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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.
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KIM' UNDER
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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
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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,
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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.
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BHEBnU SMS
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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.)
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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."
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