Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 30, 1931, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather i- D.mjIflV JWllftl In In. i-j-iw J 'igcnday ft": 'rMh nortn and r' -ind offshore. rtn Uy-Sixth Year today's news today Medford Mail Tribune Sunday Morning Bdltlon or the .-dford ffll Tribune with full leased I wire Amorlutrd Press, and t'altrd Press Service, all the local news, fea tures, and guaranteed A. B. c. Clr- today Arthur Brisbane .. ; And Income. L In Five Words. Borrows $65,000,000 Old Britannia. LtKlng Feature Synd.. Ine, twin have tears - to shed, .nv considerable, income Ll in New York state, pre L to shed the tears and part L income. Governor Roose nf New Yorjt announces nlan for dealing with un Hoyment, and the plan is I PUTTY i Kit UKiNT liM kSE IN STATE INCOMK Fuse believe I that ', tears L when that, news1 spreads not lie crocodile tears. Jonel Lindbergh talked in fan yesterday. Many heard here, across the thousands iles. ' fet American filer put an lm- LdI fact In live words: "There u distant countries." t world Is so small you are in to ask, Impatiently, "How long we wait to go to Mars and see MUlng new? LA, real estate men, and you want to borrow money on kige and cant marie It also, bill D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is Improv- ftw York City was a gigantic Inaction program that will show money Intelligently spent can hut big town. I a big program amounting tout I350.000.0OO In all. loixxry keeps 250,000,000 "loose," Rockefeller Is borrowing (65,- tjust to go on with, from Mr. i H. ; . Ecker. Jiead of. the fopolhan Life Insurance com- MEDFORD, 'QK EGOX, SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1931 TFuniONE 75 No- 159. c i mm. ? mm m mmm.. i ' i . i- CAR ALONGSIDE ROAD HIT, AND Wis to he the largest real es- kan'ever made on the surface OTHERS FOLLOW John Maxwell, Weed, Killed, ' Estill Collier, Medford, Seriousy Injured In Crash Four Autos In Tragedy Dead Man Visiting Kin HereAccident 15 Miles East. One man was killed, seven Injured one seriously at 7:20 last evening wnen lour automobiles figured In a collision on the Crater Lake high way near the Plaza service station about fifteen miles north of Med ford. The dead: John Maxwell. 53. Weed. Calif. The Injured: FjiMI .T rnllloi. nf TWrvilnla ivn. nue, Medford, possible Internal In juries, severe gash on the knee, and a fractured spine. Mrs. Ben Brlstow, suffering from nervous shock. Oble Brlstow. nalnfullv. but not seriously Injured. C. A. Roeder. several cracked ribs and a cut finger. nhrla TjiroAn Un nenrlv ft-V-red from crashing through windshield. u. o. uiarx, uaaty cue nana. Melvln Miller. 6. badly cut about the head. The four-way collision occurred when the J. B. Mclntyre car, park ed by the side of the road, heading south, where Collier was fixing the magneto, was struck by the Ford car firlv.ii hv Larsen. also BOlng south, Which was turned across the highway U,tih .tmpir , '-the- Buick driven Brlstow, who was traveling norui r.ao Arirflnptnn car was the last U figure In the crash, ana siruc Mclntyre Ford from tne rear. STUDY UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM m . Aaaucitlltd I'lcaa i'Hulo President Hoover and Walter S. Glfford (right) shown at the White House before they left for the President' Rapidan camp for an Inten sive study of unemployment relief. Glfford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, It the new director of relief activities. PIONEER iton'mr made on the surraoe .. ftl80 aoin(E mth hit round, -whirling and depressed I Tlle Larsen car, In which C. A t)noHf unrt o U. uiarit were isvuui i n Mwrffnrrt from the Prospect "American and French - wu ln middle of the highway h grant a loan to Britain. WC8t wnen the last c had jrjjute pajrj jQ staqe Forgers With Printing Press pword "grant" must sound strucit. The three men were driving ram iu oiayt ui ati o iniiiiy L )n n,iH,h wh.n the a Ford sedan with a Washington 11- Pnaph ririwprc flf Farlu flnprfltinn In Stato tV to British ears. When the on, Britain was rushing bll p to France and elsewhere on the E wnaiKa uuu winuwitoio wi -" MaXWell, WhO IS HUa W unc tant, sending over billions here visiting his cousins. J. R. and Roy . w-t.., r i& Mnj street, this city. n IndustrlalisU and bankers. p, French and American bank 'put" to Britain a loan less one-tenth the amount that the ph poured out to win the war. pi won It, but WAR. DOES NOT lad they know that now. i v- i ft . P aklpplng.- board, under the wrefa direction, will presently the ownership of Leviathan, 'rtoer shipping board boats. The n re both good, American con- the west and east coasts com 'I. The Dollar Line Interests 1 Herbert Flelshhacker, represent !fdnc coast. .In the' east, an Won ' company, - with Kermlt lt, son of President Roose HM Vincent Aator, would like " In neither case would bt any foreign Interest ln tlie eniip. "ct. the Rcosevelt-Astor com ' not only controls complete ! merlcan lines, but Is reaching control of foreign lines, an thing for this country. We 1 "i have foreign owners getting "w. Now we have our citizens outside lines. "I Naumestnlk. ,of Austria, walk ICM the English channel, on U. That would have been "Portent when Napoleon, was f ' a favorable wind to take ""! from Prance to England ever made the crossing and ve tried to get an army over llh planes in the air, sub under the waves, the Aus- toool teacher's Invention l recetpts for t ""ag. but unimportant, ai round operated hotels someone should Invent a cab. cense, and gave their addresses as Seattle. Maxwell, who Is said to nave ore.. iviciiitjric " is survived by his widow and three children. r, u.inTOn riiHhM to his cousin when he recovered from being hit bv the second car. Moxweu . h r.nce off the highway 111K UK'110 wh - a short distance from the Mclntrye Ford. He was dead wnen reached him. Collier had been U the Copco plant ln search for work, and was being given a ride to his home on Berrydale by the Mclntyrcs. Mr. and Mrs. Brlstow. who operate the Shady Cove service st atlon. and Melvln Miller were returning to their home at Trail, having been to Med ford for groceries. The injured people were rushed U . . , fenimttnl bv Dr. ti the aocrea nci, . . . C. Wilson, and those who were slight ly Injured were given nrst ment and taken to their nm. .... -.n were made to the city Poland state police, and Coroner H W. Conger iuii -of the accident, and took charge Upon returning to Medford, the coroner stated that Maxwells neck curu.i hadlv Bashed. was broxen, ' ghbors living nea; -the en. of the tragedy rum. - - d assisted the injured PP- Frank Pettlgrew. who "'' quarter of a mile iron. -i- pnonedto Medford toBthefJh.-cldenttotake noverarr was the Fora - Ington license. HOTEL RECEIPTS IN STATE 9 MILL! ' news Is this: Three recently replaced members lotl motion picture union with toni from the east. Yesterday. """M that committed this galnst union labor" were and two Children were In ' There, is no proof that the P union bad anything to do bombing. - did have anything to do PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. -(AP) Jrv,tl receipts for the 300 year . hotel census report ct TZJIXZ" of foreign and do- A51.000 ,,..u Aiic7 29. MWO BEAtB.'.":'.n "i'ortland. KEENE. M. H. Aug. Bt-nt miJ IAP)-m" L"7m' automobiK James W. Pre " .ft,r f .t ptfMmt had been brought was injured 't11n"n( ocean the Toungest veteran of tbe. f on hm mna tM clty eou.cll ."v" h" .rt-ward ' had ordered him to go. NEAR YREKAON HIGHWAY OPE Coach Drivers Of Early Days At Dedication Many From Medford Attend. VRS-KA fin! . Allff. 2(1. fAPl Hundreds of nersons sathered here today to honor stage coach trail- blazers to whom the new si.iuu.uuu Pacific hlKhwav bridge through Shas ta river canyon was dedicated. The ceremonies were held at Pion eer brldpe. one of the five new struc tures on the 7",i-miie highway unit. Un nennri Chase, wife of one of the pioneer stage drivers, unveiled t.hm hrnn?j dedication Dlaaue. which wat, placed on a huge boulder several tons In weight. On the boulder, a six horse stage coach and driver has been engraved. The bridge Itself was dedicated 10 the knights of the whip. The struc ture Is 207 feet high, and it extends :rom mountain to mountain. Hundreds of automobiles from both southern Oregon and California were lined on both sides of the high way, which has Just been completed. Ceremonies at the bridge were opened by the Rev. C. D. Miller. Vreka. who gave the invocation, itcp. H. L. Englebrlght. State Senator Jas. M. Allen, Assemblyman Henry mc- Ouinne.w. Judge Wm. Colvig of Med rtp. nnrt others prominent in public life, gave addresses commem orating the occasion. . The dedication ceremonies were un-h.- h snnervision of the Yreka Lions club, snd Charles Johnson, dis trict attorney and member 01 tne club, acted as chairman. Ten alitos attended from this city. ON IDWUtU GROCERY ROBBED BYT -(AP) nntm Avn nre.. Aue. 39 .....n. - I n Ktore was crowded .... .....mera here tonight, three manager, cures" .-- hold-up men roboen me -j... mestic commerLr. from about 400 ana esc.p Six resort hotels P"n,M000 omol)1i,. prwtn.ANr Ore.. Au. M. (API in rawrrin Ijln the suit recent- eeort hotew .162.000 omobile. , , h. fn demanding that Mayor Oeo two to eight wuu. Edward O. Boynion. cirr. lo Uie clty ry . . . I I . . 1 wmn NVMTM html to tne .mnloved police one 01 u - Dald him while he was in rrance. Th vear-rouna nuv h . un. snotner neia ..- ,. n,.. nrl.red ,509 men and ;4 w,SoOP while customer, and the third scooped up I ' , p.rl lav , noo 000, while cu" - tnai uaaer msae u ing a total payroll or , o( the money. ..hit. of his official dutlea resort hotel. ps.d a total saury numbCT of ih sutomoblle Qf was given police a. Oregon 108-889 KFE.VE. N. H.. Aug. T DISTRICT Operating In State Spurious Paper Imitation Of Railroad And Utility Checks. OADTI A Kin rm si.n Ofl fiDI . payroll checks bearing- names of prominent. Business esiaoiisnmeni Pacific coast In the past few days. uewMJUVO luin oweiiiien, 111 vuiuKe of the local police check detail, said here today. He said he believed a gang of clev er crooks, equipped with a printing nrM nnrl nhArlc naiwr had bppn striking off the checks In any num- Der acsirea. inc ciiecu upjpenr iei(i- customarily cash pay checks, but are generally spoiled as counieneu im mediately by bankers aiid officials of the companies whose name's they bear. Some are almost exact duplicates of the real checks, he said. Thirteen thousand dollars worth of checks were drawn on a single lumber company m Portland 111 one It Ha.nnM WJtnt ClU In IXM All geles, 16.000 worth of counterfeit Union Pacific cnecKs were possea in two days. Spurious Western Pacific checks Dad been cashed throughout Call- ..mt. k far nnrth KuifSne. Companies whose names were used :n Portland included Union pacnic. Southern Pacific, Clark and Wilson Lumber company. East B.ue Mill ana r nmhcp mmnniiv Eastern and Wct- ern Lumber company, Ralph L. Smith i.umhfr comDanv. Barnett Engineer and Bonding company. Boggle Log ging company, tiennepm oicti w. nmaLton of Minnesota, and the Util ity Bond and fcfecurlty company, of New York. TS TO Undesirables Escorted From ; Fire Area, And . Face ' Prosecution New Fires Started During Respite. PORTLAND JAUNT OFFICIAL Th nuriMw of the lunkei was to advertise the city in connection wttlt M i tt I th rn.to-Oreson" camDatgn. the BOISE. Ida.. Aug. 39. ( AP) Gov ernor C. Ben Ross tonight proclaim ed martial law in three counties in which the 'main fire aone of south Idaho Is locuted, and ordered out troops to suppress incendiaries. In cendiary, fires were breaking put at many new points. Upon Its issuance- a clean-up cam paign was started among the fire fighters on the Boise Basln-Payctte river front! Forty-five men. declared "undesirable," were discharged by tho forest service and escorted under guard out of the restricted area. The governor said that the new or der was Issued "so there won't be any misunderstanding In the mind of men planning to start fires ma liciously." , They will be hunted out and prose cuted if It Is possible for the military forces to do so. Anyone resisting au thority under thlG order Is subject to Imprisonment of not loss than two years. Seven new fires were reported in the past 34 hours, one of them be tween Placervllle and Ploneervllle within a short diBtance of the main fire area. The others were In High valley, in Valley county, where six fires started. Three of the High val ley fires burned In together and made a large blaze diffult to, control. Three huhdred men were dent to bottle it. trha proclamation covered- the coun ties of Gem, Boise and Valley. - ? GERMAN FLYING BOAT IN FLORIDA I , V- ) , i t,.,sv. . M t n M mm IP fill' AsMociuled Pre,, Photo The largest airplane In tha world, the German DO-X shown on Bit eayno bay, Miami, Fla, after It completed It. lel.urely flight from Germany to the United 8tatos, begun last November 6. Offlcera of the a r liner are shown below. Left to right: Frltx Hammer, captain: Maurice Dornler, Harvey Brewton, engineer, and tlarence Schlldhauer. tho American oo-pllot. ' (By the Associated Press) Rain, fog and the tlrelesa efforts of thousands of men had brought at least temporary respite Saturday In the most Berlous forest, brush, anil gross fire war of recent years In the far west. In Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington approximately 8,000 men were still battling 160 fires. In this area upwards of 400, 000 acres have been blackened by the fiery scourge, fieven persons aro known to have laid down their lives In flgbtlng the flames. In southern Idaho two towns have been destroyed. Three hundred per sons have been driven from their homes. Two mines were ruined. They were valued at 750.000. Two . h.i. noon killed. The acreage burned over In tula area totals 50.- 000 to 80,000 acres, exact figures nov being Immediately available. Approximately lao.uuu acres n wn burned over In Oregon. The fire toll In that state was three, r.. nnrmt fires in California at present are burning in national for ests. Most or tne mazes ihn.. Muroatlntu were out or under control. The forest service reported Saturday that 16.200 acres were aflame with more than a.uou mu fi.htin. them. Outside of national forests more than 70.000 acres have been burned over. tii. rnta of western fires this i. Hpr.ln.red bv federal and state authorities to be the greatest In history. Tne execs inwui damage and coat to the country may not be known for weeks, if It Is ever accurately ascertained. ROSEBURG COUPLE METED CELLS FOR EXTORTION PLOT ROSEBURO. Ore.. Aug. 2. ( API- Arrested here today on chsrges of at tempting to extort money irom a nrnmlneht Roteburc business man. J. nienn Pstat. 38. urocer. was senten ced to 16 months and Mrs. Verds Bice. 1. mother of a S-year-old gir,. to one year In the state penitentiary. Both pleaded guilty when arraigned In circuit court. Keed for money was given ln the twn MnrM.inni as reason for the deed. They wrote demanding that the busmen man place si 000 In a cer tain place, the confession said. The chosen victim placed there. Instead, a note refusing payment. When they wrote again, repeating the demand, he turned the letter over to police md the trap was laid. Patet came to get the .upposed money and got away, though fired at heavily, Jackson said. After Mrs. Bias's plea had been en tered, her attorney told the court she bad been led Into the crime and was nnt th nffenrilnff nartv. lie said 4he was the sole support of her daughter nd was helping to support nr par ents. LINDBERGH SEES AERIAL SERVICE ACROSSPACiFIC Ordinary Matter Within Next Generation Tokyo Meeting: Told "We V Eat Raw Fish At Banquet With Shoeless Guests. TOKYO. Aug. 20. (API Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh tonight pre dicted regular passenger and air mall service will be operated between the United States and Japan within the next generation. Addressing the America-Japan so ciety at a banquet In his honor, the famous flier raid: "At present it seems uncommon for 'a person to fly across the Pacllic, but In the time to come this will be an ordinary matter." He predicted that the service will follow the air route along the Aleu tian Islnnds. The colonel spoke after Prince fyesato Tokugawa, who presided, paid tribute to him for his lone flight from N?w York to Pans In 1027. and had congratulated both the colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh upon their "greut nervlce In opening a north Pacific air route between the United States and Japan." The attainment of Mrs. Lindbergh ss assistant to her husband on the latter flight, together with the "no ble qualities of young womuihood she displayed." said the prince, would make a deep Impression upon the Japanese people and exert a lasting influence. In accordance with Japanese cus tom, the 200 banqueters removed Uielr shoes before entering the dining room and sst upon cushions on the floor. Using chop sticks to eat raw flah and other delicacies placed In trays beforethem, by wsltres.es clad In brightly colored kimonos, the Lind berghs appealed greatly to enjoy the ulnner. , f SAM FRANC WCO, Aug. 20. (AP) Police Captain Arthur Lane re vealed today that three plain clothes men are Investigating the death here Sunday of Mrs. Daisy Price, wife of a navy officer. He said he Nod found clues to the Identity of a bootleg?er whom he characterized as her po tential murderer." , ROHKIIUHO. Ore.. Aug. 20. (API II. p. Pargetter, president of the state lesr.ue of savings and loan snd building and loan associations, an nounced today the state convention of the tragus would be held In Rose- burg October 3 Inateod of September 7. The change was msde to permit Phil Ueber, New York, and II. Morton Botifteh, Chicago, to attend. I Brooklyn Beer Runner Taken For Ride And Harlem Waiter Slain For Refusal To Frame Stoolpigeon. NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (AP In the face of another "ride" slaying the city's war against crime went for ward relentlessly today with 101 new arrests of men of criminal repute. The day's killing claimed Leonardo De Mlco, 30, a Brooklyn beer runner. n single bullet In the heed finished him. His body was found after dawn. Spurred by repeatrd admonition from their superiors, police with shot guns stormed a Bushwlck avenue apartment, shot their way Into hoodlum's neat, wounded one of Its occupants and captured seven men whom they charged with two kill ings snd a score of robberies. An unouymous telephone call, believed to have come from the junior police an organization of undercover youths, sont the squad Into action, Mrs. Sarah Ducoffe, 60, Brooklyn, was beaten and robbed of $10 on the steps of her home. Her skull was frac lured. Otto Hotter. 22. an apartment house doorman, was severely beaten when he resi-ud the efforts of five men to enter and rob the superintendent of the building. Thugs ran otf with out getting anything. A police stool pigeon In the Sea' bury vice investigation stepped again Into the crime picture. Brooklyn au thorlties began investigating a report a Harlem hotel waiter was slsln be- cause he refused to Join a plot to frame the stool pigeon. Policemen worked under orders for their own protection In ssfe-gusrdlng oavrolls. All commanding officers were on duty, vacations having been cancelled. Tonight the regulsr crul.lng po lice cars were reinforced by several hundred speclsl patrolmen called to the sldewslks from clerical Jons lor week-end service. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (API With Its record bulging with evidence of the republican source and the final disposition of money given Bish op James Cannon, Jr . for use In his 1H28 anti-Smith democrstlo cam paign, the senate campaign funds committee today wen', into a long recess. Chairman Nye said the committee would not have a chance to com to gether again until alter the middle of October to study the wide variety of evidence accumulated In the three days' hearings snd decide what action it would take regarding It and ine two wKne.ses who refused to testify. FIFTH VICTIM OF LOVE BLUEBEARD IS DISCOVERED Leaderless Mob Mills 'round Jail As Horror Grows Matrimonial Agent Tries To Sleep In Cell Other, Notorious Bluebeards. CLARKSBURO,' W. Va., Aug. 29 (API A fifth body, that of a wo man, was found tonight by polio grubbing the earth about the garage; near where Harry P. Power tods confessed he hammered and strangled a widow and her three children to death last month.', ;. The latest victim was stocky, black' haired. She had bean killed by tb twisting of webbing about her neck) as her hands were lashed before her to prevent resistance. She had been dropped without semblance of shroud or coffin, Into a shallow grave .near where war found late Friday the bodies of Mrs. Asta Eicher, Chicago widow, and her three children. Harry, Oreta and Anabel, - A bank book found In one of. tha many trunks Power had stored In che garage he built at Quiet Dell, four miles from here, gave pollcff th belief, the 'newly discovered vie tint was Dorothy Ann Preasler of Worcester, Mass., on of the many women to whom. Powers, descrlblnf himself as Cornelius O. Plarsoo, wealthy and lovelorn olvll engineer, had corresponded .through matrlmonM lal agencies . jt Digging at the scene went forward , after a halt while th -woman'; body was lifted from It grave, and while police pushed back a crowd' that. In creaslngly threatening, pressed about ' the officials aaJUiey dog. - - Th woman whose body was dls. covered tonight. apparently, tb cor oner said, had been burled . littl more than three week ago.' Meanwhile, Powers slept or triad ' to sleep In th Harrison county jail . . four mile away, heavy guard push ing back th turbulent crowd that swarmed about th jail door, seem ing, observers said, to lack only lead ership that would .hurl . lie -fore . against tb officer In an effort, to; wrest the prisoner from them. . ' ! CHICAGO. Aug. 20. ( AP) If Bar 0 DnwAM U rtfinvlRtart of killlna burled at hi quiet Dell. West Vir ginia, noma, n win ran woo most notorious criminal of th "Bluebeard" type in th history of the United Bute. 1 nn -nn.na- flatvfUh slaVaT ' was reveaied In Johanh Hooh, who operated In the vicinity of Chicago snd ended nia career on yum im here. It was brought out at hi trial . that th man had married woman In 24 years, most of them blgamoua ly, and mad away with them. Hi , fort was to Inoculate th victims with disease germ. ' ' '' Th other flgur wa Bell Oun. ness, discovery of who ,murdr ; farm near Lapdrtef Tnd, In hocked th nation. ' Th fata of thla woman, Who Is believed to bav killed mor than a acor of men. lured to th plac . through matrimonial advertisement, remains a mystery. Th discovery cam about when house on the farm burned and au thorities searching th ruin cam across th bodies of everal men( Later they discovered a private cm etery on the farm where Bell bur led her victim. Detroit Hluebeardeas DETROIT. Aug. 20 (API Her third sttempt to obtain freedom de nted. Mrs. Rose Versa. 40-year old Hungarian rooming houe proprHtor. todsy remained ln Jail awaiting th arrival from Logan. W. Va.. of a man who pollc believe will glv Import ant evidence reg"411 M df ,! within i past eight year ,of 13 men In Mrs. Vera1 home. . Bam Denyem, until a few wees ago roomer In Mr. Vera' horn wa enrout to Detroit from West Virginia In custody of J UT-, Officials said they xpetd him to relet detail of how Mrs. Vera ob tained 7 Insurance pollciee, many or ... h. uvea of -th la mn who died In her horn sine 1M3. Pollc today attacked ms am.. ... . . . - attending W HUB vera .. a motion picture show otv U, . Ut-, ernoon that Biepnen ". ' - - -12 men to die. fell from an attlfl window In Mra. V.ras' bom. . Two letter from Denyem to MM. Vera were held by investigator. u.m.,i.n contain- cm, writ in ..'- ed th statement: "I n't ft It out of my mind how you nit th head with tnai gauou ju. n.nIvr n im. 20. (UP)- . , , . i-nviM has found It nec- m;ui essary to return to hi occupation a a well driller to m a imu;. ... . -an a vaal lint StlOUf h fCC yjp IP f jf Ul sw ow J w - - Wm to subt.it on. t WJ JAWJ hlvd notorfcty wntn i M.wati hnrna from 0OtlOOSl CUUIIt.ll uwut'" meeting becaiaa Uwy wort overall nd blu anuta, , ,.K, ,. , I iContin at a local hospital med oo page two)