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MKDFORD, OKMXiOX. TUKMUY. .IT1.V IT, 1 ill's.
No. 11 (i.
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The Automobile Enters
Politics.
Some Real Superstition.
To Establish Safe Flying.
Looking From the Sky.
' (Copyrlfiht, 1927. by Nsw York
Kvenlns Journal. Inc.
'1' h 0 iiiltiiMinltili' iinliM ry
finds itst-lf in mlitn-s. Mr.
KiisUnli. t'iiiiinrt' 1 1 c:i 1 (if ill.'
lour liillion did l:i ( li-iit'i-nl Mn
lOlVS tMHU'i'l'll, is I ('lllu!'ilt i'
Million," -'minium. 1 1 o 1 1 1" " Klin!
is vii . ' of llir I'lini-
1KMT ' '-(' .illlil'd I1'
wo . i :
! ,-,.! , - is out In liclii
, 1 1 1 !.' "free tin cOUil
.iii'sc of pruliilii
. siiys lie lii'licves
. . will Imild up the
M.:i I stlll't I'lllrrpl'isi'--
lluil jr i v i- wull-pnid work
In linnics (if inch. Why not oi--fiiinizc
a Ford liasUoli drlmt ill'.'
tour tliroii'di Die nation .' Jt
would draw.
l'l'iifcssor Xiclioliis Hoi'rii'li,
li'avidin).' in Thibet, discovers,
with apparent surprise, niueli
superstition. What did lie ex
pect ill a miseralile country
overrun ' witli liinias, studded
with liuddliisl convents and
monasteries, where tens of
thousands live on the supersti
tious of oilier.'
-
Uuildha says you must not
kill animals. Animals not want
ed are driven lo the ed'-'e of a
hill, forced to fall over and kill
themselves.
Corpses are cut in pieces,
thrown to the piiis and birds
in open fields. The living roll
I lie dismembered dead ''for
pood luck."
I.amas count their profits in
stead of saying their pruycr
on their beads, say l'rofessor
Kicrich. They use human bones
ky conjurations'' o
. c superstitions na-
irive away evil spir
L'lins. for cash, tell
' me with haunches of
Imi for cash : you sup
ply the million.
In short, they really arc su
perstitious. Chinese and -lap-iiim'm"
will lake llieni over by
and by. if they arc worth tak
iii!.'. While Hunt flying, oceiiii and
Arctic llyini: lakes their loll
of life, careful, well planned
I'lyiiiL' establishes itself as part
of the human program.
The 'Jl planes of the False!
Ford fliclit reached .Medford.
Iri'L'on, on Monday, planes of
all makes and styles, still-till'.'
second lec of a fliuhl of u':MO
miles lo :i- cities and l.'i states
Kdsel Ford's first prize will
Ko to the plane currying the
greatest pay load, per horse
power, in the shortest time.
This national air tour, empha
sizini; safety and efficiency, is
a most constructive nviati"n
enterprise. i
The vcncrnblv. Cardinal l.iieon
of Uheims. Mi years old. flew
ocr his cathedra! and told
friends how beautiful thij ii"b!e
I iiibliii'.' lookcil from the sky.
"I should liot have risked it
twenty years '." said lie. "1'.
miirlit not have seem iliiiiiifit'tl.
F.ver.Whinu' is different no" ;
one must keep up 'with tin
times."
What C" uur spirits feO. Icavi;m
mip iH.'li'.-s? Do they lk "!on -n
sh-cpinu' til at niirht. huy .'a-nis
hy day? Do tl ry fee th oilier
pinnets Hnd suns, and the uutsid
tmiversef. iM'i.non.iHm liht year
away, on their jourtK-y throu:h
Htrntc? Or (io they ywaM1 indantly
In heaven? Too Smd If they have
to miss all the thine on the way.
(Continued on Vw Tou
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ORIM AIMEE AGAIN IN
1 ?i , n , , L ANGELK FLOCK
DHNUUlI
Mexican President-Elect Is
Shot Down in Restaurant
Near Mexico City As
sassin Arrested Wildest
Excitement Prevails
President C a 1 1 e s Takes
Charge of Situation.
MLXICO TI'Y. July 17.
f.l'i (-utnil Alt ari OIh'ckoii.
pre-ideni-eU'ct f .Mexico, mils
vltui doun by an assassin
known i Juan KM-apulnHo,
us he sal at a h;iniii'( in his
honor at I. a Mom hit hi reMa il
eum at San Anj;ol, ileal' In if.
today.
Olirt'nn h. admiartcr mi-noiim-rd
lhal tin ".eiicral died
almost iiiManlly. The a'-Mc-.-in
a j;i itrif .
Tile newspaper KI Cniversal
Hru l ien says the president -elect
sut'fi r- 'l auony before death as he
President-Elcct Obregon
was h'-ini: cat ri- ii otil from the res
taurant to an automobile.
Me was unable to sp-ai after llle
j-ho.it dm a nil died without Kiyina
a word.
MEXICO CITY, July 17. !,
General A.ai Obregon,
president elect of Mexico, was
i assassinated today.
The assassination took place
i at a banqjet at a restaurant
near Mexico City shortly after
i 2 o'clock this altcrnoon. Gen
eral Obregon was shot five
times throuph the body.
The assassin, known only as
"Juan," was arrested and taken
to jail. President Callcs was
immediately notified and has
tened to San Angel, presum
ably to take charge of the body
and ditect action against those
responsible.
Ceiieral Ohreiron on J nly 1 was
'elected to succeed President ('alien
and returned here from his. home
hi Sunont Sunday. He was ureeled
hy one of t he -ireatest political
'demonstrations known in Mexico ip
recent years. Mily List nit; lit in
a statement to newspaper men he
said he in I t possibly make a
trip ti the I'nited States he fore lifs.
1 accession to tie presidential post
December 1,
( ie ieral Obregon s a.snssln wai
a yoiinu nmii somewhere in lils
t went les. Aaron Saenz, unvt.-ruor
of the Mitte of Nuevo I .eon. who
'sat beside (ieiiera! Ohreuon at the
banquet, was unhurt.
The assassin approached Ccneril
Obrcuun. whd was seated at the
liitixptrtirm table, mid pretended to
show him some newspaper car
toons. Then l,e shot from a dis
tance of only a foot or f-'o.
The horror st rh l:ep triends of
the president elect rushcl for tho
slayer who. it seemed, would he
stabbed tu death or torn in piece.
However, cooler heads prevailed
and the nian was taken to jail un
der a heavy -:uard.
Many iteinpt Made.
S.-veral att' Ilipts hat i- i eeentlv
I" it mat! i- ..ii the yenei 1. 1." life.
I lulu 1 - wre hurled at, htm li-'
No'.ejnl"'!-. H- MCiipcil intscatlo-d
i''pt for h f'-w serateWe? on hi
f.u-e. Ills h'-.ni-inai fers bt-re utre
l.onib-d ; s re. entl 0
.ti no eity Mas thrown in'o th
lit i i. if: !iiMii".1 ai: jt -t po hit. nl -t
it. Tio nl i.inl nn ei f.iinty a- the
1 i-p.il't of t h- pi Pild'-lit -eie iif
artVilt '"" "I. Mn.-h "ii-
f.i-a- to ih liiiU m -,-vaiN.
It iin Ttain what rff'yi the
' uMta--? : nation will hate potH'eally.
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I iSfl
Noted Evangelist Stops
Investigation Regarding
True Parentage and Goes
to Lake Tahoe for Re
vival Meetings Goes
Abroad Later.
( ; !: X K V A . .! u ly 1 7 . ypi M rs.
Ainice Setnplo McPhersun, Los
Angeles evangelist, arrived her
today on iirr way lo tlu fimr
qtiaro fump ut IjiKc Talioi. She
niiil it fluiU' inlt'ivii'tvots ly
tt'it)aii!in in I hv tt rawing room
of the Patlri. l hi train on which
she arrived, and declined tu dis
cuss the present situation brought
ahum by Mat mien ts made by her
inotlu'i", .Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
M vs. M. l'herson was accompa
nied hy her secretary. M rs. May
YValdron and her son, Koljih.
I.OS ANCKI.KS. July 17. !Vi
As far as Ainiee Semple Mcl'her
soii is euin erned her family life
is as iinniuddicd as the waters of
' I hi Tahue. to the shores ui
which she went f rum hero yes
terday to conduct an evangelist il
ea m pa iKii. P.efurc leaving she
, made it Known that du had
stopped an investigation by a
Kroup uf her follotver.s citticern
fcinn lier real parenttiKe.
Mrs. Mel'herson .said there tvaii
no foundation for the assertion
that .Mrs. Minnie Kennedy Is not
her real mother.
siatiiiLC that the committee had
.ent to Canada for all records
regarding her birth to determine
w het her she iiiIkIiI not be the
da tablet' of lier father by u mar
riage previous to that with Mrs.
Kennedy. M is. M I'herson aid:
"Of course I am her dauKhter;
anv other idea is ridlculuus .'
, Karlier yesterdtiy Mrn. Mel'her
son denied her mot her's ulate
meut that she Is in possession
ol lat'K'e suimh of money and that
she distributed various sums in
a mysterious manner that fhe
was unable to account for. Mrs.
Mei'hersun pointed out that M i s.
Kennedy would be the first to
. Unow about the dlstributlun C
anv la i uo sums, say Inn that the
accusation was "obviously absurd,
when one considers that all fi
nances at the temple were han
dled by her mother when she
was here."
Mrs. Kennedy's chaw "'
eerniuj: the money, as well as
her reopening of tho controversy
ut cr the evangelist's stury oT
beach kidnapini: and desert en
cape, i-manatee) from Seattle.
Itcforu leaving for Lake Tahoe
Mrs. Mel'herson announced plans
tor a three month's tour of Ku
i ope. heinnnlnn in September.
Mm-tmiuc Is Warned
SKATTIJ:. July 17. lPl De
claring that she never would have
said anythiny about Almee SeTnple
Mel'herson. her evangelist datiKh
ter. if a S.if).Oo niortHffe had not
lo en to-Kot iateil on Am." lus temple
at l-us Anelen. Mrs. Minnie l.Mn)
i Kennedy denied here today that
she had ciuestiniied her duunhtei 's
kldnapliiK story.
Mrs. Kennedy also vociferously
denied that she had ever said that
. Aimee was not her real daughter.
' I have learned that l.os Anueles
newspapers have quoted me as d'--clarlnn
that Sister .Mel'herson is
not my daughter." Mrs. Kennedy
said, "and sm h reports are ubi-o-lut.
ty false. My daUhler and I
bear ton striking u likeness to each
otlo-r ever to doubt our relation
ship, and I have suffered too mii' li,
' Kone through too much trouble,
ever lo permit anyone to doubt
that she is not my daUnMer.
"A representative of a press syn
dicate called upon no- recently anil
asked question which i dented,
lie wan particular'!' pointed In his
reference to the kidnupim.' of my
daughter, and apiiaretitly ha pub
lished his own answers to the que
ti-ns.
"I hat-.- abstained from all pub
licity during the last two yearn, but
I suppose that ut n early date I
will have to write my own story
in my own defense. Certain sen
sational newspapers are pro to- to
lira K into the hnieHfc'hl nil of the
st-aiolal they conjure in their own
mind", and I must b.tir the biunt
of tb.ii untruths.
"I would have kept complete
silence had n"t the niurtKatie Inci
dent made it Imperative that I
should speak.
'My diiucbtcr negotiated u
HH) moitSaKo on AnjfelUM temple.
aioV-j lii'ti "tin- conwi " (.'Utiuii w-s
not: I iil it a i' (Ma i ed a thouh'h I
..btiiiiietl tlo- moji' '.
"I inn proud of my record ai
A obelus temple ami. although I
iiii-i r. ut h in K to do with fi nam.1 la I
receipt. I did handle the expendi
tures. The recoidu will how. how
ever, that my economy could not
improved upon by anyone."
VOTE STEAL ENLIVENS ELECTION
felt- M TP in :
fcI' FIGHT AL
ii..:... nlnMinn orritpmnnt was
discovered the ballot box in which President Callcs had deposited hit
vote was stolen. Above, l'lutarco Ca'.les depositing his ballot in tlv.
box. Gen. Alvuro Obregon yiis tho only presidential candidnt-
SCORES DIE IN .ASK SMITH 10
EPOCH MAKING PROBE GRAF! IN
FOREIGN HEAT NEW YORK CITY
People of Europe Rushing to
Seashores to Seek Relief
Reports of Tempera
tures of 144 and 116
Believed Erroneous.
LONDON. July 17.- .IV Deaths
from Hie heat wave whleb inr
spread over Kurope have reached
a hie.h tolal and the riih of thou
sands to the s.a. rivers and lakes
has led to many scores of drown
; in.s.
While the temperature in south
ern Knejand dropped about 10 de
crees yesterday, dispatches from
the coutimnt report a cool iuua nee
of the heat and in some places an
i lie re .ise in temperature. Temper
atures of from !. to toil decrees
were common in wide areas and
in some places the thermometer
was much liiuhci'.
The Daily .Mall today said that
It was 111 in Warsaw. A temper
ature of IP) was report-il from
Dudapest me J of 1 :i l from I.:tl,e
Dalaton. :u mfle.s from I'.udapcsl,
( Tin- whole Hungarian plain wa-
' slzi.lin,
! WASHINGTON. July IT.-ll'i
Central Kuropean temperatures rt -porl'd
fro 11 1 London today wen
regarded as ineredjlje by wealher
I bureau officials hi re.
! They atlril.utcd I he hiuh flu
mes tu errors in cunveriim; fi-niri-made
to Kalin-nln it. and that I"",
deyi ees l-'aPrenhcit " Would be
about tin- limit f,- central Ku-
lope.-' . alolute cheek could
be made here, ;,s only arly morn-
'" temperatures are re. elve.l from
the conllllent.
"K inures oiTicially n-porled
evei vu here are for .-hade tempera
tures." said Din . tor Marvin of the
luir-au. but ". ntii;rade is u.-e.t in
Kurope and there must have been
an inaccuracy In .onveitin- these.
I Call"! believe (' jw ;, eredjlde V.
. port."
lie added that M I decrees iVn.
timade would be 11 decrees above
the boil in- iMiiul of wider and
ft en 111 d'-iiees l-'iii re n hi t is un
known on the Sahara.
FOUR BOYS PLEAD
GUILTY 10 FIRS!
iHK'A;o. July 17. Th
state's futile search for a Jury will
ink' to send four boys to death for
the murder of I'eai I Li;leston.
during a motion picture show hold
up, was ended abruptly today v lo-U
defence counsel cntei "d pIaH of
KUlHy in bebalr of th" ymifhs
Th- move urpi Iseil t )e prose
cutors, who had ex Ruined more
than 'J'"i veniremen wit bout ap
proving a single juror In the eight
.lay of trial. The majority of the
Vt nil ' inen had expressed reluc
tance to vote (he .bath penalty.
Judge I'ntiik ( oiii'-rfo, d aked
ea- Ii defendant If be tinderstod the
put'ltort of the Kuilty pb-ii and that
st iilenec f d'Hth fl Uf,. lmpr)on
inellt might be Imposed. The hoyf,
Stanley Durmaj. JO; Stan' y Thom
as. Albert Mas. 1' I , and John
Tu'ucz, HK0..-4.
'.Ait
hciirhtcnoil recently when it :af
Socialists Demand That
Governor Investigate the
Administration of His Pal,
Jimmy Walker Huge
Corruption Is Charged.
NLW YOUK. July IT.- i.l'i -An
r:it .i, ret tin i of' Mayor Walter's
, admlnilration asltcd iu a peti
tion to Covi-rimr ,milb hy the slate -i
eeeutte committee of lhc socialist
j party which charges 'municipal
! iium'Ii e and pohtica I corruption."
Klevcn specific accusal Puis arc
made, including aliened mart tu
j sew er eo i e-1 ru et ion hi (Jueciis bor
,.uli. payroll padding in the street
, cleaning de on rl incut . alleged nion
o.i lies in I hi- sale lo the city of
:supplh-s. iii v. liich William I-'. Ken-'
ney, friend of the Kovcruor. is nieii
j I io ned. a ml ! lie expend it me of
V'tlM.aiMl Jnr Hie reception cf ",-o- ,
called distinuoished cuets. "
The petition was filed in accord
ance v.ilb instruction of the so
. eiall-l stale eoi e lit ion at Albany
I mi Sunday.
I "To looU to Mayor Walker lo
j cm reel any of these grievous
I wrongs would be a wasie of time."' ;
'it says. "The mayor has assidu
ously sprnl his time, w hi. h be
: boms to the lily. b Kiacin par
lb". t is it iim race t racks uml in
general eariiito; for hfmseir the
title ut the 'absentee mayor'."
"To Ktiard against any while,
wash." I he petition demands that
repi eeii I a ti of the socialist,
de ii mem! ie ;i nd republican pa it ics
be appoint "d tu l he in vestl-atiiiK
cominissloM.
Baseball Score
American.
II. II. K.
Detroit 2 10 a
I'hilad' Iphia , . IS II 2
flatteries: Hotluway, Smith and
, Woodall; drove and l o Inane.
i:. H. v..
1 'hieago S It .1
lioston !i t:i -
r Datteries: Adhius and lierg.
Mei'mdy; MacKaydeii and Huff
1 man.
it. h. :.
Cleveland 2 11 1
New Voi k 4 11 -
' Latteries: llile ami Kewell;
Shc.iley and 'o 1 II iim.
U. H. K.
st. Louis : H o
Wa-hiiigt..n ...... V. . U 'i 2
Calterit s: Sl'-wa rl and Hi halifc ;
1 ha.xtoti. Maiberry uml Duel.
Xatioual,
It. H. L,
liostoti IS II 0
; liits!)iiryh . 7 113
Lalteries: It. SmPll. I'ooliey,
(Sreenfiel.i and Spohicr: Hill. )-'us-s.dl
and Hai reat.'S.
it. ii. i:.
I'bllao. Iphia . :( i -J
Chicago i 7, 'i
Laiwrle-: King aodo Lerlan;
Hool and llartnett.
H. H. K.
New York 4 I 3
Ciinlriiiali I S
IbtMerles; Walker Alfllblge. Ilo
gnii and l-'aulkner; Luoue ..ml IM
jdnlch. i WASIHNCTON. July I T. OV s
(Manuel ile U jjh Calderon. ":'.
I noted Cuban diplomat, died here j
today.
nn nnnft o
Democrats in Mass Meeting
at Dallas, Texas, Are
Urged to Support Hoover
and Uphold the Constitution-AI
Smith Termed a
Spoiler - Court Upholds
Smith Faction.
DALLAS. Tex . July IT. ol'i V.
A. Collins, formei state senator,
presiding at a rally of aiUi-Sniith
ileimoials here today, urged every
demo, rat hi T xa to vole for Her
bert Hoover for presidMit and re
ptldhile "the powers of I tl it U i I '. "
Collins declared that "any man
who would strike down the 1Mb
ameedincnt alf-o would strike down
section :i. article of the co;;ll
tution. pertaining to religious free
dom." About :("." iersons were present
w hen the rally convened.
Mr. Collins predicted that Cov.
Allied L. Smith w on Id carry f-w
counties In Texas. lie promised
Herbert lloovi r a H'.loMi majoi it
In Dallas county.
The speaker reiterated the fact
that the organization meeting to
day was interested only in the
forming of a state-wide campaign
to bring aboiii Hn- defe.it of the
deinocralie nominee. "We are not
pro mot iiiL anv ca ndidal t for stale
office." he declared.
Or. J . W, Mum. president ,,f
McMurrnv college at Abilene, pro
n on need the invocation when the
con veni ion con vened.
"We Ijii e a ualioiial crisis." lo
said. "We pray for dellveranc
from the bands of the spoil'-i in
this, our hour of moral suicide,"
lee t ion of uf fleers and out lin
ing of t he slate-wide a n 1 1 -Sin it h
campaign was scheduled at the
afternoon session.
SA ANTuN in. Tex.. July 17.-olV--Dei
-i-.-i Id- candidates, in Tex
as w ho refuse to support (in- party
presidential nominee may be bar
ted from lhc primary ballot, the
fourth coiirl id civil appeals ruled
lu re today.
Tin- i oijrt upheld ihe action of
Uo- Cameron .unity district court
whi. h refused a writ of mandamus
compelling the coil Illy executive
I'ommiilee lo print the nat f
State Senalor Thomas 11. Love, a
candidate for lii-utemnil gover ,
on the county ballot because Love
hid publicly announced that he
would not support the parly pre-d-d.
nt ial nomlme. Cov. A If r.-d L.
Smith of N.-w Voik. l.()ve had
malntal I that he wa.t -ttt it toil
to a idaee on the baUot because
he had bei n duly certified by Hie
stale deimMiatlc exeellllve com
mittee. cnic.Wio. July IT.---ijVi I'hins
for the organization of a mid-west
group of democratic Hoover-for-I'resideiil
clubs have been a nnuune-
'l by m. j i. Llginfoot of Sin-inn .
fi' Id. Mo., w ho hii hi he would pro
vide temporary headquarter here.
Ligliifo.it was a member of Hie
democratic state committee in M i H -sourl
in I 'His. The purpose or (he
new organlzal Ion, he explained,
was to "teach democrats how to
tote for Hoover and yet support
their local lb kel."
H- s.ud hundreds of democrat
were Inl'-rested I n Ihe movement
to promote th" elubj.. but could
not disclose their Identity at Ihjx
lime.
LOH ANHKLKS, July 7. -(')-The
$7:,'i,iH'0 alienation stilt hroe-'ht
hy Mr. Clara llollo llernHleln
Hgaln.Ht A! im. Lillian CooKan, th
niolher of Jncklt CooKfin. whh din
mlHscfi in Hiiperlor court Iptr today
on moilon 01 rouuHol for Mr. Hern
doln. ti(, Coogan flenlen hIr paid
Mrs. Item lc In air.- nioniy.
I'noirie It lit h way I '11ml.
SAX I'KAM'I.SCO. The KUUl
of 1 .Mi. (jiitt will be exirmled In
the ne.st yeai- by Hie I'aeJiic High
uay rt.-M)c!atton In an endeavor tu
Induce loiirl-t to vbdl all scenic
points 11 Ion k I he coast.
ii. . t. Lender I'n.
SAX KLAXCIriCO. iA') Amlel
Hochhelmer ,,f W,,wHl fur muny
year- a leader In the republican
council- in 'alirornla, died here
yesterday. He wan "I years old
and prominent In Masonic clicks.
Gold Hill Bandit
Is Suspected of
Eureka, Cal., Murder
;
S I.CM. Ore. .!ul I ;. i''
! I "IKell I'eie S'n.M, w In. t
: w. lined at CureU t. Cal , on a
I ch,f-e ,.1 killing ; ffieer.
twice d.d time Ml l!;e Oie-.n -S-;-
pclllli tltl.il . He W.i I . eciVcd
v trout Muliiioio.ih ioiint tirst !
in 1 :!.;. He was again er
! to the stale prison for ii .
. ars in ! icj i -,,r robbing a
V bank at Cold Mill. lie was !
cmidiHonallt pardoned in Ht.'i.
.j. .j. .;. 4, . ,j. 4, 4,
Republican Candidate Has
Nothing to Say of Visit
With President To Be
Given Reception Tonight
at Duluth, Minnesota.
'I IKS MOINKS. Iowa. July 17.
tl'l Herbert Hoover, repuhlica:i
presidential nominee, mid Hov
el nor Haiuniill of Iowa will confer
al Council Ml 11 IT s '.umorrow on
i mailers pertainliw; lo tho inhl-tvesL
1 campaign of the nominee.
The mecliim was arranged al the
HHKKOHtUm of Mr. Hoover ttl'ter the.
novel nor had reipteMted an uxpros-
, idon of sentinicni on the iiKrieul
tural issue for tniusmlHstoii to the
republican mntu convention here
tomorrow.
SI MKKIHIt, W'Ih.. July 17.--CoueliidinK
his two days' visit with
President ('oolld ?e, Herbert I loo
1 ver left the summer White House
at Cctiar Island hxlno today for a
j reception til Dululh beforii nisuni
' In:; his journey toutnht to Ills old
; home in Calil'oi nia. when he is o
j ho notified of his nomination as the
I republican vice-presidential candi
date. There was no official Information
us lo the matters which fornieii
iim subject of Ihe convursat Ions
hot ween I he chief exoeitl Ive and
Ihe nominee, hut it was announce',
(hat Mr. Hoover's resignation aa
commerce- secretary would not he
accepted until alter ho had renehed
t lie Maeii jc eoaal ami disposed of
some mutters then; relutltiK to his
department.
As aon as I hese have been
Hlrniuhtciied up the president will
accept Ihe resignation, leaving Mr.
Hoover free to devote IiIh entire;
time lo Hie conduct of IiIh cam-pui-ni.
whicii will he lormallv
launched 011 August II with Ih"
notification ceremony at Lohuot
Stiinford uuiveiHity.
W. M. Butler Mentioned
The president evpects these mat- I
lets to he closed up very shorlly1
and I hen the resignation will be
invented and a successor appointed,
('oiiflinial ion Ht ill was lack-In k of
npoil.v thai Wlllitun M. Muller of
MasHacliuseHs, loitner chairman of
the republican ualioiial committee,
had declined the cabinet place
soon to he vacated hy Hoover and ;
his nnnte still was coupled with
I hut of l)wlht V. Morrow of New I
York. ainliiiHHinlor to Mexico. In th:C
dPo'iihsious here eouccrnlnK the a i i
pointinent. i
Secrelary Hooter paid hfn fir
visit today lo the offices In the
Suiierlor eciitrul Ii lull sihool. mo
toring In from Cedar Island lod;o
with t he president, who receive 1
cuileis and disposed of a n tiectnnn
hi linn of public bushiest). It w t
slated that the president had a
very pleasant visit with Mr. Hoo
ver and that after luncheon th-t
went fishlt-! yesterday In n fanm:,
with an Indian Kuide. tnmllng both1
In nearhv lakes and nlunx tho Mrn!;
liver.
Hoover Better Fliherman
It whs announced at tho White!
House offices that Mr. Hoover was
II more expert fisherman than tho
president, allhoimh In their flrat :
joint lest of skill the scorn whh j
rven at pIkIH speckled trout each.
While the president whs piifcHeil
wllh official business Mr. Hoover,
was In a nearby office receiving,
olfielals iff flo Isaac Walton )
leaKue, of which he Is an honorary .
president, and conferrinK with ;
former Senator Irvine L. lsnrool
of Wisconsin, turn of the foremost 1
Hoover uiipoitcfV In UiIh part of;
the country. ,
.1. T. Mutphy, Superior publisher,
after tt conferenee with the repub
lican nominee, said that the latter,
had asked hiinlo announce that'
the Hoovro ornanUatlon would keop I
sli Icily aloof Irom the Wisconsin1
LMibernatorlal triiKnlo. Secretary 1
Hoover, ho tntid, would not exert
hie influence on behalf of either j
one of tho throe candltluteB ospo-1
dully. 1
HOOVER OFF TO
CONFER WITH
101 LEADERS
JENSEN IS
SEARCHING
FOR PLANE
Famous Aviator Hunts Near
Medford for Plane Miss
ing From National Air
Tour Aviators Spend
Day in Portland, Lunch
at Julius Meier's House.
I'oKTI.AN'U, Ore.. July 17. A
( 'oncer n over the whereabout -i
of a liichfieid plane, flying; witii
the national air tour, wa.s allayed
today w hen Information wan re
ceived that Ihe plane left tenure tie
at 11:1 ."1 a. m. for Seattle, stopping-
I 'I minutes in I'urt land, en
route.
Martin Jensen, l'aclfle flyer, set
unt this morning from teut'ciie to
look for the Kicbfield plane, after
receiving a telephone mcssac,"
iroui I'orHand to look for It.
K L'tlK.NK, Ore.. July 17. -Miiiliu
Jensen. Macllic flyer, wlm
has been here several day wllh
his Aloha of Oakland-to Uawnll
fllKlit fame. left Kukuiiu airport ut
1U:1."i a. m. today In Keareh of
missing Kichfleld plane travelltm
iu the national reliability air tour
which was reported not itmoit;
those arrivinK in Mortlautl Unt
nit-lit.
Jensen snld he received tele
phone cull from Portland uml would
search the route south of here fn
the plane, lie will trek over th :
mountain country between Kugcne
and Medford until this afternoon,
when he will proceed lo Salem, un
less lie' rihiU thor Itichrield ulilp;
j He Is flue In Portland between 'Z
and I o'clock this afternoon.
The Curtlss-Hobin monoplane.
No. which (alleil to arrive wllh
Ihe main group of the national air
reliability tour and which was re
ported inissInK for several hours,
arrived at the local airport at iLliu
last eve nl UK. having been delayed
by a broken propeller In San Kran
clsio. The plane was piloted by
1 1. Hobertson, one of the youngest
pilots in the ourt, und left at &:H
this morniuu; for I'ertland,
The Curtiss- Itubill plane left In
company with plane No. ut the
utitloiia I air tour. the. la Her ship
belnu forced to stay in Medford
yeterday because of motor trouble,
which necessitated the pulling of
tin- ermine block. Plane ,'u. ''.
entered by the Cleveland Tool com
pany, which broke a starter plate
when It was ready to leave yester
day aft. riiuon. took off from Ih"
local field about 5 o'clock lust
evcullit;.
POUTLANU, Ore.. July 17.(Pi
The Port of Portland played host
today to a varied company of air
planes which arrived lute yesterday
on the national air tour. In th"
line of vis ft in airplanes, which
stretched hnlf the length of the
Island, was to be found almost
every model, from two sreul nil
steel monoplaiieH tu ttvo tiny mono
coups. Hesides the t!2 lit the tour there
were a number of other planes on
the field.
L. K. Schoenhttir brought hi'
Lockheed monoplane lo rest yes
terday afternoon at H:57. and th"
others arrived at short intervals.
The filers were entertained las',
ntuht hy the Portland committee,
und today were taken on the Col
umbia liver hl-thway, for lunch a
the country homo of Julius K
Meier. Crowds thronged the flel-1
to Inspect the plane. The ton.
will resume tomorrow morning with
Tacoma as the next stop.
Rooster Attacks
Woman, Fracturing
Her Wrist Badly
McKINLIiV. Ore.. July 17.
tPi Mrs. Charles Freeman 4
had her N niters purulyed
A when a Plymouth Hock ruos-
tor sank Us spurs Into her 4
wrist. The wrist bone was
fractured.
Sh was workltiK In chick-
en coop when the rooster ut- fr
tacked lo-r. A doen ehlekeus
owned by Mm, Freeman died
recently from eating fire
works.
o liuuurt11 In Weather.
Orison: Ko imnr the coast:
fair, without change, In tempera
ture or humidity over Interior to
nlKht und Wednesday. Moderate
north and northwest wlnda 011 tho
coast.
(CceUnu on Part Bli)
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