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Newspaper Page Text, , Cj Temperature 'lest yesterday 40 st this morning 32 Precipitation T l. m. yesterday 11 Tv m, today 01 The Weather EDFORD Forecast: neaday. ture. Rain tonight and Wed No change In tempera- Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OlM'XiOX, TUliSDAY, .lAN'TAKY (i, No. m M WILSON TO TAKE CHAIR AS MAYOR J City Administration Changes ' Tonight Proceedings to Be Broadcast Allen is Favored Selection As First Ward Councilman. The city administration will vim n go bunds tonight at the city council meeting when both the old council und mayor and tho new council and mayor will meet at 8 j p. m. in a sort of Joint session. Tho main portion of the proceed ings including the address of A. W. ripes and the inaugural ad dress und announcement of ap pointments by 10. M. Wilson, new mayor, will bo broadcast between 0 and 10 p. m. over KM KD. Mayor 1'ipes will preside. m Tho newly elected councilman uro Curtis Darby and ono to be I etocted tonight by the new council, j for tho first ward: D. R. Terret. i second ward; C. C. Furnas, third ward; Geo. V. Porter, fourth j ward. Tho holdover councilmen are 1. M. Kershaw, second ward; j J. O. Grey, third ward; C. A. Meeker. Tho retiring councilmen : are H. B. Hammond, J. C. Collins.! C. A. Wing and Eugene Thorn dyko. . M. Wilson, also a holdover, from the first ward, makes that 1 position vacant on becoming mayor, und the new council will elect his successor. It is probable that two candi dates will be before that body for consideration, as yesterday . local Central Labor Union members wcro circulating a" petition to be presented before tho meeting, ask ing that Jack Worsham, secretary if the union bo chosen, und several days ago a consensus of first ward rltizcns centered on W. W. Allen ns the choice for tho first ward I'ouncilmanie vacancy. May Stick to AIlcu . . Until this lust minute candidacy for Worsham was sprung tho now mayor, who hag nothing to do with and new council membership took It for granted that the matter was settled and went ahead and made up his council committees on this UHSUiuption. Jle merely appointed Ihe chairman of each committee, and left it to each chairman to select the personnel of his own committee. It Is understood, according to gossip circulating today, that the new council body will adhere to Mr. Allen, as the new proposed candidacy came too late, after the work of constituting the council committees, which necessitated much councilmanlc huddling, hud been completed. This action would not be taken as anything antago nistic to or against the Central I ak tmr Union or M r. Wa rsha m I n any way, and in fact the good will toward the labor body may bo shown by having Mr, Worsham or Homo other member of the union given appointment on ono of the appointive city bodies. LKt of Appointment f In announcing his appointments to various city offices tonight Mayor-Klect Wilson It Is reported will make no changes in the vari ous city departments at this time, ns the new council will study the workings of the departments to Insure proper rvieo and effici ency, and if they find any deficien cies as time goes on, dismissals will be made If necessary. Tho formal list of appointments (Continued on Pgo 6, Story 1) Abe Martin "Of course I know lirr, an I mneiiilMT her first tin by lumls 'Mamma shot pnw" remarked Constable. 1'tum today a lie picked up nn' hugged little 10.jver-ole Virgin Small, who's rfrdtfn' hef Eimn'iiuiH. Titer wouldn't be no business rlcprrwdott If all the wo men who've born ilollln up an' jroln downtown ' to nhop tuul bought anything. q I P Joffre's Mount Will Accompany Funeral March PAKIS. Jan. fi. uVt Mar- 8 shul Joffrc's dark buy mure, 4 Sorcicre. will walk In bis 4 funeral cortege tomorrow. 4 4 Dressed in mourning cupari- 4 4 noil witli ft silver border, she 4 4 will precede bis body from 4 4, Notre Durne to lnvulides. 4 4 The marshal selected So ret- 4 4 ere, in 1!)L'ti and rode, her until 4 4 tie was forced to abandon rid- 4 4 ing. lie w;is very at feet ion- 4 ate with horses and paid a 4 4 weekly visit to the stables to 4 4 wee So mere. 4- EVEN SPLIT Norblad to Ask Legislation Forcing Counties Turn Over One Half of All Funds Gained in Dry Enforcement to State. SALKM. Ore., Jan. 6. (P) One-half of ull funds received by the counties through enforcement of prohibition laws should be turned over to the state. In the opinion of Governor A. W. Norblad and not merely that portion of the funds until such time when the Rtate receives fiiO.000 for its pro hibition fund. The governor will recommend a change In the law accordingly, In his message to the legislature. The half of the county funds, in excess of $50,000 should continue to be paid to. the state, and-placed in the general fund, tho governor believes. This source of revenue would add Upwards of $200,000 to the state a year. Some Counties Lug Tho present law provides that after the sum of $50,000 has been reached, us the stale share of the county's fifty percent collected through prohibit ion enforcement, the balance shall be returned to the respective counties submitting the money. Complaint has reach ed the governor that some of the counties wait until the $50,000 sum has been reached by remit tances from other counties and then hold out all of its own funds for use within their own counties. State Has Kxpenso Tho governor holds that the state is at great expense in paying salaries of circuit court Judges and district attorneys in tho counties, and that it should bo entitled to half of all county funds collected in this manner. Governor Norblad 's message, whirh covers 72 typewritten pages, was submitted to the state printers today, und is expected to be off the press Thursday. The governor stated ho would not read tho entire message to the legislature next week, but would consume about twenty minutes In discussing the more Important recummendat Ions he will make. six mm COLOMI'.O. Ceylon. .Ian. H Six lives are believed to have been lost in the dramalie sinking of the Norwegian steamer Tricolor which went down Just off this port yesterday five minutes after a terrific explosion. The accident occurred In full sight of crowds who lined the shore. Those believed dead arc the en ptain of the vessel, the third of r her, one passenger, and two members of the crew," the wire less operator is also tubulin;. FOR LIQUOR FINES, AIM Nine Widows Draw Pension For Veterans Long Dead WASH I NOTO.V. Jan. .(?) I Nine widows of soldiers of the war! of Hl '2. three 9o or more years I old, and one !t", still draw pensions i for their hushunns valor, 1 1 3 years after the war endd. These nine and one daughter of a veteran form the lust . group actively linked with America's wee- find struggle for Independence. The ' last veteran of that war. Hiram t ronk. of Ava, New York, died . May 13. 1905. lie was 105 year, old. ; The ten women, who receive an ; average of $48 monthly arc; j Arminla I. Anderson, xlar Grove, Georgia, bora in 1839. ' WA1ADA TAKES WING FOR BRAZIL Twelve Italian Planes Leave Africa for 1,600-Mile Hop to Natal Hope to Reach South American Objective Late Today. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan. 6. (fl) A National Tele graph dispatch reported the "black squadron "of four planes in General Italo Balbo's transatlantic fleet landed in Natal harbor at 4 p. m. (2 p. m. E. 8. T.) Eleven of the squardon had soared over the little Island of Ferando do Nohonha, 125 miles from the mainland, between 3 and 4 o'clock this afternoon. They came first in a group of six. Then another of three. The tenth and eleventh follow ed within a few minutes of each other, heading straight for Natal, the fleet's first port of call. lift LAM A, Portuguese Guineu. Africa, Jan. 6. tPj Twelve Italian seaplanes struck south west ward across the equatorial Atlitntic to day toward Natal, trazil, in one of the most ambitious flight pro jects in the history of aviation. Undeterred by bad weather the planes took off one by one at 2 A.M.U.M.T., (U p. m. 13.8.T.. Mon day), and in murky darkness be gun the trip of more than 1000 miles to the northcuslern tip of South America. With a cruising speed of 100 miles per hour, their commander. General Italo Hal bo, Italian air minister, hoped to reach Natal in between Iti und 0 hours, or hot tween 3 p. in., and 7 p. in.. Natal timo (5 p. m., und a p. in., IS.S.T.) today. , - May Go to Huenos The flight is the longest and most difficult lap of a nearly 0000 mile air Journey begun with tic purture of 14 Hvola seaplanes from Orbctclto. Italy, for Klo Do Ja neiro. The flight may bo contin ued to Huenos Aires, which would make the total trip uround 7000 miles. Stationed between Balaina and Natal were twelve Italian cruisers and other vessels, ready to race to the assistance of any of tho squad ron which might find It necessary to come down in mid-Atlantic. As the planes took oli tho first of the cruisers was notified by radio of the departure and the word flashed along the course to the other ships, each of which sought to sigiit the squadron and flush the word back to Homo. Four Men to Plane Much of the twelve planes car ried four men, two pilots, a me chanic, and a rudlu operator. Two of the I I plu lies which flew from Orbetello remained here. They rame this far us spares to fill In should they be needed. The planes flew In four groups of three each, the first three being painted black, the second three red, the third three white, und the last three green, the colors of fascism, and of the Italian tricolor. All members of the crews ure members of the fascist nurty. TO SEA ON BERG ASTIIAKHAN, L. S. K. K., Jan. (;- lleseuo parties were mob ilized today to save the lives of fifty fishermen and their horses who wen? carried out to the Caspian Sea yesterday when a huge mass of Ice on which they were fishing broke looso from shore. A storm which was blowing at the time broke off the huge berg and carried it far from the shore upon the dangerous waters. Steam ers and airplanes have been dis patched from Astrakhan. Mak hachkala and Itanku to aid them. Marlon A. Clark, Iowa City. Iowa, H3fi. Mary Coleman, Claudcvlllc, Vir ginia, I Mo. I.ydla Ann Graham, Brushy Ilun West VIrglriJa. 13. MffV Isgrigg, Cincinnati, IMit. Carolina KifVg. KiiHt Aurora, New York, ix-tu. lJmma Mann, reenbrush, Mim-suchUM-tts, 1141. q Mary A. Williams. ThlUdelphla. hlizabeth Huron, lnWnpoliii. 153. List her A. H. Morgan, Indepen dence, Oregon, daughter, 18 37, ONE OF ITALIAN PLANES ON FLIGHT TO BRAZIL' The plane of Maj. Humbert Brazil. There ore 12 planes In ine atari or ma trip. COAST VILLAGE High Tide Wrecks Sea Wall At Tahola New Storm Brewing Off Coast-Five Men Snowbound. RAN FUANCISCO. Cal., Jan. .. (jT 'Itain. wind and snow which swept over Pacific coast states yesterday left in their wake today a flooded Indian village in south western Washington and reports that five men wore snowbound in the high Sierras hi Tuolmnnc county, California. The wind also demolished two hangars in tho Vancouver, Wash., airport. Conditions varying from local showers to fair were forecast by federal weather observers fur,, to; day and tonight. ' The prognoHtfcaturs warned ship-, ping men of a storm over the Pa cific ocean which they said was of "cxtraordfnary severity and will probably affect the far western slates toward the latter part of the week." Streets of the 111 Ho Indian vil lage of Taliola in the Quinault In dian reservation in Washington were flooded by what residents de scribed as the highest tide in the town's history. logs from the bulwark which had protected the town were strewn about tho streets. Three youths, members of a par ty of nine Han Mateo high school students, were lylieved snowbound near Sonora, Cal. Searching par ties were sent out to find them. Two mechanics were also reported caught in the deep snow when their automobile stranded, hut little fear was lelt for their safety. i IN DEEP TUNNEL liKCKLKV, W. Vu Jan. P l-'our m iters were killed a lid four others were unaccounted for today In an explosion in the. (Men 1'ogers mine of tho lluleigh Wy oming Cn'al Mining company. The explosion occurred in u section of the workings a mile and u half underground. Keseue workers brought out four bodies and were digging th couch fulls of nlute in search of the four men reported miss lug. Officials of the mining com pany described the explosion H "local" in character. I j is A N ' i i ; I , I IS. Jan. (!) Their mettle tested i.y adverse weather condition- ami harrow ing experiences, with a damaged plane "hire taking off Sunday afternoon, Hohhio Trout and Kdnu May Cooper, girl endurance fliers seeking a new women's refueling flight record neared their g"' today. They had only to remain aloft until K: Hi a. in. today to equal the 41! bourn. 1 ft minute present reeord for women, made by M ins Trout und Kllnor Hrnil Ii. RLAHAWTSPORTSMAN UIDERGOES OPERATION KLAMATH FAM.H. Ore.. Jan. ft. VPi H. W. Poole. Mate game com missioner and K la. math ti eater owner, will undergo h major leg operation today. He was Injured In an automobile accident Christ mas night. PhynielHn say the in Jury haa not healed ua rapidly as it should have. Q WIND W HlEflKSlOUlOS PAY 5X STORM FLOODS REPORT ON VET LAST RESPECTS iS0P0P UN ENDURERS APPROACH RECORD Assoc to ted i're. I'huto Maddalena, adjutant of the Italian air fleet now on Its way from Italy to the fleet. The Maddalena plane it ehown on Lake Orbetello, Italy, before PAYMENT BILLAT JOPFRE BIER i WASHINGTON, Jan. 0. UV) Chairman I law ley of the house way and means (oimnitU'-e has asked the treasury for a report on the tiartier bill to provide na tional ctmh payment of veterans' adjusted compensation certificates. (Jarner said Ogdcn Mills, under secretary of the treasury, had as sured him of prompt consideration of Jthe measure, with u speedy re port to the house committee. Ilawley. who has opposed taking uplslmilitr bills, aid he was think ing over the matter. "That doesn't mean," Hawley commented, "that 1 am for or against it.' ft n OlMHiON C1TV, Jan. I!. (! Karle C. (jitourette, prominent Oregon fily attorney, has been ap pointed by Governor Norblad to the circuit judgeship of Clackamas county, succeeding James ti. Camp bell, who resigned to become Jus tice of the supreme court. He was born tn Oregon City in I SS!I, ft t tended local schools, was graduated from a Portland high school, and attended University of Oregon. lb was admitted to the bar In 1 !M It. The same year be married Kulh Steiwer, sister of Senator Frederick I. Steiwer. They have three children. 10 PLEAD FRIDAY PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 0T) Pleas of not guilty will be entered by Nelson C. Howies and 1 ruin Loucks, charged with murder, when they appear in circuit court hero Friday, their attorneys have announced. While attorneys for the two ac cused of murdering Howies' wife have declined to state whether or not ii change of venue will be sought, those following tho case have persisted in the belief such a step will be taken us soon as pleas are entered. lloNOU IJf, T. 11.. Jan. iifP. Lieutenant Louis W. Kliieber of! Yorktown, "''X.. was fatally in jured yesterday when bin air It hi no' crashed on Wulatiae moun tain, about I Ti miles west of here. , Private Ml to Stearns, who no- companlcd blin, was crllleally in-j Juied. P.oth men were stationed j ,il Wheeler Field, attaebed tol tho C. K. Aimv air unit here. I BODY OFgIRLTOUND IN REAR OF BAKERY NLW YfiltK, Jan. oTf -The (tody or a 1 '.t-year-old girl was found In the rear of a bakery on the upper et Hide where hIi wils employed, her bead crushed with a blunt Instrument. The girl. iH.tis (telling, bad open ed the store n hmt time ifore Iik whh iVj)"'I 'lead. TheMody was found by a driver, f'r the bakery firm when ho entered the store to deliver aomu bread and cukes. i i Sixty-five Thousand Pass Body in Day Requiem At Notre Dame Last Church Rite Tonight. PAUIrt, France, Jan. l).(P) The Frenchmen today gazed for the last time on the familiar, be loved features of "Papa" Joffre, marshal of France, hero of the Marne, and commander of the French armies in the first two years of tho world war. Sixty-five thousand persoiiH were estimated to have filed by tho cuta rabpm In the chapel of the Kcole Mllitaire from tl a. in. yesterday to 1 1 n. in. last night. There can be no extension of I the time for flolng 'homage lit tho dead marshals bier heynud !' o'clock tonight, for at that, time the body will he removed to the ca thedral of Notre Dame for the lust requiem of the church. Tomorrow at duwn it will be tak en from the cathedral and tn an impressive cortege as elalmorute as that of Marshal Foch, general issimo of the allied armies, nearly two years ago. carried to the Arc de Trtomphe. ami to the Invalides for burial not fur from the tomb of Napoleon. u WASHINGTON, Jan. ti. P) The farm board has approved a. loan commitment of $70,000 to the I'ppcr Snako Hiver Oalrymeii's asHoctatioIl of Idaho-Kails, Idaho. Tin; hoard a Id today the loa n was authorized for the purpose of increasing the physical facilities of the association. H was coimldered likely ( bat a crea mcry would be creeled at Idaho Falls. u E" SAN DIKGO, Cal., Jan. 0. Alma Rubens, former screen fav orite, released from the sluto uy luiii at Patten a year ago us cured of ding addlotion, is In Jail today await lug a hearing on a federal charge of possession of narcotics. Ml ltuhens was arrested at her hotel here yesterday after her com panion on a trip to Agua Calletite, llitlh Palmer, complained to police tho actress had beaten her. Oregon Weather fin gnu: Cloudy cast, rain west, snow In tho high inmjutalu ranges tonight ami Wednesday. No change in temperature. Increasing south erly winds offshore. "Hard Luck" Hank Bruder Now Has Wife To Support K V A NS'l'i IN. III.. J a n , i; M V "Hard iQm k" Hank Kinder, cap tain of the l!i:w Not tb western Culvert lly football lisun, is hunl iiiir for a Job He bus a wife to support. His M'Ti'ct marriage Sunday at Wank cgaii. III., with Miss Omege Ollherl, 21, leaked out yesterday IaAt said be would wltbdiuwj tWn the university. ; Dean James ArmslroiiK "'fl 1 Hrtider would not be expell'd fmin) the university ax his wife Is not j Good Samaritan Takes Cork Leg and Hidden Gold Tt'l.SA. OMa.. Jan. . - A') ! - V. I,. Jones, a grocer, was ! i looking today for a woman customer, his cork leg and ?'.m ! in gold. h When he became Mi in his store yesterday, the woman of- fered to care for him. He ac- cepteii. fr At his home she made him J a hot lemonade and he soon I fell asleep. 4 When he awoke, he told po- lice, his nurse was gone und ( so was his cork leg. And 4 worse than that, he said. $'."! ! in gold was hidden in the leg. 4 Mrs. Bruce Returns to Local Field From North ruiiuui L-aiiuiiiy 101 Made This Time. i:.(ilONi:, Oni.. Jan. .(!') Willi linlf ill' lini- au.UOU-nillo jour ney itruiiiul llio worhl complotoil, Mih. VUior llnice, British nvlulrlx. Inmli!cl ut tho lOiiKono airport today for a tvw minutes' chat. Aricr a half hour sho hopped off in her Utile lilplano, uxpputlnK to ho Ik an r:i!!ci!iea '.; Ii p. iu. to morrow. "I'll sloii In Modford, loo.' 'she saltl. "hut not liko I Old heforn." Sho overt iirnoil hp.r piano while lamlini; ul Meilford recently und had to Hend It to Seattlo for ru pairs. "WvorylhiiiK Is roIiik lieautlful ly," she Hiulled, as Hho lol't horn, "hut Buch cold and thoso moun tains!" ... , Tho lion. Mrs. Victor Ilruco, H11K IImIi avlalrlv, on a Toldo to Umilori fllKlit, landed this artcruoon at 3:10 at the Alcdford airport. - WASH I NCTON, Jan. C (!') legislation to curb speculation on the grain futures market was introduced today by Senator Cap per, of Kansas, and Itepreseiilativo Dickinson, "of Iowa, administra tion Ucpublicnns. 'The companion bills would pro hibit activities in Ihesn markets in behalf of foreign governments without the consent of the secre tary of aKiiiulture. Secretarv llydo eomiilalned last fall of selling operations by Soviet; KiisHla In the wheat market. KLAMATH l-'ALUS, Ore., Jan. 6. (ft) -Klght Klamath Falls police men who were dismissed by in coming officers, will appeal to the civil service board. Several of them have seen years of Kcrvice on the force. Stanley Jones, attorney, was up pointed chief of police und named a new police force. ):, A. Taylor, formerly of the Corvallls fire de partment, the new fire chief hero, made no changes In bis depart ment. F. II. Cofer. resident of the city for -0 years, Iw the now mayor. ftrokers et Permit HALK.M, Ore., Jan. 6. (A) Mark I). Mei 'a Ulster, wtatn corporation commissioner, today Issued a bro ker's permit to the new Portland firm of Sloan Wilcox. Tho mem bers of tho firm are Donald C. Sloan and Jefferson L. Wilcox. a rt ml cut there. "That's fine," said llulfbac Hank, "but. whether I want to stuj In school or not, 1 must g"t out nod earn a living for tho I IrudeiK now." Minder has received offers to play professional football next seiison. I lespito lnJuricH and III-m-HH wlii b kept him from play ing In more than eight Raines dur Ing Ills tbree-yonr career at North western, he feels ho still has a lot of good gum es left. WOMAN LEGISLATION HITS WHEAT GAMBLING UCAS LOAN W REPAID PROBE TOLD Republican Executive Bor rowed From Party Treas urer to Take Up Obliga tion, TestimonyUse of Funds Told Committee. WASH I NCTON. Jayi. G. (tV The senate campaign funds com mittee learned today from Robert H. Lucas that the $400U loan to him about which tho committee has been so curious has been re paid. The executive director for tho republicans was testifying again on his use of tho borrowed money to oppose Senator Norris for re-election. The loan was secured by a $r0,000 account In the name ut tho party's national committee. As for tho repayment, Lucas said ho hud borrowed $3500 from J. R. Nut l, republican treasurer, for that purpose. Tho note was taken up only last Friday. Hunker Testify The party director took the stand after officials of tho Com mercial National bank, in which the account was located, had told of granting him tho loan und had been questioned as to the regular ity of the method by which it was secured. Lucas testified ho regarded tho second loan an a personal obliga tion and intended to repay Nutt. The latter was in tho commit tea room waiting to testify as to tho use made of the party's (E0,000 account. Tho literature sent by Lucas into Nebraska favored the demo cratic candidate, C.ilbert M. Hitch cock, as against Norris a stalwart of tho republican ' Independent forces in tho senate. Although . only $300 was used for untl-Nonis literature, Lucas suid copies of a wet cartoon wero ho ut ilIho Into North Carolina. West 'Virginia, Ohio, Delaware, Massa chusetts, Montana and Kentucky, with .instructions to precinct com mitteemen they could obtnln more at 4 a thousand if they wanted them from tho Independent Pub lishing company. l'nld Personally Ho explained ho paid fur thin persona lly becauso tho nat lonal committeo could not "take sides In the wet und dry controversy." "I had no Idea tho ordora would run so high, however,' ho suid. "I thought tbcro would bo a rebate on repeat orders and that tho bill would only bo about $1500." A total of 800,000 cartoons was sent out. i Asked w.hy tho cartoons woro sent into Montana, Lucas said be causo John J. Ruskob, chairman of tho democratic national com mittee, contributed $5000 to tho campaign of Kenator Walsh, "showing' Air. Knskoh's Insluccr- ay.- , The witnesses produced checks drawn on tho national committee's special account showing all wcro used for, bouse cundidatcs In eight states. Tho -committeo adjourned until tomorrow without hearing Nutt. Both ho und Lucas wero asked to appear tomorrow. Conduct II wiring KALKM, Jan. 6 VP) Members of the Public Service commission uro conducting a hearing ut, Ore gon City today on tho congested truffle situation at tho Unby Homo grade crossing', near Park Pluco, Killsboro Formal opening of new Washington county Jail in' this city, held recently. WILL ROGERS 'tnvt r$ay3: UI'.VKHIA' HIUS, Oil., Jan. I!. Afli-r ii 1'oolbnll giinirj in Ilium, IVriv fivo wore killed. They only kill ten iu a n-volil-:: lion tlmvn them, )' two giimes I'iniul una revolution. Up liere ivg don't kill our faotbull play ers. We make voaelu-s out of I In; Miuii'lest ones and send Ihe olhern lo tile legislature. Sec where Mr. Hoover's pri vate seerelary, (leorsjo Aker son, is eoininn iu the movies with us. I bet Mr. Hoover told him, "fio on in fleorije, and if von see a ehnneo for another Ifoiiil iniin, I will come iu wilh you."