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The Weather MRDFORn MATT. TRTRT7W Temperature IIIkIicsI .K'Slcicluy Q Ill Ixnu'st iIiIk nutriiliiK :lt( li-ccinltiiliou To 3 p. iil yoMcrtluy m To r ii. in. lMliiy 00 Forecast: Toniirlit and Thursiluv un set tied with ruin; no chungQ in temperature. Twenty-Fifth Year o MEDFORD, OltKUOX. WKDNESUAY, JANUAKY 7, Mil No. '287 Another Notch J talous v nee o Young v Kills Children and Self Girl Fliers Set Record On Cop's Pistol As Negro Fallsi - . - "d ! v. innnr nmu SHOW COST ROAD WORK WILSON 1 I I I Lh KMllYl I I JUUUL ULfW I I ii i i ill iini Todav By Arthur Brisbane Hope Deferred. Men Fear Death. Jackson's "By The ETERNAL" , The Price Hazard. Copyright King Features 8ynd., Inc. "Hope deferred maki'lli (lie I heart sick." That's in the liible, u ml it is also in a deci sion liandcd down by the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Ap peals, telling Judge Clark of i.'ew Jersey that lie was mis taken. The prohibition amend ment was adopted legally. It stands,, and' is the law of the land. To which you may add that the amendment won't be repealed for many a day. ' ' Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark, and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other." i So Bacon said of our most widespread fear. Marshal Joffre, who has the gratitude of his nation follow ing him to the grave, quoted often the saying, Nul ne peut se dire heurix, avant son. dernier jour. "No man can .call him self happy until his last day." "Death hath ten thousand doors If or men to take their exit." And they all lead to peace, rest, freedom i'rom the world's worries, responsibilities and anxieties. It is fortunate for the race that divine wisdom makes us all cling to life. If ive were all as wise as Bacon and as philosophical as'the okl Greeks, many would be missing. Major General Brown,' chief , of army engineers, says, the 1 United States government is virtually "at the mercy of the Alabama Power Company in disposing of Muscle Shoals power." That statement should inter est somebody. When the y told Andrew Jackson something like that concerning a great hank, his reply was that if there existed any such power he would crush it, "by the elernnl," and he did. Kngineers report that the $171,547,(100 St. Lawrence river power project as now planned, will eliminate "about 75 per l"onl of the hazards incident to such construction." The project, according to en gineers, will develop 2,000.000 horsepower. ' Nothing could be more inter esting or important, since pow er is everything in man's indus trial work, equaling in inipnrl- (Contimied on Page Four) Abe Martin o The thing I like alxiijf ticagn f nil-tors Ik ey Mi'l bother with Icvhiikalitle, ak rcr nmiliniHiH'O, rail in hIU'mi, or fiddle llh rlmiiwil lnteT?(. I-iio Ukd ts in vllwl to n Hltle party tTiiglit but lialc to ruin his lux.. Qopyright John F- Dille Co.i ur rr.ur.MLj BENCH OEAD Heart Attack Today Fatal Early D H J II i t ten. ne nas inrte iimi-n won v !fl rOrtianU MOmeitlio Tribune's annual award Was Native of Oregon; Had Brilliant Career.as Lawyer and Judge. PORTLAND, Ore., Janj T.-(JP) Federal Judge Hubert S. Hean died at hia home hero today from a heart attack. lie was 78 years old. JudKC Bean was on the bench yes terday and appeared in good health. Members of his family said he re tired early in the evening, although he was not ill. Uo was stricken with the first heart attack early today and the family was hastily summoned. The Judge recovered hut the end came quietly two houra later. Mrs. lioan and two sous, Robert and Ormond Hean. were at the bed side. Another son Condon Bean, left Seattle by airplane when he received word of his father's death. The eldest of 11 children. Judge Bean was born in 1804 on a Yam hill county farm near Mc.Minnville. The family moved to a donation land claim in l.ane county when he was one year old. During his boyhood Judge Hean walked several miles to the Utile country school taught hv John Smith, later killed by Indians In the raids of 1878. After completing his district school course, the boy enrolled in the old Christian college at Mon mouth and was graduated from that institution in 1S73. Ho was admitted to the bar In 18"i! and practiced law In Eugene until I88i He was then elected judge of the second judicial dis trict and served until 18H0.' when he was made a justice of the slate supreme court. Named By Taft Ho was re-elected to the HUpremo court bench and served until 1 !)! when President Taft appointed him to the federal bench. During his many years on the federal bench a procession of the most famous cases in Oregon liti gation passed before him. He con ducted a formal court. One of his most recent cases was the cross-slate railroad hearing at which he sat with Judges Dietrich and McNary. A few days after this case was concluded Judge Dietrich died suddenly in Boise and this case was laler reheard before -Judges Hean, McNary and Rudkin. No, decision had been rendered as to the second hearing. In 1880 Judge Hean was married in Hugene to Miss Ida Condon, a daughter of Dr. Thomas Condon, famous geologist. Shu survives him. They had five- sons. Judge Bean was president of t lie University of Oregon board of re gents lor 21 years, between 1882 and 11120. He. was a past president of (he Oregon Bar association. SIMMS N15W YOU1C. Jan. 7. (P) The first weekly steel trade reviews of the new year, published today, reported a sharp upturn in activ ity. "Iron Age" said ingot produc tion, at 41 per cent of rated capac ity, had recovered all of Its De cember losses and that blast fur naces temporarily idle last month were being brought back into ser vice. "Steel's" estimate of activity was 42 to 43 per cent, a rise of 6 per cent. Dies from Crash. tmNOM'MT, Jan. 7.-1 Pri vate Milo Stearns of Yakima, AVush. died in the army hospital today of Injuries in an airplane crush near here Monday. Lifers Doing "Bookful" In Walled City Where Lingo Of Racketeers Is Heard AUBURN, N. Y.. Jan. 7. (P In Auburn state prison 'The City nf Losers'' they never calt a spade a spade. They speak the Jargon of racke teers, butterfly men, can makers, boosters, chlfeters, aprons. Lven the igteneos they servo are described by curious words. The luVrs sre doing a "bookful." the 10-year men n "ten spot,'' Hq five-year servers have a "handful, the tw.Pyear men hold a "deuce" and those in for an indeterminate sentence have a "garter." A biiWerfly man makes worth less clWkJ", a can-maker fashionp bombs, a booster i Oshop-llfter CllICACiO, Jan. 7. OP) There wore nine notches on Police Sergeant Frank J. Reynolds' pistol today. His ninth victim, AVlllium Church - III, a negro who fired on u pursuing police hiiiiuiI, died in a prison hospital lust night. Reynolds w a s officially credited with killing eight men in the course of duty ul- though his comrades said tlio number should have been vt'ry by members of the force. 4 SET FRIDAY Willis Moore of Salem to C o n d u ct Prosecution, Announcement By Gov ernorJackson Officials Not to Participate. t 1 SALICM, Ore, Jan. 7 (!') To in vestibule the fatal shooting oi' KveroU Da hack of Jack nun coun ty during a raid on u still a spec ial session of the Jackson county grand jury will moot at Mod ford Friday of this wcok at U :BU o'clock, (lovonior Norblad today. The session is being call ed by .Indue 11. D. Norton at the governor's request. Special action by the governor was requested in a petition from Jackson county signed by ubout 1700 persona Following receipt of the petition the governor made an Investigation through an un named representative whom ho se n t to J ue kso n county. Monro Prosecutor The prosecution, tho. governor paid, will, be by Willis S. Moore of Salem, assistant attorney gen eral", and will not be participated In by Jackson county officials. The still at which Duhack met his death was being raided by slate and county officers. It i claimed by friends of Duhack that he bad no Interest In the still und was present merely by c bunco. E WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (!') Juseph It. Null, treasurer of the republican national committee, ald today he believed Robert H. Lucas had "made a mistake" In clrculat Ing campaign literature against Senator Norris, republican inde pendent of Nebraska. Null, testifying before the senate campaign funds committee, ald he would have advled against send ing out the literature If bo hud been consulted. He added hc felt the $4,000 note executed by Lucafl to pay for the literature should never have been made and the national committee's, special account should not, have been ued as security for' it. "t don't think the security amounted to a snap of your fin ger." he said. "Tho Lucas letter pledging the security never should have been written. No one had the right to pledge that account for any purpose." Previously Nutt had said he had no knowledge of tho lileraturo be ing circulated. 1 or petty thief, a chlseler Is a gang I ster or one living by his wits and I an apron is a bartender. I Anyone "ah-ah" is self Impor j tant. A "bench nibs" is a judge, : but if he is a supremo court judge ! ho In a "big boy," nnd a severe 1 Judge is a "hard rapper." A gov ! ernment employe or justice de partment agent In a "g-man,1' a i state's attorney in a "cutter,'' a detective is a "big eyes" or "ele plit ears." The public prosecutV inw small town Is the "kstone." The heart Is a "ticker" and the man who makes It stop by violent means is a "tocker." The informer ; Is a "canary" who "yammed" or ("turned on the phonograph." DEATH QUI FOR DAHACK LUCAS ACTION Oil BANK LOAN WA M STAK Hobby I i-ont (loll) and Ktlim iiw j u-Mt-'i ilny I'-io bliMii'tl ii iuw CIMCAdO, 111., Jan. 7. (Jp) In ternecine sang warfare was blamed by police today for another death in Chicago's underworld thai of Pasquale ('Patsy") Tardl, leader of the "4U" gang and nne-Umo hus pect In the slaying of Alfred Sin gle, Chicago Tribune reporter. Turdi. the seventh leader of the "42" gang to perish before the weapons of half-world foen, was shot as he walked along Polk street with Ralph Costanzo. not far from .lane Addams' famouu Hull House. Two bullets fired by several meji from behind pierced Ills head. Cos tunzo wasfwounded, porhaps tfa tally. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 7. (A3) The .bullet-pierced bodies of Leo Orlando, Cuckoo gangster, and Is doro Katz. a hanger-on of tho Cuckoos, were found in northern St. Louis county early loday. ETHEL TERRY OF STAGE FIE DIES LOS ANCULKS, Jan. .(!)- of the Death has called another theater's well known. lOthel firev Terry died yestonlay at her ho.uo bere after a long illness. . Miss Terry, born In Oakland, Cal.. was the daughter of Lillian I.IIWDMU'P. (ilsn ii fiimnim ltfivnvu Miss Terry spent two years as a featured actress in )nvld lielasco productions on Llroadway, tho hewt known of which was "Tho IJly." Later she played for tho Khuberta. At one time she had her own stock company at Schenectady, N. V, DECLARES RECESS WASIII.VOTOX, Jan. 7. iV) The Srickersham law enforcement commission recessed unexpectedly today until January It, Secrecy was maintained as to wether this meant the long-awaited report on prohibition, now clr tually complete, wa ready for sub mission to President Hoover, or whether it would be further de liberated upon next Wednesday be fore being taken to the White House. FOKVEIjjOI TDK UALLKS.. Ore., Jan. 7 fI'j The Dalles-Warti-o c o u n t y chamber of commerce last night endorsed the application of Rose burg for a national soldiers' home. Tile endorsement followed an ap peal to t be chamber from t he ramp of S'tns of Union War Vet em ns of Muthfifld. Arord's H'Hy Held i;L PASO, T'as, Jan. 7. A' At the rerjuent of the Hollywood A)orrnn Legion Post, Kl Paso legionnaires hsiVe wired authorities at chihuahua City requesting them to hold the unclaimed body of Art A cord, former motion pieture stunt actor, who committed ui eide there last Sunday by drlnsing poiso n. THREE SHOT IN OUTBREAKS OF GANG WARFARE -'"' !!'(( t'Tfll l'H"'9 May ( oopr. a)s iAiuicIch avlutricos, i ndii i iuf nilii iiuii k fur vvmucII BOBBIE TROUT E LOS ANCKLKS, Cal., .Ian. 7. () Bobbie Trout, who, with lidna May Cooper, is out to break the maHculino monopoly on endurance flight records, is celebrating her 25th birthday in tho air today. In honor of the event the gb'l flior will have a party at noon. Her only guest will bo her co-pilot, but she will have a birthday cake, candles and all, to eat off the gaso lino tank which serves the girls as ft (able In the "Lady Rnlph." , T-ltQnly lnc rominino endur nncdr team broke the existing wom enn susu men l ien rocor l m houi'H and 10 mlniiteH, mid Bulled en s sustained flight record of l on -wllh their kohI weekH in the 1'nlnre toward the blti-hour record of Ihu men.' At 12:,'I0 a. in. loday lliey puMHed the l!u-hniir mark, Hall Inn Hercnely (lirotiKli u cloudless sky. n IN LABOR FIGHT I UANVILLIi, Va., Jan. 7. (I') A church whoso membership was A R A ABOARD PLAN drawn principally from non-union J '' '' " ,h textile workers was wrecked by u ;,iU,m''-y ' ".go (.rove, morn- bomb last night lh the latest of ujln of Jnuury 1 -I : on.alla after- series of disorders growing out or n" "rf J'""'" J 4 : HIhihI. Jau- a textile strike. ;v Horteburg. January I ft. t l'MflOI'lllIT of the 1'ellteCOStU 1IoIiiosh church was ripped up and ' a largo hole was torn through the celling. The pastor said bo had j maintained a "hamls-off' policy regarding the strike and knew of no reason why his church should have boon attacked. Tho disorders began last sum mer after non-union workers were allowed to repluco striking union operators. PORTLAND SEEKS PORTLAND, Ore., .Ian 7. The Portland city council oday adopted a resolution providing for "iiniiiedliitn action" thai Portland might have a municipally owned power mid light plant. Tho resolution declHicd Hie coun cil in favor of a municipally owned ami operated power system and called on the council lo make avail able any or all of the $25,1100 re cently appropriated for power sur vey purposes. BIGCROWDlli SEE ELKS CARD A b!g aflendance Is expected at tho first Klks smoker of Hie. year tomorrow night in the temple. A list of good bouts has been ar ranged by Herb Owen, matchmaker for the Medford boxing commis sion, and some hot scraps ore ex pected, The smoker Is not. open lo (he public and only Kiks hip! two friends to each member will bo permitted to be present. The O lit ers are All well known in this sicUon and have appeared here bo-fore. FOR OREGON State Highway Department Spent $22,458,936 From December 1928 to Sep tember 30, 1929 Says Report to Legislature. HALKM, Ore.. Jan. 7. The state highway department spent Vi. ;A fi S . ;i H U fo r roa d w o rk a ml 1 n Interest and principal on Its bond ed indebtedness during the period from December 1. ill!St and Sep tember 30, l2Jt, tbo department's biennial report to the leg in hit mo, released today, shows. Of this sum $ 0 . t 7 1 .N!i 3. 1 7 was applied on the principal and Interest of bond ed Indebtedness, leaving nearly $ I ti. 000. u(l(l spent nn highway in Oregon In lil months. The report of the department re veals that during tho years JUItt and 1 1 32 tho .state will have avail able about $24,000,000 for this de partment, and this added to the county fund and federal a hi, will make available for new construc tion and betterment along about $S.OOO.U0O over and above oilier expenditure on bonded indebted ness, maintenance and completion of present con tracts. Mileage Is l.tt.Mt. The report covers the activities of the department and commission during the pat 14 years, since tho adoption of the highway program in 1!H7. Tbo total mileage in the system to date is 4,!Ki!i, of which 4,0 It) miles are improved and ;i40 unimproved. During tho 14 years the department has i-tpent. $ 1 4 t , !ili2.r4."i.74 on this program. The report made im recommendations for legislative action. of the total spent by the state- 1711.7 82 21 M from -Into fumlH. t7l7.!ir,'.l.i:l uMalncd from tho . i'ountlcH In eooiK'.rutlvo nroBrain.s, $irj.:i-is.c,;i mllcoMiAMooua BoiirVcn, ...! $l.r.51.86.54 federal aid. More than fue.4 of the mntt.W total was spent on forest highways, to , ove. nmont and counliea ... ,,.,,,7,, ,, ...... , ' KO.Sl'JUUUCl, Ore., Jan. 7. If Six carloads of turkeys will be shipped In the Juuuary pool of Oregon turkey growers, MrKlnley Huntington, president, announced today. Turkeys will bo loaded at Albany imwnn-ni univvy j,n wt,in Hit advancing 24 cents for prime and choice grades; U0 ccnu-t for niedi uuiH and old toms; HI cents for common. HIT BY FIRESTONE WASHINGTON, -Jan. Harvey Firestone, Jr., ot tho Fire storm Rubber company of Akron, Ohio, urged tho ntulo department today to insist on its demands that tho Llberlan government take steps to abolish slavery In tlutt country, Firestone, whoso company holds vast rubber concessions in Liberia, told officials reports from IiIm representatives In Monrovia, the Llberlan en pllnl, wore that condi tions were bad. "Poor" American People Bought 3,500,000 Autos For Trip To Alms House NHW YORK, Jan. 7. (P) Presi dent Hoover refuses to believe that America Is riding to tbo poor house in the 3, ,100,000 automobiles she purchased last year. Speaking by telephone from Washington last night, he ml dress ed the national automobile cham ber of commerce ns follows: "The despondency of some peo ple fiver tho future Is not borne out. by the stittslicul evidence or prospects Tn respect to the auto mobile Industry. J am informed by the. depart m eiii of commerce that despite the depression you have sold during tho your i30 over 3. .100,000 new automobiles. SALT LA K K CITV, Jan. 7. -(tV) Jealousy was blamed 4 I by police today for the sui- i 4 cide of a young wife and tho 4 I : shooting of her two little 4 J children, one of them prob- ably fatally. Leaving her husband at a dance where she had aecom- 4 panted him curlier in the eve- H niiig. Mrs. Alma lOlivabeth 4 Ahlander returned home ami h ! niter writing a farewell note, f shut her two sons, aged 2 and 4 4 years, and then put a bullet b through her own heart, tho officers decided after an in- 4 h vestlgatlon. H Between Four and Five Million Unemployed Now Declares Head of Hoover Relief Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.(T) Chairman Woods of tho Hoover com m lit eo on employment esti mated today before tho Bonato appropriations committee that there are between four und fivo million unemployed. Unemployment has been In creasing, he testified, saying ho did not "believe tbo , situation would improve until spring. "There is altogether too much of it," ho said, "and tho way in wl.K-1. thlH unemployment cornea abuiit does not speak well for in dustry. Thero has been a general ! f,;B",B '" 'Z.J'?.. ! 1 ' . . . . . . . .. -are not anu hiiouiu 1101 uo it'Kuro(!u . , , ,, ,. , ' ' , ., . "U" ?. l ', lJ " h. - b - h - ; ,,, ,luul t ,Zn ,iirfrtl. ini 11, in. n u,,nlnl Itles and sot enough muchlnory to aid employment. "Tho important thing is not to count the unemployed" Woods continued, "but to do something for them. It is . an intolerable situation and ono entirely foreign to our ideals." peasouTfog settles over LONHON. Jan. 7.-HP) Fog and rrost shrouding wiuo areas oi nrit- a tn and Ireland today hobbled snipping ami services. land -transportation On some roads traffic ceased en tirely as visibility extended only a few feet. In tho suburbs of lm don last night vehicles of ult kinds crawled In convoys headed by men walking, carrying lighted lanterns. Near T-Minehureh, Warwickshire, an omnibus and a lorry collided and lii other cars trundled into them. Shipping on the Mersey has boon virtually at a standstill since Sun day night. Tho Jtritish Hteamor Nurtureton, which ran aground near Utinge -ness, will probably discharge her cargo and bo abandoned. The largo northern midland cities generally "havo suffered more than London. li.-nvnilnn I.. It. lilchoy pur cIiiikimI Ulctxi'll lliinlwmi! mid Kuniltiin' cninimny on linnidway from Mr. DIclHi'h. "This certainly means that we havo been cheerful in tho uso of our automobiles; I do not assume they are being used for transpor tation to tho ponrhouse. Whllo I am aware that many people are using the old automobile a llttlo long', it Is obvious that they aro still using j and lhat it is being worn out. A I together, tho future for tho Industry does not warrant any despondency." The president said the automo tive industry was a vital factor In the life of the nation, particu lar y In its f feet on employment tn other fields, nnd bespoke a prosperous New Year for those engaged In It. JOBLESS RANKS SHOW INCREASE QAVQ PUMDMAM uniuuunmmnn BRITISH ISLES E CITY REINS Inaugural Address Promises Efficient Administration Department Heads Re tained Pipes Reviews Regime, Thanks Council. Th most striking feature of tho change of city administrations lust night was the earnest addresses of tbo Incoming mayor, K. M. Wilson I and of tho retiring mayor, A. W. l'ipes, delivered before the new 1 and old councllmen and broadcast lover KMKD from the council i chamber to tho homes of the city. 1 Kaeh address was plainly heard over the radio and won general favorable comment. Mayor Wilson'a appointments on committees and commissions an nounced In hla address were tho same as were published In yester day's Mail Tribune with tho ex ception that T. B. Lumsden was not named on the water board, as had been planned, because of hia refusal to take the vacancy, which will bo filled later on. The session convened t 7:30 o'clock with the old council clear ing up all pending city business until 9 p. m., whereupon Mayor A . W, Pi pea who wuh preaid ing, launched forth on his swan song address, at tho conclusion of which ho introduced the new mayor and retired, and tho now-council swung into session. Allen Klectcil First business was tho election of a new flrat ward councilman to take tho place vacated by E. M. Wilson when ho became muyor. Mayor Wilton stated that the new counc lm tWQ pctltlona betor0 lt requesting auch eloction, that lnuture. nn.l that of the Central naming W, W. Alton and with 108 I Ijabor Union with Df signatures. asking that Us socrotary, Jack Worshum, bo aolcctcd. The latter 1 I'o""n was filed late, yesterday. . j O. Orey Imldover counellmnn. I thereupon moved tho election of 1 ATt A 1 I n ,1 tuhlllll i,rno annnnrtnrl lur C. A. Meeker, another holdovor councilman, and then unanimously voted by the new council. Muyor Wilson then swung Into his address in which he also named his appointments, which woro unanimously confirmed. ' Tho keynote of his address, pub lished in detail elsewhere in this paper, was the promise of effici ency by his administration. lie outlined tho policy as pertaining to public safety, public improve ments, local labor and unemploy ed, wurd organization. Oak Orovo. water district and other possible districts, and naked for the coop eration and support of tho public In building up tho city and admin istering its affairs. Retains A Idea Mayor Wilson announcing his sincere belief in civil service prin ciple as long as head of depart ments and employes were efficient did not specifically reappoint Po lice Ohio! McCredio, Firo Chief lOHiott, City Superintendent Fred ! Scbeffel or City Attorney P. 1'. j Furroll, us they automatically ro- (Contlnuod on Pago 2; Story One) WILL ROGERS HOLLYWOOD, Ciil., Jan. 7. Wo (,'ot a powerful govern ment, brainy men, great organ izations, many commissions, but it look a little band of 500 sim ple country people (who bail no idea tbey were doing any thing historical) to iconic to n country town store and demand food for their wives and chil dren, 'i'hey bit the heart of the American people more Ihuii all your senatorial picas, and gov J ernment investigations.'"1 Paul licvcre just tvoke up Concord these birds woke up America. 1 don't want to discourage Mr. Mellon and 'hiti carefully bal anced budget, but you let this country get hungry and they are going to eat, no matter what happens to budgets, in come taxes or "Wall Street val ues. Washington mustn't for get who rules when it domes t. a showdown. G G
