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M he Weather edford Mail Tribune Temperature " Hlchest yesterday 08 Lowest thia morning .... 50 Precipitation: it To 5 p. in. yesterday . .00 To ti b. in, today ' " WW and Friday fc ",,,,,crttturo- MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931. No. 107. oday , Arthur Brisbane Slier Passes for the War. brutality of Men. 26 Years. I BM Feature Synd, Ino D Rockefeller, 92 years lerday, assures friends ... A artA ha tealtn is b""" 0f it, as ne wen mj teller, on his Ii. vv irthclay, probably re . . . n i; At, - M vrith satisfaction we of good that is done in Id, science, and wise ropy, by the hundreds ms that he has given L ks in mind, doubt- e good that his son, Rockefeller, Jr., win the gigantic fortune MW turned over to laiuu - -- g ago, to lighten the of old age. human teings do not low to manage or use in wealth, it is fortu- kat individuals know collect it, and use it There is great useful Niagara Falls, where la gathered much Ind little power or use- in a liKlhon tiny So with a great f or- rell used, as compared lull copsiderable accu- blumn has occasionally U during the recent lelimit" boom : ' ' Sooner the world will begin to the. big war, and will by the process." The including' this part of wnerica, 1b paying now, IT enjoying it. pioratorium simply rec- the fact that you can 't I'd out of a stone, even pan stone, and that it Mt pay to drive into py one of the world's "dustrial and financial units. - 1 1 that expected an in- eousboomto bo born of ralorium were childish. "ise step has been tak- lead to anew analy k Versailles treaty, the amerent nations to N the advisability of pay, if they are i' is raining, snowing K you know that it P eventually, although i't bow when. Si mi. " an find comfort in 1 '"at this depression Mnd prosperity come Ul mere are no mir- ul,Batlrac- iMartin lUw.' I eel I "tthft... " BO rwan.u HOP TO unable to REFUEL IN HIGH WIND Robbins and Jones Seek Land at Solomon, Alaska, After ; Unsuccessful At tempt to Contact Nurse Ship in . Bumpy Breezes SOLOMON, Alaska, July 9. (IP) The projected Seattle-Tokyo fllelit of Reg L.. Robbins and Harold S Jones, Texas aviators, ended hero at 3:60 a. m. (6l60 a. m. P. S. T ) when unfavorable weather forced the plane down, unable to make a final refueling contact for the long dash. Bumpy weather made it Impos sible for the two ships. to establish contact long enough to transfer enough gasoline to the tanks of the monoplane "Fort Worth," the fliers said. The refueling ship landed soon after the Fort Worth came down. The fliers were convinced the weather prospect ahead on the hazardous route over Bering sea to Tokyo was bad and for that reason gave up the flight. NOME, Alaska, July 9. (fl) Word of the sudden termination at Solomon, 30 miles east of here, early today, of the Seattle-Tokyo flight attempt of Reg U Robbins and H. S. Jones, Texas aviators, was received with surprise here. Robbins and Jones put their monoplane "Fort Worth" on the Solomon beach at 3:60 a. m. (6:60 a. m. P. S. T.) only twenty minutes' after they had refueled over Nome for the fifth time since the. fliers reached Fairbanks "foV ' the ren dezvous with the tri-motored re fueling ship. All residents of Nome stayed up all night to witness what was expected to be the next to the last refueling contact before Rob bins and Jones started on the lust lap of their hop to Tokyo. Weather Improving Weather conditions, which had been bad between Fairbanks and Nome, were improving as tho two ships, the trim white Tokyo-bound monoplane, 1 and the large tri motored refueling ship manuevor ed over this city. After gasoline had been siphon ed from the tri-motored ship to the monoplane here, the ships headed out over Bering sea, the Fort Worth presumably for the coast of Siberia, and the rcfucler for Solomon beach to take on ad ditional gasoline. The refueling plane then was expected to follow the Fort Worth to the Siberian side of Bering Strait for the final transfer of gasoline. T KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 9. (P) Cecil Beckley, 45, who last week shot and killed his wife and step-daughter on their farm near Glide, in Douglas county, was near death today from self-inflicted wounds. He was captured after he had shot himself in an attempt to end his life. While Beckley apparently has been on the road to recovery, un foreseen complications arose dur ing the night. His condition today was critical and howpital aticnn- ams said there was little hop for his recovery. . Hoover's Hurried Leaving Chronicled By Reporters Is Basis For Investigation WASHINGTON, July fit W ' Socret service snd newspaper men covering tho White House were under Investigation today as a re sult of stories published of Presi dent Hoover's sudden departure from Rapldan camp Sunday. Who ordered the Investigation could not be learned definitely, but several reporters and all the secret service men have been questioned as to where the facts came from. Chief Moran, of the socret rervlce, was in conference with White House officials several hours yesterday. The stories dealt with the fact that the chief executive did not wallt for his Sunday dinner, to which Attorney General Mitchell had been invited. Secret service men were forced to run from their quarters buttoning up their shirts TOKYO Has Birthday Party . Associated Press Photo Little Princess Elizabeth, daugh ter of the Duke and Duchess of vork. wai given a birthday party befitting her rank and age In Lon don. She Is Ave yean eld. MAY BE HERE Wire was received today1 by the aviation committee 'of the chambor'of commerce ampuneing' that Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, round-the-world filers, " who are leaving New York soon for a nation-wide tour in their plane, the Winnie Mae, wish to stop In Med ford August 23. The wire asks if Medford wants to entertain the two fliers. Just what Is indicated In the request, the chamber of commerce had not learned today. . The avia tion committee is endeavoring to obtain further information and will have an announcement road,!' for the public soon. - The nation-wide tour of Post and Gatty was announced yester day by N. B. C. artists' service. MRS. FOWLER ENTERS STATE PENITENTIARY SALEM, Ore., July 9. (IP) Mrs. Ktnma Fowler, former La Grande city official, convicted of embez zlement and sentenced to a maxi mum term of 10 years, was receiv ed at the state penitentiary late yesterday. Sho had little to say on her arrival, and was turned over to the women's ward at the Institution. Mrs. Fowler brings the female population at the peniten tiary to 24. SHAW AND LADYXsTOR PLANNING RUSSIAN VISIT MOSCOW, July 9. VP) Visas have been granted by the Soviet government to George Bernard Shaw, Nancy Lady Astor, and a party of dlstlngutahed Britons who have announced their intention to visit Russia this summer. In order to catch up with the speeding car of the president. There also was said to bo ob jection to reports of the fact that the lon-mlle trip from tho camp to Washington, some' of it over dangerous dirt road, bad been made In two hours and a half. Tho White House secret service has been called on to explain how newspaper men became apprised of the facts. , t Five reporters who regularly cover the White House and were staying In the vicinity of the camp were told that the president would leave at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon. He left at 1:25 o'clock and the reporters who usually keep him In sight during the "''nbn' fnrtv m nutes behind him when he arrived In Washington. GLOBE FLIERS IN NATION HOP JAIL TRY BREAK NIPPED BY DUNFORD Davidson, Under Burglary Sentence and Pennington, Lozier Lane Beer Baron, Saw Bars at County Jail Plot Known Two Days John Davidson, under sentence of two years in state prison, for burglary in an unoccupied dwell ing, and Ted Pennington, serving a sentence! fair coductng a "beer garden" on Lozier lane, were In Pauley cell this afternoon for at tempting a break from the county jail, which was frustrated this morning1 by Jailer Ike Dunford. The pair had sawed one of the iron -Dare in a window nearly through when they were halted. They had a small file, a steel putty knife and a heavy hinge off a bed. They planned to depart as eoon as an opening could be made. No other prisoners were Implicated in the plot, though it is figured others would have fled had opportunity offered.. Plot Known Two Days. Jailer Dunford has known of the plot for a couple of days. Among the county Jail prisoners are Paul Payne, 18, under sentence of two years In state prison for auto theft: George Fifer, sentenced this morning to three years in the same institution, and James - K. Klngsley, slayer of Policeman Sam Prescott of Ashland, awaiting the determination of his appeal from a death sentence by the supreme court. Klngsley Is cdnflned in the Pauley" cell, which IS immune; to files and saws." ?. Following the. frustration of the plot, all the prisoners were "frisk ed." Some difficulty was experi enced by Jailer Dunford In secur ing the file, but when he announc ed all would be responsible tor Its return the file was placed upon a shelf. Under the Oregon law a prisoner attempting a jail break Is subject to a term of from five to ten years upon conviction. Presentation of the matter to the grand jury rests with the district attorney. Pennington has completed the serving of his jail sentence and is now serving out a $250 fine. mussoStakes su ROME, Italy, July 9. (P) Pre mier Mussolini himself today plac ed a ban on Fascist membership in the Catholic Action organizations, thereby himself raising tho ques tion of virtual abrogation of the concordat with the Vatican. As the "Duce," or chief, of the Fascist party, he prohibited any of his followers from belonging to the several societies comprised in Catholic Action, branches of which were dissolved by the government May 30. The Vatican now is faced with the problem of whether the Fascist party action is equivalent to a gov ernment action, and If so whether the ban on membership constitutes revocation of authority for such bodies to exist, which is an essen tial part of the concordat. . . V MERGER SETTLED COLORADO 8PRINOOS, Coto., July 8. (JP) W. N. Haraway of Denver, general manager of the MacMarr stores in this district, announced last night that merger of the Ska surf and MacMarr chain grocery store systems in tho wes tern United Htates had been agreed upon by directors of the two or ganizations. The proposal wilt be submitted to stockholders Immediately for ratification, Haraway said. Tho Denver manager announced no cash consideration Is involved In the contemplated merger. Be tween 6000 and 6000 stores are Involved In the two systems. MacDonald Improved LONDON, July P) Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, feel ing better than he did yesterday when ho suffered an attack of nervous Indigestion, left this after noon for his country place at Chequers. HALTED -.'( Today's BASEBALL - - American. V ' P.. H. E. Philadelphia 4 9 1 New York 9 10 0 BAtterles: Mahaffey, Rommell, Peterson and Cochrane, Hevlng; Gomez and Dickey, Perkins. ' - -' R. H. E. Boston 18 1 Washington ................14 20 0 Moore, Durham and Berry, Con nolly; Marberry, Masters and Spencer, Hargrave. ' -'. :. R. H. " E. Cleveland 0 6 1 Chicago 3 7 0 Harder, Jablonowski and Sewell; Frasler and Tate. R. H. E. St. Louis 7 7 3 Detroit ........... 11 15 1 Grey, Doyle, Stiles and Ferrell; Crouch; Whitehill and Grabowski. . i . . , i National. First game: - R. H. ' E. Cincinnati ; 18 0 St Louis 3 5 0 Batteries:' Johnson and Suke forth; Grimes and Wilson. ' , r. h. e. Brooklyn ...; 1 11 0 Boston 2.8 0 Batteries: Cark and LombardI; Zacharyk Selbold and Spohrer, a . R. H. E. Chicago u 3 9 0 Pittsburg .'. -,4 12 1 Batteries:, Teachout and Hart nett; Kremer and Phillips. . . "..AT7. R. H. E. Now York '. 9 15 0 Philadelphia 3 7 0 Batteries: , Hubboll, Fallensteln and Hogan; Dudley, Collins and Davlxi , 1 WASHINGTON, July 9. VP) PonfJJ o..the Jaift, Alabama sena torial" election was -assalled today by Senator Hastings, republican, Delaware, in a report to the sen ate elections euli-commlttee which Is considering tho Heflln-Bank-head contest. ' Senator Hastings read the re port 'in the .presence of John H. Bankhead, the senator-elect, and J. Thomas Heflln, defeated present candidate. ; t . In the first ten counties Inquired Into the senator said irregularities were found In 383 of the 405 bal lot boxes.. . : GILLETTE REDRESS BOSTON, July 9. VP) Hearings began today before a master on a bill In equity brought against the directors of the Gillette Safety Razor company by minority stock holders. The stockholders seek to recover for the benefit of the company about $21,000,000 in al leged losses for which they claim the directors are. responsible. HOLGER AND HOIS MISS LINER BREMEN BREMEN, Germany, July 9. (P) Captain Holger l!oirli and Otto Hllllg have found it harder to make steamship connections than t navigate the whole Atlantic ocean by airplane. Thoy mbjfwd the liner Bremen, which sailed at 11 a. m. today, on account of floods slowing up their train. 1 SPEED BOAT DRIVER BEATS OWN RECORD GARDONK, Italy, July 0. (Can adian Press.) Kayo Don, British racing boat driver, today drove Miss England II. over the wuters of Lake Oarda at 110.25 miles an hour, over six miles an hour better than his recognized world record. FALL'S INCARCERATION , PONDERED BY JUSTICE WASHINGTON, July 9. IP) Justice Bailey in tho District of Columbia supreme court took un der advtaement today the govern ment request that Albert B. Fall be immediately ordered to Jail. SPRINGFIELD LUMBER PLANTS DESTROYED EUGENE, July . JP) Fire to. day destroyed the Harry Warren sawmill and the A. I). Loud plan ing mill at Springfield, with loss estimated at around $15,000. A dry kiln was damaged and several thousand feet of lumber lost, BY ON FREIGHT RATE HOIST Thomas Outlines 'Protest Plans at Meeting of Ship persUnity All Classes Will Be Proposed Data Assembled for I. C. C. SALEM, Ore.,' July 9. (If) Three major objectives were out lined by Charles M. Thomas, pub lic utilities commissioner, for the meeting of shippers. from over the entire state to bo held here' this afternoon. Thomas expects seVeral hundred representatives of all groups and from all counties In at tendance at the meeting. , The chief purpose of the session Is to outline definite steps in pro test of the 15 per cent increase in freight rnlaa as proposed by rail roads in a petition before the Inter-. state commerce commission. The I state of Oregon along with Idaho and Washington have already form ally protested the rate. Unity Needed The amalgamation of all classes of shippers into one organization for the purpose of getting informa tion and data to lay before the commission at the public hearing 1 on the rates will be proposed by Thomas. He states tbat in order : to impress the commission with , the seriousness of raising rates at I this time, all available Information must be placed before it. ' The meeting, Thomas said, Is so Important at this time because con ditions are so different now than ordinarily In a rate case. "Tho railroads claim they Bfe In dlBWesS", and we know that shippers are cer tainly in distress. It is, therefore, necessary to present all available facts before the Interstate com merce commission." Will Seek Hearing The second point to be taken up at tho sosslon will be the attempt to have the interstate commerce commission schedule one of its public hearings on tho rate caso In the northwest. This would make it easier to presont tho case of the western states. The hearings have been scheduled for July 15 and 30. The third point, and which Thom as stated was among the moBt Im portant, Is the dotnand for a deci sion In the case now before the commission on reduction of rates on fruit. This case has boon be fore the commission more than two yearB and the state is requesting that It not be delayed bocauBo of the domand for IncreaBod rates. . IN SCHOOL AIR VENT MUNCIE, Ind., July 0. (P) The skeleton of a boy wa found today by workmen who were making repairs in tho air vent shaft of tho central high school hero. Tho skeleton, that of a hoy of about 12 or 14 years of age, was In a crouching position. 'SINGING EARL' OF TANKERVILLE DIES C II A T T O N, Northumberland. England, July 0. (I) The Earl nf Tankerville, sometimes called "the singing earl," died today after four day' Illness. Me wa 70. Ho pos swfted a fine tenor voire. Surgeons Sever Siamese Twin Babies; Each Given One Inch Share of Colon HAITIMORK, July 0. IP) Dal tlmore'a "Hamnm" twlna, ;vrd by an opomtlon called unparalleled In local mfdlcal hliitory, were nllvn and apparently rapoverinif today. Phylrlana at Morcy hopltal. where the operation wo perform ed yeaterday, aald tho altera, who weighed four and a half pound ach, had a good chance to live. However, other operatlona are In proapect aa they had only a sin gle colon. Dr. Kyle W. Oolley, Dr. Kdward P. Bmlth and Dr. Daniel J. ! aango were In eharge of the birth and the operation. The bablea wre Joined by a thJclfl, fleshy ligament aald Dr. Oolley. ... , , ,. , .... "It wa neeefciry to operate to ava. the mother, so we cut the WEATHER Marital 'Cracfcup' Associated Press Photo The marriage of Loretta Young and Grant Withers, film actors who eloped In an airplane, suffered a crackup when the actress sued for divorce In Loa Angeles. Here they are In a happy mood after their alopamanU ' . . EPRICE WAR REVIVAL LOS ANGELES,' July 0. (A) A lively revival of retail gasoline price slashing In the Los Angeles metropolitan area was today met with a variety of statements from officials of major refining and dis tributing concerns who sought to avort another prico war that swept tlfe Pacific count a month ago. Gasoline at filling stations op orated by two major concorns sold as low as 12 Mi cents today. Pla cards bearing tho quotation "olght for $1" were posted and In out lying sections neighborhood com potion forced the prico to 11 and 1 1 cents a gallon. Tho usual charges of secret slanhlng of wholesale prices and lack of cooperation were raised and denied. Ktatements from of ficials,' however, Indicated they saw Improvement In tho Industry over conditions a month ago. KLAMATH FALLH, Ore., July 0. (A1) Nicholns T. Hmllh, accused of first degree murder In connection with the death of his wife, I-onna Leoryt HrnlUh, at Fori IClamMh, May 31, was Indicted by tho Klam ath grand Jury yesterday, Hmith declared tho shooting was accldentiil and that his wife was fatally 'wounded whon ho strug gled with hr In an attempt to tako a fthoigun from her. The shooting followed tho woman's attendance nt a dance i(raint Hmlth's wishes. llearnent, We found the babies had a colon In common, contained In the fleah which Joined them. Wo called In Dr. I'eaanpco, a mir geon, and the continued the oper ation on the babies. ''It waa necoHary to remove all but an inch of colon from each, but It la pomlblo to llvo without a colon. Dr. IVwnj(n wna forced to repair breaka In the abdominal walla. aewlriK part of the vital or Kana to the walla and replacing them in the abdomen. "Tho other oiwratlona are leHa dlflcult." A Johns Hopkins obatctrldan aald Hlame twlna occur about once In 60,000 births. "In moat caaea an operation la lmpoaaible. When it 1 powlblo, and one la per formed, the chance are 10 to 1 tho bablea will die," h aald.. A IN til C-C FAVORS BOND ISSUE ON SEWAGE Medford Directors Vote En dorsement After Full Explanation of Immediate Need of Plant Is Given by City Council Committee The $235,000 'bond Itssue to be voted on July 15, to provide a new Bowage dlsposat plant and trunk line sewor for Medford, was en dorsed Jast night by directors of the Chamber of Commerce board, in special session with the city council. ' " ' .! . Optimism regarding the coming election, dampened the first of the week, by Announcement that tho chanvber- board favored postpone ment of the issue, .returned , tat a high level .before the two groups retired from the city hall, resolve? to put before the people of Med ford all Information regarding tho situation, which will guarantee support of "one-. of the most neces sary bond Issues over submitted for their approval." Plans for a mass meeting in the city park wore discussed, ;but no action taken. (let Kxplunation. Endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce board wao voted after a' thorough, explanation, of ' the immediate need for the new plant and the financial ability -of Med ford to construct it, was given by members of the health committee of the council, headed by W.. "y. Allen.' The chamber board was assured that the situation had 'been studied from every angle, that' ex perienced ngliearsavo. approv ed the proposed b-latrfor relief of a doplorable condition, which is labelling Medford "the city with the worst sewage disposal By&tefrn on the Coast.'" " - ; f Flfluros presented by City En gineer Fred Scheffel showed that the ctty la how spending approxi mately $10,000 a year in an effort to keep the existing plant in oper ation. A total of $60,0 a month is spent for chlorine used to purify the sewage. With the construction of the proposed plant this chlorino expense will be reduced to $5 'a month. ' Confidence in looplo. Confidence in the people of Med ford, who have always supported worthy and necessary projects, wan voiced by P. M. Korohaw of tho council, who explained that the Immediate need In to acquaint the peoplo with the facts. When they realize just what the existing con ditions are and the workability of the council plan, he pointed ou,t, their response wilt bo passage Of the ibond issue. Further faith In the Intelligence (Continued en Page 8, Story 1) WILL ROGERS PaSay$: BEVEHIjY HILLS, July 9.--Sliow you what enterprise will do, Claremore whs. one o tlie few towns that was built up so solid that it had no landing; field. Kvcn the adjoining coun try was one mass of suburban homes. Overnight, in order to get our K'eat Oklahoma pilot, Post, and his famo'.is partner, Gatty, to come there they just tore down and blasted ' out blocks of homes and now they got tho best landing field in tho world (outside of tho Tcm plehof field in" Berlin),' just lp minutes', drive from the heart of (,'Iareinore. Course (due. to a constant Republican adminis tration) most, of these destroy ed homes were mortgaged but at that it shows what a rcl town can do. My friend, Frank Ifawkcs, has suggested making a landing field out of; New Vork city. I knew somebody would think of a useful uso for that ground some day. mi ajaajaa
