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1'iilvcrsllj l.lbrnry xt o o o Medford Mail Tribune Weather Year Km Muilimim v 40 Miiiliniiiit 34 Prediction Generally cloudy Maximum yesterday S2 MlulmuiA today 27 OmUj Twentlrth Tatr. MEDFORD, OKKOQy, SATURDAY, DK('F,M1?KK , 1 ).-) XO. 220 0 ER JURY FINDS AGAINST KIP Gilded Youth Not Deceived By Negro Wife, Jury Declares Former Waitress Wilis All Along the Line in Annulment Suit Brought By Wealthy Husband. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 5. (A. P.) Leonard Kip Rlilnelander, wealthy member of a New York fum ily, lost his annulment stilt against Ills mulatto wife, Alice Beatrice Jones, In a verdict returned today by the Jury which heard tho case. Answers favorable to Mrs. Rlilne lander were returned to flil the ques tions except the first and the seventh. The first, that of whether Mrs. Rhine lander was of colored blood at the time of the marriage had been con ceded as a fact by the defense during the trial. The jury made no answer to the seventh question! "Did the plaintiff cohabit with the defendant after he obtained full knowledge that the defendant was of colored blood?" The jury in Its answer to the other five questions found that Mrs. Rhine lander did not deceive her husband, either positively or negatively as to her negro blood; that she did not conceal this fact to Induce the plain tiff to marry her, and that he would have married her even had he known she was of negro blood. After he had received the jury's verdict, Justice Moischauser reserved decision. The functions of the jury were limited, to anBWBi-intt ,th8..seven . ques-. tions propounded to it. Before the' case wont to the Jury, Justice Mor schauser had indicated that his de cision relative to the annullmcnt, to be based on the findings of the Jury, would not bo made for several days. After justice Morschnuser has made his ruling, the entire case must go back to a special term of supreme court for final review, i Immediately after the Jury's find ings had been lead, Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Rhinelander, movul to have the verdict set aside as being contrary to the weight of evidence. On this motion, Justice Morschauser also reserved ileelRion, Instructing the attorney to return a brief within a few days. (JncHtloiiH Answered The Jury answered yes to the first question: "At the time of the mar rlago of the parties, wns the defen dant colored and of colored blcod." The answers to tho other questions follow: "Did the defendant before tho mnr i'Ihro by silence, conceal from tho plaintiff that sho was of colored blood 7" Answer: "No." "Did the defendant before tho mar riage represent to tho plaintiff that she was not of colored blood ?" Answer: "No." "Did the defendant practice said concealment or make said mlsrepre- Rental Ion with the intent thereby to Induce tho plaintiff to marry her." Answer: "No." "Was the plaintiff by said conceal ment or by said representation or by both induced to marry the defen dant?" Answer: "No." "If the plaintiff had known that defendant was of colored blood would he have married her?" Answer: "Yes." The Jury did not answer the ques tion: "Did tho plaintiff co-habit with the defendant after ho obtulned full knowledge that tho defendant waa of colored blood"? Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Rhine lander, demanded that a poll bo taken which Was done. There was no demonstration In tho court when tho Jury's findings were read. " Mrs. Rhinelander and her family w-ere In the room and took the ver dict without nny particular show of elation. Leonard Kip Rhinelander was not In court to hear tho decision. IAN COUNTRY'S HEALTHIEST GIRL NEVER CHICAGO, Dec, 6. (A. P.) Alice Durkhardt. 15, selected as this coun try's healthiest girl, "has lived like . any other girl," she avers. But In the same breath she admits she ner uses rouge or powder, and never has smoked a cigarette. The.u(lulien county, Iowa, lass who scored 5.7 per cent nd won over 60.000 other glial lna conw'st upon son by the Fourth National Hoys' and Girls' club conference, beld In Duke of Manchester Has Pocket Picked As He Grabs Holdup LONDON. Doc. 5. Tho Duko 4 of MunchPfttcr. who is suing the former Helen Zlmmernuin, of Cincinnnti, for divorce, 1h out 4 Kundry bank notes us a result of 4 beliifr a fearless citizen. Ho 4 nabbed a robber who was run- 4 ninp from a Jewelry store and 4 held him for tho police. Mean- 4" while, his pocket was picked. SEES MEDFDRD FIGHT FOR TITLE an Sopyoc Field Jammed at Time 'of Kick-Off Close Contest, Is Expected, With Locals Slight Favo'ites Results Broadcasted. Fair weather, a fast field and a record breaking crowd from all parta I of southern Oregon and northern California greeted the football teams of the Salem ana Medford high schools when they met this afternoon on Van Scoyoc field in an intersectional clash to decide the championship of western i Oregon, outside of Portland. J The starting lino-ups of the two teams follow: j Salem Medford I H. Lyons C Hughes Jackson G Neff Querie G Jackson J. Draper .'. ;....T Hubbard Blaco .,.T Morgan Temple 15... Singler 'Adams ..........v. VR...; Sanders U. Drager Q Herriott Noeske H Conrad Kelly H Moore A. Lyons F Sunn The Salem team, in charge of Coach Hollis Huntington, arrived at 10:40 last night and consisted of 18 men. They were accompanied by 76 rooters. Coach Huntington said : "We RXpect Jo win in a hard battle. The Salem team 1b glad to renew athletic relations with Medford." Coach Callison of Medford said: ' "The score will do my talking." Roth coaches said their smarts were in fairly good condition. Salem j Is weakened by Injuries to J. Drager, punter and star tackle, who will start the game, and Medford by Williams,) star forward passer. - beiiv? out of the game from Injuries to his hands. At noon the crowd started filing in Van Scoyoc field, and by 1:30 the largest crowd that ever saw an ath-! letfc event in southern Oregon was on , hand. There were delegations ' from Klamath Falls, Roseburg, Cor vallis. Grants Pass, Ashland and Yreka and Montague, Cal., present. Interest in the game in the Willam ette valley is intense and plny-by-plny accounts will be broadcasted by radio and the Associated Press. The crowd was held in check by special officials from the national guard and the Medford post of the American Ixsgion. The Salem team worked out in Htfit signal practice this morning. The Medford team, dressed at tho armory and left by auto for the field at 1:40. When the squad came out they were greeted by thundering cheers from the throne. The Salem team came first and also received liberal applause from the crowd. The officials for the pume are: Manerud, Oregon, referee; bliss, Ore gon, umpire; Cramer, O. A. C, head linesman. There was little wagering on the outcome, a telegram received by U. Shrove from a Salem relative, saying that tho Capitol City fans wanted a 12-point margin. There was plenty of even money that Medford would win, but the opposition wanted points and odds. Sulcm Team Well Liked. Tho salcm high school foot hull squad of twenty member arrived In the rlty by train at 10:30 last night, accompanied by a numher of rooters, and are at the Hotel Medford. Many more Salem rooters arrived by auto (Continued on Page Six ) connection with the livestock show, doesn't eat Ice cream and candy, and knows the value of fruits and vege tables and a balanced diet Here's her dally" menu: Breakfast Whole wheat cereal, fruit, milk or cocoa. I.unch Cold, at school, meat sand wich with whole wheat bread, milk, cookies and an apple or orange. Dinner Boup, fruit, salad with French dressing, vegetables, meat and milk. l RECORD CROWED COAST GUARD ACCUSED IN LIOUOR CASE Confession Following Big Dry Raid in New York City In volves Government Em ployees in Rum Running Plot Patrol Boat Landed Liquor Crew Bribed. NEW YORK, Doc. 5. (A. P.) United States Attorney liuckner is anxious to learn the Inland distribu tion system of the huge rum smug gling syndicate he believes has been h mashed with the arrest of 21 men Thursday. The arrest of William Dwyer, wide- ly known sportsman and race track owner and twenty other men, Mr. Huckner feels has disposed of the At lantic seaboard operations of the al leged ring, but toduy he turned his attention to the disposal of liquor af ter It was landed. A complete confession from one of the six coast guardsmen arrested In the roundups which began Thursday Involves prohibition agents and New York policemen, Mr. Huckner has in timated. This confession is to be read to a federal grand Jury Monday with the expectation that more Indictments and arrests will follow. Forty-three indictments have been issued already at 21 of them served. In addition to giving passive pro tection to rum smugglers some United States coast guardsmen actually as sisted in rough weather( Mr. Buckner declared. He said an unnamed pa trol boat went out to a rum schooner and brought ashore 300 cases, in one instance. The boatswain got flOOO and each member of the crew $240 for this job, he added, One : item' in. '.the . "greasing! of wheels for ;' liq'Uor. dlspOHaf'was $4400 for road expenses, as listed In a mem orandum seized with other papers! Mr, Huckner Is now trying to find out who got this money. A complete code system for com munication between rum runners and coast guardsmen was revealed by pa pers mnon gthe effects of Philip Cof fey, one of the principal defendants, described as "pay officer for the syn dicate," Mr. Huckner said. One note read: "When 7 5 foot coast guard boat plays steady light on schooner, small er coast guard boats will move away." Three flashes of a light from a coast-guard bout was a signal that the wny was clear to land a cargo. Mr. Buckner told how one coast guard officer refused a bribe of $U0, 000 to let a rum boat slip by him. This man reported the incident to his superiors and aided materially In rounding up several coast guardsmen. AT Porvn-AXD, Ore, Dec. B. (A. P.) Cuptuin K. P. T. Wood, bar pilot, dropped dHRd Into the oa at tho mouth of tho Columbia river an he descended tho ladder of tho steamer Knoxvllle city to enter tho bar pilot tuff liiHt night. Thin Information was received from Astoria this morning. His body was Immediately recovered from the ocean and rushed to Fort Stevens hospital, whore a physician determined death had been Instanta neous, probably from a heart attack. Captain Wood formerly command ed Admiral lino ships In trans Pacific trade. For seven years he had been a bar pilot. He was about 58. Death Toll of the Automobile 119 ANOELE8, Dec. 6. (A. P.) Verden Morritt, county motorcycle officer, former police chief at Sa lem. Ore., and member of the federal prohibition forces of dregon, was near death this morning in Memo rial hospital, Whlttlor, Cal.. suffer ing from Injuries received when he crashed Into a train at a railroad croiwlng at Norwalk while chasing a speeder. The speeder crossed the track in frost of the train. Moffltt, unable to stop his motorcycle, crash ed Into the train. INDIAN Ilf-XO IN SANK AFTKH ATTACK O.V LITTLE CHILD KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Dec. B. Perry John, Klamath Indian, will be taken today to the state hospital at Hnlem In compliance wrth the verdict of a circuit court Jury yesterday fol lowing his trial on an Indictment charging him with a criminal amault on a small child. The jury held JThn to be not guilty by reason of infinity and directed that he be sent to the state institution. Meet the King and Queen of Siam The Prince and Princess Prnja Dliipok have just become kinjr and queen of Siam, following the dentil of the King Rama VII. The new king, is the younger brother of King Hanm. The princess fCave birth to a daughter the day King Hnma died. The king had divorced his wife because she failed to present him with n male heir. NAZ10VA DID Famous Actress Reveals Her Shattered Romance to Save Ex-Leading Man From Pen itentiary Asks for Mercy and End of Persecution. HAKTFOltD, Conn., Dec. G (A p.) The Hartford Courant saya to day that Alia Nazlinova, tragedienne, has dlacloscd that although sho and Charles Hryant, formerly her lend ing man, lived together for 14 yenrs as man and wife, they never. married. The admltwlon of a shattered ro mance apparently has been made to save the man she loves from pos-' slblo prosecution for perjury and bigamy. I Nazlmova obtained a divorce abroad from a numdnn, whom she left years ago. Hryant was married In New ' XIMf.tr,! rrmn hint month In M iHH Marjorle Ollhooley of Elizabeth, N. .1.1 In applying for a license be averred tie hud never been married. Later when it seemed he might face, arrest because It was thought he had been married to Nazlmova, Bryant insisted his statement when getting the license w;is correct. ( In 1912 there was an announco-j ment In New York that Hryant and Naslmova had been married. Vile spoke tho truth," Kazimova told the , Courant when asked If Bryant was single when he married Miss (ill-J hooley. "What Is there to say? Everything that can be said has been said. Why should the matter be stirred up further? Mr. J'.ryant did not per jure himself. Ho is now happy. Why bother with the matter? "That what has happened slnco Bryant was married tho other day has greatly hurt me. I have been living at thu top of a volcano. 1 am worried to death. For the last several days I have been hunted like an animal In the woods. ' It hurts' me to talk uhout this matter. I cannot talk about It. What is It all except something to worry a woman mortally to death." KLAMATH FALLS HIGH TO PLAlf BASKETBALL KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Dec. B. Klamath Kails high nchrl will enter the southern Oregon high school basketball league for the first time In Its history, according to announce ment today by Paul T. Jargon, prin cipal. A league schedule will he arranged at a meeting of high scfltool athletic directors nnd officials In Medford next Saturday. 0 SHE CONFESSES - - r c,u.,AVO MURPHY GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER JURY DECLARES Well-Knpwn Local Resident Convicted Yesterday After Five Hours' Deliberation Defense Will Appeal to State Supreme Court. A Jury in the cune of Omer W. Murphy, chnrned with munHlaughter returned n verdict of puilty Friday afternunn, after flvo bourH delibera tion. Six ballotH were taken, nccord IriK to roporlH it t the courthouse, HtiinditiK HI to 2 for conviction, on nil but the bint. The mnviction carries it sentence In t(ie penitentiary of from 1 to 15 yen rri and a fine not to exceed $50(10. Murphy, an old time resident of 1 hit city wtiH accused of having m-venjly beaten IHh wife, ollowlng a 'family quarrel. March 31t, hurt, from the effi'ciH of which she died May 22, liiKt. The defense held that the as sault wan a "spankiiiK with the open band." The jury was composed of ten men and two wonnni. The defense announced that an appeal would be taken to the su preme court. Murphy received the verdict with out any noticeable hIiow of emotion. The crte lasted for nine days, and must of the testimony waa devoted to expert testimony by physicians ami surgeons. The statei contended that death was caused hy etnbollintn, aiis Iiik from bruises on l,be hips and IhlKhs and defense experts contended that It was fnipossihli to determine the causes of death. Daily Report on the Crime Wave 8TILIWATKR. Minn., Dec. 5 (A. I. I Burglars knocked tho dials off three vhiiKs In the Stillwater post office early today and escaped with approximately :!'),0'i) In sUimps and cash. POUTLAND. Ore.. Die. 5. (A. P.) Weeing two men scuffling on a side walk and hearing one call for help, P. V. KnrlKht siarird t play (he good Samaritan by going to aid tho under man.- An be approached hoth turned on hi in ami held hi in up. relieving him of $10. l,ter two men, who re sembled the pair that robbed Knrlght rattled the door of n cafe on Alder street- ami when the proprietor, N. Irvine, answered thu Summons, asked If they could have some coffee anil eggs. When Irvine brouaht n plate of hrend to their table, one of the men thrust a revolver to his side and told him to bo quiet. They re lieved hltn of 205 In currency and sen pert. O 1 Two youthful holdup hmtg night stole 16 from a grocerymnn. Young La Follette Refuses to Attend Republican Meeting - 4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (A. 1) Senator I,a Kollette of Wisconsin, whose right to a place In the republican senate councils bus become a subject of controversy among tho "old 4 guard" leaders, ulwcnted him- self today from the first re- 4 publican senate conference to bo f held since his election. LOVE FOR WHO HORSES LEADS 10 000 CRIME Montana Cowboy in At tempt to Save Horses From Being Butchered for Dog Meat, Shot By Guard in Rockford, III., Factory. ROCKFOKD, III., Dec. 5. (A. P.) ' Tho affection of a MontHna cowboy! for the semi-wild horses of his native ranges may cost him his life. j Frank L.ltts, Miles City, Mont., cow-1 boy, loarning that horses raised on a' rancli where ho was working were being shipped to Rockford for slnuh- ( ter at a horse-ment packing plant,' came hore with the Intention of dyna miting the plant and was seriously wounded In the attempt. lie was found in a thicket where ho crawled after be was shut by a detective who had surprised him In . the act of placing enough explosives ' to, destroy Chappul Brothers, where j horses are slaughtered' for tlog food jand foil export to Kuropo. - t ,-y -' j . From Ms cot in tho hospital ward of the county jail, hitta gave the po lleo a statement telling of four prev ious attempts to burn the plant after I ho had written a lettor to Mrs. Cool , ldge, wife of the presldont, asking her to use her influence to stop the prac- I One of the fires, two months ago, injured several persons and destroyed 'one unit of the plant with an esti mated loss of $50,000. The other three I were extinguished before much dam age resulted. Since then private do I tectives huve guarded the place. ' Early yesterday one of the guards challenged a man. crouched against a i wall. Jn an exchange of pistol and shotgun shots, tho prowler apparently escaped. A suitcase filled with dyna mite was found near a hole In the . brick wall. I I After an all-dny search, Litts was j found In a clump of bushes almost 'two miles away, semi-conscious and with his back cut to ribbons by bird- j 1 shot. A partial statement obtained' from him indicated that he had 'worked as n cowboy and miner in many western states and In Alaska. He is 41 years old. Papers In- his pockets disclosed his affiliation with several radical labor organizations. In cluding the I. W. W. Channel Brothers import large num bers of the horses from which are made a dog ration and a tinned prod- .'uct for European human consumption. Wall Street Report NKW YOU K, Dec. 6. A. V.) Sus tained strength of the railroad shares contrasted with sporadic profit-taking and short selling in Industrial Issues In today's short session of tho slock market. A general firm undertone was maintained,, however. Reports that ' the Walters Bonds, Atlantic Coast line, Louisville and Nashville and Nashville, Cattanooga and St. Louis would be unified under one system, started lively bid ding for these issues with gains of two to five points resulting. Amer ican Can and Do Pont both reacted five points and losses of about three points each were recorded by Untied States I nd lift i in I Alcohol and. Atlantic Gulf and West Indies. Chrysler Mo tor rallied six points. The closing was - strong. Siilcn approximated f.nnn.nnri shares. JAZZ SYMPHONY AIDED BY DERBY NISW YOBK. Dec. f. A.P.) George Gershwin, who came straight from Tin Pan alley to Carnegie hall to present Jar.?, fitted to a symphony orchestra, haa New York's music circles again buzzing over tho neu twist given to Amcrlcw music. ' Ills concerto In K, played ysterdny marked Gershwin's first appearance In. Carnegie, hall and was a sequel eilort to his Ithnpsody In Bluj which he composed for Paul Whlteman's orchestra last year. The Jaw motif, twisted and rom- mm EM OUT BlflHCE Penitentiary Warden Request ed to Resign On Return From Trip to Prison Confer ence in Mississippi and J. W. Lillie, Ex-Sheriff of pil Ham Is Put in Place. :..! SAUiM. Ore.. Dec. 6. J. W. UHI was appointed by Governor-Fierce as warden of the state penitentlty to succeed A. M. Dalrymple. TJHe change is effective at once. " ' Ullle bus been deputy warden bf the prison under Dalrymple 1 and prior to that served as deputy uhdr Johnson Hinlth, beginning his dUtlQt its deputy, January I, IS23. ?DiI rymple has been warden since Octo ber 8. 123. V'.'V Immediately upon his appointment today Lillie announced the appoint ment of Captain V. B. Golden guard at the prison, as his deputy,'... Dalrymple returned only last night from a month's trip to Jackson, dbM., where he attended a national prjsoo conference, and a visit to the. Wis consin reformatory at Green- Bay .arid the Mississippi penitentiary at, I'rk man. His resignation, which was 'an nounced immediately after a confer once with the governor Uiy 'i.tlila morning, is considered a. result dI the prison break of August I a, In which two guards wore killed,- and1 subse quent publicity of ' nn unfavorably nature relative to his administration of prison affairs. ; " . , That Dalrymple ' resigned aithe roiiuest of the governor Is BBqUM tloned here and why tho change Was made. ItnmetHtttiily.flftor- DHlrymphi . had boon sent on a longr quesi;st'for prison Information' in the, smith tjl causing considerable of a quahdwry, Prior to being appointed wardrv, Dalrymplo was couimlssary . at ; tb prison, a position which he; also, h'ob) about twenty years ago. ;, He hat been active in democratic politics In Oregon for years nnd Under th Wilson administration was cdnnected with the Intern! revenue service. ' Mr. Utile, tho new warden, was formerly' sheriff of Gilliam county nnd lived at Condon. Ho is n gradU- nte of McMinnvllle college, now known as lflnfleld college.' ' Mr. Dalrymple, the outgoing war den, said today that he has . mads no plans for tho future, j He Was -appointed warden to succeed Johnson Hmlth, when tho latter waa removed by the governor bocause of criti cism levelled at . the administration on account of many escapes from tho penitentiary. Charley Chaplin Has Expectations Again, : But Little Previous HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Dec. C. (A. P.) A report In -v motion picture circles that the stork Is to make a second visit to the home of Charlie Chaplin. o6me- t dlnn. has been partly confirmed nt the Chaplin studio. ' "Well, thin 1s Just a liltle pr- vfnus, ian't it." the comedian countered In answer lo queries., f "We live In hopes and ! would be very happy If It were true. Come around a little later and we may have something to tell you. Mrs. Chaplin is the, one' to see, however." . . r The Noted Dead WAItSAW. Poland. Dee. (HAP.) Wladislatiw Stan lata w j Ysymont, Polish novelist nnd poet. '.and last year's Nobel prlw for literature died itnday after a long Illness. ' f premcd to fit lh Initrumeiuii of Hymphonlc orchentra, was tided with nmny uti-nnifo Instrument. At otia point a wlro briiHh waa ranpod ovor A Hnare drum, nt another a - trumpet wns muted with a felt tytt. The un orthodox click of a "C'harlenton atlck" helped In a climax romlnlacent of nupper-club flnalen. ' Tho orchoiitra wan under the direc tion of Walter Uamroach, dean -of American conductor, andffha plana pnrta were plnynl by Mr. - Grevhwtif yiimwir.
