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MEDFORD, OREGON, .FRIDAY,'' MAY 3, 399.
The Weather
Forecast Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday.
HUrhcii ynacrday 72
Lowmt ihb, mornln :.. 43
Medford Mail
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V
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
You Live On Hot Glass.
Wanted, Another Edison.
$164,000,000 Profit v
Big Business Reaches Out
(Copyright by Kins Feature
- Syndicate. Inc.)
I'rofessor Daly, who teaches
Rpolotry at Harvard, says the
earth's core, reaching from the
center half way to the siirfnee,
is red hot glass. A pressure of
50,000,000 pounds to the square
inch causes intense heat of 30,
000 degrees centigrade. ' ,
On that' core . of liquid mol
ten glass the continents test
mid slide. ':
The shore of Africa once
touched the south of South
America, ns -you probably
know. ' .
The outer crust of the earth
is about !i0 miles deep, and
other layers, below that one,
protect us from the heat.
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Furthermore, " you arc told
that the moon is the result of
a catastrophe. - It is a piece of
the earth that rolled away long
before the earth was solid, now
held in its place by the' earth's
power of gravitation.
It was a fortunate accident
for us, for,-without the moon
to shift the tides, the oceans
would be practically stagnant,
and human life impossible.
Governors .of '.various states
arc co-operating ,vitti Thomas
'A. Edison, seeking, among boys
; of today, "Edison's successor. "
T hat-, hoy; - nl lie., is f n tin cl:
will find himself.. :
To 'develop Edison, one
nmong hundreds of millions,
tnany ingredients, . including
poverty, were necessary.
The next : Edison is some
where, on a farm, or in the city.
. There is no way to identify
him now.
Wall Street had grown more
calm, with interest at J; per
.cent.1 Rut .bright, cfiecrful
spots stand out here and there..
Those ' that bought stock in
United Aircraft, and Transport,
. originally the Boeing company,
put together by' Jtr. JiitchcH's
National City Itaiik, have made
a profit of sMG-MWO.OO, and of
that amount $."'0,000,000 since
last Saturday.
The lamb's difficulty is in
knowing which stock to pick.
The wise course is not to sell
anything short. : You never can
1 be sure. Some that sold I'nit
!cd Aircraft short were busy
. Tuesday trying to buy back
stock that they sold and did
'not have'.;
'On his recent trip to Cler-
rriiiny, Alfred T. Sloan, Jr.,
head of General Motors, pur
chased "Opel," biggest auto
mobile concern in Germany.
N'ow tin? Opel works place
an order for $1, 750,000 worth
of tools in the United States,
liig Business hfw become in
tcrnational. ' American business
men arc reaching out, buying
automobile works in Germany
and Italy, building plans in
Britain and Holland, starting'
. flving in China.
M
Xevr York's trannactlonn Tues
day In the usury market were
as follows:
"Money offered exceeds all
needs: rate drops to 20 per cent."
Lenders offered more money
than borrowers could use. Never
theless call money, which used to
run from 2 to 3 per cerX stayed at
111 per cent.
The lenders have a wonderfully
good system, sr the salesman said
when he was kicked down six
I'llghts of stairs, a fresh man do
ing the kicking at the head of
each flight.
ICarker's Island, off the coast of
. South Carolina, ban 22(i inhabi
tants on its MOO acres of land. It
jCooUnuad on Pm Four).
LIVES LOST
Seven Southern States and
Mid-West Sections Hit
Death Toll in Virginia
Largest Michigan Blos
som Celebration Marred
By ' Four-Inch Snow
Lake Angry.
, Ily iho Associate! Irow.
Forty-four lives wero lost yes
terday . and Wednesday ', in ' tho
storms Unit struck, in varying
form, In seven southern states a,nd
sections of the midwest.
Virginia's death list of 23" was
tho largest. A teacher and 13
children were killed In a school
building collapse hi that stale.
Other southern states suffering
loss of life from tho storms were
Arkansas, .Tennessee, Maryland.
Florida, Alabama, and Kentucky.
Ajt least 100 persons were in
jured, many seriously, throughout
the south.
Storms were of less violence in
the middlewest. Two deaths oc
curred in Michigan, one in Illinois
and two in Ohio. The latter deaths
Were in Columbus, two prisoners
being killed In the collapse of a
portion of the jail in a wind storm.
In the southern Michigan fruit
belt, now celebrating blossom time,
sog'gy snow covered trees, vines
and landscape to a depth of four
inches. The unseasonable snow Is
believed to have protected most of
the fruit from frost damage.
Lake Michigan went on another
rampage, pounding the ; Chicago
shoreline, nnd attacking the foun
dations of many buildings close to
the shore line. -
The weight ;of the snow1 dam
aged fruit trees in southern Illinois
and: !Missourltand: coldi, -weather
was a threat to tho strawberry,
crop in the Ozarks.
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EH.JANNEYTO
CITY COUNCIL
Resignation of Weil-Known
Councilman From First
Ward to Be Acted Upon
at Next Meeting Health
Requires.
Tho rumor about town Hie past
two days that B. H. .lanney had
resigned as councilman of the first
ward was confirmed today when it
was learned Mayor Pipes had re
ceived such a letter of resignation,
but no action had or would be tak
en until the regular meeting of the
city council next Tuesday.
Councilman Janney, who has
served the city faithfully and effi
ciently for six years, sent in Ills
resignation some days ago, it is re
ported, 'but made no public an
nouncement of it and no comment
at the time.
According to his friends,' how
ever, Air. Janney was forced to
take this action because of the de
mands of his growing private busi
ness and the fact that the condi
tion of his health makes' It impera
tive that he be relieved of such
extra-work and obligations as a
position on the city council Imimse.
What action the council will take
is not known, but it Is certain nn
effort 'will lie made to make Mr.
Janney reconsider his resignation.
If this eflort fails then the mayor
will undoubtedly appoint some one
at once to take his place.
Councilman Janney has taken an
active part In the matter of secur
ing a new airport for Medford and
has given much time to a study of
the problem. Several of his asso
ciates on the council today pralRed
the lilgb quality of his service and
regretted that he had found it nec
essary to step out.
DISABLEDLiESHIP
. -IN CHARGE OF TUGS
CI.EVKkAND. May J fP) Tugs
! reached the City of Huffnlo, which
was reported in trouble in heavy
sens 15 miles east of here today,
nnd began tow ng her to Cleve
land. Shortly after 3 o'clock !he
pnssenper boat had been towed
five miles.
IN STORMS
RESIGN
FROM
MORE THAN
A tornado which swept
house near coenrsn. Qa was destroyed. .
PORTLAND
GAS
E
PLACED AT 21
Retail Dealers Get Together
Maintain Price Public
Service Body Powerless
to Regulate Stations,
Says Corey
PORTLAND, Ore.-, May 3, (P)
Oasollnc In. Portland - will go to
tho '"official", price ot 21' cents
tomorrow morning,-' A.- T.-. Kurtz,
president of the Portland Ilctail
(Uiaoiine jjpaiers . nsHOCtuuon,. nn-1
nounced todtiy. ' . llo illd lltf
ex-1
peotort nil filling stations' to keep
In line on. the price as they had
some "new schemes", for main
taining the price. .
Many dealers have been selling
motor fuel for ID'a cents a gal
lon here for more than a week.
SAL.E.M, Ore., May 3. (P)--H.
11. Corey, member of the Oregon
Public Service commission, said
today that the commission has no
authority to regulate oil compa
nies or tho sale prices' of gaso
line for the reason that oil com
panies are nut public ' utilities.
Corey made this statement in com
menting on press reports that
Oregon motor fuel deiUers would
uppeal. to the public service 'com
mission as well as to the fedoral
trado commission concerning the
activities .of the oil .companies In
the . present gaHOlino war. The
appeal has not yet reached tho
Oregon commission.
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Amazon Morals
Strict Despite
Sketchy Dress
CHICAGO, , May 3. (IP)
The women wour nothing, not
even a necklace, but as to
morals they have more and
stricter - ones thnn. the midr
Victorian ladles who wore
plush plus and then - some
clothing. .
This, was tho picture of
certain savage Indian tribe
of the Amazon basin present-
ed to the executive cluh lorluy
by Dr. William .Montgomery
McOovern of Northwestern .
university. . ,
Men of the tribes wear
little more than the women
and practice nil the religion.
he said. They flnvor their
drinks with tho powdered
bones of their ancestors. .
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It.
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Detroit
Chicago "...
I' hie and Phillips;
Crouse.
Thomas nnd
8t. Tymis
poned; rain.
at Cleveland, post-
National
at Philadelphia,
Chl-ogo
M)St-
poned.
i;inciunnti
alQ Brooklyn, . posl-
St. Ixuis
poned.
al
Sew York,
post-
lreinltiiii for leKtor4.
MOSCOW, HUKJda. (A'l Soviet
saving banks have been sorely
pressed fur customers in repent
years. To stimulate custom they
are offering commissions of 18 ko
pecks for each new customer
brought in.
OFFICIAL PRIC
SEVENTY. KILLED
parts of Georgia and South Caroll
llnj
CE TWO TRAINSlGULF COAST OF
DAILY BY NEW
Medford Ice and Storage
Co. Finishing $100,000
Storage . Warehouse ;
Largest - Plant in 1 Wide
Territory Pacific Coast.
Finishing touches are being. out
on tho new $100,000 ice hIoi'ubc
warehouse of the Medford Ice Hltd
Storage company on South drupe
street, and .tho" work ot, storing
lee theitcm. wi
PLANTINCREASEI8Y HURRIGAN
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U 'p pw.men.co, .: ii.bff'W.tlHtrtf,".. -Ovfi! AiitiinAyi.ctn -
ill have a capacity j ii" member . of the crv , of , tho
May IB. It, will
of: 10,000 tons,- giving the plant
a tbtul ice storuge capacity ot.22,
000 tuns. The- building was started
.March 15. setting a record 1 for
local construction. .
To : meet the demands of the
coming fruit season, tho ice con
puny will increuso 'its car luuiilng
platform, 30 car lengths, cnuhlirig
it to "spot" 65 cars at a time.
Additional carrier system will also
bo erected. ' '
Munager O. T. Uergner of tho
Ice plant announced today that
Instcud uf dlsputching . one truin
of fruit a day, us In the past, two'
trains would be iced. One train
of 60 cars will be ready for haul
ing at two o'clock In the ufter
noon. . The second train of 50 to
75 cars, will be Iced und ready
at midnight.
The Southern Pacific railroad,
In the furtherance of this plan,
will Increase Its yafd facilities.' Ac
cording to Manager Uergner, both
the Southern Pacific' and tho Pa
cific Fruit lixpresa "huvo offered
co-operation, tho most satisfac
tory in tho history of tho local
fruit industry." nnd -promise- to
handle fruit shipments, with the
maximum of speed. .
The new ice storage wurehouse
is the largest between the Cana
dian border and Sun Francisco,
with the exception ot the one at
Numpa, Idaho. Tho local plant
is modern in every respect and
contains , 170,000 board feet of
four-inch cork,' over three miles
of continuous plpo. It is three
stories high, in which over 1200
barrels of cement were used.
Practlcnlly every fruit packing
plnnt In tho city, has enlarged
its capacity for the coming sea
son, nnd the expansion of the loe
plant was made. In part, to meet
this new growth.
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GAVE LIQUOR TO
LIS
DAIXAS, Ore., - May 3. VP)
Rohert E. Howe, constable and a
member of a dunce orchestra, Is
under tiOUO bonds following his
Indictment by the grand Jury for
giving wine to Alda Adams. Mon
mouth normal school student, and
failure to report a Honor law viola
tion to the district attorney. The
Investigation followed a report on
the condition of the girl, who was
taken so III after file drinking I hot
she was placed under the earn or
two doctors and a nurse. The Inl
ciilent Is said lo have occurred
April 20 after a dance at Pedes.
ISOMIIAY. India. May 3. (Pi
Two persons were killed and thirty
injured In various asnu)tft on Hin
du p"!ertrinnN til tile Moslem
Khalachnuki (pinrter of Tlomlay
today. The attacks followed com
munal troubles between the Hin
dus' and Moslems.
AS TORNADO HITS
took
a toll of more than 70 Uvea.
MEXICO SWEPT
E
Buildings and Plantations
Wrecked By Tropical
Storm High Winds
. Bring Grief to Vera Cruz
Harbor Shipping.
IIKXK'O CITY, Slay -3. () A
lmrrlcuno. swept the gulf coast 'of
Mexico last night, wrecking build
ings and plantations uud leavlngva
ruin from 'Tain pica sUith to Vera
American steamer Sait Jacinto at
Tamplco, wib killed.
The wind exceeded a velocity of
70 mfles an nour during most of
the night, at Vera Cruz. It was
feared a' number of small craft In
the harbor there hud come lo grief.
At Tamplco III steamer Ban Jn
clnto was torn from its moorings
in the . Panuco river and collided
with another ship. Curlle, a mem
ber of the crew, was knocked over
hoard and was drowned. Neither
of the two ships was believed se
riously damaged.
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VASIIINGTON, May 3. (fl1)
Senate mlvociucs of tho export de
benture plnn todny chilmi-d two
more voteri from tho rnnks of thono
thoy nnd prevloiiHly put down fin
cert a In to cnt their ballot analnHt
tho propowil.
The two chilmcd : am Sonnlor
Coppland, Democrat, New York,
and Ny. Republican, North Dako
tn. Hcnator Copeland. derlari'd on
the floor that he Intended "to hold
hts nose and vote for the deben
ture plnn" as altered by tho NoitIh
amendment which 1h designed to
reduce rates when overproduction
Im forecast. lucfttoned about the
report that ho would vote for tho
debenture plan, Henator Nye Raid
"I hope to have my mind mado up
KOyn." '
Administration senators Htlll
claim a majority nfennnt tho plan
nltho they admit tho vote will be
cJoo, Henator MuNury of OroRon,
who ban the fnrm bill In charge,
had hoped to have tho nenate voto
on tho debenturo section late to
dny. i Tho best RiienH now 1h that tho
senuto will complete Its work on
tho bill an a wholo curly next
week, probably Tuesday. AllhouKh
tho main difficulty will have been
overcomo when the debenture sec
tion Im disponed of, a dozen or
more amendments oro pending
which promise to provoke consid
erable debate.
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LOESI
DR. BRODERICK DEAD
RAN TltANCrsro. May 3. IT)
lr. Itfchard f;. Broderick, DX.nar
tionutly known expert on hospital
construction and organization, died
lftnt night at Ktnnfnrd hnflpttal.
Tr. Ilrodcrlck deigned hospital?
In Portland, Ore.; lo Angeles nnd
other l'uciflc cuast cllles.
GAIN RECRUITS
FOR DEBENTURE
PLAN IN SENATE
TWO STATES
One person was killed vhi this
PEAR OUTLOOK
SPLENDID FOR
ROGUE VALLEY
May Top Last Year's
Record, Is Belief County
Agent Freak Weather
Only Possible Hindrance
Apples Not So Good. :
The present outlook of the HoK"e
Uivei- valley putr crop la that, bar
ring possible unforHotin dtunnptf by
frost, wind or hall, it will be an
other Ifumper ono, np InrKe, If hot
larger- thun ltiRf year, when it
laniuuutot) to auui
' l"g the valley's 'i
about limi tt(;ybrak.
record, in the opln
ioi; of U IV Wilcox, county 'agent,
in charge of the horticultural end
or the county agent R ofneo,
The normal frost dangfir Hon won
Is about over and therefore the
chance or sovoro froHt damage
could only coiun about, by an un
expected freak of nature; although
this has ho far boon an unusual
weather year. Of course, there is
always remote danger of a damag
ing wind or hall storm.- v. :
The pear crop situation now
looks very rosy, with tho trees.
buds and blossoms In a very heirlthv
condition of progress, and inden
ization tfolng on splendidly. The
several severe frosts of the season
so far have caused only a nominal
damage, and no commercial dam
age. The local pear authorities are or
the opinion that the present out
look, because of ho many new treon
coming Into bearing, in that this
KeaHon h crop will he Ijirger than
last suaHon.
lUnwevor, tho npplo crop of the
valley does not look no good, ns
the outlook Is that the crop wilt
amount to hut from 50 lo 60 per
cent of last, year's crop, wlildi
was liDO cars, due lo the fact that
the Newtown variety predominates
In the valley, and this variety is
an alternate hearer. This is an
off year for tho Newtowns and the
valley apple crop next full Is
peeled io amount to only from 300
to "TjO cars. 1
Tho peach, apricot nnd cherry
crops of tho valley were badly dam
aged by frostH, henco only B0 per
cent of tho normal valley crops of
such, fruits Is looked for.
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OR A NTH PAHS', Ore. May 3.
UP) Land owners of the, Grants
Pass Irrigation District voted ap
proval last night of the steps taken
by tho district bondholders' com
mltteo and the state reclamation
committee for the refinancing of
the district, Tho land owners, as-J
sembled In a mass meeting, nsked
that the Issuance of refunding
bonds be voted upon at once.
Khen I.uper, state engineer, and
If. lit Norton, attorney for the
district and chairman of the bond
holders' committee, outlined the
steps taken for the refinancing,
whb-h now drpends upon tho dis
trict vote on th tfundlng for its
completion.
I'nder the terms agreed upon
the bondholders plan to decrease
Interest from fi per pent to 4 per
cent ffir five years. Maturities nre
extended from ten years to forty
years.
JLupcr mid the state M willing to
cancel the Indebtedness, amount
Ing to almost fl half million dollars
incurred through state payment of
buid interest during a five year
period.
sa RAIhADSREDSSTAGE
lOBJELv 10 DISORDERS
i CRANE UIIN BERLIN
Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific File Objection to
Oregon Commission Peti
tion for Cross-State Line
Proposal Not Justified
Is Claim Country Barren!
"WASHINGTON, May 3. ()
llntli the Untun l'aclfic and the
.Southern J'uelfU: systems have
filed with the interntaio commerce
eoni mission - Hint emeu is objecting
to the nt'tltlou of the Oregon pub
lic service com mission requiring
the railroads to const ruet tS(t miles
of new line across that state from
Crane to Crescent Lake.
A tentative report before the
commission by one of Its members,
Frank McAla tmtuy, recommends
that tho railroads undertake tho
const ruction, ,
"In a proceeding of this charac
ter the complainant must establish
Its case by clear and convincing
testimony reflecting the necessity4
and justification for the line." the
Union Pacific brief protesting the
demand, declared.
"Vet no .largo shipper has ap
peared on behalf of the complain
ant. The limited gross revenues of
the other branch lines In the terri
tory would of themselves prompt
ly dlsuade any financier or rail
road executive from making the
Investment required und taking oh
the unprofitable operution to fol
low. The proposed cross-state lino
is Infinitely more discouraging be
cause It traverses a barren country.
, The Southern Pacific brief de
clared that the lino would cost
$ij.oom,ooo.
"The Interstate commerce act,"
the Southern Pacific nald. "does
not contemplate that compulsory
construction oT a project such us
that, involved I it.' this .may.'be" Ve,
Vtfire'd; - 7' Ji-.r,.',
V'Thcro has been no Showing
that public convenience nnd neces
sity require the construction of the
proposed railroad by any of the
defendants. In the whole record
of this case there1 Is hot a breath of
testimony or a single fact pro
duced tending to show Inadequacy
or present railroad facilities or of
the transportation by rail that the
lumber industry of ' Oregon has
been enjoying during tho past sev
eral years.
"J-umbor constitutes 82 per cent
of the traffic moving east from
southern Pacific lines in' western
Oregon." :,,.!
CONFERENCE ONlWITHOUT FIGHT
S
U.S.
TilSNRVA, Switzerland, May 3.
(PfThe disarmament conference to
day moved into even more trou
bled waters than . yesterday but
seemed headed toward adoption of
tho American suggestion of pub
licity for wnr material. '
Confronted by clear rejection of
tho limitation of land armaments
by the budgetary system, t Chair
man Points of XI recce, proposed a
compromise resolution that the
commission adopt a scheme of
publicity for maximum expendi
ture.
Maxim Lltvlnoff, the Russian
representative Immediately op
posed this, saying that publicity
already was provided for and that
he thought It would be more frank
toward tho public to ndtnlt openly
that nn agreement on tho point
had not been reached. '
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WASHINGTON, May 3.
Divlnlnn of Oronon Into nlx cpiisiih
iliHlrtctH liufi hetn approved dell,
nitoly by the cerium bureau.
The (ilvlHluns nre:
Salem heii!(iuirtur: Counties of
ClntHon, Columbia, Tillamook, Yam
hill, WuHhinKton, .CluuknmuB,- Polk
and Marion.
KiiKcnn headquarter: Lincoln
Tenton, I, inn, l,mio. oiiKlatt, Cooh,
Curry, Joneihlne and Jnekaon.
Ilend headquarter: Hood Klver.
Sliernun, Wauro, Jefferaon, Crook.
Dearlinlea, Klamath and l.ako.
Pendleton headquartnra: Gil
liam, Wheeler, Morrow, Umatilla,
Union mid Wallowa.
linker head'itutrterx: Grant, Ha
ker, llnmey und Malheur.
Multnomah county will comprise
odd district.
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FRIENDLY
A
DIVIDE OREGON IN
CENSUS DISTRICTS
Trouble Again Flares When
Communists Charge Po
. lice With Clubs and Brass
Knuckles Authorities to
Close District As Move in
Restoring Order. , v :
IH-mUN, May 3. iTi Commun
ist disorders broke out again this
afternoon In. the lJermansU'Hsso,
principal street of the suburb of
Ni'uoltn,' 'and battleground of last
night's troubles. A 'number of
shots wore fired on tho police from
windows and u bombardment of
stones began from the housetops.
Simultaneously a steady stream of
communists began pouring In from
adjacent streets.
Most of the : communists were
armed with, clubs and brass and
iron' knuckles.- They charged At
police who fired shots In the air.
The uttack soon grew so hot that"
the police ' began to shoot ' to
. This checked tho communists
who precipitately -took -shelter in
nearby houses while police cars
filled with emergency squads dash
ed through the streets returninff
the shots from houses and door-,
ways by steady machine gun fire"
Ily - two o'clock this afternoon
tho fighting was in full blast with
incessant firing by both sides to
tho accompaniment of yells and
shrieks of the wounded. -. "
.Two. women, who inquisitively
stenited out on a hulcunv . wera
shot. . . ' ; .
. The disorders vere stilt in pro
gross this evening, but the author
It lew. slated that they were confl-,
dent of their ability to handle the
.situation and that tomorrow, would
sec the end of the trouble.
' It .Wflsi doidiltfcd that 4inth..th
Wdliig rand i ;ukelln wtctlona'
iriiiim MB, iierineucany ciosen DY
the police and all traffic complete
ly ntopped. ., ' , '; '
The casualties amopg policemen
during t tie three days of disorders
was given as. 3(1 Injured. . ,'
IS
George Brown Taken in Cus
tody Near Hermiston
Uninjured By Shots Last
Night Injured Train
Porter May Die T
PRNDLRTON, Ore., May SAW)
George M. Brown, wanted in 8ttn
Francisco on n charge of grnntl
theft,, was-cuplured tncar Iferm.is
lon today. - " . t
He. escaped yesterday from tho
train on which ho was being taken
to California, after throwing t a
porter from the moving cor.
James D. Qregson, the officer
from, whom Brown escaped, Grant
Kohtnson and Harry Kelly of Her
miston, found Itrown In an orch
ard, surrounded him nnd took him
without a struggle. He was imme
diately taken to Pendleton In the
custody of county officers.
Three shots were fired at Brown
last night when ho wna seen near
Hermiston, but he was uninjured.
Whllo officers were searching in
the outskirts of Hermiston last
night, Hrown slipped Into the city
and robbed a hardware store.
When Brown escaped aftor
knocking Roscoe Sims, a porter,
from the train, he was wearing
only his shoes and underclothing.
It was learned today, however,
that he hnd taken bib overalls and
a Jumper from a gravel pit near
Umotllla, '' , - ?
cal condition In a Portland hospi
tal today. It was feared he would
die.
HOOVER SIGNS BILL j
TO FIGHT FRUIT FLY
WASHINGTON. May 3. (
The 14, 2.10.000 hill for tho eradica
tion of tho Mediterranean fruit fly
In Florida ' wae aigned today by
President Hoover. ...
Queen Kllzaheth of kelftium' M
an enthuBluBttc amateur photographer.
FRISCO
CROOK
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