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O qO c o o e The Weather -. Prod let Ion Fair Maximum yesterday 80.4 Minimum today 45 mail-bune Weather Year Ago Maximum 74 Minimum 42 D.ilr Twentieth Y.ar. KrAlr Fitly third Yfir. MKDPOBD. 0HK00N, MONDAY, MAY 25, 10125 NO. 55 ' o o MEDFOED m e r NO WORD OF NORTH POLE AID Dl AMCC Kin rLHiLO World Waits in Vain for News . of Amundsen Expedition Authorities Declare No Im mediate Cause for Alarm . Movement Started to Fi nance Relief Expedition. NEW YORK, May 25. (A. P.) Up to 2:15 o'clock this afternoon the North American Newspaper al liance had received no word from the Amundsen-Ellsworth seaplanes since their doparturo Thursday after noon from King's Bay, Spltzbornen, for a fllKht to the north pole. This kwas announced at that hour through A ... t. ....... t... T m-lnrw Ti,.lr cring, general manager of the alli ance. LONDON, May 25. (A. P.) Not Bince the world waited for months In 1912 for news from the ill-fated expedition of Robert F. Scott, the British explorer, to the south pole has the fate of any polar explorer excited so much speculation and in- tercst In England as has that of DAYTON, Tenn.. May 25. (A. P.) Amundsen, now overdue at Spitzber- gcn ... John T. Scopes, high school sclen.ee Throughout continental -Europe teacher, wns Indicted by a Rhea county also Amundsen's plight is the one nb- grand jury here today on a chargo of sorting topic of interest and anxiety. t01u.hing evolution In a public school Newspapers give the greatest promi- voltlon ot th0 Tonne.s!10e law. nonce to dispatches from Spitsbergen Bet Ju, ln at Uaylon, ns well as to the speculations of for tho trlJ;, other explorers and of arctic experts The Brnnj Jury wn8 ascm,)lcd )n as to what might have, happened mlecial Ke8Sison to pass upon the ense after the party hopped off for the ,)resented to lt as a result of prelim north pole. ., Innry hearing two weeks ago when Reports from the United States tnr,,e justices of the peace held Scopes thnt the United States navy dirigi- for grand jury action, bio airships Shenandoah or Los judge John T. Raulston presiding. Angeles might be pressed into service charged the jury on the law of the to search 'for' the explorers; have theory ' of evolution- .as it shall be aroused the keenest Interest. ' taught in the public schools of Ten- So far. lt Is the general opinion nessee, the first time such a charge there Is no Immediate cause for nnx- has been delivered in a Tenncsse iety. Many Norwegian, other Scan- court. dlnavlnn and English authorities say 1 It Is probable that the pnrty reached DAYTON. Tenn., May 25. (A. P.) the pole and that Amundsen now is The American Association for the awaiting favorable weather condl- Advancement of Science has Joined In Hons before attempting to return. the Tennessee evolution case lt was Sir John Scott Keltlo, for many announced today as a Rhea county years secretary of the Royal Geo- grand jury assembled to determine graphical society and recognized as whether John T. Scopes, science teach an authorll on matters relating to should be Indicted for violation of the arctic told the Associated Press the state law. which prohibits teach todav that Amundsen had the great- i"K of evolution in the schools, est confidence that there Is land In Dr. George W. Rappleyea. who in the vicinity of the north pole. Sir stigated the court test, announced that John said he believed that if Amund- Professor H. I. Pupin, president of the sen has found this land ho undoul.t- ""Hocintlon, and member of Columb.a cdly has descended to make a thor- university faculty had pledged sup . , ., port, to the defense, promising a ough investigation. scientific expert advice" for the trial. Sir John expressed the opinion that Tne cnce f , crmV(1 in such an attempt wou d be extrem- Dayton to atpnd , ,s prelmlnal.les ely hazardous, but In view of Amund- broU(.nt (n0 BUBKCIrtlon thlU a tem sen's long record of arctic explora- pol.nry court room should be erected tion, De declared that If any ex- on th(J naselmll pnrk B,t0. plorer could land at the pole and re- The propos(,d building would seat turn safely that man is Amundsen. 20,000 persons. ln connection with the reports of Scopes was held for action by throe . proposed rescue flights by American magistrates at a preliminary hearing , .iii,iiii.p, llIK i" i-- HCCKS UU. . il I'AflUCLtl LU VK III- " In scientific circles thnt should there dieted. no news of Amundsen within tho next few dnys such a relief expedi- COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 25. The tion would be of the greatest value, pending test of the Tennessee law against the toachlng of evolution in SAN D1EOO, Cal May 25. flans the public schools Is not so 'much a Nansen of the First National bank' of question of correctness of the theory San Diego, a nephew of the noted of evolution ns It Is of the right of a explorer, Frltjof Nansen, announc- people to control the schools which ed here today that he was raising they create and support, William Jen funds to finance nn expedition for nlngs Bryan declared In the course of the relief of Amundsen and was an address here last night, certain his plans would be a success. Mr. Bryan has volunteered to assist . ln the prosecution of John T. Scopes, OSLO Norway, May 25. (A. P.) Dayton. Tenn., teacher, charged with A dispatch from Splfzbergen to the violating the new law. Shipping Gazette says no news has "If the people are not to control huii, received regarding- the Amund- the schools." Mr. Bryan asked, "who ri pn .loi . U mi n nn ,vne evnrOHRen sen polar flight expedition up to two o'clock this morning. The dlsnatch reads: "As late as 2 a. m., today there was no news of Amundsen. The Hobby (one of the expedition's steamera) has returned to Wellman Bay having patrolled north and cast of bane's island. She found Ice conniuons U..UCU.I. . , The d snatcn aaaeo hm ..t,.fn - "5. '; ",. be- nmuum ui ui-iu... i"- cause of Amundsen's non-appear-If their flying boats were ance. damaged the members ot the expe- fContlnued on Page Elght MAN DROWNS. KLAMATH RIVER, WHEN 4 MILE PURSUIT IN KIAMATH FALLS. Ore.. May 25. Trapped by the fast rising waters of the Klamath river when the flood gates at Cnpro were opened Sunday afternoon. N. U. Wilbur, traveling man of San Francisco who Is survived fry a widow at 701 Post street, was drowned, and J. Rosherg of San Fran cisco and Jack Severen of Yreka. nar rowly escapP.l with their lives. The U. S. Sea Operations Against Rum Fleet To Start On Coast EL. PASO, Texas. May 25. (Uy the Associated Press.) Sea oper- ations against rum running and other forms of smuggling will be extended to the Pacific coast and carried on with intensity equal to that on the Atlantic, Lincoln C. Andrews, chief of the prohi- bitlon enforcement department, announced here today. 4 Mr. Andrews announced Ills aim Is to equip a coast guard 4 vessel to dog the movements of 4 4 every rum runner ship. 4 t L IS INDICTED IN EVOLUTION CASE John T Scopes Trial Set for July 10th at Dayton, Tenn., in First Test of Law Sup ported By William Jennings Bryan. ,1 l. ,t.. ... . t 1 shall control them, the scientists who .amount to nDoui one in len inuunanu lin our population, or the teachers? National League. ,.., - o u r At rinauurK . Chlo Plttubnr Pittsburg Bush. Jacobs Brett and Hartnett; Morrison and Smith. Other games postponed. CAR FAILS TO RESCUE 'flood of water caught the men as the ln-prp ftahine in Klamath river. id j Rosherg caught Severn as he was swept down the river and his body was 'pursued In nn autnmn'le by the sur , ivvor;. '"it he sank alter uchnse of four miles. I The body was recovered near the I Charles Hubbard ranch, six miles be jlow where he lost his footing. sc TEACHER BASEBALL SCORES. HE'S GUILTY OF MURDER E State's Missing Witness in Chicago. Germ Case Writes From Philadelphia to Dist Attorney Claims He's Just beginning to Fight Shepherd vand His Gang. , . CHICAGO, May 25. (By Associat ed Press.) A purported letter from Robert White, missing witness In the murder trial of William Darling Shepherd, was made public today by Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Savage. The writer declared he' was "Just commencing to fight Shepherd nnd his gang," and would come back. "Shepherd Is guilty," said the writ er whoso signature, except for the letter "V" was virtually identical with the signature signed by White for the rented car in which he Is said to have disappeared, and the signa ture of a purported letter from White to a Chicago newspaper. "Shepherd Is guilty, I must ndmit.Y' the letter ran, "and he knows I know lt. and God help him when I return. His bunch made a nervous wreck of me 'and also made me write a state ment against my will. I am Just commencing to fight Shepherd and his gnng." The lotter denied he hnd stolen the rented cat? and said he had left $45 tor Its temporary use. It requested the stnte'ij attorney to protect him from prosecution on a charge of its theft. A postscript In a woman's hand and signed with Mrs. White's name donied that her. husband had stolen an automobile and that he had talked about the Shepherd case, so far as she knew, before leaving Chicago. The . letter was postmarked Fhlla delpiiia, '6:30.,JIa'23.. . . , Death Toll of the Automobile KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May 25. A. McGregor Allan, 20. a Hill line sur veyor, was almost Instantly killed early yesterday near Olene, when a small coupe in which he was return ing from a dance at Bonanza cata paulted off the highway. Allan sus tained a fractured skull and was dead when atltolsta reached him a few mo- ents Inter. Young Allan was with the surveying group which has been running location lines for the Oregon Trunk near the Bonanza country. An other surveyor, whose name was not learned by authoritlos, was also In the car but escaped with minor injuries. The dead man leaves a widow ana small child at Tacoma. LA GRANDE. Ore., May 25. Mrs. W. R. McDowell, wife of the Western Union agent at Boise, Idaho, was al most instantly killed yesterday when an automobile in which sho was rid ing with her husband and three chil dren wont over a steep embankment on a curve on the Old Oregon trail at Perry, Oro., about four miles west ot La Grande. Mrs. McDowell was thrown from the back seat over the front scat nnd struck the brace of the windshield. McDowell and baby were slightly injured. Two daughters aged 7 and G were unhurt. WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 25. Mrs. Agnes Hempe Newhouso of this city was fatally injured about nine o'clock last evening when the auto mobile in which she and her husband wore returning from a baseball game at La Grande, went Into the ditch on the state highway about four miles from this city near the Walla Walla river bridge. AT OREGON CITY OREGON CITY. Ore.. May 25. Five prisoners escaped from the Ore Ron City jail about midnight Sunday night, it became known this morning. Officers believe the delivery to have been an outside job. Those who made their get-away were Bob Spooner, sentenced to a year on a liquor charge; Jay Upson, in for a year on a statutory convic tion; James O'Connor, awaiting trial on a liquor charge, and Charles Wil liams and Lee Adams, arrested Hat urday on a liquor charge. Tom Culbertson, one of two prison ers who did not go out with the oftiera saw Upson unlocking a door, he said. Four doors were unlocked. Merrill Conviction Upheld SAN FRANCISCO. May 25. The convirtjun and sentence of Fred Mer rill, who wan nccuHfrt nf violation of the VolHte.ifl act In conrn'ctlon with the operation of a road houne near Portland, Ore., was affirmed today by the U:0eri States circuit court. SAYS 111 Trial of Evolution Promises fh. JiV Tlic trial of John T. Scopes, Dayton, Tenn., teacher, on the charge of violating Tennessee's nnti-evolution law, promises to de velop into a great legal battle. William Jennings Bryan has asked to be allowed to appear for the prosecution, and Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Maloue, internationally famous lawyers, have offered their services gratis to the defense LOCAL RESIDENT HELD ON CHARGE El Charged with mnnslaughtor, O, W. Murphy, a well-known resident o( this city, was arrested Sunday by the . sher iff's office as result of the death of his wife, Emma Murphy, at Iter home, 610 West Second street, last Friday. The accused Is alleged to have severe ly beaten the dead woman, Inflicting Injuries that caused her death. The alleged assault, according to the dis trict attorney, was committed April 1 last, in a fit of jealous rage. The warrant for Murphy s arrest was filed after an autopsy and post mortem had been made Saturday. - This morning Attorney George M. Roberts was retained to defend Mur phy, and efforts will be made to secure bis release on ball. No date has been set for the pre-, llminary hearing of Murphy. The re sult of the autopsy and post mortem will not be made public until further medical examinations have been com pleted. The details of the alleged fatal assault will not be divulged until told by witnesses called at the preliminary I hearing. The funeral services of Mrs. Murphy will bo held Tuesday afternoon from I the Conger chapel, sue is survived by two daughters, two sons and her mother, living in this city. Tho accused man has lived for years in this city and county and is well known. He is about 50 years of age, formerly operated a taxlcab and has been working at carpentry for the last two years According to the district attorney, the affair caused a flood of wild and unfounded rumor to be scattered over the city, handicapping the work nf the prosecutor's and sheriff's offlco in their investigation of the affair, and needlessly arousing public onlnlon. Sheriff Jennings said this after noon that he would Blgn tho com plaint charging O. W. Murphy with manslaughter, and that Murphy had voluntnrlly given himself up to the authorities. The official also said that Mrs. Murphy had left a state ment before she died. 3 MEN BURNED TO DEATH ON MARTIKZ. Oil.. May 25. Thwe men were burned to death early to day in a fire which destroyed a two story garage and outbuildings on the I'armalee ranch two miles from Con cord, south of here. All three appar ently were overcome by smoke as they slept. The three men had their beds in the second story of the garage build ing. The men are James C.lennon. tractor driver and Joseph Azevedo, truck driver, both of Concord and Oforge Jones, a p.ilnter of Oakland. -The loss Is estimated at $2S,00. ie fire is believed to have started from a discorded rigaretto stub. MANSLAUGHT Teacher Great Legal Battle X?vc-e CARHOP E IS CAPTURED NEWBURYI'OHT. Mass,, May 26. Uiy iissociauui n-., , Klrby, hunted in connection w h ho munlor of Mihh Aula Iiuywurrt, tho HhootinR of Mi'H. Kmma TownH and the burniiiR of their cottao in Win- throp, Maine, was nrreated here to day. When taken into custody by police ni a oou.ou K uUBa that ho was the man sought by Maine authorities hut denied any connec - tion h the fining of Miss I ey rd. lie said that he had found ti e won.- an s body ln a cottage besldo Lake Maranacook, near Winthrop. Ma ne and moved It to the cottage of Miss Jano Gray of Watertown, Mass., I which ho was occupying, lio gave no explanation of his reason. Klrby said that he arrived In New- buryport from Malno Saturday on n Pullman car. He took a room Satur - day night nt a lodging houHo'koiit by r rente i mm. rum. i-".n" ond. Pond recognized the man from pictures published In Sun day newspapers and called tho police. When officers asked him if he wero Kirny. mo man rpiiu "- 11 RSUSPECT MASSACHUSETTS in.. i pn0 h0,iy 0f the dad man was Pond said that Klrby had seemed ,ir ht lnto Klamath Falls late last polite and friendly nnd had Bceom.l whp).b cxnmIniUlon rtHCiOI,en panied tho family to church. Vhn.t,ml h h d (Ued fpom flkuU frac. arrested today -Klrby inndo no rcHiH-'turo tnnce. Ho said ho would make a. Bhorlff (1oputies arrested May at his statement later, explaining his move- . . hrnueht ,.,m hopo to nntH winre last Tuesday . night when Miss Hey ward was carried away from her homo after her aunt, Mrs. Kmma M. Towns, had been shot nnd the cot tago set on fire. Klrby Baid he was willing o return to Maine for hearing. It was ex pected that deputy mnrshals would arrive today to take Klrby to Au gusta. E TAX IS WASHINGTON. May 25. (A. T.) Newspapers which published HBts of income tax payers nnd tho amounts they paid last fall wero upheld In doing so today by the su preme court. The court declared the newspapers were not guilty of a violation of the law in publishing Income tax lists made available o public Inspection nt ttje offices of collectors of Internal revenue. The cases nppend were those won by the Kansas City Journal post and the linltimore Post In the that lower courts which Inn held any law prohibiting publication or Information which congress had dl- rectd the fntcrnul revenue bureau lt make avnlWde for public Inspee- tion would be unconstitutional. This contention the supreme court, feet, upheld In ef- PUBLICATION OF Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain Wife of Ex-Senator Dies in Washington PORTLAND. Ore.. May 25. Funeral of Mrs. George K. Cham berlain, wife of Kx-Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, who died yesterday In Washington, will be held at the national cap- Hal and Interment will probably be in Arlington cemetery, rela- Uvea here were advised today. FIST FIGHT TO DEATH STAGED BY SHEEP IN Two Klamath Ranchers Fight flvpr Rlar.k Sheen On Sun Baked Range Lund Con test Ends When Tim Mur phy Falls Death Follows. KLAMATH FA LLC, Ore . May 20. Timothy R Murphy, 40, Klamath sheep grower, is dead, and Frank May, also a sheep operator, Is held here In tho county Jail on an open charge aa a result of a fist fight to a finish in tho doHolalo Devil's Garden country in southern Klamath county yester day. Tho two moil enmo to blows over a black sheep. Only an occasional stray lizard or sleepy rutlloRnako witnessed the bloody battle as tho two men fought and tumbled about among tho dusty sagebrush clumps and Inva rock. I The argument started over tho di vision of 1040 sheep whieh had been owned Jointly. All their differences hnd been settled until they- came to the last of tho flock a frisky little black sheep. Both men claimed own ership. ' At first they ant astride their horses ,V,n pn,nn, uvwl urn,.,,. Then they decided to dismount and fight out to determine who should get tho little black sheep. Tho horses browsed among the "-.U..h..h . ,h. mra -IHone,! , - smashing blows at ' . . , . , ach othor. Tho nun beat down to BllHton on tho Htrcuks of crimson which flowed from faco nnd body wounds. Twice, acorrdiiiK to the Htnry Riven authorities. Murphy went down kuhp ing with pain nnd fatiKuo. lint twine J , , . , . ' n( )o fiilu,d ,o j mi,lto. he remained In a -comntoHB n,.cornln(t tn May's story, ho helped the defeated man to his horse and in tho saddle. Then they parted. - Just ns ho roaehed his sheep camp. Murphy slumped down In his snddlo I (tin,! nulri hntrn ffillnn In ihn trrml rwl ;. . . . utlhn nnt Bhlwl tn hia ul(lw t) help him dismount. AernrdiniT to tho brother. Palk I Murphy, Tim Rasped out: "Frank May hit me over the head with his gun. A few hours later he wns den'd, with ollt hnving regained consciousness. tho county jail. He had a rovolver nn him when he was taken into custody, nlthoutrh ft was declared no shots had been fired. County authorities are In tho south ern part of the county today making a complete Investigation. Wall Street Report NB WYOUK. May 25. Extensive readjustment nf speculative accounts by professional traders accounted for the mixed prlve movements in .today's stock market. Steels, public utilities , and several of tho motors were in de- J maud, but heavy accumulation took place In the food, chemical, coal car- rylng railroads and- merchandising shares with over two score Issues breaking through to new peak prices for the year. Total sales approxlmat- od 1,700,000 chares. MEDFORD ORDINANCE BY DECISION OF U. WASHINGTON. May 26. The or dinance of Portland. Ore., requiring U'e Payment of license fees and the '"inB "i y iwi-h huh.mk orders r iods for future dellvei on which thi-y collect payments 9 advance wns declared invalid today by the supreme court. The caso wan nrought by tne Keai siik Hosiery .Mills of Indianapolis. E 10 Two More Violent Shocks Last Night Puts People in De vastated Zone in Panic Death List Nears 300, 1000 t. Injured, Property Loss Is Tremendous. TOKYO, May 20. (A. P.) Re ports from tho Hoyoglo profocturnl authorities officially plnce the num- of iod m Saturdays cann I uuako and fire In the TaJIma dls trkt at 278. Tito number of m Jinea Is fixed at between 000 and 1000 and tho number of houses de stroyed will exceed 3000. Two ad ditional violent earthquake shocks added to tho terror of thousands of refugees at Toyo-Oka last night. Meanwhile, official relief agencies continued to minister to the panic stricken populace In tho devastated rural area which had not been visit ed by an earthquake for 400 yoars. Moro than two-thirds of Toyo-Oka n town of 7000 was in ruins today as a result of the fire that came in the wake of the temblor, according to word received at tho home de partment from local Toyo-Oka gov ernor. Hoporta trickling Into Osaka from the devastated ara give oye wltnoss accounts of tho scenes of horror which' followed tho temblor. The dlsturbnnco renched the fUll measure of Its intensity with alarm log suddenness which gave residents of Toyo-Oka no chunco for escape to the open streets A number of persons also woro roported kl'lcd by boulders falling from tho hillsides, lnflammablo Jap anese, houses burned like tinder. The water . mains -wore buckled and' sev ered and fire fighters were unanio to halt tho flames. Tho worst ouf- altering and casualties, Osaka reports , said, were caused by. tne llres wnicn broke out after tho earthquake. OSAKA, Mny 25. (A. P.) Imme diate, construction of six hundred barrack houses to provide shelter for survivors of t tie earthquake nnd firo ut Toyo-Oka was decided upon after the arrival of the prefect urn I governor there today. Three hun dred houses were ordered constructed at Kinoskal and 200 at Tsuiyama. 1 Refugees have been living ln im provised sheds and tents while others have been forced to remain In tho open area. Fifty carpenters ard already working on tho 1 refugee homes, materials for which were commandeered at Kobe and Hlmejl. - Victims of tho disaster have been given food, clothing and bedding of fered by neighboring towns. This, with governmental aid, will bo suf ficient to enro for tho oufferers for tho present. Tokyo has raised a relief fund of 20t000 yon. The em peror has ' contributed to tho r roller of tho survivors. ORAKA, May 25. (A. P.) An of ficial prefoctural report today from three towns Toyo-Oka, Klnosakl and Mlnato village shows that 278 perr sons wero killed and 528 injured as a result of . tho earthquako and fire on Saturday. The same report showg 444 houses collapsed as a result ,of the earthquake and 2234 houses were destroyed by fire. START INVESTIGATION KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., May tfi. Investigation of the Klamath Irri gation project was started today -by Thomas E. Campbell and V. M; Goodwin, members of tho - federal commission of survey and adjustment for the reclamation sorvlce. M. !L lapham, soil expert, accompanies them. ; The commission first will make a tour of Inspection of all the projects of this county und then will conduct public hearings later in the week. DECLARED INVAUp S. SUPREME COURT Cities In Minnesota, California, Iowa. North Dakota. Montana. Lou isiana and Washington have similar ordinances. Justice McHeynolds In delivering the opinion said such a regulation was an unlawful restraint nt Inter-state commerce, fThls decision also renders null nnd void the ordinance passed In Medfoid at the request of ho State Merchants association ' ' on TRAGEDY
