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M I0DFOHD MATL TRIBUNE. At 101) FORD, OI.'KCOV, SUNDAY, .JANUARY 11, 10:'.t P.VnTO ETGHT YOUTH JAILED AS WEEK-END RALLY L Standard Oil Aide Promoted FOI BY LOCAL POLICE UU i BRITISH STRIKE I 1ST OF LONDON POOR p&fj Paul liafford. 21. nil" Davo; Lutibun wus r rested ly police curly liint cvnliiK after bavins chort-cliHiiKd the Postal Tele irrapli is, und the J.iownie Marie restaurant the n me amount. I Hufford camp hero from Klunuith Fill In, where he went by the name of Dave Uti.Kon. Similar aetlvlties had been carrU'd on by him in that city, it wti reported, j lUn'ford wa 8uM hy bin wife,' who wtiM later questioned, to have had a cheek for $l when he came to town this evening. She wild her husband had been worklnn fov hi father at a ranch near Med ford. M im. liafford at fir-st kvo Iici aia a 11, but then wild who, wart I!U. Minn Mernlee Cameron reported that she wan tihort-ehaned when; liaffnrd paid for a telegram to Mr.; Carl I'enniiiK of Klamath Kalln, ' whii-h read: "Will arrive In the mot nine about !l:UU o'clock." It wax sinned Dave Luiimjii. I Mr. Hafford denied all knowl ede of her hUdband'H whort-! chanjjc arKntry, nnd aid he did not know of his going by the name of lyiuison. Two of llnf ford's brother ure now nerving i)enlten-' tiary turm, Mrs. Hafford stated 170 WORKERS OIE GUAYAQUIL, Uiuodur, Jan. 10 (A) Kiltie hope wan held to night for the rescue of any of 170 track workers who were buried when a liugo landnlide ronred down upon them without warning. Tins accident occurred near 1 1 u Ik ro , 7 3 m llert from O tmyaqu 1 1, at ftbout flvo o'clock thlH morn Ing. The men were engaged In re moving the debrlH of another hIUIo, which had occurred tthout ten o'clock luHt nlKht, when the groat mnsH of dirt and rockti poured down upon them. Men who niHh ed to the ocene and attempted .rcn eue work mb Id thoy found no nlgnn of life. , The two Hlldefl were believed due to torrential lalim which have f l.tiwln.l I 1m .iin.liW .,.. Ilii. l..U few days. The Cleancljun river: Iuih become o torrent, menacing the town of Hulgm, and land.MlldoH I have btoken telephonic and tele graphic communications. 1-Voih reportH that reached CUmyuqull, , it .appeared that, a wholo hlllHltle fell upon the line of the Quito-Uiiayaqull railway where the men were working, ItockH. tieeH. and mud mvnriMl the ' track for a mile and a half. DAVIS OOSTER IS BACKED BY NYE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 V) The inuvo to unseat Senator Davis, Hepubllcan, Pennsylvania, on the grounds of excesstvo campaign ex penditures brought u defense of I ho former labor secretary today from Charles H. Hull, Philadelphia councilman and Hcpuhlican parly worker. Chairmen Nye, of the senate campaign committee, bus announc ed he Intends introriuuiug a reso ' lutlou to remove Davis. His eom inlltee, he says, has found expendi tures of around ILUUO.UQO In tho primary and election campaign of Davla and others on tho same ticket, . Hall, In a. lettor to Nye. a copy of which was made public today by Senator Davis' office, estimated lens than five pep cent of the ex penditures were inudu In Davis behalf. The balance, ho wrote, went for cundldatcs for governor, lieutenant governor, 3J members of congress, 1!8 ntute senators, 250 inonibvrs of the stute houso of representatives and more than 8,000 counctlmen. UOISi;, Idaho, Jan. 10 iVi The. annual budget rcqucMa ol the departments of stute govern ment were submitted to the legis lature today by c. J. Hugo, utate budget officer, hhowlng the rc- uuested upprnpiiatloiiM larger than the appropriations for the pttft i'lennlum but carrying his state ment Unit no Increased tax will be necessary to raise the money. The budget has been luntuivcly approved by tho outgoing gover nor. II. C. Ibildtidge, "d by the new governor, C. Hen Jtoss, under whotc administration the money will he spent. The budget disclosed a marked determination of the Rovernor to forestall requested increases In l-alarios. which was in keeping with his cHintMiiRn to reduce the ikpcnsee of slate government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (AV Notice wai given In tho euato to Jny by Senator Wheeler. Democrat Montana, aftwr tho reading of president Hoover's refusal to the senate's request for return of the nomination of thre members of the- powtf cotnmlMlon that he would nppoae any appropriations for aalurlen of the three men. N I ; V VOIt l, Jan. 1 0 (A't After devilling part of the flint hour to an extension of Friday's late reaction. HtockH turned about today and enjoyed a weekend rally. Although the 303,000 ton In creaHv in the United StuleH Steel Corporatlon'H back lot; wuh not an nounced until the market whh cloning. piofcHsiouul traderH evi dently expected the report would nhow a K'Hn HllKhtly better than Heanonal which it did and pre ferred to play safe by covering. Independent Steel, Chemical, Hall, l-'uod and TexllleH were prominent In the advance, nlthoiiKh the Hhc did not amount to more than a point In a lance majority of caaeH. SalcH totaled 77H.650 nharcH. V. S, Steel, hesitant until near the dune, wan bid up a point in the late di-nllngM. Cane, JOaHtman Kodak, Johns Manville, Nash Motors, Mat hh huh Alkali, Sears Kochuck, Public Service of New Jersey, New York Central. Hock Inland, Chicago Northwestern, Southern Hailway, Vanadium, Un ion Pacific and Republic Steel rose as much or HllKhtly more. Short coverings, prompted by word that the decline In chemical products had been halted. II f Led Allied Chemical nearly 6. drains were Irregular. Wheat cloned barely Hteady after slightly higher quotations hud been touch ed. Tho weather forecaat was bearish. Corn slipped off u cent, largely because of increased re ceipts. Cotton whs a point lower to (I higher. Arrival of a S4.000.00U gold shipment from Canada found the Dominion dollar up a few points, thus reducing Its discount. A rally of nearly a cent in bar silver here helped the far eastern exchanges, and Kuropeans, as well, were steadier. SESSION THREAT WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 P Demand for an extra session of congress unless Muscle Shoals leg islation Is enacted nt this session was made today by Senator Hlack, Democrat, Alabama. Senator Norris, of Nebraska, au thor of the senate bHI providing for government operation of the power plant expressed concern at the delay by house conferees In asking for another conference to ratify formally the compromise affroement decided on earlier In the week, Norrls said "great pressure" was being exerted on the house' con ferees to wlthdruw approval from the compromise, 1 louse conferees explained the delay was merely caused by their failure to come to an agreement over the wording of the clause un der which the nitrate plants would be leased for production of fertil ize i TELL OF MISTAKE CODON. V. ',., Jan. 10. Vj Members of the crew of I he New foundland Ira ding schooner John W. Milter ltdd Unlay how, when their ver.se I was water logged and sinking on December -a, a pass ing steamer mlMook their signal, hoisted the Nag for "Merry Chrlst iiiun" and passed on. The seven men, after drifting rudderless In a Morm for 31 days, were rescued by the German si en r Wide on December 30 und brought here, arriving today. The John W. Miller was loaded with codfWh for Pcrnamubco. She was burned as a derelict when abandoned. , FOR 'ISO' USE HAMMOND. Ind., Jan. 10 (Pi The Colgate-Pa I moll ve-Peet t'o. filed suit in federal court today against the l.ever Brothers Soup company, that it be restrained from the manufacture of "Hlnso," a soap-flake preparation. . . Tho Colgate company likewise demanded monetary damages, say lug tt had long held patent nod manufacturing rights of a product similar to "Hlnso." Infringement of patent was charged and the court was asked for an accounting and payment of "all unlawful gains" profits and advantages. linn Christian I'll ms SHANGHAI, Jan. 10. uVt "Nimh's Ark," an' American movie, has been banned in Chins on the ground that It exploits religious superstition. The picture is the second of Its type to be barred tn this country, the other being "The King of Kings." 8 1 . K M . Ore., Jan. 1 0. -'i Klght hundred and llfly eight more men wore put to work on the state highway relief program during the pa;t two weeks, the highway de partment count lor the period end ing January 6 showed. The total gave IKON men now employed nnd 76 crows operating over the stattv SHANGHAI, Jan. 10 (A't Sweeping down out of the barren stepped of Mongolia a blizzard that 'started Thursday had brought death and desolution to u wide 1 area of North China today, i Hundreds are reported to have died in the dust and snow storm that raged southward as far us the VangtHe river. Temperatures sud denly dropped 40 degrees to an average of Ifi below over the reg ion most uffected. Misery mnd ! suffering came to thousands of (lie poorer people In the storm's path. I Pelping police today gathered from the streets the bodies of loo pei-Hons who perished in the las ; :M hours. In outlying districts, 18 j more bodies were found. P'-nni-I lesH, these victims were unable to buy fuel. Twenty froze to death in Tient- I son. In both Pelping and Tientsin, I the Salvation Army and Chinese I organizations set up gruel kitchens ; which helped. They also built temporary Kheltcrs for many. The vast area from Pelping southward to the Vangtsc valley, a stretch of a thousand miles, is but'led beneath a heavy snow. Yangtse river cities reported many deaths and intense suffering. In Shanghai tonight the mercury was down to zero, tho coldest in years. Snow wus falling Inter mittently. Hallway traffic Is com pletely stalled In many places. With wires crippled or prostrated by the storm, the number of dead (ran not be ascertained, hut It Is believed to run far Into the hun dreds. B TESTS IN FLORIDA HON DON, Jan. 10. ill) Cap tain Malccm Campbell Hrlllsh racing driver, will fall for Ameri ca next Wednesday on the Hom eric wlh a new "iilueblrd," said to be his most powerful racing machine. He will take the automobile to Daylomi I (each where he will seek a speed above 2.'(1 in flee an hour, t he world's record. At his office It was announced that rum ors be was gjdng elsewhere were ground lews and that ho definitely would make the -attempt at Day tuna, which he considers the bes. racing beach In the world. Mb' weird ear has the center of balance off the center to the right. It was exhibited here this week beside . a fleet of motors picked by the Prince of Wales for his South American trip. PAY LOAD PLANE F HAMILTON. Hcrmuda. Jan. 10 V) Mrs. Beryl Hart nnd Lieut. Will, i in S. MaClareh. American aviators, headed eastward for tho Azores today In their Hellanea monoplane on the second leg of a Commercial flight to Paris. The filers expected to take about I buur.i fur the f light to the A '.ores, Arriving t here about K: 1 .1 a. in.. ( t ) Sunday. The dis tance fur the hop, the longest In their Journey toward Paris, Is .0ir miles. Tony 'an.oeri, Hm llMhlwelglil champion: will likely engage In tt number of overweight bouts before defending his new title, 3 C. D. THURSTON 844 Dakota You are Invited to present this cou pon at the Mail Tribune office and receive two FREE TICKETS TO A TALKING PICTURE PROGRAM AT THE asasMsnaGnBHarrik As a Subscriber tluest of the MAIL TRIBUNE WATCH THIS SPACE. If you are a subscriber of tha Mail Tribune your name may appear here tomor row. Only subscribers' name's will be published and, during the du ration of this offer, all subscribers will be given an opportunity to en joy FREE shows as GUESTS OF THIS PAPER. NOW PLAYING nr A l vnariey s rtuni t i K S& Be 4 wjCSr fr& T. (, Travis, managci' of the lnal district offices of the Stuiul urtl Oil 'oiiipany if California nIii ce tliry worn established here a year ago, will leave today for Irfis Angeles. Calif., with .Mrs. Travis lo assume the managership of the l,os Angeles district office. HA K Kit. Ore.. Jan. 1 0. (A) The Williams K I e c t r 1 c Hakery company has purchased Hiiuls;ty'K bakery lu re and sold its plant In li Grande to S. C. Lindsay. An nouncement was made today. The change in con t nil of the two plant.s will become effective Mon day. Although four of the six coaches were players last season, the American Hockey league Is with out n single player-coach this year. IT'S OUR MOVE FOR JANUARY SALE of Suits and Overcoats ; Hart Schaffner & Marx And Many Other Good Makes 50 OVERCOATS GROUP 1 Consists of overcoats that formerly sold up to $19.50 GROUP 2 Consists of overcoats that formerly sold up to $30.00 GROUP 3 Consists of overcoats that formerly sold up to $35.00 GROUP 4 Consists of overcoats that formerly sold up to $45.00 Save on Shirts, Pullover Sweaters, Sweater Coats, Work Clothes, Leather Coats Broken Lots in Nunn-Bush Shoes. All at Big Reductions. No Charges I 4 (' PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10. (A1) , Nearly all hope was abandoned tonilit of finding alive the three men hurled into the wind-whipped ; waters of the Delaware river last J night when the ocean-going tug Hichntond, sank after a collision with the Norwegian motorship Gisla. 4 Klamath Kalk' County engin eers completed survey for pro posed SiiO.OOO bridge over Link rivr. .85 $17.85 $22-85 $2685 "ALWAYS in 0 EARNEST" No Refunds No Exchanges Everything as HIO DI5 JAXIKHO, Jan. 10. f1 Klevcn Italian wa planes will beirln a flight down the Hrazlllun const toward Hio do Janeiro to morrow under command of Gen Italo Jialbo, with llahia as an in termediate stop. General Halbo, who brought ten of the planes in Tuesday after a flight of 17 hours, 55 minutes from the West African coast to Natal at first had Intended to take the full ttquadrun of twelve which left Holuma. The eleventh, which has been forced to land at sea, wim towed by an Italian naval vessel to the Brazilian penal Island of Fernando Norunha, where It made repairs and flew on to Natal Thursday. Hut the twelfth, which a I wo had to come down 'in mid -ocean, was wrecked today against tho sido of the Italian vesse) which was towing It from i'Vrnandu Noronh;. The accident occurred just off the Brazilian coast. Tho crew wutr saved und part of the damaged airplane was taken aboard. rDinini v oniiT i mum i uuui ..IITftn . Illnn FMK IN RFATH AVIATOR LANDS VIIVV 211 hmt llkC - PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1 U (P) David William Smith, 1!8, of Portland, died . here early this morning from over-exertion In a friendly boxing match. The coroner's office reported Smith was a guest at the H. V. Miller home. After dinner Smith and Wayne O'Dell, 21. went to the basement to box. Smith presently reported he could not see and seemed about to faint. Hn was put to bed and medical aid was sum moned but ho failed to rally. No inquest will be held, the cor oner said. W. T. Allen, who grew 26 bales of cotton on 35 acres of land, has been awarded a prize by Athens, fin., merchants. 100 SUITS GROUP 1 Suits that formerly sold up to $35.00. Now GROUP 2 Consists of Suits that formerly sold as high as $40.00 Now GROUP 3 Consists of our finest Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, formerly sold for $50 and $55. Now Many other items not list ed. Every garment sold during this sale will be carefully fitted in our own tailor shop without extra charge. jOXDOX, Jan. 10. (P) Poor !folk in London who haven't enough money to lay In a winter's sup I ply of coal but buy it by the ! hundred-weight, got their first re- I minder today that if the coal j j strike continues, it will not be con- I fined to the grimy valleys of South; j Wales. ! j The prices of coal hawked through the at roc t s in bags f r 'open grates, -which take the plac ' of furnaces in thousands of humble homes, has Jumped forty cents n ton. On Monday the price will move up again by another forty cents. Bui uch hard.-hip as may be fell here if the strike continues will be slight compared w.th that in the coal field where hunger already Is creeping down the nar row streets, knocking at doors be hind which sit women and children used to poverty but faced with downright destitution. , Miners and tho mine owners will j meet again Monday at the Invi-j tution of the government to make ono more desperate attempt at an agreement which will put 140.000 miners back in the mines. LOST MAYA CITY; DALLAS, Tex.. Jan 1 0. fP) I The Dallas Times-Herald says it1 ban been informed Captain Win. J I' Long. Dallas aviator and ad -! venturer, landed in a parachute ; in one of the abandoned cities of the Maya Indians in Yucatan. Captain Long dropped, from a 1 plane last Wednesday to explore ruins and search for treasure left by the Indians. The Times Herald received a meswige from the pilot of the plane, whose name, it did not reveal. i Claipnco Jensen of Newark. N J.. will lead the North Carolina university croHS-country team next fall. I p $1 7.85 $93.85 $29 .85 Advertised Sunday Dinner Hotel Medford Dinner $1.00 "The Food Is Better" at The Medford With each $1,00 cash pur chase a 5Cc ticket to the Holly Theatre FREE Alexander's Grocery Ore and Bullion Purchased IJtenitd by Sute nl C.iUlornU lisKitilithrd !W WILDBERG BROS. SMELTING S: REFINING CO. i)tiia-:742 Ma:k.tSi.,Sjn Francisco Pl.ini: South San Franc'tro YOUR HEALTH is your wealth. It's as near as your telephone. 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