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",. Jslrfcti 6 f V 1 Medfoed MM The Weather EffiUNE Weather Year Ago Maximum , .-82 Minimum 45 Prediction Maximum Minimum . ,. Fair V 60 Willi I II IM 'I . ''Ill Odlly Ki'Viiilci'iilli Tr. IVrkly Ifiy-HmonU your. - una NO. l MEDFOrtU, OWKdOX, TIICKSDAV, .JUNK 1, IU22 HUE NEARLY WIPES OUT PRI NEVILLE Orcflon Town Suffers Devas tating Conflagration En tire Business Section Mass of Smoking Ruins Four Volunteer Firemen Injured Believe Blaze Incendiary HKM, ) , JtiiKi I - Hulf of Frln- IlllslllCttn Kl'I'tloil WUS wiped out by a flm whli h started nt mid night und caused ilamntto estimated nt $ ti:i."l, before ( was cheeked by ' (1 tinvltlnK early today. Prliicvlllc'a vol u fire department with Hi haud-diawn equipment tm powerlen lit control lln (lr which u (4. mil by a high Intl. 'I' In- firri started In a, frame house and authorities tltuiiulit It of Incendiary orlwltt. Prinvlllo U tho count)- acul uf Crook county In central Oregon and linn a population uf I2i0. W hen tlio fli mi finally chocked moil of PrlneUlle largest building wit bin mi area of three blocks rrc smoking ruins. AmonK tlm build ing dimlroyed wim Ihe Prlntivlllo ho tel, a modern lwnlory mono atruc turn covering half u block, coating more tliuu lioo.owo. The poitofflte wan destroyed with an estimated In' uf more than $:'". '0. Several brlrk end cuni'if'n buslne houses with their stocks were wrecked liy tli' flatm. i Four viiunteer flro flKhlrr. J Oeorgo McFall. Jurk lUlnnw, Wllllum WrsUy and Jehu Wui'Mlrr. were In Jared Watrhlcr waa crushed by a falling roof ami aa unconaiioua to day. All Dial waa aavttil from the post office waa a hnmirul of registered let ters ami a bunch of kwye. Grace Wilson, tulephnne operator, stayed at her post sending rail to Ufa r by lowua fur old until tliu ex change burned. AmonK tin) heavy estimated tosses were: j Don 1 lH.mhiitn Power company. $2 Tjlcihim romtiany, 111,0(10; Cor unit and roinpany, Knora! iniTi-linn-1II1H) atorr $:o,ooo: II. It. l.akliiK Hardware Co., j.0o0; J. A. Hli-ln nd Sou, lot Ii'hm atora f l.'i.ouo; Cy-Mio rua Jpwidry atom $10,000; Michael tirorery IU.,,n,,i Contral OreKon llttrdwnro atora H,n0; I'rlnvlllu bakery ll.'i.onti; Cerarda meat mur- kl t.00ii; bi'Hldi'X Ihoao Ihero were several other flrtint with lo.iBCX ranitliiK lu.OOO brliiKltiU the to $lo;i,ouo. utid Individual from ll.onii to rittinuled total KILLS EMPLOYER MiMINNVII.I.i;, lire., Junn I. f if mill I'. iHl'liet, lIKed IX, Nlll't It ml killed hlx einplnyer , Kred l.ebold. fticed 00 und kllleil hlmaalf laat nlKbt nit the l.eliiilil iiu' lit tlo bend of Muddy valley, elidit lollea weal of Mi'MlnnvlU". uecordlnK to a report to local iiuthorlll"H who were Invent I ruIIiik the tiiiMcdy. A dU:j'Ule over wimea wnx aald to Imvo been the only trouble which bud eUlHti'il between lio'uel und IiIh em ployer. Snow In Wyoming CA8PKU, Wyii, June IT Snow fell till yt'Hterdny mornln In Casper nnd Biirrmindlnn tmrltory but HKlit loin j)rnttiro kept tlm ground cloiired of nil hut a IlKht lilunkot. No heavy Htock loan la expectud tinleaa low tcnlpoin ttiriH follow. M'WIINNVILLE BOY PARIS APACHES SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR DUEL TO DEATH OVER A VAKIS, Juno 1. A duel to tho death over a woiuutv has brought prison sentences to the victor, au rlr.o rintoux, an apncho, und to tho witnesses of the fight. Tho court to. Joctod thu defense's plea that dueling with, knives in the underworld wus quite as rnspoctublo us sword or pis tol affairs before tup-ha tied society loaders. 'Plntoux arid his Hoconds were sen tenced last night to two years' Im prisonment each and the director of the combat to six "mont hs, for tholr pai'ts In tho death of Charles Lallo liiniit, another apncho, Lallomunt was formerly the t'tvruiuour ot LouIho France Accepts Reply From Germany Grants Moratorium for 1922 4 PARIS, .lime I illy Asnoi luted l'raHi. Approval liy tlm repiiru- tiotiH I'uinnilnHliiii of tbii German reply to It nltliiiiitiiin iind tlm 4 di-rliili.il u Kiant Gcnniiny'a pro- vlslouul iiiiiiiiIiiiIiiiii for tlm year I!':':', have cliiiii'il lint way for mtmldi-l lit Inn uf n limit by tlm Inlciiiiitliiiiiil column ( biinki'ia mi'i'tliiK linrn. Wlii li- In rii"u'iitliiH rlii-li'H 11 4 Ik llioiif.bt lliiTf will In- no din- 4 MKri'i'ini'iit mid Unit it Inan nf 4 proluibly iniirt' tliiin f 1,000,11011,(100 4 will Ui iirninKi'd within o fiw 4 wfi'ka Uhth In a ti-ndi'ni'y , In 4 niiio iiuiiiturH to (cur Unit tint 4 liiinlittrH will bo iitmlilii to find a 4 Hulutl'in ri-i'iini'illiiK 1 ho iM onomlc 4 und pi'lltli'il Hi-menu of I lie iroli- li'iu. 'I In IiuiiI-hi u ruiunilttiiK mil thin n fl-riiii . 4 4444444444444444 WHITE PLAINS PLOTDEEPEKS Guy A. Phillips World War Veteran, Reiterates He Saw Ward With Peters, in Phila. Day Before Body Was Found in- New Rochclle, N. Y. I'lllLAUKU'lllA, Juni. 1. juy A l'lillll'. world war v-tran, rrln-ratml ImU' that I10 11 Cl.irsnru l'riinx. lln by Wulli-r 8 Ward. In I'lilladol I hla at noon May 15 and at H:30 a, in. May 1(1. IVIith' body wait fniind niar fNi'W KiM'liidlc. N. Y.. on May 16. It wna wlilli' on hla way to a railroad Mutton 011 May 1j hu aald lu (-ll In with I'l-tfra who umiatel hltn btn-auair ho oi a Hirvro button, ivtora ! 1'l'iirt'd to bo norvouit, I'lillllpa aald. I ho yuonK mull aald lu waa In trouble with a inarrli'il man und a Kill. Thla man, !u nald, had a irvtty wifu mid aa trylnK to win hla Kill from him. ahowod m a nun bo carried In hla ' limldo ix ki t. Then he aald a man wa in the city looklnx for him. Kond IliiK thu revolver lie aald It would help him l pi I ho man who wuh trylnn to Ret him. Later he iihKoiI me when) he cmild K-t a train f ir Kllabetli, N. J. I told him to ko to Iho liiformullou window which ho did. I'hlllipH then ivIteiatoJ how lie anw Uio man next mornlnK at the entrnncn to th Ib'llevueKtrnlfnrd hotel, llo wore a brown suit und a gray rap. I'i'icrs HMko to him. ho aald, and iiKniti allowed him the pltttol und aald "I will Kt lil' onlesa ho tela lue find." l'hllllpa aald he anw I'olera walk to 11 well drcKHoil yoioiu man who riitiie ncroHH tho Mlreet. They talked n few hi'coiiiIh und then Hlarted for an auto mobile. When l'hllllpa wna reminded thai I'idera' body wna found on the six leeulh hn expresaed the opinion that he might havn been killed nearby and hla body cnrrlod to whure, it was found. New Detectives on Job WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. Jumi 1 The entrance of one group of detec tives, brought Into tho Ward-Peters killing case by District Attorney Weeks to Invent Igitto every iinglu of the mysterious blackmail and shooting affair, und tho exit of umdher group (Continued on pugo tight! Kuttlur, hut Plnteiix won her from htm. The testimony showed that thu duel wus conducted according to sot rules Slmllur knives, well sharpened ut tHe sceno by tho witnesses were given to the combatants. I.nlletnant dlsre gardnd tho rules, when he attempted to follow up hla advantage, ot draw ing rirst blood by kicking vigorously at Plntoux's ubdonieu, The other Rpucho closed In on him, repeatedly stubbing his opponent until he fell mortally wounded. The attorneys for the defense abandoned their announc ed plan of summoning persons in the soclul word ns experts to testify that the duel, us conducted, wus entirely I'egnWiV, 1 WOMAN Will PROBE W OSER'S ELIGIBILITY Unprecedented Spectacle of Higher Court Called Upon Prevent International Mar riage Offered By Mrs. Har old McCormick Father Gives Consent to Match. Cllll'ACO. Jnn-- I .- Judicial hivi'Hll tiutlon of Max Otior a idlKibilliy and iiiullfli'iillniin 11 h n liiihliiind for Ma Ihlldit MrConiili k lx tin' tn ut xt'i In thu Iiilorinii lonul piiiiiinii' of John I). ItiK'ki'tt'llrr'a 17 y iir old isrand duimh lr and I In frl tln letwciu ht-r I'll r-inn. Today Matlilldo haa 11 guardian who i mild to Im ri'ttdy to kiv his coiihimiI to h'T nuirrliiifn to thy Uwlnx liorxi'iiian Mn. Ilurol.l M. t oi iul. k who was her riding master during her j States Lumber company which report girlhood days in tlie Alps. Her father.' ed two logging camps dostroyed and a Harold K. McCormick, titular head of coal bunker. VI donkey engines, la the International Harvester company . freight cars, a Bection camp and C0. mllllons was accepted by his divorced , OOO.OOO feet of fallen timber. Tho Chi wife us a suitable guardian for thulr rago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway daughter with ono exception. The replied the burning of 24 carloads of horseman of Zurich Is the exception fuel oil. eight cars of lumber, twenty and Saturday Judge Henry Horner of flatcars, ten freight cars. Iniildings and the probate court is expected to decide lumber valued Bt $t00,O00, a machine w hether Max'a 27 years seniority over j shop, sand house and smaller build his proHMctivn bride und his com para-; lugs. tivo poverty furnish suftlrlent grounds Ono logging camp of tho Kent lum to grunt un Injunction rcstriilning Mr. her company wus destroyed together McCormick from giving his consent t i-wlth 13 freight cars, 12 cars of logs, thu marriage. Sees Mercenary Motives , Mrs. Kdllh Rockefeller McCormick Mathilde's mother, expressed the fear 1 Mr. llniidd McCormick tlinL tlicro wero mercenary motives in Max's courtship of her daughter, who Is heir to part of tho Rockefeller mil lions ns well us some of the McCor mick woiilth. ' Tho marriage, Mrs. McCormick said might subject' Muthlldo to "tho much InntlonH jind intrigues of deslgnini? persons." Tho unusual, If uot tinprocodentod situation of un Injunction petition to prevent an International marriage of tho Osor-McCormlck sort will likely head Mnthllde's romance to a higher court. It wus said toduy. Former Judge Charles 8. Cut ting, counsel for Mrs. McCormick Intimated that should Judgo Horner give Judicial approval to Mr. McConnlck's tacit consent to the contemplated union and deny the poll tlon hn will appeal. At tho suggestion of the court and the concurrence, of counsel who on- gaged In a verbal tilt yesterday over tho petition, Mr, McCormick bus agreed to withhold consent of tho mar riage until Saturday. A pessimist Is a guy who complains because his hank roll Is so thick that It broaks the stitches of his wallet. Punch liowt, , i .vi Champion Thoroughbred After Derby I ft Is va'V Morvlch, "the wonder horas." Juat SEATTLE WATER IS THREATENED SEATTLE. June 1. Virtually the entire CVdar river watershed. 140 aquare miles In extent, maintained by tho city of Seattle as a reserve for the protection of Ita water supply has been burned over by forest fires. Jas lier Whiting, health officer on duty at Cedar Falls said today, lire damage In the 'Coilar Falls vicinity was placed at moro than $1,000,000. The heaviest loser was the Pacific one locomotive and four donkey en gines. Tho SniMiualmie Kails Lumber company and the North llend Lumber , company also reported tho Ions of camps nnd valuable equipments. At noon it was reiMirted that Kcrrls- ton, a logging town on KaglnK river was almost completely surrounded by brush fires and Inhabitants were pre paring to flee on a sioc!nl train provid ed by tho Northern Pacific railway. All wire communication In tho vicinity was down and only meager details could lo secured. According to ad vices from Katonville, seven houses were bilrned at Camp No. I of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber company. Klres In Uiat district were under con trol following a shirt til tho wind dur ing tho night. National At Pittsburg It. 11. E. St. Louis nil 1 Pittsburg 2 7 0 Hnttcrics: Peffer, Iinrtoot and Alnsmlth; Carlson, Cooper and Oooch, .lonnnrd. At lloston K. H. E. New York 0 T 2 lloston 2 7 0 Hatlories: Houglus, Cnusey and Snydor; Fllllngln and Gowdy. At Chlcugo R. IT. E. Cincinnati (! 10 1 Chicago vl 7 1 Uuttoiies: Luquo and Wlngo; Al exander. Osborne, Ercemun und OTurroll, llartnct. . I iPhlliululphia-Hrooklyn postponed; ruin. American At New York R. 11. E. lloston 4 10 1 New York 5 11 1 Ratterles: W. Collins and Kuol; Hush nnd Seining. At Cleveland It. H. E. Detroit : 3 11,1 Cleveland 5.9 0 Uatteries: Olsen, Stoner and Ilass ler; Vhlo and O'Neill. Wushington-Phtladelphla, postponed; mill, BY FOREST FIRES BASEBALL SCORES 4 ! v. h. . j.rmr. after winning the Kentucky Derby. WASHINGTON, June 1. Henry Ford's reply to the counter proposal drafted by the house military oommlt- te" for development of the government projects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was presented today to the committee by J. V. Worth ington, a represrtitative of Mr. Ford Immediately upon arrival here from IX-trolt, where he conferred with the tor manufacturer. Mr. Ford's answer made In the form of a letter to Chairman Kal. definite ly rejected the provision in the com mittee plan which eliminated the steam ilant at Gorgas. Ala., from the proiH-rties to be disused' of by the government with the Muscle Shoals properties. ! "I cannot consent to eliminate the Gorgas plant." the letter said, "be cause It Is necessary to the economical oiwratlon of the Mnscle Shoals pro perties. If my .revised offer for Gorgas is rejected, then I must understand that the ucceptunco of my otter for Mnsrlc Shoals as a whole and not in part. Is refused." Mr. Ford presented a virtual ultima tum on the question, agreeing to minor modifications of his offer, hut insisting ho wanted tho committee "to consider this proposal (presented today) as final and that no further changes should be exected." Request, was made by the manufac turer that the committee send his final offer .to the house for a vote on accep tance or rejection. "It congress votes acceptance of my offer," Mr. Kord continued, "we will get on the job nt Muscle Shoals ut once; but If congress rejects It, that will be but the beginning or a more determined effort on my part to save Muscle Shoals for tho benefit of the public." Immediately ' upon receiving Mr. Ford's letter the house committee went Into executive session to consider It. Members would not forecast what action would be taken but in some quarters It was believed the committee would finally vole to meet Mr. Ford's demand us to the purchase of the Gor gas plant. NOTHING TO SAY SALIOM, Ore., Juno 1. Governor Olcolt hud no comment to make today on the reply of C. K. Gates, of Medford, to the governor's order dismissing him from tho stuto fair board "for the good of the service." The governor was also silent on the action of Hert Anderson ot Medford in resigning from the state game commis sion. Tho letter containing Ander son's resignation was received by the governor this morning. Dally Robbery Los Angeles LOS ANGKLKS. June 1. Throe masked and nrmed robbers bound Mrs. Valentine J. Itowen and her maid, Miss Anna Fosborg, placed them in a closet of tho Rowen residence, ransacked the house and departed with Jewels, money and other valuables worth in all about $25,000 shortly before noon today, ac cording to a report to the police, H. FORD ISSUES AN ULTIMATUM MUSCLE SHOALS GOVERNOR HAS Constance Talmadge Is Granted Divorce From Tobacco King 444444444444444 UJS ANGELES, June 1. Con- atance Talniadge, acrpen actreaa, waa Krantcd Interlocutory decree 4 of divorce today from John I'lal- 4 okIou, tobacco manufacturer of 4 New York on ground of mental 4 cruelty. No anawer to the suit 4 waa filed by I'laloKlou. 4 4 . Mi Talniadse declared that 4 on April 5, 1921, a few month after their marriage Plalokiu 4 told her that ho did not care to 4 continue married life and aaked 4 her to leave tlflr eastern home. 4 4 She did not but he packed up and 4 4 left her, one aald. 4 Her niotber. Mm. Margaret Tal- 4 4 madge, testified to non-aupport charge and mental cruelty. MIsa 4 Talmadge announced that she 4 4 will goon leave I Angeles for a 4 4 visit to Euroiio. ; "".. 4444444444 T UP WIRES AND SPILLS PILOT St. Louis Entrant Comes to Grief Near Monticello, III. Eleven Out of 13 Balloons Still in the Air Some Are Bound for Texas. ' MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 1. The balloon piloted by Captain John Ber ry of St- Louis, came down near Mon ticello, III., this morning, tearing Into telegraph wires, according to dispatches reaching here this after noon. Before landing the balloon bounded across a meadow for nearly I a mile, throwing tho pilot and his aide on the ground and then tore down a telephone pole. It had been In the air 20 hours and 28 minutes. Irving Ramsdel was the aide. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 1. Eleven of the thirteen balloons which left Milwaukee yesterday afternoon in the national balloon race are still In the air. according; to reports reaching here today. Seven of the bags have been seen passing over towns in Ill inois and Missouri, flying in a southwesterly direction which may land them In Texas or nearby. The other five. It is maintained by aero club officials must be crossing Lake Erie, having been "reported from that vicinity from numerous points early in the day. All balloons, according to reports were flying at high altitude except one bag that passed over Parlsburg, 111., early this morning, flying low enough for the pilot to Bhout at watchlug farmers. The only bags to bo recognized wero those piloted by J. S. McKibbeu of St. Louis, which passed over Whiteside. Mo., at 9:10 a. m. and l tilled Mates army bal loon numlier one, piloted by Captain Harold E. Weeks, which has hovered over Atwood, 111., 25 miles east of Pecatus, for more than an hour. Bal last was thrown out and the balloon rose and sailed away to he south west. FORT WAYNK, Ind.. Juno 1 Ualtoon No. 11 in the natlonul bal loon race, piloted by Lieutenant Ber nard von .Hoffman of the Aero club of St. Louis, landed six miles north of hero shortly before noon toduy. CLEVELAND. June 1. One bal loon passed over Bryan, Ohio, about 9 a. in., flying very high in a north easterly direction, according to re- ( Continued on pag eight) OF " 1 AUTHOR GOODBYE DIE IN N.Y. INSANE, BLIND, NEW YORK, June 1. That the Paul Barnes, who died In Manhattan slate hospital. Ward Island, May 8, insane, blind and a pauper, was tho author of "Goodbye, Pollie Gray," the battle chant of American soldiers and sailors in the war against Spain, became known today. Barnes also was the author of many other songs. AmonK some fifty are "Josephine, My Joe," "IXiwn by the Riverside," "Dreaming," "Venetian Moon," and "Mammy Jenny's Lullaby." Dan Daly, a noted variety actor, sang himself to fame late In the 90's thru a song entitled "You Won't Do," that 8. ANDERSON QUITS STATE Local Member of State Game Commission Enraged at Governor Olcott's Dismissal of Mayor Gates From Fair Board Sends in Own Resig nation Withdraws Support Very much incensed at Governor Olcott's action in removing Mayor C. E. Gates from tho state fair board, Bert Anderson yesterday aent ' the following letter to the governor, ten dering his rvsignatlon aa a member of the state game commission: "Medford, Oregon. "May 31, 1922. "Hon. Ben'w. Olcott, "Salem,. Oregos. "My Pfar Governor: "I hereby respectfully te-der my resignation aa a member of th Rtato ' Game commission, to take effect at your earliest convenience. "This action is prompted by learn ing through the presa that you have removed Charles K. Gates, mayor of Medford. from tho state board of fair directors. "A courteous letter from you, ask ing for Mayor Gates' resignation wouM have been of small Importance and would have received no criticism from myself or other citizens of southern Oregon, but a summary re moval, coupled with the press state ment that This action la taken under the provision ot section 404J Oregon I-aws, for the good of the service' is quite a different matter. "When my mind drifts back over j the past Hlx eventful years hat Char- He uaios nas een mayor of the city of Medford, thin statement heralded broadcast over tho state, that he haa been removed for the good of the j service, urouscs within me a profound resentment. v hen I recall the unsel fish nnd unstinted services that he has given this community in the last six years, without hope or expecta tion of reward, financial or other wise; when I remember the dark days of 1917-18, with the world In flames, and Charlie Gates with his only son in France and one daugh ter nursing in the army camps, was ! oun, n. n.rirv. pprv ,, ' . giving source he possessed, in the righteous cause, iff his country, leading and stimulating every movement and ac tivity that was put forth by tho people of Jackson county to support the mighty armies that this country was rushing to the battlefields of France with all those things fresh and vivid in my mind, 1 do not feel that I care to have my freedom of action hanierrd by being; COBrtected with an administration that eees fit to play politic with' the reputation and titandin'g of ono of southern Ore gon's hvst known and best loved citi zens. , ; : "Previous to the primary;' I Volun tarily wrote1 you tend'ring my sup port. That pledge has, to this mo ment, been fulfilled to the " limit. Your action which cannot bo inter preted other than u direct insult to the dtixeiiKliip of Southern Oregon, and has been so accepted, compels me to withdraw that pledge, reserv ing the right to use the prerogatives that are possessed by every citizen. "It Is with sincere regret that I sever my connection and association with tho splendid men who make up the gaiiio organization of the state ot Oregon, and with tho wonderful , work in which they are engaged. "Very respectfully yours, "BERT ANDERSON." 17 Killed In Germany. ESSEN, Germany, - June 1. .(By the Associated Press.) Seventeen miners were killed and 2.1 othefs In jured in an explosion today In the Helena and Amalle coal mine belong ing to the Krupps. .Light miners are missing. c L Barnes composed for him wbilo the two men walked 12 blocks down Broad, way one afternoon. Tho lust appear ance of Paul Barnes wus in English, music halls Just at the outbreak of the war. When he and his wife, who worked with him returned to J!rod way they found themselves forgotten and soon, through worry, Burnes bo camo Insane. Ho had been In tho hospital about two years when ho died. The Masonic order and vaudeville friends had 1cen paying small sutna to give him all the comforts possible to one in his condi tion, ' ' , . - , . ..', DOLL GRAY PENNILESS 1- r n It r- r ri