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MEDFOKD, OltECJOX, FIJI DAY, APRIL 28, 1922
NO. 32
2! OUTRAGE
S.CALIFORNIA
IS REPORTED
Los Angeles District Atty. De
clares Citizen of Standing
Whipped and Mistreated By
Gang of Masked Men List
of Oregon K. K. K. Secured
Probe Continues.
I.OH ANUKI.KM. Anrll JR. T1i
district attorney's rri- announced
tuitny thai within the past two "
litres weeks lher nnilnr out-
rnt In southern California. Tim
statement wttil: .
"A tltUen of repute and standing
In a town f Urn Aners county re
ported in thi' district uitorney Miat
tie wa taken from hi hm by a
Ban or masked turn, whipped and
otherwise maltreated. The rlMinii
Mid he believed III ojllunt were
member of the- Kn Klux Klan,"
The district attorney' offlc said
tho man had nWrl that hla name and
the titration of hla hiinew h wltrUirld,
Wnlix ha fen red further violence
and that h had asked that protoc
tlnn l accorded hint.
Deschanel, Former
President France,
Influenza Victim
PARIS, April 2H (fly AHocliied
I'roaa), I 'a it! Itcschunel, former presi
dent of France, died till afternoon.
M. I)oclianl wu taken lit with In
fhu-tira u few day ago und on Wed
nesday It wax announced that compli
cation hud developed and hi condi
tion wax aerloua.
After lila roslitnuflnn fnitn the
French praldVnry In September, HC1,
1' i .- f ft
1 s! if " 1
LOS ANGKI.K3. April 2. Early
conference looking toward tho Im
panelling of a grand jury to Investi
gate the aetlvltte of th Ku Klut
KUn In l-o Angela county were
planned (or today by Thotnaa Lee
Wnolwlne. district attorney, and
Judaea of (ha superior court. While
lha conferences were In progre dep
uty district attorney and attache of
lha sheriff office were expected to
continue their examination Vf the
document and regalia aelted Wed
neaday at the local headquarter of
V. S. Coburn. grand goblin. 1'aoiric
domain. Knight o( the Ku Ktut
Klan.
Already, according to Mr. Wool
wine, evidence ha been found dfl
ivltely linking lha l.os Angela head
quarter of the klan "with the re
cant outrage" at Inglewood. a su
burh of thla city, and at Hakersfleld
and Tft. In Kern county. California
Wool w ine Krrpa Mum
Mr. WoJlwIn I making public
ver)' littl cf lha Information oh.
tallied tli rou Kh the seltures but he
ha atuted that ho ha learned the
name of 1,013 residents of U An
ge city and many other of other
purl of tha county who apparently
are member Of tho klan.
jl I alao In receipt of a statement
from X. A. Ituker, klan kleagle. or
organUer, who la ald to have led the
nlil at lnglewoud lurit Saturday n'.gbt
when threo prure officer, maaked
and armed member of tha raiding
band, were (hot, one ao aerloiialy
that ha died a hort lime afterward.
'Thla atatemenl la Raid to contain
Daker'a verlon of the raid, but 11
bag not been made public. Nolthojr
har Un clrcuintuncn which led lin
ker t make It. hut It I known that
In do'ng ao ha acted under the ad
vice of an attorney who accompanied
hi in to the office of Mr. Woolwine
where he wa queationed at length.
Oregon Mt Secured,.
From tho aeliuroa mado at lrnnd
Ooblln Coburn' office, the headquar
ter of tho klan for lx weatern
Ute. It la aald tho offlclala have
tibtulned report and memberahlp en
tf llmenta from Waahlngton, Oregon,
Idaho, Nevada, Arliona and Califor
nia, together with correspondence
allowing that at leaat tlx minlater of
the goipol have rommnnlcated with
tho klan officer.
- Information received by the dis
trict attorney and the sheriff wo
twld to bo to the erfoct that evory
mall took large numbora of resigna
tion from the klan to tho office ol
tha grand goblin.
Klan Ih Prnouncrd
rtamea or- three member In tho
CMASTt.
1
M. i)i'hiin-l lived In retirement rr
aeveral iiionih. Ilia condition Im
proved ateudily and late that year It
wa announced be bad completely
covered in health. In January of Uat
year bo bmame a candidate In the
arftatoilal election, being returned
rr i-.ure el lilre on January 9. He
befenn attending the eeniilo actxlon
tho following May and In January of
thla year wa apixilnted g member of
the eeniile foreign affair conmillon
to replace M. I'oirare when the latter
Rxtimi'd the premierahlp.
mm
SITUATION
Utmost Pessimism Reigns in
France over Russian-Ger
man Entente Believe
tary Alliance Probable
Allies Make Known Terms
to Russia.
FIGHTING
ATTACKS SEC Y
ItliElK FALL
Wisconsin :cnator Declares
Harding Cabinet Officer Is
Ablest Opponent of Conser
vation $ince Roosevelt Days
Oil Land to Big Interests
PARIS. April 28 (Dy Aociated
1'rriisl. Mope wa Mill ex'preiapd In
official circle here today that a non
aggrcaxlv agreement might be adopt
ed at Genoa but the utmost telmUni
prevail concerning the protpect of
any kind of a utlifactry understand
ing with soviet riussla.
HeHirt to the foreign office from
rariou ource regarding alleged an
nexe to the ItuMMoierman treaty ap
pear Ui huve mode nn Impresaion. Ac
cording to tliese aource. the annexea
are declared t Include a clause pledg
ing Knssl to aupiMirt Germany In
claim for her former colonies or at
least to the mandate for them.
Another clause I asserted to pro
vide for a military underatandlng In
case the Genoa conference falls to
real lie the mutual desires of Russia
and Germany.
A King Without a Crown or Country
Goes Roving With His Sister
' Wild Women Beat Up
Defenseless'1 Men in
Wisconsin and Kas.
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GREEN BAY, Wl.. April 28.
Pleading guilty in municipal 4
court Thursday to chargea or as-
aault and battery four women 4
alleged to have attacked "Pat" 4
4 Cuffney and Carl Zoll, propria- 4
tors of a road house Tuesday 4
night were each fined $100 and 4
4 costa and put under $500 peace 4
4 bond each for two year. 4
4 4
4 INDEPENDENCE, Kaa., April 4
4 28. necauae of talk that he had 4
4. been slandering them In pool 4
4 halls. Reason F. Prior, a laborer, 4
4 wa taken out on a country road 4
4 and whipped by two women early 4
4 thla week. It became known here 4
4 today, 4
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Otto of Austria who has just been declared King Otto II by the legit
imist party of Austria aeetns to be very little worried about bis crown. Otto
Is now 10 years old. With the young prince Is his sister. Archduchess Ade
laide who I 8 years old. This photo wa made about two week before the
death of hla father, the exiled king of Austria. ,
18,000 PEOPLE
ARE CUT OFF B!
WASHINGTON. April 58. Con
grraalcnal investigation Into the leas
ing by the Interior department of the
oil right of the Teapot Dome naval
reserve to the Sinclair oil Interest
today appeared In prospect after a
long attack in tho icnate on the
louses by Senator LnKollette, republi
can, Wisconsin, and announcements
by republican leadora to support a
resolution of lnitlry.
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NEWSPAPER
MOVE
WASHINGTON. April 28. lily the
AiHocluted Pre. 1 Senator I41K0I
lutte, republican, Wisconsin, attack
ing lenses of nuval oil reserve lands
In tbp senate today, doclured the re
serve were being "scrapped In behalf
of (peclully favored private Interest."
Hi speech win In reference to
leudos recently made by the Interior
department In the Teapot Dome, Wyo
ming reserve, to the Sinclair oil In
terest. Tho Wisconsin senator contended
that the department In making the
lease which grant "to favored ln
dlvlditnlH public properties .worth
hundreds of millions of dollar which
belong to tho people." He urged
adoption of his resolution calling
upon tho administration for all tho
fucta nnd documents regarding the
Teupot Dome leases.
Secretary Kali of the Interior do-
Barthou Talks With Psrl
GENOA, April 28. (Ily Associated
Pre). Vice Premier Itarthou, head
of the French delegation here, con
vened at length during laat night over
the long distance telephone with Pre
mier Poincara In Pari, and a a result
It was stated this afternoon that the
official viewpoint with regard to the
reply to P.ustla had been harmonlied
Divergencies had developed In the
attitude or the French delegation here
and that of the government in Pari,
especially toward the Ruaalan ques
tion and It was announced that M.
Rarthou had asked permission to go to
Paris for a day or two to consult the
premier. It was said this afternoon
that whether M. Rarthou would pro
ceed to Parla for the consultation de
pended largely upon the outcome of
today's discussion of the Russian ques
tion here.
Russian Plan Outlined
GENOA. April 28. (Ry Associated
Pre). Plana for Russia'a reconstruc
tion were being finally determined
upon today In the conference aub
commlsslon on Russian affairs and the
Indications were that a definite pro
position would be laid before the Rua
alan delegation by the week-end, with
out further discussion.
The Italian press today' gives indi
cations of what the allied proposals
are.
First, It Is asserted, no loan will be
offered to aovlct Russia, but It will be
suggested that an international con
sortium. be formed to finance trade
with Russia through combinations of
firms and Individuals of the various
countries represented. Germany will
bo Included In the consortium, it is
declared and provision made that the
I'nited States may Join.
Thla plan contemplates the econo
mic oolonlzatlon of Russia, with guar
antees that the autonomy and sover
eignty or the soviet government will
not be infringed Uxn.
There Is considerable discussion as
to where the conference will stand if
the Russians refuse all the proposals
made to them.
THREE CHILDREN
LOSE LIVES IN
RUSK ITER DESCHUTES FIRE
TRIBUTE IS
PAID WILSON
BY won
ONLY I
Iff
FARMER RESTS
ON RAILR. CUT
Secy, of Agriculture Declares
Railroad Rates Must Be Re
duced to Pre-War Leve
Befors Farmers Can Enjoy
Prosperity.
(Continued on Page Three)
LOH ANOEIJJ8, Aiull 28. Hon
ore C. Connette, newspaper inun held
lit the county Jul I here pending an In..
veHtlKatloii of possible, knowledge
concerning tho mysterious shooting
of Wllllnm Desmond Taylor, motion
picture director hero February 1, to
day denied "that he had killed a man
In "defense of honor,"' ns the llllo,
T. II., sheriff cabled the district at
torney here he hud information that
Connette so admitted.
The llllo sheriff's cnhle nlno said
that Connette gave u nriiplilo de
scription of the killing. .
MAN DENIES HE KILLED
IN DEFENSE OE DONOR
Connette explained this by saying
thut In unNwop to tho request of a
llllo newspaper reporter for Infoi'.
matlnn concerning tho murder niys
tery, ho drew a diagram to muke
moro clear tho situation In which tho
body was found, hut this diagram
was bnsed upon n diagram published
by a Loa Angeles newspaper.
'Connette is being held merely n
a witness, ponding .investigation of
reporta that he know tnoru about the
UHii'dcr myntery than bud been pub
liHhed.
ViafSDURO. Mis., April 28.
Twelve thouaand persons are reported
to have been cut off In the northern
and eastern sections of Uiaquena
county by back water from a break In
the Mississippi river levees.
Five hundred persons are said to
have been caught In the town or Val
ley Park, by the riling water. The
entire area In this section, covered by second rioor of the house when the
water which came from a break high-1 Hre. which had started in the Incit
er up the river, comprises a tract 35
miles long and CO miles wide. Calls
for help also have reached Natcher,
it was said, from Clayton and Lake St.
John, both In Concordia parish.
REND. Ore., April 28. Three
children, Mildred and Eunice Berg
strom. aged 13 and 10, and. George
Llvesley, their cousin, aged 4. were
burned to death oarly today at the
ranch home of W. U Bergstrom near
Deschutes in a fire which started
from an Incubator. Bergstrom and
his wife' are In a hotel at Deschutes
suffering from burns.
The children were asleep on the
NEW YORK. April 28. Unless
there Is a quick reduction la railroad
freight rates to "about pre-war lev.
or the price of agricultural pro-
els.'
Thousands of Delegates to
Convention Women Voters
Stage Demonstration in
Front of Ex-President's
Home Wilson Not Strong
Enough to Make a Speech.
NATCHEZ, Miss.. April 28. A call
waa received here for rescue workers
at Clayton, la., and in the vicinity of
Lake St. John in Concordia parish,
where it ia reported several hundred
person are marooned. Water is re
ported nine feet deep at Clayton.
Alexandria, l a.. April
sand persons, forced to
8. Six thou
leave their
bator, was discovered. Mr. and Mrs.
i Bergstrom made futile efforts to
.break through the wall of fire which
I prevented them reaching the chlld-
Iren'a room.
Both were burned and narrowly es
caped with their lives. Mrs. Berg
. strom was able to reach the stairs.
but liergstrora's escape waa cut off
and he had to break a window and
jump to the ground. In breaking the
glass In the window he cut an artery
of hia right hand.
Rergstrom later, in spite of his
burns and injury, cranked hia car and
drove two miles to Deschutes, where
ho and Mrs. Bergstrom received med-
homea In Catahoula and Concordia icaj attention. The ranch house was
parishes. La- by the flood waiters or
tho Mississippi and other rivers were
concentrated today in he vicinity or
Jena, Sicily Island, and Holloway. La.,
according to the local Red Cross representative.
Corset Makers Scared
To Death; Girls Don't
Wear Them Anymore
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CHICAGO. April 28, It
seems to bo a question whether
tho girls wear 'em any more.
- The ways and means commit-'
teo or the Chicago Corset club
met today to outline a life sav-
Ing program for the industry.
"Only B5 per pent of the wo-
men are wearing forsets," ac
4 cording to Miss Rose Hey, sec-
rotary of the organization,
which Includes manufacturers, 4
4 saleswomen and designers of the 4
4 feminine form frames. 4
"More and more womon are
giving up the corset," said Mme. 4
Alia Riploy, president of the 4
FuBhlon Art League or America. 4
"Young girls? Why to tell 4
you the truth, I don't know a 4
4 girl who wears a coraot," she, 4
said. ' , , .4
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National
At Pittsburg. R.
Cincinnati 5
Pittsburg 3
Ratterles: Gotten and Wlngo; Carl
son, Yellowhorse, Wheeler and Gooch.
II.
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11
At Brooklyn. R, H E.
Philadelphia 10 15 0
Brooklyn ....... 7 16 1
Batteries: Hubbell and Henllne)
Grimes, Mammnux, Gardonier and Miller.
At Boston. N- R. H. E.
New York 10 10 0
Boston 6 15 4
Batteries: Nehr and Smith; Watson,
Oeschger and O'Neill.', ,
destroyed with loss estimated at )2,
000.
American ,
At Detroit. R. H. E.
Chicago 9 11 0
Detroit : 6 11 0
Batteries: Davenport, Wilkinson and
Schalk; Oldham, Stoner, Dauss, John
son and Basslor. '
At New York. R.
Boston 3
New York - 10
Batteries: Karr, Fullerton. Dodge
and Rtiel; Bush nnd Schang.
H.
7
It
Coast
Vernon-Portland game
v.tt grounds.
postponed,
ST. LOUIS. April 28. Kenneth Wil
liams knocked out his seventh home
run In six days, In slamming a circuit
DISCARDED SAFE
CRACKER'S!
FOUND IN CITY
While moving electric power poles
yesterday afternoon E. W. tierhard
and his crew of t-tae California-Ore
gon Power company, found a aet ot
safe crackers tools consisting of a
pipe wrench, a Jimmy bar, a punch
nnd a longer punch made from an
old rat tail file. Tarts of two dlf'
ferent safe combinations accompa
nied the tools. Two dials and a turn
Mer were also among the parts. Th
tumbler bears the number 26488.
The Copco men were moving pole
from the yard on North Fir street
near the Valley Fuel company, where
they are now stored, to the new
warehouse site on Kouth Fir. ."
It may be that the aafe part
belong to some of the safes which
have been broken into in this vlcln
tty within the past few. months as In
several cases the dluls and, other
parts were carried away, ,
ASTORIA A A Y
CAUSED BY LOG
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ASTORIA. Ore., April 28. A. J.
Gustnfaon, 45, was drowned when
he was knocked Into the Columbia
river by a log nt a sawmill near here
yesterdny nnd John Riser, a follow
.aI.am I. In n l--D,...,l ha. nn-Ui.L.I.I
V " "' "" injured us a rcnult of being struck
by the log.
ducts Increased snfflciently to equal
the rate advance, there will be pro
found re-adjustments In agricultural
production Involving readjustments
in Industry as well," Secretary Wal
lace of the agricultural department
declared in' an address today before
the New York Academy of political
science.
The "blighting effect" npon agri
culture ot the present level ot freight
rates, the secretary said, "can hardly
be comprehended."
What he regarded as the probable
eirects or present rates continued tor
any length of time, were summarized
by Secretary Wallace as follows:
"First, to favor the farmers or
South America and Australia at the
expense ot our own farmers.
(Substantial decrease in ocean
rates emphasized the disadvantage ol
the American farmer, he pointed out.)
"Second, to keep prices on farm
products in the large surplus produc
ing states at figure lower than are
justified by the investment In land
and equipment and cost of production.
"Third, prolong the period of dis
satisfaction among farmers and en
courage advocates of economy falla
cies or all sorts.
"Fourth, improve the position or
eastern truck and fruit growers but
add considerably to the cost of milk
and dairy products because of the
advanced prices ot hay and coarse
grain necessarily shipped, in from
the west.
"Fifth, gradually shift industrial
enterprises westward, nearer the aur-
plus food producing territory.
'Sixth, promote sectional rather
than national spirit and make more
and more difficult national policies
with respect to International affairs."
rresent freight rates impose a tax
on the farmer of the surplus produc
ing states, Mr. Wallace said.
"The most hopeful sign of the pret
ent time is the apparent recognition
ot the railroad management that our
present high ratescannot be contin
ued without disaster to the railroads
themselves and that rates must come
down to a point not far. if any, above
the pre-war levels."
WASHINGTON, April 28. Su :ral
thousand women. Including numer. i.,
delegates to the Baltimore conversion
or the 'National League of Wouic'?
Voters and to the convention here
of the League of American Penwoti'-u
staged a demonstration last night bo-
tore the home or former Presld nt
Wilson.
Cheers or the women brought
Wilson to the door and npon reque. U
tor a speech he declared that wt
he appreciated the compliment T. ry
much he felt he was "not strtOfj
enough to make speech."
Mr. Wilson called back by ti
cheers, thanked the women and a li
ed:
"I will repeat for you on of my
favorite limericks, which runs follow:
For beauty I am not a star,'
There are others more handsome by
far:
My face, I don't mind It.
Because I'm behind It " "
The rest or the verse wa lost !i
a burst or laughter that wot he: J
tor blocks.
The former president mad hla a ,
pea ranee resting heavily on a cane
and. assisted by a negro butler.
wa attired In a black frock enat aul
top hat and smilingly greated his vis
itors. Doffing his hat, and hanging
his cane in the pocket of hi coat, ho
bowed and then safd:
"Thank you very much tor the com
pliment. I appreciate It very mucii.
I am sorry I am not strong enough to
make a speech."
Mr. Wilson then retired to ltt
house and when the cheering thro a ?
kept up the tumult calling first for
Mr. Wilson and then for Mr. Wilson,
the former president and hi wife ap
peared at an upper window and rnil
Ingly waved to the crowd below. It
waa then that Mr! Wilson repeated bis
favorite limerick.
For several minutes he and Mrs.
Wilson remained at the window whilu
the women visitors sang songs and
applauded intermittently until tho
window was closed.
The delegation wa to have teu
headed by Lady Astor. but she diet
not appear in the throng. She hud
another engagement at the tamu
hour.
BALTIMORE, Md., April JS.TW.t,
Is Washington day of the convention
ot the National League ot Women
Voter which will wind np It annuul
session tomorrow after a week re
plete with discussion of its social
and legislative activities. ;' 4
The delegate will ytelt cong'-eot.
be entertained at luncheon by mod
than a score of Washington bosti;.-.i
any many of them will be received
by Woodrow Wilson and Mr. Wilson
at the former president' home.
The delegate will return to Haiti
more for the closing meeting tomor.
row forenoon and return to Washing
ton tor a reception at . the V blu
House in the afternoon.
Die in Batb Tab.
EVERETT, Wash., April 3-'..
Fred A. Durr of the Durr Tractor
company, died suddenly at hi homo
here last evening while taking ti
bath. Heart disease caused dentil.
He waa 60 years old and Is survive l1
by his wife and several children.
MISSING
SCHOO
L
TEACHER
FOUND
DEAD
PARSONAGE
MURDER
IS
SUSPECTED
IIOOPESTOX. 111., April 28. An
nouncement early today by. the cor
oner's physician that Miss Gertrude
Hanna. 25, former school teacher,
whose body was found late yesterday
in the unoccupied United Presbyterian
church parsonage, two blocks from
her home here, was approaching ma
ternity, increased their conviction,
county authorities said, that she was
murdered.
An analysis of the contents of the
young woman's stomach today la ex
pected to throw further light on the
mysterious death.
The body, lying just Inside the
basement window, waa found by cat -penters
who had been working tboro
for four day. ;
'Miss Hanna last was seen'alivo
when she left the home ot her father,
W. T. Hanna, Hoopeaton Miller,
March 24.
No evidence of violence was fo'm 1
on the body ot Miss Hanna, accord
ing to Dr. F. A. Bumgart, who assist
ed County Physician J. O. Fisher lit
the autopsy. The body waa lu a re
markably good state ot preservaMuti,
Dr. Baumgart stated, Indicating I .. i
she had been dead only a short tlm ;,
not over two weeks.