Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 09, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textl-nlvpi-.lt T l.lbrnrjO xt o o nn Weather Year 'Ago Maxlmu tit 64 Minimum ,.. 42 iRvdlctlon ....Cencrally Cloudy Maximum yesterday 71 Minimum today ... 3G Oafly Twentieth Tear, ay t)r rifty -fourth Yaar. TWELVE PAGES . MEDFORD, ORECO'N', FRIDAY, OOTORER 9, 1925 NO. 172 R ED NEARLY 3 TO EIBUNE wATE It , s ' i. Dr iiX E IS People Endorse Entire Ballot at Special City ' Election Majorities. Range From Ten to One, Down to 3 to One Outside Districts ; Now a Part of City. . Election Results in Water, board powers. Water bonds . . City hall bonds Waising- penalty . . Limiting gen'l levy.. Nutshell. Yes No .1542 r. '.1 5 .1574 545 .1089 460 .1383 5.13 .1450 423 Changing council elee, :. 1542 38? Crater Lake site gift Ratifying C. L. site Siskiyou annex Laurelhurst annex Eiirhart annex .... W. .lockson annex.. N. Riverside .1705 284 .1662 275 .1738 177 .1738 174 .1738 178 ..1745 1G5 .1719 102 SINGL MEASURE ... 5; Tiy an overwhelming majority of l. nearly three to one Med ford voted ':-:tov the' new water bonds, the new -1 5 city hull, and passed every other V Jfimeaaure on the ballot at the special city election yesterday. It was prob t itthlythfr most decisive roault in any W municipal eloctlon ever held here, In . jvlitifh therte was active opposition. VP Not only did every measure pass, ' but every measure passed in every r , t. precinct of the city, nn unheard of result heretofore. When the down -town precincts came in lust night . Htrong for the bonds, it was expected . Tthls lad would be' cut down by the ; . 4 outlying districts, but instead the ' , lead was sustained and in sopie In- V stances even Increased. - ".'V Another surprising fenture of the election was the extension of the city V limits, repeatedly defeated either in ' Vthe city or outside in the past, but ' : ' passed by overwhelming majorities j ; throughout the city and In every out ; side precinct in the election yester . day. The people were apparently in .In an aggressively affirmative mood. ,i About fifty per cent of the regis i ltered voters went to the polls which .'-ifn slightly above recent averages In f ! special city elections. At the last i'. fHocal primary less than a thirty per p;, iVrcent vote was cast. There are over y i 4000 registered voters In the city , Uand over 2100 voted yesterday. w The vote of the outside districts favor of annexation not included the election .table printed In an other section of this paper follows: jjl Siskiyou Heights Yes, 33; No, 4. fj Iaurelhurst-i Yes, 33; No, 0. Karhart annex (ono family) Yea, Ti3; No, 0. 'f1 West Jackson and West Second JYes, 13; No, 3. North Riverside Yes. 16; No, 6. t The onlv inreo addition in Siskiyou (-1! Heights which is approximately !,mlle square going as far north as the priority reservoir, as far east as the ; !iW. a. Drew residence nnd as far r'i south as the Dr. F. H. Johnson resl k jjilence. According to report today I; the result of the election means that a : t-nnny new residences will bo con Si jutrui'ted In this new section of the jr Vlty In the near- future. ,.. ji jp 1 Flat as Unwed 1 tfl BRIGHTON, Englund Here Is , j'Vhat Stanley Baldwin thinks of Lloyd F' h'denrge's cainpnlgn for 'state control t .''of farm land: S "It has fallen n flat as a cold lln- .i :iii'ed poultice." f, )0 It OfK-n IlapiM-iw Tims I' . i'j NEW YORK Ruga, a mongrel. Is ftruttlng his war- record before the i JPi)lueliloods at a dog show. A pet of ; S'lie Klrst division, he lost an eye from f , i-s- ' ' CITY STREET CARS LUXURIOUS AS 1 I -4 ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Oct. 9. h' jIA. P. 1 Street cars of the future will 3, 'approximate the appearance and com ;( . forts of automobiles on rails If the ' fclann of the traction leaders crystal- : llced at the American Railway asso ) I elation here yesterday are carried out. I- tho automobile has Injured the elec t -. trie railway bv outdoing thpm for I . Comfort and convenience and now the actions must light the motors with Governor Refuses to Declare Oct. 12 A Legal Holiday SALEM, Ore., Oct. 9. Govor- nor Pierce will not Issue a pro- clumation or take any other uc- tion declaring Monday, October 12, Colunibus day, a legal holiday. Attorney Qenerul Van Winkle to- day refused to render an opinion on the question, stating tliut un- less a question of Btate business were involved It was not lnciim- bent upon him or the governor to say whether or not the day 4- should be observed as a legal holiday. PEOPLE THANKED FOR CONFIDENCE ; Board to Start at Once On Preliminary Work and As sure People Full Publicity Will Be Given Every Move Suggestions Solicited. To the Citizens of Medford: We wish to express our appreciation of the confidence which you have ex pressed by the vote of yesterday in our recommendations to you calling for a new water system. At this time we desire to frankly say that it Is our intention to solve the problem now confronting us to the best of our abil ity. . It will be our desire anduiirpose to use every possible safeguard; not only In the completeness of "bar fur ther investigations, but in the work of construction as well. We also wish to call to your atten tion that we must have the approval of the state hoard of health Of any head works constructed at the source of supply and in the supply itself and to this end our plans will be submitted to that body for their approval before being built. As rast as the different problems are taken up we expect to keep you thoroughly informed and also to hold open to you at all times ,the records In connection with this work. We will be glad to listen to any construc tive suggestions of any Interested citi zen for we sincerely hope that when the project is completed that It may be looked upon by all as a monument to the progressive spirit of Medford. We also wish to assure each and everyone that consideration will be given to each and every type of pipe and class of construction that might be considered at all suitable tor these purposes and with the view of leaving at home as much of the moneys ex pended as Is consistent with sound business judgment. Doth bids for the sale of bonds as well as for construction will be called I'or so that there may be open compe tition from all standpoints. We further desire to assure you that while we will not waste any time in bringing about a solution of this problem we are going to take suffi cient time in our further analysis and stildy to avoid error and to assure the city, as well as ourselves that we will have full value for the. moneys ex pended. ' HOARD OF WATER COM., Ity H. I,. Walther, Chairman, ; 1 : E. C. CladdiB, , H. U. Iumsden, v A. U Hill, Olin Arnspiger. Medford, October 9. To the Citizens of Medford: On behalf of the city council and the city officials I wish to thank you for the fine vote on all the measures yesterday and for the confidence re posed In its. We realize that It is rather a large program that has been entrusted to us but we pledge you our honest and sincere efforts In fulfilling the trust. We feel certain that the measures endorsed by you will assure the con tlnued growth and development of our I O. 0. ALENDERFER. Mayor. TO BE MADE AS their own ammunition, leaders say. New street cars Willi individual leather seats, private smoking com partments, fitted with electric cigar lighters, linoleum covered floors, flood lighting arrangements In front, bump ers st both ends, eight-wheel brakes and other motor conveniences were put on public exhibition here. Tm-y created great IntAest among the six thousand delegates present. 9 BY WATER COM 10 OMAN TRIAL QUERY Witness Declares . Guard Was. Only Shot Thru Arm When Convicts Escaped ' ' Later Found. Shot Thru Head Murray Defense Loses Ground Convicts Barred- SALEM, Ore., Oct. 9. The morn ing session of the court In the trial of Tom Murray for the murder of Guard John Sweeney in the prison break of Aufust 12 was one of. reverses for the defense. The first reverse came upon their application to the ' court to call James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley, co-defendants in the case with Mur ray, to the stand as witnesses. The court held that they could not qualify as witnesses In a case in which they were jointly named 'as defendants. The plea of the defense that they be allowed to call other convicts con fined in the prison was also refused as being forbidden by statute and the defenso was advised by the court that if it desired to introduce the ' testi mony of other convicts it would have to do so by deposition taken at the prison. v . - - That Murray and the other convicts did stand behind the oak tree be tween the turnkey's office nnd tower number one and fired into- tower number one from that' position, as oontentled- by ' the state, , was one -of the principal points brought out in the testimony of James R. Carey, guard who stood in the chapel win-i dow overlooking the front yard at the time of the escape and witnessed the break. Murray, at the time he was stand ing behind the tree, was shooting into tower number one In which aunrd Sweeney was killed by a pistol bullet, with a pistol, Carey declared. Murray Took Lead From the oak tree Carey said Mur ray, Willos and Jones ran for the steps leudlng up to tower number one with Murray In the lead. "Did Murray have anything In his hand as he went up the stairs to the guard tower?" asked District Attor ney Carson. 1 "He had a pistol in his loft hand," replied Carey. Curey said Murray was the-first of the three convicts to mount the steps. Curey testified, over objection of counsel for the defbnse, that he had overheard Murray say after he had been returned to the prison, that he was a good shot and that he "never missed.' The presence of Guard Sweeney In tho tower waa explained by Henry L. Koust, a guard at the prison at the time of the break. Foust said that he was sitting in the dining room eating dinner when he heard the prison gong ring. Soon after he heard some one shout halt and then heard shots. Sweeney was also in the dining room, and at the sound of the first shot rose' and dashed for the door, Foust said. He said he Raw Sweeney enter the tower, but did not see him - again. On cross examination Foust said that while he was behind the oil barrelB near the garage while the convlctB were going through the'tower he did not see Warden Dalrymple there. Warden at Homo "Did you see the warden lit nil?" asked Judge King. ' i ' "Yes." 'i "Where?" , i . , . "In his house when I went back there to see If I could get a gun." J. J. Quiniand,1 chief engineer at the prison said that he was standing in the doorway of the machine shop Just east of tower number one at the time of the break and saw both Sweeney and Holman shot as they returned the fire of the . convicts. 'Onntlnued on Page Fle1 " i Water i .'Water - , I ,,.,, I Limiting Council I Crater Ratify Bits H.k, Laurel- I P.rnart , West North ' Board Bonds . FJ- General Election Lake . Crater .B" ,2 hurst fd.utlon I Mttln Riverside ; . ' ' : Powers 1 City Hull- ""u" 1,M1""y Fund Change ' Sites ; Lake Addition A,n,lon Addition j Andton Addl(lon ' . fini)PS0fH . 6I2 60311 604 606 fi0 607j 60S liOHjj tUO 511 612 613 614 616 iffi (flT 61S 6I 620 621 1122 821 Si 2S North Main... 104 4 ' '1 (I ' 4s'' lia' 40;' , l' 42' . ' 4j 10K III 11 26 10li 28 1 1231 15 121 17 120 17' 1201 16 ,118. IT South Mnln ! 0 45 7I 39 4 331 67 361 t 3(1 69 3 94 17 ' 4 ' 1 8 9'j 12 103 6 ' 6 12 100 7 4 North Central 801 35 82 36 101) 18 , 63 33 0K 3o 76 22 95 13 I6 16 911 6 90 10l 93 7 89 10 91 8 Suuth Central -.-.l 102 46 1ll 9611 1!6 35) 86 4 1031 28 114 Z6 121 19 1!4 16 134 6 136 7 I 132 11 131 8 132 I North Riverside.... I 'lllj 49 1ll 40 12 4 113 "87 llof 26 10H . 30 129 . 1 l20 221 '1281 12 123 16l 123 16 123 17 123 II. Oukdale 1411 . 33 147 7 14l 311 139 29 :14n, 22 137 26 146 19 I44 1l ll I'll Hl " ll H6 11 147 8 146 Newtown 2I0 70 3I1 66 227 4 172 8II ' 193. ' 46 202 . 60J J26 6 24 32 222 30 i2 ' 2711 223 II 326 . 26 221 II East Medford 1891 20 14l 1 9j 139 22 1I7 23 122 21 1371 12(1 1471 ! ' 7l 1461 7 148) 411 143 4l 148 , I 144 l 143 I Southeast Medford L.... 163 82l , 162 6I 17l 39 141 49l 146 42,163 2 169 ll 166 28 187 17 18I 16 186' 14 183 14 lit II Southwest Medford ..... 118 56H 1!9 Rl 132 74l 109 69 10K 60 1 20 66 , 12 63 1I0 49 141 1 - I6 142 I4 14l I3 146 v I0 139 It West Medford 213 fjf 224 .' I3 22S 53 13 . tl 207 4S 209 46 227 ' I5 227 li 282' 17 MI- ' 1T ' tl ,12 I ,2I7 . 17 2331 14 Northwest Medford 102 48 102 46 108) 82 93 llj 19 23j 991 23j 106 llj 1071 9j 100 lljj 191 , 13 9 llj lOOj j I : Totnl 1642 695 1 11749 R4l! ' 1l8j 460l888 683! 1450 4i$ 1642 8871706 284! 12 276l7l8 177 17I8 174' 17381 178 1746 165 1TI 111 . . 1 ... i' ..- - ... . - j . 1 - ... 1 . . .1 1 j - 77 ,, 1 " -- - -- 111 , 1 , essaspyenf Back From if J! w ft ' s q ' Hollywood is breathing easier, now thqt Gertrude Olrastead is out of the hospital and on the road to recovery. For a time it feared for one of its most beautiful movie heroines. LASALLE STREET WOLF GIVES UP, AT END OF TRIAL CHICAGO, Oct. 9. (A. P.) Death may cheat the prison bars from which John W. Worthlngton.-the "Wolf of La Salle Street" has been fleeing for two years. Broken' In health, Worthington Is back In Chicago, whero hlH frenzU'd financial operations brought him mil lions and a two years' sentonce In Atlanta, to make hin will and to ob tain a stay of execution of the sen tence ho that he may die here. The results of IiIh life's lubor as a gambler, broker and finally, fugitive from Justice, are about $2,000,000, he says. And he wants to keep this for his daughters. One, Alice, appears In motion pictures as Jane Allen. 1 After that in settled, he does not care If he goejs to jail.' lie Is partly paralyzed .and came from Mexico, his last place of refuge, on a stretcher the last act, he thinks, of his colorful career. '. ... He tells a story, how, In Mexico, with federal agents constantly on his trail, he paid u chief of police $26 In gold for a guard of five men, who worked In eight hour shifts. They thought he had $300,000 in cash and securities. He really had, he said, a million and a half. Friends relate how years ngo he was an alder ninn in Birmingham, Ala., and president of 27 Alabama bunks. Why he left, no one tells. He then was head of a- bank In Kansas City, Mo. Once he served thirteen months In Ring Sing prison. A $S bet at a race track started him amassing money from gambling. He used the funds to open a broker age office in Chicago's flnanclul dis trict and though often In trouble was never convicted. The climax came In 1923 when the government started an investigation of his operations nnd convicted him of fraud. He wos sentenced to serve (Continued on Paka Flv Table Showing Detailed Death's Door BLUEGE OUT OF GAME FOR TIE, WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. (A. P.) dssie Bluege, star third baseman of the Washington Senators, who was hit on the head by a pitched ball yes terday at Pittsburg, will not be able to return to the . lineup before Satur day. There was no game today be cause of rain. This announcement came from phy sicians after they had examined the player, who returned here with the Washington club over night and was taken to the Wardman Park hotel. No alarm is felt over Bluege's con dition, nor is any concussion or other 111 effects feared, but complete rest and quiet has been ordered tor him as a precautionary measure. As a further safeguard an X-ray will be taken this afternoon or tomorrow morning to discover whether the blow from Vic Aldridge's fast one caused any damage which has not yet become apparent. Bluege may be able to don his uni form tomorrow, if doctors are con vinced he Is fully out of danger, but this Is considered unlikely. Buddy Myer, recruit, who substi tuted for Bluege yesterday, will fill the third base post until the regular guardian returns. , . Wire Report on ; the Pear Market NEW YORK, Oct. 0. Thursday: Thirty California; II New York; S Oregon; 4 Washington; 11 New York by boat. Oreicon Anjous, three cars, extras best $44.40; ordinary,' 12. 863. 65; average, (3.60; fancy, . $.1.354.10; average, $3.70. Hose, one car extras. $4.606.76; average, $4.90; fancy, $3.SO5.10; average, $4.66. Vote in Yesterday s Special City Prima Donna Buys 'An Armored Car to , Ward Off Bandits NEW YORK, Oct. 9. (A. P.) Unwilling to run the risk of a holdup while driving through New York streets with her Jewelry, Mino. Frances Altln. so. 4- prano, wife of Olulce (lattl- CaBawa of the Metropolitan Opera company, has purchased an armored automobile. "The west, despite Its old reputation as the laud of bandits, Is safer than New York," she said. ElECTED LEADER John R. McQuigg Has Walk Away at Omaha Convention ' San Francisco Woman Elected Auxiliary President, Defeating Arkansas Entry. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 8. (A. P.) John H. McQuiKir of East Cleveland, Ohio, was elected national comman der of the American Legion on the first ballot at the legionnaires' final session of their seventh annual con vention here today. The election was decided with. the voloa of -thirteen delegations still to be recorded. It was a landslide and upon motion of Howard Savage, Illi nois, defeatod candidate, and Edward Spatfoi'd, New York, losing candidate was made unanimous. Commander McQuigg has had an extensive career as a soldier and offi cer, serving in the Spanish-American war on the Mexican border and In the world war. He Is 69 years old. He began his military career with entrance to Wooster college as a cadet and In the Spanish-American war served with the famous Cleve land Orays and the First Ohio Engi neers, winning to the ranks of cap tain and major. On the Mexican bprder. he served as colonel In the regiment of engineers. - In the World war, Commander Mc Quigg mobilized the 112th engineers. He served In the Baccarat sector and waa wounded in the Argone. ' His service was recognized and hey was appointed brlgudter general of ' the Ohio Natlonnl Guard and placed in command of the 7Srd infantry bri gade in the 37th division. In private life Commander McQuigg Is an attorney and banker. McQuigg pledged himself to the completion of these legion tasks; Rehabilitation, child welfare and Increased membership. Joseph Cheney of Florida, Ray mond O. Llttlefleld of Rhode lalund. Hughes B. Davis of Omaha; Vin cent A. Carroll of Pennsylvania and James A. Howell of Utah, were elected national vice-commanders. The Rev. Wm. Patrick of Cali fornia was elected national chap lain. ' OMAHA, Neh.. Oct. B. Mrs. Eliza London Hhnpherd of San Francisco was elected national president of the Women's auxiliary to the American Legion at the closing session of the national convention ttiduy. She tie. featcd Mrs. Ruth McCurry Brown ot Little Rock, Ark. ' I A Strong Memnrlnl CAMEMBERT, France A monu ment 1 to he erected to a farmer's widow who 164 years ago Invented the delicacy which made the town famous. IOiMl Volra Wilt Help LONDON Mellm is thinking of going Into politics In Australia when she retires. CLEVELAND MAN LEGION 1. 8PR0ULE OF 5. P. GIVES HIS VIEWS Southern Pacific President in Extended Statement Pleads for Exclusion of Hill Lines Declares S. P. Has Done the Pioneer1 Work and Now Hill Wants to Skim Cream. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8. William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacifio company, testifying here today at the interstate commerce commis sion bearing on proposed railway de velopment in southern Oregon and northern California, formally voiced the opposition of his company to the plans ot the northern lines through the Oregon Trunk to extend from iuena to iviamatn rails. 1 "We oppose entry Into this territory ny that line as not in the public in terest, but as representing a real det riment to the public through dividing between two lines a business which Is not more than enough for the sup port of one," he said. "It is against the public Interest to construct more railways than are needed. Excess construction only re sults in a lame return upon the money put into the lines with an Inferior service by each of them, and a burden upon the public." ' Short tine to East.' v He said the Southern Pacific's plans provide facilities tor all traffic of the Klamath territory, superior to those proposed by the Oregon Trunk with out duplication. Mr. Sproule asserted that the plans would give Oregon a new direct transcontinental line to the east. This line, he said, would be so lo cated "oh the one hand to serve the greatest agricultural and timber sec tions of Oregon, and on the other hand provide a mld-contlnental route giving direct service to the major part of the United States." The Southern Pacific's line via Natron to Portland, President Sproule pointed out, Is 117 miles less than to Portland via Bend over the proposed Oregon Trunk line. He also cited comparisons of distances from Klam ath Falls to Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Kansas City via Bend and via Alturas. On cross-examination Mr. Sproule was asked If the Southern Paoifio would build the proposed Klamath Falls-Alturas line If the Oregon Trunk was allowed to enter the Klamath basin. . , , , i He replied: "If we are assured the business justifies we will build the Alturas line, but our opponents say they Intend to get that business. If that is true, we'll have to revise our entire program. If we are allowed to develop the Klamath basin as we planned, we could give them much better facilities." He said one system can do whit I... HM . 1 ....... 1 .1 Hn .1 - A IV 1 ii iiii w nuiiiu ii v v n a i a uu. . Speaking for the Oregon public service commission, Assistant Attor- Iney General Devera asked: "Will you continue your agreement with Mr. fitrahorn If the Oregon ; Trunk Is Riven the right to go Into Klamsth Falls!" I "We would pursue our agreement with the Strahorn lines even though the Oregon Trunk builds Into that territory because we have a contract I with Mr. Strahorn," Sproule said. ' "But ' Mr. Strahorn will be extin guished if the Oregon Trunk be al lowed to parallel his line. Ia that case I do not think he would ask us to furnish money for the building ot a road that would be a total loss." ' i "We want to develop the territory we now serve and not go Into the 'territory now served by other rail roads," remarked Mr. Sproule. He also stated that another railroad Into I (Onntlnued on Pure rwe Election ljtsjr