Medford mail tribune., April 29, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

The Weather
Prediction ..... 1'nsetlJed, cloudy;
Cooler Thursday 9
Maximum jpsterdny .. KB
Mlnlmuin today 43
Weather Year Ago
Maximum .. . 78
Minimum -.. . H 44
Dtfly Twentieth Tear.
Wkly Fiftj third Yef.
MEDFORD. OTEOONT,JWKnESDAY, APRIL 20, 1025
NO. 33
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FOUR DIE IN
PORTLAND
FIRE TRAP
Two Men and Two Women
Perish in Flames When
Hendricks Apartments Burn
Another Woman Ma Die
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Victims Caught in Rooms
' With Escape Cut Off.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 29. Four
persona were killed and one woman
was Injured probably fatally In a fire
which today swept the Hendricks
apartments here.
The dead:
Miss Clara Short, 20, waitress.
Miss Bernfce Frazier, eniployo of
Llpman nnd Wolfe company, about 20
years old.
E. Sullivan, 65 year old laborers
Mr. Uwr, 70. and blind.
The Injured:
Mrs. Lawr, perhaps fatally.
The flames swept rapltfly .through
the frame building and the forty per
sons who occupied the 49 apartments
, fled to the streets in what attire they
were able to don.
The flames broke out shortly after
8 fi. in. and raged) for more than an
hour before, flrorrien were able to
enter (he building and search for the
bodies which were found huddltjd In
theTOomsi . The bodies . of Miss Shore
and Miss Frozier wore .found in their
rooms where :thoy apparently had
been trapped. The body of Mr. LawrJ
also was discovered in his -room.
, M,rs. Law i managed ,'to make her
scape from the flaming building but
Which attending ; physicians . fear
- might prove- fatal. " ,
Mr. Lawi:' was blind and apparehtly
had been unable ;to find bis wayout
- of the Urnlngrbu'ildinK"-- "
Sullivan died as- the result' of lnjur-
ies sustained when he leaped from
the fourth oor of the building and
missed a: not which firemen had
spread to save him after he had been
trapped with no chance of escape.
The fire started in the basement
from the furnace or a defective flue,
said Fire Marshal Orenfell after an
investigation. The flames swept up
the stairway, carried by a draft from
a skylight.
Credit for saving many lives was
given Captain C. O. Haines and mem- 1
bers of engine company No. 3, who
were first to reach the fire. The oc-
cupants of the building were crowded
at the windows screaming for help
when the firemen arrived and first
efforts with ladders and life nets were
devoted to rescue.
. The death of Sullivan was declared
by firemen, due to the fact that he
jumped before the life net was fully
spread. Owing to smoke and trees
near the building the firemen did not
see im Jump until too late to catch
him.- -
Mrs. A. BenneW, 6ccupylng the sec
ond floor front facing . Flanders
escaped to the porch, and ( was carried
down a ladder by one of the firemen.
She was much worried over her? pet
o "Hinlriv nnit firemen thinlcinir
she was concerned about a child,
made several futile efforts to locate
the baby in the burning room.
"Buddy" was, finally . discovered
after the fire was out, badly soaked
and badly scured, hiding under the
bed.
Ends of ladders placed against the
third floor caught fire and had to be
drenched continually with water.
. A letter to. Miss Short, one of the
tire victims, signed "mother." bore
9 the address 1218 Q street, Sacramen
, to,.Cal. - -' " :
Mrs. Gouldstone, housekeeper, 32,
suffered slight burns about the feet.
She was being cared for by friends.
Mrs. Gouldstone was broken heart
ed over the death of her pet canary.
She ,tried to save the pet but had to
drop'v its cage when the fire threat
ened her. :, '
' The Hendricks apartment was one
of e -first, if not the first, childrcns'
homes erected in Portland,
It was built some fifty years, or
mora airo by the Ladles Kenei society,
a charlftible organization, for a home
for children, and was used as such
until the middle '80's.
- Firemen were today investigating a
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BULGARIAN RED. KILLS SEVEN
1 POLICE BEFORE HE BITES DUST
r i
' ' SOFIA, Bulgaria. , April 29. (By
the Associated Press) The Ameri
can minister to Bulgaria, Charles
B. ttlon, categorically denies the
statement attributed to British la
borite parliamentarians e isiting Bul
garia that he either officially or un-
officully represtnted to the Bulgar
ian government Ihe neccsnlty for
moderation toward those arrested
after the bombing of the Sveti Krai
cathedral.
Jack Dentpsey Tired
of Camera Close-Up
With Blushing Bride
4
NEW "YORK, April 29.'
4 Cameramen failed In their ef 4
4 fort to set a "close-up" of Jack 4
4 Dempsey embracing his bride,
4 the former Eatelle Taylor, when
4 the" couple appeared at the of- 4
4 fice of the New York state 4
4 boxing commission- yesterday.
4 Jack explained they had already 4
4 filmed bo many yards of teati-
4 mony of their affection that it
4 was almost time for something
4 newv ' -
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AI HOOD RIVER
E
Mrs. Helen Bair of Bend, Con
victed On Liquor Charge,
Makes Getaway at Service
Station Ex-Klamath Po
liceman Is Suspected.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., April 29.
Highways In . this vicinity are being
watched for an automobile in which
Mrs. Helen Bair, young Bond matron
escaped from an automoble in which
Bhe waer being taken to Salem, where
she was to serve a sentence in the
state industrial school for girls.
The escape occurred here yester
day when the automobile In which
Mrs.' Bair was traveling in custody
of District Attorney Moore of Bend,
and Mrs. Ethel V. Johnson, an of
ficer ' of the Woman's Protective
Bureau, stopped at a. filling station.
The woman boarded a cur which
stopped Immediately behind Moore's
car and it drove off at .a rapid rate
of speed which soon put It out of
sight. The car bore a California
license, A-P6-766. It was last heard
of traveling at a high speed on the
west side orchard road.
District Attorney Moore said he
believed the oar was driven by a
former Klamath Fans policeman
named Jones.
Mrs. Bnir was sentenced to the
state school following conviction of
possession of intoxicating liquor.
Tl KILLED IN .
TEXAS TWISTER
KYLE," Texas, April 29. Two dead,
one probably injured, and more than
a score hurt, was the known toll of a
tornado that swept the outskirts of
this town last night. Rumors that
several were dead at Uhland, a near
by village, could not be confirmed as
roads were Impassable and wire com
munication disrupted.
BASEBALL SCORES
National.
At New York R. H. . E
is:
Philadelphia . . ; .13 1
New York - I 9
Fillinglm. Couch, Ulrich, Knight
and Hcnllne; Dean, Barnes, Green
field and Devine.
At Brooklyn R. H. E.
Boston 10 18 2
Brooklyn v.." ..3 10 2
Barnes qnd Gibson; Thormahlcn,
Rush, Hubbell, Oeschger and Taylor.
lOther games postponed; cold and
rain.
American.
' At Detroit n. H. B.
St. Louis 6 10 . 1
Detroit .11 13 8
Wingard, Vangllder, Danforth,
Griint and Severeid; Whltehill, Doyle,
Stoner and Bassler.
o,.. i.. 1,1 . .n.lh.r tarrnrlut
1 lie niiiinB (
suspect near here after & desperate
struggle with the police is reported.
Dlscoverea carrying revuivi(w
bombs concealed, in two flower bas
kets, the man killed an official who
attempted to arrest him. Police
traced him to a house, but he took
refuge in a nearby canal from which
for six hours he held the police at
bny. Me wns fin.-.IIy bombed to
deoth. but only after seven polico
men had been killed.
WOMAN
ESCAPES
I!
SALEM
BULGARIA
UPROAR
CALL TROOPS
Sanguinary Battle Fought in
Sofia Streets Government
Considers Calling One of
Army Classes As Volunteers
Refuse to Serve Radical
Forces Well Armed.
SOFIA, April -29. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The " Bulgarian gov
ernment is considering calling one of
the army blasses to the colors, as it
has been usuble to get the ten
thousand- additional volunteers re
cently authorized by the council of
ambassndora at Paris to pacliy tne
country.
ROME, AURIL 29. A dispatch to
the Tribuna from its Sofia corres
pondent reports a renewed outbreak
of fighting between Bulgarian gov
ernment troops and communists. Cas
ualties are unknown, but this dis
patch says they are believed to be
fairly heavy.
The dispatch to the Tribuna Bays
a sanguinnry. battle was fought thru
out yesterday by government troops
and communists.
The population -of Sofia became
panic stricken because of Intermit
tent muffled explosions and-all street
traffic was stopped. ' A strict cen
sorship .prevuils, the dispatch adds.
...The Tribuna dispatch says the ex
plosions were caused by attempts of
government forces to blast the. com
munists out of underground tunnels
where they had taken-refuge.-
In many places, according to Trlb
una's dispatch,;, the explosions blew
uo parts of the street paving.
..-The communists appeared', to- have
large supplies 1 ammunition -and a
large storehouse of explosives was
located at communist headquarters
in a suburb, of Sofia, the , dispatch
added. v
According to the dispatch some of
the communists escaped- from their
underground resort after the Kovern-
ment troops had dynamited it and
took refuge in the hills near Sofia
where they are said to have been
joined by a number of other com
munists all of whom are believed to
be heavily armed.
ROME, April 29. The Epoca to
day deseribod what the Italian police
call the discovery of the Italian
branch of an international commun
ist plot closely allied with the recent
terrorist acts in Bulgaria. - The news
paper says the police searched sev
eral houses last night, made many ar
rests and seized numerous documents.
A dispatch to the Epoca from
Naples stated that police there have
detained 112 persons suspocted of or
ganizing a workmen s strike to be
culled May day. ,
BY BERLIN PARTY
BERLIN, April 29. (By the Asso
elated Press ) An . unenlightened
stranger arriving In Berlin during the
presidential election or the few days
preceding and following it would have
had difficulty in ascertaining the offi
cial flag of the German republic.
The black, white and red of the
empire dominated the black, red and
gold which was officially adopted to
represent the Germany of the Weimar
constitution. .Then there were Isolated
displays of the red . emblem of .com
munism. . - ; '
Realization that such a situation is
untenable has caused the peoples
party to bring a resolution before the
relchstag demanding official re-adoption
of the monarchal colors as the
national banner. ., . ,
It is argued that as the republicans
accepted the song "Deutschland XJber
Alios." they might also safoly revert
to the colors of pre-war days. '
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK.' April 29. Stock
prices turned upward today after an
early period of Irregularity due to the
conflicting trade news regarding the
steel, oil, sugar and rubber industries.
Lower call money. rates and further
rise in sterling had a bullish effect on
sentiment. Total sales approximated
950,000 shares.
Earl 8ande Wins Again.
JAMAICA, N. Y., April 29. Worth-
more of the Everglades stables, carry
ing top weight and ridden by Earl
Bamle. captured the Paumtfliok haxdi
rap. feature of tlie Jamaica opening,
today. . .
IMPERIAL COLORS
AGAIN ADVOCATED
JJj Feted in Washington
MAY IFekiK.. -:
-v . flu ii,
Miss Constance' Towner, daughter of Horace M. Towner, rovJ
eruor of Porto. Kico, is beiiiff feted in Washington, where she wan
once one of the most popular members of the younger congressional
.oeial set
STILL IS SEIZED
SALEM. Ore.. April 29. Federal I
operatives, working in cb-oporntton I
with Deputy Sheriff Bremmer of this
county, yesterday -afternoon captured
near Mount Angel . what they believe
to be the biggest illicit still ever
seized in the west and which they
positively assert Is the biggest plant
ever seized In Orogon. - 1
i With the raiding of tho still four
men were ' captured, Joe Walker,
ownbr of the farm on which the still
was located, and John Andrews,
Henry. Johnson and L. S. Dickson,
said to be employed in oporatlon of
the place.
Although the still was operating in
a granary in plain MigUit not over 100
yards from -the roud, operatives say it
probably would have been operated
wlrtiout detection all summer but for
a lucky fluke in Portland. Tho offi
cers there got wind of a shipment of
sugar and bottles going out on a truck
and followed tho truck to the still. ,.
Among -the material seized wore
4600 gallons of mash, 220 gallons of
whiskey In jugs and kegs and 400 pint
bottles.
SALEM FRUIT CROP
. SALEM, Ore., April 29. The fruit
crop for this year in -Marlon -county
will be the worst in the history of the
state, according to S. H. Van Trump,
county fruit inspector. Some petite
prunes will be- found, although the
Italian crop , will .bo a total loss.
Cherries suffered to such an extent
that there will not he one-fifth of a
crop. --8tuall fruits and berries are all
practically ruined, according to the
report. The damage was not caused
by the spring weather but, according
to van Trump, dates back to Decern
ber and January of last year.
Crescent Postmaster
Removed From Post
On Serious Charge
P. M. Cleaves, postmaster at
Crescent, Klamath county, has
been removed from his office by
Postal Inspector O. E. Haugen of.
this city, for .alleged bootlegging
operations, intoxication In a pub-
lie place and misappropriation of
public funds, according to highly
authoritative Information. No de-
tails of the alleged transgressions
of the postmaster could be ob-
talncd as Inspector Haugen was
out of town this afternoon.
Crescent is a small hamlet in
the southeastern part of the state.
KLAN MEETINGTN
MASSACHUSETTS IS
ATTACKED BY IB
WHITINSVILLB, Mass., April 29.
Police today began an Investigation
into the riot after a meeting of the
Ku Klux Klan In Northbrldge early
this morning when 150 members of
the klan were attacked by 200 men as
they attempted to leave the meeting
place. ' .
Stato police were also considering
the possibility of an investigation , to
learn the leaders of the attacking
force, which met the klansmen with a
fusillade of stones, smashing automo
bile windshields and otherwise dam
aging the machines.
Members of the crowd claimed that
several of the klansmen were Btruck
by stones during the fracas;
While the klansmen were leaving
the field, running the continuous
shower of rocks and bricks, Lieuten
ant Kimball.and eight members of the
state police were . rushing from the
Helden barracks to preserve order.
Nearly all of the klansmen had left
the field when they arrived..
ESS AGAINST
ACIDULOUS WIFE
LOS ANGELES, Col.. April 29.
Young Darby Day, Jr., son of A Chi
cago capitalist, whom physicians -say
will be disfigured for. life as a result
of an "acid bath" alleged to have
been given him by his wife, Mrs. Ber
nice Lundstrom Day, last February,
went on the witness stand ,ln court
here today the ' prosecution's . star
witness against her..
The first exhibit to the Jury was a
deep red scar on Day s right temple,
extending from above the hair line
well down the side of his face.
His story on the stand covered sov-
eral quarrels with the young wife
after their marriage in Chicago and
on a southern honeymoon, culmlnat
ing in one at Beverly Hills February
3- when he said she doused acid Into
his face while he was at thq wheel of
his automobile. -
Columbia Stages Are
Given Rate Increase
SALEM, Ore., April 29. The public
service commission today vacated an
order of suspension relative to In
creased rates of the Spokane, Portland
and Seattle Transportation company
and the Columbia stages, competitive
bus lines on the Lower Columbia river
highway, allowing the companies to
make effective at once fares of ap
prpxlmately three cents a mllo, which
were effective prior to a rate war
between the two In which they cut to
about 2 cents a mile. About two
years ago an order of the commission
fixed the maximum rate at three cents.
Al But One Boy in
School Fired for
Hose Rolling Strike
OLADSTONE, Mich., April 29.
Two hundred hoy- students of
Gladstone high school all but
one boy of the four upper classes
were expelled today tor com-
V ing to school minus neckties and
with their collars unbuttouod.
The boys Informed the toachers
they would obey the dress regu-
lations only when the girl stu-
dents were compelled to stop
wearing their stockings rolled.'
R. R. WRECK ARE 1
CUT UP EtADlY
Marie Prevost, Louise Fa
zenda, Walter Long and
Others Cut and Bruised
When Santa Fe Train is
Ditched Engineer Killed.
HOLLYWOOD, Cat., April 29.
Pour motion picture players and a
property man were injured and $10;
000 of motion picture equipment was
destroyed in tho wreck of the Santa
Fo train last night near San Diego,
it was announced here today at War
ner Brothers studio from which , a
party of twenty-two was on -the train.
Marie . Prevost. Louise Fazenda,
Kenneth Hurlan and Walter Lone,
players, were cut by glass and bruised
and Bob Webb, property man, was
burned in attempting to save . Engl-nej4.'John-..Warboye1
it was. reported.'
, LOS ANGELES, April 29. One
dead and 35 injured are Hated on a
casualty list of the wreck of the Santa
Fe train last night, twenty miles
north of San Diego, as published to
day by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad offices here. In
addition four persons were reported
injured whose names at 9:30 o dock
this morning were not learned by the
company officers.
John Warboys, cnglnoer, Los An
geles, was killed. The locomotlvo
and five cars went over tho grade.
The thirty-five Injured listed on the
casualty list by the Santa Fo were not
seriously injured but were able to pro
ceed to San Diego hotels after -emer
gency treatment by the doctors and
nurses from the Bpecial relief train
from San Diego..
The locomotive left the track on a
curve at the- Linda Vista grado, the
Santa Fe announced. It was raining.
The exact cause for tho derailment
was not ascertained this morning, tho
officials said. . The tracks were found
to be in good condition nnd being
cleared for resumption of trafflo by
the afternoon.
Rolling over on a Held nosiao ine
track, the locomotive was followed by
a baggage car, smoker and coach, all
of which splintered over tne locomo
tive. - Two coachcr remained on the
track. Seven of the Injured were In
the smoking oar.
Bob Webb, motion picture property
man of Hollwood was declared by the
Santa Fe superintendent -to be the
hero of the wreck, having led In the
rescue of passengers.
AT" I
EUGENE, Ore., April 29. Warm
weather and Jail breaks sometimes
run arm In arm, and such seemed to
be the caso here yesterday, the warm
est day of the year, when Frank
Parchen and Harry M. Zack ran from
the Jail when the door was opened to
admit another prisoner, It, was re
vealed today.
Zack was soon carlturod by John
Mackay, police captain, but Parchen
got away. Both men were serving on
liquor charges.
!
NEW YpRK, April 29. Four nun.
dred government topographers, are
taking the field this month to resume
annual work upon the $5,000,000 map
'of the United States, already 45 years
In the making, which the last con
gress said must be carried to comple
tion within the next twenty years.
The engineering council represent
ing 28 engineering socloties, said to-.
day that this, the greatest carto
graphic panorama, Is being produced
In such detail that It will account for
evty acre.
MOV E STARS IN
BEGIN IRK ON $5,000,000 MAP
U. S. A. WHICH WILL
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New President's Chancellor
Declares There Will Be No
Change in Government's
Policy Desires Justice By
Treaty, "Not By War
Wants Cologne Evacuated.
, BERLIN, April 20. (By Associat
ed Press.) Germany's foreign policy
will npt be changed, Dr. Hans Luther,
the German chancellor declared em
phatically today in an address before
the annual congress of the League
for German Industry and Commerce.
This declaration la understood also
to reflect the viewpoint of Presldent
eleot Von HtnUenburg, with whom
the chancellor conferred yesterday.
While Pr. Luther did not refer to
the recent election it Is generally un
derstood j he spoke with the full
authority of Hlndenburg and the
groups promoting the field marshal's
candidacy.
In order to bring about stable
European' conditions the question of
the evacuation of the Cologne aroa by
the allies must be speedily settled, Dr.
Luther declared.. ,
"For more than three months." he
said, ."we have .watted in vain for the
reasons held to Justify the non-evao?
uatlon.
"The peoplo of Europe desire the
removal of uncertainly and lack of
clearness," Dr.. Luther had previously
declared. -. "A policy having that . end
in .view must naturally be governed
by the law of continuity and cannot
arbitrarily. change Us direction." -
That Germany does not desire war
was a further categorical declaration ,
by the chancellor who, laid' great
streas .oipon .Gjormany's adherence to
the security, pact idea. :
Germany desires to protect herself
by treaty,'. he .observed, "and as I
wish to emphasize at this times, does
not desire to conduct war."
With regard to the failure to sottle
thq evacuation question, Dr. Luther
declared: -
'The whole European policy suf- '
fors from delay on this question."
Reverting to the security problem
he reiterated; .
"it is self evident thtit the stand
point adopted by the government re
mains, unchanged."
The chancellor followed with a
pledge of International co-oporation,
"German statesmen and Gorman
men of authority will endeavor," he
said "to contribute their share to
peaceful understanding and loyal co
operation for the International co
operation of nations." .
' He Insisted that alt talk of new In
flation was criminal. . . .
LANE CO. ATTORNEY IS
CLEARED OF CHARGES
SALEM, Ore., April 29. Exonera
tion of Clyde N. Johnston, former
district attorney of Lane county,-and
dismissal of charges against him ask
ing for his disbarment are recom
monded In a report to the supreme
court by the grievance committee of
the State Bar association. -
The report Is In the bauds of the
court and has not yet been acted on.
Lawrence Edmundson and others In
Lane county accused Johnston of Im
moral conduct.
Wire Report On
Foreign Money
LONDON, April 29. (By the A
soclated Press) Great " Britain's re
turn to the gold standard Is hailed
with general satisfaction In the ex
change market, where the pound
sterling took another step nearer
parity - this morning ' under.'' strong
buying from practically all sources,
touching 14.84 V4.
OF
TAKE 75 YEARS
The vast job Is only about . one-
third done. .....
The map, called "The Topographic
Atlas of the' United States." If spread
out in a single sheet would resemble
the "big top of a circus tent and
would cover a solid acre. However, It
Is being divided Into 60.000 sheets for
convenience. , ' ... -
The American Engineering council
says the map gives both elevations
and- distances and newor sections of
the mup similarly show submarine
contours on ocean and lakes.
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