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TITE MEDFOHD SUN. ' ORTKIOX. TlirRSDAV. .ItTNl-: I. Ur22
START TRIAL OF
VALENTINO. WIFE
WILD CM WEL1Y
DETERMINED 10
FIRST WITNESS
LOS' -ANGELES. June 1. The
state of California began production ,'
of a rnl lrani.t by wl artists today
undor UlU of "People versus Valen- j
lino, Digamy, In which Doilolph
VANQUISH ROMEO
ANOTHER SLASH IN R. R. WAGES READY TOM RAY TO MEET
THIS TIE A 50.00010 REDUCTION
champion miller
CHICAGO, June 1. Delay In eoinpi-j threatening a strike as a l c:iult. will
liition of tho minority report bv tho Hfforl till blacksmiths. iiuu'hinlwtM.
i W members of the board Is all Unit -;;"'. hoot i.m.ul workers.
chH'tiiciil workers, cr men and help
Komeo Mhk.mi, known throughout withholds announcement of another ,H th(J ,,ePVt,0 of , lu,a,tl H r.
tho Pacific northwosr as a fighter, ar- slush of J50.000.000 from tho want's of road.
r'.vod hire for his tour-rcind return railway employe by the railroad labor; The undo of reductions is Haiti to j'i,Kl.i,.
go- witn netty. i;ie iiiano wiiu oat. at uuaru h was saui uniay. range- rrotn five to nine rent an hour,
the Nat smoker tomorrow night. Ko-j Details of the reduction at" feet in a : Among the decreases In the Impending
meo in in even bettor shape than be-, -teu.oiHi shop crafts employes have decision are said to be tho fallowing;
GOLD HILL JUNE 6
ROOSEVELT SAYS
APAN NEW NAVY
VuUntino. twice married film actor,; " d expected to Rive the wild- been completed, u was nan!. Ihiscut.j "Apprentices five renin: helpers
appeared in the title role, and Jean I eat a real scrap. 1 his fight, however,, widen Is U follow the $ .0,000,000 re- fivo cents; mechanics seven rents;
Acker,' bis first, wife, a screen net-! will ho only an added feature on the ductton In tho wages of 400,000 main-! passenger ear men seven cents'
rmoker card. Jack t'onnor of Oak- tonauoc of way employes who are freight ear men nine cents.
I land, and Jess Ingram f t his tity
less, appeared as w tineas tor the
stale It was the preliminary hear
ing of . Valentino on n felony charge
growing out 'f )ils marriage May 13
ut Mcxicali, Mexico to Miss Winifred
Shnughncssy liudnut. known In pro
fessional life as N.itvicha Ilambova.
The marriage occurred after a di
vorce ease in which Valentino was
awarded an Interlocutory decree from J
Jean Acker In January.
The California, law of divorces
provides that the marriace status is
unchanged by an Interlocutory de-!
cree which Ik purely a Judicial find- j
ing and that marriage is not termi
nated until one year thereafter when
a final decree issues. I
The preliminary hearing opened .
with Jean Acker on the stand. She
testified that her name was Jean
Acker Valentino, and after consulta
tion with attorneys It was made part
of the record 4tht the-legal or real
name of Valentino is Guglielmo. Shu
testified' that 4sho- married Valentino
in Hollywood on November 5, 1S19
and 'that the ' marriage had nut J hi 11
unnulled.
-William Clay Silver, a newspaper
man of Calexk-o, the California town
across the border from Mexicull, tes
tified that he attended the wedding
of Valentino at the home of Mayor
Moller on the afternoon of May IS.
It was attended by about fifteen per
sona, including several Mexican of
ficials, Sliver testified. -
A dinner followed tho ceremony.
Silver said, and photographs were
taken of Valentino and the bride.
Just prior to the wedding Silver said,
the bride-to-be was reluctant to go
ahead with the marriage and asked
If It were valid and being assured by
Silver and Valentino that it was per
fectly valid, Silver said she consent
ed to the ceremony. Silver's wife
also testified of witnessing the mar-
riage. t""
Mrs. Kamaldo Lugo ' of Palm
Springs. Cat., ut the northern end 01
the Imperial valley testified that Vnl
will supply the ten rtund main event.
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DEFENSE STARTS
IN A. W. WALKER
INSURANCE CAS
E
Wild Cat Welly
The civil suit of the A. W. Walker
Auto company against the Firemen's
K.ind Insurance company for the col
lection of approximately $10,000 0n a
lKlicy covering the 17 used cars and a
tractor and truck lost in the fire that
gutted their storage ipiarters en the
evening of February 11. IStSI was re
sumed In the circuit court this morn
ing.
A. Walker was on the stand most
or ednesday, testifying relative to
the fire, cars, their value, and was
subjected to a long cross examination.
J. F. Hittson and George I Trelchler,
JAIL INMATES
CALL OFF STRIKE
T
ON SHOR
RATIONS
Messrs. William Zelgler and Mavbl
Miller, languishing In the county Jail
on variations of bootlegging Indus
try charges, mutiuled lids moyduK.
ai(d refused to work. Tho gentle
men were assigned the task of clean
ing bricks and stood tipoii their dig
nity and constitutional rights. Jack
Smith. In jaii on un Indictment al
leging "advocating the commission
of a felony." also balked, but, as he,
is awaiting trial. It is not nmuul-
An unusually Inlcrostlnt wi'cMIIng
match between Waller Miller uf l.os
physical illicit..!' of the I.oh
Angeles Athletic club nu Tom Hay
I of liiuiiha. Nebraska, p.(,i; i.f Farmer
Ituins, will bo staged at the pavilion
Ccld 1 1 ill, Or.'K.oi, June 6. TIiIm
hhould be one of the greatest alhlell.'
contests that the (it. Id lllll commis
sion has ever presented lu the public
id, southern Oregon. '
The large and enthusiastic audi
ences that have show 11 their appre
ciation good hooeot clean spoil of
the htKhcNt order during the past
year will have another great oppor
tunity the evening of Juno lith. when
the middleweight championship in at
stake.
Walter Miller Is the present mid
dleweight champion wrestler, hold
ing 'the Police lianelte belt, ll.n
wrest lc i oxer lllOu matches of
which be has losl only four, n won
derful record.
Tom Hay. aspirant to middleweight
honors Is conceded to be tho fastest
man of his weight on the mat today.
Lovers of k.mhI clean wrestling will
see a nialch nevt Tuesday night al
j Uold Mill woi tli going u thousand
I miles lo w 11 nets.
j Two pood preliminaries w III pre
! rede the main event. Oral Ulalr of
jtiold :l. ll'T. pounds villi wrestle it
Mrdford youth of the same Wright
to open the 'evening's entertainment.
T
A VIOLATION
WASHINGTON. J 11 11.. I .Acting
Secretary IIoohcvi'Ii of Hie navy, re
sH.tiilni; to tin loquhy its to Toklo
pivss illspatiiieN describing a new .1 up
lines. naval hnllillng program conlciii
plulliig evpcinlltiiro of $:'sj, 000,0011 whs
understood In liavo told the senate
naval committee t'Mluy that s i far us
Urn nnvy. ilopiiiiinmit had uscirlalii"il
I he program wiin Id stiiti roufoiiiilly
with iho linns eoiifoi'onco nuvul ttetiiv,
The Imiulry as tu the tlbpui'tiiirtil't
luroniiiitli.il willi respect hi the ills
puiiii, which hutil tin. proHiiim provid
ed for ntlio rnilHKin ntul HH ijoot I'.iv t l n
was iiindo by Hctiutor l'oliintci', ru
pulillcun, WaiihlngUin, Mr, Untmevclt
deiiined to tllHciiMa the iiuiibti' In open
boh . ton itu.l ait evecutlve si'sslnu was
ordeied, The lictlpg Hoeii'diry la sillil
l Iiiivo stilted that the lie Japunesu
construction was foe th purposu uf ;
"rounding nut'' lis nnvy and to Iiiivm
pointed out tliul I lie naval lr'uly
placed mi limit ml "mull rriilsfli'M. Ho ,
was underslooil also (o Imye dorlareil '
that the navy ilepartiiiebt (uuld deny
Ihe priss reiHirl pi (he effect that
Japan was bull. lint: l bun In iruls.'ia.
sory for him to toll and spin.
auto dealers of this city were called, j The stale law prescrll.es that prls
and testified relative to the value of i oners, who refused to worfc w hen
the cars. Other witnesses to he called 1 called upon" shall be put upon a
by the plaintiff on the same point ore! bread and water diet." and County
Roy Pruitt, Secley V. Hall, and C. K. ! Judge Curdner announced that the
S11111II Fry. '
A butcher who experts 'he best
trade to want only liver wurst Is a
pessimist. "Topics of tho Iniy"
Films.
With Me.U.o d Irs.ts H.ilfnrd nisilw j
TMI1V t'M.l.l ll HIM Tl'' SfltP.
Pi:it A til' it 111; hi wiiippfh
Til K SWFIli:. tl, lltV! IHW
THAT llilsllMW Colli) I II. Ill',
Herbert Rawlinson
,NW PI Al(i
lit the St, l.'le. Hm. ,Slor
Scrapper
R I ALTO
Nwnday
"HIS HACK
AlIWr
TI1F WAH."
Gates, all local auto dealers. Hrc
Chief Law ton am! Miss Gladys lied
well, bookkeeper for the aubi firm
were also witnesses.
The defense is exacted to 0en this
afternoon, and insurance experts from
Sau Francisco will be among the wit
nesses called. The case is highly in
volved and replete with technical testi-;'hem to "take a chance on sweating
mony. Dr. Gitzen. a veterinary, test!- H ain't killed anybody yet." This
fied to the present condition of the plea also faiVd. so the change In diet
I Both of these boys are rated high and cars. M ! was ordered. The thuight i f miss-
prescription would be gtven. and the
jailer announced that solitary con
finement would be the lot of tho mal
contents until they felt like working.!
Sheriff Terrlll called upon his ob-l
slreperous charges, and commanded
them to go to work, and getting no
results, changed tactics, and begged
entino and his bride occupied for two have had lots ot rln .iDB1.ipnc. amii Firo Chief Ijiwton wa called as Hie 1 lg a meiil overcame their prejudice.
or three days a ottaBe at Palni.tbe,r scrap ghou)d be-a dandy. . first witness for the defense, and was nd the strike was off. j
It thl bride? ont token the' ' Mexi -ffKhting" Joe Blackburn, who put not allowed to testify whether or not) The physical grind to which the
r uauiing rncK 10 sieep lasi year, m me lire was auspicious, una reoiioti " 1 1 n',u nmiMu ui
He testified ' Knoch'n ir(ar off hrlck. whllu
II ivtiintp n tha trnm fin living
in the cottage with Valentino. c'np 01 ne prettiest ftglits of the year, ; incidents of the blaze.
Mrs. I.ugo said that she went to' will battle Kid Meadows in a six, that the fire "did not get to the trac-
the cottage in the forenoon and saw
Valentino and the bride at breakfast,
attired In pajamas.
AMERICAN UN
round semi-windup. This will be a . tor," and that the celling over the trac
winner-take-all scrap and should be tor was scorched. The chief estimated
WIN IN TENNIS
good. A four round curtain raiser
will complete the card.
The first fight tomorrow night
w'U le starred at 9 o'clock to accom
modate thom: who attend the Cham
ber of Comuerce banquet and don't
want to miss fhe smoker. Ladies are
cordially 'nvitil tc 'ttetid.
Y. M. C. A. CHAMPIONSHIP'S
CHESWICK. England. June 1.
Miss EliKpicyt Ityan of San Fran
cisco won her match today in the
women's singles for) the Middlesex
tennis championship, defeating Miss
Stafford 6-1. 6-2. .
In tho . women's doubles, Mrs.
Molla Jtjurstadt Mallorj-, the Ameri
can woman champion and Mr Kdiih
Sigotirm-y of I tost on defeated Misses
Marietta "and Best 6-3. li-4. j
Miss Ityan also ,reached tho semi- I
finals J'y disposing of Miss Stafford,
a promising young English girl. Shu
will meet Mrs. I'eaeock tfl'Xt, former
champion of India.
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the damage to the tractor as neglig
ible. A HurVm car also escajied the
flames, the witness said.
The next case on tho criminal docket
Is that of the state against Ernest S.
(Dud Wolgamott. charged with pos
session of Intoxicating liquor. This
will be followed with the case of the
state against Cliff Larkins. charged
ith a statutory offense, to be followed
the case of the state ts. Jack Smith,
charged with advocating the commis
sion of a felony, the action arising
out of the alleged suicide of an aged
prospector, on Sardine creek last
winter.
court honoe trees.
OBITUARY
U. 5. Govt, Agrees to
Receive Commission
On French Finance
WASHINGTON, June 1. The
French government has been Inform
ed that the American government
will receive a special mission of
French financial experts to discuss
tho nation's war debt, it won stated
today after the second meeting of
the allied debt funding commission.
No definite date fur the discussion
has been set.
WASHINGTON, June 1. The al
lied debt funding commission 'met
today for its second meeting since its
creation by congress to negotiate the
funding-of the eleven billion dollars
owed thia country abroad.
The championship of tho Modford
Y. M. C. A. league will undoubtedly be
decided tonight. Tho game is between
the Christians and the South Metho
dists. Each team has suffered but oce
defeat this season and are on their
toes for the contest this evening. The
handsome orange and black pennant
offered by Messrs. Meeker and Elliott
will ko to the winners.
Tho board of control of the league
are considering plans for a banquet to
which the. members of each team in
tho league will be Invited and the for
mal presentation of the trophy may be
made there.
The general public is invited to the
game tonight. It will be staged as
usual at the Holly street grounds at
' the zero hour of fi: 15, and the promise
I is made by the management that there
, will be absolutely no games of chance
j in the side shows, the game on the
diamond being generally conceded to
have sufficient element of chance to
sutinfy the most sporting. No adihis
sion will be charged. Ladies and chil
dren free.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
BALOON 8PILL3 PILOT
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MURDER PLOT DEEPENS
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ports received 'by New -York
railroud officials here. .
that now declare that their failure to
find the "Koss" mentioned by Ward as
biackmailer-inchlef, convinces them
Central ; that-"Kobs" Is a pure myth, marked
the '.sixteenth day since . cx-Sallor
Peters,waa found shot to death on-thc
Kensico reservoir road. .
the search, or the W.ard.-home was
declared to have failed to .disclose any
evidence of a gun fight there. '
Westchester county officials are to
begin another separate examination
today of all New Roehelle police on
duty In or near the Ward home on
May 16, the day of the shooting, ac
cording to the story told fcv the son of
the millionaire baker.
Mr. Weeks refused to answer lists
Ol questions submitted by newspaper
men on the Ward case but he frankly
admits that the mystery has him wor
ried and that he is determined to reach
I HQOPESTOWN. 111.. 'June - -1. 'A
f '.big. red balloon: thought to be one
i of those in the national race from.
Milwaukee passed over this city at
I & i'fl,ttf .uni-nlnir l.f.iii.fl Rr.ntli.
west. At 8:80 another bag. slate
colored, passed over, going in the
siuiie direction. " ' ' '" '
DETROIT. June 1. Five balloons
? presumed to be (nrants in the na
I tlonul balloon race passed over
southern Michigan this morning,
jj Four of the gas bugs were observed
I about ' T o'clock passing over Lena
j wea county (Adrian). All were pass-
ing cast toward northern Lake Erie.
The fifth balloon passed over Jack-
s son shortly after daybreak. It was . the bottom of the affair,
traveling in a southerly direction. I V.'r.ri who was away wh.n - the
!' sop'"Mns p-.it arrived at his home,
DBCATL'H. 111.. June 1. A big arrived there shortly after they had
1 balloon believed to be in the race completed their task and departed. He
McCrUPY Austin McC'urdy pass
ed away quietly at his home on Gen
eva avenue Wednesday night after in
lingering illness of three years. Mr.
McCudy was born August ISal.
In Pennsylvania. He spent the great
er part of his life In Indiana, coming
to Medford In 1913 after an uctlve
business career. He was the last
member of a largo family.
His wife. Florence Ferguson Mc
C'urdy, and sons, Clinton and Halph
survive him.
Pr'vale services will hp. conducted
at the home.
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A new shipment o( Jap Crepe House Dresses, Gingham and Per
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Ladies' Silk Hose in the new popular shades, so much desired this
season. ,
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A new line of the famous D. M. C. and Coats Crochet thread.
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WENATCHEE. Wash., June 1. -
Hunted all night like wild animals in
the brush, two of tho three robbers
who held up the bank at .Loomis yes
terday, are being hemmed in by a
band of sheriff's deputies, cattlemen
and Canadian mounted police on
Black mountain near Hichter's bass
today. Their case is hopeless, only
the slightest chance for escape re
maining, f 3uO was taken in the rob
bery. One of tho men, named Le
Llevro of keremos, IJ. C, was rap
tured Wednesday afternoon at the
Canadian border.
The men entered the bank at 3:30
Wednesday afternoon, the bank be
ing in charge of young Knosher, sou
of tho cashier. The holdups threat
ened to shoot him unless he opened
the safe but he explained that bis
father was away and that hi; did not
have the combination and finally
succeeded In talking them out -of
shooting. They then locked iilrn .in'
the vault. At this time Professor
Witt came in the bank -.and -was
caught, gaged and tied, .after being re
lieved of his cash. The 'robber then
locked the door and started north in
their automobile.
.SHOSHONE. Wyo Juno 1 Ilobbers
who .blew the safe of the Shoshone
State.bank.here at 2:30 yesterday mor
ning secured $3000 In currency and
escaped leaving no tine.
FLINT, Mlcb., June I. Two ban
dits who had participated in the rob
bery of the Metamora State bank at
Mctamora, near here this morning,
were shot to death this afternoon by
posscmen using machine runs, lc
cording to a telephone message re
ceived here. A member of the po-i?;?
was wounded in the extiiunge of fire.
Ijhjeatur at BM5 n.
Knot be distinguished.
m.
dashed into the house only to soon re-
CHICAGO, June. 1. IJelief that
human tears contain properties which
kill germs was dec'ared erroneous by
Dr. Herman P.undesen, health com
missioner of Chicago, who today lias-
completed a two-weeks laboratory!
test. In three test tubes containing
....
Another bal-' Bnl,eftr an(j hurry away in his automo- j one-half cubic centimeter of tears, Dr.
Hoon woa imported to have passed olle' 11,8 n,ce wtt8 'rim nnd it was nuniiesen piaceu oaciena ecu, nip
f over Dement, east of Decatur at 7 "'d he had hurried out for consulta-' therla and staphylocococrl germs. The
lo'chick UiU mornintr, . 'tion with thu lawyers. ibateiia multiplied, he said.
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