EIGHT JtEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, EDFORTV OKEflpy. TTEfiTQY. MAY P. 1933 CLUB com The American Legion how at the RIalto, the "Hundu" performance at the Page and other events cut down the usual attendance ot the Craters club meeting in the Dlnty Mohr ban quet hall last night. Id spite of a mall attendance, however, a pleas ant evening was enjoyed. Three matters of Importance were discuss ed; the participation of the Craters Id a community- gathering of the Ta ble Rock district on May 1$, the send ing ot Crater delegates to the Port land annual Rose Festival in June and the co-operation of the club In entertaining delegates to the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs. ' .Owing to the problem of finances, the Craters will find it difficult to send a representation to the Rose Festival and a serious discussion of this matter will be a feature of the next eruption. It was decided to ar range an entertainment for the Ta ble Rock Community meeting a week from next Friday in response to a I AI GOLD RAY 0AM A trip to the Gold Ray and Savae Rapids Dams was made yesterday by deputy state came warden, W. R- Coleman. accompanied by Frank Mil' ler, W. E. Brayton and a representa live of The Mail Tribune. "The fish ladder at Savage Rapidi is the best ladder on the coast, said Mr. Coleman, "and I'll prove it to you." I'pon arrival at Gold Ray the party went down through the power house to the ladder. A big run ot Chinook salmon was on and hundreds of fish could be seen lying in the riffle about 30 feet below the lower lead wall be yond the end of the ladder. Every now and then one of the big fellows would take a tremendous rush against the current in an attempt to get over the wall and into the channel of the ladder. The current .at this point must i flow ten miles per hour, yet the fish with fins and tails vibrating make torpedo-like speed against it. The spattering and sizxling of their fins can be heard above the roar of the invitation extended to the Craters by I""' Puring over the dam. They Ike Table Rock district. Crater mem bers will assist the members ot the Greater if ed ford club In, entertaining delegates to Oregon Federation of Women's clubs which will be held In Med ford this month. Tours around the ralley will be a part ot this enter tainment. fo till the vacancies caused by the resignation of F-arl Roberts. Ben Shel don and Frank Farrell, Royal Lee, Bert Thlerolff and Milton Sctauchard were elected to membership. R. H. Hay. sales manager of Sgobel & Day qf New Tork, O. C. Spangle, traffic manager of Sgobel tc Day. Sheriff Terrili aad William Dayton were the sftiests ot last sight's banquet and the itrst two gave short talks. Aubrey roum, scnooi superintendent, pre sented a tew facts on the local school district. - The next meeting of the Craters is slated for May 21st, when several im portant matters will be considered. ' i Winter Wheat Decrease. WASHINGTON. May 8 A winter wheat trop of STS.zST.OOO bushels, or 1.4 per cent less than the 1922 crop, was forecast today by the de partment of agriculture. The fore cast was based on the condition of winter wheat May 1, which was 80.1 Her cent of a normal, and on the area Xtomaining May 1 to be harvested. which was 39.750.000 acres or 6,629,- oi'O acre (14.3 per cent) less than planted last autumn KC KC KC KC KC KC i KG Making powder j250unfbr25 Use less than of j higher priced brands. ? Same Price for over 30 years No better at any price . OUB GOVER.VMDJT KX'CHT MILLIONS Of FOUNDS shoot like torpedoes at the wall Then spat: They butt their noses against the wall and fall back stun ned. The wall Is too high. Only about one out of five fish that attempt to get into the ladder get over the wall and into the channeL The majority waste their wonderful energy, batter ing their bodies against the wall and fall back into slower water to rest for another attempt. "Now that you have seen this." said Coleman. "I want to tell you that these fish don't come down the river or up the highway. They're going up the river and they come over the Udder at Savage Rapids. Now let s watch 'em go up this ladder." The party climbed along the side of the Gold Ray ladder to the top. The top pool had a number of beauti ful big salmon In it that had con qaered the wall at the bottom. Many ot them were badly battered and few had made the climb unscathed. The final rush from the top pool of the ladder, where the water fines snd bubbles like a giant seidletz powder, to the still water beyond the dam is the hardest step of the ladder with the exception of the leap over the bottom lead wall. The pool Is too small (or the big fellows to get a fly ing start In. Following the visit to'the Gold Ray dam the party drove down the high way to Savage Rapids dam and walk ed across the top of the structure to tne tish ladder. No difficulty Is experienced by the fish at the bottom of this ladder which is exceptionally easy to enter. The water In the pools is deep, the lanuor Is not as steep as that at Gold Ray and the fish mount It easily. In addition the bottom of the ladder if much easier to find. Although many ot me tlg tellows fight the current at the other side of the river, the same as they do at Gold Ray. th fish that start toward the botom of tne ladder enter it with ease and make the trip up In a few minutes. Coleman advocates alterations In the lead wall at the Gold Ray ladder tnat will make it easy to enter from downstream. enlarging a hole a considerable distance up the ladder. entrance from the upstream sido can! a!n ht lnri. n.n.k . I 1 The proof that the Savace Ranld oner is working can be had by looking at the number of fish thai have come over it and that are fight ing to get Into the Gold Ray ladder." says Coleman. "The Gold Ray a(j. der is the one that needs imnrnvo- ment and needs it badly." The ftghling power of the salmon Is wonderful. Yesterday only the mid dle gate of the great Savajre Kaolds dam was open and riiore than five nunureo tnousand gallons of water per minute was dropping forty or fifty feet Into the river with a con tinuous crashing roar. -Simv m. flying thirty fet the air and every WC-KG KG KG KG KC iZ r.,M ""r0? "" im Iwt n the air. in the mid in the midt of the white aprav. attempt. nc to mount YOUR LAST CHANCE to see "FLASHES OF ACTION" 5 Reel War Picture Rialto Theatre TONIGHT Admission 35c No War Tax Children 10c Auspices AMERICAN LEGION MaaABaMMMHsMsMH the falling column of tons upon tons- It is the hope of the majority of local sportsmen that the game com mission and the organisations with the power to do so will make the necessary Improvements at Gold Ray to make the trip of the salmon to the spawning beds easier. BANDITS DEMAND $2,000,000 (Continued from pan one) ded with a rifle butt." said Day. "We had to take the roughest paths. It was useless to protest and strict silence was enforced. Anyone speak ing was mercilessly hit I was struck on the forehead with a Mauser for talking to my neighbor." The lair of the band its. Day contin ued, was a place In the bills encircled by a stone compound. Within one hour or two after the arrival of the prisoners, soldiers appeared outaide the town and soon a lively engage ment was in progress. Knocks Out Guard The brigands' chieftain persuaded Day to take a note to the commander of the military forces, informing him that if the fire did not stop the cap- Uvea would be shot Day had a har rowing experience in making his way across the open ground to the troops. as be was fired on by both tne mili tary and the bandits, some ot the lat ter being Ignorant of his mission. Dor delivered his message, where- npon the commander of the trope ord ered them to cease firing, but the force did not withdraw. Remaining with the military. Day started a search for some of the other prisoners and came upon Miss Schon- berg sitting on a boulder, exhausted. She, like the others, had escaped when dispatched as a message bearer. Jacobson knocked out his guard with a large stone and ran off. Miss Schonberg said her party had been fired on by the bandits. The tuchun of Shantung has sent re inforcements to the scene and tne British. French and Belgian consuls from Nanking have also gone to L!- cheng. The strength of the bandits is esti mated at between two and three thou sand mem It is said that the troops had been trying to round them up for several days and that a pitched battle had been fought only a few hours be fore the train was attacked. The bri- eands retreated across the railway line and It is believed that they then conceived the idea of holding up the train. recommend that punitive measures be taken by it to secure the release of foreigners still held captive by Chinese ban I ts who held up the Shanghai-Peking express train. ITAKE MOVIES OF WASHINGTON. May . Minister Schurman reported that the bandit had released all ot the women taken prisoner when the train was wrecked but still held fourteen men for ran som. - The department issued this statement paraphrasing its reports from its officials in China: "The department has received in formation to the effect that Miss Al drich. Miks MacFadden and Miss Schonberg are now safe in Tsinanfu. "Mr. T. H. Day of Ridgewood, N J., escajed from the bandits, and ar rived safely in Tin Tain. "Mr. Robert Scripps was not on the wrecked train and has arrived at Peking. "Messrs. enry ' Zimmerman and V Hainovitch escaped after the wreck and reached Tin Tain. May 8. The following having not - been heard from and evidently are still being held captive: Major Finger and son, Mr. Henley. Mr. Levy. Mr U. C. Solomon. Mr. J. B. Powell, Mr l Friedman. Mr. Lehrhas escaped and Mr. Thomas Day of Oliver and company. New York City, has been released. - "It is reported that all the women have been released while the men are being held for ransom. "Fourteen men. Americans and other nationalities, are still held. "The department has been advised by Minister Schurman that at a con ference with the dean of the diplo matic corps (the Portuguese minis ter) and the British and Italian min isters, it was decided that the dean on the morning of May 7 should make urgent representations that the Chi nese government ransom our na tionals ad that punitive measures should be taken against the bandits afterwards.'' Rail Strike in Brussels. BRUSSELS. May 8. All rail traf fic in the direction of Antwerp was held up today by a strike of the rail way men, who announced they were acting in sympathy with the protest of employes in the Antwerp freight yards. Three thousand telephone workers also were out. RICHMOND. Va.. May S. F. W. Pratt, mentioned in dispatches from Shanghai as being among the foreign ers held captive by the Suchow ban dits is alleged to be the Rev. Frank Pratt, pastor of the First LniUrian church of this city: He was given an indefinite leave of absence from his church work here on April 15. 1922. and was married in Boston the follow ing month. The couple left on a honeymoon around the world soon afterwards. Governor Pre us to Resign. ST. Paul. May 8. Governor Preus, according to present plans will resign tomorrow and theretiy become eligi ble to appointment as United States senator from Minnesota in succession to the late Senator Nelson, his politi cal friends said today. Harry Greb OpeAUed Upon. PITTSBURG-. . May ( 8. Harry Greb, former light-heavyweight box ing champion of America, was oper ated upon at Mercy hospital hero to day for an infected ami which devel oped from a boil. S Foreigners Killed. kravrhaI. May S. (By the As sociated Press) Two foreigners. In cluding one unidentified American. k.v- hon killed In tne snooung in cident to the bandit raw on i"i Peking express train, accoraing 'o 1st compiled here toaay. une oi foreigners was Joseph Kommnn. British subject. Two escapea -ni nes prisoners, arriving at Tsienan. related that the captives were march ed fifteen miles into the hills and here classified by the outlaw cmoi- tain according to tneir prooaui worth. After questioning, it was de cided that foreigners would be held for a ransom of 5.00 each: Chi nese of the "first class" for IJO.000 each, those of the second class tor 1 10,000 and those held to oe ot lower alue for IS. 000. The Chinese newspaper Shun Pao, published In Shanghai reported that Kang Tung Vu. Its Sunday eauur. was raptured and released. The brigands are said to De spin- ting Into groups with their captives and scattering Into the hills ze nines from the railway. I A regiment of Kiangsu provincial roops has been sent from Nanking. SHANGHAI. May . (By the As sociated Press) Fifteen foreigners. II men. nine of them Americans. still are in the hands of the Suchow train bandits, according to a list cen niled here today. Two others e.ip- ed and have reached Tsinanfu. Two lives were lost. Joseph Rothman. British, shot down at the scene ot the holdup Sunday, and an uniden tified American killed in fighting be tween troops - Liberty Bonds. NEW YORK, May 8. Liberty bonds closed: 3H's 101.6; . first 4Vs 97.14; second. 4 Si's 97.13: Third 9S IP; fourth 44's 97. IS; Victory 4 Vs (uncalled) 11)0.1: 17. S. Treasury Hi's 99.5 SAVED FROM AN OPERATION Now Recommends Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Washington. D. C.-"Lydia E. Pink barn's Vegetable Compound saved me irorn an operaooo which a physician said I would nave to have tor a very bad case of female trou ble, ily system was all run down for two years after my little girl was born. Then I read of your won derful medicine and decided to try it. I could hardly drag one foot after the other. and after diking six bottles of the Vege table Coo pound I felt like a new wo man. I n w do all my housework, also washing i-nd ironing, and do not know what real trouble is. My health is tne. and I weigh 1-Wrwunds. When I started taking it I weighed 97 pounds. I gladly recommend Lydia E. Fickham's Vege table Compound to any one who is suf fering from female trouble or is ran IIIIIIIPU- I the bandits and pursuing 7 v i thu i testimonial ..,,... 1 for I am only too giad to let suffering Mnds- women know what the Vegetable Com- WASHINOTON. May . Further reports from Minuter scnurman ai Peking on developments In connec tion with the capture of Americans and other foreigners on the train held ; up by Chinese bandits In Shantung 1 province and efforts to secure their release was anxiously awaited tooay; by the state department. Jujt what steps he is taxing towaru securing the release of the Americans, of whom he reported nineteen were lw.tl.iMl t n hiv. been on tho train held up. has not been revealed by j officials here. Serious consideration was beirg given the queatlon of initiating a cob- ; rentrated military action with tba other powers against the bandits. 1 Siw-h a step taken in co-c-perstiC-n ' with the renins government ar.d in , eveat the Chinese authorities prored irr.potnt was expected to be eon-! ! si-Jered. with other possible measures at a meeting of the foreign mims-'ers ! at Peking to.Uy. I AvarNe for s'Jch use. which, tt is r--ta:-t out. voui be sanctioned by t.;e gveeral principles of International kw, . th United States force. 3S crrii-r aE! Ii men M;ioned at TV, Tna and those of Grest Britain. Frsc ar.4 Jar-an. e-arh of appro!-,' Ri-vi-iT a thousand officers and irea. ' In addition ta the smaller onlts mam tamed by other nations in China. j found did forme." 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Blanchard, ; moving picture director for the fed eral reclamation service, and his cam eraman, left Washington today for Spokane to secure 2000 feet of views ot the Columbia basin irrigation pro-. Ject, according to a telegram received today by Fred A. Adams, educational director ot the Columbia Basin irriga tion league. , Watersheds of the project from Flat head lake to Albany Falls, on the Pend : O'Reille river together with views in ; the heart ot the project and pictures on the coast and the Yakima valley to show the industrial side of the project. . A. J. Turner, chief engineer in charge of the original investigation of the project by the state, will arrive ' here tonight to accompany Arthur P. Davis, federal director of reclamation ' and F. M. Goodwin, assistant secre tary of the interior, on their trip from Albany Falls to Spokane tomorrow. I Round Vp Irish Rebels. Dublin. May 8. 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