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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Maximum yesterday 64 Minimum today 34 Unsettled weather and prob- Predictiont able rain Sunday. Daily Sixteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-First Yetr, MEDFORD, OREGOX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER f, 1921 NO. 195 TIGERS BEAT CRIMSON BY : 10-3 SCORE After Holding Princeton Score- i less for 3 Periods Harvard ;.; Weakens in Final Quarter I After Gilroy Runs 65 Yards 4 for a Touchdown Keck h Scores Place Kick. S PRINCETON', IN'. J., Nov. 4. Princeton defeated' Harvard 10 to 3 in their annual football classic today, a last minute sensational offense ''.overcoming the Crimson's lead. All the scoring was In tho lust period. After Owen of Harvard had scored a drop kick, Gilroy, Princeton's left half back, joined the galaxy of Tiger heroes by running Gu yards for a touchdown when he received a for- sward pass. Later Keck made a 02 "yard place kick and IPrinceton was on the way to Harvard's goal line again when the game ended. '';' PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 5. Palm er stadium here was filled to capac ity today when Harvard and Prince ton met in their annual football game. About 52,000 persons saw Lourle of Princeton kick oft. (Harvard was forced to punt after three plays and a punting battle was on. Neither team got nearer the cov . eted goal line than the 20 yard mark in the first period. Princeton tried the forward pass, Lourle to Stinson, i but the play failed when Stinson, on Harvard's one yard line, dropped the ball and the pass was declared in completed. For Harvard the forward pass was twice used, Buell to Pitts, -,i the first time netting a 2i yard gain, t . Harvard started off fast- in the ',, second period and took the ball to .J Princeton's five yard line. Then a fumble and a recovery were followed ' by. four plays without gain and Har : vard lost the ball. Lourle ran 13 rards and then there was an exchange ; of punts after which Princeton smash ' ed its way to Harvard's 2 5 yard mark. Three Harvard passes were in- " completed and three Princton plays gained little. The period ended when Lourle punted to Harvard's 43 yard line. Owen returned to the game for , Harvard In the third period and Grew replaced Hubbard. iBoth , the Harvard and Princeton " offensives proved futile and Lourle ! punted to mldfleld. Gratwick replaced Coburn for Har vard.! Lourle ran eight yards to Har- ' vard's 30 yard line. Princeton lost on down two Inches from the goal line. Harvard schored a field goal in the fourth period, when Owen, standing on the 35 yard line, bootod the ba':l ' over the cross bar. ; After the ensuing kickotf Princeton i' made a touchdown. The kickoff was run back by I Cleaves 13 yards from his 15 yard ) line. Lourlo gained six yards and then a forward pass rrom Snively to Gilroy made the touchdown. Gain on the play was about 05 yards. BIG 5 THREATEN I ' CLEVELAND, Nov. 6. The "big five" railroad brotherhoods will revive the strike vote and use it if necessary if the promises of the railroad labor board made to the brotherhood chiefs just before the threatened general rail road Btrike was called off last week are not carried out, according to a memorandum which has been mailed to all general and local chairmen and members of the five organizations, it was learned today. LIMITED T0100 BEER 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Despite new treasury regulations allowing physicians to issue an unlimited number- of prescriptlona for beer, they will be held to the old maximum of 100 prescriptions every three months. whether the doctors prescribe whis key, -wine or beer. Commissioner Haynes announced today. He added that he saw no reason for changing the old rule. A decrease'of about S12.000.000 in taxes collected on non-beverage dis tilled spirits during July, August and September, as compared with the cor responding months of last year, was announced today by Mr. Haynes. LaFollette Demands Retirement Sec'y. of The Treasury Mellon ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Re tirement of Secretary Mellon as "the fiscal head of the govern ment." was demanded in the senate today by Senator LaFol lette, republican, Wisconsin, be- cause of the attitude which the Wisconsin senator said the treasury head held toward "the taxation of wealth." Mr. LaFollette asserted that Mr. Mellon had "openly and brazenly" declared that wealth - could not be made to bear Its share of tho burden of the gov 1 eminent. SELLER BOOTLEG IN JAIL, BUYER A notable feature of tile latest boot leg case In Mcdford is that the buyer of the booze turned state's evidence, and uh a result Henry C. Young of Pine .street, this city was bound over to the grand jury uiuler$500 in Jus tice Taylor's court yesterday after noon on a charge of selling intoxi cating liquor. N. W. Weaver, a Mcdford painter, who bought the booze and so testified in court under the law goes free, as the law provides that where a liquor purchaser testifies ugainst the man from whom ho made the purchase, he cannot be prosecuted for his part in the transaction. Chief of Police Timothy is respon sible for turning up this case. Seve ral days ago tile chief, noticing that Woaver had been drinking and seeing him about town suspected that lie was on tho. lookout to obtain some more liquor. Accordingly he watched closely and on souing him in an auto borrowed by Young followed him down an alley In the business district when ho left the car, and found him with a quart bottle of moonshine be neath his coat. On Weaver's statement that he had bought the iiioonshino from Young, paying t" therefor, it being delivered to him in the auto at the corner of North Front and lith streets, the fire department corner, and his promise to appear in court and to testify when County Prosecutor. Moore could try the case, he was permitted nts lree--doni, and Young was placed under ar rest. County Attorney Moore still being too busy to appear in the case against Weaver yesterday, that official dele gated Attorney George Codding to ap pear In the case as his reVresentnllve. Attorney George M. Roberts appear ed in defense of Young. At lirst Y'oung's bail was fixed at $1000, and on Attorney Roberts' plea that Young had a family which needed his sup port, the -bond was finally reduced to $500. It has not yet been furnished and ever since his arrest Young has been confined in the county jail. THIS IE! COURT The first of the Hank or Jackson ville failure cases for the present term of the circuit court will he call ed the week of November 14th, and will bo alternated with the bootleg in dictments still on the calendar, which will he rearranged by tho court after the Matthews trial, so5as to secure the highest efficiency of service from the jury list. The court holds that It is needless expense to try any more bootleg cases with the present jury list, and a new venire will be called. Among the bank cases scheduled are those of R. D. nines, whose trial has been hanging fire for months, Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley, former county treasurer, whose trials twice resulted In disagreements, Charles H. Owen, former orchardist, now of Salt Lake City, and Chester C. Kubli, Applegate stockman, and member of a pioneer Oregon family. William II. Johnson, former cash ier of the defunct institution, now serving a ten year sentence, will be brought from Salem as a witness. Assistant Attorney General Lllvqulst, former district attorney of Coos coun el, will assist the state in the prose cution. Among the attorneys for the defendants are A. E. Reames, Porter .1. Neff, Gus Newbury and Herbert Hanna. MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 5 The Uni versity of Iowa cross country team de feated the University of Minnesota team here today 2S to 27. Captain Ristlne crossing the line first. The lime for the four and a halt miles was 2(i:y2 2-5. GVEN FREEDOM JACKSONVILLE BANK CASES TO CONCLUDE Leading Stars on Crimson Team Defeated 1 a$m rr, 1 Mf.MVfi-.'pf? Ptirwui'd jmswiiiK iiiis in't'il tit'VL'HHiL'ti ny iodi oan I'tim-iirM in iih jnuni w iuti- i uri c i.s uu pti.siiivti (U'hmiho nyaiiust the aurinl plnys. ''u lii'ttLT niask tho oifensivo tin roaches are continually striving to tlcvelop what H known as "threat" players, versatile stnrs who can run, kick and pass with equal skill and In a way ;t the opposing team cannot easily tell what is coming next. In ftuell, quarterback and Owen, fullback, Harvard has two of the bet 's'threat players," Captain Kane, left tackle, is another star. Owen irt shown above at the left, Uuelt in the center and Kane at the right. SENTENCE LE 10 ONE YEAR tuc nni i John II. (Hum) Lewis, who pload guilty to a chargo of receiving and concealing stolon goods, In connection with the burglary by boys of the Na tional Guard quartern in tho Natato rium, was sentenced to serve ono year in the county jail, and pay tho costs, by Circuit Judge F. M. Calkins this morning. Lewis will be paroled, but a provision of it will be that ho turn over his earnings to his mother. After pleas for leniency had been made in behalf of Lewis by Attorney Gus Newbury, and District Attorney Moore had Informed the court, that other members of the gang, had ap peared "cocky" after parole, the court passed sentenco, which was followed by a stern lecture to the defendant. "It has come to the attention of the court," said Judge Calkins, "that your mother has been taking in wash ing to support you and your father, and It Is now up to you to either starve or work, for sho is getting old, and needs the help of a big Btrapping boy like you. H someone can he found, to whom you can ho paroled, and will satisfy the court Unit your earnings will be turned over to your mother, you may be paroled. "That is not the crime with which you are charged before this bar, but in my mind it is the worse crime. "You are on the wrong trail, and, if you follow It, you will be eventual ly be removed from circulation, and retired from public life for some time. I assure you that If you ever come before mo again, It will give mo great pleasure to sentence you to as long a term as possible. "You will be given a chance to make a man of yourself, and there is not a person in tho sound of my voice who will not help you, hut it rests with yourself. "You will now bo remanded to the custody of the sheriff, to await any further action in your case." rOUf LAND, Ore., Nov. 4. The big cereal mill jf Albers U rot hers is now running ut full capacity in order to facilitate a, big order just received from the V. S. Government. This or der is for two thousand tons( or four million pounds) of oats which are to he shipped from Portland to Honolulu and the Philippine Islands for gov ernment use. Morita Thomson, a well-known fi nancial and milling man of the Pa cific northwet, was recently elected president of Albers Brothers Milling company, Mr. Thomson is president of the Pacific Coast Biscuit company. Centennial Flouring Mills, Denny Itenton Clay and Coal company and other large interests in Portland, Se attle, San Francisco, and L.os Angeles. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 5. A mask ed robber trussed tip seven mail clerks on Atchison, Topeka and San ta Fe train No. 8, arriving here from California today and escaped with two pouches of registered mail. m MTV I A II JACK'S LETTERS TO FEATURE OF TRIAL Tho trial of Raleigh Matthews, ICagle Point farmer boy, charged with second degree murder, as the result o( the alleged fatalBhootlng of Wil bur (Wig) Jacks at Eagle I'oint last September, will begin in tho circuit court next Monday, ana the selection of the jury, and hearing of the evi dence In the case is expected to take all week. There will be no session oi' the court next Friday, Armistice Day, and it is hoped to have tho case in the jury's hands by that time.. The county court lias detailed At torney Porter J. Neff to assist the dis trict attorney's office In . arranging the evidence and legal details, but hu will take no part in the trial, other' than this. The defense will be repre sented by Attorney Charles Keaiu'es of the law firm of Iteames and iteames. . ' . Over two score witnesses will be called by the prosecution and defense but most or their testimony will.be short, and most of them are from the Eagle Point District, . where the two principals in the tragedy lived most of their lives. Letters said to have been written by Jacks to the defend ant and imploring him to leave the country, will bo Introduced, as evi dence. It is said. The present jury panel will bo used in securing a jury, but it may be nec essary to call a new venire. Matthews, who has been In the county jail, since the fatal ufrray, awaits the crisis of his life with a calm assurance, that has been char acteristic of his manner since Incar ceration, and he is visited dally by friends and relatives. At Philadelphia: Final LaFay etto 38; Pennsylvania 0. At West Point: Final Notre Dame 2S; Army 0. At Forbes Field, Pittsburg: Final Nebraska 10; Pittsburg 0. . At Annapolis: Final Navy G; Bucknell 0. At Montreul: Final Syracuse 13; McGill 0. At New York: Final Cornell 41; Columbia 7. At New Haven: Final Yale 28; Maryland 0. At LaFayette, Ind., flnnl Perdue 3; Northwestern 0. . At Detroit, finul University of De troit. 21: Knrincflcld Y. M. c A, m.i. Icsc 0. At StiiBK Field. Chlcngo, final Chi- cbko, 0: Ohio State 7. At Pullman, end first period Ore gon, 0: W. a. C. 7. At Northrop Field, final Iowa, 41; Minnesota 7. SPRINGFIELD, III., Nov. 5. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine "Workers of America notified the union mine workers In Pennsyl vania that it would be well to avoid the striko called for Monday' If the operators Rave assurance of romply 'Inif with yesterday's order of the fed-ei-al court of appealB in the check-off .system. Orders were also sent Indl lana miners officials, Mr. Lewis said. FOOTBALL SCORES Today by Princeton GOODWIN JURY TO 4, ACQUITTAL The jury In the euso of John Good win, taxi driver, charged will) selling intoxicating liqunl'j was discharged at midnight Friday niKht, after fifteen hours' .deliberation, in which they were unable to agree. The vote stood eight for acquittal, and four for con vietion, and the balloting several times was nine tor acquittal and three for conviction.: This is the second disagreement to arise at this term of court in the boot logging cuscs, the other being tile trial of .lames (Shine) Edwards, eiiui'sod with tho same offense. Unwillingness of tho jurors to ac cept the uncorroborated testimony of co-culled, "stoolplgeon" evidence was the reason given by courthouse gos sip, for the disagreement. The prin cipal state witness against Goodwin was A. B.; Gates', a special detective. Most of the. Jurors when questioned by- the court' before discharge were of thu opiiiion'.that they were hopelessly disagreed but "Wllco F. Hanley re quested ihv. '(jui't to keep them "lock ed Up for 24 .'hours," under the belief they could -coilio to n decision. The joyridi; to Orator'Lako at county,-expense by Detective Gates,, de scribed vividly by witnesses in the 'JamoH (Hhliie) Edwards case, Influ enced (be jury, according lo a state ment made In open court tills morn ing, though 11 had nothing to do with the Goodwin case, nor was it a part of the testimony. The court staled tho "Jury arguod vociferously about It." and unlit that. It was useless nnd "needless expenso" to try any morn bootleg cases "Willi the present Jury panel. ; '' ' 10 $25,000,00 TREATY BOGOTA,. Colombia, Nov. C Op position to nppvoval of the treaty be tween Colombia and the United States has arisen in the chamber of depu ties. The senate already has approved the pact, providing for payment of $25,000,000 to' this- country in set-' tlement of the Panama controversy. It is pointed out -by opponents of tile treaty that,, as it stands, It does not guarantee any compromise obtained by Colombia.' Henor Uruela, Colom bia's minister in Washington, Is ex pected to. arrive here next week and Is believed to be bringing a lnessago of amity from President Harding. PEAK NAMED AFTER FRANKLIN K. LANE "WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 The mem ory of the late Franklin K. Lane, for nearly eight years secretary of the In terior, Is to bo perpetuated through one of the loftiest peaks in tho Tat oosh range within Mount ltainler Na tional park. The department of interior an nounced today that tho geographic bdard had decided to name tho peak Mount Lane. H has an altitude of 6000 fect, rising one third of a mile northwest of Cliff Lake, in Fierce county. - DISCHARGED German Mark Nearly Disappears, Allies to Send Envoys to Berlin NEW YOltK, Nov. .Ger man marks today fell to tho low est level in history, .o:il)2 5 cents. PAHIS, Nov. 5. (l!y the As sociated Press.) The entiro reparations committee includ Koland W. Hoyden, the unoffi cial member for the United States, will leave for Herlin next Monday or Tuesday. The com mission will remain in tho Gor man capital two or three weeks to investigate measures by which tlerniauy may procure I ho necessary funds to meet the pay ment of $f(0, 000, U0O gold marks, duo to the allies January l.", 1H22. it also will investi gate Hie causes for Urn recent depreciation in (ho valuo of the German mark. IS AND $400 FINE ISrncst R. (Dud) WolKumott, con vluU'd by a jury in tho circuit court a week ago on a chargo of nolilng in toxicating liquor, was scntonctMl to servo threo months in tho county jail, and pay a fino of $400 by .Judge ! M. Calkins In tho circuit court this morning. Two moro indictments on similar charges hang over Wolga mott. Attorney ltoberts for 'Wolgamott, upon passing of sentence, filed a mo (ton Tor a now trial, and asked for 0 0 day's extension of time for this pur pose. The court allowed 110 days, with, the proviso that If further timo was needed It would he granted. In caso of a denial of a new trial, an ap peal will ho tnken to tho supromo court. The present hail of $1000 cash was continued. Wolgamott said nothing in his own behalf. District Attorney Mooro In formed tho court that Wolgamott had been convlctod of a similar offense In the justice court at Mcdford, which ho said had failed to act as a deter rent to tho defendant, and had no recommendations to mako to the court. Tho court In passing sentenco Bald that there were "no mitigating cir cumstances" as in other crimes whore hunger or passion might play a part.'' and that "many of the jurors at the present term of court had gained the impression that tho defendant was the principal factor in tho bootlog cases. and others so charged had merely acted as agents or procurers for him." The court then Imposed sentence. E SAN KKANCISCO, Nov. B. Dis trict Attorney Drady announced on a return from a hurried trip to Oak lend today that Alice Illake, missing prosecution witness in tho Uoscoe (I'"alty) Arbucklo caso had boon found, and would appear to testify In the manslaughter trial when wanted. Sho disappeared a few days ago from tho custody of an attache of his office ut Callstoga, whero Bhe had been since tho preliminary hearing of the complaint against tho film come dian. Drady refused to say whore ho had found Miss Illake, but said ho had Berved a subpoena on her. MI. WILSON STAGE PASADENA, Nov. 5. As tho Mount Wilson stago swung around a Hnend In the steop climb to tho Car negie observntory on tho summit near hero today, two masked men dressed in overalls, sprang from be hind somo bushes. Revolvers In hand, they halted the vehicle, lined up the driver und twelve passengers, exacted cash totalling several hun dred dollars ind jewelry of value from their victims and waved the stage on Its way. It was a wild west holdup in every particular but one. The stage was a motor bus. Glass blowing by machinery has been developed since 1S04. WOLGAMOTT G VEN DAYS JAP CABINET . nm nun m j HARA DEATH Mere Matter of Form Is Official Explanation Details of the Tragedy Given Out De mented Youth Responsible Attacked Premier at Rail road Station. TOKIO, Nov. H. (Uy the Associat ed Press.) Tho Japanese cabinet resigned office after a meeting of the members held this morning. Admiral Huron alvto, one of tho Japanese delegates to tho armament conference, acting in accord with other members of tho Hara cabinet, today cabled his resignation as min ister of mnrino to Toklo. The resig nation of the cabinet, It was explained by Japanese here, was wholly a mat tor of form and without significance. Details of Tragedy Premier Hara, it dovolops from de tails of Friday's tragic events, never spoko after the first onset of the as sassin. The promler arrived at the station, whero ho was to take a train for Kioto, ten minutes before the train was due to leave and the sta tion master Invited the premier and his party to rest In the station office for a moment. Between this office and the gate through which passengers reach the platform Is the station blackboard, and it was behind this blackboard that tho assassin wai lurking, as the premier emerged from the orfice and approached the gate. 1 Darting out from behind his shelter the youth came Immediately Into pon tact with his victim !and thrust bis knife Into the premier's breast close to the heart. Tho premier collapsed Instantly, falling to tho floor without a sound. Friends carried him to tho station master's orflco, and a physician who was a member of the party gave him immedtato modical attention. :The premier, however, could not be revived, and died within an hour without regaining consciousness. His wifo, who hnd been summoned di rectly after tho Incident, reached the station too late to see him alive. Shortly aftorward the body was removed to his home, around which for blocks bonfires and lanterns lighted tho streets, while officials and friends streamed to tho residence to offer condoloncos. During tho evening an emissary from tho imporial household'brought word to tho home that the late pre mier had been raised to the first grade oftho second rank ot the Im perial court. Tho American embassy In Toklo, In a cablegram dated 11 a. in., Sat urday and received by the state de partment today, said that the Japon Inet planned to meet Saturday and that Duron Uchlda would succeed tho Into Premier Hara at least temporar ily. "The assassination ofiPremlor Hara, tho dispatch said, caused nothing ap proximating disorders or disturbance In tho Japaneso capital. TOKIO, Nov. 0. (Uy Associated Press.) The Japanose ministry, de prived of its head through the knife of an assassin yesterday, when Pre mier Hara was stabbed to death by a demented youth, was continuing to function today under Viscount Uchlda, tho foreign minister, to whose deslgna- . Hon as acting premior tho Imperial ap proval was given at the palace shortly arter the tragedy. Within an hour after the assassination ot the premier tho cabinet met In extraordinary ses sion, Viscount Uchlda presiding. Im mediately upon the conclusion of the cabinet session Viscount Uchlda ac companied by Mlnlstor of the Interior Tokomnni went to tho palace and safd ; the Imporial approval .to the designa tion of tho viscount as temporary pre mier, which had been decided upon at tho cabinet session. Assassin a Samurai ' Scant Information was available at first regarding the Identity of the fouth at whose hands the premier fell but it became known today that the assassin was a son of a former mem ber of tho Samurai, or soldier class, constituting the lower nobility under the Japanese feudal system who had been a man of Importance during the restoration period. The assassin, it appears was of an erratic nature, and is regarded as a political fanatic. He was arrested immediately after vthe stabbing. Taunajma, who was escort-. . ing Premior Hara, -was badly cut on, the arms and hands lu disarming the . assassin. , ' . (Continued on page six).