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Newspaper Page TextMedford The Weather Maximum yesterday 83 Minimum today 48 Predictions Rain, .iiv B xieemn lour. IV'eeKir ' " MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921 NO. 17 i Mml Tribune GIANTS WIN. FOUR TO 3 Nerve Racking Pitcher's Bat tle Goes to National by 2-1 Score Ward's Error in 7th Costly to ' Yanks Best Played Game of Series Thrills Fans. POLO GROUNDS. NEW vnnK Oct. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The Giants won a nerve racking pitchers' battle from the Yankees this afternoon by a score of 2 to 1. The spitballer, Douglas won the decision by a hair line over the underhanded f linger,. Mays. . Ward's error of an easy grounder, after two out in the seventh and Snyder's two base hit laid the Amer ican leaguers low. The series now stands: Giants four; Yankees three. The pfficlnl box score attached shows how the Giants celebrated Col umbus day. Score: Yankees AB. R. H. PO. A. Kewster, If 0 10 0 . Pockinpaugh, 8S....4 0 2 0 4 Miller, cf ;..3 .0 0 2 1 It. Mousel, rf ......4 0 0 .1-0 Plpp, lb ......-....4 1113 0 Ward... 2b '. 3 0 0 0 4 Mc.iilly3b .....r..l 0 10 2 Baker, 3b . I ...3" 0 2 1 0 Schang, c , 4 0 1 7 0 Mays, p ...;..:. 3 0 0 0 2 Devormer ;..0 0 0 0 0 r " Totals- ":r. X .'8' '24 . 13 Ran for- Baker in 9th. Giants ' y' AB,; R, . PO. Burns, cf .;..;...;,..4 .' 0 ' 2 2 Bancroft, ss ......4 012 Frlsch, 3b ............4 0 " 0 ' 2 Young, rf ...3 ,1 1 2 Kelly, lb 3 0 0 13 15. Mousel, If '. 3 0 10 Rawlings, 2b 1.....3 10 2 Snyder, c .'.....3 0 13 Douglas, p ,;...3 0 0 1 A. IS. 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Totals :.30 2 6 27 1 1 0 Americans ....0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nationals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 2 Summary: Two base hits Pockinpaugh, Ban croft, Hipp, Burns 2; Snyder. Stolen bases Yoing. , Sacrifices Ward. Left on bases Americans 7; Nation els 4. aBses on balls Douglas 1. Struck out May. 7; Douglas 3. Wild pitch Douglas. . Umpires At plate, Quigley; first base, Chill; at second base Rlgleri' third base Moriarlty. Time of gamo 1:40. First liming Yankees Fewster flied out to Young who made a nlrfe running catch to the wall. Peck got a long hit to loft for twcbascs. Frlsch threw out Miller. Douglas knocked down Meu sel's grounder and threw him out. No runs, one hit; no errors. Giants Burns flied out to Meu sel. Bancroft got a double Into, left field. Frisch filed out to Miller and Bancroft went to third on the catch. Young up. Mays robbed Young of a hit and threw him out at first. No runs; one hit; no errors. Second Inning Yankees Plpp doubled up against the left field fence. Ward sacrificed. I'ipp scored on McNally's single to right. Schang forced McNally, Ban croft to Rawlings. Mays lined out to ltawlings .who made a leaping catch. One run, two hits, no errors. Giants Kelly fanned on three pitohed balls. McNally threw Meu fel out at first, Plpp making a back hand catch. McNally threw out Raw lings. No runs, no hits, no errors. (Continued on Page Eight) ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MRS. TYLER, HEAD OF WOMAN'S KU KLUX,1 FAILS ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 12 Several 32 caliber Bteel-Jacketed bullets and the trail ot footprints "that ended at the road were all county police had to start on today In their inquiry into what they characterized as an evident attempt last night to assassinate Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, head of the woman's department of the Ku Klux Klan. Five shots were fired Into the bed room window of Mrs. Tyler's home here, she reported to police headquar ters, and while the window glass was smashed the bullets whizzed over her head as she leaned over the bed of her Daughter of Mrs. tva McArdle. h Found Not Guilty CLEVELAND, Oct. 12. Marion McArdle. 20 voar old ilmiuhtn.. nf a Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber, was f round not guilty of complicity In the murder of Daniel k'.ilmr hr 4. stepfather, by a Jury today. Miss McArdle was nermitted in Iobvb a the court room a free crirl Th 4. jury of nine men and three worn- en had the case under delibera- tion since late yesterday after- noon. v. WASHINGTON, Oce. 12. .Com mittee amendments to the soft drink section were agreed on today without division. They would im pose in lieu of tho present taxes rates o two cents a gallon on cereal bev erages, unfermented fruit Juices and still drinks of 7 4 cents a gallon on fountain syrups and five cents a pound on carbonic acid gas. Senator King, democrat, Utah, gave notice he would offer an amendment to impose a higher tax than that proposed on coco cola. The senate also agreed to a com mittee amendment which would pro vide that no tax should be collected on amusement admissions when the amount paid wa3 10 cents or less. E KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 12. Suspension of the Daily paper publish ed by the Dally Record Publishing company was announced today, but the Weekly Record will continue to be issued by the owners, who have an option to buy tho Evening Herald on or before December 10. Failure to exercise tho option will mean . the transfer of Record property to the Evening Herald. Economic waste resulting from du plication of advertising material lii the publication of two daily papers In Klamath Falls was given as the rea son for suspension of the dally Issue by the Record. EXCELLENT TALK A..i.,'vr r! Kmlth wn installed ns 'a member of tho Two-Tools nt the Chamber ot commerce lunencon, ...hti. ..-nu hnlri ,,t lhA Untcl Medford this noon. .Mr. Smith has secured two new members since nis appointment, to tho membership committee last Wednesday. j. J. Webb of San Francisco was the speaker of the day and delivered an ..niin..t tnlb- nn' r-n-nmriLtinn : citing Itho rebuilding of San Francisco and the Panama Pacific international re position as examples of bis theme. .Mr. Webb is a very fluent speaker and the members who wore absent from this luncheon, of whom there ... n.nnv tntuapri hno nf the most in teresting and instructive addresses of the year. '. ' i.v.,n Vnwmnn netert in the ennae- ity of chairman for the meeting and Secretary Krohbach ruled me posi tion of tho absent official song leader, Millard. daughter. Miss Doris Tyler who was 111. The bullets were found embedded In the walls of Jhe room. A-mysterlous I telephone call was received by the Atlanta Constitution within an hour after the shooting and a man's voice !said: "I Just want to say that we got 'Mrs. Tyler tonight and we will get Colonel Simmons tomorrow." W. J. Simmons. Imperial wizard of the Klan. Is in Washington attending 'hearings by which' the house rules ; committee expects to decide whether 'to recommend congressional investfga ! tion of the Klan. ; HIGH KU KLUX KLAN WIZARD DEIS IMJMGE Wm. J. Simmons Points to Leading Men in Membership Negroes Testify Against Secret Order Texas to Probe Ku Klux Riot. WASHINGTON, (X-t. 12. Defend ing the Ku Klux Klan, William J. Simmons, Us imperial wizard, told tho house rules committee today that it it had been a lawless bund it could not have obtained such large member ship, comprising "the leading men of many communities." ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Before calling William J. Simmons of Atlanta imperial wizard of the Ku Klutf Klan, to the witness stand, tho house rules committee heard representatives of negro organizations today in suppoi't of resolutions providing for a congres sional investigation of tho order. .William Monroe Trotter of Boston, speaking for tho Kational Equal Rights league, the first witness, de clared the Klan was "a private unof ficial organization, which interfered with personal liberties of peoples, most of whom are outside its- mem bership." t Such interference, he charged, was an attempt to prevent tho proper ex ercise of government. . . "Th method of coercion," Trotter said, "is shown by tho sending of threatening letters to persons to cease doing certain things," and by use of the hooded gown. He characterized the Klan as '.'a real menace to Che sense of personal security of millions of citizens." - Tho Rev. S. 13. J. Watson, a negro' preacher of'Chicago, told the commit tee the Ku Klux Klan was proving a hindrance to the progress of the negro by breaking down his morale through fear and terror. "The claim-by. .the Klan that the negro is '-seeking social equality is unwarranted," ho asserted. WACO, Texas, Oct. 12. With a no tice from Governor Pat M. Noff in ticfr hands advising that the entire civil and military power of the state was at ' their disposal, McLennun county officials today bean a grand jury investigation of the clash at Lo rena the night of October 1, when Sheriff Bob Buchanan attempted to halt a parade of Ku Klux Klansmcn, which resulted in tho wounding of ten men, one, of whom died later. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 12. Pasco, 39 miles from here and junc tion of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific! systems is suffering from an influx of women hoboes, ac cording to tho chief of police there. During the Inst week nn average of two women daily,- dressed as . men, have been taken from freight trains. These women, who have been working in Idaho and the Cocur d'Aleno coun try are "bumming" their way back to Seattle for tho winter. Many are ac companied by their husbands. . Hav ing no adequate jail accommodations, the city of Pasco gives.them suspend ed sentences and so many hours in which to leave town.1 S. 0. PRESBYTERY The meeting of the Southern Oregon Presbytery will convene tonight at,i Rogue River at, 7:30 o'clock. Last night E. W. Warlngton who has re cently taken over the Y. M. C. A. work at O. A. C gave a talk on evnngellsm Rev. E. P. Lawrence spoke on "The New Era Charts," preseptlng the com plete program of the church: Tomor row- will he a business session. In the evening taere will be a "popular" meeting for everyone. Rev. Kahlor of Ashland will give the address. E AGAIN DEFEATED , PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 12. Mies Cecil Leltch. British abd Canadian woman's golf champion, was defeat ed today In the first round of match piny -lor the . Berthellyn cup at the Huntingdon valley rountry club by Mis Glena Collett. Providence, R. I., one up. Miss Collett outdrove Miss Leitrh nt nearly every, hole and her iron shots were more accurate. Miller Scores First Run t pSaasLJi. info KtsAMttfoitk afifiteta ) Elmer Miller, of the Yankees, scoring the first run of the world sorios ill the first Inning nt the Polo Grounds, N Y. Miller opened tho I inning with n single, went to second on Pock's sacrifice and scored on "Babe" Ruth's timely single. ' ' ' E ELWOOD, Ind., Oct. 12. Secre tary of LaTor DaW declared In , a speech here today that the country "had come to" after an Industrial de pression and soon would be filled again "with the old electric energy." Mr. Davis spoke at a homecoming week gathering In this city, where he was formerly a tin mill laborer and later city clerk,.. ,. ,; "Before fong I believe we are going to look back on the, past twelve months with wonder," said Secretary Davis. "While we have had a rec ord depression in that time, we are really accomplishing a marvelous work. Getting American business back from a war boom to a sound basis, was one ot tho most compli cated and dangerous situations our leading men in business and industry have ever- had to face, . Now tho job Is being accomplished. The 'Buyers' strike' was running on beyond tho stopping place. Now the statisti cians' In the department of labor can po'nt tp solid figures which show in creases lit buying and decrease In un employment. Buying has begun again." I WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 12. Fire at Umaplne, Ore., starting at mid night last night, burned tho general store, owned by the Hudson Bay com pany! moving picture theater and the apartments above these two establish monts. Telephone and telegraph con nections are down but reports teach ing Walla Walla state the loss will probably reach J23,0U0 and that the origin is unknown.. At noon today the fire was still burning hut had been confined to the one block. Pershing Incident Closed, U. S. General Accepts Invitation :'.-. - PARIS, Oct. 12 General Persh- lug has accepted the British gov- eminent a Invitation to Assist in the presentation of the congres- sional medal of honor to the 4 "unknown warrior" of Great Brl- tain In Westminster Ahbey. It Is probable the ceremony will take place Octolicr 17. The Pershing episode, -which caused a lively exchange of tele- grams for ten days between Paris and the .American embassy in London, is1 . regarded aB closed. General Pershing has taken the incident amiably.' , , 1 w . Ik GOVERNMENT GETS $75 IN DAMAGES E A jury iu tho federal court In the ,eaea of the government agalnsl Ivan E, Kllgore, Klamath county stock man, returned a verdict 'Tuesday evening In favor of the government for $75. The governomnt sued, for $104 actual damages and $125 puni tive damages. Trespass of stock on the Fremont National Park resorvo grazing precincts was charged In the action. " ' , This morning the court comhiehc ed hearing evidence In the case of Silas W. Kllgore, a cousin of Ivan Kllgore, on a similar charge. They operate undor the firm name of kll gore Brothers. The first witness was Gilbert T, Brown, supervisor of tho Fremont roservo, with headquarters at Lave view, Orogon. He identified letters written to and by the dofendants. The case is expectod fo take a day. The case, ot the MacCumber-Bav-ldge Lumber company against the Big Pines Lumber ocmnpny will com mence the first of next week, and will probably take four days. S.P. TO VISIT CITY A flock of Houthern Pacific railroad officii! 1h arrived In thy city 'from the north thlH niorninff to Hpend tho dny hore and at Ash land and to meet with i'reyident Win. Hproulo In Medford tomorrow night, following his arrival from Kan PranrlHco. Among the arrivalu of this morning was. John M. Hcott, general paKseugeT agent, who only returned 10 day tigo from upending the summer in Scot land, looking hale and hearty nnd glad tb again ho In tho Iloguo Xtlvor valley where ho nan many frlendH and ac-tiualntuncba with whom ho la very popular. With Mr. Keott came E. l. Klngf the new -superintendent of tho Shnsta di vision of tho Southern Pacific" who is making hi flint official visit here; I. T. Sparks, traveling pasHengnr and freight agent; W. Y, Miller H- KlHtant general freight agent, und V. K. Mayo, division engineer. .S., EMBASSY AT ROME ROM IS, Oct. 12. (Hy Associated Press.) A crowd of communism today attempted a hostile dcmonstratlon-ln front of the American embassy here lis a protest against the sentencing to death of Nlcolo Sacco and Bartholo mew Vonzettl. tho Italians convicted of first degree murder in a- Massachu setts court last summer. The' police finally dispersed the mob and made one hundred arrests. Ted Thye Is Thrown By Miller, Spokane 2 Straight Falls SPOKAXK. Oct 12. (Siiechll.) Miller won tho wrestling match here from Ted Tbye last nignt in two straight falls. The first fall was secured In one hour and thirty minutes by a crotch hold and half Nelson; the second in eleven minutes with a body scls- S sors nnd head lock. - RUSSELL IS THE Mrs. Julia Smith Presses Scrap of Brother's Scalp to Cheek Crying "It Is His,. It Is His" Mrs. Brumfield Takes Copious Notes. ItOSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 12. Two brothers and a sister of Dennis Rus sell today nt tho .trial ot Dr. .R. M'. Brumfiold Identified a scrap ot hair and scalp taken from beneath the burning automobilo found . July 13 last, as that of Russell. Mrs. Julia Smith of Dlllard, Rus sell's Bister, pressed the scrap to her chook and repeated again nnd again: "It is his; It Is his." . She identified a' watch and a diary as those of hor brother. Ed and Tom Russell, brothers, both -said thoy were certnlij the hair was that' bf their' brother.: ,.- . J. E. Rose of WlnBton, Who said ho had known Russell for 35 years; Isl dor Sollg, Myrtle Crook shoo mer chant; who said he sold to Russell in March shoes similar to those partial ly recovered from the body, and C. W. Parrott, of Rosoburg, who told of finding a piece of sho'o and the dyna mite percussion caps, testified for tho state. ' A. J, Willard, a barber who cut RusseU'B hair for Blx years, said that the "exhibit" was Russell's hair. Mrs. Brumfiold, wife of tho ac cused, who But near her husband,, took copious notes ot tho testimony with a pencil. BOSBBURG, Ore., Oct. 12. Dr. R M. Brumfiold appeared this morning rofreshed after a good night s sleep to face a procession of witnesses call ed by the Btate to connect him with the death of Dennis Russell, whose burned' and mutilated body was found In the wreckage of the dontlst'B auto mobile July 13. . . "Tiny Bill" Kopper, his porsonnl guard,, reported that tho prisoner's only comment on tho trial yesterday was "goo, wo'vo got a remarkablo audlonco today." Dr. Brumfield has shown no sign of dlBtross oxcopt to ask for a guard on each side of him SB he goes from the jail to tho court room. Witnesses woro called today to'sup- ply further links In the thread of cir cumstantial evidenco which tho Btate chargea fixes the blame for tho death of ItiiBsell. . HOY If SHNTHNrKI KOIl 1NKI1KIKCY StJIC'lOKS DKH MOINES, III., Oct. 12. Fif teen minutes after Fred Mct.'arty, 17 years old, wild to bo tho son of a wealthy retired grain man, was sen tenced to tho Industrial school for boys nt Kldorn, In juvenilo court to day, he committed milcldo ut Iho county Jail by hanging himself, llo was I'hiiiKed with lnebrlei y. SISTER DENNIS WTNESS BABE RUTH ALL SHOT TO PIECES, SUFFERING FROM FIVE INJURIES NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Babe Ruth, out of the world scries because of In juries, is suffering from five different hurts any one of which probably would be sufficient to keep many players from the game.- Here are Ruth's injurlos: Infected upper left arm, In which surgeons have mado a three Irtch Incis ion. The original Injury was sufrored In the Cleveland-New York series. The wound was torn open twice in the games of Sunday and Monday and the arm Is badly swollen. Sprained oft knee, gufferpil Jn mid 0. 3. STARTS WORK PEACE PLA! Delegates Selected By Hard ing Begin Deliberatons President Explains Position Complete Disarmament Held Impossible Halt in Future War Preparation. WASIir.NfiTOY, Oct. 12. (By tho AssocindMl I'rs.) Ameri can delegates to tho . ilisarma im'iit conference" nt their. Initial mooting today woro understood to hava discussed, tho feasibility of admitting Uin pros to nil full sos-sions of the conference mill to havo iiKstinifMl a fnvornblo utt Undo toward tlin proposition. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Formula tion of lwlicles to be pursued by the Amorican dclognttnn at the conference on limitation of armament and Far Eastern and Pacific questions wns bo gun, today when tho four delegutes selected by President Harding to roii resont the Untied States hold their first meeting at tho state dopartmont'. Month of Preparation v WASHINGTON, Ocf. 11. A month of careful preparation for tho Amer ican government's part in the arma ment conference begun today, with tho first meeting hero of the four dele gates selected by Presldont Harding to speak for the United States. Diplomatic, military and naval data ot a specific nature- already had been compiled for th guidance of the dele gations but the real tusk ot fitting the whole mass of Information togeth er and building upon it a constructive. program remained Jo bo done by the delegates themselves. Sdme hint of President Harding's hopes for the armament coiiforonqo were given as the delegates were as sembled by publication of a letter tho president had written In reply to' a prayer that he work for "universal dis armament." "Absolute disarmament, Mr. Harding wrote, "was boyond hopo of realization," and perhapB not very desirable, but "a reusonablo limita tion" of armament waB a practical pro position with Bomo hope of: accomplish, ment. ' Similar sentiments have boon ex pressed generally by military and naval authorities. It is understood that tho first consideration of thoso familiar with tho international situa tion has' been rathor a "reuaonublo limitation" of future armament con struction than a scaling down of pros ent strength. Tho latter,- It is pointed out, could well bo considered after a building program for tho future hud been agreed upon. .. ,. . Delegates at Work-, Soerotnry Hughes , and ' Senator liOdgo both have had repeated ijonfor onces with Mr. Harding concerning the conference and the other two dele gates, Kllhu Hoot and Senator Under wood, called at the White Hoiiso und were acquainted with the .president's views before accepting places on the delegation. , . - Tho letter In which President Hard ing outlined his hope for "reasonable limitation," waB made public at the Whlto House as expressing tho execu tive's attitude toward the Vlows ot all llioso who havo" written him to worlc for complete disarmament. The letter was addressed to Miss Ella U Freed, Brooklyn, N. Y., and was bb follows: r "My dear Miss Freed: ' "Your, letters among othors that come to mo suggest a widespread mis apprehension bb to tho alms of tho (Continued on pago eight) summer; has never had onough rest to regain strength. - Pulled tendou, or "Charley horse" In right leg; torn looso again Monday when ho scored from first on R. Meu sel's two-bagger. Sprained wrist, caused by falling on his arm when sliding bases. , "Strawberry" or open sore, on ills hip caused by sliding bases and con stantly re-opened. Ruth says he could stand tho pain and would play had not the physicians warned that constant aggravation, would spread the infection in his arm and make another and more serious, operation necessary. .