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o The Weather rorecast Tonight And Saturday cloudy; no change In torn pom- Medford Mail Temperature 1 1 1: 1 i-t yoilcrday 47 lowest tills morning 2:1 I'lfcipifillliiu To R p. in. yesterday Oil 'I'o ft ll. in. togay 00 - ' ffwenty-Fifth Year FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, ORl'XiOX. FRIDAY.. .IAN VWIY ). No. 289. TRIBI-TNE o - ii):n Today By Arthur Briib&M Some Small Straws. The Pope Speaks. Work for Farmers. Italy's Achievement. Copyright King Feature Synd,. I no. Small straws blowing in mi unpleasant direction nro not important in themselves, but call for attention. First n croup of farmers in Arkansas entered stores, de mnnding food for their chil dren. i Then came a not very seri of mnv.eh on the Newark city hall hy pent lemon who call themselves "reds." And yesterday in New York, across the Hudson river crowds stormed Salvation Army food store rooms shout inu, "Don't starve! Fight:" Fifty were in jured. j All this doesn't mean much among 1 t!0,0n0,000 people, but it does mean that any distribu tion of food or clothing, or ar rangements for free lodging, should be looked after by the . government, efficiently. It is not a job for a Rod Cross, a Salvation Army or any other organization outside of the gov ernment. . The enelclieal of Pope Pius, issued in Vatican City yester day, reaffirms Catholic doc trine concerning marriage, the first reaffirmation in 50 years. Those practicing birth con trol, according to the pope, are "branded with the guilt of a grave crime,'.' and abortions he calls "murder."' - Marriage- is indissoluble, . and cannot be . broken for any reason what ever. Kxperimcntal or compan ionate marriage is absolutely tondenmed. Opinions differ on the sur face of this small earth. The Lambeth conference of British bishops last summer, for in stance, endorsed birth control under certain circumstances. And some, recently returned ifrom HtLssiu, rcpo;it that, in government hospitals, there, ab ortions are performed by gov ernment surgeons,, ,f r c c of charge, if a woman can prove that health or poverty makes the abortion necessary. And, regardless of reasons, the oper ation is performed if the pa tient can pay for it. It is difficult to believe that. Russia would thus deliberately plan to diminish her population when she is short of workmen by 2,0(10,000 men. lint the state ment is made positively. f The pope's message of lti,0(K1 (Continued on I'nge Six) Abe Martin i Who rrmcmberj. when wo liml To p n laborer's lltrtlM1 If w. wanted to smell frhfl potntor an' bacon? O conrwe our prcwnl do-j prvdoii In puny bait, hut mu-t; not fencit some o tlw awful ( .vhnni ' tlm wt. hluni v'n, v )ijm I to walk In cnrvh o' 'k or tHl an' auto nui iinkmmn. GRAND JURY FOR DAHACK QUIZ NAMED Five of Special Group From Medford, One From Ash land, One From Central Point Special Prosecutor, Ready to Start. A special grand. Jury, recom mended by Oov A. W. Xorulad to Investigate the fatal shooting of Everett Pnliack, Easlo Point, dur ing a raid on a lteese Creek Hi ill a month uko, was impaneled by Circuit Judge II. D. Norton this morning as follows: Waller Mundy, Medford. I!. M. nurnham. .Modt'oid. i J. .1. Skinner. Medford. Harold Wood, Mcdl'ord. Hob Tavlor, Medford. .1. It. liildeibaeh. Ashland. A. L. Simmons, Central Point. Kive of Ihe seven members of j the special grand jury are from this j city. Mundy, Taylor and Bilder baeh are members of the jury hear ing Ihe damage suit of Mrs. .Maltha McClnng against John 11. Coswh-k, and the grand jury cannot be sworn until its deliberations have been completed. This circumstance will delay the starting of the inquisitorial body. Prosecutor Present Assistant Attorney General Wil lis W. Moore was in court and ready to start the investigation as special prosecutor. It is not thought that the special grand jury will get under full speed much before tomorrow, as it will take time to call witnesses and ar range miuor details. It is expected that the sessions of the special body will require the greater part of a week. An order was issued by the court discharging the regular grand jury, George II. Alden, foreman, which concluded its labors last, evening with the filing of a final report, stating "all matters brought before the grand jury had been considered and that an inspection of the ad ministration of the county prohi bition funds bad been made 'and found satisfactory.' " IN STATE FOR E SAI.KM, Jan. 1. (P) Fewer! cases, including law actions, equity! cases anil divorce suits were filed In the circuit courts of the state I during 11130 than the previous! year, with criminal cases alone j showing un increase, the report' of the Oregon Judicial council; made public today, reveals. I Divorce suits filed during the! year from nil 3G counties totaled ( 3K4t of which 3127 wont by de- i fault and 1S6 contested and tried! by the courts. ' The previous yearj 3H62 divorce cases were filed. The law actions in 11)30 totaled 569X.I compared to 10T.8 In 1U20. and: equity cases 3S22. compured to 4095 in 1 11211. Criminal cases filed hist year totaling 2:1X4, of which! 37(1 were tried by Jury, were the, only typo showing an increase.! In 1H21I. 2101 ordinal cases were! filed. f j Jnckiin county wfqj 94 criiiii-i nnl suits rated fifth In that list! and sixth in divorces with 133 of; the latter. JACKSON FIFTH CRM A Film Folk Gird For War Following Recent Forays By Underworld Denizens HOLLYWOOD, Cnl., Jan. 9. W field offered by them to gunmen Filmland Is girding Itself for war. hud been reeugntzed by the under Blank cartridges have been re- world. placed by ball ammunition In The chauffeurs of .Tanet Onynor weapons being buckled on by j Kdmund Lowe nnd Wlnfield Shee hitherto synthetic warrior, as han, film executive, hold permits picture f'lk accept what they be-j to curry arms, while armed guardH lleve It a challenge from the i patrol the eMatea of Mary I'lck underworld. ! ford nnd Douglas Fairbanks, The warlike ntmoMphcre prevail-' Gloria Kwanson, Harold Lloyd and ing in this Ptar cpecfcled city Is the i many others prominent In picture result of the kidnaping nnd rob- j making. spijite guards nccom bing in New York Wednesday j pany the children of some film night of Llta flrcy Chaplin. Mrs. stars at all times. In addition to I'hapHn wa robbed of $1 4,000 In ! watchmen protecting the actors Jewelry. ' j ;nd their estates as Hollywood The nrtion of the kidnapers who takes on the complexion of un robbed the former wife of Charlie ; armed camp. Chnplin. with her escort, Georges 1 Thugs in recont robbery at Carpentier, former heavyweight "empts on picture stars werp best boxer and now an actor, at tbe ed when George O'Hrlen, wewtern point of pistols, was seen today as he-man i(bi, buttered two robbers a probable forerunner of future to the ground after disarming sirjfc'ir attempt" on people of thnjthrn, and turned them over to fllTrTM. v ! police, while waiter Cntlett. for- liobbery attempts mado recently r mer hMdlinlng vaudeville mono in Hollywood, which resulted dis-jluslst ami musical comedy star a strongly f'r the would-be boldnp-wiow In pbtur'-s, diKpIayed neat men. further strengthened the bc-Uoxing skill in .dlwirmlng snd lief of film folk lhat the nttrartlve flooring a lone stlckup man. Bride Of Auto Maker 1wntutd Prut PJiait Mr. E. L. Cord, the former Vir. ginia Tharpe, was married to the automobile manufacturer in Bever ly Hills, Cal. SMUDGE OIL TOiTAKES CHARGE GROWERS NEAR Fruitgrowers' League Com mittee Secures Reduction From Projected Raise to Six Cents. Information received today from Edward Cnrlton, president f the Fruitgrower!' league, Indicates that the expected Increase in the price of smudge oil for local or chards will not materialize, owing to the fine work of the league's committee, composed of Paul A. Scherer, - Harry Ito.senhorg, nrt Frank Upton, working in co-operation with T. C!. Tmvis, district salen manager, of the Standard Oil Co. Word was received last fall that the price of smudge oil would be six cents per Ballon during the coming season; and thp league ' directors appointed the above committee, to contact the nil companies, protesting against the increase from .0 -1 fi 5 cents. The committee met with Mr. Travis, and with his assistance has been able to secure a' reduction from the predicted .00 cents per gallon to .055 cent.". The Kruitgorwers league fA' that this reduction will mean n material saving in growing costs to a majority of the fruit growers of the nocue Illver vnlley, nnd Mr. Carlton, league president, has thanked t h ' co in m i t teo a n d M r. Travis for their effort". MAY TAKE SEAT SAI.KM. Ore., Jan. !).--(&) Mrs. I.ntla Smith of Salem, widow of the late Dr. Curium Smith, .Marion county representative-elect who died two weeks aso. now has. a better chance tiian any other person to succeed her husband In the legis lature. At a caucus of the Marion coun ty delegation Mrs. Smith received two votes, ex-State Engineer l'erry A. Cupper received one vote and Dave Piigh of Salem one vote. Kor the senate sect to succeed the lale Senator l.loyd T. Reynolds the delegation was divided on Chris Kowltz, Salem attorney and city ulderimin. and It. Ti. Hewitt, dean of law nt Willamette university. FORMER PRICE Amos 9n9 Andy Are Cause of Battle Between Negroes 4 EAST ST. LOl'lS, 111., Jan. 9. (Pi An argument over 4 the home town of Amos 'n Andy had Caston Klis, 19- year-old negro, In n hospital hero today In a critical con- ! d it ion. Klis met another negro last 4 night who said Amos 'n' Andy 8 h lived here. Ells said they lived at Brooklyn, 111., n negro community. 4 .The argument ended when the negro who upheld the East St. Louis Hide of the. de- bate pulled u knife and stabbed Klis near the "heart. ' FOX THEATERS Archie B. Holt, Formerly of Salem Succeeds S. G Mendenhall Latter Goes to Pendleton. Announcement of n change In management of the Fox theatres here was made known today with the arrival of Archie 13. Holt, for mer manager of the General The atres which included the Klslnore and Cnpitol theatres In Salem, nnd Floyd Maxwell, Oregon division manager for Fox West Const The atres. Mr. Holt will succeed S. G. Mendenhall as manager of the Fox Craterinn and Fox Rialto theatres in Medford, nnd Mr. Men denhall will go to l'endleton as manager of the Fox Rivoli and Fox Aha theatres. The chango in management he comes effective immediately ac cording to Mr. Maxwell, and Men denhall will leave here, Sunday for Pendleton to take over his jifw1 duties. Mr. Holt's family will join him here within the next few dnys and he has already taken up his duties in the operation of the two Fox theatres. ; started In Salem Mr. Holt hns been closely identi fied with theatre operation in Ore gon for the past twelve yearn and began his apprenticeship under the direction of Frank Bligh in Salem. He was afterwards engaged in tle business In Albany, Klamath Falls ami Seattle and of late has been managing the two Salem theatres prior to their being acquired by Warner Brothers. "Mr. Holt is qualified to under stand and upprecinte the enter tainment desires of Medford" de clared Mr. Maxwell today. "We are happy to announce his affilia tion with the Fox organization and to be able to send him to this city to maintain the high degree of Integrity and efficiency identified with our organization." 'Meinly" to Pendleton S. G. Mendenhall who has man aged the Fox theatres here for the past year is succeeding Larry Goux in Pendleton. "Mendy" as ho is well known locally was formerly assistant mnnager of the Craterian theatre here nnd due to his energy and ambitious efforts was promot ed to the position of niannger. His assignment to the new position in Pendleton Is a further Indication of tho esteem with which he is held by. tho executives of the Fox theatre organization, leveItesells HOLLY INTEREST An announcement was made to day, lhat Nledermeyer, Incorporat ed, has assumed the Interest of Walter lverette In Ihe Holly the-' a lie of this city and that popular amusement house will now be un der the niuniiKenient of John Nle dermeyer. Tho sale of his stock In the Holly theatre will enable Mr. 1-everottu to devote his entire time to the maniiKcmcnt of his theatres In (Irnnts Pass and Yreka nnd various oilier Interests In southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia. John Nledermeyer, who will now have entire management of the Dolly, has been Identified with the management of the Medford thea tre since Its openfiiK last year. senatFtdvotTon o WASHINGTON Jan. 9. I Th innate agreed today to vote before adjournment tonight on the pending moiions to recall the nom inations of three members of the n w power commission. NEW MANAGER ttlSPOI MOPPED By DRY AGENTS Las Vegas, Nev., Near Site , Hoover Dam Project Hit in Sudden Raid of Federal Officers Twenty Jailed, Padlocks Placed. LAS VKGAS, New. Jun. 9. (P) This Ihtle city, picturesque relic of the old, wild west'H last frontier and possessor of a new Importance because of its proximity to the site of the Hoover dam project, was staggering today front tho effects of the most violent dry raid In ft history, made last ntght by virtu ally the entire Ixs Angeles federal prohibition bureuu personnel. At least 20 bar rooms and caba lets felt the suddenness of the raid, in which 'Mi prohibition en forcement agents, headed by Depu ty Prohibition Administrator Wal ter L. Peters of Ixis Angeles and Col. George H. Sheaver. assistant administrator for California, took part. Twenty Jailed When the well timed assaults on the bars in the hearts of the city and the cabarets and night clubs on1 the town's outskirts had been carried out, the reputed "wet spot" of the west had been wrung dry, ut least 20 men In jail and pud lock proceedings against the drinking places were begun. The federal men, accurately tim Ing; their operations, struck with precision simultaneously at every marked place in the city and vi cinity. Prohibition Administrator Peters stated the raids were conducted on direct orders from Washington, alter leading contractors for Hoo ver dam work had refused to hire the thousands of men needed for the work while "wide; open" condi tions prevailed in Lns Vegas. COLORED FOLK T Negroes Ask Permission to Intervene in Court Hear ing On Validity of Amend ment. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (JP) Permission to Intervene in tho supreme court's hearing on the va lidity of the ISth amendment was asked today by the National An notation for the Advancement of Colored People. Argument upon tho decision of Federal Judge Clark In New Jer- sey that the Kighteenth Amend ment was adopted In an unconsti tutional manner has been set by the court for January HI. Counsel for tho association, In asking leave to file a brief, stated "the negro citizens of this country have: an important stake" In the recent decision of Judge ('lark. They contended that "if It is true that the Kighteenth amend ment was not constitutionally adopted because the surrender of state powers to tho federal govern ment could only bo accomplished by action of state conventions. then It might similarly be nrgued j that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth I find Fifteenth amendments were 1 unconstitutionally adopted. These three amendments likewise Involv ed the surrender of state powers to the federal government. i 4 I IN NORTHWEST AREA SEATTLE. Jan. 9. UP) Includ ing commercial, public and resi dential buildings, contemplated structures announced during De cember for tho Pacific northwest totaled 7.2M,nr7, the Parifie itullder and Engineer, construction new s magnzlnn, announced today. Montana led with n $.1,04r,0(i0 program; ash ing ton was second with ?..i:)4.rii0: Oregon third with $1.7!M,M,7 and Idaho fourth wiih one building t-oHtlng $!io,0fi0. 4 PrtHM Job IllSHJ-HIHV. WASHINGTON. Jan. , !'( Appropriation of $ I oo.ihhi.oho ;m n ii ii I ly o be used In cooperation with the stalen in establishment of itnf-mploymcnt inurfince wns pro posed In n bill Introduced todav Uv S-nntor Wiigiier, democrat. S' v WAN VOICE IN RUM DECISION SUED FOR STOLEN it - , f Ji ' t-4 K Mrs. Sada E. Lund,-(left) former vaudeville dancer, has sued Dor othy Janis. (right) enchantress in .1 motion picture made in Borneo, for $25,000, charging the film pUiyer stole the affections of her husband, Sidney Lund. FORD RECALLS ENGINE FAULT WORKING ARMY HINTS LANDING DETROIT PLANT HKTIKH T. Jan. 9. (A't A d d i -tional employe; nf the Ford -Motor company, laid off Oeeember W.S, will be recalled to work In va rious plants of the company in the Detroit area next Monday. An official of the company today estimated the number to be re called at between f.0.000 and ", OOn. Six thousand five hundred men returned to work last .Mon day. For throe months prior to the inventory shutdown, the plants had been operating on a three day a week basis. No change from thin schedule has been nil- I nouni.ed. The normal payroll of the Ford 'company in the Detroit area covers I approximately K'i.000 workers. BOWLES DEFENSE PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. (Ar The defence In the Howies mur der case today won a delay of at least one week by means of five motions attacking the validity of the first degree murder Indict ments against Nelson C. Howies and lrma 1-oucks. 1'reniding Circuit Judge Kvans postponed arraignment of the pair until arguments on the motions can be heard. Itowles, a millionaire, and hif former secretary, are charged with uuird'M-lng Mrs. Leone Howies. LIFE WPENFOR LOH ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 0. (I1) Emory Ellh, who paid $2.20 in j dimes to have his divorced wife, Mrs. Merle Ells, slatn us shn slept! beside their 18-months-old son, to-. day expressed relief as tho spectre of the gallows fuded and he faced Impiisonment for lite. Ells, 20-year-old dishwasher, was convicted of first degree murder last night by u jury that recom mended life imprisonment. He had confessed having given Hie sum in dimes to Hon Jam In Frankllin Mrown, itinerant, as "part pay ment" for the shooting to death of MtH. Klis by Hrown, November 2. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. P) Secretary Hurley today opposed any b-glslation designed to with draw federal aid from schools and eolleges giving eonrses in military training. i 1 New and Complex World To Be Enjoyed By Super Generation, Says Hoover WASH I Nii TON, Jan. 9. UPi I President Hoover believes the new I generation he has visualized ehildren properly born, trained, cdiM'tited and healthy wilt begin ten years hence. 'We tun in o v e swiftly after j that." i So he observed In an Interview i with a writer for Cosmopolitan j magazine, amplifying the assertion' made before the recent child health conference that with such! a genera t Ion "a 1 hnusund other prohnis of government would vtinlwh." lie painted a picture of a new arifl more complex world life speeded and yet aTfordlng greater IcIkuio through the perfection of efficient machinery containing new tt'jnptntions. "only children of a new genera tion -a new American cnri stand nyntrPt the future world, Klrt of all, their health must be looked '.CTIONS Ir? I'd OF FAIR PILOTS LOS ANT.KLKS, Jan. !. (A) New troubles came to Itobhie Trout and Kdnn May Cooper to day just they reached smooth sailing in their endurance refuel ing fliKlit after surviving five days of ill luck. Ideal weather prevailed after three days of rainstorms and a peaceful atmosphere settled over their monoplane, tho Jjitdy Itolph, but it did not last ton. Ah they lien rod the 120th hour aloft at 'X :30 p.m., an ominous cloud of black smoke began to pour from the motor. It was a signal that the power plant was weakening. The fliers dropped a note that the. oil gauge was showing far too much consumption of oil and the opinion prevailed a m o n g the ground crew that the flight wa nenrlng its 'last legs. -4 HELD GUILTY IN STREET KILLING Judge Orders Grand Jury Probe of Law Violations Revealed in Henderson Trial. COUVALLIH, Ore., Jan. 0. (JP) W. H. 1 lenderson was today sen tenced to ten yenrs in state prison ami fined flOO on a manslaughter charge. CORVALLIS. Ore., Jan. 0. (P) W. L. Henderson was convicted by a circuit court Jury here last night on a charge of manslaughter for the slaying of W. It. Mills, boot legger, whom ho shot to death on a downtown street hero Nov. 29. Tho penalty Is from ono to IB years in prison. Henderson was to be sentenced today. A grand Jury investigation of what ho termed "terrible" law vio lation conditions hero was ordered by Circuit Judge Hktpworth who heard the Henderson trial. Testi mony revealed alleged wholesale violations of prohibition and other laws. Judge Hklpworth said It 1h "un believable that such wholesale de liberate and unscrupulous'' law violations as the testimony indicat ed, should exist hor . Henderson pleaded self-defense. H said Mills had threatened his life and when they mot on the street Mills made a motion as If to draw a weapon. nfter --this civilization would de cay In a generation of physical weaklings; t hen comes their day environment, I heir schooling, their discipline, their morals. ..." lie mentioned the difficulty of driving home this idea to voters and off Ida Is. Ho spoke of dis heartening conditions of crime, especially t Tie) rate of Increase among the yming. "This new generation of chil dren, healthy, trained ami men tally inspired, would go a long way toward solving all this. Most of our native criminal class are products of city slums. If the character and h unllty nnd heufth of these children were watched and nurtured, a criminal type of child would Hot develop. It would be difficult to overestimate what the single Item of ndcquntn play ground fad I It leu would mean in the bringing up of normal city children. ..." CORv ALLIS MAN FUSSES AND KISSES AID ! IMRIONY ! Divorce Judge Says More Quarrels and Reconcilia tions Would Smooth Mat rimonial SeasTen Great Words to Remember. n- A. K. Harris SAN FHAXrlSCO, Jan. 9. (At What this country nocd. say Suju'rior Judge Thomas V. Gra ham, "the groat reconciler," Ut a IiIk Increase in the number of domestic quai-rcta and a corre sponding boom in reconciliations accompanied by connubial kiHuex. Having heard 23,400 divorce cases in Ilia 30 years on tho bench here. Judge. Graham has reached some conclusions us to how the matrimonial bark ought to he sailed In order to avoid domestic maldermer. And the first of these is, "(Jo aheud and quarrel; then kiss and make up.' Judge Oruhnm's knack of patch ing up slightly damaged matri monial ships as they sail Into his court has won him the appelation of "the great reconciler.'' How many such vessels he has snatched from the shoals of divorce he can not even estimate, hut the number Is conceded to he relatively high. Quarrels Important The quarrel and the subsequent business of kissing and. "making up" play a more Important part in salving matrimonial wounds than most husbands and wives realize. Judge Graham said: "Certainly, quarrel!" said the Jurist. "Wly not? . It not only puts a little spice into the scheme of things but also paves the way for the kiss and reconciliation." The old axiom about truth being spoken In Jest applies also to matrimony. Judge Graham said. These jests, he . assorted, bring "the Billy, trivial things home to tho bride nnd groom," and strike at the cause of domestic trouble "The ten greatest words to re membor when one marries," said the. Judge, "are forbearance, pa tience, love, fidelity, truthfulness, compatibility, though t f u 1 n e s s, quarrel, kiss and reconciliation." Girls Need Trochtiuj Judge Graham believes the di vorce problem will settlo itself "when girls are taught the dis grace of being merely household ornaments and boys realize matri monial responsibilities."- Ke fore sees the day when marriages will bo contracted with such care that few will find their way into the courts for dissolution. "Tho truo remedy,"' he said, "lies In tho normnl teaching of the young nnd example of the elders. Girls who think they have con ferred a groat favor by letting some man become their meal ticket for life never leap the first hurdle on the matrimonial trail. "They should ' be taught from Infancy that wifehood constitutes more than being merely a house hold ornament. And young men who believe they are God's gift to women are In the same category as the women with the menl ticket complex."' . 4 NEW TO UK, Jan. 9. It's "buy now" In the minds of pur chasing agents who have ' come from many parts of the nation to replenish their stocks at margin prices. , John Young, nn official of the Merchants' association, says that buyem are pui-chuslng earlier in tho year nnd In greater volume than usual. 4 -. MAIiSHKlKLD. Ore., Jan. 9. OVf The arrest of Frank J. pnitt and J. L. Hehwenk, both of Em pire, resulted today in officers finding complete equipment for making nnd sealing "bonded"' whiskey, Corby rye nnd Oordon gin. which has been sold hero ns government bonded liquor. The contents of all bottles were manufactured hero, prohibition of flcem said. Hrnnds had beer counterfeited, and United Hinted Internal revenue fake labels at tached to nil bottle. More than 1G0 quarts of various brands of whlkey and gin, and 10 gallons of beer were seised. Twelve men have been arrested on liquor charges here within the pan eight days. DRYS CAPTURE BONDED LIQUOR IKING OUTFIT
