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MED FOR I), OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933
No. 237.
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(Copyright, 1089, by Paul Mallon)
Spies.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 37. Washing
ton haa Its quota of foreign spies.
It la little different from the rest of
the world capitals. But you rarely
hear anything on the subject here.
The reason Is that we have a dlf
lerent technique about handling
euch matters.
Our agents rarely let the spies know
a they are even being suspected. The
etate department does not likes the
Idea of making charges which only
Increase International suspicion and
animosity. They know full well that
jf they raise an ado about one spy
organization and break It up. an
other will Immediately take ita place.
So they generally let' the spies go
on with their work, keeping them
. under secret surveilance and tapping
their methods of communication.
' They also try to keep such situations
from getting out.
There is one such case which la
Tery warm right now.
' Open Books.
There la less for spies to do here
than there Is In the European capi
tals, where aecret war preparations
keep things humming. We have no
eecret fortifications, which are par
ticularly Important In our defense
scheme. For that reason, counter
parts to the recent Parla case are ex
tremely rare In thla country.
What foreign aplea specialize on
here are naval and army plans for
airplanes, ships, guns and new wea
pons of war.
But we are unusually open even
about those subjects In certain In
stance. There la a rule that airplane plant
manufacturing for the army and
Bavy must take ateps to prevent out
sider from peeping. But, recently,
when foreign attaches of a certain
embassy here requested a pass from
'the state department to go through
an airplane factory near here, the
pass was Issued, although new gov
ernment planes were then being built
there.
Currently we are supposed to have
developed a high speed naval plane
about which the world knows little.
However, It is an oven bet that
most of the aviation experts of for
eign powers have a fairly good line
on it by now. Those things cannot
be kept secret for long, even with
stronger precautions than we take.
Reality.
The Inside figure on the actual
deficit for this fiscal year Is four bil
lion dollars. '
That figure will never be published
officially, but It la the one on which
Mr. Roosevelt has been laying his
budget plans. The official budget
will, of course, show a surplus of
perhape a billion. That Is because
most of. the relief expenditures were
left out of It.
Rnnblteenlna.
The only crow the expert want
to pick with Mr. Roosevelt s ouosei.-
......I I. tht manner In which
public works expenditures have been
handled.
.m... fn i. OTah has-. Anv time
they need money for anything they
call on Interior secretary
It, and he goes down In his sock and
produces it from the public works
lund.
,tnn th final renort from that
agency It In you will find that more
than half of it haa gone to govern
ment departments, eome for- legiti
mate public wonts, out. auso uu-u
tlal amounts for national Informa
tlon services and what not.
cipiHit-nMland.
In one peculiar Instance, conp-ess
declined to give the coast and geo
detic survey money to carry on cer
tain work. It cut the appropriation
lor that bureau at the last session.
Artcr congress went home. Ickea fur
nished the money desired by the
bureau from the public works fund.
The same thing haa been done for
the commerce. Interior and agricul
ture departments. The Idea behind
It Is that the work furnishes em
ployment and should be done despite
the attitude of congress.
There Is nothing particularly wrong
about that, except when you start
adding up your budget. The public
! works Is outside the regulsr budget,
while the departmental activities for
which the money was spent are really
budgetary Hems.
It means that money congress re
fused to spend In the. regular budget
has been spent outside the budget.
Thst Is NOT likely to Increase con.
fldcnce In the budget.
The administration will surely hear
about It from congress shortly.
Farm Mortgage".
The farm credit administration ap
pears to be In a little credit Jam
which the authorities are trying to
smooth over.
The whisper Is that the original
$200.000 000 appropriation for mort
gage relief haa been entirely ear
marked or spent, so thst there Is
none remaining free.
The farm rrellt crowd n.ia not used
the two billions In bonds authorised
(Coiiunue,i on Page Six
4o ft ft on lr
SALEM, Dec. 27. i APt A program
Including musical numbers and
pfcch cn "AnirrlcanlAm" will be
predated tomorrow night bv the
Forty and Ei?ht so-ietv of t'.ir Vv.rr
rn Les'nn oer KOAC, it was an
fiouniol at;c tocUj,
BILLION DEFICIT
FAILS 10 WORRY
I.
Wl House Expects Red
Ink Figures to Mount
Higher As Result Recovery
Program Income Eyed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. (API The
governments deficit today passed the
Diinon-aoiiar marie.
The figure by which expenditures
exceeded receipts in the dally treas
ury statement was $1,024,121,667.
This compared with the corres
ponding deflct Vie same time last
year og 1,593,694,753.
While this figure was .the latest
available. It was already several days
old. being, given In the treasury
statement of its condition Decem
ber 22.
Since that day It was considered
certain the deficit had grown still
higher.
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (API-
President Roosevelt displayed no sur
prise today at the latest treasury
statement showing a deficit In gov
ernment finances of a billion dollars
and It was reported at the White
House that the figure would mount
even higher as a result of the recov
ery program.
Income Watched
The chief executive was said au
thoritatively to be 'interested in mak
ing certain that income in revenue
keeps pace with the normal current
expenditures and he understands
this Income and outgo Is about on
an even basis.
The deficit is expected to repre
sent only a part of the extraordinary
expenditures being made by the gov
ernment in behalf of Vie recovery
drive.
Continuing his preparation of the
budget to be submitted to congress
next week, President Roosevelt called
in Henry Morgenthau, acting secre
tary of the treasury, and Lewis Doug,
las, budget director.
Message Unwritten
Mr. Roosevelt told newspaper men
at his press conference that he has
not started writing his budget nor
his message on the state of the un
ton to be read to congress on the
opening day, January 3.
Asked to give his views on past
events ,and predictions, of those to
come at Vie turn of the year, the
president replied that he was willing
to let the same old forecasters do
the Job and continue to be the goat.
T
PARIS. Dec. 27. (ip) in a national
funeral at a Paris railroad station;
Prance made a last farewell to the
victims of the Lagny train disaster
as the deaths of two women raised
fatalities to 202.
An enormous crowd gathered in the
great, black-draped underground hall
of the East station. It was trans
formed Into a chapet beside the bag
gage room where rows of coffins lay
Here it was that the bodies had
been placed for Identification after
the crash Saturday night at Lagney.
near here, when the Strasbourg flier
ran into the rear end of a fogbound
express.
CHINESE WOMAN WINS
E
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (AP) Mra.
Marie L. John, a Chinese, waa award
ed $5,150 damages by a circuit court
Jury here last night In her suit
against Royden H. Enloe, Blot ma
chine owner and distributor, whom
she charged with assault and battery.
She had asked (15.160. declaring
thst Enloe Beat and threatened her
after she had ordered him to remove
two of hla slot machines from her
curio store.
FIVE KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS CATTLE
CALVERT, Texas, Dec. 27. (AP
Three members of the crew and two
hoboes were killed when a Missouri
Pacific freight train struck some live
stock near Calvert early today and
was derailed.
R. J. Deihomme. 48, engineer; Fred
Wallace, 45. fireman, and Otis Oreen,
47, front brnkeman all of Mart were
killed when the engine and eight
cars left the track.
PLANE WINS DEATH RACE
TO SAVE LIFE OF BABY
BALTIMORE. Dec. 27. or, The
! condition of Sue Trammel flve
! months-old baby flown here from
: Houston, Texas, in what was thought
to be an air race with death, was
i described as "a factory" at Johns
Hopkins hospital today.
The child had rested so well since
.taken from the p!ane. which Jimes
: R. Wedeil. upeed flier, landed in the
I anew here mtIt t ril momirm, that
l Dr. Walter T. Dandy, the brain spec
! U'.iAt. decided to postpone hia exm
:n?:on until !atr in the day.
Or. Dandy's a.Msnta avusred him
: at the child was in no immediate
Will Turns Green
When Role Calls
For Pipe Smoking
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 27. (API
Will Rogers, the actor-humorist,
today proved the truth In the say
ing that It's difficult to teach an
old dog new tricks. A sequence In
a motion picture he Is appearing
In called lor Rogers to smoke a
pipe.
He smoked.
Presently he began to take on a
greenish color.
"Jim," he yelled to Director
Cruze. "I'm sick."
Rogers never before smoked
Production was held up for ten
minutes while a messenger went
to a corner drug store to purchase
an aromatic herb commonly smok
ed to relieve asthma.
TO 2 YEARS FOR
STEALING AUTOS
Gordon T. Johnson, a CCC worker,
has been sentenced by Circuit Judge
H. D. Norton to two years in state
prison for a series of depredtatlons,
including the appropriation of a score
of automobiles. He hailed from up
state, has a reform school record of
considerable length, and has been
nefariously busy the past six months
In this county. Johnson pleaded
guilty, and is the second CCC worker
to receive a state prison sentence in
the past two weeks. William C. Poole,
19, of the Butte Falls district, was the
other. Poole admitted the theft of
five autos and a number of petty
thefts, over a six months period.
Albert Nichols and Robert Goyke
entered pleas of guilty to burglary
not In a dwelling and the court de
ferred sentence, pending disposition
of the case of John Weedman, charged
with the same offense, also the fed
eral count of manufacturing syn
thletic liquor. The two will appear as
witnesses in the federal action against
Weedman, who formerly resided In
Coos county.
The burglary not In a dwelling in
volved the theft of a steer belonging
to C. W. Ashpole and attempt to dis
pose of the - carcass. Weedman Is
alleged to have attempted to outwit
Uncle Sam In the enforcement of the
liquor revenue laws.
Fred Orlando Gamble of Rogue
River also faces a federal count and
the possibility of a state ' charge.
Gamble is alleged to have operated
an unlicensed still arfd to have set
a trap-gun in the trail near his plant.
The federal grand Jury meeting next
month at Portland Is expected to taxe
action In both the Gamble and Weed
man cases.
SPEED! JUSTICE
GIVEN MURDERER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. (AP)
Less than nine days after his arrest,
Edward Anderson, 25, confessed killer
of Hewlett Tarr in a theater holdup
here November 29, was convicted of
first degree murder early today by a
Jury of seven men and five women.
Returned without recommendation
after seven hours and ten minutes
deliberation by the Jury, the verdict
automatically carried the death pen
aly. Anderson was convicted of robbing
the Branch of the Bank of America
where he was captured December IB
after shooting an officer.
The murder verdict came after nine
ballots, all on the degree of punish
ment. Foreman Thomas R. Hamilton
said two women Jurors held out for
life Imprisonment until the final
ballot.
NBW YORK, Dec. 17. (VP) The
first 52 railroads to report for No
vember had net operating Income to
taling 127,546.000, an Increase of 21.0
per cent over November, 1032, and a
rise of 13. 1 per cent over the same
month of 1931.
In October of this year their net
operating income amounted to M0
130,000. which waa 11.1 per cent un
der 1932 figures.
Oross revenues of 1174.864.000 were
3 7 per cent above last year, whereas
October showed a drop of 1.4 per cent.
Asked If hydro-cepha.ua, or water
on the brain, from which the baby
was reported to be suffering, was sus
ceptible to successful surgical treat
ment. Dr. Dandy said it was. He
added, however, that it was a dan
gerous malady.
Wedell set the big red monop'ane
on the snow crust which covered
Loon field here, at 1:57 o'clock this
morning after making more than 1400
mites in slightly more than 11 hours.
A.'tr receiving reports from the
Associated Press of the spectacular
flight. Mayor Howard Jtckon pla-d
fi fanlit.en of the city to aid the
Pilot and the family of the stricken
DESOLATE SCENE
LEFT AS FL000
1TERSJTREAT
2800 Driven From Homes i
Million and Half Damage
Counted in Cowlitz County
Survey by Red Cross
KELSO, Wash., Dec. 37. (API
Twenty -eight hundred persons were
compelled to leave their .homes, 795
homes were flooded nd damage esti
mated at a million and a half dollars
was done in Cowlitz county by the
floods which started two weeks ago.
a Red Cross survey disclosed today.
A breathing spell after sleepless
ni&hts and days of worry gave resi
dents time to take stock of the
lews to public and private property.
The water was well out of tho area.
Relief Organized
At Woodland a preliminary organi
zation for Immediate relief work was
set up yesterday, to bring aid to the
flood-stclken people of North and
South Kelso, Castle Rock, Lexington, .
Woodland and a number of rural j
vuiiiiuiui.h. wiiiiiiu.ihj
asked to take a "census" of its lndl
dlvual loss at once.
The findings will be compiled by
the Cowl Its County CWA and will be
placed before the county commission
ers, to be sent to state and federal
officials with requests for aid. Dele
gations from the stricken areas, as
well aa from Longvlew and other
communities, attended the meeting.
Homes Wrecked
Returning to their homes, many
families at Woodland, Castle Rock,
Kelso and Lexington were finding
only angled wreckage. A few fami
lies will b able to find living quar
ters in their homes again, but in
many Instances they have been
washed away or are totally wrecked.
CWA workers were busy today
burying dead livestock. At Lexing
ton, the lowlands were strewn with
dead bodies, with about 100 dairy
cows having been drowned. Three
hundred were lost at Woodland, while
about 2000 were saved by emergency
measures in driving them to higher
ground.
Today the weather broke colder
though with partly overcast skies. The
Cowlitz river Is down to 19.1 and the
Columbia Is also lower at 15.0 feet.
The Cowlitz Is at the lowest level
since December 19. The tempera
tude dropped last night to 37 de
grees here.
OS BORN. Idaho, Dec. 37. (AP)
Russell Owen, former airmail pilot
and a veteran flier, and a passenger,
Ed Murphy of Kellogg, Idaho, were
critically injured when thel r plane
fell 200 feet and was demolished at
the airport here today.
Owen was circling the field pre
paratory to landing when the ship
stde-sllpped, landing on its nose In
stumps on the east end of the field.
The men, both unconscious, were ex
tricated from the wreckage and taken
to a hospital.
Owen, flying a private plane In the
emergency operations set up by N. B.
Namer, of Northwest Airways, to aid
residents of this region after floods
Isolated them from the outside world
had been making several trips dally
from Spokane to this point.
STROKE VICTIMS
ARE IMPROVING
E. O. Trowbridge of 344 North Cen
tral waa reported in a much improved
condition thla afternoon, having suf
fered a light stroke on Christmas
morning.
E. F. Alexander of the Alexander
Grocery, who suffered a stroke Sat
urday, was reported lfi a slightly Im
proved condition at his home on
South Newtown this afternoon. He
had not regained use of his right side,
which was paralyzed.
Dunning Takes
Post Wtih NRA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (AP) C.
W. Dunning of Portland, Oregon, as
sistant chief of the processing and
marketing section of the farm ad
ministration, resigned today to be
come a deputy administrator of the
NRA.
Major Dunning will assist in handl
ing codes transferred from the farm
administration to the NRA by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
northwest'railroad
pioneer succumbs
PORTLAND, Ore . Dec. 27. (,V
Edward Lyons. 83. one of the pioneer
railroad men of the Pacific northwest,
died at his home here today.
In Rochester, Minn., where nil ram
llv moved from hi birthplace in Ham
ilton, Canada, when he was three
years old, he began a lifelong Identi
fication with railroading.
Judge Aligned.
8ALEM, Dec. 27 (AP Chief Jus
tice John L. Rand today aulgned
Judge J. W. Xnowles to hear Uma
tilla county circuit court canes for
which Judge Calvin L. Sweek ht been
UquahIld
CRUISER ASTORIA LAUNCHED II JILDING DOCK
o
w lis sisSIS
The sea came up to meet the navy's newest cruiser, Astoria, Instead of the vessel sliding down
greased ways to the water. The cruiser waa constructed In a building dock, similar to dry dock, In the
Bremerton, Wash., navy yard and when It was 85 per cent complete valves were opened and the craft
floated. The Astoria Is a 10.000-ton ship built under the terms of the London Naval treaty. A bottle of
champagne was broken across its bow by Leila C. McKay, great-granddaughter of on of Astoria's foun
ders. (Associated Press Photo
PEAR INDUSTRY
I
E
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. (AP)
Alex Jahnson," secretary of the Cali
fornia Pear Federation, announced
today he had asked Federal Relief
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins to
finance a survey of the pear indus
try of California, Oregon and Wash
ington in behalf of growers, ship
pers, canners and packers who are
now developing a marketing agree
ment. Johnson said an effective market
ing agreement would depend upon
accurate information regarding acre
age and variety of trees In order to
estimate the total lonnngc, allot
tonnage among growers, allot salable
tonnage for canning, fresh shipment,
shipment and drying between vari
ous districts and to supply Informa
tion required by a control commit
tee for tree removal.
The farm bureau secretary said the
survey could be orgRnl7.ed around lo
cal communities, selecting from the
unemployed men of the necessary ex
perlence. LIQUOR LAW TEST
SET FOR HEARING
EARLY THURSDAY
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 27. (AP) The
liquor law test suit brought against
the state by the city of Klamath
Falls will be up for hearing In the
Marlon county circuit court tomor
row morning at 10 o'clock before
Judge L. G. Le welling, tho court
clerk announced today.
Judge Lewelllng was holding court
in Albany today. At noon today the
state's answer to the Kiamat,h Falls
complaint had not been filed.
The complaint stated the new liq
urr law was unconstitutional and
thr.t the slate liquor com
mission and police officers be en
Joined from enforcing it.
District Attorney W. H. Trindle
said Judge Lewelllng was willing to
set the date ahead to this afternoon
if the representing atotrneys so de
sired. Elton Watklns of Portland la at
torney for Klamath Falls and Jay
Bowerman of Portland is attorney
representing the state.
4
W. M. Clemenson. proprietor of the
Jackson hotel and a member of the
city council, was reported critically
ill at the hotel this afternoon, fol
lowing a cerebral hemorrhage, auffer
ed about 11:30 this morning.
A slight improvement in hla con
dition was noted this afternoon by
the attending physician, but he was
still critically ill when the Mall
Tribune went to press.
Mr. Clemenson was in his room i
when the hemorrhage occurred. H'.s1
health had been causing him consid
erable discomfort dvirlng the puit
several days, his physician stated.
MRS. CLARKINJURED
BY FALL IN ROOM
Mrs. L. B. Clark, mho makes her
home st the Hotel Medford, sustained
painful Injuries this morning when
she slipped and fell In her room. The
ambulance waa called and she was
rushed to the Community hospital,
where x-rays were being taken this
afternoon to determine the extent of
lAjjiuy to uez
W. M. GLEMENSON
CRITICALLY ILL
L'
INANCE
BY CITY LEAGUE
An ordinance, providing for liquor
control by cities until the state ma
chinery swings into action has been
received by Med ford from the League
of Oregon Cities, Mayor E. M. Wilson
announced today, stating that no ac
tion, however, has been taken here
regarding the proposed ordinance,
drawn up by the league.
The ordinance proposes that the
cltlca set up temporary machinery to
handle the sltpatlon preceding the
Installation of the state liquor stores.
It Is In other respects in keeping
with the Knox bill.
It will be from four to eight weeks
before tho state act can be placed in
operation, tho letter from the league
points out, asking that the city coun
cil act as agent of the liquor control
commission during that Interim.
Issuance of licenses to various
agencies Is provided in the ordinance
with the following submitted list of
proponed rates:
Brewery 500, winery 25Q, farmer's
winery 25, distillery 100, wholesaler
i250, restaurant S100, hotel 9100, club
50, package atore, class A, 910, pack
age store, class B, 50, druggist $10,
railroad S50. retail beer, S16.
Under packages store any place per
mitted to sell liquor In sealed pack
ages Is Indicated. Class A applies to
sale of beverages not exceeding five
per cent alcohol by weight and class
B to the sale of those of 14 per cent
alcoholic content by volume.
The local committee appointed by
the mayor and city council to draw
up some form of legislation for Med-
ford had not yet met today, C. C.
Darby, chairman, stated.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (AP) Ap
proval of a $31,000 expenditure Tor
construction of a land and seaplane
port for Astoria, was given here late
yesterday by the department of com
merce aeronautlca branch in co-operation
with the civil works adminis
tration. SILVERTON, Dec. 27. (AP) Ram
paging Sliver creek In its latest out
burst tore the 76-foot Fischer Flour
ing mill dam from its rock founda
tions. The loss was estimated at
$3000.
Pear Markets
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. (AP) U8DA
Pear auction No cars arrived, none
on track, one sold,
Oregon Bosc, 620 boxes, fancy, $2.26
A 2.30; average, $2.28.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. ( AP) USDA
Pear auction Six cars arrived, one
California, 1 Oregon, 0 Washington
unloaded; 6 cars on track.
Oregon Bote, 689 boxes extra fancy.
$2403.10; average, $2.40; 136 boxes
fancy and better, $2.60ff300; average
$2.76.
Washington D'AnJous, 684 boxes,
$2.1flrtt2 60; average, $2.38,
FATHER SHOT ON ORDER
MOTHER'S OUIJA BOARD
ST. JOHNS, Aril!., Dec. 27, (AP
J. Smith Oibhons, county attorney, I
Informed of the desth In Ban Diego
last nlft'it of Rrnest J. Turley, re
tired naval officer, said today he
would prepare a murder complaint
airatnst Mrs. Turley and possibly
apninst her daughter. Mattle.
"I will file a charge of first de
gree murder charge against Mrs.
Turley and possibly her daughter
some time tomorrow," Gibbons de
clared. The daughter admitted shooting
,her father so her mother "could
marry a young cowboy." She attrib
uted her art to her mother'a oui)a
board, which, she said, "wrote out
that. I was to kin my father."
Tui.cy. abov in the big iUd
E
ARE BOOSTED BY
;t
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 27. (AP)
Gasoline Jumped 2 cents a gallon
throughout California today, and in
creases also went Into effect In Ore
gon, Washington and Nevada.
The new price here is 22 cents for
premium grade, 20 cents for regular
grade and 17.5 cents for third grade
motor fuel. Prices In Los Angelea
were a half cent lower than here.
In Portland the rise waa a half
cent on all grades, the range being
24.S cents, 22.0 cents and 20 cents.
The same rice and same prices went
into effect at Seattle. Tneonm and
Med ford also boosted prices a half
cent. At Spokano the two top grades
rose a cent i and third grade a half
rent.
Standard Oil company was the
first to announce the boost, with As
sociated and Union quickly follow
ing.
IS
NOMINATED HERE
Medford'a meanest man, according
to Chief of Police Clatous McCredle,
waa apprehended yesterday, after he
had stolen a large basketful of gro
ceries Christmas night from a deaf
widow, at whose home he had an
apartment.
A local grocery store hsd prepared
a basket of foodstuffs for the elderly
lady and left them at her door. Police
were notified, and the man was found
to have made some hotcakes from the
flour, and had cooked most of the
meat.
When questioned by the chief, the
roomer said he thought the Salvation
Army had left the basket at the door
for him.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27. (AP) It was
S below eero last night, too cold for
two 16 months old babies to sleep
In their crib.
So Blanche and Barbara Marshall,
twins, were snuggled into bed with
their mother and father and four-year-old
brother,
When the mother awoke at 8 a. ro
ller babies were dead. They had
smothered.
Warrants Called.
SALEM. Dec. 27. (AP) The state
treasury department announced that
$103,000 general fund warrants will
he called tomorrow, bringing warrant
redemption up to November 20.
back as he stood near a corral on
his ranch, 86 miles from St. Johns.
He was taken to San Diego In a
TranAport plane by Lieut. S. 8. Jark.
Attending physicians here had ex
pressed belief his wounds were not
serious.
Yesterday, Judge Levi 8. Udall, In
superior court, took under advisement
a petition of Mrs. Turley that a
charge against her as an accessory be
dlsmuased on grounds there was "In
sufficient Independent testimony cor
roborating the accomplice, Mattle,
and there is absence of probable cause
to hold the defendant to answer."
At Mrs. Turley'a preliminary hear
ing the 15-year-old daughter testi
fied her mother told her the "OulJa
i board could hft dulled
T.
mm case
'Had No Use for Jim,' Says
Ex-Step Father Name
Not Mentioned for Years
Spite Fence Is Related
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27. (AP) The
name of Albert C. Allen, Jr., Central
Point, Ore., farmer, wno was left
the bulk of the estate of Miss Mar
garet Keith, millionaire Los Angelea
recluse, was not mentioned b the
eccentric spinster for six years, her
brother-in-law, P. M. Woods, told a
Jury trying the contest of her will
today.
"She had no use for 'Jim' Allen,
as we called ,h!m." Woods testified.
"Thla was because his father di
vorced his mother, she sided with
her sister, of course. She never men
tion the Aliens' name again had no
use for them.'
Allen's mother married Woods four
years later, In 1919. She died in
1031.
Built Spite Fence
Woods related to the Jury the in
cident of .her building an eight-foot
ooara rence around her home in
Venioe.
"I told her the neighbors would
complain, but she Insisted on the
fence," Woods said. "She said she
didn't want to be on exhibition liks
a stuffed bird. Well, the neighbor
did complain and the police came
and told her to take the fence down.
She told them she'd move out of
their town. She moved to Santa
Monica, Just to spite Venice."
Woods said his sister-in-law built
a house In Hollywood In 1018. On
the day she was to occupy It she
smelled ga as she entered door.
" 'Someone is trying to poison me '
Woods said she shouted. " 'I'l never
live In a house they can fill with
poison gas.' She never occupied the
resldenoe.
The witness said Miss Keith never
allowed mall to be delivered to her
home because she was afraid to
have a postman on the grounds. She
rented a post office box and sent
her Japanese servants for the null.
Miss Keith's brother and sister, Da
vid Keith and Mrs '4 Etta Keith Esk
ridge, and Allen's sister Mary Allen
Towle, are contesting the will, con
tending Vie woman, who committed
suicide last spring, was mentally in
competent. The estate la valued t
about $600,000,
"A fair face Is fairer viewed be
neath a veil" such was the late Miss
Margaret Keith's reason for wearing
the heavy veil, much mentioned of
late in the California trial contest
ing her will is the belief of a num
ber of Med ford folk, who remember
her appearances In this city.
"Pull face veils were being worn
at that time," one merchant recalled
Vila morning. "Her's was always a
little thick, but you could sea
through It without difficulty and It
always revealed an exceptionally
beautiful face."
Miss Keith came to Med ford to
visit her sister, who wsa then Mrs.
A. C. Allen, residing at Hollywood
orchard, neighboring Med ford.
Her appearances here caused no
small flutter on Main street, because
of her beauty and attractive apparel
as well as the knowledge that she
had been born wit, a silver spoon
in her mouth. No one thought of
her aa 'Insane" but as fastidious and
a bit "uppish," one local person ex
pressed the sentiment today.
The belief waa prevalent, several
old timer added, that the Keiths
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Will
ROGERS
SANTA MONIOA, Cal., Dee.
26. Between looking at our
Christmas nccktio and now sox
it don't givo us much clianco to
read the Christmas day papers.
There is something about a
terrible accident or calamity
that draws even nations closer
together. Now France, we cuss
'cm (for looking out for France
better than wo look out for our
selves) but when wc read of
this terriblo train wreck all
debts are forgotten, all over
charges to us when we were
tourists there arc bygones. We
just think of 'em as folks like
us, who have about tho same
problems to face, wooden
coaches on railroads.
Yours, WILL ROGERS.
I. S.: This P. S. is put in
here to save all R. R. presidents
from sending good-natured in
dignant wires. We know that
you aro all doing away with th
wooden ones as fast ns you can
How's that, Mr. Stotcsburyf
due
. ttlU HlMlMiilMaltflffi '".