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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
PredUiloii . FaJr and mix lorn to
U'IllKMTIIUn
Maximum yestcWlay 100
Mini in u in today
Weather Year Ago
p Mil xiiiium HO
.Minimum 57
Dally Twentieth Tear.
Weekly fifty-fourth Year.
MEDFORD, fllfKClOX. S.VITKDAY. .11TV.Y ISiniT.
XO. 10!
CALIFORNIA
OIL WELLS
CATCH FIRE
Huge Bakersfield Oil Tank
Struck By Lightning
Flames Shoot 1000 Feet in
Air Loss Will Reach Half
, Million Forest Fires Are
Raging in Northwest.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., July 18. (A.
P.) The huge oil reservoir of the
Pacific Oil company near here wan
burning today with 600 men erecting
steel barlrers two miles long to pre
vent the spread of burning oil. Light
ning struck the tank last night caus
ing a pillar of flume to leap skywards
a thousand feet. The loss of the tank
is expected to reach $500,000. There
Wre 180,000 barrels of oil in the tank,
valued at $225,000 and these will he
destroyed.
The seething flames mushroomed
over the white hot brim of the tank
and then swept to the first steel fire
walls erected by oil workers summon
ed from all parts of the county.
Reports from the fire front were
that no one had been injured. Rehlnd
the first fire walls stands the second
wall of steel barricades and earth
, breastworks to stem a second overflow
should the oil sweep the first wall of
steel.
At S o'clock this morning a second
boiling over in the great tank occur
red. The counter attack of fire fighters
finished, the encroaching sea of liquid
fire eoared futiiely at the barricades
but did not pass through Into the sec
ond area defense sectors.
Forest Fire Near Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash., July 18. Two
forest fires, eacn over 1000 aires in
extent and each fought by a crew of
JOOO or more mehrwere burning today
yin the Knnfksu national forest; One Is
on Lamb creek, 30 miles north, of
Priest River, Idnho, and the other In
Dry Canyon, In Pend O'Rellle county.
Wash.
The bodies of John O Ion son and Ole
Jackson, Spokane men, killed Thurs
day afternoon when they were cut off
from the fighting crew were taken to
Priest River today. -They wer found
lust night in the vicinity of the Lamb
creek fire.
A two and a half mile trench Is be
ing thrown up today around the Lamb
creek fire which is regnrded ns the
worst In the district. Fred Morrill,
district forester, arrived from Mis
soula today to take charge of fire
flghtinng operations there.
Camp Kndangerod
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 18. (A. P.)
Emergency fire fighting equipment
was rushed from Olynipia early this
morning to Doty in western Lewis
county, where n fire which broke out
late yesterday afternoon In the logging
operations of the Doty Lumber and
Shingle company Is endangering camp
gulldfngs In addition to green timber
and cut logs. It was announced here by
Oqorge C. Joy, state supervisor of
forestry. The origin and extent of the
fire could not be learned this morn
ing. A fire which Is supposed to have
spread from land clearing operations,
ran through a stand of green timber
late lesterday nt a point nenr the
mouth of Kalama river In southern
Cowlitz county, Supervisor Joy report
ed. He said that he believed the blaze
would he under control today ns the
forested area In the path of the fire
was not great.
t Several small fires, none of which
v Id any great damage or were causing
much concrn. were reported from va
rious parts of western Washington this
morning.
PORTLAND. Ore., July 18. A for
est fire which yesterday swept thru
masniiiKH in me n inu river ennyon, i
north of Stevenson, Wash., wns burn-1
lng today in spotted areas over three
miles long and a nille wide. Two pow.
er pumps and several donkey engines
have been destroyed. A hundred and
fifty men are fighting trie hinge mid
It Is believed it can be brought under
control unless a strong wind develops.
France Wins Tennis.
NOOnnWYK. Holland, July- IS.
f Prance won hoth singles matches
from Holland In their first round of
tennis piny in the Davis cup flnnls In
the Kuropenn cone.
CHURCH TRUSTEE MUST PAY $10,000
FOR-SLANDER
CHICAGO. July 18. P.) Dam
ages of f 10,000 were Awarded by a
jury last night to Albert Letand. who j
Rskea ior vau.uuu in a manner sun
against E. L. Hartig, tmstee of the.
Oak Park church to which Leland
formerly helonged.
JTOieland charged (hat llnrtlg had re-'
(flrred to him as the father of an llle
3 Cherokee Indian
Youths Rob House;
Get Ton of Marks
CHEROKEE, Iowa, July 18.
(A. P.) Three Cherokee youths
were arrested today while hiding
In an oat field. diridinK the loot
from an alleged farmhouse rob 4
bery. The loot Included 103,256,-
000 German marks.
The boys are Donald Cochran,
James Cochran and Roy Dent-
seller. They are charged with
robbing the home of Peter Peter-
sou. A probation officer sent-
enced each boy to 30 days within
the confines of his own home.
TO TAKE STAND
ON JVOLUTION
Oregon Editors Sidestep fwo
Resolutions Opposing Ore
gon Initiating Monkey Bill
A, L Mallory of Oakland
Is Elected President.
GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 18. A.
P.) The Oregon State Editorial asso
ciation in nnnual session today re
fused to take a stand on the evolution
question. It tabled two resolutions,
one of which declared against passage
of any law restricting either religion
or education, and another deploring
"tendency to create from evolution
political discussion."
The first resolution was proposed
by Professor C. J, Mcintosh of the
Oregon Agricultural college and de
clared the editorial association- was
opposed to any movement to Intro
duce the Tennessee evolution fight
into Oregon. '
The second resolution was proposed
by A. K. Koen. of Oregon City, who
asserted he had been informed that a
movement was on foy: make the
evolution question a polhjcal issue.
A. L. Mallory uf the Oakland, Ore.,
Tribune, was elected president of the
association anil II. E. Hoss of Oregon
City, secretary treasurer.
Executive committee: Joe D.
Thomason, Hood River, vice president
for central Oigor Earl E. Richard
son. Dallas, vice president Willamette
valley; A. E. Voorhies. Grants Pass,
vice president, southern Oregon;
Aiken, Ontario, vice president, eastern
Oregon: Edgar McDanlel, North Uend
vice president, western Oregon.
Prineville was chosen for the next
convention.
Resolutions urging enactment by
congress of legislation forbidding post
office department from continuing in
commercial printing buiess in com
petition with citizens, and approving
the program adopted by the Pacific
Editorial conference were npproved.
A resolution was adopted condemn
ing high pressure methods of solicit
ing advertising patronage and advo
cating that "advertising worthy of the
publication be the first consideration
in all solicitation."
IN STRAIGHT SETS
BROOKUXE, Mass., July 18. (A.
P.) Gerald L. Patterson of Australia
defeated Takeichl Harado of Jaiiun In
the 33rd Longwood bowl singles finals
here today after five sets. The scores
were 6-7, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Patterson trailed at love five In the
second set then ran seven games in
a row to square the match.
Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley. Cul..
national champion, won the Invitation
singles for women, defeating Marlon
Zlndersteln Jessup of Wilmington,
Del., in the finals, 7-5. 6 2.
Miss Wills did not drop a set In the
tournament but she was within a
stroke of losing the opener today on
no less than five occasions. Mrs. Jes
sup s eany speed and steadiness ae-
Bfi icu uei ua one 'i UK i esseu wim me
match.
gltimate child, a "rubber in a Turkish
bath'
wit At
and a medical practitioner
ut a license.
The suit wns an aftermath of a di
vorce suit In which the Rev. Carl Case
was accused of mlscondurt by his
wife. The divorce was granted and
nppealed by Dr. Case to the supreme
aurt.rThe statements attributed to
eH-. HaTUg are not denied by him.
EDITORS REFUSE
: - 4y ji . n ; t
The lumber barge Nantisco
Love to at Astoria, N. Y., recent
ly with what appeared to be a
well-stored load of lumber. Curi
osity of members' of the customs
boat "Liberty," prompted search
of the vessel, which resulted In
the unearthing of 8,000 cases of
liquor. The photos show the
Nantisco, tied up at the army
ibase dock in Brooklyn, with the
"Liberty" alongside and customs
mcn unloading the illegal cargo.
E
MONTEREY, Oil., July 18 (A. P.)
The second gunflght within two weeks
between a citizens posse and suspect
ed bootleggers took place last nig lit
at Cypress Point on the seventeen-
mile drive near here but as far as is
ifown no blood was shed. There was
no trace of the supposed bootleg party
today.
The posse headed by Town Marshal
Martin Ordwny of Pacific Grove,
rushed to the spot at midnight in re
sponse to a mysterious telephone call
saying that a party of rum runners
wns ambushed tnero. Shots were ex
changed but there was no sign of the
rum runners nfter the battle.
It Is believed by the posse leaders
that the telephone message may have
been a ruse to draw all of the peace
officers of the region' to the spot
while the liquor was landed else
where. SAN FRANCISCO. July 18. The
fishing boat Palermo, known also us
the B-454 was seized by the const
guard rum chaser !fG at Monterey
last night and brought Into the harbor
of San Francisco today. Although no
liquor was found on board the coast
guard announced that the activities
of the Palermo were sufficiently sus
picious to warrant seizure and investi
gation. WINS GOLF TITLE
DETROIT, Mich.. July 18. (A. P.)
Kecfe Carter of Oklahoma City today
won the western nmnteur golf cham
pionship by defeating Russell Martin
of Chicago 3 and 2 In the 3i-holc
finals at Lochmoor. The winner came
from behind having been down from
the second until the thirty-first hole.
where he squared it and then won
thm ,,, ,,, , r,m.
with par,
while Martin was one over on each.
Death Toll of
the Autorhobile
NORTH Hi:: Ore.,, July 18.
County School Superintendent Chnts
E. Mulkey, 45. of Coqullle. was in
stnntly killed In the city park here
late yesterday when a large tree fell
ncrnss the automobile In which he
was riding. Ills neck was broken'.
Murkey had been visiting schools In
the North Ray district and returning,
had reached the entrance of the park
when the accident occurred. The high
wind uprooted a green tree three feet
In diameter and dropped It squarely
ncrowi the road upon Mulkey's m.
chln49 q
BOOZE WARFAR
BRA
MONTEREY AGAIN
of Lumber Hides.3,000 Cases of Liquor
OCALISOENT
DIES SUDDENLY
Martin MacDonough, Native
Son of Jackson County, Is
Victim- of Paralytic Stroke
v Near Marshfield Funeral
Will Be Held Monday P. M.
Martin McDonough, a native son
of Jackson county, and a widely
known citizen of this city, died Fri
day night, July 1", 1023s from n
stroke of paralysis, while on a camp
ing trip, at the seashore, about SO
miles south of Marshfield. Ho was
stricken Thursday morning, and
never regained consciousness. At
the time he was on n vacation tr't
with his lifelong friend, Frank Rel
llnger. The sudden passing comes
as a shock to a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances In Med ford oiyl
Jackson county.
The funeral services will be held
from the Perl Knneral home Mon.
day afternoon nt 3:30 o'clock, under
the auspices of the 'Sold Hill Odd
Fellows lodge, of which he was a
charter member.
Martin McDonoitgh was born Jan
uary 27, 1 8511 near !old Hill. His
parents crossed the plains in 1 Kii 2,
and settled on a farm, on what
was known ns 'Fort Ijine.". He wns
an accountant, and In 1!)00 wns en
gaged in the candy manufacturing
business In eaHtetn Oregon. IR was
at Heppner, Oregon, In 1903 when
that town was swept by a cloud
burst. He was well known all over
eastern Oregon anil delighted to tell
of his experiences while living there,
lie was also a mine of Information
on lo'M I happen I ngs of early days.
For many years, he wns engaged in
tlie real estate and insurance busl
mss in this cily.
I le was n lovable, compnnlonnhlc
man. For twenty years he has been
chairman of f.iuvnsxfng boards nt nil
elections. He ws nn expert player
of chess and checkers, and delight
ed In both games. He was also
active In local church circles.
He Is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
John Llnvillp of this city and Mrs.
Helen Rowe ut Vnodburn, Oregon;
threc brothers, fjeorge, of Sams Val
ley; John, of Ashland, and Carlos
of Centrnlln. Mrs. (Iub SamuelH
of this city Is a nice.
ON MOTOR TRIP
Sub Mr In W lllamctic.
PORTLAND, Ore. July 18. (A.
I.) Mrs. Edgar C O'Huru end'jgj
her life this morning by leaping Inm
the Willamette river from the flont
of Kellogg s hont house at the foot
of Mn'gon street,
U. SV. CONSUL
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PROTEST FILED
v I Lambert of Spokane and Luke Krl-
WAS1IINOTO.V, July 18. (A. P.)'ker, Seattle, were burned severely
American Vice Consul llai-.ild O.
Ilretherlon at Aguas Callento, Mexico,
was shot In the back and slightly
wounded on the night of July HI.
The American embassy at Mexico
City has been Instructed by the state
department to takc.up tho case with
the Mexican foreign office for an in
vestigation and punishment of the as
sailant. Advices on the-shootlng were for
warded toilay by Consul Haven at
rguas ( alien to. m said the cause
wns not known but thnt the shot was
i.ii ... i . . . ....
li
uevcii iu nave neen lmenucii ior a
person other than the vice consul.
There have been no reports of anil
American feeling In recent weeks In
Aguas Calientc.
Hrcthcrton was born Ir, Canada, but
his father was a naturalized American
citizen. He spent his early life In I Reports from Huntington lake ln
Montnna where he Html led mining rtI--?' that several small timber fires
chemistry. He was appointed u his were burning. The other fires were
post at Aguas Calientc in 1015,
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK, July 1 8. Expansion
of general business as shown by the
weekly trade reviews, optimistic pre
dictions that a half year's earnings by
Industrial companies would uphold the
good showing already reported and
the buoyancy of the recognized mar
ket leader American Can In con
nection with reca pltatlzat Ion ru mors,
contributedto n general rise in stock
prices today. New high records were
achieved by many Invesment shares,
with outstanding exhibitions of group
strength provided by the railroad.
equipment, merchandise, gas, electric I
power, Independent steel and tobneco
inm i Pit Anwinir 1 1, rt uli'llltur l.i.l lr I.I n. I I
tlinvnnif.lltM U'fln lln mn-tu lit tiwtfA
than four points In American Can to
a record top at 2nft 71H and gains of
three points by Sears Roebuck. 4 'A
points by Fairbanks Morse nnd 6
points by Cleneral Railway Signal. The
i-iosiiiK wns sluing. rise's approxi
mated 650,000 shares.
Passingof the Early
Pioneer
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 18 (A. P.f
Cnplain Mellle A. Hackett, fix, presi
dent of the ilnckett Dlirger company.
Is dead. Captain Hackett wns one of
the pioneers In the development of
Portland's water front. He wns bijrn
In Kansas City and came westwuTd
with his family by wagon team. He
operated tho fli Q ferry service across
the Willamette nvcr at 1'ortland.
Scopes Convicted
Before He Started
Qeclares Ddrrow
4
' DAYTON. Tonn , July IS.
(A. P. ) John Thomas Scopes
was condemned from the start
Harrow declared today in a
statement In which he outlined
his views of the case, evolu-
tion and religion.
"We know that In this slate,
under the surroundings and $
conditions of the trial. Mr.
Scopes was condemned from
the start." be wild. "We are j
now interested In two things: 4
"That a higher court shall
pass upon this case and that in
other states those who wish to
pursue the truth shall be left
free to think and Investigate
and teach and learn."
CALIFORNIA BY
EAT
Sunstroke at Chico Fatal, As
Mercury Makes New Record
, . .
rorest Fires Sweep Tim-
ber and Liahtninn starts
$450,000 Oil Fire.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 18. (A. I'.)
A heat wave swept thiounh Inland
California yesterday cousin); four
flcntha IHi-it iiii,.uitu ..a..n 1 1
death also In a forest fire In WashliiK-
ion nnu two were Injured.
The forest fire was o..o ,,f n snrl...
of blar.es which swept timbered areas
along tho Pacific const. Many of the
Ores continued hurnlmr todnV
-A freak elecHle .mem n,.,.r hi,...
field
Calif., stabbed an underground
oil storage tank and Ignited the oil. It
wns estimated lluit $-160,001) damage
was done. The fire was still burning
early today.
John Uleason. and Ole Johnson,
Spokane, lost their lives while fight-
In ga fire In the Lamb creek valley,
near Newport, Wash. Tho two men
I wore overcome b ysmoke. searchers
who found their bodies believe. Kmll
I n,,e I'goung tne same lire.
Fifty men are fighting a flro In
Hopper canyon, Ventura county, Cnl.
The same fire was reported curlier In
the week and Is now raging anew
having already burned over 600 acres.
Tho fire has penetrated the Santa Itar
bara national forest, Forest Super
vlsor Chester E. Jordon announced af
ter a survey of the situation from nn
airplane.
Hruah and forest fires were raging
today In the farm districts near Tom
pleton nnd Eureka, Cal. Fighters are
battling the blazes to keep them from
roachlnu the fields and farms. It was
' nuMlnntml that ..I w il ....
iiiuuoiinu mii-n inm,
neen hurned over.
Electrlcnl storms set more than fifty
forest fires in the foothill country In
the eastern Kan Joaquin valley, Calif.,
from Kern county on tho south, to
1 Mnrtsrla eounty on the north
chiefly brush nnd stubble blazes.
Several deaths In California yester
'dny were attributed to the hent while
, high tomperatures established new
records In ninny pnrts of the state.
P. Ortega, collapsed while working
on a ranch nenr Stockton and Inter
died. K. L. Hall of Los Angeles suf
fered a sunstroko nt Chleo which re
sulted In his death, A three months
old daughter nt Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tlnll of Tafl died of heat prostration
according to a report from the cor
oner. The ten year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, John O. flarcia of Rlverdaln,
wns stricken with heat prostration
yesterday and died despite
nld.
medlcnl
Temperatures of over 100 degrees
wero registered both In the southern
and northern parts, of the state.
6 People Marooned. I
NAHON, II. C, July 18. (A. P.)
"Ix
persons were believed to be
marooned on n tiny island In Hum-
inlt hike today by n forest fire
which wiped out the Hunter Siding
sawmill late yesterday.
CALIFORNIA RANCHER
EQUIPPED WITH
FOUR KILLfD !K
EXCESSIVE H
l.OH ANOKI.KH, July 18. (A. J'.)
Ham It. Kimball, aged Han Kernnn
Ino valley ftneher, ias placed nn
orib with n l,os Angeles under
taker for a $ 1 200 steel coffin equip
ped with nn up-to-dn radio re
ceiving set, It was revealed tajlny.
In directing that the radio equlp-
CONFESSION
IS BRANDED
A FRAME-UP
! Chicago State's Attorney Sees
Clever Ruse to Save Ex
Millionaire Scott From Gal
lows Brother Who Con
fessed Not Found Two
New Witnesses Found. .
flllCAflO, July 18 (A. P.) Rus
sell Scolt, erstwhile Canadian finan
cier, t-ountliiK the hours of the week
of life Klven him In the eounty Jnll has
been buoyed up in Ills hope of ultl
malely escapliii; the Hallows by a de
velopment ns strntiKe as the messaKe
which brought him a reprieve. TIiIh
was the find Inn of three new purported
witnesses, two here and one in Detroit,
dei'lurliiE ttie murder of Joseph Maur
er. druR clerk, for which Seott was
cumli'inncd to die. was not In a hold
up hut in u nuiirrel over linntlui. u-hla-
i;;! 'rXT11, h" l"'0,h'r
wiThm? trn' Z
'Uetmlter Is James M. Hall, n telegraph
iemtor, who said ho saw the kimns
by Robert. JIall's story was branded
"" a iu,r8 f"ke" v eorBe e. cior-
man, nsslstanl pro.Hoeutor. who pro
cured Scott's conviction. Ho nlso
termed a "bit of strnteify' "the tele.,
liiiiin slKned Robert Scott, sent to
governor ln Mmall from Detroit, In
which responsibility for the killing
was assumed.
Receipt of this telcKram caused Oov
ei nnr-Hmall to Brnnt Scott u reprieve
t,f " week, six hours before tho time
., "
1 . ,o1'1 '"" "'" "f f
tho Detroit
l''ree I'ress. llu auld he
, " chuk store across the
"treet-from he Chicago city bulldlns
wnen 1,10 ht," brothers entered.
Rob- '
ert spoke to Maurer and asked hlni for
money the store owed them. Maurer
denied the debt nnd heated words
pnssed. Ball's story continued. Maur-
,er ordered them from tho store and
raised his hand In a striking position.
I Robert Scott bent forward, said Hall.
,Severnl reports rang out. Maurer
crumpled up. Russell, the older
brother, wns standing with his hands
, ,, " ". T" u,a T "n v? "".
coat pocket or with the gun In his
hand.
Hall did not discover the mistake In
Identity between the Rcotts until
Thursday when he saw photographs
of tho condemned man. He said his
knowledge troubled him and that nf
ter he learned Scott has been repriev
ed he telegraphed him in the death
cell asking Scott to fend his fnther
to Detroit.
. Meanwhile Robert Scott, who prom
iped In the message to Governor
Small that he would surrender has not
put In un appearance.
Reports that Governor Small took
a hand In investigation of the case
were without foundation In fact. Gov
ernor Small Is on his vacation In nor
thern Illinois nnd hns given no ntten- .
tlon to Scott's case since he signed
the reprieve late Thursday night. y
'AIM'
T NO SI
AS A HOOP REPTILE
WAS1IINOTON, July 18. (A. P.)
Miologlsts of the department of agri
culture declared toly that the time
honored yarn about "hoop snakes,"
"stinging snnkes," and "glass snakes"
are buncombe.
Tho story of snakes thnt give chase
by grabbing their horned talis in their
mouths nnd rolling like hoops Is n
fable they say. The socalled stinging
snake hasn't anv stlnir. the lilolttiilstH
crediting origin of the story to exis
tence of a snake having a fine pointed
tail.
The "glass" or Jointed snake, sold
to have tho power to disjoint find
wiggle off In nil directions when nt-
tacked and later re-assemlde. Is nnth-
lng they declare, but n harmless, leg.
less lizard that has the faculty of
dropping lis tall when In danger of
being seized by that member. The
tall Is replaced by a short, Imperfect
appendage.
HAS COFFIN
RADIO RECEIVING SET
' ;!
ped coffin be prciftred to ro.
celve his body. Klmhnll explained
thnt he Is convinced that the soul
lingers nenr the body until the
day of Judgment nnd that he will
be nble to hear what Is going on
In tho world, nfter he dies. If prop
erly laid awn In lbs super-hotrodyno
casket,
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