Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 09, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI!'y Mbrary Medford Mail The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday .91.5 Minimum today 50 UNE Weather Year Ago Maximum 91 Minimum 54 Oafly Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Kirty-Second Year. MEDFORD, OREO OX, WEDNESDAY, AUOL'ST f), .1922 XO. 119 LROAD RIKE J. RIB JO HA mm thousands walk OUT ' IN ILLINOIS Switchmen On Chicago Joilet Loop Strike in Protest Against Use of Troops to Preserve Order Brother hood Leaders Endorse Ac tion Situation Critical. CINCINNATI, Aug. 9. (Dy Associ ated Press). Clerks, freight handlers and station men who ure not on strike have been ordered to "stay away from their usut.l places of employment when ever their lives are endangered, either by armed guards or defective railroad equipment," the Brotherhood of Rail way and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and Express Em ployes,' announced today in a state ment to the Associated Press. CENTRALIA, 111., Aug. 8 Steve Gourley and L. O. Daggett, striking shopmen, today were arrested after Joe Walters, negro employe of the Illi nois Central was killed when a volley of Bhots were fired at him and five other negroes near Womac while on their way to work at the railroad yards here. The negroes were fired on when they failed to obey a command to halt, It waB said. Four other strikers were arrested here yesterday .for discharging fire arms. . CLEVELAND, Aug. 9. President Lea said he. had wired the represen tative of the trainmen on the Elgin. Joliet and Eastern last night that whenever the members of the organl-l .nlinn. h ,1 nn.ittn. Hint thn I .i"7 Tned by iia guards and their lives endangered of coal operators In southern Illinois they had his permission to stay away today began setting their collieries in fiom railroad company property. order to begin resumption of coal pro President Robertson said he and duction. President Stone had sent a joint mes-1 sage to their representatives at Jol- l"RRISBURG, 111., Aug. 9 Fires iet to stay away from the railroad have been started in every Asoal mine company property if their lives were in this section and mules are being in danger through armed guards. ' lowered into the shaftB today. President Robertson also said that Preparations are being made by he had received a 'mesasge from his practically all operators in Williamson representative at Terre Haute, Ind., county to resume mining and it is the this morning that brotherhood men belief of both miners and operators. in were being subjected to abuse by this gion that the coal strike will be hundreds of armed soldiers, guard- settled within 48 hours. ing railroad lines leading to strip mWs In that territory and had re- CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 9. (By plied that if there was danger they Associated Press). Virtual decision Bhould stay away. I was reached today by union leaders to 'conclude a settlement of the soft coal RofiLw "bud order" Cars I strike with the operator's who have SAiN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Rep-'gathered here for the peace confer resentatlves of the "big four" rail- erfce. The operators also were expec- road brotherhoods have been notified tant of an agreement, affecting practi bv their national executives to refuse eally all mines in Ohio and scattered to take out "bad order" cars and lo- fccnmntivpa nnrt to nult work when 'your lives are endangered by inex- neripnepci onrf enrnloaa armed rail- road guards," L. L. Sanford, dis- frie hoirm.n nf fho Rrnthprhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced to- day L. S. Gordon, secretary of the Fed- eratlon of Railway Employes of the . Sntttan Panlffn naM thnt hp hftdi nnHf.o,! hi. oYo,.i.ilvpa on behalf of the strikers that the pro - (Continued on page eight) E TRIES E AT A LONDON, Aug. 9. (By the Asso elated Press.) As a result of three hour conversation between Premier Polncare - and Mr. Lloyd George, the prime minister today. It was decided to refer back to the committee of experts Premier Poln care's plan for control of German finances with the request that the points upon which the British and French are not In agreement be re examined. LONDON, Aug. 8. (By the Asso ciated Press.)) The differences be tween the French and British view points over the German reparations Problem which seem to be threaten Ing the breaktiD of the allied con ference, were discussed at length over their breakfast this morning by Cudahy Goes Into Hospital After 90 Hours in Taxicab CHICAGO, Aug. 9. John S. Cudahy, son of the late John Cudahy, pioneer Chicago pack- er. today was at a hospital, where it was said he would he another wek. He was taken there when he became ill while I- en route to a fashionable hotel after, according to Tony Plavin, i taxicab chauffeur, ho had run up a bill of $270 for 90 hours riding. Plavin, who swore out a police court warrant for young Cudahy, charged also that he had loaned Cudahy Several months ago Mr. Cud- ahy suddenly became ill on the eve of his marriage at Los An- geles to a young woman from St. I.ouls, Mo. It then was an- nounced by her parents that the marriage had been postponed indefinitely. SETTLEMENT OF Union Leaders Virtually De cide to Conclude Settlement With Coal Operators Fires Started and Collieries Set in Order Peace in 48 Hours MARION, 111., Aug. 9. Hopeful that today's conference of operators and miners at Cleveland would effect a f coaI strike- a nuniber others in Illinois, Indiana and Pennsyl- vanla. Final decision on a settlement rests with the union's policy committee and its members have been informed that President John L. Lewis had nssur- ances from operators outside the four ! states of their willingness to reach an agreement based on one negotiated at the conference here. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 9. The 'Armour and Cudahy packing plants (Continued on page eight) TO 4-HOUR T - Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Polncare. This "diplomatic breakfast" which lasted for four hours, was the out standing feature of the early part of thp con ference's third day. Premier Polncare went directly from his ho tel to. the French embassy where he Met Mr. Lloyd George and the pre miers later continued their conver sations at the residence or viscount Farquhar, where the members of the niiipd delegations had luncn Mr l.lnvd George agreed to the French suggestion regarding the col lection of 26 per cent of German ex nnrts st her frontiers which would be inio rpnaratlons funds. He also agreed to the suggestion for tawing over the state forests and mines in German occupied territory. STRIKE CERTAIN WORK RESUMED KI K RAID LOS ANGELES IS RELATED Details of Attack By Night Riders Outlined By Matias Elduayen, One. of the Vic tims Armed Men Ordered -I J'.- ' Hands Up Shooting Was Heard in Distance. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. An out line Af the state's case was the first thing on today's program in the trial of 37 alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan on charges growing out of the Inglnwood ruld of April 22 lust. The jury of eight men and four wo men was finally selected yesterday with unexpected speed. The first witnesses were to be Fidel and Mathias Elduayen, brothers, who, with their families, were victims of the inglewood raid, alleged to have been conducted by a band of perhaps 2 DO masked and armed men. Republicans Condemn K. K.s Th. charges against the defend ants are kidnapping, false imprison ment and assault with attempt to murder. Details of the fatal raid were re cited to the jury by Mutias Elduapen. ono of the victims, called as a wit ness for the state. He said he was awakened from sleep jit his home in Inglewood on the night of April 22. There WttB-aTknoolt on the rear door and three men entered, he said, arid ordered "hands up," menacing him with guns. One of the men wore a handkerchief mask. "Where is the still?" they demand ed, according to IGdyuayen's testi mony. He said there was no still but they took him by the arm and led him from the house toward the barn, he said. Then he heard shooting in the distance and one of the armed men dropped to the ground and later, went to the rear, Elduayen testified. Hound with Hopes "They took me to an automobllo on the road and there were many au tomobiles with license numbers cov ered up with cloth," he testified. Elduayen said he was bound with ropes and placed In the front seat of an' automobile. Then his .brothor. Fidel, similarly bound, was placed in the rear seat, and guarded by three men. they were taken to the Ingle wood police station. The captors, he continued, talked with the jailer there but he said he did not under stand the, conversation. They were then driven to RSdondo Beach, about 12 miles away, then back to the Inglewood station and then to a point six miles from their home, where they were released and Warned "by one of. their captors in Spanish not to tell anyone what had occurred. Elduayen could not identify the three men who drove him to the sta tion, although they were not masked Three defendants stood up, but he could not identify them with the raid FOUT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 9. Action on both the platform and state ticket was opened harmonious ly. The position of the platform dealing with the Ku KIux Klan was approved amid loud and prolonged demonstration. It was set forth that "we condemn the Ku Klux Klan and similar organizations whose purpose is to restrain by force, threats, intlm idations or otherwise) the conduct of our citizens in the full exercise of freedom whether In matters of politics, ' religion or occupation: or that discrimination 't between loyal Americans on the ' ground of re gious belief or nationality." The 'platform further declared that the republican party "regards with apprehension the activity of any group that seeks to usurp, inter fere with, or to lessen the full au thority and power conferred by the people upon their duly constituted agencies of government. LAKC.KST API'I.K C1MP X. V. STATE Vim I'IFTKKN- YKARK ROCHESTER, X. Y., Aug. 9 Fruit growers of western Xew York who have the largest early apple crop In fifteen years are becoming alarmed over the railroad strike sit uation, fearing lack of rolling stock will seriously affect transportation. The peach belt .In this section of tho state Is also enjoying a bumper crop". American Relief Administration ' Chief Returns From Russia v iff I I fst Colonel William N. Haskell, IT. S. A., with his wife mul their children Mary and Wlllam, Jr., who arrived on the steamship Aquitiuila. WiOi him came Edtfnr Itiekard, general director of the American UelleX Admin istration and Walter jLyman Hrown, European director of tho American Relief administration for a conference with Secretary -Hoover on tho fu ture of the Itelief Administration's work. Colonel Haskell said tho fam ine in the Volffa Valley was over and there had been no deaths from star vation since April. ALL BARTLETTS -TO BE SOLD TO -CALIF: CANNERS At a meeting of the Oregon Grow ers Cooperative Asociation last night It was decided that rather than take a chance on selling the Bartlett pears In the east, all unsold Bartletts not contracted for now will be canned by the California Packing Corpora tion Minder the Del Monte brand. Number ones were originally sold at $75 a ton, number twos at $10. The Corporation plans to advance the cost of production to the growers on de livery of the pears. The Oregon Growers' Cooperative Association and the California Packing Corpora tion will divide the profits of can ning and selling the product. This refers only to Bartletts and means that because of the market and rail strike situations the Oregon Grow ers will send all Bartletts this year to California canners. Picking of the Bartletts genoraly will begin August 21st, the packmg at Bard well's Fruit company will begin Monday, however. HALL'S NET GAIN ISTJOW 2 VOTES PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9. A re count of nine of the 17 Clatsop county precincts at noon today gave Governor B. VV. Olcott a gain of ono vote over Charles Hall, contestant. The Multnomah county re-check gave Hall a lead of eight votes and In -Marlon county Olcott led by five, making the total gain for Hall of two votes for the entire re-count so far. - ENTRANCE -TO GORK DUBLIN, Aug. 9. (By Associated Press). A trans-Atlantic steamer ar riving here today reported that upon reaching Queenstown harbor yesterday her officers were advise'd that a vessel had been sunk across the narrowest part of the river Lee, thus blocking entrance to Cork City. , By this means, the Irregulars hold Ing the city, it was said, (ought to pre vent repetition of the provisional gov ernment's coup In landing troops from the sea at Tralee. F GOT A A C SPOKANE, Aug. 9. Calling of a fed eral jury during the last pint of this month or early In September will make possible speedy trials for Sheriff Thomas Barker of Ferry county, Wash ington, and three other men. nt Repub lic yesterday, on charges of conspiracy to violate fedoral prohibition Inws. One other man, Clyde Ledgorwood, for whom a warrant was Issued on the same charge, was still at liberty to day. He saw himself pointed out to the federal officials, it Is said, and took to his heels. Officers oh both sides of the Canadian line have been asked to watch for him. Tlie others arrested were Guy Dun- gan, bank clerk; Dick Cook, warehouse helper; and Roy Powers, automobile driver. It is alleged by federal officers who made tho. arrests that the men arranged for transportation of liquor across the Canadiun Hue and through Ferry county with Spokane as the des tination. The sheriff Ib charged with receiving one dollar a case bribe money for all Hauor conveyed through the county. According to Charles Ben nett, prosecuting attorney of Ferry county, Sheriff Barker has not made a single, arrest for violation of liquor laws since he took office January 10, 1921. He added that every search war rant for liquor issued by his office had been returned by the sherirf with the notation "nothing found." Powers Is said to have confessed to the charge against him. The investi gation started when officers received Information that two smugglers had been "double-crossed" and beaten up, and their whiskey taken away from them. SALEM RANCHER SALEM, Ore, Aug. 0. John In- inun, GO, who IiiHt nttfht shot and bb riouHly wounded Charles Wltte, 38, at the In man rnnch, five miles south enst of Sfileni, thin morninff told of ficers that ho shot to "protect" his wlfo's flvo year old son who he said he had believed, was to bo taken awny by "Wltte and Mrs. Innmn, Both Inmnn and his wife were to day held without ball in the Marlon county jail. Attending physicians said that Wltte, who was shot just above the collur bone, probably will recover. No specific charges had been filed npalnat either Mr. or Mrs. Inman at noon today. DOLLAR CASE ANADA BOOZE Sacramento Woman Claims Pack of 18 Dogs Killed Rancher 4 SACRAMENTO. Cal., Aug. 9. A statement that Home of her pack of IS dogs Jumped upon and caused the death of A. Dless at his homo near Ante- t lope, north of Sacramento yes- terday, was made to representa- lives of District Attorney Hugh It. llradford's ofifco hero today by Mrs. Louis Delimit, who with her husband, was brought to Sacramento after Uelurdl had reported the finding of Ilieso's body on a cot ill the hitter's home, according to Deputy ills- ! trict Attorney L. M. Shelley. , The woman, it was stated, said that lllese struck ono of her dogs with a club whereupon some of the pack Jumped upon him and caused Injuries which Mini to his death a short time later. MOTHER FINDS 16 YEARS AGO Mrs. R. L Brittan of Soap Lake, Washington, Identi fies Hotel Employee As Son Kidnaped July 4th, 1906 -Grief Killed Husband. SPOKANK. Auk. 9. Mrs. R. L. Brit tan, proprietor of a general store at Soap Lake, Wash., today Identified Cecil LenlRhen, employed by a local hotel, as the son. who was kidnaped from her in the Dine Mountains near Walla Walla sixteen years ago. Over the long distance telephone Mrs. Brit tan declared there could be no mistak ing her Identification, which she estab lished by scars on Lenlghens' Hp and head, by n crooked finger, and by the color of hiB hair and eyes. Mrs. Brlttan's son, then five years of age was kidnaped July 4, 1906. Her husband died last July 4 partly as a result, she said, of grief over the loss of their. son whom they had sought ever since. Resemblance of Lenighen to a de scription of the Brittan boy was noted by G. W. Stark, a fellow employe of the hotel where he worked, a few days ago. Lenighen knows nothing of his childhood history, parentage, real name or the place of his birth. Yakima Pioneer Dead YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 9. Frank H. Shon, aged 96, who has been a resident of the Yakima valley since 18G8, died this aftornoon at the home of his son. Shon operated the saw mill which turned out the lumber used In the first houses of Yakima and also operated the first commercial orchard in the valley. Showers at Aberdeen ARERDKKN, Wash., Aug. 9. A trace fell here this morning and with the official barometer reading 29.77, hopes are high for further showers to relieve the forest fire situation and to improve crop prospects. The rain Is the first since June 21. 31 MOSCOW, Aug. 9. (Hy Associated PresB). Thirty-one of the 34 social revolutionists accused of high treuson against the soviet government were held under close guard here today fol lowing their conviction and sentence by the revolutionary tribunal. Four teen of these are under sentence of death and the remainder face prison terms of from two to ten years. The central executive committee up held the sentence of twelve of those whoso punishment was fixed as death hut an Indefinite stay of execution has been ordered on condition the social revolutionary party cease Its counter revolutionary activities. The committee also agreed to re quest the tribunal to grant pardons to Semenoff, Lydla Konoplova and others SON KIDNAPPED HARDING AND DRYS WIN IN OHIO FIGHT Wine, Beer and 'Roosevelt Progressivism' Take Second Place in President's Home State Organized Labor Is Also Beaten in Victory of Senator Pomerene. COLUMBUS, Ohio, AUff. 9. (By the Associated PressV Candidates favoring wine and beer and progres sivism within tho republican party went down to defeat In tho state-wldo primary election in Ohio, according to returns early today from more than 4500 of the 7HU precincts in tho state. Tho nino-corncred fight for tho re publican nomination for governor, in which these issues wore paramount, was won by a largo margin by Curmi A. Thompson of Cleveland, who was strongly supported by President Harding's administration and by tho anti-saloon league. In nominating Thompson, Ohio failed to join Indiana, Pennsylvania and Iowa in a list of progressive vic tories. The outcome was considered by many as a vote of confidence In 1 'resident Harding, himself an Ohloan. A. Vic Donahey of Now Philadel phia, who was thu democratic nomi nee for governor two years ago, will again lead his party state ticket In November, thu returns Indicated. He had moro than a two to onef lend nver his nearest opponent on returns from 42!lf precincts. ' - Poincrcno Wins. Senator Atlee Pomerene of Can ton, who was opposed both by or ganized labor and by the anti-saloon league, was renominated for tho United States senate over former Congressman John L. Lenta of Co lumhus, who was' strongly endorsed by the big railroad brotherhoods. Congressman Simon D. Fess of Yel low .Springs, former college president and until recently chulrman of the republican national congressional committee, apparently had received the republican nomination for sena tor from a field of four contestants, one of whom was former Senator Charles Dick of Akron, author of the Dick National Guard act. Like Pomerene Fess was attacked by organized labor but he had the antl-saloon lengue's support. Congressman Charles L. Knight of Akron, who mnde a spectacular bill board and newspaper campaign as a "Roosevelt progressive," was running second to Thompson for the republi can gubernatorial nomination on available returns this morning. C. Homer Durand of Coshockton, who declared for tho return of wine or beer held third position. , Candidates for tho democratic, nomination for governor were en dorsed by the anti-saloon league. , REPRIEVE FOR WILSON'S LONDON, Aug. 9. (By: Associated Ppnanl A ronrinva wiia rnftiand hv iioine oecreiury Qiiurib 10 juHepii O'SullIvan and Reginald Dunn, sen tenced to ho hanged tomorrow for the nssasslnatlon of Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. INCLUDING THREE TO DEATH BY. SOVIET among thoso sentenced who turned In formers during the trial. Defiance of the court wan shown by 22 of the social revolutionists during pronouncement of sentence which came late on Monday, these defendants refusing to stand up with the others. This groom was ushered from the hall by arnred soldiers and sentence was then pronounced. Included In those under sentence of death are three women Miss Eugenie M. Rattner, who was the party treas urer and whose defiance of the prose cution during the later stages of the trial was most pronounced; Helen Hanova and Lydla Kofloplovu, who In turning Informer declared she was chosen by the party to kill Premier Lenlne.