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. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1923
NO. 288
EX-SENATOR
Big Tim Murphy
Starts to Serve
Julian El tinge. Star
Society at Palm Beach in Unusual Costume
Impersonator, Held:
Also 16 Qts. Booze
His 4 Year Term
ED
P.IGENER'l
former Indiana Senator Gets
High Post in Harding Cabi
net, While Postmaster Gen
eral Work Is Transferred to
Head of the Department of
the Interior.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Selec
tion of Postniastor General Work to
succeed Albert Kail as secretary of
the Interior and of Souator Harry S.
New of Indiana to become postmas
ter general was announced at the
White House.
The selection of Sir. Work to tako
the Intorlor portfolio has been fore
cast ever since President Harding be
gan to turn over in lils mind tho
names of available candidates. A
resident of Colorado and a man of
demonstrated ability In governmental
organization, Mr. Work is regarded
by the president as fulfilling all the
NEW NAM
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qualifications for an interior secre
tary. Tho change In the cabinet lineup
is to take place on March 4, when Mr.
Fall rotlres after two years' service
and tho nominations of Mr. Work
and Senator New were sent to the
senate today to permit their confirm
ation beforo tbo present session of
congress comes to an end.
Senator New bad been offered a
place In tho original Harding cabinet
but declined because ha thought he
could render the administration a
greater service by remaining in tho
senate. In tho last year's primaries
ho was defeated by renoniination,
however, and when It becamo known
hSt he was under consideration for
"ylho cabinet an clement of tho Indiana
republican organization began a de
termined but losing fight to prevent
tho appointment.
" WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Briga
dier Oeuoral Frank T. Hlnes. was
nominated today by President Hard
ing to become director of tho veter
an's bureau succeeding C. It. Forbes,
who retires tomorrow.
General Hlnes was the youngest
brigadier general in the regular army
when he resigned to become associat
ed with the llnltic Steamship company
after the war and after the roturn
of tho American army from France.
During the war ho was chief of the
army embarkation son-Ice and In that
capacity directed both the movement
of the tirmy to France and Its return.
Ileginning his military career as a
National Guard private in Utah, he
served as non-commissioned officer
(Continued on page eight.)
IdDNAPPiNG
. STUFFING BALLOT BOXES
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CHICAGO. Feb- 27. Charges of
kidnaping of officials, of stuffing
ballot boxes mid of tjie lice of flio
nrms and gang politics today marked
the primaries in Chicago.
In the old twenty-first ward, in
closing the "gold coast" on the Luke
Michigan shore Just north of the
downtown business district now the
now forty-second ward. Michael A.
linnina. a democratic judge, wis
mirstng and was reported to have
been kidnaped by a luind of five men
who Invaded the polling place. In
vestigators could find no one to admit
the man had been cmried awny f"r
clbly. The precinct Is In nn Italian
neighborhood.
AND
LEAVENWORTH. Kas.. Feb.
26. (Ily Associated Press). Tim-
othy "Ilig Tim Murphy", Chicago
labor leader, convicted of com-
pliclty in the Dearborn street sta-
tion mail robbory arrived and
was "dressed in" at the federal
prison here today. He was given
prison number 18,990.
Murplry who arrived here with
Vincenzo Cosmano to servo a
four year sentence, for their al-
leged connection with tho rob-
bery of $500,000 in mall from the
Dearborn Btreot station in Chi- 4
! cago, was given a copy of the
prison rules by Warden W. I.
Biddlo.
DUEL REFUSED,
STREET ROWDY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Blows
were exchanged by Senator Caraway
of Arkansas and another passenger
on a Washington street Car today af
ter the man had been accused of Jost
ling the senator and using offensive
lunguage.
Tho altercation occurred at Fourth
and H streets. Northwest, after both
had left the street car, the unidenti
fied passenger striking Senator Cara
way in the face and the senator retail
Itaing wifh blows with his umbrella
on the back.
Senator Caraway's account was the
only one available; the other man
went away without giving his name.
According to tho. senator, a fellow
passenger standing behind him in
sisted on knocking the senator's hat
down over his eyes. The senator's
gentle remonstrance was returned
with advice not to bo "so grouchy
about It," and to "shut up." Tho
senator replied with tho quick re
partee which has attracted some at
tention on the floor of the senate and
offered to exchange cards and have
a meeting later.
To this the stranger responded by
leaving the car with Senator Cara
way in pursuit.
In the street the passenger, a lit
tle fellow about 43, squared off and
shot a short jolt to the senator's
face. Mr. Caraway returned the com
pliment with his umbrella and in the
mauling both men lost their hats.
Tho sonntor's opponent cried
"onough," whereupon Mr. Caraway
returned to him his hat and the fight
was over.
Thero hasn't been a street duel with
congressional flavor since Senator
Heflln shot a negro on Pennsylvania
avenuo nearly twenty years ago.
EXPL0DE2 HURT
. PITTSBURG, Feb. 27. Tho mining
village or Russcllton, about 25 miles
from Pittsburg, was rocked by a ter
rific explosion early today, when n
powder inagazlno at superior mine No.
1 of the Superior Fuel company, blew
up. The magazine was destroyed' and
more than 100 houses damaged. Two
men were injured. First rcirorts wore
that the explosion occurred in tho
mine.
Rob Grocery Stores
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27. Two men ar
rested today In on attempt to rob a
chain grocery store admitted, accord
ing to K)llce, that they had robbed
ono of tho stores daily for the past 26
days and that they niado their living
by robbing tho stores.
Aldermen Dorscy Crowe ap! Chas.
Agntiv are contesting In this ward to
determine which shall represent it.
Before the ro-distrlcting each of 111
35 wards which were represented by
two uldermen. now will have hut one
There were unverified reports of
the firing of shots In the 14th ward.
of slurring ballots In ballot box In
nn IMh ward precinct before the
polls were opened and of gang meth
ods In In 17th ward precinct.
A heavy republican vote was brlnn
cojt. it was estimated, while demo
cratic and socialist candidates were
chiefly without opposition.
SENATOR FIGHTS
(Left) Mrs. E. V. O'Dowd, of Chicago, in a striking Oolf Costume on the Palm Beach Golf Course. (Center)
Mrs. Albert Kaufman, of New York, in a mauve crepe do cheno and chiffon dress, a hat of new blue with flowers
to match, a black mauve and blue bandana and white shoes. (Ilight) Mrs. Fred Gllligan, of New York, one ot
the leaders of the Palm Beach society set, in a striking checked gingham bathing suit sitting on the balustrado
of tho exclusive Casino."
F
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27. While
a crowd of men and women on the
street shouted tor swift justice,
Wylle F. Morgan, slayer of six year
Old Lillian Gilmore, today was held
without bail in a police station in tho
northwest part of the city. When ho
was removed from the 'station to a
prison van to be taken to the city
hall, a shower of Btones and other
missiles was hurled at the frightened
prisoner. No one was struck and no
arrests were made.
Morgan's confession of kidnap
ping, attacking and killing the child,
whom ho took away with her four
year old sister, Dorothy, from near
their homo last Saturday In a motor
car was obtained by tho pollco last
night.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 27. Furthor
details of the confession In which
Wylie "Texas" Morgan admitted hav
ing kidnapped assaulted and killed' six
year old Lillian Ollmoro Inst Saturday
were promised by the pollco today.
The littlo girl's body was found last
nlfht on the ice-covered banks of
Neshnrainy croek, near Croydon, Pa.,
after Morgan had led the dotoctlvcs to
tho spot.
The "prisoner will bo arralgnod bo
fore a magistrate charged with mur
der, kidnaping and felonious assault.
Director of Public Safety Cortclyou
said that his trial would be rushed.
Morgan made a lengthy signed
statement the police said, setting
forth In detail how he had lured
Lillian and her sister Dorothy, 4, from
their homo on the protext of taking
them, for an automobllo ride. How
he had taken them to a vacant lot;
how the older girl had died and how
he had taken hor body to the Isolated
spot twenty nillos north of Philadel
phia In the hope that it would not bo
discovered.
After laying Lillian's body along the
bank of the stream he told the police
how he had returned to the city with
Dorothy and put her out of tho car
within a few blocks of her home.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 27.
Henry E. McGinn, former circuit
Judge dropped dead here today from
heart disease. Judgo McGinn, who
was 64, occupied the bench from
1911 to 1918. He was a personal
friend of President Theodore Roose
velt. Judge McGinn was well known in
.Medford and two years ago gave the
principal address at the Lincoln club
banquet which is still remembered
as one ot the best ever heard in
southern Oregon, ...
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DRAWN IN NET
BY OIL INQUIRY
PORTLAND, Oro.; '"eb. 2".
George Nellson, a mill man of Med
ford, Oregon, was Indicted here yes
terday by the fedoral grand jury,
chargod with use ot tho malls to do
fraud. It was said, that the opera
tions which led to the Indictment
were in connection with an oil land
promotion project.
The above received from Portland
today that G. W. Nellson of 43G N.
Bartlett street, well known resident
ot this city, had boon indicted by the
federal grand jury In Portland on
the chargo ot fraudulent use of tho
mails in connection with oil promo
tion schemes, came as a surprise, to
Mr. Nellson's many friends. A dep
uty United Statos marshal was In the
city Sunday, who with Mr. Nellson
appeared beforo K. Roy Davis, Uni
ted States commissioner, where the
Medford man fumlshed bond ot K.
000. Mr. Nellson don't know when
tho caso will come up in fedoral
court but understands it may not be
for six months yet.
"I don't know what tho exact in
dictment Is, nor will I until I can soo
a copy of It," said Mr. Nellson,' who
is conducting a lumber buslncsss at
Central Point, "and therofore I dis
like to talk much before learning the
exact details of the charge, lest I pre
judice my dofeiiBO.
"I deplore' nny publicity because
any Indictment whatover of nny kind
In view of my past and present life
is so unnecessary and uncalled for.
This will no doubt cost me money
and tlmo lo establish my Innocence
"While I am Ignorant of the na
ture of the indictment, it may possi
bly bo In connection with my work of
filing prospective oil claims under
tho placer claim act for big eastern
capital in 1919 In the Antelope 'vol
ley basin cast of Medford on Oregon
and California grant lands. I spent
six weeks of time and much of my
own money in this big development
plan of oil and timber land, which
would havo meant so much to this
section of the country, and 1 didn't
get a cent for my work.
"Tho wholo development plan,
which promised so much fell flat be
cause of the passage of the federal
oil leasing bill February 20, 1920.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 27.
Thirty-eight voters who said they
cost their ballots for Governor Ben
W. Olcott for tho republican nomi
nation for governor at the May pri
mary In precinct 201 had testified up
to noon today at the trial of W. II.
Kmrlek, chulrman of the night count
ing hoard, on charges of wilful ne
glert of duty.
Tally sheets showed in the Olcott
Hall recount that 31 votes had been
cast for Olcott In the precinct. The
state contends that 49 votes actually
were cast' for Olcott.' The defonso
charges the tally sheets were changed
after they had been turned In. 1
I OR IT
FRENCH AGREE 10
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LONDON, Fob. 27. British author
Itlcs. in the Rhlneland have been .In
structed to investigate reports of al
leged holding up of British-owned
goods on the Rhine by tho French and
Belgians, according to Roland F. Mc
Neill, under secretary of state for
foreign affairs. Replying to a quoa
Hon In the house of commons, Mr.
McNeill stated that the British offic
ials had been instructed to take such
action as may be possible to protect
the intorests of British firms.
LONDON, Feb. 27. (By the Asso
elated Pross) Tho French havo
agreed to surrender that part of tho
German money seized at Cologilo last
Halurduy which was Intended for use
in paying British troops, It was said
hero today. Tho tension caused by
tho Incident ' has been relieved,
although the position Is still dolicato.
Tho Cologno correspondent of tho
Times reports that tho Hrllsh author
ities firmly demanded tho roturn of
tho money intended for the army.
PRESIDENT LEAVES
FOR VACATION IN
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WASIIINOTO.V, Feb. 27. l'rcsl-
rlent unrl Mrtr lltirillnir pvnnet tn
leave Washington March B on their
l-'ioriua trip wnen tney will lio me
guests of Mr. and Mik. Kdward B.
MrTkn nt Wnnlilnvlnn If unu nil
nounoed officially toduy ut the White
uousc.
Tho presidential party will go first
lo Ormond, Fin., where they will
board the McLean houso bout.
' Accompanying tho prosldpnit will
La am.lU,.H nitl..( "M,.. I r. 1 n.l.n
of tho shipping hoard; Attorney Oeno
rul DauBherty: Jess Smith, a friend
01 iiotn mo attorney general and the
president; Hocrctury Christian and
ffonoral Sawyer. Hocretary and Mrs.
ivBunit, woo we.iu koink lo ni. AUKUS-
tine, will accompany tho party that
far.
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 27. Reduc
tions of ten cents per hundred pounds
In the price of refined cane sugar to
$9.30 and In refined beet to 19.10,
both effective today, Were announced
by the western sugar refineries and
the Spreckles Sugar company. These
prices are now the same aa those of
the California Hawaiian Sugar Rutin
COAST SUGAR QUITS
SEATTLE, Fob. 27. Julian
Eltingo, noted impersonator ot
feminine types, mid four mem-
hers of a theatrical troupe ap-
pealing here muBt appear be-
foro United States Mnrshul E. B.
Bonn tomorrow and explain
their possession of sixteen
quarts of assorted liquors, it
was announced at the marshal's
office today. Tho liquor was
seized Sunday night whon tho
five dlsemburkod from a steam-
or arriving from Vaucouvor,
B. C.
Halod beforo customs offl-
cials tho qulntetto paid fines to-
tailing $S0 tor violation of tho
customs laws.
Those arrostod with Mr. El-
tinge were Mrs. Ed. Donogan,
A. Cogon, L. Novada and W. G.
Purkor.
NO ARRESTS IN
JESCKE AFFAIR
Another ono of "thoso things" in
tho prohibition enforcement activity
ot this vicinity has come to light
in tho questioning of Carl and Court
Jcscko, local boys, by tho authorities
Monday, and the case has some pe
culiar angles. Tho youths havo been
exonerated, and no complaint was at
nny tlmo filed against thorn. 1 They
however were served with subpoo
neas to appear beforo tho prosecuting
attorney for questioning.
According to tho story of tho
Jescke boys, they wore autolng with
four other boys Saturday night, whoso
names they retuso to dlvulgo. While
driving on the Diddle road their car-
was stopped by J. H.' Leggltt, for
mer Medford policeman, and another
man, whom they claim is an employe
of 8. B. Sundefer and searched oar
and person. After a thorough search
they wore allowed to depart by tho
sourchers, with tho observation, "You
boys aro pretty slick."
Sunday Carl Joucko mot J. W. Log
gltt by pro-nrrangemont, and wont
with him by auto to tho homo of S.
I). Sundefer. prohibition officer,
whore Jescke says ho was questioned
"for about twenty minutes."- At tho
end of this timo ho was brought
back to this city.
Monday morning tho Jcscke's wero
served with a subpoena to appear at
Jacksonville for questioning, which
they did. After waiting through tho
morning, they roturncd to their work
and wero served ugaln with a sub
poena for tho same purposo, and in
terviewed by District Attorney Hawk's
Moore, under oath, Monday afternoon
and wero allowed to go after ques
tioning, no chargo being filed against
them and there the incident rests.
EAST ST. LOKIH. ill.. Fob. 27.
(By tho Associated Press) Benjamin
O. Morrow today was under police
protection following nn alleged affi
davit mudo to police that his life had
been threatened by un organizer for
tho Ku Klux Klan for ndnlttlng to
police, following his urrosl Saturday
midnight, that ho was "precinct com
mltteomun" for tho klan In connec
tion with today's municipal primary
elortion.
FOR DIGGING UP
ITHACA, N. Y., Fob. 27. Tho mo
tive "that loads inon liko Lord Car
narvon to show such utter Irrevcrance
for doad men's bones," as to Invade
tombs Ilka that of King Tutonkhamiin
In Egypt Is deplorod by Professor W.
A. Hammond, dcun of Cornell univer
sity. In a lecturo before his class In phil
osophy yestorday he said:
"The twentieth century shows too
little revoriincc. Think how would
you like It If 3000 years from now the
Saracens had superceded our civiliza
tion and had brokon Into George
Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon.
"How would you like It If Abraham
Lincoln's bones wero carrlod off to
Constantinople and placed on display
In a Saracen museum? Yet that Is
proclsoly what Lord Carnarvon now is
doing while the scientific- world applauds."
AN
IS SLAIN BY
own
1
Runaway Lad From Dallas
Oregon Killed By Compan
ion On Hobo Jaunt Denies
Crime, Then Breaks Down
Under Third Degree
Claims Shooting Accident.
SPOKANE, Feb. 27. Don Selforth
of Dallas, Oregon, today confessed
to having killed his travollng com
panion, Napoleon Post, aged 17, also
of Dallas, yesterday afternoon at
I.ardloy, a suburb of Spokane, accord
ing to Charles Lcavy, prosecuting at
torney of Spokane county. Accord
ing to the prosecuting attorney Sol
forth claimed that Post's donth was
the rosult ot tho accidental discharge
ot a gun that Selforth carried.
SPOKONE, Feb. 27. "I klllod
him but it was ai. accident. The
gun wont off when I was trying to
fix it and the bullet hit him in the
heart." This Is Sloforth's statement,
according to Prosecutor Leavy.
After the gun discharged, Post tell
to tho ground crying to Selforth to
hurry for a doctor, according to tho
tho latter's story. Selforth says that
when ho returned after soeklng as
sistance ho found Post doad. Fear
ing the consequences of his act he de-;
elded to claim that his companion
had been Bhot by nn unknown- man1
who sought to rob him. He conceal
ed the gun at! a nearby spot and then'
telephoned tho ' police telling hi
"framed up" version ot the shooting. .
Selforth, stuck to his story; until
confronted this morning with a third
Mioy, Charles Casey, who had accom
panied, Sofforth and Post tronl Pasco, .
Wash., to Spokane. Casey told tho
pollco that Solforth had purchased
a revolver and shells during the trip,'
and whon the police questioned Sel
forth regarding his ' purchase the
boy broke down and confessed that
his story yostorday was falBo.
SPOKAN1... Fob. 27 Sonrch for a
vugrnnt believed to havo shot dead
Napoleon Post, aged 17, of Dallas,
Ore., and for witnesses to ovents pro-
ceding and following tho shooting, tor
a coroner's inquest, occupied atten
tion of peace officers hero today.;
Post was found dead-at Yardloy, a
suburb, lato yesterday by his chum
and fellow runaway, Don Sloforth,
also ot Dallas. Tho authorities held
Sleferth ns a witness, but thoy Indi
cated they bollovcd. his story that ho
was not present at tho shooting. -Bio-fcrth
told tho pollco that thoy reach
ed Kpoknno yeBterday morning, and
went to Yardloy to board a train cast.
They mot a man about 3li years old,
according to Sloforth's description.
"Ho pulled a gun and showed It to
us," Sleferth told tho officers. "After"
ho showed Ub tho gun ho said that '
ono of us should go ovor to the sta
tion and see when the next train
pulled out. I said I would. I loft
Nappy (Slefcrth'B nama for Post) as
ho But on a dump car. When I cumo
back Nappy was on tho ground. . 1
opened his coat and saw a hole as if.
ho hnd been shot. Than" I ran to call
for help,"
Sleferth said ho and Post ' ran
away from Dnllns after Post . had
trouble with his father. This state
ment later was verified tn advices
from Dallas. Thoy wore on tliolr way
to North Dakota whore thoy had boon
told of a Job, ho, said. Workmen
about the Yardloy station also cor
roborated details of Sloforth's story.
Offleors believed tho man said to
havo done tho shooting oscupod on a
train beforo they arrived.
KING TUTENKHAMUM
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. King Tulon
khumun who has achieved moro pub
licity 3500 years after his donth than
most stage stars do through a life
time of trying, was not such a rich
man aftor all. according to Professor
Rogor V. Rogers of Drew Theological
somlnary, an author on archaeological
hooks.
Jewels and ornaments found in the
king's tomb are "stolen goods," cached
there thousands ot years ago by na
tive priests who took them from somo
really wealthy corpse," Professor Rog
ers told a church audience Inst night.
"It was the priests' custom."- ho said,
"to romovo valuable articles from a
tomb they feared would bs looted and
hldo them.
Greater discoveries have been made
and drawn much loss public attention
than this one, the professor said. ;