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ENDORSEMENT
"Favored Ones" Doubtful
Regarding Honors Con
ferred by Ticket; None
Repudiate Favor.
Announcement of the Ku Kluj 3
Klan ticket for Marion count a
this morning caused more than tLJ"
perceptible stir In the ranks of
candidates, especially those "fav
ored" with endorsement, and as
pirants for office have been scur
rying hither and thither in fever
ish haste, seeking to determine the
amount of "kick" that may be
contained in the little yellow
sheet. '
No Repudiations
By their own admissions, re
peatedly expressed to . solituous
friends, none of the "favored"
few sought the honor imposed up
on them, and a few appeared to
have doubts as to the real friend
ship thus expressed toward their
campaigns.
Signlfically, none of them saw
fit to repudiate the endorsements,
and the only expressions of opin
ion that could be seeured read as
follows:
George Griffith, endorsed for
the nomination as state senator.
Griffith States Stand.
"If I am nominated and elected
state senator for Marlon county, 1
will represent all of the people of
the county to the best of my abil
ity. I am not the candidate of
many faction, nor have I sought
the endorsement of any faction,
but I have sought the support ot
all citizens upon the same baBis.'
Mrs. Fannie Kay Bishop, en
dorsed for the nomination as rep
resentative from Marion county:
Mrs. Bishop Unpledged.
"My announcement was made
in the belief that I could render
the people of Marion county
service in public office such as
they would desire of their repre
sentatlve. have not sought the
endorsement or entered Into alii
ance wih any organization, but
desire to go to the legislature, if
J am nominated and elected, free
from any pledges except to all of
the people of Marlon county."
Zadoc J. Riggs, another of the
aspirants for a seat in the lower
house whose name graced the
ticket, refused to make any state
ment, and the other candidates
endorsed could not be reached this
aiternoon.
Senator Louis Lachmund has
not recovered sufficiently from
his recent operation to talk poll
tics or see visitors, but Mrs. Lac h
taund stated that the endorsement
was a complete surprise and the
first knowledge they had of it was
nen the yellow ticket was left on
their doorstep.
Tokio, May 17. (By Asso
ciated Press) The entire staff
of the Chinese legation left To
kio today without notifying the
foreign office, declaring their
departure was due to the fail
ure of Peking to supply funds
f p'hinese students here and
g efusal of Japanese banks
,c take further advances on
ground of lack of security.
01
ANCE TO SEND
SPECIAL MISSION
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YELLOW TICKET
IN POLK; MOORE
HANDS
t'nder the direction of Floyd D.
Moore, county clerk of Polk coun
ty 'whom political opponents in
'he republican party charge with
wplrlng to teh control of the par
,T organization in that county,
00 yellow tickets bearing the
Ku KIux Klan endorsement of
tindldates for the nomination for
"ate officers sje being distribut.
iu Polk county today. Mr.
Moore received the yellow slips
from Portland this morning.
.Evidently the Klan intends to
Nay a silent part, if any, in the
ontesu for nomination to county
offices in Polk, for the yellow
icket contain only recomenda
tions for candidates for state offi
and are the same as have been
distributed In all parts of .the
tate.
C. Heyman, county agent of
iinn coimtv . that ht has
.civiio . .. -
"Istrlbuted 1243 quart of poison
M grain thuajar this season in
,a attempt to overcome the squir
rel pen.
Paris, May 17. (By Associated
Press) The French government
has informed the American war
debt funding commission that it is
ready to send a special mission to
the United States to confer regard
ing the payment of the French
debt.
Finance Minister De Lasteyrie
recommended to the cabinet today
that a special mission headed by
Jean Parmentier, administrator of
the ministry of finance, be sent to
the United States to confer with
the debt funding commission.
Premier Poincare accordingly
handed a note to Ambassador Her
rick to this effect.
M. Parmentier will, it is stated,
make full and frank statement of
the situation of France's finances
and then ask the debt funding
commission for a specific declara
tion of what it expects from
France.
The French budget for 1923
make no provision for the payment
of either Interest or principal on
the French debt.
US. I
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F
OR SYRIAN
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Geneva, May 17. (By Associ
ated Press.) The United States,
and France are about to reach an
agreement on the French mandate
for Syria according to information
reaching the secretariat of! the
league of nations. It iB understood
the American government's ap
proval is subject to certain condi
tions which apparently will be
met.
No country has been more lib
eral than Great Britain in dealing
with religious feeling in its terri
tories, declared Lord Balfour, and
in no country had Catholics re
ceived fairer treatment than in
England. All Great Britain would
do in Palestine would be done in
the full noonday sun of public
opinion.
Palestine, continued Lord Hal
four, would be no financial asset
,n r.rat Britain. Furthermore
the country needed money. To
make it self-supporting and 'the
delay over the mandate was seri
ously embarrassing the adminis
tration by discouraging those
who might desire to extend loans.
France is expected to ask the
approval of the mandate by the
council of the league at the spe
cial meeting to be held not later
than June 16 at which the British
mandate for Palestine is to be dis
cussed. MOTOR SKIPOZMF
SLOWLY SINKING
Marshfield, Or., May 17. With
water steadily rising and close to
the motor controlling the vessel s
wireless, the motor ship Ozmo.
which is adrift off Port Orford,
Or , after striking a rock early to-
day, was
with bait 01 ner ri"
and the rest, including
tain, still on board, wa.i.is-
v...... frnrn th Bandon and
Cape Blanco stations, , accord ing to
message receiveu vj
radio station here.
The latest radio from the Ozmo
said no sign or m
ot ihe tug Fearles. which set out
early , today from Coos Bay had
been seen.
'Ill
NAT ON
Old GuardForces Handed
Severe Jolt by Success
of Progressive Adminis
tration forces.
Philadelphia, May 17 Gifford
Pinchot "has apparently won the
republican nomination for gov
ernor on the face of unofficial re
turns," VV. Harry Banker, secre
tary of the state republican com
mittee, declared In a statement is
sued this afternoon.
"Unless Allegheny county gives
a larger majority than my advices
indicate ' there is no doubt that
Pinchot carried the state," the
statement said.
Returns from 6178 of the 7534
districts in the state received
shortly after Secretary Baker
made bis announcement had re
duced Mr. Alter's majority to 11,
696. The vote was Alter 443,390;
Pinchot 431,694.
Pinchot Goes Fishing;.
Expressing confidence that he
had won the nomination, Mr. Pin
chot planned to leave Philadelphia
today to go fishing. With Mrs.
Pinchot be was to leave this after
noon for their home at Milford,
Pike county. Mr. Pinchot said he
had received word from his cam
paign leaders In Allegheny county
that the Alter majority there
would not exceed 32,000.
"I don't want to wait and hear
the results," Mr. Pinchot said.
"I'm confident I have won the
nomination."
Latest returns showed that
Pinchot was leading In 61 of the
67 counties in the state.
Wharton Pepper Nominated.
In the only other important
contest in -the republican ranks,
George Wharton Pepper ot Phila
delphia, incumbent by appoint
ment of the governor, won by a
substantial majority over Con-gressman-at-large
William J.
Burke of Pittsburgh for the nom
ination for United States senator
to fill the unexpired term of the
late Boies Penrose.
Apparently onry one woman
captured a republican nomination
for the state legislature. She was
Miss Helen Grimes of Knoxville,
Allegheny county. Six women were
named by the democrats for the
legislature and two for represent
atives in congress. The congress
ional nominees were Ellen Davis
in the second district and Jane E.
Leonar In the 27th.
The democratic vote was un
usually light.
attitude!"
u.s. at hague
MISCONSTRUED
Washington, May 17. French
sources at Genoa, prior to issuance
of the economic -conference of an
invitation to the United States to
participate in The Hague meeting
sent a "feeler" to develop the
American attitude toward such
participation, it was learned to
day. The American reply, it was mr
plained, was sympathetic in char
acter but not an acceptance, al
though apparently construed at
Genoa as forecasting participation
by the United States. This It was
said was the only explanation
that' could be assigned in official
quarters here for the confusion In
European capitals which has fol
lowed American declination of the
formal invitation.
The French proposal was of a
general nature and fixed no time
or place for the suggested eco
nomic commission to meet. The
American reply crossed on the
cables the formal Invitation to
The Hague meeting and the re
sult it was said today, evidently
was that the American sympathe
tic attitude toward the original
French suggestion was constru
ed In some quarters abroad as In
dicating acceptance of the Invita
tion to The Hagus. -
A Personal
Plea For a
Friend
By GEORGE PUTN.AM .
This Is a disinterested personal
appeal in behalf of a Bick man
written by one who is of opposite
political faith, Inspired by sympa
thy for the stricken and a desire
to assist the afflicted.
For some ten weeks Louis Lach
mund has been suffering the tor
tures of the damned from an In
fection of the right arm which
resulted in blood poisoning. From
wrist to shoulder his arm la gash
ed and scarred with numerous
wounds left by the surgeons knife.
For weeks at a time his arm has
been enveloped 1n hot compresses.
Of sleep there has been little. Of
pain much. Only those who have
experienced blood-poisoning are
aware of the agony It entails. He
is now in the 'hospital, his arm
having been slashed to the bone
from wrist to elbow In a final ef
fort to remove the infection.
Unable to Campaign
Louis Lachmund is a candidate
for reelection, to the state senate,
but unable to do anything to for-
I
(Continued on page ten)
CRISIS REACHED
T
Washington, May 17 (By Asso
elated Prees) The Chilean-Peruvian
conference today was
brought suddenly face to face with
what many diplomatic observers
regarded as its severest test.
The recognized crucial Issue of
the entire controversy, Involving
the validity of the Ancon treaty
provision for a plebesclte in Tac-na-Arlca,
-came to the fore unex
pectedly through the decision of
Chile to propose Immediate dis
cussion of a method by which that
provision could be fulfilled.
Peru's plenipotentiaries, mani
festly disappointed at the direction
thus given to the negotiations at
the very outset, reversed comment,
ment.
The purpose of the Washington
negotiations was defined in Presi
dent Harding's invitation as to
discuss controversies arising out
"of the provisions of the treaty."
BEARCATS TO PLAY
NORTH PACIFIC TEAM
Tomorrow afternoon the Bear
cat nine will meet the North Pa
cific college sluggers on Sweet
land field, the game to be called
at 3:30 o'clock. The Portland
team have in Quisenberry an ex
cellent pitcher and with this add
ed to the ability of the team at
large to handle the stick In an un
derstanding manner makes them a
hard bunch with whom to cross
bats. "
The Bearcats after the rest from
lastaaveek's heavy schedule are all
In fine condition and are' deter
mined to make up for the defeat
handed them last Saturday by the
Lindfield college nine. Ashby's
arm Is rid of Its soreness caused
by his pitching In all three games
last week and In all probability
will be Bohler's choice for' the
mound. With warm weather the
game ought to develop Into more
or less of a pitcher's battle.
BAN PLACED UPON
USE OF DANDELIONS
IN MAKING OF WINE
Newark, N. J., May 17.
Dandelions are not fruit and
hence cannot be legally used In
the manufacture of wine for
family use.
Dandelion wine addicts are
responsible for this ruling of
the federal prohibition commis
sioner, made public today by
Collector of Internal Revenue
Ferguson. Inquiries by those
who feared dandelions might
not be one of the fruit wines
permissible for householders to
use on permit, caused him to
send the query to Washington,
Collector Ferguson said.
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ATTEND MEET
AT THE HAGUE
Proposal of Powers Ac
cepted by Tchitcherin
Presence of Wrangel
Deplore Recomination.
Genoa, May 17. (By Associat
ed Press.) Russia has accepted
the proposals of the powers for
the meeting at The Hague to dis
cuss the Russian situation, it was
announced this afternoon.
M. Tchitcherin, the Russian
foreign minister, said he thought
the frontier truce should Include
the soviet republics, declaring he
would take It In that sense. He
desired to have the truce broaden
ed, in order to Include aggression
by bands. Referring to the bands
of General Wrangel, former antl
bolshevlkl leader in South Russia,
now in the Balkans, he asked that
they be removed to more distant
countries.
When the Russian delegate
asked that the troops of General
Wrangel be removed to a more
distant country than the Balkans,
Mr. Lloyd-George protested.
"Where will you banish them?
Certainly not to our country."
Protests Exclusion.
M. Tchitcherin repeated his
protest against the exclusion ol
Germany. He concluded by re
serving the right to suggest cer
tain amendments to the proposals.
;Prime - Minister Lloyd-George
delivering an address advising
against recriminations on the part
ot various governments and de
ploring the tendency ot various
powers, 'Who claimed they possess
ed all the virtues and the others
all the vices. He made it clear
that the conference would not
compl with M. Tchitcherin's re
quest that Germany be admitted
to The Hague meeting.
French Supported.
Tbe French delegation has re
ceived word from Paris that
French public opinion entirely en
dorses the government's stand on
tbe negotiations with the bolBhe-
vlsts and especially France's Ini
tiative in approacuing m uuneu
States.
ABOUT 2000 CHICKENS
. KILLED IN COLLISION
BUT 4000 ESCAPE
MASONS OFFICIALLY
REPUDIATE KLAN
AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Official denial by the Masonic
bodies ot Oregon of charges that
Masons are backing or tolerating
a iiiovcment which Incites rcligi
ous bigotry and racial dlscrlmina.
Hon was made yesterday in
forisal communication to all
lodges In the state signed by
Frank S. Balllie of Portland
grand master of the grand Ma
sonic lodge of Oregon.
While: the Ku Klux Klan Is not
mentioned In the communication
the reference is regarded as clear
ly meaning that organization.
The letter follows:
To All Grand Officers, to the
Masters and Wardens of all con
stituent lodges and for the bene
fit of whom it may concern:
Ominous and forbidding rumors,
provoking dissension and strife,
falsely Intimate that the Masonic
fraternity, as such. Is officially
aligned In silent acquiescence and
aDDroval of a movement inciting
religious bigotry and racial dis
crimination. These new alignments in polit
ical matters fostering such sinis
ter appeals to prejudice and dis
cord beget a menace to our Amer
ican Institutions which every Ma
son should condemn and suppress
Your grand master takes this
occasion to record bis positive dis
approval of all such acts as unbe
coming to and foreign to the spirit
of the Masonic fraternity.
Believing that such unseemly
activity Is contrary to the ancient
charges your grand master places
before you his positive interdic
tion of such acts and I therefore
give you In charge to govern your
self accordingly.
-Fraternally,-FRANK
8. BAILUE.
Attest:' Grand Master.
JAMES F. ROBINSON,
Grand Secretary.
Peekskill, N. Y., May 17.
2000 chickens and their at
tendant, P. A. Marshall ot Lin
coln, N. B., were killed today
when two freight trains col
lided on a curve here. Traffic
on the New York Central was
tied up for about two and a
half hours.
About 4000 chickens escaped.
Residents organized a big hunt.
The tracks were carpeted with
feathers.
BY BUTTEV1LLE
Endorsement ot Jim E. Smith,
candidate for county commission
er, by the Farmers' & Hop Grow
ers' Fire Relief association of
Buttevllle, Marion county, which
has a total membership of 5000,
was announced this morning. '
The endorsement of the organ
ization is signed by 10 of the most
prominent and active farmers In
Marlon county and follows:
"We, the undersigned directors
and officers ot the Farmers' &
Hop Growers' Fire Relief assocla
tlon of Buttevllle, Marlon county,
Oregon, wish to state to the voters
of Marion county that in voting
for Jim E. Smith for commission
er you wlir make no mistake, as
we have been personally acquaint
ed with him for a good many
years, and be being an associate
member ot the board of directors
ot the Hop Growers' Fire Relief
association, we have had an op
portunity to observe him at closg
range and we are glad to say that
we have for.nd him at all times to
be a thorough business man, thor
oughly analysing every question
or problem before making his de
cision. This, in our estimation, is
the reason why be has mane a
wonderful success in his affairs,
and why, If elected, he will look
after the business affairs of the
county in the same business like
manner, without fear or favor.
This is one case of.he office seek
ing the man, not the man seeking
the office, for soldom can men of
his caliber be Induced to accept
this office on account of the re
muneration which Is attached to
It, and we fell - that his friends
from all parts of the county must
have used unusual effort to gel
him to allow his name to be used
as a candidate, and under those
conditions we feel that in placing
an (X) opposite him name you
will be voting for your best in
terests. (Signed)
JAS. P. FELLER, Pres.
JOHN MURRAY.
W. R. M'KAY.
FRANK O. KUENSTING.
' C. J. ESPV, Treas.
J. C. MURPHY.
JAME3 SCHWAB.
FRED GEARIN.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
USED AS MASK TO
HIDE REAL BACKERS
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Slate Circulated As Recommendation of
Twelve Patriot Societies (Without Sanc
tion of Lodges Falsely Reported As
Having Shared In Preparation
Marion County Ku Klux Ticket
State
Governor Chas. Hall
State Treasurer O. P. Hoff .
Labor Commissioner Wm, A. Dalziel
Public Service Commissioner J. R. Thiehoff
County
Senators Geo. Griffith, Louis Lachmund
Representatives Fannie Kay Bishop, Lloyd T. Reynolds,
Zadoe J. Riggs. C. H. Taylor
County Commissioner A. R. Siegmund
$6,000,
000 SPEN
T
Approximately $5,954,000 of
state highway money has already
been expended In the territory to
be covered by the Roosevelt high,
way or tributary thereto. Governor
Olcott points out in a letter to
Fred C. Baker, secretary of the
Roosevelt Memorial Coast High
way association, In reply to a let
ter from Baker. Work is constant
ly going on along that route and
will continue to go on, the Govern
or explains.
"As I understand the situa
tion," the governor writes, "the
commission feels that Congres.
sional action might be very re
mote Indeed and to keep the $2.
500,000 Intact pending Congress
ional action might seriously Inter
fere with highway development
work In the very country that oth
erwise might be benefited at tome
distant future time by the con
struction of the Roosevelt high,
way."
Masked in the guise of an endorsement by twelve patriotic
societies in the county, compiled by a committee comprised of
one delegate from each of the societies, the Marion County
Ticket of Ku Klux Klan, the "Yellow Ticket," made its ap
pearance here today.
Greeted by the candidates endorsed on its face with real or
feigned surprise, as the case may actually be, the slip received
an uncertain welcome at the hands of its nominees.
Written In Portland
Although written in the Portland office of the "Federated
Patriotic Societies," state headquarters for the Klan presided
over by "Exalted Cyclops" Gifford, the ticket is being circu
lated as an endorsement of candidates selected by delegates
representing 12 societies in Marion county, and is being
promptly denied by representative Shriners, Knights of
Pythias, Odd Fellows, and Scottish Rite Masons, whose
organizations are being represented as having had a hand in
the framing of the slate.
Lodgemen Deny Implication
If these orffanizatinnn wprp rpnrfigontwl Va MmmlftAA
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of 12 which sponsored the ticket, it was by individual mem
bers of the fraternities, acting on their own initiative and
without authorization on the part of the lodges, prominent
menioers oi tnose organizations declared today.
It is entirely Dossihle that. mpmhAra vf fV,no ..., .
. - -. v. t. I'l-ic wiutio oat as
members of the "committee of 12" in considering the endorse
ments, according to the same sources, but if they did so it
wt wimout aumonty ana the use of the names of these
fraternities as sponsors for the ticket is unwarranted.
Klan Actually Behind Ticket
Actual endorsement of the ticket is that of the Ku Klux
Klan, Orancemen anH ihe A p a i r , . ,
1 , , . , ,. ' -"c.vc int-mueia oi wnicn
orders have been holding regular secret meetings in the office '
of County Surveyor Herrick, in the court house, according to
. ".vcoLifcHieu uy me district attorney. Of what
other organizations t.hesp twpl
Af -ii i ""v "c iiiciiiuejH js not
definitely known.
The 'Yellow Tickets" nrinted in Pnriln,! rv,o,i,. u:
appearance in Salem bright and early this morning, and
mi uuKiiuuL me uay tviansmen and affiliated campaigners
were busy circulating them throughout the city. Placed in
downtown restaurants and other public places, the little
yellow slips were snaiched up rapidly by curio collectors.
Tickets folded into sample ballots were distributed through!
out the residence districts in a house to house campaign.
In its state office recommendations the ticket varies from
the state ticket of the Klan in only one particular it carries
the recommendation for the nomination of John T. T?an,i
justice of the supreme court. No recommendations are made
in reference to the democratic ballot.
MEDFORD LEGION
STRONG KU KLUX
Medford, Or., May 17. The
Medford post ot the American Le
gion at a meeting last night
adopted a resolution condemning
lawlessness but declaring that no
action would be taken for or
against the Ku Klux Klan until
charges of lawlessness made
against It had been proved. Sev
eral members of the Medford le
gion resigned recently when a
resolution denouncing the Ku
Klux Klan was voted down.
BIG OIL DRUM TAKEN HERE
A large oil drum, weighing
nearly 450 pounds, was stolen
from In front of the business estab
lishment of Clark E. Lee, 255
Ferry street, here early this morn
ing, according to his report to
tbe police.
The drum was delivered in front
of his store between 1 and 4 o'
clock this morning by a transfer
company, Mr. Lee said.
BRITISH CABINET
DEFERS TO COMMONS
FOLLOWING DEFEAT
London, May 17 (By the As
sociated Press) The British cab
inet has decided -to defer to the
wishes of the house of commons
and appoint a committee to In
quire into the educational pro
gram on which the government
was defeated by a narrow major
ity last night, Austen Chamber
lain, the government leader an
nounced In the house this afternoon.
London, May 17 (By the As
sociated Press) The British cab
inet -has decided to recommend to
the house ot commons a course of
action which will not involve the
resignation of the government be
cause of Its defeat during tbe
educational disousslon in the
house last night, the Pall Mall
Gazette and CJlobe says it understands.