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MEDFORD. MAIL' Temperature Htflhest yesterday 88 L( estlhis morning 57 Precipitation 5 p. m yesterday 00 ...T.?..?. ..ri!.-.lotiay 00 Forecast: Tonlfht and Wednesday . fair; temperature above normal. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1M0. ." ' Z" V ' 4 tp j .i l AnRflrn Ain luuayTHlwILKHIU rS - nun nniinn &-S Just a Little Sunlight. The Prosperous 16,000. You Can't Breed Genius. Important Baby Coming. Copyright King Features Bynd. Inc. A little sunlight came filter ing through dark business clouds yesterday.' Bushiest! failures in July car ried smaller liabilities than for the same month a year ago. The stock market, which re flects men's prosperity opin ions, was more cheerful. Two hundred thousand that had been idle in Detroit went back to work, half of them for Henry Ford, the other 100,000 for the General Motors truck factory and other concerns. t In one of Racine's tragedies, the lady says to her husband: "Ne vauillez pas vous perdre, ct vous etcs sauve," which means, "Don't try to destroy yourself and you are saved." Somebody ought to say that to-American business. Its trou bles are largely born of its own fears. f "The people's lobby" at Washington, busy protecting the 120,000,000 busy elsewhere, says to Mr. Kdison : '.'You arc good at asking questions. Answer these five, for a change : Part of one question is: "Do you think America can be pros perous with 1 per cent of the licoi le owning three-fifths of the wealth, ancf ;lcss han 16; 000 getting one-eighteenth "f the national income, etc.?" One answer to that might read: "When the 121,000,000 get ready to think, use their brains and their votes, they will improve their condition. "Meanwhile, they will con tribute to the 10,000 that do think, or hire corporation law yers, members of congress and other officials to 'think and work for them." Siegfried Wagner, sou of the great liichard, died yesterday. Kugenists, stirpiculturists anil others who believe that better human beings can be bred as we breed horses, will admit that he was a disappointment. His father was the third greatest musician. His mother. Cosima Wagner, was the daugh ter of the great musician, Liszt. And, as a musician, Siegfried Wagner amounted to nothing, although he did write operas, (Continued on Page Four) Abe Martin ('oiMnhic Plum estimates that I least K.1 or cent o' paroled ii-nvlfta (to imlglit, ihat Is MraicJit to the flmt parked iir n' InwHvnt country bank they ser. Sometime some one 'II Bit a niCMMijte through from the llrlt world sarin' they're feelln' rr-'ttn an' that tho piare la rrratly overrated, an' that'll bo (Opyright John T. Dllle Co.) ARE ISSUES Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and West Virginia at Polls Today for .Primaries Kansans More Inter ested in Governorship. TOPKKA. Has., Aug. 5. (fl) i-'mnk (thief) Haucke, youttec fumier and former slate cum mamlei of the American Le Rum, hud a liglit lead over (overnor Clyde M. J teed for. the. Kepiihlkiiu nomination lor governor hi to day's twimury on the faec of unofficial, in complete returns from 69 prc cincLs hi 10 counties. The vote whs: Ilaucke 1581; Heed J 554. Senator Henry J. Allen was leading; his three opponents for the Kcpiihlicun imirilnutioii on ciirly returns from four counties, including; a block of votes from Kaunas City which ravored James F. Uetly, a resident of that city. The vote: Allen 802; Hetty ttittt; Italph Snyletl 172; Congress man Jl. Spmul 110. (By the Associated Press) Farm relief, party regularity and prohibition were issues intertwined with primaries today in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and West -Virginia, but for the most part the questions and candidates concerned only the voters within the states. Out in Kansas, plagued by the drought and low wheat prices, Sen ator Henry J. Allen, strong admin istration supporter, was seeking the Republican senatorial nomina tion. The contest for governor, however, drew more attention. Governor Clyde M. Reed, who thlrtgs the federal farm board's acreage reduction campaign foolish, was opposed by Frank Haucke, leg islator, Legionnaire and farmer. Haucke has charged the governor with attempting to undermine the affairs of the government. Allen, a Heed appointee. Is run ning lor the remainder of Vice President Curtis' unexpired term. Wheat an Issue Ralph Snyder, who thinks like Reed on wheat reduction, has tried to make this an issue. Senator Arthur Capper, Ilopub - (Continued on Page 6, Story 1) Frpak Affirm VkitQ Irfahr. rreaK worm visits mano Section With Quarter Mil-1 BIG HAILSTONES DESTROY CROPS niitiup nniimr UHIVIHOrHIKIt Ii0n Damage Horse IS1 O'ber scattered showers were rc- .ported. In Atlantic the tempora- Killed. , I I.EWIKTON. Idaho. Aug. 5. P) KarmrrH in a 60-squurc mile path of the Camas prairie wheat I country today faced possible loss uf Moo.aoo from a freak storm i which visited the area yesterday. ! Hailstones as large as walnuts, I hurricane-like wind and rearing i lightning heat down wheat, knock ed a man unconscious, killed a horse and set three fields afire. Farmers estimated from 30 to 100 per cent of Ihe winter wheat I crop. Just awaiting harvest, was destroyed. WAM.A WALLA, Wash., Aug. fi. (") Lightning set 2 fires In tho northern half of the Umntllla na tional forest over the week-end, Albert Maker, ranger in charge, reported. Ho added none of the fires were of major Importance and most of them were brought ender control. Chinese Bandits Chop Finger From Hand of British Missionary Woman SHANGHAI, Aug. 6. (P) Btorles i of torture and other forms of vlolenee Involving women mission- arles climaxed today's reports from ' the areas Infested with commun-1 intf and banditx. Hritffh ronsulHr authorities at Poochow reported desperadoes had chopped a ffnirer from the hand of a ItrftlKh woman mloionary at Klenvamr. northern Kukian irov- Jnce. ani ent the severed digit to provincial official at Ynplng along wt;h a demand for ISO. 000 ransom for the missionary and her companion, 1oth of whom hd ; been held captive for more than a: month. DEMOCRATS IN iSMorlatrit I'ttMt I'hata Partisans of two democratic gubernatorial candidates forecast one of the most bitter political campaigns in Texas history as tabula tion of the primary vote assured a runofl election August 23 between Mrs. Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, Texas' only woman governor, and Re;t S. Sterling, Houston publisher. M COM 10 RELIEVE! I Drought-Stricken States See First Downpour in Long Period Terrific Heat Precedes Precipitation Kansas Record Set. - CI1ICAO. Aug. 5. (A'i Rain had Old Mini Heat groKgy and hanging onto the ropes today. Showers brought at least tempo rary relief to many of the drought stricken sections of the middle west und southwest states. The weather man promised showers for New lCugland nt the Atlantic Sea board slateH. For the rest of the seared area, tho report was: "Local Hhowers possible and not quite so warm." In euslern Oklahoma a general rain last night broke a month's drought that had parched and blis tered the countryside. The aver age temperature In the slate was 1110 degrees yeslerdny with Bartles- fVlllc cringing under 11 1 Nebraska nml Iowa, whore corn nun ituuii iiiuu mi utivrt, nnii iiiuii players answered for rain early to day. The TeUamali, Neb., region, dev astated by cloudb'ursls and cyclon ic winds last May, was covered witli another downpour. Five-Inch Fall Five Inches of vain lell between Tekamah and Craig, filling creeks to flood stages. Showers were gen- 'eral over the state and came none too soon, for the heat yesterday I was torrific lieatrko bad an nil (time record-breaking reading of llli. Lincoln had lti:i. In Omaha, where the thermome ter rose to 112 yesterday, rains last nfiiht and early today broke the scorching spell. : ln ". l fell early today over an exlemIcd aroa BIIfI W(18 har(l08t 1,1 ,he Ki,mx n,y uml MllHnn Cl,y i areas. j ture remained at 107 for the second straight day yestorday. The statu recorded two suicides from the heat and one death by prostration. Ram Crop Saver n the rain-swept regions farmers greeted the downpour as a crop Haver. The summer scourge had seared the silks and tassels of the corn, precluding the pollcnl'atlon essential to the formation of the cars. Showers were also sporadic In southeastern Kansas and Missouri In Kansas yesterday the heat reached Us peak. Hutchinson re ported 111 and Coffoyvlllo 11. Km porla had J, H an all-time record A wind with a tingling coolness whirled across l.ako Superior and brought a cool respite to tho north west. In SI. Paul a maximum of 92 had been pushed down to 77 at midnight. In Chicago, where yesterday's heat was responsible for four deaths, tho thermometer dropped during the night and early today to tile springlike seventies. Tho menage from the despera does sit id the women's other fin gers would be chopped off and sentus evidence of the seriousness of the ninsom demand unteHH pay ment were forthcoming immedi ately. The captives are. Miss Kdlth N'ettleton und Miss Kdith Harritton of iVe Jiritlwh church missionary society. Nnnklng advices said a Chinese solditr bayoneted and probably fa tally wounded Mrs. A. H. J. Hearne, wife of a Hrltlwh official of the Tientflln-I'ukow railway, as she slept In her home. BAKED EAS TEXAS RUN-OFF IGNORE OFFERS FROM MBS FOR BARTLETTS Opening Prices Deemed Too Low Local Packer Re ported Offering $30 California at Peak. Growers of the Itogue Klvor val ley have ignored completely tho opening offer of $25 per ton for can ne r y Bartletts, offered by northwest and California buyers. On the other hand, there are no indications that tho canneries will boost the price at least for tho next ten days. A local packing plant was re ported this morning ns offering $3(1 per ton for Bartletts to pack and ship enst. The Heed, Murdoek company, with a plant at Kalem, has a orew of men making boxes night and day on tho. vacant lot adjoining tho Kurd well' .Fruit Co. warehouse Whether the concern intends to ship the finished material to Halem empty or full of pears, la not known. Cannery representatives have In dicated they are in the market for lai'RC Hize pears. Several orchards on tho west side of the valley started picking this morning, and tho Hear Creok orchard, owned by Rosenberg Brothers, expects- to start picking tomorrow. The Suncrest orchard and .Dillon Hill orchard started picking yesterday. )M'ii Three Plants Three packing houses the Growers KxchaiiRc, Kimball, and the American Fruit Co., expected to start part time operations to nay. Inspectors, under Fletcher FMi have started Work. All tho pHcking plants In the valley will ho in operation next week. It Is expected that the first car load ttf ll30 Hartletts will start eant the end of the week. Eastern prices were described this morning by shipper as "sick," with the California Hartlctt re ceipts at their height. Koine of tho shippers predicted that there would bo a rise in price, and that the present situation had a silver lining, vist.: "Educating the people of the cast to eat pears, at a low price." and thus creating a demand for the higher priced and better fpiallty product later In the season. IN DRY FORESTS I'OKTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5. (!") C J. Huck, rcRional forester,, to day said Oregon and Washington Motherlands held the "potential ities of a powder magazine," as they have been drained of every vestige of moisture by an unending sui-cession of heat filled days, Iturk said lack of rain has cause'l the Chelan and (,'olvllle national forfsU In Washington to beeomo tinderlike with possibilities of fire greater than Iti'lV. Kerious flies raged In both forests last year. j CHAULKHTO.V, W. Va.. Aug. 5. 'flV-0. I). Hill, of KendaMa. coal I n perti tor, b lame radio broadcast Ink for the heat and drought that holds the nation In their grip. Me said today he had written to President Hoover and the depart- merit of commerce requesting that jail radio stations be closed for a 1 period of sixty days, "to demon strate whether or not th radio activity Is responsible for the condition MC r,1 A H 0 N NOT CHOICE SAYS HOSS Man to Succeed Raffety As Traffic Head Will Be Named Later, Declares Secretary State Denies Plan to Oust Nichols. ; SAIJI.M, Ore., Aug. 6 (V) Con firmation of reports that T. A. Haffety. chief of tho state traffic department, would ho removed from bis puost was roceived last night from Hal 10. lloss, aecrelary of state, ilosa was reached by telephone at his beach homo at Ta ft. j J" When Itaffcty's resignation be comes effective," ho said, "1 will have In mind the man who will bo appointed as his successor. It will not be Captain Joseph J. McMahon ait indicated in published reports." (-At the same time I loss denied ho contemplated removing from the traffic force Sergeant V. H. El lensherg. stationed at Eugene, or Mcutcnant O. O. Nichols, now at Mediord. tin the other hand ho would not discuss the status of Captain Ken neth Bloom who, reports indicated, was to be removed. Illaiiict Tale Hearing Although II ohm would make no comment on the situation, state houso circles believed dissent ion within tho ranks of the traffic force, coupled with what they termed "tale-bearing," was respon sible for tho removal. Haffety, it Is understood, will leave, the service October 1. Letters requesting tho resigna tions of tho men slated to go woro mailed by Moss a few hours before he left for bis vacation at Taft. Stato houso employes said they be lieved none of the men was given an opportunity for a personal interview. I loss said yesterday he would nTflko a statement on his return to Bitam next week. . ... Wire Report on the Pear Market NKW YOHK, Auk. 5. (U.H.O. A.) ilartlett pear market: 21 C'ali furnla, one Alabama arrived; 4ii t'allfornla, ono Alabama unlnaileil; 1.1 California on truck; market Mlruiifrcr: California IfartlettH, 2.ri.(llu boxen; onllnary, $1.90 to 2.(ir: few. JI.02; rliie. $1.G5 to $1.05; few $ 1 .20 : average $2.03. llardyH: 735 b.oxea, $1.45 to JI.Ml, iivcraKe $3 1 .08. CIIIUACIO, Auk. 5. (U.S.I).A.) Ill ears Hold; California Hartletlx, lll.nit boxea, $1.K3 to $3.50, aver iiBO $2.10. Baseball Scores NKW YOHK, Auk. 5. (P) llnhe Ilutli lilt IiIh lint biutio tun of Ibe HijHnn, a tremendous) drive inai iravqieu I.I leoi llliu inn rtmui field blraeliera, at tho Yankee ala illlllll today, where the Yankcea wero cimaKinK tho XN'aahlnKton Knnatora in llio 11 rut name nf a iloublo liender. The bit win made off Hump ilndley in llio sixth In nlni?. The Kenalnra led, C to 2, du- LhiIK! the homo run. American It. II. K. .IK 1 f) 11 2 Cleveland Detroit Hrown, Miller and Hnwnll; Whltehlll, Harder und DeSaulels. It. II Boston 4 2 ') Philadelphia II 7 1 Durham, MacFaydeii and Connol ly; Merry, Mahaffey, . Ciulnn and Cochrane. Klrsl game: It. H. K. Washington 6 i'A 1 New York 4 2 lladlny and Hpencer; I'ennock, Johnson and Dh key, Jorgens, St, liuls ('htcago postponed on account of rain. National H. II. K. I'lillarlclpliia 'I " Hoston 'I 1 1 " Kllolt, Philips and MeCurdy; Itensa; Krankhouseand Kpohrer, 'ronln. U. II. K. ' New York ! 3 1 Hrooklyn 14 0 Mitchell. Chaplin, Pruett, Moving and flogan; Luque, Heimlich, Phelps und Spender. FIRST LADY CHRISTENS NEW EXPORT CO. VESSEL CAMOKN, N.".7auk. .V JV Tho Bonnmhlii ICmllhnr. luilll for th Amorlcan Kxport Slnmihlp company wan rhrlMiwd by Mr. Herbert Hnovpr, wlfn of Ihe irenl lnl an It wan launrheil tmlay from the New York ahlpbulldlng yard. MOTHERS PROTEST BAY ..IIX-UP ilfci JejH' icil! vrAv a.S'l, KUt,l fi.,. !. .. As an outcome of the Bamberger-Watkins baby mlx-up In Chicjjo. niothere from all over the city launched a drive against a similar record rence in the future. Prominent club women, led by Mrs. Grace Dibrell, took their case before Barrett O'Hara, attorney for William Watkina, father of one of the disputed Infants nni nr-r nmm nun iirn m aaa! viniLi i iiv I lAfiv v i ii nuw I I 1 1 1 1 OBLIGATIONS OFny npnilPUT! mat, B, S MOSCOW. Aug. 5. tP) l.vcs tia. organ of the Soviet government, in an editorial today, serves imtlce on "capitalistic countries' the So viet cannot assume the c.bllnntfons of the C'arists which it repudiated I "since creation of llio liolshevlst J regime in J 91 7." The editorial, obviously in.siiired ' by Kremlin, says: "It Is timo for capitalistic coun tries to understand, once and for all, that tho Soviet government cannot assume tho obligations of the Czar tat government " "Kvor since l!o-l our revolution ary part les have, warned interna tional capital to extend no loans to the Czjirist government. We have not departed in any tony from this position," lzveslla, however, adds the Soviet government Is ready to pay Interest on newly-granted credits at slightly higher rates than normal, "In order to gtvo creditors tho possibility uf partial compen sation for their louse by reason,. of confiscation of their properties during tho . revolution." BULB PESTS FORCE OANKY, Ore.. Aug. 5. (P) Stato and county horticultural officials decided today federal quarantine, 1 laws must be enforced to prevent the Hprend of certain Injurious bulb pests which have become a ; serious menace to the bulb Indus- try of Oregon. i A demonstration of hot water . treatment, the first time In tho history of the Industry, was given I by William A. Aiid. slate board of liori Icull ure member. NEW CHIEF OF SWF WASHINGTON, Aug. a.- P) Major (leneral Oouglas McArtbur today was appointed chief of staff of the army by President Hoover succeeding Oeneral Charles 1. Suminenill. Hrjgadinr (leneral Hen II. Fuller was appointed commandant of tho Marine corps succeeding tho la to lencritl Wendell Neville. KAIjKM, ore.. Aug. fi. (TP)- Hen WcIIh, heretofore secretary and of fice manager of Oregon J Jnen M Ills, Inc., waa selected by tho board of directors yesterday to tnltn temporary charge of the plant, succeeding Col. W. It. Hart ram, whose niHlgnatlon was accepted. The plant in now idle and Wells was Instructed to attempt lo make r raiitfenients for Us operation. QUARANTINEACTION.SHIPPING FIRST Australians Stampede To Place of Gold Discovery IIKNDIOO, Australia, Aug. ti. fp) Discovery of a 30-outu-e gold nugget at Tarnagulla. Victoria, 40 miles from here, bus started a new gold rush. More than 2T.n prospector, most of them driving hitch -powered American earn, have already reached the field and pegyed out Halm. Australia today was In tho throes of the greatest gold fever In many years. H'-ven expedi tions with full transport equip 9MUIUMI LU Wheat Being Cut for Hay Cut in Grain Supply Will Bring Solution of Over production Problem Is View Aid Pledged. WASHINGTON, Aug. G. (P) I 'resilient Hoover announced to day no stone would be left u il lumed by tho government In its efforts to assist in relieving dis tress caused by the unprecedented drought. Tho seriousness of tho situation in a wldo area cast of tho Missis sippi and in tho middle west has been tho subject of conferences between Mr. Hoover and Secretary Hyde. Tho result was an order to mako (Continued on Page 6, Story 2) BARRETT CAR EAST TONIGHT Kimball Fruit Co. Forward ing Donald Clark Orchard Product Seven Or Eight Roll Tomorrow. Tho first car of the 1930 crop of jiattlclts will be shipped this evening, by tho Kimball Fruit company, from the Uonald Clark orchard. They will bo dispatched to New York on consignment. Heven or cluht cars aro sched uled to be dispatched tomorrow, and It Is expected, In view of tho anncry-prlcf situation that tho eastern movement will start flvo days earlier than last year's. Some growers plan of holding their Hartletts In storage for September and lato AttKust safes. Four Southern Oregon picking crews of 2fi each, with J'eter In gram as ''picking boss' will start operations tomorrow morning ln the Vcrltstf, lluckeye, Hamlll or chard, a nd tho Table Hock or chard. Tho output will bo 51)00 It.gs per day. pressure tests on the abovo orchards arc running about 29 pounds. The H. O. H. plant will start packing Thui-Hdiiy morning, with about 20 employees, with I-eo l"ndrlckson as superintendent. The cold storajce space has been cooled lo 27 degrees, and is ready for the receipt of Hartletts. ment. Including airplanes, trucks, nnii camel caravans, the prospcot j ors backed by many thousands of dollars and their outfits1 staffed j I'V experienced pioneers have been I fitted out for penetration of the I wrist e areas wbeli) traces of gold j have been found, j Hot die bush men already have i-ii'xcd consirahlc trouble for j ome of thp prospectors. Tne prospectors are looking par tlcularly to what Is known as the center of Ausalla, an urea about 1000 miles square. BOMBER TO TAKE STAND AT HEARING Billings Will Be Called From Prison Cell Is Announce ment By Supreme Court Lawyer and Justice in Clash at Quiz. SAN KHANCISCO, Cal., Aug. G. UP) Chief Justice liiiam II. Waste today announced Warren K. j Hillings, Preparedness day bomber whose pardon plea Is being hoard by the supreme court Justices, will be brought from his lifer's cell In Kolsom prison before the court some time later in tho hearing. The announcement followed r clash between defense attorneys and Associate Justice John VV. Preston during the resumption of cross examination of Kstelle W. Smith, witness ;u the hearing, whose testimony during Hillings' (rial helped send him and Thomas Mooney to prison for life. Hillings and Mooney wero con victed of the Preparedness day bombing July 22. l!Hi, which kill ed 10 persons am; injured 40, Argument Bitter Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Money, had concluded cross exami nation of the witness on n lit -3 affidavit made to Fremont Older, veteran newspaper editor, and At torney Fdwin McKenzie. Hillings' attorney, was - questioning Mm. Smith 'when the argument started. Judge Preston, seeking the rea son for Mrs. Smith's repudiation of the Oldor affidavit, questioned her ns to her association with tho newspaper editor. The questioning switched to her attitude toward rati, leal doctrines of government.- "Do you believo in revolutions?' Proston asked, . "I bolievo in tho United Stains of America," wuh the answer. At this point McKenzte Jumped to his feet protesting heatedly. "This, question Is solely designed . to slnndor Mr.' Older and 1 doraantf ho take the stand to confront this wltnesa," McKenzie shouted. Judge Preston explained ho had tho highest regard for Older, ' DUCHESS OF YORK IS C;i,AMlS, Scotland. Aug. 5. (VP) All whb expectuncy here today with probability thaL bofore many hours the "Little Duchess" of York, daughter-in-law of King George, would give birth to the fourth royal grandchild. There was widespread hope the child would be a hoy. If so, he would he In direct line for ascend ancy to the British throne, slnc.n tho heir apparent, tho Prince oC Wales, is unmarried. OVER GREAT FALLS VATICAN CITV. Auk. t.(P) The popo today appointed the Unv. Kdwln V. O'Hara of tho rural llfo dopartmont of the National-Catholic: Wplfaro Council as bishop of lircat Kalla, Mont. Hov. O'Hara was located at Utl Kono, Ore., before going to Wash ington. 1 WILL ROGERS HKVKKIjY I11U,S, Cal, Aii. "). Mury J'ickfiird was robbed hist niubt by DoiiKbiH ' Kiir blinks. Burglars, cntoruil i but ' DmiK sniil lin bad no nionpy. They naked if lie know wlieiv In.' could W't soliii!. J)uii(f said : "Why, yes, Mury bus Home." "Well, dm you V't it?" asked the burKfars. "Well, I always have, if sbc is asleep," said Douk. So Doug bui'Klnred Mary for 100 bucks, eanic downstairs and turned over $1)0, keeping 10 per edit for commission and overhead. Hurnlurs made arranuemeiils with him to conic back as soon as Mary bad anything else. mm iinii limniHasi I