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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Medford Mailt Temperature Highest ycsicrriay 39 l..K's( this morninjt 21 l'i''l()ii:iii(.a To ; p. in. yesterday 00 To fi . in. !!) 00 RIBITNE Forecast: Tonlirht anil Thursday rain; wanner lonlfln. Twenty-Fifth Year EIGHTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. 1E( EM liKli .11. 1!K!0 o c No. 281. Today PLAN WIDER! Paderewski, at 71. UMU OUll Ml Millionaires, New Style. ,IVMl vwunij Smiling in Death fir nUflCMIV A Synthetic Life Cell. U f nUlllNIA I Copyright King Feature! 8ynd., Inc. Power in old iii-o is magnifi cent, seen occasionally, not often. Von Moltke, straight as nn arrow at 90, dominating wher ever lie went, had power. Bismarck, walking up the hill from his little inn at Gas tern in the Austrian Tyrol, an orderly with n switch walking iihead of him, on his way to I ell I he Austrian and German em perors what to say to each other, possessed power amazing. It showed in Pope I.eo's transparent face when he cele brated his golden jubilee in St. Peter's. And Padi-rewski, 71 years old, posssessed it yesterday af ternoon as he walked across the stage in Carnegie hall to play( for the young people's symplio-ny-philharmonis concert. Kvery human being in the great hall, crowded from the floor to the topmost gallery, rose as he entered.. He was there, ''not. to entertain, but to pommand, and impress. : He played with the power and spirit of youth and the au thority of age. "Musical .critics will tell you how and what he played. ' The important thing is that.'his power .of personality plays lipon: the-'ima.g'tta.tions 0f men and rules thdm." Hoech fetes glueck der erdenkinder sei nur die persoenlichkeit, says Goethe.' If any young musician is dis couraged, let him remember Paderewski's experience. In tending to play the violin, he consulted a famous German teacher. The latter said to him : "You will never be a musician, so you had better play the piano." . In old days, a man with one million dollars was "a million aire." That modest pittance no longer means anything. A "mil ionaire" in the financial lan guage, is one who has one mil lion or more of yearly income. ; In 1928, 511 Americans told .Uncle Sam they had incomes of one million dollars or more. Several have fifty millions a year, and at least two or three have more. They represent the the beginning of our billionaire class. Tlii'rc arc probably six, certainly four, men in the I.'nited States worth a billion. And that harms nobody, of (Continued on Page Four) Abe Martin AH Is not gold Ilia? glitters 11 red apples arc not Jonathan. Now that It Is too nol (o stay In Iho open a good stirf law malt In felony ii rqrtte poetry o'er the radio Is one o' the na o' inr hour. (Copyright John F. TJllle Co.) Highway Commission and Federal Service Include Phoenix to Ashland Unit for Portion of Huge Ex penditure in Oregon. SALEM, Ore.. Deo. 31. MP) Widening of the entire Pacific highway between Salem nnd Port land in the reasonably near future is believed to be indicated by in structionH given by the. stale high way commission to Highway Kn glneer Klein in Portland Tuesday to investigate iho cost nnd other detail of a proposed widening of the Halem-Oervals stretch as pavt of the lit 31 construction program. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. HI. p) Kxpendltnre of the. $I.70.IIU0 emergency forest and federal high way funds for Oregon was tenta tively outlined by members of the state highway commission and rej resentutives of the United States forestry service and bureau of pub lic roads at a conference here yes terday. The funds, which will become available under the appropriations passed by the present -congress for unemployment relief, will be ad vanced to the state, $1,300,000 on federal aid projects serving In the nature of a loan to the state, and about 400.000 expected to be made available from forest road emer gency moneys. The 12 federal aid projects, list ed several weeks ago. were approv ed by the state highway eominls sion, and Koy Klein, state highway engineer, ordered to prepare sur veys, for completion of the work by September 1. i Advance Program Four projects, totaling J620,000 In estimated cost, were advanced from the regular 1932 program for forest road construction. and made a part of the emergency program. They are the Willamette highway, Slttslaw hlhghway, North Santiam highway and the Heppner-Spray road. The largest amount was allowed the Willamette highway, $2S5,0'j0. for the completion of the highway Into Oakridge. The Slttslaw high way from Mapleton to Florence was allowed ?60,000, North Santi am $100,000 and the Heppner road $75,000. ' The 12 projects designated for federal aid emergency funds were: Cireensprlngs highway, Keene creek west, grade widening. Oregon-Washington highway, Pi lot Rock-Nye section, grade widen ing. Phoenix. Ashland Road Pacific highway, Green Creek di vision, Josephine county; Salem Gervais, widening pavement; Phoe-nir.-Ashland. widening pavement. Salmon River highway, Valley Junction-Grand Ronde, grading. The Dalles-California highway, Klamath Falls north, grading; Sherman county line-Shanlnko grade widening. Umpqua highway, tunnel and grading 1.&G miles: three bridges nt ICIk creek, and Wentheiiy creek bridge. West Side Pacific highway, change at Monroe. SALEM. Ore., Dec. 31. (P) Bids for construction of about 125 miles of highway and several cul verts and bridges will he opened by the state highway commission at a meeting In Portland January 15. The jobs projected Include: Jackson county About 10 miles of regrading and eight miles of re surfacing on Kagle Point-Trail sec tion of Crater Lake highway. -. i BY ILK IN S1AYI0N SALEM, Ore., Dec. 81. (A) The death of Ray F. Newby of Htayton from Malta or undulant fever In reported by Dr. Vernon A. Doug las, Marion county health officer. The disease is rare and not often fatal. Its cause is said to be milk from dairy herds afflicted with Infectious abortion. The nource was traced In the Newby ensc. Descendant of John Adams At White House Festivity WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. &) A-dc.o-cendnnt of the first occupant of the White House and the aon of the present one. danced in the east room of the presidential mansion last nltnt. It wan Allan Hoover's New Year party, a thoroughly youthful af fair to which the prsident and Mrs. Hoover Invited a couple of hundred gu'Kts, sons ami daugh ters of their friends nnd of govern- j mnt officials. TH partner for the flrt dame wis Fancy lfnmnn Snake Bite Cure of Tradition Has Bad Effect, Claim .' 4- CLEVELAND, O.. Dee. 31. (Pi A drink of whiskey docs no good in case of snake bite, and may actually make it worse, especially if n large amount is taken. Dr. Albert Moore Reese of West Virginia university ex plained this today before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Reese is investigating the effectiveness of the use of potassium permanganate, long considered an antidote for . snake bite. ! Grand Jury Returns Murder Indictment in Stabbing of Broker's. Wife Defense Ready for Trial Hint Venue Change Plea? PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31. (P) An early trial was predicted to day for Nelson C. Bowles, million aire, and lrma Loucks, his former secretary. Indicted for murder in connection with the stabbing No vember 12 of Mrs. Ieone Howies. John Collier, defense attorney, taid he expects to be ready for trial any time the state has its case In hand, Stanley Myers, dis trict attorney, is working to com plete his records that the case may be in shepe when his successor, IjOUis L . Langley, takf s- office the first o'c the year. Bowles und Miss Loucks were Indicted on first degre murder charges yesterday. They declare Mrs. Bowles stabbed herself when she learned of their intimacies. Myers said Bowles and Miss Loucks probably will be arraigned (Continued en Pag 6, Story 1) McNary Promises Iowa Farm Head Alleged State ments Will Be Submitted After Holidays. DKS MOINES, la., Dec. 31.(A Senator McNary, republican, of Oregon today Informed Milo Reno, past president of the Iowa Far mers Union, that statements alleg ed to have been made by Alexan der Legge would be submitted to the sefiate agricultuial committee at "Its first meeting after the holi days." Reno wrote Senator McNary after Legge had characterized John Simpson, National Farmers Union president, as "an unmitigat ed liar." following . a speech at Oklahoma City In which Hlinpson charged the chairman of tho fed eral farm board with having told an executive meeting of the senate agricultural committee that the farm board could rnlse or lower the price of wheat or cotton at will. In his letter, Reno declared "A lexander Legge's latest state ment Is an Insult to organized far mers In general and the Farmers Union In particular. It Is lime to call n holt to this gentlemnn's ex travagant and orbit rnry state ments." great great great granddaughter of President John A'ms and niece of Char leu Francis Adams, present sretary of the navy. The dance was short, beginning at ten o'clock and ending with supper at midnight, which Is far from the usual hour of suspending gaiety In lefs format hOies of the capital. At the supper cunui agnin a touch of tradition. To Mis Horn fins Wftf brought a pi'O of r.ilfp on the selfsame plate her dis tinguished aiO'stors Used. , is mm I II I II I I 1 I II II . . . TRIM SIN lllll IL UUVI I - .Y-.-----rT-;.-: PDHniPTinMlSTATE GRIDIRON II ARRESTED I 111 I llll I II 111 I IILUIUI IUI 11 LEGGE'STNSULT WILL BE EYED BY COMMITTEE HOOVERS AT mm hM I 5-It? ill a lit ' A ssociMtta Ptess Photo President Hoover presided at Washington's community Christmas festival, an outdoor event. Here Mr. Hoover Is shown with Mrs. Hoover and hit son, Allan, home from college on the left. Dehlnd them the community Yule tree which the president lighted. TITI f PPflDI CM Mill i lUU LLITI TOPIC AT MEET! PORTLAND, Doc. 31. (Pf Gathered to wrestle one more, among olhct- thit.KH, the question of ( a Htnti high school football chlHnpioiiHhlp title, the Oregon Stat HiRh School Athletlu hkho ciution met hero today. , The terms of Paul T. .lacktxm of Klamath Kalis, vice-president, and John L. Gary of West Linn, secretary -treasurer, expire today. Today's meeting marked rein statement of the Prairie City hitch school, suspended last fall when KnterpriHc protested four football players. it was expected the ago limit specifying that any hoy 20 years o afie nUr September 1 can rep resent -"his school for ono semester-' only, will be adopted. was quell BOGOTA, Colombia. Dec. 31. (P) Cavalry and lnfnntry units marching into Cnpitanejo, depart ment of Sa n ( a n d e r, tod ay we re believed capable of quieting politi cal antagonism which yesterday developed Into fighting in which eight persons were killed and 1 1 wounded. Bogota newspapers described the fight as between members of the conservative and liberal parties whose antagonisms are approach lng open enmity a the February congressional elections approach. JOFFRE IN COMA PARIS. Dec. 31. (P. Marshal Joffre's phenomenal vitality which carried him Into this Inst day of the year despite a heart attack which threatened to end his gal lant battle last night appeared to be exhausting itself this afternoon nnd at one o'clock he sank into a state of semi-consciousness. His doctors said his blood pressure was very weak. Life hangs by a thread, one of the doctors said, und death may come ut any time. I PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31. (A'l A propositi to raise certificate re quirements' for Oregon teacherti was advanced at the meeting of tin Oregon Stale Teachers' association here yesterday by Dr. H, D. Shel don, dean of the school of educa tion In (he University of Oregon. More teachers aro being trained In Oregon every year than the schools of the state can absorb. Dr. Sheldon sold. He mmgested rais ing certificate requirements to cut down the number eligible to teach and to nuke It more difficult for teachers coining In from other Htates. NO PAPER THURSDAY 1 i In accorUanco with lonu 4 hihHHhf-fl ciiHtmn, llicip will he no inuin uf tilt! Mull-TrlliNiiL' tmwMTnw, Nw Yfur'j. May. In H nrder to allow rmploynn to fnjov hi- hollihiy. YULE FESTIVAL T1tV,,,iKf,4i1 IN ON IVY STREET E. VV. Dimick and II. V. Champ aro being arraignod in the state court at Ashland this itflernnon on n charge of possesHlon of Intoxlcal ing Ihiiior and wlU be hcut by the government for bribery ns a re.snlt of the raid made at 23:tMi South Ivy street this city, by city, state and federal officers about 6 o'clock last night. Kntering the establishment un der search warrant last night the off iters found 11 gallons of Intoxi cating liquor in" bottles. Dimick and Chump offered a bribe to the officers and as a re sult will be held by the govern ment on a charge of bribery. They jyerf arrested and are being nr. fa lulled fri 'courtf his afternoon. ICAM PLANS E KEOINA, .Sank.. Dec. Jl 1 . (I) Creation of a private corporation that will use Us capital of $0.000,. 000 as a revolving fund to make loans to farmers has been an nounced by Premier It. It. Ben nett. The shareholders will be banks, transportation companies, Indus trial firms. Insurance organizations ami mortgage companies. It was not In the public interest, Bennett said, to discuss details the plan, adding that the Import tint thing was to effect lis home-! diale application to tide t'nnadlnn farmers over the present emer gency. He wild tho dominion govern ment would make no effort to fix wheat prices as that was within the Jurisdiction of the provinces, CROOTfUNE TIME IS EXTENDED WASHINGTON. Dec. 3lt7Pi The InterHlate commerce commis sion today extended until April 1, liCH, the time for the Oregou Wardilngton Hullroad & Nnvlgatlon Co. to begin construction of a 2U0 mlle Hue across central Oregon. The postponement was made he can he a lawsuit Is pending 111 the Oregon United States district co.irt. The Union Pacific and other rail roads seek to prevent building of the Hue. 4 NAVY PACI THURSDAY WASHINGTON', Hop. 31. A"l A n Kf'ture of fjoorl-wlll on Nctv Your'!! flay, lrpWl.nt Hoover lo tnormw will Iwiuo ft proclHinntlon pultinn Into ffr.M'1 llu- London niiviil lT-fnly. 9 Thi' O'iity ; lUtlfW'il ly lll f"'n;it in it xppi-l.il HfHxInn liiHt umnii.r. It Ii.'im .Inr' li'n rtill-rt.-el l- f'.riMt I'.rllnin find .lnli.m and in part hy Kninrt nnd Italy. Iterinod.i Motel Murn. HAMILTON. Itermud.i, l-r. .11. A'i Th 1 1 oic lng tf wood, where ninny d i"! tncii iMi-d visitor to lier mud.i have mayd, aim burn''d to the u'VHind t"dny. .3 LIQUOR RAD in is RGENCY FROST AIDS JOBLESS IN CALIFORNIA Twelve Days of Cold Wea ther in Citrus Belt Keeps 1000 Men Busy Tending Smudge Pots Damage Held to Minimum, Claim. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31. (TP) Jack Frost, dropping out of the north for one of his Infrequent visits to southern California, came as an agent of relief to the unem ployed this year. Per twelve rtnys frost has kept more than 1000 men bxtny in citrus groveH lending smudge pols at night. Some of the men aro regular employes of citrus growers, hut most of them have been recruited from the ranks of the unemployed. Many men have been hired to transport smudge oil. Growers near Pomona said they used more than 0000 gallons of oil a night. I amage to fruit generally has been negligible. Near Anaheim where the mercury dropped to 24 degrees Monday night some Valen cia growers estimated one-third of their crop was spoiled. (By the Associated Press.) 'J' ho unclad, cherubic little chap symbolizing the New Year of 1 i 3 1 . may got a break from the weatherman as ho steps across Oregon's threshold at midnight to the symphony of pealing hells and .full-throated whistles. For, ao the weatherman snya, warmer tem perntures will prevail throughout the slate tonight. Haiti before evening was pre dicted In Snlem, Eugene, Roseburg Portland, Klnmath Falls, Ii Grande, Medford and Grants Pass. L PORTLAND, Ore.. Doc. 31. (P) Oregon In the 11130 agricultural year, led the United Slates In a number of Important phases of crop production, according to a report furnished the Associated Press by the United States Depart ment of Agricultural Economics. Oregon produced 63.6 per cent of Die nation's hops, a total of 1 4,3r0,000 bushels valued nt f2, 1112.000. . Oregon easily led the nation In per acre production of late market , celery. I Oregon's total commercial acre age of lato variety strawberries, !H50, and their production of 12,2X5,000 crates, exceeded all the other states individually. SHRINK WIH NATION PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 31. (P) The Portland clearing house today reported Portland's totul bank clearings for 1030 amounted to $1,7(111,700,1 12. -Total balances amounted to $201,191,763. Total clearings in 1 u29 were $2,074, 370. 096, and balances for that year amounted to $366,029,726. Tho report said declines In Portland this year were paralleled In other cities of the nation. 4 HHALKM. Ore. iJic 31. W) Cait a In Oliver H. Olnon of Wood loirn nnd Ciipiuin (loorKo 1.. Put ton of Cortland, officer of tli Oregon Natlonul Uunrd, are both advanced to tlie rank of major ly order Irancd, Wedneaday from the office of .Major general McorKe A. White. Plan Gala Celebrations To Mark End Lean Year m;v vouk, pee. $i. ijp There'll be a hot lime In the old town tonight on Recount of a nw deal by Father Time. In .many wnys New York will gleefully dethrone Old Man 1!30 xymbol of the wolf at the door ami rot Joyfully crown Uttle Hoy 't.Tl fiymhol or hope. It lookflj like a gul a eolebrrition nt cut-rate! price. j I ti own n i;y mm town oosieiri'-n, Jc Vs Dimes I ?y Money n ir i r uoys Pteea ; . 0 D.W i 'ON A P.H UMI, FU., Dec. si. ,V) Dimes John D. Rockefeller distributes so freely may lit- souvwiirs to some people, but 1 ti-y'jr-old Donnie Hell of ( i inund ban a new uxo for shiny coins from "Neighbor John." Donnie goes to Sunday WhtHil the orntond union church, which the !i 1-year- old multimillionaire attends and has received occasional dimes. i- Recently Donnie needed a new bicycle tire. He got out his dimes and round he had enough for the tire. SECRET PROBE IS Special Investigator Will Give fiovernor Findings in Investigation for Decision in Case. The special investigator assign ed to this county by Governor A. W. Norbblad, for Inquiry into the death of Everett Dahack, 34, Eagle Point, during a raid on a Reese Ccreok still a month ago, completed his work yesterday and departed for Salem. Ho will file his findings with the governor within a few days. It Is expected tho chief executive will make his decision in the case between then and his retirement from office, Juntmry 12. The special investigator Inter viewed residents of all sections of the county in the Inst ten days. On this list were many citizens classed us "neutrals." It Is understood that none of the 'principals In the tragedy ' were questioned, their testlMony being available from the records of the grand Jury. Twenty ctght Witnesses were called before that body, of which George Alden was foreman. The investigator also spent half a day at the scene of the shooting. In a largely signed petition, circulated by Ernest Dahack, a brother of tho slain man, the governor was requested to order a special grand Jury and appoint a speclnl prosecutor to re-lnvestl-gato the case. Tho first grand Jury exonerated all .members of the raiding party, and In Its report, cautioned against reckless shoot ing during rnlds. -4 ' " AT One Youngster Shot in Bat tle With Posse Wanted Money to Have Good Time, Confession. CUNTONVIIXK, W'la., Dec. 31. (A') An aliened attempt to ex tort 110.1100 from Dr. W. J. Kinney, 61, ended last nlKht with the fatal Hhootlnir of a l.ryeor-olil liny and arrcHt of two youthful companions hy n poaae in ambtiHh. Dr. Finney reported to the Bher Iff ho received a letter illrcctliiK hlin lo leave $10,000 nt a fence poat on a lonely hlxliwuy. Fifteen real dentH ol' Waupaca county hid In Bhrnhbery nearhy. Three youtha got out of nn antomohlle, and nne of them, atartled hy a movement In tho Bhrtthhery, fired on the hid den poane, AnHwerlng rifle shott killed Cordon I'ope, lo. Ilia frlenda. Dotiglna Parfltt, M, nnd Howard Hiistermark IS, were nrrealed nfter n ulmpt .hnBU Tllll VOtllllM llflOIPH ' -. In (Mitifmivllln Parfltt and Iluaterniark Inter confoHsed they wanted tha money with which to hnve a Kood time. They anld they helleved blackmail would anawer their requirement!!, aelncted tho victim anil (llapatcheil the extortion letter. grlh etiftt and west side nlftht clubs, nhadowy lint lem cabaret, c-Kar-tmx (Ireenwlrh Village- re sorts, private homes and on the streets from the Hronx Zoo to the reaches of Klntbush, folks will dem motiMlrate as how they're glad It's over. The hotels nnd kindred Joy places report reeord booking nt an aver age of $12 a head, as compared with $!." on the rbint tide of proti- peril. DAHACK DEATH COMPLETED BOY BLACKMAIL GANG CAPTURED RENDEZVOUS YOUNG FOLK PRAISED BY DR.EINSTEIN Scientist's Arrival On Coast Reveals Faith in Coming Generation Greeting of School Children Gives Greatest Thrill. By WALTER B. CLAUSSEN . Associated Press Staff Writer'. SAN Dll'XJO. Cnl., Dec. 31. (fl) Albert Kinateln, maaaive Intellect of profound Bctenoe. brought to CaU . Ifornin today a theory that all may understand. lie hna (nlth In the youth to day. "Youth Is nlwaya the Bame," ho aald. Critics of modern youth were brushed aside by this "always" from the professor, who thinks in time far beyond the ages than man Is urone to conceive. Beyond all discussion of science and relativity, he went into childish ecstatic thrill as be gazed upon the regiment of school children in mid dies and shirt uniforms Binging to him from the pier. Savant la Touched "Boiuitful Illusion," be murmur ed. "Ach! He'B touched," whispered his wife, the' FVau lilsa. With beaming eyes and tremu lous voice the . professor turned after watching the band of a hun dred musicians and asked: "Professional?" "No. School children," several voices' replied - . . - "Ach! Admirable," he murmured. Then he was asked what he thought of the youth of today, and suggestions modern youth has; be come wilder and has more liberties. ' Youth Unchanged ) r "Nein. Youth la always, endless ly the samo."- And he turned again to the rail of the steamer which brought him from Germany. He feasted his eyes on the exuberant youth, singing nnd , waving to. him. The Frau Klrnt confided this was the greatst thrill of the whole trip. Id tt press Interview as the steam er milled In from Quarantine to the dock, the little Oerman physi cist and his wife, foregoing break fast, faced a Jumble of questions. LEGGE SEES END WASHINGTON, Doc. 31. OP) The opinion that she-' selling on grain exchanges ultimately will be eliminated was expressed today by Chairman !gge of the farm board. In response ' to questions, the chairman made clear he favored a restriction of ehort Belling rather than Its prohibition. He expressed doubt, however, that short sales could ever be restricted, and said if that proved to be the case he would have to go further and favor their elimination. Will ROGERS r,5gys: HRVKRMT 1IILI.S, Cul., Doe. 31. Well, the old yenr is leav ing us t'lnt, plenty flat. But iu reality it'n heen our most bene fieinl yenf. It's took some of the eoneeit put of us. We lind enjoyed Rpeeirtl blessings over otlier nutions and we couldn't sec why they shouldn't be per manent. Wo were a . mighty cocky nation. We originated mass production and mass pro duced everybody out of a job with our boasted labor-saving machinery. It saved labor, the very thing we-are now appro priating money to get a job for. They forgot that machinery don't eat, rent houses or buy clothes. We had begun to be lieve that the height of civili zation was a good road, bath tub, radio and automobile. I don't think Hoover, the Rcpub-lit-ans, or even Russia, is re sponsible for this. I think the. I,ord just looked us over and decided to set us back where we belonged.