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Medford Mail The Weather Forecast: Tonight mill Tuesday rutu; normal tcmpcrntum Temperature Highest yeMeiUay , 50 Lowest I his morning 27 Precipitation To 7t p. in. yesterday .,..03 'I'd r ii, in, tinliiy oo . o - Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORE OlM-XiON. MONDAY, FKHKl'AKY Hi l!;M. No. 327.- Today VETERANS O LOAN BIL Living to One's Self. New-Born and Puzzled. Like Cromwell, Like Hoover. The Ubiquitous Ticker. Copyright King Futures Sync), Inc. HEAHST KAXCH, SAX SI J1K0N', Cal., Feb. 14. This is fciil C'nlifoniiii, and if "viilo open spuccs" interest you, this place would interest you. The owner lias added 200,000 acres to a ".smull" ranch of 40,000 acres that his father bought here long a(?o. Two hundred and forty thousand acres, run ning 50 miles along the Pacific and back over two mountain ranges, make room for privacy, "living to one's self," and the making of interesting agricul tural and other experiments. Driving from the nearest railroad station, San Luis Obispo, 50 miles away, through the early morning fog, you no tice a fine new building on high ground. "That," say's Steve Zegar. who drives the ear, "is the new public school. I have two lit tie daughters in that school. It cost $l-.0,000, and wc have half a dozen other fine schools in this little city." Steve, who was not born here, and has given two dollars' worth of good work for every dollar the country has given him, ' appreciates the public school that educates his chil dren. Not all American:! do that as they should. The innumerable hills of in tensely brilliant' green, covered with wild oats sprouting under recent rains, feed innumerable herds of fine cattle. One new born calf, close by, is full of scientific interest. He gallops down the steep hill on his shaky little legs, rejoicing in his freedom, t,hcn starts to gallop up again, to his mother, and is amazed at the difficulty each time. You cannot explain to him that an eternal law, of gravita tion, makes it easy to go down, hard to go up. lie will die, in about two years without know ing that. As for the iiestions that we. two legged, ask ourselves, why tim 1 here, what becomes of me .' Jje is mercifully free from curi osity. Just now he is here to drink milk, later to cat grass. That he will benonie shoes on the feet and meat in the stom achs of the creatures that own him, is mercifully forever be yond his knowledge. Hut as to ultimate cosmic truths, causation and purpose, that new born calf knows as much as Kinstein. And he has (Continued on Pace Kour) Abe Martin Tir IcnUin' myury In vwr' little' more than looy men and women Moun I why Mime couple don't tit and IMHJ Hoy Scouts yesterday fail narrlcd. Ther hain't nothin' tlini i ed to yield a trace of Virginia )iKk jh trtritu' ns omehuddy j Urooks, misting lo year-old school taklir b iKMlferiiothlir tilth Kirl. police entered the lirth day iMMvlejnrctl do out Ter a contltn. I of the hunt today determined they litml. - I will find her. SENATE 10 I Measure Giving Compensa tion Certificates Loan Value of 50 Per Cent Passes By Wide Margin Republicans Split. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (P) The hou.so today passed tho $12, 500,000 hospital bill to provide additional facilities to care for dis abled world war veterans. WASHINGTON. Keb. 16. ( Tho houso today passed tho vet erans' loan bit). The measure, which now kocs to the senate, authorizes loans up to 50 per ecnt of the face vulue of veterans' adjusted compensation certificates instead of 2-1- P'r cent as now. Interest would he 4 per cent. Tho treasury estimated it would cost f 1,720.000,000 hut its house advocates place tho figure at from $37ri.O0O,O0O up to some $700, 000.000. The final vote was 3ii3 to 33. Klvins a wide margin of victory to the proponents of the meamirc. A two-thirds majority had been re quired for passage. When the motion was put by Representative Uasharach. repub lican. New Jersey, to Mtnpend the) rules and pass the bill, 'here was I a rousim: Hhout of "aves." I P a so sc was virtually ass u re d , but Representative Garner of Tex the minority leader, demanded a record vote. Huvvlcy Opiwsert. Speaker Lonworth, a 'proponent, recognized Representative, liaehu rach. republican. New Jersey, who sponsored the bill in the face of administration opposition. Repub lican leader Tilson supported the ail ministration's stand. The measure also wa.s imposed by Chairman Hawley uf tho ways and mans committee, which ap proved it 17 to 4. R ep rest' n t a t i vea T rea d wa y of Massachusetts, Kamseyer of Iowa, and Chindblom of Illinois, other committee members who voted against it. also opposed its pass nije. Representative Fort, repub lican. New Jersey, a strong admin istration follower, joined in the opposition. , Mellon to Appear. Chairman Snioot of the senate finance cum in it tee ban called a meeting of the committee for Wed nesday to take up the houe meas ure, lie will ask Secretary .Mellon to appear. While fionntc administration leaders are seeking to hold hear ings, a determined movement Is on foot in the senate to get the measure to the White f louse before Saturday, ahead of the 10-day pe riod before adjournment during which the president might exercise it pocket veto without returning the legislation to congress. FATE OF ALFONSO MADRID. Keb. 1 6. VPt King Alfonso today asked Jose Antonio Sanchez Guerra. leader of the movement for a constitutional convention to determine whet he) Spain shall remain a monarchy or became u republic, to form u new government. Sanchez Guerra accepted tho king's invitation and started to work Immediately to get together a government. Tho king's action constituted a great concession. Guerra. who was imprisoned for rebellion during the I'rimo de Rivera regime, hav ing refined to participate in a cabinet wlilrh was not based upon the convocation of a constituent convention to write a new Spanish constitution. SAN DtKGO. Cal.. Keb. UJ. oT't -Although an intense schicIi bv Malheur County j Wants New Name j to Lure Settlers SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 1. (Pt Representative C. H. Oxman believes that nobody wantH to 4 novo Into a county with a bail lurk name. For that reason he lias In- trodueeil a hill -in the stato legislature which would change tlie name of his county from Malheur to Sinnott anil would make a like chango In the name of Malheur river. Malheur means litorally "bad hour" and, in freer trans- lation "had luck." That's no kind of a name to attract set- tiers, Oxman said. COSTS U.S. II Postmaster Warns Con tractors Huge Deficit May Force Congress Reduce Expenditures Military Sneers at War Value. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1C MV Postmaster General Rrown today predicted a postal deficit of more than $150.000,OUO for the next fiscal year. Speaking nt a conference of nir mail operators, he Haid they would ha.vo to demonstrate thoy are doing something for business, for the rapid movement of mail, and for the flying nrl If they are to continue to receive governmental support. Tho postofflce department has reached the maximum figure in appropriations from congress for the domestic air malt service. "There are a number of disturb ing factors In the operation of the air mail service," said Rrown. "which will have to be reckoned with by operators throughout the country. The gross deficit of the government will no doubt reach a total of half billion dollars. May Force ltetluctlon. "Congress, therefore, will be forced to do one of two things either increase tuxes or reduce ex penditures. Air mail operators should inform themselves of these eumlllions anil of the problems that confront the postofflce de partment.' The military branches of the government. Rrown said, were "not at all enthusiastic about tho part civil aorotiautlcs may play in any preparedness program being de vised by army or navy." He said on the contrary these military branches spoke with some con tempt about any aid which might be rendered by commercial uvla tion. IlKLVIDKHIC. III., Feb. 16. (P) Albert W. Ilenbain, the shipping clerk who turned financier, came home today to face the hundreds of fellow townsmen who had in vested their savings in his get-rich quick scheme. He had left IJelvldcre five days ago after proclaiming himself bankrupt. He declined to say where he had been in the Interim, nor would he discuss the single legal action brought In that ttmo lo recover the principal of three of the Judgment notes lienhum had given, paying 10 to 50 per cent Interest. E KANSAS CITY. Feb. !. i,Vi Rain described as sufficient In ol uine to be of decided aid to agri culture, fell today In M issouri, Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, Arksn hx, the lower Minidftslppl valley and parts of Texas. The rain which in many section of the midwest broke droughts of long standing, failed to reach Into the Texas panhandle and WfstPrn K annas. A MAL 301VUCH MAJOR BUTLER MOORE PLANS BANKER'S SON sr ' ill iv - " A !A. i 4T I II Roger Wolfe Kahn, 23, son of banker, and Hannah Williams, 20. : r.u cKtn IPC rann mansion n vuiu hh' 10 ENJOY REST! Stormy Petrel of Marine Corps Quits Quantico Post TnmnppniA fin Wonl'c' I VIIIUI I VI. VII 1 w Furlough. WASHINGTON,, Feb.- (fl. .Major General Smcdley D. IJittlor of the marine corps tomorrow will begin a seven-day furlough from his duties ns commandant of the Quan tico marine post. Butler recently was reprimanded by Secretary Adams for alleged de rogatory remarks about I'remic.r Mussolini which brought un Ameri can aim logy to Italy. LOS AKGtil'KS, Cal.. Feb. 16. (if) Cornelius Vandorbilt, Jr.. to day followed tho Italian foreign of fice's statement that he hud not. been with. Premier Mussolini on tin automobile ride with a reiteration that he had. "I Bee by (he dispatches that Mussolini again repudiates my In tcrview with him," Vandorbilt said. "What arc things coming to In Jour nalism when a reporter must have a camera man accompanying him everywhere to verify such meet ings with the great ami the neat great?" IN HOTEL SHANGHAI. Feb. HI. 01'! A i nice Semple Mcpherson, Los Angeles evangelist, and her dau ghter, lloberta. arrived here today from the Cnited States. Tho dau- l ghter said the evangelist was suf fering from a nervous breakdown and was on a voyage around the world for her health. Mrs. Me Pherson remained in a hotel room and declined to receive callers. The evnngellst was said to be desirous of conducting a meeting in the mission,, which she founded here in 1 H'J 7. rnniwi niinrol niuiAni nnnnr rnuivi uuio unnHurx trudl! . . i Queen of Big Top Defies Death Once Too Often In Feats High Above Ground C01'KNI1AG1;N. Feb. 16. olV- Dlltian Leltzf'l, queen of the big top and the sawdust ring, lay j stilled today In death the price she rbl for having attempted her breath-taking body whirl high in the air once too often. The end came late yesterday In the mhNt of delirium brought on by head and pplne Injuries received Friday night when an Iron ring broke, letting her plunge down I ward In u mu-ic hall with only a I rubber mat to break the impact. J A If redo Cordona. h"r husband jund himself a triple somersault I trapeze artist, flew from lterlin to j her bedside. He believed her con I dltlon improved whin he left the hofipltnl In tho tftei noon but WEDS ACTRESS 1 v-'.5. I A .,-ifril i'fr-Vfi I lint n Otto Kahn. prominent New York actress, were married secretly at Uirknr M V . nn Janiiarv 26. -v REOPENING OF Assistant Attorney General Expects Health Will Per mit Resumption Within Ten Days. soon - us Willis-. W. .Muoru. assistant attorney general, is able to return to active duly, which is expected w ithin I he- next week or ten days, the grand jury Investiga tion into the death of Kverett Da hack, 31. Kaglp l'oint district resi dent last December, during a raid by enforcement officers; on n Reese Creek still, will bo resumed. Con trary to local reports, it was never contemplated to drop the iul suspended when Moore was strick en with Illness necessitating hos pital' care. In a letter to the court, Mr. Moore Htutos that he iH now con valescing and will be able to re turn to his desk t his week, for tight work. He has not regained bis full strength but Is improving rapidly. Tho special grand jury 1h still operative subjeet to call. A new term of eotirt opens next Monday and a new grand jury is authorized lo be called. The court Ih debating whether to call a new grand jury to investigate the Dahack tragedy or continue the present special grand Jury, under a special order. Two grand juries cannot be opera tive during the sauu period. Besides the Dahack inquiry there Is the routine run of crim inal cases to be handled. IM'KELVIE TO FOLLOW CHICAGO. Keb. 10. (A Samuel U. McKelvin, wheat member of the federal farm board, will retire from his post with expiration f his term June 15, he announced last night, lit; made the announce tnent while discussing the 'project ed retirement of Chairman Alexan der I.egge next month. shortly after she took a turn for tho worse and soon passed away. A native of Itohemla, the dainty cirrus performer lived 'n of the 37 years of her life fn AmerJen, I where with the ring ling I! rot hers ! and ltd mum and l!al ley el reuse die made a reputation for thrilling f'-ats nt the end of a rope which niHy outlive the modern circus. Her ik t was the "Gbmt half flitng" to swing by her rig lit I band from a rope TiO feet or more ! above the three i inys, literally Using her shoulder on a pivot. She usually did tt just I on times, but l her record was LM!M times. Her mother. Nellie I.einny, originated j the act and until her daughter I took It up w.is its only practi i oni min API! TESTIMONY j & uk 4 rrt f nt 1 1 " ' x I In I II III Mill I IK v I II II in uivi uuiL! i ! Request Wickcrsham Com mission Furnish Evidence and Reports of Experts Upon Which Prohibiton j Findings Based. W A SMINGTt) X . Keb . IS. A 'i -Tile senate today adopted a .resolu tion asking the Wickershaiu com mission to submit the. testimony on which it based itn prohibition re port. The resolution proposed by Sen ator Tydinjis, democrat, Maryland, excluded testimony which the eom-mis-iiun received in confidence. The eommiysion was asked to furnish not only the testimony of witnesses lull the evidence and re ports of i:s experts and members of its staff. Tydings ,aid be thought the sen ate .should have nil the information available on the subject of prohi bition. WASHINGTON', I'Yl). I G. (IN I Democratic differences over pro- n 1 1 nt ton were aireu in the senate j today as soul hern senators gave . notice that any effort of their na tional committee officers to roin l.lt to the party against prohibition l would lie Utterly -resisted. I 1 The attack of the u tit her tiers j turned on Chairman ltaskob of the ! democratic national committee, and .Inuett Shouse, executive director. Senator Morrison of North Caro lina, the national committenuin for bis Mate, finally told tho senate that if Knkoh or "those respon sible to him undertake to inso lently fix the. policies of the dtpno ! era tie party instead of leaving the.se for the national convention, I they will be defeated." WIFE HACKED BY I.AWUKNCK, Mass., Keb. Hi. (Pj A crazed man today Inflicted nine hatchet wounds on liin wife when she went lo the aid of their t !l -year-old sun, who had been scalded by boiling water hurled by his parent. lie was cap! ured only alter be had plunged Ihroimh a second story window and trip ped on an icy pavement, breakiim his arm. Tho man was Joseph Slolorz, 1.1, an allegedly demented weaver. He was placed in a hospital, charged with attempted murder. TDK DAIJKS, Ore., Keb. Ifi. (A3) Formal charges were to he placed here today against an aged man for u killing which he snys was done to protect himself from a vicious assault. Georgo McClaskey, 70, was ar rested yesterday when officers, called lo his home by neighbors, found .loo Tracey, 2, dying as blood spurted from a severad ar tery in his groin. A bullet from a lifi-liO ririe had cut the artery. The room showed evidence of having been I he scene of a violent slrug Kl". Tracey had been drinking, Mc Claskey said. SUCCEED JUDGE EVANS 8ADF..M. ore., Keb. Di. (I'i .la mes I. Ktn p let on. Port la ml at torney, un today appointed to the circuit bench of Multnomah county by Governor Meier. He succeeds Walter H. Kv rie. whose nomina -tion to the Cnited .States customs court was recently confirmed. ECHO COUPLE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE SKID; J'KNDLKTON, Ore., Keb. HI. UV) -tiny Clayton, K). and liene Ac ton, in, both of Kcho, Ore, were klllod Sat unfit y niuht when the truck In which they were rldimt klrtdfd orf the old Oregon Trail near here. Drug Store Bandit 1 V ft 1 ' 1 h An'HhUrJ V'fii riito Lucille Walker, 19, w.is arrested and charged by police with partlci. pation in 2G Los Angeles drug store robberies. L ARE SOLD FOR P Board Announces Sale to United Oregon Corpn., of $265,000 Issue Ready Disposal Noted. Sale of the SiM.OitO issue of school bonds to George II. lturr, Courad &. Mroos, Inc., United Ore gon corporation, for $IU0.17 for each $H)(, and an interest rate of per cent, was announced to day by Dr. .. II. Green, chairman of tho Medfovd ychool board.'' v- There were five bidders Tor the bonds advertised, allowing tho bid ders to Damn their own rate, not lo exceed 5 per cent. The price received by the board would ho equivalent to a premium of jr.iM'.s if thu hoard had elected to sell at fi per cent. Dr. Green, in speaking of the bond sale, said this morning that the board felt it would he better for the community at this time to get along without the additional premium money in favor of giving the district tho benefit of the very low rate of Interest. The sale, according to II. FC. Har der, president of tho Klrst National bunk, is one of the best made in the slate. "I think they gol a very handsome price for the bonds," he stated this morning "Ah good as any district in the slate has receiv ed, lj was a very favorable hid," The ease witli which the bonds were sold at this rale Is considered a favorable reflection of tho confi dence the business world has ill the city of Medford. The five bids submitted wore ns follows: Kirst Seatle Dexter-IIox-ton Securities, 5 per cent rate, $100.8 premium; Armstrong & Duvldsoii, Ti per cent rule, $2liSri premium ; lilytlin V Company, 5 per cent rale, $ I DO. '17 premium; George II. lturr, Cournd & Broom, United Oregon Securities, per cent tale $lu0.17 premium, and the fifth, which was an unsigned bid, Armstrong Davidson Company, 4 per cent rate, $100.17 premium. WIFE WITNESSES DEATH OE FLIER WASHINGTON', I'VI,. 1. Pl A little tent wpln In a nrw flying lioat nvrT the rntoin.'tc' I'lvnr yes tiTllay riiMl I In- llf of JXMIIllll Sli'V ifiillti riiKliM'fT of the leml't mi'Ttt of cinnliW'l'rc. A frlt'lul. who WH taking thr plain- Mtulh, asked him to Ki It a tr.v. Stvi-i!.s' yi (.nt In her rnr on the -ilver hank while he look it tin for I-', minute. of nianonv'tlnc. The engineer started to land and nt ahout feet the hiaehllte wont into a h!ow ln and planhed Into tin' river. .Ml'H. SteveiiK Haw It all. f'-tl aiied In, S t ( v e n M wan drowned. SYUXKV. .V S, . Feb, HI. 'tVt I). inn' N.llle M.-ll-a. lamoiM I'rhna toiin;i, w.i mi id by phy i Iumn to be in a Ki-uve condi tion luday. Hh- Mirfered n rt- Inpie hint Hlht. Sh ban b.-cn ill fur feverul weekn and huh thoiiKht to have Improved. 0 REI1 i AUMifinnrn tuuii Hiiro ,0F GRANGE A wl nrnrniTrn t 5 st ill III II II II II rLi I liaM 1 LU Members Still Favor Power Bill, Meier Proposals and Higher Oleo License Protest Any Increase in State Salaries. SAI.IC.M, Ore, Fob. 10. () T lie Stnto Grange, legislative commit tee, after reviewing communicp tlona from 180 subordinate granges, i hits issued u statement concerning measures belbro tho Htate assem bly, and other suggested proposals. I The committee, consisting of Chas. I ('. Hulctt. master, R J. Tooie and j M. S. ghrock, announced the fol , lowing recommendations, as out 'standing of the 7 proposals re ceived: "It is not necessary to repeat our approval of tho grange measures provided for at the last election. Wo expect our representatives to carry out the mandate of tho peo ple. "All the communications receiv ed indicate that the grange mem bers are still 100 per cent for the grange power bill, for the so-called administration bills and for a higher lieenso on oleomargarine as a butter substitute ' . t Protest 8alary Boost - "Present reports from tho Unit ed Stales biiroau of agriculture in dicate a very slow recovery of ag riculture during the coming blen nluiu. In view of this situation und the very heavy tax rate on real property in Oregon and the' state debt and deficit, tho grange pro tests strongly any increase In sal- 1 aty for tiny. Htate employos at this time. Wo call attention to tno tact that all wago earners have uovr received automatically a salary in crease in tho lowered cost of tho products on the farm. "Tho grange has been advocat ing tax on lncomos, as a source ot relief from tho high tax on prop erty for a quartor of a century. Tho returns from tho granges now Indicate that there is no change in this uttlttido. Any weakening of tho law on Incomes will meet with decided disfavor from tho grange Philippine Independence "The grungo advocates the Intro duction of a resolution urging tbo legislative assembly to adopt a me morial to congress asking that body lo grant Indopendcnco to the Phil ippine islands, as such Independ ence was promised more than 30 years ago when the Philippines had develwped a Btaplo form of govern ment. Such a government has now been established ill tho islands. ' "Tho grango opposes legislation that would appropriate any funds for tho purpose of attracting addi tional farmers to Oregon. "Tho grango looks with disfavor upon the proposals for retiring al lowances with stato contributions. The grange believes that the poo pie of Oregon do not desire to cre ate, outside tho penal and charl tublo Institutions, anothor perma nently dependent class. "lu the now game code the prop erty owners want protection aganst trespass on private prop erty, suggesting a written permit. Protection Needed i "Practically all bird hunting is done on furm property, and prlvato proporty must havo sorao protec tion from hunters. There Is a strong demand for a $1 county hunting and fishing license. "Tho grange resents the use of tho emergency clause oxcopt In a real emergency. "Tho grunge believes tho emer gency board should bo abolished or curbed. "The grango strongly disapproves any attempt to chango tho Indus trial nccldent commission." DR. PEARE HEADS PORTLAND. Ore. l-ob. 10. (T Dr. William M. Pcnrc, La Grande, Ore., wan ehoiten proMidont of thJ Oregon optometrio aBSodutlon nt tho cloning of their convention hero Saturday night. Other officers chosen were Dr. C. O. Andernon, Jr., Corvallls," vice president: Dr. If. Carpenter Stn plen, Port In ml, secretary, and Dr A. It. Miller. McMinnvlllo, and Dr. Curl Woniior, Portland, directum. Oregon Wcatlier, Cloudy toiilKht. with rain In tho wewt portion, Tuesday, rains In tho weft and (mows and rains In the cast portion. Normal tem perature. Freah southerly wind offahore. ,