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The Weatker Fowasl: Tonight nuil Km uriltiy fair, but Willi valley roe ill Itir moi-niiifr. Moderate teniiMMnturO. M Watt, Trttrttm EDFORD Temperature Highest yesterday .17 l.mvrt iIiIh morning 24 Precipitation; To ,"i ji.tn. yesterday 00 To ft a.m. today 00 TTt 1 Twenty-Fifth Year FOURTEEN PAGES TodayrTALEN Ok flrt. rfh f,A iA.m JUL, KZ. LV A v, M MEDFORIX OU'KtiON, KIM DAY. JAXHAUV :;0, VXW. y0 o0 fCODPLEDrTOCATTl W AUTO Across America. The Soldiers' Money. Imagination's Power. Some Headlines. Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Inc. V DODOK CITY, Kas., Jan. 20. Through California, Arizona. New Mexico, southern Colo rado, and now as far as Dodcre City in Kansas, this fast Santa Ye train runs across the conti nent in a matter of fact way. For conductors and porters it is ns much a mutter of course ' ns a N'ew York trip from the Battery to Harlem for a Sun day guard. If von tan ni'i'ord it you should make this trip. If not, yon should make it as it is made by the family waving six or eight anus front a small au tomobile on the highway beside the railroad track. The trip in that ,L'ur with five passen gers, plenty of luggagi;ou both sides and in the baek, costs for gas and oil less than t."0. No excuse for not seeing the whole of this country. Secretary Mellon tells the soldiers that it ' would take three thousand four hundred millions of dollars to pay their ensh bonus and this would raise taxes in general and up set the nation, retarding in stead of helping prosperity." Secretary Mellon is probably the country's greatest financial pxpert. What he says com mands respect. Hut solldiers who want their money in cash, feel that if pros perity came when the nations poured out billions for airships that wouldn't fly, surface ships that never left the dock, pros perity might also be establish ed on a small scale by soldiers spending their few billions. To control men, appeal to their imagination. 'Napoleon knew it. Drossed in" magnifi cent robes of ermine and vel vet he took the imperial crown from the hands of the pope and placed it on his own head at his coronation. Mayor Thompson of. Chicago knows it, as proved by his plans for the approaching cam paign. T h e Alhufpierque Journal tells you that from Tucumcari, Arch Huxley has sent to Chi cago's mayor two donkeys ami a magnificent horse. ... In his election parade Mayor Thompson will Held the fine horse, dressed as n cowboy, big bat, high heels and nil. The two donkeys will follow behind carrying dummies representing (Continued on page thirteen) Abe Martin A neat iiiirniiir stranger with 4 tit mono, "ninth brfoie IIUon- WASHINGTON, Jun. SO. (!f nr." iuiukm-iI on hU )nw-i. mix President Hoover formally p nnvMwl tor rlilckni dralln' mwr i romeil Premier Hi-mioit of Canada lUoom I'niipr. Th' thine I like to the rnpitnl today when the prime iMiut Knmpp l lliat her Irrinrrn . minister paid a brief call at the go nbrmul C rio Ihcr k-cturlii-. White House. o PUIS KILL BOY, GIRL IS NEAR DEATH Broken Exhaust Pipe Is . Blamed by Coroner for Death of Ray Crum in Parked Car Nell Hill Breathing Last in Hospital A broken cxhanut pipo in an old model Ford coupe resulted in the death early this morning of Hay Crum, 'i'l and the probable demh of Nell Hill, IS, while the car was parked near the home of the girl's aunt and uncle, Mr. nnd Mrs. U. ('. Hill, in Talent. Tho girl is said to have no chance for re covery ns an effect of carbon monoxide gas poisoning. The young couple hud returned to the Hill dwelling around 9:30 Inst evening, after having visited the girl's cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Art Darby, near Talent. The fam ily heard the car drive to the back door of the house and beard the motor running up until the time they retired. Between 3 and 4 oclock this morning, Mrs. Hill still heard the motor chugging, nnd becoming anxious she opened a window to call her niece. Upon receiving no answer, Mrs. Hill rushed out to the car and found the youth uncon scious with his head thrown buck over the rear of the seat. The girl was slumped over with her head resting on the knees of her com panion. Taken Fmm Cur The boy and girl were Immedi ately taken from tho car, but be f o re m ed lea 1 aid could reach the place, Crura had died. The girl, in an extremely serious condition, was rushed to the Community hos pital in Ashland, where this after noon she was reported to be grow ing rapidly weaker. She is said to be too weak to undergo blood transfusions and adrenalin is being administered to strengthen her failing heart. Coroner H. W. Conger inspected C'rum's coupe, a 1924 model Ford, and found the exhaust pipe, at the point where it attaches to the motor, had been broken off, per- , in it ting the carbon monoxide ex- hnust from the engine to enter the I car. The windows of the machine j bad been rolled shut with the ex i ception of one, which was open for I two inches. The girl was sitting ! on that side of the car nnd her position Is given as u reason why she did not succumb at the same time as Crum. iii an Orphun The girl is an orphan nnd had resided with Mr. nnd Mrs. Hill for the past three years, beginning her residence In Talent a short time after arriving from Okla homa. She was n senior in the Talent high school and was active In scholastic affairs. Crum arrived In the valley several years ugo from Republic, Mo., and was em ployed at the Sunerest orchards as a general laborer for the past three years. His body will be ship ped hack to Missouri where his relatives reside. IN OHIO CELL . COLUMP.VS. o., Jan. flO. OP) Three young men who killed a gan oline station attendant In a frus trated robbery, calmly waited for death In the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary tonight. The condemned men, Karl Sites. 27 ; Fred Ma mm, i!7, and Kennel h MeCtirtncy, 2j. nil of Manstield, O., were convicted of the fatal shooting of Ilalph Wilcox when he rested their attempt to rob hi fillinc st. it ion nt Gallqn. They were recognized and tried for mur der while serving sentences for at tacking a woman shortly after the killing. 4 GRFETED BY HOOVER MURDER II Alii DEATH Famous Bad Man of Cumber lands Joins 25 Victims POl'NDS. Vn.. Jan. 30. A) John W. Wiifcht the -Devil .lurid Tolliver" of John ox h "Trail of the Lonesome f lMne." and picturesque bad fr man of the c u m h e r 1 a n d fr mountains, died at his moun- i fr tain eabln near hero today. During his eichty-eishl yearn of life ' Had John" Is reputed to have killed at least l!3 men. OF BUTLER Former Democratic Nomi nee Expected to Head Counsel for Marine Ma jor in Courtmartial Date and Place Not Settled. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (PI Premier -Mussolini cahled to Ital ian AmhaHsador De .Murtliio today he had felt sure that he would oh tain "jiiBt and prompt redress from the fairness, the loyalty and the friendship of the Amerlian people whose respect for the truth is well known to me" alter the incident In which Major General Smedley I'. Butler of the marines made de rogatory remarks nhout hint. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (P The expectation that John W. Da vis prominent New York lawyer and l!IU4 Democratic nominee for president, would head the counsel for Major General Smedley D. llut ler during his courtmartial, was expressed today by friend of the marine officer who have heel) studyinK the case. Arrangements for counsel were discussed this morning in the of fice of Major Henry Leonurd, I'. S. C. C, retired, a Washington attor ney and friend to Butler. With Major Leonard were Lieut. Col. .1. .1. Meade, General Butler's chief of staff; Lieut. Col. P. F. A'rcher, quartermaster of the marine post at Quantleo, and Brig. Gen. Hun dolph C. Berkeley, acting command ant of the post. The four men were closeted to gether for nearly two hours. It was said nt the White House today that President Hoover had taken no part in the developments concerning the note of apology Bent to Italy hy the United Slates government on account of Butler's remarks in derogation of Premier Mussolini. The Butler case was said to have eulered the record at the Wliile House in no way. The date and place of the court mat tial has not heen announced. ROSERCnO, Ore., Jnn. SO. (JV) S. I). Whitsett, 70, lifelong resi dent of DougltiB county, prominent Ktockman, died in a hospital here at noon today as a rettudt of a col li -ion of his automnhlle with a freight truck driven by Donald Sav aga two niileH hohUi of KoKeburK this morning. W'hllHett suffered a fractured skull and inlernnl Inju rieH when thrown through the win dow of his automobile. Other ac ciipantH of the t'ar and truck es caped HcrlfiUH Injury. WASHINGTON', Jan. 30 i,V Prohibition Ditector Woodcock to day announcer) the appointment of W. K. Newell nit acting deputy pro hibition administrator at Portland, Ore. Newell has been out of the fed eral piohlbltlon service since last July. He wan then prohibition di rectum for Oregon and was mis pe hueri In July. Woodcock said, for failure to accept another asslg ti me S. JOHN! DAVIS IN DEFENSE Evelyn Charges Desertion fl()) (D$ T S'"g Agal" I PEACE PLAN mm' mil order ra FOR fishing temORIGONADVOMD r! !iAw . I ' CHICAGO. Jan- 30. (IP) HVKI.VN NKSIMT. former wife or Harry K. Thaw. Is seeking a divorce from Vtrgil .lames Montunl, known on the singe as Jack Clifford. Tho nuil, it was learned today, was filed In superior court nnd charged that Clifford deserted her in New York ten years ai:o. Miss Neshlt and her husband, who at one time was her dancing partner, were married in llllli. She is appearlnpr in a Chicago night olnh. KINGSLEY WASORPHEUM JOINS ORCHARD HAND PATHE STUDIOS IN1 WENATCHEElIN BIG MERGER AVMNATC'HF.K, Wash., Jan. 30. hi. HemlnKton, Kat Wenat chce, father of Karl Remington, who Ih heinK held in Aledford, Ore., us a witness in connection with the slaving of a traffic, officer in Ash land, .Saturday, Raid today the description of J. K. Kingslcy, alias .1. ('. Adams, charged with the 1 murder, cm-responds with that of a man who worked last summer at his place during the fruit harvest, j Remington said he Imlievcd Kingsley recognized I-Jarl hitch- , hiking to ('jrliforn.ia and offered ; him a ride. THREE WOMEN KILLED BY SWISS AVALANCHE ItKIINi;. Switzerland,. Jan.. 3- uVf Three Kngiih wrtnien whone narueH were not learned and n .Swiss yuide were buried in n itvaliitiche iifiir Kggishorn on Wed nesday, word received here tndny s;ihl. Grapefruit For Vallee Results In "Kickout" of Boisterous Harvard Lad CAMIUUIKIK. Mass., Jan. 30 A jrrn prff ii;it brrpfje hf !d jdown on Rudy Vallee, crooning ! entertainer. In a Boston theater recently, had its reaction today in tho requested withdrawal from Harvard of Jam S. Angler, son jof rof5Hor Roswell P. Angier of I Yah-. Simultaneously, William P. P.lane of New York was placed on protm tlun by the college Oil t hull t leu. Angier and Plane, both freshmen, were taken from the theater audi enco with a not her "indent by po lice sm,n after the grapefruit wav throw n. i I.OS AN'JKLKS. Jan. an. (j A merger of lindlo-ICeiih-Orpheum pictures ami rathe idudlon wuh announced today hy Hiram H. iti-own, president of 11. K. O. The merger brought to a close negotiation: which have heen un der way fur smne months. I'nder the plan of consulidatlon, II. K. (). ncimlres title and assets to i'athe, hut the two oraniza tiotiH will en nt imie to operate as distinct producing and distribut ing unit in the mot inn picture industiy. Thene ncilvilles, Jtrown j-ald, will be inei cased largely. The merger was reparded na one of outstanding Importance in the film industry. It brings to gether one of the newest Btudios of major importance, R. K. O,, and one of the oldest produce, rathe. Hrnwn aid rathe will retain Hh Individuality in ihi country, aa well as abroad and an independ ent oifi.e for it will be estab lished in New York. ' . I I'nder police questioning, Angler land his companion denied bovln I thrown the fruit which spattered j over a member of Vnlloe'K orches tra ns Rudy crooned "Please Give , Me Something to Remember You Ry.1' Angier wa reported, how ever, to have paid the Incident came under the head of "great : idea. j Previous incidents of A ngler's ' brief stay at Harvard plus his prox I Imrty tu the source of the grape j fruit and hU reported remarks 'about it, werrv nld to hve actu ated the Harvard administrative board yeiTd:iy to a-k his wlth-jdruwul. Decision Holds I. C. C. With out Authority to Force 0. W. R. & N. Build 185 Mile Cross State Link From Crane to Crescent roRTI.A.VD. Ore., Jan. 30. (,V) A tOOO-word federal court decision today stood In tho way of the inter state commerce commission's en forcement of an order that the Oregon-Washington Kail road and Na viga t ion company count met a lK.i-mile crus.s-.itate line from t nine to Crescent in central Ore gon. Tho decision, written by United States Circuit Justice Rudkin. was handed down here yesterday by 1-ed m I Judge M cNa ry . C ircu 1 1 Justice Wilbur was the third judge who heard the caye. The decision held that the com mission may not require railroad to construct new lines In territory they do not profe.- to serve nnd that In the present cn.se. the O.-W. R. & N. does not profess to serve the territory through which the proposed road would run. lrovlslon Too Broad, The decision held the provision of the transportation act authoriz ing the intcrritate commerce com mission to require carriers to ex lend their lines, Is unconstitutional and void if it must he construed as broadly and liberally as was done hy tho commission when It issued it.'t order in December, 1 H 21, requiring; com-d ruction of tho llne. It was tho first time this pro vision of tho act had heen heard In federal court and attorneys con nected with the case ald they ex pected It would bo carried to the wupreme court for final decision. IJue Iong- Sought. Construction of tho line had been sought hy central Oregon interefds, the Oregon puhllc service commis sion nnd the 'Idaho public utilities commission, as a means of provid ing transportation facilities Hint are said to he much needed In "that part of the state. The petition for nn Injunction restraining tho commission from enforcing Ita order was filed here last June, n few days, before con struction was to have started. Arguments on the petition were heard three times. In each of the first two oiiHeit one of the Judges hearing the case died before a de cision could lie renehed and be prepared. iWAHIUNr.TON. Jan. 30. fP) Chnlrman Rrnlnerd of the Inter state commerce commission said today the commission undoubtedly would carry to the supreme court an appeal from tho decision of the federal court In Oregon, denying tho commission's power to require construction of a new railrond acroHH that state. "The commission, hiving made the order, will undoubtedly seek to have the question of lis author ity settled hy the supreme court," Chairman Rrnlnerd said. KIjAM ATI I FALLS, Ore,, Jan. 30. (A'i R. ("'. Uolirusky, former cashier of the Mnlln State bank, and former city recorder nt Ma Hn. Is under arrest In Iienver on secret Indictments from this conn, ty, charging forgery and embez zlement, according to a telegram received last night by Sheriff Lloyd Low, Denver officers said Dobrusky waived extradition. Ho is charged with having forged a $3000 note, embezzled money and forged bank reports. Ho bos been missing since August. E; HALKM. Jan. 30. P Relief that Lee Duncan and Dan Klynn, the two oonvletM who made their escape over the wall f the state prison here shortly after 0 o'clock Thursday nlcht, were In the vicin ity of Junction City or Kugene, was expressed here today by prison officials. Itad for this theory was the fact that two men held up a man along the highway near Hal sey about about 10:30 this morn intr, took hi automobile away from him and drove noiith. KLnMiA I n tJAii lu F nn pB' """y ""') NABBED !N DENVER HOUSE MOTHER IOUKWH, Italy, Jan. 30. (P) I.Ol'IS.A TKTRA.y.INi, now nearly t0 year old, returns briefly to night to tho scene of her great artistic triumpliH In the past. She consented to emerge from retire ment to sing In n benefit perform a nee at the Verdi then t re where she made her debute as an ope ratio soprano many years ago. 10 BATTLE FioHt.to Finish With Hoover and Red Cross Advocated at Party Caucus Willing to Force Extra Session if Necessary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. W) The t-l-lfi.OOO.OOO war department appropriation bill was passed to da y t y the senn t e, ca r ry I n k n " - thnrlzatlon f'r distribution of 20, 000, Olio bushels of farm board wheat for relief purposes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (P) The houso today rejected the Tay lor amendment to iwrn over to the president for dlHtrthutlon the $2f, 000,000 voted by the senate for Red Cross relief. Although several other amend meats remained to bo voted upon the strength shown by tho Re publicans was Indicative of final rejection of tho senate proposal to give the Red Cross $25,000,000 for relief. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Sena t o democrats decided at a. party meeting today to go to uny limits necessary to obtain their relief program. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, minority leader, was strong In sup port for a finish fight with Presi dent Hoover and the lied Cross for his $25,000,000 relief appropria tion. AT CHI OMEGA i:r(ii;Ni:. on?.. Jan. su. ip, Mr. I.lln Thatcher, fur y.-ar anil half hoiiK.-mnthi'r lit till Oim-na Hnrorlty, haa iltnnpn'arfil. Mm. That.'ht'r haa hi-on In iiuur h.'alth it net mimn fi-arn for hor Bat'uty liavo hi'i'n exprfMHcd. Sho wuh last ei'n 'c-(lnOH.Iay cvi'iilni-' at Jl o'rlut'k by our of Ihp Klrln of tlu nurorlly. .Mm. Thatcher' homo wan In Portland an.l two of hor iliuiKh lern uro on their way to Kuuene. Doiolhy Shaw. ,r'f.l.lent of the Kororlly i-altl only one outfit of rlothea wan mlHMliiK anil the hoiiKfinoth. i- took no travelliiK ban. Mr. Ttiatt-her wim well liked hy the Blrl", Mlw Shaw mild and (hero hail heen no iniMimlerntand Inir of '.ny kind. Mm. Thatcher was wenrlnii' a Fannlsh-Kroy coal, trimmed vlth hlack peal, shoert with Cllhan lnil: a dark Mil" knit milt with red tfleiiiuni on the ttwentor. She 1k llhollt TiO yeari. of niie Willi Kinvl.'h.hrowii hair anil hlne-nray I')'.'. DEI Gil FOR WANDERS AWAY Yamhill Solon Would Place Sole Right for Salmon Netting in Hands of State Will Seek Referendum if Necessary, S.M.HM, Ore., Jan. 30. py Settlement of tile commercial flail ing controversy that has appeared at every recent xeaslon of the leg islature by giving the state the sole right to engage in the industry as far as salmon fishing is concerned on a commercial nasis is trie plan of Reresenlative Morton Tompkins, Yamhill county. He may Intro duce such a bill and If not will place it before the people through the initiative. "I believe the people of Oregon are tired of this question and I cannot remember a time when It has not appeared before the legis lature, resulting in much vote trad ing and manipulation," Tompkins declares. "The taxpayers own the fish and have never received any benefit from their possession. State Would Flh "Under the plan 1 have In mind the state would engage In commer cial salmon fishing, leaving the de tails to be worked out later. The state would have, the right to use, either traps or gill nets,; the meth od to be determined after the most economical manner hud been de cided upon. Under state direction the fish would be conserved, need less competition eliminated and the revenue derived returned to the state to help reduce, the exist ing tax burden." . (Continued on page five, Story',2) COLLECTED BY STATI SALEM, Ore., Jnn. 30. (A) State-wide interest aroused In tho bill Introduced by Senator Craw ford and Bailey, providing that nit moneys collected by state depart ments and agencies be placed in the general state fund and dla persed hy specific legislative ap propriation, caused Senator Moaer, chairman of the judiciary commit tee, to net a public hearing an the bill for Tuesday night, February 3. The bill affects all the self- sustaining departments. 1 HALKM, Jan. 30. P) A public hearing on the hydro-electric water power commission, an administra tive measure introduced in the sennte by 8am H. Brown, will be held at the Mate house Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., it was announced today. The measure Is one of the three big power bills Introduced last week. The railroads nnd utilities committee called the hearing. Will Rogers 'says: IIOI STON, Tex., .Inn. 30, Well, liure wo are in 'Houston. Hack nt the Rice hotel where the lust time I wns here was nt the Dcmoeratit! convention. Ths bellboys tell trie they still find old empties! around from then. I have always said this was the fomini; town' of the whole South. This is the towii that iliitf an ocean. That's too bad about Smedley Butler. Don't really believe be meant it that way. (food thing for our pub lie speakers that Russia hasn't ifot an ambassador here, or he would have half of America reprimanded.