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MJSDFORD, OUKGOX. Nl'NDAY. ISKl'TKM 1KR 1.
No. it;:
N fl RT H W FSTO REGON VOTER
unme mMB GIVES
VKnVfJlCUI-OPF VIEWS
u. ak rr
Coast Senators Have Bal
ance of Power In Senate
Fight, and Will Get Own
Needs, or Wreck Meas-j
ure, Says Oregonian Ar-i
tide. i
PORTLAND, Ore., AUK. 31. (F)
Tin- Oregonian, in a .sinned ;u
lirle by .luhn W Ki-lly. political
it nr. will say tomorrow that tho
Pacific northwest will "get vh:.t
it wants in Die tariff, legislation,"
lid w before congress, or the hill
probably will hi' sunk."
The article will say that the
lines arc so distinctly drawn over
the measure that (he ha la net1 of
I power Is in the hands of t In: re
publican senators of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho and one from C'ali
iornia, 'These are going to Washing
ton." i lie article continues, "in a
common cause to Been re pro tec -immi
for Pacific northwest pro
ducts, or wreck the lill hy defoa'.
inK It- The Pacific northwest is in
revolt."
Supplementing the efforts of the
senators, the article states, will '-tr
the influence of the republican nn
i mnal co mm it teeinen from this
zone.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (P
'he possibility of democrats put-:
f . I,; ting up a solid party front in fa--!
i or of limiting tariff revision to
3 agricultural products only was
tr .'battered today by Senator Walsh
democrat. .Massachusetts, who said
he would advocate that relief
k p can of every Industry he given
-' ;e fullest consideration.
I :el erring to l lie resolution oi
Sen. i tor Thomas, denioerai, ok la -1'
honm, whLdi would eliminate from
the ponding tariff hill nil rate
' vections except thai relating to ag
riculture, the Massachusetts senu
v tor fu (1 that white he did not
question the sincerity of its iidve
i eates, the country certainly would
$ interpret this as a "rebuff to aU
s- pi od ucers others than farmers."
Roth senators are members of
the- finance committee. i
3 chairman Uoot who will have
I charge of the hil'l for the repub
i iicins expressed doubt whether
the Thomas resolution would have
( a major ty on a final vote. A
I similar resolution by Senator Ro
3 tali, republican, Idaho, failed to
; pars inst June by one vote. j
A Although he whuld not insi.-t
on priority . tor consideration of
aiuendmenls Smoot said an effort'
probably would be made to delay
action on the lim.tatlnu resolution
ii" the denioirats should seek I"
bring it up at the outset of the
i uonaie.
f V m' "pinion," Hrtid Senator
t , Walsh, .with reference to the liml
t tation resolution, "it is n most un-
t J ilemocratie proposal at this stag-
in the proceed Tigs upon the tar-j
J ill in the senate." !
f "I for one," he added, "favor I
n full and free discussion by the:
' senate Itself of every domestic In-;
I dustrys claim to protection, with-,
out Indicating favor or prefer-
f erne for anv before the debate Ik'-:
gns." !
i Although "many gave injustices
i and IneuualitK's,." would liave to
J be eliminated before the hill com-;
? lnanded his support, Walsh said
he would favor the "fullest con-.
' p deration of every reioinmenda-
I lion from whatever industrial
g oup, or pull t lc ul source, th it .
0 aims to ilecreaM' duties where ex-'
1 is:itig rates are not justified or
j to increase duties where a i as
I can be made out for substatit al
J lelief required : provided that such
I proiective relief docs not place nr.
1 unwarranted burden upon oth "
j industries or on the consumer." j
1 "Then are distressed industries
f in this lountry, both nifinufaetur-
,l inu and aur culture. " he said. ' that
may possibly lie tienefitcd by the
tariff: but they are, in my opln-
Ion. xceptions. !
m "it Is reduction of excessive do-xr-x
none t ha n increases in many
1 iTiitnnces that the country need.
L.i 'I he liniitatlon upon revision that
W w.nAA t.. M..tt.l HtnllAlioO of
all duties, new ami oltl, in :'
s- ie.ub s and not in any mi
schedule."
l:tsi-:iti'it:. oro.. ac. si -
Tli' third pool formal l-y
th-
I'ouulos t'oiinty I'rlino tirow rs
mo nitlon wu h-ft unRohl la-t niuht
mid will ho continued llnlil S' l-
BULLETIN
i LAKKHl lIST N L. Sept
1-
(1' Departure of the firaf Zeppe
f A;' for tJernrmy wn postponed
' 'or the time Indue." nt 1:U K.
the time being."
) y- . todnv because, of a ro
j h munr wind.
1 he ground crew, which had
jt ' wailing for hotirc was re-
'Disinterested Report" of
C. C. Chapman Has Fa-j
miliar Twang, and Con-!
tains No Favorable Word;
For This City, Williams :
Creek, or Road Project.
"The Oregon Voter," edited by
0. C- Chapman, statistical expert
on state affairs, of Portland, at the
request of the drams Pass Courier i
this week iujocts his views into the
Williams cut -off proposal. He was j
solicit nd to make a report, i in? .
Courier says, because it '"Was too ;
close to the fight to be sure it was 1
taking a proper view of the lied- j
wood cut-off threat." j
The "disiiiii'i'oHu-d report f -Mr.
Chapman" ;.dvances no argument
save t hose a h eady advanced by
(rants Pass interests, and are strik
ingly s'imilar.
No mention is made In the "dis
interested report" of the develop
ment of new country, or (he freeing
of Williams Creek residents from
its present 'buttled up' condition.
The report contains the familiar
alienations hat .Med ford "is self
ish." "that it actually had the
audacity to ask Josephine county
to co-operate" ia the development
of new territory and the offers of
the local chamber of commerce aro
Ciil led "naive." Grants Pass indig
nation is called "righteous."
A rather hurried reading of M.
Chapman's report, and as he k
quoted in the fl rants Pass paper,
fails to reveal one favorable word
for this city, or the ro; d project.
The "disinterested report" alwa vs
refers to the cut-off as "a threat,
or a "Mcdford threat." Invariably
there is no mention of the condi
tion of the Williams Creek conn
try. or of any good that would lie
served by the road, when built.
The "disinterested report" views
the vague political ftngle as fol
lows: ' The taleIIiglvwuy commission
was given jurisdiction to examine
inio s't nations of this kind, in
volving proposu's to create super
highway districts with power to
hotul and tax local property. We
have confidence that the high
way commission will investigate
t borough ly and act fairly. "Pop"
f bites' membership tlii-reon may
prove more of a handicap than
a help to Mcdford, for "Pop" ti!ms
to do the tieht thing anil verv
well knows iliat his good name,
more precious than roads or rich
es, depends upon protecting him
self from imputations of lo.al fa
voritism," TEACHER FEARED
STILL IS ALIVE
SKATTI.K, Aug. 31. (I'l He
lie veil to have drowm-d in the
waters of Sammamish slough. Lake
Washington, last night. Miss .Mar
guerite Fitzsimmons, Portia n I
school teacher, today telephoned
police that she was alive and Wt 11
at a downtown hotrl.
She fell into the water, she said,
but climbed out and was brought
to town by a passing motorist.
Miss Kilzsinimons said she would
return to Portland today.
M iss Kitzsi m m ous was sa id to
hdve slipped from a loi:hoom while
she and Miss
I.ethhridue, Alb
she attended
Vah.. Normal
Margaret Kale.-,
erta. with whom
the llellingham.
school, were on in
outing.
A tit hori ties dragged the slouch
bottom for two hours last night and
were preparing for further search
toil; y whfii the report that the
woman Was safe was received.
ROSE CITY FACES
!( diTt.ANf), r'.t Aug. Vi
In tifiitions here tonight wi'1'
th.it a 1U-W Choline W;il' is on of
iti the making.
Motoiists Wie reported ptt-
i h iinu fuel In various parts of
citv a- low as is cent- a ya!
lon. The previous flgurp w.is -t
ect .
Several independent deab-rw
wi le reported to have 1 v ' "nt
"lit.
The Wcatlior
Foreca-tM for Sundny and Mon
day. S'pjemher 1 and firegon
Koi; on t h oast and ireTi-ralfv
fiir ever the Interior Sunday r.nd
Monday: ri-'ng lemperatur Wf-I
portion S'Uidav and pi portion
M'inda y: huniiditv near norma ' :
c-'trl- nnd noi;hitt wui Is
i
Associated Press Photo.
Mrs. Anna llim-ks. Sun l iiincis
c. looking over (he survivors oi
the s. s. sail duau lor her chil
dren. I lor grand-on w as picked
up hv the (anker Dodd hut her
two daughters were unaccounted
Icr.
OF AIR VICTOR
Ei IN DEATH
Pilot Reid, Flying For Bonus
For Honeymoon Sleeps
Aloft, and Crash Follows
Bride of Few Days
Waits-
CI.KVKI.ANi"), Aug, SI.
Pilot Thomas IU'ld of Downey, Cab,
broke the world's airplane solo
endurance record here today and
then lost his life while continuing
his- flight tovo.-irn hnnuset to tav
for a honeymoon. His plane crash
ed into a tree, and he was killed
probably instantly.
Just before Held enme to the
national air races here ho nnd his
sweetheart in California were mar
ried. The day after the wedding
the - flyer set out for Cleveland
where he saw an opportunity to
earn enough money to pay for a
happy wedding trip, hy exceeding
the solo record.
Reid was to get $100 for every
hour he remained in the air after
he had passed the old record.
"Watch me go," he had told fellow
flyers here. "lOneh S I oil means
that much longer for the honey
moon." And so Pilot Keid. a husband of
only a few days, took off in an
ICnisco plane with a Wright whirl
wind motor, and a large supply of
gasoline at 1 1:04 Thursday morn
ing. P.aek and forth over the Cleve
land airport Held circled his plane
hour after hour. KveryHrip si-em-ed
to bring him that much closer
to his bride and their honeymoon.
Put Keid was mistaken. Kvery cir
cuit of liis course only brought him
that much closer to death.
At .til minutes past midnight lat
night he equalled t he solo record
of 3i;:.'oi;3i;. H't by Lieutenant Her
bert .1. lahy. May L'ii, at Los An
geles. Then Held piloted his plane
away from the airport.
A few hours later a search was
started, and at daybreak the plane
was found. The need of sleep ha I
overcome him, and he had crashed.
The pilot's honeymoon had ended
in death.
NKLSON. IV C. Aug. al.-W'l
! 1'nder charges of llideeent ex-
i pouie, one by one, the r'S Itouli-
hobots. memt'i'is of the sons n'
' freedom sect, appeared in emir; ,
here today and were tVmanded
for eight days without entering
; They wen- arrested Thursday '
South Sh'ean. Where a few davs
previivx pul re had halted the :
man h of :,) memle rs (f ihe seel,
i who voiikht the release of a m m-;
her being held on i harue of -et -'
liim fire to ; school.
Police, sent to their camp on
repot Is that several had paraded
along the highway in the nude,
' were met wlih further disrobing
and 1 L'S members were bnntght
h'-re and ataited
orwcgian-i sing,
I ASTDIMA. ie,. Aug -V-M
ile chorue- afiliaffd with the ;
I'jieifio Cnat Norvettian Siligil'
as-iiciation. representing title from
lieliinirham. Wiich., to Lou Ani;eb--.
c: thin!d here (odrty for th"
,i n mill sanii'-t frt of the associa-:
tion. More than sdng'tjj m
HAPPY DREAMS
'For Women Must Wait and
V tN-'AsW I " Jftifl.',.
Associated Pre;- Photo. !
CnroHim Axpluml (i-cnler) iI'iiik
K;ni .limn mi't ihf urchin survlv oi-s uf Uu sen trngfjly at
I-,i'iiiii-Ko only 1. Iriirn iht f'-ilhcr hail mmi- ilctvn with his !
nftnTirTT nnnn nm iinin ni rut!
u u l u u u v miuii iiini i
NOW AT HEIGHT
Next Fortnight to See Re-
moval From Cold Storage
of Shipments East Car
nery Tonnaoe Continues
Heavy.
Approximately r.0 cars of pears
have been shipped from Mcdford
this season. Southern Pacific f
f (rials announced la si nltfht. Tills
figure includes the shipment which
ictt die local yards fast nignt
when nearly ,10 cars were started
on the way to canneries and east
ern ma rkets.
Shipments during the next two
weeks a re expected to be much
heavier, shippers say, because of
the arge amount of fruit which
Is now being held in t he local
co d storage and pr
awa ting shipment.
cooling plants
Nearly all packing houses in the
cily and valley are now working
full ea pa city on the final pick
ings of tin' P.urtlett crop. Some
of the orchards are rapidly clean
ing their trees of this variety and
th s week will see the last of them
liHiveMcd. it is said. La bor day
will lie Just that and no more for
most of the fruit workers of the
eii y as pi a t ically all packinu
plants it-port that they will nl
only work today, but tomorrow,
also,
Picking of Howell pears, start -ol
tii is week. Is now well under
way and they are being1 packed
now by many of the plants. The
1 io wells picked so far a re of
excellent quality. Flemish Pen li
lies are coming into a few of th.
packing houses. There ure f,.
of this variety grown locally, how
ever. Olficials at tin- Farm Bureau
Cooperative a Ii no -need today that
mote than 2'IUU loads of cannery
pears hint been weighed ther
w ice shipping started. Fach oi
the loads t epj cm-iits about nOHn
pounds as r, ui; weighing ap
proximately .(a pounds Is included
in a load.
The ltoguc llivf-r valley canm-iv
will ligin operations Monday whh
a full rrew. the ma nniii-nn nt an
nounced today. They will start
work "II I !a it lefts. A bout 1 .Vi
men and women win H employ
ed there for the leina tob r of th"
sea-ion, i
NEW TAX POST
I 1L- I I I Ul 1 UU I
SALFM. Ore. Am, 31. M".
John Carkln "f Mcdford. who is
member of the new state tax col
mission, arrived here today to ii
-nine In new duUe.
c.irvin i
(,'Jtl us fit
i ently resinned pud
auoiney of M'.dfoiJ.
SHIP 560 GARS AND SENT HOWIE
Weep"
htrr l" ilir
FATHER FREED
j Peudleton Jury Exonerates
Youth of All Blame No
Prosecution Planned
Confession Made He Shot
To Protect Mother.
I'KXDLKTOX, Ore., Aug. 31.
MV filen Moore, l--year-old self
confessed slayer of his father, r.
t urned to his home at Hi-rmlston
today, u much sadder boy than ever
before crossed the threshold of the
1 list and Moore ranch house.
(lien was exonerated of all blame
in connection with ihe killing by
n coroner's jury. He was released
from custody.
It had previously been reported
that District Attorney (', ('. Proe'j-
stet would prosecute t he hoy but
the rumor was denied by the proHf
ciilor today.
Clen confessed that lie killed his
father because
the cldger Moore
beat Ills mother.
HA I. MM, (ire., Aug. I! L (TV -Senator
and Mrs. Charles L, Mc
.Vary, who sprnt' the hu m met- at
their country home near here. e t
for Washington today.
During his stay In-re Senator
M' N'ary inspected a number of
(iverand harbor projects. He nis
attended a number of confere ncr
in conn eel Ion Willi proposed fed
ei.il buildings.
FOR FIREWATER
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. .'II. iTi
-Cal r. Well-, d.puty I fiiT -d
Hl.it i marshal stationed :.t Med -f
'i d, arrived hej e today with two
K la math India n prisoner. They
u.tm John Sheth.i i(. :u, and M.ny
Ci.wa ti Jaete-ou. VS. Pol Ii ale
; Ti
LONDON. Aug. S I. (A1, The
captain of the liner
Sun
hip.
Itt itjch war office issued orders
this afternoon for withdrawal of
. Piitish troops from the Rlilnehllid
, i"-u i fining Sept n, The i'.i ili-h
e ,ar uat ion will be spread over
ihn-e inontlis. Thus making tt
probable that Die In it Ilrftit-h sd
dlT Will be out of Ihe Rhlinland
by New Veais day if not by
' hi ifcluitu.
i
E
Maneuvers To Avoid Seai
Crash Bring Tragedy
rt, . , p- rt ., M
Standard Oil Faces Smtj
For Million As Aftermath i
Ships Should Have
Kept to Course.
SAX KUANMSOO, Aug. 3 I . i)
Tesllmony taken today by th"
t'nlted States steamboat Inspectors
office here brought out that the
very maneuvering by which the
liner San .1 uan and the Standard
Oil tanker S. C. T. Uodd tried to
avoid crashing Into each ot her
caused the disaster in which at
least 7 1 persons and possibly more
lost their lives under orders from
Washington. The steamboat in
spectors were attempting thrnugti
a rigid investigation to fix respon
sibility fur the accident.
Conflicting testimony from of I i
ceiH of the Iodd was heard at tin
in vest igat Ion's meeting. Otto Saun
ders, third officer, said he heard
no fog whist It's oi her ( ha n t hose
sounded by the Dodd, and Otmnr
H. i'"rlz, second officer, asserted he
heard another whistle "from some
other craft close by."
Captain II. o. Vlueehon, of the
Id testifying before Inspectors,
laid blame for t he accident on
failure of the Kan Juan's offlces
to understand his signals.
While Saunders was on the stand
the fact was brought out (hat if
! the. ships had continued on their
eouies iiic eiHHii never wouiu nave)
H
10 MIX-UP
N GNALS
o.ruireii. imumi ne saw me snipMlWllli conwucrco department in
would ptiHH "too close together." he J Hpectnr.
said, he ordered u change of course, Tha investigation was retpiested
which maneuver waH followed out ,)y t-liff lu-nderson. munager of the
by the Nan Jtiun. Ile ftlso uHserted j ,. ,-nce, nrter a dispute hot ween
the onl.f whistle ho -heard from i Unrll(irKh Hlul Taylor. McCrac'c
the San Juan were three bhis.HjPn hmUI he rolIll ,mt c,t on ttu,
blow,, after the three given by theqil(!Ht wllhou, a ro piirt from j,ul.
Dodd, which gave the signal as j u.n, am Hudwln said hu had nolh
slie reversed her engincH. nK to report.
rriz noweversatd ne Heard otheri
iwk iMiimn uiniuii'iiy, nun niHpeciors ; uttemptud to land his titf-motored
took these to have been from the ; pj. iuded with passengers from
San Juan. He also heard the Dodd'a Detroit. ut the air race field,
whistles very dlHtinctly, he said. j Flying over the rieM hy non-con-After
(ho testimony today tho teBttmtH had been forbidden by nir
Inspectors auld there would be no.rMU.H un(, undhpl.Kh flllt sUimnif
effort made to fix rotiponslblUty , wUh , Wu nuvy fm.H to )UrHU(l U)p
for the accident until every phase passenger plane.
had been thoroughly Investigated. Taylor had his engines idling for
The hearing was continued until, , he landing, and said Lindbergh
next Tuesday, when Hie inspectors HWl)iWi HO Hose to th ,mHrt0ngor
said they expected to nhtnln more piM1e that it was nearly upset hy
testimony relative to the enwh. 1 LlndburgtrH back -wash of air. and
A libel aetlon was pending In
icnerai couti, niod hy the Los An- ,.! to ulr i-imh laduuarters to pro
gelos mid Han Francisco Navigation lPHt ,)ie act. Then he learned that
company, seeking S 1 .ftOO.IMtO from , he protent was t.gainst Llmlberg.
the Htandard Oil company and the who said he had flown close merely
tanker Dodd us a result of the , wim, lh other pilot Io keep
crash. jaway.
Latest tabulations fixed the list) 4
of missing persona ut 71. Itescued
from the waters around the sink
ing ship wei'p 42 survivors, many
of whom were seriously Injured.
The total number of persons on he
ship was fixed at 113, although of
ficials of lite navigation company
said there muy hi ve been a few
more on board who were unac
counted for. No record was kept
in Han Fixncisco of those mirch.ii'-
Ing tickets on the boat.
An inspeecilon of ihe Dodd was
made today. Hlandard Oil officials ""lute here, Arthur J. Farmer,
said reph, cement of several shell manager of the maritime depart,
plates and stem bars, damaged dur-' m,,nt of thhc chamber of coin
ing the crash, would he neeessarv. ' 'Ueree. said he was advised todav.
The damage would amount to sev li'bei to Itosa will represent th"
era! thousand dollars, the officials Houtii American republic her-,
said, j Fi. rmer declared.
skelHcloes IfireSngin
to hill tragedys mt hood timber
KI'OKNK, Ore., Aug. 3 I . iIN- -Ib-lleved
to he the remains of Har
ry ('miner, 1'ni versify of Oregon
student who, with Ous Ferry, be-
, came ot in ihe Three Hister region
j near here three- years ago, n skee-
j ton was reported to hav
found by a party which r
ber'i
lurn'd
to lOugene lohlght from a parking
I trip to the mountains,
Member of the parly Hi. Id that
gold teeth and a bell buckle may
ptove the means of identifying the
skeleton as that of Cramer.
It was said here tonight 'that 1
party will tie organized tomorrow
to rei urn for t he skeleton a n I
mi. ke if furt her search for the
man's companion.
( 'ratner and Ferry were hot h
Pilot Thomas Refd via
3l. f.Ti
l.,.,t 1,. r. . i-l .
and was killed here early today a
short lime nfier he had eiaidlsheil .
a rec-oid for solo I'liduiance j other
flights, ejccr-edilig by nt leant twojinobil
hours the old mark of ll'i liourv.
minute and 3t! seconds, The!
p-tane disappeared at about ,1 j
o'-dofk Oils morning, watchers :.t I
the airport said. At d.twn the
witckaye wan found.
Thirty-Y ear-Old
Conscience Fund
Sent to Railway
l.OS AX CJ KLKS. Aug. 31.
l'i Thirty years ago a girl
three days over the age limit
rode over the old Oregon and
4 California railroad from Port-
land. Ore., to Los Angeles on ,
a half-fare ticket. Today the ,
Southern Pa-lfir, Sncessors to
the O. - C. Is richer.
An aged man, who request-
i ni nis name remain sc. -ret, p ;
r11'1
been
his conscience pained him j
use of the prevarication j
i about his daughter'.'; age lie ! j
! f said thi- girl is now an evan-
gellst in tiie eat and he wish- .
e,t to purchase ease ,.r mind j
with a check. !
i
Passenger Plane Pilot Files
Complaint. That Lone
Eagle Swooped Too Close
Incident Snarled in Of
ficial Red Tape.
CLEVELAND, Aun. Dl. OT A
rvqiivMt to Ihvi'kIIkhIo th Htnnt
flylnK of I'olimol Chiii'lca A. Liiul
btTKh, wlili'h, lu'conlhm tn
Mh inn,' 1 Taylor of thn Stout Air
LliH'H, Inc., jfoiKirili.i'tl Taylor's biu
puHKprmi'r pliuu . htr ycHtenlriy.
wiik I'cltMTed to William P. M '-
J (Jracken
tiHHlHtnnt wH'rvlnry cf
toiiinlit liy II. a. Hud.
rnintucr
The dispute started when Taylor I
, after the landing was made, rush-1
PDltTLAND.
Ore.. Aug, 31. r
hortly open a con-
Ihdlvla will
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. It 1. (IN
More than. I il'i men, members
of ti aim-d road crews and In -dians
from o nearby reservation,
w-re fighting ii llUHi-aere f re in
the Mount Hood National forest
I"'1"" Lake P.ndlenhUhdi today, Ma-
Jr -John D. (iuthrlc of the dis-'i
triel forest offii-e lnie announced,!
Tho bln?.e was bald to- have been
U ACCUSED
OE RASH SI NI
MENACES MANY
discovered last night, but fanned After 24 years, the Hotel Ore
by a strong wind, spread rapidly , K,,n. one of the most famous hos
thiough mature timber, i t.-lries in the Pacific northwest.
Me vera 1 siuii Her f lies were
ported in the Mount Hood res
Major Outhrle ha id.
re
rve, Death Toll of
the Automobile
CHK11ALIS. Wash.. Aug. 3L r:
Two persons were killed and two
in lured in a head on auto
collislon on the Purine
highway near l-nvl and Clark sta'e
park. II miles south of here this
afternoon.
Charles f-hdrkson. 47, Clarkainni,
Ore., and -Mrs. Churlc Uricknon,
CI kupiaa,
JERUSALEM
IFEARS MB
OF DESERT
British Air Patrol Calms
Tribes and Chief Danger
To Peace Lies in North
Desultory Raids Con
tinue In Holy City Su
burbs. .1FUFSALF.M, Aug. 3L (?)
j Tho chief anxiety of all circles in
Jerusalem tonight was the menacu
! of an Arab descent upon the coun
y I try from Syria, against which Hrll-
! isn airplanes nave ween hiu.
Itritlsh troops seemed to havo
the Palestine situation fairly well
in hand today after more than a
week of fighting between Arabs
and Jews over rights of worship
at the wailing wall. Although
there were sporadic Arab nt luck.-)
on Jewish centers.
The danger to peace lay In tho
north where Palestine Arabs were
reported massing near Heisnn, No
mad bands in Syria, were said to
be' niuv ng southward toward Iht
Palestine border.
Just how serious the threat from
the north may prove Is the ques
tion of the hour gauging the
whole Arab -Jewish situation in
Palestine.
British forces available nt pres
ent in Palestine aro considered
capable of meeting successfully
any troubles arising In tho Holy
html Itself. t
Hut the general situation facing
(Treat Hrituln In the near east
will present a fur more serlotw
aspect If a sympathetic move
ment of Arabs from the deserts
ami plains ttu t side of Palefltlno
should gather force and become
Keneral.
Ho fur there Is little public,
knowledge as to how greut tho
body of Hyrian Arabs Ik or what
pmgrefm Hrltlsh airplane; Rent in
check them have made. Tho ef
fectiveness of the- f toy al ulr force
in dealing with hostile movements
ifi Palestine, notably in Jerusalom,
has hitherto been excellent. '
Iteports today Indicated that
constant llrltlsh air patrol over
various Palestine districts whore
trouble, was 'feared was having a
remarkably pacifying Influence.
The -rence of a strong body of
avullable air craft has consider
ably altered the HHpeelH of desert
.warfare with nomad riders, Tn
addition to air craft In Palestine
Itself and the airplanes brought
by the aircraft carrier CoraReous
from Malta, there Is a strong air
J force In Trans-Jordunlu.
Crossing of the borders of tho
Holy land hy isolated bodies of
horsemen would hardly result hi
moro tliun localized raids If -aircraft
eouM keep them scattered,
as superior sped mobility and mili
tary effectiveness should enahlo
them to do.
From the city of Hafed In flail
lee southward. Itritlsh troops to
day seemed firmly seated In Pal
estine, despite sporadic Arab at
tacks on Isolated Jewish renters.
Jerusalem Itself presented a
more normal appearance today,
and the arrival of large military
reinforcements put an end to the
trouble at Ha fed, w here Jewish
refuges were permitted to return
to their homoH.
There were more people In Je
rusalem streets today and more
shops wereopened, most of t hem
being Moslems, there was a more
confident atmosphere prevailing.
Airplanes reconnoltered overhead
every hour.
Shooting was heard in varlon.)
directions hist night, hut Inquiry
today showed that it was connect
ed only with In driving off small
marauding and looting bands. The
ro'e of such bands should not he
forgotten In connection with spo
radic shooting ami attacks.
F
HOTEL IS CLOSED
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 31. lTj
dosed Its doors here today, (loon
Dip and M"V Hack Din, wealthy
Chinese owners, had nothing to
say regarding ihe future f the.
building.
The Hotel Oregon opened Hi
doors in I !' II. 'i during the Lewis .1
( 'lark expedition.
Sinn McKcnte llrldge
KrtlKNi;. Ore., Aug. SI. tPl
Concrete work for the new Mr
Keiile highway bridge at MeKen
zie bridge, 5i miles east of here,
was underway today. It will re
quire about six weeks to complete
the span, (), H. Paxson, statu bridge
engineer, said. Tho (late ('reek
brld go on the same highway has
been completed and will he opened
lu UuKlc boon.
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