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Medford I i FT . iflifHJ The Weather 'Fornt : Tonight and VI npduy, fair, Willi' frrounil fojC, Cooler tonight. Temperature lllKht5t yesterday 3H Ixmcwt this morning Precipitation: (to A p.m. yesterday 00 To f a.m. today U Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, ORKOON. TU KSDAY. 1K(T,M1K1 Hi. 10:50 No. 2G7. W ATT. ' IT?TOTTN?0 ? JLXA. M a JUL J-l wi 11 h, c - - I. t i t 4 Today By Arthur Brisbane A Busy News World Who Shall Throw it? Einstein Sees Reality Cheerful Spots . Copyright King Features 8ynd., Inc. A busy day in the world- of news. Europe reports that the re volt in Spain, as anticipated, has become extremely danger ous. A president is named, to itakc the place of the king, and rebels against the government include Spanish army flying machines. M The remarkable king of Spain takes all this coolly, not dis turbed, apparently, by Vas fact that, already, eight separate at tempts have been made to as sassinate him. He says he will run for president, if bis people really want a republic. f-f Chinese communists in cap tured cities have massacred en tire populations, or as many as could not hide or run away. Tens of thousands are supposed to have been cut down in cold blood. Such is the old fashioned methnd'of punishing with death any enemy that resist. Alexander the Great, compar atively humane for his period, put to death all inhabitants of one city when their resistance annoyed him. William the Conqueror, whose mother was the daughter of a humble tanner, was irritated when a besieged city, to mock his birth, hung hides of cattle on the eitv wall to remind him of his grandfather's business. Having captured the town, he had the principal citizens slain and hung their hides on the wall. . You hardly expect. Rueh lior . rible brutality in lOliO. Democrats in Congress lilock the 116,00,000 emergency em ployment bill. They object to Urn fact that under that bill President Hoo ver, could 'direct the spending as he saw fit. Next to the large amount, that was the best fea ture of the bill. Somebody must have charge of the spend ing. Apparently our lawmakers will continue fighting for the pleasure of throwing the life preserver to the drowning un employed. ' The great Einstein is on his way to the Pacific Coast, go ing, most wisely, through the Panama Canal. He will see things there that will make mat- (Continued on Page Seven) Abe Martin Most o the people; I meet seem to tie mntv Interested In beer wim In' back than Ihry lire gtMKl time. What purlin me I how Inv nhldln ritlien keep truck of all the laws. PRCIHI LAW INVALID 13 N.J RULING Federal Judge Casts Doubt on Constitutionality of 18th Amendment First Effect to Be Felt in New Jersey May Appeal. NEWARK, N. J., Dee. 1(1. (IP' Federal J 11 dee William Claris to day ruled the adoption of the eighteenth amendment to have been Invalid. Ilis decision wan Itaaed on the broad principle that such an amendment could be ratified only by eonslitlltional conventions and not by the Hlate . legislatures. The Immediate effect of Hie de cision, "JudKe Clark explained, would be In New Jersey, where any arrests made for the retail of intoxicant would have to be made under the state enforcement act pending appeal of his decision. The probability was that an ap peal would be taken by Kederal District Attorney Philip Forman directly to the I'niled states su preme court. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (IP) Some apprehension was expressed today by high Washington officials qver the effect upon prohibition prosecutions of the decision hand ed down by Judge William Clark, declaring the Eighteenth Amend ment invalid. LOCAL TRAPPER NEAR OROVILLE Prospector Tells Police Joe Stanley Forced Him to Slay Trapper Deputies Find Body. OKOVIU.E, Cal., Dec. 10. () Joe Stanley, aged trapper, was le Ine held In Jail here today In con nection with the slayiHK of Bob Ika, also a trapper, of Medford, ore. hide Taylor, a prospector, was be ing questioned as a material wit ness. Ika's body was found in a shal low grave today In the rugged Hald Rock country near Merry creek, 20 miles northeast of Oroville, alter Taylor had went Into the swherlfPs office and failed for some time to convince authorities a murder had taken place. Sheriff's deputies at first thought Taylor had been outa In the hills so long he was suffering from hal lucinations. He said he had been forced by Stanley at the point of a gun to kill Ika and dig Ills grave. When officers went to the Stan ley cabin, he drew a gun on them. Two deputies at windows with shotguns, however, forced Stanley to dron his gnu. They found a shallow grave with Ika's body In it. He had been shot through the head. Inquiry In .Medford this nfter noon failed to reveal any informa tion on ika. Ujcal authorities knew nothing of the slaying or had been consulted by California officers. 4 BREAST OF MOTHER SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Dec. lfi. (if) Mrs. Mary Hanley's three-months-old baby was smothered to death accidentally Monday when its mother bundled It up liKhtly and held II near her breast to keep It warm. The mother was near col- la pse. I WOULD ABOLISH DEATH liONnOX. Kwr.. Dec. lft fjn Abolition of the death penalty tni an experimental perl"! of 'fvt years is recommended In the re port of the parliamentary commit tee on capital punishment made public last niKbt. O Oregon Weather Fair tnnifcht and Wednesday: eroimd fn in In west portion: cooler tonight. Krrfh northerly winds offnhore. MURDER VICTIM Simple Method Might Work for Alfalfa Weevil WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 . (IP) Representative James P. fluchnnan of Texas got away with this one. There was a discussion of f agriculture appropriations be- 4. for a .house committee, ltu- ll chanan asked whether "a simple hut effective method of control" worked out Chinese had ever been on the boll weevil. "What Is that?" he fr asked. The reply: "It U this: no weevil; see m think no weevil." Trans-Atlantic Aviator and Co-Plotters May Be Sent Back to- Spain to Answer for Attempt to Overthrow Monarchy, LISBON, Portiignl, Deo. Jfl. (fP) Iteportfi from usually rcv 11a bio sources on the Spanish frontier today Indicated Hint serious fighting: had occurred at Muelya between strikers and government forces wltli many casualties on each Hide. In Valencia rebel airplanes wero wild to have bomlcd the royal palace. - (By the Associated Press) Famine threatened In a dozen Spanish, cities, today under u' gen eral strike which appeared to bo spreading despite the proclamation of martial lav throughout the country. There were serious riots nt Santander and those who could were fleeing . across the frontier into France. Seventy-five thousand troops wore mobilized through the Impor tant centers but at Madrid Premier Berenguer inlprmeri the king that yesterday's revolution had been suppressed and that the govern ment was In control at all points, banked by the support of the people. LISBON' , Portugal, Dec. 16. (P) The Portuguese government today had on its hands 12 Spanish army officers, among them the trans Atlantic aviator. Major Hamon Franco, who were just as welcome as proverbial white elephants. Fleeing Spain in four airplanes yesterday after collapse of their utlempt to overthrow the mon archy and establish a republic, all headed for Lisbon and came down in various places neurby. After a temporary welcome by tho Porta guese air force tho government had them rounded up and brought to a place of internment at Mar- fa, near here. Have Agreement International custom Is for i nation to guarantee political asy lum, but Spain and Portugal a) ways have had a sort of working agreement whereby eueh govern ment aided the other In suppres- ion of Its internal difficulties and a request for extradition of the 12 men may be hard to deny. Major Franco told an Interview er he and his compatriot's had fulled yesterday in their attempt to overthrow the Spanish mon anhy and establish a republic because the artillery corps, after pledging adhesion to the move ment. backed out at the last minute. When the artillery opened fire ngninst us," he commented, ' there was only on alternative sur render. Nevertheless nothing tan arrest the republican movement which will soon swamp Spain. In one mnntb n republic will be pro claimed." E ' PA HIS. Dec. 10. Notice able Improvement was fuund this , afternoon In the condithm of former president Raymond I'oln cre who Is ill at his home here. Dr. Ccorges Mm Ion announrcd nf. tr a visit ot the bed-ldf. The physician added that he l.ad found M. I'nincare's utale "n.ore sntjfoctor' IVIIf ft in front of the Poinare home kept watchers at a dfntince fo as iiot to disturb the former president Norman Armour. ,merlf nn ih.trge dWfalrew. nrnong Dm wlm t alkd lo inquire for M. I'oincare. PORTUGAL A rUUK n A V t N i W RftfM" DREN i 1 SYE AR TERM FOR FRANCO burn DOAK TAKES OATH OF OFFICE w 1 (J st yv4 ' . "v Liii&ME There was confusion for a time at the labor department In Wash Jnpton as to just who was secretary of labor. After William N. Doak (center) went through the form of taking the oath, it developed that the resignation of Senator-elect James J. Davis (left) was written to be come effective when he takes senate seat. Davis told inquire Doak "had assumed the office." Chief Clerk Samuel Gompers Is reading the oath. TO DEATH I BLAZE Trio Left in Care of Others When Parents Separate Trapped in Upstairs Room. ALBANV, Ore., Pec. 1C (P) Trapped while asleep In their beds, three children, "Gordon Smith, 6, his brother Oran, 3, and Vol ma Seefeld, 8, were burned to death on the farm of Mi, and Mrs. Carl Seefeld, near IJalsey, last night.. Origin of the fire was unknown. Mr. and Mrs. Seefeld were in a barn when ihey discovered Jhe house in fire, too late to enter and rescue the children. J'M Haver land, n neighboring rancher,- told Coroner EvcreU C. Fisher he saw the blaze about 8 o'clock, and when be arrived at the scene found Mr. ond Mrs. Seefeld in the yard, both in a hysterical condition. Coroner Flher could do nothing toward removing the bodies before this morning. All three children were in an uiwtairs room. A pet dog died with them. Mrs. Iterry Smith, mother of the two Smith children, is somewhere in California, while the where abouts of the father is unknown. The couple sepa ra t ed recc n 1 1 y , leaving the children In the care of the Seefelds. E SAX FHA.NCISCO, Dec. 1 A charge of issuing worthless checks, ' filed against Sackville Htoner of New York, has been withdrawn by the Fairmont hotel here. Mrs. toner's mother tele graphed $721.8 yesterday to cover a worthless check given by the daughter. Miss Stoner is well known os an author. She made appearances as a public speaker when only four years old and attracted much at tention at the age of six by her ability to speak eight languages and use differential calculus. ( OF FRIENDLY BULLi SAl.KM, Ore., Dev. 1 0. (4') Hen 1-oy W'omer, 41, prominent farmer living near Alrllo, wuh found dead in his barn last evening following an attack by a 2-year-old Jersey bull. The fumily, uneasy nl nis I,,,, nlisei.cn from the house, found his mutllaled body. The bull was emergency employment anprop.-la-coni ldered harmless mid had never . lion 111 the form which drew opp.v ... ... i ..l.l.... ....u. .. I.. Ihn ui.lllifn Tile been known to attack anyone. Mrs. Womer and three daughters survive. Voodoo Worshippers Slay Child as Sacrifice Offer HAVANA. I lee. 1I.W"I The M.cr.-t pnllre are lnvcs.l.lK rj -".'m , m. frm b. pens thut vomlno worshlppcisj w,,.rny frwned upon, but w-m-:ir lluv.ina recently derapltaled nay (.rs up In Nplte of the a small child for (he puipoKe nf, vlKllance t apriorities. Whenever makttlK n sacrificial offcrlnx to I'bnnKo, the liiyilllcul nod of the; cult. Cuban voodoo worshippers arc , descendants of former AfrH oi'Q'nun liair. root", neros. irors . slaM-s who uracil, e human a - FOR DEATH OF KLAMATH WIFE Lavern Carter Pleads Guilty Night Before Trial Begins Nacker Found Guilty by Jury. KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 1C. (fl1) Lavern Carter, realtor, whose trial on irVt dei.-ee murder charges in connection with the beating to death of his brldo of twjet months, Annetlo Carter, was scheduled to start today, pleaded guilty last night to a charge of manslaughter. The fatul heating vi at administered September M 7. dieter, wu4r-eiitont'ed to 16 yein In tho state penitentiary and fined 100. Carter was accompanied to the co u rt h o u ne to make his plea by his mother, who broke down after sentence was passed on her son. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 1. Donald Nacker, who shot and killed Fred Dunbar at Summit lake September 1 , was found guilty of murder In the first degree with a recommenda tion of life Imprisonment here Inst night by the Jury eight min utes1 after the cast was placed in their hands for deliberation. Judge (i. F. Sklpwortb of Lane county, who conducted the trial, announced sentence will bo Im posed or a time set for sentence this morning. WEST IN JANUARY nriEHAXK. Colir., Dec. 10. (P) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh telegraphed Carl U. Squier, alr plnne manufacturer, early today snylng be would take delivery on a i.ew wing designed to Increase the need of his airplane "short ly aftir January 1." The trans-atlantlc flyer was ex pected here this week to have the wing fitted on his plane, but he said be wished to spend the Christmas holidays in New Jcr ney. After the wing has been fitted Cl. Lindbergh expects to tour Smith America. conferees AGREE I WASIIINOTON', Bee. lfi. (IP) Conferees of the senate and house : agreed today to thu $1 1 U.OOO.UOO ' J"""' " , . ", " ' i report will be returned lo the Ben- j I aii; later In jBrty. rllic ns pa r nf their reunion of tho secret mceliiiK places i. it lu Imincd mil V rjk(,n U) ,, , pmH.rnalla owed In their Incantations, whi h conlt of bones r.f iinlmali", hu- uie use, it s.w.cu nnu RED TIMBER WORKERS IN IAD PLIGHT Thousands Face Starvation Work Long Hours on Scant Rations Clothing, Housing Inadequate Horror Told by Refugees. LONDON, Dec. 1 6. A) Charg ing that literally thousands are on the brink of starvation in I'usslanJ timber oamiw, with many dying daily after working 12 bourn or j longer a day with scanty rations, ragged clothing and poo;- housing, three Russian refugees here de-' .scribed renditions in tho camps. The stories of the refugees were contained In a letter from Sir 1111 ton Young, member of parliament, to Prime Minister Hamsay Mac Donald. Horrors of dUeaio and starva tion in tho Soviet's frigid Archangel eumps were described by the three men who stowed away on a timber boat bound for England. The prime minister promised to investigate the revelations. Given Scant Hat ion, Tho refugees said each man Is given two and one-hnlf pounds of bread for each day's work. If ho hu been unable to finish tho as signed task In the allotted time, they declared, part of his ration Is withdrawn. More than 50,000 political pris oners are engaged solely in loading boats at Archangel, the refugees declared. A proportionate number In n Id to he scattered through tho vast forests, felling and transport ing trees. More than 13R.000 prisoners nro said to be concentrated In a string of unsanitary camps ulung the Dvlna rlvor where the temperature often is 4 6 degrees be'ow zero. T. l.os ANnm.ns, Hoc. m. W PcurrlHTH comhlnK Ufuth V:illoy for triiopH ol llalph O. Knrnum. New York Iheutrloul booking npont inifiHltiff Hlneo early in No vember, worn oi'RiinWnR nn nlr llane Hourehlliff party today to aiiKinent KfoupH trekkln on foot. A clone, friend of the mlxxlng New York theatrical man, who gave IiIh name at) l.eo MorrlHon, mid he expected to charter a plane here, fly to naker'H landing field In Death Valley and nklm low over valley trallH to locate Farnum. COUNTRY SEEKS DULL BUSINESS Lamont Sees Characteristic Energy in Work to Im prove Conditions Foun dation Sound. XKW YOltK, Den. 16. OP) Thomas W. Lamont, partner in J I. .Morgan ft Co., has with respect to business one point to ure: "The American people, with their char actcrlstlo enemy, have set to work to do all within their power to improve the situation. In an address to the members of the New York stock exchanKO yesterday, ho continued: "Our fellow citizens nil over tho land have risen to the emernency with splendid goal nnd unselfish- rt 'so. on every able you see our bu Iness me'l hard nt work, trying l.j 1 vlp correct tho Ills ot over production, over-buylnK, over-lior-roivInK and over-speculating the same soi ot over-stimulation 1n vttlalily h'arkinit similar periods in business -ycles of this country. "IIiIh hut veek has been one of epcclal eoncei.t for tho New York community, beca'iso of a bank sus pension of consl'lerablo propor tions. Rvcn thniiK. the Institution In question hsd lobi; ieen regurded with unenslness. never. hclcs mtny people have asked themselves whether Its ills are at al.' sympto matic of tho New York hnnklng comniuiiy. "Vou nil know as well ns 1 they nre not. qYou know ns well ts 1 that the tending banking institu tions of this city are sound, stron, nnd a bulwark lo tho community." FOR MISSING MANWIFE ADDICTED REMEDIES Widows of Abu Remain Penriu By Court Action ISTANIU'L, Turkey, Dec. 1 (!. UV) T h e four w i d o w s, daughter and seven sons of the former Sultan Abdul I la mid. remain penniless ac cording to the finding of tho Turko British tribunal, which decided today it was not fr competent to handle their suit for restitution of proper ty of the former sultan seized by (Ireat Britain. The royal derelicts, who are now penniless, sought re- 4 turn of properties In Irak and Palestine valued at ?SO,0i)0,- 000. 4 . RIFLE BULLET a a BT. FALLS BOY Wayne. Whaley Seriously Injured by Accidental Dis charge of Gun in Hands . of Brother. Wayne E. Whaley, 18. was in n serious condition this afternoon at the Community hospital suf fering from an accidental gunshot wound In the abdomen sustained 11 o'clock this forenoon at the Whaley homestead on the Butte Falls road. The shot was fired by a younger brother, Bert, 10, who was handling a .22 special rifle. Tho boys were In a bedroom when tho accident occurred, ac cording to relatives, who this af ternoon were not thoroughly fa miliar with tho detnills. After being wounded the youth walked over to the cabin occupied by tho Whaley family and was then rushed to the hospital here. The bedroom was In a building a short distance from the eablm - The wounded' "youth hns foot lost consciousness but the wound Is declared to be serious. 10 L KANSAS CITY. Kan., Dec. 10 (P) Major Churles A. Hhepard took the witness stand in his own defense today In his trial for the alleged poison murder of his wife and testified Mrs. Hhepard was addicted to lbtior and feared in sanily. Tears came to tho eyes of the defendant as ho related how he discovered his wife was a drinker on their honeymoon after their marriage In Ixn Angeles In 1M6 Major Hhepard appeared calm and answered questions In a clear tone. Do testified that Mrs. Rhepard's mother became "violently insane" and said his wife had expressed fear that "she was going to bo like her mother." These fits of despondency occurred, ho said, nt times when she was drinking. rollTl.ANU, Dee. 16. (IP) The 12 Jurors who heard the trial of Itohert Cordon Duncan, ' Oregon Wildcat" nnd radio speaker, chniKed wllh criminal libel, ro ported to tho court today they could not ngree. They had been dellbernting on the case since 3 p. m. Monday. Thtt charges were based on nn attack on llobert Mount, manager of the Portland llctter lliislness bureau. 4 The Noted Dead C'RAKOW, Poland, Dec. 1(1. (P) I'rlnce Caslmlr Lubomlmkl, first Polish minister to the I'liltcd States, tiled here today. I'rlnce Iaihnmlrskl was minister nt Washington from 1911) to 1122. TWO BANK BANDITS DIE BEFORE GUNS OF POSSE 8IPICI.U III., Dec. 10. (P) A spectacular chase that started Im mediately niter the. robbery of the Clll.eus' hank nf Clinton, lnd end ed In a corn field near liore todny with two of the robbers shot nnd killed by a posse and a third man wounded. PIERCES BODY LIQUOR SAYS MAJOR ON TRIA LOCAL CASE ECHOES OLD llnnnni niim Bull UAYo Suit by Enyart for Interest and Rental Share in Nat atorium Recalls Promo tion and Operation of Amusement Center, Names and an Institution that figured prominently in the "1910 boom" in this city trod forth today In the suit of J. E. Enyart, former local banker, against F. E. Mer rick (deceased). Airs. Grace D. Brown, widow of W. If. Brown, nnd JI. C. Kentner, former Med ford merchant prince, who, with Enyart, promoted and constructed the Natatorium. Enyart seeks one-fourth proper ty Interest and one-fourth of all rentals. The amount involved la In excess of $30,000. The suit won filed In 1927, and the litigation dates back to 1910. Enyart claims In his complaint that with the formation of the Natatorium and Amusement com pany, which was Incorporated at $60,000. he Invested $20,000 be sides other monies. Negotiated Loans The complaint recites that In the early days of tho Natatorium, $15,000 was borrowed from Col. Gordon Vorhles, with 495 shares of capital stock as security for the note. A few years later, another $16,000 was borrowed from the Wells, Fargo Bank of San Fran cisco. Enyart asserts that he ne gotiated the loans, and appears to have been "the financial man" ot the enterprise. He now seeks a settlement, "without prejudice for an account ing," which Includes the sale of land owned by the Natatorium company, now occupied . by the building used by the Scherer Motor- company. Three . tracts of lund belonging ,to the company were Bold; v ' Deaths Tanftle Skein - In the' answer to the complaint the defendants assert that Enyart has been "guilty of laches," which In non-legal language means that he slopt on his rights, and that they are hampered In presenting a strong defense, by reason of deaths . among those actively Identified with the project. F. E. Merrick passed away about a year ago, Clarence L. Reamos, former prom inent attorney ot southern Oregon and the northwest, passed In 1928, and V. H. Brown was called In 1915. H. C. Kentner 1b now In the oast. , , The defense, sets forth that shortly after the building of the Natatorium lean years beset it, and It was a financial failure. The Merrlcks operated it at a loss for a number of years. In 1921 the tourist travel over the Pacific- highway was at its flood and the Merrlcxs evolved the plant Into a motor Inn and auto camp that became nationally known. Made Profitable They paid off, It Is asserted, about half of a $160,000 Indebted ness, and Invested other sums In Improvements. By their efforts, the defense contends, the plant was made fairly profitable, and allege that Enyart manifested no Interest In Us welfare until within the Inst five years. The Natatorium Is one of the landmarks of the city, nnd at the time of Its dedication was rated as one of the finest places of its kind on the Pacific coast. In Its earlier (Continued on Page 6, Story 1) Will BEVERLY HILLS, Cnl., Dec. 16. Einstein left New York flut nnd in headed for Holly wood. If he's got a theory tlmt nobody knows what it is, or. whnt it's ull about, why thero is a half dozen companies here that will buy it and produce it along with other enigmas of our own that we jmt out. nis theory is that "there is.no space." Wait till he sees the vacant room on some of those miniature golf courses. Well, we will ho waiting for him here. Hollywood can meet him on equal terms. We don't know what his "racket" is, and vice versa. i 9
