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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Funxiisl: Toulcht mill Sitturiliiy no i-linuxu in ti'nirr.iiuri M AIL TRIE-XM Temperature Highest yesterday 'Ill lxn(fil 1 1 1 morning ill I'l-lt'lpllillloll To p. nt. yotenluy .10 To .1 ii. m. today .012 TweDtv-Fifth Year MEDFORIX OttEGOX, SATURDAY. rKlilil'AU V '28, 1;U. Xo. :v.v.). MEDFORD 7 Hi MEIERPLUM PASSED 10 Medford Man Appointed ) ' Commissioner of Utilities Under New Act Abolishing Three Member Public Service Group. KAIi:.M, On-., Kol). 2N iA'i Cli-'Uies M. Tlluinas ul Medford wils today appointed by Governor .Meier to the office of commissioner of utilities of the stale of Oregon. This offiee. with Thomas as Its head, will supplant the public erv- C. M. Thomas Ice eommitsion of throe members which was abolished by the legisla ture. Thomas la a former circuit Jinic of .laekson and Josephine counties, ami served in both houses of the legislature, lie was horn in Iowa in 177. was graduated from the I'nivcr.sity of Iowa in 1 XH7. and entered the practice of law in 1 Kits. Me located In Medford - In He served in the lower house of the Oregon legislature in in 11 and I IH 6, and was elected to the senate for one term in 1!1S. While in the senate he was close ly allied with the late Senator Ccorge Joseph. He was for a time state chair man of the Republican central committee. Me served one term as circuit judge of Jackson and Josephine counties, and was defeated in Itt-S by H. U. Norton, a Democrat, of ( rants Pass. Me has praetieed law In Medford since. He was interested in irrigation as ."ii organizer of Irrigation districts. C. M. Thomas was elected judge of this judicial district cm the re publican ticket in and served as .Indue for six years. Prior to his elect inn as judge and since his retirement from that office, Mr. Thomas has conducted fi gcnernl law pruetlcv in Medford. In the last campaign Judge Thomas supported Julius Meier for Coventor nnd was one of his cam paign leaders in southern Oregon. PATHS. Feb. 2K. tVPl The prob lem of over-prod net ion of wheat if not European but worldwide, delegates to the Europenn confer ence to devise plans for marketing future crops decided today. The conference, which was called by the commission studying Arlstrido Hrlund's plan for u Euro pean union, ended Its labors today by drawing up a number of recom inendallons to be submitted to the commlsskm. Abe Martin Ther only one thing fiial'M ml with bushier mi tluit' printer ! Ink. W hat U hmne tr you c B"t j n nutn? . IS If l'i Wheat problem heldworldwide 111 mi Defends Rudy Associated Press Photc When her husband came home after an unexrined month's ab sence and fc f .with complained that she hari th. ...ii. ...., - - - .Bulw ivncu io a Rudy Valee program, Mrt. William Welch of Kansas City borrowed a neighbor's revolver and (hot him. 1 no is critically wounded and she Is held on cha-ges of assault with In tent to kill. Dietitian of National Repute Coming for School May 20, 21, 22 To Be Out standing Event. Housewives of southern Oregon ' will welcome . the announcement I that the Mail Tribune will conduct a three-day conking school in this, city May Iinth, '1 1st and Vlm. Pre parations are underway to make '. this school the largest in Medford's history with an outstanding pro- j gram of cooking 'lessons and courses in home economics. I The Mail Tribune.'! spring school! will be conducted in conjunction j with the National Newspaper En-1 terprixes and a dietitian of nation al reputation will preside over the cooking lesson". New, unusual ' dishes will be given special atten tion, enabling the housewife, who attends tile school to devise more varied menues for the home table. Husbands ons and daughters will weleonie the Tribune's cooking school as it will assure them new and ta.ty foods for every day in the week. Complete details of the cooking, school, the list of awards and the) interesting programs for the three j days will be announced at a later! date. Housewives will be invited, to! attend all three dayn a.s guests of! this paper. j ASTOltlA. Ore., Feb. 2S. (!) Three men were believed to be ivcnveiing In a hosital here today fvtni iii juries received yesterday a NehaU in river bridge whieh y were retailing crumpled and plunged Into the river. Georgo Gould. one of the workmen, was crushed and killed Instantly by the tailing timbers. His hn(iy was found several hun tired feet downstream. COM MINE TOLL 174 j WASHINGTON, Keb. IS. (?) Coal mine accidents In the United States during January took 171 lives. The bureii u of nii lies, reporting the figure to. lay. said the total was less than those In the corre spending month last year nnd rep resented the death rat per million tons of coal mined of ICS i PMV SIGNATURE MAIL TRIBUN WILL CONDUCT COOKING CLASS Bronzed 'Buckaroo' Admits Identity as Woman When Hunger Forces Alms PJea M.Af'K WF.LL. ok la.. Feb. 2 t.I Dressed In man's garments, l'i "Jack'' CtiiUon. bronztd r;mp ('Hilton. "Just Wandered up .m. w-iiii mi i mi.lnved several y-ar;th!s way" after losing a Job in en ran lies In the .M.dbilid. Tex . was I ,-ieinit y of x . uas revealed today as ;i woman. Mi". .1. L. ..'..nv. head t Ton ka un ' cn-tritiev said hun-tt-r hfd a coinph-bed what yeai .r Lis-irds on the ramre ouid n..t In l.uc.ni; the "cowboy" t adu it her identic. Graff Carl Ion part whit", daughter f i bei okce indi in otnan. COPS RAID I William Boyd Jailed for Pos session of Gambling Out fit and Liquor Movie Folk Flee When Police Make Appearance. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 1!S (P William H. Boyd. 43, stage and film actor, was charged with pos session of garni) ling paraphern alia and liquor following n police raid which broke up a gay party 'it hU home early todav. Walter L. Cat let t. 42, and Iu O'Urien, 31. were, arrets ted on intoxication charges. jr men In evening i N; drew, many of them said by of ficers to bo film plars. fled through doors and windows as six police under Lt. James Johnson burst in upon what they described as a "well equipped gambling room and richly furnish ed bar." Koulette wheels and dice table were among ihp equipment seized. They also confiscated "more than a gallon" of liquor, w a m a d e to a r res t guests. lioyd formerly pla Xo attempt the fleeing yed the Yew York stage but has appeared in a number of motion pictures in the past two years. Ho and hi wife. Dora ISoyd. New York actress, were divorced last November. The actor recently -was arrested on a recklcr-.s driving charge at Ocean side. One oT his most recent film part.s wk in "The Spoilers," a talkie version of the lt"x Iteach novel. Mrs. Iloyd ,.wus known to the stage as Clara. Joel. Catlett and O'Brien, arrested with Boyd, are film actors. Police disclosed later they had seized a home motion pieturo pro jection machine and films showing nude .subject, and had added a charge against 'Boyd of possessing obscene pictures. They quoted him as saying he was entertaining guests, following the completion of a motion picture. 4 WASHINGTON. !!.. (T) The f)regon congressional delega tion, all Republicans, split as badly as the other sections of the senate and house when votes were taken on overriding the presidential veto of the veterans' compensation bill. In the fsenate Friday both Me Nary and Kieiwcr were found in the list of those voting against the president. Thursday when the house over rode the veto. Representatives Haw ley and Korell backed up the presi dent, while Itntler voted to disre gard the veto. ON MURDER CHARGE nri-TALO. N. V.. Feb. 28. Vi Lha Jimeivm. Cnyug.i Indian woman twice tried for the murd t of Clotilde Marchand last March was acquitted today by a su preme court Jury- The Jury brought in lis verdict at l(t:(i a.m.. after having been locked up overnight. The ease was given to the jury at l:5n p.m. yesterday. The trial began Feb ruary 1 Texas. She said she was unabb to find work nnd appealed to the associated charities for food. (juewtfonliiK. Mn. Junes said, ended a masquerade of 1 4 years' standing. K. J, Poof . stipe riii ti ndent of the I'onca City five tribes agency, said he would investigate today to determine whether th woman was a ward of the government. f n T W POLICE BILL Meier Measure to Consoli date State Law Enforce ment Forces Passed By House Late Today Tax Matters Under Debate. SALUM, Ore., I'eb. 2S. &) The house late today passed the senate bill creating a state constabulary force and unifying all present state enforcement branches in one group. The bill now goes to the gover nor, lt was an administration measure. The state police bill had previ ously passed the senate and pro vides for consolidating five, en forcement branches, traffic, prohi bition, fire, fish and game depart ments, under one constabulary system. It is the last of Governor Julius L. Meier's measures yet to be acted upon. The senate was making progress on its 4 8 proposals to be consid ered on h legislature's eighth day over the 40-day limited session. SALKM, Ore., Feb. 28. (P) The "triangle"' tax program for the stato of Oregon, after weathering several storms of protest yesterday proceeded through the legislature today and two of the major mea sures were up for consideration In the senate, wi'h Indications that both will be passed without much opposition. E ENTIRE YEAR IS County Agent Announces Experiments On Hanley Hoover Ranch Mean Boon to Farmers, According to It. G. Fowler, coun ty agricultural agent today, experi ments -which have been In pro gress for several years at the Han Icy and Hoover ranch near Med ford hiive developed an all year round pasture We vera I yea rs ago w I n ter blue gravs was discovered on this ranch and ha gradually been developed until It Is .the leading winter for age crop on the Pacific coast. This grass, is planted In conjunction with alfalfa and g raxed from September until March when the stock nre re moved, allowing the grass to go to seed and the alfalfa to make Its usual summer growth for hay pur poses. Hogs Wax Fat On one experimental plot of a few acres of this grass one hun dred hogs were fattened for mar ket, the only other feed being cult fruit and one week's ration of grain to finish them off. At seven months they averaged 22(1 pounds and brought a half cent premium above the local market. The outstanding point in connect ion with this winter blue gram says the agent, Ls that it Is not Injured by frost or lee, and cat'le thrive on the pasture the entire winter. The grass forms a dense resistant sod which prevents the pasture from being cut up and trampled out during wet wea-ther. Continuous 1'imluro In thee experiments when stock was removed from the winter blue grass fields in order to allow the grass to form its ced crop, they were transferred to Lndlno clover pastures on lower nnd more molt types of noil. I! this method this ranch ha had continuous high class pasture during every, month for the past year. . ' I Mr. Fowler suggests that it well wor: -he tlmo of any one interested in agriculture to make u vKlt on fJie Hanlcy and Hoovorf ranches and go over the planting of different forage grniset with 1 Mr. Hoover, and we Just what re-1 suits are being obtained in differ-1 nt parts of the valley. : LOS ANOLLKS. "eb. '' Th" Sumimd Oil company of Cali fornia announced a four cent re. ductlon In gasoline prices today to meet tfj competition of Independ ent service stations. The vUl fol follcwM a two cent reduet'on earl ier in the wk and brought th prW of Stand d noline here' to 14 H cnp. GREEN PASTUR NOW AVAILABLE State Rests in Bridge Quarrel Death Hearing KANSAS OI TV. Feb. S. (I't The state rested today in the trial of Mrs. Myrtle A. Hen net t, 35, for the slaying h of her husband, John O. Hen- ucit. following a bridge game t quarrel. Photographs showing the interior of the Bennett apart- inent in which the slaying oc- curred September 29. 1929, were Introduced as the prose- ! cut ion concluded Its direct evidence. 4 4 Superintendent of Portland Plant Shot to Death and Foreman Wounded As Workman Runs Amuck With Gun Jailed. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2S. (! J. AY. Bevis, superintendent of the Inmun Poulsen Lumber mill, was shot to death, and George Martin, foreman, seriously wounded, when a discharged workman ran amuck In the mill yard today. The work man. Albert (ilibert, was under arrest. Hospital attendants gave Martin but a slight chance of recovery. Kevls died within u few minutes after the shooting. Several hundred workmen in the yard saw Martin shot as he grap pled with Gilbert following the encounter with Ilevis. I toy G. Buvis, u saw filer and s6nr' of the' superintendent told police he mot Gilbert coming cjut of his father's office. lie said Gilbert remarked "You'd better go in and look at your father." Shot Near Heart Entering the office young Bevfs found the superintendent slumped in the corner, a bullet wound near his heart. He. rushed out and called Martin and the pair pursued Gilbert. Mar tin tackled him and was shot dur ing the struggle, other workmen held Gilbert until police arrived. Gilbert would say nothing as to the circumstances or cause of the shooting. Officials of the mill said Gilbert had been employed there for the past 21 years but was discharge.! a few days ago. (Ily tho AsMH'Iateil Press) Tho mobilization rush of '18 had its peacetime counterpart today In a rush' of vettiims all over the land to borrow ftO per cent of their adjusted service certificates as authorized by congress yesterday. More than I! 0,000 stormed the doors of the 54 regional offices of the United States Veterans Bureau during the fjrst hour of business today, and the file increased hourly. Tho New York regional offlco was forced to call police reserves. Offices throughout the nation sent rush telegrams to civil service cllgihlcs to report at once for duty. IjENVKK. Feb. 2R. fPi A driv ing snowstorm threatened train schedules and highway traffic In Colorado today. The airmail was hampered. ' In Oenvei u heavy, wet down fall reached a depth of ten Inches anil the storm showed no sign of abating. Train dispatches reported heavy snows on all !!'. hlons out of Oenver. The benver-Colorado Springs highway was swept with a bliz zardous snow storm that delayed aut mno bile traffic. Temperatures continued mild in most sections. An air mtvIcr connecting Hlr m Ingham. .Sinn' best en". Liverpool, and lyfindon. operated experiment ally In I92tt may be Inauguiated on a dally -rhclule In M li HAND KILLS BBSS WHEN FIRED VETERANS 10 BORROW ON BONUS POLICIES PORTLAND BLONDE GI FOUND DEAD IN KLAMATH Pretty Hotel Guest Terribly Mutilated Had Not Left Room Since Registering Friday Telephone Calls Unanswered. KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. Feb. 2S P A pretty blond woman, who registered at a hotel here yesterday as Lot I ie M aso n of Sea 1 1 le. was found dead in her room today. The body w as horribly mutilated. A safety raor blade was found on the bed upon which she lay. Her throat had been cut and there were great gashes all over her body. Tho girl waH about The clerk observed when she registered t ha t ihe was bea u tKu I l.v ii resfced. he said. iShe told him she had been here about four days, on her first trip to the city. The coroner said the woman had j been deatl at least three hours when the body was found. If It 1 a case of suicide, he aid. the act was maniacal and frenzied. Miss Mason ordered dinner sent to her room last night. The food was found on tho tray, untouched. Several telephone en lis came for her last night, but none was an swered. Hotel employes became alarmed today as tho woman had not left her room since registering and tho maid was unahte to enter. KLAMATH KALI-S, Kob. 2S A) Fearing casualties may result if tho eomlition continues, the sher iff's office was working today on what it believed was a liquor war In the county. Karly this week n largo automo bile belonging to a man who has been arrested several times on lluuor charges, was driven outside the city and burned by unidentified men. Last night police received Infor mation a baltk was in progress a few riillPH out of town. Shots were heard as they approached arm they found that a largo Ikiuor still had been torn up and destroyed. Kleven hundred gallons of mash was found. 4 V S A L KM , O re., Feb. - 2H. (P) Oscar riayter of Dallas, attorney for Ithea Luper, former state engi neer under Indictment hern on a ehurgo of larreny of public money, stated today he would attack the validity of the Indict men t by at tacking Hie authority of the grand Jury which made the Indictment. 1 layter was having made a com plete transcript of the court record hero as to tho grand Jury to use In connection with his attack on the right of the present grand Jury to return an indictment. OFFICIAL FACES DAMAGE SUIT I'OKTLAM). Feb. 2H. '!') A suit for $ 1 1,000 damages was on file here today against Frank M (ierman, son of Fred V. flerman, county commissioner, growing out. of the death last November 11 of Or. Frank K. Hall, 64, who was struck by young Jerman' auto mobile. A ear driven by the elder Oer m a n reec n 1 1 y struck and killed Louis Lamport, X, and he is charged with Involuntary man sla lighter. Final Wire Flashes Itm ssi;i.S, IVI. IH..Y) Tho ncuNior Libre ItehgiKi said today that thirty inhabitants In Hid towns of TllltMir and he I r-hi wer! nuMln III Friday night hy another of thon "poison fogs" which Imvo spread terror through tho Mciim- tallcy hi rrcnit nmiiihs. C'HICAfiO, Feb. !!H. . TV hull Hft.nmi profits from Ihe song "I'm In MjMrlor etnni, tislay by lcon the aiHhor. VSHIriTt). Feb. 28. W lO.iMiO.lino droiigh relli-r fund LA (.IIAMH:, Ore., Feb. 2H. (A1) A change of trmic to a roitn ty not yet selMieil was graiitctl today by 'Indue Hall H. Liik In I ho vast of Mrs. Fiiuna Fowler, former rlly rcauifr, rhargetl with liiivciiy of public funds. Hit itcvuiints, i lly nrrirlals declare, an short $1 12,0(10. V.('(rVl:it. Wash., Feb. 2H. f1i Captain Arthur L. Ilencdlrt rcguhir army, uns iifiiullted tishiy of (ho charge of making false Htalemeiils on offh ial nMuriiK while In the stst iiiiniiilssnry dciart inent. The court martial, hoHi-ver, found him gullly of nt'gllgeiH and MMilniiffl liltn to reprlmaiMlefl nnd reduced I (HI files on the promotion IIni. LA t HOSSi;, Wis., Feb. tiN. 1,1'. The Hreini r u .Milwaukee road iMiHMcnger train was killed nnd ncteu iMitseiigern were rcporfnl Injured when Milwaukee road train collided wlili a titles go, Mill nenKjIln ami Omaha lino train near nmji liougtns. Delivered Bill I ' n 1 rV 4jMot'i(lfcd i r era t auto The veterans' hum hill was de li vored to Pitldent llmivei' by Mrs. (icrahllno 1 le!, serrelnry to Itcp. (.uy I-:. Campbell. The president ivIui-ikmI I he hill to con gress with u veto which was later overridden by Imlh I M nix's. AERIAL FREIGHT LINE WILL USE Big Western Pacific Planes Will Stop Every Other Day, Says Medford Port Manager. The first scheduled slop of the Westom Taclfic Ah freight lines, subsidiary of the Pacific Air Trans port and Hoeing cum panics, was made at the Medford airport yes terday when a large trl-motored Kurd plane landed while en route to Kan Francisco from "Seattle with a load of l!;i(H) pounds of frozen cod fish. Tho next trip Ik to bring a large supply of cut flowers from Seattle to San Francisco. The freight line is operating two Ford ships and will make trips every otner day, with Medford a regular stop, according to '1'hll Sharp, local manager for the la dflc Air Transport lines, who re cently succeeded Seeley Hall, Tho ships wilt haul no passeng ers nnd are equipped for night fly ing. The plane, arriving hero yes terday, was piloted by C. A. Hector, assisted by ,1. M. Hrewster. with Vein Hahn as mechanic. It landed at Ii o'clock last evening and con tinued its southward Journey after taking on a supply of gas and oil. SLATED TD CONTINUE WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. iP) Congressional conferees today abandoned efforts to formulate a constitutional amendment fixing a new meeting time for congress. The senate and house spokes men refused to yield their respec tive positions and attempts to brim about an ti,mU-rxtnidlng were formally called off. INDIANS IN REJECTION COMPROMISE PROPOSAL NKW OLLIH, India, Feb. iiS (I) The working committee of the Indian congress party today voted to reject the viceroy's pro posals for a com prom Im settle ment of tho party's demands. asking Itudy Vnlhi- to iwvnuiit fnr dust a Vagabond Ixnrr' was filnd .tmmcrmaun who cbidus to bi Tim Hod mss inmiHilgii for (odny totalled 91t,r11l,?(MI. LOCAL AIRPORT CITY LOSES BATTLE FOR NS Public Service Commission Denies Right to Cross S. P. Tracks On Eighth and Fourth Streets Mayor Deplores Ruling. The telegraphic news received In the city today from S ilem that tho public service commission had denied the right, to the city to establLsh grade crossings at Kighth and Fourth streea over the South ern Pacific tracks was a big disap pointment to the city adminiatia tlon, city planning commission, former officials of the city and many citizens generally, especially because of the reasons given by the commission for the ruling. General local opinion was that the city officials made a good case at the public service commission hearing here some weeks ago on tho city'a petition asking authority to construct the two crossings, against the opposition of the Southern Pacific. The city in tho main contended that such cross ings, especially at Eighth street, were badly needed for the develop ment and expansion of the fast growing city, and in the way of relieving growing traffic conges tion on Main uud Sixth streets through tho business section. It was also contended by the city that such crossings would tend to do away with hazardous condi tions, whereas tho commission's ruling made public nt Salem today stressed that the establishment of grade crossings at Kighth and Fourth streets would be hazard -ous. Mayor Disappointed Then, too, what makes tho dis appointment all the more felt Is that tho two sought, for overhead crossings were recommended by Jacob Crane, the eastern city plan ning expert of note, following tho survey ho made of city conditions a year or more, ago. "Too bad! I thought that wo would get on of them at least," remarked Mayor K. M. Wilson this noon when told of the commis sion's ruling. "Isn't that a hot one?" remark ed former Mayor K. M, Pipes when Apprised of tho ruling. "It is cer tainly to bo deplored." Tho ruling of tho commission Is related In tho following Associated Press dispatch recoived by tho .Mail Tribune today: Held Hazardous "Petitions hy tho city of Med ford for authority to construct grade crossings over the Southern Pacific tracks at Klghth and Fourth streets In that city nro denied In an order by tho public service commission today. . Tho commission holds that tho cross ings would bo hu",ardous nnd would hamper switching move ments of tho Southern Pacific company. "It is also slated in tho order that Medford city officials are con sidering a plan to remove tho Industries located between Elev enth and Third streets to an Indus trial section to bo created in tho southern part of tho city, and that this would grcatty relievo tho hazard to tho traveling public that would exist If Eighth and Fourth streets were opened by grade crossings , through the switching yards.' Oregon Weather . Partly cloudy and occasionally uit bolt led toniKht and Sit inlay ; probably rains in the northwest portion. ; Moderate west windH. Will ROGERS says: l!l-;V KlfLY- IIIM.S, fill., I-Yli. .Mr. Hoover must have made out n pretty nooii ciise, iiCfiinst the hoiius, for I sew-here they voted it. over him. It wasn't Mr. Hoover they hit" shooting at : it was "t'nele" A inly. They resent him run ning the sliuiv. The whole trohhle with the It; piihlieans is their fear of un inereasn in ineoine lax, espe-iallv' on high er income. They speak of -it ' almost like a matrimonial ca lamity. I really believe if it come to a vote whether to K to war with Kntrlanil, r'nincc anil (fermany combined, or raise the rate on incomes' over . I0II.IKM) tiu.y would vote. war. toy"