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ITEDFORD, OKEGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER '20. 'litl
NO. 181
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After Maintaining. Self-control
Following Verdict of Guilty,
Brumfield Breaks Down As
Wife Calls On Him in Cell
'Brace'Up Says Wife, Tm
Going to Fight It Out Case
Will Be Appealed.
tV ROSEBURG, Ore.. Oct. 20. The
iftori nerve of Dr. R. ; M. Brumfield,
inhibited during the trial which end
ued last night in a .verdict convicting
him of first degree murder, for which
'he will receive . the death sentence
'bj'oke this morning In- jail when his
Vf lte arrived about- 9 - o'clock bring
ing with her a clean -shirt for him.
! lie could not' 'speak to her.'
"Brace up," she said with a smile.
;"fh!s thing Isn't through. . I'm a
fighter and I'm going to fight it out."
Tears ran- down the convicted
man's -face. ' He told the sheriff he
Sbuldnjt standlt any tonger.' ' . .
jjif Application fora" MoV trial, : appeal
iond "everything possible," . will be
ijriaHO InjBruirifield's behalf, his attor
ney's announced today 1. .. .
(-. 1 ;.. Jury Unanimous
pfJurors'Said today they first took
a - ballot to decide whether thi body
!feiund under Brumfleld's wrecked au
itomoblle on thff MelrOBe road on the
night of July 13 was that of Lienuls
Russell,- whom-Brumfield was alleg
ed to have . murdered. . The ballot
'. said It .was. -. . . ' ? i
Then they voted to 'decide whether
Brumfield-was sane or insane on that
night. The Ballot self) he was sane.
Then, af to a ,oareful. examlntlon of
all 'the exhibits end a general discus
sion, of the evidence another ballot
was taken- to determine .whether
Brumfield was guilty or no" Every
ballot said guilty,
I ' ItiLsh to Coutyhouso '
; When the jury announced at 11:25
last night that It was ready to report
word was sent to Judge G. G. Bi'ng-j
ham 'at his hotel and to the attor
neys. Some spectators at the trial
had remained in their seats during
the waiting hours, hut as soon as the
word began to spread the room filled
with people, some of whom had ap
parently left their beds hurriedly and
rushed to'tho .court room without
paying much attention to dress.
Brumfleld's two brothers arrived
and stood In the doorway. Mrs. .Brum
field had not yet reached the court
when her husband was brought Into
the room. . '
The' Jury filed in slowly. Judge
Bingham asked .theni .if they were
ready to report." for a while no one
spoke. Finally. W;E.' Cllngenpeel, a
farmer of Looking Glass, who had
been elected foreman, said one word
in 'reply to the judge "yea.",
' Then he handed up the verdict.
Judge Bingham looked at It, read It
over slowly to himself, then handed
it to County Clerk Riddle who read
it aloud. It was over when Mrs.
Brumfield came in with Miss Venita
Ellenburg, former nurse with the
family. She sat down by the .side of
f Continued nn faae ElKht) '
DENTS
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JAPAN SINCERE IN DESIRE FOR PEACE
. HONOLULU, Oct. 20. John Hays
(Hammond, mining engineer, arrived
from Japan today suffering from an
attack of ptomaine poisoning con
tracted during a three months our
of Japan. Mr. Hammond's condition
Is not serious, although he is confin
ed to his stateroom. He will con
tinue his journey to the mainland to
morrow. - , - .
That the business men and finan
ciers of Japan are sincere In their ex
pressed desire to maintain peace in
Cuts Off Sisters in
Will; Gives Estate
To Maintain Cats
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NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Cats all
over -the world will benefit Irom
the $GO,000 obtained by the sale
of the Ewen homestead hero.
Miss Caroline Ewen, who occu-
pied the property for years with
her two sisters, had a passion for
caring for cats. She devoted her
llfo to establishing sanitariums
and relief organizations Tor stray
cats and when she died left all
her estate, save $500 for carrying
on the work. She cut off her two
Bisters in her will because -they
were not sufficiently enthusiastic
about cats:
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TENSE SCENE
Defense Calls As Witness
Porto Rican, Who Married
Defendant's Daughter and
- Caused- Shooting Not a
' Word Said, But Color Noted.
BIRMINGHAM, Ata.. Oct. 20.-Tak-ing
of testimony- was. expected '.to be
completed today in the trial of. the
Rev; Edwin It. Stephenson who . is
charged with -second-degree murder-in
connection with the shooting of Father
James E. Coyle, Catholic priest,' Aug.
11. ....... ,;-v- '
Yesterday's session, marked : by
many tense situations, was brought to
a dramatic close by the appearance be
fore the jury of Pledro Gussman, who
as a communicant of Father Coyle's
church, was married to Stephenson's,
daughter by the' priest . . .
Stephenson had concluded his narra
tive of events which led .up' to the
shooting and had described the man
ner in which he slew the priest when
he was interrupted by Judge tlugo D.
Blaok, chief counsel for the defense;
,"Mr. Sheriff, call Pedro GuBsman."
Gussman wastcalled.
"Walk before the jury." Judge Black
commanded. Gussman without show
of emotion, stood before the twelve
men In. whose hands rests the fate . of
his father-in-law.
"That will do," said Judge Black;
."Bring him closer," broke in a
juror on the back row. ' ; .
The sheriff instructed Gussman to
return. He walked-within a few feet
of the jury box. Not another word was
spoken. He stood for a moment, turned
on his heel and left the room. Mrs.
Gussman testified at the preliminary
trial that he was a native of Porto
Rico, Itwaj the first time in the his
tory of Alabama criminal procedure,
legal observers said, that a witness
had actually been called before a jury
without speaking. . ..... ... , ?
The minister proceeding with Ills
'statement said he went to the rectory
in search of his daughter, not . knowing
that she had been married. Convers
ing with the priest he learned that his
daughter had been married by Father
Coyle tb Gussman and he then told the
priest "you have treated me as dirty
as a dog in marrying my daughter to a
negro." ,
The priest told him not to repeat the
statement. He repeated it, whereupon
he said, the priest grabbed his belt,
struck' and kicked him, and reached
for his hip pocket.
"I shot him then," said the minister
his voice breaking and tears coming
in his eyes. .
the Pacifc, was the opinion expressed
by the American Mining expert. He
pointed out as an argument in sup
port of this' conclusion that the
United States buys four times the
amount of goods from Japan purchas
ed by the remainder of the world.
"The military element In Japsn still
must be considered," Mr. Hammond
said, but Its 'adherents are amenable
to reason, especially owing to., the
achievements of the United States In
I he world war. Also the pacifist ele
ment through the country is strong.
MURDER TRIAL
OF MINISTER
STRIKE CAN
BE SETTLED
SAYS
Four Brotherhood Chiefs After
Chicago Conference Declare
Strike Can't Be Postponed,
But Can Be Settled No
Further Reduction of Wages
Point at Issue.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. (I)y Associated
Press.) The prospective rail strike
cannot be postponed but it can be set
tled.. This was the opinion of the four
big, brotherhood chiefs and the presi
dent of the switchmen's union after a
conference this morning at which it
was learned they had considered all
possible phases- of the situation as
they may be presented at the meeting,
this afternoon with the United States
railroad labor board.
Despite the optimism in brotherhood
circles, j.. M. McGarth, vice president
of . the railway employes department
American Federation of Labor ( the six
fedorated shop crafts)' declared 'before
the labor board-hearing in the Penn
sylvania case began that a, strike
seemed to him to be certain. The
shop crafts have voted to strike but
have not issued strike orders;. Twenty-
two railroads have, violated -, labor
hoard decisions,' McEorth.sftid, and the
men are insistent on walking out.' .
N. P. Good, chairman of system fed
eration No. 80, the shop crafts .union
on the "Pennsylvania lines,' announced
he had ordered a new- strike vote
taken among all shop employes on the
Pennsylvania lines, both' union and
non-union and that the shopmen would
hot strike i until the result of this bal
lot is known. , -
Prepare for Worst -
' NEW, YORK, Oct. 20. Proceeding
as if they expected failure of the rail
road laboV board In its efforts fo pre
vent the threatened railroad Btrike by
a conference In' Chicago today with big
five brotherhood chiefs,- members of
(ho executives conference met today to
lay plans for. meeting the strike on
eastern and New England railroads.
" Although they professed to see some
hope of peace through -the labor
board's efforts, the railroad heads de
clared that with strike orders already
Issued they could not afford to delay
their plans to see what the Chicago
conferences would bring forth.
Advertisements calling for men to
take places of posBlble strikers, it was
reported, would be given to news
papers.' . .. -. v ;
Several of the .railroads have sent
out circular letter to their employes
urging the men to think carefully be
fore ther join the proposed strike and
not "be misled in this matter.". .
Sproule Issues Statement .
SAN F.RANCISGO, Oct. 20 The pro
posed strike of the railroad workers is
against a decision of the United States
railroad board which followed a hear
ing granted ' the workers, William
Sproule, president of ihe Southern Pa
cific company said in a statement here
today. Sproule's statement, directed
to' the heads of departments through
out the system Bold:
"To dispel misconstruction and mis
understanding It is all-Important that
the public and the employes should
know at . the outset and bear in mind
continually just what It is that this
proposed strike of the railroad em
ployes is directed, against. They are
not striking because of any intention
expressed by the railroads to avail
themselves of the right conferred by
the transportation act of 1920 to apr
peal to the railroad labor board for a
further reduction In wages. ,
"The strike vote was taken some
time before the meeting of the railroad
executives at Chicago and before their
attitude in respect to rates or .'further
reduction of wages was known.
"The strike is against the decision
of the railroad labor board rendered
June 1, 1921 after a full hearing of
both sides, declaring that there should
be a 1214 per cent reduction in wages."
Farmers Urge Peace
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Mediation
through regular and - constituted
authority" as a means, of preventing
a' general" railroad strike "was urged
upon the chiefs of the four big brother
hoods and B. M. Jewell, Head of the
(Continued on page eight.)
Dr. Brumfield and Man for
Whose Murder He Must Hang
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This was the last picture taken of Dennis Russell before his death. Ha
was holding two of his brother's chlldren'ln his lap at the time. It has been
claimed that If Russell visited a barber and put on glasses his resemblance
to Brumfield would be striking. . . . , . . ... "
L
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A new local oil drilltntr vrnt.:.'i h
Just been inauguiated by ft companv
compoBed of .well known Medfnrd
men, which Is capitalized at $50,000
under the name, Southern Oregon Ex
ploration company of Medford, and
which this week filed nrllrli. ,.f in
corporation with the state corpora
tion department at Salem. Tho In
corporators are L. Neldermcyer, If. 11.
;oei and J. r . .Mundy.
Tho comnanv. which la onii.i .
separate from the present Mundy well
Venture, has leased tho mineral
rights under 1100 anrcs ef land,
which takes in the Westerlun.d or
chards and adjacent territory, Und
win at once hegln the sinking of .1
well. The contract for drilling ht.o
been lot to the LynU' Bros., the Iai-j;-est
drilling concern, on the Pa. lfic
Coast, o.nd requires that they dn'.TIo
a impin or .iuimj reet.
The company alto in sinking this
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Conrtesv Portlnml Tnl
welf will explore for coal, and its
promotors say they expect to strike
two or three vens of commercial coal
as the drill goes down. .
The diameter of tho holo is to br
5 feet with it Inch core all the wny,
30 that, an Colonel Mundy snys, "We
can Beo nil the way down all tho time
and lot nothing got away from us."
FATTY ARRIVES FOR
E PROBE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. Roscoe
i
(. (Fatty) Arbuckle arrived from Los
j Angeles today to appear before a Unit
Cd States commissioner on a charge of
violating tho .Volstead prohibition en
iforccmrnt act in the supposed serving
jof liquor at a party in the Hotel BU
: Francis In which Miss Virginia Rappe,
j motion picture actress. Is alleged to
have received fatal Injuries. Arbuckle
ia awaiting Vial In November on a
charge of manslaughter In connection
j wun aiiss nappes ueatn. ...
j r 'I he commissioner indicated that tile
j hearing would be continued one week.
MOONSHIN
Dalles Police Chief
Shot When Chinese
Fire Upon Officers
TUB DALLKS, Ore., O.-t. 20.
Chief of Police Frank lluat-
er, Frank Saunders, volunteer
fireman and an unidentified
Chinese, believed to have bnun
an Innorent bystander, were in
a hospital today suffering from
woundB received in a riot Inst
night;
Officers met a Chinese at the
train who had been purtlcipat-
ing In tong war activities hero
and the' Chinese was reported
to have fired a shot, to which 4
the officers replied. Other
Chinese then opened fire, of-
ficers said, and Heater was
wounded as he ran to tho scone,
one of the bullets hit his star
and penetrated his breast.. The
disturbance was quelled when
the flro department and sheriff's
forces were called. "
.
Delegates to Mining Congress
' Told'; That Lower "" Wages
With . Work; Better, 'Than
'Higher Wages;-Without
- Unions Favored. . ' .1
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. A high scale
wage on paper wltli no work will not
help tho minor, but a fjxir wage scale
with regular -work ' will'" build his
yearly earnings to a basis of Ameri
can living- and allow tho coal ope
rator to offer, cheap fuel to the con
sumer and reduce tho producing cost
of all commodities, Harry N. Taylor
of Kansas City, vice-president of tho
Central and Coal and Coko company
told delogatoa to tho American Min
ing congress here today. .
Assorting that he personally had
the highest regard for labor unions'
'fairly .conducted,". Mr. Taylor said
the : unions had the opportunity- to
uiko part in the national readjust
ment and urged thoy take advantage
of It, .-,
'If howovor,'1 he said, "the miners
continue tholr refusal to make a re
adjustment of an abnormal wage
scale and on April 1 call a nation
wide strike tho operators must as
sume a public duty of standing for
Hie public rights and the well-thlnk-
Ing men of this country must atand
behind thorn in the battle for tho good
of American industry and Amorlcan
freedom agalnBt a labor autocracy."
Mr, Taylor declared that he had
learned from observation that the la
bor union had tfone much for the
Wage earner, and . had. In many In
stances, brought him comfort and
contentment thdt otherwise could not
have been procured.
'Hut tho miners' oritanlzatton must
bo purged," he said, "of the' radical
und revolutionary leadership that has
sprung up In many districts before It
can hope to rcgnln Its. standing in
public OBtceni; Many of the. leaders,
In their greed for power, have be-
como moro .and more unroasonable
until thoy aro making It. Imposslblo
for many mines to. operate. Pcrhans
only when they have driven the mln-
ng Industry to the opon shop, will
- f Con tin lied on Page Eight)
URGE MINERS
TO ACCEPT CUT
IN WAGE SCALE
SUPREME COURT REVERSES DECISION
IN FAVOR OF SALEM BERRY GROWERS
BALBM, Ore., Oct. 20 The contro
versy between loganberry growers of
the Salem district, members of the old
Halcm Fruit Union, and the Phez com
pany Is thrown back into the circuit
courts through an opinion handed
down by the supreme court reversing
the decree of Judges-Bingham and
Kelly, favorable to the growers, and
remanding the suit to a new trial.
The suit, brought by the Northwest
Fruit Products company, predecessors
to tho Phez company,. Involved the al
leged failure of the Salem Fruit Union
to live up to the terms of a contract
under which the, union agreed to de
liver 1200 tons of fresh loganberries of
tho crops. of 1917 to 1921, Inclusive.
Damages aggregating not (ess than
CLAim PARIS
BOMB MADE
IN ENGLAND
Paris Police Declare Bomb
Sent Ambassador Herrick
Was Type Used By England
During War Valet's Ex-
perience in War Saved His
Life Herrick's Nerve Good.
PARIS, Oct. 20. (By Associated
Pross.) Myron T. Herrick, the Amer
ican ambassador, went to his office in
the American embassy as usual this
morning, little affected by his narrow
escape yesterday aftornobn when a
bomb exploded In a room of his home.
At tho enibassy Mr. Herrick found
scores of telegrams and letters of con
gratulation from officials and friends
all- over Europe. The first thing he
did was to Issue Instructions that any
one desiring to give him a present
rilust' bring It opened to the enibassy.
.... iu.noa uiuiihiib itiu cilllJUQajr
wilh' be under suspicion and will be
opened under" water In the presence of
police. ' '' . V '
'' PARIS, Oct. ). Pollco authorities
Investigating the explosion of an Infer
nal machine- ' In the uresldence of
Myrdn T."WPrrlek, American; nJnbaSBa:
dor to France,, yesterday, report that
apparently a BrltiBh bomb widely used
...ii.un .110 vm, vrtuf vuuucmru lu ilia
package H. to the ambassador; i '
: Mr-- Herrick's valet reallied a the
sound given, out by the package when
it was opened as being that of ft bomb.
He was formerly a soldier in the Brit
ish forces in France. No clue as to
those' who plotted to assassinate Mr.
Herrick has been found.'
Fragments of the wrapper of the'
deadly package-are being examined in
the hope that It may be passible to
troco its origin. It was badly uhnttei-ed
by the 1 explosion, however and there
would appear-to be little hope of de
tecting the criminal, t '- I
Paris newspapers today voiced hor
ror at the outrage and prin'tod long
accounts and photographs showing the
wrecked room In the Herrick real-'
dence; ' 1" 1 ' '
L'Humanlte declared that the police
might use the incident in their cam
paign against communists. ;
The entire detective force of Paris.
under the personal direction. - of the
perfect of police, worked throughout
the night in efforts to trace the mak-v
era of the bomb. No arrests had been
announced by the police up' to noon'
today but it was said a number of per
sons were under surveillance and that
two clues formed the basis for further
Investigation. -,...' '-";
Walter Blanchard, Mr. : Hefricks,'
valot, who was hit by pieces of the -
Domo, probably win leave the Amer
ican hospital tomorrow aB his Injuries
have proved to be light.
An X-ray Is being taken today to de
termine the exact location of the frag
ments, which the physician said could
be removed without difficulty.
The embassy was carefully guarded
today by policemen and dotectlves.
Experts at the city laboratory had
comploted examination of fragments of
the bomb and confirmed earlier re-
mtlnued on Pane Eight)
$375,000 are claimed by the Phez com
pany as a result of this failure on the
part of the Fruit Union to deliver the
product of its members according to
Its agreement.
The lower court dismissed the com
plaint without prejudice from which
action the Phez company, appealed.
In reversing the decree of the lower
court, Justice McBrlde, who wrote tho
supreme court opinion, holds that the
contract entered Into by the Salem
Fruit Union with the Phez company, ,
"although In a sense a contract of an
agent for known principals, wag never
theless its covenant by which ft pledg
ed its own good faith and Credit that
the fruit mentioned therein should be
delivered.