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The Weather
Maximum yesterday. 65
Minimum today 50
Precipitation 08
Predictions
Rain. '
Dally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Flfty-Klrsc Year.
MEDFORD, OliEGOX, Fix I DAY, OCTOBER H," 1921
NO. 176
Vawter, Cotvgill and
Briggs Appointed to
Bull Full of Silo
BABE RUTH
LJIIJBUINJIj
May Figure in Divorce
H&HTOWER
Moonshine, Puts Out
Mail Carrier's Car
ADAIR, Ia Oct. 14. Duke, a
War Vet. Commission
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TELLS JURY
Clara Killion, Pretty Chamber
Maid From Chateau, Lake
Louise Says Dr. Brumfield
Planned to Sail to Australia
September 10th State Is
Near End of Its Case.
ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 14. The
prosecution planned today to wind up
its case against Dr. R. M. Brumf'elil,
having put on the stand nearly 50
witnesses who have told the story of
the wrecked automobile and the cir
cumstances surrounding the finding
of the mutilated body identified as
Dennis Russell's, for whose alleged
murder Brumfield is on trial.
While a-storm shrieked outside
and pelted rain and hailstones against
the windows, the state this morning
put on the stand Mrs. Clara Killion,
chambermaid at the Chateau-Lake
Louise, Alberta. Petite and pretty she
appeared dressed in black and wear
ing a veil. She said she met Dr.
Brumfield July 19, while he was oc
cupying a room at the chateau. She
learned his name as Norman M, "Whit
ney from the slip on' his laundry.
The accused dentist watched her
closely, but the witness never looked
in his direction.
She said 'Brumfield had told her
he intended to said for Australia on a
ship due to leave September 10.
Brumfield left the hotel August 2,
she said, and after that wrote her one
letter. The letter was not read.
. - liwul Russell Jitter - , ,, ,
After an argument between attor
neys for the state and defense the
court permitted the prosecution to
read to the jry the "Dennis Russell"
letter, which the state contends was
written by Brumfield while he was
working on a farm near Calgary, in
tending to send it to District Attor
ney Neuner over the signature of
Russell.
The court overruled objections of
tho defense to the testimony of 'Miss
Florence Curry, former telegraph
operator at Lake Louise, who told of
Brumfield depositing $100 with her
to be forwarded to Mrs. Whitney."
Samuel B. Crouch, hardware mer
chant, identified tho barrel of a rifle
found in the wreckage of the car,
as a gun ho had sold to Brumfield
four years ago.
ROSEBURG, Ore, Oct. 14. First
testimony concerning the amount of
life insurance held by-Dr. Brumfield,
accused of the murder of Dennis Rus
sell, enme out nt Brumfleld's trial this
afternoon when Charles McElhlnney,
Roseburg insurance man, gave testi
mony that on tho day of the alleged
crime Brumfield hold a $16,000 policy
in nn Oregon insurance company.
Detectivo R. Richardson of Calgary,
who found tho Dennis Russell letter
under Brumfleld's bed testified that
the nccuscd man admitted at the time
that the missive was In his hand
writing. Several Roseburg bankers also
identified tho writing as Bruniflcld's.
The state rested nt 2:52 p. m., to
day. SEATTLE. Oct. 14. James E.
Mahoney, convicted of first de-
gree murder for slaying his elder-
ly wife, Jate M. Mahoney, and
burying her body in a trunk in
Lake Union here, was today sen-
tenced to be hanged January 6 at
, the state penitentiary at Walla
' Walla, Wash.
TALKS RIGHT
(NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Mrs. Ella
L. Fried, a speaker for the Citizens'
Disarmament committee, today sent
a letter to President Harding, urging
that he advocate reduction by one
half of the world's present armament
at the Washington conference. .
The letter to the executive, whose
letter to her was yade public last
Wednesday called attention that her
name had been misread as Miss
Freed.
"I asked you what you meant by
'reasonable limitation.' You say you
mean 'something practicable.'" her
second letter said. "That Is exactly
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 14. The
world war veterans' state aid
commission last night announc-
ed the names of appraisers np
pointed in IS of the 36 counties
in Oregon under the bonus law.
The appointees will receive $5
for each appraisal under the
loan plan feature of the act.
This fee will be paid by the ap-
plicants for loans and not by the
state, as announced at the time
the bonus act was enacted.
The appointments-for Jackson
county aro: V, H. Vawter,
hanker, Medford; Ralph P.
Cowgill, civil engineer, Central
Point; E. D. Briggs, lawyer, Ash
land. CALL MEETING
TO FORM GOLF
, OCT. 19
Over 100 Representative Citi
zens Sign Petition Express
ing Desire to Have Country
Club Near Medford Pro
ject Well Received.
Medford Is to have a new golf and
country club if plans recently formu
lated by a number of representative
business men materialize. R. H. Mc
Curdy started the ball rolling by cir
culating a petition, and a meeting to
perfect plans and name an organizing
committee will he held. at the public
library Wednesday evening, October
19 at 8 p. m. Over 100 names have
been secured, hut no attempt to make
a thorough canvas has ueen made, and
any men and women in Medford or
Jackson county interested in such a
project are urged to attend this meet
ing. C. E. Gates has been requested to
preside at the meeting, so an auspic
ious launching of the project is as
sured. Before the meeting adjourns a
fairly definite program ' will undoubt
edly be formulated, and work started
at once to secure grounds for 1922.
The following representative .citi
zens have indicated their desire to
have a golf and country club near Med
ford by signing the petition:
T. E. Daniels, Geo. T. Collins, Gor
don Voorhles, Lincoln McConnack, E.
11. PIckel, Robert Stearns, T. G. Thay
er, J J, Emmons, C. II. Brown, G. M.
Roberts, Rawles Moore, P. J. Neff, R.
J. Henry, Vemon Vawter, H. A. Thler
olf, A. L. Hill, Chris Gottlieb, Al P.
Hagen, E. F. Guthrie, C. C. Lemon,
A. E. Reames, Chas. Reames, Thos. J.
Fuson, E. B. Hanley, Milton Schuchard
Ben Sheldon, Robt W. Ruhl, J. C.
Mann, C. E. Gates, Harry Rosenberg,
D. Rosenberg, E. G. Burgess, T. S.
Johnston, Corbln Edgell.
Leonard Carpenter, Alfred Carpen
ter, H. L. Walther, Wm. G. Tait, H.
Chandler Egan, Ralph G. Bardwell,
C. S. Newhall, Geo. E. Gates,. Earl S.
Tumy, Gain Robinson, Hamilton Pat
ton, tluy Conner, Del roy Getchell, John
S. Orth, Wm. F. Isaac3, H. G. Field,
E. C. Ferguson, Carl Y. Tengwald,
Horace Bromley, E. 11. Jannoy, O. O.
Alenderfer, Ed Brown, O. C. Boggs,
Sid Brown, B. W. Paul, W. Russell
Coleman, W. J. Warner, J. A. Calles,
C. C. McCurdy, Wm. Vawter, R. W.
Clancy, E. E. Kelly, E. A. Welch, Edi
son Marshall.
S. T. Richardson, Floyd H. Hart,
E. H. Gould, C. M. Kidd, D. S. Clark,
Alice Holloway, Leon B. Hasklns,
(Continued on pare six.)
BACK TO. THE
, tho same thing you said before In
other words. Synonyms are not def
inite. Permit mo to ask you whether
you consider a reduction of the
, world's military burdens by one-half
! reasonable or practicable? If every
one of the nations at the conference
; agrees to reduce Its armament one
I half, their relative strength would re-
main as great as before. That Ii
clear. I hope.
j "Then why not, suggest one-hair
j reduction? When that has been done
! the women of the world will furnish
jyou further suggestions as to what is
I reasonable and practicable."
CLUB
CROWNED BY
LOYAL FANS
Home Run King, in Spite of De
feat, Gets Silver Crown
Valued at $600 Giants
Lucky Is Yank Verdict
Meusel Wins Turkey Dinner
From Brother Bob.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 Babe
Ruth, long known as the king of
klout and sultan of swat by his
subject fans, was formally crown- 4-
ed in the club house after the
final of the series yestordny.
Manager Miller Hugglns offlciat-
ed at the coronation ceremony,
placing on the regal head $000
worth of silver crown presented
by admirers. The crown was in-
scribed "King Ruth."
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NEW YORK, Oct. 14. New York
went back to work today after partial
ly forgetting business for more than a
week because it interfered with inter
est in the world series. Many fans de
cided to wait a while before returning
their noses to the grindstone. They
felt it wholly befitting to sit and talk
about what a great thing it all was
this triumph of the New York Giants
over the New York Yankees ' five
games to three, in the first world ser
ies that Manhattan ever enjoyed to
itself.. These fans opened the hot stove
league season with fervor. Much of
their chatter- concerned yesterday's
final in which the Giunts beat the
Yankees 1 to 0.
The Giant rooters contended their
favorites were the gamest In baseball,
and cited how, after they had been
shut out in the first two contests, tho
McGraw men fought back, winning
five of the lust six games.
Supporters of the Yankees countered
with the observation that unfortunate
breaks In hick lost the last two games
for the . American leaguers, . whose
pitchers, Mays and Hoyt, performed
magnificently und deserved shutouts.
And they also would have Giant fans
remember that Babe Ruth, the Than
whomer of all Thanwhoms in the mat
ter of clouting baseballs, played the
early games handicapped by a multi
tude of injuries which forced him out
entirely .in tho final trio of contests.
Everybody agreed that one big rea
son the' Yankoes lost the title, after
starting out like whirlwinds was tho
failure of their heavy hitters to hit
heavily.. . '
"Nobody can say we quit," Babe
Ruth declarod. "It's too had we lost
but even in defeat we fought hard
until the last man was out. The Giants
got the breaks in the last two games.
Luck was with them but we gave them
a real fight."
Arthur Nehf who twirled the Giants
to the world's championship in the
final game said the ninth inning waB
the most thrilling he had ever pitched.
"I knew I had victory and the title
within niy reach when I walked out to
tfc! mound for the ninth," he contin
ued. "I was not disturbed when Ruth
came to the plate instead of Plpp. The
biggest moment came when Ward
walked and Haker stepped to the plate.
1 remembered that Baker beat Math
ewson In a world series by making a
home run in the ninth inning. I pitch
ed carefully to Baker and when Raw
lings stopped that ball it took a great
load off my mind."
Waite Hoyt, the defeated twlrl'er,
was almost heartbroken at his failure
to win his third straight game over the
uiunts.
"I gave the best I had," he said.
The "turkey series" played off by
the Meusel brothers Emll of the
Giants and Bob of the Yankees was
won by the former with a batting aver
age of 345 to Bob's 200. In 29 times at
bat, Emll scored four runs and made
ten hits for a total of 17 bases. The
Yankee Meusel, In 30 trips to the plate,
scored three runs and made six hits
for a total of eight bases. Under the
rules of the scries, proposed by Emll,
Bob must furnish a Thanksgiving din
ner for the whole Meusel family.
Fall plowing will be In full swing
throughout the valley by the first of
the week as the result of the rain of
Wednesday evening.'whlch gave the
ground a good soaking. The farmers
were hoping for a series of rains about
the middle of September and are about
a month behind In their work.
According to reports from Chicago,
of the International Harvester Company, and Mrs.. Edith McCormlck,
daughter of John l-. Rockefeller, are contemplating divorce proceedings.
It was intimated they will hereafter live
were reports that a divorce is more
SHERIFF IS A
LOCALJJNESS
R. W. Starmer of Douglas
County Testifies in C. A.
Brumfield Case in Federal
Court Defendant's Partner
Tells of Moonshining Deal.
Picturesque witnesses, among them
Sheriff R". WV Stflrmor of Donglas
county, a central flguro In tho Dr. R.
M. Brumfield murder case now undor
way at Roseburg, testified in the fed
eral court yesterday afternoon and
this morning In the trial of John Is
son, an ex-special gamo warden, and
C. A. Brumfield, a farmer. Shoriff
Starmer is a vital witness In the
Brumfield murder, which was com
mitted in the territory he officially
guards, and an important witness in
the federal court here. Ho was the
arresting officer.
On his first appearance on the
stand Sheriff Stunner testified that
there was a stovepipe running out of
the still house, located on the ranch
of Sam M. Welleck, a co-defendant,
who turned state's evidence. Welleck
testlflod there was no pipe running
through the roof.
Shoriff Starmer this morning re
quested the privilege to qualify his
tostimony, which was granted. Ho
was called to tho stand and testified
that there was no stovepipe, and that
he had been so busy that ho over
looked the detail, but that ho wanted
tho jury to understand It correctly.
Attorney Abrams for tho defense,
asked Sheriff Starmer, if his return
to the stand was not for tho purpose
of muklng his testimony agree with
that of Wclleck's, which he denied.
"You are sure you have not made
a mistake about finding the still,"
asked the defense attorney.
Govern ment" Sustained
This line of questioning brought
forth a strenuous objection from the
government attorney, which was sus
tained, and Sheriff Starmer left tho
stand. The sheriff has been kept on
the Jump between the Brumfield
moonshine case and the Brumfield
murder cuse in Roseburg, the princi
pals being only of the same name in
the same locality.
Humor found its way into the dig
nifled session. Gunner Jolsen, a
young man of 26 years, and Scanda
navlan extraction, was a smiling wit
ness for tho government, lie testi
fied he and Frank Carlson, went to
a feed barn near tho farm rented by
Brumfield, "to find a bottle," and In
stead found a small still hid under
the straw. They took tho still up to
his house, and showed It to his folks
and then returned It to its hiding
place.
Asked why he entered the feed
barn, Jolsen said "ve vanted to pl",y
a yoke on dem fellers." He admit
ted he and Carlson were a sort of a
reconnolterlng partv for booze. He
said he had heard there wcro stills
In that part of Douglas county, but
had never seen any of them.
Mo Is I'bmwvI
W. II. Long, a native of Douglas
county, used the word "He" In deny
ing the Intimation that he and his
mother, and the defendant Brumfield
had quarreled over a lease to land,
and said, "Mr. Brumfield and I are
as good friends as two men can be."
He said he saw iBson, while he was
working In a strawberry patch, and
that the special game warden called
him to the fence and naked for some
HELD
JM7i AnZ JWris.
Harold Y. IP CoiWfe, .
Harold F. MrOormick, president
widely-separated lives, and thero
than a mere possibility.
REFUSE TO GIVE
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Salaries of county employees at tho
court houso will remain ns thoy are
according to n decision of the county
budget committee reached at the ses
sion Thursday. Some of the women
workers requested a 10 per cent In
crease, the same as granted last yoar,
but this was denied. Thero waB con
slderable perturbation among the la
dles on account of the rumor that
there was a cut in pay scheduled
One resigned as a result thereof.
r The chief atTOmont'-advanced fori
a wage Increase was that "better payl
could bo secured packing apples." Thol
budget committee countored with tho
argument that fruit packing lasted
three months, and a county Job 12
months and somotlmes was not par
ticularly strenuous.
The budget committee, which 1b
composed of Horace Pelton of SamB
Valley, Thomas Simpson of Ashland,
and John A. Westerlund of this city,
went over tho budget with the county
court, and made no radical slashes,
though reductions were made in BOme
items, and additions in others.
The budget commltteo will con
vene again noxt Thursday, to finish
up tho work.
smoking tobacco. Whllo thus em
gaged, he saw Welleck driving to
wards them in a wagon and re
marked: "Here comes another man who will
be out of tobacco."
"Sure enough," continued Long,
"Welleck drovo up, and said 'Hello,
Bill, give me a pipeful ot tobacco."
He said Welleck and Isson rodo down
tho road together. Long said thoro
was something under tho wagon seat
which the government maintains was
tho still found by Gunner Jolsen.'
9300 for One Barrel
Sam Wellock was the first witness
for the government, and doscrlbed In
detail his start In moonshining, and
tho making of the still, which he as
sembled before tho Jury.
.Welleck said that tho readjust
ment period left its mark on him, and
that one day whllo talking to Brum
field, he remarked, that "unless
things picked up ho would have to
slurt making whiskey."
Ho said Brumriold told him he
would give $500 for a barrel ot whis
key, und that afterwards Brumfield
fi.rnlshed a still, (the small one Gun
ner Jolsen testified he found) and the
Ingredients, corn, cracked corn, corn
meal and brown sugar. Welleck
testified he took the, still to his homo
and started experimenting, but could
produce nothing but a "poor grade of
vinegar."
Later, after this failure, Welleck
testified that Brumfield told him he
had a man who knew how to make
whlBkey, and that the one they had
was too small "to do any good with
commercially." He then alleged that
Isson, tho special game warden, then
enme to his house, and made the still
introduced as an exhibit, mid describ
ed minutely and in wholo, Just how
It was mudc, and how the corn Was
spread on tho roof of the porch to
sprout, after soaking all night In a
nearby creek. According to Wellock,
the method followed was to mix corn
meal boiled to the thickness of much
with hot water and brown sugar. Be
fore the still was operated tho cf
ficer seized it. Under tho plan Wei
leek was to get $8 per gallon for the
mountain dew, and Isson and Brum
field $12. He said he did the work
and furnished the room, Brumfield
the material, and Isson the know
ledge for the venture.
prize bull owned by a farmer near
4 here, attacked an automobile be-
longing to Mail Carrier Clyde Ed-
wards, it becamo known here.
The bull was declared to have
been under tho influence of fer-
mented silo fodder and stagger-
Ingly planted himself In the cen-
ter of the road. When tho cur
came up he let drive with both
horns and then weaved down tho
road leaving a badly battered
"flivver."
LOSES FIGHT TO
BAR EVIDENCE
TWIN FALLS, laho, Oct. 14.
Undor tho terms of a ruling by JiuIko
Babeoek in tho cnue of Lydti. Meyer
Southard on trial for tho murder by
loiaoning of her fourth husband, Ed
ward F. Meyer, tho state this morn
ing begun taking testimony us to tho
deuth of llarlun C. Lowis, .Hobort C.
Dooloy and William G. Mrllaffie, for
mer husbands of tho defendant and
Edward Dooley, brothor-in-law. Tho
decision on tho Question of tho right
of tho stato to introduco such testi
mony negatives an objection lodged
by tho defense and is interpreted as
letting down tho bars for a complete
rovlew of tho entlro maritial history
of tho defendant and" Iho circum
Hlancos surrounding tho deaths of
each of tho four men montionod.
Specimens from organs of tho bod
ies of each will bo piueed in ovidonco
together with export testimony tend
ing to provo tho presence in tho spocl
meny of the sumo poison us thut al
leged to have caused the death of
Aleyer,
Tho medical history of each case
will be gono into in dutull in an effort
to show that tho symptoms in each
we're Identical witli those in the case
of Meyer.
In a brief address to tho Jury fol
lowing his decision upon tho admis
sion of this ovidonco, Judgo Uabcoclt
stated that tho admission would bo
pormltted in order to establish tho ab
sence of any clement of accident or
mistake in tho case of Meyor.
Deputy Sheriff V. 11. Ormaby took
tho stand for the state and told in de
tail of tho exhumation of tho bodies
of Lewis, Mcllaffio and Edward and
Kobert C. .Dooley and tho securing of
specimens from tho bodies of each.
He also testified at length as to con
versations between himself and tho
defendant during tho period between
tho duto when ho took charge of her
following her arrest in Honolulu and
hor incarceration in tho Twin Falls
coiyvty Jail.
Tho defendant,- according to tho
witness, talked freely about hor for
mer husbands, tho final illness of
each and the life insurance held by
each.
E
While endeavoring to pass a truck
lout evening on Main street In front
of the Page theatre, Clarence Frlck
who was driving a Ford touring car
collided with the rear end of a Max
well roadster belonging to Ralph L.
Pollock. The Maxwell was parked in
front of tho Medford Domestic laundry
and Mr. Pollock was seated in tho
Pago seeking excitement In the story
of tho It. N. W. M. P. when he could
huvo had plenty of excitement had be
been In his car.
When Frlck tried to stop he discov
ered that his brakes did not work duo
to a broken axle which must have
broken Just before the collision. The
roar fender of the Maxwell was bent
and the tail light smashed, Tho front
end of tho Ford waB totally wreckod.
MRS
SOUTHARD
KANSAS MINERS CALL MASS MEETING
TO DECIDE WHO'S WHO IN THE UNION
PITTSBURG, Kas., Oct. 14.
With two sets of union officials func
tioning In the Kansas coal flolds as a
result of an order by John L. Lewis,
president of the International union
suspending members of tho Alexan
der Hnwut administration and creat
ing a provisional organization to take
charge of district affairs, interest in
the situation today centered about a
mass meeting of miners at Franklin
at which It waB. understood a perma
nent program would be determined.
The suspended officials so far have
declined to permit George Ii. 'Peck,
local member of the International
CONVICTED
OF
Itinerant Baker Found1 Guilty
of Murdering Father Heslin,
Catholic Priest, Last August
Life Imprisonment Is
Recommended
tory of Case.
-Brief His-
REDWOOD CITY. Cal., Oct. 14.
William A. IllBhtower, Itinerant
baker, was declared guilty by a Jury
Into yesterday of first degree murder
In connection with tho death of
Father Patrick E. Heslin, a Colnia,
Cal., Catholic priest last August. Tho
Jury recommended life Imprisonment.
Tho defendant will appear for sen
tence tomorrow.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal., Oct. H,
William A. Hlghtower, itlnorant
baker and casual laborer, charged
with tho murder ot the Rov. Patrick
E. HoHlin, Colnia, Cal., Catholic priest
protested his Innocence from the first"
and maintained that he would be
willing to havo a full Jury of priests
sit In judgment on him. Tho killing-
of Father Heslin provided one of the,
greatest murder mysteries in Cali
fornia.
Dnys of grilling and tho accumu
lation of much ovidonco against High
tower failed to break him down. So
great was tho strain to which he was
subjeetod that he was unablo to eat
tho first few days of tho examination
and lost many pounds In weight.
Fathor Heslin was called from his
home at Colina, a suburb of San
Francisco, nbout nine o'cluck the
night ot Tuesday, August 2, by a muf
fled stranger who said he wanted tho .
priest to administer tho" last 'Sacra -incut
to a dying man, Tho two rode
away In a .hxiiiII automobile. ; '
The following morning Miss Marie
Wondel, tho priest's housekeeper, no
tified tho polico of tho priest's fail
ure to roturn home, and a search was
begun that attracted attention of tho
entire country. Miss Wondel ' later
identified Hightowcr as tho man-who
had called for Fathor Heslin.
After a fow days the searchers an
nounced that thoy were "up against
a stono wall." Tho first tangible clue
camo with tho receipt of a typewritten
lottor by Right Rov. Edwin J, Hanna,
archbishop of tho Cnthollo archdio
cese of San Francisco, demanding a
ransom of $G,D00 for Fathor Heslin;
and saying that tho priest would be
killed If tho money was no$ paid. The
lottor was received tho day after ,
Father Heslin disappeared. r
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Tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T.
Flndlay on Summit avenue was en
tered last night while all the occu
pants of the house were absent and
cash and Jewelry valued at $100 was
taken. The thieves gained entrance
through a door on the south side of the
house, went upstairs and ransacked
the dresser drawers. The valuables
were tho property of MIbs Elcher,
daughter of Mrs. Flndlay.
Tho Findlays loft the house at about
7:30 and returned ubout 11 o'clock,
Tho robbery took place during their
absence. No clue has yet been discov
ered which would point to the identity
of tho pulprlts.
The grnnd Jury term of the circuit
court for October will be called next
Monday. They will probably be in ses
sion all week.
board and Thomas Harvey, designated
by President L'Vls as acting secretary-treasurer
respectively of the dis
trict, to take charge. Johrt Fleming,
acting president since President Ho
wat and August Dorchy, Union vice
prosldent, went to Jail at Columbus
for six months for violating the crim
inal section of the Industrial court
law stated that no action In the mat
ter would be taken pending the out
come of the mass meeting,
Tho susnended leaders continued
to transact business. Meantime,
Peck and Harvey, Bent a Call upon all
miners to return" to work Immediate
MURDER