Medfoid Mail tribune
.v-v
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, OUKOOX, SUNDAY, JULY 13. 1930.
No. 112.
Today
By Arthur BrUbant ;
Mussolini and Kemal. !
Qoyle Came Back.
A New. Jersey Ghost.
Interesting Marriage.
Copyright King Features Bynd. Inc.
Mussolini interests Europe,
pauses excitement in Franee
proposing an alliance with Oer
ttiany. France understands that the
RiiKKestion calls for a military
alliance, or, at least, an agree
ment that Germnny will remain
neutral in case of an Italian
French war. -
Mussolini oufdit to know
what siiejli. nn alliance really
means when war really starts.
In 1914, Italy had an alliance
with Germany and the Kaiser
was foolish enough to think it
would stand up. It did not.
Wheal Kemal Pasha, boss of
T u r k e y, makes war, 1IE
MAKES WAR. You remember
that Mussolini threatened him,
and Kemal replied: "If you
send Italian soldiers against
Aie, the difficulty will be to
find room to bury the number
that I shall kill."
. A despatch from Turkey
tells how Kcnpil trapped 1000
rebellions Kurds in his Zeylun
river valley, and killed every
nne,f;ranting no quarter.
That sounds .like old days
when Mohammed himself was
leader, and later when western
Kurope whispered in awe the
name of "the grand Turk."
The spirit of Conan Doyle has
obliged by attending a seance
of spiritualists. He came n long
way from London, forgetting
perhaps, to allow for the east
ward movement of the earth,
lie landed in the Bronx in up
per New York City, and re
marked: "I am Conan Doyle,
vaihI I am glad to he here."
Then he asked for pencil and
paper and wrote a telephone
number.
M o r e important messages
probably will come later, more
appropriately located.
Wost I;ong Branch, N. J.,
thinks it has a ghost. It was
first set n last Sunday night by
a party of young people in an
automobile. They threw stones
at the white figure, and swear
that it stood ten feet high.
Night before last at midnight
WOO people waited in a grave
yard, borrowing courage from
each other.
Twice', previously the ghost
had rushed and scattered small
grouns of watchers.
On Wednesday of the three
thousand, only half a dozen wo
men saw the spook.
I 2,!)!)4, including the police,
' saw nothing. That's about the
average for ghosts, in real tests.
It is announced that Princess
Juliana, only child of Queen
Wilhelmina of Holland, and
destined to be oueen in her
turn, will marry Prince Sig
vard, son of the Swedish crown
prince, and grandson of the
duke of Connaught.
Row quickly iiumnn condi
linns nnd' feelings change.
I'rinee Siirvnrd is the descent
lant (if Ilcrnadotte. one of Nn
puleoii's niiirshiils, who was the
first Swedish king of his line.
And lirriiiidottc was the son of
a little French lawyer, and, as
Mr. IJipley tells yon, Uernn
tl'itto had tattoed on his arm,
the slogan of the revolution,
"IVoth to Kinirs."
Mivs Martha I.. I'onnole, lady
lawyer, replying to Mrs. Thoin-
(C'ontlnUfd un i'age Beven)
MOONEY IN
'FRAME-UP'
BY POLICE
John Mao Donald, Long
Lost Star Witness, Hurls
Charges Declares Bill
ings Guilty-Gov. Young
Acts In Latest Turn In
Case.
i
BALTIMORE, July 12 P) Ro-
fused his liberty though no charges
are pending agnintt lilni. John
MacDunald worn and broken.
IboiiKb but SS, today hurled
charges that police of San Francis
co were to .blame for his testimony
which 14 years ago sent Tom
Mooney to prison In California for
life. Ilia retraction does not apply
to Warren K. Billings, convicted
with Mooney, who, he declared is
guilty.
Mooney and Billings, labor lead
ers, were convicted of the prepared
ness day bombing in San Francisco
In 1910 which claimed ten lives,
on MacDonald's testimony that he
had seen the two plant a suitcase
containing the infernal machine.
This testimony, MacDonald said
after his arrest last night through
identification by a newspaper pho
tographer, was planned by officials
and he was coached in It by the
state prosecutor.
Along with the story of official
Interference In his 1917 testimony
MacDonald coupled a charge he
had been offered bribes by the
police and forced to identify
Mooney, who he declared he never
had seen before he was taken to
the San Francisco Jail nnd told by
police the labor leader was "his
man."
Now, broken and aged by the
knowledge of what he has done,
the suite's key witness appeared in
circuit court where hbj attorney
sought his freedom on a writ of
habeas corpus. Judge Walter 1.
Dnwklns refused to grant the action
sought and ordered State's Attor
ney Herbert R. O'Conner to noia
him until advices of what Califor
nia wanted done were received.
O'Conner wired Gov C. C. Young
of California the proceedings and
embraced In his message the sug
gestion criminal action could be
brought against police nnd other
offit als who MacDonald claims are
responsible for the wrong he seeks
to right.
Whatever action la taKen oy
Governor and O'Connor, MacDon
ald Is going to return to California
to lay his story before the eexcu
tive. He says he wants at last of
ficially to recant the story which
the foreman of the Mooney Jury
said resulted In the conviction.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 11!.
(fl) Governor C. C. Young tonight
telegraphed Herbert H. lltranoi,
Maryland state attorney appraising
him California cannot now compel
the return of John MacDonald, wit
ness in the trials of Warren K.
Hllllnis nnd Thomas J. Mooney.
but suggesting he hold the man
until such steps can he tnncn.
"I understand MacDonald Is will
ing to return to California volun
tarily." the governor
said.
"The attorney general advises
me there Is no wny this state can
compel MacDonald's return. He al
so advises I have no authority to
release him.
"I suggest you communicate
with the Mooney defense commit
tee, 040 Turk street, San Francisco,
which committee I am told is will
ing, to return him.
"I am anxious to question Mar
Donald nnd .sincerely trust he will
he held until a procedure is finally
determined."
RULES TO A VOTE
SALEM, Ore., July 12. UP)
Plans for certain reforms In Ore
gon judicial procedure that for sev
eral months have been under con
sideration of the state Judicial
council have been assigned to com
mittees of the council and will he
drafted Into bill" for Introduction
In the next legislature. The com
mittees were appointed at a meet
ing of the council here yes'.erday,
nnd will report to the council at
another meeting to be held during
the state bar association conven
tion in Pondleiun, Sf.itember 2"
nnd 2S.
WEEK'S ACCIDENTS
IN STATE IS 508
PAI.KM. Ore.. July 12. f"l A
total of 0 accidents were report
pd in th Mate industrial accident
Pfimmiiin for the week endinar
July 10. None was fatal.
AVIATION'S LATEST DEVELOPMENT
" Associated Press Photo
The hotlcopter, designed to meet the need for an airplane that will move directly up and down,
received Initial tests at Curtiss field, New York. The craft consists, essentially, of four large wings or
blades made to revolve by propellers mounted on each wing and receiving their power from a centrally
lo-nted motor. Maitland B. Bleeker, the Inventor, Is shown In inset at the controls of the new machine.
ASTORIA
JUDGE
Directed Verdict Ordered
When Court Rules States'
Case 'Flimsy' Juror
Asks a Question.
ASTORIA, Ore., July 12. UP)
J. K. Kurke, prominent Portland
and Astoria salmon packer, was
acquitted of charges of Arson to
day when Circuit Judge Howard K.
Klmmermnn Rllstnine.l n defense
motion for a directed verdlce.
Burke was indicted sevornl weeks
ago by the circuit court grand jury
In connection with a fire- lust Janu
ary which demroyetl the Hnnborn
CuttinK salmon cannery, operated
by Burke. Lost) was cMtlmated at
about $250,000.
Judge Zimmerman declared that
careful examination of the cuso
convinced him there was no other
way to end the trial. He reviewed
the testimony and explained his
ruling to the jury.
The judge said apparently only
contradictory statements by the
state 'was "flimsy." Most of the
Insurance money, he said, would go
to Banks and Burke would realize
only $!)0,noo. He flnld Burke's car
parked near the wharf was Imma
terial. Hans Christenson, a' member of
the jury, demanded that Burke tell
about his jump into the river to
save his life. Judge S51mmermnn
ruled Burke did not have to testify.
Capt. M. J. Lnrson, of the Tug
Enterprise, who rescued Burke,
said Burke's jlolhes were dry.
Burke said he changed hta clothes
after he was brought to the tug
landing.
FARMlDFLAG
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 12.
(I) Senator McNury today went
to Oregon the flag which flew
over the national capitol when
the Mc'Nary-Heugen farm relief
bill was passed u year ago.
' The flag was sent In response
to a request from Governor A.
W. Norblad who plans to Include
It In a collection of historic ban
ners on dlsplny In the enpitnl
building at Snlem.
F
L
RICHMOND, Va.( July 12. WP)
A stuff correspondent of the
TmeH Dispatch reported by tele
phone at 10 o'clock tonight E.
8. T. he had located Mary Fran
ces McClenny. missing Kkhmond
society girl, and Horry Ui' klnson,
Uit-hmond garage man, charged
with secreting her, at Waynes
boro, Vo.
The correspondent wild he
found them on the porrh of a
hdUwe where they had been May
ing. He rtated he wan leaving
couple by automobile for
ond immediately.
ttboro In more than 100
miles from ItUhmond.
No other details were imme
diately available.
The Weather
Oregon Fair Sunday and Mon
day but cloudy at night In the
went portion. Continued high tem
peratures east of the Ca wades.
Humidity below normal nnd de-
i creasing
gene ra II y . M oderate
variable wiriun.
FREES PACKER
IN ARSON CASE
FOREST FIRES
LI
Blaze Near' Hiatt Prairie
Dam Battled Fifteen
Fires Started By Electric
al Storms In Diamond
Lake Section Timber
Dry, Is Report.
Fifteen fire-fighters battled des
perately last evening to place a
forest and brush fire under control
along the Tllatt Prairie dam, after
It had broken away from the ef
forts of firo fighters who believed
the firo was quelled hint Friday.
The' blaze CuVorjuin nrea: nenrly-a
mile long but on a narrow front
age. This wan the only fire re
ported by forest officials here yes
terday. ENGENE, Ore., July 12. (P)
Twenty forest fires were started
by an electrical storm in the Cas
cade National forest late today.
The fires are scattered from Dia
mond Lake to Three Sisters.
All the fires are small and only
40 men of the Cascade forest atnff
are fighting them. A larger crew
Ut being held in reserve.
Ono fire near Not!, Ore., has
been brought under control.
The storm still lingered over the
mountains tonight. The timber is
reported extremely dry.
mmk
ON LIE CHARGE
MIAMI. Fla., July 12. WV
"Scarface" Al C'apone was acquit
ted today on the first of three per
jury charge pending against him
in Dodo county criminal codrt on a
directed verdlet.
The acquittal was ordered by
Criminal Court Judge H. C. Col
lins, who granted a 13 point mo2
tion for a directed verdict by Ca
pone'sattorneys. Tho motion wan
made as the stnte rested Its cose
and was debated by attorneys for
several hours. Judge Col I Inn con
sidered the motion In chambers for
an hour.
As the Judge announced his de
cision, the crowd that, has jammed
the court room through the three
days of the trial cheered wildly.
They halted only when the Judge
Instructed bailiffs to arrest any
demonstrators.
SAME OLDSTORY
AT THE
PORTLAND. Ore., July 12. fP)
Percy J. Larsen, 46. Portland, was
killed Instantly tonight when the
automobile In which he was rid
ing collided with R Southern I'a-
uin: iiiriKin i, 'mi.
f .......... ...... .frit..
Ing about 35 miles an hour and!
" nna!
drove hend on Into the side of the;
locomutlve. The automobile was
dragged about 100 feet before it
wax cast off.
J. If. Htoltz, engineer of the train,
mi dhe was coming Into the rail
road yards at about 1& miles an
hour.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. 3., July
12. iA) Two men were killed
tonight as their plane nose dived
In the woods at McKee 'lty on
the outskirts of rieaHiintvllle.
The vlf-tlrns were Charles V.
Itlrw-h. 31. the pilot, nnd Kdwin
Noonan, IS, who was a passenger.
IN VA
.EY AND
EUGENE AREAS
MAKES BOW
TRAGEDIES OF
AIR TAKE TOLL
Unidentified Flyer Dies In
' Wyoming Crash Huge
Plane Crashes Into
Crowded Grandstand
Alaska Pilot Among Miss
ing.' CA8PI3R, Wyo July 12. UP)
An unidentified pilot wns Instant
ly killed In tho crash of his plane
on u ranch' HO miles west of here.
. A rancher reported the acci
dent. Coroner Owen A. Much wns
battllng;muddy roads In un ef
fort -Joi-cac-h tho -nUme,
Tho w,ords '"'Sail Diego, " 'Calif.",
nnd numbers "Nil 14 W" wore
pnfnted on the plane.
Tho plane was flying low and
suddenly crushed to the ground,
witnesses said. The body was. not
disturbed by those attracted to
the scene and tho Identity of the
flier was not determined. '
VALLEY STREAM, N. J..' July
12. (P) Two persons were killed
at the Curtis-Wright flying field
hero tonight when a huge tlght
een passenger piano crashed into
a grandstand filled with specta
tors watching a night flying ex
hibition. The victims were Illsmnn Knn
termiin and Ills wife, Mary, both
.11) jfiirs old. They wero struck
by the whirling threo-bludcd pro
peller of the ship as It ran thru
a guard railing Into tho grand
stand. Alfred Watts, 21, a licensed me
chanic, was piloting tho ship. Ho
was moving It from a place on
the field where It hod been sta
tioned oil day Into a hangar
about a half mile nwny.
Ho apparently lost control of
tho ship as it taxied across the
grotind.
PITTSBURGH, Cnllf., July 12.
(P) Fishermen today recovered
the bodv of Frank Hllbler, 23,
deck hand on a dredger, who
drowned Monday night when his
clothes caught firo from exploit
ing gasoline and ho leaped to tho
Sacramento river.
Vapors In his pocket identified
him lis nn airplane pilot.
JUNEAU, Alaska, July 12. UP)
Word was received hero today
that Onptiiln Clayton Hcolt, who
urn. flvlniF n florst plane from
Cordova to Kctchlknn, had been
unreported for two days.
Clayton was on a barnstorming
trip to Cordova nnd left there
Thursdny nflernnoti for Ketchi
kan. Tho senplnno Taku, of the
Aiu.kn-Wimhlnitton Airways, was
preparing to leave hero In search
for the missing pilot.
VACATION HEART
NEW YORK, July 12 , W)
Fifty-seven thousand employe of
.
Vn
Western Klectrlc Co. leu
offices today for
vnenllon.
B .- in non em-
(doves of the Hawthorne, 111 plant.
17.000 at Kearney, N. J., 2,000 lit
Ik.ltimore ami 8.000 scattered
eifu-wherA over the country,
A skeleton force will man the
nlants until the muss vacation
ends Julv 28, The company call
It "probably the largest Industrial
vacation exodus on record, mn
etv seven per cent of the factory
employes are receiving vacations
with nav.
The simultaneous vacation plan
was tried out last summer At the
Hawthorne plant,
0 ER WDEAREA
STABILIZATION
OF GAS PRICES
Few Dealers Continue To
Sell at 'Pre-War' Figure
But Indications Point To
Early Return to Top Fig
ure. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. (P)
Although gasoline In many Inde
pendent stations was sold today
below prices established by several
of the major oil companies, belief
was e x p v esse d nil deal e r s w Mil d
Aoon fall In line, ending tho gns
war that started on tho Pacific
coast June 12.
In Han Francisco major oil com
pany (nations and leading Indepen
dontH sold gasoline at 20 cents hut
motorists could obtain It as low a
ten cent sin many places.
Oil company spokesmen nnd in
dependent operators said tho situa
tion "whs not unexpected. ' .
Other oil officials said while
those companies with headquarters
on the coast could get In line
quickly other concerns with offices
In the ast needed time to report de
velopments and take measures to
restore conditions similar to Kan
Francisco were seen inother coast
cities where officials said tho ond
of the war was In sight.
At lAm Angeles major concern
sold at 0 1-3 cents, while others
dlHplnyed signs varying 10 to 12 'A
cents. In Seattle Shell, Union.
lllchflold and Standard sold at
20 1-3, with n few independents
holding to a 10-eent price.
Most Spokane denier nsked 2 4
cents, with scaterlng of Indepen
dents at 12 cents. After a confused
condition In Tacoma, where, prices
today opened from 5 to 20
cents, later In the day most dealers
brought prices near tho major oil
company figure. Portland prices
varied 9 to 21 '4 cents but Indica
tions wore that the price would
soon bo near the top figure.
TROLLEY PLUNGES
F
HUKNOH AIRES,
July J2. (P)
Plunging ere one section of a
half raised cantilever .bridge, a
trolly car today curried to their
dentils In the wnterB o( Itlui'ho
river nhout sixty persons, Includ
ing flvo women.
Threo passengers who had been
seated on the rear platform, es
caped and swum ashore. All tho
other!) were trapped Insldo tho
enr which wns completely sub
merged, only the trolley polo
sticking out above the water.
At the time of the accident, a
heavy fog hung over the Hlacho,
a small stream dividing JJuenos
Aires from Avellanda. It Is be
lieved the motormun, falling In
tho fog to see the far section of
the bridge wns raised, ran off
tho lovel section.
Itescuu Biiusds wero organized
nnd by noon 63 bodies had been
recovered, nfost of tho dead wore
laborers on their way to work.
SALE
RAL.KM. Ore., July 12. OT
Fred Meyers. Mt. Angel bachelor,
00, years old, has disappeared.
Iist week Meyers visited Krank
Hidings, a relative at Kugene.
When tho visit was ended Hid
ings took Meyera to Albany where
ho visited a friend named Ad
nm. Adams took Meyers to the
Albany stage termlnul Haturduy
morning, but did not wait to see
him aboard the stage. 'Meyers
has not been seen by acquain
tances since.
EUGENE GIRL IS
PORTLAND. July 12. UP)
Miss I'nlrlclu. Hharp, Eugene, Ore.,
mid liollce today two men enter
ed her room In a hotel to inquire
how sho felt nfter she fell down
stairs. She said when they left
she missed her purse containing
a $600 diamond ring and $108,
1
WAI-TON, N. Y., July 12. VP)
Andrew 1. Iieers, 77, wns In the
rjclitware county Jail at Delhi to
night In consequence of the killing
of his 24-year-old (laughter, iron
ces. whom he could not bear lo see
suffer In Illness.
COAST NEAR
Minister Held
Z
lpC )
w . I J
- ' ill a.
AasoctateA Prett Photo
The hev. A. L. Shoemaker, for.
mer pastor of Alton, III., went on
trial charged with abducting Bar
nice Ford, 19, member of hit con
gregation, last April,
E TAX IN
GAINS DESPITE
GLOOMYJALKS
Business Slump and Stock
Crash Not Reflected In
Payments Total Col
lections Over Three Bii
lions . For Fiscal . Year .
WASHINGTON, July 12. IIP)
Income lax payments which con
tinued to Increase in fnce of busi
ness dopresslon In 1930 and the
stock market collapso in 1029
brought 12,410,230,889 Into the
treasury during the fiscal- year
11130, swelling the tax collections
for tho twelve months to $3,038,-
498.929.
Collections for the 1930 fiscal
year wero announced today by the
internnl revenue bureau whoso
statement showed the income tax
was $78,950. 400 more than collect
ed In the 19 29 yenr and an Increase
of t9,444,rr4 over the previous
twelve months. Individual pay
ments for tho year wero $1,140,782
and corporation payments $1,263,-
100.
The tnhulntlon, however, showed
that 40 of the collection districts
returned less total tax than In the
previous year, while 25 districts
showed nn Increase. The six New
York district returned $830,084,
032 In Income tax and In five of
the districts the Individual pay
ments oxceeded the corporation re
turns.
North Carolina had the largest
amount of miscellaneous tax, which
Included tho tnhncco tax. In the
year It paid $257,276,180 In mis
cellaneous taxes and $16,987,037
In Income tax.
Illinois paid $223,874,883 In In
come Uix nnd of which corpora
tions paid $122,6r.8,093. Pennsyl
vania paid $280,204,814 In taxes
from all sources which showed a
decrease ot $9,000,000 compared
with tho previous year.
ISIANA I
IS
HOMER, I,a., iuly 12. VP)
Forty cuscs of Infantile paralysis,
resulting In sovon deaths wero re
ported in Clalrborno Parish today,
and publio health officials have
quarantined all persons In this
town under 16 years old and or
dered a ban on public meetings, In.
eluding church and theatre. Hny,
nesvllle nearby has taken similar
action.
NEW YORK. July U. UP)
The Hlmplon club In West 63rd
street surrounded on both sides
and In front by properties belong
ing to John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
was bombed early today with
slight damage to the club build
ing and to one of the adjucent
Rockefeller premises.
EIWENH. Ore., July 12. UP)
A telegram urging the prohtbl
lion of Importation of cargoes of
Russian lumber by "using the
clear Intent of the present law
In respect to Importation of ar
ticles In whose production convict
and onforced labor Is employed
was sent to ths assistant secro-
lary of the trensury by the Wll
lamelte Volley Lumbermen's as
sociation today, ,
INCOM
QUARANTINED
WAVE
TOLL
ENDS
Mid-West Death Toll Over
100, as Relief Comes Af
ter Torrid Weather
Worst Conditions In
Decade.
CHICAGO, July 12. UP) After
causing more than 100 deaths In
tho middle-west this week, the
worst hot wnvo in a decade seemed
to be breaking up tonight as re
ports of scattered showers and
thunderstorms brought some relief.
The official forecast said . the
heat wave would be entirely broken
up within 36 hours, and was dissi
pating over the Mississippi valley,
where 100 degree temperatures of
yesterday had fallen to the 80'a
and low nineties.
In this city the mercury rose to
07, the hottest July 12 on record. .
Tho previous high mark was 93 on
July 12, 1914.
The heat sont thousands scurry
Ing to the beaches to seek solace In
the surf.
Scattered showers in Nebraska
sent the mercury tumbling from
103 to thereabouts down to around
06 but not until 15 deaths In the
state had been attributed to the
hea.
Missouri, adding 20 more victims
since yesterday, suffered most from'
the hot wave and had a total of
52 deaths traceable to the heat. '
Eight more deaths were re
ported In Iowa', for a total of 33
during the spell. In South Dakota,
where temperatures up In the 100V
had been general all week, the
mercury had dropped to 79. 'Five
died from the heat in South Dakota
during the week.
More than a docen deaths ' oc
curred In the wake of the heat'
wave In Minnesota, but cooler
weather there today brought wel
come respite,, , , , , . ,..
In Illinois' outside 'Chicago and
ino laKO region mere were a nan
dozen deaths attributed to the
weather. t
IjocoI Workers Prostrated
Yesterdays' heat wave, with a
maximum of -96, resulted In the
prostration of three road workers
who were brought Into a local hos
pital yesterday afternoon. These.
cases are the first reported of the
yoar and occurred on the Crater
T,ako highway. The cases were not
diagnosed lost evening and there
may be some doubt -whether heat
prostration was the cause ot their
Illness.
IflNR WAIT RY
bVI IM Mill I IS I
Tl
Man Doomed To Die For
Slaying Minister Spends
22 Years In Cell By Quirk
of Law's Delavs Has
Few Visitors. .
TRENTON, N. J., July 12. )
Seventy -one - year old Archibald
Iterron has been waiting since
1908 to attend an execution that
will never take place.
He doesn't mind, it's his own. .
Twenty-two years ago t h I
month Herron was sentenced to
bo electrocuted for killing the Rev.
Samual B. D. Pricket. Writs and
reprieves and one thing and an
other kept delaying the eexcutlon.
Herron tried to be patient.
Finally a supreme court Justice
postponed the event until "further
orders," he died In 1923 without
Issuing those orders.
So Herron has stayed on and on
In his cell, awaiting a natural
death. He has had but two visitor
In 12 years.
. . - -
OUT LOCAL BOYS
ROSEBURO, Ore., July M.4JP)
The Roseburg- American lief Ion
junior baseball tea mdefeated the
Medford team here today, 11 to 2.
and captured tho aouhtern Oregon
junior league title.
By virtue ot lta victory her to
day the Roneburg team will Plr
the Eugene junior- le ague team,
Kugene defeated Toledo, 14 to I
today, . ' ,
WITH
AN
JERSEY CONVICT
FOR
EXE