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Twenty-Fifth Year
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MEDFORIX OKMXiON. FRIDAY. FKIiltlWliY LH). 1JKJ1.
No. VM.
RIBUE
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Today
By Arthur BrUban
Do You Like Shooting?
Tapir, Puma Jaguar, Deer
Mexico Is the Place.
And It's a Great Nation.
Copyright King Feature! 8ynd, I no,
NOUALES, Ariz., Feb. 18.
. lu Xogales oiu'P again, door
way connecting Mexico ami the
I'nited States. Come here onee,
and you will come often. The
Southern Pacific comes from
' Los Angeles via Colton, Ked
lands, Palm Springs, Indio and
Niland to Yuma, where the
Inarvelous fruits grow in the
irrigated tablelands, and on
through Arizona via Phoenix,
capital of the state, Tucson,
then due south to Xognles.
At Tucson there is time t
visit once more the admirable
University of Arizona and see
a l..')00,OtlO hospital built for
its employes by the Southern
Pacific railroad. A New York
er, Mr. Harkness, who has giv
en away many millions wisely,
gave $:lliyKp for the hospital's
scientific equipment. Money
could not be better spent, for
there is no more important
body of public servants than
the railroad men. ,
It will interest Seward Cary,
George Milburn, Thomas Hitch
cock, Jr., Avcrill irarriman
..and others interested in polo
to know that the young nun of
Arizona university play polo as
earnestly as Helen "Wills plays
tennis and Bobby Jones golf.
They intend to play in the cast
and, practicing 12 months in
the year, should develop men
ns good as I'edloy of Culiforniii.
This ear carries an amazing
assortment of firearms on the
way to Mexico with Robert
H o d g e, California alfalfa
rancher; Kemper Campbell, Los
Angeles lawyer, and Seward
Brisbane, who at this stage of
his career holds that man's fin
est production is a rifle, with
a telescope mounted on it, that
can kill a mountain sheep two
and a half miles away. The
' opinion of tin: mountain sheep
would be different.
If shooting interesting ani
Dials or matching, fish . appeals
to you bring your guns, ammu
nition, tackle and nioiiey and
Xl'rnd your leisure in Mexico.
At Altar, a l.Vmile motor
drive from Nogales, you will
find excellent' deer shooting.
Anjl at Guaymas, southern ex
tremity of Governor Klias's
state of Sonora. you catch fish
in the Gulf of California in
quantity and quality -unknown
elsewhere, as many as yoiir boat
will hold.
At Nava.joa. a little fiirthe:'
'Continued on pugc fourteen)
Ale Martin I
Many a feller vLhe he'd Mild
tt with f loner- ItiMeuri of a Kn.
Th trouble with th' woctul l.fthler
b that you're wor off whin jron
reach th' top than pn wi. when
you sturtetl.
WE FOR
NEW FARM
Consolidation of 14 Existing
Agricultural Activities of
State Under One Head
Given Wide Margin Was
Meier Measure.
SALE.M, Ore.. Feb. 20. & The
bill creating a state board oC agri
culture passed the senate late to
day by a vote of 21 to 9. It would
consolidate 14 existing agricultural
activities under a director of agri
culture appointed by the governor.
The bill had the support of Gov
ernor Meier and ex-Governor
Norblad.
The department would be creat
ed by the consolidation of 1 4
existing activities having to do
with agriculture, horticulture and
livestock. It would be headed by
a director of agriculturo appointed
by the governor at a salary of
?5UU0 a year.
Five Divisions
The department would have five
divisions. These would be admin
istration, plant industry, animal
industry, foods and dairies, and
markets, grades and standards.
Kach would be presided over by a
chief, the director himself presid
ing over the administrative depart
ment. lie would appoint the other four
with the consent of the governor
and fix their salaries, also with the
consent of the governor. IJart of
the machinery would be a board
of agriculture of seven unsalaried
members representing various in
terests. The measure wa,s recommended
by former Governor A. W. Nor
blad in his retiring message and Is
also urged by Governor Julius L.
Meier.
SALEM. Feb. 20. P The fate
of tiio department of am'iculture
proposal was placed in the hands
of the fcnate when the bill came
up for consideration under spec
ial order of business today. De
bale on the bill held the attention
in the upper house, beginning
shortly after the session opened.
The bill, if passed, would cre
ate a department of agriculture
and provide fur consolidation of
many branches of agricultural
work tuid'-r the one head.
The hoi today killed by In
definite postponement th bill
which would raise tho require
ment of elementary Mi'hool teach-,
ers, making four years normal
school work or its equivalent
necessary before permission to
teach is grunted.
Setback In Hous-e.
The measure passed the senate
without opposition, but met its
first setback in the houe educa
tion committee. whb-h brought
out a divided report, the majority
rri'om mending its defeat,
A seysion of the legislature will
be held tonight if the calendar
of the house Is not completed
during the day. Speaker Frank '
Lciiergau announced. Sumo con
troversial issuer, including the
racing lilll. were put over until
tomorrow, indicating Saturday ses
sions in both houses'. The tobacco
lax bill has been placed on spec
ial order late today in tho house
as has nlso the Portland firemen's
pension bill en the senate calen
dar. The pension Mil previously
pass.'d the house.
Pa -m Pog Tax Hill.
The dog license bill was passed
In the house during the morning,
the act providing elimination of
double rity and county licenses,
and excepting breeders and k' n
nel operators from paying individ
ual dog licences.
Senator William F. Wood ward
bill directed against the use of
trailing stamps by mercantile es-
(Continued on Page 8, Story 1)
VFT HOI SHE
I.ONGVIKW. Wash., Feb. 20.
i,V The Pally News received
telegram from CongressiiiHii Albert
Johnson Inday saying Gen. Frank
T. Mines, director of the V. S. vet
erans' bureau, has denied Gen. Goo.
II. Wood recommended any par
ticular order of consideration for
proposed sites of the national sol
diers' home in the Pacific north
went. It had been rumored Vancouver.
Spokane. American I-ake and Hose
burg. Ore., were designated in the
order as sun nested Jdtes for the
home. The result of General
Wood's inspection tour will prob
ably be made known March . it
was said, at a hearing attended by
senators and congressmen from
Washington. Oregon and Iduho.
BOARD
SUGGESTION 10
COME IN MARCH;
i
Old Servant Dies
When Furnishings
Sold to Plebians
l'OSTDAM. Germany, Feb.
UO. -(Pi Grief over the sale (
of the family effects or Glien-
fr icko castle was believed today 4
to havo killed Conrad Mendell,
4 S4. Prince Friedrieh Leopold
$ llolienzollern'.s faithful major
domo for 56 yearn.
Tho aged servitor was
f hoard recently to say he could
not survive the "plebian t
treatment" of the princely
furnishinga, to each piece of
which he was deeply attach-
-fr ed. Heart broken at tho sale.
4 ho took to liis bed and today
4 he died. 4
t 4
Senate Acts On Billion and
Half Appropriation Post
office, War Department
and District of Columbia
Affected.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. 7Pl
l'reu'dent Hoover said today that
within the next 80 days tho gov
ernment directly and Indirectly
would be employing 4SO.O00 men
on construction contracts.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Vf
In the face of attempts to block
action until it so definitely de
termined what was to be done on
tho veterans' loan legislation, the
sena to today adopted in rapid
order three conference reports
on appropriation measures, involv
ing a billion and a half dollars.
The votes completed congres
Hional action and sent to Iho
Whito Mouw the billion dollar
treasury postoffice bill, the $4-16,-000,000
war department nieusure.
and the $ir-.000.000 district of Co
lumbia hill. The house previously
had acted on all.
The senate amendment to dis
tribute l!0.000.000 bushels of farm
board wheat to the unemployed
had been eliminated from the
war department bill In coiiferenee
on objection of the house mana
ger. WASHINGTON. Ki'b. -Jl). Wl
The hoiiHL' totlny passed tho 1 law
ley lilll to authorize the iNsuunce
of js.ouo.uoo.ooo in bondB for re
funcllni; maturins liberty loan
bondt1.
The measure, which now i;oes
to the senate, would allow the
treasury to issuo new bonds for
Js.uuu.Ofiti.ooa. liHTcudnK the an
Ihorijeil limit of bondn lo
000. (11)0. (MM).
The new ismie will enable the
treasury to meet f I .'.iM.Ii 15.000 of
first liberty loan bonds eullable
in IMS and 0,SDS.2-U.000 in
fourth liberty loan bonds callable
in 11133.
Under the bill, all bonds Itunivil
hereafter by authority of the sec
ond liberty bonds net would be
exempt from taxes, except those
on estates and inheritance.
The measure does not increase
the public debt.
POKTLAND. Ore.. Feb. JO. lI")
.n hblshop Kdward IJ. Howard.
In his annual I,cnleit pastoral
letter to Human Catholics of
Orck'on, today directed that ( ntli
clics In the diocese obtain rormal
permission from the archbishop
before Instituting divorce procced
Iuks In the civil courts.
The letter states violation of
this mandate will be classed as a
"reserved sin." Indication absolu
tion for such an offense rests
alone Willi the archbishop.
IBA DE
AS DEATH NEARS
S YD NICY. N. S. V Feb. 20, tf)
Condition of Dame Nellla Mcllm.
Australian diva who Is seriously
ill here, has grown steadily graver
and she now is alnioU constantly
UclirloiiH.
It was understood today that
treHtni"iit Is being pnrtly directed
by cables from a German physician
In whom the prima donna reposed
great confidence and who gave her
some relief before flie made her
pre-ChristiiiaH trip back to Aiihtra
ly from Europe. Her Hlncsn In
caused by some toxic condition of
the blood.
IIUUI. VSIM I I VSj
VOTED FORjEUROPE lashed secret prohi
IINRI F SAMiBY HIGH WINDSJ TESTIMONY IN
uiiull unmjr).M I. in cwnui ocmatc uamrc
THOMPSON NAMES RIVAL IN SUIT
I VLlO WHIN
1 If VFTfl P AN
.1 ovHiii ti I' mm i'lmto
A $100,000 damage suit based on his statements in a campaign
peech was filed against Judge John H. Lyle ( left by Mayor William
Hale Thompson of Chicago. Both are candidates lor the republican
nomination for mayor.
Mill HI1U OMUII OLMHIL IIHMUO
Traffic Disrupted, Commu
nications HamperedIn
fluenza On Increase in
larger Cities.
LONDON. Feb. 20. (iP High
winds with accompanying rain,
sleet and snow, kushed a largo part
of Kuropo today, disrupting traffic
and in many places hampering
communications.
A heavy choking fog which
spread over England cleared today
and residents of the southern
counties were comparatively com
fortable, but Spain, France, Bel
gium, northern Italy, Germany and
Scandinavia were hard hit.
High aoas caused a number of
shipping accidents. The Mauro
tanlit ran aground off Southamp
ton, but was refloated.'1"'
There were 45ti deaths from In
fluenza In the larger cities of JOng-
j land during the week, an increase
I of 125 over tho week before.
There have been 1 5X5 influenza
deaths in the largo cities since the
first of January, compared with
4IJ4 in the same period last year.
PICE FINDS
E
E
Wales Quits . Bolivian Capi
tal After Brief Stay At
tends Official Reception
at Palace.
LA PAZ, Uolivla. Feb. 2U- 0V
The I'rlnco of Wales, oppressed by
the high altitude of this mountain
capital, hurried back today across
the Andes to Antofagasta, Chile,
after spending Just seven and one
half hours In Ia l'az.
In that time he crowded an of
ficial reception at tho executive
palace where he and General
Liluno Galindo, president of the
military junta, exchanged decora
tions, another reception ' at tho
town hn II, a final reception at the
I iritis)) legation,- and dinner with
the president at the palace.
Both ho and .prince. George,
although commenting that the trip
from Cuaco, with its delightful
mountain scenery and across Lake
Titicaca had greatly Impressed
them, wero obviously tired and op
pressed by the rarified atmosphere
here.
ALTITUD
mm
Auction Sale Sandwiches
Send Many To Doctors In
South Dakota Community
LLKTON, 8. D.. Feb. 20. (fl'i
Mix persons wero seriously 111 to
day while about HO others were
reported recovering from food pd
f fining suffered when they ate
meat sandwiches at an auction
sale netir here yesterday.'
Chemists who nnatyzed the food
served a crowd of ff'0 on the farm
of I'M Xlebarth said the poisouthK
may have c nie from the pork and
beef hash sandwiches which had
remained in a stone crock over
' night before being served, or else
from coffee prepaied in a copper
j boiler.
Th mont seriounly ill are Albert
I Ullison, 60, of tjfoux Kails; A- H-
Wickersham Commission's
Report Sent to Solons By
Request Part of Data
Withheld.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (JPi
The secret testimony taken by tho
Wickersham com mission lu its
long inquiry Into prohibition was
transmitted to the senate today in
response to a senate request.
Chairman Wickorsham's letter
transmitting the report said:
"Much of the testimony and
many statements given to the
commission and evidence laid be
fore it were received aa confiden
tial and therefore full within the
exceptions expressed in tho resolu
tion so that necessarily tho mem
oranda, documents and statements
trnnimiltted contain but a part of
the materia which tho commission
took Into consideration In the pre
paration of Hh report.
"Members of the commission
also have interviewed well Inform
ed persons In substantially every
part of the country and have
availed themselves of their per
sonal observation and experience."
WITH FREAK SHOT
I'ALM IIUAtMl, Fla.. Feb. 20.
l'l In a freakish ffnirdi Helen
Hicks, New York, today won the
Florida women's golf champion
ship, defeating Virginia Van Wle,
Chicago, one up In a 1 !) hide
match. It was decided when AHhk
Van Wle knocked her rival's ball
into the cup, trying to negotiate
a stymie.
W A S II I . TO N . F f -b . M . VI ')
The Norri government operation
plan for M uncle Shoals was adopt
ed today by the house.
KANSAS HOGS DINE ON
EGGS AS PRICES DIVE
SMITH CF.NTKIt. Kansas, Feb.
J ). 41 lggs for hogs! Itather
than sell eg k h for e:glit or ten
cents a dozen, farmers are mix
ing them In grain and other fed
! Wlllard, 70, farmer near Flan
Idreau; Alfred Wedcll, 30, of Cole
I man; Frnnk Hurley, of Aurora,
and Tom Hurney and T. Hnrney of
: Llklon.
Many of thofo afflicted became
' III after leaving the farm, and
I called at physicians' offices in all
on-rounding towns on their wiiy
home. Nearly 9fl persons were
trcHted tn rook i rigs hoplt Is,
while others were given medical
attention ill A uroi a, I lush tie I,
Lake Ilentou, Fbimtrenu and Klk
t ton.
Hr. A. Itydei of Flandreau eald
the cheek made Impoiodhln yester
day by the departure of th victims
I was planned today.
no HAM
Senator Reed Authorized to
Announce Intention Re
turning Bill to Congress
Soon With Reasons for
Adverse Action.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. (I)
Senator Heed announced in the
senate today President Hoover
would veto the veterans loan bill.
The Pennsylvania republican
said tho president had authorized
him to announce-to the senate ho
would send tho bill back to con
gress tho middle of next week with
"reasons for his veto."
Taking the floor late today. Sen
ator lieed said ho had no Inten
tion of "posing as a spokesman
for the president." but since ho
learned of attempts to hold up
appropriation bills pending action
by the president on tho veterans
bill he took it upon himself to
telephone the president.
"The president authorized mo to
say" Heed added, "that he would
return tho bill to congress the mid
dle of next week with a message
giving his reasons for a veto."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (Pt
President Hoover announced today
that he would be "ready to act on
the bonus bill about the middlo of
next week."
Tho president made his an
nouncement at the regular Friday
press conference.
Alter Senator Heed's announce
ment, Sena tin Couzens, Itepubll
can, Mlehlgun, who had openly
threatened to bloc k measure-:
which must be passed before
March 4 adjournment to avoid
a n extra sedou, stated he would
not pursue thai program.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 0. (Pj
Wheat fanners were warned today
by Sam H. McKclvIe, grain mem
ber of the farm board, thai they
now must adjust produellou to do
mestic demand "or depend upon
world prices,"
In an address over the National
Itroadcasting company's chain, Me
K e I v I c defended wheat t a b 1 1 1 za -lion
operations but 'asserted "tho
farmer realizes bettor than anyone
else that such a policy can not be
continued."
AS GOLD HILL P. M.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Tub. 20.
(Spec-lull Mm. Nclllo !. Itoed
linn li'Rn upiiulntnd poHtmixtrc-HH at
(iolil lilll, Orn., by (.'oiiKrcsHinun W.
C. Ilawlc-y.
OF HOI CHOCOLATE
MOW YOltK. Feb. 20 (P The
best amateur rhoi-nlale maker In
Northampton, .Mass., as he ehur
aet crlzes hlnnidf. h; none other
than Its most dlstlUKtiished citi
zen. Lriieo Karton tells In tho
current Amerlean Magazine about
Calvin Cool Id no making himself a
night cap every night.
'FIRST LADY' LABEL
If A I; 1 1 IS IU ' Ii !, p;i., i,b. 20.
Ifl't Mrs. Glftonl Plnehol, wile of
the governor, diwlllces to be known
as "first lady." "It is a foolish,
high-hut kind of label," she said
over the radio. She disliked "
even before mIic became 'one of
the critters" hers"f.
IN EYE BY ACTRESS
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Feb. 20,
....-iVt Kl iirendel. a movie actor,
as ho puts it, ran Into a lady's
heel. lie I In h ll'irM'ttHl with
a bunged up eyu, hevlitK been
kicked aecid "ii tally by a Spanish
dancer during a rchearsu I.
kg-lAD BARES
MURDER OF
v.
linottattd Ft tit Pnelo
Mrs. Emma Fowler, former city
treasurer of La Grande, Ore., was
charged with larceny of public
funds when officials declared her,
accounts were $112,000 short.
BUTLER PLANS
10 nQPPOOR
Will Ask Immediate Leave
From Navy Willing to
Talk Anywhere Half of
Earnings for Jobless.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20. !')
Major General Sinedley IX Butler
announced today that ho would
ask the navy department for an
Immediate leavo of absenco so
that he might help swell tho funds
for tho relief of tho unemployed.
Tho fiery commander of tho
marine corps said that ho would
accept invitations to speak nt any
place, in any city, wheru admission
is charged and will turn over half
of hit earnings to tho committee
of unemployed In Philadelphia.
The general reached this decis
ion today iftfter aimombur of the
committee hud appealed to him to
do" something on behalf of those
out of work. No sooner had 'he
made his decision than ho was
asked to Hpeak at a luncheon of
tho commltteo hero next Wednes
day. "Of course," ho replied.
. . .
Bolts Strike Electrical Equip
ment at Pomona and On
tario Wind Reaches
Gale Force.
HAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. (P)
Fair and clearing weather prevail
ed In California today following a
storm which brought rain, thun
der, lightning and hall In practi
cally all sections of tho slate.
Itafn and hall that for a time
took on proportions of a miniature
cloudburst fell at Hed lands. Light
ning struck two Edison company
transformers, one at Pomona and
the other ul Ontario. They were
disabled temporarily,
A bolt of lightning struck the
First Rapllst church In Pomona,
burning a hole lu a water plpu and
flooding the minister's study.
Cities near Los Angeles reported
sliKht rainfall.
Wind velocity reached 45 miles
per hour In Lns Angeles and 03
miles hourly at Point Kcyes. Ktortn
warnings wero posted along tho
coast but no serious maritime
damage way reported.
PRESIDENT OF PERU
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 20. (Pi A
state of hIoko was declared hern
unci at Callao today after an tin
Kiicccttsful attempt to overthrow
the government, of President San
( hex (,'crro.
RED CROSS DROUGHT
DRIVE NEARING GOAL
WASI IINdTO.N', HVIi. 20. (! -Tim
Il"i Cnmit iHiiipiilKii (or u till,
o'iii.iMii) (irmiKlil ri-lh-f luml toriny
tiiliili-d Js.!io;i,(Miii.
Wlfn shivi-r lliiiiKi-il.
HIIKIiKltOOKK, Uu!.. Ki-b. Jw.
iVt Antonio I'ollijuin, 24. wua
hiinion! lliiii murnlng for tlu?
murder of hU wlf, Mnrlti Cuml
nnrd, on New Yonr's eve, 1929.
SPEAKING TOUR
CALIFORNIA HAS
LIGHTNING WITH
HARD RAINFALL
Son of Wealthy Parents
Clubs and Burns Aged
Store Keeper in Robbery
Attempt Young Man
Suspected Many Crimes.
SAX KHANC1SCO, Cal . Feb. 20.
W) Charles A. Simpson, 19.
whom noifchbors kew as "a kill
who slept all day in tho smmliino,"
slept in city prison today while
amazed uiithories reread his alleg
ed i-oufession to blndini; and burn
ing to death .Mrs. Albina Voorhies,
6S, 111 tho" neighborhood store sho
operated alono to obtain $3 loot.
In the calm tones of one repeat
ing an interesting aneedote, Simp
son told police, they said, how lie
clubbed the helpless woman over
the head, bound her hand and foot
to a rocking chair and set fire to
her clothing after pouring coal oil
upon her.
Because she "klnda liked mc,"
Simpson said in hie alleged con
fession lie knew lie could enter the
aioro Mr. Voorhies rented- from
his father. Believing, like others
in the neighborhood, that Mrs.
Voorhies had much money secret
ed In tho store, Simpson said he
pretended to purchase cookies and
as Mrs. Voorhies opened the door
he clubbed her over tho head.
Struck With Club
"When 1 struck her with a club,"
Simpson's alleged confession ran,"
"sho dropped to the- ground appar
ently unconscious. Her false teeth
fell out 1 hit her so hard, but she
got up and ran. So I chased her
and hit her aagin.
"She fell down and I grubbed
her and dragged her back into the
front room. 1 tied her haiids and
foot, picked, her .up off tho floor
and sat her down in a chair," his
alleged confession continued. "Then
I began hunting tor tho -money,
but .1 found only $;i iu the cush
register. '
"1 found a can with some oil. In
It and poured it over her. 1 thought
she was (load or at least knocked
out, but I guess she, wasn't," it
continued. "Some of the. oil ran
offhor clothes and mtido a puddle
on the floor.
Woman Screamed
"I touched a match to hor cloth
ing and they blazed up. Sho (la
gan to scream when she felt tho
fire and I was afraid the neighbors
would hear, so 1 hit her again. She
fell out of the chair into the pud
dle of burning oil."
Simpson was arrested as he step
ped from muulclpal court where lie
faced a robbery charge. He was
freeon ball under this chargo when
the murilor wus committed. Police
said they suspected him of other
robberies. The youth was spirited
to an outlying police station where
under pressure, authorities said, be
confessed tho murder after first de
nying it. ......
WASHINGTON, Fob. 20. lP)
Senator Schall Issued a statement
today tn which he said tho naming
of Clunnar II. Nordbyo for a Min
nesota federal.. Judgeship . "is , a
studied affront to mo on tho part
of tho attorney general."
Will
ROGERS
$ays:
T.KVKRLY 1 1 ILLS, Cal., Feb.
0. You tulk about this coun
try lii-iiiK liui-il up. Kvery place
thinks it's worse off than tlic
other. The lied Cross as usual
is (Initio; heroic work but it, 's the
people tlial Iney ijiui .i leacu,'
people that they never heard
of, peoplo that art! so far buck '
in Ihe woods that tin! rest o( ,
the world lias almost forgotten v
'cm; tlio.se, are the ones that .1
pily iu all this depression. I I
want to sen n Hod Cross reKef
formed that will go fur hiielf,
into the uiiderbrush of the liiit'1
lerland that will reach this lit
tle known but patriotic group.
Then ean the !cd Cross say,
"VVc have performed our
duty."
tfCit