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. MEDFORD, OKKGOX, TUKSDAY, MAY 1(5, 1922
NO. 47
II. S. LEAVES
DOOR
FOR PARLEY
President Declines Invitation
to Attend Hague Meeting,
But Gives Hope for Future
Conversations L. George
Gratified Secy. Hughes
Discusses Russian Situation
WASHINGTON. May 16 The Amer.
Iran note of yeaterduy declining to
litrt l:tatn In the proioed meeting at
TltM Hague neU month (or illacuaalon
tf JMlan conditions wa intended U
leave the door open for further conver
sation, It was said today at the VIiUi
iloue.' Beyond thla confirmation of
tha interpretation plcd on th atate
riepartinent's communication today by
Premier, Lloyd floors, iui comment cm
the altuatlon at (lna or the American
attitud toward purt1-lpttn In dlfu
slons on reonomto condition In Itula
wu made.
It wa In hi concluding enleiice
that Mr. Hugh apparoiitly loft the
door open for further dlaculon of
Amor Iran participation In eome effort
to get ituaala on lu foot. That sen
tence said:
"It aliould bo added that thla gov
ernment I moat willing to give aerlou
attention to any propoiala iaaulng
from tha Oenoa conference or any la
tar conference, but It regard the
prevent augxetlon. In apparent re
apemaa to the Ituaalan memorandum
Of May II, aa lurking In vlaw of tha
trm of tha memorandum In deflnlt
tie which would make polhl tho
concurrence of thU government In the
rortoUlon.,, "
OEN'OA. May 16 (By AMiclfttrd
Pre). Foreign Mlnlater 8chner of
Italy, on lour n log today that the I'nlt
d 81 a to would not Join tha propoa
d commission on lUilin affnlra at
The Hague, expressed great aurprlae,
especially at the- rapidity with which
dacUion waa taken which may have
great Influence on the further dlacua
alon at lnoo
, Great disappointment at the Amer
ican decision wa exprewed generally
In conference circle, aa the belief
had gradually Wen forming here that
the 1' nlted State wa ready now to
Join the other power In dealing with
(lie Ruslati economic problema. '
Muyil (kmrun llnMHl
GENOA. May 16. (Hy the Ao
flatml Pre.) Prime Minister Lloyd
George don not feat. It wa Indicated
thl afternoon that the American re
fusal to participate 1n the commission
to alt at The Hague on Kuiutlan af
fair I ber final wojd a the document
Indicate great American Intereit In
Kuaala'a economic reconstruction and
the reply la regarded a one forming
a batl for further correspondence.
When the new of thn American do
cltikMtlon got about It wa at onco the
principal tople of discussion In nil
conference circle.
' The opinion expressed waa the the
American absence would kill the
meeting.
It waa remarked that the govern
ment at Wellington. In refumiig th't
Invitation to the mixed commlsalon
at The Hague Implied a belief that
tfie) power would bo confronted there
with the name Insurmountable illffl
cultlea aa at Genoa and that there
fore other metina muat be found for
aolvlng the Huaslnn problem, a well
o meeting tho dangerous European
political and economic altuatlon. A
leading delegate Raid today:
r"I cannot see why, In a month'
time, It should be posslbH lo solvi
Ht Tlio Hague through a commission
of expert the problem which tho
(Continued on page eight)
SEARCH FOR WEALTHY MANUFACTURER
WHO BURNED HOI, ELOPED IH GIRL
eUrBlUOn. Wl.. May 18. Kd
wArd J. Hallatud, wealthy manufac
turer .of Eau Claire, placed human
bone In hi aummor cottage on tho
iihore of Iuke Nebagamon, nenr here,
fired the etructure In which he wna
auppoaed to be living nlone and then
elopod with Dorothy Anderaon, hi
atonogrnpher, aeeuro In tho belief
thnt the churred bone would leave
him a free man, Insurance lnveBtl
gntor In cburgo of tho cnao clulm,
after more than a year' Inquiry Into
the myuturloUH death of Ballutad and
Barnes' Prize Jumbo
Goes On Rampage;
Wrecks Garden Eden
HEDUO WOOLLKY, Wn., May
16 Tusko, an - elephifnt aald to
be 30(10 iinumte heavier than tha
world famoiia Jumbo went on what
hi trainee culled a rampage here
at about einht o'clock lat night,
upset two automobiles standing
by the rlrcti tent, atalked angrily
down the in uln alrent, where he
broke up a street dance, then
atrode t) the outskirts of the city
to a dlairlct known a "the gar
den of Kden," when he wreaked
veiiKeance on fences mid a fsr
mer'a young orchard. Thl morn
ing tho elephant wu Ht 111 at large,
two or three mile from the city,
with hi trainer and other trying
to calm htm.
The automobile which were
itpunt aa Tusko picked up his
tent ami walked, were unoccu
pied. AIL GOVERNORS
Bill 2 IN SOUTH
E K. K. K.
Governor Olcott Gives Out
Correspondence On Ku Klux
Klan Dating Back to Sep
tember, 1921 Springfield,
Oregon, Protested, August.
HAl.KM.Ow.. May U (BimcImI)
-That tlovernor Olcott' proclama
tion iMunl Iter. Haturday In which
he culled upon all judge, sheriff
and other luw enforcement arm of
the m in to nurd carefully against
Infraction of the Oregon atatuea and
to lnMl that unlawfully dliqculned
men be kept off the street wna not
prepared on the epur of the rutyne'nt.
but waa the result of Investigation
of the Ku Klux Klan dating back
far a September, 121, la tha ub
m nee of record of the executive Of
fice given out today.
On Heptember II, 1931, the record
of the executive office abow Gov
ernor Olcott received the following
teleamm from the New York World:
"Kor the purpiMie of learning the
utlltude of the chief executive of each
American atntn lownid the Ku Klux
Klan a It baa been revealed during
the lout three week, the World re
ueHla you to oblige with a definite
atalemeitt of yuurown poeltlon.
tieorgta (vernor Approve. '
"A our record etund now only
one governor, Hardwlck of Georgia,
give the orMunlxutlou tacit approval.
One other line evaded the tiuiue. A
large nuiviher of the other American
governor havo expreaaed unqualified
dliuipproviil of the Invlalble order'a
alma and method."
The query wea algned by Herbert
lluyard Hwupe, executive rdltor of
the World.
Governor Olcott ent the following
reply to the World!
"Ilecauae of wholeaome condition
In Oregon, with little discontent and
a entlKfled people, Ku Klux Klun, nl
though endeavoring to Invudu the
atate, ban made little or no progreaa
end am Informed It I now folding
It tenu like the Anil) and a nllcntly
ateallng uwny.
Oicott Stole roxltlnn.
"The Klan baa been taken lightly
here and becauam of tho luct It hue
made practically no InipreMNlon on
our people or mir InNtltutloim, the
executive office of thl atnto ha
deemed action or any pnrtlculur
comment unnecommry. I feel our
government need no KUlmldlnry, ae
cret InvUtlile corporation to aiulNt It
In enforcement of It law or to pro
tect tho llbertlea of lt people. In
Oregon, great mmu lit public not only
haii dlHllnct hand In making the law,
but feel and ehow deep reapect for
them after they nif made.
(Continued on png eight)
tho nlnioMt lmultancnu8 dlonppcar
anco of Minn Anderson.
Thla In ulleged by special agent
for Inaurunco companies which have
been aued by the flint Mra. HtllHtad
for $05,000, the am mint of life Iniuii
ance carried, by her luiHbund. Tho ln
VPHllgatorM announced toduy tho In
nuKiiratlon of a nation-wide aearCh
for MIhh Andoraon, following the re
port of a pathologlMt of tho ITnlver
eity of WlMcoiiHln, duclarlna; tha tho
bone found In tho cabin were those
of a man of amnl! ulnturc. Hallidad
wiih dedcrlhed na a mnif of medium
build.
BOOTLEGGER
LONG BEACH
Police Attack Five Men Caught
Bringing Booze From Boat
Through Surf One Shot,
Believed Drowned Four
Arrested, Refuse to Give
His Identity.
LONG UKACfltCal. May H. One
man wa vitut and believed drowned,
four men arretted and a launch and
two truck together with 1S cane
of liquor were aelxd here early to
day following a battle betwix-n po
lice and liquor amuggler at the har
bor here. The trucka were aid by
police io hava been engaged by a mo
tion picture company and police aa
Mirt belief the contraband liquor wa
Intended for Hollywood.
Jen Atklnaon. lng Iteach patrol
man w fulling at the I-ong lw-ach
harbor In the early morning hours,
when he noticed aevernl men wading
through thr aurf to a launch and
ataggerlng aahor under heavy load.
At hi call a machine load of police
men arrived ahortly thereafter and
found lx men engaged In bringing
rime of liquor Buhore, two on the
beach, two at,, th trucka and two
wading out to the launch. They at
tempted to eiK-ap and in giving bat
tle to the officer, one of the men
wa hot and he wa aeen to plunge
Into tha ocean, apparently wounded.
Police believe the launch, the Hol
lywood, Waa bringing th liquor from
another craft off-hore. The arrett
ed men refuaed to reveal the name
of the wounded man.
LONDON. May 1. (Ity the Aao
cluled Prena) Questioned In the
holme of common today concerning
the Itrltbih troop in Ireland. Kir
llaniar Oieenwood, secretary for
Ireland replied that there would be
no Krltlah troops in aouthvrn Ireland
by the end of this week, except thone
in Dublin and those uned for coast
defense.
LONDON. May 14. (Ity the Asso
ciated I'ress) Auiiten Chamberlain,
government leader In the house of
commons stated in the house thia
afternoon that no preparations were
being made eilher In France or Bel
gium for the extension of the area of
occupation in Oermany if reparation
due May SI were not paid.
In reply to a question Mr. Cham
berlain mild the next meeting of the
League of .Nation would be held
September 4 but that the question of
admitting Germany and Kuiwla. Into
membership, had not appeared on
the agenda.
L
nm'SRLB. May l.--(ny the Asao
rl'itod rresr eoth Mlioi Ull-nboth
ityan of California unci Ml'.e Hutanno
Lenglen, the worU'i woman tenuis
rhumplon surviod today s-round of
the International Harl Court c!:nm
plonahlp tournament bore, tho
Trench star sweeplnif thrnugli two
lovo sets against her opponent, Mrs.
Dupont. Miss Kyun defeated .Mrs.
Peacock of India 1-6, 8-6, 6-2, thus
reaching the semi-flnala. Manual
Alonso of Spain defeated Van Len
nop of Holland, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 and Mrs.
8attertt)waite. of Englnd wno over
Mile llougeols of France 6-1, 6-0.
Mlahu of Rumania defeated tho
17 year old French school boy, La-coate'0-8,
6-8,' 6-2.
E
srOKANB, May 16 Two men
who attempted to steal an airplane
from a local aviation field early to
day were fruatnited when tho ma
chine failed to clear a fence about -a
quarter of a mile from the hangar
and was damaged.
The machine, n. biplane, had been
left outside the building. It was-tho
property of a commercial aviation
company. The would-bo aerial Joy.
riders escaped.
NG BRITISH TROOPS
IRELAND
CALIFORNIA GIR
IN SEM-FNALS
Radio Even Reaches Dentist Chair
aw Ay miff l ! m rmnw Vt
-., b wv ; -
, U - 1 i i i. I I la 1 ?
In ordor to divert her mind from any unpleasant feelings h might
have. Dr. McClure of New York first puts the radio receiver on Miss
Josephlno MrMahan and then goes to work, and Mix McMaha becomes
so interested In the radio program that the sorrowful part of the work
Is forgotten. '
DAUAS, .TEXAS
J A MEDAL
LOS ANGELES, May 16. Frank
T. Woerner, night marshal of Inglc
wood, near here, was today presented
by District Attorney Woolwlne with
a medal aent here by citizen of Dal
las, Texaa, "for Talor In face of odds
beyond the call of duty," evidenced
April 22 In Ma attacking single-handed,
a mob of several hundred disguis
ed men and shooting and killing Con
stable Mosher and wounding two dep
uties while they were defending the
night rldera against arrest. A grand
Jury here la conducting an Investiga
tion Into the raid and participation
In it admitted by members of the Ku
Klux Klan one of the officers of
w hlch waa a leader of the nightrlders.
Following recel.it of tho ttlcUul,
Woerner announced that he had re
signed as night marshal, following ac
tion by tho board of trustee of Ingle
wood, he said, in pasRlng a resolution
disapproving his attack upon the
night rldera.
- Americas)
At New York R. H. E.
Cleveland 0 5 I
New York 3 6 1
Jlatleriea: Coveleslfie and O'Neill;
Hoyt and Schang.
At Philadelphia II. H. K.
Chicago 6 10 2
Philadelphia 9 11 1
flatteries: Robertson, Hodge and
Schalk; Harris, Yarrlson, Naylor,
Rommel and Perkins.
At Boston R. II. E.
St. Louis 6 15 1
Boston w 5 1! 5
Batteries: Shocker and Sevoroid;
Qulnn, Karr and Kuel.
At Washington ' R. H. E.
Detroit 4 8 1
Washington 2 5 2
Batteries: Oldham and Basslor;
Philips, ErlckBon, Brtllueart and
Gharrlty.
National
At Chicago-'- R. H. E.
New York 2 6 0
Chicago 8 8 0
Batteries: Tonoy and Snyder;
Cheoveg and O'Farrell.
At Pittsburgh R. II. E.
Boston 7 14 0
Pittsburg 5 8 3
Batteries: Marquard. Watson,
Miller and O'Neill; Morrison, Cooper
und Mattox, Gooch.
At St. Louis- ,
- Phlladelphla-St. Louis game post
poned, rain. , , .
' Lend Advanced.
NEW YORK, May 1(1, The Mmerl
ran smelting and Refining company
today- advanced tho price of lead
from 5.25 to 5.35 cents a pound.
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TEXAS FAILS
WACO. Texas, May 16. Twenty
four persons were reported drowned
late today when the Marlln-Belton
bridge, five mile west of Marlin over
the Braxos river, collapsed under
pressure of high water.
The most reliable report gives the
number on the brldgo a thirty and
only six rescued.
The high water three weeks ago
had cut into the approach on the
west side, i is said, bur. tho briJgj
had remained Intact and a crowd of
people gathered on it tod.ly to watch
tha raging waters. Whilj thus en
guged the west end of the structure
gave way and all were precipitated
Into the river. . . ,
F
U. S. WITH TURKEY
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 16.
(Hy the Associated' I'ress) Negotia
tions with the Turkish . nationalist
government on behalf of the Ameri
cans in Anatolia have been opened by
Major 1). O. Arnold, formerly di
rector of the Amesican committee for
relief In the Near East. Ho repre
sents fifty Americans whose wives
and families are unnble to leave Ami
tolia owing to Mustapha Kemal
Pasha's restrictions against persons
of Armenian or Oreek descent.
Major Arnold's task is complicated
by the fact that the Vnited States
has' no diplomatic relations with the
nationalists and he expects to go to
Angora to plead the cause of the
Americans with Mutapha Kemal
1'iisha personally.
M illion Acres Crops
Destroyed By Flood
HOICTON, Texas, May 16. More
than one million acres of crops have
been destroyed by flood waters from
the Colorado, Trinity, Braxos, Nuehes
and Sabine rivers and approximately
45,000 families need help to replant
the' crops, according to figure com
piled at the Houston bureau of crop
estimates and forwarded to the de
partment of agriculture in Washing
ton today.
Another Victim Dies,
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.. May 16
The death list in a family shooting
affray which occurred near here yes
terday was Increased to two thts
morning when Ed Morris, brother of
1 l. Morris, who was killed yester
day, died of a bullet wound at a
local hospital, Mrs. P. t. Morris,
alleged to have been shot immedi
ately after P. 1. Morris was shot and
killed, Is still in a serious condition.
24 DROWNED
WHEN BRIDGE
PLEADS CAUSE
218,538 Republicans
Registered, Oregon,
83,458 Democrats
.
SALEM, Ore., May 16. There
are 219,33d voter registered In f
Oregon for the primary election
of next Friday, according to fig- 4
ure compiled by Secretary of
State Kozer, from report from
the varlou county clerk. Thl
I a gain of 2G00 over the regis- 4
4 t ration prior to the apecial elec- 4
4 tion of June 7, 1921. 4
4 Of thl amount 218.538 are reg- 4
4 latered aa republicans, 83.458 4
4 democrats; 3170 prohibitionists; 4
4 3744 socialists and 10,426 are 4
4 classified as miscellaneous. 4
4444 , 4444444444444
President Authorizes Con
struction Three New Hos1
pitals for Ex-Service Men
1 One at Livermore, Calif.
Ships, Portland Rose Show.
WASHINGTON. May 16. Director
Forbes of the Veterans bureau an
nounced today that President Harding
had approved bureau plans for con
struction for new hospitals for former
service men at Northampton. Mass.,
Livermore, Cal.. Camp Lewis. Wash.,
and in New York state one within
fifty mllea of New York City and
another In the Adirondack and one In
the tenth veterans' bureau district.
which Include New York stated t
, Work has already begun upon plan
and specifications for the twelve hos
pitals which are to be built under the
Langley act, authorizing 117,000,000.
i'he program with facilities for caring
for 5000 tuberculosis and mental pa
tient Is expected to be completed
within a year. Bids for contracts for
the construction of the new Institu
tions probably will be called for within
the next ninety days.
WASHINGTON, May 16. President
Harding has requested the shipping
board to modify Its decision and to re
tain the name of the Leviathan for the
big liner taken over from Germany and
need In transporting troops during the
war it was said today In administra
tion circles. The board had contem
plated renaming the vessel the Presi
dent Harding.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 16. Confir
mation of reports from Washington,
D. C, that a number of United States
navy vessels have been assigned for
participation in the Portland Rose Fes
tival, June 20 to 23 .Inclusive, waa re
ceived yesterday by Matt J. Slatskey,
personal representative of Eric V.
hauser, president of the Rose Festival
board In a telegram from Senator Mc
Nary. The presence of these government
vessels will be a feature of the regatta
to be staged as one of the leading fes
tival events.
New Cabinet in Greece.
ATHENS, May 16. A,new cabinet
has been formed under Nicholas
Stratos to succeed that headed by M.
Oounarla, which resigned Inst Fri
day. M. Stratos was one of the organ
izers in 1916 -f the anti-Venlzelos
war party. He was minister of ma
rine under Premier Oounarls In 1915
and prior to that had served as min
ister of the Interior In the cabinet of
M. Khallls.
HARDING GIVES
APPROVAL FOR
NEVf HOSPITALS
MAJESTIC
EAR
ENDS FIRST TRIP ACROSS ATLMITIC
NEW YORK, May 16 The Majestie,
world's largest ship was rolling down
from Nantucket to Sandy Hook today
on the last lap of her maiden voyage
across the Atlantic. SJiortly after day
break all arrangements had been made
to give the new empress ot the seas a
triumphal entry to the harbor.
. The Majestic, which Is of 66,000 tons
displacement, is not only the largest,
but protiauly the speediest passenger
ship now afloat. She has a record of
25 knots an hour and her engines still
are miff. When they limber up her
officers believe she will make at least
tour more knots and during her sum
mer runs eclipse the trans-Atlantic
record held by the Mauretanla. .
Probably the first week in August
FAKE 1S0I1
ORGANIZERS
GET 2 YEARS
Three Organizers of American
Masonic Federation ., Con
victed for Using Mails to
Defraud Fined $5000, in
Addition to Prison Terms
Case Appealed
SALT LAKE CITY. May ; lit.
Matthew McBlala Thoon, Dominic
Borger. Thoyas Perrot and Robcaj
Jamleson, officers of the Amarteau
Maaonlc federation, convicted U a
f-derpj court Jury late yeater.laf otj
charge of using the mail to detrau 1
iii rrnnection with the ae:nrln of
ratmbeMhip for their oragnUatlon.
were sentenced to serve two year
ach lu priaon and pay finea ot l.OOo
each. . ' ' ' l
Committment, however, vaa deler
:od tot thirty day pendln appeal oc.
the d(islon by attorneys for tha ac
cused. The men were convicted on ten
counts each and Federal Judge Mar
tin J. Wade of Iowa, presiding, ten
fenced them to serve two year; on
each count, the sentences to rail rpri -currently.
The whereabouts et Rob
ert Jamieson are unknown and b
was not brought before the ewtTt for
trial. He fled when grand Jury In
dictments were returned.- .
Thomason, Bergera and Ferrc?
were released on bond of$l J,ttlM
each pending disposition of the-appeal,
' ' , -.. -
DEFENSE LOSES 111
T
WAUKEGAN, 111., May H. (By
the Associated Press.) Drafts on the
treasury of Illinois, payable to the
Grant Park bank, a private banking
instltntion in Grant Park, a town ot
600 population, were read Into the
record today In the trial of Governor
Len Small, charged with Vernon Cur
tis, president of the bank and Lieu
tenant Governor Fred E. 8ter!laK
with conspiring to embezzle state
funds.
The state Introduced more than SO
of the drafts, totalling $14,575,000.
as a link In the alleged chain by
which they charge the three defend
ants, with the late Senator Kdwarl
Curtis, used 129,000.000 ot "statj
funds, through the Grant Park bask
for their private gain
The drafts were prevented after
Judge Claire C. Edwards overruled
objections by the -defense.,
3 MEN FROM DEATH
CHICAGO. May 16. Three men St
the point of death In Lake Michigan
after their small rowboat had cpiii
were rescued yesterday by four Boy
Scouts. When the third man bad been
landed, one of the rescued victims Of
fered the scouts' leader a dollar bill
"for a reward." It waa not accepted.
The men refused to give their names.
when the Mauretanla Is coming this
way and the Majestic la Europe-bound,
the two giants will race. By that Uw.
officers of the'MaJestlo say her great
oil burner and her eight mammoth tur
bines each weighing 375 tons will drive
the Majestic at top speed somewhere
in the vicinity ot 28 knots an hour. '
The Majestic, even as a German ship
before the war never made a passen;
ger voyage. She was built In Oermany
as the Bismarck, laid up In Hamburg
during the war and then sold to Eng
land by the reparations commiiloK
She was then converted Into all oil
burner, made more luxurious an4
named the Majestic. . f
' Loaded as she was today on her.
maiden voyage the Majestic welgh4
close to 64,000 tons.
GOVERNOR'S
I
SHIP
world