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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 68
Minimum today 4ti
UNE
Dally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-first Year.
MEDFORD, OREG OX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
NO. 178
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Predictions
Rain.
1LLD
BRUM FIELD
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DEFENDANT
Roseburg Dentist Accused of
v Murder of Dennis Russell,
i Tells Strange Story of Crime
Indistinct Flashes of
1 I IbUU IWUUU I ' "rlVlllliilwM n
Mysterious Man Present.
i EOSEBURO, Ore., Oct. 1.7. Dr. R.
1 M. Brumfleld took the witness stand
. today In lite own defense in his trial
for the alleged murder of Dennis Rus-soU,-,
following his wife who declared
her belief that nor husband was not
in his right mind at the time of his
disappearance July 13.
Doctor Brum field's story was that
of a man whose memory is a blank,
pierced mow and again by brief, vivid
but Indistinct lightning , flashes oi
uienrbry. '
Through all of his recollections ran
tho 'shadowy figure of a stranger, a
man who he saw was not himself and
took him undor his wing and who
- boro a ghostly resemblance to Russell,
who, the state claims, was his victim.
- "Now tell all you know about this,"
said Dexter Rice, his chief attorney,
as Dr. Brumfleld took the stand.
' For twenty minutes the accused
dentist talked, calmly, with folded
a'rms, facing tho Jury. , ' Then the cross
. examination began a. rough-shod af
fair, in marked contrast to the cour
teous questioning1 of 'Mrs. Brumfleld.
He started at tho Meredith ranch on
-July .1J).,.xJ3o... remembered helping . a
boy pick up BB shot,' 'remembered ly"IS
ing down, nothing more. ;"
, J ; At Times Can ttcnioinlicr. .:t
ly "At times I can, remember somo
things," he said, "although J did not
know who I was. The next thing I
remember distinctly was on the train.
Percy Webb said, 'do you know who
I am?' and I said, 'yes Porcy Webb.' "
The mysterious man made his first
appearance In a Portland restaurant
he did not '' remember which - one
Brumfleld said. . Later the stranger,
apparently tho same one, took care of
him at Blaine, Wash., and Vancouver,
B. C. His descriptions of the
r stranger were Bomewhat- at variance..
"How was ho dressed? asked As
sistant Prosecutor Joseph Hammer
ulev nn cross-examination.
j "I haven't the slightest idea," re-
pnca urumtieia.
Answers Snapped Back. '
f His answers were snnpped 'back at
y Hammorsley; they boro that refrain
"I haven't the slightest idea."
"The man was considerably older
than I." he snld at another time, "but
hlH clothes wero not pressed and
looked as if he had slept In them.
: He was not clean and not shaven.
, "Was he tall or short?"
' "I haven't a very clear recollec
tion." Brumfleld snld ho remembered a
. stranger in the. Portland restaurant
reading a paper. He looked at It and
. saw the namos Brumfleld and Rus
; ' sell ho Baid,. but they meant nothing
! . to him. - :
The next thing he remembered, he
said, was a stranger on n train. He
did not say whether It was the same
stranger. The man was beside him
the next thing they were haggling
with a man In uniform, - apparently
an Immigration officer the man told
him no more laborers wero needed in
Cnnada and put him off the train.
The strancer got off with him, took
him to a hotel.
Ho remembered nothing of regis-
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BABE RUTH DEFIES
: PLAYS IN EXHIBITION GAME, BUFFALO
. CHICAGO, Oct 17. No Immediate
action in the case ot Babe Ruth will
be taken by Judge K. .M. Landis,.the
baseball commissioner, said upon his
arrival here today from New York. He
has a number of things to attend to
j before the matter of the swatter's de
! fiance of his order concerning exhibi
I tlon games can be considered, the
'"Judge said.
;' NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Babe Ruth,
slugging star of the New York Yan
kees, has precipitated what Federal
S Judge K. M. Landis. baseball commis
sioner, described as a test to deter-
mm; w uu j Lilt; Migi-i nittu iu Diiae-
j ball the commissioner or tho player
; who m.iht-s me most nonie ruus.
Heavy Wind Storm
in Oregon Predicted
By Weather Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 17.
Forty-eight to 65 mile gales for
Washington and Oregon, with
rain from the British Columbia
boundary to the Tehachapl
excepting the San Juan valley
tonight or tomorrow is the tfre-
diction of the United States
weather bureau today. Refer-
ring to the gales along the
northwestern coast, the bureau
statement says: '
"Southwestern storm warn-
Ings were ordered at 7:3.0
o'clock this morning for all
Washington "and Oregon sta-
tionS.:. Storm moving l-apldly i
southeast from north Pacific.
Strong to whole southerly gale
today and tonight." '
TO
LAKE HI
IS
. A. Booth of State Highway
Commission Declares 1 Mat
ter Will Be Taken Up October
30 Expect to Complete Pa
cific Highway Next Year.
MWa-WinJet to have'tha-, .Pacific
highway Completed from Portland to
tho California line next year," said
R. A. 'Booth of the highway, commis
sion Saturday evening at thq Medford
hotel.' "We will let all contracts for
this work this, winter'.. . When this is
done Sve Svlll have some money left
to join the counties and federal gov
ernment in . building additional
roads." '. '' ' ' ' ;
What does the commission expect
to do about the Crater Lake road
from Trail to Prospect, was asked Mr.
Booth.
"We hope to be able to assist In
building thiB project, believing it to
ho one ot the essential roads next to
the two leading highways. Estimates
will be ready for the commission at
our meeting on October 30th, and we
will then see what can be done. The
object of our trip 1b to look over the
remaining gaps of the Pacific high
way, not already let, tho Crater Lake
highway and the road to the Orogon
cave3 out of Grants Pass."
Mr. Booth ; was asked what he
thought about heavy trucks on the
roads and said ft was not Intended by
tho people of Oregon to, build roads
to compete with the railroads, espe
cially on long hauls and with big
loads, but for the use of the travel
ing public and for tho farmer to mar
ket his products and for other haul
ing with light trucks. "In some In
stances," Mr. Booth said, "people are
using the highways In opposition to
the railroads, hauling big loads and
freight for 100 miles or more. This
will ruin the roads and must bo
stopped."
Engineer Herbert Nunn Bays the
average 5-ton truck with a load will
weight about 22,000 pounds and the
maximum speed allowed for such
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JUDGE LANDIS,
Ruth, with Bob MeuseL and Hill
Plercy of the Yankees, played. In an
exhibition baseball game at Buffalo
yesterday in defiance of a formal
warning from Judge Landis that the
rule' prohibiting world series contes
tants from appearing i In exhibition
games prior to the opening of the next
big league season, would be enforced
Ruth, moreover, announced he would
play again today in a game scheduled
at Elmira, N. Y.
"I still think I am in the right and
Judge Landis is wrong." Ruth said
"I see no reason why this rule should
be invoked against us when Slsler of
St. Louis and others who shared in the
world series money are playing exhlbl
lion gamps unmolosted by indse I.an
dls."
CRATER
WAY
PROMISED
i SAYS HAYS
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Postmaster General Declares
Railroad -Strike Will Not Be
Allowed to Interfere With U.
S. Mail Entire Harding
Administration Gets Busy
On Strike Problem.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. The gov
ernment, through it. Various depart
ments, began today a survey of the
situation as developed, by the call of
railroad union leaders for a general
strike beginning October 30.
Officials from President Harding
down to departmental bureau chiefs
and secret Bervlce agents were known
to be watching the situation closely,
meanwhile hoping that some means
might be found for averting a paralysis
ot the nation's transportation system.
Hope was expressed generally by of
ficials . that the suggestion advanced
by tho public group of the railroad
, W.H.HAYJ
labor board, here for conferences with
the Interstate commerce commission,
might be made the basis for a solution
of the problem.'. The public group of
the 'board proposed that the railroads
immediately put Into etrect freight re
ductions, equivalent to the wage de
creases authorized by the board last
July, that the railroads withdraw fur
ther requests for wage reductions, and
that the employes rescind tho strike
order pending action by tho board on
proposals of the ; carriers for furthor
pay cuts.
. ' Mall Will Be Moved
Postmaster General Hays, in tho
only public statement issued up to
Boon, declared "the nail will ' be
moved." ' .
"I am sure the parties to the contro
versy will not permit developments
which will Interfere with government
service,". Bald Mr. Hays. "ThlB Is no
time for statements from this depart
ment. A time may come for action
sincerely trust that It will not. If it
does there will be action. .The mails
will be moved.'"
White House and other officials de
clined to comment on reports that the
president might call the railroad union
chiefs to Washington for conference.
Postmaster General Hays refrained
from discussing planB of his depart
ment with relation to the threatened
strike. Mr. Hays was understood to
have conferred with postofflce officials
In various oltles by long distance tele
phone but the information ho received
was not disclosed
About 30,000 army trucks, most t
them in storage at corps area depots
over the country would be available
for transportation use In the event of
a complete railroad ticup, It was learn
ed at the war department.
Millionaire Special Ready
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 A fleet of
57,000 motor trucks, or as many of
them as are found necessary, will be
mobilized in the event of a protracted
general railroad strike, to bring New
York its dally quota of 1500 carloads
of foodstuffs. Health Commissioner
Copeland announced today.
MORRISTOWN, N. J., Oct. 17. The
volunteer crew of wealthy business
men who operated the "millionaire's
special" on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, bringing com
muters to New, York during the 1920
railroad strike, are ready again for
service. Their spokesman Murray
Coggshall, banker, said today that If
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V X- A
Dr. R, M. Brumfield Who Took
; , the Witness Standi Today
ln a, vli,
H0USE AR0BBED r
EARLYTHiS A.
Elmer Johnson and Charles Thomp
son, Who are employed at tne tian
Fruit company's packing house were
robbed this morning of all their cloth
ing and personal effects between the
hours of 6:30 and 7:00. The .thieves
entered tnelr rooms at the Imperial
on north Front street,- and departed
with everything except an old pair
ot shoes and $15 which one of the
men had hidden.
The two local men had gone out for
breakfast and upon Etartlng to work
Thompson found that he had forgot
ten his glqves and returnod to tho
room after them whereupon1 tho loss
wa3 discovered. Tho event and Its
attendunt circumstances were at once
reported to the police, but no action
was taken and it was found necessary
to appeal to the mayor before action
could bo obtained.
Thompson and a deputy shevlff left
this noon In pursuit f the culprits
whom they hope to discover In Gold
Hill; the supposition being that they
boardod a northbound train with
their loot. Tho victims of tho thieves
estimate tho loss at about $300, as
several new suits and new pairs of
shoes as well as all their other bo
longings and a small amount of cash
wero taken.
SESSION, BIG LIST
OF CASES CALLED
The grand Jury for the October term
of tho circuit court convened at Jack
sonvlllo this morning' with J. It. Kl
den of Central 1'olnt as foreman, and
began their deliberations at once.
Among the canes to be called before
the body will bo those tif John Good
win and "Shine' Edwnrds. taxi
drivers, bound over, as a- result of
moonshine nnd booties raids lust Au
gust, ulso the case of Ernest S. (Dud)
WolRumott, bound over on- a similar
charge. Special Audit Gates of the
state prohibition enforepment corps
arrived this morning to appear as a
witness before the grand Jury on
these cases. t
Another case will be that at Hal
eigh Matthews, Eagle Point farmer
boy held In the county jail on a charge
of manslaughter In connection with
the fatal shooting of Wilbur (Wig)
Jacks on September !th. Many wit
nesses from Eagle Point will be ex
amined In this rime.
There are also ten or 12 minor cases
awaiting tho action of the grand Jury,
among prisoner in the county Jail.
The petit Jury will meet next Mon
day at Jacksonville.
DEMOGRA
T
DEFEATED ON
TREATY ISSUE
Amendment By Senator Walsh
Snowed Under By Vote of
71 to 7 Majority of Demo
crats Vote With Repub
licans. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Tho flrBt
senate roll call on the Gorman peace
treaty was taken today and rpsulted in
a 71 to 7 rejection of tho first amend-
meat offered, a proposal by Senator
Wnlsk. democrat, Montana, to hare
the Ulted States Join the other pow
i in a pledge to protect Germany
against unwarranted InvaBion.
All republicans and a largo majority
of tho democrats opposed the- Walsh
iimnnrtment. tho . first attempt to
amend the treaty. Tho seven support-
era of the amendment, all democratB,
wero Senators Culberson, Texas!
Glass, Virginia; Hitchcock, Nobraaka;
King, Utah; . Overman and Simmons,
North Carolina and Walsh, Montana.
Tho, senate also rejected 62 to 6 a
second amendment by Sonator Walsh
proposing that the United- States
would use its good offices In the event
of a wanton attack on Germany.
SLOW, SAYS WOOD
MANILA, Oct. 17. That the d
ministration of Justice in tho I'hillp
pines Is slow and unsatisfactory, and
Judgos are underpaid and that the I
number should bo increased, was
General Wood's coment on the Judi
ciary of the islands ,ln his first mes
sage at the opening of the Philippine
legislature today which he read in
person.
Recommendations in the new gov
ernor general's message were mostly
general In character, his Intention be
ing, he said, to take up specific sub
Jecu In separate messages later In
the session. . ;
S ARE
Farmer's State Bank
at Lind, Washington,
Is Forced to Wall
OLVMPIA, Wash., Oct. 17.
The Farmers State bank at Llnd,
Wash., was closed today at the
request of the directors by or-
der of State Bank Examiner
Fred Stevens, according to In-
formation received by E. L.
Famsworth; state direotor of
banking.
Inability to collect on loans
.due to poor crops In the last few
years is given as the reason for
the bank's closing.
This Is tho second Adams
fr county bank to cease business
within a few months, the Othello
State bunk having closed for the
same reason in AugUBt.
CALLED A
BY CAMPBELL
Sharp' Clash. Occurs Between
Ku Klux Klan Leader and
Chairman of House Investi
gating Committee Investi
gation' Will Probably Be
Abandoned.
WASHINGTON, ? Oct,
.Tb
houso rules committed decided today,
after hearing W. J. Simmons, Imperial
wizard of tho Ku Klux Klnn not to
oxamlno other witnesses.' This docls-
on was construed to mean that .there
will be no Investigation, of tho Klan
by congress. '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. A (sharp
clash botwoen William J, Simmons,
imperial wizard of tho Ku Klux Klan,
and Chairman Campboll of the houBO
ruin, committee marked tho reopen
ing today of the wizard's examination
when tho Klan head toucnoa on inu
question of Mb physical collapse laat
week. 1
Simmons declared that Assistant
Attorney General Crtm remarked at
the tlmo "damn bucIi faking; I've been
oxpoctlns it all along."
' "I was also told," Simmons aauou,
that Mr. Crim and Chairman Camp
bell had said It was chonp theatricals,
Intended to create sympathy."
Chairman Campbell brokoin wltn
a bang on tho table. ' .
'If all the rest of your Btatemcni
Is aa false as -four statement to me,
It la utterly without foundation. The
conversation you mention did not- oc
cur.' I made no such statement."
Representative Upshaw, democrat,
Ooorgla, undertook to speak, but wns
ordered to sit down.
Demand wns mado for the namo oi
the nowspapcr correspondent who Is
alleged to have said that member of
the commlttco lookoa upon mo wiz
ard's collapxo as a fake.
Simmons could not give it out, iiop-
reBentatlve UpshaAV said it was tho
New Orleans Item whoso namo he did
not know.
Representative Pou, democrat, ot
North Carolina, Insisted that tho wnz
rtrd have fnlr play, and Chairman
Campboll said ho was gotting It.
Blue Nose Wins Again
Halifax, n. s., Oct. 17. Blue
Nose today won the second race to
determine tho champion of Canadian
fishing schoonors which will raco tho
gloucostcr, Mass., schooner Elsie noxt
Saturday for the international tro
phy. ". ' ,'
PIONEER PERISH IN
DAWSON CITY, Y. T., Oct. c
A. Warburton, a pioneer of tho Pelly
river district and Frank Keeley, for
mer Brooklyn, N. Y., nowspapcr re
porter, are believed to have perished
while crossing the wilderness between
Fort Norman, N. W. T., and Rosa
River, Y. T. No trace of them has
been found since they left Fort Nor
man last April, intending to ascend
Gravel river -and then strike south
easterly across the Rocky mountains.
The Ice In the river was about to
break up and friends warned Warbur
ton and Keeley tho trip would bo hat-
arilousi . .
GRAND
WIZARD
LIAR
PEACE PLEA
IS DELIVERER
BY PERSHING
American Commander in Be
stowing Medal on Unknown
Warrior in Westminister
Abbey Pledges Trust, in God
to Lead Nations Into Paths
of Permanent Peace.
LONDON, Oct. 17. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Upon the simply In
scribed slab in Westniiolutor Abbey,
which marks the tuinli cC Oreat. Brit
ain's "unknown warrlpr.'" v-'as lulfl
today tho highost douorotlon within :
the gift of tho American people. It
wa the mcdnl of honor, voted by tho
congress of tho United Btatcs in re
affirmation of tho comradeship which
unlitod tho United States and Great
Britain during tho world war.
Tho official presentation wus mndo
by George Harvey, American ambas
sador to the court of St. Jamca, who
delivored a brief address as thu rep
resentative of tho American govern-
mont and of President Harding. The
act ot bestowing tho medal was per
formed by General John J. l'orshlng,
commander of tho American armies im
Franco' during the groat struggle -,
Service Is Simple. . A
Simplicity marked the. presentation
and bestowal of tho medal there being
brief choral aorvice preceding those
coromonles, which were witnessed by'
the distinguished assembly.. Included
In tho group In the nave of tile his-
torlc ,abbey were tho Duko of Con
naught, representing King George.
members ot their cabinet, nouns oi
governmental departments, and at
taches of the American embassy. Tho
transepts and the choir of tho ancient
edifice wero filled, thero being 1200
visitors ndmlttcd to witness tho sccno.
General pcrshing, accompanied by
Major Oscar N. Solbort, military at-tac'jo;-
Vice-Admiral Albort N. Nib
ley, and Roar Admiral Nathan C.
Twining, left the American embassy
and ontcred a rayal carrlago which,
with an escon ot mounted police,
drovo to tho precincts ot tho abbey.
Thero It met a part of tho Amorlcnn
composito battalion, which arrived
yesterday from Coblonz. With tho
Americans woro drawn up officers
and men from the royal navy, contln--
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ALA;
ALASKA WILDERNESS
Keeley was a member of Viihjalmur
Stefansson's first arctic expedition
and later was a member of tho Cor
nell expedition which explored tho
Mackenzlo river valley.
DAWSON CITY, Y. T.. Oct. 17.
Tho last Yukon river steamer for
White Horse, Y. T., left here Satur
day. No more steamers will lcavo
White Horse for Dawson this Winter
and tho river season Is considered
closed. The weather Is still mild here
and there is no ice In the river south,
o Dawson, "
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