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. MEl)F0RD, OREOON, TlfrKftDAY. JULY 23, 1925
Dstlr Twmtlrth Yir.
WtAly Fltty-fourth Vw.
TWELVE PAGES
NO. 105
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MAILT
ANGELES
LOS i
CLOSED FOR
LOCAL LAND
!
Largest Single Purchase Ever
Made in Jackson County in
volves Property . Appraised
at Half a Million Three Or
chards and Four Ranches
Included. '
Tho largest sale of orchard And
farm lands In the history of south
ern Oregon was completed yea-
business men, after negotiations since J
last February. . Although the pur.
chase price was not made public, it
Is understood that the appraised
value of the lands Is approximately
1500,000.
The real estate purchased includes
three of the finest orchards and
four of the best ranches In the val
ley. In connection with the opera
tion of these lands bv the Los Ange
les men, r who h a y e Incorporated
themselves as the Rogue River Prop
erties incorporated they will erect and
operate a new process dehydrator
with a dally capacity of 14 tons of
dried fruit, near the Oregon Grow
ers packing house at the end of
North Central avenue, which the
company leased from- the Oregon
Growers' association 1 to re-lease "
for one year to the Suncrest . Or.
chard company... a.' southern, CallfoA
51 la concern, wnlcn' nns"o connec
tion with the local Suncrest orchard,
after which the local company ihrfB
an option to pufohase.
With the exception of one orchard,
jhlch ia the Glen Rosa near the
Voorheis crossing, 'the entire acre
age was purchased " from the Pa
cific Mutunl life insurance company.
n.h. .,h.rd. included In the
sale are the suncrest. with an acre, tempted to climb a tree to dislodge a
age of 465 acres, planted to bear- kite. A woman was killed at her sew-
i """l6 ia? aTo "ee '
vista, of "5 acre., 100 In- app es , , b d w k
and pears, and h. O Hoii l
80 acres of Newtown apples. Al of no fatalities In" New
these are located very close to Med-' ,nnd b(Jt the. storm ,nte yeaterdav
ford. . swept down barns, flobded streets,
Six hundred of tM 3380 acres are and cellars and
washed out railroad
Irrigation, known asthe Davis ranch track8 Trolley service and wire com
at Davis station on the Owen Ore- munlcatton wer lml)e(led.
gon logging rauioaa, aaapiea 10 ,
arowing of alfalfa ' and Wheat, and
also a stock ranch Is one of the four , BtoPm during their trip to Pemberton,
ranches purchased. The 1120 acre Mo8Sm an(1 experienced rough going,
stock ranch, formerly owned by Hal, ,
Bingham, 4 miles east of Talent ts TRINIDAD, Colo., July 28. (A. P.)
another, the 710- acre Crane stock Fa(r skies 'and a warm sun today
ranch 0 miles east of Medford Is the greeted inhabitants of Trlnldnd as
third and the 130 acre country club they returned to their homes and prc
property adjacent to the golf grounds pared to, check up property damnge
east of the city Is the fourth. resulting from cloudbursts late yester-
8lx hundred of the 3380 acres is day. ; . '
orchard land and - 1000 acres are No casualties are reported following
under irrigation, an - area of lrri-the heavy rains that sent the Purgtt
gated and fruit acreago which never tolre river out of its banks InRt night,
before has been under the control hut property damage may reach the
of one company In Jackson county or I $400,000 mark: Property losses ln
sodthern Oregon. . eluded washouts or bridges and high-
The Rogue River Properties com-! ways and flooded basements In busl
pany Includes five stockholders, all ness houses and homes along the river
of whom ore residents of Los Ange. bottoms.
les. They include F. W.' Braun, a1 Train service on all railroads enter
manufacturer, H. 8. Mudd, a niln-. ing the city la practlcaly demoralized,
lng man; F. Q. StantoDi a builder; With six hundred feet of track and
John Pike, monnger of the California' a bridge eone between here and
'cyanide company and F. O. Booth ' Koton, N. M.. the Atchison, Topeka
of Los Angeles. . . n"? "B,a ,Ff "rond today r".,1""
The officers of the company n- ble to maintain service over its lines
elude Mr. Pike as president, Mr. fro cbl8o to Cnlifornla. Smaller
Stanton, iecretary, and Mr. .uootn.i
treasurer, and also representative
of the company in southern Oregon.
Mr. Booth, accompanied by his
family, arrived last week to take up
his duties, and at present Is a guest
at a local hotel, hut will soon be en-
sconced at the M Ha vista orchard. Al.
though he may not spend his win-
ters here, his residence In the valley I
will be permanent, especially during
the fruit season, which will be a very
busy one because of the large acre.l
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WISN IT KFUSES TOftOOM lR FET DOG
CHICAOO, July 83. (A. P.) The
Dowager Duchess ofSutherlnnd trav
ellng as Lady Milltcent Hawes, ac
companled her Pekingese dog when
It was barred from the Blackstone
hotel today.
"Olnko." the Pekingese, barked his
presence In a small basket and when
the hotel management - politely said
that dogs were nev allowed In the
hotel rooms, the duchess replied that
May Try Negro Leper
in Glass Cage On
, Charge Killing Wife
NEW ORLEANS, July 23. (A.
P. A negro leper who has been
I Indicted on a charge of wife mur-
der, but never placed on trial will
face the Judge and Jury here
confined in a glass cage with
speaking tubes, if a request made
r by Dr. Oscar Dowlfng, president
of the Louisiana state board of r
health Is granted by prosecuting
officers.
The negro. George Beaurepnlre, 4
1 alleged to have killed his wife
more than five years ago. is an 4
inmate ef a government leprosa-
Hum..
Efforts made by Dr. Dowllng to
bring the cnse to trial have met 4
with the objection that to do so
might-sprend the disease.
FOUR KILLED IN
Severe Electrical Storms and
'Cloud Bursts Bring Destruc
tion in New York and Colo
radoBaker, Oregon Also
Has Deluge of Rain.
iIBW ' YORK,' . Juty 23. (A," P.)
Four persons we,re. killed by lightning
in Metropolitan No York and south
New Jersey yesterday. Crops of to
bacco, hay and grain were flattened
by a serve rain storm In New England
and up-state New York
A fourteen year old boy was killed
by lightning in Brooklyn when he at-
Presluent coolldge and his party on
,h Mnvflnwer. were ranvhl In the
' . . . . .
with the 'service on the Colorado and
I Grande systems.
Reports dribbling: in from outlying
onmmiinllfM InrHfnfA thnt nrnnnrtv
,OM and aamage woul(1 ex,eetI ,he
$400 on0 catlmate ma(Xe ettry today
by Trlnnad businessmen,
. scores of families, forced to flee to
the upiandg iast night, returned to
their homes today after a night spent
jn uptown hotels and rooming houses,
Many of the flood refugees were
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"Olnko has traveled around the
world with me," and that she would
find aa hotel where different rules
prevailed. .
The duchess is the widow of one of
the largest land owners In Europe.
Hhe came from the west where she
had paid a visit to Mary 'I'ickford
and Douglas Fairbanks, whom she
had met In London. Lady MUllrent
explained that she Is doing some
writing as well aa traveling.
EASTERN
STORM
LATEST APE
TEST FROM
AN ATHIEST
L M. Wittner, Plaintiff in
Suit Against Law Passed By
Congress, Springs Surprise
By Declaring His Opposition
to Anti-Evolution Law
Poses With Monkeys. ' ' ,
WASHINOTON, July S3 (A. P.)
Science will have Its day In court
pn the question of teaching evolution
if Loren 'H. Wittner, an avowed
atheist, realizes the object of his
suit brought here to test a provision
of federal legislation.
. In making clear that he was "at
tacking from the evolution side," a
provision of the current District of.
Columbia appropriation bill, barring
payment of sularles to any public
school official here who teaches or
permits the teaching of "disrespect
for the Holy Bible," Wittner declared
the purpose of his action was to
"make possible the teaching . of all
theories and factions In the schools."
He and his attorneys believe the
injunction proceedings brought yes
terday against pay officers in the
district and federal government to
prevent further payment of certnln
salaries, will open the' way to a con
stitutional test of the question.: of
teaching evolution In a., manner that
the proceedlngs- in the Dayton, Tenn.,
case did . not permit.' They '.further
believe It- will open ' the door wide
to testimony ti;ln-- court" from both
scientists and fundamentalists and
thus achieve an object that the de
fense failed to gain In the Dayton
trial.
"No, I am not an agnostic, I am
an athlest," declared Wittner, who
is a government employe and once
candidate f,or congress from Illinois,
in discussing the motive of his suit.
"Congress Is trying to stifle edu
cation," he said. "The differences
between the Scopes trial' and the
present case Is just this: In the
Scopes trial the Issue was whether
the state legislature could prescribe
the curriculum In the schools; here
congress says that all curricula must
be narrowed to a point where It will
agree with the inane Ideas of a
people 2000 yearI ago. Congress
Is simply glorifying Ignorance."
Wittner made this statement just
after he had spent an hour ut the
zoo posing with monkeys for a group
of photographers. - - i
On the question of the constitu
tionality ot the clauBe Involved,
which wns inserted as a rider to the
appropriation bill and sponsored by
Representative Summer, republican,
Washington,- F. 8. Stevens, corpora
tion counsel of the district, who. will
defend the district officials in the
suit, expressed the off-hand opinion
that It was In conflict witlt the first
amendment to the constitution.
"The provision in question," he
said, "scema to M to be an indirect
way of legislating an 'establishment
of religion,' and my Impression Is
thnt congress has no right ' to enact
It." . .
Wittner expressed surprise today
nt the statements his suit has drawn
from William J. Bryan and Clar
ence Darrow, lending figures In the
Dayton trial, both of whom he
thought evidently were under the
impression that he had ,brought the
proceedings aa an nnti-evnlutlonist.
Mr. Darrow, commenting at Day
ton, said ha believed the proceedings
here were "probably an exhibition
of bigotry and crankllm," and that
he had f'no doubt It will fall," while
Mr. Bryan indicated that he welcom
ed It as an opportunity to shed more
light on the Issue ot evolution and
revealed religion. . '
Death Toll of
- the Automobile
AURORA,' Ore., July 23. Frank
Henslt, of Llnnton, Oregon, was kill
ed at 2 o'clock this morning when the
light touring car which he was driv
ing turned and went through the rail
ing of a. bridge three-quarters of a
mile west of Habhard on the road be
tween Hubbard and Broadacrea. Hen
sit was on his way to Broadacrea when
the aclcdent occurred. He was to be
I employed picking berries at Broad-
acres.
foal MliLn tm Calln.!
! T.nvtmK. Jniv 9 i a pi a
strike of all Rrlthh union coal miners
will commence July II, the miners'
'executive committee decided at a
meeting htr tonight.
"A uihentic" Russian
i Wins Prize in
; v ?; , J J!
t.. I s g
MUe.. Fedor, said to be an "authentic" Russian princes., hit
won the 'first prixe in comedy for 1625 at the Conservatoire Na
tional .deMusioue, Paris..
LETTER DELUGE
Leopold Schepp, 83 Year Old
Multi-Millionaire, Flees to
Country Home to Escape
. Swarm pf Grafters , and
Cranks After Cash.
NEW YORK, July 23, Leopold
Schopp, 83 year old ..philanthropist
and cocoanut magnate, sought sur
cease today in his country home In
New Cannan from a deluge of sug.
gestlons as to how to spend his
money for benevolence.
' On the heels of his appeal to the
public to advise him how to do
good with his millions came an ava
lanche of mall, telegrams and per
sonal appeals.; -i
Three thousand letters bulged his
correspondence. The most of the
letters were frank "touches for funds
and pleas for jobs.
All but fifty of the letters failed
to hit upon Mr. Schepp's inntn pur
pose the most good to the great
est number for the longest time. The
appeals 1 for aid ranged from the
romantic request of a woman, fat
and forty, for $4000 to get a hus
band, to the request of a man for
endowment of .a "refuge for poor
souls about to commit suicide."
It was too much for the philan
thropist. ' Wearily, ho packed his
things and departed. To answer ap.
peals, a printer was ordered to strike
off 10,000 formul notices acknowl
edging their requests and stating
all appeals would be referred to
Philip nitter, Intermediary for Mr.
Schepp. A committee will be ftp
pointed to adjudicate the most wor
thy claims and Mr. Schepp will abide
by Its decisions. .
A few altruistic letters pertain to
plnns for the aid of boys and girls,
a subject close to Mr. Brhepp's heart.
He has already established a 2,
000,000 fund to help young boys.
As a nine year old boy. Mr. Schepp
bought cocoanut palm leaf, fans for
18 cents and sold them for 86. lie
continued to deal In cocoanut pro
ducts throughout his life.
AsHistnant Postmaster Apimlntnl.'
HWAMPHCOTT, Mass., July 23. (A
P.) W. Irving Olover was appointed
second assistant postmaster geenrai
today, succeeding Paul Henderson, re.
signed, and Robert 8. Regnr was nam.
ed as Mr. Olover's successor as third
assistant postmaster general.
NEW YORK, July 23 (A. P.)
Cotton prices Jumped approximately
16 a bale today on heavy buying nnd
covering by shorts, on receipt of an
unexpected adverse report on thej cot
ton crop,
Princess
Comedy in France
ABANDON HOPE
MINE Dili
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10 Miners Entombed By Blast
in Tennessee Believed Dead
. Explosion Occurs When
Fire Fighters Go Below to
Combat Flames. ' -
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 23.
(A. P.)r A . telephone message re
ceived . here from Rockwood - this
afternoon stated the number of men
entombed In the Roane Iron com.
pany's mine was thought to be ten
and that no hope was entertained
for their resrus alive. -
; ROCKWOOD, Tenn., July 23. (A.
P.) Wllllnm J. Snow, superinten
dent of Ronno Iron company coal
mines and a party of six men, who
went into Bryson Dip on No, . 7
entry to combat a mine fire) last
night, were trapped behind an ex
plosion early today and grave fears
are . entertained for their safety,
nrVson Dip I" the scene of a fire
that broke out some time ago and
was walled up in an attempt to ex
tinguish It.
. The barricade was removed this
week In the iireseuro of state and
federal mine .Inspectors who pro
nounced Its condition satisfactory and
left the city last night. At eleven
o'clock . the old bluce broke . out
again nnd Mr. Hnow organized a
party consisting ot Roy Llmborg,
John and Tom Green, Jim Wilson,
Mnl IC. King nnd one or two others
to go In ana fight the fires.
Later the superintendent told King
to snake his rounds In other-parts
of the mine and as he was return
lng to the scene of the fire shortly
before two o'clock, he' heard ah ex.
plosion and smelled an onrush of
after-damp gas. . It. Is said that-he
only managed to escape by leaping
Into a mule-drawn mine car and out
running the deadly gas cloud and
that when he reached the main slope
he was svml-consclous and barely
able to speak. -
A rescue party, headed by'Jnhies
O. King went ip to try to save the
entrapped men today.
Rciuilor Chamberlain Arrives ,
PORTLAND, Ore., July 23.
Oeorge E. Chamberlain, former gov
ernor und United States senator, now
in attorney at Washington, D. C,
irrived here today to spend his vaca
tion. Xo New Flrrs miu County
EUGENE, Ore., July 23. Lane
:oum4 sole remaining forest tire, re
;iorted to be blazing neur MurcftU
yesterday, was checked today, aecon"
ihg lo word sent here, and during thn
day there were no new fires reported.
Low Neck and Short
Pants Urged by Af . D.
As Healthy Attire
BATH, England, July 23.
(A. P.) Men should stop
wearing long tfouaera and
thereby avoid the dreaded all-
utent of varicose veins. Dr.
Leonard Hill, member of- the
British. Institute of medical re-
Benrch today told the British
Mcdlcnt association.
Tight collars also are harm-
ful. he said, explaining that
girls by wearing low necked
blouses, short skirts and thin
stockings, obtain ' more health 4
giving ultra violet rnys than do 4
men.
FIRE EPIDEMIC
$12,000 LOSS
Church Residence, House,
Tent, Barn and Silo De-
: stroyed By Fires in 12 Hour
Period Department Does
Excellent Work.
A veritable epidemic Of flies,. "which'
destroyed a church, a residence, a
house tent, a barn, and a silo in and
about Medford;; nigell during thd pant
24 hours. The total loss of property
destroyed Is given cdnservntlvely nt
112,000,' partially covered by insur
ance. The barn and silo, which belonged
to Justin Judy of Griffin Creek,
about four miles south of this city,
was burned to the ground about 2:80
this morning with the cause unknown.
The fire was not discovered until the
large barn, which contained over 40
tons of hay, was completely enveloped
In flames. Beside the loss already
mentioned, Mr. Judy suffered the
death of his pedigreed thoroughbred
Jersey' bull, a loss, which Mrs. Judy
says, cannot be replaced. Several farm
Implements ' were also destroyed.
Twenty-five hundred dollars Is the
estimated loss of the Judy pruporty,
partially covered by insurance.
Evidently some person thinking the
barn- fire was within the city limits
phoned an alurm to the fire depart
ment about 2:45, which responded with
the Stuts pumper thinking that the
report phoned In was correct, hut
when the locution of the blase was
discovered the pumper was promptly
driven back to the statloh. '-
Fire, which started yesterday after-'
noon about 8 o'clock from an unde
termined' source, completely gutted
the Seventh Day Adventlst church on
North Riverside and (he residence ot
E, A. Smidley at 6G0 Pine street. The
residence of Mrs. J. C. Clark, (25
Riverside avenue wus badly scorched
and burnt on one side, while a wood
shed on the property adjoining the
church was practically destroyed. The
homes of E. C. Ferguson and Mrs.
R. Klncaid near ' the church also
caught fire, but were not seriously
damaged.
That the loss, which Is estimated
at 88000, parttully covered hy Insur
ance,' was no larger Is due to the
prompt arrival ot the fire department,
which was confronted with the task
of fighting fires burning In five dif
ferent places,- with a . strong wind
blowing. Four lines of hose were
promptly laid, two from the powerful
Stuts pumper and two direct from fire
hydrants, and within an hour of
steady pumping the fire which had
threatened to be a disaster was under
control. The church, which was a
biasing mass when the department
arrived, Is now nothing more than a
shell, as well as what had been once
the home of E, A, Smodley, employed
by the Jackson County Creamery.
At 8:16 an alarm was sounded for
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IZZY EINSTEIN POSING
DIRECTS RAID
NEW YORK, July 23. A. P.)
Issy Einstein has long been an actor
hut now he's gone and posed as one,
much to the dislike of thirsty mem
bers of the profession and h Fern
olub.
Representing- himself as ' Ethetbert
Santerre, n legitimate actor at liberty,
tssy got himself elected a member of
nn establishment In the "roaring for
ties" with a clientele confined to
I
MEDFORD
U.S. CITIZEN
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Washington Aroused By the
News That Morgan Palmer
Killed By Bandits and Dr.
H. J. Howard Captured
v Stern Note to Be Sent
. Whereabouts Unknown. '
PEKING, July 23. (A. P.) Morgan
Palmer, an Amorlcnn, has been killed
by bandits at his ranch on the Sungar
river near Harbin. Dr. Howard, an
eye specialist attached to. the Rocke
feller hospital, was captured at the
Bame time.
Consular advices from Kalgan Btate
that Palmer was killed on July 20
while defending his property against
bandits. -
Mr. Palmer and his mother. Or.
Howard and his son, James, and an
American trader named Baldwin of
Kalgan, Chlhli province, together with
his wife and child, were visiting Pal
mer's ranch, which is In the ' Man
churlan province of Kerln, when the
attack was made. . .
The consular advices say that Dr.
Howard last night still was in custody
and the others are "safe for the pres
ent," but their whereabouts is not
known. , The American consul, Samuel
Sokobin, has gone to see the military
governor of Kerln, In an effort to
..... m ivifow vv rr minnit
The Rockefeller hospital has been
advised that Dr. Howard's son, James,
cliocben, ' ' :.
Power for Good In China,
NEW YORK. July 23. (A. P.)
.Morgan Palmer, killed by bandits In
I Manchuria, formerly lived In Platts
jburg, N. Y. He was an engineer and
several years ago joined the American
.Red Cross for service In Siberia and
China. As a field agent during the
great Chinese famine In 1920 he was
Instrumental In Baring many lives.
Palmer .was unmarried and -lived
I with his mother in Peking.
I Dr. Harvey J. Howard, captured by
the bandits who killed Mr. Palmer,
had been chief of the department of
'opthamology at Peking Union Medical
I college, established by the Rockefeller
foundation since 1918. A brother,
Oeorge C. Howard, Is an attorney In
Now York. "-. i
I A cablegram received by the Rocke
' feller foundation today said that Dr.
Howard had been seized by bandits
near the junction of the Amur and
IBungarl rivers, in Manchuria, near
Harbin, and that the American consul
i at Harbin had taken action to secure ;
his release. Dr. Roger S. Oreene, '
general director of the China medical
board, has left Peking for Harbin, the
cablegram said,- ' r- - . .
Dr. Howard was born at Church-
vllle, N. Y and was educated at the
University ot Michigan, University of
Pennsylvania and Harvard. His son, '
James, la 12 years old.
' Washington Worried. '
WASHINOTON, July 23. (A, P.)
Officials here were manifestly dis
tressed over the killing ot one Amer
ican and the capture of another yea
I terday by Chinese bandits, but 'there
iwas no Indication that the develop
ment would Interrupt negotiations tor
a friendly effort by the powers to help
I China out of her domestlo troubles.
Formal comment on the raid on the
Palmer ranch was withheld pending
I full Investigation. Meantime, Ameri
can authorltles'ln China are expected
to take prompt measures to secure tha
release of Dr. Howard, the American .
held captive, and the punishment of ,.
those responsible for his abduction an J
(for the death of Morgan Palmer.
Heretofore Americans In China have '
;been noticeably Immune from the t
I attacks directed against the nationals
.of other, countries and the first lm-
! pulse was to regard yesterday's lnc. ,:
rrontlnneif nn Paaw Ma) .
AS ACTOR
ON BROADWAY CLUB
recognised members of the theatrical
profession. '
, Yesterday he Introduced Mo Smith
nnd two other federal agents. "They're
actors too," said Issy. "Set 'eid up."
Came forth four whiskies at sixty
cents each, ns Issy tells, and Charles
Burns, manager of the club, and a '
waiter were arrested, , " ' ,)-'1
Then In walked one nf the club's
sources of supply with a halt gallon
Jug. He too was arrested, t