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'Medford- Mail Tribun The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday prob ably occasional rains, clearing Tues day. No change In temperature. Highest yesterday 53 Lowest this morning 44 A. B.C. Circulation la a guaranteed circulation That la what nu buy when ailtertUIng In the .Mall Tribune. Medford', only A B C. nH. pnper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OTCEOOX. MONDAY. APRIL 1. 10.12. No. 11. JJ e mm naSEB. , WEI Si3 B) Comment on the ' Day's News By FRANK JENKINS JAPAN, we read, ordera a new mill, tary expedition to Manchuria to put down a rebellion against the government of that new atate. Over the Manchurlan border, In Siberia, Russian airplanes chase Japanese aviators, who slip across the line. f fP YOU have lormed the habit ot ' drawing conclusions from the things you eee and read, your hopes lor peace In the Orient are none too rosy. .44 M RS. MARIAN READ, of Oakland, 1 sues Claire Windsor, movie act ress, for $100,000 for alienating the aflectlona of Mrs. Read's husband, which Is quite all right If that la thnnK it Many women would feel more like scratching the husband anatcher'a face. 4-4 IP YOU are a man. and married, how would you prefer YOUR wile to feel about it? The chances are that if you feel eatlsfylngly certain your wife would ecratch a hUBband anatcher'a face Instead of suing her for big damages, you are In no danger of having your affections anatched by some other woman. 4-4 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS in silver colna hoarded In two cigar boxes by Mrs. Vlto Carnovale, of Seattle, are stolen by a robber who breaks Into her home. The 500, Mrs. Car novale says, represent her savings of the laat six months. That atory, to this writer, sounds exceedingly fishy. Any woman who could save- $500. In si month. Wt this kind of times would have more sense than to hide her aavlngs away In a cigar box In her home. STILL, there are all kinds of people In this world. For example. In Budapest, In Hun gary, there are 100 applications, in cluding three from women, for the vacant Job of public hangman. As between holding the Job o: hangman at a good salary and starv ing to death, most people would starve to death wivh the feeling that they were lucky Indeed. 44 ANOTHER story In the papera the other day told of an electrocu tion In this country that couldn't fa on because there were no of ficial witnesses. Speaking of Jobs on the public payroll how would you like to Be an official witness at a hanging or an electrocution? So far a this writer la concerned. NO, THANKS! He would rather re main In private life. 44 IT IS still the custom In many states to send out Invitations to hangings. How would you like to be regarded as a person who might be expected to be flattered by receiving an Invi tation to a hanging? H ANOINOS, admittedly, are not a cheerful subject. Neither are taxea. So. you see. It Is only a step from the discussion of hangings to a discussion of taxes. Among the taxes Included In the revenue bill adopted by the house of representatives of congress during the past week Is one on scales ot atock on the New York stock ex change. Lets see. In the good old days It was the custom to lay a tax on gambling, wasn't It? Were getting back, apparently, to first principles in our tax methods. 44 A MAN start from Chicago for Oregon In a taxlcab and runs up a bill of M33.7S by the time he reaches Boise. Sounds like a lot of money, but It ought to be worth even more than that to get away from Chicago and out to Oregon. Roseburg Driver Held Blameless ROSEBURG. Ore- April 4 (AP Lawrence Deisney was relieved by a coroner's Jury here of any responsibil ity in connection with the death of RussFll nmiinr1fin K ktllti here Thursday nieht In a collision of De .laney's car and the boy's bicycle. BEAERTON Beaverton theater re fepeaed for business. PORTLAND QUIZ TANGLES MANY IN MM CASE Commissioners Riley and Mann Among Eleven Named by Grand Jury Say Bribery Advocated PORTLAND. Ore., April 4. (fl) Eleven perscuyt, Including Mayor George L. Ba$r and City Commia slonen R. E. Riley and John M. Mann, were Indicted in 23 secret Indictments returned by the Multnomah county grand Jury today. Charges of mal feasance in office and of advocating the commission of a felony, namely, bribery, were charged against the city officials. The Indictments were returned after the grand Jury spent more than a month Investigating the activities of those supporting the Fifth street public market site and the First street site. Rate Experts Named. The other Indicted included Ken neth Harlan and James Carey of the rate expert firm of Carey & Harlan, who apeared as witnesses In the mar ket case; Harry Oross, attorney for those supporting the First street site; A A. Hampson, attorney; Paul Far rens, attorney; O. Laurgaard, city en gineer; Lee Wilson and L. T. Merwln. Mayor Baker and Commissioners Riley and Mann were accused in sep arate indictments of malfeasance and negligence tn office and with advo cating the commission of a felony, namely, bribery. Riley was named in two counts on the latter charge. Heavy Ball Set. Hampson was named In two felony counts and ball was set at $2, BOO, and Fan-ens likewise was charged, with bal) at $1,000. Lanrgaard was accused only of malfeasance and negligence. Carey was chargod vn- two bribery counts, and his ball was set at $2500, as was Harlan, with simUar ball. t Wilson, president of the public market company, was Indicted twice on the felony count, and once on the malfeasance charge. His ball was set at 95000. Gross was indicted In two felony counts, as was Merwln. T TO FIX FATE OF HONOLULU. April 4. (AP) WearT ing a maroon suit and a hat from under which small puffs of gray hair appeared and without rouge on her checks Mrs. Oranvllle Fortescue, soci ety woman, came to court today to answer to a charge of killing Joseph Kahahawal, young Hawaiian charged with attacking Mrs. Fortesque's daughter, Mrs. Thalia Massle. With three co-dc(endants she sat in the front row while a curious crowd milled outside the police guard unable to enter the small court room which waa filled as soon as the doors opened at 9 a. m. The three facing trial with Mrs. Fortescue are her son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas H. Massle an E. J. Lord and Albert L Jones, naval enlisted men. Most of those in the courtroom were Hawaiian but there were some Chinese and Japanese and a sprink ling of whites. One of the first to arrive war Clar ence Darrow, who heads defense, coun sel. He apparently forgot tz shave and a lock of gray hair was hanging down his forehead. Seated on the front bench near the defendants Kahahawal's father, a large Hawaiian'who is employed as a mo tor man. sat chewing gum. With htm weie Kahahawal's mother and sister. Mrs. MAssie was not In the court room. Duke Wong, a Chlnete. was the first Juror accepted. FOSDICK'S SISTER-IN-LAW SLAYS 2 CHILDREN, SELF MONTCLAIR. N. J.. April 4. (AP) Mrs. Raymond B. Fosdick. sister in-law of the Re?. Hurry Emerson Fosiick. shot and killed her two smsli children and herself at her home here todsy. Police found the bodies In the house after neighbors heard the shorn at shout 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Fosdlck had been very ner voui, the police learned, and under the care of a physician. Her husband, a lawver. and brother of the noted New York pastor, was not at home and was believed to be ( in New York. j The two children were Busanne, i 13, and Blame. 9. PRINCIPALS IN jf&TbMHKu TrF-5 1 i Imps FRTiscut-: irsiassi e 1 i , Associated rress t'noxo Four persons accused of slaying Joe Kahahawal, Hawaiian native charged with attacking Mrs. Thomas H. Massie, will go to trial soon In Honolulu. The accused are Lieutenant Massle Mrs. Granville Fortescue, New York and Washington society matron, mother of Mrs. Massle; E. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, naval enlisted men. Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer, will participate In the defense. ESPEE OFFICIALS TALKING AIO FOR VALLEY GROWERS Southern Pacific officials were holding a .conference today In San Francisco to discuss the advisability of contributing (25,000 towards the formation of an agricultural credit corporation for this valley. The Southern Pacific has been asked to supply half the 5O.000 needed, the balance to be contributed by the California Oregon Power company, the oil companies and local bank. The credit corporation would be capitalized at (50.000 M a step towards securing a (250.000 lonn from the federal reconstruction cor poration, to be used In the harvest ing of the 1832 fruit crop. In the event the present plan la successful, an application would be filed direct with the reconstruction corporation. News of the conference waa con veyed In a message received from Paul Shoup, president of the South ern Pacific. It Is understood the final decision resta with W. B. Saun ders, general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific. The federal loan would In all probability be available In ample time for the harvest, which requires a heavy money outlay, and be when it 1 most needed. It would also enable the growers and shippers to "loosen up' In the pre-harevst ac tivities, and relieve the present thin spreading of cash on hand. Receipt of the federal funds would take most of the tension out of the local fruit situation, and act as a confidence and business tonic. Prospects for good crop are excel lent, and weather conditions are Ideal. PALO ALTO, Cal., April 4. (API John Douglas Ferry. Stanford uni versity student from Rogue River. Oregon, waa being hailed on the campus today for what waa described aa a rare feat In. getting straight "A" grades while majoring In chem istry. Scanning his four yenrs record, university officials could find noth ing but the highest marks. Ferry la the son of D. H. Ferry, well known mining man of the Foots Creek region. He haa many friends In thla city. GRANTS PAJiS, Ore., April 4 Tj -A new army pursuit plane crashed to day 10 mllea west of Grants Pais, when the main fuel supply became hausted. Lieut. B. T. Castor of March Field, Riverside. Cal.. the pollt, was uninjured. Fosdlck was former under secre tary general of the League of Na tions. He la a trustee of the Rocke feller foundation and of Princeton university. He was assistant corporation coun sel of New York from 1908 to 1010 and comptroller of the finance com mittee of the Democratic national committee In 1912. In 1016 he was a sperial representative of the aecre tarjr ot war on the Mexican border and again represented the war de partment In France In 1018 and 1010 Mrs. Fosdlck. before her marriage, wan Mis Winifred Flnlay of Mont-cinr. HAWAII 'HONOR' SLAYING TRIAL DEATH FOR FOUR SUNDAY'S SEQUEL 10 DANCE PARTY SEATTLE. April 4. (AP) Death was the sequel for four persons, two of them women, to dancing parties here yesterday and today, two men were lying near death In a Seattle hospital and two others were recover ing from painful Injuries received in two automobile accidents. The dead: Harry Huffman,' 17, Earllngton. Carl.,T. -WtncjuUt, 21, Seattle. ,,. Mrs. Rachel Tremaine. 21, Seattle Miss Florence Evans, 23, Seattle. The injured: Guy Tremaine, 23, husband of Mrs. Tremaine. critical Internal injuries: Allan H. R. Birnie, 18, Seattle high school student, Internal and head injuries; John Sneddon, 17, Renton, scalp wounds and face injuries; John Perogllo. 19, Renton, broken collar bone and scalp Injuries. Wlnqulst. Miss Evans and Mrs. Tremaine were killed when the car, driven by Tremaine, In which they were riding, collided head on with a machine, reported atolen shortly before the accident, driven by Birnie. They had been at a dance at a road house north of the city. Huffman was killed when he lost control of his machine and It plunged over an embankment, turn ing over and pinning him under neath. ING HOME CHICAGO, April 4. (AP) Five members of one family were trapped in a flaming house In suburban Brook field and burned to death yes terday and the sixth waa alive be cause he accidentally fell through an open window while groping about in blinding smoke. Walter W. Sneathen, 70-yenr-old owner of the house, perished with his daughter. Miss Louise Sneathen, 23. his daughter-ir-:.w. Mrs. Lytton Hepburn, 40. and Mra. Hepburn's children, Lytton, Jr., ft. and Gor don. 8. Hepburn was the lone sur vivor. VOICE OF LODGEMAN HEARD AT OWN BUS SPOKANE. April 4. (AP) Charles P. Eaton sang at his own funeral Sat urday. A member of the Elks' lodge n,"r tet for 30 years. Eaton died two days ago and the other thre members of the group were to have sung at the rites. Overcome with grief his frienda decided they could not sing. A recording of "The Vacant Chair." sung by the quartet a scores of fu nerals mas played. OREGON COM TARGET FOR HIGH WIND, RAIN PORTLAND. Ore., April 4 fAP) Guilty, ill-tempered winds beat alone the Oregon coast today and whipped Inland, bearing rain storms with them. Storm warnings for strong southerly wind, smelling at times to gales, were up along the coast. Last night the wind on the coastline reached a velocity of 40 miles an our. LEWIS ULR1CH IS LATEST PROSPECT IN SHERIFF'S RACE Lewis Ulrich, former Jacksonville merchant and widely known in Jack son county, loomed today as a Demo cratic candidate for county clerk. Pe titions In his behalf were being cir culated this afternoon. Ulrich Is a native son of Jackson county. He will be opposed in the Democratic pri mary by Vic H. Bock man of this city, Dr. Charles T. Sweeney filed os Democratic .precinct committeeman from the Howard district. A, C. (Polk) Nlnlnger of Ashland announced today that he would not be a candidate for sheriff on the Re publican ticket. Nlnlnger haa had the matter under consideration for the past week. Tomorrow Is the final day for filing for office to the May primary. Two or three eleventh hour candidates are expected for sheriff and county Judge. REVENUE BILL IN E WASHINGTON, April 4. (P) The revenue - raising bill passed by the house was received In the senate today and formally transmitted to the finance committee where hearing will be started Wednesday. Arrival of the bill In the senate was marked also by a veritable flood of protests and demands to Individual members against the new levies. Senator cb pel and D N. V.J piled on his desk a huge stack represent ing part of 3,000 letters and messages he received over the week-end from New York protesting against the house provision to tax stock trans actions. HADE'S ALIAS Chief of Police Clatotw McCredle today received a letter from Lottie Hopkins of East Lake. Colo., request ing a check be made of Medford newspapers for a subscriber named E. A. Purdon. The letter stated that she had dreamed Paul McQuade, al legedly Implicated in the slaying of Victor Knott of Ashland, had at one time used that alias when working in a small lumber camp. Lottie Hopkins said In the letter that the man being sought might possibly be receiving the paper un drr that name. A check of the Mall Tribune subscription lists failed to reieal the name of Purdon. The lo cation of the "small lumber camp" was not referred to in the epistle. VEGETABLE MARKETING CONCERNS IN MERGER PORTLAND, Ore., April 4. Tl A consolidation of three prominent Teg etabla growing and dl.trtbutlng com panies into one marketing concern, effective today, aa, announced here Monday. . The Farmer' Produce company was merged with Blnn Biotlier,' celery hipping department and with Ken Tenaba, one of the beat known Jap. aneae producer In tht north weit. The name of the rarmera' Produce Comnanv haa been retained. T Colonel Declines to Discuss 24-Hour Absence in Auto Scotland Visit to Betty Gow's Kin Is Hot Clue CDTTVHUNK, Maaa., April 4. (AP) Two Cuttjhunlt flaliermen today positively Identified the pilot of a large amphibian plane which landed here yeaterday In aearch of a yacht aa Colonel charlea A. Lindbergh. One of the men, charlea Tllton, aald he had aeen many plcturea of Lindbergh and recognized him. Cuttyhunk resldenta aald the plane contained four men. three of whom appeared to be middle-aged, and that they were looking for a 38-foot yacht named Sallle. The yacht waa deacrlbed aa having two men and two women aboard. The men did not make known their Identity but the two flahermen aald they were poaltlve the pilot waa Lindbergh, HOPEWELL,n7 J., April 4. (IT) Col. Charlea A. Lindbergh became to day an active figure In the hunt tor hla atolen baby. Hla automobile, with the colonel at the Wheel, alld Into the garage at hla Sourland HUla aatat ahortly after midnight, ending a mysterloua 24 hour trip which he and the atate police declined to dlacuaa. "We will anawer no queatlona as to the whereabout of any member of the Lindbergh family," waa the way the state police put It. On a back road near the estate the Lindbergh car had met a ma chine carrying newspapermen, and stopped. "Are you police officers?" Col. Lind bergh asked. Colonel Keeps Secret. The reportera Identified themselvea and aaked him where he had been. "Thank you." Col. Lindbergh re plied, and drove on to hla home. The Associated Press had loarned earllor that he left the atate by motor Saturday night. Where he apent the 24-hour period, however, remained a secret. State police dlsclosod they are pur suing their search In the belief that Charles Augustus Llndberg, Jr., Is still alive. Col. Lindbergh's trip over Sunday (Continued on Page Bight) DEATH, DISORDERS SECOND ELECTION BERLIN, April 4. (AP) Germany's second presidential election campaign In less than a month waa In full swing today, with three desd, scores wounded and hundreds under arrest within a few hours after the opening gun was fired. The voters will decile tn a run-off on -April 10 between President Paul von Htndenburg, Adolf Hitler, and Ernat Thaelmann. Because of his heavy vote In the first election last month, Htndenburg was conceded to be In an excellent position for an other victory, which would clinch his election. While Adolf Hitler, national social ist leader, denounced In fiery speeches the government under President Paul von Hlndenburg. hla "nastl" forces fought with communists, communists fought with "nazls" and both battled the police and the "Iron men" of the republic, leaving a trail of death, blood and broken heads. Hitler began his campaign on the atroke of noon yesterday, ending the political truce ordered by the govern ment for the Easter holidays. He mounted a roatrum at Lelpalc before 50.000 people and scored the govern ment for "falling to show any post live achievements in 14 years of exls tence." "I will fight to tht bitter tnd." he said. BANK BANDIT LOTHARIO BETRAYED BY WOMAN CHICAOO. April 4 fAP) A de bonair man of 30 who a woman's Jealrnuy plastd In the hands of the police has erased "unsoKed" from records of bank robberies In more than a dozen cities through a con fession attributed to him by the police. For a long tlmt the authorities of the mlddlewest and the west coatt sought Donald Loftus, as a dangerous robber who worked alone. Yesterday he waa apprehended In barber shop of Mlshawaka, tnd , a city of 80 000 about 94 miles from Chicago, because, the authorities nld. ' a Jealous sweetheart tipped them of his w he res bouts. Bandits Crack Wrong Safe In Kansas Village LE ROY, Kas.. April 4. ( AP) After severing all telephone and telegraph wires leading .nto the town and making prisoners of Max Coffin, night watchman and five otcr persons, two or three robbers worked for mora than two hours early today to cut a hole Into a safe In the First National bank here only to find It empty, George Sims, assistant cashier, said the safe had not been used for three years. KLAMATH ENTRY BE FIRSTJp PARK In need of a protest received from the chain ber of commerce of Klam ath Falls, received at the Crater Lake National park headquarters of fices here, there Is a strong proba bility that the Klamath entrance road Into the park will be opened by the last of this week, a week or more before the Medford entrance road Is cleared of snow. It had been planned before this protest waa re ceived to have both roads thrown open at the same time, when the Medford entrance road had been cleared aa far as Union creek. The Klamath protest related that there Is only a mile and a half yet of the Klamath entrance road to be cleared and that therefore inasmuch as It would take two weeks yet to clear the Medford entrance road, and tourists from distant parts of the country had been arriving at Klam ath Falls for some time past to see Crater lake, the chamber did not deem It fair to keep auch tourists, as well as the Klamath Falls people, waiting until the Medford entrance road wns ready. The protest petition asked that the mile and a half yet uncleared on the Klamath entrance road be cleared at once. Chief Ranger David Canfleld Rot Into wire communication with Su perintendent B. C. Sollnsky. who 1" at Hot Springs. Ark., attending a national parka convention, on the matter, with the rosult that, wea ther permitting, the Klamath en trance road will be thrown open to travel by the end of this week. Thus Klamath Fulls will be able to drive to the lake rim much earlier thau the people of Medford. but the loop road at Anna Spring camp cannot be used until the Med ford entrance road la opened to travel. Snow storms, auch as the one now prevailing at Crater park with M inches of fresh snow falling laat night, may deUy the opening or either entrance road, aa the snow plow crew cannot work in euch storms. 4 DIE IN CRASH AS PI1NEJIND0WS DULUTH, Minn., April 4. (API Four men on their way to Detroit to compete In the national aircraft show, were killed this morning In an airplane crash M mllea north of Duluth. Those kilieii were Herb (Dutch) Puller, 25. pilot: H. E. Kervlnen, 3S. aviator: T. J, Bomcro, 33, fur buyer and part owner of the plane, and hla brother. William Somero, 38. They all lived at Ely. Minn. Puller flew Into a snowstorm near the farm home of John PJerem. who heard the plane circle hla home three times and then crash. Puller apparently waa blinded by the heavy snow on the windows of the csbin plane. EUOENE. Ore., April 4 (API Prince L. Calllson will be named head football coach at tne University of Oregon, the Reglster-Ouard aald to day. Official announcement waa lack ing but the paper aald It learned that CalHaon'a appointment had been rec ommended to the atate board of higher education. A hundred thousand dollars. Lof tus said, waa the loot he obtained In 14 robberies extending from Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin to California between 1D'20 and 1631 and there were four of the victimized Institu tion whose names he could not re member. He robbed for funds to entertain women, thret of whom ha bigamously married In recent weeks. He lived In a luxuriously fitted apartment In South Bend, four miles west of Mlshawaka, and when the police raided it following Mi arrest, they found At suit of clothes, two riding habits, 17 seta of matched (Continued oa Page Two) HOOVER CALLS FOR NON-PARTY ECONOM y Surprise Message to Con gress Asks Appointment of Delegates to Aid Fram ing National Program WASHINGTON, April 4. (AP) In a surprise special me.uage to congress President Hoover today called for the appointment of delegates from both the senate and the house to work with him in framing "a complete na tional program of economy." The president declared further re duction of federal expenditures for the next year to be an absolute neces sity. He asserted, however, that various agencies In compress working toward this end lacked the necessary unity of action. "Therefore," he continued, "I rec ommend to the congress that In order to secure this unity of effort and prompt action, and thus insure the relief of the taxpayer and a balanced budget, at the same time protecting vital service of the government, that representatives be delogated by the two houses, who, together with repre sentatives or the executive, should be authorised to frame for action by the present congress a complete national program of economy and t to recom mend the legislation necessary to make It possible and effective. Would Kxpedtte mils "Such a course would expedite rather than delay the passage of ap propriations bills." The president asserted he was con vinced "only by such unified, non partisan effort" and by a willlngnesa "to share the difficulties and prob lems," could federal expenditures ba properly curtailed. Mr. Hoover said the "limit of execu tive authority to bring about econo mies haa been reached." and only by Amendment of existing laws, eliminat ing less necessary functions, and con solidating governmental bureau could the end be attained. Necessity Pointed "I have," the president aald, "In various messages to the congress over the past three years referred to the necessity of organlzd effort to effect far-reaching reduction of governmen tal expenditures. "To balance the budget for tha year beginning July 1st next, the revenue bill passed by the house of representatives on April lat necessi tates that there shall b a further re duction of expenditures for the year of about s'200, 000,000 in addition to the reduction of $369,000,000 In ex penditures already made In the bud get recommendations which I trans mitted to the congress on December 9th. "It Is essential in tha lntereat of the taxpayer and the country that it should be done. More Hiivlngs Pnwthte "It la my belief that still more drastic economy than thla additional $200,000,000 can be accomplished. "Such a sum can only be obaMned, however, by a definite national legis lative program of economy which will authorize the consolidation of govern mental bureaus and Independent establishments; and beyond this, which will permit the removal ot long established methods which lead to waste; the elimination of the leas necessary functions, and the suspen sion of activities and commitments of the government not essential to the public interest In these times. "These objects cannot be accom plished without far-reaching amend ment to the laws." L NOT EXPECTED AT IETINGTONIGHT The school board In the Oold Hill district, where a row haa been raging for the past week, will not meet to nlKht. according to latest reports from the former mining town. The president of the school board reported last night that there ould be no session. All pupils, with the exception of seven, had returned to their booka this morning. Their reason for re mstnlng absent waa not learned. Members of the school board yes tcrday denied the statement that a petition asking the resignation of Ocorge MelslngeT wlthlu 34 houra had been presented the group. The pres ence of Stale School Superintendent Howard at a maaa meeting In the town tonight waa doubted by aeveral facilona today and no atatement. veri fying hla intentions to attend the session, waa forthcoming. The school row waa Inspired by the recent refusal of the board to re-hlre Coach Angstead. The students, who wished his retention, staged a walkout the first of lsst week Member of the school board are epece to stand pat on their decision. CHILOQUIM chiioquln Lumber Co resumed operations. PAN
