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IL TRIBUNj Temperature Medford Ma The Weather Highest yi-sterdny 3"i l,mct (hU morning Precipitation: To 5 p. in. yesterday 00 To ft ii. in. t 111 morning "0 ForetuM: Clouily tonight ami Sun day. Xot much change. In tern lei'Hluie. Dtltf Tvwtr-f oortb Tcv. MEDFORD. OREGON. SATURDAY. PKOKMliKU 2. 1929. No. 27S. DRY PATROL MUST FACE TRIAL Fatal Shooting of Eugene Downey Leads to Second Degree Manslaughter Charge Against Three Coast Guardsmen in Buf faloFour Rum Runners Drown in Detroit. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 28. (fl The three const guardsmen in- j volvod In the fatal shooting of Kugene F. Downey, Jr., Chiist- n.'kJ night, were found guilty by : Judge W. Staudart of reckless shooting of firearms at an In- i quest of Downey's death in city court today. j Judge Ktnndart announced at the conclusion of the inn, nest he would allow the trio until Tues day to arrange for bail under, sec ond degree manslaughter charges The judge, after hearing a sten ographic record of statements of the t h re e men r en d in court by District Attorney Guy 11. Moore, said he would issue the informa tion upon which the manslaughter charges nre based at once, but Bald he would not sign the warrants until Tuesday. DETROIT. Dec. 28. (P) Four ' members of three rum running boats were believed to have been : drowned last night in the Detroit river, into which they plunged to j escape ' arrest by customs border ' JURY patrolmen. Two other members Two petitions hnve been in eir of the crew were rescued from culation, and nre- said to contain the river by the Inspectors who' the names of 30 stockholders, our also seized the smuggler's boats ' 0f tt total of more than 400. Sev- with a cargo of liquor valued nt more thnn $30,000. ; The seizure was made about 350 feet off Wyandote-.The .ofUr corn had stopped the tlVroe boats timing from the Canadian shore. Ah they drew alongside the four men jumped Into the river and of J. II. MacCrncken of Ashlam.. struck out for n fourth boat. This J J. H. French of Eagle Point. John craft, according to the officers was Anderson of Central Point, and At capsized by the combined efforts torney O. C. Hoggs of this city. if the four men to climb aboard, t president of the board. Justin The two original occupants of the: Judy of Griffin creek, another ni lourth boat were taken aboard rector, Is not included. . Ihe customs patrol boat. The present directors and Ro's i have been In chargo since Novem BUFFALO, N. Y Dec. 23 &) ! nival Detroit and Buffalo liquor , Clay D. Parker was ousted as man-1 niwuult wlUl intent to kin. Mrs. 'mny be useful to ihe Joint coin running gangs were declared by aRor. Under the provisions of hUjDonoVan nnd A. K. Johnson will ! mittee proposed to be created bv federal agents today to be en- gnged in a war to the death for'nry 1. and was in j chargo of th-? control of the Ontario lltiuor out- Thanksgiving turkey pool, put. ,-' K.penv Cut. C. M. Cramer, special invest i- The management reports it cut gator of the treasury department, j the monthly expense In half, nnl has been nssigned here to look showed a smnll profit for thf Into the situntion, which nlreudy : month of November. It also gM--has resulted in the murder of one nered enough funds from tin Detroit liquor smuggler and the Chrlstma.1 turkey pool to pay fur disappearance of three others. the expenses of both pools. Xev- The war started with the de- ertheless, there were rumblings of srvnt upon the Ontario ports of UrJdgeburg, Port Colborne and Fort Erie of a gang of Detroit smugglers who proceeded, with of fers of higher wages, to lure away some of the Buffalo gangs best tquor traffickers. NEW YEAR'S EVE MUSIC FROM FRANCE ENGLAND NEW YORK. Dec. 28 (UP)- Programs from ParU and London will be combined with those from Hollywood, Chicago and New York as a New Year's eve treat by the fio stations associated with the Columbia' Broadcasting system. Wnrnc K1t l n twt ronddc rate nn imlllo feller to mm so iinilv. hut com In' tounrd) yon In J ow to lllfmlly transform Mm. Ml to If iltntf khnrt woii'I lx IImw,m wnM lJifo Hurt. wIiph nskrd In attend j II il Inner rcr aKP iMnin-y. mm nliuiwl so!d his farm ymicrtlA), Anniversary of Woodrow Wilson Birth Is Marked WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. iP) Presktent Hoover remem bered that today was the seventy-third anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson. In tribute to the memory of the late president there re poses on the tomb of Mr. Wilson in the Washington cathedral a wreath of white carnations hearing the. per sonal curd of Mr. and Mrs. lerbert Hoover. It was placed .there early In the day by Colonel C a m p b e I I B. 1 lodges t military aide of the president. ...... : Internal Politics and Irrecon cilable Enemies of Co operative Idea Annual Meeting Set for January 10 at 2 P.M. Circulation of petitions the Jn.t few days, asking four of the five . directors of the Farmers Exchange 1 Co-OperUtive to rtwig-n. was at- trlhuted today, by co-opernttvu j lenders In this section, "to internal i politic?, and an attack inspired by j foes of cooperative movements; in any shape or form." j era I of the signers this morning nsked that their names be with drawn, and others promised th'y would, reconsider their action by "looking over the figures since In change in management.' The petitions nk the resignation her, 1st when a storm broke and contract, he remains until Jnnu- dissatisfaction, and tfie petitions were again circulated. Friends of the co-operntlve nd mlt that its affairs were tangled. and that it will take time ?' straighten them out. They that progress towards this end has been made, and thnt "the farmers need the co-operative nnd the co operative needs the furmers." The annual meeting of the co operative has been set for Janu ary 10, nt the Hotel Med ford, at H (o'clock in the afternoon. N'KW YORK. Dec. 8. (A The Woodrow Wilson peace prize for 1929. amounting to $25,000 hit been awarded to the League of Nations for "ten years of service in the cause of world peace." Announcement of the decision of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to make this year's award to the league wns published today, the seventy-third anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's birthday. Hlr Kric Drummond, permanent secret nry nf the league, hns ac cepted tho award tentatively. Final acceptance rests with the council of the league, which meets In January. Newton D. Baker of Clcvelanl. secretary of war In the Wilson cabinet and president of the foun dation, said In announcing the award: "The "money is expected to Ik applied by the League of Nations to erect n suitable memorial to Mr. Wilson In the now building to be erected by the league nt (lencvn." This Is th fourth award to be j maflf. h foundation, which W(ls organised In 1921. Cilcndalc- Construction of. wirnanic irnratje oinoimR nrin completion. ' FOES OF CO-OP U , QS&& BACK PETITION! rf 3?P move is miLy-k l.OFN.AWARDED; WM PtAUt PRIZE $25,000 FIND ARSENAL I i I ? l?V&Pcf. Search for Fred Burke, alias Fred Dane, alleQed gangster, killer arsenal picture above In his home at Sc. Joseph, Micmgan. Burke was of Charles Skelly, St. Joseph policeman. AL GUNMAN FACING CHARGE! INTENT TO KILL! Donovan Hearing Set for TodaV Wife and John- , S0n Held for Further QUIZ Tortured Man Remains . , ; ... .. . , ,;. . . - !m I LMiinl rjArl III nUbJJIldl DCU -1 . Jack Donovan, arrested curly yesterday morning following n pun battle with the police and a hold- ; up at the. Hex Cafe, was to be I given a preliminary Hearing Ibis j , ! on charges ot robbery while ai med wflil II till IILTl'llllH U'Pnlinil. IlIlH llf I be held for further investigation in connection with the torturing of i'fit Bohan, Junk dealer on Plum street. Bohan Is still a nut lent at the ncrea nenii nospuai ano nis icb is said to he in a bad condition. where it had been burned with an ' open flame In an effort to make him tell where he had supposedly j I. hidden money. j Donovan is accused of holding -up A. C. JLawrencc of Sacrnmenlo ! in the cafe, taking a 5 bill from him, nnd then going out in the street to engage in n gun duel with police Officer William Peck, who fired three times at Donovan and received five shots in return. None of the shots found its target. Phone ItcKrt Hit A report this morning thnt the telephone company could have been of material help In notlfyina the police earlier of the condition of Bohan wns discredited this fore noon by Manager H. B. Hammond of thV Home Telephone company. He declared that operators nii aide to ascertain whether tele phone connections hnve been cut onlv bv attemnttnff to call the nf- fectcd parties. J-.ven If the dis connection of the Bohan phone had been reported, he said, .he company would have been in no position to notify the polico to investigate, ns during a -recent storm over 150 disconnections were repented and to have each of ficially Investigated would have taken the members of a national guard unit. Chief of Police McCredlo today could see no reason why the tele phone company could hnve been i jirwMfiH in - in rfjioiium mmiP- i thing of which they had no oppor- ' tunily to gain any knowledge. 1 A piece jf papor found In Dnno van's possession yesterday gave rise to the theory thnt Bohan may have been assfttilted before. Writ ten legibly, the paper gave all Bohan's earthly possession to Mr. and Mrs. Donovan, and declared th writer was sound in mind and body. The signature, however, ! wns Illegible a ml resembled a ! scrnwl out of Qvhir-h the name, "Hi'hnn" could hardly he deciph er od. Officers think Bohan signed It under force. It was dated Octo ber 8. Football Scores SECOND PERIOD Stanford. 14; Army, 13. Klndrvil Hplrlt. P.OHTOX. (P,--Cnlvln Cftolidge hns written .expresslnt the hoj e that JMalroIm K. Nichols. Boston's , rpunn mayor, win enjoy pi'Iiik out of office as much a ho hai. AND LOOT IN FUGITIVE'S HOME ENFORCEMENT GROUP READY REPORT NEEDS Washington, Dec. 28.-(p)-; I prcimrert U8 conclusions, on admin-! flatruticm, reorganization anil relief to the courts "In resanl to certain ; i; of the most urgont questions of law i enforcement.- i A brief. statement was issued to-x I .... . .. ... . .... 1 any irom me neauciuariers ot ine commission, which hus been under fire for several days from senato rial circles, where whore n report was demanded forthwith. "The chairman of the national commission on law observance and ' enforcement stated to the press to- j ""." """mi . aum in isirai ion, reorKanizaiion ana relief to the courts In r3Ka;d to certnlll of the mosl rgem ,.. llntio' nf low nr I'im-hviii1 ii-til, .Ii j congress to consider legislation to .strengthen law enforcement," the statement said. I "The commission hnnen In cn-nn- nA n-ttu iin .m.. '- congress when It is appointed . T NAME ENVOY 10 GERMANY WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S. (yp, The n:ime of a new American am-, county Jail hospital, hassador to Oermany has been sub- ( Five physician appointed by milled to the Berlin government ! District Attorney Huron Fills to vvilh the rcustomarv query as to j exnmino Pantages us to hlH phy whether he would be acceptable. slcal condition, agreed that tne It was said today in official clr- I showman's heart trouble is not of cles that the man chosen was nol'nn acute nature All agreed th'.t among those who hod been mej- , tloned in speculation mer a sue- I cessor to Jacob (lould Hchurman. whose resignation was announcer, Peiping Skull Most Important Discovery In Man's Evolution Shown To Group of Scientists By Jam cm J, Ho wo. f Asnclntcd Press Correspondent, j PF.IPINO. China, Dec 2H. Ai , The skull of the new "Peking man" recently discovered by a Chine- w' geologist working in quarrlen near Peiping, was shown publicly lodny' for the first time j at & special mr't - Ins of the !-. , locicil Hurvcy -jf ! China. I The fkull, di-t entintx here tv, 1 In the mom cnni ! Iilete finil lif II-1 klml In hl'toiy. and they Klnt to the fact that the '' entire brain ci. U Intact, which' is not in. cifo In the Plltdnw-i man and other near-dtiwn m o n discoveries ' Prnf. Amndcus William cimtiai. 'chief pnteontoloKlHt of the Chine-..; Geological Purvey, has expresm d , ; belef that the skull Is tho nearest ', approach to the so-called missing j"" l"x',n " "'"" link that h,. yet been unearth 1. levered. Indicating that It wan whHe Boy chapman Andrev.s.i' of a man living prior to tr.A ,r,i-r k. t.--f...Ai ihrtSthe discovery of tools nnd fir. opinion that the discovery Is th'1 most Important In the whole, of human evolution. Mr. Andre had nothing to do with the d covery nor the explorations whW'ii hnve been carried on by the ui- AtHial4t t'ictis I'hoto r.d b;nk robber, revealed the identified following the staying ' PANTAGES WILL . ... IREIIN IN JAIL DESPITE ILLS Trouble Exaggerated, Is Be lief of Judge Physicians Find Heart Attacks Not of! Serious - Nature Worry "Worst Foe. m--- l.OS AXOBI.Iia. Dec. 28. (P) Alexander Pantaces, multi-mlllion-nlre theater man, facing from ono to 50 years in the penitentiary on conviction for a criminal attack on Kunice 1'rlnKle, 17-ycar-old danc- ........ ......... . ...,.... under bond, pending his appeal from sentence. Hii parlor Judge Charles FrlcUo yesterday denied a motion for the showman's release, and indicated that hedoes not believe that Pan tages' confinement Is endangering his life. V Judge Frlcke suld M believed from the testimony of j physicians that Puntngeis stiff era more from "orison iiMVchnsis" than from pathological cause and that I he exaggerates his troubles. In bis ruling, however, Judpe Frlcke decreed that Pnntngr-s may ! be removed to the General hos pital for treatment of his ills o' ( If it l preferred, may remain In : the county. Jail and there be at tended by his own physicians and nurses.. HInce suffering a heart attack several days ago, the lhei--! ter man has been confined In tho I 'ant aires' condition shows deterlo ration, but expressed the belief that worry Is his worst physical foe. vey with fur .s from the Jtoeko- feller foundation. Hclenttsls here estimate that th skull (s more than a million yenm old. This conclusion Is drawn from! the geolrmicnl surroundings In which tho skull was uneartheti. The skull is In a splendid stnto of preservation nnd. ns shown .o- day, was Mill imbedded In it pa'.'t nf a block of travertine In which it was found. ur. uavison nines., n proressrj of anatomy at the HockefelUr, Foundation hospital, handled tloi vkull f. though It wern the moit delicate piece of chlnawnre. , H j pl.iccd it on a table while '.ho J spectators cagrrly craned their n-cks, I Dr. Blark called particular at- tontlon to the viu!t of tho skull ''rm- -t marsive orown rmges io tn cllwt and tho whole right t,1(le tnc "tu'l supported, when found, in a relatively soft ma- rlx whlc" has since been removed. n "' Wnn found deep In ft ret ve. Nearby were many olhpr -nne. chiefly animals, bur Many of the hones found wr those of hyenas, nnd from this It was deduced by some of the ffclentlM that men and anlm-m might nil hnve lived In Ihe same cave. AN 0 F COP TRAP Racketeers Shoot It Out With Chicago Police When Caught in Extortion .Attempt One Officer Is Wounded in Fray $10, 000 Demanded of Union Leader Or Life. CHICAOO, Dec. 28. (A1 Threo racketeers, hunting easy money with shotguns nnd revolvers, were trapped by police last night and died resisting arrest. The racketeers had gone to the offices of President Michael Pow ers of tho Tire Workers' and Vulc;nizers' u.n I o n, demanding SlO.ftno or Powers life Powers called upon police for protection. Officers were conceal ed at tho union headquarters when tho racketeers arrived. Five min utes Inter a polico ambulance drove mi 1o take one pollcemnn. slight ly wounded, to the hospital, and three bodies to the morgue. ( The dead: William (Dinky) Qnan, with a police record dating to 1 !20. ' ' V)!linm Wilson, alias Walker, called "the silver-plated gangster," the first victim of ganster machine guns In Chicago and with a police record dating to 1015. A silver plate In his skull, necessitated bv r. bullet wound, gave him his so briquet. John Ttynn, Identified by detec tives ns a hijacker and beer-run-, nor -nnd member of "Bed'i Bol ton's West Side gnng, . Tho Injured pollcemnn was De tective Buy Doherty. He was shot in the hand. . - ' t'o Ktnrrt Baltic. It was Doherty, concealed In a rear room, - who1--precipitated th shooting. The extortionists had entered Powers' office, Qunn in the lend, stumping nlong with the aid of a cane. He had not recov ered from a bullet wound in the leg suffered several weeks ago. Poweis stood behind a grated opening sometimes used as a pay ing toller's window. "Well, have you got the- ten grand ?" Qunn snarled. Powers played for timo, but Qunn wanted action. "If you haven't the money, get ready for a ride," Qunn sa'd. "We've taken many nnother man. as you probably know." Behind Qunn stood Wilson nnd Ilynn, the couple using a sawed off shotgun and nn automatic pis tol. At this moment Detective Do herty tried to open the door slight ly to be able to hear what was going on The door squeaked and the three racketeers whirled. "Copper!" cried Wilson, and onened fire. It was thin shot that wounded Doherty. Di-UM-tlvoN Open Vivo. The detective brought his rlgnt hand up and hi own pistol began blazing. Sergeant Patrick O'Con nell nnd Detective William Jlrynes opened fire through the grated window. Wilson, wounded, threw down his weapon, which was empty, at d i cried cut: I "fllvc a guy a break!" His companions, however, kept : on filing, sealing tho death war-1 rant of all three. Ho well was the polico tron set, that there was no means of osiap for the racketeers. They werol cornered nt one -dde- tt tho room, facing n cross-fire of polico bul- lets. F,ven had they been able to 1 shoot their way out, other officer" were stationed outside, front and' rear. I Powers said threats against his life had been made for the past' week. Yesterday he waa given tho "final warning." j The union headquarters, whor.3! tho shooting took place, is on Sacramento boulevard, just off Madison street. I'nlou Money AUrnct. Union leader have recognixod for several months that efforts were being made by rackoteera to "muscle In" nnd take control. The holdlngH of Chicago labor unions run Inlo the millions of dollars, police pointed out, and this wealth has fnsclnnted gangster who of late have found mnii profit in their regular rackets and In liquor pcridllnK. Hevernl conference have been held by union loaders to pln.i a concerted defense aKftlnst t'io gangster threat. ON GERMAN WAR DEBT BI'.RUN. Dec. 2. (A -Negotiations between the Herman gov ernment nnd Kdwin C Wilson of the American enbfissy In Paris looking toward a direct settlement of (lerimtn reparation payments to the United Mtates were concluded today. Triple Slaying Axotntrtt I'rita I'hoto Walter Crabtrce, 30. Is held at Romney, W. Va.. charged with shooting three men to death. The victims included a justice ot the' peace and county Jailer. TO SCAN SITES L Medford Council Will Dis cuss Expert Services in Location Proposed Civic Center and Other Public Structures. The outlook that tho long talked of. civic- center group' plan for Medford, favored by some of tho service clubs and by. city officials, will come to a head soon. The city of fiito vf to-- hnve- '-been, looking over the national field for u .competent group plun en gineer, experienced In such work, to come to Medford at u reason able price and make a survey for the proposed civic center, have dis covered just the man they want. .Mayor A. W. Pipes stated today thnt this man, a weir known east ern expert, who has made a num ber of such municipal surveys, would prove a ten strike acquisi tion, should Medford he "able to get him. lie Is willing to. come for an exceptionally low price, due to the fact ho Is coming to the const on another Job of, a smllar nature, which would fit right In with n Medford visit, and hence he would come for little more than his' expenses. The matter, will probably Imj taken up by the city council at Its next meeting. . . Itcconiim-iid Kites, This survey will be . one hy which the engineer would recom mend sites for nil public and semi-public buildings to he erected In the future, and possibly Include severnl of tho present public buildings. Among tho new build inga to 1e erected within the next year or so thut could be included In such n survoy of n group plan are the new court house and the (Jreater Medford club community building, nnd among tho present structures thnt could be Included In such n plan are the federal building nnd public library build ing. However, the visiting expert will morely recommend sites for thej grouping of the proposed new pub-1 lie buildings of the future, and then It will he up to the hornet folks to tnke uctlon on such a' civic center grouping. DEAfiTSTRIKES: L NAIJCM. Ore.. Dec. 28. (JV) Death Jtriklng twice between sun set nnd dawn had left Saturday hut one surviving member of a pioneer family which has figured prominently since ISM in tho his tory nf western Oregon. K. Cooke Pntton, born In Halem GO years ago last August, died Fri day evening while attending a community celebration at Hubbard and the shock attendant upon news of his passing caused the death of Mrs. J. D. McCuIy at her home In Hood River Saturday morning. . They were brother and sister of Hal D. Pntton, Patem city council man, former state senator and last of tlin Pntton family, who : left Salem Saturday morning for Hood Rtvcr to bring the body of his sis ter here for Interment In the fam ily vault. Arrangements nrfl doing forward for n single funeral, for both, with f o'clock Monday after noon tentatively set ns the time. CIVIC SURVEYOR DINGS DMA BLOW AM FAMLY TURNER 10 BE LEADER Dallas Superintendent Will Become President Ore gon Teachers' Assn. at. Final Session Dr. Hall :, Discusses Responsibility of Teacher Class Sup plants Home. POHTLAN'D. Dec. 2fi. (P U. R. Turner, superintendent of city schools at Dallas, Ore., and vice president or the Oregon State Teachers' association, will assume the presidency of the grou;? nt the final session of the nnnuul con vention late today. Turner will succeed Miss Julia A. Spooner of Portland, In accordance with the succession of office practiced by tlie association. The Increasing responsibility of the teacher Was discussed today hy Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of tho University of Oregon, at a luncheon of University of Oregon alumni under auspices of the tenchera' association. The under class work now being given at the university was commended a a means of familiarizing future teachers with the problems they will encounter. . The importance of the work of a dean of women in handling prob lems of the high school and col- lege girl was discussed by Dean Kate W. Jameson of Oregon State college, i . . School Supplants Home. The public school will have t fill the directing role formerly taken - by the home if modern youth Is to be kept from disaster. Mm. J. L. Richards of the Creston Parent-Teacher associaton, said to day. , , .' ' "With current changes tho old dependable Influence of the home is gone,".-hs-said. "The. .wqiit-now,, being done by the deans In tho dlrectldn of youth Is more, im portant than any study of Cicero or trigonometry. Ability to meet life and live with people Is fat more important. , t. Inter-school athletic contests fo girls nre falling Into disfavor be-. cause of antagonism created he tween districts, Miss Ruth Glas gow, head of the physical educa tion department of Oregon State rollcgo, said. - Inter-class activi ties are replacing them, she snld. It was announced nt the morn ing session of the association end ed today, that resolutions calling for a revised course of study, lim iting elementary school to six years, with six years' secondary school; wiser expenditure of school funds, nnd support of schools by Income rather than property taxes, were to he voted upon at the clos ing session nf the convention Into today. Will Rogers Says: HKVBRLY IIU.LS, Cul., Dec. 28. When we honor Mr. Byrtl and all his liproos on their return, don't muff this hiiby. He didn't pilot 1111 aeroplane, he made no scientifiu research, but he did the fin est job of n e w 8 p a- per reporting done dur ing our Two years with one little hunch of men doing the dame thing practically every day. Yet he made It interesting. Some of our finest writers couldn't even make the war interest ing. This Russell Owen took nn old Malnmute dog having imps nnd we thought it was a birtlr in our own family. Ife wrote about a seagull down there, and we were more interested in it than we were in a senate investiga tion. Don't just give the lit tle 'hoy a great big hand, this to Mr. Ochs of tho New York Times, "give the kid a big raise." That fellow could write on the tariff and make, you read it. Incidentally, if you don't know it, -he was the best writer on aviation in the world before he ever heard of the South Polc Yours, ,--: wilt; -Rogers. '"