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Medford Mail Tribute Weather Temperature Highest yesterday ; - 84 lowest I his imtriiliiK 54 I'rwipltiition To 5 p. in. yesterday 0 To !i n. m. tintny 0 L, jbt Wednesday MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1931. No. 112. ALL BANKS Today's BASEBALL ROYAL WEDDING SOON IN RUMANIA K CARDS 1G3 trthnr unto National. R. H. E. Philadelphia 4 10 2 Pittsburgh 9 13 1 Dudley, Nichols, Schejler and McCurdy; Meine and Phillips. Second came: R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 6 2 Pittsburgh 4 11 1 Cillons and Davis; Spencer and Grace. Obstacle To His Creator r 'iflice in ",c IN TOURNEY Averse g Things We Know "' .. l ay VOTERS GET InOM PI ADIll Crash i, Iriall i ii i iv iii unit1 1 . sss" i . 'j- - , i 1 . t I .111111 l"l 1111 1 N mm 1 1 mm m n FAClSjlEED A CLOSED R. II. E. f. .1 .11 nnrtiea in Eng- he that rresmo. f . f the French gov- C which he will not ex- ,ouldmaKe vioiem. .l. p-nr.h know what I IBB r ... .a usually get it. TOO, - . I .I., wattrpQpnr. the I .1 -Uonln" nilll the loriDie uimww I . :.,cistihle force. H7 '-" England, Germany, yi probably I, viewpoint, uecuuau t-j L anything else. M believe the desperate it" of Germany to be imaginary, arranged to a financial results. I He French don't Winn thing that could happen, t' bad collapse in Ger- , would be the rise to pow i He so-called "reds," i would mean chaos. Or i the imitation Mussolini, i make some kind of a ges- Ul at France. kite believes in ueiuy , nd, yesterday after- Prime Minister Laval Led at the ministry of war, Petain and Lyautey, the Wing French marshals. newspaper guess that the minister-, i and -th o - ar- iiscussod arrangements iking sare of anything Vight happen on the Ger border. n lines of forts, recently d by France along that f, plus the great French plus the French air fleet, powerful on earth, and Vet of French submarines, take care of anything kight happen quite easily. fc was a very decent re side man," his neighbors of John Tabeek, who sat Sunday in New York's Ik Avenue Presbyterian fa, listenini? to the Rpver- F-Speer. Tabeek was out pfi, out of monev. worst of McOURAtJE. "Muth ren, alios verloren, besser mst, nie geboren." He i not ask his friends and i lo assist him further. listened nttcntivelv to pon, wrote on a piece of m going to meet my swallowed noiunn r.SA,h'"8 '" should not mo Avenue church. For- to 400 worshippers knew Mass Meeting Reveals Necessity For Action Now To Relieve Dangerous Conditions State Sani tary Engineer Emphatic. For tomorrow afternoon's spe cial election on the sewer bond question the polls will be open from 1 p. m. to 8 p. m., and all regularly registered citizens are entitled to vote. The voting places are as follows: First Ward: Public market bulldlns on South Riverside avenue. . Second Wurd: Public library on West Main street. Third Ward: FU'htiinrs gur aga corner Fir mid Sixth streets. Fourth Ward: Upstairs city hall, corner Front and Sixth streets. Tha imtttilnea nf MatTnrd la hat. ter Informed today on the merits of the bond issues to be voted on tomorrow afternoon for a new sew age disposal system and trunk sew er because of the mass meeting held In the city park last night, attended by hundreds of citizens to hear the talks of city officials and State Sanitary Engineer Carl B. Green on the present deplorable sewage situation and why the vot ers should vote for the bond Issue. The talks were interspersed with selections by the Elks band, and the remarks and music were broad cast over KMED, thus carrying into the homes of many more citl Tpnn tlin sewage situation and bond issue information. Many neighbor hood radio parties were held to listen in. Tim sneakers in the order named warn, no follows! MaVOr E. M. Wil- Bon; W. W. Allen, chairman of the city council health committee; i-. A. Meeker, chairman of the council finance committee; City Engineer Fred Scheffel; Dr. I D. lnskeep, ''hpiiiMi officer, and Carl E. Green, state sanitary officer, New York 4 8 2 Chicago 8 U 1 Morrell, Walker, Chaplin and Hogan; Bush and Hartnett. R. E. II Brooklyn 2 7 2 St. Louis 3 7 0 Vance and Lopez: Haines, Lind say and Mancuso. R. Boston 3 Cincinnati 2 Zachary and Spohrer and Sukeforth. H. 7 E. 0 9 2 Johnson R. American The score: Cleveland 2 New York 19 Shoffner, Lawson and Berg; Weaver and Jorgens. II. E. 7 2 19 2 Myntt, (second game) R. H. E. Cleveland 6 9 1 New York 18 1 Harder and L. Sewell; Gomez, Pipgras and Dickey. The score: R. H. E. Chicago 9 11 1 Washington 15 0 Faber, Caraway and Grube; Fischer, Brown and Hnrgrave. The score: R. H. E. Detroit ...12 10 1 Philadelphia 3 12 1 Herrlne and llavworth: Earn- shaw and Cochrane, Peterson. The score: R. Hi B. St. Louis 5 11 3 Boston 3 11 1 Collins, KImsey and Ferrell; Gaston, Kline, Llsenbee and Berry. rogersIreets POST AND GATTY : Jt . M&fte&ii I Medford Golfer May Qualify Among 32 To Compete For Western Amateur Kyle Best Of Early Fin ishes With Snappy 145. Princess lleana of Rumania and Archduke Anton of Austria are t be married July 26 In an unostentatious ceremony In Sinaia, Rumania. ROTARY VOTESSEATTLE OUSTS L APPR OVA SEWAGE FOR EDWARDS FROM BONDS MAYOR S CHAIR Speakers Give Facts And Figures Pointing Neces sity For Improvement Picnic Planned July 19. CLARF.MORE, Okla., July 14. (JF) Will Rogers, humorist and air traveler, kilned his homo town ' Each speaker covered briefly one j here today in welcoming Wiley !jTOPag, Three) kMartin I PP TeuRB Hut V -MM 1J ,-4. 1 ; I .-i,.,o r.i thn sitnntinn. and Drob- ably the most informative address was that of Sanitary Engineer Green on the necessity for the sew age disposal Bystem to enmmuiu what he deciarea 10 ue u nuisance and public health haz ard." ... Mayor's Opening Address m nf iim fitizena of Medford i. inri in lielieve that the nave uctii matter of sewage disposal for the city has not been given sufficient study and that action should be delayed, we are lorceu m ."" Ulate action," said Mayor Wilson "Let me say that mis buujb .... nnurlnrorl hv VOUT COlin- cils for years past without definite action, and mat iwo yuui mer Mayor Pipes, myself and oth- ..inri Tmnnih Falls for in spection of that plant and system costing ovor .suu,uuu, s b detail with their engineer, Mr. Ken ,... .,..) nr thn nroblem has continued since that time and has been Intensive since uio ent council assumed their duties in January. "One of the first communications received by me in entering upon my duties as mayor was from the i i ,f Willi,, be UK then advised that something must be done to correct Meuioru s "Realizing the seriousness of the mutter, our health commium, W W. Allen as chairman, naa ....1. (..trautltriltimi: haS maue a hiui-uubu !'" , .. worked out all preliminary details In accordance wun reuiui of the Ttate board of health at little cost to the city; has submitted the preliminary details and specifica tions to four different engineers, Including Mr. Kennedy of San rran clsco, Pierce. Greeley & 'JBcn of Chicago, and Burns, McDonald & Smith of IQ3 Angeles. These engineers have approved our tenta tive plans and estimates. "When the bond issue has been authorized, and I am sure it w III be next Wednesday, we will be In Post and Harold Gatty, round the world filers, In a celebration that wns to includo dedication of an aviation field the "Sage of Oolagah" recently told his towns people they needed. A crowd of nearly 6000 greeted the round-the-world filers when they arrived in the Winnie Mae this morning. AUT01ST DROWNS IN IP QUA RIVER Medford RotarlanB beard on In terestlng discussion of the pro posed sewage system at this noon's meeting at the Hotel Medtoru Several members of the city coun- Recall Held Vindication J. D' Ross, Discharged City Light Head Council To Name Successor Soon. SEATTLE, July 14 lP) Seattle's "business man mayor," Frank Kd wards, elected ns a political un known In 1II2X to succeed Bertha K. Laiulea, stood retired today by ell and other authorities on the a dot-lslvu mujurlty by way oC the subject gave short talks outlining the urgent-necessity for lmmedluto-1-- if rfTecnll' election which grew ROSEBimO, Ore., July 14. P) -Roy Cameron, drowned In South Umpqua river near Myrtle Creek last night- when ,hls aiVomobile plunged down a 60-foot embank ment. Cameron Is said to have attempt an in nnaa nnnther machine on a uharp curve and had to turn out to avoid a machine coming in uie opposite direction. He lost control of his car and It plunged down the bank and Into the river. ua hiii ih-nwned bv the time a nearby highway construction crew could reach him. (Continued on Page Elght) BAR EXAMINATION LEAK 15 RUMORED construction 'of a new and adu quate sewage disposal system. The progrum was In chargo of Roturiun Wm. Allen, who intro duced tho following speakers: Clarence Meeker, chairman of the city finunce committee, Fred Scheffel, city engineer, Or. lnskeep city health officer and C. 10. Green, stute sanltury engineer. All of the speakers gave many salient facts concerning tho proposed system and told why Medford citizens should support this worthy pro ject. . .'acts and figures as well as charts were introduced by City Engineer Scheffel to support his statements concerning the new dis posal system. Vote ICiidnrxcinciit At tho conclusion of the talks, tho Medford Rotary club endorsed the new system which means so much to the future of this city. John I'erl extended an Invitation to local Rotarlnns and their fami lies to attend a picnic at Kocky Point Sunday, July 19. All Rotar luns planning to go nro urged to get in touch with Secretary Cham bers by Friday of this week. W. B. Johnston, Jr., was Intro duced ns a new member of tho Medford club. Guests nt tho meeting Included: Councilmen Jos. Grey. Clarence Meeker and 1'. M. Kershaw, C. 10. Greene, state sanitary engineer. Dr. lnskeep, Fred Scheffel ami Mr. Dunn of Portland. 11. D. Kller of Klamath Falls anil M. O. Wll klns of Ashland were visiting Ro ta rlans. fourgoldIll recujl route. out of Incompetency charges fol lowing his dismissal of the head nf the city light department, tho vot ers yesterday ousted him from office. An unofficial count of the vote was: For recall 36,637; ugalnst 21,3t;. Today, with President Robert Harlan of tho city council In charge of tlie city's affairs pending an election of a successor by tho council, the reappointment of J. D. Russ, ousted city light head, and reoigaiiiatlon of the board of pub lic works loomed In tho near future. Confidence III Ross Harlan said after the election last night he construed it to mean a repudiation of the Edwards ad- inlstrntinn and a "vote of conr. di-nco" In Ross. "I believe tho voto must be Interpreted as calling," .ho added, "nut merely for tho reinstatement of Mr. Ross, but for a complete reorganization of tho board of public works."' Ross, who since his dismissal in March has served us u consultant for New York state In the project ed St. Lawrence river power de velopment, returned hero 10 days ago to work actively for the retire ment of the mayor. Russ had been with tho city light, publicly owned utility, more than a quarter of a century. "The Seattle situation will have tremendous results," be said last night. "The success of the recall serves notice on friends and foes of public ownership that Seattle Is definitely I'iminiltted to protection and pro gresH for Its city owned utility." The choosing of a new mayor devolve upon tho city council, which must net within 20 days PORTLAND. Ore., July 14. fT Lotus L. Lnngley, district attorney, today was Investigating a report that questions to be propounded to applicants for the state bar exami nation Tuesday before the state supreme court, have reached the hands of somo applicants. UnwW" wn. try f I V w. rrt- Somo folks Statement by James Owen To tlie'Public: The reduction of the workinir force at the Owen-Oregon mill liatl nothinx whatever to io with the proposed sewage disposal bond issue, hut was entirely due to the condition of the lumber market which has existed for a lonu time and has forced n great mi.nl.er of lumber mills, throughout the country, to take the Mime action we have taken. It is m hope and the hope of my board of directors to reopen the mill just as soon as peneral business conditions ji.st.fv sue!, action, and instead of re-rardin the future V mism and hopelessness, we have every confidence in the -tare prosperity of the lumber bt.siness. of Medford and South ern Oregon, and of the United States. (iened) JAXres 0WEN' Vice-President and Oeneral Manner, Owen-Or?!rnn Lumber Co. By FRANK G. GORRIE Associated Press Sports Writer PORTLAND GOLF CLUB, Port land, Ore., July 14. (P) Fnlph Whuley, Seattle, and 1-doyd Mend, Portland, were. the first of the field of 101!, to apparently qualify today for match play in the western uinu. tour golf tournament. Head total ed 151, adding a 7ti toduy to his 75 of yesterday. Whaley counted lbj, scoring a nent 73, one over pur, to put with his 79 for the first IS holes. Jimmy Bushong, Portland, joined the select class which will compote for tho title when he totaled 150 for the 38 holes. Ho added a 79 today to his brilliant 71 of yesterday. Arloo Kyle, Portland, followed Uushong with a 36-holo totul of 145, the best score of the early flnlshors. He shot a 75, throe over liar, to add to his 70 of the first 18. Other scores Incluuoil. A. J. Mutton, Spokane, 78-S2 100. DON CLARK, MEDFORD, 84-79 163. (leruld Vllliun, Sun Francisco, 82-8110:1. Paul Plgott, Seattle, 81-80 1117. Howard Tustln, Spokane, 7(1-78 154. J. II. Crowcll, Portland, 70179 155. Rod llousor, Los Angules, 78-78 150. Hberloy Thompson, Vancouver, Wash.. 82-81103. Lloyd Myerly, Portland, 77-74 154. Wilbur Johnson, dlondalo, 77-82 109. II. P. Dale, Now Zealand, 82-81 in;!. Curl Lodell. Corvallls, 84-83 107. ' ' BOB HAMMOND, MEDFORD, 84- BJ 1RR. LoudurB of yesterday finished 27 holes ns follows: Johliny Robbing, Portland, (jjo lnx. Johnny Shields,' Soattlo, 70-J4 109. H . CHANDLER EGAN, mtu- FORD, 74-36110. Charles Beaver, jos aiiboiob, 70-30112. Hudio VVilhelm, Portland, vj-.ib 111. ' Dr. O. V. Willing, Portland, 75-37 112. Frunk Dolp, Portland, 70-3G 112. Vincent Dolp, Portland, 75-39 114. HAGEWTITLE IN CANADIAN PLAY MISKISSAUCIA COUNTRY CLUB, Toronto, Ont., July 14. (P) Wal ter H.-igen, Detroit, today won the Canadian open golf championship, defeating Percy Alllns of Berlin in a ' 96-hule playoff. Trailing by a single stroke at the end of nine. 18 and 27 holes, llagen rallied on the Inst nine to beat out the British pro by one stroke. They had lied at 282 In the regular 72 holes of tho championship Inst Sat urday, llagen's score for tho 30 holes was 141; Alllrw1 142. General Moratorium Effec tive Until Thursday In Effort to Tide Institutions Over Until Arrival Of Help From Abroad. STORES ENTERED ASHLAND CLERIC VICE MODERATOR Thieves last night entered four Cold Hill business bouses, nnd after a night's work secured loot amounting to 1.0 in legal ten der. They deigned to take 40 cents in pennies, neatly rolled. The robbed establishments were: Tho Reliable Grocery, loss 411 cents, Tho Cold Hill Bupply com pany, loss H.50. The Cold Hill Hardware com pany, no loss. The Grotto Confectionery, no loss. An attempt wns nlso made to enter tho Kell Garage, but marauders cuuld not open bnck door. Money was the objective of the robbers as they failed to take food, clothing, clgnrettes or candy. The sheriff's office investigated this morning and came to the conclusion thnt thn "Jobs were tho work of auto bums. - Attorney IHos PORTLAND. July 14. UP) Samuel Hatch Pierce, 65. I'rum" Inent attorney here, nnd for 12 - iif-nutv district attorney. i died yesterday nt his home from a heart attack. He had been HI a week. th" the AaaocwUd I'reaa 1'holtt Joseph Irf'llrlx (nltovc) nnd Mimvl Doivt (In-low). l-Yt'lieli (By tho Associated Press) Gormnny has declared what amounts to a general morator ium of banking operations, clos ing nil banks except the Reich bank until Thursday nnd per haps longer. Uvwas a precau tionary measure, a temporary ef fort to tide the Institutions over until help comes from abroad. The world bank la willing to renew a 1100,000,000 credit due on Thursday and It is under stood the Rank of France and the Federal Reserve bank of New York which participated In the credit also will grant an extension of their part of the total. The Bank of England has not yet rulod. Reaction outside of Germany to the collapse of the Darm- iilriiien, who IioihhI to set n new ; staodter Und National bank has world's straight lino distance roc-1 caused the temporary closing ot ord on flight from l'nrls to all the banks in Hungary, and Tokyo, are roisirtcd to h a v o . suspension of the Merour oanK reached In central slight Injuries. Sils'riu with PIS OKYO I FLIGHT ENDS IN at Vienna, a ' subsidiary of the Darmstaedter. At Jassy, Rumania, the Dacla bank has closed with a $1,000,000 deficit. SIBERIAN CRASH MOSCOW, July Hi (P) Josoph JiCbrix nnd tho two Fronch filers who hImi-UmI with him from Ptiritt on a non-Hlop fllRlit to Tokyo are wnltliiK In tho miritllo of HI I. or la toilny for anothor Hhlp to bring Umm hiwM. to Mohcow. Tholr nmbltlntifl project ontlod Inst nlKht In dlHiiHUrwhen Home thlntf went wrung with their plune "Tho Hyphen" and the three of them Lebrlx, Mnrcel Doret nnil Keen MeHiiln, their mechanic balled out In pnraehuteH and luntl- ed on a rocky lope hi tho went Say mi mouutalnH, about half way between I 'aria nd Tokyo. The place, where they landed Is ho remoto from civilization that only tho moHt moaKi'o details of tho accident have been received. Its ca u ho Ih not known. Auk for l'luiio Lchrlx UHked that anothor plane bo sent out to brlnK them home, but the brief iiiohhhkch which huvo come from him huvo not disclosed the Identity of one of tho filers who wiih Hald to have Hpralned nn ankle tho onty caitualty of the advent lira. "Tho Hyphen" was wrecked. Aviation officials here said the frenchmen had encountered bad weather after pasfdnff Moscow and the IiIkIi winds and heavy rains probably had placed too great a Ktrnln on tbcli engine. It 1m aHHumcd tho accident must have boon of a serious nature or they would have tiled a furced landing liiHtcml of taking to their parachutes. BOILING WATER FALLS ON PORTLAND INFANT PORTLAND. Ore.. July H. MP) Chester Arthur, 2 yours old, died In a hospital here today from burns suffered last night when lie pulled a kettle of boiling wutcr from tho kitchen stove. MARKS EMBARRASSING VISITORS IN GERMANY HAHKI., HwltEcrlanil, July 14. OP) A number of visitors from Cermany wore embarrassed today by the refusal of exchange shops to buy their marks. Tho mark dropped yesterday from It nor mill rale of 12.1.50 in Hwlss f runes to 1 12 and railroad exchange of flees closed their wickets. BERLIN, July 14. WP) Two men ot outstanding Importance In this time of Germany's crisis were speeding tbward Berlin to day to take part In the vital discussions of the next few days. President Von Illndonburg was coming down from his country place at Neudeck, and Dr. Hans Luther, head of the Relchsbank. wns flying back from Basel where he attended the World bank meet ing yesterday. Tho president Is coming pri marily to receive Prime Minister Ramkay r MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson ot Knglnnd on Friday, but It 1 likely, that his arrival tomorrow morning will have a - soothtngr effect on the nation's Jangled nerves. Dr. Luther's arrival, thl aft ernoon probably, Is expected to be. followed soon by the Issuance of new emergency decrees, among which will be regulations to gov ern tho trnfflo In foreign ex change nnd measures to halt the flight of capital out of the coun try. While they waited, experts wore working out a progrum of sup plying ready eash when the banks reopen on Thursday, without em barking upon Inflation. C,C. DIRECTORS fWOR 1 BOND AN E E (lOllVALLifl, Ore., July 14. (P) Hlate Senator II. L. Kddy of Hose burg was today selected by Pres byterians of Oregon as moderator for tho coming year. The selection was made nt the opening synod, now convened for Ihe 41st annual conference on the Oregon State college rumpus. Kddy succeeds the Rev. Donald W. 11. MacClure of Portland. Other officers chosen nt the opening session Included Kev. N. T. Mitchelinore, Ashland, vice-mod-erutor. HUNGARIAN AVIATORS . POSTPONE TAKE-OFF IIAHIIOR (IRACI-;. N. F., July 14. (A') Prospects of bad weather prompted Alexander Magyar and tieorge Kndres, Hungarian filers, to postpone their take-off for Iludanest today. They snld they would load 630 gallons of gasoline In their plane, "Justice to Hun gary," and take off as soon as the weather cleared. Lion Grabbed By Tongue, Claims Rhodesia Rancher; "Oh, Y-e-a," Say Experts LIVI.N'iHTO.VB, Rhodesia, July )4 . (P)--Attacked by a wounded lion which had set upon him In tho Jungle a rnncher named Oh l mann seized the beast's tongue nnd held on until n, friend killed the Hon with a rifle. Olelmann said ho had set a trap for the lion after It had made depredations upon his slock. A trap gun wounded It nnd Olle tnsnn followed the spoor Into the forest. Ho came unexpectedly upon tho beast and It sprang upon him. His cries brousht Ixjvntt Camp bell, an F.ngllshinan, who dis patched thn lion with the last cartridge In his gun, fJllcmann been severely recover. mauled but had will NKW YORK. July 11. Ml Zoological experts here were In clined to smile at the story from Rhodesia of the rancher who held a lion by the tongue until a companion shot the beast, hut they wouldn't go so far as t" say It was Impossible. Dr. William Held lllnlr, path ologist lit the llronx '"", snld n lion's tongue afforded but lit tle grasping surfui-o and that Ht llo wns very slippery. "Tho story from Rhodesia sounds Just nbout as slippery as a lion's tongue.' he said, nui 1 wouldn't say flatly that It could not be truo. The $225,000 bond Issue for pro vision of a new sewer system la Medford, to be voted on tomorrow, was endorsed last night by the board of directors of the chamber of commerce in regular session, and plans for sending delegates to a meeting called by Governor Meier for July Ti discussed. The meeting, called for the pur pose ot developing plans to In' ' crease sales of Oregon made pro ducts In this stato, will be attended by Medford representatives, O. O. Alendnrfor, president of the local chamber, announced this afternoon, but delegates have not yet been apiiolnted. It Is Governor Meier's belief, sc. cording to the letter received by the local chamber that an addi tional 26,OUO,000 worth of locally made products could easily be sold if the right campnlgn were Inaugu rated. This would mean a great Increase Ih payrolls and would re lieve unemployment. The governor wishes to confer with representa tives of all sections of the state re garding the matter. The meeting will be held In Salem. , To Attend Breakfatt J. C. Thompson and W. W. Allen were appointed at last night's meet ing to attend the breakfast to be given In Klamath Falls tomorrow morning, honoring the house and sub-committee on appropriations of the Interior department. The con gressional party will arrive In Klamath Falls this evening. Fol lowing the breakfast at the Wlllartt hotel tomorrow morning a trip to Crater Luke will be enjoyed. ,lt was also doclded at last night's meeting to Invite the 1932 conven tion of 8punlsh-Amerlcan War Vet erans to meet In Medford. , . Oregon Weather Generally cloudy tonight and. ' Wednesday) no change In temper ature; gentle to moderate north, and northwest winds offshore, ,, ',