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! 1','un EDFORD MIIL TRIBUM e- The Weather Temperature I lithe-1 Ji'slcnliiy M Ijowcni IIiIn morning 'M IN-fclpllatioii lust lirs...... ,U Forecast: Tonieht und Nuturday, rain and normal temperature. ontr fmiKoaria Tar. u, rmr-aichu Tav. TWELVE PAGES M EDFORD, OlttidOX. KIM DA V. JANUAKY .in: jo. No. 2s::. I? Today PURCHASER : MAY Qi-IAPP Gay New Year Eve. Din, Sin and Gin. ; Children Have a New . . Game. What, No More War? Copyright Kins Features Synd. Inc. The learned Professor James JfneKaye, of Dartmouth, brings forth a new theory of the uni verse, ' pushing fc.instem nnci relativity into the background. The universe possesses a ra diation of super frequency and ' super-penetration pervading all , space The ether, which Einstein eliminated, returns but is a dy namic, not a static ether. ' ' : That deep news interests a few. , . . Secretary Mellon says 19.10 will be a super-year, money abundant, interest rates low, business good. ' . That interests everybody, vio lently. " Infinite time, space and ether will take care of Nthemselves. Nineteen and thirty and busi ness must be attended to at once. . . ' Nineteen thirty is three days Old.:. ' " ; ' Not fewer than a million good resolutions have been brok en, more breakage will come later,'- But enough resolutions will be kept to provide the ns ial annual improvement. Now Ycar.'s eye,, throughout. i.thri country, shed the usual. light on prohibition ; many pro hibition raids, maiiy,arrests,uiu-, limited whiskey, gin, etc. I VA moving picture advert tec merit invites you to Bee an all talking, singing and laughing play that, to quote the pro moter, "Shows amazingly girls to .hire, for the out-of-town buyer; the road to din, sin and giii." That road is wide open in, this year of otir Lord. One newspaper describes New YcarV eve in New York as an effort 'to drown remembrance of margins' wiped out, and, in spite of determined efforts of prohibition agents, as a "rather dismal, but doggedly drunken night."; -At pnrties for young people, and in the so-called "best so ciety," n new game for cliil ' dren is played. The younger ' boys ask an older boy of 16 or .17, "What time is it?" and watch the younger ' American hold his wrist watch before his eyes,1 and weave drunkenly to and fro, trying to focus his bleary sight. This seems de- (Contlnued on Pare Bit) "I'd halo might? bad to see Union git hard even If I am i Ocmocinl." Mid .Toe Kite today Why dim a follrr nllui fool In M vosi MK-krtN when he licgV n ilgur? Tin vi iniu. RUM GUILT Department of Justice Asks Supreme Court to Hold Buyer Guilty of Con 'spiracy Borah Denies Mrs. Willebrandt Fur nished Data On Enforce ment Laxity. WASHINGTON, . Jan. 3. The department of justice, today asked the. supreme court Ho hold that 'a purchaser Is guilty of con spiracy when he orders lhiuor from a bootlegger knowing that Its delivery will involve illegal transportation. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (P) Senator Horah, of Idaho, today de nie'd widely published reports that Mrs. .Mabel Walker Willebrandt, former assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition cases was the source . of his information on prohibition conditions thorughout the country. "Mrs. Willebrandt should not he drawn Into this matter," said Sen ator Borah. "She has had noth ing to do with it." WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. (.JP) Secretary Mellon today asserted that the coast guard had done nothing that was not justified and authorized under the law in fir ing on the liquor smuggling boat, Hlack Dunk, which resulted in the death of three men. Mr. Mcllon's, statement was In line with those previously made by Rear Admiral Itillard, coast guard commandant, and Assistant Secretary Lawman, both of whom had defended the coast guard. The secretary of the treasury said that as much as the shooting was regretted, reports to him in- I dlcated that the coast guard was acting "entirely within their In structions and observing their duty in what they did. , ""They gave warning, the boat was endeavoring - to escape and they could not do less than they did," he ndded. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. VP) Prohibition Commissioner no ran announced today that an agree ment hnd been entered into with industrial alcohol manufacturers, which would reduce production In 1930 by 15 per cent, as compared to 192!). He estimated the output would be decreased between 13,000,000 and 14,000,000 gallons by the cut. The commissioner said he had notified producers that the reduc tion was desired and that they had agreed to It without objec tion. BLAZE ARE BURIED PAISLEY, Scotland, Jan. 3. OP) Inhabitants of this grlef-strick'l town today witnessed another act In the tragic drama of the cinema fire which Tuesday snuffed out the lives of 72 children living here. Fifty of the child victims were burled today. ' Business life was hUBhed, and flags dropped at half mast on public buildings. Blinds on residences were drawn as tns hearses nt brief Intervals for fiv'j hours carried the tiny coffins through silent streets to the ceme teries. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (P) President Hoover said today that the total of the public works, rail road and public utilities construc tion planned for this year thus far reported to him called for an ex penditure of J4.70O.O0O.000. GOLD HILL RESIDENT RED BLUFF, Cal.. Jan. 3. IP) The body of Harry Jones, 65, form erly of Gold Hill, Ore., wos found In a gal-filled room here. Authori ties said he committed suicide. Telephone Inquiries of several Gold Hill residents this afternoon Indicated that Jones was not known In that city. ' Oregon Weather Rain tonight anil Saturday; mod- crntc temperature. Strong south' 'crly galea on iho const. ' Chambermaids of France in Revolt ! Outline Demands PARIS, France, Jan. 3.-T-W) Parisian '"femmes tie men- age" or,,(n English, chamber- maids ore in revolt. Keparing yesterday by the hundreds from apartments great and small tp the left bank of the Seine they drew up a bill of rights for pre- sentatlon to the househoUls they serve. The ultimatum Is signed by three comrades, leaders of the union, Julie, Marie and Jeanne. GET NOOSE First of Six Hanged for Mur der of.- Fellow Convict During 1927 Thanksgiv ing Day Riot boomed Man Disdainful of Spec tators Warden Told to 'Make It Snappy.' FOLSOM STATE PRISON, Cal.. Jan. 3. () The first two of six convicts sentenced o hang for the murder of Convict George Baker during the 1927 Thanksgiving tf.iy riot at Kolsom prison, were hange 1 here today. Anthony Brown wont to the gallows first. The trap was sprung at 9:02 and ho was pro nounced dead at 9:14 a. m. Hoy K. Stokes followed, the trap belns sprung at 9:27 a. m. lie w-as pro nounced dead at 9:34 a. m. 'Both men went' to their death .without signs-.'Of fear. Jiach. had to walk about. 300 feet from the "back alley," where they were kept last night, to the execution cham ber. Spectators were kept outside the death chamber until after the condemned men had been taken In. When Brown saw the crowd awaiting him he turned his her. l to Warden Court Smith and said: "Those fellows will think you ar'j carrying me." The warden had him by the arm. He assured Brown that It was cun tomary to assist a condemned man and that It did not denote weak ening. Brown entered the death cham ber smoking a cigaret. He eyed the crowd with a half smile of disdain. His last words to l!n warden were. "Make It snappy." After Brown was pronounced dead by Dr. P. w; Day, prison physician, the 30 or. more spec tators were ushered outside the deuth chamber while guards pre pared the gallows for Stokes. Within 10 minutes! time he en tered the long alleyway lending to the gallows, escorted by Turnkey Walter Neil, Guard E. C. Richmond and the warden. Brown and Stokes were the first of six men convicted In the Sacia mento superior court as leaders of the 1927 outbreak which resulted in death to 10 convicts and Guard Kay Singleton. They were to he followed to the gallows next Friday by Walter Burke; sentenced from Sacramento for five years to life tor robbery, and James Gregg, sen tenced to life from Fresno for first degree murder. On January 17, Kttgene Crosby, sentenced from Al ameda for burglary In the first de gree, Is to be executed. Albert M. Stewart, sentenced from Los Angeles on two forgery counts, still has an appeal pend ing before the state supreme court. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Jan. 3, (fP) Louis Izariis, 37, died on the gallows here today for the kill ing of William McFarlln, Oakland hank teller. The trap was sprung at 10:01 a. m. and at 10:14 a. m. he was pronounced dead. He wns the first to hung at San Qucnlln this year. , MILITANT WIFE OF MILWAUKEE, Wis.-, Jan. . - OP) Miriam Noel Wright, divorce:! wife of Frank Lloyd Wright, Inter nationally known architect, died a' a hospital here today following -in operation several weeks ago. Mrs. Wright. 61 years old, was known as a sculpt6r and writer. Her marital troubles with her arch itect husband attracted nntlonwlrtf attention. Blast Kills Children. -LONDON, J(.n. J. (iPi Thrr- children were killed and -fx In jured today In the holiday rilstrli-. of London by the expionlon of .i barrel of petroleum In n riillw.iy freight station, NERVY PA R IN FOLSOM W. H. VANDERB1LT AND HIS BRIDE A Autiu!i.t! litis Irltuto William H- Vandsrbilt ot Newport. R. I., and New York and hit bride, the lormer Anne Gordon Colby.- after their wedding at ha home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mr. Everett Colby, in West Orange. N.J. r . NEW CLUE GIVEN SEVEN INJURED IN SEARCH FOR IN SANTA CLARA MISSING FLIER SHOP DISTRICT Dog Team Driver Tells of , Hearing .Plane Over, .Pil- grim Springs District On .November 9 Await Ar rival Search Planes. KOMK, Alaska. Jan. 3. (P) With the report brought hore Into yeaterduy Ijy a do? team ill-Ivor that a plane wa hoard Homing over the Pilgrim SprlngH district ut midnight on'Novcniher i, the day Pilot Carl Hen Kielson and Mechanic ICnrl Borland left Teller, Alaska, on their Ill-fated flight to North Cape, Siberia, the search for the missing men took a new direc tion at least temporarily today. ' The Pilgrim Springs district in a mountainous area about 75 in Mom to the north of Nome, with few Inhabitants and those few living widely apart.. It 1h west and north of Teller. A plane will probably he sent to scout the area us soon as weather conditions permit. The LMlgrlm Springs country is without radio communications. M,eanwhilc the arrival here from Fairbanks of the two remaining Kalrchild cabin planes sent from Seuttle , lo engage in the Klolson search Is anxiously nwalled. The other piano, piloted by Glfford Kwartman, Canadian aviator,' was wrecked beyond repair in a crack up shortly after the takeoff for Nome yesterday. Dispatches from KalrbankH last night said that the two planes were to take off for Nome again today if weather con ditions permitted. Wave Motion Holding Earth Together, Claims Scientist v Hy Howard V. Hlakcslet', Science Kditor, (Associated Press Feuture Servic?.) DKS MOINUS, la., Jan. 3. M ) A now proof of the peculiar wav motion believed by some Helentisl- to cement the universe today was awarded the highest honor of (he American As-io-elation for it h t Advancement of Science, tho II. 000 reward f o r "an outstanding pnner." The author was A. J. Dempster, physicist of the I n I v e r sily of Chic ugo. The award was t h r final action of the annual meet ing of the asso ciation, which rt, W. BLAr.EJpfc& closed thffl foTP- noon. . Mr. Dempnter demonstrated In direct hut visible evidence of the wave rrotlon ot very tiny hits of hydrogen. They were nearly full ifccd atom. 2,000 times heavier than anything in which this oJ l motion previously has been cor, ohfdvoly fdlnwn. According to one of the l;teM sensations In science, railed wave mechnnlcji, there Ik thought to he a wave motion of the particles in Blast On Main Street Tears ; Out Fronts of Seven Stores Firemen Extri cate Injured Wide Dis trict Feels Shock. SANTA CLARA, Cull., Jan. 3. ! (p)Sevon poisons were injured, i one probably fatally. In an explo sion on (he Main street here today which wiped out the fronts of seven stores. . The explosion, which was felt over a -wide urea and broke win dows for- several blocks around, was ;Huid to have been caused by an over-accumulation of gas in the Madden .pharmacy. The injured were taken to the San ;.Iose hospital. The injured wore: "William Forscy, of the Mead Jewelry store, behoved dying. Floyd Hunkin, n customer in the store. ' " Mrs. Cirace Hrown, proprietor of an art store. Mr. and Mrs. George Green, cus tomers tn the art store, . P.. O. Gacchioni, delicatessen jtore employe. f An employe of the Santa Clara moat market, namo not ascer tained. - ; Firemen extricated the Injured from the wreckage and sent thorn . in ambulances to the hospital. The j explosion whs not followed by fire, j llulldlngs damaged included the I Mead Jewelry store, Mrs. Hrown's Art Shop, the Santa (Mara Meat Market, a fletlcatessen store, tho Hanla Clara Creamery, and a sheet metal shop. First estimates placed the probable loss at about $&5,000. all sulmlunccii. It In believed thul thin motion In nomc manner effect the very nnliire of mnlerlnl null Hlnnce. KxtremlHtn Imvp. gone o fur nf lo HUKKeat Hint everything which cxIdtH In In the liiMt umtlyxln mere ly flotnc form of wave motion. Tunnllilo proof of this motion In renuriled wilh exeat Interext. Only few phyHlrlHtH hi.vo iittcmjit ed (l';motmtrutlons und It wnn baro ly two yearn ago that lMvlnnon nn.l (lermer of New York obtained one of the fll'Ht evidences That w.'lfl of wnvn motion In electrons, par ticles far lighter than tho hlta of hydrogen nmd hy Dempster. One or two other phynlclnu hnvo re ported evidence of the hydrogi.i motion, and the award to Dempster was made on nccount of the con vlneln;: nature of his demoiwtra tlon. In a vacuum tube he stripped a stream of atoms of their electrons. He hnd left nearly full-sized atoms which he directed In a liny strenri against n ealclte crysial. From the manner In which these atoms re bounded off the crystal surface Ik showed that they wero hitting It with a wave motion, Mr. Dempjter is known nmgng reiemlsia for work on vacuum lube, and for analysis of Isninpei, which are minute differences In weight of elements that do not af fect tlielr chemfcat actions. B. F. SCHOOL BOARD HELD WASTEFUL Budget Termed Shame and Disgrace to County at Hearing On Tax Payers' Petition for Reduction Teachers, Janitors Re ceive Excessive Salaries, i Says Attorney. Tho Putto Falls school budget hearing before the county itound- j ury board was concluded this nf-j ternoon. County Judge Alex Spar row a nnoiuu'ed that a decision j would bo rendered after "the! boundary hoard has a chance tn j study the transcript of the roe- ' ord. and we hope to make a fa'r lind reasonable ruling. Wo will do what wo think is right, and then you people can carry ii 11,4 fur ,ix you like." Several lively exchanges occur red between the opposing counsel. Attorn ey G u s New b u ry , fo r the school board, contended tho schor.! board was within its rights In fix ing the budget, and that it wvs legal. John Patton, janitor, Mrs. Verne Willits, music teacher, and K. A. Hildreth, clerk of the school board, were among the w i t n ess e s this afternoon. On claims "the solo object of tho school f.oard was to wasto tho taxpayers' money," atfd that "the budget as proposed, Is a shame and dlsgraco to Jackson county," tho county boundary board this morn ing began a heating for reduction if tlin II Hi ( lio I lu li.i,l.,l ! as lel it loned bv tn vim vers " in 11 11 average with oilier third class nohool districts of the county." Attorney K. 35. Kelly, appearing for the petitioners, declared that the salaries paid teachers woro ex cessive.', and kept other d 1st litis In a turmoil, duo to teachers de manding that their salaries lie raised" to 'the level of tho Hut to Falls school." It was also claimed that Mrs, Kllzabeth SlmmervHie, a member of tho school board, maintained her residence at JOugene, Oregon, with monthly trips to attend school director meetings, and that anoth er school director hnd a residence, in Kin math, county, hut retained his directorate seat nt Hutle Falls, Employment of a domestic sci ence teacher, an orchestra loader, and u music teacher. In tho Hutto Falls school was also attacked, and it was also requested that the jani tor's salary be cut to an uvorugo. Hutto Falls has an enrollment qf J 08 students, 1 7 of these being from other districts. Cost Per Pupil Shown Superintendent of Schools Su sunne Homes Carter showed by statistics that the average annual cost per pup.! of nutto Falls edu cation Is $nfi.03, tho highest In the state., Tho Hutto Falls cost per day per pupil Is $2.45, twice that of any similar district in the coun ty except Rogue Hlver, which has a higher enrollment. Attorney Kelly compared Hutto I'OHTr,AXD, Ore., Jan. 3. liV) Three promotions In the passenger traffic department of tho Northern Pacific railway have been announc ed here by A, D. Chnrlton, ifener.il passcnucr intent. I.ee E. llonnh. who has retired after 31 years of service, has been succeeded as city passenger agent by Charles I'". Duffy. Wotthlngton C. Bmlth has boen promoted from passenger agent to traveling passenger agent and takes Duffy's .territory, Howard D. Charlton takes the position of passenger ngent. POMtLaNII, livi:, Jam V.AftV The Oregon Judicial council, com posed of two ntnlu Justices, circuit Judges and lawyers, convened here today for. tho anual meeting to dis cuss proposed changes for spending court litigation. ' Among tho subjects lo be dis cussed Is a proposed change In the existing law regulntlng the manner of forming a Jury list, (nullifica tions ol Jurors and exemptions. 12 FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS SHOW INCREASE V XSHINOTDN. Jan. 3. (At firo earnings of the 12 Federal lie.verve banks for amounted to $70.!!ifi.0)n, nr about ti,l'".0'io more than tuv (Continued on Pago Eight) QCAMCM PPDIQU ARE GIVEN PROMOTIONSjiN FIRE ABOARD Divulgec Plans It: 4, 1 Under Secretary Ogrien L. Mills, who revealed plans for a unified border patrol and limitation of tha number ot Canadian ports of entry as a means to restrict smuggling liquors. SELECT DAZEY Council Completes Plans for Community Inventory Banquet On Wednesday Leonard Reed to Be Speaker of Evening. Tho Civic council at a mooting this noon completed plans for tho Community Inventory dinner .to be held at the Hotel Medford, next Wednesday evening at 0:30 o'clock Details of the program woro ar ranged and K. I. Dagey named as ton tit ma ster. - -I-ad res : tv II 1 nl ClVd tho dinner. Tho program calls for n main address hy Leonard Heed, vice president for tho westorn division of tho United States Chamber of Commerce. Ioeal speakers will Include I'aul Soberer, representing tho fruit Industry, Alex Sparrow, the agricultural and stock Indus try, (lain Hohinson, tho lumber trade, Carl Swlgart, general com munity activities, W. II. Gore, gen eral Industrial conditions, und oth ers to he named soon. Facts and figures not generally known and bearing oh local indus try and payrolls will be presented. The menus will contain a list of tho payrolls and industries in this city, and educational work on Huy-Homo-l'roducts launched. The achievements of J(l29, and tho prospects for tho coming year will ho told. Ticket selling for tho occasion will start at once, and the atten dance at tho dinner Is expected to be large and representative of tho business and industrial life of the city. ' ' . HAN I'EDKO. Cal., Jan. 3. CP) A court of Inquiry today will convene aboard tho U. H. H. Sara toga, giant naval aircraft carrier, to fix respunslbllity for a gasoline firo which yesterday brought death to two men, burned four others, three of them seriously, destroyed a gig valued at $25,000 and caused damage as yet unostlmnted to the starboard side of tho carrier. Commander A. Held, senior officer of tho ' Saratoga, said the fire .originated In a turpentine por, lnu punt alongside the Saratoga, flt.lng tho surface of the water, Which was covered with residue from a gasoline compressor pump which, wan being' cleaned ; aboard the Saratoga,. ' ' t ' Tho dead: - MathmT fji Vlollo. 22, sea pian, second class,, Schnec mdy, N: Y. Vincent Vnjontlne Ui lor, 2t,. Vnginevr . second clans, ' uf Ufooklyn, N. V. Jiodfes not re covered. The Injured; Oeorge William Febrey. 1 ft, Annapolis. Md., sea man, second class. Iturned about face, cxpoetcd to recover. Henry Kenfioid. 24, Hampton. Conn., sea man, first class, seriously burned, Albert Lee Houston 20. H. F. 15. No. 1, Ontrnlla. Wash., sonmnn second class, seriously burned; re covery In doubt. Ii. J. Morton, seaman second class, slight burns. The flames leaped 20 foot above the carrier's stack and blackened about two-ihlrdj -of the utarbonrd Mdo, but fulled l.o(l!p netroto the Interior of the ship, A ll E IViC DINNER rlANt UAH TEN MOVIE IN DIE IN AIR CRASH Collision of Planes in Film ing 'Thriller' Plunges Camera Crews Into Sea Flames Wrap Hurtling Ships Three Bodies Fall Clear, Recovered Seven in Wreckage. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jan. 3 (A) Tho placid Pacific rolls gently today over the watery sepulchre of seven of ton men who yestei' day met a flaming death 3. una foot above the son In catering U a public whim. The charred and shattered bodies of three aro In a morgue, whore sorrowing relativs will claim them before the world forgottf. , They were making a motion pic- r turo thriller. Had they succeeded, the world would never have seen or known them. For they were behind the stones men directors, cameraman, prop- 4viv rii f.n Jiii'ialiinn nil ill u Yesterday they soured out above the sea two plane loads of mii ami cameras and equipment- They hovered over a third plane, waif r Ing t'tv a stunt man to drop awa towui ; the water with his para chute. . They were to make a thrill inir sonuence In a storv based on I tho mid-channel disappearance of. Chpttiir. Alfred Ijowenstein. llol-. gian financier, from a Fruneo-in-Kngland transport plane on July t2S.. ' . 1 Pilot Errs. rm.n .v. ,.... .mit:W; nerves were tensed tor lh fiuul swoop, vhen a pilot erred, .t. flaw ing sun ray blinded, or a YJi.ii,r.r,. t atr current lplayed 11 role 0: : mt . songer of death. No one lived ' : tell what It was. Suddenly the- plnneu w.hlpi?ftl ..t)-, gothar ,most headon... 1 . splintered, crumpled ana fol !,U -? . haclt. Cabins ground in.rth?r, ? telescoped. Gasoline ' tann nuo-t and flared. In tho twinkling o an eyo tho combined wreckage sh t , seaward with tho speed of mo- jectlle. V Three bodies were catapulted from the flame-spewing hulks dur- -Ing the hissing plunge, and fell into the water away from the vol canic spot of spray, firo and mok' which marked tho crash of plants on the surface. Wreckage Sinks. Within a few minutes only ti thin film of oil, flattening out tho white -topped waves, bore evidence of tho tragedy. No more bodies appeared, and no wreckage canw to the surface. The dead: (Continued on Page Eight) Will Rogers Says:; ilKVEIiL? IIILIiS, Cttl., Jan. 3. Result of tho gin In terdenominational football, Cal. Methodists (modern) 47," I'ittsbnruh Cumberland Vv6 byterians (old school) 41 While 81,ihhi part t i m e atheists h o w 1 c d in heathen glee. The Method ts(s believed in tho "pass- over" and their faith was well founded, for seven ontl of eight passes were touch downs. It wits their great est day sineo the Wesley boys, Johnny and Charley, siufflo . handed, beat V the Chtireh of England,.' The Right.' Hey. Russell ' Stum, ders was the principal pre siding 'elder called upon to carry or heave their message, itnd test into infidel' terrf. tory. As darkness enveloped the field Pittburgh did hot ter. The Presbyterians soonV ed to be carrying out the tra ditions of their lato senator, Uncle Joe Grundy, They was always "lobbying" when they should have been. run ning. V. S.: The winner will be allowed to cheer, till they meet (Xotre Dame. .- Tonrs,i ' Wilf-T; UOGKRS. f i