Mail Tribin Temperature lliglic-l ycstriilny :is -itt lionet (hi Qiioriiliig trc-ll In I Un To p. in. yi-.L'lllii'.. To ." ii. ni. todiiy III! III) . Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORI ()UKi()N. Tl'KSDA V. .I.WTAKY 'Jo. 1!:!1. No. soo. The Weather Foroent: Cloudy with rain to night and Wed 11 os day, .No rhuiige Iff coiniHTututv. Todav V By Arthur Briibane HmnaWr " vinaaxna Los Angeles Still Grows. Tigers, Beware. The Potato Chip Lady. $500,000 Sunkist Dollars. Copyright King Features Synd., Inc. I .OS ANCEI.IOS, Oil., .Tan. ' This city, look'nin west across tin; I'.icific, hack to the mountains iiml tin elTelo cast, is cliinliiiii.' up llic liioiinlains in all directions, Land that was once desert worth Til) jents tin acre is now worth ten thou sand and a jrreat deal more. And this ceaselessly jirowinj; city is spmidin1-,' north to San Francisco, south toward San Diego, and the "depression" lias not checked it. Dotiftlas Fairlianks has jjom to India, taking letters from the Duke of Sutherland to the Jlarapah of Mysore, and letters from other dukes to other nia rapahs. princes and potentates, jil us a letter of credit which is important. Fairbanks will shoot real timers from the hack of n real elephinie in the Mysore territory. His camera man goes along and his director to tell the tigers what is expected of them. Feminine success here is not reserved to IS-ycar-old Holly wood ladies with golden hair, very large eyes. For instance, Jlrs. Laura Shudder will inter est you, if you are a lady about 40. Ill health compelled her husband to drop his law prac tice and his doctor said he must be interested in something. Mrs. Seudd'cr ' immediately "went into business, manufacturing and selling potato chips. Now she employs -10 trucks to de liver the chips and makes as much money, as one of the trucks could haul. . l.os Angeles, where such crowds pour over the sidewalks as you never saw even in New York or Chicago, is widening many city streets getting ready for the future. And the roads of approach from the east are widened and straightened. Fifty-seven dan gerous curves have just been taken out of.lli'c Ca.jon I 'ass road, leading bak to Vietor villo, Barstuw and points east. The roads arc made less roman tic but safer. They are also made sometimes much steeper than they were because modern autmnobiles can climb any thing. Orange groves of the Sun kist organization here made a special fund of ."0(U W , in tending to buy up the surplus crop, destroy it and prevent a break in the market. On wise second thought the lL'.iMHl cit rus farmers decided to add the (Continued on Pago Four) Abe Martin IMVV l IM' ! OlU'll llll-WUl'll fr paUi-iKv Th' tiii trlnl o life lire oiil w itmii. JvUf'VR k SIX FAVOR Hoover Transmits Findings to Congress With Concur rence in Findings No Recommendation Change in Amendment. INDIANA POMS, Intl., Jan. Hit tlV-Satisfaetion with the Wieker nham cuiunii.ssion report wuh ex presd hy V. Seott McJiride, na tional superintendent of the Anti Saloon l.ienKU of America totlay. 'It'n a wood report for us, anti what we had a rij;ht tu expect," he Haiti. WASIIINOTON, Jan. L'O. fT Senator Maine, Republican, Wis eoliHiti, introduced in tlie senate today immediately after receipt uf the law enfiireeineiil I'onmiis sion's pruhihitiun report, a resolu tion for a tuibstitute pndiiliition amendment in line with the one eonditionii My nue.sted in tho re port. WASH 1 Nf ITUN, Jan. 2 0. (P) 1'i e.sident I loover sent to coilKt'ess today with Htialii'ieU pralno a re port from the W'icUersham eom mfsMion which declared t?iitiist repeal of t lie eighteenth a mend -incut, hut put forward a plan for Hm puHJiihle revision. The president said he eoneurred In the commission's finding that the amendment slum Id stay, and did not recommend any present effort to amenl U. He made n direct reference to the fact that six of the 11 com missioners usked for repeal or modification, or to the declaration of the wholp com mission that n. revision of the clause tjlving con current power to the state and na tion would he wise. In congress, the report Immedi ately became the center of atten tion ami the inspiration for ninny projected proposals for modifica tion or strengthening of the ilry statutes. See Political lOriecl. No one in official circles at Hic cup Hal discounted the proh.ible political effect, having ramifica tions far into the future. One snl'lect Immediately brought to the front was the possible ef fect on Mr. Hoover's own political fortunes. Mr. Hoover described the re port as "a temperate and judicial presentat ion." He emphasized its reeoin me ndat Ions for better en forcement, and siiid he hoped "H' law maker." would give iheni eon sideration at an appropriate time. "My own duly anil that of all executive officials is clear." he said, "to enforce the law with all the means of our disposal without e. 'invocation or reservation. ' tine outstanding commission pro posal for immediate legislation was that the number of prohibi tion agent h. now about 1 !".. should he doubled along with stmitiir extensive iiwreaHes of per sonnel charged with making the country dry. I'avor Medical l.hnior. Another was that the cl.nises restricting medical liquor be lib eralized. A third contemplated action to define more clearly the legal sta tus of home made wine. Congressional leaders said im mediate study would be given theso proposals, but they won hi give no assurance of action before the adjournment on March I. Neither was there any indica tion at the White House that the president was considering calling an extra set don for work on this legislation. l're-ident Hoover, in transmit ting the report, said: 'To the congress: "The first deficiency appropria tion act of March t. lHiH. carried an npproprhitii'ii for a thorough investigation as to the ni'ree-nn-it of the prohibition tnws. lo- 'tlier with the enforcement f other laws. (Continued on p;tge 7. Story One) NAVY JOB- FOR COAST: SAI.KM, Ore., .ran. 20. i'i The Joint memorial call upon the secre tary of tie navy to allocate to the Puet Sound navy yard one of th three battleship to be modernized ii unanimously adop'g I (y the Meiiate today, and now leoe to the liouce. Sena t-r (I us Moser siti thn coj-t nf moderniziitr one ship is estimated at (il o.ijoO.ooa. Sim ilar memo-Main are before the legls i laturpjt of Washington and Idaho. REVISION l prohibition;! I Big Eagle Brings Death to Airmen in Sky Collision j .;. i.AIlnUK. India. Jan. L'li. (IN Two military ahmeti wtre kilted nt ICisalptii- trtday when their piano collided at u holKlit "f NOti Oct with an oat,'!'' with wIukm reaching ei'llt feet frolil tip to tip. One airman jtiinpnl hut hin ehutf fii Mod to upn. The other wa.s Killed in the crash. The plane was coming down from u d-rmatioii flight when it struck the outfit at SOU feet and Moke a wing. District Attorney's Report Shows $4188 Turned Over to Genera! Fund and $2000 Retained in Re serve Work Increases. The annual report of The district attorney's office for 11.30, recently completed, reveals that the county prohibition funds are in healthy j condition and that In addition toi $2000 kept in the reserve fund for immediate nccd.s, the -sum uf $4 K H. o T uuk been turned over , to the general fund of the county in I !' '2 It a n d 1 1' :i it. Two yea iv a go there was a deficit. The amount would have been larger, the district ittcomcy's office xplaineil today, but ifiiite a num ber of liquor violators chose to .-.orve out their finer in the county jail at the ni to of two dollars per d;iy. 1 iowever, fines assessed op enHors of booze running car., seiz ed by officers with cargoes of H'Hior meant for utiilc consump tion, paid cash fines and were soon on their way. Without money, lo cal bootleggers could not pay fincf More I,itiior Cases. In 1 it S a the district at tornev's office prosecuted 1 .17 liquor cases i compared to 1 -Mi for 1 ! L i . I here was al.o a decided Increase in the number of felonies for the p:ist year, with 1 2S. compared to tn; the year before. These v oliit ioii.s In cluded principally car thefts, gnuul i liirceny. burglaries, check forgeries j iind inooiiir-hine stlli and ijok-cssIihi charges. I Hiring t he year. two . men were sentenced to the State penitentiary for. long terms fori liiink robbery and another received j a stiff sentence on a statutory elm ' ge. The number of traffic violation decrea.-ed from 'L " - in to L'L'O in 1--30. Came viohitlons decreas ed from !' to Ti l, hut mi,--deineun -ors increased from "'7 to H.i. The total number of canes !n 1 !(.IM In creased to lilMj compared to tiiiu the year before. CITRUS BELT UT I.us AXCKI.IOS. Jan. :'n. - -tA' Smudge pot.M liurmd in sou t hem ji'alifornia citrus Ki'ovew a-jain early ! today. ! It was the second time tempcra- j tares hac fallen below tin fieez : ilU- p"int silo, the last cold nap w hich ended J inuitry '.', V.cnlay ,a low of L'T de-reen wa.- irfo-t by jtlie smudge pol, with llo damage ! result inc. and this tno mine's nip wav no more severe l.-.olated yrove '!T injured cons Idem bty in the preVioljV eobt spell which lasted I!.' days, ihe luiiuest In a de.-ade. Th i itius crop i!ii5 year It larce. how ever, and th- total aviate Io.m was l"s than fie pi r cent. AT TEXAS AIRPORT! DALLAS. Tex . Jan. :. I.adv Alb lb uce. I ! ii t a', iatrix. who is flying around the globe, land ed a' '."'urtiM -Wright alrpin t Jo-re at 1:45 p- tu.. after h flight f.om M'dland. T"x.(s. She will f-m am here over night. tHking off tomor row on the nJtt ntKe of h r Jour ney to New York. I a. iolrMNlMW5 riuni runu OF AAHIITtlU: : T- mi i 1 1 1 1 ni i w .. . , . . i ur UUUIII!HUNUKY HUKUt'AlK IKAVhLhKS ! i i APPEAL FOR DROUGHT RELIEF I John Barton Payne, chairman of the Red Cross, and President Moo vur posed for photographers at the White House after issuinn j'ppcr.I to American people to contribute 3t0,000,000 for relief of destitute pn ons In drought areas. RAIDS GROCERY RETURN AFTER nm a lino a nm AnnnniA nnxon MJWMblllJ HKIiUltfKHon Fifty Men Arrested Women, Waacje Plane Left in Oak Also Take Hand in Dis-j land for Repairs Ham order Act follows De- brick Learns Father in mand for Food. OKLAHOMA' CITY,' Okla., "Jan. JO. ()') -Nearly a thousand unem ployed men raided a grocery store within three Mocks ol the city halt here today ami seized food. A hundred police and scores of other city and county officers took charge of the situation and made wholesale arre.stM. The riot occurred after a dele gation of men visited City Manager K. M. Fry nt. the city hall and de manded that he furnish food for the unemployed. Kry promised to aid the men but the raid occurred a few minutes later. The disorder was quelled quickly by the officers but not until .more than 0 men had been arrested. Seven or eight women partici pated In the raid. A committee representing t he "a 1'iny of unemployed" recent ly visited Fry with demands that the fit v furnish sleeping quarters for men out of work hy turning over vacant store buildings for their Use. They also demanded that Jobs be furnished and declared that they were not looking for charity. COUVAMJS, Ore.. Jan. 20 , uV An iiHUM'Ht will be held today into llo; deaths of Mr. and .Mrs. J.aw- renee Seudmeyer whose bodies were found in .Muddy river, in miles south of here, late yesterday. The yollliK couple Was last seen , Saturday n if; lit after they pot their 1 :j ear old hoy tu bed and placed1 their car in the Karate. Why the eoiide went to the rier Is not known. M I'm. Scud meyer's Ki andfather, ) with whom the couple lived, said they had quarreled recently. YOUNG COUPLE I ! NITMtKT LILAin CAPTAIN DOLLAR RESTS t i am t n mi n w n i COUVAUJS. Ore.. Jan. I'd. i,V ' .. . axpi.itiaii i s: Ej'i srs;',r; I OLLOWING OPERATION renee Seudmeyer whose bodies were found in .Muddy river. Hi State Extravagance Hit By Multnomah Senator In Committee Harangue SALKM. Ore.. Jan. WK-i,Vr Pacing I lo floor of he heat inu room with his coat off. Senator W. 1. Wood v. a id of Miiltuotnah county leveled sharp criticism at a num ber of statu Hiippntleil act vi lies wlirn the joint ways and means committee met last night, for pre liminary study ol approprial ion es timates fotiillng more than $V hiHi hetoro ihe present legislative session. lie tltst assailed a system in tin clicuil (onrls of .Multnomah eoun ty wh. re. he said, court reporter receive for every divorce rase, "and all they do Is watch the Judrc ."tun his name to the decrees, sonic time km or 40 in an afternoon. Woodward next n Hacked the i Texas Past Crisis. 'luy lflimbriek, . who left. IuhI week on a rush airplane (rip to Dallas, Tex., to he at tho bedside, of iis father, seriously ill, returned to Med lord today with John Waage, airplane pilot, and Leon ard Mall, after the trio experienced a "crack-up" in Arizona while en route to Texas. The plane ts in i Mkland, Calif., undergoing repairs neccssital ing the expenditure of ? MMMi, half of wnlch was caused by tho Arizona forced landing. Shortly after the accident, Ham brick culled Texas by telephone and learned his father apparently had passed the crisis and would . recover. I loweverj upon arriving by auto In Medford today with Waage and Hall, he h-arm d his father was worse and may now ho forced to take the trip by train, lie had accompanied the ship back to Oakland, thinking his presence In Dallas was not nccensary at this time. Wa age's ship, a cabin plane, came to ea i t h during darkness uea r Seliginan. Ariz., sustaining wrecked landing gear, broken pru pellor and tail skid. IJufamlliarily with the field is blamed for the landing, due to gasoline (auks run ning low. The ship soon attracted quite a crowd of Seliginan citizens to the field oil. -ring considerable assistance in the misfortune of the local flh SAN ICAKAKI. Cal-. Jan. i - -4'aptaitl Cohert Dollar, ear-old head of the Dollar .-I fort diio lines, was re-t : iik com ably al his home h'ere ioday a minor operation for a bla ailment y i-le day. In addlti'oi to the bladder inent. I'aplain Dollar was siiffi a IiKht attack of broia bl ' Ik, ifier dder ail rlim stale jii'lieial couim II and the $loo it is asking "The llietllhets of Hie council meet iii Pnithiiul and don't accomplish anything. If it were mop posed i tf laymen it ruiht do Mdneiliing." he declared. "The Ktale hoard of conciliation. " lie said, wlicji Dial Item was pre denied, "has had one cae in t he In h two years. That Involveil the ha i hers who wanted more money for culling hair. And yd it wanls an npprooriatiou I mi case from J'-r.'i to !!t7.V" Kelallve to the child wO.farn coin mission he asked: "Ik Dial the coin, mission that sent etist lor iO"'!'' rotary a while ago nd Increased the finlary from jnu to $:!Di n month','" He was Informed that It was. i am- prosperity ;; VISIONED BY: ; HEEL CHIEF i Peak of Depression Passed Month Ago Says Farrell Time Now for Loosen ing Up of Business Op posed to Reductions. ClIU'Ado, Jan. 2U. Pl The pendulum of Industrial activity. In the belief of James A. l-'arr president of the I'nited States Steel corporation, is swinging bat I; to normal. The broadshoiihlered. w h I t e haircd head of the two bill. or dollar steel concern expressed his opinion in an add res-is on "busi ness" before the National Canners and National W holesale Jl ocers. I ici-laring that in his opinion the "peak of the depression passed I! days ago." ihe speaker said the lime has now come for "greater enterprise In t rade for loosening up business,' adding that "we are quite capable of doing much inure than was done in I !'.!(). " lie op posed wage reductions. Oppose Wtigr Cuts. "There are some," lie said, 'who urge a reduction in wages corresponding to the drop in prices. They affect to believe thai such a liquidation of labor WoiiH hasten a return to normal condi-j tious. "Apparently those who advocate this solution have not stopped to weigh the implications that, In stead of tending to Increase con sumption o industrial ami agri cultural products, such wage re- ducttons must inevitably reduce i the purchasing power of tluv wage earner ami restrict consumption. J "It Is my deli Iterate judgment - (hat n general reduction of wages in I his country would set hack ! the impending recovery by at least two years." Cnivlcss TiirilT TiiIK. There is much careless ta Ik about high tariff walls," he nald. "It has been ringing around the world, ('specially for the last few years, and most of H is aimed at the Cnlted Stales. It collies to our country In largo volume from certain countries In which, as in ours, agriculture produces a sur plus above their own needs. Why is It that .such countries perist in their demand that we, who have u surplus of our own production should add to that surplus hy purchasing heavily of the same products from them ? Their true problem Is lo sell their production In markets where it. is needed for consumption, not in markets where such purchasers only add to an al ready serious export problem." Jl. F PoltTLAND. (ire., Jan. 20. lien Sell I UK. Port land pioneer and philanthropist, who died hen1 January 1 .', provided in his will , that a $1110,000 trust fund he km- tablished to aid needy and worthy j students In obtaining an educa tion. 1'nder the terms of the will. ' rev. n led today, the scholarship fund will be administered hy bank here as a perpet ua I t rust. J Loans will ho available to slll-i dents of any college, unlvcrsliyj or normal school nf Oregon, or fi a uy I tabid ii lea I school In the coutttry, j SWEEPS OVER U; S. WASHINGTON'. Jan. i!(l, oT'J Influenza almost doubled hist week in states reporting to the public health service, The report showed IMi'JI! cases as compared with 10 10 the previous w cek. A year ago the tola I was ."..Vi cases 111 the 1 ! states. I n New York ('Hy 1 UMf rases were reported. j WASlll.V'iTO.N. J.il .Ti l'i."i(I.nt Mmovit JM-r,'ti'il nil Invi : lalion tori'iy lo ilctlliQ- t)if Ihml I ln tiictiHirliil nt Qfl:ii-lon, ()hli, 'worm! tlm? itflcr M.t'. C IT INTRODUCE ::tB : NEW HYDRO ifeVi US SOON A xioefird Pn P&oro Mrs. Marie Hoel, Tulsa. Okla., with her daughter, Marian Maxlne, 16 months old. who. a court de cided, could not be held by a land lady as security for a $46 lodging bill. SEEK CLOSURE ROGUETO NETS Will Appear at Committee Hearing Wednesday in Salem Attend Banquet Tonight. A delegation from southern Ore Kon. represcntins Ihe chambers of eoinmercn of Med lord, (irunts 1'ass and Ashlund, and other prominent organizations of the llireo cities, will uppenr hetoro tho committee hearings of (ho slate senate unci liour.o of represintnliveH on the KnKiHt river I'isliftiR hill, now ho fore (ho slain lrjHlaturo, ut. the join session in Ihe stain housn to morrow evening;. Members or tho delegation left on this morning's, train for Stileiu. They will nlso nttend lh Joint meetiiiR of thn Marion Comity Izuak Walton leamio und tho Ala rion County Came Protective asso ciation at the Marion hotel tonight. IrviuK VlnliiK. preHident of the state cliamber oT cotnmerco, re pre sontiiiK lli Ashland chamlier; O. (). Alenderfer. president of the Medfurd chnmher of Ciimnierce; T. 10. Daniels, prominent mom her of Ihn JacUson County (lanm I'rolec tivo nssoeialloii, lot't on thn Shasta from Medford, and will ho Joined in Salem hv Sidney Hmlth, K, IC. Cuddls. K. Could und l C. Itig luiin of Men lord; Dr. J. C. Smith, Krauk Mashhurn. Ceorno West, Jos eph W'hai ion nnd (iame 'omnilH slouer Wilfred Allen of (i rants I'ass. , l-'ormei- State Represeiilativn Wil liam Urines and Kalph Cowglll arc already In Salem. Group Seeking to Get Into Power Business to Help Out in Financial Diffi culties. WAKHINirrii.V, .Inn. SO. (IV ( 'inillnHliK tin i'II'iiMh (if llu Kl.'inuilh I ii I I In ii il Ik i-l.l In (M'l' i;iiii tu iilitiiln (ijihuiihi." uf tlu Mi'-.nr- lifll iiiilhurl.lti Huln uf tllL Ihiwit Hilc mi Ihe Kliiiuatli liver to III" ihstrli-t, Ik ";m ntuonpt !' a k'oii of tiMllviiliinlii to Hiliily Imwi-r to tlifinn-lvr.s In comiH'tl lloil Willi .MImk imiIiIIo litlUtli'H," i'i'iriKi iiliitlviH or the Ciillfoiiilii ori'Koii I'owi-r roiniuiny Imlnyt'on. iinui il tlirlr flKht iiKiilnnt tin- bill. A Ili'iil'lliK on (ho lll IM liclliK lulil In Tort' the Hi'lmte pilhlle In In I K I Ollllllitti-e. 'Ihe rf.ilciiient Hint (he "nroui of ItHllvitlililW" If. Ki-eklllK eolll'l villi lllilile liy K I I H ll II I III IH,I II. WnMiliiulon, I), f'., iiltoniey reli reseiitlnK the power company. llaliHon mild the illHtrlit lloi'H not mid power for rrelanintlon pnrpoMOf. nnil plnni. to K l"o llifi power .inlnesrt toQ'help ItHelf utll of flniVrielul illffliulllon." DELEGATION TO C PC ARGUES AGAINST SALE KLAMATH SITE Grange and Administration Measures Given Final Pol ishing Before Submission to Legislature House Will Vote First. SAI.KM, Ore., Jan. i0. (') Still marking time wuKing for Iho introduction of tho administration inpiisures nnd tho Krauze power bill, the honsc and senate of the OreKon legislature held short ses sion this morning, featured only by tho lnck of major business. Sev oral new bills were introduced lu both houses, including the house bill providing for tho appointment of the I'ort of Portland commission by the governor. Within the next few hours attor neys who hava assisted In tho drafting of (lovernor Meier's power bills will give them a final scrutiny to check on legal and constitutional angles, and it is expected that the first of the main bills will be In troduced tomorrow. Sponsors of tho hills have decided, contrary to previous intention to introduco them in the houso for the reason, presumably, that action can bo ex pedited througlithe upecial utilities committco appointed by Speaker l.onei'CTti. Creates Commission Ono of tho measures creates a power commission of tbrce mem bers, composed of tho Htato engi neer and two members appointed by tho governor, to serve without salary. The other bill would abol ish tho public service commission us it now exists nnd create a new coinmsHton ot ono member, shorn or tho present judicial powers. Tho bill uIho provides for repeal of tho law requiring a certificate of con venience and necessity to bo ob mined from - tho commission by utilities desiring to enter a field occupied by oilier utilities. In the senate Is a sepurato bill for repeal of the cortiricato ot con venience and necessity act. Tho grange hill, which is nn en abling act to bolstor up tho water and powor utlllly district amend ment adopted liy the people lit tho November election, Is almost In final form and probably will be in troduced late todny or tomorrow. Would Name Bridge Naming the state highway bridge across the Rogue rivor on tho itooscvclt coast highway near Cold ISeach tho Isaac l.eo Patterson bridge, to bo so dedicated by ap uroiiriiilo ceremonies Is suggosted lo the :tiith legislnllvo assembly by a concurrent restitution by Repre sentatives Hamilton, Howard, Nor ton, Knapp and Sonator Hall. Tho selection of nine directors by appointment of the governor for tho Port of Portland is provided In the bill Introduced h Representa tives Keusey, Gill, Ixiwis and Oor- don and Senators Woodwurd, Ben nett and Staples. Dates of tho closed fishing sea son in tho Columbia river west of Its confluciico with tho Deschutes would he changed bv a bill intro duced by Senator Kranclscovlch and Representatives Hcllbcrg and Mark Johnson. WILL ROGERS 'says: NKW YORK, Jun. 20. Well you sit w what luippciifil yestcr tlny in Washington; they put off even eonsiilcrint? votiiiff for jiivcntincnt, food relief till Kcb riinry fl. Now if you-cart live llutl Ioiik why the Hetiiitf will vole tin it, then iV you eu it live: mint her month tho house will vote (iii it; 'hy Hint, time if the Kcd Cross ' Ilium 't raised their (iintn in ouch state why" the. foveriiment aid bill can he cliauned from food to coffins. Uig-ht on top of all our hard luck, Wiekershani turned in his report, and that knocked stenographers (who have been coinpilinu; it for three, years' out of a jol. And if congress reads il thi-ouch, that means an extra session. V IMUI1 If IWIti IssVk o