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1 f In.. I 1 in?" B'TT'if i .... .1 . ""I . T A!" i TTTTX III A TOT-IT f El TT"T iriFB TT T k Til Weather i ear Ago : siiis mEUf UKJLP MAIJL 1 K1JB U IN ' - " AIEDFOl t OUVKl OX, THURSDAY, AUU17ST !, 19-2 NO. 114 'j Oally Seventeenth Tear. 7 " Weekly Fifty-Second Year. ' , j'' " " ' " 'J n F 4 9 ri S I. U I H I i - j , 1 - r I EXTORTION, 1 ASSAM T AND RI CHARGE RAILWAY LABOR BOARD HEAD SUMMONED BY PRES. HAHDiiNu Special Grand Jury Hands Down Report at 2 P. M. Names of Men Indicted Are Kept Secret Arraignment Set for Tomorrow Fix Bonds $2000 Each. a rm - j ; y j 1 y ' v i KIM' UNDER - Ciico Man s Named By President for Farm Loan Board SEVKX SECRET INDICT MENTS AGAINST SIX 15KSI DF.N'TS OK JACKSON COUNTY WERE KKTURNKI) SIlOltTLY AFTER 2 O'ClilMX THIS AF TERNOON IX JACKSONVILLE BY THK SPECIAL CSKAXB JURY SELEd'El) TO INVESTI GATE THK KU KLUX KLAN OUTRAGES IX MKIH'ORI) AX1) VICINITY IiAST MARCH. V H H K K INDICTMENTS CH ARGH THE CRIME OF KIOT, TWO ASSAULT WITH A' DEADLY WEAPON, AXI) TWO EXTORTION', All OK THEM RESULTING FROM THE HALE, JOHNSON AND 11URU "HANGING PAKTIE8." Ti.a r.mnH lurv renort accompany i i, (,HntmnntB was very brief and after- expressing appreciation to the U. S. Department of Justice for its assistance in ferrlting out these case3 of lawlessness In southern Ore gon, requested that another grand i nulled in further prone cei tain activities of the Ku Klux Klan which the present grand jury was un t u,iv, iiimti receiving and IIIIIIICUIOICI . - . reading the report Judge Calkins ord- . i i...aA fnr fhfi ered bencn warrauw - .--not nt the men flidlcted and fjxed their arraignment for tomorrow morn ing, bonds being fixed at 2000 apiece. For 48 hours Jackson county has been on edge with excitement awaiting i tv ronnrt. Rumors as uie " usual were rife, from Dom smea, ing from the report that the grand jnrv had so many indictments they had to send to Medford for more indict ment blanks to the report that the grand jury was hopelessly divided and no indictments whatever would be re turned. 1 The grand jury was made up as follows: Marie Benedick, Applegate, fore woman. Paul E. Pearce, Jacksonville. D. A. Lyons, Medtprd. J. W. Sniylie, Medford. Frank Silva, Little Applegate. Lester Layton, Applegate. Charles Layton, Ashland. Tlx, Wednesday afternoon session of the special grand jury was devoted to completing the clerical worn at tached to the Investigation, like the correct spelling of names, ,etc, etc. The grand jury made an effort to finish up yesterday, but at 6 o'clock found they would have to work far into the night, and adjourned until this morning. During the course of the hearings the grand -jury examined and heard testimony from over 75 witnesses, nd counting today, have been in ses sion 11 days. Jury May Reconvene It ia renr.rted. unofficially that the grand jury will re-convene in a week or ten days, and resume me investi gation of other details or tne nigiu (Continued on Page sixl Pon W Hnnnflr. chairman of the railway labou board posed at the White House where he was summoned by President Harding to give the presi dent Tirst hand information regarding details of the rail strike. Avowed Anti-Klan Leader De feats K. K.' Aspirant By Over 20,000 Votes Defeat Admitted By Klan Entry- Woman Wins Cong. Nomi nation Missouri Reed Safe HALL RECOUNT . IS TRANSFERRED 10 MULTNOMAH Mix-Up Precipitated By Law yers Results in Delay bf Re count Vote Hall's Attorney Finally Agrees to Guarantee Costs WASHINGTON. Aug. 3 John a. li Ciiill. Jr.. of Chico. Calif., was nominated by President Harding to be a member of the federal farm loan board. Mr. tiiilll will succeed v. it. t a in of California, who resigned a month ago. He was described j. hv tho farm loan board as a "nine- tical farmer," a member of a number of agricultural assocln- a ilnns In California, a former mem- ber of the stute legislature and at president vice president ot tue Farm Loan Hunk at llerkeley. (Note: This appointment was w solicited by friends of Oeorse Mansfield of this city.) TAKE OVER 111 I R XI I I fl HI I II I nn mr AN f BABY WITH BULLET IN BRAIN WANTS TO PLAY SALEM, Ore., Aug. 3. After groping about in the dark through the entire morning by reason ot a mixup alleged to have been' precipi tated by .the opposing attorneys in agreeing to recount the Multnomah countv ballots in Portland without notifying the court. Judges Bingham and Kelly of the Marion county cir cuit court, who are hearing the Hall rtinntr inctlnn fnntpHt cases finally Ironed out the tangle anu announced that the court would move to rori innrl nnri commence the recount to morrow morning at nlno o'clock. when it camo time to convene court at ten o'clock this morning the judges were present, but there was not an attorney for either side to be seen. Investigation revealed that the attorneys had agreed late last night to go to Portlamt to count me duhuis but had not so advised the court. At 10:30 Judge Bingham was in r....nii nrii.iuorl thnt hiipIi tin riirree- ment bad been made by tho nttorneys and that all ot the attorneys except Mr. Collier ot tne J-iaii torces, nau loft fnr Pnrtlnnd. At 11:30 Mr. Col lier made his appearance in court and was advised tnat until expenses of the court, its two bailiffs, the county clerk and a deputy county clerk had been guaranteed by the contestant, tho court would not move to Portland. At noon Judge Bingham announced that the necessary arrangements had been made and that the court and Its aides would be ready to resume the recount In Portland tomorrow morning. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug. 3. (Hy Associated Press). R. H. Wilson state superintendent ot public instnic Hrm 1 K candidate, and J. C. Wai tnn'a strongest onnonent in the demo cratic contest for the nomination iur governor, today conceded Walton s vkmn Thnmaa II. Owen, who formed tho third angle in the three-cornered race, admitted defeat today. Wnllnn'a lead elves the anti-KU Klux Klan and farmer-labor elements n iIpcIsIvb vlctorv in Oklahoma. Wil son, a progressive candidate, was un derstood to have had the solid sup uni t nf the klan. while Walton, Okla hnma ciiv'r mayor, made the race on principles resembling those ot the non-partisan league which be adopt ed when endorsed by the farmer- labor reconstruction league. He vig orously opposed the "invisible em i ii,a fDniilillrnn rncn for guberna John Fields, publisher of a farm paper here, continued to pile up his lead over George Healy. Tho vote in 2 85 precincts was: Fields 14,360; Healy 2,17a. nvi.mmi CITY. Okla.. Aug. 3. (By Associated Press). A victory for the opponents ot the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma, combining their strength with the farmer-union labor element, was indicated today with more than two-thirds of the estimated total uemo cratic vote cast In Tuesday's primary giving Mayor J. C. Walton of Okla homa City, virtual assurance of a big plurality for the democratic nomina tion for governor. Walton, anti-klan and farmer-labor candidate, had a lead of almost 21,000 votes over his nearest rival, It. H. Wilson, superintendent of the state board of education, anegea n. . entry, according to unofficial returns from 1783 precincts out ot 2S37 in the The count stood: Walton 73,873: Wilson 52,234; Thomas H. Owen 42.113 iiniooa thorn comes an unprecedent ed upset In the democratic side Walton ni moot Tnhn C. Fields of Oklahoma City, the republican gubernatorial nominee, in Novemuer. rieius wn leading George' Hale hy more man n rt 1 - . t' i ' . Miss Alice Robertson, republican or Muskogee, Okla., the only woman in congress, is sure of re-nomination in the second dlBtrlct. Tita nniiticnl hones of Manuel Her hllran of Perry, self-styled "flying congressman," seemed defin itely dashed. COA L SHORTAGE W1AY FORCE FORD TO SHOT DOWN Separation of Rhincland From Germany Proposed Scheme of Penalties On Germany for Not Paying Debts Also Take Over German Prop erty Germany Protests. Henry Has Only Two Weeks' Supply of Coal to Operate Factory Coal Situation in Michigan Serious U. S. Takes Action. PARIS, Aug. 3. (Hy Associated Press)'. All German property in France which was sequestered by the govern ment during the war will bo perma nently taken over and tho proceeds from its sale kept by tho treasury as a penalty for Germany's refusal to con iiinin tim ninsent scalu of payments for private debts contracted with Frenchmen prior to the war, according to a reliable report in circulation to night. PARIS, ' V -!.- - I' X .: . ' ,: - t . I . - : . : ,: ,t BEAT TIE N RAILROAD STRIKE FUSS Violence Increases As Federal Government Action Awaited 10,000 Strike 'Breakers Demand Rights Be Safe guarded More Trains in the East Taken Off. An- 9 nv Associated Press). Separation of tho Rhlnelimd from Germany with Its own parliament is a part of the scheme ot penalties presented by Premier Polncaro as rep resentative of the opinion of the French narliameiit and which he is known to have taken under considera tion. The scheme which would be put Into effect upon the definite retusal of the' I. . i iTZ .agreement' tor payment of private V.?..,.. V M...i,i..n f,. il fuel debts owing to French citizens by Ger- shortago that may compel shutdowns mans since berore the war, nlso in within tho next few days, according volves the expulsion or all the Pius to reports to tho state public utilities ! siull functionaries from the Rhineland, ,.n.,.,tuulim I tl. nfFlntiilo in Un rmtliloarl llV nntivCR . A,,- iriutntn nmnin I wn vo.ira nlfl IjltllU VllhlUHl U.uw.i. jv... , of Hay Shore, Long Island, wa play- in her yard. Her mother, nour- tnir imp scream, ran out to find tho blood streaming from the baby's head. Doctors discovered that a small bullet was lodged In the middle or nor lo niii The marvelous part of the acci dent is Hint tho baby girml is perfectly conscious, smiling and nappy in me Long Island hospital. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Indications continued to multiply today that the federal government contemplated no Immediate step In the railroad striko situation. . ,.n1lKuli,n. The Ford Motor company, at De troit, reported It had fourteen days' supply ot coal and that unless fresh supplies come from unlookcd for nmirtpra It must 1)0 lorcea to ceu.iu the officials to be replaced by natives. pytunri Eeonom c Pressure Other provisions include an exten sion in tho powers of the allied Rhine land commission and measures of eco- MAY NOMINATE A DEAD MAN ' IN" TENN. PRIMARY quarters It must do torceu iu uju.-,u operation. Other automobile conipa-jnomlc pressure upon tho principal Ger- TPnr. Inntlnir flnluhffrl tinvementft a machine has been Invented that cuts out cylindrical samples, the length of time required to cut one out indicat ing the durability of the materials used. INDUSTRIAL COUR !I OPPOSED BY BILL P WHITE WINS IN KANSAS RIM PITTSBURG, Kas., Aug. 3. The' defeat of Phil CnmpDeu. cnairman of the rules committee in the house of representatives for renomlnatlon on the republican ticket for repre sentative from the third Kansas dis trict In Tuesday's primary election, was said today by men familiar with the local political situation, to have been due to the votes ot the labor ele ment. It had been known here for some time that labor ladders were lining up their men for W. H. Sproul of Sedan, who won the nomination. Campbell had served in the house for twenty years. TOPF.KA, Kas., Aug. 3. With re turns from -Tuesday's primary elcc- Woman Wins Prize ST T.OtllS. Aue. 3. Mrs. St. Clair Moss, of Christian college, Columbia. Mo., apparently has won the democra tic nomination tor congress from the eighth Missouri dlBtrlct rrom ncr two mala nnnnnnnts. With 160 out of 220 precincts In the district reporting, tne vote siooa mrs in fianfi: Charles E. Dewey ot joi ferson Slty 5158; E. M. Zeveley of Linn, 4437. ; Mrs. Moss will oppose republican Congressman Sid E. Koacn at me iw vember election. 1oq thrniichnut tho state reported they were in n critical condition. According to Indirect advices from Washington It appears problematical whether enougn coal can ne si-m m Michigan to keep vital utilities In operation. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. With specific plans drawn up for distri bution ot coal during the existing emergency. Fuel Distributor hpencer was pressing the completion today of tho fmlnrnl oririi nlzation through which In tho final stage of distribu tion of the entire output ot minus will be controlled. Aa rlnnllv announced bv Mr. Spencer last night nfter a conference with Secretary Hoover nna tne cen tral committee appointed iy i-rusi dent Harding tho function of the fed ornl nrirnnWnllnn will COVCr difltribU tion among the railroads, federal In stitutions and tho states with the gov ernors of states to nanuio local sup plies. As a Etildo In the allocation of sup iilles. state fuel commissions are to rpnnrt nt once the consumpllon of nnnl V... thn VlirlnltH flflHSCS Of COn sumcrs In their territories with a list jf thnso whn should receive nriorltlcs. .Detailed instructions drawn up ii the states place financial responsi bility for nil conl shipped Into a state on the covernor's committee which niHA assumes responsibility for de livery and no profiteering. COLUMT1US. Aue. 3. The south ern Ohio Coal exchange will not be renresented at the conference or op etators and executives of tho United Mine Workers in Cleveland Monday, when nn effort Will be made to ter mita the coal strike, according to an announcement by V. D. McKlnney of the exchange, who said memners toon formal action against acceptance of President Lewis invitation yesier. day. man industries amenable to tho action of the commission such as the aniline dye Industry, the iron industries or Hugo Stlnnes, August Hliyssen, the Krupps and Franz Haniol, and others which are more or less dependent upon the occupying forces for the freedom of transit of raw materials in the re gion of Dusseldorf, Duisburg and Aulir- ort. HERLI.V, Aug. 2. (By Associated Preiaa). Tho Herman covernment is drafting a reply to tho French note ot Tuesday, which doinandod the pay ment of debts to French cltl.enB con tracted by Germans before the war, It was said tonight. I ' I BHEBnU SMS ' tlon available from approximately 75 per cent of tho state today, W. Y. Mnrirnii IHntrhlnnn erlitor. was lead ing ex-Governor W. R. Stubbs of Ijtu'rpnfv fnr the rennhllran nomi nation for governor by about 10,000 votes. Tho count showed .Morgan 46.316: Stubbs. 36.S66. Morenn favored the Industrial court law. while Stubbs believed the industrial court should be made an adjunct of the state supreme court. There were few contests for nomi nation on the democratic ticket. .tonathan Davis of Rourbon county had apparently won the nomination for governor on that ticket, with Henderson S. Martin of Lawrence running second. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3. Additional re turns tnrlHv nf the state nrlmary show ed that R. R. Brewster ot Kansas uity, endorsed by the regular organization had Increased his lead over William Sacks of St. Louis, who ran on a wet platform, to nearly 11,000 for the re nuhllenn senatorial nomination. The nomination ot Brewster seemed nsaiired as most of the remaining ore f nets tn he heard from are in tne rural districts In which he haa polled many more votes than backs. With 571 precincts tabulated the vote was Brewster 74,053; Sacks 63,922. ATLANTA. Ga.. Aug. 3. Dangers of a paralyzing coal, shortage throughout the state within tho next few weeks, nartlcularly In Industrial centers, confronts Georgia, according to C. Murphy Candler, chairman ot the state railroad commission, who announced today the results of a questionnaire on the coal situation sent out from his office. Friends of Rep. L. P. Padgett, Deceased, Work for His Re nomination Women Are Vntina for First Time One Candidate Fights Devil. CHICAGO, Aug. 3. Ten thousand shopmen of tho Santa Fe who have furmed an association of new em ployes, today telegraphed Chairman Hooper ot the United States railroad labor board demanding their rights to be safeguarded In any settlement of the shopmen's strike. They are entitled, they say, to pro tection in tho seniority rjghts, acquireu uuring too su-ikc- je?v nm.iaxs Aiur. 3. With drawal of twenty dally passenger trains in Texas and Louisiana was an nounced today by the Texas and pa cific railroad. Strike conditions were given as the cause of the annulments. SANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 3. Fede ral Judge Neblett has Issued a' tem porary restraining orilor against the ihini-miilftniil Association ' of Ma chinists and others returnable at once on complaint of tne Santa 'e rail road which sets forth 41 alleged overt acts or acts of vlolonce which it claims have been committed against men working in its Albuquerque shops the striko was called. These allegations, including stoning, kid naping, assault, threats of bodily harm and of destruction of railroad property and property of workers. In a statement given out todny, Captain W. C. Iteld, attorney for tho railroad iknt M,hlln nnmn nnlnno have been trying to stop "rough stuff" con j ditlons have been going from bnd to worse. He alleges tnac otienaers have received lenient sentences In Justice of tho peace courts nnd that Invn wnrUprn (leclnre thoV Will not slay on tho Jobs unless given hotter protection. National At noslon . R. H. E. Plttshurg 5 11 1 Boston 14 1 Batteries: Glazner and Mattox; Watson, Oeschger, McNamara and O'iN'cIl, Gowdy. At Brooklyn , R. II . E. Cincinnati 0 4 0 Brooklyn 4 7 3 Dntteries: Rlxey. Gllllsple and Wlngo; Grimes and Miller. At Kw York n. H. E. Chicago '. 0 4 1 New York 2 13 2 Batteries: Aldrldge, tSeuland and O'Farrell; Nehf and Smith., : NASHVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 3. (By tho Associated Press) With women voting In Tennessee elections for the first time, democrats ot tho state to day will nominate candidates for United States senators, representa tives, governor and state officers. . Republicans also will nomlnato candidates for Bcveral state offices, in..i.wii.,.r thiii of Hnnator and. gov ernor. Chief Interest is centered in democratic senatorial and guberna torial races. Senator Kenneth D i4..u-.,iii.r infimhont. Is being op posed by Captain Ous T. Flf.hugh and Noah W. Cooper, "Diuo law u ..r,.nt. fl.f thn Hi'lintC. Tho campaign hus been waged on two big issues tne uonus unu m non-paitsan questionnaire. Meivoinir r.,..r.Plnir I li n hnlltlH aild Sllill to lllLV the support of organized labor, has been by criticized ly riiznuKii, McKellnr has charged Fitzhugh with "Newberryism," declaring nis cam paign expenses have been excessive. ltiiniilng Against hiitun. -,..,or .ii.iinres he is "running against no one but Satan nnd Mam mon." Ho also has attacked his op- horanun of their allegod large expenditures nnd tho fact that they have not published a staieniem ui tho money expended In their cam paigns. At Philadelphia . ,,. R. H. St. Louis ; ,-v7 11 Pblladfilnhla 1 ;7 Batteries: Haines and Alnsmlth; Meadows and Ilenlino. , Rpprl LeaHs 700O ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3. (By Associated Press). Senator James A. Reed con tinued to maintain his lead in the democratic senatorial contest when be- I (Continued on Page six.) CLEVELAND, Aug. 3. A few Great Lakes steamers were laid up todnv on account of the fuel shortage and more small carriers will have to be laid up soon as the Buppiy or bunker coal is low at all lake prots, vessel men here declare. vew YORK. Auk. 3. The stand ard Oil compnny of New Jersey today announced a reduction of two rents a gallon in the jirlce of gasoline. Ainorknn At Detroit First game: R. H. E Hoston 0 2 1 Detroit 7 8 0 Batteries: Plnrcv. Fullerton and Walters; Plllette and Woodall. Lull in Peace Talk CHICAGO. Aug. 3. (By Associated Press). There was a lull today in peace maneuvors In the railroad strike; rail men were reticent and there was no forecast ot where the next peace effort would originate. Striko leaders turned their attention toward Washington, whore President Harding had a telegram, sent by the shopmen, accepting Ills peace propo sals upon conditions that the unions' Interpretation ot the settlement sug gestions be recognized. Railroad exec iitivna Alan were awaiting news from the capital, after their acceptance ot all the president's proposals excepting that regarding restoration or seniority rights to strikers. Ttnllrond men noted the invitation ot tho Southern railway to striking shop- men tn neirotlnto for a settlement based on Presidont Harding's plan but made no comment. At Dallas, Texas, the Texas division headquarters of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas announced union men now on strike would be employed only as new men. Violence was reported In six. cities In as many states during the night. (Continued on Page six.) (Continued on Page slx.1 F ORDNEY SAYS SENATE BOOY OF SIT At Chicago R. H. E Wnshineton 2 6 0 Chlcnen 0 4 1 Batteries: Mogrldge nnd Plclnleh; Blankenshlp, Hodge and Schalk, Yar-yan. At Cleveland It. H. E. New York 10 19 2 Cleveland 9 16 2 Batteries: Mays, Hoyt, Shawkey an dSchang; Uhle, Malls, . Lindsey, Edwards end O'Noll. TACOMA, Aug. 3. The scnato of the United States was characterized by Congressman Joseph W. Fordney ot Michigan, chairman of tho house ways and means committee, as a "body of aged men who Bit and gos sip," In the course ot a talk before 300 lumbermen of the northwest here last night. Congressman Fordney spoke on many subjocts, from gov ernment ownership of railroads and the fiecessity for voting at the pri maries, to tho Income tax law and tho tariff. "We hopo to pass that long lost tariff bill In tho senate, " Mr. Ford ney said, when he gave his opinion ot that body. "That bill has got to go to conference and I will be one of thn conferees. If God gives me' life and I hope lie does tney wm onto a hard time eliminating the Ameri can plan of valuations. niscnsslna: government ownership of railroads, which he haB consistent- ly opposed, he said: "I have never yet believed the fed eral government can operate any In dustry as well as private Interests. I hellevo the federal government should koep Its hands off bUBlness and lot tho business men run their own affairs." y