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"MEDFORD, OKEUOX, -MOXPAY, XOVEM HKU 12S, lrl
NO. 2151
TRIBUNE
m
ARBUC KLE
OWN BEHALF
Was Getting Ready to Go Out
With Mrs. Taube When Vir
ginia Became III Identifies
His Bath Robe Makes
General Denial of Damag
ing Charges.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Nov. 2 8. Tes
tifying In Ills own behalf today, Ros
coo C. (Fatty) ) .Arbuckle, on trial
for manslaughter in connection with
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, do
nled having Injured her In any way
and said he was actually assisting
her during a period of Illness at the
time he is charged with having fatal
ly hurt her. He was under cross ex
amination at the noon recess.
"I found Miss Rappe in the bath
room of my room at the Hotel St.
Francis, writhing and moaning," he
testified. "I assisted her to a bed
and returned to the bathroom.
When I returned she was on the floor
writhing and moaning in the same
fashion. 1 did all 1 could to assist
her, and later was joined by others
who were attending a party in my
suite of rooms."
Arbuckie said he threatened to
throw Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont
out a window when she took excep
tion to the manner In which he was
assisting MisB Rappe. Mrs. Delmont,
a guest of the party, swore to the
murder ' charge against Arbuckle,
which was later reduced to the man
slaughter charge now on trial.
"I did not hear Miss Rappe say
anything that could bo understood,"
he testified. "She did not Bay 'he
hurt me.' Although she was the one
who had the phonograph brought Into
tho suite during the party she did not
dance."
Arbuckle admitted having seen
and partaken of liquor in the room
and Bald it was provided by Fred
Flshbach, his room mate. He testi
fied that he knew no one at the party
except Miss Rappe and her friend
Al Semnacher, and did not even
know there was going to bo a party
until the guests had actually arrived.
He was preparing to keep another
engagement, he said, while the party
was going on.
The defense announced it would
closo today.
Tho crowds jammed so tightly
around tho court room doors at tho
opening of tho afternoon session thut
tho court officers, defendant and
counsel had considerable difficulty in
getting to their places. Court was
delayed nioro than flvo minutes in
starting.
Tho judge ordered the doors closed
upon taking his sent.
Arbucklo resumed tho stand.
"I locked the door of my room bo
causo I 'wanted to dress." tho wit
ness said. Earlier in tho day Jose
phino Kesea, chambermaid! entered
his bathroom while ho was shuving,
but excused herself and retired.
Miss Kcseu was a witness for the
prosecution.
"I locked my door to keep tho wom
en and others out of tho room. Then
1 went into the bath room. The bath
room door struck against tho pros
trate form of Miss Ilappe. That was
tho first timo I knew she was in the
room." .i
"Then what did you do?" Leo
Friedman, assistant district attorney,
conducting the crosB-examinaUon
usked.
"I picked her up and held her
head."
"Did you say anything to her?" he
was asked.
"Not a word. Sho was casplng and
had a hard timo getting her breath."
"Dater I asked her 'Is there any
thing I can" dO' for you?' She said
'no, just leave me lio on tho bed.'
Hefore this I had given her two
glasses of water,"
"How " she get. from the bath
room to t' 1 ?"
"She wa. I helped her a little."
Later Arburklo returned to the
bathroom. "When ho returned, he tes
tified Miss Happe was "thrashing
about" on the floor. The witness
said he picked her up and placed her
on the bed. demonstrating tho man
ner in which he did so.
"Did she say anything then?"
"I don't remember. Sho was groan
ing, holding her' stomach and twisting
about."
"Then where did you go?"
"I went out of the room. The
first person I saw was Miss Prevost.
1 said .'Virginia is sick.' "
Arbucklo said he came to San
Francisco from Los Angeles Septem
ber 3 and stopped at the Hotel St
Francis. He named the guests at the
party In which he la alleged to have
fatally injured Virginia Rappe. Bay
ing that he had Invited no one to the
party by Mrs. May Taube.
(Continued on pa?o six.)
American Legion
Post Strives to Have
Foch Stop in City
If the best efforts of tho
Chamber of Commerce and tho
local post of tho American Le
gion can accomplish It, the peo
ple of Medford and vicinity will
have an opportunity to see Mar-
shal Foch, the great military
leader w ho was the supreme
commander of all allied forces
during the late war. Marshal
Foch Is making a tour of the
country accompanied by Mr.
Hanford McNlder, national com
mander of tho American Legion.
Next Thursday will be spent in
Portland which city the party
leaves at about 11 p. m. for,
San Francisco. His train Bhould
pass through Medford a little
before noon next Friday.
President Sholdon of tho lo
eal chamber, Frank Farrell,
commander of the local Legion
poBt and George Codding, vlco-
commander of the State Legion,
are bombarding tho Portland
committees having tho mar
shal's visit In hand, with letters
and telegrams urging that the
Btop at Medford be arranged.
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T0K10 JINGOES IN
Admiral Kozumi Says Unless
Japanese Delegates Get In
crease, People Will Prevent
Return American Experts
Report.
TOKIO, Nov. 2S. (l)y tho Asso
ciated Press.) Resolutions opposing
the 5-5-3 naval ratio contained In the
American naval holiday proposal and
favoring the abolition of fortifica
tions in the Pacific ocean were ndopt
ed by a mass meeting in Shlba Park
today. A number of Toltio publicists
addressed the meeting.
Vice Admiral Kozumi, who deliver
ed an address, declared: "The effect,
if the Japanese delegates accept the
GO per cent naval ratio for Japan In
stead of securing a ratio of 70 per
cent, will bo that tho people not only
will prevent tho delegates from laud
ing at Yokohama upon their return,
but that a strong appeal will be
made to reserve ratification of the
agreements reached."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. (By the
Associated iPress.) American naval
experts presented to the Japanese and
British officers today detailed an
swers to questions presented last
week as to the American naval re
duction program. Tho full member
ship of tho technical commission of
tho arms conference wasnot in ses
sion. Tho xtenslvo examination of
features of all three powers as to ex
isting navl strength of each country
has not resulted In any change of tho
original figures in Secretary Hughes'
proposal. It is assumed that during
the week, possibly In a matter of
hours, the naval reduction problem
will be formally returned to the con
ference for action.
Assourances that the American
calculation as to existing Japanese
naval strength has been found to he
accurate In the American view, louds
additional weight to ' the repeated
declaration that the American dele
gates will stand firmly for the
"5-5-3" ratio proposed for limitation
of naval construction at the end of
the ten year holiday period. It
would also indicate the Improbabil
ity that the American delegates would
agree to retention by Japan of tho
battleship Mutsu, although no defi
nite statement In this regard has been
made by any member of the delega
tion. T
SEATTLE, Nov. 2S Leo Hered
rlck, said to have been Identified as
one of the men who on November 7,
robbed the Liberty theater in Port
land, Ore., of $9,162, was arrested
here today by Sheriff Matt Slarwlch
at the" request of Portland author!
tics. Four other members of the al
h ged bandit band are In custody In
Portland.
OPPOSITION
NAVY RATIO PLAN
FOCH MADE CROW
INDIAN CHE AND
GETSWARBONNET
Hero of World Smokes Pipe
With Chief Plenty Coups and
Makes; Speeches Shower
ed With Gifts Brief Stops
in Idaho.
DIU.INOS. Mont.. Nov. 2 8. "Ah-Way-lvo-Ta-I!a-C'ho-C'hish"
is tho
name by which Marshal Ferdinand
Foch is known among the Crow In
dians into whoso tribe he was induct
ed at an elaborate ceremony at the
Indian reservation near here thiH
morning. Tho nnmo means "Chief of
Chiefs" und was bestowed upon the
French marshal by Chief Plenty
Coups of tho Crows. A drizzle of rain
did not prevent the marshal from tak
ing part In the ceremony nor visiting
the Custer battlefield.
BILLINGS, Mont., Nov. 28 Marshal
Foch was made a chief of the Crow
Indian trlbo at the Crow agency, near
here today. Tho marshal's special
train arrived here early this morning
and after a brief stop was switched to
Crow Agency, Bouth of here.
The Foch party will first visit tho
Custer battle field, whore the scene
of the battle of the Little Dig Horn in
187G will be viewed. Then will follow
the induction of tho French soldier as
a chief of the Crow Indians. Several
hundred members of tho tribe partici
pated in tho ceremonies, which were
In charge of Chief Plenty Coups of tho
Crows.
Euroute to Butto a brief stop also
will be mnde at Bozeman. From Butte
tho special train will proceed to St.
Maries, Idaho, which will be reached
Tuesday, and thence to Spokane,
Wash.
Chief Plenty Coups of the Crows
with nearly 100 former warriors In
gorgeoua regalia at his hack invested
the marshal wjth war bonnet, war
snirt, i ringed leggings nnu coup suck,
Indian gifts were showered so plenti
fully' on the marshal that the arms
of orderlies and members of his staff
were filled.
On the arrival of the train at Crow
Agoncy at 7:30 o'clock, the marshal
was welcomed by Solicitor Edwin G.
Booth, of the department of the inter
ior and Lieutenant Governor Nelson B.
Storey. Following brief talks, tUe
marshal and Chief Plenty Coups drew
three puffs each from a ceremonial
pipe.
At a 25 minute stop in Billings
sieeches were mado by Marshal Foch,
Commander Hanford MacNlder of tho
American Legion, Mayor William V.
Beers and kjcal American Legion offi
cers. The next stop In Montana of any
length, will be made at Butte, where
tho train is scheduled to remain 45
minutes.
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FINAL PLEAS IDE
VERSAILLES, Nov. 28.--Hy the
Associated Press) The Landru mur
dor trial entered its fourth and final
week today with tho Hummini; up of
Prosecutor Godefroy. Ho went over
tho evidence presented in tho case of
each of tJio eleven persons ten worn
en and a, boy whom tho "bluebeard
of Oambals" 1b accused of murdering
and of cremating tho bodies in the
kitchen Move of bin villa. The prose
cutor passed lightly over the fifteen
addit ional charges of forgery and
swindling against Landru. Tomorrow
counsel for Landru will mulct IiIh plea
In behalf of the accused. The case it
ordered to po to tho jury Tuesday
evening or "Wednesday.
A sentence of death on the ?uillo
tino and nothing else will satisfy the
prosecution, Prosooulor Codcfroy In
formed tho court.
PENN STATE ELEVEN
ARRIVES FOR GAME
SEATTLE, Nov. 2i. Coach Hugo
Bezdek and 21 members of tho I'enu
sylvanla State college football team
which meets the University of Wash
ington team next Saturday, arrived
here today. The team worked out in
tho university stadium this afternoon.
Coach Bezdek said his men stood the
long trans continental trip remarkably
well and that he expected them to he
in the best of condition by Saturday,
Passes Thru Medford Friday
Marshal
BAY BOY BANDITS
OF
iT
WENATCHKK, Wash., Nov. 2S.
Seven young" men are being held in
tho county Jail today ns tho result of
tho county-wide manhunt brought to
a closo yesterday, following the shoot-i
e".r Webel Vitc&,
ixiiint wnnnd in hi riirbt able.. aLiu
lives, but physicians say everything i
against him. Confessions
secured
after a rigid cross-examination fix the
guilt of at least five of the accused,
according to officers. The bullet be
fore entering the aged man's body,
struck a leather pockotbook, cut
through this and then passed out of
tho body. Tho holdup and shooting
marks a climax in a campaign of law
lessness here by youthful bandits
which has been in progress during thu
present fall.
DENBY DENIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (By Asso
ciated Press.) Kmphatic denial was
Issued today hy Secretary Denhy to
puhllshed reports that American naval
officers wero opposing the naval reduction-
programs suhmltted hy the
American delegation at the armament
conference and that the secretary of
the navy hnd ordered naval officers
not to oppose it. In a formal state
ment, Mr. Denny said:
"I havo not jet met or heard of a
slnglo officer of tho naval cslabllsli
ment of the United States who does
not approve the American proposals
and does not heartily wish success to
this conference. I cannot understand
how any other Impression has gono
abroad.
"lu justico to tho officers I wisl
correct It as Boon as possible."
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DRY AGENTS WHO RAID
KAKHINUTO.V. Nov. '.!. Prohibi
tion ntfents who raid the wronK house
after exorclsinK the usual enro cannot
he hold to iiiaiiic, j'rohltiUion oin-
misslonor llaynos, in effort, hold to-
duy in oxonoratiui; H. P. llonsun, a
special agent, from rharKo.s proforrod
by Mayor Stewart uf Sav-auuah, Ga.
The Noted Dead
MCW VOKK, Nov. 2 8. Robert B.
iiawley, president of tho Cuban
American Sugar company, died to
day at his home. Ho was 72 years
old.
OPPOSED TO LIMIT EUROPEAN
'ers .
Koch
0 GROUNDS FOR
I
FRENCH, HUGHES
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S. (By th
Anxni-lniHri . Irnna. I I'ii 111 Ishetl rn -
norm xllnirli.ir usn nf harsh words hv
Premier J 3 r i u n il of France while lu
WaHllngton nBiist Senator Schau -
? ha Lallan armament
I conference delegation wero formally
aonioci in a suumneni mane louay oy
1 nairmun ungues uc a meoiins ui uiu
conference committee on Far Eastern
and Pacific questions.
The reports which have lod to
much comment and to demonstra
tions against the French In Italy
wero said by Mr. Hughes to be abso
lutely without foundation. Ho also
was understood to havo doclared that
tho relations between the Kench and
Italian delegations within the confer -
ence had been most frlondly.
M. Drland, Mr. Hughes inserted,
had used no words whatever that
could give offonso to Italy In any
manner. Knno Vlvlnni, prosent head
of the French delegation, Bpenklng af
ter Mr. HugheB, also denied the re
ports. IlEltUN, Nov. as. (My Associated
Press.) Tho recent mysterious trip to
London of Hugo Sllnnes, the financier,
and the nature of his conferences
there continue to bo tho subject of
newspaper speculation.
tlcorgo llernhard, writing In tho
VosslMcbo Zeltung, assorts that llerr
Stinncs, in addition to discussing
reparations and allied Issues whllo In
England, also broached tho subject of
creating a European railway trust.
This, the writer declares, would not
only lake over t ho bankrupt German
establishment but also that of the
other European countries. Tho recon
struction of the Russian railways, ho
says, would be tho logical outcome of
such nn amalgamation, In which Eng
lish and American capital would he
Interested.
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A it 13
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. The fede
rl grand Jury investigating the build-
InK trades today returned a secrit In
dictment to .fudge August K. Hand.
During the Inquiry it was understood
thnt witnesses who had testified be
fore 1-rfx-kwood legislative committee
nt the time It wan examining the p.I
loged plate and window guvs com
bine had been hrarO.
Women Traffic Cops
Rule at New York
Schools During Strike
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S. Wo
man truffle "cops" mado their
bow to tho Now York public to
day. At all intersections in tho
vicinity of public schools women
pollco reserves were on duty.
They wero called out lo replace
21,00 patrolmen who are on
duty protecting milk wagons
during the milk handlers Btrlko.
Whistles are the sole weap-
fr ons of the volunteer force. !
3 DEAD, 79 HURT
AT
Movie Crowd Panic Stricken
When Curtain Catches Fire
During Oriental Scene
Yale Students Injured One
Trampled to Death.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov.
28..
Threo lives were lost and
seven ty-
nino persons were moro or iess
riously injured when flro broke out
in tho Hialto motion picture theater
hero last niKht. It is possible that
further search of tho ruins of tho
playhouse will add one moro nnmo to
tho list ol! dead, as it. If. Perrigo, of
this city, has been missing since tho
panic stricken crowd nursed toward
the doors of tho theater.
Fifty-eight pcrsohs who wcro cither
burned or trampled by tho crowd,
which stormed toward the exits when
tho flames swept into tho
th.fitnri
from the stage wero In hospitals today
o' Twenty one who were taken to 1h.h-
i . .... i,nlnu .,.,..,
'lHalH wore at their homos today
Twenty-two of the Injured wero Yalo
studcuts.
All will recover, it was do-
, ,T,., ,..,.. n.i...,h t
morilll)K. lt WuH believed ho Was
trampled to death.
Two other bodies taken from tho
theater woro burned so badly that
Identification wns impossible. One
was tho body of an elderly woman and
tho other was that of a young man,
apparently twenty yoars of age.
Coroner Mix began an official In
quiry Into the disaster early today.
"Wo aro Inclined to thu belief," ho
said, "that tho flro might havo boon
kindled by incense burned during tho
1 photo play liolng shown at tno maito,
This play, 'The Hhelk' waa being given
an Oriental setting. It may bo that
tho burning incense ignited Homo dra
peries and dropped onto tho stage of
the theater.
Lawrence W. Carroll, manager of
tho theater, and James Carter, his as
sistant, who woro detained by the au
thorities after the firo, wero later ro
leased upon their own rocognlzanco
to appear at tho coroner's boating.
Tho play house was crowded at 7:110
o'clock and preliminary features of
ti entertainment wero being com
pleted when tho flro was discovered.
Hparks wero seen dropping down In
front of the silver scroen upon which
tho picture was to be projected. Thero
was a shout of "fire" and panic, seized
the crowd.
Many who had seats In tho balcony
of tho theater leaped over tho rails
and fell on tho heads of tho strug
gling people below.
Hevcral children were In tho crowd
that poured toward the exits of the
theater and their parents wore in
many cases injured while trying' to lift
them above the press about them.
Tho theater building was a frame
Ktructuro which burned like mutch
wood. Yale students were active lu the
work of rescue, dashing into the burn
ing structure und ussistlng tho puoplo
to safety.
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10 FINANCE FARMERS
SPOKANE, Nov. 28. Organization
of tho Farmers and Hankers Finance
coritoration with headquarters in Port
land, Ore., to provide credit for far
mers of Washington, Oregon, and Cali
fornia, heeamo known here today with
publication of an announcement Issued
from the headquarters hero of tho
Northwest Wheat Orowers Associated.
Tho capitalization, It was stated, will
be $5,000,000 with provision for in
creasing It to $25,000,000.
Associated In tho enterprise, It was
stated, are prominent wheat and stock
men of tho four Htates. Tho associa
tion will work with co-oporatlvo mar
keting organizations of the northwest,
tho announcement sal'l.
NEW HAVEN GONN
CHINA GIVEN
POSTRIGHTS
JUNK TALK
All Powers Except Japan Agree
to Leave January 1, 1923
Railway Control Involving
Shantung Brought Up Ac
tion On Other Issues De
ferred Till Sunday.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. (By tho
Associated Tress) A resolution de
claring1 for relinquishment of for
eign postoffice privileges in China,
wns adopted today by tho nine pow
ers silting- as a committee on Pacific
and Far Hasten) questions.
The date of January 1, 1923, was set
for the abandonment of foreign post-
office, and this was agreed to by all
tho powers represented except Japan,
whose representatives naked for timo
to hear from their government.
The Japanese delegates, it was said,
did not object to January 1, 1023 as
the d:ito fur abandoning their post
offices, but folt that they did not havo
thu authority to agree to that dato
without referring tho mutter to To
kio. Tho nine powers committee defer
red until tomorrow final action on
tho question of extraterritorial rights
in China. Tho principle of closing
foreign courts in China, It was suid,
was agreed to, but consideration of
tho formal resolution went over.
Chinese representatives at today's
meeting brought up the domestic con
trol of Chinese railways. The quen-,
tion, however, went over for conside
ration at another meeting of the full
nine powers tomorrow morning.
Tho Chlneso railway quoHtlon, ac
cording to Chlneso representatives.
would necessarily involvo the -matter
' Hlnliiiff, which Is regarded as one
" 1,0 P-oh ems with which the
I Washington conference may have .to
deal, so far an Far Eastern affairs uro
concerned.
Tho resolution adopted by tho arms
conference toduy,' relating to , postal
agencies lu China provides that for
eign postal systems thero shall bo
abandoned on a date to be finally
agreed upon lator and on condition
that tho Chinese government Hhall.
maintain an efficient Chinese postal
service. t 9 . v
A provision is also includod under
which tho Chinese customs authori
ties would be permitted to examine
postal matter passing through the for
eign postal agencies In order to de
termine whether dutiable or contra
band goods aro coming into tho
country through postal channels.
The latter provision Is Understood
to have been included as ft result of
charges by Chlneso authorities that
opium had been sent into China
through the foreign postal systems,
in direct vlolutlou of China's anti
opium law.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. (By the
Associated (Press.) Formal disposi
tion of the questions of extraterri
toriality and postal rights In China
through specific declarations prepar
ed by sub-commltteos was tho prear
ranged business of tho armament con
ference on convening thin ' morning
for another committee session.
Theso declarations will express tho
agreed attitude of tho conference
that foreign judicial courts und for
olgn postofflcos maintained within
China shall he withdrawn as speedily
as conditions warrant. The vital de
cision to send a commission of inter
national jurists to Investigate tho ef
ficiency of tho Chinese courts was to
he embodied lu ono declaration.
Spokesmen of two other of tho par
ticipating powers, Senator Schanzer
for Italy, whoso delegation he beads,
and Vice Foreign Minister llanlunra
for .lapan, had Joined today with
itouu Vlvlaui, head of tho French del
egation in endorsing President Hard
ing's informal suggestion thut the
present conference might be a start
ing point for a continuing series ot
conferences to examine world prob
lems. Senator Schauzor expressed
tho conviction that adoption of the
plan would "represent tho greatest
and most beneficial result ot the
Washington conforenco," whllo Mr.
lianlliara said ho bolloved Japan
would be ready to take part in any
future conferences "with. the great
object of maintaining a harmonious
co-operations of tho powers and
world peace." IN(j
A volco lu opposition to tho "pro
posed association of nations" was
raised slmultuiuoously by Senator Bo
rah, republican, Idaho, who declared
It would he the "old League ot Na
tions under uuotber numo."
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 28. Earl
Caddock of Don Moines, world's
champion ltght-hcavywcight wrest
lor, will meet George Kotsonaros, ot
Columbus, in a one fall match hero
tonight. .