0 DFoiiD Mail Tribune 4 Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OHEOOX. SUNDAY. AUGUST t mm. No. Ml Todav By Arthur Britten The Dirigible Experiment. Mr. Sloan Cuts Power Rates. England Goes to Ger ; many. 34 Questions. Try Them. ; Copyright King Feature! Synd. Ino. j , The R-IOO trip proves Brit 5.Th determination to rule tin i new ocean of nir, nnd make 3 safe her islands that are real S islands no longer. It is n les- I son to this country, too intieli given to watchful waiting in f aviation. ' The diffienlties of the 1M0O, i drifting with n damaged fin, in a storm that' heavier than ; airships might easily conquer, indieate that the dirigible of light fahrie, with power tin- i equal to its diffienlties, is only j an interesting experiment, thus t tur. ' Future Zeppelins, of light j metal strong as steel, ohviat ' ing danger from lightning, fith engines powerful enough 'and frames rigid enough to : defy storms, may compete with ) heavier than air planes. I The present dirigible is like j a big ship on the sea of feeble j construction, equipped with an engine loo weak to control the : waves. j It is like a whale, with the j tail of a eat. fish. Matthew S. Sloan, head of i New York's 'Edison Power I rompahy, yesterday filed .with I the rublic service commission whedul.'S of lower rates for j pleetrie current. This follows, Mr; Sloan's ad- i vice, to a recent convention of power men, to improve bnsi- tiess by making power cheaper and its use. universal. - ' t'onsider the results, if all otises had electric vacuum , cleaners, washing machines, fans, eooking stoves, and every farm used electricity to cut wood, grind feed, pump water, milk cows, etc. Coal for power would regain its value, many idle would find work, human efficiency would be increased. .'' Henry Ford, hearing of the Hew power charge schedules, culled at ,Mr. Sloan 'a office to congratulate him. "To increase profits and general prosperity" said Mr. Ford, "increase pro duction and cut prices. That is how I succeeded." That is how all industry, in telligently managed must win suecess.' Jf railroads hud tried it business might be better, and motor buses, automobiles , nnd motor trucks might not be fuming much of the railroad's I business. ' ! " Ramsay MacDonald with his ; daughter has gone to Oberam ; mergau iind will see .the pas ; sion play tomorrow.' . '.First British prime minister to1 visit Oermany since the war, lie will ! well received and en , teftained at dinner by the pre mier of Bavaria. War hatreds and suspicions are gradually dying, ami the results of wnr i are puzzling. Of the three great Kuropcan nations involved, Oermany beaten, is more prosperous than England victorious.' And France victorious, is infinitely mure prosperous than any of I he others. Forty-nine boys, competing In the Kdison "most intelligent boy in America test" hud be fore them 34 questions of (Continued on Page Three) BACK HOI FOR ALIEN 'BIG SHOTS' Liquor Chieftans and Gangs Face Deportation In New Prohibition Drive Big Rum Operators Will Be Special Targets. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. UP) A campaign agutnst alien viola tors of the' prohibition statutes and the invocation of the Jones law to bring ahont felony convic tions nnd deportation holt! a ma jor (jIrcc in the program of the reorganized enforcement bureau. The. pian fits in smoothly with trie general policy of concentra ting upon the big operators In an erfort to nhtit off the supply of Intoxicating beverages at Its scurce. Although reluctant lo estimate the propoi'taliun of immigrant of fenders, the directing officers of the war on Illicit littuor are firm ly of the opinion that aliens pro vide the leadership, nnd the rank and file as well, of a majority of the biB rum-running gangs. In proof of this contention, they point to Chicago and other cities in which a foreign element con trol the activities of the under- v.'orld. The possibilities of the Jones law in bringing about deporta ... tu.interi m bv Presi dent Coolidge when the measure was approved by congress nnd were cited then as his principal reason for signing the bltt: Since that time, however they have been largely overshadowed In pro hibition discussions by the heavy penalties provided. distinction be tween minor and major, or felon ious, violations of tne nry m.i lutes which carry a ninximum punishment of five years lmpros onment and 1 10,800 line An alien convicted of felony, is de ic.nnd at the 'confclusIon of his prison tcAn. ' To obtain convictions of this magnitude, the bureau is relying largely upon a staff of 200 spe cially trained super-agents re sponsible only to the authorities here, they are charged with fer reting out the wholesale . littuor conspiracies involving territory ,hleh overlaps the administrative enforcement district. The investigators are m--" - hove risen from the ranks of the prohibition staff, are thoroughly in their work and schooled in gathering evidence In such a manner as to fnflitnte the work of the district attorneys in prosecuting cases in court. H00DR1VERICE PLANTBURNS UP u-rn RtVER. Ore.. AUK. W Fire today destroyed the ice plant and cold storage warehouse of the Flood Ittvcr Apple Growers' As sociation, toss was estimated by directors of the company at near ly Jl 00,000. The buHdings were insured. The fire started in the cold Mttmt where workmen were pouring hot tar on sand on the roof. Officials were to meet tomor row to determine on rebuilding nlnns and to decide upon tempor ary facilities. MENCKEN, WOMAN CRITIC, TO ID BAUTflMOrtE, Aug. 2. W Announcement of the engagement u.ro twell HHariit. writer for popular magazines, to Henry I Mencken. Baltimore author, critic nnd editor of the American Mer cury, was made today y Jonathan Haardt, Montgomery, Am., her mother. rrh. rcaflrtincr Will be BCPt. 3, nnd they will continue to make their home here. Women" has been known for two decades, along with his Ittcrary nsociate George Jean Nathan. New York theater critic, as al most ft professional bachelor, lie .cjU be So years old 8ept. 12. t nvrwi. Auir. 2. t&i Having the biggest airship. Jon Hull is uir. nianm tur ih hisffest pas senger ship. A cunarder is to be j so large uwi u... ... . ing her is foreseen and the gov nMn.ant ,( mrreed to underwrite what cannot be absorbed in the ordinary manner. hnctatlon are the shipwli! be of U.oofl tons. Crater Lake ('' , r ,sr rr - - e. - . I , ' ' w i - V IJcltcring tils own previous worhi rtn-orfi fur !mg instance llt(f:ratt:y made btt August when he "MutpiK-d Xtt. Uttitticr tthttc soaring near the Three Sisters icaks, t'aptitin A. V. Stevens ttt thy unity uir service and LU'iitcmtnt .ttthn IK forfeit tmmtttctt ati.OtMi fwt iilxivo Ciiti-r Ijikc near Metlfimt. on April I" to ttliiitogrnp it fiainicr 210 miles away. Ttte official I", s. Anajr lr corns plMi tograpli just ituHtc nvailutitc stiows; So, I. Stt. Itntiilcr, 270 mites away: Xo. 2 tt. llmxt, atMt mitcsj Stt. 3 ..Ml. Jeffct-Mm, lS iiilos; No. 4 Tlnw Sisters; t2s mites; So, a tMamttml I'eakj 50 miles, ntitt No. S I'restfttt tfes, mtics. The Watt spots we water, apiicaring s because of wpet'ial 'camera filters nsett. PORTLAND SEES PLANES CAVORT! ON AIR JAUNT yast Throngs on Cliffs Watch Circus Stunt Aviatrix Fails Squad ron Makes Ready For Flight to Tillamook. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2. P Forty-five nirplimes zoomed out of the eastern sky this afternoon anU dropped to rest on Swan Is land airport for the fifth hisht stop of the Pacific Northwest Air Tour. Only one plune failed to arrive. Mitts Vtriitnla Onden, Seattle,- was forced down twice on her flight from Pendleton. With her second forced landing at The Billies. She sent word to Swan Island offic ials she was leaving her plane and taking n bus to Portland. Tex Rankin and Miss Iorothy Hester, stunt program heartliners, were forced down at Hood Kiver by lack of fuel. The routine program of outside and inside loops, intricate rolls and turns and parachute Jumps got un der way shortly after the last planes had arrived. . More than 20,000 spectators were on the is land and on the high cliffs near it. Additional features of the pro gram included the appearance of Ueulenant Basil B. Smith in his speed plane which he ftew in the recent American circus engine air derby. He gave an exhibition of his plane's speed. Mechanics will overhaul the motors of the planes tonight and tomorrow the fleet will tak off for Tillamook. ENGINE FAILS AND ENDURERS LAND ftoofiRvnr.r fib!d, n. v., Aug. 2. (&) The red endurance monoplane piloted by Boh Hlack and fxu Heir hers was forced down at 6:05 o'clock (K.S.T.) to nttrht. The pilots said the motor wrnt dead. The ship landed in a rough field near the Salzburg golf chih. a ,iaif mile south of the airport. The Hf was bent In landing but nei ther pilot wnn hurt. They had been aloft 313 hours in quest of the refueng endurance rw-ord held by the Muntf-rs of fhii-ago. Slack said th motor suddenly vent dead and they were unable to get It atatred before !hy were forced down. MILAN". Ilniy, Aug. 2. Al- )rto Vs;iM. who nay he Ik lift nnd thftoidest living veteran of Oart'jft hli'K campaign. get away daily with ft thick beffMenk wanhed down with a hftff a litre of red wine. To Mt. Rainier Spanned By IW 1WH JH ).U.-)!I ! ti i .vr 'itT r-i FAIR ONES OF EARTH PARADE THEIR .CHARMS Beauties Gather at Galves ton for C o n t e s t to Be 'Miss Universe' Couple of San Antonio Girts Dis agree, j OAIA'ESTOX, Texas, Aug. 2. (Pj The chosen beauties of this country and from foreign nations began matching charms this aft ernoon in the International pageant of pulchritude. Most of them had short hair and alt w er & & ressed either in a f t e r -noon or sport costumes. A couple or so were stock! ngless. So barbing costumes will he worn until tomorrow's float par ade, and the first title winner lMis United HtateB," will be selected on Monday night for the universal title. Miss Tnlted States will con test with seven foreign entries. Meanwhile a mixup which has caused trouble Involving the ques tion as to who should bo Miss Sin Antonio, Was settled with the of ficial final announcement Miss Florida Kdwards would he dis tinguished. She was designated as the official entry by the mayor of San Antouto and although Pegjpy Summers had been reported at headquarters enmttte- o deny the dfsigmtUom she had not appeared. DENY DECREE M FILM DIVORCE AS ATE WAS DRUNK LOS AJffOKLKtfi Aug. 2. P ; The d iVorce w h U-h Jeit n Ha r Jo w, ; film netr&w won ly default from : Vhnrl V, Mc.rew, Iff, son of a, .Mcago uttorm-y, today had hettf Met nslde, McOrew ainarpd io superior court here yeaterdfty and said jtajtera in the uit wfre erv-i ed on him while he was intoxic.i-i WA and he wished to contest the! ust. j The pHititSon wdm grnnted fol-j !wm Mcfirew nureement toi iay 13.50 ha He aUmony. When: Mt Ffariow obtained her Aivwl lnt Ocio!er nhe was awarded $TS monthly alimony, Affidavits hy Mtm Harlow and her mother. Mrs, Jean Carpenter ? l-tlo, lass-t month whrrt" th muil defaulted, admitted MeOrfW was intoxicated when he wan Mrv- ed with patMT. The affidavit, ald McfJrw drove hi autorno-j idle into Stim HarlWa machine j and later went to th a-tre ltev- eriey ffiil hom and jdatifd her.. MefJrew and Mfw tlrtow wp-i uatd In lS-, artordin to h-r fom plaint. fV- J-58fljSf 'rl.w'0 . --s,- tf"1 n - ' ,r DROUTH BEGETS FIRE HAZARDS, LARD FAMINE v- v Fire Fighters Recruited to Full Strenqth as Costs Mount Disaster to Com Crop In Mid-West Brings Dire Forecast, WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Kxtreme fire hazards have $&&n created in the national foresls hy the drought which for weeks lias haked the cotmtry hel ween the Hocky and Aitlachlaii moun tains. While, such fires as exist are under control the forest service ten 1 today the fighting organiza-' thms in all national fores! s had heen recruited to full strensth as a ireca u t hna ry measure. Already, however, more than twice as much has beet exiendetf for forest fire fighting this year as at the corresponding date a year ago. with only monJh of the new fiscal year behind it fire fighting has cost more than JStt, a. The drought has become so se vere fn the hardwood forests of the east the trees are sheiding leaven weeks earlier than normal. CHICAflO, Aug. 2- tfP Acute sea ret ty t lard i threatened as n result of the nationwide drought menacing the ern erop. II, ft. flodfrey, jrovi3oR triide attthorlty, aald lodny "The dia-jiMtt-r whieh ha overtaken the rorn erop h?t t( rflret ami very Htronjr Influence on the iard mar ktt. Farmers will not breed 3te fall and nprfn pljpt if there Is a famine ttf fid!ns material on the farm, Th:it niipeara to he the t'xart nituation now. HOOVERS REST IN VIRGINIA HILLS OISAN'OK, Viriri; A use. 2 ,'( f n aft atm.jd-r f -m-irleti hohdny frwn offl;ll huI r.f.t I'rpffldent iimiYfr r-td foday m hi lodKP fn th Virginia mun- i;tnn, with nlv Mm. Hoovpf and hi i f w Intimate frifmh pinion, fhotoj?raihf rm ww tn (ntcrrut th i-iimjj ratitine for hf first time this yonr. thf d-nt having fpUxc 1 h! rulr ;ii.'Mnt thnm. Tho party mromrcd ,"c,Kthr, In sharp rmtrawt tft heat of lant wr-ek-nd. Horcp Hift-d mrmitfm nt th (,;.rty who are fnd t,f horsw'ha K r'llinn farly today fr x3ioia 'n ft If n thf crfl f l?la ;::d(mi-Mnl8Jn. Th- rhiff MrtMiv fdannt! t J-tkp hi xrrip hikinw. H1 ppn to return tr the Whit jf outre early Monday, Army 'Eye r COUNTRY EYES ILLINOIS VOTE UPON SENATOR This Month to See Epic of Politics Twixt Women and Courtly Rivat Tax es and Prohibition Main tssues. CIHCAttO, Auk. Z-iJPt Au wUI Illinois htReh itt iMIiKr the cnmfmfKn he- twtHR lisijii IfHimu jHft'urmiGK 3m& .inmrH Hwjtititon Iwls for n ml fn Ibf I'nlteil Ktiitua -nnte. Thn eye at a nation wilt turn !wiml his fimlrls tat to watrh ilu hviwetHi the courtly former mmttsr aiirt a wman. The camsmfRK will he totit-hctl off ttt SurfttstfteW. The Wmmrnitt on Atteust 2tt and lh Ki-tiuhllianx on Attgust 22. Mrs. MrtTttrmtcfc toltity naUl the r.'M (tellver K Hilcfih twforo the &J!mMlfjm ronventton nntt at that time Ht foi-th the viewH which are t carry her on a pittMrailljr hl trte conrKC. Ijwts I formtthttlnit tho fmm sl.etlon Kttfl tttstltfon as dominant ISStH'St Sfttta pwihtUKton rffwMtilum ;sr!JOf!a rt lXi'te(f to te InHt hefore each of tho imrly runvctt- ttmss. The formffF Ihmoera!lc senittor Krthl he vtmihl champion tfKtsla tSfm to inn! th utote'it mithorlty t, rfrtprmlne amwis hemnetven the Mfeohttftc. etvntent of VvnniBi' wftt wfthln their hnr.hr. IS" tsn. wonhl aim Mtitoort a federal aet amlfxt mtmr truffle Iwtween Ktutra where ntmhntlc ronlent ro tjHlrements 5iffer. W RACKETEER CHARGE REDUCED VOUTUASth Ante. i. f Th f'tfrttn rhars twfwrp-d against Kart tUyf rpule-rt I'artfic roast imiirt rhfira'tir, fllorlnK hi nr rt'Mt yentcrtlay itt connect hm with a htt marhine "racket" w e-hunKtu tofi.jy to binrrny. Unv imiirf mtUt, th rente net to coitt-tlrfw iiKff oprathm of htt miH'hSRP iiirsnuiot unwiwcmirK tiv k;ev9 Hoy ZHQ in marked hills aftr h& Ij wii! t hfive of- fr-i Jnfirmatlrtn concprnlnR thi whores hosts f Jtevnml stolen ma phln'H. iN-tfiiv hl thy Ifrnt R rrt um y hit f wn t h1 ottfgrf-th tff rivalry lMtwitn pv &tl firm hanrtiiftff venrtlnji ma- thin hr. VVAftttNSTN. An. 2. AxslKiant TMtarjf iiwman twlay mafflmt tUv trf-attry rdfr ftirbht ding Imports t Hiaa plootl. LADIES IN IN DETROIT Police Hold Woman, They I Say Lured Radio Art- ! notmcer to Death-Heavy Bank Deposits By Eeeert 'trie Votuntter Cop Ex planattons Offered. today continued; to hold a young ftom who they say ksvw ih 'voit'" which lured Jerry Kudc ley tt his death, and iR anoth er wmnan into custiuty far ues tltnlng. twiner for mdla Htation WMtfHT the fitutttm for whtch Kacftfefy was the militant poHth'al esmmenta tor was ordered heM C&sr houm more timir the sHt&Eval&t of $2,eoa tsond after a hearing tliU fuurntttr before Judge itesry S, Swt-eny ta recorder's court oa a writ of habeas corpus The latest woman to etter th ctre ts Miss Kthei Urtinsaii,, said by police to have bees with Buck le v 24 hours iettr& he was sfeet (ffWft. She wss taken Into eust imtay thin movnisg and qaet&Rsd most of Hie day. MeanwhtUv the police said they were runFtmitRir ther wemxvh. foj V&tfmhuTi by question, , isd Krlwrt M, ttofmann, scton of aMeDonahi through an account of wealthy family whose hank SseskR aeilons &a the day the parad showing averuge dall? depos sfwas bomheil, and on the foikiwin for recent weeks waa foamS days when he identified BUURgsf ttt Miss Maaaetr apctrtntrat. " He hart not htn fmma, tort fcbf atloiney, Fred A, Itehrr !Mitl liot mann hatt made "fssme ssrt at a i SiHeillMlt" ttt J'attee Commtelutt- er Thomas WI5cex - - Hofmutm's aecriJtarK Bfer saX l't'etl with Mtest MarateH. Sh fre- tlttetttly maele iSesslt fer felm & , rfitut eulleetwl for m motnor. : whom he detteriSsetf a a. "srjr wealthy wstmm.1 "It l nerfeetly natttrttl," he ailslcil. "that hi secretttry shoal linve taken tha twok to ttef home xtnd then have fttrgatteft H. Sh left early thtat week for her vaca tion nmE bo one knows where she Ilttfmann, memher sr a promi nent ami wealthy fanvfty, warded a rather eeeetttrte lie hn heei! nettm? (ts a votanteer nolleeman under tho ttdmtafattra tlon ot Mayor Charles Bowles, who wo reratUKt fair M after s hitter ramttttlfftt In which Bacft ley erttietsa the arttnfttWratton. Huektey was kiSet! two hoars af ter he announced tho result ot the election. KLAMATH FAr-L8. Ore., Aa. 2. VP) O&orge gmttli vice-president f ths Wsyerhaa wr Jvimb?r eempasssr afed ts fete ffyni fa a torat hotel taRlghi. eath was caused by heart Ca3i ure Marsarct and IJelen IRg his daujfhtent were wtih their tstfesr wh?rt he bocarna saenty ihytlan wer eatleal feat iong was dead when they arrived, Konf and hi aaushter had came hr Wed&eshsy as4 had lntendM$ to vinit Crater Itfee to- lby hut remained in Klamath Fn!! heeauae Long aa set feci- ina welL Uee S, less was bom. Uush county, indJana, December 3, ileaidea fc daashler he I urvtved by a mm, serse Iong Jr. Mr. was g&nrat nutaager of the WeyerhJtKjmr company sa il! arMmt a mmih as 'hejs he fftired. H retained ths olikce e vft-rhEfmt and chairman e the pxfuitve committee. The htnly will he taNes to Ta runia, Wash, 8nditr merging. WiK AXUKUKS, Auk. 2. tiitln Ahxaadr Magyar Kirian aviator, tedar rsnfrmed eastern disnatehe riJsrUnK bsj ,tiid Captain Clears Knra low filer, will in? Anaees N. Y. r?tHtraiery ts a trans-At-hmsic filKht t& Hungary, : MKSUHt rfTV, 2- Authorities f Vera Cras today ordered an knifestliUsa the loath of three yutmjt bteyehta irt rurk hy a train from MesJc rity. cfflclIft. mtld th yoeth hI ! n Klaln and FiihKsysJ hy ttamlltM vim placed their hodlee &h the track. LUMBER BARON, DIES SUDDENLY KLAMATHHOTEL LIAR UNDER HAW FIRE MeDortatcl Winces When Subject to Torrid Grilling at Mooney Pardon Hear ing Admits He Was Drinking During Original Traf. SACBAMESTO, Aug. 2, f?? The hearing of John MtteDottihl' story of "lies" told in the Thomas Moosey audi Warren K Billinj? trials in was conetuded be fore Oov. C. C. Young and th ndvHry jardon hoarft h&r fest today after MacDonald wa close ly aestoseti for more thss thr hours. tlnde questioning by Lieut. Gar,. H. L,. far 152 ban, chairman at the &rd( MueDonakl admitted for the first time In a. public siaw m&ut he had bees drinking whisky daiiy fur a week before the Pr arednei day parade Juiy 2, H& sad he got out of a an Francisco hospital atout a week or tea days he fore the par ade is.fi er having undergone as operation, iaeDenaid admitted drl&kisc while testifying as a witness Jn the BiiUosa ami Moaney trt&h. hut wiid he did not drinfe unUi court was over each day. and Siooney aa having placed suUeae at Sieutart and Msufet jtirecis iunt hefoFtt the frXIofefj. MacOuuatd said hUt Edentifiea turn oC the men in tfttt wi He hut ait the rest ot hhrgraad Jury testimony dealing with - feu aetlans whUa watch Ine the parade was true. . The hearlRg was eonetaded wRti a-touch ot iehse dramt duriny whfch l.Jaut. Gov Caraahaflt eharman: ef tha advisory pardon hoard, asd Bdwin V. McKansia, Ban Francisco, attorney represent ing Billing took: the witness to task tar admittedly falsely Identi fy Irs? BSiiln&t mad Mooney ss tha m&n reaponai & for tha San Fras- ghss bomb biat, "Y'qu told us ytm Ithew poal tively thcao were not the mn Carnahaa aldt llbat yott'we&t os tha stand la tSiS and teifUd they were th men. Ifdn't you? Da y$u want us to bettevd you are that sort of at monster T MacDonaht did not answer hat t i&&king dawn at his hands, "Look at me. Look at tha gov ernor and answer that quest ien,' Camahan demanded. BlacDoaaht did net look up but mamhled something. ile said aaV Carnahan caid t others &f tha board. LOS A.VGSLS3. Auc. 2- Two men who drove a heant through streets here recently, he tiring the sign; "California Jus tice I Dead" augmented with s skeleton, were freed on charges of Jmiropr adverthrinr , Th men Bald they were merely driv-. ing the car fo a mastf meetlf;! " called to protest the denial hy Gsveraor C. C. Young & par don to Thomas J, iiooney, rr iRg & fife entenea for bombing Che San Franefateo Preparedne day parade in J9I. : . ( . STATE WILL NIP raw- Ore., Aas. 2 --Backed by an opinion from Attorney Oenerat Van Winkle, Secretary of State Horn has taken step to pro trct the state agafnt fraud 3n gasoline fax refunds following th i-eeent gaoime war" Ho ; fee cams suspicious when claim for : tnx refnnds on aceonnt ef fuel used for purposes other thas ott tho highways came In tha tfn day the fuel was purchased, Hos asked the attorney setterat t h mhGuUt honor tha claims be f era re eelvlng proof that the fuel actual iv had been used. Van Winkle has avdHied that ha should not, and that an affidavit that the fuel fn tended fnv such use is not ssffl c tent. H was suspected that soma pFona who bought thousands ot gafloas during the "wtf were at tctmptlcjf to get fax refunds and then selt the gasoline to other preps, 1 The Weather - Oregon: Fojf on tha Immedlat coast otherwiie fair weather Ssn day and Monifeiy. Normal test neratare and hamJdlty. Gentle to moderate norfh amt northwest wind offshore, LOS AXGKLKtl Aug. I. 1-ari Lysnr Bedondo Beaeh St year old iider pilot, burned to death when his ship snagged &n a newer lm and was set aIr