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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tebbtd te Th Weather I: Temperature Highest yi-Htonlny 79 Lowest lliU morning ...45 Precipitation: To 5 p. in, yesterday 00 Ti " . in. ihls morning .00 '""v.in rloudUimfi followed lw -TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, TUKKlAY, MAY 127. 1!):'.0. No. jr. JQSEPH'ANB MANNIX A BARRE g-gth -Year Today y Arthur Brlibftnt REDS jo Crime to Buy. Desperate China. Dr. Grundy's Expenses. Florida's Growth. : Wrlht King Features Synd. Inc. fhe Supreme Court says it is 1 crime to sell liquor, but no iriinb to uy u.. b" jonrt having spoken, that set lie, it.'- But you must not con- re with a bootlegger to Ireak the law. ifow you can buy whiskey ironi a bootlegger WITHOUT eonspiriug with him to break lie law; your conscience must tell you. The Supreme Court believes that Congress intended to pun ist the seller and the buyer go ieot free in order that he night inform on the seller. China is in a desperate situa u,. according to "the estab Jied ' government. " Unless Hat government, can soon win I decisive victory .in. the civil war now raging, China will col lapse, economically and other- wise, Hailditry on a gigantic j scale makes' the situation un bearable. 'Imagine this country in our civil. war,., the .North fighting the South, with, tens of thou sands of bandit's ,on both sides of the line, preying on North erners! and Southerners. i China accuses Htissia of in stigating and financing bandit kidnaping operations: ' Sir: Grundy spent $332,070 frying to' win the.-Bcpublican nomination for , senator from Pennsylvania. ,;. - Mr. Davis, secretary of labor, 'pent only $10,541, nnd he, Da n's, won. Money caii do much, but not everything. There is no su.'irestlo.i of cor- ruption in connection with Mr. Grundy's expenditure, n o t much bigger than that of Mrs. Ituth McC'ormick .in 111 II10IS. And nearly all of the money was Mr. Grundy's own. E. D. Lambright, editor of he Tii hi pa Morning Tribune, wants you to know that in the census Florida will shine like a ktar of the morning. "A niiin w of Florida towns have gain ed more than 300 per cent, a argcr number moro than 200 per cent. Many have more than doubled in population." Mr. Lambright believes that lie total Florida census will show a gain of moro than 55 ler cent, bigger than Califor nia's gain. (Continued on P Four. Second 8otlon) AbeMartin womm Is the most eonfutin' ""ng. She'll kill hee hubind'i vte in' turn right around n Jhsrg, a new drets to him. "Oh 1 'erjot to ask him If ht's ttlll married," said Laft Bud, tptskin 7rnea," said Laft Bud, tpin ' Arti. Lark, who's J.lt b.ek from weddln' trln. AIMS ON HIGH COURT MALICIOUS G. 0. P. Gubernatorial Nom inee and Mannix Both Permanently Barred From Law Practice in State Actions Flayed. SALEM, Ore., May 27. P The Oregon supreme court today or dered the permanent disbarment ot George W. Joseph, Republican nom inee for governor, and Thomas Mannix, Portland attorney. A board of referees appointed by the supreme court to hear the cases of the two attorneys had pre viously recommended that Joseph be disbarred permanently and that Mannix be disbarred for three years. The court held today, nowever, Mint Mnnnlv who hrniurht dishur- ment proceedings against Joseph should not be permitted to practice law Jn this state again. In the case of Senator Joseph. Juustlce Bean dissented, holding thati a disbarment for three years would be sufficient in this case. , In the case of Mannix, Justice Mean dissented, too. holding that suspension of but one year would be adequate. Attacks Basis The disbarment action in the ease of Jnsenh was based uiion Ills alleged attacks upon members of the supreme bench, lie coniennea that nolltlcal and financial Inter ests Influenced decisions in cases he cited. As a result of these crm- -.lame whirl, Involved MlUllllX Slid the oupremo court, mannix meu disbarment proceedings against the state senator. Joseph retaliated with similar action against Mannix. involving htm In the supreme court alTalr. The decision disbarring Joseph for life, written by Justlco Harry Belt, said In part: "There was no evidence to show that Justice Hand had any knowl ortco nf I he contents of the case I nor (lid he act wnn uisinuiuai ve. Joseph as a lawyer and . .. nn nf 1 in lin ICIl ouura u perfect right to crltlciso Justice Rand, who was a canuiusie election. Maliciousness seen "No person under the gulBC of criticism is qualified to criticise ma llcouslv or Impute crime. No one can resort or indulge In character assassination." Justice llossman. who wrote the decision disbarring Mannix, said: "Mannix never retracted or apol ogized or explained his wrongful course of conduct which had been at the expense of a charity. Indeed the charity has been In continuous litigation for almost a decade, and those fhom Mr. W'cmme Intended should be recipients of his bounty - ..... ni hndn reached. The recommendations of the ref- (Continued on Page 6. story H RETREAT AS REBELSJTRIKE Three Days' Fighting Leaves Chinese Government Troops in Bad Way -Defeats Are Denied. ullAN'tiltAI. May 57. Pp Xu- imlriipiideni dispatches ra- nortcd tonluhl that Ihc northern lllanie rebel armies had severe. y defeated the Nationalist govern ment troop. In battles of lhe pa three days in northern province. The nortnerners, n u ... . . . .. - Chengchow and tVO.000 between ...'r.n were reported delivering crushing onsmugnis hk.. tlonallsts. who were giving waj The military headquarters of the nationalist government at Nan kin suppressed all news of ttu recent fighting, except to iue a statement saying: The northerners' claims of vic lorles are groundless. In order to holster the spirits of loosely con federated adherents In a forlorn cause It la necessary for the rebeH to claim victories In battles that were fought." fh. nationalists, however. ore the rushing reinforcements into NATI ONAL ARMY .... ""-.,- .ID,ctailuns ofliter, says Peter Hcnwsrtx ot (front lines. can. ""f,1"" kb, wissconsln "alfalfa king 'still more sanguinary flaming. Society Dentist ! Given Tar Coat for Impropriety HAMMOND, La., May 27 lP( Dr. S. L. Xowsom. 30- year-old dentist, with a lash- ionahlc clientele, fled from town today after a warning from a crowd of men who had tarred and feathered him and dumped him from an au- tomoliile Into the principal street. j The men charged the den- i list with Improper conduct with a prominent married woman, whose identity offlc- la Is refused to reveul. Woman, Four Men Taken in Gotham Hotel Raid $300,000 in Jewels Spread On Table As De tectives Enter. NKW YORK, May 27. (P Jew. els valued at $3u'l,no0 wore III pos session of police today as the re sult of a raid on a room in the llotol Commodore In which a wom an and four men were arrested. Ilroochrs. bracelets and rlngB set with... diamonds,., rubles, and other Koms were seized. Po ice Commissioner Miuroonuy said he considered the prisoners to be mombors ot an International gang of Jewel thieves and the gems part or $l,0iiu,d"u worm oi iooi which they havo taken In tho last few months. Lieutenant of Detectives Richard Oliver and Dotoctlve Daniel It. Hyan. who had been trailing one of the suspects for nine weeks, smashed tho locked door of tho ho tel room yesterday and found the five sitting about a table on which the Jewelry was spread out. As tho detectives entered, cover ing the gang with their pistols, one ot the men made a motion as though throwing something out of tho window and the woman stuffed a slip of paper Into her mouth and swallowed ft. Te prisoners gave tholr names as James W. Watson, 40 years old; Hilda Cartor, IH: George Cole, 42: William J. O'Connor, 41, ot Buf falo, and Jack Rosen, 28. Commissioner Mulrooncy said he believed the Jewels represented a part of the loot III robberies of two Miami Beach, Fla.. hotels last Feb ruary. F GEM GANG CAPTURED WITH LOOT CAMPAIGN $11955 SALKM. Ore.. May 27. (P) Seneca Fouts of Portland today renorted to the secretary of state that he spent 115 In behalf of I Governor Norblad as a candidate for the republican gubernatorial nomination. Franklin F. Korell. congressman for the third district, renorted a personal expenditure of $836.53 in his campaixn for rcnomlnatlon, and Klluaboth Bell reported an expen diture of JK31.53 In Korcll's bo halt. Judge J- V. Campbell of Oregon City, republican nominee for the supreme court, nent 1125 In his campaign. KORELL CHARGES WASHINGTON. May 27. (A') Representative Korell. of Oregon, testified before tho federal radio commission today that Robert Duncan whom he defeated for the Republican nomination for con gress In tho recent primary, used Indecent language In attacking him In speeches over station KVKP, Portland, Ore. Turn Pest Into Ftrtlllier MILWAUKEE, Wis. P) Quack grass roots, dug out and dried, should be turned under for fertil izer, says Peter Sehwsrtx of Wsu- Destroyed Confidence jj c V V;,'; ,-:f". -sf;l fy m rXm- I I 1 1 II V GEORGE W. YOUNGEST GIRL FLIER DIES AS PLANE CRASHES COLOItADO KPUINC.S, Colo., May 27. Pl Margaret Kcrmisnn. 17-year-old Colorado Springs high school student and one of the youngest girls in the United States to hold a government private pi lot's license, was killed today In the crash of jier plans cat of the city limit Miss Ferguson passed her ov ernment flying teats last Friday. She was rated by L. F. Bishop, government Inspector, as a private! pilot and was soloing today in an attempt to qualify us a conimci- obtained her rat- she ' expressed tho desire to fly over Pikes Peak. Whether she made the attempt today Is not known. Miss Ferguson was to have been araduated from the Colorado Springs high school June 0 She j ,,,. ,.r Mr ,mil Mrs Walter Ferguson of Colorado Springs. TULSA. Okla. May 27. (Pi Crashing as the pilot was landing on the lighted Oarland airport, an airplane carrying Miss Ursa Hall. 28. of Tulsa, and Hobert Ham mond. 21. and (leorge S. Ilusboom. both of Carthage, Mo., fell 60 feel hero lost nluht nnd burned, kill ing tho trio. I Hodles of the victims were sear- j ed lieyond recognition. I McMlnnvllle. I sound apparatus Iark theater. Now Improved purchased for i Eugene Woman Found Gagged and Bound After Mysterious Assault El'OKNB. Ore.. May 27. (Pi ("Id authorities that as she was Lane county authorities today con-j resting on n log two men grabbed tlnui'd an Investigation of the mys-i ber from behind, held her nose and tery surrounding the Btory Mrs, dropped a pll down her throat. Heulsb Hrooks. 40, Kugene. told They gagged her. (.lie said. Monday after she had been found Physicians who examined Mrs. by police, gagged and bSind on; llrooks said there whs no evidence Skinner's Butte. She had failed : of attack. They said ber condition to return from a walk. j was not serious. Mrs. Brooks, who under a phy-, Mrs. Hrooks Is lhe mother of leian's orders had been walking: Reglna llrooks, K, youngest fnl each afternoon, left her home Mm-1 verslty of Oregon student, where day, leaving a note for daughter faculty members declare she Is one telling of her whereabouts. Sheof the best In the freshman class. A' , JOSEPH EUGENE OREGON ENTRY IN EDISON TEST HALKM. Ore.. .May 27. fl') John Htcelqulst, 17-ycar-old llnivcrslly high school lad from Hugi ne. wl!l I ho Oregon's representative in tho Thomns A. Kdlson scholarship com - pit lll.ui at West orange. N. J ii July. Stoehiulsl was selected as Oregon's premier hlnh school sci ence student from utnonK 1 1 yout'ls who appeared before the five Judges here yeslerday. Howard J. Richards. III. of Mllwunkle, w.is selected as alternate. Youiik Sleclquisl's falher Is R C. sieelquist, an electrical eng: - YOUTH neer, now in Brazil, ills mother I Rogue river. They announced yes-, lives In Kugone. The youth wp.slteiduy thny have succewlnd in. fin born In Kugene. but at various ; nnclng tlielr lirojoct for j25,0i)O,00U times has lived in Corvallls, Al-iwlth lho resultant 200,00(1 horso bany, Dnllas nnd Portland. In hs , power of electrical energy to he studies he Is versatile, while he! used for the operation of an eloc has selected research engineering 1 1 leal railroad from hero to Cres- us his major study, he Is active In debate ami dramatics at I nlverslty high school. i will make every enoii 10 enr- list.'' said Sieelquist wnen ino re sult wns announced. Then h( :iought a telephone and Informed ills mother at Kugene of his good fortune, PROHIBITION TRANSFER BILL BECOMES A LAW WASHINGTON. May 27. (TP) President Hoover today signed the Williamson hill providing for Iraus - fur of the prohibition enforcement i on July 1 from the treasury to the. I department or justice. SPORTSMEN WILL FIGHT Project for Rogue River Power Sites Slated for Opposition, Is View Local Game Association Mem bersScheme Is Hit. Tlie Jackson County Came Pro tective association and all sports men's organizations of the state will without doubt oppose the grunting of permits lor construction of any power dams in Rogue river or Hiking of water for any pur poses other than irrigation that will reduce the stroam flow, wns tho message voiced this morning bv members of tho local game as soclntlon following announcement yesterday that Chas. 11. le nnd Romania W. Myers of Oakland, cai.. have (lied application for construc tion of a power plan on the Rogue. At the last session or tho leglslu tuio a hill was passed lor tho pur pose of preventing construction of clams In Rogue river for power pur poses below a point situated one mllo upstream from the confluence of Dig Unite creek anil Rogue rlvor. local Biioitsinon stated, lho cop per Canyon power alto as woll as numerous others on lower Rogue rlvor were thoroughly surveyod and Investigated by a largo num ber of power interests employing highly capalilo engineers iiiuny yours ago. Formerly Abandoned Thu projects havo been aban doned for various reasons. Tho principal ouo .was that thoy aiiY lo cated too rar from any potential market to bo operated at a profit. Tho recent attempt to snouro the approval of the foderal power com mission, local men Interviewed maintain. Is morely for 1 lie purposo of furthering a promotion Bcbemo. It is said thai these same men were represented by councils nU the last session of tho legislature in opposition to the bill passed to prevent construction of power dams on the Rogue. One of the arguments used nt that tlmo for pussago of the bill was that Oregon conserve somo of the power on her streams and not nass It all out to California Inter- osts, which will not add to tho luxes of the stale and at I lie same tlmo take away from tho slate's re sources, lho Bporlsmen uddlng I'his sumo argument slamls good today.' (IRANTS PASS, Ore., May 27 tVPi .Creation nf a lake 12 miles ionK ,y iwo miles wide with the 1 town of Kerhy on the Redwood lilchwnv under IOC reot of water at tho northerji end would ho tho result If It. W. Myers nnd C. II. Leo, Oakland. Cal engineers, suc ceed In building tho Immense resor voir. . i The engineers have' npplind to the federal powor commission for permission to construct a tunnol innd a string or rive uains on inu cent City, various copper mines, ce meiit plants and pulp mills in Jose phine, Jackson and Curry counties, Oregon, and Del Norte county, Cal ifornia. The federal power commission began publication of a legal notice yesterday In the Courier that the powor permit applications had been filed In Josephine and Curry coun ties and calling for protests or re quests for hearings. Tho proposed l-alie Kerhy would cover about 15 miles of the Red wood highway In Oregon. It would begin with a dam against tho west- ; em shoulder of Bight Dollar moun 1 tain und cxlcnd southeast to Bpenc.e 1 school and south to O'Hrlnn in two Hrms about two miles wide. . "' WASHINGTON, May 27. Pl- Presldi-nt Ifjover announced today that he bad signed seven prison reform bills designed to enhirgi the federal prison system and es tablish a comprehensive system of prison reform. Riilroad Offers Corn Prizes RALKIIi, N. C IPi The Atlan tic Const Lino railroad has offered four cash prizes totaling $250 for the highest corn yields on five acrej of land. 1 PLANS Permit Catholics Partake of Meat in Picnic Dinners ; CI11CAC10, 111., May 27. (!) Catholics of the Chicago arclidlucese by special dispell- s a t 1 o n of his eminence (icoigo Cardinal Mundolein 4 will be permitted to cut meat Memorial day and Independ- once day. both of which fall I on Friday this year. The Rev. .Msgr. Magulre. chancellor of the archdiocese. 4 said the dispensation, unique 4 in the Cailmlic church In 4 Amorlca. wan given in order that no hardship would he cuused to holiday picnickers. VINCENT DOLP LOW GOLFER IN Intercollegiate Champ Turns in a 71 for Morning Round Frank Tours 18 in Par Figure. Doll llaninioiMl anil Don (Mark or (Pin lliiguo valley had score of 7 4iliul H-l, rcsK'c thely for UMluy. lOlTOKNIO. Ore., May 27. OT old man pat' took a hracnr today and turned hack the attacks of 135 expert niashie wleldors In tho qualifying rounns nt tho Oregon slate uniatour tournament ul the Kugene Unit and Country club courso. - . - ...f-. .. Vincent Dolp, Pacific coast In- torcollcglato champion, came thru low man for the morning round of IS holes with a 71, ono under par. Ills hiothor. Krnnk Dolp, Paelflo northwest amateur champion and twice Oregon state champion, came In with nil ovon par. Hut 22 players cumo in under 80 for lho first IS holes. 1:UC1I0NU, Ore., May 27. (P)-t-A hundred and thirty-five golrtng stars uf Oregon and two other states started their gruelling 30 hole qualifying rounds In tho Ore gon stato umateur tournament nt lho F.ugcno Country club nt 7 o'clock tills morning. Hoy Moo, Portland, conceded onu of the Jiest chances for title honors, started off at 11:1(1 o'clock with a good sized gallery following Ills play, lie was paired with Hyerly of Waverly. Preseott of Kugene and Frank Doln, Portland were paired with Hudy Wilhelm, Portland and Kddlo ilogan, Mult nomah. Vlncont Dolp followed five min utes later. Klghtcon holes will he played during the morning and eighteen this aftcrnoun. Vincent Dolp, low man on the turn with 35, stood two under pnr on tho qualirying round. Dick Near, Kugene, Oregon Junior chuinpliin and Oeorgo Will, cap tain of tho utilverslty golfers, both were even with u par 37 on tne turn. Roy Moo had a 40 and Frank Dolp came through with a 3D. Hudlo Wilhelm was 40 on tho turn. Baseball Scores American R. H. Washington 7 14 New York 2 4 Jones and Spencer: llnyt, Evoy, Wells and Dlckoy. Mc II. II. E. Floston 5 III 1 Philadelphia 7 10 1 McFaydcn, Smith and Horry; ICnrnshaw, tjulnn and Cochrane. R. H. K. Chicago 2 It 1 Cleveland 3 9 I Henry and Itlddlo, Autry; Hai der and L. Sewell. National It. II. K.j New York 8 9 I i ltn..ly.,n 1 U 9 Walker and O Faireil: Elliott, Moss and Lopez. n. II. E. St. l-ouls Ii IS Pittsburgh 8 3 (InibowskI, Hnid, Hell and Wil son; French and Hat greaves. FORMER S; P. OFFICIAL DIES OF HEART ATTACK HOUSTON, Tex.. May 27. P -C. B. Udell. Sr., 80. retired treas urer of the Southern Pacific lines, died In a hospital after a heart at tack In the lobby of a theater. QUALIFICATIONS PLAN THREE FINE HOMES FOR VALLEY W. Townsend to Start Construction of $15,000. Residence On Former Dr. Conroy Place Brewer and Scheffel to Build. Work will start within the next 111 days upon the construction of a country home, for F. W. Towns end of Turner Valley. Alberta, Cunada, on the Dr. R. J. Conroy property of the Old 8tage Road, which he purchased some time ago. It will cost In the neighbor hood of 15,000. will bo of thu Norman type of architecture, a typical English country place, and one of the most beautiful honiee In the valley. Pluns for tho bulld ln havo Just been completed by Frank C. Clark, architect. The home will bo 50 by (19 feet In dimensions, two storlos with an entrance tower, a living room 17 by 28 feet, finished in oak, adzed beams, and a large fireplace.. Tho dining room opens upon a court, also a porch, and contains a quar ter clrclo fireplace. Provision Is also made for a balcony overlook ing the living room. ' A largo den will ho n feature of the home,' whoro Townsend, world traveler and hunter, will keep Ills trophies of the chaw. and his collection ot guns. The exterior will bo finished In sklntlcd . .brick and.,- stucco ..anu hcavy:'nak .timbers. Hoy's Itooin Unique. ., 'J no soconn siury. win ":.... sleeping porches, bedrooms, guest rooms, nnd tho room of James Townsend, eight-year-old boy. Tins room will bo built along the younis mull's own Idea, who wants It to roscmhlo, as near as possible the captain's room on an ocean liner. It will savor strongly ot tho sea. with map cases, compasses, and pnlnted boats upon tho wulls. James will also havo quartern In the utile, reached by a Blllp's lad der. There will ho an extensive floral and shrubbery plot, surrounding the place. The TownBend homo will bo fin ished by mid-August, und occu pied by September 1. C. M. Hrewor, general manager of the California-Oregon Powor compnny, will build a' home the coming summer In tho Siskiyou Heights district, costng $8000. It wll be of the Colonial typo, two stories high, with laundry and latest modern equipment. In the same district, Fred Schef fel plans tho erection of n home, to cost $5500. of tho modified English type, and modern through out. The site of the Scheffel home commands a panoramic vlow of the valley. WILL w$ays: BKVKltLY iriLLiS, Ual., May . Reading all the Inipfi'-r over tlio week end, and ilUwik-t'. Ii,-, . ir : -V -...,'!l.':.. i iikp Mr. noover i sorirr ioiii - to net a few breaks. Kvcn a glider aeroplane is not snbjee; to aH many conditions its 1 a Tinted States president. The cold winter was against, him, the wet spring was ajjaitiMt him, t Ii e wet senate was aitainst him, the dry bouse of representatives was against him, hiifh tariff was ajfainst him, low tariff was against lliini, Hi k navy was against him, little navy was -against hint, mid to add to bis other hard luck the fish wasn't bit iiiK. Ho thiiiKU just bad to get bettor. There wasn't any way it could get worse. ( Wc shouldn't elect a presi dent, wc should elect a magi cian, Cie. to?" C SH IttMiti trXMaSLtaa.