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-a. The Weather o Fortius!: TonlBht a ii J Frl; fair, but becoming unsettle fi day. Frreiinjf li'lniKTiuurv. EDFORD Temperature Highest .Vl'slciUilJ- 17 Ixmcst (liis morning.... 20 Prcvlpilatioii To A p. in. yesterday 00 To 5 ii. in. today .00 i Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. .JANUARY 8. 1JH1 Xo. 288 M Todav By Arthur BrUbans Four Millions Idle. Bibles and Prize Fights. We Rebuke Liberia. Not to the Poor House. Copyright King Feature! SyndH Inc. Between four and five mil k lions of men are idle in th! United States, according to Chairman Woods of President Hoover's committee on unem ployment. Fortunately it seems safe to say that the peak of idleness has about been readi ed, with better conditions coming- Big cities might improve their methods of relieving those actually hungry. John Bris ben "Walker writes that lie say in Now York City "several thousand men, shivering on the sidewalks on Seventh avenue between Thirty-second street I and the Franciscan church on Thirty-first street. Feeble old men, sickly youths, strong looking workers. They were waiting to receive the large sum of 10 cents, and. at the same time, according to Mr. Walker, the city's armories, large buildings, nearby, stood empty and heated. Our civilization does fairly well in producing wealth, but it doesn't seem to know unite what, to do when the machine breaks down temporarily. As for the statement of one gentleman that the Red Cross can attend to the present diffi culties, that is dangerous d'je trine. The Red Cross couldn't attend to even one difficulty, . if real trouble should start. An unpleasant incident oc curred in Arkansas, when far mers came to the town of Kng land and entered stores de rtianding food for their children. They got it. In Newark, N. J., yesterday a hundred unemployed men, ld by so-called "reds," march ed on the city hall. Police men's night slicks dispersed them, with the aid of mounted police. Our national "depression" works systematically. Bible society receipts arc down for lll-tO, fewer Bibles sold. And prize fight promoters in New York took in during liWO, W, UG'J.OOO less than they took in the year before. That will make it necessary for some politicians to lo jk else where for funds needed. But, what n profitable source of sup ply the prize fight graft must be. f Secretary Sllmson warns the ne (Contlnued on Page four) Abe Martin "I don't know nothin' about rela tivity, but I kin give Einstein cards an' spades on relatives," says Ike Soles. Al Moots has come out fer light beer an' wine as he says lots o' times a feller"!! pay his grocery bill If he's been drinkin'. LAYER OF ALF.LINGLE i CAPTURED! Solution of Mystery in Re porter's Death Believed, Near With Arrest of Leo Brothers Identification Claimed By Cops. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. CP) A solu tion of the mystery of tno murder of Alfred E. Lingle, Chicago Tri bune reporter, has been reached, authorities claimed today, with tho arrest of Leo Brothers, a St. Louis gangster who -was identified by several witnesses, they said, as tho I man who shot and killed Lingle ) last June 9. The identification, ' tltey said was positive. Brothers, it was revealed by 1 Patrick Roche, chief Investigator . for tile stato attorney's office, was ' arrested by three detectives last i December 21 in a Chicago apart j ment after ho had been trailed to i 12 different cities. Ho was known in Chicago as Louis "Buster" , Badcr. He denied he killed Lingle out aumiucu, nocne said, tnat lie was wanted in St. Louis for the slaying of John Do Blasl, a servico car driver. Koche Positive "This man will sit in the electric chair for tho murder of Alfred 13. Lingle," Koche told newspaper men. "I'll stake my official repu tation on that. If he is not the killer, then Lingle Is still alive." Neither Koche or Stato's Attor ney John A. Swanson, however, would reveal if they had uncov ered tho answer to tho all absorb ing question in Chicago crinio In recent years, namely, "Why was Lingle killed." There was an unofficial report that tile investigators havo been working on tho theory that tho Tribune reporter was put to death because ho had Incurred tho enmi ty of gamblers whom ho had harrassed. Nor would the officials glvo out a list of tho names of the persons wbo made-' tho- reported identification. IjOt or Work to Do This Information, Koche indicat ed, would bo withheld until tho facts of the mystery are more def initely determined. Roche was asked by a reporter if "any higher ups were being sought or any (Continued on Page 6, 8tory 1) JUDGE BEAN IS I'UHTMND, Ore?., Jan. 8. (P) Although the situation Is not open ly discussed, out of row pee t to tho memory of the late Jurist, (here 1s much speculation here as to who will bo selected to Mieeeed Federal Judge Hubert S. Mean, who died yesterday. Upon hih deutli it w&h learned that the condition of his health had for Bomo time past been a mat'.er of considerable concern to his family, and that ho had writ ten Senators McNury and Stelwer last Monday that ho would retire as soon as they and President Hoover rould agree upon his suc cessor. Judge Hi an expressed the hope he might retire from Judicial work be f o re March 1 . From thi It taken that Sena tors McNary and Steiwer have al ready given the matter some con sideration. A groat many names were being discussed here, but the discussion held no particular significeme, as practically every possible candi date was m e n 1 1 o n ed . SUCCESSOR FOR GIVEN THOUGHT Francis X. Bushman, Broke After Possessing Millions Returns To Obscure Stage CHICAGO. .Ian. 8. P) The out-1 lyinp Kcdzle theatre on the went j side is fHr out of the route of the night theatre rrowd, but Francis ; X. Kushman, matinee Idol of lo years ago, hws a star on his dress I ing room door and he is "Uoinn tho work he loves." J The 'ft ibune iuo(imI lilm todav as haying he was "broke," not a penny , left of the $i.0Mfi.iMM) to 5,OiMi.onO he earned since he became lho! first star of the Fssauay Btudio on Argylc street here In ISM. In thej pre-Holiywood era of motion pic' Hires. . j Following the filming of 'Dj Hur" In Home in mi, he was; blayisted by the major picture j Aviation Student Claims Credit in Cockpit Clamber OAKLAND. Cat (Spl.) The retort cuurteous was re cently uncovered at Oakland municipal airport following a department of commerce in spector's summing up of the mistake of an aspirant for the rating of pilot. Following tile conclusion of the trial flight, tho inspector said: "Well, you almost .stall ed on the takeoff, made a flat turn, crossed your controls on figure eights, leveled off too high and made u bum land inc." Then up spake tile chagrin t cd student: "How did you llko -the way 1 climbed into the cockpit, Mr. Inspector?" TAKES SIX LIVES Police Search for Bootleg gers Who Furnished Wine for Fatal Family Party in Salinas. SALINAS. Cal., .Ian. 8. (P) While officers hunted today for bootleggers who furnished liquor and wine for two fatal "parties," chemists analyzed tho contents of the stomachs of the four vic tims. Coroner J. J. Cornett said ho had little doubt Mrs. Hazel Peters, 28, Salinas, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Angle, Portorville, died of poison contained in wine served at a dinner here Monday night in honor of the Angles, How over he eould not explain the mys tery of a poisonous wine. The wine was purchased from a boot legger. No such puzzling factor con fronted authorities In Investigating tho death of John Nlhlt, 27, San Francisco road worker, who died in a road camp In Anderson can yon. He ppent tho previous night drinking moonshine heavily, tho foreman said. Two llo III 8. T. AVhile ehemistrt puzzled over the supposed poison wine In a country once, famous for lis wineries, San Francisco authorities continued their investigation of two deaths which followed a New Year's eve liquor party. Frank T. Green, San Francisco ci'ty chemist, announced a prelimi nary examination failed to reveal Mrs. Margaret Fltzslmmons. cho rus girl, and her host, August Ulnz, had been deliberately poi soned. He continued his analy st of. contents of their stomachs to determine whether they died of wood alcohol or of some poison acting directly on the heart, which may have been added. BILL IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. !') The Stohba bill to modify the Jones dry law wuh passed flhully today when the house agreed to minor senate amendments. It goes to the president. The hill acts up n cateKory of minor affennos Involving Ichh than one gallon of liquor. Tho meaaure wad an outgrowth of the Wiekcraliam propoaala to leliovo court cotigcallon. mid per mits Jurylnas trials of minor lliiior offenders. t'liliH-hC Dollnr Down SHANdllAI, .Inn. S. OP) The Chinese silver dollar declined to day to 1'3.1H gold cents, a new tow level. firnifl, he aaid. Revcrly Hayne di vorced hi in in IHiJfi. Iawyer fees and alimony lcTt something of his fortune, he said, hut ho lost "every cent" In the stock market crash ot !;;!. Now ho Is at work again, in ft stoek company. He will be 47 years old Hatunlay. At the height of hln career In l!lt; RtiHlinian bought a lavender mnnogrammed automobile manned by lackeyon in Hvery to match and smoked nothing but lavender mon ogratnmed clgarettef!, , "I've sen everythlfli; there 1b to see and nr evorytVng at an age when I rould enjoy It most." he said. "I don't ned any money noOnri I ean manage to travel less grandly," POISONED RUM IN ANA Take Pay Load Across Sea J ""ill I BERMUDA A flight (rbm New York to Prls via Bermuda and the Azores to demonstrate the feasibility ot carrying a pay ionri will be undertaken by Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut. W. S. MacLaron. They will carry a cargo of 200 pounds of food products. FIVE AVIATORS COIf II LOSE LIVES IN liOLAMA, Portuguese , Ciulnea, Africa, Jan. 8. (P) Tho b'lory at tained by ten Italian seaplanes Tuesday in' their" trans-Atlantic flight to Natal, Hm.il, had Its price five aviators were left be hind dead and three Injured. Two of the 14 planes in the squadron wore virtually destroyed. Belatedly, official announcement ha been made . of the tragedy which attended one of the KreatosL victories over tho elements In tho history of aviation, tho delay being duo to the wish of tho Italian guyernincnt that rejoicing at com pletion of tho flight and celebra tion of Italy h "Hephany," or hcc ond Christmas, not be marred. Piano Crashes Ah 1 of the planes, tn formation of three, took off, one of the red group, piloted by Captain Keeagno, (trashed from a height of 100 feet. Tho sergeant mechanic, lailgl Fols, who was riding above the right pontoon, was killed and the two pilots and tho radio operator were Injured. A second plane of the white group was forced to alight, on the Hea at full speed. It look fire and the four crew members perished. A fter these two accidents word was flashed to the two replace ment planes to take off for Natal. Hoth came down after crossing the equator, between St. Paul's Hock and Ferando do Noronha. Italian naval vcshcIh stationed along the route took the planes In tow and brought them to Ferando do Noronha. The two will con tinue the flight. No ono aboard was Injured. FOR MENUS w'ah 1 1 1 N rmx, jn , x. or Farm organisation reprcMenlni ives sppentet) to the hottMc agricultural com m it tee .today for legislation prohibiting the expenditure of fed eral appropriations on oleomar garine and other butter substi tutes. A. M. Ijooidi.t, n-present log the National dairy Union and tin Na tional Association "f I to Her Man ufacturers'; C. W. llnlman, oT the National Co-operative MUk Pro- diners' association, aurl ! r e o Hrinkman of the Nutlonal fJranne. joined in reuuesting a hearing, one wjtti net for .lanuarj;. Hi. Turng to Certified Seed COM. KG K STATION. Texas. - sieve .Jenkins, Galveston Inl and watermelon raiser and truck farmer, was Influenced by bis county agent to plant a sack of certified potato seed In !:. Tin next year he voluntarily planted four sacks; last year, 15 sacks. He has ordered one carload for 1331. OCEAN VENTURE 1 r .E In order to he In a position lo glvo complete mid uiillientlc sln llslles on northern Cnllforniu unci Hotithorn Oregon, a slutisllcul liu- reau has been organized by llio Northern California-Southern Ore I gon Development association, ae- 1 Tho usaoeliitlon Is preparing sta tistics on eacli conn I y In norlhnrn j California and southern Oregon as I well as of llio Individual cities, and II is expected that preparation of tho report will tako not loss than Iwo monllis' time. "Wo will be able (o tell pros-pm-tivn Industrialists everything regarding this seclicin," slnles Mr. lintes, "and for that reason our survey w ill bo I lie most complete ever prnpured In the Mld-raclflc Kmplre." In compiling the Infm-mallon on the cities every detail will he re corded mid figures on electric light connections; population, water ennnoctions; banK deposits; as scy'scd valuations: rents of offices, homes and hotels; postolficc re cfjipts; industrial payrolls; tele-; phone connections; Industrial out put, lire but a row of the Hems to he tukon Into consideration. Tho figures will cover the period from 'ro to I Mil and will be kept up to date In future yeHrs. Statistics on cotinlies will cover the resources of each, and agricul tural and oilier production will be tabulutcd. Tho information and data will eventually he published by the de velopment uskocIhIIoii in lis official publication, Development. RETARDED BY RATES WASIHNG'ION. Jan. x (!) - Declaring the development "f Idaho is being handicapped and retard'-d by unreasonable freight rates, tin Ma ho public utilities com mission ban filed a complaint, with the interstate ronum-reo en in mission nt-'ainst the Oregon Short. I.lne, a part of tin' Cnloti pacific nyslem. PORTLAND, Ore., J(l. H.iA'l Funeral services for Kobert Sharp li-iin, 7tl, federal dintrlet Judge nt Oregon who died yesterday, will bo b'ld at Trinity Kplacopul church here Friday al 2 p, m. State courts hero will be closed and Judges will attend the setvieea In a group. The federal courts were urdered closed until Momlay. DATA N REGION AS NDUSTRY LURE FILM STAR AMnnnvrn HIlU QUACK l KIDNAPED1 i i Georges Carpentier and Ex- Wife of Charlie Chaplin Cnrrnr DIHn niHi DinJ i ui uiu iu i nut; v v i li uau dits $14,000 in Jewelry Taken. NKW VOIIK, .Ian. S. (PI The kidimping eC Mtu llrey t'huplln.j funnel- wife of 1'burles Chaplin,' and (icorges Carpentier us Ihey left u theater pu..lfd the police today. Mrs. Chaplin said she was robbed of money und Jewels. I Mrs. Chaplin, and the one-time heavyweight champion of Kurope told the police they were imprui- ' oncd in her lunoiiHine bv loui , urnied men. driven more than a mile and dumped out last night Mrs. Chaplin said she lust lfll.000 in jewelry. As related by detectives. Cni-prntici- met the arli-ess at a Hronx playhouse at the close of her ap pearance and they entered her cur in a dark alley near tho stage door. Two men. appearing out of tile gloom, pressed revolvers against tho chauffeur. Albert Frank, as lie stood beside tin- car and two more cowed the occu pants of the tonneau. l-'i-nnk then was forced Inside and one ol the hold-up men drove away rapidly. j Woman lljsUM-lcnl. j During Ihe ride Mrs. Chaplin became hysterical and ono ot the men ouleled her, promising she would not be harmed. Another ordered liei' to remove her gems but when she did so, lie was not satisfied. "We want some money, too," lie coiniiiaiuled. Forthwith, she. opened her pock book and handed' him llio entire contents $ 1 f. The victims were ordered into the street near an unllKlited coi ner and their assailants yped , away in the stolen car. Mrs. Chaplin mid i Carpentier- took a. taxlciib to Ihelr hotels mid Frank' went to a police station to rcporlj thev crime. I Acting Captain John A. Mcli bargy and six oilier detectives iiuestloiied Carpentier and Mrs. Chaplin at length and obtained n descrlplloii of tile robbers. Six hour later tile nutoinoblle was re covered by police, three blocks from where llio occupants were forced out. SENATE ROSH WASHINGTON, Jan. S. (l) Concerned over the failure of leg islation to got going In the senate, Senator McNury, the HHslMant re publican leader, prepared to day to ask for nlKltl sesslonn of llio cnato beginning next Monday atjid ex tending through tho month, for three days a week. Pepublican leaders, determined to avoid nil extra HCHslon, intend to seek the night sessions in a drive to get through the vital up- pi opi'iation hi 11k. Tho proposal j also will bo put forward with a view to determining what forces, j If any, are week lug to force an j extra session. nfltuinw iinnro IVI INAKY UKbtt NIGHT WORK IN! First Television Talkie Produced In Studios By Pioneers In ew Air Art Ii Until Haldwlti Co wan CHICAGO, Jan, 8. M'J Hide stepping slulstor looking equip ment, a small audience mm nerved in between humming machinery In the rontrol - room of station WilXAP last night and watched from behind the scenes what Is believed to have been (he world premier broadcast of a synchro nized sight-sound dramatn: pro duction. Tho nerveH of I (roadway stars nenring a first night were not more taut than those of tho trio, Irene Wicker, Vlnlon I la worth and Douglas Hope, who last night made television history in their ap pearance in "The Maker of I)ren m." The play, a delightful fantasy, portrayed Pierrot and Pierette about to drift apart when tho manufacturer of dreams f Inds thorn. I It was written by Samuel Spring Arrives in Clackamas County As Flowers Bloom OKRGON CITY, Jan. 8. (I'l Spring has come to Clackamas county. Daisies, pussywillows, primroses, roses and violets are in bloom in various parts of the county. Mrs. H. W. Paine found a rose-colored Knglish primrose in bloom in her yard yester day. Mrs. lsabelle Newman picked blooming violets, and Miss Cora Hunt has a pink ruso in blossom at her home. Daisies and pussywillows in full blossom were found along the highway at New Kra. t PLUCKY GIRLS HOPE TO BEAT Bobbie Trout and Edna Cooper Aim at Record of! Jackson ana O'Brine in Endurance. IMPKlIIAl,. (VI , Jan. S. (T)r Their goal the Glii-hour men's endurance flight record, two plucky . girl flb-rtf, Bubble Trout and Fdna May Cooper, began their fourth day In the air today over Imperial county airport, whenco they were driven yesterday from Ia) Angeles by adverse weather conditions. Tho feminine endurance team, who exceeded on Tuesday the old' women's record, completed 82 hours of sustained flight nt 12:30i a.m. today, deHplte rainstorms and I mlnhaps tnat threatened numerous t times to end prematurely the on-. durance hop begun last Sunday. ! The sliles In the direction of' 1 oh Angeles. 1 fiO mlleH away by airline were anxiously ncalmed by tho determined nvlatrlees hoping, for chance to return to thej starting point of their flight in that city. Their efforts at estub-I Ih'hing a new record would prove1 fruitless should they bo forced; down nt. any other point. ( Their ship the Italy Holph, was, driven out of x AngelcH by a ; heavy rain storm that forced the1 girl pilots to hedge hop at an i altitude of but a few hundred feet. Tho storm yesterday, was, the second lo hamper tho ,.Tjady j Holph'n progress. The little plane,! sister ship to the one flown by; Uale Jackson and Forest O'Urlno' of HI. Louis, bidders of the pres-i ent record, weathered a severe storm Tuesday. 4 F VIF.NNA, ,lan. X. (A1) Mobs of Austrian fasrlsts, a n g o r e d by showing of the American war film, "All Quiet on the Western Front," raged through the streets of Vien na last night and threatened major rioting. Two thousand pollca were mob ilized and beat hack an attack on Crania bridge, which leads across the iJanuhu Into the Jewish quar ter, where- the offending theater Is located, Austrian troops and members of the homo guard joined with the rioters. French. - The special musical score was composed by Hal Stocco. The cue. "Key, you guys, ready' marked (he arrival of the Impor tant, moment. Outsiders were ush ered out with little ceremony. Chief Engineer William N. I'arkor of Western Television Corporation began lb rowing hw Itches as did C. P. Louie In the control room. Lights blazed, machinery hummed. ''The Maker of Dreams" went op li.e air to be reeoived by (hose wi-.h ti television and radio com bination set, (he effect b"lng a close relative to a small talkie, but not without many flaws as yet. The most disturbing is perhaps tho horizontal bars across tho Image, (till the experts say "Glvo sclenco time." The shades of pioneers In mo tion picture production might have hovered In an eerie background of receivers and susjOided micro phones In the small, wlndowless mom watching a new dramatic proceduro take Its toddling stops In technlquo and make-up. MALE AVIATORS OPE FLAYS ill E Encyclical Reaffirms trines of Church On riage and Divorce Control Craven Sin Derision for Vows. Doc-Mar-Birth -Hits VATICAN CITY, Jan. H.(JP)- Age-old Komau Catholic doctrint'3 of marriage and divorce were re affirmed and emphasized In an encyclical today by I'ope Pius XI. Among practices of frustration which he scathingly condemned was birth control. Roferrlng to birth control, which bishops of tho Anglican church endorsed under certain circum stances at the Lambeth conferenco In London last summer, tho pontiff condemns- nil such practicoH as "agulnst law of God and nature." The cyclical unequivocally calls abortion murder. The practice of sterilization of the physically unfit is proclaimed to bo against the law of God. Tho unfit, the pontiff says, should be dissuaded from marriage but he main tains that the body of every man is sacred and that public magistrates can be given no power to harm the body's Integrity except where a gravo crime Is concerned. Called Craven Sin The encyclical brands all those indulging in contraceptive prac tices "with the guilt of a craven, sin." Any circumstances such as health or economic conditions do not constitute an excuse, lie main talncd. In support of his assertions tho pontiff quoted St. Augustine, who in such cases called tt woman "a mere mistress of her husband," and a man tho paramour of hla wifo. Tho encyclical seta forth length ily Catholicism's teachings against divorce and as a principle remedy for many existing evils tho pontiff proposes fidelity to rellgloUH life on which. alone ean bo built fidel ity to the marital1 obligation and to While not mentioning sexual education, tho pope, discounte nances "exaggerated physiological education." Ho stresses at length tho need for preparation for mar ried life, declaring "It cannot bo denied that tho basis of a happy wedlock and ruin of an unhappy ono is prepared . and net in tho souls of boys and girls during tho period of childhood adolescence - Asks Adequate IjUWs Tho encyclical asks adequato state laws touching upon the stato and family, Baying that tho religi ous and civil powers should coop erate therein. Tho pope'a advlco to tho young Is "chooso a partner well.' Ho advocates atato aid for mothers, commenting, howevor, "wo aro sorry to noto that not infrequently nowadays It happens that through a certain Inversion of truo order of things a ready and bountiful assistance Is provided for tho un married mother and illegitimate offspring, (who, Indeed, must bo helped in order that greater evil may bo avoided) which is denied to legitimate mothers or given sparingly, almost grudgingly." "Today, alas," ho says,, "not secretly or under cover but openly with all sense of shamo put usido now by word, again by writing, by. theatrical productions of overy kind, by romantic fiction, by am oroiiH, frivolous novels, by cine matographies portravimr In vivid scenes, In addresses broadcast by radio telephoning, in abort by alt inventions of modern sclenco tho sanctity of marriage Is trampled upon and derided. "Divorce, adultry, all the basest vices either uro extolled or at least depicted In such colors as to ho or appear to bo freo of all reproach (Continued on Page 6 Story 2) HKVERArHII,l4c.'ivl.,,7Hii. S. 'riiiv scimli' missi'il n hill mV liropriiitiiif,' miliums' for Tooii;; lull . Ilic liousn (if ! rMpt-cs(;atll-tivtw to fodiiy)' had not ap provvd it. They hiiid iio-"(iir.v Micm to think thnt,'n a bad Yrcu cdciit to iipropriato mbiicy for food. It's too much like tin "dole." Tln;y think it would encotirnKe hunger. The way thintrs look, hunger don't need much encouragement. It's jittst eoming around naturully. IN 11 AG "Rogers
