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MED FORD. OM-XiOX. FKIDAV, DKCKMlJKlt 1!7, 19Uy,
No. Til.
Today LOCAL COPS
By Arthur Brisban. M PI M IP
Adopt, Adapt, Improve.
Three Good New Year
Words.
A Plan for Gandhi.
Lindberg Has An Estate.
Copyright Kins Features Synd. Inc.
ADOPT, ADAPT, IMI'KOVK.
Those three words, recom
mended by tiie l'rincn of Wales
lo his fellow eounlrymeii, might
well be ADOPTED, ADAPTED
mid IMPROVED iii this conn
try. The young prince, one of the
most useful, hard working citi
zens of Great Britain, said to
Hritish industrialists:
"We British think we are
very efficient, and we are at
the bead of the world in lots of
Millings, but to keep in the van
we must be conscious of that
very valuable thing the knowl
edge that we learn something
new every day. To put it in
three words: We must learn
to adopt, to adapt and to improve.-'
We Americans think we are
very efficient. In fact, we are
absolutely sure of it. But we
do not always "adopt, adapt,
improve."
For instance, railroad man
agers of the United States stood
looking, doing nothing, while
automobile, omnibuses a n d
trucks took away some of their
most profitable business.
They woke up late to that
situation and they are not thor
oughly awake yet.
And to 'nearby " Suburban
points they drag gigantically
heavy "local trains," stopping
and starting at every station,
wasting money, men, niachin
rry, rails.
They could .just as ell send
out in rapid succession light
pars driven by gas engines, each
me an express, each one going
without stop to its own diminu
tion and no farther. A little
ADOPTING, ADAPTING and
IPI50VING would arrange that.
n
The late President Ripley of
the Santa Fe, brilliant railroad
man, chose for his motto three
very important words: "OR
GANIZE, DEPUTIZE, SUPER
VISE." Three good words. The
Prince of Wales' three words
are also needed, even in this
super-efficient land.
A big silver pool in China
, (Continued on page four.)
lxtcr Pino hain't got no dear
trip ml lege days to look back 011.
hut ho Mld Ml vacuum Kwccer
til root to the roitMitncr diirin' lb
month o November. M.n JrM at
I pulled up t" hhHt 1 happened
in think that I her hain't no yaks
In (hl country. m I Imuwl mv
gun." mi hi Ike Sole, w bo rnme
ulihln mi nco o' tlHHitln' A lifelong
DciiHH'iut liMlnr.
lCn;yr!ht John K. Dill Co.)
iinuunuuLL
mm
Two Men and Woman
Lodged in Jail After Night
of Crime Junk Dealer
Tortured By Flame in Ef
fort to Locate Money
Rex Cafe Patron Robbed
at Pistol Point.
As the result of a holdup, boilUy
assault on an eldorly junk dealer
and gun buttle with police in Med
ford early this morning; Mr. and
Mrs. .lack Donovan of this city and
A. K. Johnson of Jacksonville are
held in llv county jail on open
charges. Donovan is accused of
holding up A. C. Uiwrence in the
Hex cafe shortly before '1 o'clock
tins morning and of taking part
in a pistol duel on Central avenue
between .Main and Kighth streets
with Policeman William Peck.
All three are implicated in as
saulting Pat Hohan, junk dealer on
Plum street, at midnight, when
they ure accused by officers of at
tempting to make Hohan teU the
hiding place of money the trio de
sired. Hohan declared n blanket
was thrown over his face, after he
was striiuk behind the ear by n
hard object, rendering him uncon
scious. I lis eye was also injured
by a blow.
Torture Applied
Because of a badly burned leg.
sustained when his assailants held
an open flame against it in an ef
fort to make Mm talk, Hohun is in
the Sacred Heart hospital today,
recovering from the effects of the
burns which practically cooked a
portion of his foot, the skin being
all burned away. Unsuccessful in
their efforts, Mohan's ussailants
left, cutting the telephone wires
before departing. He was unable
to call the officers until this morn
ing. Uiwrence hndaJjeen In the Ttex
cafe for some time visiting Seth
Blake, proprietor, when Donovan
entered the establishment to order
a cap of coffee. Hefore the order
was taken, Donovan arose from the
counter and approached Lawrence,
holding a long barreled caliber
fOnntlniiPd on P:ie Four)
FLAYS FOES ' OF
HEFLINMP
Alleged Proclamation Says
"Will Lick Enemies Until
They Can't Stand U?"
Wizard Evans Denies
Klan in Politics.
111 HM I SH HAM, Atn., Dee. 17.
(A't The I'.ir m Ingham News today
published what purported to be tin
official proclamation from high
authorities of the Ku Klux Klan
in Alabama to klan members
which denounced recent nction of
the state Democratic executive
committee in refusing to permit
persons who bolted thi? party a
year nyo to become candidates in
the forthcoming primary and
which asserted "we intend to lick
our enemies until they can't stand
up."
The statement, us published by
the News, declared "Senator Tom
lief lin and 1 1 ujih Lock e ( ca nd i -dates
respectively for re-election
as senator and governor, who were
barred from the primary for sup
porting President Hoover) nnd
hundred of other of the nubelest.
cleanest, most patriotic and Intelli
gent citizens of Alabama ure dis
criminated nvainst because they
exercised t h'-ir pollt ical freedom
last year."
lames Ksdalc, grand dragon of
the Klan. declined to comment on
authenticity of the statement but
indicated ho possibly would have n
statement later.
ATLANTA. Iee. 27 itf) Dr.
Hiram V. Kvan. Imperii; I wizard
! of the Ku Klux Klan, said here to
I day that the klan 11s an organiza
tion 1 not in politic and would
not take part In the Alabama cam
paign. He made this Ktatoment
after the report from Mirmlncham
that the Alabama Klan had de
nounced the Alabama Democratic
exerutlve committee for barring a
candidate 1hoc who failed to
support the Democrat ic national
ticket l.iM year, had been read to
him Mr. Kvnn t-aid the report
from llirininuham w .is pews to
him.
ALABAMA KtAN
Five Acquitted in Torture Murder Trial
. ulii inniL
yum. &LiVffl Tff i jbrlliu uKIIVIt
The Mountain Vleu. Ark., court
riinkliii. a runner Insane asylum
found not guilty. The iktmm'iI in
W hite and Henna 11 (ireeiiuuy.
PANTAGES HAS
FEAR OF DEATH
Physicians Say Theater:
Magnate Genuinely Sick,
Needs Rest and Better
Diet Worry" Over Con
finement Also Factor.
LOS ANflKLKS, JJec. 27. (VP)
Alexander i'untagcs, multi-millionaire,
convicted of a urlminul at
tack on Kunlcu .Cringle, co-ed
dancer, today is confined to the
county jail hospital while Superior
Judge Charles Kricke .heart addi
tional testimony of physicians con
cerning the showman's physical
condition, in his plea for release
from jail on bond.
Two physicians yesterday test; -fied
Vantages has suffered "thr"o
dangerous heart attacks" and is
"genuinely sick.' Dr. Charles
Decker, one of the five physicians
appointed by District Attorney IVi
ron Kilts and Judge Krlcke to ex
amine 1 'ant ages, said the theater
man "needs rest and a better diet
than he can get in Jail." Dr. Deck
er expressed the opinion that woi ry
over his confinement, more than
the actual confinement,, is respon
sibly for the patient's condition.
"Mr. I'antages is in constant fear
that he will die In jail," the wii
ne.ss said.
Dr. Benjamin Itlank, jail phy
sician, characterzeid the three
heart nttaclts I'antages 'has suf
fered in recent weeks as "danger
ous." Ho said the showman might
die if he Is not released for con
stant medical attention. Four (date
and seven defense physicians re
main to be heard.
SMITHS (iKOVlfi. Ky., Dlt. 2't.
(A1) Knihaltled sntnlu.-rn Kentucky
tarnini'H and officers. Incensed by
the killing of a country bank presi-
dent by three bank bandits, today
gunrded highways, brhlges ami
miles of railway track, and peered
Into woods and caves for the slay
ers of .1. Hubert Khby, -lit.
Although it whs believed that
one or more of the men had been
wounded nnd two stolen automo
biles the bandits used nnd a portion
of the hank loot had been recov
ered, Ihn posses, comprised of
armed men who at one time num
bered Mm or KMio men, had been
balked after a search of alt day
and night.
The aid t;f TenncKsen officials
8S Invoked late last nfht Aftcr
officeis at Scotsvllle. L'u mtb s
south of the robbery and shooting,
had pursued two men In an auto
mobile toward Gallatin. Tenn.
.icoitsvllle officers wero Informed
one of the men had been shot In
the shoulder.
Klrhy. president of the Farmers
hank of Smiths drove, wan shot
nnd killed early yesterday us he
and fl parly of others tried to hn)l
the bandits' tar phout five mite
north of here. The three despera
does had robbed (he Oakland tvnl;
nt Onkland, near )wvt. of between
fliaia dud $ I .Vim m.d Kliby tml
been n-dified by telephone.
IN COUNTY JAIL
POSSES SEARCH
FOR KENTUCKY
BAND ROBBERS
( Associated Press I'hoto
house where live men a reused of toi-tiiriug unci slaying (. 01111(0
hitiiale to t'oiesiiill his niarrhige lo n luiiivo girl of the hills, were
en were, left to right: Hubert Heeler. Kill C. Young. Alev Talks, .lor
Coolidg'e Demurs
On Red Dress for
Wife in Picture
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (P)
Howard Chandler Christy has
a Coolidge story. The uuesilon
rose as to what sort of a dress
Mrs. Coolldge should wear
when posing before him for a
portrait. The artist suggested
red with a white dog beside
the siuer for contract. The
president preferred a white
dress. There was a little
iii KUinent which ended when
the president said: "Let It be
a white dress, if you please.
To allow for your contrast let
us have the dog dyed red."
1 4. -V -V
McKelvie Says Next Objec
tive for Agricultural Co
operatives Will Be Mas
tery of Terminals for Dis
tribution. LINCOLN, Net)., Dec. 27. (Pt--Hamuel
H. McKelvie uf the Fed
eral Karm board, told members of
tho State J Jar association toda v
that mastery of the terminal nnu'-j
kets was the next point for thej
agricultural couperat Ive.s to gain.
"There are over I'J.fltiO farmers
co-operative societies in this coun- j
try today, having a membership j
of 2.oan. t and handlluu' annual -1
ly products of the value of over J
I f 2..lm.u(in.oon, ho said. For the
most part, tnese co-operatives are
back in the rountdy. and have no,
reached the terndnal ' markis
where the greatest Influence is ex-J
erelsed hi orderly distribution an If
price control.
"It is the Jo of the Koderil
Farm board to see that these c
opeiMffve take the next step In
organization which will give them
mastery of the terminals."
M'-Kelvie said had the farm
board not stepped in with loan of
fers and moral support at the time
of the Ptock market crrsh, th--wheat
market wouid have decline)
seriously nlpo.
FARMER NEEDS
MARKET POWER
AT TERMINALS
Uncle Sam Will Refund Millions
Through Errors in Tax Figures
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. WT
Sometimes, even tbul master of
arithmct Ical ca Ictilat Ion, the I 'nit -fd
States treasury makes mistakes;
but when ft doci, ft odmftit them.
Toda it made known an error tf
f I in,(iiMi.OOO In the collection of
las year's taxes and, In It an
nual announcement of Aax refund-",
nt . forth that restitution in
h mounts rancinu upward to $:'.".
Gnn.ono win beinii madn to cor
porations nnd Individuals, Includ
ing John D. Itorkefeller. the Cnr
neyie steel company a nil Mary
Pbkford.
Mr. Rockefeller, one of the
world's wealthiest men. received
ll.S7.227; MlfM Plrkford, $10,H;i:
the Carnegie company 2S.H-17,2r!.
the riiKet single refund listed; the
William Waldorf Astor Trust
4"i',2'.i and Daniel Ouggcriheim (
YULE SHOPPING
iiMPUcnicn dv
UUUIILUIVLU Ul
liSHARE SLUMP
President Told Trading Fully
As Good As Last Year
Decline Feared State
Building Plans Announced
for 1930."
The department of commerce has
reported to President Hoover that
Christmas shopping this year was
fully up to thai of last year, and
he considers the condition very
encouraging.
Special interest in the subject
was taken by the administration,
in view of Its campaign In the
interest of business stabilization,
since there bad been fears that the
effect of the stock market crash
last November would be seriously
damaging to the retail trade.
Some of the advance calcula
tions made to the president indi
cated that as much as ten percent
decllno in Christmas trade volume
tH anticipated.
WASHINCTON, Dec. zT.ifr)
Oovernors of li states have re
ported public works programs to
taling $8 25,000,000 for next year
to President Hoover.
The reports from some of the 20
slates are only partial and the
president is hopeful of receiving n
more complete outline of the state
building proKrams by the first of
the yeur.
TOPI- KA, Kan., Dec. 27. A')
Kxpcnditures hkk regaling S'.'MO,
oan.doo in l!3o by the Kanta Fe
i n flu ay were announced today iy
W. t '. Storey, president of t he
syslein, acting in conpcratlon with
Presld'-nt Hoover's program for
stablllathm of business and Indus
I ry.
OIL WORKERS DIE IN
EXPLOSION AMD FIRE
TA FT. Calif., Dec. 27. (Pi
Two oil workers were burned to
death and two others Hiiffvred In
jur! en whb-h may prove fatal In
an xplosion and fire in an oil well
In the lluena Vista hills near here
today. The dead are K. W. W11
them and Arthur Nance, who were
working on a rig at the Standard
oil company's well, C1-7D when
It bb w In spoiitlnu natural gas.
New Yotk $s.l.- Hundreds of
icfuiids, all tit $.'(0o or more, were
.lifted, fuel 11 it frig beneficiaries In
every slate of the union and Ma
wall. Among the western slates, Cali
fornia with its wealthy motion pic
ture und su!sldlary interest vu
predominant amonu the refunds,
alt hotiKh Miss Pit k ford was the
only cinema actreH mentioned. In
the middle west, Illinois furnished
the government's great enl refund
burden, while Pennsylvania nnd
New York wer outstanding In the
cant. Florida was the heaviest
beneficiary in the south.
Four citizens of flermnny bene
fitted substantially from the re
funds, more than a million dollars
Kuing to each through the rindo
dlnri of alien properly, for errors
In tax collections fn estate con
fl seated during the ut.
mi tp aii
New York and Chicago
Sleuths Renew Efforts to
Solve Slaying of Frankie
Yale and Frank Marlow
Bronx Racketeer Signed
Murder Contract Is State
ment. XKW VOI!K. Dec. 27. (V)
Trails leading through the under
world's of Chicago and New York
City today were being followed
by ,joliee in a renewed effort lu
solve the slayings of Krankie Yale.
I Drooklyn gangster, and F rank
Marlow. Itroaiiway raeketeei
.1
iiionibs old. seemed buried in the
du.st of police records until the
statement ot Police Inspector Jo
seph J. Donovan that the two New
York gangsters were killed by a
Chicago Kuniunn tinder the terms
of a $20. OUO contract fgncd by
Clro Terra nova, known lo police'
as a ltronx racketeer.
Police Commissioner drover A.
Whalen was on his way to Chi
cago today to make n study of
traffic theru and it was reported
he also would personally investi
gate the Chicago angles of the
killings.
Link Killings.
inspector Donovan's statement
linking the two killings was given
yesterday at the police trial of
Detective A r t h u r Johnson for
dereliction of duty, where he testi
fied that the holdup of a testimo
nial dinner given for Magistrate
Albert Vltale was staged at Ter
ra nova's orders to recover the con
tract. Johnson, who was it guest nt the
dinner December 7, Is or trial for
losing his Hervlcti pistol to tho
hold-up men and failing to report.
me crime promptly.
Donovan said that members of
the police secret service bureau
had learned that Terranova had
paid only $r,000 of tho $20,000
stipulated In the contract for the
slayhiKS of Valo and Marlow nnd
that the Chicago gunman had
threatened to turn the document
over to police If the rest was nol
forthcoming.
Holdup Hiked.
The witness said Terranova In
vited the gunman to the dinner In
structing him to bring the con
tract, then arranged for tho hold
up, which was put on by se veil
men. They searched the BiiOHtrf,
took the contract from tho gun
man's pocket and took Jewelry
and money from the other guests
10 make tho robbery appear genu
ine. The Jewelry, money and John
son's gun Inter were returned thru
undisclosed sources.
Frankie Yale wus shot to death
in his automobile In Itrooklyn July
1, 1H28. The name of Al Cnponc,
Chicago gaiiR leader, was linked
with the killing when police found
a gun which they said wan similar
to one purchased for Capone.
Fra n k M a r I o w was mot by t wo
men as he left a mid-town restau
rant on the night of June 24, last.
He entered an nulomoblle with
them. His body was found by
l he roadside near a cemetery in
Queens a few hours later.
SCULPTRESS IS
CIIICAOO, Dec. 27. if) Tennes
see Mitchell Anderson, Chicago
Hculptresn and divorced wife of
Sherwood A nderson, the novelist,
was found dead last night in her
studio In the Artists' colony on tho
near North Side. She was f 2
years old.
Despite the appearance of blood
stains on the pillows of tho bed
on which Mrs. Anderson's body
was found, death was believed to
ha ve been from na t ura 1 causes.
The death certificate had not been
signed early today, but the coro
ner's office Indicated there would
be no Impiest. Death, according to
coroner's physicians, was caused
by 11 hemorrhage.
Death came some time between
last Friday night nnd yesterday. A
maid found the apartment locked
Saturday nnd on subsequent days
when she knocked. Yesterday she
heca me alarmed and notified po
lice. Two Christmas packages ready
for mailing were found In tin
room. They were addressed to
relatives. There was a small bot
tle of whMtey near the bed. and
on a stand Were bottle of giimer
ale and mineral water.
FOUND DEAD IN
CHICAGO STUDIO
Mom .
Stiu Shut
in v ael Prank
ST. IXU'IS, .Mo.. Dec. 21.
OP) Rewards for information
Hading ti arrest of the per
Min who sewed ii tlu mouth
of n small dog and released
the anitnal to starve to death
hud mounted to more than
$100(1 lust night, thi' humane
society announced.
The dog, ftiund liehind a
hospital, was killed by the
humane society, with a pain
less injection because of its
weakened condition. The re
ward fund mounted hourly
all day, amounts ranging
from rd rents to $100 being
pledged by persons w;in tele
phoned the society's office.
SCHOOL IS
1
Little Red Schoolhouse
Served Admirably in Pio-
neer Times, But Consoli
dation Is Modern Need,
Says Educator Tax Re
forms Needed to Aid Ore
gon Schools.
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 27 (P)
The one-room Huhool house, Inat
Biirvlvor of tho pioneer duys in
American education, rurulnhod n
pivotal point for two spcakerH nt
today's sesHiun of tile Oregon Stute
Teuchers association meeting hero.
The little red school house is all
right .Jin. long uh It doesn't pack
too muuy grudes within Its walls,
said Dr. J. C'nyso Morrison, assist
ant . commissioner of elementary
education of New York. Over-consolidation,
especially In rural dis
tricts, has proven unpopular in
New York, ho said.
The one-room school fitted the
stringent pioneer times admirably
hut now it is as antiquated as the
covered wagon, Dr. George Wlllard
Krazler, president of the Colorado
Slute Teachers' college, said. He
declared the modern reformors of
the curriculum ara as much pio
neers as any of Oregon's first set
tlers. Consolidation of rural dis
tricts, with Intelligent supervision,
was urged.
Need of bettor system of school
financing Tor Oregon was express
ed ly many prominent, educators
today. A personal income tax was
recommended ns the only way of
reaching all branches of taxable
Income. A half-sorious proposal to
tax tobacco for the benefit of edu
cation received thunderous a
pjlause, although tho speaker im
mediately qualified It by declaring
his doubts whether the teacher
"could Bell a piece of legislation
like this."
"Oregon has a bogus rnthor than
a real state tax," declared Dr. B. O.
Blsson of Heed collcgo, when asked
for nn opinion. "Tho state collects
a school tax and turns it back to
the counties.. It should be distrib
uted through the slate according to
needs."
POltTl.ANI). Ore., Dec. 27. IIP
Krnnelh lliirlnn, rate expprt, re
tained by the chy of Portland,
today told I hi public service com
inh.Hlnn investigating rates of the
Portland Klectrlc Power company
Ihiit since 1MB the public had
puld the power company 97,386,
0.",4, or almunt I no per cent, on the
vestrrt water rights, overhead on
hind iibuve the original cost, and
other Intangible Hems. These Items
the chy contends, should not be
Included In the operating property
of the utility.
T
rmilXiKPOUT, Conn., Dec. 27,
IAt Judgment In favor of James
J. (Gene I Tunney, former heavy
weight boxing chnmpion of the
world, was given In superior court
today in the $500,000 breach nf
promise suit filed against him by
Mrs. Khthciliie King Fognrty.
ONE ROOM
I
NOW PASS
SCALP OF
MELLON IS
DEMANDED
Resignation Treasury Head
Should Be First Step in
Cleanup of Dry Enforce
ment, Is View Senator
Norris Politics Blamed
for Alleged Failure Pro
hibition. WASHINGTON. Ie-. 7 (,
The resignation of Herreiary .Mel
lon was demanded a the first ste'i
o fa "cleanup" of prohibition en
forcement today by Senator Norm
of Nebraska, a Hepubllean dry,
who joined with Senator Horah.
Uepubliean. Idaho, lu condemning
the personnel of the enforcement
service.
The Nebraskan blamed "polities"
In the enforcement service for
what he described as the "failure"
of enforcement. When asked
where he would start In reorsa
nlzatlon, he replied quickly, "With
Andrew W. Mellon."
"I don't say the law is not en
forced everywhere," said Norn.-,
who is chairman ot the judiciary
committee. '"But I do say It Is
not generally enforced and I thin!;
there is evidence that, the poli
ticians are meddling too much. I
don't think Andrew Mellon, who
Is the chief enforcement officer, Is
In sympathy with the law, I don't
demand prohibition cranks.
Don't Want franks.
. "In fact, I don't want any cranks
In the service, but 1 want an ad
ministration of that law which Is
free from political Influence."
The prohibition storm continued
to rumble in the capital today.
Senator Jones, Kepuhllcnn, AVasii
inRton, culling upon the law en
forcement commission to urge an'
early report by It,
Opposition to a plan announced,
by the treasury to reduce the num
ber of ports .of. entry front CanaJ.w
wrfs-indicated : by " Representative
EMttenger, Hepubllean. Minnesota,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (Pi
The president's cabinet met today
in an atmosphere replete with the
early history of the American re
public. Because the executive offices of
th president wore destroyed by
fire bn Christmas eve members of
the cabinet gathered in tho study
where Lincoln signed the emnncl
p at Ion proclamation nnd snt
around the table used by President
Adams nnd his Cabinet In the early
days of the White House.
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, C'nl.,
Dec. 27. The AVIiito Houso
fire burned quite a while duo
to the following: When Mr.
Hoover discovered that
"some kind
of condition
existed" he
sent out let
ters inviting
nil the fire
in
Washington; when arriv
ed appointed them on a com
mission "to investigntr, and
recommend remedies." They
did investigate and on ac
count of there being no
prominent business men on
the commission they turned
in their report fairly quick.
"We find a fire does ex
ist, nnd in keeping with the
spirit of every amendment,
recommend nothing but
water to extinguish it," Of
course by this time the
house burned down, but it
was nevertheless gratifying
to Mr. Hoover, for it was the
first commission that he had
ever appointed in his life
that hnd really ever turned
in a report. So he figures
the loss of the building well
worth it. It will renew his
faith in commissions.
Yours, ,
WILL ROUKUS.