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Medford Mai The Weather Temperature IUkIm-m riMet-iluy .... .VI l.owett tliK moriilng 21 rrtt'ipfuilliill ." p. in. fsunlay 0(1 'I'n ." it. in. onlay nil forecast; Tonight uiul KultinUiy cluudy. Normal toiiiH'rutuiv. Twenty-Fifth Year FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORI OKIXiON. KIM DAY, FKIiKl'A K Y Xo. 317. SECRETARY ADAMS NAMES MEMBERS OF BUTLER COURT MARTIAL BOARD STATE CODE r2 France Gets An Island. Joe, the Baker, Leaves. Gandhi's Sky-Writing. A Wise German. . i. " WS'M " " -. z (i. 1 !:'.!. DEATH SHOT Todav V ' Bj Arthur Brisbane p far . 5A DESCRIBED DV G jr." --. si-T-i-var s- i srp. . -, r. th Copyright King Feature! Bynd., I no. Kxtreniely important 1o AiniM'iraii iliusiiiCNS, especially to the little uiun who would like to know that his savings arc safe and not used by jrrnft ers in their speculations, is a su'cesliou by Owen I). Yoiiiik lie would establish government control of commercial banks, for their regulation and the public's protection. Mr. Vouiiff points out that this country has had 0,000 bank failures in the past ten years. He did not say so but every- j body knows that dishonesty is 'liaek i(f many such failures. - Jlr. Young says truly, "It is a . (5 rent reflection on the Ameri can people that they cannot sjet n banking system which will prevent su.di tragedies as we have witnessed." The I'rincc of Wales and his brother yesterday had arrang ed to fly over the l'anama Canal. They will observe, per haps with anxiety, that we l, ..,..,,.'( ,i ,,, ii.;,.,, ,....i, ! to protect the canal from des tructive, airplane attack. That is important lo llicm, si lice I hen is little douhl of continued peace between this nation and the lirilish Kinpire. and the lirilish use the canal that we built as freely as we do, and for the same fees. Mr. Kcalon. called "Buster,'' now shares Kipling's opinion ' of female violence. lie shows scratches, bruises and a wreck ed studio. Two studio police men were needed to nverpow it the yoniig lady in the case. It would be unkind to mention her name. Tin. lady weighs 1U!) -minds, and Buster Kenton told her she was "getting too fat." That's the last that he remembers distinctly although there was something about, a .')IHI hel. hi-h Hie lady collected. Mr. Keaton says the screams of the lady who asked him for $(1,00(1 more were terrific, as the police curried her away. Nobody knows whal terrific force is locked up. in calm, placid womanhood. It's like (he smooth waters over Niagara's edge. i Next Thursday, I'Vlirnarv l-Mli. Pope Pius 11th, will broadcast for the first time, heard all over the earth. f It would In difficult to over estimate the possibilities of in creased influence that regular broadcasting by the pope might establish. (CuntlmicMl on p:ik( Ihli-lcen) Abe Martin We'll hot tliat fortune wouldn't Millie at xiitte folk If II liatl It l' tin mer agnln. TherS nil kimU nrnanb, but th' feller tlinl a f ruhl t buy a new hat by himself Ik th' limit. (Copyright Johnfc". Dllle Co.) Valley View Woman Last to Testify Against Slayer of Officer Prescott Kings ley Identified Defendant to Take Stand. .liinu'M K. Kfnsley tuuk the stand In Ills own behalf this aflfi lluun and made IiIh bid fur life life behind prison walls as his trial for the munk'r of Sam l'ros cott. a man of about his own ao. drew to n clone. The court, upon motion of liis counsel, granted him the rinhli lo tell the story of hit life in dt-j tail, and It will be the foundation upon which a pica will be made to nive him from the hamiiuan. lvlnKsley, speaking in a loW volte, told of his babyhood left: an orphan by the desertion of his! father, and the death of his moth er, of ".oins on his own." when last aside by relatives, of reform school days at t'hehalis. "Wash., where i learned to make whis-j kev and how to rteal " of n roimhi life in the lumber mills and camps of the northwest, of juiniiiK 'he navy, of a short married romance, of the swift descent tlii'ullKh asso ciation with ex-convicts to a tiill fledsed stick-up." As he told his story the strains of the Inh school band, in the, Junior carnival parade. floated I into the crowded eourtroom. 1 The testimony of KiiiK.-ley, and his cross-exannnalion ny tne sinie is expected to lake Hie remainder of the afternoon session. The final arKulnonls and the in structions, under the present pro-Ki-ess. wlil lie Kiven in tlie morn Imr. and the case- Kiven to the jury by mid-day tomorrow. The state at 2 o'clock this after noon completed its case in the trial of .James E. Kinsley, alias .1. C. Adams, churned wllli first dnrec murder for tho kllllnK. Jajiuary 24th last, of Sam l'rescott. Ashland policeman, while ronlsltntr detention'1 for nuestionins about the auto no was driving. The state's final witness was Mrs. 1,. K. llaeholor. a ri'sldent of the Valley View section, who with her 12-year-idd son Allen were eye witnesses of thu IraA-edy. Mis. Ilachelor testified she was walklll ilown lloulevard avenue, about 7 o'clock, when her attention wa.s attracled by two speedinj; aulos. Siie heard the sound of a siren and lOUTLANI. OtP.. Fob. G. firruit JmlKu K. i;itwull todiiy Kiaiitoil tin; (lrftMiHt? motiun for a rhniiKi f venue to V;iHhitintoii rouuty in the murder trial of Nel son C. Ituwlfs, c:i pitaliHt, Jiml Irma Ioucks. his fonnor Hccretnry, charged with the murder of Mrs. Lrnno Itowles. The d'feii!o sought the change from Mullnnmah rouuty on the Grounds newspaner publicity had prejutlleed the community HKuii.nt the defqiHlants. The Htate did nut conteHt tho motion for a change uf venue. The caw will he heard in 1 IIIIh horo, IS miles from Portland by Circuit Judge (.ecirjcc Itagley, who will net the trial date. ! (continued on pace 5, story one) iBWTir TRANSFERRED 10 HILLSBORO Spot Where First Movie Enthralled A u d i e n c e Is Marked By Bronze Plate I'lTTSllFltflll. Feb. fi. (JV) In J th- heai-t of the downtown btisl-j ncss district, on a dte now partly occupied by a depart menl wtot'e.j there opened nearly years! any the world.- firt all-motion pic-' turo theater. The late John V- Harris, bead of the Harris Brother Amusement, company. Inc.. conceived the ideaj of the world's first Hll-movlnn pic- ture theater, the Nickelodeon. A melodrama, "Voor But Honet." ( and the '"Baffled BurKlar." were ' the Trlfl film thai flickered be- ' fore the audience. A bronze plague, plai-ed on tlie I.uildltiff siaaliiu( on the historical pot. bears this in.-'Tipt ion : This- tablet nia.-; the ite on which the Hon. John I. HHrrh. in ; June. 1 r, npened the world's first all motion picture theater, the rt.MM. Members of the court martial board who will try Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butter tor hit alleged attach on Premier Mussolini or Italy include (left to right) Rear Admira Louis Ft. Co Steiguer, commandant of the New York naval district and president of the court martial; Rear Admiral William W. Phelps, commandant, Portsmouth, N. H.; Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark, director of fleet training, office of naval operations, R:ar Admiral George C. Day of the general bo.rd of the navy and Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Pendleton, Marine Corps, retired, of San Dieno, Cnl. i HOT LETTER Plan to Create Constabulary Eliminating Traffic De partment Seen As Per sonal Reflection By Sec retary of State. SAMOM. Ore.. Fob. (i. (T) Io rlarinK that tho executive's pro posal for a Htatn police force, em bodied in fetiate bill 170. in an "unwarranted indictment of the present motor vehicle code by tho state traffic division," and that It "easts a personal reflection" upon him as the official "who for the past two yearn has directed the work of (he Htato traffic officers,1 Hncretary of State Hal Hosh yes terday addressed a letter to Oover n or .lullus 1. Meier In which ho ur;ed and requested tho governor to "so amend your bill hh to leave tho state tin ffie depart me til out side its senpr" Not, I'on-sultcfl In the leiter llofrt charged that he had m been consulted in rela tion to the bill when it was being drafted and ddd the exeeutlvo that your instructions "to your assis tants to consult with nie on the measure were not carried out." Hoss told (iovernoi .Meier that he Is "emphatically opposed to your measure." asserting that lie "would be unfaithful to the trust reposed by the people of Oregon in our Iraffic officers ... if I failed to register a strong pin lost against any move which would eliminate them from the program of law enforcement in the state. Officers I'rabtfl "A more loyul and efficient group of men is not to ho found, and I present them, sir, an an organization milrankcd by noiio In the whole United States. I ca u not si I complacently by and see my office raided of cine of Its principal functions and its activi ties transferred to another depart ment." The secretary of staio Insisted, however, that. iL is not on a "per sonal basis t hat I oppose your measure. Setting aside my own feelings In the matter, which 1 confess provokes a strong resent ment against tho plan; I am pre pared to contest the wtate police bill strictly upon its merits.'' Oregon. Wenlber ( Jenorally cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably occasional rain in west portion, normal tempera ture. Moderate southerly winds offshore, increasing Sat unlay. N kebnleon. Thin wa the bruin ning of t lie motion picture the ater industry. Old -I liners In Pittsburgh recall the Nickelodeon wn a remodeled storeroom, the remodeling consist in of the InMallation of a white sheet, some oinra chairs, a crude phonograph, a lot of Mucco. bur la p and pn int and myriad Incan-doc-ent liuht.t. The little theater had !f seat, hut T.oan patrons were entertained da Hy. Films were ground out from t a. in. until miduiKht. Itir Inn lb" Irt hura then; were wts for 6.141 personw. In a day'e run about 1 .00 persons tooI In line. The program chnnKed virtually every 13 minutes, ulnce it coniM eil of only on or two reels of film. Ther w; no U''b thinjr a re served (ats andve cents was the uniform admiwlon price. 1 Belle Sentenced For Contempt Of Prohibition Order NKW YOHK. Feb. 0. (!') A federal women's pris-oli will' be Hello 1 JVingslone's ! "coiilor of wit. culture and 4 4 lmn-hutumic" for the next days. Sentence of "U days in th" prison he ret was imposed thin ! morning u p o n the elderly night club proprietress, by fr federal judge t'affey as a re- suit of her conviction yester- day of contempt of a federal fr order prthlbltfng violation of 4 the prohibition law. 4 BEFOREELDERS Former Wife's Charges In cluded Testimony Against Temperance Leader, Is Revelation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 (!) Taking or evidence against Bishop JamoH (!auiion, Jr., was ended be foie a church board of Inquiry late lust, niglit, as word cantn from within the hearing Ihal among the testimony was an assertion that information on which part uf the charges against Ihe prelate are based, came from Mih. Helen Mc Callum, now Bishop Oinnnn'H hcc ond wife. Today the tntuptirauce louder uf tho Methodist Kplscopal church .South, came tu the beginning of bis own tlcj'ene, Austin O'Malley. a reporter for the New York Journal was among witnesses who appeared before the board of twelve elders at the close uf direct l.estfinony taking. Bishop Cannon recently filed a $.;"i. mm, lino suit for damages against William Randolph llearsl, publish er 'if Ihe Journal, bused on the publication of letters alleged to have been written hy (he bishop, and Htalements concerning him, which he claimed were libelous. RELIEF REACHED WASIIINt.To.V An aKt'oenwut u Fob. r..- tV) was reached late and house leaders for a iHPUHtM rehabilitation of today by fenat' on a proposa I b'au fur the farms. The an noil nee meat W;ct ttKide by Speaker IHiuworth, who said "We think we have arrived at a bahis on which the m-naie and house conferees on tho interior depart u lent supply bill can reach an areement on t he relief ipies tion." The pla n iiKi'eed upon would provide for an additiotial $-'),-oan.ipKi firotmbl loan fund In place of the eontroverrnlHl $ r,.nii. 001 Bed t'ro-s relief appropriation. The agreement was repre-enlrd as falisfaotory to I 'resident Hoo ver and to both Bepuhlha n and I 'eniocratle leader s of th - senate and house, To Contider Postmen WASHINGTON. Feb. fi uVt " The renate agreed today to take up (he bouse bill providing a 41 hour week for postal employees at a night session on Tuesday, under a limitation of debate aiireement assuring prompt disposition. Q BISHOP CANNON OPENS DEFENSE ' m. 1 1 y. i E! STAGED IN T; .. . - ; Long-Pent Political Feeling Bursts Forth When Dacj-j gcr Flourished London; Naval Treaty Discussion; Basis of Discord. By James I. I loco. TOKYO, Fob. ti. (A') Th' flash of a dack'er in an ante room of the Japanese hou.-o of repre sentatives today precipitated a fight in which about a dozen por tions,' two. uf I hem me tubers of W'uietrti'Ave' ' mjiireci; 1 ' l'Vnt-tip political feelhms be Iween the opposition and the g"v ertiment were unleashed hi the ensuing melee, in which ash trays and other avn liable ubjeels were hurled. Police said several per-j soiim riM-elveil cuts on their beaits and hands'. SI 111 others wen? cut i and bruised by crashing plass ami flying clubs. IXm-okI a) .Meeting. j A meeting of the biiduel com-j mlttce, aL which the trouble start-j ed. broke up In disorder. Fv' two! days opposition tactics had hlock- ed budget ilisciiss,'ons and on sev-i oral occ-astons thole hud be'ii; near riitlH. j The man who flourished t he dutfKcr as a. member of t he seiyukal (oppostllun) party, but not a member of the diet. Po lice detained him. About !o per-j sons partVIpateii in the melee. Baron Sbldehara, foreign min ister ami actinv bead of the gov ernment during lh Incapacitation of Premier Hamamichl, was in another pari of the hous- when Ihe fliehl stalled. lie left. Ihe building In finitely under heavy gun rd. HKcie-sfoii ItliH-keil. For t wo days t he opposition's tactics had blocked budget dis cussions, opponents of the ud mlnistrai inn had charged Shlde hata with an "indtscr. et" utter ance, during Interpellations re garding Japan's tseeui Hy as 1 he outcome of the. Loudon naval treaty. Shhb-haia had n-plled lo Ihe interiM'llationH by saying the treaty had been ratilfciL by the ompertir ami that this was proof It did not endanger national security. i The forelmi minlstei V answer brought forth a storm from the opposition parly, whleh noisily protested against his reference to the emperor a nd assert ej Kb Id' bara was endeavoring tw put. t he onus on the titular head of the empire. i I L DM HUM FLY OVER CANAL I A N A M A I T Y , F -b. i.-lA)- The prince of Wales and hire broth er. Prince (Jeorne, got a IPf-tiilnule air view of the Panama canal to day. The nince and his party bonrd ed the plane at Fiance Field after arriving from Cuba on the steam er Oropesa, and flew over the M li mns to pailallla airport loar here, landing at 10:3 . They (hen pioceeded to tin pre, identiaf pahi' e. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN REACHES $6,511,971 WASHINGTON. Feb. Ii. Wr Hed Cross receipts in its drougl relief eam)HlRn for ) 1 0,000,000 to day totaled fit, 51 1,971. RIOT SCEN 1 n Auto Tire Thief Leaves Address At Crime Scene SAl.KM. Fob. ti. - - (VI - A somewhat obliging thief, after " taking all the tiros IHhii the ailtuuiHhilc owned by Mali 4 Hmiscuoari at WimmII'UIm l.ist niulil, b'lt a d- finite 1m- and sulliotent ltmney to trai e him. lliiiiM-Wi'.irt found that all his t ires were taUin during 1 1 u nir;ht. liicliMllug the spiiro. but Investigation revealed the iiy npp.-nmiy r-sp..m.ibie nan dropped nis wanei, con tabling live dolhirs and name and address. Fmtl.ind i now seeking h:m. State Examiner in Charge of Institution After Two Day Scramble By De positors. AFItOlCA. Ore.. I'eb. IS. (V) Wit h a deputy bank examiner tn charge, the slate sup -rl lit end out of banks today was in fontiftl of; t he a Mall's of the A ui ora Stale I tank here, t lie result of a two -1 day run on the lust II ut ion. The board of directors bite yesterday adopted a resolution ask lug the stat" bank examiner to lake over the bank and )ipitdate Ms assets, for ihe benefit r depositors. I The last statement showed do-1 posits oft f ;iril!fi70. The bank is capltallcd at $jr,.lUli. I Officers arc Dr. It. F. tilosy,; presldeiil; .1. II. Nuly, vlc -prcsi-' dent; (J. W. Scranilln. vlce-prosi -. dent, and .eim Schwab, cashier. POltThANO, Feb. . fI'i l:h crt It. Kiiiikiu, attorney for An-j drew ( Snyder, retired farmer . of Aurora, who has sued the Wll-j lanietto Valley .Morlgage Ioan company and Us offleers for ?i;r.,-j 200. the amount of which he de clares he wu defrauded, announc ed lialay a number of ol her In -1 vestors iii the company have called' at his offlio with Holes allegedly similar to Ihose held by Snyder Snyder's suit named Iir. l. F. 'ib-sy, preslfb-nt of the mortgage company, SCemi Schwab, secretary, and William (J. Phoenix, manager. ( iiosy is president a ud Schwab cashier of Ihe Aurora Stale bank, which wen) Into the ha nds of bank examiner today. GENERAL EDWARDS OF WAR FAME VERY WEAK UOKTON, Feb. li. tP) Major licncral 1'hireitee t. I'M wards was "Veiy wojik" loiiay. Hohpilal at tetiflauls said he passed a fail l conifoiiabb- night, but bad taken Hub- 'or no nourishment . The L'cuenil, who underwent an ope ration January I has been in an increasingly weak com! It ion P"' sevot-n I days. ! IFARMERVS SUIT CAUSES RUN (I AURORA BANK! ! I Cry of "Dead" Baby Halts Prayers at Home Funeral I.ATItultIO, I'll., l'Vlt. fi. (I) In Mli'kiTiiiK ihn.IIo tit-lit. l,.ul 1 ! llllliri'M finiillv kni'lt III iu-iivit In'-I I'I H llllln Willi.' C.i-k. A frw fl-ll'lutx illuptli In In Kt-v thf wi'ck-nlil rlill.l toirriillliili'il hy f ImverH. The iirnyiM-H ntnpiiftt iiliruiitly. Tho Ilttlo fnrin nllrrcil pitiful, feeble cry. IhiMl a I V1 ' I V 1 .H xl " " " , CONFESSED Naturalized American Citi zen Wounds Three Police men and Self After Arrest in Rome-Had Two High Explosive Bombs. It M i :, Feb. Ii. (fl'l Michele Schlrru, arrested Tuesday night for possession of firearms and ox plosives, confessed today, police said, that ho had planned an at tempt on the life of Premier Mus sollnl. lie had brought twfl hlph explo sive bombs bore for that purpose, police said he had told them. He hi mi was arrested after a gun fight with police and there were rumors aL the time that he had planned an attempt on Musso lini's life, but these were denied by (be authorities. The police said Kchirru drew a revolver while he was being searched at. the pollen station, wounded three policemen and at tempted suicide, inflicting a seri ous wound In lifs bead. Itombs Fnum! In the rooms which he occupied at. two hotels pollen said they found (wo bombs so constructed as tt) lie used either as time bombs or percussion bombs. The man was born In Sardinia but. bad traveled extensively. Po lice said he used an American pass port and was a. naturalized citizen iif the United Slates. In his alleged confession Schlrru was reported to have said he bad been an anarchist for yearn but began thinking of plans to assassi nate Mussolini last, summer while he was In Paris, lln went to Hei ght m and got thi materials with which he made the bombs. Then, the pollen say, he came to Koine resolved to kill tho pre mier ami began plotting tho best way to do it before be fell afoul of the authorities. lie Is recovering from bis self Inflicted wound and will be tried by a. special l rib una 1 under the defense of Hie stale act which provides a deatli penalty for the clinics of which ho is accused. WASIIINUTi IN, Feb. () - i'hlarmnii l.egue of Ihe farm hoard said today he viewed liussla's of ficial grain exports ;d a I onion I as an Indication thai llm sovb'ts were l in i m 1 1 low a i d a douiiuat Ina posl llfiii in the world wheat inarkel. 'The American farmer .cannot compete with i;u-w:an wheat In l ho world ma rk (,' ho fa id. "a lid if be aticmptM to bo will have to give op ndtng around in autn liiobib s " l'hyl-ahH wro Hilmmnitpil. Tho liM.I wim in .1 d.-iiil. mi til tho lmv ...I... I. ...I ......I I.I... .I.....I . . ... ii frw li.Mirn iH'furp; HiiHiinuVit anl- iiiiitl.in. iiiiiithiT cxplulniMl. I lo had not Imth oliilialtnoil. Iti'tnitviMl tn A liril the rhlhl li iKliti'lli .l, I ti.-ll lay ntlll. A few hfim-H lati-r It HK'iln wan prunuunc cil ili'a.l. Tciluy It wa burled. DEATH PLAN, rnn n nimr m il uubt Ashland Man Pleads for Uniform Building Laws at. Hearing Before State So lons Fishing and Dog Legislation Aired. SAI.KM. Feb. t() Opponents j of the proposed atutu building code ami aiitl-trust act charged mich legislation if enacted would force linns out of business, keep peo ple out of the state and retard development. These statements against the measures were made at. two of the four public discus sions held before the Oregon leg islative committee lust night. Other bearings were held on opening the Willamette river to commercial fishing ami proposals for dog legis lation. Opening discussion In favor of the uniform code, William Uriggs, Ashland, chairman of the league, of Cities, sponsor of the bill stated the organization represented fifty i cities, virtually all in the atate of j any size except ('orvallis. They were interested in a building code because it was next to Impossible for officers to establish such codes for each city. Portland Uneffccted Included with the building struc tural code are also tho codes of electricians uud plumbers, amended to be made more effective, as rep resentatives of theso groups re ported. II. 10. Plummet', Portland building Inspector, stated the meas ure would not ul'fect Portland but he believed it u good code, Includ ing many of Portland's codo fea tures, and ho would favor hiicIi legislation. ('barging that, tho codo would kill the building business, and that ii places too much power in, tho hands of tho labor commissioner and his additional deputies neces sary to enforce tho act, Krnest Kroener, Portland, led tho opposb . lion. 1 lo doclared the bill would give tho labor lumissloner .pow er (o take a man's living away from him through its restrictions and demands that construction bo dono a certain way and that only certain things could bo used. Bit' Held Outrage He citaructeri.cd the bill as an "outrage" and that It doprives the small homo owner, business man and even farmers from putting up what buildings they could. He declared It would keep people out of (tin state, instead of bringing in desired citizens. Foes for per mits, angregatlng up to $U00,000, would bo collected by tho commis sioner and additional deputies needed for enforcement , ynt no provision Is made for accounting for this fund. Opponents or tho proposed anti trust measure, us introduced by Represent utives Kmmelt Howard, Karl Hill and Ralph Hamilton as a move to prohibit monopolies and restraint of trade, declared tho bill would accomplish Just tho opposite, and would result in chain stores and mergers, which "defeat Ihe in tent and purpose of the act." One price cHii bo set by theso chain stores and mergers which could not be accomplished under agree ments, It was stated. Chains Assailed Itoscoe P. Nelson, Portland, of tho Building Manufacturers assoc iation, attacked tho federal Sher man anti trust act ns causing these gigantic mergers and assniled Bale methods used by chain store or ganizations. He urKcd tho com- (Continued on Pago 8, Story 2) WILL ROGERS says: I'MNCA (TIT. Oklu., l'Vb. fi Kive lliimsiinil feet 111 the nir, mill Ilitwkrs is slarlinK u dive I'm Hit, field lo limit at I'm City. I'luved Ihix tuoru- ini; nl Hit: Iiest njirietiltural " selioitl iii Amerii-H. Oklahoma"" A. & M. Their ealtle win" all Ihe shows, uiul tliejr hnjs wiu all Ihe jtldciiik' r!miless. Jt'tr iml a riieeoon eoal eolle,'t!. Say hal's Ihe newsT I don't get v ! lo read. We are luovilit; too v ! fust. Have I lie admirals got ; dressed for Butler's trial yet? I low iloes Mr. Hoover stand on pruhiliitioii this week? I was down in West Texas lust week mid they lire feeding goals Hie Wi: duTshani report. a um ttiKucii trtaauiiM, O
