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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK itf, 39'J-J
NO. 74"
K.KLUX KLAfj
IS DECLARED
UN-MASONIC
Arthur Prince, Grand Master
of Massachusetts Masons,
Issues Official Condemna
tion of Secret Order To
Join Klan Is to J Forget the
Teachings of Masonry.
BOSTON'. June 16. A letter de
claring the Ku Klux Klan, "an un
MuBonle organization, utterly without
Masonic support or .sympathy," . lias
been set to all Masonic lodges of the
state by Arthur 1). Prince, grand mas
ter of the Massachusetts grand lodge.
The letter, made public here today,
says, that "as a grand lodge we would
take no interest in the organization
hut tor the claims made by its offi
cers and organizers that its member
ship is largely Masonic and it has Ma
sonic approval and support."
"This, statement," Mr. Prince's let
ter continued, "is absolutely false, as
the klan has no connection with and
, neither does it have the support of
any Masonic jurisdiction.
The avowed principles of the klan,
Mr. Prince asserted, violate Masonic
law at every point and it would be im
possible for me to conceive of a Ma
sou who could so forget his Masonic
teaching as to affiliate with an or
ganization which takes the law into
. its own hands, condemning women
and children in secret trials, impos
ing the punishment of the whip, the
tar bucket or unlawful banishment."
The letter aftor asking how long
it will be "before the law abiding peo-
pie of this commonwealth visit dire
punishment upon those who forget
or tlout the sovereignty of the law,"
concludes with a declaration that no
Masonic temple or apartments , must
be used for the klan's purposes."
S START
HOMEWARD TREK
F
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. Doz
ens of special trains following each
. other out of San Francisco eastward
marked the path today of most of the
Shriners who came here to attend the
GoldemJubilee of this Masonic organ
ization, while from the dorks where
the Imperial officers and others
boarded two specially chartered
steamships for Honolulu, others
SHRINER
AN
RAN
SCO
started west.
M James S. McCandless of Aloha tern
pie of Honolulu, the new Imperial
Potentate of the Ancient Arabic or
der, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
headed the Shrine purty, which in
cluded the band, patrol and posean
Blngers of Islam Temple of San Fran
cisco, and the band, patrol and chant
ers of AI Malaikah Temple of Los An
geles.
A stop at Hilo, a visit to the vol
cano of Kilauea and a Btay of sev
eral hours on the Island of Ioha,
with Honolulu as headquarters will
occupy the time of the Shriners while
in the Hawaiian Islands. They will
reach San Francisco on the return
trip about July 1.
. Liberty llontls. " '
NEW YORK, June 16. Liberty
bonds closed:
3's 100.18; first 4's 99.92; sec
ond 4's 99.86; first 445s 100. 2D;
second 4',4's 99.98; third 4V4's
100.06; fourth 4's 100.06; Victory
4'b 100.56.
ill DECLARES THAT II IS NOW
POSSIBLE TO RADIO AROUND WORLD
NEW YORK. June 16. Signor
Ouglelmo Marconi of Italy, oorfector
of wireless, announced todty on ar
rival of his yacht Elettra that ex
periment which he had conducted
on the Atlantic had shown that it was
possible to transmit radio messages
around the world. Previously, he
Rnld, the maximum Bending distance
thnt had heenestnbllshed was 12,200
miles.
The inventor said he had been
Thye Throws Johnny
Meyers, But Fails to
Get Championship
SPOKANE, June 16. Despite
his defeat at the hands of Ted
Thye of Portlund, ' Oregon, here
last night, Johnny Meyers of Chi
cago still was claimant today to
the world's middleweight wres
tling championship. Thye was
given the decision under the
White rules after each of the men
had secured, one fall during a 12
round match, but he weighed 164
pounds, whereas the mtddlo
weight limit is 158 pounds, or ICO
pounds by ngreement. Meyers
weighed 158 pnunds.
B. F. LINDAS FILES
A
T
Kl FOR $25,000
Medford Attorney Takes Ac
tion 'Following Article in
Local Weekly Paper
Printed Affidavit Termed
False and Malicious.
Suit was filed in the circuit court
this morning by B.. F. Lindas, an at
torney of this city, against the Ku
Klux Kan, a Georgia Corporation,"
"The Clarion Publishing Company,
an Oregon Corporation," and H. E.
Griffiths, for $25,000 damages, as
the result of the publication of an
affidavit Thursday, purpe-rtlng to
show that Lindas had signed an ap
plication for membership in the Ku
Klux Klan. "on or about the 4th day
of March," and, that later after being
referred to two investigating commit
tees, was "unanimously rejected."
The complaint charges that the affi
davit "was falsely and maliciously
made."
The affidavit in question purports
to be signed by H. E. Griffith, and
states that he is one of the "Kleagles
and organizers of the Invisible Em
pire of the Ku Klux Klan."
Attorney Lindas sets forth in the
comprint, further, "that the Ku Klux
Klun is supposed to be-a fraternal or
der, having branch organizations in
various parts of the country; that
said organization meets in secret;
that the members of said organization
wear masks and garbs on the streets,
and in their meeting places, and re
fuse to acknowledge membership in
said organization; that said organi
zations because of its unlawful ac
tions in various parts of the country
has been denounced by the leading
men of every fraternal organization
In the United States, by the governors
of states and public men of every par
ty, and, that to have- membership in
said organization, or to seek member
ship in said organization, is to reflect
cn the character. and integrity of said
individual." ' '
"That the said Ku Klux Klan has
been accused in this community of
complicity of many outrages'and vio
lations of the law; that it is opposed
by the reputable business men of the
town and county and that to be con
nected with said organization in any
way, or to seek to become a member
of said organization or to be accused
of seeking membership in said body,
is to damage and destroy the busi
ness and career of the individual so
accused; that the said defendants
with knowledge of these facts falsely
and maliciously published the state
ment above set forth for the purpose
of injuring the business of said plain
tiff and Injuring the standing of said
plaintiff In this community."
The plaintiff then asks for $25,000
damages, and "for the costs and dis
bursements of this action."
making high speed trots, sending be
tween 100 and 200 words a minute.
'His yacht will put to sea agnin in n
few days to try to receive 100 words
a minute from receiving muttons near
New York.
He flnld round the world wireless
doubtless would grently reduce the
cost of long distance communica
tion, ns the coht of wireless appar
ently does not increase In proportion
In fllntnnna In lh. oa m a rnlln nn
' cable.
SUIT
AGAINS
NOAH'S ARK
SEEN, EGYPT
Dr. Getzinger, Egyptologist,
Tells Los Angeles Club Ark
Was Not Boat But Pyra
mid Cites Proof Ancient
People Didn't Talk, But De
pended On Telepathy.
LOS ANGELES, June 10. Noah's
ark, built to save human and animal
life from the flood ot ancient biblical
times. Is still extant for all to Bee,
3(1,000 years after its construction.
This is the belief of Dr. E. C. Getzin
ger, Egyptologist, now visiting here.
His conclusion is based, he declares,
on recent discoveries, following 35
years of research work, some of the
results of which he described iu an
address bofore the Friday Morning
club of Los Angeles. '
Dr. Getzinger is convinced that the
Ark of Noah was not a ship; that it
was tile great pyramid of Cheops in
Egypt. Recent discoveries prove that
the pyramids "Noah's ark" and the
others were under the sea for thou
annus or years, Dr. Getzinger said.
Near the top of each of the pyramids.
at the same level, is a high water lino
where a deep niche has been cut into
the rock by the lashing or a long for
gotten surf, the surf of the ' flood
which inundated the ancient biblical
world, he declared. Dr. Getzinger said
research showed the inner passages
of the pyramids to be thickly crusted
with suit, which chemical analysis
proved was sea salt.
. : ... JPMl.lt Before Phftroah..
Dr. Getzinger, In convinced the pyra
mids were built thousands of years
before the reign of Pharoah. The lat
ter, to whom they have been accredit
ed, merely repaired them and caused a
casing of stones to be built over them,
he said.
And he also is convinced that the
pyramids stand today a living monu
ment to an old and noble philosophy
a civilization greater than any the
human race has since attained.
Obviously, since modern science can
not account for the means used to
transport and place the great stone
slabs used in the construction of the
pyramids, that ancient race must have
possessed knowledge and power lost
to us to the present day, Dr. Getzinger
argued. His explanation of the feat
performed by those ancient engineers
is that they were ot a race Infinitely
more spiritual than modern man, that
their power lay in greater understand
ing of the universe and its laws.
Needed No Language
For instance, Dr. Getzinger said his
researches indicate that these ancients
prior to thirty thousand years ago had
no language, needed no language. They
had the gift ot transference of thought,
a "higher, finer comprehension of
what we call telepathy, and as lan
guage was born into the world tor the
use ot human beings, the spirituality
was gradually lost to us.
"In like manner," Dr. Getzinger con
tinued, "they understood the power of
light to lessen the weight of masB ob
jects a fact which modern experi
ments are even now making evident."
Some knowledge of this kind, Dr
Getzinger thipks, made possible the
handling of those "huge blocks ot lime
stone and granite of which the pyra
mids are constructed."
ON GOLF LINKS
CINCINNATI, Juno' ' "16.--Whlle
playing golf- on the links of the Make
towah country club today, Mrs. Clara
Marshall, 30, daughter of William
Schawe, treasurer of the Krlppendorf
Dlttmann shoe company, this city,
waB seized by -two men, carried to a
waiting ' automobile and whisked
awny.
Mrs. Louis "Hauck, who was play
ing with Mrs. Marshal), wns so ter
rified at the swiftness of the kidnap
ing that she was unable to, call for
help until the car was disappearing
in the distance.
The police were notified and
started a search.
Went Pointer Killed.
LONGBRAlNCII, N. J., June 16.
Jerome Stewart, a cadet at the United
States military academy at West
Point, was killed at Allaire, near here
today, when a Pennsylvania railway
train struck his automobile at a cross
ing. A young woman who accompa
nied him, escaped by jumping.
Aids in War Frauds Prosecution
and Foreman of the Jury
l'Ot WS iimmiaMk..
Meier Steinbrlnk, leading New York
lawyer, (left) ' has accepted appoint-
ment ns special assistant to prosecute
, .
war hand cases under the plan just
made public by Attorney General
Dougherty. (Right) Representative C.
American
ST. LOUIS, June 1G. Kenneth
Williams hit his sixteenth home run
of the season in today's game with
Washington. Soarchary was pitching
for the visitors. This puts Williums
one homer ahead of Rogers Hornsby
of the local nationals, who tied Wil
liams record of 15 by knocking a
circuit drivo- lui,Wty's game with
Brooklyn. Mc.Manus of the Browns
also got a homer today with Gerber
on base.
At Chicago R. H. E.
Philadelphia 8 13 1
Chicago ,. 9 11 2
Batteries: Moore, Harris and
Bruggy, Perkins; Schupp and Schulk.
At Detroit R. H. E.
New York 8 13 1
Detroit 9 19 U
. Batteries: Hoyt, O'Dout and Hoff
man; Devormer, Ehmke, Dauss and
BasBler.
At Cleveland R. H. E.
Boston 8 13 1
Cleveland 6 12 2
Batteries: Ferguson, Russell and
Ruel; Uhle, Bady and O'Neill.
Nat lonnl
At Brooklyn R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 11 1
Brooklyn 12 17 1
Batteries: Doak, Walker and
Clemons, Alnsmlth; Grimes and Mil
ler. At Philadelphia R.H. E.
Cincinnati 2 4 1
Philadelphia) 7 12 0
Batteries: Luque, Murkle and
Hargrove; Meadows, Ring, and Pet
ers. At Now York R. H. E.
Pittsburg l 8 3
New York 7 11 1
Batteries: Glasener, Yellowhorse.
Hollinsworth, Carlson and Gooch; J.
Barnes and Snyder.
At Boston R. H. E.
Chicago 7 is 1
Boston '. 6 13 4
Batteries: Jones, Osborne, Hodge,
Kauffmau and O'Farroll; Oeschger,
McQuillan, Pennock and Gowdy,
O'Neil.
GOVERNOR HOT
: LEAD CONFIRMED
SALEM, Ore., Juno 16. Governor
Olcott's official lend over Charles
Hall for the republican nomination
for governor in the recent stnte pri
mary election stands at 621, the re
port, of the canvassing board made
today Bhc-vlng no change In the un
official figures announced by Sam
-Kozer, secretary of state, Inst week.
The official canvass of the election
returns was completed this morning
and the results were immediately
proclaimed by Governor Olcott.
Exterminator Wins 'ilucc,
NEW YORK, June 16. Extermi
nator today won the Brooklyn han
dicap for $10,000 with Clray Lag
second and Polly Ann third. The
time for the mile and a furlong was
1:60. Captain Alcocg and Itesaagllcrs
also ran.
, BASEBALL SCORES fHIGH IKS ON
Frank Reavis of Nebraska will resign
''""" the house.
"e!w t!,GOr,KO Tophani, retired
Washington business man who has
J)e(m selected ua ri)reimlll oC the 80C.
'jai grand jury to hour evidence in war
fraud cases.
STREETS TONIGHT
EVERYONE COME
A big danco will bo staged tonight
by the Crater's club on Main street
between Unrtlelt and Central. A
special five piece orchestra with
piano has been arranged for and will
be at the scene - ot festivity on a
truck. The committee was appointed
Tuesday night by "Big Eruption" Al-
enderfcr to "swab down" the stroet
and get it In order. The committoe
Is composed ot ex-gobs and the sur
face of Main si rot is expected to be
so smooth tonight that Clark and
Henry will be provoked with them
selves for ever putting down such
good pavement ut only $80,000 per
mile.
The dance Is to be free and good
music is promised. Everyone is In
vited to come and enjoy the fun. No
announcement has yet been made but
it is anticipated that some unusual
and unique stunts will be pulled by
the effervescent Crators.
Pol l land Man SK-nks
Carl Deterlng, vice president of the
Lumbermen's Trust of Portland was
the principal speaker on yesterday
afternoon's program held at the city
park In recognition of the completion
of the Medtord irrigation system.
Mr. Detering stated that he had
been taken around the valley In a mo
tor car by Den Sheldon and that the
latter had pointed out the different
places of intercut and had outlined
the Irrigation system. He stated that
ho was greatly Impressed with the
number and quantity of the natural
resources of the county and that the
climate and scenery were ideal. Why
a person should ever have a wish to
leave this valley after having become
settled here, Mr. Detering was nt a
loss to understand.
He praised the benefits of irriga
tion and told of its worth to the
farmer and therefore to the commu
nity as a whole, as the farmer, the
lumberman and the miner are the
real producers and, the farmer is
probably'the most; Important lot the
three in this com'miiitlty. The speaker
advocated diversified and intensified
farming of the valley and stated that
the Intensification of farming would
solve the problem of small area and
would Increase the population of the
county. - - -
Prior to Mr. Deterlng's speech,
Mayor C. E. Gates introduced' Mayor
C. B. Lamkin of Ashland, Mayor C. H.
Demaray of Grants Pass and Wilford
Allen, secretary of the Grants Pass
Irrigation district. These men made
short talks on the value of Irriga
tion and the difficulty of securing It
Mr. Demaray and Mr. Allen told of
the development and success ot the
Grants Pass district and system.
Grants Pass was the first town to
take advantage of the district system
of finance.
3. A. Parry Tullot
J. A. Perry, president of the Mod
ford Irrigation district gave a short
talk on the work being done at pres
ent on the local systom and stated
that he would make no prophecies un
til the system had been in operation
(Continued on Page six.)
Famous Belgian Is
Reported Killed By
Russian Radicals
BRUSSELS, June 16. Rumors
are current in the Belgian Cham-
her of deputies this afternoon
that Emlle Vandervelde, former 4
minister of justice who went to
Russia ns counsel for the social S
revolutionaries on trial there, had
been assassinated at Moscow. No
confirmation of the rumor had
been received in Belgian official
circles.
Emilo Vandervelde, . who for
ninny years has been active in
world socialist affairs, having
been ut one time president of the
second Internationale, was one of !
the leading figures ot the counsel
for defense at the- trial of tho
social revolutionaries nt Moscow
when it opened last week. It was
announced, however, at the con
elusion of Thursday's sitting that
tho first group of defendants had
decided to relievo M. Vandervelde
anil tithe foreign counsel of the
task oi conducting tho defense.
WETS WIN IN
House Merchant Marine Com
mittee Rejects Bankhead
Amendment Cutting Out
U. S. Aid to Ships Selling
Liquor To Renew Effort.
WASHINGTON, June 16. With
out n record vote, tho house merchant
marine committee today rejected the
Bankhead amendment to the ship
subsidy bill providing that no gov
ernment aid should be allowed on
ships on which liquor is sold.
Tho Edmonds proposal, which
would extend tho Volstoad law to the
sea by fining ships of any registry
touching American ports on which
liquor selling wus permitted, was not
acted on and the committee ordered
the hill reported by a straight party
vote.
Rejection of the Bankhoud amend
ment was expected to put the fight
over the question of prohibition nt
sea squarely before the house unless
a rule was allowed which would per
mit a vote on only committee amend
ments, in that event, Representative
Bunkhead announced, he would force
it to an issue on a motion to recom
mit the bill with instructions to Insert
the amendment desired to close nil
bars on American shipping sharing iu
tho government subsidy.
The committee adopted an amend
ment requiring that two-thirds of
crews In deck and ongine depart
ments of passenger ships should be
Americans, but without the citizen
ship roqulerment for steerage crews
on pascnger vessels.
IE
IRWINTON, Ga Juno 16. BUI Den
son, negro, "who several weeks ago
escaped from a mob aftor he had been
taken from the county jail, was hang
ed this morning, for criminally as
saulting a 70 year old white woman.
Tho gallows on which Denson was to
have paid the death penalty was de
stroyed by lightning and a new one
had to bo constructed.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
COUP D'ETAT
BERLIN, June 16. (By Associated
Press). The independent socialist
newspaper, Die Frelhelt, today fea
tures a sensational communication
"from a well informed source," an
nouncing that a Pan-German "ptsch"
Is Impending. .
The writer states that various mili
tary parades which have been going
on throughout Germany recently were
not merely displays but serious pre
parations for a monarchist coup d'etat,
which he said Is to be pree'dded by u
sort of St. Bartholomew's night In
which all persons whoso names are en
tered on a special black list will be
given "short shift." The writer de
FIRST FIGHT ON
BOOTLEG SHIPS
MUM A
NEW GOV'T IN
MdMA
3 Assemblies Declare General
Chang Commander of All
Troops Each Province Is
Self-Governing Loophole
. for Chang Defeated By
General Wu, Is Seen-
MUKDEN, Manchuria. June 16.
(By the Associated Press.) Procla
mation ot a new form of government
throughout Manchuria, published to
day by assemblies representing the
throe provinces, provides that each
province shall govern itself, while
recognizing Manchuria nB still a part
ot China and mimes Chung Tso-Lin,
commander In chief of all troops.
General Chnirg, whose army has
been hard pressed since its recent de
feat by the troops of Wu Pel-Fu bo
fore Peking, assigned office as Gener
alissimo of .Manchuria on June 4. The
oTflclal announcement says the proc
lamation wns drawn by an Inter-pro-vlnclun
chamber of commerce, educa
tional society and artisans' union.
The ussembly, claiming to act on
behulf of nil ot the people of Man
churia, named Chang'eommander "for
the maintenance of peace and order
in connection with a new plan ot
self government."
He accordingly accepted a seal ot
office and ordered flags displayed in
nonor ot tno event,
It Is understood that the Intention
is to make Manchuria virtually inde
pendent, but to continue to call It a
part of China. , -. t . - j- -
The Manchurian provinces are Hol
ungklnng, Klrin and Shengking.
Wu Ting Fitng to Itefusc
AMOY, June 16.J-(By the Asso
ciated Press.) Wu Ting Fang has
not yet received the offer of the pre
miership in tho Peking government,
nor will he accept when It does arrive,
according to a statement Issued by
the Canton government.
The present alleged reorganization
in the north has no effect on the
southern government," says the
statement, which adds that Wu re
quests the treaty powers to withhold
recognition of L Yuan Hung as presi
dent of the republic.
KIUKIANG, Klnngal, China, June
16. (By the Associated Press.)
Northward advances ot an army sym
pathetic to Sun Yat Sen, president of
tho south China republic a Canton,
have brought It ' from Kanchow to
near Klanfu. The retreating Klung
sl troops continue to loot towns. Gen
oral Wu Pel-Fu Is blocking the ad
vance with 12,000 troops nt Nang
Chang, capital of the province.
Indian Will Shoot
Arrow Over River
Ad Club Celebration
PORTLAND, Ore., June 15.-Tha
flight over the waters ot the Columbia
of an arrow from the bow of an aged
Warm Springs Indian chief, will sym
bolize the bridging or tho river Sunday
noon at the celebration which the
Portland Ad club has arranged to
mark the completion of the Oregon
pier of the structure that is to be built
across the river In the place ot the
logendiry bridge ot the Gods.
Representatives ot the Ad clubs. ot
cities of Oregon and Washington, Gov
ernor Hart ot Washington and Gover
nor Olcott of Oregon and delegates
from various cities of the Inland Em
pire are expected to be present.
SEE MONARCHIST :
AND ARMY UPRISING
clares the ministry of the citizens and
the police are Implicated in the move
ment. Resolutions warning against
probable demonstrations against the
republic, set for June 28, were adopted
yesterday by the directorate ot the
majority socialist party, the" socialist
Vorwaerts announces.
The- resolutions say the nationalist
associations, with German officers and
ex-soldiers, are reported as Intending
to hold demonstrations throughout the
country on June 28, the anniversary of
tho signing ot the treaty of Versailles.
Theso demonstrations, It is declared,
have always degenerated Into militar
istic and monarchists displays.