Medford mail tribune., June 03, 1921, Page 1, Image 1

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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 83
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IBUNE
Prediction!
Probable showers.
Dally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-First Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, .1UXE 3921
NO. G3
2 DROWNED
WHEN AUTO
HITS TRUCK
Mr. and Mrs. Wm.-L. Childers
s of Gold Hill Victims of Trag
edy in Rogue River Ford
Car Pushed Down Embank
ment By Impact One Body
Found.
The double drowning In the Rogue
river yesterday afternoon one mile
this side of Rogue River, or Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. L. Childers. well known
old residents of Clold Hill, created a
profound shock In ull parts of the val
ley. From the beBt accounts obtainable.
Mr. Childers, who wus over 72 years
old, met a hero's duuth, by seizing his
wife, 01 years old, when their Ford
car plunged Into tho deep river, und
trying to save her life as well us his(
own by swimming, but was borne un
der the surface by the current.
The body of Mrs. Childers was re
covered this forenoon according to n
report reucblng this city, but up to
the hour of going to press this after
noon, Mr. Childer's body hud not been
found.
Coroner Perl, who last night and
today conducted the search for the
bodies, Is making a thorough Inves
tigation into the cause of the cir
cumstances leading to the tragedy.
Although muny different versions
as to the cause of the accident were
current In tho city, the most authen
tic information Is to the effect that
the Medford-Grants Pass interur'bnn
freight stage truck, heavily loaded
and driven by P. H. Woodley, a Grants
Pass young man, was enroute to
Grants .Pass about a mile this side of
Rogue River, and behind the truck
enroute In the same direction In their
Ford car were Mr. and Mrs. Childers,
with the former ut the wheel.
Car llltH Truck.
One story Is that the truck was In
the middle of the road instead of to
the right, as is required by a new
state law. At any rate Mr. Childers
tried to pass around the truck and In
so doing the rear right wheel of his
car struck the left front wheel of the
truck with sufficient impact to
swerve the Ford onto the embank
ment's edge where It hung suspended
for a moment and then plunged down
the sharp embankment into the river,
which is said to be 30 feet deep at
that place.
Driver Attempts Rescue
Realizing the fearful danger Impend
Ing Woodley Bhouted to Mr. and Mrs.
Childers to remain in their car, and
was rushing with a rope to their res
cue when, the car starting to settle,
Mr. Childers seized his wife and jump
ed with her into the river, trying to
swim but both soon went under. The
car quickly settled down in the deep
water so it Is problematical whether
Woodley would have been able to save
Mr. and Mrs. Childers had they re
mained seated.
Woodley's story Is to the effect that
ho knew nothing of the Ford car in
the rear of his truck and that Mr.
Childers either did not sound his horn
or Woodley failed to hear It, else he
would have turned out and given the
Ford the right of way.
William Lafayette Childers who was
born In Appanoose county, la., and was
72 years, three months and six days
old, had been a resident of Oregon
and of Gold Hill for the past 20 years,
having come to Gold Hill from Kalis
pel, Mont. Although in recent years
retired he followed the trade of blnck
Biiilttiing for many years. Mr. and
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UNCLE SAM MAY SELL $30,000,000
OF BOOZE
NEW YORK, June 3. Uncle Sam
. will soon hold the greatest auction of
wet goods In the world. About $.10.
OOO.OCO worth of bonded liquor, confis
cated In New York since the Volstead
act became effective, will be placed
under the hammer. If $5,000,000 Is
realized the government will be
happy.
Hut this action will be a semi-private
affair. The man with a thirst, regard
less of the condition of his pocketbook,
will not get an opportunity to partici
pate, except possibly In the role of a
mournful spectator on the sidelines.
The only bidders will be persons duly
Waters in.Columbia
River Rise Again,
F arms Endangered
PORTLAND, Ore., June 3.
Further rise of the Columbia
5 river following the temporary
lull of this week was forecast
today by the weather bureau.
postponing prospect of relief of
farmers In the bottom lands who
have already suffered many
thousands of dollars loss.
PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 3.
Rise of exactly one foot In the
Willamette here between today
and Monday was forecust by the
weather bureau. Today's
& reading was 22 feet, a drop of
one-tenth, but the upper Colum-
biu. was reported again rising,
Wenatchee and The Dalles each
reporting a rise of six-tenths of
a foot. The Snake, river also
was higher. Warmer weather in
the watershed urea is the cause
of the renewal of the freshet.
Michael Nolan, 42 Years Old,
U. of W. Student, One of 25
Most Brilliant Minds in Unit
ed States Makes Perfect
Score.
SEATTLE, June 3 Mlchuel Nolan,
12 years old University of Washington
engineering student, today was charac
torlzed by university authorities as
"one of the twenty-five most brilliant
minds in the United States," following
his feat yesterday in making a perfect
score 212 points in the army
"alpha" intelligence test.
Nolan required only .13 of the 17
minutes allowed, In which to complete
the test. His feat was unequalled, so
far as is known here, by uny of the
approximately 3,000,000 service men
who took the test during the war.
According to Dr. 13. R. Guthrie, pro
fessor of psychology at the university
the best previous record of 207 points
in 17 minutes was made by a Yale
university professor while an officer in
the army. The highest score known
to have been made by any university
student was 200. The average for the
army was 135.
Nolan's education prior to his enter
ing the university last year, was con
fined to seven grades in an Irish gram
mar school. He had been a lumber-
Jack, longshoreman and roving jack of
all trades. Within four weeks after
entering a Canadian base hospital to
which he was invalided during the
war, he qualified as an expert bacteri
ologist work in which he had no pre
vious training, according to records on
file at the university.
He is now carrying the maximum
number of hours allowed for credit in
the university and attends classes
without credit, for 20 additional hours
a week. He was sent to the university
by the federal board for vocational
training.
The "alpha" test given Nolan, was
the regular army intelligence test
given officers and enlisted men during
the war, according to W. R. Wilson, in
structor in psychology, who adminis
tered it, Nolan had never taken It
before, Mr. Wilson Bald. It consisted
of eight minor tests, only one of which
was to any extent an information test.
Nolan is a wonderful physical specl-
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licensed to deal in alcohol or have it
in their possession. Some of the
liquor may be given away to hospitals
if there are no bidders.
The principal reason for holding the
auction is that the big warehouse
where the liquor Is now stored. Is
crowded to capacity. In this glorified
bar room Is stored every kind of In
toxicant known in the dry era. There
are something like 33,000 cases of rare
old whisky, brandy, gin and wine;
more of the same in 5000 barrels, to
say nothing of hundreds upon hun
dreds of demijohns, bottles and flasks.
Marshal (liig Tom) McCarthy hail
been designated as auctioneer.
MIDDLE
LUMBER
JACK
BRAIN
mm
AND DEATH
High Waters in Midtilewest
Cause Serious Damage
Children Drowned in Cloud
Burst Entire Population of
Illinois City Forced to Flee
Train Service Paralyzed.
PL'KRLO. Colo., Juno 3. Two lit
tle children, Kduu, used 11. and
Margery, throe daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gray of Pueblo, were
drowned early this morning when
their house was flooded by a eloud
burst whleh did damage to property
estimated at thousands of dollars.
When the water began to flood tho
-houses In the neighborhood Mr. and
.lrs. Gray, with their six ehildreii.
'.sought a pluce of safety. The father
was leading Margery and Kdnu was
walking behind them when suddenly
a wall of watei- eanie rushing down
tho ereek bod, Margery was torn
from her father's grasp and Kilna
also was swirled away In the flood.
Parts of a nuiuhor of houses were
washed away by the cloudburst and
several families were marooned for
hours.
The bodies of the two drowned
.children wore recovered.
V PICOIUA, 111., June :l. The entire
population of llrbandale, about 400
persons wore driven from tho homes
'for the greater part of tho night and
lessor numbers were made shelterless
.temporarily at Washington and
IFarmdale by tho overflowing of Farm
(.'reek eaused by tho cloudburst last
night. Many gardens and small llve
stoek were lost In the flood.
CASPKIl. Wyo., Juno 3. A clolld
burst which centered east of Douglas
last night and carried out railroad
and rlghway bridges and approxi
mately 1,600 feet of roadbed on the
Colorado and Mouthern about a hun
dred miles north of Cheyenne, held
.up train service Into Casper from the
east for 12 hours last night and today
on both the Burlington und the Chi
cago and Northwestern.
The Yellowstone highway bridgo,
one mile east of Douglas, was swept
nwny, but n detour was made which
permitted traffic going over the rond
today.
STERLING, Colo., June 2. One
woman Is dead and three children are
missing as the result of a flood which
this morning swept down the valley
of Pawnee creek, northwest of Ster
ling. The spillway dam of the North
Sterling reservoir gave way during
the night and the valley, about a mile
wide and several miles long, was
flooded.
IT
TULSA, . Okla., June 3. Definite
plans for building homes for tho thou
sands of negroes rendered destitute by
the burning of the negro quarter here
in the race war of Tuesday night and
Wednesday were being worked out to
day by a civilian committee of relief.
Businessmen of the cily were pledg
ed to erect as many houses ns needed
In the shortest time possible and only
the details remain to be worked out
Red Cross representatives distributed
clothing from various churches.
The number of killed was estimated
today at thirty. The list may be in
creased slightly by tho dying of
wounded.
About 1000 negroes who had not
been released from guard, slept last
night at tho fair grounds. Hundreds
of others wearing badges marked
"police protection" were seen on the
streets. There was no Indication of
racial feeling.
U. S IRISH REPORT
LONDON, Juno 3. Efforts on the
part of extremists in the Australian
hotiso of representatives to Introduce
the report of the American commission
on Ireland Into the official record of
that body were defeated yesterday,
says a Melbourne dispatch to the Lon
don Times. M. P. Consldlne read the
conclusions of the American commit
tee and while he was so engaged Sir
Robert W. Rest, of Victoria, denounc
ed them as "vile and odious slanders
upon the empire." I
Man in Dory Loses
Fight for ' Life On
The Open Atlantic
BOSTON,, June 3. A lone
man's unsuccessful fight for life
in an open dory at sea was dis
closed today when the fishing
schooner Walthuni brought in his
body, picked up yesterday 25
miles east of Highland light.
The body was found in the bot
tom of a dory that was riding
tho waves ns right and tight as if
under a fisherman's hand. In the
stern stood a bamboo pole with
a piece of rod attached to it, a
murker of distress. The body was
badly emaciated, lly its sides
were the bones of several fishes
plucked clean.
Captain Clifford Hopkins of the
Wultham said the extent of emu-
elation indicated that suffering
from thirst and hunger must have
been great and thut It was days
before death delivered the man
from ills troubles.
The fish that ho caught, nppar-
ently were his only food and ho
had no fresh water.
The man was well ilrossed und
appealed to bo alsjut 45 years
of age.
INVESTIGATE THE
T
WASHINGTON, Juno 3. Agon
oral inquiry into tho raco riots at
Tulas, Okla., has been ordered by At
torney General Dougherty, It was an
nounced today at the department of
justice.
The purpose qj tho investigation
officials said, Ib to determine wheth
er the disorders were in vlolutlon of
federal laws. Preliminary reports, It
was added, show thut the situation is
purely local.
TULSA, Okla., June 3. Brigadier
General Charles F. Barrett, com
manding National Guardsmen here
on riot duty, refnseil the plea anu
announced that the murtlul law proc
lamation would be lifted at 3 p. m.
TULSA, Okla., June 3. -Tho cham
ber of commerce today ununlmouBly
adopted a resolution urging Brigadier
General Charles F. Barrett, com
manding National Guardsmen here,
not to permit removal of the troops
for at least a week.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., June 3.
A thorough und complete Investi
gation of the Tulsa race riots by S.
P. Freellng, attorney general, was
ordered by Governor J. B. A. Rob
ertson today. Freellng is authorized
to proceed to Tulsa at once and pre
serve all evidence which will be sub
mitted to tho grand jury.
NEW YORK, Juno 3. Bubo Ruth
knocked out his sixteenth home run
of the season today In the sixth inning
of the game with St. Louis. Davis was
pitching for St. Louis.
American
At New York: R. H. E.
St. LoulB 9 14 2
New York 8 13 1
Butteries: Davis and Severeld;
HoyL. Collins, Sheehun, Qulnn and
Schung.
At Boston:
Cleveland 15 3
Boston 714 0
Batteries: Coveleskie, Morton, Uhle
and Thomas; Russell, Pennock aud
Wallers.
At Philadelphia:
Detroit 12 2
Philadelphia 15 15 2
Batteries: Leonard, Hulling and
llasslcr; Nuylor, Harris and Perkins.
National
At Pittsburg: R. 11. E.
New York - 4 G 1
Pittsburg 14 1
Batteries: Toney and Snyder; Ham
ilton and Schmidt.
At Cincinnati:
Boston 4 11. 0
Cincinnati 0 4 2
Batteries: Oeschger and O'Neill;
Mnrquard and Hargruve.
At Chicago:
Brooklyn 3 13 1
Chicago 8 14 1
Butteries: Pfeffer, Mammaiix and
Taylor; Freeman and Daly.
JAPANESE
MAN
IS A MYTH
Charles Edward Russell De
clares Nipponese Merely Or
dinary Human Beings, Are
Clever at Some Things, and
Stupid at Others Willing to
Admit Their Errors.
By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
Special Correspondent of the Mail
Tribune.
Copyright. 1921, by the Mall .Tribune.
TOKIO, June 3. Where do wo get
this stuff about the .Japanese as a
superman? Wo seem to have reached
a point of hysteria in which wo see
behind each bush a Japanese ogre,
bent upon eternal deviltries and
strangely equipped to curry them out
despite of perdition and high water.
There never was a more fantastic in
vention. The Japanese is no super
man, lie is just mi average ordinary
human being. Like the rest of us, some
things lie does well, some things most
exceedingly 111; ho can and dons make
mistakes 00 miles an hour, he Is no
more than other men given to tho con
trlvlng or masking of evil and no more
gifted to bring It about.
One trait he does jxissess In a great
or degree than sonic of tho tost of us.
but It Is a thing wholly Inconsistent
with tho character we have imiiginod
for him. Ho will generally admit his
blunders, niako no attempt to sidestep
them anil try with every appearance
of good fnllh to correct them. All of
the things In Japanese foreign policy
that have been most assailed else
where and twisted Into' evidence of
deep laid Macclilnvollan villainy have
been things n .Japanese administration
has done In imitation of the historic
methods that have made European na
tions great. This Is the fact of the
record, whatever else you may have
been told about It, and nobody has
been so much nstonlshed us tho Jap
anese statesmen when they learned
thut what has been deemed highly
laudable In men of white skins Is dead
wrong In men of a brownish tint. It
is an application of tho spectrum to
morals that Is beyond their poor
heads.
Jap Admits Blunders
As to the frank admission of errors
committed, three of the most prom
inent Japanese statesmen of this day
and several othors of less mark, have
of their own motion acknowledged to
me, in conversations about the Chinese
Bttuntlon, that tho Twenty-one De
mands were a colossal blunder. : One
of them offered convincing evidence
that It was a blunder Into which ;the
adroit mind of Yuan Shlh Kui hitd led
the: Japanese administration,- but he
was" not: the loss severe upon the ad
ministration for that reason. These
men snld in the frankest possible way
and spirit that tho demands were a
blunder but asked what elso tho Jap
anese could do, China having accepted
them, but to continue to abldo by the
situation a previous administration
had created. I thought that was a
question we had better leave to the
Japnnese baiter In America.
With the same freedom Intelligent
Japanese admit that it was an error to
back or seem to back with guns or the
threat of guns the Just and reasonable
movements of Japan for economic ex
pansion. They admit that they got
hold of the Korean stick by the wrong
end, that they do not know much
about colonization, that they have not
worked out effectively nor completely
the peculiar problems of their raw ma
terials, that the South Sea Islands
seem unlikely now to pan nccordlng
to expectations. But In ull these ex
perimentations and others, they have
had always European models before
their eyes, never one of their own do-
vising. With the exception of their
strange notion of establishing Jap
anese schools in tho Marshulls I don't
know of one original piny. :
As to their readiness to Correct
their errors, thero Is often about thut
something naive. Ingenuous and ex
tremely taking. I know tho school of
thought that holds we must hate and
suspect everything tho Jupaneso do
will say this Is merely clever play
acting to mask original sin and innate
depravity. I can only say that if they
will talk with tho Japanese officers
charged with tho making of these cor
rections they will find It hard to main
tain that attitude. Hero are n few II
lustrations I gathered In Korea:
The Korean Outraae
The Koreans hnvo an ancient but
most unpleasant method of disposing
of the bodies of the dead. They scrape
a shallow hole In a field or front door
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Soldier Guilty of
Murder, Jury Votes
Life Imprisonment
TAt'OMA, Juno 3. Sergoant
Churles M. Hamlin was found
guilty of murder in the first de
gree in superior court here this
morning. Tho Jury voted that
he should Bervo a life term in
prison instead of being hung.
Hamlin shot and killed Clmrles
W. Bardon, a railroad worker,
on March 8. Threo soldiers
held up Burdon und a compan
ion and when ho dropped u vu
llse to raise his hands he wus
shot. All three soldiers agreed
In confessions that Hamlin fired
the shot. He Is the first of
seven soldiers awaiting trial
here on churges carrying possi
ble death penalties.
G. HILL
FOUNDJUILTY
Peter Strauff and Frank Ko
dat to Be Sentenced Tomor
row for Breaking Into Gold
Hill Bank Jury Deliberates
One Hour.
Peter Htrauff and Frank K'odat, In
dieted on a chui-Ko of hui-glury in
connection with the attempted rob
bery of tliu Bunk of (Sold Hill at Gold
Hill on the night of April 111. wore
found guilty by a Jury in tho circuit
court this morning, after one hour's
deliberation. Both the defendants
have prison records. Four ballots
were taken, tho first standing 10 to
2 for conviction.
IS. W. Wright, former commissioner
of tho Port of Portlund, mid vice
president of a shipyard at Astoria,
arrived tills morning too late to tes
tify. Ho was called as a character
witness for Htrauff, whuso sponsor
and friend he has been since he was
pardoned by Governor Oleott on
Christmas day, 1'JIH.
, SenU'iieetl Tomorrow.
Tho defendants listened to the
reading of tho verdict without n tre
mor. The court announced that they
would be sentenced In the mornlilg.
Thu crime carries a sentence of from
ouo to ton years.
In his closing argument to tho jury,
O. 8. Blancliard for tho defense fluyed
Watchman Wise ns "fllppunt and
afruld," mid asked the Jury not to
convict because they had served
prison tonus, lie criticised the sher
iffs office for not posting more men
in tho bank, and for not getting proof
that the can of powder was burled
under tho sidewalk as claimed by a
former prison mate of Htrnuff's. At
torney William Hrlggs of Ashland
made a strong plea to tho Jury for
Kodat, co-defendant In tho case.
"Frank Kodat nnd Peter Strauff,
known as "Dutch Pete", faced trial In
the circuit court Thursday afternoon,
on a Joint indictment chnrglng bur
glury of the Bunk of Gold Hill at Gold
Hill, on the night or April 13.
Strauff took the stand in his own
behalf, gave his age as 45, and suld
that he had served prison terms In
Montana and nt Salem. A short, heavy
set man, ha told IiIb story with tears
In his eyes. Strauff said that he had
been paroled from the state prison at
Salem in 191G, and had been granted a
pardon by the governor on Christmas
day, 1918. LettorB of recommendation
from employers were denied admis
sion, but the witness testified that he
had been a deputy sheriff in a ship
yard at Astoria during tho war, and
that ho luul been trying to lead an
honest nnd upright life since freedom.
"I was working for the Union Pa
cific in Wyoming, when a telegram
came that I was wanted In Tillamook"
testified Strauff. "I went to Portland
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REST (IF YEAR SAYS
LONDON, Juno 3. Recent solnr
eruptions which caused brilliant ar-
roras and disorganized cable and
telegraph Bervlce throughout the
world may result In the earth receiv
ing an Increased quota of sunshine
during tho remainder ot the year,
anys Sir Oliver Lodge, the noted
scientist. - .
Ho ventures the opinion that the
electrified particles thrown off by the
sun during the disturbance may as
BANK
1
SHOW GRAFT
Senator Kenyon Enlivens De
bate by Reading Telegrams
Sent By Members at Govt.
Expense "Leave Door Open,
Home Midnight" Sent By
Official to Wife.
WASHINGTON, Juno 3. Commit
tee amendments to tho deficiency bill
granting appropriations of $75,000,
000 to tho shipping board were ap
proved toduy by tho seuuto after Sen
ator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, and
others had charged the board with
gross pxtravaguneo, waste und Inef
ficiency. The seuuto in approving the appro
priation, an liicrcaBO of $50,000,000
over that granted by the hones, added
an amendment by Senator Lenroot,
republican, Wisconsin, directing the
shipping board to sell ull wooden
ships by next October 1,
Operation of the government mer
chant fleet by the shipping board is
"reeking with graft," Senator Ken
yon, republican, Iowa, charged in op
posing tthe deficiency appropriation
ot $50,000.000..
lllg Nulnrles Paid.
Reading u Hut of salaries paid of
ficials omployod by tho hoard, Sena
tor Kenyon said "they make the sal
aries of cabinet members and sena
tors look like 30 cents.' The list as
read showed salaries in the general
comptroller's office amounting to
$100,000 and In the division of op-,
orations totalling $137,000 annually.
Tho senator said the auditor of the
Bhlpplng board was paid $15,000 and
that an assistant auditor at $5,000
acted us his chauffeur.
Charging that funds were being
used for private purposes Senator
Kenyon read a series of telegrams
which he said had been sent by board ;
employes at government expense. One
telegram relatod to an engagement
to a girl in Virginia, another to th5 .
obtaining of tickets to a Yale foot
bull game, and still another, evidently
from a husband to IiIb wife, read:
"Leave the door open. Will be
home about midnight."
"These gentlemen," adedd Sena
tor Kenyon, "also are interested In
keeping open the door to the federal
treasury."
Senator Kenyon estimated that the
government was losing from $500,
000 to $1,000,000 a day through the
shipping board. .'
Abolition ot the board wob pro
posed by Sonator Polndexter, repub
lican, Washington, who said he fa
vored appointment of a director, "and
let him liquidate this whole busi
ness." The question of effect of prohibi
tion on American shipping was rais
ed by Senator Flotcher, democrat.
Florida. Senator Kenyon, who re
cently went to Europe on a Bhlplng
board vessel remarked that "from
observation I know one shipping
board ship that is not dry," "
Sonator Hitchcock, democrat, Ne- .
braska, suggested that a high tariff
policy now contemplated would kill
off Amorican shipping.
Murderer Is Hungod.
SAN QUENTIN, Cal June 3.
George C. Williams was hanged today
at tho state prison here for the mur
der of his wlfo and his step daughter,
Hose Alvez. . He shot them an they
alighted from a street cur In Ban
Francisco Fobruai 7, 1920.
RAN FRANCISCO, June 3. -A de
cline of 35 cents a hundred pounds
)ln the price of grnnulated sugar was
unnouneed by refiners here today.
Tho new' bnslc prices quoted .were
16.75 a hundred pounds tor ' Cane
sugar and $0.55 for beet sugnr.
SIR OLIVER LODGE
sist in the development of vegetation
and Increase the amount of dust held
suspended In tho atmosphere.
Sir Oliver said the magnetic dis
turbances that attended the solar
eruptions were due to a torrent ot
electrified particles, which consti
tuted a gigantic electric current. This
opinion is also hold by Camllle Flam
morion, the veteran French astron
omer, who has expressed surprise at
a storm of such unusual violence oc
curring at this time.