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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TKTBTmE, MT3DFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, .TUNE 11, 1910 WOLFF CONFESSES PLACES BLAME OF COURT HALL SELLS L year the mlllago lax was 11.8 mills, while to I'iiIhu Uio IXil.lMIS budget thii( will bo submitted to I he voters at Moiiiluy'H olnetlon ruqulrim 'it lax lovy of 17 mills. It Is claimed I lie hoard In planning on lii.urviiHlng tho muff of luuchvr bolh In the gi'iido school and tho IiIkIi Kchool mid pliiiiu to employ u llliinrliiii for the lilith school. boy Scout drive Y MURDER ON GIRL CO. TO E. E 5 TEACHERS HIRED FIXED AT 5800 TAX 52 PAGE EIGHT YAKIMA, Wash.. June 11. After nnuthcr grilling bv Demitv Sheriff J. N. Pvlcs, Kern countv, Rov Wolff, who VcRtcnlnv confessed ho , had murdered Elmer Greer, attempted to fix the responsibility for the. deed , upon n 15-vonr-old sirl. whoso name he refused to revcnl. "She asked me if I would do some thing for her. and I said thnt I would do nnvthin? she wanted tne to," the bov insisted, in the presence of sev eral officers and newspaper report ers. "She told me thot Greer had i cotton her into trouble, and asked me to beat him up cond. Another fellow she told me. would help with the iob. I saw him and ho said the officers were already after him, so he couldn't handle the iob. Then I decided to .. ifet nftor Greer. 1 didn't intend to .kill him. but I wanted to beat him - up srood." Wolff refused to cive the name of the bov who was supposed to help him "fix'' Greer, and would irive no clue to the eirl other than that he first met her at Oakland, where she work ed, and thnt she formerly lived in Tncomn. Wash. She is an orphan, he said, and now "bentine it to Mexico.'' Pvles insists that there is nothinc to Wolffs story of the eirl. .and that Greer's life had no such ouestionable episodes in it. . Wolff showed the only sijms of emotion so far when he j spoke of the eirl. his eves filling with tears which he attempted to wipe off wilthout being enimht at it. He snid thnt he saw her for a few minute! about an hour after he left Greer and that she rode for some miles with him in the blood stained automobile. She wanted to come north with him. he asserted, but he couldn't have h "around the house there," . Today Wolff is almost as carefree as though he were out of iail. "Slept as well ns I ever did." he declared. "I don't ever see Greer's face in front of me and I don't think of it much. Greer isn't on mv mind. I'm not try ing to eet out of this: if thev want to hang me it's inke with me." Court Hall and son have sold their Interest In the Crater Lake Motor Co. to E, E. Waters of Oklahoma, tor $6500. ; - - In buying the Crater I.ako Motor company Mr. Waters has purchased the largest automobile repair busi ness between Portland and Sacra mento. No change will bo made in the present mechanics, and Seely V. Hall wilt be retained as foreman and chief mechanic. Several other me chanics will be added within tho noxt few days, one ot them being Wm. Sullivan, a former Mcdford man, who has left the Packard agency at Boise, ldano, to report to the Crater Lake Motor company. Mr. Waters is an experienced gar age man, and will endeavor to keep a I sufficient force of mechanics to turn out work promptly. ASK REPEAL OF ICE CREAM TAX Wolff is the vonng taan Who was held up for a time bv the Medford police but released. This was before the boy's description had been re . ceived. ' . ... ,- Sheriff Terrell received a telegram Inst nieht from Deputy Sheriff Pvles of Bnkersf ield. Calif., who wired from Yakimn. Wash.. ' that ' Rov Wilff. wanted .on a murder charge, hnd been captured there at his home. Pvles and another deputy sheriff passed through Medford last Satur day hot on the trail of the 10-vear- old murderer, who was stopped here two days before by Policeman Brown lee and Deputy bhenff mthow. as he alighted from a north bound pas senger train. Thov were looking for another vouth of about the same age and as Wolff did not answer the do scription and as thev had not vet received word to look out for him they let him go. ' . . - LABOR IN FAVOR OF BOOZE. (Continued from page one.) Ism are cause and effect. But you will find when later resolutions are Introduced that the proposition that ' comes from Seattle is one that favors Bolshevism for the United States." No Prohibition Question Mr. Gompars paused for a moment and then went on to say that the res olution was not a prohibition ques tion.. ' , "It is a proposition to determine whether we think it fair to allow us to lead our lives as we desire." After the reading of the resolu tion, James A. Duncan, chairman of the Central Labor Council of Seattle, criticised the action ot the resolutions committee for reporting the resolu tion first, claiming that in his opin ion the workers ot the country would have-been better satisfied had reso lutions dealing with a six-hour work- ing day been the first out ot the committee. He announced his oppo sition to alter In any way wartime or any otner kind of prohibition. "We believe in these important times," he continued! "that it is bet ter to Keep the minds of the people sober. The experience in Washing . ton has shown that with prohibition the workers are better clothed, bet ter housed and have better conditions than ever before. And we no longer fall for the bribe of a free trip to Washington or any of the other pro paganda of brewery interests. Ask llurleson's Removal i Nearly all, if not the entire body of delegates attending the recon struction convention of the American Federation of Labor will on Saturday go to Washington by special train to participate in the great labor dem onstration there in protest against further enforcement of war-time pro hibition. , A resolution to come before the convention is one requesting Presi dent Wilson to remove . Postmaster General Burleson. The postmaster-general is charged in the resolution with having "ruth lessly invaded the rights of em ployes." Among many other resolutions which probably would be reported out of the committeee at the sessions tomorrow are several dealing with proposals for nationalization or var 0U8 Industries. PORTLAN'D, June 11. After set ting in motion machinery which they hope will redound to the benefit of the small boy who likes ice cream cones, the Retail Confectioners ot the Northwest ended the business ses sions of their convention here last night. The newly-formed Pacific coast confectioners' association forwarded to the Congressional delegations of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Califor nia, Montana, Utah, Nevada and Col orado, copies ot resolutions protest ing against the war on ice cream and confectionery, as unfair and dicsrim iuatory, and urging its repeal. FORMER MEDFORDITE " IN DIVORCE TANGLE "A motion was filed in the circuit court Tuesday asking that the suit for .divorce brought bv J. L. Weiss against Maude E. Weiss be dismissed on the ground that the wile has n similar suit against the husband penidng in the circuit court of Jack son countv. Oregon." savs the Port land Journal. '.'Mrs. Weiss alleges that she filed her suit for divorce Slav 3. 1919. and that the circuit court of Jackson countv awarded her the custody of their child, Reva Weiss, and tempor ary alimony, pending the outcome of the action. "In the wife's complaint she charges her husband with continued and pers'stcnt abuse. "Mr. Weiss' suit places the blame for the action on Sirs. Weiss' rela tives. "Mr. Weiss states that after he moved to Portland, his wife left him and took their child with her. He savs that on February 7. 1919. he met her at the station at Portland as she was passing through and asked her to return to him. Thereupon, he avers, she began to rave, tear her hair and finally called a , policeman. She told tin? U'jhccman tha .Weiss was a stranger to her and that he had in sulted her, all of which resulted, savs Weiss, in his being led to the po lice station nnd her departure on the train." The board ot education In addition to hiring five new teachers for the grade schools Inst night adopted u wide departure in Alio Modford schools and school board regime when tho members voted to employ Miss liuth Manning at J 100 a month for ten mouths to act in tho dual capacity next year of stenographer to Superintendent Davenport nud as clerk of tho school board to succeed the present clork, Frank Kodden who was not an applicant for re-election. Thus for the first time in local his tory tho school board will have a woman clerk. . . It is said that the majority ot the hoard members made this change from motives of economy and with the object in view of having the clork In closer touch constantly with tho running of the schools. Tho present stenographer to Supt. Davenport re ceives t75 a month, and Mr. Hod den's salary as clerk Is $300 a year. The pay ot both these positions for 10 months ot tho school year foots up to J 1050, and under the chnngo both positions will bo filled by one person next year for (1000. But the board last night also vot ed to employ an additional stenogra pher for the principal of the high school at a salary ot $500 a year, whereas the superintendent's sten ographer heretofore and now acts as stenographer for the principal as well as for the superintendent. This would make the board spending $1500 annually noxt year for tho stenographers ot the superintendent and principal and tho clerk of -the board instead of $1050 now paid for these positions. The new stenog rapher for the principal next year has not yet been hired. . The five grade teachers voted on acceptably last night have not yot signed their contracts and are to he'p fill a number of vacancies In the teaching staff of the schools, caused by teachors either leaving to teach elsewhere or who have not slgred contracts. ' There are suld to bo eight or ten more vacancies to be filled including' a number in the hign school corps.' .' ' The five teachers elected last night are Miss Ruth Daniels who has just graduated at .-the California- state normal school at San Joso; Miss Jes sie Wilson who this year taught near Los Angeles; Miss Louise Blsch)ff of Blckleton, Wash., Ella M. Deyoo of Eugene and Miss Lottio M. Ingl son of Astoria. ... Y The Woman's' Home Missionnrv so ciety of the First M. E. church will meet on Thursday afteroon at the home of Mrs. James Campbell on King's Highway. Mrs. C. W. Conk lin has prepared nn interesting pro gram on "Our Children's Work and Orphanages." Miss Helen Carlton, n prominent missionnrv worker in the east will be present with nn inspiring message, ' The membership campaign between the reds nnd blues will close with this meeting. It being the Inst one of the venr it is desired that every mem ber be nrescnt if possible. " Autos jyill be nt- the library nt 2 o'clock to take all who wish to go. The assistant hostesses are Mrs. Smvlie.. Mrs.. Carlos nnd Mrs. Wat-kin--. UNEOUALED 1 !""' l amonft cornflakes! A food creation thai excels in. flavor and substance To eat them" is;to' ad- -vertise them. ss& The best and fastest 3 selling corn flakes in America . A try tells why. Blown tho street thev enine, sturdy, rod blooded American bovs in their klmki clad uniforms, with chests out, chins in, checks glowing with health. At their bend marches a lawyer, doc tor, returned 'soldier, college man. Y, M. ( A. worker or minister. The Stars and Stripes are waving over their heads. ' Thev. are tho Hov Scouts on their wav lo camp. ' See that group standing on the street corner. Slouchv in appear ance, pale from lack of exorcise, slangy in language, undisciplined, learning had ways from worthless lenders IhoV are not members of the Hov Scouts. Mr. Average t'iti.en can lako his choice us to which (vpo of boy ho ureters. It he likes number two. then let him keen his money in his pocket but if he likes (he promise of tho Hov Scout leadership for good citizenship, then let him tiiito an associate mem- bership'in tho Hov Scout organialion. drive for one million memberships among adults opened Sunday last. Of these Oregon is asked for oulv oSSUll. Portland's ouota is :1IHH). Ed wurd Cookinuham will direct the state drivo which is designed to put Hov Scout troops in ovcrv communitv where there arc red-blooded bovs without Hoy Scout leadership. .Allho tho special election tor adopting the annual school budget for Uio your 11)111 and for the oleo lion ot,a school director to succeed W. K. l'hlpps whoso threo your term ns member of tho school board ox plros. not a candldato has been men tioned as yot and there appeared to bo no tnturoat In tho election of dir ector or on tho budget, until today when thoro was much talk about tho city. It Is proluiblu that one or more cnudldatoa will bo sprung lit tho lunt moment. Tho oloutlon takes pluco at 2' o'clock next Monday, afternoon at tho high school building. Tho budget that will bo nub in It tod to tho voters Increases the tax levy In tho school district by more than six por cent, over the amount of tho district's lovy last year. Tho school hoard's official announcement of tho online of tho Increase Is as follows: 'It Is nocossnry to ralso this uilill- tlonul amount by special lovy for tho following reasons: Added Increase In teachers nnd Janitors' salaries and Increased cost of fuel and all other supplies." Tho sum thnt must ho raised ac cording to tho prepared budget by this apodal taxation is IS!!. IMS, and the sum provided by lost year's bud got for the schools was $t5.0SB. Last 1 J I I ED J vrtl jUOICA'$H0MT SHOE POLISH For your shoes' sake Use frequently : - Beneficial to all Leathers For couv. nlince, Black Jail - White - Red -Brown HAROLD LOCKWOOD -In- "Shadows of Suspicion" A Story of the Byways of the Secret Service TOMORROW GERALDINE FARRAR in THE STRONGER VOW Due Consideration to Your Own Interests This Is neither miserly nor selfish it I a matter of financial prtidenro lo luivo n recrvo fund nnd savo nt! you con. Htnrt such a fund now with tlio Jncksoii County Hunk. ' ' 4 Per Cent Intamt paid on saving . acooonta. fobpS H MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY JlLLEb.C" I WE PAY POSTAGE ON ALL MAIL ORDER3 M 25c MUSLIN 20c This is your last chance to buy this fijic 36 inch Bleached Muslin, soft fin- " 20c e Air isli, cheap today at 25c. sale Thursday, yard otuvs TkeWoman's Store 14-22 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE MEDFORD. OREGON 35c TISSUE CLOTH 25c Daisy Tissue, a new cloth for fine un- s derweniy soft finish, full 36 inches wide. This cloth' is cheap nt OCj j 3."c. Sale price, yard &Jt gj JUNE SALE OF WHITE GOODS THE MOST WONDERFUll SAVINGS IN THIS GREAT SALE All cotton goods have advanced 25 percent .within 10 days g and are going HIGHER. Our advice is buy now. While 1 they last we are offering all cotton goods at old prices iff BedSpreads Full size, good quality. Cheap today at $3.00. H price' I................:... $269 Bath Towels ; Bleached, good size, 18c grade. '..While they 1 J 1 last,.each' H Pillow Cases 42 and 45 inch; good qual- H ity, real 50c values. 7Qp This sale, each....:.... '"I' H ' Cluny Lace3 E Fi n e q uality, good w i dths up to 15c, values. 0 Sale price, yard.. Ou H Wirthmor Waists E Beautiful new styles, reall y worth lriortffl CA Special, each -JV Union Suits I Women's fine grade Knit I Union Suits. 'Real values i In 7.ru. .MnlA rn price, suit '.;;'....'.' 7 W Cameo Cambric 36 inches wide, fine qual ity, cheap at25c. , Oflp Sale price, yard CMli Huck Towels Large Size, heavy quality. Cheap today at . 35c. Hale price, ea..v Curtain Material 36 inches wide, fancy hemstitched bor- OQr dor, 35c grade, yd....7v Handkerchiefs Women's fine Initial Handkerchiefs. Cheap today at 20e, Sale 1 C price, each................... Jw White Gloves Kayscr's patent tip Silk Cloves, All Sizes, OC Special, pair 0 JO White Hose . Women !s . fine Lisle thread Hobo. '""Cheap at 50c. Sale price, ; 1 Q pair vsv $1.50 Nifty Nainsook 36 inches wide, fine qual ity. Clump at 40c. This sale, yard Bleached Sheets 81x90 Tullaway Sheets.. Cheap . today at 1.7.). This sale, each ! White Voile 36 inches wide in Fancy Ktripes,.50c value. 2C Sale price, yar(:.s......V White Jap Silk Heavy 'quality, 36 inches wide,- Very spe- CI 00 cialfortiis'sale,yl'i07 Embroidery Edges and Insertion, good rfuality and widths, up to 15c values, Special, yard "w White Bloomers Women V Knit Bloomers in, white, black and pink. $1.00 values., , Qr Special price, pr "7 Sheer Nainsook 30 inches wide, fine qual ity. Cheap at 25c. Oflr S This sale, yard CJl Table Damask H . Mercerized, good quality, s new patterns. Cheap at 90c. This sale, f 1 White Taffeta j 36 inches wide;, a splendid 3 $2.00 grade. Sale CI 7C price, yard'..... Jv't U '; White Skirts ;"Korrec't' Preslinuik Wash Skirts. All CC QQ 5 sizes. Special, ear J'0 53 Middies Women's new Middies, 3 best' quality; in alffl Q8 1 white, special, ca.-r'0 . Parisian Ivory , H Many Toilet Articles to choose from, up to $1.00 j values. Special, ( jU)f j 'each ....'. .;.;.....;.;.'..." 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