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MEDFOIID, OREO OX,. FR1 DAY, JULY. 24, 1925
NO. 106
M
SCOT! AGAIN
SAVED, STAY
'IS ALLOWED
A Ex-Canadian . Millionaire Is
Granted Stay 4 Hours Be
fore Time of Execution
Insanity Plea Succeeds As
: Appeal to Governor Small
Fails Scott Denies Insane
CHICAGO, July 24. (By the Asso
ciated Pi-ess.) Almost at the hour of
' his death march, Kussoll Scott, to
day escaped the gallowB for the
. second time within a week.
The former Canadian financier,
. twice reprieved from paying the su
preme penalty for the murder of a
Chicago drug clerk in a holdup, dodg
ed the noose for the third time less
than four hours before he wus to have
been executed when Judge Joseph B.
David granted a stay ot execution
pending a healing into his sanity.
A week ago, six Hours before he
was to hang, Governor Small granted
a one week's reprieve, which expired
this morning. Judge David, called out
of bed a few hours before the time for
the execution convened a special ses
sion of court and granted the stay
after Governor Small and the state
board of pardons and paroles last
night at' Springfield refused further
' clemency. ' ' -
ThlB morning the gallows trap, set
for springing a week ago, stood with
out its victim and Jail officials who
had left It standing during the week
ot grace, were considering tearing it
down.
The sanity hearing will not come up
for several days, Judge David indicat
ing he cannot hoar it before Monday,
August 3. , , . . . j -.; .
Scott's escapo from death today,
,1'ke that a week ago.mam after ho
l knd his relatives had virtually annn
1 doncd Jiope. Thomas Scott, his fnthor,
had called at the Jail three hours pre
viously to bid him a last farewell, the
v second such vlwt In a week.
'Wire Falls In Effort '
Mrs. , Catherine Scott, his faithful
wife, who for weeks fought to ob
. tain a commutation, played what she
believed to bo or final card in Spring
field, whore she appeared before tho
board of pardons, and when the stay
was not .granted, was rushed from
Springfield to Chicago by automobile
to bid. her husband farewell almost
at tho minute of his execution.
She arrived to find the court action
had stopped the hanging. 1
Scott who had been surlcy and de
. flant throughout the night, and ap
parently was completely resigned to
his-fate, received the news that his
life was spared, at least temporarily,
. with considerable surprise. He had
known nothing of the last minute ap
peal to the court.
"I'm tickled to death," were his
first words.
Then upon learning that tho
stay had been granted to leftrn If
he were sane, Scott added: "I am
,; no more crasy than the Judge who
A granted me a stay on that account.
TV 1 am not asking for any sympathy
from anyone, either. I am inno
cent." Yesterday new counsel, hastily
summoned by Scott's friends, had
hurried to Springfield where they met
the governor and board of pardons and
presented a plea for a roprleve, at
tacking some of the state's witnesses
and maintaining that they had uncov
, ered now leads which they had' not
had time to develop. Tho board, how-'
ever, refused further clemency and
; Governor Small pointed out that Scott
; already had had two reprieves.
Germ Attorney Got Judge.
On receiving this news which ap
parently sealed Scott's fate, Mrs. Wil
liam McGraw and Mrs. Isobel Horst,
both of Detroit, representing Detroit
club women who raised 1500 for
Scott's defense, hastily retained Wil
liam Scott Stewart, . criminal lawyer
who recently successfully, defended
: William Darling Shepherd, accused of
the murder of Billy McCllntock.
At midnight Judge David, called
from his bed. agreed to call a session
. ot the court If his bailiff and clerk
could be found.
Then, with the minutes ticking
away, clerk and bailiff were rushed
f to the county building,. A little group
' fContinued on Pairs 8lx
MISS VANDERBILT WHO D0ESN7 PAlNJ.
SMOKE OR DRINK TO WEO TOMORROW
NEWPORT, R. I., July 24. (A. P.)
Hundreds of socially prominent per
sons from various parts of the coun
try will be here tomorrow for the
wedding of 'Miss Muriel Vanderbllt,
heiress, who doe not smoke, nor
rlnk, nor use cosmetics, to Freder
ick C. Church of Boston, former Harv
ard halfback, and 'now an Insurance
1 broker In moderate . circumstances,
compared with the Vannerbllt wealth.
There will be no bridesmaids at the
Charlotte Vanderlip
Fears No Man; She's
A Jui Jitsu Expert
; NEW YORK, July 24. (A. P.)
Miss Charlotte Vanderlip, debut-
tlnte daughter of Frank A. Vnn-
derlip, financier, tears no rob-
bers or male accosters. for she Is
an exponent of jiu Jltsu. At a
gnrden party tomorrow sho Is go-
ing to show how the modern
young girl can protoct hersolf. 4
The party will be for tho benefit
of Tsuda college In Tokyo.
General Andrews Explains Un
expected Difficulties Have
Been EncounteredPrcsent
Policies to Be Continued
President Neutral.
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. July 24.
(A. P.) President Coolidge is deter
mined to give Assistant Secretary
Andrews of the treasury a free hand
In his efforts to enforce prohibition.
1 WASHINGTON, July 24. (A. P.)
The present prohibition enforcement
system will be continued indefinitely.
Officials linve advised that a reorgani
zation cannot be Inaugurated as plan
ned on August 1.
Assistant Secretary Andrews and
tho others directly concerned have
encountered unexpected difficulties
and delays In drawing up the details )
of the reorganisation and in the selec
tion of personnel. .
Mr. Andrews said today he Intended
to" allow the" present program' to con
tinue until every r.ftasa of the re
organization, Including; selection' of 22
new. administrators, has been worked
out.
The decision was reached after a
meeting with his board of "strategy,"
which includes Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes and other officials ot
the prohibition department.
Under the proposed reorganization
the 22 administrators were each to
have had jurisdiction over, one speci
fied district, but strong influences
have been brought to bear, both in
regard to the selection of tho admin
istrators and in favor of a modifica
tion ot the district boundaries as orig
inally laid out. -
COLLAPSE OF MOVIE -THEATRE
EXAGGERATED
MELBOURNE, July 25. (A. P.)
First reports of collapse of the ver
anda of a theater in Bourke street,
where crowds were watching a parade
of American sailors yesterday, proved
exaggerated when a cheek of hospitals
early today showed only 17 detained
and only one person seriously injured.
It had been believed at first that
more than a dozen were killed and
close to a hundred Injured. Fortun
ately, however, most of the Injuries
were slight. None of the tnjurlos aro
expected to be fatal.
FIND BODY OF BOY IN
Brush, Colo., July 24. (A. P.)
The body of Frankle Wallace Meyers,
10. son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Meyers,
astors of Kansas City, Mo., was found
today in a mill pond after an all night
search.
1 The youth's head was encased In a
flour sack tied by a string around
his neck and his hands bound with
cord.
Harry Markley, 10, of Fort Morgan,
Colo., who was released from a re
formatory recently,' Is held In Jail in
connection with the boy's death.
: ceremony Indoors which only a few
(relatives and friends wfl see. Ilut at
I the reception on the lawn at Beach
, mound after the ceremony there will
be hundreds.
j Many of the guess, some of which
(have come In private yachts, attended
a dance last night given by .Mr. and
Mrs. James B. Duke. In their villa.
Count Hxecheyni and the countess,
'who Is of the Vanderbllt family, are
'giving a ball after the wedding recep-
tton tomorrow.
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REORGANIZATION
OF FEDERAL PROHI
FORCES DROPPED
FOREST- FIRES
OTADTCn DV
OLHIYIIU DI
I 1 1 SHINING
kl M W1
25 Forest Fires Started Near
Bend and 16 North of Port
' land Brooks-Scanlon Mill
Suffers $100,000 Loss As
Electric Flame Shoots Thru
the Building.
BEND, Ore., July 24. Twcnty-fivo
forest fires, resulting from yesterday's
electric storm were reported from the
Deschutes national forestry office
here at noon today. Of this number
twelve were reported up until nine
o'clock last night nnd thirteen more
up until 12 o'clock today. None of
the fires is of lnrge proportions.
Most of the fires are located In the
Crescent district, at tho south end of
the Deschutes national forest, a num
ber in the LaPine district and two in
tho sisters. ' This morning additional
fires were reported from Walker
mountain. Paulina mountain, Maiden
peak and Bachelor mountain lookouts.
PORTLAND. Ore., July 24 (A. P.)
Sixteen forest fires wero started in
the Chelan national forest. Washing
tun, in the lost 48 hours by lightning,
it was reported to the forest service.
Twelve emergency patrols were sent
out to check them before they became
serious;: . ........
A fire which burned over about 600
acres on Fall creek. No. 1, In Siskiyou
national forest is now under control.
The Wind Htver Lumber company has
been directed by the forest service to
put twenty more men on' the Wind
river fire fighting force . in order, to
place tho fire completely under con
trol before dry weather comes again.
Tho cool, damp weather Is groutly
aiding ' crewa , in, getting f ires under
control. -.- ' '
BEND, Ore, July 24. Aside from
a peculiar dtspluy of electric flames
shooting through both mills ' wires
melted to a pulp, damage to the
Brooks-Scanlon mills, A and B, yes
terday estimated by T. H. Foley,
general manager of tho Bend Water,
Light and Power company, who an
swered a call to the plant, at $100,000,
was said by him today to be much
less than at first anticipated.
Lightning arresters, said Air. Foley,'
no doubt saved the mills. Damage Is
confined to the switches. At first ap
pearance, with flames shooting tn
spectacular manner through the mills,
it was believed both turbinos were
damaged. Later investigation, how
ever, showed that the arresters had
saved the turbines. Each attempt to
connect the water power's wire with
tho mill resulted in spectacular -displays
of, electric fire. No estimate of
damage In actual figures wero an
nounced today.
- Telephone, connections were dis
rupted for more than an hour as a rer
suit of yesterday's storm, the worst
experienced here in years. Fear Is
expressed in this section that heavy
damage may have resulted to crops as
a result of heavy rains which fell yes
terday, precipitation being one-half
inch. The storm did not last an hour.
HUGE FIRE RAGING
IN DENMARK PORT
LONDON. July 22. (A. P.) An
Exchango Telegraph agency message
states a great fire is raging In the
harbor of Odense, Denmark. Four
warehouses and a number of ships
are In danger. - Thousands of tons
of grain are burning. The military
forces have been called out.
The conflagration has spread to
coal stacks, on the wharves. Falling
ware house walls have greatly han
dicapped the fire fighters;
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
HUDSON. N.: H., July 84. (A. P.)
--Investigation of tho murder .of
Mla H. 0ornlna aillls. 77, and her
80 "year old alater, Helen; .In the
holme they occupied alone hare seem
cd balked today by the complete
absence of any motive for tho crime.
The bodlea ot the ancient women
were found lying on the floor by
Mr. J. A. jacke and Mm. Euprene
Center, nleghbera who had called
and received no annwer to their
knocka at the unlatched door. The
akulla of both women had been
crushed with aome blunt Instrument..
No trace of any such weapon waa
found In th house. Officers were
preralna a aearch for Demetrloa
Papponlkrloua, who escaped I a a t
Monday from the state asylum at
Concord, forty miles away where he
had been confined for five years tor
homicidal assault on a man.
Do They Look
Alike to You?
There's it "congressional type"
of woman,: it appears. Note
how the three women members
of the new congress resemble
each othcrv At top: Mrs. Edith
VNourso- RogeVair'AifliiiaichiisetUt
center: Mrs. Mary-.Norton, New
Jersey; below: Mrs. Julius
Knhn, California.
WIFE TRIES TO
V
FIGHT ENSUES
When Mr. and Mrs. Dave Temple of
Fresno, Calif., arrived In this city this
morning from tho north accompanied
by Henry Faulkner, Mrs. -Temple,
according to local police, decided that
she cared for her husband no longer
and so attempted to leave him In
Med ford and proceed southward In
company with Faulkner.
Her plans were 111 fated, for Just as
the two were leaving Temple appeared
on the scene and a fist fight ensued,
in which the woman assisting Temple
was the .hardest hitter. , Chief of
Police Adams arrived on the scene
and took the three to the police sta
tion, where a conference was held.
The chief finally persuaded the
threo to leave tho city for California,
where tho Temples had been married,
and thero fin da settlement of their
! marital troubles. When they left
Faulkner accompanied them.'
Monkey Plaintiff
May Lose Job On
Refusal of Oath
4
WASHINGTON, July 24. (A.
P.) Hurried conferences were
called at the treasury today to
determine tho atntua of Ixiron H,
Wlttner, who precipitated the
question of evolution after trcas-
tiry officials had been told that
In taking the onth of office as an
employe of tho internal revenuo
bureau. Winner had eliminated
the words "so help me Ood."
The question was raised as to
whether In theso circumstances
Wlttner's tenure of office was
loKal., The department's solicitor
was asked for a ruling.
NEW VOHK, July 84. The closing
was firm. Profit-taking caused re
cessions of 1 to 4 points in American
Can, United States Cast Iron Plpo and
some of tho equipment and oil shares.
' - Stock prices continued to pursue an
upward trend today. High priced
specialties again held the center of
trading Interest, many of them reach
ing new high psres for the year. Bales
approximated l,8f0,000 shares.
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Wall Street Report !
BANK PROBE
REQUESTED
BY PIERCE
Governor Suggests That Gov
ernment Investigate Recent
Consolidation of U. S. Na
tional and Ladd and Tilton
Banks Opposes Approval
of Merger to Protect Bank
Creditors.
SALICM, Ore., July 24. Governor
Piorco bus asked the federal comp
troller of the -treasury to Institute a
thorough Investigation of the consoli
dation whereby the United States Na
tional bunk nnd the Ladd and Tilton
bank of Portland have been morged
before approving the merger, it be
came known here today.
Inquiry on a rumor .that the gover
nor had protested the consolidation
brought the reply from him that he
had simply suggested to the comptrol
ler that an inquiry be made.
The governor declared that he tele
graphed tho suggestion to Washing
ton after several appeals bad been
made to hhn by creditors of tho Ladd
and Tilton bank who feared that their
claims against the absorbed institu
tion would bo Jeopardized by the mer
ger, p
While refusing to divulge tho names
of those who had complained to him
the governor intimated that thoy were
persons Interested in claims against
the Ladd and Tilton bank that are
now In litigation and those involved
in prospective litigation growing out
of the bank's post financial opera
tions. ;
PORTLAND, Ore., July 23 (A. P.)
j, . C.-1 Ainsworlh.. protjldent. - of-. the
United mutes' " National lmnk, said
when informed of the action of Gov
ernor Pierce, that the tranafor of the
Ladd and Tilton deposits and assets
had already been approved by . the
treasury. ' t
"Tho comptroller upproved. It ' oh
Saturday, the day tho deal wus made"
he said.
Alnsworth explained that tho dysal
was not exactly a merger. The Ladd
and Tilton bank retains its ontity, but
the Unitod States National has bought
Its deposits and liquid assots, he said,
In other words the United States
National simply took tho depositors'
accounts of Ladd and Tilton bank and
the cash securities that represent
them, ho added.
Tho United States Nntlonal thereby
becomes responsible for tho payment
ot this money to tho depositors and
Ladd and Tilton Is relieved of this re
sponsibility, he explained, but Ladd
and Tilton still retains Is own identity
to liquidate all other cluimB against 11.
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MOVIE TRAP PLEAD
GUILTY, SENTENCED
TILLAMOOK, O're., July 24. (A.
P.) Four of seven alleged bootleggers
who were trapped by District Attor
ney Claude Barrlck and Sheriff John
Aschlm while making deliveries to ft
supposed company of movie actors
pleaded guilty when arraigned in dls
trict court yesterday. The three others
were, hound over to the grand Jury.
Carl Leach and R. J; Brantner wore
fined $500 each. Louis Bahler and
Carl Chance were fined 500 and sen
tenced to ninety days In Jail. The
three, bound over to tho grand 'jury
are C. F. DeFord, L. W. Travis and
Roy Williams. Travis' ball waa fixed
at $2000, Do Ford's and Williams' at
$1000 each.
Tho man who called himself "W. R.
Francis, technical director for the Lee
Film corporation of Hollwood, hero to
film 'Daughters of the Boa,' and
worked with Barrlck and Aschlm in
framing tho trap, has left Tillamook.
Death Toll of
' the Automobile
EUGENE, Ore., July 24. 1. C.
Price, 41, prominent. Kugeno shoo
merchant, dlod under an anaesthetic
early this morning at a local hos
pital, following an automobile accl.
dent on the McKenzle highway near
Springfield, several hours earlier. Mr.
Price was returning from a party at
tho B. C. Simmons summer home on
the McKenzle when the accident oc
curred. His sedan skidded in the
loose gravel at the sharp turn tn the
highway leading Into Springfield, and
overturned. - . f.
Mrs. Simmons, who was riding
with Mr. Price, was cut and bruised,
but waa reported to be resting easily
nt brr home today.
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Has Man Arrested
for Proposing With
No Introduction
KAN PROUO. Cal., July 2 1.
(A. P.) When Thomus p. Von-
ges sent a costly engagement r
ring and a note proposing mar-
rlnge to the girl who unlnten.
tlonally had captured his affoc-
tions, sho replied by having him
r rested for diHturblng tho
peace, Upon tho young woman's
showing that VongeH had never
even been introduced to her, v
police court judge yesterday
fined him $100 and sentenced
him to thirty days In Jail. The
fine . and sentence were sua-
pended, however, when Vonges
promised not to repeat the of- 4
fense,
Chief Executive Declares He
Will Oppose Any Attempt By
Next Congress to Meddle
With Tariff Hands Off
Coal Fuss. .
, pWAMI'SCOTT, Muss., July 24.
(A. P.) President Coolidge will not
sanction any attempts to reviso the
tariff act nt the next congress, ' - -
It was roltoratcd today that tho
executive.' feels that ' any ' meddling
with this net will create general un
certainty and ' react unfavorably 1 on
business.. ( . y... .
' President Coblfdge "holieves '.' that
)raotlcally the same 'bti'slhesa hhtl
trade conditions now exist between
this country and foreign nations as
prevailed when the present act waa
created. '.
The president Is particularly averse
to reopening the whole tariff system
at this time because of the effect lie
fairs It would have on business by
bringing about a situation ot uncer
tainty. SWAMPSCOTT, Mnss., July 24
(A. P.) The administration Intends
to maintain a handa-off policy in
the anthracite- situation, President
Coolidge believing that any interfer
ence on the part of the government
would do mora to prevent an agree
ment between operators and .miners
than to facilitate one, ,
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 24.
(A. P.) President Coolidge sees no
reason . why the shipping board
should not sell surplus ships for
Junking, although he ' realizes that
thero may be a legal obstacle with
which ho Is not familiar.
American League.
At Detroit . . Jl. H. K.
Chicago J 4 ' 7 i 0
Detroit 6 1 1 3
Lynns and Schalk; ColllnB, Doyle
and Woodall. . ; , ;
At Philadelphia . , It. H. E.
Iloston I ......'.. 0 2 0
Philadelphia , 6 11 i 0
' Khmko and Hlschoft; Harriss and
Cochrane.
National League,
At Boston , II. H. E.
New York 1 1t
i , nil t
Iaunwu o ii. v
Scott, Wlsnor and Snyder; Denton
HO Beimer. .
At Pittsburg " II. H. E.
St. Louis 3 10 3
Pittsburg 6 10 ' 1
Rhem, Rclnhart and O'Farrell; Mor
rison and Gooch. -,
' At Chicago R. H. E.
Cincinnati '.....J..... 3 13 '2
Chicago : 1 7 0
Lunue and Ilargravo; Cooper, Hush
and Gonzales.
PRESIDENT NOT
FAVORABLE TO
TARRIFF CHANGE
BASEBALL SCORES -
JAIL 10 MARRIED LFE. AG0
ALIMONY-DODGER TO WORK THERE
. NEW nrtUNHWICK. N. J.. July 24.
(A. P.) Jonnthan T. Meekor. 72
year alimony dodger, will soon be free
from Middlesex county Jail, where he
has been Imprisoned for three years
for failure to pay his wife 112 a week.
The litigation between the couple has
covered 13 years and many of the
Judges and counsel who have been
connected with It have long since died.
MeekeV and had him released. Now
would not pay the alimony. Finally
the county solicitor declared the giz-
MOORS FLEE
BEFORE FIRE
OF HNS
French Open Offensive to
Bring Abd-EI-Krim to His
Knees Peace Terms Are
Disregarded Belgian Air
men Join Americans Pre
dict Crushing Moor Defeat.
PARIS, July 24 Vigorously shelled
by pursuing French artillery the re
bellious Rlfflan tribesmen in Morocco
are hastening their retreat from the
Aln Aloha and Aln
Matouf regions. on
the center of tho
line, taking with
them the civil
populations of vil
lages and - their
flocks.
' Poaco terms al
leged to have been
made by the Rlf
flan leader, Abd-El-K
r 1 m, have
been p u blished
ed In London ' and
Paris newspapers,
but the French
foreign off ice
ABDE.I KRJM
makes it clear that
unless such' proposals are made thru
authorized diplomatic channels no
cognlzunce can be taken of them. '
General Stanislaus Nuulln, the now
Kronen commander In chief is making
pinna for an offensive with tho object
, of bringing Abd-EI-Krim to the point
where he will have to sue for peace.. '
General' Nuulln Intends to proceed
to Taxa Immediately. ' It Is expected
the French offensive 'will bo made
from Taza, about sixty miles. east of
i Fes, instead of from'-Ouezxan,'' as
ojlcd. for lp the original plans.' '" '
' The government la determined to
I take drastic measures against' the
commulsts who are particularly active
in connection with the campaign In
I Morocco. They have even made at
tempts to burn the great air service
epni ai i:afaDianca. .
Following tho example of the group :
of American aviators who volunteered
for service for France Jn Morocco,.'
sovorat Belgian pilots who served In
tho Europeun war have made It
' known that they desire to "fight for
the causo of France, which Is also that'
of civilization."
They have met with the same diffi
culties as did the Americans and more
I besides. Not only were they refused
I by the French war office unless they
enlisted for five years service with the
foreign legion, but tho sultan's army
docllncd to enroll them. They. now-'
are appealing to the newspapers tto '
help remove the obstacles. . .. ... .
The American aviatora wlio ' will
pilot their own planes o Morocco
next week are joking about full dresa
uniforms they will have to wear by
ordor of the sultan. Thoy are grate
ful, however, that they will be per
mitted to wear cool khaki, such as Is
used by .the French colonial troops,
while flying, as their official Moroccan
uniforms coltslst of .roomy red trous
ers, blue tunics, set off with red fezes
and hip boots of Moroccan leather.
All of them will receive on franc
dally for their services, ,'
TOLEDO 'INCIDENT'
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24. U.-P.)
Tho Jap tin one Association of "Ore
gon, In a statement Issued last night
explained Its attitude concerning tho
recant expulsion of JapaneM mill
workers from Toledo, Ore. The state- 1
mont "deplored 'the "unhappy IncU
dent." The Japanese worker were
sent to the town only after represettta- '
tlves of the association had been as
sured that the action had been approv
ed by the townspeople, thn statement
said, and the Japanese were roughly
handled by the crqtwd. The Japanese
lost some of their possessions. It was
stated. ' '
IpAyers no longer cared tn-' support
Meker tind had him released. Now
he won't have to pay and the. litiga
tion Is endod. , ..
Meeker, of lall llfo. saldt . -
"It was great In there. I had a fine
time. Soft Jobs; they treated me like
a star hoarder. - I bad all thn freedom'
I wanted more freedom, I should say.
than I would have as a married roan.
'I could go any place I wanted to."
He likes the Jail so well tltat h'
going to work there tor pay. . ,; ,',
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