They Pay!
Classified ads bring big re
tarns; they are the little
merchants for the small buy
er anil big seller.
WEATHER
Fair today. Rising tempera
tore. Decreasing humidity.
Max. temperature Thursday,
74; Min. 46. No rain. Part
cloudy. Hirer 8.4.
FOUNDED 1651
SEVENTH-NINTH YEAR, NO. 44
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning:, May 17, 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IIP L MPS
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Graf Zeppelin Flies Along
Mediterranean Shore at
H& Mi!es Per Hour
Huge Dirigible Scheduled to
Reach Friedrichshafen
At Noon Today
By ALEXANDER VOX KRYHA
Written for the Associated Prefcs
ABOARD GRAF ZEPPELIN,
returning Friedrichshafea, Ger
many, May 16 11:00 p.m., (5:00
p.m., eastern standard time)
(AP)-Have just seen Barcelona
(Spain). Now flying direction of
Marseilles (France) with only
three motors. Speed 80 kilome
ters (49.68 miles), height 500 me
ters (1640 feet). Hope to arrive
over Marseilles at 3:00 a.m., and
Friedrichshafen at 12:00 o'clock
noon. Passengers very much de
pressed and regret.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Ger
many, Mayl7 (Friday) (AP)
The Zeppelin works received
word early this morning that the
Graf Zeppelin with two of Its five
motors out of commission, was
making slow headway against a
strong wind but was nearing the
estuary of the Rhone river.
The radio message received at
1:30 a.m., (7:30 p.m. eastern
standard time, Thursday) said
"80 miles south of the Rhone es
tuary. Can onfy proceed slowly
owing to the mist."
MOTORS sm
f F R I E D R I CHSHAFEN, Ger
g many. May 16 ( AP) The dirl
gible Graf Zeppelin tonight slow
'."ralaed homeward from the
Mediterranean with two of her
five motors crippled and eighteen
disappointed passengers who had
hoped that Lakehurst, N. J.,
would be their first stop.
.The giant airship in its first
twelve hours of flight had covered
nearly 1,000 miles and had reach
ed a point between the Balearic
islands in the Spanish Mediter
ranean and Gibraltar. From there
she was to have pursued a course
over the Azores, and possibly Ber
muda, to America.
Instead, the motor trouble, ap
parently due to the crankshafts
or connecting rods, caused her
commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener Pa
swing the ship around and head
for the home hangar here. His
decision was reached at 6:35 p.m.,
(12:35 eastern standard time).
j It was the first time that the
I Graf Zeppelin had turned back
I from any of the long voyages
which had been set for her. The
first voyage to America was ac
coniplished despite storms which
damaged and called for heroic re
V pair of her fabric. No hitch de
Ss veloped on other flights except on
' the second Mediterranean cruise
when for the first time in mid
air, it was said, a propeller was
removed and replaced while the
ehlp hovered nearly motionless
over Spain.
HI LAWYER
MAY TET BE W
Companion of Lester Hum
phreys Returns From
- Fishing Trip
PORTLAND. Ota.. May 16
(AP) A possibility that Lester
V. Humphreys, prominent Port
land attorney given up for dead
since his disappearance Tuesday
while fishing the Deschutes river,
may either be lost or injured was
expressed by Walter J.Gearin, his
companion, tonight.
Gearin returned to Portland to
night from North Junction, Ore.,
where he and Humphreys spent
the weekend on a fishing trip.
Gearin was the last person to see
Humphreys alive.
Gearln's statement shed a ray
Of hope to the army of searchers
tt ho are mobilizing to penetrate
the rough Deschutes country in
search of Humphrey's body.
According to Gearin another
fisherman saw a man greatly re
sembling Humphreys walking
north In the direction of North
Junction about 6:30 o'clock on the
day the former United States at
torney dropped from sight.
The angler's description tallied
to that of Humpnreys even to the
pair of white waist waders he was
Wearing.
Statesman - Capitol
Children's Matinee
Saturday Morning
At Ten A. M.
.--c-t. To See the
Next Chapter of
TARZAN THE
MIGHTY"
Feature Picture and Comedy
This coupon and five cents
will admit any child under
twelT to Blign's Capitol
Theatre. . . "Tarzan" will
only be shown at the morn
ing matinee, on account of
the road show picture "Show
Boat."
Second Battalion
Of Guardsmen is
Called in Strike
ELIZABETHTO.V, Tenn.,
May 18 (AP) Four addi
tional companies of the Ten.
nessee National guard were
ordered here today to rein
force the four already on
East Tennessee's disorderly
strike, after a riotous day ia
which the town's water
mains were cut, tear gas was
used by the troops and about
lOO strikers were arrested.
Tonight after a noisy
court session all jails were
filled to rapacity and a num.
ber of others who could not
make the 9100 bond set were
under guard of the troopers
in the courthouse.
Some 5,000 employes of
the American Romberg ailk
mills and the Glanztoff cor
poration rayon plant have
been on strike more than
two weeks, and for the last
10 days the two plants have
been trying to operate with
non-union labor.
LARGE CHERRY CROP
IS
Production to be Ahead of
- Last Year but Behind
That of 1927
Cherries "will be considerably
heavier In production this year
than last, but will not reach the
mark of 1927 In the opinion of
William Allen, general manager
of the Hunt Bros, cannery here
and in touch with growers
throughout the valley.
Mr. Allen believes Oregon's
prune crop will reach 30,000 tons
tbis year in contrast to almost a
total failure in 1928. California's
crop Is not by any means a failure
according to Allen, although the
tonnage will be considerably re
duced. It is bis information that
the southern state will expect a
tonnage of 180.000 this year in
contrast to 220,000 tons of prunes
in 1928.
One of the most encouraging
things seen by Allen is that little
or no prune carry-over ia reported
in the south.
Allen said that the California
peach crop would be greatly re
duced in volume this season.
About 15,000.000 cases were
packed in 1928 while in 1929 the
outlook does not make it appear
that more than 9.000,000 cases
will be packed. While there is a
carry-over of 3,500,000 cases of
peaches, if the country continues
its present consumption of the
fruit, the market will not be as
glutted as It was in 1928 when
peaches were so plentiful that the
price was forced down and peaches
replaced other fruit usually taken
by the consumer.
Municipal
Airport is
Given Okey
Salem's proposed muncipal air
port leads all in Oregon and has
as good possibilities as any field
in the west, Marshall P. Hoppin.
department of commerce airport
specialist, declared Thursday af
ter making a thorough study, both
from land and air, of the new site.
Hoppin made several sugges
tions for changes which can easily
be made, including relocation of
one of the runways and change in
the building sites, and pointed out
a few hazards, such as trees,
which must be removed. He also
suggested purchase of 65 addi
tional acres to complete the rec
tangular shape of the field.
The joint airport committee of
the American Legion and city
council will present final plans for
immediate construction of the
field to the city council next Mon
day night.
General White
And Area Head
Inspect Guard
Brigadier General George A.
White, commander of the Oregon"
National Guard, and members of
his staff will be in PortTand Fri
day evening to attend the review
of National Guard troops at the
Portland armory, when General
John L. Hines, commander of the
Ninth Corps Area will be present
for his annual tactical Inspection.
Following the review, a banquet
will be held id the ball room,
when General Hines will address
the Guardsmen.
General Hines is considered one
of the country's outstanding com
manders. He took command of
the Pacific Coast area following
completion of his tour of duty
as chief of staff of the army.
$56,000 Damages
And Balm Is Asked
SAN DIEGO, Cal., May
(AP) Saying that she was de
frauded of her property through a
pfomise of A. B. Cline, real es
tate salesman, to marry her, Nel
lie Knickerbocker, visitor here
from Edmonds, Wash., filed suit
asking aggregate damages of
$56,000. The suit is listed as a
"damage and breach of promise"
action.
PREDICTED
GOVERNOR HAS
GLEAN BILL AS
SENATE QUITS
Louisiana Court of Impeach
ment Adjourns on Verge
Of Colorful Yrial
First Prosecution Witness is
Not Allowed to Relate
Story Against Long
BATON ROUGE, La., May 16.
(AP) Without one word of
testimony being taken, the Louisi
ana senate court of impeachment
today released Governor Huey P.
Long from charges of high crimes
and misdemeanors.
Just as the prosecution was
ready to present its first witness
Senator Philip H. Gilbert, lawyer
and planter of Napoleonville and
a Long supporter, presented to
the court a written motion to ad
journ sine die. The motion car
ried the signatures of fifteen sen
ators saying that regardless of
testimony they would vote to ac
quit the governor as they consid
ered the impeachment proceed
ings Illegal and unconstitutional.
Caucus Is Called
Behind Closed Doors
Faced with a certain loss of
their case as the fifteen senators,
constituting more than the one
third of the thirty-nine member
ship, could prevent conviction, the
prosecutors threw the senate into
a recess and called a caucus of the
remaining 24 senators.
Behind closed doors they dis
cussed the situation and emerged
with a declaration signed by all
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ILL
Delegation Leaves This City
Early Today for Meet
ing at Tillamook
Salem Lions will be well rep
resented Friday and Saturday at
the state convention which is be
ing held in Tillamook with 29
clubs In District 36 participating.
Members of the club here were
planning to leave early today to
be present when the convention
opened this morning. Headquar
ters for the gathering will be the
Tillamook hotel.
Judge George Rossman of the
Salem club will be the toastmas
ter at a banquet to be held this
evening.
Wives of a number of the mem
bers are planning to attend the
convention. Men going include
Harry Scott, A. C. Haag. Earl
Houston, Robert Eakin, J. E. Fitz
gerald, Oscar Olson. Dr. Carl Em
mons, Dr. George Lewis, Cecil A.
Swope, Frank Neer, Judge George
Rossman, Monroe Cheek, Keith
Brown, C. F. Doane. C. F. Glese,
Charles Hudkins, Frank Lynch,
Merrill Ohling and Lloyd Rey
nolds. Some hop growers In Marion
county have signed contracts for
the 1929 crop at 14 cents with a
few scattering contracts being
signed at 15 cents. Criticism of
the price as one which does not
cover cost of production was made
by hop buyers and growers here
Thursday who assert that the
growers should hold back- until
fhe market Is better developed.
Financial pressure brought 'by
banks is said to have caused the
signing of the contract by grow
ers. A surplus of hops abroad
brought on by heavy exportation
into England from Germany has
forced down the market In Amer
ica. Some growers locally have
long-time contracts still holding
the price above the present mar
ket level. . .
KW
n in
GROWEHS DECLARE
HOP PRICE TOO LOW
Willamette Students to
Perform Before Moving
Picture Camera Saturday
Salem and Willamette univers
ity will "go Hollywood" and get
into the movies Saturday morn
ing. Two of the biggest news reels.
Fox and Pathe, will be represent
ed here by staff cameramen who
will photograph and record three
stunts by Willamette university
students.
Willamette women will stage
two of the stunts. The first 1b
scheduled to start at 9:30 o'clock
Saturday morning in a quiet part
of the Willamette river opposite
end of State street. Some of Wil
lamette's best co-ed swimmers will
compete in a log-rolling contest.
The girl that can keep the log
rolling the longest will be award
Opposing Factions
In Baptist Battle
Still Hard At It
BUFFALO, X. May 18
(AP) The contending
factions of the Des Moines
university row were more
widely divided tonight than
at any time since the riot of
student which was followed
by temporary closing of the
institution.
Charging that Dr. T. T.
Shields, president of the
board of trustees of the uni
versity and head of the Bap
tist Bible union, was using
"steam-roller tactics at the
open session of the anion
convention. Dean C. Callo
way of the university phar
macy department and here
as a representative of the
faculty and students, called
a special meeting to which
he invited all Baptists of the
city.
GRADUATION SUITED
B
E
Students Raise Objections
To Arrangements Made
By Authorities
For the first time in the history
of the Salem high school, com
mencement exercises will be held
at a morning hour, when the class
of 1929 Is graduated at 10 o'clock
Friday morning, June 7, at a pro
gram to be held at the Elsinore
theatre. This decision was reach
ed Wednesday morning in a con
ference between Superintendent
George W. Hug. Principal J. C.
Nelson and Verne Mclntyre, man
ager of the Elsinore.
' Commencement exercises have
been held in the armory for a
number of years and first thought
of changing the place came this
year when it became known cost
of using the armory would amount
to close to $100. Including $65 for
rental, transfer to and from of a
piano and hauling o f additional
chairs. The matter was put be
fore the school board last Tues
day night, that body leaving It
with the city superintendent with
power to act. Mr. Mclntyre offer
ed the Elsinore for the usual
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Six Cups to
Be Given at
Cattle Show
Six cups, instead of the usual
two, will be awarded at the annual
Marion county Jersey Cattle show
to be held at the Fairgrounds,
next Tuesday, beginning at 10
o'clock in the morning, reports E.
A. Rhoten, president of the club.
Between 60 and 100 cows will be
exhibited at the show, to which
the publlc-Uh Invited. No admis
sion will be charged. Joe Knut
ting of Washington State Collegs
will be the Judge
Four new 150 cups have been
added to the collection through
donation of several companies.
Donors and the classes for which
they will be awarded are: Hod-gen-Brewester
Milling company,
get of sire; Oregon-Grain com
pany of Portland through the
Turner store, produce of dam;
Fisher Flour mills of Silverton,
reserve champion female; Marion
County Jersey club, reserve cham
pion bull. Two other cups have
been given by the Marlon county
Bankers' association and will be
come permanent property of the
breeder winning them three years.
Sam Torven of Silverton won one
last year on champion Jersey bull
and Mrs. Frank Kuensting of
Woodburn with her grand cham
pion cow took the other. Cups
will be on display at the H. T.
Love jewelry store Saturday.
The show here next Tuesday -is
one of a series being held next
week in the Willamette valley in
cluding a cattle show for Clacka
mas county at Canby Monday;
one at Albany for Linn and Ben
ton counties Wednesday; a Jersey
tour of Yamhill Thursday; a Polk
county tour Friday and a Lane
county tour Saturday.
KUGEXE MAN DEAD
MERCED, Cal., May 16 (AP)
The body of a man identified as
Thomas Galen, about 60 years of
age, formerly of Eugene, Ore., was
found in a lot near the Golden
State highway, near here this
morning.
ed a prize of $10. Bob Board man.
physical director at the Y. M. C.
A., will officiate and check the
time with a stop-watch. Irvin
Markuson and Charles Gill, Wil
lamette students, will be on hand
as lifesavers.
The girls competing are Mar
garet Morehouse, Muriel White,
-Elizabeth Wechter, Myrne Bonney,
Jean Middleton, Dorothy Hutcha
son, Ellen Jean Moody, Esther
Lisle, Mildred Pugh. Maribelle
Quinn and Lillian Scott.
At 11 o'clock Willamette co-eds
will stage a tug of war on the mill
stream just below the Kay Woolen
mills on 12th street. This spot
HEB
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SENATE CHIEFS
TO MEET WITH
Strenuous Attempt Made to
Iron Out Difficulties on
Export Debenture
Lower Branch of Congress
To Vote Today on Seek
ing Conference
By W. B. RAGSDALE
Associated Press Staff Wri '
WASHINGTON, May 16. (AP)
The way was opened today for
a conference between the house
and the senate to smooth out the
differences that have arisen over
the Insertion of the export deben
ture plan In the farm relief bill
Lby the senate.
The house rules committee ap
proved a resolution to send the
measure to conference, but bear
ing a reminder that It believed
there was a question as to wheth
er the senate had infringed upon
the rights of the house under the
constitution to Initiate revenue
legislation.
Speaker Longworth said the
resolution would be taken up In
the house at the opening of tomor
row's session. Under the rules one
hour's debate would be permitted
on the adoption of the rule and
it would be subject to a majority
vote.
Democratic Leader
Opposes Proposition
Representative Garner of Texas,
the minority leader, said he was
opposed to the adoption of the
rule, preferring to see a straight
vote on the incorporation of the
debenture plan in the legislation.
The resolution from the house
rules committee ended the argu
ments that have been heard dur
ing the last week or more over
whether the house should send
the bill back to the senate. Its ap
proval marked the culmination of
a disposition to arbitrate the dif
ferences in conference which has
been growing for the past" two
days.
In deciding to prepare a rule,
however, the republican leaders
determined to make it clear to the
senate that they considered there
was doubt as to the right of the
senate to initiate the debenture
proposal. They also' declared in
the resolution that the action
should not be considered as set
ting a precedent for the future.
The decision was reached at a
meeting today of the unofficial
republican steering committee of
the. house.
PROGRESSING WELL
Market road construction in
the county is now well under way
according to Deputy Road Master
Johnson. Three projects have been
started and a fourth will be be
gun on Monday.
Lester Van Cleave Is supervisor
of construction on the Brooks
"Million dollar" road leading
through mint land which brings a
high return to the owner.
William Mclllwain has charge
of construction in the river high
way to Independence while John
ny Grissnaeur is supervisor of
construction on the market road
construction leading from Wood
burn to Killen bridge.
Construction work on the Aums
ville to Shaw, road is to start Mon
day with W. W. Westinghduse as
supervisor of the work.
Bids for hauling 6000 yards of
gravel onto the Independence
road and 6000 yards onto the
road leading from the Ankeny
hill to Buena Vista ferry will be
opened Saturday.
Bids Opened On
Monday For New
Safety Escape
Bids for a fire escape for the
Marion county courthouse will be
opened Monday b y the county
court. Construction of the fire es
cape was necessitated by an order
of the state fire marshall who
found the courthouse without ad
equate protection in case of a
blaze.
The proposed fire escape is to
be erected on the east side of the
courthouse and will extend from
the top of the structure to the
ground floor.
Man- Surrenders
In Case Based On
Young Salem Girl
PORTLAND, Ore., May II
(AP) C. W. Aplin, 42, arrested
at Carson City, Nev., on an indict
ment charging violation of the
Mann act, reported to the assis
tant United States district attor
ney here today. Aplin is charg
ed with having transported his
niece, Hulda Bosch, 21, from Sa
lem, Ore., to Chico, Calif., July 7.
MARKET ROAD WOnK
Allied Delegates
Fail to Agree in
Long Conference
Discussion Reveals Reluctance to Concede
German Demand that Lien Upon Railroads
! Be Lifted. Meet Continues Today
PARIS, May 16. (AP) After four hours discussion this
afternoon of the conditions under which Germany is will
ing to accept the reparation annuities proposed by Owen D.
Young, allied delegates to the reparations conference ad
journed their meeting tonight without having actually ac
cepted or rejected outright any of them.
It was announced that discussion between the allies and
the Americans would be continued tomorrow afternoon after
further study of Sir Josiah Stamp's report and the German
conditions embodied therein. Study of the delegations separ
Thursday
in
Washington
By the Associated Press
The house agreed to receive
the senate farm relief bill.
The senate debated the cen
sus and reapportionment meas
ure. Republicans of the house
ways and means committee re
ceived requests for tariff in
creases. Secretary Good expressed
confidence that Dwight F. Davis
would accept the post of gov
ernor general of the Philip
pines. The federal trade commis
sion heard further witnesses in
its investigation of newspaper
holdings by power inferests.
Half of Growers in Oregon
Already Lined Up for
Organization
Hop growers of Oregon being
merged Into a statewide protective
association charged with the duty
of educating the public to the ne
cessity of making the Industry
more financially successful, have
rallied to the proposed association
in good order according to Fv H.
Needham who has sponsored the
group.
Needham said Thursday that
about one-half of the growers had
agreed to enter the association.
Needham will send out another
letter Saturday seeking to line up
the men who have not yet affil
iated with the association.
Growers will be called to Salem
to perfect details of the organiza
tion once the great majority of the
men have signified their willing
ness to organize. Hopgrowers
point out the fact that all other
Industries have formed associa
tions to protect their interests and
they assert that the growers of
hops must do likewise.
ALICE LANE ESTATE
ACCOIK FILED
An accounting in the estate of
Alice B. Lane, deceased was filed
in -probate court Thursday by Wal
ter Window, administrator of the
estate. Receipts to date have
amounted to 111,966, the report
shows, while total expenditures
have reached $1117.
The valuation of the Edmund
M. Engle estate has been set at
117,977.20 according to a report
filed Thursday . in circuit court.
Inheritance tax taken by the
state will amount to $771.74.
Regina Etzel, a minor heir of
Andrew M. Lambrecht, deceased,
has not yet taken a $500 legacy
belonging to her nor has she had
a guardian named to handle the
bequest, Joseph J. Lambrecht,
executor of the will, sets forth
in a statement filed Thursday in
probate court. He asks that an
order be granted whereby the
money be turned over to the
treasurer of the county for safe
keeping. The order was alrowed.
Albany To Send
Hi School Band
To Denver Meet
Citizens of Albany held a mass
meeting Wednesday night and
agreed to send the Albany high
school band to Denver to take
part In the national contest of
high school bands to be held in
Denver, May 23 and 24. The band
will leave Albany Monday and go
direct to Denver.
The trip is made possible for
the band through the generosity
of Albany citizens and comes as a
reward for the efforts of the band
in winning first place in the class
B contest held In Portland last
week. -j .icj
IP VS GROUP
GIB STEADILY
ately will be carried on in the
light of today's exchange of
views.
This discussion revealed the
fact that the German demand for
lifting the lien of railroads and
industries of the Reich, which
guarantee payments under the
Dawes plan, could not be satis
fied. The Hen could not be re
moved because it is part of the con
tract under which a loan of $800,
000.000 had been floated to put
the Reichsbank on its feet.
There were suggestions, how
ever, of ways of administering the
lien which might leave the means
for Germany to utilize the rail
roads as a guarantee for other
loans.
The German demand, for the
right to ask for revision of the
reparations settlement turns out
in the text of the report submitted
to the creditors to be rather a
safeguard than a revision clause.
This was understood, despite re
fusal of the experts to reveal its
terms.
Two Divorce
Suits Based
On Desertion
Charges of desertion are set
forth by Mary E. Over in a com
plaint for divorce brought Thurs
day in circuit court in which she
asks release from her husband,
Gruneth Dole Over. They were
married In June, 1921, the com
plaint states. He deserted her
more than a year ago, Mrs. Over
claims. She asks custody of one
child and sufficient money to sup
port the latter.
Paul J. Garrison also charges
desertion in his complaint filed
Thursday In circuit court where
in he a&ks that he be divorced
from Naomi M. Garrison, his
wife. They were married in April,
1923, Garrison alleges and Bhe de
serted him about May 1, 1928.
01 PLAT TONIGHT
The senior class of the high
school will present "A Full
House" at the high school audi
torium at 8:15 o'clock tonight as
the annual production of the class.
The play is a three-act comedy by
Fred Jackson, with a detective
story Its essence. Dress rehearsal
was held last night, and went off
well. Miss Edith Bragg and Miss
Leah Ross are coaching the play,
advance ticket sale for which has
been encouraging.
The cast includes: John Mere
dith as Parks; Margaret Brown
as Susie; Maxine Myers as Ottily
Howell; Virginia Page as Miss
Winnecker; Caroyi Braden as Da
phne Charter; Frances Martin as
Vera Vernon; Irma Babcock as
Mrs. Pembroke; Charles Bier as
Nicholas King; Robert Gamer as
Ned Pembroke; Marvin Byers as
George Howell; James Heltzell as
Doughtery of the police force;
Ronald Hewitt as Jim Mooney;
Merritt Metcalf as Clancy, another
policeman; and Katherine Laugh
rige as Mrs. Fleming.
Farmer Must
Provide Relief
For Self, Said
"Relief for the farmer must
come from the farm and not from
legislation." members of the "Y's"
Men's club found to be their con
census of opinion In discussing
attempts at bettering the farmers'
condition Thursday morning.
Better, marketing and coopera
tion In the setting of sales prices
was held to be one method of farm
relief that would do much to bet
ter conditions. Ten members were
present at the early morning meet
ing of the young business men.
Julius Moen Gets
Verdict Of $200
A verdict of $200 was granted
Julius Moen by a circuit court
jury Thursday. Moen sued F. E.
Sylvester claiming that the latter
wrongfully detained his car for a
lien which was improperly made.
The jury placed a value of $150
on the car.
U W
LEAK IN STEAM
PIPE DECLARED
CAUSE OF FIRE
Spontaneous Combustion is
Said Result of Too Much
Heat in Store Room
Investigation Goes Forward
In Matter of Terrific
Hospital Blast
CLEVELAND, May 16 (AP)
With another death late this af
ternoon the list of fatalities of the
Cleveland elinlc disaster reached
124. More of the injured are ex
pected to die tonight, doctors said. -v'
CLEVELAND, O., May 16
(AP) Spontaneous combustion
in an overheated storeroom caus
ed the fire and explosions which
wrecked the Cleveland clink
building and took the lives of
scores of patients, nurses and (Vec
tors, fire wardens reported today.
The heat came from a leaky
steam pipe In the basement room.
Deputy Wardens Max Gross and
P. T. Ferrie, who made an inves
tigation, reported.
Coroner A. J. Pearse tonight .
said "it Is obvious that negligence
led to the explosion." However,
neither his report nor that of the
fire warden's attempted tt fix re
sponsibility. Plumber's Story
Leads To Inquiry
It was the story of Bofferiy
Bogg, a plumber, who was sent
to repair the pipe, which led to
the investigation and decision taat
the heat caused the flames which
liberated clouds of ' poisonous
gases and overcame many of the
300 -occupants of the building.
As reports were received regu
larly of additional deaths, due to
the insidious action of the fumes,
the total mounted toward the 130
mark with indications that this
number would be increased ee
fore tomorrow. The late after
noon list contained the names of
124 dead.
Fire Proof Vault Is
Found Full of Steam
Bogg told the authorities he
found the fire proof door to the
vault open and the place where
the films were kept full of steam,
presumably from a leaky pipe. He
was unable to find the leak, how
ever, and finally noticed a brown
sticky substance on the ceiling
from which steam seemed to be is
suing He used a fire extinguisher
with no effect and was overcome a
few minutes later by the gas-. As
he was attempting to crawl out of
the room, Bogg said, an explosion
lifted him through the door and
he eventually reached the outside,
seeming to be none the worse for
the experience.
Blistered Door Of
Vault Is Examined
The blistered vault door, which
was supposed to close automatic
ally when the heat reached a suf
ficiently high degree to melt a
link of metal, held the the atten
tion of some ot the investigators.
Had it been closed authorities
agreed, the tragedy would hae
been averted. Fire Wardens Fer
rie and Gross made a minute ex
amination of the door and decided
definitely it was wide open when
the explosion occurred, as Bogg
related. They were In doubt, how
ever, whether there had been suf
ficient heat in the raom before the
explosion to melt the fusible link
which should have closed the
door. Bogg was held In technical
custody until further investiga
tions have been completed.
In addition to the steam pine
theory, authorities began their in
vestigation with two other ideas
in mind as to how the films might
bave been ignited. Crossed wires
on the x-ray machine might have
provided the spark, they believed,
or some one might have been
burning rubbish in the nearby
furnace and a spark had blown
in.
Hillsboro Swept
By $300,000
Fire Yesterday
HILLSBORO, Ore.. May 16,
(AP) A red hot rivet, dropped
on an asnhalt covered slab r
cork, caused a fire tnat In an hour
tonight destroyed the main build
ing of the Ray Maling Cannery
with a loss of $30,000.
The cork slab in which the blase
started was. one of many piled
about in a building to be used as
insulation In a new cooling room.
New machinery valued at $176,
000 was ready for installation in
the cooling room and was believ
ed ruined. Full insurance was car
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