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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, IirEDFORD, OREGON,- SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1931.
LETTER SOLVES RIDDIFORD OF
DISAPPEARANCE D AUTREMONT
PROSPECT BOY
HUNT IS DEAD
HOUSE SQUABBLE FEDERAL AID IS IHINT MURDERER.
OVER AID FUNDS GIVEN CREDIT FOR
OF PRESCOTT WAS
'Fl
John Wright, Thou ght Veteran Northwest Postal
Drowned In August, 1929! Inspector Chief passes at
In Rogue Alive On East
ern Oregon Ranch, Moth
er Tells Insurance Company.
- Jolm W'riKlit Ib living. The
ynulK reported drowned when
flnliliiK In the Middle fork of
UoKiie river ne.ir I'ro.ipeet In Auk
iim rt-H, w.ih taken off the deail
lint yenterday. I-'or a letter from
him, mailed from Jordan Valley.
Oregon, hn been received by IiIh
mother, Mr. I-uln lirlfrllllB of
(IruntH PaK. News of IiIb "re
turn to life" was received with re
JolcinK yeBterday hy 1'roBpeet
fliendB. who uro lad to ohcwk a
name from the lint of those drown
ed In the Kotsue.
Official report of hi exlBtenee
was received by (.'. N. t'nty.' repre
Benlallve of the Oregon l.lfe In
ptlrance company, with which
Wrllfht was luBUnd.
Following receipt of llin li'Her
from her son, who accordinn to
reports wave no reason for his
HlranKc dlBnppearance, Mrs. flrlf
llths Inimedintely ini'ormed the
life Insurance company. The $20110
dollars lor which he wan Insured
had never been collected- hy the
mother but was being held for her
hy a bonding company.
Doubt of his actuul drowning
had dominated Mrs. (Irlffiths'
mind, nceunliiig to friends, Hlnce
the time of the hoy'H disappear
ance, although he had never wan
dered away from home without
telling her she could not reconcile
herself to the belief that he was
dead.
Residents of I'roBpect, where
Wright was employed at the time
of his disappearance carried on a
search with officers of Jackson
county for many clays after find
ing his lishlng pole and croc! on
the bank of the river. Wright had
been tishlng with J.' Kldredge with
Whom he made his home at Pros
pect, when he disappeared. When
he failed In return home In the
evening Kldridgfl and oilier friends
Immediately started it search.
' They found his pole and creel
on the bank hut were unable to
locate the body or clothing In tho
stream. ' County officials were no
tified and Joined the soarchi yhlc-h
continued' for many clays.1 Krlends
tvei-e vf the belief that the hoy hnd
become ri.17.ert' ami wandered away
In the tlijilier, others that ho had
fallen Into tho river and drowned.
lie was flnnlly given up ns lost
and reported drowned.
How he got out of Juckson coun
ty without being found by officers
and whero ho had been during the
year and six months ho was count
ed dead, were not known yester
flay. He Is now working on u
ranch In Jordan Valley.
COL KELLY GETS
Seattle-Nemesis of No
toriaus Brother Well
Known Here.
Charles II. ithliHiont, of Spo- j
luinn, vetonin Northwest I'ostnl tn- i
nppctor olilcf. and nernpHtM of tho!
DfAiitroniont brothers, confenHcd
SiHklyou tunnel bandits and tay-
I f-rti, now KervtiiK lif-' Mfntencpji In
Salem prison, died at Seattle,
Wash, lie (van advanced in yeurw.
He was well known In this pity,
n nd a persona I friend of V. 11.
Kluhrer. Kr. and family, who he
knew when stationed at Spokane,
Washington. JMiilnn the cluise and
I trial of the DeAtitrenionts, Jtlddi-
foril was a frequent visitor hoie.
Hiddiford directed Hhe world
wide hunt for the three brothers.
He seeuiM'd the confessions of the
notorious trio, after the conviction
of I IukIi with a recommendation
of life Imprisonment. The twins.
Hay and lioy, agreed to confess,
If they were given the same pen
alty, ami thus (ho lull slory of
the crime was known.
Hiddiford ntso ptirllelpulotl as a
sleuth In most of the Important
federal cases in the northwest in
(he last I'fi years.
Aft i-r the HeAuti'emnut case was
i officially dosed. Hiddiford was
highly pral.ied by the postmaster.
KiM'iui lur inn woik.
He Is the first of the many of
ficials connected with the le
Autreinont case from Its inception
to be called by death.
Memnrlcu of many days on tho
line of march In two wars were
Wfiitly i ecu lied for Colonel K.
M Kelly of this city hy tho re
ceipt of an aiitogrupheil photo
giabh of Major (ienernl Oeorge
K. Oihbw, coinmnniler In chief of
the signal corps, Washington, l.
C.
i1nml Kelly and Mnjor len
oral filhhs were huddles during
u Spanish-American wnv und
Colonel Kelly served under the
general durlnif iho World war.
The photograph was sent as a
Cliiisttnas gift.
FEDERAL COURT
GETS COOK SUIT
I'Ol.Tl.AM), .Ian. 2-1 (Spl.)
The suit brought by Floyd J. Cook,
republican stale chairman, against
Asa II. Cutler and F. W. Cutler,
and the Cutler Manufacturing
company, for royalties and profits
earned on hy the manufacture und
sale of an apple grnder Invented
and patented hy Cook in JflUfi was
yesterday transferred from M ull
uomah county circuit court to fed
eral district court hecauso it in
volves firms Inoated In other ntntes.
Cook's complaint alleges that after
he agreed to allow the, defendant
to build his grader, they a It (Ted
the plans for the machine.
1
I
Otto Kills who has hcen man
nger of the Postal Telegraph of
f It e at Klamath Falls for the past
two and one-half years, hns been
trnnsterred to the Columbia dil
ute company by the Inter State
Telephone and Telegraph company
an commercial agent. .
' The Columbia L'tilitleii company
not only operates an extensive cx
chnnge and Jong distance tele
tthoue system In Klamath county
and at the Tule lake section of
California, hut also operates ex
change . and toll lines' between
Medtord and Crater National park,
Diamond lake, Jtutlc Falls, Utke
O' the Woods, Prospect and other
points.
Mr. mils will make his head
quarters at Klamath Falls, divid
ing his time between the com
pany's Medford and Klamath operations.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. (P
Am a relief measure, for approxi
mately f o . 0 n o Indians hi eii;ht
fit n ten, the Indian bureau la rc
leasing Jl.tiltT.OOO from tribal
funds in payments ranging from
$7 GO to $:iOfl for each of the In
dians, many of whom are report
ed by reservation officials to ho
In dire need.
As a second step to aid the In
dians, suffering along with thous
amis of other farmers as the re
sult of the drought, the Indian
bureau Is seeking a share of the
J-I.I.Oao.OtiO emergency seed loan.
Superintendents of the reser
vation have been sent appllcat Ion
forms for filing reitue.its with the
lire tight relief commission, Com
missioner lihoads said today, anil
the appeals of the Indian farmers
will he submitted through tlx
bureau.
Paymentu made by the bureau
or which It will make within the
Immediate future, include:
Colvillc Indians, Washington,
$.V.i.?oil; Spokane Indians. Wash
ington. J 1 1.1 00; Montana, Crow,
IW.nsti; Flathead, Siift.ar.n; Fort
I'cck. IIJVOiui, and Oregon KlinV
ath. jTSO.noo.
Heipiests for other payments
are pending, Ccmmlssioncr Khoals
said, but since leg Irdaliou Is In
volved the bureau can not fay
"at this time to what Indians
they will be made or In what
amounts'.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (7P
While the house leisurely ap
proached the relief fund loaded
upon a supply hill hy the senate,
the Ited Cross drove ahead today
toward lis J 10. 000,000 goal.
Chairman Cranilou .of tho ap
propriations subcommittee which
will conduct house hearings on the
Si' 5,000,000 proposal conferred at
the White House with President
Hoover and said later that the
hearings would' he conducted as
expeditiously as possible. Ho ad
ded that "the very existence" of
the Hed Cross was hound up in
the matter.
Tho Ited Cross has insisted that
It should ho allowed to lake care
of tho needy in tho regular man
ner, through private subscriptions.
Chairman Payne of tho organiza
tion will he the first witness be
fore the house committee Monday.
A demand came from the .Demo
cratic side of the house today for
public hearings on the measure.
Kepresenlativo Bryns of Tennesee,
the ranking minority member of
the appropriations committee said
he would make such it move In
committee in the belief that It
would tend to exfiedlalo consider
ations. "This whole procedure of hear
ings Is for the purpose of delay,"
he said. "If the hearings are open
1 think the committee will stick
closer to business."
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar
kansas, said he saw no reason for
healings since "t he situation has
been gone over thoroughly.'' He
said the radio appeals In the Red
Cross drive several nights ago were
evidence of the need.
The Hed Cross reported today
that contributions exceeding $40,
oOO had been received as n result
of that appeal. These brought the
total to date to $ 1 .C?0,i.f.J. Tho
organization said It was caring for
(i3,4!.!i persons in 343 counties
of 21 states.
SAM5M, Jan. 24. (A') Success;
of the vocational education move-J
merit in Oregon Is credited in fed -I
oral rather thaan stale support in j
the biennial re port of O, 1. Ad -
iniif, slate director for vocational 1
education, made public today. f
Federal funds appropriated for,
the work In Oregon during the ;
last two years totaled f 1 1 3.0.r.ft.l H, '
I he report says, while the state
appropriated only $.'n;,fl 0.".0 1.
"It appears," Vnys the report,
'that without th federal appro-;
priation thi work would not only
fail lo develop but it would he !
greatly retarded. These federal -funds
have continued to increase j
yearly, while slate appropriations 1
have decreased since the heln-!
nin. Money iih.mI for matching,
purposes has been obtained from '
local disl rb'ts which participate
in the work." j
In 12 years. 1 he report says.
students enrolled for vocational
education have hicrousod fromj
114 to 10.1'Ci. since the inception
of the work 1 0. 1 !i:t persons have j
ben enrolled in agriculture, 1,(183 ;
in trade and industrial education
and 0,0.".2 in various types or,
home economic classes.
As a result of project work in
agriculture Jiir.flins.'.t.l has been
earned In high school agricultural
classes, . while in the trade and
i nd list r!a I field wages earned hy !
boy who "earn while they learn"!
in apprentice classes alone are j
over $2.0(10,000. I
4 I
COItVALUS. or1,. .Ian. 21. j
(A Announcement that C. K.
Denman, livestock e x p e r t and
member of the f e d e r a I farm
board, will give an addrMs at the
Slate college duriiuc the week of,
the farm iscience short course, was
made loday by C. H. Hyslop,
(Continued From Tage One)
chairman of
committee.
the arrangements
SAI.F.M. Jan. 24. fl' No fa
talities resulted from industrial
accidents for the week ending
January 22, the. state industrial
accident commission reported. In
juries for the week totaled fliiT.
UH ISVlI.u;. Ky., Jan. 24. UP :
M is. Victor liruce. on a f liuht !
around the world, arrived at Itow-j
man field here today from Indian-j
apoIU. She wus met by a coni-.i
mittee of city officials from Newj
Albany, lnd the birthplace of liert
mother. - I
May Ho Drug Addict
The possibility that Adams In a
dope peddler and also an addict !
is being investigated hy authorl-j
tic. Kn route to Ashland, Adams j
nkod Hemington If he over used
dope and upon henrinn Hemington !
say he did not, Adams said ho!
didn't either. The car was thor-j
hiding places by officers in Med
ford yesterday, but nothing was
found.
Tho story Adams told of taking
two r e v o I v e rs away from two
policemen In Seattle is substantiat
ed by reporu from Seattle that a
Kim man recently relieved two of
ficers of firearms In that city. The
numbers of the guns were being
checked up lo-t evening.
Is A Pariah
Prisoners in the county Jail are
keeping their distance from the
"Pauley" cell and look upon
Adams with 100 per cent condem
nation. He called for a. pack of
cigarettes yesterday afternoon and
when ho was brought his supper
lust evening by Oscar Dun ford,
ja 1 ler, ex p re.ssed plea wu re a nd re
marked: "This sure looks pood to
I inc."
! Ilnspeclion of his two grips re
vealed quite a supply of clothing.!
especially a large number of necl:-
ties of a variety of colors. There;
was black cloth included In the'
contents and had the appearance j
of use as a nuudc for t he lower ,
part of the face. There was also,
a box of .IS calibre hell, fitting,
tho gun he used to kill the offl-!
eer. ;
In giving his vers.on of the kill-t
ing. HemiriKton related that lef ore j
ruintiiK to Ashland. Adams had:
almost talked incessantly over his
own ability as a holdup man. He
boasted about holding up a drug
store In Portia ml and obtaining
$2(t in cashs (Adams told offi
cers at Ashland that he realized
$I."0 from the ame crime).
Hemington declared he became
worried but thought if he would
tell Adams he whs also a "bad
man" he would be more certain
of getting a longer Tld. . Jle. yras
bound fr &in lIgo and learned
Adams was hound Tor tho sam-
place. Tho killer an Id he planned
to pull quit a f.w jobs in south
ern California and would bo glad
to take Hemington along.
The youth old officers later
that he had never boon In trouble,
outside of having been implicated
in a stolen car deal in Wenatchee
four years ago when he was .pick
ed up by a motorist under similar
circumstances. Ho A-n held in
jail over night and wan released
tho next day. The longer Adams
talked, tho moro worried Kemipg
ton became. The pair Rlopped m
Hoel.urg at 2:3o in the morning
for food a,nd drove on south
through a heavy fog. Defore
rea c h I n g G rn n l s Pass, Ada ms
stopped to huy seven gallons of
gasoline. Tho gunman told tho
youth hU name was "Hed, the
Barber," and Hemington gave
some name Just as misleading In
return. Around : rants Pass, the
hoy dozed off to Hh-ep and did not
waken until .Pre.-scott stopped tho
ear in Ashland for Investigation
after which Adams shot tho officer-
thrtif tfimcrt in cold blood
and drove on.
An autopsy held on the body
yesterday by Ashland physicians
revealed that the i-ooond shot,
sustained hy the officer after he
Jumpod from the car following a
scuffle with Adams, entered the
hack, punctured a kidney, tore
through the intestine. and emerged
on the other side. The slug was
found in his clothing. This would
have resulted In Prescott's death
in an hour, tho physicians said.
The third bullet struck in the
neck, hreaking the npinal column,
and coursed iif way to the front
part nf the head where It lodged.
Two X-ray pictures .-ero necessary
to Jocaio tho slug, after it was
determined that continued probing
would not bo successful. This
hnl let a-na fired nfter the officer
I had fallen on his face In ft conso
les he;p.
After the first shot wan fired, a
woman, whoso name is given as
Mrs. Hatchelor. and her small son.
heard the officer exclaim: "Oh!
My C.od!" The bullet took effect
In the shoulder. Tho second shot
followed so quickly Prescott had
no time to say moro.
Citizens Ho lied
When news of tho killings reach
ed .Medford. 'Deputy Sheriffs P:ml
jenninK'V Umis Jennings. Oscar
Ounford and .loo Cave and State
prohibition Agent Cy Ilerr and
State Traffic Captain C. P. Talent
rushed to Ashland. jiowcvci
tho bullets of a third when they
surprised Win in a driur si or
hold up hero, January C.
J. C. Adams" wn ojno of
Kingfiley's aliases. Tennant Mid.
Ho had a wound on his hand re
ceived in tho drug store holdup,
'IVnnant added. Klngsley was re
ported to have boasted the pistol
he used to kill Prescott was one
taken from a Seattle policeman.
stovefSs in
upon their nrrivnl the ultimtlen wn
I,, well In hand. nciiuiy
Dunfnnl hroilBht hack HenilllKton
and Offlcr Cave and I'aul Jen-
I purely handcuffed. He refused t
talk the entire trip back to .Med-
ford.
It la naid it there had lieen some
organization, a crowd of 100 or
so men around the Ashland pol ce
Motion could have easily become
violent. feellnK wan so Intense
asainst Adams and hi cold blood
ed killing. The officers did not
tarry Ions in Ashland and hurried
to .Medford for the protection of
the prisoner.
SKATTI.H. Jan. 24. W De
tective Chief Charles Tennnnt said
todsy he was convinced J. C.
Adams, captured near Ashland,
Ore., .today .after he had slain
Patrolman S:tm J'rescotl, was
James f-:. Kint-'sley, who disarmed
iwo Killlf Jtoli.enon and escaped
m'KTSVILI.i:. Utah. Jan. 24.
tJPt liny Stover, winner of the
Lake Tahoe doc derhy last year,
I brought his team home a winner
over a field of ten others hra
loday in the flivt day's grind or
the OKdcn dnR derby, under the
colors of Sacramento, Cal. He cov
ered the 2."i miles under Ideal con
ditions in two hours. eiKht min
utes and 4 seconds.
Karl Kimball of Cascade. Idaho,
winner of last year's Ogden race,
and also the American dog derby
at A.shton. Idaho, had to content
himself with fifth place in today's
race, lie required two hours, 20
minutes and two seconds.
l:etween stover and Kimball
were (;ill McCoy, Reno, New, sec
ond in 2:10:07: Dean llanna, Ash
ton. Idaho, third. In 2:10:11 and
Kred Prlntz, Portland, In 2:17:30.
Astoria $250,1100 post office
building to be erected In this
Inwti in near future.
1 QFPowER yy
A Statement
HOSKHCHO. Ore., Jan. 2. (IS
Mary Welsh. 84. of Hiddlc. died
1 at a hospital hero last night from
I injuries suffered earlier in tho day
' when tho car In which she was
J riding was struck by a passenger
train.
linker - Highway from first
curve south or cemetery to city
limits bein k1 widened and straight-
N H W Y O H K. J a n, 2 4 W-
Tllrs, Krnnces Kllen Tlbbett. nioth-j
er of Ijiwrenee Tibbctt, opera
and screen star, died of pneu
monia today nt tho Havoy-Plarn
botch Hue had hcen seriously 111
for a week. The singer and hi"
m-'fe were ut tho hrdslde. In ad
dition to a daughter. Miss lu-tty
Tibhoft.
WAHIHNUTON, Jun. 2. (flV
Applied to agriculture products,
Chairman Iggo of the farm hoard
hellcvo tho flexible provisions of
the new. tariff not 'ls n Jolto."
Sunday Dinner
Hotel Medford
Dinner $1.00
"The Food Is Better'
P at The Medford
from l"'-
RICHFIELD
To the hundreds of thousands of Richfield users;
to the thousands of independent dealers;
- to the public generally:
Rjchfield will continue to carry on. The receivership
is one in equity not in bankruptcy. Its object is to
continue the Richfield Oil Company of California as
a leading major oil company and is a "friendly action",
designed to improve the financial structure of the
Company and has no effect whatever on the present
service to the public and Richfield dealers. ,
To the motorists, who have bought and appreciated
Richfield products, is pledged rigid adherence to the
high standards of quality that have made the "Gasc
line of Power" the outstanding motor fuel with more
victories and world's records than all other gasolines
combined.
To the independent dealers, the most important fac
tor in the Richfield marketing organization, is pledged
the utmost in cooperation, support and service. Public
acknowledgment is hereby made of Richfield's sincere
appreciation of the loyal support of its thousands of
dealers.
Richfield is such an integral part of the west has
built to such prominence in the petroleum industry
is so important to the livelihood and welfare of
thousands that it confidently solicits a continuation
of your patronage.
VM. C. MiDUFFIE
Revcit'cr in Equiiv
nan(DiHiiFniEiLi32)
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GASOLINE O ", O W E R.
School Supplies
For the New Semester
Back to School Examinations are over now for the
balance of the school year. But how about new sup
plies? Surely the new term will mean additional Pen
cils, Tablets, Papers, Rulers, etc.
Large Pencil Tablets 5c and 10c
Good Ink Tablets, 10c to 25c
Pen Holders, 5c Pen Points, lc
Loose Leaf Fillers, 5c and 10c
Loose Leaf Binders 15c and 25c
Composition Books, 5c to 25c
Hardwood Rulers at 5c and 10c
No. 8 Crayolas 10c No. 16 at 15c
Lead Pencils, from lc to 5c
Long Life Erasers are 5c
Ever-ready Notes from 5c to 25c
Large Jar of Carter's Paste, 10c
Le Page's Best Mucilage, 10c
o
i i
Stenographer's Notes, 10c
Type Writing Paper 25c
LOOSE LEAF FILLER SPECIAL
Our regular 10c standard size 44 page filler for 5c.
This is a fine ruled white paper for either pen or
pencil use. Has a wide red line margin and guar
anteed to fit any standard size binder. EACH
5c
This Store Is Headquarters for
Gym Togs
Start Hit' new seim-sler with n new gym outfit
New Knickers, Middies, Kelts and Gym Nose
in all si.es are readv for von at this school store
Gym Knickers
Gym Middy
Gym Belt
Gym Socks
$1.15
$1.00
.15
.20
Total Cost of Suit S2.50
Buy a suit or just the.pieces you r.eed. But come to
Mann's and know you get the best.
TOM SAWYER SHIRTS AND BLOUSES
Tom Sawyer Wathwear Shirt, and Blouaet are made of materials that give the beet
wear and service for real boys. They will not fade and will stand the hard washinq
made necessary by hard school wear.
89e to $1.75
r "THE STORE FOP EVEPYBOOV J
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