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'iThe Weather 3 '4 i Forecast: Tontirht: 'and- Saturday ' i ; Cloudy and uiiMHtlttl. 1 Probably !j.with showers. Moderate tem perature , ' Twenty-Sixth Year Today By Arthur Brisbane Hoover and Morrow? ;' A Million Dollar Man. Wall St.'s Old Home , ; Week.' . ' Making the World Small. , Copyright Kins Feature Synd., Ino The New York Evening Jour nal has a story about -"Herbert Clark Hoover for President; Dwifiht 'Whitney Morrow for Vice-President on a Republican ticket." Morrow was Coolidge's class mate in 'college, That was something. Morrow ran and was elected in New Jersey as a wet. Presi dent Hoover ran as a dry, and will undoubtedly run again as a dry. ; ; A Republican ticket with a "dry head and a wet tail," might worry the Democrats. ' Having a secretary of the treasury a man who has known how to collect at least ONE BILLION DOLLARS FOR HIMSELF is not a bad idea, and that is the sort of a secre- r tnry that Uncle Sam has. When Mr. Mellon talks to the French about cooperating with President Hoover in his plan to avert world-wide collapse, the French will realize that they are . talking to a man who knows his subject. . French objection to President Hoover's plans threatens to up- set them, for the President de mands that all the !' important" nntions agree to the suggested moratorium. Mr. Mellon per haps will makc. tUe French take " the President's iew'6tT;l!e sit- " nation. - . . . . , , Whatever may happen later, Wall Street is having a cheer ful "old home week" now. Yes terday 900,000 shares of stock were sold in half an hour, and the price of a seat on the stock exchange went up $79,000. Stocks were going. up. "Big Steel" early in the day climbed 'above 102 to look around and see who is left alive, . i Happy times in Broad Street near. Wall, but if you gamble you will have yourself to blame. London stocks went up, even after the French had sent their discouraging message about the moratorium, and that rise is a pood sign: " The English 'understand the French better than we do, hav ing treated or fought for them for hundreds of years. . 4 The airplane and courage are making the world Btntiller than It used to be. Post and Uatty, thirty-five hours after they -started from New York to fly mound the world, wore telling on .the radio from Berlin about their crossing. They are "doers of the world,"'fii.'tauirsi, and' Bald little. At 6:3(r.Jesteraay afternoon, nus (Continued on page Thirteen) Abe Martin " Hain't It fanny how all th' t-Vriln fly back V tlier rtglit K race every night? ItV what w Irani after', think toe know It II that rtxint. ' ' (Copyright Jdrin ??Tine-Co.) ' Medford FOURTEEN PAGES Failure to Get Special Num ber Auto Plates As Per sonal CourUsy Riles Governor Refuses to 'Trade' Vault for License SALEM, Ore., Jne ' 26. (jT) Governor Julius L. Meier today is sued a statement In which he as sailed Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, for suggesting to "trade the taxpayers money lor a small per sonal courtesy." The "trade" re ferred to, the governor stated, was the construction of a fire-proof vault which the governor rejected, for special automobile license plates requested of the secretary of state by the governor. The governor s letter to Hoss fol lows: I am in receipt of the following extraordinary memorandum on the letterhead or the department of state nnd over your signature: ' 'Please give nie an answer on the vault construction today before you leave and I will go ahead with selecting your special number. Vault bids will be much lower than the estimates and we can't afford to be without the protection.' . Trade Refused 'In reply let me say that I re fuse to trade the taxpayers' money for a small personal courtesy which I thought you would be glad to grant the governor, a courtesy which is granted to governors in other states, and one which, in the words of your own employes, is be ing granted other citizens of Ore gon. In view of the fact that you have attempted to use my request as the basis of political trade, I am proceeding to secure my license (dates through the regular channels and am UBking that the entire In cident be closed." Governor Meier requested spe cial numbers of the secretary some time ugo, shortly after Hobs Is sued a statement that no special numbers would be given out this year. , The . governor was there upon Issued regular license plates which he refused aud returned them to the automobile department and requested his check. Still Lacks License Hoss stated the goveruor again requested numbers 100,000 ,and the next two following numbers for his three cars. Hoss again refused. To date the governor has not been issued any licenses. During the controversy over the special licenses, the" governor re fused to approve the construction of the fire-proof vault for the Btnte canltol, for which J20,000 was ap propriated by the state legislature. Ills action came as a surprise, as both Kufus C. Holman, state treas urer, and the governor had signed contracts for plans and specifica tions for the building. Political observers Interpreted his action as a result of being refused license plates. Holman voted with the governor In rojecting the vault con struction, for which bids had al ready been called. E STICK! HERE Th. M lilwov aoi-vl,,. Rtntlnn. lo cated near the Junction of the Pa cific Highway nnd the Tnlile kock highway north of the city, was visited by two young men about midnight Inst nlsht, who robbed the attendant of (15 at the point of a gun and departed In an "auto larger than a Ford but which made Just -as much noise." The holdups nre described as about 21 years of age, of the "shlekish" type and accompanied by a young woman. A search of the district within 15 minutes of the robbery failed to reveal any clues or traces of the pair, who are believed to have a "hide-out." Wednesday night a pair answer ing the same general description, entered the Fnlty ltws hambur ger stand on North Holly street, oivl later the office of the Wood Lumber company on East Jackon street was ransacked, but nothing taken. v The present "crime wave" !:" placed service station operators ond all-night business on their guard nnd hoi receptions nre plan ned for any future coming bandits. Three Fatalities- BALEM. June 26. V-Three fatalities resulted from the 0" Industrial accidents durlny the past week. It was announced today by the State Industrial Accident commission. The totalities were fl. Ilutton. truck driver of, Stan Meld: C. F. Knuffman. laborer of Cottage orove and a. Benn, road worker at Wasco. I AN UN STATEMENT SHIEK AN STAG SECOND Globe Girdlers Snatch Bite In Berlin fmmmBmm mm !: L i'.i.' i- 'i1 :,. ASSOCIATE fBy"1 llarolfl t.otty (loft) and Vily Post enjoy a meal of c-iiltl im-iil In the TmfiWiusu liiiri-iiu luiintll ntrly after lnmlliig In Ilcrlln at the end or the first stage of their trip ninuud the world by air. Tills picture of the filers who seek n I'cconl was transmitted by cable across tiu Atlantic, tclciliotcd to tho San Francisco hurcuil of Hie A'oclatt Pretw, and rushml to the Mall Tribune by air mall. WE ASKS T FOR CIKZENS Oregon Solon Wires Hoover for Moratorium Interest s Federal . Loans Avoid Mortgage,.Forecl.QsuraJ: PORTLAND, Ore.. Juno 20. iff) Senator Frederick Steiwer of Ore Bon has proposed to rrosldent Hoover the extension of hln debt moratorium plan "in behnlf of our own citizens upon certnin of the obliffntlons due the United States." Senator Steiwer, in a men-mso to the prenident, referred particularly to interest payments to fall due during the cnsuinR fiscal year on loans made by fetleral land banks. Joint stock land banks nnd federal j intermediate credit banks, and to ; principal payments in connection with amortized loans. "If the moratorium is Rood for foreign debtors," Senator Steiwer said, "I suggest It is tfood at home," Avoid ForiH'loNtm's", lie recommended that tho prsl dt.a ' prompt governmental ngen- cies to follow a policy which would avoid foreclosures and consequent loss of proprty to Innocent "people." In speaking of the bank loans, Steiwer telegraphed tho president: "Severe insistence that these pay ments he met in cases where the payment Is absolutely Impossible can only result In harm to the citi zen who has borrowed, with no resulting good to the United States government. Wholesale forocloH ures will bring Inevitable discredit to the agricultural loan system and Inestimable harm to tho people." "May I suggest," Steiwer wired, "tho propriety of referring this subject to the farm loan board nnd other appropriate agencies so that tho facts may be ascertained and the whole problem analyzed pr.or to the- convening of congress?" N MONEY IN BANKS BAKEH, Ore., June 20. (f) To day's testimony in the trial of Mrs. Emma Fowler, 60, accused of mis appropriating more (Jinn $108,1)00 In the 12 years she was city treas urer of Ia Grande, centered around statements Mrs. Fowler la alleged to have made to the effect that much of the missing money was on deposit lu Portland banks. Mrs. Fowler was arrested In Pen dleton several days after she had turned the office over to her suc cessor. MAKE DANISH AIRMAN KNIGHT OF DANEBROGE COPKNHAOKN, Denmark, June 2. (Jp) King Christian today conferred the Knighthood of Dane brnge on Holicer- Hofrlls. who ar rived here today with Otto Hilllg after their air trip acrcss the Atlantic. Of! DION, Utah, June 26. () Control by purchase or lease of 46 elevators In the Intermountaln country was announced here to day by M. O. Pence, manager of the Farmers National Grain Cor poration and Jes W. Wade, .man nger of the Intermountaln Uraln Growers, Inc. DEO HOLIDAY Mail MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 26, 1931. riiWiv:.,, :;r jm&OU CWER WESTCRN UNION CABLES Today's BASEBALL American. It. IT. K. Washington 3 6 0 Chicago 4 9 0 Crowdcr, Hartley and Spencer; Caraway and Tate. National. r. ii. n. Chicago y 3 4 0 Boston 7 8 1 Mnlone. Kweetland nnd Hemsley; Scibold, Cantwell nnd Cronin. It. II. K. St.. I,ouls 6 9 0 Brooklyn , 16 15 0 1 Crimes, l-,lndey, Kaufman n and Mnncueto, Gonzales; Thuratun and1 Lopez. R. H. E. Pittsburgh '. 2 12 2 Philadelphia 13 IS i Mclne, (inborn and Grace; Watt and Davis. R. II. K. Cincinnati : 0 4 1 New York 2 6 0 Ogden. Ntcrllrkl nnd Sukeforth; Walker and o'Fnrrell. GIRDLE F T IRKUTSK, Siberia, Juno 26 W Wiley Post nnd Harold Catty, Americans flying around the world landed nt Novo Kiblrsk, Siberia, at 1:82 p.m., (Jreenwich time to day from Moscow after a flight of 2000 miles. The airmen planned to resume their fllKht to Irkutsk at midnight tonight. The Americnns, who left Moscow nt & a.m., (10 p.m., eastern stand ard titno Thursday) traversed the 1450 air miles to Novo Slblrsk in 10 hours and thirty-two minutes, arriving nt 8:32 a.m. eastern stand ard time Krlilay. Tho hop to Irkutsk in 1000 miles. HERS REACH A LEAVE T I Trader Horn, Adventurer And Recounter of African Taleg Passes at Ripe Age WHITHTARLK, Kent, Kngland, June t. (P) Alfred Aloyslus Smith, known to the world as "Trader Horn" died today at a nursing home In Tnnkerton after a brief illness. He was a "young man of 82" in his own words. He was stricken with a chill at the home of his sister several days ngo and did not rally. With a sparkling eye and a great white beard, he maintained intil his death bed the happy, breezy man ner that had accompanied a ca reer of adventure. "Trader Horn" rnmc out of the jungles of the dark continent to take a place In the spotlight f the world's literary capitals. In collaboration with Mrs, Kthclredn !ewts, he wrote "Trader Horn" and entertained Kngland and America with fascinating tales of his experiences with African na tive. His travels began In 1871 when he left !ncah(r for the ivor coast of west Africa on behalf of illil )0 NOTED DICER HOTEL WINDOW Andreas Pavley Dashed to Death From Sixteenth Floor Room Had ' Suf- .vity&cl Financial, Reverses ClITdAao, Juno ' 2C (fl) An dreas Iavley, famous classic danc er, plunged to death today from tho l(Jth floor of tho McCormlck hotel. Ho was 45 years old. Internationally known as a dancer, Pavley had led the ballet of the Chicago Civic Opera coin pan for several years and for merly was firs dancer of the Ban Carlo opera. He also was a for mer asoclate of Mme. Pavlowa. Of Dutch parentage, I'avley was born In tho Dutch Kast Indies, a member of a family of military men. The dancer's body, clad in pa Jamas, fell to tho cement paving In an alley, narrowly missing a hotel clerk. The screen on his window had been smashed by a protnhle radio set. John Collins, manager of tho hotel, said l'avley had moved Into a cheaper room three weeks ago, saying he had suffered financial reversew: Police founiT no notes In his room. y MIANlLF SQUACMN LEAD HCIOTO COUNTRY1 CLUB, Co lumbus, Ohio, June 20. (A) Paced by a blistering brand of sub-par golf on a super-heated day, Waller Ha gen's American professional golf team held tho lead In nil four of the two-ball foursomes with the itrlti.ih fon.es today after the first hulf or the 36-holo competition a Liverpool steamship company. After uwlwtlng the company's agfnt to promote the Ivory and rubber trade, he nt lenwth developed into the almost mythical personage of "Trader Horn" with a dozen side lines. Among his activities were shoot ing elephants nnd lions, prospect ing In tho Kalahari desert of outh Africa, diamond trading in Rand, wanning gold at Cherry creek, painting pictures in the southern part of the United States, and helping to salvo go bullion from the wrecked steamship Em press of India. At one time he was a fnvorlto of the fjiieen of Madagascar ana1 was outlawed by the French ov ernmeut for fighting In her be half. He served In on Irregular unit In the Roer war and fouhl a caravan of raiders in the I .eke Chad region. He had narrow es capes from death. Ones he was carried In the teeth of a wounded lfn ant again he was nearly slain by blacks in a quarrel over Ivory. PLUNGES .MBUNE FIND BOb IN Discovered When Railroad Employes Open Van in Antelope, California Car Sealed Here June 20 Gun Found Near Remains SACRAMENTO, June 2fl. (P) The body of a man about &0 years i old, a bullet through his head, was found in a sealed box car when it arrived nt Antelope from Medford, Ore., yesterday. Tho body had not been Identified today. A riflo was beside the body and officials believed the nmii had killed himself when lie found he could not escape from tho sealed car. It seemed apparent, police said, that tho man chose death by shooting rather than the torture of heat and lack of food and water. Reports received this afternoon through the Southern Pacific of fice in Sacramento indicate that the body found In the box car at Antelope was that of, a man who entered tho cat hero some time prior to June 20 and committed suicide, No reports of a missing man have been received by local police or the sheriff's office, but Coroner It. W. Conger announced thlH afternoon that Mrs. A. R. Jones of Route 4, Grants Pass, has been Inquiring Into the where abouts of a brother, Clarence A. Harris, GO, from whom she has not heard for many months. No description of the body found at Antelope was given other than that tho man had obviously been dead eight or 10 days and was about 50 years of age. Nettled Juno 0 The box car In which the body was found was sealed In Medford June 20 and shipped south Sunday, Juno 21. It had arrived In this city .filled with bananas ubout Juno 9, nnd following Unloading had' romti'lnod ;oprji . until 'seuled last Saturday. Tho man had to enter the cat beforn It wan Healed and the con dition of the body leads authorities to believe he had taken his life before the cat left Medford. The gun by his side nlso Indi cates that he entered the car with the Intention of committing sui cide. He was obviously out of work and hungry and chose this location to conceal himself from the public In his. last attempt to end the struggle. The box car was not visited following unloading until it was r.ealed for shipment south, it had been thoroughly cleaned and no particular attention was given the Interior. Idist In Clilloiiilii The lust letter Mrs. Jones re ceived from her missing brother, Mr. Conger stated this afternoon, he was located nt Chlloquln. Re peated letters mailed to that town have brought ho news concerning him. Mrs. Jones notified Mr. Conger of his disappearance when a miner of the same name was recently found dead In this locality. She expected to recognize her brother but the body proved to be that of another man. . Mr. Harris In said to have a large scur In the middle of his forehead and one leg which Is considerably smaller than the other below tho knoo. WW TACOMA, June 20. P) Dr. O. F, Willing and Frapk Dolp, both of Portland, virtually cinched final places In the Pacific northwest amateur golf tournament here ' when they scored big leads on the i first 18 of their 31-hole semi-final ' matches today. Willing was 10 . up on Alec Duncun, Seattle, and Dolp was four hole ahead of Freddie Wood, Vuncouver, B. C. WASHINGTON POST SALE PREVENTED WASHINGTON. June 2. W) flale of the Washington Post was prevented finally In tho DlMrlct of Columbia supreme court to day by Edward Jt. Mrlean, the publisher, who exercised n veto provlrd by his father's will. Justice Jtfue C. Adklns ended the sale proceedings after Mc Lean's counnel made a dramatic appeal for dismissal. The American Security and Trust company, co-trustees with the publisher of the estate of the ; father, John It. Mclean, acqui- escea 'in mo uisuiibbui. OA MAN A Life Sentence -v - X- CHICAGO, Juno 2fl. (TP) Wee Willie DiHNly. the "Imhy facrd" tmnttit nnd killer, was scntcnccf to Imprisonment for life today for the innitler of I'lmrlin Ievy, police chief of suburban Hcrwyn. EFFORTS 10 E Secretary Mellon and French Officials Talk Moratorium Proposal France Ap proves 'High Sentiments' President Hoover's Plan (By tlio Associated I'ress) Franco and the United States worked together today to harmo nize their views of President Hoover's proposal for a one year suspension of war debts and rep arations payments. . Hoc rotary Mellon and rremler Laval, together with Ambassador Kline and French officials, will discuss the view of th& two coun4 tries at the ministry of the interior in Paris tomorrow. Preliminary talks were hold to day nt n luncheon given ' by the French premier. - Debate on the American propo sals mennwhllo started In the French chapiber of deputies with the expectation that tho French reply suggesting changes in the Hoover plan will be accepted by tho chamber. Approve Sentiments Tho French reply made public today expressed cord la approval with tho ''high sentiments" inspir ing the president's proposal, but expressuu opposition to deferrment of the unconditional annuities. Tho French proposal suggested that sums equal to the shares of tho year's non-postponablo annui ties to be placed in the Rank for International Settlements by the nations concerned to be used for improving the credit of Germany and the countries of central Eur ope. WASHINGTON, June 26. W) i ne willingness oi mo unueu States to compromise with France on a war debt and reparations moratorium plan, was Indicated today by Socretary Stimson In a formal statement. The suKgestlons In the French counter-proposal to President Hoo ver's ino year's moratorium plan do not accomplish the full mens- nrft nt rollnf onntomtiliLtfiri hv the president and must therefore be (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) E T LOCAL AIRPORT VANCOUVKH, Wiwh., Juno 26. (P) More than 60 uhplunos will bo on the lineup here tomorrow for the Recond annual Pacific north wont air tour which will take the filer on a 2!i00-inlle jaimt through Oregon and WanliliiKlon and into Idaho. The plunea will leave Vancouver at 9:1)0 a. m. and the first atop will be at la Grande. Leaving Vancouver the planes will awing east up the Columbia Kiver gorge, dart into Idaho, turn mmth and fly through aouthorn Oregon, head north again, and then :r.r.'.!r!! Inln Wanhlngton. The tour will he concluded In Keattle July 7. The local chamber of commerce hun definitely decided to reject the demand of the Pacific Northwest air tour for appearance here, It waa announced yesterday. The plan waa re,cted In view of the nearneKS of tho proposed date to other celebrations In southern Oregon. The tour, according to schedule, would atop Id Medford on July a. AIM V ENS A1RPLAN T VISIT Temperature H llislifwt Tostunfay ..U....-- Ijciwcst tills morning j,...,'..-....sl Precipitation To B p. liu yrabn-day '.. ...00 To 5 n. in. KHlity 00 No. 95. Two Dead, Many Prostrated by Temperature in South Pacific Coast Area Boys Burned When Bolts Hit Tree Dead Air Blamed The ciimatlc desirability of Med ford and the remainder of Rogua Klver valley as a good place to live was never better exemplified than In the pant few duys because, while the people ol' the eastern and other parts of the nation have been suffering from an Intense heat wave, which wc especially severe yesterday aud today, caus ing many deaths, tbe local climate has been comfortably warm during the day and delightfully cool dur ing the night, with the highest maximum ut 89. A drizzling rain, which brought a still lower tempsrature, and t;howors are forecast for tonight and tomorrow. GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 26. (P) Rnln which started falling here during the night continued during the day. - i . : SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 86. VP) Prostrating temperatures had taken two Uvea in the Paclfio southwest today. , ;v - Four boys were burned by light ning and several persons fainted from the heat which was part , of a motley assortment of weather-on the Pacific 'coast yesterday, none of which was normal (or June.-'-- The dead: .n . Joseph Dreaner, 60, who collaps ed In a Los Angeles . glass factory where he wad employed, y . j (. Raymond R, HopelKnd, 32, Hoover dam worker, who died; of heat prostration on the dam site near Las Vegas, Nev. 'r ' The ooy who' were ourned- were riding bicycles around , a. tree '.In. front of the V. M. C. A. at Pomona. eul , whSnCmKhtning' struck . th tree, severely burning all four of them' and knocking one of their number Eugene McCann, 14 un conscious. - -, ' '.'.'C.'-';f Faint In Los Angeles, Several persons In Los Angeles collapsed from the heat. Abnormal temperatures were general throughout California, Ne vada, southern Oregon and much of Idaho. Thunder and lightning storms punctuated the southern California heat wave, where unof ficial temperature readings Were a high as 110. Northern Oregon and . Washington experienced a cool day with frequent showers, which In places Increased the already un usually hlghv'jrtrecipltation.. Federal weather- observers here explained the hot spell was brought on by stagnation of the. air, which resulted In each day becoming warmer than the preceding one until temperatures yesterday sud denly Jumped to their high marks and later In the day fell as ab- . ruptly. ' ... . . ., lU'llcf Forecast.', The forecast for today and to morrow was "not so warm" In the southern art or the Pacific coast, with thunderstorms in the mora southerly mountainous relglorus. Showers were predloted for the Pacirtc northwest. " The highest official temperature was 108 at Yuma, Arlsi,. and Las Vegas. It was unofficially reported even hottur In nearby Boulder'caK yon. (Continued on Page I, story t) WILL Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 25. I never saw a man jump into a hero's berth as quick an President Hoover did, Why this time hat week he waa in as bad ' as a Democrat. Now ue is pro posed for the , Nobel peace prize. Wall Street has broke out on another rampage. Course, the unemployed here aift't eat-' ing regular but we . will get ' around to them as soon 8.9 wa ' get everything else fixed Bp O. K. . I still claim, as I did a month ago, that all debts Hhould be cancelled but my scheme didn't hit the interna tional hanking group with the same gusto that Mr. Hoover' did. I was appealing to the wronir class. CALIFORNIA CENTER OF TORRIOITY
