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Newspaper Page TextAIL TRIBUTE The Weather Forecast: Tonight nml Sunday fair. No change) In temperature. EDFOED Temperature Highest yesterday lowest this morning . '.j Dilly- Twenty-fourth Year, MEDFORD, OUKCiOX." SAT I' R DAY, XOVKMIiKR !:!!. No. 24 M M I OREGON AGS IWIN14I07 IN DETROIT i First Trouncing Since Early in 1927 Is Administered! ! Punts and Passes Fea-! ture Game Intercepted Toss Gives Winning Score Harva'rd Beats . Yale, 10 to 6. HKTUOIT. Nov. 23. VP) The Oregon Aggies swept over a frozen gridiron hero today and adminis tered it 1-1-7 defeat to tho Cniver-i-i'y or 1 ictroit. It wa.s the first i-fi:M lh:it team had suffered since early in Hi2. With the grounds hardened by frol, holh teams reported to nu merous punts iind forward passes. All I he touchdowns were scored ly Uio aerial rnuf. Oregon am) Detroit each completed passes 4'lnse enough for the man at the receiving end to cross the line und in the third quarter Oregon intercepted a Detroit push and brought in tho deciding; (score. Harvard 111; Vale (I llAlU'.Utl) STADIUM, Cam bridge, -Mass., Nov. 23. IP) Har vard beat Yale 1 0 to (I today on u half frozen gridiron before 58.000 persons. All the scoring came In the second period when tho Crim son capitalized two blocked kicks by Albie Dooth. Iowa. 0: Michigan, 0. ANN AlllSOll. Mich., Nov. 23. i'Vl Iowa and Michigan fought to a scoreless tie in the final l!ig Ten name of the season here today. The visitors bad u slight edge on tile V'olverines but Incited the punch to score when within the four-yard Michigan line on two occasions. y Ai-ny. ID: Ohio Wcslcyim, . - MU'IUK ST A Dl CM, West Point, X. v.. Nov. 23. iP) Army dctca: rd Ohio Wesleyori, 'in to C today to close the season for the West Point boys at home. Cagle dashed 116 yards for the first touchdown uf the game. AVertz did suinc run ning for the losers. Noire Ianic, Northwestern, W. DVCIIK STAD1CM, Kvans'ton. 111., Nov. 23. P) Notre IJame's undefeated eleven, bidding for na tional championship honors, regis, tcrcd its eighth consecutive victory today, by w-nlloplng Northwestern. 2H to II. iVIual. Chlcngn, 211; Washington. (I. Final: Medford Juniors. Ill; Myrtle Creek. II. END FIRS! HAL! t mcltno.:ah fikld. port land, Ore.. Nov. 23. tfl Ore gon took the lend In tho Hawaii Oregon football game here today when Kobinson caught a kick from Holt In the second period, broke through the entire Hawaiian team lo score a touchdown. He therr klcken goal. It. W:1H " nutg nificant run in which ho passed live Hawaiian tacklers and fin ished standing up. It made the score, end firt . hjilf: Oregon. 7: Hawaii. 0. YtKerf so ictrf pert 111 linvt to tclcgnipli ttiy wife lo lnp In nnnthcr c-nkr o' yoa-.!. for I'm Hipp"! to ImmiH- iiNlny." lil l-nfp UimI'j iiim'Ic. In ilciidln' lo iH hint n few ilny longer. Itmer luritnv, who wImi! a rmnlly o' five nn n Hilary. J- belli talkrd f fcr cliy nmnngiT o ItbHiiii tvntcr. Basement Beer Pipe Bursts 'As Fire Lads Work ? MAI.nfiN. Mass.. Nov. 23. (Pi Firemen who respond- ed to nn alarm ;Of lire tor n ! blaze in (ho cellar of n small : dwelling hoiiHO ' hero today ! found themselves knee dnep In beer. A pipe connecting 15 Sno-Ritllnn tanks of beer hud . hurst. flnndiiiR the cellar, and ber enough to fill 4ii,0(i0 bot- lies escaped, it was estimated. Police were notified. Two Weeks Hearing Laid Aside for Day As Big I Teams Vie at Stanford S. P. President Expected to Testify Monday. SAX FRANCISCO, Ca!., Nov. 23. (A3) Determined defenders of classical football traditions broke through the interstate commerce commission defense today and threw the running attack in the northern California railroad case for a one-day loss. Director C. D. Ma haffie, tefereeliiR the clash be tween the combined Great Northern-Western Pacific forces and the Southern Pacific conpauy local team, ruled that time nut should he laken all day while the gridiron battle at Stanford university held i a clear field. Catching the spirit of the coast's greatest annual football carnival or perhaim realizing the futility of the 200-milo construction dispute; and all tans headed for the Call fornin-Stunford fracas. The railroad Tnen have fought for two weeks, with the Great Northern and Western Pacific run ning up" many points all of which are disputed by the Southern Pa cific, the State of Nevada, and sev eral California counties and civic bodies. Taking the offensive In the second half, the Southern Pa cific ahead v claims to have enuauel a huge part of the adversaries' score. So far, however, the Southern Pqcillc has held in reserve its spec luculur triple-threat man Presi dent Paul SI'oup. He is counted on by "safety first" rooters to rip the opposition to pieces not only by the air attack but by a versa tile kicking and bucking offense. Mis bag of tricks should startle the spectators after tho opening gun Monday, dopestera declare. SOVIET FORCES E' CITIES Wirplpco Dispatches Con firm Reports of Occupa tionThousand Civilians Slaughtered Town Put .'to Torch By Reds. SI I A Mi 1 1 A t. Nov. 2 1. (A1 A dispatch tonight from Mukden, Manchuria, to the Kiinmln, nation alist government news agency, said : 'VfrcesH dispatches from Hal lar confirm curlier reports that the Soviet fiHies occupied Maiichull and t'halalnor, western M:inchuria. and are now npproadiing Haf lit r. "t'pwnrds of one thousand min ers and civilians of rhalninor were mercilessly slaughtered hy reds who reduced the city to ruin. ' i"hfn'e defenilers of Minchull ,fu ceiled in hohlfng the city until j Wednesday, when the reds severed ;the Chinese soldier ot.ier possible retreat, forcing the latter to evac uate and then retreat townt d Hallor. "The Soviet troops raptured Chalainor tuemlay night. Hun dreds of miners took refuse in n coal mine, escaping the Soviet bombardment. ' "After tho red occupation, the j Soviet Mildlrr stopped the mine : ni nips, drow ning the workers j trapped within. TpWards of 7 'oth'-r civilians alo wre killed by Soviet bombs, ! "lief ugers nre pouring into Hailor, Willi h Soviet planes are re- ported tu be snttjert tn tMtniblng.' n a ii nn ah nniiTi khilkuau ribnii POSTPONED FOR; GRIDIRON VISIT! i - I ARE OCCUPY NG CHINES TIDE HAVOC;1 IS TOLD BYl WITNESSES Fear Death List On Burin i Peninsula May Be Large j Wave Destroyed Roads I and Bridges Small Com munities Cut Off Alarm Cut Short By Rush of Ocean Water. ST. JOHNS, Nf., Nov. 2?.. (A) Kye-witness descriptions of the devastation wrought by the tidal wave which struck the coast of Hit rin jieninsula after the earthquake last Monday spurred relief workers today in their effort to reach the stricken fishing villages. The list ol known dead wa3 placed at Tl in an official report by Koyenue Inspector Dee, who took charge of rescue work and arrived here with the first grotto of survivors. Unofficial estimates of the dead were hetween 3ti and 40. Fear that tho death list might be even larger was increased by the fact that the wave destroyed bridges and damaged roads, cut ting off communication- with a num ber of small fishing communities. Provisions medical supplies, physi cians and nurses are being taken to the stricken communities by government steamers. A vivid picture of the sudden devastation that descended upon the coast villages was given by the Rev. Father Miller. Komnn Catho lic priest at Burin, who arrived here with a delegation to place the plight of the residents before the government. Tnvekd Fast The speed with-which the wave traveled along the coast was so great, he said, that a warning mes sage from a girl telephono oper ator nt Lamalfue reached the Ilurin operator almost simultaneously wilh tho1 advancing wall of water. "The sea is coming in," cried the hamaline operator over the wire. Hut her warning was cut short ,as the wave caught up the telephone office and carried it out to sea. She barely escaped with her life. The Hurin operator was unable to spread th eatarm, so short was the time before the ar rival of the wave. Afterward It was found that ft had gouged a channel four feet deep out of solid rock and had de stroyed a bridge. Through the darkness mily could be made out houses afloat. As the wave reached Its height some were flung back with succeeding waves two and three time, then as the waters receded they went to sea with the speed of a steamer. Many Heroes Many deeds of heroism occurred within the terrifying 15 minutes. Men rushed through the waters-to the houses on the lower levls. Thtowing caution to the winds they clambered to the roofs, smashed in the windows, dragged our women and children nnd leaped to safety as the dwellings were caught In the turmoil, and swept to sen. A man named Fudge, of Port An P.ras, was a short distance from home. Seeing the Incoming flood, he rushed to save his family. His nath was blocked by a house float ing by. As the house passed he saw his wife and children in It, but he was loo late to save them. In Stepaside, a house containing 10 persons was carried to gen three times. On the Inst occasion that it returned to shore tho elder members, holding the young chll dren. leaped nml -all were saved. Another family also wnB carried out three times only to be borne back and eventually escape. STANFORD ' WTADH'M, Pn!n' Alto. Cal., Nov. 23.--lP Crider i 1 Wi rm autumnal .sun. California's ( undefeated Hears made their final , bid today for championship hon-' or.- of the Pacific Const confer -1 ence. 'Capitalizing nn ,i California fum-l hie in the first minute of play, j Hum ford swept down the field to a! touchdown from the Hears' 3'-' yard line, on power plays. Within five minutes the breaks evened srorlnir chancen, the Ileum recovering Frent nip's fumble oi the Cardinal 2:-ynrd line. On a last down chance. Lorn priced 1 7 yard to Thnrnton over the go 1 1 for a touchdown. Hrckett's kb'k w. ft blocked, Mr-I Period. Stanford. 7 ; California. . Klamath Falls. Ore.. Nov. 23. (Pi Thoma McCnrmlck, 81 plo ti4". the first ninn to operate a Fnwmll! (n Klamr.th county, died at his home In Keqn where he had resided 43 yeor. , They're After New Air Record .i 1 Eleantr Smith (left) of New York and Bobbie Trout of Los An geles are shown demonstrating the me'hod in which they will work and sleep in their attempt to break the endurance refueling flight record at Los Angeles. Below they aie shown with the radio phone which will keep them in touch with WAGNER CREEK OREGON PLANES FOREST FIRE ISl INCREASE IS UNDER CONTROL SHOWN BY HOSS As a crew of forest fire fighters started out this morning lo look after a new fire in a distant part of the Applegate section, nowa was received at the Crater National forest office here that the fiOll acre fire Mhnt has been burning In the upper reaches of Wagner creek, having started 10 days ago when a slashings fire got away from u rancher, is under control. The four small, fires In the Apple gate section reported the other day are thought to have either been extinguished or placed under control, as, if they are still burn ing the Crater National forest of fice here would have been noti fied. Nothing is known as to the ex tent of the new forest fire re ported yesterday, except that it Is located in the Applegate district on I'pper KllloLt. creek toward Ward's fork, and is sending up much smoke. Jt is a good half day's ride from the nearest road to the scene. Iee Port, ranger of Crater National forest, who Is in charge of this fire, left this morning with n force of fire fight ers he had gathered for the fire, and no news is expected from him today unless the. fire should be a very serious one and spreading. In which ease the forest office here would be communicated with foi inor help, 'Cab. you beat it? These fire Junt a few days before Thanks giving?" said Noriiurn White, as sistant supervisor ' of Crater Na tional park this morning. Coast Ship ( rounds VANCOCVKK. II. C.. Nov. 23. A') The coast passenger liner Car dena, which went ashore last night nt the mouth of Hie Skeena river, was still held fast after efforts at high tide today failed to release her from the bar. Decline of Famous Old Southern Ore. Mining Town Set in at Death of Two Gun Sam Herd, in Browntown Saloon OKA NTH PASS, Oretl Nov. 23. Pi It 'V sixty years ago this Thankigiig that Sam Herd, tun gun and one bottle gambler wan trifle slow on the draw down nt the old bar in old Itrowntown. It was there that the career of a characteristic bad man of the west ended in a splash of lead and blood. It was soon afterwards that tin- fame of the famous old minim: town begat! to dim. Today few can liml the lultts of the village. Hack In the r(it when gold was panned out by the tons, old Ilrownlown was t.ie concentration point for nil in ft a Is r-omlng out f the Walker Gulch. Sucker creek ami P.olau Creek. The gold as sayed considerable higher than the morals of (he adventurous men and w nen who frequented the t-alnons and gambling houses. I was In lf:i that a domineer ing miner and big-stake gambler bit the gulcii. His popularity ran :is high a his stakes and for a time be ruled the outfit. Hut no one could control the conglomera tion of human derelicts that came tinder the lure of gold. Herd, according to the tdory the ground. KAI.ICM, O re . , Nov. 2 It (Pi I Kvldefiee of. the increasing owner ship of airplanes by individuals and of the formation of additional j companies for the commercial use j of planes in Oregon are shown In the list- of registered aircraft In I the state. This list has been lire- pared by Secretary of State Hons, from the registrations received by his office. Of the till planes listed about Tit) per rent are owned by individuals. I j Aircraft belonging to tfic fede . ral government or Its divisions jand those used In interstate com i merce are not required to register with tho state department, since the federal department of com merce regulates their licensing The. secretary of state has charge of aircraft n'gist ration while the state board of aeronautics super vises the I ii lining nf pilots. A number of. planes are owned by Oregon firms for inter-state use. which are registered only by ;the federal government. For those used exclusively in the state the Kankin" flying service and the union air I'nes, both of Portland, lead the list in ownership, each firm having four plnnes. VASHIN(iTON, Nov. 211. (P) I President Hoover today tele ; graphed the governors of tho 4K states asking their cooperation in hlH business program hy "the ener getic yet prudent pursuit of publle works by stale, municipal and 'county authorities." that was banded down, came Into 'one of the favorite saloons nnd commanded the crowd lo become Millet . Herd, It is nali I, always cat rled two guns, a bolt le and a bowfe knife. That night the bowie i knife tangled with one of his guns as he was answering a threatening movement of a miner. The miner r.tw his chance and siiol the leader to de-irh. He was bin twd wit :i great pomp. Today a few miles south of Grants Pas stand the rottenlnu turns of what were once old dance brills. Clone Ik everything but the bare foundations. Coyote howl where once sang the miner. Moth er ground -owls blink now w here once fiance hull queens held forth, old Ilrownlown Is no more. The washes and gulches no longer yield the same amount of precious metal that made the town famous. If there re ghost mining town where the shades of characters of the past assemble as the clock nit ike midnight, then II would .Meem they me passing an oppor tunity If they do not hold n nightly ennfei enee on the rains of i id Crow ntown. mnm ASKED BY HOOVER ENDURANCE FLIGHT STATE GAS TAX TO ADD i S2.000.000l I I j .. I One Cent Per Gallon. In i crease in 1930 Will Makej Total Revenue of Near! i $7,052,054 Expect to:!'. Collect $4,807,973 This Year Administration . Expense $10,000. SAI.KM, Ore.. Nov. L3. t Owr Sii.'HHi. i 1 additional evcnor will be rolleetcd by the slate of Oregon in 1 as a result of Or otic rent per gallon Increase in gasoline and distillate taxes, bring ing the tot;. I receipts from tlr.i source to about $7.i.2.054. accord ing to a tentative estimate made by Secretary of State Hal K. llo. After January l next this lax w'll be four cents a gallon on gasoline and 3'i cents on distillate. The new rate Is the first change since the increase In, 1 JiL'3. During tho present vear. wit Ii collections In for nine mouths and the revenue for the remainder of the year estimated, a total of $!, S07.073 Ik expected In receipts from the fuel taxes, liased on the con stantly Increasing use of intor ve hicle fuel, an estimate has be?n fixed for I93U on a gain of 10 per cent in sale.-. This, taken in con junction with the one eet addi tional tax. Is expected to produce t7.n;,2.a:.4. Nets 811.51! 1.!r:l. Uefunds made to purchasers who use gasoline or dlsiillalo for agri cultural or industrial purposes wl'l run approximately $520,801, and r-dministrative expense will require 10,0(10, leaving a net revenue for the stale highway fund of V0,fi21, 2 S3. To this muv b, dded" th" projected receipts from motor ve hicle fees and licenses of $5.001, 327, which will give the hlghwr.y fund over $12,000,000 in 1 1130. All revenue accruing from the tax on motor vehicle fuel Ih turned over to the state highway fund to be a 1 lot ed by the high way com -mission for the construction and maintenance of roads. No division is made direct to the counties from this source as Is the case in re eeipts of motor vehicle fees, which wl net the counties about $2.K02. (133" In 1!30. Reduction In auto mohily license rates anil a new ap portionment or one-third Instead of one fourth of the receipts from motor vehicle fees to counties would leave the state highway fund with less revenue proportion ately than heretofore, were it nit for the1 added tax on gasolln which was made by the 102!l legis lature. MKTUOPOMTAN A lit POUT. Los Angeles, Nov. 23. iA) Hobby Trout and Kleanor Smith, women fliers, took off today for an endur ance test flight. The young women said they would attempt three re fueling contacts during the day and If successf ut would conl inue the flight. The first successful refueling contact was made shortly after noon when In a six minute contact 00 gallons of gasoline were taken aboard. "I'verythlng working fine' was the message dropped by the women. LAST REQUEST OF TIGER PA IMS. Nov. 23. UV) The tiger wains to file among men. In one of his rare moments of lucidity this afternoon he told his directors that he did not want any women around his bed at the moment of his death. "I want no women and I waul no tears," Clemeiw i-nti said. "Let me die before men." He even asked Sifter Theonesle, the faithful nurse who has attend, ed him almost every night during his Illness, to prnmWc io go away when it was sure that death was coming. Worker lulled Los angi;li:m. Nov. 23. (pj Three Mexlca n la borers lost their lives today In a cave-in of an exca vation. A gas explosion preceded the cave-in, Police were ham pered in their w nt k by escaping fumes. Car Freezes Dry Agent rVafs Owner of Liquor WIXNKMI'CCA, Nov.. Nov. Nov. 2:1. (! With more lltati two gallons of whiskey within easy reach, u prohibi- Hon officer, waiting to arrest the owner of the liquor, al- lowed the water In the radla- tor of bis automobile to freeze solid for lack of alcohol. The prohibition agent, 'in company wilh a brother offi cer, came from Iteno yester day to raid lite (lent soft drink parlor here, only to find after a 12-hour wail Hie proprietor laid quietly left town. ,CAL WIPED OUT BY FOREST BLAZE Twenty Homes. Destroyed and 100 Left Homeless Presidio Troops Giving Aid in Control of Three Threatening Fires. SAN FKANCISCO. Nov. 23. (4J The fire situation In San Ma teo county early today was re ported serious, but under control as three, blazes, one of which laid the coast town of Montaru in ashes yesterday, burned with less fury with additional troops from the San Francisco presidio aug menting the hundreds of fighters on the lines. Slate Knrester M. 11. Pratt took, charge of tho fighting last night,1 When It seemed the impetuous ad vance of the flames on three fronts would wipe out several country estates and numerous randies in their patn. One fire was burning danger ously near the McKarlund ranch, noted for its herd of Guernsey cattle, south of the Junction of the skyline boulevard and the Half Moon bay' road. This blaze, combined with that which de stroyed Monlara. approached the pilardtos watershed of the Spring Valley Water company, but was checked when troops from the Presidio arrived on the lines. PcMctMlcro lii Path. The flro .which burned to tho edge of Pcscadcro was driven back into the hills toward Chick?n Hollow, three miles from tho San .Mateo memorial forest, Iai Honda was also In tho path of tho blaze and desperate efforts wore- made lo check It before It ronehed tho forest, a lull In the wind aided the fighters and It was believed the forest would be saved. The Monlara fire, after swoop ing over the town, raced back Into the hills In the direction of Hur llngame nnd Kan Mateo. At mid night a heavy pall of smoke hung over the two communities and efforts of the fighters were con centrated on keeping the fire from ibis region. In Montaru, 20 houses wero de stroyed with 100 persons reported homeless, lied Cross workers from San Francisco were sent to the town where damage was said to exceed $2f.0O0. E CONCLAVE IN SEATTLE ENDS HKATTLH, Nov. 23. (At Dele- gates to the sixty-third convention of the National Grange were home ; ward bound today, after n busy j 10-day session here. The organi zation will meet In New York state i next year, probably at Hoc hester ' or Syracuse. I Outstanding resolutions yesterday tt'tW p reiiuest that, congress has ten ' it hdrawal of the I'nfted States' from the Philippines and adoption of a resolution requiring registration of lobbyists at state and national capital. The delegates also endorsed the Shcppard plan in hold buyer ami seller eof Hi) nor equally respon sible and ivi nested that agricul ture be nlven represents! ion at the disarmament conference. They also urged that tho senate take early action toward Voting for ad herence to the world court, with reservations which would safe guard American Interests. COLISKCM. f.os Angeles, Cal , Nov. 23. (h Two teams using the same type of attack lined up aualnst each other today ns Coach Howard Jones sent his CniversUy of Southern California eleven against the Idaho Vutidats, coach ed by a former pupil of tho Tro jan mentor. Leo Calland. Tho crowd was small, about 10,000, mil the weather good. Idaho won the toss ami defended tho went gun I. Third Period. Washington State, 20; GotiKagn it. M1H GOLD BEACH IN PATH OF E v j Ranch Families Along River Threatened By Conflagra ; tion Raging On Ten-Mile Front Phone Line De- stroyed When Flames Cross Highway Report Situation Serious. CHANTS PAKSt Ore.. No'. 23 (A) Fear was felt hese today for the safety of ranch families a loo the Kogue 1 liver between Tindall Hill and Cold 1 leach, where a for est fire wilh a 10-milo front was reported sweeping down the nar row valley toward Cold flench. Telephone communications were severed when the fire crossed thu highway burning down more than a mile of telephone poles. Handl ers were preparing to evacuato their homes, according to last re ports. Hundreds of fire fighter. wero being mobilized and sent Into the stricken area, which is HO miles west of here. Relayed information reaching tho United States forestry office hero said men In Gold Heach woro organizing in nn effort to keep the flames from tho city streets. The report Indicated the situation more serious t!un rtt any other time of the summer forest fire period. Lying directly in tho path of the flames nre a number of hlghly improved ranch homes and at least one union school building. A single trail connects tfie residents , with an outlet, either In tho direc tion of drains Pass or toward the ocean. The same fire yesterday cut off another avenue of escape when it tumied the bridge, over the Chetro river. ' Jteports reaching the for estry; office said fires wero burn ing " along the Oregon-California border and that the Hlaklyou for est hud been entered .nt one point. The Smith river fire, which has heen burning two days, was being fought by ranchers nnd property owners. ST. KOUIS, Mo., Nov. 23. (yp) John F, lU'tt, St. Louis broker nnd member of the New York nnd St. Louis stock exchanges, whose losses in the recent collapse of stock prices were said today by the St. Ioiiis Jost-Dispatch to have, exceeded $400,000, ended his life early today hy swallowing poison nt his home. - I'ire I touts (tUCNls LOS ANOKLKS. Nov. 23. P On man was Injured nnd -10 guests in n hotel uf Huntington Park, a suburb, fled In their night clothing shortly after midnight t when fire swept through an ndjolnlng store building. Will Rogers Says: llUVHRLY 1I1U.S, Cal., Nov. 'J.'i. Tlint whs the first limp Mr. Henry l'rnl luul over intended one nf tliosp mi; finimi'im inv wows; lie did not know t lint nil you wns sup posed to do wns to pnss 11 resolution mid then iidjourn, lie thouulif you Iind to do soniiitliinif definite, suite raised every body's siilnry. The senate not sore when Mr. Hoover deelared n no tional day of ThiinksKivin'j to eelehrnte their elosinp. Now I kinder string with the senate on this. They didn't pnss the tariff hill for the thing wasn't nny (Jnd. N'ever blumn n legislative body for not doing some thing. When they do noth ing, they don't hurt iiny Vody, it 's when they do something is when they be come dangerous. Yours, wn.fi ROGERS.