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ATlTfrPAY, APRIL 30,1927
EVEE AS
0M AN AIRPLANE
.
H llla h Tem ple, ot t ie Shrine,
■ welcomes to this city on M ay 1,
' M ajor-G eneralA m os A. Fries, U.
8. A., ef Washington. D. C„ who
to touring the Pacific Coast on an
official inspection trip, and inct-
» dentally visiting a number of rela­
tives and friends residing through
out the valley, at M edffrd, Con­
tra i Point and Prospect princi­
pally^ he having been a former
resident of this section.
The distinguished visitor, wpo
is Che Potentate of Almas Temple
the Shrine organisation at Wash­
ington. Win be the guest of honor
N O B FO LK , Va., A p ril M .—
a t a dinner which w ill be given
Choppy waters of the Chesapeake
a t the L tth la Springs Hotel, at
bay is being scanned today for
5:90 o’clock, Sunday evening, H il-
additional bodies of ths navy
fliers who were killed when the
counsel on the «Beetles e f ap­ social omeslon. a t which the of- monster seaplane H -15 was struck
pealing to the tontieu to r 914.- ftoers e f the Temple, it past Po­ by lightning late yesterday and
oo.eoe te relftve the want and tentates, and representatives have toppled 1200 feet la te destruc­
sugertag of 805.0«« homeless been invited to attend. Several tion o ff Mathews, Vh„ 40 miles
victims of the MtaMsafppl river m ilita ry officers are also Included west of here.
z
in the invitation list, the idea be­
valley disaster.
One unidentified body
wee
7* Contributions are new pouring ing to incorporate n M t of m ili­ found. The deed ere Lieut. Vic­
In front every city end town in tent "strategy,” as an accompani­ to r F . M arinelll. aged 80, Wash­
the lend in response to the orig­ ment to the civic end fraternal ington, D. C., Lient. George W .
inal call for a 81,444,«09 relief welcome which w ill he extended Lehman, the pilot, of Warsaw,
fund. B at the extent of the dis­ to the General in fa ll measure.
Ind., and the machinists mates
8. H . Baker, of. Grants Paaa, to
aster to se greet th a t th<« sum
Loren E. Poiner and George M.
"the* Potentate o f H llla h Temple,
w ill toil fa r short of Snenclng
Michaels.
tho gigantic task of relief and end among ft« pest Potentates are
rehabilitation, workers a t Red snch well-known names as E. V.
Plane Wrecked
Croae headquarters here are con- Carter, E D. Briggs, O. W . Dana,
N O R FO LK . Va., A p ril 80.— OP)
H. C. Sparr, W . H . McNair, T .
Four naval aviators were k lll-
H. Simpson, and F. D. Wagner,
H en ry M. Baker, heed o f the
ed late yesterday afternoon near
locally, also W . M . Colvig and F.
re lie f organisation, w ill confer
Old Point Comfort, Va., when the
w ith H erbert Hoover, '¿ e to ta ry J. Newman, Medford; W . B. New­ naval seaplane F -4 -L was struck
comb and 1». B. Horman, Grants by lightning, fell Into the water
of commerce, en th e , advisability
Paas; and Em il B ritt, of Jackson­
o f asking the nation to dig
ville, most of whom w ill be pres­
The dead; Lient. Lehman, the
deeper Into Ito pockets,a and
ent to extend the glad hand in
lot; Lient. JMarineelli;
ebief
double the fund.
greeting General Fries Incident to
scbinst’s mate P o y n e r ^ F lr a t
ira machinlet’e mate Michael.
Before leaving Memphis Aftfe
N o m of the hodlea hâve been
In the week Hosver sxpferaed the
recovered?
belie« that a ' 95.080.440 fund
weald he ta s u ffid M r to r the
The F - l - L
was one of the
five planes flying to Hampton
work that m ast Me dost«. That
Baker iftdtcated that a fund of
95,000,000 would be sought a fter
the
conference
w ith
flo o rer.
Baker a a id 'k e did not aee how
it would be possible to extend
adequate relief unless the fund
is fa r more than 95,000,040. He
again described the Mississippi
flood as the greatest disaster in
the history of ths country, and
said that only those who have
actually seen the destruction can
realise Ito Immensity. The next
greatest disaster In American an­
nals, according to Baker, wee
the tornado which swept south­
ern Indiana, Illinois and Mis­
souri two years ago. F o r that
disaster. In which the homes of
7,000 families were destroyed, a
relief fond ot 98,000,000 was
raised.
The total number of refugees
now gathered la concentration
camps to 138,807, Baker announ­
ced. Thousands more are being
evacuated from inundated reg­
ions where health conditions are
becoming dangerous and thous­
ands more are fleeing from the
path of the rising w ater along
the extreme southern course of
the Mississippi.
There ere s till other thousands
who found refugees w ith relatives
In nearby territo ry or in homes
thrown open to them, bat who
must look to the Red Cross for
partial rehabilitation.
Southern Pa«afic
Will Haul Relief
Supplies Gratis
The Southern Pacific eompaay
through J. H . Mulehay that* Ae-
etetant General Freight T ra ffic
Manager, «dvlsed A* 8. Rosen­
baum, D istrict' A fd n t, Hedford,
that supplies for the Mlaetoeippt
valley flood eufferera would .ho
transported free When consigned
to accredited representatives of
the American Red Crdttt. Agents
at a ll potato ot the Southern Fe-
clflc lines have keen instructed to
accept such shipment* .had «»•
pedlte movement te dettatatod ra­
dons. The Southern Pacific la s
a direct line to New Orleahs end
other potato in the flood area.
M ED FO R D , A pril 80.— (IP)—
Subpoenas have been issued to r
50 witnesses by the state in the
D 'Aetrem ont tria l which begins
at Jacksonville, next Monday, bat
name« and addresses of the «ub-
ponaed witaraeae are
elosely
guarded and w ill not be known to
the public until they appear to
testify.
Copnael for the defense w ill as­
semble here Saturday for a con­
ference w ith
tho
defendant
George Nenner, U. 8. Attorney,
who w ilt assist tho prosecution,
w ill arrive here Saturday after­
noon.
Under an order Issued by the
circuit oourt, the defense w ill be
allowed to submit depositions
bearing on the good character of
the defendant. These depositions
will bo from Salem, Eugene, A l­
bany and New Mexiao, nil former
hotaea of tho D ’Antramoats.
The youthful prisoner continu­
es to maintain hie Jeanty'etr and
professes to welcome the coming
tria l, manifesting keen interest in
nil the preparations being made
for the hearing.
Mrs.
Bell
D ’Antramont
of
Lakewood, N. M., mother of Hugh
has established her quarters tn a
private home in Jacksonville and
w ill remain there un til the con­
clusion of the trial.
Paul D ’Autremont, father of
Hugh, w ill arrive here Sntarday
from Eugene w ith Fired Smith, at­
torney tor the defendant, end w ill
remain until the case to finished.
Special Service
For Big Trial
Philadelphia, where they were to
be seed la training midshipmen
this summer.
These planes recently had been
overhauled.
The other fonr planes arrived
safely. Men aboard two of them
are said to have heard a terrific
explosion and seen the F -5 -L go
up in a puff of smoke, 1880 feet
up in the a ir and then fa ll on
Ito back la the water a h alf mile
ont from Old Point Comfort. They
concluded the machine bad been
h it by lightning, though they raid
the plane did not take fire. A ll
fonr o f the other planes alighted
on the water and taxied to where
the plane had dropped.
The
stricken machine was described as
a "battered wreck.” and the bod­
ies of its erstwhile
occupants
could not be seen. In n moment
the F -5 -L sank.
The F -5 -L was a seaplane of
the largest type. Others were sis­
ter crafts.
Six Months Search for Gnn-
mea is Ended With
Arrest of Two
EU G EN E, A p ril 80. — (IP) —
W ith the arrest of F . W . W o lf
and J. W . W ynne In Ornate Para,
a six months* search by Eugene
police for alleged gunmen and
liquor runners has been almost
completed.
But one man remains at large.
The men were arrests«) on a
warrant «worn to by Glenn W lck-
wlra, local automobile"- dealer,
who found the wracked automo­
bile need by • the men and dis­
covered therein 110 gallons ot
grain alcohol, valued at 91,800.
During the night the liquor
was removed from tho garage
and W lckw lre was forced by two
gunmen to w rite a check tor
91800 under threat e f a gun.
T O H O LD IN IT IA T IO N
The
Modern
Woodmen
of
America w ill hold a elaes adop­
tion and ’Battalion meeting ot the
Uniform Rank ef Foresters to­
night ht the Odd Fellevto H qll
with delegatee In attendance from
all Southern Oregon cities. , A so­
cial boor an/, banquet w ill fol­
low the Initiation.
N E W O R LEA N 8, L a., A p ril 1
— W ith a crash that could
heard fain tly above an alrptan
motor roar, the famous levee
Poydgga was blown up Frtdl
But from 8,500 feet la the 8
where I whs watching It f r o »
airplane, «the dynam iting «1 1
levee that Is to save N ew <
leans, was the greatest drama
flop that could be im a g in e * -
The airplane rolled from t
shock Just as 1 expected R
do. A huge column o f m ad a
dust and a cloud 9f bluish era«
shot up from the levee,
There was no huge gap 1« » c
levee, there wee no huge Bely
of w ater tearing Its way talag r
Treee and hdnses lmme^toSay
behind the spot were n o t »
ing torn from the ground Mr1
broken to pieces. Everything vds
as before except theee wunfljit
email erater in the levee» , » » r
which the water trickled.. q S
The airplane turned on W»
noae and spiraled downward
two more columns of m ud' add
smoke shot upward.
\ J»-
And when theee clonda rolled
away, there wee two more cra­
ters w lthont even a tric k le ef
water. A h alf hundred men stand­
ing on the levee 800 yards ffp-
stream walked to the spot and
raced curlonaly down into the
hole. After a few momenta, they
stepped down into the craters and
began prosaically to cut channels
for the water with pick and
»hovel. The water from the first
opening ran slowly across the
white ribbon of road behind the
levee and then seeped Into the
backyard of a tiny house on the
other sldo,
Two Streams Join
Two streams from the other
cuts Joined it and the three
started a thia fan-shaped sheet
of water moving out over St.
Bernard parish.
Four thousand fishing, trap­
ping, hunting Cajuns of t|je
marshlands, who had built a
levee so strong that dynaipite
cSuld hardly touch it, had given
up their lands and homos that
New Orleans, "the greatest city
In the south,” might be saved
from the waters of the Mlsslsslp-
rushing
More water began
through the gaps, but the drama­
tic moment had passed.
The pilot of the airplane gave
the scene one last disgusted
glance and turned bis plane to­
ward port.
Health Program
to be Broadcast
OoouUte School Teacher
figures te Affair at
Eugene
1
Y. M. 0. A. Secretan
Yokohoma to be P
cipal Speaker.
f „ H. S. Sneyd of Yokohama, Jap­
an, will be the speaker at the
Chamber of Commerce forum
luncheon on Monday May second.
Mr. Sneyd is on his way to Can­
and will stop over'in Ashland Go-Defendant is Pictured as
Engineers Anxiously Watch ada
Monday. The Chamber luncheon
a Monster Who Mur­
Canal Levels as Water
was changed to Monday to ac­
dered Bnsband
Slowly Lowers
commodate him. Mr. Sneyd Is a
graduate ot the University of Man­
18 POROBD
B R E A K S DANGEROUS itoba. He served as pastor of the 00N PE8SI0N
«■tamsuasuBUBe
e
W ater is Gradually W o rking Ha Second Baptist church and assist­ District Attorney and Detocterea
ant secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at
Forced H er to Sign, ”1
W ay Vader a Sea W a ll t
Edmonton
for
several
years.
In
Know Not What”
Near Vicksburg
1913 he sailed for Japan and lo-‘
N EW YORK. April 30 — M r*.
NEW ORLEANS, ' April 80.— cated as a Y. M. C. A. secretary In
Man pitted his strength against Yokohama, Japan's largest sea­ Ruth Brown Snyder told the first
the vastly greater power of the port, where he has been up to Installment of her story about the
flood waters of the Mississippi rly- the present time. Serving as he murder ot Albert Snyder for two
or and Its tributaries In a desper­ does in the first port of entry, hours and denied everything.
Sneyd has an uncommon oppor­
Appealingly garbed in black,
ate struggle on the lower delta.
While hundreds of laborers tunity for meeting and helping the blonde widow of Queen’s v ik
fought against ths rising wntern, thousands of Incoming and outgo­ lage painted herself as the inno­
four serious breaks released the ing travellers. During the war he cent victim of a series of dread­
flood qn its new rampages of de­ acted as agent for the National ful c I rcu instance«.
T h e . corset salesman, Henry
struction. There is a break under War Work copncll in connection
the sen * \ll at Vlekeburg and it with the work in Russia. He Judd Gray, her co-defendant, she
is rapidly inundating the indus­ knows Japan and her people, and depicted as a monster, who m ur­
trial section and endangering the Is a much loved and honored sec­ dered her husband over her ter­
In the afternoon Mr. rified protests.
entire relief program of the Vicks- retary.
Sneyd will speak' before the high
H er husband, she' let It he
burg rescue organisation.
The levee on t(ie Arkansas riv ­ hchool student body under the ape- known, was a man wko cursed
er has given way. Two breaks, pices of the Hi-Y club. A large at­ her because her baby was not
protecting the dikes at Yazoo tendance 'is expected at Monday a boy, who flaunted a dead love
City, Miss., have cut off commun­ noon’s luncheon and anyone inter­ of his in her face from their wed­
ication with a refugee camp In ested In hearing Mr. 8neyd*s ad- ding night. Her confeesion, read
which more than 4,00 are con- ress on Japan and her conditions into the evidence by the state, she
centrated. The water rising on ts invited to attend.
had signed “I know not w hat,”
the streets of Yasoo City.
be given Wednesday, May 4 from
NEW ORLEANS, April 80.»— I l l
7 until 8 o’clock in the evening Water roared through the levee
over the Medford station KM ED. breaks below New Orleans, flood-
EU G EN E, A p ril SO. — (IP)
Children will broadcast songs, ing the St. Barnard Parish as en-
Mrs. Helen Cronch 8nyder, M
reettnMena aud e jrfw to t. a U h * * - «Users anxlouBljawalted the low­
bronrftf
d UW
iv
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«FS Wee m®® • 'drôf
wwvv to
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we
ing health as their theme. Mrs. ering o'f th aoan ailevel hoping f l
her husband, W a lte r W.
H. L. Noblit is arranging this ed- that sacrifice would save New Or-
ucationai entertaining progranjT leans. Further hrasITrig wnT prob7
the University of Oregon, a llM -
the details of which will be an- ably be necessary before suf-
Ing intimacies w ith Miss R a tin '-
Troop Two of the Boy Scouts
f Iclent water can pour into the de-
Jpq Raya. Coquille school teed^L nonneed later.
and form er student nt the ‘ uni­
versity.
Mrs. Snyder said the university
professor admits his love for the
school teacher and that he is
quoted- ns having told her that
ho will continne his advances
toward her.
In her bill tor separation Mrs.
Snyder alleges thnt during the
last spring vacation Snyder visit­
ed Miss Kaye nt- Bandon. From
there she charges, the pair went
to Portland, wtiere they remain­
ed over a week end.
The Snyders' were married in
Tucson, Airis., In 192S and have
no children.
Eeeh year. May Day t o r Child seriad valley fo-eaveAha city.
Dangerons Breaks
MEMPHIS, April 80.— Danger­
ous levee breaks threaten any mo­
ment a number of points in south­
ern Mississippi and Arkansas and
on the west bank ot the Mississip­
pi river In Louislafia.
Crisis Reechwl
VICKSBURG, April 30, —The
entire program of flood relief
work In thia refugee center faced
a crisis following a break under
the sea wall which was bringing
c gradual Inundation of the Ya-
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One Barrier That Never Fails
at
Mar scout
t« e lr prra-
I snt registered-membership, gtead-
Hy plugging along adding a tow
tests every month and thereby
increasing their knowledge of
many usefn) subjects particularly
of outdoor life and their relations
tions to the community in which
they live, these scout boys have
attained a rank which to well
worth the effort of any boy who
cares to do things.
At the Crater Lake Council
Thursday night three badges
were awarded to each of two
scouts from Troop Two. Duane
Malone took conservation, bird
study and reptiles, making a to­
tal of ten merit badges which
he has taken in all and places
him in the running for life scout
at the May Court of Honor; this
la the first merit badge to be
awarded in the study of reptiles
at Crater Lake Connell and re­
quired a considerable amount of
study, while the bird study test
requireif a knowledge of forty
different birds and a particularly
Intimate acquaintance. with twen­
ty of them. Lorne Sewell took
first aid, first aid to animals
and safety first, three very use­
ful tests for any hoy to atndy;
this mads six merit badges for
Sewell and he was awarded the
star scout emblem nt thia Coart.
Bullet Paralyse« T h i r t y
Pour Year Old Mc­
Minnville Man
M C M IN N V IL L E , A pril SO. —
W illia m Smith, aged 84 y e a n , an
alleged moonshiner, to in the
hospital, probably permanently
paralysed, as the result ot being
shot by Ray Amy, State dry of­
ficer, daring a raid near here
last night.
The bullet struck below the
right shoulder two Inches from
the spine, and paralysed him
from the waist down. Physicians
fear the paralysis w ill be per­
manent. A stUl and a quantity ot
moonshine was found had Smith’s
helper, Tom Minto, a greek wee
arrested,
\
Port of Portland «elle 9040,444
bond Issue for 9514,4X8.'
under the cruelty of a police third
degree.
The district attorney’s' staff
end the detectives ceased her tq,
■«g» ■ »toene-ef4to> h£ starving
said. And ahe herelf, fa r from
being a blonde Borgia ef ths eah-
urbs, w«s S washing, sleeping,
cooking, prayer teaching mother
and houaewUa. )M |u 8 n y 4 s r raid,
enmqshed la this dreadful a ffa ir
by that seouadred Gray. with
whom ahe committed her ;flr a t
and only deceit against a k0ruet
husband. ,
One of the largest ceuritoom
irowde that America «Vpr exper- ;
(¿need hung on the woman’« ev­
ery word, watched her every hear«
llstende avidly for her every-eighr
• There were 1,848 in ths hags
room If thsre was one. . They
mushroomed, standing down ths ■
aisles, packed into the w lndoA
and door receesea, knelt on th «
floor uhder reporter’s benches! J
Most of them were womeq,
of the women were richly and
stylishly attired.
*
Preserves Ordre.
Only the presence ot g uprem l.
Court Justice Townsend Bcudder,
grav« and urbane, preserved or»
der in the stifling arena ot o f
Justice, while minor witnesses, in­
cluding Mrs. Josephine
Browi^ »
the bereaved mother-in-law, wket*-
ted the appetites of the mob.
Bailiffs called oat for ordejf.
when her attorney, Edgar F . Has»'
elton announced loudly: .
“ Mrs. Rath Brown Snyder.”
W ith the calm of tho Qneen of
Rumania at a box party, the de­
fendant, Mrs. Bayder. her owp
eter witness, walked to ths wtt*
ness box and stood erect behind