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Newspaper Page Text1 Medford MmlTei The Weather Maximum yesterday 69 Minimum today. .44 Predictions Fair tonight. Rain Thursday. cally Sixteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-First Teal. MEDFORD, 01?EG OX, ."WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1921 NO. 180 BUNE J ww mm mm mm mm mm mrt mm mm iiifio Ml' A if, uminAii f T UPDDiM . L U Package Addressed to U. S. Ambassador Explodes in (Valet's Hands Valet Se- 1 riously Injured and Resi dence Wrecked Pershing Aids in Search for Culprits. PARIS, Oct. 19. s(By the Asso ciated Press.) A bomb exploded to day fn the house ofMyron T. Her rick,( the American, "ambassador, se riously Injuring tho valet who open ed, the package containing It. y The room Jri which the cyplosion occurred was wrecked. Ambassador. derrick arrive:! at tha l.ouse two ml.iutes after, the boinr ... bil'W up. ' ...J Tho bomb explosion . followed re cc.pt of threateiilng ' letters which hove been coming to the ambassador in. the last few days In connection. with the cases of two HalUns re cently convicted of murder in Massa chusetts.. ,; Addressed to Herrick The bomb was contained, in a care- fully made , package, delivered this morning and addressed personally to the ambassador, who, it appears, might well have opened it himself, as It seemed to he a gift designed f r 'him. -'The ambassador's valet, how ever; happened to' open it. . ',' Immediately, after the explosion Ambassador Hen'ick went to the Ho tel Crlllon, where-General iPershlng is stopping.- The prefect of police Joined the general and the ambassa dor there and this evening they were conferring. on the case while the en tire detective service of Paris was at work in an attempt to trace the or igin of the bomb. ; . Considerable damage was done the ' ambassador's residence. a .- . '' PARIS, Oct. 19; (By Associated Press.) Threats to tear dowri the American flag over trie American em bassy here are contained in many let ters which have been received at the embassy in the last two days protest ing against the conviction in the Unit ed States of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolo meo Vanzettl, two Italians, for the murder of Frederick A. Parmenjar, paymaster of a Bhoe manufacturing establishment at Braintree, Mass. Between 300 and 400 letters of pro test have been received, at the rate of more than 100 a day. There have been numerous domands by radical elements' in Italy over this case and the communist newspapers here in Paris have taken up the cam paign urging their followers to protest to the embassy, and announcing a mass meeting for Friday. It-ls reported an attempt to demonstrate in front of the embassy is being planned to follow the meeting. . ',-'' A pamphlet attacking American jus tice and the American government was circulated widely in the Paris street cars yesterday and a copy of the namnhlct was delivered at the em bassy today. DEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 19. Niccola Bacco and BartoTomedV'ttnicttl, were convicted hero July 14 of murder in the Tirst degree for tho killing of a paymaster and his. uard in payroll robbery, at Braintree in April, I!i20. The evidence turned on the riucstion of .identity, counsel for tho men ad vancing alibis. One attorney charged that they wcro arrested becaiso they were radicals. - SENATE RATIFIES GERMAN TREATY FOURTEEN DEMOCRATS VOTE FOR IT WASHINGTON, Oct 19. The new peace treaties with Oormany, Austria and Hungary were ratified by the sen ate in a session last night, the vote be ing 66 to 20, or eight more than the necessary two-thirds. The action com pleted the administration's immediate peace program but after the formal exchange 01 ratifications by, the pow ers, it is expected that diplomatic offi cers will be appointed and normal re lations fully resumed through negotia tkm of trade Agreements and In other ways which have not been announced, Both Germany and Austria have al- E PLOD! 1,750,000 Idle Men in Great Britain As Direct Result War - LONDON', Oct. 19. (By Assoc!- ated Press.) The. situation in England as regards trade and un- employment is worse than at any time since tho end of the Napo- leonic wars, declared Prime Min- ister Lloyd George in the house of commons today, in outlining 4- the government's policy on these two subjects. At present, he said, there are 4 1,750,000 persoUB unemployed and added that the greatest unem- ployment, to the extent of 17 per cent, was in the metal trades. He declared that the causes for this situation could all be summed up in one word war. R. MATTHEWS Bill for Second Degree Murder Returned By Grand Jury Against Eagle Point Rancher Wolgamott and Edwards Also Indicted. .Thlrieeh indictments- andione not true bill were returned by the grand jury Tuesday afternoon. Of this num ber threel were John Doe indictments, two of the number being for alleged violations of the prohibition laws, it is said. -. ... Raleigh Matthews of Eagle Point, was indicted on a count of seaorid de gree murder, as a result of the fatal shooting at Eagle Point last month of Wilbur (Wig) Jacks. True bills were returned against J. Oswald and Jesse Housely, charging the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. The alleged infraction of the Volstead Act occurred on a farm on Griffin creek last summer. John H. (Ham) Lewis was indicted on a count alleging receipt of stolen goods, knowing same was stolen. This is a case arising put of thefts from the local National Guard company. John Goodwin, taxi driver, James (Shine) Edwards, taxi driver,- and Ernest S. (Dud) Wolgamott were in dicted on counts charging selling in toxicating liquor. Two indictments each were returned against Edwards and Wolgamott. An indictment charging burglary was returned against Ward Chamber lain, and Charles Randall was indicted for the alleged making of a contract to dispose of intoxicating liquor. A not true bill was returned against Frank A. Mulligan, former Southern Pacific depot ugent at Talent, charged with embezzlement. The grand jury continued its delib erations today. PHIIJPIMXE IjKGISIjATVRK' ENDORSES WOOD REGIME . MANILA, Oct. 19. A joint reso lution offering support to and co-op eration with the administration .of Governor General Leonard Wood and expressing the hope that the con cessions already granted, tho Philip pines will. .be extended as a result of his administration, in order, to hasten tho coming, of final complete inde pendence was adopted today by the legislature. ready accepted and ratified (he trea ties ana parliamentary action is ex pected to be completed In Hungary at an early date. Fourteen democrats supported ratification on the final roil call while only two republicans, Sena tors Borah and LaFollette cast their votes against the treaties. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Exchange of ratifications at Berlin of the "treaty of Rerlin" finally establishing peace : between the I'nited States and Ger- j many is to be the next step ending the nation's legal war status. J INDICTED FOR D R, R. STRIKE Labor Leaders Said to .Be Hopeful Basis of Settlement Will Be Reached in Confer ence With U.S. Labor Board Reduction Freight- Rates Basis of Negotiations. . CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. jPrlor to their departure tonight for Chicago, vhere tomorrow they will confer with the railroad labor board in an effort to find a basis for settling the nation wide railroad strike set to begin Oc tober 30, heads of the "big five" rail road transportation organizations met here today and discussed matters that may ba presented at the Chacago con ference, as well as those pertaining to carrying on the strike. Those attending today's meeting were W. G. Lee, president of the. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Warren G. Stone, head of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers; W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen; T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union of Nortti America, and E. P. Curtis, representing L. E. Shepard president of the Order of Railway Conductors. While the '.'big five'1 leaders have maintained nlmost unbroken, silence in regard to the purposes of the con ference with the labor bd"ard and its possible results, it is known they are hopeful that some basis of settlement which can be (accepted by both them selves and t'a railroad executives will be evolved and paralysis ft the nation's transportation systems averted. 5 ; llcfusi to Walk Ont COLUMBUS; Ohio. Oct. 19. Na tional headquarters here of the Rail road Ynrdmadters' Association of America, with membership of more than ,uuu tnnougnout me country sent out notices to its members to re main ai worK neriorniiiis men iiautti duties in the otant of a railroad workers' strike. J k CHICAGO, Oct. 19. (By tho As soclated Press. )-i-The first of a se rles bt conferences in Chicago at which representatives of all factions In the railroad strike situation may decido the outcome of the strike call 'sued by the big four brotherhood! for October 30 began here today to ontinue over the weok end. Throe group meetings are sched uled: ' . ' 1 Executives of the, Bhopmen maintenance of way, clreks, tele graphers andyothers meet to decide their attitude toward the announced strike of the train service employes with indications of a final decision at a joint meeting Saturday. 2 Brotherhood leaders are on their way here to loam the govern ment's attitude through the labor board tomorrow. 3 Railroad executives of the cen tral division meet tomorrow in Chi cago to discuss all phases of the strike situation while executives of other divisions meet simultaneously in their own regions. Freight rate reductions approxi mately equivalent to the 12 per cent reduction in wages ordered last' July I by the railroad labor board were Indicated as the probable basis the la bor board will propose with the back ing of the adlmnistration to avert the strike. I understand," said Commission er Ben W. Hooper, a member of the "nubile" group of tho labor board. "that the Inter-state commerce com mission haB a number of important rate reduction cases on hand." "While government efforts for set tlement of the strike were proceeding army officials, it was understood were making preparations for oper ating trains by federal troops. 'Dispatches from San Antonio said officers of the eighth corps area in the southwest had been Instructed to compile and forward to Washing ton lists of all officers and enlisted men with experience In 26 lines of railroad work. Southwestern roads largely com prise the group' under Instructions t walk out the first day of the strike and it is believed that the prepon (Continued on Pae Eight) SITUATION IMPROVING U. Babe Ruth Hitting Homer inv5 c t sittwjss . ast Despito the onc-and-a-half-lnch incision .made in his mm to remove an abscess, Babe Kutn' reiuseu 10 siuy o-.it of tho fuunh khio f tho v.o.UI series. In the ninth inning Bambino made his first and only homo run of the series by clouting the bnll into the right-field bleachers. Despito Babe's circuit swat the .Giants won 4 to 2. FRIENDSHIP TO BRITAIN IS PLEDGED War Between . England , and United States Unthinkable Declares President in Speech at Yorktown Commemorat ing the Surrender of Corn wallis Opposes Isolation. ; YOHKTOWN, Va., Oct. 19. A doc trine 01 enauriug iiteuanhin between ml! United states und ureat Jjntum wus pronounced by President Huruing touuy at u ceremony eummomuiniliib' me linul surrender of the' Biitmli ex peditionary torcca hero to the revolu tionary urmy of vv'usliington. surrounded by high oiticials of his administration and standing within signt of tho Bpot where Cornwalils lmd down hiH sword In 17K1, ine president declared in dellberatoly uiiosen words a sentiment of peacelul relationship between tno two great English-speaking nations for all limo to come. That either should ever again lift the sword against tho other, ho said, must bo "unthinkable." "in the trusteeship of preserving civilization," ho continued, "wo' wero naturally arrayed togothor and tho convictions of a civilization worthy of that costly preservation will exalt ncace-and warn against conflict for all time to come." OppoHfH V- s- Isolation. In his address the president took occasion to renew tho nation's pledgo of participation in tho broader affairs of tho world and declared his belief that tho time bud come for "esHon tial co-operation" among nations gen erally for the betterment of Jho world, We must not claim lor 1110 now world," said Mr. Harding, "certainly not for our colonies alono tho liberal thought of a century and a half ago. There were llbenil views and attend ing sympathy In England and a pas Hionate devotion to nioro liberal ten dencies in Franco. Tho triumph of freedom in tho American colonies greatly strengthened liberal .views in the world. Inevitably ' thin . liberal public opinion liberated and grown dominant, brought Great Britain and America to a policy of accommodation and pacific adiuntment for all our dlf flcultles. There has been honorable and unbroken peace for nioro than a century, wo came to common sacrifice and ensanguined association in tho world war and a future breach of our peaceful and friendly relations is uif thinkable. In tho trustee'snlp of pre serving civilization wo wore naturally arrayed together and tho convictions of a civilization worthy of that costly companionship will exalt peace and warn aeainst conflict for all tlmo to come. "In our great crisis, nearly a ccn tury and a hnlf ago France came to our aid and made our independence possible. In her supremely anxious hour, wo gladly went to her Hupport and did our part to secure her liberty, A grateful nation filled an obligation which the passing generations had not dulled. t . Hiinner for tndersUHidliiB. "Reflecting today upon tho incvi tablencss of our participation, on op ties of kinship, friendship and fellow- (Continued on Vise .Eight) ! SOAK THE RICH TAX PRINCIPLE OF G. 0. P. BILL WASHINGTON, Oct. - 19. Urg- adpptlon of the Smoot manufacturers Rale tax. Senator Moses, republican, jw Hnninshire. told tho senate It would "stiiko down the vicious prin ciplo of-graduatcd taxation which ap-nnnr- nn tho nondiiiK tax bill and whlch .ls but a modern legislative adaption of tho communistic doctiino if Wni-l Miirjc." senator Moses, a leader In ihe group of eastern senators opposing tho republican compromise tnx revls' ion : program, declared that the fi nance committeo measure had plain ly drawn under tho inspiration of the inspiring slogan 'soak tho rich..' " Ho reforred to the agricultural bloc which propoBOd tho compromise nlan as r'thnt division of tho mvin clblo empire which may be styled as tho Ken-Cnp-Klan." Senntorn Kenyon of Iowa and cap per of Kansas are loaders in tho agri cultural bloc. 1 I hold no brief for tho rich," Ben ator Mosen said. . "Nclthor 1 nor any of .mv kin have; ever stood within tholr circles. Hut I cniinot holp think lnir that the rich may loam from much buffeting, even as Pctor the Great learned from tho repeated as saulta of Charles XII, how to fight, ndeed, they hnvo already begun. Cap ital has gono on strike." Henntor Jones democrat, New Jex ico, expressed regret that tho pond ing bill -did not contain a provision tnxing undistributed profits of cor poratlons nnd said that ho would of fer an amendment within n dny or two designed to mnko this possible, WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The box containing Bergdoll Investigation and private papers stolen from tho office of Representative Johnson of Ken tncky Monday night was found early today on tho fifth floor of the house office building brokon open and with documents missing. Employes of tho building reported they located the liox covered with rub hlsh In un unoccupied storage room After a hurried examination, Mr. John son announced that not a slip of papor rolatlng to tho Bergdoll-Investigation was left. After a conference with Speaker Gillett, who stated he proimsed to go to the bottom of tho matter, Mr. Joh son called on the Washington police to obtain tho finger prints of all office building police and workmen. Ho said ho wanted theso for com narison with finger prints found on th window pane of the office which tho thieves cut away to gain entrance, No Reward 111 I'rliwt Oiso. ' SAN FKANCIHCO. Oct. 19. The reword of J5.000 offered' by Arch; bishop Edward J. Kanna for the re covery of Father Patrick Ilcslln, wh was uhductcd from his homo at Col ma. Cal.. August 2 and murdered, will not be nald. Chief of Police Dnnl O'Brien announced today. Ho snld It never had been offered officially, Pullman Dcclnrcs Dividend. CHICAGO. Out. 10. :Tho Pullman company today declared tho usual dividend of $2 a quarter for the pe riods ending November 15 nnd Feb ruary 15, Joy Riders Drive Into Astoria River; Two Men Drowned ;:';"' - ASTORIA, On, Oct. 19. Two persons were reported drowned when nn automobile plunged through tho open draw of tho Lewis and Clark bridge near hero early today. Two women nnd a man wore rescued by a A !n it which was annroachlug tho bridee. Joseph Corrigan. of Warren- ton, Ore., and the driver, whoso name was reported to be George Illckle, wero missing. Tho river was being searched for tholr bodies. Harry Ewlng, who said he was a barber of San Francisco, and Pearl IlutchinBon, two of those roscuod, were taken to a . hospital suffering fl;om cuts nnd bruises. Irene Scott, who was ) rescued unhurt, said tho party lmd bopn drinking since yester- day afternoon. IS HARDJffS PLEA President Harding Urges the People to Awaken to Need of Stronger' Support for Teachers and Education- Welfare of Country at Stake WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Oct. 19. De. clarlng tho nation confronts an "edu cational crisis" through lack of teach era end public school facilities Presi dent Harding appealed in an address hero today for patriotic support an educational system commensurate with national resources. I wish it were possible, said the nresldent. "to drive home to tne wnoie An.nHnnn nnnilln the Conviction Of needed concern for our educational necessities. Wo must have mora and better tenchers and to got them the profession must bo compensated as 11 deserves." Mr: Harding spoke before a gather ing of students and alumni of tho Col logo of William and Mary, a part of a coromony which inductod Dr. J. A. C. Chandler into the presidency of tne Institution. An honorary degree was conferred on tho chief' executive who came here with a distinguished group of govoinment officials after deliver ing, an nddross during tho morning at Yorktown. H - U . It !b no exaggeration; sold Presi dent Harding, "to say that the nation confronts an educational crisis. From overv corner of tbe land, from country town and city comes the same report. that the housing capacity for our. pub 11c schoolB is Inadequate; that tons of thousands of pupils have no place for their studios; that teachers cannot bo listed In sufficient number's and that school revenues are insufficient. Ho long aB I find that the propor tion of public revenue properly devot ed to education Is increasing, I dosiro to bo counted-among those in public llfo ready and nnxlous to struggle with the problem of raising the nccesBnry revenues. More even than money -and ondowmonts, our" educational estab lishment needs' the' devout, unBolflsh, sustaining support of pooplo moved by Instincts of patriotism and service. ' I am not sure that our young people (Continued on page eight.) NINE YEAR OLD SPEND IRE ON EDUCATION BOY FATALLY SHOOTS PL TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 19. Lynn Petera, 8, son of John PetorB of Randle is In a dying condition today in the Ealonvllle hospital with a gunshot wound In the abdomen.. The sheriff of Lewis county at Chehalls was notified that Herbert, 9 year old son of Jeff Goleman of Randle fired the shqt yts terday. The sheriff was Informed the hoys had quarreled and the Coleman boy fired a shotgun nt his playmate. BHELD'S PLOT WAS Prosecuting Attorney in Ad dress to Jury Declares Rose burg Dentist's. Plan of Mur der Showed Diabolical Cun ning Insanity Plea Ridi culed. ROSBBURG, Ore., Oct. 19. Ju rors who are to decido tho fate of Dr. R. M. Brumfiold wero today listening to final argumonts by the state and dofense attorneys who summed ui and attacked tho evidence which tho Btnto rellos upon to support its ro quost for conviction and the death penalty upon the accused for the al logod murder of Dennis Russell whoso headless .body was found bonoath Iirumfiold s autoinoniie near nero July 13. Judge G. .G. . Bingham Indicated that he expoctod to deliver his in structions to the Jury late today. Throughout the time Special Prose cutor JIammorsly was making the opening argument for tho atato, Brumfiold never took his eyes off the attorney. Hammersly attempted to convince the jury that the evidence showed a logical sequence to the crime, first conoelved, then carried- out, by,,. tho . dentist, . ' ';'-"iS lkJ."i Idea Was Horn Juno 20 "It was June 26," Hammersly de clared, "that the defendant doncelv od the Idea to take a human llfo. this : enmo to him at the Meredith homo when Donnia Russell was presont,'' . ' , "It Is not Incumber.: Upon tho slate," he declared, "to prove the mo tive for this crime, but it Is bo plain that we could not help but show It." One thousand dollars was borrow ed from Roseburg banks, Hammersly assorted, , to pay 'Brumfleld's ex- . penses while a fugitive from justice.' The money, he said the evidence had shown was obtained under guise that It was to bo used to pay BrumfleliTs hired help and that it would be repaid. as soon aB tho dentist received omo oxpectod funds from Indiana, "This getting of funds," the attor-. noy said, "was Just a part of the dlar bollcal plan concelvod on Juno 2 Q.". Well Defined lMun "Thero was a well defined and Bys-. tomatlc plan In tho dentist's affairs B3 shown by tho appointments made In his offlco cnlondar. 'This 'shows that ho mado professional appoint1' monts up to and including July 13,. but only In one or two Instances was there nil oppolntmont at tor; that date." ' The loiter to tho steamship com pany in Vancouver, Inquiries rates to. Australia and methods Of obtain ing naturalization papers there wore written after- Brumfleld had mDt Dennis Russoll and Conceived the murdor plan, Hammersloy declared. KuBxclI Relatives Weep Hammorsly'8 description of Den nis RussoH's cabin once marked by tho prosenco of a friondly man with a smllo, a plpo and a dog, now mere ly a vacant shack with a bit of crepo clinging to tho door sent Mrs. Julia Smith, n Bister of tho murdor vic tim, weeping from tho courtroom. Before Hammersly began Ills ar gument, Judge Bingham announced that ho would tolorato no demonstra tion from tho court room. , Hammors ly was to bo followed by A. N. Orcntt, attorney for Brumfiold. Dexter Rice (Continued on Page Eight) Both families ore prominent In castorn Lewis county. A number of Randle school children witnessed the shooting, which oc curred after school last night. John Peters, father of tho wounded lad, who is at the Eatonvllle hospital with him, today gave hlB son's version of the arfalr. According to tho boy Herbert had threatened him following a quarrel and fight, u ;L.i II