Dt S. ' t ' V WEATHER FORECAST iovkiht tvn vi:iii:m,v, r.nt I'llleeiuli iiii', No. iiil'Jl SEnLEMENT IN M'LEMK H MITCHELL IB: $100,000 DaniaKe Action And Counter Claim of $27,000 Wilhdnawn Kotll.'ini nt mil of rmirl wart an- iiwinreil today of ilin Mltilii'HMr l.miiiirn ro hy th luw firm nf Jl'iliti'T Mauului; (, OniKiiiK, whlrli Included (in 1 1 OD.Iiiiii ilanmr.M r.nnt t.r J. II Mitchell bkiiIiihI Marshall liinH-r, ijjti First Htuln ami H.iv Iiikm Link, Hint II. MiLi'iunm, ainl iilmi lln murnln munler ilamar.o mllnn nf $37,000 (licit ,y Mrl.o. lunrn iiKiilnst Mitchell. Tim former r.imi was to Ihivk been tried next Mntiilii)'. Tint haU of I tht oUrnii.t wax full puymi'iit of III.. oiim purchase prlct mi tint iriiprty Involved nf $37,000 Dini ip,iiiik nf tlin pro. Mrly lit A. H Connor of llerkol.-y, California, Mm I flnnnrluK tho matter for Mltclii'll. Th n i'nutrnmiy iiro ovt-r an oiloii to imrtlinMi tt liloonilnR- nmti ranch In thin n.iitiiy I',.,.,.,,!,,,! nf lln. property : 0 tin (ukon oter In Ilin mat tiny or an liy Colimir WHISKERS GROW LONG, Urm iU nml II,,). of 'III Chlif Tiili l. Nm riinntilo HACItAArilNTO. Cal . .Mny U'hlnkirn nml ttm Du) nf '111 tolo hratlon lint mk of May 33-SS uro rlilrf toplcH of roinoratl(.ii In Hu liuiirijto, Hlnrp Kt. I'ntrlck'H ilay, City Mansir Clyilr I, HrnVoy ami lint malo porllon of thr rltymlmlnlii. t ration havo I'oon lottlne 'cm eroM, nml itori'iK of promlnont himlnon liloll Ii.iVk liii'ii noltlliit Htyl.'rt In lionnlii fur tliflr omo)r to oiiiul.ito. Tli,i rnrrort thlnK In whUkori. Iniwmor, In pomoiiuln tlu Kidd dlK i;ori i.f '!! In to xli.iVn tho lilri of Ilin fare, nock mill llnilnr' rlilli, all.m Iiii: th.. iiuiHt.ii'tio anil rliln wlilnkom In form :i clroiilur hoard. Xnmn liarhom loft town In tho flmt fuw oo I. ii nf wlilnkor crowliiK, I. nt thoy Imm' roliirno.l to dim htsird U'hll, . thi'lr hiih3iidi) anil futhcri nro KrcwIiiK facial plumaro, Dm wo moil i.f Hurranioiito aro fanhlonlim r.ouiM Into Urn a!) In f frontlir ilayn. Whlnkor ami ;lnt;Tmm ilroio Mil liavn honorod plaroii In Hid fiolil llimh" p,irailn May 110, In Milili ll In ixMcti.il .10,01)0 pomonn ninl morn than 1M10 flouU will doplrl tho "ilayN of old, tho ilutt of Kohl. I hn ilayn of 'VJ." E. P. MARSH VISITOR v Orpuly (onimlmloiirr of ljbor !!' uirtnti'iil mi Way lo IVrlliiml i:. I. Mnrli, tloimty roinmUlonor or Ilin Ifnltod Wilton doparlmont of luhor, who wan hern nt Iho lioKlnnlmc of tho ilmliprworltcr' alrlko, nrrlvnl laat iiIkIH. Nfoffh U on IiIh way from Culirnrnla to Portland, ll Hald that Mhould It appear Hint' bla preaonco Imto mlKht luail to any nolutlon ho wottlil Htny for Home tlmo, but If thoro Ik no rlmnco to old In ndjiiat Iiik tho illffenmro between employ nrH unit omployPH ho will leavo for l'ortlmul tomorrow. TIC IIHIMJS AltllKSTH I.OH AN0KI.KH, May 10. Whnt tho police lormcil un 'umlorworlil tip' Ind to tho iirrcat, Imro todny of tltroo men and tbmo women and tho hoU nro of Jowolry und tlothliiK valued ut Hovorul IhouHinid dollum, nald to huvu houii utolon. WKATIIKH rilOIIAUIMTH-X i Tho Cyclo-Htormiigrph ut Under- woou h rnnrni.iv roKlaterod u full liiK buronudrlc proHBiiro t Ii 1 h morning. Hut na It Ih yot well In tho fair wont her' area und oh tho movii moot hax not rourhod Kront pro portion no Immed Into o It u n K o Ih looked for. KorocflHt for nnxt 1!4 liourH! iContlnuod fair probably cooler. Tho TycoH rocordlne thormomcter roelntored moxlmum und minimum temperatures today, ss follews: High - 7 u. tOW i&hv M'MIIKII ro.MIM.VV IS I'lNCII HV "lOCH 1 loll woiikivo .vivr. imrim FIIHTI.ANH. .Mny Ifi lief loll., iiillnn tr.ifririiiliu; lln pml llon In iiiliniiii: tin. i-IkIiI fnnr ilny wini hilii'ii liy ilu In) til li'i'lnn of lni:i:irii nml lumber iin'iT'i lin.ir.l of iriiNl.'i lu.liiy 'I In. liimnl Iiiipim. n film of tli'.o ii.iiti iln. Vlnoler linn lir loiiiininy n.'r;il Im: hi Wlii'i.ir. Ori.r.nii, iiii i out loll. m Of llllVlllj' Worked employ!'" III IK' lll.lltH In , IoMIIoii (f lln I" itl'iii'n cIkIiI liniir Htniuliiril. 'lln. Iiiuinl iiiliimi'il Ilin Mnn.'H Mil In III" hi'iiiili. for n National 'li;lit hour luw In nil lo.liiBlrli'H FAKES DEATH, RUNS OFF WITH GIRL IS DETECTIVES' CHARGE Wmllli) Maniifactiiivr Kulil In llmr I'IikiiI lliiiiiiin Hours In Hum. nn'i Cottnui', I'lntt Hi met urn Hl'PKItlOlt. Win. .Mny 18 IM ward J. Kaltstad, n wealthy manu facturer of Kan Claim. Wisconsin, placed Im in a ii bono In hi,, summer rottagn on Ilin shorn of Lake No. 'Ilagamnn, near hero it year ago, fired tlin t met urn mill eloped wit Ii Dorothy Antiunion, tils Mnnogra- 'phor, nrcontliiK to tlio charges of Lili'tci-llvin of Inniirrtttco companion, Mini liy .Mm HullMnd for $66,000 Insurance v NEW ROUTE PROPOSED IHkIimiiv Will IVnnlt TourlMn lo I Itrhr from Halt ImVc lo Conit ItKIIDINO, Calif, May 1C - liy mat oprliiK It will ho iualhln for lourlata to travel In comfort by an tomohllo from Malt l.ako City, Utah, and tho ount to Kureka, Calif., la WIiiiiojiiuccu. Nov., and Alliirini, ItciiillnK nml Weavj'rrlUn, Calif,, nrrordlnR lo Information re ceived nt tho Northern CnllfornU rnnnlloH nioiorhtlon hern. Tin. now lilithway route, a name for which U ;to Im Ni'locted nt Wlunomurra when ropronoiitatlvoH from (flah, Idaho, Nevada, Califor nia ami Oroi;ou meet thoro June 9 lo, will Ih. tho mil)' all year rmitn Into northern California, It H rl.ilineil. I'.ihIui; thronnh (lurprNo alloy, midway hotwo.'n l.an.sou n- ratilr po.il; nml Ml. illianlu, alone the I'll river, throiiRh ttm histor ic Iohii of Hhafda nml down tho Trinity rler nml thronch Iho 1(0011.1 Indian rvncrvatlou, It will travvran a rrlon of wonderful nct nory. It will croiM th" Hlorran at n nnirh lower point than tint other uorlherii hlKhway routen. HUGE CRATER FORMED (In Well lllou Out mid In Ik nltetl Other Crater Klreil Ul. DOItADO, Ark., May It!. A crater 1100 foot ncroa waa blown out early today at thn WJId Murphy gaa well, 10 mll.'K north or Kl Dorado, and thn gas from It and other cra ter In thn vicinity Ignited. Several smaller craters wero fired last night within a radius of 100 yarda, but the innlu well which waa estlmnted to bo making over "C. 000,000 cubic feet of gus dally, did not catch flro until tho hugo crater wa blown out todny. L. GEORGE HOPEFUL lloea Not Fool American Itcfuaul to Participate la Final (IKNOA, Muy 10, Moyd Oeorgo doea not feel, It wan Indicated today, Hint tho Amoricnn refusal to partici pate In Tho lluguo meeting on Hub atan utfalrH, an unnotincod laat night In Washington, Ih thu final word, ua tho American nolo Indicated great American Interest in Husaln'a recoil atructlon andvtho reply la rogurded aa formliiK a basla for further corre spondence. Tho opinion waa general ly exproBHPd that thn American ah Monro might kill Hint mooting. TWO IIOVH DHOWNKH YKKICA, May 10. Alvln Ilurbnnk, 12 yenrH old, nml Loon .Ioiioh, 111 yearn old. wero drowned In tho BIioh- ta river neur Montuguo yefltordny. Thn hoyn went bathing In thn cold water and neither could uwllil, l.eotl JnnotJ imnk to tho bottom and tho nurbank youth Jumpod in to oavo him, but, bo did not como to tho sur- ituttmg Herald KLAMATH ONE KILLED IN POLK ATTACK 193 Cases of Liquor, Bout And Two Trucks Seized At Loiik Beach I.ONO llliACM. '"allf. May IC On" mini wan nliot unit Ih'IIovmI ilrowiii'il. four rr"lcil ntnl u l.iiiiuli mill two Iriirlcn, tot'.nllii'r Willi l!i.1 nisi i or ll'iuiir. K"l7"il hiro I'.irly toiluy followlni; n h.illl" ln'twi'i'ii lint pollen ainl lliiior mniiKcliTfi nt lli. harhor. Tlio lriirl;n worn nalil liy I tin pol 'ten to hnvn horn oncaiiod hy a inn tlnn lilrlnro company, nml pollen tin- nort tint rontrahand wai Ititonileil for Hollywood. ENDORSEMENT IS OFF Ijilior Cnniirll l)i-clit.. Not Hnppoit ('.iiiillilatr to llndoriKjmont of any candidate for circuit Judge by the central labor council wna withdrawn laat nlRht. Thla action win cauavd, offlclala nald. bocntino nt tho tluin of tho on ilmaoment of II. I.. Clllott It waa undorntood that A I- l.envltt had alctieil "u certain petition" that wua circulated by tho bualueaa men. A communication had been received from 1-eavltt, It wa, kuIiI. polntlnK out that Iho petition had not been ireiented to him for nlRnnturc, am'. that had It been presented ho would havo refused to alKii. It waa decided, tho offlclula nald, In Juatlcu to both candidate to Jenvr. t tin eiidorM'niont open at thla time but In atipport the republican candi date nominated at, the pilmarlea i.coion mi:kts tonhjiit ON SIBLEflS Whether .Memorial duy will I b- Public Olwn OpKrtunlly lo Hear sored by tho American l.eglon will. Political Candidate., b,i decided Ut Iho regular meelliiKi toulKht when members will be asl.e! j All porioiiB, whether or not mom to express their Wewa, ncrOrdiiig tnihorii of Iho chamUir of commerce, Comniamlor W.'Kterfold. II" aikH tnst tare Invited to the forum meeting all meiubitnt attend. ( tomorrow noon when addrcssea will Tim American Legion auxlllar) will .. made liy the various political also meet toulr.bt. ' candldutei, Secretary Ktcteusou an- Inounced today. Thla probably will PLAN COAIi PltlCB PROItr. . ,ll0 omy opportunity to hear all WASUINOTON. May 10. Steps ,,, candldutej, before the prlmar- are being taken liy thn government i to forestall teudencle towarda ril ing pricex or bitumliiouK coal at the mines, the whltn houio nald to day. Sucretury Hoover hav the matter rif Investigation and action In i'harge. awaC5i7v??SvZ,i N. "r-V l iTassaJwT Member of the Associated Press. IVt 1,1,8, Oltr.fiON, Tl'IlHIMV, MAV j PARCEL POST RATE 1 INCREASE PROPOSED BY POSTMASTER i Views of I'M'ru AsLeil: .M.ii- AiIIo-.! IIiiIi'h II) UVIkIiI oinl hum j Anil l'l Huilon I'li.'Hiin WAKHINii'lMO, I) C, May 10 l'tliii.'i!r Uf'li'rnl Work (iniiniiiirril today Mint In view of II." ' fail that i ho Inoronxi'il con I of liniiilllni; parol pioil ni'Ci'HHlliiton a rerr.iiidlni: iiilvanri' In p.-irri I pout ra'cii", ho wait wrillnr lo n Inri'.n iiiliiih.r of pari. I pott iihith in i;ii tli'dr vIowt on lln prnpio.l ihari'."i. InrlilOIni: a priv p(ial lo fl ii Forvli.i t'llnrrn of onn or two roniH on oaoh par. mulli-il ami to riMillioi all rat on i.y w'IkIi nml ytiiin PLAY BY MILLS FOLK lliun AK Coinoity Will I to l'r.-nl. nt 'Ihiii-sthy i:mlnu "Tliren I lata." a tbreo-act comedy will hertai;i'd In Hi.. Mlllacliorl and- Itnrlum Thuraday by tile .Mills Tar ent TearhcrH' nHinclatloii Thtirailny ovenlnK nt 7-30 for tho benefit of tho piano fund. Thn coinrdy la nald to bo a continual laiiRh from atari to finish. Millard Wcddel n, Sim Hel win, n huaband whose wife haa been awny, becomes Involved In all aorta of difficulties furnlahlnR amusement In every line. The cost follows. Ham Selwln, whoso wife has been uwny ...Millard Wcddel Oroco Selwln, Ills bettor-half :.. ..Ituth Dixon (race, tho dnuKhter . .- .. Anna Catherine Garrett Fred Iletlamy, nn unwilling slave Junior Wajtner Lottie. I'rcd'a fiancee Mm. Junior Wagner Tlllle, u parlor maid UorU SpnnsenborK Prof. Illltbora. professor of .... penmanship .. '- J. J. Miller Dlbbs, boy In rUto'n..ltoltT.atteraon Captain CatWctll. of tho 1CJI-... kenn Irregulara Prank Peyton TicketH. will bo on Kale at the rtnlnbotv. ASKS ALL TO FORUM cs 0 prday. i.UKi:r hkpoht POItTKA.Vl). May 1C Cattle, steady; hogs, -Ce lower, prlnm light, 111 25 to 111 r.0; sheep and eggs hteudy; butter, firm. THE DARE-DEVIL C i " '"'asZ . III, I It J FALSE MASONIC LOOSE RESULTS Three Men Given Two Years Each for Using Mails to Defraud 8AI.T I.AKB CITV, .May IC--.Matthew Mclllnln Thomson, Domi nie lli-rB'-ra, Thoinaa Porrot and Itobort JamleKou, offk'ra of the Amerlean Masonic federation, con tlrteil by trio fmleral court jury lain yesterday on rharr,"' of uslne of thn maltji lo defraud In connec 'Hon with ncurliii; merberablps for 'their organization, were aentencxd 'today to two yearn In prison each and fined JuOOO each. Commitment was deferred pend ing ni appeal. THOUSANDS AT MEET UitolncM Men Prom Alt Part of Nation at C. of C. ConTCHtloa WASUINOTON, May !. Ser- eral thousand business men, repre senting more than a thousand com mercial and Industrial organlis tlons of tho country wero on hand today, when tba tenth annual con vention of tho chamber of com mcrco of tho United States was called to order by Joseph H. Do frees, prcsldont. Tho primary object of the con vention, It 0 announced, was to consider European conditions and tholr effect on American business. At tho tamo time, however, var ious committees. ot.lhe chamber: Mil tako up other problems such aa finance. Insurance, merchant marine, foreign rommcrco etc. HK.UITS OF TIIK WOULD V ,T STItANll TIIEATIU: I). W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World," om. of the) greatest or screen masterpieces, will bo shown ut 'tho Strand tonight. Lillian !!s! i In tho stellar rolo was never better ,anJ through this part achieved fa'mo throughout the u oi Kl. The procoodi will go to the Timber Workers union. MEI.GF.H IMT1F1E1I NF.W YOItK, May 1C Tho neth-lehcm-Itckawannu steel merger was ratified today ty tho director. of both companion after tho Lacka wanna directors had approved tho purchase of tho Lackawanna pro pontes by thn Uothleheci company. N IN MAHItlAOP. OP RUDOLPH VAI.F.NTINO, HCHF.KN ACTOR VOI II IN CALIFORNIA I .OH ANOKI.KH. May IB,-, ' Court offlcem said Iho mar- rlagn of Kmlolph Valentino, acreon artnr, lo Mlsn Winifred Ilildnut at Mexlcall, Mexico, Saturday, was Void In Callfor- nla becausq Valentino obtain- mI an Interlocutory decree of divorce from Jean Arkcrn, bla first wife, In January of thin year and that tho deoren would not bn final until next January E. T. LUDDEN DIES IN LOS ANGELES; ILL SHORT TIME Was Fonicr .Manager of Telephone Company Office Hrrc; Death CaiiMtl Hy Peritonitis Word was received late yester day In a telegram from Loa Angc lot to Mrs. It. E. Wright that R. r, Luddcn. former local manager nf ll.n Pacific Tolenhone & Tole - ., rnmnanv. waa fatillv slrlck- - -.. -- - - Hh company, waa fatally strlck - with perltoallU. No detail.. t been rocelred a, to tho prob - en UU.O inCU IJVO.tcu . u .UU J..w - ably origin of the attack. r, v. w.i-h ni m, n xt n E. Wright and Mr. and M. 1'UQQeu ana iaeir tana uu utvm- fast with them Immediately before starting on the trip last Monday ;oe .p I..I. oUU.j morning to niverslde. California and then Luddcn was In tho be.V of mlrlt. and teemed In perfect, health. Luddcn had been in cbargo of tl.. 1jeit aflA fa sb kstttt IhrSA "" """ """" " -""- ""-) mwA Aai.kalf WAana Amln nakvafl "" v..-m-.. -... -..- -"-, been stationed t Grantg Pass. He had been with the telephone com pany for 15 years and waa 38 year. old. During hi. stay here Luddea bid hsiaa , srtWjj la cbaai merce and other community oris nUatlon., and mado many friends. III. transfer to Riverside wag con sidered a mark of appreciation by his company. It wa. learned by tho telephone company hero this afternoon that burial will be hold at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in Lo. Angeles. A later telegram received by tho telephone company said an autopsy revealed a stomach ulcer causing a perforation. It was also said tho funeral would bo at the Hollywood chapel and that Mrs. Ludden would remain In Los Angotes for an Indef Inlto period. ' x BUILDING INCREASE DURING APRIL IS SHOWN IN REPORT House. Demand Relieved; Employ tucnt Improve, la Northwent Lumber and Ifgtnc Camp SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. During April tUero was much In crease in building construction in Oregon, relieving tho demand for housing facilities, according to ro ports to J. A. Kelly, district dir ector of the employment service of the United 8tate? department of labor. Logging and lumbering camp. largely Increased their fore e. and the employment situation approached normal. Report, by cities follew: SALEM "Lively Increase In con atructlon of dwellings, giving suffi dent for renting and sale. Add I tion to double capacity of dehy drating plant, with farm, orchard and other regular work gives em ployment to all. All plant, run ning, full time, excopt canneries which aro out of season. PORTLAND "Payroll figure. In dicate a .light Increase In unem ployment ovor last month, duo chiefly to a reduction in railroad repair. Building continues with increased activity, and lumber mill, and logging camps aro Increasing their force.. Manufacturing, spec tally in Iron and steel I. stow. Can company baa added over 200 (women) to force ,ln preparation for tho approaching packing sea con, .Retail trade dull at present, 'but expected to Improve with In creasing lumber business. ASTORIA "Housing situation good. Sovoral residences being built. Naval bsso, highway con struction, city wster plpo lino and new hotel will give employment o several hundred. Logging camps and mills operating to capacity. Unemployment normal. , Retail Auiinesa improves as eaxjloyatent lnwesses." s , NEWS OF THE WORLD BY THE ','". .t ASSOCIATED PRESS pfiica im 4 & i ., i Custom Started - By.-Uai Veterans Is Sprsasl y American LHioM Tlio Aasorlatetl PrM INDIANAPOLttf. Ind., May IS. Memorial Day, May 30, will U' pan orally observed tbroughouUBo'worlil thla yoar, duo In laife pirttb ihaj efforts or tho American Lgtf ,'W cording to an announcement nud at legion headquarters here today? The statement says! ;" "Originally designated' by the un ion votorans of tho Civil war H P"niir ' -r sr , particular decoration day for tstir i 'en corarauo.. "-' - an-" . . I. ..a.. DCOmo a uay sev aVmn , mwm- ! MMM ua- "J ?7" " ' American, who died for . "r country. Althouth It ki tout . . ..lk'.. "" rjrZZ utM to " memorial kolliUy j A , ,h dency to a uniform observance ha. been apparent since tho world war. MimfmaiMl of both th I offet ,dopt; . ,ft ,,. M(llaori.i dar and -- ,. ,. - M'v-t. net. of the world war men oa ketfc. .Idea of the Maaon-DUoa Use ., tar th. laat three yean. slasalUat-. ... . K m . b.4 onsly honored tue aeaa oi it. . . m aa sanl.b-Amricn,ajia wono war. Becetwc Iateeaatlsasal Day "When the InterAlllrl VeUrsM, federation, mad tip of world war y terans of Fr-n. Eaa'snd, Caaa lUly.aad,tko qin"-4 ot Jty.AU4 lint ODSEnVKir EVERY NM -gitatfAawaaBtaVv for the observance of rltM for tas dead. May 30 became an Interaatloa al holiday, comparable onlr In ul orsal obsorvanco to Chrlstmoa. This I yoar It will bo o'.vrvo-l by legion posts and, All'cd vote'ana' organisa tions In tho following countries other than the United States: Canada. Bel glum. France. Poland, Turkey, Mex ico. Arsenilna. Draxll. Brltiah Isles. Chllo. China. Cuba, Guatemala. Ja pan. Peru. Porto Rice. PortuaeM West Africa. Sinto Domingo. Span ish Honduras. Ind'a. Venezuela and In the CenM Zone. Hawaii. Phln-lne Islands and the t-rr'to-r of Alaska faction Will TV-oratn "As It did 1st year nd tbs year before. tv. ls':- "' decor.it J and hold approprltfo cxerrl:n or.tr the grave of every American who alenpt on fore'Rn soil, ok U w bon orlng the graves of Amerlean nnrt Allied velernns who ore burled In tbP cemeteries of this country. Legion posts In France, TMgtiirfl. Poland and Turkey will visit old battlefield. and adjacent cotneterles Th United S'nte cravei retjlstrt- Hon service haa completed U huco task of returning to this country the bodies of 42.023 of the A. E. r win died overseas, but 30.000 Amerlcnm still remain permanently bnrlfld In cemeteries of tho Allied nation. Votn Bubucrlb "To finance tho memorial day dec oration of grave, over.ess. eaeu of tho legion's U.OOO posts ws. a,ked to subscribe an amount equal to flvo cent, for each of Its merabors. A cen tral committee of the legion In Franco will rocelvo tho funds from this country and have charge of dct oratlng tho Individual graves. "Several months before memorlsl day Hanford MacNlder, national com mander of tho legion, sent each tost a request that oxercl.es this yw ba made a per.onal as possible. "With this ond In view." MacNlder wrolt. "tho legion is ready to make specisi efforts to aid relatives and friends who think on memorial day aot so (Continued to Page ) READY FOR PAVING Ordinances ProtWlBf 8ttf meats Before Ctty OeaaeH Orade ordinances wera adopUd and ordinances providing for street assessments passed to tba sssond reading at tho meeting of tba ty council last night. s,fv& Pormlts granted were: Mtaast church committee, floor t sat ,M. rear of eburch; Chrlatlan charb.'aataj- 'tlonery booth near ObaHtainu tf. Application by Joe Crowlsy'te raa-' duct te Yorlurooms MMtNtJj , the police committee, ',!' r i : Arl J M (?. ... 't.. v -' i - n :-' ' ... - - HI iff " s;v