Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 07, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Maxim""1 yesterday 85.5 Minimum today 39 Predictions Fair. .uv Sixteenth Tear. &ly--Fty-Fit Year. MEDFORD, OREOOX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921 MAIL TRIBUNE NO. 370 . r : . . ! 3 AMERICAN HURLERS ARE KNOCKED GUT Giants Emerge From Batting Slump With Vengeance in Third Game, Winning in Frightful Bat Fest Ruth Whangs Single, But Fails to Stem Defeat. POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK Oct. 7. (By the AsBOciuted Press.) The Giants emerged from their bat ting slump today, cuffed three Yan kee hurlera off the mound and sub merged the American league chum pious by a sco-.e of 13 to 5, in tbe third game of the world's series. The 38,000 spectators saw the Giants rain base hits all over the place In the seventh inning and when the (lust had settled the score board showed eight runs fpr the National leaguers. The Yankees took the lead in the third inning by letting to Toney for four runs but the Giants came right back and tied the score. The following official box score tells how the Giants wielded their wicked maces. Yankees A'B. R. H. PO. A. E. Jliller, cf 5 112 0 0 Peckinpaugh, ss..3 1 0 4 2 0 Ruth, If 3 0 110 0 ' Fewster, lf....'...'.,.0 1 ' 0 0 0 01 , R. Meusel, rt 3 0 2 1 0 0 i Plpp, lb ..3 0 0 12 0 0 Ward, 2 b 4 ' O 2 1 S 0 Mc.N'ally, 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 Schang, c 2 112 2 0 Devorner, c 1 0 0 10 0 Shawkey, p 1 0 0 0 0 Quinn, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Collins, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rogers, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baker, x 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 S 24 13 0 Giants AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Burns, cf 6 14 10 0 Bancroft, ss 5 113 2 0 Frlsch, 3b , 2 3,2 2 1 0 Young, if ......3 2' 2 0 1 0 Kelly, lb 3 10 7 10 E. Meusel, It 5 2 3 2 0 0 Rawllngs, 2b 5 0 2 3 5 0 Snyder, c 5 1 4 S 2 0 Toney, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Barnes, p 5 2 2 1 1 0 TotalB ..30 13 20 27 14 0 x Batted for Rogers In 9th. Score by innings: , Americans 00400001 0 5 Nationals 00400081 x 13 Summary: Two base hits R. Meusel, Young, E. Meusel, Burns. Three base hits Bums, Young. Stolen bases Frisch, Burns, E. Meusel. Sacrifices Plpp. Bancroft. Double plays Ward and Plpp; Quinn, Peckinpaugh and Plpp. Left on bases Americans 5; Nation als 10. Bases on ball Off Shawkey 4; off Toney 2; off Barnes 2; off Quinn 2; off Collins 1. Hits Off Toney 4 in 2 innings; none out In 3rd; oft Barnes 4 in 7 Innings; oft Shawkey 5 In 214 innings; off Quinn 8 In 3 2-3 Innings; none out In sev enth; off Collins 4 in 2 2-3 innings; oft Rogers 3 in 1 1-3 innings. Hit by pitcher By Barnes (McNally.) Struck out By Toney 1; by Barnes 7: by Quinn 2: by Rogers 1. Wild Pitches Barnes. Winning pitcher names. Losing pitcher Quinn. Umpires at plate, Quiglcy; first base, Chill; second base, Rigler; third base Moriarity. Time of game 2:40. Manager McGraw put the Giants through a long battini; practice. Shea, a right hander, taking the mound and feeding the ball to the home folks. Toney and Douglas took turns bat ting. Waite Hoyt received an ovation from the hleacherites as he followed the Yankees across the field. Shaw key was Jacketed In a big woolen sweater nrd, of course, tho crowd lu'ekly figured him as the Yan kees' boxman. Ruth limped badly as he crossed 'he field. He sprained a ligament lidlng into third base ten days ago and the Inlurv was troubling him again. (Continued on Page Five) Moonshine Well Is Discovered, Knoxville Residence District KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Oct. 7. Police have discovered a "well" of whiskey In a residen- tial section of the city. A small copper pipe from a copper tank sunk 10 feet under the grsund enabled the owner to keep a supply of moonshine whiskey on tap at all hours. The whiskey was forced through a faucet by a hand pump. The outfit was : confiscated and the owner nr- ruignect in police court. E Fred Hood Found Not Guilty Stealing Red Cow, But Is Immediately Tried On An other Charge Too Little Work, Says Father. Fred Hood, a youth from the Klam ath Indian reservation, -charged with stealing a red cow, was found not guilty by a jury in the federal court Thursday afternoon, after one hour and thirty minutes deliberations, and wont on trial this morning, with his cousin, Charles Hood, Jr., on another cattle stealing allegation, which in volves government cattle. A special venire was drawn for this case from local men, including Virgil Strang, J. L. Reed. Ed Binns, W. A. Gates and W. II. McDoland. The principal witness for the de fense in the acquittal was the de fendant's father, Charles Hood, Sr., an educated Indian, licensed to plead before) the Department of Interior. He became confused In his testimony, on the brands and Identity of the cows, the Hood family were selling to fittingly celebrate the Fourth of July at BIy, but macfe a good witness for his son, despite the comment. "Fred stays around home most of tho time, and is 23 past. That is the way of my people. If we were not civilized, he would have to get out and hustle for him seir." . At this remark everybody In the courtroom smiled but the defendant, who was resplendent In a new brown suit, of the latest campus cut, new shoes, and a modestly striped silk shirt of the shipyard era. Hood in his own behalf testified that he had sold the red cow to Utter and Casteel, Fort Klamath butchers, for J 50, and that his brand was on it, and that he had found it grazing on the banks of Wood river. He sold 12 head of stock belonging to the Hood family for $430, which included a $100 advance, he testified. He gave his father $200 of this sum, and the family made the eagle scream at BIy, July 4th, on the proceeds. Among the jurors called in the trial this morning of Hood and his cousin was W. A. Gates, a grocery- man. Mr. Gates asked If ho had en countered any experience with the aborigines, responded in the affirm ative. "With what results?" asked Attor ney Manning. "Disasterous." replied Mr. Gates, "I retained my doorknob." A few moments later Mr. Gates was excused from service. The taking of testimony will be gin this afternoon. Thursday afternoon, Ed Justin, a rancher of Plush. Oregon, was fined $150 on conviction of a charge of be ing In illegal possesison of a still. The evidence was circumstantial. It Is now expected that the sessions of the federal court for the present term of court will be concluded next Thursday. T'enn to Moot V. of V. frti i rci' rt 7. Penn- svlvnnia State college and the 1j.ii v'ersity of Washington will meet on the gridiron this fall. The game will be played Decern ncr imru ..i No Chicago Game CHICAGO, Oct 7. Wet grounds caused the postponement of the base ball game between the Chicago Amer icans and the Chicago Nationals today. INDIAN YOUTH ACQUITTED CATTLE CHARG Following Babe Ruth takes a toe hold in the ground with his dented shoes, clinches his jaw and attempts to murcicr the next ball that is anywhere near the plate. Above are four poses of Ruth, show ing him at the . beginning of the mightv swing and carrying it through. 1 lie illustration also siiows his hard grip on the bat and his keen eves. R. RIVER SPTIZ BEST SEEN EAST THIS YEAR Rogue River valley fruit comes to the front again, this time with ap ples, and indicates that the Rogue River section of the valley this year has the finest Spitzenberg apples of the United. States. Guy Conner received the following telegram yesterday from the Asso ciated Fruit company of Chicago, which concern is one of the coun try's largest fruit distributors with branches In the important cities of the east, west and middle west; "Elsmann Spitzenbergs most beau tiful apples of this variety ever hand led." This telegram referred to six cars shipped the company through Mr. Conner froni the F. D. Elsmann ranch at Rogue River; $2.23 Medford. f. o. b. The company last year handled 1S00 cars of apples, and handles on an av erage of 3,000 to 4,000 cars a year. U. S. POPULATION INCREASED BY' DISEASE FIGHT MADISON, Wis., Oct 7. Population in the United States Is Increasing rapidly due to the reduction In tho death rate rather than to an increase in birth rate, E. A. Ross, professor of sociology at the University of Wiscon sin said, speaking last night before the students social science club. Professor Ross advocated birth con trol, saying that "twenty years ago when I coined that grossly misused phrase 'race suicide' I believed In large families; today with changed condi tions and years of deeper study of the subject I have changed my mind." He said that child labor laws, ad vances In medical science, and pater nalistic legislation have given the white race a longevity unequalled throughout the ages. Neither the present or future generations would benefit by an increased birth rate, be cause, he said, increased birth rate 1s accompanied without exception by an increased death rate. Cold Wave in Texas. WICHITA FALLS. Texas, Oct. 7. A cold wave reached here early today, followed by a drop In temperature to 53 degrees. Fort Worth and Denver railroad employes reported snow had fallen at Texllne. .;k 'S- x 'i-M f , Ruth Through on His f Bali , rlhLd ! IN Babe I I t I t i V. i ti iIpiiimip Mra in niFiri rv Lloyd George to Lead Delegation Lloyd George LONDON, Oct. 7. (Dy the Asso ciated Press) The personnel of the' English delegation to tho conferenco with Irish lenders fiero next Tuesday was officially announced today, as follows: Premier Lloyd George, Lord Bir kenhead, the 'lord high chancellor; .Sir Haniar Greenwood, chief secre tary' for Ireland; Austen'ChamlK'ii.'iin, government leader 111 tho house of commons; Sir Laming Worthington Kvann. weretarv for war. and Wins ton Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies. Attorney General How art will be a member of tho con ference whenever constitutional ques tions arise. $4 A GALLON TAX WASHIXGTONVOct. 7. A tax of $4 a gallon on all alcoholic spirits withdrawn from bond for industrial, medicinial or any other purposes, has been agreed upon by republican lead ers as a part of the new tax revision program. ThlB is an increase of $1,S0 a gal lon and Is expected to yield $75,000, 000 additional revenue each year. The proposal to repeal the $2,000 exemption allowed corporations was abandoned on the ground that it would work too great a hardship on the small corporations. The leaders also were said to have derided on a flat corporation income tax of 15 per cent in place of a 10 and 15 per cent lute. Mighty Swing tXrtu mm LU TO BE FILLED THIS PJt ROSEI1URG, Ore., Oct. 7. After tho jury box had been filled with tentative jurors today for tho trial of Dr. R. M. Brumfield for tho alleged killing of Dennis Russell, six were removed by peremptory challenges, two by the state and four by tho defense. Two additional prospective Jurors were then obtained. Dr. Brumfield complained of feeling Bick when he left the court room at noon. "I couldn't cat any breakfast and I suffered a good deal during the night," he told newspnper men. Throughout the morning Mrs. Drum field watched him closely. From time to time she wrung her hands as it to control nervousness. ROSEIIURG, Ore., Oct. 7. Tho sec.. ond panel of veniremen summoned to obtain a Jury to try Dr. R. M. Brum field for tbe alleged murder of Dennis Russell was In attendance when court opened today. Attorneys and court officers were encouraged by progress made the first two days of the hearing, and expected today to complete the work of rilling the Jury box with tales men subject to challenge by the state and defense. The following tentative jurors were In the box early today as a result of questioning the first panel of 24 venire men: . Harry Larklns, Oikland; M. II. Payne, Yoncalla; Walter G. Coates, Olalla; Jesse R. Clayton, Tyee; Amos B. Cripp, Riddle; Q. W. Harthorn Sutherlin; James Marvin, Sutherlln; C. S. Hunt, Oakland; J. I. Roach, Til ler; Walter Haines, Elkton. All are farmers or ranchers except Marvin, who Is a road worker. Dr. Brumfield was again neatly shaved and . attired when ho left tho jail for the court house. Three of the new panel of fifty names were of men who nre dead, one was paralyzed and some were out of the court's Jurisdiction, to the sheriff's report. CHICAGO. Oct. 7. A meek man with downenst eyrs sfnmllnff beside Mrs. Jonpph Yenhofsky was sentenced to Jail yesterday by JinlKC Jacobs in municipal court after Mrs. YenhofsUy had told the court how her husbnnd had beaten her unmercifully. It wnn not until after sentence had been pasHCd end he had been subjei-ted to ft severe ieniurn that the meek man, Frank Kelly, with Mrs. Yenhofsky's aid, convinced the court that he wan not her husband, but wns appearing In connection with another ease. The court's order was withdrawn. 'Agreement Signed . By France to Save Germany From Ruin PARIS, Oct. 7. France Is in- sured reparations payments and Germany is given a means to avoid possible bankruptcy thru the agreement signed yesterday at Wiesbaden by Louis Loucli- cur, French minister of liberated regions, and Dr. Walter Rath- enuu, German minister of re- construction. Tho agreement is regarded !! hero as of extreme Importance and will permit Germany to pay Hie equivalent of seven billion gold marks In tho next five years. First reports Indicated the agreement would run hut threo years but It is found upon examination of the pact that it does not expire before May 1, 1926. "It Is expressly stipulated that v all deliveries shall bo devoted to the re-constructlon of devast- ! ated regions In northern ! Franco," snys an annex to the agreement. ! 4. ARBUCKLE IS E Fat Jester Released on $500 1 Bail for Alleged Violation of Prohibition Law Hearing On. Manslaughter Charge Is Postponed Until Oct. 13. SAN FHAJSX'lfiCO, Oft. 7. Hoscoo C. (Fatty) Arlmrkjc, motion picture comedian, was arruHtcd hero today on a chai'KC of violating the Volstead prohibition enforcement net In that ho "had unlawfully poHMCHKcd a quan tity of intoxicating liquor." Ho was released on $500 cash bail by n Unit ed StatOH commlsHloner to appear for a preliminary hearing; October 13. It Is reported tho principal witness against Arbucklo on tho liquor charge has disappeared and It 1h believed he sailed recently for his old homo In Australia. SAN FIIANCISCO, Oct. 7. ltoscoo C. (Fatty) Arbucklo was arraigned in tho superior court today on a charge of manslaughter growing out of the death of Miss Virginia Happc. Octo ber 13 was sot as tho dato for plead ing. . .Arbuckle'H attorneys, C. IT. Brennan of San Francisco nnd Milton M. Cohen of Ios Angeles, saying they wished time to consult with other counsel. KU KLUX LODGE DURA NT, Ok la., Oct 7. Several shots were fired last night between a group of officers of Sheriff Taylor of Hryan county and three deputies and a band of nine masked, white-robed men whom the officers discovered In n pas ture north of tho city. None of the offjeers was Injured. Tho robed men fled after the shooting and Sheriff Taylor said he believed none of them bad been wounded. He declared he would not permit meetings of masked men. RANSOM LETTER nRDWOOD CITV, Cnl., Oct. 7. In the trial of William A. Ilightower, charged with tho murder of Father Patrick E. Hcslin, Carl F.lsenshimmel, handwriting expert, testified today that Hlghtowcr wrote the letter to St, Mary's cathedral, San Francisco, Aug 3 demanding a ransom of fCSOO for Father Ileslln. who had been abducted from Colma the preceding day. ARRESTED BOOZE CHAR m SHE AT 160! CAUSES SI Crude Oil in Large Quantities Brought Up By Bailer Yes terday Causes Excitement Throughout Valley Indica tions Strong That Paying Well Is Near. Tho report In circulation in the city lalo last night and this forenoon that tho Trigonia company had struck oil In paying quantity is not true, nnd arose from tho fact that there Is a splondld Bliowlng to indicate that oil may bo struck In commercial quan tity. This has been ki.own for some time, hut yesterday nftornoon tho bailer during tho process of drilling out the under reamiiigs brought up and discharged thick crude oil In in creased quantities. Several pint bot tles of this oil were ckimmed off and brought to Medford by several per sons, whero they havo been attracting' considerable interest. The work of cleaning out tho hole of the GO re maining feet of tailings at its bottom It was expected, would be completed this afternoon. Tho work of nctual drilling was stopped last July with the drill at a depth of 1 3f0 foet , with the drill In a black Hmo Bhalo in a strong showing of oil. This showing was such that it was doomed wise toceuso further' drilling nnd set casing in to shut out tho water, which has been going ott : since, and lu about completed, so that drilling can soon be resumod. The fact that of the 1350 foot depth, thore Is a weight of 1100 feet of water resting on the bottom of the holo and there Is such a tremenduotts pressure underneath sufficient to . Torce the oil through the bottom nnd the 50 foet or tailings make the out look for striking oil tho best In the history of the well. L GIRL IS VICTIM OF T MADIKON, N. J. Oct. 7. Pierced by 25 knife wounds, appurently the work of a maniac, tho body of Janet Law rence, 12-year-old school girl was found today concealed behind a log In Kluxcn woods, near here. Her throat had beun slashed and her body stabbed. The police asserted she had been attacked. Tho child wns reported missing yes terday when she failed to return from tho home cf a neighbor, Mrs. Joseph Snndt, whero she had been caring for tho Handt children. A peculiar knot in twine, said by tho polieo to bo used only In green houses to bind rosebushes, 1b one oC the clues to tho murderer. The child's hands wore tied behind hor with this twine. SPOKANE. Oct. 7. Ten million dollars has been alloted to the local office of the war finance corporation for loans to farmers and livestock raisers of Washington and northern Idaho, it was announced today by It. L. Rutter, chairman of the Wash ington general loan agency of the corporation. This sum is aside from a Ilka amount authorized for the North west Wheat Growers, associated, and is available to farmers who are not members of the wheat growers organ ization. Mr. Tluttcr also nnu. tineed that Kenneth Murray of this city has been recommended as secretary ot the Washington agency. Plans for opera tion of the agency were completed' at a meeting here yesterday of the execu tive committee comprising Washing ton and northern Idaho bankers.