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o o o 1 The Weatshw Medford Weather Year Ago Minimum fP Bfl Minimum 5 Vnrecxtst fir: Mlglitly warmer TucMlny. Maximum yesterday - 93 Minimum toAn jr 4K Dallr TV ntr -third Tcr WnUt rift Mtritth Wr MKOFORl). OK'KdOX. MON'DAV. .11' I A' :!(. lit's. n... rj9. Mail Tri BUIvE : ; 1 ' f'. , , iTodav MR HfinVFR Partly Recognized. A Philosopher Gone. Wonderful G. M. When Blake Looks Down. (Copyright, 1U27, by New York Kvening Journal. Inc.) It senilis hard fur tliis couri- Iry to do iinylliin niitriuht. We didn't Ql.'ITK veto the world court, or Ql'lTK rwos;- nizt tlif Chinese ropublie. i. . i :...i t, JMIL Vte liavti icciim.cii in, new I'liinesc niitinn in an in direct way, a treaty restoring to China the rifflit to regulate her own tariffs without inter ferenee from lis. J'rol'essor JMiiipiiii, who taiitilit ihiliis(i)hy of Yale for thirty-five years, is dead. Loim and honoiahle is the list of nhilosonhrrs. from T h a 1 e s. l'ithapor";as, Socrates, Pint"', Aristotle, up through-the cen turies to liacon, Comte, Kant, mid on to the somewhat incon sequential list of moderns. At. first the philosopher de veloped his idea of hypothesis mid tried to make the facts fit it. liacon reversed the process hy taking the facts and fol lowing them wherever they led. That's the modern method. A man philosophizinp, on this revolving earthwheel, is like ,n Fontaine's fly, philos ophizinp; on the. wheel of the coach. There is no positive knowl edge, no positive! philosophy, lint philosophy is one of the most important and iiiterestinu of-human pursuits. In the first half of this year fieneral Motors made n net clear profit of Ifil,2u7.fl74. A new record not only for (!en oi itl Motors, hut for any other industrial concern in the world, fieneral Motors sales increased in the six months 2IS.4 per cent. Mr. liiiskoli nave up an in teresting job when he left (Jcii cral Motors to work on (Gov ernor Smith's campaign. Hut he got a new job as interest ing. Kraucis While Kmerson, of Boston, (rives to the liritish museum his water colors" by William Itlake. "The noblest benefaction that has ever come from America to this depart ment," the liritish government calls the gift, worth more than sfillt.OOII. When JUiiko nmde tho w.itor polors in his little back room ho poi oilitcon fonts npio?o for tlioiu. Such, ofton. is tho rrwnnl of onixiM, while it lives. IVrhaps Itlake can look down nnl see how thinffs have chant;f't, Hnt ho niiplit not be interest od. Captain Kohert Dollar, of the Tneifie eoast, lanHs in New York at the end of his sixtli trip around the world. If he wre yonniror, Captain Dollar is' cichl y-five, he would fly around. When the enptaiu leaves this earth may it he many years henee lie will he able to tell what the world is like. Whnt is more important, lie has enabled thousands t of his fellow eiti.ens to see the earth. Tie is one f the ablest Ameriean ship builtfers and ship managers. More sueh men. to whom ships arc ships, not s t o e k ticker material, would let the merieft fine see more of the world. Urltain. with railroad, and text ile IniliistS' nct'iall' run nt a ioph. iConUnmd on Pa four. UIiMDLl U. LAND Photographers Blamed for Lack of Luck in Rogue ! Leaves This Morning for ; Brown's Camp Unable to Attend Legion Meet. Herltert llonwr's i'ii-Ht try for 'fish early today w:ih unsuccessful. due larK''ly t" ihf. fact Unit lilio , losTHphcrs Insistcil mi jfiUiin clusc i ii views ami wor continuously near him. ' Aftt'i two hours in the Uokih river nt'ar here he ruvc up tunl started for lirown's rump in Call I'ltrnia. ne;ir t he slat' line where : he will seek mountain trout fur three days In-fore taking a I rain to i his home at Stanford university. The presidential eandidate will ; seek to keep clear of photoi-a-j phors as he holds that fish refuse I to hite when earn eras are around. ! The run 10 Ilrown' Oimp was j sixty miles -over liie Siskiyous and : the iariy was due there in mid- afternoon. ! Mr. Hoover was up at li o'cloek tli is inorniiiK, and sient an hour ; fisliitiK- Two 'ars ao .Mr. llonver fisiiea in the stream, ami at that lime was more fortunate. He has visited the stream ten times and remarked i today that it was one of the hest in which he had ever cast his line. ' breakfast was nerved this morn i ing nt HIk Rock lode to Mr. Hoover, Uepre-st-ntative Tilson, of , Connecticut, I r. Uay Lyman Vil j hur. president of Stanfortl ftnier lsity. Milton Kslerjf. of San Krau ; cisco, and Ted linker. t A. Swi Kart and William Isaacs, of Med ford. Just before he departed from i the lodge, Horace L. Itroinh-y ex i tended .Mr. Hoover a cunthil invi jtation to intend the state Ameriean ; LeKion eon vent Ion to hepin next jThursda,y. HcolnrlUK that ho would he Klad to attend, lie stated that .it is impossible for him to be pren j em, his schedule already havhiK j been made. The parly plans to b( : back in I'alo Alto next Thursday. !' Mr. llttovur. showed no hesltu Itfon in posiu'R for camera pictures 'and did so several times. In one (picture he posed with Miss Krait i ees Kinney, Mis. Karl C'oe and Mi s. .A. A. Hayden of this -iiy. When Miss Kinney showed hesitation in j joining the Krotip, Mr. Uoovei' juried her lo eouii'. Tpon joining ithe Kroup, a Mail Tribune reporter 1 took the picture. ! Several jiiek salmon, ti sleelhead !and a - larpe eliltiook salmon. ! broimhl to the lodtfc by Kanie of fieials. attraeted Mr. Ibiover's at tention and he listened with inter .est vhiU his host. Mr. Isaacs, told of their haldts. He ;il.o asked s'v 'eral Muetious. Moving pictures of Mr. Hoover looking nt the fish and listening to Mr. Isaacs were made 1 by Mr. Kromley, who also took pictures of the party at the break- last l tbl". Mr. Hoover was dressed In a 1 plain brown suit, which showed signs of the bMip trip, and Wore a ' feu hat. which he obligingly look off whenever his picture was taken. He was friendly In his man ners and cordially (diook hands i with ail who were at the lodge iuhen he left. Despite Ihe fact that he has been burdened heavily with 'governmental duties and is now huidencd with the preparations of his campaign. Mi. Hoover seemed to enjoy his stay at the lodge as much as any of the rest of the party. Several newspaper men and camera men for syndicates ami press associations accompanied Mr. Hoover, but wen not present at this morning's breakfast, which was to have included Karl H. foe and a Mall Tribune representative, both of whom arrived too late for the morning meal. The .party left the lodge around 19:3". coming directly to this city, where they stopped for a few min utes before continuing the south ward journey. This morning's breakfast, served ! by local women, consisted of bacon, jcygs. coffee. Jam, toast, coffee and cantaloupe. Dinner last evening ! consisted mainly ot nahnon, pota toes nu gratln, siring beans, ice tea jiind pie and cheese, j A number of local citizens called at the lodge this forenoon i.tnd stayed long enough to shake J Mr. Hoover s hand fend wish hint luck. Presidential Candidate Hoover land tmvelinn guests, mid also the ! newspaper tuen accompanying hl ; party . wera prosnted wilh free ; fishing licenses during their stay ; here, by Harold Clifford, state game warden, who on learning last wwk that Mr. Hoover was sure to 'he here Imnediately hurried down from Portland to ee tht every courtesy wa offend .Mr. Hoover ;hy the eommlssion. j Mr. Clifford at first presented a fishing license to Mr. Hoover at !his own personal expense, but on ' learning that others of the pnrty ( would probably desii e t fish he ; eonf'rr n1 wiih other m-mbers of the commission anil that body de- (CooUauaa eo Pift Eight) 6 Still Unsolved I.OS ANGRl.KS. July 30. fr lJ'f Nahoru Sailao. lti year old S Japanese student, hanged ! himself in ihe door o his bedroom in the belief, his innlher said, that he was making "an experiment" in unveiling the mystery of death. The mother said lie had been rending books on death recently. LINDY HERE Famous Atlantic Flyer Asked By Director of Aviation to Meet Him Here State' Legion Officials Open Headquarters. , All plans are practically now complete for Ihe state convention of the American Legion to he held here next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Paul 1!. McDonald, general chairman of the Legion convention commission, announced this noon that the commission took much pleasure in the outlook for cooler weather for the rest of this week. Chairman McDonald also said that he had received a wire from Wm. P. McCracken, assistant sec retary of commerce and director of government aviution, Mating thai he had telegraphed C o 1 o n e 1 Charles Lindbergh, who i.s in Snittn liarbara, asking him to meet him here during the convention and at tend the uir circus on Thursday. Thus, the attendance of Lindbergh is apparently assured during the con ventlon. State Adjutant ?nrl Mbner, and other stnte officers arrived here this forenoon and established the state Legion headquarters of fices in the Klks huTldlng. They were met at the train by a local Legionnaire delegation and the 40 et K French train, which will be a conspicuous feature from now on all during the week. Chairman McDonald was In Portland Saturday advertising the convention, and broadcasted the convention arrangements o v e r KKX durin.-; a very fine program. Special trains from Portland and Salem will carry their ftuota of American Legionnaires and mem bers of the auxiliary to the Med ford state convention, plans being worked out for the Portland train to leave that city about ! p. m. Wednesday. With the Portland delegation will be those from eastern Oregon cities whtch plan to send n large number of legionnaires, drum corps and other organizations to the gathering. Kach truin will have at least 100 veterans, that many being guaranteed to obtain the special train.. Hut officials of the legion believed that the Med ford convention will be the largest that the organization has ever held and that many tint en the number required will ho ready to go when the time comes," Portland, with other cities of the state, send Its drum corps to the convention. C'rl it. Moser, department adjutant, estimated that at least 6 0(n veterans and I he women members of their families would respond to the call of the Medford post to "Meet 'Km In Medford," uh am;i;li;s, July 3a. ; Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, with n woman passenger and mechanic . 'aboard his piano, was winging : toward the Orand canyon of Ari- 1 zona at mid-day today. The fam I ous flyer, mynterioua as usual ns I to destinations, left Hanta ltarbara' j at 5:3" n. m., with two women on ; board. He became lost In the fog for three hour before making a 1 landing at un east side airport ; here. One of the passengers. Miss t Petty Awl. Itj, of Hanta liarbnra. i was left here, w hile Mrs. John Mitchell, wife of Lindbergh's host ill Santa Pnrbara, and a mechanic whom the flier picked up here j : continued on the flight which was' declared by Miss Aw!' father In I. Santa Itatb.ira to he dentinal fur a ' swing over the ftrnnd Canyon. I.OS A.VOKt.KH. July 3't. A't Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh nc ' eompaiiled In his plan's by two ; young women, arrived at east side ulr field today from Hanta ltarbara. One if tlje women, said to be a (Mis 111, took taxieab to nome . unannounced destination. I Jnd berch with the other fair passen ger, again look the ulr presumably . for San 1 lego. : MAItSHIKLU, Ore., July 30. mVi R. II. Corey, of MnrshfieJd, local manager for the Oregon j Washington Water Hervlce mm . pany, has been appointed dlftrJct J'nfilneer with nupervlsion over all ' water ryiitenui (n Oregon controlled j by the firm, including Halcm, !(lll. boro and 0,o Bay, according to 'nnnouncrmtnl mede here toitn)'. DA SAN FRANCISCANS CHEEK HERBERT HOOVER H4-i --...,-,! ,!?) I " Massed street crowds along the line of march gave their former fellow citiren an ovation when he returned to the city by the Golden Gate. The Republican presidential nominee is shown saluting the Ihronos through which he passed enroute to the civic center where additional thousands awaited him. ' RAIL AIDES SAY KLAN DRIVE TO CROPS AND TOWNS FREIGHT COSTLY PORTLAND. Ore., July 30 (Ti Two Southern Pacific company representatives took the stand Mi the interstate commerce commis sion grain rate hearing today to refute declarations by the Oregon public service commission that the railroad could t educe Its freight ; rates 50 percent in Oregon and still make money. C. K. Day, Southern Pacific civil I engineer, declared that it costs 50 : percent more for main line opov ; atiotis in Oregon than on th"j Southern Pacific system ns u whole. . Me said there was a " percent greater carrier charno in Oregon, Including main and brunch Umm, than on the rest of the tein. He introduced statements P show that on the valley l(np of the road In California, there could he hauled from Chtco to HakorR field "ti percent more freight east bound and 11' S percei! west bound for the same cost as over the Sis kiyou route In Oregon. He also said that over the Chico-Hakors-Held section all percent easthoitnd and nil percent west hound could he hatlled at H e .same cost in com parison with the Cascade line in Oregon. He attacked Mr. Newell's sys tem of P iuring at all points. .1. P. Delaney. of San Kranclscn. a chief rlerk in the Southern Pa cific offices there declared that the net operating revenues pe mile for the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon last year was S1.PUX.7, whereas for the rest of its Pnciffe system it was S7.24G.S,.t. J. P. Newell, rale expert of tti Oregon public servieo coinmissiop. who was mnler cross-examination two days last week, then took the stand for further questioning by railroad attorneys. 1. SKELETON OF BOY LEADS TO ARREST DAHLON'K, (.a., July :H).(Ar An unonluinod preacher utul f farmer were In jail today await ing hearing Tuesday on chargM of murder growi-v; out of Ihe re cent discovery of the l;elnton of Joe Walden, IK-year old furm boy who disappeared more than a year OKO. The dlHmemborqp skeleton win found on the farm of Abe Smith, one of the prisoners. Inst week, and Smith wan held on a technical charge of suspicion until a cor oner's Jui y Sunday held a murder charge should be preferred. Henry Turner, the preacher, engaged In a fist fight with the youth everal week before he disappeared. Tur ner wan arrested Sunday on a murder charge. Smith dented knowiedio of th boy'a death. Turner refused to make a statement. Authorities de clared Hleh- belief that the youth was slain In a quarrel involving Honor basing their theory on the contention that the region where the body was found has been "in fenied with still"." The Nobed Dead CI.EVKWMI. July .1 fl --lT'l , F"lral .lililn" I). C. WV-lnli.'ivo illnl lien' la.l n uh!. Ilf hjirt 111 iM-verii! innnili. with liarl dl.-'fiMf. .ItHluM i Mhiivf-n wiih ii i pln t ! tn the f'-'l-crnl l. ni h In HOT liy "I'ri lil' lii Wll.on. ( TVixtniawttT itnl Mrs, Win. .1. ' Warner and family nriivi'd hnmc ; yf..tcr(lny from n vncatinn niij"iini : at Crvntcnt city. J GET FUNDS TO Grand Dragon of Kansas Says Money Not Needed, But Are Gving Patriots Opportunity to Donate to 4Great Cause KANSAS CITY, Kan.. July ::o. V-A pii. ported Ku Klnx Khiti drive for funds in KunnaH to lm!: defeat Onvcrnnr Alfred Stall h , was launched here yesterday when letter uiniouiiciiiM the appeal foi 'funds ware din' i ibuled in Ironi ui 'Hie local Protestant cln!:ciis. The typewritten lellcr.H were purported to hear the si- ;nat .irer. 01 C. II. Mcliruyer. Wichita, "(Irand Dragon or Hie lU'uitu of Kansas," and A. ". Munay, here from l-' lunta, tin., to direct. Klun move ments. The numbers of post of -lice boxes in Wichita, stale hcad tput tiers and here, where lunds may lie addressed, were given in the totter. The letter slated that the elec tion of (lovenior Smith "will b.1 a menace to Ameiican principle: hh he owes allegiance to the pope, a foreign potentate." The letter asserted the Klan wa? not ticking lor funds because it eeellerl the money for opera Hon, but thai an o)ipoi tnnity i hunbl ho given every "public spirited A me i U an to com rib tit e tn this greut cause." Baseball Score Cl.i;Vi:i.A.l). July 3i. - iVt - i: ile- ttuih hit hU 4 l si hiiuH-run of the season tn tb sixth innjpvr tn toilay's giitiie between the in- Itees : i nl the Indians. Com); seorrd ahead of him. une II" iit- I'ulh's 41st circuit clout came with one man out in the sixth lifted the ball high over the right field wall to cut, dwn Cleveland's four-run bud. Toilay's homer puts Kuih seven homeruns, '24 games and days head of his 11(27 record. n July :in last yt ar he had IH homers and did not get tils 4 1 hi until Augtisl 117 In the K'lild game of the Keu son. Today's game was Hie !l!Mh the Yankees have played tbiM sea son. A mciicaii. H. K. I ) 1 I a fi MUler New York Cleveland Plpgras and Orabow: and L. Hew. II. ponton Het roll i;. Morris ami lleving. loway nnd llarg.ave. Washington Chicago . . Perry; llol- Praxton nnd Itii'-l; Thomas and Perg. National. It H. 'hlcago New Vorlc Mtb-ne. Hfdb'v and Kaulkn"r and Hognn. I 4 4 1 I Hart. i u. I ii i:. Clnrinnutl .. . .' Mriwiklyn 2 x li liixy. I.tlftiu nnd H;irKinv': 1'i-lty nnrl lliMillnc. P'-ioi Kanv li. II, II. I'liii-liurrh B 12 I HfiKtnn , ."i ;i I ' I ft InnlitirK i Hill, fli-lmc and ll(iriii''m'n:'; (Tro'lifli I. n! m ! I. l;arn"t mid Kifhrrr, IIA.MI'TO.V l!AV. .1 . July 3". 0V- (lovi'tnor Smith itfnorlf.1 with fniihnNl4 IfMlay (bat li- ju not ivi-rl-il iilirnit tin. pol II i n 1 uutluiik In the tuuth. BEAT AL OPENS 0F m KANSAS i era i swm 11 A V S, Kas.. July :t'i. coiidilioiis prevaib-d in 11 pai'alivrly dry whe.it b.dt tern icntral Kansas today iug near cloudbursts in Kin, ,d nm- . seel Ioii.h yesiei day. Although :tini families were foreod i flee home after darkness last night when ihe swiftly rising uvteiH inundated the low southern rt'.-ddf-iHv section, no loss of life U :i S report ed )te e. Property damage va estimated :tt several htunlred t housand dol tam. Water buildinus wus six feii deep tn Hip t i Kauris state teachers itnil abn had entered the candidate, including Pert Ander 'acliic station, Only the'""- wiio had qui to a talk with him Colon second siorv of mauv ly houses was above ihe flood. About a third of j number of small children brought the town was under water. t0 him for that purpose. Absence of iiny boats 111 Hays 1 fn keeping with the unnuimco mude mv.'ssary humily improvised:"1''11' before he began the motor nuts. 'While women and children i Hip thru northern California and were carried from their homes on j f,)U1 hern Oregon, Mr. Hoover was ,,,,.,,'s ba Its. silent on political Issues when In- Kailroad trucks were washed out 'terviewed at the lllg Hock lodge, in several places and it was j-,.. where he npent last night and poitetl the I'nlon Pacific bridge ; f I h e d In the Itogue river iiM-r lt crock, a half mile west of here, was doomed. The mo.-M r,ish we.e located in tin dated. iteMdenis of il fWecd to higher niiiilde homes 1 Hcciioit Inun- d.-dngiou were ground when i .iter sw -pi inn A mile the lower part f railroad track f town. ...vh- d i About nt I art fa milies were drfvi f: urn home n, nr Kills v. h creek overflowed washing mile nt" I'nlon Pacific track Pig Ollt Pii n. three lo ten f raged through the s t of water eels there. l bou.innds of btislo-ls of win1 eleators was soaked while sin wheal nearby was ruined. t in ked nirO n Hill I rT'atltHhelghth over nyer ago. He I jlr KV Kill I T ! ' e..lalned how the relief work was ft i ill II III I ' I ( on with a system made W 1 u ULtu 1 j efficient wilh nrmy officers placed - - j in charge of various phases of the SALT I .A K 1 ' CITV, July , j relief. Camps were established for John C. cutler, X'. Salt Lake bank ' the homeless, with army men in er and former governor of Ctah, jVhargo "f each camp, taking care died In ji hospital here today, 15 ' or over 'jao.uno people, tninutes lifter he was found in the, Itiirges, boat and hleamboatM garage at his home with u bullet were made lo travel In units lo wound in his head . j carry food lo the refugees, who roller. hfKiin an invesllgallon to determine wether Ihe Lilal shot was fired with suicidal Intent, Culler created a sensation here last Thursday when he was missing for almost : i hours. He left the Deseret National bank of which he was president a nd was not found nut it the following morning. He Y- as governoi' of t'ta h from 1 !0., to J :;. ENDS IN DEATI .MARHIintjl.l). Oin.. July 3. CnlirlH C Klim. :i., wan kill i'd inflny wli'n run ovit hy n SnulL- 'rn riirlfir pnnii'i:.'?cr Irnlll K inili's mirth tif Ciioh On y. Hlns w.nt to nif.i.p nn a Inii'k afti-r a drliiklni; parly 1hr iil'hl, Hiild ln WHtlmitnra. ICiiKlnonr C. L. Mann, nf KilXf-iip. wan unnliln In toji tht train In t an It waa roundlni; a ciirv' and ?Uiv nn thn ali'p ln man ln.'lorit Raw Fllaa, TIip dfad man wa a itfctiitn hand. H-j l'-avi' a widow and two rhi!drr?n In .Mi'Xlco. 'I'lic WmlhiT. 'Ir'-Ufin K'tif un rnait ; fair in lntf-1'l..r li!ili.ht and Tiii'mlay: j-lli;liti wariiir In IntfHnr and wr-Mt iMirlinn Ttirsilav. llunildity i nortnnl v'tl, anil liolnw nnrniiit : cat iinrtlon, (iinillo nunnal wlndM j on the count, Lots of i a ing v I'CliTI.ANI), OrV .,! 30, i.-l'. U. II. Italley. Klamath Kails, brought h-re to answer h.inr chatpes. iii.-isti-. on having his indictments read in full when arrnimit'd in fed eral court today. He was charged with conspiracy lo vii.I.ite the prohibition ;u t on coutitH. Pleas of not guilty Wen- ciili'ied by the p:iir. NOMINEE PAYS Holds Informal Reception and Greets Children and Citizens Mr. Hoover Gives Sidelights On Miss- ; issippi Flood Relief Work. "The Itogue Hivrr valley is a wonderful one and Med lord has the nicest people, the highest average intelligence and the least poverty of iiuy community of Its size 1 know of." sit til Herbert Hoover, republican candidate for president, in an Interview In front of the Hotel Medford this morning while awaitiiii; the departure of his COMPLIMENTTO CITY ID VALE if wes- caravan for the south. In a more follow-j formal Interview at the llig Kock several lodge this morning he discussed (affairs In general, werej In his tribute to .Medford and the valley, Mr, Hoover spoke large ly from first ha ml knowledge, as ibis was his tenth visit to Medford and the valley In the course of years. This wait In front of the hotel partook of the nature of an Infor mal reception as quite a number of i citizens came forward to shake bands with the genial presidential and he also shook handH with I'his morning. Fishing was his main local topic of conversation, in tiddi- 'Hon to the scenic heaulleH of the f t lip thru the Kedwoods. "The fish." snld Mr. Hoover, 1 "did not treat me well this time M-ke they nave during other trips I have' had to ihls stream, which visited tho last time twit yearn ago, but good luck cannot be expected to continue always. I have been to Ihe Klamath river before and I rather expect to do better there. "1 like thin country," he conlin- ! ued, "and I have not experienced ! or suffered from the heat which I ! henrd to he prevalent here. The (sunshine is remarkable, giving the 'earth Just the right warmth." At the breakfast table, Mr. j Hoover spoke at random of various government at works in which he : had an Interest, Including the MIs 'sissippi flood relief, of which he was in charge when the flood was ,OHt everything through the flood Ing waters wnlch covered fertile j fields and farms for countless I mill s. The colored people, related i Mr, Hoover, accompanied by a i rouble in fighting over clothes 'which were sent to them and j placed on Ion lines for their selection. ; In order to raise their morale, . Mr. I loover, accomupnlcd by a j "wise old southerner" equipped I themselves wilh several long coots 'and lsited the negro camps anil ; .liMtrihut' d the coats to negroes j who desired to lead revival incet jlngs. Revival meetings then be fcamc the order of the day and It i was necessary lo atop the iicsslnn, ! tCnntinuml nn Pnv Klvht' I I!Al.TI.M(il:H. July no. (iP) i Kftx-khnhlcrs of Hodge Itrothers. Inc., voteil at n special meeting; Itoilay their approval of merRe.' ! of that company with the t'hrys j ler corporation. The vote was i taken nfter thc committee on the ' tnerKcr plan annnunceit that ns iM'nla had been obtained from 90 per cent of each class of .stock, Inn reiiuired by the niefKcr fdnn inurement between tho two com panies. , ., , 37 INJURED IN ESPEE Cascade Limited Crashes Into Stalled Bar Special at Cortena, Calif. Oil Freight Afire in Wyoming Makes Platte a River of Flames. i SAX KltAXCISCO, July .10 V) Southc-.-n Pacific officials here to day announced that an inquiry would be held at Cortena tomor , row to fix responsibility for the rear-end collision there yesterday 1 between the southbound Cascade ' Limited mid a special bar associa tion train. William L. Hack, sup ; erintendeut of the Sacramento di vision, will conduct the session and ; issue an official statement at its : conclusion. Of the 37 or more men anil wom- en injured in varying degrees, only ;lii remained in hospitals at Ar i buckle and Woodland today. Kour ' were in the Arhuckle hospital. ! .Many passengers received slight j injuries and these were given I emergency treatment at the scene of the wreck or taken to hsopitabi j and later discharged. Of ihose hurt, Orace Hoxler of Chicago, a I maid, wus believed the most seii- ously injured. Physicians said her j back was broken. ? HACUAMKNTO, Cat.. July 30. i (-Thirty-seven Injured persons i lu hospltala and hotels In Wood i land, Arbuckle and Oakland last I night gae grim evidence of the collision between the Cascade Lim ited, crack Southern Pacific north lent limited, and the heeond sec j Hon of the American liar assocla i Hon special train from Seattle, at 1 Ti o'clock yesterday afternoon at j C o r t e n a, near Maxwell. Hoth I trains were en route to San Krun- i Cisco. '-"; y'"'"v '"' . j, HeventC of vthe Injured were in a ciiticH condition late hist night In Arbuckle and Woodland hos ! pitnls. Many of thosfl hurt were given temporary treatment nt' the j scene of the wreck and were able : to continue to Oakland, where they went to hospitals or hotels . . j The accident occurred as ' the ; Hpecial, running ten minutes ahead i of the Cascade, stopped at Cor- . J tena lo moke repairs to the en I glne. The Cascade Limited, round- Ing n curve, did not see tho slit lied i train and crashed Into It. The henvy Cascade engine tele I scoped the "observation ear of the ! special and both overturned. Kive (passengers In the .observation car . were injured. j The engineer of the Cascade, II. Welmotigh, Oakland, sufferfd I possible Internal injuries, while the j fireman, R W. Sutllff. Sacramento, I escaped with n badly burned foot. ! Severn! Cooks and waiters In the ! diner were Injured when the car, j the only wooden car In the special train, wan split In two by the force j of the Impact. The majority of t those Injured were passengers on j the special train, i Doctors from Willows, Williams ! nnd other neighboring towns rush to the scene of the accident a few j minutes after It occurred. Women pnsscngert on the two trains. In- Mtend of getting excited nnd fulnt , Ing. rushed from the trains to lend their nld among the Injured. i (irEn.NMKY. Wyn., July 3D. Ml KIkIU men nr 1m' I In veil to h.ivi' I ln'.'ii crrinuitPd In a fire nf 22 kuho I llnp, nil and rnke cam whlrh fnl ;liwpit n wwk of a fust IlurllnKlou i fri'lKht train five miles onst of here jsunduy mornliiK. Cnofflelnl ostl :niatiH of low have heen plitoerl nt O. OiiO.nno. The men Were neon by ; several persona to net into un, ( empty ear aa the truin was lenvinK here. Memhern or th,. train rrew jdlil not see the men. The ear In whlrh they were rid- Inir was between a gasoline tank and roke car and railroad men who hurried to the wreck expresN. i"d belief tht If tho men did not ! leave they were burned to ashen or possibly hurled Into the VlatIB ; river, on the bank of which Ihe jacelilent occurred. I II la believed the wreck waa ; caused by loosening of the roadbed 'by ctoudburata Saturday. The cars jtnre up 20110 feet of truck, 27 cars being piled up and 21 ilestrnyeil. COLLISION flL'KKKMKY. Wyo., July 911. (P) A two thousand ynril stretch of smobierlng ruins stood us tes.tl. mony to one cf the most spectacu Inr railroad fires the Itocky Moun tain region ever has known, n fire that was believed to hnve taken , eight lives and caused material loss of $1,000,001) or more. Contrary to earlier reports, there was nn positive evidence of the loss of life. Keveral members of the Ouernsey yard crew declared ihry nw eight men hoard nn automobile car of the Chicago, Burlington A (Julncy freight train No, TO at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. A half hour later, five miles out of Ouernsey, 22 cars of the ICoatlauM on Cm &aU