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MEDFORT), OREGON1, FRIDAY, JUNE ", 192
NO. 65
NEW YORK STORES-CLOSE
THEAT
9
Loeb's Mind Near
Break From Prison
Life and Measles
Principals in Tonight's Fistic Classic
D
167 DIE IN
OVER EAST
Little Hope for Relief Given
Sun's Rays Thursday Fatal
to 60 Chicago Heads List
Snow in Montana, Frost
in Idaho Is Contrast
' NEW YORK, June 6 (By As- .
. sociatod Press.) With a record
of 32 yearn standing broken, the
' five day heat wave haw begun to
curtail the regular bus! news of
New York City. The merchants
association announced today that
scores of houses would not open
tomorrow because of the exces
sive heat. Among those already
listed In the Metropolitan Ufo
Insurance company with OOUU
employes.
The weather bureau announced the
4 p. m. temperature to be 9S, five
degrees higher than the previous hot
test since 1893. The same average
had been maintained since enrly mor
ning, the hourly reports showing an
excess over previous highs. Although
only one death directly attributable to
heat was Reported, prostrations were
numerous, the incomplete police ros
ters listing 25 In mld-nfternoorr.-.
Plans were made to extend further
the emergency relief measures put
into effect yesterday, which included
opening of all parks to the public and
the sending of every available street
sprinkler through the congested dis
tricts. .,',:. , ' ... v i ,
CHICAGO, June 6. (By Associat
ed press.) Morethan a score of heat
fatalities today in various parts of
the country brought to 167 the total
of deaths duo to the torrid wave that
has smitten the country the last few
days from the Rocky Mountains east
ward. Deaths reported today wero:
- New York City 1; New York state
3; Pittsburg 4; Philadelphia 5; New
England 2: New Jersey 4; Michigan
6; Minnesota 1; Ohio 1; St. Louis 1.
PHILADELPHIA, June 6. (By
Associated Press.). Five deaths from
heat were reported here today mak
ing a total of eleven since the torrid
wave struck Philadelphia Monday.
All public schools were closed at
noon. . ' '
At 3 p. m. the weather bureau
thermometer registered 99.
BALTIMORE, June 5. (By Asso
ciated Press.) The temperature con
tinued to mount here today. The of
ficial record at 2 p. m. was 101.
breaking all heat records hero for
June. i -'
Schools closed at noon and shops
worked on half time Four prostra
tions were reported.
CHICAGO, June 6. (A. P.) The
toll of deaths, in the heat wave of
the' last five days went above 150
ttday while the torrid weather be
came more intense , In sections of
the-middle west and the east with no
prospect of early abatement.
The weather bureau indicated that
temperatures would range between
95 and 100 over much of the general
central valleys and eastern states and
the mercury fairly boiled as it climb
ed higher as the day advanced.
'At two p. m., the temperature
registered 95 In Chicago, one-tenth
of a degree higher than the maxi
mum of yesterday.
CHICAGO, June 5. fBy Associated
Press.) At least 167 persons have
died throughout the country in the
past few days due to the hcat wave,
drownings and storms.
- Deaths caused indirectly and direct
ly by the heat were 36 In the east and
24 In the mid-west.- ,
Yesterday's deaths wore as follows:
Ij East New York City 7; New York
state 4; Pittsburg 7; Washington 2;
(Continued on Page Eight)
45 INJURED IN HUMAN MILLING TO
SEE SHRINE PARADE AND PAGEANTS
LOS ANGELES, June 5. Two
women were seriously Injured and
forty-five other persons were treat
ed for minor Injuries or brought out
of fainting spells as a result of the
milling about and rushing of tens of
thousands of ' spectators eager for
places of vantage along the line of
the Shrine parades her last night.
It was revealed early today in a
check-up of cases brought to fy
4- JOLIET. III.. June 6. (A. 4
P.) Richard Loeb, slayer of
Bobby Franks, who has been ill
4 with measles, was delirious to- 4
4 day as an after-effect of the dis- 4
4 ease, prison physicians said.
4 Loeb muttered incoherently
4 most of the day and atten- 4
( 4 dants were constantly at his 4
4; bedside. 4
4 Dr. Herman Adler. state phy-
4 sician, said that the delirium 4
4 was not a frequent after-ef- 4
4 feet of . measles. Dr. Harry
4 Patterson, who visited Loeb,
4 said that In his opinion the
4 prisoner, was shamming deli-
4 rium. 4
4 Opinion was also expressed
4 that Loeb's mind was at Its 4
I 4 breaking point, due to the con-
i 4 finement and prison life.
PATROL ICE
FIELDS FOR
Two Weeks' Grace Explorer
Allowed Before Search Ex
pires and Norway Rushes
: Aid -Dirigible Shenandoah
May Go to Rescue. ,
NEW YORK, June 5. (A. p.)
The two weeks of grace which Roald
Amundsen -allowed before search
should begin for him and his polar ex
pedition, are over, and preparations for
pat ro ling the edge of the Arctic ice
pack are rapidly being brought to
completion.
The Norwegian explorer directed
that a sharp lookout should be estab
lished along the ice edge if he and
his six comrades, who left Spitzen
bergen for the north pole in two
airplanes on May 21, did not return
within a fortnight. He also left
sealed instructions to be opened at
about that time, dispatches from
Oslo, the Norwegian capital say, but
the nature of these Instructions is not
divulged.
The Norwegian government is dis
patching to the north a steamer
bearing two naval scout planes which
will be unloaded at King's Bay,
Spitsbergen and flown thence to
Wellman Buy, Danes Island to join
Amundsen's supporting crews on the
steamers Farm and Hobby.
Meanwhile, talk of a search under
American auspices is continuing.
t Commander Lansdowne of the U.
1 S. naval dirigible Shenandoah, has
submitted to the navy department,
a detailed plan for the operation of
I his craft In case it is used in a ro
' lief expedition.
' Whils details of the plan were not
given out, it is understood to pro
vide for the establishment of a
floating base at Spltzbcrgen, utilizing
for this purpose the airship tender
Patoka.
The Shenandoah, according to the
reported plan, will fly to Spitzbergen,
stopping for fuel at Pulham. Eng
land. The navy department reiterat
ed that there have been no appeals
for American aid.
Give Sympathy
GENEVA, June 5, Workers dele
gates to the international labor con
ference, meeting separately from the
conference, today voted to send a
telegram of sympathy to Chinese
workers. The telcsram nrotested
against the "frequency" of violent
action by the authorities against the
i workers of the Far East.
emergency hospital maintained at the
Los Angeles coliseum, goal of the
pageants.
One of the seriously injured women
was kicked In the stomach by a
horse; the other suffered a frac
ture of the hip during a mob rush
for one of the entrances of theoli
seum after the big howl had been
filler! to rapacity and fitemrn were
rurning people away.
1
RING IDOLS 10
CLASH TONIGHT
BEFORE 80,000
Tommy Gibbons, Family Man,
to Meet Gene Tunney, Bach
elor, for Chance at Demp
sey Wills to; Fight. Wein-.
ert No Favorite in Main
Event.
NEW YORK, June 6. (By Associ
ated Press.) Two pounds and a half
in weight will separate Tom Gibbons
and Gene Tunney, heavyweights,
when they meet in a fifteen round
match at the Polo Grounds tonight.
At the offices of the state athletic
commission todny, Gibbons scaled 179
while Tunney tipped 181.
NEW YORK, June 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) Two of the leaders
In the heavyweight ranks who have
been tugging at the mantle of Jack
Dempsey, will square off tonight at
the Polo grounds in a 15 -round bout
to a decision.
They are Gene Tunney of New York
and Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, clever
boxers with punching power that has
been sufficient to dispose of many a
likely aspirant.
It will be a meeting of two veterans
of the world war, two exponents of
the same fighting stylo and two clean
cut warriors whose records place them
on a footing so even that opinion is
equally divided as to the outcome.
A 27-year-old eastern bachelor will
fight a 36-year-old western family man.
Two weeks from tonight a second
pair of heavyweight contenders will
be seen by a metropolitan audience.
They will be Harry Wills, negro chal
lenger, accepted - as an outstanding
opponent for Jack Dempseyt by the
boxing board, and Charlie Weinert of
Newark, N. J., conqueror or Luis
Firpo. Promoters meanwhile are
working on additional elimination
bouts, though Jack Dempsey has
cabled from Paris his willingness to
meet the winner of tonight's fight.
Faots About Bout. (
The principals:
Gene Tunney of New York. Ameri
can light-heavyweight champion, and
Tom Gibbons of St. Paul.
Length, 15 rounds to a decision.
Place, Polo grounds.
Time, 9 P. M. eastern standard time.
Probable attendance. 80,000.
Total receipts, $400,000.
Share of receipts, Tunney 20 per
cent or $80,01)0; Gibbons 30 per cent
or $120,000.
ST. PAUL, June 5 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tommy Gibbons
strongest supporters will be a long
way from the ringside tonight when
the St. Paul boxer tackles Gene
Tunney, American light-heavyweight
champion, in a New York ring.
They are Mrs. Gibbons and the five
little Gibbonses, namely Tom 7, Jack 5,
Dick 3 and Mark and Jerome, twins,
1 year old. It will be one of the few
times that Tommy has engaged in a
hig fight without his family nearby,
though they never have attended any
of his contests.
BEND, Ore., June 5. Rain accom
panied by a Sight fall of hall fell In
I Bend late yesterday evening. The
total precipitation, was .iz incnes
for the 12-hour period ending at S
o'clock this morning. Most of this
fell during a period of less than an
hour last night.
I The temperature last niht dropped
to 34 while the maximum temperature
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SPECIAL GUARD
FOR COOLIDGE
ON VACATION
Secret Service and Marines to
Be Assigned to Summer
Home of President Econ-
omy Nips? Usual Order of
Protection,
WASHINGTON. June 5. A care
fully picked detachment of marines
will aid secret service men In guard
ing President Coolidge during His
vacation stay at Swampscot, Mass.
Plans now being worked out call
for the use of some of the marines
doing duty with the Mayflower, the
president's pacht which will be an
chored at Marhlehead, near the sum
mer White House and for an addi
tional detail made up of men who
have distinguished war records or
have served at American embassies
or legations abroad. -
White Court, the establishment on
the coast which has been placed at
the disposal of President and Mrs.
Coolidge by their friend, Frank W.
.St earns, is situated on a neck of land
In close proximity to half a dozen
other summer homes.
There Is no fence around thin tract,
and. In addition to the one 'road en
trance which will bo guarded, there
are half a dozen or more trails and a
quarter of a mile to be wntched if the
president is to have seclusion.
Funds are not available to transfer
any of the White House guards to
Swampscott for summer duty, and it
has been decided to provide marines
to assume part of the guard duty
done hero by them and secret service
men.
Four or more posts will be estab
lished to provide protection on all
sides of White Court.. The marines
will wear khaki, and will carry side
arms only.
A mess will be established near the
president's house for the day's guard.
but those off duty will be quartered
and fed at sumo distance from White
Court, probably in tents.
Offers have been made to the White
House to use the Massachusetts state
police, but it Is said the secret service
marine guard will prove sufficient.
It is probable however, that some as
sistance will be give nby Lynn and
Swampseott police.
Details of the president's plans for
his vacation have not been made pub
lic but there is little likelihood that
he wilt find It convenient to Journey
to universities and colleges to accept
honorary degrees.
It appears that Mr. Coolidge has no
desire to possess the degrees which
have been offered by several institu
tions, including some of the larger
ones.
The "Daily"
Bank Robbery
BEATTLE. June 5. The Bothell
state bank at Bothell, eight miles
north of here, was held up today.
Three robbers waged a pistol battle
with officers of the bank and other
citizens, said first reports, and the
bandits fled with $2000.
Ofegon Weather.
Cloudy west portion; fair east por
tion tonight and Saturday; moderate
temperature, moderate west winds..
Assets of Bankrupt
Jewelry Firm Found
Buried On Beach
NEW YORK, June 5 (Hy the
Associated Press.) Diamonds H
and jewelry estimated to value 4
fr $30,000 today were found buried
4 in. the sands of Coney island by
V investigators searching for miss- 4
ing assets of the bankrupt jew- 4
4 elry firm of Morris Sieger & Son, 4-
4 which failed for mora than $200,. 4
000 last month. Morris Sieger,
4 head of the firm, jumped to his 4
4 death from the roof of a 15-story 4
4 building In Times Squnro shortly 4
4 before the bankrupt condition of 4
4 the concern became known., 4
OPEN GOLF TITLE
ON FINAL HOLE
Defeats Bobby Jones 72 to73
On Last Stroke Tied for
Finals at 291 Jones
Fails to Sink 8-Foot Putt
at Finish
WORCESTER, Mass.. Juno 5. (Hy
the Associated Press.) Willie Mac
Farlane, dark horse professional lrom
Tuckahoe. N. Y., won the open golf
championship of the United States on
the 36th hole of the play-oft today,
defeating Hobby Jones, Atlantu ama
teur, 72 to 73.
It was the last stroke on the last
hole which won MacFarlane his title.
The pair yesterday were tied at 201
to lead a field of 14 golfers over the
regular 72-hoIe distance This morn
ing In the 18-hole playoff they were
deadlocked at 75. They were dead
locked this afiernoon on the 17th, but
Jones got into difficulties on the 18th.
He sliced his drive into the rough on
the right. Then he sent his second
shot into tho sand trap In front of
the green.
He pitched within eight feet of tho
hole on his third. Meanwhile, Mac
Farlane had set his drive down In the
middle of the fairway. He placed his
second 40 feet from the hole mi the
terrace above on tho final green. A
beautiful putt left the hall hanging on
the rim of the cup and he was in In
four. Jones, with an eight foot putt
between him and a tie, missed.
Oregon News
in Brief
PORTLAND, Ore., June 5 (A. 1M
While the first of the delegates to
the convention of tho National Fed
eration of MuHhr rlubs wero arriv
ing here, the western district young
artist contest, under the auspice
the federation, was being hold here.
Winners of state contests of Cali
fornia. Arizona, Washington and Ore
gon were participating In the dis
trict contest today. Piano and vio
lin (mteBta were being 'held this
morning ami tln n ftc moon vocal
contents for men and women will be
h"ld. The nlmifil con1tt wll b"gin
tomorrow with district winners par
ticipating.
MFARAI WNS
RALPH ELDEN IS
FOUND DEAD AT
FOOTJF CLIfF
Former Local Resident, Miss
ing Since Wednesday,
Brooded Over Finances
Brother Lives in Central
v Point District.'
I PORTLAND. Ore., June 5 (A. P.)
The body of Italph Waldo Elden,
former owner of an advertising and
loan office in Portland was found
this afternoon in the Willamette
rivor at the bane of a cliff at Elk
Hock by the Portland harbor patrol.
Tho body was taken In charge by
the coroner of Clackamas county,
Kid en had disappeared Wednesday.
His automobile and hat and' coat
were found near Elk Hock last
night.
10 RTLA N D, Ore.. .1 line 5. Tho
sheriff's office Is endeavoring to solve
(the mystery of the disappearance of
Ralph Waldo Elden, former owner of
an advertising and loan office in
I Portland.
Elden disappeared Wednesday night
and was last seen wandering in the
brush in the Dunthorpe neighborhood
near Hlack Rock.
Last night his relatives searching In
that neighborhood found his hat and
coat and turned them over to the con
stable In Oswego. Clackamas county.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Mollenhour was
unable to find any trace of the man
at the scone today.
Fldcn's family said that lio had been
brooding over financial reverses
lately.
Ralph Waldo Elden, whoso dift
appea ranee is noted abovo, is a former
resfdent of this city and was manager
of a flour mill here for a number of
years. He has a brother, J. W. Elden,
living In the Central Point district.
Elden was well known In this city and
1 moved to Portland about four years
.ago. The brother over the telephone
I this afternoon said he knew nothing
of tho disappearance, and his first
'knowledge was telephoned him by the
Mall Tribune.
LONDON, June R. An Exchange
Telegraph agency dispatch from Am
sterdam regarding the financial crisis
thru which the Ktinnes organization
In (tcrnmny is punning, says the
St I lines interests are not able to meet
HahlllliCH abroad, totaling 120,000,000
marks,
IIIR-IN-LAW OF EDISON'S SON NEAR"
BURIAL IN POTTER'S FIELD. REPORT SAYS
NEW YORK, June fi. (By Associ
ated Press. ) An inquiry is being
made in behalf of Thomas A. Edison
of a report that Mrs. Elizabeth Hey
zer, mother of Mrs. Thomas A. Edison
Jr., died In obscurity and narrowly
missed burial in the potter's field.
Wlltinm Meadowcroft, the Inven
tor's secretary. In sit y Ing yesterday
that an inquiry would he made, added
that the Inventor was not uware of
Mm. Ileyzer's death and did not know1
where she lived.
Mis. Heyjter died Tuemttiy in a mo
dest boarding bonne nwig'l and partly
occupied by Charles A. Benedict an
( undertake.
10 BLOW-UP
SPAJJNG
Alfonso, On Visit to Barcelona
in Danger Members of a
Literary Society Held for
Making Bombs to Kill Span
ish Monarch.
PERPIONAN, Franco, June 6.--'
(A, P.) Fourteen persons have beon
arrested in Barcelona in connection
with the bomb plots against King
Alfonso, according to travelers ar
riving over the frontier, who say
news of the plots Is being suppressed
in the Spanish newspapers. Those
arrested wero young students and
functionaries, members of the ex
tremist Catalan group, who had been
camouflaged ns a literary and tour
ing association, 1
The prisoners denied any connec
tion with the plots.
Tho bomb, which was intended to
blow up tho royal train botween Bar
celona and Madrid,, is said to have
been' a large one, weighing 175
pounds, arranged .to be exploded by
an electric mo'Viunlsm. , it was
found several miles outside the city
near the tracks of the Madrid line.
The travelers say . the police also
found a map showing the location of
a bomb under one of tho numerous
tunnels on tho route to Madrid.
Several .days ago, they -, assert a
bomb, .was exploded, ' Which seriously
damaged a palace of the Marquis de
Castoll, At Barcelona .the day . after
a ball held thore in honor of the
king. V
BARCELONA, Spain, Juno 6. (A.
P.) Exlstenco of bomb plots to kill
King Alfonso has been revealed arid1
the monarch's return to Madrid is
being postponed.
Ono bomb was discovered on the
tracks travorsod by tho royal train on
the way to this city. Two other
plots are reported, ono to blow up
the entrance to the hall whore Al
fonso presided at a meeting last Sat
urday, and the other to kill him
during tho return journey ' to the
capital.
The bomb found on tho rails has
been placed In museum here and
the king took time from his sched
uled program to view It. It Is of
considerable size and had been placed
so that but for the vigilance of
guards, it would have exploded by
tho Impact of the royal train. -
The king's visit here has beon ex
tremely quiet and there have beon
fow decorations In his honor.
Barcelona, tho principal city In
Catalonia has boen the center of tho
Catalan movement for independence
from Spain. It was also the seat
of the military revolt undor Oenoral
Prlmo do Itlverla, which In r Sep
tember, 1923. overthrew the cabinet
and established tho military direc
torate now ruling the country, ,
Daily Report on
the Grime Wave
EVERETT, Wash , June 6. Jimmle
Pollock, agod 23, of Everott, was
found dead In the rear seat of an auto
mobile on the river road leadliiK
l ward Snohomish from Everett,, early
,thls afternoon. He was found bv his
youngor brother, John, who says he
had beon told by Btrangers who were
in an automobile that he would find
his brother In an automobile on that
road badly hurt. Pollock had been
I shot. ;
V
Estranged from her daughter's
father five years ago. she kept secret
her connection with the Edison fam
ily, Benedict said. She did not want
to trouble her daughter with her in
firmities or financial condition.
For two days the body lay In the
morgue unclaimed. Authorities had
given permission to carry tho body to
j the potter's field, undertakers say.
when William Heyzer. a son. and
friends paid tho funeral expenses.
Mrs. EtllHon. Jr., formerly Bottrlro
M. Heyzer. was among those who at
tended the services. She married tho
younger Prison in 1910, -