The 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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, .
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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.
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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.
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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.