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RILUNE
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
TOR 1934
Tweuty-uinth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1931.
No. 227.
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PORT ORFORD LINE
10 LELAND WOULD
TAP RICHJEGION
Independent Concern Asks
I. C. C. Permission for
Building of 95 Miles
New Yorker Heads Project
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Cloudburst Floods Force Calif ornians to Leave Homes
iWALLS OF WATER
Legislators Missing in Holocaust
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (AP) The
Gold Coast railroad today applied to
the Interstate commerce -commission
for permission to construct aproxl
mately 95 miles of railroad In Ore
gon.
The railroad company is now con
structing dock and terminal facilities
at Port Orford, Ore., and plans to
extend a railroad southward along
the coast through Frankford to Rogue
river with an ultimate spur to Gold
.Beach, the county seat of Cum
county, thence up the Ropua rli er
through Agnes, Illaho and Marial to
Lcland. where it will connect with
the main line of the Southern Pacific
railroad. "
None of the towns through which
the line passes is Incorporated, but
the application says that other new
towns are contemplated at strategic
points. The road. It Is claimed, would
tap very large holdings of timber,
coal, copper, cement rock, vegetables,
stock, fruit and dairy products.
Harrison Osborue of New York city
Is president of the company.
The application filed today with
the Interstate commerce commission
was made by Gilbert E. Gable of
Port Orford on behalf of himself and
others interested In the proposed
construction.
Independent Group
The application said "the appli
cant has no relation by either traf
fic or financial with any other oper
ating railroad, corporation or corporations."
The promoters plan to obtain a
loan from the reconstruction finance
corporation. The cost of the proposed
project was not disclosed or discuss
ed In the application.
The line would be an extension of
railroad docks and terminals now be
ing erected at Port Orford, the ap
plicant said, and would tap ."very
K X A .
39,231 PER CENT
WAR TIME PROFIT
LAID TODU PONT
Old Hickory Powder Plant
Made $1,961,000 Profit
Assertion Made by Senate
Munitions Investigator
NEW YORK. Dec. 14. P) The
World-Telegram said today the
senate munitions committee has
decided to Investigate the pri
vate banking house of 4. V. Mor
gan & Co. The paper said Its
Informant was Senator (i era Id p.
Nye, chairman of the committee.
This Aso4'ltitcrt Pres nlinlo shows fltimes conMimlng the Kerns hotrl In I.aittlng. Mich., Mhere more
than 20 person- were' known to linve burned to death or drowned when they lenped In the Grand river.
Among the (lend and missing were members of the Michigan legislature.
CANFIELD TELLS
PARK POLICY AT
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FLIERS BAIL OUT
WHEN ARMY SHIP
DROPS INTO BAY
SAN PRANCISCO. Dec. 14.
An army plane crashed Into San
Pmnclsco bay today near the Fcny
building, after its two occupants sate
ly balled out.
The rescued filers were Lleutcnart
r. L. Anderson and Sargeant Duncan
R. MacVean, stationed at Crlssy fie: t
They were flying In a threc-plnnc
training formation at 70O feet, skim
ming Just under the clouds, when
their motor failed.
The plane burst Into flames as U
hit' the surface. Gasoline sprevl
over the nearby water from the fuel
tanks and caught fire. The ship sank
In a few minutes.
A ferry boAt put about and a num
ber of small vessels from the fleet
anchored nearby, went to the rescue
of the two parachuted fliers.
Thoiwnds of Urnse faces on ferrv
boats and the anchored warship
watched the thrilling drama.
DOKE'S FATE AGAIN IN
HANDS CALIFORNIA JURY
WOODLAND. Cal.. Dec. 14. (API
The Jury in the second trial of Jud
aon C. Doke. charted with the mur
der or Lamar Hollingshead. be can
deliberations Rt 3:30 p. m. today after
Judge Neal Chalmers had completed
hi Instructions.
PrlMincr foft I tan Me Dally.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. UP)
Average daily population of Utah'f
tate prison during the last ftsc:
year was 307 prisoners. Cost of feed
ing them was 64 cents a day.
21 'Ounce Baby
Born In Salem
Fed By Drops
SALEM. Dec. 14. ..-Pi A med.
cine dropper waa azain brought
Into service to feed baby at t ie
5slrm General hospital when a
tiny g'.rl welshing only 21 ounces
as born lat night to Mr. a::d
Mr w. Wrih Rim of Sam.
T'.ie b!y w.i a Ix-'.ng cared t j
in an incubator nd oxyrn wm
beitv Adnunitred
Tiie child ws ma'.l?r thn t.ie
baby aon of Mr. and Mrs. Henrt
Martin of Sslem. which tu re
ceived at the hospital Novcmbc.
28, when it m four days o:d
and we'.s'icd Ito p-inni and 1?
David H. Canflcld, recently ap
pointed superintendent of Crater
Lake National park, was guest of
honor at ft Medford Chamber of Com
merce luncheon today at the Hotel
Medford. A large number of men and
women, prominent In business and
civic affairs of this city, representa
tives from visiting southern Oregon
communities, and officers and offi
cials In government service In this
area, accompanied by their wives
attended the meeting to do honor to
the youngest National Park superin
tendent in the United States. t
"We are approaching a milestone
in the' development of Crater Lake
National park," Superintendent Can
field said In his Interesting address.
"Due to the recent availability of
emergency funds and man power In
dications are that we will complete
our ten year program of Park devel
opment within two or three years."
the speaker said. .
Mr. Canflcld pointed out that the
policy of the National Park service
called primarily, for preservation of
park areas, to a great extent In their
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FF
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Truck owners are urged by the
sheriff's office to have their trucks
weighed before applying for 1935
licenses. Under new truck regulation
all truck owners must present a
signed weight certificate. Issued by
scale owner or employee, before a
license can b issued. The new forms
for weight certificates are now in
the hands of scale owners.
Licenses for trucks can be pur
chased on a full year, or half-year,
basis.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (AP) Mae-
kay radio reported receipt of a mes-
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BRITISH VESSEL
IKS IN STORM PARENTS' MURDER
FOUNO SAFE AFTER
Hy Nathan RobcrtMm
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (AP) A
senate munitions committee Investi
gator asserted today that the Du Pont
company profits on the wor time
Old Hickory plant In Tennessee were
30.231 per cent on Its Investment.
The statement, quickly disputed by
the Du Ponts, was made by Alger C.
Hiss on the basis of evidence that the
company's profit was 91.001,000.
Hiss said the Du Pont Investment
was only $5,000, the capitalisation of
the subsidiary which built the plant,
and tii at the government paid all the
costs and bore all the risk.
Du Pont Denies Claim
Just previously, Pierre S. Du Pont,
elder of the noted powder manufac
turers, had distributed a statement to
newspapermen saying the company's
profit from the project, after taxes,
was "less than one quarter of one per
cent on the total expenditures under
the contract."
The Du Pont company built the
plant near Nashville, Tenn., In 101),
under a contract making its fee only
OF
Kidnaper Found
Shot to Death
Exchange Privately Owned
Forest Lands Near Pros
pect for Federal Acreage
Is Asked by C. of C.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 14. (AP) A re
port from Tsingteh said tonight that il
sage from the liner Aseania stating ; little Helen Prlscllla Stam, three; The contract provided, however,
that all survivors of the foundering j months old daughter of the murdered that the company would get a per
Brltish steamer Usworth were res- American missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. j ccntage of all powder manufactured
cued today In heavy seas In mldat- j. c. Stam, had been found alive and J which quickly mounted to H.Ool.OOO,
lantic. j was being taken to Wuhu, mission ' the Du Pont testimony said. '
Apparently 12 lives had been lost ; headquarters. I say Profit 275.000
In the tragedy. All of them went! Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kofleld of Bend, , Company officials contended their
down when a lifeboat from the Bcl-jore., reported to have disappeared at profit was only 27o.OOO after deduc
glan steamer Jean Jadot capsized, j about the time the Stam were nb. itton of taxes and disallowance by the
iwo vi mo acaa were ucnnuciy ducted, are aafe. a tcleirrain to the
known to have been the lifeboat's Chlna Inland mlselon said. They are
crew. Of 12 of the crew taken off the Rt imtu conditlon8 havc Mt
us worm in me capsizeo. ooai, oniy
two were rescued.
The Jean Jadot reported that the
two were the only survivors they had
aboard. The Ascanla radioed that
there were 18 survivors from the Us-i
worth aboard her.
The Usworth. was reported to have
had a crew of 30.
Rescue woric was made precarious
by the high running seas that pound
ed lifeboats and washed away the
coils of rescue. lines.
Early this ' morning the Usworth
radioed the rescue ships standing by
to "please try man boats as Impos
sible fling any more lines."
When the rescue of the Inst sur
vivor was completed the Usworth was
still afloat but was foundering hope
lessly, bombarded by the mountain
ous waves that disabled her last
night.
government of expense claims,
Du Pont told the committee todaj
that Newton D. Baker, then secretary
of war, plainly Indicated to him In
November, 1017, that he considered
the Du Pont Powder company "a
ROBBER HOLDS UP
AT Al
KLAMATH PALLS. Ore.. Dec. 14.
( AP) The Alturas branch of the
Bank of America in northern Cali
fornia was robbed of $500 shortly af
trr noon today:
An unmasked man obtained the
money from Ole Nellson, teller, and
tied.
The report of the finding of the
baby was relayed here from Wuhu.
Wuhu reported that the Reverend ' species of outlaws" because of the
Mr. George Birch of Canada, a mem- j terms the concern had Insisted on In
ber of the China Inland Mission and building the government powder lac-
stationed near Tsingteh, had the n- jtory.
fant and was carrying it to safety. ! "Naturally X resented the remark,"
There was no Indication as to the ! Du Pont said as he leaned forward
health of the child. ! earnestly to explain to the committee
Whatever the baby's condition, it Is details of the preliminary negotla-
assured of the best medical attention 'tions for construction of the plant at
for the entire staff of the American Old Hickory. Tenn., which was de
Mcthodlst Episcopal foreign board ' layed some months after Baker can-
mission hospital at Wuhu, under the Icelcd the original contract.
direction of Dr. Robert Brown, nwaits
the child's arrival.
It came into the world Bt that hos
pital Sept. 11 by a Caesarian opera
tion. The Information from ' Tsingteh
was that the bodies of the Stams had
been placed In coffins upon the
orders ,f Governor Liu Cheng-Hwa.
The Chinese magistrate at Wuhu
had requested Governor Liu to send
the bodies there for Identification.
It was not Immediately Indicated
how the rescue had been made, altho
It was known that government troops
were In pursuit of the bandits who
raided the city of Tsingteh. murdered
the baby'a parents, and presumably
kidnaped the child.
A resolution urging immediate gcr
crnmental action for the exchange of
5000 acres of timber, belonging to the
Roue River Timber company, be
tween the southern boundary of Cra
ter Lake national park and Prospect,
lying adjacent to the Crater Lko
highway, was adopted by the roaJs
and highway committee of the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce at
a meeting held In the courthouse
auditorium yesterday afternoon.
A second resolution advocating the
designating of the land exchanged
as the will of Will T. Grieve Memorial
park was also adopted.
Would Preserve Scenery.
The purpose of the meeting was to
take action toward preservation ol
the scenic beauty along the Cratsr
Lake highway and the resolution was
worded to embrace all forest scenery
along Oregon highways.
The resolution was Introduced by
R. C. Orosbeck, attorney, of Klamath
Falls, who in a brief and telling talk,
declared preservation of highway
scenery was a duty of the govern
ment, and that the forest service,
the timber companies and depart
ment of agriculture should cooperate
toward that end.
E L. Mcsereau, general manager of
the Rogue River Timber company,
told the meeting that plans were con-
I'
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TO
SHUN IVIES OF
T
300 Residents Leave Homes
Roads Buried in Mud
Waters Follow Path of
Last New Years' Flood
YAKIMA. Wash.. Dec. 14. (A) A
report reaching Yakima today from
Sunnyside, 30 miles south of her,
said that Martin HogAn, abductor of
Clarence D. Parrel!, Ellensburg thei
ter man, was found dead in a field.
with a bullet hole In his head.
Parrell was kidnaped in Eilensburjt
December 0, as he was getting Into
his automobile after leaving his thea
ter. He was released after being held
captive overnight. He was suffering
from Injuries received when his auto
mobile overturned on the highway
while he was driving with his captors.
Hogan and a youthful companion
were being sought by posses when
the body was found.
OFTEN HOST AT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (AP)
Flash floods, loosed by cloudbursts
back of La Crescents valley, roared
down a half dozen canyons today,
drove 300 residents of Montrose to
safety, burled numerous roads In
mud. rock and gravel, but several
hours later a survey showed there
had been no loss of life and very
little serious damage tt homes.
The cloudbursts sent water rush
ing down the canyons In walls rang
ing from six to ton feet high. They
cut a path a half mile wide as they
spread out on the flat hillsides
and swept through Montrose to Vcr
dugo Wash, from where they were
carried Into the Los Angeles river,
which runs to the Pacific ocean.
The water coursed along the path
of the destructive flood of New
Year's day, 1034, in which more than
30 persons were drowned and prop
erty damage soared Into the hun-.
dreds of thousands of dollars.
Hal Noon of the Los Angeles flood
control district headquarters, said
that while it is stilt raining In the
Montrose-Las Crescent a area, the
situation has Improved, "the only
real danger now being In continu
ance for some time of the rain which
might cause added overflows."
KIDNAPERS' FREE
CHIEF OF POLICE
As In former years, no checks will csraped in a coupe. He abandoned
be accepted by the sheriff's office I the car at Likely, Cal.. and Joined
in payment of license fees. two companions In another coupe.
The license fee for pleasure autos The men Were betieved heading
remains at a5 per year. j north after first starting south.
EARTHQUAKES PRECEDE
ERUPTIONS IN HONDURAS
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. Dec. 14
T The upthrust of Mount Erapucn
and its transformation into en active
volcano was' reported today by Gov
ernor Santarosa of Copan province
in a telegram to the federal govern
ment. Governor SsnUrosa reported in, v.
the earthquakes throug'KVit his d
trlct, which be:n 12 diva were
continuing without eMatirn.
H:s report to the national govern
ment said:
"Earthquakes radlatir? from .V
j central prt of this district stem to
i be centered on the outskirts of te
city of Cjpan in te Merendiin mou.v
i tain ra:i;e
( "Wt bceve uui Mount 1 Cii-
menelto. close by, Is Increasing In
sire and tljet the same Is true of
Mount Erapuca, the latter becomin-;
a perfect volcano such as caused ti?
rit ruction of ancient Copan tl In
500 A. D.
"The earthquake are ao caus if
a change in Mount la Bufa. which In
lf)08 erupted, occasioning the strong
earthquake on August 28 of that yrt
"The previous activities and inr
p rev nt phenomenon have ranged s
panic in the city ol Copan s.ia
throughout the dUtrict. since m
.vibtrranein disturbances are be
lieved to center here.
"Pe dispatch a technical com
mlAAlon to a-Hfijl In preventing a d.a
''.t to the pu o'.ic and calm i.u-population."
K. F. MAY BE HEAD
NEW SCOUT AREA!
BEND. Ore , Dec. 14. Forma
tion of a new Boy Scout area council
with Klamath Falls as administrative
headquarters, was considered at a
meeting of sciu; wqrkers In Bend
last night, and W. L. Hiyward. savo
clste regional executive In North Pa
cific states, was authorlred to pro
ceed with the arrangements. Bend
and Ltkeview tn Oregon, and Alturjf
in northern California would be tie
administrative points tn the proposed
Klamath area.
Up until dissolution of the m,ti-Columbla-Desehutes
ares council la ,
summer. Bend and other central Ore
2on district council were adminis
tered out of The Dalle.
Organization of the Klamath ari
will rerAnitte appointment of a
vout executive-, who will super viv
all district councils In the area.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kas Dec. 14.
(AP) A widespread search ' for Art
Catkins. HerliiKtou. Kas., chief of po
lice who was kidnaped yesterday by
two gunmen, ended early today with
his release after 14 hours in the
hands of his abductors.
Calkins, kidnaped yesterday when
he sought to question one of the men
regarding the mirchase of revolver
I ammunition, was released unharmed
four miles east of Klldare, Okla., early
today.
B ought here to meet friends who
mere to return him to Herlngton. the
chief declined to go into details of
the kidnaping.
' I have a hunch why I was picked
up but I won't say why," he said.
NOT DEAD, IS REPORT
LOS ANGELES. Dec. M. f AP)
Rumors In Ouayaqull that tome
mysterious radio report emanated
from the Oalapagoa Archipelago re
vealing the miming Baroness Elolse
Bonsquet de Wagner hid been found
dead were proved without foundation
todsy when Captain O, Allan Han
cork reported by radio that his search
for the solution of the strange dis
appearance was still under way.
PORTLAND. Deo. 14. i7p Cath
olics of Oregon will be asked at mat
Sunday's services to take or to renew
their pledge to discourage by absence
from them, all moving pictures that
are suggestive, crime -breeding, or In
other ways unwholesome socially or
morally. I
Archbishop Edward D. Howard of
the Oregon archdiocese made the an
nouncement today. He has written
to all pastors to again call attention
to the "Legion of Decency."
"The bishops in the general session
of their recent annual meeting." rw
wrote, "were of one mind in exprest.
lng the hope that the gains made
against salacious moving plctuiet
would be conserved and augmented
They felt It would not be wise toJl
low the impression to prevail that
the Legion of Decency has In any
sense of the word accomplished );q
entire mission."
Then referring to a new and briefer
form of pledge which the people will
be asked to take Sunday, the arc i
hlshop wrote: "It would augment
the solemnity of this ceremony If al
each mass, your people are asked to
stand sid renew the Legion of De
cency pledtre, repeating the sam?,
phrase by phrase, after the officiating
priest."
Dies In Ilox Car
SALEM. Deo. 14- ( AP) A young
man. apparently little more than
30 years of age, was found dead In
a box car "spotted" In front of the
Oregon Electric freight depot here
today. Nothing could be found about
hlc clothing to Identify him.
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 14. (AP)
Who murdered Blmon Mlsh?
To that question police detectives
today continued to seek the answer
as they considered three possible mo
tives: Revenge, robbery, and sudden
anger.
The 70-year-old retired merchant,
diving In at least moderate circum
stances, was brutally and fatally
beaten last Tuesday night or early
Wednesday morning. His body- was
found In a fish pond at the rear of
hla residence. , The coroner said he
was hot yet dead when he was thrown
or fell Into the water.
The body of his pet dog was In the
water beside him. The coroner said
It had . bean drowned or choked to
death.
Mlsh lived alone. His neighbors
said he often "threw wild parties"
attended by young men and young
women, soma of whom occasionally
spent the night.
Those who attended some of these
parties said Mlsh had often evinced
mora than usual Interest In the
young women who attend ed. The ele
mcnt of sordldness entered the pic
ture here. It wan said, and on this
bails police examined the revenge
theory.
Mlsh did hot customarily keep
large sums of money In the house.
but he did wear a diamond ring
worth, perhaps, IflOO. This was mlsS'
lng when his body was found. Strong
boxes In the house had been ran
sacked. Hence, the strong tendency
to the robbery theory.
Neighbors declared Mlsh was ex
tremely Intolerant and overbearing as
a host. He and his guests frs
quently engaged In violent disputes
and he had been known to throw 1r
reconcllables from the residence. Thus
a sudden flame of anger, perhaps fol
lowing a round of drinking, might
have led to the slaying.
anthon7drexel dies
IN NEW YORK HOTEL
NEW YORK. Dec. 14. f;p) Au
thony J. Drexel, Sr., 70, Paris and
Philadelphia, Pa., banker, died at the
Ambassador hotel today.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (AP)
With a torrential rain falling In th
Sierra Mad re mountains, 15 miles
north of Los Angeles, county flood
control authorities today ordered
more than 300 residents of Mont
rose to evacuate their homes and get
to aafety at once.
The Montrose-La Crescents area.,
where the 1034 New Year's day storm
caused more than 30 deaths and
property damage running into the
thousands of dollars. Uxiny experi
enced the heaviest rainfall since a
storm of Mexican origin crowded Into
southern California last Tuesday.
Wall or Water Coming
J. R. Mlml, deputy county flood
control engineer, warned residents
that a big wall of water was rushing
down Pickens canyon, the mouth of
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (AP)
The Association of American rail
roads an nou need today load I ngs of
revenue freight for the week ended
December 8 were 551,011 cars, an in
crease of 62.B93 over the preceding
week which contained the Thanks
L' 'ng holiday.
The loadings for the week were an
Increase of 9.010 cars over the cor
responding week In 19.13 and an In
crease of 30,404 over the correspond
ing week In 1032.
BLOOD LUST
SLAYING OF
BLAMED IN
YOUNG GIRL
Snow In ffpnkMne Ires.
SPOKANE. DfC. 14. iA A two
inch blanket of wet snow coven d
lo;ands of eastern Washington to
day. with deeper snow tn the higher
rec'.on. Mrre snow, nith little rhsn -tnumiwrature
mas forecast lor today
and filiu0y.
VIENNA. Dec. 14. ( UP ) Minister
of Interior Major Emll Fey Is slated
for esrty Bsaanslnstlon by a small
group of determined fanatical nsrJs
the United Press learned last night
from high authorities. The plot i
, pari of terrorist ftctlvitlea keeping
'Europe in turmoil.
NEW YORK, Dee. 14 -TPi Trt
confessed slayer of Grace Budd, lU
yeara ago, sat In his cell at police
rears ago, sat In his cell at police
headquarters today mumbling Inco
herently and lapping hla head w.t2i
the tips of his fingers
Police said the prisoner. Albert H
Fish, 65-year-old father of six chil
dren, who has been Identified by
members of the dead girl's family as
the man who lured her sway cm tha
promise to take her to a blrthd.iy
psrly, spent a steeple night. A
sandwich placed In his cell at 4:1')
a. m. was left untouched.
Fish led police to a deserted houic
!n the Worthin&ton woods, BmsfoM,
Westchester county, late yesterday.
Buried in the vicinity was the boy,
butc Acred bj a meat cleaver.
Verification also was sought of tht
skull recovered near the house under
Fish's direction. Police believed m:
ords of the New York dental clinic
will prove two gold fillings, still in
tset In the back teeth of tha skull
were placed in Qrace Budd's moutb
at the clinic.
Polios Mid the skull, taken to po
lice headquarters last nlht, wsi
plainly fractured on top, and test
the lower law hung loose, as If frac
tured. Detective William King of the mtv
lng perfons bureau, the man who hai
worked on the case since the g'ri
disappeared and who arrested Fish
yesterday, said today tha prisoner
in his detailed description of tne
laying, left no doubt that the crime
was eoounitied to satisfy a blood Just
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 13.
A fine old friend mid one of
the lat of the great cowmon
died in Fort Worth, Texas, W.
T. WnKoner. One of the bij:
Rost ranches in the United
States. It hud oil nil over it
and it made him ' sore every
time they found a now well foi'
he said it was always on thu
best grass land and just spoiled
it for that many cattle. I In
would rather lose a dollar on a
cow than make a thousand on
nn oil well. Ho loTed good
horse and had the best in
Texas.
There will never be any class
of people in our country that
can replace the old Western
cowman for common sense,
shrewdness, humor and fine
citizenship. The Three D lost a
real boss.
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