Weather 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
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