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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. SKPTKM WM '29.
NO. 16.1
2
Mayor Hylan Again
Declares He Won't
Run Independently
Rabbi's Daughter "Ben Hur" Star
Money Arrives Too
Late; Grieving Wife
Takes Poison, Dies
M
BODIES
SHENANDOAH
MiTPiim
III! I UMLLL
BOAT
ED
Effort to Raise Submarine
Fails, So Divers Start to
Bring Up the Dead Bat
tery Room Is Filled With
. Wreckage and Door of Con
trol Room Found Open.
U. 8. S. SUBMARINE BASK, NEW
LONDON, Conn., Sept. 29. (A. p.)
Tho forward end of Iho battery room
of the 8-51 . which wuh sunk Friday
night in a collision with tho steamer
City of Rome, 1m filled with wreckage,
the divert reported to tho commander
of tho submarine bane today. Tho
divers were unable to puss through
the door of the control room which
was open, because of lite interference
of their heavy, cumbersome suits with
tho ship's structure
NEW LONDON, Conn.. Sept. 29.
Hopes had taken wings today In the
minds of workers who probed the
depths of the ocean In their efforts to
save men in the submurine S-Gl
which was sunk last Friday night in
a collision with the Savannah lino
steamer City of Rome.
Baffled at every turn In their ef
forts to haul the submerged ship up
from her bed of sand at tho bottom
of the sea, the men were .forced to
admit that only tho slimmest of
chances remained for any of the 33
men who went down wilh their vessol
to bo alive. And still, no one could
be found who' would say he believed
all of the men were dead. Instance
ufter Instance was pointed out where
men who have been given up for lost
had been recovered. But to tho ques
tion: "Would you gamble that any of
them arc alive?" officers ut the sub
marine base shook their-heads. '
Hoped last Night
Last night it was different. Even
after wind -tossed waves forced the
wrecking boats to halt their efforts
to pull tho craft to tho Burfacc, tho
ofriccrs believed that two divers who
wore sent down would be able to
force air Into tho water-tight com
partments in which It was still be
lieved some of tho men were able to
shut themselves before tho rush of
the sea enveloped thorn.
Then came wold that nature again
had interfered by tho ebb and flow
of strong tides in tho 23 fathoms of
water they Invaded. They were un
able to steer themselves to the open
ing in the battery hatch which they
had sought to enter and the fnrco of
the tides swept them perilously near
the tangled wires of loop and radio
antennae.
Lieutenant Commander H. A. Flan
nagan, executive officer ut the base
has steadfastly refused to give up his
belief that some of the men might bo
alive.
"Those fellows know how to net In
a case like that," ho told newspaper
men In an early morning talk. It Is
hard to believe that no me of them
would not havo presenco of mind
enough to slam shut tho door of a
watertight compartment when they
felt tho thud as they were struck.
And I refuse to bcliovo that they
could llvo for only 72 hours with tho
air supply they had. Mon havo lived
longer than that in submerged sub
marines. They would not be foolish
enough to move around and use up
their air supply but would ease It out
of tho oxygen bottlos gradually and
He still. Tho fact that divers havo
heard no sounds indicates nothing.
They would not go' chasing around
like a bull pup every time they hap
pened to hour a sound above their
heads."
Tho executive's reference to 72
hours was In answer to statements
tbut that was. tho "deadline" of time
for the men to livo with the ulr sup
ply ut hand.
npw l.nvnnv rnnn.. Sent. 29.
(A. P.) In the air and under the sea
men worked today in their search for
the bodies of victims of tho S-51.
which went down Friday when she
was rammed by the steamer City of
Home, 14 miles off Block Island. The
first body recovered was that of John
! Gibson, englneman flrsUclass. and
was found In tho battery room of the
ship by deep sea divers who resumed
(Continue; nn Paa KlBhO
LA FOLLETTE S FATE
MlLWAl'KRE. Wis., Sept. 29.
(A. p.) Votes cast In a state-wide
election today will decide whether
Robert M. LaFollette. Jr., Is to suc
ceed his father as United States sen
ator or whether one of the four other
candidates will be elevated to this
high national honor. The others arc:
Edward F. Dlthmor. William .
Ilruce, John M. Work nnd Oeorgc
NEW YORK. Sept. 29. (A. V
1'.) Mayor John F. Hylan to-
day made a matter of formal
record his intention to retire to
private life at the end of his
present term and thus virtually
eliminated tho possibility of an
imlcnondent ticket In tl.n v,t- A
i veinber muyorality election.
.
10
BF QUERIED BY
State Executive Issues a
Warning That He Will Ask
Assessors if They Have
Obeyed Law Regarding Per
sonal Property Tax.
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 29. Governor
Pierce today mado public a letter to
the assessors of the state warning
them that at the assessors' meeting to
be held in Salcin in the near future
tho governor, as chairman of the
slate tax commission, will ask them if
they have complied with the luw re
quiring tho assessment of personal
estate and personal property. Inas
much as the assessments appear al
ready to havo been made slate and
county officials here say tho gover
nor s letter is probably too late to
bring any results. Whether personal
property Is- being assessed generally
by the assessors of the state is a ques
tion that could not be answered here
today.
The governor quotes "a prominent
and well-informed banker In -.lue
state of Oregon, of opposite political
faith," who, Governor l'lcrco says, ro
contly said to him:
"Within a very short time thcro
will ho nrilctlcnllv nn vnltin left in
fitv m fnrm nrnnnrtv unletta tlinca lu '
a more equitable distribution of taxes.
Tho present system of collecting prin
cipally from land all the money nec
essary for maintenance of schools
and government simply means the
confiscation of nil value therein."
"I have been saying this for years,"
writes the governor, "and to have it
confirmed by a man of opposite po
litical fuith, a man in whose bunk
there are large amounts of stocks and
bonds of municipalities and business
enterprises outside of Oregon, con
firms me in tho belief that owners pf
farm and city property aro faoing a
crisis in the state of Oregon."
The law cited by tho governor
reads:
"The terms 'personal estate'
and 'pcrsonnl property' shall ho
construed to Include all things in
action, household furniture,
goods, chattels, moneys and gold
dust, on hand or in deposit; all
bouts or vessels, whether at home
or abroad and all capital invested
therein; nil debts duo or to be
como duo from solvent debtors,
whether on account contract,
note, mortgage, or otherwise,
either within or without tills
state; nil public stocks; nil bonds,
warrants and moneys duo or to
becomo duo from this state, or
any county or municipal subdl-
vision thereof; and stocks and
shares In incorporated companies
liable to taxation on their capital
us shall not be Invested In real
estate; and all Improvements
made by persons on lands claim
ed by them under the law of the
United States, the fee of which
lands is still vested in the United
States."
Slnco the enactment of the above
provision, household goods have be
come exempt by law.
The governor adds that an opinion
of the attorney general has hold that
I tho statute as quoted Is to bo lntcr
l preted Just as It reads.
I He declares that repeal of the state
'income tux luw from which 12.670,000
has been collected, with moro to
come, has Increased the burden on
real property.
"I feel that as governor of this
slate." the letter concludes, "I
would bo derelict In my duty If I
fContlnued on Page Eight,
IS
IjiFollette is the republican noml-
k... I,,, announced himself as
endorsing the platform of the La-1
...i- .rt.. in 1924 and
r oueue- nvcic. ,
has attacked the Coolldge adminis
tration. Dlthmnr and Bruce are
nlng as Independents. Work is the
socialist nominee. Bauman Iso the
soHallst-lnhnr nominee, but has made
no campaign. '
ASSESSORS
GOV'NOR PIERCE
DECIDED IN WISCONSIN TODAY
coram
is
Weather Expert On lll-Fated
Dirigible Testifies He Ad
vised Lansdowne to Change
Course 30 Minutes Before
Storm Struck Mrs- Lans
downe Is Called.
LAKEHURST. N. J., Sept. 29. (A.
P.) Commundor Zachary Lansdowno
was advised and did not heed the
advlro to change the airship Shenan
doah's course to the south at least
half an hour bofore the craft was
sucked into the storm that wrecked
her.
This statement was made today
before the naval court of Inquiry here
by Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson-,
weather ' expert on board the craft.
The captain did not change the course
because Anderson could not point to
a specific danger signal in the skies
to warrant a change.
"It the ship had been turned south,"
Anderson said in reply to. a question,
"we certainly would not have been in
the position we were. We would have
been to the south but what conditions
were there did not appear.
"It Is my belief that had we turned
south we would have had a better
chance of avoiding the disaster."
"How long was It from the time you
gave the advice to turn south before
the ship got into the storm?" asked
Judge Advocate Foley.
"I can only estimate, but I am sure
It was considerably more than half an
hour, probably an hour before."
"Do you consider that had the
Shenandoah had more speed she could
have avoided the .storm?"
"To me there seems to be no doubt
that had she had' more speed this
tragedy would not have occurred."
"Had you been in command of the
ship and had definite knowledge of
meteorological conditions would you
have turned from the prescribed
course?" asked Rear Admiral Jones,
president of the court.
"That would have been a hard de
cision to make," Anderson said. "But
I do believe at least for a short while
I would have made a turn to the
south."
"At what time would you bave
changed?"
"When I saw the storm backing Into
the west."
"Was It at that time that you made
the suggestion?"
"I made It as early as I saw the
storm. "
LAKEHURST, N. J.. Sept. 29. (A.
P.) Mrs. Margaret Ross Lansdowne.
widow of Commander Zachary Lans
downe. captain of the Shenandoah,
accepted today the Invitation of the
naval court of Inquiry to appear and
make a statement
Mrs. Lansdowne's telegram to tho
court suggested no. date for her ap
pearance other than It he made at the
latest possible time. It may be that
she will not be heard here, but In
Washington, If it finally Is decided to
transfer the Inquiry to that city. Mrs.
Lansdowne Is now In Washington.
After the Shenandoah wreck Mrs.
Lansdowne was quoted as having said
that Commander lansdowne was re
luctant to make the mid-western trip
because ot the danger of thunder
storms. ,
The "Daily"
Bank Robbery
KKATTL.K. Kept. 29. (A. P.) Tvo
nf three. men who held up the Queen
City bank In (-Seattle tofltiy and oh
tit hied $5000 wcro cultured and iden
tified ait T. H. Johnson and James
Burns. Johnson and Burns, with
four other prisoners broke from the
King county jail hero September 16.
The third robber whh captured later.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Yesterday's
pear market: Twelve California: ten
New York: thirty Oregon; ' seven
Washington; eleven New York by
beat.
Oregon bartletts: Three cars. Ex
tras 3.2DD.6i): average 13.98; fancy
$3.003. 05; average $3.01.
The Nottd Dead
. PARIS. Sent. 29. Leon Bourgeois.
eminent French statesman and for
mer premier. Is dead.0
M. Bourgeois died at his country
home Hi oger, in tne acparimem oi j
the Marne. Death waslutto a sud-1
den attack of ureml following n
long period ef Illness. 0
BLAMED
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When "Ben Hur," is finally revealed to motion picture fans
after two years of delay, they'll see the daughter of a rabbi in the
role of "Iris." Carmel Myers has the part. She is shown as she
appears in the picture.
E
CO. SUFFERS FIRE
Approximately $1000 w o r t1i. f
property was destroyed hint night by
two fires outside the city,- one. uC
which was at the Leonard Carpenter
ranch and the other at tho Southern
Oregon Gas company plant , near
Phoenix. The former Is believed to
have been caused by defective wir
ing while tho latter Is attributed
to spontaneous combustion. The local
fire department did very efficient
work in putting both blazes under
control by the use of chemicals.
The laundry house on the Carpen
ter ranch burned to tho ground about
8:30 last evening, destroying cloth
ing and laundry together with ma
chinery and the building. Tho resi
dence, which Is located on an emi
nent knoll east of the city with other
buildings, whs bndly Bcorched and
would have a Iho burned, bad It not
been for tho efforts of the firemen,
who used 72 KiillonM of fhomlcaltt In
fighting tho blaze., Tho Ions was
covered by insurance,
Tho flames were plainly vlsiblo
last evening for in ilea in all. utroc
tlona, casting their ruddy glow to
the heavens, and a large crowd gath
ered. The Southern Oregon Oaa company
suffered an approximate loss of $500
according to N. 13. llohall, nn of
ficial. The fire originated in a
large coal pile and had been gmoul
derlng, it Is believed, for several days
before It broke out Into fluino about
10:30 last night.
The fire was very difficult to fight,
as It burned ut tho bottom and in
the center of a pile containing sev
eral carloads of coal, about 1G0 tons.
Several tons had to be thrown aside
before local firemen could throw a
stream of chemicals on the flames,
which cast a heavy black smudge.
The firemen dift not lcavo tho acetic
until after midnight, and after they
had used 40 gallons of chemicals.
Tho gaa company then kept n.
crew of mon busy turning the coal
in different positions. At 2 o'clock
a. m., tho fire again broke out, but
after a short tlatp tho flames wcro
put under control Today the con I
pile is still fcmoulrioring und It Ih
expected to continue until the coal
has been completely turned by a
crew of men. whoso duty It will bo
to continue after the fire is com
pletely out to prevent a fresh start,
Spontaneous combustion In the coal
pllo Is said to havo resulted from
water from recent rains soaking into
the center. The fuel used in tho
company's new process of gaa manu
facture was shipped here from
Marshfleld. It had been the original
plan to use Hoxy Ann coal, but that
material was not found In sufficient
quantities. However, It Is probable
that it will be used next year after
several months have been spent de
veloping the mine.
Vtnillftoi Wiininn Injured
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 20. (A.
P.) Mrs Anabelle Hart, 21, of Pen
dleton, was slightly hurt last night
when hit by an automobile on a down
town street, she was taken to a hos
pital and treated fur Injuries to her
sldo and head. She left the hospital
this morning, saying she was going to
return to her home,
TALENT DISTRICT
HIT, STATE FAIR
8ALI0M, Ore., Sept.' 29. The non
competitive basis on which county
exhibits were arraiiKed this year at
tho stale fair has broURbt out ex
hibits that uro truly represontatlvo of
tho various sections of tho state, and
are. incidentally, tho best sort of ad
vertising obtulnulite. County agents
and others hero to tnko charge of
these exhibits, ono and ull, expross
themselvos us moro than pleased with
the new ruling. I-:. It. Oatman, super
vising Jackson county's exhibit, said
today:
"Uverybody Is satisfied this year,
exhibitor and visitor alike."
C. H. Klchards. county agent of
Coos county Is equally outspoken In
appreciation of thn change. Myrtle
wood products, white celar and dairy
products aro featured In their booth.
Douglas county shows some flno
grapes and apples. It Is advertised
as "Hie county of diversified crops."
Klamath Is well represented by
I grains, grasses, und furuKo crops.
Tho Talent Irrigation district of
I Jackson county has a booth to itself
'and Is making a fine showing, with
some splendid apcclmonso of potatoes
and general products.
CRATER L. SEASON
CLOSES, LODGE IS
SHUT FOR WINTER
This was the lust day of the official
Crater lake season, which winds up
tomorrow morning -when Immndiatoly
aftor brcukfnst at the lodgo tho re
mainder of tho crew of employes there
will dopnrt on tho stages for Meilford
to proceed to their homes from hnro.
It Is expected that by curly morning
all of the lodge equipment will have
heon snugly packed up and stored for
tho winter, and Unit thn stages will
get away for Mcdl'ord by 7 or 7:30
A. M., leaving the lodgo in the hands
of a caretaker.
Thnro aro no guests at thn lodgo
unless somn arrived today In their
own curs from Modford or Klitmuth
Falls, as thn up-bound stages today
had no passengers.
The five stages with tholr twenty
or more lodgo employes, on reaching
Mndfnrd tomorrow will continue on
through to Portland, whera the stages
will he stored for thn winter. As a
number of these employes aro from
Portland und points In between Mnd
ford and that city, these will remain
on the. stages until their homes are
reached.
Aftor tomorrow Crater national park
will bo practically In its winter lone
llnoss, as the last of tho park and
headquarters office- employes came
down to the city last Saturday, except
Arthur Moen, secretary of Superin
tendent C. O. Thomson, and one or
two rangers, and Mr. Moen will come
down to the city In a few days for
the winter. The rangers may remain
on duty for some time yet nnd the
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 29.
(A. P.) When William How-
nrd. proprietor of a rooming r
house here went today to tho '
room of Mrs. Henri Meunier,
54. to deliver a letter from her '
huslmml. which she had been
waiting for. ho found tho wom
r nn dead from drinking poison.
Howard salil Mrs. Meunier hud
r been despondent becauso silo
had not heard from her hus-
bund who was working In tho
harvest field at Kcnhl, .Mont.
The letter delivered today
contained a money order for
$.10.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (A. P.)
While moro than -HO delegates to the
Inter-pnrliamontary union conference
In Washington are here In tho Intor
osts of world penco, hundreds of
police aro guarding the visitors
against hostile demonstrations from
cmnmmilRta IvlHh rnnllhlirnn nvinna-
thizors. anti fascists nnd other groupB. I
The arrival of Irish. Italian and .
IN OF
EMPIRE
ENCE AIM
British, delegations have occasioned , ,.Mflt cflra the blame for
hostile and even violent outbursts and what ' he described
police havo been detailed to escort as ,n ,nipoverUiied ana Inadequato
tho visitors about the city. Guards gr (Pfcns0i , ....
uro stntlnuod at various hotels and. ' C k,.i
special precautions are taken at all1, The colonel also dropped verbal
meetings of Individual groups. . ,omb" ?n V" "'"f " v '
Protest against tho administration's officials with looking upon avla
oxcluslon of Shapurji Snklnlvala. com-'1 n"a "ubord nato adjunct of de
munlst momber ot parliament, from fonso. He advocated pushing tho fleet
tho British delegation was discussed '' "wlr " DeJ"ng"-,
at a meeting last night arranged by Colonel Mltohel called after Lieu
the Civil Liberties union. A rosolu- 1 C",on6' Bf" am'" ?',J0?10'"'
tlon was adopted charging tho action commandant o Mitchell field, Long
of secretary of state as a "violation 'lna. had testified, reiterated his
of American traditions,' "an offense demand for a national defense which
to the British people" and "contrary he declared should be established by
, to the principle of free speech." .congress. ..'.. .., .
I Rennoe Smith, British dologate, I Discussing In deta tho Pacific slt
.BnW. , . . . .uation, Colonel Mitchell aald:
"If wo are to discriminate J) to
what accredited members are to at-
tend these meetings (of the Inter-
parliamentary union) tho whole spirit
of the meetings fails." -
Frank P. Walsh was cheered when
ho snld:
"Wo nil want to destroy tho British
empire."
Tho dologates after arrivnl of (lor
many representatives leave for Wash
ington by special train tomorrow.
Oregon Supreme
Court , Decisions
' HALRM. Ore., Kept. !!!). The fol
lowing opinions were banded down
today by tho supremo court:
flcorgo Speight vs. Louis V. Sl
monsen, appellant: appeal from Mult
nomah county: suit for damngos;
opinion by Justlco Burnett. Judgo
WaJJor 11. Evans affirmed.
Credit sorvlco company, appellant,
vs. F. F. Peters, nppeul from Mult
nomah county, suit arising out of
a writ of attachment. Opinion by
lustlco Burnett. Judgo W. N. Galons
affirmed.
National Surety compnny, appel
lant, vs. J. Harris Johnson; appeal
from Multnomah counly; suit for al
(need violation nf contract. Ollllllon
by Justlco Burnett. Judgo Robert CI.
'
'f. ap-
.Morrow affirmed.
Juliun C'oblents vs. A. Jaloff,
pellant; uppcal from Multnomah
counly; suit for damages for per-
Bi.nal Injury. Opinion by Justice
Bolt. Judgo Ooorgo W. Stopleton nf-1
firmod on condition that plaintiff
onler ii remlttnturo In sum ot 1321
within thirty days.
l'-etltlonsfortho rehearlngs In
dlock vs. Cockrum: Wallace vs.
.... ... i
Tlllli
Amerlcnn LITo Insurance company
and lxng Bnthnm vs. Takooka.
work of paving tho mails In tho park
will continuo until stopped by wlntor
woathor.
Huporlntondcnt and MrB. Thomson
are expected home this week from
Mesa Verda national park.
After tomorrow unyono visiting the
park will find nn dining or slooplng
arrungoinents there and must take
is own provender and sleeping out
fits. BINflllAMPTO.V. N. V., Sept. 20.
Investigators of threo counties today
sought to solvo the burning to death
last Friday of a tmin Ht first belloved
to have been Frod CI. Beale, local In
surance man, in an automobile acci
dent near Hancock, and the discovery
yestorday of a looted grave In the
vicinity. O
Police yestorday atopijf d the funer
al services ovor the bodff charro bo
yond recognition and withheld Iden
tity of tho corpse which had been dls-
FLAYS U. S.
1 HEADS
Stormy Petrel Declares Army
General Staff Is Incompe
tent and Navy Heads Asleep
Leaders to Blame for Im
poverished and An Inade
quate Air Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (A. P.)
Colonel William Mitchell, who pre
cipitated the aircraft row, today
poured another
avalanche of criti
cism on the heads
of those charged
with administering
the nation's air ser
vices. Testifying beforo
the president's air
board, he assailed
the army general
staff, declared It in
competent to draft
air policies and
placed upon Its offl-
I "? " "
owning or aspirin to own alt the
"" K?monmt1 ,h V.,"
of Malaca. The aspirations of this
, people are to control all ingress and
lo he continent of Asla, half
the population of the world, and to
hold Asia for the Asiatics a perfectly
laudable ambition. North . of them
lies the torrltory belonging .to Rus
Bla. the onlgma ot the prosont civilized
world.
"It Is not by way of Honolulu that
an adversary Is coming to this coun
try, because tho broad Bea area Is too.
great to Insure the safety of. surface
vossels against air and submarine xt
tack
"If we aro required to dofend our
solves against an Aslatlo power
combination of Asiatic powers, led bii
Japan, their line of operations would
certainly extend north along the Kur
lle Islnnds, to Kamchatka and acroai
the Bering sea to Alaska by way of
the Aleullona and Bering straits.
"Supposed that we are attacked
both on tho Pacific and on tho Atlan
tic by a combination of both Kuro
pcan and Aslatlo powers. An air force
can be used along the Atlantic const
and within 86 hours can be applied on
the Paclflo coast, or vice versa."
Tho colonel declared there "was ab
solutely nnd unqualifiedly no seeking
for government position, no political
affiliation or hidden purpoBO behind
my stand."
Noiseless ' airplanes, ho asserted.
will be used In the next war to make
I detection moro difficult and they will
drop aerial torpedoes and gliding!
nonins.
"The anll-alrcrart gun he said, It)
no good in battle.' a
At ono point during the colony
testimony an elderly woman left tho
, room In hystorlcs.
. c,ln 1 tana ": . oan ! "' V
"he cried, presumably rrring
Iho w neim' vivid dosoriptlon ot
she erlcd. nresumaoiy roierring io
air battle In Franco.
WASIIINOTON, Sept. 29. fA. Bfv
Colonol William Mitchell today ro
sumcd his onslaught against the nar,
lion's air policies bofore Prosldent
Coolidgo's Investigating board. To
tho click of cameras and flashing ot"
photographlo apparatus, tho former
assistant chief of tho army air sor
vlco began his testimony, first asking
that ho bo sworn. He had spread
boforo him a largo map of the world
rVMitlnnei) nn Page BlghM
IS
T
Intorred and reeiovod from tho 1 It
cometory near the scono of the acci
dent. ,
Suspicion was aroused after the
open gravo was discovered. Further
unexplained circumstances led to an
investigation. '
Last Friday the Insurance agent
wired his wife that he would return
late last night but ho failed to reach'
home. The noxt day his car, wrecked
and burned, was found near Hancock
with the body in It.
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