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Newspaper Page Text9 TriMjne 0 StiMMioii .....Fair, continued Weather Y8ar Ago Maximum 81 .Mliilimuii 40 uarm . IncreaKliiic (fire hazard MailMum resurday 85 Mlnlmm today ttf Twentl.tb Tear. WIt FlftT thlrd W F0UETEK5 PAGES TODAY MEDFORD, ORKOOX; TRIPAY, .ITNE 19, 192") NO. 77 FALL AND L OECiS ft u. COURT HOLDS DEAL WASLEGAL Sweeping Victory Won By De fendants in Teapot Dome Case Charges of Fraud Not Sustained Fall, Denby and Teddy, Jr., All Cleared of Blame By Judge. WASHINGTON, June 19. (A. P.) Harry P. Sinclair's victory in the gov ernment's attempt to cancel the Tea pot Dome naval oil lease probably will result in throwing that case as well as the one decided against E. L. Do heny, involving the Elk Hills reserve. Into the supreme court of the United States. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 19. (A. P.) The leasing of Teapot Dome to 'Harry F, Sinclair's Mammoth Oil company was upheld today by Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy, who rend ered his decision in the annulment suit brought by the government. "The allegations of fraud In the bill have not been sustained," Judge Kennedy ruled. ' Secretary of Navy Did Right. The secretary of the navy was fully within his rights In acting as he did, having been authorized by the act of June 4, 1920. to "develop, conserve, use and operate" the naval oil re serves, Judge Kennedy held. He ruled that, the phrase "In his discretion," embodied In the law, placed' no restriction on the manner In which the, reserves were ,to be ..handled;- '.. v.- . i He further ' liad I'Mll' authority to Use. store, exchange and Bell" the crude oil royalties, Judge Kennedy held, denying, the government's con tention that the secretary's action In dealing in commodities for the govern ment was a usurpation of congres sional authority.- for appropriating money for such dealings. The act of June 4, 1920, wns n spe , clal act and authorized the building of storage tanks at Pearl Harbor, Portsmouth and other places as desig nated under supplemental contracts between the government and Sinclair and Doheny, the ruling said. Judge Kennedy struck from the record all exhibits and records of Fall's bank accounts and financial dealings with the Continental Trading company in sustaining a defense mo tion. . The government's bill of complaint was dismissed, every major contention In it having been denied In the deci sion. . . Fall Erred In Judgment. Former Secretary of the Interior Fall'B neglect to get an opinion from the attorney-general on the legality of the case was "no more than an error In judgment In selecting attorneys," Judge Kennedy held, pointing out that Assistant Secretary Finney passed on the question. r . The decision absolved Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, chief of navy engineer ing; E. C. Finney, assistant secretary of the Interior; H. Foster Bain, direc tor of the bureau of mines; former Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy" and several subordinates invol ved In the leasing negotiations, of all blame. . "The defendant Mammoth Oil com pany was the creature of Sinclair and should be held responsible for all his acts," the decision said. The execu tive order of President Harding trans fering jurisdiction of the reserve was held to be legal. . ' ' Oil Deals Bona Fide. - The decision assumed that the oil transactions Involving the Continental Trading company, A. E. Humphreys, Texas oil operator; the Sinclair In terests and the Midwest Oil company have been bona fide. The government's contention that Sinclair was guilty of fraud because bonds of the Continental Trading com pany were found in the possession of a relative of Fall's cannot be upheld by the evidence offered, the decision asserted. montlmiAri on Par Rlrhti GIRL DECLARED DEAD WHEN LID DF ' otfLAH75MA CITY, Okla., June 19. (A. P.) A MlM Bertie West, 11-year-old Wellston, Okla., girl, was about to be lowered Hit a grave near Wellston y?sterday her mother asked to see the face of her child; again. Whn the casket was opened.! It was noticed sweat stood on the; girl's forehead. A faint heart ac- Aspiring Policemen Show Hazy Idea of Meaning of Law i COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., June 19 The traditional term- ology of law has been badly shattered by a group of an- pllcant tor the police depart- ment here. Bigamy was construed as an assault on members of one's family. 4 Petty larceny was defined as the act of inducing a young girl to leave home, grand lar- ceny was termed n lie In court. Arson was the act of stealing another man's wife. TRIBUTE IS PAID TO LA FOLLETTE BY PRESIDENT Mr. Coolidge Sends Note of Condolence to Wife of Wis consin Senator Secy, of State Kellogg and Senator Borah Join Chief Executive. WASHINGTON, June 19. (A. P.) The body of Senator Robert M. La Follette was taken late today to Wis consin to rest for a time In the capltol of the state he represented in con gress during seven terms. In a speclul car the body left Wash ington at S o'clock this afternoon for Chicago. There the funeral car and another coach carrying members of I the family and close friends' will beianl1 made into a special train for the trip to Madison. The Wisconsin capltol will be reached Saturday afternoon and on Sunday the body will lie in state in the capltol, where Mr. La Follette served three terms as gover nor. Funeral services will be held there Monday His passing brought from many other leaders who had stood both with and against him In his political bat tles, sincere- expressions of sorrow and tribute. Among them was Presi dent Coolidge, who told Mrs. La Fol lette In a note that her husband had left a great concourse of friends who would comfort- her, "but my own ex perience tells me that nothing that mortal can do will be of very much help to you." Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon tana, who campaigned laHt year with the Wisconsin senator as vice-presidential candidate, declared the fight for the principles advocated by Mr. La Follette would be carried on by the people with the same courage shown by him. La Follette dead, he said, will be even more powerful than La Follette living. Many others. Including Senator Kellogg, Senator Borah and Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor, paid tribute to the fallen man and sent messages of condolence to Mrs. La Follette, who bravely re ceived the shock of the death of her husband. Daily Report on the Crime Wave PENDLETON. Ore., June 19. Henry Krohn. BO, farmer of Stanfleld. was bound over to the grand jury yes terday on bail of $2000 in the Justice court here on a statutory charge. Ac cording to Sheriff R. T. Cooklngham. Krohn admitted being the father of a six weeks old baby, the mother being his 16-year-old step-dnughter. The girl in question with her baby nnd her sister, aged 14, were taken to the Louise home In Portland by a repre sentative of the home who has been working on the case for some time. Krohn, with his wife, his own daugh ter and several step children, has been resldi ng in the Stanfleld area foryfter hopping off, was greeted with nine vears. imany expressions of "I told you so," about nine years, COMES TO LIFE COFFIN IS RAISED DP tlon was expressed then their discerned, belief she Doctors will re-. cover. The girl became suddenly 111 Wed nesday and late In the afternoon d ron iw J into a rornn which n nhi sician pronounced death. I Furyral arrangements were made following the supposed death.9 AMUNDSEN DETERMINED TOTRYAGAIN Famed Arctic Explorer Is Not Discouraged By Failure to Reach Pole in Airplane Flew Back to Spitzbergen After 28 Day Struggle Against the Elements. LONDON, June 19. (A. P.) Ronld Amundsen has once more come safely out of the merciless grip of the arctic. An abandoned seaplane, frozen In the ice some 1 50 miles from the north pole remains as his "farthest north" marker, but the great Norwe gian explorer and iis five Intrepid companions nre enjoying the comfort of bunks and warm meals after 28 days of untold hardships durlng- which they pried the other machine out of the Ice and flew It back to Spitzbergen. Amundsen failed to realize his dream of reaching the pole by air, but the fnilure wuh magnificent and almost entirely lost sight of here In the great populur wave of relief at the news of his return and admiration at his heroic accomplishment. Amundsen's two planes, one com manded by himself und the other by his American fellow adventurer and financial backer, Lincoln Ellsworth, disappeared over the northern hori zon from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen on May 21. , The other members of the party were .Iljulmar Rllser Laraen, Norwe gian; and 'Lelf Lietrichseni Norwegian, the pilots;" Oskar Omdahl, Norwegian, Karl Feucht, German, tne mechanicians. The planes carried no wireless and as the days passed without the fliers' return, hopes began to fade that even Amundsen ( with ull his arctic lore could survive In the event of an acci dent to his machine. As the hopes faded preparations were under way for relief expeditions although it was realized thut looking for a small party of men In the greut northern waste of Ice and water . was an almost hopoless task. It lay with the men themselves either to fly back or trek by foot and folding boat on the slenderest emer gency rations to the nearest cache or depot of supplies und there await their rescue. Experience Vnluoblc COPENHAGEN, June 19. (A. P.) The Social Democrnten publishes a report from Oslo, the Norwegian cap ital stating , that Captuln Roald Amundsen who returned to Spitzber gen yesterday after his sensational arctic flight Is dissatisfied with the results attained and is "quite deter mined to resume the attempt" to reach the pole. The explorer is quot ed ns. declaring that the experience gained In his present attempt would enable him to attain his goul. The other members of the expedi tion, the account continues, appear equally animated by a desire to beat the aerial polar expeditions planned by other countries. They expressed the view that Important scientific re sults had been achieved thus far. Captain Amundsen himself wns re ticent. Amundsen's comrades were unani mous In their appreciation of his leadership. The American member of the party, Lincoln Ellsworth, was saddened by the news awaiting him of the death of his father during his stay In the north, but said that he would continue his financial backing of Captain Amundsen. Explorers Rejoice NEW YORK. June 19. (A. P.) Explorers and scientists rejulced with laymen in all parts of the world to day at the safe return of the Amund-Hen-Kllskorth north pole ulrplane ex pedition. The return to King's Bay, Spitz bergen yesterday, exactly 28 days but the words came principally irom explorers and scientists who knew Amundsen's courage and ingenuity in j coping .with nazaras oi ine poiar regions. Though the expedition fell 150 miles short of landing ut the pole and was coni peeled to return partly in one plane and partly by fishing schoon ers, Scientists expect to glean 'much valuable knowledge of the flight. Donald B. MacMillan, who sails to morrow from Wiscasset, Maine, at the head of the allAmerican arctjc expe dition, admitted that a big burden had been lifted off his mind. Amund sen's safe return, He said, would en ... to devote hiM enerften tJ tl,e science Instead of hunting Amundsen party. (Continued on page four.) Woman "Dream Book" Author Asks ' . $6fi00 ,000 in if . t . Eva Nieman, Cincinnati, author of books on dreams, "personal magnetism," character reading and fortune telling, under the 'name of "Blackand White," Is suing the Plough Chemical Co., Memphis, Tenn,, for $6,000,000 for alleged infringement of her vorks. Books given away by the company as advertisements have robbed her of her $25,000 yearly income, she contends. The com pany denounces the charges as untrue and affsurd. uviieS second honors TACOMA, Wash., June 19. Duvo Ayton, Vancouver, B. C, profes sional, led the large field In the Pacific Northwest Golf association open event, which started this morn ing on the .Tacoina Country and Golf club course with a 73 for the first eighteen holes. Six tied for second honors with 74's, the players being Mel Smith, Portland; Ja-ck ' HeuHton, Seattle; Bill Dalgleish, Taeoma; Phil Tay lor, Victoria, B. C; Ray Ball, Tn comu, and Chandler Kgan, former champion three limes, of Medfurd, Ore. " i Dr. O. F. Willing, Portland, ama teur champion, was off form, turning in an eighty. Seneca Fouts, Member of Serpent Order, Is Bitten By Rattler PORTLAND. Ore., June 19. 4 Seneca Pouts, a member of Malabon lair. Order uf the Ser- pent, a Spanish American Vete- rans auxiliary organisation, wns bitten by a rattle snake this 4 afternoon while preparing to take part in the nierrykhana parade, a Rose Festival feature. Fouls picked up the reptile, but failed to get the proper 4 hold and was bitten In the right f hand. . He was given emer- gency treatment. The "Daily" Bank Robbery TOLKDO, Ohio. June 19. (A. P.) Threatening to blow up the Union KavlngH bank In the buHlnpnn diKtrict with a nitroglycerine bomb he curried in his hand a robber today forced the teller to give him 13500 In ciiHh and then eficuped. - Mickey KigiiM With Kluule NEW YORK. June 1 9. (A. P.) Mickey Walker, welterweight cham pion, toduv nluned an nirreement to I meet Dnve .Shade of California at the ernon. t al., arena on July 21 fur the welterweight championship of the world. Infringement Suit PHtrro ' National. At Cincinnati It. H. B. New York 5 10 0 Cincinnati 4 11 1 flreenfielil nnd Snyder; Donohuc and Wlnuo. At Pittsburg n. H. E. Brooklyn . . II 14 . 0 Pittsburg 0 14 2 Bhrhardt, Osborne and Tuylor; Meadows and Smith. At Chicago It. H. E. Philadelphia 6 11 1 Chicago 4 11 1 Carlson nnd Henline; Hush, Cooper nnd Hartnett. At St. Louis rt. H. E. Boston .. 0 7 2 St. Louis 3 4 0 (Iraham, Mariiuard and Gibson; Dlckerman nnd O'Kairell. American. At Philadelphia II. H. E. St. Louis II 14 3 Philadelphia 1.1 U 1 Wlngard, Vangllder, Ciaston, tirnnt nnd Itego; Cli'ny, Kommcl and Coch rane. At Boston It. H. E. Detroit 0 10 0 Boston '. ...3 8 3 Leonard and Bassler; Khmke nnd Plcinlih. At Cleveland. n. II. E. Washington ; 7 13 4 Cleveland 0 U 0 Batteries; Gregg, Ogden, . Hllssell, Muiheny nnd Huel; Karr, .Hhaute and L. Kewoll. At New Vork. "it. 11. Ti. Chicago 3 1(1 1 New Vork 4 10 0 Batteries: Cvengi-os and Sehalk; I'onnbck and Bengough. Schnng. Passing of the Early Pioneer HKATTLR, June Iff. (A. P.) Mrn, Franciu Kllen Page, whonc father, JoHCph tlaln, wan it territorial gover nor of Oregon, died here today. Hhe was 88 yeai-H old. Mm. Pago left five daughters In cluding Mm. MileH Poimlextcr, who 1b at Lima, where her huHband. for merly United States senator from WnHhfngton, 1m ambaHsador. Tho. other dnughtem of Mrs. Page were Mrs. R. Lewis Butter, Hpokane, and Mrs. D. C. Clelland, Mrs. Bablna Morton and Mrs. May Jergensen, Seattle. Mrs. Page's one surviving son is Tom D. Page, a lawyer here. Mrs. Page wns the widow of Tom Page, who Immigrated to Oregon from Haltlmore. They moved to Walla Walla 60 years ago and Page farmed on the site of that' city. Twenty years ago they came to Seattle. Mrs. Page died in the home of Mrs. Jergensen and of Mrs. Morton. Mi Morton Is the widow of Major General Charles Morton, who died in Wash ington, D. C, six years agJ. Defendant in U. S. Suit Drops Dead On Witness Stand 4-i TACOMA, June 19. P. II. Hebh, I 9 ui. prominent Taeoma business man und manufacturer of patent medicine, whose product, Kur Itn, was the object of attack in federal court here, dropped dead shortly before noon today, from the wit- ness chnlr. l The attack was not brouKht alKiiit by physical strain because of severe KrllllnK. It was stilted by court uttenduuts, the questions boliiK asked being only of routine nature. SAYS HE KILLED TO PLEASE LORD Los Angeles Religious Fanatic Confesses to Murder of 19 Year Old Girl Under Com mand of Divinity Reenacts the Crime. LOS ANGELES. June 19. Thomas Gilchrist admitted early today to the police alhj a representative of the dis trict attorney's office that under com mand of the "I-ord" he administered the wounds from which his 19-year-old step-daughter, Mrs. Olive Morris, had died a lew hours earlier at the re ceiving hospital. The youiiB woman hud been brought to tho hospital during the night with her threat cut, lior skull fractured and i hep body slashed and battered alter I neighbors hnd round her In a seml ! conscious condition In a vacant lot I across the street from the Gilchrist I home. A few words the officers wtre able to obtain from her before she died enabled them to arrest Gilchrist when he appeared at his home an hour after the discovery of the crime. I In a bedroom of the house officers found overturned furniture, blood- Hpatiureu cioiuiug anu oiaer evidences of a dosperate struggle. Just outside the door luy a hammer with a blood marked handle. Mervllle Morris, husband of tho slain woman, said his wife had gone to the Gilchrist home to help her step father with IiIb housework In the absence of her mother, who Is visit ing In Texas. Gilchrist at first Insisted he hnd not seen his step daughter, explaining he had been away from home all evening. Hours of grilling failed to shake his story and he had been placed In a cell when he called the officers back with the statement he wished to make a confession. "The Lord ordered me to do It," the officers quoted. He then offered to uccompany the police to his home to re-enact the crime. Wall Street Report NEW YORK, June 19 (A. P.) A flood of buying orders for Sinclair Consolidated oil stocks and bonds poured into the stock exchange market today following the announcement that the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil reserves had been upheld. The Sin clair common Khares mounted two points to above 24 and the company's ti per cent bonds, which carry stock purchase warrants, soured almost five points Stock prices moved upward today with buying operations on a broader scale. Sugar sharen gave one of the best demonstrations of group strength, tin! bullish operations also were suc cessfully conducted In a number of motors, public utilities, oils and spe cial! tes. Total sales approximated 1,360,000 shares. Pnluk've Wins Vote PARIS, June 19. (A. P.) The chamber of deputies today voted con fidence In the Palnlcve government by a ballot of 5i!fi to 32. FIRSf FOREST FIRE IS BEND, Ore., June 19. The flrnt real foreA fire of the Beuaon wag reported In the yellow pine near Prlngle Falls yuRterduy. It wus quickly put under control, according to tho forestry office. I The humidity yesterday dropped to 17, wlilc Ills 13 below the clanger point. It was rix points lower this morning than at the same time yegtcrduy STEP-DAUGHTER 10 10SE MONEY Judge Olson Declares Miss Pope Will .Secure , Bulk of Million Dollar Estate,, Re gardless of Jury Decision State Rests and Defense Is Started. ".,:f CHICAGO, June 19. (A. P.) Tho state rested lis cuse In the William D. Shepherd murder trial today after nine days of testimony upon which It bases its plea for the death penalty for the middle-aged lawyer charged with using typhoid germs to slay his young foster son, the millionaire Blfly AicuuniocK. ' ii r I The defense began presenting its case in an effort to counteract any unfavorable Impression left by the t state's last witness. s I The state's lust witness, the man upon whom It depended for establish ing the necessary "corpus delicti," the , fact that a crime had been committed I was Charles C. Ke'mun, proprietor of 'u small schoul known as the Nullonal I University of Sciences. Ills accusation of Shepherd as the (man who got from him three test tubes of typhoid bacilli und Informn-' tlon how to use them In eliminating young McCllntoek before marriage, would nullify a will he had made In Shepherd's favor, was attacked vlc jlously by the defense, but In Its essen tial points was not denied by Falnian . upon M-osa-cxumlnatlun. . Fn'lmnn admitted thai he could not ( say' who at the Chicago health de-: partment gave him the germs, nor' when, but contended he passed them ' on to Shepherd. - ; CHICAGO, June 19. (A. P.) Chief court who has been the chief figure Justice Harry Olson of the municipal In the prosecution of William IV Shepherd, accused of causing the death of William N. McCllntoek de clared today that regardless of the , outcome of the Shepherd trial "Irh belle Pope, McCllntock's fiancee will come Into possession of the McClln toek fortune." Judge Olson Ha id Miss Pope eventu ally will be declared. McCllntock's ' lawful heir on the ground thut Shep herd "obstructed and held buck the' wedding contract. "Thut wedding contract will be held binding, in my Judgment," ho 'said, "and when It is, Isubelle Pope' , will receive ull the personal property, one-half of the real estate and u life (Interest in the other half of the real estate. All except about $200,000 of (the estate will go to her. Hhe wilt receive the full rights of a widow, "It was out of' the kindness of her heart that she gladly agreed to divldev ' the estate with the other heirs." Testifying at tho trial, Miss -Pofie -i admitted that the prosecution" of'1 Shepherd was preliminary to an1 at-' ' ' tempt to break McCllntock'ir lvllL'-in which he made Shepherd cHlef "benj flciary. " t ' Fa I ma ti Is At tuck oil ' - " ji The defense sought to reveal Pal-' mun as having a ridiculous story and as being a man unworthy of belief. William Scotf Stewart, chief 6f fle- .rense counsel, sougnc at tne enu ot J his cross examination to show that Kulman had used his school and htm-' jmhii tin u uoiui mi m-in lift iiiuunui und "dope", In defiance of the law. The first two witnesses culled byj the defense were Miss Eva Petewoh, now stenographer for Stoll and Shep herd, the law firm of which the de fendant Is a member nnd Miss Isabel Anderson, who formerly held thut po-' sition. ' Miss Peterson testified thut she. I never hud seen In the firm's suite of offices John P. Marchund who testl -fled two days ngo that he went there us a salesman for Kulmnn's school after Shepherd wrote a letter lnqulr-' lng about a course, In bacteriology. 1 It was Miss Peterson who typed fToftinned on Page Eight OF SEASON IN ! morning, which Is considered a dan gerous condition uy mresi oiuciuis. A lew minor forest blnzeB huve been reported before this season, but were not rated as serious. Yesterday wus the warmest of tho season, touching 88 during the. after noon, while tho ift'rcury dropped only to 49 during the night, which Is a new "high" minimum for this season. REGARDLESS