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. MEDFORD, ORECO'N', FRIDAY, OOTORER 9, 1925
NO. 172
R
ED NEARLY 3 TO
EIBUNE
wATE
It
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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.
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" 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
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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 .
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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
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Election
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