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Newspaper Page Textc 'cllt tfc Medford Mail Tribune The Weather - Prediction Probabls rain Maximum yesterday 61 Minimum today ...44.5 Precipitation ...j...- 01 Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum .... 69 27.9 Onllv Eighteenth Tear. Weekly lafy-Tblrd Yoar. . MEDFOUD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923 NO. 23 i BABE OPENS sson Ruth Brings Gigantic Crowd to Feet With Swat for Four Bases in Third Inning All Records for Baseball Atten dance ' Are Smashed On Yankees' Opening Day. NEW YORK, April 18. All base ball attendance records were shat tered today when the New York Yankees dedicated their ?2, 500, 000 ptadlum In the opening game of the Ainorlcan league season with the Boston Red Sox. Estimates placed the crowd at close to 70,000 persons. The triple-decker, concrete and steel grandstand and the bleachers thronged with fans presented one. of the most colorful scenes in diamond history. The previous attendance record was 42,260, made at a world's series game In 1916 between the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn. Ruth brought Hie stand to their feet In the last half of the third in ning when ho hit a homer into the right field bleachers, scoring Witt and Dugan. Before the game started Manager Huggins and Frank Chance raised the American League pennant. Gov ernor Smith, who tossed out the first ball and High Commissioner of Base ball Landis, headed a parade of play ers and officials. American At New York . R. H. E. Boston 1 3 1 New York 4 7 1 Batteries:- Ehmke. Fullerton and Dovormer; Shawkey and Shang. At Philadelphia R. Ii. E. Washington 14 2 Philadelphia 3 6 2 Batteries: Johnson and Ruel; Harris and Perkins. . At Cleveland R. H. E. Chicago 6 12 0 Cleveland i. 6 13 2 Batteries: Faber, Mack and Schalk; Coveleskle, Uhle, Boone and O'Neill. National At Boston R. II. E. New York ; 7 10 2 Boston 4 8 2 Batteries: Scott, J. Barnes and Snyder; Watson, Oeschger and Gow dy. At Chicago R. If. E. Pittsburg 2 5 2 Chicago 7 11 1 Battories: Bohler and Gooch; Al exander and Hartnott. At Brooklyn ' R. H. E. Philadelphia! 5 10 1 Brooklyn '6 7 1 Batteries: Head, Hubbell, Moad flws and Henlino; Grime and Deborry. Const Lrasun LOS ANGELES, April 18. Salt Lake-Vernon gamo postponed; wet grounds. CLOTHES 10 CASH LOS ANGELES. April 18. Whole. Rnln hurorlars cnrlv today disdained cash, hut carted owny enough men's shirts to attlro a small city. Gaudy sirlnnd silks. Madras ond every va rlotv. several thousand shirts valued ot $25,000 were taken from a shirt factory hero. The loot was of such sire that ono or more trucks woro used In remov ing It. ' N:Y. LEADER E LA FOLLETTE, NEW YORK, April 18. Senators Borah, Johnson and LaFollctto should leave the rnnks of tho repub lican party nnd Join tho democrats, "where they belong," Nathanlal Els berg told a large audience last night after his re-eloctlon as presidont of the National Republican club. His attack on the three senators was henrtlly applauded and none nrose to their defense. Chamberlain Will Resign and Run for Senate Next Election PORTLAND, Ore., April 18. George E. Chamberlain, member of the United States shipping board and ex-United States sena- tor from Oregon will resign from the shipping board June 30, ac- cording to reliable information received here in a story printed in the Oregonian. According to the Oregonian's Btory. Mr, Chamberlain plans to resume law practice in Portland. It is also reported, says the story, that Mr. Chamberlain will be- come a candidate for the domo- oratio ticket for United States 4 senator. LONE STARK GOES TO DEATH Last of Real Two-Gun Cross Arm Draw Experts Meets Death in Elevator Shaft at Omaha t-Sketch of His Career. . OMAHA, Neb., April 1G. (By the Associated Press) Fighting, Binning gray haired old "Lono Star" Fred "M. Huns, Indian fighter, frontier scout and the last of the real two-gun cross arm draw" experts, met death here Inst night with his "boots on, as ho had often desired. But death did not como to him on the field of battle where he had so often faced it, nor on the wings of a bullet. . He was crushed to death in an elevator, shaft at the Omaha World Herald plant whero he was night watchman. Lone Star was caught by the ele vator when he attempted to move tho control lever from the outsldo and the lift suddenly shot upward. Tho old veteran tried to leap Into It, but his feet that so often had leaped on tho backs of .mustangs had lost their old spring and so Lone Star died with his boots on. Master of Cross Draw Lone Star began his career as plainsman at the age of 16 when he left' home to search for a brother kidnaped by Sioux Indlnns. Ho de veloped tho "cross arm draw" until he was without a peer. anJ this skill ho retained even in his old1 ngo. Ho never touched trigger but used his thumb to operate the hammer of his Colt single action revolver in a fan like action. He often declared that he could fire his singlo action Colt six times before anyone armed with a modem automatic pistol could fire half that many shots. Lono Star broke into fame first in WITH BOOTS ON 1S76 in the "hole in the wall" coun-jof try. Powder river, Wyoming, when single handed ho captlred "Shack nasty Jim" and his two fellow ban dits. It was Lono star's "hammer fanning" that won the unonual fight. The Indians dubbed him "We-Chach-Po-Wan-Oo-La" which trans lated means "Lone Star." Sketch of Life. Other high spots of Hans' life are: Shot and killed two stngo coach bandits April 12, 1877 near Valen tino, Neb. Shot five Indians in a battle of Lit tle Missouri, near Black Hills, Au gust 21, 1877, saving tho lives of a party of 20 prospectors. Killed eleven Indlnns with twelve shots, using both guns,' hammer fanning, In tho battle of Wounded Knee. South Dnkotn, in 1890. Killed bandit at Ainsworth, Neb., in 1878. Shot and killed bandit nt Fremont Neb., in J 897. - ' Was official war . department In vestigator of Custer massacre, and followed Sitting Hull 600 miles on horseback, Inducing him nnd his band to return to tho reservation. Was present at Sitting Bull's death. Was chief scout master for 3cne- rnl Phil Sheridan for six years. Was special agent for the North western railroad for a number of years. In all Hans was credited with hav ing killed eight white men and 20 Indians. JOHNSON INTO DEMO. FOLD "I wnnl to see tho time, nnd that soon' he said, "when men who have been elected by votes and support of renubllcan nowsnaners, those who stylo themselves republican and yet who assail the republican ndmlnls- traton, presidont and cabinet nro thrown out of the republican party and over Into tho democratic party where they belong. I have particular reference to llnrah, LaFollctto nnd Johnson." I i LABOR 0.11 FLEET Marine Engineers Offer $300, 000 Cash for Three 12,000 Ton Craft As a Nucleus for Labor. Owned and Operated Fleet Profit Guaranteed By Purchasers. NEW YORK. Anrl 18. The mi rine engineers' beneficial association has offored tho shipping board 300 000 cash for three 12,000 ton craft, which It proposes to acquire as tho nucleus of a labor-ownoa ana laoor operated floet. The offer was contained in a lot- ter made public today from Thomas B. Healy. business manager of tho union, to Albert D. Laskor, chairman of the shipping board, asking that ho tako tho matter directly to President Hardinc Tho shins named are the Hanloy, Hannawa and Pomona. All are in service, having recently Bailed from Pacific coast ports with cargoes. "Wo foel that American ships can be profitably operated," read Mr. Healv's offer. "Thcso Hhips end others which we cxpoct to purchase; later are at present a liability to Hi" government. "Wo intend to have satisfied crews, pay fair wages and instill into the men operating them that thoy aro their ships und they are not working to enroll individuals." Commenting on his lotter, Mr. Henly said, "If tho government will givo us a chance we will show them that the ships aro profitable for America. Wo have the money and enough more whore it came from to assure carrying out our plans for a big, union-owned fleet." WASHINGTON, April 18. Fotir shpping board wooden ships were de stroyed by firo in the Potomac river near here today, anothor wus dam aged and five others which made up a fleet transferred from the James river to an Alexandria shipyard, were saved by marines from the Quantlco base and fire fighting apparatus from other points. N. Y. SUGAR HITS A NEW YORK, April 18. Now high records for the past three years were I established In tho refined sugar mar- kt today when leading refineries ad- vanccd list prices ton to twenty points. Some quoted fine granulated as high as 9.60 per pound. The jump was due to the continued strength tho row market and bullish reports as to tho size of tho Cuban crop. Cuban raw' reached 6 14 cents cost and freight equal to 8.03 duty paid, tho highest price Blnce 1920. Con tinued buying by both domestic nnd European refiners duo to persistent reports that tho Cuban crop will fall short of requirements this season, was chiofly responsible for today's advance. Back of this was the porsistent de mand from housewives all over tho country who fear a shortngo of sugar during tho canning Beason, SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. An advance of twenty cents per hun dred pounds in the price of refined cane sugar to 19.80, effective tomor row was announced today by tho California-Hawaiian and Western re fineries. PORTLAND, Oro., April 18. Invita tions from Baker, LaQrande and Pen dleton, Oregon, to President Harding to attend the celebration to be held at tho summit of the Rluo Mountains about July 4 of tho 80th anniversary of tho arrival of the first wagon train in Oregon torrltory havo brought a roply from tho Whlto IIouso, accord ing to a special dispatch to the Ore gonian, from Washington, D. C. "At this time matters are In such a tentative state that It is not possible to make definite dates," Presidont Harding wrote to Senator McNary who presented the Invitations. WASHINGTON. April 18. A par tlnl Itinerary for President Harding's western sneaking trln. which has been prepared at tho Whlto House, provides for his departure from Washington about June 16, which swing which will tako him through St. Louis. Kansas City, Denver and Knit Tjikn niv tn San Francisco, He is to speak In Portland, Ore., and will return by tho northern rout through Chicago, Elinor Wylie, Poetess, Not To Make Poet Benet Third Of Her Husbands i 't1 W ,Wc!H i J-fii ' " A MR9. ELINOG WYLIE- NEW YORK. Before it had e'oi fairly started, the report that Mrs. Elinor Hoyt Hichborn Wylie, poetess, would marry William Rose Benet, poet, was silenced by denial. The rumor arose when Mrs. Wylie was granted a divorce from Horace Wylie, her second husband, with whom she eloped to Egypt in 1910 while still the wife of Philip Hichborn, son of Rear-Admiral Hichborn. Hichborn started s'uit'for divorce but killed himself before the case came to trial. Mrs. Wylie secured a divorce, ?od' Wylie and Mrs. Hichborn were married. They returned to Washington and made friends among a coterw of writers, and artists, among whom she met Benet. He is a widower . with three children. ' t ... "There is .bsoltrtely no foundation for ueh a report," said Bent, !D0CT0R DENIES m pt n m ac uuiuiui vim no RESULT LASHING TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 18. (By Associated Press). It would bo physically imposBiblo for a man to ro colve 100 lashos with a strap and sur vive, Dr. T. Capors Jones, convict camp physician employed by tho Put nam Lumber company nt Clara, Fla., today told tho joint legislative Investi gating committco inquiring Into the death of Martin Tabert of North Da kota, and other alleged brutalities in prison camps. Dr. Jones attributed the primary causo of Tabert's death to pneumonia contracted after ho had treated him for a disease which caused gland en largements, ulcers and splotches on tho body. Tho physlclnn said ho entorod uiwn tho burlnl permit that death was causod by pneumonia and a complica tion of malaria, but In reality the com plication was the dlseaso as outlined. The camp doctor Bald he had been employed by the Putnam Lumber company for three years and a half and that the convicts woro treatod humanely, were' woll fod and that he never heard any general complaints. Ho described the camp as being sani tary and that all rocommondatlnns mado by him to tho company were car ried out. A. B. Schrlvers, a formor'guard, tes tified that the convicts were fod on hot water, bacon and corn broad for breakfast six times a week, on Sun day they were given coffee. John Gardnor, 18, who said he resid ed In Altoona, Pa., prior to enlisting in tho army, in answer to questions propounded . fcy Senator John P. Stokes, chairman, said that ho was whipped three times within a week; that be received npproxlmatoly fifty licks each time and Walter Illggon botham was the whipping boss. Hlggenbotham 1b under indictment charging first degree murdor growing out of the investigation conducted by tho Madison county grand Jury Into Taborfs death ! (Continued on pas fix.) 5" EV2i AIM' William' r. benet N CAUSEWAY GAVE LONDON, April 18. (By tho As sociated Press) Hidden In a cavo 100 feet from ,tho top of a cliff rising perpendicularly from tho coast line near tho causoway north of Korry, a dospornto band of Irish republicans has been holding out against mo iroe slate troops since Monday in one of tho most spectacular fights of tho government's struggle with tho Ir regulars, according to a dlHpatch to tho Kvonlng Star from Dublin today. Although tho republicans do not seem to havo a chance to escape, they aro able as yet to guard effectively tho proclpltous approach to tho cavo, a narrow path from tho top of the cliff, down which oven tho venture somo Kerry goat has hot tho tomcrlly to descend. It seems Improbable, thoroforo, that tho Irregulars will bo routed out so long as their food ftfld water lasts. A yawning chasm henoath tho mouth of the cavo awaits tho in' trudor who makes a false stop in do scendlng tho path. Tho body of ono free stato Boldlor has been buffeted by tho waves at tho bottom of a chasm Blnco tho govern ment's first nttompt to dislodgo tho Irregulars on Monday. F OMAHA, Neb., April 18. Because the petitions bearing 1600 signatures filed on April 11 at Lincoln, Nob., by Roy M. Harron, president of the Amortran Kconomlo leaguo, asking that Henry Ford's name be placed as procidentia! candidate on tho primary ballot of tho progressiva party In NO braska in 1924, failed to have tho re quired number of signatures from two congressional districts, Secretary of State Charlos W. Pool, rulod late yesterday that the petitions wore in- va Id. According to tho headquarters of the American Kconomlo league, steps will at once bo taken to Increase names on tho petition to tho roquiroa legal number. Salt L. City Hotel Collapses, Fear 2 Killed, 2 Injured : SALT LAKE CITY, April 18. One white woman was killed and 4 two white mou wore seriously injured when a two-Btory frame hotel and office building at 29 West Second South street here collapsed shortly after one o'clock this afternoon. A negro woman 1b believed to be still burled in the ruins. R. R. FRANCHISE City Council Makes Good Its Threat and Arranges to Cancel Franchise When Re pairs Are Not Made Fu ture Action Is in Doubt. In accordance with its warning of two weeks ago that If tho Modford- Jacksonville railroad management had not done crossing tepalrs or i made arrangements to do so steps would be taken to cancol its f ran-1 chise through the city, by last nlgnrs meeting, the city council kept Us threat, and instructed City Attorney Carkin to at onco begin preparing the franchise annulling ordinance. Among tho mass of business also transacted 'by the council last night with all members present Messrs. Jacobs, Alenderfer, Janney, Butler, Close and Paul that body at the re- quest of the local G.LA. Rr'nion de elded to give the G. A. R. post ?35 towards helping defray expenses for the Momorial day observance. The monthly bills were approvod, the laBt week in April was designated as clean up weok for the city, and a number of building permits were ap- proved. A petition signed by six property owners asked that the city allow no further addition or building td be erected by the Rogue River Canning company, as the petition claims its present plant "Is depreciating the value of valuable home property ,,,. ii nnd in . unsanitary and a fire hazard." The peti- Hon, which was signed by Edith Bundy, A. E. Orr, J. I. Kado, C. P. True, H. O. Nicholson and R. E. Loar, was referred to the city plan ning commission on Mayor Gaddis suggestion. When the matter of cancelling the Jacksonvllo railroad franchise enme; up and it was reported that nothing had yet been done in the way of re pairing tho railroad's crossings the city recorder read a letter that had been written by W. 8. Barnum, for mer owner and holder of the mort gage on the railroad, that ho expect ed to .bo home by May lat from San Diego, and would thon endeavor to nor thai mnno would bn token to havo the comnlalnts romodied. several councilman wore at first of the opin ion that no steps should be taken until Bftor Mr. Barnum's arrival. However, Councilman Paul declar ed that as a business administration tho council should keep its threats and promises. Councilman Close was of tho same opinion. This started a full discussion of the subjoct, which endod by the council on motion of Councilman Butler unanimously vot ing to Instruct tho city attornoy to draw up the cancelling ordinance, which will probably bo acted on at a apodal meeting of tho council to bo hold noxt Wednesday. It dovoloped during the discussion (Continued on Page Six) CLEVELAND DANCING OFJACKSONVILLE ROADCANCELLED RECORD AND THEN REFUSES TO QUITt CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 18. Miss Mogdaleno Wolf of Clovolnnd sot tho world's continuous dancing record at 73 hours when she, 1" ho floor of a club hero at 1 p. m., to duy. Hho honored by four hours and twonty minutes tho record of Miss Vera Hheppard and Theodore QUI. Miss Wolf said sho was still strong at the finish, but expressed a desire to quit. CLEVELAND, April 18. Miss Magdalene Wolf of Cleveland is the new world's champion long distance dancer, taking the title at 8:41 " " " "-"-"-" (record at 68 hours and 41 minutes, SKIPWITH TO Bf CHARGED WITH Call Exalted Cyclops of Moore house Parish Klan to Be Charged, With Conspiracy to Commit Murder 31 Bills Filed1 Late Today at Bas trop, Louisiana. , NEW ORLEANS, La., ' April 18. (By Associated Press). Captain J. K. Skipwlth, exalted Cyclops of the More house parish Ku Klux Klan, will be charged with conspiracy to commit murder in two of the thirty bills of in formation to be filed at Bastrop late today by District Attornoy David I. Garrett NEW ORLEANS, April . 18 The murder conspiracy bills, it was learn ed, were drawn in connection with the kidnaping and slaying last August of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of' Mer Rouge and Captain Skipwlth is named in a bill to cover the case of each of the men. No other murdor conspiracy informations were in the lot MONROE, La., April 18. District Attorney David I. Garrett and District judge Fred M. Otlom planned to leave here this afternoon for Bastrop where they will file thirty-one bills of infor- mation against eighteen Morehouse citizens accused of participating in hooded band operations in the parish last year. It was announced that :- warrants would be prepared and placed in the hands l ri sh-i-iff uC later than noW tohlOTrow.Tha',rtfrs,it- least fifteen persons would be arrested by tomorrow night, ; The charges range from conspiracy to murdor in connection with the kid-' naplng and slaying or Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of Mer Rouge to asBault and battery, including a series of charges growing out of flogging, de-; portatlons and threatening notes, on the part of bands of hooded men, the personnel of whom the state says are klansmen. - j I CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 18 The Ku Klux Klan waB Bcathlngly o nounced by United States Judge George W. McClintlo, in charging the federal grand jury here today and Instructing it to Investigate the klan's activities. ' '. . ' ' '' ' . PORTLAND, Ore., April 18. Verle BlBhop, arrested by officers who sus pected him of sotting fires here that caused more than $300,000 damage in the last two years, was Indicted by the Clackamas grand Jury today on a charge of vagrancy. Conviction car ries a county Jail sentence of six months. m'liim Death Toll of the Automobile CINCINNATI, April 18. An autd-. mobile driven by Roland1 A. Meyer, secretary-treasurer of the H. H. Moyer Packing company, collided with a street car early today, killing Meyor. Dr. William Krat of Nor wood, Ohio, and Mrs. William Bend-, cr, formorly of Dayton, Ohio. . . i. GIRL SETS beating by one minute tho record ot Miss Vora Shoppard and Theodore GUI. Miss Wolf, who contlnuod danc ing, said sho was In excellent shape and hoped to dance for several hours bofore quitting. Another world's record mascu line mark for non-stop dancing was hung up by James M. Casey of Mil waukee. When he quit at 7:07 o'clock this morning he had danced for 57 hours and 7 minutes. Mlsa Wolfe at noon had danced 72 hours and was still going In her an nounced purpose ot sotting the world' continuous dancing record at 80 hours. iiininT nnrmip INUIOI riRLDUli FOR VAGRANCY .f,'.:. m m SMS! II