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o The Weather Fonvart Tonight mill Tuc-srtny fnlr 'With rnic iu the morning. No (liuiige ill tciiiiH'nilurt'. EDFORD Temperature; IHhcM yesterday iT rfl l,ucs( thin moruliitf Jitt 1'i-evipiiatlon Tu ft p. in. je-denrSiy 01 "I ii. in. f f Mlit y IMi TwentT-Fifth Year MEDFORA ()l'K(i()N. MONDAY, KKIiKl'AUY Today ifi By; Arthiir Brisbane ., U I MORS M . 15-1- Xo. 20 en, ES Avoid raise .Economy. The Well-Taxed Motorist. Encourage Big Industry. A Record Worth While. Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Inc. The people luive money ami will, spoilt! it, even for things 4 not necessary to life, if you ml vcrlisu with energy. While? sonic Industrial presi dents fill pull's toll in why business is bad mid profits down, K. W. Woodruff, presi-'-iV'iit of the Coca Cola company, used oidy sixty words in a re port, telling stockholders that business is good, profits up, bofli exceeding lill records. ' Business men Aiith sob stories to tell will obstrve that Mr. Woodruff's company has been advertising more energetically than ever. t Similarly, ticorge W. Hill, whose success aS president .jot' the American Tobacco ?oni pauy, succeeding his father, has been phenomenal, makes his re port of business and profits sound like his own radio song: "I'm Lucky, This is My Lucky Day.". Only, of course, there is no luck about it. , Itusiness and profits Tor his company continue to break re cords, And so do his advertis ing expenditures.. . "If your business is not worth advertising, advertise it for sale." ' . ,'t ' To retrench on advertising in "hard times" is false econ omy. . The AincrTcair t'etroloum In stitute shows . that taxes paid by Automobile owners are about Ihree times as great as taxes paid by steam railroads. Hail road plans to soften automobile competition by heavier taxes or other burdens on automobiles cannot well succeed. Automobile taxes, not count ing cost of accident insurance, cost one thousand and sixty million dollars a year, liail roads, according to the insti tute, pay three hundred and fifty six millions a year. KailroBds complain that mo torists "use public highways, while railroads must build their tracks. But motorists pay for 4 practically all the good roads with their gasoline tax. With it they also pnygin some states for schools, sea Avails, fish hatcheries, oyster conservation and state buildings. In spite of this, there- arc ; now pending i.n state legisla tures 1,250 separate, bills to tax or regulate motor owners. It may be necessary for the (Continued on Page Four) Abe Martin I'd hale t' mnrry a uorkin' man hii' have him linnittn' onmml Ik.iiic all th llinc." all Mis.. Maine Moon. Ida). Ill' Idler Hull putt his wnlilln' orf till times git nn.t bore three children h-Kitl-liorninl only thinks be In lovo. I mutely to her hiifhand. They were PED GREED HORSES N HOLOCAUST Horse Show Destroyed by Mysterious Blaze at Early Hour Half Million Loss Aaron Franks of Port land Heavy Loser. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 905') Aaron M. Frank, whose -fine homes have been a byword in show rings all over the country, was stunned today with tho Iors ot nine of his moKt famous animals. Four homes were shipped yes terday to Imr Angolea and thus escaped, and the others were to have left soon. OAKLAND, i'al.. Keb. 9. OP) Fire of inysterioUH origin destroy- ! cd the Oakland Horse Show early t today, taking at least three human lives mid incinerating somewhere between 4 7 and 80 blue blooded animals that had been trapped in their stalls. Three persons, including a wom an, were missing and may have perished. More than a dozen at tendants who had been In the bullditiL' shortly before the fire also remained unaccounted for but' most if not all of these were . thought to have escaped and failed to report their safety. I Kim officials estimated the loss In horses at $500,000. Kighteen J carloads of prize animals, valued bv their owners at about $2,000,000 had boon shipped from the stables, the showing having closed Satur day night. One Identified John L. Thorns, 60, nn employe Df-Cai'natioiv-if'ai'm stables, Pomo na, Calif., was the only una of the, three dead who could be idcnli- ( fied. The ot iters were believed to be Michael McCarthy, also a Car-' nation stable employ', aitd a man i known only as Murray. I While the five was at Its height I and horses were plunging, snort-1 ing and dying In the flames, a woman was seen to flush into the blazing structure as If to rescue aj favorite horse. Later a woman's purse containing 40 cents and a check was found In the ruins. No clue as to tho woman's lden- tity could bo found except the ' check, which had been made all but illegible by water. The c heck j was dated December liO, 193d. for $3.75 and the hnilly marred signa ture appeared 1o be "C ('. tiergi- ahcr. It ;n drawn on the r trsi National Bunk of Pomona, Cal. Jnectidinrit-m Hint Fire authorities said they had detected the smell of gasoline while fighting the flames, but had no definite evidence of incendiar ism. A fire sabl to have been incendiary was found in the show building on the opening night and promptly quenched. Firemen also asserted there hail been no regulations prohibiting smoking, and that sparks from burning tobacco might have found their way Into inflammable mater ial to start the conflagration. The buildings were temporary and burned quickly. Harold I Ryan, one of the j attendants, was injured, ityan sum he saw a man burn t'u death in a stall. Frank Heavy I nisei The Aaron M. Frank farms of Portland, Ore., and tho Ommtlon farms were among tho heaviest losers. Thirteen head of prize animals, an entire stable belonging to the Frank farms, consisting of jumping and harness horses per ished. tjf (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) Mother Facing Life Term In Prison Gives Birth To Twins Behind Grim Walls LONDON. l-Vb. ! hVt A moth-1 cr of four chiblrtn. who w Fen-; 1c n ceil to hang fur having mur dered the fourth baby, has given; hh-th to twins in tho tiospital uf Hollowtty priMin. ! Widespread appeals that clem -1 rncy be granted led John ClyiiMi, homo R'creta ry. recently K nunmute the wtiiian sentence, to life Imprh-onmcnt. hut ho would not listen to plea that file be al lowed to unileryo confinement oot kiIj pricon that the child would he burn without the stigma of prison J)lrth. The woman I Mri. olive t.atn- Mouse Passenger s j Causes Crash Of j Marshfield Auto MAKSIIFIKl.I). Ore, Kch. !l A mouse canned It. J. ! Hill of Mall s Creek to wreck hit automobile neur here. Hill said the moiiHc ran tip 4 his shoulder and lie ran his car into u telephone pole. Hill wjih not hurt. He had no report ns to whut happened to the mouse. FOR RELIEF Assurance from Hoover of Sympathetic Administra tion for $20,000,000 Drought Loan Brings Plea for Acceptance. WASHINGTON. Feb. !). (I'l Tho senate recc-sed late today without actiuK on the proposi'd compromise rolief nsreomcnt. WASIIINCITON. Feb. . P) Authorization for distribution f 20.000.000 bushels of farm board wheat for relief purposes was ten tatively Ktrlcken from the w-ar de partment appropriations bill today by congressional conferees. ASHIN()TpN',.Fel)..9 iP) Senator Roblnson'.-of ArkanouH, tile Democratic londor, urKed accept ance or tho $L'II,000,HII0 droiiKlit loan coinptomlHO on relief leKlsla Hon In tho sonato today, reading an assurance from President Hoov er or sympathetic administration of the loans. The presidential letter reached the rapitol just as the compromise was to be taken up iu the senate. Mr. Hoover's statement was ac cepted by Robinson, who announc ed he would go through with I he compromise agreement. The White House declaration came at a time when leaders were alarmed at the possibility of an upset on the compromise because of the interpretallou placed upon its terms Saturday hy Secretary Hyde, who will administer the jip.cinu.cHiu for "agricultural re habilitation." WASHINGTON, Keb. !t (ff) -The sennte today passed and sent to confrrenre the independent of fices appropriation bill, carrying tl.osil.niiii.ooi). including ? iuo.doo, 000 lor the farm hoard. Now comes a meeting between senate and house committee, to reconcile differences in the legis lation between the Iwo branches. The conference report must be ac cepted by both chambers before Ihe hill goes to President Hoovur for signature. The Sioo.oon.000 fund represents the lust installment of the $."j00, OOU.OOO revolving fund authorized by congress for the board. The decision followed a protracted tie bate In which varlotiB of tho board's activities were attacked and de fended. 4 Slays Wife and Self INDIANA, Pcnna., Keb. (P) After killing his wife with a pick handle, Krank Verhovcck, 4-, went to the cellar of tholr homo at Coy, a mining village, and killed him self with a charge ot dynamite last night. His body was blown to bits. separated and hc bore a Ooirl h ! child to another innn. ' lie deserted her and she at tempted desperately to feed the four hungry mouths. Mie even chopped wood and hawked It thruuKh the street hut finally itav tii tlie struffKle. placed the baby tn an oven and turned on the ;tJ. Urltlsh law take no coKtiizunee of except ion." I circumstance? r temporary insanity in murder eiiM Hlid she was condemned to hang. A storm of public i ml Ik na tion followed and her sentence whs commuted. It Is expected that birth of the twins, which occurred Friday, will further rati her case to the public nttentinn. O DEM. URGES PEACE PLAN Aviatrix Marries Publisher Ameliu I'jirliaii. iraiis-AdaiHit: flier, and (.eir;e Vnlnier riilninii. wIhim wedding: tit the limtie or the ri'ihiim's mother ni N'mink. 'niii.. wus iiiiuoniutHl Siiturday, are sliown nilh t trieml, ImIiiii V. . O'lti-len. NATURE BRINGS'OWEN-OREGON NEEDED RELIEF! FOR FARMERS WASHINGTON. Keb. !. (!') lrniKhl relief hi tlio Jonn nf tlie flrnt kji)(1 rainfall Mince Nuveni lier came to pareln-tl IuiuIh in 11 HtateK itver the week-end. Rain that the United States went her hureau descrihed nn a "(Juil Kend" td farmers fell in a belt extending from western I'eiui sylviiniii uith west ward to east ern Texas. heKinnin Krhlay niht and continuing today. It varied from half an inch in the Ohio valley to a downpour talinK four inches at Kmt Smith, Arkansas. All of Arkansas, where tlie lied Cross Is fecditiB thuusanils impoverished hy drought, received at least an inch of rainfall. The rain was heavy emm li f iiioiflen th tcp Mii I and pi epare it for Hiirinj; planting, and to lieve the water shortage t,i nmst of the drought area, w;a.her hu reau nfficinl8 rtaid. AVestern I'ennsylvani i. western Maryland and West V'iltniii all received about thiec-o,uaitcis of an inch of rain. In the Ohh vsil ley. Indiana nml lllinufs it rained approximat'ly half an inch. Ken tucky had heavy rains. f'ractic.-illy no rain fell In the w heat licit of northern M iwsourl. Kansas, luwa, Nelnaska andSuiitb lukota. FAILS 10 OPEN XVSSA, Ore, I'Vh. !. wV) The .Malheur County hunk fulled to open its doors today and will ho taken over hy the statu banking department. Announcement of the closing of the bunk wan posted on the doors yesterday. Or. J. .1. S.irnln, a director uf the lunik said with drawals over the past 1 K months had been too rapid for 1 he n nk to continue operation. He slated his belief the bunk was solvent. I'OHTI.ANO, Ore., Vb. !(. UVt I'o.HesHor of a ll'.OOO.Ouo fort urn and daHhiiiK Spanish beauty, Mrs. Jesse Kellems, the former Inez Tolendo, it a member ut an cvhii K'dlMtle party conducting n cam liaiKll at a Portland t'hiistiaii chunh. Mrs, KelleiMH fut her UHH I he lale .Mauricio I. Toletluni, promi nent hunt iien man In f 'oloinbia, South America, an Interviewer ;m told. When in New Vk she In ft leader of tlie Spanish -A inn loin colony. Hhe and her husband, Or. KellemB, have a yacht on lut;et Sound. ! OPENS DP ON Tlie Oweii-drcKon Lumber eoin pany ha.s reroimt'd ciirlailcil ojter- ations on a three-day a week basis, , and will Kcvct'n fill u re operations j hy dctiKiinl for lumber.' i The plant In now iisim; a single shift of workers, three days a week iu I he pin nhi',' mill, sawmill, and . on t he 'railroad. ! Fifty per cent of the help is now enxuKcil In mill and office, and iiO per i-cni of tlie normal cut , of lumber, Ik helm; made. j If trade conditions justify, the plant will be placed on a full time ha is. None of the luKinx camps of jlhc concern arc in uperalion, ami are not expected to .-lart until March I, and ibcii unless im- provemenl is noted in lumber mar ket conditions, i The plunt is now kiwIhk its re I serve supply of Iohh. at Ihe load iiiK stations in the wooils, ami in the mill pond. VETEgANS HOME OhYMI'IA, Wash., Keb. ! (A9) 1'nving the way in Washington for financing tin; site to bo chosen for l lie Nort invest National I Ionic lor dlsuhled soldiers, tlie house of the I Washington legislature today pass ed, hy n vote of Mi to 1, a hill per mitting the con lily i-Iiohcu for the silo to Incur tin Indebtedness of not. morn Mum 8100, ami an author izing the transfer or title to the I'nlled Stnlo. FOR SENATE TALK SAf.KM, Ore. IVb. :i.-fV Sam uel inn, known as the ,'f;iili. r of OfeKon roiids" and noted railroad man of the noiibwet-t. will not be able o ;iddicn a public meet it m scheduled for I be s-'lia I e chatidiers tonight, Imvinj.: been taken Niidfbn ty ill. tcleurii phlc wot il was re eeived nl the stnte hoijsi today. Hill UHH to have Mpokeu on the ,'eneia! Mjbject of mailt nod blh WH.VH. The inectitiK was cancelled. 01. TOK VO, Kelt. !i -fV) Kifty-fiv l I'.-JOIIH wen- fr; day When ,( f-t rybo;it oill.lde Kidie j harbor wn r.immed by the j-te;un-er I'ortliox. The ferry carried dhty paAM'UKerM and oti'y -T were! reBCUf d before tlie era ft Went down. SEDUCED, TIWIE CHI aomM SEEK FEE SOUGHT ff i NEW TRIAL FOR OREGON, ! Branch Stores in Excess of Three Would Be Charged $2G0 Yearly Under Pro posed Law Introduced in State Senate. SAI.KM. I'Vh. il (I1) A railroad controversy over limitation of cars used in hauls, which is proposed in u KiMUtlr. measure, featured pro session hearinps ut the statohotisej today. Hoth houses convened at 11 j o'clock to b"Uin heavy calendars j of hills on final passage. Two measures introduced in the' senate would permit a temporary I license charge tor automobiles of Lr cents, and providtim ?-'H license fees charged for i-hain store oier atiou. to which is attaiiied the emergency clause. Tho temporary automobile license charge was in-; trodiu-eil hy I -Id waul Schulmerich. : while (lie chain HtiTte hill is spoil-1 sored hy J. K. Bennett and Uepre sentutive John Manning. i ' Fee of $200 Provided For every branch Htoro in excess of thiee of uny chain store, system operated iu Oregon the owners would he eliui'Ked a license, feo of $JMH a your hy llio hill introduced.! A chain store system is defined to he any ownership or mununo meut that operates morn than three store duiiiL' a relail huslnesH. Tlx; bill requires that the license he obtained from tho secretary of stale. For violation of tho net the of fender would hu held guilty id' a misdemeanor, punlshahlu by u fine of not over Sluon or by impitson mnt of hot ovpr six months. The nitlrond liinitiiUon hill as inlroduced hy HeiialorH Upton, Iteuiietl, Murko, Moser and Dunne, would limit I'rHKht car hauls in Oregon In 7') cars and - passenger curs to 11. It is sponsored hy Ihe Railroad Brotherhoods as a safoty measure, wltlpMOurs lestifled. POPE WILL SPEAK 0Uti VATH'AN CITY. Feb. !t. f' - j IVpc I'Iii.m decided definlicly today to make a brief radio speech direct to the people Thursday, when the Vatican City radio slat ion is iu a imurulcd. He will speak in l.atln and tlu announcer probably will follow with a translation In KmkIIhIi, ami perhaps other laimuaKcs. The proKrnin lias been definitely set for -1 : (10 to li:t)0 p. ill. local lime (7 a. m. to 9 a. in., Pacific standard time.) Trappor Hanged I'ltlNCK ALIIKHT, Sask., Keb. It (P) Pot or Kundson, noiihern trapper, was hatiKed today for the murder of Ills companion, Wallace llaild, who wits shot tind tduhhed near Nlpawlu, Sask., last fall. The C. S, B. "lOssex," once finest ship of tho Amnriean bat t hi fleet, sold for Junk recently at .Superior, Wis., for JMlo. Final Wire Flashes I, A (;lt.lIO, On'., l-'i'li, II. I'l A r.iritml rlmi'KO of liimwiy uf I111I1IM' HhhIm uiih rilti! iiKiiliiNt .Mi-s. Mniinti IAiuIit, roriiiri rlly li't'iiMiii-ci', Imhry, mid nIip wiih irninlfMl niifMlMM irrk in uhlrh to oilier a pirn, Tlio rlmrur uiih iiiimIo iinilircn. inrurinnllnii. - l,i: i;i, l. F'b. 11. M'i On (ho eve of his roinlli trial ki-om-hifC oal of the city laud purchase grafts of Iwo yearn j;o, former Coiincllniiiii William I-:. "Itarln 111)1' I'otter was found shot to death hi tlcthii, rrosct'iilor Itoy T. .Millet said, of oincoiin who Tcaml hi livtlinonj. ' I'Olt I I,M. (He. IVb.!,, 01') Kohhcrs foot I8IM ' fin in the giro or Iho ItiiKdatl theater hero d urine Iho week -end. A liolo Itiol Ihcm cut In llio floor oT Ihe) theater. The combination was 1( nock til from tho Mifo. y III I TAliO, X. V., Teh. 0. (Vf Sin en onm. uuanl-nicii inn! I hri ribhcrmcii whom they luol tcone nut lo rex ue from u drifting Ice Moo In lnkr I't li worr liroiiuht lo diorr In HiIh morttliur and were able lo inako llielr way across tho fco lo laud. Tin three rMicrmcii unro the last of a trntii of 1!0 cant adrift Sattmluy mor nliur when lit on which 1 1 icy wore rirdiluj; MitiKil iittny from ihe main body. M AltKIII II IJ). (He., 1-eh. tt. Harry WajriH'r worn crosslim llio lnt week, tlielr (hni ilotcx mmi rciorleil. It nd one of Hie doit was HOIM-: IMAIIO. I'eli. . iitfe M'ii'loii tiHiisiirc lodiiy in lo i:t. The ImiiM' wot (he dtrei t UI mary hill on )Im way to llio noeriior and ri'futcit to pass a subtil Into hill amciidtiifr the prifM-yl imi vonlloii law. l-'ch, W. -oVfTho I-'.arl of ItcHlwiroujfh today was ap tolnlel Rttvernor-Keneral of tho Komlnlon of Canada, sucxxitlliiK' l,ord XlllitKd'oii, who In lo ho viceroy of India. h 14 diiotttttd Pttti Vhoto WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (!) The nomination of Walter H. Evans, of Portland, Ore., to be judge of the U. S. customs court was approved today by the senate judiciary committee. Navy Department Issues Formal Reprimand for Marine' Corps Officer After Letter Gives Expla nation of II Duce Slur. WASHINGTON, 1). ('.. Keii. ! (I'r Tho navy department an noil r.c today It had abandoned plans tor u courlmarlltil of Major (hMinral .Smedley O. llntler and In stead issued a format reprimand- This action was decided on, tho announcement, said, after Secre tary Adams had received n letter from (Jeneral Hutler further ex plaining his reference to Premier Mussolini of Italy in u. recent. Hpeeeh In Philadelphia, for which tho Washington Kovcrumcnl apol ogized to Italy. . WASlllN(i n)N, Fob. Jt (p Charges lodged against Mojor-tien-eral Smedley O. Hutler, of the ma lino corps, before, plans for his couitmartlal wore dropped yester day, a'dcgrd "conduct to tho pre judice of good order and discipline" and "conduct imhecoining an of ficer and u gentleman." Senator llel'liii, Oemocrat, Ala bama, who has been defending Gen eral I hi Her, expressed gratifica tion I11 Ihe senate today over the dropping of the coitrtmarlial pro ceedings. "A mistake was madn at the out set hy apoIogihiK tn Mussolini, " Ik; said. Oregon Wealher Fair tonight and Tuesday, local valley f'gs tonight, no chango in temperature. (b-utlo variable winds offshore. (!) While i:cntl Hayes and trail frinn I'ower lit .Mule 'rclt mI uoii hy a iai k of whIich, they kllhtl. Tbo Idaho M-iiate, iwimi! Iho old TRIAL FORI BUTLER IS ABANDONED' AM Motion for Second Hearing and Appeal to Supreme Court Planned by Kings ley's Counsel Miscon duct of Jurors Claimed. ('ouiifitjl or James- K. Kingslcy, alias J. (.'. Adams, found guilty without roromincudatioD for Hfo iminisoiuiK nt, by u jury In circuit court IuhI Sutuniay evening, of the murder of Sam Proscott. Ashland policeman, will file a motion for 11 new trial and will appeal to tho supreme court. This action was decided upon this morning follow ing a conference between Kiugsley and bis attorneys, B. K. Kelly and Thomas .1. KnriKht. who are as sociated wilh Attorney Herbert K. Ilanna, appointed hy the court to detend Kingsley. KinKsleyJs counsel stated that tho motion for a new trial would probably be filed late today and that among tho grounds would be alleged misconduct of tho district attorney's office! before the trial, and the alleged misconduct of Jurors. interview Basis The allcgtd misconduct of tho district attorney's offico is based upon an Inlorview granted tbo press in which II was slated that credence was lent the theory that Kingsloy was usslgned to slay Pres. cott by a rum ring. Tho defense, avers that the intimation that Kingsloy was a "hired killer" was prejudicial. Jurors rending nowspapcrs, dur ing the trial, will bo another basis for a 1i'6vi vriaU-.On "the second day of the trial the court cautioned a Juror agulnst reading a' newspaper lit tho jury box and requested the juror to put tho paper away. ' Deniul of the defense plea for a chango of venue will also be em bodied In the motion for a new trial, defenoo counsel said this morning. May Delay Pen Trip 1 The latest legal move will prob ably delay the departure of Kings ley for tho death house at tho state prison, scheduled by tho sheriff's office, as soon as possible by train, after the passing of sentence, to morrow morning. Killng of an appeal to tho state supreme court will automatically stay exocution and Is customary la capital punishment cases. Kingslcy slept late this morning and was in a cheerful mood when his counsel arrived at the county juil. Hope has not faded from his heart and he Is confident of a re versal of the verdict. Kingslcy believes that he "slept soundor than any member of the jury. What 1 did was on the spur of Iho moment What they did to me. was after plenty of delibera tion," lie told his counsel. Hears Church 8ervice , From tho "Pauley coll," Sunday ho listened lo two services conduct ed in tho county Jail by local ro ligeous organizations. He was un moved apparently, by Uto .grlm fato over his head. Ho is on friend ly terms with all the other prison ers in the county jail. Ho Is a harbor and cut tho hair of Earl Hemlngton, Wenatchee, Wash., youth, his uhance companion of tho fatal drive. Hemlngton, a material (Continued on Page 8. 8tory 2) SALEM WATER SAL.KM. Kuli. 3. (Vh-A Jiocial water bond Ismio pt $1.3uA,00U voted hy (ho electorate of tho cHy of Siiletn on May lfl-lat ywir arid Iho clcctlun til which they were votcfl are dwlared limlld In opin ion by udse C. iily 'M. Hill in cir cuit cum't. Ui-vo. In the deiKton tho pty Is neriieUtallj- t Joined from car. Ink', out any provisions of A charier amendment or Hulisoqiient iinllnanci'ri dealing with i?iianci of the bond or purchase of tho local plant which U owned hy tho orcMun-Vahln4lun Wuter Scrvico company. The opinion In baaed solely on u ipietdiitn as to whether tho peti tn call I UK tho election wan (Hod not later than 30 days beforo th holding of thf election. Tho wntor bonda carried by a very heavy majority. BOND ELECTION IS HELD INVALID o o o o o o o