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M Weather f Z7. temperature. : edford Mail Tribune To Subscribers i If tout Mall Tribune Is not deliv ered to you promptly. Telephone 15. Office, open until 7 every evening. Pleutf cull tift before that time and a copy will be delivered to your home. BR I mM m m ; i n i w ah l C Sixth ear iuuai kjsws today PgU- MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUCiUST 17, 1931. . "Tkhione 75 . No 140 ' II -s- " M 111! I I 1 I 1 fftlw - WV V I t f I If J a 1 W I II I I f I I Jfluirchill, to Shaw, 'ort Story, prohibition News, id War, Where? m Feature Bynd. Inc. Churchill does not said by Bernard (jLady Astor, on their Lj, Russia, and skirts th. British libel law, .lithe thinks of them. rihes Shaw "preach- .fship of all things of the state," and adds, ? one squealed more bm he when Lloyd introduced the super- ,iicomes. jifl criticizes Lady As l friendly comment 'jo methods, hiRging in U that Lord Astor, the ire his wife went to bid been awarded fif- Ulion dollars returned lution by the American rating word-war may fol nlll'i attack on two, well Lit. tr might decline the die to! ground that Churchill j of her verbal ateel, being while she la one hundred llmtrlcan. : blind In her present con- Hind might be grateful for k brought from Russia, or 1st police story in New York or civilization, lta politics, inhibition, all Included. s itate senator from New Mai lady In Mew York, no! the night "helping her tur or five bottles of gin." pi good 'many,-but ; the It as done. . b Ml shot the senator, and W till die. Neither cares tat it. . fan of New Jersey wants bi the woman got various htn to her order by the fn Jersey, and who put her, Kew York City, on a fj payroll. p toeAorrlble killing of RittUmd two high school awlgan, the governor of f n things that Interest PaMtloalsta, or ought to. ft three murderers killed 'iwog people, robbing and r bodies, to net more f ! "white mule," a boot- F that made murderers of Bmcl:ericarna that there tade of Michigan cities, P ot reaorts where polson- and liquors are-made P alcohol, are gold, almost wu- the governor of -I", pander to our vounc r t as rendezvous. They r"1 'or our crowded prls- "'me wave thnt i a f 10 " state." PraoTnn.ht have nl,I.H ooys and girls had f ' tarty killer fades iWT''" ' "her s any fc "1 droopln- ARIVI MANGLED CAR IUWIE Guest of Mrs. A. B. Cun ningham Seriously Injured in Auto Accident Jacksonville- Ruch Highway Amputation or the arm of Mrs. Ossle Conway was maile this afti-mcwii by Drs. .1. L'. Hayes and Edwin K. Durno. The condition of Mrs. runway was described by Dr. Hayes "as very fair, considering the nature anil extent of the Injur-." In an auto accident on the Jack-sonvllle-Ruch highway this morning about 10:30 o'clock, Mrs. Ossle Con way of Blyvllle, Arkansas, and house guest of Mrs. A. B. Cunning ham of t.hls city sustained a badly mangled shoulder and arm when a locked wheel caused the heavy car driven by Mrs. Cunningham to over turn near the Oak Grove Service Sta tion. Mrs. Conway, a sister of Mrs. Cunnlngnain, was rushed to Sacred Heart hospital, by ambulance. Dr. J. C. Hayes and Dr. Edwin R. Durno were called. It Is feared that amputation of the arm may be nec essary. Mrs. Cunningham, driver of the car, escaped Injury, but sustained minor bruises and suffered from ner vous shock. The Misses Keene of Jacksonville, two young ladles in the auto, were taken to Community hospital. Enroute Jacksonville Mrs. Cunningham and party were ehroute to Jacksonville at the time of the mishap. Fred Rich, In a truck, started to leave the Oak Grove Ser vice Station, but seeing the Cun ningham auto approaching stopped. Mrs. Cunningham, as near as could be learned, thought Rich Intended to drive on the highway and applied the brakes.. The . rear wheels locked J causing the heavy car to skid a con siderable distance before overturning, crushing Mrs. Conway's shoulder and arm. Deputy Sheriff Oscar W. Duntord and Paul Jennings rushed to the scene. Their measurements showed that the car had skidded over 100 feet before turning turtle. The acci dent was held as unavoidable. A. B. Cunningham and O. O. Alpnderfer, with Conway, left this morning, tftortly before the accident, for Crater Lake. Telephone messages were sent to Trail, Prospect, and Union Creek, In effort to reach them and secure their return to this city. At 1 :30 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Conway was still In the surgery of Sacred Heart hospital. Wire Report on the Pear Market NEW YORK. AllK. 17. (U. S. D. A.) iapi Pear auction markets slightly stronger. Plfty-nlne cars arrived; 1 Alabama, 44 California. 3 Oregon, a Washing ton unloaded; 87 cars on track. orimn Bartletts. 1040 boxes, extra tan a5ffi2.90; average 2.45. Fancy 2.30ctf2.00; average 2 42. Washington Bnrtletts. 1.115 boxes, extra fancy, $1.80(,i 2.30; average 2.04. . nnllfornla Bartletts. 26.755 boxes. best 2.55..-3.20; few $3.50; ordlnory 2.40ifr2.85; common 2.2S 2.05: av erage t3.72. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. (U. S. D. A.) (AP)pear auction market Bllgntly stronger. Sixteen California and 4 others ar rived; 16 California and 6 others on track: 19 cars sold. Oregon Bartletts. 498 boxes, 2a 2.25; average 2.20. California Barliletto 10.933 boxes $1.75i? 3; average $2.35. Bosc 171 boxes: $1.75.2:15; average $2 05. PENDLETON. Ore.. Aug. 17.IAP) The Oregon Wool Growers' Ra tion's annual ram sale wll be held here Tuesday with more than . 400 head of fine stock to gojmJhebl:. Black Step-ins Not Sufficient F or River Swim PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 17. Flesh-colored silk ur.derwear tor men and black step-ins and bras sleres for women won't do for bathing In the Willamette river here, police told Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Mumby yesterday. The charge was "wearing Impro per bathing suits." Mumby put up $5 ball, but Mrs. Mumby was released on her own recognizance. ER PI Lindberghs Wait Clearing for 897-Mile Hop to Ne muro, Japan Next Flight Is Most Hazardous TOKYO, Aug. 17. (AP) Thunder storms, thick tog and wind arose from the storm cradle along the i Kurlle Island chain tonight as Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh waited at Petropavlovsk, Si beria, for a propitious hour to start the 807 mile dash that will bring them into Japan at Nemuro. Weather reports Bald there were thunderstorms over Paramus,hlr, the northernmost Island of the group, ! and thick fog over Iturup Island, the most southerly of the chain, and a northwest by west wind was blow- i ing over the whole group. . Hazardous Stretch The storm Infested gap from the southern tip of Kamchatka to Nemu ro, on Hokkaido Island, the nor- j thernmost point of Japan proper, probably Is Vie most hazardous stretch on the 713 mile Lindbergh trail-from Washington to Tokyo. The Islands are of volcanic origin, barren and sparsely inhabited. Storms arise suddenly and with great frequency. Petropavlovsk. however, offered plenty to keep the flying vacationers busy. Arriving at Petropavlovsk at 3 p.m. yesterday (1 a. m. Sunday E.S.T.) after a 554 mile flight from Karagln Island, the Lindberghs found the wjiole city waiting at the waterfront a melting-pot crowd of Russians, Japanese, Chinese and Koreans. In Fine Spirits A representative of the Tokyo Hochi drew from the flying couple thnt they were in excellent spirits and full of enthuslm over the trip. "It is impossible for me to give my impressions In a few words," said the coionel. "If I were to describe all that we havt seen it would more than fill a book." Mrs. Lindbergh explained her work as radio operator. A Soviet official finally called "time" on the Inter viewer, who had met the Lindberghs at the headquarters of tie central executive commlttee a room hung with red flags and pictures of Lenin and Stalin. iiiiFOR RENO, Nev., Aug. 17. ( AP) A five-year moratorium on western reclamation project payments was proposed here today by United 8tatea Senator Taskcr u. uaaie as nicuiu. of relieving the distressed condition of settlers on a . number of the projects. In a telegram to Oovernor Dern of Utah. Senator Oddle suggested tt governors and their representa tives meeting at 8alt Lake City to discuss economic conditions In the west "memorialize congress to grant the necessary authority for a five year moratorium on weatern recla mation projecv purine.... TEXAS OIL WELLS CLOSED DOWN BY T Soldiers Sent Into Fields to Enforce Conservation Measure Over-ProduCe tion Depressing Prices AUSTIN, Tex.. Aug. 17. (AP) aovernor Ross S. Sterling declared martial law in the East Texas oil Held at 0 o'clock (C.8.T.) this morn ing and ordered all producing wells shut down. The governor acted to prevent de pletion of the resources ot this vast field while the state railroad commission, Texas oil regulatory body, put Into action the oil con servation measure passed last week by the legislature. Governor Ster ling said the commission would need a week or two to do this. Some oil men said 20 days would be required. The field's overproduction Is gen erally blamed by oil men for un settling the Industry and depressing prices. Huge Production. The military zone as outlined by the governor. Included four coun ties Rusk, Gregg, Smith and Up Bhur the area covering 2815 square miles. There are approximately 1600 producing wells in the field with a recent dally average production of about 750,000 barrels. Notice of the proclamation was communicated to Brigadier General Jacob P. Wolters, commander of the 56th brigade, who had 800 men mo bilized at Kllgore ready to move Into the adjoining oil fields. , Rebellion Seen. In his proclamation Governor Ster ling asserted: "It is evident that there exists an organized and en trenched group of crude petroleum oil and natural gas producers in the east Texas oil field who are In a state of insurrection against laws to curb waste of crude petro leum oil and . natural gas, andare. in open rebellion against the efforts of the constituted civil authorities of this state to enforce such lawB. : WHEAT ON CREDIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (AP) The Chinese government laid before the American government today an informal Inquiry to ascertain the quantity of wheat available on credit terms for flood stricken areas In China.- The Inquiry was cabled to. the state department by the American consulate at Nanking. The commu nication did npt specify the amount of wheat which would be required nor did It offer a concrete proposi tion for purchase. Officials described the Chinese suggestion as having been "on a business basis." contemplating sale of wheat stocks on credit for flood sufferers In Yangtse river valley. Signs of Better Times (By the Associated Prew) Hubert P. Parson, president of F. W. Woolworth company, upon his re turn from a two months- trip to Eur ope said he found European busln, conditions, particularly m mnce. showing some that at the close of Ju'r1" of th. parent company in the Uniwa States was leas than half of one per cent behind last year. - f..,Dhone Utilities . MW profit of $7130 compared with net loss of $45,679 In the like per iod last year. public works contracts aggregating $34 768.379 were reported Monday to the president', emergency commltwe for employment to have been award tail week. Fred C. Croxton. act mgh.rrman. .aid the Edition oroht the total contract award. September I. IW0. to $2,175.-006.359. .-i. t th Rubber "'"" j;,;,..i. have re- statistics -' -- , company ana " Juoe' Manufacturer's Association. ported net tor th. June M.n rf p quarter, after all charges but. .mount depreciation oi . -',! with a68S.ua in ""-'. . m i oin Ludlum Steel com- .r 4a nr ent casings, .n - " . May this ye" r over over June, 1930. SYSTEM WILL GO MOSCOW. Aug. 17. (AP) Inals tent rumors that the system of ra tioning foodstuff, in soviet Russia is to be abolished reached a stage today at which It may be said on good au thority that such action I. a possi bility of the not distant future. Beyond the statement that no steps have been taken In this direction, there Is neither confirmation nor de nial of the report, from soviet offi cials, but observers agree such a measure would be the logical outcome of the government's effort, to devoi on a socialistic state. In quarter, usually well-informed It is ssld the unrestricted saie oi louo and commodities Is a virtual certain ty and Is not too far away. Four of Rum Gang Electrocuted For 3-Y ear-Old Crime BELLEFONTE. Pa., Aug. 17. (AP) Four men died In th. electric chair at Rockvlew penitentiary here today for a murder they conmiws three years ago. A fifth member of th. bootleealng gang, convicted of killing Louis Hoffman on his father's Cambria county farm, is serving life sentence. Th. men excuted today were Prank Cantllla. Frank Powell, Carl Crow and Joseph Parsl. Th. four men, arrested almost two year, after the .laying of Hoffman on hl father", farm, nine mile, from Johnstown, were described at their trial a member, of a liquor ring operating throughout Cambria county. GIRL VICTIMS OF THREE MICHIGAN KILLERS )t- V xl w.MWwq i ii i , , - , A few hour3 after they confessed, three slayer, of two girls and two boy near Vpillantl, Mich., wer. In the state prison beginning life term9. They admitted killing Anna May Harrison (left) and Vivian Cold (inset) with tlielr two boy companion, ai'tir robbing them. They then set fir. to th$ ear Th. charred wreck is shown at the rloht, . IN DIVORCE PLEA RENO, Nev., Aug. 17. (Ap) Jack Dempsey filed a divorce suit hero todi. Charging .hut ' actress wife, Es telle Taylor, with mental cruelty. Robert E. Burns, counsel for the former heavyweight champion, said he did not know whether Miss Taylor would contest the action, would an swer the complaint by deposition or would appear personally when the case comes to trial. Negotiations by vhioH Mrs. Demp sey sought, to have her husband buy back from tier for 1 100,000 the house he gave her, as a wedding gift fell through "because of the unreason able terms presented by Mrs. Demp sey," Burns said. The Deuipseys married at San Diego, Cul.. Feb. 7, 11)26. Dempsey said that the divorce action had been commenced "because there seemed to be no use to try any longer." "Eh telle and I were too different," ,ie said. "I had my work to do. She had hers. There scemod to be no use to try any longer." TELEGRAPHOFFICE QUICKLY NABBED IN FLIGHT Horry Raymond Hubbard, alleged to have robbed the safe of the West ern Union Telegraph company Sat urday night, after office hours of $147.81 receipt, of the days' busi ness was arrested at Willows, Calif., yesterday. All but $10 of the money was recovered. Today he waived ex tradition and Deputy Sheriff Paul Jennings left to bring him back here for trial. Hubbard, a recent arrival here, ha been residing with his brother, a Western Union employee. He Is alleg ed to have entered his brother's trunk and secured the combination to the safe and to have gone to the oltlce and entered by Jimmying a window but not molesting the special fund box of his brother and Manager Don Collier. There were 118 pennies In the stolen receipts. Suspicion attached to Hubbsrd at once, and he was apprehended at Willows, Calif., on telegraphic Infor mation. . 4- Oregon Research Work Gets Praise EUGENE. Ore, Aug. 18 (API Research work done under the Car negie foundation at the University ol Oregon wat Complimented highly by Dr. Henry Suzzalo. president of the foundation and trustee of the Carne gie Corporation, wno concluded an inspection tour of the university here today. Dr. Supzzalo described what he had reen as a "very amazing group of re searcher." and declared he knew of nothing In th. entire United States that compare. In sue and range with the research program now under way at th. University of Oregon. Today's BASEBALL American. , H. H. K. Boston .' 3 7 1 Chicago 3 8 1 Batteries; Russell and Berry; Cara way, Moore and Grube. R. H. E. New York 2 7.1 Detroit - 8 10 0 : Batteries.:, Wolla and Dickey; Sor rcll and Hay worth, National R. H. E. St. Louis 0 12 a New York 5 12 0 Johnson and Mancuso; Fltmlni mons and Hogan. (second game I R. H. E. St. Louis 5 13 2 New York 7 13 2 Derringer and Wilson: Mitchell, Berly, Walker and Hogen. R. II. E. Chicago 8 10 0 Boston 0 3 0 Mulone and llurtnett. J. Taylor; Cunningham, Cantwell and Spohrer. . (second game) R. 11. U. Chicago - - 3 15 ? Boston 2 8 1 (Ten Innings) Smith, Welland' and llurtnett; Zachary, FrankhoUHC, Brandt, and Bool. R. H. B. Pittsburgh 4 7 4 Philadelphia 2 0 1 French and Grace; Blaku. J, Elliott :md Duvls. (second game) R. H. E. Pittsburgh 0 8 1 l-hlladelphla 3 10 0 Brume and Clrae: Collins and Mi: Curdy. R. II. E. Cincinnati I.... 4 8 1 Brooklyn 15 3 Johnson and Styles; Clark, Qulnn. Moore and Lombard!. (second game) R. H. E. Cincinnati - 8 10 I Brooklyn 3 6 0 Carroll and Sukeforth; Phelps, L Moore. Helmach and Lopez. 4 LORD INVERCLYDE IS CAST OFF BY ACTRESS RKNO. Nev., Aug. 17. (AP) Lord Inverclyde, who as John Alan Burn, is a leading official of the Cunard steamship company, was divorced here today by the London music hall favorite, June. 8h. charged ex treme mental and physical cruelty. IDEA FAVORED BY Widespread . approval of' the. plan for giving the cull pears from local packing housos to the pour was voiced by numerous fruit growers, packers and others today. The plan to utilize the fruit which Is ordlnar lly thrown away was given In a Mall Tribune editorial Sunday. The Mall Tribune believes that hundreds of local families would be t.'iankful to receive the pears for canning and making preserves. With sugar at the lowest, price In years, the canned fruit would serve many during the winter. Attempts to dovlse a plan for dis tribution of the fruit is how under way, Locul welfare organizations in cluding the lied Cross will be asked to aid In the distribution as soon as the system Is devised. As pointed out by Hugh W. Ham Hit. manager of the Big Seven plant, eurly fruit will have to be handled soon or the pears will have become too ripe for canning. Some of the packing houses which fiav already disponed of their Bartlett culls an nounce that they will be giad to donate tholr winter pear culls. These aro rarely used by the canneries altho housewives can many of them, , . Portland Woman Saved From River MARHHP1RLD, Ore., Aug. 17. (AP) Mrs. Eva Moore, Portlund, narrow ly escuped drowning Sunday when her automobile plungel over a grade near Kredporl and threw Mrs, Moore Into the Umpqua river. Mrs. Moore was dragged from the river by fishermen who reiucltated her, Hhe was able to leave for home last night. Her car, which sklkdded In deep dust, was wrecked. COURT CUTSSALARIES DESCHUTES OFFICIALS BEND. Ore., Aug. 17. (AP) The Denchutes county court recently re duced the salary of all county offi cials from 10 to 30 per cent, effect ive September 1. The reduction, It was tstlmated will save the county nbout $'J6.0U0 a year. Oregon Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday but fog on the coast and local lightning storms In the high mountain ranges; no change In temperature; moderate nort.i and northwest winds offshore. THREE BRUTAL MURDERS IN SPEAKEASY BASEMENT , NEW YORK. Aug. 17. (AP Po lice today revealed details of what they called th. most brutul murder In Brooklyn crime annals, the killing of three men who were made target, for knives In a speakeasy cellar. The victims, Chailes Mature Char les Blmmlnelll and Joseph Bsrberl. were found dead In the cellar last Friday, their heads crushed and their bodies covered with knife wounds. Now, police said today, an eye wit ness has told them how It hsppened. This man said two girls had been assaulted In the speakeasy and re turned with six men friends. Iden tifying Matum, Slmmlnelll and Bar berl a. the men who had attacked them. One by one, the witness said, the accused men were taken to th. cellar where they were made to alt on a chair while the six avengers hurled knives and stlllettos. Each killing was completed with blackjacks. The eye witness said h. happened to be In the plsce at the time and when he saw what was happening he slipped under a table and watched. Working on the Information he gave, police expected to make arrest, today. TTEI FELT IN VALLEY Many Points Report Vibra tion About 7:20 Low Roar Accompanies Phe nomena in Phoenix Area Earthquake shocks are so rare as to be almost unknown In the Rogue, , valley, but there Is a possibility, at least, that one ' was felt here Sunday evening about 7:30. Numerous Inquiries and reports about the .hock were received at The Mall Tribune office this morn ing from all over the valley. All agreed that the alight vibration, were felt about the same time. A. to their Intensity and duration, how ever, there was considerable variance. Mrs. Harold Corliss of Phoenix. one of the first to report the oc currence this morning, said she waa sitting on the porch at her home when she felt the .hock. There waa a alight trembling and a low roar, Mrs. Corliss said. No record of an earthquake In southern Oregon was received at the local weather bureau. Official, re ported that a terrlfto electric storm was taking place In the Cascades about that time, and believed that the "low roar" could easily have been distant thunder. But there were others who ex perienced sensations similar to those related by Mrs, Corliss. ' From Talent - oame report, that dishes rattled ' arid electrlo cord. . swayed In house, there. - A further report from that district said that a boy fell from a block of wood on which he was sitting when the earth shook. A resident of east Med ford described experiencing a swaying mo tion In the room where be was eat ing dinner. Other persons on the west aide of the valley told of feeltng similar shocks.- " ! .M".''-.' ' . '- There Is , no seismograph In Ore gon for deteoting possible earth quakes In the state. The expensive Instrument at Berkeley, Calif, Is thought to be the nearest one. DALLAS, Tex.. Aug. 17 (AP) Earth tremors, described by the Rev, James B. MacElwane, seismologist at St. Louis university, as strong enough to cause destruction If originating In populated regions, .hook west and central Texas Sunday. No loss of life was reported thru out an area of which Ban Antonio was the largest city to report Vie shock. . Father MacElwane said the school's seismograph recorded the tremor, as 830 mile, southwest of St. Louis. This would place the origin In Mexico. Chihuahua City, Mexico reported shocks and several persons were re ported Injured by tremors at Oaxaca, Moxlco. , . . L. A. Nelson, head of the depart ment of geology at Texas College of Mine, and Arte, mid the shock, prob- ably were Vie "tall end" of Intense disturbances In Mexico. f?) Will ROGERS ec r5ays: BFA'ERLY HILLS, An. 17. Farm board destroying every third row of cotton in the nub of a uront idea. What could Ifivo more relief than extin guisliiiiK every third senator, every third ooiiffressman, every third committee, every third Mloi'k broker, every third law. Make a third of the viee pre8i dentH of concerns go back t work. Turn, the cows back; into every third ROlf course, Convict every third Rannater arreted and one-third of. all millionaires that issue) optimis- tic reports' from aboard yaobt.s; Too many banksbump off A third. , Stop up. every third- oil well and every third .political i speaker,'-Destroy one-half the ; newspaper columns, and last, but the main thing tho matter with the whole world, is there are too many people, shoot ev ery third one. This whole plau is inexpensive and a surefire scheme back to prosperity. i'-i pany, reponea i
