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The Weather
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Prediction.
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MEDFORD, ORPXiOX, MONDAY; MAKCH 14, 1921
XO. 302
WON GAVE
MP $5000
AFTER SHOT
Frank Ketch, Former Business
Manager for Hamon, Proves
. Important Witness Murder
Trial "Tell Them I Did It,"
final Word of Dying Man
Mrs. Hamon Testifies.
ARDMOnH, Okln., Mar. I t. Mrs.
Juke Ij. Hamon, who appeared thor
oughly eonipoHed, took the stand at
1:40 p. ni.
Mrs. Hamon spoke In even tones,
and answered all questions quickly
and decisively, Hho said she came
to Ardinore on one occasion and
eame to Hamon and Clara's rooms in
the hotel here.
Clara Hamon watched the witness
closely as sho testified, hut other
wise seemed unaffected.
Mrs. Hamon said she brought her
daughter, Olive Belle, 1 1 years old,
here from Chicago and had talked
with her husband and later went to
his hotel suite. She said Clara came
in and threw her hat and gloves on
the bed and ran out. Mrs. Hamon
said she took a pistol from Clara's
room on that occasion.
Mrs. Hamon said she saw her hus
band in Chicago from time to time.
She said on her visit here with Olive
Belle, Hamon took her to the depot
and put her on' a train for Chicago
an hour and a half after she had seen
Clara in Hamon's room.
The statu then rested its case.
AUDMORE, Okla., Mar. 14.
Frank L. Ketch, formerly business
manager for Jake L. Hamon, and
now administrator of his estate, went
on the witness stand in the trial here
today of Clara Smith Hamon, charg
ed with Hamon's murder, over objec
tion of the assistant county attorney,
T, Ij. Hodge, who announced that the
developments Saturday were such as
to indicate that Ketch would be
charged as an accessory after the
fact of Hamon's murder.
Judge Thomas W. Champion ruled
Ketch should testify, however, and
after he left the stand, S. ,P, Freeling,
state attorney general, said that the
witness under the law had been ren
dered immune by the fact that he
had testified on the stand.
Ketch testified that under Jake
Hamon's instructions he had drawn
$5000 from his personal account,
given it to Clara Hamon on the day
following Hamon's shooting in the
hotel suite he occupied with the
young woman and had told her to
leave Ardmoro and remain away.
Ketch said on the witness stand
that Mr. Hamon at first told him that
he had shot himself accidentally and
a moment later had admitted that
Clara had fired the bullet and that
the matter should be hushed up and
Clara gotten away as Mrs. Hamon, his
wife, and the- children would come to
Ardmoro as soon as they heard of
the affair. .
Uses Hamon's Puss.
Ketch said ho wrote his personal
check for $5000, gave the money to
Clara and later reimbursed himself
from Hamon's money with a voucher
authorized by Jake. He said he went
back to the office and sent for Clara
Hamon.
"Clara, you've got to go. I've never
interfered with your personal busi
ness or that of Jake, but the parting
of the way has come. You are fcoinct
away and yoi are going to stay.'"
Ketch said lie told Clara.
"I was going away," Clara said,
according to Ketch.
"You are going now," Ketch said
he replied.
Ketch said she told him she had
to go to see her relatives at "Wilson
before she left and he told her that
he would pack her trunk for her.
The trunks were checked to Kansas
City on Hamon's railroad pass, but
Clara missed the train by ten min
utes and he gave her a package con
taining $5,000.
Clnra Smith's Presents.
Ketch said Clara had a three hun
dred and twenty-thousandth interest
in nn oil lease; a 5-70 interest in a
(Continued on iage six.)
ALL BUI 2 COAL MINES. IN STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO
TACOMA, Mar. 14. Indications to
day nre that all but two of the com
mercial coal mines of the state will
close tomorrow night when a wage
reduction, approximating 20 per cent,
will be put into effect by operators.
The two commercial mines that are
expected to remain open are at Ttos
lyn and Uellinsham. Several mines
run for railroads will continue to
operate.
About 2,500 miners will leave their
Jobs, according to the present out
look. About 2,000 will stay In the
Grisly Souvenir of
Dance Hall Murder
Found in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 14.
Officers digging at tile spot where
bones and skull of a woman were
found Saturday beneath a build
ing formerly used as a dance hall
here, today found a wedding ring
engraved "Billy to Vera", with
the date December 10, 190!). They
also found remains of a corset,
a back comb and a patent leather
slipper. The bones, which were
found by workmen excavating to
make changes in the building,
were near a trap door leading
from the dance floor and were
covered by a few inches of earth.
The building had not been used
as a dance hall for many years.
JEW OUTBREAK
VIENNA, Mar. 14. U'.y the Asso
ciated Press) An ti-Jewish disorders
which broke out here last evening
threatened for a time to develop into
a serious situation, but the police suc
ceeded in dispersing street crowds
and in preventing possible loss of life.
Shops owned by Jews were 'damaged
and in a few cases Jews were beaten.
The disorder began at the congress
of the Austrian anti-semetiu associa
tion, which has been in session here
for several days.
During the sitting late yesterday
afternoon the speakers urged radical
measures. They advocated pogroms
and the organization of Christians in
Austria.
During a street meeting at which
speakers declared that the Jews con
stituted a menace because of pi oi l! -gat
living, two Jewish students were
beaten.
At dusk the meeting broke up and
a great crowd swept through the
streets, singing German songs and
shouting "away with the Jews." 1 he
crowd moved steadily toward a Jew
ish quart or of the city, but large
forces of police had been summoned
to the canal bridges leading ti the
Ghetto of Vienna and drove the riot
ers away.
There was more or less rowdyism
and street fighting before the police
dispersed the mob.
BABE RUTH GETS 3
NEW YORK, Mar. 14. During the
game at Shreveport yesterday In which
the New York Americans defeated the
Shreveport, Texas league team, 21 to 3,
"Dabe" Ruth got three home runs and
three singles in six trips to the plate.
CINCINNATI, Mar. 14. Four home
runs and a single out of six times at
bat was the record made yesterday by
Sam Holme, Cincinnati National league
recruit third baseman in a game with
the Columbus American association
team at Ranger, Texas. In the ninth
inning Ilohne led off with a homer to
center. The other Reds hit and llohne
came up to bat a second time with the
bases filled and two out. This time he
sent the ball over the right field fence.
Jesse Knight Ienl.
SALT LAKH City, .March 14.
Jesse Knight, recognized as one of
the leading capitalists of the west,
died at his home at Provo, Utah, to
day. 'Ho was 75 years old.
Liberty Ilond.s
NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Liberty
bonds closed: .Vj's $8!).!0; first 4's
SC.. 70; second 4's JSG.70; first 4!i't
JX7.90: second 4 W 's JSC. GO; third
4V4's $!I0.1 2 : fourth 4'4'H $ S0.70 ;
Victory 3 's $117.30; Victory 4 's,
J1I7.24.
BE CLOSED BY STRIKE
mines that are scheduled to remain
open at the old scale.
Ernest V. Newsham, secretary of
district No. 10, United Mine Workers
of America, today declared that the
men will "stand pat" and will refuse
to accept the reductions.
N. D. Moore, vice-president of the
Pacific Coast Coal company and
spokesman for the operators. an
nounced that the mines cannot run
at a profit at the present wage scale
and that the reductions will be made
effective whether the men keep at
work or not.
LABOR
JOINT VOTE
Revolutionary Plan to. Form
Industrial Democracy An
nounced by Chicago Pack
ers Gives Employes Vote
In Settlement Working Con
ditions, Wages and Hours.
CHICAGO, Mar. 14. Armour and
company today called an election in
ail of lis plants for tomorrow for the
employes to elect representatives to
form an industrial democracy in
which employers and employes would
have equal representation and which
would settle all matters of work in t;
conditions, wages and hours in the
Armour plants.
The representatives elected tomor
row will form a temporary hoard,
which will work out permanent plans,
The announcement of the packing
company said that it was planned
eventually to have a plant-conference
board of five members in each plant
and a general contVreneo board of
three members selected from all
plants.
The outline of the proposed plan as
given out by Armour and company,
said that when the representatives of
employer and employe could not
agree on any matter, the question
could be referred to an arbitrator.
OMAHA, Neb., Mar. M. Omaha's
packing house employes, estimated to
number 8,000 went to work the name
as usual despite wage reductions as
effectivo today, according to reports
by packing house managers and J,
V.. llurns, district secretary-treasurer
of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen's union.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14. Secre
tary Davis had received today replies
from the five leading packers and
their employes agreeing to his plan
for a conference here between two
representatives from each in' an ef
fort to reach an agrement on the
question of wages and other differ
ences. Mr. Davis has not set a date for
the conference, but he Is understood
to be considering Friday of this week
suggested by the employes, who will
by then have checked up the results
of their strike referendum.
CHICAGO, Mar. 34. While await
ing the outcome of mediation plans
and the result of a strike vote, em
ployes in the packing plants of Chi
cago and their leading branches in
the middle west had decided to go to
work today under the reduced wage
scale announced by the five leading
packers which goes into effect today.
More than 100,000 men are affected
by the reductions of 15 and liJ'j per
cent in the hourly rate and piece work
rate respectively, . with time and a
half for overtime only after ten hours.
At mass meetings held in half a
dozen packing centers the workers
were advised to remain at ' work until
the strike vote was completed, which
it was said hero. would be about Fri
day. - .
"Our cut in wages is small when
compared to other firms," said a
statement by Armour and company.
"We have a list of 21 other firms re
ducing wages where the decreases
ran from 14.25 to 33.34 per cent. The
stockholders of Armour and company
could not dodge the fact that we are
losing money, That is why wages are
reduced."
JU'jiders Oppose Strike.
Thousands of packing house em
ployes marched in the rain "hack of
the yards" here yesterday and listen
ed to speeches of union leaders who
urged them not to start a "runaway
st rike."
The wage cut would be delayed
until April 11 in the plants at St,
Louis and Rt. Joseph, Mo., it wac
stated by C. K, Urqiihart, manager of
the St. Louis plant, because of a Mis
souri law requiring thirty days notice
for wage reductions for employes of
manufacturing concerns
KANSAS CITY", Mo., Mar. 14.
Tacking employes went to work as
usual this morning when wage rcdue
tions went into effect, according to
officials of all the big packing house
here. This statement was corrobo
rated by union leaders of the packing
trades.
BUT WAGES CUT
CIIICOPEE, Mass., Mar. 14. The
Fisk Rubber company, which has been
operating on a three day schedule
since December 1, today resumed full
time and a wage reduction on both day
and piece work was put Into effect
which amounts to an average of ten
per cent. About 1 SOU employes are affected,
Will till
Kentucky Governor
Offers Reward for
Arrest of Lynchers
FRANKFORT, K y . , March
4 14. (Jovernor Kdwin P. Mor-
row today offered a reward of
$500 each for the arrest and
conviction of each member of
the. mob that early yesterday
took from the Woodford county
jail and lynched Richard .lames,
negro. He also issued a proclu-
mution removing from office
' John H. Edge I. jailer of Wood-
ford county. ,
4
iI'FRTH A.MUOY, N. J March
I 14. George Washington Knighl
negro, 22, today confessed he
had attacked Mrs. Fdith Wil-
son, church, organist, who was
I murdered near her home Sat-
iirduy night, according to the
police.
SINNFEINERS
Tremendous Throng Stands
Vigil Before Mount Joy
Prison, While Executions
Are Going On Prison Yard
Transformed Into Church.
DTUMN, Mar. 14. Six prisoners
convicted of complicity in the killing
of the British intelligence officers
and members of the crown forces in
Ireland, were executed in Mount Joy
prison here this morning. The men
were hanged in pairs at intervals of
an hour.
Twenty thousand people gathered
outside the prison -during the hours
that the executions were going on and
all work in the city stopped until 11
o'clock. liven tho postof fico was
closed and telegraph service sus
pended. The scene in front of thot prison
was impressive. Tho crowd began
assembling at dawn and by 7 o'clock
tho prison yard, tho roadway and all
the abutting streets were thronged.
An altar had been improvised near
the prison doors and on the walls
and trees in the prison yard sacred
images and pictures had been placed.
Everywhere candles burned, scores of
persons in the dense throng holding
them aloft throughout tho long vigil,
Here and there priests or women led
in prayer or hymns In which everyone
joined earnestly.
Hundreds kneeling in the roadway
wero forced to rise when tho armor
ed ear forced Us way through the
crowd. From five o'clock this morn
ing it had moved hack and forth in
front of the prison, n the roof of
the jail, overlooking tho entrance, u
sentry kept watch.
Two of the men executed, Patrick
Moran and Thomas Whelan, were
charged with complicity in the killing
bf intelligence officers in Dublin No
vember 21 last. Whelan's two broth
ers are in the United States, one of
them In tho American army. The
other f o u r men, Fr a n k Flood, H e r
nard Kyan, Thomas Hrynn and Pat
rick Doyle, were accused of partici
pating in an ambush near there In
January In which one member of the
attacking party was killed.
WASHINGTON', March 14. Tem
porary patents on government land
must be made permanent after two
years under existing law, the supreme
court ruled today, If no protest has
been filed before the expiration of
that period. The court upheld lower
courts in issuing a mandamus to
compel the secretary of the Interior
to Issue a patent to Allen L. Newton,
covering a homestead entry in the
Seattle, Wash., district.
I
HINO HAMPTON", N. Y., Mar. 14.
Publishers of daily newspapers here,
where a strike of union printers has
been In effect for nearly a week, today
were planning to resume publication
of regular editions tomorrow tinder
open shop conditions.
20,000 j IRISH
VIEW HEATH 6
SESSION IS
CALLED FOR
APRIL 11TH
Special Session of Congress
Week Later Than Planned to
Give Time to Frame Impor
tant Legislation Many Ap
pointments Made by Presi
dent Harding.
WASHINGTON, .March 1 4. Con
gress will bo called Into special ses
sion Monday, April 11, Senator
Lodge announced at tho Whilo House
today after a conference with Presi
dent llardliig. .
Senator l.odgo said ho bad been
authorized by the president to make
the announcement. The date select
ed is one week later than that which
had been generally discussed and will
give congressional leaders additional
time in which to frame tho proposed
program as to the tax and tariff re
vision. President Harding late today ask
ed tho senate to remain in session
over tomorrow to consider additional
nominations. Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, republican loader
said.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Presi
dent Harding has narrowed his list
of possible appointees to tho chair-
riaushfp of the shipping iboard to
.lames A. Ferrell, president of the
United States Steel corporation, and
H. A. C. Smith of New York, an of
ficial of the Ward lino, Frank C.
Munson, president of tho Munson
steamship lino Bald todajy utter a
conference with the president at tho
White House.
Wadsworth Named
WASHINGTON, March 14. Elliot
Wadsworth of lloBton, was nomin
ated today by President Harding to
be assistant secretary of tho treas
ury. Ho will bo In charge of for
eign loans.
Eugene Meyer, Jr., of iN'ew York,
former managing director of the war
finance corporation, was nominated
to be director of tho corporation for
a term of four years. . ,
S. A. Policy Announced
WASHINGTON, March 14. The
policy of the Harding administration
In dealing with the Latin-American
countries will bo "to promote by co
operation the common Untcrosts of
all," Secretary Hughes declared to
day in an address at a luncheon given
by Dr. L. S. Howe, director general
of the Pan-American union .to a
group of representatives from Latin
America who enmo hero to attend
the Inauguration of President Hard
lug. i t ,.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Secre
tory Kail today sent the following
recommendations to tho president:
Riving W. Wright of Thermomo
lis, Wyo., to bo registrar of the land
olflco at Lander, Wyo.
J. Ira KIrby of Sheridan, Wyo., to
bo receiver for tho land office at
Buffalo, Wyo.
WASHINGTON, March 14. Ap
proximately 5,000 army promotions
nominations including the rank of
captain, submitted by President Wil
son before the chango in adnTlnlstra
tlons, wore confirmed today by tho
senate after considerable debate.
WASHING TO N, M a rc h 14. .1 .
Mahew Wuinwright, a .New York
lawyer, Is understood to lmvo been
selected by President Harding as as
sistant secretary of war.
L
BERLIN, Mar.. 11. Tho government
has addressed a note to the secretariat
of the League of Nations protesting
against the penalties being enforced by
the entente for Germany's non-fulfillment
of her reparations obligations.
MEXICO ITY, March 14. Three
Mexicans were killed yesterday near
Quoretaro, when a local passenger
train collided with an express from
Laredo, which was standing at a
station. Most of the passengers of
the express train were in the sta
tion resturaut.
Soviet Troops Gain
Upper Hand, Gorka
Fort Is Captured
COPENHAGEN, March 14
(Uy the Associated 'Press.)
Advices from Helsingfors to
day state that the fortress of
Krasnaya Gorka lias been re
captured from the Russian rev
olutionaries by soviet troops
and the garrison now consists
chiefly of a cadet corps.
Tho .Moscow uprising is re
ported to have been quelled af
ter the severest street fighting.
Conditions In Kronstadt are
said to be serious, owing to
lack of food.
F
Miss Edith Gore, 1 li -ears old, Is ly
ing unconscious in a critical condition
at the Sacred Heart hospital with a
fractured skull and other injuries,
.Miss Liberia Gore, 10, is at tho same
Institution with a compound fracture
of the leg, and other Injuries, and
.Miss Juunelte Gore, 14, is at her home
suffering with a badly wrenched leg
and foot and severe bruises as tho re
sult of the threo sisters, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Gore being
knocked down and run over by an au
tomobile early Sunday evening on the
Pacific Highway.
The throe started from their home
at (1:15 p. in., Sunday to walk on, the
Pacific highway from their home be
tween Med ford and Phoenix to attend
the Presbyterian church services at
Phoenix. It was raining at the time
and the accident happened about (i:30
1. in.
. As near as can lie learned the sls-
I
iters were walking on one side of the
highway, and two cars passed each
other, bound in opposite directions,
close by. As tho two cars approached
each other tho driver in a large tour
ing car played with tho search light;
turning its rays in various directions
and finally in tho face of the drlvei
of tho other car, said to bo a young
Mr. Haiinum, blinding him so that he
was compelled to stop, after being
crowded to tho edge of tho highway.
"When tho rays were turned away,
ho started his ear again, and his
eyes, still blinded by tho recent glare
of tho searchlight's rays, and because
of the rain, failed to see tho Core
sisters and ran over them. Ho stopped
immediately ho felt the Impact of the
collision and tho screams of the girls,
and with tho assistance of others
near by, who happened on the scone,
rushed the injured sisters to the home
of Cleorgo Clausing, in front of which
the accident occurred.
On tho other hand tho big car,
which caused the accident through
tho playing of the search light about,
on hearing tho screams of tho in
jured, hurried away ut a fast speed
and the identity of Its driver or other
occupants was still unknown up to
early this afternoon, although tho city
and county authorities and relatives
and friends of the family are mak
ing a search and feel confident of lo
cating its owner and driver. It is
said that no btamo for the accident
fallH upon young Hannum.
After tho Gore girls were carried
Into tho Clausing home, Drs. H. W.
Htearns and K, li. Plekcll wero hastily-
Hummoned to care for their inju
ries. Miss Edith was unconscious
from the time of tho accident and
was still in that condition at tho hour
of going to preHH.
Tho many friends of the young
women and their parents, deeply sym
pathize with them and their parents
over the accident and its direful re
sults. Tho Med ford police have Informa
tion that tho largo ear played with
tho search light all during Its Journey
on the 'highway, turning its rays on
every approaching car or person.
Edison devised a treatment for guns
on submarines which prevented rust
ing, oven if the gun were totally sub
merged In sea water.
REFUSE TO TESTIFY, TRIAL DATE SOON
CHICAGO, Mnr. 14. Judge William
E. Uever today refused to comply with
a motion by the Btate that tho trial of
tho Chicago White Sox pluyers and
others Indicted for tho nllcgod throw
ing of tho world series In 191!) be
taken oft the court call. Ho ordered
another hearing for next Thursday
when It Is believed a date for trial will
be set.
Attorneys for the defense moved
that an immediate trial be held Thurs
day and Judge Dever said that be
would announce his decision on this
flintier later.
' , Claude Williams, JJuck Weaver, Os-
R, R, LABOR
WINS OUT
IN DEMAND
Demand That Railroad Execu
tives Be Called Before Hear
ing Proceeds, Granted After.
Executive Session Walsh
Charges Country Wide Con
spiracy to Break Unions.
CLEVELAND, March 14. Wage
reductions by railroads without con
forming to the provisions of tho
Cummlns-Esch law Bhould convince
the American people of the Insincer
ity of the railroads In their profes
sions of respect for and obedience to
the law and railroad employes will
not agree to any such Jug-bandied
application of the law as certain of
tho railways have announced they
would place upon It, W. G. Lee,
president of tho brotherhood of rall
road trainmen said In a statement Is
sued today.
CHICAGO, Mar. 14. The railroad
labor board today requested four
railroad heads to' appeur before It
Wednesday morning to testify before
the hearing on the national agree
ments. Tho men summoned were T. Dewltt
Cuyler, chulrnian of the association o
railroad executives; VV. V. Atterbury,
vice president of tho Pennsylvania
railroad; Carl 11. Gray, president of
tho Union Pacific, and R. S. Blnkerd,
assistant to Mr. Cuyler.
The decision to summon the men
was made in executive session after
Frunk P. Walsh, attorney for four big
brotherhoods, had refused to go on
with rebuttal testimony unless the
witnesses were called.
CHICAGO, Mnr. 14. Railroad labor
unloiiB today notified the United States
railway labor board that they could
not proceed with the hearing over na
tional agreements unless the board
compiled with their request to sub
poena various railroad executives to
appear before the board.
Frank P. Walsh, attorney for the
railroad brotherhoods told the board at
the opening of today's session that he
wus "greatly surprised to find that his
request for subpoenas had not been
complied with and that It was useless
for the labor side to go on with Its
testimony. The testimony of the rail
road heads was essential to a fair hear
ing," he said.
He referred to the labor situation In.
the packing industry, charging that
the packers had "joined with the Mor
gans and Garys and railroad heads In
a concertod attempt to ruin labor un
ions forever."
The board adjourned at 10:25 a. m.
and went Into executive session to con
sider Mr. Walsh's statements. Henry.
T. Hunt, of the public group of the
board, said he believed subpoenas
would be issued but thut the board
wanted to do It In "a courteous way.'"
Cummins Endorsed
CHICAGO, Mar. 14 The railroad
wage controversy, and the rail execu
tives' plea for the abrogation of the na
tional agreements, governing working
conditions In the shop crafts, were be
fore the United States railway labor
board today.
Hearings of the rebuttal of labor
chiefs to the rail managers' plea for
the nullification of the agreements on
the ground that they Imposed wasteful
practices upon the roads was to be re
sumed and labor leaders said their re
ply probably would require about seven
weeks. ,
(Continued on page, six.)
car Felsch, Charles Risberg wore In
court. Eddie Clcotte, Bill Burns, Jo
seph J. Sullivan, Rachel Brown, Chick
Clandll and Abe Attoll, were represent
od by counsel. Hal Chase was the only
defendant not present or represented
by counsel.
Judge Unrrett, American league at
torney, in pleading for a postponement
Bald the prosecution had learned that
Eddie Clcotte, Claude Williams and
Joe Jackson, who confessed to the
grand Jury, would not be available as
witnesses. Consequently, he said, the
state could not obtain convictions on
the evidence It had and would have to
have time to seek additional data.