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Newspaper Page TextMedford Ma Weather Year Afo Pmllcthm Oci-asJnmil ruin. Minimum yeMcrduy 77 Mltilmuiii todity 47 Miuiiiiiini 82 Minimum 38 Dtilj Twentf-thlrd Teat WteUjr Kifty-eixth Ymr MEDFORD. OlfKCiON. MONDAY. APRIL 2:5. litis. Xo. 32. X The Weather IL TRIBUNE Today By Arthur Briibao Sinclair Acquitted. Another Polar Flight. Wrath in the Earthquake. hy Have .Mosquitoes? Copyright, 11)27, by New Tork Evening Jourttfl, mo.1 T lip .jury acquits Mr. Sinclair of various things, incltuliii!; the alleged promise of nn automo bile ''a block long," to a jury h'lnn in Washinston, I). ('. Mr. Sinclair, well informed, would not promise any juryman an automobile as long as that. If he made n promise to a jury man he would keep it to the let ter, and there are no automo-l biles a block lonjr. The news of Mr. Sinclair's ncipiittal will interest Mr. fcin cliilr's horses. They will pre- RUinulilv resume racing in Mary- j Nltlll! i8 n Those that bet hard ned. money on the race track, I ! includiii young men occasion ally made into thieves by Ktenl f intf money to bet, will have n 'ler choice in I -4 he North l'ol c flier shooti f above the : 'ler choice in the betting. ole has seen one in!; throuith the ice and dnow. rstfl'eary went, dos di'ii?- lg liini, one colored man ac- .mpanyiiiK Inm. .Next i.nin- v.'ander Byrd flew across the j ' Aolo and around it. ) 'Now Captain George H. Wil-: L' - , . , i . ftciiis, his plane and crew in ex - oellent condition, returns, No. .L i-i. i c ..tiJ no iuuk ai unit !"i, "i rmin lwaVH pointinir toward the j L'.il .. Wb ..( , M-th star. What men v. nut to l ft, thev can do. jft'l (1ne '""ulre illu' twenty-five '.thousand families homeless in julsariii, many killed in the 7 g' earthquake. At Philipopo ' r," n city most severely iii- ircd, inhabitants walk around (e e i t y in sad procession inntini; expiatory psalms, call ,nr on all to repent their sins ' Huliiaria's parliament met 1 this year on Good Friday, first time in history, and superstiti ous inhabitants believe that ; God in hw anifer shook their homes to the ground. . That belief would have been generally accepted at one time. Joseph P. Sawyer, in his forth coming "History of Hoston," tells of an earthquake in the bub and a deeply religious woman who said, "It makes me feel good to sec the Lord show ing bis power." , ' The borough of Queens, des- tined to be the biggest in Greater New York with one ex ception, plans to import from ? France the "cannibal ' mo , sqtiito" that cats the other kinds and doesn't bite men. The I'nitcd States ought to begin a war against mosquitoes everywhere. Mr. Rockefeller seeks to end yellow fever all over the world by stamping it out in Central America. Vnclc Sim is bilf enough to end mosquitoes all over his big farm. To abolish malaria would he worth billitits a year to this country, and wouldn't cost as much as we lent to the nations . busy killing each other instead of killing mosquitoes. The election of ClinrloH K. Meyer as president of Stand ard Oil of New York is im ).urtant to American industry. His job is to fifflit the Royal Dutch Shell. preaX British oil trust, which takes the ground that Americans have no rifiht lo buy oil from Russia. When the fin lit ends, the Ifoyal Dutch will have learned various things, incliidintr this: (Continued tm Fag Four, lAmnrmn II III II Ll III 'flllrUVJl.lU III 1 1 lIMO' : mi ii m i in x tf'4w ..wr&w TIILMIIO M-j&S Race With Byrd Looms - Mother, 86, Proud of Son's Feat No Land Is Sighted On Arctic Hop Elements Conquered On Epic Flight. ADELAIDE, Australia, April 23. ; (yP) "Wo mothers don't say much, but we feel a lot," Mrs. Wil kins, 86-year-old mother of Captain George H. Wil kins, said as she talked with vivacity today, despite her years, of her son's great Polar feat.. "I am very glad George has done Uuued wlth beaming face. "It is 20 yeurH Hince ho firHt went away, and he haa never lived at home since." COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 23. (PC) Captain George Wilkins in quoted hy the Svenska Dagblatlet as sayii: at Green Harbor, Spits bergen, that ho did not pass over the Notth l'ole on his flight across the Polar regions, but flew over Grants' Land, west of Greenland. Word received from Svalltard ' (Spitzbergen) said that the lower I part of the airplane was slightly j damaged in landing: Lieutenant Carl B. Eielson, Cap- ! tain Wilkins' companion, has tele-, i nhnnprl bin father that he soon would he home again, which is in-, Iteipreted to mean that he and Capii , ' . , f, Norway. as there is no connection by ship ; before tho end of may. i The jj0udoI1 Times todav printed a dispatch from Captain Wilkins in which he said no siyn of an island .gg seen where stefansson and Mnc.Millan had thought there i j Qilght be land. It was too danger- j oils to descend and take soundings. , The start was made from Point ; narrow on April 15. The wenther was good and the visibility excel lent, the dis'iatch said. This con- .,ltln nnkrnllcl foe On miloa Vina hundred miles out of Spitsbergen ..-n,v uimla nr. nncjinntpred. Stormv winds were encountered. These, however, were in the fliers' favor. A single mountain peak was sighted in Greenland in the far distance and the fliers descended to a lower altitude. Captain Wilkins then ran into heavy clouds over a turbulent ocean stirred hy a violent Sale which rocked the plane to a peril- oua degree. At this time the fliers passed an Island contninlng an ap parently smooth spot. They were running short of gasoline, so their only recourse was to turn back. They made a safe landing on this Island, which proved later ot be Dead Man's Island, more than 50 miles from Green Harbor. They were held there for five days dur- ing the worst Atlantic weather Wiilkins has ever experienced, Then the Rale blew lUelf out. Much difficulty wis exierienced, however, in hopping off a-ain, Cap tain Wilkins being left on the ice twice when the plane rose. Finally the plane was in the air and flew to Clreen Harbor within an hour. The take-off from Point Larrow failed three times before the heavily loaded plane could be raised In the air, despite the help of a largo band of volunteer snow shovelers. The metal sklis with which the plane was equipped broke each time. The Los Angeles Examiner in a copyrighted .article today said that Captain Wilkins' next great flight would be over the uncharted wastes of the Antarctic. J. K. Northrup, engineer who de signed Wilkins ' plane, said the plans were far enough advanced to make ft certain the filer would be back in l,os Angeles in four or five weeks. This Indicated the possi bility of a race between two ex ploring expeditions in South Polar regions, thnt of Wilkins with a sea plane and thar o Commander Rich ard B. Byrd with three planes. Wilkins Is eager to learn If there is an unbroken continental chain at the Pole, from the Australian side. Captain Wilkins plans to go aboard a whaler into Ross sea and past South Victoria I-and. There he and his pilot plan to launch their seaplane and, taking to the air, swing toward Klnj Edward VII Land. NEW YORK. April 2.1 (Pi The greatest sclentillc contribution of the llklns Polar night, in the opinion of Dr. Isaiah Itowmnn. di rector of the American Geographl - cal society of New York, was tho fact that he found no land In the Arctic "blind siiot." lt was not Captain Wilkins' plan to fly over the North Pole and he apparently did not, lr. Bowman sum in a suuemeni issued nere. Th .Ar.ini ... f i i i '. . . sue niiiin; nail Bt- It.' 11 1 1 1 1 U SlrUIlHOr for the flight. Captain Wilkins achieved his ob ject, which won to fly over the "blind spot" taklnn a 2300-mile swing over that reKlon regarded (Continued oo Pagt Eight) ! ;VHY GERMAN FLYERS FOUND THEMSELVES MAROONED I u - When the German plane Bremen, flying overseas from Ireland to oft" Labrador, it is doubtful whether the three occupants realised how aiim-mt their rescue would be. For evcn j mjd-summer, the waters around the island are not free from the ico that prevents access, as this photo, taken last July 29, RELIEF PLANE PARTS ARRIVES Fitzmaurice Flies Back to Greenly Island and Joins German Aviators Cham berlain Takes Off to Pay Aerial Respec;s to New Heroes. SKVKN ISLANDS, Que., April 3. (Hy the I'anudlun Tress.) The Kurd relh-f plane with spare, pnrts i for the trans-Atlantic monoplane jJJrenien, landed on Greenly island this morning nfier a suu-mlle hop from this settlement. -.ut vi'ni ii, y nit- v iiiKiiiuiii i-rcsH.i i nr ruin reuer inane noppeil orr trom Seven Islands for Greenly Island at 5:10 this morning. The plane, piloted by Major Fitzmaurice and llernt Illilchen, J w'aM expected to make the j lJnu,"ney to Greenly Island 501) mite , , ' "v'",, - V , , . ,. c'",'ll"c OI noiiiK a iiuiioieii nuies an noui. ., " . . 1 .' 1 " m I "''noil to jiumi nay. rma. kuu I "T10. n"wn '" HlUe . more man eigni "ours. HAHTI'OUD Conn April 23 I (iP) chuence T) chamberlln took i off fm. , -ake K((1 AKn,.M Qllc ' trnm j Hr.'iincrd flill nt lii'dli thlw nioi-. nlnf; tn veiuvn lno Kie,.ttng to the crew of tho Lire men whirh wh iic- cordud hlinnolf nnd t'harlen he vine after their trn;'S-Atlnnti4 flight from this country to (iermany. DETROIT, Mich.. April 23. Phil Wood and C. A. (Duke) Schil ler, who abandoned an attempted trans-Atlantic flight from Wind sor, Canada, to Windsor, Kngland. i bust summer, will try the westward flight from Ireland tn America in July, Wood announced here today. Wood, a brother of Our Wood, speedboat builder and driver, mild he would leave for Now York Thursday to confer with .Schiller on plans for the flight. The fliers will in tempt to land at Old Orchard, Wood said, de claring that the flight from Ire lonil to New York now Is mechani cally impossible, "because there is no piano built capable of carrying sufficient gasoline to buck tho strong head winds Into that city. woou sain tney would tiiae two American-made motors across the ocpnn to bo Installed In an Kngllsh Uenplanu for the flight. Baseball Scores CINCINNATI, April 23. (P) Pete Donahue, holdout pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, signed a con tract with President C. J. McUair mid today. The terms were not made known. Pete emerged from conference smiling. President .McDnlrmld said the terms were "mutually satisfactory." National R. If. E. St. l-nuis 2 3 Cincinnati 3 7 2 (latteries: Sherdel and O'Kar rell; l.uque, Kdwards and Mar grave. N'cw York nt lioston postponed: cold, wet grounds. American ' K. H. E. j Chicago 0 5 2 I'e'rolt 3 7 3 Batteries: Connally and Me 1 Curdy; Carroll and Margrave. ., '":"""""'" "'rK' I km . ruin. i r i . : U rtoston at Philadelphia )io.t- poncn; rain, cold weather. OregtHi W'cntlxi', Occasional rains tonight and WITH BREMEN SUCK DEVICE IS FLOCK TO HEAR Tuesday; moderate tcmperut , ire. .Fresh south to west winds oa the' 'cons.. O . 1 -o. V graphically shows. FOUND AT LASTi Portland Officers Searched and Searched, and Coat Hanger, With Rubber Tubes Attached, Shows Way to Booze Supply l'OHTLAXl), Ore.. April 23. tPl After officers several times had searched a private resilience on East Sixth street, where they knew liquor had been sold, they niado another search yesterday and discovered in n clothes closet lull unosuiil cuiunwuuu lor on- - . )onslng ilrinKS. j one of tho officers went Into the clothes closet where he ncci- dentally tipped a coat from a , mall hanger nnd found two small f,,,,cets In the hnnirer. whero they ' t,a.i l)OPn lildden l,V the COllt. 'tearing the hanger from the wall, , tho pollenmen found two rubber luoH entering the plaster. They followed the tubes to nn upstairs room There. cleverly enncealed In the j wall, they found two tanks. One contained five gallons of mmrn - shine whiskey and the other seven gallons of wine. Hy turning nn ' oilP fauci't. wine wns utitallH'd. uml ! turning tho other, whiskey i coui'Hed through one of tho tubes.! , CJeorge ,eves was a r rented t ; the residence. Ho was charged with possession of liquor. RUM PEDDLER S KLAMATH REOS i ! TRIAL IS RESETiBOY DIES NEATH ASTORIA, Ore., April 23. (P) The second trial of George Ilaaa t'la, 22. oa a charge of slaying his jirl wife, was set for May IS to day after District Attorney I.cinen welhber asked for continuance on grounds thero had been tnmpering with the state's star witness. The first trial ended abruptly InHt Fri day after the defense clmrepd flint one of the jurors had expressed prejudice. Then the district at torney asked for more time to pre pare for the second trial because answers made to questions by Ar thur Wilson, the star witness, did not correspond with earlier stories he had told officials. TO WAKIIINC.TON, Apr. 23.-11 Harry V. Sinclair ngreed today through his counsel to 'appear be fore the senate Teapot Dome com mittee one week from tomorrow for questioning as to his knowl-edk-e of the Conlln-ntal Trailing company Liberty bond dials. Fruit Prices Today OaS FRANCISCO. April 23 I Federal State Market News Service. I Apples: California boxes. Newton Pippins, four-tier. .-:,i2.2r,; .ivi-tler, J.'.oofi 2,r,0: IHMiter. low as $1: Oregon and Washington Knm Beauiie. etrn ! fnnev. ii 7r.ffi :t tnnv r.uff 1.00; Newtown Piimfnn extra fancy. 11.25; fancy, 2.'i43.0n; Wlnesnps. QUIZ extra fancy, 3.25fi 3.fi0; Arkansas Blacks, extra fancy, S3. 15ft 3. 25; fancy, 12.75 3.00. ; : , . -.. jhed by io'.-; iiinii a nrno America, landed on Greenly island. Orville Davis, Young Buck, Charged With p, OlctyilllJ With Double-Bitted Axe After .Holiday Spree WhitP RnntlpflflPr"! ATP. Blamed for Crime. I'OIITI.AND. Ore.. April 2.1. OP) Stolid anil Impassive, but missing no detail of the KOvoiaimcnl'H prosecution of Orville Davis, young I Klamath Inillau churacd with1 MURDER' TRIAL! . i i's closet! murder, fiwlniliuna were on hauil for ' llrfV the'trii(l -which 'opened "phis . I,,,. Ihn Ik I -wlili-h oiiriii' 'afternoon. ' , j Davis, according lo preliminary informtition. went on u New V ear's oyp party ut which the lliiuor flowed freely and It was the niuht . r l,.n,i, v hll.. he silll iinilor the infliienee of moonshine that he was allCKCd to have entered ! the home of Lawrence Walker. ; another young Indian of the I'll river tribe and to have killed him j with blows of n double-bitted axe Twenty Indians were called n 1 witnesses by the government, but ' ' 'east thirty .more friends or ' either Davis or Walker arrived here Snnuay nnd have since been 1 mill'nK I'f'wtlOHsly tn tlH' corriilnrx f (he court building. I l-'roni a while woman, who lives 1 nn 'the reservation, came the ad i mission that white bootleggers caused most of the trouble on the j rosr-rvation. I Korrost Lit. lefield will prosecute ilhe ease for the government, ask j lug fur a eonvii-ilon of first degree (murder. W. 1. Myers. Klamath ( Fulls attorney will defend him. HOOFS OF HORSES KLAMATH KALLH, Ore.. April 3. 4l Dragged a half mile by a run-away horse, Kami Argraves, 1 2 -year old son of Mr. and M i s. Jack Argraves was killed lust evening on the Argraves ranch near Merrill. The horse ran away Just as the boy was mounting. His foot caught In the stirrup, and the jerk of tho frightened horse Upset him. I'nable to free bis font from the stirrup the child was dragged rtlong tho ground before the boni fied gaze of his mother. When tho horse wns stopped the child was unconscious. His head was battered In by steel-shod hoofs of the horse. He died nn the way to the hospital. JOSEPHINE THIEF OllXTM I'ASrf. Oie.. April 23.' (Vf Joyophlne county has de veloped a new V.tnd of thb'f. L-iKt night a pet cougar was h to ten from n service Mutton owned by; Henry, "Webb- on the I ted wood highway. The cat. which weighed more thnn f.O pounds, was tied, by a chain in an en'lsure. The thieves broke the lock and led thei animal awny, one pulling nndj the other evidently nhoving. The, cotignr did the tracks not want lo leave, ns showed that hi hud dua his claws In the Krotind nnd former Nuny Ann Miller of Heat hail to be dravtteil ' atona. The.lh. arrived here today enroute to couaar was n renl pet, which, nr-1 Kurope. The couple with their fordins; to his ownntv purred llkejsulle will soil tomorrow on the it huge cat when petted, steamship City of llurodn. FILM QUEEN Dolores Del Rio Under Po lice Guard, After Ransom Plot for $100,000 Re vealed Maid, Accused of Ring Theft, and Two Men Held. ! I.OS ANCKI.KK, April 23. W'l ! t The ICxiiiniller Imlay ayM Do-i i lariM Di'l Klo. Mexican film Hlar, ' Iuih Iimii niarkfil as the victim j nt n llilll.eno kidnaping plot for the last two months anil that two I nirn anil n woman are under nr-j re.t. Detnila wore diseloHed liy Cap-' tain of DetoetlveH liouier ('row. One of the throe under uitohI Ih Hoku Ayala. :U. u former maid employed by the aetroMH and whom the offleei-H any was illHi'hargi'd by .MhM Del I tin alter n H5.IIO0 diamond ring had disappeared, One of the men Ih Gustavo Cn rlllo. 27, Mexican university grad uate. The name of the second man was withheld. Three other linen, two Mexicans nnd an Italian, are helnK sought. The kidnaping srhem liolire said, was butehed by the Italian. a sweetheart of the maid. She was to have taken a fr coat, be Inneinir In tho ncti-ou tn lio Hnnn. carmio km m return n j in order to get past the front donf make his way to MIsh Del UIo h niartinent. There he said co,;ny hi,;,, either hv use "f t ... r .1. - threats or drugs. she Wns to j the state, having a total capital he taken tn n house In Sonomlot about $26,00"., 000. town, the Mexican iiunrler and.! Heretofore n check has been if necessary, below the border. ! inado on eneh company only once w hile I he demand for $100,000 a J'enr, at tho time of preparing ransom was made on her father, - !. I.. Anunsiilo. wealthy Mexico I rity hanker, and the motion pie- the- pniilueii's. ' ' The plot was considered so se-1 This will show principal and ln rlous by the officers that Vnllce j terest, date of the loan nnd plan Lieutenant 'Prosper nceninpanied ' of payment. Also It will show Miss Del Kio recently when she 'he name of tho mortgagor nnd w ent to NoKitles. Honnra. Mexico. I 'ho exact location of tho property to file a suit for n divorce from .Inline del I tin. ICOP STEALS TO NttW-YOniv, April 28. (P) A 2 7 -year-old mounted policeman was In jail today In default of SSO.Oiiu bull, charged with commit ting more than forty robberies In a well-to-do summer colony section of sta(en Island where he had his boat. House furnishings ranging from a furnace and a 3 00 -pound ma chine for making permanent waves to Oriental rugs ami works of art. which police allego were all stnbn, were found In the police niiiuV home. The pollcoman, Ktephen Helper, admitted the thefts, police said. xplainlng that he stole the articles ause he wanted a fine home. HKATTLH, Apr. 23. HP, Divi sion of the district of Kotary In ternational which is holding Its f if teen t h annual conference here, was advocated by It. H. Manny, who gave Its annual report today. The conference began yesterday and will last four days. Hixty-three clubs In tho district now spread over the territory from Ketchikan, A hi ska, to southern Oregon nnd includes all tI Jtrlilsh Colu mbla. Manny expressed the opinion that a division was necessary If the smaller clubs In the outlying noc uous are to receive tho benefits the organization should give them. A com ml' lee of five will be ap pointed following the conference, Mauney said, nnd a vote on the question will be taken at the an nual conference in 1 !2'J. TRAVELS IN STYLE KARACHI. India. April 23. lTl Hlr TukoJ lino, former miihnrajah of Indnre. and Ills third wife, the FURNISH HOME WAGER BIG SUM nn niun ninr ROTARY ni.STRlRT W hlTIW I I II V I " " DIVISION URGED FAVORITE SON miT rnn unniirn Upstate Farmer Uses Y miner Rr As Plow Hots ?i f PORTLAND, Ore.. April 23. ; .) Police were notified today that u farmer in tin out- lying district wna plowing a field with his two young sons hitched lo the plow. When f Patrolman F. F. Paycer went to the scene, he stopped the work and ordered the boys tin hitched. The farmer, a for- ei'iner, was warned against continuing the method, hut no arrest was made, as tho boys appeared unharmed. 4 I STATE, PLAN . . -' NP.W SVSteiTI Wl U0 AWaV With Once-a-Year Re portsState Corporation Commissioner Sends Out Cards to 52 Concerns. SAI.KM. Ore., April 23. (P) . por (l rinser chock on tho busi- nvAH nnd methtids of savintia unJ loan and building and loan aHo clntions In Oregon, State Corpo ration Commi8loner McAlllnter has do vised u syHteni whereby a record of every loan made will i be received by him every month. Tho. .Ill fenm K 1 'run. pnnles that are Incorporated In the annual report. The new monthly Individual loan system Ib to ho made by means of cards i prepared ' by the ' commissioner. ! mortgaged, the Improvement!! nnd the association's appraised value of the property. On the opposite side of tho enrd Is a blnnk form for the department's npprnlsnl, If necessnry. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. (P) The 42-year-old Star of Alaska, a square rlKKed sailing ship, won a race from Snn Francisco to Alaska from the bark Star of Kng land. The' ships, which started their race April 3, are owned hy the Alaska Packers' association, which offered a $100 purse to the crew of the winning vessel. Word thnt the Star of Alaska had passed Chlriknf Island first wns re ceived by the Alaska Packers' as sociation. It is said more than $26,000 waa waKered on the race, including a month's pay won by Captain Mortcnscn from Captain Welse. BOSTON, April 23. (P) An elev enth hour statement hy (lovernor Alvan T. Fuller bespeaking In be half of Herbert Hoover, the presi dential preference of Massachu setts republican voters In tomor row's primaries, today Injected fresh Interest Into a fjulet enm palKll. (lovernor Fuller at the same time re-nfflrmed his previous un willingness tn be .considered ns a favorite son with the declaration that ho was "not Interested." AT CHEFQQ URGED WASHINGTON, April 23. W) The immediate d.spatch of an American warship to Chefoo was recommended today by American Consul Webber. His rnhlrtcrHm said that nl thouah the situation t was out wardly quiet, the authorities fear ed the seizure of Chefoo by ban dits, In view of the Imminent col lapse of the Hhnntuns; government. 30 DAYS CHECK ON LOAN HRMS . UN W- Kftbt UUI rUK MUUVtK nniiniTiniin m mv J Institution Is Overcrowded, With 696 Inmates Con victs Sleep Outside Cells and Dangers of Escapes Increase Proper Hous ing Urged. SALEM. Ore.. Anrll 23 i!P j With a population today of 69t in- mates, a now high record, the situ j allon at the Oregon penitentiary. ' with normal accommodations for ! scarcely more than 500 has bocomu seriously acute, according to Su perintendent H. W. .Meyers. Not only is It impossible to prop erly enre Tor the health and com fort of the convicts, but the congestion greatly Increases the hazards of disorder and attempted escapes, the superintendent points out. Devoliom,ent and extnesion of the prison industries to keep all of the men employed and improve ment of 'the phpsicai plant through the construction of stockades and strengthening of the safeguards against .breaks have solved the problem of caring for the Inmates during the dny. But he over crowded sleeping and recreation fa cilities constitute an ever increas ing nuieace, says Mr. Meyers. The prison has 37 single and 300 double cells, but this does not pro vide cell facilities for 637 prisoners as might be imagined. A consider able percentage of the convicts lJLJ ?. cells Willi others, and this has nude It necessary to convert other parts of the prison into sleeping quarters for more trusted Inmates. To meet the situation now existing aonie ot the convicts are sleeping In the hospital ward, a dormitory has been established in the base meat beneath the " prison offices, ; ami cols have been installed In the commissary department and In the print shop. Recognizing that trouble from among convictB Is brewed chiefly during the hours when they are idle, the prison officials are takllis every precaution in the segrega tion of those who occupy the Im provised Bleeping quarters, and ad mit it is often impossible to detect the "wolves" who mask themselves in lamb's clothing until the oppor tunity they seek presents Itself. The wide distribution of the sleep ing quarters also raises added prob lems of guarding and Increases ex penses in tills respect to an extent which alone would Justify the ex penditure of considerable o r money thnn would be required to provide proper housing facilities, Superintendent Meyers contends. Ex-Champion First Defense Witness in Suit of For mer Manager Contract Signed to Satisfy Boxing Board Demands. NEW YORK, April 23. () Jack Dempsey testified today thnt the contract under which his one time manager. Jack Keams, seeks $701,063, was drawn only to satisfy the New York Boxin commission. Dempsey was called as the first witness for the defense after coun sel for Kearns had reBted. Dempsey testified that Kearns told him he had sighed the then champion's name to a contract and was afraid he would lose his li cense It' the boxing commission lonrned of 1L - DempBey said he signed the same paier although It was dated nearly three weeks earlier than the day Kearns approached him. Uompsey asserted that neither he nor Kearns had regarded the con tract as having any force. 4- NO. DECISION IN PORTLAND. Ore., April !3. ) Chairman VanDtuer said today no derision had yet been made by members of the highway commis sion on protests from Grants Pass against removal of James Bromley, a highway engineer. Nothing would he done for a few days, he Indurated. U 1U UNO SALEM PEN MENACING DEMPSEY SAYS KEARNS TERMS ONLY FOR SHOW