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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Mail Tub m. 10EDFOED Imn Temperature Highest yesterday 88 lowest tills morning 03 Precipitation: Ji To S . in. yosterdaj-. on ImlW To i a. in. nils morning mi ton-cast: Tonight and Thursday (air: iinnner Thursday. Twenty-Fifth Year EIGHTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, .JUNE 11, .19:50. No. 81. Today By Arthur Briiban Some Gangster. Napoleon India, British View. The Rumanians Danced. Bankers Steady Stocks. pyrlght King Features Synd. Inc. Napoleon said his govern ment could not last if he allow ed liberty of the press. ' . Chicago gangsters seem to have read about that. On Mon day ii gangster 'bullet in the back of the head killed Alfred Lingle, a Chicago Tribune re- )oncr. hingle, it seems, knew more abut gang criminals than a re porter ought to know, accord ing to gang standards. Mr. MeCormick, who pub lishes the Tribune, is a young man of some energy. Perhaps lie will find a way to discour age shooting reporters. Mb is situation in India is im portant to the world. lt'affects the price of silver ami that affects prices of many commodities. It disturbs the British gov ernment, affecting 15 r i t i s h trade. It will interest the intelligent, to read parts that follow of a letter from one "of the ablest. line! known ' liinvt in I'lnnii I ml ! men in England. first he describes the vice roy, on whose judgment much depends : . : ". . "flic viceroy is an earnest and an honest follow not , yijuitc stupid, but. inep,cHcnc- lu ill "witmj ouniia. -wu in a typical example of a 'safe guarded' member of the con servative party. ''He. was brought up with a silver spoon iii his mouth, and he has led a "sheltered life. Had speeches by him arc praised as masterpieces of oratory j good speeches are looked upon as unprecedent ed in history. "The viceroy was continu ally spoken of during his house of commons career as of prime ministerial timber. But he has never had to face Hie realities of the World. "Honorable and trustwor- il... i.: i i. yV, ins wuru can uu reiicu jipon, and his promises arc always performed. He leads a splendid private life, with no feminine influences in it, ' believing in a big God with long boots, praying to Him nightly for guidance. "Such a nian, if he strug gles on to the right course, '11 do it through God's (Continued on Page Four. Second Section) rJl ,9:I census gives Bloom l. i l population, same as It Oa. " I92(. so I goes all the boys "went to the bljt cities to "ac T remunerative an1 Important rn are hack with as again. ZT Wash Kite, who holds do- " otct fire different bandits, 00 a Candida,. f iwmnhlA on - '"tpo iicJtet. Abe Martin 43 DIE A SEAHDRROft RESULT OF COLLISION Explosions Aboard Tanker Throw Burning Oil Over Ships and Sea Passen gers Plunged Into Flames Fog, Darkness Blamed Death List BOSTON, Mass.. June 11. (P) The complete list of dead, or missing and injured from last night's sea tragedy Includes: Dead or Missing Fairfax passengers: II. M. Hose. A. S. Nulvanlty, wife and child, Nashua, N. H. Miss (ieorgotto t'relton, Bos ton. B. T. Constantino. W. J. Meagher and wife, Mil ton. J. B. Walker, Kittory, Mo. Mrs. C. Gardner. ' Unidentified woman. Fourteen niemhers of tho crew ot steamer Fairfax. lint Ire crew of tanker Pinthus, consisting of 19. BOSTON, Mass., Juno 11. (P) A toll of dead which mounted to 15 this afternoon was left hy ex plosions of llaming oil which spray ed from the Fall Fiver oil tanker Pinthus after she was in collision with the coaHtwlse liner Fairfax In a heavy fog off Scltuate last night. ..TJjui ,..EMttlius.,.wnt. down -In 20 minutes after the crashnaking with her tho 19 members of her crew to death hy fire and water. The Fair fax, new Merchants and Miners lin er bound for Norfolk and Baltimore with a holiday crowd of 71 passen gers, was left a flaming inferno In a flaming sea. In Ihc horror that ensued 15 members of the Fairfax crew and 10 passengers Jumped Into the sea to escape the fire aboard, but found death In the flaming oil-covered waters Instead. A score or more of the passengers were burned on board tho boat, one of whom died on the way to port and five wero (Continued on Page 6, 8tory 1) WASHINGTON. June 11. W) The nomination of HanfoYd Mac Nider of Iowa, us minister to Canada, was reported to the sen ate "without recommendation" to day by the senate foreign rela tion committee, after Senator Brookhart, Republican. lowa ob jected to the nomination as "per sonally offensive" to him. Such an objection by a senator from the Htatc of a nominee usually goes a Ion way in tho senate and just what will result from Hroukhart's complaint HBalnst MaeNlder was problemati cal Some senators believed it would at least block action at this session. Brook hnrt and MarNidcr arc both Bepubllcans. but bitter po inii fno. Kaon supported Pres ident Hoover in the 1528 cam paign. Senator Stock, Democrat, Iowa, in expected to enroll In the Mac NIder cause. The foreign relations committee took the position it would leave Hroukhart's "personally offensive objection up to theaenatc. SEN.BROOKHART IN OPPOSITION TO MAC NIDER Women Kneel in Prayer as Flames Menace Ship Following Collision nno-poM Muss.. June 11. (Pi A group of women knelt In prayer on the hurricane deck of the steam er Fairfax during the helpnt of the . .i.i..i. nitn,aH enlllsion excitement which , of that ship with an oil tanker last Harrv Hutchcrofl of Jackson ville Fla.. a marine, who witnessed the scene, said their action prob ably was responsible for saving many of their lives, since It result ed In postponing a decision whether Seven Die When Gas Explosion Rips Tunnel Rescue squads brin gin; out victims of blast hi Alameda county tunnel of Sail Fntiiclsco water dt'irt ment. Seven men Ui.-tt Uioli lives and one was wriously Injured. TO mop EVE Barneburg Slated As Party Candidate for County Commissioner .'M ay Name Full Ticket. Democratic warhorses of .lack son county will meet and mingle tomorrow at the Hotel Med ford, and according to Warhorse Moso Barkdull, will formally nominate. John Barneburg as the party's candldule for county commission er. There will bo an election of officers, optimistic talk about electing a governor in tho fall. Before and after the regular ses sions, aspersions will be cast upon tho Republican party. Barneburg will bo the nominee, to clear Uic legal atmosphere. He received tho honor in tho primary, jbut less votes than Ralph Billings ! of Ashland, a Republican contcs I lant. The Oregon law holds that a defeated Republican aspirant cannot run on the Democratic ticket, If he wanted to. Billings received 48 Democratic votes, chiefly in his home. Barneburg received 21 votes, seven of them In his homo precinct of West Talent. Barneburg will oppose George Alford, incumbent, who won the nomination by 22 votes. The doeal democracy may got ambitious and decide to put a complete ticket in tho field, which will mean the finding of two Democrats to run for tho legisla ture, against K. B. Day and II. K. j Deuel, Republican choices, and l against Senator George A. Dunn of j Ashland. . 4 NABBED 1 1 4 IN MAY j SAI.K.M. Ore.. Juno' 11. (A'l I Operatives of tho state prohibition ' department took part In 114 nr j rests during May. says the inorfthly report ot Prohibition Conimlsslon . cr Alexander. , The officers do I stroyed 2325 gallons of mash and seized in slllls and three automo biles. Fines Imposed during the : month totaled $9110 and Jail scn ' tenees 882 days. ' i to iump into the sea or stay with i the ship. j Hutchcrnl't was one of (our ma i An rnnio to NIcarausua to serve with the I'nlted mates elec tion commission there. He and his companions dashed from their staterooms to find the Fairfax drift ing Into a sea of names which, fed by the oil from the doomed tanker, 'sprang up on all sides of the vessel. Hutchcroft told of seeing one man, 'his wife and child plunge overboard land perish In the flaming water. DEMOCRATS HOLD MEETING 01 Grange Convention ! ha it j u-M I i ur irtcui uiu 1 1 cm Likely By towler Possibilities nro good tor tho holding of tho annual state grungo convention In Medford next year, according to a telo- gram received by tho Medford Chamber of Commerce from 4 n f! Vnwlnr whn In ftltendlllll ti Tho wlro inUfcnted that Med ford's Invitation to have 4 the convention mot with no op- S position. At least 5000 dele- 4 4 gates and visitors will he 4 4 drawn hero by tho sessioiiB. WISCONSIN B. 0. P. ASKS PROHI POLL OSHKOSH, Wis., .June 1 1. (P) A platform which ignored tho customary plank indorsing both tho national Republican adminis tration and tho president, and proposed that congrosH authorize a national advisory prohibition refendum wan adopted unani mously today by the conservative Republican group, in Wisconsin. The convention of the so-called administration group also unani mously Indorsed Governor Walter J. Kohler for re-election. DUBLIN, Juno II. (P) Anoth er day's delay In tho start of tho "Ho u t h ern ( tohh" on Its t rans utlanttc flight was announced to day by Captain Klngsford-Hmlth. Ho said ho hoped to take off Fri day. "I am very depressed by the delay," ho said, "but It would bo foolhardy to dash off to merely hope that weather conditions might Improve. No rinks will be taken in this flight and although there still Is a slight chance of tho weather Improving by Thursday I fail to see how wo can got away before Friday." E V. H. Wilson, employed t the W. H. Oore ranch on the Jackson ville road was tAken to the Sacred Heart hospyal late this afternoon suffering from Injuries received when a team bitched to a hay rack run awjy, throwing him before the watron. Kxtent of the Injuries was not known at the hospital whoro an x-ray examination was In progress. Miners Killed. AVKLL1NO, Italy, June II. (A'l Five persons were killed and seven were Injured In a gas explosion In a tunnel here of the hydro-electric aqueduct. FLAME GATES WILL BE TOASTMASTER FOR BANQUET Thursday Evening at Hotel Medford Marshall Dana to Talk. ' With tho selection of C. 10. I Pop) (Jatos a8 touBtmnstor for tho third annual Home Products banquet of tho Medford Chamber, of Com merce, which will be held at 6:M tomorrow night at tho Hotel Med ford, the program for tho mooting IB practically comploted, according to W. S. Bolgor, chairman of the banquet committee. j The main address of the evening win oe given oy Marshall in. Dana, Portland, journalist and author, who has taken for his discourse "Expanding Southern Oregon's Dairy Industry." Mr. Dana In particularly well qualified to speak upon the topic, having devoted a number of years to a study of dairy conditions In the state of Oregon, and also hav ing recently returned from an ex tensive visit through the dairy sec tions of Now Zealand, whoro he in vestigated production and market ing methods. Urge Attendance It Is the wish of tho committee In charge of tho dinner that nil business and professional men of Medford take advantage of this op portunity to hoar this glftod speak er as well as enjoying the othor features whitdi have been prepared for tho meeting. Dairymen and farmers from tho surrounding coun try are also Invited to be present. Tho musical entertainment lor tho session will bo furnished by tho Medford Klks band, directed by K. Wilson Wall. This is tho first appearance of the local band In concert this year and after a winter devoted- to strenuous rehearsals some exceptional music Is expect ed. That part of tho program fill ed by tho band will be devoted almost entirely to .overture nd classical numbers. Grangers to Sing , Inhibiting tho close co-operation which exists between tho farmers of this section and tho business men of the city, another entertuln menl feature Is promised In the appearance of the Jacksonville Urango quartet, an organization which Alas gained mui'Ji renown during the past few months. I ho banquet Itself will ho com iiosed entirely of Jackson county and Oregon products and will,. In itself, be well worth attending, the members of tho chamber commit tee say. Tickets sell for tl per Plato, and ladles are cordially In vited to ho present. Ilesorvatlons may be made at tho Chamber of Commerce, phono M. It is expected that Mr. Dana s address will he broadcast over ra dio station KMKI). tho Mall Tribune-Virgin broadcasting station, and definite Information on this feature will be contained in tomorrow night's Mall-Trlliune. , HAI.KM, Ore., Juno It. UP) James p. Ward, elevator operator In the state supreme court building for the last 18 years, died suddenly In his apartment last night. S ENGULF AM PLAN OPPONEms ARE FLAYED Oregon Grange Master Says Farmer Must Work Out Own Salvation Through Organization Legge Should Be Commended. RHDMOND, Ore,, Ju.no 11 (P) Declaring that tho farmer, himself, must work out his salvation, strik ing at those who attack the agri culture marketing act, and urging support of the , plan to develop water-borne commorco on tho Co lumbia and Willamette rivers, Goorgo A. Palmitor, master of tho Oregon (State tl range, yesterday spoke before tho r7th unmml ses sion of the organization. Palm Iter has been master of tho grango for eoven years. Declaring that tho agricultural report this year does not divert from Atho nioro or less pessimistic tons" of ro ports Cor several years past," Pulmitor said "I cannot re port to you much Improvement In the condition of agriculture either in Oregon or the United States as a whole. "With wboat at tho lowest price for years, and thousands ot bushels Mt III in tho hands of growers; but terfat at a low prlco . . . und tho prico of poultry and eggs low, , . . tho outlook for the producers of these commodities does not look especially encouraging for laiio." Farmer to Illume Prices on livestock have heon prevailing ut low levels while wool Is tho lowest It has been for years, Ihn speaker declared, adding "while thlti-siuiatiorf is not encour aging, It seems to me that tho far mer has no 0110 to bin mo but him self, and that when ho Is willing to organize as other groups havo organized, he will be able to con trol production, set his own prico and market his products when tho markets nro most favorable. "The farm problem is a prob lem for tho farmer to solve for himself and tho only way It can be accomplished Is by organizing tho Industry so that the producer can market his products through his own organizations Instead of turn ing them over to other groups to speculate with, for their own profit." . In this connection, Palmlter said tho grango "should pass a resolu tion condemning the action of tho United Ktatos . chamber of com merce in attacking tho agricultural marketing net, and should com mend Chairman Doggo of tho farm board for so fearlessly defending tho farmer and for his efforts In behalf of agriculture." , SEPARATE TRIAL FOR BAT MAN'S LOVED ONE I.OS ANC1HLEH, June 11. (P) Mrs. Wllburga Oestcrrelch. wealthy widow, today was granted a separate trial from her "nttlc lovor," otto Hanhuber, with whom she was Indicted Jointly for tho murder ot her husband, Kred Oes terrolch, olght years ago. The open ing of her trial was postponed to July 0, while Sunhubor Is to go on trial this aftornoon. ' WASHINGTON, Juno 11. OT The Hawley bill to authorise es tablishment at lloseburg, Ore., ot a branch of the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers, at a cost of (2,000,000, was passed to day by the house and sent to tho senate1. Moderate Drinking Not Sinful Is View of Noted New York Educator CHICAGO, Juno II. W T h Rev. Dr. Bernard Iddlngs Bell, New York educator, says In tho current number of the dloceso of Chicago Kpiscopal Church Maga zine: "I do not believe that mod erate) drinking Is In Itself sinful." M dons not believe moderate drinking on tho part of college stu dents should be condemned by edu cators. Tfc writer Is tho warden of Ht. ijtophen's college, controlled by the Episcopal church but af filiated with Columbia University. "I am not myself concerned, about the drinking problem with! our own studentt," he said. 1 Festival Queen Caroling Jlalm, 17-jvar-nld high school senior, was Kelerted ones!! of tliv! Portlands Ore., rose festival. Bowery Peddlers Accused of Wholesale Murders Concoctions Include Anti- Freeze Wood Alcohol Raiders Find Victims. NISVV YORK, Juno 11. (A1) Ac cused of selling poisonous liquor, 3(1 ' proprietors, " bartenders and bouncers for "smoke" Shops along the- Bowory wero under arrost to day. Spurred by 32 deaths within a month from poisonous alcohol and other deadly concoctions dispensed to Bowery habitues at 1 5 and 25 cents a drink, Major Maurice Campbell, prohibition administra tor, led 00 federal agents In a scries of raids yestorday on the drinking ha unt.H of tho down-and-outers. , Tho agents, dressed In shabby clothes and with two-day boards (Continued on Pago 6, 8tory 2) TEN THOUSAND E AT TORONTO, Juno 11. (P) More than 10,000 Nobles of tho Mys tic Hhrino paraded hero today. representing states from Maine to California., As Hyrlan temple of Cincinnati passed tho rovlowlng stand, four huge elephants at the head of the delegation bowed their heads to tho dignitaries. Murot temple's gun club from Indianapolis kept a machine gun battling along tho line of March, and crowds shout ed "Chicago!" Kismet temple of Brooklyn. N. V., produced a parade of wooden soldiers after tho fashion of the Russian chative snorts, and gMicro were mounted patrols from Brook lyn, Kansas City, Hloux Falls, 8. I)., Hloux City, Iowa and Nowark, N. J. Many bands played "Clod Save the King" as they niurohod past the crossed flags of tho United Hlates and Great Britain. "It is truo that alcoholic hever- aKCK are prohibited by statute, but the statute is not observed, and It Is doubtful that it ever will bo en forceable. "Kducators are not Justified 'n Insisting that student havo dif ferent standards In this respect from those of the community In general or their parents In par ticular." In conclusion he says only a small minority of students "seem to fnvor enforcement of the pro hibition laws. It Is doubtless true that a majority of students drink occasionally and some of them drink frequently." 32 DEATHS RESULT OF POISON RUM NOBLES PARAD CONVENTION SHIPS J CLERGYMAN RETURNS TO FACE PROBE Lobby Committee Surprised By Abrupt Appearance of Bishop Woman Inter rupts Hearing With Charge Against Catholics WASHINGTON, Juno li.-(lv-Walklng In on tho senate lobbv committee as abruptly as ho walked out on It last week. Bishop James Cannon, Jr., answered questions to day on activities of tho Southcr.i Method tat church, but persisted In bis refusal to undergo examina tion on his 1928 anlt-timlth cam paigning. Tho churchman surprised tho committee meeting, which had been called to determine wit at to do about bis defiance. Tho inves tigators decided to give hhn a. chance to testify and to consld": their future courso only after, learning his attitude. Senator. Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, brought up tho matter of anti-Smith funds obtained by Can non from K. C, Jameson,' New York capitalist, but tho witness referred again and again to his ob jections to answering (iiiestlons on his political work. "Do you oaro to say anything about tho t8, 000- that was not reported?" asked Walsh; . Robinson With Witness. Senator Robinson, republican. Indiana, elded with Cannon say ing ho wondered "what that hH ti do with tho lobbying' .'iriveHtlK4 tlon.' ; , As Cannon rofusod to answer a question of Senator Blaine, .repub lican, ' Wisconsin, about the l!)2S Virginia aiitl-Smltti funds, chair man Caraway said the objection of tho blsljop would be considered Uf tho committee. "In tho Huston matter, had Mr. Huston made such answers wo nover would have been able to g j to the source of his fund," otmnrv etj Blaine. . Claudius Huston, chairman of tho republican national commit tee,, was examined by the lobby investigators soveral months ago In connection with money received by him for the Tennessee River Improvement association. "This has nothing to do with lobbying nor with the Huston caso," asserted Robinson, protect ing Blaine's questioning. At this point, an elderly woman walked to tho committee table to say, "This Is a Romaniat hold-tip of Protestant America, and I pro test." Chairman Caraway rappe I sharply for order and she return ed to her seat. . M EAST ORE. LIVESTOCK SHOW TO OPEN FRIDAY LA GRANDK, Ore., June 11.--' WP) The Eastern Oregon Livestock show opens at Union tomorrow with the largest number of thor oughbred horses, pure bred cattlo and swine In the barns In tho his tory of tho show, Tho 4-H club displays will be largo. Will ROGERS p3ays: NEW YORK, June ll.-Jnsr buck from! WiisliinKltin. Ilml a tiicu chat with I'rt'Bulent Hoo ver. He's lookiiiK fino, und in' awful good humor. Had thn pli'aHtii'H of keeping Senator Davu Hed wiiilinir till Mr. Hoover und I went, ovor all tho different "pnlonitions." Dave will vote for the tariff; he im only waitilijf to ho lieirKPil. About a week from Salitrdiiy Mr. Hoover i iroinif to be let, off, for good behavior, about 400 -of liis handicaps, but to ing to keep OG of tho worst onis in, and make 'era listen to Sen ator Johnson during those crisp Washington days of July. ;, 9 ft HrtMt tnihflm