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JMEBFOR Mail Tr The Weather Maximum yesterday 86 Minimum today 44' IBUNE Predictions Fair. riiv sixteenth Tear. NO. 173 Veekly Fifty-First Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON,' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921 GIANTS WIN NOW THREE All Record Breaking Worfd Series Bat Fest Goes to National League by 8-5 Score 3 Homers Rapped Out Two Pitchers Knocked Out oRhe Box. POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Oct. 11. (By tho Associated Tress.) Victory perched high on tho bats of tho Giants thla afternoon when tho Yankee pitching caved In and en quired tho American leaguers In an eight to five defeat. Ovor thirty-five thousand people saw the Giants ever, tho world's series, which now. stands: Giants three; Yankees three. Barnes' pitching cast a mystical spell over tho Yankees, ten of whom were erased - at the plate by strike outs. , Tho following official score shows how the Yankees waved their weak wands at Barnos and lost to the Cliants: ' Giants . ' AB It Bh Po A E Burns, cf ....... 8 110 0 0 Bancroft, as ..... 6. 0 2 Q 2 0 K"risch, 3b 4 2 0 1 .2 0 Young, rf ........ 6 0 1 .2 0 0 Kelly,, lb 4 13 7 1 0 13. Meusel, If'.... 4 1' 2 2 0 0 Uawllngs, 2!i . . . ; 5 0 0 5 2 0 Snyder, o ...!.... 4 2 , 2 10 0 .0 ronoy, p ....v,,,0 0 0 0 0b names, p ....... 4 1 1 2. 0 0 0 - Totals '.' ,.,..,11 I'll 27 7 0 ' Yankees ' AB R Bh Po A B P'ewstor. If ...... 3 21 5 v0 0 Pccklnpaugh, ia ' ". B 0 ' o'-S-l 0 Miller, cf . 6 1 ' 1 . X .. 0 0 H. Meusel, rf . . ,.; 112 0 0 Plpp,. lb . ... 4 , 0 1 2.0.0 Ward, 2b ...... , A 0 1 8 1 1 UcNally, 3b 4 0 0 8 0 1 3chnng, o ... .. . 2,0 1 8 3 0 Harper,, p 7 ....... 0 0 0.0 0 0 hawkey, P ..... 3 110 0 0 Haker, z ;. . 1 0 ' 0 .0 0 0 Piercy, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 7 27 6 2 Score by innings: . Nationals 03040100 0 8 mcricans ...82000000 0 5 Home runs E. Meusel,' Snyder: ?ewster. Stolen bases Plpp. Frisch. Sacrifice Burns. ..Doublo plays ichnng and McNally; chang and .Vard. Loft on bases Nationals, 8; Americans, 7. Baso on balls Off ronoy, 1; Barnes, 4; Horner, 2; Jhnwkey, 2. Hits off Tonfcy 3 In 2-3 nniiigs: Barnes, 4 In 8 1-8: Harper, ) In 1 1-3; Shawkcy, 8 In G 2-3; i'iercy, 3 in 1. Struck out By Hur ler, 1; Barnes, 10; ShaWkoy, 5; Plercy, 2. Winning pitcher Baizes, losing pitcher Sha-vkey. Umpires: t plate, Mortality; first base, Quig ey. Becond baso, Chill; third base, Itlglcr. Time 2:31. Score by Innings , First Inning Giants Bums up. Burns strolled in four balls. Bancroft filed out to l-'ewstcr. Frisch fanned. Fowster nade a wonderful running catch of Young's foul. No runai not hits, no -rrors. ' Yankees Umpire Morlarity ordered Ruth, who was In citizens clothing, to eave the Yankee bench. Fewster up. Hall one. Ball two. Rail three. Strike ine. Strike two. Fewster walked. Peck fouled out to Frisch. Miller got in infield single which tore Bancroft's lands apart. Fewster scored on Mcu let's single to center, .Miller going to :hird. Meusel wont to second on the hrow ln Plnn went out Kolly to Uawllngs. Miller held third, Ward ip. Strike one. Ball one. Miller and Meusel scored on Ward's drive over lecond base. Tonoy was knocked out if the box for the second time In the series and Barnes took his place. Ward's hit was a single. McNallyflied nit to Young. Three runs, three hits, 10 errors. (Continued on pag6 eight.) ONE NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY TEXAS MOB, ANOTHER ONE SHOT BY POLICE MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, Oct. 11 -Wylie McNeely, negro, was burned ;o death by a mob near Lessburg, ;amp county, last night. He had been irrested chaiged with assault upon a ?lrl. The negro was selied by the mob vhen he attempted to leap from the iait to an automobile waiting to spirit lim away from the large crowd which lad surrounded the jail. FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 11. Babe Ruth Out of . Game for Season, Yanks Not Worried 4. NEW YORK, Oct. 11. "Babe" Ruth announced . this morning that the injury to his arm would keep him out of the game for tho rest of the series. His physician warned him, he said, that to take further chances would risk tho loss of his arm. Babe overruled a similar order Sunday but he was obviously In bad shape after yesterday's exer- tions and his doctor declared there was danger of permanent injury if the big slugger persisted further in using his infected arm. Huggins declared the Yankees could win without Ruth. , 'S BAPTIST CHURCH 10 The plans for tho new building for the Firnt Bap tint church are progress ing very encouragingly, and to tho great satisfaction of tho pastor, Rov. P. R. Leach. Sunday at the morning service Rov. Mr.- Leach announced tho following building committee: Prof. Aubrey G. Smith,, Wni. Davis, Fred CI. Jones, B. H. Neidermier, Mrs. Fred Mears, Mrs. John N, Brownlee, Mrs. P. H. Daily. Soliciting commit H. E. Marsh, F. J. Wortman, Dr. Robert Stearns, Dr. F. G. Carlo w, "VV. K. Whlsnanv;, D. Roberts, Justin Judy. The two committees' held a joint meeting last evening at the study of Rev. Mr. Leach, and discussed fully the general building plans. 'It was decided to erect the new church on the. size of the present building. It will be a brick structure. The archi tectural department of tho BaptiHt Home Mission Society will bo used in getting the very, best and most' ap proved Idns of modern church build ing. The Baptists. have engager spe cialists In church architecture Mr the benefit of churches which plan build ing. ' ' The plans which wore discussed last evening call -for a building to cost $40,009 exclusive .of al furnishings and equipment. If the plans accepted at this meeting are fully carried out Medford will have a church building which will be fully equipped for every possiblo work any church could de sire to undertake. Recreation fea tures will be recognized and tho de partmental Sunday school idea will prevail. LadieH parlor, boy's and girls club rooms will form "some of tho many ideas carried out in the new church as will be erected by tho Baptists of this. city. .. Sunday tho 23rd will be set usido as Building Sunday when a Platform Meeting will be held and different ones will tell of what tho building, will be and do for the church and community. ' An active campaign for pledges will follow later. .The Solicit ing Committee will 'meet Friday eve ning at Rev. Leach's study and out lino the financial .campaign. Tho church is a unit in backing the pastor and committees which auger; well for the success of tho enterprise. U.S.E "WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Values of imports and exports of merchandise each fell off materially during Septem ber, according-to figures made public today oy ino aepanmeiu oi commerce. Imports for September were $180,000 000, the lowest for, any month this year. Kxports last month totalled $325. 000,000, only $5,000,000 more than the lowest month litis year; July, and $46,000,000 below tho August record. Both imports and exports were ap proximately 50 per cent below the totals for September. 1920. David Bunn, confessed negro bandit, who-held up and robbed and abused a camping party at Lake Worth, near here, last week, was shot to death early today while trying to escape from officers on the Dallas-Fort Worth pike. Bunn, who was saved by officers from three mobs last week, was being brought In an automobile from Dallas to Fort Worth for trial. Officers here said Hunn confessed to a Inrne number or crimes. MEDFORD COST $40,000 msH MEETING OPENS BUT NEWS GETS OUT Representatives of Sinn Fein and British Government Meet in Cabinet Room, 10 Down ing Street 'No Mews for Weeks Yet.' LONDON, Oct. 11. CPy Associated Press.) The conference of representa tives of the British government and the Sinn Fein met at 11 a. in. in the cabinet room at ten Downing street. Prime Minister Lloyd George's official residence. After a session which last ed until one o'clopk the conference was adjourned until later In tho after noon. . 1 Previous to the session there wore rumors of a disposition to consider the sending of an invitation to Belfast, asking that, the Ulster government send representatives to the meeting and it was. possible- that such a step would be taken. . ' A crowd of several hundred persons had gathered in Whitehall at the end of historic Downing street, which was kept clear except for officials and newspaper nien as the .Irish delegates arrived. The crowd gave the Sinn Felncrs a cheer as they passed through the high timbered gates which were erected some months ago at the en trance of Downing Btreet when there was apprehension that an attack might be made upon the government offices. A number of Sinn Fein flags 'wero displayed by those who cheered the delegates. Sinn Fein emblems, sold by Englishmen, were worn by many. One young Irishman held aloft a placard reading "peace and justice." When the "conference opened the Irish delegates after an exchange of introductions, took seats at .the. cabinet table with tholr bucks ' to windows overlooking the Horse Guards parade, with the British representatives oppo site them. Strictly Speaking, nobody presided In the ordinary sense of the word, but Mr. Lloyd George' was the sirokesnmn at tile outsot for the Brit ish, and Arthur Griffith Sinn Fein foreign minister, for the Irish. . Mr. Lloyd George's opening remarks were brief, as was the reply of Mr. Griffith, and the conference' settled down to the work In hand. Irish sym pathizers outside sang hymns during the opening pf the conference. LONDON, Oct. 11. A communique fssued after adjournment merely buIU that the first session of the "confer ence on Ireland" was held at 11 o'clock. It gave the names of those present and announced that the con ference was ' adjourned until four o'clock this afternoon. The Irish delegates were cheered as tuey drove away. They refused to an swer questions., One of Mr. Lloyd George's secretar ies who received the newspaper men just after the conference opened smil ingly said: ."You cannot expect any news for weeks yet." .. , " ' READING, ' Pa., Oct. II. It is not generally known that" Pennsylvania has a tea crop Indigenous to the Blue. Mountain region near here and which largely Biipplante the use of the Orien tal tea in several counties of this sec tion. The crop is now being gathered and tons of the tea are being picked and dried for winter use. The soli, where this little-known product of the Keystone state grows, 1s rocky but there Is plenty of mois'l ture. The- plant closely resembles Chinese tea. The leaves aro long and slender and of, a deep green cojor. The beverage, prepared from the dried leaves n the same manner that ordin ary tea Is brewed. Is said to be mildly stimulating and rich in medicinal pro perties. I F GOES JO JURY REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 11. The defense rested today in the trial of William A. Hlghtower, accused of the murder of Father Patrick E. Ilos lln. Colma, Cal., Catholic priest. The case is expected to go to the Jury lite today. Greeks Claim Big Victory Over Turks in Asia Minor Field ATHENS, Oct. 11. Greek and Turkish nationalist forces have beer engaged In stern bat- tie along the new front in Asia '.Minor, extending from Afltin- Karahissar-, northward to a point almost directly cast of Brusa. ! On the southern end of this lino the Greeks, says an official statement, have won a complete victory, driving the nationalists from tho field and Inflicting heavy losses upon ihem. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Demand for an investigation of the activities of the Ku Klux Klan was made before the house rules committee today by Representative Tagu6, democrat, Mas sachusetts. Called as the first witness In a hear ing on several pending resolutions Mr. LTague said ho first directed tho atten tion, of the department of justice toward the Klun prior to change of administrations last March. 'VThere is no law to permit men to go out in the dark and take me or my family from my home to punish me whether I am black or white, Catholic or Jew," Mr. Tdgue declared. "If the charges as published are true, it Is time for congress to put out its hand and stop it." William J. Simmons of Georgia, Im- j perlal wizard and founder of the Klan, wan- nroong the-flrst 'witnesses ,tp ar rive. . Attorney Gonornl Dougherty also i was present at the hearing. William J. Burns, chief of the de partment of justice bureau of investi gation,, whose evidence bearing on the activities of the Klan, was presented yesteraay by Attorney General patigh erty to Chairman Campbell, also was on hand to testify. Chairman Campbell said the ques tion whether the order had violated uie postal laws w-oujd have attention from the government, the chairman said, as well as charges that lawless acts had been committed by masked men. i i ' -.1" ' E LONDON, Oct. 11. Affiliated Transport .woritern, railroad em ployes, minors and metal workein havo'beoir called to meet in a confer ence on November 1 1, liio ,da!e of tho opening or tho Washington omfer encr on limitation of unnnmciit, ac-co-rilng to a deciil.in of tp Interna tional Federatftn of Trado Unions A Great Britain, lio'msl Williams, scc retiry of the Trpis.oo-t Workers ur: ioi., informed till Daily iHernld, organ of labor, last nUbt, that the confer ence would Include all the workors cf Europe and would call on the peoples cf America and Kurope "to wage war afiuinst capitalism In the only effec tual way." "When polltlclut and statesmen voto.crelts for war munitions," ho continued, '"they will liavj lo reckon with the question who'.her the work ers will produce and transport them." HONOLULU, Oct." 11. The press congress of the world opened Its ses sions here last night with a banquet. following whfth a reception was given for the delegates by Governor Wallace R. Farrlngton. Addresses of welcome were deliv ered by the governor, Mayor John H. Wilson of Honolulu' and Georgo P. Denlson, president of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. . A number of the delegates replied In two minute speeches, Including Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Lawson, of Knglarjd, Oswald Q. Rand, Canada; Marx Copen, New. England; Jap In nes, Austria. T. Petrle, Hong Kong; Gregorlo Nieva, Philippines, and nenry cluing, Korea, SOLON DEMANDS INVESTIGATION KU KLUX KLAN INVITATION TO GEN. PERSHING IS DISPATCHED British Cabinet Ministers in , Haste to Correst Snub to American. Commander Foreign Office Regrets Mis understanding Wire Sent. LONDON, Oct. 11. (By tho Asso ciated Press.) (Icnorur lVrnhlnK, chief of staff of the American army, will come to London before October 20 to lay tho medal of honor voted by tho United States congress on llio tomb of the unknown. British soldier in Westminster Abbey, the British foreign office announced Ibis evening. LONDON, Oct. 11. (By the Asso ciated I'ross.) Tho British govern ment last night toll-graphed t" I'arls, expressing its pleasure at the pro posed visit of General I'enihing to lny the congressional medal o'f honor on the tomb of the British unknown soldier In Westminster Abbey, and General Pershing is assured tho warmost welcome'. The cabinet mlnistorH were absent from London ovy tho week-end but on returning to London dealt prompt ly with the question. PARIS, 6ct. 11. American troops which had been hold hero for a week to act as guard of honor at the cero mony expected to be held In West minster Abbey, Umdon, when General Pershing was to lay tho congressional medal of honor upon the tomb qt the British "unknown soldior," have re turned to Coblenz. General Pershing will not go to London, as he hud planned, because of tho failure of -tho British war office to fix a date for the ceremony. . ' Such explanations of the delay on the parf of the war office to fix the time when the United Statos formally could honor Great Britain's war doad would appear to indicate , that , tho BritiBh government did not have timo to make the arrangements for the ceremony. HEED PENDLETON SPOKANE, Oct. 11. Sheriff Clar ence E. Long and Miss Ruth Jennings, assiBtant cashier of tho State Bank of Spangle, Wash., which was robbed of more than $0,000 last Tuesday, wero en route to Pqmeroy today whoro they expected to attempt to- Identify two men held there as suspects in connec. tion with the robbery. Descriptions of tho men, who woro nrreBted at Pendleton, Ore., and are declared to be from Portland, wero Bald to correspond in many detailB with those given by AJiss Jennings after the robbery of the hank. Rocotit movements of tho men also wero de clared to have corresponded with sup posed movements of the robbers; The men hold at Pomoroy gavo their names as William and Andy Kuhnatl. They are suid to ho about 10 and 21 years of ago. 11 , TO TO' PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 11. Charter of two 'vessels' for grain cargoes with India as possible destination, wbb an nounced here today, theso being the first full Joada of grain going to India from the Pacific coast, so far bb local shipping men know. Tho vessels aro tho Norwegian steamor Torroy, taken for Shanghai with an option on Cal cutta or Bombay. The other vessel Ib tho Japanese steamer China Marti, taken for tho United Kingdom with an option to India. Both are expected to take their wheat cargoes In November, and tho China Mam Is expected to load at Puget jtouiyl. Shipping men expected both would go to India. Rock Island Bonds Granted WASHINGTON, Oct. i. The Chi cago, Rock Island and Pacific waB authorized by the Interstate commerce commission today to issue $1,906,000 of Its own bonds for the purpose of paying off obligations of a subsidiary, the Burlington, Ccdaj; Rapids and Nor thern. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. The emergency tarlc, Instead of expiring November 27. would emuln in ef fect until February 1 under a bill favorably repotted today by the house ways and means committee. The life of the dye embargo would be extend1 ed ns well as the rnte carried In the emergency qi-t. Negro Runs Out of Names for Family of 32 Children SAVANNAH, Gb., Oct. 11. A. B. Burgess, a negro employed by tho Atlantic Coast Lino railroad, probably has the largest family in Georgo. llo Is tho father of 32 children and has had three wives. Tho negro has been blessed with seven sets of twins and two sets of triplets. When tho last sot of twins wero born Burgess and his wife had run out of names for thorn and they went nameless until they selected their own names when they entered public school. Burgess shied ut selecting names when he found that among his progeny. ho had boon "doub- lug up." having two "Willies," and two "Sammies," in his flock. A PLEA FOR SALES TAX WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 Tho salcB tax Ib bound to come, tho senate was told by Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, author of a manufacturers' sales tax plan, which ho urged as a substi tute for tho oxcess profits tax and tho various miscellaneous taxes now in force, ,' "There is no real, fundamental ob jection to a sales tax," the senator de clared.' "It Ib a 'pay as you go' propo sition and for that reason favored by manufacturers, though they may pay more, in . taxes than under an Income and excess profits system. But thny will know to a certainty just whut the tax is; they will pay It out of current receipts. It cun bo Imfnodlutely charg ed into costs as a definite amount and Without the inflation which hau exist ed under tho oxcesB profit tnx; and all taxes "are charged into costs just as rent, wages, mnteriuls purchase, Inter est and all other expenses. It will give tho treasury department a con stant Inflow of revenue during month ly :perlods current expenses can be met out of current recolpts to that extent. It amounts to an adjusting of taxes to business Instead of trying to compel business to adjust itsolf to taxes." i Replying to arguments that the pro posed tax was impossible of adminis tration, Senator Smoot said this was not a fact; that manufacturers' taxes wero being collected under tho present tax law and. that .collodions, could bo mudo in tho samo manner under his proKBiils. Ho bIbo read a lottor from Assistant Internal Revenue' Commis sioner Smith, who stated that In his opinion tho Smoot manufacturers' sales tax would he no more lilfffciilt of administration than the sales tuxos imposed by tho 1917 and 1918 laws. , The Utah senator opposed the pro KB0d five per cent increase In tho corporation Income .and high surtax rates, declaring that the latter woro keeping revenues from the government through tho cvnBlon of taxes by men of large incomes. AT WAUKEGAN, ILL. Hl'UINiiFIELD, -111., Oct. 11. Tho trial of Governor Lon Hmall and Ver non Curtis, a banker of Grant Park, 111., charged with conspiracy to do fraud tho state of Illinois, will be hold nt Wnukegan, ljiko county, Illinois, attorneys In tho case ngreed today. The charges date back to Governor tmnll's term as stato treasurer. SENATOR SMOOT MAKES AMUNDSEN DECIDES TO USE AIR - PLANES TO DISCOVER NORTH POLE SEAVlLK, Oct. 11. Captain Raold Amundsen, discoverer of tho South oole and conqueror of the northeast passage, will use airplanes In an ef fort to reach the North ixile If presont plans for drifting past the top of the world prove impracticable. H. H. Hammer, his representative here an nounced today. Captain 'Amundsen has already se cured the Bervlces of two Norwegian aviators who will sail with his ship, the Maud, when It lenves Sontlle next bHLD ACIED SANE IN CANADA. Canadian Telegraph Operator, in Roseburg as Witness, Tells of Dentist's Visit Jury Is Completed and Trial Begins State Outlines Its Case Against Brumfield, , ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 11. Tho" 1.,.., I,.. I M It.lln... field was opened today betoro tho Jury which wiib completed luto yesterday, and District Attorney Georgo Ncu ner In his oponlng statement had ready an outline of dvldonco upon which tho prosecution bases lis charge of murder in the first degree and upon which it seeks tho death penalty upon the dontlst for the al leged murder of Dennis Russell. After Neuner had spoken an hour, asking for tho death penalty, Dexter Itlco of Brumfield's counsol, ad dressed tho jury fiftoon minutes ask ing that Judgment bo suspended until the wholo truth was lonrncd anil say ing that tho defonso besides claiming Brumfield was lnsnno on July 13, ox pocted tho' stato to fnll to provo that Brumfield killed Dennis Bussoll. Court then rccosacd nnd tho jury wont to view the scone of tho alleged crime. During tho prosecutor's talk Mrs. Brumfield blanchod repeatedly as ho dwelt on grewsome details. More than' 50 wltncsoss ar.e ready to supply details of tho case built up by the district attorney, whose In: vestigalion led to the arrest near Cul gary, Alberta, of Dr. Brumfield, a month aftor the headless body of Russell was found In the wrecked and burned automobile of the, missing dentist near here July 13. ;..,v,. - The jury is. comprised entirely -or farmers and was seloctod aftor tho de fonso had exhausted all Its challenges and tho state had only ono left,. Dr. Brumfield said this morning that mice which troubled him Bun day night, were not so had last night. Ho found ono caught' In a trap ho said.. .. . ' The prisoner has a now keeper now, "Tiny" Bill, Keppor., former Pittsburg, Pa., policeman. "Two Gun" Hopkins, his former Jailer, has been placed on jury guard duty. ; . Tho complete Jury foUows! Amos B. ' Cripp, Jltddle; Q. W. Hurtshorn, Suthorlin: Vincent Apple gato, Yoncalla; Joseph Wlniford, Umpqua; Fred Parker, Sr., Canyon vlllo;. Dick Hanan, Yoncalla; Goorge Edds, Yoncalla; J. F. McClannhnn, Oakland; W. K. Cllngonpeol, Looking Glass; N. L. Conn. Molroso; Georgo C. Sowoll, Myrtlo Crook, and Frank trlngle, Elk Head. "When Dr. Brumflold talked to mo in the Calgary .olograph offlco on July 29th, before he went to Mldna poro, whore he was lutor captured, he was perfectly normal dt least ho acted that way, and waB certainly courteous In his dealings with mo,',', said MiBs Florence Curry, Calgary tolograph oporator who Is here to ton-, tlfv during tho murder trial. , . MIbb Curry,, who Is roglstored at the' Hotol Douglas hero, In a quaint Cunadlun way today : told ot Dr, Brlimfiold's visit to the telegraph of fice. When Dr. Brumfield visltod tho telegraph office he gave the name of Norman Whitney. He was dressed In a blue suit with a pin stripe, wore K lasses and a mustache, but wus well groomed and his appearance was very neat. At the time ho talked with mo I did not notice anything- strange about him and ho was very conrle- lfn lnfl tinn 1, .llnca In ',all with mo at the tolograph otflco and said that his wife. Mrs. Norman Whitney, would who for it and for our office to wire It back to lier Im mediately upon tho request. May to resume Its Interrupted far northern trip, according to the an nouncement? The two pianos to bo used In the expedition aro expected to arrivo hore early next year. The explorer's original plans for tho nxnndltlon which is ODeratlne under tho auspices of the Norwegian govern ment, called for a five years' drift with the Arctic Ice pack. The Maud left Norway mote than two years ago, but last year lost a propeller tri the Ice of the Siberian coast and was brought hack to Seattle for repairs,