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Newspaper Page TextR The Weather Enrera-t: Tonlftht and Sunday I cloudy; continued inllil. ' W " Medford mail tribune Temperature Highest yesterday 64 Inmost Oils morning1 38 Precipitation: To 5 . m. yesterday. 00 To 5 n. m. this morning K1 jwenty-Fiftli Year MEDFOUD. OliEttON, SATURDAY. MAY IT, IfttO. No. 56. APPARENT 'VICTO mw PLURALITY lr JUDGE ENGS (M 2500 U DISAPPEARS: 1 PREDICTED Bf IN OAKLAND, orblad Second, Corbett Third Bailey Leads Wil bur for Democratic Choice Williams and Pierce Committeemen Choice. Pf JUTLAND, Ore., May 17. (P) Aon the basis of 1674 precincts ported unofficially out of the lu2 precine Aurge V. Mo entered ecincts in the state, Senator Joseph, Republican, red the Oregon guberna torial primary on a platform of Which vindication was the founda tion," today loomed the apparent Victor over a field of five other ftcpuhlicans, including A. V. Nor Mud, incumbent governor. T(iovernor Norblad, on the basis ftoin the same number of precincts Continued running second best, but tin outlying precincts trickled in Out down Joseph's lead of 4!l(M ptes until political observers said Joseph probably would win the aominatfon with a plurality of be tween 2500 nnd 3UQ0 votes. The 1674 precincts gave Joseph 7.1)35 and Norblad 42,131. Hurry (jjorhett, Republican candidate for ie nomination, ran third with t1.329; Charles Hall, 885;'J. 10. Bennett, 3472 and John A. Jeffry, J linilcy Lending if Of the four Democrats seeking Vie nomination, Edward F. Bailey led the field after 1406 precincts imported unofficially. His lead r (leorge R. Wilbur was 804 mounted steadily as precinct i.st of the Cascade ' mountains nine in. Bailey polled OlitiB and nibur 8411. A. C. Hough trailed Cd S. Piper; Hough polling 2488 fcml Piper 358G. -. Senator Joseph, whose an nouncement of bis intention to nter the primaries followed that p( all others, began his political feneer in 1910 when he was elected to the state senate from Multno mah county on his nutl-assembly Ifsue. At' the end of the term he did not seek re-election and it was pot until l'J20 that he again be come candidate and was elected, terving two terms. During the Interim he practiced law. Stormy Career His career in the senate where was somewhat of a stormy petrel was marked, not by Intro duction of laws, but by the opposi tion to measures which he con tended were opposed to public In terests. !$ Joseph next came into the public Joints about one year ago when ihc alleged feud between him and liomas Munnix, Portland lawyer, Imp to a climax. The feud had p Inception In differences grow ing out of the IS. Henry Womme ' state. During the course of the Quarrel, Its scope won. broadened 'fernd Involved two justices of the tate supreme court. Joseph, pub licly charged that there was ulleg d undue association between Mnnnlx, the two justices and oth ers. A committee of lawyers was appointed by the state supreme miri to review the charges against one of the Justices. Later Joseph tiled disbarment proceedings in a Inst Munnix and Mnnnlx retal ated with similar charges. Consider Disbarment But two months ago the com mittee recommended that Joseph ",)e disbarred for life and Munnix (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) Abe Martin Tl0 tlnimliMf Gnnunlllin f -wm Ik I t Lnmi of u bavin' n doorknob come Vn your hand. Lilc Kile uux jtown tiHiny ns full us n prlxm. iXJ (Copyright John K. Dllle.Cn.) Off , III Associated I'rrw i'hulo Christian Keener Cagle, Army football ace, after graduating from West Point will resign from tha service to coach at Mississippi Aj and M. college and accept a busil ness offer as well. Tuesday Flight Will Include Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York South American Woman Seeking Passage, Lacks Success. FUIIODRICIISMAFiiN, Germany, May 17, (A) Several Americans, some of them veteran Zeppelin fliers, will he on the Graf Zeppelin when the great German dirigible f heads over the South Atlantic Tues-j day on Its trip to South and North America. 1 George Crouse of Syracuse, N. Y., I who lias crossed the ocean before! on the Graf, will he on board to morrow when the big ship takes off lor the tirst stop in the journey. Seville, Spain, and it was reliably reported here today that Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York would join the airship at Seville. Mrs. Pierce participated in last May's ill-lated voyage, when the Zeppelin became crippled over France and had to land at Coenrs. Her husband and relatives were much against her taking the flight and even attempted to have the American ainhussudor tulk her out of It. Hut she went and her hus band said If alio ever took another airship trip he would go along. Another American to be on this vovaue is Cant. Harry K. Shoemak er of the naval air station at Lake-J hurst. N. J. Still another Is Karl Von Wei sand, correspondent of the Hearst ! newspapers, who accompanied the I dirigible on its ..round-the-world I flight last summer. I One woman anxiously attempting j to hook passage will have no luck I unless someone previously hooked i drops out. She is Mrs. Hocky Hani Imer of Kin Janeiro, wife of the di rector of the Condor Aviation syn dicate. OUT OF PEN S00N I'OKTI.ANI). Ore.. March 17 j l'i Di finite word was received . here today that a certificate of! parole for J. K. Wheeler. Frt-j land, who was sentenced in r.l2S to serve three years at McNeil's, Island upon conviction of con-j splraiy to defraud the Nortnwest ...n v.iional bank, has been for- warded to thf prison today by dc-, turtmeni of justice The pnrole is expected t take effect when th pnpers reach the prison. Wheeler probably will go to Cincinnati where Mis. Wheeler a waits him. riliAXTrf PASS. Ore.. May 17. (F) ipi Voters In the city of Grants, ....... ..i . i.- voti.il 1400 0O0 to ; AMERICANS COMING ON GRAF TRIP be used in providing- a municipally counar in nis nasura. mier tne -owned water system. .animal was treed and killed. 't Bribe Trial Halted While Thousands Scour Area in Search of Missing Jurist Overwrought By Strain of Long Trial. OAKTAXD, Cal., May 17. (P) Three former deputy sheriffs and one alleged bootlegger indicted by the Alameda county grand jury on charges of bribery and conspiracy in connection with an alleged boot leg ring, were found guilty on the conspiracy charge today. They were former Deputy Sheriffs J. L. Davis, J. J. Collier and A. K. Shrut leff, and Jack Cordelia. The case was given the jury at 6 p. m. yesterday by Superior Judge Kdward V. Kngs, who dis appared from Iris home yesterday while ill and In a supposed deliri ous condition. OAKLAND, Cal., May 17. (flV After one of the most Intensive searches in the history of the East Hay district, Superior Judge Ed ward V, Engs of Oakland was still missing today as thousands renew ed a hunt that begun yesterday when ho vanished at the critical moment of an important graft trial. Oakland police, Alameda coun ty officers and citizens were con ducting the search on the ground while a dozen planes from the Oakland airport soared above the region where hewu, last seen, -The hunt centered on the wooded hills adjoining the Jurist's home and took in Lake Te mescal In the fear he hnd wandered into the water. Over-wrought nnd near delirium from the strain of a long graft trial, Judge Engs disappeared from his home yesterday morning after Mrs. Engs, who had nursed him through the night, lay down to rest. The disappearance was re ported by bis son. K..W. Engs, Jr., after the trial in which, the Jurist hud presided for the last several weeks, had been held up as the Jury awaited instructions. Shortly after the search began, police were told by two persons that Judge Engs had been seen wandering aimlessly near his home early yesterday. Later a quarry worker reported seeing the judge wandering dazedly toward the hills. GREGORY ELECTED S.W.KM, Ore, . May 17. (TP) 1'. M. iriKory, business nian of the Hollywood district of Salem, was elerted mayor of Halem yes terday over Kilwnrd KoHteln, re tired. Hosteln has extensive prop erty holdings in Salem and Ku Kene. I!y u majority of over 2 to 1 the city voted to acquire by aml- cable purchase or condemnation tne plant or me ureRon-wnsninK-ton water service company nnd operate it ns a municipal utility. LANGANDCO.TO POItTLAND. Ore.. May 17. (?) I. Lang, who established the Lang & Company buslnesn In t Portia ml : in 1K3. announced today that the compUny would go Into liquidation hortly The business of Lang & Company at Kugene. Ore., has Iipen purchas ed by I. Iang and will be known In the future as Lang-Kugene, Inc. Likewise, he announced, the busi ness of Lang A Company nt Af- torla has been purchased. All of the Une Interests In the Hakx-r: flrocery company have lieen put-; chased. . I Merchant Ilcx. LIQUIDATE PORTLAND. Ore., .May 17. UP Mrs. Sarah Thompson of Now Julius I.lppltt. 79, merchant of (York laid a huge wreath of laurels I'alouse country In en.itern Wash-; of white lilies and red carnations Ink-ton. died here In a hospital ye-!0" ""nh of the unknown soldier terday. lie was a pioneer storej"' Arch de Trlomphe. wner of Colfax. I ASTORIA. Arthur Calhes. ga raue man. was confronted by a laote What The Candidates Say Harry T. Oorlietl "My Dear Senator Joseph: 1 slmvrely con gratulate you over the results of the primary elcetion. 1 liuvo thor oughly enjoyed the tuniNtigii. I liiion you w ill administer the stale's uliairs in the Interests of the ienp.e." J. K. Bennetts "I wish to sincerely thank the people of Oregon who voted for inc yesterday. 1 have never hurt occasion (o doubt his (Joseph's) ability nor his honesty." ;eorge W. Joseph "I thank tlw iteople for their confidence In me. as shown by my nomination. I will carry out the prom ises made In my camitalgu. It will be my endeavor to assist In placing the stale in the vanguard which the development of re-souri-es will Insure." (.over nor Norblad, after a sleepless night, retired will, orders not io be dlsturlHMl. nnnnn nrnnnTolnnnniinTO uiii uuruu PiLrunioriuuuuio will GOOD INCREASE FOR PAST YEAR Customers of Company In creased 10.53 Per Cent Is Shown Additions Made to Service. The annual report just made by the California Oregon I'ower com pany revealed an active year, show ing a marked Increase ill retail business and total number of cus tomers. A portion of the report Is as fol lows: Retail business served, or con nected load. Increased from 18,677 kilowatts to 101,070 kilowatts, or 18.10 per cent. The totul number of customers, both electric and water, served by the company In creased from 28,133 to 31,095 dur ing the year, a gain of 10.55 per cent. This includes a gain of 2, 478 users of electric service and 484 water users. ,i Net expenditures for constiiuc "(ten'iit,.pise ' to ':pifoVlte" heifc -facilities for serving the public cessitaled the Investment of $2,221, 14S. The major construction item of the year was the building of line 20. a 110,0110 volt transmission line extending I'rom Dixonville to North Bend, Ore., a distance of approxi mately 05 miles to connect the system of the California Oregon I'ower company with the system of the Mountain States Power com pany. A 10,000 kilowatt addition is now being made to the 5000 kilowatt capacity Coos Gay steam electric generating station of the lattor company, which is to be ready for service July 1. 1S30. This plant has been leased by this company from the Mountain States I'ower company. The completion of this new pro ject is expected to improve service in the territories served by both I companies supplying a dual source I of power through 'the interconnect led transmission systems, j Another Important development i in tills connection was the rclusu lation of line 12, extending from the 1'iospect hydro-electric gener ating station to Springfield, Ore., ja distance of approximately 123 miles, raising the voltoge from 60,- 000 volts to 1 10.000 volls. AT The town of Phoenix has a pop ulation of 864 people, according to a report received today from dis trict census headquarters at Kugenc. Tho population of J'hoe nlx was not shown separately in 1 Jt20. The population Included the enumeration of 85 farms in the section. The south precinct of Central Point, outside the city limits, has a population of 300 nnd Included the enumeration of 32 farms. The total was not Hhown separately In 1 lt'0. There were five farms enumerated in the Deter precinct which has a population of 1U9. - - -rr.. t.tl- Gold Star Mothers PayTribute To Unknown Soldier Dead of France t).,,lo , .. ' A"'S. ance. May H.- fll- ',' , , " "' niiM niiiicu ill riiiiMtT ytmtriiiti j to vlsti the uvea of their sons today paid trlhiite to France nn tl- ies world war dead. ouriouuunm ner hi ink siiiiio't ceremony were the members of the first gold star pilKrlmaite nnd a lnrs;e crowd of sympathetic Krench many of them Rold-jtar mothers hemselves. w BE DISPLAYED IN SACRAMENTO Development Assn. Given Space for Southern Ore gon Display at Trade Conference. Simon M. J. Luhln, president of .the Sacramento Kegion Citi zens1 council, has Informed the JsTorthern California-Southern Ore gon' Development association that it 'can have whatever space Is necessary during the Pnn Amerl cun Reciprocal Trade conference at Sacramento to exhibit products of northern California and south ern Oregon. Some time ago the association requested space in order that an exhibit of products may he main tained at tho trad conference during the week of August 25 to 30, and the assurance that tho re qutmt Is granted means that con siderable publicity will be given C. E. dales, president of the development association, has ap pointed Sam H. Halter of (in wits Pass chalrmun of a committee to make arrangements for- the dis play. Serving with Mr. Baker is Glenn Ireland of Crescent City. Purpose of the Pan-American Iteelprocul Trade conference in to develop markets for California and Oregon products and In attendance will - be representatives of all the countries in South America. According to Mr. Baker the ex hibit of the Northern California Southern Oregon Development as sociation will contain only those products which are marketable in South America. Agricultural nnd Industrial Interests in the terri tory of the development associa tion are now being canvassed In order that the exhibit shall bo truly representative of northern California and southern Oregon. over nnd above those from South America the exhibit will be viewed by thousands of people from all over the Cnlted States. GENERALLY FAIR FOR NEXT WEEK, OUTLOOK SAN FItANClSCO, May 17. IV) Following Is the weather out look for the week beginning May IK: Far western states: Normal temperatures and generally fair weather, but with widely scattered showers in the plateau and Pa cific northwestern states. Oregon Wen l her. Oregon: Fair in cast and cen tral and cloudy in west tonight and Sunday; continued mild. Mod erate west and northwest winds. LA GRANDE WILL ADOPT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME LA ORANDK Ore., May 17. La Grande will set its clocks uhud one hour nnd operate on daylight savings time, beginning next Mon day. Most of the Krench were there : out of sympathy and not curloidiy. j Many were dressed in black and one carried Mowers. After Mrs. Thompson had laid the official wreath on tha tomb, tho other ! American mothers filed paHt and laid thereon their own persinl i tributes. I Others at (he ceremony were Ihe color Kiiard of I'arls l'ost No. 1. American tuition; General (iouraud of the Krench army and his staff; ;and Col. It. T. Kiln) and Col. (i. (J. illaftlclt. In "harno of the pilKrlm- iaK, with their attached officers. FEDERATION" WILL ELECT , LATE TODAY I I , ! Installation Ceremony at Grants Pass Sunday Arts Revue Tonight Will Climax Day for Business Women's Convention. Flection of officers Tor tho com ing year will he tho chief business transacted at this afternoon's meet ing of the Oregon Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the Klks temple. Women chosen to head the stale federation next year will he installed at the cerumony at Grants Pass tomorrow morning. Following the business session at the Klks temple this aft ernoon the delegates will attend the informal district dinner at Mo tel Medford, where invitations for HUtl convention will he received. The dinner will be followed by the grand finale of the Medford pro gram. The Three Arts Kevue, "Two Feet High," which will be slaged at the armory. Today's program opened with the emblem breakfast at Hotel Medford at 7:110 a. m. and has continued without a noticeable interval until this hour. Mabel Mack, chulrman of the hreuklast, presented un lute-resting program for entertain ment of the guests. Tables wore decorated with lupine and Califor nia popples. Dr. Luctta Smith of Kosehurg, state vice-president, pre sided. Enjoy Program Numbers cm the program were: u'ul,!V2Jo.ly Mariiunrt Arnold. piano hoio Dy nenevieve iirowu unu vocal solo by Maurlne McClnrc. Im mediately after the breukfaut the club members adjourned to the Klks temple, where the emblem cer emony was conducted by Mrs. Lluke and Mrs. Dorothy Haucom. A beau tiful and impressive interpretation of the moulting of tho emblem was given. Interesting uml Instructive, round table discussions filled the time elapsing between tho emblem cere mony and the international lunch eon at Hotel Medford ut 1 o'clock for which Mm. Winnie Weishaur was chairman. Flags of every country in clusters with lupine nnd other spring flowers formed tho table decorations for this occasion. Report Given Mrs. Julia K. Webster, second vice-president, presided at the ta bles. Report of the International relations chairman was given by Fvnngelino Philblu of Portland In tho absence of Mozell Hair, who was unable to attend the conven tion because of illness. The remainder of tho program was presented In the lodge rooms of the Klks temple, where an Il lustrated lecture of countries bor dering tho Pacific was given by O. S. niunchurd. Mrs. U 10. Mc Daniels entertained with a Scotch song and a dance and Miss Nellie Hayes with a solo. Business and professional wom en from nil sections of the state, city officials of Medford, and the Cavemen, boontor organization of Grants Pass, filled the main dining room of Hotel Medford to capacity last night to greet M Iss Marlon McClench of Ann Arbor, Mich., president of the National Federa tion of Business nnd Professional Women's clubs, nt tho banquet (Continued on Page 8, Story 2) SAVED BY WOMAN j OltANTH PAHH, Ore., May 17. (A') Raymond Frost, 1 1 year old j Josephine county boy, was recov , erlng today after- having been 1 dragged from a stream by Mrs. , Teil Taylor who was forced to dive several times to recover the . youth. Falling to revive Young Frost after bringing him to the surface, Mrs. Taylor rushed him in her automobile to a nearby school. FOR WEEK-END FISH OrtANGi:, Va May 17. iffy Accompanied by 13 Kuests Presi dent Hoover arrived at his Virginia fishing camp at noon today for a weekend fishlnit trip. I- PRIMARY ALFOROAND j 1 BILLINGS IN P m pi nor pApr AitMncwttut l'ni.i l-ttuta Marc Connelly s play "Tha Green Pastures" receives the 193 Pulit zer award. I IN TEXpi Negro's Body Dragged Be hind Truck and Burned in Front of Church at Honey Grove. HONEY CI ROVE, Texas, May 17 (A) I'suul quiet, today reigned In this section of northern Texas, whorw yesU'rOuy; th second mob to form within a week burned tho body of n negro who previously hud slain 10. F. Fortenbcrry. 60, a land owner. Martial law still 1b In force at .Sherman, Texay, 00 miles distant, j where a week ago a mob killed Oeorgo Hughes, confessed negro , attacker of a white woman, burn- ed the Grayson county court house ; and destroyed property In tho, negro quarter. i Several thousand persons Into yesterday look churgu of the body of (leorge Johnson, 30, after hu was killed by officers when ho re sisted arrest on charges of shoot ing Fortenbcrry. The negro'H body was fastened to the rear of a truck, dragged two miles to Honey drove, and then burned In front of a negro church after being suspended from a tree. Hevernl hours later a rain storm caused tho milling crowd to disperse. Tho body was recovered and burled. u Tho crowd here yesterday made no attempt to molest other negroes and no property was damaged. AWARD CONTRACT FOR roilTLAND, Ore., May 17. (P) V. I- Turner, pretritlont of the OreKun Kieetrle, announced today that tne llauaer CotiMtruetlon com pany had lieen awarded tho con tract for clearing, Kradlng nnd hrldKlllK Iho flrnt xeetlon of the Linn county extenHion of tho rnll road. Nine contractu hid on this fii-nt unit nnd the Hauner flKiire, he aald, wax In cxcchh of $200,000. Actual work will Htart within tho next few days. LOS ANGELES PAPER CUED IN CONTEMPT! l.OH ANOKUSH. May 17. (P) (,'ontempt of court churgon weio filed against the Ixm Angeles Kvenlng Itecord, a fivrlpps-Cnn-fleld publication, iu editor and publisher, In superior court today by the 1jh Angeles I.!nr associa tion. Thirteen counts of con tempt were listed for the news paper's editorial criticisms f court actions, the county grand Jury and the district attorney. JACKSONVILLE MAN INJURED BY WEDGE JACKHONVIIXE, Ore.. May 17. (Rpeclul) Jim Cantrall suf fered an injured hand flunday morning when a piece of steel flew from a wedge while ho was split ting wood. Tho hand required medical core. (IE FOLLOWS MOB VIOLENCE Incumbent County Commis sioner Leading by 158 Votes Norblad Sweeps C o u n t y Washington School Site Wins 2 to 1. Itccapifulntlnn of (lie fltcure In llie race for oinmlKNloiier at :l o'clock Klves the rollouiiu; rcMill: Alfonl 1950 HHIillKS 1HIU Alrunl'g majority I.Vt With only tour of the 68 pre jclncts of Jackson county missing this afternoon at press time George Alford, Incumbent, had a narrow lead over Ralph Billings of Ash I land for county commissioner of &d votes. Hillings carried Ashland by a ma jority of 41)1, gurnering CD 8 votes to Alford'a 147. Medford returned Alford a ma jority of 574, the vole standing: Allotd 1092 Hillings r18 In the rural districts Alford won by 52 votes, on the following fig ures: Alford 720 Hillings Gtf8 The combined total vote is: - Alfoijl ... ; 1849 Hillings ,. ..... 1794 Alford's majority 55 Precincts Btlll unaccounted tor could swing the reBult to either, and In any event the official count will be necessary Jo. decide. Norblad Sweepe County ' " In the. race for governor, Norblad carried the county by 669 over Cor bett, his nearest competitor. The vote, five precincts missing: Norblad 1786 Corbett 1128 JoBopli 092 Hall 274 Jeffry . . 68 ' Bennett 02 School Site Carries The Washington school site for the county court bouse site carried over two to one over the Armory site, as follows: Washington school site .... 3410 Armory site 1650 Medford precincts voted: - For Washington site 1483 For Armory site 85D Majority 628 Ashland preclnctB cast the fol lowing vote: Washington site 640 Armory site 185 Majority .'. : 455 Kural precincts voted: Washington site 1237 Armory site 610 - Construction Favored The vote showed a strong senti ment throughout the county, city anil country tor consttruction of a new court house and the vote stood: Kor construction ... 4644 Against construction 336 ..Majority for 4308 . (Continued on Page Five, Story 8) Will Roger Says: HKVERIr IUIiLS, May 17. Democratic leader of the Iioiiko, John Garner; of Textis, and ordinarily . a m i g h t y mniii't m a n, wants to di vide Texas into five1 states, giving it 1 0 sena tors, so it would give1 us folks in the South a little more equal representation. Instead of getting eight more for ,'tlie South, I w6uld' trade 'all' I have for Senator Gruudy. ('Help Joe would fix us up a tariff down below that Mont gomery Ward line that would soon have us so well off we would all turn Repub licans. Numbers don't ,get you nothing. It's individuals that get you something. ' 1 Yours, WILL ROGERS.