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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, .1925
BRITAIN WILL URGE
VALSETZ THREATENED
TOl'ffl OF KEISO lil
LOS ANGELES MAN HELD;
EXTRADITION IS SOUGHT
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
SHEPHERD COUNSEL
NEGRO REGARDS CHINK v
AS HAM-BONE MENACE
GITV SWELTERS f;S
HOT SO mi
BY FIRE IN FORESTS
GATHERING AT TURNER
LEOCBIlli,
FIGHTERS ARE AIDED P,Y SUD
GRAND LARCENY CHARGE IS
THIRTY-FOURTH CONVENTION
PRISONER CONCERNED WITH
DEN CHANGE IN WIND
FACED BY WILLIAMS
'WILL OPEN SUNDAY
DAILY JAIL RATION
fit MAINS
PLEIF JUSTICE
English Officials Announce
Intention of Joining With
Other Powers
SECURITY PACT FAVORED
Reduction of Sea hd Land Arm
' aments Advocated; Europe
; Declared Still nostile
la Spirit
LONDON. June 24. (By the
Associated Press.) Austen Cham
berlain, secretary for foreign af'
fairs, in the course of the debate
in the house of commons tonight
ou thesecurity pact, declared
Great --Britain, wpuld Join with the
other-great poWSers for .the fur
ther limitation; of naval arma
ments or for the reduction ol land
armamenypf:s" -
"if wear&thmklng of land
matters," nd continued, "security
-Is a necessary preliminary and
we or for that matter the United
States whohave already reduced
our land force to a scale no
larger ban police for the inter
ests we have to guard,' are not,
therefore, perhaps in the bestpo
sition ; o summon a land cohfer-
, ence." '
Chamberlain thought " if the
TA Dowers with larger armies were
-.M .' . - I . A. W
onr sure of thetr security they
wouldnot be unlikely themselves
to take the initiative in summon
ing an International conference or
Inviting the league of nations-, to
do so, or coming before the con
ference or league with spontane
ous i proposals jor the reduction
of armaments - which they had
hitherto thought necessary ior
their ;safety.
Chamberlain made an earnest
plea U or support of the proposed
security pact on the ground,, that
. it would dispel fear and there
fore "-ould be a greater step to
wards peace and disarmament.
He drew a graphic picture, of
the critical situation as it exists
today, saying i
"Europe today still : stands
ranged' in two camps hostile in
spirit, mutually suspicious and ap
prehensive: with suspicions deep-
. ened br . the "progress of time nd
fcwith the dangers of a nev.striifiv
gle breaking. out in the future not
growing leas as time goes on, but
becoming greater. '-.i,-h
"I repeat, because it is the fun
damental fact of the situation.
' I . l Fear dominates the wnwej po
sition of the world and the atti
tnde of every country. : Every-
? i. where among the conquerors, no
less than the conquered, there la
, I" the psychology of the vanquished
! The British government is trying
i to find a way out of this Impasse."
' Mr. Chamberlain -declared the
( time was past when, a unilateral
pact or guarantee among the al
lies against Germany could be
contemplated ; as ;in the past
period. i i ' - , '
The minister, decided that nr
i nation could isolate .itself today.
remarking: rAnything which af
fects the peace of Europe .must
affect every: nation whether a
belligerent or not." i .
Mr. Chamberlain made it, clear
that Great Britain's obligations
should be limited to the western
frontiers of Germany. Germany
must enter the league of nations
and accept the obligations. -,
Great Britain's guarantee should
not be invoked to protect a wrong
doer. "The 'guarantee should 'be
come effective only if the wrong
doer resorted to force after' de
fying .the treaties of arbitration
and the obligations of the cove
nant. ; - "
FINANCE BILL THROUGH
CAILLA'CX THROWS FRENCH
CHAMBER INTO STAMPEDE
PARIS, June 24. (By The As
sociated ;Press). M. Caillaux, in
his expressed determination to
havq France's 1925 budget voted
before July 1, made a great step
forward today. The finance mjn
ister; introduced the budget in the
chamber of deputies and literally
stampeded that usually deliberate
body.! ' V
- He succeeded in disposing of
the general discussion inside, of
two hours and the deputies then
voted be budgets of the minis
tries of finance and justice.
Aftet jamming 1 through the
chamber 146 articles ot the fl-
: nance ntinistry budget-ana iiz ci
the ministry of justice, ho then
announced the chamber would
meet .at. 9 a. m. tomorrowand at
2: 20 p. m,, ind said It must have
the budget ready to go before the
. senate on Friday morning. 1 .
The. finance minister scored an
unprecedented success , in the
French parliament when he suct
ceeded in restraining seven, depu
ties from f delivering prepared
speeches. , .- ; l :!-." - r
The budget as ; it nowi stands
shows an excess of expenditures
over receipts, of i 1.053,000 francs.
It is the-expectation, of the fi
nance minister to balance the bud
get by the application of various
taxes. The socialist party's long
threatened break with the govern
ment is expected on the question
of M. Caillaux's financial meas
ures. They are . opposed to his
"plan for "a general increase In di-
- rect taxation." . . f" . -
Cobbs-MJUhcll .Camp Destroyed
and Several Hundred Acres
U '" Burned Over .
r L .Fire, . la ..the .be avy tixahered .re
gion 20 miles southwest of Dallas
threatened the town of Valsetz un
til a change In j wind-placed the
town beyond "danger "Wednesday.
Camp No. .4 of. the Cobbs-Mitchell
Lumber company was destroyed
and several hundred acres of tim
ber burned over., v
, The ,Wg sawmill belonging to the
company was saved oniy aiier an
employes had been'; dratted Into
service, v It was ' Impossible to es
timate, the exact acreage covered
by the fire, due to the heavy
smoke. Will Caldwell, forest look
out on Bald mountain, reported
" The fire is the first serious
blaze of the season. It broke out
late Tuesday night anad was not
under control until late Wednes
day afternoon. MM
- Both green timber and logged
over land is covered by the fire,
according to reports received last
night. JThe fire started near
Camp No, 3. about two miles from
Valsetz. '"The flames . swept to
ward the town, I but a change in
the wind enabled the fighters to
stop its advances n
Deputy District Fire Warden
McElwain left Dallas early Wed
nesday morning in order to. direct
the fighters. i T
Waile several, small fires have
occurred this season, this is the
first one to 'have gotten -beyond
immediate control. - : -
. TIMBER HOLDINGS BURN
, SANDY, Ore., , June 2 1. The
first forest fire outbreak of . the
season in this district started this
afternoon and tonight was burn
ing in the timber of the Bridal
Veil Lumber company and in that
owned by George Joseph, near
yj'almer."" Between 120 and HQ
men were Iiglmns the blaze. -,
Tonlsht the flaxaes. fanned by
a hot east wind, were burning to
ward the. southwest, about one
mil ,r southwest of the top of
Larch -mountain. . .
VANCOUVKJ.,rI llK tlAGES
VANCOUM,-; . C, Juh 2i.
Large number, of "forest fire
fighters tonight were combatting
a 1500 acre blase - which - was
sweeping an area near Deep Bay,
Vancouver Island."
. Forest fires were breaking out
today all over the province, it was
reported to forestry officials here.
and large localities are blanketed
with a deep pall of smoke. ,Ho.,
dry weather prevails.
f The fires were said to be worst
on Vancouver Island, and spread
ing "in spite of tne eilorts ot the
fire fighters. ' . .
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FOUR KILLED IN MINE
MEN TRAPPED 5 WHEN AVATER
FLOODS ALL ASSAGES
; WALLACE, Idaho, June 24.
Four men "are "believed to have
been, drowned in the Ajax fine at
Burke, Idaho, at 10 o'clock this
morning when" j miners broke
through the wall of an old shaft
and thousands of. gallon? of water
poured through bn'ntQem. A 70
foot wall of rock and mine debris,
besides the water, checked efforts
of rescue crews to reach the trap
ped men. L (' i. ' s ..
. The men. belitved dead are Iver
Anderson, 22; Ed Beckman, 28;
Les Crummer,r37ir and Fred Sand
etrom, .25. Mine' officials hold
slight hope for the 'safety of Beck
man and Crummef.'but have aban
doned - hope of 1 Anderson r and
Sandstrom being alive.
Rescue . crews were organized
immediately, but up to 5 o'clock
this afternoon had failed to break
through the debris. The entomb
ed 7 men are approximately 6000
feet from the tunnel portal.
. At 10 o'clock , tonight hope of
saving any of the men had. van
ished, 'although rescue crews, un
der direction of Art Anderson,
shift foreman, were digging fran
tically to penetrate the debris.
Mine officials fear the men have
died of suffocation At they escaped
the fury of the waters.
TThe amount of debria to be en
countered is unknown, and it may
be days or even weeks before the
CHINESE RIOTS THREATEN
30 KILLED AND 70 WOUNDED
.WHEN MARlVES ATTACK
IIONG KONG. June 24. (By
The Associated Press).- Amoy, in
FukJen . provJnce, , north, of here,
was expecting an anti foreign de
monstration in the international
settlement today. The Chinese
naval authorities have assumed
full responsibility and are taking
steps to cope with the situation.
Two Japanese S destroyers are
due at Amoy today.
It was authoritatively said tnat
thoi casualties among Chinese - at
Canton on Tuesday when British
and French marines returned- the
fire of demonstrators 'who had
killed a Frenchman and wounded
two British subjects, totaled 30
killed and 70 wounded.
Th strike here this .morning
spread to stevedores and tallymen.
Shipping Is. practically paralyzed.
Tha Chinese delivery ooys 01
the cable companies have - also
gone on strike. . They have been
replaced by boy scouts and Portu
gese boys, " -- ; .
Todd Will Attempt to Oust
NatjSmith; Demands Re
; turn of City Records ;
C0UNCILMEN ARE NAMED
Present Major Declares - He Will
Not Relinquish Office ln- ,
til Illegal Position Is
DemoET irntcd
KELSO. .Wash., June 24. Kel
so's municipal muddlo is rapidly
reaching tho. point where an ap
peal to the -courts will be taken
by A. Ruric Todd In his effort to
oust Nat R. Smith, who succeeded
him as . yor, following' the re
call election June 3. This after
noon Todd's newly appointed
council met in West Kelso and
after organization and Tconf irma-
tion ol the list of nominations for
appointive offices submitted by
Todd, instructed him to take such
action as he deems necessary to
install his government in office
and to oust the Nat R. Smith ad
ministration. Mayor Smith says he will hold
the office until he learns that he
is not legally entitled to the place.
Demand that the city office and
records be turned over to his ad
ministration will be made Jby Todd
he said; this demand will be re
fused, according to Mayor Smith,
after. which. Todd says mandamus
action will be started in superior
court.- Todd claims that the re
can election June j was nuinueq
by Irregularities and that he is
entitled to the office of mayor. "
This morning Todd announced
the appointment of the following
as , councijmen. to replace those
whom he says. are not legally en
titled, to office: Frank Swager,
capitalist and - Charles Carothers,
a" former covncilman. contractor,
first ward; Alfred Penhall,' gro
cer,, second ward-.and John X.
Johnson, shoemaker, and II. R.
Merrlman, real estate dealer, third
ward. ;, Swager refused to serve
and ' H. jt, 'Becker," carpenter, was
appointed in his place.
A man who was picked up for
Investigation in connection trltJh
the"Dovery--mii'rderv was- released
late. this afternoon7 after investi
gation, as he had no apparent con
nection with the. slaying t of
Thomas Dovery, editor of the
Cowlitz County News, " . .
PARK SERVICES; PLANNED
FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD
ON SUNDAY, JULY 5
Union park meetings will open
Sunday afternoon, July 5, at 4
o'clock, is, the decision reached
by local ministers, who are spon
soring the movement. The aver
age attendance at the meetings
last summer, was 7 &0,; which in
cludes members from all churches.
The committee in charge of the
meetings consists of Paul Wallace,
Walter F. Jenks, Rev. C. E. Ward
and C. A. Kells, secretary of the
YMCA.
I IT OUT YVV-- Vill-l I" -" "
Habeas Corpus; Proceedings Fail
la Court jf Illegal Arrest -
la Charged I
' Harry Vangelder, who with Dale
Williams, was arrested here Mon
day on telegraphic advice from
Los Angeles, was released from
custody last night after word was
received from the district attor
ney of Los Angeles county. Wil
liams was released pn a bond of
1X00. - Two women -who accom
panied, the pair were not held.
Williams is said to face charges
of grand larceny of $500 in Loa
Angeles. ,,
An officer Is now on the way
here from the--south to attempt
to bring Williams back. If extra
dition papers can be secured from
this state. He will confer with the
governor as soon' as he arrives.
"..Late yesterday afternoon a pe
tition for a writ of habeas corpus
was filed with the county clerk by
Donald Miles, attorney for the Lo
Angeles men. The writ declared
that they, were being held imlaw
fully, in that their imprisonment
was noti'hy virtue of any judg
ment,: decree or process obtained
from any authorized court. The
paper stated that Williams and
vaageider were not arrested on a
Warrant or process, and that they
demanded bail, and no bail had
been set. A motion made by John
Carson district attorney, to quash
the writ was overruled by Judge
Li. H. McMahan, who presided at
the hearing. - . ... '
1- wuu-?m.- ana vangelder were
arrested Monday v afternoon at
S:30 o'clock about six miles north
of Salem by R. B. Retnhart, state
traffic officer. -V ,
i It is understood that extradi
tion to California will be fought
by Willfams. .
100 25c. CAKES FREE
v -: j . -. 1 i ': .,- '"
1 The Statesman will site a 25c
ake free to therflrst 100 bringing
ia atclassified ad to run in The
Statesraan-for three issues includ
ing Sunday, 'June 28.; .
; Atls .may bo brought in-any day
tills .week." . Cakes -will 1m ready
for delivery Ff iday afternoon or
Saturday and .will be guaranteed
tq be goQd.r. ..':;-"; :
EThe regular rate of 5 cents per
word for three IssueaJ-wiir-be
ernargea.f Ndad taken for less
titan 25 cents. All. ads must -be
paid for when ordered.' DON'T
WAIT! Bring your ad in today as4
only 100 of these cakes have been
ordered. Come before the eupply
is exhausted.
TYPHOON HARMS SHIPPING
MANILA, June 24. (By Asso
ciated Press.) A. typhoon today
seriously delayed inter-island ship
ping, demoralized telegraph com
munication and damaged railroads
and wagon roads, which suffered
from washouts. - No shipwrecks
have been reported. ;
RADIO EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
SYDNEY, N. S.. June 24 The
United States destroyer Putnam
arrived tonight with navy depart
ment wireless equipment for the
MacMillan Arctic expedition now
in port.
MARBLE TIME
1. Jj, Brandt, of: Oklahoma, Chief
Speaker for Dally Nine
Day Program ;
t The thirty-fotfrth 'annual con
vention ot Oregon Christian
churches will open - Saturday In
the tabernacle at Turner.
. Rev. R. L.;Putnam of the Court
Street Christian church and
grounds manager for the conven
tion, predicts a Crowd of at least
4000 people will attend , the vari
ous meetings. The program,
which will last - nine days, has
been divided into different class
es ; of religious instruction . with
several leaders of national note In
charge.
4 -John L. Brandt, of Oklahoma,
is the chief speaker at the conven
tion. He 13 a man of national re
pute. .: "
AH people planning to-attend
the convention and who plan to
camp should get In touch with the
grounds manager and .secure
space. WTood and 'straw will,, be
furnished. : u.;
FRED BUTLER IS CALLED
X.IVED IN pREOON;SIiCE 1888;
; FUNERAL FRIDAY -
t Fred Butler, '70. a resident of
pregon- since 1888, died at his
borne, 180 t North . Twenty-first,
Wednesday. He was born In Mont
real, Quebec, in -1855 -and after
coming to the state lived at Cor
vallis until six years ago.. He was
a member of the AOUW lodge of
Kansas. Funeral services will be
held from the Webb Funeral par
lors Friday morning, at 10 o'clock,
with interment in the City View
cemetery. 5
Mr.- Butler Is survived by his
wife, Lenora Butler; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Alice Llnbeman, Alrlie;
Miss Ethel Butler, La Grande, and
Miss Esther Butler, Yakima,
wash., both, of whom are connect
ed with the Western . Union, and
tiro sons, Eric Butler, manager of
the Salem Western Union office
and secretary of the Rotaryr club,
and M. AL Butler, of Los Angeles
BABE RUTH AGAIN ILL
PLAYINO WHILE IN, WEAK
' ENED CONDITION IS CAUSE
WASHINGTON, r June 24. (By
The Associated Press). Babe
Ruth, who sat on the bench today
while 'his teammates -won from
Washington; will not return to
the Yankee lineup 'for probably a
week. Manager Hngglns said to
night. . , r.
Ruth not only is suffering from
Bwollen ankles. Hoggins said, but
is still in a" generally weakened
condition, due to the long illness
which kept him out or the game
until 10 days ago. He added that
he was convinced he bad let Ruth
start playing before his strength
had been sufficiently restored and
that he intended to give him a
rest. . Ruth- will travel with the
team, however, during that time.
Veach, who took Ruth's place in
right field today, probably will be
alternated with Paschal in filling
the bambino's shoes.
Final Appeal to Jury Made by
btewan; bnepnera vaia
r Persecuted
-T.
CASE MAY CLOSE FRIDAY
Defense Will Sum Up Arguments
Today; Accused Alnruerer
Painted As Magnanim
ous Churchman
CHICAGO, June 24 (By Asso
ciated Press.) Two word pictures
of William Darling Shepherd were
painted during arguments before
the jury in his murder trial , here
today. That of a magnanimous
churchman, a man persecuted by
powerful - interests 4 bent upon
breaking a $1,000,000 will, and
the representation of Shepherd as
the plotter who had used typhoid
germs to slay his rich foster son,
Billy McClintock, were the para
doxical picture.
1 The first was the work of Wil
liam Scott Stewart, defense coun
sel, and followed .the other in
which Assistant State's Attorney
George A. Gorman, assumed the
artist role. -
"Our platform in this case Is
that Shepherd is innocent," Stew
art shouted at the jury. "If you
gentlemen think Shepherd had
dealings with Faiman, hang him.
You are either dealing with a man
who killed and should be hanged,
or with a man who is the victim
of the vilest plot ever, heard or."
"Let'the verdict in this case say
in no unmistakable terms, 'obey
the law; the wages of sin is
death", pleaded Mr. Gorman as
he concluded today his argument
begun yesterday.
; Prospects at adjournment to
night were that the case will go
to the jury aome time Friday. At
the opening of tomorrow's session
Mr. Stewart will complete his ad
dress. Closing addresses will be
made by State's Attorney Robert
E. Crowe and Attorney W. W.
O'Brien of the defense.
." ; : u v-
CHURCH SESSION OPENS
FREE METHODISTS HOLDING
? QUARTERLY MEETING .
terly meetine at tha Pros Metho
dist church, commencing . tonight
and holding over . Sunday. The
quarterly conference will be held
oaiutuajr morning ni 1U O ClOCK.
The Woman's Missionary soci
ety . will hold business rneAtln-
on Saturday afternoon at which
they, will elect officers for the
year. The young neoBle's society
forthe district will hold their
business meeting Saturday nieht
at 6:30 o'clock, at whichtime
they will also elect their officers
xor ine ensuing year.
On Sunday afternoon" there will
be a missionary, meet lnr hih
Rev. J.,T. Taylor, a returned mis-
Bionary irora India, will speak.
The Usual ciuarterlv mpni im. or.
vices will be held Sunday morning
ttuu evening. f ... ,
At the recent annual conference
held at Woodburn Rev. M. C.
Clarke, who has served the Salem
ch urch for thepast two years, was
returned tn Salem ami ni k
glad to welcome the public to the
resniar services. The Salem "dis
trict was added to, and the name
changed to the .Willamette Val
ley district, and W. N. Coffee, who
has, been the district
dent the past four years, was re-
iurnea 10 me district. He will
have charge of these quarterly
services.
CHERRY PICKERS NEEDED
SALEM DISTRICT SHORT
100;
SITUATION ACUTE i
Salem and vicinity In short H on
cherry pickers according ;to "Sim
Phillips, j directors of the ;YatnA
employment . bureau. The situation
has become bo aoute that the local
bureau has aunlied to the iTnitArt
States bureau in -Portland, Mr.
Phillips also renorta a nhnrtaco nt
competent farm laborers. , -
cnerry pickers - are receiving
from pne and a half to three cents
a pound, deoendlnic unon th
quality of the fruits ,
It has been sunrested thut ha-
iness houses close for ahrwt m'
in order to enable
harvest the cherry crop.-. . "
MANY 11LBS SOLD
YAKIMA. June 4 Trilrtw.nlno
cars of lambs, valued t 1150.000
at current market urines, win fw
rolled from the Yakima valley
Saturday, according to railroad of
ficials here. Cars will Jbe loaded
at Cle Elum, White Swan and
TODOenish anrl
-r a- m- w4Mvaauw bu II W
one train dispatched to Chicago.
MINER IS DROWNED
KELLOGG. "Iddfto. June 24-1
Nick Lamama, 55, was
drowned in the O. K. mine here
today when he ;f ell tuto ia.shaf t:0f
water from, a scaffold on which
lie was working. His body is be
lieved to be held at the bottom of
the 300 foot shaft by the miner's
equlj meat ha was wearing. t
William Brown Sentenced to SO
Days and Fine of f 12JT for
Making Liquor
William Brown, a negro, "was
fined S125 and sentenced, to 30
days in the county jail . yesterday
when he was found guilty on .a
charge, of unlawful manufacture
of liquor. Ha started serving his
time immediately. . .
Brown's special concern was
whether or note he was going to
receive sufficient food in the
county jail to support him in the
way to which he was accustomed.
Brown has been living with a
Chinaman on Ferry street.
"Boy," he said to Roy Bremmerf
deputy sheriff, "I has a fine big
ham-bone down to the house. I
sure like to hare you go down an
bring it up here to me." . ,.
Bremmer replied that he would
receive sufficient nourishment in
the jail.
"May be." the negro replied.,
"but dat Chinese man Will eat dat
ham-bone while I'se languishin' in
jail." t
SALEM CHERRY BUYERS
ARE READY FOR SEASON
DENNEY REPRESENTATIVE IS
NOW IN SALEM
Present Prices Are Held Too Low;
Young & Wells Firm Are
Predicting Increase
Roy Rl -HIrsh. western division
manager or the Denney Packing
company, arrived m saiem yester
day to open the local branch , of
tha Tlenaey firm. The firm have
contracted most of their fruit, but
plan to take any amount of mar
ketable . black cherries that have
not yet. been signed.
The local office, -located in me
old King's products building, will
receive all of the fruit from the
outlying towns and will be the
only shipping point in the valley
of the organization.
All of the deals handled by the
organization will be on thecon
signment basis, and as yet no
price has been set.
Pvnannl vtr(tAa ' nf fafOif
buyers is entirely too low, accord
ing to Manager Hirsh, as his com
pany closed deals at The Dalles
that netted the grower 14 cents.
Young Wells opened ; their
neur offfefi'nt th KVnl TTnion
yesterday and are now shipping
iruii. vvoro received irom uni
cago yesterday by Mr. Wells es
tablished n cash nriro of 8 tt rents
with a probable rise in the mar-
Ket later.
DEBT PAYMENT ARGUED
FRENCH DISCUSS WAYS AND
MEANS AT CONFERENCE
BRUSSELS, June 24. (By
The Associated Press). The in
ternational chamber of commerce
here to study economic restora
tion, was again this afternoon
brought back to the theory of the
close economic relation between
the payment of reparations and
the settlement of war debts.
Maurice Lewandowski.. present
ing the French Viewpoint, said:
The ecopomic aspects of re
parations and interallied . debts
are the tsane. . .Transfers of money
by the war debtors in payment of
advances by the allied and asso
ciated powers are quite as diffi
cult as transfers of money or de
liveries in kind by Germany to pay
her reparations." 7 . , .
He congratulated the Dawes
committee on the provision for
the payment of reparations in
gold marks instead of at the do
miciles of the 4 creditors in the
money of their respective coun
tries. An energetic nlea for "less nlav
and more work" as likely to help
bring .. (he : world back to normal
economic condition was made by
Sir Arthur Balfour, representing
the British chamber of commerce.
He. said that also' shorter hours of
work had increased the costs of
the production -of ateel and 'iron.
MEXICAN LEGATE QUITS
SHEFFIELD .TO RESIGN POST;
ILL HEALTH SAID CAUSE
NOGALES, Ar June 24.
That .James R. Sheffield will re
tire iSa United Statea ambassador
to Mexico and will ask that George
Summerlin, American minister, to
Honduras, ;;b jpamed to the post,
is the assurance given in diplomat
ic circles according to-a telegram
received by Sonora, Mexico,of fi
cials today from M. J. Sierra, chief
of publicity fojr the ..Mexican gov
ernment At Mexico City.
Ambassador Sheffield will re
tire because of ill health, says the
telegraph.lc dispatch.
NEW YORK, June 24. (By
Assoc tated Press. ) James R.
Sheffield, Anferican ambassador
to Mexico, was admitted to St.
Luke's hospital tonight for a, minor
operation. Hospital officials de
clined to disclose' the nature of the
ambassador's dllness. . - '
HVHEAT CROP IS LARGE ,
YAKUlA, June 24. Graisyiien
here today said the farmers on
the 7akima Indian Preservation
this year would harvest a million
dollar record wheat crop from the
30,000 acres planted. Contracts
are being made at $1.25 and $1.30
they said,, , .
Temperature of 100 Degrees
Wednesday Breaks Pre
vious Heat Records
MERCURY "RISE GENERAL!
Medford Has . IQ4 Pcs3es an4
Portland 90; San Francis,
co Has Hottest Day for
i - a Half Century -
i Salem' sweltered - yesterday . as
the thermometer rose from 8 de
grees at 6 a'cldck, tosS9. degrees
at 1 aiciock,. hitting the high point
about 2 o'clock. when, an even 100
degrees, were i-registerecL ; i .
Whtlei, the heat was Intense, the
accompanying7 warm Wind added
to the discomfort and prevented
any possible relief. ., Many tourists
stopped during the' .hottest ; part
of the day, unwilling to drive
further. Ice. crpam and. cold drink
dispensers did a. land office busi
ness, while swimming holes .wera
crowded. No prostrations were
reported. . . .
The temperature yesterday was"
within two degrees of equalling
the highest temperature on record.
established in July. The hottest
previous June day was June 29.
1924, when the mercury reached
98 degrees. The hottest day last
year was July 22. when 99 degrees.
were 'recorded. -
Salem was not the only town in
Oregon to suffer from the f heat.
Medford had a temperature of
104 degrees, Alarshfieid 96. Port
land 9 6 and Eugene 90. -
From California comes the re
port of the hottest June day since
records were started in 1871. with,
95 degrees at San Francisco short
ly before noon. Relief was prompt
and within the next two hours tho
mercury dropped IS 'degrees. San
Jose reported J04 degrees.; Three
prostrations occurred in Sin Fran
cisco and one across the bay a
Oakland. None was serious. .
. Red Bluff, Sacramento and
Fresno tied for tho dubious dis-
tinrftnn nf tha Vi f n.
each of these cities the official re-
port was 110 degrees. OtherCal-
a , . . . - . - ...
"oruw cuies wers cooler, wit a st
degrees at Ren Luis Obispo 80
degrees at Los .Angeles, and Eu-
rpVo ttrA 19. der.i m c. Tlrt--
LANDSLIDE FILLS RIVER
SIDE OF HUGE MOUNTAIN
jyniUiiAO xjuiucuxt ruikUJl
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June 23.
(By Associated Press.) A moun
tain pf rocks, moving at an Incred
ible speed, toppled Into the Gross
Ventre river, in the heart of the
Teton mountains in "western Wy-.
oming yesterday, according to a
message received .here today. A
eection of the Teton national for
est was smashed to splinters, sev
eral herds of cattle were swept
away and many buildings lost, the
advices said.
The river has been dammed by
the great heap of earth and rock
and a great lake is forming, ac-cording-to
the message. In a short
time, according to the dispatch, it
will create a lakeeven miles long
and a mile wide and probably hun
dreds of feet deep because of the
sharp declivities on either side of
thestream at that point. Shortly
after the strange occurrence; ac
cording to the message which was
from. J. R, Jones, local manager
of a telephone. company at Jack
son, vyyo,, the river, was 200 feet
deep at the point just j above the
disintegrated mountain
Jones, according to the dispatch
waa informed of-the phenomenon
by riders In the vicinity who raced
to Jackson with the news.
The horseman who narrowly" es
caped .injury from flying debris
when the; mountain collapsed, de
clared that the huge natural dam
resulting therefrom caused th-?
swift shallow stream to fall to the
.500 foot depth in a period of five
minutes.
MONEY LOSERS AROUSED
REICHSTAG "7 IS "STORMTJD BY
, GOVT. BOND HOLDERS
' BERLIN, June 24. The relch
stag waa the scene of considerable
excitement when a large, n era ber
of person owning -depreciated
German government bonds, .war
loans and other . state eecrfjles
forcibly made their way into the
chamber. The disgruntled pespla
demanded to see-tha nationalist
leaders who, they declared, had
made promises they .-would t' re
imbursed for their holdings if Von
Hlndenburg was elected president.
j Among the pre-election prom
ises of the nationalists waa one to
the effect, that the government
would J5ir4atsly. ect :a .,.;-r
oub program forthe. revaluation
of such securities. . as rhad been
wiped out during the 'inflation
period. Today's invasion of the
chamber was laid principally ' by
men and wemen who cocis-'llj-support
the ri?tt firtles rn
resent Jthe Geru'an fjourgeois,
which has -become impoverished
since the war., : ;;
: : Count - yon.,l',C7?!!tarp4 & v. ! other
nationalise leaders, whos pres
ence was demanded, .disappeared
from view and tenxiiaej inacoc
lble throughout "th s sesH!cn, al
though a gesticulating crod : -tlnued
to occupy t'.. ? loll y ?
forced' other reichstuX t2?r.;i-r t
hear ttrir torzvl--' :?,