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Newspaper Page TextKTOB SIX BEDFORD MXTL TRIBUNE. SfEDPORD, . OREGON, THURSDAY, A PHIL 26, 1928. 1 CRIME WAVE IS OVER NEAR A I Balkans Swept By Quakes J Past Week Rain and - Hail Add to Misery .' Varna Inundated By Tidal Wave, and Adrianople Is Riven By Shocks. LAID AT DOOR OF LAWGIVERS VIKNNA, Austria, April 20. (P) Tlio whole o( tli u llul lam penin sula, alujkim by a series of ilcvim tutlng eurtlxiuukes in the past yevk, is still being swept by violent tremors. Tho liitest cities to feci the wakj 01 the carthquuke's terrifying move ment nro'tlio nnclent city of Adit iuiiiIo, in Kuroiiean Turkey, anil the HulKarlan city of Varna, on the Mack sea, while tho successive up heavals have completed the de struction of tho classical Circek city of Corinth and several additional towns In lluluarlii. Tho Varna earthquake which took place last nliiht Is described us worse than that which caused great damage in the populous city of I'll 1 1 1 p kj ol 1h several days nuo. It was accompanied liy a Kiant tidal wave which Inundated the city and Bank everything in the harbor. Tho filmed Islands of Mltyleno and Syra In the Aegean sea, Im mortalized by Byron, and places here the American Fur East ro llcf Is raring for 10,000 Greek and Armenian orphans, also were swept by a cyclone which unroofed hun dreds of houses, damaged crops and spread panic throughout the popu lation. Many American nurses nnd re lief workers In Corluth had a nur row- escape from death In one of the shocks as tho temporary relief HlHtlun In which they worn aiding the Injured collapsed. Three of their number, Kdna Hassett of Um AnBclcB, (iraco Harris of New York and Knima Itushmun of Hus ton, rendered heroic service In res oiling victims buried In the ruins paused by tho quakes. lit most of tho affected areas tor rential rains and hall sotrms are multiplying tho mlsory of tho shel terless , mid distracted populace, while cnnllminus tremors and cres cendoes of thunder and llKhtniu'; are canning the superstitious Among tho peasants to believe tho end of tho world Is coming. Wickersham Blames Tin- WASHINGTON, Aplrl 2G. (p) Direct responsibility for the "du-1 lays and shocking miscarriages of RUNAWAY ENGINE ON LOGGING ROAD : j I CvjWMJ ! I KTAYTO.V, Ore., April 2C ) -Jtunnfng wild after it crew 'jhaU lout cuntrul when luakea fall- isAntnr I . . J : : ... . n . . ' to hold, u lltiht engine on the kering on Judiciary By;Hiiv..r i-uu Timber company ran- , . , , i , roud Jumped tho rulU neur .M- Legislatures and uon- imma ut v-.m oviuik mis im,- I Jnt', klllliitf Joe JIuyeH 54, en- gress for Present Delays neer, ami heriouiy injuring Ken ' i'ui'Hon, M. fireman. .Marlon l'ow- and for Miscarriages of den- lhln umit' t orew. 'jumped and waa not Injured. The Justice. Ilrrh WlnlWft Jiwtlce, winch lie kuM eharactor-' ,io wus takun to a loc-oiuutlvu turned completely over after leaving tho track. JlaycM was badly crushed about tho bead, being alniout unrecog nizable while J'ui-Hon's Injurlen ' Manager of tho Hrunnwie orchoH coiihlst of a badly gauhed ahoul-l tin coming to Jlunt'u Crateriun. dor and ponslblo internal Injuries. May 7 and 8. hospital in I la regarded I JlaycH, who formerly lived at1 Mubama, returned to that place! two weekH ago lo work on th'i! logging railroad after Hpendlngj tho pant two yearn in tho K-eiU-port diHtritt. Jio Ik Kiirvlved by) bla widow and four children, Wil lis HuyeH, 21, nt home; (iludyn 17; j K tin ice, 15, and JJouglaH. 13. ' Mr. Hay oh and tho throe' younger children have been Hned ing tho winter in Portlnnd where' the children attend Bchool. I AT1IKNH, (li'oece, April (!) Earth shocks havo been continu ing la tho region of Corinth, the moat severo being foil at 10 o'clock last night. This tremor also was felt In Athens. . Almost continual ruin has n-jgrn-rated the sliuatlon In Corinth but llritlsb sailors from the airplane carrier Kuglo orocted C00 large huts hint night and distributed G0U0 loaves or bread. Tho newspaper Kthuos today praises tho prnmptltudo of Hubert J". Skinner, American minister. In tolornphliiK to tho American gov ernment for the opening of a relief fund in Amorlen. . This, says the pnper, shows sym pathy by deed and no thy word. Every effort Is being mado to re lieve those in the stricken district. In ono case oven tho children of an . orphanage begged the director to reduce their meals and give the sum saved to tho earthquake fund. Tim American I'len company hns subscribed "5,000 drachma (about fl-'OO) and Americnn Creeks now visiting iif Cireoio gave 100,000 drachma. A third of tho population of Cor inth has left tho city, hu ttbe mor ale of those remaining Is excellent. Villages around tho city suffered severely. One of them, (ieruutzes, being completely destroyed. Yes tDrday'a shock also cuused damage ftt I'ruvl, near Kuvala. . . ized American criminal laws, was alem. Ills condition laid at the ilnor if cntiereMM inidias serious. the slutes' legislatures toduy by (ieorge V. Wickersham, president or the American Law institute, at the aliening or Its convention here. The raults aro 'notably lucking In other Engllshspeuking coun- liles," he said. He' blamed tho law makln.;; agencies for failure to build Ui a courageous judiciary "us is necessary lo withstand the ixipular clamor at tho moment and main tain such a vigorous and Impartial enforcement or the criminal law as will make justice both sure and swirt. "Tho administration or criminal Justice iu this country tor somo 1 tlnuj has been a mutter or reproach to thoughtful men. Why; Pri marily because of the failure of tho ! community nt largo to recognize '. the absolute need of a learned, lm-1 partial and powerful judiciary. While associations such as ours aro endcu voting to reform the stntutory rules for procedure in crlmlnnl cases, somo of tho mem bers or congress aro trying to re duce tho powers or a Jutl.fe In the trial of cases to the Impotenco of a moderator at a town meeting de spite the example furnished In runny states of the sad results of a poorly paid Judiciary. "It Is un easy method of criti cisms to charge to lawyers the re- siKinslbility tor unsatisfactory con ditions in tho law and Its applica tion to tho practical aHalm or liro." he said, giving his opinion that tho laity and not tho profession were more to blame for this. Chief Justice Tuft fellcllated tho several hundred members or the bench nnd bar present ut the meet ing lor their work toward formu lating a tre.-.tlse on commercial law. "The people aro beginning lo stir up the hv;lslut tires to tho rosponstblllty of making law -bo that It may bo quickly nnd prop otiy administered," ho said. "I foul confident that as you go on and malto this a roll le It will bo used In many legislatures to im prove the law and wo need II," he doclured. CIGARETTES TAKE ANOTHER DROP REALTY DEALS VIA STATE ACTIVITY HALEM, Ore.. April 26. (A3) A refund of over 11,000 wan made during 197 to persons claiming to have been damaged in real entate transactions, the refunds resulting fro tn invetiiigationtt made by the jieal eHtate division of the stale j Insurance department. This state- statement Ih made In the annual report of tho department to Uover nur I'atterKon. A total of GH complaints were Investigated, of which fifty result ed in decisions favorable to the complainants. Two persons were convicted tn 1!-'7 for operating without licenses and were fim-d. The liconses of one broker and one tjalcHiiuin were suspended. Receipts of the department in II9U7 totaled $17, 381.65 us against j I 7.2.1(i.50 the previous year. Kx J peudltures for administration in I 1 1-7 wore $S4(7.35, while for tho previous year they were $9805.08. The annual turn-over to tho stute treasury last year was $8! 14.30 as llirith)Mt 17.tr. t At lUa ......I.. During 1927, 3037 real estate brokers and salesmen wero li censed, und 2900 In 1926. Triples Bottoniley. CardinaU. 3. lumen o'Doul. Giants; Fristh. Cardinals; Webb and WiUoii, Cubs, t 3 each. j Stolen bases-- Frisrh, Cardinals; Tyson, Koblns. 8 each. ' American, j Hatting Kress, Urowns, .481. ' ltuns Jamieson, lndluns, 13. j ltuns batted In Meuset, Yanks, 12. tins j. rsewm, jnaiuns; uenr Inger. Tigers, 20. , Doubles J. Hewell, Indbinw. 7 J Triples Regan, lied Sox. 4. "Godfrey, the negro, the t Homers H a user, Athletics, 4. 'est one of all; he Is a cla tstolen baes Hi-hang, Urowns, -iJ super-athlete, q u ic k, and burd.. "itibko comes next. He natural battler, hard and fa "Sharkey Is the best box them all. but , he hits 11 featherweight. "Deluuey is too light and s be eliminated from heavyv competition. "Heeney Is very courageou sympathetic." 1 SPORT BRIEFS I PATHS, April 26. (A) Here N the ranking of "Amerlcun pugil ists" by Senor l'aollno L'zcudun of Spain. T HOSTO.V. April 2(1. (JP) The (iii'lstiau Science Monitor says to day that the site for a sanitorium for the Christian Science Henevo lent association for tho Pacific coast has been purchased In Han Francisco. The site in in the j Ardemvood district, beginning on i Nineteenth avenue near Sloat boulevard and extending eastward to Fifteenth nvenuo. The tract contains fifteen acres. The buildings now planned will be erected on the eastern nnd south ern slopes. MOW YORK, April 20. (Pf-Uo-ductlon of the wholesulo price to $0.10 per thousand for "Old Gold" cigarettes was announced today by 1'. l-orillard company, the manufac turers. The old price was $ti.40 a thousand before customary trade i discounts of 10 and 2 per cent, i A few days ago the Ainerlcnn ; Tobacco compuny reduced the price ' ! ot its "Lucky Strike" brand 4j ! cents to $i a thousand nnd l.lnuctt i & Myers nnd 11. .1. Ueynolds com ! CIlICAfJO, April 2C (Jft Willi ' pany ut the sumo time cut the i half of the 600-polnt tlnce-cush-price of their "Chesterfield" and ! Ion billiard match over Willie "Camel" brands 40 conls to the I lloime r w ta i,i, i,i.i same level. niu:.Mi;. tiiKW ui-muxixc. (Continued from Vnge One Fights Last Night (Hy the Associated Press) ItANTOl.-l,, III. Les Marrlner. t'nlversUy of Illinois, knocked out Matt llurman, Dayton, Ohio (t). MU.NTItKAII.co (Kid) Hoy. Canada, outpointed pelu Zlvlc, littsburg (10). CINCINNATI l.elpervllle. Pa., linney Toledo Hilly Angelo, knocked out Jack (s). Following the inllltary, the throngs who had gathered at the I hospital und along the way, fell Into line. .Many wero unable lo restrain their tears. At the station where the body was placed in the special car to bear It to New York and thence lo Washington, n last salute crushed from rifles of the filing squad. Tho clear notes of a bugle floated over l the throng and Quebec, paid its homage and loosened its grief. In Ihe troubled blstory ot the city which had been the key to a continent over which nations fought, Quebec had seen the pass ing of olher military and naval heroes but there was no record of its population paying a tribute before to ono who hail died In the Interests of peace and Internation al good will, who had given his life In assisting strangers froift foreign lands. today la margin of 20 points over the j national champion, Johnny Lay ton of St. Louis. Jloppe won both :of yesterday's blocks of 60 points ! each to boost his lend, lie took the afternoon match. 50 to 49, : in 4S innings nnd then won the night's conest 50 to 42 in 42 in ( niugs. Hoppc's match total is 300. Lny : ton's Is 280. j In defeating tho champion last night. Jloppe had a high mntch jrun ot II In tho second Inning. Major League Leaders (tty the Associated Press.) Including games of April 25: ' National. Hutting Grantham, Plrai.es,1 .474. . , Runs Friseh, Cardinals, 11. ltuns butted in Cohen, Giants; Friseh, Cardinals, 12. Hits Douthit, Cardinals, 22. Doubles (Irani ham, 1M rates, G. E POHTI.ANI), Ore., Apr. 211. M'j Orvllle Davis. 22. KlamaMi Indian, was found gotlly late yesterday by a Jury In 'federal court of flint de gree murder. lie was convicted of killing Inwrenee Walker, an other Klamath Tndian, nt Ileatty, on tho Klamath reservation, the morning of January 2. Davis' at torney was given 2" days in which to move for a new trial. The ver dict carries Iho death penalty. No dale was set for passing sentece. SKATTI.H. One of fnclo Sam's boys who hns been koepln.! Ihe sit uation In China In hand Is a million aire plus. Corporal Kdward l.loyd Nelson of tho marines, whose fa ther, now deceased, was a Svattlu merchant, will begin receiving an Income of $1011.000 a year on his 21st birthday, June 1. VOIITLAND. Ore., April 26. (p) T-Jamea .1. Klynn, 45, real estate dealer, and Harry l:olton, 22, wero arrested last night In a room In n hotel hy two police Inspectors. Flynn was hold on a morals charge and llolton on a charge of disor- dcrly conduct. District Attorney Stanley Myers ; said today that tho caso was one un which authorities had been working for several weeks and was mi oulgrowth of earlier arrests on vice charges hero. . Iu his cell today Klynn said he wus frullty of no offonso, and hoped his friends would rcservs Judgment until his oase was presented, lie said ho wag writing letters and Jloltotl was visiting him when the ofNcctu entered tho room. .. Klynn's ball was set at t"000 nnd Jlolton's nt $2,100. Passing of the Early Pioneer SAI.U.M. Ore., April 2f. (fl') .1. D. M.lckle. state dairy and food commissioner. Is the selection of President Coolldge to represent the I'nltod Stntos at the rld dairy conference, which Is to be held In Ixindon during June and July. No ono else hns been so designated by the president. The Bank That Can Serve You Anyone in Mi-tll'oril up vicinity will find it very mlvuntngviiiis In lnivc un nt count with this Inii I;. Kvcry facility is hero mi that yon en n bo bettor .served. Our friendly officers with their bet ter knowledno iiiul varied ex perience, will help yon in all of your future plaits. More nnd more people tiro taking- mlvnntiige of the splendid service this hank offers. ' POHTI.ANI), Ore., April 26. (P) It: ' l' "lllddy" Unwell, who was ehlof of Portland's flro bureau from 401$ to 1 020. died today of heart disease following six months Illness. He was widely known Among fire fighters on tho Pacific coast. I tilt Partner In Community Development" GOING OUT OF Men's Furnishing' Business $6000 STOCK GOING IN Hube FIRE SALE THE rs Everything Going Regardless of Cost I a 1 TIES ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR PAJAMAS 1..-.0 Ties, :-00 values $2-00 1.50 pajamas S1.00 y""r ''"lie" l : V"1"-" $1-00 3.30 pajamas $2.00 i c, S!"RTS .150 Dress Trousers FELT HATS Sllll',!i 75 Koirular values to 10.00 ,, ,,,,,, '--' shins $2.00 $2.50 ami $4.50 10 Silk Shirts $5.00 0llu'1' 1"lts half I"'u'c MEN'S HOSE ODD PANTS 7;.c hose J9 LEATHER BELTS .") ami l.'t.r0 Odd J'ants 1.00 hose J5 Genuine leather belts $2.50 to $7.00 1.50 hose $1.00 1..'rt) belts 75 OVERCOATS COAT SWEATERS BLAZERS GoinS at Half Wee 7.00 sweaters $3.00 Going at $3.50 These are just a few of the Fire Sale Bargains. Many others too numerous to mention. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD Across From Rialto Theatre HUBER'S Across From Rialto Theatre 66 Eskimo ous 99 Make season's top average $6.79 ; . PrerCooling Shows Its Worth The bove. ear was delivered to our paeking rooms about Septcniber i 8, .19:27, packed and placed inunediately in precooler .rooms, shipped in car PFE -1149 on September lltli, arrived in New York Septem ber 22ml, placed in cold storage s.une day. Inspected twice a week until January 1st, 1928, with weekly inspections thereafter. The U. S. Inspection Certificates for condition on September 10th read as follows : . "Pears are hard, green Colored, free from decay, Stock precoled before shipment." ' The U. S. Inspection made on Pennsylvania Pier, New York, on April (ith, 192:5 over 7 months later certifies condition as follows: "Pears ai'e firm to ripe, mostly firm to firm ripe, with ground color green to turning yellow. . Stock shows no decay." (Original Inspection Peport on file at our office.) Sales Prices, the highest to date, we give below: Size Extra Fancy Fancy Eskimo Eclipse 80 $6.75 90-100 7.00 $6.35 HO 6.75 6.35 120-135 6.80 6.35 150 6.85 6.65 165 7.00 6.70 180 6.65 6.25 f, Average 6.79 6.29 n all ESKIMO und ECLIPSE Anjous, (40 cars), ."t,,rmH puiui, an fnaiws ot every Ihe average return on 4'.... IflOT O 1 i... uie xvi, -a season run cars snipping point, all charges ium.te Acepi packing; nave neeu ilcducted was as follows: Eskimo (Extra Fancy) ISO and Larger Eclipse (Fancy) 180 and Larger 1 Eskimo (Extra Fancy) Half Poxes $3.5") 3.1.3 2.01 The Its came from the combined factors of -Quality Fruit se results 1- ' .Tr I'",l,t iUul Proper handling at shii.pir.r J Intelligent and experienced Stiles Service. point ,W. J. HEARTY, H. W. HAMLIN, "Local Manager Representatives-C. M. Speck, 0. H. Ames. Inc. Phone 154