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Newspaper Page TextMebforb Mail Tribune The Weather Temperatures Highest yesterday 9;t Lowest llil.H morning 61 Forecast t-',nlr ami cooler tonight and ll-lday. ikilt Twffitf-fourUl Tw. f fHr Ftftj-wtntb Yw. Seattle-Europe, 6 Days. Man Defeats Nature. Low Prices, Hiqh Profits. Pamiotti in Wall St. te-to ININE' DROWNED' BY BRIDGE CcLLAPSE ii At'opyrlght by King Features rr Syndicate, Ino.) i Willi her two new ships. . Ureinen" ami "Kiiioim." (irr- uiny hopes reasonably lo liike jihe ereain 01 uiejrans-.Aiiitiiiic ii'uiiil' J roiii uie rtruis.ii. Mussolini, not the C'linnril or hite Star Company, is first answer liennaiiy's dial loiifjo Italy is building ships plan uVlu eross the ocean in four fcys. .. .. . '. :' Air and rail passengers from attic would leave home on londay, laud in Kurope the fol- .ving Sunday. , . ' -sj I'll c next step in transporta- n- all the way hy air, will Sable the iiierehaul of Seattle, Ik I land, San Kraneiseo, Ijos Esieles, San Uieo, any IV fie Coast eity, to leave his jue town on Monday, inspect billion models in Paris, and re- iflt lo . ex li i liit them in his! tire the following Monday. Man eonsisteiitly surpasses e, performances of nature. I Locomotive, and Hiitoinobilj iitriiu the deer. Airplanes ul fady out fly any bird, and will better when Ihey stop imi- tiU r Inrils. ami ereale an en- ely new plane. Biills of Ltashan bellowed anil r heard afar. The miero- ijre talks around the world. latest, defeat, -of -Nature tne creation of an arlifieial r'$"a thousand times more mSilive I linn the human ear, iat' pieks up the faintest dan r 'signals coming through the tgf and tells the direction hence they come." Anything that men can imag- H they can do. I M. S. Sloan, president of the svij York ICdison and other leotrie coiiipaiiies, receully uti lised his colleagues to elit nlee- iojiy costs lo I lie binall eon- iniqi'i's, thus encouraging ,iw if Our ..JiM II Current and modern domcs- bor-saving machinery. ol talking about philanUiro- ?y,l.lr. Sloan iiiinoimeeil lliai is I'Oiupaiiy had cul prices in the jltoroiigh of Queens I eenl in hour- 'reducing the compa ny' ine.unc by 1, 5(10,110(1 a jreai. That will come back, and more. I Ifrnry Kurd long ago proved ihc Visdoni of selling cheaply, relying on volume. ij r(-'ontlnued on Page Kour, 5 Second Section) t Oh, for the nlr. unlet, open I ! Tilt KUt da) Wlll'll IIMllllll slUH'kotl 1 Mn ttrtiinitiMii v tint a runaway borne, r mime iiruniti.eiil llub Imsii rmltelHii' over to friv silver, fifto of I ho cuttM 1r('ki Vc , fomrd f in Ion time N farm er makln hlH mid a full imrtner v In the tniftliiPM j-Ht txm m he reached luulu' age. ' I I ot" the A' TWELVE PAGES it .... PASSENGER CAR FALLS Chicago Rock Island Train Wrecked By Flood Weak ened Trestle Only One - Man Makes ' Way. From Submerged Coach Tor rent From Cloudburst De lays Rescue Work. t STUATrOX, Colo., July 18. iP) j Plungptl intu a stream Hwollon ly j a clouburst, eiKht itassenKi's att a Pullman port or on went bound I CMraro. Uoek Island & Pacific train No. Ti. met death today in a J submersed coach. Ag early report said 1 li por.sonK were believed to have Uixt their lives. A railroad I repdrt wild feven prt8.sensers and aj porter were in the car. The train carrying several hun dred pHssongers hit a weakened bridge near hero utid after two locomotives, a bagKaKe ear and a hair car passed over the struc ture, h chair car plunged Into the stream, which had become a rag ing torrent, ten feet deep and 100 yards wide. ( Krom the sunken car only one person emerged. One man broke a window and. bleeding from muny cuts, swam to safely. Another car was thrown off the track and was inclined at a sharp angle on the bunk of the stream. The other couches were upright and on the tracks. A cloudburst last ntgUt, releas ing, seven-or eiplit Ine.hes of water, turned an ordinary sand draw Into U raging river. Swirling around the 75-foot yooden bridge over the draw, the .waters ate away the approaches and "when the heavy train rolled over the structure it gave away. A bridge on an auto mobile highway paralleling the railroad was washed out. These bridges are about three, miles west of here. Itescuers wer cdelayed In reach ing the wreck 1ty the flood waters. Itatlroad officials who reached the j wrpek kiiUI thai recovery (if the bodies would lo mudo nfler the WHler hail Kfiiie down Mifriclcnlly lo pennil ffo working. M LA l-HtANL)!-;, Ore.. July 18. ! Claude W. Norman, Z2, of Jacksonville, Ore., was instantly killed at Lsdd canyon, neur here, last night when he was crushed by a falling log. Norman was loading logs on a truck wlrt-n he slipped and fell. One of the logs rolled over him, breaking his neck and crushing his chest. Ills mother. Mrs. Minnie Nor man of Jacksonville, survives him. A telegram licurtni; tho news of her Hun's death urrived in Jack N STREAM JACKSONVILLE YOUTH KILLED AT LA GRANDE sonville ut .1:3(1 last night and waKBi"l ! Iiusiness men Hlid.eltlzens hruiight out tn Mrs. Nnl iiiKti Ht ! "' l an voted imuuliiiously to the Hylioe ranell, where sho is now I stiiRn Uie alTiilr. Maying, hy Mrs. C. J. Kinney, her' On.-l!eral.ln enneern ex- ruriiier landladv. .Stunned bv the . ipessgf Mrs. Norman could ex press no plans in regard to the removal of the body or funeral arrangements at that time. Mrs. Norman i.nd her five chil-llin dren. including Claude, a daugh- j tor Kdith and three younger sons, j Lloyd. Lewis and lester, came to i Jacksonville from Wciscr. Ida, five) yours ago, whore thoy took up tt ; residence In lie C J. Kinney ! house. At that time Claude went I to work as logger near LaUrando. and Mrs. Norimiu took a position j in Medford for tho support of the' younger children. CITIZENS FAIL 10 AID 1 to have admitted he was seeking NPV Oltl.KANS, Iji.. July x.--,0 amlnwli the president near Hie tPl The ('Itlnens' committee np- The man loitered near tlio gain uolntert bv the mayor to pitninoi Igsie of the foreign office, to settle tho street car strike lo- ulth a loaded revolver In his pocket day reported to the city commls-.for Borne time. Finally his suspl-slon-councll that It had been nn-ictous actional caused a police in able to get the union and company vestlgation and he was arrested, officials together and felt that fur-1 It was first thought that he was ther deliberations on their part i planning to asaasslnato Chancellor were useless. Streeruwlta, Big Time in Store iSuSp fe.trr ugene is nvmng me rntlre nte to partlclpute In Its SulUtvt Trail crlrbratlun, an event wnlcn will -inciud the famed Sunset Trail pageant, the pioneer parade, Industrie h parade, nml the tnrpevt air cirrus ever held In this part of the Northwest. This photo shows Miss Man foierhart, one of the princesses of the Ro court, and Cat M. Youof. head of the pioneer phase of the event. 1 1 a a ir a irviiiiifai ArirjiimAiAi iiaiiii nnrrAA PAbtANI Uh AlKiWHIIV) Uh WINU!U1UN HblKbi AND JUBILEE TOlGOVERNS FIRESlMiSSING AFTER DEDICATE PORTjSPOKANE AREAIHIKEORSUNDAY , ! . ,- ' ! . ! Determine On Big Celebra tion for October 2 Night and Day Plane Races Plan Queen Contest With Valuable Prizes. An aerial pageant and jubilee, national in scope, will formally christen the opening of lite Mod ford .Municipal Airport, Wednes- day. October 2, It was determined at' a meeting held lust evening at the Motel Med ford. Citizen anvl business men will be usked to under write the celebration. sum not to ox'-eed $-5,000. A two night pageant showing the growth of aviation, with he feat of Lindbergh playing an im portant part, will be one, ot uie spectacular features. ,( Night plane racing, the first to be held in the landwill be an other outstanding event. There will also be day racing and stunts and some of the leading btrdmon of the ilny urn expected- to take purt. i The air celebration will attract national attention, and be the iHigsl event of its kind ever staged iti the slate, according to present plsns. Tho expenses of staging the af- i fair will lie defrayed by (tale of concessions, i)ueen contest, and ad missions. The prize for the win ner of the queen contest has not been determined, but It will bo worth the winning, and be out of the ordinary. The aOYial celebration will bring visilor-H from all sections of the Pacific coast. At the meeting last night, the jubilee iiuestiop was argued from j all angles, by a representative presseu ny some, mil ino uotoner rains would bo falling on tho fes tive ditto, hut h harvest moon and a full one. will be aloft. Committees will be assigned at r,r Ih,p- H lfl -P"-ted. to work out details and make pre parations. , VIKNNA, Austria, July IH.-(.T) i--An Hllnmpt against thn life or President Mlklas of Austria as frustraleti loday with the arrest of h man giving tho name of Anion Ix'ltner. a lailor's assistant. l.eltner whm staled by the police MEDFORD, OWKCiOX, THURSDAY, JULY. 18, lfRK). for All int Eugene July 25, 26 and 27 Two Mills, Standing Timber and Cut Xogs Destroyed By Blaie Summer Re sort and Logging Camp in Path of Flames. SHRANK. July 18. (P Whim sies winds today governed devas tating forest fires in two counties t.'rth of here, although 1 fit) men cre fighting the bluzes, which al ready had consumed two mills, 400 acres of standing Umber and 1.U0O.00U feet of cut logs. The total loss was more than $100, 0MU. Korestry officials said the fate of at least one large logging camp, a summer resort, and valuable stand of timber depends upon the wind. One of the fires today burned up through a canyon eight . miles north of Colvllle, AVash. Its flames had menaced the town last night, after razing two saw mills valued at $ao.noo. but a shift in the wind changed Its course-afler 1!00 acres had been seared. Lumber mid limber worth $70, ODU had boon devoured, but fifty men were chocking the fire today. Fire. Warden John Jugent report ed. In Pond OTteillo county to the eastward, 1 no men were believed to have stemmed a surge of fire which licked up 200 acres of standing timber on Indian creek. Cut logs totaling 1.00(1,000 feet had been badly damaged. Tho fate of more, valuable yellow pine de pended on the winds. Neither fire Unearned a town today. 'Ittsburgh New' York ttratiie, Kussell and Mnrgreaves; Hubboll hii'I o Carrol I. It. II. i: Chicago II 1 4 2 Brooklyn 7 1.1 I Carlson, Nebf and Taylor: lnd ley. tireMnMeld. Kuunal and IM'-I-nicb It. II. K. St. Iiuis I Hostoi, 1 ! .1 Alexander and 'llson; (!antwcil I and l?ggettc. ,. R. II. Cincinnati I'hllsdclphla fl 1 II ft 2 KIMnti and I,e- ay and tl Amnrimn. t.lS.. I I'llll-rlgO 2 MacKtiyden nnd Berry him) Herg. rln Innings. ) It. ii. k. I H I 1 riiic I'hiliidMlphla Detroit Welberg sml and Phillips. New York-Cleveland postponed; rain; double-heador tomorrow,.. Baseball Scores Nntloiml, R. II. K. I K (I 4 8 0 Fifty ' Men . Search Solano Hill for Irene Wolfskill Brothers Unable Throw Light On Disappearance of Recluse. KAlKFIKLt). Solano County, Cal., July 18. (P) Fifty men re newed their -oeurch in the hills west of here today for Miss Irene Wolfskil). r5, heiress of a wealthy pioneer Sulsun valley family, wim disappeared under mysterious cir cumstances from her ranch here Sunday. A large reward was of fered. The searching party, which In eludes Matthew and Ney Wolfsklll, brothers of the missing woman, was to be augmented today by a corns of private detectives, hired I at the Instance of a Los Angelea bank in which Miss Wolfsklll has u (If posit of $600,000. The disappearance of Miss Wolf sklll Is regarded by authorities here as one of the most baffling in northern California history. Last seen by her maid. Miss Wolfsklll, who has lived in seclusion on her ranch , one of the liinst extensive holdings In California, loft her Iiiiiiic Hiindny clad in light clot h ing and bareheaded. She an nounced to Mrs. Matthew Wolfs klll. her nurse-companion, she was going for a walk., When she failed to ret u in Sunday night, the sheriff was notified and the search begun. In atitoinoblIes and on horseback t he searchers intended to pene trate farther into the thickly woodrtl sections of Ibis district today. Sheriff Thornton ones t I o n e d Miss Wolfskfll's brothers last night but they were unable to account for I heir sister's d isa ppesra nee. She was tp excellent hew H h and appKiently had no worries, they said.' Matthew Wolfsklll. who re sides in Los Angeles said he had nut h'.riz-d the bank to offer a "large" reward. Tho amount the reward was imt disclosed. of CHICAGO, July 18. WPi All ot t.nr Ihid ttli.n l.V Ii II H I been born to Mslorand Mrs. Fred - I Cril- lllHUKl)lin. iHH. iiirimimn- hit Im the former Irene Castle, Her hunbsnd Is a prominent sportsman. The Hon was born Tuesday night Ht Michael Reese honpltal. Yes terday the bsby was platred In the li'iHpitHl iticnhntor and doctors Mild It had a eood cliHine to grttw u...l tln'Uo Tin. ..M..HIIIHH ttt Mm M..i.u..ifiiii.. .le.i itti-fiic.lf,'", 'Hll'"la districts, t(( . I Westher conditions are MhI fttr The Mclaughlins are parents of - :hHHlH. with the fruit develop- daughter. Barbara, t.ow three' '' the growers sole snd a half years old. jH,Ht!', U'tlV i,T w,"d- ' M"' WMI- , I wo representatives of CriimcricK BCCHHKLH, Belgium, July IH. are now In the city looking- for (IV Mrs. Hugh H. Ulbson, wife or 1 Hartleits. tho American ambassador hen-,1 The sblppliiK of Hartletts Is ex gave birth Ui a son torisy. Both ( picted to start In this valley mother and child uie doing nicely. 1 HAPAM mav jm mi ifinii URGE PEACE Situation Closely Watched By Tokyo Government Russians Mass Along Frontier Chinese Troops Also Rushed to Scene, Is Report Soviet Com pletes Break. NANKING. July 18. K The nationalist government foreign office tonight announc ed receipt of the note from Moscow severing diplomatic re latlons between cmna and Rus sia. The next of the note waa not made public. A spokesman for the nation alist government said: "The government is not perturbed. The note was expected. The nationalist government Is fully prepared to meet any develop ment likely to materialize." nunUN. Germany, July 18. (P) The German government 1ms agreed to take charge of Chlneae IntereHlH in KiiBsiu, it was announc ed tonight. i TOKYO, July 18 (P) Although the Japanese government Is main taining an attitude, of wutehful waiting on the Manchurlan situa tion since Itussia broke with Chlnu, It was indicated this after noon that, there, was a possibility of Japan's making representations to both China and Russia with a vlw to the mafntvnance of peace.. Premier JIamagucht and For eign Minister Hhldehura, although not officially informed as to the break between Russia and China, conferred on tho subject today following press reports of the situation. A foreign spokesman said the 1 line was not yet ripe for posi tive Japanese action, although holding grave possibilities demand ing the most serious considera tion from tho Tokyo government. PKIPLVO, China, July 18. (fPf Japanese news agency dlspatcheH from Harbin state that Russian forces arc being massed at I'og-1 ncc,ed w)lh ,hn i,nteu statpS em ralllchlnaya and Mlinchull along, h..v , .Hon nl meetlnir of the mberian-Manchurlun frontier. The transporutlon of Chinese troopa to the frontiers alHo reportea Deing rusnea. , Ti """s'an con.ulate-general from regldue fnllt ,Bsl n Harbin has been nlosed and i pa80 n )rtBll lm ,mrterB of north the staff la preparing to leavb. frtt fmr g ,ct.,lown on he MDHCOW, July 18. (P) Soviet 1 Pari of growers and a recurreneo Russia nroceedud todav to makoiOl me lormer irnunie, wiiun win effeetivo immediately a' complete break in relations with Iho Chi neso natloenallKt government. Th.i uetlon portended possibly the gravest political consequences. Itusslan representatives, b o t h trade and diplomatic. In China wero ordered home, railway com- iPnnltn'ied on Pace Hlal BARTLETT CAR FIRST TO SELL B7.55 The first car nf California Bart- "scalded" and 'recommended the lelts sold on the New York market use ol' nlled paper to prevent 1Mb yesterday for IH.H4 per box, nod a deficiency. ear lostl sold today for $7. lift per j The spealfer said that the pcr box, according- to Mdvh:cn received i tfnmand In Kurope shows an ln by i ten 1 shipper. creas", but was not hs optimistic The prtt-eH tndtcsle a strong for the luture ns apples, owing to market, with s, henvy demand, (the Increased pern- production In which will lower un the season ad-jHnuth Africn and Australia. He Vance. Laid (hat. the cost of the winter The situation was regarded by (varieties Hnd Bosch were beyond ocal frultmen as "made to order 1 '"r (,e ""Kile III vol- valley. Call. rornla Hurl let t prices are reflet-led in Iocs I prices. No est Imat en on Barltett prices for this sect Inn can be given with any degree of accur acy until the market settles. The first shipping reports of the seHson alo indicate that the east ern mark ei h are bare, owing to nam stiipn is ot uecidious iiuusin secure an export freight rate August 12th. Medal Is Urged it Ml 5 v ' llejihlshiirg. Cat., n-shlents linvo recommended a national life, sav ing medal for Hey (.. Worker. 12. Ogdfll. I'tali. boy seoul who suvotl Virginia .Mai-Kay. IH. San Frnn cUoo, front drowning in llic Ittis rlan river. Assorlated Press pluilo. ADHERE 10 E Foreign Fruit Expert Says No Complaint On Residue Last Year Great Britain Best Market Pear De mand Increasing in EuropeCo-Op System Is Explained. Ivlwln Hnilili of Seattle, Wash., rnrnli-,1 fruit pvnnrl nxllprt eon the Rogue Htver Traffle nsiocln- I on Bn(J (Urector8 of the ntgrow- , era' leaguo, this noon declared ; ,Ko, ,.mun. ,h. mr,ini,,i tinsel, the markets." I lo said that Ihn spray lolerani o Issue was so flrnily Ingrained In Iho minds of I lie htltlsh people thai slrlrl adherence lo Its regula tions was next to imperative, upon apple and pear growcra ot the northwest. Ho tleclitred that In Hpltn of the Increased sales of norlhwost fruit in Continental Knropn last year the (rent Britain innrket, waa "Htlll worth more Mian all the rest to the Pacific coast." Mr. Smith described tlio use of old boxes and the ctirelnsH pasting of labels on fruit boxes as leaving a "hud Impression on the trade of the l ulled Kingdom." Caution In packing for export Hliipnienls wan urged. The line of Ihe four-way corru gated pad In apple and pear bixes was commended hy the spenl;ei- ftH an Insurance against bruises. Mr. Smith said that, some of t lie apple shipments from this section had reached, the British markets reneh of the pricket books of the working classes. The effort of Ihe Wenalchen anil Yakima districts In urging lowering of the export standards for frill sales was decried, as lending to cripple the demand In Kuropenn markets, as the fruit would arrive there In unsalable condition. The effort of the traffic commit fir :iK' cents to Han Francisco. Ih'.' shme as l Portland, was com mended. Thn rate lo Han Fran cisco Is V.l cents. Kiuallr.utlon of the rate would aid 'shippers. At Ihe conclusion of the meet ing Mr. Smith talked to a number of tho local fruitgrowers. Mrs. I.. II. (ieary, marketing ipe (Continued on Page 8lx) AY ADVISED No. 117. IQTATrQ MflT uiniLU nui 3flawaaafc rinni iPATrn i n ih r J By DRY ACT Maryland Governor Gives Views On Wickersham Letter Problem Not En- ; forcemeat of Prohibition Amendment, But Eradica tion of Crime Caused by the Act, Is Claim. NKW LONDON. Conn., July 18. iff1) The !lst annual governers conference todav refused to go on record us officially approving or disapproving recommendations for reformu In prohibition enforce ment made In a letter from tieorge V. Wickersham, head of Presi dent Hoover's law enforcemei I commission to llovernor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Tho letter was presented to the con ference Tuesday by Mr. Roosevelt,. NKW IJONDON, i:onn.. .Inly 18. ' (P) Oovernor Albert C. Ritchie or Maryland, told the governors' oon ference at ltd closing session hero today that the country's problem, is not enforcement of the prohl bllton amendment, but the eradi cation of crime, causcjl by the amendment. : . ;-' Governor Ritchie, making his promised answer (o the letter of George W. Wickersham, heail "of President Hoover's law enforce ment, which waa read here; Tiles. day by Oovornor-. Kranklln IX Roosevelt of New. York said the VolHtcnd act hna not imposed an obligation on states to enforce it. He added, "It Is time for the coun- try to realize that fact." 1 The Wickersham -lotter, - pointing out that the weakness of prohibition I enforcement has been due to the jfact that the federal -government- hit a lini'nn Ihn hrunt nf thn nnlfxlnit work under the (amendment.- sug gested that enforcement be divided between the states and the na tional authorities. His Interpretation of the amend ment la that the states are given concurrent Jurisdiction with the federal government In the enforce, ment of prohibition, but that It Is optional with the states to choose the policing power conferred them. Governor Ritchie . pointed out that courts and police In Mary land under an attorney general's ruling, do not act In prohibition enses. He gald that fur this reason the courts and police are left more time to act In other rases, with the result that there have been more arrets In and more convic tions for other types of crime than ever before and that criminality Is on the wane In the state. He be lieved the same thing would hap pen elsewhere If states concentrat ed on clause of crime other than those created by prohibition. M KB fHTH, N. H., July 18. Miss Ada L. Comslock, presL dent of Itudcllffa college ami the only womrii member of President: Hoover's national law enforcement commission, believes that th pro posals set forth by Ocorge H. Wickersham, chairman of the (Continued on Page Hlx) Will Rogers Says: bbvkrly mi.r.s, Cul., July in. Tbo thins- tliaf makes me believe that China hikI Russia, will fight is that iinlioilv knows what they nre rijihtiiiK itbutll. , . Newspapers me always of-' ferine prizes fcr the best V!'f- initioii of our e 11 n n t i t n tion r "llovy to Solve I'ro- It i It i t i o n " t itnil every o I, h e r un known m ti I) jecl. Why iloii't some of them offer h prize for h tleft' nit ion of wliHt the lust, war Mailed overT That would be the li(it?i'it hit of news of our (jetiei'Htioii. So it looks, like thia will he another typ ical war. Yours- WILL' ROGERS. .