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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather M EDFORD ABLlTMFUNE M Temperature Htglifst ywUTtlaf 95 Lowest tJilH morning' , 56 Precipitation To ft p. in. ycNtenlny 0 To ft . in. lHly O Least: Tonight and Tuesday, So clmneo 1,1 """ nty-Sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1931. No. 104; oday 3y Arthur Brisbane iimber the Turtle, He Jnany's Good Week-, L Two Mexicans. : Pope's Strong Protest 'on. Cht King Feature Synd., Ino lowing the national birth new year starts for the 1 Stats this 'morning, and fairly cheerfully. It is time for men that want a to stnrt hard work. " hour's real work in July, the avcraee man waits loler weather, is worth t day's work in winter urtle won his race while hre Tin asleep. he sort oi agreement, not satisfactory, but good h, seems to have been with France. What old llliiidenberg, head of the Im republic, calls Prcsi- Hoover's "magnanimous e,"t will probably not been wasted. The world lie stock market especial live been cheered ty it. ps we shall find a way if our troubles, since one stimulus seems to have iso much, m as a good week end for any. She has won the op- pity to get her breath, f in ly, and her powerful son, Max Schmeling his heavyweight prize- ing championship of the a reality. p;e fighting does not ap fo the Germans, but vic- is- always welcome, - and was one incident of mag iity, and good naturod vi- m that fight won by a n. r 15 rounds, one full hour four seconds, of hard and 1 fighting, when Stribling, mencan, lay helpless, his e-aged father looking on, fling stepped across the lifted Stribline's 186 Is in his arms, and carried p Ins corner. young Mexicans, rela- of Ortiz Rubio, president Mexican republic, were ping from a United States fe, at which they were stu- wnen a deputy sheriff in lonia shot them both dead Nspicion." two youths had commit 1 crime, except that, thev !'d Wl'llllfinu fnn onlP,l The fact that both were without good cause seems Ktlf' their being armed. f' Rubio, Mexican presi- 'iio had two sons study- f-minucd on Pago Five) be Martin FRANC AMERICAN r PROPOSAL E&U.S. mm DEBi ACCORD Arrested ACCEPTED White House Announces Success of Paris Confer ence On Moratorium Terms Must Also Be Ap proved by Other Nations PARIS, July 0. (IP) Pre mier Jvavnl - iinnnitmrcd to night that American states men notified li I in that tlio United States adhered to tlia text of the rcimrutions mora torium proposal suggested by Franca today. PERISH WASHINGTON. July 6 An accord between the United States and France on the one-year moratorium on Inter-governmental debt payments was announced to day by Presidet Hoover, t The president had just been In touch with Sccrotary Mellon in Paris. Acting Secretaries Castle and Mills of tho state and treasury de partments, were at the White House. Senator Reed of Pennsyl vania alao was present. "I am glad to announce," tho president said, "that the American proposal for ono year's postpone ment of all inter-sovernmental debts and reparations now has been nccepted in principle by all tho important creditor governments. 'The terms of acceptance by the French government are, of course, subject to the approval of the other Interested powers, for, .whom the American government natur ally cannot speak. .v- Koloan to .Germany-, -v'-"Without going. Into technical terms, while certain payments are made by Germany for reparations account, the substance of the presi dent s proposal was retained as the sums so paid are immediately reloaned to Germany. Tho technical difficulties aris ing from many complicated inter national agreements, which involve tho aggregate payment between governments of over $800,000,000 per annum now are in the course of solution by the good will and earnest cooperation of government al leaders everywhere." f KOREANS SLAY 37 Aasnclatcd I'resa Photo Bella Livingstone, New York night club hostess. Is shown after she was arrested In Rochester, N. Y., on a charge of obtaining five dresses In a New York shop for which she failed to pay. IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS Automobiles and Water Take Heavy Toll Over Country Six Fatalities, Many Injuries From Fire works 14 Plane Victims FRU T WRAPPER TOKYO, Japan, July 6. (IP) The most serious Interracial clash in Korea In recent years, left 37 persons dead today and police wore protecting Chinese coolies In two cities against further possible vio lence. Tho deaths occurred nt PlnyanB yesterday when a mob of KoroHiis. incensed over Intor-rnclnl trouble July 1' at Wanpoashan, Bwept through a Chinese colony and at tacked the residents with bamboo sticks. Hundredst were injured and scores of residences were destroy ed. The rioters nmbered 6000 to 8000. f RICH GOLD STRIKE Rentier I... ...-. J"; ome o- UT fnm- h,.,. iarm. My Cmi. .. C"rn" " mnn. kn I i ,rn,"r '"wlf lit rhll- - in- car. RENO. Nev., July 6. (IP) Dis covery at Fireball Camp, 63 miles northeast of Reno, of a "substan tial" body of gold ore assaying as much as $6000 per ton was report ed here today. One sample reported assayed 267 ounces of gold and 123 ounces of Bilver per ton. In addition to the high grade ore, Beveral ledges have been opened which assay from $20 to $220 per ton In gold. VON ffioSES OPEN PLAY-OFF INVERNESS fMB. Toledo, O., June MP) Blllle Burke, Green wich, Conn., professional, today won the United States open golf championship defeating George Von Elm In the second 38-hole play-off ft record -smash Inir mara thon. Burke scored 77-71 MS; Von Kim 76-73 149. FREIGHT RATE CUT TO VALLEY The Southern Pacific railroad today announced a reduction from 63c to 50c per hundred on freight rates on fruit wrappers and newsprint paper, between Portland and Willamette valley points and this city. The new rate will become effective as soon aH It can bo published, and wnl b effective, tor MhajVcommff- sea son. Tho new rate will mean a sub stantial saving for tho shippers and growers of this valley. Be twoen 600 and 700 tons of fruit wraps arc used here annually. Most of the shippers hnvo their papr ordered .and it will come, under the new rate. wheaTsalTnot 10 WASHINGTON, July 6 (IP) C'hnirinan Stone of the farm board today informed Vice President Curtis and Senator Capper, repub lican, Kansas, that the board would not make any further changes In its sales policy for stabilization wheat. After conferring with Stone for nearly two hour. Curtis said that Stone had made It clear that the sale of wheat would be conducted In such a way as not to depress prices. CurtiHS sh Id the board evidently did not propose to unload uny of the morn than 2110. 000, 000 bushels of whent on tho market at present prices. KLAMATH YOUTH STOLE BIG CHECK SACKAMRNTO, Cal., July 6. (IP) Facing charges of stealing a gov- eminent check for I5,128.b4 rrom postoffice box in Klamath Falls, Jake Uenlo. 27, alias Jim Wilson and Jim Baker, was being held In Jail hero today. He was arrested by 8acramento police yesterday. When questioned hv detectives and Postal Inspector Frank Chance, he confessed steal ing the check and another for izo, police said. (By tho Associated Tress) The largest number of Fourth of July deaths In recent years occurred in the United States as the nation celebrated tho lBBth anniversary of its birth. Close to 500 persons lost their lives from various causes In the two - day celebration. Fatalltic from fireworks were but six, or only one-half of what they weio In M30. Automobllo accidents and drown ings were by far more numerous this year. Ono hundred and sixty persons, lured, to the highways, perished In motor car mishaps, compared to 81 last year, while drowning fatalities totaled 181. Twenty-four died from tho heat, while 14 were killed in alrplanos. The total of deaths from all causes, as shown in reports from tho entire country, gathered by the Associated Press, was 483. This was 304 more than died in the 1930 celebration. The mld-Atlantlc section of the country had the greatest loss ot life, with a total of 143. The mid-west was second with 100, and tho Pacific coast states third with 91. L08 ANGELES, July 6. -(P A possible death toll of 20 .per sons,' Was -conceded today to" rip tides which swept beachos in this area July 4 and Sunday. As the holiday crowds, number ing hundreds of thousands and spread along nearly 60 miles of winding seacoast, dispersed, life guards kept a close watch for bodies which may have been swirled out by the oceanward cur-J rents, and later released to bo carried back to shore by normal action of the waves. Stage Passenger Throws Melon, 4 in Auto Injured ' SALEM. Ore., July Four persons " were Injured near Albany, Ore., lost night because Fred Lang. Los Angeles, threw a watermelon out of a northbound stage. The niolon crushed through a window of the automobllo in which tho four victims wore riding. ' Cuts may cause Mrs, Henry A. Casstdy, Corvallls, Ore., to lose the sight of ono eye, of ficers hero were notified. Kenneth Cassldy, her brother-in-law, suffered a severed artery. Her husband and daughter were Injured loss seriously. . SUN HIDDEN AS VALLEY VISITED BY DUST CLOUD Haze Hovers Over Wide Area From Wind Roused Prairie Section Small Fires Found Over Fourth LONOVIEW, Wash., July (IP) The holiday accident toll was increased by four Saturday night when two women and two men were killed near Castlo Hock when two automobiles crashed head-on on tho Pacific highway. The dead: Arthur Orant, 30, Chehalls; Mrs. Kva Morris, - 23 Chehalls; Mrs. Louise Kadclirre, 22, Chehalls; Lloyd Hanson, 20, Castle Rock. Vernon Hanson, 23, a cousin of Lloyd, was seriously hurt. He declared he was driving Lloyd's car when ho saw an oncoming machine on an Inside curve, com ing toward him at a speed esti mated at 60 miles an ho::r. - DUST PALL CHOKES PENDLETON REGION PKNDIjKTON, Ore., July 6. ifP) A pall of dust blown out ot the northwest, nun over this part of the country all day Sunday, covering Pendleton streets, Tho temperature reached S5 degrees during the day, after having mounted to the 100 degree mark. f Oregon Weather. Fair tonight and Tuesday. No change in temperature. Moderate north and northeast winds off shore. Despite tho fact that thero were number of small forest fires yesterday In this territory, which were controlled, the- thick ha.o llke substance In the sky today hovering over the valley Is not smoke, but Just another appear ance of dust from the cos to in Oregon desert Hoction, near Pen dlotonA. wafted across the statd1 to lhe ftoguo Hiver rvallfly' on the prevailing southeast to north east winds. Th Is d ust ohscu red tho hu n most of the day and hid sight of the foothills from the city. It Is the second time that this seeming atmospheric phenomena has oc curred here within a few months, the first time being some time prior to the heavy rain storm of a month. or so ago. The first forest fire to bo re ported In - the Crater national forest for weeks past was dis covered nt 2:30 yesterday after noon In tho woods less than a mile north of tho Iako o' the Woods resort, which burned over a timber area of one-fourth aero before it was extinguished. The fire originated from a care, lessly left camp fire by some July Fourth vacationists, said to he from Medford. Five small forest fires were dis covered on state protected land yesterday, which were placed un der control by fire fighters. Another fire, In prlvato timber holdings, was reported In the fieppart Butte section, burning in four or five dlfforent places yes terday noon, which wns under control by last night. Cyclone. In Nydnry FtYDNKY, Australia, July 8 (P) A cyclone roged through hero nil day, killing two persons and holding ships In tho harbor. The wind reached a speed of 70 miles an hour and five inches of rain fell in 18 hours. 4 4(1 itrlwlH Killed RANGOON, Hurma, India, July g iff) Forty rebels from a forco of 150 were killed and the same number wounded In an engage ment Thursday In tho Shan Hlates j where the Hurmeso rebellion j spread recently. E AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, July 6. (IP) Wiley Post and Harold flatty were welcomed to Washington today to receive official resognltlon from President Hoover for their round-the-world exploit. The pair of filers who girled the world In less than nine days ar rived by train shortly after noon and went Immediately to the White House, where they were luncheon guests of the president. Weather conditions prevented their flying to Washington In the Winnie Mae, Mount Rainier Crevasse Swallows O.S.C. Athlete; Two Others Are Rescued six DIE IN CALIFORNIA AIR CRASH Golf Star and Companions Dashed to Death On Rug ged Millside Near Lucerne Landing Field Motor Goes Dead 1000 Feet Up LUCERNES, Lake. Co., Cal., July 0. (IP) Six porsons were dead to day as tho result of an airplane accident which yesterday struck with sudden swiftness and trans formed the joy of a holiday crowd here Into trasedy. Tallinn from a helRhth of 1000 feet, tho nlrplnno bore Us pilot and flvo passenKers throo of whom woro California Rolf stara to quick death on a rusKed hill side half a mllo from tho Lucerne landing field. The dead: OeorRo Kltchlo, former northern California amateur golf champion; Jack Kerrigan, former golf pro fessional at Hlo Del Mar; Loon Keller, former leading amateur of southern California; Louis M. Becker, wealthy Los Angeles real estato dovolopcr and president of the Clear Lake Hcach company; Mrs. Slgmunda Ijix, Ixmg Hoai'h, Becker's flancco and William Hoff man, Herkeloy, pilot. (iuesl.1 on Plnne. Tho three golfers wero Snn Francisco residents, and with George Hornn, nnother loading San Frnnclsco golfer, had Just completed exhibition games on the course hero before taking the fatal ride. I-loran refused tho rido. They woro guests of Becker. Twontv minutes after tho party took off, tho- hiotor-'-wenfiload'. and Hoffman attempted to land the piano on tho airfield. Appar ently striking a wind current, tho piano plungod downward, within hnlf a mllo of tho field In full view of hundreds of people on a holiday outing. The plane crashed on tho side of a mountnln, where a safe land ing would have been lmposulblo. 4 A Has Silver Plan 9 IN TRAIL FAMILY ARE NEAR DEATH I i Senator Reed Smoot of Utah laid before President Hoover a plan for dealing with tho silver problem. He has been conferring with lead ers In tho silver Industry. C RATE R LURES RECORD CROWD OVER HOLIDAYS Saturday was the largost day In the history of Crater Lako with a record crowd of visitors totaling 4:100, .jee. Oarlock, inanagor of the local office of the Oregon State Motor association, announced this morning upon his return from a two-day trip, In which ho Included sevorul southern Oregon lukea. Tho total numbor of cars ontor- Ing tho pnrk Suturday was 1192, This number Is In excess of any dy reported for- last year and oui- distanced all records for this sea son by a groat margin. Diamond Lako and Lnko o' the Woods woro alao crowded with guests for tho holiday week end, Mr. tlnrlock sold today. Ho re lumed from tho Inkos via Port Klamath and atinouncna that tho roads aro nono too Rood hilt the trnvol la stoady. Many tourists wcro nlso panning through Modford today, Mr. Gar- lock slated at noon. Registrations increased travel Interest. Botulinous in Home Canned Beets Attacks Jesse Rags dale Clan After Fourth of July Picnic Vegetables Put Up Two Years Ago Federnl prohibition officers ar rented Mr. and Mrs. Joe Flrophy of Vallejo, Calif., operating the snow-cono concession at tho carni val In Ashland July 4, charged with selling gin over the counter for 25 cents a glass. Three ana a half pints of gin wero solzod by the officers. They wero released on $3!i bond. A blanket concession at the car nival was also closed by oflicers on a gambling charge. Tho ope rotor's bond was set at $21). ELK HERDLOOSTd FOR SEATTLE MEET Today's BASEBALL PARADISE VALLEY, Mount Rainier National Park, July 6 (yp) While crevanHCH of Mount Kalnler's nlMquftlly glacier, weak ened by a warm nun, sent rumbling threats aainnt searchers for the body of Robert K. Zlnn, Portland, two battered and weakened moun taineers wero recovering1 from a fall similar to the one which took the Oregon Htate college football player to his death. Searchers for Zlnn's body yes terday Immediately after the trag edy accidentally stumbled upon two other mountaineers Injured In a similar slide. They were lying bruised and helpless In a deep crevasse. The rescued climbers, O. O. Rrarfy and Calvin Quintan of Port land had slid more than 1000 feet nnd then fallen between 60 and 70 feet to the bottom of tho crev asHe. Only the fact they dropped on soft snow saved them from I nut ant death, Major O. A. Tomllnson, park HUperlntendent. said today. They were- numb nnd blue with cold. They woro nerlouly bruised and too weak to escape from -the Ice pit without aid, their rescuers said, Brady and Qulnlan, although from Portland, wero not members of the Mammas' party. Where the acci dent occurred about 800 feet from the summit of Mount Rainier, a strong wind was blowing and tho regular party battling toward the top did not know of Brady and Qulnlan and did not hear their cries for help. Kearchers for 55lnn's body left I the glacier after the sun had soft-1 ened the Ice, making travel dang erous. They plan another search j during tile night. BEATTLK. July fi . ( 1 1 wntt "Hello, Bill, howdy," and "Whero'd you get It, Bill?" tw thounnnils of tho "Eleven o'clock boys rolled In to town for tho 67th annual con vention of tho Benevolent ami Pro tective Order of Elks. For tho portt thrco days special brains have hw tiflrinlrig nhelr herds loose Into the city, which to day saw the opening of the 1931 meeting. 'More trains were expect ed, to arrive during the day, . -i PLANE KILLS FIVE IN ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF MirtHON. France, Jnly P) An airplane plunged into a torrl fled crowd of spectators In nn at tempt to take off today, killing flvo persons and Injuring len. The machine was about to rise on Its baptismal flight with several pass engers at an air show. SALEM SIZZLES IN YEAR'S HOTTEST DAY SALEM, Ore., July . (py-With the official thermometer register ing 92 degrees at 1 o'clock today and still climbing, Old Rnl was set ting up a heat record for tho year here, the highest previous tempera ture to be recorded being VI. Xyssa, Nyssa I'roduce Co. opened for business by Louis A. Orenler ot Santa Ilurbaia, Cal. Aiiierltiiti. R. If. K. Philadelphia 0 7 1 Washington 0 6 2 (Called 7th; rain.) Wolberg and Cochrane; Hadley nnd Hpencor. II. II. K Detroit 4 9 2 Cleveland 13 14 3 llngspii, Herring and tSrobowBkl; Hlidlln and Hewell. Notional, ft. II. E. Brooklyn 3 0 0 Philadelphia li 1 1 4 Hhnule, Thurston and I.ombardl; Kllliitt and Duvis. It. II. E. SI. Ixiuls 00 Chicago , n 7 1 Hiout, Mnds, Kaufman, John son ami J. Wllnon; Kmllh and Ilart- netl. BAisllL REPORT JUNE 30 CONDITION WASHINGTON, July 6 (IP) The comptroller of tho currency Issued a call today for tho condi tion of nil national bnnks at the closo of business Tuesday, June 30. BAI.KM, July 6 OP) A. A. Schramm, superintendent of state banks today Insued a call for tho condition of all state banks nt the closo of business Tuesday, Juno 30. 1 SET FOR WEDNESDAY Jackson County Dairymen's as sociation will conduct the regulnr meeting nt Central Point In the Orange hall, Wednendny evening at s p. m., uecordlng to announce ment today by O. C. Maust, secre tary of th organization. Many subjects of Importance will bo dis cussed, nnd all Interested In the ilalryrnenn asoclatlon are requested to attend. Nino members of tho Jesse Iiagsdalo family llo critically ill at thoir homo In the Trail dis trict toduy suffering with pto maine poisoning, resulting from homo conned beets, eaten Satur day at , a Fourth of July picnic, held on tho Tlllor cutoff, Dr. R. W. Stenrns, attending physician, who was summoned Sunday morn ing, announced . this afternoon. Mrs. Rngsdale and sons, Frank and Bert, were in a more seilous condition this afternoon and no members of tho family had shown deflnlto signs of improvement. All aro running high temperatures of 104 and 10B and are afflicted with frequont paroxysms of tho stomach. The nine members ot tho family reported ill aro Mr. and Mrs. Josso Ragsdalo and sons, Frank, Uort, Will, Ben and Glen: dnughtcr, Mabel, and a llttlo grandson, Arnold Rngsdale. Threo members of tho family who at tonded tho picnic, but did not cat the beets, are not eufforlng from tho malady. . Token 111 at Night. Returning from tho picnic Sat urday night t .jo nine bocamo seri ously ill about 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Dr. Btearns was sum moned at 8 o'clock and arrived at tho- scene to find the group apparently 111 with spinal nionln-. gltis. A diagnosis showed that nil had boon poisoned and a thor ough examination laid tho blamo to tho beets, which woro canned two years ago. Tho beets, whon opened, Bhowed no signs of being spoiled, Mrs. Itngsdnlo stated. No peculiarities wero noticed In their taste, but each member of tho family who ato them became ill at an early hour Sunday morning. All plcnlcers and vacationists woro urged this afternoon by Dr. Stearns to use great precaution in opening fruits and vegotablos. II was awaiting anothor messago from tho Ragsdalo homer, vhon Th0 Mall Tribune wont to yr)BS. r-, LOSS OF WHEAT CROP PENDLETON, Ore., July 6. (IP) .ThB iLl,t rnncli nl Rnh Goad. deputy sheriff ot Umatilla county, was destroyed by fire Saturday uftornoon. It Is believed a fro cracker started the blaze. inrn fighters wero unable to chock tho len ping flames. Tho grain was Insured. The fnrm Is on the south edge of Pendleton. Will ROGER liKVHUL-Y HILLS, July 6. I' sot my first thanks for ever Buying ft nicn thing about some man, and I do lots, of times brag on our prominent men. But they always take it as a mat ter of course. But the'old Ok lahoma oil inan that backed the flight come through. "Many thanks for your kind notice and tho bent I can do in return' i to take Post and Gatty to visit dart-more, Okla. Advise if you wnnt. nn." Now horn. i ,' r chance for tilcso two boys ! to really make good. IE Gatty can navigate enough to find a field there, I'll say ho is a Colum bus, and if Post can land on Ihe field, I'll gay he is a ma gician. I have always had to use a parachute.