y The Weather p Forecast; Tonight mid Kundny Unlr, excet somewhat cloudy Sunday; modern to temperature. 11EDF0RD. MAIL IMBUNE Temperature Highest yeMrrday 7 Lowest this morning 48 Precipitation; To ft p. in. yesterday 00 To ft h. in. Hits morning ..00 Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, ORKdOW SATl'liPAY, .HTNE '21, l'KSO. No. 91. S. P. Water Tower Captured By Bee ! Swarm in Eugene ENGE iiex'can n ns Hop E Whiff of 5c C Puts Chinese For Count a HOLD MAN ALL 0 ON S. P. NOT 10 SUSPECTED i OF MURDER! v-J. joenix Orchard Worker Arrested On Word From Kansas Telegram to Friends Discloses Where- ; abouts Officer En Route jlleld In tho county Jail us u fu lfil vc from justice and facing u faaUrdcr churge in Kansas, O. D. Ijp,wln, 23, arrested this forenoon V Phoenix by Deputy Sheriff Os fear Dunford. told thut officer a ptiangc story, how Charles Gib bins, alleged slayer of Ualph Price at Galena; Kansas, forced him to drive to the Pacific coust jit the point of a gun. Irwin claims that he know nothing of the murder until ar rested by Officer Dunford and Whs kept continually, under the Wati gut $im itchful eye of Gibbons, that he fifcd no opportunity to escape. The men arrived u week ago In ut hern Oregon and Irwin he me sick at Phoenix. Cllbbons Jft Irwin there and departed for Uiris unKiiown. presumably lor Bortlund.or Seattle. Irwin con tinued to stay- in the Phoenix sec-1 lll'll Mini il nmu-i, ""ihiiik hi. uuii jjbs. lie was pitching hay yes terday. p Deputy Dunford took the pris jptier to tho .lackHouvllle Justice icburl where he was committed to the county Jail on a fugitive from justice warrant, on which he may lb held for two weeks pending (further developments. .-if Irwin, said the officer, does not appear to ho worried over the ;tr?ouble and is steadfast in his jpliilm of innocence. Irwin said flie knew the murdered man and Mid that Prleo'M. Hlster was a sweetheart of Gibbons, who, Ir win insinuates, may, be a little mentally unbalanced. 1 Sheriff John Kropchet of Ohcro jlteo county, Kansas, will leave jthle .evening for -this- city, to toko Rhe prisoner back to tht Htato. P COLUM.BUS, ' Kan., Juno 21. .W O. D. Citato Line Pete") Ir win, reported arrested today near Phoenix, Ore., is wanted hare, of- fleers said, on a first degree mur- '.tier charge in connection "with th fclaylng, .May 24, of Ralph Price. 10, at Galena. Kans. -f. Officers believe Irwin drove tho automobile in which Charles Gib- 'bona, alleged slayer of Price, es caped. Cherokee county officials have offered a reward of $3'0 for the arrest of Gibbons and Irwin. ;Qlbbons has not been apprehended. It was learned today Irwin wired Sheriff Kretehet here yesterday. offering to surrender If the sheriff would send him a railroad ticket to return. bf It is alleged Gibbons killed .IVice after the youth remonstrated 'Villi the older man about Gibbon.-.' Alleged attentions to Price's sister. , 4f ID RECEIVE PENSION WASHINGTON, June 21. (P rlic Juhnxun bill to authorize PHy- rirnt of $100 a month to C.porge ValthcrM, of t'ndoi'wooil, Wnsh- nKlon Nhot by a prohibition aont pn 1923. was passed today by the loune and Bent to tho Renute. Abe Martin "Next to laklii the pins nut of now shirt, the iiiot tryln mi lnhorlnuft an aggr.ivittln thing 1 know of la git tin' the wrapiierx, un--orkin Jlirecftons. n scaling wat ff n onnrt of counterfeit Mtlth,M ihomhI Tell HI nk ley. today. Jel jpariln n petunia bed ma my 0ieAit go out to the farmer. KUUHXH. (.., Juno 21. (A) A swarm of vagrant bees with an eyo for aloofness selected u high water tower on the Southern Pacific main 4 line for its haltltat and not S until they encountered a man 4 made smoke bur rage did they 4 allow trains to stop for water. 4 A fireman Wednesday en- 4 deuvored to tuke on water and the bees, en matfse, forced him to retreat and the H entire train proceeded to an- other town's water tower. G. D. P. JOB Van Winkle Rules State Central Committee Should Name Successor to Late George Joseph Newly Elected Members Qualify. . SAI.KM, Ore., .him; ''l. (P) A Jtcpuhlican cumlMi'.-a Tor sovnrnor to fill the vacancy on ilio ticket caused by the death 01 Gcorno W. Joucph must he selected by. the newly fleeted or re-elected mout hers of tho Republican state cen tial committe, Attorney Oeneral Van Winklo has advised Phil Met schan, chairman of the cnnimillee. "I learn from the nawspapers that the county central commltteo has been reorganized and stale central commlt.teemeu elected in a majority of tho counties at this time," tho opinion of the attorney general roads. "Consequently at any meeting of tho .state central committee which may be called horeafter such newly elected mem bers would be qualified to sit and participate in tliS business of the committee No Time Limit While the law specifies that the county central committees shall meet and organize within 21) days after the primary election, tills time element, the attorney general holds, "is directory and not manda tory and ir the duty is performed at a subsequent time it is valid" Tho use of "written or telegraph proxies of ahsnnt members" in the lection of the Keuiihllcan nominee Is held to be legal by the attorney general, who. however, points out that the duly elected and qualified state central committeemen from a majority of the counties of the state must bo present at the meeting In person to constitute a quorum lor ho transaction of any business by the committee In the event of a tie vote by the committee, the opinion holds, the chaiimau may cast the deciding vote. EBERLY QUITS FOR BIG POST SAKKM, Ore., June 21. P) Howard .1. Eberly for months past assistant state forester In charge of tho recently enacted reforesta tion law. has resigned "o accept a position with the forest service as regional inspector for the southern states with headquarters In New Orleans. Ills field of activities will cover Okliihoimi, Alabama, Missis sippi, Louisiana and Texas and come under the Clarke-McNary law. With tho exception of two years service in tho army during the World war Kberly has been n fed eral and state forestry work since his graduation from the tttato col lege of forestry in 1911. He left Oregon In 1924 for a position In the Texas forest service as assis tant state forester in charge of fire protection, returning to Oregon In April Isst year. Kberly's work has been personal contact with county courts of all timbered counties, as well as pri vate timber owners. Sentence Still Operator BAKKH. Ore., June 21. 1 IjjuIs l-ane. found guilty Wednes day In circuit court on a charge of ..etling up and operating ft still, to day was sentenced to three yoarB in the state penitentiary. The still was located near Huntington. Hood Hlver. -i'lans ctimplet-.l for construction of service station and storage on corner of Firat and Oak streets fur Tex.is company. CANDIDATE SELECTION FORESTRY JOB CANNON ANSWERED Congressman Tinkham Re peats Charges Over Sig nature As Rejoinder to Bishop's Dare Next Move Is Up to Churchman WASHINGTON, June 21. (TP) Differences between Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. and Representative Tinkham continued today to com mand Interest In Washington. A movo by tho churchman In re sponse to a public statement issued by the legislator attacking him was being awaited. Tinkham. a Republican oppo nent to prohibition from Massa chusetts, recently made charges against the Southern Methodist dry leader in the house. Cannon called him a "blustering cowardly congressman" for doing so under tho cloak of congressional immu nity and dared him repeat the as sertions off the floor. Statements in the senate and house are Im- ! munc from prosecution for libel, l The text of Tink ham's answer i Issued for publication today was: ) "Lest Bishop Cannon shall ! delude any one Into thinking the charges which I made against hint In tho house of representatives wore unfound ed and meeting his challenge that I divest myself of my congressional Immunity, I de sire to re-state over iny signature the charges 1 made in tho house of representatives that he is a shameless violator of the federal corrupt prac tices act. a criminal statute; that he received $G3.300, most ly In cash, from a New York capitalist, Mr. Jameson, dur ing tho 1028 elections and Ille gally concealed the receipt of all ibis money until February J5, and has not yet ac counted for $48,300 of this amount, refusing to do so before tho scnato lobby In vestigating committee before ; which he appeared voluntarily and where he was under oath and could have beon cross examined. (Signed ) "George iloldcn Tinkham." Cannon last week announced he intended to talte action for libel, bolh civil and criminal, against newspapers printing editorials, car loons, and news dispatches which he considered a defamation of himself. He Indicated he had retained counsel to study tho possibility of bringing such action. Whether he would do so as a result of Tink ham's latest assertions was a sub ject of speculation at tho capitol today. Baseball Scores Ni:W YORK, June 21. (P) Babe Kuth hit his 23rd home run of the season off lOlon Hogsett In the eighth inning of today's game between tho Yankees and Detroit. The bases were empty, Ruth being the first batter of tho inning. American It. H. 10. Chicago 7 10 1 Washington 2 8 3 Braxton and Berg; Brown, Burke, Thomas and Spencer. V R. H. K. Detroit 0 5 0 New York 3 6 2 Hogsett and Ronta; Pennock and E. Hargrove. R. H 15. Cleveland 1 4 1 I'hlladejpha 7 11 1 Harder, Holloway and Myatt; Walberg and Cochrane. R. H. E. St. Louis 2 8Q Boston 3 7 0 Stewart, Klmsey and Terrell; Russell and Berry. National R. II. K. Brooklyn 4 7 2 Cincinnati 2 8 1 Phelps and Lopez: Campbell, Rlxey. Johnson and Hukcforth. Second game. R. E. Brooklyn 5 12 0 Cincinnati 3 6 1 (Called 8th. permit Brooklyn to catch train.) Moss, Thurston and I'lcinlch; May, Lucas and Gooch. n. h. 6 15 6 HI K. ; New York ! Pittsburgh (Ten Innings) .Mitchell, Llonohuc and O'Karrell ' Hogsn; Hrame, Spencer und Bool. (First game) It. H. K. Iloston 4 8 3 ChlCBgio 5 9 2 112 innings). H. Smith, unnlriKbatn. Keihold and Kpohrer; Hlake. Teachout und Hartnett. q O ttcappoose. Construcfen un derway on new "California Preserv ing company plant. EL ..... "tk. C-ol. ItolR'tto Klorro. Mexican viator, checking over his piano at lluoscvclt riehl. Now York, liefore leaving on his attempted non stop flight to Mexico City. LEO FEIST. KING1 IS DEAD AT 60 Former Corset Salesman Who Made Millions in Popular Music, a Victim of Arthritis. MT. VKItNON. N. Y.. Junu 21. (A3) Loo. Feist, (iO, song piihlishej-, died .at his 'homo' here today of ar thritis. Starting his business career as a coiset salesman, Mr. Foist wrote popular songs in his spare time, but was unable to sell I hem and finally published one of Miem him self. It was popular enough to en able him lo publish several more and when he saved ho went Into tho business, building up what became the largest publishing house of popular songs In the world. He was born in New York ('ily, or Alsatian ancestry. His widow, Bessie Meyer Feist, and three hoiih survive him. One of his most profitable songs was "Over There." He paid (leo. M. Cohan, the author, $2u,U0 out light for it. The song made a small fortune. Foist also was tho first oi In troduce American popular music in Europe, establishing offices In Utn don, Paris and Berlin. NKW YORK, June 21. (P) The letter writing maniac who has assumed blame for two recent kill ings and who had threatened thir teen -more, wrote what 'ho said was his last letter today, asserting that his mission was accomplished anil expressing regret that he had "stained tho country with blood." The letter, filled with strange symbols composed of combined numerals and letters and appar ently the work of a person totally deranged, said the writer was a member of a world wide secret order known as the H(d Diamond of Russia which had no connection with the Soviets. Howard (inlng I Oast HA JjKM, Ore., Juno 21. M)C. A. Howard, state superintendent of public Instruction, is expected to leave Kunday for Columbus, Ohio, to attend the National Kducatlonal assoelation convention Juno 2H to July 4. iOF SONG WORLD PETITIONS CALL Poker Party Ends in Death of Three And Disposal of Bodies in Old Well ROCKMA1RT. r:n.,.June 21. PC) Accused of pHrtlcip.ying In a tripK slaying arising from a poker gam? In which eneh of the victim wns shot in -thp bark of the had and the bodies disponed of In gangland fashion, fi men were held in Jail today on murder charKen. Denied bail. Rill Hlllcey, his two sons, Fred and Ray, his son-in-law. Tom Hicks, and 1,, . McCu: lough, were ordered held for grand Jury action by the verdict of a cor oner's Jury. They were accused of lHtl I'lfH.S I t ANTI C I GARETTE FOR STATE VOTE Place on November Ballot Assured By Filing of 15, 733 Names Law Would Be Stringent. HALUM. Ore, Juno 21. (!') (!onijlotcl iiollLluntt coiukIii l n k 1 twf:l3" imiripn' In Hu'pport or tho incamiro boliiK Initiated by the A ntl-ClKurt'tte League of Oregon and which would . hanlnh "faKH" from IhlH Htate, were filed Willi Si'e.rolary of .Slate Moms hero today. Tho filing of those petition, the first Initiated petitions to lie com pleted so far this year. Insures lo the nntl-rlgarettc meumire a plnee on tho November ballot and puts the fiueslion of tho continued list! of clgnrctlcH In Oregon up lo the voters for their decision at the next general election. K. K. Alchely of Kugene, a field I worker for tho Antl-Clgarelte league, who filed the completed petitions here today, stated that additional signatures were still be ing cheeked by county clerks and would be filed later. Thf proposed conslllut I o n a I amendment would not only forbid the manufacture anil sale of cigar ettes or cigarette materials In this state but would also make it un lawful to Import, possess, purchusc or give away cigarettes or cigarette materials. OF OREGON EDITORS ASTORIA. Ore.. June Ll. P Ralph (Cronlse, editor of the Al bany. Ore., Democrat-Herald, today was elected president of the Oregon Htato Ad I tor la 1 association at the annual meeting. 8nlem was select ed as the 1931 convention city. FAIR, NORMAL HEAT DURING NEXT WEEK HAN FHANOISCO, June 21. (A'i Following Is the weather outlook for the week beginning June Tl: Vox western states: (lenorally fair weather and normal tempera ture hut with fogs along the coast and local thunder storms over the plateau regions about the middle of the week. killing tf'Iirf Jifnes, J.Ik Harper und Krnest McC'ulloUKh, each about 30 years of age. Building up a chain of clrciim stantlal evidence, authorities ud- ; vanced tho theory that the men I POKHged In a poker game and that the vletlms enraKed the Hulsey j hwinning tho greater part of Xhu ! money at staki-. Complication!), Authorities said, which grew out of the game and attendant drinking, led to the sla IQ and disposal of the bodlps in an abandoned well. HURLS FIVE F Father Casts Wife and Four Children From New Ha ven Promontory During Picnic Trip Follows I Bodies in Suicide Leap NEW 1IAVUN, Conn.. Juno 21. (fl5) Etay C. Spang, 35, of aiiboiiIh, mentally unbalanced, today threw his wife and all lour of their chil dren to their deaths over the edge of West Hock, a high cliff in this city's park system, and later Jump ed to his own death. The dead: Ray C. Spang, M: fa thor; his wile, 38 Helen, 10; Lor raine, 7; Raymond G; Donald, 7. Spang was n war veteran and to-1 cently returned home from tho Brooklyn navnl hospital. Ho had been employed by a mnnuraotiirlnK concern In Seymour, the adjoining town to Ansonla. Three bodies wore recovered from tho haso of the cliff early this afternoon. Ansonlti police reported Spang and Ilia family left homo this morn ing for a day's outing, and appar ently came hero and went to the rock for a picnic. Woman Made Plea The family had been seen walk ing up the rock In the morning. A boy reported to the police later he had hoard the woman pleading with tho man, hut be did not knuw the nature of the trouble between thorn. It was tho police theory that the family slarted to tho picnic at tho top r I ho clirt and that Spang seized them ono by ono anil hurled them over tho edge. Spang clambered 75 feet down llw. rn.x. r lln t'(.,-!r nffei- lin linil I it.......,., I.lu i.l.ll,u .tvi... 1111,1 unl down on a protruding ledge. Ho wus Ihnre moro than an hour, oc casionally tossing a pohblo into the air. A city flremnn was lowered to within a lew feet of tho man and tried to engage him In conversa tion .until-police, could capture him. Ho was not sucuossl'ul, ho reported hitor. Mad Man Jumps Spang then look off his shoes and Jumped 70 foot or more. From above the man wns Been to roll over and over nnd then disappear at tho Iiiihu of the clilT. Wosl rock la ono of tho remark able places ill tho city's park sys tem. Oir Ha top, but removed 2WI feet rrom tho edge, Is Judges' cavo, which once sheltered against t lie king's soldiers (wo of tho Judges who cnmlnmnod Chnrles I, of Eng land, to death. Tho lock Is ono of flvo. of vol canic origin, which rise out of the kiiikIv plain In which Now Haven is located. The rocks used to ho favorite places for Yale students lo nmuliito Alpine mountain climbers until the faculty put them out of bounds. It Is thought die lust student to he killed by a full on tho west rock was a grandson of tho Into (ieneral William Tocumseh Sherman, many years ago. 1 ICOL. PATTERSON NEW COLLEGE CADET HEAD I'OIIVAI.IJH. Ore., June 21. (Pi Word of the appointment of Colonel William 11. I'atterson of the fifth corps area, Indianapolis, to be commandant of the .cadets nl the Oregon Klato College II. O. T. ('.. was received today by the president's orflce. Colonel Pat terson succeeds Colonel H. It. Richmond who goen lo New Or leans after two years' service hero. 4-H CLUB MEMBERS COItVAMJS, ore.. June 21. ll'l The youthful population of i this city dropped sharply today when i 4 7 4-11 club children loft the Oregon Htato collect after two weeks' Intensive training session. Kh'Hl place wlnnem In tho con tests in home economics re: Altec Ingram, Portland; HveHtock. Rob Huron. Imbler. and crops, Ralph Kaiser. Maupln. SO. UNION, H. :.. June 21. Dan .lenklni", Reaufort, N. C, negro, was nhot to deal, by a mob here this afternoon ufter he had been Identified by two young white women as the man who at tacked them earlier in the day. FROM f i NEW YORK, June 21. (A fr This country, in the humble opinion of one Charlie Brown, a celestial, still needs a good p five cent cigar. After a five year fast from smoking. Charlie took three ! puffs from a black five center t and woke up In a houpitsl with a unshed scalp and a poHsihle fracture of the skull. The cigar made him so dizzy that he fell against the stoop of an East t-ith street house. Col. Fierro Leaves Roose velt Fiuld in Effort to Reach Mexico City in 16 Hour Non-Stop Flight Following Lindy's Path. BROVNNVlM,K, Tex., Juno 21. (P) Colonel Roberto I-'icr. n inid his mechanic, A r mil To Cortes, attempting a non-stop flight from New York to Mex ico City, crossed the Texas Mexican bonier shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon, c conling to a message received by tho naval radio station here. ROOKKVKLT FIELD, N. Y., Juno 21. (P) With Mexico City 2200 miles away as thoir. goal, Col. Roberto Fierro, ono of Mexi co's foremost ' aviators, and his mechanic, Aruuflo CorteH, took off at 1::10:1S a. m. (e.a.t.) today on an 'attempted nonstop flight. ' f" ' They hoped to reach the Mexi can capital in 1(1 hours, thus achieving tho first non-stou flight between New York and Mexico City. Colonel Fierro planned to fol low the trail blazed by Col. Chart. A. Undbergh on his non-stop flight from Washington to tho Mexican capital. Col. Lindbergh lost his way over the mountains and the trip took him 27 hours. Fierro said he decided on a takeoff at night so that hp would havo daylight for tho 10.000-foot climb over tho Hlerra de Rachuca range between Tamplco and Mex ico City. Colonel Fierro'a plane Is a I xtc N heed Klrlus, similar to tho one in which Col. Lindbergh re cently established a trans-continental record. Tho piano Is a whlto, low-winged monoplano with an open cockpit. Cojonel Fierro ( 33 yeara old and is chief of tho civil aeronau tical department of tho Mexican government. lie learned to fly at the government's aeronautical school a t M exlco City a nd saw service in the recent rebellion. Cortes Is 37 years old. Both are Married, VANCOUVER GOLF C L II II., Vancouvor, R. C. Juno 21. ifP) Kddio llogan of Portland appeared today fls Frank Dolp's successor for tho Pacific Northwest amateur Kolf championship, when he led Johnny Robbing, also of Portland, by flvo holes at the end of the morning round of their 36-hole final match. Jlogan gained four holes on the first nine and another on the homeward Journey. On the last nine Hogan capture 1 tho tenth with a par four when Robbltut drove Into the woods and had to chip backwards to get on the fairway. Robblns gained back a hole at the 1 2th when Hogan three-putted. At the lHth Hogan snared a birdie three white Rob bins went out of bounds and ttnn Into a trap. Their Inward cards were: Par 443 M4 44436 72 Hogan 444 444 4T)3 3 7 Robblns 543 414 455 3K 78 Mrs. Vera Hutching" of Van couver was on her way to her fourth Northwest championship, and her second In succession, when she gained a seven-hole lead over Mrs. Fred Jackson of Scuttle In the morning round of their 36 hnle match. n nn i r 1 1 MULrUU ATTCMDK! hi ILIIII 10 I IflMH UilD LUMU 1IUI H AN A SUCCESSOR TO FRANK D LP ?aGHT NEW I RAIL ORDER Paul Shoup Says No Appeal From I. C. C. Ruling On Klamath-Keddie Link Is Contemplated Congrat ulates Rival Railroads. SAN FRAN'CISCO, Cal.. June 21. (P Paul Shoup, president of tho. Southern Pacific, today announced his railroad would not appeal from the interstate commerce commis sion ruling granting the applica ; tion of the fireat Northern for per mission to connect with the West evn Pacific in northern California. , In announcing the company's de jcision Shoup also extended con gratulations to the two rival rail ! roads. I "Congratulations to the Western Pnnfflo uiwl lla f!roo t Vn-rhnrn " tho announcement said. "1 wish earnestly again to thank the thou sands of shippers and the many communities who believe, as we do, that the existing facilities, rail and water, with slight additions from time to time, are ample to take care of all existing traffic and alt that muy be created, and that the support pcrmnently of the new Hub must come principally from busi ness diverted from us and our con nections. "If events prove us wrong in any substantial way In this view, we will Jc pleased ns well as stir prised. "In any event we will, as good citizens, cheerfully accept the de cision of the Interstate commerce commission which is, under the law, the final arbiter in such mat tors. I will be interested in read Ins the full text of the decision." . KLAMATHFALLS, Ore.' June 21. (A) Klamath Falls generally today hailed with enthusiasm the decision of tho Interstate 'com merce commission granting Vv Lircat Northern' railroad to extend Its lines Into northern California ulii.i. U, nnnn&nt . ...111. -ill.. Western ' Pacific t railroad,. : giving" Orogon. another trunk lino. . ', Business men here saw the im mediate construction of tho lino, as announced by L. -C.( Oilman, vice prosident of the Great . Northern, as a boon io tho so-called unem ployment situation. v Tho Klamath county, judge said that "this city was sitting on top of the world." Other prominent business mon said they noticed a general quickening of the business pulse In tho city already and pre dicted further expansion for the southern Oregon city which show ed a population increase of more than 17,000, Realtors and tlmbermen . ex pressed satisfaction with the future of the city. h .. Y. . hue CHICAGO, III.. June 21. (P) In their quest for a new endurance refueling flight record, Kenneth and John Hunter had completed 230 hours In the air at 6:40 a. m. (C. D. T.) today In their plane "Thu City or Chicago." At Sky Harbor airport it was re ported at that hour that all was well with the plane and Its crew. WILL CHICAGO. .Tune 21. What cim we (lo' for this Bobby 'Joiios thut kci'px monotonously win ning nil these . golf .champion ships? Would propose hiin for president but I haven't Rot" it in for him that bad. On the golf course it's just your oppo nents that arc shooting at you, hut it looks like in the White House your friends arc the ones you got to wateh. Just been over to see Charley Dawes. Uight from London, with an accent longer than his pipe handle. He is a real guy, this Dawos. He enn inako good at anything; they want to use him in this racketeer Warfare; both sides are making him of fers. , O i .