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MEDFORD, OKKOOX.' SATURDAY, NOVKMHKK 7. li)-
N'O. 197
Dept. Agriculture I
Plans to Abolish
Christmas Kissing
IS
Van Winkle Holds
Field and Principals in Today's Football Classic
Bear Not Game, So
Open Season Is On
M
CRIMSON
Mr!
ID
BY TIGERS
Harvard Gets Worst Beating
From Princeton in 36 Years,
36 to 0 Northwestern
Beats Michigan, Dartmouth
Defeats Cornell, Illinois
Noses Out Chicago.
PRINCETON, N. J Nov. 7. (A, I'.)
Unable to stop .a brilliant forward
passing attack, punctuated by oil
tackle thrusts, a bewildered Harvard
eleven -went down to their worst de
feat since 1889 before Princeton in
their annual gridiron strugglo hero
tod.y, 36 to 0. i
l'lay began when Pratt kicked off I
for Harvard. After a series of plays
in which Single and Dignan collubor-!
ated, the ball was In Princeton's pos
session on Harvard's 26 yard line. ;
Dlgnau made eight yards through '
center. A pass, Slagle to Caulkins, j
ill-ought the ball to the Crimson 1 1-1
-'.yard line. Ulgnan and Slagle took
the ball to the two-yard line, wbent o
Slagle went over on the next play.
Slagle kicked goal. Score, Princeton
7, Harvard 0.
Miller Fumbles.
Miller received Slagle's kick on his
10-yard line and gained 21 yards,
.where his fumble enabled Princeton
to recover. Dignan plunged 12 yards
through center and Slagel put Hiq ball
directly In front of the Crimson goal
posts. Single, from the Harvard 21
yard line, drop-kicked goal,
As play was resumed, pl:iys by
Dignan and Slagle brought the ball
to the two-yard line. Dignan went
over on the next play. Single added
tho extra point, bringing Princeton's
score to 17.
.Coady kicked, to Caulkins, who run
r tho ball to Princeton's 27-yard lino.
A forward pass and a 30-yard run by
Caulkins put Princeton on the 15-yard
line; The Crimson defense was para
lyzed by Princeton's aerial strategy.
Another pass put the ball on the
Crimson's three-yard line. Dignan
crashed over the line for the third
touchdown. Slagle kicked goal, giving
Princeton 24. Harvard 0.
Slagle made an end run for nine
yards. Another Tiger forward pass.
Slagle to liea, took the ball to its own
42-yard line. A series of plays In
which Moseley made a poor attempt
to kick, ended with the Tigers tro
yards still to make on its iBst down.
A Tiger attempt to pass was Inter
cepted and the ball went to Harvard
on its own 20-yard line.
The Crimson failed to gain appre
ciably. The Tigers got the ball and
Ilrldes mado first down, placing the
ball on Harvard's 30-yard line. Crosby
punted to the Tiger 42-yard line. A
Tiger pass was incomplete. Ilridges
took the ball to within a yard of mid
field, i Then Slagle punted to Cheek,
who placed the ball on Harvard's
eight-yard line- Standing behind his
own goal, Coady faked a punt and
. passed the ball to Crosby for seven
yards through the Tiger center. Har
vard made It first down on Its own
lS-yard lino.
Fourth. period: A pass. Single to
ltrldges, gave the Tigers six yards,
llooth went In for Slagle and Ul-inan
came back for Caulkins. A pass by
Dignan wns grounded and the Tigers
had four yards to go on its last down
Willi tho ball on Harvard's 14 -yard
line. A Princeton pass was Incom
plete. Coady. for Harvard, punted,
but was blocked by Darby, who
Picked up the ball and raced from the
Crimson 24-yard line for Princeton's
1 fourth touchdown. Swing's kick was
blockqd.
HANOVEIt. N. H., Nov. 7. f A. P.)
Dartmouth smothered the unbeaten
Cornell team hero.todny, 62 to 13, thus
strengthening tho position of the big
Green team for the eastern champion
ship. Dartmouth's aorlal ntin:k be
wildered the Cornell tenm. the work
of Oberlander. Isino and Tolly en
abling tho Hanover team to score al
most at will. Several of Dartmouth's
touchdowns resulted from long paw
the receiver frequently completing
runs of twenty or more yards to mukc
the score after the catch.
SIJATTI.H Nov. 7. Washington
'Cnnrlnnoil o P 1ti"
M JENNINGS BRYAN SPEAKS TO
LEI
CHICAGO. Nov. 7.CA. V.) The
voice of William Jcnnlng Uryan. once
In the forefront of the war against
rum. carried a mesrage to the Antl
Haloun league convention today thru
a phonogith record. The service
of the greul commoner in work of
prohibition were great, according lo
M"v. A. J. I'.arton. Kansas City, who
introduced the Urya" speech.
A prmiilw of vlgni nun net inn In
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. A.
P.) If the department of agri-
culture has its way. kissing op- T
porttinltics under the Christmas
mistletoe will be abolished. The
4 department doesn't object to the
kissing, but to .the mistletoe.
which is regarded as a dangerous
forest pest. A drive has been
started against mistletoe in the
national forest and within ten
years the department hopes to
exterminate the plant.
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CIVIL WAR-HERO
DISGUSTED WITH
LIFE WOES
General Custer's Orderly Finds
Taxi Drivers and False
Teeth Too Much to Stand,
So at Age of 86, Takes
His Life.
KILLINGS, Mont.. Nov. ". (A. P.)
John liurkman, SG, who braved tho '
du libera of war for eleven years and !
who served as orderly to (!cncral ;
(Ioqvizc A. Custer, is dead, a victim of
despondency caused by hroodliiK over I
a Herlca of occurence which took i
away his desire to live, lie shot him
self through the head here yesterday.
It was liurkman who saddled Gen- i
oral Ouster's horse Victou." on which
the Famous Indian fighter sallied
forth on his lust thrust against the
red men the hat tie of-tho LItttle BIr
Horn. Me was the subject of a char
actor sketch by- Mrs Custer, Hi lier
"Following the Cuideon." y
Durkmun came wost at tho age of
20 anil learned tho art of fighting to
keep nlive. He served In the Civil
war with the Fifth Missouri volun
teers: he fought Indians after the war
when he Joined a group of plainsmen
moving west from St. Haul: ho went
with Custer through Tennessee and
Kentucky after the war on tho cam
paign against illicit distilleries and
the activities of the old Ku Klux Klan.
and finally served In the Dukotas un
til after the massacre and in tho war
against the Nez Terces In 1X77.
Uecently he went to Bawtello, Cal.,
in an eftort to enter the soldiers
homo there but was denied admittance
because the government was paying
him a pension of $72 a month. He
felt hurt. A taxicab driver charged
him $o each for two rides between
the soldiers home and the railroad
si at Inn. It seemed unreasonable to
the Indian fighter. He bought a set
of ai'tiflciHl teeth in California which
irritated him. lie threw them away.
A pair of glasses and a pair of boots
wont tho same route because they did
not serve htm with comfort. When
he returned to Hillings ho lamented
theso things nud .talked of suicide to
ond what he called "Just throwing
money away."
Nobody took his threat seriously
until yesterday. ,
ROAD TO CAVES
PLAN APPROVED
HAI.KM, Ore., Nov. 7. (Special)
The highway commission has ap
proved boundaries of the Siskiyou
highway improvement district as sub'
milled. '
' This means that on. election will
lie railed to submit the proposition
of a super-road district to Oregon
f'uves lo the pcoplo In the ruad dis-
trlets Involved.
The Chivalrous Klan.
MONTCLAIH, N. J. (A. P.) A
fiery cross has been burned In the
yard of William B. Jackson, negro
contractor, and farmer Columbia foot-
hall player, who is engaged to marry
Miss Helen Uurns, white.
prohibition enforcement was given
an address prepared for dvery to
day by Oeneral Lincoln C. Andrews.
assistant secretary of the treasury,
new field mondial of the dry forces.
.It Is. now the policy of the enforcement
department, he said, to concentrate
tlpon the sources of, supply of Illicit
liquor and to encourage the resump
tion of home rule by states and com
Imunlties to re i ease the federal agents
I from local police work.
Jl Cheek '
Palmer field, the scene of the Tigers' slaughter of Harvard, Is shown
two opposing elevens. Princeton's overwhelming victory today adds interest
team next Saturday. ' '
MORE ARRESTS
MADE IN ITALY
..BY
UOMK. Nov. 7.-(A. P )-f''';th"
important arrest ft and detentions
were reponea in various puna yi
Italy today in connection with tho
plot against the life of Premier Mus
solini.
The conspiracy, which was of
widespread ramificntions, Is declared
to have nimed at tho overthrow ot
the Bnvoy dynasty and tho establish
ment of a republic, but excitement
is now subsiding.
The new nrrests, as detailed by
the Messuggerb and tho official fa
scist organ, Popolo di Rome, woro
made at Mantua, Genoa, Turin and
Naples?
One of Ihoso taken into custody
at Naples is a former postal, director.
brother of General Capello, ono of
the first arrested. At Turin an un
named general and a unitarian so-
ciatist deputy were . detained. At
fienoa eight were arrested nnd at
Mantua thirty.
Those taken include
professor Fot I, an accountant
named Ilnnlni ' and five lawyers,
nsjned Cerratao, Williams, UeCarli,
Uiannlno and KoSiissatl.
IlTevere, fasclHt paper, declares
tho conspiracy was hatched among
members of tho Italia Liber (freo
Italy) a national . patriotic society
founded by tho dramatist, Nemben-
ncTI. ,Tho paper reports the arrest of
I'lynso Duccl. former head of tho so
ciety, dissolved somo time ago.
The police, who discovered Tito
Zanlnhonl, unitarian socialist deputy
alleged to have been chosen for tho
actual killing of the premier in a
notel room overlooking the balcony
wnere premier Mussolini snoke
claim to have found in his baggage
a man show-In hi, plans or cne
MUSSOIIN
it i oi.. im.d.i .i . . , yrar on gains or one to tour po ms,
he , 'TV10 H,T'C" n"mu,'-1 " With United States Btoelsell In ft at
had hein by ZaninlK.nl tho , , t , , , ,,
?. J , , u buying was attracted from many
eovil .h i" . ' 1. I nuarters. quickly elevating It to a new
cover the plop came from his sister, ! ,',naU ot s9' Moro it cnmMnA
who. according to the Popolo dl llnnr Bn- Ovalancho of week-end real
ltoma, worried by fear that his pre- MK miuH
occupation- w-lth political lntrtgue New h)a'h r(!Cords were established
would lead him to commit some hy General Motors at 140. I'nlted
dangerous Indiscretion, prevailed on hii.. i,hh..r .i no v. Anie.i rhmni.
friends to ask tho
government
send him abroad.
Bend Man Freed
For Challenging
Enemy to a Duel
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ItEND. Ore., Nop. 7. cut-
ford Phillips wns acquitted by
Crook county Jury this weok
of tho charge of challenging an-
other to a duel. Judge T. K. f
J. Duffy, who henrd the case In
Prlnevllle, returned to llend to-
day. He said the case Is unique
In tho west and that not since
early Callfornin dsys has a man 4
been tried on a duelling charge.
The complaint whs made, by
H. W. Falrehlld. who said that
Phillips challenged him to a
duel with guns, which is a pen!-
tentlary offense. The Jury was
out but a few minutes. 4
Outraged Parent, Is
Beaten in Suit for
Bob Hair Damages
fr4 4 S)
DIJON. France. Nov. 7 (A.
. P.) An outraged parent, who
brought suit tor- damages against
.' barber fur bobbing his daugh-
ter'a hair, got no 'sympathy from
the courti. His claim was re-
' Jected and he was condemned to
pny lhe costs of the action,
. The court held that hair cut-
ting was an act of everyday life,
that minors could not be expect-
ed to bring written authorization
for their uarents each time they
nought the services of the barber
and that the barber could ho
proved at fault only if he acud
a-talnst the clearly expressed
wishes of a parent.
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Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
OGDK.V, I'tah. Nov. 7. (A. P.)
The body of Mrs. Hans C. Jensen, 43
ta,' "'d' a ,.,"5' mrl,,r Proprietress.
was found In a thicket in tho southern
section of tho city early today. Nenr
the body was a broken hammer and
a small sharp knife. Tho woman
seemingly had been struck a heavy
bio won the head with tho hammer
nnd an effort made later to cut off her
head with- tho knife.
Wall Street Report
NEW YOIIK, Nov. 7.(A. P.)
Stock prices reacted sharply today
after an early demonstration' of
'"lr8nK" ,naa swept many Industrial
! Is8ucs lnt0 .new -hlKh Boud ,or.t ,c
to cal at 11. 'I '4. Texas Gulf Hulphur at
and Schtillo Cigar Stores at 12
Those gains were wiped out when
tho market turned downward In the
final hour, with pronounced weakness
developing In the motors and high
priced speclsltles. General Motors
reacted to 14SV4. General Electric fell
from 336 to 350 and Dupont from 270
to 259. while Wonlworth, Hudson and
l:nltcd Stales f'sst Iron Pfiie sold
three to four points below previous
closing figures.
The Noted Dead
XKW VOItK. Nov. 7. f A. P.)
Kbleredge Onry Know, president
of the Home Insurance rompnnv of
-New York, and prominent In flnnn
rial and rlvie circles, died here to
day. I
The Muffled Knock.
NKW YOKK (A. P.) 8tn Idan
Russell, an English cellist, spent Just
one night In the V: 8. A. He srrlved
on a boat yesterday, gave a perform
ance, then started for a ' return
steamer. a
above, as well as the captains of the
to the game with the strong Yale
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An ordinance was passed by tho city
council last night b which the city
purchases tho Jacksonvllle-Medford
railroad from W. 8. Ilarnum for $11,
001). Tho city Is desirous of keeping
W f... .h I.I..HI.. r.
a .... . .. . .1 .V..Vwf .
dispose of It as Boon as possible to a
purcnaser wno win uoveiop unu oper
ate it and extend tho road Into tho
Appleato to tap that district's big
timber and mineral resources.
Tho city administration was en
abled to make this deal because Mr.
Hnrnuin accepts two city business lots
on Front street, tllroctly Bouth BcroBs
Sixth Btroot from the Ilarnum apart
ments, for $3G00 ot tho sum, and W.
II. (lore Is working out a plan by
which he hlniself nnd possibly asso-
loan $760. lhrbalance of
sum. to t ie city, the city
', , . Votk
clstes will
the needed
to pay tho annual interest, $375, until
It can sell the road. This agreement
between Mr. tlore and the city will
last five years, and In that time, If
no purchaser appears to develop the
road, the city will Junk It- The Junk
value Is estimated at from $12,000 to
$16,000.
STEWR IS PLEASED
BY SENATE OUTLOOK
KAM;M, Ore., Nov. 7 Kred HMewr,
Pendleton, flint of tho repuldlran
Hunatorlal eunditlateti to come Into
thin territory In the prt-Hi'nt eainpulftn,
todny exprewiml hlnmnlf nt htfthly
eiieouidKed with the entlmenl he han
found in his favor Htnce he left his
homo In the city of 1'endleton more
than a week no.
Mr. Hllewr deellnml to give out an
Interview explnlnlnK that the eum
nnlKn (h not far i-nnttKh alonK for
flint, hut he .txilliiveH the rr-ptihllean
primnry field will not number more
thtm five eunHldtiton.
Stlrwr han vlfdtcd Hcvernl Wllllam
otti valley town In the litHt week.
A tier4 a vinlt wllh reliitivM today and
toinorrow he will k" to lJiiKene where
he will nddrewK an annual Ai'inlnltco
day luneheon of tin KIwuniH cluh
Mttiiltiy. fin ArmlMtlcu day he will
HjM-ak at lend.
Ponzi in Florida to
Recoup 2 Millions
He Owes Creditors
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Nov. 7.
(A. P.) The Jacksonville Jour-
4 nal says today that Charles
Ponl declares In a signed slate- 4
ment he Is in Florida to "stsge a 4
comeback," und repay the $2,000, -
000 he estimates still Is coming 4
to creditors who lost In his
llOKton fissco In 1920, and liss
been her since September 28
operating under an assumed 4-
name. .
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CITY PURCHASES
BARNUM'SRl
,1 GORE LOAN
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SALEM. Ore., Nov. 7. A bear
is not a game animal, accordiug
to an opinion of Attorney General
Van Winkle, and, except during
the month of November in the
counties of Jackson, Josephino 4
and Klamath, may bo killed or
hunted with dogs or in any other
manner at any time of the year.
Tho opinion was written In roply
to an inquiry by Edgar F. Avorlll,
state game warden.
U.S.PROSPERITY
Secretary Hoover Declares
United States. Has Never
Enjoyed Greater Material
Weil-Being Than During the
Past Year.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. (A. I'.)
Material conditions .of living for tho
American people during the last year
havo been the "highest in all history,"
Secretary Hoover said today In an
economic review made public as part
of the annual report of the commere.o
department.
Factum listed by the sei relnry as
contributinu In tills condition Includ-
oa. a praewcuuy compiuio uuen.u -"j
I unemployment., nign waK-n. l'"w,-"L
rallroud operation, an equitable bal
ance of prices ns aniung tho grenter
'producing group of the population,
nnd a graduii lrfllorn to stnlilp eur
, rencli'S ami normal bpsiness opera
tions ninullg tne nations aoroun.
Mr. Hoover's review- took In tho
banking situation, anil noted tho In
vestment' abroad by Americana dur
ing the year ending June 30, HI2B, of
II. 3X2.iiOO.000 and the net uold ex-
port from the country of $115.0110.000
as further contributions to general
. HtBbillty.
' The greatest
lume of construc
tion operation on record was also
proceeding Internally in the United
States, representing an investment of
six billion dollars, and the secretary
noted the results for tho most part
"well calculated to meet tho perma
nent and growing needs of thn na
tion." Illustrating the situation by Index
fontures. Mr. Hoover's review sold
that Inking lhe IU10 output lis 100.
during the fiscal year 1025 ninnllfnc-
u'"'l Prodoll..n In the utrr as
! ' "V "'T'",' '''n, J . .f, J Z lov
frelKht hauliiKe 110: factory einploj--
'inent 2 and hulldlnK enn tracts let
were 111. Hetalls nales nn the aver
aK" showed a Hiil)stantlal wain over
1919.
CoUMlderhiK pi lees of 1 'J I 3 as n.
retail food cokIh for-UCTi were found
to ho K0. and the (ceneral eost of llv
Inn to he 172. Farm product had an
index number of 103, food and eloth
Intr K.9. metal and metal producls 13'
and bulldliiK materials 174.
IS
COQUlU.K
Ore., Nov. 7. (A
l of North Hend
.1. It. Hal
wui
yesterday acquitted of the murder ot
George Holmes after
Jury dellbera-
lions of l.ri minutes. ,
The jurors found that Unless shot
Holmes In Hnlf-defense, lifter the
latter hail pulled u gun and shot at
Unless.
The klllhiu followed n row on the
night mf .Inly 211. Unless deelured
that ie was at the home of Holmes
buying some liquor and that during
the following few minutes he remon
strated with Holmes over (diking
the pockets of n patron of IIW- place.
Holmes was iMsrharued from the
Oregon slate pi'lson last February.
PENDI.ISTON, Oru., Nov
7. When
Deo llntton was Smocked out last
night in his wrestling match with
Hobby Krieger, welterweight grnppler
w,o gave his home address us .l.ln-
coin. Neb., ho d!dn t know ho was
getting a left-hand swat from one ot
thf cleverest and best known boxers
In the northwest. I rut he was, and
did. Hobby Krieger Is no loss a per-1
son than Cal Herman, Salt Lake City,
who recently defeated George Inger
soil, Astoria, nnd knocked nut Ernie
M
GREATEST
N ALL
HISTORY
PUGILiSr WRESTLING UNDER ASSUMED
NAME KNOCKS OUT APPONENT
.
ARABS JL1IN
TRIBESMAN
IN HOLY WAR
Situation in Syria Is Growing
More Critical As Natives
Swarm to Moslem Stand
ard Damascus Is Hard
Pressed French Forced to
Withdraw From Moussefri.
FAKlB, Nov. 7. (A. P.) Holy war
against tho French in Syria throatens.
Tho Aruhs are reported to have Joined
tho DJcbel Druse tribesmen and are
prepared to fight to tho death in a
crusade against tho mandatory power.
The official advices related that tho
rebellious movement Is Increasing in
strength and provisional governments
are being established by the Insur
gents in various sections of the coun
try whero they are In control.
At Dumaacus, It Is said a provision
al government hiti been sot up with
Kamadan Pasha llm Bhellash as mili
tary governor and Mossld Bey Bakry
civil governor. ' ,
The French havo evacuated tho
large fortified camp of Mousselfri in
tho DJobol Druse territory south ot
Suedla. Tho Hclfa-Damascus railway
has been cut and the town ot Dorat,
several miles south of Damascus is In
the hands of Druses. ;
To the north of Damascus -a largo
part of tho country is reported to be
under tho control of tho rebels. The
Hums district is hold by them. The
city of Horns Is besieged. .' '
Tho withdrawal of the French from
Mousselfri, according to French offic-
a(ivicos
took place - without Inci
dent and was due - to a ro-grouplng
of tho French forces.
Meanwhile Damascus Is sorely be
set." The DJebel Druses, still surround
the already battered city With which
communication is reported- to have
been completely servered by the cut
ting of railway, telephone and tele
graph lines. The Druses at Intervals
continue to fire Into the - city and
1. ...... nr .I.a n...-...t..d nwa ahl. In
do so are fleolng toward Jeruaalom,
Alexandrettn hay and Aloppo. All
atrent traffic has ceased and shops are
closed.
NKW YOKK Nov. 7. (A. P.)
Ileports of the 'hurnlng of American
misHlon sehoola and 'churches In dho
region south of Damascus, In tiyria,
where" tho Moslem prusea havo
driven out Armenian and Syrian
Christians, have boon received-at the
national headquarters hero of -the
Near KaHt relief..
OREGON MAN KILLED
MN HE PICKS UP
RIFLE BY MUZZLE
Ml I.I. CITY. Ore, Nov. 7. Funeral
services for I). I.. Hslley, who met
death hero Thursday from a rlflo shot,
will ho held from thn church at Palos
tine, about five miles north of Albany,
Sunday. First reports said Bailey
committed suicide hut I'urthar Investi
gation would Indicate death was acci
dental, family members said.
They sny Hiiiley drove his car In
the garagd, closod the doors, starlet!
for thn front gate to close It, on the
way laying his gun on a Idle ot lum
ber. After closing the gate he camo
hack and picked the guii up hy tho
tmi.Tln Ilia li.iiinini ttrnliutilv ucrunlnif
m) c,lHinK ,0 un l0 0ffi
!ui,nff l,l. Iut over llm heart. The
rfn 1HI sulu n t),0 r.hatnbor when
HCy horroweil It. Mrs. Htilloy is in
H(.r0un condition us a result of tho
shock.
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Iluk) Kne.ll Hist Idaho.
.MOSCOW. Idaho. Nov. 7. Wash
ington State college freshmon de
feated the t'nivcrslty of Idaho fresh
men football leant, fl to 0, wllh a
touchdown in the first period and a
sufety on an Idaho fumblo In ths
final.
. Woodward, Portland lighter, at Hoso-
.burg.,
I It seems that ('a! boxes under his
own name and wrestles itndor thn
nn inn of Krlr-tcr. He Is proficient In
both siHirts but boxing seems to be
his best bet. In the match last night
each man won' a fall and then t'al, or
Robby, forgot hlmsulf and sllppod
over his knockout punch.
When Hnttnn was Informed of the
j Identity of his opponent ho declared:
Well, I got knocked out by a top-
notchy, anywny." ,
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