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Newspaper Page TextMETHFORim M ae . TRIBUNE The Weather Temperature! Highest yesterday 8.1 loucsl Ii1h morning Ill IVmM-Fair tonight ond Wl nmitar. Not much change lit Itmponuiire, Ill Twratr-foarth Tttr. ftttly ruir-wfnui Vm. MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 2?,, VJ21). No. 122. Today ' By Arthur Brisbane Russia Hates- Asia. . Hint for Inventors. . Chinese Grave Robbery. Wages; and Prosperity. , ' . Copyright by King Feature y ,,. Syndicate.. Ina.) "'.AH classes of Kilssiims, fac tory workers mill peasants, arc 'cajfcr-'to join the army and fjfllil Asia. Russia would be less belliger ent if war threatened from Eu rope. , '. Rnssiuns are bom, fearing and , 'bating Asiatics that, through more than twenty cen turies, have robbed, burned ami murdered in Russia, on the way West. : Genghis Khan, Kublai KJian, TamcrlKite, Attila and scores ; less well known,' have ridden through the .,Rusiuu fiftin, sometimes building pyramids of Tinman skulls, as monumeiits to their power. . .These murderous Nomads have been Tartars, riders from the wild Mongolian desert, never peaceful Chinese.- .But . to Russia's population. Asiatics arc Asiatics. Any man with slanting eyes is hated. . M The German , ship Urcmen made the run from Cherbourg in ' 4 days, 18 hours and 17 minutes. . That sets n new record, and ship builders will learn from German engineers how to build a' ship and what lines avoid f water resistance. Jfueh greater speed should be possible. - The water's: sur i, fioje : is a ball bearing, pfane, ''refund drops rolling over each oilier, friet Soilless. Niuall boats, .--abnormal in power, have gone !)0 miles an hour. The 1000 foot ship should, and will, beat ,that. There is needed a new ; idea as radical and, perhaps, as simple, us putting the need Jo's eye lit the pont. That ' made the sewing machine pos sible. Think it over. Ship building experience is not necessary. The inventor of ' sewing machine could not fr sew. ; Mr. Morgan, secretary of the ; 'China Haptist rnblication So- fiety, says the tombs of Chi nese royally have recently been robbed of vast treasures in gold and precious stones. . '. From one tomb, that of the dowager empress, Tsu-Ilsi, dead in 11108, robbers have taken jettels valued at more than $200,000,000. The tomb itself cost .ti,000,000. . (Continued on Pugo Four) Ih mother who nscil lo stand over a twit Mine un can an pro Dottles an- gits pHklitl. Tir rirr .r.nK.n, ,,, an , c,,rr hand .uay. an us ivay ouck ou us. ortlcra. I BT. LOUIS ROBIN WILL! STAY IN I SAYSPILOI New Record Established at 3 o'clock In Air 247 Hours, 43 Minutes and 32 S e c o n d s Mechanical Condition Will Be Only ' Reason for End Crowds : Cheer Fliers. I ; LAJilBKH'r-ST. LOUIS, St. Louis July 23. yP) A now world's record for sustained flight was estublish- cd by Dale (Red) Jackson und Forest O'lirlnc in their "St. Louis Rutin" ut 3:00:32 p. m. (C. S. T.) today. At that hour they had been up -47 hours 43 minutes and 32 sec onds, one hour longer than Roland Rellnhart and Laren .Mcndell flew their "Aneelenu" ut Culver City, Calif. Jackson hikI O'Brino an nounced they would continue in the air to set a new mark as high as the mechanical condition ' of their piano will permit. The "St. Louis Robin." a mono plane of the Curtlss-Robcrtson Airplane Manufacturing company, sponsors of the flight, is powered by a New Challenge motor. The original purpose of the flight, which started at 7:17 a. m. July 13, was to give the motor an en durance test. Factory wHistles .shrieked noisy congratulations to' tho filers as they smashed the endurance rec ord. At Lambcrt-St. Louis field a crowd of severul thousand per sons cheered wildly. The endur ance plane continued to circle above the field. It being the inten tion of tho fliers not to again go out of sight of the airport before they land. The fliers announced in a note today that "we are now ready to start on an endurance flight," in dicating their spirits wore high. MINNEAPOLIS, July 23. (IP) The monoplane "Minnesota" with Owon Haughland of 11 u f f a 1 o, Minn., as chief pilot, was off today on another refueling endurance reeord-secking flight. Accompanied by Captain T. L. Crlchlon of Minneapolis. Haugh land soared away from the Wold Chamberlain alrpurt at 6:4tt o'clock last night in an crfort to better tho world's record of 246 hours, 43 minutes, 32 seconds. SH R BIVEPOHT, Ia., July 23. (!') Kailint? In thoir firnt attrnipt at an enduranco fllpht rocord, W. Currcy Handora and Van Jonr hoary, Louisiana avlatora, holt hopcH of trying hkuIii. Tholr piano, tho KWK1I, which hrfian Jt.H fllKht at 10:30 a. m.,. Iat WodnoMday. whs forced down at 7:17' o'otuok last night on Slooro field. . five miles from Hhrcvoport, duo to motor tronblo. HOt'HTON, Tox., July 23. (JP) More than half way to their oa1, Hen n L. lxomlH tind Joe Class still wore aloft today In their on- (Conlinuod on Pago Six) T OVER II PACIFIC TAt (M A , A I It Fl KM), Wash.. July 23. At Men. niHchines ami horses worked diligently today preparing the runway of Pierce county's municipal airport for the takeoff of the Tokyo-bound plane, the city of Tticoiiia. with Lieut. Harold ftromloy Ht the controls. While me n worked steadily (o get the field Into condition, I. W. Paxson, motor expert, made a careful study of the motor of the ship. lie was getting It ready for test flight, which may be made today, with the possibility of the , lieutenant morning. iHft...K on u.moriow rumloy has beon ronshlerinu , tl.Bse of a pilot plane in takimz ot.r4 itxsoii sniil. Such a plane j hamllctJ by a competent nihil. ! would ii, iu anu oirccuy over tnc c so tliut ttio lieutrnatil 1 course uld be able to follow the run- heed, It Is oraetir-llv l, ..ll,le . ,or the p, to see any.h.nK . - w ..t n.u. as the ship speeds over the ground, cepi aoove ana directly to the side i GREAT POWERS TALK NAVAL current" "IrJlJJ" It" Tf b"n '"''Preted as presaging .noth.r conference for curtailment of armaments. Takina the initiative ia President Hoover, whose spokesmen are Am- HSJuSTSL V" A"?b""dof Hu"- ("PP" center). On right is PremlTr ZZtZlirt .GV:',A,:: "d 'OWer "ter " B"n T""- o' -"Pa". who ha. . " - CENTRAL AVE. PAVING PLEA Planning Commission Given Petition Property Owners From Fifth Streets South North Extension Plea Is to Be Made. At a meeting of the City Vlan ning commission held; lust night, a petition signed by properly owners on Central avenue, from Kifth street south, was presented asking that South Central avenue be paved south to Riverside avenue, connecting with the Pacific high way. A similar petition, usking that tho north end of tho same PRESENTED street be extended across tho 'Aiuiicnuria woum be sottteu amic prnpertv of the Owen-oregon com-fat,l' ' ' negotiation. Tt.o puny, lo connect with the Pa- j Tachung News Agency, consideivd clfic highwav. near tho junction semi-official, said In a ranking with the. Mcdford-yams Valley i dispatch, "the belief uniong offl- hlghway. now under construction, will be resented to tho county court, at the regular meeting to-,"' morrow Tho city engineer was Instruct ed to iniikn an estimate of cost, und foHsiblllty, on the south pro- 1n..f The two extensions Would glvo Central avenue connections from boll, directions, and make It a through street for auto travel, now centered on Riverside avenue. Whon tho Medford-Sams Vallev Highway (Midway Highway) was decided upon last spring, It was proposed that North Central ave nue be extended, providing a di rect road from Sams valley, ami the north central end of tho vhI ley. with tho heart of the business district. The propositions have been un der consideration for severs! yesrs ' by Central avenue property own ers. I WASMINOTON, July 111 (fl'l Ifrmry Ford favors placing auto mobiles and trucks on the froe list respecting tariff, the senate finance committee was Informed todHy hy his representative. Replying to a request of Senator Heed, Republican, of Pennsylvania. R. O. Roherge nf the Knrd Motor company reported In a letter today tho views of Henry Ford. ii- ..-..i....t.. ii. i KdHp, h(( faV()re,, fr(!fi lru(,n () ,Rr aK au,nmnhiC8 were COl)- ceineil. Tho present tariff applies a Palrt r IlflI. f.Iin, (,n rr.mtL... ' ralfi of HU,mn;,blcs. -- IioYKIt I'.nir .lull- per cent un loremu I l'i A part or tnrir IrainlnR to swim the lincllsh channel. Ihn Ultlenlehr twins, I ernlce and Phyllis, entered tne ater this mornlnn to swim to RalnsKate. a dlsrunei. nf fl mlloa xh.l. ..,'" , " J- . n iHTiniin a distance. tahlish a near world rcor,l t..r ihA PLANE 1 J. Belief Growing in Shanghai That Crisis May Be Averted No III Will To ward Russia, Says Presi dent Chiang Soviet Sol diers Capture Chinese River Steamer. SIIANCHAl. Julv 23. wi') He- K?w nore lonay me crisis in controversy will bn settled In q frtendly manner Is apparent.' " ni'i,u i Durlni: a mootinir of tho council of state . this morning President rhiunff Kai Hhck was said to hiivo mniHrkod, "Inasmuch hh tho na tliimillst government entertains no w"' toward Russia and plans no "'"'J ,1 ''iT"" i ccr " . !i "'" .v et will not lake upon llsdr i I i ' I rl J I It II Hl H 11 IK HIlOllM'l : international conflagration." Harbin dispatches said tho "ten sions Hie perceptibly abated altlio outwardly the Chlnoso authorities oro maintaining the impression China believes in military pro parndnoss." I'KIl'INO, July 23.T-n) Hovlet troops patrolling the Amur river, which skirts northern Manchuria, have captured the Chinese river Htpaim.t. naMi tllK)nK p, iwont.r tU. wife, and baby daugnter of Hay Talbot, American. The Itusslans sent word to Tal bot, who Is deputy cnmniissioMr of Chinese customs at Tahei-IIo. across the Amur from Hiagovti ehennk. that both were "comfort able and being treated kindly. tioorgo c. II a nun n, American consul at Haildn, Manchuria, wiring- official reports of the capture' bore said friends of Talbot at Har Mn said Mrs. Talbot was of Rus sian birth. The Russians also have captured the Chinese merchantman Hal chimg, which they mc holding m-ar Mlagoveschepk. Japanese news agency r'iiorts. unconfirmed cb-cwhere, ajd a t'hlnese river gunbost bad been captureil by the Utishians on the (Amur. ' fibservers here today estimatefl seven divisions of Chinese Infantry and one of artillery had boon as sent bled in the Mam hull region. iHirthwcMtcrn terminus of the Chi nese l-.astern railway, while fia.oo'f , soldiers are supposed to be ifitili- ! mt ,,, -gninh Imaya, tile cii.stcin end af the raihoiid. Buys Famous Gu IX)NX).' Entr Julv 23'.. a,, a .,'i..'.. ...... ' . jhn D. Rockcfnllnr. Jr.. today nor chased Jean Antolno lloudln's fa- t.,,..,u I.,.- n. t M-........ " " " . ..... """ .ni!lK. .O .k. k.,.. -in ' k. '.. .... J I American museum. khbk ami nurL ! DISARMAMENT HOISting Tackle Breaks at Medford Ice and Storage Plant William Brown Is Fatally Crushed Weft Motorcycle Expert. AVillliim Urown. 28, of Tauoma, Wash. ...was accidentally killed this morning whon a block and tackle used In lifting a heavy cooler at tho pre-cuoling plant of tho Mod ford loo and Sloraijo company, broke and ho was crushon ueneath lis weight. Two otlu-r workmen. H. K. Hlrhardson and II. W. Van derplou. both of Soaltlo, Wiwh., standing with Brown at tho time of the Hccidont, lenped to safety. ,K Brown is ve known on tho Po I olfir. coast as a motorcyclist, and wm'ifi s lecorn iwr a ino- I ttircyclo Jump. For yeara he whh 1" '""'"icycie racer, iin-i was Known for his skill and daring. A few years auo he leaped his motorcycle across a fin-foot canyon near Ta coma, friends said. The coroner pronounced death as ecddcutal, and no in i-m-st will be held. Brown, with Yandcrplou and Richardson, was engaged in hoist ing the "cooler.' The rope snap ped and. with a warning cry, all three rushed to safely. Vander plou and Richardson saw tho dan cer flint, and leaped Just In time. The muss of pipes struck Brown, crushing his client. Fellow workers malmd to his aid, as he murmured : "Oh, help me!" and "(let thin off me." He was rushed to the Sacred Heart hospital hy Jeso Hoiick in hln automobile, lie died en route. Brown was employed hy the Fd wards lep Machinery company r.f Seattle. Mc K survived by his wife, Alva, who was here with him. The body will Ire shipped to his home at Taeoma for interment. At a mce.lliiR of llic airport com- iiiltlee today It was definitely do- i liled lo postpone Iho celebration dedication the new airport until lune r.. and 7 of next year. Thli wadoiin (iwinit to the fear of ritliia ! In October. As soon as the port Is reaily It will Im) used and the thousands f letters being sent hern hy people irom all over the United Htntos to: Ko out on the first air mall fllnlil from the new port will bo sent. Work will bo atarted at once and carried on through the winter pre paring for tbc celebration. - POSTPONE PORT DEDICATION TO .11.1 111 1U UI I uuu ri m Application to Be Filed for Financial Benefits Farm Bill Parker Working Out Details New Milling Ma chinery Needed Other Improvements Planned. The Karm lOxchango C'o-Opera-tlvo will file application at an early date for financial bonof its I of tho Farm Aid bill, Clay IX Parker, manager said yesterday. Tho bill provides for a revolving fund of f 500,000.000, to be made available by congressional appro priations as sonri as possible, from which the farm board will make loans, upon approved applications. Manager Parker said tho do tails of the loan application were now being worked out, and that tho amount would be determined later. They are entitled to 80 nor cent of tho value of tho "facili ties to bo bought or built." Ho further said that a portion of tho loan would bo used In tho rehabilitation of tho present mill ing facilities of the Co-Operatlvo. Tho present equipment, bo said J "has served its usefulness," and new machinery is needed. Hy replacing old machinery with new. Malinger Parker said the cost of milling stock feed, fer tiliser, etc., would, bo "reduced 25 per cent, locally.' Other needed Improvements to tho fiiiartoi's "of tho t'o-Opcrfttlve would also bo made the manager said. It Is tilsn tho Intention of tho op-oporatlvc, to use a portion of the funds for a campaign of edu callon to Increase' the membership of the organization, Manager Par-; ker declared. j Th local eo-oporatlvo has been In oxistenco for 10 yoars, and Is entitled to all tho benefits of tho farm bill as passed by tho last session. Tho provisions of tho bill appli cable locally, aro: Hoe. 7. (a) Upon applica tion by any eo-oporativo asso ciation tho board Is author ized to make loans to it from tho revolving fund to assist In (1) Tho effeotlvo merchan dising of agricultural com modities and food producta thereof; (2) The co n Ht r uctlon or acquisition by purchase or lean of physical marketing facilities for preparing, han dling, storing, processing, or merchandising a g r c ultural commodities or their food produels; (3) The formation of clear ing house associations; (4) Fxtendlng membership of the eo-ooeratlve association applying for tlio loan by edu cating the producers of tho commodity bandied by the as sociation applying for the loan by educating Iho producers of the commodity handled by the association In tho advan tages of co-operative market ing of that commodity: and (.1) Knahling tho co-operative HssoclHtloii applying for the loan to advance to its members a greater share of the market price of the ooni-i modify delivered to the asso ciation than Is practicable under other credit facilities. Wales Mixes Batch Strong Home Brew for Friends Only i liritTONONTRKNT. Kna.. July ail. (0) The Prime of i Wales turned brewer today , Hi this famous homo of Kns- f lisli hntws and ales, starting ! to brew a now extra slronn alo which will he known as 4 thn "Prince's brew." and will 4 iu! mado only to bo eIvcii away. Tho prince thus followed the example of his (trandfa- tlmr, Kdward VII, wlin made a special brew when he vis. ted llurton In I'm. Ills hleli- ness sHmpled some or this royal and ancli.nl brew Mils afternoon. Ho also tasted four other brews of varying ages and strengths bnforo starting a brew of his own, - w SHARE AID FUNDS Only Si-. y sphant in Captivity Falls Victim Pneumonia ST. UHMS. July ::! .(!' Mohi, tho JtiiKMi sea elephant, believed tit be the only initio f of its kind In captivity of this 4 fuiintry. Ik di-utl nf pin'ii- monia at tho Forest Turk zm. -f Thi hody wum found in the pool yewtorduy. Dr. It. J. Torry, profoJnor of unuiomy 4 und Dr. Vt. U. Scott, atwot-lut- 4 rd )trofiHH(ir of lytoloK.v at WashlnKtou unlvoralty Hi'hool of Medlrino, exprcHsed tho ! opinion .Mobl contrat'ttd tho 4 (form from human oxpet.to- 4 l ration in his pool. 4 4 It reqiilrod two houtN to move the tfOOO-pound bulk of 4 .Mobl from tho pool to iho oporutins room for an oxiiml- nation. Budget Committee Fixes Sum for Local Charitable Organizations During En suing Year Red Cross and Boy Scouts Head the List. X1 budget uf 17.000 was .ap proved by tho budget committee of the Medford Community chest at a meeting' held Monday, Hamil ton Patton, chairman, announced today. This will bo tho first year for Medfoi'd's Community chest which will do away with all Individual drives by various local charity in stitutions. The $17,000 budget, if, accented by tho chest committee of which M. N. Hogan is chair j man; will be used to cover the expenses of charity activities fur ono year. The following letter, which Is self-explanatory, was transmitted with tho budget to Chairman Ho gan: "Mr. M. N. Hogan. "Chairman of the Community Chest, Chamber of Commerce, "Medford, Oregon. "Hear Sir: "Tho Budget committee, ap pointed for tho purpose of estab lishing the HI29-30 budget of the Medford Community Chest, unani mously recommend tho following: American Red Cross $r, 480.00 Roy Scouts of America ... ' 4,1)70.00 (llrl Scouts of America ... 1,000.00 Humane Hoclety ..; fiOO.OO Jackson Co. Health Unit 72fi.Oo Salvation Army 1.&00.0U Miscellaneous 1.815.00 $1(1,000.00 1,000.00 Administration Total $17,000.00 "The last two Items aro .more or less guess work, and we think It better to have the goal a little high the first year, to cover un forseen contingencies. We have no way of estimating tho shrink age In pledges, nor can we deter mine a definite amount of over head. "It Is also possible that We may have overlooked some wortiiy cause, which has heretofore so licited funds in Medford. "Very truly yours, "IIAMIIrON PATTON, Chairman. "W. AV. AM.KN. . "C. C. liKMMON, "II. A. TIIIKROFK, "lR. J. C. HAYIOSV GENERAL SHE I ni:v Meinlil (HI,I:ANH, July 23. II") rs of the allied unions In New (irlctitiH will meet tonight j to ballot on the calling of a gene 111 1 slrilie in sympathy with the' street car men's strike. Kffuris of the commission ciun ell to etid the strike on friendly terms previously having failed the council continued their confer ences and asked both sides to hold their executives In readiness for overtures. j The union men have been out, since July 'i. furs now aro being ( operated on some lines by non union men protected by deputy United amies marshals. ADOPT BUDGET nc ennnn mDi ui tin ,uuu i ui MiJJhUKUUHhSII I WILL SEEK AIYCOSI Hoover to Establish Com mission for Inquiry Re duce Military Budget Adequate Preparedness to Be Maintained Expense Is Now Greatest ,of Any Nation. WASIIINCTON, July .-(i', President Hoover Intends to csinb llsh a commission of army officers within the general stutY to see what can be done toward reducina milrtary expenditures. I The commission, the president said today, would be charged with making an extensive tinmiry to de termine what has been made obso lete by scientific advancements and could be done awuy with, ami what urmy programs can be spread over longer periods than oiiginully intended ond at the same tlme maintaln complete und adequate preparedness. The president said the purely military expenses of the United States constitute a military budget greater than that of any other na tion and at a time when ho consid ers there Is less dHiiger of war than at any period within the last jenrw. r The possibility of tax reduction, he added, was dependent to a large extent upon an ability to curtail military and navnf expendi tures. Ho regards tho national situation as modified by 'the Kel logg treaty and said lie was. hope ful that ' expenditures might be jsaved through a naval "disarma- ment agreement. The president said that as now estimated purely military expendj- I lures will constitute one half of jthe Increased 'government outlay i estimated by 1133. It is now estimated, ho said, that the military ontbiv fur inn u'fn bo $803.000. 000 Which Is $120,000.. ouo more than the slmllar'expendl turo for the fiscal year Just closed und compares with an averago pro war expenditure for tho military activities of the army und navy of $26(1,000.000 annually. Safety Pin and Yard of Pongee Found in' Throat SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 23. (T) An open safety pin and a pleco of pongee! cloth eight inches wide and a yard long, was removed from the t V esophagus t of Mrs. M a r y f Btalsh, ;(, 'of Springfield, by Doctors V.:C. Cheek nd Jayi Sllsby here. Itolarivon of tlie women wero unable lo ex- plain how Mrs. Bluish, hap- J pened to swallow the pin and cloth Saturday night. ' The pin's point was lodged In tho wall of the tube with the cloth wadded on top of It, v lf Will Rogers Says: ' LOS AXOKLKS, .Inly I'.'l. My friend Mr. Hrisliinie is hIwh.vh lipping us off lo wlin t to liny 11)1 thi' Muck nitii'kel. Well, I not line Inr you, n 11 y 0 I . T h 0 i' i! i t mi o 11 h n-f iiliti(T inn "ii in tilt' air to iii- Mlliric lliilliniiN of imII'hW. . LC; they litkf tilt" fcnsiis wliilij' lliis riTiuilinji cni.c is on Uik rounlry will nIuph-.ii loss.1 If h couple of iniys lircnk 11 itv onl llicy only linlil lili tliey iri't .sliuvcil. Tin' lliinif loo;s lo me not so tnucli it test of 1111 1'iiu.iiiR its it is a tesl of how loiiK (wo liinls can stav uonpi'il up tojretlifr anil re main friends. Yours, WILL ROGliRS. SAVNGS !r: i X