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MKOFOUD, Olil'XIOX, MONDAY. AlKiUST 10, 1 9l.
NO. 120
CASE MYSTERY
SUICIDE SOLVES
ARSON
i
T BY
118 SELF
Charles Henry Schwartz, Au
thor of Perfect Crime,
Trapped in Oakland Apart
' ment House, Shoots Himself
Throuah Brain Leaves a
Note in Effort to Clear Name
. OAKLAND. Cul.. . Aug. 10. With
Charles llcnry Schwartz deud by his
own hand and hia "too perfect" crime
plot in complete collapse, police today
worked to establish legal proof of the
identity of the insurance hoax victim
as O.-.W. Barbe, wandering lay min
ister of the -gospel.
Having the positive assertions of
thro persons that it la Barbce. who was
. killed, authorities feel that the Identi
fication is virtually certain, hut a few
looso ends .remain to be gathered in
the writing of the final chapter of the
grim tragedy to disclose irrefutably
the name of the murdered man.
'. The end of tho mystery that puzzled
authorities for nlno days came dra
matically. Trapped In tho apartment
in which he . had taken refuge the
night of July 30 aftor sotting fire to
the laboratory of the Pacific Cellulose
company to coVBr - up his crime.
Schwartz soht a bullet through his
drain. He chose daath to capture unci
utmost certain conviction for tho of
fleers hud. reconstructed the 4uipn.cn--'iii
hi 4he'lHhUid fmUfttlon'silk plant
at Walnut Creek to accurately to leave
him any hope.' , - x-
Bo lt: waa . thut Avhon policemen
knocked upoivhls door In an Oakland
apartment house, they heard a muf
fled shot and breaking In found him
dying.
Pulls In Death Note.
' An explanatory, note addressed to
. the wife. Mrs. Schwartz, mild the fu
gitive chemist had come to the point
of saying good byo because he had
killed a stranger who had asked him
for work and attacked him when re
fused. Hut the liiveHtigatorg branded
this as a falsehood, written In tho
face of death, the explanation of the
occurrence made by, the man about to
terminate his existence. They believe
their proof is complete that Schwartz
planned the killing for months t do
fraud the insurance companies out of
more than 100,000 which he carried
In fsvor of Mrs. Hrhwnrtz and the
Cellulose company, in which she was
a heavy stockholder. His note, the
police believe, was a dying effort to
' erae the Image of himself as a pre
meditated murderer In, the minds of
his wife end children, when his sui
cide should reveal his pint to fake his
own death in the Walnut Creek fire.
K"('io Plan Katls
. Through his scheming, fate worked
sun I list the Berkolov chemist. who was
vlc;o president and general ninnnger
of tho ccllulosc company. The explo
sion and fire which were to have
wiped nut ovldonco of tho slaying of
tho man lured to tho plant under
promise of employment failed to ac
complish Its purpose. Investigators
learned, because thoniglit watchman
Schwartz had sent on an errand re
turned unexpectedly and extinguished
tho blazo. Ills plan to escape that
night fnllod when he missed a train on
which he had a reservation for Bar
stow, Cal. His hiding place In Oak
land was revealod In a casual way, by
another stroke- of fate; The apart-
ment. houso proprietor attending a
dinner party Saturday night becan
suspicions of his tenant when shown
a newspaper photograph of the mur
der fugitive. After reflection, the din
ner guest became certain ns to the
Identity of his new tenant arid early
next morning he notified , tho police.
The houso wss quickly surrounded
and the suicide followed..
Wife r'alntt Away
Mrs. Sohwartx. who had consistently
maintained that tho fharrod body
found in the partly -wrecked labora
tory was that of her husband, fainted
when Informed that he had taken his
CAUGH
POLICE MAN
SALEM CONVICT PROVES TO BE A
IT DESK
BALEM, Aug. . CHarles Swlft.i
who claims to have been an assist
ant to John B. Herreshoff In do-
signing several American yachts that
have competed successfully agalfreii
Sir Thomas Upton's Bhamroekf
yachts, 1s n Inmate of the Oregii
state penitentiary. Thfc became known
today when lie sent to ins uinuo
Oovernor pierce a replica of one of j
Says Prohibition Is
Making Americans
Race of Ping Pongers
NEW YORK,' Aug. 10. (A.
1'.) Declaring thut tho lack of
whiskey is bleeding a "raco of
ping pong players," Nathan Dou-
4 chy, 91 years old, champion of
rum and tobacco, has spoken
his mind about what this world
r is coming to.
e Celebrating his birthday a
few days ago with friends at
Diuicn, Conn., ho attributed his
4 ago to, whiskey and smoking. S
HEAT RECORD IN
SALEM BROKEN;
- MERCURY FAILS
60-Day Period Without Drop
of Rain Sets New Record in
. Valley Smoke and Haze
Add to Discomfort, But Mer
cury Starts Drop.
SALEM, Aug. 10. Today marks tho
cloae of a 60-day rainless period for
Saloiii, the longest on record here
since the summer of 1914. and stated
to he the longest sustained hot spell
In the history of tho city. Last Satur
day, August 8, tho mercury ciiino just
VtftA imlnt fv,m tlm Aiiirtiut muyininm.
Saturday's- frfcrk iltffbg" T; esfanl iHlietH
late in the afternoon, unu me record
.for all time Cor August hero being 98.
Yesterday's maximum whs 01, and
with cloudy skies tills morning evnrv
Indication was that today's high marlc
would be still lower.
The last rain at Salom to fall In
sufficient quantities to ho measured
occurred on .lune U. The. first heat
prostration of the summer occurred i
Saturday ntternoon. Mrs. Marry .
Crain, wife of tho managing editor of
the Capital Journal, was overcome
while traveling to Portland bv auto
mobile and had to he removed from
the car and given medical attention
at Foley's Cornors, five miles north of
Salem. She was brought back to lior
home hero Saturday evening.
KUtiENIi, Aug. 10. Though smoke
and a haze still hung over Eugene
today, there was relief from the op
pressive heat of tho past three days.
Yesterday tho maximum temperature
was 911 degrees, hut the atmosphere
was sticky and dense.
Today there are clouds to aid. and
It Is much ooolcr, though there is some
Indication that the sun may break
through. This Is tho 58th day without
ruin hero.
VORTLANIJ, Aug. 10. (A. r.)
Tho record for prolonged dry weather
was broken today when Portland
had Its 5Sth consecutive rainless day.
The previous record was 67 days
without rain In 1883. Kdward L..
Wells, government observer, said ho
saw no Indications of rain for 24
hours, at least.
Hlghor humidity and lower tempe
rature Improved the. forest fire situ
ation somewhat today. '. ,
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
AUSTIN. Tex.. Aug. 10 An entire
family ' of threo were found dead,
apparently murdered, tho bodies'
lying about the house at the home
three miles east of Dolvalle. The
dead nre 13. B. Engler, farmer: Mrs.
Kngler, his wife, nnd Emma Kcglcr,
25, their adopted daughter.
The victims apparently were killed
Saturday night. A. neighbor dis
covered the bodies which were
brought to Austin Sunday night for
examination by finger print experts.
Authorities thus far are without clues
regarding the deaths.
the American yachts which he made
at the prison almost entirely wltlf
a jack knife. and a pin that tie used
for drilling holes. Ha clalny to
be a graduate of Harvard.
Swift was received nl tho peniten
tiary June 20. 1923, from Kl'imath
couyy to serve two sentences' for
forgery, one for three years and an-
other fo one year.
S20.000.000 CUT
USA: EXPENSES
IS AUTHORIZED
SWAMI'HCOTT, Mass., Aug. 10.
(A. P.) President CooliUge today
approved a tentative budget for next
year's appropriations, calling for a
reduction of (20,000,000 over- this
year. . '
Director Lord of the budget, pre
sented the csllmutes which conic
with the figuro directed by Mr. Cool
Idgo In Ills address at tho last busi
ness meeting of the government.
Although the datu was not made
public. It Is understood that the army
and nuvy will bear a good portion
of the cut In next yonr's appropria
tions. Prosldcnt Coolidgo hus de
clared he believed an adequate de
fenso . could be maintained at less
expense. ...
The budget, which Is for $3.0X0.
000.000, Is only tentntivo and hear
ings will bo held In tho fall before
final figures vuro presented to con
gress. On a basis of a surplus of $250,
000.000 in tho treasury on June 30
'and an estimated, surplus of $290,
000.000 for this fiscal year, Director
Lord Informed the president that ho
believes tax reductions amounting to
at loast $300,000,000 would be war
ranted. Whllo only $20 000,000 will
lie saved In appropriations next year,
government financial experts estl
mato tho reduction In taxes will be
offset by Increased roturns.
Increased appropriations are ac-j
counted for in tho new budget for
some bureaus; Mr. Lord said, hut
these will be offset by heavier slashes
in the funds to be allowed other
government departments.
Just what portion the national de
fense will carry In tho reductions
and whore the cuts will be made In
the military levies have not been dis
closed. Wall Street Report
NEW YOftK, Aug. 10. The closing
was irregular. A renewed demand for
k t.KII Illll... I '
mo iiuuiii, uiiiuittii, nuvurui 01 which 1
wliied out their earlier losses and
moved substantially above last week's
final quotations, featured the late
trading. Independent strength also
was shown by Chesapeake & Ohio,
Pullman and New York Air Brake.
Heavy selling of the motor and oil
shares, based on unfavorable trade
news, temporarily 1 unsettled today's
stock market, which witnessed some
rather violent and erratic fluctuations
In the high priced Industrial Issues.
Supporting orders eventually found
their way Into the mnrkot and stoadind
the general list which showed ngxed
changes on the day. Total sales ap
proximated 1,250.00) shares.
oil City Water.
Although the oity water Isjiot con
taminated, as usual at this time of
year, residents are advised to play
safe and boll tha same.
21 FGREST
FIDES HEBE,
AID RUSHED
Entire Force of Fire Fighters
. Called Out to Prevent the
Spread of Flames Morgan
McNeil Sawmill Burns Sit
uation Serious, But Is Not
Alarming. . ,
Twenty one forest fires caused by
lightning, 10 of which are III the Crater
national forest and five on state tim
ber land in Jackson county, worn re
ported to the local forest service uffico
during the past 48 hours. Tbe largest
fire, which is near Nluinalia crook, six
miles southeast of Prospect In the na
tional forest, covers an urea of ap
proximately 40 acres and Is still out
of control. A 30-acre fire In thn
Applegate country Is reported ns tho
largest on state land and, according to
late reports, is not yet undnr control.
The majority of tho fires started
Saturday night, at which tlini) elec
trical storms were raging In tho
mountain country. Many of the blazes
were merely burning snags and woru
quickly put under control, but others
due to the low humidity spread rapidly
to the surrounding timber nnd had
covered several acres beforo I'iny
fighters could be rushed to the scone.
ileside tho N'linnaha creek fire In
tho national forest, another of nearly
the same area Is burning in a section
known as Moon prairie, 10 miles north
of Plnehurst on tbe Green Spring
mountain. Twenty-five men under
Korea! Hanger K. .1. Hodgors arc com
batting this blnne, which Is bullnved
to lie spreading
Local forest service officials do not
regard the remaining 14 fires, five of
which a,re now under control, as being
serious. Four of these blar.es are
centered about Klsh lake, throe others
are quite close to the Buzzard mine
In the Trail district, whllo the other
half Is scattered.
According to P. M. Lnwd, district
slate fire warden, the fire situation
on state land is not extremely serious,
as only one of the five fires Is of any
size. However, reports have enmn to
him ofa fire near llyboe springs In
the Evans creek dlslct, which Is
spreading end Is covering considerable
acreage. He has sent several men to
the scene.
Two swell fires are burning on the
valley slope of Oreon Spring moun
tain and are nearly under control,
while another Is burning near the
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C P . ARANnnNt
uiiiL nuniiuunu,
CHANNEL SWIM
8 MILES AWAY1
HOUlXKiNK, Franco. Auk. 10-
(A. p.) MIhh Ulliiin HarrlHui), thft
Argent I no girl Hwlmmer u bun du tied
hor : attempt to hwIiii Iho ISnullHli
uhnnnnl ut 7:10 oVIock thlH ovoiilng
when hIip was olglK in I Ion from
Ciipo (iriH-Nrz.,
At r:2I oViink thl afternoon after
more than noun in tho water Mlna
HarriHoti wah wven inllca out from1
Cano ClriK-Ncz. Weather coniHtlona
were fmprovlnff. 1 no rain had cou fl
ed, the ea was calm and tho tide
had turned, carrying tho swimmer
northward ho that alio wan directly
ahrniHt nf Capo (IrlH-Nez. The vIhI
hllliy Hit II whh poor and tho swim
mer could ho Hoen only Intermittently
through tho haze.
PRINK CALLISON WILL
UNIVBUHITY ()!' OIIKIION. Mil-
gene. Aug. II). Prince "I'llnk" Culll
son, three-year letlorinun In football
at Iho University of Oregon; rorolved
his bachelor of business administra
tion degree at tho termination of tho
summer session this year. Calllson
was athletic director and couch at
M nil foul high school lust year and re
turned this summer to finish his work
(ur a degree. i
Ho will coach at Meilford again I Ills
year, hut plans on going to tlalirurnla
next, year, ho says. Calllson played
football on tho university teams dur
ing the years Mill, I!I2I) and
Death Toll of
the Automobile
Kt.'fiKNB, Aiir. -10 A. I'.) Kafh
ryn fJeNcffn, 20. dauKhtnr of Mr. und
MrH. C. K. LJe.Vefo of KuifRne, died at
a local hoHpltal yenterduy morning
following nn autotnoblln nccnVnl at
JudkliiH Point, on Iho Pacific high
way, JiiHt out of KuHenn, to the nouth.
MIhh DcNef-c, lin' nlnler, Ituth, Dun
KnrriH nnd Richard (Dick) Heed, for
mer fouthn.il utar at Iho Ltnlvef-Hlty of
Oregon, wore In the machine driven
by Itned, which locked whrflM with
another car at tho turn. The KoimI
car overturpfd, crushing Minn Un
iNcffo henoHth. Koun occupanot uf the
other car and the trn othrr occu
pant of the He id uufomohlla nua
tain td only minor Injurlen. 1
MIhh DcNeffo wax n IJulvsrHlty of
Oregon student and a. member of
(Jam ma Phi Beta sorority.
928,882 Pints Hooch
Used for Medicine
California in Year
LOS ANCEI.liS, Aug. ID. T
(A. i) I'h.vslciuns presciip-
tions fur (I2S.R8:! pints of whls-
"r'key and brandy were Issued in
California during the fiscal year
ending .lima IK). Stnllstlcs to
this effect, unacccnupanlod by
any comment on tho ailments
which gave liso to the proscrip- r
tions, wore matin public today
by Hex (ioodcoll. collector of
Internal revenue.
BY PHILIPPINES
Dept. of Commerce Makes Re
port On 18 Months' Survey
of Crude Rubber Situation
Soil and Climate Favorable
to Rubber Cultivation.
WAHII1NGTON, Aug. 10. (A. 1'.)
9The Philippine lulandH gave prom
tau nf eventually bringing to the
American rubber UHor a part of IiIh
crude Hiipply. Tho commerce do
partment In u ropurt toduy on un
oxhHUHtlvo InvcHtlgatlon -of the po
tential value of tho archlpelngo ti'
crudo rubber cxpreKKOd tho opinion.
(hat ju;ijfj tub 1 p i vo tl ii 1 10 ul. 1H pvtwiblo
Tho.Vlreport, reprcHctitlhg in a n y
nionuiH in muay,. nem mut, .unaer
favorable chndltlouH an uniluiil mnx
huum output of 70,000 - tuna could
be produced In the Inland, In tho
fluuihern portion of which jiuipi'oxl
matoly l.flOO.imo iicrcH aru Huitablo
for rubber ralHing.
The 70,000 ton potential Philippine
output would compare with an nn
litial Import now of 3-10,000 tono by
tho United HlatCH . The lack of poll
tlcut dlsturbancoH and tho utiliza
tion of tho prcHent available lubor
forceH In the tahrhda wero KtrctiHed
ub factm-H in rcaehlni? this OHtlmate.
Tho rcpoiiH miikH the completion
of anothor Htago in tho dopartmcnt'n
world wide Hiirvey of tho rubber Hit-1
uatlon, utiirtcd 18 munthH agu at the
In at unto of cougrcHH and tho rubber
1 1 ad oh. when It hecamn apparent that1
(he legalizod rcHtrlctlun of tho plan!
tatloit rubber ouput In HiKIhIi po-
ueHHlona might menace American i
conHumera. In recent month high
rubber price, feared by tho Amorl-I
can Industry at the outHot of tho
Hrltinh rcHtrlctlon program, havo'
been realized. ' I
ProvioiiH department ropurtn have
dealt with tho ItritiHh program an
now OBlabllHhed in that imtlon'H colo
nies, whllo today's report wan de
voted to a study of tho pOHHlblllty
of creating competitive plantation
urean In tho Philippines. Tho In
vestigation Is being continued to
study tho advisability of oxpundllig
tho crude output of Bouth America,
Africa and tho Caribbean area.
Jn tho Philippines, tho survey dis
closed conHldorahlo commercial rub
ber planting now under way with
sufficient plantations In cultivation
to give a highly favornblo hono of,
ih iuK7.i.i4. i. :
" in-vuiiiiii( ti, II UW HUlirCiJ
for tho rubber. Tho Para rubber
tree, mainstay of the Atlantic plan
tations, bus shown satisfactory pro
gress In the more southern Islands.
Hull and botimlciil experts of tho de
partmont found that thn tilnni ihrn
Is less troubled hv HiMm.Ui th.. i '
Iho plmitatlons of Mayalsla and on
Iho Islands of Mindanao, Join and
Kasilan, soil conditions are highly
mitlsfailory m areas already charted.
Imitortallon of somo Inbor and soino
inodlfleailoii (Jf Philippine land legis
lation were recommended to facili
tate cummcrclul production.
r . War Veteran Expires.
POH'I'I.AVIi Atltr IAf A lit ..
Iirt Wilkin, who shot himself on the
night of August I, -lied Ht a hosnllnl
n.irn cHny muay, In Hpltf) of blood
transfusions last wook from two f0.
low wsr vetnrans.
CALIFORNIA TOWN IS
BY
BRAWLKV, Calif., Aug. 10 (A. P.)
The little town of Kockwond, four
mllw from here, was reported demol
ished by. a cloudburst and two tor
nadoos, which met over the little set
tlement today. No casualties have
been reported.
The twisters and heavy downpour
are said to have undermined the roads
RUBBER SUPPLY
MAM WED
CINDERELLA
WILL EIGH1
BENEFACTOR
Mary Louise Spas ' Leaves
Fairyland to Take Job in the
Movies, Write Memoirs and
Get Even With Foster Father
'Never Again!' 'Says Mr,
Browning. ' :Y
NKW YORK. Aug. 10 (A. ' P.)
Mary Louise Spim'has ktcked uff her
t'lndorella slippers and left Her mil
lloiialro foster father, Kdward W.
Itrowning. to make her own way In
the world by writing her fairy story
for a newspaper for $500 and prob
ably acting It In the movies.
She didn't even say good-bye last
night. The clothes she wore wero
those given her by Mr. Browning.
She took them, she said, only because
she had nothing else to wear. She left
the GO frocks, strings of pearls.. and
other articles ho bought in her recent
shopping tour of Fifth avenue.'' . .
"I spent $20,000 trying to make that
girl my foster daughter," Mr. Brown
ing said. "You have a hard time be
ing honest In this world. . If you. are, .
uomobody'a sure .to double cross you.
. "I hat) confidence n her to the very
last. ' If she had been 16 years old it
would havo been different.1 But 21 Is
too much. Her age defeats the sole
nift'lKwe Cor- whleh T' udojHed jWty. Ui
it oompanionror u-year-oia uor- v
othy 'Huntihine BrawnliMf.. v..
i. "Will r, adopt another?"' Absolutely
never. I um through, trying to do
good for . people, Hhe Js the smartest
actress in New York." ; , - .
Mr. Browning.. In full sympathy
with officers who had been Investi
gating tho case, said that today . ho
would seek to annul the Adoption on
grounds of fraud, ho that Mary could
havo no claim on his -fortune. Yet, ho
said, ho would do all he could to. help
her make hor way. '
When Mr. Browning made up his
mind sbo must leave Saturday night'
Mary and her maids wero sent toothy
home of Hubert H., Luno to estJlp '
publicity. Mr. Browning said ;lha
"literary agent" found hoc there. ..'
"lie's my best friend,'1 Mary said; of
the agent. "The world has been mk
lug me suffer and now I'm go In to
got even. 1 huvon't any money, but
I pointing to Mi. Browning) 1 will
fight him." "...'. '
The dislllusluned " fairy .godfather
wus not so resigned about an attorapA
to take Dorothy Hunshtne from him.
Bird H. Color, commissioner of pub
lic welfare, was to confer today with
Dorothy's foster mother, Mrs. Anna
Hi, John, of Rye, N. Y.. who had com
plained that Browning's adoption pt a
21 -year-old ghi was evidence that 'ho
was nut a fit guardian for Dorothy.
NKW YORK, Aug. 10 (A. P.)
While Mury Louise Spas, 81-year-old
Bohomlan actress, was In, hiding to
day, Kdward W. Browning, , wealthy
real estato operator, who wished to
adopt her, frankly admitted he was a
"damn fool." !
Boforo entering a conference with
District Attorney Newcombe of
Queens county, regarding annulment
of Mary's adoption. Browning Issued a
statement dealing with the girl's as
sertion that sho Intended "to punish
him."
scd me," stijjelt
been ' a daftin
"Mary doubled crossed
Browning. "I have
fool, but I have not done anything '4
need be ashamed of. 1 have foie
stalled Commissioner Coler and N6vA
combo, by demanding a physical ex- '
ainluatton of the girl be made." '
Browning told of a visit Sunday by,'
a nowspuper. man who offered Mary
t&00 for a scries of articles. 1 1 ' '
"J am vjtry sorry to say 1 am con
vinced that a $50 btll cart sway her
very largely," Browning said, "Hcra-l
after If I havo anything to do with
girls they will bo Americans.'' 'K'v
Browning said that ho Was through
with philanthropy for ever. "I. want
ed to give her an education,? he srtUtfv.."
"but I started wrong. Thn story that-
frinnttnuMf nn Paare fetaht)
WIPED OUT
T
t 'I r -V'
and streets of RockwOod.' ' Packing
sheds, barns and houses were laid low.'
Telephone polos and wagons were tar1
rled Into Ihs air.- .' " '"
Kmergnncy crews are being rushed
to Rook wood by all pulillo utility com
panlea hero. . , -,
Telephone and telegraphic otim
munlcatlon Is down.