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. 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
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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
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(Continued on pas fix.)
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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
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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
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(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. -
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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.
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