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' UEDFORD MXTTi TRIBUTE, MEDFOTvT). OKEfirTC. TUESDAY." A. AKHT "IE 1020. PA on rTVF! '4 GEORGIA TOWN INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS f it' '! I I rt I .-. tn SHANGHAI, China. March 19. (A) A three-cornered contest among wing and waves. Japanese salvagers and hundreds of Chinese pirates for a prizo valued at more I than $1,000,000 in taking- place off the China const eighty miles from Shanghai within the Yangtze estu ury. The prize consists of the North'; German' Lloyd , steamer O lessen wlieh was wrecked on troaciyeroua Button rock last week. - After six days the steamer lies with her back broken astride a rocky ledge, but treacherous cur rents, are proving an obstacle to salvage while roughening weather. Which Is likely to cause the ship to slip into deep. water, was ex pected momentarily -. , - The third factor contesting for the poWpRslon of the wreck con sisted of hundreds of Chinese pi rates on scores of junks and fish ing bouts which have been swarm ing about the stricken steamer, word of the possible richest prize in years having myster 1 o u s 1 y passed throughout the islands which, form' a hotbed for- sea rovers. - 1 - Tho salvagers have'nolified the owner's ngrntM in' Hhanafcil that they will be unable to iicUvo pal vuge unless the weather moderates and gunboat proleciiun is provid-, ed, A Chinese gunboat from the nationalist navy headquarters at Shanghai proceeded to the scene hut was unable To drive off the pirates, who merely withdrew . to the opposite slde.of an Island when the boat, fired a salvo in, the air. It Is now-reported that the gunboat- is; . l.lrtnninp'vot -return to Sh'rinirhM.r ' ' -7 Mi-R- W 4 ; t - "Li 1 This aerial view shows" the bWlhtcs porlion 'of Westpolnt after a heavy run off of water caused everal deaths' and bio property damad. ''( Associated Press photo transmitted by telephone). - NOBILE SAVIOR K SEDAN IS PYRE " i ISMITH INVOLVED DEFENDS ACTION b FOR WIDOW IN ! WITH WALKER IN diBsifa . : - . j FACTS M PILOT FIRST DEATH PUZZLE TAMMANY BATTLE KRW'EK, N. J., March 19. UP) l.ou .foute. pilot vt jthe Colonlni Ali'H nya . siylVwclilK iilnnc which it1icU yuntlny with a Ions of fourteen lives., totlny told Newark pulirc Unit all his f-ffurtH were con contrat?.! on cloarlng hiK.i ttMiijion wiri'K ahead n nil that he did nut see the strini; uf . frrlfrht cars nitalnst which the craft hurled It self. '. ' The stati-hiciit wan 't lit' first co herent account guinea ' from the sule Hurvlvor of the' disaster. Foiite suffeiifiK trim .', fractured skull and. numeruus uruken bones. Is in a Bciious condition at St. James hospital. Authorities said he has the hallucination that lie made a successful forced landliiR. The police took the statemfnt from hm without dUi'StlunlnK. They had hcen warned that he: would die from siiock If he knew uf the doath'uf Ills passPhKcrs.; .- DISAGREEMENT SN T NEW VOHK. March 19. A seajed verdiet opened today, re ported a, disagreement by the jury in the 4rinl of ebai-es by Ala win list nulu a Hint Harry K, Thaw had beaten and bitten her at a New, Year'H party twa years hko; Mte Kstradua had asked $100,000 damages. The trial was held yes terday. . Attorneys .announced the case would be retried at the May term of the supremo court. On the witness stand -Miss Ks 1 nu us testified Ahn had written Thaw to forget the. whulo inel jlent, but' eottnsel for Thaw bloek 'il .any questions as to wliy nho had. written the letter, which was intrpdimed as evidenec. ' ' r T)iaw.lid not appear in Court. Vut1 several witnesses' denied the i-hnrffes on . his behalf. OIM.l'AN'H, Mill. 1!. (tfV Discovery of a woman's partly1 burned body In thi charred wreck-! ace of a sedan in Audubon park ' has presented a mystery to New ; worked MOW YOHK, Mar. lJi. ; (Ti Capt. Klnar-Ianl laindboi. Swed ish aviator who rescued General Umberto Xobile of Italy after the crash of the dirigible Italia in the' Arctic last year, arrived hi the Hn-r Drottuinhnliu today, still strongly defending the Italia commander against all eh urge's. Captain I.und-- borjr said that crltlci.sms of lien oral.. Noble fur leaving his subordi nates oh tlie ice flue whnn v'scue of one man beeanu; possible should in fact bo directed against the Htedlsh resi'iie.r. , :,, 'll was I." he said, "who hilMed that Xobile hliiiself should oiu' to accompany, me. I had or ders from aptaiu Tornnttr;. .nler i exttUKiilstied Iho . body was of tin Swedish expedition, if 1 under the: steerliiK wheel. . .sighted the lost nirmen to take, tb'ej Mrs. linker,, who ran a fashii;ji onc who was most important, and,! abb- boarding house., was reported If poHslble, thexKenera'J." -i to-Hvitvo, Bone drlvlnff' aluii? I;iit t'upt.uin Luitdbnrir said that whmi ' night. She was also reported by WYOKK. March 13. The prospect of a contest between Alfred K. Smith and M:iyor Walk er in the naming of a new Tam many chief added lively interest, to urienns police, wno umay woi Keu tho ,,.,, of the former Kovernor on' the tbory that a niuiJer had , lo (ju, t.jjy today.'" been committed. , i Th(1 ivsipnaUnnof Ccurgo W. ; The body was Identlfj.-d as that oivanr. which was submitted tu of Mrs. Janet Maker, 0(1, widow uf j lno oeutlve enminilli last week Colin M. Itaker. . j and eunt'es up for final anion next tfarly today a 'blazing automobile j Krhhiy ;ias put Tammany, to" the in front of her hpuse attracted the! necessity of choosing a new leader attention ot. Jirs, fi. m. (iiiincr. who' writes newspaper articles un- , der the noni de plume of Dorothy te thei Dix, and she called the fire de- on the eve of a municipal election. .Mayor Walker yesterday after interviewing a down "dfstrlet lead ers announced he .had no euudi- : partment, . Aft'r the thy had been j date for olvuny's successor. found be first aked f general Xobile leave with him tin gt-iierat refused, saying that all the other five mu.n-' be rescued first. After several re fusats a conference was held amonu the Italluns, he sjild, and finally General Xobile consented to go first... Captain I,undhorg. has a two months', leavu .from the Swedish army arid' will spend 1 the'tlmo leiv turlng and studying Anuirican avi ation methods. ' L PROTEST MABEL one, boarder,- T. d. Hewitt, lo have' left the., housu -about 'fi:3' this morning In company with jiii tin identified' man and woman. Her muvemeutu during thy night wore' un traced. . A ; inaid said her bed; had not been sle.pt In. K . j 1 Mi-s. linker, who was hi thn haldt ' nt attending church early each j : dav. wore nraetleallv no 'jewelry and eavriod only small sums -ofj W.illier'ii abandonment of his pre ; money. The police were unable ioj viously t fihnouneed '.'hands off" determine . why Ibis 50-year-old "policy In thft. choice of. olvany's widow should have been murdered succesnnr was among other things or why she should have commit-I "in ortU1" t "f l the jump' In t.ie ( ted -suicide. I 'ca'rrMhlp fight on former (iover- j The- theory of accident wa weak-' nor Minith"-who wim to nrrive In enod by the fact that the ear was' ,hv c,i' t"ny, "possibly to gel in Ills aetivhy, however, was in terpret eil by Democratic- tiewrt- papers as being liy plred nt least In part by a desire to "get the juth." on the Smith faction of Tammany In the rholee, of a new leader. The New York Times said it hud learned that Mayor Walker whhed to ;tce a leader chosen who . wns friendly to him. This was inter preted, the paper said, as indicat ing that the mayor did not wish to -see the choice of a leader dic tated by former Governor Smith or his friends. The .World said thru 'Mayor COPPER RISES ON XKWVYOKK. Mafeh 19. tfV Copper producers were quoting 2'J cents a pound, for the red metal, domestic shipment today., and eon's for forelg nshlpment, an In creaao of one cent. This advance ranio after a day of complete "unRctllcment "In the copper mar ket: yesterday.' with most producers retUKing to quote any price, punn ing decisions as to what action should be tnken. This is the first tlm'c- In peace historj that the red metal price has been put up a full cent within 24 hours, most price changes bclnfc made in eighths or quarters of cents. In trade cir cles It Is predicted that tho price may go to 21 cents before the end ot the months The Dulles. Wasco chamber of pommw will const .net new home. .standing In the roadway and was burned only In the centers. The police he'lleve some highly inflnnl- : mablo material caused a quick, hit 1 fire. . ;. Mrs. Ha ker's Jtusband wjis a brother of tbe late I'nge M. linker, one 4f the 'publishers of the Times j 1'lcayune. , NI;w YORK, Mar. 19. Tlit? New York Herald Tribune said to day that tsoino members of the as sociation of the bar of the city of New York had protested against Mrs. Mabel Wlllebiandi, aslslant I'nlted Stales attorney, general, lec turing before the association. Tho paper said one member had written a letter of protest to James A. Davis, chairman of the commit tee on lectures and that a member of tho committee had tendered his resignation but later withdrew It when ho learned that the Invita tion had been extended before the p resi d cut ia I ca m pa I g n . Opposition to Mrs. Wlllebrahdt. thu paper said, grew out of her campaign speech-making and other activities. She Js to nddrfcss the association next Thursday on the work of the department of Justice. The asso cintion adopted n resolution Keb uury 14 urging tho repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the 'Volstead act and calling for slate regulation of liquor traffic Daily Meteorological Report ; motion an anti-Walker program. ' The district leaders are said to .be agreed upon only one thing In the choice of a new chief and that I is- that he should be named from ; among themselves,- No candidate among them has emerged with anything like impressive support, i Definite refusal to assume iho mantle f the retiring Olvnny by ' Surrogate James Foley yesterday removed the only candidate upon whom there .has been anything i like agreement among all faction;; I In the wlKwam. Man-lf 111, ll2:t: Mc('ford and vicinity: ;Kair-tonight with local fogs and frost. Wednesday becoming cloudy. Oregon: Talr tonight and Wed nesday, but becoming cloudy tn west portion. Wednesday. l-Yce.ing temperatures In east portion, and lociil fogs and frosts west portion tonight. TRIAL Will: USE Local Data i g 3 K"1 ' ! Ti?mpclaturo (dcKl-fox) 6'! , 33 lllKlli'Ht (Inst 14 hours) G3 2 T.ofst (lust 12 Iiuuih) 4 33 lti;l. humidity (im ot.) 3K .'J3J I'lPuliiltatlmi (InrliLs)... T. 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" j Ulllys Motile conmartlon a. hopeful ho will have better luck than he did hut year and will unncx tho big prlrc crn If ?1 ! '4 "i i r a Bakot- City niKiiiarek .. r.olio .......... Uenver Dc Moiiico Fresno ....... Helena I.i Angelcn Marsiifield I'hoenlx .... ; I'urtlaml .... i Hi Hluff . Kwelturg The U,k' ''"' TtillV S'U r I il llv (a Wi London. March 'ond favorite with Orut Span .at) J1411" 1 100 to 7 to win tnc grana . tti iflonal aleeplechaFo at Alntroe Fri- ln.. 1 1 cm Is thn ftlVnrttC Ll IA l I Hpokane ...... Walta Walla tvitinlpeg .... W I. Clear , Clear Clear l"ogy 1'. Cdy. j Cloudy Cloudy j chitr .j Clear I cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy V. Cdy. Clear Clear Clear Clear Tl'k,MereorolOi;i .1 , f2 . it . on . 41 en . 5'J . H . KJ . 0 . 71 . 8a . fi . .r.: . 48 . 58 . i) . in . T.i .. 00 2 IS lis 30 40 4 3X r.u 3d & 41' hV 44 at 41 80 3D 34 40 I'OUTLAMJ,. Mar cordon' of defense p'art;d tn federal day lo liaker. with killing . a fellow-tiibi.'Mtnan. Hldwlll lilddle. The goVernmi'tit. rested' its case htte yesterday after Introducing ns evidence what was purported to l,c a confession sign ed by liaker. The. defense will aeek to estab lish that liaker killed Kiddle after itho ' lad.cr had. atteinptr-d to nt ituek Mr. Uaker, Hiddlo dlnap j pnared on November ;:8, after I leavlns the town of .Ueatty in (company of the Iiakers. Ills body jwas found on December 11. some dtstnncc- from Hootty, and off the j highway. I The government . contended ltld jdlo OH killed lr- Halter at the jFcene of 1 tic flghb and that his' jbody wits then hidden.- -j The' two nteft nro atlmitteil to jhav.i argued over soino lltiuor at la print not fur from Where tho I body as found. I HAVANA. MarnlJ. IS. -Wl V : fiittilnmiltle f, te nt Ihe.K'len "I'll' Sagua la . Ctaiute. has ended in'slon frum Jack Laurence, tt ugeily. Sixteen girls in a tableau lured at Albany, that he stol depli ted an enormous rooster. . crowds o Jostled girl lorchhearcrs j that plumes of lite spectacle I caught fire. Henota Helen. Mor ales received fatal burns. Other, girls were burned loss- severely. . , l'HXI'l.KTO.N. ne.. .Mureh lit. (!'.' I'nltct; heVe have announced that they have, a .written eonfes- cap- to have been Involved with Law-; In the consensu ' of Dartmouth and retire, Is being held In Kalem. ! seniors. Is football! tha greatest robbed n small safe at Milton two, - HANOVER. :. II., Match 10. : in'"".i one is in -t King. months ita.i. Wayne Walker, said 1 (T) The greatest outdoor sport. mm -wm the miUl. f.fl-rcetb)6 ttorninr- Prwnpt.na yi-jT of h bowel pof-KHi that TO-MORROW hed.ch-Me. 9 AIRIOMT Recommended anil told by ill t. Sfislfort 1'iUIfL.U TRAFFIC Is getting Worse and Worse That Means more Burned, bumped And stolen cars. R. A. -HOLMES " INSURANCE AGENCY Jackson Co. Bank Blclg. 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