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Medford Mail The Weather lXirocnsi: Touliclit ii ii d Tuesday cltiuily: nut iiiucli cliiiiiKC lu tern- Temperature HiyheM yesterday . lamest thin morning 1! I'KN'Iplhltloll 'I'n 5 . in. yesterday T. To ." ii. in. today ou V Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OlMXiqX. .MONDA V. K 'KM Ki 8. iy:!0. No. 2. J- O BEN LINDSEY CAUSES II IN CHURCH Companionate Marriage Ad vocate Punched and 'Pinched' After Jumping Upon Table to Answer At tack By Bishop Manning. NEW YOHK, Dec. 8. P) For mer Judge Bon B. Undsev of Den ver, who was ejected from the ca thedral of St. John tho Divine yes terday after he had Interrupted Bishop Manning, appeared In West Side court today and obtained a continuance until December 12 of a charge of disorderly conduct. . He pleaded not guilty and told Magistrate Dryer he had several speaking engagements which would take him out of the city boiween now and December 1-. NEAV YORK. Dec. a. (A1) Ejected from the Episcopal cathe- dral of St. John the Divine and arretted after he interrupted Wsh op .William T. Manning, during prayer. lien D. Lindsey had to ap pear in court today. , While H:hop Manning was de livering tho ascription yesterday at the close of a sermon In which he denounced IJndsey's stand on com panionate marriage. Lindsey hop ped onto the reporters' table in front of the pulpit and demanded a chance to he, heard. "Bishop Manning." he cried, "you have falsely represented me. If this is nut a house of justice it f not a house of God, and in justice I ak for fivo minutes to answer your unfair attack." Turmoil Results. The congregation was thrown Into turmoil. Two ushers pulled IJndscy from the table. Scores of parishioners rushed forward through the aisles. The former judge was punched and kicked. Several detectives broke into the struggling maw anil propelled the victim' toward a side door. The bishop continued -his prayer' with i his back to the scene. W' "He lied nbout me," shouted landscy as he was forced along. "He had no right to lie about mo. This is neither a house of justice nor a house of Ciod." Then the church rang" with ex clamations. "Lynch him," screamed tt wom an. "Throw him out." cried a man. 'M'uneh him." Raid another, and Momeono iim. One Woman ox plaimed. 'lod bless you, Bishop .Manning." Threats Voiced. While the police were putting I!ndey In a taxicab. a core or more of the congregation surged around rhem. dcnnounclng Lind say and threatening htm. In his sermon the bishop termed Llndsey's latent hook "the rnowt filthy, insidious and cleverly writ- ten piece of propaganda ever pub lished in behalf of lewdness pro miscuity, adultery and urtrentrain-0- ed sexual gratification." The bishop aid Lindner's tcH-hlngs were "con trary to the plain teachings of ChrMi $jf morality"; it was the duty of the clergy "to brand it (hi: teaching) as the foul find wickd thing that It Is': ;Lindsey "stands openly and publicly for legalized free love under cover of the term companionate marriage." Ltndsey n-it quietly through the sermon, taking copious notes. He had entered the edifice unnoticed nnd taken a seat up front with hi lecture manager. v Formally Charged. The b.shop refused to make n complaint after Llndsey reached the station house, but a police man did so and the prisoner was released on his own recognizance. (Continued on P-sge 8, Story 1) Abe Martin "Humph Ii, iluii's h It y inlc) 'Cli- l'litimm cl mfced ht wife to ilcatli."j snhl nininnw Pa-h.. when ""he ' J' road thai ififfee mu.Md the flare-1 up In Brazil. Nome folki 'II pay j If they'e got It. an other If It; vuin't fer tlier car. j (Copyright John F. Dili Co.) Forty Students Die When Snake Cooked in Soup liOMBAY, India. Dec. 8. (A1 Death of forty utudcnts of the Ijumton mission school at Krodc, Madras, Ik nttrib uted tu snake's poison in their food. Tho students, E x c h a n g e Telegraph company dispatch es from Krodc say, had Just finished their midday meal when 40 collapsed and died in quick succession. It was stated afterward 4 that a snake wan found In 4 the utensil In which the soup for the meal hud been prepared. . Modern Brick and Concrete Structure Will Rise North of Cooley-Neff Building Is Announcement. Scott V. Davis an:! Jno. W Johnson started construction to- day on a new building at 109 North j Central, just north of the Cooley Neff building, occupied by AVurts ! Gift Shop. The building will be one tory. I 50 by 100 feet, covering two busi- ness lots; will have 5000 square j fanl rt,.n un.ir... ...111 1, l.clnlr I and concrete, modern in every particular, and will be constructed to carry another story when nec essary. Messrs. Johnson and Davis say only 1 oca'l wo r k m e n will be e m -ployed, h?al materia-! used and work rushed to complete the struc ture by February l. If possible. The owners have made a long time lease for the building but cannot divulgO the . name of the local parties ul this time. f This new building will furnish employment during tho winter for a number of men. 'Scott Davis owns tho Centra'l avenue building occupied by Mann's store and Jno. Johnson owns the building at the corner of Eighth and Hnrtlett occupied by the Putt, which Is also owned and operated by Mr. Johnson. Italian Vessel Was Engaged in Blasting Sunken Hulk of War Time Munitions Carrier. LOKIKNT, Kranc, Doc. 8. (JP) The Italian Ha I vane shin Artlirlio waa hlrtwn 11 11 finrl mink witlt 1 rif ! her crew yesterday afternoon as s;he blasted the built of (he muni tion ship Florence, mink during tho war off the Island of llotiat. First word of the (lisa.Htor reach ed here today from a signal sta tion on (lie Island of Hoodie, about five miles from where tho ArtiBlio went down. The t alvago boat was 1 000 feet away from the derelict when nilnni; her divers had planted in the bulk exploded, hut the repercussion ot the hlaat sent her to the bottom. The ArtlgUn herself carried n heavy rurgo of explostvoH and it was believed that (hose had been set off. Thounahds of tniiH tof pow der were In (he Florence, which had been condemned hh a menace to navigation between tho inlands of tlouut and Iloedlc. WASHINGTON, Dee. x l'" -llei la I tiled lands on fcileral pro Jeets proihlird crops worth 1 fi 1 K'.t.Stia la-t year uff 1. 711,1,10 Ii rigaled acres. I The government proposes to ex-1 pend ltlt Iti. TIM. anil to complete! existing projects duriiiK the next f is it I y ea r and p ro vide no new. ones. O - Coder the Intel :r bill today, the bureiiu of reclamation allot -; ment iiuQ.led : Owyhee project, Oregon. I- oho.miO; Vm1, irecon. j J 1 tifi.oaO; Klamath fireon Cali-j for nin. $1 ;:'," ft; Halter. ireyon. DAVIS, JOHNSON START BUILDING NORTH CENTRAL FOURTEEN L WHEN VA SHIP BLOWN UP (in nrni iu itioii ! DEATH FOG THREATENS BRITISHERS Yorkshire Cattle Die in In tense Mist Similar to Bel gian Visitation Queen Visits Meuse Area to Hearten Subjects. LONDON, Dec. 8. A) Knglatul today feared the appearance hero of the mysterious epidemic of death which last week spread through the Aieuse valley in Bel gium under cloak of a heavy fog, and took the lives of 07 humans and killed a great number of live stock. Near Orosmount, Yorkshire, ten cattle died yesterday on one farm of a mysterious malady of w'hieh the symptoms, veterinarians Bald, were much like those of the vic tims of the Belgian fog. Like Bel gium, southern England has suf fered from the intense fog condi tions of the past few days. P.KFSSKl-S. Dec. 8. iVPi Heart ened by the queen's visit to the danger area, residents of the Meuse valley returned to the homes from which they were driven last week by an inpcnetrahle fog which has brought death to 67 persons and sent other to hospitals with a mys terious sickness. Queen Elizabeth, known as a skilled nurse, questioned patients suffering from the strange malady, and was told by them that as soon as they entered the fog they were aware of an intense prickling sen sation in their throats, followed by nausea. ... SAN JOKE, Cab. Dec. 8. !) The life of Father Jerome S, flicard. venorahle 'Padre of the: Itains" of the University of Santa Clara, now Hearing his 81st birth day, was despaired of this morn ing. Enfeebled by a year's criti cal illness, he suffered a relapse; hii't night, and sinking into a 1 coma which It was feared ho would not survive, the last rites of the church were administered.! Oregon Weiitlicr. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday: probably rains In the northwest erly portion and along the coast: warmer in the northeast portion tonight. Moderate to fresh fotith-j eiiv winds on the coast. ROSEBURG CO-OP PLANS EGG PLANT KOSFIJirilfl. Ore.. Dec. .(!') The Pacific Cooperative 1'oultry Producers today announced the purchase of the Stancllffe property heie as the site for an egg pack- ! ir.g station. Construction will start toon after the first of the year. The property ia in the south part of the clty adjoining the railroad. An egg packing station had been in prospect here for the past two ycarw. IE WILLIAMS L'HKKK. Ore.. Dec. S. -(Hpl.) Fire of unknown or igin early yesterday destroyed the rurvey farm homo In this section. The building wan tenanted by Charley VIncel nnd family, the members of which were barely able to escape with their night -Clothes. They were winged by the flam1. The ranch barn and other buildings were not dam'tK'-d. The total lo.sn htm not been estimated SALKM, Ore.. Dec. 0-(4i A dea I has practlca My been ftn- pleted. it became known her'- to day, whereby i vornor-elcf 1 Jul ius L. Meier has lenpel hh (lis Ka-( Jem home three BpHrtnieuis on1 the fifth floor of the It )hI Court' apartment!. The h lildina Is I" - j catfd on Capitol s.ret a block from the state iioicf, Meier has engaged an archlteet ( to remooei th( apart men tu ti hhiI Ihe cccupP.nt". LCMOLOgUMhi, Punched and "Pinched" In Church Former Jinlgc Hen IJiulsey was roughly titatcd Sunday, follow ing his inloi'i'iiplioii of It l-hop Mn r uing during prayer, to answer a deiiiiiiriatioii of the companionate jiiiirriagt' atlvoKc. REQUEST FEHL RECOUNT COST uejcueu isdiiuiucut: oiiuuju Guarantee Expenses of Contest, Says Motion by Wilson. A motion was filed In the circuit court this morning by K. M. Wil son, through hiH attorney, Porter J. N'eff, asking that Karl Ji. Fehl, who is contesting the election of Wilson to the mayoralty, be re quired, under the provisions of tho Oregon election laws, to file a bond to cover the cost of the re count and election contest. The Oregon election law re quires that this be done, and pro vides that the bonds, provided by two siirelleM, shall not bo in excess of f2U. The bond in to cover the expenses of a special counting board. If one is ordered, court costs and fees. The amount itt discre tionary with the eourt. Circuit Judge II. D. Norton is holding court today and tomorrow in Josephine county and It Is ex pected that he will return In time to call the mayoralty suit Wednes day. Tho election contest has pre cedence over all other legal mat ters. The first matter will lie the fix ing of tho bonds, after which the 1 hearing of the charged of aliened ! irregularities in the West Medford ( and Oakdale precincts will com- j menoe, . I BARLEY FURNISHES FUEL; FOR MANITOBA FARMERS, ItOI.AND, Man., Dec. 8. ! Farmers in this vicinity are using their sit pi us barley for fuel, Instead of coal and wood, considering It cheaper. FILE BOND F OR Monster Roxy Ann Eagle Long a Scourge To Game Will Soar Sky No More A ll f-aKb'. with a wing spread 1 greater than the length of Atlor ney Ous Newbury, wha killed yen tei'ilay ni the We?erblinl Ordiaril, property by Charles Tut pin. ' who planked the mighty bd square ttelween the sh'iiilder blab-s with : .:pi-..T0 bullet while tie was meditatively rooMin In a cb"l'iy tree. The eagle has been foaiinu ; around the Itoxy Ann rountry for four month, t.iul h,r made a tint, fame of hinnM-if, by scaring chick ns and devoiirinx th Chlnen pheasants, win. nifke the S e"t r I u nd yr'hnrds n feed In x k found. whlchO lifted as H state Mid refuge. The eairle has kith d scores of pbeHa nts. From whig lip to wing tip lb eatile ni-iuiires nix feet n nd lx inchec. aceordlPK to Cai'l V. Tenn wald, Who npplierf the yard slick,; Hie talons were t bree inches ton , and viciously curved and he pos- Associated 'fji rhofo WILSON STORE BURGLAR TRIO ASK SENTENCE M.on Captured in Tacoma Returned to Face Court Anxious to Begin Peni tentiary Terms. The trio of alleged burglars who 'broke into will II. Wilson's Htore on North Front .street during the I ntghl of November 30 and carted away eloihlng to the value of $300, ! which was found in their car when f they were arrested In Tacoma, I Wash., some time later, arrived in the city early last evening In the j custody of Deputy Sheriff Paul Jennings and Chief of Police Mc 'Credle, acting as a deputy sheriff, and are now lodged In the county Jail to await their sentences. I In Judge Taylor's court thljt fore ! noon, when a r r a I g n e d on the jrhai'Kc of burglary not In a dwell ing, they announced that (hey (would waive examination, anil each was held in bind of $r00 to :wait i sentence pronounced by Ci'cult judge Norton. It is understood I that they will confess guilt of the j hurgl-iry and are anxious to begin ! .serving out their punishments as t (Continued on Page 8, Story 2) HA I, KM. Ore , Dec. H. (') Hall , S. I ,usk. Port laud alt orney, wan ; today appointed by (Jovernor Nor 1 Marl t the circuit bench of Mult- i'i mull count;,- to succeed the hi'1 I film . Stect:s'n. M-sed h v: Ilia nous broking beak. The deceased monarch of ihe air Is beautifully and llhmal'y plum d a nl be a use of bin sPm will prob ably be stuffed by a taxidermist. It Is said the o-kIc fx a "bald b'Mded e.inle," bin careful sru- tlny shows (hat be poysessen ie'( mu'-h hair on bis head an a hulr lonic drummer. Fr 1 wo no.! hs Turpi n has been waiting for a chance lo put the eale "on the spot," arid ye-. tenbiy he caught him bekiii In! t he rnifhlno. p ei MWle op within Z'(i yai'ts of the aerial marauder and taking careful aim e ruled Iiq cli -k en -sea i i tig and . pheitMint - Killing career. It Is t hoi ik ni t be eaitle U t he J xame blr' that last summer l''-J nioverl from pleasant past ores In the Trail district, weven tender lambx, heloriKinu to Ch'irbe It van. Thf eaule is now ,,n exhibition at the office of C. V, TngWftld. W a lt V - mmm abb 1 ffl , A NA YULE GIFI Father Killed and Son Badly Injured When Package Opened Blast Wrecks Apartment of Tony May, 'Millionaire Newsboy.' ClUCACO, Dec. 8. (fii An ex plosion of a powerful bomb, con tained in s an innocent looking packngn opened by !i boy to satisfy his Yuletide curiosity, caused the death early today of Tony May, professional bondsman and money lender, ono time known as the "millionaire newsboy. ' Today was the H4th anniversary of May's birth and It was generally sup posed he believed the package was a birthday present. May died in a hospital to which hia 15 year obi son Kugcne, who opened tho package, was also taken, severely Injured by the blast which. wrecked the May apartment yesterday. He suffered a score of wounds about his back and head. Windows throughout the entire 40 apartment building, situated in Lincoln avenue, were shattered. Police were working nn two theories. One was that May, an Italian immigrant who worked his way up from a newsboy's start, may have been the victim of ex tortionists. The other was based on his money lending business. During a few moments of con sciousness he gave the police the name of a man whoso wages bo had guruishced to collect n loan and who was reported to have made threats. UIEHHMSY, Colo., Dec. 8. P) The puzzling disappearance of Miss ICnld Marriott, 28-year-otd Wig gins, Colo., school teacher, which has appeared an unmlved mystery, was again occupying the authori ties today with Atelvln (i. MoCIan ahMn, -IS, Mitchell, Neb., farmer, held in Jail herein connection with the case. Tho 'Nebraska farmer denied know led lie of Che ease. I In was brought to (J rev ley yesterday from ScottH Itluff. CAIXXTTA, Ilengal. Dec. 8 fVi liieiitenant Colonel Normal Win ner Hlmpson, inspector general of prisons In Ilengal presidency, wa shot dent) In his offlco today. Tho assassins cscapeA. J. W. Nelson, Judicial secretary, was se riously wounded lu attempting to halt them. Them were unconfirmed rumorn current Unit afterward the three assaHslns committed suicide. BIG AD OUTLAY ItATTLF CICKKK, Mich.. Dec H. (!') V. K. Kellogg, chairman of (be board of tho KelloKtt com pany, cereal manufacturers, said today bis company'H confidence in the Improvement in business in i:cil bus resulted in plans for the larucHt advertising program lu Its blHtory. Kellogg said the company had dune the bluest business In it" history during the past year and that aft a result of this experience I be enlarged 1 !j;i program had been adopterl. CRATER ALLOTTED WASH I N '.TON. Di-c olV Nailonal imrks In H':(t wrc vis it ed by i ho record numbi-r of 3 . 2 1 0 . 'i persons while the park revenues also made new history with the first million dollar year. For supporting the growing park services in Ittiia, the house appro priations committee today recom mended $!,0.2M, Increat-'ng bud get estlmuteH by $l,3i", 470. Ct'iilr Imke Niifloiial park Ijk Orritfin Mas albUMl XIOH,- (Vrln, N CHICAGO nspector victim MASSACRED BY 1MS1SCHINA BANDITS iAsiK REQUESTED AaaoviLtctt Press Photo Mrs. J. M. Keith-Miller, Austra (Ian flier, arrived lafely at Nassau. Bahamas, after making a forced landing during a gale. Unreported after her takeoff from Havana, she had been given up for lost. AFTERVER D I CT Soviet Committee Com mutes Death Sentences to Ten Years in Prison Cut Other Penalties. MOSCOW, Dec. X. The So vlot central executive committee today commuted tho death sen tences of five engineers convicted of a plot to overthrow tho Soviet regime to ten years' imprisonment. Sentences-of ten yeatH' Imprla onmont passed on the remaining throe dufendiinU In the unusually dramatic trial which wan broadcast from ono end ot tho Soclct Union to tho other, wc.ro reduced ftp night The flvo who had been sratcnedd to death wore Iennld Itanium, Vic tor Iirlchey, Nlcolal ChurnovHky, Ivan Knlinikov and Alexander Fe dttav. , Tho other three originally sen lenced to ten yeurH' iiuprisoinent worn Vladimir Ochkln, SorgeH Ku priunov and Xenoiphon Uituin. Heavy Losses Suffered by Government in H u peh Province President in Command. , HANKOW, Chlnn. Doc. 8. (A) Ti tipped between thu towns of KwaiiKshut and Ifwuntiuu, Iohh than 100 mlloH north of this Important center, nearly UO.noo provincial troops were masmicrert by n llko number of bandit recta yoHturday, reports from northern Ilupeh pro vliico said. Tho Ions wttH the heaviest Buffer ed by Hie Kovcrnmont hIuco Inaugu tat Ion of Its campaign aualiiHt ban dlMy boon al'tcr tho oml of the civil war. Chiang Kai-Shek, general isHlnio and president of (ho Chinese re public, today had taken command of the drive against communism throiiKhoul north central Chlnn. However, (his seemed not to have deterred (ho hundreds of bauds of roving reds for they continued at tacks uKulnst shipping on the upper YuttgiKu river with umllmlnlshcil vigor. I'OltTLAND, Ore., Dec. 8. (in Tli! rehearing of the Orrgoti WaMhlnK(on Hallway & Navigation Co.'h petition for a permanent In junction restraining (ho Interstate commerce commission from enforc ing ! order requiring Mio railway cntupany to build the proposed 1 S5 mile rrosM-Ktntn extension from t'rane to Crescent In Oregon will he hehl in Portland Wednesday. Original hearing wna held last September before the lalo ,Iudfl Frank 8. Deltrlch. .ludjte Dietrich died suddenly three, days after the hearing, necessitating another pre sentation of the mutter. CLEMENCY ED ENGINEERS 2 . President Asks Congress to Make $150,000,000 for Farm Board Available at Once McNary Reports Drought Relief Bill. WASH l N ( I TO N , Dec. 8 .(?) President 1 louver today requested congress to appropriate an addi tional Sifio.oou.ooo for tho federal farm board. President Hoover, on the recom mendation of the budget bureau, asked that tho funds bo mudo available Immediately, The amount would be from tho $500,000,000 total authorized for tho farm board by tho act which created it. Congress already has appropri ated half of the $500,000,000. The first allotment was made on June IS, lltiMi, of $150,000,000 and tho second allotment was of $100,000, 000. appropriated March 25, 1930. Should congress approve this supplemental estimate submitted today only $100,000,000 more would remain to be appropriated. President Hoover said "this sum was Included in tho estimate of expenditures before congress and does not increase tho estimated deficit." WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. fP) The $00,000,000 drought reliof bill wiih reported to tho senate today by Senator McNary. Tho bill carries $35,000,000 more than was recommended by President Hoover, but It went be for tho senate, with tho unanimous support of the agriculture commit tee, which McNary heads. Kurly passage was expected In tho sen ate. ' 1 ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Tho amount of wheat 'to bo fed to livestock this year was estimated today by the department of agri culture as. 236.000,000 as compared with 90,000,000 bushela last year. Tho department Bald tho low price of wheat, feed grain? and commercial feeds relative to pricea of both livestock and' livestock products are resulting In unusual ly heavy feeding. ... , 1 T E A. S. Roiumhaum, (llxtrlct HKnnt for Southern I'Hclfic llnost In south nrn Orpuon, announcptl thin morn ing rhanKcH In tllno tables cl'lect Ivo Unremher 28. Under the new schedules No. 13 will reach Modfard at 11 a. m. In Kteain of 11:40 a. m. as at present. OMil.. ...Ill t. ....... I i nin iviii uu iiuiiiui ill Buimiurii Oroiton patrons In reachiiiR their places of business curlier as well as making possible curlier delivery of mall. Now tho Simula, southbound, will loave Medford at ti:ao p. m arriv ing In San Francisco at !):10 a. m., Instead of 9:50 a, ni. us Ht present, also a cbnvenlnnco to local travel. No. 14, northbound, will leave Medford at 0 p. m., reaching Port land at 7:. '10 a. m., as at present. No. 12, the Hhasta northbound, will rnnrl, Mnrlfn.,1 nl 1 I tR n m .,. stead of 111:40 a. m., as at present. This Is the winter svheduio and details will bo announced later. KID WILL PLEAO E KAIKD. local railfa atatfon. will have a hearing before the federal radio commission In Washiniitmi, D. C January 28, oh Its applica tion to Increase Its- power from &0 to 50(1 wnlts. At a hearing held several months ngo this reouewt wa re fused because the state of Ore-son. now has double Its allotment of power on tho air. Hearing, on the application of Hruce Dennis to establish a station In Klamath Falls will bo heard at the samo time of the Medford station' plea. IIOI.1.VWOOI), Calif.. Dec. 8. iPl The Hank of Hollywood closed Its doiu-H tndny. The bank Is on of the smaller flnnncial Institutions In Hollywood having deposlts-bclween $2,000,0.00 -and 13.000,000, .. "' ,
