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MEDFORD, OREQOX, SATURDAY, MAIICII 10, 1923
NO. 298
CASE GOES
TOTHE JURY
Counsel for Both Sides Sum
' Up Case at Jacksonville
Defense Flays Hale and
, Questions Hanging State
Admits Hale No Saint, But
' beclares Hale Not the Issue.
V Xlcforo a crowded court room, final
arguments in tho nlghtridlng casts
ivbre made today in circuit court at
Jacksonville. Attorneys Wlnalow and
O. C. Hoggs making the addresses for
thb .. defense. Assistant Attorney
(leneral Ltljcqvist will close for tho
stato- after the noon recess and tho
eAso; will probably go to ' tho jury
imortly after three o'clock this after
noon. -, Attorney WInslow reviewed the
evidence for the defense and con
tended that the state had failed to
prove its case, offering, he maintain
ed "nothing but the uncorroborated
testimony of this man Hale." Wlns
ow read two stanzas of Bobbie
Hums' "Cotter's Saturday Night" to
describo the character of Hulu.
- The defense chief counsel declared
"that If the stato wanted to prosecute
somebody why didn't It indict Edmls-ton,.-
one . of the state witnesses, tho
man who know so much ubout this
case., .
Craig another witness for tho state,
waH classified as a "scll'-confessed
perjuror."
! Attorney WInslow reviewed the
alibis offered by the dofonso and de
clared they were strong ones.
. Attorney Hoggs In his arguments,
classified Hnlo as "a low down miser
able perjuror," and declared his word
"unworthy of belief."
Mr. Hoggs declared ho was "as
tounded," and that "It was outrageous
that ,tho stato of Oregon would
send down Its assistant nlornoy gen
eral to try peaceful, and law-abiding
citizens of this community upon the
word of J. F. Hale."
Attorney Hoggs said the explana
tion of Hnlo as to how ho happened
to go with the nlghtrlders was the
queerest talo ever told In a court
room, ,
Hoggs stressed the testimony of
Halo, and Its luck of corroboration,
and "the grave Improbability that he
had ever been taken out."
Concede Halo's Reputation.
Ono of tho largest crowds that ever
attended a court session In this sec
tion attended tho afternoon sesKion,
ond tho nndent courthouse was filled
to tho limit.
District Attorney Knwles Moore
opened for tho state nnd rovlowed the
"highlights of tho evidence." He
nild tho "stato would concede that
Halo was not a roputalilo citizen,"
but that it was not a paramount Is
sue In tho trial. Ho charged that
tho "hanging and kidnaping was con
ceived by shrewd minds."
"It was not the holtor and skelter
of the unorganized mob" formed
ncy. "hut organized and premeditated
nnd carried - out ' in regalia black
mftftks and robes tho members
matching their presumed 'superior
virtue against the supposed 'bad rep
utation of Hale, whom they were dis
ciplining." Tho district attorney expressed re
gret that tho names of two young
women had been- brought Into the
trial Huberta Pierce and Annie Hal
ley and declnred they have .:lcen
vindicated from tho witness stand,"
nnd charged that they had been the
tt?.Hn nf "cKvml n n ,1 nnnmlnl (lint
xilwnva travels fast."
Tho prosecutor declared there was
a, Wrong contrast between tho "state
ments made on thn-wltness stand, nnd
tho statements Halo testified were
mndo to him," ut tho scone of the
hanging. .
. (Cont Inner! nn page Right)
HAND THAI ROCKS THE CRADLE IS
l ' SAFES! AT
; UtTTT ) -r .
CHICAGO, Mar. 10. (By Associat
ed Tress). The hand that rocks tho
cradle Is qulto competent at tho steer
ing wheel, the National 8arcty council
finds from testimony presented, it
was announced today In a statement
calling attention to the Initiation of
an anti-automobile accident campaign
against reckless drivers and careless
pedestrians In fifty cities.
One correspondent declared that
"women as a rule are more careful"
than men In driving automobiles, but
sb to presence of mind In an emer
gency "It would be unsafo to make a
comparison."
Krom the home of the "flivver", the
Dotroit safety council found women
were Involved tn only three fatal acci
Condemned I. W. W.
On Hunger Strike
Until Plea Granted
DEDHAM, MasB., March 10.
Nlcolal Sacco, awaiting court
nellnn nn nnnpal from his con-
vtctton with Bartolomeo Van-
zettl for murder in 1921, today
nn l.la 74th ilnv nf huneor strike
was 14 pounds lighter than he
was whon ho first roiuseu c
fnnH 4
Irt accordance with his an-
nounccd Intention to take no
food until a new trial either had
been granted or refused, ho told
his prison guards this morning
that ho wanted nothing but a
gallon of water. This has been
his ilailv ration bIiicg the strlko
beean.
Th hearing of the anneal
was set forward a week at the
request of attorneys for the de-
fonse.
LOS ANGELES, March 10. (By
tho Associated Tress) William G.
McAdoo, 'secretary . of tho treasury
during the world war, said in a state
ment to the Associated Press today
thatr it was never suggested by Lord
Balfour or himself that Great Britain
should assume responsibility for
loans made by the United States to
allied governments other than Great
Britain.
"1 am at a loss to understand," Mr.
McAdoo said, "how Lord Balfour, for
whom 1 have great respect and admi
ration, could have gained the impres
sion reflected in tho statement at
tributed to him "that 'tho United
States Insisted in substance if hot In
form thnt although her allies were to
spend tho money, it was only on our
(Groat Britain's) security that they
wore prepared to lend it.
"Loans to the allied governments
were made through mo as secretary
of the treasury at tho time. In my
discussions with' Lord Balfour, who
was head of tho mission which visit
ed this country In May, 1917, it was
never suggested or intimated by me
or by him that Great Britain should
assume any responsibility whatever
for tho loans tho United States might
make to governments other thun
Grent Britain.
"Loans made to Great Britain.
France. Italy and Belgium wore made
upon the faith and credit of ench re
spectively nnd Independently of each
other except ns on intelligent effort
was made to distribute tho available
rredits among them In such a wny as
would best secure their effective use
of the wur purpose."
Mr. McAdoo declined at this time
to comment upon a statement made
In Now York by Oscar T Crosby, for
mer assistant secretary of the treas
ury, that a loan of $170,000,000 was
made to Russia on British endorse
ment. Boost for the Fair
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 10.
Property of an estimated value of
$100,000 was left by Henry E. Mc
Ginn, ex-judge and widely known at
torney and pioneer, with no will di
recting disposition of it, according to
the petition of John L. McGinn, one
of the three brothers filed yesterday.
Ills widow was named administra
trix. THE STEERING WHEEL
dents out of 1 10 and 150 non-fatal acci
dents out of 4087, but there were no
figures on tho total number of men
and women drivers, '
R R. Marshall, commissioner of
traffic In Pittsburg said ho knew of
no fatality In nine years where a wom
an was operating an automobile.
K. 11. Leffert of the saToty depart
ment of the South Carolina Automo
bile club, reported women drivers as a
class were no$ as proficient as men
and that their knowledge of machin
ery did not date back so far.
Lieutenant Martina Uokeke, head of
the Cleveland traffic division found
women drivers are generally not
speeders and are more careful, espec
ially tf married.
MI00 BUCKS
UP HARVEY ON
DEBT QUESTION
JUDGE M'GINN LEFT
$100,000, ND WILL
PEACE HOPE
RUHR. AGAIN
SHOWS LIFE
London Correspondents On
Rhine Claim Both Germany
and France Eager to Come
to Terms Both Nations
- Suffering, Neither Securing
Benefits Neutrals Restive
LONDON. March 10. (By the As
sociated Press.) Although offering
no very deflnito evidonce to. support
thoir statements, some of the British
correspondents in the Ruhr assert
that there is a tendency towards
peace and that both sides would wel
come a settlement ending the strain
of the past few weeks.
Both the workers and the indus
trialists on the German side are tired
of the struggle tho correspondents
say, the former seeing no hope of
winning while at the Banie time their
sufferings are augmented daily.
The industrialists with the excep
tion of ono or two of the" most in
fluential, are feeling Increasingly the
pinch of lost trade and are fearing
for the future.
The French- pn thejr part are rep
resented ad suffering scarcely less,
They have not gotten what they went
into the Ruhr to obtain and French
Industries are being .seriously ef
fected by the curtailment of the coal
supply.,
The suggestion in these dispatches
is that It will be Impossible for pres
ent conditions . to continue much
longer. . : , .. .
With, regard, to the customs bar
rier around tho Rhlneland, It Is as
serted that other trade interests bo
sides those of Groat Britln are com
plaining over the French restrictions.
Holland and Denmark, according to
the Telegraph's diplomatic corres
pondent, have made representations
to France on the subject. ;
Sweden, whoso large trade in Ruhr
ore has been virtually atcjpped, also
Is disgruntled and is said to be only
awaiting some move by Great Britain.
Washington, the correspondent adds,
also Is Interesting itself in the ques
tion, although along independent
lines.
Prince Lippo Fined
ESSEN, March 10. In couso
quenre of tho shortage, of policeman
the number of criminals in this city
has reached a menacing figure. Tho
French .removed 000 suspects from
tho Verelshaus hotel and adjacent
buildings last night. Firemen, who
are also doing police duty, kept the
crowds away while the search was
progressing.
WERDEN', Germany, March'lO.
Prince Froderich Wllholm von Lippe,
tho German nationalist agitator, was
tried by a court martial hero yester
day and fined 7,000,000 marks. The
prosecutor asked a sentence of two
years and a fine of ten million marks.
Tho prince was arrested February
2 8, charged with stirring up agita
tion against the forces of occupation.
PARIS, March 10. Lord Crewe,
the British ambassador. Is seriously
ill with pneumonia, which developed
from influenza.
Boost for tho Fair
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Mnr. 10. Police
today wore awaiting the arrival of
Cleveland authorities following the ar
rest here last night of George J. J.
McKay, 42, who is nald to be under
indictment In Ohio on charges of em
bezzling 195,000 from two comimnles.
McKay deniod the charges and an
nounced his intention to waive extra
dition proceedings to Cleveland.
ST. PAUL, Mar. 10. A warrant was
Issued today for tho arrest of James
M. Lindsay, former treasurer of the
St. Paul Union Stockyards company,
charging him with appropriating
$100,000 of the company's funds for
his own use.
TALLAHASEE, Ha., Mar. 10. Bod
les of four unidentified men have been
washed ashore on Wakulla county
beaches the past two days, according
to reports brought here today by
Deputy Shorlff Morrison of that coun
ty. According to Deputy Morrison
there were Indications that there had
been -wholesale foul play In the alien
smuggling trade.
"Best-Dressed Woman
In World9' Is Broke;
Young Hubby Deserted
7,
I f ir. jjt 1 'N HER 5,000,000
.! 3 VHO IS N0V(m J
' .LONDON. Edward Henry Smith, who as "Mr. Smith-Wilkinson"
became tho youthful third husband of the 60-yoar-old widow who
called herself the most extravagantly dressed woman in tho world," 1
is stranded in an .English village, trying to live on his army pension
of eight shillings ($1.75) a week.. Mrs. Smith-Wilkinson, who a yepr
ago startled London and Paris with her $5,000,000 costume, her closets
full, of shoes and hats and gowns, and her gorgeous jewels, is now
"dead broke" and has deserted her juvenile husband and gone ti
Africa.
MURDERED MAN
TURNS UP A3
LAS C'RL'CES, N. M., March 10.
Search for the supposed slayers of
Lassaro Martinez and Santiago Sllva,
prominent New Mexico ranchers,
whose bodies were reported found by
a posse yesterday, ended abruptly to
day when Martinez walked into the
sheriff's offlco here and confessed ho
killed Sllva, his boyhood friend,
whilo they were on a hunting trip
near It i neon, N. M.. two days ago, ac
cording to authorities.
Martinez said ho and Sllva quar
reled over money matters, -according
to the sheriff. Silva's body, badly
mutilated and with a bullet hole near
tho heart, was found by possemcn
who had searched three days for the
two men when they were reported
missing at their homes in Roncon.
Silva's rlflo, broken In threo pieces,
was found near the body.
The report that' Martinez's body
also had been found, was mado by
a second posse, members of which er
roneously Indent iflod tho body of
Sllva as that of Martinez after the
first posse had found tho former and
left it untouched while they went to
Rlncon for tho coroner.
Whllo they wore away tho other
searchers came upon tho body.
lloth Martinez and Sllva wore 40
years of age.
Itelti-r Dttlry Cows
Casualties of the
Air Service
POUT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Mar. 10.
(By Associated Press). Sergeant
Edward J. O. Supelt, a nllot of Dayton,
Ohio and Sergeant August J. Christian
mechanic of Bridgeport, Conn., wore
killed today when their airplane
caught fire and felt 300 feet shortly
THE MURDERER
after they had taken off for a flight.
A board of investigation has been
formed.
Boost for the Kalr
Hardingi at Palm Beach
PALM BEACH. Ha., Mar. 10. An
alteration In tentntlve plans brought
President Harding and his vacation
party to Palm Beach today slightly
ahead of schedule.
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IS SERIOUSLY ILL
PORTSMOUTH, R. I., March 10.
Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, a bride
of four days, Is 111 with diptherla at
tho Sandy Point farm ostato of hor
husband hero, It was learnod today
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was Miss (Ho-
rla Morgan, daughter of Harry Hays
Morgan, American consul general in
Brussels, has been HI virtually since
her arrival hero Tuesduy night. Sho
Is 1 8 years of age.
Tho bride is under the care of two
physicians and nurses. Diagnosis of
tho throat trouble from which sho
was suffering was mndo today.
Tho precautions which Mr. Vander
bilt took to assure privacy for his
honeymoon had kopt secret until to
day tho fact of his wifo'a Illness. Can
cellation of reservations for a suite
on the liner Majestic on which the
Vanderbllt'a had Intended sailing
from New York today, howevor, had
Indicated a chunge In plans.
Tho Vandcrbllt's were married In
Now York last Tuesduy. Mrs. Van
derbilt under tho name of Gloria
Rochelle, had taken a minor part in
motion plcturo plays. Hor husband
Is tho youngest son of tho late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and many times a
millionaire. Ho Is 4 2 years old.
Got the Pocket Gopher
PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. 10. Goorge
U. Piper, colloctor of customs for Ore
gon died hero today us the result of
a stroko of apoplexy Buffered some
days ago. tie was a brother of Edgar
B. Plpor, editor of tho Morning Ore
Ronlan and of Fred Piper, a local at
torney, lie was 63 years old, having
boon born In Warsaw, Ind, Ho was
unmarried.
Boost for tho Ifalr ;
Onaide Kick Eliminated
NEW YORK, Mar. 10. Tho football
rules committee at Its annual meeting
hero today voted to ellmlnato tho on
side kick from ncrlmmage. The play
has not been used to any extont In
recent years and officials found diffi
culty in Interpreting tho rule in regard
to It.
Mayo' a Anti-Toxin for
Sleeping Sickness
Declared a Success
EL PASO, Texas., March 10.
-A serum producod by tho
Mayo foundation laboratory of
Rochester as a possible euro for
lethargic encephllltls "sleeping
sickness" has been successfully
used in threo casos In El Paso.
R. II. Poxton of Kansas City,
Mo., a railroad official who was
stricken January 30, sat up
yosterday. The scruiu had been
triod in only three cases prior
. to tho time It was given Mr.
Paxton.
The condition of MIsa Juno
Muldowney, who had slept for
thirty days, was improved yes-
terdny. John Dillard, negro
cook, contracted tho disease
December 24. Ho had been ill
for some time when ho was glv-
on the serum. Two weeks ago
! ho left tho hospital and returned
home.
SACRAMENTO, Cat., March 10.
Five masked bandits in ronl "wild
west" fashion swarmed Into the.
"Dreamland Cafe," a resort on the
lower Stockton road, 24 miles south
of here, early today and compelled I
the patrons and employes to yield to
search. Among tho victims were As
semblymen J. 13. 'Uadaracco and W.
J. Rock of San Francisco; Senator
T. A. Arbucklo of Ventura county and
former Assemblyman J. O. Bishop of
San F rancisco, formerly of San Diego.
The bandits obtained Beveral thou
sand dollars in cash and jewelry, It
Is estlmatod.
The bandits descendod upon the
placo at 3 o'clock. They selzod tho
watchman, fired soveral shots into
the colling and compelled all to line
up, hands In the air. Then they rob
bed the till and the patrons and em
ployes. Assemblyman Uadaracco lost n
$300 ring and sevorul hundred dol
lars In cash.
The bandits had cut the wires and
disposed of automobiles in order to
prevent communication with the out
side, consequently word was late in
reaching tho sheriff's office In Sac
ramento. Doputy Sheriff Cann hur
ried to the scene, although it was
said no official report bad been mado
to the sheriff's offlco.
Boost for Dairying
E
NEW- YORK, March 10. Alexan
der P. Moore, former Pittsburg pub
lisher, recently appointed ambassa
dor to Spain, and Senator Hiram W.
Johnson of California, were among
tho passengers booked to leavo for
Europe this artemoon on the steam
ship Georgo Washington.
"I know of no vital issue pending
with the Spanish government," Mr.
Mooro said, "and, woll, ns a news
paperman, t did a lot of talking for
42 yours, but now I find my sol ( ab
solutely locked."
The senator and Mrs. Johnson plan
lo tour lelsnroly for rest.
STAGE HOLDUP
AT SACRAMENTO
!N MOVIE STYLE
THIS COUNTRY A HELL OF A SUCCESS"
nroi Anro iimoi r mr rnnrni nnnncTrn
ulolhrco uimc
DANVILLE, March 10. "Undo
Jou" Cannon, thu patriarch of con
gross, was back undor his own roof
troo today to rost, dotlnltoly retlrod
from public sorvlco for Iho first time
since ho wont to Washington during
tho administration of President
Grant.
Only a knot of cusuuls suw tho -veteran
Htatesman, tired, pale and walk
ing slowly on tho arm of a friend, al
though none the loss jauntily, despite
his 87 years, leave the train which
brought him from Chicago on the sec
ond lap ot his Journoy home,
In deference to Uncle Joe's wishes,
Danville did not turn out with bands
and decoratod automobiles to wol
come him. Just as soon as ho gets
rested up the folks are planning (o
blow tho lid off tho town to show Un
cle Joe what tho home folks think
ot hlra.
PRESIDENT
CITY BANK
A SUICIDE
Fred Popp, Head of Logan
Square Bank, Chicago Kills
Himself $61,000 Worth of
Cancelled Checks in Clothes
Inquiry Into Bank Is
Ordered Son Denies Guilt.
CHICAGO, March 10. With tho
death of Fred W. Popp. president of
tho Lognn Trust nnd Savings bank,
mado tho subject todny of one In
vestigation, another inquiry was
ordered into tho nccounts of his bank
by stuto bank examiners working be
hind closed doors.
Tho bnnk president's body was dis
covered early yesterday morning in a
small coupe on n lonely road near
here, a bullet holo in tho head and
an automatic pistol with one shell
exploded lying nearby.
Bank directors said the Institution
wns solvent. The discovers- of J61.000
of cancelled checks In the dead bank
president's clothes, nil made payable
to and endorsed by a son, Paul W.
Popp, secretary and cashier of tho
l,OBnii Square Trust . and Savings
bnnk, came to tho attontlon of state
bank exnmlnors.
amount from $5,000 to $30,000 and
wcro drawn on tho Republic National
bank of St. Louis. - .
Early today tho bank president's
son explained to Investigators that ho
had given the cnncolled chocks to his
fnther prior to his doparturo - for
California two months ago. He said
tho $61,000 In cancelled .chocltB wero
drawn on his personal account at tho
'(....!. II.. Vnllnn.il Lint? at fiat T.nillfl'
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. March 10.
An Invitation to dotormlno, if pos
sible, whether A. H. I'enflold, cashier
of iho defunct Springfield National'
bank, under arrest for ombozzloment
of $600,000 or moro of the bnnk's
funds wns aided In tho defalcation. Is
being mado by fodoral officers, ac
cording to Comptroller of Curroncy
CrlKshiKcr as reported In dispatches
to local newspapers from Washing
ton. Ponfield today had until Monday to
post $26,000 In bond or go to Jail.
Ho Is under guard at his home suf
fering from weakness duo to loss of
blood as a result of an attempt to
kill himself last Tuesday when he cut
his wrists.
Reports that -a number of safety
deposit boxes at tho bank had been
rifled had not been denied today,
although several peraons who wero
permitted to open their boxes yes
terday, said they found their belong
ings intact. .
Talk Farm Bureau
E MYSTERI
BLOWN UP, 2 KILLED
FAIRFAX, Okla., Murch 10.-v-Tv.-o
women wero killed in a mystorious
cxploflion that today wrecked the
home of William Smith.
Smith was badly burned and his
wlfo and Miss Nolllo Brookshirowere
killed. Residents aroused shortly
lifter threo o'clock this morning by
a terrific blast, found tho bodies of
the two women In tho dobrls. Pirta
of tho houso wero blown oven nn
area of two blocks.
Tho causo of the explosion wa not
learned.
jul muivi uuuiwr
On his triumphant retreat to re
tirement tho agud leglslulor had lio
(!. Antl...nnln1lla ' lfn lrnnt
WIIIIV U DUUlllltUUlUtlOtD. y
hls party morry with ... quips and
stories. The railroad equipment on
that first ride lo congross did not
qulto moasuro up to thut of the pres
ent, but thon it was not so bud.
"This country Is a holl of a sue
coss," opined Undo Joe when prun
ed for some formal statement, "Just
let that Bland as all tho Interview I
care to givo out. I'm not giving In
terviews any moro. I'm out of com
mission now, anyway, and I'm go
ing homo to rost, that's what I'm
homo to do nothing else." ..
Mr. Cunnon possosses remarkable
recuperative powers for ono of his
advanced years, thought tho friends
who sent hlra to repreient thorn la
23 congresses, 1 '