3H3 Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD, OREGOX, Mil DAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921
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BROS. SELL
car m
Form Sanity League
to Rout Moonshine
As National Drink
FATTY HOME, 18
1000 Half Boxes Sell for the
Highest Price Ever Paid in
America Deal Made Thru
Stewart Fruit Co. Aver
aged 10 Cents a Pear
Jackson's Prestige Grows.
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 30.
Temporary headquarters or the
Minnesota Sanity League were
being established here today,
following organization last
night. The policy of the new
league as outlined by Horace G.
Wliitmore. chairman or the
meeting, "invites the coopera
tion of all good citizens who op
pose moonshine as a national
drink," and favor in Its place,
the sale of "wine and beer
which the law does not regard
as intoxicating."
Bear Creek orchards, owned by
- itm'ir llrothors. this week re-
jVUneum-' n -
tim highest price ever paid in
...-ion for a car of pears. This re
markable car on Anjous was sold
through the Stewart rrmi coniiun
In New York, bringing a gross of
J4249. This .car contained 1000 half
hexes of Anjou pears, which sold for
an average of $4.25. This means
that these pears were sold at whole-
..i .rMlnf 10c n Diece ior me
attic
antlra Pnrload.
Nothing but the finest conditions
and skill exemplified on this orchard
could place Rogue Kiver vauey iruu
.hoort nf that from every fruit grow
ing district in the country, for qual
ii our! nrlce. To create a price such
as this in competition with America's
fineai demands that every detail that
goes into the make up of such pack
ages Ib properly done.
Onmlnir on the heels of the winhin
flrf nrlze at the stato fair at Salem
the nhnvn addB now luster to the
glory of Juckspn county and Its pro
ducts. In tho past the Bear Creek
orchards ha,ve set records for sale
and quality of fruit, but none to com
pare to the last one.
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AND HOLD 01
EMBRACED AND
WILDLYCHEERED
Out of There, and Court
i Gets Threatening Letters
Pigeons With Wings
Aflame Flee Blaze
And Die in Air
SALES TUX
Los Angeles Crowd Gathers at
Depot One Lady De
nounces in Speech Federal
Probe of Liquor Supply Con
tinuesFind Bootlegger.
YANKEES IDLE
White Sox Lose 3 to 2 With
Faber Pitching Rain Halts
New York Game Benefit
for Matty Won By Old
Timers-
LOS AiNGELES, Pept. 30. Koscoe
(Pnitvl Arhuekln returned to his
home here today from San Francisco
where Wednesday: he was admitted
m lull nnnrilnir his trial on a man
slaughter charge growing out of thi
tenth nf Miss Virginia Hapne.
The linnr nf his arrival had been
mniln 1)11 blip, in ndvunco and a large
crowd gathered at tho station before
hie train enmn in.
When he and his party alighted
several women rushed forward and
r.miimceri the film comedian, while
Mieert! pjime from the men.
One woman attracted a large group
a-jcut her when she mounted a sin.
ease and denounced those who wei
mmpil Arhnokle.
The comedian had little to say,
except that he was glad to "be hack
home."
OIL LEASES FOR
400 AC. SIGNED
UP IN VALLEY
Continental Oil Co. to Begin
Work in Six Months To
. Ship Standard Rig Here
Near Present Oil Prospects
Reported Standard Oil.
A deal was closed this morning by
the Continental Oil company of Colo
rado, with offices in Denver and San
i'r0i- luharahv the company se
cures a lease ou 400 acres of land, in
the district one mile southeast of the
Sacred Heart hospital. The leases
embraces tho S. P. Barneburg, the
Frank Schuette and the G. r. scner
moracm ranches. The leases provide
that oil operations he underway with
Iu six months.
The negotions were made by S. M
Johnson of San Francisco, who left
this morning for California. He told
them he had been investigating oil
possiblltles In this section for sev
eral years. .
The leased land is in line, and in
, the same general section as the Hun-
rt J m ii- -..In nrnl.a
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It Is rumored that the Continental
Oil company is a subsidiary of the
rn ..,oi. All Oil COlll-
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pany of that name operated In Ohio
several years ago, and was a large
concern, being absorbed by the
Hockefeller Interests. .
CHICAGO. Sent. 30 Cleveland de
fenled Chicago by 3 to 2 today and re
tained its place in the scramble for
the American league pennant. The
i,,,iis,n uprireri their runs in the nun
by bunching four hits off Faber. Co-
veleskio pitched for Cleveland.
Faber and Schalk were seiecieu u
tho Chicago battery and uoveieskiu
and O'Neill for Cleveland. -Chicago
scored a run in the first in-
! i.v ininnhlne three hits, after
Johnson and Strunk had been retired.
Collins drove a single to center aim
Hooper sent him to second on a single
m richt. Sheely followed with a hit
to center scoring Collins. Mostil. end
ed the inning with a fly to famitn.
Cleveland scored three runs in the
fiftli on four hits, a base on balls and a
sacrifice fly. Gardner and ueweii
i k. (nniiiir with singles and
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iHnrns fanned. Faber lost control of
the ball and passed O'Neill. """'
... . ir annrifice fly to Hooper
and Gardner scored. Jamieson singled
to right scoring Sewell and senui..b
O'Neill to third. Wambsganss droih
...... hit hneir of Collins in right and
rvvelll scored. Woods' fly to Hooper
ended the inning.
At Chicago: '
Cleveland 7 (
T!tiorio- Coveleskie and ONelli.
Faber and Schalk.
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SAV FRANCISCO. Sept. 30.
Preparations for the prosecution or
Roscoe (Fatty- Arbuckle on a charge
of manslaughter In connection with
ti.n rfonth nf Miss Virginia Kanpe to
day were overshadowed at least for a
time by the federal Investigai.on
inir, ihn sunDlv of Honor drunk by
the guests at the commedlan's Hotel
St. Francis party. ...
Belief that, his iuvestigatlor.3 had
uncovered a liquor smuggling ring,
operating with San Francisco as a
base, which Imports liquors of choice
brand and quality only, from Mexico
ronnfiu' wno oYnrpRRed Dv Fed
eral Prohibition Director E. Forrest
iitnhoii He f making his Inquiry
ir,i,i,.,i,.iv ullh Robert H. McCor-
mack, special assistant to the United
States attorney general.
Mitchell last night stated that he
had a witness who delivered liquor to
Arbuckle's suite at the Hotel oi.
Francis.
Arbuckle Is in Los Angeles on uau.
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ST. PAl'h, Minn., Sept. 30.
When an employe or a whole
sale produce firm hero dived
through a second story window
to escape flumes, which were
consuming the building, last
night, hundreds of pigeons fol-
lowed hlni. As they emerged
from the" broken window tun
black background or night
made noticeable spots of flamo
nn whiL's and tails of many of
tho birds. Their course was
over the Mississippi river. Fah-
nod by the motion of flying the
flames spread until tno lurus
were enveloped and many of
them, like falling rockets, drop
ped into the stream.
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WANDERER DIES
SAN FRANCISC0;-8ept. 3U. A num
ber of threatening letters have been
received by Police Judge Sylvain J.
Lazarus, who conducted the prelimin
ary hearing of the murder charge
against Roscoe E. (Fatty) Arbuckle in
connection with the death or Miss vir-
NOW USED
Smoot Bill Would Repeal
Movie, Soft Drink and Other
Impositions Provides Ex
emption Under $6000
Taxes at Base of Supply Up
to Senate.
WITH WORDS OF
SONG ON LIPS
Slayer of "Poor Boob" and
Wife- So He Could Enlist in
Army Sings As Noose Is
Adjusted Ragged Stranger
Used As Decoy. '
inin niiiinn and have beou-turncd
over to the police, Judge Lazarus an
nounced today.
Most or the letter wero preclpltatod
by Judge Lusaras' action in reducing
the murder charge to manslaughter,
he said.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30. Today's
.... vn-b.piilladclnhia American
, i..,ii nmp was called off be-
ibubuo
cause of a heavy ram siuim i. -.....i,
ci nhnnr the time the
snioe rum
teams were to start play In the last
game of the season here.
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. ....,- i 'n York tomorrow
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The Yanks need to win but one game
to clinch the American league ,rcu..o...
vnoif Rp.t 30. Old time
' . , .hi vow York Giants de
Sited tne Nnal league leaders to-
dav 2 to 0 in a live mums - -
aaY . . .h,h vL-m en to Christy
SSJI OU-t ...tcher, who
u recovering from iuueicuiu..
Tesreau did the bulk of the twirling
les .. ..,.1 Vl'nrnpr caught.
rnr the o d timeiti -
r . ..,.,-, -aan Ryan anu
(The Giants ui'j
Uaston. n ii it
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. "I 0 1 0 1 0-2 9
um l""u'3 o n 0 0 0-0 7
Giants " .
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ftT&TF niRFHTflR (IF '
10 WORK WITH ALL SCHOOL BOARDS
HICAGO CITY DADS
ON WESTERN TOUR
KANSAS LABOR SPECIAL GUARDS
FOR BRUMFIELD
CHIEF IN JAIL
STILL DEF
IANT
nuir-inn Rout HO. Twenty-four
f 'tho r.hieaco citv council
leave today on a trip to western and
souther cities to stuay nigu uuo,
rents and markets. Among tne cit
ies visited will be Vancouver, asn.,
Portland, Ore., San Francisco, los
A..Dint, v. Pnao and New Orleans.
Saturday will be spent In St. Paul, the
delegation leaving for Vancouver
Sunday. The Information gained will
be used in efforts to reduce living
costs here.
HANGING OR LIBERTY
FAVORED f ORE
mur. niii.ua rre.. Sent. 30. The
..... tt.iii .iHmnnd that Abe Evans, on
trial here for the murder oi janiea
Doran, McMinnville rancher, either
sutrer the "rull and extreme penalty of
the law or be found not guilty and re
leased." District Attorney Galloway
declared yesterday afternoon in
opening argument. Doran was slain,
with robbery the alleged motive, on
the night of September ju.
Howat Hopes to Be Struck if
He Sends Miners Back to
Work Industrial Court Law
a H--I of a Law Assails
State Legislation-
COLUMBUS, Kas., Sept. 30. (By
tho Associated Press.) For me see
a iimo in his lone and bitter bat
tle against the enforcement of the
Kansas Industrial court law, Aiexaii
,w Hnwnt chieftain of the Kansas
union coal miners, went to Jail today.
ijnn.ni nn.l Dnrnhv arr ved in loi-
umbus shortly after 8:30 o'clock
from Pittsburg, having reacnea i-ms-burg
last midnight from Indianapolis,
where they attended the convention
of the United Mine workers of Amer
ica. Howat immediately began a
handshaking tour through the crowd
of about a thousand men.
In his speech Howat assailed the
Kansas Industrial court and declared
. ii wmilH have no oart in mak
ing ihn nan. contract. He said that
ho would not sit ill a room wnn uie
,nnrl
va eav Hint the Industrial court
law is one hell of a law," Howat
shouted.
i hnno .Tpiiuh will strike me dead
when I say the word sending these
men back to work," Howat said.
Ho naiert If the miners intended
to stand by him. There was a great
chorus of yes.f
DURING TRIAL
One to Watch Door, and One
the Crowd, and One the Den
tist, Who Has Recovered
From Recent Tantrums
Case Starts October 5. -
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 30.-Selectlon
of a state director who will supervise
Americanization work through the
. boards of directors of all schools In
the -state, will be the basic plan on
-h.u . the state Ameri
canization work will be carried .n,
aeiording to announcement today "
the Americanization committee 101
lowlng a meeting yesterday.
. The director will be chosen after
-detail, of the proposed scheme have
heu that thc leK",alUre
not be asked to make an a,.-l-voeld
not oea Amerlcanizatlun
lc:,ot wobuU.d,bactra.Sed by popular
subscription. j bv Gov-
hXhnrmeaetUs fluently until
ho work i5 wdl under way. .
AND POLICE BATTLE
i nrrsTKR Enelsnd. Sent. 30.
A dozen men were Injured and many
arrested after -a clash here yesterday
hot ween the police and 600 unemploy-
j hn hart cmasnea tne win-
en i." -
dows of the board of guardians of
The fight lasted only a few min
utes Tho polices used their trun
cheons freely, while the unemployed
used stonts and other missies.
UOSRHUHG, Ore., Sept, 30. Three
n,.i,.i rteiiullns are to bo appointed
within tho next few dayB by Sheriff
Starmer to serve during the trial of
iiv ll M. Brumf eld for the a'logeu
rmrrinr of Dennis Russell. One of
tne deputies will he placed to guard
.hr ,i.,nr- mi. i him lie the crowds and
two others will guard the prisoner
while the caso is oeing nearu.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Hopkins,
who Is now serving as jailer, has been
appointed court bailiff und will be
naiio.l liv Josenh Ylurpny. tno
courtroom Is being put In readiness
for the trial, and arrangements ure
-hni,.. nmilp tn nf-eommodate as many
as possible of the hundreds of per
sona who will endeavor to gain, uu
r,ut,.ncn intn ihn court room.
iir iirumrinlil is exhibiting no moro
signs of his supposed lapBo cf mem
ory and apparently Is normal In ev
ery respect.
CHICAGO, Bept. 30. Singing a
nmiuliir song. Carl Wo-ivdoror, con
victed of tho murder of his wlfo, her
unborn babe, and a "ragged stranger,
whom ho hired to stage a fake holdup,
wag -bunged at the county Jail at 7:1U
o'clock tins morning.
w.wi, i.iiiiTiiMl to tho gallows
with tlrm step, and as he tuok Ins
place on the scaffold, repeated a siioi-i
prayer utter a minister. Asaea u no
had anything to suy, he repliea In tho
affirmative and us a snrouu wan u
juated, in a clear voice sturted the
soiik "Old Pal, Why Don't You
Answer Me?" Ho was slngius
the trap dropped.
The chorus to the Bong Wanderer
chose Is a follows:
Tim loinr nlcht. .through, I wuit
for you, ' I
"Old pal, why don't you answer mo?
"My arms embrace an empty spuco,
rri,A ,,,.,u ilt.tt hnWI -,-r.u tt-iidel'iy:
"If you can hear my prayer away up
there, (t
"Old pal, why don't you answer mo 7'
Tho crime for v.-nicn wanaeiur wan
hanged was the murder of Edward J.
Kynn, tho "rugged stranger." a. West
Madison street vagrant, whom he had
hired for ?G to stage a rune, nuiu-ui.
n,i n... itiiinti. Hvun'a body was
long unidentified. Wanderer also was
convicted of tho murder ot nis nnuo
i..u.. ih,,r .. vpnr mid her unborn
child, but tho Jury In that caso fixed
his punishment ut zs year b impnn
onmont: Mrs. Wanderer and tho "stranger
were murdered In tho hallway of tho
Wanderer apartment house in June,
1920. Mrs. Wanderer's mother, at
tracted by the shots, found her daugh
ter dying and wanaerer seaiu uaiuus
tho body of Kynn methodically beat
tnlF hlu r-.ni. with a EUn.
Wanderer said tne stranger nun m
t,.n.. tn h.iiH nn hla wlfu and him
in tho ,dark hallway and that when
he drew his gun the stranger snoi
Mrs. Wanderer and that ho In turn,
killed tho hold-up man. Polled be
lieved his story ana prumca nis aim.
Wanderer wu arrested and con
fronted with evidence that he had
carried both guns used in tho shoot
ing, and after dnys of grilling, he
signed one of the moBt remarkable
confessions In police annals.
ri.-i.-in tr tirf.i or mm v in', "
snld. he decided togeiid J)fJvlHwlfo
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. A man
ufacturer's sales tax ot three per cent
was formally proposed to tho senate
today by Senator Smoot, republican,
Utah.
The senator explained that this
would bo In substitution for "all of
the various war taxes, tho oxciBe tuxes
luxury taxes, stamp taxes, capital
stock tax, transportation, telegraph
and insurance taxes, tho taxes on
soft drink, ic- cream, cosmetics, ad
missions and dues, and all of tho other
57 varieties' ot obnoxious discrimina
tory forms of taxation," which would
be repealed on next January 1 undor
u series of amendments to the reve
nue revision bill offered by the senator.
Tn..,.l nf ihn nvppna nrofltB tax OS
of last January 1. Instead of on next
.lanuuiy 1, as planned. Dy noin wm
houso and the senato finance com
mittees was proposed oy obiiuiui
Smoot. Of his amendments, tho cor
poration tax, would remain at ton per
cent, but tnoro wouiu no no viiai'i.! ,
In tho present tobacco, liquor and In
heritance tnxes. .-. ; J
Tho sales tax amendment read:
V'Thnt in addition to all other taxes
there shull bo levied, assessed, col
i,...,,i ,.n.i Tinlrl unon every commo
dity manufactured, or produced when
sold, leased or licensed ior consump
tion or use without further process of
manufacture, a tax equivalent to
three per cent ot the price for which
L,.oh onnimnrlitv in Hold, leased Or 11-
censed; .such tax to bo paid by the
manuiaciurer or prouuecr.
"It should be noted," said Senator
r, . .!..,. no lha t.I-V la ImnnRA.l
OlllUUl. mut uo ... ....
lonly when articles ore sold 'for con
sumption or use without further pro
cess ot munutnciure, mia inn iu
will bo non-cumulative In effect and
will glvo tho Integrated Business no
udvaritago over tho disintegrated busi
ness. There will be but one tax. If
a commodity Is sold for consumption
or uso In a further process of manu
facture no tax will bo Imposed. For
example, crude on soiu ior iuui wuum
bo taxable, but if sold to a refinery
tor tho making ot gasoline or like
lommodities wouiu not ue iuauu.k. .
.tn nrnnr in nvnl.1 fl rl niln lHtratiVO
difficulties with small sales, the bill
provides for an exemption of all sales
of less than ti.u(i during one year.
'I'hlu will fivfiludn about ono Dee cent
of tho manufactured goods in ; tho
country, according 10 uiu ci-huh u. .
manufacturers. It will practically ex
empt all tho agricultural products
since the average vaiuo ot proaucis ui
farms for this year has been esti
mated by the department of agricul
ture at between 1000 and 12000, but
as most agricultural products would
find their way into manufactured
products they would no exempt any
way under thcdeflnltlon of the tax.
HARDING TO GIVE
I.OTCH1
vcw vnpv wptii- President
Harding will present to the Roosevelt
Memorial association the uess cnaii
.-hinh Thwwlnre Roosevelt used In the
White House, the association announc
ed today. The presentation will take
place on tho steps of the White House
next Wednesday, . . .
FRANCE BANS DUELS
and her expected child so he could
return to the army, in which he had
held a lieutenant's commission dur
ing the war. On West Madison street
he hired a vagrant to accost him and
Mrs. Wanderer in the hallway, ex
plaining he wanted to play a practi
cal Joke on his wlfo. When the vag
rant approached. Wanderer, with his
own gun In ono hand and his cousin's
In the other, shot uotn tno nuor
boob" and his wife.
SILENT PRAYER AT
DAY FOR SOL
NOON ARMISTICE
DIER DEAD IN FRANCE
p Ati is Sent. 30. ( Bv the Asso
ciated Press.) The ministry of Jus
tice has sent a circular to tne pun
ii nroaeciitora in all the departments
of France, ordering them to take ac
tion against all the principles ana ac
complices In duels which resulted In
deaths or wounds. The ministry de
mands that severe penalties be In
flicted. The message points out that
the war cost too much blood and left
too many maimed to allow the num
ber to he Increased on the pretext Ot
settling private qucircls.
TOioinvnTr.M. Hent. 80. Wie
American people were called upon by
President Harding in a pruciunmi...
i.. A.i tnHnv tn offer a silent two-
minute prayer at noon on Armistice
day, November ll, wncn ine oou i
an unknown American soldier killed
in Franco will be laid to rest In Ar
lington national cemetery.
Tha nrnrlnmnllAll fialls. UOOn "all
devout and patriotic citizens" to
pause for two minutes irom
o'clock noon until two minutes past
twelve for a period of silent prayer
ot thanks to thc giver of all good
, vninnhie and valorous Uvea
and of supplication for His divine
mercy and ior s uicujium
beloved country." -
Directions are contained In the
proclamation for th half masting ot
all nnhile bulldlnss. all
stations .of the army, navy and ma
rine corps, and on an American iu
bassles, legations and consulates
i.-...,hn.,f ihn world from aunrtso to
sunset on Armistice day, when It Is
the hope of tne president xnai
... v.-.,. H,.tn. ahati i.-.in In lionarlriff .
America's dead of the world war.