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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
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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. LUCKY STRIKE -the finest
cigarette you ever smoked,
made of the finest tobaccos
the Cream of the Crop THEN
-"IT'S TOASTED." Everyone
knows that heat purifies and
Tu: advice of jour
physician is: Keep out
uf doors, in the open
air, breathe deeply;
take plenty of exer
cise in the mellow
sunstine, and have a
periodic check-up on
theheiilthofyoitrbody.
secret process removes harm
ful irritants that cause throat
irritation and coughing.
HJeafl- Purifies
so TOASTING that extra, , v:Jk
iC X'.x
66
It's toasted"
Your Throat Proteciion against irritationagainst cough
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