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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1932.
No. 106.
Ml
The Weather
ne
El
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS,
wf B. VAN DOZER, of Portland
X f0r many years chairman
of
the Oregon tat highway commla
alon, returns from Waahlngton optl
miotic over measures enacted
congress to stimulate Industry and
Start business on the road to re
covery. "These measures," he says, "should
have a most beneficial effect in
providing work and turning wheels,
which have been Idle."
'ELL, lt'a pleasing to. find some
body who Is optimistic over
something. This writer, who Is a
natural-born and probably crazy
optimist, Is tired of listening to
pessimists.
wjERE is some good advice:
XI m bad times, listen to the
optimists, and be more or less guided
by their views. In GOOD times,
listen to the PESSIMISTS.
Do that and you won't go far
wrong.
THE TROUBLE Is that In good
times nobody has any use for
pessimist. In such times, every
thing Is lovely and the goose hangs
high, and we Just simply can't be
lieve that anything will EVER go
wrong.
In bad times, we are equally Sure
that nothing will ever be right
again, and so we give ear only
to the pessimists.
Human beings are a queer lot.
-xNE of the measures enacted by
congress to stimulate Industry
( and start business on the road to
recovery if the home loan bank bll
JUSt Signed oy rreomcwv jiw.v..
The home losn bant bill Is ex
pected to provide money on long
time and at exceedingly reasonable
rates of Interest for the building
of homes by people who went homes
and need homes and who can prove
that they have the ability to work
and save.
It really ought to do quite a little
to atlmulate industry.
THE DESIRE to own a home l
one of the most commendable of
all desires, and this country Is full
of people who want homes and need
homes. It Is reasonably full of
people who have the ability to work
and save.
j The building of large numbers of
' homes would provide employment
for many people who want and need
employment, in addition to satisfying
the natural and commendable de
sire for ownership of a home.
So let's all hope the new home
loan bank bill accomplishes the pur
pose it la designed to accomplish.
nnHERE Is an old saying." Henry
Booth, of Eoseburg, said to
this writer yesterday, "to the effect
that you can't have your cake and
eat it, too. It Isn't true.
"Take the case of ths bent grass
on our plsce down on the Coqullle
river. We pasture It all winter and
up to the first of June. Then we
tBke the cows off of It for about
a month and along In August we
cut a crop of hay.
. "We put the hay In the barn to
let It dry the air Is pretty damp
down there, you know and along
In the fall a fellow comes slong
y with a little gasoline threshing out
fit and pays us money to let hlra
thresh It and besides gives us back
a part of the seed. Then we sell
the seed, usually at a pretty fair
price.
"If that Isnt having your cake
and eating It too. I don't know,
tJENT ORASS, popular all over the
- country for making golf greens
and lawns, grows luxuriantly In the
Coos Bay country, and also In the
Klamath country. Its seed sells nor.
mally at high prices!.
It Is one of our numerous asm
cultural specialties here In Oregon.
tJERE in the Rogue River valley,
we have poa bulbosa. the winter
blue grass, sown with alfalfa and
provldlna- oasturase all winter. In
the spring. Just as the alfslfa be
gins to grow, poa bulbosa enters
i Its dormant season and remains
' dormant until after the last crop
of alfalfa la harvested.
Continued on Pag fqur)
after.
FAILURE
Gay Party Thrown , Into
Waves at Mouth of Eel
River Four Reported
Missing Seven Rescued
EUREKA, Calif., July 25. (AP)
At least six persons were drowned
when ocean breakers overturned a
motor boat carrying a picnic party,
as the motor died at the mouth of
the Eel river near here yesterday.
Five bodies had been recovered
today, the coroner reporting one
other was known to have drowned,
and four persons were missing. Seven
were reported rescued.
Coast guardsmen and volunteers
patrolled the shore line today In
search of other bodies.'
The disaster brought tragedy to
the annual Humboldt county Ameri
can Legion picnic, whose merry
makers witnessed the sccldent. Those
In the boat were members of the
picnic party.
List or Dead.
Though verification was lack
ing, the list of dead reported
was: Ivor F. Torrey, Sacramento,
state department of agriculture
Inspector of dairies, and his son,
whose name was not learned;
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morguntt. Eu
reka, and Mr. and Mrs. E. De
Bernardl, Eureka,
'xnose reported mismg were:
Louis Brown, Eureka, Inspector
for the stnte department of agri
culture; fitnfford Ileney. George
uecxer ana me tatters suit.
James, all of Eureka.
Seven persons were reported saved
by rescuers who immediately put
out In other boats as the cries of
crowds on the shore gave warning
of the tragedy. The boat, a 26-foot
speed craft, recently purchased by
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PORTLAND POLICE
SLAY
PORTLAND, Ore., July 25. UP) -
Detectives said today they have Iden
tlfled a man slut to o'ltn In a nav
tie with police here last night ai
Henry Bennett, wanted In Yakima.
Wash., for selling a stolen automo
bile. His companion, who escaped
after one policeman had been wound
ed, was believed to be Frank Morris,
ex-convlct from Walla Walla prison,
Bennett was killed after police had
pursued him and "his companion 10
miles in a mad automobile chase. The
two fugitives leaped from their car
when It caught fire, and were cop
nered in an orchard.
Bennett was shot by a bullet fired
by Patrolman R. J. Harsha, alter the
policeman had been wounded In an
exchange of shots. By compsrlng
the bullet which lodged In Hareha'a
shoulder with the gun used by the
dead man, it was discovered the po
liceman was shot by . the man Iden
tified as Morris.
The police chase started when the
officers saw the two men acting sus
piciously in front of a grocery store.
Hoover Home From
Week End Vacation
WASHINGTON, July 35. (IP)
President Hoover returned to the
White House this morning, going al
most Immediately to his desk, after a
week-end of rest and relaxation at
his Rapldan mountain camp.
Oregon Weather.
Pair east, cloudy west portion:
showers on the coast tonight and
Tuesday; little change In tempera
ture: moderate west becoming south
winds offshore.
New England Witnesses
Upward Business Trend
BOSTON, July as. (AP) Business
conditions are looking up In old New
England.
The New England council reports
closed mills re-openlng. Isld-off em
ployes going back to work snd suf
ficient orders coming Into several In
dustrial plants to warrant capacity
prnductlon In the near future.
The good news Is probably beat In
PlttAfleld. Mass.. where the Berkshire
Woolen company and Gllx Under
wear company plants are working at
capacity. The Stiver Lake Woolen
mills In the same city are employing
a day snd nlilit shift snd the Wyan
dotte woolen Mills expect to have a
full for" operiuinj within two weeks.
Two triouai.d neve cone back to
, work In American Woolen company
1 nulls at Lawrence, Mu., and. aaotier
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American.
R. H. E.
New York 7 10 1
Philadelphia - 8 13 I
Batteries: Pennock. Brown. Alien.
Gomez and Jorgens; Mahaffey and
Cochrane.
E
STAND
AGAINST E. FEHL
Earl H. Fehl was on the witness
stand this afternoon, and for a short
period before the noon recess. He
gave a history of his business rela
tions with L. N:dermeyer, from their
Inception.
Fehl testified that Nledermeyer fi
nanced the founding the Pacific
Record-Herald, and that the primary
object at its birth was to secure pub
licity against the proposed plan to
Include land near Jacksonville In an
Irrigation district project.
Fehl, at the start of the afternoon
testified that his negotiations for the
purchase of the Holly theatre lot,
were "upon a partnerahlp basis."
With the conclusion of Fehl's testi
mony, as a defendant, both sides will
open the presentation of rebuttal
testimony. '
Hearing of testimony In the civil
action of Nledermeyer. Inc., against
Earl H. Fehl and the Paclfto Record
Herald, for collection of a promis
sory note and chattel mortgage, ap
proximating 85000, began this morn
ing in circuit court before Judge
Earl C. Latourette of Oregon City,
assigned to the case by the state
supreme court when the defense filed
an affidavit of prejudice against
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton.
Louis Nledermeyer. head or Nle
dermeyer, Inc., was the first witness,
and detailed negotiations in which
Fehl .played . a part, that lead to
the construction of the Holly the
ater on Sixth atreet, starting In
November, 1939.
Nledermeyer testified to transac
tions and verbal agreements between
himself and Fehl over a period or
years, and testified that after the
foundation and excavating was wen
under way he asked Fehl what his
charge would be for services, and
Fehl replied that the enhancement
of Sixth street property values would
be his reward.
Nledermeyer testified that ne re
fused to operate upon thla basis, and
informed Fehl, "you will have to
quit, unless you make a charge."
It was then agreed that Fehl should
be paid at the rate of 10 per day.
the total to be deducted from the
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Lightning Blaze
Takes Toes Life
SALT LAKE CITY, July(25. (Pi
Mary Jane Stewart, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Harold F
Stewart of this city, died In a hos
pital at Mackay, Ida., today of burns
received when a house In which she
was staying was struck by lightning
Saturday night, relatives were ad
vised.
Log Crushes Foot
Talent Resident
TALENT, July 35. (Spl.) Everett
Skeeters suffered a crushed foot when
a log rolled on the member as he
wss unloading a car on the siding
here. Three bones were broken and
he will not be able to walk on the
foot for three months., according to
the attending physician.
Barr Arraigned On
Cow Killing Charge
Clark Barr wss arraigned In Judge
Glenn O. Taylor'a court 'this after
noon on a charge of wantonly killing
an animal. Ball waa fixed at 81000
and examination set for July 37.
r.arr is charged with shooting a
cow belonging to Fred Dora of Ap
plegate. 3000 have been taken back by the
re-openlng of the Nashua (Manufac
turing company's Lowell. Mass., and
Nasrrua, N. H., planta. The Nashua
company manufactures blankets.
Seven hundred workers are cele
brating the re-openlng of the Royal
Textile Wills of the B. B. and R.
Knight corporation at River Point,
R. I., and the Pontlae Mills of the
same firm are providing work for
about 300.
Connecticut's velvet mills are en
joying a streak of good business. At
Mystic the Rosale Velvet compsny Is
operetlng on full time with a full
force snd has enough orders to keep
It employes busy for six months, and
at Norwich. Taftville and Montville,
f where J. B. Martin's velvet mills are
I iTcated. full forces are working on a
1 10 -hour week scb.ed.ul. .
GRAIN 'PIT' PLANS
LAST DITCH FIGHT
Chicago Board of Trade Will
Impose All Legal Ob
stacles Against Federal
Order Aug. 8 Deadline
CHICAGO, July 25. ( AP) The
Chicago board of trade today began
a determined battle to the last legal
ditch against federal closure, but was
undecided as to the course to fol
low If It should lose.
Whether to lock Its doorj for 60
days or to surrender by admitting
the Farmers' National Grain corpo
ration to trading privileges will not
be discussed until resource to courts
of law has been exhausted, President
Peter B. Carey said.
He blamed the closing order, is
sued Saturday by three cabinet mem
bers, on "President Hoover's Job
holders who naturally would not
decide against the subsidiary of the
president's pet farm board."
Deadline Is August 8.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde,
Secretary of Commerce Lamont and
Attorney General Mitchell said their
order would be effective August 8.
George 8. Mtlnor, general manager
of the Farmers' National, said today
the government sponsored coopera
tive had been granted clearing privi
leges In "every other Important
trading mart In the United States.
"In all their hue and cry about
being closed up," Mil nor said, "Presi
dent Carey and others of the board
overlook that part of the govern
ment's decision that would set aside
the closing order If the Farmers' Na
tional were given clearing associa
tion privileges.
Carey Blamed.
"It's Just a plain case of Carey
trying to lead the board to suicide."
Through the HaU-Bnker corpora
tion, a subsidiary, the Farmers' Na
tional- haa-xrearing- association
cllltles on the Kansas City board of
trade, and has. In Itself, been ad
mitted to such clearing membership
In the Minneapolis, Duluth, Seattle
and Portland exchanges, Mil nor said.
"It seems," Mtlnor added, "that
the Chicago board was the only one
out of step." -
TALENT WOMAN
T
Mrs. F. H. Schump of Talent Is In
the Community hospital with a com
pound fracture of the wrist and se
vere facial cuts and bruises, as the
result of an auto crash on the Crater
Lake highway, near the Eagle Point
Junction. Sunday afternoon. Paye
Yaryan and wife and their two chil
dren, c', ' occupants of the wrecked
auto, a ned shock, cuts and
bruises, none serious.
The Yaryan auto, with Yaryan
driving, was returning from Cra'er
lake, and when near the Junction
an auto driven by H. Coghlll attempt
ed to pass. When alongside the Yar
yan auto, a rear tire "blew out" on
the Coghlll car, causing It to swerve
Into the Yaryan car, forcing It off
the. road. It struck a projecting cul
vert and turned turtle.
Passing motorists hurried th Yar
yan family to the hospital, where
first sld wss administered. Coghlll
escsped Injury.
TO
E
Improvement In passenger train
service was announced thla morning
by A. 8. Rosenbaum, district agent
for the Southern Pacific In southern
Oregon and northern California, ef
fective August 8. The northbound
Shasta, known as trsln number eight,
will leave San Francisco at 0:30 p m..
being consolidated with the Cascade
as far as Dunsmulr. This will bring
the Shasta to Medford at 8 55 a. m.
or there houra earlier than at prea,
ent .allowing a full day In southern
Oregon; train No. 8 will be consoli
dated with train No. 8 at Eugene,
snd reach Portland at 8:30 p. m. In
stead of 10:30 as at present.
There will be no change In the
Shasta southbsound. Slight changes
In local passenger trsln schedules will
be announced later.
Hell Gate Bridge
Dedicated Sunday
BUOITNK. Ore., July 26.or While
about 6.000 persons looked on, the
new Hell Oat bridsce over the Wil
lamette river, near West Fir, was dedl
cated and christened the "Barnard
bridge" Sunday, in honor of Judge C
P. Barnard of Lane county, whose ef
fnrtf were larjrly reponlfiU for the
construction of the new Willamette
hlghm-ay between Lowell
iiU,
and Oak
POLICE WIELD
Radical Wing's Attempted
March to White House
Ends in Scuffle Spec
tators Jam Capital Street
WASHINGTON, July 35. (AP)
Scuffling broke out and night sticks
swung at Fifteenth and New York
avenues today as police turned back
the radical wing of the bonus march
ers a block from the White House.
Two members of the radical "left
wing" of the bonus army were ar
rested in the scuffle with police aa
they blocked all traffic In the Imme
diate vicinity of the White House.
After the group, led by John Pace
of Detroit, had been dented permis
sion to turn down Pennsylvania
avenue In front of the treasury, they
crossed to the other side and at
tempted to continue the .march to
ward the White House.
Police Block Path
Burly policemen blocked the way
and a brisk set-to started.
As one officer was tripped and fell,
another policeman knocked to the
ground the bearded bonus marcher
who had attacked his comrade.
After the brief skirmish participate
ed In by about a score of the march
ers, and half that number of police,
the veterans proceeded eastward on
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Ti
HERE DISREGARDED
BY SISTER STATE
Complaints were received today by
autolsts of this city and Ashland, that
on recent visits to California, In ve
hicles bearing the old Oregon licenses,
they were required to purchase 1083
California. licenses. Captain Lee M.
Bown of the state police Is now
checking up on the situation, and
endeavoring to obtain the California
view on the matter.
Glen Simpson of Ashland and Phil
Lowd of this city; runner-up In the
hot race for sheriff in the May pri
mary, were among the complainants.
Members of the Medford baseball
team and fans who attended the
game at Htlt, Cal., isterday wew
compelled to buy Ca!'irnla licenses
at the rate of 93 for the license am!
$1 for the title card-
Advices to the local authorities
claimed that the California agents
were holding the auto until a Cali
fornia license was purchased. r
The governor's moratorium on Ore
gon licenses expires. August 1 snd It
Is thought that the Cal'frnla action
Is due to a misunderstanding on thla
point.
Most of those registering complaints
were from the Ashland dUtrlct, and
on a week-end trip to northern Cali
fornia points.
Attorney William D. Brlggs. Jr., of
Ashland, Republican nominee for
district attorney, and party of three
autoa, were also compelled to pur
chase California licenses. William
Corcoran of Ashland also reported
the same action.
During the past few days, the state
police gave "yellow tickets" to south
em Oregon a u touts with California
licenses, when a check-up revealed
that they were voters, property own
ers, or engaged In a "gainful occupa
tion" In thla state. The "yellow
ticket" requires the recipient to pur
chase a 1932-33 Oregon license be
fore further operation of his car. The
check-up is being made from the tax
rolls and list of registered voters.
STREETCAlTARE
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 28. (AP)
The order qf Charles M. Thomas,
state public utilities commissioner,
directing the Pacific Northwest Pub
lic Service company to reduce Its fare
from 10 cenu to 7 cents, Is confisca
tory and therefore unlawful, Federal
Judge John McNary ruled today. His
decision affirmed the opinion of
Judge Oliver P. Coshow, who sat as
special matter In chancery In the
power company's suit against Tho
mas. This ruling apparently ends the
litigation arising from the order for
reduced fares.
Unloaded Pistol
Fatal For Youth
LA ORANDE, Ore., July 35. P
Cyrll Spears, 13, who shot hlmslf
accidentally Sunday while playing
with a supposedly un'.odd pistol,
died Just before noon Wtu.
WHISKERLESS MAYOR PUT IN STOCKS
as-
.J J' ft
When Mayor George L. Baker of Portland, Ore., visited Centralis,
Wash., he ran Into trouble becauaa ho waa smooth shaven. Centralis
was preparing for Ita annual pioneer picnlo when all men must have
a hirsute adornment. The Mayor waa "arrested," tried and sentenced
to the atocka for having used his razor. Associated Press Photo)
NATALIE KEATON TIRES
OF CONTINUED ROWING
LOS ANGELES, July 25. (AP)
A suit for divorce was filed today
by Natalie Talmadge Keaton against
Buater Keaton, comedian of the
dead pan face, bringing to a climax
the series of marital disputes which
the couple experienced for several
months.
The wife, sister of the famous
actresses, Norma an4 Hons t a nee, al
leged that ahe had uffcred extreme
mental cruelty which had caused
her "great humiliation and mortifi
cation." . Her attorney, Jerry Ofllslcr.
disclosed that a property settlement
has been reached and the custody
of the children would be given to
SON KILLS FATHER
FOR CRUELTY TO
IS
NEW YORK. July 38. (AP)
Elghteen-yesr-old Tony Centannt of
Peterson, N. J., sat morosely In a po
lice cell today, charged with ahoot-
Ing his father to dea'.h.
"I have Just killed my father, who
was beating my slater." he tele
phoned police last night. "I , will
wait until the police come."
Detectives rushed to the home of
the .father, Alphonse Centannl, 49,
In Long Island City, and found him
dead of acveral bullet wounds. They
arrested the son on a charge of
homicide. . '
The youth told authorities he was
enraged over his father'a treatment
of his two sisters. Last night he
went to the Long Island City houae
and began to upbraid his father
with the accusation that he had been
abusing the two girls, Helen, 18,
and Antoinette, IB.
In the auarrel that followed the
older man ordered him to leave, the
youth eald, and fired one shot at
him. He retaliated with his own
gun. firing nine shots. When the
pnllce got there they found the son
sitting nesr the father's body.
TO
LONDON. July 35WP) Th Daily
Herald said today Amhasaador An
drew W. Mellon "I expected to re
sign" when he arrives in Washington
on his present trip to the United
States. "It Is believed he will tell
President Hoover the coming nego
nations on war debts should be In
the hsnds of a younger man than
he," the Herald added.
The London newspapers hava been
making something of a mystery of the
ambassador's trip home ever since he
left her a wee ksgo today, declaring
he waa going to the United States
for a holiday, taking advantage of a
dull peHod In embaasy work.
He. himself, said the trip had no
political significance.
DeGrace Given
Cell and Fine
PORTLAND. Ore., July 38. W)
C. A. DeGrace, eonvkted last week
of fraud In stock sales, was today
sentenced to serve four yesrs In pris
on and was fined 11.000. He was
formerly vice-president of ti'ie Prtl
dentist Savings ac Loan association
and of the Pacific BancorporaUon,
MWUiiaT wwnraian
i
wvt -jw- -r-.iiAMBt.,- t ft
fyv -iTS
the mother. The children are Joseph,
10, and Robert, 8.
The last break csme about- 1n dtya
ago when they quarreled over
yachting trip and Mrs, Kenton left
her husband's home, living with
her mother.
The first episode whlcte threw
Keaton into the public eye occurred
last February when his face was
scratched, eyes blackened and bruises
inflicted, police were told, by Kath
leen Kay, an actrres. The dispute
occurred In a dressing room on
studio lot and the cause was an
.nouueed as an attempt by the act
ress to collect (26,000 from Kea
ton. Later a suit waa reported in
the of.ing, but no action was taken.
SUPER BANK FOR
EMPIRE WANTED
OTTAWA, July 25. (AP) Advo
cates of demonetisation of silver at
the Imperial conference today linked
a bimetal Ism scheme for the British
commonwealth of nations with the
Idea of a super-empire bank.
Here, as In the United States, sil
ver has Its champions as medium of
exchange and it Is considered certain
that the sliver question will be pre
sented to the conference In connec
tion with a plan to stabilize the unit
of exchange within the empire.
The question involves many Intri
cate angles, however, and Is still in
the unofficial stage. -The commit
tee on currency had no official state
ment to make regarding t,he progress
made with either the silver or the
super-empire bank Idea.
Delegates to the conference had
practically given up today the notion
of an lnter-domlnton wheat tariff
preference and were centering their
attention on meat.
South Africa haa Joined Australia
In a plea for a larger share of the
British meat trade, only 61 per cent
of which Is now with the dominions.
Mucfx of the other 40 per cent Is
with Argentina and the United
States.
P.kld la Fatal
SALEM, July 25. (AP) Robert B
Boynton, 26, of Brooks was fatally
Injured early this morning when the
automobile he was driving skidded in
the gravel at a turn three miles east
of Wood burn In the Whisky Hill dis
trict and crashed Into two posts.
Boynton's skull was fractured.
Santos Dumont, Father
Of Aviation, Succumbs
RIO DE JANEIRO. July 38. (AP)
Alberto Santoe-Dumont, 89, known
In South America aa the "father of
aviation," and contemporary of the
Wright Brothers In tha early experi
ments of the IROO'e, la dead.
The veteran filer of balloons, di
rigibles and airplanes, most or whose
exploits took plsos In Prsnoe up
to 1000. when he quit flying, suc
cumbed at Sao Paulo yesterday to
an Illness contrscted In France. Ho
returned to Brazil over a year ago
to try to regain his health.
Born In southern Brazil, ha was
the son of Henri Dumont, an en
gineer by profession, but a coffee
planted by vocation. He showed an
early bent for mechanics.
He went to Paris In 1801 and
bought an automobile when he found
balloon beyond hi lnd,e pursmjl
BETTERMENT WITH
REI.IEF.1DS Al
Representatives From Eu
Gene, Grants Pass and
Ashland Here for Con
ference in Move for Cash
An Important move toward obtain
ing funds from the $2,122,000,000 ap
propriation of the Federal Recon
struction Finance bill, to be used in
reconstructing the Siskiyou section
of the Pacific highway, was taken
here today, when representatives of
Eugene, Grant Pass, Medford and
Ashland met at the Hotl Jackson
at the call of Ed Bailey, president of
the Pacific Highway association.
The possibility of securing funds
for this project which, it was point
ed out. Is necessary both from the
standpoint of highway construction
and as a relief measure, was brought
to the attention of Mr. Bailey a short
time ago In a communication pre
pared by tne Medford Chamber of
Commerce.
The meeting today was presided
over by County Judge C. B. Lamkln
and a committee was appointed to
interview Commissioner Carl Wash
burn, prior to the meeting of the
hit:, wo y commission Saturday, and
to present the figures, showing the
necessity for the project at the meet
ing of the commission In Portland,
On the committee are: 0. E. Gates,
chairman; O. H. Demaray of Grants
Pass and Mayor J. E. Thornton ol
Ashland.
Representatives from both Rose
burg and Eugene expressed willing
ness to forego whatever funds might
be coming their way to make possible
this very necessary reconstruction
work, which would benefit all cities
located on the Pacific highway, aa
well as furnish labor to a large num
ber of unemployed. '
Committee members will leave fore
the north Friday to present the prop
osition to Mr. Washburn and the
commission.
SHRINERS OCCUPY
FRISCOFOR FETE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 38. (AP)
By spectsl train, airplane, auto
mobile and boat. Nobles of the
Ancient Arabic Order of the Myatlo
Bhrlna poured Into San Francisco
today In preparation for the 58th
annual session of the order's lm
perlal council which opens tomor
row. Railroad yards, already crowded
with special trains which arrived
yesterday, were scenes of activity
aa almoat every hour brought new
arrlvala.
The city's downtown district, be
decked with obelisks and Oriental
rugs, mosques and minarets, . ban
ners and bunting, became the center
for gala throngs.
IS PLACED ON SPOT
PORTLAND, Ore., July 25. (JP)
Frank Lavodle, who police say haa i
record as a gambler, was shot fire
times- in the legs below the knees
by an unidentified assailant before
dawn today. He refused to give de
tectives any Information. Witnesses
said a green automobile drove slowly
by the hotel in front of which Lavodle
was standing, and sped away Just
after the shots were fired. Its license
number was noted.
Cramer Injured.
PHILADELPHIA. July 35. (AP)
Roger Cramer, Athletic outfielder,
broke his collar bnoe, when be felt
going after Joe Se well's double la
the sixth Inning of the Yankee-Athletic
game today.
For alz years, with the automobile
his "laboratory," he made an In
tensive study of Internal combus
tion engines.
In 1808 he had constructed a di
rigible and mads his first flight In
It from the Jardln d'Accllmatlon In
Paris. With that flight his Interna,
tlonal reputation began.
In October, IB01, ht won tha
Dutch de la Meurthe prlee of 100
000 franca for tha first circuit
flight from the French aero club
at St. Cloud around the Elfel Tower
and return. Ha covered the distance
In 90 mlnutea.
Two years later he built the first
airport at Neullly, Just outside Paris.
He kept a fleet of his dirigibles
there and made frequent flight over
tha housetops of Paris. .
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