1 1921
9Q Pages
Eight Sections.
Section One
Pages 1 to 20
VOL. XL NO. 40
Entered at Portland (Oreron)
Pfofflre Scond-CImm Mutter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POSTOFFICE EXPECTS
ARMS COST RISE
SAN FRANCISCO'S AID
PLEDGED EXPOSITION
20 BUILDINGS RUINED
WW
MAHOMEY GUILTY
RETURN OF PROPERTY
BY MEXICO DEMANDED
$2,000,000 RECEIPTS
BY QUAKES IN UTAH
DEATH IS PENALTY
STAGGERS BRITAiW
POSSE BUTTLE
PROSPECTS FOR RECORD YEAR
3IAYOR ROLPH INDORSES ORE- TEMBLOR CAUSES PANIC IN
FliKTCHER SAYS GUARANTEE
MUST BE IX WRITIXG.
DECLARED EXCELLENT.
GON'S GREAT PROJECT. , TOWN OF RICHFIELD.
DRIVE FOR RELIEF
OF JOBLESS IS Oil
Capital and Labor Join
Forces in Crusade.
KU KLUX PARADERS
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Wife Slayer Grips Chair as
Verdict Is Read.
SISTER COLLAPSES IN COURT
Prisoner About to Rise, But
Settles Back.
FOUR WOMEN ON JURY
Each Answers Poll by Firmly De
claring That Death Is Pre
scribed Punishment.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 1. James E.
Mahoney, charged with killing his
elderly bride for her money, was
found guilty of murder In the first
degree, his penalty fixed at death,
by a Jury in superior court here to
night.
When the verdict was read Mahoney
gripped his chair and seemed about
to rise, but settled back In his seat.
His sister, Mrs. Dolores Johnson,
collapsed and was carried from the
courtroom.
The Jurors, four women and eight
men, were polled, and each answered
firmly that he or she had signed the
verdict of guilty and the special
finding specifying the death penalty.
Mahoney Is Ex-Bnkenin,
Mahoney is 38. He formerly was a
railroad brakeman, and at the time
of his arrest. May 3, was on parole
from the Washington state peniten
tiary, where he had been sentenced
for robbery. He and Mrs. Kate
Mooers were married here February
10. She was 67 years old and owned
property reputed to be worth J200,
000. In April the couple had announced
to friends a contemplated trip to St.
Paul, a "deferred honeymoon." Mrs.
Mahoney was last seen April IS, ac
cording to state's witnesses. Ma
honey's relatives testified they talked
to her on the telephone April 17,
The verdict was reached at 11:10
o'clock, five hours and 40 minutes
after the Jury retired to deliberate.
Crowds waited about the corridors
all evening, and the courtroom was
filled when the verdict was an
nounced. Mere Canaes Investigation.
The Investigation that resulted In
Mahoney's arrest was started by Mrs.
Kate Stewart of Vancouver, B. C,
who told the police she had received
several letters from points In Idaho
and Montana purported to have been
written by her aunt. Mrs. Stewart
pronounced the letters forgeries.
After Mahoney's arrest, the police un
covered evidence that Mahoney had
hired an expressman to deliver a
trunk to the shore of Lake Union the
night of April 16. There was further
evidence that Mahoney had placed the
trunk on a skiff and rowed out.
The authorities then began drag
ging the lake and employing divers,
but with no result until August t,
when a trunk containing the body of
a woman was found floating on the
surface, a torn rope indicating that It
Bad been cast loose from an anchor.
Woman's Face Disfigured.
The woman's face had been disfig
ured by quicklime, but by other fea
tures and by clothing In the trunk
the body was identified as that of
Mrs. Mahoney. The defense denied
the Identity and offered testimony to
the effect that Mrg. Mahoney was
seen alive after the night she was
supposed to have been slain. Ma
honey did not take the stand.
4 WOMEN ON MAHONEY Jl'RY
Alleged Slayer Chews Gum During
Closing Arguments.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 1. (Spe
cial.) The case of James E. Mahoney,
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NOW Hovs im "nrtE. .
WOXUO CAN WWV.
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Money Taken In Up to October 1
3 Per Cent More Than for
Same Time In 1920.
For the first time in the history of
Portland the post office receipts are
expected to pass the $2,000,000 mark
for the current year. Compilations
submitted to John M. Jones, postmaS'
ter, yesterday showed the receipts up
to October 1 to be slightly more than
3 per cent heavier than they were for
the first nine months of 1920. The
total for the year of 1920 wu 11,960,-
009.95, the largest of any year la the
city's history.
The gradual and steady growth of
the city is depicted in the yearly fig
ures of the post office receipts since
it was established In 1849 under
Thomas Smith, the first postmaster.
In 1850 the receipts were $82.98, and
the following year they Jumped to
$1474.75.
Yearly receipts for every tenth
year follow:
1S50 , t R2.S8
M0 8.609 00
1S7U 14.534.6B
JI-SO 41. 167.(12
1MIO 143.771.14
lhOO 215.978.47
110
Yearly from 1918
;i16 $1,220,497.89
;i17 1.3J7.070 70
IbiS 1.838.958.0S
1019 1.707.470 25
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FIRE HAULED TO ENGINE
Nothing Impossible for Oregon City
Blaze Fighters.
OREGON CITT, Or., Oct, 1. (Spe
cial.) Mahomet, who visited the
mountain when he found that the
mountain would not come to him, had
nothing on the Oregon City fire de
partment. The fire department last night
found itself unable to reach a fire
which was consuming 80 cords of
wood under shipment on freight cars,
so it had the cars hauled up the track
to a point where the flames could.be
fought.
The cars were on the Willamette
Valley Southern railway tracks below
Green Point. The fire started about
o'clock. The police said It was of
ncendiary origin.
Finding that the fire engine could
not play a stream on the flames, the
firemen sent a switch engine after
the wood. It was half an hour before
the fire was put out. About eight
cords of wood were burned. The name
of the ownsr was not learned.
ERSHIJMG REACHES PARIS
General and TOO Soldiers Ready for
Ceremony Today.
PARIS, Oct. 1. General John J.
Pershing arrived from Coblenz this
morning and went immediately to
the hotel Crillon. where . he spent
the morning considering plaits for
tomorrow's ceremony at the grave
of the "unknown soldier" and at
tending to official business.
A composite battalion from all
units of the American expeditionary
forces on the Rnlne, numbering 700
officers and soldiers, arrived shortly
after noon.
AUT0ISTS ARE HELD UP
Harry Brown, 171 First Street, Re
ports Loss of $619.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.)
Harry Brown of 171 First street,
Portland, while returning home from
the state fair with his family In an
automobile tonight was held up by
two highwaymen near Woodburn and
robbed of $619 In currency, his watch
and other valuables.
Mr. Brown, who returned to Salem
after the hold-up, was unable to give
any close description of the robbers.
FEWER ILLITERATES HERE
Federal Reiort Shows Percentage
Drops From 1.9 to 1.5.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1. The
number of illiterate persons in Oregon
10 years of age and over in 1920 was
9317, or a percentage of Illiteracy of
1.5 compared with 1.9 In 1910.
The Illiterates Included 1529 native
whites, the remainder being made up
of foreign-born, Indians, negroes and
orientals.
$1,000,000,000 Spent
This Year on War Plans.
GERMANY IS DEEMED LUCKY
English Labor Leader Hopes
for Armanent Limitation.
NEED IS DECLARED GREAT
George Barnes Says Washington
Conference Will Have Best
Wishes of AH England.
BY GEORGE N. BARNES.
British Parliament and Labor Leader.
(Copyright 1921 by The Oresonian.)
LONDON, Oct. 1. (Special by Wire
less.) Truly this Is a mad world.
Great Britain is spending in this year
of grace 207,000,000 pounds sterling
(normally $1,000,000,000), on prepara
tions for the next great war, com
pared to 85,000,000 spent the year be
fore the war but recently brought
tc a close.
It is. not to be wondered, there
fore, that as the date of the Wash
ington conference for the limitation
of armaments draws near. Interest in
it on this side of the water begins
to quicken. The fact that the British
prime minister. Mr. Lloyd George, can
not take part will not lessen the
British sense of importance in the
event.
The keen interest of the Brit'sh
dominions In a settlement of the far
eastern questions makes the con
ference a matter of dominant Im
portance to us. Japan, about whose
attitude there has been so much
spoken, really has taken a lead to
ward a settlement. The statement
of the Japanese prime minister this
week gives every assurance of the
good Intent of the Pacific empire.
While recognizing the predominant
influence of the United States and
Great Britain, he predicts a reap
proachment of the powers on the way
toward a removal of the causes of
unrest (n the Pacific.
Japanese Premier Declared Right.
The Japanese premier Is right. If
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan can reach a common agree
ment regrdlng the Pacific and If as
a result of this understanding there
is a reduction In armaments, the f'rst
world conference convened by Amer
ica on American soil will mark a
turning point in the history of the
world.
Discussions in the assembly of the
league of nations at Geneva, however,
show the necessity for co-operation
between that 'nstltution and the
Washington conference. The league,
despite the protests of some of the
more ardent spirits, has voted to
postpone consideration of questions
affecting the manufacture and con
trol of fire arms pending the con
ference called by President Harding.
In effect, therefore, Geneva waits
on Washington, anti-militarists wait
with growing impatience on both.
Hopes are centered in Washington.
It is a good omen that fruitful re
sults already have accrued from the
preliminary discussions among the
governments invited to the con
ference, concerning far eastern prob
lems. Among these good results is
the stated willingness of Japanese to
rcBtore Shantung to China under con
ditions more favorable than seemed
probable Immediately after the Ver
sailles conference. Having stated her
intentions respecting Shantung, Japan
naturally will be reluctant to . have
this subject discussed at the con
ference. Japan further has agreed with the
United States respecting the inter
national status of the island of Yap.
All of which Is particularly reassur
ing. '
The British trade union council has
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SOME RECENT
Vast Benefit to California and En
tire Coast In Developmental
Work Is Foreseen.
BY DOM SKENE,
8tsff Writer for The Oreionlan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. (Special.)
Hearty indorsement of Oregon's 1925
exposition was given today by Mayor
Rolph of San Francisco in a message
of optimism and pledge of co-operation
addressed to the people of Ore
gon and the northwest through, The
Oregonian. The following Interview
from San Francisco's "exposition
mayor" Is th first official announce
ment of the sentiment of this city
regarding Oregon's great project.
"San Francisco will take a keen
and friendly interest in Oregon's pro
posed Atlantic-Pacific highways and
electrical exposition to be held in
Fortland in 1925," he said.
"We firmly believe that the two
world's expositions held in San Fran
cisco and San Diego in 1915 were of
vast benefit, not only to California,
but to the whole Pacific coast, and
a similar exposition in Oregon will
find hearty support here. We know
the great value of a world's exposi
tion to any community, state or re
gion, and we will be ready to the
limit of our ability to support the
1925 project.
"The problem of the west is the
development of the unlimited possi
bilities of Pacific commerce. I have
often said that there is more to be
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 69
degrees: lowest. 44; clear.
TODAY'S Fair; winds mostly northerly.
Departments.
Churchea. Section 5, page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Schools. Section 5, page 6.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Editorial. Section 3, page 6.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 1.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page 8.
Music. Section 4, page 4.
Chess and checkers. Section 4, page 7.
Women's Features.
Fashions. Section 3, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Madame Richer s column. Section 5,
page 5.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 5.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page 7.
Society. Section 3. page 2.
Women's activities. Section 4, Page 6.
Special Features.
Home arrangement and furnishing. Sec
tion 5, page 1. -
Darling's .cartoons -on toxica of the day.
Section 5, page .
Autumn mornings bet time to cultivate
bird friendships. Section o. page 8.
Society's neweM morsel, "Mr. Bluebeard
and the Butterfly." Magazine section,
pttge 1.
A half century of Hamlet. Magaslne sec
tion, page 2.
'Miss Lulu Bett, serial. Magazine sec
tion, page 3.
News of the world' as seen by camera.
Magazine section, page 4.
Developing eyes in tips of fingers. Maga
zine section, pae 3.
Quarantine guards port from disease. Mag
azine section, page 6.
Black Saurlol." fiction feature. Magazine
section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons, "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Mrs. London describes husband's love af
fairs. Section 3, page 9.
Tufa deposits at Mount Angel valuable.
Section 3. page 30.
Salton sea waterfowls photographed. Sec
tion 4, page 7.
Foreign.
League or nations parleys resemble
Babel. Section 1, page 8.
Germany wrestles with tax problems.
Section 1. page 5.
Army general staff dictates policies of I
Japanese government. Section 1,
page 4.
Social democrats begin to weaken. Sec
tion 1, page 2.
Oeremany, freed from armament burden.
holds edge on rest of world. Section
1, page 1.
League assembly puts hope In disarma
ment conference. Section 1, page 15.
Nat ion a L
Hardings In Virginia watching marines.
Section 1, page 6.
Capital and labor join forces for drive In
behalf ox unemployed. Section 1,
page 1.
Grab-bag of China opposed by United
States. Section 1, page 0.
Big wage of union labor denounced In
senate. Section 1, page 14.
Domestic.
Young man sought in Southard case. Sec
tion 1, pag" 4.
Coal miners delay framing pay scale.
Section 1, page 14.
Twenty buildings ruined by quakes in
L tah. Section 1, pa c;e 1.
Red Cross workers to meet October 4.
Section 1, page 9.
World expositions bring prosperity. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
NEWS TOPICS ILLUSTRATED BY CARTOONIST
Mountains Are Shaken and Great
Hocks, Rolling Down Slopes,
Cause Landslides.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1. Earth
quake shocks have continued at In
tervals during the last 24 hours at
Elsinor and Monroe, 20 miles south
of Salt Lake. Five distinct shocks
were felt last night and this morn
lng a severe tremor completed the
work of disaster In wrecking build
lngs damaged Thursday. It is es
timated that 20 buildings at Elsinor
and Monro will have to ba rebuilt.
At Richfield a near panic ensued
when the shock struck there. People
ran from their houses, stores and
offices. Chimneys were thrown down,
windows were broken and cracks ap
peared in several buildings. One man
was Injured by falling brick. At
Elsinor two chimneys at the sugar
factory toppled over.
At Monroe the hot springs sent
forth water of almost blood red. The
mountains to the east were shaken
up and great rocks rolled down their
sides. Reports from Monroe canyon
are to the effects that boulders
weighing many tons bounded down
the steep sides, causing a landslide.
HARRISBURG, 111., Oct. 1. Two
distinct shocks, believed to be earth
tremors, were felt here at 3 o'clock
this morning. Houses were shaken
and sleepers aroused, causing con-
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Domestic.
Beating up police now woman's right.
Section 1, page 5.
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco pledges
aid to 1925 fair. Section 1. page 1.
Six out for mayor in Gotham November 8.
, Section 1, page 15.
Right million women work in America.
Section 1, page 3.
Ku Klux paradors battle with Texas
posse. Section 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Graham Issues statement on auto
wreck. Section 1, page 3.
Far east bidders In Vancouver mart.
Section 1, page 17.
Keedsport schools crippled by failure of
mills to pay taxes. Section 1, page 11.
Debts of missing mayor of Joseph, Or.,
150.000. Section 1, page 10.
Senator Gooding's attack on roads an
swered by head of Union Pacific. Sec
tion 1, page 11.
Shriners feature last day at state fair.
Section 1, page 12.
Seattle has rio at baseball park. Section
1, page 14. i
Mahoney found guilty; penalty fixed at
death. Section 1, page 1.
Sport.
Cy Young pitches for $10 a month at
start. Section 2, page 6.
Yale team, likely to show up well. Sec
tion 2, page 6.
Oregon Aggie' backfield heavy and fast.
Section 2. page 6,
Soulos and mechanic killed In Fresno auto
race. Section page 4.
World's scries has its own peculiar
fetishes. Section 2, page 4.
Two golf tourneys slated for Portland.
Section 2, page 4.
Cobb and Hetlmann sre nip and tuck for
batting honors. Section 2, page 3.
Dempsey-Carpentler fight film has chance
to show In Portland. Section 1, page 8.
Johnny Wilson not popular In his home
town. Section 2, page 3.
Swart hmore gives Princeton memorable
gridiron battle. Section 2, page 2.
City's high school elevens In hands of
capable coaches. Section 2, page 2.
Yanks win pennant. Section 2, page 1.
Winged M trounces Whitman college, 13
to tl. Section 2, page 1.
New York now bound to be home of
champa no matter who wins world's
series. Section 2, page 5.
Faeific Coast league results: At Portland
8. Los Angolcs 13; at Seattle 7. an
Francisco 10; at San Francisco. Oak
land 1, Salt Lake 0; at Los Angeles,
Sue rani en to- Vernon prame canceled,
rain. Section 2, page 6.
i Commercial and Marine.
Business shows sound Improvement. Sec
tion 1. page 18.
First bulk grain cargo shipped from
Portland thia season to leave tomor
row. Section 1, page 18.
Export business In Pacific wheat checked.
Page 18.
All eastern wheat markets weak and lower.
Page 19.
Stocks close strong in Wall street market.
Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity,
Moonshine brings ex-convict to Jail on
burglary charge. Section 2, page 7.
Portland to have fiesta of music. Sec
tion 2, page 24.
Covering finally yanked off mysterious
Ku Klux Klan organization. Section .
2, page 7.
City club obtains data on reservoirs. Sec
tion 1, page 16.
County hospital costs $4399 a bed. Sec
tion 1, page 13.
Clyde G. Huntley ready to become col
lector of internal revenue. Section 1,
psge 13.
Grand Jury protests use of courts to col- j
lect debt a Section 1. page 12.
Postofflce expects $2,000,000 receipts
Section 1, pu.ge 1.
y7MlCH GOES 0 SHoN TttrW
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BUSINESS IS CONSCRIPTED
Employment Must Be Fur
nished, Says Edict.
LABOR'S AID IS PLEDGED
Organization of Community Bodies
to Carry Out Programme to
Start Immediately.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1. Capi
tal and labor Joined forces here to
night to give impetus to carrying out
through community organization of
the emergency programme for the im
mediate relief of the nation's idle
wage earners adopted by the national
conference on unemployment.
In an appeal to the business men
and chambers of commerce of the
country actively to support the pro
gramme, Joseph H. Defrees, president
of the chamber of commerce of the
United States, declared that "business
has a great responsibility in the situ
ation and must furnish employment."
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
formal statement expressed his confi
dence "that the trade union movement
in each community will join locally In
the effort to assist in the task of pro
viding work for the thousands who
are idle."
Programme la Launched.
Both Mr. Defrees and Mr. Gompers
are members of the conference and
assisted in drafting the emergency
programme.
Mr. Defrees called upon the business
men to offer the mayors in their com
munities Immediate assistance in or
der to speed up the establishment of
employment committees on a national
basis.
"The situation cannot be met with
out proper organization." he 'said. "It
is primarily a community problem.
The existing unemployment presents
a real problem which must have im
mediate attention."
American labor, Mr. Gompers said,
would give Its "whole-hearted sup
port" to the emergency programme,
which, he said, provided an oppor
tunity for the co-operative action of
all the agencies and Institutions in
each community to bring relief to the
unemployed.
Labor Support Assured.
"Labor," he said, "will indorse every
constructive feature of the report
which the unemployment conference
has adopted. Beyond question Amer
ica can solve the problem of unem
ployment if it undertakes the work In
earnest."
Dissemination of the emergency
programme was undertaken today by
the conference members. Many of
them residing in nearby states have
gone to their homes until the sub
committees begin the consideration of
permanent unemployment measures
next week and are expected to aid
in the organization work of their com
munities. Others from distant states
are understood to be in communica
tion with their local authorities, urg
ing the formation of the emergency
committees and immediate initiation
of relief measures.
HIGHWAY PROJECT PROPOSED
Denver Paper Suggests Building
of Transcontinental Roads.
DENVER, Oct. 1. As a solution of
the unemployment problem in this
rmmtrv. the Denver Post today tele
graphed to President Harding and
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover suggesting the building of
two hard-surfaced transcontinental
highways.
Men out of employment would do
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Recognition of Southern Republic
Declared to Be Dependent on
Meeting Requirements.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 1.
Under-Secretary of State Fletcher was
quoted by Representative Hudspeth
of Texas today as 6aying In connec
tion with recognition of Mexico that
"Mr. Obregon and his government
must put down in black and white
that all titles held by Americans shall
be fully recognized and this must
extend to states that have confiscated
the lands of Americans for which
they have Issued state bonds that
are not worth the paper they are
written upon.
"The Obregon government has here
tofore claimed that they have no au
thority over the states," the under
secretary continued, according to Mr.
Hedspeth. "This Is a misnomer.
They have authority over states and
must control the action of the states
relative to American rights. When
we recognize Mexico, it is not for a
day, or month or a year, but prob
ably for many, many years and we
are not taking anything for granted,
but everything must be reduced to
writing and must be recognized by
the head of the Mexican government
and its legislative body."
The Texas representative explained
that he conferred with Mr. Fletcher
on the general question of Mexican
recognition and received assurance
that the Chamizal zone controversy
has been kept "in mind at all times
in negotiating with the Mexican gov
ernment and it is a part of the
treaty stipulations." Commissioners
will have to be appointed to settle
it, he declared the secretary had told
him, adding that "if I control the
matter it will be settled right."
In reply to a question about the
Mexican supreme court decision con
cerning the retroactive clause of sec
tion 27 of the constitution, Mr. Hud
speth said the secretary answered:
"The supreme court decision only set
tles one matter, and that one is that
it recognizes the lease of the Texas
company made prior to the enactment
of this constitution; it is not a prec
edent for other controversies of sim
ilar matters such as our supreme
court decisions are in this country."
AUTOS KILL SIX IN MONTH
14 Violent Deaths In September
Reported by Coroner.
Six persons were killed in automo
bile accidents in September, accord
ing to the monthly report of Coroner
Smith, made public yesterday. In all,
there were 23 deaths handled by the
coroner during the n.onth. These In
clude: automobile accidents, 6; indus
trial accidents, 2; accidental drown
ing, 1; suicidal drowning, 1; acute al
coholism, 1; street car accident, 1;
death by morphine, 1; accidental fall
1 natural causes, 9.
Those killed In automobile acci
dents were D. Williams, Mrs. Rachel
Tupper, Charles Frush, Jacob Adel
man, Dorothy Crook and II. K. Camp
bell. An inquest into Mr. Campbell's
death will be held by the coroner to
morrow night.
CUSTOMS LEVY IN EFFECT
British Duties Apply to 6000 Indi
vidual Articles.
LONDON, Oct. 1. Customs duties
equal to one-third the valuo of cer
tain Imported goods will be levied,
beginning today, under Great Brit
ain's act for safeguarding industries,
which became operative this morning.
These duties will bj applied to 6000
individual articles, including optical
and other scientific instruments and
various manufactured metals and
chemicals.
SOME RAIN IS COMING
Week to Be Generally I'ulr, Says
Weather Forecast.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 1.
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday are:
Rocky mountain and plateau re
gions Cool and generally fair.
Pacific states Normal temperature
and generally fair except for rain on
north coast.
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Clash Follows Attempt to
Hold Parade.
TEXAS SHERIFF IS WOUNDED
Eight Others Are Injured in
Dorena Demonstration. ?
MORE PROBABLY ARE HURT
Both Gunfire and Knives Are Used
In Clash Xumber of Vic
tims Xot Ascertained.
WACO, Tex., Oct. 1. Nino men wen
known to have been wounded and
others were thought to have received
injuries when a posse, headed by Bob
Buchanan, sheriff of McLennon
county, attempted to disperse a. pa
rade of Ku Klux Klansmen at Lorena,
near here, tonight. ;
Until midnight no deaths had been
reported, although due to the crowds
which thronged the section where
the engagement took place, it had
been impossible to determine the
exact number of injured or the extent
of their wounds.
Some Have Knife Wounds.
Those known to be suffering from
knife or bullet wounds were:
Sheriff Buchanan, Waco, shot twice
In the right side.
Lewis Crow. Waco.
Carl West, Lorena.
Will Lawson, Lorena.
Ed Johnson, Waco.
Jullen Mlnler, Waco.
Will Austin, Lorena.
Charles Westbrook, Lorena.
S. Dumas.
I'lKht In Ilnslness Center.
The fight took place nt the inter
section of the main business streets,
where several thousand persons had
gathered to witness the parade, when
Sheriff Bob Buchanan of McLennon
county, leader of the poasc, stepped
in front of the approaching column
and attcmpied to wrest the American
flag from the leading white-clad
f iKure.
The sheriff was the only member
of the posse known to have been
wounded. None of the participants
In the parade was hurt.
Sheriff Buchanan, with Deputies
I'urlch and Wood, left here early to
ninht for Lorena after having de
clared he would cither stop the
parade or know who was leading it.
frond Follows Hhrrlff.
About an hour before the parade
was scheduled to start the sheriff
went to the entrance where the
paradors were being sent, having
been told he could see the two men
who were to lead.
lie declared later they refused to
Hive their names or to show their
face;.
I'p and down the road he walked.
i followed by a crowd, some hooting
him, others arguing with him, a few
declaring he was right and that as
sheriff ho was doing his duty.
"If they will only let me see who
Is leading I will not Interfere," he
pleaded again and HRaln. Several
times he was called aside by citizens.
WASHINGTON, T"c. Oct. I. After
a conference with Attorney-General
Haugherty Chairman Campbell of the
hcuse rules committee announced to
day that public hearings by the com
mittee on resolutions to Investigate
the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
would bo held Tuesday, October 11.
Formal notice will be sent William
J. Simmons, imperial wizard of the
order, and proponents of pending res
olutions calling for an Inquiry by the
house, to attend the hearings, with
such witnesses as they might desire
to be present. In telegrams to sena
tors and representatives yesterday,
Simmons asked for a sweeping in
vestigation of the klan.
Some opposition has developed
among house members, it is said, to
an investigation on the ground that
If one was deemed necessary It
should be made by the department
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