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Ml ..VI tomb -Mail Tmbune Weather Year Ago tlfriimmi a M'lilfmim .50 Prrdlftlope Fair and continued v warm Maximum yesterday On.o Minimum today Al Dally TAntlrth Tfir. Wfi-Hy Flflj fourlli yM. MET) FORD, OniOfiOX, TllUKsDAV, AUOUST 0. 1fl'-.' NO. 117 OR A Iff WAKE W . Y AllthnritlP5 TakP Action n. i. Huuiui mea idNe miaiuu 1o Annul Adoption of Mary. Spas, While Girl Admits She Is Former 'Movie Star Parents Not Poor Claim Age Given False. NR WYORK, Aug. 0. (A. P.) An i Investigation by the district at torney of Queen's county into the , adoption of Mary l.oulso Spas, young daughter of- Immigrant parents, hy( Edward W. Browning, wealthy ui-, vorced realtor, was sought today by Commissioner ot I' u b 1 1 c Welfare toier. . , Ex-Millionaire's Fate to Be De- Tho commissioner said the inves- - ligation was prompted by charges cifJed BV JlirV, Probably TO that Browning had given money to ; J Mary's parents in return for their 'signing the adoption papers. He added, however, that it was a viola tion of long established precedent for a divorced man. to bo permitted to adopt a child In this city, "It Is the most unmoral transac tion that has eve come to my no tice," Mr. Coler said. "Somewhere In the laws of this country there must be a statute that a parent can not sell a child. If there is not such a law. we will make one." his office, the commissioner ex- plained, since Mary Louise was not a '.'dependent child." I "We do not- allow the adoption of children by foster parents of a dif-' ferent faith." he added, "and we never allow ' divorced persons to adopt children who nre under our surveillance.? Informed of Commissioner Coler's action, Browning said he had given $rno- each to Mnry's father and mother -.at the- sirl's joqpc, i'lh,e:J j money in now instances, no sum, was Hcnt at flnce' to ''Denyor Cor UHe in Je frayinff lhe expended bf Mary's elder RlHter. Mildred, who haft been under going medical treatment there. "I have a clear iconrtclence," snid Browning. "I too,- have received thouwindH of letters, but they nil were of a complimentary character." Tho millionaire said "only $2!00" had ncen spent In the first day of shopping for his new daughter, which he referred to as "a preliminary expe NKW ' YORK, ; Aug. 6 (A. P.) Mary Spas Browning's dreams are be ginning 'to come truo. ' Whatever doubts and. self-pinchlngs she may have indulged in when the millionaire realtor, Kdward Browning, pictured for her a life of ease as his third adopted daughter, the little Bohemian girl was convinced today. For her suite In n . Long Island hotel, not many miles from the homo of her immigrant parents, was cram med with the results of her first raid yesterday on the luxury shops on Fifth avenue where modistes, mil liners and Jewelers cater to the richest in the land. "Daddy BVowning wan a s good an t his word, and Mary had carte blanc I taking her pick from' one glittering array after another. The shopping tour was halted only -for luncheon at a Broadway hotel .'roof. It was enough to make any girl's head swim, .hut Mary, although reared In mod erate circumstances, carried off her part with the dignity befitting a mod ern Cinderella. The net result was GO smart frocks, most of them lavishly trimmed in lace, for which Mary admits a fond ness, 20 pairs of delicate silk hosiery, 10 pairs of slippers, and pearls and, other trimmings that a princess might envy. ' ' . And yesterday was but , tho begin ning. Today Mr.. Browning planned to let his new daughter select a motor car, while he sought to Insure her for (100.000 nnd make arrangements for. parking an airplane on the outskirts of New Vork. i I Mary will meet Dorothy Sunshine, the foster child for whom she was chosen for companion at Crystal Lnke, Vermont, when her wardrobe and other purchases have been completed. (Continued on Pa Six) ESKIMOS KEPT ON THE JUMP BY STRANGE ANTICS OF U S. PLANES WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (A. P.) The American aviators with the Mac Mlllan Arctic expedition are fraying the nerves of the Eskimos. On every test flight the greatest nppreheltslon Is felt by the natives on the ground, who are unable to com prehend why the planes do not fall and who look for disaster every minute. : ' ' Lieutenant Commander Hyrd, In command of the flying' detachment In a radio message toduy to the navy. i I Cyras . K. Curtis, Famous Publisher, Taken III at Sea . NEW YORK. Aug. 0. Ar- rnngemems -.were made today by the Holland-American line to transfer Cyrim H. K. Curtis. the publisher, to his private yacht when the Rotterdam on which he returned from an Kuropean trip, reaches Ho- .boken. .Mr. Curtis was said to have suffered n heavy cold for the several days, but It re- B0ml((1 10 tmunu.lU uul.inK lhe r homeward voyage. ? STATES EFFORT SANE IS ENDED rnnrrnW Nfl AtMPal From IMOIIUW NU H(JfJcdl nuill Verdict State Alienists Ridicule Insanity. CHICAGO. Aug. 6 (A. P.) The jury which is to decide whether Itnsscll Scott Is sane and will hang or Is Insane and "ill be confined ill " "W,VI t,,c mse an,t began its deliberations at 4:87 o'clock. ' CHICAOO, Aug. 6. (A. P.) Tho state today concluded Its effort to prove Hussell Scott sane, . Dr. William o. Krohn, the last T PROVF SCOTT prosecution alienist, told .or nis ex- nion. presumably professionals at tho aminatlon of Scott;. and JUs conclu- game, early this morning let them slon that the1 prisoner was sane. He RiVP(, into the Kueene Klks tomnlc repeated stories of the fourprevlous .istai'e.atleni8tV;; Ihftt. Scott-aeTTilca to submit to nn examination in me m cash, loaving Checks and papers. jail. Rugs were taken from,, tho floor, There is no appeal for RuRsell ftnd two or three pool table Covers Scott from the verdict of the Jury Wei-e removed fro mthe pool parlor in testing whether he Is sane and an ndjolnlng room. This material should be KSnged gr is not mentally formed the muffler for the blast, cognizant of the death penalty hej The job was neatly done, according faces. j to the police, and wns evidently the If the jury decides he Is sane work of some one who understood his enough to realize. Judge Joseph B. .business. execution, from which Scott has ter and cigar stand wns ulso broken twice been snatched a few hours be-'open, and about J5 in cash tnken. fore the death march. Two empty bottles nt the bar ahox,ed innnnan.( . . ot,ttI.K... n..t.i.., i., institution would follow an Insanity, ed themselves to Komc u the lOlks' finding. jsoft drinks. All the prosecution witnesses, ex- ports and laymen, believed Scott mC. ,u.i u ' " """I nesses thought confinement nnd two death watch ordeals had affected his mind. - .lailers Related conversations with Scott nnd described his actions in the death cell. Four alienists, three of whom snid they exnected fees of.opened In the morning at :30. The $100 day, concluded Scott was sane after n 15 minute observation in which ho was an unwilling sub ject. The defense nllenlsts based their opinions on more thnn ten hours' ex amination over 3 days. Three hours were allotted each side for . closing arguments. If the full tim? la used, the case will not go to the Jury before tomorrow noon. POnTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6. (A. P.) Dne of the big upsets in the men's doubles of the Oregon state tennis championship occurred today when Dr. C. H. Hanlove of Portland and Dr. I r. stelnmets of Portland, defeated ' Portland's double champions Hnrry Gray and Dr, J. B. Bllderback. 6-8. - Manlove and Stelnmets ad- nced to the seml-flnnl round nnd will meet Herbert Suhr and Stanley 'Almqulst of Snn Francisco. department, described yesterday's ac tivities of tho expedition at Etah, Greenland. He told of the forced landing of one of the planes which apparently was accomplished without damage. "Performance of plnne loaded and the maximum total weight with which the plane could lake off writ pi, was 5511 pounds," he said. "That includes PORTLAND TENNIS CHAMPIONS LOSE deadweight of plane and engine of P.) Captain Martin French. U. H. I,y the First Nallnnnl Unnk of No JiM0 pounds. Performance of plane navy, today wns appointed governor gales and with larceny by banks In In air with the load wns excellent." m Modern "Lewis ; iiiiih ii mum i.n'Mis miu mummmmail - , , j 1 ' vxwmv JVi r J ( I I eai7,'0 . ? J,tI,x'"a rS-M I A modern "Lewis and Clark expedition" ha passed the half walk mark in its journey across the United States from Astoria, Ore., to New York, -entirely by water. The map "shows the route of the vovagers who are (1. to r.) Frank Wilton, motion picture cameraman; V'al Woodbury, Los Anireles bus businessman, and John tinental" in the Mississippi river. ELKS LODGE AT SAFE IS BLOWN EUOENE. Auir. 0 (A. V.) Yoce- through a. skylight and blew open Ahe i0dffe'satet,fc ifhoy 'bWlned about $200 The handle to -tho safe, and the combination were knocked off with a j " " """"" "U"L;. T " ciflc yards here. The safe blowers then inserted their hlustlng material, according to the evidence, nnd muf- 'fled it. No one heard the blast. The Elks' temple is closed each nighty night at 11:15 o'clock and is robbery was not discovered until the opening: hour this morning. j Death Toll of the Automobile EUGENE ROBBED EL, PASO, Aug. 0. (A. P..) Auto- cation false In each rose, mobile accidents took a toll of four Mrs. Schwartz, wife nf the chemist, lives In this region last night. Mrs. ' preparing, her attorney said, to start Itlttt Hyatt nnd her two daughters, 'gal action against the Insurance Catherine and Georgia, were killed compnnles to force payment of poll when a Santa Fe train struck an '"'"r rrled by Schwartz. She Is satis automobll. near Demlng, N. M. '"'d thlU ,he ,,oart mnn ls hor hiishnml. Junn Perez, five, wns killed when District Attorney A. B. Tinning he ran in front of an automobile ""'J1"' nfl'; conference with rcpresen In El Pnso . " .tatlves of insurance companies todny . I that the companies would not offer a SEATTLE, Aug. 0 (A. P.) A cor- ' oner's Jury Mere todny recommended uniavomniy msposcn thnt the prosecuting nttorney Investl- to such n procedure ns a matter of bus gute the death of Thomns II. VnunK,ilnm" principle. , t whom nn automobile driven by Floyd ! Letters left Inst November by T. Perrin killed. Perrin testified that Schwann to opened In the event nf his lights reached 60 feet. State law requires 150 feet Automobiles hlive slain 87 persons In Seattle this year. Wall Street Report NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The closing was Irregular. Offerings Increased in volume In the late trading on uncon firmed rumors of nn Increase In the New York federal reserve bank's rate alter me close ana many issues red back one to three points from their early high levels. Sustained strength was shown, however, by Mack Trucks, Havana Electric and Prank G. Shat tuck. Stock prices developed another out hurst of strength at the opening of today's market but moved Irregularly lower later on selling Inspired by com mission house activities. Motors and oils were reactionary on unfavorable trade reports. Total sales approxi- mated 1,600.000 shares. SWAMPSCOTT. Mass.. Aug. 6 (A. of the Virgin Islands. and Clark Expedition" Nears Goal Edwin Hogg, leader. The jihoto shows their craft, the Iranscon- OFFER REWARD FOR ARREST OF R.SC Z California Sheriff Offers $100 and Asks Governor to Of fer $T000 MorX for Arrest x rs i- r t " "" "' Of MartmeZ PrOfeSpr. AC- cused of Murdering Man. MARTINEZ, Cal.,i Aug. -.- A. P.) A personal' reward' of $100 which he will nsk Governor Richardson to rm y l0 'or tho arrest of I Chnrp" "enry, cn""r' 'n "" '"""need here today "y Sheriff It. R .Venle. 8chwartz wns nt first believed to have perished in an explosion at the J plant or the Pacific Cellulose company ... ,, ',, " ,,?. ,1,,., "71 aTu'ge at Walnut CretK, hut investigation of and thnt the body found in the labora tory is that of someone who wns slain and placed there to defraud insurance companies out of insurance of more than (100,000. The tracing out of many clues in nn effort to identify the body has yielded nn inYifrtMn i-nui 1 1 u A fiat 1in Tnit- , Porttmuese' laborer, returned to Walnut Creek, furnishing unlm- peachable proof that the person be lieved to have been murdered was not be, the authorities hnve tentatively acecpted various inrtentifiegtions ranging from a New York "tramp" to nn unknown member of n southern California religious cult, only to find the clue disproved and the ldentifi- reward for tho apprehension of m" nen,n nr0 m,a h1""1 expressed the wish that his three children be educated lt England. ClllCAflO. Aug. 6 (A. P.) Otto Berndt. 03. secretnry-trensurer of the Lindny Light company, wns shot and killed todoy by Joseph Puehe, 46. n porter, as he entereil the company's offices todny. The cause was not learned. Berndt was the father of threo chil dren nnd had been with the company for 1 6 years. Puehe wns smiling when arrested nnd refused to believe he. hnd killed Hermit. NEW YORK. Aug. 6 (A. P.) Al- fred Sundovnll. Jr., former hank clerk of Nogales. Arizona, was arrested to- Idny on the steamship Hlngland as the ship arrived from Panama. Sanduvall wan churned ullh a 11900 rtefnlciillnn WART Daily Report on the Crime Wave Los Angeles. PICKFORD CASE ONLY MY ST NT IS CLAIM I In carrying Its work to this point. IjOS ANOEMCS, Aug. 6. (A. P.) u,0 j0nt hoard hns left to a suh-coiti- Further' testimony that Louis Geek, mlttee the actual grouping, of the se u police informer,' was the first touted roads into main nrlerlal high ...... . iw ways. In this routing of the nlgh- Tueqtion a plot to kirtnap .movlng P- wtly(I, the suft-eommltteo in making ture celebrities and later deserted the tentative designations, to be suhmlt- I alleged gang to assist police, ttafl rfereil nero to(lay whei:o three'n'ion are on trial, charged with plotting , ljirgr ,. .tn(e capllII,. nll(1 to kldnnp Mnry rickford, screen resorts nnd points of general Interest. Btar. The highway markers to lie used, In C Z. Stephens, one of the defend- addition to bearing tho shield of the ants on the stand in his own defense, TTnited States, the number of tho rond. stated thut Geek sought him out the state and the letters "IT. S." will be early in 1023 nnd suggested kidnap- variously shaped and colored tinder a ing a daughter' ot Cnii. Laemmle, a code of warning to motorists of nn picture producer, ns a means of proncblng curves, rnllroad crossings making "easy money." nnd other roa dcnnditlons. Stephens snid at that time Geek - Designation of the system, which In sald he was "broko, out of employ- eludes every federal aid highway In ment nnd ready for anything." ' , the United States, involves no new Tho defense nnd prosecution fro- road construction other than roads fluently engaged in 'legal wrangles now plnnned under the federal pro durlng the morning session, hut the gram. The hnnrd also hns no power former held their ground on the ns to maintenance or nlterntlon .if contention that "we Intend to show highway systems. Its funds to he solo that the alleged conspiracy is nn ly for. purchnso of tho designating entrapment ' to further n publicity signs. scheme on tho part of Detectives Pacific roads designated Include the George i k; Home ond Harry Rny- ""t route beginning nt Port Ange mond, to roflect glory on them- ' n I,"gt Sol,nrt n"" skirting the selves." Pacific const through Washington, nnd - . ' . , ' , crossing the Columbia river by ferry LOS ANGELES Aug 0 (A P) 'nt Its mouth to Florence. Ore., thence Further testimony in suport 'of the ftlonf the Oregon const to Crescent defense contention that tho wholo California. Eureka, 1'klnh. Sun Mnry Plckford kidnaping case was cnnclsco, Bnnta Barbara. Los Angc nothlng but n publicity scheme was . ,",'lln 1B, . Ju"nn' , scheduled for presentation at today's session of thb trial of Charles Ste- phens, I'hiudo llolcoml. and Adrian W ,111,1 Inn nUnrnnU nf l.li.l 1 I .lir In n ,.Pil off the film star nnd hold her for (200. ono ransom. In outlining Its publicity plot attack !" .a"''?!.n however, tho defense made It clear; that Mnry Plckford was not involved as a publicity plotter. . ' .. ' .1. , , mention in the news of the day, de fenso counsel explained, were George Mulcomb, former chief of detectives In the Los Angeles police department, TrucUco hy wy of Donn'er pass to tho and Harry Raymond, a Private detec- N A , , , (nfl ulre(,tlon of tlvo, who plnnned tho kidnaping case ripno "for tho purpose of reflecting glory. Anolh.r roa , ,cuded In Ore- VmoV TP, ' nn" "," ,u".r,"'n " fni Portland along tho Plckford because of the publicity c,mhlft rlvor , mollth. o'thers value of her name. 'extond from Portland along the Col- The defendant Stephens, wns the umn(l rlver , . mmlth, olh(,r, . firs wl ness called by the defense. H i,,, Portland to The Dalles nnd testified that Louis (leek, later Iden. 'conUnu,, aXonK thp Columbia river tlfled as a police Informer, hnd re- ,, Wnlh)nBton to Wnllula. from The pentedly outHned to him schemes In- Dn1eil to nedmond: Klamath Falls to volvlng the kidnaping of motion pic A,n(inn: from nedmond either pass ture stars or children of nationally , tnrmlHn or nr Mitrhell, on the known persons. Geek kept after hlin nr,,nr! froln Umatilla to LaOrande for two years he said and led him to to. Ontario. ine i icKiuni kiuiiiv on iiie illiy no was arrested there, ' Casualties of the Air Service TJAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 8 (A. P.), Lieutenant James P, Tilton of Per shing, Indiana, was killed this after' noon and Lieutenant Leo L Rurch of o-,;4l1n I nil lnnn was an.lnialu In. I Jured when their' airplane crashed three and one-hnlf miles northeast of Osborne, near Wilbur Wright field. - ''.. . 7 T . Ford Kale Is Authorised WASHINGTON, Aug. 0 (A. P ) The shipping board authorized the sale to Jlenry Fnnl today of seven ocean-going tugs for $41,(00 each. Astoria, Oregon, Boat Reaches Peoria On Trip 'Cross Country riCOItlA. Aug. 6. (A. I'.) : r Three men miikinu a trip in an ! 10-font motor boat from Astoria. i Ore, to New York, over the route taken by I.owls and (Murk 4 In 1KU5, nre expected to loud at l'eorln this afternoon on their way up the Illinois river. The men are Krank Wilson. Vol Woodbury and John lOdwin L 4. 1 A recepllon has lipen plnnticd here i,v the In club. : FOR U.S.TOURIST i GOVERNMENT TO MARK HIGHWAYS 50,000 Miles to Be Placarded S CS.ioT' the 0nMn ",re . , . ... I in Clarke county, Washington fire fOr M0t0r Travel PaCIIIC ,iltl about OMUO damage to buildings anl equipment ot the Hash ford l.uni- Highway, Klamath-Ashland, b8r coinimny and is said to be en- " duiigerlng Aniboy. Another fire In the onrl flranre Poce.rrocppnt I,uka Shore district threatened or dllU Uldlllo Tdbo LiieoUCIIl ,,hal.(l(t ))ut )H i,HeVHl t0 be ,lmIer City Roads Are Included- WA8IIINOTON. Aug. 6. t A. P. An Index of highways ror tourists In valley sections - and bywuys of the country will he afforded In the mark- Ing of tho vast system 'United States I highways as selected by the Joint I committee of interstate highways. A net work of roads stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Cnnadian border to the gulf em - braced in the fifty thousand miles of highways to he designated with unl- , form markers to tell the motorist what road he Is on and where It will I take him. tert to tha various tftten for approval, wl nrry rut tho purpose of hrlng- I ...I.1.IH . V. n n..aBn. ,.tl n K nn ' ' r 1 " . "'T'- 7 . Blaine, Wash., on the Cnnndlnn hor- ""."'' .".'""".. ,,,,..,.,. ,,- !""r, I" 1 1 1 I 111 11 11, I,II.1M'-. ' Grants Pass, Medford. Bedding, Da , vis, Sacramento, Stockton, Manteca, Bnkersfleld. Irf)s Angeles, Hiverslde Other road. In California to be In and El Centro. corpora ted nre those from Crescent CJty to flrnnts Pass. Ore.: San Jnso to EI Contra; Holtville to the Arizona Una in the direction of Yuma: River side to Hnrstnw to the Nevada line; Rnn Francisco to Davis: Sacramento, AMERICAN EAGLES OF CLnVRLAND. Ohio. Aug. fl (A. P.) -r-The famous pair of American eagles , at Vermillion, Ohio, charged by farm- in the neighborhood with killing chickens and turkeys, wns exonerated todny In the report of United States .... . L . . . 0nm Warden John H. Llndsley to r. O- Thompson, chief of the Ohio fish and gnmn division who had ordoredJ the charges Investigated. I FOREST FI SITUATION is si-kmius Cytromn Rpunaoc onrl Uinh v"" " J"" " "U" Winds Result in Spread of Forest Fires in Oregon and Washington Orchards Are Destroyed Bad Fire at Sil ver Falls. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. G. With extremely dry weather and high winds in severul districts, several new forest fires in Oregon uud Washington have broken out and several which fighters had hoped to control several days ago are assuming duugHrous prniwrtions, according to reports received by the control toduy. The Turn Turn Tie & iTlmber coinpany has reported a 'severe slashing fire which Is endangor- ins fine green Umber. In Columbia county a I'ire on Rock creek, above Vernonla, broke fire lines a little yesterday. It has burned over about 2000 acres of logged-over land and old burns. Private com- panies have about 200 men on the fire. Three small fires were reported Wednesday near Scappoose. 1 The situation at the two Wind River, Wash., fires and the blaze on Cedar swamp creek in the Mount Hood forest were unchanged. MARSHFIF.LD, Ore.. Aug. 6. Fire In the Tar Heel district, west of here, lust night on property belonging to the city of Mnrnhfleld, was under con trol today. The bluze was principally In slashings.- Fire Warden Walsh has M "volunteer firemen throwing lines around the flro and cutting brush. It nas neen nnrmng air nours. v . .' : ' 8econd Fire Breaks Out. SALEM, Ore., Aug. 6. With the fire which has been destroying timber of the Silver Falls Timber company, near Silver creek, reported tinder control, nnnthal t.n.1 Ufa Una kmUn A In hn timber at Briilge creek, near the Silver Falls school house on the logging road of the Silver Falls company. The fire was started hy a spark from an engine on thei logging road. In addition bad fires have broken' out In the Silyer Falls Timber com pany's holdings above Mehaina, having appeared In three different places, ac cording to reports, and none was under control, according to lost ad vices. Just how extensive the damage from these fires Is has not been learned. Officers of the Silver Fall Timber company announce they have under taken the extensive job of trenching around their complete holdings to keep the fires within check If possible. - The logging crews of the company are all still working fighting fires. . WENATCHEE, Wash., Aug. 6 The orchard and home of John Dickie of Peshashtln was destroyed by fire late yesterday, It was reported today. The residence, packing shed and stable and other buildings were burned. The loss Is estimated at $10,000 with about $0500 Insurance. About fifty .20-year-old apnie trees were destroyed. SALEM. Ore., Aug. 6 Fires, which were raging yesterday In the neigh borhood of Silver Creek were under control todny so fnr as holdings of standing timber were concerned, It wob reported this afternoon hy of ficials of the Silver Falls timber company nnd the Sllverton lumber company,' In whoso holdings the fires hnvo been burning. The flames, which started at the Silver Falls timber compnny's comp 11, located some 30 miles southeast of Sllverton, OOI11K cuimiiirniiii" iiiitimao 11, .-,-, had today burned their way south Into some slashings owned by the Sllverton Lumber company, and sit uated , just above Mehamh. The same ground where the fire - wns burning this afternoon was burned over last year, nnd Is not considered, to have nny great value so far as the timber is concerned. Several nf the farmers had (temnntl ed that the birds he killed. John M. Miller, former Internal rev enue officer who accompanied Llnds ley on . the Investigation, said that "while the charges were not abso lutely unfounded, they were greatly exaggerated." Most of the farmers questioned said thnt the depredntlon of faxes In chicken yards had been blamed upon the eagles.
