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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