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Newspaper Page Text0r'um Medfoed Mail Imb The Weather Predlotlon Bhowsrs Weather Year 'ACo Maximum ...M Minimum ...... ..48 Precipitation ..... Traes fctaxlmum Minimum .. .HI .48.3 HKv.nl.nlli Your. (vKiy Hfty-Hoona Var. MEDFORD, OKKUOX, TJIUHHDAY, MAY 18, 1922 NO. 40 -Hit une GOVERHT PROBE Fill CARRIAGES U. S. Dept. of Justice to Inves tigate Marriages of Frank Mayo and Henry B. Wal thall in Addition to Rodolph Valentino White Slave Act Is Said to Be Involved. I .OH ANOKLKtt. Muy 1. Tim fvitrrnl government, through tho tin imrttncnt of Juml' bureau of Inves tigation snt here wilt Inveatlgst the mnrrlsgn of Rudolph Valentino, sereen nrlor to MIm Wlnnlfred Mud nut f New York In Mrsb-all, Mexi co, It became known here today. I.OH ANOKLKM, Msy ID Inve.tl lint ion of nrrlug of two prominent motion picture ai-lor who took thin step nfler obtaining an Ititnrlm-ulory decree of divorce and without tilting- fur a final decree, U under way In addition l ths rr"t of the mar ring of Itodolph Valentino, It was announced' at the district attorney's uftl.e here today, Th actors are Frank Mayo and Henry II. Walthall. According to the dltttrlrt attorney' announcement,' Mayo was married at Tijuana, Mad- to, after the granting of " Inter locutory decree of divorce here. Wal thall km marrtrd at Tijuana to lag mar Oodoweky, daughter of Ir. Leo pold Oodwonky, noted planlat. Valentino will h quemloned by federal officer. It via at a ted at the federal building and an effort will he made to Interrogate the bride aa aoon aa the ran ha reached at some tiolnt lietwetn her and New York. tti reported destination. Frank M. Hiurgia In charge of the .department of Jiimlr bureau hra, aatd that tha Investigation Into the Valentino marring waa prompted by reporta made to li In office that Val enllno had violated tha Mann white alava a-t. I'rolm Valentino's I'aet. I.OH ANUICLiSit. May II. The anieoedrnta of Itodolpli Valentino, tha motion plrture actor, whoee mar rlace at Mexican waa recently an nounced, are elated by hla frlenda bore to be unUeatlonably Italian, lie waa born In Italy, they aay. and there la no record available here to how that he haa even loat hla Italian rltlK-nMhlp by naturallxallon, al thouah It waa ataled at hla atudlo that he waa commonly underatood there to be an American cltlien by adoption. Valentino waa martlrd here In No vember, Kit, to Mlaa Jean Acker, from whom he wae given an Inter locutory decree of divorce on Janu ary 10, l33. ilia name Wag given' In the marriage application aa Ho dolpho Uugtlelm, and hla place of birth aa Italy, He wna than 14 yeara old. At the atudlo where he la employed here. It waa aald that the record dlacloee that Valentino had been born at Canted, province of Anita, Italy,' and tlmt ha waa educated at t'eruajla. Hn mine to America aa a youth and waa employed In New York and rlaewhere na a tango dancer. He entered motion picture work about tha time of hla miirrlugu to Mine. Acker In ll. .WrorkiMl I loat Howtus!. 8KATTI.K, May IK. Word waa re rclvod lime I bin morning that tho power arboonor Ozmo which struck tho rocki off Capo Illanco, Oro., yes terday, had been reacued by the tug Daisy whlc liwai towing the dlanblvd veaael to the mouth of the Columbia, river. Tho Ozmo wua pulled from the donao fog In which alio waa drifting. MOT INCREASES ALTER; NOMINATION NOW CERTAINTY PHILADELPHIA, Wujy 18. (Clif ford I'lnchot, republican candidate for nomination for governor and ap parent victor In Tuesday's primary to day received a congratulatory tele gram from Mrs. Edith Roosevelt, widow of Theodore Roosevelt, under whom Mr. I'lnchot served as national forester. "Hurrah for Pennsylvania. Your friends ure delighted," tho telegrum read. PHILADELPHIA, May 18, A stondy Increase In his lend over At torney General Uworgo IS. Alter for the republican nomination for gov ernor of Pennsylvania wua main tained today by Clifford I'lnchot, for mer state forester who was promi nent In tho piogii'sslvo parly move- Trick Hen Presents Evidence Leading to Sentence of Thief OMAHA. Net)., May 18. The happy song of a conU'iilad lift) arnt Charles (Irmly to Jail for sixty day at Hultn. Neb, flrady wu on trlitl In the Hoy A county ttlNtrlct court chsrged with stealing chicken from hla 4 nttlKtiUir, Andrew Uinnneti, llv- 4 Inn near llutte. Among the poitl- 4 4 try, aabl t have been found lit it 4 4 butcher shop, allll alive, waa a 4 4 llttln Inn. whlrh Lun-nsen and 4 4 lila anna IiihIhI'mI UdonKitd to 4 4 llii'in anil which, they contendod. 4 4 had been trained tn do various 4 4 atunta. 4 4 Accompanied by the dlatrlct 4 4 Judgo, the Jury went U view tho 4 4 chickens at the eonrorn whom 4 4 l-nriMinmi'e sou mil I tha ban 4 4 would My to anyone's arnia If 4 4 rulled. and sing a song. Juror 4 C'llno dm bled lo try It with tho 4 result that tho Jnll sentence f l- 4 lowed. 4 4 444444444444444444 LASKER STAIES Chairman Shipping Board De dares Government Through With Ship Business Ship Subsidy for Private Owners Or No Merchant Marine. WABIIINOTON. May 11 The gov ernment Will build no more ahlpa. Chairman l-ker of the ahlpplng honid ri.H'lnred In an nddreM today before the annual convention here of the Chamber of Commerce of the t'nlted Htatea. Trealdent Harding haa placed before congreaa a program of leglalatlon that undertakee to over come the dlfflcultiea facing private operation of ahlpa, hn added, and uiiIcmn that leglnlatlon la enacted the art of ahlpbulldlng "In America will wither and die." Mr. linker aald that the proponed ablp aulwldy leglalatlon admittedly cuKilted of "artificial mean to meet the attuntlon, but It la only through the temporary une of artlflckil meana that the attuatlon can Im permanently anved and thla admlnlatrallon de clurra Ita belief that the adoption of the program which It prnpoaea will save the altuatlon and make America potent In Ita own rlghta on the aeaa." America numt have merchant marine romparnblo to that of Oreat llrltalt), the apeaker added, If It la to have a naval power potentially equal to that of tlreat ilrttaln. "It al! the naval ulilpi In the world were arrappod," Mr. Laaker aald. Oreat Hrltuln, through Itor pre ponderant ificrihant marine, would be more aupreme on the aea than ahe could evtr hope to be otherwlae. Certain typea of merchant ahlpa are aa eaaentlul to the operutlon of a navy In tlmea of war na tho capital ship of the navy ttaelf. In the typei Amerl ra In nndty deficient compared with tlreat Hrltaln at a ratio of ' almoat five to one In fnvor of the latter. And there can be io, thought or hopo of the I'ulted Ktatea keeping a nnval parity with Oreat Urltaln unleaa we creute merchant marine power to ('tiiiulixn thla difference." Mr. Ijtnl(i aald hla experience aa chairman of tho ehlpplnx board had convinced him that government owncrahlp or oporutlon of ahlpa la na "polaon Ivy In the garden.'' Stanford Team Ready STANFOKD UNIVERSITY. CtfJ. May 18. Stanford's track and field team will leave tomorrow for .Cam bridge, Mass. hopeful of winning ninny points In the Intcrcolleglnta nsHorla lion of nmntour athluten of America I LEAD OVER menta led by Theodore Roosevelt In 1012 and 1014. rimhot Jumped Into tho load early biHt night when ubout 7200 of tho 7034 districts In tho state hud reported their unofficial return from Tuesday's primary. Nearly every additional district heard from Increased bis majority. With 482 districts missing Plnchot early today bud a lend of 7(130, th unofficial, voto In the 7508 districts reported glvliiK lilm a total of 495, 442 ngnlnst 4H7.K03 for Alter. As most of tho nilHslng districts are In sections where I'lnchot showed tho greatest strength, his advantage was expected to grow ns additional re turns' wore received. Returns this morning from 7848 out of 1034 election' districts shows ft majority of 8,027 for rtnehnt. With 201 districts missing 1'lnchnt's total was 400,080 und Altvr'g 488,059. NO MORE SHIPS WILL BE BUILT QUIT U OR NATIONAL GO W. D. Stephens, Governor of California, Issues Procla mation to Guardsmen and State Employees No Good Citizen Can Have 2 Masters BACKAMKNTO, Ch... May 1 (Hpeclul J On the theory tint no one run aerve two mualera un r liiul man In the atate aervlce or national guard cannot live up to hla oath In the Ku Klux Klan, (lovernor William D. Htepbeni of CallfornU haa baurd an order anklng for tho wlthdrawa of every guurdHinan and state em ploy who pereUte In hu alliance with the Klan. The atalemeiit of the governor pre liminary to the order be had Adju tunt tleneral J. J. liorree laoue for Iowa "I have thla day approved an ord.;r ent to nitlonal guard offlcera re quiring all mombera of the Calif or lila national guard who have Joined any eerret organlxatlon, the outh ot which la apparently meant to be held uperlur to tha oath to aerve their vtate and nation, to withdraw from the organization or reelgn from the national guard "No one can serve two masters. and any one In the state service should consider his oath to aerve the tate paramount to any other or leave the slate's employ." Tha order of General liorree was: "During the lust few daya rumor have reached thla office and what purporta to be proof has been furnished that one or more officers of the national guard have become affiliated with the avcret organlia tlon knawn aa the Ku Klux Klan "It la sincerely hoped that thla Is not true, for no national guardaman can serve atate and nation In a aplrlt of loyalty and singleness of purpose contemplated by his oath If he bound by allegiance to set-ret or ganisation that apparently has for Its purpose the compelling of the Indl vlduul cltlten to conform to the moral, political or buslnesa ideas of hat organisation wlthut regard for the law of our country and consti tutional rights of (itlsens. "Tb national guard la organized. equipped snd trained that the atate and nation may have a force of loyal. disciplined men Immediately avail able should It be -needed to enforce the law and preaerve order when the Ivillan authorltlea have proved themnvlves unable to control a altu atlon. Thla being true, no member of the national guard ran afford to SMume any obligation pledging alle giance to any secret organisation which may compel htm to choose between such allegiance and hla oath to hla atate and nation. "There Is no room In the national guard of California for any man who doea not hold supreme hla oath to the atate and nation. If there are any members of the national guard of California who have become In volved by membership In any orgunt wtlon whoso purpose or principles might conflict with their dutlea to the atata and nation they must sever membership In such organise lion or resign from the' national guard, lly direction of William U. Stephens, governor; J. J. Ilorreo, the udjutunt general." ' Prssb. Moderator Elected DI53 MOINES, la., May 18. (By As sociated Press). The Rev. Dr. C. C. Hays, tor 31 years pastor of the First rreabyterlnn church "of Johnstown. Pa., was elected moderator of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America at thla afternoon's session of the 134th general assembly here. Miss Ryan Wins 11RUSSEL8, May 18. (lly Associat ed Press). Miss Elizabeth Ryan, Cali fornia, tot)ny defeated Miss PeamUh or England, In their match 1a the women's singles of the International hard court tennis championship, 6-2, 6-2, By winning today Miss Ryan j reached the semi-finals. . Election Day Hours ' ' Tho polls for the primary election tomorrow will open at eight o'clock In the morning and close at eight o'clock in tho evening,, Thore are two ballots one for state and county officers, and one for the spuclul recall election against two public service commissioners. Amcricun Iawgue, Deli'olt-Woshlngton, New Tork Clevelnnd, Chicago-Philadelphia, St. Iiouls-lioston games all postponed; lain. . N National Ix'tigup.". C 1 I o a g o-IJoston, Plttnhurg-New Ynt-k, Clnclnmitl-riilladelphln games postponed; rain, ' , , . SAYS V 1 BASEBALL SCORES WINS SUIT AGAINST A GRANDMA FOR THE ALENIATION OF HER HUSBAND'S AFFECTIONS Mrs. Sally Goldberg, twenty -seven of New York lias been awarded $100. 000 In her suit against Mrs. Kay Rur- k-n, forty-five, the mother of eight children and a grandmother, (or steal ing tho love of her husband, Kdward Goldberg. She is also suing for di vorce. ,. 1 - , . " !., ' ' ., I UTILE HOPE WASHINGTON, May XI. Moat control banks' In Europe are today "In varying degrees of Insolvency," Frank A. Vandeillp. New York banker, declared in a cable review ot the Genoa conference aent to the an nual convention of ihe Chamber ot Commerce of the t'nlted States. The plan for a conference at London of such bunks therefore promised little of Immediate re.ulis. he added and their proposed co-operation In the solution of Kuropc'a financial dlffl cultiea," would be difficult to real ise." Describing the Genoa conference aa a "clinic" . which waa circum scribed In the "type of diseases" which It might discuss Mr. Vander Up recommended that the United Statea enter the proposed London conference but only with the under standing that ."our federal reserve syatem be kept free from alien com mitments." He commended the Washington government for the attitude it has maintained toward Europe snd said the chamber should refrain from era bsrrasalng it by suggestion. "Offirlslly tho conference was not permitted even to examine the more serious diseases." Mr. Vanderllp aald. The diseases ot fantastically ar ranged reparation alma, military ex penditure! causing unbalanced bud gets, of boundary lines that outrage economic and ethical principles, of governmental debts so vest as to de stroy the hope of solvency, these diseases could not be officially stud led and dlugnosed. The disease of the economic situation ot Russia (Continued on page elRht) UP III RUSSIAN MESS OREGON FACES A CRISIS. SALEM, Ore., May 18. Governor Olcott has issued the fol lowing statement: "Oregon is facing a moraeiitous crisis in her history. It is to be determined whether honest Americanism or blind fanacticism is to prevail. , "As far as I am concerned personally I have no interest in any religious controversy whatever. I am a Protestant, with no ac tive church affiliations. My wife attends the Episcopal church and my children the Congregational Sunday School and are being educated in tho public, sehools-of Salem. There is no religious issuo before the people of the state. It is not a question of Protestant or Cutholic, of Jew or Gentile. , It is a question of whether honest, whole-hearted Americanism is to rule or be ruined in Oregon; whether all citizens shall enjoy equally the rights guaranteed them under our government.' It is a question of whether the spectre of intolerance is to lurk behind an auto maton in the gubernatorial chair, dictating his every move, or whether free and open government for all of, the people is to continue. , : "I have never in any way, shape or form sought, asked for, bargained for or received the secret endorsement of any clan, so ciety or organization. I say, with all sincerity, I would rather meet defeat iu the primaries on Friday and be a free American than to serve another term in tho governor's chair with the mill stone of such an endorsement hanging about my neck. "The issue is real Americanism against secret conspiracies and cowardly, hidden hatreds. One stands for progress. Victory for the other would set the clock of government back two hun dred years. i "So long as I am governor, the principle of equal rights for every citizen will be held sacred. )'.., "HEN OLCOTT, ' "Governor of tiio Slate of Oregon." - GRAND MASTER 1 MASONS FLAYSBIGOTRY Frank S. Baillie Issues Notice to All Oregon Masons Simi lar to Proclamation kuipd lar io rrociamauon issuea . Rw Palifnrnia firanH Master " ' "-"v. Against the K- K. K. PORTLAND, May IS. "Ominous snd forbidding rumors" fulm-ly in timate that the Masonic fraternity Is sllgned In approval of "a movement Inciting religious bigotry and racial discrimination," according to an of ficial statement issued Tuesday night by Frank S. Malllle, grand master of the Oregon grand lodge of Masons. This Important message was In the form of an official circular address ed to all the grand officers and to the masters and wardens of constituent Masonic lodges. It was signed by Mr. lialllle and attested by James F. Kohlnaon grand secretary. "Every Mason ahould condemn and suppress the menace to American Institutions which Ilea in "these new allgnmenta In political matters fos tering such sinister appeals to preju dice and discord" according to the statement. While no mention waa made In the document ot the Ku Klux Klan the circular follows closely on the Issu ance of a proclamation by Dr. Samuel E. Purke, grand master of Masonic lodge. In California in -which the ac tivities of the klan, specifically men tioned, waa declared to be contrary to the American ideala ot liberty and Justice, and In which -the taking Into membership In the Masonic order of members ot the klan was discounte nanced. The proclamation here, which is considered as directed against all or ganlzatlona which may be "inciting. religious bigotry and racial dlscriml-l nation," waa sent out last night by ! Oraod Master BallUe to the 157 lodge throughout the state, thus to be transmitted to the 13,750 lodge members In Oregon and was as fol lows : . "To all grand officers; to the mas ters and wardens ot all constituent lodges, and for the benefit of whom It may concern: "Ominous and forbidding rumors, provoking dissension and strife, falsely intimate that the Masonic fra ternity, aa such, la officially aligned In silent acquieaence and approval of a ' movement inciting religious big otry and racial discrimination. "These new allgnmenta In politi cal matters, fostering such sinister sppeals to prejudice and discord be get a menace to our American insti tutions which every Mason should condemn and suppress. "Your grand master takes this oc casion to record his positive disap proval ot all such acts as unbecoming and foreign to the spirit of the Ma sonic fraternity. "Believing that such unseemly ac tivity is contrary to the ancient charges, your grand master places before you his positive interdiction of such acts and I therefore give you In charge to govern yourself accord- Ingly. Fraternally. "FRANK S. BAILLIE. "Grand Master. (Attest) MAS. F. ROBINSON, "Grand Secretary. "May 18, 1922." Chambers Commerce For Participation Foreign Reparations 4444444444444444 4 , 4 4 WASHINGTON. May 18. Hep- 4 refutation of the United States 4 4 on the reparations commission 4 4 was urged by the chamber of 4 commerce of the United State in 4 4 a resolution adopted today at Its 4 4 annual meeting. The resolution 4 4 adopted recommended that all 4 4 necessary measures "Including 4 4 approval by congress, should be 4 ,aken i111"'- Tha chamber adopted declaration urging that "our gor- 4 eTnmnl prompti, wke ju place 4 with the other nations of the world in the International court of Justice." 4 4 44444444444444444 SIGN PAC1 FOR E Non-Aggression Resolution Is Adopted 'at Genoa arid Final Arrangements Made for Russian Conference at . The Tague in lune. GENOA, May 18. (By Associated Press). The eight months non-aggression pact wag adopted unanimously at a plenary meetmg of the political sub commission of the Genoa conference today. The pact was not signed, but adopted in the form of a resolu- tlon, each atate pledging Itself to re- gpect tt. - Reuter's today states that a reply has been received from the United States with reference to participation in the projected commission, at The Hague on Russian affairs saying the Vnited States reserves ita decision pending a further investigation and until the situation becomes clearer. The agreement contains six clauses. summarized as follows: Clause 1 provides for the appoint ment of a commission by the powers to examine again the divergencies ex- isting between the soviet government and other governments and' with a view to meeting a Russian commission having the same mandate. Clause 2, not later than June 20 the names of the powers represented on the non-Russian commission and the names of the members ot this commis sion will be transmitted to the soviet government and reciprocally, the names of the members of the Russian commission will be communicated to the other governments. Clause 3, the questions to be treated by these commissions wMl comprise debts, private properties and credits. Clause 4, the members of the two commissions must be at The Hague on June 26. Clause 5, the two commissions will strive to reach Joint resolutions on the questions mentioned in clause three. Clause 6, to permit the commissions to work peacefully and also to re establish mutual confidence the soviet government and its allied republics. on the one side, and the other govern ments, on the other, pledge themselves to abstain from any act ot aggression and subversive propaganda. The pledge for abstaining from any attack of aggression will be based upon the present status quo, and will remain in (Continued on pag eight) F. NATIONS Oft PEAC 1 UN. DOWN, SCORES REPORTED KILLED ROME. May 19. (By the Asso-, elated Press.) A disastrous fire swept the historic hospital at Santo Spirlto, one ot the most ancient and picturesque chaltable Institutions in Rome early today. Collapse ot the pavement isolated the. chronic ward. Twenty bodies have been extricated from the burning ruins at 7:30 o'clock. The Institution accommodates nearly 5,000 Inmates and includes a hospital, lunatic asylum, foundling home and a refuge tor aged and in flrmpersons. The fire broke out at midnight In the laundry. At first it seemed In significant, but spread rapidly. Nurses -and doctors carried out the bed ridden from one ward and in the next ward three ot the patients crawl ed out. As the immense woodun beams of the hospital tell, there was a heavy KlAUAFl ADNSIHE OAIH CH'GE E. A. Abbot of Bakersf ield, Member Ku Klux Klan Tells Judge . Oath Higher Than , Law Refuses to Testify , Locked in Jail for Contempt of Court. RAKER3FIELD, May . (Special, Law and order as embodied In tot person of Superior Judge Thomas N. Harvey, and the Ku Klux Klan, It perigrlnations, by laws, oaths and off shoots clashed and as a result of tt . clash E. A. Abbott was pat la Jail fc . contempt of court on Wednesday. Abbott admitted before Judge liar- 1 vey that he Is a klanaman. It is tho first time since the probe has beet under way here that information as tj the identity of any klansman haa be a made public. The clash occurred yesterday la Judge Hanrey's courtroom after "Ab- 5 bott had refused to answer question a put to htm by the grand jury of Kern county, the question being pertinent to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The clash came when the grand Jury attempted to get from Abbott tht names of persons who attended a r ' cent meeting ot the klan. ; Refuses to Answer H refused point blank to answer the question, and at the instance' of 1 District Attorney Jesse R. Dorsey ha was placed under detention by Chlet ' of Police Stone and brought to Mr. Dorsey'g office. , He wss then brought before Judge Harvey and placed on ' the witness stand and he again refused to answer. Judge Harvey asked him his reason, ! if any, for refusing to answer th questions put to him by the grand Jury. ' "I cannot answer the questions,' re- ' plied Abbott, "because It would be violation or the oath of the Kn Klur. s Klan." "That is your reason tor refusing to answer a question or questions put to you by the grand Jury?" asked 1 Judge Harvey. "Yes, your honor, that Is the rea son." "Well, if that is your reason," re marked Judge Harvey as hla brouit compressed, his eyes narrowed and his words came from him as Incisively in though chiseled, "If that la your rea son, and you hold the Ku Klux Klan, or any other organization higher than you do the laws of the sovereign statn of California, I will commit you to Jail until you answer the question or ques tions propounded to you by the grand jury, and in Jail you shall remain until you answer that sworn body and arm ' of the law, the grand Jury. Mr. Bailiff. ' take this man to Jail," concluded Judge Harvey. Issues Statement After the incident. Judge Harvey consented to make a statement regard ing the action he took, in the case (C Abbott,, and as to what course ho would pursue tn all similar cases. "You can say for me," said JudK' Harvey, "and I want you to stress P. when an organization like the Ku Klux -Klan and the law of the sovereign state of California come into conflict, -and one of them has to give way, it will not be the law of California. The law ot the state of California wilt not (Continued on page eight) ROME BURNS grinding noiBe and the pavement col lapsed, burying 20 of the chronic pa- ' tients and rendering access to tin- - wards Impossible. Carabineers, royal guards, nurses and doctors made he roic efforts to save the patients, rush- . ing through tha smoke and fire and bringing out 12, all ot which, how ever were dead from suffocation. Several ot the rescue parties were in- t jured. The two wards were destroyed- but-the firemen saved the other build- Ings. v Sixteen bodies already have been ' recovered Four other patients weni burned badly and one dangerously iu- ' jured. ' . , The hospital ot Santo Spirlto Ik -situated on the banks of the Hlver Tt- ', ber, not far from the Vatican grounuV It was founded by Pope Innocent III., in the twelfth century, enlarged bv Innocent IV In the 13th and rebuilt under Sextug IV In the 15th,