Medford mail tribune., August 13, 1929, Image 1

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i The Weather
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tciiiM'ru(urc.
Temperature!
Highest yostonlny on
KoucHt ihls morning CIS
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MEDFOKD, OUKUOX. Tl'KShAV. Al'dl'ST D!. 19-!).
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To day IN. ORLEANS
American Guests
Set Wine Record
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at German Feast'
CAUGHT TRYING TO STOWAWAY
OLD US
Fam. ""'ow Is
Ca c'byBed
L v?.ing Quake
By Arthur Briibane
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Meteorological Flight.
Planning For Glory.
Everything Is Possible.
Only a Meteor.
(Copyright ly King Feature!
A Syndicate, Inc.)
SAN SIM ICON, Cal., Am;.'. l:t.
Tomorrow, Dr. Kckener will
lio Fl viiifj- liis Zeppelin over Si
berian plains and hills where
dinosaurs once laid their ejias,
anl on to To1in. Then will
eome the flight across the nnr
now, northern end of the I'n
eifie, smith along the west coast
to I.ns Angeles, ami hack to the
.Atlantic.
, Well may statesmen, Fliers
'and engineers ol' the world send
J their congratulations to Dr.
Kckenei', who, at il years id'
at;e, opens a new path around
the world.
The air voyage Froin Luke
hurst lo r'rietlrichshal'eii is de
scril)ed l).V Dr. Kckener as a
" meteorological" aecoinplish
ment, a haltle with wind and
weather.
Flying comparatively low,
the Zeppelin obtained the as
sistance of winds that added :!"
miles per hour to the ship's
speed, hi-caking the world's
long distance air-speed record.
In Future flights, with air
ships perfected, all heavier than
air, 1'lyinn will he done Far
above any clouds, at heiphts
where hijrli winds, fojis and
storms are unknown.
And air flyint! will he done
11 schedule time, with less un
certainty than on a modern
railroad.
As there are no waves or
storms a short disnncp below
the ocean's surface, so nil is
tranquil, a 1'ew miles up in the
air only a slow, perpetual
breeze, following the earth's
tummy; toward the east.
Heturnins; to earth, you learn
that the latest building plan is I
for a structure 100 stories hih.
plus 10 stories below the
ground. Men, from the first,
have been reaching, ever, up
ward. '
Phoenix, Arizona, reads with
horror about Five former po
licemen and their plan to
achieve glory.
They are accused of making
two Mexicans and a Nicaragua)!
.drunk, then persuading them
, to break into a drug store.
When the hurglay was at
tempted, the conspirators shot
I wo of the men dead, wounded
fOontlnued on Page Four)
HlTHCtT
"Prohibit Ion Is mi III lined un
handy." ccmplalncd I. on .Moon,
lixhiy. A feller has to hunt a
leVphone. an' nr hlx wait eight or
ten minima to it whit he wants,
nu' then mebhe he'll hnw to take
Scotch or iiuihln." I'rel d c n t
Itoovct't ncwly-rrrnrl fit mi lio-inl
a may know ((. huliH, hut immoii
atly I'd Iwmo n lot more mnriilrtiif
In II if ihcr win a few full Mgv
btints sentient! through It.
CITY HALL
SCENE
Police Use Shotguns, Tear!
Bombs In New Outburst jj
of Strike Sympathizers j
Three Wounded Petition:
On Jitneys Precipitates!
Bedlam Councilmen Are'
Slugged. j
NKW ORLEANS, A UK- 13. (P)
Reinforcements from every city ii- j
lien precinct were hastily thrown
into action today, armed with aliu'.
guns it ml i car bombs, before a new
hurst of rioting in the street car j
strike wan iuelled. i
At least three persons were shot i
Inn not dangerously wounded dur-
lug the moh notion. The eity hall
was stormed, members uf the com
mission slllgge, and a dozen po
licemen overpowered before the
howling and hissing demonstrators
could he forced from the building.
hedlam broke loose in the coun
cil chamber when K. K. Foster,
spokesman of a union committee,
presented a petition reported sign
ed hy uO.OOrt persons, demand ing
tnat the city ordinance regulating
jitney operation he revoked.
i ne meeting necame sucn a wnoj(
demonstration mat Acting .Mayor
Wulmslev adjourned the session.
The council members were then
not nnon nml struck with fists he-!
fore the police were able to rescu1
them.
Forced from the build inK. hun
dreds of men and women were re
pulsed in another attempt to storm
t he city hall. The rioters then
made sporadic attempts at wreek
iiiK street cars anil sluginR non
union operators.
During the pandemonium of
shouts, boos, fist flying and sho
In the buildinpr, a dozen policemen
were nnsfiulied by the mob.
Cupt 41 In Henry Nelson of the po
lice department, was set upon and
stamped and beaten about the ;
head before other officers cottld
stop the mox action.
With the city commissioners in
their offices. Detective Fred Wil
liams jumped on n counter in the
corridor with leveled nuns and suc
ceeded in qu feline the enraged
crowd for a time. Miss Ida Sell
ers, a school teacher, mounted a
platform and addressed the riotevs
in a calm voice and persuaded
niitn.v in it'itvc i ni" niiiiiiiim.
rUlfl llllftl'MMIl til I (Ml IT 1 IHMI- J
uoie ,.. m. arrive., on wie
seene durlni; the major disnrd.-rs.
sn ntiiKineti neavy guards ironi ail
precinrt stations in the rity to
hrejik of the formations of rioters
in front of the huildini: and In La
fayette Souare.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NEW VO 1 1 K , Aug- 1 3. V.S.D
A.) Pear auction: ears Cali
fornia, 2 Alabama arrived: 4.1 Cali
fornia, 2 Alt.bama unloaded; 3S
Califurnla. 2 Alabama on track.
Californio I'.artletls: 31.24D boxes
best, :t.4r.-4; few h,inh as $-1.30:
ordinary. $3-3.43; common, $2.7 ti
ll; few low as $2.3"; average $3.12.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. r.S.D. A.)
Today's pear market: II Califor
nia cars arrived; 11 cars on track:
12 cars sold.
California P.artletts: (1S33 boxes
$2.7u-;t.t;o; average, $3.2 0.
Texas Itartletfs: Fancy, 1 : 4
boxes. $2.(ifi-2.IHl; average $2.K."i.
Choice. 3!0 boxes,
Baseball Scores
National
K. H. K
Chicago 4 12 1
ttnston - 1
Carlson and Taylor, Clonzales:
C u n n i n g h a m. I verett and
Spohrer.
n. h
Cincinnati ...v 3 "
New York .. ..... 1 1" 0
Pixey and Sukeforth; Fitzslm
moris, Si'ott and Hogan.
American. 1
I n. it.
I Philadelphia 4 r, 1'
Dei i on . . ., 3 1
I (Juinn and Cochrane; Snrrell and
1 Haigr.'.ve.
II. H. r:.
Poston
"hlcago .
Morn a ml Ilevim: :
i Adkin" and Peru.
I I!. II. K.
I New York 2 T I
Cleveland 3 C 0
Heiinaeh. Moor.. I nd Dickey;
Kerreil and I,. S-w.ill.
j Cnnby MacMarr company op
ened grocery Mure in Koebter
. recently .ccitd by ('anby
Herald.
HKKI.IN. (lermany, A ins. lit.
Cerinan iH'WHpupers loduy
feature the newn of lust
night's banquet lo the dele
gates of the International Ad
vertising association here uh
"a gastronomic record." with
"41111U huttlen of wine" con
sllluel, fill per cent of it hy
guests from the I'nited States.
The HiiiMi guests were served
hy more than -mo waiters.
To furnish the veal, one of
the items of the menu. 280
calves were killed. For rel
ishes :ir,.noo cralis and other
delicacies were supplied.
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HOLDUP HOAX
INVESTIGATED
Assistant Manager and For
mer Actor Break Under
Quiz of Theatre Robbery
Loot Is Found Beneath;
Garage Floor.
SACRAMKXTO. fat.. Aug. 13.
Painted ly the supposetl vic
tims n.s a dfiritiK daylight holdup
'n which Ihey were "taken for a
ride" and forced to hand over
S3US0 box office receipts of the
Hippodrome theater to two Kun
men, the details of u flimsy hoax
were under investigation today,
following asserted confession by
both principals.
The men, .1. A. (iresens, assis
tant munusfr of the theater, and
C H. Beggs, former theater actor
unit later a sign painter for the
hippodrome, succumbed to several
hours relentless questioning and
led the way to the hiding place of
their loot.
Packed In two large Racks, the
stolen money, .representing the
week-end receipt a of the down
town play house was found be
neath u loose board In Heggs' gar
age. A few hours after the asserted
holdup after the men had under
gone preliminary interrogation and
been released, they went to the
Beggs home where the actor had
cached the sacks in an nun can be
tween two ga nines, and caanged
ttlt,
hiding place, believing the
..rt'oi'.iil
anainsl discovery
,. t lu.nK kidnaped and
tllk(,n ,() MH neuI. jIanlmy !i
j Sliack, a madhouse, by the two
thugs, the men's confession reveal
ed they had hired a taxlcah and
paid $'no to the driver to "keep
bis moutii shut," after conveying
I hem from the city to their desti
nation. The driver, Henry McVeigh, was
being detained hy police last niht
as a material witness, but authori
ties are convinced he had no
knowledge of the holdup hoax.
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TDK HA(!l'K, Netherlands, Aug. J
1 3. tA'i The great statesmen oT ;
six powers Ihls afternoon attempt- !
ed to reach a comiji oinise on ills- i
puled provisions of the Yofjng Ian '
in the priticy of their hotel apart
ments. While the financial experts of i
the conference attempted to break !
the deadlock between OVeat liri- j
tain and her allies over Hriiish
demands for increased share of
flerman reparations, the heads of '
the French, Itiltlsh, Belgian and
t lerman delegations met to talk j
nvr Hie date for evacuation of the '
Homeland. I
officially, no dates have hern 1
even mentioned yet. but the i hieTs '
of the delegations carefully con- j
suited their military advisors be- .
fore beginning discussion t his
afternoon. j
I Oossip at The Hague persistent-:
ly menons Christmas as the dale j
on unit-n the Cerinans will be able
to celebrate the final freedom of
'their territory from foreign occu- I
paiinn. !
I Hetter progress toward in !
understanding on evacuation of
t he K hinelarid has been all along I
reported I mm t he political com
niftlef. than on the division of re
paration rrom the finanej;i com
mittee. Lumber Mngnate Visits
POT,ANl, Ore., Aug. 13. tV)
M. I.. Hudson, director and see
i ciary of the I fins lumber Inter
ests of Chicago, was In this city
for a few hours today before leav
ing on a loin day automobile tour
ot Oregon.
IN SACRAMENTO
nAPiiATinfi rod otto nnyynM
LVMburtiiun hlmi oiLLL bummuii
lirann imiuinn
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The start ol the Grat Zeppelin return voyage to Germany w.il
delayed while orticerj searched tor ntowaways. Morris Roth, 1
(right), of Trenton, N. J., was caught in the roof of the hangar.
S THURSDAY
FOR STAR! OF COUNTY HAY IS
TOKYOLI G HT RULE BYSTATE
Graf Zeppelin Will Await j Permit Required For Ship
Better Weather For Sec-1 ment of Any Hay Out-
ond Lap of Globe Trip-
Sixty Persons Will Be 0n
Board Balloon. ;
FUIKDR1C1ISHA FKN,
Aug. 13. (Pi Dr. Hugo
after n "cabinet meeting'
flermnny
Kclccner,
' with his
chief officers today decided to
postpone the start of the Orat
Zeppelin for Tokyo on' the second
lap of Its round the world flight
until the early morn! tig hours uf
Thursday.
Weather reports received during
the night indicated a low pressure
area over Siberia moving eastward.
With a day's delay there was still
hope that Dr. Kckener might he
able to choose the great circle
route west of the Hohemian moun
tains lo Koenigsherg into Russia.
The Zeppelin officers are convinc
ed another day's wait will prove
advantageous.
"I am quite pleased with the
general weather situation as re
vealed by the latest reports." Cap
tain Hans Flemming, in charge of I
navigation. told the Assoeiated
Press. "The main tiling is that
there is no general low area all
over Kurope and northern Asia."
Sixty persons will hoard the
Zeppelin on the Tokyo flight. Cap
tain Von Schiller stated, "our crew
wjll be only forty instead of the
usual forty-one.
As to stowaways. Captain
Schiller said t hat I his time
Von
the
police were assisting the eppelin
watcher's night and day to prevent
unv one smuggling aboard.
"The poller have orders to shoot
when they cee anybody attempting
to steal onto the airship," he de
clared. E
NKW YORK, Aug. 1 3. (A)- The
bull utoveinent on t he New York
stock exchange pressed forward it: '
aggressive fashion under (lie lead j
ershlp of Fulled Slates Steel com ,
moil today, which Kohl up $11 a
share to n record price at $2lo.."io. j
having sold as low as St 23. an in i
the break last Ktiday. Stock sold'
off a little in profit taking In the'
last hour hut again turned upward
Indole (he close. Petltlehem and !
Ci ncihle Steels also reached new
IHgh ground with more moderate,
advances. !
When I. S. Sleel started t sell (
off tn the late trading, the unirUei
was bolstered hy heavy buying of
the chemicals, utilities and coppers i
Allied Chemical mounted $11, and 1
People's flas. which lost about 2l J
yesterday, shot, up more than $l v J
Ceiiefnl Klectric soared Js, Ana
conda mounted about $2..0 tn he:i j
buyliiy. Paramount FamoiiM Play ;
ers rose $:t In transactions, of Id. oca
KhareH. Consolidated (Jas, (letieralt,
Public Service,
and Cbesapeal;
New Yolk Central i
tV Ohio gained I 1
LtAU5 UrWAKU
CONTINUANC
to $'i a slutic.
While the general prli f move
nient was kept in an upward direr
lion, some irregiihu ity ciopjied out
:otio Htid AtchiMiii "in tosiim M
and K. li. Macy Total m!e
approximaicd 4,I"0,0i0 flmK-n.
lUs
side County- Federal In
spector To Make Survey
of Weevil Extent.
The Oregon State Hoard of Hor
ticulture and the department of ag
riculture of the state of California
hae taken steps for the securing
of U federal inspector, to make a
thorough survey of southern Ore
gon and northern California coun
ties, and adjacent territories, lo de
termine the boundaries and the
amount of infestation from alfalfa
weevil.
A quarantine has Ween establish
ed hy the state of Oregon, to pre
vent the spread of the alfalfa wee
vil, which lias been found in an
area seven miles long Mid ap
proximately two miles wide, ad
joining this city.
I'tnler the provisions of the quar
antine, no alfalfa, or any other hay,
can be shipped from this county
except under a permit, procurable
at the office of the county agent.
A statement issued today hy A.
c. Allen, horticultural commission
er fin the third district. sa"id that
"the quarantine is for the general
good of the entire state, as well
as for the uninfested areas In this
county. Kvery thing will be do no
! to safeguard t he growers within
' the county, as well as the country
j as a whole."
I Oliver lingers,
j weevil inspector,
I a general survey
recently named
has been making
of the hay dls-
tricts of the county, and will prob
ably use Colorado t actics upon
ihein. Inspector Itogers in a for
mer resident of Colorado, where
he fought u vils successfully. The
Colorado met hoi I is to ra ke the
I lii'ld after the cutting, with barbed
wire and chicken netting, and to
assemble (he caich in a pile and
vipiirt arsenate of lead upon theni.
lie says no hay weevils, or kin
dred Insects. c;in stand a good
-trenching of arsenate.
Inspector linger aid he had
nothing against the ichneumon fly
med in I'ti.h to combat hay wee
vils, except thai the ichenumon
flies were not as fast and sure as
tin- chemical.
Allen Statement.
The. statement r Hoit Icnli oral
Commissioner A. c. Allen, In full.
i as follows:
A quarantine has now been es
tablished by the slate of Oregon
.matnst .IrckMin county to prevent
the spread of alfalfa weevil, which
has been found to exist In the
bounty. I"'or the information ( f
the growers I would like to ex
plain that this quarantine is for
tiie good of the whole slate as
well as for the uninfected areas
within the county. No alfalfa Is
permitted to be shipped from t he
county tor any other hay except
under permit of the commissioner
or this dixit Id. I h ive pmvided
that permits can be seemed by np
plving lo the county agent's office
t Medfoid.
The Oregon State Hoard of line,
t i'ulture has htiii ed the aid of
ullfoi nla in trying to get a fed
nil inspector n. nuihe i. thorough
survey of Jackson coll nt V, Tlort h -
California and adjacent tertl-
fory to deteroifne the limit and
.'mount of infestn t on. everything
! ill be done to fafegtiard the grow
: erv within t he cou ul v as well as
j the country as n whole.
Crane Hot Sprinc.: plunge and
dance pavilion near here opetp-d to
1 public.
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iff
Axsuiuitnl fit; I'huti
QUARAN1
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High Winds and Low Hu
midity Add New Blazes
and Rouse Slumbering
Forest Fires To Roaring:
Activity Major Confla-;
grations In Four States!
and Canada. I
t SPoK.AXi:, Wash.. Aug. 13.
! Perfect in rest fires eondh ions
caused by high winds and low
I humidity today had urged old and
j slumbering fil es Into roaring ae
Itiviiy and had Mailed hundreds of
! new bla.es I )l I'olig ho ll t the Hi HI h-
WeM.
! In Canada. Washington, Oregon,
j Idaho and .Montana major cotii'la-
grailons were eating rapidly thi n
j thousands of acres of inerchanl-
I abb- limber, causing losses which
may run into mil lions of dollars.
anil forest officials were unable to
, predict when I he t hotisands of
.men fighting the blazes could get
them under control.
Might hundred men. including
300 Doukhobors rushed from
firand Forks. I. C, were working
desperately to quell the Dollar
mountain Maze in north central
Washington. This conflagration,
a crown tire roaring through an
immensely valuable stand of yel
low pine timber, had levelled near
ly 1 2, moo acres. Aided by a Htiff
wind Sunday the fir ravaged
tiimo acres in two hours and forced
two contingents of fighters to
abandon their camps and flee for
safety.
other fires In that region, some
of which had been reported to be
under control, flamed with renew
ed vigor today. The obstinate Che
lan forest lire today had covered
a thousand acres more, bringing
the total to 1 1 ,r00.
No Kellci' Seen
In Idaho, Oregon, Montana and
Canada forestry officials reported
major fires beyond control, with
little relief in prospect from the
weather. Heavy rains were said to
he the only means hy" which the
flames could he quenched. In
iMunitohn, Cnnadn, provincial for
estry officials reported the most
serious, fire conditions In many
years. A laal minute shift in the
wind saved the town of Dubois, for
a time thought doomed.
The Hald mountain and Old Man
Creek fires In the Selway forest of
Idaho still held fighters at hay
after Iwo wee kit of fighting. They
hail covered 3fi00 acres. The fire
in the Salmon river country of the
same state still was out of control
after having burned over an un
known area.
Several farm buildings an il
wheat fields were consumed near
(ireer, Idaho.
In addition lo these blazea of
major proportions, some of them
covering area of 3iHM) acres, were
baffling fighters in Montana, and
hundreds of smaller blazes were
reported out of control throughout
the liort hwest.
ItlM-LI.NfillAM, Wash.. Aug. 13.
iA'f One man was killed and an
other seriously Injured early today
fighting a fire that has been burn
ing about a weelt in slashings
south of Luke Humlwh, near here.
Details of the accident were not
available here nl an early hour.
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AltltoW PAIiiv, Knglaml. Aug.
1 3. (A Tens of thoiisn nds ol
boys trek ked out of Arrow Pal k
today as cump was broken and
the great world Ja mboi ee of Hoy
Scouts came to an end. . Fifty
thousand youths left for their
homes In nearly fifty different
countries.
The nght was passed largely
In b-ave -t a king as big contingents
of hoys toured the camp and bade
their comrades farewell. At dawn
they began passing through the
park on their homeward journey.
They took With them (he fare
well message from the chief
scout, Issued before he left the
camp, the keynote of which was'
"From now on the scout sy in
boy of peace Is a golden arrow.
"From the northlaud, south-
la nds, east la mis and west lands
you came at the call of my horn
to this great gathering. Today I
send you back to your homeland
across the sen as my ambassadors
of peace among the nations of the
world."
Despite the rain and mud the
jamboree was a si
yond expectation,
number of visitor
The next ja mhoree
In l!U:t. The (.ho
ce fiir be-
Tbe total
was 314.422
Will be held
Will be de
tel mined at n conferene
held 111 HaUhuiK, Audita,
to b.
BOY SCOUTS ON
BIG JAMBOREE
ENROUTE HOM
TOPONTO.
The usual gris,
periences folio
ange ex
Monday's goes to
quake but top pri'e
the town of Weston,
two ln.ys. twins, had
separated by family
neighbors when a fist
There
to be
a nd
fight
resulted from the insistence
of each that the other was lo
blame for repeated shaking
of bis bed. preventing sleep.
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LAKE' ACTIVITY
Route To Sterling Mine Will
Be Hurried Before Winter;
SQUAW
luhaniliiii. Wit li ln-r was Mrs. Ma
Timber Dam Is Planned ihkuik isU .,, .. w v...u, un..
thai) shared most of the adventures.
Rich Gold Land Will i'":;;,:: V7!' .''T:
Be Worked.
Work will start Thursday
morning upon the survey :or the
in Igation ditch of tho Aledtoid
Water. Power and I cvelopineni
company, from Hqnaw lake to in.
HterliiiK mining properly, a dis
tance of 3S.4 miles. A crew ot
eight men, in charge of W. 1 1.
Woods of th.s ciiy, will establish
camp at Squaw la ke und will
work from that point. Am much
of the work as possible will )
lions of the project before
winter
ClHllCrt.
Funds
i,o,m. woiiivd for
have
LUC HlllllKIIIK Ol 111V IIUjri I, IU
extent of $titl0p000.
The recently incorporated com
pany has purchased alt land ad
joining tho lake, so that there
w,ll be no legal , dlsputo over
flooding" from the Impounded
waters, which will bo stored In
the winter for summer use. Tlu'
dam will be constructed of Umber
from natural rock abutments. The
timbers will be manufactured from
adjoining I'orestH.
As aoon as the survey In com
pleted work on the ditch will
start with a battery of calerplllar
irueiors nnd mechanical ditch
diggers, and a large force of men.
The ditch will he six feel wide at
the bottom and about ten feet nt
the top, assuring a heavy flow
of water.
The ditch will he a high line,
assuring sufficient force for tho
operation of four, and probably
six, hydraulic rams on the Ster
ling property. The water will he
used In the hydraulic mining of
the Selshy ranch, adjoining the
Sterling mine, heretoforo unmined
because of the lack of water.
A second major mining opera
tion is the ue of hydraulic rains
in Poorman's gulch, abutting the
Selshy ranch property, and known
to possess rich gold indication.
The irrigation plans Include
ditching' irrigation waters on a
Hcml-lngh line ditch to the 0 iff In
creek district, insurng Hs devel
opment us an orchard section,
and along tho western foolhll
between Jacksonville and Gold
Hill.
K It. Chadwlck of Portland,
president of Western Havings and
Loan assoc. at ion, Interested in the
financing of the proposition, spent
this morning visiting the sections
lo be reached by thek Irrigation
phase n nil was highly Impressed
with the possihilit les. He also
called on local business men.
The mining property to be work
ed by hydraulic methods Is of
proven worth, but owing lo the
lack of water power have never
been developed to the limit.
Poorman's gulch, a subsidiary
of Jackson creek, has always been
rated as gold bearing property,
but has lain dormant since pioneer
days, when 'hinese miners pan
ned its bed. Its upper levels With
hydraulics could be easily uiint-d.
It Is also planned to subject
Jackson creek claims to hydrau lc
pressure for gold.
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coijwipcs. .. Aug. i:(. t.V
The mixed dcicnHc of Insanity and
Mlf defen.-e in which attorneys ,
for .lamei (. Snook are seeking
to save him from (he electric
chair for the killing of Theora
Mix was characterized as "abso
lutely lin-i,to Istent" by Paul Hicks,!
asiia nt prosecutor, in the lif t I
of th" 4 'losing arguments in the '
(iiM- late today. j
The aigumeuts got under Way.
after I rc-idiug Judge Henry I.. 1
Se;it1e oveiruh-d h motion for a
directed vei.ll. t of ac. initial. ,
!: O. Plcli-lta chief Of defen-e,
I "iin-'-l. mole the
for the (b tense.
first argument
S
IN IA
New York Society Girl and
Companion Have Series
of Adventures On Tour of
Soviets Flaunt European
Red Tape Jailed As Spy
-Loses Passport and
Jewels.
Moscow, i'. s. s. li., auk. 1.1.
(.-1'j Mihs Mary Van H.-nvsal.-r Coiis-wi-ll,
N'fw Vorl Kiiclely nirl, has
arrlvi-tl Iiiti' tt-mpurarlly pi'iinilfss
hlMl III bi,rliiviHl rlotlllllK lifter a
ries of ailvcnlurrs In which sh,-
i.
tlllil with Kuropt'nn ol'fli'liiMnin
iititl ri-il ttif with tru. Aliit'ili-ati
spy.
At the .start of the recently con
cluded American tour of the Soviet
I'nion. Mitus Cogswell gained a
small niche In the hall of fame by
being the first person ever to pa.-s
openly the frontiers of the union
without a Russian visa. She had
started without going through the
formality rather than miss the
tour and succeeded In wheedling
entry out of border officials.
Both women left ttie delegation
at Tiflis, Georgia, and made their
way into Armenia Willi the inten
tion of becoming the fir.t of their
sex to climb Mount Ararat, a Tout)
1 , 1 , ............ pu.
ceeded in surmounting. They were
r!'v,H!, '"' ",;nKth, l;w'vT. l.y
and Persian governments to per
mit them lo try It.
Arrested
They then attempted to make
llioir way through tho Onset tun
mountains, in the main Caucasian
runge in southern Russia, on horse
back, but were arrested hy the po
litical, police in Kuluis tor taking
photographs without piirfitisston.i "f
i They were detained two hours
until the police established that
they were members of the Anierl-
can party,
Their horses being exhausted
1 after a 50-hour Journey the worn
jen hired a inotorhus for $75 to
j take, them to Vladikuvas. To offset
I ihls expense they picked up pas
sengers on the way and collected
Jfi5 in fares. MIsm Cogswell acted
ns conductor and Mrs. Ingal as
chauffeur.
The only real tragedy of their
odyssey came when they were
Journeying to .Moscow on the reg
ular railroad train from Yladlka
vus. M Ish Cogswell's passport,
jewels and several hundred dollar
in currency were stolen.
KLAMATH LOGGER IS
KLAMATH KAMA Ore., Alls'.
13. (Pt Hay II. Powers, logger
brakeman with the Khnw-Hertrnni
Lumbur company, wuh fatally In
lured today when he was crushed
beneath the wheels of a logging
(train at the camp. He died In n
hospital here u few hours later.
Powers wns riding the logging
train when he fell from a ear.
Will Rogers Says:
. HKVKI5 l,Y IIIUaS, c,,..
Aiir. 1:1. Tlic whole finiiii
oiiil strui'liirc of Wall Street
Neeins to Inive fiilleu on the
mciT fact
that the t'eil
enil reserve
hunk raiseil
the iiinniint
o f interest
finrii "i If)
per cent. Any
hiisiiies.s Hint cun t survive 11
1 per cent rnise must he
skut ins; on mighty thin ice.
Why ( ven Hie poor farmers
it took h raise of from li to
10 per cent, with another III
per cent bonus to i:ct the
farm loan from the hanks, it
took nil that to completely
hrcak them, anil nohody con
nected with the lioveriiment
pniil any attention. Itnt let
Wall street have 11 nightmare
ami the whole country hiis
lo help them jet hack in hel
nnnin. Yours,
. WII-I, KOliKKSS.
W'ff