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Newspaper Page Textford Mail Tribune Weather Year Ago Highest year ago today 83 Ixo year ago today 48 Dan Twtotr-fourtli Yr. Wtckl, Futr-Mttuui kvar. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929. No. 54. The Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Thurs day. Highest yesterday - 81 Lowest this morning - 39 MED Today By Arthur Brisbane Mellon Rumors. Expensive Prohibition Switzerland Votes Wet. Chewing the Clippings. 95 PERISH HOLOCAUST x ;s ' - - - (Copyright by King Featun -Syndicate. Inc.) Wall Street" enjoyed'! a bad day Monday, thanks to rumors and, perhaps, a few facts. One rumor told of Mr. Mot ion's coming resignation. Mr. Mellon is not that sort of a person. When he is through with his job, and feels like at tending to his own business, be will resign. Nobody will crowd bim into resigning. When he does resign, the people should find a way to show their gratitude fo-' serv ices rendered by the ablest sec retary of the treasury in the bistory of the United States. . Then; is "always good in evil," and little lambs that liuw values shrinking ilonday will, perhaps, find comfort in the fact that the- price collapse meant happiness for the Fed eral Reserve gentlemen. They bad not been very sue ecssfid in efforts to smash the market thus far, and even a little success must be gratifying- The money woultUiave been well spent, had the spending made the people temperate. Unfortunately, all of the mil lions, and all the shootings have not interfered with the operations oT 2,000 speakeasies in the city of New : York-nlouo. They have not interfered with the operations of drug peddlers or the working of tens of thou sands of private whiskey stills. M Instead of spending millions trying to enforce prohibition, the nation might class gin, tvhiskey, and other alcoholic poisons, with deadly i. drugs, and elass light wine and beer with tobacco, deriving a gigan tic revenue from, the regulated sale of both. That is what Thomas Jefferson advised. It plight be worth trying. Every one of the 24 cantons in Switzerland voted against prohibition and local option. The Swiss, a small people, have ruled themselves and kept as sober as they 'cared to be, for many centuries. : The proposed prohibition law would not have effected beers and wines, European countries having always used them tem perately, do not call them "in toxicating." The Swiss, in every one of the 24 cantons, expressed the opin ion concerning strong alcoholic liquors that .they would con tinue to drink or not drink as they thought best, rather than . let some law decide it for them. The fight against drugs is particularly difficult. A prisoner in California re ceived several newspaper dip pings, editorials containing lofty advice. The prison chief said: "Von can't have them unless the edi tor of the publication sends them to you direct" The reason Is interesting. Men sonk newspaper clippings in a Mo uld containing strong drugs. The clippings are drieti, then sent to convicts and the convlsts, instead of reading them, cbew them, and ex tract the drugs. Ramsay MacDonald. heart of the rrltlsh labor party, a self educated end WELL educated man. urges llrltnns 1o vote for labor, at the coming election. Ills vote will be very big. Lord Beawrbrook. who belongs to the many-time, millionaire party, be lieves that labor will poll the big gest tote. (Continued on Page Seven.) HELPLESS PATIENTS i IN CLEVELAND CUNIC SUFFOCATED BY GAS Fire Follows Explosion Patients Powerless to Escape Dead Turn Green Tragedy Brief, But Terrible Firemen Use Gas Masks Many jnjured Expected to Die Fumes of Burning X-Ray Films Blamed Sur vivors Bleed at Nose Spectators Surge About Scene -of Disaster Relatives and Friends Seek Loved Ones. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15. (JP) At least 95 Uvea .are known to have been lost and Bcores ot persons Injured in a deadly explo sion and lire at Cleveland Clinic hospital here today. Many of the dead were victims ot poisonous gases and suffocated in agony. Others died from burns. Most of the victims were natients who were powerless to escape the death 1 4, they could see approaching then) Two hours after the building took fire all of Its occupants had been removed and the fire bad been ex tinguished. . - Most of the fatalities were the rosults of fire but many were be lieved to have been suffocated by poisonous fumes from burning chemicals. Borne of the dead turn ed a ghustly green when' they wore removed from the building, specta tors Bald. Hardly two hours was required to complete the tragedy. With tho first alarm, all available fire appa- iratus lu the eastern purt of the city was riished.-to the hospital, which is located at Euclid avenue and East 39th street. Use Gas Masks 'Scores of Bremen battled the scorching flames while others don ned gas musks and risked their lives inside the building. In rescue work, some of the pa tients were removed through win dows. One group of patients, doc tors and nurses were taken off the roof. Some ot the victims were burned horribly. Others were unconscious. Many were crying out In fright and bewilderment. They were rushed as fast as possible to nearby hos pitals. Scores of bodies were brot'iiht one of the buildings with firemen unknowing whether they were dead or alive. The majority were dead. Many of those who remained liv ing a few hours after the fire wpre exected by doctors to be added shortly to the list of dead. Many of the bodies were taken to the county morgue. Some re- mained at hospitals and some were placed in a teinixirury morgue- in the rear of the damaged building. The scenes of the explosion and lire were ghastly. Some of the patients screamed horribly with fright as they saw the deadly ges creep upon them while they lay In bed, helpless to move. Tragedy stared them in the face and they were helpless. Some who were rescued burst into hysterical tears as they were carted from the building, but many screamed with the pain of the awful burns. Gasp for Breath The agony of those stricken by the fire vied in aspect of horror with the convulsions of other pa tients and nurses who clutched at their throats and gasped f"r breath as they suffered the tor ments of poison gas. Pharmacists tested the gas after the explosion and said it was bro mine gas that had choked many of the victims to death. The gas came from burning X-ray films, thou sands of which were stored in the basement of the clinic. Many of the living victims taken to hospitals were bleeding at the nose and mouth and their lips were covered 'with froth. Attendants at Mount Sana) hos pital, said I)r. Carl tlelwig, treat ing the injured there, found the body of his wife among the dead. She was a technician at the clinic. Patrolman Ernest Staab, who was on traffic duty near the hostutal when the explosion occurred, and who was one of the first rescuers' in the building, may be dying from gas fumes he inhaled, doctors said. Dr. Crlle, leading the rescue work, directed all available fire men to go througb the building searching for the missing. Among tho missing, Dr. Crlle said, is z prominent Cleveland physician. Hp did not reveal the physician's name. During tho afternoon thousands of spectators surged about the scene of the disaster. Police fought to keep them back. Plaintive cries came from persons who believed friends or relatives hud beer tra lied in the building. The hospital Is a four story brick structure, which was rated as semi fireproof. - Bodies In Heap ' f CLEVKL.AND, Ohio. May in. Lieutenant Thomas Rees and his men were among the first police at the 4 scene. On entering the build- fr ing they staggered over a S heap of 26 bodies, all believed f dead. f George Irwine, a passerby, was at tho scene at the time 4 of a second explosion. He saw a man fall out of the fr first floor window. When Irwine approached .the man was dead. Dead linens of the bromide 4 gas was plainly evident to fr firemen. One woman trapped in 4 third floor room smashed window to leap to a net fire- men had spread below. As she stood on the window sill 4 a mist of tho deadly . vapor 4 surrounded her and she top- J pled back Into the building,, . f -Because of. the coifusibnr fr little is known of the number S at hospitals or at other places 4 where tho victifns may have 5 been taken. Latest estimates v were that liOO persons were In ) 4 the building. It is nut known t how many escaped without l Injury. Very little chance for re- 4 covery is given for most of 4 those at hospitals. t It was-built In 1924 by Dr. Crile, Dr. John Phillips, Dr. William H. Lower and the late Dr. Frank E. Butts. ; CLEVELAND, May 16. (& The dead in the Cleveland Clinic In clude Miss I(,ay. an x-ray nurse at the clinic, Cleveland; a Miss Fisher, a nurse, Cleveland; C. E. Sherbuth, Leora Hollenbeck, It. D. Fulton, John Ward and Max Bartholomew, a11 ot cleVG'and, and Harry Ster ling oi Denver, uoio.; Aciam rignt, Sandusky, Ohio; Mrs. Carl Helwig, Cleveland; J. Barker Hmlth, secretary-manager of the Cleveland Athletic club; Dr. Harry Andlson, Cleveland; W. 31. Hpcllman, Forest, Ohio; Blanche Young, address un known; Paul Roquemore, Dallas, Texas; Ruth Wilde, no address; Phil Boder, George Htrapp, John Dflnforth, Miss Roberts,' George Monro and Miss Julia Hzahra, all of Cleveland; Mrs. Carse, no ad dress; Margaret Itannska, no ad dress; Miss Perkins, Mis Maats, Cleveland; Miss Mary Bartholo mew, Miss Young. V. N. Fleming, Evelyn Sapeur, Akron, Ohio; James T. Reefe, Miss Coftery, Miss Gleet, Miss Hue Matz, Mrs. Aultro Sorlber, Francis Kergollo, Samuel Jinan, John Ward, Miss Coslley, Dr. Hen ry John, Charles Lewald, Cleve land; C, H. Long, Rarherton; Mar garet McKenpa, East Cleveland; Charlotte Dell art. Miss Helen O'Connell, Elyrla, Ohio. H DA LA FIELD, Wis.. May 15.-rW Itlchard Burrows, 19-your-old former student of St. Johns Mili tary academy hero, who Is held in Denver on. his statement that he killed Jack Martin of Mesa, Ariz., on April 26, was described today by school authorities as a "no toriety seeker" who "Is prone to exaggerate." Col. John M. Farrand, com mandant of Rt. Johns, said the youth ran away from school about six weeks ago with a friend. They both were thus automatically ex pelled. Hurrows, he said, was In his second year. Col. Karrand said that burrows had always sought to attract at tention to himself, O ZEPPELIN READY .- 1 Assortntcil Prrxs I'hnto The giant German air liner, Graf Zeppelin, It being made ready for Its second trans-Atlantic fllnht to the United States, scheduled to start May 15. Below, left to right: Hugo Eckener, pilot; Frank E. Nicholson, radio announcer; George M. Crouse, Syracuse, N. V., and-Baroness LIU Hatvany, who will be passenger. , ' . CONVALESC ENT ZEP WILL BKlfliSiil KING RETURNSlFLIGHT TO U S. TO OWN H EARTH LAT E T 0 N I G H T Al D English Welcome George After Long Absence Dur ing Illness Rose Petals Showered On Auto King and Queen Happy. WINDSOR, Knp., May 15. (ff) King OeorKO came buck to his own fireside In this ancient homo of British sovereigns today like a con quering? hero. All Windsor and tho surround ing countryside were out to wel come their monarch back after his, long Illness which for many weary months had kept him from them. Tho king, accompanied by Queen Mary, had a remarkable reception throughout the two and a quarter hours trip from Craigweil House, Bognor, where tho king had spent several months of convalescence. But It remained for the "old home town" to outdo all the others ns it welcomed again Its most prom inent resident. Thousands of cheering specta tors, Including 2,000 school chil dren and 1.000 Kton boys In silk hats and quaint Jackets, lined the ancient thoroughfare. As the royal car drove through, bags of rose petals were emptied from windows and fell In a crimson cascade about the machine. It was tho first time most of the Inhabitants of Windsor had seen the king since the beginning of his Illness Into last year. . All along tho line there were cries of: "God bless your majesties,"' and "welcome home," while there were tears on many faces. The king and quee-n were smil ing happily as they bowed towards tho white sea of fluttering hand kerchiefs, and once or twice thn queen brushed moisture from her eyes. At the bottom of Castle Hill, which rises steeply up towards the nnrlenl grey ' stone pile were wait ing the mayor In his golden chains of office, with his aldermen. The royal car halted and the smiling face of the ruler appeared. He grasped the hand of the mayor as he said: "Thank you very much. We are very pleased to be back In Windsor and I nm very glad to see bo many citizens here." The king shook bonds with the rest of the delegation and tho car then swung up the hill towards home. Former Ktmit.vn Die AUSTIN, Texas, May 16. For mer Governor Joseph D. Bayers, 4, died m iiih home nere today He fnvernor of Texas fr,-i ISflfl to 1903 and was tho t former chief exerutlve. living i On-Rrm Wmitltih "-- ..,,,, n T.hi7v h, fcloudy nea.i' lh coast; not much j -nrerili me. Humioity , generally helow normal In the In i terlor. Modernte no,Ki to west . winds on the coast. FOR SECOND FLIGHT TO AMERICA FRIKDRI C H ST I A F EN, G erma n y , May' 15. (A?) The departure of the Graf Zeppelin for the United States was definitely set lute today for between 5:30 and 0 a. m. central j European time tomorrow (between 11:30 and 12 midnight eastern standard time)' Wednesday. F RI I'3 D R I CI I H I I A K K , May 15. (TP) Captain Von Hchiller of tho Graf Kcppellne announced late fto day that Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York, tho only, womun listed on the dirigible's passenger roster, had cancelled her passu Re. WASHINGTON, May 1 5. (i") Tho urgent request sent to Mrs. Mary IMerco of New York City by the secretary of state, suggested that she refrain from crossing the Atlantic to the United States aboard the airship Graf Zeppelin, wn.i In spired by her husband, Henry JMerce. Baseball Scores National. ' . n.' II. K. Chicago ". 7 14 1 Host on : 4 7 0 Hush, Cvenai'os and Onnznles; Jones, Iwovorett and Hphorer. It. H. K. Pittsburgh ' 7 14 1 llrooklyn 4 H I (Irlmes, Ferguson and Iliir groaves; Clark, Kail and Pfelnlch. H. H. i:. Cincinnati New York . I.ucas and (looch; K Geneivich and Jlogan. 12 16 J 3 7' 2 Itzslmmons, R.. II. R. .4 X 0 .111 0 and Hmlth, and Davis, St. Iuls l'hllailel.hla Batteries: Mitchell Wilson; Benge, Collins Lorain. America ii. Boston Chicago ; Huffing and Huvlng; Crouse, II. ir. K. 4 10 0 8 14 1 Lyons and It. H. TJ. Philadelphia 6 9-3 llelrolt (113 3 Wiilhorg, Orwnll and Cochrane; Horrell arid Phillip. ' H, II. K. Sow York I... 1 8 1 Cleveland 7 8 0 IMpgraH, Moore, Ziichat-y and Jorgens; Khfiitte and Hewell. K. It. K. Washington 3 7 0 Ht. Ix.ills 5 10 3 Itatlerles: Braxton and ICuel; Htewart and Mnnion. NBW YOItK, May 15. W) The New York association for the hllnd is-experlmenting with a police dog with n view to providing such ani mals for guiding the hlind about the streets. 1 (Si I SCAN VETERANS AID PROBLEMS Veterans' Bureau and Other Agencies Subject Df Sur vey By New Hoover Com missionConsolidation Is Objective. WASHINGTON, May IB. (IP) A survey of tho veterans bureau, the pension bureau and other federal organizations having to do with government relations with-, tho veterans of nil wars Is to he under taken by a special commission set up by direction of President Hoover. There hnve been suggestions for the croatlon of one division of the government to deal with all, veter an's matters embracing the' veter ans bureau, now an Independent establishment; tho pension bureau, which Is administered by the Intur lur department, and tho soldiers homes over tho country which aro under the direction of a separate commission and uther agencies. One purpose of Die study of tho president's commission will he de termination us to the feasibility or this plan as a part of the scheme of government reorguni.allon, This work Is under Immediate direction of Walter II. Newton, ndmlnlHtrntlvo assistant to the president, who Is tho llason officer between the chief executive nnd tho heads of the Independent com missions and agencies. . WISCONSIN REPEALS STATE DRY MEASURE MADISON, Wis., May IB. (A1) Wisconsin's dry law was repealed by the state legislature today, the senate passing the f Irnbsehmldt bill which the assembly already had approved. Twenty-one sena tors voted for repeal und nine against. The measure now isnvn to Governor Walter J. Kohler for approval or veto. Tho repeal was voted In the recent primary elec tion. . BEGIN PRISON TERMS TACOMA. Wash., May ,1 !i. W Prison doors of McNeil' federal penitentiary clanged shut behind Kmery (I I instead and J. E. Wheeler, prominent Portland busi ness men, who today started serv ing sentences of five nnd three years, respectively, us a result of their conviction for "kiting" checks In connection with huge limber operations In I'urtlund. lie PLANT FRUIT MEN WILL BUILD NEW UNI1 $80,000 Pre-Cooling and Storage Structure Will Be Ready for Coming Crop Annuocnemnet Made by Medford Ice and Stor age Co. Handle 20 Cars Each 24 Hours. The Medford Ice & Storage com pany will start work within the week upon the construction of a pre-coollng and storage plant, the building and equipment to cost $80,000, It was announced today by O. T. Bergner, manager. Plans for tho building uro practically com pleted. Tho structure ' will be built of concrete, three stories high, with dimensions of 77 feet wide nnd 100 feet long. The plant will hnve a prc-eoollng capacity of .110 cars of pears every 24 hours, at a tem peraturo of 32 degrees' at the core. The pre-coollng plant will be completed nnd In operation by July 20 next. In ample time for the coming fruit season. It will be equipped with the brine spray sys tem of pre-coollng, with autuinatic. controls. 1 .. ..... Tho site of tho structure will bo on South Kir street, In the heart of the fruit shipping district, In front of tho present building.' The plant -will afford- a storage capacity for I HO cars, bringing the our storage caun.cUy to p' tota,(-x.( 24(1 cars; Tho new plant will be used exclusively for fruit. The fruit will ho handled thru tho medium of power bolls, which will ollmlnnte all rough handling of fruit. The conveying system will represent nn outlay of $G0O0. A receiving platform will be built on all four sides of the plant, assuring plenty of unloading space und Insuring growers thnt their fruit will, not remain on tho plat form In the summer sun. Manager Bergner has assembled nn experi enced crew for tho handling of fruit, nnd will Invoke the highest s d possible In this department. Tho erection of the pre-coollng plant 1b the climax of a develop ment program launched by the Ice and sturuge company, Janunry 1, 1028, which will represent an ex penditure of over 1200,000 In Im provements and equipment to meet the demands of tho fruit Industry In this valley. They complete today an Ice stor age warehouse with a capacity of 10,000 tons, affording a total capacity of 22,000 tons. Tho work of cooling the hugo building for tha reception of ice, to be used In fruit shipping, will start tonight. Workmen uro busy putting- the finishing touches on the building. Tho plant Is equipped with 210 tons refrigeration, which permits the munufucture of 110 tons of ice dally. Its car Icing facilities have boen Increased to handle OK refrigerator j curs at ono "spotting." This In- j volved the erection of cosily Icing ; platforms and Ice carrier systems, I and was made possible through! tho zealous co-operation of the 1 Southern Pacific railroad and the Pacific Fruit Mxpress company, ' Machinery replacement and minor Improvements have brought the plant capacity nnd efficiency to a high point. It Is equipped with modern machinery through out, and Is one of the most com plete on the Pacific coast. The Improvement program en ables the rendering of complete fruit service, suve packing. Tho Medford Ice A Storage com pany is largely owned by Medford and Ashlnnd citizens, who have made heavy Investments to meet the future needs of the rapidly growing fruit Industry of this sec lion. LESTER HUMPHREYS : MAY HAVE DROWNED MADKA8, Ore., May 15. (PH Hearchers were today seeklnff some I trace of Lester W. , Humphreys. Tortland attorney, who disappear ed yesterday while fishing on the Deschutes river near North Junc Itlon. It was f oared he had been drowned. lluniphroys, a former United Htates district attorney. In Port land, disappeared between 1 p. m. and 1:30 ft. m. yesterday. He was with a party of Portland friends. 4 NrcWDHItO Construction of Ambassador Apart in en ta com- I'lutcU. SAY TRUST ORGANIZED Senators Told : Huge Fruit Trust Prepared to Take Over Stabilization Corpo rations Planned for. De ciduous Fruit Senate and House Controversy Holds Interest. WASHINGTON, May 1 5. (P Developments In the threatened controversy between the senate and house over the right of the former to Initiate export debenture legis lation In Its farm relief bill pro vided tho over-shadowing topic of interest on Capitol Hill today, de spite that two other Important ad ministration proposals were for mally before congress for discus sion. . The difference between the two chambers on the debenture ques tion was made a definite Issue with the passaRO of the senate bill, 54 to 33, late yesterday. - It was or dered sent to the house today In the faco of numerous indications that administration leaders there would move to have' It voted un acceptable and returned to tha sen ate because of the debenture sec tion. The general debate on the tariff bill remained the regular order of business In the house, meanwhile, and the senate had before It a mo tion to give' the combined measure providing for the 1930 census and for reapportionment of the house membership ;on the .basis of that, omtniorntion " llie7 privileged, status of unfinished business - An echo of the effort mrtdo dur-i lng the senate farm relief debate to exclude fruits from the products Affected by the bill reached thm desks of all senators late yesterday In The form of a statement "on be hulf of the commercial apple grow ers of the United States." It charg ed that a "huge fruit trust" al ready had been organized to take over stabllsatlon corporations which might be set up under the bill for deciduous fruits. Senator McKella'r, Democrat, Tennessee, said the men listed as connected with the organization In Include the president of a ralroad. manager of a power company and a vice-chairman of a federal re serve bank, and declared that "con gress Is legislating for the farm ers and not the railroads" In the farm bill. Senator Shortrldge,' Republican, California, said he saw "no harm In the proposal." The statement declared that the general manager of the prospec tlve corporation would be Donald D. Conn, former manager of public relations for the American Railway association, and tho vice-president.' Moyd H. Tenby, former chief of the bureau of agricultural eco nomics. i . Will Rogers Says: 'PiriLADKLI'lIIA, Mny 15 -Fnrm relief, stool? market, federal regerve, chuin stores, iiiHHS production, and all tlutt is u poke., The state of Louis-, iana without , any . blare of trumpets is . doing the bg- nest thing bein done in our land today, Thoy stood highest in illiteracy. Thpy opened -L i up ninoniiKnc schools and are teaching over a hundred, thousand to read and write. Mostly older peo ple. They are going to wipe out illiteracy in two years with both whites nnd blacks. That beats all your luncheon clubs, and your good roads advertising campaigns. That is like learning the cripple to walk, nnd the blind to see.." One hundred thousand happy citizens will bring your state more dividends than one hundred thousand miles of concrete roads will. Yours, , i , , WILL ROGERS.