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MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, Wr
NO.
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Mailt
RUMORS ARE
Mill tipi vine
III U L I II L I II1U
HNPOLEFUGHT
Many Theories Advanced, But
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Hope Strong Amundsen and
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Party Oofo Rplipf FynPfii-l
rany aaie neuei txpeui U
II.IJ ft J." '
uon neia rremaxure Arctic
Weather Improves.
LOS ANGELES, May 27. (By the
'Associated Press.) Plans for a sea
plane expedition to go to The relief
of Roald Amundsen, polar explorer,
which have been going forward here
for several days under the direction
of Haakon H. Hammer, who led the
relief of Amundsen in 1813, lmve been
halted on advices from Spitsbergen
headquarters of the Amundsen Nor
Vweglan expedition that bucIi a program
is premature. This announcement was
made here today" by Hummer.
washinoton. May 27. (a. p.)
Hope for the safe return of the
Amundsen polar expedition was held
out today by Donald B. MacMllhin.l
arctic explorer, who believes that any
one of several reasons might have
delayed the return of the fliers.
The mere problem of locating the
pole Itself by astronomical ohserva-
tions. MacMlllan said, might In itself
have required several days to accom-
pllsh. I
"It Is Inconceivable." he asserted,
"that any man, however goon a punt
can fly from the north end of
Spitzengergen for a distance of 000
miles In a straight line and drop
upon the north pole or even within
fifty miles of It.
MacMlllan, who will head the Mac-
Mlllan arctic expedition, arrived here
today to confer with officials of the
National Geographic society and
naval officers, Including Hear Ad-
jnlral Mnffett, ohief of the naval air
servlce..,.. ' .",
"If Amundsen's pianos should be
down in rough Ice It would take sev.
oral days to construct a 'run' for his
planes." MacMlllan continued. "if
he missed Spitsbergen on his return,
he is down, adrift, and out of gas,
with'the remote possibility or rescue,
, If he Is down at the north pole and
cannot rise. I fear the worst in spite
of his one month's provisions. To
walk over the rough and snow cov-
ered Ice of the polar sea, Intersected
with open and thin Ice covered leads,
for 600 miles to Spitsbergen, or 413
miles to Cape Columbia at this time
men,'t'Cr,y 'm,,08S""e
the best of men.
NEW YORK, May 27.-.dy the As-
soclated Press.l-Todav Is the sixth
since the Amundsen Ellsworth polar
flying expedition hopped off for the
norm anu tne wnereuuuuis auu wei-
fare of the six adventurers remain as I
much of a mystery as ever.
When their two planes disappeared
from the view of those at King's bay,
Spitzbergen, all communication with
them ceased, as Captain Amundsen
went without wireless equipment so
as to carry as much motor fuel asi
. possible. '
" ..'i to what has befallen the party
slti'ce, there are several possibilities today besieged the town of Brook near ecclesiastical authority which It was
but tho truth can be founded only .on here, blew open the vnult of the State tne very- purpose of Presbyterian
a matter of conjecture. bank nnd escaped with $2500. Kent- protestantism to overthrow."
Having found the pole or Its vicinity land Is the home of George Ade, hu- I while the modernists said that the
the explorers may be spending some morist. ' I appointment of a commission of 16
time in verifying their position and Telephone and telegraph wires lead- yesterday to study the whole Issue
making the necessary records to prove lng out of the town were cut and the question wm avert the break for an
their feat to the scientific world. men proceeded in a leisurely manner otner year. Dr. Coffin's statement de
Agaln, (hey may have discovered a to dynamite their way to the money. Cnre( t,at If the presbyteries "ap
new latid In the Arctic and be engaged Frightened' citizens were held at bay prove the doctrine it would mean a
at present In exploring It. ' and were eye witnesses to the rob- break in the church. The great ma-
Another theory and this is put for- bery: Ijority In the church does not want a
ward by some who know the mettle . Members of the hnnd patrolled the bi-enij. 1
of the discoverer of the south pole various corners in the town, stopping . ..yye wanted to state our position
is that he knew It would be impossible nt the point of weapons all citizens, an(j (I jt ever comes up in civil court,
to fly back from the pole on account who ventured from the shops to inves- tnat wouid be the basis of our case,
of the damage likely to be suffered by tigate the five dynamite explosions nope it never comes to that."
the planes on landing, and that the
expedition, equipped with their hunt
ing rifles, sleeping bags, folding boat
and other araes, now are on tneir way
back on foot acroSB the Ice which
rovers the northern seas.
The last possibility and one which nis own request of his assignment as
admirers of the adventurous six refuse hea(1 ot the nr mail serVice. Post
to envisage, is that disaster has be- master General New delegated W.
fallen the expedition that one or both lrvinK Glover, third assistant post-
OI tne pianes navo uiasiieu auu umi
few, or perhaps none of the explorers
now survive. ;
There is much .discussion about
relief expeditions, but Amundsen's
friends In Norway declare this talk is
f Continued on Page UlghtV
MR. PROPER VERY
CHANCE TO
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 27. Ben
Proper has been given two weeks to
prove he can behave himself properly.
He was arrested In Pasadena last week
for parking his car improperly, and
..... rin.l him tin fnr
i!;nen ".I,- ,L: '.!. l, nw lntn:ran,mi..innr tnltl 1,1m all would be
such i "ace that Instead of handing
over The currency Iff- t.fre It Into bits
and threw It on tlifl floor. The court
Patented Rig to Eat
Roasting Ears Safely
Has Retaining Device
LOS ANGELES, May 27.
(A. P.) An application was on
file with the state corporation
department here today lor per-
mission to sell 476.000 In capi-
tnl stock of an enterprise to
manufacture "corn servers."
built to helj) the embarrassed
I diner guest through his task of
4 eating corn on the cob. The
I ......I.... ........I...,, n t t.n hanHlM
with which the cob Is held In
the vicinity of the mouth and a
of hunting case receptacle
In which the ear of corn cun be
'eft to wallow In melted butter
whlle waltll,B to b0 eaten. .
HELD NOT WORTH
Most of illicit Booze i-rom
Home Sources Says Report
.... ...... ., i
Wet Aide SeeS National
-
Bankruptcy if Prohibition IS
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ttieCtlVC
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WASMl.VOTON. Mm- 27. fA. P.I
Tne rum i,m.i(Udo lH described In a
sutemcMt published toduv by the As-
SOciation Aitnlnst the Prohibition
Amendment as "a throwing away" of
millions of dollars of the taxpayers'
money, "to stop less than one per cent
0t the flow of liquor In the United
states."
"iuporf compiled by Dr Rufus S.
Tm.ker aeeial agent of the depart-
mont of commerce, shows that import-
ulI liquors to the value of $40,000,000
were smuggled. Into the country In
VJU." said the statement.
He estimates thai this value would
be reduced by $10,000,000 this yenr.
'Prohibition officials basing their
estimate on the report of William V.
Linder, chemist of the prohibition
unit, declare that the amount of II-
licit imported liquor In the country is
less than one per cent of the total II-
licit booze supply."
"The recent much advertised rum
blockade, resulting In the concentra-
tlon of nearly 400 ships in a given
area 'convinces one that the dry of-
f clals are paying much more atten-
f ' thenteTnaT 'lchp!
99 per of (he
" also would seem to prove that.
the cos gt$g
Prohibition throughout the country
would nntoptodl, bankrupt the
,
The "Daily'
Bank Robbery
May 27.-
Be
twecn eight and twelve robbers early
that shook the place.
Pnxtnl Head Resigns.
rs
WASHINGTON. May 27.
Henderson, second asslstan
mnstef Eonernl n.-n relieved tnrinv at
,. Beneral to succeed him.
Mr. Henderson resigned from the
government service, effective August
1. to become general manager ot
the National Air Transport, Inc.-, re
cently organized nt Chicago to de
velop commercial aviation.
IMPROPER GIVEN
BE PROPER BY JUDGE
ted this was hardly proper and had
him arrested on a
I United States money.
1 When Proper- appeared before the
United States commiss'oner here yes-
'terday. if was testified his deportment
: ..Biiallv wan nntirolv limner, sn the
forgiven ir he would come back in two
weeks with proof that he had been a
, proper Proper during that time.
11
TREASURY
DRAIN
CHURCH ROW
OVER BELIEFS
E
Presbyterians Face Definite
Split Over Qualification On
Ministers New Rule Liken
ed to Catholic Authority
Absolute Faith in Creed Is
Demanded.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27. (By the
Associated Press.) A definite break
In the Presbyterian church ' In the
United States of America is imminent,
modernists in the denomination's gen
eral assembly In session hare declared
today.
The split will come. Dr. Henry
Sloune Coffin, New York, representing
the decidedly liberal presbytery there,
said. If the various presbyteries up
hold action of the assembly yesterday
in voting that a literal acceptance of
the virgin birth is a necessary quail
mm" anyone who enter9
While the modernists; made clear
their position in this regard today.
tiltra-fimdamentulists, through Dr.
Clarence Edward MacArtney. former
mndaviitn. antl nno nf their lemlerR.
moderator and one of their leaders,
asserted that the "law and authority
of the church would be upheld" if the
New York presbytery continues to
license ministers who do not accept
in full all the creedal and doctrinal
beliefs of the church.
A protest against the ruling of the
Judicial commission yesterday in up-
holding that the New York presbytery
went against the law of the church
In licensing ministers to preach who
could not affirm belief in the virgin
birth., wns formally presented to the
assembly today by the Rev. Charles B
Swart of Chicago. This, church
leaders pointed out, is in rea Ity a
dissenting opinion in the assentbly lt-
self, marking a direct line of clBavage.
I The protest was being circulated
among the commissioners tor signa-
ture and so far some titty nail ap-
pendetl their names,
'tconcer"eni. entirely the licensing
of Henry P Van Du e New Yolk
wl di not. tV" ,uIJ?l
acceptance of tho theory of the virgin
Dlr'f '. . , , stcd nnd the
I' '.."J flu U.nt under the
P' ""."h?1 t erv itself is he
ujch law the pres b 'Ycauon of a
""'iJir qualification or a
mSeterhol( 0f the commission,
1 n 8 g judgment of the
"H tote's?
cones8on 0I faith Itself, the, protest
as"""edB of the te8t lncluded
- - Jtota from many sections of
collntry. Represented were pres-
XrtcTand , New Jersey.
Montana. Minnesota, Wisconsin, St.
Louis, Ohio and Iowa.
The following chapter of the con
fession was quoted in substantiation:
"The requiring of an Implicit faith
and an absolute and blind obedience
is to destroy liberty and conscience
and reason also."
"Rv rpmilrine such absolute con-
formity," the niotes said, "it restores
n,QO nnmnn Catholic theories of
MOTOR BUS BILL
SALEM, Ore., May 27 With al-
moBt ,' ,'nntures attached, the
completed petitions, Invoking the ref
erendum on the bus bill of the 1920
legislature were filed late yesterday
with Secretary of State Kozer. It
was stated that 19,832 of the names
had been.certlfled. Since only 0000
are required on the petitions the at
tempted withdrawal of upwards of
1000 names would make no differ
ence even if the withdrawals were
allowed by opinion of the attorney
general.
The completed petitions were filed
by the Oregon .Motor Stage associa
"D" "" X '" "''"",:
the referendum of the tobacco tax
were filed Monday.
Hunrj Komiincfl
WASHINGTON, May 27.-
fny Ah-
"oclatcd Press.) Hert E. Haney
of
Portland. Ore., was reappointed a
her of the .h m lng board today
by President Coolidge. o
THRU
1
MtCintock's Fiancee
to Testify
. fcnhcllf. Pone fl.incee nt William Mr'linlnt- n.illi..
aire," of whose murder William Darling Shepherd is accused, is
anxious to testify in the trial of Shepherd, now in progress in C'hi-
. cago, "J want t6 $ce a great wrong avenged," she says. Miss Pope
accuses Shepherd of thwarting her marriage to McClintuck on liis
. deathbed. She is seen at the trial.
RE-INDICT FALL1
ET AL IN TEAPOT
Conspiracy in Oil Leases Is
Charged Original Indict
ments Heaved Out of Court
- Doheny, Jr., Not Accused
in New Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 27. (By the
Associated Press.) Albert B. Fall,
Edward L. Doheny and Harry P. Sin
clair, whose indictments as a result
of the oil scandal recently were dis
missed on a technicality, were re
indicted today by a District of Colum
bia Jury.
As in the previous case the indict
ments charged conspiracy in connec
tion with the Teaprit Dome and Elk
Hills lenses. Edward L. Doheny Jr.,
who previously had been Indicted also,
was not re-Indicted.
The orlginnl indictments returned
here last summer were thrown out of
court on April 3 last on the ground
the Indictment officer of the depart
ment of justice had been present In
the grand Jury ro:m and that his pres
ence was Illegal because prosecution
of the case was In the hands of the
government's special oil counsel.
' With .the assembling of a new jury
many of the witnesses who had ap
peared in the f!rst Instance were re
called and much of the documentary
evidence gathered In the senate oil
Inquiry likewise was re submitted.
In the main the Indictments returned
today followed up the old chargoBv ,
Cut Gold Hill Off
Pacific Highway Is
Plan of Motor Ass'n.
4
PORTLAND. Oro., May 27.
Switrh the Pacific highway to
the went side of tho river, out-
ting Gold Hill entirely off it,
Bhorten the route and save a
$40,000 bridge, In the rerom-
mendallon that the hoard of
directors of the Oregon State
Motor association voted today
to make to the Btate highway
commlHdion.' The highway com-
mlmlon will meet tomorrow and
will open bids on the proposed
Gold Hill bridge. .
The aHHorlatlon complained of
speed and traffic traps in Gold
Hill. -
Di
SCANDAL FREE, $3,000 BAIL
Eager
Against Shepherd
IVI U RPKY PLEADS
NOT GUILTY, IS
Tho lutoHt development In the offic
ial invoHtlgatlon being conducted ltltd
the death of Mrs. Omar W. Murphy,
wife of the well known Med ford car
penter and former taxicab man, who
Is being held in connection with that
death on a manslaughter charge, wan
his arraignment In court. thlH fore
noon, following his having been taken
into cum oily lnnt Sunday afternoon
when ho voluntarily surrendered to
tho authorities.
Murphy, who hns been In the coun
ty Jail since, wns brought Into Judge
Taylor's court this forenoon, accom
punjr d by his attorney, G. M. Koberts
where he entered a plea of not guilty
to the manslaughter charge. District
Attorney Chancy represented tho
Htate, and tho preliminary hearing
was act for June 4, next Thursday.
The ball was set at $9001) by Judge
Taylor after tho latter had heard
brief argument as to the amount that
should he set. Ball waH at. once fur
nished by O. M. Murphy, brother of
tho accused man, and Mrs. Alice Mur
phy. It Is understood that Omar W.
Murphy will remain out of the city nt
the homo of another brother until the
time for the preliminary hearing.
In his statement to Judge Taylor
the sum of $5000 IkTTI was asked by
District Attorney Chancy, who briefly
referred to the circumstances leading
to the arrest and to tho partially com
pleted coroner's inquest. This inquest,
he stated, would not be completed
until the arrival back from Portland
of the dead woman's stomach, which
had been sent to that city for .anal
ysis, n matter of several days yet nt
least. In view of' the seriousness of
the charge and the circumstances
surrounding the death and arrest, Mr,
Chaney stated that he thought the
bond should be about $Q000.
Tho attorney for the accused man
argued that this bail was too much,
as Omar V. Murphy has resided here
In the name place for the lust !i0 yearn
and there was no danger whatever
that he would leave this locality and
not show up for tho preliminary hear
ing. The defense attorney also dwelt
upon the fact that his client had vol
untarily surrendered to the author
ities last Hunday.
Ills relatives. Attorney' Itoherts alo
sa I d , while not wea 1 1 h y were p ro
pared to give a reasonable amount
of ball, but probably would have dif
ficulty In raising a $5000 ball. There
fore, he declared, he thought $1500
ball would be amply sufficient.
District Attorney Chancy then stnt
ed that whatever bail was fixed by
the court would be agreeable to him,
whereupon Judge Taylor after some
further questioning, set the sum at
$3000. which was agreeable to the
district attorney, the latter.sald.
The hrtndh.it frk-s the chicken I
the hand Wii ull adore.
Ashland High School
Wins State Debating
Title From Milton
EUGENE. Ore., May 27. Ash-
land high school won the state
t debate championship here yestor-
day, 2 to 1. defeating McLoughlln
Union high of Milton-Preowater.
The winners upheld the negative
nf the question. "Resolved. That
the referendum is a deslralile
feature of representative govern-
ment."
Time for a Definite Policy, He
Declares Grazing and
Forests Need Protection
Livestock Industry Needs
Protection, Cattlemen Told.
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 27. That
the time has come when something
should be done toward a definite
policy relative to the public domain,
was the. assertion of United States
Senator Robert N. Htanfleld at to
day's session of the twelfth annual
convention of tho Cattle and Horse
Raisers' association of Oregon.
"The rights of grazing nnd the
preservation of the forests and all
other resources of tho forests nnd
other public lands should be defi
nitely settled In a manner which
will be for tho best interests of all
concerned," he said.
Senator Stanfleld, who Is chairman
of tho senate public lands committee
said UuU his committee, will soon
begln"a series of hearings through
out the western stutes to pbtuln
Ideas relative to the control of pub
lic lands, and from these sugges
tions to develop a policy which will
be presented to congress.
First of these hearings will be held
soon In Arizona. The next will bo
In Salt Lake City in August nnd
then will follow hearings in Mon
tana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Wyoming, Nevada, California and
New Mexico.
Senator Stanfleld reviewed legis
lation relating to stock raising and
other agricultural pursuits and criti
cized beaureaucrntic control of dt
viBionfl of tho federal government.
Ho emphasized tho need for pres
ervation of the livestock Industry of
the nation and said unless tho in
dustry Is nlded instead of being
hampered in its operations tho time
would come when the nation would
have to depend on other countries
for its supplies of meat and hldos
and that far higher prices for those
commodities would follow.
George V. Neshllt, president of
the Idaho Cattle and Horse Growers
association, emphasized the need for
close co-operation on tho part of
livestock men on th? vnrlnus states
through their associations to bring
about needed legislation to protect
the industry. , .
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LAKE FOREST, 111., May 27. (By
the Associated Press.) Hill Mehlhorn
of West Morelaml Country club of
Chicago, western open champion, took
the lead in the first elimination rounds
of the middle west players for the
national open golf championship by
scoring 33-38 71, over the Onwcntflla
club links today. .lock Hutchison of
Chicago, former British champion,
took 37-3774.
Chick Evans finished with a pnlr
of 37's for a 74 to take the lead of the
amateur's and finished well up among
the best scorers. Laurie Ayton, after
tuklng 40 strokes for the first nine
came home In a remarkable 32, four
under par, for a 72. Lloyd Oulllckson
also turned In a 72.
STANDS UP FOR
PUBLIC DOMAIN
0. A. C. MILITARY MEET. DECORATION DAY,
GETS A MILD REBUFF Ft
RALKM. Ore., May 27. Since ar
rangements for the military tourna
ment at Oregon Agricultural college
on Decoration day have gone us far as
they have, Governor Pierce wild to
day that he would not Interfere with
the tournament but that in the future
he would request that the tournament
be not held on that day. The gover
nor today received a protest from the
Grand Army of the Itepubliu und lust
PLOTTER IN
GERMCASE
ARRESTED
Kelly, 'Fixer' for Flight of
White, Star Witness, Con
fesses $5000 Deal Told
Expect Fugitive Confessor
to Be Arrested in New York
Today.
CHICAGO, May 27. (A. P.)
While Robert White, fugitive witness
on whose testimony tho state largely
rests its hope of convicting William
D. Shepherd for the murder of Wil
liam N. McCllntock, was bolng sought
in New York today the state's at
torney's office proceeded With its In
quiry Into alleged Jury fixing at
tempts. State's Attorney Crowe traced
White to New York last night and
expected his arrest there today.
Meanwhile the formal arrest of
James J. Kelly here last night, turn
ed the prosecutor's office Into a buz
zing hive of activity, around which
Mr. Crowe threw a blanket of ae-r
crocy.
Kelly was named In a letter pur
ported to have been written by
White In Philadelphia lost week
whlrh charged ho had been forced
to fleo from Chicago.
Kully admitted having been with
White and Arthur K. Byrne, investt-
gator for Shepherd, the night before
I White left the city.
i '-'Kelly hus told a lot," said Assist
ant- State's Attorney Joseph Savage
after the sudden rush of activity had
started, "but Mr. Crowe has told me
to say nothing. '
Mr." Crowe's only announcement
was that Kelly had made admissions
that "Implidated" White.
Amplification of this ' statement
was, refused, - -The - prosecutor ; e.Tr j
plained his' reticence by saying the
Hhepher dderense had accused mm '
of trying to "poison the public mind,. ,
against, them."
The Chicago Tribune says today ;
that Kelly made this statement to his
interrogators:
"I saw White the night before he
disappeared. Ho told me that for .
$5000 he would make an affidavit,
changing all the testimony he hud .
given . bofore tho grand Jury.' A""
lawyer was called to draw up the af
fidavit and he did draw It up, but it
Is my understanding that White
never signed It."
White's testimony to the grnnd
Jury was in support of C. C. Pal
man's assertions that he had sold ty- .
phoid germs to Shepherd with the
knowledge that they were . to be
used In killing McCllntock...
Yesterday's questioning of venire
men in the 'Shepherd case .and of
jurors and wives of Jurors In cases
argued by W. S. Stewart and W. W;
O'Brien, Shepherd's counsel,' brought
no eviueiu'e 01 kllciii jjlb iu ux mo
jury 'or evidence that Juries In past
; cuses had been "fixed."
There were only three Jurors and
one venireman tentatively passed by
both aides when court opened this
morning to denote progress in the
selection of the Jury, one Juror hav
ing beon dropped because he has;
formed an opinion sinco being! W- !
looted. ,V ' . '"
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CHICAOO, May 27. (A. P.) Kf
forts today to find twelve men will-,, ,
lng to convict William Darling Shop, . ,,
t herd on circumstantial evidence, for.
tho murder of his millionaire roster; n
son, William K.lson McCllntock, DPn--..
tlnued to be the chief atumbllnsi :
block In the selection of a Jury. - .
The state's attorney expressed' a, .
belief that Kobert, White, sought as
a witness against Shepherd, would be.
In custody In New York by night.
Heathen Lands Suffer, Too. -LEX1NOTON.
Ky.. May 27-.
Charges that modernism hud cropped
out among Presbyterlun missionaries
In foreign fields were made at the.
general assembly of -the Presbyte- .
rlnn church of the United States to- -day.
The assembly Instructed the execu-,
tlvc committee on foreign missions
to Investigate all charges of unorthn
doxy In the foreign fields and to
report to the proper church court '
for action. - ' ' '
night the Salem post of Rons of Vet
erans adopted a resolution of protest,
terming the tournament a desecrtlon
of the day. ; -
"I deeply regret," wild the governor
"that the tournament was scheduled
for Decoration day. I have studious
ly tried to prevent automobile races
and similar amusements on Decora
tion day and hereafter shall request
that thco. A. C. mllltury tournament
be held at some other time."
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