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Co': o o o 0 edford .Mail The Weather Prediction Generaf cloudy Maximum yeSertluy 19 Minimum today 43 UNE WeatheroYear Ago Maximum 86 Minimum 42 Ctlly Tw.ntl.th V.r. WneOj FHtyUiIrd Inl. MEDFORD. CkRECiON, THURSDAY MAY 7, 1925 NO. 40 T'S. p, T ni Hum c o o M TR1B WILL U B!li SALE Of LAND MARKS I I PROJECT $250,000 Land Deal in Klam ath River Region Presages Extension of S. P. to Coast 1 Northwestern Pacific to Be Connected Up With the Modoc Northern. YUKKA, CW.t Muy 7. The expenditure of approximately $250,000 for UiouKivnd- of acre of land In Hie. Klamath river re gion within liio pant, fow weeks, wliich became known here yester day Iiqh given rise to tlic belief In many quartern tluit It presages tint extension of traiis-eonUtieiital railway lines from Keno, Xev to Knreka, Cal., wliere tliey will Join with Lite line of tiio Northwestern Paeifle Itallrontf company. The proposed extension, it was re ported here last night, would be from Reno and thence to Klamath Palls and Hornbrook to pjureke. The purported holding company is the California City and County Land company of San Francisco. The prevailing opinion here ts that the interests behind the acquisition of the land is the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company. Most of the property has been transferred to the California City and County Lund company. - The purchased properties , include the -D. M. Horn ranch, 'the' Robert L. Kerral ranch, the Coow and Smith ranches and thousands of acres in the "Weyerhaucser Realty company's hold ings. S. P. Behind Project. PORTLAND. Ore.. May 7. Well in formed Portland railroad men say the consistent Interpretation of the Yre ka report is that the Southern Pacific contemplates extending a branch from . its projected Modoc Northern line along the northerly slope of Mount Shasta to the Southern Pacific main line and building from. Hornbrook on the lower Klamath river to Eureka, connecting there with the Northwest ern Pacific. Such a route would give direct connection with middle western and eastern markets for lumber and other products of northwestern Cali fornia. The Modlc Northern will be the Southern Pacific's short time from Klamath Falls, Ore., to the east via the Oukland-Ogdon route. It Is in conceivable, say local railway experts, that the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, now in receivership and without a mile of track south of the Columbia river will be considering" any construc tion In California. The Northwestern Pacific is owned jointely by the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe. 1 tit i road We Shore of K la math WASHINGTON. May 7. A project for constructing 250 miles of new line in central Oregon, was filed today with the interstate commerce commission by the Oregon Trunk railroad, an or ganlation controled by the Northern Pacific-Great Northern - Burlington group. No estimates of costs were in cluded. The projected line will run from Bend, Ore., in a general southerly di rection 170 mites to Klamath Falls, via Bonanza and Eaton. In addition eighty miles of additional main line would be built through northward from Klamath Falls along the west side of Klamath lake and returning to to main trunk again at a junction point called Skookum. The line would open an avenue of transportation for very large timber tracts, the application said, and in ad dition there would be some traffic from agricultural and grazing inter ests. It was further said that the Ore gon Trunk was affiliated with other (Continued on Pace Eight) ' IX)S AXOELER, May 7. Joseph Glenn Phehus thought It rather amus ing when Mrs. .!raee Moore mlstoook him for her husband. James V. Moore. " horn she had not seen for some tie. but he was more mbnrrassed than aamtlsed. when she had"ilm arrested for failure to support her. and he was too busy iie amused during the two weeks it took hlul to prove In police court tlajt he l a. Indeed J. O. I'helius and none other. Thn nrairwt him finallv was dis- mlssed yesterday aftcShe had product MAN FINDS E MISTAKEN FOR WWIHER WOMSIfS HUEIBY NOT A JOKE Secretary Jar dine l Would Rope a Calf Against City Official WASHINGTON, May 7. Sec- rctary Jarttine, who recently ac- cepted the dare of a boyhood chum to enter a broncho riding event in North Dakota, is think- intj of also taking on Mayor James Dahlmnn of Omaha in a calf roping contest. 4 The mayor's challenge, now under consideration by Mr. Jar- 4 dine suggests that the contest be staged at an American Le- gion rodeo to be held May 12. fr In his younger dnvs the secre- tury was a cowboy. HUGE FLEET OF RUM. SHIPS HELD IN U" S.BLOCKADE 30 Liquor Ships Joined By Four More in Net Set By Uncle Sam Tvews Air planes Arouse Suspicion - Shots Fired. NEW YORK. May 7. (By Associ ated Press.) The destroyer Cunning ham engaged in scouting duty for the dry armada blocking the rum fleet off the New Jersey coast today re ported the arrival of four new ships on rum row. . - -r 'Qno-i'of these was reported as a large German liner from Hamburg. All of tho arrivals apparently were unaware of the net Into which they had been drawn. NEW YORK. May 7. (By Associ ated Press.). Two observers for the New York Evening World took a sea plane trip over the scene of warfare between the coast guard and the ves sels of rum row, that newspaper says today and observed approximately thirty liquor ships at anchor from 18 to 35 miles from shore. Each of the rum boats was under close scrutiny of two 75-footers of the coast guard which circled closer and closer to the sides of their respective wards as the newspaper plane circled overhead, the observers reported. On advice of the pilot, Arthur L. Caper ton, the newspapermen had notified coast guard officials at the barge of fice in advance of their flight, to pre vent the possibility of being fired upon. "1 have been shot at several times by coast guard crews that assumed I had no business over rum row bo cause I was not flying a government plane," the pilot said. Some of the government " boats. however, apparently had not" received word of the newspapermen's visit, for they kept close watch of the plane and scurried toward the ships they were guarding In evident apprehen sion that the fliers would attempt to get a message to the beleaguered rum boats, said the observers. . Casualties of the Air Service NEWPORT NEWS. Va.t May 7. Major Carl C. Benedict. United "States army, was killed at Langley field near here this afternoon when he lost con trol of an SE-6 airplane he was flying and crashed 600 feet. , ! John B. Stetson, Jr., Iloporecl WASHINGTON. May 7. John B. Stetson, Jr., of Philadelphia, son of tho late hat manufacturer, has been appointed minister to Finland. Announcement of the appointment was made today after word of his ac ceptability had been received from the Finnish government. ed public records and depositions to slffiw that he was horn In Plnttsmouth. Neb., went to high school there, work ed in a general store there and was known both there and here as J. G. Phehus, the husband of Mrs. Phebus. Mrs.. Phebus helped testifying she was sure he' was Phebus, and officials of a street railway here contributed an affidavit showing thnt Phehus must have tieen running n street car In Los Ar.01es the day Mrs. .Moore alleged !she was married to Jamea V. Moore SUPER Ml C0LLL6E IN LAHQOILS Development Scheme of Dr. Orlando Miller at Lake Cha pala in, Mexico, Gets Into Trouble With Boston Au thorities Health Ham mocks Are Seized. BOSTON, May 7. Four temporary officers of the newly farmed Boson chapter, International Society of Ap plied Psychology, wore summoned be fore tho county Krand Jury today for questioning regarding the soculled "On to Chupala" movement and the plan to erect here a templo of psy chology at a cobi of $500,000. The Boston chapter -was organized recently by Dr. Orlando Edgar Miller, a lecturer on psychology. The "On to Chapala" movement which ho advo cated was said to be a plan to estab lish at Lake Chapala, In Mexico, a co-operative community peopled by colonists from the United States. Ac cording to the prospectus each person would contribute J1000 to enjoy the advantages of Chnpala. It was said that the property had already been purchased, but 'that colonization would not be begun until (1,000,000 had been obtained from contributors. The grand Jury will also investi gate an alleged plan for treatment of adherents by the use of a specially constructed hammock, which ,lt was claimed, would lengthen the vertebrae and make certain a longer and hap pier life. , ' 'This - device, lt'--w,8" osnid,'-'; was stretched between two iron ..uprights and when the patient was strapped in, the hammock- was made to swing until the occupant- "looped rlie loop." The Information in the possession of District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien was that a charge of $20 was made by the organization hero for each hammock. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. The plans of. Dr. Orlando Miller and his followers for tho development inru psychology' of a race of supermen through the development of the co operative colony at Lake Chapala In Mexico, had Its origin here. Dr. Orlando began the project by selling life memberships in tho "Founders' League of the Chapala Co-operatlvo University." about a year ago. nop Inn eventually to raise $1,000,000, of which 1500,000 would bo devoted to the building of the university. The records of the stato corpora tion commission here show, however, that the nian to sell life member ships for $10, this amount to be allowed Inter on stonk purchases, was brought to the attention of tho commission. The plan was thereupon suspended here without a formal Investigation being made and Dr. Orlando depart ed for the east, although the legiti macy of "his plan, evidently had not been seriously questioned. As announced, the plan was to de velop by psychological evolution a race of men that would he ennmea to enrrjj on the work of the world by but three hours labor a day and through them to develop world leaders. National At rittsburg. R. IT. E. St. Louis 10 19 1 Pittsburg 9 15 0 ' Batteries: Sothoron, Day, Sherdel, Halluhan, Rhem and Gonzales: Ydo. Adams, Morris, Aldrldge and Smith, Gooeh. At Boston. Brooklyn Boston R. H. E. 3 9 8 7 12 1 , Iluhbell. Batteries: Thormahlen. Osborne and Taylor; O'Nell. Cooney and At Philadelphia R. II. E. New York . 11 22 6 Philadelphia I H 0 Batteries: Nehf, Greenfield, Seott and Oowdy, Hartley; Ring, Decatur, Couch, Pearce and Wilson. American At Cleveland. R. II. E. Chicago 5 H 0 Cleveland 7 10 S Batteries: Connally. Mangum. Mack and Schalk, Orabowskl; Smith and Myatt. Probe Death of Denver Man. DENVER. May 7. Disinterment of the body of c. H. Blank, real Atate operator, who was supposfr. to have died Fubninry 3 hint, and to have been biiri"l Kebruary 7. was ordfrnii by Dlstrirt Attorney ("line today as the Inceptive of an exhaustive Inveiga- Hon Into the. dealt). British "Death-Ray" Inventor to Marry American Divorcee H Orinriell-Matthews (inset) tamed imi'ntor of n "dVntli ray." to l-ccwne Hie third husband of Mrs Olive Wnitr. former o(mtii sinRcr Her first husband m Archibald White. Cincinnati finan cier Her second pouse. Malcolm Waitc. from whom "die has jus '.cen diviireiki.-ls now iic'iuit in the movies in Hollywood .' LA. RAFFETY HIT BY CAR, HAS A E " SALEM, May 7. 1y A. Uaffoty, chief state traffic inspector had a narrow escape from serious injury. and as it was, is sore In several joints today as a result or oeing run . down on the Paciric highway last night by Paul Steinbock of Sa lem. Raffety ' was guarding a broken down truck which was stopped on the highway. With a flashlight he signalled several automobiles to steer clear of the disabled truck and says ho began to signal Steinbock when he was about half a mile away, but that Steinbock kept coming rapidly until too late to stop when he put on j hold as an accessory in the deaths of his brakes and skidded into tho truck, young McCllntoek last fall and of hlfl and hit Raffety. The Inspector I mother, 10 years ago. jumped Just In time to keep f mm jn opposition to her release on her being crushed and was knocked Into! own word or on bond was raised by the ditch of the right of way. Robert K. Crowe, state's attorney, Steinbock, In bis report at the po- wno strenuously resisted efforts to re lice station, claims he did not see:ieatie Khenherd. now in Jail pending the signal light from Raffety until too late to stop and ' claims there were no rear lights on the truck, Raffety claims there was a renr light on the truck but that Steinbock knocked It off. Air Trip to North Pole Is Delayed By Clouds and Blizzard 4 OSLO, Norway, May 7. The Shipping Gazette says the anxfl- lary ship Farm of the Amundsen north pole expedition has reached 4 Seal bay, Danes Islands, in HI cat- Ing this may be the place from which the fileht to the north pole will start. Unfavorable weather 4 4 conditions, cloudy with snow, 4 were reported. 44444444V44 Wall Street Report NEW YORK. Mny 7. The closing was firm.; Renewal of selling pres sure against American Can forced that stock down three points in the late trading. America Car and Foundry Jumped 5t points and West Penn Power and Market Street railway preferred five ach. Public utilities led another forward mnve"nt In today's active stock mai'kft. Itumors of capital re adjuynnt, lncraM"fl dividends nnrl new comhkwition stimulated ulllnh operation. Total sales approximated 1,900,000 shares. W&M ' ' fit CHICAGO, May Mrs. Julia Shepherd, named as accessory of her husband, William D. Shepherd, in the alleged slaying of their ward, William Nelson McCllntoek, millionaire phan, was at liberty today on her own recognizance aftor surrender last night. Her release pending grand Jury action', on J5000 bonds was promised tomorrow morning by Judge Jacob Hopkins before whom she appeared. Until then, he. stayed service of the coroner's mittimus from which she fled Tuesday night after the coroner's Jury had recommended that she be trial May 18 "There Is no evidence that I hnve as ntato'fj attorney that can cause mo to oppose hail in this case," tho prose ecutor said. For the first time since, his arrest several weeks ago, Shepherd was taken from his cell to converse with his wlfo -ufter arrangements for her visit with her husband had been made. They conversed for fifteen mlnntes urging each other to romaln firm and trust In divine nid. They smiled as they posed for cameramen. But Mrs. Shepherd described as a "Lady MacBeth" by Judge. Harry Olson who Instigated the Investigation of thn deaths, sobbed as she left. She termed the Jury's action and lhat of Judge Olxon as "persecution." CRY OF FIRE GETS DENVER, May 7 By crying "fire" Instend of "hands up" two small negro girls sought today by the po lice obtained elht dollars' from the cash reRlster of a grocery operated by L. M. McCarthy here lute yes terday. "Your barn is on fire," tho. girls shout ed to M cCn rt h y as they ra n Into the store. The grocer dropped scoopful of sugar In his haste to GROCERYMAN'S COIN I reach the back door. ted through the air most of the way. No smoke was visible but he traversed 500U miles over land und searched the Interior of the barn sea today completing a hlstory-mak-beforo returning to tho store. When Ing journey, from Honolulu to New he got back, the glris who, according York In twenty minutes. Hcvon pic to his report to the police were nt turee of persons a nd events concerned more than ten years old, had gone n the sham warfare that the United and the cash register was empty, Coast Rain Valued at Over $19000,000; Forest Fires Checked 4. SEATTLE, May 7. Estimates hero put upon tho wealth pro duced by rain thnt Bturted In the night and fell today from Eureka, Cal., to Prince Rupert, B. C, ex tending; into OreKon and over the Cascade mountains into eastern WnshinKton. at over $1,000,000. Young forest fires were checked, pastures revived und grain sue- cored. FORD A OF State of Mississippi Brings Action Against Henry Ford fnr H19nnnnnn All Fnrri ior $ifuuu,uuu mii ruiu Agents Named Co-defendants in Suit. CHARGED VIOLATOR ANTI-TRUST LAW priiiuuuiun ui uio uxpunuLiun ui poi 1 son gas for war purposes, j He recalled that nine of the powers JACKSON, Miss., May 7. W. J. tnat 8iKned the Washington treaty Miller state revenue agent, today agreed to try to Induce other powers filed In the chancery court of Hindu to agree, to measures forbidding the county here a suit against tho Ford use of asphyxiating gases In warfare. Motor ' company, charging a crlml- but he admitted that thoro are ob- nal conspiracy to vloluto the antl- truBt laws of Mississippi and seek- ing to collect penalties totalling HZ,- Mr. Burton declares that tho use in 000,000. Iwar of poisonous gases and liquids All local Ford dealers In Missis- has been Justly condemned by public slppl and the bunking Institutions opinion and that the prohibition of which thoy transact business with such use has been Incorporated 'in are made co-dofendants and the treaties which havo been signed by a banking Institutions which thoy majority of the civilized powors. transact business with are made co- "The high contracting parties Uiere- defendants and the state revenue fore agree absolutely to prohibit the agent seeks to attach the funds of export from their territory of any Jhe Ford Motor company on deposit such asphyxiating, poisonous or other n the several hanks to guaranteo bases and all analogous liquids in payment of penalties In event the tended or designed for use In connec sult is sustained In tho courts, t tlon with the operations, of war," the The bill of complaint Is, based on article said: contracts between the Ford Motor Mr. Burton also submitted an alter company and Its locnl dealers and al- native text as follows: leges that contracts violate tho a"ntl- "To tho. end of lessening the trust laws of Mississippi; that they are In restraint of trade. Inimical to the public welfare and constitute an unlawful and criminal conspiracy. The stato revenue agent also seeks writ of attachment against all rail way lines In the state, covering what ever Ford cars may be In transit, Practically every banking Institu tion in the state Is named as a co defendant. Y. W. C. A. PROTESTS PORTLAND. May 7. A protest against the appearance In the Hose festival parade of girls clad only in bathing suits was filed with the council today by the board of dl- rectors of the Y. W, C. A. Tho council will pass the protest on to the Rose Festival association. i - "The signatory powers, to the end ALBANY, Ore., May 7. Tho state that this prohibition shall be univer convcntlon of the Modern Woodmen sally accepted as a part of tnterna of Amorlca in quadrennial session itional law binding alike the. conr here yesterday elected the following science and practice of nations, de officers: Floyd D. Moore, Dallas, .clare their assent to such prohibition. state counsel: J. A. Wright, Salem, state clerk: .Walter Worell, of Albany, William Greenhelmer of Ashland, J. W. Simmons of Portland, and Howard Palmer of The Dalles, delegates to national ramp at Milwaukee, Wis., June 21. North Bend was selected for the 1929 state camp. SENT Ft TO N. Y. NEW YORK, May 7. (By AssocL- ated Press.) Photographs, transmit- Btuiea army and navy have been U. S. URGES POISON A IT Theodore Burton, U. S- Envoy to International Conference for Control of Traffic in Arms, Presents His Govern ment's Proposal to Bar Poison Gas. GENEVA. May 7. (By Associated Press.) Condemnation of the use of poison gas and prohibition of Its ex portation for war purposes la pro posed in a new article of the draft convention offered ,by Representa tive Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, heading the American delegation at today's session of the International conference for the control of traffic In arms. Mr. Burton said he expressed the desire of the American government d neople lhat aome Buch provIeIon regarding poison gnse be adopted. He said the subject had been brought to the attention of President Coolldge jnnd that the president will approve a stacles to prohibiting the export of such gas. The article proposed by horrors of war and ameliorating the sufferings of humanity IncI- : dent thereto, the high contracting. , parties agreed to control the traf flce In poisonous gases by pro hibiting the exportation of all , asphyxiating, toxic or deleterious gases and all analogous liquids, . materials and devices manufac tured and intended for use In , warfnre, under adequate penalties applicable in all places where such high contracting parties ex ercise Jurisdiction or control." The Burton, proposal was referred to a committee of experts. " . Franco Holds Out WASHINGTON, May 7. (By Asso ciated Press.) The-proposal for a I prohibition upon exportation of pol- son gases for war use, made by Chalr- ' man Theodore E. Burton of . the American delegation to the Geneva conference on traffic In arms, carries ft Htep farther the purpose -of . the treaty framed by . the Washington armH conference and ratified by all 0f the five signatory governments ex- copt franco. Article five. of that I treaty reads: I ' Tne use in war oi aspnyxiaung, poisonous or other gases and all anal ogous liquids, materials and devices having been Justly condemned by the i general opinion of the civilized world and a prohibition of such use having (been declared in treaties to which a (majority of the civilized powers; are parties: agree to be bound thereby as between themselves and invite all other civil ized nations to adhere thereto." The United States, Great Britain, Italy and Japan have ratified this convention, but the ratification by ' France is awaited to make It effec tive. CITY IN 20 carrying on near Hawaii were trans mitted In the series of experiments. Twenty minutes after the negative of each had been placed In the transmit ting apparatus at Honolulu, the com pleted picture was in New York. The experiments were conducted by yio Radio Corporation or America with the co-opeAtion of the United itstutcs army.