Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 30, 1929, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPA(iK KICJIT DRY RAIDER IS SHOT ON I NAPA FARM; Federal Agent Wounded By Farmer During Scuffle for Gun Wife Fires Shotgun at Second Prohi Man Couple Held On Open Charges Pending Out- come of Gunplay. NAT A, Oil., Dep. 30. (Pj John South, Nn pa county rancher, and hi wife, were in tlm county Jail hero toility held on opun chaw pending the outcome of bullet wound, received by Hobert J. Freeman, federal prohibition tigcrd during u liquor raid m ttio South ranch near" Yountvllle yeKterdny. Krecnmn wan Hhot twice during n Hrufflo , with South whom he fouKlH to prevent from destroy Iiik evidence Kei.cd on n Hcureh wur innt hi the ranch Iiouhc. One bul let entered Freeman 'h Hiioulder and penetrated n lunjr, while the ether lodged in IiIk arm. 111h con dition wuh Ha Id to be critical. It warf flint believed (hat Mr South had fired the revolver with which Freeman wuh Hhot, but Col. Onorue Heaver of the Sit n Fran oifwo prohibition office said his in vest iKittion. based An a report made by Agent Harry .limes who was also on the rnid, indicated that South used the pun. Had Warrant Freeman nnd Jones had one to the South ranch t search for liquor on n warrant chaining South nnd his wife wltn Illegal sale to an undercovernian. :Sime liquor wok found In the ranch house, but the awentH believed a larger cache was located Jn an outhouse. Ac cordingly, Junes left to conduct a search while Freeman stood guard over Mr. and .Mrs. South. While he was outside, Jo mis says he beard u shot nnd rushiiiR into the house, found Freeman grap pling with South. Jones said ho tvent to the aid of the othor agent and was attempting to wrest a re volver from South's hand when Mrs. 1 South ran Into the room carrying u shotgun. "If : you bnrm my Jones quoted her as husband," declurhiK. "I'll shooot." JomH Raid ho whirled around, nnd Mrs, South fired. The charge went wild and Jones disunited the Woman. - ' At this Juncture, according to Jones report, South, still grappling with Freeman, fired nsnln hitting Freeman In the arm. Four more Fhots were fired before the couple was auhduYd nnd then Freeman collapsed with a bullet In his chest nnd another in his arm. E CASES POKTLAND, Ore., Tlec. 30. Pi OiHes involvliiR- . at leant three younjc women were hcliw Invesii Baied by detectives here today. Itoy Wurd, .former deputy sher iff nnd now mummer of n cement company, told authorities he wit nessed the transfer of i yoiitm woman from one automobile . to another while a man held n re volver on the driver of the other machine. Astoria, Ore., police naked nil thorltles to search for Aubrey Ta bor, Astoria yountf woman, who wan believed to h(ve been kid naped from the city at the mouth of the Columbia .river. Miss Knid Ileemer 'to, was In a serious condition at her home after C. 117 Cornell Is nllcsert tn hae taken her from her parents' auto mobile to his home. While polio were, talking with Miss 1 teenier, who swooned soon nfter they ar rived, Cornell disappeared. POItTI.AXn, Ore., Dee. 30. iAt Funeral nervier for .lelln liill, former tnt lejilslaior and one of the HtllteV fiiremost pnl'tmpn, who (lied suddenly nt his lioir.e hern ypsterday. will he eonduetrd tomorrow. The former leplslntor was hem In Yot hshlre, KiiKland, may, ISM. Jlo wns noted In the ntn'thwe.t lis a relllsl. Mr. (Mil wiia a meml.i'r of many spnrtlnK oi'Hiuiiwiltons and wax rredlted with havlim milne.l much knowledBe on the hnhlts of fish. . Wlllamlna. Kosier mill, re cently rented on hmhwny annul tlll'eu find one-half miten went or here, ntati'ed operation rerwitly. To handle the technical work or . rnnwe mitnnRomcnt on the live Btock rniiKon of tho national for thn U. B. foret nervleo ha over 100 men who have pawed the civil pt'rvh'C examination for range examiner. Fire hMi4"T? ' III - 3 U&Af in ii."f - fv? P'Vi i I'ire Sweeps the U'bll4 House fur pi (hroiiKli the cycuOvc ol'fie i-h playing water upon walls or Ti I A. K. Johnson of - Jacksonville, a i rested !'rfd;iv mnrniiiK with .Mr. and .Mrs. J a men DonoKhuc. alias Donovan, In u Ktatement made be fore the district attorney's offli-e Saturday niht, declhrt's ho saw UnnoHhun nnd hi.s wife asHaultinu; I'at Itohan. cblcrly junk dealer on I 'lu I ii Hired, but denies he took part In the crime, which means that probably all throe will b(. charged with robbery by causing fear. Kolmn (s In the Sacred Heart hospital stiftViititf from a badly burned Ick, alli'Kid to have been rccilvitjUas u i-esiilt of thii assault niidnlfiht Thursday, .lohtiKon, in hht stntemcut. ua) s he lefL Ihe llohnn dwelling to pick Ui some inooii dilnH on Chest nut stri'et nnd then drive down to the flex Cafe looking tor I)omKhuc, who la accum-d of holding up A. c, LawtN-'iiee of Hanraniento, Calif., lu the cafe and then citK"KliK In a pistol durl on the street with police off hers. lie denies InVlnK any part lu the hohl-np. lie said that he saw the man nnd woman assault Itdhau and hi ai d them demand for in formation lei dint; to th supposed b id hiir l lace of the junk ma n's mom y. IbmoKhuc Ih held In the county jail on bonds of $10,000 set Sat urday and bis wife Is servlm; a sentence of 1 0 days on a Jrge of Intoxication. Johnson pleaded utility on a charne of drlviuK whll Intoxicated and Is to be sentenced later. M rs. Donotihue this forenoon declared she could rememlwr nothing that happened at the Ho ban p!ae, ctnlmlng she was In toxicated. , A monthly ewpnper published by students of Alaska coHcro li Kairbanks has attained h elrruli tlon of l.ono In the northern ter ritory. r i . AC e ' . v '. ' . K 1 t ! v M Awntti1 V. !r Vhrtn 6oventccn -year old Gonja Henir :nown as Paviowa ot tho Ice nnt hrc tlmti world1! (igi;rc rhatmn champion, arrived In New York ti kmak hir Amarlcan tkatinn debut. MKDKOKM) MA IIj Sweeps White House .Ml iivallable I'lrenien were call1 cs of the iiallmi'H chfef on Cbrlstm too structure. E Independence Resolutions to Be Presented at Nation- , alist Congress Ghandi Advocates Non-Conform-ity Move. ' LAIIOItl'l, India, Doe. HO. 1) Uesoltitlonn nskhiK complnte Inde pendtMiee or India Troin the Hntlsh j crown will ho preaonted to tho 41th I national ediiBreBs, whlrh opened I Sunday, with full approval of the A 1 1 -1 ml I ii Nulinnal Conisresi) parly's . exectitlve committee, j Tlio execatlvo eommlltro voted, to 77, In approval of .Mahatma ICiliamll, naUoiml list leader, favor Inn coinpleto Independence to lie nt i tallied firadnally. Chanill ailvocaled j as u firat st(i) non.e,oop:iratioa with Hid llrlllsh Kovenimeiilal ma : eh I uoi y. I An anienilmenl to (iliandi's 1110 llion providing; for complete sever laneo'of relalloiiH and severance of ; partlcliiatlon In tho present isov- I ei mucin oi iiioiu wan rejeciea oy u vule of Uil to alter ttliandl nad ! made his plea for arudnal prosress In tho ciiiniuli:n for ultimate uelf- Kovernineift. Ohandl led tl:o I'lKht in tho com- iinittee HKiilnat thoso who were In 1 cllncd to favor the proposed tlo I minion alnttiH for Indln. I Mino I hall 30,1100 Indians iittend jed the opening of the coiibicss. MKMl'O CITY, Dec. 30. iPW Three people died here durhiK the nlKht of cold. The deaths hromrht the total from the cold weather for Hit- monlh to 1.1. Two of the victims were benHi'i and the third an intoxicated mm. Ml went to sleep in the Ml reels In weakened condition, and died when the. mercury dropped to H The other ten deaths occurred similarly, four of them on Christ -m;u4 day. C. L SUMME SET FOR I! PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 30. (A1) Tho summer conference , of the Oregon Christian Kndenvor Cnton, will te held ut Turner, tne., on dales to be determined later, state officers. -u per liit indent h, union pi exigents and denominational i epresentatlven agreed yesterday. The state uoiiventlon will be h hi from April 2 4 to April 27 at Maisbfb-ld and Charles K. Kvans of Chicago will be the speaker Oivgott Wcuilicr. itrepon; I'nsetited tonight with tain west nnd north portions. Cool er In the northwest and warmer In the northeast portions tonight. Tuday generally fair, Moderate weit and northwest winds on the coast. Portland. -PUins proposed for on tnhltshiu?? city Incinerator to nerve tho territory vnM nf Willamette river, on nppioxlmatcly i5 ncres extending northerly from Columbia boulevard to Columbia MoiiRh In vicinity of East 4-d ulroet. The state historical noddy of Oltlahomn seeks to make It a li brary of iir book the most uhi able In th soulhwosl. I i I TIMKl'XK, MKDKOKT), d out (o unci! the flames that us V.xr. T lephoto allows fire flyht- GOSSIP LISTS 2 LOCAL M Although the late Oovernor I. L. Patterson has been dead lit t It over a week, politics all through the state Ih eiiKrossiiiK the Repub lican leaders nnd their lieutenants of every section its to the many candidacies, either already an nounced, tentative or otherwise, for the Republican nnd Democratic nominations for governor, to be elected next fall. It will be a free-for-all race in both parties. Med ford, which has been con -splcuotis because of tho tentative candidacy nf former Mayor C. II. dates for the Republican nomina tion, was still more so when Port lam! newspapers yesterday nn mninch.p; that among the many Demociatlo tentative or suggested candidates for the democratic nomination, mentioned the name of A. 1-3, Iteames, Hoth the Jour n 1 nnd the OreKonlnn yesterday Veiterated that there would bo a mad scramble In both parties for the nominations, and the elcctlo.i, and mention the well known Med ford attorney na one of the talked of possible Democratic candidates. The Oregonlan, in outlining tne situation ami the many posslbl Itepubllcan candidates, after stat ing that I!. AY. Sawyer of Itend. member of the highway commt--sloii had declari'd himself un eipiivorally as not n candidate ur. der any circumstances, aays: "C. I!. Caten, colleague of Saw yer on the commission, however, i making n survey to discover h nv sentiment Is toward himself. Mr. f biles has had the gubernatorial notion for eight years. Tils com mission as n member of the road body will expire next March and It was the intention of Patterson to reappoint him." Meanwhile. Pop fJates, ns stated In yesterday's Mail Tribune, Is pur suing a policy of watchful wnitltm. and If the lightning strikes his way he will not he found without an approved make nf political electric fluid conductor. . C'latskanle. o n struct Ion of new Howe truss bridge over Clat sknnle river between Park street and eily park completed recently. During the past 2t years, there have been Kt.iU man-caused for est fires reported on the 22 na tional forests of Oregon and AYash !ni;ton. oii wouldn't put a sack of flour into one iscutt and expect success And coffee roasted in bulk can never taste like Hills . llros. Coffee. For by Con- ! trulled Knastine, 1 litis llros.' j continuous process that roasts only a few pounds nt a time, ! every berry is roasted evenly. The flavor is controlled, nnd what a flavor it isl HILLS BROS I COFFEE! frt-k fr,m the ill iJt VliA 7 n OKIXiOW MONDAY. I PRIEST "SEESUAGESONS HOT Fi San Francisco Cleric Minis ters to Spiritual Needs of 400 Deaf and Dumb! Catholics Weekly By Sign Language. Ily (ieiirge I. Crlssey " . I nlted Press Stuff Correspondent. SAN KH A Xt 1 1 St 'O. ( V. P. ) Seeing confessionals rather than hearing them Is the peculiar (lis- j tlnctlou of Knt her John 11. Mc- I t ummlskey, H. J.. nt St. Ignatius college professor. j Kor, although he hears and j speaks, Kather McCummiskey has learned the sign language nnd ! ministers to Ihe spiritual needs of j more than 4N deaf and dumb I i athnlics each week. It was 1 2 years ngo that the priest-professor took up his special and self-imposed task toward thoso who are unable to talk or hear. St. Ignatius college, where Kather McCummiskey is ti professor. Is in San Kranclsco mid it is around mo bay d is t raft that ho practices bis mission work. On the other sldo of the bay, in Berkeley, there are more than 200 deuf and dumb children at n stale school, and near by, in Oakland, there are 50 similarly afflicted children In a Catholic school. In Sari Kranclsco the priest aids fully 150 (ihers In private homes, and to 'nil he Is a friend and benefac tor. In the .special confessional room there is a plato glass window In place of the usual screen and where light supplants the cus tomary darkness with which ordi nary confessional chambers are covered. . j Through the glass, and because ' of the light, Kather McCummiskey sees the sign language and because ho is able to read those rapidly ! moving fingers is able to reply by j the finger route, bringing mental j comfort and peace to those unhur- j denlng their minds. X K V YORK, Dee. 30 . (A1 Recommendations for the abolish ment of the point alter touchdown was niado to the National Kootbalt Coaches association today by its rules committee, headed by (ilenn Thlstlewaltn of Wisconsin. The rules com ml t Ice reported that the point after touchdown, devised to prevent tie games, had not done that. I! AXTS PASS, Ore.. Dec. 30. W) Carl pesterflehl, farmer, wuh in a hospital here today suffering injuries receivod when a circular saw bursted. lie was blinded. Phy sicians said he probably would re cover. Spasmodic Croup is frequently I v V VAPORUU OVER VMIIUQN JARS USED YEARLY CONFESSIONSO DEAF AND DUMB ill 11 y A . jSTZ Tapestry Rugs 9x12 tapestry rugs. Regular $22.50 values, reduced to $15.95 Dining Room Suites With walnut table, 3 chairs, carver and buffet. Regular $98 value. Reduced to $59.00 Davenport Set Davenport with two chairs. Mahogany frames nud upholstery covered with Jac qunrd velour, $1D0 value. Now $99.00 Tea Wagon A veal bargain $17.00 tea wagon rp duccd to $9.40 ' DON'T FORGET! YOUR K( 'KM 1HI UK!!). It will bo good news to their Medford friends that Dr. and Mrs. B. U I-ageson of this city are not fn a hospital at Corvallis with seri ous in juries as was rumored about tho city this forenoon, but that Dr. i.ageson suffered only minor In juries and Mrs. I ..ages on escaped with light bruises in the tragic auto accident in which they figured ChiiKtmas eve near Corvallis, In which a man was killed. A communication received at the Elks, club this forenoon from Dr. Lagoson stated that his Injuries were not Berlons, that Mrs. Lageson was uninjured, that the coroner's jury had exonerated him from blame and that they had gone on to Portland. Colo I To I in oh also received word from Dr. Lageson requesting ad justment of insurance on the Tage son car, which was damaged in the accident to the extent of between ?200 and :ino. t The Portland Journal of yester day published the following news dispatch' from Corvallis, giving de tails of the tragic affair: "Dr. B. Ia LugcHon of Medford was exonerated Thursday of blame for tho death of James H. Dodge, retired Stevenson, Wash., far mer, who was killed CliriHlmas eve, about two miles north of here when struck by' ihe physician's auto- as he, alighted from a stago. "Coroner Keeney and other Hen ton county officials who investigat ed the death said it was unavoid able on ltgeson's part. "Dr. and Mrs. I-ageson were cut and bruised when their car over turned as they attempted to miss 'lllllllllllillllllllliilNlH New Year's Night Admission $1.00 llllllililliiillliiUHIIIIillliiiiiiilillll the nRi'rt mini, lint tlioir lujinios ale not seiioim. UikI.up wub hurUil lacroKB tke liiiiliway. hla kUiiII frar ' lured and hix chest crushjd. Hi died un roulu t a l.ospilal. !! ; wan on lila way to surprise a ; daughter. .Mm. Mary Anderson, who i lives on KiRcr Island, and Misa Vlo ! lotto Dodge of Corvallls." , 1 SAMS. VALLEY HOOP TEAMS VICTORIOUS SAMS VA IAjKY, Ore., Dec. 30. (Spl.) At' a basketball game at the local court Friday evening our With the American Legion ORIENTAL GARDENS A Beautiful Hall and Wonderful Extra Lady 135c This Week-Scores of BARGAINS in Our PRE-INVENTORY ! , JUST LOOK AT THESE VALUES! Hiboy Beautiful giccn hand decorat ed hiboy with 6 drawers $45 vahys $24.95 s CREDIT IS GOOD HERE! !bnvs again won the laurels, heh: i In combat with Ihe St. Mary s t( aru.s of Medford. The score of ; the first two teams was 37 to 5 in ! favor or the locals, and of the two ' r .nil teams. 14 lo 13 in their favor. The second gme was more In teresting, due to the anxiety cau i ed. by the even scores for the greater part of the game. USl'.OX (P Donna Maria Ta- vares exchanged a state lottery I ticket for one of a higher num-' ' her. She dropped dead when th fir$t ticket won the capital prize 'of .2!0,000. Music Dining Suites Weathered' oak set. Extension, table, 5 ch3irs nnd carver $8D value at $59.00