0 o o n -Q EBlTORB 1 The feather M iAXL TRIBUTE Temperature lllghol 'CSl4l'4jiy 41 lamest this morning it 11 Precipitation To .i j. in. yesterday 02 'I'm a. in. today ,n: Foreiwst: Tonight and Siuuliiy rain. Moderate lemiM'ratui'o. i Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OK'JXION", SATLM .lAM'AKY No. 28:;. AT ENDS SUFFERINGS OF JOFFRE War Hero Passes During Coma On Eve of 79th Birthday Bells of Paris Toll Honor to Leader Who Saved City in 1914. WASHINGTON, Jan. a. (P) President Hoover cabled to Presi dent Doumerge of France today his personal and the official con dolences of the American people on tho death of Marshal Joffre. BKULIN, Germany, Jan. 3.(P) Almost the entire German press" today paid respectful tribute to Marshal Joffro as a dignified fig ure and simple hearted, patriotic Frenchman who, after hia resigna tion in lJUli, which is laid to po litic alintrigue, harbored no rancor but continued to serve hia country yin silence. PARIS. Jan. 3. 0P Death came today to Marshal Joffro. last of the chief French military leaders of tho great war. after a fortnight's illness in which it was necessary to amputate his left leg. The marshal would have been 79 years old tomorrow. The end was peaceful. Three members of his family, Aline. Joffre, his son-in-law, M. Lafllo, and his brother, Ferdinand, Gen eral Issaly, his chief of staff, Col onel Detjmnzes of his staff, his doctors and a few others, were present. J le died without com ing out from the coma which closed over hint at noon Thurs day, his life gradually ebbing since. Knd at 8:2:: A. M. The announcement was made at 8:30 a.m. A member of his mili tary household, Captain Saint Ccr nin, pnlo with emotion, emerged from tho hospital and in a husky voice telling newspapermen: "The marshal Is dead, gentlemen." lie displayed a bulletin, signed, by the physicians, 'Prof.'- Lcriehc and Drs. rioulin and Fontaine, which set the end at 8:23 a.m. Despite the early hour a crowd Already had assembled outside the hospital Saint Jean de Dleii, where the marshal has been confined for two weeks. When Information of the death was passed to news papermen, the word "inert" death passed through the crowd. Men bared their heads and wo men made the sign of tho cross. The iiowh spread rapidly through Paris, where death had been ex -, pee ted for more than a week, hells tolled and officiul circles made preparations for honors in death duo the man who In 1 1 1 4, turned the invaders back from the very gates of Paris In the epic battle of the Marne. WASHINGTON, Jon. 3. iTT) House- He pub I lean leaders plan to speed up appropriation measures to prevent an extra session. Speak er Longwerth today outlined the program. Appropriation of $15,000,000 for drought relief, a deficiency bill to cover unexpected demands on va rious departments and the annual supply bill of the war department are to be placed before the house for action Monday. on nMOTnonrrn APPROPRIATIONSfREE WHEAT TO imriim nrn in Abe Martin "Oh. shoot; I feel jest like I'd; fight against fear. 0 .finished a good book," said Mrs. j The 2 1 -year-old ft udent nurse , m Moots, after plankin' down hen at st. Hoke's hospital, whose' fifty-second an last paymeft on : greatest nemy in her strui-gbv bridge tamp. "Ever time Tell Binfor life was her apprehension 'fc-'t ley chews ; hamburber tandwicK she could not sleep outside of an it sounds like No. 18 wut an hour i H ivko m a t I i- respirator, smilingly: an' fifty-five minutes late out o, wiWiH yesterday a? hospital at-; Gabon," says Telegrapher Curtj tendants wheeled the machine! Jet. from hr room. Under Fire A-n mtui t'ifs I'li'Uft Robert Lucas, executive director of the republican national commit tee, admitted he helper) finance the last campaign against Senator Nor ris, repub'icnn, in Nebraska. His resignation was demanded in the sen.-t. Pnmnntinn in liino Will Rp uuiiviiiuuii in juuv ? hi " v Largest in History State, Says District Deputy Brown. The state grange convention, which will be held In Medford the second week of next J une is al ready being exploited in grange c ire res t)i rough nut the state, and stale grange officials are espec ially boosting that big event in Oregon agricultural circles in southern Oregon. Arthur Hrown of Roscburg, dis trict state deputy for southern Oregon, following his holding of meetings ' with granges of1 Jose phine county thin week, wag In Medford and Ashland yesterday for a short visit, en route with Mrs. Hrown for Klamath and Lake counties to do some grange organization work ami also exploit the coming Medford convention. , 'Mr will ho I he hf truest grange i convention in the history of the state," says Mr. Hrown. "We ex pect in the neighborhood of (i'iO delegaten and other visitors who will swell the convention attend ance to at least l!u(H). There will be several speakers of national prominence. All the granges of southern Ore gon, as well as the chambers of commerce of the latter section, will be urged by the state grange officers to make preparation" to co-operate in entertaining the hun-j ureas ot visitors, wno win i.h? jiciu frnm all parts of the state. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (Pi An unfavorable report on the pro posal of Senator Capper, repub lican, Kansas, to have the farm board distribute for relief purposes in. OOO.oiMi hushels of the surplus wheat it holds was made to the senate agriculture committee to day by the lxiard. Samuel McKelvie, what indus try representative mi the hoard. explained In a letter to Chairman f McNary that the board was with-j ou I a u l ho n t y to g i ve a wa y t He wheat. lie said the board was anxious to cooperate for relief but that the members left this should be done through the regular organized re lief agencies. "To give a way t he wheat," he wrote, "would impair the revolving fund ot tiiii board and use the money for purpose other than for which apii'"pt'!;'''d " GRANGERS PLAN GREAT MEEHNG HERE IN SPRING u t vrwitu r FROWNED UPON "Respirator Girl" Sleeps Without Artificial Lung t'Hir'A'ln, Jan. 3. UV- Chi-f eugo s "respirator girl, I ranees I MeOann. has won her four-month; I HE'S REM ELY AGAIN Cunningham Undaunted By Experience in Forced Landing Problem of Sal vaging $25,000 Plane Confronts P.A.T. Officials. 'OAKliMXiF, Ore., Jan. 3. P) 1 J. Russell Cunningham, Pacific Air Transport pilot, whose arrival here last night ended a two-day '. search for him In southern Oregon, today was ready to go buck to his duties In- tho overnight mall-pas-.senger service between Seattle and Medford. ; Cunning ha m d i sa p p ea red oa r 1 y Thursday while flying from Med ford to Seattle. No word was re ceived from hJm after he radioed ho would have to land. Air and land searching parties were or ganized soon after dawn Thursday but their efforts were fruitless. Cunningham's first net when he reached Oakridge was to notify his employe r,s he was safe and was ready to go back to work. Iatc last ngiht he left for Kugcne to mwt his wife, who was expected to arrive there today from Med ford. Kncminlered Fog. Cunningham said weather re ports were favorable when he left Medford at 2:15 a. m. Thursday. 1 1 wa s m ore 1 ha n an h o u r la te r that he ran into dense fog. He turned back but was overtaken by a severe snowstorm. He tried to climb above the .storm but when he had reached an elevation of 11.000 feet hi.s plane was so heavy with Ice It began to settle and he realized he would have to land. Cunningham said he knew where he was and he yet his -plane down on the edge of a lake about 30 miles from here. His landing was successful except that one "wing, the landing gear and his radio transmitter were damaged when the craft smashed -into a tree. -Tlx. flier was unhurt. The flier spent the remaining hours of the night in bis plane, listening to radio messages about hLs disappearance. Ills receiving apparatus was not damaged. Found Hard Going. Shortly after dawn Thursday, Cunningham started for oakridge. His progress was impeded by deep snow and he covered only 11 miles that day. He .spent Thursday night in the open, without fire, and re sume, his tramp Friday morning. He finally reached the Oakridge road and was nearing this city when a motorist picked him up. Cunningham said he felt no ill effects from his; experience. Officials of the P. A. T. com pany were today endeavoring to find ways and means of extricat ing the $r,ouo plijne. from the wilils of the tall woods surround ing it. Cunningham said he thought it would he necessary to completely dismantle the .hip and carry it out by pack horses. The news last evening that Cun ningham was not Injured In the crash and hail returned to civiliza tion was received throughout the valley with a general feeling of re lief after fearrt for his- safety hail bn hel, over 3 0 hours. He Is expected to return to Medford in two nr three days, ready to resume his airmail flights. Nine airplanes search for the pilot and his ship left today for their headquarters in Portland anil Seattle. "No plans have been mado to sal vage the w reeked airplane and company officials were wondering today how complete salvage ea n be effected if the ship came down In heavily timbered mountain eou nlry. Pilot i:hatistcd. When Cunningham ea lied the airport here last evening at S o'clock, h" was unable to talk long due to exhaustion following his long walk and exposure, ami local airmail officials were unable to learn complete information on the e . n d i t i o n of the ship, vn Hi ed a t $ jr.. ooi). Shortly before t he aviator tele phoned, an order for 2,100 orange eniored bills was printed by the Medford Printing company and were to have been scattered over isolated homesteads In the moun tain area. In largo black tvpe the (Continued on Paae 6. Rtorv 1) Physicians said It would never h. necessary for them to Uye the ; machine for Frances again as she' is able to sleep easily a.iHmut It.j The fight harl to be made grnlu-i ally. Kach cffoi) to do without It was Ju"t a little brn terrifylnir I than the previous attempt, until finally the (Settle whs won. j TW machine was called into ( play-' lat September when her ( lunir muneles were, gripped by in 0 SAYS fantile paralysis. "Hallelujah Cocktail" To Honor Aimee's Tropic Trip Rouses Ire of Ma Kennedy I.OS ANGKLKS. Jan. 3.(P) Mrs. Minnie ".Ma" Kennedy, moth er of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, has a bone to pick to day with one M. Hllgary, of Colon, Panama. "I don't know how to shoot," Mrs. Kennedy said last night, "but If I were in shooting distance I'd make Mr. Hltgary eat the words he has directed against my little girl." As the cause of her wrath. Mrs. Kennedy displayed a postcard sent out by Hllgary, owner of " Hll gary 's Tropic nar and Cabaret,'' describing a "Hallelujah Cocktail." which the card said was Invented Fl HKKLIN, Germany, Jan. 3. (P) Miss Amy Johnson, Rritlsh wo man flier, landed at Tempelnof airdrome near hero at 5; 34 p. m. today after a flight from Cologne. She is attempting to fly from Kuk land to Peiping. China. LONDON, Jan. 3 -General astonishment has been aroused in Oreat Itritain by departure or Miss Amy Johnson, 23-year-old aviator, on a long lone flight across snow covered northern Kurasia to Peip ing, China. At Moscow, after equipping ber plane with skis she will fly across barren Siberia and Mongolia to Peiping. I n addition to general fear for her safety, in view of the extreme hazards of such a Journey, her friends were represented today as feeling considerable anxiety on ac count of her health. The Daily Kx press said she was in HI health and had become n neurotic from the strain of her flight to Australia. The paper quoted an airman friend, George Campkin, as saying that she had never recovered. from the. Aus tralian ordeal, and Is "overstrung, irritable, depressed and restless, and does not realize what a winter flight over the sub-Arctic snow fields Involves. BREAD IS CHEAP CHICAGO, Jan. 3. (I) Bread sold as low as three cents a loaf in tho Lawndalc district yesterday. A bread "war" between two groups of bakers was responsible. The fight started a week ago when I GO bakers, employed by members of the Hebrew Master J lakers' club refused to accept a -G per cent, cut In wages and were locked out, they said. The former employes set up their own bakery and sold at three cents a pound. Their op ponents were charging five cents. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. (P The sum of fliSO.OOO for a sweep ing Investigation of telephone rates in the stato is proposed in legislation requested by the Oregon Club, Inc., according to a petition presented to the Multnomah Coun ty legislative delegation here last night. The argument for the plan was presented by Walter H. Whit beck, Portland Insurance man who said that the profits of the tele phone company were being pyra mided on high charges of service. PATENT AWARDED WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.l,lV Colncident with the opening of the National Automobile Show In New York, announcement w;ih made to day of the award by the patent office of a patent covering basic claims In the hrakr tester field. This lies been a Subject of contro versy five yearn. The award was made on claims of Grah am and Flood, now owned by Hendrix-Cowdrey Drake Tester Inc., and covers nearly patents ami pa lent applications. Grande Itonde Has Thaw LA ORANlJL. Ore., Jan. 3. - P The Grand Rmide valley is hi the midst of n January tha w today. The minimal temperature hist night was 3"r-leKi'eeM Hbove zero, rising to 4 1 Wday under a bright sun. MISS JOHNSON mm PLACES BLAME WINTER FLIGHT UPON HUSBAND WANT FUNDS FOR PHONE RATE QUIZ in honor of Mis. Mcpherson's re cent visit to the cabaret, The postcard deserihed the cock tail as made of assorted liquors, lemon and several good hard sha kes. Members of the congregation and officials of Augelus Temple, Mrs. Mcpherson's pastorate, also received some of the cards from Colon. They said they were pay ing no attention to them. Mrs. .McPherson has been in seclusion since her Illness, which she ascribed to a quarrel with her mother during which tho older woman bashed her on the nose. DYING MODEL NFAV YOIik',. Jan. 3. (P An attractive millinery model was found fatally shot on a Hrooklyu porch shortly after midnight and her dying statement led to the arrest of her grocery clerk hus band on a homicide charge. Mrs. Yvonne Cassieri, and the mother of an eight year old daughter, was discovered on the porch in the Klatbush section with three bullet holes in her body. Her automobile stood a block down the street with a revolver and five cartridges on the floor. Just before she died pollen asked her who shot her. "My husband," she was quoted as saying. Pressed for a motive she declared, "because he luvod me and I loved him.'' (Ml PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. (! The next shot In the campaign be ing waged by Commissioner Ralph C. Clyde to pave the way for Port land's entry into the power owner ship field will be fired Wednesday wit h the Introduction of Clyde's power resolution at the council session. Opening arguments In the mat ter wert? made by Clyde and Mayor George lL J taker last. Wednesday when the mayor declared Portland would do wtdl to wait the outcome of tho coming legislative session hofore attempting any power own ership action. lii LilAKhM, uumauia, .jan. - lt'( yui'cn tieicir. ckli ling-" wife of King Carol, returned to the palace at Hiieharest today, after a hurried mission of mater nal love at Urn bedside of Mi chael, once a boy king and now Grand Volvnde of Alhajulia. It was hoped when she bfl. her yesterday she would llieet Carol in I he boy prince's sick room, but her return here today wac accepted as indication that If they met there was no reconcilia tion and that they will continue their separate paths, WASHINGTON, JhH. 3. fP Veterans' Administrator Hi lies re plied today to criticism that Inter est rates for veteran loans were too hl.'.fh by declaring that rates throughout the country are in-low the maximum six per cent that may he charged. At Hie Kiine lime, Representa tive LdM h Nouive Rogers, eh a Ir an of the veterans' suh-eommitte on hofpftnl construction, assi-rled j the tide of sentiment favoring cash payments on Vetera us' adjusted compcniim certificates wm eu dn ngering needed hospital leglsla- j Hon. I REACH LOWES! LEVEL WINNIPHG. Jan. 3 , (!') Park er J. Mnloniy, Australian minister of markets and transport, express ed the opinion here today that the wheat markets of the world have reached vti'eir bottom. "A rising market. Vjre said, "will not be long delayed." PI SIM OCEAN HOP VIA AZORES Red Haired Widow and Fly ing Mentor Point Plane for Paris in Pitch Dark nessCarrying Pay Load and Luck Emblems. HAMILTON, Hermuda, Jan. 3.- fPi The American monoplane . Trade Wind on the first leg of a flight to Paiis had not arrived here at 5 p. in. ( K. S. T.) At that hour it appeared the air plane, on a pay load f liglu from New York to Paris, had no chance of arriving before darkness. Vlsl- t bilily had been poor all day. During the afternoon, the steam ship Hermuda reported the Trade J Wind 3oo miles off this land at I 1:30 a. m. No further news of j the plane's whereabobuts has been j received here since then. When the Hermuda reported the Trade ; Wind, the monoplane was going well. NKW YORK, Jan. 3. (yp) -A red haired widow and the man who taught her to fly pointed the plane "Trade wind" tor Paris in pitch darkness early today, setting their sights for Hermuda and the Azores with a pay load. Mrs. Iloryl Harl, one of tho few women lo hold an unlimited trans port license, and Lloul. William S. MacLareu, former navy flier, took off from the Glenn H. Curtiss sea port in Queens m f:G0 a, m.. cir cled the field several times in the glare of searchlights and headed j over Manhattan, finally roaring: away toward the tip of long Island. Several minutes later an escort plane, occupied by W. I). Camphell. 10. M. Smith and C .1. SlrU UIand, j friends of the pilots, followed them Into the air, intending to accompa ny them several hundred miles. Lieutenant MacLaren was at the controls on the getaway but Mrs. Hart was expected to replace, him soon nl'ler the start and do tho bulk of tho piloting. I loth were dressed In spotless aerial togs, un- HoNed by (ho grime of land take offs, and Mrs. Marl wore a five-leaf clover, a rabbit's Foot and an In dian penny as emblems of good luck. CULPRITS SOUGHT RIVFRSmi-, Cal., Jan. 3. f7P) Investigators of the district attor ney's office here sought truces to day of two masked men who ta rred and feathered M rs. Anna Wood, (ill -year-old homesteader Thursday. Mrs. Wood, suffering from se vere burns caused by tho applying of the coat of hot tar In a barn on her homestead ranch located ATt miles east of hen?, whh unable to aid in establishing the Idenllty of her assailants. s START OPERATION MARSIIKIKLI), Ore.. Jan. :i. (P, The now year brought Cook Hay Indus H ieH on a producing basis. The Kvhiih auto loading plant hero and plant No. 4 of the Port Orford Cedar Products company In North Rend, employing HO men and wom en, roMi'tind operations today. The Conn Hay Logging comiiany In North Rend began ;(s Hi-H oper ations yesterday and Hie Coos Ray Lumber euinpany will start work Monday, employing more than Goo men In both the mill and logging operations, Garrison III JKUHKY CITY, N. .1., Jan. f'( Lludley M. Garrison of Hen bright, secretary of war In the first cabinet of President Wood row Wil son, Is seriously 111 at the home of friends here. Actor's Widow Will Marry Kelly Is Gotham Report NFAV YORK, Jan.:! -f'I'j" Paul Kelly and Uondhy Mackay, both of w hom nerved rms hi San Qiientiii prison as the result of the death of her ! n i : 1 . i 1 1 m 1 . Ray Raymnitd, after a fist, fight -"h Kelly, have been reunited ii.CP' W Yotk. They Were seen together on New Ve.i i eve, and it h.M heen reported that they will he married as noon as Kelly's parole term expires, Relief Senator C. A. Swanson told the senate that Virginia farmers were in dire need and urged the appro priation of $60,000,000 Instead of 525,000,000 for relief of farmers stricken by drought. 7 AS ESSENTIALS Abolition Service Commission-Optional Home Rule for Cities, Hydro Commis sion Included. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 3. () The Portland Telegram said today it. learned from "authoritative sources" there are seven "ossotitial points In tho program to he en dorsed by the new state adminis tration." The paper says It under stands Hi" hulk of this legislation Is being drafted by A. K. ('lark, Portland atlorney. The seven points are: Abolition of tho present stale public service commission. Creation of a new commission of one, thorn of mosit of thu present Judicial powers, and charged with the representation of tho people. Optional home ruto for cities In regulating utilities. Creation of hydro-cloctrlc com mission of three appointed by tho governor, lo control power rights In tho stale. The so-called "grange bill" prop erly safeguarded. Action by the stale to speed fed eral development of the Columbia river possibilities. Abolition of thu law providing "cerlll'lcates of necessity" for cro uton of new utilillcB. T PANAMA CITY. Jan. (T Panama, Um government overturn ed In a. brief revolution which brought death lo to persons, to day awaited the return of its new president - designs I e, in; I on Rlc ardo ,. AMaro, minister at Wash ington. I Jr. All'aro cabled from Washington his acceptance of the post. Meanwhile a provisional gov ernment, bended by Ur. Harmodlo Arias, a leader of the iMthinlau republic's young bloods, acte.d to restore" onler throughout the coun try, arresting the lending Hgures of (he old regime and seeking in pi on unc lame nt os ,o allay public fears of further violence. Flo rem-lo llartnodio A rose ma na, who yesterday resigned tho presi dency be has held since I Hi! 8. was conrincd to his quarters with other government officials, In eluding Archibald'' Hoyd, gov ernor of the province of Panama. It uas believed Hint he Will be released shortly unless II Is de elded to bold him for trial on charges of rfna I feasance. Seaside. -- New office and din-, ing room added to Mercer bos- Pltal. I KelhOnelther affirmed nor de nied the report, today, but called attention lit I he fnQ that under terms of hb parole from Kan (Jilelitlt) lie is not permitted to ma rry. The actress f-pent In months In San talent in and Kelly whh t here two yiirn before he was released on parole. Keren Hy he has been playltv; t he lending male role In the dramatization of Vina Delmer's novel, "Had Girl," Urges 4.isocfdd Presa Photo MEIER PROGRAM HOLDS N DR. A A PRESIDEN OVER PANAMA 1 931 AUTOS APPEAL 10 FAIR DRIVER New Models Easier to Han dle Pointed Radiator and Somhre Hues in Vogue Low Bodies Have More Speed, Pickup. NKW YORK, Jan. 3 (P) Trends toward pointed radiators, more sombre hueal low bodies of accen tuated length and increased speed ami pickup for tho 1!)31 auto mod els were revealed today with tho opening of tho 31st national auto mobile show at Grand Central palace. Of tho more than 3u0 new car and chassis models displayed, every one revealed Homo change in design or mechanical improve ment. Fight cylinder cars led the sixes by a slight margin. Manufactur ers said they sought "bodily stead iness" as well as beauty. Open ings to front and back compart ments were generally wider. Colors Arc Subdued Tho swing away from tho ultra bright colors of former years was ilefinito with pastel shades of green, black, brown and maroon leading in popularity. "Wiro wheels were in color' and chromium. Tho manufacturers said in creased speed reflected I m proved roads and long trunk highways which permit speeds up to (55 miles an hour for long distances, whllo complications of traffic necessitat ed quicker pickup. There also was a trend toward larger fuel supply tanks. Kspoclally addressing tho Indies the manufacturers' claim their new models are easier to handle under all driving condition. There will bo less fatigue for long distances, they say, and clutches will respond to fealher-llko pressure. Adjustable Scats Adjustable -drlvors' Beats and steering columns mado their ap pearance In many models and spuro tires wero almost universal ly transferred from tho rear to tho fender wheels. Now manifolding designs for bettor exhaust appear ed In tho eights, twelves and six teens. Use of tho douhlo carbure- tors and down-draft type was moro general and manufacturers claimed they had better provision for distribution of tho gas mixluro to cylinders. E! I'ORTIjANI), Oro., Jan. 3. (P Two nnw Indictments. ciuirginK Nelson C. HowIbb mid Irnia O. lHii'kH segmrutoly with tho mur der ot Mrs. Leone C. Uowlcs, No vember Vi, tind one seeret Indict ment, wore returned by the county Kinnd Jury tills (iftotnoon. Will ROGERS HOLLYWOOD, Oil., Jan. :j. The Alnbaum Im-weevils do Rlroycd (lie Washington apple kiMH-lcrrs at Pasadena Thurs day. Washington InnJ all red suits, shoes, pants, helmets and all. They looked like eleven hollies of strawberry pop. The score soniuled like the Demo crat i convention at Madison Square (larden in 'l!4. "Ala bama votes 24 or I'tulerwood." Alabama makes -4 for Coach! Will law; Wade. I.l'ere is the best, one that happened at, thi! Rose Festival Thursday. A policema arrest ed some little boys for plunking roses from the yard at the house Einstein, the. (jreat sci entist, is stopping at .The kids then showed the policeman that the roses were not growing. They were tied on all sorts ot bushes with strings. That's one of California 'a theories thai Kinslein don't understand. O O