumps with silver cocktail shakers, on sale ten times as numerously under prohibition as they ever were before. ''' ' A philosophical loser in the stock smash compares building up a fortune to the game of par-1 cheesi: ' "You go along nieolv . lor a iviiuc, sntiKing your nice, moving your little round men floward victory.' Then Suddeti ly, you have .to go all the way back and start over." " - Many -will have to make u new start and some, too old or too discouraged, will never make it. , ' It seemed to be a real earth quake. In a few days of Octo ber, stock values dropped fif teen thousand million dollars, more than fifty times the sum spent to build the l'aimmn Ca nal. However, no real values were destroyed. Everything that was in the country on October first is there now. H is not as though .fire, tornado, or black death had swept the country., Heal values will return and ; go higher. Sumo of the carloads of worthless stock, printed to sell to fools, will remain worthless. (Continued on page four.) W. ,,K-rtn a..' l' " " , lhe ll.no." "ll ruin V'. ' tho some as It Ml ruin an Imlhtal- ; al. 'n. mi.t say. l.o ouMnt1 Jknmr . ''"" i Nobuddy wonM. The ay to ! ii i r '','pml,Me interview with Jones by in hi.. ,nfldHT '". '.''V Jnnlversity officials. Ton. IIkt yon Tom Stoddard, pre-ldent of the lU-rr n.r 0l. rye. hell look l nt vaca,)nn ("pyrlt John F. DUIe Co ., lr and could not bereached. No Resignations to Be Sub mitted to New Governor Unless Requested May Make Changes in Ranks of Fish and Game Com mission Norblad Takes Helm Monday. SALK.M, Ore, Dec. 26. P, No resignation.1-:, unless requested, will be submitted to Governor Norltlad by state officials who hold office in the state capltol under tfca ap pointive power of the governor. This was plainly indicated here to day by the administrative heailH of various statu departments. Con trary to current reports that pollt- it'Hi fill 11 IS ivuuill touni' iuuiitrrn j of the ioVcrnor Patterson to hand in their resignations to his successor, to accept or not. offi cials declared today that there is no precedent ofr any concerted action of this kind. There have been isolated instances of such resignations In the past. The three members of the pub lic service commission, u round which there is always much politi cal wrunKlitiK. aro a" Patterson appointees. liovernor Patterson was severely criticized In some quarters for hfs appointment of II. II. Corey, when Corey's elective term expired and the office be came appointive by a new law. and also for his appointment of j j. i. uoriznieyer ai uie same lime. Onee appointed, however, members of the service commission are not easily removed. Kemuval must be for cause, and then the 'law gives the official the privilege of a pub lic hearing. t'orcy Strong Now Corey is conceded as having n,ole strength now than at tho of the recent Interstate commerce commission order for construction, of 'the-cust uuil west frail - line across central Oregon, a movements that was Initlutcd by Corey. The three members of the state industrlul accident commission are Snm l.aughlin, F. K. Uragg and W. II. Fitzgerald. Uragg is the Democratic member. None of tho three expects to submit a resigna tion unless it Is requested. The samo 1h true of Mark D. McCallis ations. anil Clare A. I.ee. state in surance commissioner. A fight against l.ce may be made. It Is believed, by members of certain fraternal benefit associations that have Increased assessments. Lee has gotten Into disfavor among certain members because some rulings by the department, but (Iiivernor Patterson staunchly ba.'ked him up. What tho attitude of the three state highway commissioners will be towards the nui tiers! of rcsigna- (Continued on Page Eight) Eugene Rumors Say Bene fiel in Palo Alto to Sound Out West Point Mentor As Successor to McEwan Hall Silent. KVGENE, Ore., Dec. 26. tP Rumors were current here today that Caiitaln lllfl' Jones. Wesl Point football coach, may be Bp- proacbed In connection with the vacant coachlni? position at the I'niverslty of Oregon to succeed Captain John J. .NfcKwau. resigned Jack . Ileneflel. graduate man ager; Virgil Karl, director of ath letics, and Del Stanard, represent ing the alumni on the athletic coun cil, have gone to Palo Alto to see i the Army-Stanford game Saturday. There were many reports on the campus that the trip was not en tirely one vi pleasure. Jones is anmuicoiy loosing ror a coaching position, since his con- tract with -Army expires this sea- n .1 Ik. Apn.o .III. I.Arililtl, ;blll a threc-year tenancy, .lone." present salary Is understood to be .,..hl ,..P , ,. ' . - J fte!l.lenl Arnold Bennett Hall I . lnn,, ..-.-. nf . BIFF JONES llIAYI RFRIUFN nnARH JOB AT OREGON . Atsoctoted Preat Photo. The cabin of the wrecked monoplane In which Rep. William K. Kaynor (right) of Massachusetts. Capt. Harry A. Oinger, pilot, and three others were killed a few minutes after taking off from Boiling field. Washington. The party had started for Massachusetts for the Christmas holidays. BORDER PATROL TO PLUG LIQUOR , ! Treasury Department Will Submit Recommendations to Congress As Soon As Joint Committee Named for Dry Study. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2$. (Ay) Plans for prohibition enforcement j which Include a unified border pa trol and limitation of the number of ports of entry from Canada will bo submitted by the treasury to ! "Si n ui ll juiiu tun- grcssional committee to consider prnbibitlon (iicstlons Is named. Under Secretary Mills, who mailo the announcement today, said that President Hoover's suggestion tlnil n ' congressional coiuiuttluo ; b o named 16 study consolidation of en forccmont agencies had not been acted upon. i I1U OHIU IIIHI Ha &UUII US llie eoill- mlttoe Ib named the treustny will submit a plan for a unified' bordor patrol which would require the con-! sent of Canada because It will pro-1 vide for limitation of the number i of ports of entry to this country. ! In addition to llmitltm tha ortn of! entry, uie pian, ne said, win pro-1 vide an Intensive border patrol u l- filer direction of llie const gnarU to' I prevent snuiRllng. j At present, the under secretary I i said, h nnrsnti nnmhii frt-tm Cnnniln ' may enter this country anywhjret along tho border, hut must report his entrance ut the nearest port. This lequlres, ho said, u patrol to work If) or 15 miles Inside the bor der, t'nrier-the new plan, If ap proved by congress and Canada, j '' "' pnt entry anywuere except at points doslR - naled. , mrHirn nnnTI llin P I IK IV It It Y IK I 111 VI LEAKS PLANNED 1 ul 1 I UIIILllMU .Ithe American Assoclallon for llie . ...... mn ATr.ftl.r i Advancement nf Sclenco today. MAVI1D hA xTDllrit' That period Is the twelfth Risde. IflM I Ul nHu U I IlUllL' seniors In blah school, si'lentifi- I ' j rally called "deJatlon." Is dellnite - ; and uniform, whether lor city, sub- POltTl.AXD. Ore.. Dec. 28. i.Pi A. i. ItiiKhllKht. former Portland 'mayor, who suffered a heart 'il- t.-ck it Salem Monday, was report ed in a crttlcnl condition at bin home iiere today. ItuslillKht wan stricken while -n route to Halem to attiyid t lie tune al of the late (iovernol- I. I.. Pi terson. He was taken to a Halem h,ul nm Htrr r,.tlned to I i1n,i . . FRIEND OF CUSTER AND BUFFALO BILL IS DEAD HKIHMiTON. Kas.. Dec. 'JS. oVe Patrick Kelly. S7. civil wai veteran, plulnsiiuul. scout and guide in Kansas since isth. and te-.onal friend of ti.-neriil faster. 'Murrain lull" fndy and "Wild IJMI" HI- kok. died here tiiilny. Boy Kills Sister While Examining Yule Gift Weapon ::rr;:iAIL AIRPLANE JKHOM13, While the family gathered ; 4 about their Christmas tree, j John Smith, Jerome youth, 4 j i j examined his new shotgun, a 4 j i fr present. A moment later tho i J gun was .accidentally dls- J cbargi'd, killing his sister, H i 4 Vlviim, aged 14. f 4 .-4'- FORCED 10 SEEK HOSPITAL COTS NEW- YOKK. Dec. M. (H) A ....... i. ji ...o i licd today by the more severe of the 911 cases of alcoholism listed in : nciwspaiier tabulations over (.'brlst- mas. There were no deaths. mi f h , U'lllimil Hospital authorities said no symp - toms of wood alcohol or other poi- I son were manifested by any of thoso treated. I t wwi ,,t;tiLi,f, uum uiluiiihi fn,.T oiiIiib occurred In evue hoBpltal on Christmas -day last year. In 17 seven deaths were ascribed to this cause during the Christmas holidays and In December, litli. thoie were 7-', of w hich 40 w-jre lalil to wood alcnhol. nuncvue nuspiiai uumnieu a:tC8 of alcoholism yesterday and the day before Christmas 31. Other hospitals In the city treated only a few cases each. . -. - ; ,-sr.-ts- r YULE DRINKERS Flaming Youth Starts Revolt . In High School Days Is Found By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEY " "''?:'""lAt'd Pr""J!?ll TZ i . ..v I IJK8 .MOINKS, la., lies. M.-(A') , , ., , .11 -The o.ic when flan,lnK .voutl.be- Rins to revolt was IdnmlHed In a report to the education section oI'moho mull Its peak was 11 Ihe urban or country youth, but II Is .also slight, giving little basis for a si-ore of 4.i.i3. I anathemas against modern young "We found." said Dr. Uickbart. ! folks, and there in bolh a recovery "that the attitude toward law lin !or Ideals later on. and tho youn ' prr.ves wllh each intelligence iinill slers. despite Ihelr tendency .to high school. Al tho highest level crack, have a higher rating llian 'some, though not all, or their el- discovered a tendency to fall ho lders, low, -or peihaps we had heller say i In Uie period tif outbreak the deviate, from Hie attitude held by 1. 1 boys oiiirlare the girls. j The report appears to fix a time wnen ll may ne especially vaiuaine to guard the development of youth. The twelfth grade deviation was found during a study ol the attl- tudes of S-'ilMi Iowa school children toward law. It was made this year by Kev. K. (i. Ixickhart, professor of psychology at Drake university. The youngsters answered f.l noes- lions about 20 laws more or less familiar to children and Ihe stand aid used ror measuring Ihelr an- swers being the replies to the name S. P. 10 HAVE A SERVICE HERE Medford'. to Be Important i Link in New Rail-Air Ser vice From , Portland 1 to Mexican Line Maddux Planes to Be Used. VUKTLANU Oi-e., Dec. 21!. ()) J. A. Oiniandy. passenger traffic innnnRer of the nordiern dlsirict of the Soiilhein Pacific iiillrond, i.nnoimi't'd loilay n new air mnll passenger service woultl be inatign liiiiluv liv I hi. rnllaniri in ' " ' ' ' 11 "V V n" connection with the T. A. T. Mad- u1","" ! Tl'c "T ""'T1''0- wl1,1 ''"rU"'1 I" IHUl IIIIVII 1 1 1 1-f 1 1 it I : i " " ?0"" "n. y B"u''"y for Pacific coast residents. "The service," Onnandy said. "will exlend from the Canadian bop , , .r, i .!.. it ' I 0 lvimXlo 'hil t 1 1 ! unt- u"r"' " aHIU- , AccordliiK to the dlslrict S. P. of- , ffC0 hero, Medford will eventually i,e fln im,(nrtunt station In the nlr- ' l o i I service, but at the outset the , paneR wm only be operated tioin iHaII prancB(.0 tuAUd from tho Mexl- j (Contlnued on Page Eight) . . . r .-j-.-t .z 1 .- . i questions by GO lawyers of the lilKh- ' 11,0 twelfth. Tli lawyers scored a perceiitane ot IIU)K ,R ,ourtli Ktadeers 44 07, The clillilren's perceiitane eleventh litade with 47.!'.. Then tlie twelflh Krade droiiped lo lii.os. ' The hlKher groui. however, collene maduates. ruse to 17.5s. a point hlnhor llian the Ki ades. A -small town civic club was be- low even the twelfth trades, Willi ol Intelligence In high school we adults. This group stubbornly per- slsls In an altitude that does nol cnimini m me n. .. .n m.: Influence of this group In grade 12 that pulls down Ihelr mean score, The significance or this finding may be rar reuehlng and worthy of exhaustive research, "Sex appears to have no Infill- 'nco of conseiiience on altitude In- ward law. In grades II and 12 ithe girls are shown to havu an nltl- Hide sllghlly nearer Ihst or adults than tho hoys. This difference I. small hut constant." i Wiser Expenditure of School Dollars Is Advocated at State Teachers' Confer enceDebts and Interest Take Large Share of Funds Is Assertion New System Urged. PORTLAND. Ore.. IVc. 28. Kcomuny, not through cut in ap propriations but throiiKh wiser ex penditures, was advocated at 'be meeting of the Oregon State Teaeh crs' association here today at the annual three-day conference. Prof. j. Stetson. University of Ore gun, opened the meeting with a re port of a revised operating system which will be voted upon Saturday. "Oregon is not getting as much as it should from Its school dol lars," Dr. .1. It. Jewell. Oregon StaK college, dfclared In discussing sev eral phases of the new program. "When debts and Interest on uM debts If figured up. many of onri school buildings have cost two and three times their estimated cos'.." Resolutions toward a "wiser ex penditure" as presented by a com-, mlttee beaded by C. A. Ulce, Port land, chr.trman. Included the relief of the burden upon real property , by levying a school tax from other i sources along the lines of neighbor ' state legislation; change In plans t of distribution of funds whclh will i place small districts at a greater ! advantage; removal of the six pi-ri cnl limitation on school levbs. j Consolidation of school districts also was urged. I Iteorgnnirjitloit Plan. Side by side with this goes a iplan for reorganization of the gen eral school system which will be I submitted to the board of educa tion for Approval. Under the new I plan an elementary school of six I yearn will be Instituted, followed by thrsc years of Junior high tchnnl j for the adolescent .-:chld,, where special attention will be paid to discovering Its aptitudes. A three j ytenr senior high school course with I training In chosen fields emph.i j slued, will conclude the program of secondary education. Increase In preparation required I fur elementary teachers In recom , nrn-n d e d. liy 113 this would (amount to a required three years j of training' beyond high school graduation, and four years train ! lng beyond high school graduation by 1JI.37. Kdueatlon ns to the effects of ' Indulgence In narcotics and ale t 1 hollc liquors was Advocated In r.U high school courses In civics, soci ology d physiology was advo cated. More than 270 delegates attend ed the morning session, Vepri'sen: Ing all points oT the state. It was believed 2,000 delegates would e present before the convention ends Mkturdny. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 P Pascual Ortiz Hublu, president elect of Mexico, arrived In Wash ington at noon today for four days of ceremonies in his honor by the United Slates government. Ho and Senora Orllz Htiblo were net at the stallon by Secretary Sllmsoii and .Mrs. Htlmsou, who were accompanied by Ambassador Telle of Mexico. ' As they lelt the titntlon they were greeted by four flourishes from the fulled Stales army hand which then struck up the Mexican nnllonal anthem. On entering the waiting limou sines a guard or honor of til Third I'nlted Stales cavalry presented sa bers and escorted the procession from the slnllon.. The parade led to lite capilol grounds and down Pennsylvania avenue past the treasury building mill the While limine mid lift Mix- 'teenlh street to the Mexican em bassy. conduFtkound1jp of baker bootleggers IIAKKIt. On'.. 1"C. 211. -(Pi .Vine lllli-Kcd himtleKMTcrN and It itui n said to lie one ut their cus tomers were arri'sii'd by stale and county authorities Tuesday and Wednesday night. The officers con I'lscnled two aoloninblics. several pillions of whiskey and beer an-l 1 two revolvers, Hpilnafleld llell theater ru opened to public. ! MEXICAN CHIEF IS HONOR GUEST IN WASHINGTON Associated Vest Photo (sfiieml So ml (no. MKMCO CITV, Dec. L'G. (T) Incensed at rumors that Oeneral Augustlno Sundino, exiled Nicaru guan insurgent chieftain, accepted" Jiio.nuu to cease his anti-American opcratloiiH In Nicaragua, certain .Mexican elements which gavt him miral support, ar Investigating the circumstances surrounding his departure from his native land. The newspaper Kl Cniversal said that the communist party of .Mexico, the Mexican chapter of the autl-iinperlalist league, and the "hands off Nicaragua committee"- charged General Sandino ac cepted a check for $110,000 as the price of his leaving Nicaragua. He came to Mexico several months ago and made his home at Me rlda, Yucatan, where he is alleged to be "living like a millionaire.' Detroit Youth Bleeds to Death From Wound in Leg When Niagara River Patrol Fires On Suspected Liquor Running Craft Companion Escapes Five Holes in Boat. MWALO. N. V., Dec. 2(i. tip) Kugeno K. Dnwnoy, Jr., 27, sono of Police Lieutenant IOhkciic F. Dow ney of this city, bled to dentil Inst night after being shot by coast guardsmen In the cutter 2215, which was patrolling tho Niagara river for nun runners and narcotic smugglers. Downey and a companion were lu a motor bout known as the Dodge and wero suspected of hav ing aboard a loud of liquor from Canada. After the shooting tho Dodge was found to he empty.. Downey's com panion escaped after the Dodge had been run against a llirTfnln pier. Medical Inspector Ho C, De Dom mlnlcls said today he was at a loss Just how to procoed In the cose due to the nltltuile of Richard H. Tcmpleton, federal attorney for this district. Templcton gave orders that the medical examiner should not be permitted to question the coast guardsmen connected with the shotting. Holes in Boat Dr. De Domilncis was allowed to Inspect Hie Dodge, which has five bullet holes, lliree above the water lino and two below. The fact that Downey was allot In Hie leg led lo speculation. Tho medical examiner said ho was convinced that none of the five bullets Hint struck the boat wounded Downey. He voiced the opinion lhat Ihe speedboat outdis tanced llie government chaser and lhat thii unidentified pilot of tho Dodge quickly lashed his boat to the dock, climbed up the rope Into the pier and ran away. He further theorized Hint Downey stood up and attempted to climb up on the dork mid was shot down then. Downey wus bleeding profusely when coast guardsmen hove upon the scene. Much difficulty was ex perienced In gelling him ashore. Ihe pier being hluh. and both police and firemen were called lo aid In the liisk. The wounded man died 2H minutes after reaching a hos pital. Surgeons wero quoted as saying lhat had a tourniquet been applied to the wounded leg prompt ly bis life would have been saved. I.ust rYldny Downey pleaded nol tfuilty lo a charge of conspiracy to smuggle liquor and was released on SIO.iiliO ball. St. Helens. Hid opened fer construction of sanitary sewer In west end trunk sewer district. SON 0 SLAIN BY W GUARD Discredited Explorer May Be Released After Serving One-Third of Term for Oil Fraud Health Failing Under Prison Routine Good Behavior Recorded. LKAVKXWonTII. Kans., Dec. 26. IP) Application of i)r. Fred erick A. Cook, Arctic explorer,, for parole from his sentence of 1 1 years and nine month?, for, con spiracy to use Ihe mails to de fraud, will be heard at the Janu ary mectliiK of the federal parol-.-bourd. Dr. Cook, admitted to the fetl eral penitentiury here April 6, ln.". has served one-third of his term and automatically is eligible for parole on his record or good be havior. All of his asociates In the oil promotion scheme which led to his conviction were paroled three years ago. His sentence is the longest ever given a prisoner committed to the penitentiary here on a sim ilar charge. Eighteen months ago Federal Judge Wilson at Fort Worth Issu ed an order admitting Cook to pro bation. Cook wns sentenced by Judge Killlts of Toledo, silling in place of Judge Wilson, and Ihe latter always has centended th it the sentence was loo severe. Jt filially was determined, however, that judges are without power li place prisoners on probation af'.er servlce of sentence begins, and tile order was voided. .. - -Health Falling. Dr. Cook's health has been Tun ing under conrtnement and friends say ho cunnot live through, his full sentence. Ho Is editor of the pris on newspaper, The New. Era.. Dr. Cook started one of tho mt't specuiculur aQiitroversirii, -of . niou. ' orn exploration when he announced September 1. HOB, Unit' ho'' hud ruached tho North- Pole on. 'April 21, IDU8. First acclaimed throughout the world, ho later was branded u '" faker. Admiral Peary said he found no evidence at the pole- of. Cook's visit there nnd scientist. said Cook's documentary proofs ot the achievement were of dubious ninhentlellv. HI. elnlm 'Inter M-ns defended by several noted sclent-, ists. Including Capt. Roald Amund sen, but today he stands generally discredited. L F '(IHPOI.I, Syrnnlcin, Dec. 26. (IP) The bodies of thrco French aviators vfho were on a flight from I! Ilourget to Saigon. Indo-Chlna. and have been missing for several unys, nave ueen- xouno near .vii.i by Italian aviators. Tho plane had been wrecked, and Ihe men killed in the crash. The three airmen, IJeul. LaSnlle, Pilot ltobord nnd .Mechanic Fal lot arrive d at Tunis on December -l"i and left the same evening for Hengasi. Cyfanicln. The debris of their plans" was first sighted De cember 33. hut the men's fate win not learned until today. " Will Rogers Says: HKVKRTjY HIIiIiS. Cnl, Dec. '.'li. I 'timed thn I'iittfrs Kit-Id .vi-Htcrdii.v mid tlx-y wns burying (wo staunch old Ho publii-aiis, both (if wlinlu died of Ktiirvntioii, uiul the mini in cliiirtfi' told me tlicir Inst' words . wci't-, "1 slill think A in c r I c n is f ii n tl a ui e n t it 1 I y sound." And today tlu-y are bnryiiii.' hun dreds nil over our free lmd whoso intention nf .i-t-lgliiaf-; iiilt our Snvior's biitlidiiy whs splendid, but whilst judxnieiit in liootli-j.'triM's wns Imd. Yours, WH.Ii. P. S. : What do ytnt know about those Hopublicuns set-tin-.' the White House afire to burn up their own rec ords WILL RO'iKKS.