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edford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Saturday fair and mild. Temperature: Highest yesterday 83 Lowest this morning: , a To Subscribers If your Mall Trlbun, It not 6eUv red to you promptly, Telephone 76. orrtce opeo until 7 every evening. Please, call nt before that time end a copy will be delivered to yoor borne. Twenty-Sixth Year HEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931. No. 205. M Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IT IS more than probable that you are reading this newspaper by the aid of artificial light. In order to GET this artificial light, you turned ft awltch. Your grandfather would have had to clean and fill ft kerosene lamp, light ft match, apply It to the wick, and after all that he would have had light only fractionally as efficient as the one by which you are reading. FOB all of this, thank Thomas A. Edison, who as these words are written. Is lying at death's door, ex pected to cross the threshold Into Into the great unknown at any mo- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, If. we. can believe the tales the historians tell us, saw the lightning in the clouds and became curious. So he tied a key to a kite, sent the kite up Into the clouds and brought the electricity down along the kite string. BT THE time Edison came along, this electricity that Franklin had brought down from the clouds on his kite string had been somewhat tamed, and was beginning to be ap plied to man's uses. . Edison voted that when a current of It was passed through a wire, the wire became hot. That started him to thinking. Just as the sight of the lightning In the clouds started Frank lin to thinking. Out of this thinking of Edison's came the electric light of today. YOU will remember If you are a reader of Oreek and Roman myth ology, that Minerva, the goddess of war, sprang full grown and fully armed from the brow of Jove. Edison's electric light bulb didn't spring forth like that. Its develop ment was a slow process. After he had noted that an electric current passing through an Iron wire caused the wire to heat, ha bad to find a way to make the wire glow, and after that he had to find ft substance that would stand up. under heat.. , . . . POTTOJa the wire In a vacuum solved the first problem, and a tiny little filament of carbon, fast ened together with ft binder so that It could be fashioned Into the shape of ft wire, solved the second. Here Is the point Involved: If Edi son hadnt become CURIOUS upon noting that ' the electrlo current heated the wire, we might not have the electric light now. Curiosity has brought a lot of pro gress into this world. LIGHTNING, which la one of the manifestations of electricity, Is one of the oldest things In the world much older than man himself. For countless hundreds of centuries men looked at the lightning and either thought nothing of It, or were FRIGHTENED by It. It was not until men with curious and active minds, first Franklin and then Edison, came along that elec tricity was harnessed and put to work making life infinitely more livable tor human beings. REMEMBER this: . Electricity, which has totally revolutionized the world during the past century, la. no new thing. . . . It has been present In the world ever since there have been men. It was merely waiting to become useful until some human brain bright enough to see Its possibilities came along to develop It. A FEW hopeless pessimists are try ing to tell us that everything in the world worth doing has been done -i - -.- I .... .V.. l,iM no great achievements, such as have made us great in the past. DON'T BELIEVE THEM I WHO knows but under our feet, being carelessly kicked around, may be some great natural principle whose discovery and development will as utterly revolutionize the world of today as electricity revolutionized the world of yesterday? Electricity, remember, was over looked by mankind during countless slow centuries. Yet It was present all the time. All that was lacking was the BRAIN to grasp the fact of it. . IT IS we T ISN'T reasonable to suppose that have learned everything there Is to be learned -although we are in clined to think of ourselves fta rather smart. But the scholars of the middle ages thougbt of THEMSELVES as rather smart, and yet, according to OCR Continued on Page Fourteen, INDICTMENT OF BISHOP CANNON AND AIDE FOUND Conspiracy Violate Corrupt Practices Act In Handling Anti-Smith Election Funds Charged. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP)J Bishop James Cannon was Indicted today for conspiracy to violate the federal corrupt practices act In his handling of funds of the antt-Smlth democrats committee In 1928. Miss Ada L. Burroughs of Rich mond. Va., who was treasurer of the committee headed by the southern Methodist clergyman, was Indicted With him. The two were ordered to trial by a District of Columbia grand Jury on charges of falling to report contribu tions of 965,300 by E. C. Jameson, New York capitalist and republican, as required by the federal statutes. They were indicted on ten counts." (Story One,- continued on page five.) JAPANESE VESSEL N ALASKA WATER ' SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. (AP) Attempts of the liner President Jefferson to communicate by radio at six o'clock P. S. T. this morn ing with the stricken Japanese freighter Yonarr Mam failed, giving rise to the belief that the latter had gone down. A wireless from the stricken ship, Intercepted 30 minutes previously to the futile attempt at communica tion, said: "We are now sinking, come quickly." The 8,800 ton freighter, which carried a crew estimated, at be tween 40 and SO men, first called for help at 3 :20 a. m. P. 8. T. Later messages said her decks were awash and she was sinking rapidly. The President Jefferson, with Col onel and Mrs. Charles A, Lind bergh among ita passengers, was about 65 miles from the stricken vessel at 6:00 o'clock and expected to reach the scene about 10 a. m- The Yonan Mnru was enroute from Portland, Ore., to Shanghai with a cargo of lumber. She la a vessel of 423 feet In length. She left Portland September 30. NOME, Alaska, Oct. 16. (AP) Airplanes today aided in the "res cue'' of a group of passengers aboard the steamer Baychlrao, lock ed In the Arctic ice pack several hundred miles north of here. Two cabin ships, flown by pilots Vlo Roes and Chester Brown, ar rived near the Baychlmo, a Hudson Bay company ship, off Walnwright yesterday and preparations were made to fly the passengers to Kotzebue. The flight Is between 250 and 300 miles. Courage, Clear Vision By Press Needed Now CHAMP AION, HU Oct. 16 (AP) Col. Robert R. McCormlck, pub lisher of the Chicago Tribune, told Illinois newspaper editors and pub lishers today that only courage and clear vision of the press would save modern civilization from the dan ger of "political action leading to anarchy." "Never In the life time of any of us have present conditions financial. Industrial, agricultural, and political been at so low an ebb he said. "Never has a solid and courageous leadership been so much in demand And where Is it to come from tf not from the press? Col. McCormlck renewed the re cent supreme court decision de claring the Minnesota "gag law" unconstitutional and declared it and other legal decisions t vlotorj lor "Amo" III in Bed Continues Nightly Wrangle With Andy CHICAOO, Oct. 16. (AP) "Amos" Is 111, but the fact hasn't kept him from going ahead with his radio act with his partner, "Andy." The National Broadcasting com pany announced last night that "Amos" whose name in real life Is Freeman 8. Oosden, has been confined to his bed with an in? flamed throat and fever, but that he has had the microphone placed In his room so that his nightly broadcast would not be Interrupted. BID BY LEAGUE TO AID ORIENT PEACE Kellogg-Briand Pact Will Figure Prominently In Geneva Parley Is Word Japs Are . Unreconciled. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. (AP) The United States today accepted, an In vitation to alt with the League of Nations council In an effort to pre vent war In Manchuria. - The formal Invitation, pointing out that the Kellog-Brland pact to re nounce war probably would figure prominently in the league's efforts to conciliate the grievances between Japan and China, was received at the state department. Prentiss Gilbert In Geneva- already had been authorized to accept the Invitation. GENEVA, Oct; 16 ( AP) The coun cil of the League of Nations formally ratified over the objections of the Japanese delegate today Its invita tion to the United States to engage In arbitration of the Slno-Japanese conflict. Chairman Arlstide Briand, In sum marizing the council's decision, said that the objections of a constitution-, al and . Jurldlclal nature raised by Kenktcht Yoshleawa, Japanese dele gate, remained In reserve. . . Ratification at today's public meeting of the invitation to the United States, wax ft formality giving effect to the action taken at yester day's private session during which the Invitation was voted. Japan Only Opposition Supporting the Invitation were the delegates of France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Nor way, China; Peru, Ireland, Jugo slavia, Guatemala and Panama. Only Japan voted against It. International observers regarded the council's action despite Japan's determined stand as evidence' of the league's vigor and a good omen for the ultimate happy settlement of the Manchurian affair. BODY DISCOVERED ON FOREST TRAIL The body of an unidentified man, about 00 years of age, was found shortly after noon today on a trail In the Umpqua Divide country, 14 miles from Trail, by Joseph Roe, Word of the grewsome 'find- was telephoned to the sheriff's office from a forest ranger station,. Sheriff .Ralph Jen nings and Deputy Voroner Walker left this afternoon for the scene. , Roe, while walking down the trail made the discovery and hurried to the nearest telephone. He made no Investigation as to cause of death. There Is no record of any missing persons in, this section, Mrs. Morrow Will Not Accept Seat NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 16 (AP) The News today said Mrs. Dwlght W. Morrow would not accept an appoint ment by Governor Larson to the seat In the United States Senate made va cant by the recent death of her hus band. the press that Intrenched It In a more responsible position and "ef fectively ended attempt at ham stringing legislation." "Let us not lose sight of the Immense Importance to the public of these great legal decisions. . . Throughout our history the vast bulk of our press has steadily steered the solid course between absolutism and anarchy. "The danger from which cli liga tion suffers today is political ac tion leading to anarchy. The doc trines of the socialists and anarch ist Imported from Europe are feed ing upon the difficulties through which we are threading difficult and uncharted course. The rescue ... la dependent upon the courage and the clear vlion of our newspapers, for If we fail in this extremity, the nation . , .. - . ASSESSED VALUE NOW $2884,220 Public Utility Worth Not Included Deflation Cuts Figure Under Previous Year Amounts Quoted. The valuation of Jackson county for 1981, according to figures com piled ' by the assessor's office, is $28,284,220, a decrease of 375,150 over last year, when It was placed at 28,659.390. The above figures do not Include valuations of public utility corpora tions, which last year were $7,638, 037.17, which- are expected - to be practically the same, or slightly in excess, due to the Red Blanket con struction work of the California Oregon Power company. The cor poration figures are complied by the state and will not be available until December 1. The decrease amounts to about 1.4 per cent decline in the taxable valu ation of the county, and will have no appreciable effect on the tax mll lage. The decline is on a par with other counties of the state. Due to Stock Cuts The decline, according to Chief Deputy Assessor Llnnle Hanscom is due to -leas dairy cows and stock on the ranges, and less merchandise on the shelves of merchants, who In the present times have reduced their stocks. There was also a drop In personal property valuation, and slight Increase in soldier exemptions. The 1930 merchandise and stock valuation for the county was 1.401, 930; this year, 1,177,500, or 9224,340 less, a high figure compared with other counties of the state. Stock cattle this year were valued at 317.620, last year at 403,620, a decrease of 996,000, largely due to de pletion of herds and market declines. Dairy herds showed a valuation de crease of 33,360. The 1931 valuation Is 238,000, the 1930 valuation was 271,360. Acre Value Fixed According to the figures there are 832,441 acres of land In the county, tillable and non-tillable, valued at 13,439,030. The per acre value is fixed, at 916.14 for tillable land, and 9.33 'for non-tillable. ' fown and city lots .have a valuation 3,921,020, and the improvements thereon are placed at 0,413,330. The record shows 14,468 stock cat tle, 15,416 .sheep, 1710 swine, 1966 goats, 18,1911 domestic fowls, 656 rabbits,' 304 foxes, and 913 htvea of bees in the county. Farm implements, wagons, car riages and autoa are given a value of 207,350. The soldiers exemptions, deducted from the valuations, amount to 139,660. EDISON'S PULSE WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 16 (AP) The pulse of Thomas A. Edi son, who Is lying In a coma from which he no longer momentarily rouses,-was becoming weaker today, "Mr. Edison is In a deep quiet sleep," Dr. Hubert fl. Howe reported today. "His pulse is becoming weak er, but It is not yet at a critical point." Dr. Howe said the aged Inventor was still comatose. "The extent of the coma has not been determined," he explained, "be cause no effort has been made to arouse him In two days." BANK CASHIER GETS . . 10NG PRISON TERM VANCOUVER, Wn., Oct. 16. (AP) Ordln Hllm, cashier of the Clarke County bank at Washougal, was sentenced to from two to 10 years In prison when he pleaded guilty today to violation of the state banking laws. The bank was closed yesterday by order of the state superintendent of banks. Hllm was sentenced to from two to 10 years on each of three counts but the sentencess will run con currently, 4 OF CAIRO, If. T., Oct. 16. (AP) Rev. Francis A. Kelley, "ft siting chap lain" of the 27th Division during the World war. died early today. Father Kelley for several years has been fighting tuberculosis after be ing gassed while going over the top with the troops durlbg the war. After the war he was in the Adirondacka and showed improvement so he was assigned to a palish here. Plane Carrier Herum SALT L.iv CITY, Oct. 16, (AP) The mall plane carrying serum from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, to Billy Ryan, S, son of Dr. Edna Warren Ryan of Portland, Ore, who was stricken was Infan tile paralysis, arrived here at 2:00 jg. m, toda 1 1 it- s ir-n 'NOTABLES WHO'LL ATTEND YORKTOWN PAGEANT The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwall)! will be held at Yorktown, Va., Oct. 16-19. Among notables who will participate are President Hoover (lower left). Marshal Petain of France (upper left) and Lord and Lady Cornwallls (lower right). Lord Corn wallls Is a descendant of the British leade- who surrendered to Washington and hit allied American md French forces. A street In Yorktown and the Yorktown monument are shown. OF GRAPE VIOLATES KANSAS CITY, Oct. 16. (AP) The sale of unfermehted grape concen trate designed for the manufacture of alcoholic beverages was held by Federal District Judge Morrill E. Otis today to be In violation of the na tional prohibition laws. , - . : fudge Otis convicted the Ukiah Grape Products Co., Inc., of New York, on seven count charging vio lation of the prohibition laws in a teat oaae to determine the legality of the sale of grape concentrate whioh may be turned Into wine. Toe corporation was fined lOO on each count. Albert E. Brunett, for merly Kansas City manager of the company and a co-defendant, was fined 940 each on five counts charg ing sale. The Uklah company was fined 9100 on each of two counts charging pos session of its grape concentrate pro duct. ITRY NEEDS ATLANTA, Oct. W. (AP) Bishop James Cannon, Jr. says thousands of "Carrie Nations" should rise and smash speakeasies in New York and others cities where state officers have told local officers they were not obliged to enforce the prohibition laws. Speaking at a prohibition mass meeting here last night, the bishop said "It cannot be Ignored that the Roman Catholic church from the Pope down through the helrarchy Is 90 per cent opposed to the prohibi tion laws." T CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 16. (AP) Three thousand Jobless men gather ed In the public square here today to protest cuts tn the dole and there was vicious fighting when police with drawn clubs directed the mob to dis perse. The gathering was held against po lice orders. When It was over several were In hospitals with broken heads, half a dozen of the leaders were arrested and the police had seized a red ban ner. -4- COUNTY 4-H LEADERS The Jackson county 4H club lead ers association will hold Its regular quarterly meeting at the public li brary In Med ford tomorrow at 1 :30 p, m., at which plans for the work of the new year will be discussed. Mrs. Bertha McKlnney of the Belle view district, the association's presi dent, will preside. There are 40 4H clubs tn the coun ty, and at least 20 of the leaders on an average find It possible to attend the quarterly meetings. S OF FLIGHT YORKTOWN, Va., Oct. 16. (AP) The nation's four aay observance of the battle which made Its existence possible opened hore today;wlth dedi cation of a moment to the defeated British commander, Lord Cnrnwallls, and the reception for Marshal Henri Petain, of France. Lord Cornwallls voiced his belief tfiat the memorial to hi distinguish ed ancestor further cemented the bonds of friendship between the English speaking people. A salute of seventeen guns an nounced the approach of the noted French leader sent by his nation to represent Its people In the one hun dred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Yorktown where French arms swung the tide to Washington and his continentals. Bands blared, cavalry units pranced and soldier stood at attention aa the "saviour of Verdun," accompan ied by General John J. Pershing, en tered the stadium. S ESTATE TWENTY MILLIONS NEW YORK. Oct. l--(AP) The American, quoting "an Informed source," says the late Senator Dwlght W. Morrow of New Jersey, left an estate of "close to twenty million dollars." ' Only half of the total, according to the American, la subject to In heritance taxes, the rest of the for tune being In the form of accounts carried In the names of members of his family and others. : These ac counts estimated at $10,000,000 are technically not part of the estate.. The newspaper understands Mrs. Morrow Is named sole executrix, and to her will go a life interest In the estate after bequests to friends, serv ants and charities are taken out. Accounts totalling 11,600,000, the newspaper was told, were carried In the names of Morrow's four children. The will probably will be filed for probate next Wednesday or Thursday. Capone Painted as Saint And Sinner Before Jury By Victor ffarkler CHICAOO, Oct. 16 (AP) Two por traits of Al Capone were painted to day for the jury that must decide his Income tax evasion trial. He was first portrayed as a sinister gang leader, who tried to cheat his government, and then aa an open handed but unfortunate man, per secuted to satisfy public clamor, "Even a child oould not doubt from the evidence that this man Is guilty," said federal prosecutors. "If his name were not Al Capone, there would be no case," said de fense lawyers. The Jury was told by the govern ment a guilty verdict would "put a stamp of disapproval, on the activ ities of gangland, that acquittal would induce honest men to cover up their assets and keep no books, so that they Jtoo could defraud the governjuent, ' Aaaoviated I'ratM PJiott BRUENING CABINET GIVEN CONFIDENT REICHSTAG BALLOT BERLIN, Oct. 16 (AP) Chancellor Helnrlch Bruenlng's cablnst was sus tained this evening on a vote of con' fldence In the relchstag. The vote was 204 to 310. Thus, by margin of 94. votes the chancellor again turned back the threat of Adolf Hitler's national soc ialists who had combined this time with the nationalist party headed by Alfred Hugenberg, Those two, the government's most bitter enemies, combined forces after the recont overturn In the Bruenlng cabinet and recently at a Joint meet ing In Harzburg announced they would turn the ohanoellor out of of fice If they could. METHODIST HEADS1 WILL TALK NEEDS ATLANTA, Oa., Oct. 16. (AP) Leaders of Methodism from all over the world converged here today for the sixth ecumenical conference of the ohurch to study its problems of service under modern developments. The gathering includes ASO dele gates, among them 300 from over the seas.. The conference has no legisla tive power but constitutes a forum for an exchange of world Ideas on church matters. It will be called Into session tonight at 8 o'cyock (O.S.T.) Pre-conference Interest centered on reports from the British and orien tal delegations. Passing of sentence upon Mr.' and Mrs. L. B. Wright, and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Robblns, scheduled for this morning, for their confessed partici pation In the firing of a Buckshot Hill dwelling last September, to fraud ently collect insurance, was postpon ed until tomorrow morning, by Cir cuit Judge Brand, upon the request of the district attorney's office. The reason advanced was the securing of the records of the quartet, if any. The defense told the twelve men they were the "only bulwark that can resist oppression In times of pub lic excitement." Al Capone la a man who never fail ed a friend, his attorney, Albert Fink said, a man who Is open handed and generous, a man who offered to pay what he thought was fair, but was turned down so the government could "appease and respond to public clamor." Just half of the final argument had been given when court recessed for lunch. Defense-Attorney Michael Ahern was expected to take up the afternoon session, and the govern was alloted Its final two hours tomorrow. Federal Judge James H. Wilkenton hoped to complete his Instructions and have the case In the hands of the Jury by tomorrow noon. EVERETT LINDSAY LONG SOUGHT AS SUYERJRESTED Pacific Coast's Will-O'-The- Wisp Run To Earth By Amateur Sleuth Con fession Obtained, Claim. LOS ANOELES. ' Oct. 16. (AP) The Pacific coast's will-o'-the-wisp criminal suspect, Everett Frank Lindsay, wanted for the murder of his wife, and a Washington state farmer, army desertion and criminal attacks on three young girls and who waa arrested In Lew An ire lea late last night through the effort or a restaurant man, today con fessed, police said, and announced he would waive extradition to Seat tle, Wash., to face . a charge of murdering his wife. For more than a year and a half police throughout the Pacific coast states had been on the trail of Lindsay, whose christened name Is said to be Charles B. Murphy. His trail extended from Seattle to Loe Angeles. . . Confession Obtained Trapped by two detectives last night on information furnished by William Sanborn, 35-year old res taurant man for whom Lindsay at one time worked as cook when a fugitive, Lindsay confessed to the various Crimea charged to him, police said. Behind the arrest of Lindsay la the story of Sanborn's methodical detective work. Sanborn first, met Lindsay six months ago while oper ating a restaurant, Lindsay being employed aa a cook. A short tlma later Lindsay left Sanborn's em ploy, the latter not then having an Inkling that Lindsay was a man with a 13,000 reward on his bead. In the meantime, Sanborn started reading detective magazines and noticed a story about the notorloua Seattle Lindsay, which detailed the man's personal habits. He readily recognized the same traits In the man who had been In hts employ. Obtained Finger Prints Before givlAg his Information to police,' Sanborn went about rettlnej further evidence. He renewed his acquaintance with the suspect and 'finally tricked him Into leaving hie i finger , print " on a postal card. These confirmed his suspicions when a taken to police. . , Lindsay la charged with murder ing his wife, the former Audrey Elisabeth Held, In Seattle. Her body was found in a shallow grave April 30, 2030. She had disappeared on the 10th Inst- and when friend had Inquired for her, Lindsay re ported ahe had gone to Canada. - SEATTLE, Oct. 10 (AP) Author- l"es moved quickly here today to claim Everett Frank Lindsay, who was captured In Los Angeles last night, to prosecute him on a charge of slaying his wife, whose body waa found In a grave tn the yar.. of their home here a year and a half ago. . Among the long aerloa of crimes credited to the man, the slaying of his wife followed a period of sevral years In which he had lived the life of a respected cltlren tn west Seattle. They had adopted two children, Pearl 13, and Helen Mo Cumber, 11, and he worked as a plumber. One night In February, 1030, how ever, Mrs. Lindsay, failed to appear at a card party. Lind say told Inquirers ahe had gone to Canada and expected to be away for a few weeks. Child Tells Story No suspicions were aroused until some six wee ks la ter, when ho moved with the children to a small apartment. There, one afternoon, " len returned from school and found the apartment deserted. Her story, told to her real paynU and later placed before Pro ecu tor Robert M. Burgt'-der, led to Immed iate action by authorities. A statutory char go waa filed against Lindsay for crlmea against (Story Two, continued on Page Five) WILL ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 18. See where Mrg. Morrow has been offered her husband's seat in the senate if she want it. Now in most oases those po sitions are offered the wives just out of courtesy but Mrs. Morrow is just about as unus ual a woman as her husband was a man. She was a tremen dous item in Mr. Morrow's Mex ico success. She learned Span ish and became a great favor ite with the Mexican people. If she goes in there she will know what the senate is all about. Well of course not exactly, but as near as it can be found out, fie da?1" ' ft)iami,li illsjii Hft-i"
