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The Weather Pnwasi Clciuily mid uneltliit to ultlic unil Siimluy. Nu (iiimup In It'iiiponiluiv. nn Temperatures JEDFORD N UIkIhi yoMi'rtlay 77 l.it( thW nmrnlnc 42 Dttlj Twmuj -fourth Tw. ffwkly FUty-Micntti Yr. MEDFORD, OK'EOOX. SA'ITK PAY. .Jl'LY L'O. 19:!!). Xo. 110. M Mail a . TodaylFINAL GALL By Arthur Brisbane Russia, China, Japan. Get Something Good. The Lion's Mouth. Protect Your Jugular. (Copyright by Kin Features Syndicate. Inc.) 1 Russia nnil Chinii are 'Mooter totteriiif;" between pence mill war. Russia is having the usual spasm of military patriotism, just like any "capitalistic na .tion." Tho Japanese for their good reasons, anil the general welfare- don't want wr, and will send troops to the l'order, to iirevent it if they can. .la; an, hnvinsr recently beaten China and Knssia, separately, knows a good deal about both. Hut Japan has not cleult with the Russia of today, a country different from the flabby Rus sia of the days of czars and t;rand dukes. If Japan should (;et into trouble with modern Russia the result niis-'ht be sur prising. There is an absolute break between Russia and China? big pest "civilized" countries in the world, in area and popula : tion. President Hoover, watching the situation, presumably will keep wisely out of it, apart from protecting American in terests. He has lived, traveled and worked in Russia and China and knows those countries. Jlliat demonstrates the advau- tiigc of having a President who has spent some time outside of his American front yard. You read 1 he other day that Mr. (ieorge V. Maker's First National Bank stock had gone above 170(10 a share. Now it lias gone above $80(1(1 a share, ap $sr0 yesterday. That in rreases the value of the little batik by $83,0(10,(100 in twenty four hours. -M If you get the right thing in this country, take care of it; it will in all probability take care of you. whether it be the right stock or the right piece of real estate. Those that run risks often live long. Those that are too cautious, not so long. The ancient Oreek, warned by the Oracle that he would be killed by a house falling on him, slept always out of doors An eagle flying overhead drop ped a heavy turtle from its claws. The turtle fell on the (Continued on Page Four) TImo who've seen Letter Kilo new wfv Hiiy he got n party goxl I iltit Jil. The president' crime rom tnllon mu-t 1m pu zzled in or what to lake up fltt treh nlny ln bootlcucin'. g:i dine stuttrn bn mil try. t ormolu'. Illicit trcln grt.un, Mil In', hit ijrtckln' rr JrM srrwnil nriieryiiif.s. (Copyright John F. Dllto Co.) ;T0 SINNOTT WITCH SAYS iOF OREGONHEX-KILLER Former Congressman and Court of Claims Jurist Stricken Today While Resting in Home at Washington, D. C Be loved for Public Deeds. . WASIIINC.TON. July 20. (P) JuilKe Niehuhis J. Sinnott, of the I'niteil Stutt'S court of cluiins, ilicd today. Mr. Sinnott formerly represent- niKlu never was known tu uo iniv it Oregon in the hoime, ami wan thli)K more vicious than hall a appoinleii to the United States rtsli hook, sat In the Kalamazoo court of claims liy Calvin L'oolldce eounty Jail last night anil told of in 1928. He was Gil years old. ' f cers why he 'heat .Mrs. Eta U At his home It was sal.i that ; i.-airchllds, 75-vear-old inmato ol JudKo .Sinnott had not been In , a tI i,ios' ill)n,B , death, good heaith recently. lie was "i h!lV)J (1(mn th( ri(,ht thing." stricken suddenly while resting at 1 he said. "That woman could his home and died a few minutes m,lke you nnve any klllll ot dls. later. I ease." llurKess' wife sat beside PORTLAND, Ore., July 20. (TP) ' Nicholas Jolin Sinnutt, who died , in Washington, D. C, totlay, was for many yoars representative I from the Second Oregon district, lut resigned last summer when ! ., . , , .. . . . to a judgeship on the court of claims. Sinnott was horn at The Dalles, Dec. (i, 1870.. After completing his .... . , i grammar and high school studies he went to Indiana to attend Notre Dame university. There lie became famous as a football play er and general all-around athlete. He received his bachelor of nrts degree from Notre Dame In Hinnott then returned to The Dalles and In 1895 was admitted to the practice of law. He then began taking an active interest in politics and- was one of the chief' V , . . workers in the younger group of Uepublicans. JHo was a member of the state senate in 11)09 nnd 1!)1 1 and was ; elected to congress (rom the Sec ond Oregon district in 1912. He I was succeeded in congress by Judge H. R. Butler, also of The j Dalles. ; At the opening of the fifith con gress, Sinnott was appointed chair man of the very important com- j nut tee on public lands. AT way through congress. Sinnott is credited in "Oregon ! with being one of the men most (Continued on Page Six) Baseball Scores National. First game: Pittsburg New York , butteries: Grimes rr. II. F.. fill 2 2 4 4 nnd Har- greaves; Walker nnd O'Farrell First game: Ohicugo Drooklyn Batteries: Bush Clark and PfcinJch. First game: ClnHnniitl , II. U 10 Taylor H. 12 17 Philadelphia Batteries: .iiiiue. Donahue and Goo eh, rain. Sukeforth; Derm- " l'e Second Kfime: II. II. K. Chicano i. .T 4 9 1 Brooklyn 1 n Hatturli's: j. Illak" anil Si hulto, Taylor: Morrison. MiWi'Pliy nl lU-nlino. Second game: It. Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 3 II. r, 12 K. (10 Innings). Butteries: Ulxey nnd Sukeforth; Willoughby and leniin, Davis. n. H . E. St. 'Louis 1 1 Boston 5 10 0 Butteries: Haines, Johnso'n and Wilson; Brandt, Frankhnuse and Spohrer. Second game; IX. H- K Mttsburg. 4 IS New York 8 12 H:itt.rii.- Minf Hill find Har greaves. Hemsby: Henry. Mays and Hognn, O'Farrell. AnierUitn. First game: li. Washington 3 St. Lnuls 2 H. 10 B. Batterien: Marherry and Tate Collins and Ferrell. It. H. K. Philadelphia " Detroit X A Batteries: Clove and Co:iimiie; Sorrel I and Phillip. j,; o First game: New York Cleveland It." . 4 ;i. 10 1 Pennne.k, Mnor W Us and l!n gough; Shaute and L. Sewell. It. H. Boiton 9 Chicago 4 Batterie-: M. Dnston ami Walsh and Berg. VICTIM WAS i Kindly Taxi Driver Believes Aged Woman Had Power to Communicate 'Any Kind of Disease' Glad She's Dead Bragged She Had Killed 100 Peo ple Yearly, He Says. KALAMAZOO. Mich.. July 20. P -KuKcm IturKCMR, 53-yeai-oUl him and corroborated his state ments. "The woman is dead ana I'm glad of it," she said as she was led to a cell. According to their story, told to the county prosecutor, Uurgess I iuiii nis wiie neueven .Mrs. rair- childs was a witch and could liill penplo merely by the power of her will. They said she bragged she ll-iil L- lllurl 1 lift U,.ln .. n r,. tl, ' . " 'v" ; ,lie l,ast ytars, including her husband in her list of victims. Ko, they said, they invited the aged woman to supper Thursday i evening and killed her while she ate. j Hurgess said he boat Mrs. Fair . childs' head with a lead pipe and , hammer, tied cement blocks to the i body and dropped It Into a well I at the rear of their home. ! Aul.u.l r.1..... ...mil- ll.klnt. tin .... . .... u said Mrs. Fail-child cast upon her intended victims, the confessed ' slayer said, "1. staggor lots of times can't see at times, have 1 aches and pains in my head and ; arms and trouble breathing. If i you men felt like me, you wouldn't i be sorry. It was either Mrs. i Fairchilds' life or ours." Bewitched Daughter. He said Mrs. Fairchilds had "bewitched" his 17-year-old dau ghter, Kugenie nnd Intended to cause the girl's death by witch- craft. Burgess daughter, who was away from home when Mrs. Fair childs was slain, and his son, Bur nett Burgess, 27, were hold, but were to he released today. The younirer Burgess admitted ho knew about the slaying before police raided the home late Thurs day night, but there wan no evi dence to show he was present when the crime was committed. Eugene Burgess was known to his neighbors as a kindly man who spent his spare time fishinff. The Burgess and Fairchilds fami lies had been on frlenlly terms for n nuarter of a century. Other I acquaintances of Mrs. Fairchilds E. considered her affable and ' hnrui 2 less." Hevernl years ago ISugeni 2 Burgess Joined n mysterious relig ious cult and differences arose between the two families. They , became friendly again about year ago. " Tt. A. .Mori or of the MlrhtKin state hospital for the insane Kal.inurIH(i rxaminel Burgess nnd Ills wifp last nlcht. but refused X.t divulge his findings. E I SALKM, Ore.. July 20. (Pi ! Willi ov-r l"i convicts at the state ' penitentiary engaged In the con struction nf bulldinus authorized by the 1!'! leglslatiirP. It Jh mated by Superintendent Henry , W. Myers that the half dozen j htil.ldingH now under way will all he ' completed by October 1. The , total expense of the whole huiHInu project to Ihe state will lie about SS.I.inm. The cost of similar build ings "outside." it If) said, would be it least JIT nun. SAN FRANCISCO. July 2.--AN The weather outlook for the wei-k beginning July VI was announced ! ),t-t H umIm.v by Ihe I'nlted Stales Hfi'lli'i' bl'lf fU is follow: Far w extern Mates: i 'loudy and uns"ltted weather with showers in dicated for western Washington and imrthwe-dern Oregon fer the first part of the week. Fair weath K. ' er wilt prevail. it bei wine wilt 1 'conder.thle fi.g a1ng the 'nil 2 fornla e a-l temperature will be liy; normal tour the coast and near or above normal in Ihe Interior. SAN FRANCISCO r r . k 5 W i , A undated Prrft ptiotn The steamer Lapland carried hoys from the western city to Ennland for the International jam-, borce there In August. BacK row, let; to right: Eawara naratng, Rouen namersiag, Scotumasier Ber nard Naughton, Stuart Fletcher, James Morris, M. Vandal). Front row, left to right: Gault Dav;a, Richard Goldsmith, William Nowman and Arthur HJin. GIRLS ESCAPEUUVENILE REDS DEATH TRAP OF OF MEW YORK SEASIDE BEACH HECKLE SCOUTS Trio Spend Night in Bathing Suits On Narrow Ledge! Tide Creeps Near As.. Heavy Rain Falls and Lightning Crashes. SKAKIDIC, Ore, July 20. (P) Three Portland girls, who we its thought to have been drowned last night when caught by the title as they were walking along the beach off Tillamook head, were rescued today after they had spent the night In the treacherous "death trap" in a severe rain and electric storm. The girls were Helen Sherer. 10; Daisy Fa rah, 19. and Betty Tan ory, 20, all of Portland. Although they suffered acutely from the severe cold wenther, th Blrls were uninjured. The three young women yester day afternoon set out to walk along the beach from Seaside to Tilla mook head. Toward evening they discovered the rising tide had cut across their path and had made U Impossible for them to go ahead or to return. On one side was the incoming tide nf tho ocean on I he other, Krcat craggy el if fs mount ing from the shore line. Here the "death trap" had claimed other victims. As an unusually high tide flow ed Inward the girls retreated to ward the cliffs. Barefooted, they climbed from h-dge to ledtre. dreat waves pounded after them. The three finally found r ledf-e upon which they could support themselves. There, attired only in bathing suits, they spent the nihi. as rain fell in torrents and light ning flashed around them. The sea crept up to within six feet of them and all nh;hi lm great billows of spray dashed over them. This morning a group of search ers led by II. A. Brown, chief of police, reached the three younc women r.nd aided them down from their perilous position. "Vou must have been vry frightened," a rescuer said. " fhdn't cry." one of the i:U replied. '"hut wejnayeil all through the night." IlOSKBCItO. Ore.. July 20 i,Pi .Mis. K. K. Kmmit, of Snlem, Was flit if n I ly Injured yi-Menbiv when an automobile driven by her husband, was strut k by a tnaehiuc operated by .Vidine Stewart, "f Seattle. The F.nirnit Mir l-ft Hie highway' and crashed Into a tele phone pole, throwing the S.ib rn woman through the wind '-hi Id. M r. Kmmit was Injured and hot h wtc in a local bospit.1:!. How In Make Money. N K W VOllK-lil'l Oeoge P. I !akcr hns made $ 1 1 ,0ii0,0ii in one day. I e Is chairman of t In board of the First National Bank n nd t he stork chip d more t ha n I "too a share to f Tvaa b d and iMtun a-krd. He hoi Jm 2 hares. SCOUTS SAIL FOll 'Young Pioneers' Stage Riot On Pier, and Girls Battle Police Sailing Delayed, and Banners Hurled Into Hudson. N E W YOltK, .Inly 20 .(,? Fifty boys and irls, carrying ban ners announcing themselves as members of the Young Pioneers of America, a communist organi zation, marched to the Canard docks this morning and Jeered 237 Boy Ki outH who sailed on the liner Samaria to attend the Scouts' world Jamboree in England. ; The demonstration delayed the liner." s sailing 2i minutes. Police j who tried to disperse the young j demonstrators were attacked by 'the girls in the parade. I'ollee ; finally seized all the banners and j threw them in the Hud not). The young pioneers staged their demonstration Just as the Skills were hoarding the vessel from the dock. One banner denounced t he Scout movement as being ' "supported by the bosses to cue ate cannon fodder." The Scouts marched aboard ship and then lined the rail to, watch as the police tiled to disperse t he demonstrators. L E KL PASO. Texas. July liO. (p, - j Ivan K. Scotien, 2'. a patrol in spector In t he border patrol, w;ih shot and killed today when a party of six patrolmen was ambushed by a large group zelieved to be Mexi can rum runners, on Sim Kllzarin , Island at a point culled l,os Pun Ins on the Klo Oraude. Scollen and his men were on the Island watching for HinugrUors when they saw u lone horseman crossing the tfver. They opened fire and Kimtillnneoiisly a group nn tie other 'Hide of the river opened fire on the Americans. At Ihe I nn in fj time a grout) of Mexicans sur rounded on the Island by the Amer icans begad firliiK. Scot ten fell tinder the tlrst fire with n bullet through his head and another o:ie i through his hip. He was Inslanily killeil. The A met leans succeeded In driving oif their asKallaula. shooting a horse from beneath one or tie aitacl.ers and apparently wounding the rider, who escaped to the Mxlcrin Hide of the river. Wealthy, I, Ikes sim-riige. I BOSTON tPi Flske Wttrreii. Wealt by single ta x advx ate. is traveling a broad lu the stet-rsg-'. It Is his r.uth trans-AlbiiHIe voy l age. He ex phi I tied that be pre ; ferred the Mmplc bfe of third (hiss nnd b'-iden it enabb-s him to stive! money for bis single tax colonies. Will Chri-ten OiiImt. WASH IN' !TO. ol'i M rs Cal vin i 'ooHdce Is lo cbr.slen lb" cruiser Northampton, na mnl for her home city. t will be liiiirh I e(i September 7 at Quituy, M.ihH. I BIG JAMBOREE ) BROMLEY SAYS PACIFIC FLIGHT EASY FOR SHIP Thousand-Mile Hop From j Los Angeles Proves Plane Has Ability to Make Trans-Pacific . Jaunt, Is Belief in Tacoma. TACOMA, WaHh.. July 20. pi More convinced than ever by the splendid perlormtmce of his plane on n HUH). mile non-stop flight yes terday that he can spun tho Pacific from Tacoma to Tokyo, Lieutenant Harold Hiomley planned today to rush preparations nnd start Ills great adventure within the next lew days. Twenty thousand cheering Ta romuns greeted Ihe flier when he brought his huge Lockheed mono plane to a graceful landing at' the Tacoma airport late yesterdny on the completion of liin flight from Los Angeles. Despite some unfa vorable nlr conditions tho flight to Taeomrt was made in eight hourh and 17 niiiiulin. Last night Bromley slept ut the homo of Mends, guarded from scores who tried to sue him on one pretext or another. He dux-lured his airplane, which embodies new Htreamllue principles, performed "wonderfully" yosterduy. Tho lieu tenant, who in hacked by n group of Tacoina business men in his plan to span Ihe Pacific, declared before he retired that he hoped to he in Tokyo within one week. Lockheed mechanics will bo here Monday to make final adjustments on the plane :i:id Bromley will hurry his departure to lake advantage ol moon and weather conditions. RECORD SCORE OE LIDO COINTBV CLI'B, Long Bejii-h, N. V., July . I) BUI Mehhorn. with ti T2-hnle score of sn, w-un t iie :letroiolltarr open golf championship this afternoon. With a four round scon of lit, three under par, MehJhorn nosed out Wlffy fox. who scored W I h n fi 7 In his v in s p w h I ch would hi ve Mtiinllcil the course rerord, M-hlhorn took threp putts on the home green. LIDO COCNTItY CLCB. Long Beach, N. V.. July 20. ,v, Arthtir D. Potter, who ret timed n score of 1 1 in the second round of the Metropolitan open championship yesterday, this afternoon was dis una li fled for "returning an Incor rect scon-" ami the heore, which would h,ft'f bet-n a eoursw record, was expiinicd from the recoids. lilng Dons Dongam-M. DI'BIIA.M, KnglHiidlPi - King Alfonso of Spain Is a worker, o tolcl t he mayor of Durham when he vNPcd n nml mine. -'I mut lr my work like any other man Would do his Jolt," he said. Tlie king wore overalls and a (ei ther cap with lamp into the in m P0 J AI Inn 10 GOES SLOW AVERT WAR 0 N POLICY I I Great Britain, France, U. S. Seek to Break Manchu rian Tension by Friendly Advice Belligerents Con scious of Pact Obligations Border Crossings De nied. By the .N4K-intiil Pie-.. The great powers today were working actively to avert war in Manchuria between China and Itussia. and tho Kellogg pact being one oi the chief mediums through which this was In progress. Great Britain Joined France and tho Putted State.-, '.r. seeking to bring about relaxation af the ten sion "by friendly advice." Both Chi nu and Hums la an nounced they were fully conscious ot their obligations under the Kel logg pact and intended to observe uicm but that an invasion would mean military resistance anil war. China and Itussia disavowed any Intention of invading the other. but It was c;ear:y recognized that ; border incidents constituted the chief dang?'- In peace. j French consular authorities at Shanghai said that Harbin reports told of Uussian troops crossing the Manrhurlan border at the eastern end of the Chinese Eastern rail way. Previous dispatches that this was the case met with denial in Moscow and there was no authen tic I n format ion that either China or Itussia had Invaded each other's territory. Itussia u dispatches told nf a rusn of workers to join the Bed army "to defend the union against China." Nn nk In reports lu London Indi cated that the. Chinese minlster in' I'M n land would go to Moscow in order to discuss the situation with the Suvlet government. Ameriean ol'fii ta Is at Washing ton expected the Kellogg pact to exert a profound influence toward piMiecful settlement of the contro versy, Chinese K uomiu news agency dispatches m::de public in New York denied that Lie seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway meant that similar anion would he" taken against other foreign interests in China. I ( 'oust ruet Ion worh on the In stallation of power lines to sites lor beacon llgats for air mail night Hying, between Delta. Calif., and Drain, ircgoii. w ill start outlay, .1. ( '. Thompson, district manager of the California-Oregon I'ower company said today. A telegram from the department of commerce, rcedved today, con firmed ami approved the estimates of the power company for line installation, ami tin furnishing of power for a five year period. The win k will ta lie six works, and for the most part Is in moun tiiinmiH country. The go eminent will Install eleelrie beacons on the summit of the SisktyoiiF, Instead of gas bea cons, as originally intended. The Itfehf I eld Oil company has in stil I led a beacon there, and the government beacons will be sup , piled from a power line I list a I let) J ami puid for by the oil company. I The sites of beacons In Califor nia are: Delta, li Mnine, Flume Creek, Dunsuiuir, Shasta f Black Butte). Weed air port ( Kdgew ood ), ( ia zcllc, Vrrka, Black Mountain, Horubrook. The Oregon Mies are: Siskiyou summit, Si el n ma n. Barron ranch. I u niie Bui te. Valley View, tiohl I I ill, fi rants Pass, Sexton moun tain, f ii a e Creek, Wolf ( 'reek, Stage Co.uh Pass. Cow Creek. 'anyon Mo ant a In. Missouri Bot- P Weaver Hill (Myrtle Creek). Boberts Mountain. Mt. Nebo ( Bosebiirg l, Wilbur, Sulherlin. Bice Hill (Oakland. Voncalla, Drain. j The beacons for the ' Medford municipal airport will be Installed , by the city. " Dixon Ch'illengtil. OAKLAND, Cal., July 20. (IV An offer to box Young (ieorge Dixon, hard -punching negro mid dleweight of Port land, was tele gr: phed to Da Ve Shade, lanteru Jawed Calif urn lan now Sojourning in tne east, by Pi omoter Louis Paren t' uf the i'.-ifi Bay AUilulic club. BEACON LIGH NSTALLAT ON BEGINS MONDAY Laying Ground Work for Big Task Press Used Con tact Farmer Appeal for Co-operative Marketing Associations Besieged By Job Hunters One Man Hired. Francis M. Sj: pheiiNon Associated Press Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, .Inly iti. ) -Living t.ic ground work for their titanic task of organizing Ameri can agriculture, the federal farm board is moving deliberately, as it promised. I 'sing the press as a medium of contact with the farmers and the public generally, the board has broadcast its policies as they have been determined around the table presided over by Alexander I.regge, Chicago business man. Chairman Legge thus ha Inunc.ied a campaign of education, and Joined by Vice Chairman Mone mis made its high point clear with an appeal to the far mers to organize into cooperative marketing associations, on a broad and more Intensive scale than ever before. The hoard Interprets tho farm relief act as confining its ictivitles to dealing with - such associations, nnd wants the far mers to organize so it can help hem most effectively. Meanwhile, the veritable army 1f Job hunters nnd the most of hose who would dip Into the $500,00(1.000 loan fund provided by congress have knocked in vain at the hourd room doors while the . aemners, In their shirt sleeves, auve been Retting acquainted and getting started. Duo Man- 111 ml ' 1 - Only one man haa riPen hired by the board Chris L. Clfristensen, cooperative marketing expert of the department of agriculture, who will nerve as tho secretary. Chris tensen. too. has gone behind tho closed doors with the hoard, leav ing to the outer guard of stenogra phers drafted fmin the depart ment of agriculture the heavy task of dealing witli the scores of job seekers. Carl Williams, of Oklahoma, the cotton representative, nnd n veter an newspaperman, has been the Intermediary between the board and the press. It was Mr. Williams who Intervened, therefore, when the good na an mI chairman, who has been in the habit ut avoiding personal publicity, raised an out cry against tho headlines which appeared nn some of the farm board stories. Mr. Williams ex plained that each newspaper had its own headllno writers, that tho men who wroto Lin stories didn't write the heads, and that this ac counted for tho occasional vari ance. .Jewish Itepnblle. MOSCOW (P) The Jewish so viet socialist republic has been created. Several thousand farm ers and families have been sent to colonize an area about as large as Texas In the Biro Pad Jan dis trict, on the Amur river In Si beria, near Manchuria. Maurice McCarthy, former In tor collegiate golf champion, also playa football and baseball. Will Rogers Says: HKVKRLY HILLS,. C'ul.. July 20. Tlic ".ovoriioi's of all tho states, an pithcml together in Conneeticut to show liow fiir uplift they tiro. Mr. ,Vickei'shani Hcttt. a let ter to them, mitl, like pvrrytliiiitf n hinlily (1 n catcd in n ii w ri t o s. no- I) o (I y rouM tell what he meant. Tliey tlon't know from it if lit is wet, dry, (lain, repeal, enfon'e- oiuluro, inotlify, or let bad onniijrli aliinc. Tliey have tried to aslt him "what he moan" and he ran i tell Vm. Tho letter lias one astoimdin otiteomo, it's made Senator Caraway n Deinncrat, and Senator Ho rah a ilissolntionist, lloth see tho tliin"; ihe same way, ami they aiiiee t lint Wicker sham is all wet. Your.s, WILL ROGEUS. ' -mm