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.
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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.
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