Medford 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
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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.
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SALEM PEN
MENACING
DEMPSEY SAYS
KEARNS TERMS
ONLY FOR SHOW