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KEEP PEACE
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A. B. Houghton, New Envoy
to Great Britain Makes Sen
sation in Maiden Speech
Before Pilgrims in London
French Attitude Toward
Germany Must Change.
1
1 LONDON, May 4. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) The new .American
ambassador, AlanFon II. Houghton,
speaking tonight before a distinguish
ed adulencc here, which Included the
prime minister of Groat Britain de
clared in friendly hut firm terms that
unless peace based on good will la re
established In Europe ho feared Amer-
rican assistance for the reconstruction
, of Europe must cease. The ambassa
dor made it clear In the course of his
address that he referred not only to
- moral but monetary aid.
Coming as It did from the former
American ambassador to Germany
following his recent visit to the
United States and conferences with
President Coolidge, the pronounce
ment was calculated to create a pro
found Impression upon the statesmen
and diplomats gnthered to hear the
new ambassador and perhaps might
be regarded as the most Important de
livered by America's envoys to the
Court of St. James in years. Because
of its Importance and the authorita
tive note which it sounded, it was as
sumed by those trained in diplomacy
that he must undoubtedly be voicing
the views of the administration at
"Washington.
Special significance was attached to
the fact that the statement comes at a
time when considerable suspicion and
distrust of Germany are being voiced
. in various parts of Europe, partieular
L ly France, became of the election to
the presidency of Field Marshal Von
Hindenburg, who Is nsperted by some
to represent those .reactionary forces
which are Inimical to the peace and
interest of at least some of the allies.
Interlocked wtih this idea, it has
been commented, may be the fate of
the security pact proposed by Germany
and warmly seconded by England, as
a great step toward the reestablish
ment of real peace. Indeed, there has
been some speculation ns to whether
the effective working of the Dawes
plan might be impaired by this fan
ning of smouldering fire of distrust.
I'm ce Must Be Established
Whether Ambassador Houston had
nny of these things in mind was open
to conjecture. He referred to none of
them, but contented himself with
making it plain that the reestabllsh
ment of peace was essential to the con
tinuation of assistance from the United
States and that the answer to the ques
tion whether there wns to be peace
must come from the peoples of Europe
themselves. If there was to he peace,
then America would help in the re
construction to the extent of her abil
ity. "The full measure of American
helpfulness," Ambassador Houghton
declared, "can be obtained only when
the American people are assured that
the time for destructive methods and
policies has passed and that the time
for peaceful upbuilding has come."
As the guest of honor of the Pil
grims. Mr. Houghton was making his
maiden address as ambassador to
Great Britain. Among the most
f ' prominent gathered to welcome him,
in addition to Premier Baldwin, to in
troduce hfm, were the Duke pt York,
former Premier MacDonnld, the am
bassadors from Belgium. Japan. Ger
many, Portugal and Brazil, the ArchT
bishop of Canterbury, Colonial Secre
tary Amery, Sir Auckland Geddes, Sir
Samuel Hoare, the Earl of Craven and
Lord Astor.
Cluiiigod Attitude of Mind
Mr. Houghton said In part:
"Order has been established and
while to some extent the disorganiza
tion of International trade and mar
kets which came as a natural conse
quence of the war still persists, mark
ed Improvement has been shown even
here, ... .
"Nevertheless what remains to be
done is almost as difficult as what al-
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19,000 KILLED AND
BY
NEW YORK, May 4.- Automobiles
caused 19.000 deaths and injuries to
450,000 persons in the United States
In 1925. statistics made public by the
National Bureau of Casualty and Sure
ty underwriters reveal. This repre- !
sents a dally average of 52 dead and
5650 Injured. Q
q Notwithstanding the death toll, the
largest ever , reported, tO human
ffjind siL-ns of encouragement iiOa
l pronounced fall In the rate of lnrrnv
&i accidents. The increase in t
number of deaths in 1B23 over figures
Florida Island Is
Reported Submerged
By Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON, May 4. (By
the Associated Press) Fran-
mentary reports Indicating a f
serious movement at Dry Tor-
tugas island, among the Florida
keys, was received late today r
in government circles here.
The messages were interpret-
ed as meaning thnt the island, l
which is helieved to have been
virtually uninhabited, has al-
most completely disappeared
Into the sea.
4
BY
IN FEZAITACK
Situation in Morocco Is As
suming Proportions Rein
forcements Are Delayed By
Floods No Doubt of Ulti
mate French Victory.
Associated Pross) Rlfl'inn tribes- j
men's invasion of the French zone
of Morocco Is assuming serious pro
portions and Marshal Lyaute, gov
ernor of the territory, has come
here to be nearer the active opera
tions. The Riffians have already'
captured one French outpuHt and had
a successful act Inn wit h a French ,
detachment w hirh attempted to
throw a pontoon bridge across the ;
Ouergha river." The French were
forced back but managed to destroy j
the boats before withdrawing. I
Abd-EI-Krim, the rebel leader, 1b
thought to be aiming at Fez, con-1
1 1(1 fill UUt HM LUUU1 Will II cuiu
such enthusiasm among the tribes
men that tfiey will rally about him
and enable him to overthrow the
sultan.
Marshal Lyuatey and his aides, it
is said here, was fully aware that
the attacks would occur and the
marshal predicted to the day the
Riffinn offensive.
If the French reinforcements have
not yet reached the scene, it is said,
it is because the region along the
Ouergha river Is flooded and the
rainy season which has not yet ended
has made it impossible to transport
material and troops- under proper
conditions.
Although the a'ttacks by Ahd-El-Krim's
forces are regarded as deter
mined and serious, there is no ap
prehension as to the result. The
French forces military experts point
out, got through to -Fez twenty years
ago, when all Morocco was against
them. Today all Morocco is pacified
except the territory of the Riff and
when the time comes for Marshal
Lyautey to order his columns across
the Ouergha river, the French au
thorities predict that Abd-El-Krlm
will find it convenient to retreat as
fast as he can. '
The plan of the Riffians seems to
be to invade the territory of tribes
which have submitted : to France
and to induce these tribes to rebel
or else to pillage their country. In
most cases these tribes will have no
other courso than to join the rebels,
It is believed.
It is admitted that while Abd-El-Krim
has no apparent chance of
ever reaching Fez. he will be'nble to
give the French considerable trouble
necessitating strengthening of French
forces throughout northern Morocco
at heavy expense In order to master
the revolt.
PARIS, May 4. Official reports
from Pa bat French Morocco, say the
French forces have had several suc
cesses over the Riffians in one of
which the tribesmen Isot 50 killed
considerable war material and some
prisoners.
r. S. Dirigible Is Located
WASHINGTON, May 4. The dirig
ible Los Angeles, .flying to Porto Rico,
reported her position at six o'clock
this morning by dead reckoning at
460 miles from Mayaguez, her Porto
Rican destination,.
IN U. S. A. IN 1924
for 1922 was 20 per cent while tho
increase in 1924 over the preceding
year was only four per cent. This re
duction In the rate of Increase was at
tributed to organized campaigns to
reduce accidents. I
Grade crossing accidents took a toll ,
of 1688 deaths, a decrease of 71 from
the 1923 total. I
Since 1908 the death rate due to I
motor car accidents has increased
steadily until today automobile rnuse
more deaths than $11 other vehb-les
Including trbfruj and street cars com
bined. '
FRENCH
BEATEN
fflHN
450.000 INJURED
LARGE VOTE
IS EXPECTED
TOMORROW
Keen Interest Shown in High
School Bond Election
Polls Open From 2 to 7 at
High School Qualifications
of Voters Legally Defined
Bonds Only at Issue.
Following a lung campaign with
Interest in the question growing hour
ly the taxpayers and other qualified
voters of the city will again vote on
the question of Issuing bonds for a
new high school, this time in the sum
of $185,000.
The hours of the election are from
2 p. m. to 7 p. m., and the polls as
usuul will be located In the high
school lobby. Only tuxpayers and
stockholders In Medford corporations
can vote at this bond election, but
at the special election already ad
vertised for May 14 to select a site
all qualified voters of -the city may
vote. ' Of course if by any chance
the bonds should not carry tomor
row, the site election would be auto
matically cancelled.
So much agltution has been evident
in the bonds campnlgn by the enthu
siastic adherents of the two sites that
will be submitted, that the two elec
tions have become confused In the
minds of many voter, and some citi
zens are showing no interest in the
bond election, but only on the site
question.
A record . vote of taxpayers is
looked for tomorrow, and the school
board has arranged for a very active
election board to facilitate the voting.
At the last election on bonds for a
new high school about 478 votes
were cast, but It Is generally regnrded
that many more votes will be cast to
morrow.
Friends of the proposed ' new high
school call the attention of .all quali
fied1 voters for tomorrow's election
that every voter favoring the passage
of the bonds go to the polls, as those
opposed to the bonds are sure to cast
their votes. 1 .
At the last election for members of
the school board when A. H. Miller
and Elmer Wilson were elected, and
when all qualified voters of the city,
whether or not property owners, were
eligible to vote, some 1200 votes were
cast.
The exact legal Information as to
who is qualified to vote at tomorrow's
bond election is as follows:
Any person who Is 21 years of
age and hus resided In School
District No. 49 for thirty (30)
days immediately prior to May B,
1 925, and who has property In
the district ns shown by the last
county assessment, assessed by
the county assessor (not by -the
sheriff) on which he or sho Is
liable or subject to pay a tax,
shall be entitled to vote at tho
bond election.
However, if any person holds
shares of stock in any corpora
tion, firm or co-partnership
which has property in the district
as shown by the lost county as
sessment, on which such cor
poration, firm or co-partnership
pays a tax, such person, by pre
senting to the election board, his
certificates of stock, showing him
to be a bona fide holder of stock
In such corporation, firm or co
partnership, Is a qualified voter
at the election and may vote at
said election. .
No other persons but those In
the foregoing classifications are
permitted to vote at the bond
election.
TO HAVE HEARING
INDIANAPOLIS, May 4. Motions
to strike out certain portions of the
indictment charging D. C. Stephenson
with first degree murder In connec
tion with the death of Miss Madge Ob
erholtzer were filed in crlmttial court
today by Eph Inman, Stephenson's at
torney. The motions precluded a plea
by Stephenson to the Indictment.
Judge James A. Collins said a hear
ing would be held Saturday on Mr. In
maa's motions.
The action taken today also applied
to the cases of Earl KUnck and Earl
Gentry, former Evansvllle, Ind., resi
dents, Indicted with Stephenson.
Wall Street Report
WALL STREET. NEW YORK, May
4. The closing was strong. United
States Realty, Bears Roebuck, .Asso
ciated Dry Goods, Maxwell B.. Califor
nia Packing, all sold three to seven
points above Saturday's final quota
tions. Stock prices resumed the upward
movement today under the leadership
of the rails and the public utilities,
several of which attained new peak
prices for the year. Total sales ap
proximated 1,300,000 shared
High School Girl Operates Two Typewriters at o
Once, Writing Different Words on Each Machine
Miss Gertrude MorrlKscy of Rox
bury. Mass.. Is gifted with the
ability to write two different sen
tences on typewriters ui the same
time. She U still a student in
PROBLEM TAKEN
UP BY LEAGUE
GENEVA, May 4. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) The- traffic in arms
cannot be considered a merely com
mercial matter and escape Interna
tional regulation, declared Count
Henri Cartoni dt Wiart. former Bel
gian premier in formally opening to
day the international conference for
control of the traffic In arms, called
by the League of Nations, in which
an American delegation Is taking
part. The presiding officer's address
drew out frequent bursts of applause.
GENEVA, May 4. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Reports that the Brit
ish delegation wqu' -present a sub
stitute convention' at the 'interna
tional conference -for. the traffic in
arms, opening here today, were
confirmed by British spokesmen, who
said they probably would also offer
other suggestions as will , the Ameri
can delegation.
A draft convention prepared by a
special committee. Is to be presented
as the basis for its discussions.
Representatives of arms manufac
turers have come toGeneva to watch
the conference which so directly af
fects their business. Other potential
opponents of some of the proposed
regulations are states that insist that
"the sacred right of revolution,"
must be protected.
This latter feeling la recognized as
a difficult problem by the conference
leaders who fear that curtailment of
the right to send arms Into a coun
try would give the great powers a
dangerous advantage, enabling them
to insure victory to a revolutionary
party they favored by furnishing it
with an unlimited supply of arms.,
There Is a tendency to emphasize
the Importance of this phase to Ijitin
America and certain parts of Eu
rope. Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
McMINNVILLE, Ore., May 4.
Burglars used explosives and stolen
railroad tools to break open the safe
In, the Pillbury garage here early
this morning, but found only a wal
let and some pa pers In the strong
box. They took $70 from the cash
register. The wallet and papers were
found later by deputy sheriffs on an
embankment near La Fayette. , A tour
ing car was stolen from a private
garage near the Pillbury garage.
The Noted Dead
VIENNA. May 4. Dr. Johann Pa
li sa, noted Austrian astronomer and
director of the Vienna university ob
servatory. Is dead. His discovery,
without photography of 124 planets is
said to have been unequalled. He also
was the author of a stellar encyclo
pedia. Vancouver, Wash,
Banker Embezzled;
Arrest is Ordered
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4.
A warrant was Issued this
afternoon for the arrest of O.
Jorgen Olson, until recently
president of the American Se-
curity bank In Vancouver, on a
charge of enilzzllng $7980 of
the bank's funds. County Attor-
ney Hall announced. Hall said
Olson had appropriated Inter-
cMt funds due the bank.
ARMS
TRAFFIC
high school and hasn't tft elded as
yet whether to attempt to develop
her ability to such an extent :lmt
she cun hold down two typists' Jobs
at once-
GOODYEAR
AGAIN
WINNER
BALLOON RACE
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 4. (By As
sociated Press.) V. T. Van Orman,
with the Goodyear III., won the na
tional 'elimination balloon race.
He wns the victor last year and
again will represent tho I'nlted States
in the Gordon Bennett international
ruce, provided the contest committee
of the National Aeronautic association
approves his performance.
After a day and two nights In the
air. Van Orman landed his bag at
7:55 o'clock Sunday morning near
Reform, Ala., a distance of about 530
miles. lie kept an altitude of ap
proximately 1200 feet on its south
ward journey, Van Ortnan reported.
Radio, equipment which he carried
along kept him informed of weather
conditions and the progress of the
other balloons, he said.
Van Orman brought hjs basket to
rest aft or a battle with a stiff wind.
I His companion on tho flight wns C.
:K. Wbllam. The victor besides win
ding the right to participate in the
j international race will receive the
Litchfield cup and $100(1.
I Captain H. E. Honeywell, veteran
of many races, finished second In
j point of duration and distance, land-
Ing less than fifty miles behind Van
Orman. Captain Honeywell was dis
qualified by Referee A. B. Lambert
along with Herbert V. Thndon, on tho
ground that they delayed their starts.
The local contest commltteo met
today to act on the cases after receiv
ing' a message from Referee Lambert
stating that he would concur In lifting
the disqualification If the committee
penalized Captain Honeywell and
Thadcn each one place."
In the event that the course Is de
cided upon. Lieutenant William J.
Flood, pilot of the army S-14 would
be awarded second place.
After landing Captain Honeywell
said he delayed Inflating his balloon
because of the high wind, which had
ripped tho army entry S-10 and put
it out of commission before tho start.
A summary of the race, with dis
tance and time estimated unofficially
follows:
Balloon, Goodyear III; pilot. Van
Orman; landing place. Reform, Ala.;
distance, 430 miles; duration, 37:46.
Ballon, St. Joseph; pilot, Honey
well; landing place, Aberdeen, Wlss.;
distance, 490 miles; duration, 30:19.
Army S-14: pilot, Flood; binding
place, Bntesvllle, Ark.; distance, 350
miles; duration. 16.1.
Detroit; pilot,'. Thnden; landing
place, Selma, Kas.; distance, 125
miles; duration. 7:22.
Major Maurice Smith landed the
pilot balloon at Crenshaw, MIks. '
National
At Boston. R. H. E.
Brooklyn 5 10 1
Boston 8-12 1
Batteries: Petty, Osborne and De
Berry; Marquard, Q rah am and O'Neil,
GibRon.
At Philadelphia. R. U. E.
Now York 12 15 1
I'hllodolphln 2 13 1
Batteries: Hentley and Oowdy; De
catur, KlllfnKlm, Ulrich and Henllno,
Wilson.
Other gamps postponed, rain.
Amcrliain
At New Vork. . R. II
E.
Philadelphia 8 1 1
New York 7 11 2
Itatterles: Uaumgartner. Walberg,
Orffves, Rommel and Cochrane:
Shawkey, Hoyt, Jones, Francis and
O'Neill.
Othcr games postponed, rain.
Ycyli'lay's ItrMilla.
Portland, 12-7; Cernon, 7-R.
I.ns AiiK'''es, l'U: Sacra nientn, 3-1,
K-.-it t )-. 10-2; Oakland,
Han Francisco, 3-3: HRlt Lake,
10-0.
Shepherd Dog Still
Watching for Master
At Salem Mail Box
4
SALEM, Ore., May 4. For
the fourth day a shepherd dog is
watching for his muster at a mall 4
box at Winter and Miil streets,
this city. The dog took up his
vigil early Friday. He kept stead- 4-
fastlyl at his watch Saturday and
4 Sunday and Is still there today.
Occasionnly he rles on his bind
legs and sniffs at the mail box,
and pricks up his ears at every
4 passing automobile. It Is believed
4 the dog belongs to some tourist 4
who stopped to mall a letter and 4
that the dog. wandering away
fromsthe car, becigue lost. 41
44444 4 4
10 SAIL ACROSS
UNITED STATES
T
Dream of Ancient Navigator
to Be Realized if Los Ange
les Project Is Success To
Start From Astoria, Oregon
Up Columbia River.
LOS ANGELES. MnV 4. What six
teenth century n.ivigatoift frequently
attempted without success a cruise
across the American continent by
boat will be undertaken by three
twentieth century motorbont enthus
iasts leaving here next Friday for Am
torla. Ore.
Tho men who hope to demonstrate
the possibility of sailing practically
all the way across the Pnited states
are F. S. Wilton, John E. Hoag and
Val Woodlmry. They are taking to
Astoria a light, twin screw motorboat
and will--begin .their voyage up- the
Columbia rlcer May 15. , Leaving the
Columbia about 4N0 miles from Its
mouth they plan to navigate the Snake
river to Lewiston, Idaho. Between that
point and Livingston, Mont., a distance
of about 250 miles, they expect to re
sort to portage in order to get over
the continental divide. From Living
ston they will descend the Yellowstone
river to tho Missouri, thence to the
Mississippi and thence through the
Illinois river and the Illinois and
Michigan canal to the Great Lakes.
From the lakes their way lies on tho
St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers
through the Richelieu canal Into Lnke
Champlaign and thence through tho
Champlalgn canal into tho Hudson
river and the final lap ending at New
York.
FOREST FIRE DANGER
BEND, Ore., May 4. The humidity
has dropped to 25 or five points be
low the danger point, according to H.
L. Plum, supervisor of tho Deschutes
national forest. Dry southwest winds
are forecast by the weather bureau,
these winds sweeping In from the high
desert over the Ford Rock district of
the forest will dry out the limber land
very fast.
While no forest lookouts have been
sent out yet, If the present weather
keeps up some will be sent out very
soon, Mr. Plum said today. Observers
from the top of Pilot Butt today said
that slashing fires were seen shooting
upward to a height seldom seen ex
cept during mid-summer.
The "Daily"
Bank Robbery
CIIICQ, Cal., May 4. The Bank of
Durham was robbed this morning by
a lone bandit who lockod 8. N. Graves
cashier, nnd Miss Helen Hester, assis
tant cashier, in a vault and escaped
with $1000 In ensh. The bandit wns
captured a short time later In a gruin
field near Durhnm.
MOTOR
EOSEL FORD, MARSHALL FIELD AND
OMRS FORM PULLMAN AIR SERVICE
NEW YORIC. May 4. The New
York Wold says today that three pow
erful groups of capltallnts will n-et In
Detroit In less than two weeks to or
ganize an operating company of $1,
500.000 cnpltal for an overnight air
and express service between New
York and Chicago.
The capital Is to be drawn In equal
amounts from the three cities men
tioned. It Is said. The newspaper
namen Edsel Ford, Howard Coffin and
(t. It. .lackHon, president of the Hud
son Motor Car co0pany as thedirect
. DAKOTA
GRAIN ACT
U. S. Supreme Court Declares
Grain Grading Measure Un
constitutional Massachu
setts Tax On Foreign Cor
porations Also Ruled Out
Booze Case Ignored.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The North
Dakota grain grading act was declared
invalid and unconstitutional today by
tho supreme court.
Justice Vandeventer in delivering
the dochdon today said tho right to
buy grain in Interstate commerce was
not a state given right, but is a com
mon right such that no state could
fetter with conditions or control. For
that reason the decision of the lower
court In abating the act was confirm
ed. WASHINGTON. May 4. Massa
chusetts tax upon foreign corpora
tions doing an exclusively Inter-stato
business within the commonwealth,
was declared Invalid today by the su
preme court.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Congress
had tho constitutional authority to en
net the publicity ' provisions of tho
income tax law. the District of Colum
bia court of appeals held today In a
case from the district court.
Gorham Hubbard, a Boston mer
chant, had sought an injunction re
straining Secretary Mellon from carry
ing out the mandate of congress to
make available to tho public the
amount of income tax paid by Indiv
iduals and corporations. He contend
ed that the provision offender the
fourth amendment to the constitution
protecting him In property and person
against unlawful search and seizure.
''Wo are of tho opinion," said Jus
tice Hatfield, "that where congress
has the power to require the divulging
of-private information for a lawful
purpose it has authority for the due
accomplishment of such purpose to
reo'jlro the giving of publicity to the
Information thus secured. It moy de
velop that congress was very unwise In
enacting such provisions, but such
considerations In no way effect tho
constitutional authority of congress in
the premises.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Morris Or
satt of San Frnnclsco, sentenced to
twenty years for attempting to bribe
a prob billon agent will get no relief
from the supreme court. The highest
tribunal today refused to interest it
self In his plea, that the sentence was
excessive and that a single offense
had led to his conviction on 21 differ
ent counts.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
WENATCHEB, Wa8h., May 4 Jobs
Winters. 18, Western Union office
clerk and Harold Jossup, 19, student,
wore killed, and J. C. Flnloy, nited 4li,
Fan-el Palmer, 18, and Russoll Jossup
17, were injured in ' an autoniohllo
accident yesterday morning whllo on
their way to Lake Chelan to spend
tho day fishing. Mr. Flnlcy, the
driver, suffered chest bruises and will
live. Dr. R. T. Condon said today.
The breaking of the steering gear in
loose gravel is believed to have
caused the wreck. The car plunged
down a forty foot grade. Palmer
and Jessup suffered brulsos and
scratches.
RPOKAN'E, May 4. Benice M.
Hensell, aged 16, was Instantly killed
'and' three others were Injured when
'a motorcycle and side car In which
jthoy wore riding plunged off the road
, nine miles from this city late yester
day.
. Hope lis Isn't Deaf.
ST. LOUIH, May 4. Michael Rich
ard Fay, 70, today began duty at R
district station under the recent de-'
clsion of the 8t Louis police com
missioner to replace girl swltchhonrd
operators with aged patrolmen.
sponsors while Marshall Field, Phillip
Wrlgley, son of William Wrlgley. Jr
and Red Land Is, are named as Chicago
men interested In the project.
The New York quota the story says,
will be rulsed by C. M. Keyes, presi
dent of the Curtlss Aeroplane and Mo
tor company; Trube . E. Davidson,
Robert 8. Lovett of the Southern Pa
cific railway; Clarence Dillon of Dil
lon, Read and company, who recently
obtalne'd control of Dodge I '.rot her.-,
Detroit motor mumifuctun'rH. and tho
Wright Aeronautical corporation.
THROWN OUT