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The Weathwp JMEPFW Weather Yefcr Ago Maximum 90 lli:-$im ..4S Prediction ...Goni-rally fulr Manilinum yiterduy 9B Minimum todiiy 53 Diiiy Twentieth Year. WeekW fifty third Yer. .MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, ,HIXK 22, 192.') NO. 79 m w ail raiRiJTw. BY IS I State Executive, State Sena tors, Major General Meno her and Other High Offic ials Review 82nd Brigade . at Camp Jackson Big Crowd Attends. . Program Toiiliclit 8:00 p. m. Smoker and enter- 4 4 talnmcnt to all members of the National Guard who are K. P.s f given by Medford Lodge Knights of Pythias at K, P. lodge rooms. 8:00 p. m. Smoker and enter- talnmcnt to all members of the National Guard who are K. C.'s, given by Medford Lodge Knights of Columbus at K. C. hall. 8:30 p. m. Dance at Fair Grounds Pavilion, by Jackson County Amusement Co. 9:00 p. m: Hunt's Craterlan. "Contraband." Free tickets ban be secured by calling on Brigade Supply Officer at camp. Tuesday. S:30 a. m. The troops will be engaged in field muneuvers be- ttwecn Camp Jackson and the Rogue rivor near BylTee bridge. 7:30 p. m. Camp fire entertain- ment will be sponsored by the ! Young People's societies of the churches. ; '. V ByTOMAKERS ' Oregon's National Guardsmen today were confronted by the most import ant events, from a standpoint of pub lic, as well as organization interest, included In the program of training and instruction of their annual en campment here. .' These were a review and Inspection -the-.-ontire Eighty second Infantry r Brigade by high military and state., offlals, and a comprehensive1 program of field com petitions, for : which valuable prices had been offered.; State officials present included Gov. Walter M. Plerco, Secretary of State Snm Kozer, Attorney: General Van Winkle, State Senator Ike Patterson. Among military of fleers of hlch rank was Major General Charles T. Menaher. U. S. army. . Com manding Ninth Corps Area with headquarters in San Francisco, chr r""-hed here Sunday by automo bile. He Is accompanied by Mrs. Men oher. General Menoher inspected Camn Jackson and was ranking offi cer of the reviewing party. Roth mil itary and state officials are tho guests of Brigadier General George A. While, while here. 1 , Preparations had been made In ad vance for the accommodation of the hundreds of spectators eager to wit ness the greatest military spectacle ever staged in southern Oregon, and all roods were' under control of the j uurpa ui aitiiu iraiuc umcers who iinve been of much service to the military during demonstrations in connection with the present encampment. Teiiiiwrature Is High ' With the forecast for continued fair, hot weather, the Oregon guardsmen early today anticipated no relief from the excessively high temperatures which have prevailed during the last four days. Last Thursday the mer cury suddenly mounted to 95 degrees, going to 99 Friday, 103 Saturday and falling to 99 Sunday. Many of the sol diers have folt the depressing Influence of the heat, and there have been a few prostrations but none with serious re sults. Today's review and inspection, scheduled to last from 1:15 p. m. un til after 5 o'clock, was looked forward to by many of; the officers and men as ftn ordeal. - Health conditions in camp continue ! excellent, however, this being attrib- , utea oy uenerai white, in a large measure, to the high standard of per sonal conduct which characterizes the 1 personnel of Oregon's guardsmen. General White feels real pride in the unusual fact that during the eleven days of the encampment not a mem ber of his command has been Involved In any act of disorder or lawlessness and that not q'ne oomptalnt against the troops-has been received from the city authorities of Medford. TontlnuAd on Pare Ehrhtl REVIEW GOVERNOR BALA EVEN WOMAN COMMITTS SUICIDE IN WATER HAZARD ON GOLF CLUB AT PORTLAND ; PORTLAND, Oe., June 22. Three Portland persons met death violently over Sunday, one In an automobile ac cident, another by drowning In Os wego lake, and the third In a suicide In a wat hazard at East Moreland golf links. The dead: Mrs. Kate Gnrlinihouse, 43, fatally orer Sets Forth In Small Dirigible For Fartherest North LIVERPOOL, Juno 22. (A. P.) Grettir Algarsson of Vic- t toria. B. C, explorer, who has 4 been planning an effort to 4- reach the- north pole In a small 4 dirigible, sailed from the Mer- .1. . . fllA IkU niA..nnAH ill 11-1-1 fit 4 he said was an attempt to reach 'furthest north. AlKarsson said he would not 4 4 attempt to fly to the north pole," 4 4 but would attempt to reach the 4 4 most northern point of any arc-' 4 tic expedition this year. 4 Algarsson's original plans 4 were to go north by boat and 4 then fly to the north pole in a 4 semi-rigid airship. Recent re 4 ports have left some uncertainty 4 regarding his exact intentions. 4 At one time it was reported that 4 delays in construction of the dl 4 risible had caused him to aban 4 don the project. 4. 44444444444 PREFERS DEATH TO EXECUTION HELP REFUSED Bemard Grant RefUSeS tO Sub- mit to Operation in Effort to Save Life 'Let Me mi n r j AlOne, I Will Be Dead in a Llttlp WhllP ' - " "" " CHICAGO, June 22,. B e r n a r d tho hangman's Grant, fearful of nooso in spite of tho efforts of thous- ands of persons throughout the ven woiting. country who had signed petitions urging clemency of Governor hen Pmnlwt of New Dunne-racy Small, refused today to permit phy-' MADISON. W1r.. June 22.-(A. P.) Fobert M. LaFollette was described sicians to perform an operation in a the "ombattled prophet of a new tho hope of saving his life, and domocraey-i" 1n a funeral sermon do riiori thirtv mimilnn inter. Ho wasHvered today by Dr. Albert Eustace HUtuu-u uvc iwnv- -iu.u ter Krauser, once sentenced witn church of Madison. Grant to hang, but later grunted a "His was the voice of humanism in new trial. politics," Dr. tlaydon said. "Con- . . fronted with tho tragedies of a soul- Grant was very weak from, the ,o materlal civilization, Robert "La wounds In his neck and chest and Follette dedicated himself to the prin nhvsicians at the house of correc- crple that government Is the guardian hifr.ii tion hospital Insisted on transfusion. "I'll be dead in a little whllo if you'll let me alone," said tne wounded prisoner, "so why pro long my life when it's going to be taken from me anyway?" Dr. Frank Jirka pleaded but Grant's, resistance did not weuken. A half hour later the prisoner died. Grant, who always insisted he was innocent and that Krauser alone was guilty of the killing of Police- man Ralph Souders In a holdup in 1922, probably would have been par- doned or his sentence commuted to life imprisonment had Krauser es- caped the gallows at his second trial which was set recently for this week. The supreme court had allowed VrfliiRnr n rtrll. but. denied ft sec- ond hearing for Grant. PREFER DEATH 10 F PARIS, June 22. A dispatch to the Inransegeant from Fez, French Mor occo, says that Second Lieutenant La- peyro with six Senegalese soldiers, the only survivors of his original garrison of 22 men, blew up his blockhouse on the Franco-Moroccan front on June 14 rather than ber taken alive or sur render to tho besieging Iliffians of Ahd-El-Krim's forces. He had held the post for eight days against the tribesmen. His two can non had finally been silenced by the enemy.. He had repeatedly asked for help, but no rescue party haxl arrived and the enemy was closing in. - The Lieutenant flashed a final report by heliograph and then touched off the powder magazine of his blockhouse. injured In an accident between a street ear and an automobile in which she was riding. Adgar Austin. 22, accldentttly drownedkln Oswego lake. Mrs. Alma Wolfard, 56. a suicide In the water hazard near the eleventh green at East Moreland. Ten others met violent death in the northwest over the week end. mm service IRKS FUNERAL OF LA FOLLETIE Wishes of Late Senator Are Carried Out As Body Is Laid to Rest in Madison, Wiscon sin Tremendous Crowds Attend Obsequies. MADISON, "Wis., June 22. Sorvlces of extreme simplicity attended the burial today of Senator Robert Ma rlon LaFollotte. " Although from the moment his fu neral train arrived hero laHt Saturday from Washington, the state had clam ed his body for its own, there was nothing of pomp or ceremony In these, the last honors that It might tender. That was as the senator himself had wished. To friends of a lifetime was given the sad task of conveying the body to sanctuary in his native soil at a point overlooking a broad blue lake beside which he was born and came to man's estate. 1 Many others with whom he had labored so long In the state and the nation were gathered from far and near to do homage at his bier. I The expansive rotunda of the mas jsive state capitol where yesterday his hnrlv Inv In otntn wna tho nlnnn n t the brief funeral service. That service was arranged as follows: ?Xll?''" 0fIcuriniap10sermon Dl' A' ' Hymn "Abide' with Me," Mozart nnd Mannechoir chorus. I "America," with tho chorus loading ithe audience. I Throughout the hours that tho body lay in state, a stoady stream of people passed In reverent service. Even be- jore uie (i00ra 0f tne state house were opened at noon, long lines had formed at the cnpltol square and when they Haydon, University of Chicago pro- fof)8orand paf,tor of the Unitarian ftnrt servant o fthe life of all the peo pie, to the ideal that statecraft should be an intelligent instrument for social amelioration.- Ho pointed the way to a cooperating democracy of intelli gence and heart. "He was therefor above tho battles of factions and parties. ' "He worked fof the solution of problems, the righting of wrongs, tho removal of Injustice and his weapon was intelligence, burning with a white light in analysis and accumulation of facts. Dedicated to this ideal he found himself constantly , on the side of the people or of the worker, fighting the battle of those In whose faces the doors f opportunity was being closed In this once free land. 'He was forced to challenge special eVD s !' ' ; neram8 ine cnampion became the champion of tho weak against the arrogance of wealth and power. Fearless, incorruptable, his head above, the murk and miasma of selfishness and greed, his feet firm ly planted in the thickness of fact, he gave his life to making the govern ment the servant of human values in a new and difficult age." PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. Cor tnln Americanization methods in the United States were criticized by Dr. Alexander Goldenweiser of New York, school of social research, member of the University of Oregon summer school faculty In his talk before the opening session of Oregon Social Workers' association In conference here today. ; "Psychology tests test about as much Intelligence as a cross word puzzle," he said. Oregon News in Brief SALEM, Ore., June 22. Rhea Lu per, state engineer, said Saturday he will Immediately enter Into a contract with the federal reclama tion service for an investigation of the Deschutes project as a federal enteirise. The government has ap propriated $5000 for the purpose on condition that the state and district make available a similar amount. It is necessary for the state to act by July 1 to get advantage of the fedora I funds. Voice in Parley on A nglo-Rome Church Merger j i n V Discussion of a union of the Anglican (English) and Roman Catholic churches has been re sumed in Belgium, with Cardinal Mcrcier presiding. Lord Halifax (above), president of the Eng lish Church Union, is speaking for the Anglicans. KELSO BACK AFTER KELSO, Wash., June 22 Following assassination of Thomas Dovery, one of his followers, A. Rutic Todd ro turned to this city today and an nounced that he still considered him self mayor, un office from which he was recalled June-?..' " i The . ld-8tyle ;f'cailler. -rovolvor which was found near tho body of Thomas Dovery after . he was shot Friday night, was partially Identified today by James U Spooner, fireman at the Ames Ayres mill in Kelso. Ho had disposed of the woupon several months ago. Spooner said his Initials, J. t. S., were scratched on the gunvrThe place where he Bald, the initials wore had heen filed, but the letters Btilt are faintly discernible, said authorities. Luke S. May, Seattle criminologist, has been retained by Sheriff Luke Studebaker to help solve the myster ious shooting, and was at work on the case today. An autopsy on the body was ordered this afternoon by Coroner Van Note. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kvans. friends of Mrs. Dovery, arrived at her home Sunday from Eugene and declared they Intend to assist in every way possible to bring the murderer to jus tice. Mr. Evans Is a business man In Eugene and a member of the board of education there. The Rev. Kred Jen nings, pastor of the Episcopal church at Pugene, arrived in Kelso Sunday night. Doth men are personal friends, of the Dovery family. BASEBALL SCORES ST. LOUIS, June 22. (A. P.) Manager Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals, leading major league home , run slugger, hit his eighteenth ( circuit clout of tho season in the fifth inning of today's- game with' the Pittsburg Pirates, one man was on base. America n At Boston. R. H. K. Detroit 8 13 0 Boston 4 10 -2 Batteries: W hitch ill and Bassler ; Ross, JSahnizor and Picinich. At Washington R. H. K. Cleveland ..2 11 G Washington ; 7 8 2 Uhle, Edwards. Shaute und Wal ters; 5Cachary and Ruel. At New York - R. H. E Chicago fi 9 2 Now York..:. 17 1 Lyons and Schalk; Walker, Pen nock, Iloyt and Schang. At Philadelphia R. H. K. St. Louis 9 12 0 Philadelphia 2 9 1 Bush and Dixon; Walberg, Stoked, Gaumgartuer and Cochrane. Natlonut At Chicago. . . , R. IT. K. Cincinnati 0 12 4 Chicago 0 12 . 0 I Batteries: May and Kruegnr: Ja cobs, Bush and Gonzales. , BEXD, Ore., June 22. A number of forest fires caused by lightning have been reported to the local forestry of fice since Saturday. None of these are serious and most of them are in the Crescent district, acrrdlng to for estry officials. One Is in the Hlsters district and one ff. the Fort Hock dis trict. The number was placed at ten by officials this morning. SENATOR LADD NORTH DAKOTA SUDDENLY Aide of LaFollette and Leader in Farm Bloc Passes Away in Hospital at Baltimore On Day His Chief Is Buried Wife at Bedside. BALTIMORE, Juno 22. Senator Kdwin Freenumt l-iuld of North Da kota died here at 10:20 a. m. today. A complication of kidney trouble, which took an acute turn for the worse during the night caused death at a hospital. Those at his bedside had given up hope. His secretary, Doug las H. MacArthur, was called hurried ly from Washington The senator was conscious and in full command of his faculties as late- as lust night. Senator Ladd passod away quietly, retaining consciousness almost to tho last. Mrs. Ladd arrived from Wash ington an hour before the end camo and was at the bedside with Milton, one of the suns, who is studying law at George Washington university, and his daughter, Virginia, who at tends high school In Washington. Senator Ladd, while apparently realizing tho end was near, aroused to greot them when they entered his room. The end came rapidly after their arrival. Douglas H, McArthur, the senator's secretary, who entered the room a few minutes after Mrs. Ladd and the children, tho senator failed to recogni7e. WASHINGTON, Juno 22. (A. V.) With the passing of Senator Ladd, the republican Insurgent bloc in tho senate Buffers its second overwhelm ing loss within four days. By coincidence the death of the North Dakotian occurred on the day of the burial of Senator lnFollette, whoso policies he had followed on many occasions. Together they had gone through the 11)24 independent campaign against the constituted na tional ticket of their party and to gether they later wero read out of tho party by the republican organization of The senate".'", '. .- Still another member of tho dwind ling iJiKollctto bloc, Senator Brook hart of Iowa, who has stubbornly re sisted tho election contest pending against him and may be driven from hl senate seat at the next session. The decision of the regulars to shear the LaFollette followers of their committee rank cost Senator Ladd tho chairmanship of one of the most im portant sonato committees that on public lands as head of which he pre sided over part of tho Teapot Dome investigation. FOREIGNERS FLEE NEW YORK, Juno 22. (A. P.) Foreigners are streaming out of Can ton, which threatens to become a new danger spot in Chinese anti-foreign movement. ' Stoamers leaving for I long Kong and Macao nro crowded with whites, mostly missionaries but Including also businessmen nnd their families. Di rect Canton dispatches say the situa tion is extremely grave. The exodus coincides with the be ginning of an announced general strike in Shamoen, the foreign quar ter of Canton, where all the native servants and clerks have walked out. Their action, according to observers, was taken with tho approval of tho Canton police. OF FRANCE ILL PARIS, June 22. (A. P.) The con dition of Marshal Joffro was un changed today: It was announced yesterday that tho marshal had a chill Saturday and had taken a turn for the worse. The doctors In attendance yesterdny said the marshal was suf fering from an attack of quinsy. Thoy declared his condition was not alarm ing. Marshal Joffro visited this city In 1920. Death Toll of the Automobile SEATTLE. June 22. Two deaths reported hero today brought the week-end automobile fatalities to six, Mrs. Hazel Dailey, 32, Seattle, leaped from a moving machine driven by her husband, striking on her head nnd was killed. I Mrs. B. B. McMahon, Mercer Island in Lake Washington, died from In-j Juries received near Kent, Wash., when a car In which she was riding was struck by another automobile. Kentucky Convicts in Peeve Forced Away From Dinner Tables KtlANKKOHT, Ky .lime 22 4 (A. P. ) Guards at the stale fr reformatory here were redoubled f this afternoon after some diffi- cutty was experienced in direct- log the 800 men prisoners to return to their work after fr lunch. i The emergency whistle was sounded when the men refused f to leave the dining room after their noonday meal. Guards rushed into tho room. Not f until Superintendent Rastln, bur 4 rlodly summoned from a down town meeting appeared in tho 4 hall did the men consent to re- sunie their work. 4 The prisoners returned to the 41 shops and extra guards wero placed over them, superintend dent Rastin said the trouble 4 was duo to changes in the per 4 sonnel of tho reformatory with 4 In the last six weeks. Ho de 4 nied that there was any tiling serious in tho prisoners' action. 444 4 E 10 GRANT ELKS STATE HOLIDAY SALEM". Oro., Juno 22. Governor Pierce today decided, notwithstanding an appeal from Elks organisations all over the state, not to proclaim a holi day on July Hi, tho dale of the par ade of the national 10 Iks' convention In Portland. Tim. governor sent a loiter to Iten S. Fisher of Marshfield, presi dent of the stale Elks' association., 'My first inclination," says tho gov ernor, "was to grant your request, but my duly as governor demands that 1 must serve tho beat interests of tho entire people of the state. Tho declar ation of a lega,l holiday Is 'a serious matter to tho business Interests of tho state. U means financial loss to many .institutions. Mills, and factories, if closed, suffer loss. Banks, closed for a day mean interruptions of clearances and much annoyance to regular pat rons. An extraordinary holiday such as this presents serious dtflfcultics to the farming and stock interests of tho stato in their care of stock, and fruit harvest. Closing down of the mills and factories alone, for an extra hol iday, would result In loss of more than a million dollars to growers." ' TRAPPED BY FIRE, FAMILIES SAVED PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. Trap ped upstairs In a burning frame building, six persons escaped by a ladder hurriedly thrown up by some men who had seen tho blazo, when a restaurant operated by Joseph La Salle and J. D. Ollmoro at 575 Sher lock avenue, burnod early today. Tho LaSallo and Ollmore famlliet wero asleep above stairs when La SaMn went Into the restaurant to start a fire. Some grease caught fire and tho blaze Instantly leaped up the stairway. Oilmoro. Mrs. C.Ilmoro, flvo year old Evelyn Gilmore Mrs. LaSallo and seven year old Lewis IjaSallo, all made their way down tho ladder. OFFICER SLAIN . CHICAGO, June 22. Two robbers fatally shot Policeman Patrick Mc Govein today after obtaining tho re coiptsof Pantheon theater in a hold up at tho North Hhoro Trust and Sav ings bank and escaped. The police man died In a hospital. McOovern was accompanying a theater messen ger who whs carrying an estimated $.1000 and tho holdup occurred about a block from tho bank. pec REFUSES DOROTHY PERKINS SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY FROM 5 T0 15 YEARS NEW YORK. June 22. (A, P . ) From five to fifteen years impris onment In A uburn prison was tho sentence Imposed today upon Dor othy Perkins, charged with killing Thomas Templet on, Jersey City war veteran and her suitor. The girl appeared entirely com posed as fudge Mclntyfe delivered tig sentence and later walked stead llv from the court room. 70 1AKE STAND F kGerm Murder Defense Attacks Veracity of State's Star Witness Reputation "Very Bad" Accused to Testify Late Today . ., , - CHICAGO, Juno 22. (A. P.JttTIio climax of the trial of William D. Shep herd for murder the appearance 'of the defendant on the witness stand was in prospect today. With several defense witnesses still to be heard, it was indicated that Shepherd's turn would come late today or early Tues day. Possibility thnt the defendant would not take the stand was dissipated by a statement by defense counsel that they hoped to present him by Tuesday morning at the Jatest. "If this were an ordinary case we would not dignify the state's case by calling Mr. Shepherd, but because nf the widespread publicity, we want'to give the jury a chance to hour his story." said William S. Stewart, one of the defendant's attorneys. CHICAGO, June 22. (A. P.) Tho defense In the William D. Shepherd murder trial today further attacked the testimony and character of the state's starwitnoss, Charles C. Fal man. Mrs. I, up 11a Rhubell, for two months business manager of Falinan's school, the National University of Sciences, testified she would not believe Fal nian on oath, that she nver saw a letter from Shepherd to Fa i man, al though she kept the nics and that she never had seen Shepherd at Faimau's Bchool. Falman testified Shepherd wrote a letter Inquiring about a course In criminal bacteriology, obtained typhoid germs and was instructed in how to use them to slay "Billy" McCllntock. his millionaires foster-snn, who Jid, -made a will in which Shepherd was named chief beneficiary. I Dr. John Fischer,, head of "tho Fischer laboratories, was the' next witness, qualifying as. an expert bac- 1 teriologlst. I In technlcnl language he testified ouepmmi lacscd mo sciencinc Knowi edge to propagate and care for tho gorms Fatinan said he gave tho no . cused man until the opportunity for slaying young McCllntock arrived." He said Fahnan'H reputation for voracity was very bad, ., ; Mabel CcOlanahan, one of th nurses who attended young McClln tock In his final Illness testified It was part of her duty to hatho the youth und that no marks were on his body. Later she said hypodermic Injec tions which loft marks, wero . made' under orders of the doctor. Miss McClanahan testified that be fore tho diagnosis of his Illness was made Hilly told hor ho though he had typhoid fever. , : The nurse said sho objected to Miss Isabella Pope, fiancee of Billy, visit- ' lag tho sick room and that it vas-' at her instigation that the you rig woman, was excluded after Billy's Illness bo came ularming. . f, Miss McClanahan said the ''yolith told her he had eaten oysters, both, at a Chicago hotol and at an Kvanston 1 restaurant. . h 'r- 'v ' Tho nurse said sho had seen Miss Pope and Mrs. Shepherd In prayer t6- " gother nnd that Miss 3 'ope had been In Mrs. Shepherd's arms and also; had 4 been sitting upon Mrs. Shepherd's lap . as thoy sought to console each other ; over Billy's illness. ' ; She also said Mrs. Shepherd's atti tudo towards Billy was very loving.' Upon cross examination Prosocutpr Robort K. Crows tried to show that1 Miss McClanahan's statement made, to. an assistant state's attorney last-Do comber did not colncido with that she, Just had finished from the Witness Island. Attorney Stewart stated during, ja 'recess at 3:30 p. m., that Shepherd would not take the witness stand to day. 4 .' Dr. Herman Bundesen, city health commissioner, testified that after pub- ' Mention of Falman's confession he 'con ducted an investigation and everybody, in tho department denied that Faiman had obtained bacilli from tho labora tory. ' vvi- (Con tin tied nn Page Eight V-, ; v "I feel very sorry f"r yoU," the Judge said. "I don't wanj to add any more anguish to what you have already suffered. But you did a heinous wrong; you have led a very bad life for one so very young.;, ! , , Although many lottors have been received concerning the case, he aald not one of them suggested the girl should be let off without punishment. SHEPHERD 111