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The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight; prob ably rain Sunday. No change in temperature. M MEDFORD AIL K v TiMwa Temperature X I 1 Highest yesterday . Ai vk. I II , J " Loweat thii morning 25 M Ria Precipitation yl II J To 5 p. m. yesterday 00 JaI To 5 a. m. today .00 No. 1I0 K V Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD OliKCON. SATURDAY, JAN l-AUY 10, 1!J;M SENATE IS DEFIED BY PRESIDENT Hoover Refuses to Resubmil Nominations Power Com missioners Cannot Admit Authority of Solons for Removal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. () Notlco was given In the senate to day by Senator Wheeler, Democrat t Montana, after the reading of , President Hoover's refusal to the ' senate's request for return of the i nomination of three members of ! the power commission that lie would oppose any appropriations for salaries of the three men. as n i iu ruis , j nn. l u. tfj Tho senate today voted to restore to Ita calendar the names of the three federal power commission-j era whose confirmations it voted yesterday to reconsider. After an hour's discussion, tho senate voted. 3tf to ta, to instructl its executive clerk to replace the names of the three power commis sion nominees on the calendar. Thus, while the president de clines to return the nominations and insists that tho men are lc-! gaily appointed, the senate has before It as if In regular order the three- nominations1 for reconsidera tion. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon tana, who moved return of the names to the senate calendar atter Mr. Hoover had refused to return the nominations, told tho senate he thought it. would bo "entirely futile" to reject formally the throe nominees, in view of the president's action. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. President Hoover today declined to resubmit to the senate the nom inations of Chairman Smith and I Commissioners Gartmud and Dra per of the power commission. j Heceipt of the message was an nounced In the senate but it was ' not read at onco. . It occupied one sheet of paper and wua of about 300 words. . . . "I am advised," tho president f wrote, - "that those appointments) were constitutionally . made, with 1 Hie consent of the senate formally' communicated tQ me and that tho I return of the documents by mo and reconsideration by the sen ate would be Ineffective to dis (urb the appointees in their of fice. "1 can not admit the power in the senate to encroach upon the executive functions by removal of a duly appointed executive officer, under guise of reconsideration of his nomination. ' "I regret," he said, "that I must refuse to accede the requests." - f SALKM, Jan. 10. P) Eight Oregon attorneys whose disbar ment was sought on c h a rgeri brought by Fred C. Worrall were exonerated of any unethical prac tice of their profession and Wor rell's charges were branded "un warranted and malicious" and without any foundation In fact in the report of tho referees named to hear tho charges, which was filed in supreme court this after noon. Tho attorney were IT. T. Butts, George T. Winslow, A. A. Hall and Claude A. Barrlck all of Tillamook. K. H. Tongue. Hiltsboro: J. P. Kavanaugh. Jay liowerman and James L. Conley nil of Portland. Abe Martin TIm Mump -hows no tgn lettiir down an ! wcmldu' Ik" Mirprlnl U It riiuilly girt armum j 1o0Uh taxiltne Mutton." wys ; C ashier Art Smiley. TtomWp pre-, fvrs blondes. Northwest Admiral V Rear Admiral E, H. Campbell has been appointed commandant of the thirteenth naval district with head, quarters at Puget Sound, Wash., navy yard. WINS COP FOR I JOURNAL Medford Hi-Times Held Best High ' School Paper in State at Oregon Campus Conference. A telegram received this after noon from Arthur L. Schoonl. journalism instructor of Medford high sellout, stated that "special grand prize for the best all-around high school newspaper In the state was a wa rded the M ed ford H i Times at the eleventh annual high school press conference held on the University of Oregon campus this week-end." The Arnold Dennett Hull silver cup was awarded to the paper and received by Junior Porter, business manager of the paper, who is one of tho delegates in Eugene. Frede rick Colvig is editor of the publi cation. t Hubert Spalding of Medford was nominated for the office of vice president of the press conference, and Winifred Warner, also of this city for president of the state Girls League, lloth were defeat ed by small margins, the telegram stated. SALEM. Ore. Jan. 1. P Eight hundred und fifty-eight more num wore put to work on the state highway relief program during the part two weeks, the highway de partment count for the period end ing January ti showed. Tho total pave 11HI8 men now employed and 75 crews operating over the Btato. In addition to lhee figures, 205 men have heen absorbed In regu lar maintenance patrol crews and 2t men are working In regular ex tra Bangs with machine equipment. The majority of relief workers arc employed on alternate shifts of three days. .Much of the emergen cy work consists of clearing brush nnil trees on rights or way. grade widening, ditching and other ope eratlons. KLAMATH IWLI.S. Ore.. .Ian. 10. (Pi Resolutions endorsing the proposed amended route of the Croat Northern railway extension south from this city to meet the Western Pacific line In northern California were adopted last night liy the Klamath irrigation district's hoard of directors and the John railway committee. The proposed runic would pass within one-quarter mile of Merrill and within n half mile of Mallne. Jwo growing communities in south ern Klamath county. Hlit si Ur.riiM Tank COP KN'll AG F.N. Denmark. Jan. In. (Pi One man Q kiilcd, one whs mitring and another seriously injured today in a violent expb- nion wnicn wrec-tcw a ihok ui municipal gas works. Several; other person were less seriously j hurt. 1 & rtfi 1 im MEDFORD HIGH BES PUT IN ON ROAD WORK IN II WEEKS KLAMATH FAVORS CHANGE IN ROUTE RESCUE OF SEEN NEAR Hetch-Hetchy Workers Talk to Men Trapped By Tun nel Cave-in Hunger andj Thirst Only Inconvenience Behind Barrier. OAKLAND. Cal., Jan. 10. (flV Kescuers were near enough lo the twenty men trapped in a cavo-ln underground in the Hetch-lletchy coast range ..tunnel Into today to converse with them. Four feet of debris remained between the rescuers and the trapped men who were expected to be released soon. Workers reported the trapped men shouted through the debris they were in no danger. Except for being thirsty and hungry they said they bad suffered no ill ef fects so far. The men were imprisoned where 12 men were killed by an explo sion of natural gas last July 17. The cave-In occurred last night, and presence of mind and courage of Wclby Morgan. 28, a nozzle man and one of tho workers who escaped, probably saved the live of those entombed. Morgan, at the first warning of falling ruck, seized a 20-foot length of four inch pipe and dropped it where he thought the center of the cave in would be. His guess was .ac curate and as a result tho trap ped men have air. The tunnel is part of Son Fran cisco's municipal water project to bring water from the Sierras of Central California. 1 WILL TESTIFY I Special Grand jury in Ses sion for Inquiry, Dahack Death Expect Investiga tion Take Week. Tlhc special giVind Jury called upon recommendation of Governor A. W. Norblad to investigate the circumstances surrounding tho fa tal hoot(ng of Kverott Dahack, was busy today hearing testimony In the Kccso crock still tragedy. They heurd their first witness to day, and organised yestcrduy after noon, when three members were excused from a damage suit hear ing. Among the wltnes? to be call ed, it 1h claimed, will be tho raid ing officers and three spectators of the raid. It Is expected that the grand jury will view the scene of the tragedy the coming week. Uased on the length of time con sumed in the first grand Jury in vestigation, it if expected the spec ial session will take at lcat a week. Assistant A ttorney -Genera I Wil lis W. Moore of Salem In In charge of the grand Jury quiz. E FOR JAIL MEALS As a imitter of county economy, the county court has ordered that the dally allowanco for meals be reduced from 70c per dsy per pris oner In tho county Jail to BOc. The prisoners receive two meals n day, with the first at 8 o'clock In the morning and the second around 4 o'rluek in the afternoon. The 7c allowance wan thought to be ton expensive when the In mates of the Jail could live Just as well on fiOr. ENTER OREGON FIELD SAL KM, Ore.. Jan. 1M. P)A IH.ti per Ten l pain In the number of Insurance companies transact ing business In Oregon In 1 !:t' over l whs reported, by Clare A, leo in a statement issued today. One hundred and one more companies were in operation the past year. In creasing the revenue of the stale by I14U.35H over HJfi. his state ment showed. O RAID OFFICERS IN DEATH M Removal of Pins in Baby's Throat Much Easier Now CHICAGO. Jan. 10. 01) IMns and other arlleles swnl- lowed by an infant can he removed with greater speed f than ever before and with- out shotk to the patient, ft w;w revealed today by doc- tors at a hospital where a i new type flouruscope waJT used for the first time. The niaehine, It was ex- plained, affords simultaneous! 4 views from two directions. Using this new type flouros- h cope and an esophaguscope, the physicians removed a pi" from the esophagus of a seven months' old baby in less 4- than three minutes. FOR REGISTER Grants Pass Leads State, Ashland Second in Regis trationCalifornia Sends Most Autos. SALi;M, Jan. 10. WV-The reg istration of non-roHldent vehicle i In the state of Oregon for 1 DUO fell about 10.000 short of the 1!29 total, but exceeded all other years since records' of registrations have been made, the annual report is sued by Secretary of State Hal K. Hoss today disclosed. The total was lUH.QOH. California led all other states in the number of registration with 58,4.14', more than half of the state's total. Washington was second with 15.K6U. Idaho third with 3398, Canada fourth with J 470 und Colorado ttcnt 1001 cars. There was one car each from the Philippines, Cuba, Kngland, Mex ico, New Zealand and China. The Canal Zone registered 12, while tho lowest atattt cars received were fenm Uinih f'nrnllnn it'ifli 1 .'1 I ( lri nlH Pjihm i;nnt In tied tn load all others in the number regis trations made at its station, with 24,034. Ashland was second with 21,019 and Portland third with 7.r.24. Other cities registering more than 1000 cars, in respecftvc order were Medford. Salem, Klamath Falls, Huntington, Kugene, Itose burg. Albany, Ciold Peach, On tario, Hend, Corvallis. Hood Piver and Pendleton. There are 39 reg istration stations In the state. 1 E CAXYOX. Texus. Jan. 10. (A1) Two men robbed tho First Xatlonul bank of 1 5.000 hero today after abducting I.cvl Cole, assistant cash- ier and hi wife from their home at 4 n. m., and overpowering Sher iff John Fry and others who came into the bank while the robbers were waiting for tho time lock to open tho vault at 9 a. m. Cole and his wife were taken to the bank and locked In the direc tors' room. They were blindfolded. DUE NEXT WEEK SAX KKANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 10. (lb Tho weather ontlook Tor the week beginning January 11 was announced hero today by the Cull ed Slates weather bureau as fol lows: Far western states: The outlook Is for considerable cloudiiiesH, nor mal tcmpcruturcH and froojiciit rains west of the Cascade moun tains. Kadis In California by the middle of (ho week, snow over the Cascade mountains and tho Sierra Nevadas and local snows over the northern plateau states. WHEAT EXPORTS CUT SALKM. Ore.. Jan. lo. Wheat exported from (he Krts of Portland nnd Astoria during the period from Hecember I, H2N. to November 30, I'CUJ, totaled 40,027. HH bushels, or 20,091,771 bushels during (he first year of the hit n nium and 1H.9:!(.00 In the second year, says the Jilenniul report of 8eymour Jons. state market Hnen(. today. The two-year total In ex port shipment Ik a decrease of 11. Sfil.591 bushels compared wlth(Vie total of 6t).89,4fi2 bushels ol The previous bennium. MEDFORD 4TH ALIEN CARS 1 70 BURIED' NEATH DIRT f AVALANCHE! Track Workers on Guayaquil Railroad Engulfed by Slide of Soil and Rocks From Mountainside Speed Cuts Escape. GUAYAQUIL, Hcuador. Jan. 10. ifi1) A landslide roaring down from the 'mountains ulong tho Guayaquil and Quito railroad to day buried 170 track workers who were uncovering a stretch of about 100 yards covered by a previous slide. First reports said the slide bad enguUed a train, killing 170 pas sengers, but the railroad author ities said the. only victims were tho repair crew. They reassured the people, who had feared that Presi dent lsidro Ayora was aboard a train struck by the landslide. The first slide came at about 10 o'clock last night, the railroad officials said, and an emergency crew was sent out from Guayaquil Immediately to clear the traek. It was raining so hard, however, that the work could not be started until shortly before dawn this morning. At five a. m. the crow was work ing at top speed when dirt and rocks began rolling down the hill side. In a few ininuteH the great slide struck suddenly and 170 men were buried before they could escape. STATE EXPENSE Failure of Tax Laws to Stand Court Test Has Reduced Income far Be llow Needs. S A I ,K M . O re.. Ja n . 1 0. (!) Failure of some revenue laws en acted the past few years to stand the test of courts, resulting In a wide difference between authoriz ed obligations and revenues now existing will bu pointed out na a need for remedial legislation by (lov. A. V. Norblad as an Introduc tion to bis address to the state legislature, expected to be deliv ered Monday. This situation, as well as a rec ommendation for greater simplicity In financial problems, will be stressed supplementary to his bi ennial message, the governor an nounced today. In his supplement he will point out that the state deficit to date Is $:i,0!i,175, and (hat under existing lawn the esti mated revenues for the next (wo yearn will fall short about $1. OST IUM) of mod ing estimated obliga tions. "Notwithstanding u careful revi sion of the budget of all depart ments ol' state activities, the re quirements for (he next (wo years are $390.871. J 7 In excess of esti mated revenues for that period," the governor pointed out. WILHIUKK COIJNTKY CLUll. Lob Angeles, Jun, 10. iA't (Jcorge Von Kim, Lou Angeles business man, golfer, toured tbe pur 70 course here In 34-34 dH lo grab a one ntrokc lead In the Loh An geles 110,000 open tndny In the first round of play. Half the field wan still out. Tony Manero. New York, pro, and Clarence Clark, Tulsa, Ok la., pro. were tied for second with J!. Manero' card was 34-3B f.!l, while Cliirk u Was 3B-3 I (J!. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 iI'i--Iteclnmation Commissioner M ea d said construction of the bin cue In wertern state would be cur- tailed approximately ?:i.ooo .ooo thin year and unlcMn conditions Improved the reduciion would con tinue Into tbe next year. SHOULD SQUARE WffH -REVENUES School Boy Uses Knife in Battle ' J Over Pea Shooter1, ! Pnim.ANIl. Ore . Jan. 10. ; tV A )H'un-Hhmiti-- popped and a knife Made flashed In ! llelniiin grade school yester- ! day. Henry Schwedtman, I r. "J suffered a slah in the leg. ami Tuny Candlelln. 15, the I. lade wlelder, was turned over lo & Juvenile officers. It happened In the class- room after Candlello had shot a wad from (he licau-shooler H at Sehwedtuian who look the ( tube away from Calldlello and i broke It. The laller letallul- I'd with the knife. Daring Pair Facing 2000 Mile Flight to Horta in Attempt to Cross Atlan tic With Pay Load. HAMILTON. Itermuda. Jan. 10 (A) The monoplane Trudowind hop ped off for the Azores at 12: IB p. m. (11:15 a. in. 10. S. T.) on the second lap of a "pay load" flight from New York to Paris. Local weather conditions wore favorable as Mrs. HcVyl Hart and Lieut. William S. MucUiren took off ou their L'OOO-niilo ull-water hop across the Atlantic. Visitors, wearing the summer clothes characteristic of thi semi tropical island, waved und cheered from the shore as tho two fliers circled the city and nosed out across (be ocean toward their dis tant destination. They were carrying u loud of about (hrce tons, Including 31)0 gal lons of gasoline, 20 gallons of oil und about 2T0 pounds of "pay load." Lieutenant MacLaren said bo hoped to reach Horta In about 21 hours. This would bring them to (he Azores about 8:15 a. m. bun day (K. S. T.) THREEKiLLED IK MIAMI. Fin.. Jan. 10. (!) The crash of a departing airplane, fatal to three occupants, was the sub ject of an Investigation by depart ment of commerce and air meet officials today as tho annual- all American aircraft competition hero whirled into Its third day. Tlie dead, none of whom had participated In the air meet, are Lieutenant James Itiddlo, 23, St. Petersburg and Chicago; Hob C .Smalley. 84, Chicago, vlco-presl-den und general manager of the Stlnson-Illlnols company, nnd Dr. Harry A. Ware, Chicago surgeon. MOSCOW. Jan. 10. (P) A m y Johnson, the llritish avlatrlx, ar rived hero today by (rain from Warsaw, and announced that she bad given up her plans to fly to I'elplng across Siberia, at least until next spring. The young woman filer "aid she would remain hero until Tuesday, returning then to Warsaw to fly her plane back to Kngland. HIO UK JANKIKO, .Inn. 10. (A' A radio message from Nalnl today said the I in Hun airplane piloted by Commander llalstroccbi, in General Halo Halbo's trans Allan lie fleet, sank off Fernando do Noronha Island this aflernoon as It attempted lo lake off for Natal where Ihe rest of Ihe fleet Is waiting. Tin crew waa saved. Colon Club KoMm'iI I'OHTLANO. Ore., Jan. I M . T Gaining entry by breaking n sup posedly burglar proof wire glass window from the roof, robbers punched tho safe of tbe Industrial Garment Workers Social club here I. id nlklit and esciiped with $H!Hi III CHHll. Oregon Weather Cloudy weather wllh ruin In the northwest portion tonight nnd In the west Sunday. No change in temperature. Fresh and at times strong south wind aoffshore. t TRADEWIND OFF ON AZORES HOP FROM BERMUDA i 1 WITH NEW mi AIR MARK i W Aiwhiteit 1'rrns flmln Marjorle Crawford. ?2 year old flier, announced her engagement In Lot Anoeles to William Weltman, motion picture director and aviation enthusiast. Great Northern and Nor thern Pacific Presidents Announce Application Will Be Withdrawn. N K V YOUK, Jan. 10 . (T Whatever phins bad been made, looking to eventful merger of the (ireal Northern and Northern Ta cific railways, havo fallen through, according to presidents of tho two tines. ltalph llmld nnd Charles lion ni'lley, presidents respeetively, of Ihe Oreat Northern and Northern raciflc, announced the merger ap ptfeatfon filed with tho Inter state commerce commission, in I !'L'!i wilt be withdrawn, owing to Inability to meet the terms1 under which the commission up- proved tho application In Febru ary. l!i:io. II Is understood (ho barrier to the merger was the commission's stipulation the two railroads divest themselves of their Joint control of the Chicago, Iturtlngton & yulncy, over which tho northern roadH havo access Into Chicago. TALENT YOUTHS AT BEALL LANE William Shipley and Orval Hur nctt. Talent boys, sustained cuts and br nines Into last night when a rondster, In which they wor riding and driven by William Con nor. collided with a coupe driven by (b orge Clement of Sealtlo, on I llm Piiciric lit irh wnv II mil' tbe itcntl lano Intersection north of Medford. Clement was driving on the wrong side of tlm highway and was bewildered by fog, ac cording lo M. M. Haucom, slate traffic officer, who InvcstlRated tbe crush. Tbe boys were brought to t local hospital for first aid treat ment and were released shortly after their iiriival. The cars were b:idly damaged. The Connor ma chine wan en route to Talent from llogue lllver ami the Clement car was not t hward bound. OF CAR INTO CREEK: KVKItKTT, Wash.. Jan. 10. T) A man nnd u girl were dead here today as the result of an automo bile'a plungo through tho Pldgeon creek bridge rail into a ravine 100 feet below, three miles south of here last night. The girls sinter was severely Injured. The dead: Potter Strong Hurley, 21, Seattle Jean MacDouald. 17, Seattle. Tho injured: Catherine Mac Dona Id, 1 fi, Seat lie. Ilcdc Injured. COTTAGI-: GUOVK, Ore.. Jan. 10. A) Libert Itede. publisher of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and reading clerk o( the state senate. Buffered wverc la eera thins on his left hand last night when a glass door fell and broke. He was In jured when ho tried to catch the door. MERGER PLANS RENOUNCED BY BIG RAILROADS HURT IN CRASH Bobbie Trout and Edna Cooper Forced Down After 122 Hours in Sky When Cylinder Cracks Fair Fliers Unaffected. l.OS ANGKLKS, Cal.. Jan. 10. (yP) Ilobblo Trout and Edna May Cooper, both in their middle twen ties, aro co-holders of a brand new women's endurnnco flight record of 122 hours nnd GS minutes today. The Kills enmo to earth with the reeord unexpectedly at i:20 p. m. yesterday after a hectic fliKht end ed by u cracked cylinder in tho 170-horsepowcr motor of their small monoplane, tho l.ady Rolph. They almoHt tripled thu former women's record of 12 hours and 10 minutes set by Miss Trout und Elinor Smith of New York. As fresh as though tho five-day fliKht hud been only a pleasure spin of a few minutes' duration. Bobbie and Kdna each had a "Klud to be back" and "hated to como down" for the startled crowd. Sudden End The cud of the flight came so suddenly that those on the ground did not realize it was over until the Indy Holph had coasted to a quick hull on till) sluggish runwny and tho fliers jumped out into tho mud. . Tho first intimation they wero having trouble came at noon when observers noticed a tail of black smoke wagging behind the plane as it circled the municipal airport. Tho girls, however, admitted they discovered evidence of motor fail ure Vl hours beforo tho end. "Oil splashed agalnsC the wind shield and Ihe cabin filled witli acrid fumos," Miss Cooper snid. Still they gavo no intimation they were coming down. "Tho motor wouldn't turn enough revolutions to gain altitude.". Miss Trout, one of tho fow women to hold a transport license, Bald, '!aud it began' missing, ' so wo ciuno down." - "I wouldn't want to go up again' tomorrow," Miss Trout said, after landing, "but I feel fine" l'OUTLAND, Oro., Jan. 10. P) Nine boys, ranging in age from 14 to 18 years, wore in custody to day accused of having stolen moro than 25 automobiles in the city in the past year. Ilornlo llockman, 18, t ho alleged leader, and throe other youths uf tho samo ago, wore Jailed on nuto theft charges. Thoy wero Haul Carrlson, Harold Oeer and Travis Sailor. The other boys were held for juvenile officors. Detectives said the group con fessed to stealing 13 cars. Eight of those woro stripped of all sale- , able part. Others woro used for joy rides. Open Tlo riant TUB DALLES, Ore., Jan. 10. (P) Tho tlo-presnrvtng plant of tho Union Paclflo railroad here, after a close-down during the holi days when repairs wero made, is ' again running full time with 60 men employed. sWli-L ROGERS Says: BKVKRLY I1IL1S, Cal., Jan. 10. I don't care what your re- , ligion is, what your bt'licf ix, ' what your notion on various humanitarian questions. : Indi viduals and politieal parties es-, peeially ean learn lntleh from' the rope of the reat I atlioHc church. VJicn .von- rend what ? he says, -you don't have' lo ' start wondering, or ask your neighbor what he ineaiit. .. lfi! ;- utivu wliiit lin ninlmt ' One tiling about this peanut vender sontf, it's popular, hut yon don't know how it goes till you hear it. Nobody can whis tle it. That's what makes it the greatest' hit of music dur ing our time.
