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Newspaper Page TextM The Weather fonrtrf- Tonight and Saturday fair; nukr Saturday. edford Mail Tribune To Subscribers t If your Mall Tribune la not deliv ered to you promptly, TeieptMDS 74. Office open unlU 7 every livening. Pleas cull at before that time and a copy will be delivered to your home. DlfbMt yesterday , 99 this morning 53 10XE 75 Today By Arthur Brisbane Il'WeiiLj'-uj.i.ii j. cox iu4l S aEWS TODAY ; Q , MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1931. ' " Xo. 157. liii ills KB Courage Not Lost. This Wide Round World. Rome's Old Mountain. Mr. Lynch Came Home. Jopyrisn' ng Feature Synd., Inc. Germany lost the war and notorious nations nave boon ailking her of her gold, indus rioiisly. But Germany did not lose courage. As this was written, 3 :40 p. New York City daylight bring time, yesterday , the Unt German airplnne, Do-X, roaring dUlK) feet above tli-: Brooklyn bridge, outside Bis offiee window, on her way the East River, after a 12,- 1.4 mile flight via South Amer- i. Our biggest airplanes, fly- with Do-X, look smaller ian kingbirds . pursuing a row. , ' - . Taking SamueJ Johnson 's ad Ill observation with extensive view Surrey .mankind, from . China to Peru." You find a world busy, wor- ill and excited, from China to 'em, from Peru to Maine, and bin Maine around to Japan. Will Street decides to lend 8300,- K.0OO to Great Britain, The propo- t-ori to that the loan shall have sub- Lntial guarantees. (hit Interest -will Britain pay? Lisbon, -where they have revolu- rs every little while, artillery from Mill t "raking" the rebels, a L dozen ' killed, a few hundred linded. lull li -throwing surplus coffee Inboard. If you don't believe It you n m the actual photographs. kit Sam should get that coffee In Bangs for wheat, . keep the coffee K enough of the wheat to feed body that may need food during coming' winter. On hot coffee P pod bread a man can live. The pmment could help the fanner by faff a little bacon. Kasollnl is planning his first visit ty Plus XI, to settle perma- pi the "Catholic Action" contra st. I. f Mohammed went to the rutin, when the mountain would budge. mountain that Mussolini is to 8 u there long before Mussolini's M will be there long after Mus- p It doesn't move, and doesn't 11 Lynch, tbe Chicago "turf mag- a polite euphemism for "gam- borne as predicted, driving his " . says the kidnapers were tourteous." That reminds you Kablbble's letter from a Oer- rJHton, telling how wonderfully treated with the postcrlpt. "i wot Meyer yesterday for com- "fonse to Pitiful anneals the h it," Mr. Canone said: "I what I can do." He did see. P kidnaped man oAirift hnm. r M ChlCftDn' fts-aUewa Ielr,r. a- - h-vtiw. a, c iwniiia Sone to arrest him an know ins r. about the "kidnaping in BLOODY MARKS r FURNISH HI IIP W. VA. MURDERS Recently Erected Building Burial Place of Widow and Children Suspect Wrote Many Women fURKsm B(i,--, Va., Aug. 2ft UP) Clarksburg police tixlav union ml four bodies or a Iranian anil time i-hllilren be lli alh a strangely built garage erco'ed rei-ently by Cornelius o. Plerson allaK Harry S. Powers, 4.1. All four bodies were 'found hnrirvi beneath the cellar of the structure mat never had served the purpose or wnicn it ostensibly was built. mat ot the. woman was discovered Ilrst after a boy revealed he had neiped Plerson dig a tunnel beneath the place. Digging further, officers disclosed one. then another, and then another of the bodies of three children, burled together In a sewer. While there was no positive Identi fication, the bodies were believed those of Mrs. Asta Bulck Elcher. Chi cago widow, and her children. Harry, 12; Greta, 14. and Annabel, 9. The four disappeared about two months ago. Plerson yesterday declared he last saw the woman when she left by train for Denver. Colo. He was being held In the city Jail on charges of kidnaping and manslaughter, preferred by Chicago authorities. SWAPS MILLIONS FOR LOVE ri.dui.iulc.a fic: rnulo Love In a cottage meant more to Thomas Fortune Ryan, 2nd, than the wealth of his father, John Barry Ryan, eastern capitalist. He was disinherited when he married the former Mra. Mayme Masters, young widow. Ryan and his bride are shown her - he home of Mrs. Ryan'i parents at Monarch, near Sheridar, Wyo. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 28. (AP) Police said today they found bloodstained clothing of a woman in a garage built at a village near here by Cornelius O. Plerson. who Is being held in connection with the disap pearance of Mrs. Asta Buick Elcher, and ,ier three children from their home at Park Ridge, Ills, The police also said there were let ters written to the woman and photographs In the garage, located at Quiet Dell, a village located on the Buckhannon pike. Plerson built the garage a few months ago. the OFFICIAL BELIEF NEW YORK, -Aug. 28 (API As sistant United States Attorney Ed ward J. Aronow said today that Hlsashl FuJImura, missing million' aire Japanese Importer, had prob ably been murdered by extortionists. "There's no doubt In my mind that murder has been committed. authorities said. ' and It Is reasonably certain that the Park Ridge authorities have warrants , motive was extortion." he said. KIANGSU FLOODS GIRL DECOY FOR POLICE DECLARE Young Broker Lured Into Car Overpowered, Held Weeks in N. Y. Apart ment Before Ransomed WOMAN AIDE 10 ' , CANNON MUM ON - MONEY DISPOSAL NEW YORK. Aug. 28. (API Charles M. Rosenthal, the 24-year-old broker of Lawrence. L. . I, for whose return " kidnapers demanded 100.000 following his disappearance August 11, paid S50.000 for his re lease, today, police said. jedon Page 6. Me'tMartin Jf iMHmn' a motorl-n r v " " "Fiier that refuse r charging him wit,i manslaughter and kidnaping in connection with the disappearance of the woman, a widow and her children. .Many Mood Stain The interior of the garage was spattered with blood, the authorities said. There were suitcases of women's and children's clothing In the garage, all stained wlt.h blood. Police said they also found letters to Plerson from women in various parts of the country. When he was arrested, letters writ ten by Plerson to a matrimonial agency in Detroit and to four women were found in his pockets. Plerson told police he had written to the women "for fun. 4 Future of Farmer eld Darkest Novj KANSAS CITY. Aug. 28 (AP The future of the farmer was de scribed as "darker now than at any time in history." as witnesses to day voiced before members of the Interstate Commerce commission op position to the proposed 15 per cent increase in railroad rates. 1 LOCAL FIRE FIGHTER ONE OF 3 CASUALTIES SALEM. Aug. 28-(AP) Three men met their death In industrial acci dents over the state the past week, it was announced today by the in dustrial accident commission. Total accidents for the week were 635. i The fatalities weie Fred Martin, of! rh ffrp natrol. at Medford; Arthur I Anderson, logger at Bend and Wilson, logger at Hillsboro. Four men. he aald. including two alleged extortionists spent a month at Nor walk. Conn, prior to Fuji mura's disappearance and took every opportunity to learn of Fuji mura's habits and acquaintances. One of the men Is believed by officials to have been a passenger on the liner Belgenland under an assumed name. That theory would account for Fuji mura's reported n?r vousness and depression while on the trip to Halifax and back. It was claimed. Farmers Will Cut Sowing of Wheat WASHINOTON. Aug. 26 (AP The agriculture department announc ed today that famrers intended plant 12 per cent less winter wheat next fall than was harvested thi. year. The iepartment said if farmers generally carry out the intentions as reported thus far they will sow 37. 344.000 acres as compared with 42,- 422.000 acres in 1930. This is the smallest acreage ported as intended since intentions were first determined in 1923. ajid is the fourth successive year that pros pec 1 1 ve acrea ge h as bee n less than the preceding year. reckless Driving on sams valley route TABLE ROCK. Ore.. Aug. 28 --(Spl ) Residents along the Sams Vailey Medford road complain that travel on this road is becoming unsafe, ow ing to fast and reckless driving, done mostly by young peopl? with no other Ed motive than to see how fast and reckless they can drive. Thrilling Rescue for PToman Air Passenger FOR GREAT AREA SHANGHAI Aug. 28. ( AP)Kuo Min. Chinese news agency, tonight said eight miles of embankment along wie grant, canal at Kaoyu. northern Kiangsu province, had collapsed, ln- unaaung several hundred square mil en of territory and adding to he already enormous toll of death and damage by floods in the Yangtae valley. The report said high winds, whip ping already swollen waters, caused the break. Several towns and villages were Inundated and many persons were believed to have drowned. Scores of corpses were seen floating down the canal and thousands of homeless persons were forced to cling to trees, roofs and, ridges to keep from being swept away. These flood waters, combined with a storm, caused more damage along the lower canal towns of Yangchow. Nantung, Tsmgklangpu and Wuhu. CALIFORNIA GETS LOS ANGELES, Aug. Ii8. AP A specttcular electrical storm during the night damaged power lines, near ly electrocuted one man. wetted down arid southern California and today had put a damper on a six-day heat wave that brought temperatures ranging from 87 to 114 In the Im perial valley. A continuation of the electrical disturbance was predicted by the government meteorologist. He aald the storm was one of the heaviest ever to strike southern California. An unidentified man was knocked un conscious by a lightning bolt at Man Itattan beach. NEW YORK. Aug. 28, -(AP) Un- kept and unshaven. Charles Rosen thal, youthful broker and heir to large estate, appeared at a police station in the Bronx today and aald he was kiduaped, blindfolded and held prisoner in a New York apart ment lor more than two. weeks. He said he was released today by his captors, who tossed him uncere moniously out of an automobile In the Bronx, then sped away. During his absence his attorney, Edward Nathan, announced he had received letters demanding $100,000 ransom. Traps were set for the kidnapers, but they failed. Efforts by relatives to communicate with the missing 34-year-old brokers' cap tors through the "agony" columns of newspapers also were without result. Rosenthal, who lives In Lawrence, L. I., said that on August 11 he took a young woman to a mid town restaurant for dinner, then entered a taxlcab with her. driving toward, the Bronx. They were stopped by three dark men in another car. who overpowered the broker, blindfolded hlra and took him to a flat he be lieves In Manhattan. He was not Injured. .Jitter .detectives., who continued to question Rosenthal, said his story Indicated the young woman was used as a decoy. During the entire period of his captivity. Rosenthal, said, he was forced to wear glasses with pieces of paper pasted on the lenses. He was bound securely. 1 Americans Plan Japan to Coast Hop Next Week TOKYO. Aug. - 28. ( AP) Don Moyle and C. A. Allen. American avl ators, announced today they planned to start a non-stop flight early next week for Seattle, Wash., from Samu shtro Beach, Northern Hondo Island, 380 miles north of Tokyo. They have completed repairs and Improvements on the monoplane In which Hnrold Bromley and Harold datty filled to make the flight'last year and which also failed to carry Thomas Ash on the same Journey this year. A new tail has been fitted to ie machine and its gasoline capacity has been Increased to 1120 gallons by trimming the length of the prop I lor an Inch on each end, the fliers hope they increased It cruising speed from 95 to 115 miles an hour. 4 Famous Bucker Performs Today For Pendleton Treasurer Anti-Smith Or ganization Defies Senate Probers Records All Turned Over to Bishop WASHINGTON, Aui. 28 (API A second witness associated with Bishop Cannon's antl-Smltli cam paign of 198 J. Sidney Prtera, 01 Newport News. Va. today refused to testily before the senate cam paign funds committee. GLOUCESTER. Mass. Aug. 28 (AP) Mrs. Mildred Flneson of New York, one of the three women pas- . o-n.Am.r ran sengers sooara un Airways p sne tnai la nieht. today from her hospital bed. told a graphic story of the plunge Into the sea She prsised tne v"' radio man and told how h. nurvivors as they ciung for what seemed r, plane wings and the small Inflated ed Portsmouth K. n. - . ,h.. th. Suddenly we -r. was attempting to land some in. pilot "here. Suddenly, and without ,h. shin struck the water. . . . unrl. I WS atunnea ior . - tnrnTa Into a Jumbled neap i irnlni?. I w I was thrown "As I slowly recovered my senses I saw the pilot and radio man help ing the passengers to the wing of the plane. The water was very rough and the waves were breaking over owr heads. I thought the end was near. The ship was sinking rspldly and I was weakening. "The radio man kept diving Into the water-filled cabin to get the safety raft which was in a bag. The pilot, who was bleeding bsdly from a wound in the head and was weak helped him. -The bag was located finally and inflated Just In time. The air was rapidly leaving the Inflated raft and I felt that the raft couldn t sp us up much longer when the fishing boat came in J1 Lunched a dory and soon had us safelr aboard." Mrs. Hill Finalist Western Tourney HIGHLAND PARK. III., Aug. 28. (API Mrs. O. S. Hill of Kansas City won a thrilling overtime match today from Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, 1 up in 19 holes to become finalist with Mrs. Leona Preasler of Ban Gabriel. Calif., in the women's west ern golf csmplonshlp. Mrs. Preasler romped Into the finals by defeating June Bee be, an other Chicagoan. 6 and 4. Mrs. Hill won on the 18th hole In the face of a heavy wind which made good golf difficult. Miss Van Wle slsshed her second out of bounds on the 10th snd took 8 to get on the green. Mrs. Hill was over the green with ."ler 4th, played safely and wound up with a 7 to win on the par ft hole. Roseburg Flier Lands in Forest ROSEBURO, Ore, Aug. 28 (API Earl Branson. Roseburg pilot, return ed here today after making the first airplane landing at Capajlls,', for merly an Indian rendezvous In the heart of the Ompqua national forest John Ewell, Roseburg sportsman, accompanied Branson on the trip and remained on the Cmpqua river to fish. PENDLETON. Ore., Aug. 28 (AP) New arrivals continued to pour Into Pendleton today for the second day of the twenty-second annual round up. Semi-finals In arena events were to be run off today with the finals held over for Saturday. One of the fea lures on today's program was tne scheduled appearanca of "Midnight," a horse which It Is said never has been ridden successfully. Ike Rude, Montana, won first place In the roDlna contest yesterday when he roped, "busted" and tied his long horn steer In 17 3 seconds. . . 4 Four Million For England's Credit NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (AP) It was believed In Well Street banking cir cles today that the new Prmnco Amertcan credit to Oreat Britain would approximate MO0.CO0.000. Negotiations still were In progress between New York. London and Pans by transatlantic telephone today, and an early announcement of conclusion of an agreement was expected. , Urge Construction Two Roads to Sea PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 28 (API- Delegates from four northwest Ore gon counties at a meeting .held here last night adopted a resolution urg ing Immediate construction of two short routes from Portland to the s. "This body goes on record asking th itat highway commission to be gin Immediate construction of the Wilson river and Vernonla-Hsmiet routes, the resolution read. ..(laiiinuruN. Aue. 28 I API rvr a second time. Miss Ads L. Bur roughs, treasurer or the ailll-Smlth democratic organlratlon headed by Bishop Cannou in 1928 today refused to testify before the senate campaign In a prepared statement Miss Bur. mugha said "none of the books, ac counts, checks, or other document. called for by the committee's sub poena ore now in my nossesslon It waa Mlas Burroughs to whom msnop cannon l: a London state. ment last night laid he had turned over some of the funis withdrawn by him fur political accounts In sev eral nanka In 1028. i aecune to answer," Miss Bur roughs said when Nye called her at tention to the recent order of the District of Columbia supreme court refusing to grant Bishop Cannon a rll of prohibition agalnat the com mlltee continuing Its Inquiry Into nis poitcai actvltles. Ierllnea Answer . Senator Wagner, democrat. New York, then asked her who were the other olflcers of the anti-Smith or ganisation. "I decline to give any testimony,' she replied. "Is thst a secret?" asked Wagner. There waa no answer. "You don't want to answer any questions dealing with Bishop Can nons handling of money: thon I would liko to ask you If you were treasurer of the anti-Smith commit tee," Wagner pursued. I decline to testify," she replied. Thst is a matter of record," re minded Wagner. "Yes, It Is a matter of record." "Who advised you not to testify?" Wsgner Inquired. "Isdecllr.e to say." "All the books, accounts, records, etc," the statement explained, "which were In my possession as treasurer of the headquartera committee anti- Smith democrats, were retained in my possession for the ststutory per lod of two yeara from the time of the receipt of all moneys by said committee, and were thereafter turn- Today's BASEBALL American R. New York 4 Philadelphia 8 Ruffing. Wills, Johnson and Dick ey: Mahaffey. Earnshaw and Coch R. St. Loula l Cleveland 13 Gray, Klmsey and Perrell; and Myatt. H. B. 4 3 18 0 Harder National R. H. E Pittsburgh ..' 4 8 2 8t. Louis 81 French snd Grace; Hhem. Llndsey. Hallahan and Wilson. 4 Roosevelt Urges Income Tax Hoist of 50 Per Cent ALBANY. N. Y Aug. 28. (AP) A fifty per cent Increase in the state personal Income tax waa recommend ed to rhe New York legislature by Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt today as part or his program for unemploy ment relief. Other recommendations Included: Appropriation of 820.000.000 to be expended under the supervision ot a commission of three appointed by the governor, principally on public work thia winter. Authorise cities and counties for one year to Issue three-year bonds to provide relief for unemployment by publlo works. A five-day week In all state or municipal publlo works contracts. (Continued on page 6 Htory S) LUMBER EXPORT PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 28 (AP) During the week ending August 22, 343 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's asaoclatton operated at 3A 04 per cent, capacity, compared with 38.02 per cent capacity for the preceding week and 48.77 per cent for the corresponding week a year ago. Current new business reported by 224 Identical mills was 17.33 per cent over production and shipments were 14 88 per cent over. . New export business showed an In crease of about 4.&00.000 feet over the previous week, while domestic cargo orders Increased more than 8.- 000.000 feet from the previous week and local orders Increased 1,600 000 feet. New rsll business Incressed 50.000 fret. Women Sarcastic On Rum Job Bar BALTIMORE, Aug. 28. ( AP) An swering Prohibition Director Wood cock's defense of his ban on the employment of women as Informers, the Business and Professional Wom en Council of Maryland asserted In a letter made publlo today that If prohibition enforcement "la not fit for women It Is not fit for men.' The organisation protested against the order earlier this week as dis criminatory. A reply from Colonel Woodcock said that he believed the purport of ,hls order hsd been misunderstood. I Henderson Leads British Laborites LONDON. 'Aug. 28. (AP) Arthur Henderson, former foreign secretary. elected leader ot the British labor party today to succeed Ramaay Mac Donald. Henderson will lead the labor op position In the coming special ses sion of parliament against Prime Minister MscDousld's national gov ernment. . MEDFORD RELIEF : AGENCIES TO BE UNDER ONE HEAD Sparrow, Harder, Meeker Named As Emergency Committee at Meeting of Various Charity Agencies Government Buys Planes and Engines WASHINOTON, Aug. 28. (AP) The war department today an nounced approval of contract for 71 airplanes and B2 engines and other equipment at cost nf $2,671.-787. Ohio Blue jays War Upon Pedestrians NORWAI.K, O (UP) Bluejsys hsve declared war on Norwalk. Persons wslking through a clump of trees at a atreet Intersection hsve heard the wsrnlng scream of half a doxen of the birds and been driven at a run from the scene, Arthur Pesrl, J. E. Osborn and Paul Clark suffered fsclsl scratches from the beaks and claws of the Jays. Officials attributed the attacks to snnoysnces suffered by the birds from boys violating their nests and molesting their eggs and young. Coiiiraltcatlon of all relief work In Medford for the- coming year to In carried on by various agencies under the leadership of Governor Meier's emergency employment committee wss effected yesterday evening at the meeting of the board of directors of the Community Cheat, other relief organisations and representatives of the city and county governments in session at the chamber of commerce. ine local emergency committee Is composed of County Judge Alex Sparrow, B. K. Harder and Claranos Meeker, - .... All organisations agreed to work through thia committee and pledged their support to the plans under con. slderatlon. It waa the -consensus of oolnloei that as much relief work as possible should be provided by city, county and state governments. It was urg4 that city and county budgets be made to provide tor aa much emer gency work ss possible. Iri. Hoad Work A motion waa passed aoneallna to the state to continue highway ine provementa and construction ,of county roads during the winter. using as much hand labor aa practi cal. It waa especially urged that Uie construction on tha Green Springs roads be completed.. The Community Chest wilt be . pec ted to care for the relief work which cannot be covered by the gov ernment agencies. A committee was appointed to work out a new budget for the Communi ty Obese, Member ar t. O, Mann. W. W. Allen. H. A. Thlerolf, Dr. James O. Hayes and John Orth. The Salvation Army, which with drew from t.le Chest last year. Is expected to apply for membership. The chest board of directors, mem bers of tha governor's aomoiitt-.. Mayor K. M. Wilson, renresentatrvsa of the Red Cross. Salvation Army. Boy Scouts. Central civic council, women's clubs and tha press attended yesterday's meeting. Credit to British Will Be Advanced LONDON, Aug. 38 (AP) The tressury tonight announced that ne gotiations hsve been concluded by which credits ot 82uO.O0O.OOO In the United States end 8.000.000,000 francs (about .l 00,000,000) in France will be granted If further suport of the British pound Is found necessary. ( Fishermen Killed By Lightning Bolt WASHINOTON. Aug. 28 (Ar Lightning killed two men at Chess. peaks Beach, a resort near hen. last night while they were fishing irom a pier. They were: Charles Al ru worth. 38. of Wilmington, Del, and William Newmeyer. 48. of Washington. LINDBERGH'S MOTHER f HEARS RADIO SPEECH NEW YORK. Aug. 28 (AP) Mrs. Evsngellne Lindbergh, mother of tlw flying colonel, was thrilled by her son's speech, broadcast from Tokyo, she Informed officials of the Nation al Broadcasting company In a tele gram today, she tuned In at her home In Detroit. . Irrigation Tour CORVALLIS. Ore, Aug. 28. (AP) The second annual western Ore gon Irrigstlon tour, arranged by Ore gon State college, will visit eight Willamette vslley counties September 3 snd 4. President Proclaims Fire Prevention Week WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 (API- President Hoover today proclaimed tbe week of October 4 aa fir preven tion week and solicited "th assis tance of each cltlren to help lessen the loss, needless wsste, end suffering from fires Isrgely preventable." The president said fires In the United Bute last year caused a di rect property loss estlmsted at nearly 900.000.000. an Increase of aso.ooo.. 000 over 1829. and thst deat.hs and injuries resulting from fires exceeded 38.000 In 1930. The proclsmatlon follows: "It hss become customary for the president of the United Stales to re quest sn annual observance of fire prevention week throughout the na tion to stimulate the Interest and cooperation of officials, organisations snd cltisens in diminishing th losses of life and property from tire. "Last year fires In the United States caused a direct property lose estimated at nearly 8SOO.000.000, an Increase of 840,000.000 over 1929. "Deaths and Injuries to men. wom en snd children exceeded 38,000 In 1910, "How. therefore. X, Herbert Hoover, president of the United States of Amerlrs. do ,'wreby, proclaim the week ot October 4, 1931, to be ob served ss fire prevention week." f GOLDEN CROW GIVEN SENTENCE OF DEATH RANOOON. Burma. Aug. 28 (AP) Th Burmese rebel. Saya San. known as "Th Golden Crow," who raised an army and led It In revolt last January, and 18 of his Iteuten snu were sent need to death to day by a special tribunal. : Will ROGERS .says: KKVKRMT HILLS Cal., Au. . 2ft. A lot of differeut natiori. alities were working with U8 on a movie let Thursday, aH 'rep- renentative of different court- ' tries. We all ait around and gab between scenes. The Chi naman "My country, very bad, what will he' the end" The Ruxaian: "Poor Russia, what hopes onn it have!" The Kn'Hsliman : "We were never in such a bad way. Who knows how we will como outt"I said, "Roys, I sure would like to tell you and I will just as soon as I find out where we're going ourselves." inr temptatlonf compartment.