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Medford Ma Th Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair, no change in temperature. IL TRIBUNE Temperature Highest yesterday 89 Lowest this morning 51 Precipitation To 5 p. m, yesterday 00 To 5 a. m. today 00 Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OKEGOX, THURSDAY, .iri.Y HI. !!):!). No. l.(). Todav By Arthur Brisbane The Unimaginable. Failure, Says Coolidge. Low Prices? Not in FrsncB. What Will Mr. Smith Do? Copyright King Features Bynd. Ina, The giant liplish airship, 1MUII, flying over the sea above the eloiuls at (id miles an lion r . is expected to land in Canada this afternoon. A few years ago the average, man could not have imagined t)Ht. Now that it has happen ed, not one in a hundred real izes what it means. Long after steam railroads were operating successfully in England, wise men, in and out of parliament, said the locomo tive could not possibly be a suc cess.' Many equally "wise" men think that "flying can never be practical." Jlr. Coolidge says the farm board effort of last spring to hold up the price of wheat and cotton is a failure. Europe's capital couldn't ' maintain steel prices, our gov ernment failed in its effort to stabilize silver. The British couldn't corner rubber, or Bra zil coffee. And Cuba failed with sugar. It is not possible' to repeal thvJ law of supply and demand, cause and effect, action and re action, says Mr. Coolidge. And he adds, which will in terest wets and drys, "An act of Congress has shihII jurisdic tion over what men think." What does Mr. Coolidge, him self a total abstainer, think a but 1 1 the Volstead act? Can it control "what men think ;" Can it really control what men DHINK'f While Mr. Coolidge was writ ing his "piece" about the farm board failure for Wednesday's newspapers, wheat was drop ping to a new "lowest price": cotton, to the year's lowest, and sugar to the lowest price in 711 years. 1 1 is hard to fight the law of supply and demand. Kefined sugar held its price 4.70 a pound, and will probably drop soon. This is the time to put up preserves. Meanwhile, the wise French, whose farmers get . 1.711 for their wheat while their govern ment increases its gigantic gold reserve day by day, see their government bonds sailing up wa nl. Americans that paid $1KI ami much less for French T2 bonds (Continued on Page Three) r,tl1n in iJip iirw-tmwrs the i-ountry nitmt no alive with em. hut 1 all Ihe rtrlvln' I no. here. I here, an everywhere. l!e never ylt run onto a sheriff's por," lemarked I.lle Kite, at he io-kiI aside his newspaper, afcuh KlflerV hii'hancl now train dn for nrttie elorer!. Yon can't kAbe Martin keep a toon man a own. nnnnn ni am IvtAN!) Bib fS EXPANSION " f ; Klamath River Power Appli cation Would Entail An Expenditure of $27,500, 000 and Creation 245, 420 Horsepower. SAL ISM, Ore, July 31. (JP) Ex penditure of f7,5O0.000 and the ; creation of 245,420 horsepower by the California Oregon power eom pany in Its development o Klam uth river from the Cirant power site to the California line are indi cated in applications for water rights filed today with State Kngl neer Luper. The Cirant power site is about 16 miles west of Klamath Falls. Luper said there was no doubt that the applications would be granted witli reservations for the protection of irrigation Interests above the power sites. Luper thinks the program of the power company has been formulated to cover a period of about '20 years. The company has before the fed eral power commission applica tions for license to use light of way on federal laud, which, it is understood, wilt bo granted as soon as state approval of the applica tions now before the engineer and the state reclamation commission is given. Five Applications The applications received today, five in number, are in addition to an original application that has been pending since 1924. The original application proposed the development of 70,057 horsepower at the Grant power site at an esti mated cost of 97,000,000. Each of the five new applications, as did the old one, requests the appropri ation of 1500 second feet. One proposes the utilization of a full of 200 feet and the development of 34,091 horse power at an esti mated cost of $4,000,000; the sec ond application utilization of a fall of 214 feet, 3(i,477 horsepower at a cost of $4,500,000; tho third a fall of 384 feet, 65,455 horsepower at a cost of -5,500,000; the fourth a fall of 100 feet, 17,045 horse power at a cost of $2,600,000; unci (Continued on Page 6, Story 1) NKW YORK, July 3 1. (!) t't1. Charles A. Lindbergh, making his first prepared radio address Au gust 8, will tulk over two nation wide broadcasting ehulim from studioy of the Columbia broad casting tsystem. Announcement was made today the National Broadcasting com pany would co-opera to in the transmission, carry ins tho talk at the name time It rocs out over the Columbia system. The Ki-minutt! address to America had been eel for 10 p.m., (e.s.t.) The talk, In which It in antici pated that Col. Lindbergh will advocate the calling ,of an Inter national aviation conference h the LeHEue of Nations, Ih to he delivered twice, tho first Ht 3:115 p.m., to lreut Hrltaln, , Europe and other sections of tho world. Kor the 10 p.m., broadcast net works embracing more than 1 TiO stations fn America, will be hook ed together. 1IASBHOUGH H WIGHTS, N. J . July 31. (P) Charles A. Und- hergh landed at Tcterboro airport from Washington at 10:30 a.tn.,. (ert). He left polling field In Washington with Harry H. Guir genhelm, ambassador to Cuba, at 8:15 a.m. Lindbergh left Immediately by motor for the home of his father-in-law. Dwight W. Morrow, in Knglewood. LINDBERGH ON A I HOOKUP AUGUST Art Loving Firemen Rescue Venus From Proposed Garb of Poison Ivy WINONA LAKE. Ind.. July 31. tffi The fire department has come to the rescue of the Venus De. MiK. and' a scheme to tlothe the goddess statue In poison Ivy has hei thwarted. Mrs. Mary Sehell Starr of Chica go, summering here, holds the .opinion the statue should wear Fuimethlng. i esterday the statue was moved to a location near the fire department, and the circum stance ive Mrs. Starr an oppor tunity to put her idea Into action. Poison Ivy wan planted around the ba of the statue. Mm. Starr w STATETSUPREMECOORT REOPENS w , L t Aiiottalttt Preti Pholt Conflicting statements of John McDonald, recanting witness of the Mooney-Billlngs Preparedness Day bomb trial, were sifted by Justices of the supreme court In San Francisco when Warren K. Billings, serv ing life sentence In Folsom, re-applied for a pardon. Tho requested pardon from Gov. C. C. Young by Thomas Mooney, Ufa termer In San Quentin, hinges upon the court's decision In Billings' hearing. Left to right: Justices Preston, Shenk, Seawall, Chief Juustice Waste, Justices Richards, Curtis and Langdon. CANADAHAS PROBLEM IN WHEAT BINS Low Prices May Prove a Blessing in Lowering Stores of Grain Traffic Tie-Up Feared in West As Elevators Bulge. WINNIPEG, Man., July 31. (P) Law firain prices brought hope today of relief from ai impending (jnln storage crisis in Cunada. As the 192II-3U crop yeur came to an end, stores are piled higher in grain bins than they were a year ao, and. a far. greater crop is in the offing, but grain men believe wheat prices, lowest In 17 years, may stir overseas buyers Into action. Unless greater export demand comes soon and is sustained, a repetition of last year's grain ticiip In tho west is threatened. iaUe head elevators are filled to almost the same level as a year ago. within 25,000.000 bUHhels of en-1 pucity. Grain stores In the west-1 eri Inspection division total somej 10.000,000 bushels more than a year ag. ! Kmlmrgo iatt Year. Uist fall both the Canadian Na tional and the Canadian Pacific railways put Into effect an em bargo against grain movement to packed lake head bins. Today the best cash wheat Is Wiling for less than 10 cents per hushc). (.rain men believe tin new low marks may ttart the buyers. Not only Is the wheat yield, forecast as some 1 00.000.o0n bushels, larger tha n lt yea r. causing the storage worry, but barley and oat crops are expected to bo much larger than In 1 0 ',",. since considerable extra land was seeded In coarse grains because of cheap wheat prices. PORTLAND, Ore., July 31. (A) George Rice, L'8; Art McKee, 30 and James Quinn. 50, all of Klam ath Falls, wero fined $250 each In federal court today on liquor charges. They made no court ap pearance. Sentence was rend by Federal Judge McNary. Through Francis Marsh, nswlstant United States dis trict attorney, tho three men en tered pleas of guilty to liquor pos session and transportation charges. They were arrested by federal pro hibition agents in the "last Chance" soft drink "saloon," oper ated in connection with a Fourth of July celebration In Klamath Kail". I expressed the hope, according to the firemen, the Ivy would grow and grow until finally that "Inde cent figure shall be all covered : up." The firemen, who are really art lovers at heart, turned the hose on i it. rooting It up. ; Police Chief Frank C Kdlngton. upholding the firemen, said Wino na Iike is the home town of Hilly Sunday, the rvange(t. and Sunday never had become publicly exer cised about the statue. , "If Iff OK with Billy, If. OK !wlih me," lh chief concluded, I I PAY LIQUOR FINES Baseball Scores National it. H. E. ;! io a - Jndscy and Wilson; St. Ijouis Pittsburgh Grimes, I French and Hool. H. 10. 14 3 U 0 lopcz; Hrnnlilvn 7 Philadelphia 12 Phelps, llcimnch und Swcctluml and .McCurdy. H. II. E. HoHton 5 10 ;i New York 11 20 1 Zaehary, Frankhoiise. CnnninR ham and Spohrer: Mitchell, Pructt, Carroll and llogun. American It. II. First game: II. II. St. Umis 2 8 Chicago 10 13 Gray and Manlun; Braxton Tate. Second game: II. H. St. I.ouis 0 4 Chicago 1 4 Cnl'fimm and Manton; Lyons Tate. K. 1 a ud 3 2 and It. II. IS, Detroit 3 8 'I Cleveland 5 9 2 U Cantrcll and Ilayworth; For roll and l4t Sowoll. It. II. 15. Philadelphia 4 10 2 Washington 3 4 0 Karnsliaw, Grove-and Cochrane; Hadlcy and Spencer. It. II. K, New York 14 12 7 linstnn 13 17 U Wells, Hherirl and Dickey; Mac Fayden, Russell and 1 loving, Berry. T Cl.KVKLAND. O., July 31. W) With millions of dollars worth of farm crops at stake, Ohio Is fac ing henvy loHseii if the drought of the last three months continues, a survey of the state showed today. Less than .74 inch of rain fell In the Cleveland area during July, where the normal is 3.35. May and Juno also were far below nor mal. Tho corn crop Is tho most seri ously affected, and prospects are that many farmers will bo feeding their livestock on wheat this fall, due to the low price of wheat and the shortage of corn. Production of dairy products has been Impaired seriously and higher prices of milk and butter are pre dicted for the near future. Wells and at reams on many farms are dry, and in numerous cases, far mers have been forced to glut the markets with cattle, , sheep and hogs for butchering at low prices. Pastures and hay crops are In as serious condition ait corn.- Wire Report on the Pear Market NKW VOHK, July 31. P 1'enr mm-ket weaker; 33 rarH ar rived; 34 California, 2 Alnlinmit cur unloaded; 20 earn on track. California KarlleUx: I 11,1 9 S boxen, ordinary und bent 3.00; few f4.00; common 1.75 2.00; few l.r,..70; average J2.J4. HardyH; 1355 boxed, 1.65-3.00; average $2.41. cmrAon, July 31 (i;. H. 1. A.) iA'i Pear arrival: 21 Cali fornia, 1 Alabama: 10 California earn on track; 22 earn Hold. California liartletta: 11,(114 boxen, ll.so-3.40; averaijo 12.15. Ilromln On Drouth. KAI.KM. N. J.. July 31. iI'i f'.roodlntc over the extended drouth, which nan virtually de stroyed hln crop. Harry lO Ar tons, 64, commdy.-d suicide on hli farm today. He had ronmantly read the weather reports and had prayed for rain. q OHIO DROUGH BRINGS DREAR CROP OUTLOOK BILLINGS CASE GARDENS WILL nr ML hi WATER SUPPLY Main Gates of Medford Irri gation District Closed Talent Has Week's Sup ply Remaining. The main gatc of the irrigation ditches of the Medford Irrigation district have been closed. K. J. Leach, manager said this morn ing, and the slight supply of water available is being used for garden tracts. Approximately six second feet of water flowing in the oht plpo line is being diverted for use In gardens In the Red Top district, ; and three or four wen ml feet of ( water In Rear Creek Is being used! for- tlW surdentr of tho -Phoenix' and Talent districts, J With tho co-opcratlon of tho gardeners and conservative uso of water, It Is thought there wilt bo sufficient to carry the gardens through, which is a rather exten-t sive acreage, The Talent Irrigation district has sufficient water to lat-'t a wee; or ten days. The Game Depart-j nient through Warden Roy Parr,! yesterday ordered 1 he Hyatt Prai rie reservoir .closed to all fishing, ' In order to preserve fish therein. According to . Arnspiger, dis trict manager, there will be suf ficient water from springs to keep the fish alive, after all the Irri-i gal ion water is withdrawn. j The orchards of the valley an; , in good condition, as the ground was given a thorough soaking last spring, and the first of Ibis month., The last rain in this seetlouj was the early part of June. Wea ther records show thai the first part of August, generally secw. from five to eleven thnndershow ers, which would be welcome. HI'OKANK, Wash., July 31. Wl1) Taking off from Felts field at 10:(,r u. in., 37 planes iff the Pa-! clflc northwest air lour, headed for Moscow, Idaho. After a brief slay here, the ships will spend the night at Lewislon, Idaho, before continuing t heir demons! rat inn tour. Their arrival here yesterday from Pasco was uneventful, except that Virginia, Ogdcn set her piano, down In a field when gas ran short and her delay caused a search to bo made. BIG PEAR PACK THK DALLLS, Ore., July 31. iff't With the harvest of Hartlelt pears started at Yakima, Superln- ; tendent Day announced today the Libby McNeill and Libby cannery : will open Aug. 10 on a heavier i than normal pack of pears and j apple. . t "We have a Job for every local j woman who applies at our plant," Hay said. The run Is expected to extend past the Christinas holl (lays. Indian Creed. I'OltTI,ANl. .Inly 31. Federal Judge McNary today tinn ed an order dl-ml-Hlng from uw tody Clayton Kirk. Klamath In dian, held In connection with the death of luls Knight, fellow- trlbe.man, who was kilted in u I gun battle June 30. I REMAINING U.S.SAILutiS SLAY F I FT V i CIA REDS i Communists Fire On Gun- j-: boat Palos in Siang Rivera Three-Inch Guns 0penj Up On Attackers Fivcl-: Seamen Wounded. ! SHANGHAI. July a t - III temdve it, hI activity sweeping mid die China, which culminated yes tcrdav in an Mtitrk hv Cliitnst ! communists on tin- American gun boat Pains near Changsha In which about 50 Chinese were Killed and five bluejackets wounded, today threatened to engulf Hankow, Wu chang. Hanyang and other im portant citie.s In the Vangtse valley. SHANGHAI. July :il (,1V-Japanese press dispatches from Han kow today said refugees arriving there today expressed the belief unidentified foreigners had been murdered when communists rav ished Changsha, capital of Hunan province. The refugees said all other foreigners not rescued were in the hands of the redn. The Hankow refugees, all Jap anese, stated the communists also had abducted 300 wealthy Chinese merchants of Changsha ami were holding them for ransom. SHANGHAI. July 31. (Ay) American sailors killed about 50 Chinese communists and wounded many more while defending the I'uiled Slat cm gunboat Palos from an attack near Changsha yester day in which the Reds raked the ship with machine gun and rifle fire, wounding five bluejackets. The Reds attacked from the banks of the Siang river as the Palos was approaching the communist-ravished city to make a survey of the ruins. Opening flro with 100 rifles and 10 machine guns, tho communists showered the Palos with bullets. Caught In close nuarters and 'una Me to - turn- back, tho Palos brought its three-Inch rifles ami machine guns Into action, firing Into the attackers at. close range. The battle raged for an hour before the communists were si lenced. The ntt ackers had taken up pnsttinuri behind shacks and in undergrowth along the bank. Heavy fire was necessary to clear the banks. The five sailors rc-elved flesh wounds only. F ROM ANGKLKH. July 31. bT) Fedcra I Narcotic agents disclosed Imiiiy that entry Into a hospital of Mary Nolan, screen actress for merly known as Imogene Wilson, follies beauty, had prevented them from nerving warrants for her ar rest on charges of possessing nar cotics. Flitted States Commissioner Da vid Head issued the warrants yes terday, chiefly on the -basis of an affidavit by M im Claire Anderson, Hollywood nurse, who said she had attended Miss Wilson since July 2t. Thi! nurse staled In the affidavit Hie actress since that, dale IpmI talcn narcotics every two or three hours daily. Names of two physicians1, which Ihe affidavit mentioned, were withheld by ihe authorilles. They are being sought also. Sclienck Asks Divorce. I.GS ANGKLKH. July 3i. (VP) Harry Schenck, film director. In filing suit for divorce today, eom- Ih,ul I, Is. Ulf I 111(14 11 hi.ld t lilt t the movies and movlo people werej IOC IHII1K. I L M ACTRESS DRUG E I NURSES CLAIM Tree Sitter Worries As Bath Night Nears; Girl Friend Spurs Ambition The only Ihlim that seemed to have Waller Holmca, 11-year-old tree sitter nt 1307 Went Main Hlreet, worried this Hfternoon was the, TieHllon of hla weekly hath. The platform, with box Bides at one end. doea not Inclndit n bath tub in its ItirnlHlifngH and presents a problem of which Walter I .ad nol thought much of unMl today. He la nosy attempting to devlne a ways and means of solving the puzzle. Ho was up all houi at 11 o'clock this alternoon and still determined to stay up Ihe tree until truant offi cers make him come, down when school starts. Rolling Bones Decide Penalty Crap Shooters IlDSKVII.I.i:. .Mil . July 31 lVi Tlli't'i- crap .shooting d.nkics "rnllfil th.'ir own" ! M'liti-nri'H mi tho polio? court i bench presided over by Judge Chillies' V. Woodward after being l'ouml guilty it playing : African golf. "Snake eyes (two ones) I- ami you got fourteen Hays." Ihe court salii. Knit .inylhin oNc an.) you gel what you make" .;. Today Stewart lircnl, Trunk Holler ami Frank IVt- ei.s bi.gan ra'ryiiiu ten. seven 'I ami -six ilay sentence:, re- Mieetively. N GOTHAM Police Watch Chinatown Denizens As Hostilities Follow Indictment for Murder Boston Has Echo New York Trouble. N K W YORK, Jul y 3 I . (A1) Pol leu reserves patrolled China town today after the killing of one Chinese and the wounding of another signalled outbreak of a new long war. Seven Chinesu wero In jail. Opening of hostilities between members of tho On Leung Tong and Hut Tung On heru was echoed in Hi.Hlun where mt On luung partisan was killed. Last night Nap Ling was killed at tho door ', of a Mott street laundry in tho heart of China town. Police, wero on their way to tho scene of that attack when Soo Rock Ling was shot 10 limes at n bazaar a few doors away. The shootings, police said, fol lowed the circulation of a report in Chinatown, Sain Wong, an On Lcong member, had been Indicted for tho murder of Hung Wah I long, president of the Tong On who was shot and killed whilo watching a performance In a Chi nese theater on July If. Jorg Tuck was In Jail today charged with homicide In tho killing of Nap Ling. I.oy Hong and Sing Say were held for tho nhooling of Soo Rock Ling. I u IKTON. J uly 3 1 .(!) -Death from hat diet and bullet wounds came late last night to on Toon, 30, unemployed restaurant worker, outside his door In a dark place In Chinatown. Toon was a member of the On Leon long. His body was found by members of the police "flying squadron" sent Into the district, arter word was received of a Chl iiphp killing In New York. E CjCKRFC, July 31. (TP) Tho dirigible R-100 passed over tho Island of Orleans, near Quebec, at 4:lo p. m., ( 10. S. T.) The ship passed low over the Island and her speed was estimated at not more than ten knots. HT. HURKRTS ATRPOltf, Que., July 31. !', Fabric trouble aboard tho Rritish airship R-100 had caused a reduction of speed and tho ship may not arrlvo Jiere until tomorrow morning, according to a wireless message received at the flying Hold late this afternoon. , He said that he begins the day ! right wtlh settlng-np exercises. In cluding tooth washing. He did not get into his palamas until 11:30 lnHt night because of company ho ineath tho tree and enjoyed a Rood i night's rest underneath some In i illan blankets. I He admitted that he has a girl and that she brings flowers to him j to siSir hi in on In his endurance nil. He declared that he hart a hath hist Monday and helleved that th bathing situation u-outrt not become n paramount worry until the first week rolls by. In Ihe mentlme, ho thinks some system may be devised tn take care of the ablutions. Til MP UIADO iumu imiiUj m AM M'DONALD UNCOACHED AVERS COP : Identification of Billings and Mooney From Photo Vol untarily Made Declares "Frisco Police Captain Be fore Court. SAN FRANCISCO. July 31. (T) Police Captain Charles Goff to- ! day denied belt ire tho California, supreme court he had coached John Mae Donald, recanting wit ness, to falsely identify Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Hillings j as the bombers of the t!H 6 pre j pn redness day parade here. Goff, sergeant of the bombing squad in 191ti, declared Mae Don ald came voluntarily to the police, and Identified Hillings and Mooney from photographs before he had seen either of the accused men. The officer denied snapplly ho had told MacDonald while ap proaching Rll lings' cell "there's your man." The captain said MacDonald walked ahead of him at city prison until he came to Hillings and pointing at the prisoner said, "here is one of them." Not Sure of Mooney. In .tle case of Mooney, Mac Donald was hesitant in Identifying tho photograph because Mooney wore a mustache. Goff suld he put his thumb over tho mu.itacho In the picture and that MacDonald then tentatively identified him, saying, "I think that's him." Of Hillings, Goff said MacDon ald told htm: "Here Is the one that put the suitcase (containing the bomb) down." Goff occupied the stand most of the morning making snappy and emphatic denials of categori cal statements elicited from Mac Donald during his interrogation yesterday and tho day before. Ho a h to related from memory many Incidents of the time, chiefly re marks nnd acta-nttributedrto the recanting witness iwho , has changed his story to clear his con science, ho says.- Tho hearing In specifically on Hillings' applica tion for n purdon recommendation by tho court. . TESTfCAR FOR IS ALLOCATED A telegram waa received today by A. S, V. Carpenter, chairman of tho commerce and trado coni mltteo of tho Fruitgrowers league stating that tho Pacific Krult Kx press had assigned a car tor the refrigeration and Icing testa on pear shipments from this city, under Ihe direction of the Depart ment of Agriculture. The car will arrlvo In tho local yards in llmo for shipment, prob ably August ZMh, and will he In charge of B. C. MalllnHon, Depart ment of Agriculture. Ho will ac company tho car, taking frequent tests covering tho temperature of the car at various points, condition of tho pears, preservation of ice through salting, and other data. Last season some delay waa ex perienced In procuring the car, but this season tho Pacific Fruit Ex press and Houthern Pacific railroad have readily co-operated with the trade and ngrlculturo committee. WILL ROGERS says: mcv.mY ini-us, July 31. Okliihnmii mul Texas have au original primary system. Thev hnvc no ninny aepkinir, office Ilia I the first primary is only to find mit how many are de Nirons of living off the state. The second primary is to elimi nate 50 per cent of these. .The third is to get rid of half of what is left. The fourth is to eliminate nny rood man that mitfht have crept in by mis take. Now you have just poli ticians, so the fifth one is to leave in the two worst ones, nml they run it off. PEAR SHIPPING