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paot: rtx MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON', THURSDAY, JANUARY -15. 1931 DEATH AND RUIN LEFT W QUAKES Southern Mexico Shaken By : Most Severe Tremors in Years Eight Killed in Oaxaca People in Panic. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 15. UP) Wireless reports to the department of communications today wild twelve pcrisonn had perlnht'd at Oaxaca in an earthquake which locked all of southern Mexico lust iilKht. The city itself looked tu though ll had been nhelled for hours and telegraphic communication ' wuh ImpoHHihle. MEXICO CITY, Jun. 15- OP) )ipatcheti to the newspaper Uni versal fvom Oaxaca today nam that eifclit perHons were Jtiilcd and nine Injured there by the earth fiialte which tihook nil of hoiithern Mexico JiiHL nlKht. Much of the city wuh in rultiM many buildings havliiK collnpned. Tho city wuh In panic, the dis patcher! naid. and despite intense cold many of tho InhahilautH re mained throiiKhout tho niKht in the parkH, afraid to uleep within walls or hecauHo their homes had l.eri destroyed. MKXICO CITY. Jan. 1.".. (A') Kvcrc earthquakeH which rocked M ix ico City for mure t ha n f oti r mliiuleK early lard nlhl took out- life, Injured 2f persons, knocked down GO wallw and Iiouhcn, and did other damaye. ' UcsiiloriiH, atlachlnK HlKiilficnnce to the comltiK of tht quake on the heelH of three of the colderd ilitys in many Reiterations, ran puttie-stricken into tho frozen tdraetM and knelt to pray in n driv ing ruin and electric storm. . For hours fter the tremors fltckerlnc yellow Unlit1 pervaded tlio - itkiPH, kIowIiik unnaturally tlir'nuKh the ralti and lidding t the general frlRht. Volcano Krupls. There wero report 14 that the vol cano I'opocatepety, 5.1. miles away, vtnn In minor eruption, ttwHltiK rnckH and flrn from- its crater. CloudH obHciired the snow-i-oven-d summit from the city. 4 The flint of tho nhoekH wuh ft'll nt 0:51:47 p.m., the maximum mo tion orcurrintr at 0:52:57. fifteen HtaleH and the federal aiMtrlct wore affected. I tot ll Vera I'ruK and Tamplco reported strong nnaken but with only minor dam iiko. ' InhabllanlH of both cities tint into the streets, terror ftrlcken. (The minkes nonorally were be lieved to be the mom aevoro hIiu'c Jlio 7, 1911, when most of Mexico whs nhaken by tremon which wre estimated to have taken n" nrftny uh until) dead. STORY 2 . (Continued from Piiji 1) ,SALKM, Jan. 1 5. ) -Tho first of the administration pronram hill: tiro scheduled to bo Introduced In tih Oretron legislature today, or c4rly next week when measures providing for the nholltion of the public service commission, the t'Iihhment uf a one-man com mbrilon In Mm stead and tho ClninK" power district bill are to be pre sented. The latter, being drafted hyj'OranKe officials provides ma ehlnery for the operation of the (Iuiukc. act pawd at tho Xoveni ber election, and wan endorsed by flnvcrnor Julius 1. Meier. MemberK clone to the ndminU t ration announced lnt nlKht that theMJ hills were ready for tho h'gls lative hopper, and may he filed to day, aloni; with other. TfTe luirl ncnN to dale has been held back, IciriHlatorn stated, by watchful wult InR for -the move on the part of Meier for bin pron'nni In the form of moamirea, on one hand, and for the filling of the vacancies In the legislature on the other. Hill Flood Duo. With the start on the adminis tration program, the flood of bills UHunl at the opening of a seion. will be forthcoming, group leader wero convinced. lloth houwn are also expected to adjourn nt noon today for the week end. which situation may pie vent an extensive Htart on the power and utilities, program belnc made. The senate had the third readini' nt several hillH on the cal endar, none of which are believed j to be of controversial nature. The i house calendar contained the in I port of the h ablation and rule committee, which provides for the creation of two new committees, reapportionment and public lit 1 1 ; it!e. delayed yesterday by the j request to hav the report printed ;and distributed. To Air Tlsli Hill. A public hearing on tho first senate hill Introduced, providing for the closing if tho Rogue river to commercial fishing, was an nounced for next Wednesday night at the slat ft house by tho Joint house ami senate game comm'ttee. This committee wnn also given the first of a tterlc of changes In the Htate game code Introduced by Senator 15. W. Miller of Josephine county and Representative JI. H. Deuel of Jackson county. Other measures on the game and fish code will he introduced as the ses sion progrcssrn, the committee was informed. Uniform deer nnd pheasant hunting seasons throughout the Htate are among the provisions in the gam law revision hill. Tho reference to pheasants, however. does not apply to counties that are completely closed to pheasan. huutlng. .Season Defined. The hill would permit Chinese nheuftint hunting from October 15 to 31, Inclusive, and deer hunting from HeptemlM-r L'O to October JU. Itax limit Is made two blacktall, or one mule deer or on whitetall der duriiiir the season.V The defi nition of game fish Im extended to Include all specie of salmon taken on hook and line. Tho section dealing with the creation of game Aim i-iclu It rvoealed. (lulnea fowl and boh while quail are made game birds. The b:ig limit for ducks and geese in made to conform to the federal law. Mhe closed season for pralrio chickens in extended to the year l!13fi, and the season for hunting partridges in open countiea i made the same an for pheasants. The closed reason for crappics, catfish, perch nnd sunflsh Is fixed between April IS and July 1 or each year. Deer Do km DihtchI. The bill makcH It unlawful to He in wait while dogs are rimning deer. Silencers are prohibited on firearms. Seizure nnd Hale of au tomobiles used In transporting Il legal fish Is provided for. and the game commission a authorized to collect a tax of not over 2Ei eenu each for all game fish brought Into thn tato for sale. Tho present law Is nmended to Include n HcenHe for persons hunt ing on their own land for deer, and for deer hunters under 14 years old. A year-round closed season on boaver is established. The game breeder' license lee Is raised from J'J to $5. 1'iilform Dujr Umlt. The pulinon bag limit n made uniform, allowing three in one day and 10 in .seven consecutive dayH. The section allowing the governor to suspend tho hunting season 1s repcutcd. Injury to persons with firearms while hunting Is made punishable u mayhem, and killing ns man slaughter. The hill would prohibit fish n from boats or other floating de vice In Deschutes river below Uend, and In McKenzle river above Its confluence with Hlue river us far as ltelknap bridge for four years, while the stream would he permanently clod to bout fishing above ltelknap bridge. PROMOTER TO T QUI MEDFORD AS UNFRIENDLY Williams Claims Public! Failed to Support Myste-1 rious Ventures May Go' to Grants Pass. In a paid ulv;rtifumiPiit in to- Cold In Head, Chest or Throat? RUH Mmtrrolo will into your chest t ami throat almost innantly yvt fffl cau-r. Itrpcar the Muitfrole-nib onctf on hour for five hours what glorious r Tic! I Those god old-fjihioncJ roJ tfme dicsotl of mmuitl, ntpntlu l, camphor -&te mixed with other valuable inured rntf in Mustrrole to make it what doc tor call a"ror!ftfr-frrifunf " btcatuc it ttti action and is not just a salve, - It penmates and itinuilatrt Mood circulation and helps to draw out infec tion and pain. Used bv millions for 10 yrais. Rccommrndcd by many diKtori and nursn. Keep Muitcrolt handy jars, tuttes. All drufteiitt. To MothersMutterote Is also tned in milder jorm fur bablts end small children. Ask Jor Chit artn s Miuteroie, duy's paper I). W illiams, proprietor of the Kermlto Metals company, which bus had offices in the Lib erty building tor several months, ami has been more or less In the public prints, aniiounees why he liHH decided to leave; Med mid and establish his business elsewhere. Tho representative of Mr. Wil liams, who presented the advertise ment, explained that, while Mr. Williams was leaving because ho f'tllml t.. urn n Hint nnlitif- uminni-t In which be felt bo wau emitted I he realized he had many friends in the city who had done all they could to help him. and he felt in Justice to them such a public state ment should be made. May Go to Grants Pass This representative further stat ed that Mr. Williams would stay in southern Oregon, continue his oper- attons In development, but make his headquarters plfiewhere, prob ably In tii ants I'ass. Kver since coming to Modford, Mr. Williams and tho Kerniite com pany have been uu interesting local mystery. This mystery represen tatives of the company explained, was docessary, demanded by the finuncial interests behind the ven ture. It is known the compuny obtain ed options on certain mineral lund ; near Mediord, oIho uu option on ; the I'liiversiiy club property, which j later expired when the plan to etoct uu oilice huildim; Imro was, abandoned; (hut a large lorcn of employes was maintained by Hie' company and the payroll promptly, met by cash. It in also known the j company purchased an electric Kiiieiter which was shipped to Med-j ford and remained on the S. I', j tiidetiackH near (nld Hill lor many.; itumtliH. Backers Unknown Hut who was behind the com- j pany, nnd precisely what its piir- pose has never been known, I many local citienn interested In I the venture from Ihe standpoint of j community development, believing j that this absence of accurate In-i formation was responsible for what! Mr. Williams claims to have been I an unfriendly altitude. The mys-j lery has been Increased by the fact that the company did not seel; pub-1 licity at the start and. as far as known, no attempt was made toj sell stock of uny kind. . Merchant Dies. SALKM. Ore., Jan. 15. fPi W. W. Kmrnons. 6S, president of thei Kmmons, Inc., local clothing firm, dieii here lat night as the result1 of a .stroke suffered a week ago. j RESUME SESSIONS LINFIELD COLLEGE GRAND JURY QUIZ PRESIDENT QUITS CHINESE REDS FIRE . UPON RIVER VESSELS lie had been fn business in Salem IS years. The special grand Jury investiga tion in the death of Everett Da- back of r.agle Point, killed during the course of rt raid on a moon shine still In tho Elk Creek district a month ago, resumed its sessions this morning without the atten dance of Willis W. Moore. nMsistant attorney-general, confined to the Sacred Heart hospital with Intesti nal trouble and a severe cold. Joe Cave, Med ford policeman and deputy sheriff, a member of the raiding party alleged to have held the gun from which the fatal bullet was fired, was scheduled to be a witness today, completing his testimony started last Saturday. The grand jury has held one full day'n session since impanelled, there being no sessions this week owing to the illness of the special prosecutor. Assistant Attorney General Moore was reported this morning as resting easy. 4 . Urge Development SALEM, Ore., Jan. 15. (Jpy Harse transportation and hydro electric development of the Colum bia river are urged in a report to the legislature by a special report of an interim committee of the M2'J session that was read in the senate vesterdav. MoMINWILUK. Ore.. Jan. 15. (A) Dr. i W. Hiley, for nearly 25 years president of IJnfield college here, lust night submitted bis res ignation to the hoard of trustees. Concern over his health wuh given' as tho reasoa for retirement. The' resignation was accepted hut The board re(u ted that Dr. Itiley con tinue his duties until the end of this school year. ' The trustees have made no defi nite .arrangements for selection of a new president lor the HapUst institution. HANKOW, Jan. 15. UP) Red j batteries on the banks of the) Ynngts river below Klenll, Hup'-h province, today resumed their heavy cannon fire upon passing stenmers. A vernacular report from Kai feng, Honnn province, also Bald 204)0 bandits late last month at tacked and plundered numerous villages in western llona, kidnap ing 300 women and children and driving off with herds of cattle. 4 dnpsffled advertising get results. 1 1 in i 1 1 n iin wn i r';a m. vt. - ' " i aMmm mm KANSAS CITV. Jan. 15 &) D. A. Long, millionaire lumberman, who a month ago received two ex tortion letters demanding $25,000, yesterday applied for a parole in behalf of Charles Duncan, the young letter writer who was caught nnd sentenced to serve two and one-half years in the peniten tiary. . Long said his action wan prompt ed by thu report of an investiga tion undertaken after ho had learned the youth was an epileptic. FOE OF AUTOS TAKES FIRS! AND LAS! RIDE AMllOY. 111.. Jun. 1 r.. (A'l 1 vid Umiii, 75, piom-iM- m-tlUT. who iH-vor rmlp In or liprinlttol n isasu llm propolli-il vehicle Iti rnlt-r hl farm, wuh hiniod yiHtortluy nm'i his hnilv h:nl Iiihii takrn from hi home In n molor-ilrlvon hearer. At one limn he trlt.il to Ki't 'r mall ilaiitH to tnkn itomo route other than over hln farm, contenil Ini; that the imiMy motor. ki'l't IiIm liens from laying rKKit. ST. JOll.NM. N. K.. Jan. 15. (J") A youth anil lx Klrl from 1 1 to CTi yearn olil tvere rtrowneil lujtt nliiln In the nwlft waters or the Kxplolt river when a sletl on whioh they were driving hrokc thlouKh the Ice at roint of Itay. Tho hoiHfN were carried fur un dernotith the Ice. The tleitil Included Ilfrlo lluduell. Sulvatlon Army nchool teacher. STORY 1 (Continued from Paga 1) leaders expressed keen regret to. day when tnformattoiatof the ;th of Den Selling of Vortland reached Hulem. Mr. Selling served ns a member of the legislature, both In the nenat and the house, his hist service n a lawmaker being In 1'.0 when he was speaker of the house. Q When the senute convened this morning President Marks spoke of Mr. Helling' service to the state and said he hoped that in due time the nt mite would give htm Cm m;il recognition. . UNSHSNE L LOW'S LUCKIES are always kind to your throat Everyone knows that sun shine mellows that's why the "TOASTING" process includes the use of the Ultra Violet Rays. 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