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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