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Newspaper Page TextWeather Year Ago The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 92'2 Minimum today 49J2 Maximum Minimum . 94 52 pally Seventeenth Year. Weekly Fifty-Second Xe&r. LOWE'S OAIH HI K. K. EXPLAINED Candidate for Sheriff Declares He 'Is' Not Member, But Doesn't State He 'Was' Not Another Affadavit From Ex-Member Declaring Lowe Was K. K. Member. Tho D. M. Lowe affidavit swearing in. "Is not" a member of the Ku Klux k-imi as charged in two affidavits yesterday by former members of the Klun, proved to be the recall sensa tion of the day. 'i-h fact that 13. M. Lowe says in X l.ia nffldiivlt "1 am not" and does not .,,,v in. "wna not." Is reKurded as very 'significant by everyone who studied Hie document. According to repun there will be other uffuduvlts from former klan members sweurlng thut Mi- i.nwe wus a member of the kluu and that if he is not now a member he must have resigned very recently. It is also expected that this oath given by the candidate for sheriff on the eve of election will come up for ..,.i,,m eaainliiution at the muss ..,..tlnir iit the Nntatorlum tonight. Mi- Lime's statement today created hi ri.....ti.Kt Amazement among the tar members of the organization hn h.ive sat in the meetings ot that organization many times with Mr. Lowe and heard him loudly discuss the various activities of tho organi zation. Mr. Lowe's affidavit, does not state that he never has been a member of the organization and was doubtless, according to members of the Citizens' committee, made outside of the lodgo I hall, upon the technical ground set V nut in Raymond Keter's affidavit below, he hopes to nvold the penalty of perjury. This .puerile, .method of evasion, according to memoers n m Citizens' committee is known to law yers as a "negative pregnant," and is, they say. in entire keeping with the shameless juggling of the truth that has characterized the vicious cam paign against the sheriff and should be fittingly rebuked at tho polls to morrow. Meter's affidavit follows: Lowe's Affidavit Kxplnlned. STATE OP OREGON, ' COUNTY OF JACKSON, SS: I, llnymond K. Keter, being first duly sworn, depose and soy: That prior to the 11th day of March, 192 , I was a member of the Medford di vision, Knights, of the Ku Klux Klan: that during the time I was a member i ...... .,.i, i ,poilnn of said organiza tion In Medford; that the members of said organization are only known as klnnsmen during the regular sessions of the said organization; that at all mhoi. limes Ihev are instructed to be known as citizens of the Invisible Empire; that no persons but the duly ..i..i ,,nii initiated members are authorized to sit at the meetings of said organization and that they are Klnnsmen only during the actual time that they so sit during the lodgo Bession. , . That I am well acquainted with one D. M. Lowe, recall candidate for. sheriff; that 1 have sat in the lodge meetings of said organization in com pany with said D. M. Lowe on seve ral occasions: that I could not be mistaken as to his presence because he Is a militant and vociferous mom w unit nositlvelv know that during the time that I was a member he was a citizen of the Invisible Kmpire and n member of the Ku Klux Klan. That if tho nM D. M. Lowe makes any statement to the contrary he makes it upon the technical ground that outside of the regular meetings he is a citizen of the Invisible Empire i. iir K in n Sinn n while in at imH.niv it a regular lodge, session nnd that this is the status of every other member of the organization TJAYMOXD R. RETEIt, Subscribed and sworn 'to before me this 28th day of July, G. M. ROBERTS, Notary Public for Oregon. My commission expires August 23 1924. FAMOUS CLI KILLED GLACIER P'K. GLACIER PARK, Mont.. July 27. Dr. Frank B. Wynn of Indianapolis, na tionally noted as leader in mountain oiimi.tur -r-tivitlps in the United States was killed In a fall from a cliff h.m tr,tav while at the head of a party ascending Mount Slyeh. Alum Call "Whoa!" n-pvirrHEE. Wash.. July 28. Tho nrnunni nf mind Of ElDOr)' Hamlin, orchardist, In calling "whoa to his horses as they started to run when the heavy sprayer they were drawing toppled over on Hamlin yes terday afternoon, prohably saved him from serious Injury or aeatu. MBERK Wealthy Broker Lost Memory 3 Yrs. Ago, Now a Hotel Clerk CHICO, Cal., July 2S. Friends today were endeavoring to help revive the lost memory . ot V. H. Benteen, one time a well known fruit broker of Ken 's' atchee, Wash., and Berkeley and Watsonville, Cal, who was found two days ago clerking In a small Chico hotel, a victim of 4- amnesia. Benteen dropped : from the sight of relatives a year and a half ago and since then a coast wise search has been made for him. When found his mind was a blank and he thought his wife and chlld- ren, who are In Berkeley, died during an influenza epidemic. President Harding Writes Gov. Groesbeck of Michigan That Federal Govt. Is Powerless to Interfere With United Mine Workers' Attitude. T. ANSI NO. .Mich.. July 2S. A let ter from President Hurding to Gov ernor Groesbeck received today de clared in effect that the federal. gov ernment is powerless to interfere with the attitude of the United -Mine Workers of America towards Inue nendent local " agreements; that at nresent nothing can lie done except enable men willing to work, to work in safety, and that the big issue In the coal dlsuute is national aicxauon, "unhesitatingly assumed by the mine workers." which must be taken by the wav of legislation. The president's letter which was In renlv to a telegram sent by tne gov ornor last week when he informed the national executive he was asking lohn L. Lewis, president of the mine workers, to grant Michigan miner neimlssion to enter agreements in denendentiy of their national affllia lion nnd return to work, said: "I don't know whether you hav the persuasive power to effect a vol untarv agreement in Michigan, but think It fair to assume you could not enforce such nn arrangement. For the present in the absence of law to guarantee service In tne punuc wel fare, we can only take steps neces sary to enable men willing to work to do so in perfect safety. 1 no noi think this means an armed guard at the mouth of every mine. It does need the assurance thut state author ity and federal authorities, when needed, mean to proieci every man n the pursuit of lawful employment. National l'oiicy at mini. It is a matter of record, the presi dent wrote, "that coal operators unu mine workers in many districts nave been quite ready to come to an understanding in very short order, but the policy of the national organl ,,Hnn Is hostile to any district or state arrangement. This apparently Is one of the new Issues involved and nnn which must be definitely set iiort T do not know ot any way oi settling it under the legal authorities which are nbw possessed by either tnto or federal government. Manifestly, legislation . must ie nrovlded and I mean to submit tne whole oroblem to congress at the earliest consistent time possible after the house reassembles. ' If the coal producers of tne unu ort stntes were so organized inai i national body were to determine tne policy of every member nnd permit no sales of coal except on dictation of terms by the national officials. every state legislature and congress itself would instantly put an ena 10 such a practice. The mine workers unhesitatingly assumed national nic tation. It is the big issue involved In the present dispute. Frankly, I think it must he dealt with if we are to have any security and any assur ance of a supply of fuel." The governors reply said in pan. There being no dispute over wages or working conditions it Beems a pity that the pumic musi up m to suffer without any Justification wlmfnviir. "You will pardon me for taking the position that the national govern ment has the power and authority to protect our citizens irom tne mir 1 d0, rassing situation inui nr.! qn. how we can concede that such power does not exist. I am writing frankly because the people are be coming impatient of further delay in the adoption of measures that will spell an early end of the matter." Countcss Found Dead. LONDON, July 2 8. The Countess of Essex, widow of the seventh Earl . ... nnri rfatifrhtcr nf the late Beach Grant of New York, was found dead in her bath at her London residence this morning. Her mar- rlago took place In 1893. GOVERNMENT IS POWERLESS 10 CONTROL STRIKE MEDFORD, i i! ( . Principals in Great Lightweight Battle Last Night 1 ! ': M- : tffffi Kafir M Si lii J&i-A Kn.k U s- -v. - - " 8 fit Left- A bit of diversion during his soi ious tralnlne at Del.anco, N. J., for his bout with Denny Leonard Low Tendler' the lightweight prldo of Philadelphia, gives "Scoodles." his cheerful trainer, a ride In the wheelbarrow. Great for tho , wrist" says Lew, and anyone who ever pushed a wheelbarrow will agree. Right: Ho took no chances with his features witness this safety lirsl headgear which he wore when snap)cdat his tralningquartei s. STILL CHARGE E BY LOCAL LAWYER Don Newbury, in Public State ment, Explodes Campaign Story That Sheriff Terrill Rented' Still for Purpose-of Making Moonshine. To the Editor: I have more thon a passing interest In the vlciou3 rumor that has been maliciously circulated throughout Jackson county for some time past that Sheriff Charlie Terrill has rented a still to private parties and a fraternal order for the purpose of distilling moonshine. I have first hand information as to the basis of this vile charge. Some time during last February, I, together with Olen Arnspiger and C. C. Lennnon, was placed on the dance com mittee of the local Elks lodge. This committee conceived the idea of giving a hard times dance, and to carry out that scheme, decided to obtain a still somewhere and place it In tho ball room of tho lodgo, and run sweet cider through It for the crowd to drink and for their Information aB to the charac ter of a still, and for what nmusement tuey might get out of the general idea. It was suggested at our committee meeting that we could probably obtain a still, for a day or so, from the sheriff, and In pursuance of that idea, I went over to Jacksonville the day before the dance, and Inside the county Jail whore the stills were ordinarily ltopt, and, in the presence of Bert Moses, 11. Sandifer, and one or two other parties whose names I do not recall, informed the scherlff of the scheme. Those present took a decided interest in the matter, and each one of them lent his assistance and suggestions in picking out the most suitable still. I brought this still over to Medford, placed It in the ball room of the lodge, and ran elder through It during the dance, be fore some one hundred local Elks and their ladies. If the're is any doubt in the minds of innocent persons wno have been misled by this rumor that moonshine was distilled In tho Elks lodge that night, I refer them to any person who was present at the dance. The moniing after the dance, I re turned the still to the sheriff at the county Jail at Jacksonville, in precise ly the same condition In which l nau obtained it from him. rim two nartles above named as present in the county Jail at the tlmej the scheme was explained to tne suer Iff, and who are ardent supporters of the present recall movement, have, If not wilfully assisted in the circulation of this rumor, at leaBt made no effort so far as I am able to learn to explain the circumstances to their cohorts, In accordance with their knowledge of j the affair. In my estimation this is a ; most characteristic example of the j methods being employed by some or the more ardent supporters of the re call against the sheriff, to poison the minds of the unsuspecting public against this official, and the rumor cir culated in connection with it Is as wnrthv of belief by the voters of Jack son county, as' any other rumor clrcu- lated about the sherllf that has come to my attention, ours very Oruly T,,W2? I , Medford, July 28, 19 XPL1E0 OK1X10X, FIJI DAY, JULY if. V1 American , At Chicago ' R. H. K. Iloston 3 12 1 rihlrasrn 4 10 0 Hatteries: Ferguson, Russell and Ruel; Faber and Schalk. At Cleveland R. H. E. Philadelphia :.12 13 1 Cleveland 3 9 3 Batteries: Harris and Perkins; Morton, Llndsey and O'Nell, Sewell. At Detroit ' R. H. E. Washington 3 10 2 Detroit 0 13 1 Batteries: Francis and Plcinich, Oldham, Dauss and Wopdall. National At Brooklyn R. H. E. Pittsburg 2 9 1 Brooklyn 3 8 2 Batteries: Adams, Winters and Gooch; Vance and Ueberry. At Boston R. H. E. Chicago '. 9 12 0 Boston 0 5 0 Batteries: Jones and O'Farrell; Oeschger, Braston and O'N'eil. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Cincinnati U 17 2 Philadelphia 7 13 0 Batteries: Donahue and Har- grave; Singleton. Hubbell and PeterB. m m life iiiiri , KENNY LEONARD BASEBALL SCORES POLLING PLACES. ' ' - . The polling places in Medford and vicinity on election day to morrow, open from eight n. m., to eight p. m., nrc as follows: Medford, North Main, Smith's Hall, 128 N. Grape St. ','',, , Medford, South Main, C. B. Watkins, 127 West Main. North Central, City Hall. ' ' South Central, Paul's Klectric Shop. ! North Riverside, High School. i Oaltdalo, Onkdale Grocery. ; Newtown, "Washington School. East Medford, P. & E. Station. Southeast Medford, Lincoln School. Southwest Medford, 304 Hamilton' Street. ' West Medford, 632 Palm Street. Northwest Medford, Jackson School, Roxy Anne, Bradshaw House.. Orchard Home, D. "V. Luke's residence. . . 28, W22 OKLA MINISTER UNF ROCKED PRE SBYTERiAN Rev. Thomas J. Irwin, Who Performed Bathing Sui Marriage and Later Framed Own Kidnaping, Kicked 0u of Presbyterian Fold. LAWTON, Oklal, July 28. (By Asso elated Press. Convicted at a secret trial on tho widely heralded "bathing suit" charge and allagations ot perjury and high-handed disciplining ot mein hers of his flock, the Rev. Thomas Irwin, former pastor ot the Lawtmi Presbyterian church was unfrocked as a minister of the Presbyterian church In the United States early today by th Judicial commission of the HI Reno Presbytery. W. A. Roach vas modera tor of the trial board. Tho expulsion of thrt Rev. Irwin from tho minlstr came as a climax to episodes growhi; out ot a bitter controversy from the Lawton church. The convicted minister gave notice of an appeal' to the synod of Oklahoma, the next highor body In the church which is scheduled to meet in October. Irwin was fsund guilty ot conduct unbecoming a minister in performing a marriage ceremony last summer Medicine Park, a resort near here, which the principals, including th minister, wore uathlng suits. It was alleged the wedding was conducted a spirit of revelry, bringing disropu on the church Rev. Irwin wus con vlcted of having sworn to n false affl davit to obtain a district court Injunc tion restraining interference with 1 conduct of affairs of the Lawton church. The third count on which his Jurors voted guilty was that he disci plined members of his congregation without due process as provided by church regulations. Mr. Irwin was found In the country on two occasions suffering from at tacks made by alleged abductors. After an Investigation of one of the alleged abductions, the county attorney an nounced that Information gathered tcnuod toward the theory that the min ister "framed" the kidnaping. VANCOUVER, B. C July 28. Alexa Paulsen and Allen Robinson were hnnged at Okiilla prison today for tho murder of W. F. Snlsbury, prominent Vancouver merchnnt ' Praying in Public No Cause for Firing A Man in Portland PORTLAND, Ore., July 2 8. Praying ill public Is not an of- fense against tho civil service nnd therefore George Winters, veteran employo of tho city park bureau Is to get his Job back. This Is the ruling of tho civil service commission which found that Winters hud been Iinporperly dismissed. Winters was discharged sev eral weeks ago becauso he per sisted 111 praying loudly as a pre amble to opening li in lunch pail, a rite which had proved objec tionable to Ills foreman and as sociates. 10 END IS Railroad Heads and Union Chiefs to Meet in Chicago First of Next Week Three Definite Alternatives For mulated By Administration WASHINGTON, July 28. (By the Associated Press) lx-flnite an nouncement Hint President IllnrdlnK has evolved proposals for ending the rail strike to bo laid before meeting of union nnd executive representa tives, next week was liindo late today by J. A. Franklin, president of the bollernuikei's union, after ho, with li. M. Jewell, Bcncnil leader ot the Htrikers,' had concluded a final con ference with tho president. WASHINGTON. July 28. (By the Associated Press) Threo proposals for linmodluto ending of tho railroad strike havo been submitted for Immc strike have been submitted to repre sentatives of the rullroud executives and labor unions by President Hard ing, accordliiK to information obtain ed today from the administration ad visors who talked with tho execu tive. Tho proposals oil hinging on va rinna ninns for ndlustlnK tho cm ploycs' seniority rights will bo sub mitted, It was said, to tho executives' meeting in New York Tuesday and to tho employes' meeting in Chicago to be arranged by B. M. Jewell, the shopmen's leader. Outsldo railroad contracting, It wns mid, would ho abandoned by the rail roads under each of the three pro posals. One of the proposals, according to those claiming to havo Information of tho president's suggestion, would bo for the railroads to waive the sen iority question and tako all strikers back to work. Another wus" said to bo to glvo "loyal men who have re mained at work" prior seniority rights over tho strikers nnd the third was for separate adjustment of the seniority dispute by each road with Its own employes through Joint com mittees to be appointed. NEW YORK. July 28. Flushed with three straiKht victories over the St Louis Cardinals, tho Now York cham pions were hopeful of scoring a doume victory over Klckoy's men here today. The Giants havo scored Jl runs on fifty hits In the last two days and feel they have St. Louis on the run. Mc- Graw used- Bill Ryan, the Holy Cross collexlan In the first game of todays doublehoader, while St. Louis again used Bill Doak.-who was defeated In tho first game of the present series. Bather discouraged with the Bhow ng of his team here, Branch Itickey shook up his entire lineup. Stock, the hnmn run hero of Vyesterdny, was moved up to second place In the bat ting order while Mcllenry was put back in left field after a month s unless. Johnny Lavan also was benched and Tonorcor went in at short. St. Louis started off In the first Inning with two runs. Hack walked, took second on Stock's Infield out and scored on J. Smith's triple to docp right. Hornsby brought J. Smith home with a sacrifice fly. First game. . R. H. E St. Iuls - 4 7 f New York 8 IS 1 Batteries: Bosk, Stuart nnd Clem ons; Ryan and Smith, DEFINITE PLAN STRIKE ANNOUNCED GIANTS MAKE IT FOUR STRAIGHT FROM ST. LOUIS NO. 300 Ill OF H IS NOT FOUND Arthur Burr, Colored Boot black, Due to Arrive This Morning, Disappears In vestigation Started Effort to Disband t Local Klan. Is Recited. y Arthur ; Burr, colored bootblack, victim of the first night, riding out rage In Juckson county, and an Im portant witness In tho special grand Jury Investigation -now underway, was listed among tho "missing" up to noon today. . Burr left. Modesto, Calif., where he was located In time to reach this city .this morning, at l:05 o'clock. The authorities were at the train to greet him, but Burr was not aboard. Mb present where abouts are a matter of conjecture, and the federal authorities have hope3 that ho will show up eventu ally, otherwise his disappearance, and tho circumstances surrounding It, will be a matter of investigation. Out of deference to the religion ot a member of the grand Jury, who Is of tho Seventh Day Adventist .faith, there will probably be no session ot the grand Jury tomorrow. . , Conclude Next Week It Is now expected that tho grand Jury will conclude Its -work early next week. - u ' Tho case under Investigation today Is thut of Henry Johnson' of Jackson ville, who was "strung up" Sunday night of April !th, und who openly boasts that, he knows members, of . the "purty." Paul York, IT, who , went on the auto ride with Alex Nor rls and his son-in-law in an automo bile aftor machinery, and were halt ed on the lonely road, running from the Voorhles crossing, after tho truck had stalled, was scheduled to testify. York was given a lecture on tho company he kept." Johnson1, however, furod worse, had his ribs "tickled with a six-shooter," and, from Bources outside the grand jury room and officials It Is learned ho will tell who thinks It was that per formed this function. -. Alex Norris, well known resident of Jacksonville, A. E., Fleming, also of the same city, and one time men tioned as a recall candidate for sher off, Bert Moses, courthouse Janitor, and formerly ,' county Jailer, Tom Goodie, son-in-law of Norris, both of whom were ordered to drive further up the road, when halted by the band, and Mrs. Herbert It Hanna, have been or will be called as witnesses rrom the county seat. Perry E. Wyn koop, local realty dealer, Jack A." llomstroet, former Medford police man, and Dr. Jlc. M. now are also awaiting call, or have been called: Testimony, It is said, will be In- troduced to Bhow how the Idea of tho Johnson affair started at a wo man's meeting, how one ot the few men present took notes on the talk regarding "chicken stoallng" In the county seat, how one reputed Klans-' man spoke of "the necessity " .of some action and how another mem ber boasted that he "had been respon sible" for the outrage, though not among thoso present. Theso purported facts have been matters of common knowledge for woeka, and discussed on every street corner, over and over. lOdlson Marshal Testified Edison Marshall, nationally fa mous as a writer ot wilderness stories, was a witness Thursday. He said he was one of the first 26 to Join, a majority ot whom have since with drawn from the Ku Klux Klan, when Its menace was revealed. Marshall satd that most of these had Joined under tho Impression It was a "pat riotic" order, and at that time there was no. talk, of religious bigotry or mob violence. Marshall testified that he tried to have a resolution adopted, outside tho order, I to dis band tho Medford chapter, but was unsuccessful. 'Marshall also gavq the woll known details of the first or ganization of the Ku Klux Klan. n lib. city. In the Burr "hanging," whlot oc curred In the Slskiyous, tho details of which were not known until after the Halo Incident, witnesses -will appear to tell of the finding of a gasoline book at the scene of the outrage, It Is 'said, and tho efforts to secure Its return after It had been' turned over to the government authorities. Burr was "taken out" as he was leaving the county Jail," after serving a 30 days' Bentonco for. violation ot the prohibition laws, accepting a prof fered ride to Medford, but was taken (Continued on Page Throe)