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MEDFORD. 0KE00X, FRIDAY, -MAY 192
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GEN L MILES
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AT CIRCUS
Famous American Soldier, Ex
4 Chief of Staff and Indian
Fighter, Expires Suddenly
While Watching Circus in
Washington, D. C Had
Been in Good Health-.
WASHINGTON'. May 15. Oenernl
Nelson A. Miles, famous American
soldier, 'dropped deud here today.
Death occurred While Oenerafc Miles
was attending a circus performance.
The general had apparently been
In the best of health. Mrs. Coolldge
was attending the performance. ,
General Miles was S6 years old,
. but despite his advanced age, ho
" had taken his usual Interest In pub
lic affairs until today.
When- he started for the circus
performance there was' no hint of an
,mpenCs irVK.,c,.8 Arms. J
The old Indian fighter was sitting
on the third row of the circus
stands when he fainted.
He fell into the arms of Dr. Ar
thur W. Craig, who was immediately)
behind him. Dr. Craig and others
removed him to a position under .
the seats and then to a point outside I
the tents, where he died.
The general was accompanied by
Mrs. VV. U. Noble, his daughter-in-
law and several of his grand chil
dren. The opening pageant of the
circus had Just begun when he col
lapsed. Many of those sitting nearby did
not recognize the distinguished sol-
news of his death became generally
kpown.' The performance of the
circus proceetlod.
Intimates qf general Mile -recalled
"today that " hl brother with
similar suddenness here 13 years ago.
The Incident was unusually dra
matic, Oeneral Miles recognizing the
body In LaFayette park as he was
strolling through after his day's wprk
at the war department
The general took the body up In
his arms and carried It to an auto- ve8Htered or not by satisfying the
mobile. By a coincidence, General eieolon board that they are qualified
Miles was stricken today while wit- ns eioclo,H. .Regular county poll
nesslng a performance participated hooks wm be In use as in all regular
In by Indians, ninny of whom knew elections.
him by personal contact of his prow-l outside of the City: The same
ess as a foe. qualifications as above set forth apply
The general lived in an apart- to the voters In the district proposed
ment house here with a daughter. t0 be annexed. They must be resl
the wife of Colonel Samuel M. Reber, 'dents of the district proposed to be
retired. Recently he had spent a annexed and do not have to be pro
great part of his time mingling with perty owners therein. Persons own
old friends at the army and navy ig property In the district proposed
club and In playing golf and taking to be annexed but not living therein
hikea over the city llnd surround- cannot vote. People from the city are
lng country I allowed to vote in the polling places
The cause of death was angina outside of the city, or visa versa,
pectoris. The body was taken by, Inasmuch as there are no regular
rmbuuince to Casualty hospital whero polling lists for the use of the Judges
, ,i, nmr friends gather- and clerks In the districts proposed to
ed a soon as the news reached
them.
Years ago a mausoleum was
i,..iif
under tho generul's direction at Ar
lington Notional cemetery on the
Potomac and his body will undoubt
edly be placed there after funeral
services participated in hy highest
officials of the government.
The mausoleum stands near the
momnrlnl nmnhltheater on a wooded
tA' overlooking the capital.
It serv
ed as a renting, place tor ine
of Admiral Dewey for a time Imme
diately after his death.
Sketch or Career
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
brilliant Indian fighter and one of the
most picturesque- and distinguished
leaders In American military history,
was one of the "boy generals" of the
Civil War. At the age of 25 he had
risenrom the rank of first lieuten
ant of volunteers to that of major
.general, and was commanding an
entire army division of 25,000 men.
General Miles, who at the peak of
his military career was commanding
general of the army, was one of the
few high ranking officers of the reg
ular establishment to attain his posi
tion without West Point training, and
also enjoyed tho distinction of being
among the still smaller group to bo
honored with the rank of lieutenant
general.
l nosltlon In a Bos-
. fcmiw he entered the
army at the age of 22; participated in
more than 30 of the severest engage,
ments of the Civil War; was four
(Continued nn Pct Ftve
ANNETTE KELLE
REALTY
nnollP
I.OS ANOEI.ES. May 1
Kellerman of swimming fame
nlaintiff in a J20.000 suit
13 1
file
in the superior court today
against
.k. . .... i.-iir,r.n nancho Rea'
io Real-Keller-
. .. Anu h 'Anette K
man Rancho Building company- "ej
lj vuiiiany biih .. .
Sun Ray Inventor
Commits Suicide
With Latest Device
REDWOOD CITY. Cal., May
15. (By Associated Press.)
4 Gratien Moreau, 82, who spent
years attempting to perfect an In-
ventton to harness the raya of the
sun, yetserday committed suicide
with a newly fashioned device of
his own creation which sent a
bullet Into his brain.
The principle of the suicide
instrument was a firing pin re
leased by a heavy spring. The,
pin caused a 82 caliber cartridge
to discharge from a brass cylin
der. He even rifled the bore so
that the bullet would have truer
f aim. The aim was perfect; he
4 was shot through the brain and
4 died immediately.
CAN VOTE, CITY
LIMIT El
Property Owners
Not Resi
dents of Districts Not Al
lowed Voice in Decision As
to Extending City Limits at
Tomorrow's Election.
To the Editor: For the benefit of
the voters for the coming election to
be held tomorrow, Saturduy, Ma
10th to allow persuns desiring to come
Into the city so as to obtain city
water, the following provisions from
law are -ewUh jn-esented:
Inside the City: Kvery person who
has been a resident of the city of
Medford for u, period of over thirty
days Immediately preceding the elec
tion and who Is over the age of
twenty-one years of age and Is either
a native born or naturalized citizen of
the United States, and who has been
a citizen of the state for a period of
more than six months Immediately
n,-0iltticr this election is qualified
, . . nt Bllm election whether
be annexed It will be necessary lor
tha election hoards. If IheV do not
tnnw that the person proposing to
vote Is qualified, to sausiy iiieineis
that he is qualified to vote.
JOHN H. CARKIN.
City Attorney.
Tn the Voters:
Tomorrow's city election to extend
the boundaries of the city of Medford
was called at the instance of various
persons outside of the city who de
sired to avail themselves of city
water, fire protection, etc., as tne city
council and water board do not reel
that in Justice to tho taxpayers or me
city that they enn give water, fire
protection, etc., to residents outside
of the city.
Owing to tho fact that tne exira
taxes that will be paid' by any pro
perty that comes In is so small thut
it will not more than cover the extra
cost of furnishing water, fire pro
tection, street grading, etc., nenner
the city council nor fhe water board
see any good reason why. the city
should wish to have anyone come Into
the city against his wish, but tney oo
feel that in Justice to these people
who have already made homes out
side and to other property owners
who own land on which they wish to
build that they should be granted the
privilege to come In to the city If they
so desire, so as to be able to obtain
water and other city privileges.
CITY COUNCIL.
By O. O. ALENDERKER. Mayor.
BOARD OF WATER
. COMMISSIONERS
By H. L. WAI.THEH, Chairman.
i n llfippq the
oVfernnts
have been
J , rn(.,her!.r.ips In a country
! ..... i i, u-rnnlrfully ulnt
her
name. Hhe Is not connected with
the project In any way, she
.nil estimates her reputation
wa, mie
has
been hurt to the extent of J20.000,
the amawnt she " aamagei.
'ONLY RESIDENTS
LECTION
IAN SUES L A.
CO. F0R$20,000 DAMAGES
CONVICT IS
CAPTURED IN
SACRAMENTO
Floyd Hall1 Taken Without a
Fight in Japanese Rooming
House After Eluding Police
for Six Weeks Tired of
Being Hounded Knows
Means Noose.
SACRAMENTO,. Cal., .May 15.
Floyd Hall, youthful escaped mur
derer from Bun- Quentin state prison
and master marauder whose career,
linked with Joe Tanko, his partner-in
crime, has been a spectacular one
since the pair escaped from the
penitentiary April 7 last, Ilea in the
Sacramento city Jan, ' held ncomntu
nicado. . He was captured late last
night without 'a' fight or an attempt
at one and' somewhere in the cltj
ls supposed to be his "pal," Tanko.
Hall's capture - was -a- tame -one.
It had been expected that when the
police came upon Kail and Tanko.
blood would flow. . Insteud of that,
acting upon a tip from a citisen,
Chief of Police Barney McShano, ac
companied by Detective Captain
Henry Desenfants, Sergeant Perry
Gamble and Patrolman. Danny Relth
invaded -a Japanese, rooming house,
on Fourth street, not far from the'
Sacramento river front, walked Into
a dark room, flashed a l'Bht under
the bed and there was Hall.
Upon a brusque order, Hall
crawled from beneath the.
bed, his
Floyd Hall.
lip
hands above his head, was searched circujt court here yesterday afternoon,
and In a few minutes was in a cell appealing from the ballot title prepur
at the city Jail. led by Attorney General Van Winkle
Convict Unarmed. for the cigarette and tobacco tax ref-
Hall had no weapon, although the erendum, , Judge L. H. McMahan
police stated1 that he had with him granted a temporary restraining or
a number of .80-30 rifle cartridges, der. Secretary of State Kozer and tho
Hall was taken at about ten Oregon Retail Cigar Dealers' assocla
o'clock lost night, hut the news was Hon, the defendants are required to
held up for two hours by the news- show cause May 18. or earlier, if an
papers upon the request of Chief of earlier date can he agreed upon.
Police " McShane, who had hopes of Chapman alleges that the words
being able to apprehend Tanko ns "cigarette and tobacco tax bill." In
weIt the title should read "cigarette, snuff
Through the night the entire po- and smoking tobacco stamp tax bill,"
lice department worked, looking for and sets forth reasons why he believes
Tanko. All roads leading out of the the title as prepared by Van Winkle is
i unfair.
city we BU. u .....
houses were being searched, fcven
the off-shift fire department was
called Into ser'vico. The sheriff's of-'
flee also was out.. 'It seemed that'
Tanko might bo captured during.
today. .
Hall's only comment after his cap-
ture, the police said, was "I know
wnat inis means, 11 s me nuuaw. j
This cryptic remark was taken byj
some as an adm'lsslon that It . was
Tanko and Hall who on April 1
shot and 1
and killed H. J, Lltzherg, a
Sacramento merchant in his store,
while attempting to rob the estab
lishment. - . -
Tanko SUM nt Large.
Gus Orlllo, an aved - clerk, em
ployed by Lltzberg always has main-i
luinod that It was Tanko and Hallj
who attacked him In the robbery nt-j
tempt and hot Lltzberg when . he
came to the rescue from a rear
room. I
Three days ' after the killing: of
Lltzberg, Patrolman Clyde Nunn
pursuing a car which had been com
mandeered, along with Us driver,
t ... ium.
r. i- nmiun, "" "y
Identifled as Tanko and Halt,
anrl Hull Ho
was dangerously wounded, but Is re
covering. ...
When arrested Hall was dressed
In a new pair of overalls and a new
shirt! A new cap was also found
in his room. It bore the label of
"Tozai," a Japanese merchant at 124
Fourth street. On the way to the
city prison Hall told officers he had
been hounded to a point where he
ws almost desperate. . .1
The "tip" to the police depart-
ment was given by a man who saw
a man he thought was Hail leave
the Ninnnn theater. Fourth street,
near I. Fnllottlne him the man
the sniped disappear Into the
sa rooming house nnd Immedi-
saw
' ntpt. nntirif.,1 fnntrkLn nexenffl n ts.
, . V.. ., .i
It is presumed by
is presumen iy uiucvrs mat
(Continued on page three)
Hungary Claims She Is World's
"Most Perfectly Formed Woman"
if Mrsl
Hungry now claims the "world's' most penicctly formed wom
an." Anyway, tills "dashing widow" in abbreviated weeds, Martha
Dobrovits, is Hungary's entrant in the world sweepstakes (or the
title. - ,
REFERENDUM
ON STAR
CIGARETTE JAX
MAY BE HELO UP
Restraining Order Granted C.
C. Chapman, Which! if Sus
tained, Will Mean Recircu
lation of Petitions With Only
Ten Days for Task-
SALEM, Ore., May 15. On potl-
Mlnn nf r. C Chnnnmn. filed With the
,l,lr I. nnheld l.v the
. . A . . . ... ni
CUUll UI1U 11 la H'uiiu iicnmif al
ter the ballot title, all names so far
signed to the petition will be void and
...1, l.A ..... A e.n.t hn noil.
MonB n clrculutlon Baln. complete
petitions must be filed on or before
Mny 27.
Th ', ,.inreB: , -
"That the ballot title provided
by the attorney eenernl for said
law Is insufficient and unfair In
this that it does not state that
an appropriation Is made for en-
, forcement of said law and that it
describes the said tax as an excise
tax and does not state that it is a
stamp tax law; that, the words
'excise tax' do not necessarily
mean a stamp tax and do not con
vey to the mind of the voters the
knowledge that this is a stamp
tax law; that the word 'excise' Is
not a word in common use and
not commonly understood while
the word 'fitam.J, is in common
use to describe a . tax and will
clearly and instantly convey to all
persons the character and method
of levying and collecting this tax
nrtA ij hnllnt till lu in.
. --
sufficient in that It does not state
that any penalty is provided for
violation of said law and erron
eously states the proceeds of said
tax are part of the general fund
of the state."
The Noted Dead
I'ORTI.AND. Ore., May 15. Wll-
Ham D .Fenton, Sr.. formerly general
counsel in Oreson fur the Southern
Pacific company, dicl at hiH home to:
day after a long illness. He hail re-
tired In 1917 owing to III luiillh
At
that time he donated his law library
to the University of Oregon. Ills
breakdown was attrtnut-u iy m-i
. M.nju in y, In hf.i-H work In the Ittmc
........... ...... ... .
court battle Known as tne uregon ano
California land erant ease,
T
MAGAZINES
SALEM
OREGON
Crusade Against Periodicals of
Questionable Nature Spreads
Over Country San Fran
cisco Police Act Washing
ton, D. C. Joins Movement.
SAN FKANCIKCO, M-ay 16. Maga
zines and other periodicals picturing
femininity In nude profusion were
banned from shops, and news stands
here today under order, -of , Police
Chief O'Brien.
SALEM, Ore.. May. 15. An ordi
nance will bo introduced at the next
meeting of the city council. City At
torney Chris . Kowlte said today, to
suppress the pale of magazines and
portotfleulH on loc.il news stands that
arrf adJudgedHo bo obscene. Com
plaint against such .magazines was
made recently by J. C. Nelson, princi
pal of Salem high school. Mr. Kowltz
wild that while there is a state law
covering the situation, the city char
ter authorizes the enactment of a city
urdlimnco and he believes It will be
advisable to have the city statute In
addition to the state law.
, Many of the magazines that are
drawing fire are so-called "art" mag
azines, no less than eight different
periodicals of this kind being on sale
at some of the city news stands.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Ten pop
ular 'priced magazines have been ord
ered withdrawn from sales at news
stands here as 'Obscene" anil "inde
cent." ' '
;. District Attorney Ciordon who
banned the publications said forty
more-were awaiting examination.
Wall Street Report
N13 WYOIJ1C, May 15. The closing
was atrong.- United States Cast Iron
Plpo soared 6(4 - points. Hush ter
minal (old stock) 6(4 nnd Air deduc
tion and IPerce Arrow preferred three
each. '
Speculative Interest tn today's stock
market centered in the high priced In
dustrials, several of which advnnced
three to eight points. The general
market displayed, an Improved tone.
Total sales approximated 1,350.000
shares, .- ' 1
Death Toll of
the Automobile
' POUTIND, Ore., . Moy 15. Karl
Brown, driver of a fuel truck of the
Multnomnh Lumber company, was
instantly kill'-d shortly bi-fore' "mn
today when his tnn k was struck I'V
an Inbound Oregon Klectrlc train at
a grade crossing. '
B. J. Petrlt, who was with Brown,
was thrown clear of the wreck nd
escaped uninjured.
Old Union Station
In Chicago Closed
For World's Largest
' CHICAGO, May 15. (By the
Associated Press.) The old
Union station which forty-four
years ago was hailed as the larg-
est and finest railroad station In
4 the world, ends Its span of service
tomorrow midnight.
The new Union station, part of
a $75,000,000 enterprise, ngaln
the largest In rno world, will re-
place it. The new edifice is a
half mile long and covers 35 r
acres.
4
STAR WITNESS
IN GERM CASE
LEAVES
G.
Miss Isabella Pope, Fiancee of
Millionaire Orphan. Sup
posed to Have Been in Cali
fornia, Has Been in Rogue
Valley All the Time.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 1 G. Miss
Isabella Pope, fiance of the late
William Nelson McCllntock, Chi
cago millionaire orphan, passed
thru
Portland today en route to Chicago
from (.rants Pass, Ore., where she
has been visiting reRltives. I
Hhe Haid she had not been sub
poenaed, but was hastening back to
Chicago' on the . call of her lawyer
....
to bo ready, to teatlfv In tho cima
PASS
against William l: Shepherd, Who ana asnameu ot you. , ...
Is to be tried in Chicago in connec- " Chase,, embarrassed, had awored,
tl.m with the death of McCllntock: I "no." when Mr. Bryan usked: ' Then,
While -declaring she must not talk you don't believe In. the Blblr: ,;
of tho case m advance or testimony MK Bryan declared that real sol
she may give on the stand, she vol- ence annot, conf ict with- rel gibus
untoored a few observations, ( teachings, but said that evolution is
Hhe declared she was as much not truth" Its exponents, h as
surprised as anyone at -the rapid de- serted. are enemies of alt .religion,
velopmonts following tlte death of on t r1 "V- ' '
McCllntock. - 1 T 0 0.U0Btio asked by Mr. Cftssidy
'I personally could not under
stand why tho Hhepherds made such
it quick getaway after the burial of
William," she said. "His lllnoss had
not been half as hard on them us
on me, though they did say they
were all broken up and had to get
away for a rest."
GRANTS PASS, May 15. Miss
Isabella Popo, who has been visiting
here at the homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Craig Duer on Washington boule
vard, left last evening for Chicago,
where she will testify at the trial of
William Shepherd, Indicted for the
murder of William McCllntock
lno
millionaire orphan1
who died as
result of typhoid fever,
The whereabouts of Miss Pope
were .mentioned In all press dis
patches as being in Los Angeles, and
even this week It wua announced
that she had left Los Angeles, to be
a witness in the trial of Shepherd,
which starts next Monday. None
but the authorities and Intimate
friends knew that she was In Oranta
Pass. When she first left Chicago,
after the arrest of Bhepherd a search
was made for her, for Interviews, In
every southern California city. . .
Bebe Daniels Denies
; She Had Operation
To Change Her Nose
-.
CINCINNATI, May 15. (A.
P.) Itcbe Daniels, moving pic-
ture actress who is a patient in 4
the Jewish hospital here, denied 4
today that nhe had undergone
an operation In plastic sur
gery for a correction of her
nose. Hhe did undergo nn ope
ration but It was for the re
movol nf a small growth with
in the nasal cavity, she said.
t
UNITED IN ROSEBURG AFTER 73 YEARS
noSEBL'RO, Mny 15. Seventy -
three years ago the steamer Oolden
Oate swung at anchor In Pnnama
bsy with the United Htntes Fourth
Infantry on board. Cholera broke
out and 200 soldiers dlc'd and were . unexpectedly reunited. Mr. Starkey,
burled In the waters- of the bay. I who is 86 years of age, came to the
viysses S. Grunt, later commander home about a week ago from Coos
n rblef of the I'nlon nnny nnd pres-, county. He enlNtcd In 1843 and
lilellt nf tliernlte.l Hlales, wn a. served during the .Mexican and Civil
lieutenant in the regiment and ono wars. John Kelly enlisted when a
of those who aided In contriving small boy as a drummer and served
the situation. On the boat were a, during-the Civil war. He has been
man and a hoy, Itobert Starkey, able a resident of the state home for the
aeuinan and John Kelly, drumnrerlpast eight years, '
w.J.BRYAN
IS HISSED
OFF STAGE
Great Commoner Retires Amid
Hisses and Boos When
Brown College Students
Dispute His Contention That ,
Evolution Does Not Exist
Bible Belief Denied.
PROVIDENCE, II, I.. May IS.
William Jennings Bryan, speaking In
his own campaign against the teach
ing of evolution, was booed and
hissed by Brown university students
last night as he abruptly ended a
question period caustically assailed
a student 'questioner and left the
hall. After the student, George Lu
Cassidy, hud stepped to the platform
and repeated his question at the ora
tor's request Mr. Bryan remarked
that the hour was late and added:
"Ladles and gentlemen, I've come
a long way to address you students
of Brown university, but I shall cer
tainly have to retire before thls
magnificent, bubbling ' fountain of
wisdom on my right."
He left the stage amid hisses and
booes. There was no applause, al
though only a short .time previous
the sneaker had swayed his auditors
Wjh , his emotional appeal for the
protection of man's . faith In Ood
"Kalnst the teachers of the doctrine
that' humahlty has descended- from
the lower animals, , t- ',
Before the brush with Cassldy, Mr,
Bryun said , to. another, student, . Wlf-
Hum r nhiioii "I nm anrru rnn vnll
limn O, Chase,
., v
Isn't It possible that there may .
be a philosophy gained by evolu- .
tlonary thinking whjch presents a
yorshlp and reverence for future
generations as an Ideal and looks
toward the development of Heaven
upon earth through the use of
science; and is not this Ideal a
fine and worthy one, capable of
producing a not less noble stand
ard of morality ?"
DAYTON, Tenn.. May 1 G. H. (T,
Wells, noted ' Urltlsh novelist, Is to
be asked to lead In the defense of J.
T ansmnli ' tntinhai In ln'nn'l anhnnlM-
' ftcMined of violating the stata antt-
Revolution law. George W. Rappelyea,
I Dayton cnemisi, wno causea tne &r
' rest of Scopes, said last night that
every effort would be made to have .
a debate on evolution between Wil
liam Jennings Bryan and the Brit
ish writer.
MKMPHI9, Tenn., May 16 (A- P.)
Failure of the committed ftppolrU-
nrl tn nrnnni't a rinnlfl rati nil nf fftlth
and meBsaK8 to agree unanimously
resulted yesterday In the southern
Baptist convention being called upon
to decide whether the theory of evo-
lutlon should bo discussed In Its
statement of belief.
, With ono dissenting member, the
committee, hoaded by E, I. Mulllns,
Louisville, suggested that the con
vention adopt as its -statement of
belief of man's creation that:
"Man .was created by special act of
God, as recorded in Genesis."
Dr. C P. Steeloy, Oklahoma, of
fered as substitute to the declara
tion, this statement: .
"We believe that man came Inlo
this world by direct creation of God
and not by evolution."
The convention ' declined the sub
stitute by a vote of 2,013 to 950
after more than two hours' discus
sion! Although the statemer.t of the
fundamental basis of Baptists falls
to refer to the evolution theory di
rectly an appended statement refers
(Continued on Page three.)
U. S. GRANT
, boy of the Fourth regiment, who
became quite friendly, but after their
harrowing experience, lost sight of
J each other ujitil yesterday when at
the Oregon soldiers home they were