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MEDFORD OKl'OON, THURSDAY, JUNK 18. 182.")
NO. 76
SENATOR LA FOLLETTE PASSE
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REPORT AMUNDSEN SAFE AT SPITZBERGEN
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Wisconsin Senator, Stormy
Petrel of American Politics,
Succumbs to Heart Attack
Following Asthma and In
fluenza Wife and Family
at Bedside When End Comes
Tourist Record in
Oregon Broken, As
1007 Autos Arrive
lareest
single day thin
SALEM, Ore., Juno IS. A
total of 1007 tourist automo-
ones from other states entered
Oregon yesterday, the
number for a single
season, and also believed to
4 surpass any one day's registra-
tion of last year. The figures
from the various registration
A ...!..,. 1.. J.
i,uimn in inu tiuiie are repon- t
ed daily to the secretary of
4t iinin'. .,rri..n j.
JOHNSON PAYS TRIBUTE.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.
(A. P.) United . States Senator
Hiram W. Johnson expressed him- A
self as profoundly grieved at the
death of Senator La -Folletto.
Senator Johnson said: 4
"The death of Senator La Fol-
lette is a great loss to this re- 4
public. He was able, industrious,
strong and brave. He was ever t
the opponent of Injustice and the
Implacable foe of Intrenched dls-
honesty.
"His work In Wisconsin and his
valiant fight for just common
folks In the nation will live long
after his detractors are forgotten. A
"Of him the noblest epitaph of
man may be written his stnte. 4
his country aro hotter for his life':" 4
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WWW
CONVICTED OF
MANS
LAUGHTER
Dorothy Perkins- Who Shot
and Killed National Guards
man, Faints When Jury Re
turns Verdict of Guilty To
Be Sentenced Monday.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (A. P.)
Senator Robert M. La Follette, for
many years a stormy petrel of Amer
ican politics, died here today. Death
resulted at 1:2 P. M. from heart
failure induced by a general break
down and an attack of bronchial
asthma.
The Wisconsin senator and later
Independent presidential candidate be
gan failing in health even before the
foa7?r M. LA. Thr.r.wm
mora, mirqoam
3924 campaign. Several weeks ago he
contracted a severe cold which de
veloped into asthma.
His heart, which had been unable
to stand the strain, gave way during
the night and he sank rapidly after
daylight todav.
Although they realized the serious
ness of Senator La Follette's condi
tion, members of his family had hoped
until today that he would recover.
Last night his physicians said he was
resting, but nevertheless he took a
quick and decided turn for the-worse
in the night hours and hope was
abandoned.
NEW YORK, Juno 18. (A. P.)
Convicted of manslaughter by a jury
of fathers, Dorothy Perkins, 17 year
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Dorothy Perkins
old bobbed blonde, who worked for
nuoniiwr hi an advertising clerk,
.was In jail today awaiting sentence.
At a convivial valentine party in her
I Greenwich village homo during a
Iscuffle with her father over a pistol,
she shot Thomas Templeton, a young
I bachelor National Guardsman whom
she refused to marry.
It was the state'B contention that she
was trying to shoot her father who
objected to relations with Mickey Con
in vmr old truck driver now
in jail for wife beating. The father
wanted her to marry icmpieion.
When the jury returned its verdict
after deliberations of two hours dur-
GERM SALE
10 SHEPHERD
IS REEAIED
Questioned By Court, Dr. Fai
man, Star Witness for State
Tells How " Defendant Se
cured Germs and Asked Re
garding Their Use Letter
Bought Back-
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$800,000 SHIP DYNAMITED FOR MOVIE
' nnnnrnii n lriiwnil ITinO fllITl
tKN- AS U. 1UJVTUN Ltflfi UVtlt
NEW YORK, June 18. (A. P.)
Halted by a four pound shell from a
coast guard cutter, a tug has been
held for two days, 75 miles off Sandy
Hood to clear away wreckage occa
sioned by the dynamiting ,of a steam
h!p in the making of a motion pic
ture thriller.
The Corvallls. a freighter that co
Uncle Sam $800,000 to build was
bought for $45,000. loaded with seven
tons of dynamite, reehrlstened Man
dalay. towed to th Indian ocean."
and hlown up lust after the heroine.
Doris Kenzone. bad escnped.
When the Mary A. ilicknell, the tug
from which the operations were di
rected, started back for New York
without obeying orders to remove
debris, the cutter Seneca pursued.
When a command to stop was not
heeded, a shell across the tug s bows
halted her. .
Kward P. Morse. Jr., president of
the National Drydock corporation
which staged the shipwreck for a film
enmpany. the captain and three pho
tographers, nil seasick were detained
aboard the tug.
"And they'll be delayed until water
between the Hook and Barnegat Is
rlcared of Hie
us they m;tdf
said
a co.ist guard (.''kesimin.
Defense Beaten Again.
CHICAGO, June 18. (A. P.) His
sponsorship relinquished by the prose
cution, which for many weeks has had
hiiu under close guard as its pro
claimed chief witness, Charles C. Fal
man was called as a court's witness
today in the Shepherd murder trial.
He took the witness stand for direct
examination by Judge Thomas J.
Lynch at 11:08 A. M.
The step was over the bitter protest
of the defense, which argued that the
move would prejudice the jury and
open up avenues of cross-examination
by the state which otherwise would be
denied.
Falman, a dapper little blonde man,
launched Immediately into his accu
sation of Shepherd after Judge Lynch
had asked him two questions of Iden
tification. . !
He talked in a barely audible voice
aM Judge- Lynch, seated 'less than 'Bix
feet from the witness stand, Btralned
forward to hear what was said.
Witness Is Nervous.
Faiman glanced nervouBly from the
judge to the jury to counsel and
shifted about In the witness chair.
"Do you know Shepherd?" was the
court's third question.
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Did you have any dealings with
him?" asked Judge Lynch.
"Yes," again was the reply.
"Tell the jury about it," directed
the court, and the man who was In
dicted with Shepherd was off on the
story the state has said it depends
upon to convict Shepherd.
Thrice previously he had told a
story that he gave Shepherd typhoid
baccllli and taught him how to slay
young Billy McClintock with them for
a promise of $100,000 from the $1,000,
000 estate the youth had willed to
Shepherd.
Faiman, proprietor of the National
University of Sciences, a school housed
In an old briok residence, said Shep
herd sent him a letter inquiring about
a course in bacteriology and that after
he had sent a representative to see
Shepherd, the accused man came to
his institution.
Shepherd said he wanted to take a
course in criminal bacteriology, Fai
man said. Shepherd is a lawyer.
Asked to See Germs. ,
Shepherd wanted to see some germs,
Faiman testified, and was shown some
on a slide. s
The defendant said he would return,
said Faiman, and upon the second visit
displayed especial interest In typhoid
and tuberculosis germs.
Shepherd asked how a person could
be given germs and was told they
could be introduced in food or in cold
water, said Faiman, adding that Shep
herd wanted to know if the faot germs
had been fed a person could be re
vealed in a post-mortem examination.
Faiman wet his lips occasionally as
he mumbled through his testimony and
for the most part kept his eyes aimed
at his feet. -
"Will the witness please talk louder,
the defendant can't hear a word he
says," interrupted Robert Stoll, Shep
herd's law partner, who throughout
the trial has sat by Shepherd s side.
Told to Speak Up,
The jurors strained forward In their
seats, those farthest away cupping
their ears In an effort to hear.
No questions were asked Faiman as
he was given free rein to go on
through his story.
Prosecutor Crowe, seated directly
In front of Faiman, urged the witness
to keep "your voice up, we can't hear
you." ,
It was on his third visit to the
Faiman School that 8hepherd Intro
duced the name of Billy McClintock.
"The next time I saw Shepherd he
told me he was the guardian of a boy
named Billy McClintock," said Faiman,
in one of his few audible phases.
Faiman's next testimony dealt with
Shepherd's recovery of the letter he
said had bean written as the original
step in Shepherd's interest in the
bacteriological course.
"He gave me $ao for the letter and
said I would be well taken caTe of
financially," said Faiman. "I told him
I could not take chances on something
irregular alftut my place there an I
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New York Society Prepares to Lionize
Widoued American-Born Countess
i .air
VALPARAISO, lnd.. Juno 18
(A. P.) Mrs. Cntherine
4 Cnshler of Hebron, lnd., a meni- l
! Women's Christian Temperance
union is III In tho Jail hero
where Hbe Is held pending her
removal to tho wotnans' prison
days for the Illegal sale of In-
v toxicnung liquor, sue pieuueu -r
guilty.
Member of W. C. T. U.
Gets Jail Sentence
For Selling Liquor
KtLLOGGS NOTE
BY
CONDEMNED
mi SAFE IS
MESSAGE 10
N.YORK CITY
LABORJEADER
.Secretary of State Scored By
Wm. Green, Senator Swan
son . and Latin-American
Union Dollar Diplomacy
Revived, Is Claim.
B. S. Prentice. Brotherrin--Law
of Lincoln Ellsworth,
Co-Leader of Polar Expedi-.
tion Receives Word That
All Six Members Have Re
turned Safely to Arctic Port.
NEW YORK, Juno 18. (A. P.)
Tho North American Newspaper alli
ance announced today that R'ottld
Amundsen, tho explorer, has returned
to Spitzbeigen from his north pole
night.
Bernon S. Prentice, brother-in-law
of Lincoln Hllsworlh, co-loader of the
expedition, said ho received word that
all six ruembors of tho expedition had
returned safely to Spitzborgon.
Tho possibility of Amundsen's
Rending any wireless moaaago from
tho arctic la not apparent and there
fore cast doubt upon tho authenticity
of the report, llo had no wireless on
his airplanes and therefore could send
no messages hlmsolf. -
-' New York'ajianMrt set is prcparinir to entertain the-Countess .
of Craven, who was Cornelia Martin of Manhattan before her mar
riage to the late Earl. Her visit wili be the first since her husband
was drowned four years ago. -
PEACE EFFORTS
IN CHINA FAIL
CONSUL ESCAPES
Foreigners Fail to Reach An
Agreement With Chinese at
Shanghai British Consul
Flees As Countrymen Are
Stoned By Mobs.
LONDON', .llllio 18. (A. P.)
I'orelgn .Minister Austin Clium
bcrlnln HUHcri In the house of
commons -today Hint with other
intonated powers tho British
govciitmcilt would irote-t tho
Ufo and proiK-ity of liritlsh sub
jects In China- and wuold hold
the Chinese government respon
sible for all Injuries and all
damages.
"Thcro enn le no weakness or
licHltallon," declared Gliumher-lah).
SHANGHAI, June 18. (A. P.)
Negotiations hero between represen
tatives of the foreign diplomatic
corps at Peking and Chinese dele
gates, seeking adjustment of recent
disturbances, were broken off today,
owing to divergence of views.
BASEBALL SCORES
SHANGiHAl, June 18. (A. P.) A
wireless message from Chung-Kliing
says the situation there is critical.
The British consul was forced to
leave his consulate and take up res
idence In the Llngmen temple. Brit
ish nationals have been stoned and
assaulted In tho streets tho message
says. -
Chinese students harangued crowds
in the native city and tore' down ad
vertisements of British and Japanese
goods.
Delegates from the leaders of yes
terday's demonstration against stores
displaying wares of British and Japa
nese make sent delegates to ask
General Chang Hueh-Llang to throw
In his lot with tho general Chinese
strike movement.
He replied counselling "prudence
and patience."
PEKING, June 18. (A. P.)
Thousands of posters have appeared
in Peking, depleting British police
men shooting find bayonetting stu
dents, wortvn and ehlldren, with
bodies lying oo the ground.
National League.
' At Pittsburg: 11. H. E.
Brooklyn 10 0
Pittsburg 2 7 1
Vance and Doberry; Kremer, Morri
son, Culloton and Smith, Gooch.
At Chicago: R, H. B.
Philadelphia 6 0 0
Chicago 15 4
Ring and Wilson; Jacobs, Brett and
Hartnett. -
At Cincinnati: It. H. E.
New York : 4 ll 1
Cincinnati 3 9 1
McQuillan, Huntzlnger and Snyder;
May, Benton and Wingo, Hurgraves.
(13' innings.)
American League.
At Cleveland: It. II. H.
Philadelphia 0 10 1
Clevoland 2 0 0
Walberg and Cochrano; Uhle and
L. Sewell.
At New York: It. H. K.
Detroit 8 13 1
New York 3 6 1
Wells and Hnsslor; Shocker and
Bongough.
At Boston: II. 11. E.
Chicago , 5 10 0
Boston 1 10 2
Lyons and Schalk; Wingfiold, Fuhr
and Plcinlch.
At Washington: . It. H. E.
St. Louis 9 7 1
Washington (1 10 1
Davis and Uegn; Ituutlier, llussoll,
Marherry and Ruel.
Wall Street Report
NEW YORK. Juno IK The tiluHing
wa heavy. Hnvnmi Mh-utrlo broke
0 potntH, Caxt Iron Pipe 7W and
Nickel Plfite u I muni four pointn.
Pierce Arrow prior preferred Hourcd
over 2S poinu to 170.
Ktock prlccH turned reactionary to
day denpite profesHional ntternptH to
buoy up the" market by buying up low
priced motor ffwueH and other pool
favoriteH. Mowt of the rails wove do
preHHed. Kulefi approximated 1 ,00ft,
000 HhtireH.
HL'PT. OF KLAMATH INDIAN'
KKKKKVATION CI'1TS JOB
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Juno IS.
Fred A. Baker, nuperintendcnt of
Klamath Indian reervatlon, today
announced his resignation, effective
July 1. He will be Hucceeded by
LeRoy D. Arnold. Mr. Baker will
continue with the interior department
handling probate matters for dece.-ined
Inrtinnn In Oregon and northern California.
WASHINGTON, Juno 18. -(A. P.)
Secretary KelloKK'H recent pro
nunclamento of conditions to Rov
orn. the- ndm in lnt ration's continued
sltiiport of tho Mexican ffovorament
has druwn criticism from William
Green; president of Ihe American
Federation of Labor and Senator
Claud Rwanflon of Virginia, ranking
democrat on tho flcnato foroipn .re
lations committee.
Mr. Green nan adviHed Mr. Kel
loftfj of hia npprehenKlon that the
utatement might oneourugo ' revolu- !
tlonariefl In Mexico and ho iHHiied
a warning that American labor will
not support a "policy savoring of
dollar diplomacy'
Jt Is unthinkable, he said, that
"our government should contribute
to a situation that might lead to
military intervention In Mexico." llo
characterized as "mystifying and
most disturbing," the unexpected
ness of the secretary's statement
and the general implication ns to
the responsibility of the labor move
ment. Officials of tho Amorican and
Mexican labor federn tlons will con
fer horo July 3 on tho Immigration
question and tho meeting, ho said,
will afford an opportunity for clari
fying the situation.
Senator Hwanson at Richmond, de
clared he did "not" approve of Sec
rotary KelloKg's method of handling
the situation and he expressed bo
Ilef that it "offers serious possibili
ties for the United States."
The discussion should havo been
through diplomatic channels, he said.
The reports of Captain Roald Amund
sen's return from his polar expedition
woro received in .CopenhngcJn' -t;thls"
afternoon. They were not( however,
accompanied by any details.
BUIONOS AIRICS, Juno IS. (A.
P.) The altitudo of tho United
States toward Mexico as expressed
in Secretary of State Kqllogg's re
cent statement Is condemned In a
statement issued by the Latin-Amor-Icttn
union over tho signature of its
president, Alfredo Palacloa.
The union says It considers Secre
tary Kellogg's sttitements as show
ing that "want of respect for tho
sovereignty of our pooples which is
characteristic of tho White House,
what-so-ever lie tho Pan-American
principles It protends to support re
garding the legal equality of na
tions." In conclusion the statement says:
"Tho Littin-Amoricnn union ex
tends to General Calles (tho Mexican
fC'oMlniied on Pnge flight)
NEW YORK, June 18. (A. P.) It
was reported hero this afternoon that
a messago had beon received at Spits
bergen from Roald Amundsen, tho ex
plorer, reading:
. "Am all right."
There was'no confirmation of this
roport from authoritative sources. , J
Tho Amuridscn-Kllsworth airplane
expedition of two machines hopve4
off from Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, for
its attompted flight to the north polo,
on May 21. ' ' r
Tho venture was one at which, the
world held Its breath, for tho plunge
oui over tno arctic wastes was every
where counted one of extreme hazard
but those who knew from experience
conditions in tho north and were wejt
acquainted with Amundsen's ability
to cope with them were almost t,o a
man confident thut he would roturn
sttfely. '
With Amundsen aa observer In the
second airplane, was Lincoln Ells
worth, aviator, ongineer, athlete and
explorer In many of the out-of-the-"
way iiiirin ui liiu wuNiurn nemispnuro.
Amundsen and ho were the navlga-'
tors of tho oxprtfition, charged Wlf-h
the responsibility of heading It aright
on its Journey and co-ordinating tts
activities. ' . --fy
Six Men In All -'
In addition tho expedition carried
four men, two trf each of the pianos. .
They were H jaimar RUser-Larsoh,
lieutenant in the Norwegian nav and
expert airman ; Lief Diotrlchson, an
airplane pilot, an ex-naval man of
Morten, Norway! Oskar OmdahlT nie-
cnamc 01 irinininHJinu, rsurwiiy, 'iook
associated with Amundsen's exploring
work and a former student of o;vn
tlon at Minoola; L. L, and Carl F0iiiht
of Friedrlchshufen, Germany; if'njii
chanlc and expert on Dornior alrentft.
Amundsen has a long and brlfllfjnt
record us explorer of both tho Nor
thern and southern polar regions Ho
was tho first man to reach tho otj
pole, at which ho planted tho Nor
wegian flag on December 14, 1911,
beating tho late Captain R. F. Scott,
the British explorer by thlrtyKotr
days In achieving the discovery. ;
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DEPLORE MONKEY TRIAL
DISCARD THE E1NSTFIN THEORY
;,
PORTLAND, Oro., .June 18. (A. P.)
Delegates to tho session here of tho
American Association for tho Advance
ment of 8clence, were told by Norman
F. Coloman, president of Reed college,
Portland, that they should take steps
by education or otherwise to eradicate
disputes such as that in Tennessee
over evolution.
"We should not get angry with those
In Tennessee, but should strive to sA
them aright," said Coleman.
Dr. P. A. Ross, physicist of Stanford
unlvorslty, and Dr. Arthur L. Day,
' t'--'.-i-
i director of the geophyslcnl laboratory
of Carnegie Institution of Washington,
! D. C In discussions today declared
that the Klnstoin theory of relativity
lis virtually discarded as a result of
i recent discoveries. Dr. Ross said
; some other explanation of the hendlng
of light beams In passlngoan object In
space must be found to supplant the
theory.
"The change In opinion has come
I about through the discovery to a cer
Italnty that ether exists in interstellar
space," said Dr. Ross.