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dfoed Mail Tribune l.jtli The Weather ME m Temperature "i Illchest yestenlny 1i A lowest this morning? 52 Precipitation Jk To 5 p. m. ycMlerdfly 00 gggg To li a. iii. today .; 00 i - r No. 89. Tonight and Sunday fair; mod erate temperature. Twenty-Sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931. WAR DEBTS SUSPENSION RAN NEAR Early Announcement Ex V? pected From White House As Party Leaders Assure if Hoover of Support fu- rope Cheered by Prospect WASHINGTON, Juno 20. P) Early announcement of a proposal to auupend all war debts and repa rations payments for a year was expected from the White House aa Democratic and Republican members of congress assured Pres ident Hoover today of their sup port. Congressional approval will be required for a suspension in the debt payments. Congress does not meet until December, but the next debt payments are not due to- be paid until December 15. Mr. Hoover received general ap proval for the moratorium pro posal from those members' of con gress who could be reached per sonally. With some he talked on the telephone, hastening to com plete the negotiations. Those in touch with the situa tion believe he will communicate with the foreign governments through Secretary Mellon, who now is in London In conference with British officials. (By tho Assot-lutcd Press) European capitals .respond eagerly today to President Hoo ver's statement that the United States was Interested In strength ening the economic situation in Europe. ' The president's specific mention of the situation in Germany was followed by a strengthening of stocks In Berlin where some of the leading issues gained as much as 16 points. Financial pages hulled the movement as a ''Hoo ver boom." Tho German cabinet-. was. un derstood to have given' precedence to the . president's statement at Its meeting today. While official comment ' was lacking.- tho dispatches from Wash ington also caused a sensation in London and the keenest kind of Interest In Paris. - ' WASHINGTON, June 20. (IP) President Hoover contemplates is suing next week a comprehensive statement concerning conferences with llepublicnn and Democratic leaders over the German repara tions problem. FOR SEA FLIGHT NEW YORK. Juno 20 (IP) After pending most of the night going over equipment in the plane in which she hopes to fly the Atlantic Ruth .Nichols succeeded today in lightening her load by 525 pounds. Extra parachutes, spare wheels, clothing, barograph, oars for her rubber boat and such articles, were shipped on the liner Qosa llnd. , Mechanics continued repair work on the plane, damaged in landing at the municipal airport Thursday, and it did not seem probable that Miss Nichols, would get away before Monday. . Ak Banking Quia , LINCOLN, Neb., Juno 20. (IP) The Btate senate todny passed a resolution 1 requesting Attorney General C. A. florensen to investi gate stnte banking problems after it heard charges that Governor Charles W. Bryan had benefited by a banking transaction. Abe Martin Parents expect our school teach ers V keep titer klri.i out o' jail, an' teacher expeeA our parent t RW titer ehlMren's lessons fer 'cm. Kver Ihlrur sots on It nun bot tom but r berry box. Glider Crosses English Channel . to Make History . BOULOONE, Sur-Mer, France. June 20. (IP) Lien- tenant Lissner Beardmore, Ca- nadian flier, inventor and op- era singer, today held the dls- tinction of being the first per- son to cross the British chan- t nel in a glider. Starting at the Lympne air- droce, England, yesterday, he rose to a height of 12,000 feet t behind an airplane and cast off. He headed northward, gradually edging toward the sea, and sailed toward the French coast at a rate of 60 miles an hour. He landed at Stlnglevert airdrome near Ca- lais. Fourth New Yorker Escapes , by' Disagreement Eight Millions Misapplied in Big Institution Long Prison Terms Await Convicted NEW YORK, June 20. (IP) ml nttnna nf thn closed Bank of United States, on trial lor 12 weens o cnarges or misapplying funds, were convicted today by a couty jury. The Jury disagreed on Henry V. Pollock, head of the bank's legal depart ment. . Bernard K. Marcus, president of tho bank; Saul Singer, vice-president, and his son, Herbert Singer, a iMerk, wore. convicted. ' The jury' returned its verdict at 2:15 a. m., after deliberating for more than 11 hours. The' four were specifically charg ed with misapplying the funds ot the Municipal Safe Deposit com pany, a subsidiary ot the bank, by using $8,000,000 of its money In an other transaction. Hailed As Wizard Marcus, who a year ago had been hailed as a financial wizard, due to the rapid growth of the bank it had 69 branches was removed to Tombs prison with the SlngerB nfter the verdicts were announced. Judge Donnellan said he would pass sentence TueBday. The maxi mum penalty is seven years In prison, a fine or $1000 or both. At torneys Indicated there would be an appeal. The trial culminated five months of Investigation by state and coun ty authorities Into the largest bank closing In the history of the United Stntes. ., ASTORIA, Ore., June 20 VP) A throng cstlmnted at nearly 40,000 gathered on Clatsop' Plains today for Oregon s groat war game. In the mlnlatura valley n per fect natural theater the 82d bri gade of the Oregon Nnlional Guard nnssed in review before Governor Meier and other high officials of stnte and army. Later In the day. in this same amphitheater, between the rolling sand ridges and the ocean, tne an rual combat demonstration was to ti.ke place while thousands lined the slopes facing the ocean and thrilled to the realistic combat. IN SUNKEN VESSEL .ST. NAZAIRE. France. June 20. (P) Divers todny entered the nt rtaum Mnlnn nf the eXCUTSion ship 8t. F'hlllbert. which sank last Sunday with a loss or more man 400 lives, and found It empty. Thov wiw no bodies and all of the furniture and cushions had been swept away. It had. been nAnllv ntimf.rl that some 200 of the victims were In the boat. Other salons and cabins will be searched. LOS ANGELES TONG WAN FEARED AFTER SLAYING LOS AXOELES, Cal., June 20 tf) Eight bullets were pumped Into the body of Tee Wo Tal. restaurant owner, early todny In .hat police fear may be long war outbreak. 3 BANKERS ARE GUILTY SAYS JURY WILKINS POLAR SUBMARINE DISABLED AT SEA The submarine Nautilus In which Sir Hubert Wllklns had started on an expedition to the north pole was disabled In- heavy teat by engine trouble. The U. S. S. Wyoming went to the rescue and reported it was towing the submarine on to Europe. DIME BASEBALL imiTrn Arum ML LU Mill NEAR ELAND Heavy Seas Force Battle ship Towing Nautilus Lay to Off Queenstown Star board Engine Damaged WASHINGTON, June 20. (IP) The battered polar submarine Nau tilus has not yet seen the end of her Immediate difficulties. First dead engines forced her commander, Sir Hubert Wllklns, to call for aid. The battleship Wyom ing took the undersea craft in tow, and more trouble followed. The Wyoming Informed the navy de partment last night that heavy seas had stopped both vessels about 240 mlloB from Queenstown, Ireland, where tho damage is to bo repaired. : .The message guldt;. H" '."'" ' "Nautilus stopped since noon, Battened down. Not communicat ing. Saving battery. Trouble with fuel oil and air compressors. Star board engine, port motor and pert scope damaged beyond ship repair. Bridge and bow towing ring gone. Crew working to start port engine. Soa rough." Fiotn Queenstown the submersi ble was to proceed to Spitzbergen for the North Pole trip. Sir Hu bert had said he expectod the trnns Atlautic crossing, " begun from Provincetown, Mass., on Juno , to ne one or me most uazaroous por Hons of the voyage. A ONE MAN JOB POLICE BELIEVE LIMA, O., June 20. F) Lima police redoubled their efforts to solV'i the murders of IOuii Truea dnle, 20, And Mlfls Thelma Woods, 17, whose bruised bodies, weiKhted with stoneH, were recovered from fin old quarry, pool. They continued to question a caretaker who works near the pool and who found Trueadale's automobile blanket in the water, and Jnmes May, of lAma, a for mer admirer of Miss Woods. Trueadale's body was recovered lute yesterday, when the water, originally 80 feet deep, had been drained to five feet. After Trueedale's body was found, police abandoned a theory that a Bond of drunken men or boys had killed the couple for a "thrill" and they now believe it was a "one-man Job" prompted by Jealousy. DAPPER MAYOR IS FIFTY YEARS OLD NEW YORK, June 20. (JP) Mayor James J. Walker, whose fa vorite activity, he says, Is answer ing critics, was 52 years old yes terday but regardttd his birthday as Just another day. The dapper, youthful-looking ex ecutive of America's metropolis, whose $40,000 salary makes him only second to the president as the highest paid puhlf official In the t'nlted States, said he felt "very fine." "Hut by the time this Is printed I may be worse. You can't tell. It's a fast world." DooMt Gold Production SHANGHAI iJP) The Chinese government is making a special ef fort to develop mineral resource of the country, placing emphasis on gold production. QUARRY DEATHS American. R. H. E. Philadelphia 6 10 3 Chicago 4 8 0 Batterlea: Walberg and Hoving; Mclvaln, Frazlor, Lyons and Orubc,. Tute, T n. H. K. Boston 4 10 0 Detroit 5 6 1 Batteries: Morris, Moore, Rus sell and Berry, lluel; Sorrcll and Hnyworth. . R. H. E. Washington 14 18 .0 Cleveland 4 11 4 Batteries: Brown and Spencer, Hnrgrave; Rhoffner, D o n o h u e. Thomas and Sewell. Natlonnl n. h. e. Chicago 6 8 0 Brooklyn 0 13 1 Root, Sweetland, Blake and Hemsley; Thurston, Qulnn and Lopez. St. Louis 1.4 2 Boston 6 14 6, Rhem, Kaurman and, Mancuso; Zachury and Spohror. . Second game. . ; st. Louis 2 " ii 'i Boston 110 0 Lindsey, Stout, Kautfman and Wilson; Cunntpghnm and Cronin, Spohrer. Pittsburg 18 0 New. York 3 9 0 Spencer and Phillips; Walker and O'Farrell. v Second game. Pittsburgh 0 4 4 New York 10 14 1 Brame, Osborn and Grace; Fitz slnimonB and llogan. Cincinnati " 6 13 2 Philadelphia 11 19 2 Benton, Rixey, Kckert and Sukcforth; Benge, J. KUlott and Davs. Second game. Cincinnati 4 10 0 Philadelphia 1.9 1 Johnson and Styles; Dudley and McCurdy. LA GRANDE RESUMES JULY FIRST LA OHANDE, Ore., Juno 20. (P) The Bowman-lllcks Lumber Co. sawmill hero, which has been idle several months, will resume opera tion July 1, and will remain In oil eration for two months at least. It may be run for a longer time, depending upon sales. Employ ment will be given to 35 men, DEATH TAKES AMERICAN MINISTER TO DENMARK VIENNA, June 20. W) Ralph II. Booth of Detroit, Mich., editor and publlKher and United States mlnlBtfir to Denmark, died today at Uad-CJasteln, Hnlzburg, Austria, He wns 67 years old. Pastor Reveals "Hanging" And Threatening Letters All Hoax; Deacons Forgive DALLAS, Texas, June 20. (P) A pprported attack cn B. P. Brown, hotel baggage man and occasional preacher who was found hanging from a rope In the North Dallas Baptist church early Thursday, has been revealed as a hoax. Brown confessed to police he had truwd himself up. that his story that four marked men had stripped and hanged him was false and that he was the authoi of threatening letters received recently by himself and the Rev. H. L. Marler, the regular pastor. Baying that the creation of his story, whlrh aitrlbuted the attack to factional strife, had followed an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide, the young minister asked 1 ; ; Ataoouited Vrtaa Photo DOZEN DEATHS MIDDLE WEST'S TOLL IN HEAT Rain, Wind Bring Respite to Parched Sections of Three States As Missis - sippi Valley Sizzles in Sun CHICAGO, III., June 20. (P) The middle west was heat Btrlcken toaay. More than a dozen deiUhs from the heat woro counted and the drowning toll mounted to Vi at packed beaches and resorts. Katn and wind storms brought relief to sections In Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, but the rest of the Mississippi valley, from Ohio to Oklahoma, was seared by tem peratures that rauKed from 95 to above the century mark. Weather bureaus held llttlo hope 1'or week-end roliof. . Mwlerata Michigan was hard hit. Irr Kscanudu, a i)5 degree tempera ture yesterday was the hottest oince 1890. A road worker drop ped dead. Detroit wilted with 94. A baby died. Prostrations were numerous. Two drownings were reported. Ohio Blistered The thermometer ranged above 90 all over Ohio, skyrocketing to an unofficial 100 in Columbus, Cleve land and Hellaire had heat deaths. Across Indiana, Illinois and Mis souri sun scorched its way. Fear ful of their coin and pea crops, Indiana farmors looked askance at the intense heat. Three bathers were drowned in Illinois rivers, a fourth in Indiana and a fifth In Missouri. Springfield, Mo., had one dead. - . Half a million persons jammed Lake Michigan in Chicago und sub urbs. The maximum of 91 was the worst in the Windy City on June 19 since 1872. ' Three deaths resulted. BTOCKTON, Cal.. June 20. P) John Hchopflin, 21, today con fessed to the murder of Knld Mar riott. 32-year-old school teacher, in Wiggins, Colo., November 17, 1930. Hchopflin made a signed confes sion in which he admitted shoot ing the school teacher and throw ing her body in a creek because she had "gossiped about him," ac cording to police. Leaps to Deo tli, NEW YORK. June 20. WP) Joseph Hhcrman, 27, a lawyer, today leaped to his death from his office on the 22nd floor of tho Woolworth building, and won the forgl venous of church leadem J. H. Knight, chairman of the board of deacons, denied there had been dissension. Brown ftaid he had wished to end his life near the pulpit from whtch he occasionally preached and that he had no Intention of at tempting to win the pastorate from Mr. Marler. Brown said he was not so secure ly bound up as some thought. At "one time during the night," he said, he liberated hinIf, went to se 'what time It was'' and, re turning, tied himself up again. When Brown had concluded his confession the pastor of the church and Mveral deacons marched up to him, and with handclasps, as sured him of their forgiveness. n i i n Trm rn DEPRESSION LIGHTENED ON PACIFIC Transportation Board Sees .Gathering Momentum in Industrial Activity Per ishable Shipments Now Exceeding Last Year SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (P) Prediction of improved business conditions In numerous lines of Industrial activity was mndo by tho Pacific Coast Transportation Ad visory Board hero today. Car ladings for the next quarter are expected to be heavier than for the early part of the year, although they are not expected to be as great as during the same period of 1930. Increased cur loadings are expected In tho auto industry, beans and seeds, citrus fruits, cotton and cotton Beed pro ducts, sugar and petroleum. Oalns are being shown in real estate and employment, and gen eral business conditions In tho bay rnirliin tii'o Inmmvlnir nlirmnirh 1 ft ! per cent below the average of tho hist five years, O, A. I-oithner, district chief of the American Railway Association declared loadings of perishable 'products during the first five I1 months of the year were heavier by 0.1 per cent than for the same period last year. ' t ' NEW YORK, June 20. (P) American Department Stores Cor poration for tho quo rter ended April 30 reported net profit of (9201! before reserves for organiza tion expenses and depreciation. This compares with a loss of 95279 for the corresponding period last year. Tho report said that current business is showing improvement over last year, with the unit Bales for the first thirteen days of June increasing approximately 26 per cunt, and dollar salon up 1.1 per cent. WICHITA, Kans., June 20. (P) Prospects for brighter business conditions . are vlsloned by the trans - Missouri - Kansas shippers board. Mooting hero yesterday the ship pers committee reported prospec tive car loadings for tho third quarter of this year at 600,102 cars In this territory, a decrease of 23,709 cars from the like period last year. Tho committee, how ever, pointed out it shows a sub stantial Increase over tho recent past and denotes a healthful busi ness tendency In grain, livestock and all other merchandise. Railroad officials roportcd 35, 000 Inspected cars now are held at strategic points to use in moving t)ils year's wheat crop. 1 HEAVY DAMAGE BT. PAUL, Minn., June 0. !) Tornndlc winds struck scattered parts of Minnesota last night and early today, causing widespread property damage, but there was no loss of life. At Hartland, Minn., In the vl clnlty of Albert Lea, tho Bynod Lutheran church was blown down and the home of Peter Hanson destroyed. Two Inches of rain fell In Al bert Iea. A cloudburst at North Branch, Minn., leveled about 150 poles, telephone company officials re ported. About four inches of rain fell. The storm was the climax to th worst heat wave of the year dur Ing which temperntures approach ed the 100 degree mark In Min nesota and were followed by heavy rains. STATE RAIL CZARS WASHINGTON, June 20. W1) The Interstate commerce commis sion announced today that mem bers of state railroad commis sions would sit with the commis sion in hearing the appea of rail roads for a IS per cent freight rate Increase. Members of th'A committee on co-operation of the National As sociation of utilities and railroad commissioners conferred today with Com ml hbI oners Eastman and Lewis of the Interstate Commerce ('ummiisdnn on methods to he followed In handling the rate case. MINNESOTA HAS Added Mih Is Claimey New Au uei ilEI.FAST, Northern Ire- Intnl. June 20. (T) Client- ists at the Belfast municipal gas works announced today ! they have produced a nou-in- t flammable fpetrul from coul 4 tar oil which can do more C fc milos to tho gullon than tho ordinary gnsollne used In uu- ! tomohlles. They assert tltero Is no carbon 'monoxide In the 4 exhaust, engine knocks are 4 ! eliminated und the fuel is cheaper than tho present com- mercial urticle. 4 Salem Member Denies Re port He Will Resign if Commissioner Lynch Dis missed by Governor Meier SALEM, Ore., June 20. (A5) Whatever may result from the situ ation existing In the state highway commission, which is reputedly to bring nbout the voluntary retire ment of Chairman H. B. VnnDuner or the dismissal by Governor Meier of Commissioner M. A. Lynch prior to tho next meeting of the commission here on June 26, the third member of tho commis sion, Chas, K. Hpuulding of Salem, has no Intention of resigning "so long as . I can be of service and help to accomplish anything worth while,'' he told the Capital Journul today. Spaulrilng made the statement in denial of reports that In the event of the replacement of Lynch on tho commission by William llnnley of Burns, or anyone else who might be - expected to join forces with Vun. Duzer in opposf tion to tipauldlng's policies of drastic economy in highway ad ministration, he would roslgn. A report from Portland said that in the event of Hpauldlng's resignation the appolntmont to the place he holds would go to A. C. Mai'stcrs, Koseburg banker. MUST BE SHOWN SAI.RM, Ore., June 20. (P)-No automobiles will be allowed to or erato on the hiKhwayB of Oregon without new license plates after July 1, according to announcement made here today by Hal E. Mobs, secretary of state, A conference will be held In Portland Tuesday, when Sheriff Hurlhurt, chief of Police Jenkins, Captain Irvine of the Portland traf fic sipiad and Mr. Moss will outline plans for enforcement of the license code. The now license porlod extends from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1932. DUDLEY CAPTURES MIAMI VALLEY cum, Day ton, Ohio, June 20. (P) Kd Bud ley nf WilnilnKton, Del., won the western open golf chatnpionshlp today with a par-breniilnfr total of 2H0 strokes. Tho tall Wllmlnnton pro toured tho heavily trapped Miami Valley club course with succensive cards of 60-70-70-71 to clip par by four shots ovr tho 72-hole Journey. It wns one of the host porform ii n res turned In with the new balloon golf ball. UNSETTLED WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEEK SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. (IP) The weather outlook for the week beginning June 21 was announced here today by the United States weather bureau as follows: Far western states: The outlook is for occasionally unsettled weath er with showory periods In Oregon, Washington and Idaho; generally fair In California and Nevada, with moderate temperatures. FIVE STUDENT PILOTS DIE IN AIR COLLISION BRINDIHI, Italy, June 20. OP) Five student pilots were killed and one was injured today when twe bombing hydroplanes collided at an altitude of 60 feet. Six others escaped. , SPAULDING PLANNING QUI HIGHWAY BOARD IHPAI AID Luuni run MANVICTIM FOG CRASH Lieut. Philip Horner of Army Air Reserve Corps Loses Life Near Avila, Calif. Hits Wire in Dense Fog Passenger Also Killed MARCH FIELD. Riverside,. Cal.. Juno 20. (IP) Trapped In a heavy ' foK along the coarit near Avila. Cal., Lleutenunt Philip A. Horner, '25, attached to the "U. S. army air corps reserve here, and Edward Tlpten ot Covlna, Cal., crashed, to their deaths In a small army bi plane today. ' Officers at the government air base here, where Lieutenant Hor ner was stationed, said information forwarded to Ihem Indicated the crash occurred as the ' pilot at tempted either to get below the fog or make a landing. As the ship neared ground the landing gear snagged high tension wires and dived Into the earth. The report uald the plane burned. Mother XjIvos Ifero Lieutenant Horner was graduat ed from the air corps school here a yeur ago and was serving aotlve duty for a year with tho reserve. His home was at Medfprd, Ore. Ho was unmarried and his mother, Mrs. A. T. Horner ot Medtord, and a brother, Paul, survive. Identification of the bodies was made by the brother ' Officers here - said Lieutenant Hornor left March Field about 7:30 a. m.' enroute to Paso Foblea. He was flying eolo when he de parted. Paul Horner said he was to have met Lieutenant Horner and Tipton in Paso nobles at noon arid while driving there he heard a re-, port thit a plane has crashed and wont to the scene, where he found his brother. It was . not known where LleutenanlHorner picked up Tipton. . ,. ', Z ', Vi ., Efforts to get In touch with Mrs. A. T. Horner, mother ot the dead filer, In Medford, this afternoon were unsuccessful. . . . r V '' . E! ASTORIA, Ore., June 20. (JP) Associated Chambers ot Commerce of the lower Columbia district, meeting In Ilwaoo last night, went on record favoring reconsideration of the plans of the federal govern ment for the v proposed Paclflo Northwest Boldlers' Home. The group contended Congress man Hawley favored Roseburg "for political' reasons" after the board had recommended a site on the Columbia river. A petition to that effect la being forwarded to President Hoover- and General Hines. i t ' "' '' Oregon Weather Generally fair tonight and Sun day but becoming cloudy and un settled on the coast; thunderstorm In the mountains ot the east Bun-. day; moderate temperature. Light to moderate, changeable winds off shore. Will ROGERS BEVERLY" HILLS, June 20. Poor Mr. Hoover, if things over do tiirri and start 'break intf for him he will he a good, man to string with, for . he cuitlit to have a long streak of luck. Of all the things that's gone against him the worst one happened this week. His speech' run 15 minutes overtime, and' he took' up. Amos and Andy 'a ; time on the radio. That was a vote loser sure enough. That did him more harm than even the Wickersham report. I nev er saw radio fans so worked up. That will be a lesson to all pres idents. 'iity-' P. S. The old Wost Is de teriorating. In Reno they are . shooting cartoonists with empty; guns. ' v S. r
