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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
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''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