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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD Mail Tribuke The Weather Temperature Highest yesterday 3S LoWCHt tlllM looming :12 Precipitation To A p. m, ycwtcrduy 00 To .1 u. lit. thli morning- T. Forecast: Tonight., nncl ..Sunday rain; moderate teittKMulure. ' tllf vtotf-foorlh Tur. MKDFORD. ORKOOW S.VITIMUY. .IANTAUY I. HK50. No. '2S. . , WAR CHIEF BOOMED ASi fMnnniP rnrk 'iRunmorui.: : 1 4- I General Pershing Viewed As i (v Sure Winner By Nebraska H Politicians if Accepts Can- didacy for Republican ; Senatorship Says Mat- M ter Not Considered. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 4. (TP) A j j movement to draft General John J. , f eruhiUB for United States senator "on the Hepuhlican ticket In opposl- ! tion to tieorKe W. Norrla became . ! known here today at the close of I'm conference in the offices of Mark ,'. Woods, well known Nebraska bus!- ness and political leader. i . lieneral Pershing himself, who bail been in Lincoln over the holi 'j.fM.ys but departs, toniRht lor Wash , Jrnton, expressed surprise at the f existence of such a movement. ; j "You can't keep your friends from tulkliiK ubotit you," he said. This is the first I've heard about s. It." ''. i Asked If ho would refuse an offer 5 If the candidacy were properly j' made, he replied: ' ' "As I say, 1 haven't given It any . consideration." - Mr. Woods said he has been dis cussing the matter with people all over the state tor thirty days or so. I Nine years ago he was one of the two principal boosters In NebrasK-i . for I'ershing as president. ! ) General Pershing, Mr. Woods tie- chvi'ed today, could take his place ' In Nebraska politics with a united I front in IiIh support. f VI ' think the movement would j spread over the state like wildfire," paid Woods. "He would have the farm vote, the legion vote, the wo- t tiien'u vntp nml tliA linsinpns mnn'n yote. - He has been ,n worker for if tanners' rights since 1920." rtTRMINGHAM, Ala., Jnn. 4. fit P) Removal before February 1 nt lie restriction excluding as candi dates from the 1930 party primary I those who opposed the Democratic presidential nominee in 1928, ha?: fcoen n.sked of the Alabama Demo- 1 .Jratic executive committee. f Attending a mass meeting la.t . pight at which the request was (nude, - Senator J. Thomas Heflin declared that "if this is not done jlhe voters will be given their rhance to act." t : ? KILLED BY CAR GRASH : J r, oriEOON CITY, Ore., Jan. 4. f, (A1) Hen K. H. Manning. 56, puh- linher ami owner of the South T'mpquu. News, weekly newspaper 1; tit Kiddie. Ore., died last night it Oreson City hospital from in i Jurlt'H Hiiffered when his car crnwh- 'rldav. lie suffered a crushed i I fkU"' . $IGHT-CYLINDER HUDSON C0MES IN TEN MODELS DETROIT. Jan. 4. (U.P.) The i j!l30 Hudson Automobile line, ns i rxhiblted nt the- National Auto lhow In New York features 10 :, models in two chassis lengths . .119 and 126 Inches all with elcht ryllnders. ' 1 The new Essex models retain ' the six-eyllnder motor.. Well, lie mlxrs with yonmr-ter kll the time," will Tell Klnkb v u ay, when wniehuddy remarked on hnw uell Slwrlff Mort iMnr enr- (I hl! years. A tval 1n1y nr ntloninn iim4 Bit hewlldeml n Ihcwc I lines. Tippling By Elite Biggest Problem For Prohibition 'wASHlNCiTO.W Jlin! 4. Drinking among the ho I'lully, financially and politic-ally prominent, in the opin ion of Senator Jones of Wuah I n is t o n,- an admlniHtration spokesman, presents one of prohilittion's most tutfl'linK problems. He expressed this view In a radio address delivered under the auspices of the W'ashinii- ton Star, asserting also that ho had seen "far fewer sena- tors under the int'Uienee of liipior durinft the last ten years" than in the preceding deeade. Revenge - for Killing Liquor Runners Believed Motive Men Attacked Not On Boat Which Fired Shots Crew of Patrol Craft Ex onerated By U. S. At torney Boss. NEW LONDON, Conn., Jan. 4 (P) Two coast guardsmen were attacked and severely beaten today by a group of men who, olficials believe, were bent on avenging the killing of three rum runners last Sunday. According to Coxswain Geo. A. Cndorett, one of the group asked: "Were you on the 2H0?" - . Cadorett said no, but that he was a coast guardsman. "Well, that's, good enough for us," one of them replied, and they pitched in to administer a beating. I The CG-290 was the patrol boat : which fired on the rum running j craft. Black Duck, in Narragansett ;bay, killing three men and wound ' lug a fourth. PROVIDENCE, It. I., Jan. 4. (Pi I'nlted. States Attorney Henry .U. Doss, Jr. tpday issued a state ment in which he completely exon erated the crew of the coast gua"d patrol boat 29 from any bin me In the killing of three men aboard the rum runner. Dlack Duck, last Sun day and said he would not produce the crew before the state inquest being held at Newport. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. ) Speculation over whether Senator Tess of Ohio would head the joint congressional committee which will ' consider the reorganization of pro ! hlbition enforcement machinery i momentum today from his visit with President Hoover at the White House last night. BLAST AND BLAZE COSTS TWO LIVES INGOT NKW VOKK, .Inn. 4. (Pi Fire department offieiaLs today soiiKht the cnu.e of an explosion and fire which co.st two live nnd did dnm- ape estimated nt $100,000 In the I Intel Mai RUrry, a l'ark Avenue apartment hotel. Mr.H, I-oiiIh LIchtrnHteln, fiO years old, who has heen attendinB her hUHhand ill In tied in their Kiev- en th floor apartment, collapsed and died after he and her hutt hand reached the street. William Cnw. 60 years old, nn elevator operator, was found dead In his elevator car between the third and fourth floors, lie had heen burned to death by the flames which chut up the clova'tor shaft after fnllure of the power stalled hia car. The Hotel' Marguery occupies the block between Korty'-Hcventh nnd Korty-ciKhth ftreets and its tenants and guests Include many persons prominent In society. KLAMATH MURDER TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY 13TH KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 4. OF) The trial of John O. Wright, j)lumber. who pleadpd not RiiHty to a chaiKe of shooting to death Sydney iMrllnK. hotel owner, will Hturt January 13. The case of Tom Ie.Moss, clinrK ed with murdering I'.isente I'once by knlfinir. shooting nnd Iw-ailnit has not ben ronsldred by the Kiand Jury. iOC A o n no OLH uuro BEATEN BY RUM GROUP THREE KILLED War on rum runners In southern New England coastal waters took the lives of three liquor smug prs and caused seizure of three boats and 5,000 cases of liquor. Upper picture shows speedboat C-5677. known as the Black Duck, on which three met death when coast guard opened fire near New poit. R. I., when order to halt was ignored. Below guardsmen are shown unloading 4.000 cases of liquor from rum runner Flor del Mar captured off Montauk. L. I. mr if mm ! i lui i - iiiLui uiiu; SNOW- N HILLS Unexpected Storm Strikes' City at Early Hour j Storm" Sewers Flooded j Siskiyou and K lam at hi Routes Get Heavy Snow. ' ', 1 Durlnp the unexpoeu-d wind and i rain siorm which struck tho city -and valley at ahout " o'clock this moiniup und dui inn which for i ; short lime the wind blew at tlu maximum rate of 3K milos nn hem and the amount of rain fulling wjis .1!) of on Inch, up to 0:40 a. r.i., .snow was raUin in the hih hill-" and mountains to the south and Koulheast, ami snow even fell :n Ashland during the nl h t, but not sufficient to cover the. ground. The storm did not reach Crater Iike national park, hut at 0 n. m. today heavy snow - bettan to f;-ll there and it was still snowing im 1:45 this afternoon, according 'o ; a phone message from the care j taker of tho lodc to Chief ItanK;-.-j Godfrey of this city. No d a m a k e. Was done by the! utorm, the city superintendent's of-j flee reported this afternoon, .be - j yond flooding the fltorm sewers i and catch basins for a time, and, turning the south side of West j Main street Into a running torrent,; us rhvays during n heavy rain off short duration. The only damage hcord of w.i: the blowing out of a window above the Joo o'Flrlon barber shop and! the beauty shop Immediately n.l- j Joining. In the front of the Hotel Medford building. i Little rain fell after 6 nYlo-k this morning and alternate rlnuiii-i ness and sunshine prevailed lip to, late this afternoon. Hnin Is fore cast for tonight and Sunday and I also a moderate temperature, Mnow to the depth of four or f iv. Inches fell In the Siskiyou- and Orernepring mountains by ,tltl-f morning, covering the Pacific high way and the Klamath Iall-A;i -land highway. Ir was cleared awr.vj by snow-plows of the state highway! commission, nnd the highway sr" open for trriffle. Autoists were a t-l vised to have ehnins, &h freezing j weather Is predicted. Hand is I strewn over the highways as som as tho snow Is cleared away. I Prior to the storm breaking her? I last night, there was sflme freak-! i Ish temperature and barometric i j pressure move-i. At 8 a. m. thJ temperature wn 3 degrees arc! , j rose steadily until nt 3-J0 a. m . :t reached T.n degree. Ity fi n. m. , it had fallen to 3. The barn.ii- ictrlc pressure fell rapidly to 2t.. nt 4:40 a. m., and nt :4 a. u stood at 28.11. ' The pontile; st wind, which nt its iaximurn was about JH milen :ir; hour, had decreased to about 3r mllrn an hour by fc:2i, and tb-n Kradually died away. WHEN GUARDS SEIZE RUM BOATS LONG' rilJACil," (Jul.," Jan. "4. "(P) ' (Walter Unpen, the Hritish open ichamuion and defending champion in the $.1500 Long Heath open golf ', tournament, and Leo Diesel, na tional professional ciiamnion, wore scratched from the list of competi tor In the tournament today alter they, failed to appear in time to tec j off at the appointed hour in the : second day of iiualifying play. SAX KHAXCISCO, Jan. 4. (United Press. ) old man Jupiter I'luvitis borrowed something from Pop Warner and pulled a trick play from the bag to score a touchdown over the weather bu reau and piulro of (tains. . Neither predicted the imIuh which started during the night and moistened most of northern California. WALLACMC. Ida., Jan. 4. (Pi ll. K. 'Wcniiier resigned today as sheriff of Shoshone county. The action came after n controversy as to whether he should quit follow-! lug conviction as a member of the I "Mullan whiskey conspiracy ring.": a nd his sentence to t Wo yea rn . n i federal prison. i Form "Kceplaws League" WADKKUOUO. N. . A Mrs. Mary Itennett Little has a plan for organization the school children of, the nat Ion into a "Keepla wh League." The first chapter has beep formed here. Oysters Leading Oregon Industry Says Teachers Reference Book SAI.KM. Ore., Jan. (h Ore gon is ptlll botmdf d nn tho east by tho territory of Idaho, and rysler;? aro one of tho leading industries of the state, nccordlpg to Hitfton's I'tilvp'sal Kncyclnpedla, edited and published In l!J!', nays l. I). Hall ol Portland In a letter to. Virginia C. Haeon, state librarian. Mr. Hail, who las examined (he work, says ho tinderstondfj It Ir beln ndver tibod und sold to Oregon toaohen as an nnthonlfr reference hook. Mr. Hail writ": "Portland, Oro.. Is dcserllied as a city on the loft bank of tho H lunette liver, with Moaiuhoat lines running m California and Hrltix'i Columbia, and no mention Is made of any off-shore transportation. ') h'cgrin Is described as brine hounded on the cjst by the terri Aitavclatett I'rcxx t'hoto TO QUELL ANY Oregon Officials Arrange Safeguard in Case of Re volt Salem Guard Com pany Would Be Called for Service, Is Plan. , KALISM, Ore., Jan. 4. (A) Ar rangements were made by the lap? (iovei nor Patterson and Adjutant (tcnera! CJeorge A. White for th' use of Oregon National Guard rtoops to serve as" manhuntcr (n event of a break from the state peniteptiar. This was report el to the state board of control today by Henry Y. Meyers, superintend ent of the ' prison. This service uyiiild fall, it was said, upon Cap tain "Pod" Maison nml the Salem company of the guard. lteeau.se of the Increasing con gestion ot population at the pris on, and the general restlessness of prisoners throughout the country, this Is one of the prpurations be ing made at the Oregon prison lor emergencies. Superintendent Mey ers wo authorized to use an add. tlonal night guard in the prison yard. MARION COUNTY SOLON THROWS HAT IN RING SAl.KM, Oic, Jan. 4. IA'i Ham l:rown of w-rval. Htato Hi'nator fr'Mii Marlmi county, announced today that lie would ho n candi date to succeed hlmxelf. Lloyd Ue'noJdM of alcm. Ilrown'H fiHt (into In the upper house of the leiNlattue, maid hat lie had not definitely made up hit mind hut M-ould )i'ol;ably he a candidate. tory of Idaho. InastnuoJi ns Idaho wan admitted oh a alato .'!0 years a' i this would indicate that this ho'-k U probably an unedited copv of some obsolete encyelopdla upon w'Mih tho copyright has expired. This nrliclo on Oreson alno speaks of our oysUr Industry fin among the leading industries of Ihe stale, when, as a maper of fact, no nys tei s are grown In Oregon. The bo ik d"sntiljH the forests of Ore gnu us being pine, no reference be lag mado to fir, cedar, or hemlock. Aidc: from tho sugar and yellow pines nf the extreme southern por Hon nf tho Maeo and a lodgo polo plno of eastfrn Oregon ihcr Is no pine in Oregon. "Tho population of Oregon Is Riv en as fcss.iJi'O, while the Oregon bin hook for lf-'I gives Ihc popu lallon rs l,r,r,:,,i7l." PEN UPRISING FIRE SCARS SOUTHWING OF CAPIIOL Nation-Old Structure Is Threatened By Flames, Originating in Room of Artist Five-Call Alarm Summons Array of Ap paratus Locked Doors Hinder Firemens' Efforts WASIII.VUTON, Jan. 4. (A'l The tnimues of red flame that leaped through the roof of the Kouthwesl winf; of the cuplto! laHt nlKht and licked at the Hide of tho hUKC white dome had left today only u Ninall hlackened Kpnt uli the Hide of the hullilillK. 'i'he vivldnesH td' the flare; the Hhriekiny Hlrenn (if fire apparatUH; first thouKhtH that century ohl records, posNihty the nearly ' nation old Ntruoturo itself, luiKht ho en dangered, hail faded this hiornlllK and fast were becoming u part if the hulKillK history of 'aitol Mill. Officials were more concerned over tin' cause of tho blaze than the damage wrought. They nuld the loss would amount to uhout $UUUU; that tile fire in no way would interfere with the convening of congress. Monday front tho holi day recess; and that such docu ments and papers as were charred or water soaked were not a pan of the permanent files. Mails In stoillo The blaze, far more speetucular than that which destroyed part of the executive office of the While IIouho Christmas Kvo, originated in u room occupied by L'arl Mohcr ly, an artist who has decorated many ot the long conidoiH In both the senate and house wings. Moheriy was rescued from the room In a partly suffocated condi tion. He was udnilniHtered flint aid In the office of representative John Clnrner of Texuif, tho house IJcmoerutlc. leader, und Inter taken to a hospital. Today ho. practically had recov ered and from him capltol officinal hope to obtain some light on the cause of tho fire. Several capltol employes suggested tho possibility that a clguretto or a cigar started the blaze. Summon Apparatus The fire wan discovered nt 7 p. in. Capltol police turned In the alarm. They sounded n five call notlco that brought every engine In Hie business and near-ln residen tial districts. teaching the capltol a multitude of difficulties delayed the firemen. -Most of tho doors were locked. As firemen Htrove to reach the flames thousands of WiiHhliiKton lans swarmed to Capltol inn. I'ollee reserves were rushed to "the hill." ns tne site of the capl tol Is known In Washington, to assist the hastily mobilized capltol police force In holding back the crowd that surged over tho broad enst plaza. Ho oulckly did the crowd assem ble, that hundreds wero on hand before the last of tho fire compan ies arrived and there were' narrow escapes In several Instances as the fire trucks roared Into position. Of the thousands obtaining In formation about tho flro over tho telephone was President Hoover. It was only n week ugo that ho stood on the west balcony of tho White House, dressed In evening clothes and watched the fire In tho executive offices. After firemen had smashed the east rotunda door, they carried hose lines through tho rotunda tho walls of which nro decorated with many valuable oil paintings of events of parly American his tory, among them the landing of Columbus and the surrender of Cornwall! to reach tho narrow, winding stairway to tho fourth floor. KAN FKAXCIHCO, Jon. 4. IP The weather outlook for the week beginning January 5, was an nounced hori today by tho I'nlted HtnlcN weather bureau as follows: Far Western stutes: Tho outlook in for unsettled nnd mild weather at tho beginning of the week, fol lowed by clearing and colder. Temperatures will be much be low nnrmul. NORBLAD BACKS LEE OF IDAHO FOR I. C. C. HA I-I'M, Ore., Jan. 4. (P) O over nor Norblad today sent a telegram to tho members of tho Oregon delegation in congress urg ing them to use their Influence for the appointment of some man from the Intei mountain commeree rornmbsion. This Is understood to be on endorsement of Judge Ioo of Idaho. Foshay 4 , -rupt 4....irlntirfl TfM 1-htilo Properties vamea at more than $20,000,000, controlled by Wilbur B. Foshay of Minneapolis, are In re ceivership. HIT BHRMN Eight Boys and Girls in Hos pitalHappy Basketball Party Crushed On Grade Crossing in Blinding Sleet Storm. WOOHTICU. Ohio, Jan. 4. (A1) llelplt'HH vIctliiiH of a MpeedlnK train which cut thrnUKh the ni'hl and a hllnditiK Kteel utorm to i-ruHh thi'ir htm while thity lunched and talked of their haaUethall Kanu'R, Hovon youtlm were dcud and eight other hlKh wehuol hoya and k'i'Ih wero in hoHpttala toduy. Tho dead hoya, all of them he tween 14 and IS yearn of ne, were members of tho htRh nehnol laiMketliall team of Hurhunk. near here. The were on their way, home, happy over defeating their old rivalM nt l'ralrlo, another nenrhy village, when a Pennsyl vania railroad filer Htrtiek their turn at a eroHHliiK near Hhreve, 10 ml Irs Mouth of here, laat nlKht. The dead are: Wilbur and Parent lruhh, broth era; (.'laude Itepp, Wayne lehman, Kmil Tlrnlc. KiiKeno Talley, Wll lard Ilaker. The most nerloiudy Injured wore Kdmlth Itepp, who Buffered frac ture of both loffH nnd muy die, and Lola Tallfy, Muter of the dend boy, who rerelved a broken leg. Tho others injured, moHtly Buffer ed nothing moro nerlouH than ettt and brulaes, are Charlen I'aektird. Donald' 1, oh man, Aline Weal, 101 len C'owhlek, f I rare Klory, Mau rlee Lenz. eoarh of tho boya team and Joseph linker, GO, driver tf the him. Tho crumpled Iiuh wa eorrled down Ihe track 100 feet and bodlea wero Htrewn four tlmea that diH tance oh the banter andKniety of tho youngHtort wan changed to hhrleka and the airmailing of Htoel nnd splintering of wood. Gl 0114,586 The compilation of the postofflce ' financial receipts for tho year jus, ended and which wero completed today by postmaster Wm, J. War- per, sua in show the steadily hi creaHlng growth of population and business of Medford, and such re-1 oeipts wero $4,GH(I.40 In excess of the receipts for tho preceding year. Not only that, but the li2l re ceipts show that the postofflce re-1 celpta have doubled In tho pant seven years. J Tho receipts for 1920 were $92. 64 1 .88. and the receipts for wore $88,or5.42. The December roocipU for the year Just ended were $10,820.76, and the receipt for tho same month of lft-' were $10,103.74, nn increase of $717.02 for last montl over December of 1928. INDIANAPOLIS, liul. Jon. 4. ?) I'nlted Hiatus District Jmlgo Hnbeit C. Hultell toduy disnnissod u petition In involuntary bankrupt cy aKulnst thn Htutz Motor Cnr j Company of America, Inc. Three I Indianapolis creditors filed tlr. pe tition sevorul days ago. SEVEN YOUTHS DIE WHEN BU MEDFORDS P.O. RECEIPTS SHOW 8 OILIER AUTO TREND AT DISPLAY Thirtieth Annual Auto Show Emphasizes Multi-Cylinder Models Silent Trans mission, Lower Bodies, More Streamline Effect and Ancient Touch in Trim Seen. MOW VOHK, Jan. 4.-1 Tho thirtieth annual nntintnil automo Idle Khow opeiiH today In iraml Central Palace with 300 of the latest creations of the automotive world displayed by 4 0 American and two foreign manufacturers. lOaeh of the four floora of the palace has a color scheme of its own In the decoration plan for the show. Tho first floor is In cardi nal red, the second in golden Ifrown. the third in mignonette and the fourth In tropical blue. I The trend toward eight-cylinder I motors is emphasized In this year's j exhibition in which approximately j half of tho cars on display have power plants of the eight 1 cylinder type us compared with about a dozen last your. A 10-cyllnder type is exhibited by Cadillac and two front-"wheel drive cars built by the Cord nnd Ruxton companies nro being shown. - Other features outstanding are a silent transmission, eliminating tho growling noise of second speed, nnd a general tendency to make bodies still lower, to carry stream lino offectH farther, to blend three hues In body colors nnd to employ the classic lines of ancient pottery in headlights and hubcaps. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 4. (VP) A passenger automobile, powered by it motor burning crudo oil, left Indianapolis today for the Nation al Automobile Show at New Vork, driven by Its Inventor, Mess to U CummJnjjs of Columbus, Ind. i - Tho Inventor expects trf drive the H00 miles on less than 11.60 worth ' tof fuel. The car was expected to maintain n rnrty mile an hour speed, and reach New York Mon day ufternoon. Cummings' power plant differs from other Diesel type motors in that It gasifies the fuel before It is Injected Into the cylinders'. Tho motor has no spark plugs, no carburetor nnd no magneto. The fuel Is ignited by high com pression. Cummings has been working on the motor for 12 years. Ho forecasts a real uo for such' motors for buses, trucks and trac tors. . Normal Quint Wins. LA OIIANDR. Ore., Jan. 4. OP) A rally in the last six minuter with six field baskets enabled the lOastern Oregon Normal school basketball quintet to defeat the Ileiix Itcddcvlls horo .last, night, 32 to 27 In the season's opener. Will Rogers Says: MCVKHLY HILLS, Oil.. Jan. 4. We linvc our fun out here diiy in nnd out jok ing about the east mired down in hiiow and Rnlosln-s, panics and poor conch inpt, w li i 1 e we hnftK in sunshine nnd roses and fine foothnll, but let's bo sports and ndinit it. Boys, we need ruin. This is not just nn ml mission, I will make it a motion that it be nulled n prayer, f'ta it from a tnxpnyer and a mini that still lias vacant, lots to sell, it linsn't rained here since Nonh took two of every kind of moving picture nctor and actress into lbs nrk with him. Moths have lived on rain coats for years. They revived the (treat stage play, "Rain,"1 nnd had a footnote telling the audience that it was dripping outside. This is mi Khty dry humor, but friends, we would welcome the .lohnstowu flood , rinlit now. Yours, ( WILL UOfiKIW. J'. S. : California papers, go ahead and print this and show 'em we enu take it on the chin nnd still izrin.