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MEDFORD, 0IJK00X; .MONDAY, .MAliC'lt 11,
No. 30.
MAY TAKE
Refurnished Office and Simple Home Greeting
For Coolidges Upon Return to Northampton Home
Is Reappointed
The Weather
Foiwbm Fair, and frost tonight;
Tuesday probably rain.
Si lira, piwlpluuloii lo 5 a. in... .01
Highest yesterday 32
ljmvofct thin morning- to A n. in... lis
M
Tdal EAST-WEST
By Arthur Brisbane '
Trie Quick Hoover Mind.
High Finance Buys Land.
I Better, Brighter Juries.';
Killed, When caught.
(Copyright by Kim; Features '
Syndicate, Inc.) .
President Honvor has' a qual-!
ity more important to cxccii-j
tives than any, except- sound j
. judgment.
UK makes rp ins mind;
QI'ICKI-Y. -i
Thut quality is invaluable to ;
its possessor and to the counvj
try, in an official with whom:
DECIDING is a daily duly. .:
uri i i i ,t r; i
When told ot the Me.uean
revolution, the president did,
. i . . i
not wait a week. In Uvc .nun-j
ftes he had told his cabinet !
, . , . ,1
"Our. business interests and .
duty demand support of theju
CXislinK .Mexican government, j
lie shipped suns and am-
11
munition irom army stores to
T..:,l.,... T.?rt.. riil Dtr,f,i,nrl i
, . lend their lines, and Hint the Ore-
shipments of ammunition, gunjKni, kIiiihIIou required the exten-
nnd'nirpUuies to the revolution- i ''' proposed.
1 i Tho new line would run from
ists, and arranged for shipment j crano to Crescent lake, both points
of fighting planes to Mexico's! .in Oreson, and would connect the
h i 'railroads In the eastern part of
government. , I the, state witi tho lines in the
: 14 ' , j western part, traversing territory
This does not imply complete i
approval of all that the Mexi
can government lias done, or
disapproval of the revolution
ary cause. It means that the
bility of government.
it- i f t'ibnii'o
High finance, having taken
' in almost everything from rail
rnads to cafeterias, from thea
lets and '.dry goods-'stores to
' ,i ,
soft .drinks nnd power com-i
panics, decides, in last, to try i
real estate,, oflermpr the mosti'
i,olid permanent investment, f'
k 1 ' ' . If
l.ehmnn Urothei's have or
ganized with !0,OflO,nOO paid in
lhe (ieneral Really and LMili
lies corporation, with L. W.
AOl'ons, a rem cai h, i-
dent
This will establish land val
ues on a stronger basis, pro
viding a ready market for of
ferings' worth while. Forty
... , r"t, ,,,,,; ,u l,e unci .-ii.m.- i"'nn
millions cash will easiiv imaiitt ( mn(lo t'orey said, hy Kxamlner
100 0(10 000 worth of real es-I Honor Hnd Commissioner McMan -
'' ' '. ! amy. The Oregou conunisslon has
tate, - , jnot yet received oflicial informa -
Kspeeially nnportani. to .c
York is Robert Lehmnnn's S"K"
cost inn that the new coinpanv
may stalish nn airport
'.v' Yrtrk Citv-if it onn
donn on sound basis.
That would fit in with the
plans of tho 100,000,000 flyinj?
. corporation recently finaneod
hv the Ihtnuns. .New nrK
....!.. p.- inunnif. some
ii.h-u, it . - j.
oiiset to tne rnu . "".'""
" ' .
planned just off the lake front, i
,
in the lieart of ChteiiKO. !
i
I,.u;,1ni,l Hoover means to
i ,-f,i.i j
improve and simplily lepai bin-1
ehinerv for prohibition en-j
' : ' T . i,,,. ce
foiceinent. ,luries nciter -
lectori snecinl tribunals, more
.' ', ,i, r,rA
speed are institiileil in the pro-,
,nin . . j
Valient Hoover, fl total lib-
'- ' .
Stniner, Will enioree toe i
it elin 'bc enforeed. Hut 't ls !
Jl inn ill., i'" ,
n nit! ir.
Prohibition miinorities pro-
... .i !...,' eninnaiL'li.
Ijm5 .in .m.i.i.'t-
with cartoons and i'-yi
Kncndin? AoO.tMK) appropnateil '
si n.iiiii. , , it j
hv the government lor prom-
hitinn educational purposes. :
ip,ni,inni ts urn nn" - (
would need at least a million
to start- a new cliewintr Ktiui. ;
And one story of wholesale j
murder by bootlea jmnffsterij
miirht nullify a 0,000 proh
bition camp. ..
Mexican authorities ann
ounce, as a matter of eonrse.
XContinued on Four).
icnunnrn ,
10 rHVUO &
Tentative Report tO
Advises Order tor Rail
Extension Through Cen
tral Oregon at Cost of
$9,000,000 Would Run!
From Crane to Crescent.!
WASHINGTON', March U.-
In n tentative report to the Inter-1
lnln oolmiieri.e ,.olllmSR(m tortay
that body was advised to renuiro
railroada to hnltrt an 'east and west
0!iteni,loil ,lr0l(.h Cf,ttral Oreson i
at u cost of $!'.ooo,uihi. j
t'onimissioniir .McMilinins-. as-,
K.,,,., , hl J..,,i,1( , ,,,ull.
- 'to the Oregon situation which
altentlon by a complaint of the!
l'l'llc service commission of that
ut'iln ftlnil n tfiiiit-il cnnnliiElnii
holding that the commission had!
alltl:Ol'itv to comnel raili-oads to ex-i
inukinKi
now thinly settled, but
more accessible important Kraznm j
areas. wiuie tne urenon com-
plaint was directed against the'
Southern Pacific, I'nion Pacific j
nnd Croat Northern systems, all of j
which operate in the state, the Mc-
Mnn..n... ..A..n,...ai.l.,.l lh..l I
token hy tlie OreKon-AYashlnKton !
, iviiiii-iiitii (v .Miviuui ion euiiionii.f. i
subsidiary of the I'nion Pnultic, -I
- extended 1
to the Union PaciTic and the Ore-'
son Short 1lnc.
The -report is to ho considered ;
;by the full commission, und oppor-1
itunlty will he Klvea lhe railroads;
.'.,, .,,, ,,, ,,,, , m..'
ciu 'further argument on the
; . ;
8AI.EM, Ore., .March ll.-(P) j
the interstate commerce com-
mission approves the tentative, re-:
lrt filed wih it toda5 recom-!
menditiK construction of u railroad ;
linn across Oickoii from east to i
west, or from Crane, to Crescent
Lake, tho entire program of rair
A..H,...nilnH t,iltitl liv tho Or..'
n,c service commission
' eight years ago will have been ac-
.. i
compiisneu. HUH auiLi-iiirm nun;
made today by H. 11. Corev mem-1
i n r tow
I. i. u. n
i
her of tlie Oregon commission, who I wounded In his church yesterday, I and If his condition oonllnucs tot At the north cud of the course,
mainly hns been responsible lorijuA Hfter the celebration of mass, i Improve, will take part In the stale ! he llrltlsh driver slopped for Sev
ille movement. Prosecutor 1-lenry v Harter, Jr., - tournament. Melvln suffered Irom .' oral btlnute 'to replenish the Ice
The tentative recommendation Jannounoed shortly afterward that ' a sllt,-ht attack of appendicitis supply In his cooling system and
tinn nf the rennit. I'non beingl,rA r... un..irtn Th.1
snown an assocuhcu " "'
patch relative to the report, Korcy
rtM,ulet the following summary of
,the entire development.
! 1 ae liuoin- s-i . ii t- iMiiiiiin.nn
) Oil WfUl:i 1", I.'--, inn'niwi !"
beJceedinKK before tho InterHtaie
; i-onimfM'co commififiinn undir the
inrnvlHlons of the Ifl'JO transportn-
tion m;t, whhh authoiizod the in
teiHiute commerce commiHHion
after hotiriiiK, if factH Hhotild war-
innt, to ornur Hie oxienHion op u
UllO Ul laiinum miu.u.. .-. v
hv thn commission that tiuch cx
tviiHloii is reasonably required in
o InterCHt!l oC )umi(. oonvt-nionec
nnd necosHity. and if smh oxten
a,l n:ii., .. " "I,,,,,,,,-. , nn,. den.ee murder
r n w no nnr ' "
IIIU Uililini III iFiiivi in .-.,.
the nubile.
"In the complaint tiled hy the j
Oregon commission which made all ;
the carriers of the state of Oregon ,
(lpfen(!n!)j th(j 1)rnypl. WBM iinll
the imerstnte commerce coinmls-!
"'on order the construction of a;
, o( railroad to hi constructed I
from Oakririge to Kirk. OreBon,;'
'known as the -Natron cutoti; niso
fmm !jen(1 Klamath with
Joint usershlp into Klumath Kails:!
XSSTZTT lo!
. .. tr i..
i.,' Tint n
e be constructed from llnrrln.an i
line nt lunsruuiu iii.i.i '
.; ' " . .,,,.. . i.-i,,i, v-niu
! i,n-.i in connect with the !
i ' ...,. ...., ..in, nml
" . ' ' ."te line '
-I. will t.o noted that tills entire:
" ....mnlHtedMormntlon that Ward was on I
or ln ,hc corse of completion with :
1 " - . - . ,
n,e exception or the cross tsnte
rrunk (o Crl.,,.eDl iilkL, r
t , h , now rePoniinendMl."
TTTn-,,
0
LL
OHTLAND, Ore., March II- ,
t;p Charles Hummer Kuasell, "n, (
lumberman, died at his homo i here .
louay. oner nn l
jnonthr.
He was president of uant lhe fiotHhwentern Kxpoltloii and!
II, lumber operators. andKft st0(J( Hnow npro uM-ay de i
- Ac Itussell,
'hurf Itecn identified with lumler
looerntlons In the " west for 2
'ears. .
ID
M trrtL
: it.
U 5
SEi til" it & h l. S
l " sTf I. Iffi I I L I II HUB if lifUI 'I I
lle-pecl ins me former president's wishes, Norlhainptoii, Mass., welcomed loolldae back lo iill
life quietly, lhe law olflcc of CiMilldue anil lli'incnuay" In tile linllillni; (upicr left), was rrdc-o-ratel
nnd refufnislie!- Ieinrc tile return of .Mr.' t'oolltlite. The ild lionu on Massasoll street (lower
- was little clumsed, iiIiiioiikIi
PRIEST IS SHOT
pro-jWoitian Member of Congre-'
gation Fires Five Shots at
Father Riccardi Claimed;
Child Mistreated at Parish
School.
CANTON',
-The llov.
Ohio, March 1 1. (Pi ;
Father Joscnh !
1 'icon nil was .shot and fatally
nil's, .iainie iiuerriei i, it mcnioc .
, of ,iie cnngregnilon, had confessed '
lo t)le enmo. j
jst o( ,no congregation hnd j
' cft W,en the woman approached j
two exchanged a tew words. Klve
Jfh(ltM utll (inrt fllther jticcardi !
fell.
,rho dying priest told the prosc-l
,i,n, ,1,1, unrnnn hnil snoken.
to him nf hor five-yen r-old dunh
tor, l'ftlmcna, who whh frlth hor
nt tho llmft of the shoot liw- lo
said nhf! oomi'liiinort that llir- Vhild
hud boon mii-ated at the parish
ychool.
l!inhop
,1 o h o p ti Srhremfs of
Id he thoiiKht the
.na HnmAnlArl Mhft waH
Held today without bail. ; I
When arralKiieil thiH mornlni;
)trn. finerrleri pleaded "not j
munier
har and was hold to the Krand
J"'5'-
.
I T I HUM I II I
SAYS NOT GUILTY!
-
1'O'llTLAXU, Ore., March
tlut Perrv '.lolin. Klnmnlli Indian:
appeared In federal court, herd to-
day and pleaded not guilty to a
,e,nnd deuree murder chaiKC.
Trial was set ror .March l'.i. Jnn
is accused of having Killed w I
Is accused of having killed llliam !
Ward, white loirger. nt Chiloiiuin. j
The government says it nas in-.
frli.nrt v- terms Willi A Vonnie In-i
friendly- tenn with a younn In
dian woman, and that on the nlht
on which Ward was killed, he hud
purchased enmc liquor and lie and
the eirl had xone to the outt-UirtH
of fhilo()iiin, where ihey were
joined hy Perry John.
An nrKtimcnt occurred durinif the
party and John nnd Ward curbed
each other, the Roveonment Kays.
During the wrnimllnK John pro
duced a knife nnd slfiHhed Word
In 17 placpH. Wnrd died nhnrtly
after.
Fowlt Burn
PnilT WrillTlI Tfni Mnrrh
, i,,tore than 2hm) hlKh bred
fowls Krlnhed whn fire Bwepl
Bf l,tiihllnr-
In
mcn
poultry, agricultural nnd mor
chants' exhibit! were housed.
AFTER SERVICES TO ENTER PLAY SPEED RECORD
IN nHin HHIIRHH QTATF TflllRNfYFI flPIflA RFAflH
- ,IU UUUIIVI I U 1 1 1 1 L. I UUII11L I I 5.UIIIUI1 . ULnU! I
: si- ' era.- rSV V I M
some of the old nelKjiliors had
MELVIN HOPES
Key Man Leaves Hospital
Team Leaves Tuesday
Drawings Set for Wed
nesday Many Fans Plan!
to Attend.
.VI Melvln, star rorward and key
man of the Mcilforri liitrh nr-himl
Imykothdlt team was discharged
from the hospluil . this morning,'
woicn responueo to treatment. !
Tho Medford team will leave for
Hnlem . tomorrow night by train.!
arilvlng Wednesday morning. They :
wifl' work out on the tournnment !
floor Wednesday afternoon. Coach
Callison announced this morning
Hint the eight players who would
j mnko tno trip wero:
Melvln. Itowerman and Thomas,
rnrwiil'ils! Mcl limn Id nml I'Iai-u,,i
contorn; .MorKun, Oarnt'tt nnd An
(loinn, KUHidH. ,
In the event that Molvin i -nn-nhlc
to nlny Thoma will ho u(d
at forward.
Many of the Medford fans who
plnn. to attend lhe' .tournament,
will leave tomorrow, hut th-e main
hody wlll depart Wednesday mor-
nliiK.
The drnwimr for tho tourna -
ment will : taku place 'WednoHilnyi
anernoon at rout o elock.
I The elimination of Hfllcni frr
lhe . tournament hy fhemawa'
victory, I'rlday ninht. puta an en-
tf rely new, complexion on ihu tour
nament Hltuntion. Halem. partiei-
I pat Ion has always been regarded
as necesMary for tho financial huo-
cohk of the meet, and Kate nlwnys
smiled upon tho Salem team- In the!
drawingH. About the totiKheHt hick! Taking a four mile utart. Major
they ever had wa to play one of j Hftfrnve flaHhed over the north
their fiamt H In the afternoon. -ird run nt u sHd of X'A I ,h 1 1 23
r Hime of the dm wine htivc hoi-I miles an hour and then a rew mn
i dered on the mirnculouM, and been J m' ntH later spnd hack soulhward
11. fn source, uf- wonderment to local I 111 " l1!1 of Z'AX.tWZl niileH an
fans for veers.
Local fans took the nnni.unco- ,
ment from Hah m that tl.e Halem !
team and rooter woiil.l ,,,,,! 1
Chemawa, wilh a sly wink anil the I
observation, ' Vin( Is Just like !
Kalcm." - ,
tne student riot nt losing j
crucial game, created sometiiinu of
a rni-iin. It, lh U'ilf,i.f ... v.. n..v '
iurore m tne V llfiiniette valley
and il vii I Hchixds are still wroih.j
They did not like the ihrenl of the
mnddclied students to 0irk their (
superintendents in the river. 1
I loth the Halem pitpern comment j
on the uprirdriK editorially. The
Capital-Journal col In the rioters j
"spoiled sports," and the Htittc-1
man declares the uprising "a re- !
version lo vlMr-go hoodlumism." i
An automobile club for yonng-
flers above KO has been orgnnlu-d i
hy Gustav Jlclleniuinn. 91. nt lln-i
iri-n. riMtiiuni- ' Tir,..i.- .,l.nf.H
oi. n.l.er. i..ln...l I
grain of rice oi which Is In-
bribed n distinct lM-uord yreet-
inn hns leen received by fiov.
lemnm m. nore or wt irirlnla
from the miineuo, li,rul Falun of
wlhi. India.
.T rH r'Ll
moved aay.
SERGRAVE SETS
British : Driver Clips 23.81
Miles Per Hour From Best
I PORTLAND, Ore.i .March 11.- i Oregon and Washington prcdlc
Mark Speed FOOlS PhO" W !" v.. Cannon, secretary of jtlons of slightly cloudy conditions,
I ' (toe Hlnto Athletic association, de-1 but with moderate temperatures,
tOQraPherS Wife HideSi0'1"'''1' nert" to,ly that If "Salemitho order for tho dny throughout
. " , doesn't Shott nny change by to- iCallfornla was 'fair weather, with
Eyes During Run.
DAYTON' A lIUAI'll, l-'tn., .March
11. P Major. H. O. D. Segrave,
race 'driver,' set -'a' new world's
automobile speed record here to-
day at SSl.Sii:' Hi miles an hour.
in cmhiibc an lour wuim-is. nno
tires. ,
Hugging . the outside of the
course. .Major .segrave ran thr ough
several low places on the beach
I where water had
collected from
but It did not
' the receding till
I interfere with
bis driving.' Mrs.
I S-,riiv who n:it in tin frrandmand
ruvfi'iMl hr. y'x with hir handK.
Shn did not Inult up until her nilf
li.ind Wim rot mrtvU nafc at lhe end
nf thi- roui'Mo.
.Mujor HfKrave wan lravelin ho ,
fas l that photocrraphera Ktatfoned
on tho hent'h. found It almoKt Im
i ponlle to follow him with their
' eyeM.--To the npe''i(H(iH in tho
(fraud Htand hU;h on Iho nnd
i duneH, however, tho vlniblllty was
; mueh ctenrer und his run could he
: wilnewieil clearly.
HiH epeed not only nurpaHHed tho
presem iwo wiiy rer-ora or zin
nnien an nour nut also exceeiled
the retMtnl of 21 I mlleM an hour
' f"' "tif way run H 't hy Malcolm
Campbell of I-hiKland
' That figure was the average
speed of two runs tin and down
over n meoMired nille course. Ills
avernge time for the distance wus
eeondn.
hour. ,
I HiH lime
" lime for. the mile on tho
north run was llf.D seconds whil
Hint on h soillb run was 15.5
seconds, . ,
The new record surpasses by
IJ.SI mlli-s an hour ih mark set
o-re last y,ar i.y Hay Keech. drlv-
l" ' -M. hlte's Triplex, wiiosc
t Hie wiik I'liT.I.:,.
ws jut. t. White's cur with
I.ee ItiUf. Ht the wheel, - was
cioonieti"o run rinht after Herrnve
In nn effort to Inner Urn Ib-ltlfh-r's
mark.
VVAMIIIWl'rrtv llnwh 11 ... IT, I
PreHlib.nl llo,., ,'- 1... 1
ifor the .m.i.,l.r. .. hi. i., !
forceimuit commission Is Is-lleved ;
to h keeping un on'n mind on
the Volatead act an a mod him of
etiforelnK the prohibition nnienii-1
ment. whhh lie hns announced he t
wishes to ee succeed.
TOURNEY TO
PORTLAND
i Secretary of State Athletic
; Association Says Boycott
' By Salem Must Be Called
Off-Dislike Punish Wil
I lamette University for Ac
I tion of High School.
S.W.KM. Ore., March fln
ICffnrls toward t-staV-'r,iuitK peace
ful relations between the Salem
hteh school and two mcmlieru or
the hich school district nthtellc
hoard were under way todav.
Coach r.ouls Anderson and several
I nu mbers of the student body made !
trips to Oregon City anil lallas.
where they apologized for any ac
tion the students of the school
inlsht have taken last Friday niK-ht
when It. It. Turner ot Dallas and
W. 1J. Klrlc, of t ireeon Oily were :
threatened with a durklin? in toe i
mill race here.
K.U.KM, Ore., .March II.
lypj . '
Kvery effort to make lhe 13th
annual slate basketball tourim
meni a success here this week was
being made today by Willamette
university officials, under whoso
nusplccs tne event Is held, and by
townspeople and students.
After having been beaten In the
district tournament hero by Che
mawa last week, supporters of the
local school were making prepara
tions to back the Indians to the
limit in ibclr endeavor to take tho
state title. Indications today were
that one of the largest crowds ever
to attend an athletic event In the
j capital city 'would be on hand be--g.nnllig
ntixt Wednesday evening
when the first game is to - be
played..- '-"- V ;-- k -
Calls for reservation's for tho
tournament wore being received
hourly by tho management from
all parts of the state.
morrow night," the nnnual stnto
high school basketball champion-
shin tournament will he moved to,
Porllnnd and will be played there
Instend or in Willamette untvei'Hlty
KymnaHium nt Salem.
The ne:tr-rlot Krhlay niKht wlien
two hundred Kalcm IiIkIi nehool
HtudnntH threnlennd lo (ohh two
Hlnto nftHoeiatiun offlrlalH into li
mill rnee, after Hnlem hlKh was
defeated hy Chemnwa, wan fth'en
hy Oiiinon an lijo reaHon for hiH
Htati'meiit.
Cannon did not comment on the
new from Halem 'Saturday night
that Ktudtm of Halem hlk'h will !
LuriJ nut en maHHe nt tho tournu
menl lo ehet'i for tho train Hint
(h-fi'Htrd them. ThiH mnvo to up- j
port Cltemawa waa made. It wan j
Haiti, in an effort to wipe nut
whatever tinnm mlieht havo been
liH'urri'd hy Friday nlKhl'H ih-mon-
filiation. .1. ('. XnlKon. tii-loriiiii) i
f Hnlem high nuid tho notion of;
tho students was "highly reitrot
table," but that the students felt
Justified In objecting to tho tour
nnment having been an I led on
' such short notice. "
Tourney Jlnriuctt
Cannon today Implied that the i ' , .. ,, , , ,
action of the Halem students had ' f' " ' ' ,?' ': ' '"'' U
harmed the tournament plans. f 1 T"r ,'"1"" 1 nolflo system nn-
Tno trouble arose when It. 11. ' nounced today that Its passenger
Turner and W. :. Kirk, members i , """'T.", rhl,'n"
of the district athletic board, ! nnd fnrihind will be 'at least as
reeled that Halem enter the semi- ! "tt "K ",''1",0 """Pctlng
finals to dcteriuine what team i lln,!'
would represent lhe district in tho' CI I ICAtiO, .March U. MP) The
annual meet. Halem had gone chll.K, Milwaukee nnd HI. l'aul
bru the season undefeated and , ,, ,.,.f,. rlli-oil today nn
".' fm .t-'licmawn. Inounrcrt lis decision to cut - f Ivo
.w.en iiem lost r nuay mjilit to .
the Indians, student Ire was aroun-1
ed and directed at the two men j
who ordered .the plnyoff.
Cannon today wnld he had Infer- ''
matlori that Halem people, tlll '
niiKered because Halem was re- 1
fpilred to play in the district tour-,
naiiient, wero pbinninK ft "boycott"
on tiio thiee-dny meet.
Ciinnon did not soy where he
obtained this Informtitlon. 'other
sources close to the sanation hud '
heard nothing of the reputed
"boycott," and considered Can- ,
non's informnnt in error. ;
In speiikinff of the "bo vent t," !
Cannon said: "If they (Hnlem) i
j continue in lant deelslon the state'
I lionrd of control is In fnvnr of!
trnnsrerrliiK ihe tnurnfinient."
"lionrd members f.(. Halem has
forfeiied its rljrht to the annual
tournament," Cannon sitld. "They
dlHlike to punish WIMnmette uni
verslty and Its conch, Itoy Keene,
for the hitih hool aetlony and
that fs all that Is holdlnn up tiinin-
i fer or the iournnf)int,
j "ir Hnlem doesn't show nny
1 miihh'- ii u'liiui i tin MlHllt l in-
tournament Will be InoVI d
All a
Htale alhletle board wo f. el wc
',h"u''1 V'" "'" lhe
iiieii in m'mmi iiu witc siiojeeieu
10 socn inuiuniues.
'nnnnn ndmitted that there was;
hardly n suitable pb.cp in I'orthind 1
Mo hold such a uurnament.
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WASIIINOTON, Jlareh .1 1 .(')
Ilrhyuller (Mineral .l'rank T.
niin'M, 111 i inn, mis inMiii riMi'i-
lliiiiuu'u ny 1-resnii'iu, nouver ns
jdlrecliir of tlin veterans' bureau.
SAN l''IIA.CJKCO, .March 11..
(Pj llluv skies .were smiling.. oyer
most of the coast'land today, after
a -week-end drenching which ror
!vlv"' nousnnd ot nrrcs ot grain,
pasture' and orchard crops,
While governmunt forecasts gnvo
moderate temperatures nnd mode,
rate winds.
' Severely parched lnnds'wero rG-
ljuvenated by the week-end's down
pourH with tho exception ot im
porinl vulley, tho rainfall waH
Keneral throuKhout Cnlirornla. It
raimiMl in inlonnlty from moderate
o heavy with Lot Angeles and
Hanta Uowa reporting tho henvlGRt
partieitmllon. ,
At I.or AnRele's, rainfall of 2.42
inchfH for thn 24 hours endlnar at
fi o'elmk IiiMt nlk'lu, hroiiKht the
lotal for tho ftennon. to date, to
11 HX inrhen.
fall nf I. Hi
At Hanta Ilona, tho
, Im heB hrought tho
i I Inchon.
total to . 11.
U. P. AND ST. PAUL
SPEED UP TRAINS
FROM Mil
,,,. ,..,.. r,lni ,llin hp.
tween ClilcHKo nnd tho l'aelfle
northwest. 'I'bfs decision followed
similar action announced by the
(lieat Northern and Northern l'n
elflo l-iillninilM,
T
! Tle AHhlnnd'Klam.ith Falls and
j fiielf if IiIkIi vviiys were reported
' this fnrention tt lie In a danKeruus
f mull! inn ns I ho rKiilt nf sevm-nl
Inches of slushy snow and lee. In
erosdnif either of the hlKhwnys,
the uno of clniinrt Is advised, sev
eral motot ists reporting difficulty
;n mhrttiitf the cros.it n ix. Despite
the reported danjferoun condltinn,
no auto mishapH luive been
broncht to the attention of atalo
traffic officers. Heavy snowfall
took place in the mountains yes
terday and more w.is fitllintx today.
. 4 .
Frank HarrlKan of Arkansas
City, Kas.. opcruied his radio at
"unreaHfnnbe hours." chared 11.
m. Htrleklen. n hotel owner.
strlck-lcn sounht ;.n injunction
'against the radio fan. '
T0RRE0NT0
BE m OF
BIG BATTLE
Mexican Government and
Rebels Converging On
Torreon Region Calles
Leads 18,000 Picked Men
Canitas Captured By
Federals Mazatlan Rebel
Goal.
(lly the Associated Press.) ' r
Openltif; of the second week of
the .Mexican revolution' found gov
ernment and rebel forces converg
ing rapidly, with tho likelihood or
a decisive clash in the region of
Torreon where tlcneral Kscohnr,
rebel ciunmnnder-ln-chlcf, is con
centrating heavy forces.
r. Kllas Calles. chief of staff of
the federal armies, leading a body
of picked men, estimated at IS, 000.
was proceeding northward along
lhe National railway toward Tor
reon. Caulias, Important railway Junc
tion held by the rebels for a short
time, fell before the ndvuneiug reb
'els without bloodshed, when .more
than 1,1100 men. according to Mex
ico City reports.
While the federals were proceed
ing northward throush Kacatecos, '
tho rebels wero developing an im -
porlnnt moveniunt along the west,
coast In Hinnloa, under command
of General Cruz, with Mazatlan ns -their
immediate goal. . . - .
Should Mazatlan fall to -thn ,ln
surreetlonlsts, h way would he open
through Nnyarlt and ..nundftlnjnfn
to Mexico city Itself. This would
ennhle lhe rebels to outflank Gen
eral ('alien, endangering hlB forces
from a reap attack. --
Tho f ed t'lttj' towns; were a llgnod . t
in a' wide lu,lf-moon. which has
Iteeil stendily constricted toward
tho northwest. Federals under
Oeneral . Alnmnznn . pn the . right
flank wero advancing toward Tor
reon from tho cast, keeping pace
with the Calles movomcnt from
the south,
To meet this double threat honvy
rebel reinforcements vvoro proceed, :
Ing southward toward Torreon. ; .
Other'bodles were speeding down .
tho Hputhcrn Pacific railway to
ward Mazatlnn. '
About 1,300 soldiers In the lower
district nf Unjn California went '
over to tho insurrection arid wore
reported tin route across tho Gulf
ot California to aid In the drive
on Mazatlnn..
Oeneral Aglilrrc rebel leader in
Vera Cruz, who was decisively de-,
feated last week, was reported to,
havo askod terms of surrender.,
Government vessels wero gunrdlng
against his escnpe'by sea. Ho was
told unconditional surrender wore
the only terms ho would get. . .
The likelihood that tho govern
ment would toko-strong moastiros
with the rebel tenders was indi
cated at Mexico City where rourt
martlal and executions wore ox- '
pected to closo the uprising.
. '
1 nriKnit Weather
Oregon: Generally fair tonight,
becoming ' unsettled northwest,
l'fosts east tnnightt Tuesday un
settled, rains north hnd west. ' ;
Will Rogers Sayt:
NBW YORK, March 11.
Juarei! has been 'taken over
by one side or the other, hut
that don't
mean liny
thiiiR.' That
was just like
the b oi'tlc r
states goiuii
i' e p lihlican
last fall.
'I'hcy will switch back next
time if tho other side makes
'cm a better offer. . And
that's the way with Juarez.
Shots arc coming over into
Kl l'aso. The senate will in
vestigate now, inss n law to
"make a bullet light in the
same ? 6 u n t r y it started
from." The senate might
advocate "wider rivers be
tween the two countries.''
Yours, , '
-WlUi EOflKKS.
. P. S. May, Mr. Coolidge
had an awful human article
in the magazine. AVe haven't
got any writers that call
themselves authors that can
do that good. ,.. .. r ,. ., ,.
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