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MEDFORD. OKMXiON, Sl'XH.W. .U'dl'ST
" No. i rr.
Trr i l'7rnnn IM i course of zeppelin's flight I n WUffinn bandits confess bank murders I
Today ZEPPELIN wsmmwm HOLLYWOOD -ggn
mz. MM I Ml ORCHARDS fe,:.'
syndicate, inc., V.' ,.-feT"7 f v' l .
'Mii.ili initio ill lint nil
i KrkriHT is I'lyinj; in"r.s
Hie I 'Hcirii-. truin'r.', al tliis writ
iiijr. KM) inilos um liour on liis
5,470 mile lio.
ciiiinii iSlicst jikov. nut (lis
couniUPil liy ii rrci'iu crasli,
slni-ls iiKiiiu to i'ly from Mos
cow lu N'"" York to iiov( llnil
lllis-sia iiinli'i-stands uirlune
Luildin'.
" Yolins ladies from (lie I'ari
fiu coast, flying in tlio'fiiei! of
tragedy, -lire just now some
wjierc between Kurt Worth and
Wichita, aliove Kansas. And i'
isjliol.
v--
5 Caplaiii (!uisepie Mottu en
tered for the Selieider cup race,
"vli.inrnil 'mill l.llko (l)ll'llll ( 1 11 1'-
- J!UIIlt llnv ,
iiig a trial flight, and was
drowned.
, -Italy officially reucsls ost-
i.l' tll.i ru.'l' tlllll nil.
! M1JII IUI II I "I l'" ' , '
other flier may take Captain
At. .11.. v- '
j 'J'.ritain prolialily wiljl cou
se'lit, as Italy is believed to be
'tin' o n i v rea cuiiiiicui"i.
'.'agiiinst Kiifiland, and the speed
va... Tliiu enmitrv. with hun
dreds of millions invested in air
'ill in- slocks, should cut some
1 '
figure.
Ilost important to aviation
Hud to real estate is the success
Ss I ill II isll 1 leC U1K1 II1VCI1IU4
-lun.iiiiir liis iilaiie vcrticallv.
and "as litilitly as a falling
fun I her. "
A machine that can "0
straight, up and come-straight
down softly, instead of hitting
the earth at fifty mib-s an hour,
will ehaii''e living conditions.
Also real estate conditions.
AVhcn business men fly from
their office or factory roof to
residences on hill or mountain
'tops, liumlrcils oi nines hh,
I there will be drastic revalua-
initio in ri-tti i i-ioi' .
i lN-n't Im- iii a hurry t sell.
AVhilr Iho Krciirh ml Hnt
i tiB trll how tnin'ii iti'-y
fcai'h ollirr, with fin oMMision;il
t ...i i t .. i Mi Slimn--
4 dcii, tin; two i'rifiKls jmtuss th
chnniu'l im artivrly huihlin up
'fighting iiir flrrts llmt ciirli iu-
j tcuils I'nr I In othi-r
i. TlU'rr rirmr pa ' r '
pliiiirs. siihsiflird liciivily hy
Brititin, flyinjr hrtwrrn I'm-is
find Ignition, iirr simply l'"nh
in hliini's. kept rrmly' hi nisc
of I nmhl'.
.,j'Knnv'o luis pslnhlisltnl Iho
vorltl's most powerful nir hhsi
Mhv mount Sjiint MHifl, iicross
the rlmiinel from Hriluin.
lYUc British say it n ho
lucitnt only for tlu'in und tlioy
' don't like i1 WrM iul'orinnl
Britishers tell you "wo must
b nolite 1o Kl'Hneo in every-
1 Mi m iuiav, lifr stiHrntr iur
i'Mcts f-otilil wipe (nit i'nr
Citirs, in foiTMonll."
: But wr- siutll -nt'luiillv filling
;tlini sil itittioH.
f In Aiiirr'tca. wv rvy on ltr"ih
i crl.v I'tvc, and, plnl ii mliMms
j ecf ftn'ts. t
Y'ij'ty' years a.'o. yi'strnlny
I Mr. Mary linker KUy, hikI
f six Minimis, oru'ani.iMl tin first
Christian S o i n v v cliutvli.
j kmi" ii as thr Mutlirr rliurcli.
litis writer talked with Mrs.
i Kdily. at her revest, when sh-
j lotiir past eight:. Ht'r fi
; er$y ami elearness tf miml
were remarkable, although she
tContlnued en Page Four)
Graf May Forego North Pa- -QiMm Local Fruitmcn Buy Keith ; f UJ , t
cific Visit Account of VV T Estate Property for Sum jJJ , ... ) i
Weather Due in San "A XVM fA-l I 'Well Over $100,000'--
Francisco Early-Half of V VWL 4 XV Formal Transfer Next V?:F .A
Sea .Hop Completed- VIflKX'! Tuesday -Largest Com- H .: .--
Vessels Ready to Aid. Ifs- W ! j ice Pear Block in World. V V,,. i
.i:V VOUK, Auk. L'-J. (!')
1 'tityriKltMl ilisp;iti-in-s irom rir
ropoml'Mits alMtiinl llif (.inif '!-
1 io 1 i 1 1 to tin Ni-w Vurk Aiifi-ivun
! ami alli-'il larst -iifwspappi'H indi-
I ntf-1 I lir iliriKiiili', If fa vorabl'
, winds coni iminl. sinuld sitit th
I I'ai ifjc ruiist at 5 n. in. Sunday,
1'il.ifi-
oast turn (:i p.
New
Vork daylnht liiin).
At 5 p. in.. Saturday. New Vork
lime, the Zeppelin was 21:15 miles
west of Seattle ami 24 (M) mile.
northwest of San Krnnelsco.
At its present rate of process,
it was said, the ship would reaeh
I. os Angles early Mmulny. favor
able winds at the time the dis
patches were filed, luid pushed the
speed "f I he dirigible np to S"
miles an hour.
SAX KIIANl'ISro. Aim. 2-1. .P
Iladia messages fnuii the wmld
tuiirinfr ' iraf Zeppelin indicated
thai Ihe iant airship late today
was iihmt than half way across the
Pacific tin her brave flight fnun
Kasumimira. Japan M l.os Ansi'-
f les. California. .VI 7 0 miles.
! If the rate of prure.-s which she
has averaged since leaving .)apai
al 1:13 a. m.. K.S.T.. Kriday was
maintained, she was expected to he
seen over San l'ranciseu in the,
early hours of Monday. Adverse
winds made it possible "that Boat
lie would not be visited, and thai
Sun KranclMco. directly un the preal
circle route of shippliiK would !
the first mainland point of west
ern America in sltrht Ihe airship.
Creusliui; f he winds nver t lu-iCi-PUl
waste of the Paclfie ocean.
pIoukIHuk thruimh the fis and the
niyht. drenched with the rain, the
srei vessel of ihe air hon- its nine
teen passengers and erew of fo'--ty-onn
safely on Inward their coal,
lip achievement of an epoch:, I
flihl in the world's history.
(inly nccassionally did (lie ureat
craft's veteran commander. Ir. Ilu
no Kcltenor I hin U it necessary to
jive her pi Nil ion. for she had
ploughed the skies at the rate -tf
17 miles an hour average i!ice she
left Japan's soil, at 2 p. in.. I.S.T..
the (iraf ZcppeHn's position was
Kiven as 22 denrees. 21) minutes
north Jaliliide. and 17 1 decrees, 2U
minutes west lonrit ude. She wan
even then 2.1SS miles on her way
to l.os AlieloH, wllb 2.!S2 miles to
The f lit l'd Slat'-s t,''V1l'lllll',l
stretched a uelenniini: hand over
the sas to draw the (iraf Zeppe
lin safely to America's shores. The
wci.ther bureau cathereit Its re
ports and radioed them to Ihe com
mander. Ib Kckener. to miidc hini
in doitiim inlviM' winds, ami de
velcpiim slornis. Ail A nierica n
-hips of war were onlcreij to stand
by li. ;itd should the (iiaf Xeppelin
taller in fliubt.
Ci'iiiniercial hlppimr was niu
ned into ihe service of tin- diri
gible, loo. to ttive reports of pnst
lion and to lie ready for emergency.
(n the in.. inland, civic cnmmtiui
lies prepared to do honor to the
visiloir. Sejiiile still hoped 1o be
I he first t" welcome her. m-Spi'e
the advice1 of the weather bureau
iii Kckcner to a void reaching tin
coast at thai northern latitude be
cause of meteorological d fs-l urban -ith,
At Tarnina. preparations vce
made o use a nmoriim masl. should
"inerwcncy speed Ihe dirigible
I here.
Hut I .its A u u les. coiif idently
awaiUnc the airship'" arrival went
forward villi pbms to acclaim the
coin lu ion , i.f t he Pacific flilit.
ind 1-Jcr io speed the Cmf Z-PP"-liu
on In I-ikehiirst. N. .!.. the sta--
and finish of her flight aiound the
.M.rld.
TnKVM. Auk. 21 . oV. With
a third of the Pacific ocean be
hind her. and speed mt: on to the
h.tlf-wav maik on her .Vtaa-mile
j riiirbt to l.os Angeles. Ihe fiiaf .
pi-lin at m iii n it; lit Saturday w as
I racing foword America at a speed
'of nearly Ta miles an hour.
Her po-dtion ut midnight Sa'ur
lay, T'kyo time (la ,t. m.. Satur
lay K S.T. I w as more tbMi '"i
I llllles. to the norlh of tin- western
Meutian Islnnads utid a pproMtna t j-lj-
2. 'Ml miles eavt of Tokyo,
Thi wiii H! Ht'l boiii-' after
.she left KHsumtRiira lift va I a ir
ficld ;t a : I p. in.. Friday and in-
j ilicjited a spi ed of Hiprixiniate)y
BL' mil' s an limir a an aveiairc tor
the run.
The Ochiishi K"verninent wireless
sti'.tion pl'kd up iiniii'Tiiii ine-
MilCr fnn the Zeppelin dlllltlK e.
terday and today
The liraf Hlintiiinced she w a
tdckinv up sieed attain "im e weath
er condition beKin irnprovimt af
ter nUht fall last nicht and was
(Continued on Page Kight.)
I Pr. Phcu KKI( ,.,. r Sat (.llv.i &M , w '
FOREST BLAZE
MENACES TOWN EAT TO LIVEN
OF KALJSPELL PUBLIC FAITH
Refugees Flee Before 75,- Mayor Baker and 400 Citi-000-Acre
Fire in Montana zens Bind Themselves To-
Wind Whips Stricken
Area Campers Seek
Safety Fire Fighters
Helpless.
WASHINGTON, Ally;. 24. (VI')--Thc
forest fire situation in Aton
tanu and Idulfo was I'ORarded today
by the forest service as vei-Kiny un
a disaster . ; i .
The district forester at Missoula.
Mont., reported today that fires in
northern Idaho and southern Mon
la na. were I he worst In 1 i' years
and (hat conditions were such that
ehere was Hi tic Impe for cont rol
except in rains. Weal her reports,
forestry officials said, indicated
hut little relief from this sourt:c
within the iiiimcdhMc future.
Offsetting ihe ominous reports
from the Idaho- Mont una region
were reports from Portland. Ore.,
sayiim that the situation in Oregon
and Washington had improved.
KAI.IKPKM., Mont.. Aus. 24.1
iV) wilh the K'aMspell company!
of the Montana National (iuard oil
duty al Columbia Fails in an a:-'
tempt lo save that cfty from ties-'
I met bil by a rapine forest fire, .
and Ihe mobiliiilion of the remain j
der of the ymtrd authorled In as- j
dst in conihalitiK the fbtiien, Mfin
laut tonic lit w ;is facing I he mo t
serious forest fire situation of (he:
last 111 years. j
Co I it in hi ji Fji s word received j
here indicates, has become crmvti-j
"d as rcf iiycs from I he territory ,
in Ihe vicinity of the flames and
that pail of the state now ihreat-'
cued, have camped in the city.
Already more than 7.i.himi j(eres
r.f timber have been destroyed by f
Ihe fire in the Flalhe;id section -'
the vicitiiy of (Haider .Valium.!
park and by the bxohi half moon
fire In the vicinity Apuar. Coram,
and Lake Five. The Lewis Resorl
hole! al the head of Flalhead lake.'
in f ilvHcr park, liowever. will es- (
c:tpe destruclion. fire fichter.s t i-i
day indicated, unless the win I j
Should . 'm.1"C. j
Mrs. Charles M. IJussell, widow
o the Moled palnler, whi has ii j
I cabin pear the hike at Colunibi.i
Fa Ms. today refused to leave In r (
hime. AllhoiiKh Hhe sent her 13-1
yeM'-obl sou, .lack. her hous" :
uuests. her si rint: of horses and 1
valuable painting away fnun Ihe!
place.
Smith of the Flathead river at
bii: a rea ha been burned over
from .'Mi atn direct ly east to Xyaclc.i
burning out many set Hers. I
lu (be l.i.rltsa recion of Ihe Sel
way and Wales creeks In the Hla.'k
font Viilley fire fighter were facinui
a ulciiulie task In their effnrts to
combat the (lames. lllch wind-
wen. driving the fires and today
1 the Lochia fire advaneet) between
i four and fi e mile. iH three
, crews, eastward on Her mountain
land Warm creek springs. !
i New- I'ollre ( hh-f
SI'UKAM-;, WhsIi., A nr. 21. (T'r
I Detective t)scHr HaUkr-dahl whs
j today named chief of police by
Leroy Lambert, public safety eom
j oitsaiotter. Maukedahl. a rnemher
of the police deiHrtmetit fdnce
j 1 1' 1 3. silcceedn J . Wesley Turner
who wa retnoveil till week ),t .
, a u-c of peikonal difference" be -,
i ween him and 'onitniMHiorier
Lambert.
Mop lirycr Hum
j SAI.LM. Ore.. Aur. 24. A' A
fiie that started from a kiln de
.t.troyd the new hop dry ins; plant
owned by I'rank K. Xeedham on
li r o w n'K Island, south went of
i Salem, thin tnornlnR, with a lota
Ithut will runge oround 7000.
1 1 lywmnl r.h;i ids. i.u m il l.y III,-! V .. . f "y 1
PORTLAND WILL
gether Mn Biggest Thing
Ever Undertaken Along
This Line Full Details
Wednesday, :
POKTLAXD. Ore.. Aim. 24. V
Kour hundred leading Portland
citizens, under the chairmanship of
Mayor , tieoi'Ke Iv. liaker, have,
hound IhemselvcH (iiietly tbgvtliti
dnritiK t he last few weeks in an
orKaui.ation designed In quicken
(he public faith in Ihe city and
.stale, ft was learned here today.
A dinner for iMin prsons will
be clven at J he public auditorium
Wednesday hik'h. Sepleniber 2 ",
at w hich time complete detail if i
the oixauiicatiou will he made pub-j
lie.
"It is the lustiest thiiiK Port- ;
land has ever undertaken alone
t his line," Mayor lla ker said to- :
nieht. .
5EI
HAS SON JAILED
ILL
I ,i M " ISV I LI Ky.. Auk. 21. - iPi
A 2M- ejtr-obl boy was in Jail
here today be.-Hilse his fa I It'll, who
had "done time" for making moon
shine whiskey. )ei federal officers
lo his wrn's slill and asked lliem
lo arrest him.
The father. James Moore, Insist
ed thai he was "doiny (ho best
thint; for the boy." and thai "ll was
Hie nnly way lo teach him a les
son." The m.ii, William Arthur Moore,
on ihe other hand, was hittter,
hlamiut his crime on Ihe father.
Moore led Ihe officers lo (he
slill, In the country about 20 miles
from ln'i" yes'erduy. His son and
Kite e ne More lead. tn. were (end
liiK It. Takiim the youth by Ihe
iH-iii. M e said, "tnke the boy
ami Ie e t-esj K,K want io leach
ll'IU not t ess With Whiskey."
The son pulled from Moure
yrap aiM ;n-wced: "Von should
have 1 1 1 nr 1 i ( of that when I w i
a kid. befnre you beat me nlo
learntn' ibis uano-. Vnu'rc a fin.-
father, you ;ire. In llll'll on je lll.e
Ihiv."
Moor,, a lmif led I he chai -ye In
ihe extent that he had made Wi--key.
sa.vlny be "ynt cmuIiI. did
lime and was Ihronh."
RAIN THIS WEEK IS
SAN FltANCISCf). Cal.. Aug. 21..
- iI'i- The weather oiiilook lor the ;
week hecinnlntt August was Hit
noiiiiced here today hy ihe t nlted
States weather bureau as follows: :
Far western vtaleH: The outlook
ts fnr generallv fair weather ex j
cept unsettled during the fort; part
nf the week over the Pacific, north -
west with rnlnn west of Ihe Cas
cade niountHiiiH.
Temperature normal In Callfor
nla and Nevada and below normal
oIho where, hut rlnine; toward the
close of the week.
Nct.t iii lions were completed
Saturday, for the sab of the Hol
lywood orchards, owned by Iho
KKeith estate ..r Salt Lake City,
I'lali. to W. K. Hrayton and Kvor
ett Hrayton. and others of this city,
for a siiin "well over $ 1 tiO.oou."
The formal transfer of the proper
ly will take place next Tuesday.
The Hollywood orchards contain
the lai'KfKt block of Cornice pear
trees in the world. It is one of the
host producers in (he valley.
The property eoli-lsts of 210
i'cres. situated on the Medford -Jacksonville
highway. I an acres
are in Cornice penis, the remainder
in Newtown apples ami farm land.
"Tiie others" concerned in the
purchase lire jaid to he Weldon
Kiddle. James K. Kdmiston. O. o.
Alenderfer. all of this illy, and Os
car French.
By the lerms of t he sale, 1
new owners harvest this sea sob's
crop, forecasted to be one of t he
lareesi. since the ore hard was
planted.
The orchard is located midway
between this city and Jacksonville,
near the Oak drove school. U his
a lai'Ke oak tree erove. It has been
under the operation of William C.
Mrnylon for several years.
The a muu ut Involved In the
transaction is the largest or the
year and will exceed (lie $112.
000 phi. I hy Piddle and Kdmiston
for the Throe Oaks Orchard last
spring.
A jrepresonmi Ive of the Keith es-t-ato
"tTH tjoctf In the city for sev
eral days conducting the final de
tails of Ihe sale. The neuoliatfoiiH
were conducted- through a I'tah
compa (iy.
-lnli. l v. K. Hrayloii Hni ICvor- V w j . iT" j
"It HravKui. ;mcl nthcra nf ilns cltv Kt ;V."Sl i a---" iittw. f
Tl
OF PEARS FOR
I Fifty c.n.s oT Miirtlell pears, the
I l;tr"Mi single days' shiiunent of the
I ;2!t Hcii.'-im, were started on Hielr
way ti markets in Ihe east and to
canneries in (in-tim and Califor
nia lasl nichl. Most of the cars
were consigned to canneries.
Last niiht's shipment brltij;s the
I iila I of cars I o leave here Ibis
mont ll up to a pproximalely 2 ''i.
railroad officials slit I c. Heavy
binlenls Will continue Hint Hli
liext several weeks as Ihe Karl loll
season Irtis now- reached lis pea ll
with all orchards in Ihe valley
picking. Several of the lari,e pack
iiiK plants of the cily (eased opera
tion for pari of yesterday. They
all expect lo work all day today,
however, in order dean up the
Pick of yefterday.
Nearly 17.". cars of the 2;.H ship
ped have one ( canneries, ship
pers announce. In addliioii In Ibis
there Is considerable lonnak'e in 'he
pie-coolltm plants which Will be
shipped In ihe near future.
Howell pears, I be earliest of I he
laler varieties, will be ready for
picUine hue ibis week, it Is Ken
euitly believed. A few orchards
wilh Howell acreage ;,re idaiinliiy
to start picking even earlier. The
entire Howell totinace is iacki'il
for Hie eHMtein freh fl tlil lit.. I Itel
EUGENE SPEEDER
TO FACE A JURY
i:i''iK.i:. i ii-.-., .-.iik. : i.. -ir,
, wnrt-HMt U'(t. K.i'-f( h'-r'- t'nliiv
r-'i- i ii Hi'i''.i i.r Ivan iiri'iii.
"I (IiIh i-lty, on a i-linrf- of liuili
'liniKlili'r In riniTi"ill"ii wilh th"
li mil i.f Ki iini ih lillhinl, ut
Mn-IUKfll'lil.
liHlniil illiil ;,s tin- i.-nill .,r nihil-
i-i- Miiiil t" Inn i- I n i '-' i-l '-il
Inn his llllH-llln.- Wiiu wiini-k 1.7
Ci'iil'.'. ut un Iiil.-i i.-.-lliiii Thin s.
Iiiv nichl. i ifrl.-i-i-i 1. 1 . im - .1 i x -.
. ,.iw viii-i-'l f.n- . nil-li.ip.
-Vrralk'ni-il In inm! Ihrnl fin
nilnil hull.
LA ft II A N HI ;, inc.. .Mjk j t
P- Dr. William I'eare riH'inli' r
of the Mtate board uf opiometr.
today whh h ppoi u fed a member
of the b-BlslHtlve nun mil lee of
the American Op tome trie association.
HIGH SHIPMEN
SEASON ON WAY
. Af
4
9 trntte,t Pmt Phtf
Captured at different points three suspects have admitted hold
tn.i up a bank at Laifinr, Colo., and killing four pcrronr. in May, 19?8,
pohce report. Top, left to right: Ralph Fleagle, in jail at Lamar,
llcroert L. Royston. takcri rt San Andreas, Cat., ;nd (lower) Wil
liam Fleagle, still at large, and George J, Abshicr, caught in Grand
Junction. Colo.
NNUCENT MAN IINDY VEXED
IDENTIFIED AS
BANDIT, FREED
Former St. Loui?. .Realtorj
Gave Up Hope of Escap-
ing Prison -Seven GoocT
and True Citizens Sure;
They Saw Him, But Con-1
fession Clears. :
hKXVKU, Coin., Auk- 21. (I'l
Alfred A. Oliver a former St. Louis J
real estalo man w ho was one of J
seven HllspectH rounded Up hy offi-
cesr iii connection wit li the hold- I
up and murders at (hn First N,i--Hon
hank, Lamar, Colo., in May, 1
HI2N. said he fell down on his
knees lu Iuh cell olid prayed hi;
tliankulviiiK when h learned this
week that eon Tensions had been
made which chared him of any,
connection with the holdup. !
Oliver, who had been Identified
by seven residents of La mar as j
one of ihe bank robbers, hald lie j
bad about ejven up hope nf plov-
hip his innocence, and that he was!
overwhelmed when it fi ow-pros-niie)
(old him lhat Ihree members
of (he Flcaclc j;:Iik had coiifi-Hsed
the rnbbcry.
Oliver v.a.i broiiullt to Denver
W here iolce chai Kcd he cashed
JL'T'I Wo i (b of slob u travelers'
checks at a bank and escaped hi
a com ma le I red automobile.
He said be bad offered an alibi
ill Ihe Laiuir case but thai he had
no hope
ouvimluK it Lamir
jury of bis iunoceii
HER FLYING ACE!
l;i;. N- v Aug " 1 bTi
I'.iplaill Cie.ine Tllel, nw flvlln:
from -w Yoik lo ' '.illloi nia in!
an atlempl to set a new trail's
eolilmei,t;tl I'eeniil. is no ni::i- a
cataln. He ia a In ub-na n I ml 1
one , ;,td In- pl nba'dy loe;; Hot ,
I. imw il yei. I
He was apiolllfed a ll'uletiant
eolnuel f the Staff o ( b .ver nor j
Fied I! Italzar of .Nevada by the
".ovei nor Ibis inotuinu In M-engni j
Hull id' bis rtli-bl aernst Hie con
llneiit a few days ago. j
Am lieilleniilit-( obinel of Hie slalTI
of l he ,Ni viola, gov ernor he will
be ac .l'led the prhllege ol ltd- !
fug a horse instead of an ah plane.1
en n wear ii big sa ber and pi en I .
of cold braid, bill he has to hn, :
his o,'. ii null. .mi. j
Speed Unlit Plhd H'MI
l:i;ii HANK. X. .1 . Any. 2 I fp.
Lalph Siioddv. veteian speed-'
bo il di ivi t . was Injured today I
w ben bis boat Hie M i -s l,ox An- !
geb s. over t in to d in t he second i
heat of Ihe cold cup nice. The'
boat was traveling at a speed .,f j
a pproxlniat"ly 4'i miles nil hoiirl
w hen she overt urn'-d. The extent
f Hnoddys inJuriM wan not ut
on:c determined,
BUT DENIES HE
SHOOK A FIST
Training .-Flight, for Wife Is
Called Off On Account of
Zeal of News Cameramen
in Flying Too Close
LoYic Eagle Finally Gives
Up.
IIICKHVILLK. N. V.. Auk. M.
A Fear that new photoyla pliers
in their zeal to obtain action Nhota
of Mrs. Lindbci'Kli at the controls
of her plniic iiiIkIiI act ually n
daiiKcr her life, forced Col. Charles
A. Llndhi'iKh loday to interrupt
Hie tralultiK flights! he had planned
over the Loiik laland Aviation
c.tib'ii field.
It wiih not until Colonel Lind
bergh hud mado every effort I"
avoid I lie cloi.ely fl low ins plus
toKiaihera plane, that hn finally
Kave up and landing, left the
Held wilh ills wife.
Clo.se ( i lends of Hie filer wild
later that his efforts lo elude the
photographers were not because
of any desire lo Mm-k pictures,
but Milcly hecausn Ihe proximity
ol the second plane distracted (he
attention of his pupil.
observers, denied that Col. IJnd
be: kIi had shaken Ii la fist at t h
pboioKuiplier after bringing hi
I m ( ruction plane to rai l h. II
there Was il gesture, these sid,
ii i ep resent ed and wmi Intended
as nothing more I hail a wa vc of
surrender mark ing his abandon
ment of Ihe day's t lit i M Itig.
STUDY FRUIT FLY
IN NATIVE LAIR
W A S II I N ;i i i.N A ug .'I -bP- -The
(bp 1 1 1 men I of mi: I K'Upure to
day a n noun ii d il would begin iii
immediate study of Die Mediter
ranean fruit Hy In reunifies hnr
deihig on the Medilerranean S'a
wln riie In- f I derived Us name.
On a ship donated by Allison V.
A r mo ut . Nt-w ork, w ea I thy pal -ion
or science. II. F. guayle, pm
lessor nf eiiiniiiolny at the ( 'diver
sity of Califninla and expert on (he
fruit Tk. will conduct an Invest!
e a I ion In the hope of discovering
Mime ineaOM i.f e idpalinK the pest
from I'loi Ida, w here it endangers
i be . nt ii e f roll lining i y.
Another i dvain im; his Habbalicat
year lo penult the study was grant
ed by Hie unlveislly. 1( (s expect
ed the work will remiire the great
er p. 1 1 1 of a ear.
Tin Weal her.
' negon; Fair Sunday: Monday,
fair east and cloudy went portion;
cooler wet portion Monday; more
rate smith and southwest Winds.
Normal humidity.
POLITICAL
F
TARIFF IRK
G. 0. P. Fears New Bill Will
Be Primary Vote Issue,
While Democrats Plan
Fight On Every Item
Leader Watson Issues
Warning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (P
Increasing algris of a spirited con
test in the senute over tho partv
old issue of tariff were apparent
at Ihe vapltol toduy us Democrat
revealed plans to broaden the at
tack to be made against the bill,
as revised by Republican members
of the finance connnltteo.
The minority disclosed It 'In
tended lo direct Ita drive against
not only many proposed higher
levies, but also against scorea of
Hx.Hting rates, which it regards as
unduly high and In ncd of re
vision downward.
Amendment will he prepared on
virtually every Industrial Item In
the measure. Details of these and
other phases of the Democrat!---prog
rum will be worked out next
week at dally meetings ol the
eight cmocrata on tho finance
committee.
From the Republican camp word
also went out during the day that
the tariff would be kept con
Htantly before the uenuto until dis
posed of. with no other huslnesi
allowed to displace It.
In addition, from high Republl-
can councils, there was luaued R
warning that uhould a filibuster
develop, endangering puaaage- of
the proposed legislation at th
special HeaHlon or curly in the
regular session, a movo would lx
made to deTer action on tho tariff
for anothur. yca,i - -
Hndei' no-Vlrcunistnncea, It wu
wild, would tho Itepublleans couh
teuanee any effort to poatpnne ac
tion fur Into thq. refftilar session,
beginning In Docember or until
the time of the spring primary
campaign for the next congres
sional elections.
Attributing this warning lo Ken
alor Watson of Indiana, the Re
publican leader, Kenalnr HarriBon,
Democrat, Mississippi, said the
move was not mirprislng. ;
"This iidmlnbtratloii and those
who have brought forth this
tariff infinity." ho Hitld. "am be
ginning lo feel the urfMiseil' In
dignation of the Amerlean people.
' They have, retreated step by
step and now am only looking
for some excuse to exti'l-ate them
selves from the position ihey have
taken." 0
I mil pad of a filibuster, Harrison
said there "Is going to be orderly.
reuMHiabto debate." The Demo
crats, he added, would "not bo
bludgeoned by coercion or threats
from n full and frank dluaalnn
oT every Item and a record vote
on the Mir otiH Increase In present
duties and on amendment a th.it
will be offered upon th floor."
"That is what Ihe country
wanls. and lhat Is what Iho Denio.
mH- minority will demand," he
aaserted. -adding that the measure
was Indefensible, that the Repuh
I can leadership was bi ginning to
see litis, and thsf "Leader Wat
soiih iiiiivk Is the Tirst tp In
the relreHl."
Chapman Snmot said today that
as one 1 line-saver he would not
1 in. lie an extensive spieeh in ft
phiniinon of Ihe bill hi the opfjn
ug of debate, but would confine
hla remurku to a brief ex pin nation
or proposed changes as each re
vised paiagiHph whs reached.
lie said he formally would In
troduce the bill K"P'"mlMr 4. and
ask lhat consideration begin h
following day. The senate prob
ably will recess on the fliHt meet
ing day out of respect to Senator
Tyfon, Democrat, Tennessee, whu
die'l early today.
Stnool said he "hoped" tlin bill
wiMtld be pass"d at th ap't'tal ;
session, but would noi make n
definite prediction that tills would
he done.
A fimiiM Son
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. Au'..
1. (Pi A mn. weighing two
poihids and six ounees. believed to
be ihe smallest" baby In the -statu
or ' n egon, wa born to Mr. and
Mrs. John Surdun, Klamath Fulli,
Friday night.
PKNULFiTON, Orn., Aug.
(I'l -A deed to properly own?l
here hy tho city will bo conveyed
lo the state of Oregon. Ihn city
council decided ImM night. Thn
laud will he tixod fur highway de
partuienl shops. It whh reported
lhat $xmo worth of work would b
done this year In building alurago
sheds antl to rupalr shops.
MISSOI LA. Mont.. Aug. 24. (IF)
More than 2. 1)00 men' today ware
fight lug forest firea In western
Montana and northern Idaho. Rahi
remained the only hope of saving
largo areas of timber from the
flrea which have burned ovor thou
sand of acres. x