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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SAtEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1922
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TENSION IH
AS KLAN QUIZ
GOMES TO END
All Testimony Submitted to
Grand Jury in Ku Klux
Klan Investigation in
, Jacksonville.
REPORTED THAT NAMES
FURNISHED JURORS
Report of Findings Expected
Within Twenty-Four Hours
Sleuths Testify
MEDFORD. Or.. Auz. 1. At
ter remaining In executive session
all afternoon, the special grand
Jury making ah InTestlgatlon of
alleged Ktt Klux Klan activities
In Jackson county, adjourned un-
til tomorrow. , The Jury report
pFir retnrvrom
lunch the Jury ' began secret eon-
sideraUon of the evidence Short-
ly before S o'clock the bailiff was
instructed to call ex-County Judge
Touvelle, presumably for lnforma-
tloa concerning Hank jJohnson, j
one or the victims. i
JACKSONVILLE, Or., Aug 1. I
At ten minutes before 12 today I
the last witness who will figure
In the special grand Jury invest!-
gating the Ku Klux Klan activl-
from the secrecy of the court-1
ronm. ImtIix behind the mass of I
testimony which will be the basis
for the Jury's report the nature
r vt,ih ..k. fuia Artln- I
' Completing its probe in Med- ernor Olcott which was rejected
ford, the grand Jury, headed by pT the court on the ground that
.Bswta Moore, assisting Deputy iT" TnThY West 22
Attorney General Ull?vi8t in the e contestani
Inquiry, -came ;Ur Jacksonv He " Qf 4g lrreffularl.
eanly this morning to examine the Jncluded the charges
remaining witnesses. Practically 51 ballota nad been count
all of those on the missing list erroneouBiy jor Governor 01
have appeared before the body, that geTen Danota cast for
although Paul . Wright, wanted as Mp H n were rejected and that
a witness, was out of the city this there were eight Republican bal-
' morning. , " tots cast by non-Republicans for
Tension Is High Governor Olcott. It also was al-
'It was learned, however, that leged that there were five votes
members of the grand Jury feel cast for Governor Olcott on Dem-
confident that all testimony of Ocratlc ballots, that seven voters
any consequence has been gleaned (had changed their party affiHa-
from those who appeared in con- tions at the polls in bad faith,
nectlon with the cases considered The recount of this precinct gave
In the probe. Olcott a gain of one vote over
Although outward calm pre- Mr'"";
vail, both in Medford and Jack- M l c?" Gains
. sonville, the tension actually felt1 In the East Gervais Precinct,
cannot be concealed; rumors are where the contestant had alleged
continually afloat regarding the Irregularities Governor Olcot
testimony before the Jury, and of alned one vote and Mr. Hal lost
V I . IZ.liZ Lti, one vote. In Salem precinct Nc
that body . probable J..j j where the contestant charged
One witness, rumor insisted. A . ,.,., ,r. .,, ,,
m . j
. had told the examiners of a field
near Central Point where the first
meeting of the klan was held la
tnis pan oi me siaie,
maintained that a list of SOS klaa
members had been reported to tne
grand Jury.
fileuths Are Heard h
Detectives Phillips and Tacka-
t aim .niwir.ii hnfoTA tite
lurr as witnesses in connection
with artivltles In Portland, re-
turned to the metropolis last
.v i
' .. .. .. .
A unique situation aaas inter-
est to the probe in Jacksonville.
; Upstair, in the court house is tje
grana jury. aownsiir w
election board determining the
Official count on Saturday's recall
balloUnr, In which the klan issue
was outeUndlng. Sheriff Terrlll,
wno retained omce as a resui oi
the election, today received a con -
gratulatory message from pie
Nelson, Clatsop county sheriff,
who has been threatened with re -
call proceedings. ; j the ballots showing few irregular
' Report of the Jury is expected ities and the majority, of these fa
late this afternoon or tomorrow vorablo to Governor Olcott, at
morning. Meanwhile, arguments!
v over probable Indictments are the
talk of the town. j
Man Ar Hfi-d i
County Judge George A. Card-
T ... .
nar w&h mnnr ln vlrnOasA.
called before the body. j
Two witnesses for whom isub-
poenas have been Issued, but not
rerved, are Joe J. McMahon, state
traffic officer, and Paul Wright,
a mining man. HcMahon is re-
ported to be In the Willamette
valley and Wright in the Abbott
Butte country.
Among the 'Witnesses before the
(Continued on page t)
3 VOTES GAINED BY
OLCOTT FIRST DAY
OF BALLOT RECOUNT
Governor Ben W. Olcott, named as contestee in the elec
tion contest proceedings filed recently on behalf of Charles
Hall, defeated candidate for the Republican nomination for
governor at the primary contests last May, emerged with a
net gain of three votes over
counting of the ballots in Marion county.
When the circuit court recessed last night the ballots in
20 the 49 Marion county precincts contested by the plam-
uil in tne action naa oeen cuuineu, wime icvuuiuhik ui me
ballots in 10 other precincts had been waived by the contest
ant's attorneys.
Counsel for Governor Olcott
recounting of the vote3 in Marion county would be completed
by tonight or Thursday.
Probably the outstanding feat
ure In iyesterday's recounting: of
the ballots was the accuracy or
the election boards in preparing
their tally sheets.
Mt Angel Vote Regular
I the East Mt.Angel precinct
ere; Governor Olcott received
2 " 0eB " aftinst " .
tJzstfzsM
GornoT olcott thJt 8ix ballot8
for Mf H&n were ejected,
that j Republican ballots by
n0niepubllcans were fast for
M, olcott and that the votes tal-
lled for Governor Olcott aggre-
gated 14 in excess of the number
of ballots cast. Further charges
were made by the contestant that
in this precinct there were .is
votes for Governor Olcott on
Democratic ballots and that 14 of
the voters changed their party af-
filiations at the polls in bad
f fb.
i. ne Thrown Out
The recount in this precinct
showed no irregularities, with the
exception of one ballot for Gov-
f,V llltf.UI.UUCS
GoTernor olcott gaIned one Tote
eacQ ,n Sa,em preclnct No; 4.
wn lg lrreguiarities were al-
i ieged, Mr. Hall and Mr. Olcott
J j0Bt one Tote
i saiem precinct No. 5, where
1 14 irregularities were charged
I showed a loss of one vote for Mr
Hall, while in Salem precinct No.
I Mr Hall lost two votes and
Governor Olcott one vote. A to
of 23 irregularities was
charged by the contestant in the
I latter precinct. In Salem pre-
Icinct No. 7 where the contesUnt
alleged 31 lrreguiarltle8, Cover
nor Oicott l08t one TOte.
ju Agree
"p-iM. in .M,h th t.llT
SQeet4 of rtmary election agreed
tne reguU ot the ro.
COnnl included Chamooee. Horeb.
I Englowood, Fairfield. West Ger-
i Tai8. McKee, Mill City, Monitor,
i Salem precinct No. 1, Salem pre
I cinct No. 9 and Salem precinct
I No. 10.
1 With the first day's recount of
torneys for the contestee rave
expressed the opinion that several
of . the charges preferred by the
contestant have been practically
eliminated from consideration.
I VAiliukilnii T.rVlllcT
I - "
These attorneys declared that
the accuracy of the tally sheets
of the election, when compared
with the results of the first day's
recount of the votes, had proved
beyond a doubt that there was no
foundation for the allegations of
erroneous counting . The recount
as far as Marion county is con
cerned, has also showed that in
no instances have any of Mr.
(Continued on page )
Mr. Hall in the first days re
said it was likely that the
MOB BATTERS
DOWN DOOR;
LYNCH NEGRO
500 Men Take Prisoner from
Jail and Hang Him from
Pole in Heart of City
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 1.
Battering Its way into the city
Jail here today, a mob estimated
to number about 500 men, forced
a police guard to surrender Gil
bert Harris, a negro, under ar
rest in connection with the fatal
wounding of Maurice Connelly
Tnsurance Solicitor. ani Ta7ter
hauling him on a truck through
Central avenue, hanged him' to
an electric light pole in Como
Triangle near the center of the
downtown .business district. I
Harris protested that he was I
norrespTrasible for Connelly's I
death which was due to wounds I
received In an encounter with a j
burglar at his home last night. I
The body was allowed, to hang
for half an hour and then cut I
down and taken to the Jail where
an inquest was held. The verdict
returned was that he had come to
his death at the hands of un-
knowi persons.
STEEL POLES
T
Electric Light Company Pre
pares for Further Exten
sion Locally
The electric light company has
received a shipment of galvan
ized Bteel pole extensions to use
on the power line on. North Front
street as far north as tho State
school for tho Deaf, more than a
mile- Extra line service is to be
installed through the use of these
extensions.
The steel brackets are to be
bolted upright to the top of the
pole now in use, making the poles
six feet higher and are built and
braced so that three 60.000-volt
lines can be carried parallel on a
single cross arm, instead of in the
inverted A-snape as tney are now
tarrlA,l A fourth 11.000 vnit
line for local service can be car-
rled on the pole proper, gtying
the pole line a wide range of car-
rying capacity.
Concrete Work Done
Most of the concrete for the!
new boiler room has been poured.
and tha erection ot steel for the
boiler house was .begun yester-
day. crew of boUermen is
working over the water tubes for
the giant boilers, and concrete
men are setting the forms for
the last of the engine room foun-
dations. The work has not gone
quite s rapidly as had been ex-
pected, but the tremendous job
of removing the old foundations
was something that could not be
anticipated nor avoided. Now
that destructlva part is done, and
the new work will go forward
with speed.
Portland Man Dies from
.
injUneS in inreSner
CONDON, Or., Aug. 1. W. H
Colwell, 66, of Portland, died at
a local hospital today as the re
suit of injuries suffered when he
was caught in the cylinder of a
horse-drawn combine on the
ranch of Frank Lewis at. Mlkka
loab, 20 miles , from, Condon."
SENATOR
FACES DEFEAT
IN
Breckenridge Long is Lead
ing by 2,855 Votes Over
Incumbent in Missouri
Election.
ANTI-KLAN CANDIDATE
LEADING IN OKLAHOMA
J. C. Walton Farmer-Labor
Leader, Has Safe Margin
Over K. K. K. Choice
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2 (By the As
sociated Press) Senator James
A. Reed took the lead from llreck-
fnrlrlflfro I tn r in t Tloniorrat i
r: !: u?i.ul stat?
ax s o riocK tnis morning, .in
ditional precincts from Kansas
City and St. Ix)uls, the Reed
strongholds, put the senator 7,505
ahead.
Returns from 232 out of
8348 piecinets in the state gave
Reed 182,780 and Long 125,105.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2. Brecken
ridge Ixrag is leading Senator
James A. Reed in the race for
the Democratic senatorial nomi
nation by 2,855 votes, with more
the state reporting
Returns from 1,983 precincts
out of 3,848 give Long 115,556
"d Reed 112,701, while Robert
! Young has 4,901.
The figures include returns
from 273 out of 389 precincts in
Jackson county (Including Kan-
sas City) and 147 out of 618 in
St. Louis.
Breckenridee Tnir riArlai-Ari
shortly before midnieht he was
confident h .h hon nnm!n
but that the race was closer than
he had anticipated.
When a newspaper man sug
gested it would be decided by
5000 to 8000 votes. Mr. Long
said:
'I think I will win by more
than that."
St. Louis, with its 618 precincts
remained unheard from at 11
o'clock, four hours after the polls
closed, while only sixty-five of
(Continued on page 2.)
PRIMES
KENT MINIMUM ON
LOGANS IS PROPOSED
BY LOCAL COMPANY
"Start the 1923 loganberry crop for a minimum of 5
cents," is the slogan that Fred
company, mtend3 to introduce
for 1923.
"The farmers last year and this year sold their berries
below a fair cost of production plus even the slightest mar-
gin of profit, said Mr. Drager
"iney cant continue to
"They can t continue to do
this. They must have enough to
make berry farming profitable,
... . ... .
I ..... . ..!
,UttU1Ds raoney lo ine larmer u,
bunk, for a permanent solution.
What he wants most is a marxet
for his stuff that will pay him a
decent profit,
Paying Price Imperative
"We'll start the move to make
a 5-cent minimum for logans, giv-
ing him a market for his produce
at a price that pays. We'll be
as glad as he is if the price goes
higher, but a 5-cent minimum
ought to be established.
"if the farmer can't get that
he can't be expected to keep on
in the business. He'll have to go
into some other kind of crop that
wm pay. Of course, no one firm
could force such a price alone.
but for the sake of the growers
and the packers and the pickers.
l ll uugUL lu uc Kaay iu ufcurc wu
that basis, and simply refuse to
it ought to be easy to agree on
supply the market at a lower
price. Berries will sell from the
Willamette
valley district at 5
- centa or better if we
agree to
make no sales on a lower price
I basis."
I Estimate Are Many
- 1 Various kinds of estimates have
I been made as to what la the low
i on
JURY FAILS TO
REACH VERDICT
Second Attempt to Convict
Woman of Kennedy Mur
der Fails After Four Days
Deliberations.
MAJORITY SAID TO
BE FOR ACQUITTAL
Panel of Five Men and Seven
Women Discharged De
fendant is Disappointed
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1. The
Jury in the second trial of Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain for the
murder of J; Belton Kennedy re
ported today to Judge John W.
Shenk it was unable to agree upon
a verdict and was discharged.
The jury on its final ballot
showed a majority for acquittal.
One juror later said the vote was
8 to 4 while another gave it as
9 to 3.
Two members protested against
being discharged when Judge
John W. Shenk called them into
court at 5 o'clock. Foreman M.
O. Paddock said there was "not
a chance for agreement." Jamea
M. Rhoades, secretary of the
Glendale chamber of commerce,
who led the defense forces in the
jury room and another juror rose
to protest but the judge refused
to hear them.
Jury Oat 97 Honrs.
, "I am convinced that no use
ful purpose can be served by keep
ing you in session! any longer."
he declared. He referred to the
fact they had been out 97 hours
and said he believed that if a con
scientious verdict could not be
reached in that time it never
would be. ' The jurors were
thanked and discharged from
fujrther service. Seven women
and five men comprised the Jury.
Rhoades and several other
members of the jury complained
both in court and out that fore
man Paddock had refused to per
mit a full discussion of the evi
dence. "We were subjected to
(Continued on page 6)
Drager, of the Drager Fruit
in time to make it operative
est price that berries can be sold
for any pay a reasonable profit.
While some have held that noth
ing short of 7 cents would pay,
these are almost always the esti
mates of the inferior grower or
the grower with a small acreage
who plans to make his berries pay
his whole year's profit, though
they occupy his time only a frac
tion of the year. Many of the
good growers believe that 5 cents
will make a nice profit.
Last year the average price was
only a little better than 3 cents.
Some berries sold down to 2
cents, and none above four cents
This year, 4 cents was practical-
ly the universal price. Few var
iations occurred either way.
Would Afford Irrigation
Five cents, it is believed, would
provide for supplementary Irriga
tion for a dry season like 1922,
and would make the berries real
ly profitable. Some supplemen
tary irrigation would prolong the
season, increase the quality of the
berries, check their all-in-a-bunch
ripening, and make the berries
enough larger to make the pick
ing an attractive financial prop
osition.
"Five cents as a minimum for
logans" ought to be a good slogan
for the Willamette canners and
handlers and growers.
HARDING'S PLAN FOR STRIKE
SETTLEMENT REFUSED BY ROAD
HEADS; SITUATION IS SERIOUS
ALL CHICAGO
WALKS WHEN
CARS STRIKE
Street Car and Elevated Tie
up Fails to Bother Throngs
Autos Help
CHICAGO, Aug. 1. With 25
000 street car and elevated road
employes on strike, paralyzing all
electric transportation for the
third time in the city's history, all
of Chicago motored or walked to
day, assuming the appearance of
a country fair or a holiday.
While men and women, old and
young, crowded the pavements
and store corners, everything
from baby's go-cart and grandpa's
wheel chair to the latest thing in
automobiles cvrowded the streets
and moved the crowds with, amaz
ing facility and with little incon
venience. Autos Triumph
It wag the automobile's great
triumph, according to the traffic
policemen, who expressed a grow
ing wonder as the day wore on at
the ease with which the motor
fleets had met and apparently
solved the tremendous problem
of moving hundreds of thousands
of persons to and from their work
With the street cars out of the
way and a system of one way traf
fic signs installed through the
' loop," the police reported less
than the, usual rongesttonl'
Motors Carry Half Million
It was estimated that more than
150,000 motor vehicles were
brought into service and that with
the help of the steam roads and
'shank's mare," they carried the
540,000 persons usually trans
ported by the elevated roads and
the 2,000.000 daily patrons of
the surface lines. .
No steps toward a settlement
had been made by either side to
night although the executives oi
the roads indicated their willing
ness to resume negotiations.
Addlehart and Schurman
Accused of Stealing Auto
mobile Accessories
With the arrest of Glenn Addle-
hart, 21 years old, and Jack
Schurman, 20, yesterday on char
ges of grand larceny, the police
believe they have in custody the
two men who have stripped many
automobiles of accessories in and
around Salem during the past few
weeks.
Both men were bound over to
the grand Jury yesterday when
arraigned before G. E. Unruh, in
justice court.
Addlehart was arrested at
o'clock yesterday morning near
Commercial and State streets by
Chief of Police Moffitt when the
officer discovered two bottles of
liquor in the man's possession. He
was placed in the city Jail, but
examination of his car is said to
have divulged an alleged stolen
motometer.
Further investigation at the
man's home yesterday morning
uncovered two tires and other ac
cessories said to have been stolen
Schurman was then taken in
custody at noon yesterday and is
said to have made a confession to
Chief Moffitt in which he Is al
leged to have admitted that the
two men had been carrying on
their operations in Pallas. Jeffer
son, Albany, Salem and Silverton
for some time. It was their game
to work these towns, stealing tires
and other accessories and taking
them to other places and dispos
ing of them, the police say.
Addlehart has refused to make
any statement concerning the al
Ieged thefts. He is said to have
been in trouble with the police
on one other occasion on a bad
check charge.
Both men are held in the coun
BOUND OVER
FOB LARCENY
ty JaU. ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (By The Associated Press)
President Harding had the rail strike problem back on his
hands tonight as a result of the refusal of the railway exec
utives, at their meet ing in New .York, to accept the admin
istration settlement plan so far as the seniority issue is con
cerned. There was no indication at the White House as to
what move, if any, the government planned to make in the
situation. It was considered probable that Mr. Harding
would study carefully the text of the executives reply and
that expected from the labor leaders meeting in Chicago,
before reaching a decision. ,
The tone of the replies and the circumstances under which
they were made, it was indicated at the White House, un
doubtedly would guide Mr. Harding to some extent and there
was another intimation that publicity could not always be
helpful in the difficult and delicate negotiations- into which
the administration has been drawn by the industrial situa
tion. :. ,' -'; : ;
SENIORITY IS :
CHIEF ISSUE
Executives Agree to First
Two Proposals Return of
Seniority Refused j
NEW YORK. Aug. 1. (By tho
Associated Press) The unani
mous refusal of the American as
sociation of railway executives (to
accept President Harding's plan
If or ttettlement ot the rail ahop
cram strike was contained in tne
following me33.ige, telegraphed ito
the White House tonight:
"Kesoived, (D That we ac
cept the first recommendation of
the president Teading as follows
"First: Railway managers and
workmen are to ajree to recog
nize the validity of all decisions
of the railroad labor board and
to faithfully carry out such de
cisions as contemplated by the
law with the understanding that
this is not intended to preclude
any party to a controversy from
proceeding by legal action to
question the validity of any order
of the board on the ground that
jurisdiction and authority to
make the order was not conferred
by the statutes creating the
board and defining its authority.
Accept second lrooal
(2) That we accept the sec
ond proposal of the president,
reading as follows:
"Seccnd: The carriers will with.
draw all Iawsaita growing out of
the strike, and railroad labor
board decisions which have been
involved in the strike may be tak
en in the exercise of recognized
right3 by either party to the rail
road labor board for re-hearing.
with the understanding that the
strike is first called off, and the
representatives of the strikers
pledge themselves and the strik
ers against vlalence in any form
against the men now at work and
the property of the carriers, since
otherwise it would be impossible
to consider the dismissal of in
Junctions and other legal meas
ures necessary to protect such
persons and property from the
violence and intimidation of the
character renorted in many lo
calities since the strike was call
ed.
Seniority In Chief Issue
"?) That it is impossible to
agree to the first sentence of the
third proposal of the president,
the whole ot which reads as fol
lows: "Third: All employes on strike
to be returned to work and to
their former positions with sen
iority and other rights unimpair
ed. The representatives of the
carriers and the representatives
of the organization especially
agree that there, will be no dis
crimination by either party
again t the employes who did or
did not strike.
"The railroad executives and
managers agree entirely with the
president's statement in his let
ter that it is wholly unthinkable
that the railroad labor board can
be made a useful agency of the
government in maintaining indus
trial peace in the railroad service
unless employers and workers are
both Trompt and unquestioning
in their acceptance of its decis
ions. I think It is more desira
ble than I know how to express
to have . established the unchal
lenged authority of the railroad
(Continued on page 6)
From the government view
point the railroad , strlk la re
garded ,as immediately serious,
only because of the existing stop
page or coal production and there
have been constant Intimations
that the administration, would be
disposed to force a quick settle
ment of the railroad difficulties
In order to cope I with the eoal
shortage, even at the cost of re
ectabiisbmcnt of the former con
trol of the railways. )
Thousands Would be Lei Out V
Cabinet members and associ
ates of the president have, partly
emphasised the contrast between,
their view of the "seniority issue
and that taken by the railroad ex
ecutives : as : announced la publlo
statements. Public statements oi
lailroad heads that the gran tin
of the strikers demands for a re
turn of full seniority rights would
necejl8iUU the dlwharge of scorei
of thousands of efficient workert
hired to take their places have
been flatly denied in Informal
discussions with newspaper cor
respondents, said to be exagger
ated and otherwise stamped as
unreliable. It bus been further
represented In government quar
ter! that Such men as had been
hired would not be generally ot a
character and capacity which
would make them suitable as per
manent employes, i .
T Men Would be Kupmn .
That this was the president's
view was further indicated by the
proposals transmitted to tho union.
snd the executive meetings that
on the crucial point ot seniority;
rights, the proposals would give.
the strikers a more complete re
habilitation In the service than
win suggested In any of the un
official summaries made public in.
advance. The president's view ot
the situation, it was said, was
that the acquirement by the rail
road world of the supremacy of
the railroad men was the chief
object of the government at the
moment.
New ' Legislation Possible
The possibility that new legis
lation would be sought In con
gress ai a result of the strike
test of the transportation act
which would make the labor
board's decisions binding and
penalize violations of them by em
ployes or employers, was suggest
ed in official circles today, Chair
man Hooper of the railroad la
bor board, whs expected to argue
for increases of the board's pow
er before congressional" commit
tees when the issue came up. The
Interstate commerce commission
has been in constant touch with
the actual statu ot the strike
through Its safety Inspection di
vision which checks up on ' the
sufficiency; of repairs given to lo
comotives and rolling stock and
through the continuous reports
made ; to the commission by a
cumber of men at work in all de
partments of class 1 roads. '
Shopmen May Accept
CHICAGO. Aug. 1. tBy the
Associated Press.) " Acceptance
of President Harding s railroad
peace plan by the striking shop-'
men was principally' assured, to
night when the strikers policy
committee of 90 adjourned until
tomorrow when aetmite acuon u
expected to be taken.
The decision was learned from
union leaders after a tour-hour
session today. In which.; the pres
ident's suggestions were fully dis
cussed and explained to the committee