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PAifiR SIS WEftroftp - war trtbuot;, srenponry otoon, " unTTtmTO y,- july . 1025 RIVALS ACTOR IS L L The usual weekly luncheon of t ho Copco forum wii enlivened toriuy the presence of a number of notable gneHtn, among whom were the ful lowing: Thonnm A. WIbo nnn Harbor nelmore of "The Rivals" company , which plays at the Crater tun tnli evening, Dr. HarrlH J. Ryan, paat preiildent of the Amerfcan Inxtltute oi KlectrlcoJ Knglneers! John V. McKee, president of the California Oregon Power company, Leverette DavJft, prominent mining engineer of nor thern California, W. C. HeHton, ra ciflc coaiit editor of the Klectrlcal World, and Ross A. Hennlnger, engl neerlng editor of the Journal of elcc trlclty. Mr. WIko upon being called on for n short talk, gave a mont lntereHtlng narrative of hlH experience! in Oregon many years ago when travelling oh advance agent for a "waifon-show ho walked all over the state. He spoke of playing all the "big towns" such as Phoenix, Jacksonville and Ashland when Med ford wan Just he ginning Its struggle for existence and was not yet largo enough to attract even a "wagon show," and commented favorably upon the remarkable growth which this city 'has attained, making it now one of the best "one night stands" on the const. His talk was replete with humorous Incidents which kept the audience In an uproar, particularly when he dwelt upon his experiences as a pedestrian, which took him thrtiout the state via the "shoe-leather" route. Upon being pro moted to the role of nn actor, he was enabled to ride tn the wagon from time to time altho he still curried on his arduous dudes as advance agent on the side, or rather on the hoof. However, his exalted position was short-lived tor while enroute to Cres cent City one of the steeds engaged In pulling the wagon became frac tious, over turned the vehicle and the whole outfit went over the cliff to find a final resting place 3(10 feet be low. This untoward Incident, stated Mr. Wise, closed the show. Mr. Bel more upon being called on told an English story of two London clubmen Which made a big hit with his hearers. Mr. Leverette Davis narrated ,a true story of army life which was received with applause. Mr. John T. McKee enlarged upon the subject of the Umpquu River which wan- touched upvn briefly by Mr. Wise,' explaining the true mean ing of the word "Umpqua," which means ''satisfied" and making this the thme of a very Interesting talk. Dr. Ryan spoke briefly of the elec trical Industry and Us remarkable growth, bringing out some of the future developments and ' problems which are now being studied by the enghering proflslon with a far-seeing Vision of future progress. The luncheon hour passed quickly and when time for adjournment came members of the form agreed that this Anglo-American Unlty'Symbolized on New U.S. Structure in London rr ' $r : : LW,t.ft .lllfa-..T.:--.-imam&imammm E TO PREVENT WAR (A. P.) Count Mlchimnwi Soyeshlma of the Japanese house of peers, pro posed a second International confer, enee on the limitation of armament In un address today before the Chau tauqua conference on International relations from the Christian point of view. The conference Is . under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches. He urged also repeal of the Japa nese exclusion provision of the im migration act, which he said a sec- lion of the Japanese peoplb feel Is u studied Insult. . An anti-American reaction had set in 'in Japan since the passage of the act, he said, adding "there is ho denying that our jingoes who are fiA-tunately quite negligible, numerl cally talk of war with America. Six years after the armistice and three years since the Washington confer, ence treaties were negotiated the world remains an armed camp, Count Soyeshlma said. ( Ty Cobb Back Again -DETROIT, Mich.. July 2S. (A. P.) The suspension of Manager Ty Cobb of 'the Recruit Tlgera was lifted today and he returned to his position in center field. Cobb waa suspended July 17 following an altercation with Umpire Clarence Rowland over a dls. puted called strike. Mrs. Fred Bcheffel has relumed from a visit with relatives and, friends In southern Idaho. ' SOCIETY GAT FOR VANDE NEWPORT, n. I., July 23. (A. P.) ducats have begun to arrive In private yachts for the summer s mHt rasnion- nble wedding, auhh aiunei ..im.. bllt, debutante daughter pf .Mrs, Wil liam K. Vanderl.llt, II., on Saturday, will become the bride of Frederick Cameron Church, Jr., of Boston, an insurance broker. o. Payne Whitney and his son and daughter are on the yacht while away. The ceremony will be at neecn mound. the estate of Benjamin Thaw. which Mrs. Vandorbllt has leased. The -officiating lerKymen will be the, k Right Rev. Herbert Bhlpman, suffra. gan bishop of New York and the Kev Htnnley C. Hughes of Newport, both Episcopalians. - ; ; ' V. 8. CITIZEN' fyl'RDEHED ' (Continued from page one.) dent as a detached display of banditry , and not an Indication of- any wide Spread move against Americans. The killing of Mr. Palmer and the capture of Dr. Howard are looked 1 upon as the more regrettable because they occurred at the time when the ' American government was demon- titrating again its traditional friend- ',' ship for China by remission of, the , remaining payments due under the , Boxer Indemnity agreement. It Is the '. earnest hope of Washington that the Chinese authorities will take prompt and effective steps not only to clear ; up the. Incident of yesterday, but to '' prevent a recurrence. . Lord Balfour presided when a statue symbolizing the cdmmon interest of English speaking peoples was unveiled over the Amer-" Mean b!.i!t srd owned Bush House, in London. The statue is the wori of Malvina Hoffman. U. S. woman, who is seen at Lord Bal four' left in the inset. The unveiling ceremony is. shown above. 15 YEAR OLD SCHOOL GIRL BEATS HER FATHER UP THEN SHOOTS ST. T.OITIH, Of her mother Tjorothy Holmes, 15, bobhed-hnlred high school studc.it, last night shot and seriously wound- was beyond a doubt one of the most.d her futher. Burton Holmes, 50,' n 1ntArArlntT Imnrnmniu nrnprimi In interesting Impromptu programs the history of the organization. FIRE EPIDEMIC HITS CITY (Continued from page one.) 'the volunteer department, seventeen of whom Immediately responded tn ths-caU, aiding materially In the ef ficient way the department extin guished the blaxe. According to Mr. 8 medley nobody was fct homo when the fire started, save for his two children, aged 4 and 6 years old, who were in the front part of the house when It Is believed the blase was burning In the rear. "When the fire was discovered, how ever, It had spread to the Seventh Day Adventlst church and had practlcally enveloped It In flames. Smedley believes the fire wns caused from defective wiring. Because of having their church de ntroyed the Seventh Day Ad vp minis will hold jiieetlngs In their school house severul blocks distant, where parochial education Is given to chil dren of the members of the church. According to J. S. Van Dorfy the building will be rebuilt as soon as possible after n meeting Is had with J. 1, Meehan, elder of the church. Many compliments were given Hire "Chief Roy Elliott for the efficiency of his department In preventing a con flagration which might have swept the entire block or even farther be fore It could have been brought umler control. A great deul of credit was also given the pumper which beat out the flifn.es with Its tremendous pres sure. When Mrs. Smedley, who had been absent at the time of the fire, ar rived at the scene she become hyster ical, but was soon soothed by kind hearted neighbors. Although the greater part of her furniture wns h total loss the damuge to the building was covered by Insurance. The dewrtment hud not been back At the fire hall lunger than 10 min utes after the church fire had been extinguished when another alarm summoned them to the end of North Itlverslde on McAndrews street, wherv a tent occupied by mill hnnds had csught fire and was practically de stroyed when the fire engine arrived. As the blase was outside of the city limits the chief ordered the Siutx pumper, which had speeded to th. scene, to return to the station, whlb a single Hue of hose wus used In piny-ing-water upon the remains of the tent, the loss of which Is estimated w. being small. German Uovcmiiirnt I NiiNinlnod UK It LIN, July 2S. The relchsiug today approved the government's for eign policy by a vote of 2S5 tu I5S With II members absent. i llve Fntav to liny PORTLAND. Ore.. July 2f A. T.) Jacob Hoffman, 10, of lAtrhelfus, Ore., died at a hospital here today of m broken heck, suffered when he dived Inlo, a shallow hole In the Tualatin rivrr Sunday.. July 23. In defense) rendlmr of "dime novels," by his aaughter. .f v s , . vvnen Holmes returned from work he appended to have been drinking the mother and -daughter said. "When father came In," Dorothy told a deputy sherlfr, 'Vind started beat ing mother I picked up a short club and broke It on his head and then took the revolver from a dresser drawer." try residence near here. Holmes, who was wounded In the left shoul der attributed the shooting to the HUGE DEAL FOR LOCAL LAXD (Continued from page one.) age of fruit that must bo harvested. While Mr. Booth Is the rcpresen tatlve of the company. It is. under stood that Bert Anderson will be in active charge of the properties for the company. J As to the stork ranches now owned by the corporation, it bus not been definitely settled as to what to do in connection with their operation, but according to Mr. Hooth, stock will be pnstured on the lllngham nnd Crane property during the summer, while in the -winter they will be fed at the Davis iiuivh In the valley. It Is also n probability that some of the ranch acreage will be sold,- but no definite plans have as yet been completed to this effect. j The orchards nnd ranches will be operated under the same personnel as they were before the sale, I. e.,t there will be no change In the fore- men or managers of the different properties. I A carload of equipment for . the dehydrator plant arrived In the yrity j yesterday, and within -the next week It. L. PucclneHli, the Inventor of, the new fruit drying plant, will ar-j rlve In the city from Los Cut on, Cal to take active charge of the erec tion of the plant which will be mado of concrete nnd steel. The plant Is cnpable of drying nny kind of fruit and 11 Is said, will produce! higher than the guarnntued 14 tons dully. over 18 employes will be required to operate the dehydrutor. which means that the payroll . of Med ford will bo Increased. . The Ilogue Itivor Properties Com pany, Inc., Is In full possession of. i he entire acreage, hnvlng taken i charge at the time of the comple-l tlon of the sale. of the deluge have been damaged over an area from one to three miles. Train No. 23 of the O. V. K. and N. company was delated for three and one-half hours by the cloudburst. FOl'R KILLED IX STORM (Continued From Page Ona) housed Ui the centennial building on the north side of the river which was thrown open as a shelter after the first cloud burst drove .hundreds of lowland dwellers to higher ground. Cook with km. If RAKKK. Ore.. July S. A cloud burst struck Durkee and vicinity yes terday and a sheot of water averaging seven feet deep and four miles wide swept over the lowlnnd. washing out the tracks of the Oregon-Washington Itnilroiul and Navigation company lu e vera I places to the aggregate of about one nnd one-half miles, the greatest dsinsge being dona at Nelnoe) and WenlliPi-bv. I The flood rushed over tbj highway to a it nth nf from 6 to 6 feet and I cars were swept rrom me roaa. . No Ions or life bns been reported, nor has there been reported loss of livestock, although crops tn the path TODAY LAST TIMES "HIS SUPREME MOMENT" With Blanche Sweet, Ronald Coleman COMING Richard WIT M FRANCES HOWARD OOtNl IUKOH' jmt LIAUY- jt TOMORROW! RIALTO mm ghty Flo of Has Amazed All Southern Oregon S aiie mm v uomg On 2 More Big Days- Friday and Saturday! 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