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o The Weather mm j Temperature Highest yesterday 56 Lowest this morning 45 Precipitation To 5 p. m. yesterday T To 5 a. m. today T Forecast: Tonight and Friday rain, moderate temperature. EL ii Twenty-Kfth Year TWELVE PAGES MEDFORL OKKOOW THURSDAY. JANUARY 2'2, lUil No. ?,02. MED IWWR Todav By Arthur Briiban Do Nothing Policy. Poor Harding. Death at a Distance. To Detect Falsehood. (opyrlght King Features 8ynd Inc. Kvory newspaper, congress man, clergyman anil at least 50,000,000 others have discuss ed the Wickerslmm prohihtiinn report. The discussion will ('ou tline, with minority memhers tolling what they think. The fact is that the commission rec ommends, by a majority vote, to do nothing except spend more money on eiil'oiveinent, which, according to the com mission's unanimous opinion, docs not enforce. The President approves Hie commission's condemnation of repeal or modification. Therc Jore there will lie no change in the law or the national policy until March 4. l!):i.i, in any case and the public mind and the presidential mind should turn 1o pther things. This nation was not established and Presi dents are not elected, to spend an eternity discussing whiskey and beer. The public will applaud Pres ident Hoover's determination to officiate at the Harding Memorial celebration. Harding was a President of the United Slates and President Hoover, netting aside any personal opin ion, :jts well in accepting the Harding committee's invitation. Alas, poor' Harding, this celebration and Mr. Hoover's Acceptance remind you of a western funeral, at which no one rose to say a good word for the deceased, until after ten minutes waiting, one tall man got u) and was asked "Are you a friend of the deceased" He replied: "Xot exactly, for 1 never heard of him. Hut I'm a friend of any man that has as few friends as lie seems to have here." Distance lends "enchantment, perhaps. It surely creates in difference. Under the head ing "millions dead of famine," you read six lines of Associated Press copy to the effect that in tenia's Shensi province nlonc 2,0(10,000 have died of hunger and -100,000 have been sold into slavery within a short time. Are wc our brothers' keepers? Not if the brothers live 70l)0 miles a way. C'hira!!;o's ixilieo have n "lie me ter'' thut, ntuirlieil to the arm of a sunpert under cross examination, tellH wheu he Is lylnK. it works, because the human heart, not laiiRht to lie, cIiiiiikhh its heat when the anxious proceHs of lying he Kins. In India, hnrefooled nutiTes giving testimony, lie with miaiKht (Continued on Page 8. Story 2) Abe Martin Keen th arms mi liando f roe V niKc InManlly. Some folks would rn titer git niurdcreil than drop n mock err I or sark (lOrtiniml. Th' blcgPM iliupoinliiMnt I merl in' !WnHoiip hoard mn much IttHMIt. (Cnpyriphl John F. TH!e Co WOULD ADD! 10 GAS TAX! FOR AUTOS I i i .... ... One Cent Addition Would, Make Oregon Fee 5 Cents j finllnn Rpn llnlnn Asks r... ! Week-End Ban On Public Highway Carriers. STATE HOUSR, Salem, Ore, Jan. 22. (VP) The bill abolishing tho public service commission of Oregon, long-awaited by tho legis lature, was Introduced in the house this afternoon. With it was a special Sua-word message from liovernor Meier, outlining the pur pose of the measure. This bill, his message said, was designed for "more effective con trol and regulation of public utili ties" in the state and for the cor rection of "many unsatisfactory conditions of rates and service, as well as for the promotion of public interest. The hill provides for creation of a one-man commission. At the same lime an administra tion bill was introduced In tho senate providing for creation of a state hydro-electric commission of three men. This commission would consist of the state engineer and two'other men to be appointed by the governor, and to serve without pay. Tho duties of the commission will be to issue preliminary power permits and to investigate water ! resources of tho state. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. (ip) Aii-im witn tno '"ture of the fruit in other 1-ceiit a gallon' would' be add-! diwtry in this valley will be dia ed to the state gu?oline tax, muk- cuwtl. This includes merchants, log a toial of 5 cents, by a hill in-1 hankers, lawyers, doctors, bakers, trodticed today by Senator Joel i chiefs, the hewers of w,pod and the Hnoth of Unit and Lane counties. It b estimated that the added cent would return $1,500,000 annually in stale revenues. Operators: of molor carriers would ho prohibited from ope rat iutv their vehicles on the public highways between 12 o'clock noon j in his home state as hero, and he on Saturdays and 12 o'clock mid- j will d if cup, the problems confront niftht on Sundays, and would also (tins the Rrowers and shippers, be prohibited from tisine; trailers, j fearlessly, frankly and openly, by provisions of a bill introduced California pear Interests, after by Senator I'pton. the most disastrous marketing .ea- Senator Marks introduced a bill : son in history, nre laying prelim- amending the act giving the right of lein to persons performing la bor upon, or who assist, in manu facturing sav.iogs or other timber into lumber. SALEM. Jan. 22. (P) Criticism piling tip against the slate em nr. (Continued on Page Four, Story 1) E nKI-USFOXTAIXE. Ohio. Jan. 22. (VP) Working with (piiet but grim precision, six train banditti routed sleeping Florida hound pas sengers from their berths as a Hig Four train neared here early to day, shot one man and made away with cash and jewehy with a com bined worth estimated at 3000. Kvidently timing the holdup well in advance, the gunmen, all mask ed and armed, invaded ttie next to the lust Pullman of the No. !l train, en route from Detroit to Cincinnati. One man who shouted in alarm was shot and critically wounded and the remaining six passengers were marshaled in the drawing room with the porter and a brake man. One robber stood guard while tho rest went through the car. snatch ing money and vuluabtes. As the train slowed down for llellefon taiue they leaped from the rear car and disappeared into the dark. Hess. BAN D ITS FORC PASSENGERS TO GIVE UP MONEY Woman Dies In Surgery When Anaesthetic Gas Filling Lungs Explodes LOS ANGKLKH, Jan. 2. Mrs. Maude Itrantnn. 43, is dead today as the result of one of tho most unusual accidents on record In surgery, termed by medical au thorities an explosion nf nnu es thetic pnM In her lung. The woman was heln given an nna esthetic preparatory to under going nn abdominal operation In A local hospital. Oxygen and ether hud already been administered and the patient was semi -conscious when Dr. C. K. Warmer, surgeon, applied n cone of nitrous oxide. Suddenly the saturated cone he roine ignited from on elect rl vp.irk of jiatir nrlcfn. Mr. Dran- Five Men Quaff Radiator Fluid Death Cocktail 44f 4i4tf ASHLAND. Ky.. Jan. 2L ttV) Five men were dead to- A (liiv nu n i-onlt nt ili-inl.-iiwr 4, ! ami-freeze solution yesterday. ! ! The dead are Cyrus O'Hrlen, 8 j 1 Charles Brown, Men Kannin. 1 Kryl Cox and Dudley Geo. , 3 Hefore his death early to- J ' day Fannin told police he bou kIu the solution ut a gaso- line service station and took ? it to a boarding house where h6 8han-rt it with the mi...,- t mp"' Future of Industry Will Be ; Discussed Friday After noon at Elks' Temple Meeting of Fruitgrowers' League Open to All The Fruilgrowor.s' league will : hold its annual meeting Friday! afternoon tit the Klks temple, starting at 1 o'cloclt.v A larpe at- I tendance of fruit men and all others interested is urged, as matter, deal- hauler of water. Frank T. Hwett of Ran Francisco, president of the California l'ear Krowe.r' awociation, vlll deliver the principal address. He 1m an authority on all phases of tha pear industry, fonditlonn-nr the- name inary plana for an organization to prevent a repetition of last , year's collapse, Swett will MInin thvp plans. Loral growers will also discuss the valley fruit problems. Inidwul 1u hnln.r dnvMnn. - t ed in the meeting find Its purposes, and K. W. Carleton especially urges that all fruitgrower ma If it a point to attend 1 E r inntn I.,n fvEPi niunr. dera hroke out umnnff aludents In the 1'nvoraltv of Madrid todav. i Student lenders fiery addrea.-ea demanded the ostahlHhmont of a ropuhllc in Spain. Despite the oontlntiatlon of martial law, pro- cl.-.imoil duriint recent revolution- nrv attoni,ta, ahont .TU00 student! momiifri ,,r i he nnivnraiiv Koholara federation struck as a protest against the government. Meetings w.'rc held In the uni versity buildings and the mon archy denounced. No serious fighting was re ported. SNOW TURNS TO RAIN MID-COLUMBIA AREA' Til K DALLtiS, Ore., Jan. 22 (,P) Following a three-inch snow fall In the higher levels and the grain area, (lie mhl-('olumhia storm today turned to rain, with a pre- iiiiiiti..n (r .t..fiftii nf nn itirh I Tlie lowland rain was nroompa uied hy heavy snow In the inonn. tain forests. ton inhakil flaming gas and an explosion resulted in her lung, which were ru tit tired, en using In stant death. Dr. It. A. Wilks. su perintendent of the hospital re- pnrted. An inque-t will Ii held today bv Coroner Frank Nance, at which j medical authorities, attracted by j the unusual case, nr expected to, be present. j A pome what similar cose wni reported in ("hiruifu two years ago. Medlenl authorities said. Mr. I Hranton. who wan taken to the hospital from her home in Chio. fa I. for ttie operation. Was the wife nf a clorx'ymnn. ARE ORGED ;T 10 ATTEND M&l&P mmttmtmtr-'LiMmMtfri m nmrmmummrr-wiim iiwraninr ttih -hi"" SHE REPLACES 'IT' GIRL IN FILM Clara Bow has been removed from the posit. on of a co-star with Gary Cooper in the film "City Streets." Here is Sylvia Sidney, recently of the Broadway stage, who will replace her. CROSSING PLEA;WHiSKEY SEDAN X mm KYINflHKH KY W TRAFFIC GROUPNEAR ASHLAND i - Opening of Eighth Street Would Hamper Switching; of Fruit Cars, Is View in! ""Resolution. -h- Opposition to the opening of! ASHLAND, Ore., Jan. 22. (Spl.) Kighlh street, across the .Southern A cargo of alleged bonded whiskey. Pacific tracks as proposed by the valued at over $3000. wa seized city, was voiced in a resolution i ''p'1 'h, "I'irniiig by City Traffic adopted bv the Roguo River Trnf- Officer s,,m Present! when he ar flc association, and which wiU he rested lohn Craves. San Francisco, mnnfori in ihrt cnwiu nr.! ivtniiu on lo .te to Portland with a whis- , nf n cnum.n Fruit shippers claim the cross- King will restrict the local yards. ! tm. .mo.- at.-itrtifnn rnniilt n th ' " removal of one warehouse, the . . ...M..ftVfll nf (inn,hoi. mui nffpct tho entire nn(.itnK district. The crossing would cross five tracks, The Traffic nsKoclnlinn iiIbo vot- oil to reqiipst the Mill linos to rnuto i onp of thoir now rcfl lKernt.ir oalH ;i ttiiH oily, for inapootlon liy hlp-, I poi'M uml crowora. liy uaoa of 1 chemlnila. It is hoatoil or coolod aa , (Uviii oil and Is the latost Invention In transportation rofrieratlon. Tho joint committee named to formulate a plan for the formation of ti central fruit organization to 'conaioor irnit inuusiry luonicms ti t'' valley, reported Hint It had ""thins definite to report hut was "till workinK on the proposition, Van lloovonliorK tea.l a paper sottlnR ronn tno rimllnjiH, oonolu- i siona and siiKseatlons evolved from 'he dolllierationa to date, One of the points upon which all ilopartnients agree is that tho organization, when, and if formed, ! will require tho moral, financial i and active support of the commit- I nity as a whole as well as the hor ticulturists. WASHINGTON. Ann. Pin jeets for providing the ifcla- mntion bureau with funds fur lb1 mtintiatinn of contracted work, took shape today in tWu quarters. Chairman Thomas, of the senate reclamation committee, urge d President Hoover to support a postponement of repayment to the treiiMiry of $"j.Ofto.Mno by the bu reau. HOOKUP TONIGHT WASIIINGTON. Jan. 22. Wi 1 Prcfddent Hoover, us president ofj the Amercim Red Cross, toilay j cepted nn invitation to participate in the special drought relief pro- I gt a m a i ranged by t tie Red Crot-h and t he Ntn ion a I 1 Iroadcastinu 1 torn pa ny to Oe broadcast ton'gbt fiorn l to 10 o'clock K.H.T, j The entire pioirram in to be iV- , v. led lo tho h ie of I he R -d 'rosf t.t rats" 1 o. Ii0o.il no to re lieve suffering Q n the drought1 strickpn nrens. other spe.ikeis will include former President twl-i idge and Alfred V., Smth. I -t - 1 1 till t'hulO j Bonded Goods Valued at $3000, En Route to Port land Driver Will Face Scale Charge. k-y-Iaden sedan. (iraveK was ae- ! eompnU-d by hi wife, but the Hit- 1 ter is not facing any charge, I lie ariCHl IOOK Place ai A It. m., ' , . snoruy hiut onv hihh nw.v 1 running car had outdistanced tho I officer when he attempted to stop It. It w not long after the chase npiwiininpo. I'lcmitt hml mtlo li'inihli- In lirlnKlne It In a Halt. Tho oar cnntalnoil .1.', caaca it ll'l"r In richly lal.olol Imtiloa. 1' is prul.alilo that (Iravoa will I ho halort Into the Ashland city ! i-urt on n poayoaaion ehai Kc nnd will then ho turned over to state authorit os on t r a in a p o r tatlon charges. Hi car has hoen confis- BY OE BOE JURORS LOS ANOKLFS. Jan. fpj Oih.-r than early Indhations ye. lerdav that the iurv had balloted I ; i r n I disagreed, no official word' came from tlie locked chambers where Hi'Vt'n men nnd five women Were considering the fnte or Daisy lehM. chained with theft of Jioii from Clara How. The Jury returned to Its cham-:,-r at 10 ii. m., from a hotel, where it iiad spent the night. The b.illoting would 1m lengthy heenuse ii f parate v'idlft imi"! In' return ed on oach of t In- 3.'. count of grand theft. PASSES SENATE W ASM! Nf T i N. J :i li . -' 2.Vi The :a,Hlllt,0(MI deficiency- up- inopihitlon ttill rarrying more than ii.tjO ti. on for immediate emerg ency construction, was p;i-ed to d:iy by the , tiate. It now goes to . otiference. VARNEY PILOT I CST ON EMRN fUSW! SKATTLK. Vah . Jan. M'l' Wt(ltr c". fiise, Vnrnev air mail' pilot f lyifiK bet ween I r t land c nri Pt o er. Witj-h., reported mlj-s ng since s am. today, wns le-lng, ffnicht hy fmir ajridtmeH ttiWafter-lio-ri. i i vficTToui WITNESS EXAM DRY REPORT COKE WRANGLED Inside Story Reveals Long and Bitter Disputes Be tween Members in Fram ing Recommendations Wording Changed Often. V kmi;to, Jan. 11. itVt Senator Ty ding's, demo crat, Maryland, moved late to day in the senate in MrlUc front i he pending deficiency appropriation hill the $,"H;t, :t7 prov idctl for iiddltional prohibit lint ngculs. li pi-om-icd the first icm of the ses sion there on prohibit ion. The senate rejected the Tydings proposal without a record vote. WASllINCTOX, Jan. 22. (V) As congress ami the country plunged into ihw phases of the long prohibition dispute today, enough of the inside story of the Wickershant commission was dis closed to indicate the bitterness of ho me of its internal differences. There was no authoritative sup port, however, for reports that the disagreements of the commission ers arose either from any interfer ence by President Hoover, or from any alternation of tho commission report after it had been signed by members. In the course of its preparation the wording of tho report was changed again and again in an ef fort to compile a draft all eleven commissioners could sign. Had Varying Views ThiH process brought to the sur f a ce i n a n e m p h a t ie ma n n er the varying views of tho membership. It led to many long and vigorous, discussions. It shuffled some of the members into positions of de termined Insistence their col leagues found difficulty in accept ing. . ... ' - In tho end all but one of the eleven signed, Jlo was Monlo Al. mann of New Orleans, who In a separate report declared for repeal of the Kighteenth Amendment. WASHIXOTON, Jan. 22. (iV) Kmphasis was made today by Sen ator Fess, republican, Ohio, to the point that President Hoover in ob jecting to the Wickersham com mission's substitute ISth Amend j mpU nm, n(U ch)HeA the (,()or to 'all revision proposals. n I I, i in i """"" i'ut n nih hi i it.ii iil ly at this statement of Senator Fess, who Js chairman of tho re- (Continued oil pnge four, Story 2) REQUEST FOR PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22. (P) I ot us L. iJtngley, district at torney, today flatly refused tho rctiucHt of the defense in the I'owIch murder case tltat an alien ist, a narcotic expert and a phy- sician examine .Mrs. If. V. How- witness, -- Howard Is considered an Important witness in the murdt-r chnrges ngalnst Ni-lson C Itowles, miillonairo nnd Irma Lo ticks, ac cused of murdnrliiK Howies' wife. M I'M. 1 1 owned was stabbed and ben ten in her home lust week. Lung ley siifcgested that "at the proper time" .Mrs. Howard's teHtl mony in connection with the mur der case ' may he attacked In the manner prescribed by law." Faith Healing For Church By Vote In LONDON, KnR., Jan. With only three dissenting votes the lower house of th Canterbury j convocation of the Church of Kng-j land today gave Its approval of faith healing nnd asked that it bo given the olflcial sanction of the church. The approval took the form of a! petition to tlii archbishop of Con- j terbury, usltlig htm to appoint a Joint eomnilKHlon to fraino a provi sion service for u net lot hy the Itnprisilion of lemris, tbis service ! to be used tietll n perviaiient and I fully authorize fotw could be Is-' sued under synodtcu) action. j The vote on the resolution fob ' lowed discussion in v9,irh Chris-, tfan Science was praised n1 crltl-j cised. The Rev. T. V. Monaban ' Oiticiscd it as a delicious fulfil. In ! other speeches U was praised as a menim id faith healing. , ' Wo cntinot lose siulit of llio BLOCK BOWLE S Drought Fund Head A ssottnlta i'ttsM J'AoIo Dr. C. W. Wjrburton, secretary of the national drought relief commit tee, ii In charge of the administra tion of the 945,000,000 appropriated by congress for loans to farmers in the drought areas. OF BATTLE FOB Officials of G. N. and S. P. Gather for Hearing On Plea for South Link From Klamath. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Jan. P) Railroad officials of both 'be Cireat Northern and Southern Pacific lines were gathering here today for another battle over right of way. A Joint meeting of tho Oregon public service commission and the California railway commission will be held tomorrow to consider tho amended application of the Great Northern to build south from Klar math Falls. Tho northern line pro poses In this amendment to con struct a separate lino between Klamath Falls nnd the junction with the Western Pacific line In northern California. The Southern Pacific has filed answer to the application pointing out thut this road offered the Great Northern joint user privil eges over Hon t hern Pacific lines for 48 miles south of Klamath Falls. The Great Northern reject ed tho proposal. POUT-LAND. Ore., Jan. 22. (JP) Arthur Curtiss James of New York known as the world's largest hold er of railroad securities, and direc tor of the Great Northern and Western Pacific roads, paid Port land a flying visit today. "I have just finished attending lo Western Pacific affairs In Cali fornla,'' he said, "and am on my wny to Hpokane to meet Ralph Htidd. president of the Great Nor thern." Accompanying James in his prl vato car was T. M. Schumacher, chairman of the board of Western Paciric. William V. Turner, presi dent of the Hpokane, Portland & Seattle, Great Northern, whd made the trip to Spokane with James and Schumacher. DEFEATED IN FRANCE PAIUS, Jan. 22. W1) The gov ernment of Premier Theodore Kleeg was defeated in the chamber of deputies tonight by a vote of LM)3 to 2H3 after a debate on the government's agricultural policy. Approved of England Lower House fact,' said the H"V. Monaban, "that a great deal of what Is called faith heating Is really dun to natural causes, and that the faith which Is essential Is subjective rather than objective. That Is why wo nee so many cures from what is called Christian Science. It doesn't mat. ter what the faith of a person is where . mental healing Is con cerned." The bishop of Woolwich said Christian Science had grown be cause of neglect by tho Church of Kngland. "Communicants In our church," he said, "are continually Joining Christian Science. They sny: '1 hnvn been In the church fur 30 years, hut I hnvft never heard spir itual healing mentioned once. Since I have Joined Christian Science 1 have never heard anything else. I want to get what hua been dunied me by my church.' ' U D ML INTERESTS ROGUE RUIN I RE IN DEBATE Daniels Leads Sportsmen's Delegation at Public Hear ing Commercial Nets Fast Depleting Fish, . Is Argument Local Men. S A L KM, Jan. 22 . UP r ropo -nents and opponents of the Rogue river fishing hill now before the Oregon legislature, which would close the Htream to commercial fishing, clashed last night In the first public hearing of the present session. l-'or three hours, mem bers of the Joint fish and game committees nnd a crowded senate chamber heard arguments for and against legislative pannage of the measure. T. IS. Daniels of Med I'ord led the delegations from Jackson and Josephine counties favoring the bill, while Roderick Macleay of Portland led the op position. Statements that ' fish In the Kogue river were being depleted nnd unless nction is taken,, tbe strea m as a sport f iehlng one would not be worthy of the name, nnd that 60,000 people in the up per valley cut down the high cost of living by angling in that stream, were made by the Medford, Ash land and Grants Pass party. Coos Huh Argument. Coos and Curry county speakers presented figures nnd statements to show that commercial fishing did not deprive the tipper regions of fish, hut to tho contrnry, streari pollution, irrigation ditches, and riffles which the fish- can not swim were the causes, If any, of depletion. "You can not legislate fish up the river," George D. Chen oweth of Gold Beach declared i his argument. Daniels opened the arguments In support of the bill by stating that stream pollution did not kill the fish." nnd .that commercial fishing must cease if, the tourists will continue- to come to Oregon Tor sport fishing. J.'E. Culllsdii. chairman of the gnmo commission, former Senator J. C. Smith of Grants Pass and O. "O. Alenderfr of Medford argued for the bill, pointing out that only 83 families were supported by commercial fishing. Cowgill Testifies. Ralph Cowgill of Medford pre sented Tigures of a survey made of the Rogue to show that irrigation ditches wero screened, and that tho run of fish wa decreasing. Joseph Wharton, president of tho Grants Pnss chamber of com merce, declared that the future welfare of the Grants Pass dis trict depended upon closing the stream to net fishing. Other speakers for the proponents were William It rig sn. president of the Ashland chamber of commerce, Mnrtin Hughes of Grants' Pass, representing the Josephine Po mona Grange and Irving T. Vin Ing, Ashland. Wilfred Allen of Grants Pass, member of the game commission, closed the arguments for the delegation, while Daniels took charge, of the rebuttal. Macleny, who operates a can nery nt Wdderburn, mouth of tho Rogue, in his opening urgd- (Continued on page 4, story 3) WlLL ROGERS $ays: WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Fro nk lltuvkcsCiiHoy Jones nnd I flow in here yestordny after. noon from N. Y. Went up to the "Opera Comiquc" nnd heard tho cast ihruc in both houses. Senator Thomas from our great old state of Oklaho ma was trying ta pet a little appropriation for the Indians. Viec-l'resident Curtis 'and I were the only two applauded. It's tough to (?et help for even the little white brothers, mueb less us Indians. The lower house was arguing over the soldiers' bonus, whether to give them some aid now or get 'em another wnr. Had lunch with Al Smith in New York Tuesday nt the Dem ocratic elub. The Republicans' eluh is on the same street half u block away, nnd n sjieakcasy located between the two, talk ing about a loention.
