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MEDFORD, OREaON, SATURDAY, JUNE
192
NO. C3
SILK BRIDAL
GARMENTS
INTRODUCED
Mr. and Mrs. Valentino's Wed
ding Togs Form Exhibit in
Rigamy Hearing Nazi
move Called As Witness
Woman Describes Situation
at Palm Springs.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Juno 3.
"When the arguments of counsel were
complete In the Valentino case today
Judge Hanby announced ho would
tako the case under advisement and
announce Ills decision Monday morning.
LOS ANGELES, June 3. Dainty
silk garments, two suits, ono of
white and one of purple, were in
troduced today as exhibits in the
preliminary hearing of Hodolph Val
entino, on a charge of bigamy. They
were presented as the attire In which
Valentino and his second bride, Miss
Winifred Hudnut, whom "he married
in Mexican, Mexico, May 13, appear
ed In public during their honeymoon
a few days after the marriage at
Palm Springs, Cal., a desert oasis.
It was loft, to judicial determina
tion as to what the articles were, the
prosecution contending that they
were pajamas, while the atto'meys
for Valentino declared they were
Chinese silk suits. They were iden
tified, however, by Mrs. Alva Hicks
of Palm Springs as the apparel In
which the honeymooners appeared.
Dr. Floretta White of Palm
Springs testified of having attended
the Mexican wedding ceremony and
of the bridal couple arriving at Palm
Springs shortly after midnight. She
j- said they went Xa n cottage occupied
by Mile. Alia Nassimovat Kussian
dancer and screen actress, but later
returned to the cottage where they
spent the night.
Valentino .occupied a room with
Douglas D. Gerard, motion picture
actor who was best man nt tho wed
ding and the bride occupied a sepa
rate room, according to the doctor.
She explained the bride was slightly
ill and so occupied a room by her
self. i
Following identification of ' the
silken garments by Miss Hicks the
prosecution submitted the case and
arguments were started by Frank
James, attorney for the Famous
Playcrs-Lasky studio, employers of
Valentino, who asked for dismissal
of the charge.
Cross examination has brought out
tho assertion that Valentino and his
brldo did not wear purpio pajamas
during their stay at Palm Springs as
stated in direct testimony.
This declaration came from Paul
Ivanlchevltchke, a friend of Valen
tino and lessor of the cottage of the
latter and his brido occupied at Palm
Springs.
"They wore Chinese silk robes,"
snid lvanlchevitehke, ; "and Valen
tino's were white, not purple."
Valentino is accused of having
committed bigamy , through living
with Miss Hudnut after a marriage
ceremony performed before a final
idecree of divorce was granted him
from Jean Ackers, screen actress.
Channel Airplane Falls.
FOLKESTONE, England, June 3.
f (By the Associated Press) A
French airplane "flying from the air
station at Croydon near London,
bound for Paris, fell in the English
channel thU morning. A cross-channel
boat picked up two bodies. One
of these had a passport in the name
of Gordon Lay.
Lonlne Suffers Stroke.
BERLIN, June 8. (By the Asso
ceived in soviet circles in Borlin state
elated Press) Private advices re
ceived in soviet circles in Berlin state
that Ptemier Lenine suffered a
stroke on Thursday. Maxim Lltvtn
off, Karl Radek and other soviet
leaders here left . immedia aiy for
Moscow. v
GENERAL WU FLUSHED WITH VICTORY
j STARTS TO CLEAN UP SUN YAT
PEKING, June 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press) General Wu Pel Fu,
who recently wiped Chang Tso-LIn,
Manchurlan war lord, from the slate
ot Peking politics, today declared
that if SunYat Sen, president of the
republic of south China, persists in
opposing plans for the unification of
China, he too, must be eliminated by
the sword, it necessary.
General Wu said that tie would
launch a drive against the forces of
the southern government without de
lay. His first step will be to meet
Sun's advance Into Kia'ngsl Province.
JVu stated that be hopes to effect a
ELDEST SON OF LATE BANKER
TO RECEIVE BULK OF
$4,500,000 ESTATE
Frederick Trubee Davidson, the 26
year old ami of the late Henry P.
Davidson, to whom the bulk of his
father's estate will go. The great for
tune will enable young" Davidson to
follow a political career instead of
following his father's footsteps and
entering the firm of J. P. Morgan &
Co.
FORD'S PLAN IS.
House Military Committee Re
ports Favorably On Muscle
Shoals, But Refuses to Fol
low Ford's . Ultimatum Re
garding Power Plant. . ,
WASHINGTON, June 3. (By the
Associated Press) The house mlll
tarycommittee voted today to report
the Ford proposal to the house and
recommend its adoption.
Recommendation, however, will bo
made by the committee that the
Gorgas steam power plant which is
sought by the Detroit manufacturer,
be eliminated from tho properties
disposed of by tho govrenmciTt.
Mr. Ford had informed the com
mittee the power plant was essential
to his plan of operations at Muscle
Shoals and that his offer should be
accepted "In whole" and not. in part."
Representatives of Mr. Ford em
phasized the offer in that form was
"final."
A minority opinion, probably sign
ed by nino of the 21 members of the
committee urging that tho Gorgas
plant be included in the Ford sale is
expected. -
Tho vote to report with the Gorgas
plant eliminated and with the fer
tilizer amendment as ngrecd to to
day was understood to be 32 to 9.
Tho other proposals for Muscle
Shoals by the Alabama Power com
pany, . Frederick Engstrum and
Charles L. Pearsons were rejected.
BALTIMORE, Mil., June 3. Coun
sel for George Broadhurst, New York
playwright and theatrical producer
who yesterday caused the arrost ot
John B. Symon, wealthy business
man ot San Francisco on a charge of
assault on the high seas aboard the
steamship Colombia, Hied suit in the
superior court today against Symon
for 550,000..
Neither Symon or his counsel
would discuss .the case. The attor
ney, however, said Symon would re
main within easy distance of Balti
more to respond at once to any call
requiring his presence here.
union with General Chang Sun Yang,
southern military leader, which will
result in the elimination of Sun Yat
Sen.
The Chllrtl leader, whose troops
drove Chang Tso Lin in complete
rout from Peking, branded Sun Yat
Sen as a "fanatic," who believed lie,
possessed spiritual power before
.nlch armies melted and opposition
died. Sun's plan to enter tho Yangtse
valley' and conquer the north he la
beled as "fantastic."
Advices from ManiTiuria state that
the situation then is unchanged, ex
cept that Chang Tso Mn steadily is j
losing prestige,
ACCEPTED WITH
MODIFICATIONS
BROADHURST SUES
SY1N $50,000
BULL
IS READY TO
OPEN FIRE
British Army With Howitzers
and Fleet of Airplanes Land
at Belfast Replace Ulster
Constabulary in Line Op
posing Irish Republican
Forces Little Hope Peace.
BELFAST, June 3. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) The British forces in
northern Ireland wero reinforcod to
day by the arrival of 12 officers and
97 men of other ranks of the royal air
force. They were fololwed by 12
fighting planes.
A battery of howitzers also was
landed. Their destination is believed
to bo Ennlsklllen, near the southern
bordor of county Fermanagh, where
there Is much military activity.
Several troop ships bringing Eng
lish, and Scottish regiments also en
tered the harbor today.
The military, In Fermanagh are
commandeering automobiles and
boats, and it is believed that the re
capture of the Bceleek salient lost
recently by, the Irish republican forces
is contemplated.
Twelve fighting planes will be
flown over from England this even
ing and will be quartered at Alder
Grove 18 miles from this city.
The crown forces are gradually re
placing the Ulster special constbulary
men who have been on duty along the
border and the latter are returning to
Holyoke. .
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier
on his arrival from London told
newspaper men his visit, had be3n
profitable, and that be was pleased
with the results so far as northern
Ireland were concerned. The Brit
ish cabinet, he said was now fully ad
vised of the situation from Ulster's
viewpoint.
Little Hope of Praco
LONDON, June 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Itupture of tho Irish
negotiations again has been averted
btu there is little disposition to take
a very optlmlBtlc view of the situa
tion. , .
The answers of Arthur Griffith,
president of the Dall Eireann to ques
tions put to him by the British cab
inet, tho nature of which was not
given out, were declared "satisfac
tory" following which Mr. Griffith
left last night for Dublin and Pre
mier Lloyd George for his Whitsun
tide holiday at Crlccleth, Wales.
The gloomy feeling here was in
creased by Mr. Griffith's statement
before his departure that the posi
tion appeared the same as It was in
December.
The question of Influence of Ea
mon DeValera, the Irish republican
leader, crops out in many speculations
and It Is assumed thcro will have to
be some modifications in his pact with
MIchaelColllns before the rival views
regarding the new IrlBh constitution
can In any way be harmonized.
DeVnlora In Control
One extreme opinion Is that Col
llns'ls entirely In DeValera's hand as
a result of their agreement and can
not act Independently even If he wish
ed. " The Westminister Gazetto jwhose
liberal views and' good will toward
Ireland are well known, gives con
spicuous publicity to a special article
which says:
"It was stated after the second
meeting of the cabinet that the out
look was better. This Is not the case.
Improvement of ftie situation docs not
lie with anything the ministers can
do, it depends upon the willingness
ot the Irish delegates to submit a
new draft of the constitution. Un
less amendments to this are made the
treaty will not be ratified.
"It has been plainly intimated to
Griffith and Collins that the next and
only possible move mudt be made by
them."
The Morning Post's correspondent
says the 15,000 British troops in Dub
lin will parade today on tho occasion
of the king's birthday, their bands
playing the national anthem.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
DECATUR,- Neb., June 3. Three
bandits were captured, two of them
being seriously wounded and $30,000
was recovered by a posse that came
upon the men as they were robbing
the State bank of Decatur yest-jrday.
Screams of Nora Connelly, cashier,
who was alone in the bank when the
bandits entered, gave the alarm.
The Smile of Victory
Mr. and Mrs. Qifford Plnchot photographed after the primary returns had
indicated his victory over the Old Guard.
100 MUCH TALK
NEARLY
CAUSES
mm, TEX.
KIRVIN, Texa Tune 3. (By the
Associated Pros,' . ,ice riots ot
serious consequence fwhich last night
were reported near here had failed to
materialize early today. Army men
guarded the houses occupied by ne
groes near Simsborough, about five
miles from here but according to
poace officers littler further trouble
was expected. Deputy sheriffs and
policemen from MeXia who hurried
here when the renonJ first went out,
returned to their, homes last night
and Freestone county officials In
formed others that the sheriff hail
the situation under control.
The reports of a riot followed aW
tempts-to arrest Leroy Gibson, a ne
gro. Gibson is said to have tried to
escape and was shot and captured.
As the officers started away shots
were fired at thein and they returned
.the fire.
Allie Gibson, a brother of the
prisoner) : was killed. Nono of the
oflfcers was Injured.
The most prevalent report was that
about 75 negroes heavily armed wero
barricaded, in a large farm house.
Investigation failed to disclose them.
Meantime hundreds of men from
nearby towns started for Klrvln.
The "community is near whero a
17-year-old girl was s.ttuckod and
murdered a few weeks ago. Three
negroes wero burned to death and one
hanged for alleged connection with
the case. It is said that Leroy Gib
son was sought to explain somo things
in the same cape.
Feeling has been high Binco the
lynchlngs and many rumors that the
negroes Intended to reinitiate have
been heard. One cause of the rumors
of riots last night was said by somo
to have been "overwrought nerves."
National
At Brooklyn, 1st game R. H. E.
Philadelphia 4 8 1
Brooklyn 6 9 1
Batteries: Rlnga nd Hentlne;
Ruether and Deberry.
Second game R. H. E.
Philadelphia 2 8 1
Brooklyn 4 9. 0
Batteries: G. Smith and Peters;
Shriver, Smith and Hungllng.
At Pittsburg R. H. E.
St. Louis 9 16 1
Pittsburg 19 2
Batteries: Doak, Shordell, Per
tica and Clemons, Alnsmlth; Glazner,
Adams, Hamilton and Gooch.
At Boston R. H. E
New York 1 11 2
Boston 3 7 0
Batteries: J. Barnes and Snyder:
McQuillan, Marquard and O'Neill,
Gowdy.
At Chicago R. H. E.
Cincinnati 4 10 0
Chicago 2 8 8
Hixey and Wingo; Aldridge and
O'Farrell.
American
At iN)w York, 1st game R. H. E.
Boaton 6 7 3
New York 2 4 1
Batterlesc: Quinn, Ferguson and
Ruel; Jones, Murray and Schang.
At St. Louis. R. H. E.
Chicago - 5 6 0
St. Louis 4 ' 9 0
Batteries: Courtney and Schalk;
ARMY BALLOON
WINS HONORS IN
BIG AIR RACE
CHICAGO, June 3. (By Associated
Press). Lieutenant W. F. Reed of
Pensacola, Fin., solo navy entry in the
nationnl balloon race which started at
Milwaukee, Wednesday, was the only
pilot unaccounted for when dmvn
streaked the skies today.
Swung below their big sliver gray
bng, Lieutenant Reed and his aide,
Chief Rlggor Kitmullenax, were be
lieved to be drifting over the Great
Lakes region. ' From the start of tholr
flight Lieutenant Reed and his com
panion virtually have been lost in the
skies. '
Determination of which of three
pilots will represent America In t)i
international balloon races which start
in Switzerland this summer awaited
reports from the navy airmen. It has
been practically assured that the
American entiles In tho international
race will Include one army pilot and
one civilian Major Oscar Westover
of Washington, D. C, and H. E. Honey
well of St. Louis.
hlle enthusiasts awaited word of
Lieutenant Reed, Major WoBtover
holds honors of the race, having cov
ered a distance of approximately 900
miles when ho landed near Lake St.
John In the province of Quebec,
Honeywell, when ho descended south
ot Joplln, Mo., had floated 550 miles.
Both of these ballooniats covered con
siderablo more distance than any of
their competitors except tho missing
Reed and aro virtually certain cntrleB
in the international event.
Ono of the surprises of the rnce was
the early doscont of Lieutenant Com-
mandor J. P. Norfleet In his helium
filled bag which contended as an ex
perimental flight.
following were tho lnndlng points of
the other bnlloonlsts:
Ward T. Vnn Orman, civilian, Fay
ette, Mo.; Warren Rasor, civilian,
Fulton, Mo.; J. S. McKlbben, civilian,
Fulton, Mo.; Ralph Upson, civilian,
Painesvlllo, O.; Lieutenant Jutnos T
Neely, army, Dover, Village, O.; Ber
nard Von Hoffman, civilian, Fort
Wayne, Ind.; Captain John Berry,
civilian, Montlcello, III.; Captain Har
old F. Weeks, army? Witt, 111.; Roy
Donaldson, civilian, who camo down
without getting out of Milwaukee.
Major Westover is assistant chief of
training and war plans of the nlr ser
vice and is director of lighter than air
activities in army air forces.
In tho national balloon races at Bir
mingham he was aide to Colonol B.
Lahm.
Honeywell won both endurance and
distance prizes in Chicago 1n 1908
when he covered more than 350 miles
over water during the race. He has
represented America twice in interna
tional races. He was International
champion, in 1911 and in 1930 waB
American champion, winning second
honors In tho International, event.1
Bayne, Danforth,
and Severeid.
Vangllder, Pruett
WashlngtoiHPhlladelphla, double
header postponed; rain.
At Cleveland. R. H. E.
Detroit 4 13 3
Cleveland ; 5 10 4
Batteries: Ehmko and Bassler; Mor
ton and Sewoll. :
TOKIO, June 3. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) KpIo university today
defeated the University of California
by a score of 10 to 2.
R. H. E.
California 2 " 7
Kelo 10 13 2
Strike Gusher Cat
Creek Oil Fields
At 1600-Ft. Level
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June
3. A special to the Greut Falls
Leader from Wtnnett today
says: "Tho most important
strike of tho Catcrcek oil fields
was made this morning in the
Clayton well iNo. 2 ot the Mid
Northern Oil company, oil being
struck in tho second sands at
16C0 feet and gushing out over
the top so that dikes had to bo
hurriedly built across coulees to 4
dam the output. The output is
estimated at 500 barrels a day.
The unusual lir.portanco of the 4
strike lies In tho tact that it was
made in the second sands, all
other wclid or the Catcreek dis-
trict being in the first sands."
U. S. AVIATOR IS
KILLED BY GIRL
KAN. CITY HOE
Eternal Triangle Results in
Double Tragedy When Miss
Peggy Beal Kills Lover, and
, Then Shoots Self Leaves
Note Explaining Crime.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 3.
Frank W. Anderson, floor manager
in a department store, was found
'shot to denth in a hotel room early
today and Miss Peggy Marie Beal of
Springfield, 111., was found ' uncon
scious on the floor, a pistol In her
hand and a b,ullet in .her breast. The
two .met during the war when Ander
son was a captain in tho aviation sor
vlco and Miss Beal was an army
nurse.
Letters and pooms written by
Anderson and tho young woman in
dicated that sho came horo expocting
to marry hiiij. Anderson wns mar
ried. Tho letters contained phrnses in
esperanto, the "unlvorsal language,"
whicli tho two had studied tosothor,
according to tho letters.
Miss Beal came here ten days ago
and was introduced to a number of
people as Anderson's wife. Tho two
mot in Dayton, Ohio, whero thoy
wero stationed during tho war, it is
said. Tho police mado public tho fol
lowing signed statement, glvon tnem,
they said, by Miss Beal:
"My nnmo is Peggy Beal. I am
29 years of ago. I live in Springfield,
111. I camo to Kansas CUy with tho
intention' of marrying Frank Warren
Andorson. Whop I oi-rlved I mot
him and wo went to tho Midwest
hotel together. H-j told me ho wns
married and that ho was not divorced
yet. Thereforo, ho could not marry
mo.
"There la nothing moro to toll. I
shot him because ho brought mo hero
and could not marry mo.
(Signed) "PEGGY BEAL." '
On tho dresser in tho room whore
tho shooting occurred, was a novel
open with tho corner of a pago turn
ed down nt an Illustration of a
woman standing with a dagger over
the proHtruto form of a man.
Miss Beal was taken to a hospital
whero it is said her condition is criti
cal. A bullet penetrnted her lung.
There she mado tho stutcment to the
authorities.
WASHTNOTflM .Tnnft 9 Prenl-
dent 1-lnrrllni? u'n ohnrired tmlnv In
the senate by Senator Stanley, demo
crat lvomucKy,, wnn attempiing to
stifle, If not muzzle the presstopre-
LOVE BY RADIO LATEST STUNT: VOICE
OF OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., J,une 3.
Itadlo lov.) Is the latest develop
ment In wireless telephony. It all be
gan when Miss Dolly E. L. Smlthson
of Gainesville, Texas, became enam
ored of the volco of Frank Bird of
Oklahoma City, as it camo to her
through scores of miles of ether.
Through the microphone of a radio
receiving set Miss Smlthson first
hoard the olce of her future bus-
hnnd seven days ago.
Bird, as director of an orchestra
COURT FIGHT
AGAINQT MAY
inunmui mnv
! QSER ENDED
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc
Cormick Suddenly With
draws Petition to Restrain
Union Father Takes Over
Guardianship and Warned
By Court to Use Caution.
CHICAGO, June 3. (By the Asso
ciated 'Press.) Tho court' fight
against Muthllde McCormick's mar
riage to Mux Oser, Swiss horseman,
ended abruptly in less than two min
utes' proceedings in probate court to
day when Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Me-'
Cormick, the girl's mother, withdraw
her petition for a restraining order
to prevent the union.
Society awaited the next develop-'
ment .In Mathilde's romance. Her
father, who Is now her legal guardian
had agreed to withhold consent to tho
marriage until today at least.
With the withdrawal ot Mrs. Mc
Cormick's petition came the sugges
tion from friends that the whole
court action had been resorted to as
a means of keeping Mathilde In Amer
ica as long as possible In the hope
that sho might change her mind about
marrying the Swiss riding mastor.
Mrs. McCormlck In her objections
to the International union is said to
be strongly supported by her father,
John D. Rockefeller, Sr. . , ".
Mathilde's fathor.who yesterday de
clined re-election as president of the
International Harvester company,
was ' deferred to by attorneys as "an :
Indulgent father who had been accus
tomed to giving his children what
they desire." He has persistently re
fused to dlscusB Mathilde's proposed
marriago, but friond's Intimated that
under the surface he and his formor
wife were not greatly at discord over
Max.
Court Warns Father
Judgo Henry Horner granted tho
motion of Mrs. McCormick's attorney,
Chnrlos S. Cutting thatHhe petition
bo dismissed without question and
added that Harold F. McCormclk, di
vorced husband of Mrs. McCormlck,
would be appointed Mathilde's legal
guardian without delay. He made It
plain, however, that he would expect
the father to execute his trust "as
a guardian and as a parent should
and that ho would also expect Mr.
McCormlck to take Into considera
tion all the points lit Mrs. McCor
mick's answer," which was Interpret-1
ed as a warning that Mr. McCormlck
should consider carefully any consent
to Mathlldo's marriago to Oser.
Tho petition withdrawn by Attor
ney Cutting wub contained In Mrs.
McCormick's answer to the applica
tion of her daughter for re-appointment
of Mr. McCormlck as her legal
guardian. It contained charges that
Oser sought tho marriage, "hoping to
obtain largo sums of money and fi
nancial gain," and doplored the dis
parity in ages between the two. . Osor
Is 44 years old. Mathilde is 17.
Asked what the next move would
be, Mr. Cutting said there "wouldn't
be a next move." Edwin H. Cassol,
Mr. McCormick's attorney, was total-.
ly uncommunicative.
vent publication of attneks on Attor
ney ' General Dnughorty and with
making u desperate attoinpt to
"shield a mnn who dares not shield
himself: to protect a man who dares
not protect himself."
In tho course of his attack Senator
Stanley assailed Mr. Daughorty "as ,
"tho nefarious and crooked pardon j,,
broker who makes it his business tij,
deceive the president that men may, -J
plunder women in time of pence and, '.
rob tho federal government In ..time. ;
of war." . . ,
BIRD IS IRRESISTIBLE
which has bene giving radio concerbi
here announced the name ot the se
lection., , ' '
In Gainesville Miss Smlthson heard'
It. . .
"I don't know why," she confessed
today, "but right away I fell Into love
with that voice."
Came a letter to this city. There
was an answer. An exchange of less
than half a dozen missives and Miss
Smlthson came to Oklahoma City. ( rv
A minister sealed the. radio; ro
mance,