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M edford Mail Tribune Temperature, ! Highest yesterday H9 this murnlng; ...51 O Precipitation Tti 5 p. in. yesterday - 00 S "N 8 b. in. today 00 MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1G, 1931. No. 114. pgg TWELVE PAGES GMIMfiARIAN U U VIM Vlf UUIlUf UIM GAS TAN KS ettV ' sfc MB - Bk. eaast. m BUNb DRY ON ARRIVAL irthar Brisbane Droferred Creditor. Citation Mussolini-j. Urjang On.j ,n, Lii is Dangerous. .. LBApiNfiWSisnow; wit Sam Solly Wertheim s pre- ereditor. ' , si, going to fail, and . oreferred creditor. lT said Mr. Wer- "How niucn uo i " tit!" .. j how m I a preterreo. are a preferred credi- V' XT AW Uuse vou kiiow iw. L're not going ; tg get 5 The others' won t for several months." Sam knows NOW that Mine to get anything. u unusual "preferred because, on top ol formation, he is lending loiiey. i may change, but, at , plans of the United in regard to Germany to include communis (ready made, refraining rounding or accepting kman war payments, ex England, France, Italy tor countries from all bmentg' for one year, liking it easy for them s MAKE BUDAPEST 'HOP Captains Magyr and Endres Forced to Land in Field Near City As Fuel Fails After 3239 -Mile Hop From Harbor Grace, N. F. Ip Germany, they t they will choose de- oa various things, par- lyjthe extent' to which al $finp8c,,( or tcvoIu-' li Germany might' IN- e ma fair imitation of on the Ifaris stock ex- ytstefday, and that sort jr stimulates action th high finance is said ( convinced its govern- iit it if necessary to pre- prther disintegration in W, just as Americah finance convinced this U that it was necessary something to avoid loss ions, foolishly lent by 'anapvest.br, " . ' na'jfteWspapcrs print a tthe effect that France Mhded : the emulsion trm'anybf llitler, a Ger- jifflitation- of Mussolini, f aft, imitation' Fascist Party.' lOtler is nllee- wailing for the crisis Germany into my ' "'id enable him, lead mbination of German M and Communist!i. tn ' fatherland. fr supposed to be the anknown" that will do BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 16 (P) Captain Alexander Magyar and Captain George Endros brought the trans-Atlantic mono plane "Justice for Hungary" down to a forced landing 20 miles out side of Budapest tonight. - They came down as the last drop of gasoline was exhausted. ' Neither was hurt, although the plane was damaged. The fliers crawled out at the end jf their spectacular 3200-mlle flight grinning broadly. A few minutes before they landed the plane roared over the cltv. turned and circled before heading In the direction of the air Dort. It seemed as though the whole city of Budapest raised its voice in a great roaring cheer as the shin circled over the city Just before it came down. Thousands who had been wait in hour, fni- its arrival were narrheri on roof tons. Jammed In iUcl stioetR nnd criming out of windows as the ship passed over rirole Costly. -!t wni tonne few minutes of irnllm, over tha'cltv. Which COSt iha'iwn filers the glory of bring in. their shin down on Mntyos- fold air field, but even so theirs was the Hrsi, flight since Lind bergh's passage to Paris In which the pilots set a definite goal for themselves; and came so close to , hlttlnlr It.. ' i The two mem plied into an auto mobile and -went on to tne nnrl. ' t nM, .n fnrced down neat iho little village of . Blcslle at little after 1i30 P-m. (1:30 K.S.T.) t iat n little over .!,.. h.l nnvei-ert the 3239 miles between Harbor Grace, where they took off at 11:18 E.S.T. Wednes day morning, and Budapest, uvei aging about 135 miles an hour. ' . p.m 26 hours New Shrine Chief CONFAB Al AID CREDIT German Officials Going to France for Talk On Resto ration Confidence in Eu ropeBanks Opened for Mid - Month Payrolls Associated Press Photo Thomas J. Houston of Chicago was elected Imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the order's fifty-seventh annual convention In Cleveland. PORTLAND GOLF NEW , YORK, July 16. VP) Private advices to New York bankers from Paris state that the nlan for extending financial sl8tance to Germany, presented to the French cabinet today would consist of a loan of J500. 000,000 which would be guaranteed by customs receipts. AGES SHOWING WHEAT BOOST PRESENT WASHINGTON, July 16. VP) Chairman Stone of the farm board said today fhe board was not In a position to attempt price stabiliz ation to relieve the present low price of wheat. --r .In so. he said, would mean .,n, mirehaties until next .lime. 1 the funds to sta bilize for that length or time added. . he on Page Seven) WMartin CL, BRILLIANT PLAY Moe, Willing and McNau ghton Leading Opponents at Half s Way Mark Lehman Burns Up Course ' By Frank. O. (iorle (Associated Press BportH Writer) PORTLAND COLF CLUB, Port land,.. Ore..r July li-Hfl' Johnny Lehman, Chicago, defending tltlelst and three Portlnnders, Don Moe, Dr. O. K. .. Willing and Mulcolm MacNnughtbn, were leading their oppohents at the halfrway mark of the 36-luile quarter-finals today in the western amateur golf tourna ment. , Lehmnn was four up on Harold Thompson, Glemlale; Moe was one up on Fny. Coleman. Los Angeles Willing was four up on Jack Gaines. Glendale, Calif., and Mac- NaiiKhlon was three up on Rudle Wilhelm. All I'mliT J'ur MacNaughton, Willing, Wilhelm and Moe, ull Portlandera, were under par for the morning 18 holes with MacNaughton leading the pack with a Hizzllns 68, four under perfect figure. Willing had 69 and the other two, 71 each. Willing guthered five birdies on the 18 holes, giving Gaines little chance to keep up with him; lie made the turn 8 up and won holes to Gaines' one on the way home. The Portlander took the, loth with a par 6 when the Callforninn drove Into the rough, lost the 12th with a bod tee shot over the 210 yard green, copped the 13th with ft birdie 3, sinking a 20-foot putt and then captured the 16th with un other "bird," Willing shot 33-36 6!) Gaines, 36-3874. Their curds (in): Willing 644 345 33C Willing 544 345 335 and -306 -3B 0 WITH COBLE! COBLENZ, Germany, July 16. (P) Disorders during which two policemen were injured and 70 persons were arrested occurred here lost night. Clashes also occurred between communists and police at Treves Many shop window! were broken ahd several arrests made. 20,0fflEN5 TO BE decide SHIPPED H AMERICA E SIAY AT CRATER KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 10. (&) Members of the national house subcommittee, marveling at the beauty of Crater Lake, are en invi.icr to the fullest every minute of their visit there according to word received nere uy leiepoun today. aii inok tn the trait this mornln some walking, some riding horse back, and went down to the waters of the lake, where motor boats topk Iheni to vvizaru wiuuu i the Phantom 8hlp. Dedication of the Slnnott memo-, rial was scheduled for 1:30 this i afternoon. Daughter's Death, Long Brooded, Is Cause of Suicide CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 10. (yPlBroodine over the slay- lag of her 6-year-old daughter by a playmate was blamed to- day for the suicide here last night of Mrs. Beulah Ethrtdge of Denver. Last August the chiltl was shot by Gloria Utter, 6, who explained, "Hose stole my rag doll, so I shot her." ' Newspaper clippings telling of the kilting were found by Mrs. Elhrldges bedside alter she swallowed poison tn a rooming house. . HARVEST OF BARTLETTS OPEN AUG.3 NEW STEP-DAD Traffic Association Figures Schedule On Local Crop Fruit Sizing Well Is Report Market Tone Hopeful Exports Seen (By the Associated Press) Developments in the situation arlslne from Germany's financial rlsls are succeeding one anoinei with a rapidity unusual in inter national dinlomacv. Representatives of the principal World War allies, Including &ec- ..i.n, nt KtntA Stimson. met ai orlu nnd Invited Chancellor diu nin. tn fnmA there as soon as ne ciin. Prima Minister MacDonald Ol ir,,.,l,m,l cancelled a visit to Ber lin which ha was to nave nmuu tomorrow and will remain at Lon don for a meeting there on mon- day of representatives of tne prin cipal world powers. This meet ing may supersede inin m '' Vminff nln exnerts wno were have gathered to dovetail that plan with the Hoover moratorium. At Benin tne uaimn . closed two. days ago oy uoveiii ment decree, reopened to meet the mid-month ' payroll'. There were , disorders. The puuine.i t- ,io.i in session consiueium Chancellor Bruenlng's trip to Paris and London. . ... : PARIS" July 16. W Premier Ijival announced tonlgiu at end of a cabinet session that i-hnr.aiior Bruenlni ana I'oieus" Minister Curtlus of Germany In Purls to 'IUIK ihh.i.. which would lead to resto ration of credit and confidence in K"r0n!-" 111 l,a Their visit, he saiu, aiso - on occasion for examining tne ninrlnl hi i ii rn ntees and tne mean ures of political appeasement which must accompany them." 1 JUST A RUMOR TO FAIR AltVlEE ;ft II '" Evangel Says Paths Don't . Cross Seattle Visit Re veals Crowning Glory Is Now of B I o n d Hue are over SAN FRANCISCO IS SEATTLE. July 16. (IP) To Aimeo Bemple MoPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, her new step father, the Kev. Guy Hudson Is Just a newspnper report. "I haven't met Mr. Hudson, Mrs. MoPherson remarked severely When reporters met her train here tndav. "Our paths didn t oross, Anvwav. It's strictly my moiner btmlness." ' Thft evangelist, who has hecome a blail inc- hw '4astiIV horo, admitted. shH'':had followed with Interest newspaper accounta'of her mother'ai moonlight wedding, ana nuhsanuent reports tlint her new stepfather, had been married be fore. i ' ... That's, . Mn'n Biisliu'ss ' "That also is mother's business,' she . sald.i ' i'JBut 1 did read the newspaper reports."' Mrs. MoPherson laughed away questioners In Portland yesterday who asked about reports that her mother was going to find a hus band for her. ' "I'm married to my Job," she snid. The evangelist and a party are enroute to Vancouver, B. C, where Mrs. Mcpherson Is to address the graduating class of the Canadian Bible schoul. clevelAnd. o., July 16.-HT) San Francisco today was selectel for the 1032 convention of the Shrine of North America, which concludes Its 67th annual conven tion here tonight. San Francisco pledged more than 1300,000 lor the convention fund. Thomas J. Houston of Chicago became Imperial potentate yester day. As the membership or tne imnerlat divan was shifted one step higher, George F. Olendorf of Springfield, Mo., was named outer guard. YOUTH FATALLY SHOT AT TARGET Engaged Picking and packing of the Rogue Klver valley crop of Burt lett pears is scheduled to start Monday, August 3, and the first general movement to eastern mar kets Is scheduled to begin August 6. It was announced at today s meeting of the Rogue River Traf fic association. On some of the -lighter soil or chards ot tho valley, the first pick ing will start three or four days before this time. The Bartlett crop Ib now sizing under ideal weather conditions and for the most part will be up to standards. Market Hopeful Individual packers say It Is too earlv for nrlca forecasts, but ad mit that the eastern pear market has a more hopeful tone. Borne export traclo In Bartletts Is develop ing. , , It was reported yesterday on the streets that one grower had sold a large block ot Bartletts for ft. 16 f. o. b. Medford, or. $30 per ton. Another rejiort said that cannery representatives wero offering from 822.60 to $30 per ton. It is felt, that the California Bart lett crop will be cleaned up before the local eastern shipment starts. B4 Insnectlon Looms 4i'Trr-'in8pectlon .committee of the traffic ' association reported mat thero was a good chance for the nlunt bureau of the recently cre ated state board of agriculture' to extend to shippers and growers a SI Inspection charge, which would Include the spray residue charge of fill rents. 'i - The traffic committee reported that tho Erie , and Pennsylvania railroads had declined to granV the UHe of the Potomac gateway for shipments from the west coast but thought It could be so adjusted so as to be available for the Medford district. Granting of the request would permit the use of southern routes, thus avoiding the extreme cold of the midwest und east 111 a large measure. . IK. ' If y t.irllt-ii t'rvas I'llotO Bertha Palmer (above), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago social leaders, la engiged to marry Oaklelgh Thorns Lewis of Mlllbrook. N. Y. BUND E FAILS: DADS IN QUANDRY Overwhelming Defeat -Proposed New Sewage Plant and Trunk Lin6 . Leaves City Facing Predicament ; Annexation Is Vetoed COUNCIL FEELS RESPONSIBILITY UP TO VOTERS Result of Medford Bond Election Is Blamed On Depression No Plans , for Resubmission Soon VOTE BV WARDS Bonds. Water Tax. Yea. No. Yea. No. tat Ward 105 MS IS SS7 2nd Ward 12S '411 .401 3rd Ward 10H 881- M 886 4th Ward 95 SIS li SIS Total 426 1384 805 138 Annexation. Yes. No. Est Ward 143 148 2nd Ward - 1 367 3rd Ward 141 239 4Ui Ward 1S Total 681 7T ST. HELENS, Ore., July 16. (P) Randull Miller, 20, died In a hos pital here yesterday a few hours after he was accidentally shot while engaging In target practice with several other young men at Goble. The rifle was tn the hands of John Marcott, a close friend. Miller was standing near the target- MEIER TAX PLAN EUGENIC, Ore.. July 16. IP) E. A. McCormack, Btule represen tative, and prominent wool grower and Grange leader, has, as presi dent of the Lane county chamber of commerce, called a Joint meet ing with the Eugene cnamtier ror next Wednesday to formuluto a policy on Governor Meier's tax proposals. McCormack said ho "Is from Missouri" on the question of the wisdom of using the Indiana tax plan in fact or in principle In Ore gon. Meier had urged legislation similar to that used In Indiana. PLANE LOSES IN flACE WITH ANGEL OF DEATH FERRARE. Italy, July 16. UP) Halo Balbo, Italian minister of aviation, flew 100 miles an hour to the bedxlde of his dying father here today, but lost his 2S0-mlle air race with death, arriving an hour after his father. Professor Camlllo Balbo; 75, died. Today's BASEBALL Nations!. R. II. K. ..a a ..6 11 ' 1 New York fhli'fiiro Batteries: Mitchell and O'Far rnll; Hoot apd Homsley, Tate. R. II. K- Tl,llii,lalnhliL 8 11 3 PlttHhlirir 12 17 3d lliuturlca: ' Watt. Uolen, Fallen- 12 Watt, Uolen stein und McCurdy; Osborn, tonic, Brume and Grace. II. Hwe- Boston 2 ' Cincinnati 6 ' Cunningham and Spohrer; Hen ton and Ashy. American. R. II. 10 8 Detroit 3 ii,ii,,, iii.iiifi 5 Batteries: Sorreil and llayworlh; Mahuffey and Cochrane. E. It St. Louis 2 Boston 1 Militaries: Gray and l.lsenbee, Moore and Berry. R. H. 6 1 I 2 Young; . The following Btutument on the bond election result was mude uy Mayor E. M. Wilson thla noon:, u "Whllo the' result of our sewer bond election was against the pro ject, the prevailing national depres sion, and particularly our state sentiment foretold the result. "From Hie standpoint of the city council, I cun say that every coun cilman feels that his duty has been performed and that the project as submitted to the voters was a con structive plun as nearly perfect as six months of Intensive study could make tt. Only 40 per cent of the registered vote was cust, which can not be regarded a representative. "In the cities of Iji Grande and Walla Walla sewer Improvements were at first turned down and houvv dumugo claims were secured against each city before the people suppurted bond Issues and built systems enuulcd by no other. This will, no doubt, be tho renult In Medford. "Regarding submitting tho ques tion again to the people, the coun cil at this time hus no definite plan of procedure. We may be forced by the state board of health to call another election lit once. If we can provide a fund In October for our next budget to secure com plete dutull und design of plant from a consulting engineer I would prefer waiting until this can be done before submitting tho ques tion again. The sttrvoys and infor mation we now havo uro of great vulue. "As to contagion and property duniage, I am much concerned from the standpoint of health. A death traceable to Modford'a Banl tary condition would result In Ir reparable injury to the family and n serious damage action aga.nst the city. We now have a property damage case before us. Others are threatened. In yosterdny's election the responsibility for existing con Following the overwhelming de feat ot the 8286,000 septic tank trunk sewer bond Issue yesterday afternoon Over three to one, the mayor and city oounoilmen are to day In a quandry. off-hand aa to Just what can be done by the municipal aovernment in way of remedial conditions to the . old aaptlo tank, sufficiently to get by with the state board of healtn orders until time! are better financially or the Medford voters are in a better mood. ' -. They .any tha;t iwith'the ;def eat of the bond Issue the city Is now up against a real condition and not a theory.1 However, 1 they' are agreed that If would be useless to ,i put the question again up to the.H, voters for at least three months." .i Accept Verdict ' ' Mayor K; Mi i Wilson,-. .W -W, ,, ,, Allen, ichalrman : of the councH health .committee, C. A'. Meeker, ni chairman ot the council finance . . committee and the others nf the ' council acoept the verdict of the voters with good grace. While the city officials recognised for weeks past that there was grave danger of the bond Issue being defeated because of the financial depression they did not dream of so big a defeat. Their attitude alt along has been tlmt It was their duty to place this question, that has been dodged by prior city administrations for years past, up to the vote of the people, In view of the demand made by tho suite board of health last Jan uary that steps must be taken as '" soon as possible to rectify the present- Inadequate septle .tank,, conditions.1 By so doing, they argued, the responsibility restod ' with the people, and the council , could not be blamed for not acting. . Gravity Disregarded While the . councilman laughed . last night over the defeat, yet in wardly they felt hurt that the' gravity of the sewtr - eltuatlon , 'Mi (Continued on Page 8, 8toryV H. E. 8 8 10 4 Grube; ENE BACKED f be. irwutt hain't 'I WASHINGTON, July li.iPy The labor department erects to deport 20.000 aliens thla year . In making Mile prediction today. Secretary Doak said these deporta tlons, together with voluntary de partures, would more than equal the number of Immigrant. Doak said the department ex pected Immigration In the P""! calendar year would not exceed in nun n nnlnted out that where- io fine nersona entered the United States In May, 1930, only MOO were admitted last May. Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAGO, July 16. CP) Pears Nine cars California arrived, four cars on track, 11. sold, market steady. California Bartletts 7498 boxes Bartletts I2.lt-I.76; average $ZNKW YORK. July 14 VP) Pears Eighteen cars arrived, 1 Ala bama, 81 California, unloaded, 8 on track. Market slightly stronger. California Bartletts U.47S boxes at l.e 8J-25-J.65; ordinary J29S 3 30; small 12.76; few poor IJ.60 2.60; average 83.26, 'Lousy Not Libelous Word Declares Supreme Court; No Penalty Yet For Envy First aame: Chicago Washington Butteries: Thomas nnd Marbcrry, lladley and Sponcor, H. H. rtavliin,l 9 11 K. 1 ! Nw York 13 , J u,.,irio.- Brown. Harder, Jan- lonowskl and Myatt ! gras, Rhodes, Ruffing, PlP- Wells and uirgey. NEW YORK, July 18. (P Su preme Court J n s t I c e Peter Schmurk decided today that tho word "lousy" is not libelous. He dismissed the $150,000 dam age suit against the publishers of "Life" magazine brought by the Bliuhert Theatre corporation. The Bhuberts had complained that an issue of tne magazine nu characterized their efforts as pro ducers as "lonsy." The law has not yet reacneu acrimony are penalized," Justice Hrhmtick said. "It may be Irksome to one's pride of accomplishment to be unjustly taken to task, but such Is the state of social morals that all men must tolerate, particularly those who ambitiously and successfully havo striven, the opinions of others con cerning their work. "The statement under considera tion la an Ill-advised and tactless attempt at humor rather than a LABOR AD the Utopian stage where envy audi libel In any sense.' BODY IN TREE STUN1P HALEM. July 16 iP) The body of Herman Grundmann, 22, who disappeared from Hllverton on June 7. was found late yesterday, hanging by a suspender in a hol low stump four miles east of HII ver creek fall". The body was discovered by two berry pickers. Huirlds was given by officials us the cuuse of his death. E BY FOR HOI SITE EUGENE. Ore., July 16. iP) William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, In a letter to the Eugene labor coun ell, today declared that group will "do nil we cun" to bring nbout establishment of the nurlhwest soldiers home at Eugene. "I have received quite a number of resolutions urging the veterans' bureau to establihh a national sol dlera home hospltnl for the north western states at Eugene, Oregon" the letter said. "This matter has been taken up with the veterans bureau and wo will do all we can to bring about the results you desire," . - ,, (Continued on Page 8, atoryl) Will Rogers ".C sTrs "Say OIIKl-SEA, Okla., July 16. . I Around the big cities nowadays you read of nothing but tho plight of Germany and. how . -r v -. their finances can be saved, but when you get out here in tho agricultural region you read, of , ' what's happening at home.An- .-.! i other drought like this is go-; i '. , ing to kill the corn, croj. PaU,., 15 cents a bushel.,, If food i ' ' not cheaper (han it. evec was ; then somebody is making' mon- i cy and it ain't the farmer. The ,f...;' furnier can't abandon the farm. i lie ain't got enough to move j to town on. Some of our opti- mistic after dinner speaking jj financiers of the east ought to j try making a living and those j speeches on 35 cents a bushel ' wheat. ; 5
