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ill Medford Mail Tribune SECOND rr WEATHER Kitlr tonlKtit niul tfolHnlay Mux. NH Mlii 47, EDITION rnrtylhlril Year. Dully KImIiIIi Yimr. WOUNDS WIFE A. R. Cmilson of San Francisco Finds Wlfo Ealing Luncheon Willi Friends In Garage nnd Opens Fire, Kllllnii tycrk nnd Chauffeur. Woman Had Made Tour of Beach Resorts Coulson Disappears Af ter (he Slioollnii nnd Is Missing. HAN FRANCISCO, Cal Bept. 10. "My husband atiot mu down lioforu 1 Viinw itf IiIm presence. Then lio lort iitnl over nnd kissed mo nnd nikod It, I wan timlly hurl. 'I'll on ho shot Ihi) two men." This was I ho statement nllegod to luivo been tundu hero Bliortly beforo iKioii tminy by Mm. Knm couiion, vl1 of A. II. CoiiIboii, proprietor of tint (iulmin Hatchery nnd Trod com mu. mIio was shot nnd probably fnlnlly Injured hero enrly today whlln i'ii tin it n luncheon nl thn Atlns gar iikk with William Acker, n chniiffciir, nnd (leoran Kovnck, iiIkIH clork of tho KnrnRn. Kovnrk nnd Acker. Mm, Co ii I no it stated, woro nliot dead In their truck by her husband. 8lit)er l)lxiiri Mm. Coupon's statement In alleged to ham liceti Hindu to Kuroiio Roes, n clurlc In her huslwnd's employ. Hho la no seriously wounded thnt Horn wn thn only portion allowed to seo hor. Kfforls llirour.liout thn forenoon to locnto CoiiUon woro futile. Tho po ll rit do not expect to find him nllro. They think ho couuulttcd suicide nf tur shunting Mm. Coulson nnd thn two men. At flmt Mm, Coulson tint ly refused to give thn name of tho nlner. nlthoiiih tho admitted that ho knnw who did tho shooting. Hho then lapsed Into unconsciousness nnd for n 1 1 tn o It wns feared shn would dlo without revealing hor secret. In tho meantime, howovor, tho pollen hnd suspected Caution wan tho slay er. Trnclng Trnll of IIIihmI rllrcnmluK with blood f rom u bullot wound u tho thrnnt. Mm. Coulson r lulled from tho garage a few uiln ii ten libforn .1 n, in., find down Market utreet ami collapsed In front of tho Kelly garage, whoro Night Clerk Jnck Itlrks of tho Rnrngo picked her up, lifted her Into nn nutouinhllo nnd nulled her to thn Kmorgeucy hospltnl. In tho nicnutlmo I'nllremnn Hnr rls Mho lind rushed to tho spot where thn womnn foil, hnd trnccd thn trnll or blood to thn Attn garage. Thorn lie found tho bodlci of Kovnck nnd Acker. imcIi shot sovorat timed with n as caliber revolver, lying nmonK tlio debris of overturned furniture, empty beer bottled nnd frnRmonta of their hnlf enteu luuchoon. Subsequent Investigation by tho pollen uliowed thnt Mm. ConUon, Kovnck nnd Acker, with inutunl friends, hnd vUlted vnrlnui beach ro sorts tnnt night, hnd dropped their frlemU on tho homewvird journey nnd were lunchliiK together when tho tuur derer burnt n upon thorn. A. It. Coulion, tho dyliiK womnn'a hiiNbnud, la proprietor of tho Coulson llulrhory nnd Feed company mid hnd lived with hor nt thn llnymond apart ments. Tho police hnvo not been (Continued on I'bro 3) FOLK SllToF IS E HT. I.OUI8, Mo., Bopt. 10. "Unless I contliliied dollvorliiK cluiutauqun lectures durliiK my incumbency nn u government official," Biild former (lovornor JoHoph W. Polk hero today, "I Hhull bo forced to sacrlflco nu in- coiuu of $15,000 a yonr for ono of $5000, I don't know yet whothor or not I uhalt contlnuo lecturing." Folk waa opoplntod yesterday by 1'reHldent Wilson solicitor Kouornl of thu stuto dopartmont. Kalamazoo Man Shot CAMI.MI'Vr, Midi., Sept. ill. 1'ii vntn ltmiilolpli Ilurvey of Kulumii y.oo, Mleh., wiih hhot from iiiijIiuhIi uuil probably fatally injured hero to day. Tho shooting oenurrod nt duy bi'viH "c'ir tUo IbIo Hoyulu mliio, IRATE HUSBAND MURDERS 1 LA3T PHOTO TAKEN OF MAYOR WAS BOARDING THE I I 1 I , MAYOR GAYNOR'S nn NEW YORK, Sept. lO.-Iv-oorled by u poliee detail uuil u big delega tiou of city ol'fleluU, tho body of tho lute Mayor William J. (in.wiur, uho ilied nt Hen IiimI week, wiih tukeii from the ('iiiuml pier tuiluy to the (lu.Mior linine in llmoklyn. The ImhIv will be leuioved tomor row to the oily hull, where it will lie In Htuln uuil on Monthly u procehhion liendeil by 'JIIHO police, n iletuehuienl of troops nnd nil tho eity ol'fieinU, will Hi'i'ouiiiiuy it to the ehuieli for the fuuerul hervire. Acting Arnvor Adulpli Kline niul u Ini'o purly of iiiiiiiieiiiil offieiuU mi u eity limit met the Hleiiiner l.u hitiiiiin in the buy when it urrm-d with (he lute iiiiior'ii body from KiikIuiiiI. The Into mnynr'rt on, Kiifun (Iny nor, collupxed ufler lii iirrixul home iin a result of the piiiloncd htruiu he lins been under unit is uiuler u phynieinii's enre. PLAYS HIGHWAYMAN KVICmni', Wnsh., Bopt. 19. An utimnakod boy not ovor Koveutoou years old, armed with un old hIioIkiiii, entered tho mitoou of II. V. Bhnrp nt (Irnnlto KiiIIh nt 1 o'clock thin morn ing, terrified Hhnrp nnd two other nion thoro, walked behind tho bar and took $10 from tho till nnd oh. enped. To do thin It wnu necessary for tho younuatcr to stand on tlptoo. When ho walked 'out ho atnrtod down tho railroad track towurd Hartford, BAR HARRY THAW PICTURES FROM SPOKANE THEATERS KPOKANti, WjhIi., Sept. 11). Staling' that ho viewed with ili-ap-provnl nny further publieity beinj,' fjiven the Tliuw-Neshit-Whito epi Kodo, Muyor Hindley linn today re fused to Kiuielion Hid cxliililtion of motion piulures of Hurry K. Thuw hero next week. Thu mayor, in hm eupneity of dly thentiicnl eennor, oven refused to nltoiul i privntu ex llibilion 9i: llio films, . . . t , ANWYMC MEDFOKD. GAYNOR, JUST AS HE STEAMSHIP BALTIC FOR EUROPE GIRL'S SHAME LI E IN COURT L l.OB ANOIXES, Cnl., Sopt. 19. Stripped of everythltiK a woman holdn' dear, Celo Helen Darker, star witness against George II. Illxby, mil llonnlro banker of Long Ilcuch, In his trial on a chnrgo of contributing to hor delinquency, left tho witness Htaud todny nftor tho most shamoful secrets of her llfo had been draggod from her nnd help up for tho Inspec tion of an nvld courtroom crowd, Tho girl's rccltnl upparontly satis fied tho moro prurient of thu specta tors, but It proved too much for many of tho curious, who hurried from tho room nH alio wont further Into revolt ing dot nil. No prlsonor on tho rack over suf fered keener torttiro than tho girl on thu stnnd, If hor manner wna Indica tive of hor suffering. With scarlot fnco and nails sunk Into hor palms. slio twisted and writhed under tho pitiless questioning of tho stnto's prosecutor, nnd gaspod out broken, quivering replies. Hho prefaced her story with tho as sertion that Dlxby had acted "unnat urally" toward her, and that, through ro association with him hor hoalth was broken. When slio had con cluded tho defonso mado no attack on thn story slio had told. ASKS ALL IRISHMEN TO GO ON STRIKE DUIIMN, Sopt. ID. James Lnrkln, it strike loader hero, Issuod an appoal today to ovory Irish worklngmnn to quit work. I.nrklu wns formorly a nteul mill hand In tho United Statos, Tho boys n several Utibllu schools struck today because thoy woro ro- qulrod to uso books suppllod by a firm to which' tho transport strikers nro hostile A riot followod tho boys' walkout, in which fifteen of thorn woro hurt. Growth In International Intercourse II11USSK-I.S, Sopt. 30. Tho rapid growth of international intercourse is indicated by hlntistios prepared by tho Yio Internationale, and published today, showing that diuiui; the pres ent your no fewer than 135 interim- tjpuul congresses will ljtY0 fcejjujtejflt BA DURING BIXBY IRIA OREGON, FRIDAY, RKl'TIUMBJOK .19, 191H. CriURT BE SULZER Justice Cullen and Court of Appeals Holds That Senators Frawlcy and Wafjner Are nt to Sit as Mem bers of Impeacjimcnt Court. i i ii Defense Calls In Question Regular ity of Proceedings and Moves That They Be Dropped X ALBANY, N. k Sept. 10.-The fitueHH of Ronuto'ix Frnwley nnd Wagner to hit ns niinibem of the im peudinient ronrt jorguiilr.cil to try flovernor William Kul.cr nn ehnl lengeil today by the ilefeilrfc nhen the rourl cotnxnl nt noon. "Ah preHidiiiK Juilpp," ruled Jus lieo Cullen of Ih emirt of nopealM, 'it Ih my opinion ha the court enn not nitertain tin -e dinlleugCK. An f-ennlom I believe the icron chnl lrnc;eil are entilled lo hit, nud I do not think n member of the court could be excused legally even if he ro demrcd. However, n record vote wilt be tnken on the point." Hy the vole, the court upheld Cul len' rutin;: unnnhwuixly. Tho court wapiti scimoii for oulv thirty minutes before mljoiiniinp un til 'JL p. in. Cullen milled that he did not be lieve tliero wax the fligtileKt basix for the dcfoiiKu'H daim that Frnwlev and Wngncr were unfit tn pnrtieipntc in the trial. He cxprcRKd himself with much emphncin, and there was no question (hut the rutin" wns a dUtinct blow to llie governor. Ah foon ns the two challenges had been overruled the nrlielc of im peachment yntrt t?nd. ...v -r- The defeiiKc replieij by cnllinp lu miPRtinn the repulnrity of the jmt ceedingR nnd moved that they be dropped, on the ground that the as sembly had neted illegally. Attorney T.ouin Mnrshnll, for the defence, hnd begun nn nrgunient in Riipport of this motion when n re cess was tnken. flovernor Sulrer was again absent frnm the sennte chnmbcr during the inipenehment proceedings. His law yers, denied that lie has nny inten tion of resigning before the evidence is in. After an afternoon session of only ono hour tho Suiter Impeachment court adjourned until 3 o'clock next Monday aftornoon. Sutler's counsel were preparing to day x brlof denying every chargo mndo against tho governor. In addition to this donlal they will sot up tho contention that tho consti tution does not, as tho prosecution maintains, rccoguUo tho prlnciplo that a personal, as distinguished from an official, offenso may disqualify an otfondor from holding office. Technical Dcfcnso Tho following paragraph In tho lm peachmont brief will bo quoted In support of tho defense's claim that mnllco actuated tho Impeachment pro pre ceedings: "Tho world hntca a liar but it is not for lying thnt William Sulzer'a conviction is asked, lio Is charged with filing n fnlso cortlflcato of his campaign contributions, and, by so doing, with committing a crlmo. It wns contomplatod In tho constitution thnt a criminal, holding otfico, should first bo impenchod, thoroby stripping him of official lufluouconud power to acquit hlmsolf by removing tho dis trict attorney who prosecuted him, tho Judgo who scntoncod him nnd flu ally by pardoning himself." TO POUTLAND, Oro Sopt. 19. To roqulro all tolophono companlos in Portland to work with an lnterchanga systom so a tolophono of ono company can bo usod in conjunction with a tolophono of nnothor company Is the plan of Will II. Daly, commtsionor of public utilities. With this In view ho askod tho council today to allow S8000 to bo usod for Investigation yurposos, . t am Hi PORTLAND PHONES NIERCH MRS. GAYNOR, WIDOW OF NEW luunucai uAuunitrto, FOR EARLY ACTION ON CURRENCY BILL WASJIINOTON, Sept. 1.9. Presi dent WHn insisted today on early action 1 the sonata on tho adminis tration currency bill, which already has passed tho house. Nevertheless, tho prospects of tho bill passing at this session, It, is said aro remote. Both tho senate and tho houso nro practldtlly recessing. It was pre dicted this afternoon that tho senate banking. commit tco would not report on the meaiuro bofore tho middle of October, and then a week's debate Is certain to follow. Only five members of tho sonato commlttco attended today's hearing o'n thpmcasuro. Insurgonl senators predicted that vital changeVwiir bo mado beforo tho bill Is roportcd to tho senate. CLAIM SULZER TO ALHANY, N. Y., Sept. 19. That Governor Sulzcr has rocognlzcd Act ing Governor Martin Glynn's claim toj ofilclal authority was asserted at tho latter's offico this afternoon. It was declared that tho question aroso In connection with tho extradition of a New York fugltlvo arrested in Chica go. According to Secretary Tirney, Sulzcr wroto to Glynn, through his secretary, Chcstor Piatt, saying that Glynn had Jurisdiction. In tho matter. WOMAN THROWN IN RIVER WHEN HORSE STARTS BACKING HBND, Ore., Sept. 10. Thrown into the Deschutes river when n horso backed the buggy in which they wero riding off ti bridge, Mrs. Alexander Allgood, aged (18, is dead today from drowning nud her son, Hoy Allgood, narrowly escaped the snmo fata by grasping n log nnd floating ashore. Allgood supported his mother in tho water for several minutes beforo tho swift current swept her from him. Drugless Healers Adjourn RKATTLE, Wins.li., Sept. It). Having adopted resolutions to de innnd from tho legislature of every stute in tho Union legislation leguf izing their prnctieo, tho Druglo&s Healers' nssoointion of Washington todny adjourned nfter u two days' convention. The plan ns announced todny will include demanding fedorul legislation from congress ns soon ns all tho stuto legislatures havo been memorialized with petitions. San Dlegoan on Two-Year Tour SAN DIEGO, Cul., Sept. 10. Otto Hhend of tho Young Mn's Christinn association of Sim Diego, todny has u good start of u tour thnt will cover two yours. Bhend is traveling exclusively by motoreyclo nnd ex pects to covor 'J5.000 miles beforo he returns hero somo timo in Septem ber, 1015, in timo for tho finish of tho Pnn-Amoricnn exposition to eel obrato tho oponing of the Pniiamn cauol in at)J5( - . BOWS GLYNN YORK MAYOR, AMD HER TWO t tAntn Al I ntlM at. JAFfltS numb T A RIVAL OF DR. HOLMES IN E NEW YOHK, Sept. 19. That tho list of victims of Hans Schmidt, con fessed murderer of Miss Anna Au- muller, had ho escaped detection, would havo rivaled that of Or. H. II. Holmes, the famous Chicago and Cin cinnati murderer, who was executed in Philadelphia In 183C.U tho belief hero today of detectives working on the case. Scores of blank death and burial certificates wcro found in Schmidt's trunk. It Is believed no planned to forgo theso documents at' tor murdering his Tlctfrns to show that they.had dlcanaTuwIIy.Thls was tho way Holmes worked. Ho committed twelvo murders In several mlddlo western cities beforo ho was captured and hanged In Philadelphia, Tho pollco this afternoon also found in Schmidt's trunk a photo of tho certificate of death In tho caao of Robert Smith, aged C9, who died last April. Schmidt visited Smith frequently and officiated at his fun eral. Tho police now boliovo that Schmidt planned tho Aumuller mur der In April. AUTO SMASH UP TO TACO.MA, Wash., Sept. 10. Ac cording to u ftory told the police, Hubert N. Cook, 'J I years of m:e, u chauffeur employed ly O. L. Part ridge, was held up hy two masked bandits early today, who, after rob bing him of a small sum of cash, compelled him at tho paint of revol vers to leap from his swiftly run ning automobile. Cook sustained se vere injuries to his back when he rolled over nud over on tho ground. Ho was returning from Fernhill, where ho had taken n customer. Tho mnchino was later found badly smnshed up. Tho jHiliee, after investigating Cook's story, declared they wore not satisfied that his statements wero truo and will make further in vcstigntiuus into ho case. ELECT NEW OFFICERS SAN FUANCISCO, Cal., Sopt. 19. Herrmann's Sons, in convention horo today, choso Lawrcnco, Mass., for noxt year's meeting and elected tho following grand efficers: O. J, Von Rosenborg, La Grango, Toxas, presldont. Oscar Hocks, San Francisco, first vlco presldont. F. Matthows, Nebraska, second vlco president. R. Schaofor, Connecticut, secrotnry, Fred Ztoglor, Minnesota, treasurer, 10. Schuotz, Texas, guldo, John Schindlor, Nebraska, Insido guard, H. K. Dreexon. Florida, outside guard. . , , CRIM RECORDS NO. 105 PHYSICIANS SFT VALLEY, DISCUSS Second Day's Sessions Bring Rogue River Fruit Gifts, President's Ad dress, Papers and Busy Day Adjourn Tcmorrow. Free Public Lecture. hy Dr. Calvin H. White at Page Tonight Banquet for Visiting Ladies. " 1 1 i Today's Program Annual nddrcstf of President Dr. It. B. Kingo, of Pendleton.' ' Ilcnilin of papers nnd discusHioiu of samo by ilejegales.., , ," Hnnquet nt Medford hotel, to' wivc.t of visifinjr phyMcinnu nt 510 j! m. Free public lecturo nti'iign I hu nter nt 8 o'clock hv Dr. Cnlviii II. White, stnte health physifinn, '' on "Health nnd Duty Hints,." A Kmokcr will bo held ufter tho lecture. How the derelict minds of the, in sane may bo restored lo normal con ditions, with Imppy, ueful lives ns the reward, formed tho interesting feature of the morning Ression of tho second dny' meeting of the Oregon Medical association nl (ha Page the ntcr. Besides this, the delegates were whisked in nulomnhilc through the orchards of the vnllev. Pears and ponchos, raised in the Tlogue River valley, were presented to tho physicians nnd the time-honored "don't" regarding eating bclvJccn meats wns broken. Tonight Dr. Cnlvin n. White, slnto health physicinn, lectures nt tho I'ngo on '"Itenlth and Duty: flints." Dr. William nono of Toi-Nand rend n pnper on the "necoverability of tho Insane," nnd nn inlorciliiig discussion followed in which steril ization ns n menus of preventing an increase of feeble minds wns both defended and attacked. ' Dr. Smith of Seattle in n short talk held thnt all persons held capable of the prop agation of offspring, nfter n release from nn nsylnm or prison should bo segregated, rather than sterilized, tho heavy expense being tho mnin objec tion. Dr. E. Leo Stciner of Salem led the discussion on this subject, somo holding thnt sterilization wns bar barous, nnd others thnt it offered tho promise of a more rational race. Others who talked on tho subject wero Dr. II. W. Coo of Pqrtlnud. It wns ngreed it wur ono of the prob lcms of civilization nnd tlio medical profession. At the close of tho morning ses sion Dr. It. C. Coffey of Portlond gave n talk on "Abdominal Adhes ions." This nftornoon Dr. R. E. Ringo o Pendleton, Or., president of tho ns sociation, will glvo his nnnunl ad dress, besides papers relating to tho lungs and throat hy tho delegates. Thursday night tho phvsieians wore entertained nt n banquet nt tho Medford hotel, nt which Dr. Arthur C. Smith of Portlnnd noted ns toast muster, nnd responses woro given by many. Eight courses wero served, the dining room being decorated for (Continued on page 2.) DEFIES TAMMANY FROM JAIL CELL ALDAN Y, N. Y., Sopt. 19. Jamoa Gnrrlson, tho nowspapormnn, who was declared in contempt by tho state, assembly for rofuslng to answer queb tlons, issuod tho following statement this aftorneon: "I Bbould worry. I havo a good place to sleep and fine meals, ' I can stand It until January 1 if that bunch of crooks who sent ma horo can. "Tako It from mo they'll weaken. When tho people realize that a roan who commits no offenso can be prac tically kidnapped, sent to jail -aid donlcd legal advlee, Tamuiany-going to hear trqm the cornfield," MINO PROBLEMS NEWSPAPER MAN ."