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Twenty-Fifth Year
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORD, ORlXiOX. TUKSDAY, JUJA' 12!). UNO.
No. 128.
Today SKYSCRAPER
nrnn n) iii
No Government Operation
Meden Agan, and Ederle.
We Will Not Trade.
Comfort From Coolidge.
Copyright King Feature! Synd. Ine.
Ill a letter to Congressman
Reese of Tennessee, President
fjiflover nnnonnees liis opposi
tion to any government opera
tion of power plants, decliirinp
fog private' leasing of the na
tion's power. If the Senate
votes for government operation
of Muscle Shoals, the l'resiilcut
will veto the bill.
n
That seems to settle the farm
ers' dream of ehenp fertilizer
from Muscle Shoals. The peo
ple built it, but will not run it.
No private power company will
be suspected of producing
cheap fertilizer.
On the oilier, hand, the pri
vate power companies will
make plenty of profit, and aft
er all what helps one group of
American citizens theoretically,
iii'lps them all.
' -
Every little while something
reminds you of two words that
the wise Greeks wrote above
their temple doors, "meden
ngan," meaning "shun suc
cess." Aristotle put it almost as
briefly, "Not too much, not too
little."
M
This time-the "meden agan"
reminder comes from Gertrude
Ederle, who swam the English
Channel, amazing the world
four years ago. She has be
come almost entirely deaf, as
the result of the 14 hours spent
in the cold English Channel.
M
She had a wonderful tri
umph. The President and Gov
ernor Smith congratulated her.
New York gave her wonderful
Receptions. She refused vaude
ville offers that would have
made her a fortune, lint "me
den agan."
Two siiips from Archangel
loaded with Russian pulpwood
were forbidden to land cargoes
on our soil yesterday. Anchor
ed near the Statue of Liberty,
the ships were leminded that is
is our brand of liberty we ad
vertise, not the Hussian brand.
There is talk of stopping all
imports from Russia. If they
undersell American producers,
their goods must be produced
by "slave labor."
That will interest, and will
not please, som? of our work
men and manufacturers.
The International Harvester
(Continued on Page Seven)
hum- ii movie o Kin Gcorgp;
an QihnJii Marjr rtnlewltT the;
Eton ruiirfl. lat night, an' 1 ,
could tell by tle king's actions
he tttdn' nntit It to appear that he,
u with her wild !bts Fnwnj
Ippinrfy- in dr-ouvdn' tltc quern's;
mmf. in
at feet.
WutVat levt. .notner inuiff ine
iarmer cnnl indwuuoid I wliy
tirraii ifmn't come iltmn with eigli-ty-threp-it-htflt.
Abe Martin
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Main and Bartlett Building,
Destroyed By Fire, May
Be Replaced by. $300,
000 Structure of Seven
or Eight Stories.
Plans are now being drawn, and
steps taken, by the Deuel Instate,
H. S. Deuel, manager, fur the erec
tion of a modern business block,
to- cost from $25i.00) to $300,000,
at the corner of Main and Bartlett
streets, on the site of the Deuel
block, recently gutted by a night
fire. Matters of financing and
construction, still Indefinite, are
now under consideration.
The building, as planned, would
be erected to meet the future
growth of the city, us weir as pres
ent needs, and would embody the
most modern practice In both con
venience and architectural beauty.
Mr. Deuel said yesterday that
while nothing definite had been
decided upon to date, the interests
he represents desire to build a
modern block that would be a civic
credit and center. Me said there
was a great mass of detail to be
worked out, and decided upon, be
fore final action Was taken, and
that this would take a month or
six weeks.
Financing Probable
He stated the construction would
have to be financed partially by
outside capital, and that with the
brightening of the economic hori
zon now underway, this seemed
possible.
The planned project would be
seven or eight stories high, as the
modern building vogue is against
the smaller type of building. Deuel
said that every city In , the state
has scores of two-story buildings,
with the second floor unoccupied,
while the larger buildings had
waiting lists of applicants for
space. Ho said the building plan
ned "will either be one story high,
or seven or eight."
Besides giving this city more
semblance of a skyline, the erec
tion of a modern building would
enhance property values In the
downtown business section, it is
held.
If negotiations are completed It
is expected that construction will
start late this fall, which would
relieve the local labor situation
considerably and enable the build
ers to take advantage of present
low material costs.
FIRST VICTORY
E
Fighters Against Soviet
Competition Expect Test
Case Against Edict of
Government.
PORTLAND. Ore., July 29. (P)
Confirmation of the edict of the
government excluding Hussian
pulp wood from the United States
until it has been proven it is not
the product of convict labor, has
been received by the office of the
collector of customs here. Customs
collectors in every port of the
country have been so. Instructed by
the treasury department.
This department has placed
squarely up to the Soviet govern
ment thp burden of proof In estab
lishing that pulp wood designed
for United States trade must have
been produced by free labor.
American lumbermen thus have
won the first victory In their fight
against growing Soviet competi
tion. L. H. Hartman, director of the
Portland chamber of commerce. In
charge of maritime commerce,
said today the order of the treas
ury department will undoubtedly
result In a test casp to be tried in
court as soon as the first Soviet
cargo Is excluded.
IE
PULPWOOD
BAN
OF LUMB
MEN
Scrubwomen Neglect Education;
Many Flunk Chicago Examination
CHICAGO. July 29. (A The
ancient and honorable profession
of ecrubwoman In getting uppity.
Heretofore the main requisite of
a charwoman has been a strong
arm and a ditto back, together
with a pair of calloused knees, the
city of Chicago, however, has de
cided there Is more to scrubbing a
floor than merely scrubbing a
flour. One should also be able to
Dirigible
pjr n era i ,i
'000 ill mU vV y
Pictures show the giant British Airship R-100 just before leaving
At left is mooring mast recently constructed at St. Hubert field, near
view of the airship's deck is shown In center and below a map of the
BARRETT CROP
TO
E
California Shipment Now at
Peak Local Growers See
Later Demand for Tasty
Product.
The California Bartlett crop
shipments are now at their peak
In movements to the eastern mar
kets and will continue for the next
week or ten days. In the opuion
of many local shippers and grow
ers, no line cmi be procured on
Urn prices In prospect for Hokug
River Harlletis. Many growers are
planning to hold their Rartletts In
cold storage until as late as Sep
tember for better prices than the
opening will offer, from present in
dications. It is figured that if the Bartllett
per box price drops to $2 and $2.50
per box growers will operate on a
slim margin of profit, if any profit
at all. In'past years the New York
trade has shown a strong liking
tor valley Bartletts and this, with
a shortage of the eastern peach
crop, may cause a rising demand
and prices comparable with last
year and the year before.
Cannery men of the northwest
still retain their attitude of indif
ference with no offers to buy. Re
ports have been received that
to $:5 has been offered for local
RartleUs, but at this figure the
growers would face a certain defi
cit. Rather than face this certain
ty many will hold their Bartletts
tor shipment east and chance on
the auction.
There will be scattered picking
throughout the vullcy by the mid
dle of next week, but It will not
be general until the week of Aug
ust 11. It Is expected that the
first train shipments will go east
August 12.
The Noted Dead
FKKIftUKO, Germany, July 29.
OP) Prof. Theodor Axenfeld, 63,
renowned oculist, filed today. He
was a member of the American
Opthnlmological society from
which he had received high hon
ors. Dr. Axenfeld represented all
Kurite In his branch at the recent
medical congress In Ofaka, Japan.
CCMBKltLVND. Md.. July 29.
iP) General C. C. Snlffen of Wash
ington, who was secretary to Presi
dent L S. Grant, died suddenly
last night at his hotel on Town
Hilt mountain. He was
read and write and answer ques
tions. Out nt 1771 women who took a
special examination which con
sisted of five questions 771 were
all that pawed.
Many women whose speed and
skill with a scrub brush has never
before been disputed, "flunked'
the mental examination, a num
ber being unable to read the ques
tions or write the answers.
MAY
BOOST PRIG
R-100 Enroute Across Ocean
.
-Baseball Scores
American
R. 11. 15.
Detroit 7 13 2
Cleveland II 13 1
Canlwell, Sullivan and HaiKiave;
1 1 ixl 1 i u. Slioftner and L. Sewell.
. R. H. E.
New York 12 15 0
Philadelphia 3 7 1
JnluiHoii and Dickey Qtihin, Ma
hatfey, C. Perkins and Cochrane,
R. Perkins.
National .
R. H E.
Cincinnati 4 10 0
ChicaKO 3 9 0
Rlxey and Sukeforlh; Wake, Ma
lone and K. Hartnett.
R. II. E.
St. Louis 5 4 1
Pittsburgh 12 3
Rliem, OrubowBki und Wilson;
Kreiner und Memslcy.
R. II. E.
Philadelphia 5 10 2
New York 11 11 0
Hi'UKe and Rensu; llnlibell and
IIoksii.
II. II. E.
Brooklyn 3 8 1
Boston. 4 13 2
Vance, Phelps and Deberry; Sher
del and Spohrer.
EiUlCEPLANE
T STAY
ST. LOUIS. July 29. P Dale
Jackson and Forest O'Brlne start
ed the ninth dnv nt Ihelr nmlnr.
anco flight nt 7:11 a. m today
when they had been up l'JZ hours.
Krom now on until they land they
must remain over I,ambert-St.
Louis field, always within sight of
an official observer. Their bara
Kiaph was for only eight days and
to make the flight official they
must now be constantly under ob
servation. UOOHKVKI.T FIi:i,D, Ky., July
29. P Tho blR red" eniluranco
plane challenging the 654-hour
murk of the Hunter brothem,
reached lt 207th hour In tho ulr
at 10 a. m., (K. H. T.) today. The
regular refueling contact was made
without ml.ihup.
JOINS AIR TROOP
VANCOL'VKIt, Wash., July 29.
OP) An dress rehearsal for the
first northwest air tour circus to
be staged In 22 r ltles of Oregon.
Washington and Idaho, 4l pilots
tuned their motors and took to
the air at Pearson field thin morn-'
In. The three-hour show was I
to be given before Hie srheduledi
ttart for Yakima, Wash., at 1 p.m.j
Vlricil Adair of Idse was the
first pilot to bring his plane In j
yesterday. He was followed by j
Arthur Nately of Pebble liearh. I
Cal. J. P. Waage of M'-dford
was third.
rlllfCMM lic
Hatzburg. Austria, July
L'Ttln tJ I
Princess Caroline Irmn
Elizabeth Kuerstenberg 18 years
old, died today as a result of fond
poisoning.
wswr nrUIW HTmll
m uuiiyiunun
'.....MJl..b&l&M
4asuci.tett JftoIo
Cardington, England, for Canada.
Montreal, for the dirigible. A
route.
FOR SOLUTION
Club Women Files Suit in
Tqtiify' A3 ' Baby's Friend
No Money Involved in
Litigation.
CHICAGO, July 29. P) The
circuit court was affked to attempt
to establish the identity of the
Wat kins-Bamberger babies, that
may or may not have been switch
ed at the Knglewood hospital.
A bill In equity was filed on the
part of "John Doe," alias the Wat
kins baby allan the Bamberger
baby, by Mrs. (Irare Dlbroll, club
woman, as the baby's friend. In
court the bnby "plaintiff" Ik the
four weeks old Infant the William
Wat kins' took homo from tho hos
pital as theirs but which vas later
found to have a "Bamberger" tag
on lit back.
The suit named tho Knglewood
Hospital association, the Charles
liambergers, parents of one of the
hablcH, and the William WatkliiH
us defendants, according to Barrat
O'Mura, attorney for Mrs. Dlbrell,
and Wntklns.
No money Is Involved in I ho
Hiiit. Ii Is merely to establish the
Id' iitlty of the babies.
OKLANUO, Ha., July 29. A)
Klorlda today was promised a fur
ther modification of Mediterrane
an fruit fly regulations that would
permit shipment of citrus fruits
and vegetables from the peninsula
to northeastern and middlewestern
states without sterilization.
Announcement of the proposed
modification wan made by Hecre
tary of Agriculture Hyde following
a conference at St. Augustine with
Governor Coyle K. Carlton and
other officials.
Itemoval of the quarantine lines
within the peninsula would place
.ill of Florida, lying east of the
Ockluckoneo river, on the same
b;iMis. The quarantine line will
cont Inuo to be maintained, how
ever, along the northern bonier of
tho state.
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LONDON, July 29. Great
Itriltaln'n unemployment total is
nenrlng the 2,000.00 mark. It was
announced today by the ministry
olQahor.
The official statement said the
number of persons oiit of work on
July 21 waa 1.172.700. an Increase
of J.s34 In a week and 8&0,0f7 In '
a year.
BABY Mil IN
CIRCUIT COURT
FLORIDA GIVEN
MODIFICATION
IN FRUIT BAN
BARES LIES
x in nnnmint
, m w in ii i mi-vit
:M iiv v i ii nil i
" Ml I I llllllll II I III
Witness Tells Supreme
Court of Corruption in
Bomb Case Testimony
Former Prosecutor Fick
ert and Liquor Blamed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July L'!t.
(P .John MacOonald, rS-yeur-old
Baltimore waiter, told the justices
of the California stale supreme
court here today he gave false tes
timony iu the Monuey-Bllllugs
bombing case In l!M(i because he
was induced In do ho by CliurlcH
Kickert, then district attorney.
I'mler questioning ly .luslicu
Breslon, Mac Donald admitted he
had told "five different stories at
five different times" about what he
saw iu connection with the bomb
ing of the Preparedness day pa
rade hero (hat year. Asked how
the court was to know which one
to believe, he replied "Only by your
own Judgment.'
MacDonald was asked If he was
corrupted In l!Ht and he replied
he was, explaining he had been
taken to the office of Charles Pick
ert. then district attorney, and"lu-
duced by Kickert to tell a story dlf-i
ferent from the truth" about the1
explosion which took ten( lives and
injured forty persons. i
Mead Packed With Lies
"A whole pack of lies was pack
ed into my head," AlacDouald said.
Thomas .1. Mooney and Warren
K. Billings are serving lifo sen
tences for the bombing and the
puri lose of MacDonald'tt testimony
is to determine whether tho court
1 shall recommend a pardon for Bil
lings. Under California law a sec
ond offender cannot apply for a
pardon without a recommendation
from tho supreme court. CUiv, C.
C. Young has said he would con-
wider - the two cases together," Ho
recently denied them a pardon.
Tho aged waiter, flanked by law
yers, his own and those of Moonoy
and Billings, opened his testimony
by saying he was now In a frame
of mind to tell the truth. In addi
tion to asserting he gave testimony
damaging (o Mooney and Billings
at the time of the bombing because
he was "induced to do so," Mac-
Donald admitted he had been drink-!
ing considerably a year or two
before the event. This was brought j
out In qustlons regarding his hab
its. (
NKW YOKK, .July 29. fl)
Karl Carroll, theatrical producer,
and three mcmherB of hi company
today were, grunted the rlnht to n
Jury trial on cliarKeH of producing
and acting In an ohticene perform
ance. Judge UoaalRky, In general hen
Hioiix court, grained t;ie motion of
Carroll'R attorneyn to trnnafer the
caae from rtpecial hchhIoiih, where
three juxlicCH would have heard the
evidence.
Peiiilletoii Warm
I'KNDLKTON, Ore., July 29.
iA') The temperature soared to
H)3 degrees here yesterday. Today
promised to be Just as hot.
Medford Lad Aspires To
Tree Setting Record Of
World; Family Hoists Food
Med ford's first tree sitter, Wal
ter Holmes, 11 years old, son of
Mr. and Mrs, W. ti. Holmes, 712
West Jackson street, began sitting
at 10 o'clock this forenoon In an
oak tree at 1307 West Main street.
The endurance sitting Is sponsored
solely by the boy's parents, who
will hoist foorl and other supplies
to him whenever needed.
Walter Is enthused over the
prospect of breaking all existing
records and said he would only
come dnwn when he knew ho had
a record established or was ord
ered to come down by his mother.
The only prize offered was a per
sonal one and that came from Mr.
fturke, who Is here on a visit from
southern California. Inspired by
the boy's nerve, he has offered a
$10 bill. The boy wild he took up
the tree sitting experiment as a
result of reading press dispatches
and a desire to ouldo the Oakland,
Calif., tree sitter who has been up
in a tree fnri53 hours up until
yesterday.
HltKM KItTON, Wash.. July 29. t
OP) Preston I'ard and Stewart'
liabbltt, youthful riremerton tree '
sitters, had been aloft 300 hours, j
or 1 2 '4 days, at 0 n. m., today. !
Preston Is the son of Dr. A, W.
Safe and Sane
Aviator Killed
in Plane Crash
vorxosTowx, o. July
!L fA V l Sutllh Wiw.ufii Jh
thrmmli 13 yt'Ui'H of flying as
iiit' ami nU' Mnltli. wiih
killed here last niKlu when an
airplane In which he was a
pase!iKer. with a student at
the eoiitriilH, stalled and dived
frttm a height of 30 feet,
The student flyer. Robert
Shuirart. 35. is in a Kerinus 4
cotidltiitn with fruelured Ii'ks.
SEA FLIGHT
R-100 Takes Air for Trip
to MontrealJourney Ex
pected to Require Sixty
Hours Arrival Set for
Thursday Morning.
It KL b A ST, Northern Ireland,
July 29. (A Hugging tho west
coast of Scotland In order to avoid
averse winds, the British dirigible
It-loo at noon today was making
progress toward tho Hebrides on
her journey from Cardington to
Montreal.
The airship held a northeasterly
course and was reported last off
Oversay Island, Argyllshire, Scot
land. The position Indicated tho
ship, which left her mooring mast
nt 3;45 a. m Greenwich time, was
making every effort to shape a
favorable westerly course out to
sea.
Tho dirigible was reported mak
ing approximately fifty knots.
Commander Booth had estimated
the Journey to Canada would re
quire , sixty hour, . which would
bring the dirigible to Montroal at
about 10:00 a. ni., eastorn standard
time on Thursday If the schedule
was maintained.
Tho rate at which the R-100 was
travelling this morning, however,
Indicated arrival might not be
possible until many hours later
than estimated.
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E
E
UOMH, July 211 (yP) Tho coun
cil of ministers at noon today
voted an appropriation of 100,000,
000 lire, or about $5,230,000. to
riibulld the stricken earthquake
area of middle south Italy.
It was reported to the council
the ontlre quarter of Arlano and
Napulia constructed of 3K0 fairly
stablu houses had been cleared of
wreckage and the people, once
convinced there was no further
danger, were flocking back to their
homes.
Construction for the homeless
was begun today near Melfl and
CunoHiL ami the building being of
such character that It can later be
transformed Into permanent lodg
ings. .
Leard and Hie wart the son of a
retired naval officer, I Jen tenant -Commander
L. It. liabbltt.
Endurance Test
By Boys Seeking
Work in Chicago
4
CHICAGO, July 29.
A new form of endurance
contest which may get Its
three participants somowhoro
eventually but hasn't yet, has
been going on now since
Juno 1. 4
Originally there were 52
boys of the Chicago boys'
club corporation starting out
on an endurance contest
for Jobs. Three boys are .
Htlll enduring. Henry Hchutz
has called 7H business houses
without luck. Victor Ualin-
skas has asked f'r work at
41 places, and John lumber
Ti. All are 17 years old.
BIG BUSH
AIRSHIP ON
ITALIAN
VT
SUM
FR
REHABILITATION
15 LOST AS
LAKE BOAT
FOUNDERS
Six Seamen Escape When
Ship Turns Turtle With
out Warning Cries of
Drowning Men Heard in
Darkness By Rescue Ship
ERIE. Pa., July 29. The
stoneboat George J. Whelan foun
dered, in Ijike Erie today, carry
ing fifteen of her crew down
with her. six seamen were saved.
The ship turned over, appar
ently with little warning, six
miles off Dunkirk, .. Y., at 12:30
a.m., (est).
The crew of the steamer Amasa
Stone, of the Plckauds-Mather
rtt?et, picked up six members of
the Whelan's crew and brought
them to port here with the first
word of tho sinking.
Captain W. H. McNeil of the
Amasa Htone said he heard the
cries of several men in the water,
but was ablo to find and save only
six.
Continue Search,
Tho men were found floating
In Ijike Erie, they were wearing
life preservers. Coast guard cut
ters 164, 197 and 107 were sent
from Uuffalo to aid In tho search
for other possible mirvlvors.
The Whelan was understood to
have been headed for Buffalo last
night, but no report of any dis
aster had been received. A He
vere electrical storm BWept the
eastern end of Lake Erie last
niht.
Lake Bailors recalled that three
years ago a sand freighter broke
In two during a storm at about
the location where the men were
picked up this morning. Six of
Its crew were drowned.
None of the rescued could nay
what hud happened. H waa-be-i
lloved the craft suddenly tipped
ovep, trapping the men before
they had a chance to be rescued.
The rescued men said the boat
remained afloat upside down for
at least half an hour after over
turning and many members of
the crew were able to stay on top
of It until It suddenly dropped
from sight, pitching them Into
the water. .
PLANNING MEET
MADRAS, Ore.. July 29. (ff) A
meeting will be held hero August
S to promote Interest in the pro
posal to construct a highway con
necting the Waptnitla road with
The Dalles-California highway at
Madras.
Those backing the proposal plan
to take advantage of the Colton
Oddle bill providing for construc
tion and maintenance of main
roads through unappropriated
public lands and through non
taxable Indian lands.
Tho cut-off would save between ,
30 and 40 miles.
WILL
ROGERS
'tnuci
ay$:
BEVERLY HILLS, July 28.
Say, what do you know about
"Ma" Ferguson down in Tex
an? I know "Ma" and I liko
her. She pulled her husband
out of a boghote one time, and .
that has always hit the old tim
ers as just about what a reul ;
old western wife should do; 'v
They overestimate this govern
or thing anyhow. States have
good ones, bad ones and every
kind, and yet they drag along
about the same. Things in our
country run in spite of govern
ment, not by the aid of it. . Did
you ever see the like of candi
dates everywhere f Every male
white child over the age of 21
is running for something. You
can always tell a poor business
year by the number of candi
dates. "When nobody else will
give you employment you feel
like the state should.