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MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1932
No. 178.
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Day 's News
By FRANK JENKINS
ACOPYRIOHTED dispatch from
Washington asserts that Presi
dent Hoover Is losing hla popularity
on the Pacific Coast. If that asser
tion is Intended to refer to the pres
ent moment, this writer disagrees
with It
President Hoover 1 OAININO In
popularity, If the talk; thla writer
hears I any Indication. He began
to gain, here In Southern Oregon, at
least, some, three weeks ago, and has
been gaining even more rapidly alnce
his Dea Moines speech, which made
an exceedingly favorable Impression.
THAT doesn't mean, of course, that
If the election were held now he
w-juld carry Southern Oregon which
la the only region with which thla
writer la familiar. Indeed, the con
trary la probably true.
But there can be little doubt that
sentiment la much mora favorable to
President Hoover NOW than It was
some three weeks ago.
No one who talks to all klnda of
people on every possible occasion can
doubt that.
IT THY la Hoover sentiment growing
. among votera la it because of
a growing personal liking for Presi
dent Hoover himself?
Probably not. President Hoover
doesn't seem to be PERSONALLY
popular. That la to aay, he Isn't the
sort of person for whom you want to
throw up your hat and yell.
He seems to be almost totally lack
ing In the kind of personal magnet
lam that makes violent partisans out
of people whom the possessor of this
highly desirable quality has never
even seen,
QO THAT brings 'us back again to
" this question: Why Is Hoover
sentiment gaining If, of course, It
really IS gaining? . .
Tho answer must be thla. Because
people believe It will be better for
the country, and therefore better for
THEM, If Hoover la elected.
nicy must feel that. the election
of Hoover will mean an Increase In
confidence, which In lta turn will
mean much better prlcca for what
people have to sell, more business
and MORE JOBS.
That la about the only explana
tion that seems to hold water.
LEASE do not understand that
thla writer la predicting the elec.
tlon of Hoover. If Hoover la to be
elected, sentiment will .have to change
much more than It has changed ao
far; for any candid and honeat ob.
aerver must admit that at the pres
ent moment Roosevelt la the favorite.
But such changes have occurred
before. People who remember the
campaign of 189 are fairly unani
mous In the opinion that in early
October Bryan was clearly In the
lead. Tet McKlnley was elected by
a fairly aubstantlal majority.
In other worda, between early Oc
tober and early November there waa
sufficient change in public senti
ment to shove Bryan out of the lead
and put McKlnley In his place.
What haa happened before MAT
happen again.
TJERE Is an Interesting political
fact:
From 1878 to 1928, only ONE state
In the Union haa voted the Repub
lican ticket unbrokenly. That state
la Vermont, which haa never wavered
from Its Republican allegiance.
AND here Is in equally Interesting
political fact:
Since 1878, only four of the atatee
of the Solid South have voted Demo
cratic without a break. These four
state are Alabama, Arkansas, Geor
gia and Mississippi. North Carolina
and South Carolina have each voted
Republican once South Carolina,
oddly enough, In 1878 and North Car
olina In 1838.
Louisiana, also, voted Republican
In 1878 and haa not repeated the ex
perience since.
OREGON, Minnesota, Iowa and
Pennsylvania have failed to go
Republican only once since 1878 In
1313. In that year Minnesota and
Pennsylvania went Bull Moose and
Oregon and Iowa went Democratic
Washington, which waa admitted
to Vie Union in 1889, haa gone Dem
ocratic twice and Bull Moose once
since that time. California has gone
Democratic twice and has split lta
electoral vote twice.
I.frl Rider ReMralned
V1SAL1A. Cal.. Oct. 18. (AP)--Fay
Robert Smith. Lakeside. Ore., live
stock auctioneer, charged today that
his former wife took their U year old
daughter to rodeoa throughout the
atate and allowed her to ride In haz
ardous events and was given an order
bv JucUe Frank Lamberson awarding
him Use child a custody. The coufle
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Detroit Speech This Week-
End And New York And
Western Trip Urged F.
D. Also Starts On Swing.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. ()
President Hoover Is framing hla De
troit campaign speech, considering
the while Just where to make rear
nlatform annearances on h'la third
mldwestern trip next week-end.
His decision to speak Saturday
night in the Michigan center of the
automotive Induetry waa announced
at the White House a day after the
President's return from Cleveland,
where he discussed employment and
the wage earner. The aubject of the
Detroit address was not disclosed,
however;
Nor waa any definite decision on
other pre-election plana of the Re
publican nominee made public, no
will return to the White House im
mediately after his Detroit address.
Then Republican leaders here look
for a awing along the Atlantic sea
board, topped by a New York or New
Jersey speech.
Next in order la the possibility ol
a Journey to California. Mr. Hoover
still is considering requests that he
travel to hla Palo Alto home Just be
fore election day. Only yesterday,
Secretary Mills returned from a trans
continental political trip to aay that
Callfornlans "want" Mr. Hoover to
come there.
The treasury chief brought to the
chief executive forecasts of victory at
the polle. He said he told the Presi
dent there was a "swing" toward him
that would mean his re-election.
Mills listed Csllfomla, Oregon. Wy
oming, Utah, Kansas and Michigan
as states "safe" for the President, and
predicted, a close fight In Washing
ton, Missouri, Nebraska and Minne
sota.
P. D. Just Talks.
"Over part of my route I followed
the ' Itinerary of Governor Roosevelt
on his western trip. Everywhere 1
went I found that the Impression
Roosevelt had made was purely negative."-
e
President Hoover will leave Friday
evrilng,-for:"Dctrolt. ' In--order to
reach new audiences, it Is expected
the presidential train will take a dif
ferent route than those followed to
ward Dea Moines and Cleveland.
Meanwhile, a message advocating
the re-election of Mr. Hoover went
out from Detroit to all Ford Motor
company employes. The company
submitted for the consideration of
Its men a belief that "any break In
hla program would hurt Industry.
ROOSEVELT SPECIAL. Oct. 18.-HP)
Smiling and waving his hand to
small crowd of well-wishers standing
on a rain-drenched railroad platform,
Oovemor Roosevelt, accompanied by
hla daughter, Mrs. Curtis Dall, and
his son James, and a party of 80,
left here at 9:35 a. m. (eastern stand-
ard time) for a presidential campaign
trip of 3,000 mllea through 17 atates.
Bonus Stand.
Although the governor haa declined
to say what subjects he will discuss,
It has been reported he will speak
on the soldier bonus payment Issue
at Pittsburgh.
"Why should I aay what I am go.
Irur to talk about?" he asked. "Presi
dent Hoover doesn't do It." i
The Roosevelt special Is due to
reach Pittsburgh tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock. He will motor to Wheel
ing, W. Va.. for an address before
his night speech at Pittsburgh.
From Pittsburgh, he will head for
Indianapolis. Springfield. 111., and St
Louis. Yesterday he was somewhat
concerned over reports from Spring
field that he had intended talking at
the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in
that city.
From St. Louis. Mr. Roosevelt will
Journey screws the border states of
Kentucky and Tennessee to Atlanta
and make a side trip to Warm
Springs, Ga.. the health center where
he haa gone twice a year for the past
several years.
RWnre returning to New York city
October 28. Mr. Roosevelt will carry
his campaign into South Carolina,
Virginia and Maryland. The last of
his three major speeches of the trip
will be at Baltimore. The other two
were set for Pittsburgh and St. Louli.
Prlert Flays Hooter.
PITTSBURGH. Oct. 18. UP) HV.
James R. Cox today withdrew t11
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NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (AP) The
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
and the Bell system, it was announc
ed today, expect to spend approxi
mately $35,000,000 for plant better
ment during the next 12 months.
A. W. Robertson, chairmen of the
national committee of Industrial re
habilitation, was Informed by Bell
officials that the sum td be appro
priated will be spent for essential
work in maintaining an improved
service.
It waa stated that, while much of
the planned work does not have to
I be done Immediately, it was thought
tt should be started as soon ss potv
sible in order to aid In rcllevl&i uu -
' ggfrnt fe fegti. .
HOOVER GREETED IN OHIO
Par
When the presidential special bearing the Hoover party passed
through Crestline. Ohio, en route to Washington from Des Moines,
Iowa, the chief executive exchanged hearty handshakes with citizens
who gathered to greet him. (Associated Press Photo)
Long Walk For Agitation In
Prospect Picket Lines In
Twin City Area Tightened
Mail Truck Delayed.
WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 18. (AP)
Members of Manitoba farmers'
army," which marched to the capltol
here last week-end to protest against
economic conditions, faced the pros
pect today of trudging 100 miles to
their homes again with & rebuke
from the government for their pains.
You have ruined your chances oi
ever getting a hearing here again,"
Premier John Bracken told them.
The premier's address waa made to
Mlchaelo Sawiak of Winnipeg, wh
headed the 'delegation. ' Sawtak was
asked, whether he was a communist
and he refused to reply.
'You knew," the premier told the
farmers v"the government had refused
to hear any deputations accompanied
by such a demonstration as you have
here today. I want you to realize we
won't be used for this sort of propa
ganda again."
The premier refused the marchers
free transportation back to their
homes, some of them 100 miles away.
They had walked here of then own
free will, he said, and would have to
walk back.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 18. (AP)
A general tightening of farmers
picket lines around the Minneapolis
and St. Paul areas went Into effect
today.
While many trucks had been turn
ed back heretofore on highways In
Washington, Anoka and Scott coun
ties, surrounding the twin cities, oth
ers had been permitted to get thru
with warnings not to repeat. But the
word went out today from several
sections that no trucks with non
perishable farm produce should pass.
A large force of pickets was concen
trated at Dayfon Port, on highway
No. 3. north of Minneapolis, and early
today 13 trucks had been turned back
there.
The truck men returned to Elk
river, five miles west, where they ap
pealed to the town marshal.
Led by the officer, the truck cara
van, which had Increased to 29 ma
chines, proceeded to Daytonport,
where they were halted. The marshal
persuaded the pickets to withdraw
planks placed on the road and the
trucks left for the twin cities.
Meantime, federal officials were In
vestigating delay of a mall truck yes
terday due to activities of pickets
near Stillwater.- The truck ran into
a nail studded plank placed arrow a
highway and the mall waa held up
more than an hour while the driver
repaired the tires.
COOLIDGESLATED
FOR RADIO TALK
Teddy Jr. on Air.
Theodore Roosevelt will speak
thla evening at 8 o'clock (Pacific
time), from the Honolulu station.
NEW TORK. Oct. 18. ( AP)-rOffi-ctsls
of the republican national com
mittee announced today they have
asked former President Calvin Cool
Idge to make two more aodresses In
support of President Hoover's cam
paign for re-election.
One of the speeches would be deliv
ered In Chicago on a date aa yet un
determined and the other would be a
last minute radio appeal to close the
campaign.
Georce Akerson. director of pub
licity for the committee, said the re
quests had been sent to Mr. Coolidge
at his home in Northampton, Mass.,
but that no reply had been received.
Mr. Coolidge made hla first address
in New York last week.
COnVALLIS Pay 'n' Taklt to ri
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JAIL FOR BEING
Girl Swapped For Span Of
Mules Shot By Lover, Leg
Amputated Another Kills
Wife For Waving Hand
HOPKINSVILLB, Ky., Oct. 18.
(AP) Louise Green, Hopkinsville's
"mule bride" of trhree years ago, lay
In a hospital today with her right
leg amputated as a result of a shot
gun wound inflicted by an angry
suitor, while he pleaded with police
to let him go to her side and ex
plain that he loves her and wants
to marry her.
The girl, who ran away from her
46-year-old husband, Ed Green, three
years ago, claiming her father, Henry
Gibbs, swapped her to -him for a
team of 'mules,, was sliot yesterday
afternoon at the home of her uncle,
Joe Gibbs. William Perrlgo, 23, the
suitor, surrendered and was ordered
held pending the outcome of the
wound. The girl was resting com
fortably today.
Perrlgo told police today he was
partly Intoxicated at the time and
fired merely to frighten her.
At the .hospital Louise Bald she did
not want to talk about marriage to
Perrlgo now,, but she might feel dif
ferently later.
Litigation and several fights be
tween the Green and Gibbs families
followed the girl bride's desertion of
Green.
JACKSON. Ky., Oct. 18. (AP)
The story that Creed Miller. 22-year-old
farmer, killed his wife and a
man. to whom, she waved her hand,
was under Investigation today while
deputy sheriffs hunted Miller In the
nearby hills.
Miller recently had returned from
working In West Virginia.- Neighbors
told Sheriff Lee Combs that yester
day Mrs. Miller waved her hand to
Clay Wilson, 17, as he passed the
Miller home. Miller ran out snd
killed him with a shotgun and then
shot down his wife as .she rushed
from the house.
Mrs. Miller was 28.
BERLIN, Oct. 18. (AP) The lat
est reply of former Kaiser Wllhelm II
to a call for his return to the throne
of Germany is a scriptural text, quot
ing words of Christ:
"Without me ye can do nothing."
The message wns sent last night
from his exile at Doorn, Holland, to
be Yead at a meeting of the "league
of the upright." The league con
vened last night for the first session
it haa held since It was suppressed a
decade ago after the slaving of For
eign Minister Walter Rathenau.
The meeting, which coincided
I closely with the birthday of the for
mer kaiser's first wife, sounded an
j enthusiastic call for the return of the
; Hohenzollerns to the throne. Dr.
Walter RIchterlRelchhelm, the for
mer court preacher, pronounced an
oration in memory of the kaiser and
his days, and a capacity house gave
three rousing "hochs" for the exiled
emperor.
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Action Taken To Offset
Heavy Withdrawals. Low
Price Wheat And Forced
Sale of Crop Mayor Acts
PENDLETON. Ore., Oct. 18. P)
A "financial holiday," designed to
protect bankers and farmers, opened
here today, to continue until October
29, under order of Mayor George R
Lewis.
In a. formal proclsmation. Mayor
Lewis designated the days between
October 18 and 29, Inclusive, sa legal
holidays, in order to allow financial
institution here to meet obligations,
and to protect farmers who might
be forced to sell wheat at prices De
low the cost of production.
"I urge," the mayor said, "that the
bsnks and other financial Institu
tions having control of grain and
other commodities, refrain from forc
ing or urging the sale of such com'
modi ties at the present low and ruin
o'U prices, or enforcing collection of
obligations secured by sucn commoa-
I ties to the extent, of - necessary, of
closing their doors against withdrawal
of deposits."
Selling below the cost of produc
tion at present prices, Mayor Lewis
explained, "would cause a complete
collapse of the financial structure of
the region. "
"It haa become Impossible," he
said, "for many individuals, banks
and other institutions to meet their
mature obligations and unnecessary
withdrawals of deposits without fore
Ins the sale of immense amounts oi
grain and other commodities at ruin
ous prices and consequent financial
disaster to the citizens of this city
and of the country generally
"But," he continued, "if with
drawals of money and bank deposits
from circulation can be halted, the
citizens generally can 4 permitted
to market their commodities in an
orderly manner and without forced
sale and sacrifice, the financial sta
bility of the community can be as
sured." Colonel J. H. Raley, chairman of
the board of dlrectora of the First
Inland National bank, and George
Hartman, vice-president of the in
stitution, said the "financial holi
day" was suggested to protect 'de
positors. They added tnat tne Dans
Is solvent and that there will be no
ultimate loss to depositors.
The officials said that slnoe the
bank was reorganized a year ajro by
consolidation or the First National
and Inland Empire banks, the insti
tution has suffered withdrawal ap
proximating $120,000 a month.
The low price or wneat ana omer
farm products, added to the circum
stance that the Umatilla crop was
only two-thirds of normal, caused the
difficulties. The bankers said they
acted to protect farmers against the
forced sale of wheat at prices below
production cost.
BOURbWlEADERS
L FAL
AS CHANCES FADE
AKRON, Ohio, Oct 18. ( AP)
Branding as "ridiculous" the asser
tion of Virgil B. Rogers, Akron mem
ber of the Democratic atate central
committee, that Ooodyear Tire and
Rubber company la "Intimidating"
employes In an effort to force votea
for President Hoover, Clifton Bluaser,
president, said today "The Ooodyear
organization has not Interested Itself
In any way In the voting inclinations
of lta employes."
High officials of Goodrich and
Firestone companies, Bracketed with
Ooodyear In the Rogers statement,
could not be immediately reached
and othera declined comment In the
absence of their superiors.
James D. Tew, president of the
B. F. Ooodrlch company, aald allega
tions that hla concern "haa Instruct
ed, or In any way coerced Its em
ploye, to vote for any candidate for
office In the November election are
untrue."
NEW TORK, Oct. 18 (AP) In
connection with a statement com
menting on the advocacy of re
election of President Hoover by the
Ford Motor company. Democratic
National Chairman James A. Farley
today made public a telegram from
an Ohio Democratic committeeman
asserting that Ooodyear. Ooodrlch
and the Firestone Rubber company
were "Intimidating" employes to se
cure their Totes for Hoover.
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SCIRER1F0R
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PLACE BY. BURCH
Albert Burch of this city, who elx
weeks ago resigned aa a member of
the stnte board of higher education,
yesterday artdreased a letter to dov
nor Jullua L. Meier, urging accept
ance of the rcalgnfttlon and recom
mending the appointment of Paul
Scherer of thla city aa hla aucceseor.
No official action haa been taken on
Burch's resignation.
Scherer la a college graduate and
the aon of a dlatlngulshed aclentlat
and astronomer. Burch'a letter aeta
forth that Scherer la highly qualified
for the position and "of proven exec
utive ability." Jle la an orchardlat
and an official of the 8. O. S Inc.,
fruit concern here.
Burch, In hla letter to the gov
ernor, reiterate, hla resignation and
glvea aa his reason "ajiat pressure 'of
private buslneaa preventa hla contin
uance." Burch did not attend the
Monday meeting of the board of
higher education.
The appointment of Scherer would
give aouthern Oregon representation
on the board, and meeta witn wide
approval in aouthern Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 18. (AP)
The cost of higher education In Ore
gon la to be alaahed; there will be
no presentation to toe 1933 legisla
ture of requesta for special appro
priation for the five lnatltutlona of
higher learning.
Thla waa agreed by the atate board
of higher education at lta late after
noon meeting Monday, at which the
ban against atudent use of automo
biles waa modified.
Further, there will be no Increase
In atudent feea, and budgeta are to
be adjusted on the baala of Income
available from preaent legislative
acta. The financial policy waa out
lined to the board by Chancellor W,
J. Kerr and waa aubsequently ap
proved by the unanlmoua action of
the membera.
Modification of t,he regulation pro-
hlbltlng atudenta from ualng auto
mobllea waa agreed upon on recom
mendation of Dr. Kerr and the harah
provisions of the rule will be aoft
ened, although atrlct aupervlalon
over atudent use of motor cars will
be continued.
The chancellor will have the re
sponsibility of regulating the auto-
mobllea and Dr. Kerr said the use
of the cars will be limited In auch a
manner aa to benefit the lnatltutlona
and atudonta.'. " " " ''
The new rule provides "that the
use of automobiles by atudenta be
regulated to the end that auch use
ahall not In any way be a detriment
to the maintenance of the hlgheat
standards of scholarship, social life
and general welfare of the institu
tions and the Individual mombera
thereof, and that the administration
of this regulation be under the Ju-
rladlctlon of the chancellor."
All atudont automobllea. It waa
suggested, ahall be registered on toe
campua. A provision la probable that
only by special permit may cara be
parked on the campus during class.
In discussing the financial setup.
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SALARY CUT FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICES
SALEM, Oct. 18. (AP) An emer
gency aalary reduction ranging from
5 to 35 per cent, applicable to all
state departments, will be recom
mended to the state legislature by
Governor Julius L. Meter, the Associ
ate Press learned today. The new
salary schedule will be based upon
salaries In effect prior to the present
out which ranges upward to only
IS per cent.
The salary reduction will be recom
mended for a two year period begin
ning the first of next January, leav
ing It to the 1035 legislature to deter
mine whether the schedule should be
longer continued. 15 per cent maxf
mum was started July of thla year
for a period of six months.
While definite figures are not yet
available as to the total reduction,
Henry M. Hnnzen, state budget dlrec
tor who Is now compiling the reduc
tions, estimates it. will exceed one
million dollars for the next blennlum.
The reduction will apply to elective
aa well aa appointive officials and
employes.
The governor In his message will
say auch a reduction Is necessary be
cause of the "economic depression
and shrinking state Income." Legis
lation will be required to make the
schedule effective, and the measure
will be drafted and presented to the
waya and means committee immedi
ately following lta organisation.
The schedule being worked out by
Hsnzen will reduce all salaries iioo
a month or under by five per cent.
From 100 to 1200 a month an eight
per cent reduction will be recom
mended. The scale further Includes
a 13 per cent reduction for all from
1200 to 1300 a month, 16 per cent
for salaries from $300 to $500, and
j the maximum cut of 15 per cent for
salaries of 1500 and above.
I In addition to the salary reduction
the governor In his meansge will out
. line what saving he deMrea In each
department during the next two
years. The budget now being pre
, pared, and which will be submitted
to the waya and means committee
; along with a special message by the
i governor, will ahow the administra
tion savings the past year and re
quirement for the forthcoming ad-
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Major Yeats-Brown Who
Will Lecture Here On Mys
teries Of East India Is
Writer Of Best Sellers
Major Yeats-Brown of the British
Indian army, nrho will speak here
Saturday night at the high school
auditorium, under the auspices of
University club. Is widely known as
the author of best-seller books, lie
also la an internationally known
sportsman and polo player. His last
visit to thla country was as a polo
Major Francis Yeata-Browu
player. His first visit waa at the age
of six when he came with his par
ents, his father serving aa British
consul general in Boston. Owen Wis-
ter, well-known American author, is
his cousin.
Lives Adventurous Life.
Theodore Roosevelt would have ap
preciated the major, for he has lived
both strenuously and dangerously.
A British officer in the Indian army,'
he has fought In all sorts of battles
In that section of the world, and was
In the secret service department dur
ing the war, spending most of his
time as a spy In Const an tin op le,
where he was finally captured and
Imprisoned by the Turks. Escaping
In a moat sensational way, he re
turned to duty In India.
Life means adventure to this young
Englishman. Every moment of It !s
adventure, spiritual and Intellectual
when not physical. Like Kipling's
heroes, he Is a soldier and a mystic,
and hunter, and connoisseur In hu
man nature. When he rides pig
sticking, the story Is like an old bal
lad. When he adventures Into na
tive villages and cities disguised,
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SAYS OREGON!
EDITORIAL
PORTLAND, Oct. 18 (AP) Har
ry L. Gross, attorney, accused of ad
vocating bribery in connection with
the selection of a site for a munici
pal market here, halted progress of
selection of the Jjary In his trial
here today by preventing a motion
requesting the court to cite the
Oregonlan for contempt of court be
cause of an editorial printed tills
morning.
Orosfl described the editorial at
"libelous and untrue" and "calcu'
lated to prevent Impartial action by
the Jury." The editorial, dealing
with the city election, referred to
"the Oross-manipulated committee of
fifty." This "committee of fifty' is
active In city politics.
Gross said the editorial "Is calcu
lated to Inspire an attitude of pre
judice, partiality and bias against
me as defendant In this criminal
action." The court reserved Judg
ment on the motion.
The indictment charging Oross
with advocating bribery In connec
tion with the market deal waa one
of seversl returned early thla year.
LONELY, A SUICIDE
NEW YORK. Oct. 18. (AP)
Scribbling a farewell note to "Any
one" with a lip atlck and grarplng
two white carnations In one hand,
Mrs. Charles J. Preacott, social reg
laterlte of' Boston, Jumped to her
death today from the 31st floor of
the Hotel New Yorker.
The former Beatrice Gardiner,
whoae marriage to Preacott, aon of
a Cambridge manufacturer. In Nov
ember, 1026, waa the outstanding
social event of Boston, left note
which read:
"I don't like you. This Is the
brat way out. Make the mof of
PAUL JENNINGS IS
NEARLY SHOT FOR
DEERBYHUNTER
Poor Aim And Heavy Fog
, Prevent Tragedy Bullet
Hits At Deputy's Feet
Shooter Is Identitied.
A slight mountain foy and a "noma
too good aim" of a, ao-30 rifle are
responsible for the fact that Paul
Jennings, deputy sheriff of Jackson
county, la alive today. Instead of
killed for a deer, is the tory brought
to Medford y hla father. Sheriff
Ralph Jennings, who returned last
night from a hunting trip through
the Ashland creek country about two
miles from Wagner Butte. The bullet.
fired from a hunter's gun. aimed at
young Jennings, landed near his shoe.
Jennings rose to his feet, losing any
resemblance he might have had to a
deer, while sitting, before a second
shot was fired.
Sheriff Jennings, his son and Char
ley Dun ford, Jr., left their cabin yes
terday and traveled a half mile down
the trail before separating to hunt
their favorite glades. Sheriff Jen
nings took the high pitch, Dunford
followed him. and Paul Jennings
some distance further down the
mountain.
They continued with that forma
tion for some time, then Dunford
Joined Sheriff Jennings. They had
stopped to rest, when they discovered
Paul seated on a rock about 100 feet
from them in the edge of sage brush,
neighboring a clearing.
A few minutes later they heart! the
report of a gun and looked to see if
Paul had fired. He, in turn, waa
looking frantically toward them. They
went to him and were informed that
a bullet, which he removed from the
dirt, had whizzed to his feet In per
fect line with his body, coming he
believed from the cliff above.
Following the supposed direction
of tho bullet, Sherltf Jennings came
upon a hunter's track and followed
him Into camp. The man, whoee
name was not revealed by the shorlff,
admlttod firing the bullet and fur-
tner statod that he had aimed at
young Jennings, thinking he was a
deer. The same fog, which had ob- '
scured hla view, also interfered with
hla aim, which had it been a little
nearer, would have, without doubt,
added another casualty to Medford'a
hunting season record.
The hunter said he had been track
ing a deer, when ho saw the object,
wnicn was Paul Jennings, move. He
fired then saw Jennings rise to his
feet, and knew he had shot at a man.
He did not continue down the moun
tain to Investigate the results.
The case Is being Investigated b
the sheriff and district attorney's of-
ucw, n waa statod today. Whether
or not charges will be filed was not
revealed.
JUi
TTSun the Mall Tribune went to
press thla afternoon, the hirr waa
atlll out In the case of Lee Burns of
oaiem, who is suing the Pacific Grey
hound Stages, Inc., for $10,000 ss a
reault of an automobile collision near
Oold Hill last spring. The case Is be
ing heard In federal court. Judge Al
ger Fee presiding.
Arguments of the attorneys, Kelly
and Kelly, representing Burns, and
Charlea Reamea and Ralph Wilbur
for the ataga company, were heard
before noon. Jurors left the oourt
room after 1 o'clock and returned
from lunch 10 minutes after 2.
ROGERS
SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 17.
Here is one for Eipley. Peru
and Colombia are going to war
over a bomidnry, the usual rea
son rlown here, but get this:
The land in dispute is so iso
lated that neither nation oan
get to' it, so they are arranging
to have the armies meet nt some
convenient place and fight over
a piece of ground that the win
ner can't get to after they have
won.
Chile has had five presidents
this fall. One inaugural parade
started out with one president
and wound np at the White
House with another, so they in
augurated two presidents for
the price of one. The man
that's in now is afraid to send
out his laundry.
When you rem! this I will be
flying the Andes a long am
bit ion realized.