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SDH)ED Maic Hi -0- 2 TBe Weather Prediction ....Flr ml Continue! warm Maximum yesterday 07 Minimum tuday 55 Weather YeaV Ago Maximum 90 Minimum 4H Drij Twentieth Tear. Wkly Fifty-third Yw. BEDFORD, ORECiOX. WEDNESDAY, JUXE 24. 192 X0. 81 M FLEE FgOffl CHIWESE MOBS FOREIGNERS 1 CHINA IN GREAT.' PERIL Many Killed and Hundreds Flee for Protection On Bat tleshipsCrisis Expected On Dragon Day Tomorrow U. S. Urged to Send War shipsEngland Alarmed. ktBy tha Associated Press.) June 24 In renewed rioting at Canton several Europeans were killed and a number wounded. Women and chil dren are fleeing from the city and about 150 of the refugees, including Borne 20 Americans, have arrived at Hongkong, the Hrltish colony. Preparations are being made in many Chinese cities for demonstra tions tomorrow, which is the Dragon day festival. Shanghai dispatches say the success or failure of these demonstrations may materially affect the entire Chinese situation. Shanghai and Its suburbs are under martial law In readiness for possibili ties. Reports generally Indicated a con tinuing grave situation in south China, although messages from Nlngpo where a serious situation was repotted yes terday, said the crisis had been passed. Reports from Mukden, the Man churian capital, received at Peking, deny that anti-foreign demonstrations . have taken plane there, although a , 1-ondon newspaper printed reports In sisting there hail Jieen trouble s in t'Mukden. , It developed thut the rtrltish consul general nt Canton warned the Chinese authorities ' Monday prior to yester day's shooting that any attempt by Chinese to enter , the foreign settle ment at Canton would be forcibly re sisted, and that the Chinese govern ment would be held responsible for the consequences. I,ONI)OX.' June 24. (A. P.) Dispatches from Hong Kong re ceived here today say Canton refugees who have miplicd Hong . Kong (ltM-lurc n KuhhIiui, orricci' was In f-ominund of the Chinese who fired ufiou the Khumecn for eign settlement at Canton yester day when !. Pusquiere, a French merchant was killed anil several foreigners were wounded. ,- CANTON, ,7une 24. (A. P.) Sev eral Europeans were killed and many others wounded today when fighting broke out between Chinese agitators and residents of Shameen, the foreign concession here. Wmnen nnd children are fleeing on the U. S. B. Asheville. preparing to leave for Hong Kong tonight. The situation Is extremely serious. . The outbreak today came after ffemonstratois fired In the direction of Shameen yesterday, killing a non combatant Frenchman,' K. Pasijulr und injuring Commissioner of Cus toms Edwards and V. O. Murrell, a chemist. The latter was shot In the arm. Edwards was wounded in the knee. -i' It is Impossible to foresee the out t come of the present trouble, which apparently will last for some time. Sittiution Js Crave NEW YORK, June 24. (A. P.) Overnight dispatches from , Canton, new hotbed of .Chinese .nnti-foreign agitators, picture a serious condition. Apparently alarmed by yesterday's outbreuk. In which excited Chinese exchanged shots with the gunrds around the foreign settlement on Shameen Island, the authorities are sending defenseless foreign civilians from the trouble zone. A British steamer carrying 500 women and chil dren arrived at Hong Kong from Shameen this morning. The American gunboat Helena Is proceeding to Can ton from Hong Kong. The situation north of .Hong Kong f Is also reported increasingly grave, 'due to the persistent anti-foreign pro paganda in circulation there. Despite (Continued on Page Six) FOR HEALTH, NEW YORK, June 24. Read the newspaper comic sections, cultivate a taste for good stories and look on the humorous side nt life if you would be healthy, wns the nllvlce given today by Br. Frederick W. Seward, neurologist o Goshen. X. V.. at the eighty-first lAmual convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy. Heat Expands Rails , On Portland Bridge; Can't Shut Draw PORTLAND. Ore.. June 24. The rails of the Steel bridge over the Willamette river here ex 4 panded so much from the intense 4 hent when the druw was opened at 2:30 this afternoon to permit 4 a ship to pass through that It was impossible to bring the draw 4 back into place. Streams of water were being played on ttto 4 rails to cool the metal. . Mean- while traffic was being routed over another bridge. 4 TO PUTJJADIO Secretary Wilbur Won't Allow Polar Boats to Sail Without Proper Radio Equipment Wireless Rushed By Motor Truck. WASHINGTON, .Tune 24. -(A. P.) An ultimatum calling- for tint return of the navy rontln Wtit with the MacMHIuii arctic: expedition unleas navy wireless equipment is Installed on I ho ex- plomtioii ship ivory, has Ikhmi Issued by tho imvy department. "WASHINGTON, Juno 24. (A. P.) After the navy department had threatened today to withdraw from part participation in the MacMIllan arctic expedition, the National Geo-' graphic society, joint sponsor of the undertaking, announced that an ' agreement had been reached and I the exploration would be carried thru, as planned. j The navy insisted on the installa-1 Hon n the Peary, one of the ships' of the expedition, a navy long-wave .... ,1 .... t ..o lu. nr. luft behind. It rushed the equipment north to Sydney,, by the destroyer Putnam to be put aboard the Peary. It was agreed, the Geographic so-j viviy Hum, mm uiu iiuvy a v wiiea would he carried out, and it was added that the whole Incident was duo to a misunderstanding. "WASHINGTON, June 24. (A. P.) Peremptory orders have been issued by Secretary Wilbur for the installa tion of navy wireless equipment on the MacMillan arctic exploration ship Peary. A longwave navy set is being rushed from Wiscasset, Maine, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where the Peary is anchored and Lieutenant Comman der Byrd, in charge of the naval de tachment with the expedition, has been instructed to have it put into service. The expedition sailed with a short wave radio set installed by a private corporation. The navy department said today this apparatus had devel oped trouble. It was the original intention to in stall the standard navy long-wave equipment but apparently orders to that effect did not reach Commander Byrd and the set wns not taken aboard at Boston. The apparatus then was shipped to Wlscasset by mo tor truck, where it was again left be hind. SYDNEY, N. S., June 24. (A. P.) The Peary, first of the MacMillan arctic expedition ships has arrived here after a foggy three days trip from Wiscasset, Maine. The vessel is awaiting the arrival tonight of the Bowdoin, in command of Donald B. MacMillan. Both ves sels will take on fuel. The departure for the expedition base at Ktah, Greenland1, will depend upon the time required for fueling. The Peary is carrying United States navy officers and the three amphibian Continued "on PaM Slx PHYSICIAN DECLARES I "People whose Ire is easily aroused, who fly Into rage on the slightest .provocation, are candidates for nerve jexhaustlon and brain fag," Dr. Sew ard said. ' "I advise neurasthenics to look for the funny siof life. The liberal sprlnklinK of our newspapers with ironilr strips Is a decidedly bpneflcal Ithtng from a health standpoint." NAVY ORDERS MILAN Dayton Prepares r Dayton. Tcnn., is going to make a feHive occasion of tlie trial of John T. Scopes, science teacher, on the charge of violating Tennessee's anti-coluton law, a case that is attracting national attention. A stadium is being built to provide a scene for the trial cupable of accommodutiug the huge number of persons expected to attend, and Main Street, shown here, is being cleaned up and decorated- The arrow indicates the drug-store where were held the friendly arguments that result ed in the indictment of Scopes, SCHOOL BOARD DECLARES LAI IS RESTRICTED The aid llodfprd school board issued for publication the following Important announcement today: To the voters of school district No. 49:' Not long since the voters of this district voted to select as a high school site several tracts of land on what is known us North Holly street and adjoining property. It was the understanding of the board at the time th!s matter was submitted thut the piece of property which the district sold to the city for the extension of Vermont street, nnd consisting of a tract 60 teet wide on the east side of the premises pur chased by the district from Young & Hall, would be vucated by the city and also thut Holly street, or that portion of It lying between blocks till and t2. would also be vacated, together with Woodstock street, lying on the west of the said premises, owned by the district. It now appears that the city council never was requested to open these streets and, of course, It had never promised to do so, and its refusal to vacate the property which it intends to use as Vermont street on the east of the premises purchased by the dis trict from Young & Hall, and Its re fusal to vacate that portion of Holly street between block CO and 62. seem to be from a traffic standpoint entirely justified, and this situation leaves the district with a tract of land 4t4 feet long, lying Immediately west of Ver mont street, nnd 353 feet wide, lying Immediately north of West Second street, upon which to construct the new high school. The property lying west of Wood stock street could, of course. If ac quired, be used for athletic grounds, and refusal of the city to vacate Wood stock street would not constitute such a ' serious matter, as these grounds could be used for athletic grounds; but the refusal of the city to vacate the extension of Vermont street and Holly street between blocks 60 and 62, is a matter of a more serious char acter, as this confines the area upon which the new building must be con structed upon the tract of land above described, and the tract therefore upon which the board of directors must build the school building contains only 3.75 acres. - in view of the matters above re ferred to, the board of directors con cluded that the voters should know what the board Is up against In the matter of constructing this building. and that it would be useless for the district if It could to acquire blocks 62 and 60 for they would be of no practical value to the district. This matter is submitted so that the district would understand why 1 is that a large tract of land Is not avail able upon which to construct this new high school, and It Is In fact very little larger than the block upon which tie present high school stands, includ ing that which lies south of the alley way on the said high school block, and concerning which there was very much controversy and antagonism be cause the tract was not large enough upon which to construct a new high school, and this communication is sub mitted so that the voters win know the real condition of affalrb before construction begins. Very respectfully submitted. , I. D. PHI PI'S. R. K. WILSON, h. n. mills. A. H. MILLER. N. 11. FRANKLIN. to Make Gala Affair r Oregonian Sued by Ex-Klamath District Attorney for' $50,000 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Juno 24. (Special.) Libel suit for $50,000 damages was filed against the Portland Oregonian today by W. P. Meyers, ex acting district nttorney, as the result of ,a spe- clal dispatch printed in the Ore- gonian June 14, tellliftruf' Ills re-' tlrement from the ,' attorney's office. ! EGAN OFF GAME, ; BUT LEADS BY TACOMA, June 24. If. Chnndler Kgan, Medford, Ore., U. S. champion and holder of numerous golf titles, was thre up on Chuck Hunter, local star, at the end of their 18 hole play. Kgan, badly off form ana continually In trouble with his driving, was supe rior on his approuch shots and puttng. His work in that respect is seldom equalled. Mis recovery shots amazed the gallery and were almost unbeliev able. The youthful Hunter outdrove Kgan all the way but he failed on his greens work, being badly off form. T A COMA, "Wash .. J u no 24 . By sinking a thirty-foot putt on the eighteenth green Dr. O. K. Willing of Portland, amateur champion playing through, took the leud from Frank Dolph, another Portland star. In the morning round of 18 holes In the sec ond round of the Pacific Northwest Oolf association, nmateur event at the Tacoma Country club. He finished the morning round one up on his oppo nent. Willing's final nine holeB saw him turn In a 33. Willing shot a 73 for the 18 holes, while Dolph took a 75. The contestants played beautiful golf, the match being bard fought all the way. Time and again the lead would change. Willing played super golf at times, while Dolph hung on doggedly and played a safe game. taking advantage of every opening left by his opponent. It was anybody's match when the pair started the second eighteen holes, PORTLAND, Ore.. June 24. Mar garet McChesney Hcott, widow of 'the late Harvey W. Scott, Portland editor, died here today after an illness of four months. Mrs. Scott wan born In Iatrobe, Pa., August 2, 1800. ' She was married to Mr. Scott In 187C and they came to Portland that year. Mr. Scott as editor of the Morning Oregonian until he died in Hi 10. Mrs. Hcott Ih Hiirvlved by two sons, Leslie M. SotU Ambrose It. Hcott and one daughter, Mis. J-AToy 11. Field. of Evolution Trial KELSO NOW HAS 2 GOVERNMENTS ON A id BASIS KKbWW.Wash.. June 24. Two municipal governments, each asserted rule today over this ,clty of 3000, where Thomas Do very, editor, was assassinated Friday after a ycar'fl fac tionalism In which A. Hurlc Todd was recalled June 3 from the office of mayor. Todd today, following declarations at a meeting of his followers last night when ho addressed 1200 In the open air, appointed five men to be councllmen and named others to ad- 1 mlnistrntivo posly. Meanwhile Nat I Smith, Installed us nuiyor after the recall, and counvilmen put Into office with him, continued to perform. The men to be named for the coun cil, he says, are: Frank Hunger, capitalist, and Charles CarotherH, director of the Cowlitz county bank, for the first ward; A. Penhull, South Kelso grocer, second war; John K. Johnson, Went Kelso cobbler and K, C, Morrlman, West K el.so rea 1 1 o r, f o r the t bird ward. Holdover councllmen, who are members of the, present council, Jack Hall and W. O. Mallory. Todd regards Hall nnd Mallory as the only members of the present city cojncll who hold their offices legally. Necessary court procedure to legal ize his appointments will be taken, Todd says. Meanwhile, the Smith administra tion city. council met last evening In the city uudllorium nnd considered local improvement district plans and other general affairs for the city. At what Is said to have been the largest gathering ever seen In the city pnrk.'Todd spoke for hours last night on locaj Issues and county af fairs nnd dwelt at some length on the supposed murder late Friday night of Thomas Do very, publisher of the Cowlitz County News nnd Todd sup porter. In his talk which he called "lie Was My Friend," Todd said; "Thomas Do very wns one of the least selfish men 1 have known. Fearless in carrying forward what he considered the cause of the people he never at tempted to conceal facts from friend or enemy, whether or not his presentation of the facts caused men of great power to back his newspaper. From his ' pen dripped the spirit of the cru sader editor." Cowlitz county commissioners have authorized the expenditure of $f000 for the Investigation of the Do very death. Of this sum. $3000 Is to be paid to Luke S. May, Seattle criminol ogist retained by the county to trace the supposed murderer. The commis sioners snid they would appropriate another $5000 If it is needed. Uefore leaving for Seattle on Tues day May repeated that no tangible clue to the death mystery had been found. Of first Importance in the Investigation, he said, Is the determi nation of whether or not the gun nnd bunet found nenr the death scene are the ones used in Dovery's slaying. Mows Fleeted KhvnnlH Head ST. PAUL, Minn., June 24. (A. P.) John 1 1 . r Moss of Milwaukee, will be the next president of Klwanis Inter national. Ho was the unanimous choice of the nominating committee here today. The taction will be held Thursday as pnrt of the organization's nutiuiiul convention. King Bootlegger of Northwest Queried Anent Income Tax 4 TACOMA, Wash.. Juno 24. Peter Marinoii, reputed king of Pacific northwest rum-runners 4 with headquarters in Tacoma, 4 f was served by I'ncle Sam today with federal Income tax liens amounting to nearly $U)u.o00 for income taxeH alleged to be due the govornnient for the years lltiiu to 1924. Inclusive. The tax liens were found on file in the Pierce county auditor's office and it was understood similar liens 4 bad been filed In the federal district court nt Seattle. 4 4 TODAY 10 BE HOTTEST FOR ALL TIME Mercury in Medford Hits 104 at One-Thirty P. M En tire State Sweltering With NPW Hpat Rpfinrd! Ma HP in IMCW nCdl nUOUIUb IVIdUe HI WilloiYiotto Vallov Wllldmeiie Vdliey. - Wlth the mercury here at 104 at one-thirty today all heat records for the year were smaahed and the weather officials agreed that the heat record for all time might he broken before nightfall. Ifccause of, the heat nativities by the Oregon ' Natlonnl Guard were modified materially thin afternoon. PORTLAND, Ore. June 24. (A. P.) Oregon was bit by sweltering weather today. The thermometer stood at 96 at Portland at one p. m. and the weather bureau expected the maximum this afternoon to be be tween fl7 and 100. Murshfleld reported nil heat records' broken there with official tempera- ' ture of 90 In the shude. Salem re ported all heat records for June bro ken with a reading of IH) ' at one o'clock. Kugeno reported 00 early this afternoon. The fire hazard is becoming greater i each hour. Kdwurd L. Wells, govern-, ment meteorologist says that the high northeast to east wind Is drying the forests rapidly. flALKM, Ore., June 24. All heat records here for the month of Juno as far buck as government statistics have been compiled were broken at one o'clock this afternoon when the mercury reached 99 degrees above zero. With the mercury still climbing rapidly, indications were thut the heat record for all time at Halem, 102 degrees above zero, would be smash ed. The 102 murk Is a July record. nOSERURG. Ore., June 24. Pre dictions at 2:30 today were that the temperature in Roseburg would reach 1 00 degrees this afternoon. At the hour of the observation the mercury stood nt 99 d green after mounting steadily five degrees hourly through out the day. until 1 p. m., after which the rate of the mercur's rise decreas es. The Noted Dead WASHINGTON, Pn June 24. (A. P.). Doctor William Curtis Furahee, well known scientist, died at IiIh home here today after an extended illness. Dr. Fnrahee, curator of the Amer ican section of the museum of the University of Pennsylvania, contract ed fever In South America. MADRID, June 24. A dispatch to the newnpnper El Sol reports the I sudden death nt Vigo of the Ameri can consul, Henry T. Wilcox, llowdoln Arrives In Sydney SYDNEY. N. S.. June 24. (A. P.) Commander MacMlllan's arctic ex ploration schooner. Bowdoin nrrlved In Sydney harbor this afternoon. PROMISES SOUTH WALES CITY SURROUNDED BY FLOODS. 15.000 PEOPLE HOMELESS SYDNEY, N. S. W.. June 24. (A. i Itself In only about 3000. Recent Aub P.) Flood walerH have "jtlrely sur- tralinn (llnpuk'heH have told of wide- rounded the city of Forties, New South Wnlnn. The hlKh waters have made 16,000 persons In the dlHtrlct homeless. ' Forbes Is on the rlbt bank of tho l.arhlun rlvijj. 90 miles west of Hut - hurst, The population of thu town, MONEY IS BY DEFENSE Attorney Stewart Works Him self Into Fury As He Pleads for Shepherd's Life Action a Conspiracy By Relatives to Get Money Faiman Is Flayed. CHICAGO. June 24. (A. P.) Wil liam D. Shepherd was the victim of a diabolic conspiracy and should not be bunged on the testimony of one man, who sought to prove him guilty of murder of William McC intock, ' the jury was told today by William S. Stewart, chief of defense counsel. "If you gentlemen think this defend ant went out und talked with Charles Faiman, hang him." shouted Stewart at the opening of his argument. "He didn't have any business talking with Faiman," It wua Chnrles C. Faiman, proprie tor of the National University of 1 Stl,neo w be gave Shepherd typhoid germs and taught him how to UH0 them to n,urder VVilliam McClln- tock for the $1,000,000 estate he 'had willed to Shepherd. I Prosecution of Shepherd was at- ttt(ed by Stewart as forced by power lwlnd the scenes, and he charged Kohert E. Crowe, the state's attornoy. una wiewan s former chief, with per.- uiimng nimseir to be made a cut's paw In a will fight. huklng hin fist within a foot of Crowe's race; Stewart demanded to know why Fuimun's "diploma mill" had not been closed, and said he would leave the prosecutor's .explanation to his constituents. .- ; Htewart talked for thirty minutes af ter George E. Gorman, first assistant state's attorney, had concluded the prosecution's opening jury plea, a de mand for the death penalty. Works Into a Fury . Stewart worked himself into a freh. zy as he pleaded for Shepherd. Facing from the Jury box to Shepherd's side, 1 gesturing forcefully and shouting at the top of his voice, he was steaming f perspiration lung before the noon ru- 1 cess halted him. ' I I "Don't you know that if the defend- . nnt Is given even one duy In prison V he will never benefit , by the will of -Hilly AtcCllutock " asked Stewart.' l"Don't you see It Is a plot to destroy him?" . Stewart told tho jury that the news- "' papers had kept tho coroner's Jury in session for weeks ho that they could print sensational charges against Shep herd as made by Judge Olson. Claims Shepherd GoiiftvtHCd. CHICAGO, June 24. (A. p.) In direct confessions he attributed to ' the defendant were the burden of the Jury address today of George E. Gorman, first assistant state's at , toriley, first speaker In the Shep-. herd murder trial. In opening yes terday, Gorman demanded the death penalty, for William D. Shepherd, for the "coldly calculated, brutal murder" of Hilly McCllntock, his millionaire foster son, by administer- . Ing of typhoid germs. - Many pieces of evidence about . which Shepherd was not questioned yesterday were held up by Gorman as "uncontradicted evidence In- this , case; Shepherd did not deny them when he wns on the witness stand and was given an opportunity." The Shepherds' visit to friends at Albuquerque, N. M., shortly after Bill's death was termed by Gorman as "flight Inspired by a guilty con science." "He wanted to put as much dis tance between himself and the scene of the crime, as was possible," Gor- man shouted. ' ' Shepherd's conversation with Miss Isabella pope, Billy's fiancee," ubout Billy's last hours and Its effect Upon the youth's physical condition, "was the voice of a guilty conscience, de- ; dared the nsslstant state's attorney. "Faiman came to realize that the fCenttniind on Pace 81 spread damage from floods In several sections, chiefly in southern New I South Wales, with the flooded areas I In some cases extending well un toward Sydney. A message Juna 22 1 said Forbes was belug threatened by i the floods. 1 0
