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The Weather Forocast: Tonight and Sunday fulr; no clutuge In temperature. M MAILTR EDFORD Temperature Highest yesterday . 43 louost tills llionilne It I'rivlplmiinn ' To 5 l. III. ycMcrday 00 To fl n. in. tmlnv 00 IBUNE Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, ORKOOX, SATURDA V. I )MCH.M HKR 27. 1r.O. No. 277. JOFFRE OF E Amputate Leg of Aged Mar ' shal in Attempt to Halt Ravages of Gangrene Scant Hope for Recovery Secrecy Maintained. 1 FAM NFARS END ( TARIS, Dec. 27. () With one leg amputated because of gan grene developing in the advanced stages of arteritis Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, lay tonight between life and death and his doctors nppeared to hold little hopo for hia recovery. T There was an air of mystery about the old hero's illness, for his physicians declined to say where the patient was. They diHclosed, however, that the amputation was performed last Saturday and that j' Mine Joffre had persistently re- fused to permit announcement of her husband's condition. The operation took place last Saturday at the private hospital of St. Jean De Lieu, where the marshal was taken whn his con dition became alarming. Gangrene Monaco Amputation was imperative said Dr. Boidin, the distinguished physician who has attended Mar shal Joffre since the beginning of his illness several months ago. The patient's arteries were inflamed to such a degree, the doctor said, that gangrene, which often de velops in the advanced stages of this disease, threatened the mar shal's life. It was the right leg which was amputated and because of the patient's advanced age he is nearly 79 and his generally weakened condition, there nppear ed to be scant hope that he could pull through. In a bulletin issued this evening the marshal's doctors said his con dition remnined unchanged with the pulwe rate 76 and the tempera te ture 102.2 degrees. " Marshal Joffre, whose full name Is Joseph Cesaire Joffre, Will be 79 years old January 12 next. In the course of his extended military rareer he , has successfully led campaigns in Asia, Africa and Europe. : . He was born in 1852 at River saltes, at the edge of the eastern Pyrenees, of Spanish lineage and was one of eleven children. The Franco-German war interrupted his studies .as a youth and he took part In the defense of Paris in 1870. In Formosa After the loss of his first wife he applied for a transfer to Indochina- and aided in occupation of Formosa in 1885, remaining three years at Hanoi as chief of engi neers. In 1892 he wan sent to Senegal and In 1893 led a column on Timbuctoo entering the town 4 on February 12, 1894, after march ing nearly 600 miles. Mle became a general of brigado In 1900 and a general of division in 1905, nnd was called to the superior war council in 1910. In 19U he became chief of staff and vice president of the council. He took up the post of commander-in-chief of the French army on August fi, 1914. Two days after Germany declared war on France, and thereafter for two years the history of his life was the history of the war in the west Itself. His greatest victory, perhaps, was on September 6, when he threw, the Germans back on the Afsne in the memorable battle of the Marne. Abe Martin ton il HUH q If yon're ont of a job rou'il bct- T prut-iii-in up on Mioveittr, fcr the govcr'bciit 14 goln' to Npcnil billion on public hnpmt mcntN. 'Yon kt inU pr-hlhltion MictxAs all you hlmne pIciim-. btn "Swwl Adeline" Ih forty time as pop lar at H twenty yeam ago' dtK-UrrH THI flint ley. (fopyrlght John K. DlUe Co.) Aussie's Autograph On Shapely Shank Draws Reprimand SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 27. (A) Because he wrote his autograph on the shapely f 'calf of a pretty girl passenger fr on the liner homeward bound 4 from London, a member of 4 the victorious -Aus t r a 1 1 a n ! 4 cricket team which recently 4 toured England has been 4 reprimanded by the body in fr control of international 4 cricket. f Members of the team had pledged themselves not to 4 4 sign autographs in nny cir- 4 cumstances, as autograph 4 hunters had become a posi- 4 4 tlve nightmare to previous 4 4 teams. 4 4 There is no secret con- 4 cernlng identity of the of- 4 4 fending player, because the 4 h young lady proudly displayed 4 4 her Bouvenir. 4 I T Medford Armory Will Be Scene of Installation 140 Officers Public Invited to Attend. Albert Straus, young Vomona Grange master, will preside at the big installation of the subordinate Granges of Jackson county, In the Armory building, starting at 8 o'clock Monday night. Tho installation will be one of the biggest Grange ceremonials ever put on in Jackson county, and in order that the public may become better acquainted with the Orange and the nature of Its work, the Orange ia inviting, the public to attend.- ' ' I The Grange has the reputation of having some of the most beau tiful and most impressive cere monials or any secret order, so doubtless many will avail them selves of the opportunity of at tending this open Installation ofi HO officers of the ten subordin ate Granges of Jackson county, which are a part of that big farm family fraternity which has over a thousand members in Jackson county alone. Mrs. Gertrude Haak, local Grang er and former county deputy or ganizer, will he installing officer. More than 20 members will assist in the ceremony, which will ln cludemany beautiful songs and tab leaux. 4 OF ME M MHO ACCIDENT OIIKHALIS, Wash., Doc. 17. (IP) Frank Meier, 20, nephew of Oovernor-elect Meier of Oregon, nnd t'o other youns men from Portland were rushed to a hospi tiil here with serious Injuries after you Mr Meier's automobile skidded nnd upset today on the Cowlitz river bridge at Toledo. Physicians said conditions of Alfred Profbf, 18, whose skull was fractured and Slyer Swett, 20, who suffered a fractured pelvis, were grave. Meier suffered fractured ribs and a head Injury. Meier was driving northward, accompanied by the other two young men. when the car skidded into a railing on the bridge nnd overturned. Meier is the son of Mrs. Abe Meier of Portland. 4 I'OUTLAND. Ore.. T)C. 27 ' -It InveNtlgutlon of the Howies mirder ease nearly complMed. tne I grand Jury re-convened iona . lendinir ulaulbllltv to rumorM a report might he made tonight. -Hi is customary for the grand Jury, to adjourn from Friday nfternonj until .Monday morning. Nelfnn C Howie-.. S4. million-j aire, and Irmft I.nurlts Paris. L'H. h(M former neeretnry. are rnargeo with the murder of Mr-. I-eonej Howler. 3S. who wns diahhed to. death Nov. 1". BULCETIl S ritWriMtl, le. 27. ) s-ire. end llilril qiiHrtrr: YaU 0 West, 0. GREA GRANGE GATHERING MONDAY N i I BOWLES QUZ MAY BE ENDED TONIGHT RESENT NYE SLUSHFUND ASSERTION 6. 0. P. Treasurer Demands Apology From Chairman! of Election Probe Com mittee Facts On , File Regarding Expenditures. WASHINGTON', Dec. 27. tfP) Jowph II. Nutt, treasurer of the.' Republican national committee, to day demanded an apology from Chairman Nye of the special elec tions investigating committee for what ho termed "'unwarranted cbarges that a special campaign j lima sti up in me (.omniprfiiu National bank of Washington was "a slush fund." The Republican treasurer's state ment, dictated from Cleveland, bin home, to national committee head quarters, mid that at the time Nye made his accusation the facts rega rd 1 n g the fund w e re on file in the capltol. Mr. Nutt sa i d tho f 1 1 nd was r0.000 and not 4ft.000, ns Nye bad said, and that $ni,000 was expended, nil of It by check. Money Accounted For. "Every dollar," Nutt said, "has been accounted for and I have In my possesion all the cancelled checks covering the $32,000 which was sent into 1 1 states or con gressional districts for use solely i In congrev&ionnl campaigns." j The existence of the bank ac count was revealed in testimony j before the committee that it wasi used by Kobert H. Lucas, execu tive director of the national corn- used partially to pay for litera ture opposing the re-election of Senator Norris, independent Re publican, Nebraska. "Although a detailed report," Nutt said, "regarding expenditures from the special campaign fund In the Commercial National bank has. been made to "tho clerk of the house of representatives. Chair man Nye has scon fit to express his opinion that this was ft slush fund 4 ! Intended to Kill Wife, But Mind Cleared Before Deed Accomplished. Is Con fession. BOONVIM.K, Did.. Der. 27. W Shirley McNeely, 35, farmer of Tenuyaon, near here, late yester day hammered to death hlH mother, his Htepfutlier, and Ills uncle, ap parently during a fit of Insanity. The dead are Mike Uriedenharh, 60, his stepfather; Mrs. Mike Itrie denbach, tin, his mother, and Thou. Weston, 00, his unt-le. MrNeely surrendered late last night to Sheriff tieorge Ward ol Warrick county. The man told Sheriff Ward he had intended to kill his wire, her mother, and a half hrolher. Arthur Bradley, hut that his "mind began to clear up" after the triple slay-j McNeely said there had been family troubles, but that these could not he ascribed as a reason for the claylngs. He said he "did not know why" 1)9 killed the trio. WASHINGTON', Dec. 27. dVt Iemocratic leaders have not adopted ft program said Senator Hroolihart. Kepubltcnn, Iowa, to day, which will Induce him to vote with them In organizing thp tlt-xt fenate. P.rookhart had offered to vote with the Iemorrats If they would co-operate to put an end to wha he called "Melnnlm." The offer made after the elect ionf, attract ed considerable Interent leae of the clone line-up In the next F-ennte. I le. and id her Itepubll can of farmer-laborUe tendencies, could give control of the Kenate to the Democrat. Orvgnn Went her, I Fair tonight and Hund,, but with local valley fojfn; no i-hance in temi-erature. (ientle to mode, rate eat winds on the coa-t. rinnfirntunri nn rAKUWItLIA DEATH HAMMER ON 3 RELATIVES Mystery Cloaks Illness its fc53r SAW-' - s At&aoiated Press I'hntn Murslml Joffre, hero of tho 31 mine, lies critically 111 following amputation of tils right leg In a dihemtR. attempt to save tlio lift of tho 711 year old warrior. News of his com lit ion had been kept secret. PEACHES ASKS $50,000 YEAR NEW YORK, Doc. 27. (tp) No- 'ticethat Frances Heenan (Peaches) Browning, multl-niilllonalre real ok- vorce from Kuwnrd V . ( Daddy I FROM DADDY 1) owning, multl-nillllonaire real es-l meniher firms to send in certil'l tate operator, was served on ' cntes for inspection, following tho Browning today. j New York exchange's order to slop Mrs. llrownliiR's lawyers said the trading in temporary Fox Film suit would he filed within the next class A certificates, two tlnys. It will ask temporary Arthur Wood, president of the alimony of $50,000 a year and legal ' Chicago exchange, Raid ha had (lis fees of $5,0o0. I covered tho existence of other A supreme court order yesterday 1 forged stocks since Louis llsslnan named Mrs. Carolyn Meenen, Mrs. I was arrested Wednesday as hs Urownlng'8 mother, her guardian tried lo cash a $25,000 check given lor the action. I him liy a brokerage firm In ex- The suit will charge Infidelity. change for Sou shares of nlleged Mrs. Browning was not given all-1 I'ox Film slocks, mony when Browning won a suit j f UIMTCD 1MOT AT mmu HllLnl n! LAST YEAR TOTAL1 ! OTTAWA. Dec, 27.av-A llt- I tie hov worshipper overturned a POHTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27. Wljimy (,f limited candleo Into the Approximately IHS.nno acres of j Chi Islmas crib at Ht. Joseph's winter wheat were planted in Ore- j Catholic church today, and the Ron this fall, according to an esti-( resultant fire left only the llme mate of the Federal-State crop re- j Mlone walls of .the J-lfiO.flOU sti'Uc-poi-tlng service of thi department : ture standlnit. f agriculture. This acreage Is : identical with that of last year. I The average I mid to be ".'I.Oan ; acres. .Winter wlheat acrent-e planted i jin the Inlled Slates this fall forj harvrv-t In 1931 Is estimated at 4,0 l2.onn acres, the report says. ' Middie Electrical Wizard Who Kept School Quarters In Turmoil Ordered Home AN.VAPOMS. Md.. Dec. 27. A midshipman, who converted htrt riuariert Into a conninu tower from whieh be controlled electrical ap liaratim In lil dormltnry with wires. cloc ki, MfjhtM, telephone. and ele vator, ban rei-inneil and life in Haneroft ball at the Fnlted States Naval academy ha returned to normal. No longer do the corridor HkM turn from briKht lt dim. No longer doet the elevator, ued by the priv-Ip-Ked f lnt-cla.rnen. nhoot to the fourth floor when the third floor button I- prenned and then drop the nenlorf Kiiddenly to the base ment. A rid no lonitcr doen the t . ntepiece if the dep-' rted t udent tick In unison with the nia.ft'-t clock on the fir.t floor. Mystery reigned in the walls of ilie dormitory for loiiKfiw be fore the M'lT'ct of the iije. i wlrinu pyt fn w:o! disctiveed. IrreKiilar itiet were daily occurrences Oule the Fftidenls were living in O-efr fjuarteis. but in the pummer, dur- FORGED STOCK CERTIFICATES T C1I1CACO, III.. Dec. 27. (p) Tho Chicago Stock KxcIiiuiko and the Association of Stock Exchange Members have warned all their iALIAK The church, a beautiful struc- ture of the renaissance type, was dedicated In 1K!2. It hud pews' for 5u and served one of otta- ' largest parishes, The boy had attempted lo light a candle In memory of a dead relative. j inir the regular cruises, they ceased. It all a me to libt an an in spector hearfl the click of an elec tric clock behind the door of the midshipman k room. Invent igatlon I'd to uncoverine of a labyrinth of w i res running through (tne entire' wing of the buildintc. Some ex tended to tho floors a have and t-onie to the floors below. A wire ran from the clock to the master timepiece on the first floor. otlw-i-H were attached to the lights and some ran to the necotwl floor where the telephone were located, House line were tapped nnd receiver wa found hidden In a waste basket with t n even lent dip to permit Instant connections and dis on nect Ions to t he wire. f)ne of tho linO tapped extended to the oulstde world. Called before the official nf the "fhool, the st hq nt, a sophomore, whoue name is withheld, was un able to u-lve (I plausible explana tion and was Kiveri ( understand he might reftign. A TRADING LABOR WAR BLAMED II BOMBINGS! i Apron Factory and Restau rant Damaged by Latest Outburst in Chicago Sears-Roebuck Company Plant Bombed Recently. CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 27. p) Two bombri exploded alniont slmul tanentmly on the north aide lost niKht, one of them being the fourth directed against "big hunlness' within recent week. One bomb blew in the Rtcel door of an upron factory owned by Car son, IMrie, Scott & Company and damaged brick munonry, broke windowH and Hhattwred phiHtering in an apurtmeut iutosh an alley. Three peiHoiiH in the apartment were slightly Injured. Police and firemen formed lines to hold hack the gathering crowds. Tho explo sion wait heard lu Kvunston, more than ten miles uwuy. Another boinh damaged a Chin ese restaurant. Ten occupants were not injured, but four or them, in a card game, were knocked off their chairs. The proprietor said he bad no trouble or warnings. Sears .Roebuck Bombed Last WedueHdny night the Mer chandise Mart, the largest building In tho world, was bombed. The Kuruiture Mart, the second largest building and the main plant of Sears Koebuck & Company, were bombed recently ut tho Bame hour and in niinllur manner. Walter J. Walker, attorney for the Employers' Association, said alter an all night investigation of the Carson, rMrle, Scott & Compa ny bombing thut "It seems logical to believe that trouble among the truck drivers may have been re sponsible for the bombs." Walker pointed out that "all the most recent bombings of the larger companies have been ut the truck loading and receiving platforms." Officials of the truck drivers' un ion were expected to he sought for questioning today. . GAMING SHIPS HANGOUTS FOR Floating Temples of Chance Off Los. Angeles Raided by Order of District At torney. LOS ANORLKS, Tc. 27. (P) District Attorney Huron Fltts de clared today thut two gambling whipH anchored offshore were 'any lumH for RftiKHters" which carry machine gun nrenaln capable of "blowing rlKht out of the water" any nhtiiload of officers which might come ntonscHiuo. Seven alleged gambler were ar rested on charges of violating tho Htalo gambling lawn today, after Hpeetacular raids on tho two boats anchored off Lonjc Ileach. Tho raids were conducted by a pnrty of 62 police offlcern led by DlHtilct Attorney Kit I ii of I-os Ari gelca county. The barge Hose Isle and Johanna Hmlth were, boarded by the raid em. flumhllng pnra phcVnnlla In said by rollce to have been seized on both craft. ' MINIUM THIS YEAR HALKM, Ore., Uec. 7. M1) Notwithstanding a long . nnd haa nrdotui fire season, lotHe In mer chantable, timber, logtf and I f ur ging equipment nnd danmgo to settler wa smaller during the 1 !:0 eason than for nny other sincn MHO, say a statement today by State Forester lA'nn F. Crone milter. The total loss was only 179,007 in Mm 1200 flre fought during the seoson and the burned area was 52. 670 acre. STATE TAX LEVY SAME AS UNOFFICIAL FIGURE RAI.KM, Ore, Upc 27. (IP) Tin- wiiito tnx livy for Kill wiim iffh-lnlly nnnoum-ert liy Ihn Hliitp tux rommlMon dtOiiy. The total levy Of M.M J, IHII. 09 H llm HIUIIB flKtiro Ihtit win, nnnoiincfil unnf-fli-lnlly by thp romtniwlon nliotit 10 'IJ'l uo. GANG II 1 Girl Loses Leg When Flashlight '. ' Fails to Halt Train FAIUP1KLI). Oil.. Doc. '.. (A' t'ontiilt'tit her flmice, K. n. Hodsers. could las oown n fiiHt Southern Pnciric train with a llUHhliKht, Mls Ma mlts Vaniol,. 40, Vacuvillo, int in an automobile mailed on the railroad trackR early yea terdiiy. Tho train didn't stop for ltodnorH. Her riKht le waH ainimlated at a hospilul In uu cl'ioi t to nnvo her llto. CITRUS FRUJTS SUFFER FROST IN Smudging Believed to Have Held Damage to Minimum Young Warns Growers of Danger. I.OS ANORLKS, Dec. 27 OP) Smudge pots burned in the south ern California citrus belt early today as temperaturen again drop ped below freezing. Frost, tho bane of citrua grow ers, hug threatened every morning this week, with the exception of yesterday. Hmmlging has warded off dam age In ull but a few sectorn. Hed landR reported slight damage to navels In that district on Christ mas day. The Imperial valley grapefruit crop was effected by heavy frosts early In the week. No major damage to the bumper citrus crop this year has been re ported. F. I). Young, government frost observer of tho San Gabriel val ley, Lnnued a warning to growers In exposed districts that smudges would bo needed early, today, r businSlIer OF LONDON, Dec, 27. (IP) Lord Melchett, the former Sir Alfred Mond, one of Britain's leading Industrial financiers, died here this afternoon. Lord Melchett was one of Eng land's richest mon nnd had given large sums nf money In connection with the establishment of the Jewish homeland In Palestine. He was cuulrman of tho Imperial Chemical Industries, the largest chemical concern In Great Britain with a capital of f7fl.000.000 (ap proximately 1380,000,000) and was a director and officer In a dozon other financial Institutions, , OF COAST SUCCUMBS 8ALRM, Ore., Dec. 27. (TP) John Donnelly Mclntyro, 80, retired civil engineer nnd pioneer Irriga tion engineer of Seattle, Wah., nt one time brlgadrltr general In the Washington National Guard and In command of a training troop In VHhlngln during the World war, died nt Kalem early this morning. Mclntyro was en route from Se attle to San Francisco Tuesday when he heenme seriously 111 on the train and wn removed to a Salem hoHpltal. SAY HOifiiULD MAIlKif. Ohio, Deea7. flP) The executive committee of the Harding Memorial aHHocfatlon. here will meet next week to formulate an attitude toward the statement in Washington yesterday that President llov'r would dedicate thn memorial, If Invited, Hoke Donithen, secretory of the asso ciation, snld todny. PAOMDFOR LACK If AUIO TAGS SAI.KM, Ore., Dec. 27. (IP) Hov. Clement lllckn. a white man cjnlm Inu to lie a nilnlmer of tho Church of (loil, nnd IiIk neitro wife wore do tnlnod nt pollc hfitdiiuurtorH hfii'P todiiy pending purchase of ft llcenwe for their automobile which they rlalm to have tnided for "In a smitll town thin eldo of Seattle." CALIFORNIA MPnniMn nc iiLuuinu ui I GRAIN HELD ! NECESSARY Farm Board Tells McNary Co-Ops Must Meet Pri vate Merchants On Equal Ground Action Not Rec ommended, But Practical. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (JP) Higher tariff on wheat ruther than a temporary embargo as suggested by Chairman Legge of the farm board, was advocated to day by Senator Steiwer, If world prices drop to a point permitting importations over the 2 cent tariff wall. The Oregon republican said It was "essential that adequate steps be taken at once to exclude im ports of wheat because the farm board has pegged the price and If the foreign market goes down to a point where they can import over the duty, we would be buying Cana dian wheat at the pegged price."; WASHINGTON, Deo. 27. P) The farm board replied today to congressional criticism of Its trad ing In cotton and grain futures by explaining It was necessary be cuuse of the system which has been established by private opera tors. Addressing Chairman McNaryi of the senate agriculture commit tee the board wrote: "The cooperative marketing . as sociations In wheat and cotton 'are agencies set up by farmers to market their products in competi tion for private merchants. In order to compete for business on even terms, - these - cooperatives must be In a position 'to give the same services and enjoy the same advantages as a private merchant. Found Necessary - ' t "To do this they have found It necessary to make, use of existing marketing facilities, of -which un der existing conditions,, .futures . trading operations are an integral part. ...... "Resorting to hedging ', opera tions, Insofar as they find it pos sible and desirable to do bo, great ly reduces their problem of financ ing their operations. . In the past six) months, when wheat pirices have been almost constantly de clining, the, Farmers National drain corporation would have euf-i fored disastrously heavy losses if it had not hedged Its wheat sup plies." .! Not a Recommendation The board said it did not want this explanation to be taken as a' recommendation In support of the present system of future trading, adding: "But we have to recognize that, It Is the system that has been built up ovor a period of 70 years on which practically all wheat or cot tun is handled, both for domestic use and for. export; and it is our conclusion that under existing conditions, cooperative marketing associations and stabilization cor-' poratlons must In . appropriate, practical ways, deal in futures as well as In spot wheat or cotton." CHICAGO, Deo. 27. (IP) Corn advanced sharply today toward the last. Increased attention was given to new regulations permit ting extensive general use of corn' sugar. It was predicted the new . regulations would result in a pos sible additional use of 100,000.000 (Continued on Page 6, Story 1) Will ROGERS st HOLLYWOOD, Cel., Dec. 27.- Kin Hubbard is dead. To us if oiks that attempt to write a. little humor lii death is just like Edison's would bo to the, world of invention. No man in , our Alteration wus in a mile-. of him. And I am so glad that t didn't wait for him to go t send flowers. I huve said it from the stage and in print for 20 years. My dressing room when I play Indianapolis won't be the same without Kin sit ting in there. I loved his work and I loved him. Just think, just two lilies a day, yet he ex pressed more original philoso phy in 'em than all the rest of the paper combined. What n kiek Twa'.n nnd all that old gang will get out of Kin.' '