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MEDFORI. OREGON, ' WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, W2r
NO. 51
P. .GETS. CONTROL
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MEDFORD
OF
Nevada line
IHCLUOED IN
BIG MERGER
Dfial Officially Announced Will
' pive Southern Pacific Con
Ijroj of Oregon-Eastern and
Nevada-Calif o'rnia Systems,
Which Will Be Connected
. - and. Built Standard Gauge.
! PORTLAND, Ore., May 20. The
fjpu'thern Pacific company announced
last night here and at Han Francisco
thai stops had been taken to obtain
substantial interest" in the Nevada
California. Oregon railway, which is ,
to be converted Into a standard gauge
Iffle and that arrangements had been
completed with President It. B. Stra
horn. of the Oregon-California and
pastern railway, under which funds
Wilt pa. advanced to aid in the con
strUotleh ,61 the line of his company
from Klamath Falls to connect with
the 'Nevada-California-Oregon rail
way. ,'. Both these arrangements are
subject to 'approval of the lnter-state
commerce' commission.
Trhe' arrangement wlih President
Btrahorn will give the Southern in
cifld' ft substantial stock interest in
Vf0 Oregon-California and Eastern,
which now extends forty miles from
He connection with tho Southern Pa
cific at Klamath Falls easterly to
Bprague River, Ore.
U Under the orrungoment with Presi
dent pharles Moran of the Nevadn
paHfornla -Oregon- line, tho- 'Southern
ralfiio will aid him in securing the
n'ohoy fop tho Work of rebuilding the
jifiq as a board guuge" railroad its
p fit Ire; distance of 156 miles between
Lakeviflw, Ore., and Wendell, Cal.,
where It connects 'with tho Southern
pacific,
' These deals ' wilt provide a new
rail line through southern and cen
teal Oregon for through traffic be
twoen Oregon and eastern states, re
ducing the present haul by 413
miles.
Mr. Sproule's Amioiiwvimnt.
Mr. Sprou le's announcement fol
lows: :
t "The Southern Pacific, company
announces, thro u,g h its president.
William Sproule, that arrangements
have been made with Charles Moran,
president of the Nevadn-California-Oregon
railway, to aid him in se
curing the money needed to carry
out: his plan for changing that road
from narrow gauge to standard
gauge.
"The arrangement' is, of course,
subject to the approval Kt the interstate-
commerce commission. If ap
proved, it will give the Southern
(Pacific a substantial Interest In the
I, pyada-Callforn la-Oregon railway, to
he rebuilt as a broad gauge line
under' Southern Pacific auspices. Its
distance Is 156 miles between Lake-
view, Ore.,, and Wendol, Cal, where
It connects (23 mile east of Susan
vj.jje) with the Feraley branch of
the Southern Pacific.
"Mr, Sproule announces at the
sarfie time that the Southern Pacific surgeons said. '
company has completed negotiations! tjUc1Io was detained by the chief
with, R. E. Strahorn, president of the of poHco al hls honie hnd Riverside
Oregon, California and Eastern Rail- j officials were said to bo reluctant to
way company under which funds prosecute the girl, at least pending
will be advanced to Mr. Strahorn to some development in the condition of
aid In the-construction of the HnejMIss Slmneck. She is one of River
of his company from Klamath Falls, dale's younger vlllago, belles and "her
Ore., to connection with the Nevada-1 father Is a member of tho village
California-Oregon railway. . ibonrd.
V'.Thla will likewise require the ap- The girl is said to have boon goaded
prjjvaj of tho Inter-State commerce to shooting because of gibes of school
commission and, If approved, will mates who knew of her father's
glvp the- Southern Pacific company friendship for Miss Simnock. The
a Substantial stock interest in the latter and Wunsch had returned from
Oregon. California and Eastern rail- an automobile rido when the shooting
way.whlchjnow extends forty miles occurred.
trcrni; point of connection with the Mhw Slmneck told hospital doctors
-., , . ,. ..-jthat Mrs. Wunsch and nut Lucille,
f Continued on Pro Six
E OF WALES LEADS ORCHESTRA
IE
INO WILLIAMSTOWN, Union of
South Africa, Mny 20. (By Associated-Press.)
Thousands of Kaffirs,
garbed In fantastic combinations of
native costume and improved Euro
pean dress, gathered here today from
nll; the surrounding counties and
hailed the Plnce of Wales. (
One Zulu in full fighting trim and
with a war shield lashed to his back,
Smashed through the streets on a
motorcycle to reach the prince's
Alevee.
" A Kaffir paraded the ground near
thsj prince's headquarters attired in
Motor Distillery Is
Latest Stunt;, Get a
Drink As You Wait
4
SEATTLE, May 20. (By As-
soeinted Press.) Divisional Fed-
ernl Prohibition Chief F. A. Hnz-
fr eltine discovered something new 4
f hero today in liquor trafficlng.
It was an old delivery truck out- r
Xfttcd as a perKtn.ulatlng distil-
4 lory. Tonio Matu was arrested
f s ho was leaving a garage where r
the niade-while-you-wait liquor
was found. One hundred und
seventy gallons of moonshine 4
wero seized.
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M.SS GleiMa Collett Beaten in
Second Ronnd By Miss
Joyce Wethered, British
Lady Champion,: Four Up
and Three to Play
THOON Scotland, Muy 20. (A.
P.) Miss' Cllenna Collott, youthful
American golf star, was eliminated
from tho British ladies open1 tour
nament by tho champion, Miss Joyce
Wethered.
Tho final score was four up and
three to piny.
Miss I. H. Fowler defeated Miss
Joy Wynn at the 19th hole. Miss
Cecil Leitch defeated Miss H. Hirsch
five upland fourito ploy. .
Miss' Gladys Bust in defeated Miss
Fowler, five up and four to play.
Miss Doris Chambers defeated Mrs,
R. L. Rowan, six up -and five to
piny.
Miss Molly C.urlny defeated Mrs.
King, four up and threo to play.
Miss Janet Jackson, Irish cham
pion, defeated Miss I. Doxford, threo
and two. i
This afternoon Miss Withered
meets Miss Doris Chambers . who
defeated her In the 1923 champlon
sh ijis.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
CHICAGO. May 20. ( By' Associat
ed -Press.) When Lucille Wunsch, 15
year old high school girl, last night
with her mother, found her father.
William, in company with Miss-Agnes
Simnock. 28, she shot and probably
fatally wounded Miss Slmneck and
slightly wounded her father and
mother who attempted to intercept
her.
The girl was held by the police.
Her mother, who threw herself be
fore the girl to prevent her shooting
her father, said she did not know the
daughter was carrying tho weapon
when they confronted Wunsch and
Miss Simnock.
Miss Slmneck, wounded in tho side
find In hnlh !nnf will rtln linmillfil
did the shooting.
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navy blue trousers, a black dinner
suit waistcoat and a rough imitation
of a tail coat made from wild cat
skins. .
Tho place of honor fronting' the
plaftorni where the prince received
addresses from the chiefs was occu
pied by an ancient Kaffir, dressed In
a black bordered blanket and a soft
felt hat four sizes too small and cov
ered with the accumulated dirt of
many years.
The prinre personally conducted
the orchestra during one of the num
bers at a dnneo given in his honor
fjiere last night.
I R AN
i MATED
BRITISH
OPEN
PARIS REDS
SOW SEEDS
OF SEDITION
French - Communists Placard
Capital, Urging Soldiers to
Revolt Claim Heavy Loss
Sustained in Morocco
Premier Painleve Issues Of
ficial Denial of Defeats.
PARIS. 'May 20. Alarming and
sensational reports published abroad,
telling of serious reverses and heavy
losses allegedly suffered by the
French in their campaign against the
Rlffian Invaders are being exploited
to the full by 'the communists and ex
treme socialists in Paris.
The communists have placarded the
capital with postors appealing to the
soldiers to disohey their officers com
mands and atttemptlng to stir up
the people to manifestations against
the dispatch of .further reinforce
ments to Morocco. .
The campaign has drawn from Pre
mier Painleve a plain statement of
the situation and a defense of the
government's policy,
"When tho government took offico,
Marshal Lyautoy, (governor general
of French Morocco) asked for help,"
says tho statement. Reinforcements,
the dispatch of which had been care
fully prepared by,, the government
wero Immediately dispatched to him.
"Tho road to Fez, which the In
vaders aspired to threaten by shaking
loyalty of the trJbeHjnpjt whg had sub
mitted io our protectorate, has been
barred and the enemy driven back
toward the limit of our zone.
"At the present time wo are pro
ceeding to caulk 'our frontier which
must be mndo safe against surprise.
Thanks to tho skill of the command
and the precautions taken, tho fight
ing which stilt continues, however,
heroic tho many episodes which mark
it has happily boon far from involv
ing heavy losses."
The premier disclaims any idea of
colonial expansion and says tho gov-
ornmont s only end Is to maintain
pence.
Tho statement ends with an appeal
for public confidence in the French
troops and leuders, disregarding false
reports.
Latest dispatches from the front
say the fighting is continuing. While
not of a nature serious enough to af
fect the general situation, it Is char
acterized as significant in indicating
that Abd-El-Krim s reinforcements
are beginning to arrive in sufficient
numbers to justify him in applying
pressure.
Tribesmen In considerable numbers
aro slipping through between the
French blockhouses with the object
of. stirring up tho tribes in tho French
zuno.
. I
ALICANTE, Spain, May 20. Abd-El-Krlm
is commanding in person tho
movement agninst. the French in
Morocco, according to .passengers ar
riving' from Oran, Algeria.
The Rlffian chief also is spreading
communist doctrines among tho tribes
and promising rich booty If they join
his forces.
Tho travelers say the recent elec
tion disturbances nt Oran, resulted
from this propaganda campaign and
Involved a break in relations between
the local Moors and Jews.
Wets Win Victory
In Wisconsin for
Repeal of Dry Law
MADISON, Wis.. May 20.
(A. P.) Anti-prohibition mcas-
ures won in tho Wisconsin aB-
sembly today. The Meggers res-
olution which memorializes con-
gross to propose repeal of the
eighteenth amendment was
adopted, 48 to 38, and the sen-
ate resolution for a state refer-
endum on 2.75 per cent beer
was concurred In 6tto 34.
.
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK, May 20. The closing
was strong. Oil shares were bid up
briskly in the late trading. Utah
securities extended Its gain to 14
points and May Department Stores.
Otn Hteel preferred and Columbia
(ins sold fonr to six points above yes
terday's final fiintntion. Total mile
approximated 2,000,000 shares.
Put Out in Second Round
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F . 'A " ! ' ; i:
Ameflrn's tmw of w liming tlio ladles' gcdf tit 10 In (rent Itrltaln
was dashed Unlay when Miss Col I (i It was 'beaten by tho Hrltisli clinm
plon 4 up niifl 3 to play. Miss Colic It Is rcgai'ilcl as one of the most
remarkable golf players over developed in tho United Statos and lust
year was niitlotuil champion.
SUICIDE WAVE
Crimes, Suicides and Fatal Ac
cidents Crowd Police Blot-
ters in California Metropolis
As Overhanging Cloud's Shut
Out Sun. '
. LOS ANGELES, May 20. (By As
sociated Press.) A strange mixture
of sulcidos and peculiar accidents
crowded police blotters in this section
during tho past 24 hours, a period
which also was remarkable for most
unusual, dark overhanging clouds and
rain.
Mrs. Jean Cahlll, 23 year old wife
of William Cull Ml, electrical engineer,
was takon to the recylving hospital
early, t,oday with what police surgeons
said was a self-inflicted bullet jvoUml
In her breast. She told officers hho
had shot herself- so that nor husband
might be free to go to another wom
an. Surgeons say she cannot live. '
Choster M.! Cate, member - of a
prominent Massachusetts family, head
librarian of tho nationally famous
Huntington library at San Marino,
near her, was found shot dead near
his automobllo on a lonely road in the
suburbs. Officers say all evidence
pointed to suicide. C'nte was sched
uled to appear in court today on a
charge of contributing to the delin
quency of a minor.
Edgar Collier, tourist from" Mich
igan, -fiS years old .died of herfrl fail
ure at the wheel, of his automobllo on
a crowded .street here today. The
machine continued downgrade, dis
organized traffic, broke a woman
pedestrian's IogB and wrecked itself
against' the side" of a building. -
Russell Smart, taking the only time
available to move from one home to
another, started to do so In tho early
morning hours. ' A policeman patrol
ling a beat with a friend saw Smart
carrying parcels In the dark
from a house to a waiting automobile.
Tho iff rnr n rt-nntml Mmitrl flnrl left
went to call the patrol pagon. When
ne reiurnea ne iminu oinuri uh uie
ground with a bullet-smashed knee.
The friend said Smart had attackad
him and that he had fired in self
defense. Surgeons said that Smart
would bo crippled for life.
W. J. mown of C'uives Ctly, a sub
urb, was served with divorce papers
by his wife a few days ago. Neighbors
found his body on the floor of his
home last night, the room filled with
gas from an open Jt.
Edward Walker, 23. tried to hoist a
100 pound block of ice into a refrig
erator. If fell on his head and he
died In the receiving hospital.
Walter Cowles. veteran cow pun'4-
(Continued on Page Six)
IN LOS ANGELES
BASEBALL SCORES ,
Nnlloiutl. '
At Mnur Vdi-b T7 TJl
ChkwRo ....... 1 8
Now York . . i ............ 6 . 7
Ulake, Keen -and Jlartnctl; Barnes'" the ballot title of tho attorney
and Snydor.
At Philadelphia
Rt. Louis I....
Philadelphia
R.
..4-
H.
It
H
Dlckerntan, Dny Htiordcl and Gun
zalcs, Schmidt; Knight and Wilson.
At Boston R. H. E.
Cincinnati 15 16 2
Boston 8 14 6
Rlxoy Benton; Sheehnn and Wlngo
Don g lass ; M a rq us rd, (Ira ham , Rya n ,
Batchelder, Kenton and o'Nvil, Ble
mer. ' ' -
At Brooklyn R.
E.
Pittsburg .-..13 22 3
Brooklyn ...... ..... 3 6 2
Kremor and Smith; Petty, Osborne,
Huhbell, Green 1 and Taylor, Har
gravee. ' ' ',
American.
ST. LOUIS, May 20. Ken Wil
liams, St. Louis Brown- left fielder,
poled his eighth homo run of tho
season off Harris with the bases
filled in tho fifth Inning of today's
gamo with the leuguo-leading Ath
letics. '
At Chicago ; ' R. H.
E.
Boston 7 3 0 t 2
Chicago 10 9 ' 0
Wlngflold, Francis, 55ahnlzer and
Plcinich;' Robertson, Mack, Connally
and Urabowskl, Bchalk. ,
At Cleveland . It. H, E,
Now York S 14
Cleveland .10 18 1
, Hhocker, Pennock Hoyt and O'Neill;
Rmiili, Spcoco, Uiickcyo and Myatt,
Walters. .
At Detroit . It.
Washington .3
Detroit . 7
ltouther, Ktisscll and Ituel,
Leonard, Dauss and Ilassler.
H. B.
11 0
10 1
Tate;
, PORTLAND, Ore., Ma y20. Wild
turkeys will bo established as game
in Oregon, If efforts of -the state
game commission nro successful, said
Captain A- H. Bdrghduff, state game
warden today. : Attempts wore made
to propagate the birds a number of
years ago, but were unsuccessf ul,
"But domestic turkeys thrive in
Oregon."' Hurghduff said. "For that
reason I don't see why the wild birds
cannot be propagated. A
A shipment of throe dozen eggs
was received from Ohio today. They
will be handled at the game farms
at EtiK'-ne and (Vrvallis. This com-
Ing fall several pairs of birds will
be Imported from Ohio, together
with other shipments of eggs,
WILD TURKEYS 10
BE INTRODUCED
$1,200,000 for Street
Car Line Purchase
8KATTI.K. May 20. (l'.y Akso-
cintpd rreH. ) Seattle, it whs
t announced today, has offered $1,- !
2UU.UUU rur tlio only privnto car
lino In tho city. Tho Main street
cur H.VHtem was purchased by the
city for J15.II00.0U0 in 11119 and
sinco has been municipally op-
orated. Far tho $1,200,000. thtt-
ty-two cars and 26 miles of track
4 would bo obtained. For tho $15.- 4
000,000. four hundred cars and
fr 23G inliea of track wero obtained. 4
BILLJSOENIEO
Judge McMahan Denies Prayer
of C. C. Chapman, Dcclar
ing it Involves Grave As
' ii r ry i i
SaUlt On DireCt LOfJISlatlOn
p I .
rrinCipie.
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BAI-EM, Ore., May 20. Derlar-
Ing that to grant tlio prayer of C. C.
t'hapman In his' attack on tho bal-
lot title to the reforenduip petition
bn the cigaretto license law. ' "would
establish a precedent which would
within- Itself constitute tho Bravest
assault over mado upon tho prtn-
elplo of direct legislation," C'ircuit
CHAPMAN S PLEA
ON CIGARETTE
;..(.uil.K0 1 1 H. McMahan' today dlM.A loltur. written by Mrsf'Whlla:ti Mrs.
missed tho petition. .
. in his order f (llsmls'sal he called
attention to tho runt flint th code
0 Rrants twenty days aftor certifylim'
3 I of the ballot tlltle to talto an appeal
ROncral nnd.thnt there could bo no
appoal from tho doclslon of tho cir
cuit court In z-ch case. 'He points
3'lotlt that In the present case the ro-
..imiui iitiii-ii 10 mo Ills uppeal Wllllin
tho time allowed by the code nnd
attempted to secure an order by In- am(1 ft ,, von(,or f Rn ft.
Junction, which. If allowed at tho ltBed m,000 ofror nmde to Whlte
ate date. would render all signa- , dnya to ,onve (or p,01.Wn. rfhe
tures now obtained by the propo- offur llcUdod a furnished bungalow
nents of tho measure valueless and wnl(.h would be given him on his ar
deprlvo them of the opportunity to 'Tlvn, there, Adams said.. White told
complete their petitions within tllo.),Dl. ,4, .
time prescribed by law therefor. If
this ran bo done in this case l.t can
be done In nil cases and every at
tempt to . Invoke either the Initia
tive or referendum could be defeat
ed by such proceedings and a com
pliant Judge."
PORTLAND, Ore., May 20 Of
ficers of . the Oregon Retail . Cigar
men's association who were respon
sible for tho circulating petitions for
a referendum on the cigarot tnx
passed at the last session of the leg
islature, when informed of Judge
MacMahnn's decision suld that H
meant the cigaretto referendum
would go on tho ballot. 7 The cigar
doalers obtained 1ft. 000 signatures to
the petitions which must bo filed
boforo May 27.
C. C. Chapman, who challenged
tho ballot title, claimed it was -void
borauso it did not desciibo tho meas
ure as the "cigarette and tobacco
bl'l," and declared tho measure
should have been ''cigaretto, snuff
2 and smoking tobacco, bill." Judge
Ain.Mannn g rumen n temporary re
straining order Inst Friday when tho
suit was filed.
Stating his reasons for attacking
the referendum, Mr. Chapman said
today; '
"I was fighting to uphold tho
. cigaretto tax borauso I bellevfed
that every legitimate effort
should he made to protect the
' revenue of the state." .
Chapman said tho situation now I
,ls that the measure will go to tho
eloctlon and tho fight will have to be the criminal conns building that tho
niad. there. j vanishing o? Whlto was the causp.
I Earlier It had heon reported ' that
The commenreniont exercises of the j Whlto had been located by rnnresti
JackHonville high school next Friday I tatlves of Jho dornnse but Attorney
night will mark tho graduation of four (Scott Stewart, chief counsel for the
ntudenta, three girls and one boy. the. defense, don lared there was ho foun
smallost class for some, time past. Idatlon for such reports.
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IN TWO KILLED; THREE- WOUNDED
WILLIAMSON,
( By Associated
W. Va., May 20.
Press.) Sherman
Parsley, a merchant of Kermit, near
here, and Buck Kirk, president of the
b,uir(. of P(n,cation aro dead and tl-Jroc
n(, WOUIHt(Mi. while six aro
,,iT.r hiilkI on a rhurire of ),,.., llntr
0H t!ie result of yesterday s pistol fight
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GERM AIDE
Interest in Shepherd Jury Se
lection Subordinated to Dis
appearance of StateV Star
Witness Police of Entire
Country to Aid in Search
Sensation Promised.
C1IHVKJO, May 20. (y Armi
rlntrd PrcHt.) lnmd Jury Inves
tigation of tho llsnpMarnn(ii of
ltolM'rt White, lmMrtaut wlduws
In (lie trial of William Purling
Klioplierti, etuirgel with th mur
der of his font or son, William N.
MeClintock by admlnUtraiJon of
typhoid germs Is uiiderstmMl to
Imvo hei'n ordered by State's At
torney Robert K, Crowo, tondjiy.'
. CHICAOO, May 20. Robert E.
Crowe, prosecutor In the trial of Wil-
Haip Parllnc Hhepherd on charge of'
playing his. foster son, Willlanj Nel-
Bon Mccn't)tock,' with typhoid germs,
Is determined to locate' Robert White,
on() t tne Elite's chief witneaRes. ,
whoso disappearance has; brought-tl)tt
, first sensation of the. trial; ' .'.';'(
.,. information -has been obtained that
,.. ... . .' - . I 1 . . ,'; ,
Whl16' Wllh hla wit0 an1 0 cM""?n'
' nlmjidunen .their home and , vanished
with a rented automoblln last FrMity.
Mnrio uufliovo, n monu, pain: ' ,
. "W d to leave, ouf lives were Jh"
danKor,'' - .. , ... ' ' -
Mrs. Budlovo has turned the lotler
over to the prosocutor. He said every
effort , would' bo made to find WhltS .
nnd when he' la found "there will be
action" he twarned. .He put several
detective) squads on tho search and a
police message was broadcast, asking
White's detention If located. : " ,
The Chicago- Herald and Exam-
, uMiiinm ah
Adams quoted Whlttr as saying ha
would accept "if- thoy mean business."
White was known as the bodyguard
of C. C. Falmon;' science school head
who confessed he supplied typhoid
fever germs to Hhepherd and tniight
him how to administer them. Whits
and Hhepherd at one time' nearly
came to blows when thoy confronted
each other and White identified
Shepherd tia the mnn he had seen At
Fa I man's School.
Thq search for White and delayed
convening 'of tho trial court today
subordinated interest In the selectldn
of Jurymen. ' t 1
Thirty-six veniremen - have been
loxaminod to' obtain three tentative
Jurors, thirteen having been axe used
by agreement,' 17 for causa, two by
state's peremptory challenge and. ono
by a peremptory challenge by . tho do
fenso. - ''"'..:
White's mysterious disappears nco
was In Una with other intimidations
and efforts to bribe state witnesses,
said tho state's attorney.
Earl P. Clark, formtir salesman' tor
Fniman's ' school reported recerttjy
he had been offered a bribe . pf
$17,000 if ho would . mako affidavit
that the entire prosecution agalnit
Shepherd was "framed."
Shepherd's nttorneys, William BcbH
Stewart and W. W. O'Brien. donM
knowledge of White's whereabouts or
what made him disappear. ,.
Tho state's" attorney called a special
session of the grand Jury for- 8:fl0
p. m. and although Tio and assistants
refrained from divulging the purpose
I of tho call It was generally believed; In
nt a poll at Kermit. where an election
was held on. tho question of creating
an independent school district.
The shooting Is understood to hnvo
started when Lee Curry took two
negroes to the polls. Dr. E. T. Stepp,
an election nfflclnl. questioned tho
negroes' right to vole and Curry
struck him, witnesses reported.
NATION W