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Medfokd Mail Tripune The Weather precast: Tmilirht anil. Tiieay fair, with rising: temperature Tuesday; humidity below normal. Temperature Hlchest yesterday g 1owi-t this morning so l'rerlitutlon: Til 5 . in. yesterday 00 'I'll fl II. m. his moritinjr 00 Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORD, OKMiOX. MONDAY. .ll'XK lti. l!l:!0. No. 8(5. Today By Arthur Briibant Crime a National Issue. Vegetables Very Cheap. Flattering. College Boys. Radio and Automobile. JOSEPH DIES LY A.; LATSOP Copyright King Features Synd. Inc. Dean Roscoc . Pound, of the Harvard mw School, says: '("lime is no longer n local af fair." Crime organization, an cording! to the dean, spreads over many states. The main business of govern ment formerly was to provide against foreign attack. Now I he dangerous enemy is the criminal at home. If it he true that gross re ceipts of criminals in Chicago alone amount to more than $:lflO,l)00,000 a year, the I'nited Stales treasury certa'nly has a rival. A'liile the government and tariff makers are "relieving the farmer," commission men in New York last week were re fusing many carloads of vege tables, because they were not worth the cost, of the freight. Farmers of Virginia, Florida, California, North and South Carolina were the chief suffer ers. You can buy in one Southern state excellent land for $) an acre that formerly sold for $125 an acre. One young New Yorker recently bought a few thousand acres of it for quail shooting. Another is accumulating 200,- licies of that lnjid,' thinking " it' must "come back some tune. At Lawrencevillc school grad uation exercises, Senator Val rott of Conneticut, a Lawrence lille graduate, told the boys "the only way to snvc our conn try as the leading nation of the world is by educating leaders to steer the ship of state." Abraham Lincoln was an ex ception to that rule. The senator said also "Learn ing gives a man in tine year what would otherwise take -0 years to acquiiv." Again, you reflect that Shakespeare, within 20 years of the average college graduat- yipi age, did some things that IT.,,. ..i,i i :.. .... .... m tutim jciiiii ill vim- .,i-ni. It is dangerous to give boys too high an idea of their educa tion and themselves. It some limes takes about 10 years to knock universfly conceit out of boy and make him useful. Walter Damrosch, whose ad mirable concerts wmtributcv.l to the radio by the General Electric Company render great I Anntiier llilne the t-ensns shows I " "wt ther's stll on nnfnl lot I People in Co II Tom r that mn't git I ""nip. "(Hi, he's got more moncv I"wn sonic folks have niithitibs," J''I Ifo Bud, sprakin' of n rli:li -ii ie iixiny. . (Continued on Page Four) ., - (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) sSoFuwWe $ftffl IN NEW JERSEY FMPRIARYRACE IHDtAflAfQti I 7 Ten MUCK L- I I II ij REPUBLICAN NOMINEE I In OTniAliril rl nr. r- loolttNuYH AIM ON DRILL FIELD End Comes During Conversation With General George White At Camp to Review National Guard Parade Duty of Republican Central Committee to Nominate Successor Will Call Meeting at Once Tom Kay Is Hailed As Possible Standard Bearer. OAM P CLATSOP, Ore., June 16. AP Senator George W. Joseph, Republican nominee for gov ernor, died at 8:45 a. in., here today on the drill field of the Oregon National Guard encampment. He was talking with .Major General George A. White when a heart attack seized him. The two were laughing and telling jokes, when Joseph sank to the ground. Lieutenant Col. Scott, medical officer, examined Senator Joseph and found that death had been in stantaneous. Mr. Joseph yesterday met with the Clatsop county Republican central committee. At 8 a. m. to day he came to Clatsop to view the camp. After breakfasting with General White and his staff he viii " u ii t v. v.ihvi.-iwawv. nit ..v tin xv.iiiii.iiv He would be unable to attend the major camp re view, he told General White, and wanted at least to see me one regiment on paraae. His death, without any warning, followed. Also with- (leneral White nnrtr-r: ' ' Colonel . North ' at ' Mi death wove Colonel Hm'bel't Al len, regular army, and Colonel EuKene Moshbertfer. commander,) 162nd infantry. j General White said the party1 rode from the state officers' mess to the drill ground. He recalled thsit the Htlrrnns'on Josenh's sad dle had to be shortened for him.. The horses walked. Dismounted nt the place where; the party was to watcli the repl-j ment in close order drill. Colonels Allen and Mosliliei-Rer were ex-, plaining the maneuvers to Senator Joseph. He was receiving the in-, formation with characteristic rep-i artee i,- .msenh weaved to the loft' and fell flat on his back." Oen - e.-. White said. "Colonel Mosh- berger n ude a pillow for him, h nklng he had fainted." efore the arrival of Captain van Winkle. General White said he had tried to take Joseph's pulse and feelintf no movement, believed him dead. There was no movement or sound to Indicate ff - " While"' waiting for the doctor ,he officers had suggested that loseph was probably worn out and ought to rest for the re- ana J""-"1 . maimiel i ' . , firmary the bodv was covered and court for written and spoken at .U knew he man was dead. tacks he is alleged to have made No Complain.. I "" ".embers of that court. . Those who were with Joseph ! He had accused certain mem 1 . . . ...... ...... - iw.i-s of hnvinc nrofessional and over the weeK-ena sain m . f.. I he nteeting with me counlv central committee there was no word of politics. Nor did he say anything about being tired. Colonel North outlined the NKWARK. N. J.. June 16. T j;n livened hy two declarations from the While House of neutral ity a contest for the Republican ,enatorlal race which has nttracted wide attention will be decided at the polls tomorrow. The cnmlldates nre Ambassador Dwlght W. .Morrow, former Sena tor Joseph S. Frelinghuysen and Representative Franklin I). Fort. The issue of the campaign has been prohibition. Ambassador .Mor row advocating repeal of the i.:-k,..nili Amendment and return ! to state control of liquor traffic, ; .,.-..,...-n standing for modifi cation under federal control and ,Port running on a nry p ' with the liacKing "i Saloon league anil other dry organizations. JOSEPH CARVED IT PORTLAND, Ore, June 10. &) Stoniitnr f Inn fir n W. .To.nh. f)S. Hepubllcan nominee for governor t Oregon, who died today at Camp Clatsop, was for 20 years ' prominently Identified with Ore- I politics, and an avowed an- ! tagonist of "boss.sm" and special i privilege. Horn In a log cabin in j Modoc county, t.a Ifornm he reached a high position In this state by virtue of his own efforts .and diligence. Hitter In his denunciations of , what he considered wrong Joseph I often was at logger-heads wl th various political factions, both In the state assembly and out of it -ast ,onth he was permanently disbarred by the state supreme ' , . . ;.', J , rr iineum ..... . ,., -.- --- hfx.viior. The supreme court, In ordering his disbarment, an nounced that It would be happy to withdraw tho order, if Joseph would apologize for his state ments. ISoril lit California. Joseph was born In a sawmill eettlement on the banks of Joseph creek, Modoc county. California. .May 10, I8T2, the son of Edward Worthingtun and Delilah Jane Heath Joseph. Ills mother's father was the Rev. Ileorge . Heatn, pioneer Methodist. When four years old, Joseph was taken by his family to the C'rewnucan valley, I-ake county, Oregon. Some lime later the fam ily moved to Nevada. With his mother, four sisters and two brothers. Joseph, at the age of 10, went to Michigan Bar. fa I., where he received his first schooling. A year or so later the family returned to Modoc county and the boy obtain! d a Job herding sheep. He uttended the public schools at I.akevlew, and graduated from high school In 189. To help pay for his education, ho worked as Janitor In the school. Studied I JIM. County Judge W. A. Wllshire of Igk" county encouraged young Joseph to study law. The boy did tasks around the Judge's home In return for board and room and legal Instructions. In the early !0V Joseph came to Portland and continued his legal studies. He was admitted to the bar in H94. nnd several years later formed a law partner- (Continued on Pago 8, Story 2) BRIGH CAREER BY OWN EFFORI Passing Is GEORGE W. JOSEPH ROAD BEAUTY P1ANS ADD BY A A Plans for transfer of private holdings of timber for government holdings along the Crater Luke highway between Trail and Pros pect are underway to insure the protection of the highways, il. IS. Van Dozer, chairman of tho Ore gon State Higliway commission, staled in Medford this morning before continuing his trip to Rend, Ore., accompanied by Ralph Wat son of the Oregon Journal, James Mulchay, freight traffic manager for the Southern Pacific with headquarters In Portland; 1). C. O'Reilly and John O. Vogt of Port land. The parly arrived in Mcdford with Mr. Van Ijuzer from (lold Reach yesterday. "We are Inter ested In tho protection of the high ways in regard to timber," Mr. Van Duzer stated. "We find that on the road to Crater Ijiike be tween Trail and Prospect there is a private holding of timber. We are attempting to arrange for the transfer of this holding for gov ernment holdings, In order that all timber adjoining the highway may be government owned. This would Insure the beauty of the highways for all time to come. We have the approval of the United States De partment of the Interior in at tempting this transfer, which we fully expect to be accomplished within a short time." The result of the transfer will bring a clear stretch of govern ment timber along the Crater lake highway from Trail to the lake. li EN ROUTE TO CITY ASTORIA, Ore., June 16.); The funpru! cortege of Senator George W. Joseph, who died thin morning, l-ft AMtoria nt 2:45 p. m. j today for Portland. Led hy Ciiptuin Krank Irwin of j Portland nnd n detail of ntate traf- j fir offifprn, th autnmohlln parly ( wan accompanied hy Lieutenant j Oilonr'l V, Heott of Portland,! and Lieutenant Colonel Kalph It. f Huron of 1-a firande, Mourned MAIIX SEEKS REHEARING OF BAR CHARGES SA1.F..M, Ore., June 18. W- , Thomas Mannix, who was pcrma- ncntly disbarred by the state su preme court from tho practice of law In Oregon ut the same time I that similar punishment was meted ' out to (ieorge W. Joseph, Republl ; can nominee for governor, has filed with the court a petition for rehearing of his case. In his petition Monnlx recalls that Joseph, who brought the charges against hitu, accused him of passing worthless checks, anil avers thai the court refused to al I low him Ihe constitutional priv- liege of Introducing evidence to i prove tile falsity of Ihe charge, .Mannix atleges that the supreme J court erred in Its disposal of the : charge thai he purposely misled j the supreme court In Ihe first case j Involving the K. Henry Wemme I endowment fund, j Mannix charges that following 'the recommendation by the referee Uhat Joseph be disbarred, and fol. ! lowing Joseph's later nomination j for governor, various articles were published to the effect that the nomination was a vindication for Joseph, Ihe articles being, Mannix declares, an effort to Intimidate the court In deciding the case In Joseph's favor. The pnllfl opened at 2 o'clock thin afternoon at the Junior high .school for election of two director to the Mcdford hoard of education. Howard Hchcffel and X. II. Franklin, whose tenns expire, are on the ballot for re-election. No ot her nnmcH have been added. VoteiH are allowed the privilege of wrltliiK In ntt-ncK nf other candi dates hut Mr. Hchiffcl and Mr. Franklin are expected to he elect ed. The poleH will clohe at 7 o'clock thin evcnliiK and all voters are urgd to cant their ballot. American tractors shipped to TtoHKia In Kuropn In the firm quarter of this year were valued at $21,fi.t;,ft0l). MANY vfl RF:- TRIBUTE TO Men High in Affairs of State Express Regret at Pass ing of Notable Figure Had Wide Following Throughout Oregon. SAI.1CM. Oro., Juno Hi yi') R.v met ut Ihe. dealli of (ieorge W. Joseph al Cainp Clatsop was ex pressed hy men high in affairs of i the state today. Clovernor Norblad, who was among those defeateil hy Joseph for Ihe Republican guhormt turial nomination, is still in Die east. Among cmnmentH made horo were the following: Secretary of State Moss: The sudden passing of Senator Joseph has raised n great many questions concerning ihe methods of choos ing n BiiccesBor, but, through till Ihe turmoil of a husy office, his friends here ut Salem pause in their work U puy silent tribute to it mau who watt well known around the capitol building. Senator Jos eph was known us u fighter, unit since his nomination at the prima ries he hud developed a tremen douH following ull over tho stale. He was u personal friend of initio und his passing is a distinct loss to Ihe public life of Oregon. Kay Shocked Stnte Treasurer Kay: I was deeply shocked to hear of the sud den death of Senator Cloorge Job oph. He wub lu every hciiso nn u'iiiiRliteltl9scu and loyul Oregonlun. He .wim honest und sincere. Ills long public Horvlce ns a legislator and his public benefactions have contributed greatly to the welfare of Oregon. He was Ihe hardest and most conscientious fighter for a principle Hint I have ever known. His untimely dealli leaves a great gup In the business and pollllcul life of Oregon. Chief Justice Cosliow: I have known Senator Joseph for 30 yeurs. When 1 wns in the practice I hud more or loss business with his of fice. My personul relations Willi hlin have always been plcnsuut. Admired Courage Justice (Ieorge M. liruwn: I waH acquainted with lleorge W. Joseph lor a number of yeurs, nnd ulwuys admired his couruge und ability. I feel deeply grateful for his Interest In the preservation to the state of our great water power. It Is with saduesB und sincere regret thai I learn of his pussing. The people of Oregon huvo lost a loyal friend. JiiHlice (ieorge Itossinun: I re gret keenly the passing of Mr. Joseph. In hia dentil a wide circle of friends has lost one of unlimited loyalty anil the Blule bus lost u citi zen gifted with a brilliant mind and possessed of a vust rapacity for handling business ufintra of inagnl- lllill' Ah n resident nf Pnrtloiwl n j member of the Portland bur. und iiie circuit court oenen lor tnni county. Mr. Joseph und I hud so inuny friendly relations ihnt I can hardly realize that he will be Willi ub no more. Acting (iovernnr Hamilton: In the douth of (lertrge Joseph the stale or Oregon Iiuh lost a valuable citizen nutl the people of Oregon u close friend. , Baseball Scores American. n. h. r. Philadelphia 8 14 0 Detroit 9 15 0 Matterlea: Knrnnhnw, Q u I n n and Cochrane; Hoyt nnd Hay worth. It. 11. R Ponton 6 8 3 Chl'-aKo 3 It 1 IJatterb'H: Ituwiell and Merry, t'roiiHe; Lyonn and Perg. National. HI. fsuiln 3 ! 2 Brooklyn h 12 0 Pattcriex: Johnson. Llndey atid MancuHO; Phelpfi and lopez. IL H. K. Tlnclnnatl 11 Ifl 2 IloHton 1 8 0 Hatterien: Frcy nnd Onnch; ilrlmen, Cunningham and Hpoh rer, Cronln. It. IL K. ChlcnKo 8 14 1 New York 5 10 0 Ilatterlet: Hoot nnd Hnrtnett; Hnbbell nnd O'Knrrell. " K. IL R. PlttNhurKh 14 18 8 Phllnddphla 18 20 3 Kremer nnd 1!emnley; Collard, Urn roe, Hweet lund, Collins nnd Mc-Curdy, Heads Grange i wrxM ItKV. CIIARI.KS C. liri.KT. Coos counly Pomona master ami for several years prominent hi Ore gon (Irango circles was elected state master at (he llcdtnoud convent Ion. TO LOWEST PRICE LEVEL Strong Support Fails to Check Headlong Plunge of Pivotal IssuesHeavy Trading Seen as Selling Pressure Continues. NEW YOUIv, Juno 10. Ktrong hatif:lng support eimhloned, hut failed to check a headlong de cline In Bhare priced In today's Mtock mnrket. In which aomo 200 iKHiiea plunged to new low levelft for tho yenr or longer. The de cline was ono of the moHt preclpl toim Hlnco the November Helling panic After a violent drop during tho morning, the decline wan mo mentarily halted during the early afternoon, but n tho Reunion drew toward ita cIoho, Helling presHtiro became overpowering and rie prcHHed mi eh pivotal Ihhuch an U. S. Hteel and American telephone to 1!K10 lows tn tho final transac tions. The paco of trading nluck ened for a time during the after noon, but wan nccelerated to a fe verlnh rate In tho lant hour, nnd the ticker reeled off quotations long after the cloning gong. To tal mileH exceeded 5,700.000 shares, the kccoihI lnrgCHl turnover of the year. Coimnorilllcft Decline. The decline on the stock woh accompanied hy abrupt drops In other speculative market. The two leading commodity markets, wheat and cotton, broko sharply, nnd Htock neta generally were severely depressed, Including the curb and over the counter mar kets. Closing quotations of neveral leading stocks, as telephoned from tho floor of the Htock exchange follow: Losses In pivotal haron rnn from 2 to $10, while mime of the higher priced Ismuch recorded wider losses. HhnrcH losing $15 tn $22 In cluded VaNudium, Wlorthlngton Pump. Allied Chemical, People's (his. J. L Case, American Ma chine nnd Foundry. Hhnres losing more than $10 Included Auburn, Westing houso Kleetrlc, Houston Oil, Diamond Mutch. ; I Today's closing prices for 15 se-j leeted stocks follow: ' Am. ('an 12214 j Col. Can 6614 Am. Tel. nnd Tel 209 Anaconda 40 Curtis Wright 7 i Ccnernl Kleetrlc (new) .... 67 (ieneral Motors 42 Kennlcot Copper 40 H llndlo Corporation 38 Pending 109 Hears Roebuck 71 Cnlted Air Craft 49 V. H. Hteol 158 Mont. Ward 37 H. P 114 UNDERWOOD TO PRESIDE G. P. ELKS INITIATION KLAMATH FALT, Ore., Jun? 16. (P) Major C. II. UnderwooJ, deputy grand ruler of the F.lks for southern Oregon, will preside over the Initiatory work to be put on nt tho new Grants Pass lodge to morrow. He will be assisted by Perry O. DcLnp, president of the Oregon 12lks state association. SHARES IIP TW KILLED IN COUNTY OT CRASHES i California Professor Dies Sunday When Car Over turns On Cascade Gorge Grade Weed Foreman Victim of Saturday Crash Tho auto crash on Crater Lake highway last evening, resulting' i'i the death of Clranvyl llulse. will bo thoroughly investigated, at at-) Traffic Hergeant c. P. Talent sukl this afternoon. A round hole, resembling n bul let wound, was on Hulae'a chesi. Just above the heart. It is thought possible that a stray bullet may have struck Hulse us he was driv ing and cuuslng him to croah Into the ditch. However, It may have been a sharp piece of glass, an I the examination Is expected tj clear up the mutter. Auto accidents claimed two lives In Jackson county over the week-end and caused injuries to three. Oranvyl (1. Hulse, 35, Los Angeles, met nlmont Instant' death Sunday evening at Cascade Gorge when hl car overturned, while sturtlng the descent of the Flounce Itock grade und John T. Conn, 40, Weed, Cul.. lumber mill foreman, sustained futal injuries Saturday evening at Central Point when his cur collided with a dairy truck driven hy Lee Smith of thin city. Hulse, a professor of political Hdonce at the University, of Wash ington, was en route to Los An geles to join his wife and had come by way at Bend. His car, a sport1 model roadster,, turned over when It was driven into a ditch less thnn three feet deep on the upper side of the road. Had it gone off tho lower side, It would hnve rolled several hundred feet before reaching the bottom of the ennyon. Hulse sustained chest Injuries that proved fntal almost immedi ately after he was removed from the wreckage. Ilex Kobh. accom panying Hulse, escaped injury. The body Is being held by Counly Coroner H. W. Conger for Instruc tions from relutlves, believed to bo tn Hotithern California. Plan Inquest. It Is likely an inquest will he held here this evening into the death of Conn at Central Point. Smith is alleged to have been on the wrong side of the highway when the two cars met on the "8" curve a short distance north of Centrul Point's main street. State Traffic Sergennt C. P. Talent in dicated Saturday night that Conn, driving a light car. attempted to avert the collision by turning off the hlRhway. Hie enr was over turned. His death 30 minutes later at the Community Hospital was believed due to a fractured skull. Mrs. Bessie Custon, also of Weed, sustained minor Injuries but wns nblo to leave the hos pital yesterday for ' her home. r Conn and . Mrs. SoMon .were saltl to hove been en route to Ornnts Pnsn to be married. The .body . will be shipped to Milan, Tex. A enr crash east of Central Point yesterday resulted In minor Injuries to Tholma Severson nnd Olnf Severson of that city. Tho mlshup took place near the Henry Head fnrm. RESCUED AFTER E NKW YORK, June 16. A sntlor wns drowned and ten per sons, including Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, ware rescued when two yachts, one owned by Phillip N. Plant, promi nent Broadway figure, collided late last night three miles off Green wich, Conn. The Plant yacht, Loleta on which Miss Windsor was a guest, was struck amidships by the Chang Wang III, owned by O. Chatfleld Taylor, aand went down rapidly. Thrown Into the water by the Impact, Miss Windsor and the other passengers were picked up hy the Chang Wang which cruised about the wreckage with Its bow badly stove In. A lobster over three feet long was recently caught on the Isle of Wight. MOVIE ACTRESS BOATS COLLID ti opyright John P. Dllle Co.J O
