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The Weather lorotasl: Tonight and Sunday I'loildy Ullil UllSCltlcU. MlMll'iatC teinlH'talui'. Medford Ma Temperature MlgllCnl JlslOrdliy .Vl Lowest Oil morning i!7 Prci-ipitatloii: Tu . p. m. yesterday UU 'I ft ii. in. today .00 .Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORIX OltlHiON. KATl'liPAY. .IANIAKY 1 ):!!. No. 311. I MEIER ASKS FUND BOOST FOR OFFICE Special Investigation of State Departments to Cost $20,000 Off ice Ex penses Require $25,000 Over Norblad Budget. SALKM, Jan. 31. (jT Governor ? Julius L. Meier late yesterday call ; ed the Joint senate and hou.so ways and meaiiri conunlttec into his of- fiee and informed Its memlwMS that he was going to make a special In vestigation of every state depart- , nient and in.stitution, "beginning at the top and working right down tlio line." Fur tins purpose the ; governor asked tho committee for . V an appropriation of $20,000 to cov j ; er tile voM. I, Declaring that his motive was i one of economy and that the move was in ina with his determination f to Ik! a business manager for the ; citato, tlie governor said he believed the appropriation would pay for itself "twenty times over." A number of other small appro r priatlois wore requested by the - governor, making a total appropri ation requested for the executive department of $G,706, or ITi.tlTO in excels (if the appropriation rec ommended by his predecessor, (iuv ernor A. W. Norblad. The JJO.uuO request is in lieu of a ?2,000 item in Hie official budget for special agent expense. Asks Nalnry Opinion. Relative to his salary, n subject tho campaign, the governor said he was going to ask the attorney general for an opinion whether the $7. .100 fixed by law or the old pro vision of Sl.r00 a year provided in the state constitution Is the correct amount. "If the attorney-general's opinion is that some amount different from the $7,300 is correct." aid the governor, "the disposal T make of the difference vvfll' be tor mo" to determine." "I know," .Meier aid. "that some of thec stuto offices are filled by mighty good men. But there are many offices and commissions that need cleaning up. That 'is to be the purpo.se of the special Investigat ing fund. Requests for my ap proval of trip by offioiuls are fre- riiient. Already I have Btopped five 1 have approved one man'-! going to Salt hake City, Instead of three. ; Flax Prolie Itegiiu. 1 the state flax industry had already V begun through George M. lllack. Jf Portland accountant. Dlack has been requested to make a rccom- 'i iiicndatlon to the governor Mon- ? day. , The governor said ho believed economy could be effected through I meni .system of the state. To cor ;1 rect present posihI inefficiency he reiterated the recommendation In his inaugural message of a state ;, police system. This, he said, should help to "avoid bulld'ing an- ViiiViW In tll ulnr.. lir.t1l..tiHu.-v " Other amounts requested of the committee by tho governor were: J $7. "0(t for I wo stenographers at flail a month Instead of one sto nogrspher ' recommendeil by , Governor Norblad : f 100 for gen 7 oral office supplies against J300 ' in the printed budget; $1.'J00 in- ; stead of $:i(h for telephone and telegraph expenses; $7."i0 instead of SB00 for postage: instead of MIS for press dipping service. ' surety bonds, governors conference expense, etc.: tL'.OOO for Installa tion of lavatory and cloakroom in the executive office: J1.400 Instead of $200 for office furniture and equipment. i (Continued on Page 6, Story 1) Abe Martin "Who remembers when we could git a few folks t'gethcr without feedin 'em? asked Mrs. Em Moots aa she ' bought some luncheon bridge liver. He who buys good will buys Junk. " I Rogers Talk Costs Sinclair $500; and He Didn't Hear It FOHT AVOIITH, TVx., Jan. 31. W) Marry Sinclair miss- eii "Will Honors' porforinanco hero luat nisht. Statisticians Pitfurintf the receipts of the humorist's southwestern tour for droUBht anil uncmiiluy- mcnt sufferers, said It would cost him $500. OlmervInK the oil man was not in hLs scat, Will announe- fc ed Sinclair was "fined $M)0." ltcceipls thus far total $74,- OL'H. . Eugene Resident Finds Mrs. Thatcher of Chi Omega House in Clump of Brush Near City. EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 31 (jp) Mrs. Li la Thatcher, housemother of Chi Omega socority, found in the bruf h early today al ter being miss ing two days, died nt 1:15 p. m. today from shock and exposure. EVGENE, Ore., Jan. :U () Attracted by screams coming from behind a clump of brush near the city limits today, a resident of tho district found Mrs. l-.Ua Thatcher, missing house mother of the Chi Omega sorority. She was said to be seriously ill from exposure and from effects of burns, apparently of a caustic nature, Itr her mouth and throat. She was taken to a hospital where physicians said her condi tion was "very serious." DoctorB helieved she had swallowed a strong antiseptic and had been ly ing in tho brush for two dayB. She hud suffered seriously fitom ex posure and was unable to give any account of her actions. Mrs. Thatcher was fully clothed. It Is thought she lay unconscious for several hours, as residents of the district had heard no sound from Ihe brush until her screams this morning. f TIMBER TRADE TACOMA, Jan. 31. (fl'j Forma tion of physical mergers on a large scale in the lumber Industry, or at least formation of wiling organis ations In an effort to eliminate destructive competitive methods. w as urged at a n i oe t i n g of J 00 leading lumbermen hero by Col onel W. Ii. (ireeioy, managing sec retary of the Vft Coast Lumber men's association. The meeting concluded last night. Col. Greeley was supported In hifs views for Immediate steps in tills direction by J. D. Tennant of Longvlew, president of the asso ciation. optimism was Introduced in the discussions despite the disastrous showing of the industry for 1930, and the voiced expectation that 1 !3 1 will not see any very great improvement. The opinion Was expret-wed that an up-turn in busi ness Is to be oxpiKM0!!, however, to balance the past depression peri ods. KLAMATH FALLS. Ore, Jan. Ill fpi AH roads In Khimath coun ty were being guarded today, and every automobile and train was seruMitlaed by officers searching for a man who Into yesterday held up the Chlloquin State Hank at Chiloquin, Ore., and escaped with The robber lin ked J. C. Nichols, cashier. In the vault. HALTIMoKi:. Jan. 31. (Vj Two women ami a man wow burned to desih this morning In a fire which wrecked the interior of n four story apartment house on North t 'buries street. A third woman whs missing and two men, who Jumped from the top floor wre In n critical condition In Mercy hos pital. O The man w ho perished yiff 1). Howard, of Uallimore. MifPMux cella Roberts was missing. TO LOCATION OF HOUSE-MOTHER MERGERS NECESSARY mm bank ROBBER SOUGHT GIRL FAILS E Miss Hill Succumbs to Mo noxide Poisoning Early Today Second Victim of Talent Tragedy Blood Transfusion Tried. Carbon monoxide gas poisoning 1 sustained early yesterday morning In a parked coupe near the home ; of her uncle, L. C. ILIl. in Talent, ; resulted in the death of Miss Nell Hill, 18, Talent high school girl, nt 7:0 this morning In the Ashland ' hospital. Raymond Crum, 22, in i j tho coupe at the saino time, was : dead when the pair was discovered unconscious In tho cur by the girl's : 'aunt, Mrs. Hill. I A broken exhaust pipe permit ted the exhaust of the car to creep , up into tho coupe, through the j floor boards and overcame the! couple before they realized their I danger. I No hope for the glrrs life was held until last evening when it was thought she was showing some strength, after drugs had been ad ministered to benefit her heart. At j IIUUIIIHlll 1.191 111111, DIIV UHIRI ' tit j ' ti lilnttfl t-miiftitiriii- lint nftnr lhe transfusion, alio grew steadily weaker until death overtook her. Pauper Viisusiiovleil Clarence Byrd, a cousin of the girl, said last evening Crum knew the exhaust pipe was broken and bad remarked that he planned to fix It yesterday, but never suspect ed the deadly danger lurking in the broken pipe. When the car was moving, tho air carried the gas away, but when tho coupe was stopped and tho engine was left running to keep a heater warm, tho eurbon monoxide crept into the interior of the machine. A partiully open window on the sldo where the girl was sitting per mitted sufficient fresh air to enter the car to enablo her to withstand more of the gas than Crum, who was dead when Mrs. Hill camo to the car, after the latter had be come worried over tho long period the couple had been sitting in the car. The boy and girl, who had been keeping steady company for j the past If) months, arrived at the Jlill dwelling at ft:30. Tho motor was running In the car when the i family retired. I Motor Ituiining when Mrs. Hill awoke several hours later, the motor was still , running and she called the girl, but received no answer. Hhe noticed they were both sitting up ; in the ear. Mrs. Hill dozed to sleep ' und awakened again about an hour later. This time she come to the car. Kho thought the couple asleep. Crum's head was thrown back across the scat and the girl was slumped over with her head on her companion's knees. Crum was already dead and the girl was gasping for air. Medical aid was immediately summoned and the girl was rushed to the hospital. : Hoy Hill, brother of tho dead ; girl, was expected to arrivo last ! night from Tho Dulles, Ore., but up until the forenoon had not 1 made his appearance. Helalives ' thought he may have been delayed by an auto wreck. No funeral ar- 1 rangements have been announced pending his arrival. TRI-STilD LAW IE! DATED j SALKM. Jan. 31. (!') An-; nouncement was made yesterday by Representative Frank 13. An drews, chairman of tho huuso com mittee on roads and highways, that a Joint meeting of the special com mittees of tho legislatures of Ore-! gon. Washington and California on uniform traffic reputations will 1h held in fralem next Friday, and that on Saturday an open hearing on the same subject will be held in Fortland. SAN" FHA.VCIHCO, Jan. 3 1 . (Tj officials of tho Hollar Ktcamtdiip line said here today they wero un able to confirm reports Mrs. Aimec Semplo McPhorson and her daugh ter, Roberta Hem pie, wero aboard the liner President Wilson, on route to Shanghai. The stHmh1p offi'-luls also raid SURVV CAR 1 Mrs. K. W, Route and her dsugh-Hils tor b-abcl. believed In Honolulu to be Mrs. Md'heraon and her daugh-i er, in reality wore prominent and search. long residents of Shanghai who had Men and women, chilled by the made reservations In London for raw January air. returned perlodl their paspage and had picked up cally to tho Huson home always their ticket in Boston, with tho same answer. MORE MOVIE WEDDING BELLS Kay Francis, motion picture actress, and Kenneth MacKenna or tho atago and acreen filed notice of their Intention to wed In Loa Angeles. DO-X ARRIVES CANARY ISLES Giant German Seaplane Car ries 19 Safely from Lis bonSecond Lap to Por to Praya. IiAS PALM AH, Canary Islands, Jan. 31. fTho yiorman sea plane DO-X landed In tho harbor here at 3:10 p. m. (10:10 a. m., F.S.T.) LhSIJOX, Portugal, Jan. 31. A) The I0-.", giant German flying boat, left hero at 8:08 a. ni. (3:08 a. in., K.S.T.) for Maderia and the Canary Islands, Iho first lap of a trans-Atlantic trip to Rio de Ja neiro, llrazil. The plane, commanded by Cap tain Christiansen, and with Clar ence Schildhauer, American, as second pilot, expected to fly over Madoira, drop a bag of mall, and continue to Las I'almas, arriving there late this afternoon. The trans-Atlantic hum:! ion of tho flight will not be begun until after the plane completed the second lap to Porto Praya, Cape Verde Islands. From there the big craft will fly to Natal, Prazil. The plane carried l!l persons 13 officer: and crew and six pas sengers. This first leg of the flight was 7 1 5 miles. Tho Io-X will stay here at least overnight while her engines are cheeked. 4 Cork Ins Named KALKM. ore., Jan. 3 I . (A) Judge Orlando M. Corklns of Lakeview was named to bold court In Portland for Judge Robert (i. Morrow, who Is incapacitated by illness, it was announced by the supreme court today. ON BRAZIL HOP IN BUTLER YARN Grants Pass Baby Victim Of Wildcat Is Fear While Neighbors Search Woods By D. L. Whitehurst Written for tho Associated Press CHANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. Ill A mother's hopn today battled the creeping mists of tho Hlsklyou mountains in Iho lillle fir-shaded homo of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ilusen, where Kefthle Halo, two years old, has been missing Tor nearly hours. lospite Ihe fact that deep front covered tho trees hours after day light, the mother still clung to her belief that her baby would be brought homo alive. Alive but cold. "Keep Iho house warm," she lobl neighbors, "the little follow will be cold when they bring him In." "Laddie," Kofthle'H favorite dog. ordinarily vicious fu his contact with strangers, but docile today, seems to weigh seriously the bur den of the lad's absence from Ihe Husen household. Yesterday when I little playmate wandered away. Laddie was returned from the home of a relative to assist In tlio Associated I'reat t'hoto HEWN HEARS RING OF TRUTH Alabama Senator Demands Probe of Mussolini Inci dentCalls II Duce Red Handed Tyrant. " WASIIINCTON, 4lun. (!) Reiterating Jiis demands lor an investigation be made of the truth of the chargps before Major-General Kmedley l. Hutler is disciplin ed for u statement that Premier Mussolini of Italy ran over a child I mid did mil stop, Henator Thomas i J. lleflin of Alabama declared in the senate yesterday the story "sounds exactly like Mussolini." "I stood hero threo years ago and related stories of Italian Masons being murdered at the in stance of Mussolini," ho shouted at the senate. "There were J.t of them in one night, if I remem ber correctly." "Why should nny American gen eral how down and crawl in the dust to Ihe most red-handed tryant on earlh -Mussolini tho monarch of the old world," the senator from Alabama demanded. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 31. (I) Facing a minimum sentence of ten years in slain prison, Walno I. Maki, Port land masseur, was convicted last night In superior court here of second degree mur der. Ho was tried for the killing of Andrew f lejidrlck.-ton, aged resi dent of the llocklnson district near here, llendrlekson was beaten to death. The Jury was out five hours. The scene of (he child Joint Is In one of the wildest hoc! Ions of Josephine county, n place where neighbors are few and telephones to he found only occasionally. An effort was being irmde today lo IncHte Harry Stokes, government hunter. In Lie lienor Iho Stokes dogs might be able to pick lip (hi? trail of the child. CKANTS PASS. Ore.. Jan. Ill fVl A hundred or more men and women entered the heavily wooded mountains norili of Cranta Pass to day In search of Kelthlo Hale Ilu sen, t wo-y car-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Car) Ilusen, missing since :t o'clock I'rlday afternoon. The search started last bight. Tho baby became separated from a group of playmates a short dis tance f t frin the little mountain home. Two Imurs IhIot a dog which apparently had accompanied thn child, was found several hun dred yards away In a ravine. Shortly before dawn a intmber of the searching party shot a wild iy which has been persistent In Its endeavors to keep at a short distance I rem the ilusen home. The stomach of the animal yielded flesh which was being examined. m ME LIVES OF SIX; MURDERERS Triple Executions Held in Colorado and Ohio Emo-i tional Scenes Lacking as; Men Take Turn at Death, Dealing Devices. CANON VlTY, Culo., Jan. 31. (Pj Uist March three men who! had established themselves in a bank holdup "racket" extended 1 their outlaw activities to include murder. j Today they lay In a Canon City mortuary, their Mvo taken by the state hi payment for tho killing of a Colorado deputy sheriff. In a1 little more than an hour last night I John Walker, 41, and two youth ful companions, Claude Itay and Andrew Halllday. died on the gal lows at the state penitentiary in the fist triple hanging in Colorado In more than 3n years. Calmly, with a minimum of emotion, the Ma liter, Kaus., bank bandits who disclosed several years of outlawry In Kansas and Oklahoma after lh4ir capture were executed last night. COLI'MIM'S, Ohio. Jan. 31. (!') Throe men. partners in crime, went silently to their deaths In- the elec tric chair at Ihe Ohio pcuitciillary last night in the second triple elec trocution In the state's history. The men were Fred J. Massa, 1!7; Karl Sites, 27, and Kenneth Mc Cartney. 2.". all of Mansfield, ((hit. In 3L' minutes they paid the death penalty fur the fatal shooting of Ralph Wilcox. Calion filling sta tion operator, In an attempted holdup hist June -7. Karh walked unfalteringly Into the death room ami waited for the end without a word. W'ilcox was shot while Uh young wife looked on, when he resisted the robbery. The trio escaped, but were caught and sentenced to the slate penitentiary for attacking a woman. While In the prison they were recognized and tried for the murder. TURKISH REBELS ISTANMI'L. Turkey, Jan. 31 A) Thirty seven persons neensed of attempting to foment n holy war in Turkey were condemned to donth today by a military court sitting at Meneiucn. The sentences of five, all over (15 years of ago, worn commuted to 'l years hard labor. Tho other ICi will be hanged tomorrow in the public smtaro tit Meiiemen. Those condemned Include tho fill year old priest, All, a son of Sheik Kssad, and two ininy chaplains. IN BILLIARD HAIL l'OltTUANI), .Inn. Ill !) I'ci Hc'q Httirl toddy Loo Dunciin and I ft n Flynn. UKi-nperi convicti from OrcKnn Htittu- prlHoii. Kpnnt Hnycrul IllllllllOH In b pool hull ill LimiIh liiHt niKlit. Tlio operator of tho place, limy nnlil, Identified tlio men from d tiiri'H. Tho in n n Identified un Flynn woro u tllrly hrown Hiilt much too Kinatl lor htm. Oiinciin wuh woiir Iiik a lilno and brown milt too lurgo for him. 11 ll HAN KltANCIHCO, Jim. !M fP) The outlook fr the week beginning February d wiis announced here to day by the Culled frttaloin weather bureau as follows: Far western state: The outlook Is for CoiiKlderablo cloiidiiress ami temperatures above normal, with occasional nil lis In the Pacific state and shows in the high moun tain ranges of these stales and over Hie nuilbein plateau legions. SLAYINGlF PRESCOn ONLY STATE FATALITY SAU'.M. Ore.. Jan. 31. (IV The ath by shooilng or Ham Prescott, Ashland traffic of fleer, whs the only fatality r ported during tho past week by tho State Industrial Accident commission. Injuries In uccidents totaled 40 for the week. India hermen Denua Old Right On Columbia Spit '1 io guluault 4 .lull. 31. (Ti guluault ;iml ttiillayut i tribes of 1 mliaiiH h.ive Utst their fight for their accus f touted fishing points on l'ea cock Hplt at the mouth of the Columbia river. The right of tho govern- meni, as guardian of the I tribes, to an Injunction pre venting the Indians from be ing expelled from the fishing grounds, was denied in an I opinion handed down in fed- 4 . r .. . ELECTROCUTED T Clifford Paulson Credited With Saving Many Lives in Steamer Crash Found Dead. OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 31. (!) Clifford T. Paulson, "A, radio op erator credited with saving many lives when the steamer San Juan sank in a collision off the Pacific coast. August 31, 1 yii, was elec trocuted during the night while working at the radio transmitting set of the Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc.. here. Paulson sent the SOS from the San Juan after it had collided with the Standard Oil tanker Todd. 18 miles off Pidgeon Point. Seventy lives wero lost in the collision but many were saved be cause Paulson stayed with his In strument uuMl the San Juan went down. Ills body was found this morning by 11. C. Iluxford, relief operator, lying on the floor near tho radio set.. Jlis. hands had -benn suveroly burned by 2, 000 volts of electricity. Paulson had been employed for some montliH as radio operator at (he municipal airport here. Paulson's relatives1 In Coble, Oregon, were notified of Ills death. The operator had figured hi an other sea disaster us a member of the crew of thn tugboat City of Nome when it caught fire. He had (old his associates there was an old saying among sea going men "that one shouldn't givo the elements a chance to strike threo times'.' i TAKE 2 WEEKS A declhlon on Ihe petition of the city of Medford to open Fourth ami Kighlh streets over the South ern Pacific railroad tracks is ex pected to ho reached In two weeks by the stato public service com mission, which -completed Its two day hearing hero yesterday of evidence presented by tho city and railroad officials, Tho city maintained tho cross ings are necessary dun to growing traffic needs nnd tho railroad claimed present traffic congestion was not sufficient to mako the opening of the streets necessary and set forth the yard efficiency would be seriously hampered by I the opening of Kighth street. Wit ileuses who took tho stand t yestei-duy afternoon against the opening on tho grounds It would 1 be detrimental to tho fruit Indus try were Ralph Rnrdwell, C. C. I Lcmmon and M. 11. Root. W. 10. I Fair, a railroad engineer, was also on t he stand. The city presented a strong case but also met strong opposition on Iho part of the Southern pacific. HALK.M. ore. Jan. 31. A') The elimination of all form of punish ment at the state training school for hoy, Incaled near Woodburn, Is recommended In a report re ceived by the ntate board of con trol today from the statu child welfare commission. The commis sion conducted an investigation of the inn! it tit ion niter several Port land persons had charged that cruel treatment was Inflicted upon inmates by W. 11. llalllle. fipcrin tendent of the school. The report does not recommend tho dismissal of tho superintendent. HERO OF RADIO AT INSTRUMEN CROSSING PLES DECISION WILL LAWGIVERS MAY WORK OVER III Leaders Believe Heavy Bill Grist Will Require Extra Period Five Issues to Fare in First Half of State Session. Ity Clayton V. llcrnahard. SALKM. Jan. 31. (AV Power, prohibition, port, fish and expense. have been the big five issues of tho first half of the Oregon legislature which ends today. The session is limited to 40 days, but leaders in both houses are doubtful that all business before the legislators can be completed during the final half, and bel'eve some overtime wilt bo roil u i re d . Tlio 1 !t 2 1 aess Ion ra 1 1 seven days over tho limited period. Tho administration power meas ures are still In the bands of house and-senate committees and publlo hearings will be held on all threo utilities, hydro-electric and grange measures. The administration's state police measure, now being drafted, is expected to be intro duced early next week. Several o tlur administration measures j dealing with penal Institutions ami parole regulation are aU expected I' soon. Two Jxing Iebn tes. The house the past week heard 1 two prolonged debates, one on tho ' referndum for repeal of the Oro , gon dry law, and tho other over the (selection of the Port of Port I land commissioners. Tho prohl 'bitlou resolution was defeated. 41 to It;, but It is reported a similar . resolution for referendum will ap Ipear In tho senate Monday, renew ' Ing the issue in1 the higher branch. Thf defeat of the measure provid 1 lug for the appointment of Port land commissioners by tho gov- eimor-" has resulted In a -series of conferences between members of ; tho Mulnomah delegation and tho j executive, Jn the hopes of effect ling a compromUo. The results , , of the conferences may bo pro- ' I routed to the senate and house j Monday. , ' , The only debate of major 1m ! port an co in tho senate so far this i session was over the passngo of fishing in tho Rogue river. Sportsmen Win. Tho proponents of eliminating commercial activities won by ono more vote than necessary to pass the bill, the senate roll-call show ing 17 to 13. The measuro Is now In the hoiiKc and will appear dur ing the coming week. Tho Joint ways and means committee has concentrated on institutional ex pense, and audits and investiga tions havo been requested and or dered by tho committee as well as tho governor. Tho intangibles tax, income tax and other tax Is sues appear as outstanding issues during tho next week. Might public hearings, including I hose on power bilk, freo text books, horticulture cod ond tho Tunnel bill, have been scheduled Wlllamlna Willamhia Clay Pro ducts Co. brick plant will resume operations upon completion of repairs. Will Rogers 3ays: KOIIT WOUTir, Ti-xus, Jan. ;0 These people in the drouth Ntriekcn country ain't waiting for the Kovenniiont to relieve 'em. Their well to do are help ing their loss fortunate- them selves. At a matinee today at Wichita Kalis we played tu 0100. ., Fort Worth, the cow mhii'm paradise, we played to lrt.dOO. At my hrenkt'nst mat inee yesterday morning at Aliilenc at, .10 o'eloek, got lidOO, mill every cent of Hint is net. People in America have not the money and will nive if they know the need is theTe, and these people know it is. Say, we ot a real nIiow.' Frank llawkes Is our monologist, Na tiomd Broadcasting loaned me the "Ifevellers," the greatest singing (piartct in America, Jimmy liodgcrs, the Victor yodler, and Chester Hyers, world's champion roper. Hut ipiil wiring Tor dates. AVe are all filled.
