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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday.,, 48 Minimum today 33 Precipitation Ot Weather "Yean Ago Prediction ..Ralr Maximum yetterday... ....... .64 Minimum today. -..4S No precipitation " Vmlly Mlte-illi Year, k'ookly Hfly-lirl Tnr. MKDFORD, OUECION', SATURDAY, MARCH 18, no. :jog 10CM K x mm CITIZEN ICTIi OF J. F. HALE IS C HE PARTY Masked Men Take Local Citi zen to Table Rock Threaten to Hang Him if He Doesn't Drop Civil Suit and Leave Town -Assumed Fainting Fit Brings Liberty. Wild rumor began to spread over thn city Hit morning to ih effect that J. I'. Hale, I ho former well known piano merchant, w mxteii ously miming a(ftr hating been culled out from hlii homo Into lal night. II)' noon iheno rumor, nrt t ly exaggerated hud aiimcd u tragic ignlf banco and It oven mid that Mr. Halo had b-cn murdered, and It lii'naii to luuk a If Medford had on lapi a grout murder mystery of national Intercut. Hy lioon. however, the rutuora had Irrn run down to the bare fact that Mali bad lieen kidnapped frnm lila liutno, 01 Kant Mnjn street, by a local Ku Klux organisation, nil can fully muakod, lato lat Mich!, and takin to a lonely spot near Table r.H-K. whore wltb a rope around hla neck ho w threatened th liing Inn If he did nr.t drop a lawsuit fur money again a Mod ford man and promise to lrvn tomn at ouco.. I'ur In Ihla phase of Iba episode Halo tainted or pretended to, and the Ku Klu raider were greatly alarmed for a Hm. Ho wa finally brought back to the city and allowed hla liberty, where upon he returned to hla homo at once, whero ho summoned it phyxl clan to attend hint. 80 fur aa ran ho leurned ho Hiifferod no had ef fect front hla thrilling experience be- otnl chill and shock. Ha la In re tirement today, preaiunaUly at hla home. Tho county authorities were uotlfled durlnit tho night hy aomo one and Kherlff Trrrlll and hla men are InveatlKutlnit. Late IukI n'uht tbi Ku Klux organ isation quietly .gathered at a ren iIczvouh on the cult aide. There were olHut ten nuto of them. Onn of their number, unmasked, appeared ut thn Hale home, rang Dm door hell nnd Informed llulo tbul he was wanloit nt the long distance tele phone. Tho prospective victim un hesitatingly accompanied tho man to u waiting automobile In front of Hie Imumt, ostensibly to lake him to an swer tho phono cull. Aa ho entered tho car In which vc re aeveral mimkod Ku Kliu men 11 gun win placed at hla client, anil ho wa warned under penally of ileulh to mnko no outcry tr offer any re liance. Tho car at ouco aturted for Tablo Itock unci ourouto waa Joined hy tho other Ku Klux men lu their autoa. Arriving at 0 lonely place Hulu wus compelled to K' t out the cur nnd all preparation were mado for un oh tniiKllilo bunging. A rope waa placed uround hla neck anil hn wiih threat enod with death by lionising uiiIchh ho dropped u ault for I50 which he hud pending ugalnst u Medford, citi zen, and promised to lenvo town Im mediately. In thlH connection It will bo recalled that Halo hud mado ull urrnngomenta to leuvo with hla two (Cootlnuud onl'ago alx.) IS I BEAUTIFUL MODEL ENDS LIFE AT nOHTON, Mar. 18. Tho Hotting for tho eulcldu by polaon of Taullno Vir ginia Clarke, waa a mibjwt of pollco liuiuliy today, Tho uiithorltloM had eHtabllHhud, tluiy atild, that the young V'omnn, who um a model a few yuui-H uijo wuh declni-ed by Mimlptoi'H to be ulmoHt perfect in form, ended her llfo whllo drinking with a group of frlonda In her apartment.. Thn frlonda Included iiuyard Whar ton of I'hiladolphla, a Muck' 11 1 and athlete ut Harvard collcgu und Otto Uuldr LiiiNim of Clii'lHtliiulu, Km way, a atudeut at AIiiHaauhunottH In wltulo of tec hnli'olK,V. Liit'Men Iiiih Ulaappittrod, Dies in Poor Farm, ! All Money Spent i For His Monument LOH ANli KI.KH, Miir. Is". Abel llwiiilntion Cruwfurd who died In 4 the I aim Amti'lc county hoHpllul 4 mied H, a wurd of the county, will 4 be hurled loibiy In the ithadow of a toiiibHtoiiii for which ho paid I'JiiOO eleven year ago, Ciu o emit niiinlh, allien then, he ha vlnlted the cemetery and lnno tcl the monument. For houra he would nil In It ahadow und read. I.nter I111 boiusht a conlly run kut and hud u Hli- l vault embeil iIih) bcfildil the 111011 iiiui nt. Then ho ilri w up UKreenieiita with the cemetery nfflclula and the under taker, armnKluK for hi burial. Craw ford becumu HI ten day UK", III money wa liuue aud be waa taken to tho county honpltul w ln-re ho died March II. IS Reported Arrest in Mexico of Man Who Served in War With Wm. D. Taylor, Slain Movie Operator, Scouted By Authorities. I.OS ANCil'.I.IX Mm. IS. A mun aald to have udmltlod he aerved a a Canadian aohller In a ttiltttih eomuuiy captiilnetl uveraeu during the world! wnr by William I). Taylor, waa expect ed tu leach Ua AnKele early tlay In cimtody of two local police detect Iveii who bad auuiiht him In connection wltb the film dlrector'a murtler here Kelmiary 1. Thn name of the prisoner win not made public, und bis arreiit at Mculcall Lower California mild to huvo Ihcd voluntnry on hi part and hla iuinhIiik from the hanila of Mexicua lo 1h An Ki'le officers wcro conducted with all tHNtble ac:rccy. It wu Htated. Advlrea from Cnlexlco, Cul., JuhI acroa tho border line from Mexican, Htated that U A. Cock, a rancher of Kutitu Anu, Cat., hud accompanied the lm Angelca detective to Mevlcall und hud hlentlfled' tho primmer na one of two men to whom ho had given a ride in bin niitomobllo near Tuatln, Cul., January HI. Themi nieu, nerordliiK l a atory Cock told the authorltle aboitly after Taylor wu Hliiln, had iniiilo thrent!i iiKittuHt u former ltrlthih captain living In Hotithern California, The primmer. It wuh mi id. whllo admitting bo had aerved In Taylor's company, denied he hud anything lo do with hi death. I.OH ANCiKUCS. Mur. 18. The mys tery drama of tho murder of William lioHinond Taylor, riliu director, hero rebinary 1 wuh relegated buck to tho lint of uniiolved alaylng today when tho dlHtrlct nttoniey'H office exploded u ftilao roixn't of an nrroat repurteil IuhI night rrom .Mexlca.ll. Lower Cali fornia. LOS ANC.UI.KS. Mnr.' IS. Dltrlct Attorney Ioo Woolwlue duclared today that he doubted that uny urroHt hud (Continued on page tlx.) HARVARD "PARTY" A ruullno llerrU'k, Mian Clark'a eiiKinfement to Ilunry Jume a llur vnrd Htudent, wu announced In 1K1S. but It wiih Lieutenant Commander William Thoinii of the navy that alio inun'tcd. Win waa divorced from him it year ayo. Wharton mild Mix Cluck invited her fi-lend to the ourty of Wcdneii- clay night. She had boon melancholy Hlnee her illvoreu und In flnunuhtl dlf rimilllea recently. It Waa uui'lv Thlii'mlav ninriilnir when the young woman collupHud, hnrtoii no id. She 111111U1 no rumiirk liulli'iillng her Intention to take, her life, lie lidded, nnd mo I'm- na linnwn. died wllhout limiting' it statement, 0 1 WORLD S PUT UP 10 Republican House Leaders to Confer With Harding As Soon As He Returns Tomor row Speaker Gillett to Make His Decision Known Late Today. WAHHIN'iTO.V, Mar. 18. ltepub llcun houae U-odcra expect to confer nltlt rr-ld nt llurding at the White IIoiiho tomorrow nlnht naarUliiK pro ceedure In handling tlio compromlne Koldlein' bonUM bill. They aro hope ful that he will approvo their pluil fur pnHMige vt the meaaure under HUHpeimluu of the rule. VA'AHlllNfiToN, Mor. 18. Speaker (illlelt wn to d"Ue toiluy at a con ference with houne rejiutdlcan lead er whether li would entertain on Mnnduy 11 mot in to consider tho MildiriV biinu bill under a uM-n-Mlon of tliu rule. t'pon hi return here lam night from Florida, where he the gueftt of I'reaidenl liurdlng. tho upeaker luild lio wu not Inclined to look with favor upon auch procedure, but added that bu wa open to argument, lie de-liin-d that ha had no nuHuwue front the prentduut fur liouw leader rcKitrdlnu th tienu bill. Mtr-Xllllu wxptHta to leave for Kr Iniifleld, Mniw., where he U to -.peak tomorrow iifternoon on the trcntle rowlna out of thn arms con ference, but wilil It wan hln intention 10 l buck In WatihltiKton In time to pii-Hlde over thu hcun aennlun on .Moioliiy. Lvprcscntutivfl Kltcbln of North Cnrollnn, the dvinocrallc house leader who vlxitrd the capltol yesterduy for the first time In nearly a year, rx- iiectetl to confer aaain toduy with (lemoci.it on the way and mean oiiilulttce to complete the draft of a minority report opposing some fea tures of tho Itnnua bill. Whether thl report would le sub mitted to Iho house today or on Mon day depended on tho di-i-lslon of ro piilillrnn leader as to tho tliiio that tile bill would be culled upon the floor, lleprscnttttlve Garner of Texas and ono or two other committee, dent oc rut were not expected to eiitn the report. ItcprcHciitutlvo Tread way of Manna ebusetts, who also hn iirvpnrcd some minority view on the Mil. wa awult I11K the return from Connecticut of Itepiesentutive Tilson before present Ing bin report In opposition tu the bill to tho house, llu and Mr. Tilson 11 pected to preaent a Joint opinion. Kepreseiitatlvo Liiieberger of Cali fornia, a former servlee man. who holdM a petition rarrying a sufficient numlH-r of slisnutmeH to insure n cull for n party conference next Tucsduy evcliinit, culled on both Mr. Uillctt anil Kcpieseiitntlvn Moinlell of Wyo- niliiK. the republican house lender. He would not discus hi conferences, but It was understood ho hnd uritcd the cnllliiK toKcthor of house republl cans to thresh, out the whole bonus question. Lenders do not look with favor on n plan for a party confer once until they have talked with tha president. BIG RADIO PHONE An order hna been placed by R 12. Merrick for thu installation ot a radio roceivlnst station. It will consist of an elaborate equipment cupublo ot picking up any wave lcnsth and sensitive enough from high power ' telegraph station nil ovor the world and from telephone broudcuHtlng stations over a radltm of 2000, to HOUO mlleB in the I'nitod States. It will bo Installed at the Natatorlum and provided with amplifier und loud speuking devices Pony Sold for $1050 Cowboy Owner Weeps KOKT WOUTII, TexuK. Mar. 18.- Jack Doflritftonreld, cowboy, wept this morning .when he took his Huddle off "Iiullun Molly" und turned the faithful cow pony over to O. C, Ulas of Fort Worth for I10S0. Thl ta said to huvo been thu lilKhest price ever paid for a cow horse, NATAT0RI1 BUYS MINISTER AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER ELOPE arc, : ,"-" v, T";-ts, . I ' 1 t Hi-. .-.:..: -S' 4.....-Tl s'' ' "lis t 11 rl,,i-lM riili.l- n itia.ti..(i.i'.,rt .nl.l who eloped with Leon LI Is worth. Last llcrlln, Connecticut, pastor. Bhe wu a nu-mlier of his concregatlon. T PEEL IS SECT OF i LONDON. Mor. 18. (Uy the Asso ciated Tress) Viscount I'eel. former under-secrctury of the war and air ministry and chancellor of the Duchy of IancuHti-r fn the present ministry". bus been appointed secretary of state for lndtu, succeeding Edwin S. Mon luguc. who reslRnid lust wt-ck. Kdwln S. Montumi rcMigned a nee retury for India March 9 ua u result of peruiisMiou he bad given, without consultation with the other members of the cabinet, for publication ot a telegram from the government of Ina m-ttinK forth tho position of the Indian Moslems toward tho Near Rast problem ns affecting tlo sultanate. Viscount Peel is a member of the house of lords und hi appointment is in line with the forecast that t'rlmc Minister Lloyd (ieorga would replace Mr. Montagu by a peer aa that another by election might be avoided. Such nn election would have been necessary had n member of tho house of common been appointed. Viscount l'eel is a unionist. IU-foro sueoedinR- to tho viscountcy in 1J1S, ho aerved wo, vera 1 year a a member of tho puiiiamcnl for Manchester and Taunton. During tho war he was joint parliamentary member and in 19t9 wus appointed aecrvtury of state for the war department and vice president of the war council. He was named chancellor ef tho duchy of Uincnster when the Lloyd George ministry wn rceust lust April. FELIX DIAZ, FAMOUS MEXICAN LEADER, T EL PASO. -Texas, Mar. lS.--Gonoml Felix Dla. who was shot anil killed near Hermosillo, Sonorn, yesterday. wus tho revolutionist of Carrunsa days who in tho early part of 1920 kidnaped and killed an American mining man named O. A. Whltrord nt Topic and kidnaped another named Otto Land, releasing tho latter, according to Gull limo Domlnguez, chancellor of the local Mexican constitute. Dluz was tho lender of 8000 revolu tionists In tho statu of Nuyarit during the Currunza regime. When the De La Huertu-Obregon revolution succeeded, un agreement was concluded whereby Dluz was to give up his command hut retain his commission us a general in tho ufmy. Domlngucz and others at the consu late were uuable to hazard a guess as to who killed IHaz. lliu wus not the nephow of former President Porfliio Diaz ot Mexico, who has a similar mime, Domlngrucz said, (J.,'Sr$ -':;.':. - Wl A. Ut ' ef y II t A vISCQUN NAM I AND KILLED GIVES HUBBY DIVORCE FDR LOVE BABIES Denver Woman Secures Di vorse So Husband May Marry Soul-Mate, Mother of Two Children Man Agrees to Marry Girl As Soon As Law Allows. DENVER. Colo.. Mar. 18. So that her husband' "aoul mate" and two "love bablea" might exchange the stigma of illegitimacy for a name and reHiHsi tabllity, Mra. Grace Jarret Stof fel, legal wife of George Stotfol, pro prietor of a local garage, obtained In county court today a preliminary de cree of divorce. The domestic affairs ot tbe Slot-' fcl's were aired in Juvenile court in August, 1921, when Miss Nellie Phillips, 25, complained to the court that Mrs. Stoffel was sekliig to gain possession of the two children which she had borne Mrs. Stoffel's husband. Miss Phillips who admitted she had been "soul mate" of the garage man for four years, charged Jlrs. Stoffel, a childless woman, with seeking to deprive her of her "own flesh and blood." Juvenile court officials found Stof fel had been living with his wjfft and also for four years hail maintained a second establishment In this city for Mms Phillips and his two children. Stoffel. who waa 28. divided his time, both women admitted, between them. At that time Stoffel was ordered by the Juvenile court to pay $20 for the support ot his children by Miss Phillips. In court today Mrs. Stoffel told Judge Luxford that she went to In diana shortly after tho Juvenile court order and said when she returned she found Miss Phillips had taken her place in her apartment and had lived there since. She told the court her husband said he would marry the other woman as soon as he was free. REDMOND 51 10 19 SALEM, Ore.. Mar 18. Exhibitions of basketball such as have never be fore been seen on a Salem floor be tween high school teams featured three of tho four state iuterscholaBtie tournament games in which tho Ash land. Pendleton. Eugene and Astoria fives won their way into tho semi-final contests to be played this afternoon. 1 lie scores in yesterday s games were as follows: Ashland CI; Redmond 19. Astoria 26; Salem 18. Eugene tio; Joseph 9. Pendleton 45; North Dend 2t. Pendloton and Eugene and Ashland and Astoria play this afternoon. ASTORIA. Ore.. Mar. IS. A tain and windstorm struck here last night Tho maximum velocity of the wind waa 72 miles an hour. It had dropped this morning: to 50. Tho temperature wus mild and timber men hero believe the melting of the heavy snow which tied tip logging operations this week would enable many of the Camps to resume operations soon. Walla Walla Violiniat Die WALLA WALLA. Mar. 18. Edgar Fischer, member of the stato bourd of musical examiners and ono of the moat widely known violinists of the north west, died nt his homo here this morn ing following an Illness of ten days. R. R. Worker Return SPOKANE, Mar. 18. Four hundred men ut the Great Northern shops at iiuiyard near here, who have boon laid off for six weeks, will return to work Monday, according to an announce rnent made today by Superintendent J. M. Hurley. ASHLAND SMOTHERS ASTORIA STRUCK BY HEAVY WINDSTORM Klamath Co. Health Nurse Shiis 23 Mi., Saves Family of 6 KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Mar. 18. Mlse Lydla Fricke, Klamath county health nurse, Is recovering today from a hazardous trip of 23 miles on eklis through a blind- ing snowstorm which she under- took for the relief of a destitute family of six In the northern part of Klamath county. Miss Fricke went to Kirk where she found the roads blocked with four feet of snow. Miring four men, and equip- ping them and herself with food and clothing, ahe battled tbe way through a blizzard until compelled to camp for the night In a desert- 4 ed cabin. The party resumed the task the next day and reached the family in time to bring the relief. Although nearly exhausted the party returned on skils the next day. 4 4 4444444444444444 Bomb Throwing and Sniping Breaks Out With Renewed REIGN TERROR IS RESUMED IN BELFAST AREA ... .. . , ,to reproduce her today. The unload- Vigor, FOllOWing St. rat- ing l the cargo which wa stored in a warehouse to be held pending ae riCk'S Day Griffith FOrbidS tton by the courts consumed the Convention. BELFAST, Mar. 18. lily Associated Press.) Terrorists who had remained under cover all of SL Patrick s day re sumed their activities today. Shortly after the curfew hour a news vendor proceeding home on his bike was shot through the breast and a man was shot and killed in Newtonards road. A bomb was thrown in Thompson street the missile wounding several persons. ' A girl who was wounded by the bomb died after being taken to the hospital. Newtouards road was in a turmoil after the breakfast hour. Two men dashed into Thompson street, in the Sinn Fein district and threw a bomb through an upstairs win dow of a small dwelling where . an elderly woman. Rose McGreevy nnd her niece. Mary Mullan. were sleeping. Podestrlans who forced an entrance found Mrs. McGreevy seriously wound ed and her niece mortally hurt. Miss Mullan died shortly afterward. Early this morning the body of a man was found in Claremont lane with a bullet through the head. BELFAST, Mar. 18. I By Associated Press.l The Ulster home office in the last 48 hours has suppressed five local bodies in tho six county area all hav ing Sinn Fein majorities regarded by the northern government as recalci trant. Commissioners have been ap pointed to discharge their duties. , The bodies suppressed were: The Gugherafelt, county Derry. Guardians; the rural councils ot Cookstown, coun ty Tyrone, Down Patrick, county Downs; Llsnaskea, county Fermanagh. The city council ot Armagh. DUBLIN. Mar. 18. (By Associated Press.l Approval is voiced generally in Dublin over the note which Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eireann sent to the ministry ot defense yester- MOHANDAS GANDHI, 6 AHMEDABAD. British Indiu, Mar. IS. (By the Associated Press) Mo handas K. Gandhi, the Indian noii-cd-operatlonlHt leader, who wa ur rested recently on charges of Beditlon, was sentenced today to six year im prisonment without hard lubor. The arrest and sentence ot Mohan da Gandhi, whose power and per sonal magnetism have gained for htm the title . of "Mahatma" or wonder worker, were preceded by a long se ries of civil disobedience activities, which have arounod world wide no tice, ' For some years he has been SENTENCED llllONIE BOOZE YACHT IS CAPTURED Customs Officials Seize $50, , 000 Worth of Liquor On New Yorker's Yacht in Florida Waters Owner's Brother Wires Daughterly for Re lease of Cargo- . t MIAMI, Fla. Mar. it. Custom of ficial toduy seized 503 case of fine wine and liquors aboard the Patricia a prlatial yacht tied up here and . said to be owned by a millionaire member of the New York Yacht club. The liquor wa estimated by offic ial In frtM wnrlli tAft AflO The yacht, it was later ascertained, is owned by James Sherman, and when the officers boarded tho yacht. hi brother. Edwin 8. Sherman, rush ed to a telegraph office and wired At torney General Daugherty to order the release of the cargo. Showun claims the liquor is the same seized at ttan t rancisco a year ago ty pro hibition official but which waa re turned to mm at liquor parcnasvu before the federal prohibition amend ment became effective. The Patricia wa built 13 years ago at a cost of $300,000, but local ship ping, men say it would cost SaOO.OOO srwirr pun ui nu iui viwii. , The selrure was the largest ever made In this section' of Florida and with the confiscation ot three . solid carloads of liquor on the tracks . ot the Florida East Coast railway hern at Fort Pierce and in Jacksonville, Thursday night ,and Friday, brings the total aefzures of liquor In the stato to 153? cases during the last three day. NEW YORK. Mar. IS. The yacht Patricia, aboard which custom 'of ficials at Stiaml. Fla., seized liquor today, is owned by James Shewan. Brooklyn ship builder and a member of the Atlantic yuiht dub. SAN FKAXCISCO.f Mar. 18. Liquor aboard the yacht Patricia wa nVi&VU III WV ,, tnji V - ,7 Cab. lasth year by prohibition enforcement officials who took It lashore to a warehouse for safe keep ing. James Shewan. tho owner, se cured an order frohi Prohibition Commissioner Haynes for the release of the liquor. Shewan had an order at that time from prohibition author ities of New York authorizing him to bring the liquor into American iiort if it was scaled outside the three mile. limit, tho fact that the Patricia was of llritish registry making it per missible to carry liuuor on board. Jap ;ovt. Sustained. TOKIO, Mar. 18. A resolution in troduced by the opposition expreselnir lack of confidence In the government, was defeated yesterday In parliament, the sovernnient receiving a majority of 100 votes. Six hours of debate pre ceded the balloting. . . , , . day in which he forbade holding the lepublican army convention sot for March 26. ; The intention has been evidence of something at the conven tion arising proposing the formation of an executive ot the army, and the pro visional government officials regard this as a deliberate attempt to estab lish a military government. John Maclntee. addressing the nnti treaty meeting at Harold's Cross de clared that the Irish republican army convention would be held despite Mr. Griffith's prohibition. INDIAN LEADER T considered the most Influential pulr lic mun in India. Ghnndl published his 'scheme for non-co-operation in September, 1830. Iq his program were included the rtmicnntlonH of their post of hon orary magistrate, the withdrawal of pupil from government or statu schools and college,, boycott of the court and the giving up of their practice by lawyer. "Work hard and tire not." were Onnrlhl's liixt words to his follower before being taken away. He exhort ed all thone who loved tnaia to mum tain peace throughout the country. RS MPRISONMEN