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vorslt, LlbrBr wf A IT . nTlTOITMl? , The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 87 Minimum today 54 Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum J) ..55 Onllv Efevnnteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Second Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922 lift.."." V 1- NO. 121 READY-TO TAKE ER RA 'it 1 !' d 1 i WKsm 'iffACIION IS PROBABLE Senator Cummins Declares 'i Legislation Is Ready to Em- power President to Take ,?. Over Railroads Embargo f: On Santa Fe Declared I Opposition Forces Meet. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Chair man Cummins of the senate ' inter state commerce committee conceded today that legislation was under con sideration wliich would cniixnver the president to take over the railroads if transportation became' seriously paralyzed. . Tho legislation under conside ration ly certain republican sen ators was said to provide for a declaration of an emergency und for authorization to the president to take whatever ruilroads were ' deemed advisable. "The strike . Is not settled mid the railroads cannot operate,"- sjifld- Senator . .Cummins, "then there is nothing left to bo done by the - govern ment but take them over and 0M?rato them." : ABILHNE, Texas. Aug. 11. (By the Associated Pre3S.) Congress man Thomas L. Blnntou of Abilene, today Bent out telegrams to numer ous leaders throughout tho - country assorting that President Harding had summoned congros sto take over tho railroads. This means national bank ruptcy and weak truckling to auto cratic unions far worse than when they forced passage of the A dam son law," the message said. "This is exactly what the brother hoods have planned. Remember how they held the government up during the war? Instead ofthe government truckling, there must be a final show down. We ' must make the labor board's decision final and stop this continuous tielng up of our nation's industries. The republican admin istration must he big and patriotic enough for the good of the country to forego the advantage of appoint ing hundreds of incidental fat patron age jobs. "Loyal Americans must organize and fight this menace." 1,08 ANGELES,, Aug. 11. East bound passenger nervlce on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo system is tied up and no through trains will leave Los Angeles until the walkout situar Hon of the bis four brotherhoods In tho Arizona .division, centering at Needles, Cal.; Is cleared up, It was an nounced early today, by I. L. Hib bard, general manager of the Santa re coast lines." ' '-' ' "We do not want to send passen gers out to be held tip in the desert," Mlbbnrd said. "There is no change overnight, although' the walkout of the trainmen seems to be confined to the Arizona division, with the Cali fornia and other divisions not af fected." Conductors, firemen, engineers and trainmen refused to answer calls in the Arizona division last night, tying up trains unexpectedly, and their rep resentatives here indicated the mat ter rested with brotherhood officials In the east. The cause for the rail- (Continued on page eight) PRESIDENT HARDING ENTERS TARIFF FIGHT; INSISTS ON FLEXIBILITY ;r ' - : ; '';-.'? : ;; '.' : . A&HIXGTON',"-Aug. 11. Presi dent ;Hardlng in . a letter today to Chairman McCumber of the finance committee read to the senate not only urged that a flexible tariff be pro vided for but that the tariff commis sion be made the agency for Investi gation and recommendation for changes in tariff rates. The executive wrote that the vary ing conditions in the world made It essential that there bo elasticity in the tariff and declared that the flexi ble plan proposed would be a "high ly constructive and progressive step in retaining the good and elimlniat ing the abusps" In the present sys tem ot tariff making. . Truck Loaded With $75,000 Worth of Hooch Seized, S. F. SA.N FRANCISCO, Aug. 11. Two motor truck loads andT an automobile load of whiskey having a total value of $75,000 were seized by the police today on a hay what in the Protrero district here and six supposed custodians of thol liquor were arrested and charged with vio lating the Volsteatl act. One truck and two automobiles es caped, according to Lieutenant of Police H. Barnsfield, who directed tho seizure. One of the men arrested is believed by S. F. Rutter, federal prohibition enforcement officer for California, to be'Whitey" Alien, who is wanted In connec tion with a big liquor seizure at Monterey, Cal., -recently. The manner in which the liquor was landed wa3 similar in both in stances, i SEN. LA FOLLETTE I .. RACINE, Wis., Aug. 11. The seat ing ot Senator NewberryT republican, of Michigan, was attacked by Sena tor La B'ollette in a speech here last night, in which, .the senator from Wisconsin heralded the acceptance of Newberry as a signal - that the' greatest danger menacing the life of American democracy is corruption from within; "The only plea on which senators can defend a vote to seat Senator Newberry," said Senator La Follette. "is that he did not know of the enor mous funds expended In his bebalf and was not a participant in his own campaign. This : lame excuse, will make no appeal to the common sense of the American people. It is con tradicted by the admitted facts in the record. ---' ' "Newborry? himself suggested the organization of the business men's committee which was placed in charge of his campaign. "Every penny- of the $195,000 openly acknowledged to have been spent was contributed by members of the Newberry family and his busl iness partners. Of the total amount, John Newberry, brother of Truman, admitted he had contributed $90, 000. . "A few thousand dollars were spent by Lorlmer's friends to pur chase the votes of .half a dozen mem bers of the Illinois legislature. Lori mer was not active In the canvass; it was shown by circumstantial evi dence only that he had knowledge of the acts and approved the plans of his dishonest agents; he never ad mitted the expenditure of a penny In his behair, anly only a portion of the $100,000 slush fund alleged to have been raised was ever shown to have been expended." Baby Killed lly Ant Powder. ' SEATTLE, Aug. 11. The death yesterday of Howard iXelson Smith, Jr., 18 monthB old of this city, is at tributed to a poisonous powder used about the house by his mother to kill ants. Dr. Thomas Morcom said he found indications ot poison and Coroner W. H. Corson is investigat ing. WASHINGTON-, Aug. 11. presi dent Harding intervened today in the senate figh over tho flexible tariff provisions, outlining to senators sum moned to the White House the desir ability of elasticity in tho tariff dur ing the present shifting world condi tions. The executive conferred first with Senator Odie of Xevada. a leader of the republican bloc, some members of which are opposed to the flexible plan in any form, and later saw Sen ator Helfin, republican. New Jer- sey, sponsor of the "scientific" tariff plan. ATTACKS SEA SEN NEWBERRY GOBLIN MAY GOBBLE IN K. K. TRIAL Arthur Perry, Attending Los Angeles Trial, Declares Goblin Coburn Is Peeved at Lodge Mates Hollywood Quiet As Jacksonville Pri mary Arouses Interests. By Arthur Perry. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 (Special Correspondence). They are trying goblin, a king kleagle, a plain kleagle, and 34 knights of the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan, in the superior court here, and two days were exhaust ed in securing a Jury. It is an undra- matic, unemotional proccedure, to date but the air is full of rumors, as the air generally is, when the Ku Klux Klan is involved. Rumor, seems to be a handmaid of- the secret organization, of which half the population knows so little, and the other half so much. The thirty-four knights are ranged in cane bottom chairs across the court room from the ' prospective jurors. Their counterparts could be found on any Main street. They range from boyish looking chaps, to gray-haired men; some in. the fishnet ties and Palm Beacli suits of the prosperous, and some in suits that to the casual observer have seen service only . on Sundays. They nodded to friends and acquaintances beforo'the opening, but all took a keen Interest, in the.seleating of a jury. ThertS Is not:-a mustache of any kind, or a' baldhead in the lot. Grand Goblin Peeved By himself sits William S. Coburn, former "Grand Goblin of the Realm of the Pacific." He belies in appearance his ex-grandlose title. After the raid he went back to Atlanta, Ka., to report to his superiors. He is no longer an official of the Ku Klux Klan. The. penny papers this evening carry a story in big and glaring headlines, that Coburn, peeved at the course of events will "turn tail" against his co-defendants. He has personal attorneys, but told the world through the pres3 "they would have to watch proceedings in court" This is one of the big guns that is predicted to rumble later on. Kleagle Oversleeps A momentary thrill was furnished the spectators ttiis morning, at the opening of court, when N. A. Baker, a plain kleagle, mixed up in the "Ingle wood raid", failed to- answer the roll call of the defendants. He appeared late, and called upon for an explana tion told the court "that he had over slept," owing to "spending the night in the interests of the court." He further explained "that If given ten days he could prove it." The court excused him with the admonishment "not to let it happen again." The day previous 'Kleagle Baker fig ured in the headlines, by indulging In a verbal argument with a "Times" reporter over the merits and demerits of a published article. The defense, from the line of -Its questioning of talesmen, expects to prove that tho "Inglewood raid" was a lawful raid, led by officers, that out ot 200 in the "party," only 37, thought or known to have Klan leanings are on trial, and the entire proceeding is "a plot of the state of California to crush the Klari." Because of this last alle gation, there is considerable interest outside of Los Angeles and elongated environs in the final result. The prosecution contends that the occurrence Is Just what It looks to bo, regulation of community morals by un official forces, and anti-Klan adherents scoff at the socalled "defense" as an eleventh hour alibi. It seems to be generally agreed, however, by both sides, that the trial will be long. ; Prlmry Interest Keen Sharing public Interest with the K. K. K. trial is the primary, August 26. A governor, police Judge, and oth er minor officials will be elected, but the main interest centers in the fate of Hiram Johnson, who Is running for the senate In the Sacramento valley and north of Frisco, Johnson has friends, vocal and journalistic, but after one puffs by Stockton, in the San Joaquin valley, It Is openly boasted that the political kibosh will be slapped on the gentleman. And, Incidentally, it Is a poor tele graph pole, along the right of way ot the Espee, that does not have at least the picture of one candidate upon It. They run here with the same freedom Harold McCormick Is Married to Former Star, Chicago Grand Opera X-pS, SI" it i - i3v Snown above are tne principals in the Rockefeller-McCormick do mestic tangle. Above, Mrs. Alex ander Smith Cochran (Madame Walska), married today to Mr. McCormick; below, Mr. Harold , McCormick and his former wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick who secured a divorce last winter. PARIS, Aug. 11. (By Associated Press). Harold V. McCormick of Chi cago and Mrs. Alexander Smith Coch ran (Madame Walska) were married today in the city hall of the sixteenth ward here. CHICAGO, Aug. 11; "Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick will have no comment to make on Mr. MeCormick's marriage." That telephone message delivered by Mrs. MeCormick's secretary, was the only statement forthcoming this morn ing when the Associated Press Inform ed the former wife of the International Harvester head of the latter's mar- riage.in Paris to Mme. Ganna Walska, the opera singer. Mrs. McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, has declined to com ment, since her divorce last winter, on either her former husband's activities or the announced engagement of her 17-year old daughter Mathilde. to Max Oser, elderly Swiss riding academy proprietor. , Mme. Walska created a furore when she came tv Chicago two years ago to appear as one of the stars of the Chica go opera company. Mr. McCormick who with Mrs. Edith McCormick was the principal guarantor of the company had employed her while visiting Paris. M'me Walska Temperamental On the day before her announced debut with tho Cl'lcago company. Mme. Walska packed her bags and left for New York. Gossips buzzed over the Incident and it was generally reported that Conductor Marinuzzo had publicly criticized her ability as a singer before the entire, cast at a dress rehearsal Madame- Walska was the wife of Alexander Smith Cochran, wealthy manufacturer. Incompatibility divided them and a divorce decree was issued by a French court on May 31 last, to become finally effective in sixty days. Mrs. Mccormick obtained a divorce last December after a married life of twenty-six years. The decree was ob tained on the ground of desertion. Reports were frequent during the spring and early summer that Mr. McCormick Intended wedding Mme. Walska when she. .had obtained her final decree and these persisted de ttje. t i spite denials which were generally re garded as" what international parllatice terms "diplomatic." Mr. McCormick sailed for Europe in July and reiorts from Paris were that he was frequently seen in Mme. Wals ka's company. Friends of the couple generally believed their marriage would not be long delayed. The sailing for Europe of the groom and today's Paris wedding followed shortly his re covory In Chicago from a glandular operation. He was accompanied on Ills voyage by his daughter, Mathilde, whoso romantic attachment to Max Oser has rivaled the paternal romanco In public opinion. The outcome of Mathllde's romance Is not yet definitely apparent but Mr. McCormick has declared he would not Interfere in his daughter's affairs and Miss McCormick only yesterday went with her governess from Paris to a fe- sort near Lucerne, where her fiance 1b stopping. Tho present is Mme. Waiska's third marriage. Her first was to Aracide d Elngorn, a Russian army officer Who was killed early In the war. Wedding Breakfast Served . Announcement of the marriage was made by the bride. After tho wedding Mr. and Mrs. Mc Cormick gave a luncheon at the Ritz hotel at which Mr. and Mrs. Dudioy Field Malone were guests. Mr. Malone was counsel for Mme. Walska in the proceedings which recently resulted in (he divorce between her and Mr. Cochran. Mr. McCormick and his bride, after the luncheon left for an automobile tour. Their destination was not an nounced. Mr. and Mrs. Malone were the only witnesses at the marriage. SUBPOENAE 162 IN HALL CONTEST SALEM ,Orc., Aug. 11. One hun dred and sixty-two citizens, Including 62 women of Marlon county have been subpoenaed to appear Monday morning, August 14 in the Olcott Hail recount case. They ure cited to answer charges of Illegal voting. The list Includes 47 residents from twelve precincts' in Snlom. The largest number subpoenned from any one precinct is forty from Mount Angel 2 Killed, 5 Injured By Hold Explosion On Liner Adriatic NEW YORK. Aug. 11. (By the Associated Press.) Two members of the Adriatic's crew were kiilod, five wore seriously Injured and one is mlBsing as the result of an explosion of un- dotorinlned origin in her No. 3 hold, according to a wireless message received toduy at tho White Star line. Tho moasago reported that I the Adriatic was proceeding to New York at half speed. Coal was Btorod In the No. 3 hold and officials of the lino, in the absence of datulls, thought that spontaneous combustion may , have caused the explosion. ' The men killed wore a fire- man and a trimmer. Those In- jured included an electrician and other employes of the en- 4 glue room. Although railroad Btrlke news to day was not encouraging, J IJ. Mul chay general freight agent of 'the Southern Pacific Informed the Mai? Tribune that he waj certain there would be no tie up on the S. P. IIiicb and he Is confident that tunre will he no serious trouble on eastern rail roads. "There are too many sane heads on both sides of t-ila contro versy," said he, "to mke i general walkout possible, ; I look for a set tlement in tho near future" - U ,Mt. Mulchay has been in the valley several, days looking over, tho-fruit prospects frrom a tonnago standpoint and he is very enthusiastic over the situation.. M. Montgomery, (oral S. P. Agent predicts there will be 1150 cars of pears shipped from the valley this year, 'compared to 609 shipped last year. This Is tho largest pear crop ever produced In , Jackson county and the credit for the increase is universally attributed to Irriga tion established, on a comprehensive scale for the first time this year. ' BASEBALL SCORES ' . National At Philadelphia R. H. E. Boston 3 10 3 Philadelphia u 14 3 Batteries: Watson and O'Neill; Hubbell and Henllne. At Brooklyn ' R. H. E. New York 8, 0 0 'Brooklyn 1 8 1 Batteries: J. Barnes and Snyder; Smith and Millor. At Pittsburg . R. II. E. Cincinnati 15 0 Pittsburg 7 11 0 . Batteries: Luque, Merkle and liar grave; Cooper and Schmidt. American At Boston R. 11. E Washington 5 13 0 Boston 4 8 1 Battorles: Johnson and Plcinich; Collins, Plcrcey and Ruol. At New York R. H.E. Philadelphia 2 4 2 New Yoik .3 8 2 Batteries: Rommel, Ketcham and Perkins; Bush and Seining. ItowhiirK P. M. Named. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Nomin ations for postmasters today includ ed: RoBelnirg, Ore., Charles S. Holnllne. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ALLOTTED BY WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (By the Associated Press.) Final allotment or (35,604,250 of the funds appro priated by congresB for river and har bor improvement work during the fiscal year 1923 made by the chief of army engineers, was announced to day by the war department. Con gress appropriated $42,213,000 of which approximately (7,000,000 has been reserved tor future emergency expenditure. Among 'Pacific coast allotments are: - i( BOMBS ARE THROWN IN RAIL STRIKE Santa Fef Shops at San Ber nardino Attacked in Early Morning One Man Injured ' Violence Increases in Many Sections-rCall Out More Troops. .. : : SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. ll.j ' (Dy.the Associated Press Deputy , United States Marshal Albcrtson was seriously burned when a bomb ex ploded in his hands early toduy shortly after the explosion v of 23 bombs In the yards of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad system hero, which is involved in tho strike of railway shopmen. , Explosion of the bombs, starting at 1:30 o'clock and continuing to 3.45, created terror In the vicinity of tho shops, hurling fragments several hundred feet, but doing no damage other than tearing up eurth. Tho bombs were ot cast iron pipe elbows filled with a white powder and ac cording to investigators were appar ently thrown Into tho stockndc. City Lights Extinguished. ; Fifty officers wero rushed to the scene but did not succeed in locating the point from which the bombs were thrown. Most of the : bombs landed about 200 feet from ' the ' ' roundhouse and there was no ono In .. tho Immediate vicinity. The set-en-tecnth bomb sent a fragment throuirh the high voltngB wires ancj cut off the .. electric lighting supply, "plunging : San Bernardino into darkness i and adding to the fright of the inhabl-' tantB. This was at 3 at m an hour and a half aftor the first explosion. Metal fragments from tho pipo casing of the bombs were imbedded an Inch in the stockade walls and some struck nouses In the vicinity of the yards. A large rock was hurled 200 feet by one of the explosions and fell near one of the company guards. The officers at daybreak found ono unexploded bomb and were taking it to a chemist in an automobile for ex amination. Deputy United States Marshal Albertson had .the bomb in , his hands and had opened one end ot It revealing a white powdered sub stance., It ignited and exploded, se verely burning his hnnds. Ho was rushed to the emergency hospital in tho Santa Fe yards for treatment. R. U. Gunrd Killed. A large number of metal fragments from tho bombs wero gathered by of ficers and newspaper men. Snn Bor nardlno has been the scene of con siderable dlsordev Binco the beginning ' of tho railroad shopmen's strike. At one time state troops were requested. Rioting occurred on several. occasions. . Ono fatality has occurred tp date, . Roy E. Burton, a Santa Fe - guard, having been shot and killed in tho . railroad yards while on ' duty' on tho night of July 27.' Sheriff .Walter A. Hhay last week arrested B SUspoct In 'connection with the shooting. ., San Bernardino Is a divisional headquarters of the Santa Fe system. CHICAGO, Aug. 11. (By the As sociated Press) Serious threats . to I irumc iiy reiuHai m iriiuiiueu m . move trains at points where troops are on gunrd: renewed outbreaks of violence resulting in several . deaths and the possibility of walkouts by . maintenance of way men on various ronds. marked the progress of the rallHtrlke as railroad heads and union ( leaders gathered for conferences to day to separately consider President Harding's proposal for. ending tho . strike. . Members of the big four transpor- ' tatlon brotherhoods, upon whom train movements depend, were" authorized hy their chiefs to suspend' work; ,-.tf ,T I they-, consider strike conditions- .hd:,J j tho presence of soldiers' at terminals f and Junction points "unbearable." ; 1 El Coos Bay, Oregon, $150,000; Coos river, 3,000; Qaquina bay and har bor $300,000; Columbia, river and tributaries. Celllo ' Fulls to Snake river $12,500; Snake river $10,000; Cltr.tskunle river $6,200; . Yamhill river $27,300; Lewis river $17,700; Cowlita river $11,000; Skamokawa creek $2,000; Grays river $2,000; Columbia and lower Willamette riv ers' below Vancouver and Portland $850,000; Wlllapa river and harbor $265,000; Grays harbor and bar en tiance $36,000. (Continued on page eight) ' - "S'V. "