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o 0 Tfce WeatW .Pmlkilim - I'liM'iUitl Probubto ituiii Minimum iUTlny ..() Minimum ((Mliiy !r..:M PlTS'lpllHtlou 5 Weather Year Ago Maxfnigni Minimum 29 Oatlr Twentieth Tui. Th nftT fourth Tw FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY . MEDFORP, OREGON, -FBI DAY. NOVKMllKlt If. 1!-2. NO. 202 EMI ASH WOMAN IS SLAIN o 0 o 0 go 0 V MEDFOlD-liAIL- TE1BUNE PROM MRS.F.R.NEIL SHOT DOWN BY S.P.CLERK Ghastly Crime Enacted ' Ashland Home By Chauncey Jillson, Who Kills Himself Murderer Was to Have Been Married Today Mo tive for Crime Lacking. Murder and Bulcido cluluicd two well known Ashland residents early yesterday afternoon when Chauncey Hny Jillson, 30, an S. I railroatl dork. Hhot knd 'kuiPd m. Fred u. INeu, 3, at ncr numc . un mi.-, mm street, whero ho lived and boarded and then shot himself throUKh the headt dying instantly. Local authorities arc completely ai loss to uceount fur the crime. Ac curding to Mr. Nell, Jillson had been a close friend of the family for many years, enjoyed an oxecllcnt reputa tion, and his relations with Mrs. Nell were of tho friendliest nature, with no suggestion ot any romantic at tachment. Another stranBo feature of the case is that Jillson hart made all nr .. ..Vi I . ..i ..a i.i ,i.'hir ,.r Mr and r F Hibbanl . f , kso : and Mrs. J. K Hlbbaid of . .uksun yllle, today, the culm nation of a hroe years engagement, Miss : 1 1- bard until, recently, lived In Mam- ath Kalis. Tho only explain. Ion o the crime offered thus far is that Jillson. .for reasons unknown, he- cam. suddenly t,d violently se. Mrs. Nell the mother of three dill- Uren. was -prominent in Ashland's musical and social circles, being an accomplished pianist and an officer In tho EaBtorn Star. A coroner's Imiuest will be hold tonight or to- iiiunon iiiuiMM.K, ....... po.-ted some light will he thrown on Ar(,r lhc Btntn )iaa introduced two ono of the most terrible and nix's- 01. t.,,e witnesses in rebuttal, the lerluus crimes In tho history of ,.osing arguments will be made, and southern Oregon. lit expected the case will bo given Death was Instantaneous to h"th t0 the jury Saturday afternoon, parties, Mrs. Nell having been shot Liinlon.-j friends who had known four times, twice in the neck, once ,n, fronl go t 40 years, some of them In the nbdomon and once through prominent In the affairs of Douglas the left leg, near thu thigh. In ad- county: three boys in their teens dltlon, alio received two deep and two of them his own sons, and a mem-, lulls gashes on tho scalp. Inflicted, bnr or the grand jury that indicted It Is believed, by a heavy lead pipe him for murder In the first degree found near tho scene of the killing, for the alleged killing of Jesse James When discovered, .llllson's body had Gibhs in this city last September, fallen Into a huddled heap just out- were among the witnesses who testi siile the kitchen door, the lireless fled In behalf of Hyman Huntley hand still grasping the pistol. Mrs. Thursday afternoon. Neil's body lay stretched on its side The defense, which opened yester at his feet ' ilay. attempted to show that a 'love Tho double tragedv Is presumed to conspiracy" existed betwoen Gibbs have taken place shortly after 1 nd Mrs. Huntley, and to show that o'clock, but was not discovered until the defondant had been tho target of several hour- later i.v Mrs. Neil's threats, both by his wife and her S-ycar-old daughter. Jean, returning home from school. Horrified, sue promptly notified the Ashland mdlce ;.,"-.t". : , Ml" ............. . ... -- ......mission, bitterly objected to uy tno Aecordlng to Indications at the ,old by the court. tragic scene. Asnianu pome "'"" ,tll S lli unav..-. ... kitchen near tho sink and stoe. There, a small rug lay crumpled wtncs!0R RMOwng that her testimony with blood stains on the floor. Later Rt (1)(J lrM vuvie, widely from state examination of - the dead woman s menlH ml)lc to frends shortly after body snowcQi many oruises iiimui . face, arms and body. Her fingers rtn-o lacerated whero tho lead pipe believed to have cut ami ine n""" mother and Gibbs "hugging and Kiss of the right hand wan pierced by a )v... n, tmt Gibbs had said, "No, bullet beforo It entered the body, i-it shoot him." as ho patted his re- Coroner Conger and other officers present believe that Mrs. Nell had attempted to defend herself before l.oliiir shot down or hit with the pipe. In tho kitchen sink n dlshpan wa silting filled with dishes while seve- i in,...in,r on n drvlnir rack. Yesterday aftornoon Mrs. Nell had planned to attend a churcii iiineiion ....i...k nnri when wondering Portlnue on le Flht CHAUNCEY OLCOTT REPORTED DYING IS SAVED BY WIFE AND POWER OF PRAYER NKW YOltK. Nov. 1.1. (A. 1'.) Now convalescent In his "lucky hnuse," to which he was rushed when tsken III two weeks ago at Ann Arbor. Mich.. Chauncey Olcott, nrtor. Is at tributing his recovery to the prayers of his rriends. lie (also ascribes n part In his re covery to healing qualities In the hands of his wife, a seventh daugh ter. She has Just presented him a marble reproduction of her hands do' by a sculf or who felt inspired by M. Therese. the poetess' "Little l-'lower of Jesus." "There Is no doubt at ull that I Mrs. Valentino Sues Hubby for Divorce; Charges Desertion N KV YORK. Nov. 13. (A. P.) Mrs. Winifred lludnut Valen- tluo, through her mother. Mrs. Richard lludnut. today confirmed reports that she has Instituted suit for divorce in Paris from Rudolph Valentino, tho film sheik. The action Is based on charges that the motion picture actor refuses to live with her. TESTIFIES THE ACCUSED James, 11 -Year-Old Son of Man Accused of Murder, Tells Jury of Mother's At tachment for Gibbs Let ters Introduced. Ilyman lluntlo.v, on trial In tho cir cuit court chained with murder In the first dagroe lor the fatul staubling last September of Jesse James Gibbs, 'ulk tlio stand this morning in his '' '" Ae(" close" at noon. Huntley pleaded 1M(,f CallllinB that he picked he and Gjb)8 mo tho klchen an(1 that ne , , , 1o wa8 in daneer when jm UB0(i Jt ' ' ' ..'. .,!,n .'. ,;n ,Z.i u,,.,,.,. M. ,iimh affinity, had made threats 'against Huntley's life. Three county Jail prisoners and a i.i-.o.in U'n.bor tntttiflefl III RAOIHE unU(v-s UI)('ly covered with black i, ne sl,ots from onuses alleged affinity. Letters written by Mrs. Huntley to ' j Huntley woS 0 th. dof?. n.i ur The (cfonHe o endeavored to Im- tostlnny of MrS. I.. 11. ...,i,.i.i,., i uni.. i... te mgciy, ..,.. tiuntlnv. 11. son of the do- fn(unt. testified that he had Seen his vovcr. The other son corroborated testimony. Elmer Morse. LI. testified that on Hie night of the slaying "the dogs had harked" and kopt him awake, and that )0ut midnight ho had heard cursing mid talking near the Huntley homo. "with Mrs. Huntley doing most of the taiKing. "e sam no uc.u ... Huntley say: "If Hy touches Jess I'll (Continued on Page Seven) i.....n hi.t.lf.H through nraver.' said Mr. Olcott. greeting friends In his home where he recovered from Illness five years ago when ho was supyoscu to lie dying. Displaying a sculptured pair of hands tislng out of a block of marble, Mr. Olfjilt. said: - "1 wouldn't lake a million dollars for these hands. The Detroit museum wants to buy them, so does my friend John McCurnilck, but 1 would not part with them." q I i r. Olcott recently amMtred in Medford with Mrs. Klske In a revlvnl of thfcdan'i Itlvals.) INK'S SON FOR MITCHELL WINNER IN AIR FIGHT Naval Judge Advocate Resigns and Court Martial Overrules Prosecution's Effort to Throw Out Mrs. Lansdowne's Tes timonyAir Officers Sup port Mitchell's Charges. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (A. I'.) Captain Paul Foley requested Sec retary Wilbur today to relieve him as judge .advocate of the naval court of inquiry into the Khonaudoah disas ter. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (A. P.) Tho court martial trying Colonel Mitchell refused this afternoon to re ceive ul this time tho testimony of Captain Paul. Foley. . judgo advocate ot the Shenandoah court who was named yesterday by Mrs. Margaret Lansdowno as tho officer who had sent her a statement outlining her at titude. Captain Foley appeared at tho op ening of tho afternoon session of the court martial and Colonel Sherman Moreland, trial judge advocato asked that ho be placed on the stand. De fense counsel immediately objocted that the time was not appropriate and the court declined to hear him. ' As Captain Foley loft the court he declared he would request the naval board when It meets Monday to ex cuse him temporarily as its Judge ad vocate. If his request in approved he will ask to appear botoro that body as a witness. It la Captain Foley's intention to tell tho naval board, his story In connec tion with the charges Mrs. Lansdowne made yesterday before tho Mitchell court and in which the widow of the Sh'enandoah commander, asserted he sent her a memoranda falsely describ ing her attitude. WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. (A. T.) The prosecution in the Mitchell court martial failed today In an eirort to throw out of court tho testimony given yesterday by Mrs. Margaret ansdownc. After hearing arguments by opposing counsel, the court -over ruled a prosocutlon objection tnai tho evidenco given hy the widow of the Shenandoah's commander was Ir relevant and incompetent. Mrs. lansdowne's testimony Includ ed the statement that Captain Paul Foley. Judge advocate of the navy s Shenandoah court of Inquiry sent her a memorandum In advance, of her ap nearanrc boforo the board "falsely describing her altitude" and the court today in secret session, ruiea tnat u should be made a part or the record. After the disposal of this question, J. Bdward Casaldy, a colonel In chem ical warefaro service reserve was call ed, llenrcscntatlvc Frank It. Held defense counsel, read extracts from testimony given a congressional com- ittce bv Brigadier Oeneral Hugh A. Drum of the army general staff in which he said ' tho general Informed the committee that 3.349.150 pounds of mustard gas would be required to materially affect a sixty square mile area, of 9. 673,850 pounds to cause evacuation of a similar area. Is that statement correct?' "It is absolutely inaccurate." Colonel Hhorman . Moreland. trial judge advocate, quoted from a chem ical warfaro textbook to snow ine basis of General Drum's estimate. With the approval of Major General Amos Fries, chief of tno encmicai warfare service, the hook is now being used at tho Leavenworth. Kas., army school. It states that 615 pounds of mustard gas would bo required to compel evacuation of an area 100 yards square. Colonel Casxldy declared such an assumption was "absurd." Major Herbert A. Dargue nf the air service supported Colonel Mitchell's charge that tho air service was "mm iled" while the lid was takon off for the coast artillery In the second corps area, "so far as publicity was con cerned," during tho anti-aircraft tost at Fort Tllden. N. V. The witness said the war depart ment ordered that no publicity be given the tests at Fort Tllden but when he arrived there ne round a large number of newspaper men pres ent and ' coast artillery officers In charge of press arrangements to the exclusion of air scrvlco officers In cluding Major General Patrick, chief of the army air service. 63 Flshlno Boats Lost. MADRAS. British India. Nov. 13. ( . P.) Sixty fishing boats from . Ponnant manned by 300 men. are missing and are feared to hive been ,lost In the storm which has raged along the coat for the last few days. I Three boats from Calcutta also have not reported. The storm caused floods. Impeding communications and damaged small oastal shipping. Does Grange's Work Overshadow . 7 That of Kawy East's Wonder Man t 'w V.' 'iSSf SSii f -'-V-:. wwnM jwi -.-ilHHIHf"rMy ' ' ' T3 W' W. W.mS5H - f TJr W ,,. !. fr f :tir CED ''tddic Kaw of Cornell comes the nearest to Inm," was the re mark matte Jiy (scvcral eastern, fooibn II critics as-' Rerl"- Grange, 'Illinois rohdcr ran -wild against the Pennsylvania team tlie otlici duv And now the cost Is wondering whether or not Grange even cvershadows the Cornell wonder man of a couple of seasons ago. JAPAN ORDERS 2 DESTROYERS 10 TOKYO, Nov. 13. (A. P.) Two Japanese destroyers have been dis patched from tho Hasebo naval base to Tsingtao. China, for the purpose of protecting Japanese nationals. Two additional ships aro held in readiness if the situation in China demands them. The foreign office today explained that considerable confusion was caus ed by great numbers of Chinese flock ing toward Tslngtao and outlying dis tricts and the destroyers were sent moroly for protective porposen. No marines will bo landed unless disturbances- endanger the lives of Japanese, the foreign offico spokes man said. The few dispatches received hy the indicate that a news censorship is probable. Considerable pessimism ex ists here regarding the sltuutlon. PUKINO, Nov. 13. (A. P.) The Peking government Issued a mandate today denouncing Marshal Wu l'el Fu as a rebel and creator of disturb ances and ordering tho "Christian General" Feng Yu Hsinng and the governor of Hnnan, Yueh Wei I Chun, to suppress him. Tho mandate declared General Hun Chuan-Fang Is making military prepa rations In violation of the peace prin ciples of tho chief executive, Tuun fhl-Jul. and Instructs Marshal Chang Tso-Lln. the Manehurlnn war Intrd to defend the Tlentsln-llukow railway. Tho mandate Is apparently nn nt tcmpt to reconcile Chang Tso-Lln and Feng Yu-Hslang, but meanwhile Feng's troops are .evacuntlng their barracks In and around Peking snd withdrawing toward Kolgan, while Chang's troops aro approaching Pe king from throe dlrcctluns. - TIP-TOP CONDITION JIKItKKLKY. Cal.. Nov. 13. lA. P.) The University of Washington foot ball squad arrived here shortly before noon today for their game tomorrow wlth Csllfornla All of tho players were In good shape. Including George I Wilson, sensational halfback, who was badly battered a we'ek ago In the Stanford contest. . Tho Huskies planned to take a light workout this afternoon. CHINA BASE X Jl STATE DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-GOBLIN NOBLKSVILLB. . Ind.. Nov. 13. (A. P.) Resuming tho state's closing argument In the trial of p. O. Steph enson. Karl Klcnck nnd Karl Gentry today, Charles K. Cox declared tho men "aro guilty of murder In the first degree and must pay tho extreme penalty." t ' Stephenson. , former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klnn in Indiana and his bodyguards, arc charged with re sponsibility for the death of Madgo Oberhollxer. Indianapolis girl. Miss Ohorholizcr touk poison following an alleged abduction .and nttuck anil died April I I. "All three of the men must pay tho extreme penalty olso the law - ex presses Itself subordinate to D. C. Htephcnsun, the moral degenerate, subordinate to a pervort a beastly chieftain of tho middlo ages," Cox exclaimed. Turning to Klenck, the attorney shouted: Look at the. Biirdimlo grin on tho face of him tho man of granite, tho gurllla-'-Klonck." ICph Ininan, chief of defense coun sel, leaped to his feet objecting to such language. 'You must not refer to tho looks of the defendants," Judge Sparks told Cox. lie, Instructed the Jury to dis regard the statement. "Thny would. try to make you be lieve that Madge Oberhollzer was a bad woman.", Cox continued. "If she were do you believe she would not be alive today? Mudgc Oborholtzer took poison under mental compulsion. POLICE GUARD KLAN VANCOCVKll, 1). C. Nov. 13. (A. P.( Cndcr surveillance of a small army of police, recruited from city, provinctul. federal and railroad forces I he- Invisible r.mpiro of Klanadlan Knights or the Ku Klux Klan held their first public meeting In a hotel here last night. The speakers. Including Dr. K. K. Allen of Portland. Ore., spent most of their time answering Interruptions of hecklers among the" large number of outsiders who attended. IfeMitlcgglug the Pnvw .ItOME Huppressed Issues of news papers criticising Oie fascist are be ing bootlegged. Fire Department Saves Baby's Life With a Pulmotor OAKI.AND, Cul., Nov. 13. (A. P.) The flro department re- sponded with a pulmotor today and went to work on a new-born baby girl 15 minutes after she had ceased to breathe. Two and one-half hours later the baby lot 4- out a yell. So did the firemen. Tho baby was born to Mrs. Lena Dnrles nt Providence hospital. When the child ceased breathing the physician In charge nulled tho fire department box and got quick action. DIJRK1N IEAVES A SUICIDE NOTE. L Notorious Auto Slayer's Cloth ing, With Farewell Note, Is Found In Chicago River- Body Can't Be FOUnd P0- COPSSCEPTICA . Cl i.L. Duco Messages from Weymouth, supple- lice Suspect Another Kuse.'n,etlng 1he one reporting the dis- ' covery of the submarine, said that the . hulk believed to bo tho M-l "was lo- ...... n a ni 'cated by tho uso of a hydrophone CHICAGO. M. . 13. - (A. P.) d u. Martin J. Durkln, automobile thl6f .ubmarn0 crnft. . and slayer, may bo drowned In the . . Experts here recognised the diffl Chicago river, or he may have per- culty of being certain that the sub- , petrated a suicide hoax with blood- ZXZTX coasf'.. stained and shot torn clothing and a ... ,,,. j iuki. nt to . fiirowell' letter to' his (mothlSrr"" the" bottom by German submarines The handwriting nnd clothing during the World war.'vrn'w.!""- " toimd on the Michigan boulevard While it la determined there was bridge Inst night were identified as no collision, officials believe tho M-l his, by his siBler. Coast guards drag- may have struck submerged wreck ged the rlvor all night. ' age which punctured her side. 'In this Despite the- assertion that - the case there Is small chance that any of writer was slow ly dying of a bullet tho crew is still sllve. This, however, wound In tho lung and was desporate Is but a matter of speculation. because ho had to hide In basements The officials seem agreed on ono and filch food from Iceboxes, the fact, whether the submarine has been police doubted tho expressed Inton- located or not, If she . lies in such Hon to end It all in the river. Thero depths, divers cannot operate and she was little doubt, though, but that.nno' ,M raised, tho lettor and clothing woro genuine. Since yesterday morning a great The blue overcoat nnd a gray suit flotilla of ships with nets, nnd slg coat bearing a Kansas City firm's nailing , lntus has been t label had shotgun tears through tho feverishly for the missing boat. Lvery- lfl sloe ...nnd dried blood on the lining-.. A dark plaid cap was found 'sido the routs. All would fit man of Durktn's build. . Durkln was thought was thought wounaea when he escaped October !9 from a instruments for replying to police trap set In the flat of Lloyd such ,!, Austin, who. with Bergcnnt Harry T)B trHgp'ay mie of the'greateat Gray, was killed In the ensuing pis- ,R m h,H,ury , Uie Brltlsh aubma lol battle. Durkln previously was Ho fr cttn bo rocall- Hought In ninny cities after he' klllod p(, (.ri,w of .,h0 M.iBg officers Kdward Hhnnahan, n federal agont, ftll(1 mrnH t10 largent ever involved w ho attempted to arrest - him In a )n RI1 tt0cdent aboard an Knglish suh Ritrage for automobile theft, Oclu- marine . per ii. Tho letter, containing twelve pages expressed regret for tho slayings and told of I he writer's love for the mother and for Mrs. Hetty Worner. for whose small son he hud planned "a new and clean life." "It breaks my heart to do tills thing, but I know It's much bet ter than getting killed by tho police. They would kill mo even beforo I got to trlu I," tho letter shIiI. The wilier said his unn had been broken by shotgun flro and that he had a build In his lung which mado lilm think he was getting lockjaw. r'Crlino don't pay. 1 see but too laic," tho letter concluded. Scalper Loses Tickets, HI'IRKKLKY, Nov. 13. A woman scalper advertised In u nnwsnanne thst sho had tickets to tho California- Stanford game for sale for 110. The tickets cost t'i. Itnprnsentutlves of the University of California answered house, was last night convicted by a the advertisement and the result was Jury of murder In the second degree, that the subscriber nut onlv lost her He will be sentenced' Monday. Han two tickets but also all of her rights sen's dofonse was temporary Insanity, under her stadium snrlp. ' prompted by Jealousy 25.000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO SEE BERKELEY GAME FROM TIGHTWAD HILL IlliRKKLKY, Cnl Nov. 13. (A. P.) Tightwad hill, tho lufty omlnonco overlooking California . stadium, has como Into Its own again becauso of tho Increasing Interest In football. Closed earlier In the season becauso too many spectators were vlowlng games from there free Instead of sit ting In the bowl, the big hill today was In tho brocosn of boing commer cialized. J. P. McKenslo, assistant graduate athletic manager, announcod that It would be roped off and standing room llll HOPE OF 15 Giant British U-Boat With 68 Officers and Men Aboard Is Given Up for Lost Depth of Water Makes Rescue Im possible Wreck Is Lo cated. PLYMOUTH, England, Nov. 13. (A. P.)r-Tho giant BrltlBh monitor submarine M-l, with 68 officers and men on board, is believed to be lying helplessly on the ocean bed southwest of Start Point, Devonshire, In 240 feet of water. Word that the submersible, missing since early yesterday, had boen found, was received hero from' tho com mander of the searching squadron. Tho news carried a heart sinking significance for It la believed rescue of the crew hv divers- or attempts to 1 raise the great hull will be impossible bBu ' ,h6 fcmendous pressure u't . . .'. . . rV.h.e . h ""' '""".,,", JSna . ., marines have been diving and using secret devices for signalling to the .'erew.. There has been no response. .,..,,,,, .tert wtih Lieutenant Commander A. M. Car rlc. wlio was In charge or the 111-stan-ed oraft. bus a distinguished service record, although only thirty five years of age. He was married eleven months ago and has a five week's old . son. .Many others of Hie erew were mar ried. One, Petty Of floor - George Morgan, has a family of seven chil dren, the oldost 11 years and the youngest two months. ,, ( PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 13. (A. P.) lroy Hanson, former special pollco officer for tho city, wno bool ana Day In an apartment killed Jsnies A sold at BO cents s porsori. for the Washlngton-Callfornin game. It Is oxpoctod that around 100,000 persons will soo tho Hears and Huskies strug gle for conference honors. Of this number nearly 75,000 will bo In tho stadium and the. rest on vantage points around It. ' A special detail of dotoctlves from San Kranclsco, ls Angelos, Oakland, Sacramento and Ban Joso will bo' on hand to watch for pickpockets, whlls 26 state traffic officers and nearly a hundred policemen from the bay cities will guide traffic. RESCUE ABANDONED E
