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m ail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday 82 Minimum today s8-2 FORD Prediction Probably Fair. pally Sixteenth Year. Weekly Flfty-Klrsi Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1921 NO. 87 IWYSTERY OF CLEARED UP Wife of Missing Medford Cook Reports Husband Seen in Arkansas Village Alive and ' Well Man Reported As Drowned in Rogue River a Year Ago. Tlie "mysterious disappearance" of Joseph jr. Mouls, a cook at I he Wes- terlund orchards, a year ago, has been I solved apparently by the news thai Morris lias been seen alivn and well ln u village near St. Paul, Arkansas, Kwltbtit tho month. This information Iwas brought to A. C. White, secretary f the Woodmen's lodge by Mrs. Mor- ys who now holds the position left by aer vanished mate. Morris was a 1 ilpuiber of the Woodmen, and carried insurance. She told White that He had received satisfactory evidence Vjhat he had been seen recently walk ing around tue streets ot 11 is old Home town. One Sunday in June, 1920, Morris and David Martin, a brother of Acey Martin went fishing in ltogtie river. They had no luck. So Martin strolled down the stream, leaving Morris stand ing on the bank. When he returned a few minutes later, Morris was gone, but his fishing pole and cap were floating on tho current. An alarm was given, and the river searched with grappling hooks and dynamite without avail. According to Mr. White, Martin vlold a varied story of the drowning, . . Hind the Woodmen started an investi gation. i Luter residents of the Sams Valley " aistrict reported that they had seen a 'mil answering Morris' description i'asslng hurriedly on his way to Gold jjlill wearing no cap, and evidently not time 10 ue seeu. Dim juiui, a oouy tys found floating on the lower :.-viche8 of the Rogue, and an affidavit : ured from its finders that it an- tfvereil fn irenprnl flntiiil Hirt ilospriti- 11 of the missing man. Shortly after '.' nJjdlsappearance a. brother of Morris (. !i from Missouri, looked over the V jjth spot" and returned to his i i' lle- A j'riie probe continued for a year, and ' 5a Wnnilmiiii wiira nluint vtmr In ituv insurance, wueu m s. morns re- ' jSorted that she had received a letter sftutiiig taut her spouse had been seen 'n ArkntiKim Jj . An effort is being made to locate otyrrls, and question him on the whys I wherefores of his unceremonious ylng. illlSH REFEREE NEW YORK. July 1. Eugene Cor- . Inmoilfl ill-ltlHIl noxing reieroe, ur ved today on the Adriatic to attend Di'inpsi'j'-Cnrpentlt'r right. J 10 be a t'licHt of Tex Itkkard at the isldo. Corrl. who referred the between C'nrpentier and Oun- J, Kinlth. was enthusiastic in his . Ve of the French boxer. Ql.iiybody who belittles that Jeft A.ili of Carpentler's docs not know . Junt lie's tnlklne about," be wild. e said t'urpentior was a ring gone-'J-.il and a vindictive fighter when aroused. Corrl snid he had refeiccd more han 2000 bouts. IIG SEATTLE BANK SHRINKAGE OF VALUES GIVEN AS CAUSE SEATTLE, July 1- The Rcandin fun American hank of Seattle with lt,.l ..ml Riirnlun of H.256,S.'jS and deposits totalling over J11.S0O,- 000, was cloRed tomiy juuuwihb action ot the board of directors Bhortlv after midnight this morning In turning over the nanhs uiuiua the state supervisor of banklns. The bank was a member of the federal reserve system, the Seattle ,., ... 11.,,,.. Aaanriatlon and tllC Lieuiiiift . , Washington State Rank. Depositors Guarunty Fund. Shrinkage of values annus ear and a half and recent abnormal eposlt decreases were given by John i - Duke, state supervisor of bank Madeline Force Dick Asks to Be Relieved John Jacob Astor 3d XKW YORK, July 1. Mrs. Madaleino Korce Dick, former widow of John Jacob Astor, has filed a petition in surrogate court usking to be relieved ot the guardianship of her inrant son, John Jacob Astor 111. Mrs. Dick declared she had received no money or property from the three million, dollar trust fund left to her son since 1917 and did not expect to re ceive any in tho future. Her attorney declined to make any statement. The former Mrs. Astor lost Die Income from a trust fund of $5, 1)00, 000 by murrylng a second time, following the death or John Jacob Astor In the Titanic disaster of 1912. Ralph Cowgill of Medford Of fers Telegram Wishing the French Champion Victory T. R., Jr., Requested to De liver Message. EUGENE, Ore., July 1. After the Revi William S; Gilbert, Presbyterian minister and former army chaplain, now commander of the American Le gion of Oregon had expressed hope that "Jack ' Dempsey would get' a "blamed good mauling tomorrow," the state convention of the legion in session here today wired best wishes to Georges Carpentler for his success, in behalf of 34,000 service men of Oregon. A second wire was sent to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., assistant secretary of the navy, who tho legion members said will be at the ringside. askin ghiin to see that Carpentier re ceives the legion's message. Ralph Cowgill of Medrord read to the convention the telegram which he moved should be sent to Carpen tler. EUGENE, Ore., July 1. Engene Is gaily decorated today for the open ing of the third unnual state conven tion of tho American Legion. IJlg delegations are here from all parts ot the state. Already there is a con test on for the next convention, The Dalles, Raker, Klamath Falls and Marshfield being mentioned. Numerous resolutions were prepar ed for submission to tho convention covering Immigration, tho Japanese problem, national bonus bill, help for disabled veterans, better schools and Americanization. One wishing Georges Carpentier success also wub to bo offered. DECREASES 2,500,000 PAUIS, July 1. The population of France, 3G,0S4,20fi. according to the 1921 census, shows a decrease of nearly two and a half million com pared with 1911, an , official stnte- ment today says. The decrease was caused hy tho war, according to the f filial repnrt CLOSES IIS DOORS ing, as reasons for the suspension. Failure of the Scnndlnaviun American bank of Tacoma, Wash., some niop.ihs ago, was believed to have been responsible to a large ex tent for the withdrawal of deposits. Tho institutions were not connected when the Tacoma bank failed, but at one time had been closely allied. Following the action of the direc tors in suspending Supervisor Duke issued a statement in which ho ab solved the present management from blame and declared that "credit" Is due It for Its earnest and untiring efforts to protect the Interests of the depositors and carry the bank over Its i ri-oiihlefl." i ' ' OU LEGION SENDS WIRE 10 G. CARPENTIER 50.1! FIGHT FANSSWARM 10 GOTHAM New York Hotels Swamped By Crowds Coming to See Big International Scrap Demp sey Leaves for Jersey City Carpentier Enjoys Holi day Snort World on Toes. TI1K VOKS OK CaUKATNKSS WASHINGTON, July 1. Attor ney General Daughcty announc ed today that a would not attend the Demosey-Cui-pentier tight be cause he "hud too much respect for the opinion of people who dis approved of prize fights and of whom I must he a sort of unof ficial representative," NEW YORK, July 1. Tho ad vance sale of seats already has yielded 51,250,000, Promoter tux Jtlekard announced today. . With the sale of $5 seats to morrow and n continuation of the present rate of reserved seat sales were expected to pass the million and a half mark. ' NEW YOnK, July 1. Now York hotels wore cYowded to overflowing today and in tho lobbies, dining rooms and hallways thero was a buzz of conversation in which the words "Dempsey" nnd "Carpentier," pre dominated, t -imiiy 50,000 out of town folks reg istered yesterday their intention of seeing tho championship bout and another 20.000 were expected to flow In today from every corner of the continent. One hotel announced inst night it could care for no more guests. Some of the larger" hostelrios plan to install cots in corridors, on the roofs and in other places not often slept in. The crowd attending the bout, the largest in the history of the sport, also will be tho most orderly, police of ficials promised today. 2000 Police at Arena. Elaborate preparations have been made by Jersey City .police and the "way of the transgressor" promises to be mado hazardous by nparly 2000 policemen and detectives insidu and outside of tho arena. Most novel is the plan to prevent onfusion will he the establishment of a dead lino extending approxi mately four blocks on all four sides of the arena, Hluecoats stationed at intervals of a few yards on this boun dary will bar admittance to all pur sons who do not possess titckets or other proper credentials. The issue of bogus titckets in many sections of the country has added to, the problems confronting promoter Tex Jtlekard and the police authori ties. ATLANTIC CITY, K. J., July 1.- Thi is get-away-day for Jack JJemp sey. lief ore sundown this evening t ho grim, determined .Dempsey will be secluded amid the strangi surround ings of n private home in Jersey City, there to remain until he faces OeorgcK Carpentier in the battle of bin life tomorrow afternoon. K very thing is in readiness for the champion's de parture. Manager Kearns is taking every precaution to have the cham- pion rest in absolute quiet, away from the eyes of the curious thousands. Iteleased from the close confine ment of two month's training, Demp sey is happy in this liberation and more like a by brimming over with anticipation than n heavyweight champion facing the most important battle of his career. Sleeps Nino Honrs. After playing cards with his han dlers last night and reading telegrams ontaining messages of good luck, the titlo-liolder went to bed and Tiant, Dempsey's body guard, who slept- in an adjoining room, is authority for the statement that the champion slept soundly for nearly nine hours. Dempsey Is an unusual champion in at least one Conspicuous respect. Vir tually on the evo of his crucial en gagement lie is displaying none of that grouchiness and unappnmcha- bitity that traditionally has come to be regarded as the conclusive proof of a fighter being on "edge," for on important battle. The development f irritability - has long been con sidered necessary to the attainment of prime physical condition, i This does not hold true with Demp sey. Manager Kearns and otnurs con nccted with' the champion have felt the strain of the protracted training period and are showing it more than their subject. What some of those around him consider an annoyance, Dempsey accepts as an amusing inter ruption. With the hundreds of cus ual acquaintances and utter strangers meeting him every dny, he has pre served a cordiality and heartiness. (Continued on Eight) Alleged Slayer of tlW v--, sSi (. A x ui.m inn. ii ! ! in ip. pn unaa iBMaa -if Salvatorp ('i)lai ;-ci'ntcr) nhotoernphoil ininipiiiati'lv nili-r nrrest In llnf- falo, Niuy York, ctiarRod with tho luurclor of Daniel Kulu'r, woalihy CIhvc- land ptihllHhnr, who wua kllh'd almost two yours aw. In coiiiuuHlon - with the death of Kaher, tho late publisher's imither-in-law, the wife and step daughter are under arrest. According to Uistrict Attorney Moore, Cola admits slahliliiR Kaher twenty-four tliue.-i. EX-S, Pllll TPREOICf GOOD TALENTiADMirS PRICES ROGUE I Frank Mulligan Arrested for Peculations 'Amounting to $ 1 Z00 Confisses, .Crime Illness in Family Given As Cause. . , ., ., ,, ,u, ,, i asrent of the Southern 1'ac (ic nil ro d EMBEZZtEMEN at Talent, and-who since last Aprlll"5'01 11,0 """'Per apple crop in pros was transferred and has beeu tho.,eot f"'" ,l,c n"u l!lvi''' v"lll'V '"' agent of the same railroad at Vcn- eta, ore., is u prisoner in t no county jail under bond ot $5,000, having been bound over late Thursday from Justice Taylor'a court on tho charge, of larceny by embezzlement by agent, while he wan holding tho Talent agency. It is alleged that. his peculations in the Talent agency amounted, so fur us can ho learned, to $1,300, and it Is claimed lie made a confession yes terday afternoon shortly before As sittant County Prosecutor George Codding and Maurice Cotturi, special Southern Pacific agent, in which ho admitted he converted $1 134.71) of the road's money to his own use. It is further claimed that his ac counts have been found wrong in the Venetu agency, and that in his alleged confession he says he "ran short of money lust June and appropriated some of the . company's money doesn't linow how much, but tho ox act amount can easily be learned by Investigation of the office-accounts." Mulligan, who is about 30 years old and has a wife and two children, the youngest of whom is uged !) months, says in his uilegcd confes sion he has no excuse to make for his ullegod embezzlements in the Talent otfice, except tliut some of tho money paid out was for doctors' hills be cause ot his wife's illness, and that a note was held against him hy tho Bank of Talent, lie had hecu the railroad agent at Talent from October 13 unlucky day 191!), until his transfer to tho Vcneta agency. Mulligan wus arrested at Venotu and brought here yesterday afternoon, by Special Agent (.'outtiiri and wus at once taken before Assistant County Prosecutor Codding, where tho al leged confession was made and sign ed by him. Then he was taken before Justice Taylor, to face the specific charge of embezzling ?I2I.")1 paid over to his office- by the Trigonlu Oil company for a freight bill. lie had no lawyer to represent )ihn, hut waiv ed examination. Special Aent Cot turi was then placed on the tvItiibaH stand to give testimony about the charge, and the prisoner was held to the grand Jury in $.1,000 hail. Mulligan Is suld to have well-to-do relatives, and the parents of both himself and wife live In Oregon City. Porter J. Neff and Putil Janney who recently started a walking trip down the Klamath river to the coast, wired to friends in Medford yesterday from Orick, California for funds. It Is be lieved the two prominent Medford citi zens engaged In a poker game with some Klamath Indians with disaster- ous results. Kaber Arrested F11J1921 W. H.Stewart and G. A. CharT ters of Stewart Fruit Com; -pany : Optimistic-OverPfo1" pects in Rogue River Valley This Fall. J'"'liiiiaMlo over the superb ua I. ... ' having in their poHsesHiou an abun danco of niai'kotlnK inforniatiiin rela tive to the apple filiation in general, W. II. Stewart, president anil (ienrge A. Charters,' viee-iiresldent ot tho Ktewart Fruit company respectively, brought encouraging news to the local growers upon their arrival bore several days ago. Both men look for an excellent apple market .tills year. Htewart and ' Charters have spent several days In the valley Interview ing growers and examining the ap ples and pears on the trees. Ilotll look for an excepllonally good pear market this fall and for an eiiually good apple market. "Since we have- been . mado mar keting agenls for the Uogue Itlver district of tho Oregon flrower'a iisso-. elation," said Mr. Stewart, "wo are out to set a new record for market ing Kogue Jtiver pears and apples. 1 do not hesitate to predict that we will accomplish tlds purpose provid ing rrom 80. to 8!i pur cent of tho ton nage , goes .through our organization." Stewart and ('barters brought word that the latest "dope" on the pear sit uation Is that there is only !() per cent of last year's crop In the coun try as n. whole. While the California crop is heavier than in most pear pro ducing sections, those California dis tricts which come Into direct, compe tition flth the Koguc Kivor valley liartletls. aru very light. Kt Dorado county. Lake county and the Kulsuu districts have only about one-third of last year's tonnage. Charters, who Is Stewart's apple man, brings similar news of the ap ple situation. .There were 30,000,000 barrels of apples last year, against 18,000,000 tills year, Chnrters says. This augurs well for good prices for Oregon apples, Charters says, partic ularly In . view of the' fact that the heavy apple tonnage Is In California and northwestern boxed apples. never saw better apples in my life. said Charters today after re turning from a trip through half a do.en local orchards, "than you have on your trees here now. Your fruit Is of excellent quality and exceptional size for this date.' Put us up a high lass commercial pack and grade and we will bring you back Homo real money for your apple crop." J tellable reports from Hood Itiver and Yakima are to the effect that cash buyers nre offering 'i for all grades and sizes in those districts. The best cash price offered hero thus far is Jl.ftO per packed box for I75's and larger, the smaller sizes carrying a 2 5 cent discount. (cncral Kidding Dead. NEW YOItK, July 1. Word wbb received hero today of the death In Chicago of Generul Kilward Fielding, vice president of the Volunteers of America nnd next in authority to (ienerul llooth. Mo had been In charge of the northwestern territory oi the organization since 1918. Giant Still Worth $25,000, Discovered Chicago Residence OIllCAtlO. July 1 . A Ktant still, worth ?:!."., (100 and so largu that it may he necessary to dy namite the house in which it iu located to destroy It, was discov ered today hy the police and was confiscated hy the federal authorities. The still, believed to be (lie largest iu tint country, had vats in the basement of the house that measure I I by IS feet and are six feet deep while tho colls ran" through the entire house. Wines, alcohol, inash and "moonshine" said to be worth $7."i,IH)0 were found In lliu house and destroyed. No one was at tile house and no arrests have been made. FIX BARTLETTS AT JBU5 ION Cannery Prices for Pears Would Be $56.75 in Medford Orf This Basis Growers Expected to Sell Little at This Figure. Confronted with prospects for an excellent price for pears shipped green to tho onstorn markets as op posed, to a practical Impasse In tho :KJUliPfc. jBdualf.- tho California Pour Growers' association today named a base price for cunning Hurt letts, according to telegraphic ad vices to tho Medford brunch of the Oregon Growers' association. The price fixed Is $01.75 per ton f. o. b. shipping points. This automatically fixos the prlco of Hogue river Uurt- letts at $5(1.75 f. o. b. Medford, tho freight differential being $5 per ton. No. 2 Uurtletts will bo $28.25 hero. Coincident with tho announcement ot the California prlco by President Krank Swett, several large Cullfor nlu canneries which contemplate cunning a considerable quantity ot llartletts thin year desplto tho bit; carry over from tho 192 0 pack, tele graphed the Medfor pfflco of tho Growers' association asking for Quo tations. Superintendent C. C. I.enmon of this district declined to commont on tho price other than to say the mat tor would have to he submitted to tho directors and advisory committee for this district. VTho California prlco figures around $1.75 por packed box f. o.' h. Medford," I.oinmon said. "Person ally. I look for very few If any rnn nijry sales on tills basis either hero or In California." W.'il. Stewart, president of the Sluwurt Fruit company of. California who is hero on business, estimates til lit 90 per cent of the California crop will he shipped to the eusteru mar kets. "Willi a tremendous carry-over ot 1920 stock canned of one hundrcd-dollur-a-ton pears and ut the highest prices ever paid for labor, cans and sugar, tho canneries uro in a tight hole," ho said. "Kven nt the low prices quoted for pears, I do not look for much of a pack. Most of tho lit tle follows in California as well as Oregon aro unable to oporute at all." CALIF. GROWERS 10 REJECT LABOR BOARD WAGE CUT CIIICAOO, July f. Ninety-five per cent of tho membership of the Inter national llrothorhootl of Firemen and Oilers has voted against accepting the wage cut ordered by the United States railroad- labor hoard on all roads to day. Timothy Healy. International president, made the announcement to day us 150U union leaders gathered here to pass on the order. The maintenance of way men and tho shop cruris, which also have voted will not nnnounco the result until after the conference here today. CHICAGO, July 1. Final decision regarding the action of railway em ployes on the wage decrease fixed by tho railway labor board will be made by a committee ot five representing COURT RULES OUT INDIAN GUIDE'SNOTE Mrs. Stillman Wins ' Point in Today's Hearing Before Ref-. eree Gleason Banker Still man On Stand Throws Off Serious Mein Next Hear ing July 13. TOUniKKKPKIK, N. V.. July 1. ; AUorinyH for .James A. Stillmun fall h1 toilay to have HpreaU upon the HM'ordK of Ms divorce mitt a 1ft ter al l'K'fl to linvo It mm written to Mm. Anno U. Stillmun by Frt'd Bfauvalrs, Indian KUido named uh co-n.spomUnt In tho banker's complaint. TIUh kt tt'V liad previously been ' received hi evidence and later stricken out. Itef ereu ClU-aHon declined again to accept it. Another nttack upon tho testimony of Dr. Htmh 1,, KiiHxell, Buffalo onteo path, wan mado by John R. Mack, Ktiunllan ad litem for (luy Stillman, the infant, vlufu legitimacy was at tacked by Mr. Htilhnan. That part of Dr. Russell's testimony' which de clared Mr. Stillman had told the oste opath that Beauvals was tho infant's father was recently stricken out. It was other statements referring: to Mrs. StlTlman's consultations with the oHteopath In J 01 S that Mr. . Mack HoiiKht to have erased today. lteferoe CI lea Hon said he would give his decision on tho matter at the next hearing. July 13. There were-no wit nesses at today's hearing", which-ad;- . Journed after several hours of argu ment. Mr. Stlllmnu- attended tho bes slon. hut his wife was ubsent. The banker's serious mein of yes terday was gone. Ho did not try to slip into the hearing unnoticed, and ' .WiiM in a jolly mood wheivhnrTlyedr with his attorneys. Attorneys an uounced after tho hearing that; the plaintiff had not yet rested his case. Tho next hearings aro set for July 13, 14, 15 and 28 and 29. It was expected the plaintiff would finish up the first day, leaving the others for the start of Mrs. Stillman's counter attack. Sho Is known, to havo more than fifty witnesses ready ' to testify, and as it was agreed today not to hold any sessions during Au gust, it seemed probable that this di vorce case would still be going strong next fall. " ' .. 1 SINKS U. S. SHIP LONDON, July 1. Tho American Hllpplng hoard freight ateamer Mo pang, from Constantinople 'for. New York, atruck a initio off Bourgas In tho llluck sea and sank, nccordlng to mlvlcos received horo today hy Lloyds. N'b lives were lost. ' ' Tho Mopang was a vessel it 3,'5-t'i tons operated by A. P. Bull and com pany; ' ; BUT JESSE TRIES IT JEFPKTiSON CITV, Mo.; July 1. Jesse C. Kumscy, former train robber, who -lectured on "crime doesn't pay," following his recent release from the Missouri penitentiary, was returned here today .and held for federal au thorities in connection with the theft of a pouch of mail ut Centralia early Wednesday. "J sixteen railroad unions, a conference of union chiefs here decided today.; . .,- Tho decision will be rendered n'ter. consultation between the committee nnd various group meetings now In session here. . The eowmlUee Is composed of B. M. Jewell, president of the Railway. Em ployes department of the American Federation ot Labor; E. H. Fitzgerald, president of the Hrotherhood of Rail way and RtenmBhip Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express nnd Station Em ployes; L. E. Sheppard, president ot the Ordor of Railway Conductors; E. J. Monlon, president of the Order ot Railway Telegraphers, Timothy Shea, president Locomotive Brotherhood, and V. F. Krlder, president of tile In ternational Brotherhood ot Firemen and Oilers. .("; 4
