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rr o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE- The WeatW Frc-dlcllun Fair Maximum yesterday 3 Minimum today So Weather Year Ago Minimum ft'J Minimum 57 D.lly TitleUJ Ttr. WmIj yUlylourtb tMI. . MF.DFORP, OliKIKW, TlllTKKDAY, SKI'TKMHKU H. 1 ):" . NO. 141 , 14 K1LLE1 (DIRIGIBLE CRASHES m STililfl I . SHENANDOAH FEET IN AIR Giant Airship Falls in Three Pieces Oyer Ohio Village Commander Landsdowne and Score of Crew Killed and Injured Gallant Hero ism Fails Prevent Disaster. CALDWELL, Ohio, Sept. 3. (A. P.) The giant dirigible Shenandoah la no more. It went down in three pieces hero early today and killed Its commander, Lieutenant Commander Zachary lansdowne, and at least 12 of the officers and men making up her crew. The airship struck a line squall a variety of storm most feared by air men shortly after 5 o'clock near this noble country village, while traveling at an altitude of 31)00 reet en routo from Lakehurst, N. J , to the went. Most of the dead were found In the tangled wreckage of the control cahin, where a full crew was on duty attempt ' ing to ride out the buffeting winds which resulted in tho complete de struction of the giant of the air. . Ambulances and other conveyances which carried physiclanB and others to the scene Immediately following tho accident, were transporting the dead and injured to nearby; towns. Those who met death in the unsuccessful fight against the elements were taken to Bellevallcy, wlillo the Injured were scattered In -the varlouBho8pltal''of the community. . ' - -", ,j Telia 8tory of Heroism. ' i The story of the disaster is one of herolHm of the crew, pioneers In the interest of the development of llghter-than-atr transportation. It is best told by Colonel C. 0. Hall. United States army observer aboard the ill-fated ship. "We were traveling west at an alti tude of about 4000 feet when we en countered a storm," Colonel Hall said in describing the accident. "By changing our course a dozen or more times we dodged It, only to encounter a line squall which sent us to an alti tude of 6500 reet beforo we realized what had happened. "We opened the valves to let out gas and lowered the ship and wero drawing away from tho storm at a uO-mlle per hour rate when the stonn enveloped us and broke tho Bhip into three pieces I exclaimed to Com mander Lansdowne: 'Everyone beat it.' When the crash came 1 was on the ladder leading from the control cabin to the rear portion of the ship. "As I started to fall I clutched a girder from which I hung suspended, finally swinging my body over It and crawling 40 or CO feet back Into the ship." . . When he reached the ship proper, Colonel Hall said that he found other incmbera of the crow preparing to open the valves in order to bring about a descent. -Here he found Lieu tenant Koland G. Mayor, leading offi cer, and Lieutenant J. B. Anderson, aerologlst. The latter, Colonel Hall said, had made Ills way to the rear on the cat walk. All three descended safely. No Defect In Ship. Colonel Hall Bald that the catas trophe was In no way attributable to any dofect In the ship. Meteorologi cal advices warning the navigators of the storm would have saved the ship, he said. Since there wero no meteor ological stations In the vicinity, how ever, the advlceB were not available. ' At the time of the crash, Hall said, four of the six onglnes which pro polled the air monster wero going full speed. The . craft simply mot air cur rents which she could not survive Colonel Hall voiced high praise for the navy crew of the dirigible. Even immediately aftor the crash, he said, the crew's behavior was remarkable. Kach man took the situation quietly, deporting himself as If he wore on a free balloon and attempting to bring (Continued on pago six.) HYDRO ELECTRIC BILL CONFERENCE IN SALEM. Ore., Sept. 3. A proposed Initiative measure for a constitutional amendment authorising hydro elec tric power development In Oregon was read at an Informal conference held yesterday In the office of Governor Pierce and attended by representa tives of the Houvlvos Council of Portland, the State Grange, the L'ma- . tills Itaplds association and other or- f ganicatlons. It Is hoped that money for the di Cavemen Abandon Trip to S. Francisco; Wives Won't Let 'Em 4 SAN KRANOIHCO. Sept. 3. 4 f (A. P.) Tho expected visit dur- ing tho California Diamond Jubl- lco celebration of a unique band 4 4 of OrcKonlans, tho Cavemen, an 4 organization of businessmen of 4 Grants Vhhh, has been cancelled, 4 it wbh announced yesterday. 4 Ttie primitive order was eoiug 4 to bring their bear ale in a and sot 4 up shop here during the celebra tion which opens next Saturday. Now It is whispered that these original cavemen of Oregon can't come to help celebrate, becauao 4 their wives won't let them. i: EX-CONVICT IS CAUGHT AT HE DALLES OREGON W. R. Lloyd, Suspected of Taxi Driver- Murder, Ar rested in Railroad Yards Bloodstains and Revolver Found Boy Companion Is Also Held. TIIU DALLES, Ore.. cSpt. 3: W. II. Lloyd, former; convict: In the Ore gun penitentiary, netng. ncia- new), in connection with the murder Tues day night n O. I, Baun, Indepen dence garage man, admitted ' today, officers i say, that . he had taken money from Baun and stolen his car, Lloyd denied any connection with Buun's denth and said that he must huvo been out of his head at tho timo of tho robbery, questioning of-flcei-H declared. Lloyd's purported confession was made at tho Jail to traffic offlcors, Duns Blaser and Bud Crofton, Dep uty Sheriff George Shearer, City Commissioner Kelly and Sidney Jen kins, a newspaper reporter. THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 3. W. II. Lloyd, Oregon state penitentiary ex convict, who is wanted by Polk county officers in connection with the murder Tuesday night of Clinton I. Baun, Independence garage man. Is being held here following his arrost last night in the railroad yards here by James McClaskey and W. H. Kelly, railroad detectives. J. H. Hlte, who claims that he and a boy about 30 were picked tin by Lloyd in an automobile near Trout dale, is also being held. Both men deny any connection with Haun's death. Officers seized a-suitcase checked by Lloyd from Moslor, 1C miles west of here, to The Dalles. In the suitcase officers found a .38 callber revolver with all the shells discharged, 135 rounds of ammunition, a blue serge suit and a pair of shoes similar to thoso Lloyd was Bald to have worn before ho left Independence Tuesday night. Blood stains were found on the right knee of the trousers taken from the suitcase, and detectives said stains wero found in a corresponding posi tion on the underwear now worn by Lloyd. Blood stains were also found on the automobile belonging to Baun, which was found abandoned near Mosler. The windshield of the car has a hole about four Inches long-, apparently caused, officers declared, by a mushroom bullet, Lloyd was discovered hiding, under a pile of poles in tho railroad yards and when first questioned denied that his name was Lloyd. He contended he was W. B. Smith, but under a grill ing by detoctlves broke down and ad mitted that his name was Lloyd. He claimed the blue serge suit found In his suitcase belonged to Hlte anil that Hlte put the gun Into tho suit case when they wero at Hood Wver. Hlte denied thet the suit or gun are hlB. A fingerprint expert has been asked to come here and examino the revolver, which has boon touched. LAUNCHED AT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE velopment would be raised through an Issue of bonds. The governor or tho legislature would appoint a commit tee of five members to havo chargo of the development.' I Heforo any definite action Is taken toward Initiating a bill tho measure must have the approval of the state Grange and It Is probahle that the measure will be , submitted to a Grange committee some time during the fall. The Greatest I tet.i jfjn " " ' . I The two machines of the air figuring tialay In the greatest air tragedy In tho history of HU country, arc shown above. At to,, s the Slieiiiniiloali In its hangar token before a night several mouths ago. Below I the PN- Xo. 1 wli't-h at Inst reports wus lost at sea when about 100 miles from lis goul on a iiou-stop flight from Sun Francisco to Hawaii. . - Wire Report on the Pear Market NEW YORK. Sept. 3. (U. S. Bu reau of Markets) Pears yesterday firm; arrived: - 88 California; 7 Ore gon; 10 Washington; 7 Now York. 21 New York by bout. California Bartletts. 31 cars. Best 13.63 to (4-05; ordinary, $3 to (3.30; ripe, (2.40 tu J2.95; average 3.2G. Washington bartletts. one car. Fancy,. $2.00 to (3.15. Average' (2.00. Oregon . hartlotlH. six cars. - 'Extras (2.05 to (3.40; fair, (2.70 tu (3; average (3.01.i ,. CHICAGO; ... Sept. 3.) (U. 8. Bu reau of Markets) Yesterday's pears arrived: 13 California, 2 Colorado; 1 Michigan; 6 New York; 2 Michigan by boat; 34 -on track. - California bartletts, 5800 boxes. (1.00 to (3. $0; mostly (2.70 and (2.80. -..'".- Oregon bartletts, 600 boxes, (2.75 to (3-25; mostly (2.00. LOCAL PEARS SENT TO DAWES DINNER ThrotJRh ooiirtey of K. M. Wf.'inlmuriJ, tminKr , of the trail o and cotnineri'O dopurtment of th Portland Chamber of Commerce, choice Rogue Itlver VHlley peara will be a part of th menu nt the ban quet Monday hlffht tendered to Vice President Charlrn O. Dawea by that organization, with 400 gucHta in at tendance. :'.''' . A telephone mefmage wan received this morning from Mr. Wclnbaum by Secretary, f Cohort Jtoyl of tho local chamber of commerce to aend He ve ra I boxen of tho fruit tonight, and effort a are now being made to do bo. It la tho plan In nerve the pcura In flaladn, with ono penr ollotlcifc to each guoid. It4'Mirt Klnff llorbt VuXmmil. IIOMK, Bept. (A P. Tho GInrnale d'Ualla today publfithett re port that King Boris nf Bulgaria la gravely III from tho effeeta of poison and that apeclallitt have been rushed to Varna to attend him. The source, of the report li not stated. Air Tragedy in Country's History L L OA K.MONT. Pa.. SepU 3. (A. P.) -Bohhy Jones, the champion, Lcurgc vunn.ni. u. .u.....-up . again tomorrow in the national amu teur golf chumplonahtp through vlc torlca today. TIiIh timu their mutch will be a senil-flnal. In the other mutch of tho aemt- finals, little Watts tiunn of Atlanta, will tnct- Ulck Jones of White Plains, N. Y. . Bohby Jones had littlo difficulty in eliminating his opponent of the day. clarence Wolff of Knpplngtnn, Mo., by six and five, wlille Von Kim, after helng one down nt the last turn saw'HIg Jesse tlullford wander in the traps. VonElm won by two and one. , POKTLA.Vp. Ore.. Resolutions In support of Bert K. Ilaney, member of the United Slates shipping board, who has been renuested by President Cool- idge to resign, were adopted by the Portland ehamber of commerce. VON ELM MEET JONES THE SEMI-FINA EAGLE POINT IS WATER EXTENSION SALEM, Ore., Kept. 3. A new pol icy, which Ih expected to force re-or- ' ganizatlon of many caatern Oregon ir- HKiiMHi ttinii ikui iv tin unuiicu mv atlUo BCCUrltCH conmiiiwloii yeaterduy when It disallowed three out of four applications from irrigation ' districts for extensions of the period of slate guarantoo of Interest. An-exception was made of the Tunmlo district of Deschutes county because of morul obligation on tho part of tho state ex. tending back .to the onrly history of the project In tho Oswald. West ad ministration. Tho districts turned down wore tho' Silver Lake district oT Lake county, the Kagle Point district of Jackson county and tho Lono J'lno of Crook county. - '., - ',' . Under tho law the Ktate guarantoo of interest may he. allowed for flvo years. Tho Tumalo district was al lowed an extension of ono and one half years on. its entire Itoud.lHsuo of (r0,000 ; which will; when added -to previous gii'm-antccs, make the guar antee period fivo years.. This Is con tingent on an extension nf 'time from tho statn to make rcpnlrs to the de fective Tumnlo dam anil an Increased assessment on lands having partial water riKhts. ' : - . ' Death Toll of : the Automobile 'PORTLAND. ' Ore., 'Sept.- 3. Mrs. Anna. Kretschmer, S3, - was killed Inst night nt llryunt Station, and her daiighlnr. Mrs, Aona Lehmun, 61, received hip Injuries and three boy .'passengers wero Injured when Mm hmnn's uulomohilo was struck by a Kmithrn Partric electric train. ALHANV. Ore.. Sept.. I. Oral tlrenneman. 18. son of the Itev. Muse Mrenneman. local Mentiunlto mlulstor, wns Instantly killed at a Southern Pacific crossing at Tanpent last night when a light touring car ho was drlv- ! Ing struck a northbound freight train ) switching cars onto the siding. Roseburg Mayor On Return From Local Meet, Hits 3 Deer ItOSUBUml, Ore., Kept. 3. A car driven by Mayor (ieorgo llouck who was returning late last night from tho Southern Oregon Medical association I mooting at Mcdford wus dam- ! used when It struck a deer In the canyon south of Canyon- vlllo. Mayor llouck was travel- ing nt a fulrly rapid rato of 4 speed when tliroo does leaped from a bank directly in front of his car. I. WORD REFUSES TO-- ACCEPT 1; D. A. ELKINS MAY Ex-Sheriff of Multnomah Co. Turnc nnwn Pnitinn A' I UrilS UOWn rOSlllOn Hb Warden State Penitentiary ElkinS tO Take Dal- pumnlo'e Dlion Tomnnparilu i juipn- o i iovc, &mr"" J POHTLANn, Ore., Sept. 3. Tom Word, f o r. in e r Multnomah county sheriff today tlecllnod to nc et the office of warden In tho Oregon poul-1 tentlary. Word notified ' (.io'vei nor Pierce of hW deetmoir ItidSyraiin a'r'tlic""saino tlmo announced his Intontlon of ro- Burning his duties as siioclul agent for tho federal department of Jus- tico from which liu resigned sovoral Wocks ago ' .1.1.. ,...'. I .1. .',..'.. state his reason for declining tho inessagoa of the oontlnulng search. wardenshlp. "The reason 1 hS r. ',," . turnod down this position docs not I!"0""! S,."!':' my ta'"." ny anu inyscu, no torn nowspapor- mon' " happened after the piano was forced Jdown by lack of fuel.' SALLM. Oro., Sept. 3. That Dll- Tne most fttVorttbie theory advann lurd A. Llklns, Industrial accident etl wa8 that (he pttn0 na moao commissioner and former sheriff of BVI(.c)!K1,fu landing In the ocean' lean Lano county, will bo dolcgutod tho thHn 300 mle, o(f tnB Hawaiian coast task of bringing order put of chaos at 1:4B p. ,, Tuesday, drifted out of at thb stuto penltcntlury and direct- lho soarch area and was beached on Ing that institution until such timo , H)anil point. ' ' us Oovornof Piorco can securo a Tho navy wlthdrow from further capablo appointee to succeed War- nttoinptH to mako n non-stop flight to den A. M. Dalrymple, tho Capital Honolulu from San Francisco when . Journal says It Is rcliubly in formed announcement was made hero yostor toduy. idi.y abandoning the projected take- Tho refusal of Toin Word to ac- off of the hugn PB-I which tvas scbed cept tho wardenshlp, and tho I in- uled to start for Honolulu today, peratlve need for a chango In tho ad-1 Ono hundred and fifty drums of ministration of tho prison as pointed gasollno were landed at' Labaina, ' tho out In tho roport of tho commlttoo Island baao from which the air forces . named by tho governor to Invcstigulo under orders to conduct the sesrch of the Murrny-Kolly-Wlllos escape, to- tho area In which the big seapiano other with tho chief executive's disappeared, Is operating.- . Inability to find a suitable man to' It was estimated by the plane bulld take chargo of tho prison immo- or that buoyancy of tho empty gaso dlatoly are given as tho reasons for "no tanks would he sufficient to final tho report that Hlklns Is to tuko 10-,ir,Ii Pounds on the water, tho temporary chargo. .weight of tho plane without fuel, Klklns. It Is said, will retain hh.1 The missing PN-0 No. 1 In thn , place on the accident commission J" "bout 23 hoursJwhen It dropped and will act chiefly In a supervisory , f'n' "'f" ' . rnmmRBfl.r jolln , capacliy at tlio prison. f The capital Journal I. Informed ;: hope".. "'"r'"! l l" rell Si "hayt the missing commander and of Uahymplo will ho accompanied 8im ttllv0. by a puflto announcement of ihi..crow w text of tho report of tho governor's investigating commlttoo. Tho temporary appointment of Mlkins Is suld to havo boon occa sioned by tho governor's desiro to have plenty of timo to cast about for a wardon capablo of maintaining! discipline among tho convicts, and at tho Banio time possessing tho ability to successfully nannun tlio niludii In . i.i , T " , L -ia.iv " , . ?" .h,ttV0 ,oen administration: " " A precedent for this arrangement Is soon In the action of tlovornor Ol- oott sovoral yours ago In placing Dr. It. K. L. Sloiner, superintendent of the state hospital, In chargo of tho prison fur sovoral months for the exprnsscd purposo of placing It on OREGON FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS. STATE LOANS HALEM, Ore Sept. 3. Out of a total of I36,43l loaned by tho state bo"rI of r"",r"1 lo n""'rn Oregon . farmers to roseed land frozen out last I wlntor, noarly half, or $193,452 has been paid, back, according to figures on the board's record. It la consld- ared significant of an Improved farm 11 condition In the state that every loaa paid back has been paid In full FEAR NAVY PLANE 1051 IN PACIFIC No Trace of Missing P.N-9 No. 1 Found By Searching Fleet Skies Clear, But Moon light Proves Handicap at Night Reports' of Flares Seen Prove False. '.' MONOLUL. Sept. 3. (A P.) For tho second time since naval Hurfaco and aircraft took up their unreloting vigil in search of the mtuaing PN-9 No. 1 and Ita crew, dawn broke over the now peacefully calm waters of tho , tropical mld-Paclfic sea which still kept secret the destiny of the seapiano and ita crow. c,ear Bk,0H aided ,he a,p and watep craft in thelP 8earch today, but tho hampered by the moonlight reflecting on the waters, which limited vlsabillty KO to Prevent sight of any possible I flare which might be sent up by tho missing seapiano. Just before-mid- I night the destroyer Aroostook re- ported: "Think I soe a flare ahead." . Tho Aroostook steamed at ' l" m u rtui.a Kit ni I I Jiiaa nnihinif t ' ,' , ."" v" " . " '-. , , ,-. ' SAN PrtANCISCO, Sopt. 3.-(A, P.) I Search 'for the iniaslng naval sea- I'laiio l'N- Nol and crow which i "ai"sapl)eaTed"ln ntltf-PaclHCvTuesimy?.ft afternoon aftor riding along on tho high hopo of reaching Houoluluon- it" rocord making flight, continued to-. day after over night reports to nuval headquarters from searching surface and aircraft brought . only routlno fear that the missing plane and Its crow might not bo found, naval of- fleers today had explored the field of ,.- . M;rmlui what hud Rodgors in charge of tho craft, caus- Casualties of the x Air Service ' ,.., A.-l.w.irvln. ' .'..'.. .. u.... . . . .. . . monil u. abboo, u passonger,, wui.i kl"d during the noon hour today cra""fd l"V0 foct tu W." fle'"' ' ' " " " ' mIhsIiuj Mall Piano rount ZiV . ciIICAtiq. Sept. 8.-(A. , . JM-t-i pOHmi nnd air malt employees here ,ad the oastbound air mall, 'which h.n i,nn ri,neieii inat. had reached Its eastern terminus un hour and. five 'minutes iihend of timo today. BEING PAID IN FULL with the exception of two loans In Morrow county that have been par tially paid. A survey In the several eountlos Indicates that the stale will bo repaid ovory dollar. All payments are due by January 1 next, and no further hftna aro authorised, Aa fast aa tho money Is repaid to tho state It Is turned back to the World War Veterans state aid fund and reinvested, : I
