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M Weather i.ht and Tuesday fairs edpord Mail Tribune Temperature Highest yesterday k 98 Lowest thU morning , 53 Precipitation To S p. m, yesterday 0 f lounge In temperature. To 5 a. in. totluv I. fTcfoth Year today's news today MEDFORD, QRKGOX, MONDAY, AlWST 10, 193 1. '.rilOXB 75 No 139. 1 ' ' - y u L.J 1 1 1 1 lj u uu j u uu ii 1 . .1 11 u u Lt:aa Russia's Primer. 'jew Dirigible. I ll..mlAAItia 'jni's New Tone. 1. . rri. mature Synd.. Inc. Lk ntiblished by the , jovernment for chil- (f high school afre, called Russia's rrmier, puo kere by Houghton Mif- Llls Russians how stup- U America manages her the peoples guttering Up. are big, farmers es- W suffering. The primer I book by an American, Chase, called "A Tmg- f Waste," describing a U of ripe watermelons Lverboard "to keep up iee," and ' thousands "ot 1 of milk poured into the. md creeks, of southern i in 1930 and placards, on the highways in the L west, advising farmers n corn instead of coal. latest cotton news will issiaus new material for chapter on American kraent. Mdsy, the government lore- Lottos crop of 15,684,000 bales, Latflstely cotton fell seven i bile, below aeven cents a icrop. biggest In sixteen years, it In price. lus y, that In their coun a 1 jlgsntlc crop would mean ill the people and clothes, taxings, etc., for those that Here,' the crop means turners and a problem for it. BUILDINGS AND LIVESTOCK ARE LOST IN FLAME Hundreds of Fighters Sent to Scene of 25-Mile Con flagrationFarm Fami lies Forced to Flee Homes 17, Mrs. Hoover, christening 'States dirigible "Akron." torn the airship forty-eight Auni, one for each- state, lit promptly to their homes, rant ship rose in the air, toe United States ahead of la countries In lighter than HEAVEN, FOR ONE SUP- ! be grateful to those puuge the Goodyear company, pa, Ohio, and made It pos- B the government to get such net dirigible, 788 feet long, UOO.000 oublc feet of non Me, non-explosive helium flscej 7,400,000 cubic feet of to? dirigible is a submarine, d ttt the air ocean, in which tat. I hu a lifting capacity of PWMs, 182,000 pounds more own weight, and travels fn hour. Such a ship, load Psand explosives, approach- fUT. blgh up In the night. Wrpletely wreck any city In nd destroy every human m It "P nope that this ship will ""T as a warning to other M do no killing. . " t the Hoover dam, Im- many western states and Parity, seems to nuzzle wg, but should not. It Plre covering approximately 5000 acres and burning along a 25-tnile front continued to rage in the hills west of the Applegate valley this afternoon. One entire farm, three barns and scores of haystacks were destroyed In the flames which reach ed the settlements late Sunday after noon. Hundreds of fighters were taken Into the Humbug section yes terday and today to attempt to check the blaze. So great was the force of the flames that other burns In the district are said to have been all that saved many other ranch buildings from burning. At times yesterday the flames rushed forward at a rate ot 40 miles an hour. A strong wind aided In the destruction. The fire Is not burning so rapidly today, although It is still regarded as menacing. Home Destroyed. The home of Jacob Nielsen on Humbug creek was completely de molished by the flames late yester day. Members of the family were forced to flee for their lives when the fire rushed toward their home. Livestock, chickens and farm animals are reported to have perished In the flames. A small chicken house Is all that remains today of what waB yes terday a prosperous foothills ranch. Barns, sheds and haystacks were destroyed on the Hansen and Plttock ranches Ln the same district. Reports that the buildings on the Walters ranch burned today were denied late obis afternoon ln a telephone conver sation with members of the family. .-.fikjores of- livestock were burned yesterday arid during the night when the fire was burning most fiercely. Many were trapped on range and pasture land and others died when barns and sheds became flaming fur naces. A. L. Mccarty, state fire warden, declared this morning that only a calm day could save the loss of much property In the fire zone. Fighter injured. W. LaMarr, Gold Hill, was slightly injured late yesterday when a limb PRIEST RIVER FIRE COVERS THOUSANDS OF ACRES &54 on Page Three! k Martin fat .J lh married on Wlir Win-. w . la -itu dt in run -v. ue RAM nh vh kL'ian-l happen orire in k rear." f . . i B,'wt woman baler " In W lapel. In 1 ''"',. Aitoaatfd firm Phaf More than 50,000 acres of forest and farm lands in eastern Washington and northern Idaho were lurned over In one of the most severe fires of the season. The 116th observation squadron of the Wain qton national guard took this air view of the flames. . j ' AMERICA'S PEAR FAR SHORT (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) DESTROYS TIMBER BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 10. ( AP) Swirling flames In timbers and brush burned within a 20 mile drive of Boise today on a front of over 10 miles. The flames were on the edge of the Boise forest, mainly In second growth timber. Two hundred men fousht them without much hope of con trolling tfiem until lato In the week unless the wind dies down. Officials of the Southern Idaho Timber Pro tective association said 20.000 acres had been burned over. One ranch was abandoned and a score other ranchers In the Clear creek area had their families ready to leave at a moment's notice. WINDS FANNING BLAZE MARS IIP! ELD, Ore., Aug. 10. (AP) High winds today fanned a forest fire which late yesterday broke out in the Middle Fork country on the Coqullle river and spread Into logged off land. Eighty men were today striving to control it and keep It from the green tlmberlands. Pour Incendiary fires were re ported Sunday on the Panther Ridge ln the Cow Creek country southwest of Eden Ridge. The Coos fire patrol had the fire under control Indicated Production Based On Condition August 1st Given As 24,100,000 Bushels in Crop Survey WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (API Corn production this year, based on the condition of the crop Aug. 1, was estimated today by the department of agrlculure at 2,775,301,000 bushels compared with 2.987,053.000 bushels Indicated a month ago and 2.093, 352.000 bushels produced last year. The country's Indicated wheat crop, spring and winter combined, was estimated at 893.583,000 bushels as against 869.013,000 bushels indf cated a month ago and 863,430.000 bushels harvested last year. The Indicted productions of the principal crops, based on their condi tion August 1, with tho Indicated production a month ago and the 1030 harvests, was: Olnter wheat, 776.000.000 bushels, compared with 713.000,000 and 612. 000.000. Durum wheat, 23,000.000 bushels, compared with 32,000.000 and 67,000. 000. Other spring wheat 05,000.000 bushels, compared with 124.000.000 and 194.000.000. Oats 1.170.000,000 bushels, compar ed with 1,306,000,000 and 1,368,000, 000. Hay (tame) " 77,600.000 tons, com pared with 79.100.000 and 77.800.000. Apples. 218.000.000 bushels com pared With 211,000,000 and 104.000,- 000. Peaches 77.100.000 bushels com pared with 38.400.000 and 33,700.000.' Pears 24.100.000 bushels, compared with 24.400.000 and 27,600.000. Potatoes 371,000,000 bushels, com pared with 396.000.000 and 343,000, 000. The condition of the various crops on Aug. 1 was: Corn 76.3 per cent of a normal; durum wheat 40.1; other spring wheat 39.6. oats 70.0; hay (tame) 71.8; pasture 63.7; apples 68 9; peaches 78 5; pears 60.2; grapes 60.5; potatoes 74.3. LOADED!!! IN CAR EARNS30 DAYS C. W. Coleman was given a 30-day sentence In Judse Olen O. Taylor's court this afternoon for carrying loaded firearms in his car. He plead ed guilty and was parolled. Ted Clark forfeited his HO ball to appear to answer a drunken charRC. Arthur Hodgklns was fined 10 for drunken driving. He was arrested early Saturday after his car had crashed Into a milk truck on West Main street. Signs of Better Times (Bv Ihe A.wlaled Pre") Middlewest Utilities company, cm cago. reports gross earnings of com pany's subsidiaries In year ending 5une 30 totaled .183.391.397. mcrease of 4.6 per cent over corresponding period year ago. Apparently "improved cmrtltive conditions automobile tire buslne ,ds to belief a period of ge neraliy more satisfactory earnings Is Imml nent Average yield on 323 active cash dividend paying common stocks on New Vork exchange rose from 7.63 per cent to 8.18 per cent during July as result of declining price. Stand ard tSatistlcs says. Standard Statistics reports third quarter promise, better relative building record than been witnessed in Hlh preceding three-month pe riod of year. MIDWEST STATES SIX MEET DEATH OF RAIL RAISE PLEA WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) A petition, requesting the Interstate I commerce commission to dismiss the application of t.ie railroads for a fifteen per cent freight rate Increase was drafted todsty by representatives of the regulatory commissions of six middle western states. The draft, signed by representa tives of the South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and North .Dakota commissions, contend ed the federal commission was with out authority to authorize the In crease because of a financial emer gency alone and also that the car riers had failed to make a case. The state representatives, who termed themselves a law committee, agrees to submit a counter proposal ln case their petition waa denied, t Under Vie alternative law, the commission would deny the freight rate Increases Insofar as they post poned further increases on rates re cently prescribed under the Hoch- Smlth resolution. 1 Today's BASEBALL National The score: ' R. H. E. Chicago 3 7 1 Pittsburgh 4 5 3 Sweet land and Hartnett; Spencer and Phillips. (No other games scheduled today). VETSMOICE Engine Tears. Loose When j Propeller Flies Off Hub f Pilot Makes Desperate Effort to Halt Plunge WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. (AP) General Prank T. Hlnes, director of veterans activities was back In Wash ington today after a trip to the Pa cific coast where he inspected sites for the proposed two million dollar national soldiers home to be built In Oregon. It was said today the board of fed eral .hospitalization which will def initely decide upon the site, probably will not meet until late this week or early next week. FIGHTING PLANES WASHINGTON, AU&. 10. ( AP) The navy today awarded a contract totalling 1527.047 for 45 fighting planes and spare parts to the Boe ing Airplane company of Seattle. WMh. j mwt The planes are single sealers.' equipped with Wasp engines, manu factured by Pratt & Whitney com pany of Hartford, Conn. In ordering the planes, the de partment exerclMd an option held ln connection with a previous con tract for 30 of the same type. WIMER SAWMILL TO BEGIN OPERATIONS CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 10. (AP) A pilot's desperate struggle to halt thrf'taettdlonff plunge of a trl-motored Tirplane failed to prevent Its crash here yesterday, ln which lx persons were carried to Instant death. The plane, bound from Cincinnati to Atlanta, had Just taken off from Lunken airport when the propeller of Its right-side engine came off and a moment later tho engine itself tore loose and hurtled to the ground. Thrown out of control, the big passenger plane at once started Its death dive while Pilot M, T. Ddell, 23, of Cincinnati, frantically strove to right it. Witnesses said Odell apparently at tempted to land the plane ln a corn field. Instead, however. It smashed Into a clay bank, turned over nose first, tore out tho entire front end, and killed all aboard. The victims were Miss Wrenna B. Hughes, 22. Fort Thomas, Ky.; Wil liam E. Keith, Atlanta, O.; W. H. Brimberry. Atlanta, Ga.: V. O. Baum, 39. Memphis, Tenn.: William J. De Wald. 32. Fort Thomas, Ky., co-pilot, and Odell. Airport officials said the accident was caused by a broken hub on the propeller. When the blade came off, the motor revolved at such a terrific speed its fastening bolts were unable to hold It. II BY POPULAR VOTE Plebiscite Leaves Govern ment of Otto Braun Firm in Saddle Despite Coali tion Effort of Radicals BERLIN, Aug. 1C (AP) Chan cellor Bruenlng and Foreign Minis- tor Curtlus returned early today from their conferences with Pre mier Mussolini ln Rome, happy that the Prussian plebiscite failed, but regretting the attendant disorders. The first event drew the following statement from the chancellor: Most Important of all is that three million less Prussians voted for the plebiscite than voted for the opposition parties last Septem ber. That would seem to indicate that the radical wave Is ebbing. It is interesting to note that ln the large Industrial centers the retro gression of radicalism Is most marked. Things move more slowly out ln the country, the farms and ln little communities. He said the plebiscite had assumed foreign political aspects far beyond its merits and while only local is sues were Involved a victory for the steel helmets would have been In terpreted as a vote against the gov ernment's policy of International conciliation. Its failure, therefore, gave him new courage for the diffi cult months ahead. See Train Wreck. That a firm hand ln the govern ment Is more essontlal than ever was demonstrated to the statesmen several hours before they arrived In Benin when their train passed by the debris of Saturday night's dyna mite wreck. They also were targets of national socialist hoodlum ism at several stations where the nails voiced their disappointment at the plebiscite vote by shouting "Ger many awake" as the sleeping car rolled by. The combined efforts of the com munists, national socialists and na tionalists to dissolve the Prussian diet and to compel new elections failed by three and a half million votes. Though revolutionist 'dynamiters derailed the Basel-Berlin express and the whole of the east central dis trict of Berlin was ln a frenny of fatal rioting, the police obtained full control of the situation. Two police captains were slain In tho Buelow Plata, communist center of Berlin, and a steolhelmoter leader was killed In Cologne as a result of conflict between authorities and radicals. A score of persons were believed to be dying ln Berlin as the aftermath of a night that was replete with bullets and bloodshed. Hrdti HUrt Fight. The battle started when commu nists secreted on rooftops sprayed police on patrol with bulleU. killing the two officers almost Instantly. The police retaliated with spasmodic gunfire and finally drove their as sailants to cover with possibly ft score of them severely wounded. Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAGO. Aug. 10. (USDA) ( AP) Pear auction prices, market slightly stronger: 18 California cars and 7 others arrived: 22 California and ft others on track; 20 cars sold. California Bartletu, 10,106 boxej; 1.50(.r3; average 92.10. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. (USDA) (AP) Pear auction prices, market slightly weaker: 77 cars arrived; 64 California. 1 Louisiana unloaded; 86 cars on track. California aBrtletM, 42.710 boxes: best 2.2012.00; few 13.25; ordlnnry 1.002. 56; common and ripe, $1.60 a 2; average 12.26. 1 UPPER EVANS VALLET, Ore., Aug. 10. (Special) Train Brothers' saw mill at Wlmer Is almost completed and will be in operation sometime this week. HELD IN MURDER BAN FRANclSCO, Aug. 10 (AP) Irving Kennedy, network radio singer was arrested on a murder charge here today after police expressed dis satisfaction with Kennedy's explana tion of -his fatal shooting of Mrs. Paulln Hopkins in his hotel apart ment last night. Mrs. IJopklna died In a hospital this morning. Kennedy said the shooting was an accident. "I usually take a few drinks of gin around 11 p. m. to key roe up for my radio work," said the singer, "I guess we must have killed four bot tles of gin," He ce f erred to Mrs. Hop kins. Mrs. Edna Edwards, another friend and himself, all of whom were in the room at the time of the shooting. CATHOLIC TEACHERS FIRED IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO CITY. Aug. 10 (API Dispatches from Vera Crux today to the newspaper La Prensa said the director of education In that state bad ordered Immediate dismissal of all school teachers who are active Catholics. FIN OF BIG CATFISH PIERCES MAN'S BRAIN OORJl Okla.. Aug. 10. (AP) A struggle with a big catfish had coat tha life of Prank Johnston today. On of the fish's fins penetrated Johnston's eye and pierced his brain aftr he dived to capture it In a cave under a river bank. ER MISSING; LINDBERGHS HELD AT POINT BARROW Believe .Mail Route Mapper Forced Down On Waves Crossing Arctic Girdlers Questioned by Japanese IIKIKIKN, Norway, Aug. It). (AP) Two naval seaplanes were prcpuml today to assist In the search for larker II Cramer, American aviator reported miss- ' Ing somewhere along the south west coast of Norway, but the . pilots said there was not much use searching tho open sea. lash- -oil by severe storms. . (Ily the Associated Press) Bad weather, mystery, homesick ness, daring, embarrassment, acci dent: All these characterized the feats of those who cut capora along the world's airways yesterday. . The Lindberghs wen weather bound at Point Barrow. Parker Cramer, American airman, was overdue In Copenhagen on a flight across the Arctic It was be lieved he might have been forced down on the waves, aa he was sev eral days ago. or that he had landed at some deserted spot ln Norway and had been unable to communicate his presence. : He left ln the morning and was due early ln the evening If all had gone well. Seven Danish radio sta tions tried In vain for several hours to contact his pontoon-equipped plane. Airport officials at length despaired of his coming and shut up shop, hoping the opening of .tele graph stations would reveal his safe ty. Return To France i Russell Boardman and John Pol ando; Amorlcans. landed at Mar seilles, Prance, after a speedy flight from Istanbul on the way from their world's record breaking dash across the Atlantic to Turkey. They plan to leave Wednesday with the airplane Cape Cod, tor the United States. Wolfgang Von oronau, Oerman master fit the amphibian, dropped ACTOR S WIDOW SLAYS FAMILY TO END WORRY (Continued on page eight, story two) POLICE BRUTALITIES IN OREGON ARE INFREQUENT WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) A tale of systematized police brutality spreading over half the nation a 10 year record of Illegal law enforce ment toy barbarous "third decree" methods, was unfolded today by the Wlckersham commission. Asserting Its duty was to lay the "naked, ugly facts" before the pub lic, the commission crammed Into a single weighty volume on "lawless ness In law enforcement" more than five score proved Instances of ex torted confessions. It urged upon President Hoover new legislation, or a new constitu tional amendment If necessary, to abolish "conduct so violative of the fundamental principles of constitu tional liberty." It cited the Leopold-Loeb case. In which an Innocent school teacher was beaten Into confession, as hav ing focused attention upon the "third degree" It turned to the Snook case of Ohio as showing the unfavorable re actions to a prosecutor who struck the university professor on the Jaw to obtain a confession. One case, however, the commission refused to discuss, asserting flatly that a review of the Mooney-Bllllngs case had been decided against be cause of Insbillty to examine wit nesses and because a pardon for one of the men accused of the 1916 San Francisco preparedness day bombing now Is under consideration. In addition to Its assault upon the "third degree." the report condemned as too prevalent cases of conscious "unfairness In prosecutions" by dis trict attorneys and Judges. The bulk of the report, written by Professor Zacharlah Chafee, Jr., of Harvard, and Walter H. pollak and Carl . Stern of the New Vork bar. asserted that despite the secrecy and denials of police brutality. Instances of the "third degree" had been found In "considerably over half the states." Actual cases were cited of prolong ed sleeplessness; severe beatings with a rubber hoso, sand bags, fist or tele phone book; questioning murder sus pects over the corpse; cramming men Into cells with diseased persons; ad ministering the "water cure,' 'and handcuffing men upside down while spraying them with tear gas. In a 1929 Oregon murder case, the report asserted, an Indian known as Davis, from an unnamed reservation, "was taken to the morge at 3 In the morning by an agent of the depart ment of Justice, and made to ex amine the body and the wounds for 46 minutes, until he confessed. His conviction lster was reversed. In another Oregon case, at Tho Dalles n 1924, a man named Evans, charged with murder, was reported to have been kept standing at the morgue for an hour by the sheriff, for the alleged purpose of Identify ing the body. His confession was admitted, however, and his convic tion affirmed. In Marshfleld, Ore., In 1929, It con tinued, a farmer named Oreen was "tricked Into a confession of murder by a private detective (placed In his cell by the county attorney) who posed as an accused robber and suc ceeded In making the defendant be lieve he would be released If he made a confession to the county attorney and gave him a sum of money." Ills conviction was reversed upon appeal. Tho report said later It was be lieved the third degree, combatted by newspaper editorials in Oregon, was Infrequent there and that "ques tioning does not usually go beyond the bounds of decency and lafulneaa," Two Children and Mother Chloroformed by Mrs. Florine Williams When Money Worries Press SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. (AP) Life and Its complcatons proved too much for Mrs. Florine Williams, widow of Earls Williams, celebrated stage and screen star, and today she, her two children, Jan. 7, and Billy, 4, and her mother, Mrs. Clarlsse Walz, lay dead, the victims of what pollco said was a murder and suicide pact. Officers concluded Mrs. Williams, beset by troublo, both financial and personal, since the. death of hor hus band four years ago, ended the wor ries of herself and her family . by chloroforming her mother and the two children and awallowlng poison herself. Tenants of the apartment house In which thoy lived, found tho bodies yesterday, the two children and Mrs. Wala on a bed. and Mrs. Williams collapsed beside them. Mrs. Williams was still alive, but never regained consciousness. , ' . , . letters Found. And In the room which saw the death of the four persons, four let ters were found letters In which Mrs. Williams said she could not go on any longer, and In which detailed directions for the funerals and dis posal of property left woro given, - Police said Mrs. Williams had ap parently been driven frantic by tho troubles she hod gone through. Short ly after tho. death of her husband In. 1927, financial troubles began to beset her. She was finally Indicted on charges of grand theft after sals of. her home, on which there was a mortgage, and placed on probation after matters war explained ln court, .personal troubles poured In, and she admitted that her son, Billy, born after Williams' death, was Illegiti mate, . Her 260,O00 estate, she claim ed, had been dissipated. Matters went from bad to worse, and back check charges wero pending against her at the time she took her life. She even sold her wardrobe, worth a large sum. for less than 1.000. The combined worries, police be lieved, were more than she could stand, and the murder and suicides resulted. Received Help. In her apartment, evidences or help she sought and received were found. A telegram signed "Joseph M. Schneck" asked "Tell me where to send the thousand." Another, signed "Constance," said B00 hod been placed to her credit In a local bank. "Constance" was believed to have been Constance Talmadtte. McKenele said he believed the act was a "sudden frenzy." He said ha talked to Mrs. Williams Saturday, end thatahe appeared cheerful and In ex cellent spirits. He attributed her suicide to "Ignorance of financial af faire, lesdlng to a dissipation of her estate, and to her affair with a Los Angeles oil man." , HOSKINS Bids ' opened for sur facing 1.8 miles of county road No. 434 from point one mile eouth of here. Will ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cul., Auir. !). Say, hoiiio more of our pirls oiikIiI. ,to cH ninrrk'il mid re tire for Awhile. I..oik at our Helen WillH Moody. Hless her laiup-nliHtled form, nlie just wont out mid brought the ten nis ehaiii'iiiiiKliip back to the while rnee. Two of our pilots flew over Jnpiineso foi'lifiea tiorm mid now it looks; like they will be hiiiiff. When a Jnp is seriniiH over Home fool thini; he can bo the most foolishly Her- ioiiH of all tho two-legged folk". Well, there you go. Hoover seeretly smiling these boyn over there to i?et n lino on all this) shows he ain't think ing about us here at home only worried about . whipping Japan. mWilHiiiiirta
