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Medford mail Tribune The Weather Prsdiotlon Bhowr Maximum yestardxy 60' Minimum today 37.8 Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum ...j... 79 44 I'Hllv- KwrnlHtmlli Vinr. (Vskly I- Ifly-NcimiU Yxr. MEDFORD, OIUXJON, TliriiSDAV, MAY 11, 1!22 NO. 43 LIVES LOST Ifl TERRIFIC MAY GALES Worst Storm in History for This Time of Year Sweeps Over Rocky Mt, and Mis souri River Sections 3 Killed Near Omaha Fruit Damage Extensive. , OMAHA. Neb, .May It.Tlirno jui mo tin were killed uml widespread damage tu property w duiiu ax a w null of wind storms In parlous parta o f Nebraska yesterday and last night, according tofdvlee received hero to ity . OMAHA, Neb., May 11. ( lly the AxxorUipd Prexa.l With a!l wlr communications between Omaha and U-gliiglon, Neb., Interrupted dtjtMU of thn tornado that struck nour village early Inxt hum a rBU(eu damage In other ur,,u of ,, county were 1(MI,r) ,,,,,, iaiia), V .XINUTON. Nob . May II Sov- Vl homes wero lifted from tholr fuxniiulloiia. Jimiilt-d and replaced a a rhlld plays with tc, Imi of largo circumference were broken at the ground, tt ra out by roots or twisted, farm bitlldluxs Wore d"ini Untied and all avenues of communication rlod In a wtiidxturiii that n eared the pro portions of a tcmudo which swept vr a corner of Islington last night and paxHwl Into Hie northeast pail of thn county, No lo of life haa been reported. RKH'X KALI, 8, ,8. D.. May 11. lleavy wlndttorma that awr-pt cimtral South Dakota.lula yesterday damaged numerous farm buildings and wreck. ( amall structure In several d wns Tiie wind was moat avri iwur I'lcrrc whnr many ImllilMiiix cio unroofwd. SliM ka of hay xcatttred broadi axt and many outblulldliiKt demolished. Vult Crop Injuntl. IiKNVKIl, fol.. May II. Itocky Mountain xtatcx today are mfferlim In llto Krlp of on of Iho wtrxt Muy alcrinx In liUtory, OainaK lo fruit cropx, dntiKvr of tint loxt of livestock and Interrupted wlr and railroad communtcaUtMia arc rnattlla of heavy anow and rainfall accompanied by flerca Ralex. " Trackx of thn ChlcaKO, IliirlliiKioh ,nd Qulncy railroad,' caxt of Kde mont, H. !., have been washed out and tralna annulled, according lo re ports from 8hcrldan, Wyo. Telo KVaph and telephone communications throughout taatrii and central Wyo ming are broken. Olln Loo, a ranchman, and Hurry Monlnya, ntorekeeper, wra killed hint lilalit when their utouiolillo pluiiKed Into Chlcnx crook 11 mllim fust of Irinldud during a wind ntorm, ac cordlngo u dlxputch from that coun try. The bod I ex of thn two men were found thla mornlug by a pauaing tour Ih(. OfflclnlH of thn Colorado and Houthorn railroad havn announced that two puKaenger and thro freight trains aro "loat" bulwcon Cheyonno and ("axper, Wyo. ToloKruph wlrea In llilx region nro down. Henry O'Mallxy Honored WAHHINUTON, Muy U. Henry U'Mnllrjr, now In chargu of nctlvUlcx of the bureau of f ImIjim ii'H on tho I'n cltlc cniiHt und AliiMkn, woa nominated toduy by PrcBldont Hurtling to bo com nilHNlnncr of fiHhorlea HiiouoodliiK Dr. i.unh M. Smith, who rcHlgnetl aevorul wiH'ka ngo. U. S. CLOTHING UNION TO FINANCE THE CHICAGO, May 11. Operations of nil soviet clothing nnd textile fncto rlex Ifi KuxmIii, will be turned over to an American workers society to bo known ux tho AnHiiicun-HiixHlan trado Industrial workers iiHxoiiuiion, with a capltulhtntlon of not lexx than a million dollars, II wux announced toduy at tho hlciinlul convention of the amalgamated clothing workers of A merlon. When tho announcement of the oonceaalon by tho Ituxalun kovdiii menl wax made by President Hldney I J 111 mull, the convention voted iiinldht ureal enl IhihIhmiii id iiiiihurlzn Itx of fleers to form tho company, mudo nn Mpiu'opiUuion or 10,oim . J.UI defray Grieving Over Chum's Suicide, Leads Girl To Take Own Life. t BICATTI.K, May 1.(lrlt stricken over Iho death of her rliiiin, MIhx l.ortha Bracket!, who shot ami killed herself while singing In a church choir here April , MUx KUubeth Whit man, Id year old, committed suicide today by taking poison. Before the died Minx Whitman told the physician who wax called xhu hnd brooded over her friend's death and hud filially doclded to nnd her own life. MIhx Whitman mid Mlxx Bracket t wit mem hers of tlifl chiilr or the firm HaplUt rhurrh and clo.io friends. MUx Whitman wax tbn duuR lr of th lute Hev. It. t Whit man, former pastor of the church, NAN REFUSES T I 0 LET LOCAL 1MB RESIGN J. E. Edmiston Told He Can't!10 Resign From K. K. K. Letter of Resignation Never Acknowledged .or Accepted Condemns Organization. To the Kdllor: My I ioiioxe upon your iiood na ture by nxkiug thut you publiKh In The Mull Tiittune, Hid emloaed let ter. toKelher with u xurenient of tho tmtx which roiopt me to inuke thla requexl f Tliene facta nrv: In coinpuny with a xiore of repu- ti.ble buMnex and profewloiml men of Meilford. Iiuiudlnu a number of your more promim-m iitlaenx. the w liter, ntlructed by a xlatenienl of piinetple which appealed to me nx being worthy of my xupport, und by; n xeiiex of promlkex which uppcurcd' to Ihi mmle lo wood fnlth by men re-i Karded ux reputuhle, I xcpil ruled my ef from ten (count 'roil perfectly isood Ameiicun dollaix, nttuched my niiiiie to n curd, und went throuith a very htict ceiemony which I wax in formed conHtituled m a citizen of the InvUlhlc Kmpiru of the Ku Klux Klan, anil a tiiemlier of Medford 1'ro MHbuial Klmi. Tliix honor wax con ferred on me nt the flint meeting of the Klan ever held In Medford. ao I wnx Informed. , . We proH live "clllxenx" were iiHxured und riUKHured that the Klun Mood for, mid would uy down Itx Mhtitly life for thexe doiirlnex: 1. Muliiteiiuncv of while xiiprom my. 2. ricpnintlon of churcli and Htate. 3. Ijiw and order enforcement. For inirely pernonul reaxonx I took no active pun n tli nffuirx of the Klan until, nearly n year later. It Mood churned with the commUxion of ciiincH itKulnxt tho perxon of three IndlvldualN, Having been told that the Klan "xuw nil," that it was the Krcutcxt force for good in the country today. Hint It wax the greatext ag gregation of private dclectlvea in the world und that luwieHxiiexx could nut exlMt where KlniiHmcn, unknown to tho Iftwiexx. went about their dully pui'Htiltx. I very naturally expected .Medford Klun to round up the guilty purtleH und ('ling them before the bur of JiiHllcu In n perfectly orderly manlier and with record -been king proiiiptnctm, . It Ix enough to xay that I wax dla xutlxried with the Klun nx eoiiHtituted and conducted. l'ubllo offlclalx ehai-Ked with the enforcement of law n km u red mo tho Klun hnd given them no iiHNlxtaneo and, Indeed, had of fered none. Kor thla reuxon, I ten deied u letter of rewlgnntlon nnd ro- (Continued on nag- eight) WORKERS VOTE FACTORIES IN RUSSIA Initial expenses nnd voted the pur ehnse of J50.000 worth of stock for the union. Ten dollur shares will be sold to workers und others Interested In rcHtoiing HunxIhii uconomlo life, It wax said. Tho enterpiiso Is to be co operative with nil ournlngH over ten per cent applying to the extcnHlon of tho project. .The noooHHiiry factories, equipment and raw materials will be furnished by the' stivtct government nnd the capital nnd technical skill Ix to bo furnished by tho Ameiicun company, While In Russia last summer Mr, HHlimiil discussed the project with Nikolai f.enlne and said today he whs satisfied nt; Its practicability nnd Usefulness, , IED LEWIS IS KNOCKED OUT FIRST ROUND Georges Carpentier Makes Quick Work of British Champion Victor Is 18 Pounds Heavier On Entering Ring Tremendous Crowd Sees Big Match. t.ONlJOX. M,iy 1 1. leora-ji Car-l'iilli-r won over Td Ix-wU In tli flii round of tht'lr a-h'dul'd -round niiilih for the world'x IlKht-h-nvywcplulit i'hatoilonlili- f'iniMiiilT'x vlilory wnx achl'-vcd uftrr Uu ntlnutra und li at-cuniJ of flKllHlltf. t'Hrii'ii(li-r tiled IiIh rlxlit and Juxt lulwtvil im- to thn )uw, whin they nuln illnrhcd and iti the break ii way, CurpentUr, with a rlisbt to the Jiiw. Kent I'UU to the board to be ('iiinled out. It wax a xenMitluwil flnlxh. Car pentier wax huldliiK and hit hlx nian on the breakaway, lla wax entitled u" -p-'otor. nid "foul," and the' Frenchman, ax he returned to hix drexiliiK room after he hxd knockeil out I-w lx, . wax hootea by a xectlun of th crowd. .When th two flithterx welKhed In lit the rliiK"!le, IaW, fully clothed, reijUtere.l 167 pounda. while Cnrpen Uit, elHd only In hlx underanrmentx tipped the Ik'hiii nl i'i poundx. .Mujor A. J. U'llnnn. who Ix pro muilnw the match, etlnmted the paid udnilwIoiiH at 10.000 Mild di lared the demand for tleketa wax xo great that the liixt of the 3000 neutx In the xpeeiitlly errivil overflow atanda were rnpldty belna- anupped up. Tlie Interior of h ulympln, where It lie (iu lit will take place 1h a mnxe of color, with eiitornt decorationa In jthe hnlconlea and gnllertcx, rlxinic tier !,, ,,r alloul the ,.,, qudianKlo ) In the center In which the while . roped arena, with Itx white, red and blue1 poxtx and aiitrlng cuuvua await ed the Riudlittorx. The Haily Mull lirtx nrramccd to employ n l.riMVnntln xlutlon for the iliMMimeunilon of a runntnit xtory of th fliiht from the rhiKHide to ninu teur wlreex telephone uxera, which Ix nn innovation here. NO OUTPUT OF ' ILLEGAL BONDS U.S. WASHINGTON. May 1 L The re port of the special treasury commit tee which mudo an inventory of the supplies and equipment of tho bu reau of printing and engraving, fol lowing th recent reorganization of the bureau's personnel, completed toduy. Is virtually a substantiation of tho declarutlon by treasury officials thut no output of Illegal bonds, noto or stamp issues hud taken place within recent yea is. Tho report which Is expected to go to Hocretnrv Mellon this afternoon will record that a descrepnnvy of some fifty sheets was found when a cnecK was mnue of mo special paper used In tho bureau for print ing of bonds and notes. Since tho , discrepancy occurred within tho period covered by tho last four years of opertitlon of tho bureau and whs not confined to any one boi- 1km of the Institution, officials held that the ivttNxlng material would not have been sufficient, even If divert ed to lllegul purposes to have given foundation to the 'charges ' that tho country hud been flooded "with spu rious bonds.". POUT1.ANI). Ore., Muy 11. Fruit In eastern Oregon counties is thought to have suffered serious damage from frost Tuesday, according: to tho weekly stale crop report of tho weather bureau, Issued here. The temperature at linker Tuesday was the lowest of record for May there, i Cherries bloomed heavily nnd ap pear to have set well in western counties. Tho weather has been ideal for polllnlsatlon of all fruits in Doug las county; pears are blooming in Hood ltlvor valley, but upplo bloom Is delayed by cold Weather; in Uogue lllver valley the petals are falling from penis and the crop Is setting Well, TREASURY FRUIT INJURED EASTERN OREGON Opera Diva to Wed 9 f UiA4 Mine. Ganna WuUka Cochran to get 1300,000 and Paris home, Jew elx, autox and furniture, according to reportx received here of a settle Went effected between the diva and Mr. Cochran. In addition It Ix ex pected that by September l&lh, she will become the wife of Harold F. McCormick and stepmother of threuof John D. Uotkefeller's grandchildren. RUSSIAN REPLY TO THE ALLIES GENOA, May 11. (By the Asso ciated Press) ItUKSla'a reply to the allied memorandum, mudo public this evening, declares the ftmtnciul differences between the powers and Itusxitt rciiulru deeper study und it suggests the appointment of a mixed committee of experts by thu eco nomic conference to consider these questions. The reply rejects the mixed tribu nal system proposea oy mo auiea lor ,he IMlmp ut 3.j0 0-clKii 8tatea that settling the claims of foreigners. the vnelnva wcre dt,nd and the ma. This system. It says la Irreconcilable chhl0 drltUn(t. Tho velocity and dl-with- tho communistic system. The m.on o( thc wind at the capea were reply maintain that tho preferential no( BVl.n- rights Itussia proposea to grunt for- t T,, ... " ,he ni1Berved at Cane mer proprietors will inuke It possible for them to participate in Russian re- ! cunstnjction without thu mixed trib unals. Tho reply reiterates the claims for damages because of the blockade of 1 Russia and the wars agafnst her pro- looted by foreigners, quoting the i Alabamu claims growing out of tho I American civil war as a precedent. It says tno soviet government wniveu these claims only on conditions thut reut credits were placed at her dis-1 posui unu nor war ueia nnnuueu which wua not Uono in tho ulllea liiemorandum. Tho developments of the morning had strengthened the general Ine presslon thai liermun reparations to Franco might play a prominent part In tho settlement of tho Russian question. "It's the heurt of tho whole ques tion," said the leading statesman to day. Everything goes buck to that, for France wants a restored France before tho reconstruction of Russia or Gnrmuny." In some quarters It was said im portant lust moment mollifications were mudo in the soviet answer. BASEBALL SCORES Aincrlcau 1 .ensue. At New York: K. 11. K. 1 1 and Chicago ...... ...I New .York 4 Faber and Schalk; Jones !S (Oiang. At Phlhidelphln: It. II. 13. Cleveland 5 9 3 Philadelphia ? 2 Xilndscy, Morton nnd, O'Neill; Heimlich, Eckert, ltonunol and Per kins. At Boston: " 11. II. E. Detroit 5 It 5 Boston 3 8 1 Johnson. Stoner and Bussler; Col lins nnd Walters. National League. , At Pittsburg: K. Brooklyn tt Pittsburg .1- lteuther, Vance, Gardiner, II. 13 18 E. & 1 Deca tur and Miller, Hungllng; Adams and Muttox. At Cincinnati: R. H. E. Boston 5 9 2 Cincinnati 9 14 0 " Watson, Oeschger, McQuillan, Lan sing, Brexton nnd O'Neill; Couch, Uxv,f und, Hargrove, ( H. F. McCormick " BLIMP M IS IN DISTRESS AT SEA.AID RUSHED NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Muy 11. (l!v the Associated Press) The! blimp A . In a wireless message to Ijinnhy field this afternoon reported that engine trouble had developed when she wax over the ocean near Viritlnia lteach and that a forced landing nigtht be necessary. The A-4 left LangU-y early today with four or five men aboard on an cx 1 perlniental flight. 1 A xecond wireless message from ,'Unry r,.p,-,cd that the wind was from' the Northwest which , means j that Iho dirigible Is slow ly being I taken out to sea. Tho blimp was reported over tho ocean Just off Virginia lteach. Lnngley Field .authorities say tho blimp can remain afloat for an in definite period if nil goes well, hut tho five men aboard have no food ,, m wut,,r. Tho nutliorlties nt . ,,..... ,.,uiion decline to make public their names ut this time, be- ; vvlng they will reach the" shore : f,.. K,ort time by repairing ,,, ..nL-lne trouble or hriiiKlnir tho i rrnf, ,w mnr Konie uf the BWVeral ships always passing in the capes. ind out of L WASHINGTON. May 11. Selec Hon of Governor Hubert A. Cooper of South Carolina to fill the vacancy on the federal farm loan board caused by the recent resignation of Asbury F. Lever, Is understood to have been made by President Harding. Ask Resignation of School , Principal Who Powders Nose 44444444444444444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SANTA UOSA, Cul., Slay 11. 4 A controversy over the question of whether Mrs. Thomberry Close principal of the Rinconcllle school here sIkmiUI be compelled to re sign because she powders her nose and wears her skirts eight inches from the floor, has result ed in tho resignation of two of tho three members of the school board of trustees, It was learned today. Mrs. .Thornberry Close was asked to resign, but refused to do so until a poll of the school parents was taken on the matter. The ixll sustained her by 27 to 3 nnd the resignations followed. 44444444444444444 A A MAN FARM OAff BOARD ' French Newspaper Divulges Terms of German Soviet Pact PARIS, May 11. (Hy Axaoclat- ed f'rex). The newspaper L'Kclalr, toilay printed the text of a military convention said to have been signed by represen tative of the Russian soviet army and the German general staff In Hcrlln. April 3, by the principal clause of which the Germans agree to furnish the red army with the arms and ma teiial necessary to equip 180 re ImenU of Infantry and sufficient heavy field artillery for 20 In fantry divisions. The German general staff. Is pledged to reorganize the Rus- 4 sian Baltic and Iilack sea fleets 4 and furnish 500 airplanes, to- 4 gether with spare parts and 150 4 field wireless outfits. The Ger- 4 mans will train sixty Russian 4 aviators In the latest discover- 4 lea and snd technical expert to 4 Russia to speed up the existing 4 munition plants and open new 4 factories. 4 Initials F. B. Referred to Former Brothers, Jewelers, Not to Fred Beauvais Money Given Guide Regular Pay to Stillman Servant. FOUGHKEEPSIE, X. Y., May 11. Mrs. Anna I". Stillman, under cross- ! Mamlnatloti by lawyers for James A Stlllman, who Is suing her for divorce, today stuck to her story that nothing Improper had ever taken place In her experience with Fred Beauvais, In dian guide alleged by the plaintiff to be the faUier of young Guy Stillman. POU'GHKEEPSIE, X. Y., May 11. Mrs. Anne U. Stillman was understood to have been called for examination today at the trial of the divorce suit brought against her by James Still man. New York banker. Yesterday she denied she had ever had improper relations with Fred Beauvais, the Indian guide, alleged by Mr. Stillman to bo the father of lit tle Guy Stillman. , Ida M. Oliver, Guy's nurse, also was scheduled for quizzing by the banker's attorneys. Then the defense planned to have James "Bud" Stillman. the banker's oldest son, testify. The boy. It was siiid. would contradict stories that his mother had misconducted herself with Beauvais in the Canadian woods at various times since 1916. "Hud" accompanied Mrs. Stillman on several of her excursions to Canada. "Did you pay Fred Beauvais?" Col onel William Hand, who conducted the cross examination, was reported to have asked Mrs. Stillman; . "You usually puy your servants," she replied. t Incident by incident her relations with Beauvais since sho met hlin In 1914 and employed htm as a guide in tho woods of Quebec, were recounted. Sho contradicted statements of wit nesses who said they saw her miscon ducting herself. The inscription "F. B." In a plain gold ring she admitted Buuvais gave her did not represent the initials of tho guide, but simply tho trado stamp of Former Brothers, tho Montreal jewelers from whom the Indian pur chased the ring. It was testified byl'e tor Kulm. a Poughkeepsie Jeweler. IS SPOKANE, May 1 1 Immediate uctlon was promised toduy from two sources on the. report returned by a county grnnd Jury lute yesterday de claring thut Immorality exists In the grade schools and high schools of this city und making recommenda tions looking to an improvement In conditions. , A meeting of the school board to consider the recommendations ad vanced by the grand Jury will be called for today or tomorrow. It wax announced. At the same time a committee of citizens, named by the school board, to investigate charges MRS. STILLliN EXPLAINS HG FROM BEAUVAIS GRAND UR RAMPANT FIGHT TO A FINISH 00 IN CHICAGO Law Enforcement Bodies Unite . to Rid City of Labor Thugs and, Murderers Labor Leaders Directly Charged with Crimes Jails Are Crowded With Suspects. CHICAGO, May 1 1 , IHxIar iug that ho agreed with tho con tention mado by Uk? police that "Chicago l.t In a atato of war fare," Jodjrc Kk-khant Scrauhm today rcf om-d to lxue w rttx of lutbeax corpus M-h-uMiiir Corne ll u hhca. and John I-affcrty, labor k adTH armtU-d In connec Uon with the murder of two po-. llcrmcn jreHtrnlay mornliur dur Ing wricn of labor boniblna-x. Ifo told Hm police those two men coold be lieid at h-OMt nnUI Sat , nrday. CHICAGO, May 11. Jaila were crowded today with labor leaders and other held in connection with the murders of two policemen here yester day and the bombing of two buildings which police attributed to Jabor dis orders. ( All law enforcement organizations , tk. .U ul..l I .Ka 1 ! term -a fight to the nmsh with organ. ized labor." . More than 100 labor lead ers, including- "Big Tim" Murphy, Cor nelius Shea and Fred Mader, president of the building trades council, were arrested In raids on labor headquar ters. Charles C. Fitrmorris, chief of police in commenting on three suspects who are being watched by officers, says he believes the men were only hirelings of the "higher up forces in organised labor circles, putting Into action a con spiracy to overthrow the citizen's ccai mlttce and the Landis wage award, a decision handed down by K. M. Landis former federal judge, then acting as arbiter, which was intended to Bettle labor disputes between members of the building trades council and the labor unions. The Citi2en8 committee to enforce 'the Landis building trades wage awards today carried full page adver tisements in every Chicago paper call ing on Chicagoans to unite and rid the city of "guntnen labor leaders." The advertisements said that the commit tee had been warned by Fred Mader, head of the building trades unions, that a campaign of violence would re sult if the Landis awards were en forced. Referring to this, the adver tisements said: . "Wo will fight these labor murder ers, gunmen and sluggers with every legitimate power in our means until we have rid Chicago entirely of this menace." The advertisements boldly charged union leaders with recent murders and bombings, declaring that under the leadership of "Fred Mader, an ex convict," the unions had "descended from bombing and slugging to wanton and coldblooded murder." t ,.(.'. PORTLAND, Ore.. May 11. Ted Thye, local middleweight wrestler, won from Louis Pergantas, of Boston hero last night in a two-hour match. There was only ono fall and Thye won that with a wrist lock after one hour 43 minutes und 20 Seconds ' of w res-! tllng. . 1 ' j. fj E of immorality advanced by Superior Judge It. M. Webster prior to tho calling of tho grand Jury, will bo summoned to devise means of meet ing tho situation as disclosed by tho Jury's report. B. L. Jenkins, chairman of tho citi zens' committee said he expected that the Influence of conditions outsida the schools upon the students' morality would bo considered par ttculurly and means of regulating dunce halls, road houses and other places of amusement named in the grand jury'a report would be reconv,. mended to the authorities, ' TED THYE WINS FROM PERGANTAS TS MMORALITY SPOKAN SCHOOLS