THE WEATHER
,..rature: Minimum Tuesday,
JATree"; maximum Monday, 78 de-,
rtlf "ir' 23 Mt" W""1,
FORECAST: WEDNESDAY,
FINAL HOME
Dally avaragt net paid emulation tl
Th Register-Guard (or t month)
ndlng March 31, 1931 1
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VOL. 81
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EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1931.
PRICE: ON STREETS 8c; ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS fio
NO. 21
COUIMTYPOLIGY
ON MEIER . TUX
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Representatives of All Civic
: Groups to Meet Here
Wednesday Night
SPECIAL SESSION UP
lane's Officials Delve Into
Records of Decade To
Get Tax Figures
' Enlightening figures on Lane
county'! tax situation are expected to
tome to light Wednesday night when,
,t a meeting at the Eugene chamber
of commerce, efforts , will be made
to formulate a definite Lane county
policy toward the governor's tax con
lervatlon plan. .-" '
Public officials, particularly mem
btrs of the Lane county court, have
been delving into the books for fig
ures indicating just how groat the tax
burden has grown in Lane county in
ncent years, and will present an ar
ny of facts on the whole tax situa
tion. Decade Surveyed
County Judge CP. Barnard and
County Clerk W. B. Dillard have
been working over the figures for the
oast 10 years, and reported Tuesday
they had disclosed a growth of ap
proximately 44 per cent in tax bur
Jen in Lane county between luiO and
1930. while the population growth for
the same period was over 50 per
cent.
In other words, according to Sir.
Dillard, the per capita tax burden is
not so great today as it was 10 years
riM.:- lm Ana nnftaA nf the
ICO. XUIS lo J". ...... ...
itudy being made by county officials
ia connection with tne present
conservation agitation and the meet
lax Wednesday night
Indicative of the Importance of
Wednesday night's meeting. Lane
coontv legislators are reticent about
committing themselves on the pro-
-nJ ma.l lavislntivA KeftSlOn On
... nt;i after that session. At
that meeting, they hope to obtain a
more definite impression of the attl-
..... v. M.BiAnl. Innrnrn
tune OI ineir Kuunuiuti... -
the tax conservation agitation, ana
lti significance to i,ane coumj.
Policy Souoht
The question of bringing local
taxes under control of a state tax
commission will be discussed at length
it the meeting, and a Lane policy on
this question probably will develop
from this session.
An effort is beijig made to make
tt attendance at the meeting repre
sentative of all types of tax-levying
riislpiet. In th rnnntv. a well as of
rented narticnlarlv in
taxes. Invitations have been issued to
the following:
Representatives of affiliated bodies
ef the Lsne county chamber of com
merce: bonrd of directors of all af
fililted bodies cf the county chamber;
... 11 afFilTntarl hnriipfl
of the county chamber; members of
the Lane county court; aupenmeno.
ents of the city schools of various
Tjine nnntv r-nmrniimtien: ColintV
School Superintendent E. J. Moore;
representatives of the city councils
of Lane county cities; representatives
vi me r.ngpne water mmru, tiim m..,-
bers of the Lane county branch of the
proposed tax equalization league or
Oregon.
Delegation Expected
Members of the Lane county legis
latire delegation are expected to lie
present. Earl Hill. Cushman, rcpre-
etltnlipB i-annrtail TnncHnv he Was
Coming to Eugene Wednesday and
"peered to attend tne meeting.
K. A. MeCornack, representative,
called the session as president of the
fountr chamber.
Hop Growers Seek
Repeal of Dry Law
SAI.KM. Ore.. July 21. (U.R) Tte
Peal of the Anderson bone dry law
"onslit by Willamette valley hop
growers in petitions now in cirrula
Jim under the direction of Harry B.
Critri,lnW f portancl.
The statewide movement had Its in
stieatinn at a meeting of hop growers
re lnt week, when they also adopt
ed a resolution favoring the employ
ment in hop yards of workers who are
n sympathy with repenl of the prohi
"ion laws.
5
International Debts Paid In
Similar Manner To Those
Among Individual Merchants
iT'tirr-ir- Vr.1. . 1T.. t .1,. ;.uf nt
ttre 'dispatches prepared by Charles
"atkiiif, who covers the I'nited
., ' . . rnfiirj HI il UIIIMUH'U "
in Associated Press, dealing with
"Finns mprcts of finance involved
present international negotia-
tions).
.'ASHiNtiTON, July 21. (P In
Hfivs of fast-moving internation
l 'i-fi.Tfp, or moratoriums and credit
urr,'-., n( PConomic crisis, world
J- hns nuroed almost a domi
T'ns p.nce in the relationship of na-
s ir.rolTpd are msnv of thes dts-
iT i mtry for the average citi
iti a mattr f fflct. (n thHr last
iti, interenrernmental financial
hv r1,tir,nf' &iUfT VftT7 little from
iakm plnce every day between
iHitiduaN.
'"T ins ).- V
tv 1 nitM Stntes by foreign na- j
nrf paid in nwh the same way
prnn pvr fnr an utomo
" t"Jfchaed on installments or re
Electrified
Water Said
Fish Grave
" PORTLAND, July 21. (4 The
Btate fish commission today "had un
der consideration a communication
from the California-Oregon Power
company in which the power com
pany said 141 short circuits have
been found in the Gold Way dam
plant on the Kogue river In the past
four years.
It is believed, the commission re
ported, that these short circuits,
loosing 66.000 toUb of electricity at a
time, killed thousands of Chinook sal
mon end steelhead trout.
51. T. Hoy, master fish wrdn.
asked the power company for an ex
planation of several incidents report
ed by observers.
"I am informed on jrood authoritv,"
he said, in speaking of breaks in the
power lines, "that these breaks elec
trified the waters of the Kogue river
over a considerable area to such an
extent that a number of salmon and
other fishes, both adult and finger
lines, were killed or injured by the
charge."
The power company replied that "it
is impossible to estimate the total
area of the river electrified by short
circuits."
There have been an average of 32
shorts a year, the company snid. since
1927, and a total of 141 interrup
tions. Witnesses had reported seeing
countless fish leap from the electri
cally charged water, turn over on
their backs and float down stream.
H-
Third Woman Sues Hudson
For Breach of Promise
In Los Angeles
LOS AXGELES. July 21. U.R
G. Edward "What-a-5Ian" Hudson,
recently wed to Mrs. Minnie "Ma"
Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple
Mcpherson, today was named in a
$250,000 breach of promise suit filed
by Mrs. Ethel Lee Parker Herbert,
of Los Angeles.
The unit was just another one of
those things to Hudson, whose life
has become harried and full of un
expected events since he married
Mrs. Kennedy without the formality
of dissolving another marriage to
5Irs. Margaret Newton-Hudson.
Actions now pending against Hud
son are:
1. Mrs. ITarbert's breach of prom
ise skit.
2. Mrs. Newton-Hudson divorce
suit in which she asks 55,000 ali
mony. S. Mrs. Kennedy's annulment suit
diiA for n hearing next Thursday.
4. Possible bigamy charges against
him in Cowhtx county. Washington,
where he married "Ma."
Mrs. Herbert claimed that on the
pretext he could not obtain employ
ment In Los Angeles, Hudson took
her on tour of several western
states, after proposing 10 ner on
January 11. 1020.
She claimed she accepted the pro
nncni rtn .Tnminrv 12. 1020. and soon
afterward, believing his protestations
of love to be sincere, went witn
him trt Onklnnri.
Hudson in Oakland obtained one of
her two diamond rings which he as
serterlly sold nnd then failed to offer
reimbursement, Mrs. Harherr assert
ed. The ring was worth $250, her
suit -aaid.
From Oakland, the couple's motor
trail led first to Portland, ore., ana
thence to Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Her
bert alleced.
Later thr assertedly went to Te
rumseh, Okla... where they were
guests of Mrs. nnrberts brother and
sister-in-law. Tn Teoumseh. Hudson
borrowed MOO from her brother, the
woman claimed, ami then became in
toxicated on part of the money.
Ho became extremelv abusive, the
breach of promise action set forth,
and forced Mrs. Harbert to give him
another diamond ring valued at $200.
Man Talked Until
4 Calves Came Home
RELLTXOHAM, Wash.. July 21.
(P) When H. P. Miller found four
of his nine prize Jersey mires missing
from his barn, he didn't call the
sheriff. , , . ,
Miller took a shotgun and viited all
his neichhors. told them about the
theft, and explained at length what
he would do when he found the culprit.
When h returned to feed the other
five calves, the missing four were
there.
pays money borrowed from a bank
with sn agreement to reduce the prin
cipal by a certain amount each month.
In the case of the foreign debts,
the amounts are stipulated in a debt
funding treaty. The debtor nations de
posit with the I'nited States their se
curities instead of notes. The puri
ties as with an individual's note ma
ture on stated dates. I'pon payment
they arp cancelled and returned just
as a hank returns a cancelled note to
its makers. If just one bond has been
deposited, credit is given the dehtor
nation. Just as the finance, company
through with the automobile was pur
chimed, credits paments on it.
Hut in one ropert there is a differ-
i. .... intfirnntirtnnt trADSSC
tions and those between citizens of
the same community, i his ditferenre
exists in the machinery for carrying
on international trade.
Ther i international currency
and gold f the on'v inrernitional
mnnr Hut fid I bully and val
uable' to ship bark ar-I forth across
SEE DEBTS STORY
PAGE 10
U. S. CRUISERS
FOUND UNABLE
T
Craft Which Caused Rift
At Naval Conclave
Unseaworthy
ALTERATIONS NEEDED
Boats Roll So Much Guns
Can't Be Fired, Says
Report
WASHINGTON. July 21. (U.R
Eight new American cruisers of the
type over which developed the dis
pute which almost disrupted the Lon
don naval conference, have beei
found so unsteady in a running sea
that their gun crews work is ham
pered. Alterations to eliminate this will
be made.
The difficulty lies in a peculiarity
of roll. The eight vessels represent
an expenditure of about $130,000,
000. The proneness to a jerky roll
in a senway is the third of a series
of defects discovered in design of this
class of craft. The cruisers are of
10,000 tons, bearing 8-inch gung.
Must Be Altered
' The navy department today ac
knowledged that the foregoing condi
tions exist. Officers said cost of al
terations had not been estimated but
that compared with cost of the ves
sels it would not be large.
First complaints against design of
this type of craft came from persons
quartered aft. They said vibration
was terrific at high speeds. This was
not a matter of major importance,
but in later designs considerable at
tention was devoted to eliminating
vibration.
Later during trial runs, stern posts
of live cruisers cracked. They are
being replaced at a cost of $18,000
each. With one exception this charge
will fall upon, the builder and not
upon tne government.
Target practice apparently devel
oped the extent of trouble which
might arise from the peculiarity of
tue cruisers roll. It interferred with
gunnery from the affected ships.
To Eliminate Rotting
The United Press was informed at
the department today that efforts to
eliminate the rolling tendency were
underway on the cruisers Pensacola
and Northhampton at the New York
and Norfolk navy yards, respectively.
Despite faults in construction, the
navy contends that these 10.000-ton
vessels are the best of their kind in
naval construction.
A naval constructor explained the
changes were necessitated principally
because these vessels are the first of
their type ever built here. The in
clinntion to roll, he said, was largely
due to efforts to design shins which
could withstand a maximum of pun
ishment in bnttle. To this end the
weight of the vessels was ho disrupted
that they would not readily capsize
even on partial flooding.
Larger bilge keels and stabilizing
tanks are being installed m the i'en
sacola and Northampton. Naval con
strnctors hope these devices will cor
rect the roll without making the
cruisers less able under punishment.
I
ST. CLATRSVILLE. 0.. July 21.
VP) Ohio's coal mine strike section
hereabouts seethed with excitement
today over th first killing in the
manv weeks of the strike's disorders.
The victim. William Simon 10. was
shot late yesterday during a clash be
tween working and striking miners at
the Gaylord mine near Martin's
r erry.
Simon, a member of the national
miners' union, which is directing t lie
strike in liehnont. Jefferson and Har
rison counties, was struck by a bullet
fired from an automobile in which
three other miners were going to
work,
Joseph Peterlin, 4.1. one of the min
ers in the auto, was arrested by
Sheriff Howard A. Iuff in connection
with the shooting nnd was held in jail
here today pending o coronor's ver
dict. Peterlin told officers he opened fire
with a revolver after stones were
hurled at the automobile as It was
driven through a line of 40 striking
miners on picket dutv near the mine.
He said he did n"t know he bad hot
unyone however, until be was arrest
ed at his home.
Man and Dog Safe
After Wild Ride
CHANTS PASS. Ore., July 21.
(U.Rj E. ('. Lyharger. San Francisco,
Jay after a 1'iHi-foot ride backward
uown a sieep nm in an HuinmiuM.
Uv banter s ror was wiry wto khi
when it backed off a mountain high
way. He and tho dog, the only pass
engers, escnped with minor injuries.
:
2 Cougars Attack
Moving Automobile
MEI'KORU Ore., July 21. UR
Officen of the Oregon Automobile As
sociation hre todav wcr informed
that two cougars attacked a moving
aiitf.nnbi! at (!rnybnk mountain,
nnr the Oregon 'nve.
fine of the big cats was thrown be
neath tho wheels of the automobile
and killed. The othor ran off after
a futile leap at the automobile,
STAND SEA
Capone Gun
Artist Gets
Jail Term
CHICAGO. July 21. UP) Jack
McGurn. young machine gunner of the
Capone clan, was sentenced to two
yenrs in Leavenworth prison today by
Federal Judge Walter C Lindlty on
a Mann act charge. His wife, the
former Louise Rolfe who was his
"alibi" when he was sought for the
St. Valentine's day massacre in 1020.
was sentenced to the Cook county
jail for four months on the same
charge.
The couple was living together In
a downtown hotel when detectives
found them a fortnight after the St.
Valentine's day murders. McGurn
was indicted but never prosecuted for
the crime.
Then the federal government. In a
general campnign to break down or
ganized gangs, followed his move
ments about the country with the
woman, assembled witnesses who told
of his trips to Florida nnd other re
sorts, and presented convincing evi
dence to Judge Li ml ley.
During four years of probation
after release from Leavenworth which
was included in the sentence, McGurn
must get himself an honest job mm
go to work, and conduct himself as a
good citizen or return to tne peni
tentiary. Judge Lindley ruled.
J. W. Howard Fired, W. C.
Dry Elected Successor
By State Board
SALEM. Ore., July 21. (4) The
state board of control today voted to
dismiss J. W. Howard, superintendent
of the state school for the blind, and
his staff, effective Aug. 15. and elect
ed Walter C. Dry to the superintend;
ency.
Dry Is a member of the staff of
the Washington state school for the
blind at Vancouver. The motion to
dismiss Howard and elect Dry was of
fered by liufus C. Holman, Btnte
treasurer, and passed unanimously.
Holman snid the change was de
signed for tho welfare of the children
nnd charged that the blind school has
been opernting "on an institutional
rather than on an educational basis."
Hal E. Hosb, secretary of state
agreed at once to the dismissal of
Howard, but held up his vote for a
short time on the matter of electing
Dry, on the grounds that he did not
know him. and tunc ne was not nn
Oregon man. Hoss asked if it was
necessary to go out of the state to
secure a superintendent.
"The board of control has been
severelv criticised for going outside of
Oregon for executive heads," Hoss
snid, and it it were possible to stay
within the state, he said, he would
much prefer to do so. Holman replied
that he had considered the matter for
several months, and that this technical
position was hard to fill. Upon the
recommendations of Governor Julius
L. Meier nnd Holman, Dry's election
was approved by Hoss.
In addition to bis residence nt the
Institution, Dry will receive a salary
ot $loOO a year, tne same as is now
being paid Howard.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Boston R. H. E,
Cleveland. . - 2 7 0
Boston 3 l.T 0
Ferrell and Sewell; Liseubee,
Moore and Berry.
At Philadelphia
Chicn tro 5 P
Philadelphia 10 H 0
Frasier, JvKain and Grube; Hoyt,
Earnshaw and Cochrane.
A slight Increase in lumber ship
ments, following reduced rates to
California and to Boulder dam. was
reported Tuesday by I. L. Ketley.
district freight nnd passenger agent
o. the Southern Pacific.
A number nf lumber shipments
from this district have gone recently
to the Boulder dam aren. Most of
these have been from smaller mills,
including shipments from Veneta, Jas
per, Mar cola, Eugene, and Cottage
Grove.
California -bound shipments have
picked up slightly slime the new low
er rates announced June 15, While
the Increase has not been great. Mr.
Kelley sees some encouragement in
the situation.
Maximum Has Big
Drop in Eugene
A drop of 21 degrees In the maxi
mum temperature hern from the 00
mark of Sunday to 78 on Monday
'-rati reported at the weather office.
Another morning of cloudy skies
came Tuesday, cb-nrtng at noon. The
minimum for the day was 52. Sun
day's maximum of I HI set a record
for the season, being th warmest
day here inr July 24, KCS, when
the mercury shot up to 102.
The forecast was fnr continued
fair weather, but cooler temperature.
ACCOUNTANT DIES
PORTLAND. Ore., July 21. UB
Conda .1. Ham. prominent Portland
pnb'ir aeoniintnnt. diH at bis home
here today. In rerpnt yenrs. Ham
freonontly attract od notice through
auiits of asfertedlv illegal operations
afitcti&f the publlo.
ALBERT PALL
AT STATE PEN
Former Cabinet Member Is
Now Number 6991
In Prison
GOES TO HOSPITAL
70-Year-Old Prisoner Is
Weak After Long
Motor Trip
SANTA FE, X. M., July 21. OP)
Albert B. Fall today became num
ber 0001 in the New Mexico state
penitentiary stripped of his citizen
ship rights in tho stato which heaped
honors upon him.
The 70-year-old former secretary
of the interior was committed last
night to serve a sentence of a year
and a day for taking $100,000 to ne
gotiate a lease on federal oil navnl
reserve while he was a cabinet mem
ber. The commitment marked the
end of an eight yenr legal battle
which eventually reached the highest
court of the land and was carried
to' the president of the nation.
Taken to Hospital
Bolstered by two heart stimulants
administered by his physician while
en route from his ranch at Three
Rivers, Fall was immediately taken
to the hospital. Dr. J. H. Gambrell,
his personal physician, said Fall was
in "no condition to be confined. He
is unable to take care of himself. Is
not certain on his feet and requires
constant attention." Fall was put In
a private room in tho hospital.
Some speculation was aroused con
cerning; an act within a few minutes
after Fall was committed to the
prison. Washington, D. C, officials
1vere notified of the commitment.
Since numerous appeals have been
made to the president to pardon Fall
nnd since a pardon is not granted
until a prisoner is committed, there
was a belief current here nmong
those close to the case that the noti
fication of his commitment indicated
some quick action looking to a par
don. Fall left EI Taso Saturdoy after
noon and went to his Tres Rios
ranch. Ho stayed there two days and
yesterday afternoon began the SUf
milo trip to the prison here, arriving
shortly -after 10 p. m. Although sev
eral stops were made, the trip re
quired only seven nnd a half hours.
Fall was transported in an ambu
lance. Fall Feels Weak
Tn his only talk with newspaper
men, shortly before the party reach
ed Santa Fe, Fall told the reporters
he felt weak. Dr. Gambrell explained
tho long aulomobilo trip had been a
severs strain.
Newspapermen were barred from
Interviewing Fall once inside the
prison. I 'etails were obtained from
Warden Ed Swope and Dr Gambrell.
None of the members of FnlPs fam
ily entej-ed the prison with him. Their
farewells were said before Santa Fe
was reached. From now on. Warden
Swope said, they will have to observe
regular visiting hours.
Dr. E. W. Fiske, prison physician.
was to examine Fall today to deter
mine if he is able to undergo finger
printing, photographic and other
prison routine, including outfitting
him with prison denim and cutting
his hair. A hasty examination last
night by Dr. Fiske resulted in Fall's
being tnken to the hospital Instead
of a cell, although Dr. Fiske did not
make public his findings.
Rate Increase
Hearing Over
WASHINGTON, July 21. OP)
The interstate commerce comm'ssmn
today adjourned its hearings on the
pot it ion of the railronds for a 15 per
cent increase in freight rates.
Chnirman Hriur.onl nf the commis
sion said t'ulny the commission would
not be influenced by threats into
granting an immediate freight rate iti
creawe. Itraincrd wrote Senator Capper of
Kaunas in response to a telegrtm
from the senator urging the commis
sion' to ignore demands for an im
mediate increase.
Senator Capper telegraphed the
chairman on rending what he termed
a "threat" of KcireKcniative Reck of
Pennsylvania to attempt to have the
commission abolished unless It acted
immediately on the railroads' plea,
"With reference to the matters tn
which you refer," Hrninerd wrote, "I
am sure you would be warranted In
assuming that despite nil attempts to
influence improperly tho comininsion's
judiimont in this or any other matter
it will continue as It has In the pant
to render its docision based upon 'the
record as made' undisturbed by all the
winds that blow."
Gram Investigates
Labor Hours Here
0. H. Gram, state labor commis
sioner. Monday Invesfignted reports
that women were being worked over
the legal limit here. He was railed
to Eugene by the Central labor
council.
Women may work 4ft hours a week,
according to statute. The council
had received reports that some were
working more than that, enough in
snme cne to make up eipbt or eight
end one-half dny, The Inhor council
took action in hope of aiding employ
mtnt condition i, officials aaid
THAT LAST
r
Here are two viewt pf the "last
Mt. Washington. It Is this pinnacle,
sents the hazard to the ambitious mountain climber. At the left you
see a view of the pinnacle showing the route taken by the party from
Eugene consisting of J. Ed Turnbull, Cliff Stalsberg, Ed Johnson.
Percy Brown and Don Onthank
wnite figures lust below the start
At the right Is one of the men In
feet of just such climbing before the
Attaches Of
White House
Keep Silence
WASHINGTON, July 21 . (U.R) A
great silence, as the movie writers
used to say, has descended over the
White House.
President Hoover'a edict that all
information must come from authoriz
ed sources, that attaches must not
discuss Wh:t House affairs, is being
olieyed to the word, syllable nnd let
tor. To all inquirers, employes there
present the very personification of in
nocence. For instance just before Mr.
Hoover left for his week-end trip to
the Rnpidan, an employe was askedf
"Well, nil set for the trip?"
"What trip?"
"Whv, to camp."
"What camp?''
"Tho president's camp."
"Has the president got n camp?"
And about the time Mr, Hoover was
expected back from the Rnpidan, a
White House policeman was asked if
ho hod returned.
The policeman put his finger to his
Hps, and snid:
"Sh-h-h! You're a reporter. I can't
say a word."
Atop the parapet of the east wing
of the mansion are many boxes of
brillinn scarlet flowers. An attendant
was asked what they were. Might they
by chance bo blue larkspur?
" I couldn't soy," answered the
gardener.
Word from authored sources was
lacking, but U was believed on good
authority that tho flowers were red
geraniums.
Numerous cases of milk theft are
being reported to the police during
those times of depression. Mrs. Eric
Merrell, 1550 Oak street, Monday
night telephoned tn headquarters that
a few minutes beforo some one stole
two quarts nf milk from her back
porch. A neighbor told her t lint she
saw two boys walking down nn alley
nearby, each with a bottle of milk in
his hand nnd it is believed they were
tne thieves.
When Officer Larson of the police
force found that a window pane in
the rear of the Perry battery "hos
pital" on North Park and Oak streets
had been broken out mid a number
of tools were lying close by it was be
lieved that an attempt to rob the
place hod been frustrated. The plao
was watched during (he night but no
body attempted to complete the job.
Spanish War Vets
Back Roseburg Site
LA GRANDE, Ore., July 21. (U.R)
A formal resolution barking Rose
burg ns tho site of the federal veter
ans' home in the northwest was leliig
prepared by the United Spanish War
Veterans encampment here today.
The resolution will be approved by
a committee tomorrow. It was indi
cated after the assembly had unani
mously adopted an Informal request
for such action. Sam Stunner, Rose
burg delegate, presented the request.
Hurricane Strikes
Poland; 19 Killed
WARSAW, Poland, July 21. fU.B
A hurricane devastated the Lublin
district today, leaving death and ter
rific destruction In Its path.
Early reports said lit were killed
and .'too injured, many badly. The
wind destroyed l.OfiO homes.
Indictment Against
Luper Is Dismissed
ftALEM, Ore., .Inly 21. (UR) The
Indictment airniut llhea I-nper, ex
utate eninneor, who wna charged with
larceny of about hi Mate fund,
wan (jimiNed Monduy by 'ircuit
Jtiritr Skipwnrth of l.nne county.
The) rjtse wan ordered to he n'lbmit
ted to a it rand Jury other than the one
tkl rtturaed the original indictment
300 FEET!
300 feet" of the difficult climb of
about 300 feet high, which pre'
on their climb Sunday. The tiny
of the white line are the climbers
the chimney. There was about 300
top was reached.
CRATER LAKE FIRE
Three Incendiary Blazes
Under Control; Other
Forests Ablaze
MEDFORD, Ore.. July 21. (U.R)
Weary crews of fir-fiKhters this
morning apparently bad controlled
'three Incendiary forest fires that
swept over 5,000 acres of Crater
National forest near Ruch.
Borne of the 200 fire fighters had
been ou duty continuously since Sun
dny afternoon when tho first fire
swept un Wellington butte, In tho
big Applegnte river district west of
here.
After covering 5,000 acres of second-growth
timber and rango land,
tho fires jumped fire lines yesterday
afternoon and sent the fighters tn a
wild flight for safety.
Little could be done against the
strong west wind until early this
morning, when increased humidity
aided in curbing spread of the flames.
A fire thnt swept 400 acres on
flreenspring moiintnin east of Ash
land was controlled today.
BLAZES CONTROLLED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 21.
M Two forest fires reported
Rundny In the Klnmnth district, were
under control yesterday.
One hlnze was In the (Ireen Springs
district. It burned on both sides of
tho highway before being checked,
snd covered about O'JO acres, dentroy
ing the scenic value of the highway.
Tho other fire waa In the Tokeganio
district.
Iteports recelred here snid 400
men wero being kept on the Modoc
county fire lines and that tho sev
eral fires In thnt district were under
control with the exception of tho
Glass mountain b1nr.o.
Humidity was low and tho wind
was high and very hot.
FIRE CHECKED
OrtAXTS TASS, Ore., July 21.
(A) A forest fire In the Iteuben
creek district west of here wns to
day reported under control after a
crew of firo fighters under the direc
tion of A. L. MeArthy. stiite fire
warden, had battled the flames since
Sunday.
Women living In the vicinity aided
tho men In holding the flnmes under
control. The fire Is snid to have
burned over several hundred acres
of bruMh nnd timber line. It atnrted
in a miner's enhin which wns destroyed.
Lost Tribe Of Africa Found
By Explorer Held Evidence
Of Cradle Of Human Origin
nS FRANCISCO, July 21. UP)
The theory that man posnibly
erolved from a hi-aexual creature
which posaeoiied the power of repro
ducing itaelf unaided waa advanced
hero today by J r. Arthur F. Tor
rance, I a AngHca phyaician, author
and explorer who yenterdny an
nounced hia discovery of a "lout tribe
in Africa."
Ir. Torrance aaid he did not re
gard the theory as proved hut that
the Ktrnngft iindcritrnund tribe whofte
habitat ho looaled on a recent ex
plorinjr expedition to Africa aome
tiniA might yield evidence in aupport
of it.
Because the tribe wa kept under
ground virtually in captivity of trihes
of nomada hostile to white men. Ir.
Torrance aaid. his party was unahle
to leiirn many of the turrets of the
mysterious race. He expects to re
turn and overcome the nomadic hos
tility and then study the life and
habits of the underground tribe,
Pr. Torrance said his theory of
the hl-sexualily of man's prneenltnr
was not so much a matter of find
ing facts to support it as a matter
of dtrffloyiaf 4 scientific byyotetia
FRANCE BALKS
one
iO AID REICH
Conclave of Seven Powers
In London Strikes
Obstacles
U. S. STAND OUTLINED
Stimson Claims American
Banks Have Not With
drawn Credit
LOXDOX, July 21 (America's
position in the economic crisis which
hns envelope! Germany was presented
louny oy secretary of State Stlmson
to the seven-power confereneo foe .
alleviation of Germany's financial
distress.
A communique Issued after tht
morning session adjourned said the
conferees hsd considered "methods of
international co-operation whereby
confidence In Germany's economle
stsbility msy be restored in the im
mediate future.
Encounter Difficulties
It was said in well informed qusrt- '
crs that the conference has been
encountering severe and disturbing
difficulties, attributed by some to the
insistence of France thst Germany
pay tor outside aid with political con
cessions. At the same time it was said the
United states and Great Britain are
agreed Germany must have help and
are prepared to see that she gets it
whether France psrtlcipates or not.
It Is understood the American and
British views are In complete occord,
that they regard immediate relief as
imperative, but they do not approve
of a long term loan at this time.
Kather, it wns said, they favor
short term credits which would bridge
over the immediate desperate need
and give Germany and her creditors
time to discuss what further measures
of relief could be extended in the
falL
U. S. Banks Main
In a long talk just before the ses
sion adjourned, Mr. Stimson told the
meeting the larger American banks
on which the government haa been
able to keep tab, have not withdrawn
credits from Germany in this time of
her distress.
On the contrary, he said, there have
been some increases of American
cnpital in Germany. He assured the
conference that the American banks
will co-operate in relief, provided aid
comes from other countries slso.
It was learned thnt no concrete pro
posals hnve yet been advanced for
mally and the conversations thus far
hnvo been along genernl lines, pro
viding sn opportunity for exposition
of the positions of the participating
powers.
As one diplomat described the alms
of 1 tin conferees "what we want to
do now ia to give the little Dutch boy
a chance to get bis thumb out of the
hole in the dike so he can get to
work."
France Goes Slowly
It Is understood France is rather
Inclined to protracted discussions but
that tho United Statea and Great
Hritain maintain that speed is essen
tial. In support of this contention it wss
said t'hancellor Brucning does not
know from one moment to the next
how long bis government will lsst. and
thero are many who assert that Ger
many hns been menaced with revolu
tion for some time.
It is understood Chancellor Brnen
ing ought to return to Herlin on Wed
nesday night and that the Americans
anil British nt least feel It necessary
that he tnke back with him definite
prnmisea of help.
Thoso who uphold this course as
sert that if the chancellor should go
back empty handed it might menn the
end of his government at the hands,
of a people laboring under a nervous
tension which has long been near the
breaking point.
It Was Warm, Sure,
Store Was on Fire
WAI.LA WALLA, Wash., July 21.
(U.R) It wns a hot day, three work
men on the first floor of the Walla
Wnlla meat and cold stornge plant
thought yesterday.
Then aotne one told them the build
ing waa burning down around them,
bo they walked out.
Tho firo destroyed the structure.
to explain some of the facta which
he uncovered.
"I saw men who had more of the
physical attributes of women.' said
the explorer, "and women who had
the physical characteristic! of men.
"Had there been but a few of
these, It would have been easy to
conclude that they were freaks. But
there were too many to explain upon
anf such basis."
The explorer aaid a few of th
underground men had escaped from
their regular confines.
"They were once black, apparent
ly. he said, "but are now a dusky
gray from living for centuries nnder
grouud. Their features, however, are
arynn, not negroid, and they hare
tho same facial characteristics as
the Inhabitants of northern India.
"One could ay that they repre
sented a race which might have lived
twenty thousand years ago, perhaps
much longer. Why they are guarded
so jealously hv the pomadfe tribes
which live on the fringe of their ter
ritory Is another question. My fnesa
Is that It Is the ssme Impulse that
which leads civilised Individuals to
sequester and conceal Idiota or per
sons witb Juqfoui. flewwus