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MEDFORD, QK'lXiON, WKUXKSp.n
No. 137.
I V II r" H M A 11 H H.ll H El
M'tU'ST 7, 1!)J!)
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Today
Longvicw and Lumber.
Tacoma and Power.
Slaughtering Forests
Considerable Bolshevism
14 (Col'jriKl't I Kealurcs
V Syndicate, Inc.)
. . .V. 'l WW W...I, ...r
1 Six years ajro, when lie was!
years iKI, 1!. A. I.iuif.' of !
fiinsHS Cil.v, ilwitli'il lliis l a-1
fl'ic coast iiecdoil anouier eiiy.
.. I. ii 1 1 1 ii lii.i'i. lit tin lllillilll
(j) the I'olimiimi river wnere
giiis come to take liis lninli. r
jl over Hie world.
! There are 1.",(MK) people her,
w iiiimtlily payroll of sfillHl.O'Ki,
industries, in atlilition t"
'IuiiiIht. I'll e bijrftest mills in
tin' world are here. .Mr. Iiij.''n
niill turns out. li.OOO.llllO lio:ird
of lumber a day, llie Wey
oliiieuser mill 1,.)U0.(HID. When
yim drive ulon this I'tieilie.
cjpasl. 1IHI0 miles or so, be .sure
'.A stop here. You will find a
fiahlern eity beautifully plan
U'd, streets wide, people eheer
Inl most 01 ineni youu;.'.
To enjoy themselves, they
pjit on luniberjaek eostuines,
ojernlls, boots, bright red hats,
Worn bv men in the woods, anil
Bill!,'.
J Three young ladies fnun Se
lllle provide the tieeoinpani
ilient. One. very thin, plays
ttte violin und shakes from head
to fuot. One. not so thin, plays
tlji' violin-eello ; one, between
,ti' two, plays the piano, and
it the evening that inslruiiient
iAs'.vs it bus done a day's work.
!- uaniby-painby music out.
iii.r. " ' - - :
Magniliceiil slate, 1 1 1 ; i iz 1 1 1 T I -ci
nl forest and the forests are
vi nishiii'.'. In Chieago's slanoli
t(r houses they tin not let you
SO': the killing of sheep and
luilis, too satl when the poor
eiitures' throats are eut. They
tlo let vou see the sbiiiuhterinL'
i these niagnirie.ent forests.
i'fiiere is a erash. A fir tree,
l feet in tlianieler. 2 H I feel
, nigii. I ii I is 10 i ne ''roiiini.
! 1' ' Sin-li a tree,'' said i
' ttirtlev of Wnshingl"
!.j ' .,
jovernor
Ion Ibis
Wniino, "is 1 1 0 venrs old. 11
jcaninil In- replaced, ('iviliza
Ltiun and eoniuiereial timber
''."not live side by side."
I l.et us hnpi- that Ibis wasle
jflji human race. tiliiir.-lileiiiiL'
jeyiTylhing, including itself.
w"ill develop a eiviliwil ion able
'; td prnlecl I be forests thai are
!iii"s beaiiliful of all things on
eii III. We are only 1'J.IMHI years
fD'iii the stone age. and we
have, science tells us, much
mure than 1HII.HIMI (Kill years of
fC'ontlnupil nn Pug Kiuht.)
.Another ihlug wo didn't iwl I"
"e iM the ide llw Hnl inh
1 i
Iflllfi
7"M 'Mill iicwr touch mine hhmi wth her at
,X, rr "'s ,n "m hI nHim." , (ij,v when I
Ik.1 tvr ,xr','" IHNtple j (lfi , r t" ba
TK1 ,0 tK R,''f 10 'I,IIM ,in'i.ri done
lt' inori ttuui I kin mf Trr about how l
lnwptriir
(CopyriKlu Jonn F uak, Cl, ,
AFFAIRS OF
CO-ED TOLDr:
BY SNOOK!
,
!
Veterinarian Calm As Three'
Cornered Love Relations
Told On Stand-Defense
Would Prove All Three
I
Insane Girl Told Him of I
Rival Declares Accused
Man.
U.IM Ml :s. (V, .UK: 7. (P)
Delnils of (he l i litn ;le liivolviiiK
'I'lieura Ilix, Marlon T. Meyers unit
himself were related hy T)r. James
II. Snook from the uilnesa sland
this afternoon in his triV for the
killlni; of Hie medieal cu-i-O. as the
defense pushed on its effor: to
proved that the arralmenient was
sueli as lo indicate the Insanity of
ail the parlies involved.
1'ndcr the ouestiouiiii; of Max
Seyfert of defense counsel. Dr.
Snook. In his clear, cool voice, de
picted the three-cornered affair In
which hoth men carried on inli
tnale lelalions with the cirl. anil
told how (he Kirl kept him inform
ed of Iter relations Willi the man
who was his rival for her friend-
ship.
CIlMMIsrS, O.. Aun. 7.
1 r. Ja mos II. Snook today told
tin jury In his first dnurrrc nuir
thr trial tin- story of his thrnr
ycar love affair with Theora Ilix,
the nicdico co-ed he killed last
.fune t:t. It was a story that
detailed their meeting in Juno.
1 !ii't. a ri polling friendship tint
Ki'pw to intiniaey and ended on a
lonely rifle raime near the ede
of the eity where the girl's body,
battered and slashed, was fodnd
the day after (die went thro f ot
her last tryst with the 4' -year-old
fonnr Ohio stale professor.
Dr. Snook was as calm a wit
ness us hus occupied the chair In
the trial. t t
' llo went to th wltneKM Vh'tMr
afler his wife. Mr. Helen M.
Snook, and his t;7-year-nld mother.
Mrs. Abner Sn0. h:ol faced the
sea of faces fn Ihe crowded court
i'Mm to tell their belief that in
the last few years Ir. Snook had
cha nged.
Hoth women kissed him before
they took tile stand ami his wife
renin ined at the defense table
until he started to testify.
The wife, who refused to desert
him after he whs arrested for th"
killing of "the otlur woman."'
testified that she had no knowl
edge f the affair between her
husband ami the girl.
She wan the first to testify and,
stayed until the aged mother let I
Hie i bait . When her husban 1 1
to.k up his stnry, lmwever, she ;
left (lie room and was not pre.--!
cut to hear Itis di'taiie.i account
of his friendship with Miss llx
Showed Tnrot
j Ilolh (he wife and mother testi
j fied that recently Dr., Snook had
I displayed a mental unrest tint
had been in cmitrast to the calm
and pin fid disposition that had
' been his before.
l,oninx Seyfert of defense coun
sel then took up me pxn rum-u em
of Dr. Snook.
Dr. Snook related his early life
and education. lie talked in an
even composed voice, and was as
ool a witness as has been in the
chair. There was not one trace
of excitement as he answered
clearly and distinctly the prelim-
ina''v questions t,f bis attorney
Seyfert took the questioning ; i.dvertising company visited Med
throimh Dr. Snook s study at Ohio j fnr, Jawt wjMler Hn( conceived the
."-laic, mis riimiint " niea ioi- tne auverttsiiiK now ap-
erlnary faculty there, his war ser- r(nK ln hl, nuti,iniil maga.ines.
vice in an aviation ground school , changes In the airplanes ami
unci his trip to Kurope ' !'- I sr holule.s are being made each j
as a member of the America n j ,n,( n OVcr the lioeing system in i
Olympic pistol team. Dr.- Snook ' ul (ler io keep; up with the increase I
shmI he had held "six or eight' jM j,;,- travel. Although no imme-
national pistrd championships 'iiiian- ( ham;es will be maile on the
biw and rapid fire and "four " i local line, additional larger planes'
five" in rifle shooting. wii no doubt be added before
W hen were you married .'" j long, It was stated.
Se f( i t asked. j M r. Hoeing Hl'rlved in Medford ,
'In S'-pN-niher. I 'tL'l!.'" j Tuesday afternoon, having flown j
"When was the first time you here from San Francisco, ile was'
r met M,.-.s Tln'ora Ilix'.'" Sey-jthn guest of Harry Scott at the
Vrt linked. Scott Itogue river estate last night, i
Met 11 Yejirw Aco Heiore having for Seattle thin!
"A bout t lin e yea rs ago. She , n furnonn In- Inspected thi! army j
c.nne ti the xeiei inary depart- and navy planes Btopping at the :
j mi ni as a stenographer.
i- .tid he did lint lem'Ulber
uh- tb'-r there ;t.s a formal In-'lo
ti'idut tion
"Tin fust time tji-id an ex-,
K-nd'd i onv i al ton xvith Miss Ilix
wi- a f'-w das alter I met her.
About that time I offered to drive)
her to her room as Mack hall at
the idge of the campus. It wn
la'lllllg us We WTe leaving oil!
orficc. Th ere wan a not her gill
with her. Miss Ilix got out at
l t- k hull aiifl th.. Mtb-T girl lH
ihc nno htm- at Mo- .Veil iivrnu
,a, Mtop I !"' whether
slo k iv xv the a t hat, 1 Was mm -rl-d
I t, it It- lii. it lull VlTfHl ioll-
ertaiu tilt) H
of tho
bad to go to b. T
soup- stcimiri -aplile
At fust we talkr J
lippU d to come
I (Continued on I'uge S!D
iStepin Fetchit
Will Pay $5000
As Heart Balm
..i;i'.l.i:s. .h. 7. i
ul't .sii'iiin iM'U'litl, ni'tirii v
film suir, must iny .riti'.U to
Vviuini. Kuilrr. 17. under u
eoiiiii'mi.i. JmlKUHMit In llie
neuru Kill's suit for Sltio.tliio
lain.li;es, clutrKlliK hroiicll of 4
H-onilsi. to marry, whii-h wan 4
upiu-oveil in superior court "
tinliiy.
The Kirl iiUeued the Kereen
"'"''"" iis.- icKili name
--in i -i urn in i Mt'oiMito it 1 1 .
wooed her lust fall, ami they t
i became engaged in Novcm-
ber, l;s A month lutcr.
she charged, the actor re-
fused to inurry her, and last
i Juno he wed Dorothy Stev-
enson.
New Field Will Put City In
Important Place Aviation
World Says Transporta
tion Chief Guest of
Harry Scott.
".Med ford's pew airport i going
(o be a great Improvement ami
will put the city in an even more
important place in aviation than
that which it now occupies," said
V. II. Docing, president of the
Hoeing Air Transport. Inc., mid
lioeing Air plane company, who
spent last night and this morning
here. Mr. Doeing visited the land
ing field and today inspected the
buildings being erected there.
Few cities several litres the sJ.f
of .Med ford are ttiking tins into vst
In I 'aciflc coast aviation that Is
Utktm ":hece, flic 'uvUiUon, official
explained. lie watt interested to
know why .Med ford and Itogue
lliver valley residents have always
been so keenly Interested In flying.
Med ford will ho more than re
paid for I he investment which is
being mad" in the new lauding
field. Mr. I toeing believes, t'ities
are fast realizing that in order
to be on the map they must have
tan adequate landing field and ac
commodations for p la ilea. Mr.
I Itoeing i a sincere believer in the
) f ut ure of aviation and thinks it
jonly a, matter of a few years until
Imuch of our commerce will be
I carried on ami traveling done by
I plane.
seeiy . Hall, .Med Ton! repre
sentative for the Hoeing Interests,
met Mr. liiielng at (lie airport this
noon ami discussed local flying
aciivlUes. There Is a steady in
crease in the number of passengers
fixing through Med ford as well as
t hose boarding t he planes here.
With better facilities at the alr
P'.it, now under construction, com
mercial flying here in expected to
increase even more. Air. I la II be
lieves. -The advertising which .Medford
Is now getting throticli the adver-
, jS(,M,nts of (
Kord company is
of ill est imablc value to Medford
and Orecon," Mr. Hoeing says.
"M i Minns of dollars; would be re
tpiijed for a city lo carry on so
comprehensive and interesting a
cam pa fun as the one from which
Medford Is now reaping the bene
iils." be continued. He was told
how Jin official of the N. W. Aver
I an port and ehalt'd xvlth several of
! t lie pilots. One fif the pilots flying '
Salem whs formerly with the I
, Hoeing company at Oakland. j
i n itogup itivr country is a !
great vacation land In the oplniim j
of Mr. Hoeing and he enJoyn stop- ,
ping here whenever it is posslbp-.f
he stys. j
' " i
The Noted Dead
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug T - -.
NohIi Mayes. X5. retired physi
hi and Inst kno-vn Miixmntf
m'.e- of the "HolMiis" A relic
r i "ii hi i n ( i . ii if n y-(irroa
at the Soldier Home at Mllford.
Net,
t Dr. Haye hh hoi ii iicki Dac(y
I Ind. He enlisted In the CnJon army
j hen 17 and fi ved throughout
the war.
AIRPORT VALUE
ISEEN BY BOEING
ON INSPECTION
EDISON CONGRATULATES PROTEGE
. i in I Ll I Wj I u Ln 1 1 ILli 10
SUBURBS kflAVORABLE
UNDECIDED It 1 FOR RIGHT
If jJr&-: 't i Cilv Council Divicles 0,1
:9 fffl Ouostions Supplyin, Mid-
- ! i 4 Mattcr To Votc of Pepc besifi
J xT"' -Mayor May Break the
1 hltl ft ft. W'HtUt
Wilbur Huston, 16. receives the best wishes of Thomas A- KcJlson
an winning the scholarship offered by the inventor. Below, left to
right: Bishop and Mrs. S. A. Huston, Port Madison, Wash., parents
of the boy who was seltcted from a field of 49 competitors.
SUPPORTER OF
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E
Dr. Pollard, Opposed By j
Cannon, Gains Democratic;
Gubernatorial N o m i n a-
tion By Landslide Ex-'
pect Lively Campaign.
i
IIK'IIMOXU, Vil., Aug. 7 ! 1
Dr. John tjurlund Pollard, w ho
stumped Virginia" for Alfred K. j
Smith and is generally regarded uHj
among the Virginia Democratic: j
leaders Hlshop James Cannon, Jr..
(if the Methodist Fplscopat church.
snuth. h.is asked anti-Smith Demo-'
erats to repudiate, was swout'intoj
t he Democrat le. numiua : on for j
governor of tin (hl Dominion in 1
a political landslide In yesterday's!
Democratic primary.
Dr. I'ollard. a professor of the
College of William and Mary, had
piled up a tremendous majority
over his two primary opponents.
(!. Walter Mapp and Hosewell
Page, on the basis of unof ficial j
returns from 1 .3 It- of t he state's ;
l.M pre-incls. The vote stood,
Pollard X7,i;7. Mapp r.,7tlH. Page )
3.x x;:. i
In his campaign against Dr. Wil
Mam Moseley Hrnwn, noiiiltialed
for governor by anti-Smith Dmno-
erats and Hepubliraus, politic il j
leaders believe Dr. Pollard will,
have the staunch bai king uf Hie ,
eut ire I temoeral ie party.
irgiuians looked forward today I
to a campaign far more spirited j
than the primary, with the possi- ;
hilily of many of the issues of the f
I HL'K rampaign being brought lo j
the fore. Hlshop Cannon, who or- j
ganized the nnti-Smlih Democrats j
last year, has already served notice j
in a statement from Washington j
that he regards the Virginia 'dec-j
tion as an election nn the prohi
bition issue and urged anti-Smith
Democrats to repudiate the slate
leaders who ( su pporled Smith and
"llaskoldsm.' !
Baseball Scores
American.
PIDI.ADKDPHLA. Aug. 7 tPi
The Philadelphia Athletics split !
even with the Yank'-rn in n double- j
header today, winning the second j
game, 1 o 2, after dropping' tbej
first. I.'t o I. Hitlh. K.ienig. Men
se and l.i.z.cri hit Imtnein in the .
first game.
h ii. i:. I
New York HI M 1 !
Philadelphia I 7 i I
Pipgi-iix and Dtekey ; I'lhmk'-, j
Shores. Or will I and 'n'-bi ane. j
Strond gain": It. H. H
New York , '1 :. I
Philadelphia . I h j
SherM and Dif-k'-y; Karnh.ixv,
(iiove and 'oehiane.
11. II. K
Detroit .11 in :
Cleveland I 13 2
i ri -nil and I la rgrea ve: Shaute,
.inn and L. Sexvell. Myatt,
it. i:
U a-hlnglon t I 1
P.o-lon i (
Tbtun.is and Tate; M l-'ab u an 1
A. Oasion.
National
II. II. K
New York . 1 . i
Pittsburgh 1 1 J e
He nton. Henry and HukhD ; Krr
iner and Heinsley.
NewiKirt ChrlHtinn church edl
fire rer.enMy dedicated here.
llGllDEMSlEGIOfAIRES
kf'A ArVl KpIIw Annuo Mn.tor ! m,v,i, kk, a,,, ;, av-
SALEM GREETS
Eleventh State Convention j
Opens Today Room'
Reservations Indicate
Greatest Crowd Oregon
Department History.
SAHKM. On., Aug 7.(li
The' advance guard uf 1 .eg Ion -P'-es
headed Tor the eleventh
a'nnuat stale convention , of l'"
American l.egion
rive (his morning
began to iii
xvfth regiHtra-
Hon of delegates
v isitoiv, starting
altermitcn ami
at t o'clock.
Adva nee requests
rooms Indicate th
for reserved
I the ronven-
lion Will be the best attended in
history. All sessions will be held
at I he eapltol, xvlth the Heghm-1
n,. l,..u i.wr tlin ll.oiu,, nf
repi-esen tat Ives and the auxiliary
i he senate chambers. The con
vention will be formally opened
slat i' bouse rounds Thursday I
morning.
Dedication of the $:.a,oiMi mu
nicipal ah port wit h prepa ra I ions
marie for I he feeding of more
than fid (Ml at the free barbecue
will be a feature of the opening
day. Army fliers from t "rissey
and Pearson field and San Diego
with a naval a nip hi Ida u plane
will offer a progra in of stunt
and aerial maneuvers. The ground
promenade of I he -III et K. auxll
lary glee club concert and a
cat-den parly for the vlsiling
xvomeii round out t be day. The
10 et s parade ami "wreck" will
conclude the day's activities.
I'riday will be the big day, xvith
Ihe American Legion Junior base
ball championship to be decided
he i ween teams sponsored by the
Sllveiinn and Portland post s, the
winners to take part In Die coast
series ut San l-'raticlseo, where a
i c p i e 'en I a t i X'e will be chosen to
play fn I he finals In the Yankee
Vadium In New York city In
kim her. The drum cm ps con
test, with eleven group compet
ing in addition to nn exhibit ion
di ill by the Sab-m corps, which
placed second at. the national enli
ven 1 (on In Sa n Antonio, Tex., and
an elaborate display of fireworks
Is scheduled for the evening. An
inCoiniiit midnight parade will be
a feature. Host stunts, Impromptu
iiiii'i-i Im and parades, midnight
matinee and dancing are f
I'ei -d for entertainment.
K.il lowing t he annua I business
session Saturday Ihe convention
parade will be held at 2:30 o'clock
with xery Legionnaire and xvomnn
in the line of march. K-veral
A no-1 jca n Legion H ml other ha mis
will lake pn rt. t he genera I liiff
being mutinied this year.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NL'W YOltK, Aug 7.-ir. S. D.
A.) Today's pear miction: I Ala
Iih ma 1 ( ieorgla, 33 California
arrived: unloaded 33 California
and I others; on truck 21 Califor
nia, one other.
f ahf rnla Harlbtt. 'il.'tl'.t boxen
i.e-i M.Di-i V,:,: few high a. H.7.',;
..hi :ti v quality II ml eoTidllhin
i :i:. 3.xo: eommon $"(.'i.'i-3.m;
few .i- low iis J2.7M; axgeriige
( iiH'Af;o. Aug
pear market : 2 7
T xn- urrivofl ; te
7 (I. S. D A )
California; one
ears on track,
I '1 earn sold.
California HarlleUs. 83
4 Itt, aVfraKe 3.7i.
ADVANCEGUARDI
lUATCD OD I Dies ot Injury I lAC ATUCD IQ
Hccituse the city council is di
vided on Ihe queBlinn of spUlnv;
water to outside districts, which
much mooted question has been
discussed for weeks past, evt?v
since I ho chy water coin mission
iiune out In favor ol selling water
to Hie Henydtile nml Oak tlrove
wuler districts, the Holution of this
iluoMtion, so far hh the council is
concerned, or whether the contro
versial matter will he submitted to
ja vote of the people, now iippur-
eniiy lies with Mayor A. W. Pipes,
depending on which way he casts
his vole to break the tie lit Illi
cit y comicil;
Thls si tun tion developed at the
city council meeting last night
when on a direct motion to sell
water to the Herryditle, or Midway,
district CnuiK'tlmcn K. M. Wilson.
J. J. Huehter, CIihh. A. Wing und
K. H. M'cKlluiHe voted yes. and
councllmen J. O. (irey, .1. C. Col-
Hum anil P. M. Kerslmw voted no.
The only other e.otmellninn. H. II.
Hammond was absent and. Inas
much as he Ik reported to he
against selling water to oulshlc
districlK, !,ad he been present Ihe
council vole on the proposition
would have been a He.
It takeH n majority vote of five
of the council membership of eight
lo carry a vote, hence the vole,
standing four to throe. In favor of
the motion. Ihe lattni' was lout,
Heforo tli Ik vote wan taken a mo
tion made hy Councilman .1. C. Col
lins, one of -the oppotmilH to xritnt
lug water to outside districts, that
(lie tUCHlloit of granting water to
the Midway district he leH lo a
vole nl' Mid people, of Medford, was;
also lost by I he sanie lineup
Messrs. Kershaw, limy and Collina
voting In favor ami Messrs. Wilson,
Wing. McKllioso and Huchler vol
hig against.
Await Full Meeting
Then it watt HKteed to let action
on the mailer rent until a ineetln.
at which all the couuelliuen wore
present.
Judging hy his public utterances.
on (his question hy Mayor A. W.
Pipes, the latter haa iih yet taken
ho decided Bland nllher way, his
Htaleinenttt mostly pointing out the
argument made hy 1ml h sides.
Much dohato In thn way of argu
ment pro nnrl inn preceded the
showdown vole, both hh to Knint
Ing water to thn Midway district
and submitting Inn nuttier lo a vole
of the penpln of Medlord.
Tliis dettale was inaugurated
when Alltirney Frank Newman for
the Midway district asked thai Ihe
council grant water to Dial district
and III accordance with the tenta
tive contract between that district
and the .city that, had been drawn
hy Ihe c,Hy water board.
Judge K. K. Kelly, as a Med
ford properly owner Immediately
launched an argument against Hit!
ptoposltlon; contending among oili
er things thai the water hoard was
without, leical authority lo make
Ktich a contract and holding that
Ihe council would he unwise lo sell
water to outside districts, polnlln,
out thai If that were done Medford
people who hail taxed themselves
about a million dollars lo estab
lish tholr linn water system would,
fn u few years, innlead of enjoying
the present ample supply of pure
cold spring mountain waler. be
placed on reslrlct ions, and said that
Hie outside districts If they WHnted
Medford water should coinn Into
the city hy annexation.
Judge Kelly elmied by stating
thai the question should he put Up
lo a vote of the voters of Medford
for decision.
Claim Sale Legal
At lorney Newman held I hat the
council and waler hoard had a per
feet legal rlRht. lo sell water lo nn
outside district. It was Just before
Judge Kelly's talk thai Councilman
lames C. Collins made h motion
that Ihe question be put up to a
vote id I he people, after slut fug
Hint the council, ftn Its own au
thority, should not grant, waler to
the district.
Dr. C T. Sweeney, a Midway
district resident ami property own
er and who Is also a MedTord prop
erty owner, made a plea (hat waler
he granted the district, especially
for sanitary reasons, and related
how thn people of the Ibri ydale
district Hiif iered for I he hick of
H good water supply. He staled
that Ihe wells of the district were
contaminated, or were being con
laminated, and pointed out danger
of a possible contagious fever epi
demic which mUht spread Into and
over Medford.
Dr. Sweeney drew a pathetic pic
ture, of how the mothers and chil
dren of tlio district, pining tor
(Continued oo rag BID
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MILWACKKK. Aug. 7.- uV--Victor
L. HMger, world snclaliM
leader, former congressman and
editor of t he Milwaukee l-eader,
idled at a hospital here Ibis after
noon from In juries received J uly
when struck by a street
Peace Negotiations Disturb
ed By Attack On Hip
Sing Man In Chicago
Put On "Spot" By Sup
posed Friend -Shot.
CHICAGO. Aug. 7. !') Just us
the troubled air of long warfare
was being cleared will news of
peace negotiations In New York, a
shot rang out in Chicago's China
town iiiht iiiglu and ..lor; Wul, a
Hip Slug tougman, fell, seriously
wounded.
The usual Oriental methods em
I ployed by long gunmen were dis
carded hy W'al's nsaallHiilN In favor
oi tne typical sysiein oi tne ciuca
go gaiiMHier. ai was "put on the
spot" by a supposed friend who
led him Into Ihe hands of throe
enemy tongmen. He was forced to
accompany the into an alley, then
shot in the back.
('bin Jin, member of the On
Leoug long, was named by Wat us
the man who shot htm and wus be
ing sought by police.
Police believed another shooting
was narroxcly averted when Chin
Hiug, a Hip Slug long man, was
captured mi be approached the
home of Willie Lee, Oil Lenlig toilg
leader, xx Kb a loaded pistol In his
baud. Plug, believed to be an Im
ported gunman, xx as sel.ed by
police gaurds who had been am
bushed around Hie Lee home since,
tne tong trouble Marled Sunday.
Hlug u as taken to a hospital
where Kay l.eotig Wong, Hhot and
pl cbably fa I a Hy wounded Sunday
night, identified him as the man
who bad hhot him.
Joe Tuck, who xxas identified by
txxo kIIiicnni'k as the slayer of Vre
Sun. a 1 1 Ip Sing tougman, w as
ordered held without bond afler a
hearing in municipal court yester
day. STREET ATTACK
ri rTsnrrt;n. Aug 7. -in Two
men re nlatu here last, night,
one at the door of a hoHpltal and
the other on ihe trnei In the east
end district. The police described
the nla. IngM as "mob killings" be.
Mevin;; they may have resulted
;fi'oin a colli I n ua 1 ion of gang right -j
nig.
Oli" of Die vjif ho whh Steve
Momnl'-io. alleged racketeer, ami
ihe other was Tony Lllo. Monas
leto was entering a north ide hos
pital with bis brot hrr. Sam, lo
ximi a friend. Shotguns xverr
.-diovcd lluoiigh (he curlalns of an
auto middle parked near by ami
tired. Monastcro fe mid one of
tils nfal hints Jumped from the
uuihiirdi machine and fired several
shots Into the fallen mini's head.
! Meinwhlle. Sam Monastcro had
jobtaltied a plslol from his oxx u
atilomotdle and Hied three times
jal bis brother's xlayer. None of
the bullets took effect ami the MH
KlitlantH fled.
! Several hours afler Ihe Monas-
lei o killing, police found Lilo tin
1 onseioiiH from stah wounds. He
clutched a knife in his hand hh he
lay in Hie street. Ho died in u
hospital before he could be questioned.
jGANG METHODS
USED FOR TONG
ASSASSINATION!
GANGSTER DIES
IN PITTSBURGH
Zeppelin Passengers Order
ed Report At Hangar At
4- p.m Actual Departure
About Midnight Many
Will Stay With Ship For
Tour Around World via
Germany.
WASHINGTON. Alls- '.(Pi -President
Hoover late today dis
patched a telegram to Capt. Hugo
Kckener, commander of the Graf
Zeppelin, wishing him succors up
on his forthcoming rotind-Ui"
world flight.
LAKKHCKST. . J , Aug. 7.--tTi
A company of adveiiiuroui
muIh prepared to embark today
upon an history -making voyage,
circumnavigation of the earth in
the German derigible, li at . p
pelln. Dr Hugo Kckener. command r
of the airship, ordered passenger
to be at the hangar at I p. "i.
today, although actual start on
the first leg nf the Journey xva
not expected lo be matbi before
midnight.
Some of those who have booked
passage from here xvlll not mako
the flight mound the wm-'d but
wilt disembark ut the first stop,
Kricdrichghafcu, Germany, t ho
Graf's homo port.
Among those who expect to re
main aboard the airsh p until
she arrived here again a moot h
hence, flying out of the west, are;
( ommauder Charles K. Hosen
dahl. V. H. N.; Lieutenant .!. C.
I HlehHrdson. i;. S. NV. William H.
Ie.ds, son of the late tin p'at"
king; Sir George Hubert Wll
i kins, explorer; ady Grace Drum
! mund Hay, Karl Von Weigaml.
I newspaper correspondent. a u d
j Joachim 1. lllckard, writer. Com-
nwider ttosendahl, survivor of Ibij -
lll-iated Shemimioah ami inrmer
commauder of the navy dirigible
Los Angeles, and Lieutenant liich
ardauit are going n observers for
I ho navy.
( ' P. Hurgess. a ci vil ia n engi
neer altachet to the navy, xvlll lux
a 'passenger as far as Kriedrichs--hafen.
Other Amerlenns who will leavpi
the airship at Krledrlchshafen are
Nathan Wexler and William
Weber, of New York; John K.
Iarney of Hmoklyn and Moris
Shumofsky. of N e xv Hochell'-.
n. y.
The passenger 1'st of H include
several Germans who arrived on
Ihe Graf on her flight from Ger
many. I iieijiemsnt Commander yimo
W. Wicks, . S. N.. who iu. 1
charge of pumping rue und lift
ing gas lulo the airship's storag"
bugM. mild Hie task would be com
pleted I 'I hours before tin tak i
off.
Wicks Lcaxcs Nny
Itefuelhig Hie Zcppcl ii was mi"
of the last duties nf Lieuieuan'
Commander Wicks as n naval of-
fleer. He litis resigned to beconn
hangar and const ruction Miner -inlemleiit
fur the GnodyeAr 'v
pelin corporal Ion at Ak run. Obi
where two dirigibles, larger t In u
the Graf Xeppelin are to be built,
for the navy,
Knrecssts llldb-ali'd thai weather
conditions would permit Hie ptarl.
hh M'heduled. Cloudy weather,
with possible nhoxvers. were in
plotipcct, but Lieutenant S. I'.
Ueehehlorf rr. I jikehurst fnrecasler.
sa'd there would be m high xvin l
lo prevent the takeoff.
Hans Von Schiller, one of the
pilots of the Graf, said be ex
pected the airship xx ould r icli
l''riedrichshafei early Sunday
Slopping there for three or tour
lays the ship will set out 'for
Tokyo and lo Los Angeles K 1 ti
trip Is expe?ted to take (our or
five days, with lay overs of Mm
Hine durHtinn at each ,iop, Tb"
trip eimlwurd across the I'ni'ol
States m CHlltnaled Iti cottsnin
Ixvfi or Ihree d.iy,- xvhieh xx I ll
luing the a Irshlp to her start it.i
plaee here about September ft."
Weather reports will " be Mop-'
plied to I he afrtditp bv radio a 4
frequently as they are available
The jump from Ki iedrb-h liafen
to Tokyo is regHiib-.l as the mo --t
hazardous, ' because ifinoul a in-,
clotnlK and rain may make mivi
gatbm diff'.euli ami xveather' re.
j porti hi that p.nl of the wor'd
1 are meagre.
Starts Monday ' ' -
! Itomaiicf and adventure in
a myslery story - - "Death
Treasure" n t a r t Monday,
August 1 2 in the Mall Ti l-
bune.
: One of the mot engrossing
I (ales of high spirits and
v youin. Lion t miss urn open-
log chapter.
Condon Htate IiiHhway depart-
jniont improved Main street of this