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MEDFORD, OUlXiOX. SATL'KDAY. PKCKMliKt; 1,
No. 252.
The Weather
Forecast Colder lonigtu; freezing
leiiiMkraiure.
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TodavlSTANFORD i
6,000,000 Are Blind.
Happy Are the Banks.'
The Nature of Woman.
War, Famine, Stocks, Etc
(Copyright, 1928, by. Star Co.)
Tlio American l'rderntion of
Labor, ably led by l'rosiilcnt
(ircon, will join the National
Society for the. Prevention of
Hlimliiess in a national eam
pnifin of prevention.
There are in the world at
least 6,l100,nnO totally blind. To
know how frri'at is the afflie-
tion, stop rciidins: for a moment,
elose your eyes, and ask your
self what life would be worth,
if you eould never open them.
t
Ignorance increases blindness
mid disease born of vice, ami
superstition increases it. In
Epypl, today, you may see in-:
flints with flies attacking their
eyes, the moll s afraid to hurt ;
ihe Hies, because it is a sin.
Your grandmother's spirit
mitrlit live in one of the flies, j
That supestition alone has cans-:
ed thousands of Egyptian chil
dren to lose their sijrht. '
Xatioual City Haul: stock
went up 4(10 a share last week,
rising 100 in one day. The
Hanover National linuk pre
pares to give stockholders a
stock dividend of 100 per cent.
Mr. linker's First National
Bank pays 100 per cent cash
dividend. All three in New
York City.
.
" This real Thiiuksgivlnf; pe
riod for bank stock owners is
not surprising. Borrowers pay
from 7 to !) per cent interest.
One day's dealings, in these T),
000,000 share days, amounts to
six billion dollars.
Seven per cent on that would
amount to $4:20,000,000 in a
year. And call money interest
is only part of hankinir profits.
At present rates, with a little
time, the hunks would have all
the money. i
n
Who can explain the nature
of woman, or the terrible in
tensity of jealousy? The Bible
and Shakespeare tried, but it
cannot he done. Robert K. Kv
ans, Denver policeman, was in
love witli Faric King, trained
nurse, told her so, then married
someone else.
She waited five years, and
when he was brought to the
hospital, "wounded in a fij-'ht
with hoot lexers, she killed
him as he lay sleeping, in the
early morniny:, and shot her
self. Her farewell note said : " Yuu
belong to me. I have waited
five years for this chance, and
it came." She asked that she
might be buried near him.
Kxplaiu all that if you can.
If she recovers, as she may, will
a jury convict her or say with
the Bible that jealousy hath a
most vehement flame, and was
too much for her?
Lord Cecil advocated "absolute
equality In tons and ;uiib in the
navies of ltrftaln and the United
States. "
This Is quite a concession by the
Ilritish. They find that word
"equality" unpalatable.
f-f , ,
M'hy not stick to the plan origi
nated by Uritnin. In the old "We've
Kot the men, we've got the uhlps.
we've Bot, the money, too."
With men. nhi8 and money ttrit
nin ruled the waves and ruled the
roost.
It's not convenient for Britain to
spend the money at present-
1 that any reason why we should
spend It? Britain did not consult
us about her navy or Its size. In
the good old days. She simply went
ahead. And she had the rlKht Idea.
France announces that her stand
; army will be reduced to fi&K.OOO
n in 1930, Palnleve, minister of
war. Bays France must have a bis
army, until war among the states
of Kurojie becomes tin possible, ns
(Continued on race Four.)
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ARMYMEN
Cardinals Run Up 26 to 0
Score in Powerful Attack
Huge Crowd Marvels
Captain Hoffman Carried(
Brunt Cagle Smothered
By Stanford- Line.
Ily Brian Itell
Asaoeiated Press Sports Writer.
YANK El STADIUM. New York.
Deo. 1. (A) A powerful Stanford
univer. Ity football team came from
California today to nut other the
Army eleven l't; in ft. scoring in
three of tin- four periods. The
Cardinals grew Letter us they went
along, and at the clone were having
things very much their own way.
A crowd cut hint led at KC.auo mar
veled al the power of the visitors
from the far west, and at the inef
fectual efforts of Ihe IVost 1'oillt
cadets to st nnil up against it.
Captain I tiff Hoffman, a liatter
liiK cam in human form, horc Die
hrutit of the visitors' running at
tack in ihe first half, out he had
plenty of assistance In the second
half when the Cards scored 20 of
their 2'i points, notably by 1'ren-
I
CapCKu Hirr lloffmiiii. !
trup. who ran sixty-four yards for 1
a touchdown in the closlns1 period. 1
I hiffnutn scored half his team's
tnuihrldwns, and did all the kick
In. The elusive Itcd Cale flashed
lu ll Mailt ly at Intervals, hut the
fast eharijini; Stanford line was
on top of him before ho i;ot started
most tit the time. Ills passing was
sensational hut not consistent. Kd
MesKlnKcr, army end, was the de
fensive star of his team while
Dynamite Tost, before he was
forced from the nine by injuries,
was the bulwark of the Cardinals'
line.
First Period.
Captain Huffman kicked off to
Murrell who came to the in-yard
line. Murrell took three yards at
rijsht puard. Murrell punted to
Stanford's 43-yard line. Hoffman
completed n forward pass to Pres
ton fin Army's 30-yard line. Stan
ford made mint her first down on
the second play. Wilton plunged
through center for four yards on n
fake double pass: Fleschhncker
added two more yards at center.
Hoffman added five yards off rlwht
tackle. Klelsehlvfker j:ot two
yards at center. From behind his
own Koal line Murrell kicked to
Army's 34-yard line. Hoffman
passed to Wilton for a pain of a
yard. Hoffman passed to Mueller
; for n first down on Army's 22
yard line. Hoffman plunped two
I yards at center. Hoffman passed
lo Mueller on Army's 13-yard line.
It lucked Inches of nmklnt? first
down. FMsehhavker made It first
down on Army's 1 0-yni d line. Wil
ton fumbled for n five-yard loss.
Stanford was penalized five yards
for a second incompleted pass.
Ilof fmim nt tempted a not her pass
to Preston; Gilmer knocked it
down and Army took the ball.
O'Keefe Ut trep yards on an
attempted end run. Murrell kick
ed to Army's 2S-yard line. It was
n poor punt, traveling l"ss than
13 yards. Wilton slipped off richt
tackle for Fcven yards. Will on
made first down through the
middle on Army's 16-yard line.
Timbcrlake took .Murrell's place at
, fullback for the Army, on a fake
double pass, Fleychhackcr plunged
m mammae ta Mjmzmwi M
five yard: at right guard. Hlms
added n yard off left tackle.
Ffeschhacker marie n first down
through the middle on Army's fi
yard line. Hoffman slipped off
right tackle to Army's one -yard
mark. Hoffman plunged over the
middle for a touchdown. Hoff
man's ntlemptcd piaeemcnt ktek
for the extra point vas blocked by
Sprague.
Score, end of half: Stanford, fi;
Army, n.
Second Ifitlf.
Hoffman's pass vni idoekod
lown bv Timberlake. Armv took
the ball on Its own 7 yard line,
Timberlnke plunged a yard on a
fnke kick. Timbcrlake kicked to
(Continued on page five.)
CARDINAL AND
DCS.
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i VTHEiKECKEr 13si-i--y
SLAYERS SAY
.Murderer Known. As 'Pow
j Wow Doctor' Lock o?
j Hair Sought to End 'Spell'
! To Investigate Strange
. Beliefs.
YORK, Pa.. Dec. 1. OP) Police
said t of lay that John Jtlymer, 32.
nnd . John Curry, 3 !j. two of the
three under arrest for the killing
of Nelson D. Kehmeyer in an ef
fort to gel a lock of his hair to
break a spell they believed Keh
meyer hail cast over them, did not
appear to regret the slaying.
They did not Intend to kill Uch
meyer, but they are not sorry he
Is dead, for the spell has been
broken, is the philosophy of the
two. the pidloe said.
Wilbert (i. Hess, whose family
was led to believe that Ulymer was
a "pow wow doctor," seems to be
the only one of the trio who wor
ries over the killing. He was pres
ent when Kehmeyer, a farmer, was
clubbed to dath last Tuesday night
in his home.
The lock of hair sought was to
have been buried eight feet under
ground to "break the spell."
Pow Woiv Doctors.
A cursory Investigation of the
antecedents of the tragedy reveals
that a coterie of so-called ''flow
wow doctors" In York county and
at least one In I-aneut'T county,
had much in do with thrt mental
state of the three that led lhin lo
the crime.
When Detective Kilp i Kee?h
first learned of the witchcraft cle
ment In the killing, he got In
touch with Charles W. Dice, who
has figured in witchcraft In York
and vicinity. From Dice he learn
ed that I'.lymer was the "doctor"
in the Hess ca.se. Dice was unable
lo tell, the identity of the man of
slighter build and known as
"John," said lo have been with
Itlymer on his visits to Kehmeyer.
The hitter's wife gave the detec
tives this description. From Dice,
however, the detectives obtained
the Information which led to the
arrest of John Curry. This lad
first tohl of the killing and then
lilymer was arrested.
District Attorney Amos W. Herr
mann, as a result of the revela
tions in the Kehmeyer killing, will
give attention to an investigation
of the witchcraft situation In York
county.
XKW O It MEAN'S. Dee. (At
The Tropical Kadio company nn
nounef d here toflay that It had
been ndvl-od that IJeutenant ln
jamin Jtendez. aviator took off
nar I'uerto f'aheaji, Nlearajzua,
thid morntntr for Colon, Panama,
where he In to arrive thin af'er
noon. MftulM landed near Puerto Cn
bc7Jifl last nfk'ht dorintr a n!orm
and Kpent the nttht there. The
plane wan not damnued.
VKUJNOTON. N. 7... Iec, 1.
OVi Final fiKiire-N of tho vole in
the recent licensing referendum
New Zea la n d c I ve a majority of
1 '.4.12 ' Pi.'iiln-t prohlblilon. The
vtle wn ni followt: Kor continu
ance fif the prejwnt llrcnlmf iyw
tem. fr ntnti eonlrol, C4,-
276; for prohibition, 294,
"WiTCHCRAn" DISTURBED I
SPELL BROKEN DOCTORS SAY!
ARMY STARS
"
KING'S OAY
Late Bulletin Not Reassur
ingShort Intervals of
Sleep Public Uneasy
Has Fair Night Physic
ians at Palace Two Hours
LONDON, Dec . I . (! King
George had n" loss satisfactory fifty
i according to the bulletin issued by
l his physicians at H:tiU tonight,
j The announcements said:
i "The king has hud a rather dls-
lurbed day, with short intervals of
; sleep, and Is therefore somewhat
i fatigued."
j LONDON, Dec. 1. &) A slight
(rise In King George's feverish eon
jdltion was announced in the mcdi
tcal bulletin issued at liuekingham
'.palace this morning.
The nation had been hoping'that
jhis majesty would make u steady,
lalthtiugh necessarily slow, progress
1 toward recovery. The knowledge
that his fever was higher; if only
slightly, gave a tinge of uneasiness
. to public feeling.
The king was stated to have
passed a fairly comfortable night,
I howover, and his doctors unnounc
j ed that there was no change in his
; general condition, in which some
; Improvement was announced yes
! terday.
! Lord Dawson and Kir Stanley
Hewitt, the king's physicians, were
at the palace nearly two hours this
morning, leaving shortly after their
bulletin had been posted. This
read as follows:
"In spite of his majesty having
passed a fair night, there has been
a slight rise In temperature since
I yesterday.- Thee gneral condition
j remains unchanged."
liecause of yesterday's more fa
vorable reports on his majesty's
'condition, there was a falling tiff
'in the number of visitors through
I the palace gates when the doctor's
j bulletin was hurfg on the railing
; this morning. The early crowd
j was succeeded, however, by a
, steady stream of people anxious
for the latest news.
HOSPITALITY OF
OLD D91M
j KWAN.VAXOA fl.l'll. near Way
j nettburo, VirBlni.i Decemlier I.
(Ai - That unuthurn - hospitality
' which almost everyone haw tv-arl
about, Ik heinp enjfyed hy prel
.dent and Mrn. CnolidK" at their
j country residence hero in the ltlu
IllilKc mountalnn.
To make up for the ffict that
i the pre.-ident Awn not wish to
ncecpt any invitatifinrf, the peo
ple herenboutH arc Mopping al
Kwannntnta and leavhiK nil norta
of KifiM of food, famous down
here in the old dominion.
First to come was a dojten
oniiil, hatfKnd on eMtte i?1.''
boring Hwanminon, nnd an Invl
tallon that if the president would
ehooKc to shoulder his (run, he
would he sure to find oiO for
' himnHf.
! Thon came a h!jr. Juicy Virginia
! ham enokeil by an old mammy.
j.Mary Vernle. who in full of pride,
i becmiHc famous prwoni like Mnr
jithnl Foch and fienerul Pernhlnr
(have tated her dijdifM. The ham
that Mary turned out wum cov
erf-d with brown nugar rnbbeil
iwcll Into Ihe tender meat," and
lstuck full of cloves.
FOR C00L1DGE
J Plenty of Apples
In Storage for
School Teachers
CIHCAdO. lietV 1.--
T-a'-ln-r may expect to re-
j ceive many it teautifula red-
cheeked apple pretty soon.
The government hureau of
aKiicutiural economies an-
6- nuunces that apple loraKe !
houses throughout the I'nited
4 States have on hand 'j.HTu.mto -l
I barrels. 12.41.U0 boxes and
1 4 4.uix,foo bushel baskets of
f apples. Ctunhined holdings 4
e 4 4 per cent of creator vol-
I ume than a year ago. and 30
per cent above the fi-yeur
I average.
Twenty-Ninth International!
.Livestock Exposition!
Opens 12,000 Purebrcds!
Shown Grain's and Hay i
Also On Exhibition. I
rmCAOO. Dec. I.- tP) Kings j
ami yiiceft:: ui the animal kingdom, j
groomed in dress regalia for a 1
world's fair of their own, sought j
blue ribbons of agricultural royalty ;
Itoday with the opemni; i:f .'no L't'th '
:t lineal International Livestock ex-'
! position. j
J There were record entries of 1
.nearly l'J.Oiio hluehloods, including!
1 -til breeds of beef cattle, swine. I
j horses and sheep. Millionaire live- i
stock fanciers had sent their best
t.stock to parade for honors during
the eight-day show.
Socially prominent .'lender of
rvMUlcullure elbowed with u-aore
farmers In the cosmopolitan
j crowds that thronged the stock
I yards. A message from Secretary
jof Agriculture Jardine called the
I exposition a "congress for discuss
j lug the farmer's problems."
j Tin International Horse Show,
exhibiting 500 of the world's
j choicest , hort.es, was a fair in itself.
I Not only livestock, hut grains
jam! hays from Canada, Australia
(and New South Wales were on
Iflisplay to contest perfection hon
ors with America's best,
A veritable university of short
I courses in t he latest methods of
; farming was part of the exposi
tion. II very agricultural practice,
every implement, every phase of
the industry had its place.
faille dodging
Cat Ho judging teams from col
leges throughout the country hud
'arrived to vie for group cluimplon
I ships und the Spoor tro; .y. a
I bronze statue twice won by five
different schools. Iowa tuie. col
lege, the University of Nebraska,
Oklahoma A. and M., Purdue and
Texas A. and M. sent teams with I
hopes of gaining permanent pun j
session of the trophy, whleh goes i
to the first three-time winner. j
From Dalbeattie, Scotland had 1
I
come Walter iiiggar to judge the
I world's fat cattle. Thrice before
J he has picked the champion steer,
(the exposition's chief cynosure of
! interest. Last year he selected
California Stamp, a 1 ,'IT0 pound
steer from the barns of the Uni
versity Of California.
Preliminary competitions, begun
yesterday when hoys' and girls'
l'our-ll clubs announced their own
winners of annual contests, were
today's principal attractions.
The tenth annual session of the
American Farm Hureau Fed era. -
jtion. 'meetings of countless organ
izations, the nightly rifling show
(and the wool show also were In-
eluded In- agriculture's niultl-
rfnged circus.
LOS ANGELES
! Score end second period: U. 8.
C, 20; Notre Dame, 0.
By RUSSELL J. NEWLAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
CIOMHKIJ.M, Uon Angelea. Ir. 1.
t7I Notre Dame's rumbler
1 1 oil id Into town today primed for
thefr final effort of the football
year that of trying, to knock over
their greatest liiteracrtlomil nppo-
J nentB, the undefeated Southern
j California Tiojuns, const confer
ictice champions.
j Nearly KO.uoo perons, enpacity
of the bowl, poured Into the ntitiidn
for the third annual grid cIhshIc he-
j tweon these rivalH. Ilomecomitiv
day for the TrojatiR fhiHhed with
a brilliant year which numbers vic
tories over all opponents except A
'tie with California's Dears.
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LOSJNGELES
Riverside County Defers to
Los Angeles To Plead
December 5 Accused
Denounces Police and
Newspapers.
j LOS ANCKLKS, Pee. 1 .-- uV)
t After his first iiiglK in Jail here
flonlou.Stewiirl Nortiu(tt. "1 year
I oltl t.'anadinn, churned with mur
I flering four boys in southern Cali
j t'ornia. awoke today to niee the
j prospect oT standing trial first In
Los Angeles for the minder of the
i .Mexican yuu til found hehoaded
: near I'uenie.
Nmilieult was arraignetl yester
lay. He will make his idea Pe-
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Sanford Clark (top), first accuser
of Gordon Stewart Northcott (bot
tom). George Cyrus Northcott
(middle), -.father of Gordon.
eetnbor fifili. AuthorltleH of lliver
Klde county, from where he In at
b-ed to have coiumltted nil four
mui'dei-M, announced that they had
deferred to Lom AngeleK ctiunty in
the matter of I nit ial pronecut Ion,
Thin county claimed juilHdlctlon on
the grounds that the body of tho
Mexiemi was foljnr) W 1 1 hill ItH II in -Itx,
nlthotiKh the murder wuh Kalfl
to have been committed ucronti the
county line.
Of? pile iJrputy DiMtrlct Attorney
Itiflwine'if iuHiKtc nee that North
cott confcHHf d to killing the .Mexi
can, following a vet i hour 'third
degree on the train from Vancou
ver ty I .os Angel h, Ihe accilHctl,
once In the hands of hi;i uttorneyN
here, repudiated tho ntleged con
fenwlon. Denounces P(dlc
Northcott fleliven'fl it bitter de
liuncialion of Lnn Angeles police
ii lid newspaper method.1, alleging
violation of his riKhtn, and what he
dcNcrlhd iin "attempted convic
tion" by publicity prior to trial. He
pi i Med a Mint t being photo
grnph'-d In jail by news photogra
pher:! and (if being interviewed,
whleh he wild "wan an outrage."
"Votir American Jails make a
theatrical pei fornninro of a cni;e,"
he told .hill Clerk W. A. Oliver.
"I ilck to my Ibitlrdt prejudices
ngalntd such thlngM."
"KngllHh law In fine, excellent,"
he tub! newspaper reporters, "but
Auieriean law Ih not. In Canada
yu'ie Inttijf nt until you're rufived
guilty. Here you're Just guilty,
that 'h nil, innocent or not."
Northcott 1m alleged to have
lured nnd murdered u Mexican
youth, nnd three mining American
buys, believed dead, to IiIh chicken
ranch and murdered all of them
following t a i nt ury erlmeH. A fjuen
Hon of corpus delicti figures In the
caye of the thi-en mlicdiig hoys.
Their bodiex, rent tried iin such,
have never been dlcover d. ulthn
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WASH I N n o.V. 1 iec. 1 .
.V) The Al Smith Democratic
club of Washington, liko
John Paul Junes, hus "Just
bcKun to fight.'
The group has pmsed a
resolution to "mnintain it
origin as an uctlvu, energetic
body to foster and a nl nm to
a imt ion-wide movement to
bring about the nnini nation
ami eleetlon of Alfred K.
Smith, in P;t2."
A preamble to the reso
lution deno jnces the activi
ties of the klan and anti-a-loon
league. No mention Is
made t the New York gov
ernor's announcement that
he never ngafn expected to
run for public office.
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! Annual Report of Secretary
r '
Jardine Shows Year of
Copmore
farmers
Achievement
Entitled to Practical Aid
for Complex Problem.
WASHINGTON, Doc.
Despite tin- clamor of (lcmumlx for
farm relief letslslatlon. Secretary
.lardlne In his annual report to
j President I'ooHdKO tleelaren that
"It is beyond question that
I will ko down in American awrlcul
lural history as ft year of achlevc
t J in. nt."
' ! Insisting that Iho ftross Income
S frtun aKiicullurti this year will bo
well abovn tliu 1U27-SK total of
i3i:,!c:i,uuo,oao
tho Bpcro ury
I ncverlheli HM couples his foivcast
wllli l ho statement that "this doos
not moan that agricultural griev
ances are insubstantial nor does It
mean that the remedy for them
very real dlfricultles'shollld ho IcU
to tho rreo play or economic
forces.
"The situation from which agri
culture Is still yufforing has com
plex economic, social nnd other
roots, ho says. "Kor those the
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of resiH.ilBlhlllty In llml ItH ofrii-lnlM
mlvoeoted overwhelinlni,- expun-
Bion ot pniduetlun durlnx the war.
In 111(R mil nniir Ihn imlioti miiMf
accept its hure of re.spenHlbillty In
Keeking and applying sound and
adequate relief.
"In Hhort, ugrltuilturc is entitled
to practical governmental help In
rebuilding its fortunes on n firm
and permanent foundation."
Quality Production
Without offering any hard and
ftust farm relief proposal the secre
tary suggests that farmers could
I benefit HicmuelvuH by giving major
jnttcntion lo quality production, j
i Uli cuHHlng agricultural legislation, j
Ihe draws attention to laws already i
enacted, such .s the cooperative j
marketing act of July 2, 112(1, the!
I agricultural credits net of 1923, j
(and statutes In 2H states authoriz
ing format bin of co-oporntive as 1
Kociatlons. .Much has already been
done hy this and similar legisla
tion, he argued, towurd Improving
the situation of tho American far
mer, in the fields of farm credits and
crop Insurance the secretary found
the greatest need for future Im
provement, though ho felt that the
federal farm loan system ami In
termediate credit banks have al
ready greatly increased safety and
iKiahfllty. ",ltifh has been done In
recent yenn," he says, "to Improve
agriculture's credit facilities, hut
much remains to he done."
.Mr. .lardlne's optimistic outlook
took into consideration his nota
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iimi mm iii tiuw i"ir iiki H'ujiurai
exports for the year wero four per
cent lew than these of tho preced
ing year and wero tho smallest In
tho lust five years." He set forth
that agricultural exports (Smoimted
to only 3K per cent of the total and
explained that cotton exports fell
off 30 per cent In volume, wheat 6
per cent, nnd that applen and pork
products, both lending export
He nni, showed reducvd totals. Mar
ley, ciu n, rice, tobacco, and prunes
however, showed, encouraging ex
port Increases.
littrgf Anrciffii
In spite gf bad weather condi
tions In some sec tions, ho suys, the
acreage of crops harveoted was the
largest ever rei'orded, nnd 8,1)00,
00t acres shove the 1027 totn).
Yields par acre, moreover, were
"about 3 per cent uhove Ihe aver
age for the lant 10 years nnd about
1.7 per cent uhove those of lust
yeAr
Ills estimate of grnxs Income he
based on conspicuous betterment
In tho livestock Industries, the in
creased Income from which he be
lieves will, more than counterbal
ance, lowered returns to be expect
ed from niisji grains, hay, tobacco
and potatoes.
"fleneral Improvement In the
livestock Indindry. tu wnleh nil
Its branches shared was tho most
GOVERNMENT
SHOULD
AGRICULTUR
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SHAKEN BY
BIG QUAKE
Lives Lost and Heavy Prop
erty Damage in South
American Quake Santa
Cruz in Ruins Others
Suffer Communication
With Interior Blocked.
ANTIAUO. Chile. De. 1. Wi
: At least Z2 persons were killed in
jun earlhiiuake whleh shook the
(Chilean coast early today, with the
I likelihood that the casualties will
1 mount when full reports are re
ceived,
, A dispatch from the Ten 1cm
mine of the Amertcanownod Urn
den Copper company said that
seventeen persons were killed at
Harahona.
Five persons lost their lives at
iQ,,ln,:i wh,,r" tho "ay station
was wrecked by the temblor.
: 1 A lea it re renorts snv Hint tbn lm.
pnrtnnt commcrclnl towns of Talca
,Ilnrt Chilian near C'oncepciou wore
Uhnken ly lln iiunko with tho
! likelihood ot some lusn of life.
.snntluKO and Valparaiso also felt
the tremors- but Kiirrore.il compara
tively slight damage.
Oommunlcatlons with tho inter
ior havo heon lntorrtited nnd It
won with tho (trentest difficulty
thnt news was comlnK throuch.
Ihe mlnlHter or war left for
Talca by airplane and troopa from
nearby Barrion wero ordered nut
for ro.icuo work.
Tho nuthnrlllo have asked that
a stale of sletfo bo proclaimed In
tho atfoctod reKlon.
Ill.'KNOM AlHKS, ArBontlnn.
Dec. I. (fit A dispatch to Ui
Nacinn from Sanlnun ay.i . that
Timmlww of pfrnoiu am reported to
i havo been killed anil Injured In an
oarlmiiinki- today la -tho region
Honiii of isantlngo.
Persons arriving In Snntlago 'by
automobllo reported that tho town
of Sanla Crus wn In ruins and
that tho cities of t:urlno nnd Talon
were mvoroly dnmnged.
HANTIACiO, Chile. Doc. 1 (IP)
A violent earth tremor was folt In
this dl.itrlot nt eleven minutes ntuit
iinldnlRlit, tho durntlon belnc mum
l,mlf, " ",llu,t0-
I ! kM amK0 wm reported.
I ' ,,mlfn nlao tell In. Vnl-
I 1 "llun"'
WASIIINOTON. Dec. 1. (P) A
"very severe" earth disturbance
was notiid on tho Georgetown unl
vemlty seisningrapli at 11:18
o'clock last night, reaching Its
maximum Intensity nt 11:53. Di
rector Tondorf estimated tho dis
turbance occurred 6100 mllea from
Washington In a southerly direc
tion. ,
FIRST SPEECH
True .Democracy of U. S.
Pictured As Guarantee of
RespectHosts Thanked
for Reception and Kind
Words.
(UJAYQUIU Kcuador, Dec. 1.
() Tho "truo democracy" of the
United States was pictured by Her
bert Hoover to President Ayora of
Kcuador as the "guarantee of re
spect which conies only from equals
In a common struggle to upbuild
human welfare."
Making hfs first speech In South
America on Ms tour, Mr. Hoover
said: "The Rood will towards all
our sister republics which I know
lies In the hearts of the people of
tho I'nited Hlntes' democracy Is
more than a form of political or
ganization." "I thank you." ho told his hosts,
"for the reception you have given
my rollengues and myself, and I
thank you tor the high temia In
which you have slnnknn of mv conn.
j try. I feel gratified that you should
think so well of the country which
we lovo.
CORTLAND, N. Y., Dee. 1. (A)
Four women were killed todnv
when their automobile was struck
hy a Delaware, Lackawnnnn A
Western passenger train at PolH
vllle. The dead: Miss Jeonette Dur
fee, New Woodstock? Mrs. Ada
' Moow, MeOraw; Mrs. Jennie Wood-
. In. MoClraw, and Miss Margery
, Wooulu, her daughter.
ECUADOR HEARS
BY MR. HOOVER