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o Oo o o 0 o o o ' o o ... O 0 o Oo o oo o o o o o edfokd Mail Tribune Weather Year Ago Maximum 104 Minimum 55 Prediction Cloudy and mild Mniimum yesterday HI Miiiimuui today 41 Dally Twentieth Vear. tVwkly Fifty -fourth Ynr. MEDFORD, OKKdOX, WKDNI'SDAY. AHM'ST 2( lf)2." NO. 131 California Town Is Nearly Wiped Out By Night Tornado Two Fallen Royalties Ready ' ' to Act in American Films Florida Teacher Is Discharged for Opposing Ku Klux T INSANITY IS GRANTS PASS li j -1 - HINTED AS E James Murray, Father of Sa lem Convict, Declares Son Went Wrong After Being Hit On Head With Rock Hard Fight to Be Made to Save Boy's Life. KAI.EM. Ore.-, Aug. Us. "While there's ' life, there's hope we will fight as long as wo can to suvo Tom from the death penalty," James Murray, father of Tom .Murray, lead er of the jail break whlrh resulted In the death 'of two guards ten days ago, told newspapermen 'in an inter view hero yesterday. The statement was the first positive declaration f' that Murray will plead nougullty and will fight the charge of first degree murder that is expected from the Murion county grand Jury Friday or Saturday. Tlio father, accompanied Jjy Mrs. Murray and Tom's sister. Jean, spent yesterday here and were allowed a L'5 minute visit with the prisoner in the morning and a similar visit in the afternoon. Immediately after. their visit in the afternoon they left on their return trip to their' home in BalnbrUlgc island, Puget S0.U,".!'' , , , . "VVo will fight the case but I dnnt know what we can do about it," the father declared with a gesture of lie- spalr. It was tu a ipieryv asking whether the fa.nily still maintained hope for Murray s escape from the gauows uiai no ropneu, wnue hutch life, there's hope." I Twf Miifh Money. , "The war and too much money are responsible for what Tom hus rtono,' Mr. Murray declared. "Tom ran away rroui. home at fourtyen and (lurliur tlm u-ii ! tin ivni'knri tn lh whlovjirdM ' ..... ( Ha had too much money and ho got hi with bad company. "The first we know that he had got in trouble was the time of the Florence bank robbery." It was tor the robbery of the bank at Florence that Murray was tenccd to serve twenty years in the Oregon prison. "When Tom was a little boy he was bright and ho got along well In school. He took an Interest In his work and ho liked It. He first be came restless a ft or an accident, al though 1 don't know whether the accident h;id anything to d' with it or not.' When he was thirteen, the fnther explained. Tom and u companion were throwing rocks ono day at " squirrel In a H "e. The boys were on opposile sides of .1 he tree and rock thrown by his companion hit Tom in Iho forehead, cutting a gash from which he mill wears n near. After that 'J'om lt,Ht Interest In his' work qiilto suddenly and soon a ft cr ra n a way from home. .Mind Not Right. ,-I have always thought some thing was wrong Willi Tom's mind. When he was sent to the penitentiary Tor 1 tin Florence bank robbery wo thought about sending him to the 'bug house.' but we decided that the punish ment might do him good so we never made any muvo to havo him sent there.' Asked how Tom had received bin visit yesterday, Mr. Murray declared that "he's In good spirits, taking it a lot better than I thought he could." Ho related that he had told his non while he did not condono for ft minute the thing which ' Tom had done, yet his family would ncver-the less Hlttnd by htm. "Don't vou worry about it." Hie ' null replied ana rtiiiiB-md ayii: forget nbout It. Dan, I'll trot li loll ! in gii ",u,lh nil right. , . kli. ..u ..rnllf har, " HIT , " . llf the J:" L "V 'n Lvn' hn living on ...i; .i...wi a 7 vonrH and I T " ; .; r, . ,rnlIi.iP I"' m7;;7 nnt noes' n ' ba.-k for more than a n"' l " " and no one of u has ever Kot In trouble before." (Continued on pane six ) JAZZ GIRL SMILES AS . SENTENCES HER RAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26. (A., Dorothy Klllngsun. 17 who was found guilty of tnanslaugjjler "- unlay by a superior court ury with h tried her on a charge 'of!nurdcr for shooting Iut moihijf, Anna F.llingiion, to death In their home hri lastl January, today was sentenced PTlUorothy pronu u.' will ne laacn Judge Harold Louderback to servo tXrom one to ton years In the state .nttemlui$) at San Quentln. The young matricide liatened at- ISISAWI.KY. Oil.. Aug. 20 (A. P.) A Hlirvey n property damage mill Injuries resulting from last night s storm whlrli struck I'nlipatriu, 10 mill's north 4 of here curly today shows 14 of Iho town's larger business buildings ami residences either .1 ..! I .l.liilllnil t& ami one woman fatally Injured j while u srure of otner innain- v tams sustaine.1 minor injurieK. lluslnessmon estimate the , damage at between J 1 00,01)0 and , 150,000. Crowded Calendar Makes It Probable Murray, Willos and Kelly Won't Go On Trial Be fore October Term Grand . Jury Hears Witnesses. SAI.I-J.M. Ore., Aug. 2li. The Marlon county grand Jury, culled to consider til" charges against Tom Murray, ,,1swol.lh Ko Jamos W1m, cvlvlK Kh ,m,kc ,,., ,,, 0reK H(u(c oml on the evening of ..... , ., ,,, ,,.,i, r i,M,. Kwecm,y aml A1IU Uolman. guards . Kh( t) r)(iath (hjrlnK lhc 1,,-cak. ,ino,,f.d itH ki-msIoii this morninir at 10 o'clock. ' Uy t))C.t f i,c nuoii iccosh four wilIHWI, hllU iKM!l examined. They W(,,.D A M Uulrymple, warden of the pi.iKun who WoUIUed Murray with shwtH from a sholgun: Pete J. VliIte. ....... i.-i.i tim i t.-n., ... K uaru wiiu iiuiii . t iiiun ti mi (v--iij tn bay for several minutes In the prison yard before Murray and "Oregon" Jones succeeded in getting arms from the arsenal: Charles McKinley, the guard on tower No, 7, whom Willos and Kelly covered with his rifle; PRllPI TRIAL FOR 3 CONVICTS II PROBABLE Hcn-tjj,,,, Mcsmith. the turnkey who was overpowered by Murray anil Jones when they made their raid on the arsenal. This afternoon John Davison, the guard who shot Jones to death dining the break; Leo Wilde, one of the four Monitor men kidnaped by the con victs on ihcir'way into i'oiiland; Charles Newman, in whose home at New Kra tlte bandits hid for a whole day while holding the family captive, are scheduled to be called. Separate indictments chiirging each of Hie tlnee convicts with the murder of both Sweeney and-Hotmail will be asked, District Attorney John Carson announced. Present indications are that the grand jury wltl not report before Sat urday moiMilng. which would prob ably mean that the convicts ill be arraigned to enter Mich- pleas Satur day afternoon. There app't some question as to how soon the trials can get under way. Judge Percy R. Kelly, who presides over the criminal department of the Marion county circuit court, opens his regular term of court in Albany on September ft and- bus several Import ant criminal cases on the docket I here. If the trials hero cannot lie arranged before that time there Is little likeli hood of their being heard before the regular OcUdier term of court. Little time could be sfcvcd by setting them between the time Judge Kelly finishes his docket at Albany and the opening " rt-gu lar term nere flocked to the courthouse this morn- ing, hoping to get a glimpse of one or nil of the licensed convicts, but there was nothing for them to sec. District Attorney Carson announced Ulirici iviiui in- v thal one f ,,0 ,iCCused had made umiiii-iiiion in ii it near before the " " Rnin(' Jury nd there is no indication wm ' t,,llr"- T77 tw khiwi m t i. K"ANHIA1. Aug. -JK.-A. i.-, r ,iPl.slin)l wor k rd when m- n(.0 police today fired Into a crowd w,.kers bcKlocinB the, police station and dcmandlnK "e rclcaBc of four arrested workmen. FRISCO JUDGE ONE TO 1 0 YEARS tenllvely while Judge l.ouderback pronounced the sentence, but H"- played no emotion. Hhe mustered a ,',, w,,on hp re to compan,v ,,irun back to her county Jail t-ell. ' Judge ttmiderback's sentence car-. rled no rocomtncndailon for lonlogcjO -"13 '" . 1 San cjuentin tjfniiiy 10 ftari er her sentence. Vm the California law she will be eligible for parole after she has served one yeur. IN no dea Frank Kecler and John Roth of Keeler & Roth Arrested On Charge of Dealing in Bonds Without License Released On Heavy Bail Rooms Are Searched, Papers Seized. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 26. Frank W. Keeler and John A. Both of Keeler & Ruth, O rants Pass, Ore., alleged to have been involved in the Okciico bond deal, were arrested early Unlay on n warrant charging them with dealing in corporate securities without a state license. The men were released when Keeler put up $5000 bail (or himself and $2000 for Roth. It is charged that Keeler & Roth, as the Rogue. River Waterworks, bought a block of Orenco bonds and later sold $33,000 worth of thenr- through the JohiifS. Shute company "j still engaged in going through papers seized at Heeler's apartment, District Attorney Meyers this 1110171 ing declared they contained "very valuable information," including com plete records of the Orenco bond deal. Abrmt $300,000 In securities, some of them Orenco bonds, were seized, the district attorney announced, in addi tion to information as to where other Orenco bonds might be located. .Meyers said Keelcr's records show that about $33,000 of the Orenco so emit ies huvo been sold through the John S. Khuto company, according to Kecler's rouords. v John F. Jogan appeared at the courthouse- with the announcement that ho was attorney for the two men under arrest. . "My x-lienlrt have nothing to bh.v -for thdmsolves right now," ho statod, "but you can say for mo tiiat they have committed no crime," Roth's ball was raised to $Q00() latter tlii morning. Tho warrants for the arrest' of Roth and Keller were sworn to by J. B. Kakiu, examiner for tho statu corporation commis sioner. nvcstlgation of tho Orenco bond Issue was started by tho district at torney's offico recently following re ports that tho town of Orenco had issued a total of $r.50.000 in bonds, whereas the residents of the town at an election authorized an issue of only $fi0,KMi. The city officials have de clared the bond issue was legal.' BASEBALL SCORES - American l-icagur. At rhni-ago H. H. NVw York -.. 0 7 Cllk-aco 1 li I'fnnofk uml UpngouKli: l''nber and Siliaik. At Clc-voluntl K. II. K. I'liilnclolphia ,. I 5 1 i'lpveland IS 1 ilfirrisK, Homincl. Groves and Cocli raiio; Ulilc and t,. Scwell. At Detroit II K. Hoston 2 0 1 IJetroit 1U 13 II WlncfloM and UlBchoff; Wlillcliill and Ltaualer. NallfHial. NKW VUUK. AtlR. 28. (A. P.) Uos YoutlfC, Now York Oiant'H riBlit fleliler. Huffcred a fracture of the right hand In two places when lilt ly a ball pitched by I'eto Dunohuc, ''J.'."'.inni'll twlrloi. ycstnriLiiy and probably will not bo ablo to play aRaln this season. It became Known today. At Now York Mr game: II. E. Cincinnati ixcw York . .6 ,.jxey( uiemllle.-, J. M u y and ..,,, u-...... on r. Hariics, un(1 Sliyilur, ,.. .It II. K. clnclnnutl 2 13 3 1 li 2 Keotl and New York I.tHiue and Hai'Kravo Hartley. ( I 3 Innings). At Boston . It. H. K. rittsburg (1 t ,, . . 0 9 0 i,.,in hilI k. Kmlth: II. Kmlth and O'Neill. At llrfiiiktvn It. II. K. St. I mi Is 2 1 llrooklvn 4 1 ( jthoiii. Ulckorman and (J'Farrell; Catftrell and Deberry. u pf,H.e,lil! if II. K. cii,Hgo T 4 phlfiidoliUiht 12 20 I Keen and llarlmt; Knight' yil Wilson. o ' w a . . KTOt KiIOLM, Aug.- 2 it. Princes IJIhr H'wJiadute, who studl con-1 tlons of Tactorv girls In ChUuiQ novQ heads the V. . C. A. '. .- :''.. ' t " .1 ft V ' jRtaie 1 UiNex- J y-xM Si 1 1 iikir American movie-goers may iV'iV fill THREE 10 N 10 W VOI1K, AUK. 'JS. (A. Automobilists of tho country fire enjoying tho lowest gasoline prices nf 1 hi vnn i. 1 n Hi-oi-ps of cil Ics , , , , I If not directly, then indirectly. Tho motorists arc paying from three tojman w()(( t(R,s Mi(( m;iU)i ma jm n five cents a gallon less, than the .oni tax schedule should not fool year's peak in July. The avenrgo plico In thirty representative cities, however, Is still about five cents above the low level lift last summer during 1 the trade depression. New' York 'lenders In the oil busi ness deny a trade war exists, though they admit that there is a fight to obtain all the business offered. Price sluBhlng is ascribed solely to over production. Shipments eastward from the Pa cific coast where over-product Ion first manifested Itself, hnvo depressed the oil business In mld-conthieutal fields. - C. O. Wilson, in' the current issue, of the Oil and Cas Journal says: "The increased recovery of gasollno from crmlo petroleum, the accumulation of gasoline stocks in coastal territories and I he failure of many refiners to adjust their production to a slackened demand hi their ler rJtoiieH, are tho principal fadors In tho weakness of tho motor fuel market. "Although gasoline stocks Jan uary 1 wey-e larger than neces sary, refiners added ;t 'J t , 2 ! 0 . t 5 .1 gallons to this storage on July 1. Only 22.000.00(1 Kallon were taken from storage In June. Tho export demand fell off timing the recent high price levels. It is said, anil even now is far be low normal." Wall Street Report NKW YOltK, Auk. 20. (A. I'.) a Tho rlosinir was Irri Blllar. Prli-o ur- 2 renls continued I" run In opposln "irccuoiis in mi mm ijmumh, lieSS III AHieiM'llll no. I linium real, fleneral and Havana i'.n'':irn: bclnif (ollnteractid by 'he Mtrenih nf (leiwral Ituilway Hlmml. Ilrown Khoe, and Hug and I'liper. l:neerlainty of prb-e movements again elmraileriziMl today's stock market. Operators fur tho raise at- tempted to shako oir mo Heaviness resulting from stlffcr money rates, Iho gasoline price ciimiiik war ami a sharp nine pnlnt break In Chrysler, liy hrlnglnif forward trnlted Ktates I Ktcel .coinrnon. which was bid up to 125 7-8, tho highest price In months I'"' hey wero only partially sticcess- ,u'- Total sales aiiproxiinatcd bOO.Omi shares. Tf Noted Dead VIKNNA. Aug. 2fi. (A. P.) f'leld MafBhal Baron Krana Von Conrad Hoeteendorf. chief of staff of the Aus- liinjuriiuui i, ... r,,.... w ...o trinn arinlen In II wyid war. tuj'i late Commander In chief on the Itaffin front, died today at Mergenthelm In Wurttembtrg, Germany. I'm patches say Zita, cx-cnipress of Austna-IIunpary lias accepted an offer to Appear in nn Ameri can film in order to obtain money to finance her monarch ists moves. And hx-king George of Greee, has let it he known in London that he would like to appear on the screen. STATE TAXES ONLY 10 PER CENT TOTAL PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. mi. "Ton many of our peojde have the Idea that money is made by machinery. The 1 tacts are that everybody pays taxes, himself with the Idea t hat he has escaped taxation. In t lie end. as a matter of fact, he pi-obnbly pnys t lie most of them." So declared Coimresmnaii Marlln It. Madden of Chicago, chairman of the house of re present a fives appropria tions committee, at a dinner last night gjvon by ttiose attending the Western States Taxpayers' conference. "10 very appropriation flint is made must be followed by I axes," Miulflen continued. "Some people don't seem to realize this, the simple fait that t he money you are going to spend must be raised somehow. The appro- piial Ions must follow and Iho cost eventually gets lo everybody." He roundly denounced the inherlt ipce tax. lie also stild Huil all mils huts (axes should be abolished. At yesterday afternoon's meeting of I he conference. State Treasurer Kay declined hut all the tax troubles ami burdens do not rest with stale taxes alone. "Ten pei- ceiil of all the taxes In Oregon go for state administrative purposes and yet IMI per cent of all this agitation seems to lie directed against tho state." ' PAKIS. 'Aug. 26. (A. P. ) Olico enemies nl arms. Hi. mm OermniiH exactly hair the lolal strength of tho Fionch rorelgn legion are In Mo- me... fiL-hMML. the battle of Franco against tho idiclllous Moorish tribes- ""The foreign legion lo whirl, tho'"" ccrd" the notes say. tl. rman. are attach.,!, has been 111 ;n.o note l., ts upon obligatory ar , . , , , , .... bltratlon In all cases, 'to make fur- Kl-Kiim, the Moroccan war lord, be gan his offensive and French officers say I lie (icrmnus huvc given a good a ci fuu t of themselvWH. , Victim of Swamp Murder Identified As Trained Nurse 4 oAkLANH. ' i I.. Aug. 2 r, . '(A. P.) AM doubi ii h to Iho Idrntlv of Iho III Cerrllo Swamp murder victim was dispelled Hhortly after noon (oday when irr. Lewis T. Corwln. Oakland dentist, positively Identified the upper Jaw found In Iho swamp 4 and hour earlier, as that of Mrs. 4 4 HohkI Ijoren, Oakland nurse aii'4 4 divorcee. 4 . ' " : ' Irjt 444444444444 A ItCAIHA. Fin.. Aug. Stl. (A. p.) The act inn of t'olinty , Superintendent Smith in dis- miyj-in- t;:-;:dy ?!-!Ti)M')n- ' sistant priiu'lpal of s.hools, for ( (oiidm-iiug a campaign against j the Ku Klux Klan was upheld today by the DtSoto lollllty school commission. . Several citizens appeared be- j fore the commission reiiiesting Hernaudon s . e-instuiemmt. but . i the oirti tais n-'. ihvimi. saying -r they considered their action for fr the tiest Interest h of the school J system. PROSPERITY IN FARM BELT IS TERMER SURE Bumper Crops, Better Prices and Easier Money . Said to Guarantee General Pros perity This Fall in Middle west Record Crop of Corn CHICAGO, Aug. 'JS. t. A. P.) Two words belter ami bumper were the prominent notes In reports from ag riculture throughout the midwest to day. Several sections reported bumper crops, many reported better crops and all heard from reported ' better prices for farm products; but tho high note was tho report of better "financing conditions,", Which came from com munitiea where early freeze and later j drought severely damaged crops.;, in tneflo flections the rarmers raced their ancient field enemies, bouyed up by tho prospect that . better prices and better business conditions would more than offset the damage. Statistics complied by the National Panic of Commerce of St. Louis state that while three years ago a given quantity of farm products when ex changed for industrial goods was worth only tin per cent of Its li'llH ex chungo value, now It is worth U7 cents. Villiam Martin, chairman of the federal reserve bank of St. Louis, said there is increased purchasing power In the country due to large crops and higher prlcen. , Kvorette C. Ilt-own, president of the Chicago Livestock exiiane. after a three week's trip In the western farm ing country, said this year's corn crop wan the biggest, ever raised, lie re ported also the greatest scarcity In ma ny years of fat fancy in 1 1 le a ml predicted lhat It would take the corn crop to feed lo livestock. In Minnesota both grain ami live stock marketing showed Increasea over a year ago. FRANCE INSISTS E PARIS. Aug. 26. ( A. P.) The French note to Berlin on the security question suggests that Oermany open negotiations for a security pact based Ion membership In the League of Na- jf! errfjMnn of. the tiuty of Versailles, The French emphasized that tho ln?,ty of Versailles must not bo tam- ,crr,fl wltn- 'The entrance of flermany Into tho League of Nations Is the only solid ha- ther recourse to arms Impossible. " It reject sthe Cerman proposal for a limited arbitration which might bo applied to the western (iermaii fron t lers. The Highway Moor company nn loi 'led a car load of Parkai'ds today. E EUGENE GOLF CLUB WITH A 68 IlLCKNi;, Ore., Aug. 2. The o course record for IX holes at Hie Ku geno Country club was smashed this week by Roy Moc, w.ho lately sot a new record for the nine holes. Moo turned In a card of H for the 18, besting tho record of 71 hold by Todd Gardner, ciuiOprufusetonal. PARIS DFRT . Winston Churchill and Cail- laux Come to Terms Re garding Payment By France to England Low Interest Followed By No Interest After a Term of Years. 1,NIHN. Aug. 26. (A. P.) Tho British clmncellor of the exchequer, Winston Chun-hill, and the Kremii finance minister, m. Calllaux. reach ed today an agreement In principle on the funding of the French debt to (treat Britain. It was officially announced that an agreement had been reached on the basis. In principle, of 62 annual payments of I'J.r.OO.OOO pounds on the solo responsibility of France, sub ject to an agreement being readied on various matters of detail anil subject to a governing condition of proportionate equal treatment by France and her creditors. M. Cuillaux, while reserving hln opinion on these propositions, under took to lay them before his' govern-, ment. . " Tho agreement, in principle, be tween Mr. Churchill and M. Cuillaux, allows France a partial moratorium until l ;. : . Under this agreement. Franco la to pay (Ircut Britain a little inoro than two per cent interest auuuully on her debt f $2:t, 000.000 during the years In which England la mak ing payments on her debt to tho United Utates. After this time the Interest pay men ta are to ecuue and the' priicipf of tho debt Is uimply to bo wipec. oft the flluto. 3 KILLED WHEN STORM KZAHAOKA, Hungary,- Aug.' 2fi. (A. P.) Three persons wero killed today when a storm blow down a church tower here. Six men who wero boating are missing. Hundreds of bat horn wero com pelled to return home in their swim ming costumes atte.r the -storm had wrecked fiUO bathing cabins on tho waterfront. Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAC.o. Aug. 26. Arrivals 17 California; 3 Oregon; 32 oil truck, In cluding brokers. Seven California and three Oregon sold. - Bart let ts. California and Oregon Fresh arrivals, J-.GIi to $3.60, mostly 12. u to $;(.I0; California storage, tl.!if to IJ.7S. mostly $2.35 to $2.fi&. N KV Y O UK, A ug. 26. A rrlva Is (Tuesday) 2-1 California, 0 Oregon, 17 New York. Market slightly slrongor. Califor nia Ilaiiletts, 40 curs, best $2.80 to $:!.2!i; few $3.66; ordinary, $2.60 to $2.K0; ripe to ovcr-rtpe, $1.80 to $2.Gu; mostly $2.70 to $2. bo; average $2. HO. Oregon Hart let ts, ntuo cars, extras, $2.2! lo $2.!lfi; average (2.56; fancy, $2.10 tu $2.KS; average, $2.28. KAN FKANCIHCO, Aug. 26. (Fed oral Ktato Market News Service) Pears, Burtlotts, $2.2G to $2.7Gr No. 2. $l.fi0 to $2 box; Lake county beat $3.25 to $3.00. sixty pound lug. The ,Daily,, Bank Robbery CHICAOO, Aug. 26. (A. P.)-1-F.lght men robbed the batik in Hey worth, 111. .today of $2,000. Tho rob bers' blew open the bank vault and escaped with I he money, according to a telegram sent to the Chicago lo- lice by the sheriff's office at Bloom- . Ingtou. - " Tb medal score turned t by Mne for tlte first nine Included four birdies and three more wero sunk on tho second round. Par yjis achieved on the rest of tho shots, "toe's card for tho 18 holes was as follows: . Out 4 S 4 i a 6 4 In.... S 2 S 4 4 4 1 434 684 o o
