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Newspaper Page TextIII . Medfokd Mail Teibune The Weather howr tonight and Thurs. Maximum yesterday 64.2 Minimum today 34.4 Prtclpllallon 01 Weather Year Ago Maximum . Minimum ....43 Precipitation Trae fmily H Weuly MEDFORD, OHKdOX, AYKDNKSIMY, MAY 10, 1922 NO. 42 Hfly-Hcootid Vr. Off LABOR CZAR OF CHICAGO IS ARRESTED Bombing o( Buildings and the Killing of Two Policemen, Results in Arrest Big Tim Murphy As Suspect Trade Labor Headquarters Raided Landis Involved. CHICAGO, May JO. Tho police to day raided tho building trade labor headquarters and arretted throe of ('htcago'a biggest lahor leuder "Big Tim" Murphy. Fred Xiader and Cornallua Shea In connection with bombing and hootlng which early today resulted fn tht death t( two p llietnen and serlou Injury of a third Murphy, known aa Chicago' "labor oar' la out on ball after having been sentenced to seven year In tho peni tentiary In connection with thn ttuo, oou union atailou mall robbery. Ma dr la president of Ilia Building Trade council whlto Hbftt head thn team ster' union. Order for the Immediate arrel Of the men wr laatiod today by Chief of Police Charlna Klttmorrla after h had quealloned mora than score of union worker taken Into custody In connection with the bombings and aliootlnga. Among the 13 union men and offl cal arrested waa John Rafferty .alao charged with Implication In the mall robbery with Murphy and an Intimate friend of thn latter. Hafforty wi Identified by witness aa a member of a squad which bombed two build ing early today and which la believ ed to have killed the policemen. The bombing with lit resultant killing! wore believed by tb police to have boon In protest of the Lsndls wage award In th building -trade and part ff a general labor warfare against employer of building trade men. The bomhe were let ff In two building and numerous other at rue ture were atoned. K. K. K. BY VALLEJO LEGION VALI.KJO. May 10 Vallejo I'oal No. 104, Amnrrran Legion, ha passed resolutions against the Ku Klux KUn, reciting that Its members place them selves most emphatically on record as bolug against any organization or or ganization that hood thalr fucoa and their eourage In defiance of consti tuted law and order and Cod't sun rays and who lake It Upon themselves to enforce law as they aee fit, disref gardtng all right of liberty-loving people and Inculcating a spirit of se dition. The resolutions also recited: "We express our unshakable confidence In our State Commundnr, John U. Qulnn, und refuse lo believe the alleged ac count to tbe effect that he Is a mem br of the Ku Klux Klan." The resolutions were submitted by Nelson O. Welburn, commander, and Ernest I), Klchels, adjutant. Will Ily to KIlH'rin. Ul'FKAM), N. Y May 10. C. O rrest. left Curtlss rleld today In a bi plane on a 0, 000-mile' flight to Alanka and Hlberla. He pluns to follow the government mall route throiitli the V'est to C'hlenffo nnd Bait Lake. I'lHliiTiiinn Dnivtrnsl, HRATTI.K. Mny 10. While fish ing In Lake Saminnmlsh, near here, today Qcorgo K. (Irnhum, prnpiletor of u hotel on the short of the lake, fell from a rowhont nnd was drown ed. Tho body was recovered. COLLEGE BOYS PUT IN TREES UNTIL COLORADO SPRINOS, Col., Mny 10. Man believed to be studnnta of Colorado collogo hero lus night en tered Palmer hall on tlin college property and curried hundreds of, specimens from tho $50,000 mimeum to tho campus. According to signs painted on sidewalks the prank was tn protest agnlnnt tho administration of C, A, Dunlwuy, president of, the college. On the campus the raiders placed monkeys In trees nnd the other muff DENOUNCED St. Louis Candidate Under Fire, Quits Int. Revenue Race WASIIINOTOX. May 10. Nat (ioldMnln, v. bone recent nomination m Internul revenue collector at Kt. Lout haa len Iho occasion of in ii eh senate crll Ic'sin, haa uked tlwt bla nom ination do withdrawn. (ioldHli'ln'n request, tnude In a letter to riKnlili.nt Harding und load In I lie sonal by Kmia- lor WpiMirir, republican, Mis souri, who recommended the ap potutiiKMit, was declared liy Bcnutor HpciiPer to "end tho In cident," Indicating Dial the president would grunt Gold stein's request. mayor gaies agrees to sit IN WITH K. K. Mayor in Reply to Local Kle agles Lays Down Terms Upon Which He Will Attend Meeting No Masks and a List of Members Demanded The following statement was la sued today ty Mayor C. K. Oates. ac cepting thn recent ehalletign of th kl.-.ielcK of tho Med ford Ku Klux Klmi: "Medford. Ore, May 19, 1921 "J no. J. Stoogstraat and 11. E. (Irlfflth, "Kleastea of the Knight Of th Ku Klux Klan, Medford. Or.: "I hereby accept your challenge to alt In al one of your meetings of the kian under th following condi tio its: "That the full work of Initiation bs put on. Including th regular work and oath and obligation. That I be unmasked at all times and that every person In ihe room tw unmasked also o that I may know absolutely with whom 1 am associating. That t mny hava sret-ss to a list of members, also a copy of your baws and constitu tion. If I find anything In the work or words that Is contrary to the con stitution or laws of the I'nltcd tflutes of America, I reserve the right to publish same. If there I anything done that Is contrary to good citizen ship, I also reserve the xlKht to pub licly so state. "On tho other hand, should I find everything carried on In a manner consistent with manhood and de cency, I wilt hold your secrets Invio late, If you should decide to accept this proposition, I am subject to call at any meeting which you may de cide. Very Truly Yours, "O. E. HATES." KLAMATH FALLS IRES TO END LUMBER P KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Mav 10 Petitions wore being circulated and signed here today by representative business and professional men In an effort to end Ihe strike In the lumber Industry. The petition acts out lliut signer pledge themaotvea to support tho working men but feel tho eight hour day Is Impractical In view of coin potitive conditions In California. The biiHiuesa men are contending that 11 will spell ruination to them If Industry Is not resumed nt once, us It Is ncces sury to run the nulla In summer mouths in order to have dry lumber for the box Industry for the coining winter season. LA KK WOOD Clarence II. Piatt of Hrldgeton, N. Y led large field of gunnels, breaking 288 out of 300 tar gets. STUFFED MONKEYS PRESIDENT RESIGNS ed animals In positions BUKgostlve of tho jungle. Then a live cow wus driven Insldo the museum building Attendants discovered the destruc .Hon. President Punlway chnructerUod the action as cowardly. Ho said ho found a stuffed donkey on his lawn this morning. White whiskers had boon tied about the animal's neck Signs found on the sldownlk Included "This will kcop up until Dunlway goes." . Principal Figures in California Ku Klux Mystery i i i ... .1 i i !' vtt v5 - d d x v r 4 ill r :' ---tJ VSj4-t4 If V 5 I ie-v .-r-: LCp1 o A mob of 200 musked men ruiihej the lltllo ranch house of Kldel Klduuyen. In InRlewood, Cal.. and car ried (iff Kldel and bU eon Miitln (11 to a ent six mtk- away. I'ort of the mob remained and forced Mrs. Klduuyen and V'r younif duuichtcr Mary (!) to drees In their presence. AbyHtander phoned to Town Marshal Frank Woerm-r, who was nttucked ly the mob and he opined fire, killing one man and wounding two tli-r. When unt!mnkd, 11 was found that the dead man wo an offifer of the law himself. Town Con m a l.l.t Mill font Jl. MoNhi-r (3). leaders of the Ku Klux Kl.in In southern California were (tueetioned at the In qiiint. Among then V. (J. frlre. Klnn Kletiicle .f the Ku Klux KUn on thj Pacific Coaat 4). RUSSIA MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO PLEASE FRANCE OKNOA. May 10,-HHy Associated PYess), The Russian reply to the allied memorandum, which was ready for premutation this forenoon, was not delivered to tlie ullies, us expected, as at the lsst moment, after a conversa tion between Foreign Minister Tphlt ererln of Russia and Hohanzcr of Italy, It was decided the reply would have to undergo some alteration. M. Tchltcherln left Genoa at 2 p. m.' returning to Batata MarRbarltn nearby to consult the other members of the Russian delegation. It was not expect ed, therefore that the reply could be presented until tomorrow. The fact that tho delay was due to M. Tchlt cherln was regarded In aome quarters as a favorable Indication. In French circles tho belief waa ex preesed that an attempt was being mado to influence the Russians to modify tholr reply sa as to permit the conference to continue. LONDON. May 10. ny Associated Press). Prime Minister Lloyd George today sent the following telegram to the Congregational union of England and Wales, In response to the union's message, to hlra assuring him of the organization's sympathy and support in his efforts to secure the peace of Europe. ' 'The humanitarian forces of the world are closing their ranks in the new crusade against tho tyranny of brute force. Genoa has sounded the tocsin df peace. We shall not rest until we have won." rtlUMINClHAM, Ala., Muy 10. Merchants of tho country were urged to put on steam and prepare to handle the business of tomorrow by Governor Harding of the federal re seVve board in an address here toduy before, tho Houthcrn Wholesale Dry goods association. Many indications of Improved con ditions both in this country . and abroad are apparent he declared, and bUHinees men should forget the nils fortunes of the past and make ready for tho opportunities of tho future. The situation today, Governor Harding asserted, lsjn innny respects the reverse of what It wn nt tho end of 1910; surplus goods huvlng now gono Into consumption nnd their being a marked reduction In the goodM on tho nu'i'clmnts' shelves. I FRESNO, Calif. A campaign to ad vertise California raisins to the entire United States and Canada, through the newBpnpers, will be started soon, ac cording to announcement here of offic ials of the Sun-Matd Growers' associa tion. , $350,000 hug nli-eiuly been sub scribed for this purpose. An additional $100,000 was also vot ed uy the growers to convince people in Knglnnd of the benefits of Califor nia raisins for "that three o'clock fatigue," Members of the association GOMES ! SO PUT ON STEAM bollcve their product mny be mado ns'Klven wa8 thnt tno holders of Ms long popular abroad bs It is In the Cnlted term mnvlne olctnre contract will not Stutes. :K2rSBWZ: 2i jjmrrmmmutmtM turn msasm-Tr w- & Judge Orders Arrest of Prohibition Agent " Bootlegging Charge 44 444 4444444444444 4 4 4 BILLINGS. Mont.. May 10. 4 Judge A. C. Spencer of the dis- 4 4 trlrt court here upset the plans 4 4, of prohibition enforcement op- 4 4 eratlves In the trial of a series 4 4 of bootlegging cases when from 4 4 the bench ho ordered the arrest 4 4 of V. L. Kcrjtper, tle state' 4 4 main witness against . Frank 4 4 Swim, whose trial started today 4 and then directed County Attor- 4 4 ney Collins to file an informs- 4 Hon against Kemper lor ooot- legging 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 This action of the court came upon Kemper's admission under cross examination that he had sold whiskey to himself. Sheriff E. M. Illrley took the witness from the court room to Jail. T 4444 444 4 4 4 4 4 American At New York. R. H. E. Chicago -.. 2 8 1 New York . 17 2 Batteries: Robertson and Schalk; Mays and DeVormer, Schang. At Washington. St. Louis J Washington .. Batteries: Davis and Johnson and PIclnlch. R. 1 2 u 0 Severeid ; At Boston. R. II. 1 Detroit 10 12 lt.--.otiti Q 14 llnttA-li. Plll.ttt.1 nnnaa anil liflRfl. I ler; Pennock. Karr, Quinn and Wal ters, Chaplain. At Philadelphia. R. It. Cleveland 6 U Philadelphia '7 8 Batteries: Sothoron, Yarayan E. 1 3 and O'Neill; Hetmnch, Moore, Harris and Perkins. , National At Chicago. R. H. E. Philadelphia 4 13 0 Chicago 0 3 0 Batteries: Meadows and Henline; Alexander, Chceves and O'Farrcll. At Cincinnati. R. H. E. Boston 9 13 1 Cincinnati 3 8 2 Batteries: FIllinKlm and Oowdy; Lu- que, Gillespie and llargrave. At Pittsburg Pittsburg Brooklyn postponed, wet grounds. REIO IN BIG RACE INDIANAPOLIS, May 10. Wallace Reld, moving picture star, ' will not drive the automobile he hns entered in tho five hundred mile International. sweepstakes race to be run at the Indianapolis motor speedway, It be enmo known hero todnv. The reason penult him to compete. .. ... . I RASFRAI 1 SRRRFS ! I al IVaa 1 lle VWWIIaiV j MM U READY TO GIVE PASSION PLAY OBERAMMERGAU. May 10 (By the Associated Press.) Weary pil grims from the far corners of troubled world are in this quaint lit tle village of the mountains In thronra tndav seeking renewed via- ;1( D8 of eternal hope; and the simple 1 Christian 'townspeople are readr 'again to redeem their age-old vow to C.od. Once again, for the first time since J 1910. the Passion Play the famous j dramatization of the life of Christ Is ( to be enacted. An air of solemnity and reverence pervade the comma- ag the tragic events of history which have delayed the production 12 years are again In the minds of the assem bled multitudes Anton Lang, a pottery maker of the i vll'age between the presentation. Is the figure today whom his friends are reluctant to approach. He moves with a deliberation of step and sin rerity of mein which truly suggests the magnitude and difficulty of his tusk that of portraying Christ. Chrlstus Lang Is a man good to see, for In him peace reigns. He has long flowing black hair, a short bfard, parted, and an unforgettable smile, at once tragic and kindly. He acts in the role of the Naxarene this year for the third time, The history of the famous pageant which has made this picturesque bam tet a Mecca of Christianity, dates buck to 1634, when. In supplications to heaven that a dreadful plague with which the community had been beset might be exterminated, the people of the village promised to enact the story of the sufferings and death of the Savior every ten years. Today this vow is fulfilled BCKFALO, May 10. Mayor Fran cis X. Schwab, president of tho Buf falo Brewing company, must Btund trial on Indictments returned by a federal grand Jury charging the com pany arid tho mayor as an individual with violation of the prohibition law In selling; beer of more than the legal alcoholic content. Mr. Schwa'c ;tcd "Washington after his election t mayor and paid internal revenue penalties amount ing to $10,000 and it was understood tb,en that the case had been Bottled. United States Attorney Donovan notified the mayor's lawyers today, however, that he had , decided to bring tho mayor $o trial on the In dictments. C.as Prht Raised. NEW YORK. May 10, The Stand ard Oil eompuny of Now Jersey today announced an Increase of one cent - ' a gallon in the price of gasoline. The new Vnet, is 2 cents. Simlnr ad- 1 va"7V we,'e, T,"11??11 e'ller in the k by the Sinclair Consolidated .mi corporation, me Texas comnanv. und other Independents. BUFFALO MAYOR UP BEER CHI Booster Literature Yakima Lands Two Citizens in Bastile 4V444V4V4V4 YAKIMA, Waah.. May 10. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Calloway 4 and Mr. and Mr. Henry Hawk- 4 Ina today In fderal court plead- ed fcuilty of mlue of the I'M- ted State malla, the charge againat them covering tramac- tlons they made while operating the C. and II. Hog syndicate, 4 now In the hand of a receiver. 4 Each of the two women was en- 4 tenced to spend a day In the 4 county jail, Calloway is to serve 4 fifteen months at McNeil and 4 Hawkins a year and a day at 4 the same federal Institution. 4 The hog syndicate sold stock to 4 people In Yakima, Chelan and 4 Whatcom counties, each ihare 4 being; represented by a brood 4 sow whose progeny was to be In- 4 tereat. 4 Mrs. Stillman On the Stand, Makes Sweeping Denial of Alleged Misconduct Re lates Events of Canadian Trip in 1917. POCOHKEEPSIE, X. Y May 10 Mr. Anne U. Stillman, taking the stand In her own defense today In the trial ot th divorce suit, instituted by James A. Sllllman, New Tork banker, denied she had misconducted herself with Fred Beauvais, Indian guide, as described In testimony by witnesses previously called by the plaintiff. She denied that she and Beauvais had acted Improperly in November, 1917, at the Blackburn house at Grand Anse, Quebec. George Adams, a workman, months ago was report ed to have sworn he saw Mrs. Still man and Beauvais In improper pos tures in the Blackburn house. Today Mrs. Stillman testified that both Beauvais and Adams . slept in the kitchen while she occupied one ot the front rooms. She alao swore that nothing improper occurred during her visit to Canada in March, 1918, it was said. She related events of- the trip she and Mr. Stillman took in Canada in October. 1917, and told of having Louis Beauvais and his wife, the par ents ot the guide as their guests at the cottage one night. The elder Beauvais testified in New York re cently that the banker gave up his room so the Beauvais family might have a place to sleep. Direct examination of Mrs. Still man was concluded shortly before four o'clock. She will be cross-examined tomorrow. NEW YORK. May 10. Mrs. Anne Stillman, returning today on the Olympic from school in Paris was non-committal on the question of whether she would take the stand for her mother. . She was met at the pier by her brother. Bud, who was reported to have come from Poughkeepsle, to in duce his sister to become a witness for the defense. Miss Stillman would only state that she planned to divide her sum mer vacation equally between her parents. Dissolve Sugar Trust. NEW" YORK, May 9. Federal Judges Rogers, Hough and Manton today filed a dissolution order against the American Sugar Refining company and other corporate and in dividual defendants tn the govern ment's Sherman law suit begun twelve years ago. BANKER S WIFE DENIES S1Y INDIAN GUIDE BRITISH EMBASSY IMPRESSED BY iYrnnw nr tab ininnf i nur ' rr-iin ulUKT Ur lUmlYlid LUVt Ar.AlK WASHINGTON. May 10. Possi bility of the outgrowths of the ro mance of Miss Mary Culberson, 21-year-old daughter of Senator Culber son of Texas, and Alexander E. Rob ertson, British war veteran, being taken to the state department was seen today in some quarters as Rob ertson again went into conference with British embassy officials. Tho British veteran laid before embassy officials today further in formation to support his charges that because of his affection for Miss Cul berson, he was kidnaped by private detectives, who attempted to ruilrond him out of the country. G. F IK. 111. Dr- Samuel E. Burke, Grand Master of California Ma sons, Bars All Klansmen in Jurisdiction From Joining Secret Order Alleged Ma sonic Backing Denied. SAN FRANCISCO. May 10. A letter directing that member of the Ku Klux Klan be denied admission into the -Masonic order has been ordered sent to all members of the order In California and the Hawaiian Wlarul i today by Dr. Samuel E. Burke of Lcs Angeles, grand master of the Califor nia jurisdiction of the order, who la visiting here. In his letter Grand Master Burlu said that "the practical operations of the organization do not coincide with the principles and Ideals upon which our government was founded nor npon the principles and Ideals of free masonry." The letter also said that Its writer did not believe reports which he said have been circulated to the effect that In some localities the Ku Klut Klan was fostered and encouraged by Masons. ' Prsctical Workings Criticised The grand master's letter follows lu part: , ... "To Master Masons, Wardens sod Brethren of all lodges in the Jurisdic tion: . "Through the public press and other wise the grand master has been ad vised of the activities. In California of an organization known as ther Ku Klux Klan, or the invisible . emplr-. membership in which is said to .be conHned to 'native born American citi zens who believe in the tenents of tho Christian religion,' but so secret in Us workings that even the names of Its members are not known to the public. "This 'invisible empire' pTetendH that its chief purpose is to aid in th-j enforcement of the law of the land, but its practical working appear to be to interfere with the orderly and 1 lawful administration ot the processes of oar courts and the duly constituted officers of the law; a society wiUch sKulks and strikes in the dark, under cover of masks; an organization which is so un-American and un Masonic in Its methods as to merit the disapproval of thoughtful, law abiding, order-loving men. Secret Methods Noted "It seeks, by secret methods, to rectify what Its leading members may conceive to be improper conduct on the part of people not members of the klan and to Interpret the rule of conduct to be observed by non-members. Without regard to the court or the duly authorized officers of Die law, and to Judge and condemn and execute its mandates by the dictum .tit. a sheeted and hooded . klansmao, whose identity is hid from the light of orderly government by the peoplu tn tact, and indeed, an organization assuming dangerous military and ju dicial powers and authority over all whose conduct or whose views do not coincide with those of the klan. "It has been charged that memberf ot our fraternity have in some . la stances become allied with this Ku Klux Klan, and it is even charged that in some localities the klan ii fostered and encouraged by Masons, that the night riders who usurp tht lawful processes of the courts and who whip and scourge and tar tho under the penalty of , their decrees, are Masons. "The grand master doe not believe such stories to be true. And he do' n not presume to proscribe the mem- (Continued on page eight) Indications were seen In the state ment issued last night by It. Lesllu Cralgie, first secretary of the em bassy after the initial conference with Robertson, that the war veteran had to somo extent at least. Im pressed embassy officials with hi.i story. The statement said i "The embassy I Inclined to Con sider that certain aspects as present ed call for further investigation." This additional inquiry, it vrtu, hinted today by persons close to tho embassy, probably will necessitate n, conference by embassy official WUH state department officials. lolMT