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o o 0 O 0 o o ' o Medford Mail Tribune Weather tmr Afo Maximum 10 Minimum 4I Prediction Fnlr Jlailmuni yesterday tin. a Minimum unlay ill felly Tvrerk-th lw ffwkly nftT-fourtti Tiw MEDFORD, OREOOX. WKDXESHAY. OfTOIiBR 14, 192') XO. 171! E IS PUT OFF BY I After Record-Breaking Crowd Waits an. Hour in Rain, Baseball Czar Calls Off Deciding Contest Johnson and Aldridge Slated as Op posing Pitchers. FORBES FIELD. PITTSRURO, Oct. 14. (A. P.) A downpour of rain washed out the seventh and de ciding gume of the world series today between Washington and Pittsburg. Commissioner Landls called off the contest until tomorrow after a steady downpour had drenched the field atid a good share of the crowd. The postponement was made at 2:30. Commissioner Landls delayed his decision as long ns any uncertainty remained, hut arter more than an hour of steady rain., the uncovered parta of the field became a quag mire and play was obviously impos sible. "I hate to call It off," Commis sioner Landis snltl. "knowing that fully 16.000 of this crowd are from out-of-town and un der heavy expense in staying over another day. At the same time the field's condition Is such that the players would be risk ing Injury to go out there. I regret to do It, but there is nothing else to do than post pone the game until tomorrow." The crowd stayed almost Intact until the commissioner's decision was made, although it was apparent even at z o ciock mat mere was no cuuin-e of the game going on. 8pectatorB used every available means of pro tection, but they got pretty well drenched so far as occupants of the bleachers and exposed parts., of , the grandstand were - concerned.' Benefit for IlU'hers. Although it was a disappointment for fans, this postponement, the stay was regarded nonorit tn the pitchers of both teams, Walter John- FINAL 6AM son and Viv Aldridge. These two " " ........ mound aces, each victorious twice soto P"1 tnem there. far in the series, hud been slated to The admiral believed that to nt Iwid tho final battle today in spite tempt to manage "an affair", like the of the short period of rest. iHhennndouh trip from the navy de- Now. however, if the weather per-1 partment was "an example of vlola mlts pftiy tomorrow. Manager Harris tion of the upe-old principle that is wtli hp nhlf ... M.ml .lnhnnn tn the destroying the navy's morale," and box with three days rest, as much as he had between his first two vic tories over the Pirates. Aldridge, who won the fifth game for Pitts burg Monday in Washington, would be ahle to pitch tomorrow with two games Interval. PITTSBUnO, Oct. 14. (A. P.) Vnder overcast and threatening skies the greatest crowd that hns yet at tempted to see the 1925 championship games eddied and . swirled about Korbes field to gain their places in the background of the seventh and deriding game between Washington and Pittsburg. It started to rnin a trifle at 1:17 o'clock with a slight hreezo coming up to stir the clouds. Only a few drops fell at first but it was enough to cast doubt on whether! the combatants would get through their game. ; ! Overnight it developed that the rival boards of strategy had pinned their chief hopes on these two aces, despite the fact that Johnson had only two days of rest and Aldridge but one since he pitched the Pirates lo victory in the fifth game at Washington. As game time approached the tar- paulln covering the Inner part of ent troubles, and the present low the field was removed and It wits morale is due to the lack of confi rm tain that play would" not be in at dence In tho lenders. 2 o'clock even If postponement were "This lack of trained leadership held off until thnt time. The ploy- explains why the navy department Is eiH stayed In their dugouts and the administering the navy In violation of crowd stuck to Its seats, with such military principles particularly In pnitection as could be mustered hast; violation of the fundamental principle lly in the form of umbrellas, news- of command." papers, oilcloth nnd raincoats. 1 - - - Outside the pnrk thousands still were gathered around the gates nnd the steady flow into the grounds wan uninterrupted. .IMTTSBITRO. Oct. 14. (A. P.) Sandow, once hailed ns "the world's A light fog settled over Pittsburg strongest mnn," died suddenly today early this momlnic but Indications London, where he recently had were that it would lift nnd the day built up a practice as a health spe become clear for the deciding game clallst. It Is believed death was due of the world's baseball champion- to the effects of a motor accident In ship. which he was Injured some years ago. MOVIE STARS FATHER LARCENY IS Chicago, Oct. 14 (A. p.) rharles Appel, fnhcr of l.lln, Lee, film actress, who vanished nfter being In dieted on charges of ftrceny, cmbex slement and confidence game, hns been located In deaden, Germany, tlw police here have been Informed. Requests have been made of. the Fails at Farming; At 80 Years of Age Opens Law Office LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. .14. fr Finding farming does not pay after a thirty year trial, Aaron C. Reed has returned, at the age of eighty, to law. Ills first pro- r fession. He was re-admitted to the bar by the Nebraska sU- 4 preme court Tuesday and 1h 4 opening an office at Stanton. f Famous Rear - Admiral Fires Hot Shot at Navy Heads Men Have Lost Confidence in Leaders, Ha Declares 'Conservatism a Menace. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. (A. P.) Rear Admiral W. S. Sims, retired, U. S. A., told the president's air board todny that "it is well known," that the navy has "no definite air policy" and that naval air develop ment is hampered by a line of conserva tism so extraordi nary it is almost unbelievable.' Bissatisfac 1 1 o n and unrest in the navy, he said, "is due to a lack of confide nee" In naval leaders and he pointed to the Shenandoah disas ter as a case in point. ADMIRAL SIMS "It mny be presumed," he added, that the commander of the Shenan- doah and his assistants were the best men the navy had but if they were was unreasonable, unscientific und unmllitury." "Why Is it allowed to continue?" he asked, and continued: "It Is be cause the American people do not feel the pressure of war." The navy speaks, he continued, " of a "well balanced fleet, "hut that phrase "has no definite meaning," and like all similar phrases, "it is dangerous." Daniels Is Attacked Without n fear of war, he added, there is a lack of intelligent public interest which enables national and service politics to determine appoint ments to the highest naval positions. "Kor example," he said, "I refer to Josephus Daniels (secretary of the navy in the Wilson cabinet) and his advisers uneducated men. The Dan iels cabinet and its friends are still in the saddle. This group of men be cause they have the authority, at tempt to exercise control of a mass of detail which is one of the big troubles with the navy. "The navy has been controlled for many years by uneducated men and untrained officers who have been ap pointed to the most Important posl tlons. This Is at the root of our pres- The Noted Dead LONDON. Oct. 14. (A. P.l Eugene INDICTED Push slate department In V Ington lo arrange with the Oermun government for trial. He rTinnot be exiradited, It was said becnuse of lack of such treaty provisions between the United iHtntes and Germany. I The charges gainst Appel were Inn Id nl f n time of his Indictment to i Involve approximately 1260,000. - ADMIRAL SIMS SAYS NAVY HAS NO AIR POLICY Ik BOOTH .P. RAILPLANS Prominent Oregon Timber Man Says He Favors Two Railroads in State Instead of One Southern Oregon Sorely in Need of More Rail . Transportation PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14 (A. P.) The hearing on applications for railroad development in cent ral and southern Oregon and northern California, which has been In progress here since Octo ber 5, was concluded at 12:35 P. M. today when the state public service commission completed its case. December 1 was set as the date when briefs must be in. Arguments will be heard at a time to be set later by the Inter state commerce commission. Someone started to sing the Doxol ogy when the case ended but was hushed by the rush to the door by railroad presidents, general managers, rate experts, commissioners from state boards and a corps of attorneys. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14. (A. P.) Pull development of central and southern Oregon should be the aim of the interstate commerce commis sion in deciding what rail extensions and improvements are to be allowed In the Klamath Palls territory, accord ing to the testimony of Robert A. Booth at the rail hearing today. Booth is head of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company, with interests in Multnomah, Marion, Benton, Lane, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lake, Klamath, Crook and Wheeler counties. He gave his testimony ' before Charles Mahaffie, director of finance of the "Interstate commerce commis sion, who is gathering ' evidence on which the commission will determiue the rival claims of the Southern Pa cific nnd Northern lines for rights In the Klamath Palls district. "I do not wish to be understood as a party in this rail dispute other than to uphold the entire interests of the state," said Booth. "I am intensely interested in the development of Ore gon. At no other time in my life have the railroads been nnxious to develop the state as now. "Oregon has been kept back because of lack of transportation facilities. This has been natural because the Northern lines wished to develop their interests In the northern part of the state while the Southern Pa cific was naturally most Interested In the southern part. "In the early days neither system had little beyond stub roads Into Ore gon. People of Oregon know their state better now than ever before be cause of our improved highways. Our people have visited various parts of the state In recent years and know the interests of each section as never before. Wants Two Railroads. "The railroads are now anxious to do what the people of Oregon have long wanted them to do, and I hope the railroads will be given the oppor tunity to carry out their plans. "It Is very much easier to develop vast Industries where there is more thun one railroad. "1 do not want to be conslsered ns opposing the Southern Pacific In any sense, but I do thluk they are wrong In trying to keep the Oregon Trunk out of the Klamath basin. "I feel very friendly toward the Southern Pacific and If I had to build my Industry on any one railroad I would he as glad to have the Southern Pacific as any 1 know. "It Is continry to the public good to have one nil I road or a great indus trial system dominate the mute. "There is more timber In I.ane county alone than In the whole terri tory the railroads are fighting over. "Virtually all the fir in western Oregon Is under the influence of the Southern Pacific." Then he referred to the proposed line across the state, called the Crane Odell route. He said the Union Pacific would not be Justified In building this line unless allowed to teo Into the Klamath basin. Booth paid a very high tribute to Robert E. Strahorn and hit both northern and southern railroad forces by saying: "If Strahorn had been sustained In his original plan by the railroads or by any other source none of tbls trouble would have arisen. His plan was (he most statesmanlike and eco nomical for the developmen: of central and southern Oregon that has been offered." . . H. P. Wiggins, rate expert for the public service commission, testified the state needs the Crane-Odell line to facilitate exchange between eastern nnrl m'eutArn OrAfff.n Ho mtaim a competitive service goes a long wnyi towards providing proper traffic facili ties. He declared Marshfleld should be the western terminus of the pro posed new east and west line. H. H. Corey, member of the Oregon public service commission, urged the s (Continued on page ail.) O $hed Rather Be Duse Than Venus ( . . A stage career, not as a beauty, but as a dramatic actress, it the ambition of Miss Virginia Carr, chosen to represent West Vir ginia in the hall of beauty at the international petroleum congress, in Tulsa, Okla. She is a brunette. Her home is in l'arkcrsburg. ID F KILLED BY BUZZ ORD MAN Robert Holzgnng. 47. a well known Reviewing the fads of Iho on so local resident, wus killed instantly Involving a damage Milt of at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by $52,000 ngalnst former Klnmath a buzz saw. on the Buckley ranch county officials by E. J. Murray, near Applegate. .7. nunderhu-h, who publisher of Iho levelling Herald was operating the saw with Iho de- nt Klniiinlh rails, for malicious . ,.i.,i,,h prosecution, conspiracy tn prose ceased, was uninjured. ('.iio ai.m( probab0 The tragic accident, according to; ,., ,i,i,BC Wolvcrton, nresld Coroner Conger, .was caused by the- - lug over the district federal court saw and entire shaft breaking loose' where. the case was tried, direct- . . , ,, , i cd the Jury this afternoon to re- from fastenings on the rig. Mr. Hols. , a vm(.t , ,avor f , gang, standing directly behind tho (,prn,,HlllH, Murray slated Iliac saw, was struck on' the head above e would oiipral Iho case, the left eye, the blade cleaving his . . . ,, . .t,..ii . i. i .., ,i, i, , ,i Arguments on a mot on to dismiss skull to the back of the head nnd ... " ., . t ., ... . flfcted the fatal injuries, rolled sex em! yards and stopped. The power was furnished by n three-horsepower gasoline engine. Two bolta. whioh IukI held the nhnft l UIV -.!, IM-l.r-v.... Ul ....Vt fQp Murroy broken slmultanemiHly. Tho fmw, bo-l Attorney O'Neill. contoHtiuK the In held at one end by tho helt, niot0( charged "th door of the completed an arc as it left the -rift, court were cloned to this plaintiff," The deceased wan born in Bwitzer- J referring then to tho circuit court of land, October 16. 1877. being 47, Klamath county, then presided over yearn, n months nnd 27 dnjn old by Circuit Judge U. V. Kuyendall. at the time of IiIh death. He rnme The court characterized tho Htate to America In 1K9S nnd a short time niPr,t "as un uniiHual charge" nnd "an later wan married to Frnnuea Hidler. unfair liiHinuntlon upon the Judiciary." Arriving in Oregon thnt name year.l Horace Manning, chief counnel for they settled nt Portlnnd a short tho dufeitHe, brntidod the allegatloDH time, later went lo Mount Angel nnd "un unprofessional, nnd I Htuinl upon Napa, Cnlifnrnln. They returned to my own rcHponHihility in making the OreKon und nfter a few months set- statement." tied in the Applegate valley, where' Attorney O'Neill, n grey halrod bar be Htill owns a ranch. For the pnnt rlster. then stated "thnt It Is not my five years thVy have lived on th'J Intention to cant reflect imiH anions Jacksonville highway near this city, the Judiciary." nnd shortly afterwards Besides his wife, l -l children, nil of concluded his arguments, whom are living, are nlno bereaved.! The tense feeling in tho suit cropped The funeral will be held Kridav ""t othvr stages of O'Neill's ad morning nt ft o'clock at the Catholic 'IrcsH nnd Incidents nnd events In the church, with Father Jtlnck official- labyrinth of legal procedure were ing. The body will be Interred in the. Il8tcl " "balfI llt)H" nml "Hyre lies." I. O. O. F. cemetery nnd Is In the 11 wnB charged at another point of charge of the Conner Funeral nnr- lors. Wire Report on the Pear Market .. ... ... , years that nave swept Klamath Kails. CHirAOO. Oct. H It,'. B. l.ureau There were several lively exchnnKes of Markem.) one ear Mlchiitnn m-nrs; between Attorney Mannlnn and At four New York; five Oreaon;' l tornpy irwin. while tho latter was a WnnhlnKton. . WtnH8s. oienon Anjnus. r,00 boxes 3.35 to Murray Is sulnR the s-ven former I. 70; mostly .i.;o to 4.00. i jnfflHiilH for approximately li2,000 , riamnKes on alienations of assault aud NKW YOltK. Oct. 14! (l S. Bu- conspiracy to prosecute renu or larsem.) luesnnys penr market: . Korty-one cars California: 16 New York: lil Oregon: 13 Wash ington; 20 New York by boat. Oregon nnjous, two cars extras decision fight on Monday. October J, 13.90 to 4.00, average 14.07; fnnoy at the Newark armory, Newark, N. .1., $3.26 lo 3.90; average $3.Kfi. Hose, between llnrry Wills, negro heavy two extras $4.50 to 6.66; nver- weight challenger and Kloyd Johnson age $f.23; fancy $4.16 to 6.15; aver- age 4.74. Ilfo Termers filvo Wood. N'K WfORK.-Twenly-slx lifers string Hing volunteered for a blood transfusion operation lo save the life of a dying prisoner. - KLAMATH FALLS EDITOR LOSES sevon former ofrtclnlH of Klamath uuumy, wt'i u uiiiut utMuru r euerui I III. In.. P V VVnluartnn tlilo mnrnlnr and were climaxed by a mild rebuke from tlie bunch for bitter statements U(fl ,,y Atl0.ney O'NeHI, chief coim- uremueni umi a cousmrucy ex luted to Hi'riire control of the new,' paper buHlncHB in Klamath KuIIb " Till- philmirt Honed hi cn Tup day, afternoon, the principal wit noun being Attorney John Irwin. Murray's h'Kal nido In the barrage of papers that came nt the start of tho trouble, whirl! linn developed Into on. -of the fiercest community feuds of many Wills lo Fight Johnson NKW YORK, Oct. 14. (A. P.) Articles for n twelve round no- of lown. were signed this afternoon, I according to an announcement by Wills' manager, Paddy Mullins, Filming Aryan's Iend. NEW VOItK. Mario Dressier Is quitting the stage (or 1'alm Ueach jrealty, DAMAGE II Doug Fairbanks Too Athletic, Tears Rib in Pirate Thriller t. 14. (A. P. t HOLLYWOOD, Oct. Too much athletic vim was dls- played by Douglas Palrbnnks when he wan helping his leading woman to the roof of a pirate ship's cabin during the filming of un exciting scene, and the result- ant stralu caused one of bis ribs to tear loose from his breastbone. MAY BE SOLVED BY PRETTY GIRL Posses Hunting for 18 Year Old Girl Companion of Henry Sweet, Found Shot to Death Beside Automobile Near Fortuna EUREKA, Cnl.. Ocl. 14. (A. P.) Miss Carmen Wagner. 18, Perndale beauty shop proprietor, missing since the bullet punctured body of Henry Sweet was found beside his automo bile, was being bunted today by posses in the hills of four counties on the northern California coast. The motive for Sweet's death -was not known to the authorities, the mly purpose of the senrch for Miss Vng- ner being bnsed on the belief thnt she was kidnnped nfter Sweet was sh Sweet wns found by his pnr'ted automobile In front of a ranch house near Fortuna. a town south of here. KaportH obtained by the authorities snid Miss Wugner Was a companion of Sweet on a hunting trip to the mountains which starteil on last Tuna tiny. Other personstfhS Joined In the hunting expedition have not , been named by the sheriff. The search at daybreak today wns based on the hope that Miss Wagner might be found alive, but fears were expressed that she might be the vic tim of the supposed abductor's btdlets. Miss Wagner was seen here on Friday night. She visited a beauty parlor here and had a friend dress her hair. She discussed tho hunting trip and said she was going with Sweet and a married couple. Daily Report on the Crime Wave JERRBY CITY, N. J., Oct. 14. (A. P.) Crazed, he said, because his wife Margaret, refused to give up gay com ' panions and trips to road houses with other men, George Wltners, 22, a New Pork postofflce clerk, today hacked her to denth with a butcher knife while police walled for him to "fin ish dressing." nnd let them in. Win Iters then stnhbed himself over the henrt with the same knife. He Is ox- i peeled to die. I Lying in a crlh a few feet from I Mrs. Winters body was her mm. Con- I rail Williams, by a former marriage. Winters had written to his wife's mother, telling her he could no longer slnnd her frequent trips to rnnd I houses and entertaining other nten while he was working nights In a rn- dlo store to get cnouch money to sup port her nnd the child. At four o'clock this morning police were called to Winters' npnrtnient but he refused In let them In, asking for time to get dressed. In a few min utes he opened the door nnd snid: "Von enn come In now; I've done it." Killed In Hull Wreck WIIKblLINll, W. Va., Oot. H. (A. I'.) Three persuns were killed and a score or more Injured when a conrh on a I'onnsylvnnia passenKer train enroitle tn this city turned over utiriitf n miln nnrth tit thtu ftlv -llilu 'nfiei-noon, the coach than entcliluR fire. I'. H. Senator Near Itrnlli ' INDIANA I'OI.IM. 1ml., Oct. 14 (A. IV) United States Henator Bamuel M. Halston. suffering from heart and kidney trouble, lapsed Into uncon sciousness early today, Dr. John At. Cunningham, attending physician, ntinoutlred. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 14 (A. P.) C. T. Haas, Portland nltorney, who has Just returned from a tour" of Europe, roportcd today that while In Warsaw he saw Orsnt R. Olmlrk, for merly financier and attorney of Ore gon City who Is a fugitive fr,yi Jus tice on a charge of forging mortgages. He suld he saw Dlmlck In the Cafe de EUREKA MURDER GRANT DIMICK ABSCONDING LAWYER OF OREGON CIIY SEEN IN WARSAW CAFE MURRAY IN RIGHT DID SAYS DOCTOR State Hospital Expert Says Convict Was and Is Sane Expect Case to Go to Jury Tomorrow Murray Says He Smoked Hemp Before Guards 8 U.RM, Ore,. Oct. 14. Judge Perry It. Kclley late this morning ovprrtili'il a motion made by the protMH'utlon In the Murray trial that evidence Introduced by the prosecution tending to show Mur ray liiKane, be Htricken from the recordH. BALEM. Ore., Oct, 14. Three questions of law, arising from mo tions of counsel, were to be decided upon by'judge Percy R. Kelly In the Tom Murray murder trial early today before arguments before the Jury were begun by the attorneys. The last witnesses to testify in the case were heard yesterday. I District Attorney Jonn H. Carson moved yesterday that all testimony introduced to indicate that Murray is insane and all testimony Introduced to indicate that conditions at the prison were such that the bloody break of Murray, Jones, Wtllos and ' Kelley was In the nature of self de fense he stricken from the records. Will R. King, counsel for Murray, 'moved that nil testimony offered by the state designed to show conspiracy 'on the pnrt of the four convicts be stricken. These were the three points to he decided by the court early to day. . Mrs. Charles Newman nnd her Hon Leslie Newman of New Era, the home where the three surviving con .vtcts spent a day- during their- flight, were on the stand for the defense 'yesterday testifying that the behavior , 'of the convlclH at that time was gen tlemanly. II. II. Rowley, former guard at the prison testified to throw doubt on the sanity of "Trigger Bill" Hlnton, an other guard, whose mind, Rowley said seemed to dwell on the question whether a guard was Justified In shooting a convict at any time other than when a break was In progress. Rowley said he quit the prison Job uh a result of his being found absent without leave, which, Rowley said, was due to a misunderstanding as to change In guard shifts. Murray himself was recalled to the stand and , said he believed Hlnton was "crazy." The testimony was Introduced to show that the convicts lived In fear of their Uvea. Murray identified a quantity of merrawaunnn. He said that some convicts were put Into the bull pen for smoking it and some were not. I "Guards have seen me smoke It," he said, "and I never went to the bull pen for It." HAIjRM. Ore., Oct. 14, Tom Mur ray, con.vlct, on trial for the klllinx of Cluurd John Rweeney in the prison break of August 12, was perfectly aane at the time he fired the shot which the state alleges resulted in Sweeney's death, in the opinion of Dr. I,, n. (Irlfflth. insanity expert' of the Oregon state hospital for the In sane, who this morning took the wit ness stand ns a rebuttal witness for the slate. Replying to n hypothetical ques tion of the prosecution to the mental status of a convict who could have planned end executed a break, such as Murray has admitted. Dr. Griffith said: 'To enrry such a complicated nnd perilous plan out success fully would Indicate to my mlni that the convict was perfectly sane. I would say he was in ! full possession of his faculties and entirely cnpahle of distin guishing between right and . wrong." The question propounded to Dr. Griffith was one of the longest ' known tn Oregon court history. It covered the entire testimony given In the trinl by Murray and other wit nesses ns to the planning and execu tlon of tho break. I A second hypothetical question as to Dr. Griffith's opinion of Murray's (Continued nn oar six.) I L'Angelterro In Warsaw, nnd that when he approuched Dlmlck the lat ter seized bis hat and disappeared In the crowds outside, Ilaua asked the proprietor of the cafe regarding Dlmlck- and was told that' he was a, wealthy Amerlrnn and had frequent ed the, place dally. Haas returned the next duy hut Dlmlck failed to ap pear again. : . . . I O