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. e Weather
Highest temperature, yesterday 90
Lowest temperature last night 57
' Forecast- fori southwest Oregon:
Fair tonight and Wednesday; not
much change In temperature. V"
DOUGLAS COUNTY
I "The End 6fjhe U
Honiefeekei'sTrdir'
p( dougi!acounty
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roteburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published Ht
the Beet Interestt of the People ' , jJ
VOL. XXIX MO. 93 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
. ROSEBURC, OREGON, ; Tl,IES,PAY, AUGUST, 7. 1 928.
VOL. XIX NO. 168 OF THE, EVENING NEWS
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WIELLUS' FAITH
NOT JEStROYED
T FIITIIL ORGY
Husband of Woman Killed
Allegedly by Paramour
. : Says She Was True.
EVIDENCE CONTRARY
Arrested Murder , Suspect
Boasts of Love Affair
- and Maid Tells of
t " 1 Intimate Acts. ,
(Associated I'ress ' Loosed Wire) V...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. An
"open verdict'; accompanied "by
the statement that it could ascribe
- no motive for the slaying was re
turned by a coroner's jury today
sitting over the body of Mrs. Myr
tle L.- Melius, wealthy society wo
man slain Sunday... District , attor
neys officers and police said they
were "amazed at the verdict."
Mrs. , Mae Switzer, ;wife of a
, small department store owner, to
day was named by an inquest wit-
. ness as the "mystery woman'? who
together with a -man, whom police
'say was S. 'W. Butler, prominent
architect, "partied'Mth Mrs. Melius
and Leo Kelly, "butcher boy.'
prior to the slaying.
(Associated Ureas. Leased Wire)
LOS ANGELES, Oil., Aug. 7.
Out of the welter of the known
untl unknown In the barehanded
murder of Mrs.-Myrtle .Melius, so
; duty matron, and the claim of a
handsome meut cutter, Leo Kelly,
to five years of her mad love to
day stood forth against thei insis
tence of the wealthy husband, Jitctt
Melius, in his. belief ' In his .wife's
faithfulness. - -( : ' .
.- The powerful 2!)-year-old family
hutched boy' who is charged with
the murder admitted to the police,
he though Mrs. Melius "one ,of the
finest women, inthe world', and
declared he had loved lijer for' five
years and 'that she was the only
woman he ever.had'loved.' The po
lice toilay , went , searching for a
close woman friend of Kelly's slain
mistress to learn, they Indicated, of
a party lust Thursday night which
Included both 'women: They believ
ed this party prov!ded"the motive
'for the jealous rage in which the
"butcher bey" fatally beat his vic
tim' with a liquor bottle. Kelly
admitted" quarreling -with' Mrs.
Melius' and with "heating her ter
ribly" because . of her attending
that 'party.. :- . ' J ';V ly
; Faith Unshaken.- '
After denying that he had ever
seen Kelly before tho fatal Sunday
on which lie had Kono-fikhing, Mel
ius, prominent' business ann aports
. (Continued on page G.J
IISEIEICE:
iRBEITZEl;
, ( AwwiiilPiI t'rvr LeAncd, Vlrc
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.-rTwo
murder complaints charging Rus
set St. Clafr Beitzel with the slay
ing of Barbara Mauger and the 19
year old, girl's new born baby,
were issued by the1 district attor
ney's office todar?f. ?he VIMaht
which Deputy. District Attorney
George Kemp said hlsf officeYs tbe
lieved was born subsequent to the
shooting, of the airi,. was named
LOS ANGELES,1 'Calif., . Aug. 7
Neighbors antl tradesmen who
knew -rtiihjat'it .tfauggrj wito'm they
bel!e"vej (4 he tJie;wifn! df' Hussell
T St., Clair,; IfcllzcJl. teaWflc'd iyester
flay nc the coroner's inquest over
the body of the ex-Phlladelphla
cashier, who waarBhnt and left to
die In a;C.anyon near' hofd. ' The'
jury -recommended 'further Investi
gation of the murder of .tile common-law
wife and expectant moth
er, which ttiey said was attrlbut
nlile to the hands of '"persons nn
known," ' ' . 1 K
Police 'are Continuing !to Weave
a net of evidence nnnntt Belt!-!,
said to have absconded wlthfnnds
from the 1 Philadelphia fcofnpany
which employed him. deserted hts
wife and two1 children ."and
"eloped" wltlrthe girl whntn Jie
now is acctised of murdarinff. ;' 'J
The neighbors testified ,jo 'Sey-,
eral important jiolnta. Occasional-,
ly tears wdnld Interrupt (heir tes
timony, affecting.. Hcluel ' visibly
for the first ,11me alnM he was nr
9 rested and confronled. with J.he
' evidence against him. all of .which
he has continued to deny. . , ,- .
California Rowing Crew
Wins Third Olympic Race
By Vanquishing Italians
SLOTEM, Holland, Aug. 7. The University of Califor
nia eight-oared crew added Italy to its list of beaten opponents
in the Olympic rowing regatta by defeating the Italians by
four lengths today in a quarter-final' round race.
, The victory was the third straight for the'Californians in
Olympic competition. They now have beaten Belgium, Den
mark and Italy in that order. ; '
California's time in beating Italy was-six minutes, 32'2-5
seconds for the 2,000 meters 13 yards short of a mile and a
As a result of today's races only
three eights remain In the running
for Lhe championship (he United
States, Uritain and , Canada, the
Uritons having disposed of the
strong German eight by one length.
In addition Ken Myers of Phila
delphia, the Amerlcau single b gull
ing representative, survived the
dav and loomedas a likely candi
date for the championship In his
claas as the defeated Candeveau of
Switzerland -by two full lengths,
holding the race well lit hand all
the way. v .
New Swimming Record.
George Kjiic of New York es
tablished avnew world's record for
the 100 meters backstroke swlm-j
ming toduy when he, qualified fori
the Olympic semi-finals. His time
was one minute and 9 45 seconds. I
T
LOIN
Sixty-Mile-an-Hour Wind
. Does No Damage tSo Far
. But Vessels Hurry
; to Safe Places. '
;; ' 1- " ..
(flooiflto(l pVciw I-cawid- Wira)- ;
vj;UI'lTBH,. Kltu, Au, 7. A. sixty
nyie an hour wind, accompanied
by a heavy rain, today, struck this
little east coast city but no dam
age so fur has been reported.
I$ndio operators at the uaval
station Jiere communicated this
morning with Nassau. Bahamas,
where the tropical storm struck
yesterday,, and .reported that: the
wind there, had abated.
! WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
Aug. 7.- With a strong northeast
wind rising .steadily, West Palm
Bimch -toilnv -was rirpnchptl liv a
"hard raiiv and a turbulent Atlantic
ocean was pounding viciously off
the- bea oh.es,
'No damage was, reported.1 but
ships ou Lake Worth have hurried
to cover.-The ocean was; pounding
fiercely, hut so far the water has
not gone over, the sea wall.;
! The. wind hbgnn going strong
tiuH' night and. gradually has been
increasing but there has been no
alarm among residents here. '
!MIAMI. Aug. 7. The center oT
the , tropical disturbance which
since Sunday has been moving out
of the Bahamas toward the Flor
ida coast, was fixed by the weath
er ibureau today nt A point a short
distance 'off fihore, .-. midwny be
tweenPalm Beach. an,d Jupiter In
let.; The full forcer of the. storm
probably will, be: felt, along - the
coast ati these points before noon
today. It is not expected that the
wind velocity will, he much more
than 60 miles nn hour at Its. center.-.
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13 RUM RUNNERS '
SENT TO THE PEN
SAN FHANCISCO. 'Aug. Sen
tences . ot 1.1 men, convicted In
May, l!28, Of lielng the prime -'Instigators
In a gigantic bootleg ring
;0nerating liy power boats and
trucks from Vancouver through
Seuttlc Into tiic United , States,
were upheld todny In the' United
States circuit, court o( appeals. . a
Peter J3ahl, Mike Galdosh,. Brn
est Ffoth,; Edward Graham, - Lou
OUllam,, Denny Ooldsmlth, George
Kerns, Gus Koneman, Leroy Mills,
Chris Skrondahl, Dave Trotsky and
Stanley McCluskey, the princi
pals, under . the , verdict will pay
fines aggregating more, than 115.
000 and serve sentences averaging
t.T months each at McNeil's Island,
Wash. ; : . ' " i - .
LA GRANDE SLAYER
TO FIGHT CHARGE!
. LA cnANDR, Ore., Aug. 7
nistricl Attorney Carl, Helm an-i"
nount-ed' today that he would file
t. j. i ... .n.in.,
Eddie Fallows, who yesterday f.-l JhP ci.r.-..Ow n.r lh
tallv shot George Parry, U Grande''"' V H (' i Pf'tabte, hi In
barber. .After the shooting Fallow. lft.M. Ifcafl.c. Ih ponjH win ,
surrendered to the 'police; saying ' !''- 'KM' 'n.e hoy VIII nn- I.
that Parry bad been bothering .Pal-," J"1"' -IefDer I. I
ions' wife-. :, " admitted he rshot:
illtms' ha . engaged Green'A'.few?, U lath Aug. 1. at Dnwey'a
llii'-s for his defense. The coronr's ranch near Portland, where he was
lunueat has lwi el for (onliiit. employed. The eoroner's Jflry re-1
J iillowS. In he county jail, spent a commeniM that the boy be held l
I icslful nJca'. and seemed tuda) , to.lo the grand Jury on a charge of i
llwtin good Mitrita. , , i , . . first degree murder.- - I
The former record of one minute
10 15 seconds was held by James
A. Hou.se, Jr., of the United States.
The first semi-final heat for the
men's 200 meter bieuHt-stioke was
won by Sturutu of Japan,, with
Spence of Canada second. Thomas
Blankenbnrg of Oakland, Calif., the
only entry In this event from the
United States, finished last and
was eliminated.' The winning time,
2:49, set a new Olympic record.
' The International Amateur Ath
letic federation, after a spirited do
hate, today voted 14 to 6 to retain
the women's track and field events
In the Olympic program.
By a vote of 14 to 8 "it rejected
a full list of ten events asked by
the Women's International Sports
federation. ' -
Captain and Son Saved" by
Beaching Craft as Fire ;
Appears Damage to .
. i ;: Property Heavy. : ;'
(4mocUIc1 P'cm Leased Wire) -
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 7.-pam-aged
houscH,' twisted trees, tt
hugo depression in the bluff above
the narows and tiny bits of wreck
age floating in with the morning
tide, gave grim evidence' thlu
morning of the force of the ex
plosion which wrecked the powder
carrier La Blanca near Point Fos
dlck last night. T.he damage will
aggregate thousands of dollars.,
; By good fortune and good judg
ment. Nets, Chrlstensen, captain
of the boat, not only saved his life
and that of his son, Niels, but
beached the boat, which, was afire.
at a .point .where as few Hvcb as
i possible were, endangered
Craft Catches Fire , -
' The La Blanca, loaded with 250
cases of dynamite and 225 kegs of
black povder, was hound from the
powder works at Duuont to Kenny
dale, )n Lake Washington, when
'she cnuglit fire In a-, mysterious
manner, near Point Kosdlckv The
'fire was. not discovered, for some
minutes by Chnstunsen, who was
In the cabin. ;
When he saw the flro get oift of.
control innd realized that an ex
plosion was a matter, of minutes
.Chrlstensen headed for shore. He
benched the boat and -with his sou
ran as fast'as ho, could down (he
beach; The. father and ' son were
about-'lOOO feet , away: when - the
explosion came' with a deafening
detonation :-.'....
' j 'f Tacoma Jarred ..':
' :Vheh the blast came it -rocked'
the entire city of Tacoma -tfnd at
Tit low beach tho force was . ter
rific. . .Witnesses ' were ' almost
thrown front their feet while win
dows throughout the district, as
well as in the rest of tho city,
were broken.
t As the smoke cleared away not
a trace of the powder ' boat was
visible. ' - ' , ,:
It s estimated that plate glass
worth J2500 was shattered In
downtown 'Stores, seven miles
from the BCena of the explosion.
Practically all the windows, In Day
Island :and Tltlow beach, suburbs
nearest the blast, were broken.
" The Thlast was heard In Seattle,
forty miles away: .. '
MEAD SANE BUT NO
DEATH DEMAND. IS
, : STATE ATTITUDE
rOTtTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7.
tpmpte by attorneys UA Rex' Mead,
15 year, old confessed slayer of R
T) Tewpy, to show that he fa In
wtne will be resisted by the sta'e.
StsnVi Myers,j filstrict attorney
imnde this clear todny, saying that
ntT -
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'dc.Ti'jR what- peralty lhe stat 'is
GAMRA GN
PURE MILK IS
URGED ON CITY
State 'Board of Health
' Working to Stamp Out
' Epidemics.
PLAN PASTEURIZING
Council to bs Asked to
Pass Ordinance Regu-
lating Milk Supply ' :.
in City. - ; j
- Adoption of somo suitable plan
for maintaining a clean and pure
milk simply for tho city of Rose
burg Is proposed by tho oil y coun
cil -UH n result ot aa nppeal made
lust night by : Dr. Fred ' Strieker.
8lute; health .officer, whose depart
ment is ' engaged in - a. state-wltl'j j
campaign-'tp prevent milk"- bbrno I
epidemics,; - , . -
Every year, Dr, Strieker told tha
city council, th4 stute . board of
health receivos reportB of more or
less ecrlous milk borne epidemics,
quite frequently these epidemics
being such that ' a number of
deaths result. The most., serious
was lite septic sore throat epi
demic in Portland a few -years 'ago,
but theere have alsd been numer
ous (ther cases where typhofil,
cunt-lot fever, diphtheria, and otbu,
such diseases have been spread
through the milk supply.
V This year the most serious situ
ation Is in connection with Malta,
or undulating fever. Thia fever has
pu'ly recently been recognized . as
helps (Wfterent' from typhoid., ' 'it
hn much the dame symptoms anil
cflCitn of typhoid, but Us results
are juich more sorious - nnd' last
ing. The victim is usually incaparii
In.ted lor -a year 'or more by fre
quently recurring attacks of ' tho
disease; This fever, it haB been
learned, ' comes " from11 cows afflict
ed .with abortion; u disease quite
prevalent among- dairy ' herds bf
the Btifte. As cows are quite eas
ily atflitted with this disease;
which is very contagious and may
even he spread through pasture In
fection, the danger from Mallu
fever, Dr. Strieker says, Is a very
grave one.; . ' . ,
; Pasteurlzatlbn ' of . milk, ' ho
states, is the safest way to prevent
epidemics through the milk sup
ply. But even when milk is pas-1
teumod extreme enre , must, be
taken In handling 'It,, as It .Is more,
susceptible to germ , development
after pasteurizutlou than . before,
; (Continued on Pago's.) .
Off
SMITH CONSULTS
' OLD RECORDS TO i
f ANSWER CHARGES
(A woo la ted m lulled Wiri , '
ALBANY, N Y., AK- 7.Dusty
legislative reuorda most of them
nearly a quarter of a century old,
were ; under Governor : SmHh's;
Sii-utinyi today as the demod.atiq
presidential nominee refreshed Ma
niiiiniirv nn Ills stand, as a rathei4
ohKcure usseipblymau from New
yorks east side, on vartous pro
posals. ' i" . -. ; ' :
The activity of the nominee
chiefly grows out of the burnt
aguinst him from William Allen
White, the Kansan edllor, who last
week Hi mined charges challenging
Sivlth's .attitude us a ldglslalor to
ward the saloon, gambling and
commercialized, vice to eliminate
the latter two; While -tuklng It
easy last week at Long Island, the
governor ateadfastly refused to
pay any attention to the utlack of
WhtUv who has gone to Europe
hut now that he is buck wljero he
has accessto the records ho is
building up his own case, j
' NEW ;ORLEANS, Aug. 7, On
tlie heels of, it 'special grand; jury
quiz on tho gumblinj; sltuntlou In
New OrlennB and a caustic ;crltl
clsm of the city police , organlziv
tion by Paul Hubans, commission
er of public safety, the police de
partment wns ordered reorganized
today by Thomas A, Houly,, super
intendent ot police. ,, .... .;
. The order called, for complete
rearrangement of the . department
against Which charges of gl-utC for
"protection," of gambling ' houses
were aired by the association . of
commerce during the recent anil
gambling drive. Nearly tw'o.hun
dred members of the force were
affected. : . .' - . '.-..
The order called for transfer of
Tcoihmnndor$ In a.:nuniber'.pf ini:'
portunt precincts , und ' provided
that every plain clothusman bu re
verted to the uniformed runks.:
The report of the grand jury,
which held a one-day session, and
received testimony from city of
ficials,: including superintendent
Healy, vrns submitted to. Judge J.
.Arthur Chnrbonnet . In. criminal
court late- yesterday- without ro
Airnlng Indictments because, of lii
sufflciency of evidence. . , ; '.
AIRPLANE DROPS INTO
: BAY, KILLING 2 MEN
'' ' ''
4 (Aunclntpil Preu Leased Wire)
SAN -DIEGO. Cab, Aug. 7.
Enslgn Clayton Schmlch,- U;
4 S. N., and avlution machinists
male, second cluss,' Harold T.
Mclntyre' were killed today
4 when the'plane in wlilch they
Vefo flying crashed Into Sun
Diego bay. :
fdr Another "Klondike"
INTERFERENCE
KITH FEIN
. t , .' 'I i -.';..'
TO BE CHECKED
Council Orders Enforce
j rhnt of City Traffic
Ordinance.
O IMPROVE BRIDGE
Approaches tt Deer Creek
j ; Bridge to Be Paved
Lights Will Also
; 4 Be Installed.
instructions woro Klvoiv- by the
etty council, lust night to the po
lice department to provide more
effective enforeement of the traf
fic ordinance relating to the oper
ation of autoihohlles during a fire.
KIro Chief Fletcher; appearing be
fore the council, stated that the
fire department Is greatly handi
capped In going lo and from fires,
because of the manner in which
people operate their cars., ; '
1 Tho clty lias a strict ordinance
In' this connection, the law provid
ing thai all cars ' must give right
of way to the fire apparatus, pull
in to the curb and coming to a
complete stop when the -truck
comes from behind, while all cars
are forbidden to travel within 000
feot ot the fife truck.. Cars must
also be kept within the city speed
lliniL' of 20 miloB an hour.
Roscburg has a volunteer fire
department, and when tho alarm
sounds these men must ; respond
frnm nil unrtn nf tnwn. j Tim tm.
mediate presence of these firemen
. nt the scene of the flro is re
quired,,. biiUqulte . frequently . . the
congestion of traffic is so' great
that tho flromen o,ra delayed.
Then, too, lhe oral nance pro
vides that no cars shall be parked
within one block of tho fire, other
than the cars belonging to the
firemen,' tjuito frequently tho fire
department finds the apparatus so
completely hedged in with cars
that tt Is Impossible to move i the
trucks around' rapidly.1, . ' '
Considerable' danger , also re
sults from the manner in which
people drive to fires. Cars dart in
from crostt' streets with little re
gard for road rules. When the
alarm Is sounded It seems to be a
genoral signal for disregard of all
traffic laws and' cars are driven at
top Bpeed to the scene of the fire.
The law ; particularly limits the
speed of caraUo the usual 20 mile
litnit, und any person traveling
fuBtor than thut speed on the way
tq n fire lu subject to 'arrest,-unless
the car bo operated by a vol
j (Contlntiod on pngn.8-) 1
NORTHERN LINES
UNION WOULD CUT
;'j RATES,, ROADS SAY
'v (Alw)elati(l Prt-M I.omhI Vtn) '
8T.1 TAW. Minn.; :,Aug.) 7.
Northwest shippers could be sav
ed siu,uuu,uuu annually tnrougn
rate reductions under unification
of thd Greut'Nortliern and North
ern Pacific! i'ullwuys, ' tho roads
contend In u' brief filed with' tho
Interstate commerce commission.
I'hu brief Is the Inst the roads
will preaent In support ot their o
tltlon for permission to unify op
eration of tho northern, on which
final oral arguments will be heard
by the commission in Washing
ton, October 3. ,
Economies ln operation possible
under unification , would approxi
mate $10,000,000, annually, the
rouda , contend, and Svlth; tho oer
mlsslon ot the Interstate commerce
commission, this . saving could be
diverted to shippers In the form nt
reduced' rates.
This suggested rato reduction.
the roads gay, could be made with
out Injury to competing Hues and
It declaros unfounded the conten
tion put forward in opposition to
the merger by the Mllwuukeo road,
which has been the prlnclpaf op
ponent of unification,
GANGSTERS SLAY
Killers dam Entrance to
' Home of Their Victim
by Assuming Role . ,
af Off
icers.
(AuHK-tarnl TreM Iascil Wire) i
LOS ANQDLKS, Aug. 7. Gang
land demanded and received Ha
price for liquor theft here early
today when Gnetano Blnettl was
shot to death by four men Who
stood by his bedside and killed
-him with his own shotgun,'- Shot
from one or both of the two shells
that killed him also wounded his
wife, Concetti. She may recover.
The story of ho Gaetanb
escaped three months ago from
the death that overtook him to
day, how he had since been living
in constant tear of his life, and
how gunmon pronounced and exe
cuted the sentence for what they
Bald was hijacking was told'by one
witness ot the nffalr, Mrs. Maria
I3lnetti, a relative who lived , with
the couple. She snid that the men,
wearing police badges, entered tho
house after midnight. One of them
woke her and pressed a revolver
to her head, warning her to keop
silent. In an adjoining room the
other three, picked up Blrjettl'o
shotgun and killed him with It.
Theft Denial Futile .
Before they pulled the trigger,
one or tuem .said to the couple:
"You stole the liquor," . In. EnS-
iisii. uinettrs denials were made
in Italian, followed by the ' two
shots.
Those snme denlnls established
an alibi for him some throe
montliB ago when another party of
I met!, also displaying police bridges,
iook mm out in an automobile
toward tho bench, for tho avowed
purpose of giving him "a ride."
Blnettl at that time had a compan
ion with him. Whethor the pres
ence of this man obtained Blnettl
his relense from tho, underworld
sentence of death, or whether his
alibi Bulled his captors, is not cer
tain. .
Blnettl had no police record, of
ficers said. He was known to have
worked at one time as a laundry
employe. He had been . In this
country rive years. -. .
NINE MORE STRIKE
PICKETS ARRESTED
IN TEXTILE CITY
'(AMtiffAtmt Prow l..! Wir)
TAl.U RIVER, Mass., Aug. 7.
Nine men were arrested out ot a
picket line of about 300 men
women and children whon the tex'
tilo mills committee today attcmnt
ed mass picketing of tho plant of
tho American Printing company,
where a strike was called yester
day. These, with the 11 arrested
yesterdny! were to appear In court
inter.
Women and children were placed
nt tho head of the picket line.
HlxJiy police officers detailed to
the district dispersed the line with
nn attempt nt resistance. Those
arrested were charged with dis
turbing the pence, nurseling with
out it permit and loitering.
At the offices of the American
Printing company it was said that
about 900 emplnyeH were Idle but
that the majority of these were
workers whose ocoims.,!lons ! were
dependent upon completion of pro
cesses upon which those on strike
had been engaged.
Fifteen pickets appeared at the
Uncoln mill, the only other mil af
fected by the strike called by the
Textile milts committee. Tho po
lice did not Interfere with them.
Lincoln mill officials asserted thut
all hut eight of their employes
woro back at work today.
BATTLE ON TO
SAVE GREW OF r
SUNKEN CRAFT
Italian Submarine, Hit bjr , -
Destroyer, at Bottom .- ;
. of Pola Gulf.
THIRTY-ONE ABOARD
Rescue Party Succeeds 1
Attaching Air Pipe andr
Cable but Heavy Sea .
: Blocks Lifting,
(AandaM Ptw LkiI Wire) ""
ROME, Aup. 7 The Italian tub. ;
marine wa raised today to within . :
40 feet of tHe surface; Communl-1
cation with Its Imprisoned crew of ' ,
31, which had been maintained' by
submarine telegraph, had been lost t
for several hours ipreoeding thia
.' , .;::; ;'Li if '.Is-
ltOMB, Aug. 7. iRawue werk ,
ers, laboring all night i to - bring
aid to the crew ot the Italian 8ul'"
marine F-14, sunk in the Adriatic
early yesterday morning, have suc-v
coeded In attaching a pipe to the
crippled -voasel lu order to supply
air to the thirty-one Imprisoned
men. - . ' - -
DIverB who went down 'to. lp
speot the F?14 which Bank after a -,
collision with a destroyer during,
manoeuvres, also were able to tie.
a steel cable to the hull. , .
The crew of the Bhlp was known
to be still alive today : and they
wore maintaining communication
with the rescuers by means ot a -submarine
telephone. : :. .".
The position of the F-14 was
definitely determined- today . and
the naval vessel Aqulla was an
chored nearby. Admiral FoBChinl
went aboard the Aqulla and took
charge of the rescue work,
Inspection by divers who went
down this morning Bhowed that,
the submarine had been struck by;
the destroyer near the Btern.- :r ;
...t - : Over Depth Limit , ...
' -The . rescuers were racing'; '
against time in their efforts to re
float tho submarine since - it was ;
feared that her watertight com-',
pertinents might give way at any '
moment. : The ; F-14 was built'
strongly enough to dive to depths,
up tp 130 feet but as the submu
rlno became older this maximum .
safe depth was gradually reduced i -.
and her maximum safe depth Is
only 76 feet. i . -
The submarine now lies In. mora
than 130 feet of water, or almost;
twice her. safe limit nnd . It Is
therefore consideretl merely ' a,
question of time before tho wntftii '
tight oompartments yield, rv, V t
Casualties Feared i
Although communication ' be
tween the submarine nnd the iefc
cuers Is being maintained, 'It; is
not known how many members et '
the crew are still alive and It-' l i V
feared that Borne may have beet;
killed by the first rush of water
which was prevented from - flood
ing the bntlre submarine- by tier
watertight compartmonts.
Latest reports received from tin
gulf of Pole, whers the submarlim
sank, Indlcato that the wind Ii
freshening and waves ure swe'l'p
ing over the pontoon fnnn which
the rescue efforts are being made.
It Is only with the greatest diffi
culty that tho divers enn continue
their work. -
The F-14 Is 140 feet In lenglh
and 1,1 feof wide. ' . '"
KILLS SON THEN
rAMftclntMl Pr.M lAHtmtl Wlrn) .ii.,
BRATTLE, Aug. 7. Because sho
didn't want her little, boy to grow
up, Mrs. Augusta Fischer, .H), .o
dny killed ' her four-year-old son,
Robert, with n nuor and (hen
stepped In the telephone and call,
ed the police.
Sergeant II. II.' Athonh k find Pa
trolman K. liny ( line, huriri-d to
the Fldcher homo, found the cutd's
body, und took the woman In an
apparent fit of temporary lustnuity
to police headquarters.
J. W. Fischer, the husband, had
presumably left for work before
the tragedy.
Robert, ho would have become
five years of ago next month, was
the only child of the Fischers.
Police learned that eight months
ago Mrs, Fischer suffered a se
vere Illness, nnd that for a week
recently she was confined In a
Ranllarluiu. ,