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. MEDFORD, ORECiOX. HATl'RDAY. SEPTEMBER . in-Jii
XO. 143
ASSAILED FOR KILLING
M
AVIATORS
I OFFICER
FLAYS U. S.
AIR POLICY
Col- Wm. Mitchell Charges Air
Service Tragedies to Crim
inal Negligence of U. S.
Navy and War Departments
Men Sacrificed to Politics
Arrest Is Expected.
BAN ANTON'.A, Tex;,- Sept. 5 (A
p.) Predicting Hint ne will be
Itlaced under military un-est by Mon
day because of what he said, Colonel
William Mitchell, air officer of the
eighth corps area, and deposed nnsist
. ant chief of the air service, today is
sued a statement denouncing the war
department and the navy department
in connection with the disaster which
befell the Shenandoah and the loss of
the senplane PX-SI No. 1 on an at
tempted hop to Honolulu.
The . statement was issued after
"mature deliberation and after a suf
ficient lime has elapsed since the ter
rible accidents to find out what hap
pprxwl." to quote from the statement.
"These accidents ore the dlreci re
sult u. uicunipeiency. criminal negli
gence and almost treasonable adminis
tration of the national dofense by the
war and navy departments," he wrote.
Charging that . both ihe war and
navy departments have gone to the
utmost lengths to keep down the de.
vulonmcnt -of ' nvmtlon and -to. main
tain aeronautics as a part of Ihe two
departments. Colonel Mitchell said
that all aviation policies are directed
by non-flying offloers "who know
nothing about flj'ing and that lives
of airmen ale heing used merely, as
pawns In their hnnds."
Colonel Mitchell said:
"The. airmen themselves are bluff
ed and bulldozed so that they dare
not tell the truth, knowing tull well
they will be deprived of their future
careers, sent to the most out-of-the-way
places to prevent their telling the
truth, and deprived of all chances for
advancement unless they subscribe to
the dictates of their non-flying bu
reaucratic superiors." -
Colonel Mitchell asserted that "the
conduct of the war nnd navy depart
ments has been so disgusting In the
last few years as to make any self
respecting officer ashamed of the
cloth he wears."
Colonel Mitchell declared that the
determination of' the members of the
flying service to place the issue
"squarely up to congress and the peo
, pie, dntes from the killing of Lieu
tenant I'eorson and Captain Skeel In
the dilapidated racing nlrplunes dur
ing last October's air meet."
This was caused, he soys, "by an
arrangement between the army nnd
the navy that the navy should take
the races one year and that the army
should take them the next year, here
by equalizing propaganda, for the air
services." .
Parade of Jfnvy.
The recent mnneuvers of the fleet
In the Pacific are declnred to have
been nothing more than a "parade of
our navy," reported to have cost from
60 million to 80 million dollars, which
demonstrated the futility of surfnee
vessels. He declares that In war the
fleet steaming to the Philippines
would have been constantly beset by
submarines and that "If any vessels
survived the submarine attacks, cross
ed the ocean nnd came within hun
dreds of miles of the hostile coast,
they would be sent to the. bottom
forthwith, by airplanes."
Regarding the Hawaiian senplane
flight the colonel declnred:
"Next, to get publicity and mnke n
noise about what It Is doing with air
craft, this so-called Hawaiian flight
was arranged for. Even If it had
been mode successfully to Honolulu,
It would hove meant little, either com
mercially or strategically, compared
to what a flight to Europe or Asia
would. Three airplanes were built to
participate in it. These showed noth
ing novel in design and were untried
for this kind of work. One never got
nwny from the Pacific and one flew
rrvintlnne rm Pr Fllrhr
EX KAISER S SUMMER PALACE AND ART
TREASURES TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
T.ONPON. Sept. R (A. P. The
Pally Express says that the art treas
ures of the famous palnce on the
Island of Corfu, owned By William
HohenioUern when he was emperor
of oermany, are to be sold nt auc
tion by the Greek government, which
acquired the property durlj tho war.
Oregon Japanese
Can Own Buildings,
But Not the Land
SAI.EM. Ore., Sept. fi. J.ip-
4 nnese residents of Oregon may
4 own business or residence build-
lugs In this state, but not Ihe
land on which they stand. They
may. however, lease such land.
This Is the opinion of the at
lorney 'general's off Ice, based on
the Oregon law and a treaty
between the lnlted Slates and
Japan. The opinion was nsked !
by District Attorney
field of Cons county.
Hedding-
WATER CUT OFF
BY BLAST, FIRE
SWEEPS LA. CITY
9 City Blocks Leveled in
Shreveport, Louisiana When
Fire Follows Wrecking of
City Water Mains Bucket
Brigade Checks Flames.
SHREVEPORT, La., Sept.. 0. (A.
P.) Nine city blocks, embracing more
thnn 250 dwellings In which lived
more than 1000 persons, were leveled
here lust night and early today by a
fire-which -broke out shortly, , fitter,
some mighty force had wrecked the
city water mains In three places.
Property loss was estimated early
today at upwards of $1100,000 exclu
sive of losses . by public utilities.
Three blocks of the fire-swept area
were occupied by homes of moder
ately well-to-do persons, while the re
maining six blocks, which extended
up to the business district, housed
poorer persons and negrues.,
Six persons were injured, two seri
ously. The fire originated In the bathroom
of the home of O. Childress, a barber.
land whipped by the heaviest night
winds in mnny years, quickly got be
yond control.
Hundreds of persons formed bucket
brigades In an effort to stem the rush
ing tide of flames.
For five hours, however, the city
was left virtually at the mercy of the
fire, until finally the breaks In the
mains were repaired. ,
The fire started in a house owned
by a former fire department chief and
across the street from n fire stntion.
The brenks in the mains remained
unexplained early today. One theory
was that they were caused hy dyna
mite used in nearby construction
work.
Mayor L. E. Thomas called a citi
zens' meeting to plan relief measures
for the homeless.
The Cotton Belt and tho Texas &
Pacific railroads rushed carloads of
water to the scene nnd lent great aid
while private water concerns distrib
uting well water rushed their supplies
and city sprinkling wagons, tilled at
Red river, kept running to and from
the scene of the conflagration.
City officials did not venture to
fix responsibility for the break in the
water main.
"Oh Clod, let It rain," one womnn
cried frantically ns she sat In Ihe
street nnd witnessed the destruction
of her home nnd the homes of her
neighbors. Sobbing women carrying
children In their nrms, hurried nwny
from the pnth of the flnmes. At 1 1
o'clock tho wind chnnged lis course,
veering from n northerly direction to
southwest'.
1 At one plnce, three men wrapped
In gunnysncks to protect them from
the heat, fought against fierce odds
and won.
From a hillside a thdusand specta
tors stood Idly watching.
As the fury of the flames died down
groups of homeless gathered around
what property they hud snatched from
their homes nnd began their all-night
vigil.
Hero and there fnmllies discussed
their loss. Occasionally the sobs of a
(Continued on Page Three)
The articles' to lie sold Include
hundreds of pictures, statues and
Intimate relics 9( the ex-knisor nnd
his family as well ns the late Em
press Elisabeth of Austria; who built
and furnished the palace. The sale
will, begin late this iiion and will
last several weeks.
JONES WINS
GOLF HUE
Amateur Champion, Playing
Flawless Golf, Overwhelms
Fellow Townsman '8 Up
Match Close for First' Nine
But Youngster Breaks Under
Strain Loser Hugs Winner
OAK MONT, Pn., Sept. 6. 'A. T)
Bobby Jones, the invincible golfer
from Atlanta, retained his national
amateur crown here this afternoon
when he overwhelmed the young
Wntts Ounn, also a resident of the
Georgia city. The match finished
on the 29th green when Bobby put
down a pretty putt for a par four.
He was eight up, with seven holes
to go.
The young Ounn, inexperienced in
tournament play, survived the classy
field, going into the final after three
days of exceptional golf when he
shot under par for two score holes.
Ounn, the pupil, was no match for
Bobby, the master. He played the
first nine holes under par, as did
Hobby, holding the champion even at
the turn, but coming home he lost
four holes, giving Jones the four ad
vantage. '
On tho first nine this afternoon,
Ounn played In flnshes he would
Up to .the "'80) -"he- h$ld' Robhy tf
four up. Then ho' n'ent to pieces,
for Jones, displaying' the form that
made him Champion, wont after his
young friend with some of the finest
shots ever witnessed on tho diffi
cult Oakmont course. As Bobby won
the 2Uth with a pretty putt. Ounn
whose hall was in a trap, rushed
toward his friend and embraced him.
As the runner-up, the youngster was
given a great hand. Then began the
victorious march to the eighteenth
green, where Bobby, the peerless
amateur, was given the trophy em-j
blematlc of the championship he so
ably defended. I
. And Ounn,- not to be forgotten for'
the wonderful battles he waged dur-j
ing the week of gruelling golf, stood
beside the king of the amateurs toj
receive nis reward as me nations
second best amateur.
Four t'p at Turn
OAKMONT, Pa., Sept. 6. (A. P.)
Bobby Jones of Atlanta was well on
his way to his second successive na
tional amateur championship today
when he led Watts Ounn, his youthful
fellow cltl7.cn by four up at the end
of the morning round of eighteen
holes.
Jones shot a seventy, two under
par, to gain his ndvantage, Ounn
holding him sqinre at the turn, aided
materially by an eagle three at the
fourth. Both shot better than par
for the first nine, Bohby having a 36
and Ounn 85. Par Is 37.
After the turn Ounn gained a hole
advantage at the tenth when Bobby
mised a putt of ten feet nfter chip
ping from the rough. They halved
the eleventh and twelfth, hut on the
short thirteenth the chnmpion squar
ed the match .with a par three ns
Ounn had trouble In coming out of
a deep trap,
A birdie added another for Phhy
at the fourteenth, his second dropping
20 feet from the pin to he followed by
a sensational putt. He picked up the
fifteenth when his opponent honked
across n road Into rough and had to
whoot over the trees. The shot landed
In a trap. '
At the home green Jones took his
lead of four because Ounn acnln wan
dered In the deep traps with a hook,
missed the pit and finally reached the
green in four. Jones ployed the hole
In par. .
OAKMONT. Pn.. Sept. f. (A. P
nohhv Jnne. the champion, nnd
Watts Ounn, both sons of the same
cltv. Atlanta, met here today for the
national amateur golf chomnlonshlp
with a gallery of a thousand watch
Imr the play, ft was Jones onnortu
nltv to accomplish a feat credited to
only four other men. Including Jerry
Traver and If. Chandler Egan. win
srn ai
of th
nern of the national title two years in
succession,
Both expressed confidence an they
went to the tee. Thev hove been In
Feperable since nrrlvlnir here more
lhan a week ago, and the sentiment
In the match ha aroused on Interest
seldom seen In golf.
Ounn Is 1ft year old. the same nge
that Bohby honsted when he nlmed at
hi first -rhnmplonshin on th n.
mnnt country Club house In 1019
when he was defented for the title by
Davy Herron,
ATT. A XT A. On., Pent. R fA. P.I
There'll not be much hnl work done
(ftntlnueden Page three.)
SECOND Til
Bob io.Stay, Says
-JU. ... ., v ' -
, , The hob is here to stay, and never will be discarded by gMif
says Mile. Hc.lene Lombard, Parisiennc, who- is given credit for
innovating the "shingle. She sees the bob as a symbol of the.
emancipation of her sex. : ,.
CITY
BY
TACOM A, Sept. 5. Polar LnPlant
marshal of Kntonvtlle, Wash.-, is dend
and W illiam Charles who killed him, j(.h(lrl ,,, , ,mve )ppn ,ntoxlcntBlli
is in a dying condition at the county '
hospital, as the result of a shooting attempted to evade nrrest. Charles
at Katonvllle yesterday afternoun. Lai fired and LaPlant, although mortally
Plant died at an Katonvllle hospital wounded, grappled with him. obtuin
at 5 o'clock tblsmornlngandChaiicti ed his revolver and fired a bullet Into
was brough, there. Charles' head.
A bullet is lodged at the base of A charge of first degree murder
his brain.'" Physicians do ' not .expect i wan filed against Charles In Justice
him to live.
MID-WEST HEAT
CHICAOO, Hept, B. (A. P.) Cool
ing breezes .from tho Canadian north
west today were forecast as a van
guard of rain, which will bring sur
cease within a day or so from tho
scorching heat in the middle west,
lower bike region and the southwest.
A'forctnsto of the bfng-awaltcd
showers has come to parts of North
Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin, hut else
where record high temperatures havu
brought deaths, drought, damage and
suffering.
More thnn a month of aridity was
broken when a quarter Inch of rain
fell Jn Kargo, X. I. Jnmestown, N.
D also wuk visited by three welcome
showers.
- High winds and hall accompanied
the downpour In Orlnnell, Iowa, caus
ing property damage of 40,000.
Hut elsewhere In these stricken
areas temperatures above the normal
broke seasonal records.
Most of Iowa, except parts touched
by storms, was a seething furnace.
Sheldon experienced 106 for seven
hours 'yesterday. Pes Moines' highest
was 9?, with one serious proptratlon,
and others of a minor nature there
and elsewhere In tho ,state. Kllght
showers in Pes Moines only Increased
the humidity.
Hchuols were dismissed yesterday in
Omahu because of 100-degree heat.
AkmimsIii Kills Hlliwlf.
ATHENS, Sept. 6. (A, I'.) An at
tempt to assasHlnale M. Kllasen, gov
ernor of the Hank of Athens was
made today by a youth named Mou
rn o, who, when his attempt failed,
committed suicide.
Jackie Coogati Is (irnwn t'p,
RAN FItANCIHCO, Sept. G. Jackie
Coogan's days as a Juvenile screen
star are numbe"'d.
I Wearing his first pair of long trous
ers. Jackie brreeed Into town today
with his father.
"Shingle" Creator
FATALLY WOUNDED
T
I The encounter between Marshal La
! Plant and Charles occurred when
(court here today.
National,
At Pittsburg re. ri. e.
St. Louis , Oil 2
Pittsburg 0 14 2
I Malls. Plckerman. Pvcr nnd O'Far-
rell; Meadows, Sheehan, Morrisoh and
Smith. i .
At Philadelphia U. If. E.
New York ...14 17 0
Philadelphia : 10 14 2
Itarnes, Dean, Knight and .Snyder;
Carlson, Decatur, Couch and Wilson.
At Chicago n. H. E.
Cincinnati - , 0 0 1
Chicago- n 10 0
Mays and Hnrgrave; Kaufman and
liartnett.
At rioston
Flint game: It, H. E.
Brooklyn 6 13 1
Postun 3 fl 0
Vance nnd Peberry ; Oenewlch,
Kamp and Olhson.
Second game: li. H. E.
Brooklyn 3 10 1
Itoston 4 9 1
Grimes at ul Taylor; Smith and
O'Xeil.
American.
NEW YORK; Sept. 5. (A, P.)
linbe Kuth, penitent Ynnkee star, con
tinued under the bad graces of Man
ager Miller Muggins today. The Bam
bino was at the Yankees' club house
before today's game with tho Athlet
ics, but Hugglns again postponed a
meeting with his suspended bad, boy.
The Athletics had an altered line
up. Red Holt, $2r,ooo recruit from
the Jersey City International league
club, replacing Jim Poole at first
base." Poole," n Portland recruit, had
been substituting all season for the
Injured Joe Huuser.
At New York U. It. E.
Philadelphia ! n 0 1
New York 8 10 0
Rommel, Baumgartncr, Walberg
and Cnchrnne; Hoyt and Bengoiigh.
At Cleveland R. H. E.
Detroit 0 12 4
Cleveland 4 9 2
Shauie and P. Howell.
At Washington R. . II,
K.
Boston ...j .....
Wnshttftton
Wlngflcld und lilschnff
Ballou and Scvereld, Kucl.
fl ft 2
7 ' 10 1
Hellther,
! BASEBALL SCORES
I ;
500 Klansmen Put
Wreath On Grave
Theodore Roosevelt
NEW YORK. Sept. 5. (A. P.)
KuKlux Klansmen placed a f
n wreath on the grave of Theudore
Roosevelt at Oyster Ray last
n night with ceremonies attended
by about 6I0 persons. It was n
luarned today. H
A personal representative of fr
4V Hiram W. Evans, grand wizard
of the klan, was said to have
placed the wreath on the grave, 4
in the absence of the grand wlss-
n ard, who was ill.
4 Pressed in white robes and red 4
4 cupes of the klan "guard of
4 honor," klansmen stood about 4
4 the late president's grave during
the quiet services, which includ-
4 ed prayers.
One Colored Man Killed, An
other Shot Bv Nearo Who
PI7P Wrnnfl Girl in Effort
aeues wiung urn in cnuu
in Rat Rancnm I ilfMIM
,, IU UCl ndll&UMI LIMHIcaa
. r-..Ui
Saves Millionaire s Daughter
'
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WOrcLAlll, N. .1.. Slspt. .5.-A.
.rl ... J v r r
P.) Btood stains on the front seat
of the automobile in which Mary
Daly, six year old daughter of Dave
Daly, well-to-do hardware' dealer.
was held by the kidnaper who car
ried her away yesterday noon, have
given rise to the belief that tho child
no longer Is alive.
MONTCLAlIt, N. J., Sept. 5. (A.
P.) Posses today Intensified their
searches for n little white girl kid
naped hy a negro who presumably
killed another negro In order to get
an automobile for the abduction.
Apparently having planned to kid
nap the niece of a wealthy banker,
the fugitive seems to have found
that he 'abducted the wrong girl.
The kidnaping plot police believe,
was aimed against Joseph A. Power,
vicepresldent of tho New York
Trust company, whoso seven yenr old
niece, Dorothy Coates, was visiting
him.
Instend the negro grabbed Mary
Daly," six yenr old daughter of David
8. Daly, hardware merchant, near
the Power home yesterday afternoon.
Poce t first suspecte., Raymond
Pierce, a negro chauffeur, who had
borrowed the car which the ab
ductor used, but IMeree's body was
found hiHt nlxht In a culvert with
a bullet hole In the head. Tho as
sumption is that ho was killed by
the kidnaper in order to get tho car.
Last nlKht Mrs. Dower wob called
on the telephone by a man who de
manded J4000 for tho return of her
niece, but her nioco was safo In
bed at the time. Mnry Daly and
Dorothy Pontes look very much alike.
Aiiei in. R..iu...ir ......
Mory he sped nwny. John Bamlin.
the Mower chnuffeur irnve chase.
After ten miles Hnndln crowded tho
fiiKltlve enr toward the curb and tho
negro fired, hltihiR Bnndln in the
head. Ho was taken to a hospital.
Fourth Vessel Victim of Fog.
8KATTLE, Hept. S. (A. P.) The
fourth vessel In such a pllKht In nine
dnys on I'uitct Hound nnd adjacent
waters, the French steamer Hnlnt I'nul
wns ntitn nnd dry in tno nnrnnr nt
Anncortes, BO miles north of here, at
low tide today. All tho groundings
were attrluted to fog'.
Women ArrcHlod for Smoking.
JAMBHTOWN, N. D. Two women
hnve heen fined $5 for smoking on
the street. No perfect lady does so,
snys the chief of police.
POSSES SEARCH
FHGM0
KIDNAPPED GI
ALIEN ORDERED DEPORTED FROM LOS
LOH ANOni.nR, Sept. B. (A, r.)
Joe Pnnns must leave tho United
Stales and go homo If Immigration!
"
authorities can determine whore that
is. Ho hns been ordered deported
an undeHlrnhle nllen hut In Ihe
eleven years thnt hnve elnpsed since
he emigrated from Poland, thnt
renin try, hns ceased to be Russian nnd
Its boundaries hnve been so Ihnr-
oughly overhuuled that It 1W dlffl-
STILL HOPE
10 RESCUE
IDE PN-9
Leader of Navy Searching
Party Reports "Reason to
Hope for Recovery Today"
18 Destroyers Rushed to
Scene From Antipodes
Scout Planes Join in Seach
WANHINTON, Sept. 5. (A. P.) i
Captain Stanford E. Moses, com
manding the Hawaiian flight project,
reported to the navy department
today that an analysis of the situa
tion "gives reason to hope for the
recovery today" of Commander Rod
gers and the missing seaplane PN
9 No. I.
HONOLULU, Sept. Q. (A. P.)
The work of wresting from the
stubborn silent tropical sea its prec
ious secret of the whereabouts of
the missing senplane. PN-9 No. 1.
was underway today . with renewed
mtenHity.
KiKlueon destroyers were rushinR
""" 1110 m-ene by hrenklng awfly
from lhe fleot llBlIu.hmet. retuminK
' from 0,0 Antipodes.
Kl.om , eaat ,he Bir,,,, carrier
' Lnnsley, with n eurgo of scout plane's
i,our,i, cun to th vicinity
Iwhcre search, was helnK cnrrled on
I for the mlHsttiK plane . which was
n -victim rff fuel shortage While on
uo.iv.ntop light tromSan PrantriHeo.
l0. HonoIulu ; five duya " ag6i ;Ji;
destroyers nnd aircraft aboard
the Lnnglcy wiil augment the forces
"l u,r ,WI " ,,uvo
In search of tho
plane, the lnut word from which In
cluded this laconic messago:
"We will crack If we have to
land In this rough weather with
no power."
With the pntrol baso nt Lehalna
abandoned a, new base for airplanes
will he put In operation on- the
western-most Island, on the archipel
ago, tho Kaul. The spot, which
is Inhabited hy but few contains a
number of coves which may provide
new senrchlng grounds for those In
'"est of the missing blrdmen nn
their plane. '..;- .
Daily Report on
the Crime. Wave
COM'MBITH. Ohio, Sept. 6.r(A.
n t.i.1111. t - nn ..1 ,
had filled with water and lighted a
fire under It at her hpme today. Hev
eral hours later the hUHband discov
ered ihe rhlld dead. , .
Wall Street Report
NHJW YORK, Sept. 6.-Desplt tho
nnnrnnnh nf n flinhlo tiAIMat whinh
, U8Ualy occatlon for a Yeadjilstment
of speculative accounts and b rostrlc-
tlon of new commitments, Stock prices
made aubstantlal progress on the U
gl(l8 ln t0(lBy'g bret ,e8,on ot th6
market. - 1 .
Group movements were afcaln in
evidence with the motors, foods, ship
ping and local tractions making tho
best showing. Seasoned dividend
paying Issues were also well bought
with United States Steel common
under steady accumulation In apiai-
ent anticipation of a favorable tonnage
statement next week.
Plerce-Arrow common anil Doilno
, nrotheris common led the advance In
the motors, being taken In large
blocks. Huying of the rails cantered
in the St. Paul, Wheeling and Lake
Brie, Texas and Pacific, and Pittsburg
and West Virginia Issues. The closing
was strong. Total sales approximated
0(10.000 shares.
'IF
1,
cult to know whether h ought to ho
shipped hack to Poland, Russia,
"'I"""""1' ",mo ' h;r cou,n,.ry' ,
Meanwhile his attorney yostordny
mo(, application for a writ of ha-
bens corpus, pointing out thnt PnnnH
has heen awaiting deportation in tho
county lull since Inst April, and sug.
gestlng thnt It would only be fnlf
to nllow him his freedom until a
country can be found for him. The
caso will be heard next Thursday,"