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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
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(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.
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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.
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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.