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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
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1RED BONES TAXPAYERS' GROUP
AT ADDED NAMED TO ADVISE
VELATIONS 0N m'm
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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