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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather woiiivlit ' ntifl KiiiwIiiv rT Komeiiliat cooler tulliRllt. To Subscribers If your Mall Tribune Is not deliv ered lo you promptly. Telephone 55. (Wire 0en until 7 every evening. Please rail us before that time and a copy will be delivered to your home. E, wirrday -102. r, (his morning; s? Cty-Sixth Year today's news today nnrann xuluxvku, UKKUON, SATURDAY. AUIUTST ''). 1SMI T,n, , ,. ' i cum jiurto 10 1,)3- fP Ufa (ft fl l W7rfT n r n w7nn' piAnnn jrimonial Agent Calm in lecital of Brutal Death I Widow and Three ildren Wife Absolved UgsBURG. W. Va., Aug. 29. .4 confession mat, ne slew Airs, julck Eicher and three chll ns obtained lata today from ,? Powers, alias Cornelius O. L 42, police said. nun admitted ne Drougni me I Ud children here from their pjdge. Ills.; home last month tiled them "with a hammer and Angulation," the officers said. were no dctaus oi me Kin- (in the statement. Colin In Recital Ins was calm as he talked with b from Park Ridge and Clarks- Ile Rev. T. B. Gainer, pastor Baptist, church here said the raw like a baby" while talking him shortly before the state ru announced by the police, i brief confession said : -name Is Harry P. Powers, alias plus 0. Plcrson. in, In the month of July, 1031, p Mrs. Asta' Eicher and her children, Harry, Greta and u by using a hammer and by Inlatlcm. and I further state Ibj wife and slster-ln-law had kg to do with the slaylngs and tnocent of anything In connec tlth these murders. . this statement of my own and accord and without isd promise of Immunity.' minorities did not turn aside Ir examination of Powers to the veracity of reports n hones were found In the oi a burned house owned by Wo.. . This hU8ewas" near Vw four bodies were found SfTRAIN OVER DDIE LINK WILL I IN NOVEMBER u u ii uu ia u to - vwu vmm m M i XMJ vm m vm? M m Vnilrnn nnniip.1, r - . x.iai 1RED BONES TAXPAYERS' GROUP AT ADDED NAMED TO ADVISE VELATIONS 0N m'm r : ' Danipls, Miles, Arnspicjcr, Emcrick and Gates Ap pointed by County Court Letter Is Answered The county court announced today that It had selected the following committee of citizens and taxpayers to assist and advise in the construc tion of the new county courthouse: T. E. Daniels, T. w. Mile.-,. Olen Arns piger, V. J. Emerlck and W. A. Gates. The committee will act In an advis ory capacity, on details and other matters. Investigation shows imnnt a letter puoiisnea in tnc Mall Tribune, sign- Today's BASEBALL American Wash lug ton Boston Mar berry and Spencer; and Ruel. R. E. 7 2 8 0 Durham (Second game) Washington a 8 1 Boston 3 8 1 Fischer, Hadlcy and Spencer; Rus sell and Berry. American R. H. E. New York 4 6 1 Philadelphia 7 8 0 Gomez, Andrews, Rhodes and Dickey; Grove, Walberg and Cochrane Chicago io 13 2 Detroit 4 8 6 Praster and Orube; Bridges, Her ring, Sullivan and Hayworth. ed "R. G. ing facts: M., Ashland, the follow- and Myntt St. Louis a Cleveland 6 Blaeholder and Bengough; n o a Hudltn County seat moved to Medford by vote of people and not by the county court; $265,000 from O. & C. funds to build courthouse, ani said amount was confirmed by vote cf people. County shops. Including new cranes, etc., cost $18,529.51 o:id not $80,000. Old shops were Inadequate both as to size and efficiency. Jacksonville Jail cost about $20, 000 and not $70,000. Said Jail was not wrecked but is still being used by the city of Jacksonville. The steel cells were moved to the present temporary courthouse and can be taken out without Injury to the city hall. The county owns all the office fix tures and does not pay rent to the city of Medford for the Bame. The offices of district Attorney and county agent are in the Liberty build ing because the temporary courthouse docs not have the room to house them. The county pays the rent. The county roads were not built properly nor maintained until an en gineer's Bcrvlccs were acquired. The state law requires- a registered "pro fessional engineer, approved by the Oregon state highway commission, to supervise all market rr-p.ds. The master mechanic has charge or all crushing plants and machinery, and his services auc required In the field during construction periods. During winter months he has charge t of all overhauling In te shops. Nut Imiul Cincinnati , 5 Chicago 14 Johnson, StrcMckt Root and Hartnett. and Sukefort.'i; Philadelphia at New York; Boston at Brooklyn, postponed, rain. ROSEBURG COUPLE M ADMIT EXTORTION acDONALD HEADS NEW BRITISH COALITION CABINET PUN M FAILED Young Mother and Grocery Store Proprietor Jailed for Attempt Mulct Douglas Business Man of $1000 FHANC1SCO, Auk. 20. (Al'l Ns of the Western Pacific N from Ketltllc. Calif., to to meet the Great Northern reported at the general tore today to be "ahead of :h The estlmntc of when Pi train would move from one the other umn nrlvnnprd wmber to "some time In thMule originally laid down Joining of the two systems 1 wmmer of 1032. Work hnn until the Drosocct Is 't spike will be driven 'TO months earlier than cn 1 "M forecast. ld here today the connec ! Member would be followed Fjt the new route to freight by December, and' to pas- ""K some time in the t 1932. e "rt Architects. PSOTON, Aug. .20. (AP) r? Mellon tnrinv flnnmmrPd r Of Johnson and Wall- " Portland, ore., for archltec- in flMlnlvHntl with MMartin ... . a,1,e In llyln1 1 U. you've ot V Party Repudiates Ramsay MacDonald LONDON, Aug. 29. (AP) The Sno ham harbor labor party which Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald repre sents in the house of commons to; day recommended that he be asked to resign his seat. This action by the party executive wlilcVi will be referred to a mcctlnc of party deleRates. carne soon after the prime minister had been read out of the party by the Hampstcad divi sion for his participation In the new national government. This Is the organization through which Mr. Mac Donald holds his membership In the labor party. Tariff Commission Member Is Suicide BAILEY'S ISLAND, Maine. Aug. 29. (AP) Alfred P. Dennis, member of the United States tariff commission, committed suicide by drowning in Casco Bay here early today. The body was found on the sand where it had been left by the reced ing tide. Members of his family said he had been despondent because of 111 health. Cmv Trample'! EUGENE. Ore.. Aug. Report received Henry Puson. Vet. 29 (API here today sain year-old Civil war Order 15,000 to 25,000 Men Back On Job Sep- : tember 8 -v 50,000 Will Be Recalled by Mid-Month nOSEBURO, Ore., Aug. 29. (AP) verda Bice. 19, divorcee and mother of a small girl, and J. Glenn Palst, 36 Roseburg grocery store proprietor, were arrested todny and charged with attempting to extort money from prominent Roseburg . business man, Sheriff V. T. Jackson said he had ob' taiued a full confession from both. Sheriff Jackson said Palst waa tho man who escaped from a trap laid for him here Atigust 10 after letters demanding money had been turned over to authorities. , Needed Money The confessions, Sheriff Jackson said, told of Mrs. Bice's coming to Roseburg from Kansas last fall. She had been unable to obtain employ ment and was having difficulty in providing for her parents and her daughter. Recently she had beon keeping company with Palst, who came here throe months ago from Nebraska. I Both needed money, Sheriff Jack sun saia ine coniessions tola, ana they conceived the extortion plot They wrote letters to a Roseburg business man. demanding $1000. The man placed a lotter in a designated spot refusing payment. Later he re ceived another letter which he turned over to authorities. Ksea)cd lender The Then he placed a can containing paper In tho place specified In the letter and officers lay In wait. A man appeared to reclaim tho cacho but when the officers hailed him ho turned and ran and escaped In a hail of bullets. . Sheriff Jackson Bald identification was made through a typewriter Palst had borrowed from his brother, who lives here, and which ho had used to wrlto tho lettors. DKROIT, Aug. 29. (AP) Tho Ford Motor Co.. which on August 1 sharp ly curtailed its manufacturing force today announced that between 15,000 and 25.000 men had been ordered to return to work September 8. Officials of the company said they expected 60.000 men to be recalled by tlio moddlc of September. Tho com pany made no announcement of any change In (lie 1,'ircc day a week work ing schedule which has been In effect for many months. In normal times the plants of the Ford company employ more than 100,000 workers at a minimum wage of $7 a day. The number was nharp ly reduced following the break In the motor car market In the fall of 1020. Since then the majority of 1,1c em ployees have been on a three day week basis, although some depart ments have varied the schodulo up to an occasional flvcrday week, cats. f c, veteran, had been unocKiu ""' trampled by a cow he was leading to a milking shed nesr Cottage Orove. He was saved by hla grand son, the reports '" . A barn. In which three horses and a supply of hay were burned, was completely destroyed this morning at 3:30 by a fire at Central Point, ac cording to word received from there. Only one horse and one cow could be saved from the burning structure. T.he fire occurred on the Paul Mar tin place, which waa rented to A. Ayres. Mr. Ayres had sub-rented the barn to another party. The barn was said to be covered by Insurance. The origin of the blaze was not known. Mrs. Ira Love, who resides next to the Martin place, discovered the flames, and turned In the alarrn Kahn Sees Relief in Unfettered Capital ' , 20(1PI-Oln operation for some time, has CHICAGO Augy 29. (A ,!,,, by 0 means undiluted. H. Kahn. New Yorlt,Hb""?" thBt Mr. Kahn said it was "significant patron of the artsa d d. , Englnd vht lhc n.tu. the pressing problenu in tne i , capitalism have been States, particularly nicu'tarly hampered- . tb. could best be solved witnia !untry ,m0,t beaet by troublous framework of capitalism pr0D,ems. includln the large On his annual PrilM Mr employment." wherew Prance. 'In vlnla. Chicago's outdoor opera. Mr ernp ocUllr snd 0. declared n.mseu ; ..,, has been least nampr Kahn - . . . nf indlviau' ; nun." ........ .h iiovAf- in "tne s3 - , .,. mnt DrosDeroun !...- . , . -ntrn jk- i is ii, t ... !hw hardly any unemployment. itftt or remeoiai me".,-. enort. "-" '-.., ufortu incnrrkrt V aDQ (Ktii i . . nately termed ,P1W""";'. ,,.! which he considered might . help out Th, economic """" u I the "existing sltustion """' -..ti in the uiu . . w- not traceable to th. system of cap -1 espetr- ,.n.m whatever criticism -,.. th Clayton Kahn placed first modlfl- he said lie .gain... , asMMlntj Interview, "moreover in morilfication h- rnm' and "ruiw. act, nd aecona of th Vol:ea n dbolinh merit of pro- BALEM. Ore., Aug. 20. (AP) Re ports of retaliation by officials of Washington state because of the Ore gon products campaign reached the executive off Ires here today, but a statement concerning the action taken at Olympta yesterday would not be made, It was said. Governor Julius L. Meier, sponsor of the move ment, was confined to his home at Portland by Illness and could not be reached. Tho state-wide huy-at-homc cam paign, which was declared responsible for a Portland bidder to lose a con tract for seeding the capltol grounds at Olympla, and the awarding of the work to a Tacoma firm at an In creased price of about 20 per cent, caused comment at the statehouse here, but no official recognition of the act was forthcoming. All statements Issuing from the executive office on the campaign urging the use of Oregon products, stressed quality and price considera tion, it was pointed out, and no state line barrier bad been encouraged. The state of Oregon gives the same consideration to out-of-state bidders, quality and price equal, as bidders In Oregon, wit,1! the exception of the 6 per cent differential In favor of state bidders as provided by law. It was announced. 4. Wife Shot Down Protecting Mate BUTLER, Mo., Aug. 29. (API- Earl Steel, a farmer living near Cut ler, reported to officers that his wife. Iris, 32, was shot to df.atti last midnight as she sought to pro tect him from the blows of two rob bers who had forced their way Into the Steel home. Mrs. Steel was shot twice In the forehead with a revolver. Her hus band said she attacked one of the robbers with a hatchet while the man was kicking' Steel, who had been knocked down because he pro tested against the holdup. 4 COMMITTFF NAMED FOR HORSE SHOW SALEM. Aug.- 29. (AP) Oovernor; Julius L. Meier, through th execu-; tlve offices here, today announced , the appointment of a horse show j committee for the state lair, which opens at Salem, September 20. Those on the committee are Aaron W. Prank. L. R. Banks and H. W Ray of Portland and T. A. Llvesey. E. P. 8l1e and H. R. Ctuwford of Salem. (-r r.r;nnHH .1 11.' 1 naavvmmu rruji rioro y MacDonald (rlflht above) Accepted King George's man- ,.v w mvcu m new naiionai novirnmnr n uh . ! Stanley Baldwin (upper left) Comerv. i I..H.; ".,7'" ?r0".? Prt'e'Pt MOBSMEN RIDDLE OF SIX INJURED IN BLOUNSTOWN. Flu., Aug. 20. (AP) Two negroes were lynched 16 miles south of iiero lute last night alter they had been released from Jail on bond. They wore charged with attacking Prazlor Williams, a forest ranker. The negroes, Richard and Charley Smoke, father and son, were shot to death by a fusillade or rifle and plntol shots. A coroner's Investiga tion held the men enme to their deaths at t,'ie hands of a band ol masked men. Authorities said William struck a negro during an argument at a tur pentine camp last Tuesday and an other negro took, up the fight beating the White man severely. The Smokes were arretted soon afterwurdn and were Imprisoned until late yesterday i Several hours after their release, tlm mob seized them, marched them along a road for some distance and'then started shooting, Their bodies were riddled. 4 Gangster Victim Shot Through Eye Found in Street NEW YOftK, Aug. 29 (AP) After single day of calm, police were faced with another gangster killing today when a policeman stumbled over the body of a man Identified as Leonard DeMlcu, 30, of Brooklyn, A single bullet hole th tough the left eye had taken his lire, an am bulance aurgeon said. His body whs found a short distance from the club room where three men were found stabbed and clubbed to death a week ago. About the same time H detectives and several squad of he-ivlly armed police surrounded an apartment house on Bu sli wick avenue In Brooklyn, and captured seven men, five pistols and a quantity of ammunition . A German Aviatrix Arrives in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 20. ( AP) Mnrga von Etfcdorf, German aviatrix and first filer to cro?s Siberia alone, ar rived at the Haneda international Irport on the ouuklru of Tokyo today, completing Journey from Berlin. She was the first foreigner to land at Haneda, the airdrome having been opened only last Tui- y. Hereafter It will be available to foreign fliers. AKE OSWEGO BLAZE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE PORTLAND. . Ore., Aug. 29 (AP. A brush fire which threatened summer homes at Lake Oswego 1st Friday was controlled during the night and little dsmsge was done. While vlrtuslly all danger was be lieved past today, a large crtw of men remained to watch the smoul dering brush. PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 20. (AP) Four cowboys, a photographer and an Indluu girl waro Injured, none seri ously. In Lhe seml-fluals of tho Lwcnly-second annual round-up here Friday. Mnrtha Johnson, Lit pier, Ida., In dian, was badly shaken when lior pony sltppocl and threw her In the squaw race. After receiving first aid she was nblo to return Xo her tepee in tho Indian village. Wlbal Patton, Pendleton photogra pher, suffered minor hrtHses when he was tossed by u charging Brnhma slcer, PORTLAND, Oro., Aug. 20 (API High temperatures and low humidity wero reported from'hiauy points In Oregon yesterday.. The highest temperature reported waa at Medford w.'iero the mercury climbed to 10'i degrees. Salem was nearly as hot VUb a temperature of 101 degree. Others reported ai follows: Oak ridge 100, Roseburg ItH, Portland 1"). Seaside 03, Marshflcld 74. At Portland the humidity dropped to 10 per cent. At Onkrldge It was down to 20 and at Eugene, 27. OF PORTLAND. Ore.. Au. 29. (AP) Congressman W. O. Hawley, in an in terview published In the Oregon lan today, la quoted as opposed to an In crease in federal taxos by the next congress. Hawley Is chairman of tho ways and mans committee of the lower house, the committee to which revenue measures aro referred. "There ore two ways by which the dfftelenry In the trepsiuy may h nut, pOM'.tbly three." tho Orcgonlan quotes Haitl'ty, "One w.iy la to in crease taxes; the other la to Increase j grower PUN 10 PROVE FOOD VALUE OF Scientific Analysis in Campaign to larize Product -Women Backing Needed Popti- - Club Move Indebtcdneu; the third combine tlon of the two. 1TI19 Uuit li not likely to receive much consideration.' Hnwley, aft quoted i:y the Oreio nlan, believes "resubmission of the IHlh Amendment would be uttorly useless." He believes there are still 1:1 dry stales In the union, enough to defeat repeal or modification of the amendment. AGED MAN DIES FROM BURNS IN BRUSH FIRE OltKOON CITY. Ore., Aug. 29. (AIM C. N. Eggf-rth, B3, burned In brush fire last Saturday, died here yesterday. Eggerth had started a brush fire and when It got out of control he started to warn neighbors. His cloth ing caught while he was trying to climb over a fence and before he Hood River. Rebuilt Masonic hall could freo himself the flames reached to be completed soon. him Mail Order Lothario Used Form Letters C1.AHKHHURO. W. Vs., Aug. 'IV. -(AP) Harry K. powers, alias Cor nelius O. I'ieTson, 4fi-year-old ope- tiitrr of a one-man mslrimolilal Bency. who is held here for mur der of Mrs. Asta Bulclc Eicher and her three children of PsrK fudge. Ill, prepsred hand wrlt'cn form letters to reply to lovelorn women who answered hla adverUaenw. nis. A score of the letters wero found by police. They said: "My ae Is. Height B7 Inches Have clear blue eyes, medium dark hair and weigh I7S pounds. "As civil engineer I have an In come of 400 per month. But In addition I have a much larger In come from oil and gas royalties, tho detail of which I will give you later My wife can have anything that money can buy. but above all. I et pect to give her that true love and devotion every one of us craves so much. "Desth haa taken my previous wife from me. leaving me quite alone and very lonely. I am longing for some one to take her pfuce. Some one to fill that empty space In my heart. women are the sweetest, purest and most unselfish part of the hu man race. They sing the melody of human life. Any man who has experienced a mother's devotion, wife's self-sscriricing love gr sweetheart's affection, knows that this Is true. "Ho I am trying In this msr,n,r to find the one. the only one that can mnke a home a paradise, a pisce of rest, a haven of content where loved ones swalt and to whom I can look forward with pleasure and anticipation. Who knowa but what you may be that one?" "Won't you please write to me? Please do. Any questions that you care to ask of me will be answered to the best of my ability and any thing that you care to tell me will be considered as atrlctly confidential. 'I have a small photo of myself. May I send It? And yours will be greatly appreciated. Do send It. "Again, please write. Tou ahall never have any cause for regret. Use the enclosed envelope and tell me lota about yourself. Please do. "Anxiously awaiting yours, I am most sincerely"' Plans for promotion of a scientific analysis of the pear, the pride and glory of Vie Rogue River valley, to determine Its food value Bnd othor qualities, are now under considera tion here, Dr. h. D. Inskcep announc ed todcy. The reeonrch work Involved In tho project will belonc by tho University of Oregon medical school, according to the plan, If asoo can bo raised by local orchardlsts to finance tho un dertaking. Correspondence carried on wun ur. Kicnard 8. Dlllehunt. doan of the medical school, reveals great Interest In such a program In support of home enterprise, but a lack of funds for carrying on t,ho work thru the school. Need Long Heett Need for a campaign to acquaint the people with the actual food con tent and other assets of the pear ss a member of the family diet has beon realized for sometime, Dr. Inakeop said this morning, but little definite action has been taken In the direc tion of accomplishing such an end. Othor fruits have been launched in the markets with the aid of such pro motion work for years. Oranges and bananas hav long been allied with vitamin and oalory talk and it la now time for the pear to reveal Its qual ities, growers and all other Interested persona of the valley agrco. , Club Women Aid ' : ' An extensive progVam to Increase the use of pears here. Inspired by editorials recently appearing In tho Mall Tribune, will be started this week by women's olubs of Medford. The analysis will prove Vienetlcial to this and other projects under con sideration to stimulate the consump tion of Rogue 'River Valley pears, In the Interest of the desired re search program, Dr. Inskeep met with the heads of the University of Ore gon medical school In Portland last June. He has since carried on corre spondence with the medical school and fruit growe.-a. Hchool Interested ' Dr. Dlllehunt In his last letter regarding the work states: "The UnlTsrslty of Oregon Medical school Is interested In and enthusi astic in supporting home enterprises of all sorts and is Interested In re ssarch work to determine the food value and other qualities of poars." . However, due to limitation of school funds, tHtieulelly t,'ie research fund, he explain, such work would have to be flnamed by the fruit themselves, Tho reports would necessarily be published In a suitable scientific journal as a part of the general advance of knowledge before the growers could use the In formation tor advertising purposes. The work would reqnire six months' time and a sum of asoo. Jn conclusion Dr. Dlllehunt aald: "I do not know whether the organi zation .has available funds for re search, but I am sure that our de partment of physiology and nutrition would be glad to cooperate upon the basis Indicated If It meets with your approval," ... NEW YORK POLICEMEN ' TOO SLOW ON DRAW NEW YORK. Aug. 20. (AP) Under new rules Instituted by Com missioner Mulrooney, several hundred policemen, detailed to accompany 8nturday afternoon payrolls, accom panied paymasters with their pistols In hsnd, Instead of In holsters, to day. ... Will ROGER? .jays: HKVKRIiY IIILliS, Ci.I., Anjr. 211. No wowIit the Ki'iiulilii'iin piirly in lliin country ant dire ful to do nothing to iiidTfure with liitf bAtiUitiK interest.. Look ovpr in KukIiiihI thn la bor party whs iii'hiid but they IiikI no money. They pot out mid a different hunch in New York n nil 1'nrin bank loaned 'em a half billion dollar. money only (foes to the party that 8iiportn bit? nioney. I Hin enterinif no ero.sadn to end it. I am juxt telliifK you how it is. Yon go ahead and change, it. "Hiii ii Cm, , whn V- mil rcponslblllty. It Mimim hll)t,on