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r V The Weather Forerast: Tontelit and Ttics- f Jtir 'air; moderate U'liiin'i-iiturc. I rcinperiitiin.'s: Twenty-Fifth Year Today By Arthur Brisbane Mother Jones. Orders From London. 434 Loops. Forest Fire Interlude. 7 Vi,yrig,it Kins FaturM Brni-in& . Mother Jones, who celebrates her 110th birthday, has been all her life fighting for work in;.' people and their unions, for better pay, shorter hours. She has not lost faith or en thusiasm even when prosperous times and good pay made men neglect their unions, or when private arrangements m a d e leaders sell out their men. The day of individual fight ers like Mother Jones has gone. Modern unions, able to buy of fice buildings worth twenty millions, as one did recently in New York, arc run on a bis; scale. . , k Agreements' with capital, Wrliich can always get cost plus from the public, take the place of such schoolings a.s made the Carnegie Homestead strike un pleasant for workers. Union hilmr has become part of Bin Iiusincss. If her youth could return, Mother Jones, in the eyes of modern union labor, would be classed as a "bolshe vik." liritishcrs,- well informed in naval affairs, find two interest ing facts in the grand and glo ries arrangement based on our trip to London for orders. Wc are compelled to build certain cruisers that wc do not riwnnt. MM, 110 matter wnat wc I'Ufilo, under the lxmdou agree- uient, wc shall not have parity with England. That comes of sending nice, smooth corporation gentlemen to deal with statesmen. At St. Louis, Miss Laura In nails of New York, 15 years old, heat all women records by exe cuting ;M4 loops, or somersaults in the air, one oft-jr the other. She stopped for gasoline and looped lib' more loops, just to prove that she was not di.zy. Looping is not particularly useful. But it proves the solid build of modern airplanes, and f the wonderful human body. Jk .s the preceding lines were nuitten a message came over W lie liliiilimw . "Inrowf- I'il'c very bad. A couple of thou sand acres of your woods burn ed over already and the fire is hack of your house." That compelled a pause of hours. Forest fires in south ern New Jersey are bad fires. That northern end of the '"fienrgia pine belt " is covered with trees rich in resin. Continued on Vnge 4: Story 2) Somethln' elte that won't Q't you nything it tellln' some one you lWui jet notieln' how gray they're 9'ttin'. Gunmen nrefer hlondeo. I i r i Abe Martin' Med SURVEY OF RogueoVally Not 'Drainage Conscious Says En gineer Work Natural Run-Off Inadequate Irri gation Waste Is Factor. A progress report ot the drain age survey of the Rogue River valley, conducted by R. A. Work, .assistant engineer ot the depart jment of agriculture has been filed, t revealing many interesting facts jand figures, including the observa tion that horticultural interests of I this section, in general, aa yet fail , to recognize the value of drain age as a crop production factor, I though its needs were urged as j early as 1910. Local orchardists 'and runners are not "drainage conscious. T h e f o r ma t io n of any large drainage district is not recom mended at this time, byiCngineer Work, though the formation of small drainage districts in the Table Rock and Talent districts are regarded aa feasible. Formation of a large drainage district at this time, is not urged, because the fountain head of the ground water flow is not definitely known in all affected areas; a considerable area of land having a high water table is sown to grain or not cropped at all and such land may not be in a position nt this time to bear drainage costs; outlets for drainage water are pro vided by natural channels for most lands needing drainage; and the cost of securing an outlet in an Individual case will seldom exceed one-third of the cost of individual systems. Work Summarized Kngineer Work in an interview, summarized his work to date aa follows; A drainage problem of some extent has always existed In the Med ford area of the Rogue River valley; The natural drainage of the val ley soil is limited, and In many cases not sufficiently good to take care of excess of summer and win ter water; The water table was closer to the surface in the summer of lit 2 it, in some sections, than ever before as far as data shows; The rise of the water table was not sufficient to bring it to tho danger point In all sections, but was sufficiently hiRh in some sec tions to bring it to a dangerous height, and hesitancy in rectifying same will result in toss of valuable trees and crops. Irrigation in the flat portions of (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) Li OAKLAND. May fPj With two men. one an Oakland police man, dead and a woman refusing to tell even her name, police to day were confronted by a blank wall in their efforts to determine the cause of what they described as a hand-to-hand duel in the 1-ollccman's apartment here. Authorities said they found evi dence that the woman was pres ent last night in the apartment of Alex M. Sanderson, the police man, shortly before or during the duel, which also claimed the life of George K. Mellln, Alameda. They saidhe was traced through a necklace and several articles of o lothing In Sanderson's apartment. Police found her in anotner apart ment of the same building. Sanderson, shot through the head and abdomen, died in a local hospital shortly after the arrival of police at his aOment. One weapon. Sanderson's pistol, was found in the rooms. Furniture was badly wrecked, police said, in dicating a furious struggle be tween the twoW.en. Injured Youngster Before Red O WASHINGTON, May T,. oP r.andngcd and limping, lk-year-oin Constance Payne of Terre Haute. Ind., played the part on Die Amer ican Hed Cro program today de oilte an automobile aceldTy near WAHhinnton. Pa., last nint. which he hi injured. While other ocrupanU of the lemalneil in a hosnital the Junior Red croa delegate continued In Washington going to have my talk If j "l"m nnii nimuin PL wm M NEED! WOMAN IS KEY IN MYSTERY OF OAKLAND DUE Q Hawley's Slogc. Tampered During Ballot Prirting SALKM. Ore.. May 5. (A) The secretary of state's office wa.s startled today when it q-&m discovered that, on ballots sent out to Marion county pre cincts. Instead of the slogan. "No interests to serve but the public interests." that Con gressman W. C. flaw ley had used for many years, it ap peared on the ballots "No in terests to serve but the party interests." A check with the secretary of state's records showed that it was correct in the official certification, so tho error apparently falls either on the Marlon county clerk or on the printer who printed the ballots. Senator Ashurst Charges; Judgeships Promised Urges Calling of Lobby j Committee Mitchell Let-1 ter Denies Politics Played WASHINGTON, May 5. OP) In vestigation of reports mat patron age is being offered by the admin istration in return for votes for the nomination of Judge John .1. Parker to the supremo court wa proposed In tile senate today by Senator Ashurst, Democrat ot Ari zona. The Arizoninn said: "Jitdgeshios are being promised in leturu lor a vote for Parker." The nomination, he declared, '! tainted with rank iujustlue to tho American people." "Call the lobby committee to gether," he said, "and you'll see what strange fish will be brought up from those trying to put over this nomination." The Ashurst charge was hurled Into the senate debate just alter Senator Stephens, Democrat ot Mississippi, had read a letter from Attorney General Mitchell assum ing full responsibility for recom mending Parker and denying "poll tics" had played a part in his choice. Denies Politics Played The Mitchell letter denied the letter written by Joseph M. Dixon, assistant secretary of the interior, to Walter Newton, executive secre tary to President Hoover, urging the appointment of Judge Parker as a "master political stroke," had evor reached tho attention of the president. Dixon, who was a ltepublfcau nominee for the senate In Montana In 1928, wrote to Mr. Newton In March na a "native North Carolina Republican," urging the appoint ment of Judge Parker. In that letter he noted that North Carolina had voted for Hoo ver. He said it was one of tho most likely of the southern states to stay In the Republics! column. Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, suggested "it doesn't seem reasonable" that the letter from Dixon, whom he described as "close to the president" was not shown the executive while "all oth er letters" were brought to his at tion. "It might not seem reasonable to the senator from Montana, hut I accept Jhe letter from the uttor ney general as stating the facts," Stephens replied. WASHINGTON. May B. (IP) Three senators disclosed in the senate late today that their oTrices had beon entered Haturday and some article.) stolen. Henator Mc Kellar of Tennessee declaring that his files had been ransacked "prob. abiy hy spcret service agents." Gives Talk Crosg Conventi8n f have to go In wheel chair." me sid. Helpful to the front of the plat form, M is( Payne prophesied "a wav of ever icreater good feeling" would result from work of the Junior ltd f'rons. 'Wp are dtrmined f irjt of all mi mere sum. ne no more war, j en? !aiy p nave learneo firm hand tbMprice people pay in mnn pv. In lives lost or nhatlered, and hurt minds and soul." i PAT NA PARKER VOTES SEEN MEDFORD, OREGON, Junior Flier Reaches Western Goal V" 2. 2JU. Frank Ooldsborough, i9, who took off from Wostflchl, N. J., air Krt last Monday, completed a transcontinental flight to Jxs An geles Kundiiy afternoon. ANDERSON AND YOUNG AIRMAN PIPES REPORTIMAKES RECORD BIG RANCH DEAL EAST WEST HOP i Completion of n $50,000 deal, Involving exchange of tho Mans field property of 2 37 acres, 35 miles north of Med ford on Rogue river, for the Hilton lands of 101 acres, located on the Pacific high way between Med ford and Cen tral Point, was announced today by I u rt A n d e rso n and A . V . Pipes, along with plans to open the Hilton properly as a rural sub-division. fhe Hilton nronertvT wn inr- chased from TI. L. Jturdlc. who took the Mansfield ranch as part rienced flier, Goldsborough land - payment. He planw to move with : tHl hero at 1 p. m., yesterday to his family to tho latter pla.ee ntPp 1:1 hours and 67 minutes im Piiriv ftiitP. The rural sub-dlvlsion. which will he opened to buyers Immedi- atcly will constitute a restricted distrlct, Mr. Pipes stated tins afternoon. Property will bo sold t ..n,.. ..h.nnln- In hi. ihl de- sirable and attractive rural homes exclusively. Practically all thai The youth, who Is the son of acreage has a highway frontage. Hryco Goldsb'Tough. pilot of the cither bordering on the Pacific ! m-fated trans-Atlantic plane, highway or the new Midway road. pawn, took off from Westfield, N. A modern dwelling house, dnlryj.) UHt Monday. barn, storm barn and silo nre now I located on the property. This' section will be sold separately! from the rest of the ranch, which I lu l l.n U,,1wtH'f.1wl ! The laud In the Hilton prop erty, as t It has been known for many years, Islisted with tho rich est In the llomie 1 liver valley. It Is especially good for the growing of vegetables and flowers and will be adaptable to the plans consid ered for Its development by the purchasers. Mr. Hurdle purchased the rnn''h from the lliltons last year. The Mansfield place, to which he is moving. Is one of the most attrac tive country homes In southern Oregon, ON LONG FLIGHT CKOYIXJN. Kng.. May E. UP)-- Amy Jolinson, 23-year-olil KncliHh arialrlx, whose lonReat fllKlit has been only 'tint mllea. ntarti'd at S:4u a. m. today In a tiny moth plane on a lone fllKlit of ,'1(10 ihIU-h to Aunlrnlla and return. 0 Her piano 1h named ihe ".luHon after the Oreclan hero who hoiikM the golden fleece. In It Ihe golden tyired mlnn, who Is a niemher of the London Aeroplane elnh, hopes to hcxt the record of Hert lllnkler, I who Hew to AiiHirallu In 15 (layn, bEADWOOb. H. I).. May 5. W) Headwood Hick. pony ex- presft rider, Indian fifth tr wind one of the Inst pii-turerti W.ir actem if the old wet, died at Ht. Jrireph hoiltal hj. today. Hero of countless explnW of the It lack HIHm gold rush. Dead wood Dick, whose real name wum Klrh ard W. Clarke, was a familiar fig ure In fact and fiction of the hin- tory-makltifi period of the early days, claiming the aquaintanih shlp of WIM Mill Hickok. liufiSV Hill, fnptaln .I Crawford, "I'o ker Alice" Tubbn and "Calamity Jane." nnnwnnh niPK I ninnrrn mnnro rpttn, rAMta Mail' Trito MONDAY. MAY 5, 1!!0. Associated Frtst photo LOS ANGELES, May 5. (P) With a new oast-west trans-continental record for Junior fliers of 34 hours and three minutes to his credit, frank Goldsborough, 19-year-old Jackson HelghlB, N. Y., aviator, today plans a bop to Han Francisco before returning here for a start later this week on a , return trip In which ho hopes! to establish a record for the west - caRt flight. fter battling, weather und, fly- Mnw Vhnrtitinon' Hin 'would "have ' tested the skill of a more expe - Nv. Hi fn,.,n, (,,), vnMA ( held by Dick James. The last ; i0K 0f his flight, a distance of ! approximately 40 miles from Col- ton California, whero be was flll Ced down by bad weather Frl - 1.. i in h,!...'" PO wnere iiu my mm imrup ! utes. despite rain ' and storms. SEES RAIN, S E LOH ANUKLKH. May 5. P) ItiHlnK temperature? and clearing skiPH are prnmlxed throughout the Mouthwem today, following week end nnnw and rain Htorina which catiwd one dcat.l in the J..OB An. kHph nrcR and disrupted tranHpor tatlon and communication HytUftnH in Houthorn California and Ari zona. Heavy nnoWH and unMoaHonahle cold weather in the Han Antonio niountaliiH near Ontario, Cal., cat of here yewterday claimed the life of Mr, Mildred J'ercy, 35, former head of tho Chicago Child Welfare league. Metropolitan Loh AngcleH and j adjacent territory experienced Ihe hravicHt May rain over the week end alnce liial. with a total of 1.04 Inched reported. I I'HILAIJKLI'HIA, May E j Announcement was mude today at i the offices of the Presbyterian general aftsernbty that the overtfe which would permit women to be come ordained minister in the esbyterian cQrch In the IT. K. v., had been ilefeated. Iteturni iVceived up to today showed that Hi I presbyteries voted for overture i and 1 49 against. It requires a majority of 147 of the 203 prehy j terla to adopt an overture. WOMAN CAFE OWNER KILLED BY EMPLOYE I KEHWOOO CITY. Cal.. May I iA't Mrs. Ida Handberg. Heresford restaurant proprietor, died from Kimshot wounds received during an slier nijyn In her entabllrthmeiit. Julius jvnsen, 22, employe, wan ar rested, but claimed the tr'in was accidentally tliharged when he sought to disarm the woman. NDIA QUIET GANDHI IS JAILED Silence of Followers Gives No Hint of Protest Over Arrest Civil Resistance Leader Bombay Shops Closed By Hindus. IIOMHAV, India. May 5. i&h Shops owned by Hindus and most muslin -owned shops throughout Itombay closed today In protest at arrest of Mahatma Oandhl. leader of (he civil disobedience campaign, whit was taken Into custody last night at Jalapur by a magistrate and police officials there. The cot-j ton and seed exchanges suspended) business. The government requisitioned two detachments of the Hast Lan cashire regiment and posted them In the heart of the mil) area and at police headquarters. As a fur-! ther precaution a volunteer light motor patrol baa gone on duty in the city, UOMiHA Y, India. May &. (A) The Indian government todity caus ed the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi, thus for the moment halting the civil resistance campaign upon which for more than two months it had looked with patient eye and effectually preventing entry of "Tho Holy One" Into Horn bay. Gandhi's arrest, made early to day, was followed by a silence nn on the part of his followers so in tense as to give no Indication of what their attitude would he. The Mahatma himself was mute. Whirl ed away to Poona, where for the third time, In his evontful career prison doors closed behind him, ho made no statement, voiced no threat. Mrs. Gandhi alone spoke for him. "I fervently hope India will show J her metal. she said, "and give a fitting reply to tho governments unwarranted action.' 1 Tny of" Hllrnor. 1 Monday being Gandhi's day of i "Hence, he had Just given tho last f touches to a letter to the viceroy wnn n'M Helzure took place. The , "rrcst cntno nerore onyngiu. squad of armed policemen led by the district magistrate, the super intendent of police and a depuly. proceeded to Gandhi's quarters at 1 K,l' aa l,;on' i ney went "Do you want me?" he asked. "We have order j to place you under arrest," the magistrate ro pllcd. Gandhi asked only to be per mitted to cleanse nis teem oerore leaving his domicile, a custom t. iwhlch the Indians attach much importance American It. 11. K. Detroit 3 10 1 Washington 1 8 1 liogHCtt, Hurling, I'age, Sullivan and Kalian; Hiown, Ilnixton an, I Ituel. It. II. . 3 7 . 4 8 Kt. lunula Philadelphia (Twelve InnlogH). Crowder and Mlinlon; drove and Cochrane. It. II. Chicago I 6 I New York 4 0 0 Kaher, Caraway and Aulry; (lo Inez and Margrave. . II. II. K. Cleveland 3 7 I llomon 18 23 0 liiilin, Slmille, W. Miller, .liihlo nowakl and L. Sewell, Wyntt; GaH n and Horry. National R. New York I'lllHhiirgli 1 Walker and O'Karrell; and MnrgrearsH. II. K. VI I 6 2 French K. HoKton It Vi 'i Cincinnati 10 1 1 GrlmoH, Hrnndt and Cronln; (low. (, . jl(.flfl Krey nnr, fjon(.h . . ; -- r Baseball Scores Portland Baby Mystery Case Aired In Court Hearing Upon Parentage POHTLANI), Ore., May &. (VP) The Involved ramifications of Portland's "mystery baby case," were aired In court today. Two women claim the four-month-old child. Mrs. Oeorge t Hdiaefer "f Portland testified tortayhe gave ) birth to the buby In a Portland hospital January 21. Miss (ler aldlne Watson of Phoenix and Los Angeles, declared tho child Ik hers, that It whs born to her in Los Angelesj and abandoned by her In a Los Angeles hotel on s T IV "1 Temperature SL I II g HlBliost yes lor,J,y 61 I 114 lamest ilils morning 3i 1 111 Prwliiltnttoti: I I I Jk To S p. in. yostcrdny 00 ftaB To n n. in. morning ,. 00 Heas lblishers A mite Hit 1 4 l'itns I'ht.tu Harry Chandler ot the Los An geies Times was electee president of the American Newspaper Pub lienors' association. LEFT HOMELESS Nashua, N. H., Suffers $25,000,000 Loss As Blaze Sweeps Three Mile Area During Gale. NASHUA, N. H., May 6. (p) jMore than lJli5 homes were in ruins today from a Sunday conflagration. Seven hundred persons were home less. Estimates of tho loss ruu from $2,500,000 up. An area three miles In length, from the Nashua liver to the Nashua Country club, was barod by tho flames. Two churches, a con vent, a school, four largo Industrial plants and the thickly settled Crown Hill residential district were destroyed. Tho fire started early yesterday afternoon on a lioston and -Maine wooden railroad bridge and was borne by a 40-mflo-an-hour gale through the city. Tho flames burn ed themselves out late last night. The principal business section was not in their path. Many narrow escapes wore mado during tho hours the conflagration raged, tiOO children being led from the hall of the church and convent school of the Infant Jesus (French Unman Catholic) It) minutes hofor? the hulldiug caught fire. Firemen from a dozen cities and towns brought apparatus to the city. Several companies of national guardsmen patrolled tho stricken area today. Tho homeless gathered at the armory and Hie Hod Cross provided food and bedding. SLAY CREW OF PATRO L CRAFT TOLKDO, May 5. With coiiHt Kuardxmcn expremdnK the belief that three rneml)era of a rum chaaer crew may have met death at the handH of rum runner, Com mander M. W. KumnuHHen, of Jiuf falo, arrived at Marblehead, Ohio, today to InvcHtlKnto the Hlnkins of cn-snio. HodicH of two memberft of the boat'K crew found In Maumee hay yesterday were Identified an Hard ner H. YotiiiK, chief boatawaln. and Wm. I'rntt, chief motor machin ist. CoaHt Kuard buala continued to Hearch the lake for the body of John C. Hay, flint clasa motor machinist, and the third member of the mlHHlon I) oat's crew. Kvldenee of dlxnHter which over took the fiint 30 foot croft wan found oulKlde Maumee bay In the lake whero a eoitHt guard boat picked up a cushion, an oil can, and a life preserver off tho CO K0I0. December 31, while she sought work. In bin gpcnlng argument today Joe Hammersley, deputy district attorney, said he had "positive proof" that Mrs. Hchaefer went lo Los Angeles, adopted the aban doned baby and returned lo Port land with It as her own child. The birth certificate Mrs. Hchae fer produced- was exhibited In court. To it was signed the name of Dr. Daniel Meyer, who testified today thnt. he had not attended the woman and that the signature was a forgery. SEVEN HUNDRED SUNDAY R(in7C DIIMMEDQ RANGOON EARTHQUAKE uuull huhulipj No. 44. HOME BREW CONTAINERS UNDER BAN Sale of Barrels, Bottles, Corks and Labels for In toxicating Liquor Held Unlawful By Supreme Court in Decision. WASHINGTON, May 5. (p) As aistant Secretary Low man of the treasury said today that the de cision of the supreme court up holding the action of the prohibi tion bureau in seizing trucks con tailng bottles, corks, casks, etc., tj be used in the manufacture of liq uor may be made the basis for a uation-wide drive to seize all such paraphernalia used In making Iioiik. brew. WAS1IIXC1TON, May 6. P) Persona who sell barrels, bottlea, corks and labels are subject to prosecution under the prohibition law, the supreme court held today, when the articles are offered In such a way as purposely to attract purchasers who Intend to manu facture Intoxicating liquor Ille gally. The opinion, delivered by Jus tice Holmes decided a case from Pittsburgh, brought by Ike Dono vitss. No dissent was announced. Meeting the contention that tho containers taken in the case wero not nctualty used in tho manufac ture of liquor, the court said tho word "manufacture" aa used In tho prohibition law, was not to bo taken In the strictest and most ex act sense. "We are of opinion that tho word may be used In a looser way," said the court, "and that If tho empty containers and other objects stlzed wero offered for salo in auch a mode na purposely to attract purchasers who wanted them for the unlawful manufac ture, as If they were designed for that manufacture and could bu Ve.ZtcL"v. ..T ;-r: ,.- ; , " ' WASHINGTON, May 6. tAh- . Whether the "sellers bt illegal liquor may be prosecuted under both the prohibition and Internal revenue acta is to be determined by tho supreme court. An appeal Involving that question was grunt ed today. . The case, solectcd as a test, ' arose out of the arrest of anthony ' La Franca of Now Orleans, La. j Convicted under the prohibition' law, he later was prosecuted under tho Internal revenue act for fullure j to pay taxes Imposed on retail i liquor dealers. The court of ap- 1 peals decided against the govern ment. CALCUTTA, India,' May 5. W Many persons were reported killed today in an earthquake at Hangoon, Burma. The city was severely shaken and the residen-, tial flats of Europeans and the high court were badly damaged. Will Rogers Says: BKVKWiY HILLS, May 5. I'oor Mr. Hoover; he was ritjlit in the midst of a speech over tho radio predicting "prosperity" und tellin? that we hail lived d o w n the Wall Street pnnl. when just as. he sat down a n o t h o r stock market crash fell right in his lap. Mr. Brisbane had just that day told us "that the Fed eral Reserve had lowered their rates, which meant more buying." The whole thing shows there is noncf them knows any more about it than Texas Ouinan.' If wo could just persuade our prominent men to stop "pre dicting." If they must pre dict, let 'em predict on tho weather, or the first crop, or Russia. Something they know about, but please quit guessing at what this coun try is going to do. Yours, WILL ROGERS. i I u 3