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The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Sunday, fair. Not n met i elwiige In lem-pernture. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUK Temperature Highest yesterday 60 LoiveM this morning 34 Vrt Ipltntlon: To A p.m. yesterday 14 To A h.iii. HkLi 08 Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OKKCiOX, SATL'U'DA V No. 'J(i4. AUTO HOTEL CHAIN MAY BUILD HERE Motour System Representa tives Scan Local Sites for $150,000 Unit on High way Construction in Spring Possibility. The possibility of a new tourist hotel for Medford is seen in plans of the Motour Hotel Svstem to .es tablish a unit of its Pacific coiihI chain tilons the Pacific highway just off of Riverside avenue. II. It. Mallot and Cllenn Hite, Portland representatives of the company, left Aledt'oid today after carefully sur veying the local situation. The new structure would entail . an expenditure of $l.r0, 000 and would have 1)7 rooms, in connec .i lion with a storage garage with ca 1 paclty for 7(1 automobile. No date has been set for construction but indications oint toward next spring us tne posstnie tune 'wnen building activities will begin. The Medford unit would he a part of a chain of hotel establishments Btretcbing from southern California to northern Washington, with ho tels located at Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, Modesto, Bakersfield, Santa Rosa, Crescent City, Eugene, Spo kane, Walla Walla, Wenatchee, Olympia and Yakima. The hotel system will co-operute with a large gasoline compuny, probably the Texaco organization, in the opera tion of the hotels, as far as auto service is concerned. May Offer Stock It is understood stock will be placed on the market to finance the project. ICacli hotel will have a coffee shop, and barber and beauty shops. Hach room will have a complete lavatory and rates are to he lower than average hotel fees. The units will be uniformly built. The build ings in the entire chain will' be of Rimilar construction. r It is said the representatives of the company in Medford were ne gotiating for an option for one acre of property with highway frontage for the building. The structure will be two stories high and of a ram bling nature. Local reports say the company plans to begin construction of its Eugene unit next spring to be fol lowed by the Medford unit. FOR ECONOMY E rORTIJVND, Ore., Dec. 13. (P l'roldema confronting the state hy Uh indebtedness, taxation, hiRh wuyH and unemployment, were treated tn detail hy (iovernor-elect JulitiH U Meier in his address lute yesterdny before the state asso ciation of county Judges and com missioners in session here. Ah governor Mr. Meier promised a regime of economy and business administration, and invited the cooperation of county officials. Increased or additional sources of taxation do not Increase the upending power of the state, but must . reduce by corrcsponun.K amount the state tax levy on prop erty, he said. There Is a neces sity of riid entrenchment wher ever possible on the tax burden of real property. Abe Martin MEIER IN VOW DURING RE6IM i I What tieromr of nil the mllrce mvMtlrntH view? Annul tlM nl thingx that are rrenljr dMribui"! nn ih4M rnrth nrr oa on' mine atcr. (Copyright John F. Dille Co.) Einstein Takes a Bow at Opera When Discovered NEW YORK. Dec. 13 JP Opqra tempted Albert Ktn stein out of his ocean liner suite last nishl, and he went to the Metropolitan opera htfu. Offered his choice of Warner's "Seipfriend" or .Bi zet's "Carmen," he preferred "t'nrmen." He sat with his wife In a box In the diamond horseshoe. He rose and bowed to ac knowledge applause when the audience discovered him ther at the first act intermission, and after the performance he went backstage and paid his respects to .Maria Jeritzu. Austrian star, and her col leasues. Assistant to Hollywood Fi nancier Admits Knowl edge of Fund Misuse Over Period of Five Years Girl Held for Quiz. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 13. (fP) Startling ropercusjsionH were ex pected as state and county officials nettled down today to a systematic nnd sweeping investigation of the activities of Gilbert H. Iicesemyer, Guaranty Building and Loan asso ciation official, who early yester day confessed misappropriating more than $8,000,000. Although Beesemyer claimed sole knowledge of and accepted full responsibility for wrecking h i s company and defalcations of funds of two other firms with which he was connected, another man and a woman were taken Into technical custody last night. Rupert L. Fleury, vice-president and auditor of the Guaranty com pany, whs taken to jail after lie testified before the grand jury, which Indicted Deesemycr for grand theft, that for five years ho was aware of his superior's mis use of funds. .hl Held. Miss Ethel Flanagan, the firm's head bookkeeper, was jjent to a hotel to be held under guard until she could be questioned further. The Guaranty company, in which 25.000 depositors had invested more than $7,000,000, wan placed In the charge of Charles A. Whitmore. state building and loan commis sioner, whose assistant. Milton . Shaw, discovered the defalcations. Meanwhile Governor-elect James Rolph, Jr., said in San Francisco last night he would ask the leglK lature to oust Whitmore far In competency as a result of failure to discover the defalcations sooner. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 1 3. (A1) A schedule of proposed commutation fares for service from Ashland nnd j Klamath Falls to Portland, on Its main line nnd branches, has been I withdrawn by the Southern Pacific I company, the public service com mission announced today. The schedule was filed with the com mission November G. SPECAL ELECTION IS MATTER FOR NORBLAD SALEM, Ore., Dec. 13. P It Is discretionary with Governor Norblad whether he calls a special election in Marion county for the election of a talesenator to suc ceed the late Senator Lloyd T. Reynolds, say a supreme court opinion yesterday, AT W INQUIRY IN LOAN THEFT Dog Gives Life To Save Helpless Master From Horns of Enraged Bull MOl'TRIK. (In.. I'c. 13. ' The bull charged vlth towered Ilvrd Franklin i- alive but his do,' head and Franklin helprt- 'fiwatffil The attack. A sennd be- Tn' ,inK a breed of Milh1"K that f-re the bull rcu hf d him. Frank know no fear, gave his life lo pr- hn s d- b-uped nnd gripped the vent a hull from Korinc Franklin to onrnc-d animal s no. j Fr..nk!in wn driving the bull from a fi"ld near her- when the 1 beast suddenly turned and with a jt. of lu.rn hurled him 1" the Kround. AMERICAN REPORTERS INTERVIEW SCIENTIST -Vi Associated Press telepfioto showing. Prof. Albert Einstein (sejtcd) answering questions of newspaper men upon his arrival in rjew York aboard ttie Belgenland. The scientist continued on the liner en route to Pasadena, Csl., wnere he will pursue scier.t.fic studies. NORBLAD GETSTlHIGHWAY liifiSl PLEA FOR QUIZ Governor .Ponders Petition for Special Prosecutor to Sift Liquor Raid Shooting Hcfe. -: . SALEM, Ore., Dec. 1.1. UV) Several hundred names are signed to n petition received by Gov ernor Norblad today from Jackson county asking that o special prose cutor be appointed to conduct an investigation into the fatal shoot ing of Everett DahacK in a liquor raid Friday, November 14. The governor has not yet decided what action he will take. Dahack was one of three men at a still located by officers, the othcr two being Ted Smith and Albert Govt j In. In the raiding party were Roy Parr, a deputy game warden; Harry llogan and t'y Hen, prohibition enforcement officers and Joe Gave, Lewia Jen nings and Paul Jennings, deputy sheriffs. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (IP) About fi00 communists bearing banners denouncing the French, British and American governments tried to march past the Kiemh consulate today and were rushed by police, who used fists and flubs In an attempt to disperse them. Police tore down the siyns. which bore legend attacking al leged "impei lalb-m" of the three governments. RELIEF FUND POWER WASHINGTON. Dee. 13 P Conferees on the $ 1 1 s.oon.noo , emergency public work bill re-j dijeed the total appropriations to-1 day to $I18.000.(ii)0 and restored j the house provision to permit the( presldento use the specified sumsi intr-rrhniiKfably. j ifg mo. and eored and tramp!"'! j It to deiith. J Frankhn w.is injured badly, but; d. n t.it" . ml tod ly h1 would re j covr. DAHACK DEATH FOR CO. JUDGES! PISTOLS DARK MOAf VfM PflDQ iiLTi luimuuio i QT IWI AT ROUTePMDrlliyilM! PLAN OUTLINED SALEM, Ore., Dec. 13. (JP) C. II. Gram, state labor commissioner, has mailed to the county judges of Oregon detailed plans for the emergency employment movement initiated by u commission compoa oil of Governor Norblnd, ehnivmair, II, U. Van Duzor of the state high way commission, and Commissioner Gram, which is to he co-operative between J ho counties and state. It is suggested that each county seat or metropolis organize at once a "general senatorial committee" of delegates from nil responsible bodies, including chambers of com merce, service clubs, fraternal and labor organizations, churches and women's clubs, and with the may or, the county judge and the dis trict stale highway officer, in the membership. This organization would be in charge of the local movement. CUT EGG PRICE FIVE CENTS TO E Drastic Move' By Dealers and Poultrymen As Heavy Production Clogs Sluggish Market. PORTLAND. Dec. U. (AV) A .1-eent drop in quotations fin fresh extra grade cngs was a sensation In Portland wholesale and retail as well markets today. leudliiK dealers and producers, both pri vate and eo-operative, nt a nifet Iny late L'riday ilecjibd on the drastic prfee cut uh a temporary stimulus to rotiMimption whieb has been markedly lluht In tin last few weeks, while production has been on the increase and markets, both local nnd distant, are rlogi;cd to a critical point. Standard, medium and pulb-l ckk were cut J, 4 and & cents re spectively. Many prod u ecru are said to face extinction from the poultry field If consumers don't buy more eggs. Wholesale dealers have ap pealed to retailers to take advan tage of the lowest prices in yearn for this time of year to: "Dou ble your sales. Help the con sumer. Help t he producer." The new wholesale quotations are; Extras. 110 cents; standards. IS rents; mediums, 1 1 cents, and pullets. IS rents. Fresh extl as are ret a lltnc at 2h cents or I'-"' a dozen. Wholesale butter mar steady at unchanged price receipts and demand wei lighter. Ruth a bit B0Y FRIEND' OF FILMS 1 UNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE; T'U.LDO Ohio. Dec. 1 1 oP Churle-i I Rundy i Rngei. f ' iii-tor. was opei:iter1 Ppnti for ap pi ridlntiH hi re today. His rondu; ll i; wjis reported good. At' & IN EUGENE A5 Lumberjack Takes Four Shots at Cops Wounded .in Arm Holdups and tihauffeur Duel. ErOEX-E, .Dec. J3. ,V) Two shooting scrapes livened Eugene' streets last night. Ray Norman, lumberjack, step ped out of a cafe late in the even ing nnd Biiw two officers approach -l"g. "Don't come any closer or I'll shoot," he shouted, displaying a revolver. The policemen walked toward him and the man fird four wild shots. A bullet from a police re volver struck him in the arm and he submitted to arrest. Officers said he was Intoxicated. An hour or so later, Jamei O'Brien, stage driver, was watklng home when a man reached out from the darkness and muttered: "I'm going to eat on you tonight, fella!" O'Brien kicked the man in the fare and fled. A second man ap peared and shot at the driver, who returned the fire. A bullet burned through o'ltricn's overcoat, hut ho was un injured. ALIIANV. Ore., Dec. Ifl. uV Giand Jury Investigation of fees and incidental compensation re ceived by office holders of Linn cuunty was ordered yesterday by Circuit Judge I,. . McMnhan. Ml Marian said the sheriff Is allowed from I . fi 0 to $!i a week for boarding each prisoner. How ever, food and supplies are witnply delivered to the jail where pris oners cook their own meals. The lodge fiiid this was not "hoard ing." Judge McMnhan referred the grand Jury to Ivme county where, be said, prisoners are boarded for J 1.75 a week. Tl'RNFR. Ore.. Dee. 13. Fire completely destroyed the pio neer mill nnd warehouse of the Turner Feed nnd i Ira In company e.it ly Saturday morning, with an e-tiniHted loss of ..0,(Mlf. Rent fiorn the strueture w.-i n Intense that windows In stores ncross the t.Nirk were ( racked. The Ha lem fie dep.trt merit and b'Jinpr-r r-.-poiided but wer unable to do more than prevent the npread of fire, wind carrying spar kit to the buiiifn dWtrb-t whieh Tor a time wan threatened. The mill was own ed by the ore (Ruin company, Portland. GOLD RUSH LOOMS FOR RICH FIELD New Strike On Edge of Black Rock Desert in Ne vada Creates Great Ex citement First Ore Worth $5 Pound, Report. RENO. Nov., Dec. 13. (-Tn Word of a gold strike spread over the deserts of Nevada today and grlr-zled miners, their lives spent in se'arehing. for the precious metal, walled eagerly for news t hat might start a stampede. From the rabbit hole mlnlim district In the northwestern part of the state, Just on the edge of the great lllaek Rock desert, came the first word of a new strike. Whether the discovery would mean a short-lived flurry or a real boom, in which I ho men who nearch for gold delight, was yet uncertain. Reports received in ifeno last night stated two brothers, Ghaiies and James Scossa, had mado the strike after a year of prospecting the district. Wort It $." Pound. The two brothers arrived 'n Lovelock, town of 1200 popula tion on the overland route of the Southern Pacific railroad, with 12 sacks of the ore which they had found. It assayed f per pound. Three prize sacks, known as "picture rock" showed a value of $4li.27tl a ton. Rased on these figures the brothers had already acquired a small fortune. Further reports stated dozens of residents of Lovelock had started for Rabbit Hole, ATt miles away, readv to to stake out claims and be in op the ground floor In the event of a boom. In Reno nun other towns throughout the atnte, news of the strike was eagerly sought.. MS WIFE, SELF I'MTALI, Southern Rhodesin. Dee. 18. ifl) Dr. R. L. Magoon. noted American big game hunter and his wife, Aubrey, were found dead lu their bedroom today. police said they were working on Hi., tbenrv that Dr. Mauoon attacked his wife with soma heavy instrument nmi men kiiicu Him self. Resides a big gnie hunter, Dr. Magoon was a well known den tist. Mrs. Mngoon came from Oregon two months ago with her two daughters by a previous mar riage. The couple were married a month ngo. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. LI. (P) Police detectives were believed today to have found a new witness in the Howies murder case a witness so Important that the grand Jury Investigation of the can was adjourned while a check was made hy the district attorney. This morning police detectives interviewed a woman and three men. whose names were not dis closed, These persons are under stood to have corroborated the "lip" received yesterday, and to have divulged the name of the Important witness. OVERMAN'S SUCCESSOR NAMED IN N. CAROLINA KA LIHIR'R Y, N. C. Dec. 1 3. riuvcrnor (Jardlner Into today ap pointed Cameron Morrison of Char lotte, United Btates senator from North Carolina, to succeed Senator L. . Overman, who died early yesterday. E GAME HUNTER MUTINY FORCE Star High School Scribe Interviews Doc Einstein NKW YORK, Dee. U. iAT Ha id the editor of the Newtown tilvh school X-Roy lo William "III imp" Friedman, his star re porter; 'Dah over and K't an exehiHive Interview with Doc Kin dtein." And Rlimp did. The ffler ninn scientist autographed his notes. Friedman, who has bearded nine celebrities nt IS. suddenly ap peared before (he savani on the liner Relicnland nnd began tn fire finest I'"- fj. iRw much mathematics- Is nceeaiy lo the hlh school student? Business Clc to Roll Away in 1931, Is Assertion MOW YOIIK, Dot-. ii.) Kitittt.- ami publisher, news- imptT wvt'U y, looks for "an improved buliK'ss condition hi ijiSl. lot! hy a lilu'ial and ! inti'llii'iu use nf ncwspnpoi' ad iM(iiiiK. "It possesses a power which has never known to fail In a crisis when applied by in- lellient men." t President of Great Northern Issues Flat Denial to Cur rent Rumors of Link Via Medford. ST. PACL, Dec. 13. (A?) Ralph Rudd, president of the tlreat Nor thern railroad, today issued a flat denial to rumors that the road planned extension from Klamath Falls. Ore., to Crescent City. Ca., or any other westward extension from Klamath Falls Into Cali fornia. The to are no such plans for the immediate future, he de clared, and added there never have been deiflnlte plans for such construction. LOYAL SPANISH Many Revolters Taken Pris onerDeath List Grows King Told Federals in Control. MADRID, Dec. 13. (P) In a furious battle near the town of Ayerbe at dawn today, federal troops took a hundred prisoners, seized rebel equipment nnd drove a revolting regiment In infantry back upon the garrison town of Jacfl. where rebellion flared yc terday. (lencral Rerenguer, the prime minister, asserted that the engage ment had terminated the revolt. and that federal troops were in control of tho Jaca nrea. The prime minister made this announcement after a brief audi ence with King Alfonso this morn ing. The loyal troops from Bara possa, he said, continued a march on Jaca after tho battle. First official reports of the cas ualties In the battle which raged about Ayerbe and the nearby town of Plasenclu said five rebels' nnd two federal soldiers were killed and a dozen wounded, but It ap peared certnln that figures would grow as stretc'her-heorers came In from the mountain passes. The wounded and dead were taken to a temporary hospital at llesca to which the government rushed doctors and equipage from HaraRossa. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 13.- m The retail price of gasoline was raised 2 hi cents today by most of the la rue companies, making tho retail price I'lV cents a gallon. There were many Independent stations, however, selling motor fuel from '17 to 20 cents. I A. Mathematics Itself Is not as essential ns getting the spirit of the relative bigness of the world of mathematics- in which we live. Q. What message has the pro feMKor to send to us ns tho future citizens of the world? A. Although practical mathe matics builds the. world Its uxe fulne Is bounded by the extent to which the spirit of mat.matles may let It travel. In conclusion, 1 wish to ronvey niy best wishes to these students of a llfo of use fulness in this world of mathematics. NO RAIL PLANS WEST FROM K.F DECLARES BUDD TROOPS BREAK FEHL FRAUD ALLEGATION PROVES DUD Court Declares Wilson Vic tor in Mayoralty Race Kelly Pleads for Low Fee Allowance Recount Cost $150 Named. The last chapter In tho election contest instituted by Karl II. Fehl, oft-time mayoralty candidate, tiKulnst K. M. Wilson, the nominee, by M votes, was closed this morn ing by tho issuance of a Judgment declaring Wilson the victor, nnd tho allowanco of 1GG feeH. by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. Tho action means there will be no fur- ' ther legal controversy in the mat ter. A half dozen people were in. court when the decision was hand ed down. Attorney E. E. Kelly, represent ing Fehl and the Recalled "Oood Government league" after a close scrutiny of the ballots of the West Medford and Oakdale precincts, informed the court no change had been found from the official count, and that no further evidence would be Introduced. Thereupon the sensatlonul charges and allega tions, collapsed completely. The matter of attorney's fees then became the main issue. At torney Porter J. Neff, counsel for Wilson, offered to leave the matter to the discretion of the court. Ho asked, in response to a query from the bench, for $250 attorney's fee. Kelly Objects Attorney Kelly objected to thin sum, and said in his opinion $100 was adequate. "It 1b $100 more thun I will get,0 he sutd. lie characterized the ' $250 feo an "vindictive" and "unreasonable," and further declared, "It was a matter of public Interest that the recount be held and Mr. Wilson should have asked for a recount of the witlrft city".; Fh was pictured as a "poor man who works with his hands, and any exorbitant fee' will work a hardship upon him." Judge Norton said from the bench, he did not regard the $260 foe as exorbitant for commercial cases,' but inasmuch as this case is a matter of public interest, I am inclined to make a moderate cut and fix the fee at $160." Attorney Neff stated consider able work hud besn necessitated by the charges of fraud, and that he felt "his claims were Just, but I am willing to abide by the decision of the courL" More Car Needed The court, In remarks from the bench, attributed "many of the suspicious circumstances that sur rounded the election, as they do all elections, to laxity In obser vance of the corrupt practice act." The court hinted that neither the voters or the election officials pay any attention to them, and "urged that a curb be placed upon these tendencies." . Resides the attorney fees allowed of $160, there are clerk's fees of $6.40 accruing;, making the total Judgment $164.40. It is said this . amount Is covered by contributions to tho "Good Government league." ! Attorney Kelly in remarks to the court Bald that those responsible for tho election contest, "had done so to clear the atmosphere, and as a matter of publlo policy." The official count on the mayor alty was, Wilson 1629; Fehl 1 til 5. a majority of 14 vofes. Optimism' is his middle .name; and hiH bright lexicon contalneth no such word as "rain." ft,LL HBVERLY IIIU.S, Cul., Doc. 13. ftnrmnny has bnnued that Kplemlid film, "All Quiet on the Western Front," on aconnt of Oermnny losing-the war. They are Roing to take it back and make it with u different finish. Wcllj they can show us losing it and they won't be far wruiiK, and I am sure there will he no kick; Another disarma ment conference disbnnded in (leneva without doing anything hut getting more suspicious of each other. If any two no tions don't hate each other why just let 'em confer on some thing, and they will before it' over. Stop conferring, nnd you will stop fighting. ft
