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MEDFORD MAIL TRIB The Weather Maximum' - B3 suniniuii :M lYecipitaUon .08 UNE Predictions ituiii. Dally Fifteenth Tear. Weekly Fiftieth Yeur. MEDFORD, OliKOOX, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1921 NO. V E Stillman Divorce Scandal Is Aired in Court Society Woman Definitely Charged As Being Mother of Indian Child Stillman Income Is Over Half Million a Year. WHITE PLAINS, X. T., Mar. 23. A definite charge thut Mrs, Anna U. Stillman, wife of James A. Ktlllman, president of the National City bunk of New York was the mother of a child by an Indian guide, was made in supreme court hero today by coun sel for Mr. Stillman during; prelimi nary arguments in the divorce suit the bank president lias brought. Addressing Justice- Morschauser, who presided at tho hearing on ali mony and counsel fees, Delaneey Nicoll, chief counsel for Mr. Stillman, Bald: "Evidenco already before, you shows that Mrs. Stillman took as her lover an Indian guide by whom she had an infant son, whom Mr. Still man must either acknowledge as a membor of his family or repudiate as illegitimate. Duty to Family. "This criminal intimacy began in 1916 and continued through 19111. Mr. Btlllman fools it his duty to his fath er's memory, to his family and to his children to press this matter to a conclusion. Had it been possible to do this otherwise than in court, pro ceedings ho would havo done It. But there was no other way than to mako the mother and child co-defendants In a suit." Mr. Nlcoll said ho could not under ltand the feelings of a father "whoso vife yielded to tho embraces of an Jndian guide," .but ho could under stand why ho would hesitate to take court action under such circum stances. Tho hearing lasted onlv about half an hour. When it was adjourned Justice MorBChauser reserved decis ion on tho motions before him for ali mony of $10,000 a month and coun sel fees of $25,000 for Mrs. Stillmun. Income $530,000 a Year. When court opened today so many spectators crowded into the room that deputy sheriffs had to bo sta tioned at tho doors to prevent en trance of any more. Many persons stood on the wlndowsills. The lawyers plunged into tho ques tion of Mr. Stlllman's income which finally was admitted by one of his lawyers to have been $530,000 In 1920. John P. Brennan of counsel for Mrs. Stillman conceded that tho fig ure of $536,000 was correct for the period of ono year, and said that now that ho had been supplied with this information ho had no further occasion for pressing for an examination of tho plaintiff. "We have tendered a stipulation." said Mr. Nlcholl, "to the effect that the plaintiff is able to pay any rea sonable sum to tho defendant that your honor might allow; This amount, as stated In tho stipulation, admits that tho plaintiff, Mr. Still man, had a net income for tho past year of $536,000. There were from his gross income several deductions, including a federal tax, which left the amount about $630,000. Refused to Credit Tulk. In making his charges against Mrs. Stillman tho former "Fifl" Pot ter Mr. Nlcoll said that his client had "refused to credit for a long time any thought which might havo occurred after she might have im plicated herself." "Now, Mrs. Stillman makes charges against him," ho continued. "Clearly she is entitled to a proper allow ance of alimony and counsel fees. Mr. Stillman desires to bo fair and generous. Mrs. Stillman must de fend herself and the legitimacy of tho child." Mr. Brennan said: "Let us take this case and get down to brass tacks. "We aro not hero asking for generosity. We aro here to assert our rights. We want an op portunity to find out what theso war- (Continued on Faee Eight) IS EXPELLED FROM NEW TOKK. Mar. 23. Alevander E. Anderson, former commander of the 166th infantry was notified to day by the New York county execu tive committee of the American Le gion that he had been expelled from the veterans' organization because of his utterances at the recent "horror on the Khlne" meeting here. This meeting was called as a pro test against the alleged use by the French of negro troops in the occu pied zone of Germany and later was condemned by legionnaires as bropa- NAM INDIAN GUIDE US CO RESPONDENT FORMER COMMANDER 165TH INFANTRY Hamburg Seized by Reds, Country-Wide Revolution Started BERLIN', iMarch 23. (By the Associated Press.) Com- m unlet workers seized the city administration buildings in Hamburg today, then occupied ! the Bloli in and Voss shipyards and hoisted the red flag, says a dispatch from Hamburg. Workers in other shipyards quit work and began organlz- ing mass demonstrations, nc- cording to the dispatch. In Hodcwisch the city hall was virtually destroyed by a bomb which had been conceal ed in the basement. The use of dynamite against tho city ad- ministration buildings in Auer- bach, Freiberg and Dresden, re si ii 1 ted in heavy loss. The outrages are believed to be conected with the attempt of the communlstB to force a gen- eral strike. WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. Obaditih Gardner of Maine, who resigned from the international joint commiH.sion in the closing days of the last adminis tration at the request of President Wilson, accepted re-appointment to day by President Harding', and later was sworn in as a member of tho commission. WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. IT. C. Kerr of Lexington, Ky., is said to have been selected, by President Harding as federal judge of j tho Panama zono and S. Harp of Freder ck, Md as United States fish com missioner. WASHINGTON, Mar. 23 Harry P. Fiddler of Indianapolis, Ind., has been selected by President Harding as a representative of tho labor in terests on tho federal labor board for vocational training. Mr. Fiddler was In charge of tiie labor bureau at re publican headquarters at Chicago during the 1920 campaign. . T HEOUGHT TO BE PORTLAND, Ore., March 23. Hour after hour today the jury try ing Joseph C. Poeschl, charged with the murder of Charles J. Schnabel, listened to Poeschl as he unrolled a chart 50 feet long and described the meaning of the odd-looking figures and symbols. Pointing to the numerals "5-18 40," Poeschl told the jurors that the figures indicated that at one time ho had been a skeleton for five days. later for eighteen days and later for 4 0 days. Indicating a scrawled presentation of a human figure lying on a bed, Poeschal told the jury that the fig ure was of himself as he lay on the hospital cot and that the arrows ra diating from tho leg were tho pangs of pain he experienced. Poeschl had prepared the chart to tell his life, story. CAMP LEWIS, Wash.. Mar. 22. Preparations are being made here to try out three airplanes of a new type. A landing field is being cleared and a hangar will be erected. Tho planes are duo within two weeks. Kach plane will carry a ton of armor, and if tho tests prove satisfactory, the government will purchase ten of them. Lieutenant H. Harris Is com ing from McCook Field, Dayton, O., to conduct the tests. The planes are considered a distinct innovation In aircraft for army use, will carry ma chine guns nnd light rifles. LEGION FOR SPEECH ganda to destroy tho cordial relations existing between tho United StatcH and her war allies. INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 23. Patri otic mass meetings in every state ore planned by the American Legion for the near future, starting with ono at Philadelphia April 4. An announce ment from the legion's national head quarters here today said men of na tional prominence will be speakers at m.itiriia in mlncipal cities of all titates. . . . . - HARDING NAMES EX-WILSON IN FEDERAL POST IS PAY Fred Williams of State Public Service Commission Replies to Statement From Neigh boring City Medford Rates Involved. SALEM. Ore.,, Mar. 23. Tho Ore gon public service commission Is will ing to sit in a conference at Klamath Kails with representatives of busi ness interests there, and with the California service commission rela tive to re-adjustment of freight rates affecting Klamath county, Fred A. Williams, chairman of tho Oregon commission said today, but he re called that Klamath Falls failed to send jo... representativo to the rate hearing in. Portland on January IS last.- Had such representatives been present, at tho Portland hearing, Mr. Williams said, matters might have been simplified. He was commenting on a press dispatch of last night from Klamath Falls in which it was said that the Klamath County Chamber of Cum merce would, in the near future, call into conference at Klamath Falls the service commissions of California and Oregon and declaring that each com mission had referred tho Klamat h county citizens to the other commis sion when they appeared for help. "I "am not censuring the Klamath Falls people because they failed to appear at the Portland hearing of the Inter-state commerce commis sion," said Mr. Williams, "but had they been present matters dountlPHH would have been simplified. They were notified of the baring." Th Portland hearing referred to by Mr. Williams related to cases against the Southern Pacific company brought by tho Portland Traffic as sociation, the Medford Commercial club nnd the Klamath Commercial Club and Businessmen's association. The hearing involved freight rates In northern California, north of Hed- dlng and 'especially rates on the Southern Pacific Klamath Falls branch. The case was first heard in 1917 and subsequently an order was issued setting the case for re-hearing in January of this year. All the cases were consolidated at the cent hearing. No order resulting from this hearing has yet been issued. L FLAYS WILSONiSM AT BERKELEY, CAL. BERYELEY, Cal., March 2 3. "The federal bureaucracy built up by President Wilson during the war must be broken down t once If the rights and liberties of the American peo ple are to bo protected tinder a true democratic form t of; government, asld Frank O.'Lowdcn, former gov ernor of Illinois and recent candidate for presidential "nomination In ihs Charter day address at the Univer sity of California here today, Lowdon spoke before several thou sand students and visitors in the Greek theater here to celebrate tho 53rd birthday of the university. Other features of the celebration were tiie presentation to the univer sity of gifts aggregating severa thousand dollars, the transfer of the big on Charter hill to the freshman class by the sophomores, and the pre sentation by the graduating class o a marble bench to the Institution In honor of the 192 0 football team. REDS PILLAGE CONSTANTINOPLE. March 23 (By the Associated PresB.) Russian bolshevik forces have occupied th city of Batum. Datura service under date of March 20 stated that the Turkish nationalists who recently, occupied Uatum had left that city and that a soviet Georgian government had been established there. After entering Batum the bolshe vikl, according to dispatches recelv ed here, pillaged the town for sev eral hours. Order was finally re established. The entrance of the holshevikl fol lowed the evacuation of the city by the Turks. The reports .state that the Rus sians were greeted, enthusiastically by the population. COMMISSI WILLING 10 . KLAMATH VISIT Cardinal Gibbons Suffers a Relapse; Hope Is Abandoned BALTIMOUK, March 2:!. Cardinal Gibbons, who suffered a relapse lust Sunday, was reported to be in a crit ical condition today. He is con scious only n part of tho time and virtually all hope for his recovery has been abandoned by members of his household. i U. S. Detectives- Who At tempted to tKidnap U. S Slacker Sentenced to Ger man Prison--Germans Im plicated Are Also Punished. MOSI3ACII, Baden, Mar; 23. Carl Nuuf and Krunz Zlmnier, American detectives, have been sentenced to terms in prison In criminal court hero for "Illegal assumption of power," in attempting so arrest and abduct Grovcr C. horgdoll, American draft evader, In Eberbach lust January. Neuf, against whom a charge of In flicting bodily injury bus been pre ferred, was sentenced to Jnil for 15 months, while Klmmer's term In prison whs fixed at six months. Tho additional ohnrgs against Neuf arose from a bullet wound suffered by u young woman when a revolver was fired during the attempted abduction. Four Germans who were tried as accomplices of ths- Americans, were found guilty and sent to Jull for terms varying from five tn eleven months. It was shown ono had driven tho de tectives' car and that the other three bad accompanied the two Americans on their trip to apprehend Bcrg dotl in Eberbueh. In passing sentence on Neuf, the German court declared tho American detective was aware that aside from tho chargo of desertion, no other In dictment was pending against Ilerg doll, but that nevertheless the detec tive had attempted to arrest Horgdoll without the co-operntlon of the Gor man police and take him Into the occupied area, although Neuf was aware that such a procedure consti tuted an Illegal assumption of author Ity In unoccupied Germany. Tho use of a weapon, declared the court con stitutes "negligent Infliction of bodily injury." The penalty upon Neuf was fixed at fifteen months In jail, the court said, because the detectives' conduct constituted a "gross breach of th. law und an invasion of tho rights of the German authorities." The other defendants were guilty. the court ruled, because they knew their nets were not permissahlo and were punishable under tho criminal code. The six defendants were assessed tho costs of the trial. Kach of them was credited on his Jail sentence with eight weeks of preliminary confine ment. WASHINGTON. March 2 3. Secre tary Weeks said today that so far as the war department was concerned no request had been sent to the Ger man government for clemency for Carl Neuf and Franz Zlmnier, Amer ican detectives, who havo been sen tenced to prison terms at Mosbach, Baden, as a result of an attempt to arrest Grover C. Bergdoll, American draft evader, in Kberbach, last Jan uary. Mr. Weeks said he would confer later with Secretary Hughes In an effort to settle the question of wheth er the stato department or the war department properly had jurisdic tion In the case. He said he would make a complete statement on the subject tomorrow. Pressure at the center of the earth is so great that air In a room 13 by 17 by S feet would bo compressed to a space of one cubic inch, m pa BERGDOLL CASE ARE SENTENCED 3 INDICTMENTS E On Motion of Rawles Moore, Indictments Against Hines, Myrtle Blakeley and Kubli Thrown Out by Calkins Will Be Resubmitted. On motion of Prosecuting Attor ney Rawles Moore Circuit Judge Cui klns in Jacksonville today dismis.--cd indictments against It. 1. Mines, for mer vice-president of the hunk; Myr tle lilukeley, former county treasurer and Chester Kubll, the Applogate cuttlcmun, faults In tho imili-tmuntu being admitted by the state. Orders will bo Issued, however, for resubmission of new Indictments in theso cases to the grand Jury meeting early in May. Tho Indictment against Hines. trial of which was transferred to Joscphlno county, will nlso be dis missed and similarly resubmitted. Jt was also announced that tho retrial of Myrllo Illakeley on a charge of mul- feusunce in office will ho held at the .May term of court. Cross examination of W. H. John son, star witness tor tho plaintiff in the civil suit of the state hank exam iners honrd by F, C. Ilntmwoll, su perintendent against J. K. llartlett former Medford electrical appliance dealer, continued all morning in tho circuit court, by Attorney Gus New bury for the defense. A barrnge of objections from Attorney George Itoberts for the plaintiff, were ad vanced, most of which were overruled ny tho court. Johnson, who gave evasive replies to defense queries, which brought a sarcastic comment from Attorney Newbury. Tho defense Introduced ledger sheets, purporting to have been sent to llartlett by the Hunk of Jackson vllle, and endeavored to show that It did not tally with the one offered by the ptnlntlff, and that credits due to llartlett were not posted. A letter written by Johnson to Llartlett re gurdlng two notes assigned ot tho bunk, and signed by T. G. Dews, was offered as evidence, also tho notes, over tho objections nnd exceptions of the plaintiff. Johnson was still on the witness stnnd at tho noon recess, Faults in llookkccplng. Tho object of the questions pro pounded by tho dofenso was to show the existence of glaring discrepencies In tho books of the defunct bank, and to prove that they were bandied In a haphazard manner. Johnson admit ted that he had made correction of errors in tho llartlett account at the suggestion of Kose Wickmah, book keeper and stenographer for tho de fendant and her testimony nnd the llartlett books will be Important links In tho defense. All tho questions this morning wore relatalvo to the Identification of checks, notes, letters and ledger sheets, relating to linrtlett's trans action with tho Bank of Jacksonville. Tho caso was expected to go to tho Jury by noon today, but It Is not likely that the arguments will bo con cluded boforo tho court adjournment this evening. Tho trial is attracting but scant In terest from tho citizens of Jackson ville, onlly thrco or four being In at tendance. ' 1 ' The first ot tho series of the -ma jor civil actions resulting from the failure) of tho , Hank of Jacksonville last August was begun In, the circuit, court Tuesday afternoon, , with , the suit of tho state bank examiners', through F. C. Hrhmwell vs. J. K. Bnrtlett for the collection 3S0B.t alleged to bo due on overdrafts and a promissory note for $100. The dofenso admitted tho promis sory note, and plaintiff was allowed interest and attorney's fees or $00. Tho plaintiff amended the com plaint to permit of a reduction In tho amount overdrawn from $3808.35 to (3529.50. Just before tho close of tho after noon session, Attorney KOiieriB lor the plaintiff, and Attorney Newbury for tho dofenso engaged In a lively tilt over tho Introduction of exhibits and both were rebuked by- tho court, and Jury Instructed to Ignore their remarks. Tho prlnclpnl witness of tho after noon session was W. II. Johnson, ox- cashler of tho bank, who Identified an individual ledger showing debits nnd creditB of Bartlctt. Johnson was subjected to cross examination by At torney Newbury on tho accuracy ot tho record, who objected on the grounds of "not showing tho true stntus of tho Burtlott account." The plnlntiff then introduced tho full ledger account. Johnson was on tho stand all afternoon, Identifying hihits. The hyperglophlcs " H. 8." were identified by Johnson as meaning "balance by statement." During tho afternoon session Mrs. Johnson wns a spectator In the court room, and during the afternoon sea slon engaged In a conversation with her husband. WASHINGTON. Mar. 22. Tho for estry service asked recently If any body wanted a buffalo, having a score on hand to dispose of. Apparently the answer was "everybody does," for the service has been deluged with re quests. One little girl sent a two cent slnmp, expecting a baby buffalo by the return mall for her back yard zoo. BANK CAS ARE DISKED Wage Agreement Is Reached in Packers' Tangle by Harding WASHINGTON, March 23. Agreement was reached late to- day by representatives of the five big packers and their un- ion employes In the controversy growing out of the reduction of wages and alteration of work- lug conditions. Tho terms of tho agiwmcnt were not Immediately made pub- lie although it was understood that It had been drawn up and that tho representatives of the two sides bad affixed their Big- natures to It. Tho agrement was reached after threo days of conferences In which Socrctary Davis at tho ! direction of President Harding and with tho assistance of See- retat'los Wallace and Hoover acted as mentors In tho dispute which tho employes claimed in- volved tho abrogation; ot the war time Alscbuler ugrcemont. 'S APPEARS IN INDIA AS REAL WILD BOY LONDON, Mar. A wild boy roscm bllng in somo respects Kipling's character "Mowgll," who was suckled by a sho-wolf and grew up to be loader of tho pack, has boon found in a remote section of India, accord ing to a story told in tho Times, in this caso, however, tho boy Is re puted to have been kidnaped by a leopard. Ho has been recaptured and his father Is now keeping n sharp eye on hint to seo that bo does not run away to the woods. Tho Times credits tho tnlo of Stewart Bakor, who was recently In tho undeveloped country round the Sachor hills on tho. northeast fron tior of India whoro ho was In chargo of road monding. It is customary in that region for tho villagers to mond roads Instead of paying taxes. Mr. Baker asked a villager why ho did not do his share of road mending. Tho man roplied that ho was afraid to leavo his village. Ills wifo having died a short time previously, ho had no ono to take caro of bis llttlo "wild son," who in his absonco, might run Into tho jungle and get lost. Mr. Unkcr paid tho villager a visit and found with him a child about seven years of ago, with Innumerable white Bears of tiny cuts and scratches all over Its body. The child's father told him that, five years boforo, tho villagers of Ca chart had killed two leopard cubB. The mother leopard had prowlod about the Junglo bordorlng on tho vil lage A few days lator tho mother of the child left it laying on a cloth while she went away to reap rice. In her absence tho mother leopard car ried the child off. Tho villagers searched for it, but could find no traco of it. Some three years later a sports man killed a leopard in the Jungle. Ho told tho villagers that tho leop ard had two cubs. They searched tho Junglo and found tho two cubB and with them tho missing child. It ran on alt fours quite fast, dodged and hid in the bushes with greut agility and skill and bit and fought with everyone who tried to lay hold of It. It toro to pieces and ate with extraordinary quickness any vil lage fowl that camo lta wuy. ATLANTA, Ga., March 23. Dr. A R. Bliss, member of the faculty of Emery university, and six or more students were injured In an explo sion In the pharmacoology labora tory of tho unlvorslty hero yester day. The explosion was bolloved to have resulted from gas Ignition. Tho laboratory was badly damaged and several windows were blown out. Ap proximately 30 students wcro in the room at tho time. The Injured wore tuken to a hospital. FIGHT JULY 2 ON NEW YORK, Mar. 23. Tho half million dollar purse for which Jack Dempsey nnd Georges Carpentler were to have fought on July 2 has been withdrawn and tho heavy weights will box on a percentage basis when they engnga In their world's championship battle, Pro motor Tex Illrard said today aftor conferences with the principals. Undor tho new agreement the pu gilists will reccivo sixty per cent of tho gross guto receipts. The winner will tuke 60 per cent nnd tho loser 40 per cent. Tho contract originally provided that pompsuy, as champion. U. S. POLICY 10 Certain Modifications of Wil son Policy Decided Upon Decision Independent of So viet Note Japan Faces Break With Bolsheviki in Kamchatka. ; WASHINGTON, March 23. Early consideration is to be given relations between the United States and soviet Russia, it was Indicated today at the stato department. Formal announcement ot any change In the relations ibetween the two countries or In any of the rulings by the Wilson administration may not be made for somo time, but It was made clear that already certain midifications of those rulings either are tinder consideration or have been made. These decisions were reached Inde pendent of the appeal from the so viet government to President Hard ing and tho American government for a resumption of trade relations be tween the United States and Rus sia. That appeal reached the state department today from the White House. The appeal, was received at the White House and sent to the state department without being called to the attention of President Harding and it was first announced that tt had not been received. A similar an nouncement) also was made at the slate department, but this subse quently was corrected. In event of an agreement by the United Stated to treat with the Soviets, it was in dicated that no technical bars would be placed against the ontry Into the United States ot a delegation which the Moscow wireless dispatch to Lon don said the soviet proposed to send hero to negotiate a trade agreement, llroader View Taken. It also developed that a slightly broader view has been taken by the department regarding the Issuance ot passports and vises. iWhlle there has been no indication of any mate rial relaxation of the regulations it became known that in certain excep tional cases vises and passports would be authorized. The announce ment In press dispatches from Stock holm that a quantity of Russian gold now is on the way from that place to the United States also developed that the American government would not raise the question of the metal's origin. It was explained, however, that the parties to whom it was con signed would accept It at their own risk. The official view is that its; status cannot ibe properly Impugned if it bears the mint mark of any rec ognized government such as that ot Sweden, which Is reported to havo been placed on the consignment. It, after It is received and accepted, a claim as to lis origin or ownership Is made, the question would be ona for the courts to decide. : The attitude adopted toward the Importation gold, it was explained, is not different from that assumed in Great Britain. Ionlne Renounces Bolshevism? It also was learned that offlctat confirmation of Lonlno's declaration of his renunciation of many ot the principles of bolshevlsm have been received and will be made one of the bases on which American officials will build their study of the Russian question. It was made clear, how ever, that Lenlne's declarations were not accepted as definite proof that the Itusslan leader actualy was con- (Continued on Page Seven) 1 TO PERCENTAGE BASIS was to reccivo $300,000 and Carpen tler, as challenger, $200,000, Jack Kearns, manager of Demp sey, signed the agreement today and a cable message from Descampa, manager of Carpentior, wns also re ceived acqulosclng In the change and stating that a signed agreement would be forwarded by mall. ' Various reasons for the change in tho contract were advanced. It was stated that owing to the rule which prohibits the charging of more than $15 for a seat at a championship bout In this frtato, the contest could not be conductod with the handicap of a $500,000 guarantee In case It was decided to stage the match here. RUSSIA