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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune IWIf TuNilr-fi'lirlh Vnr. W-lh HII 'lllill' 1'"- r , ffoday .VBIIB OF By Arthur Brbban. jlin H H A Q M Hot, in Two Ways. Mellon On Hoover The Warship Question. Diamonds From Sugar. (Copyright by Kin Featuree Syndicate, loo.) Washington, s.'pt. Ki-! Hut Jierc, us. to weather Mini discussion. A tariff, with lens of inilliuns for able men, in volved in 0,11 e paniiiniph arouses genuine interest. The government is carrying out a great building program, disearding eheap buildings, hurriedly ereetcd in war. One of the offieial buildings, 1000 feet long, more than 200 feet wide, will be among the biggest in the world and cost, 17,000,01X1. In floor space, it is surpassed only by Jas. Simp son's building on the edge of jthc Chicago river. l'resident Hoover, in town to say, no more camp week ends, works ceaselessly, with amazing I concentration, beginning at 7 a. in., throwing a 10-pound medicine ball, with friends, of whom about twenty arc invited firr any morning. Many doctors would tell the I're.sidcut tliat such work is not safe for men past C0. Secretary Mellon says of the President, "No man in that of fice has ever worked harder, or been more fertile iu ideas. But he seems to thrive on it." Ui.llV TTaird. who .loins the medicine ball class and weighsf i:,,i .1..,.. .1... lnM Minr llll'ic MKllI ....., - the l'resident acts like a man who has accepted a hard job and means to go through. - "A. friend," says Hard, "asked the President how he would like il. after Mr. Hoover had been ill the White House two weeks. The President, look- at a pile of documents on his desk, replied. 'I think that j pret'.v soiiii I'll lfiirnril.' " have this job liamsay MiieUoiutlil a r lives in about three weeks to bilk ' over armaments at tea. lie I'l-iibably comes prepared to ratify ol'lieiiilly a program al ready agreed upon, substan tially. He would not want to return with not hill).', after Siiuwdeu's triuinpliiiul round trii lit Tlie I Iimui'. Tin- liritisli, well lufiirniiHl liy tlii'ir scpiirute air dopurt nuiit. cure little about the stir facf ships fur any future war. They kutiw that sliipH will cut mi figure. ..... . r.i . :1 . . p Hut tlioy nave (V.uvaj iiiiil-s. ui scaennst to liatrol ill tlleir elll- jure. J Heir cruisers are rcanv li.,..l in. f forts fir I.lllice Stlltinlls. ti.: : ...,I1,. lK.rJin houses for murim-H that eiiii he linuli'd when need-j ed. then moved on to soothe j the next trotlhled spot. J i If Ihe President would establish an air d. parlnienl. separate from the army anil navy, nppo lining a 'tad onuineor. willi others under Wini. nil controlled liy Knuinecr I louver. Iu develop new sir Ideas. I'ticle Sam might not spend his life ronylnit tlonnany, Italy Bud Hrlt sin. And we would not worry about warships, IVrlians the president will do that. Friends say that hen lie recently saw news reel of Ihe great, all-metal Ihimlcr nlane with t; engines, able to carry Hm P scngers, he seemed deeply Inter ested. Professor Hershey, of McPlterson college, tells scientists at M1III11- apolls that genuine diamonds, of superb color, can be made by sub teeiine ordinary table sugar lo a pressure of 10 tons to the square Inch. He has produced such diamonds his laboratory. lu another laboratory. Mr, Smoot is Rbout the Sen - to prove H Ml uiHon REST EASY "Moose" Muirhead Sustains J Shock and Minor Injuries, Rex, Plane Passenger Suffers Broken Nose and Heavy Bruises, When Plane Hits Wire Due to Heavy Smoke. U V. Hex. of rortlaml. most seriously hurt oC the two ucupanlf of Iho local plane, that crashed near Central Point Saturday after noon, at 11 o'clock last night, was reported as Improving, w ith no In dications of Internal injuries, as first feared. lie received a severe blow across the abdomen, and hi- lace swollen from lacerations, when he was hurled into the dash- board. His nose was broken, ana j was set by Dr. .1. J. Hmmons and j Dr. It. W. Stearns. "Moose" .Muirhrad. the pilot of the plane, was not under medical care, but was confined to his apartments, suffering from shock! and hruis.-s. I Itllndcd by the smoke from for-I est fires, that hf.ve hung In n heavy! pall over this rlly and jNillcy. for the pas two days, a plane owned, and piloted by W. II. (Moose) Muirhead. manager of the Port-j land-Heaver Cement plant at C.ol.l Hill, with 1.. V. Ilex of Portland., as a passenger, crashed between; this city and Central Point, at i three o clock Miluruay niiei-mn.it. The plane struck the wires aloliK slde Ihe Pacific Highway, and nose-dived into the yard of the Ike Merrlmiin Dairy. ' Muirhead. a former University of Orcein truck athlete, escaped with; minor Injuries. Ills rliiht band wasj hadly cut. and ho suffered from. shock. , . - . A i; Kiistiitni'i! I'ontiisions. :nul iikiW litiilxps. nml 111." immlitioti ivhk rriiort' il ill 11"- Coiniiiuiilly j llospllul as 'Vrii'Us.", lull ii"l ilanc'i ous. Mix now was lnkrii ' nml was Hi' Is a H'slilont of i I'ollliiiul. Willi lloailniliiiliTS al Kimi'ln', anil Is n iinwiliT salchinan. Dr. I!. W. Sli'arns .Mlcndc-d tln ari'lilonl vii-llniM. : 'I'lio aiM-iilonl neruriTtl a l o t thri'c o'rku-k Satuiuay iincrii.inn. Tho piano, with Muiihoail pllo' ini:. ami Itox as a passent;or. hop ped off from tho l"fal airport shortly I:3t oVlock on a test fl.Bht. Ihey founil a "low celllnc". anil an ;lmost imtii-ni-t ra hie Manket of smoke. They hail planned a flislil (o I'liiihimi. If eondlliolis were satlsfaetory. The sinnlie tvas so Ihii.'k thev elected to return, and Muirhead de eided to attempt to follow the Pael fle MlKhwny hark to Ihe local ttind Inp field. He was forced to fly low. The roof of house al the junction .,f the Pacific lllL-lnvay. and licull line was narrowly missed. A ouarter of a mile farther, they r 1 Into Ihe hlth tension wires s. The I "f lilu-her Ihan ordinary pole ipped around the propellor. caiisiim the plane lo nose-dive into Ihe front yard of Ihe Ike .M. riilnan Dairy, first striking! a radio pole. PassiiiK motorists on the I'a.ific lliirhway. eye-witnesses to the fall, extricated the pair from the plane wreckage, and rushed them to the Community hospital. The wllllts were stripped from the plane, and It was badly wreck ed. Tlie plane i owned jointly by Mlllrllt.0,, n(1 ,,m.v w. illeiniei liurber. Muirhead has been flyilia jr. and Is rcKiirded as a '..,,.,,,,,1 ,,,, i,? ri,vn Verl southern urcKon. lie lives In this I for a y. "'' ''.''' ., Powder company, and is also well known in this city. He arrived Sai iinhiv morning, by Pacific Airport Transport passenger plane from Portland. He Is an aviation cntliusi-l ast. Hundreds of sightseers flock-.l 1. Ihe scene of Ibe aeei'letit. and for. a time traffic was bloeked on lliej Pacific Highway. Traffic officers cleared the congestion. I A nunitiir of residents of the l.'elitral Point distriel. telephoned: tll;(t they had liiilie.-.f Ihe nil. lie. 1. short time before the crash. In no me, hanieal difficulty bu: apparenl-!'.- slightly bewildered In ihe smoke. There were a number of rye wit nesses to Ihe crash. Henry Fluhrcr. part owner ,,f Ihe wrecked plan", wilt. Muirhead. rui'l lat night, after he had talked with Mnlrhead. that the facts ,uf the accident were a follows; About 1:1". Muirhead and Kit. left tlie loeal airport, on a rccon nollerlllg flight, to see if It l l.,.ll.le to fly lo Portland. They i landed at fJobl Hill, where Muir head procured bis valise, and they started to fly back to Medford. 1 A li'-svy pall of smoke rcled over 'he niaekwell mil ,l!trlct. jfi'xl MuirhoaO whs " j no liorUon to fly by iind." hiiviTu was ; eceived I ANCIENT PALESTINE SCENE OF RELIGIOUS WARFARE Brh troop, .n warships have V"'," .owed clashes by Arabs and Jews, tn which many U ves Map ,"0ws Palestine. Lord Read center of trouble, and on right a gate to city. Be ow .re British ino (insetl may be the armier oi 1530 CARS OF OF 1929 CROP ! Train of 98 Cars Goes East' Thursday Crest of Bart-j left Flow Over Shortage ; of Pickers Continues In Valley Packing Plants Work Overtime. The record pear shipment from .Medford for any one day this sea son was made Thursday nlKhl when u train of 1'8 carloads -left the local yards. The pears were mostly all of tho late varieties ami were consigned to markets through- out the eastern states. wi.i ...t.. in -i l, t Ihe season total up to l.MIO cars, j season total up to l;:i(l cars, i This Includes the Friday nichi- iraln. Kxae, figures on Ihe ship-j ment made last nlchl were not oh-! lainahle but shipper,, estiniale.l II,;, I ,.l I Sfi enr would be moved . , .. . w - . Hose and IVAniou pears have made up a laree part of the pa:,t. t week's total. Friday niKhl 43 cars of I)'. Anion and -7 of Hose were ; shipped. - j j The crest of Ihe I ill I'll. 'It ship-! I mclils has hern passed and only ! . few cars of this variety are now' hoiliK handled. Three cars wet.l to canneries and six of the fresh fruit markets Friday nlyht. Howcl's also, have almost all been move, I. No apples have been packed at the Medford houses yet although a few of the earliest varieties should be. really soon. I'aeklm: plants have been opcr- tin;; on I- and 11 hour shifts ail week Kitlh out the la ri.'e Iciiiiin.',' which has been coniiilK In from the orchards. Most pi the houses will continue to operate today as usual. tinlnrdisls are . w ith pari crews still working; ause of Ihe s In Ibe valley.' relary( of the il has had calls 1 shoiias;.. of picker finis c.iiiicb. ..e, employment bur. a for pickers for the past two weeks which he has been unable lo fill. , Total shipments including .Sep tember I :i arc: Purlieu, cannery T,!U llarlleil llow.-u l:""r " Anj.m Mixed packed Pi" : i : is? t "' ! in:, NO ROSE FESTIVAL UNLESS TAX LEVIED i' ii:tlani. ore. s-it iV. i Mtiynr n-tivur I.. Hm TKiiim-fMl tonight thtit 1 1 n 1 1 1 Ihe Vntiiity -MiniiiiFlmri H t;tU- jnvjin , t.i' of the ;(iif h'.rlty raiitcl 11 ly : th- h'ui-lal uvv find iVvy a tax f-n tin- support of the liot frutiVitl lh'i' I? not intich rhmirf of th" ihow Ix-inic h-M Iwrc next cummer, ! Tin- mayor ex pi:. Inn il tlwit t In- J f"tival Is JM.(KM in l('lt b' CHUSo of ili-.aK'',','ill- '.voHtlu-r tht" yewr. ' lroviuuly. ho vjimI. thr ffrtivwl w.is fhiiinc'! hy populr !iibr"'ripti(n. ! The Jlon f-stlVMl hun b-cn th i outstHnditiK Htinual (.. ii t hen' for PEARS SHIPPED PETTED WOMAN: VANISHING OF MEDFORD. OKIHiON. Nl'NbAY. XKl'TK.M UEK !'. me i.ouu. ALLEGE L JUROR TO WIN; Also Influenced Her By Ser-; ving Liquor In Secluded Spot On River, HIICI Many 'Appointments Fraud and Tampering Charged In Complaint. 1 OI. Y.MIMA. Hept. 1 I. W) Ul ; l.arment of Theodore II. Hruener. i liriunlnent Alierdcen atlorney, was I asked iu a coinplailit filed here ! today with tile clerk of the slate l supreme court hy the stale hoard ' of bar examiners and the altorney ! .. . . i.i Inl xenerui oi.oe ,-ited Itruener to appear hefore ji, i,0aril j),,, imard at Aberdeen M - pioinne: - . . tu ,,.y t,."'shlm; waters ot ioK,ie .ocr. i f,!. I "Is eniployer. Wllllan, Kllin.-sen. 1 '!,! . . I,.J ' m dln-s rel-l ' P"sl(lve. the footprlntH were alleired lurv tamperlnsi . . . ... , . u I. ..I., I one" oi.cn i.in oi in- en 1 1. . " ' ..,. , uooiilam aKalnst .. .nitv eon. - tne pro,. ., "-'7" " "'';..,,, water t.i rorce purenasc oi no. ! s.VFlein by collileinnalli.lt. ! Tho disbarment nplalnt re- i oiled that "ill various limes dur '. Inu I lie jury trial Itruener con versed with Mrs. Ijiw tone of the jurors) and kept various appoint ments with lu-r for the purpose of Infliiene'tiH her vole on Iho Jury 111 favor of bis side of the case, and oh .Inly "0 made and kepi : an appointment with her on tho : Halsop rier, in a secluded spot ' III Mason coiiniy, spendliu; lb'1 i entire time with her. diiliklliK l Honor and pcltlnil. all for Ihe pur- , pose or Influenclns lll.M side." her to favor LINKED TO LEAK OF WAR SECRETS V.SMINfiTN. S-pt. 11- '!' Tin- iishlimioii Star will y t piotrc'.v tht r-'f,nls rxl.-t in th" fltfH of ihe Nnvy il'-pwrtin'Tit thi an- aib-uoil 1" I'uniiTt W illimn IE. Shrnn-r, J-o-rtilh-d Nuviil -xpfr'. with a to-rious b';,k of confid iitlitl n.iviil Uiito lu l'J-1. Thff. rrror'K tin- story roti-linu'-s, L'ivo thf 'W'tHils of ;m In quiry roJldlH'trd in Hi-lTCl Sfl-Slofl Into thf affair nnd '""' be pro-fhi'-"d diiriiu: tin- f.rth ouiim--Sf imtortal invcKt iy;tl ion. The jiIIi K' d b-;tk Involved put' lieu t ion of privHte fornponil"!)1'' between the bend of the Naval win' rollcKc and another officer its it result of whleh !i eouit of Inqili'y n rotivi-lied befejfe U'hhll Hbear r whh tulb-d lo leMtlfy In seen-t s,.i,,n. I al Textile Worker' tlliloli. were Tlie Inuuiry aff.'. ti'.l Captiiin , u.iHitig reach'-d p'THtnis coiin.'.-led lluitli tf rlihiiK. tli. 'ii hea.i .,f ihe, with the two .irRatilatl'.i.s li're t. N,ial war coll'-HC at .V.-wt.ort. Il.jt.lrhl. The last seen of tliein. It and Captain K'.I.ert I.. I'.erry. I'- H was. said, was when they -nter."l N.. r.'lit.'.l. tli'tl 111 .-lialKe of Naval tH taxi.'al. in Houtll fisstonia ll.ln recruiting. j ..fiernoon a f'-w minutes after l.'."Ul ul(i.;ci s '.'ic vA'Jliei .i'vd. j Ulstun. Ouk was arrested. I 4a..ociatC(f I'rew Photo .. . . , 1.1 i u., ni. PROSPECT BOY Tracks Lead From Knoll: From Where . Lights of h! Dm.mn Dlnnl Uicihln tn I UVVVI I I o II I lil'w'i' iw 1 River Employer Klenti- - fies Tracks By Peculiar Shaped Shoe. An element of mystery lias en tered Into tho straiiKO disappear ance of John Wiiitht. IS, farm hoy, who vanished Scplemher :l last, while on a fishlnn trip, alonu IIokuo liver, in tin) lionpcd dis trict.. According to P.oy Cook, a tea.'ii er in the Prospect sehools tracks of yountt WiiKhl have been found. In the woods, near where he Is ; ""MI'im'u ou.u .,. w '"'' '-V Wiiuhl. as lio.wc.ro a. 1 peculiarly snapcri Mloe, nun i wide, square, toe : I tic tracks ai The tracks accordlnj? to Cook i led lo the cop of a knoll. from where the lifjhtK. of tho California Oregon Power roinpiHiy pbint nr;t vlsihle nt nlKlit. Here WrlKht may hiivo pjilned his beurincH, It Im believed. Krim tlilK point, Cook Sii.VH Iho IniekM leiul KtlillKht to the "liver, Kenrehei-H fotliul foot prints led down II HtopltlK "0 fnut ' pllttllee stoin- ( liff. Tho traekM lnd!entc n iimolii Hlrlde, nnd deep IndentnttoiiH wern found, where n n abrupt ntup had been made, iu nvohl eniHhiiiK Into it mountain nuihoKitiiy tree. Tho iraekH Ihen led to 11 llff alonu llomie liver Tlie rlwr could let Wiided. Tho ellff rould bo rllntlt cd. by a strong person. Kroiu Mils point, the Crater ,ttke IiIkIi way 1h a nhort dlstiimo iiwny. Cook, lisslsted in thr ili'HKKinv of ihe river for the mi-sfuK youth, nnd de.liiren. 'if ho drownelt it don't seem possible e eollld liuve missed Idin." A water peri- seupO VH Used lO peer bepejilh Ihe rorky edes of tho elejir d'..p pool. WiiuhfH lishlnw p(le tmd rreel, Wei'e found II nhort dln taiiee from the rlvef'M edtfe, Tlio m-jjreli throuuh the Umbo-, bended by .Nelson NyO, experien ced trailer, continued Saturday, without a new Hip. The rorom r. II. W. Conirer, be lieves, t bat Vrif.lt ws drow ned. Frank Snlt r. nnd other I'rospect area reshPnis, think he. Hm dead hi the' limber. CIl.Mtl.OTTI-:, N. C. Kept, 11, ' ('.I'M ltr,rt Unit William 1)11110'', 1 rretnry i.f Ihe CoitittiilnlHt tu.rly j In America, and ll.lK'i IJ.'hl.'r. 'southern orgaiiLzcr for the Natlon- AWYER MYSTERY OVER IHJil FAIR FMnsiPARDONDENIEOnRF I I III 1 UMUV) 1 nni i innrn AUULAIlVItU BESTjVER Grange and Grants Pass . Day Draws Record At tendance and Exhibits Set Fine Mark Final Racing Program Pleases. WHIi nil atU'inliuu-o between 6 .MH) autl "UtiO, (lie .Ihcksun Coun tv Fair eame to a close last ntKht, the preatest fair In Ihe history of the county. VosterJay was tiraiiKC and Grants Pnsrt Day, witli Jose phine county well represented In the crowds that throned Iho the Rrounds and jtrnndstand In the ufternoon. Hehool children woro alHo more in evidence, ns adiiilsslun waH free to all unaer m years. whether accompunlcd by paronta not. The fair association officials last enii.K had no opportunity of de- tcrnilnlnK the amount of receipt". but still held the belief there would be no deficit. nllhouK expenses were lui-Kcr than in other year.. Nearly 3.O0U people attended the liilr duiitiK its four days of opera lion, ncronting to conservative esti mates last nlfiht. and of this num ber there were comparatively few out of main visitors, allhounh free tickets had been distributed Bt auto rumps and hotels within n nidius of t.O miles of Medford. Tho I smalter leerease Is atlrlbuletl to number of tourists unlnj? tho Pncl fle highway than In past yenrs. There wnrt a minimum of dis order during the four dnys and (ieorpo Ablen and his force of "0 special policemen found little worn to do outside of directing the hctivy . s;:,;rffl! trnunl O. u. NIchotH Mid hi forcft of slato offlcorK oxpprlonopd no tll"' In dlrectlllK traffic leading to and from tho falinroiinilH on the ' Pacific hlKliway. lie did not have as much us a minor collision Iu report last tili?ht. While some of the livestock and poultry Was removed last nlRhi the laree lank of tearinK down ex hibits remains to bu done today. Several days are expected to claps" before the work Is done, IcavliiK the fairgrounds mid Its well kept biilldliiKs In a peaceful rest for nn other year. The harness and run nlnn horses, which took part In the four day racing Pribram, are to ho shipped from hero to tho state fair at Halem nnd somo will ko to Pend leton to take part In tho big annual round-up there, tiomo were ship ped north yesterday The Zerado troupo of acrobats and Manuel Manias. Hunt wire walker, who made such u lilt al. the afternoon and nltthl shows, will perform next week In C'anby, and the carnival on the RrotindH Ih ;tino normoouna. ine i bxhco vertiHiiiK car, which furnished tho loud speaking ayntem for tho Krnndnlnnd und various hulldinKS on Ihe Rrounds, however, is Boutli wnrd Imund and Ih to Ktve Hh ner vb'pM next wok at a fair in north ern California. YeHienlny8 running nnd hnriiPHS meet hKHln onterlHlned a lnrgn crowd In the Rrandstnnd nnd nlnni? the fences, and novorHl close finish oh wero inailo. A loeal horse. Joe (Continued on Piiko KlRbt) f tJCINCV, Calif., Hept. II. T) Three convicts weru killed, and nine others received varying de grees of lnjur" In an explosion of gas formed from burning dynamite In a new highway tunnel under cou-triicti..n ncur I'iixlon today. All of Iho convicts were from Sun Uoontin prison. The tl.-ud were Cliarl.'S Kdwards, 41. serving a seven year term for grand larceny from l.os Angeles county; Itohert Maine, I'll, serving five years for ,i Mialutory offense In Honniim coun ty ii n.l I'eler I'al.za. 41, serving nrven years for inansluiigliler from tJI'-nn county. More than 40 lioxe of dyniinllte wre stored In varloiiH caches or pockets In the tunnel. W. It. Klout. In chi.ige of tho camp. Mil. I. The .l nalnlte. however, did not ex l.iu'le, ho said, a gas causing Hie rnlalltles. The tunnel was I. '10 foct long, hii.I nl cenler. 50 feet l.eluvv a ridge through which II was being bored. II was located In an Isolated in. . till' lain section between K'e.l.lln an-l I'iixlon. First aid was ordered to the scene by state prison directors whul were meeting at Folnoin. Ktollt also said no cave. In occurred after Hie I gas explosion. The dead men were lUJ.IilxluU'd, lie sul'J. QUENTIN MEN OF SINCLAIR; SAYS BUSINESS HURT Attorney General Formally Refuses Plea Two Jus tices Favored Granting Request Oil Baron Not III Claim Absence From Office Injures Stockhold ers. AVASH lNiTON, Sept. 1 ifi'f Tho Washington Star will say to morrow that Harry Sinclair, oil magnate, and his assistant, II Mason Day, have had their peti lions for pnrdons disapproved by Attorney General Mitchell and must finish their sentences in the. in the Owen-Oregon company tim distrlct Jail. ber lands some distance from the S.nclalr was not Incapacitated Umn Tl0 fU.Ht u,arm waa Bent from niH duty us jan pnurmaciait by reason of ill health, tho 8lar will uddlnK that In addition to this plea, Sinclair's petition as serted that tho affairs of stock holders of his companies were likely to suffer if he was forced longer to remain from active di reetion. Tho story udds "while United States Attorney ,eo s. Hover ami District Supreme Court Justices hiftices! Cordon and Siddons, to -whom tho petition was referred by the de partment of Justice, have declined to comment on their recoiifmen dations. It is understood that two of th'in were favorably inclined lowurd tho pardon." GRAFT, IF VICE San Diego Mayor Tells Press of Underworld Offer Cleveland S p e n d t hrift, Who Tried to 'Shake Down' New York Gam blers, Slain by Gang- SAX DITCGO, Hopt. 14 C(P . Tho representative of the San IjIoko "underworld' had endeavor ed to secure his luflueneo In having f tm MfivlrMin tiiirrlei kent nnen 114' hourH tl dfiy and had intimated It i u.nnM h(1 -wnrth hln white" lo the extent of ISO, 000, was the clnlm miido today by Mayor Harry C. Clark In a ntatcment to newspaper men. Clark also stated that cor tiiln parties representing the "un .lerworld" railed on him In his of fl.'n nnd hlnteil In a round about way that 2!t)i) would tie available lo him on Iho first day of every month It ho would use his Influ ence lo make the authorities adopt a "hands off" pulley with Han DIcko Chlneso lottery companies. CI.KVKf.AND, Hept. 14 ((Ft) . Itaiiiel Ahern, 2S, shot down hero Ihree hours afler his arrival from New Vork, was the vlcllm of galnli Ing resort operators whom he tried to "shako down," Kmmett .1. Potts, acting chief of detectives said to il Ight. 1'olls believed the reputed gang ster, who was reported lu u criti cal condition tonight, placed him self "on Ihe spot" through his con nection with New Yorkers who have been preying on gamblers hero. 1'ollco had two widely divergent accounts of the shooting. Home witnesses salfl Ahern was shot from an automobile as he was crossing a street with three New Vork com panions, while others said he was lured within the range of a gun man planted hi the vicinity. Aiiern's relatives III New York Mil. I he was related to a court of ficial prominent in p. .lilies, bill refused lo reveal Ins Identity. Police, also were Investigating re ports llial Ahern gained promin ence in New Vork seven years ago when lie Inherited Cino.noo, which he spent In high living and fre uuent trips lo Cleveland night clubs, Ills three companions were un der arrest while their i.ertlllon me: furri.ients were being checked bv New Vork police. All of them deul. d seeing the shouting or knowing Us cause. A hern whm shot a few hours af ter Alh-cd I.. Tiilly. said by his wife I., be n paid federal prohibi tion Informer, was shot. Detectives believed be was the victim nf Ihe same ham! who Killed l.eo Klein, a federal Informer, last August. CdNTANTINDPl.i;, Sepl. 14. (II An epidemic of typhus fever nioiinling mi In hundreds nf cases was repurlvd today from Angora, ON BORDER IS M BOTHERED Mo. 17(5 I CALLS OUI BUTTE FALLS IN Owen-Oregon Timber Men aced By Flames Said to Be of Incendiary Origin Two Appeals For Volun teers Conditions In State Improve Heavy Smoke Pall. All uvallable men in the Uutte Falls district WDro called out Sat urday afternoon to combat a flro out at one o'clock, nnd employees of the Owen-Orenon company as well as volunteers rushed to thw scene and worked throuKh the af ternoon. It wua HurmiRcd tho lire was or incendiary origin. Later In tho day a second hur-rh-d call wax went out for mote volunteers and tho few ahlo bod led men left in that vicinity woi- taken lip Into the fomU. With me worKrn mm ohuiuik mm nlpht. far from any means of com munication, no information could be obtained from tho Butto FalM refddentH us to the extent of the dumaKe done. Hendltiff Ita huRO columns ' up through the atmosphere, the Butt-i FuUb fire added to the already deno pall that lion been ahadovv- Ing the valley for tho paHt aoveral days. Tho local blaze, nettled low over tho eity laat night, had a scoring effect upon tho cyos with tho advent of an evening brecz". and dimmed the splendor ot a harvest moon. t ' l'bRTIiANIJ, Ore., Sopt 11. Ml -T-Altliough the flrn situation lti a.VuOn was genera!1" reiiortoil Im proved tonltcht, S60 men wero wiiKln a loalng buttle agaJuslii flames which had spread . over" 3000 acres of second growth tim ber near I .a Dee In the Mwnit Hood national forest. Th flr.j was said lo be growing rapidly. Major John D. Oiithrln of tho district forest office left here to night for Iho l.nip.nia : national forest to Inspect fires burning there, lie sold he might also vis it Iho Hlsklyou forest, where sev eral large fires hud destroyed thousands of ucres of timber. Another fire thai was spreading tonight was tho Klk Creek blazu near Tiller. It waa Bald , to havu destroyed more than 2000 acre of limber. Fighters ' released to day from the Falls creek firo In thc'Klllslaw nutloniil forest wnro being rushed lo tlio Klk creek blare. Forest officials here said the flru situation In Washington was un changed tonight. Tho Duckbrush firs In the Olympic national for est had spread over 7500 acres while the Dolo flrn In tho upper t.ltlle Washougal district of Clark county was slowly but surely be ing controlled. YKF.KA, Oil., Hept. U.VPl Although the fire situation In Iho Klumalh national forest was quiet, tndny," rangers were apprehensive of new biases and special rldeni tvere detailed to aid In tho regu lar lookout work. Huprrlnlondcnt Fred Douthllt explained extra vlgllence was nec essary because the heavy pall of smoke spreading through hem from Oregon, Mendocino. Toliania and Hhasltt countries had com pletely destroyed local visibility. Four brush fires near OrtounM wero controlled today after burn ing over small areas. Two flics which burned together In Iho Kel nd valley were controlled afl'-r binning over Mu u.rca of virgin timber. KlIflUNI':, Ore.. Kepi. 14. WIT The forest fire situation In Urn" eoiiniy was much linpi'iived lo lilghl and fire, fighters were mora optlmlstl.! thnn for the past sev-'. eral days. Fog and heavy dew n' helped lo check the spread of ' fires lu the e.ia.l wctlon. Th" Wolf cruek flrn which had been burning In green timber was pni.-'.-Hcally controlled today after ' H. hud spread over a clx-nill front ensl nnd west. A fire over thn divide In Douglas county on the Hinllh river was running fust to night and bad been unchecked. A tree fell across the Southern Pacific track at P.ee.her, 10 mil's west of Ihls lily tonight delaying the Kugcnc bound Coos Uay train this morning. The Triangle bike flies Wein controlled by backfiring and till buildings In danger were saved. A fire In tlio vlclnlly of Magel waa quiet. TIIK F.ATIIFIt Forecast for Sunday and Mon day. September 15 and I'l. Oregon: Fog on the coast and fair weather, ullghtly lower tem perature and continued low humi dity ovar the Interior Sunday and Monday: gentle to moderato north erly winds en (lie count. (Continued on I'agc Four)