PXGE FOUT?
West of the
By Herbert H. Hllscher,
Photograph of Herbert II. Hllschcr,
from the Far East, which stnrt today
Sundny Mall Tribune.
TOKYO: The capital of Japan Is
atwltter todayl Everybody Is talking
about It. No one ever heard of auch
an occurrence before. And even the
police the ever proaent police are
puzzled, for one of the Al Capones of
Japan, upon completing twenty years
on the "inside looking out", officially
called on all the police atatlons at
which he had been arrested. Me pre
sented flowers, his respects and
money, and amid much bowing ten
dered his profuse apologies for all the
trouble he had caused.
Zenklchl Nakaawa who had been
convicted of 22 major crimes and 48
minor Infractions, such as burglary,
forgery and general "sticky fingers"
gave the chlof of the Sonju station a
five yen note and said, "Give the
boys a feed, Chief."
'To do up the Job In proper style,
fc went to the plaza In front of the
Imperial palace and bowed low toward
the gates. That was his promise to
the emperor that he'd stay good I So
for the next month ex-Convict Naka
gawa will be very busy dipping pic
tures end stories of himself from
very newspaper In Japan and past
ing them Into a scrap book.
As he posed for news photographers
he was heard to say, "If Al Capone
and Clara Bow can make the first
page, so can I."
Tokyo Is the tourist's paradise. Al
though the capital of Japan Is as
expansive as Los -Angeles, you can
ride anywhere In a taxi for CO sen
lBo In our money, A story has been
making the rounds that a tourist
came hore six months ao with a pair
of shoes that needed half soles badly.
Taxi fares are ao cheap that he hasn't
bothered yet.
Yokohama the major port of Japan
Is 18 miles from Tokyo and a taxi
right to the gangplank of the trans
pacific liners coats 7fto. "Why walk"
means something out here.
The Japanese have a great relish
for dramatic suicides. When the huge
Tokyo department atores were flrt
built it became the rage to rldo the
elevators to the roof, look around a
bit and then Jump. That became so
popular and rather messy that the
roofs of all buildings are fenced In
now.
Then the rage became hopping off
from the top of Kegon Falls at Nlkko,
330 feet high. Now that location Is
fenced In and policed.
But the most popular spot today Is
the erater of Mt. Mlhara Just a short
distance from Tokyo by steamer,
Last yoar 000 (nine hundred)) people
pnld steamer fare to the Island of
Oshlma, walked three miles up the
lope of tr.li active volcano to toss
themselves Into the fiery pit. The
first "landing" u nearly a thousand
feet down.
Business is so good to Mt. Mlhara
that a Tokyo syndicate Is now build
ing an aerial tram from the steamer
landing to the rlin of the crater to
ease the way of the "One-way passage
customers" and the sightseers.
The popularity of Mt. Mlhara has
risen so raoidiv t"i. th. iv.,
Steamship company hu announced
...... ,,, 1M support to stop.
Ping the suicide rage by compelling
all passengers to buy a round trip
ticket. The dividend rate of the
steamship company has been Increas
ed as a result.
The other morning i"wa awakened
out of a very sound sleep by a wheeay
organ pealing forth with
"Shall wo gather at the river,
The beautiful, beautiful river "
It completely filled my apartment
and for a hectic moment I double I
my residence at Tokyo. But soon I
becsme aware that the music enme
from the government primary school
yard below me. Three hundred
youngsters were marching into the
building to the strains of a Christian
revival hymnl Two hours later a
huge, grolcsque parade of Shinto
priests carrying banners, symbolical
Images, shrines snd a tub of Sakl
came to give the school lu annual
blessing, so I guess the score Is e en
lor another year;
Yesterday my best wrist watch re
fused to tick. No amount of gentle
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F. B. O. Explorers' Clab
author of this series of travelogs
and will be a new feature of the
shaking would avail. So I took It to
the biggest Jowelry store In Tokyo.
Tatorl'a Is the Tiffany of Japan. A
Japanese In morning coat and striped
trousers escorted me to the repair
department. The watch was placed
on a velvet pad and reverently carried
behind a decorative screen where Its
Innards were examined. Ten minutes
later the serious floor walker return
ed and Informed me gravely, "Watch
very very bad. It need two weeks
fix. I am sorry."
"Well, what In the world Is the
matter with It that It will take two
weeks to fix?" I asked bewllderedly.
"Watch movement very dirty."
"Well, If It takes two weeks, how
much wlll.lt cost?" I prepared 10
steel myself for a tremendous figure,
f saw myself paying for the moinhig
coat and the striped trousers and the
door man and the liveried elevator
starters and the dozen functionaries
standing around.
A consultation was held and I pre
pared for the worat.
The man In the morning roat re
turned. "I am very sorry. To fix your
watch will cost two yen.
That Is sixty cents In American
moneyl I was dumbfounded: and my
wrist watch must have been also,
because It has been running perfectly
ever since without the two yen-two
woek cleaning Job.
(To be continued.)
MEOTOREf MAIE
PRESIDENT GIVES
FISH PROTECTED
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 4. (p) The
Columbia river fishing Industry muit
be adequately safeguarded. Thia la
the attitude of President Roosevelt.
, In train conference yesterday, It
waa said by Marshall N. Dana, advisor
to the public worts administration,
President Roosevelt said plainly that
despite the great power development
on the wide Columbia, the $10,000,000
salmon fishing industry must be pre
served at all coat. Pear had been ex
pressed In several quarters that the
big dams would block the annual mi
grations of spawning salmon.
Frank T. Bell, United states com-
miss loner of fisheries, waa aboard the
presidential apeclat train. He aald ne
Intends to recommend every precau
tion be taken nt the Bonneville dim
to Insure continuation of the migra
tions of aalmon mUrratlons that have
occurred for many centuries, and have
caused the Columbia to be known as
one of the greatest fishing streams In
the world.
Commissioner Bell indicated he be
lieves aalmon will be unable to pas
the Grand Coulee dam, and he point
ed out to the probability that hatch
ery facilities may be established at
Grand Coulee,
At Bonneville, Bell expects to urge
the use of fish ways, aa well as hy
draulic lifts. "I'm going t recommend
everything," he aatd, 'that promises
to prevent damage to the salmon In
dustry,"
EVOLUTION TRIAL
JUDGE LOSES 001
JASPER, Tenn., Aug., 4. For
mer Circuit Judge John T. Raulston.
who presided at the Scones evolut'.on
trial In Dayton In 1925, failed In his
attempt to be elected to the bench in
Thursday's balloting. .
Returns today from the 18th udi
clal circuit showed that Judge Leslie
Darr, a democrat, was re-elected for
an eight-year term over Raulston, a
republican. Darr went to the udge
ahlp in 1936.
Raulston lost six of the seven coun
tlea In the circuit, but carried Rhea,
where the evolution trial was held, by
a majority of 337. Judge Darr'a ma
jority waa 3,484.
Phone 542. we'll haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
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TRtBITNE, MEDFORD,
Magicians Spoil
. Hotel Manager
Attempted Hoax
OAKLAND, Cal.. Aug. 4. (UP)
Seven magicians en route to at
tend the Pacific Coast Magicians'
convention were In an elevator to
day which atopped abruptly be
tween the third and fourth floors
of a hotel.
"Left see them get out of
there," laughed Jimmy Mulr, ho
tel manager, perpetrator of the
Joke.
Mrs. Beetrlce Houdlnl, widow of
the famed magician, whispered
briefly to William Harkness. Van
couver, B. C. member of the ele
vator party, Harkness slipped
through the roof of the elevator,
opened the fourth floor and re
leased his six fellow craftsmen.
Gravely, the seven magicians stalk
ed downstairs past Mulr.
NEW DEAL CHIEFS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Nat
lonal democratic leaders, officially
keeping their hands off primary con
tests, are manifesting preferences for
senate candidates believed to be fa
vorable to the "new deal."
The administration and the demo
cratic national committee, so far as
open pronouncements go, are avoid
ing pre-prlmary matters with one ex
ception. The full weight of the administra
tion and committee la behind Senator
Hiram Johnson, seeking nomination In
California on the democratic, republi
can and two minor tickets. Johnson,
an Independent republican, supported
President Roosevelt In the 1933 cam
paign and in the last congress.
This has met generally with the ap
proval of California democrats, ob
servers here said. But In other states
where preferences have been made
known considerable lntra-party strife
Is reported developing.
The situation In West Virginia,
where Postmaster General Farley has
smiled on the candidacy of Clem
Shaver, former democratic national
committee chairman, is understood to
have raised the Ire of democrats sup
porting former Senator William L.
Chilton.
Seamen, who during the last three
years have retired to other employ
ment, are reported again flocking to
the water front as Indications point
to an Increase In shipping.
'OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1931
DRIED FRUIT PAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (AP) The
Pacific coast- dried fruit Industry
formally presented to the National
Recovery-administration today a pro
posed code of fair competition de
signed to govern wages and hours
for 15,000 employers and to set up
an industry committee.
Dwlght K. Grady, vice president
of the Dried Fruit association of Cal
ifornia, presented the code for the
proponents. His association, he said,
handled 80 per cent of dried fruits
In California, Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
"In our opinion," Grady said, "It
Is a good code, eminently fair to
labor. The mlnlmums provided In the
code will represent a substantial In
crease In wages In an Industry which
Is noted for Its fair treatment, there
never having been a strike In Its 50
years of history."
Two appearances were made In op
position to sections of the code.
Robert C. Paulua, of Salem, Ore.,
appeared on behalf of the Northwest
Dried Fruit association, which has as
members most of the packers of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, to pro
test that the wage provisions were
too high for application In those
three states. He suggested that labor
commissions of the three northwest
ern states be allowed to regulate
wages and hours within their Juris
diction. Paul Flshback, secretary of the
National Food Brokers association, of
Indianapolis, attacked the proposed
code on the grounds It failed to
prohibit such unfair competitive
practlee as secret rebates.
German Libel Punished
BERLIN, Aug. 4. (AP) Chancel
lor Hitler today suppressed Julius
Strelcher's antl-Semltlc weekly "Der
Stuermer." for a fortnight, for pub-.
llshing an article defamatory to
President Masnryk of Czechoslovakia,
which said among other things that
he Is half Jewish.
To Graft. Rate Parley
SALEM. Aug. 4. (AP) A. F. Har
vey, supervisor of railroad transpor
tation for the state utilities commis
sion, left tonight for Chicago to rep
resent the state of Oregon at a con
ference being held there for the con
sideration of grain rates In rail trans.
portation, he announced today.
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DONT FORG FT Speedboat races
next Sunday, Aug. 6th, Savage Rapids
Dam, north of Medford on Pacific
highway.
Use Mall Tribune want ads.
Fan Dancers Don
Pants On Orders
Of Chicago Cops
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. (AP) Fan
dancers wore pants again today at
the world's fair.
Declaring "the lid U not off."
pollen squads last night raided
five villages and "The Bowery,"
seised gambling wheels In each
place, closed an exhibition, and
on their way out ordered pants
placed on Faith Bacon. fan
dancer.
Officials said they would not
permit abuses of their new liber
alized policy, adopted at the In
sistence of disgruntled concessionaires.
WESLEY LEAGUE
IEIHONIGHT
Miss Luella Corn will lead discus
sion at the Wesley League meeting
this evening, for which the topic Is
"Your Church and Mine." There has
been much preparation made for the
meeting by several of the leaguers
who will endeavor to explain the dif
ferences between the various
churches. At the beginning of the
meeting a well worked-out worship
service will be led by Miss Mildred
Walker. As a part of the service a
duet will be sung by Luella Corn and
Florence Neuman.
A few weeks ago at the First M. .
church the Wesley league was organ
ized expressly for young people of
college age. The league meets every
Sunday evening at 7:30 In the audi
torium. So far very Interesting dis
cussions have been held and thoy
promise to be even more Interesting, j
All young people of college age are 1
cordially Invited and urged to attend.
Texas Plant Damaged
DALLAS. Aug. 4. (AP) Although
brought under control within thirty
minutes from the time it started a
fire which broke out Friday after
noon at the Dallas machine &nd
locomotive works here ran wild dur
ing that short time and damaged
buildings and equipment to the ex
tent of several thousand dollars, It
was estimated.
The snout fish has a snout extend
ing almost as far In front of Its eyes
aa the body extends behind.
a qa For Electric wiring
U3II uU or repairing.
MEDFORD ELECTRIC
B. M. BUSH, Owner
Basement, Medford BIdg.
LUMBER NEEDS OF
MOUSING PROGRAM
CHEERS MIL LIN
WASHINGTON, Aug- 4. CAP) A
cheerful future for the lumber In
dustry was depicted today by a nat
ional lumber manufacturers associa
tion report which said that at least
36,000,000,000 feet of lumber, anout
four times the 1933 production,
would be needed for repairs of frame
buildings under the housing pro
gram. Statistics prepared by the associa
tion from department of commerce
surveys indicated that 92 per cent
of urban dwellings and farm struc
tures are of lumber. Based on that
figure the association estimated that
wood-built city dwellings would re
quire at least 34,000,000,000 feet of
lumber "merely for urgently needed
repairs.'' This estimate would give
1.000 feet for each of the 34,000,
000,000 wood-built city dwellings
reported by the commerce depart
ment. It also was estimated that 6,000,
000 farms In the United States would
require 3,000 feet of lumber each,
or a total of 12,000,000,000 feet.
The association pointed out that
"some Idea of what 36,000,000,000
feet of lumber means may be Infer
red from the fact that 12,000 feet
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Convenience and Economy
Stop In OAKLAND
Hotel San Pablo offers:
Comfort
without Extravagance
Central Location
BATES: $1.00 to $1.75
FREE OARAGE
MODERN COFFEE SHOP
Directions to Hotel: Stay on
Main Highway (San Pablo
Avenue) directly to 20th St.
Management
(1ARRS B. STRANG
WATCH
DATES
will build a five-room bungalow."
Thus, using mai average, tna efC J
mated lumber needed for repairs
.lone would be sufficient to uiumiN
3,000,000 bungalows.
SING 'RED' SOMES
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 (P)An antl
wsr parade and demonstration la
which police estimated 15,000 persons
took part was held today with 77 or.
ganlzatlons represented.
The demonstration was under ths
auspices of the American League
against war and fascism. William 8.
Tallentlra, chairman of the New York
central committee of the league, aald
It was the largest demonstratUn
against war ever held In the city.
The paraders formed at Columbu
circle and marched to Madison Square
park. The marchers sang "Solidarity
Forever." and a communist song, and
shouted "free the Scottaboro boys."
The demonstrators Included about
3,000 negroes.
DONT FORGET Speedboat races
next Sunday, Aug. flth, Savage Rapids
Dam, north of Medford on Pacific
highway.
Pickers and packers' tally cards, in
large or small quantities, ready for
delivery at Job Department Mall
Tribune, 28-30 N. Grape.
Two Hotels Tijlyl'
That Jz&M
Afford yPvl
all yfl
Comforts $?
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