Medford Mail Tribune
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORI OKK(iON. SUNDAY, FKHUl'AUV 8. V.Y.'A.
No. HID
Todav
V
By Arthur Britbue
Dr. Einstein Revises.
Mr. Coolidge Elucidates.
Mrs. Bruce Flies.
Mrs. Pappas Laughs.
Copyright King Fstture, 8ynd Inc.
An Englishman, beating all
records, travels four miles a
injmitc in liis automobile on
the sands ol Florida.
Airplanes have pom1 six miles
a minute.
What will be the ultimate
speed at whieh'iiieu will travel
around the earth?
I'robabl.v about as last as the
sun seems to travel in its jour
ney from east to west, 1,WI0
miles an hour.
(jiant planes will travel in
the thin atmosphere, high up
above slorin and wind, with no
motion of the air except a
gentle breeze to the east, caus
ed by the rotation of the earth.
They will make their own re
pairs in the air, staying up per
haps two or three years at a
time, dropping passengers in
.smaller airships at their various j
destinations.
Dr. Kinstein, scientific puz
zle of the century, refers to the
fireat .scientists of this period
as bis "forerunners" leading
up to his incomparable, achieve
ment. Those thus disposed of in
clude I'rofessor Michelson. of
Chicago. How high Dr. Kin
stein will stay in the estimation
of science one hundreds years
honee, no one knows. Hut it is
not at ce-hin ibnt his S'irv.
ices to science will be found
e(ual to those of Professor
Michclson, one of actual, eon
rrctc itchievenient.
It was I'rofessor MJulirlstm
who first measured exactly the
length of a ray in the spectrum,
establishing permanent, exact
measurement for all time.
It was he who corrected
measurement of the speed of
light, '-yard stick" of the uni
verse, essential to all astron
omical calculations. And
Miehelson, in an experiment of
infinite delicacy and difficulty,
established the rigidity of the
earth, about, ccpial to that of a
solid ball of steel, LTi.OOO miles
round.
Dr. Kiustc ill's recent an
nouncement that he revises his
opinions on the universe, which
he hail formerly .circumscribed
and limited arbitrarily, is im
portant. After talking with the gath
ering of American scientists in
Iyos Angeles, lie changed bis
personal arrangement of the
universe, showing that his con
clusions were not based on posi
tive knowledge.
Nobody has ever changed
anything in Newton's formula,
"directly as the mass and in
versely as the square of the dis
tance.'' Considering lhttt people of tho
Jcwfch race mukn up 1es than
one hair of one )-r cent of orth's
population. II In ItilcroHllnn to note
that the. two Rrcalen iividr scien
tists aro probably Michclson and
Kinstein. both Jews".
Others may excel them In cer
tain branches. Jeaus and KddiiiK-
ton In astronomy, tor linuanco.
Hut a vote of all the scientists In
the world would placo liliisteln ami
Michclson at the top.
Calvin CoolidRc, whose writings
bavo mBdn his name better known
than ever, tells readers of the
C'hlcHKo Herald and Kxaminer. 8e
nttlo t'osi Intelligencer, and other
newspapers, that "tho problem of
agriculture has seemed so much
the disposition of surplus proauc
tion. that erv little public thouKht
has been given to soil exhaustion.
"Kverv vear this country takes
' from the earth five and threenuar
ter millions more lous uf plant food
than it put back into the aoll
The auesllon of soil exha
.'.
litt:l
)
ran easily be remedied. A lltt
(Continued on Pace Seven)
E
J.
Death Sentence to Be Pass
ed Tuesday On Slayer of
Sam Prescott Four Bul
lets Taken Prisoner Un
moved By Grim Verdict.
J nines 10. Kingsley, alias J. C.
Adams, UK i! -4 years, a native uf
Seattle, Wash., wits found guilty
of murder lit the first degree, for
the slaying of Sam Prescott, Ash
land policeman, on the morning
uf Saturday, January 24. There
was no recommendation of life im
j)tinonmcnt, and the verdict cur
ries with It the death penulty. i
Sentence will be passed by Cir
cuit Judge 11. D. Norton. Tuesduy
morning nt ten o'clock. Tho date
of execution will be set at the!
same time. Under Oregon law
two days must elapse ere a death j
sentence can be passed. j
An appeal to the Mate supreme!
court, usually accorded to con- !
detuned men, if filed, as seems j
probable, will automatically stay
tho date of execution.
Kingsley will be taken to the
stale penitentiary at Salem, on tho
first train north, after sentence has
been passed. He will be placed
in the death house awaiting final
legal action In his behalf.
The jury, according to court
house- reports, polled four ballots.
The first stood eight to four for
the Infliction of the death pen
alty, the second nine to three, the
third eleven to one. An agree
ment was reached on the fourth
ballot.
C 15. Holmes, a grey-haired,
middle-aged farmer of the Central
Point district acted us foreman.
Kingsley, a product of state in
stitutions first, an inmate of an
orphans home, then reform schools
and reformatories received . tho
verdict, without a show of emo
tion, his Iron nerve holding firm
In the dark hour. The only out
Vtfird, sign was a slight trembling
of his hand, as he toyed with a
pen.
He thanked Attorney K. K. Kel
ley ond associates, for their ef
forts, and dismissed interviewers
without a word.
The Jury began its deliberations
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and reached a verdict at
7:30 o'clock, shortly after they had
returned from dinner.
The courtroom was half-filled
with spectators, as the Jury took
their places. On request of de
fense counsel, each Juror was
polled, and answered, that the
verdict was his true verdict.
Tho verdict, carrying with it tho
death penalty, is the first of its
kind in rfackson county In more
than a score of years, and tho
first death penalty verdict In the
state, since life imprisonment was
meted by a Jackson cognty court
to the three DeAutremont broth
ers, Siskiyou tunnel 13, confessed
slayers and bandits.
The verdict was rendered two
weeks to a day, from the. time,
the Ashland officer fell before tho
bullets from Klngslcy's gun.
The slayer, following tho court
procedure, walked with a steady
step from the courtroom, hand
cuffed by Jailer Ike Dunford. He
was returned to the "Pauley cell."
He expressed a desire to sco his
attorneys Monday.
The closing arguments of both
state and defense were strong,
and followed by lengthy Instruc
tions of the court, which required
more than an hour In tho giving.
Kvery phase of every legal angle,
uf the case was expounded by
Circuit Court Judge H. D. Nor
ton. Final arguments for the de
fense ero made by Attorney K.
K. Kelley. who with Attorney
Thomas J. Knright. were associat
ed with Attorney Herbert K. Han
na. appointed by the court.
Attorney Kelley In his plea ask
ed mercy for KlngMlcy, and life
I ni prison merit. He cited the Ue
Autremont brothers' sentences, and
argued thHt Kingsley was a "vic
tim of circumstances." from the
cradle. He declared life impris
onment would be u greater pun
ishment than the noose. The de
fense contended that Kingsley
fired without malice or premedi
tation, and was entitled to len
iency. District Attorney George A.
Codding made tho closing argu
ment for the state and asked for
the extreme penalty, on tho
grounds that there wero no ex
ten ih ting circu instances.
The prosecutor pictured Kingf
ley, us a cool and daring criminal,
and scouted the defenso theory
that he would be an "an element
for good among the hard -boiled
of the state prison at Salem."
Kingsley was the only witness
fur the defense, and on the stand
reviewed his life. He pleaded for
another chance iind life impris
onment, liy his own state men ts.
Kii' by started his crime farcer
htn bo? of twelve. His fa.hcr
i him when he was thro
N
"ill.
'
(Contlr
and his mother died
was five years old. Vie
mtlnued on Togo Eight)
i T. ,n. en.., isms to,
Amcxaitd Frtst fhttt
JAM ICS K. KIXfiSLKY
AVIATOR SAYS
FRISCO LAOIES
Blonde and Brunette Lure
Him With Liquor and
Take His Garments
Threaten to Slash Him
Shows Wound to Police.
SAN KKANCISCO. Feb. 7. UV)
It sounds more like Arabian
Knights unexpurgated, but Thom
as Crittendon, 2-1, former com
mercial aviator and law Ht ude.it t,
told poliee today it was his story
and M" stick to it."
Crittendon told authorities he
was accosted by two women, one a
blonde, the other a brunette, both
seated in a luxurious limousine.
The offored ; liquor and Critten
don raceepted.
"I woke up in a strange room,"
Crittendon told police as they
nodded their heads sagely, "and
my outer garments, had disap
peared. I wan tied to the bed."
"The blonde held a butcher
knife and the brunette said she
desired a Ntrip of lean and a strip
of fat." the student claimed.
Nru rly t wo hou rs o f plea ding
convinced the women Crittendon's
plank steaks were too lean, but
I they wished him "good luck" and
gave him a minor slash with the
butcher knife.
"And here's the wound they
cave me." he displayed to the of
fllers. What'? the answer? police
asked.
PUBLISHERS SEE
SAN ri.ANl'ISCO. I'Vh. ". M'l
Ailolpll S. Iik, putiHdier "f
the New Yolk Times, and (Mark
Unwell, publisher of the Atlanta
('nnstitutlon. Atlanta. Cu failed
for Honolulu today for a months'
pleasure trip leavliu? b'.-hlnd them
predhtioiiM "The l.'nllod Slates
lias seen worse times and would
rurvlve."
"A friend asked me tho other
day. 'how do you feel about
things'," Mr. Uehs said. "1 told
him th- world has been throuch
worse times and had survived.
Tho wealth, resources and Ameri
can stamina remain in the 1'nlted
Stiffen and III the not far distant
future citizens will cotne to the
conclusion they should have hint
more sense d'.irhm this period of
depression."
VoltitR men. the New York pub
lisher said, should be fjlail they
are alive and oil the threshold of
a lo w era in world prosperity.
"Ihistness 1m generally bell'T,"
the Atlanl.i. publisher said, "both
political parlies tnmt reall.e pus
syfooting around on the. prohibi
tion question must cease."
Mr. Howell said that ullhoUKh
Industry was feeling the "pinch
if deprcsolon" tho ftreatest cle
ment to overcome was fear for
world business.
Speaklnu on national politics,
the southern publisher said he
believed I'ranklln Itoosevlet would
he nominated liy tho deiinnruts
for the presidency.
SAI.KM. Feb. 7. M'l l-'lve fa
tal accidents were reported to the
I slate Industrial accident commis
sion during the week ending
j tenbiV. There were r,:!l acel.l' nts
r Hilling In injuries. The fatalities
were C. t.'. I'ohx, Hose odge. car
peiiler:0.. l.tmlqul.t. Carlton lo
Kcr: V. H. Bddy. Mullne. deputy
sheriff: J. M. Trible. Oregon City,
blacksmith; II. C. Smith, North
Hend. dredge captain.
TORTURED HIM
PROSPERITY; RAP
DRY STRADDLING
OPPOSE RELIEF
FOR FARM ONLY
Want Funds For City Aid
As Well La Follette
Leads Battle Fear Re
bellion Will Bring Extra
Session of Congress.
WASH I NC.TON. Feb. 7.
The $20,000,000 drought loan com
promise on relief was formally
approved today by conferees of
the senato and house as rebellion
against It broke out In the sen
ate from the ranks of tho Repub
lican and Democratic independ
ents. Senators La Follette, Ilepubliean,
Wisconsin, and Wheeler, Demo-
ciui, .num., itsHuueu uiu iuuu
fund as a "face-saving'' proposl-
tion and unnounced they would (
oppose it because it contained no
federal fund for relief in tho
cities.
Chairman SmooL of tho senate
conferees announced he would
bring it up for a vote on Monday
and the Democratic and Republi
can leaders were prepared to
throw their full strength behind
tho measure
The insurgency of La Follette
and Wheeler brought a new fear
to leaders who wero hopeful of
completing business by March 4
and avoiding an extra session. In
tho new congress tho Republican
independents will have the bal
ance of power In both branches.
La Follette told the senato lie
would speak "at length" against
tho report on Monday but ho auid
he had no Intent to filibuster.
Huth Senators Watson of Indianu,
tho Republican leader, and Rob
inson of Arkansas, the Democratic
chieftain, wero confident tonight
that the settlement would bo ap
proved and an extra session of
tho new congress avoided.
Secretary Hyde lato today noti-
fled Chairhian Wood of the house j American girl who last night cap
appropriation committee that tho tivated the 1'rlnce of Wales ut a
$20,000,000 fund "would avoid ! dinner Klveii in bis honor ut tho
doles or direct charity from the
federal treasury or any linpl liga
tion thereof."
BISHOP FREED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (?)
Itishop James Cannon Jr., uf tho
Methodist Kpiscupal church, South,
was cleared tonight by a commit
tee uf 1 2 ministers of charges
brought against him last Septem
ber by four elders of the church.
Psishoti Cannon had been cham-
ed by Dr. Forrest J. Harrcll of
Richmond, ami Dr. I. P. Martin
uf Abingdon, Va... with conduct
prejudicial to the welfare ot tho
Methodist Kpiscopul church, South.
Itishop W. N. Ainsworth of Hlr
...i.,i . ,,. ... ..i.i...i
ii, i, ..,.,' i ii... ,,.,
nient of Hlshop Cannon's exoner
ation on the ntep.s of the Mount
Vernon I'lace Methodist church at
the conclusion of flvo days of in
vestigation. Mishop Ainsworth mudo the
following statement:
"A committee of investigation
in the case of Itishop James Can
on. Jr., concluded itn hearings in
Washington today. Tho commit
tee foutid no trial necessary."
AT 80TH BIRTHDAY
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To
morrow a man who watched Purt
Isnd grow from a vlllHgn of tiOO
persons to Its present proportions
will celebrate the 80th annivorsiiry
of his birth. The man Is Joseph
Simon, former United Stales non
iitor, and former mayor of Port
land. lie is Jut ono day older limn
the city In which he liven, us
Portland w;is granted a charier by
the st a to legislature on Kcbruury
9. 1X01.
When ho wan seven years old
Simon camo tu Portland from
San Francisco with his father. For
years he and his father operated
a general store here. Iat-r he
became one of the outstsnding ut
torneys of Portland. Ho servd
in the upper house, of congress
from to 1903, and was umyor
of Porthind from 1909 to 1911.
Pit'FFA LO, N. V., Feb. t.W
Twenty men who had been
d rifting for several hours on a
huge Ire flue in open waters of
I jike lit to wero rescued lato to
dsy and brought ashorn by coast
guard, ft was believed that at
least five other men remained on
tho floo which was thought to
hav been t?ovcra mllca In extent.
BY METHODIST
INQUIRY BOARD
Named For New Post
m i
Dr. Paul M. Pearson of Pennsyb
vanla, named by President Hoover
as first governor of the newly
created civil government for the
Virgin Islands.
A GIRL AND
Miss Nichols Dances With
Prince of Wales and His
Brother, Neath Tropic
Moon-A Nice Young Man
Is His Highness, But
Poor Dancer Great Ado
. And All Agog.
PANAMA CITY. Feb. 7. (rt')-
Kloanur Nichols, the dark-hulred
; union ciuu, uwiiks his royai .ugn
ness ' Is one ol uiu most euarm-
Ing men I have ever met," but
considers I'rinco Ucui'ku a better
danc'etV " ' .r " r J ' -" -
Miss Nlehols, "who Is tho daugh
ter of Commander Newton Lord
Nluhols, In chu rice of the Hnthoa
naval radio station, and Mrs. Nich
ols, was the center of interest in
1'anama City and Hulhoa today,
fur tho Prince of Wales save her
.. .............. .i
i i.nm.tiih tinnli- mm. ii
bhinlnic over the Hay of 1'anama.
j She Imd hardly returned home
from tin dance with her father
and mother when the telephone
bell and dour bell began to ring
nnd they have been ringing ever
since.
A drove of press photographers
went out to the home, and Lon
don newspapers even cabled for
photographs. She had to have
new photogiiiphs made for the
only one at the Nh-huls home was
a simple portrait nuidc five years
I u0.
AlthuURh MIhh NlrhiilH appear
ed as mui':ii at pane dancing with
the prini'e lant nlffht aH did he,
tho uttontloiiH Hhnwered upon her
today were MllRlltly hcwilderlni!.'' j
"ll'ti ho Hilly." alio commmtted.
rlnce of Wales has
n liy.
Why. Dm
! danced with hundreda uf uh la foe.
fore.
'
CANAL ZONE
ENRAPTURED
"Hut I Ihink thnt he s one of i Trom Kern county, Iatin Is serv
the most chiirming men I over ' Ing seven yenrs for nssuult to
ni"t. He isn't a bit offish, he i commit murder,
tiilks slung and ono never would I The stubbing occurred n mo
think, Just by meeting and talk-nient after J-une ran out of
Ing with him, that he Is anything t Ureakfleld'a office with a vwtcr
but Just one of tho nicest yuung an s bonus application clutched In
men Imaginable." liln hand. It is a violation uf tho
During his conversation with i rules to take any document out of
Miss Niflmls the prince practiced; a prison office and ItrnkofMd
Hiiinn of the Spnnlsh ho leiirned 1 pursued tho convict across tho
In pri'puralloii fur his South . yard and behind tho old prison.
American trip. A he caught tho fleeing man,
J fo Hiienks Spanish rather slow- La no whirled with a knlfo and
ly,' the girl continued, "but I can cut Itrcakflcld In tho neck, stab
iiiiderstunil bim much better than bed him in tho stomach and cut
tho people here who rattle It off
.ho fust.'
Then as to the dftnclng.
And he's an awfully nice danc
t," she went on, "but I believe
Prince fleorge In the best of tho
iwo. He doesn't have us much
to soy, though."
Miss Nlrhul.s whs sealed with
her parents lurt night when ono
of the royal equerries came over
and invited Iit to all ut tho table
occupied by the princes. Sho was
presented to Prince George, who
danced with her.
Hardly had she sat down again
when the Prineo of Wales walked
over and asked for tho next dance
"without sending a messenger or
anything, ' was tho way tho de
lighted girl put It.
Tho Nichols home Is at New
port, ft. t.i but MIhh Nichols was
born In Halitimore.
HOISIC, Idaho. Feb. 7.
Anglo Sutherland, 1 1" oinmended
to the senate today for appoint
ment an lulled SHleH uiurrdml
for I do ho IxM'ttinc famous thru
out the Htnte and the ptt for
his letlve oppolioii to the riot
ing element on the (ou-r D'Ab-H-mining
t-eetton befnio and im
mediately after IUtu.
Wtwtlier rorent
Oregon: rioudy Sunday and
Monday; moderate tempeiiuie;
moderate to fresh cast and south
wind off shore
G
F ERIN ON
ERIE ICE FLOE
17 Men Marooned, Driven
To Rocky Shore By Rag
ing Blizzard-Coast Guard
Marshal Boats for Res
cue. H1FFAI.O. X. Y.. Feb. 7. UV
An ice floe was driving toward
Sturgeon Point, on tho south j
shore of Lake Kric tonight, bear- J
ing 1 7 men to what coast guards i
and veteran sailors ,f the Creat1
Lakes believed was almost certain
death.
Lashed y a fiO-milc an hour
wind, blinded by stinging snow,
the lit fie group . of fishermen
swept helplessly toward the rocky
promontory which would smash
the tee floe to fragments and
plutino the men to death in the
icy waters of ijiko Krle.
Wearied by u 12-hour battle
with wind ami waxen, coast guards
launched their bouts In the io
strewn waters uf Sturgeon
in what might prove a final
fort to save the lives of tin:
who faced death in darkness
cobl.
Commander Martin W. Rasmus
sen of the coast guard said a 1
cherk -f all available information
showed 17 men were adrift on the
flow.
Twenty others were rescued late
today by coast guards and volun
teers; eight reached shore by
using a smaller Ice floe as a
raft and paddling into the teeth
fo tho wind: six others battled
their way ashore from one cake
(;f Ice to another, while still an
other reached tho Canadian shore
after wandering across the brok
en Ice for six m lies,
Ouo of those who found his
wuy lo land had been reported
drowned earllni- n (he day. He
brought confirmation of reports
that h group of about ten men re
mained on a floating Island of ice
somewhere in tho wlnd-layhed
waters of the lake.
Coast guards redoubled their
efforts but they wero handicap
DRIFT 1
MMl the, hltli,...lHj. Ju.dM.i'l"'.u
darknoHH and the blizzard which
was sweeping the hike.
Tho men went adrirt in two
Ki'oups early In the day. It was
not known definitely how many I
were In the first group and coast
guards tonight feared the ,,.
' HihlllU
that others besides the!""'" "
ton known to he In tho second
Krmip mljjht he whlrllnw westward
in the pnth of tho storm.
CONVICT KNIFES
HAN QLMONTTN PHISON, Oil..
Feb. 7. II. K. Hreakfleld,
. fio,
lieutenant of tho yard at Sun
i (Juentln prison, was stabbed nnd
seriously wounded today In a scuf-
fie with 11. O. Liinc, a cunvlct
htm around the hips. Hreakfleld
was In a serious condition but was
expected to rocovor.
As Initio was slashing at Hreak-
t field, John Tlerney, another ' con-
Viet, committed from Sun Joauuln
j county, acled tho maddened man
and held him Until John Harry, a
guard, could manacle him. Lanu
was placed In a dungeon.
dry Mmm
OUT OF DANGER
M I NNKA POLIH. Feb. 7. (V -Andrew
J. Volntend, "father'' of
the isth amendment, whs, said by
his physician today to bo "out
of danger" after an operation
Thursday night for append Iritis.
Although the operation vnn ser
ious beeae of his 71 yearn. Vol
Head has uiied Htrength stead
ily. SAN FirANCISro, Feb. 7. oTi
Convicted of attempt Ing to bomb
I he ( 'owles Puhllnhtng Company
building In Spokane, Wash.. Henry
A. Ilw, former Spokane fireman,
and Thomas Iloylc, Kan Francisco
bo keeper, today faced possible
sentences of from ono yonr to llfo.
;rDfM7irn ni itmtikj
II CILIU.ILM VJUL.llill
Butler's Authority?
A .laooiatcil I'rtxi l-hoto
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., la said
to have told a story in Phoenix.
Ariz., about Premier Mussolini that
la almost identical with that told
by MaJ. Gen. Smedley Butler, tor
which he now faces court-martial.
PROWLER PAYS
mm io is.
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Portland Police Discount
Third Attack Theory on
Bowles Cace Witness
Footprints Near Door,
Found By Guards In Hur
ry to Eat.
l'OUTI,AND, Oil.-., l'cb. 7. (P)
Police UctocUves tonight ox-
IM'ttKncil tho uplnion an attempt
tu entor tho humo oC Mi-h. II. W.
Howard hero Frlduy ntuht wua
enod away when ho opened a door
and upset a sewlni? cabinet.
Mrs. Howard, state's witness in
tho unsolved death of Mrs. . Leone
Bowles, Portland society matron,
mta bce stacked twice within
uo pasL te i weesa u.m a iuuco
, ""..
Mrs. Howard early last night
reported to Patrolman Charles
Vincent, who was on duty at her
home, that sho had heard a nolso
, In a rear bedroom. Tho officer
; said ho would investigate as soon
as Patrolman tiuorgu Tilden ur
rived. When Tilden arrived, how
over, Vincent hurried off to eat
and Tilden, Investigating, found
the bedroom open, a sewing cab-
I net upset and footprints leading
up to and away from tho door.
Mrs. Howard was beaten at her
homo last December and warned
not. to testify agalnHt Nelson C
Howies, millionaire, and Jrma G.
Loucks, his former secretary,
charged with Mrs. Howies mur
der. After a grand Jury, before
'which Mrs. Howard appeared, had
t returned Indictments against tho
i two, an attempt was mudo to kill
Mrs. Howard. Kho told pollco sho
believed both attacks wero by tho
same num.
Howies ami Miss Loucks prob
ably will go lo trial sumo tlmo
this month at Ilillsboro, Ore.
E
ItALTI M 0 1 1 Feb. 7 . ( A
Morn than a year heforo tho nat
ional party conventions, friends of
Uovernnr Albert U. Hltchlo are
attempting to set up organisations
tu every staff lo further his can
didacy for tho Democratic nomin
ation. Today It was announced ' that
Ritchie - for - Preatdenl league
branches hud been formed In four
additional Mutes, bringing the
number urua nixed since the Mi st
of Hits year to lit.
"Free men and ' free women
again, " has beep adopted as tho
slogan.
CUH'AGO, Feb. 7. P Owners
of nine bakeries in the Humboldt
park district have appealed to the
courts for protection against a
group of women who call them
selves "Tho Mothers' League," and
whom they accuse of staging a
boycott agiiiiiHt their bread to
force the pi lee from lo to 0 cents
per pound loaf.
WASHINGTON Feb. 7 (V)
The hd i'ross today had received
P'-.x!s,72 In lis campaign for a
$lO,nne.,oon drought relief (utid.
MAUSIIFIKLH, Feb. 7 Tlio
KHka Spruco and Pulp mill at Km
piro announced today live hundred
tons ofmilp will leave here hood
for the Atlantic 'ast. The com
pany has 4"U men working steadily.
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FOR COAST
Uniform Traffic Laws to Be
Considered B y Three
Legislators Three-Way
Signals Approved 45
Mile Speed In Open Coun
try. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7. (T)
Legislators and traffic experts
from Washington, Oregon and
California here today formed the
western states motor vehicle con
ference and adopted a uniform
traffic law program for tho three
states. The program will bo sub
mitted to tho legislatures now In
session.
It. H. Van Duzer, chairman of
the Oregon state highway com
mission, was elected president of
tho conference the purpose of
which is. to further uniform traf
fic regulations.
The conference recommended
speed limits of 20 miles an hour
in business districts, 25 miles in
residential districts, and 45 miles
in rural territory. The speed in
all eases, however, would be gov
erned by conditions under which
the vehlolo Is operated.
Tho uniform code for right-of-way
as adopted by the national
conference was approved with the
provision a driver entering an
Intersection at an excessive speed
shall forfeit any right-of-way he
might otherwise have had. ;
The three-way hand and arm
signal was approved: A right hand
turn would bo indicated by , the
arm held upward to the left; left
hand turn by arm and hand, held
horizontally to the left; and a stop
by holding the arm and . hand
downward to tho loft of tho ma
chine. 1
Passing stroct cars on the left
hand side would bo prohibited
under another recommendation
adopted. Another provided a
driver Hhu.ll not wait an u&rea -onable
length ot time for ap
proaching automobiles before he
enters an arterial highway.', ' !'
How Doric Julius
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7, (VP)
Hal K ltoss, secretary of state.
said hero tonight ho was "con
vinced that tho present method
of handling the state traffic prob
lem it the right method and X am
going to fight for it."
This statement was made by
Hoss after ho hud read published
reports from Salem regarding a
letter written him by Governor
Julius Meier In which the gover
nor said that administration of
the traffic department "never did
and does not properly belong to""
the secretary of state's office .
The governor's letter was in re
ply to on written by Hosh Thurs
day in which - the secretary ot
stato objected to the state police
bill advocated by tho governor. :
"I have heard enough from the
motorists nnd law enforcement
agencies and groups Interested in
trifflo law enforcement," Hoss
said, "to Indicate that tho con
solidated police bill is not gen
erally favored. 1 expoet, from
what has been Indicated to me,
that a strong protest from all
over tho Btnte will bo filed with
tho committee which has this
matter In charge" (the committee
on revision of laws, headed by J.
O. Halley, Multnomah.)
FOR COAST WORK
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. OT
Public works construction totaling
nearly $S,000,ono soon will bo un
dertdken by tho navy department
ut went count stations with funds
madq available by tho first deftc
leney bill recently sltcned by Pres
ident Hoover.
Tho department cxpcclM hun
dreds of mon will. bo employed
on tho construction work from
ditto of awarding .contracts to
.Inly 1, 1931. Much uf tho work
will bo let by contrunt, ' wlillo
fon.-es already stationed at tho '
yards -rill bo Riven tho remainder:
Tho largest Horn for tho 'went'
coast will bo improvement of tho '
dry docks at tho 1'UKot Hound,
Washington, navy yard, A total
of t-lJ0,li)0 will bo spent on this 1
project.
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ItKMHNU, Cal., Feb. 7. tyP)
Ira (llinmel, 46, wan shot and
killed today ut Hit! Itend. 30 ntllea
east of here. William Wright. 7-ycar-old
Indian, aitd brother-in-law
of Oimmol, was arrested ond
charged with tho murder.
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WW.I.INI1TON, N. 7... Feb. 7.
(At luo to n considerable Im
provement in the sanitary attd ro
ller M'.tuutlon In tho lliiwke Bay
dlstriet, struck by an oartliquako
last Tuesday, orders for evacua
tion of Nupier havg been, r
actnded, . .
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