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r MEDFOTCTT lTTTJ TRTBTTNH?, rEDFOHT), OKEflOy. TUESDAY, MAY 31 1921
WAS TAIL LIGHT
LIT? IMPORTANT
POINT IN TRIAL
Details of the auto accident on the
Pacific highway near Talent on Christ
mas eve, 1920, resulting In the death
ol Mrs. Nona Jennings, anil for which
W. F. DeWitt.-Ashland jitney driver Is
on trial in the circuit court on a
charge of manslaughter, were told by
witnesses this morning.
W. II. Evans, of Ashland, an eye
witness to the tragedy was the first
witness called by the state. Evans
told of the Incidents Immediately pre
ceding the accident, when the Jen
nings and Provost cars were in
minor accident. Mrs. Jennings lost
her life in a crash that occurred when
efforts were being made to pull out
the Jennings car.
Under cross examination, Evans tes
tified that Jie did not say to DeWitt,
after the accident: "Bill, you hit the
chain." The witness was also exam
lned at great length by Attorney Hob
erts relative to the condition of the
tail lights and the front lights.
. All the witnesses at the morning
session testified that it was a bright
moonlight night, with objects easy
distinguishable at a considerable dis
tance, and that the sky was flecked
by scudding clouds,
f Mrs. W. H. Evans, rrlend and com
panion of Mrs. Jennings, and an, eye
witness of the fatality was the second
witness. She told of the first acci
dent, and the details of extricating the
ditched car. Sho stood with Mry. Jen
nings at the rear of the car, just be
forethe fatal Bma-sh. Mrs. Evans said
that the speed of the approaching I)e
Witt car was between 30 and 10 miles
Iier hour, and efforts to shako her tes
timony on this point failed. She did
not remember whether a tall light was
burning on the rear of the car behind
which the dead woman was standing
or not, counsel for defense reminding
her that she recalled all Important
details other than this. The witness
was also questioned regarding how
sho came to conclusions regarding dis
tances. Both prosecution nnd defense
stressed the position of the cars, be
fore and after the accident, anil wheth
er the tall light was burning when the
accident occurred.
Arthur Dressier, n Medford youth
woo the third witness, nnd told of
particulars surrounding tho accident,
and the siced of the DeWitt car. Tho
witness nnd some boy friends were
riding In a Ford on the highway at
the time.
Dr. F. O. Swedenburg of Ashland
At the Rialto Theater Today
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'A RIDIN' ROMEO"wiluam fo.i pr.oouc.tion.
was the fourth witness, and testified I light. If I were In the Insurance busi-
as to the cause of deatn of Mrs. Jen
nings.
Under a ruling of the court, wit
nesses for both sides were barred from
the courtroom during the hearing of
the case.
From present indications the case
will go to the jury tomorrow morning.
Anions the character witnesses
called by DeWitt are H. G. Kndors of
Ashland who will give evidence' re
garding his reputation and character.
and Merton Duiley of Modfordj' who
will be called to testify to his care und
skill as an auto driver.
JAPAN CONTROLS MANCHURIA
(Continued nom Page One)
Those
Of
You
Who
Keep
In
Touch
With
Things
Theatrical
Know
That
chief engineers, anyway. The richest
thing so far discovered in all China Is
the province of Manchuria in which
they have certain leased and other In
terests, nnd where there are gold, Iron,
coal, fertile lands and other attrac
tions. In Manchuria the unquestioned
HIg Boss is Chang Tso-llng, one of the
strongest men in China, and, it ap
pears, so hand in glove with Japan
that Japan can get anything it wants.
Chang Tso-llng Is now credited with a
design to split off Manchurln, make of
it and of Mongolia, next toward the
west, an Independent kingdom with
himself as king and claim Japanese
protection. In all of which the pro
phets would see the prelude to another
Jupanose annexation.
Possibly these delectable prospects
would be bettered by Peking's rever
sion to monarchy: I don't know: I
I think nobody knows. Possibly, also.
! the constant Intrigues for a monarch
ical coup may be successful; the ka
leidoscope revolves so fast we hardly
get a glimpse of one combination be
fore another is whisked up for us, and
of course at such a time almost any
thing is possible. But on one thing
I will hot dollars to half-pence. If
restoration comes it will not last much
longer than overnight, which is about
the time it endured when tho last ex-
ness I don't think I should wish to in
sure the young pretender's life at any
premium, so fierce is the hatred of
him.
Even he seems to understand this
better than the British who have lately
sent to him a: member of their consu
lar staff here to be his tutor and com
panion and make certain his friend-
slUp when he shall be restored. , I was
talking with Admiral Tsai about this
and he said that one of many practical
difficulties about effecting a restora
tion was the uncontrollable terrors of
the claimant, lie said that at any
mention of going outside of the For
bidden City, to say nothing of assum
ing kingship, this unfortunate youth
fell Into vloiout fits of trembling dud
object fear and in all probability il
you wero to try you couldn't get him
to tho throne in one piece.
A New China
Put the greatest of all facts, to re
member now Is that there Is a New
China. My British friends will not ad
mit it and many another visitor holds
it a dream, and yet it is there ail the
time. Ostensibly this ancient and so
phisticated people rumbles along In
the same old paths, unshakable in the
belief that nothing amounts to any
thing except the facts of physical life.
The peasants plot, men say, and the
workers toll exactly as before. Do
they?
Down In Canton they have a provin
GRAND JURY TO
CALL BENNETT
r
The grand jury resumed its sessions
this morning after a week's adjojirn-
ment and continued its probe into the j
affairs of the defunct Bank of Jack-
Honville. E. M. Wilson, accountant of
Medford was called as a witness, and
is said to have a submitted a reiiort
on the condition of affairs in county
offices. It Is also said that the grand
jury adjourned last week, to allow
Wilson to make a short survey of '
county books.
A final report by the grand jury is
not likely for several weeks, and the
body may be In session, off and on,
until the October term of court. One
of the grand jury members stated that
tney were trying to make a reiiort tnat
would cover every phase of the hank
failure, and that new leads had been
uncovered, and that it would take a
long time to run down the ramifica
tions of the bank's closing, extending
back over several years.
The trio of $40,000 drafts issued by
W. II. Johnson to Mrs. Myrtle Blake-
ley, former county treasurer, were the !
subject of investigation by the grand j
jury. The drafts were issued In April,
1920, returned dishonored, and the i
banl failed In August. 1920. The grand I
jury desires the appearance of Will"
II. Bennett, former superintendent of
banks, now connected with a Pendle
ton, Oregon, bank, as a witness. Citi
zens of Jacksonville have retained At
torney Gils Newbury as their counsel!
In this phase of the tangled affair.
You have seen lots of Ray pictures, but this is
the Ray picture. It's the happiest possible
combination of star and story Charles Ray
and James Whitcomb Riley.
Beavers work only at night.
Waited Till the Cows
Came Home
"I nin indeed glad to write you ibis
letter. I whs a terrible sufferer from
gases in the stomach and colic at
tacks. The specialist, our family
doctor sent me to in Philadelphia-,
Save me no relief, although I look
his medicine till the cows-came home.
He finally said I would have to he
operated upon.? Luckily I heard -f
Mayr's Wonderful Ilemedy then, and
although it is -nyw three years since
I took a course of it, I have never had
a symptom of my old trouble since."
It is a simple, harm less preparation
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TORRENT" with EVA
NOVAK and JACK PERRIN
DR. RICKERT
tnat renutves tho catarrhal mucus
clal assembly hunestly elected by the 'from the intestinal tract and allays
votes of the people. The other day it tlle Inflammation which causes prac
was dlscussliiL- a hill to hnvn nil l.wi.1 ticnlly all stomach, liver and intestinal
magistrates elected by popular votel
Instead of appointing them, when
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MONDAY
JUNE 6th
Mail Orders Now. Seats Friday
Prior, floor SS.BO; nuli-onr S2.00.
(I. AO, II. pltw If xr lent war tai
along came a great crowd of women,
wiled into the assembly chamber and
demanded women suffrage. Afterward,
they marched to the office of the civil
governor and to that of Sun Yat-sen
and goth from both promises of suii
port. At their meeting the night before
the women displayed banners inscrib
ed with ."Equality of tho Sexes," "Give
us tho Vote!" "Woman Suffrage for
China!" Another observer may be
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cursion of this kind was made four, able to contemplate these and about a
years ago. ir Bomebody doesn t shoot
the young emperor or blow him up
with a bomb the people will chase him
out of his throne before he has hud a
fair chance to sit down in it.
British Want Monarchy
This Is a phase of the situation my
British friends seem unnblu to grasp.
Hero as at l'otrograd in 1917 nnd
Washington at all times, all they can
see is officialdom. Now there Isn't a
doubt on earth that most of the public
officers running tho government 'here
would set up a monarchy or n soviet
or a town meeting or any other old
thing that would bo to their own per
sonal advantage. Also there Is no
doubt that sonic of them are mon
archists at heart and that It Is with an
eye uH)n u posslblo restoration that
they keep tills poor llttlo weakling
they call prince handily tucked away
In the Forbidden City. They want him
where they can use him if a shift In
their political fortunes should make
such a move advisable. That is why
they appropriate $2,000,000 a year gold
for his upkeep and surround hint with
doctors nnd wrap him in silk and
watch tho ioor thing lest It should die
on their hands.
All this is true enough, but what all
that the foreign restoratlonists may
plot to do or try to do will not ainoun.
to an old tobacco pipe If the masses of
the Chinese ioople get started on a
truck of their own. And that Is exact
ly what they promise to be doing be
fore long. If they are not actually at
It now.
For this Is the only Important ele
ment in the problem. All these merry
exploiters nnd throne rebullders pro
ceed uhiii the theory that the Chinese
people are a patient ass and will stand
any amount of loading. It is n natural
thought in the subjects of a monarchy,
nnd natural too, among those who
have been In the exploiting game. The
Chinese have stood more than any
other people on earth. Hut patient
people are the very ones to be wary of
when they think they have stood
enough. The Chinese seem to think
they are pretty close to that situation
now nnd ersonatly 1 shouldn't advise
inquiring friends to take any long
chances on their patience.
It Is a pity the llrltish have so much
objection to tho society of 'rickshaw
men, (Miners, artisans and peddlers,
for these have now about the only tips
ihat count for much. little time
spent In these circles of I'hlnose socl-j
ety with a trustworthy Interpreter will
put the restoration la a different
hundred other Indications and still
think China is unchanged, but I can
not. I can't think that any more than 1
can think the example of government
popular and free from graft that Can
ton is now giving can rail to be both
symptomatic and contagious or that
out of ulL.thls chaos the sterling Chi
nese character will fail to find a way
without reverting to the jungle.
.The present republic is flabby and
uncertain, but it is a beginning, the
Chinese people are not likely to turn
their hacks upon it, and uny kind of a
republic is better than any kind of a
monarchy.
AIR BOMB EXPLODES
(Continued from Puge One)
Advices from the correspondent of
the lialtimore News at Aberdeen state
that two enlisted men were killed and
that three other soldiers were dying
Captain Joseph E. Hall, tho pilot of
the plane, which was a .Martin bomber,
Him iiiu ii eyes mown out nnd his con
dition was said to be critical.
Kokert Heir, a civilian employe, had
his left leg blown orf below the knee.
Tile airplane was completely wrecked.
8 'vi.ateJ
Remember,
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A magnificent story of tho Royal
Northwest Mounted Police and a
trail in tne north that led to
beautiful girl.
It's Curwood's Best Yet I
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,vith
JANE NOVAK
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HOUSE PETERS
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or "The Trail's End"
By JAMES OLIVER
GURWOOD
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