PA(iK KICJIT
DRY RAIDER
IS SHOT ON
I NAPA FARM;
Federal Agent Wounded By
Farmer During Scuffle for
Gun Wife Fires Shotgun
at Second Prohi Man
Couple Held On Open
Charges Pending Out-
come of Gunplay.
NAT A, Oil., Dep. 30. (Pj John
South, Nn pa county rancher, and
hi wife, were in tlm county Jail
hero toility held on opun chaw
pending the outcome of bullet
wound, received by Hobert J.
Freeman, federal prohibition tigcrd
during u liquor raid m ttio South
ranch near" Yountvllle yeKterdny.
Krecnmn wan Hhot twice during
n Hrufflo , with South whom he
fouKlH to prevent from destroy Iiik
evidence Kei.cd on n Hcureh wur
innt hi the ranch Iiouhc. One bul
let entered Freeman 'h Hiioulder
and penetrated n lunjr, while the
ether lodged in IiIk arm. 111h con
dition wuh Ha Id to be critical.
It warf flint believed (hat Mr
South had fired the revolver with
which Freeman wuh Hhot, but Col.
Onorue Heaver of the Sit n Fran
oifwo prohibition office said his in
vest iKittion. based An a report
made by Agent Harry .limes who
was also on the rnid, indicated that
South used the pun.
Had Warrant
Freeman nnd Jones had one to
the South ranch t search for
liquor on n warrant chaining
South nnd his wife wltn Illegal sale
to an undercovernian. :Sime liquor
wok found In the ranch house, but
the awentH believed a larger cache
was located Jn an outhouse. Ac
cordingly, Junes left to conduct a
search while Freeman stood guard
over Mr. and .Mrs. South.
While he was outside, Jo mis says
he beard u shot nnd rushiiiR into
the house, found Freeman grap
pling with South. Jones said ho
tvent to the aid of the othor agent
and was attempting to wrest a re
volver from South's hand when
Mrs. 1 South ran Into the room
carrying u shotgun.
"If : you bnrm my
Jones quoted her as
husband,"
declurhiK.
"I'll shooot."
JomH Raid ho whirled around,
nnd Mrs, South fired. The charge
went wild and Jones disunited the
Woman. - '
At this Juncture, according to
Jones report, South, still grappling
with Freeman, fired nsnln hitting
Freeman In the arm. Four more
Fhots were fired before the couple
was auhduYd nnd then Freeman
collapsed with a bullet In his chest
nnd another in his arm.
E CASES
POKTLAND, Ore., Tlec. 30. Pi
OiHes involvliiR- . at leant three
younjc women were hcliw Invesii
Baied by detectives here today.
Itoy Wurd, .former deputy sher
iff nnd now mummer of n cement
company, told authorities he wit
nessed the transfer of i yoiitm
woman from one automobile . to
another while a man held n re
volver on the driver of the other
machine.
Astoria, Ore., police naked nil
thorltles to search for Aubrey Ta
bor, Astoria yountf woman, who
wan believed to h(ve been kid
naped from the city at the mouth
of the Columbia .river.
Miss Knid Ileemer 'to, was In a
serious condition at her home after
C. 117 Cornell Is nllcsert tn hae
taken her from her parents' auto
mobile to his home. While polio
were, talking with Miss 1 teenier,
who swooned soon nfter they ar
rived, Cornell disappeared.
POItTI.AXn, Ore., Dee. 30. iAt
Funeral nervier for .lelln liill,
former tnt lejilslaior and one of
the HtllteV fiiremost pnl'tmpn,
who (lied suddenly nt his lioir.e
hern ypsterday. will he eonduetrd
tomorrow.
The former leplslntor was hem
In Yot hshlre, KiiKland, may, ISM.
Jlo wns noted In the ntn'thwe.t
lis a relllsl. Mr. (Mil wiia a meml.i'r
of many spnrtlnK oi'Hiuiiwiltons and
wax rredlted with havlim milne.l
much knowledBe on the hnhlts of
fish. .
Wlllamlna. Kosier mill, re
cently rented on hmhwny annul
tlll'eu find one-half miten went or
here, ntati'ed operation rerwitly.
To handle the technical work or
. rnnwe mitnnRomcnt on the live
Btock rniiKon of tho national for
thn U. B. foret nervleo ha
over 100 men who have pawed
the civil pt'rvh'C examination for
range examiner.
Fire
hMi4"T? ' III - 3
U&Af in ii."f - fv? P'Vi i
I'ire Sweeps the U'bll4 House
fur pi (hroiiKli the cycuOvc ol'fie
i-h playing water upon walls or
Ti
I
A. K. Johnson of - Jacksonville,
a i rested !'rfd;iv mnrniiiK with .Mr.
and .Mrs. J a men DonoKhuc. alias
Donovan, In u Ktatement made be
fore the district attorney's offli-e
Saturday niht, declhrt's ho saw
UnnoHhun nnd hi.s wife asHaultinu;
I'at Itohan. cblcrly junk dealer on
I 'lu I ii Hired, but denies he took
part In the crime, which means
that probably all throe will b(.
charged with robbery by causing
fear. Kolmn (s In the Sacred
Heart hospital stiftViititf from a
badly burned Ick, alli'Kid to have
been rccilvitjUas u i-esiilt of thii
assault niidnlfiht Thursday,
.lohtiKon, in hht stntemcut. ua) s
he lefL Ihe llohnn dwelling to pick
Ui some inooii dilnH on Chest nut
stri'et nnd then drive down to the
flex Cafe looking tor I)omKhuc,
who la accum-d of holding up A. c,
LawtN-'iiee of Hanraniento, Calif.,
lu the cafe and then citK"KliK In
a pistol durl on the street with
police off hers.
lie denies InVlnK any part lu
the hohl-np. lie said that he saw
the man nnd woman assault Itdhau
and hi ai d them demand for in
formation lei dint; to th supposed
b id hiir l lace of the junk ma n's
mom y.
IbmoKhuc Ih held In the county
jail on bonds of $10,000 set Sat
urday and bis wife Is servlm; a
sentence of 1 0 days on a Jrge
of Intoxication. Johnson pleaded
utility on a charne of drlviuK whll
Intoxicated and Is to be sentenced
later.
M rs. Donotihue this forenoon
declared she could rememlwr
nothing that happened at the Ho
ban p!ae, ctnlmlng she was In
toxicated. ,
A monthly ewpnper published
by students of Alaska coHcro li
Kairbanks has attained h elrruli
tlon of l.ono In the northern ter
ritory. r
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Awntti1 V. !r Vhrtn
6oventccn -year old Gonja Henir
:nown as Paviowa ot tho Ice nnt
hrc tlmti world1! (igi;rc rhatmn
champion, arrived In New York ti
kmak hir Amarlcan tkatinn debut.
MKDKOKM) MA IIj
Sweeps White House
.Ml iivallable I'lrenien were call1
cs of the iiallmi'H chfef on Cbrlstm
too structure.
E
Independence Resolutions to
Be Presented at Nation-
, alist Congress Ghandi
Advocates Non-Conform-ity
Move. '
LAIIOItl'l, India, Doe. HO. 1)
Uesoltitlonn nskhiK complnte Inde
pendtMiee or India Troin the Hntlsh
j crown will ho preaonted to tho 41th
I national ediiBreBs, whlrh opened
I Sunday, with full approval of the
A 1 1 -1 ml I ii Nulinnal Conisresi) parly's
. exectitlve committee,
j Tlio execatlvo eommlltro voted,
to 77, In approval of .Mahatma
ICiliamll, naUoiml list leader, favor
Inn coinpleto Independence to lie nt
i tallied firadnally. Chanill ailvocaled
j as u firat st(i) non.e,oop:iratioa
with Hid llrlllsh Kovenimeiilal ma
: eh I uoi y.
I An anienilmenl to (iliandi's 1110
llion providing; for complete sever
laneo'of relalloiiH and severance of
; partlcliiatlon In tho present isov-
I ei mucin oi iiioiu wan rejeciea oy u
vule of Uil to alter ttliandl nad
! made his plea for arudnal prosress
In tho ciiiniuli:n for ultimate uelf-
Kovernineift.
Ohandl led tl:o I'lKht in tho com-
iinittee HKiilnat thoso who were In
1 cllncd to favor the proposed tlo
I minion alnttiH for Indln.
I Mino I hall 30,1100 Indians iittend
jed the opening of the coiibicss.
MKMl'O CITY, Dec. 30. iPW
Three people died here durhiK the
nlKht of cold. The deaths hromrht
the total from the cold weather
for Hit- monlh to 1.1.
Two of the victims were benHi'i
and the third an intoxicated mm.
Ml went to sleep in the Ml reels In
weakened condition, and died when
the. mercury dropped to H
The other ten deaths occurred
similarly, four of them on Christ -m;u4
day.
C. L SUMME
SET FOR I!
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 30. (A1)
Tho summer conference , of the
Oregon Christian Kndenvor Cnton,
will te held ut Turner, tne., on
dales to be determined later, state
officers. -u per liit indent h, union
pi exigents and denominational
i epresentatlven agreed yesterday.
The state uoiiventlon will be
h hi from April 2 4 to April 27 at
Maisbfb-ld and Charles K. Kvans
of Chicago will be the speaker
Oivgott Wcuilicr.
itrepon; I'nsetited tonight with
tain west nnd north portions. Cool
er In the northwest and warmer
In the northeast portions tonight.
Tuday generally fair, Moderate
weit and northwest winds on the
coast.
Portland. -PUins proposed for on
tnhltshiu?? city Incinerator to nerve
tho territory vnM nf Willamette
river, on nppioxlmatcly i5 ncres
extending northerly from Columbia
boulevard to Columbia MoiiRh In
vicinity of East 4-d ulroet.
The state historical noddy of
Oltlahomn seeks to make It a li
brary of iir book the most uhi
able In th soulhwosl.
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TIMKl'XK, MKDKOKT),
d out (o unci! the flames that
us V.xr. T lephoto allows fire flyht-
GOSSIP LISTS
2 LOCAL M
Although the late Oovernor I. L.
Patterson has been dead lit t It
over a week, politics all through
the state Ih eiiKrossiiiK the Repub
lican leaders nnd their lieutenants
of every section its to the many
candidacies, either already an
nounced, tentative or otherwise,
for the Republican nnd Democratic
nominations for governor, to be
elected next fall. It will be a free-for-all
race in both parties.
Med ford, which has been con -splcuotis
because of tho tentative
candidacy nf former Mayor C. II.
dates for the Republican nomina
tion, was still more so when Port
lam! newspapers yesterday nn
mninch.p; that among the many
Demociatlo tentative or suggested
candidates for the democratic
nomination, mentioned the name
of A. 1-3, Iteames, Hoth the Jour
n 1 nnd the OreKonlnn yesterday
Veiterated that there would bo a
mad scramble In both parties for
the nominations, and the elcctlo.i,
and mention the well known Med
ford attorney na one of the talked
of possible Democratic candidates.
The Oregonlan, in outlining tne
situation ami the many posslbl
Itepubllcan candidates, after stat
ing that I!. AY. Sawyer of Itend.
member of the highway commt--sloii
had declari'd himself un
eipiivorally as not n candidate ur.
der any circumstances, aays:
"C. I!. Caten, colleague of Saw
yer on the commission, however, i
making n survey to discover h nv
sentiment Is toward himself. Mr.
f biles has had the gubernatorial
notion for eight years. Tils com
mission as n member of the road
body will expire next March and
It was the intention of Patterson
to reappoint him."
Meanwhile. Pop fJates, ns stated
In yesterday's Mail Tribune, Is pur
suing a policy of watchful wnitltm.
and If the lightning strikes his way
he will not he found without an
approved make nf political electric
fluid conductor. .
C'latskanle. o n struct Ion of
new Howe truss bridge over Clat
sknnle river between Park street
and eily park completed recently.
During the past 2t years, there
have been Kt.iU man-caused for
est fires reported on the 22 na
tional forests of Oregon and AYash
!ni;ton.
oii wouldn't put a
sack of flour
into one
iscutt
and expect success
And coffee roasted in bulk
can never taste like Hills .
llros. Coffee. For by Con- !
trulled Knastine, 1 litis llros.' j
continuous process that roasts
only a few pounds nt a time, !
every berry is roasted evenly.
The flavor is controlled, nnd
what a flavor it isl
HILLS BROS I
COFFEE!
frt-k fr,m the
ill iJt VliA
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OKIXiOW MONDAY. I
PRIEST "SEESUAGESONS HOT
Fi
San Francisco Cleric Minis
ters to Spiritual Needs of
400 Deaf and Dumb!
Catholics Weekly By Sign
Language.
Ily (ieiirge I. Crlssey " .
I nlted Press Stuff Correspondent.
SAN KH A Xt 1 1 St 'O. ( V. P. )
Seeing confessionals rather than
hearing them Is the peculiar (lis- j
tlnctlou of Knt her John 11. Mc- I
t ummlskey, H. J.. nt St. Ignatius
college professor. j
Kor, although he hears and j
speaks, Kather McCummiskey has
learned the sign language nnd !
ministers to Ihe spiritual needs of j
more than 4N deaf and dumb I
i athnlics each week.
It was 1 2 years ngo that the
priest-professor took up his special
and self-imposed task toward thoso
who are unable to talk or hear.
St. Ignatius college, where Kather
McCummiskey is ti professor. Is
in San Kranclsco mid it is around
mo bay d is t raft that ho practices
bis mission work.
On the other sldo of the bay, in
Berkeley, there are more than 200
deuf and dumb children at n stale
school, and near by, in Oakland,
there are 50 similarly afflicted
children In a Catholic school. In
Sari Kranclsco the priest aids fully
150 (ihers In private homes, and
to 'nil he Is a friend and benefac
tor. In the .special confessional room
there is a plato glass window In
place of the usual screen and
where light supplants the cus
tomary darkness with which ordi
nary confessional chambers are
covered. . j
Through the glass, and because '
of the light, Kather McCummiskey
sees the sign language and because
ho is able to read those rapidly !
moving fingers is able to reply by j
the finger route, bringing mental j
comfort and peace to those unhur- j
denlng their minds.
X K V YORK, Dee. 30 . (A1
Recommendations for the abolish
ment of the point alter touchdown
was niado to the National Kootbalt
Coaches association today by its
rules committee, headed by (ilenn
Thlstlewaltn of Wisconsin.
The rules com ml t Ice reported
that the point after touchdown,
devised to prevent tie games, had
not done that.
I! AXTS PASS, Ore.. Dec. 30.
W) Carl pesterflehl, farmer, wuh
in a hospital here today suffering
injuries receivod when a circular
saw bursted. lie was blinded. Phy
sicians said he probably would re
cover. Spasmodic Croup is frequently I
v V VAPORUU
OVER VMIIUQN JARS USED YEARLY
CONFESSIONSO
DEAF AND DUMB
ill
11
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Tapestry Rugs
9x12 tapestry rugs. Regular $22.50 values,
reduced to
$15.95
Dining Room Suites
With walnut table, 3 chairs, carver and
buffet. Regular $98 value. Reduced to
$59.00
Davenport Set
Davenport with two chairs. Mahogany
frames nud upholstery covered with Jac
qunrd velour, $1D0 value. Now
$99.00
Tea Wagon
A veal bargain $17.00 tea wagon rp
duccd to
$9.40 '
DON'T FORGET! YOUR
K( 'KM 1HI UK!!).
It will bo good news to their
Medford friends that Dr. and Mrs.
B. U I-ageson of this city are not
fn a hospital at Corvallis with seri
ous in juries as was rumored about
tho city this forenoon, but that Dr.
i.ageson suffered only minor In
juries and Mrs. I ..ages on escaped
with light bruises in the tragic
auto accident in which they figured
ChiiKtmas eve near Corvallis, In
which a man was killed.
A communication received at the
Elks, club this forenoon from Dr.
Lagoson stated that his Injuries
were not Berlons, that Mrs. Lageson
was uninjured, that the coroner's
jury had exonerated him from
blame and that they had gone on to
Portland.
Colo I To I in oh also received word
from Dr. Lageson requesting ad
justment of insurance on the Tage
son car, which was damaged in the
accident to the extent of between
?200 and :ino. t
The Portland Journal of yester
day published the following news
dispatch' from Corvallis, giving de
tails of the tragic affair:
"Dr. B. Ia LugcHon of Medford
was exonerated Thursday of blame
for tho death of James H. Dodge,
retired Stevenson, Wash., far
mer, who was killed CliriHlmas eve,
about two miles north of here
when struck by' ihe physician's
auto- as he, alighted from a stago.
"Coroner Keeney and other Hen
ton county officials who investigat
ed the death said it was unavoid
able on ltgeson's part.
"Dr. and Mrs. I-ageson were cut
and bruised when their car over
turned as they attempted to miss
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New Year's
Night
Admission $1.00
llllllililliiillliiUHIIIIillliiiiiiilillll
the nRi'rt mini, lint tlioir lujinios
ale not seiioim. UikI.up wub hurUil
lacroKB tke liiiiliway. hla kUiiII frar
' lured and hix chest crushjd. Hi
died un roulu t a l.ospilal. !!
; wan on lila way to surprise a
; daughter. .Mm. Mary Anderson, who
i lives on KiRcr Island, and Misa Vlo
! lotto Dodge of Corvallls."
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SAMS. VALLEY HOOP
TEAMS VICTORIOUS
SAMS VA IAjKY, Ore., Dec. 30.
(Spl.) At' a basketball game at
the local court Friday evening our
With the
American Legion
ORIENTAL
GARDENS
A Beautiful Hall and Wonderful
Extra Lady 135c
This Week-Scores of
BARGAINS in Our
PRE-INVENTORY
! ,
JUST LOOK AT THESE VALUES!
Hiboy
Beautiful giccn hand decorat
ed hiboy with 6 drawers $45
vahys
$24.95
s
CREDIT IS GOOD HERE!
!bnvs again won the laurels, heh:
i In combat with Ihe St. Mary s
t( aru.s of Medford. The score of ;
the first two teams was 37 to 5 in
! favor or the locals, and of the two
' r .nil teams. 14 lo 13 in their
favor.
The second gme was more In
teresting, due to the anxiety cau
i ed. by the even scores for the
greater part of the game.
USl'.OX (P Donna Maria Ta-
vares exchanged a state lottery
I ticket for one of a higher num-'
' her. She dropped dead when th
fir$t ticket won the capital prize
'of .2!0,000.
Music
Dining Suites
Weathered' oak set. Extension,
table, 5 ch3irs nnd carver
$8D value at
$59.00