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Maximum yesterday 92
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MEDFORD, ORKGOX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922
NO. 132
EATEN NATION: WIDE LABOR
MEDFORD
THR
WAR
WORKERS
DEMAND A
WALK OUT
Portland Labor Council Joins
in. Omaha Resolution With
Scores of Other Labor
Locals Ask A. F. L. to Call
General Strike Involving
Over 5,000,000 Workers.
SIOUX FALLS, la., Aug. 24. Plana
tliat have been maturing for more than
a month for a nation-wide strike that
virtually would be a labor war, came
to light this morning, according to
John Shank, secretary of the trades
and labor assembly. Trades and labor
assemblies throughout the nation are
demanding that the executive council
of the American Federation' of Labor,
call a national strike. Shank said.
More than five million men would be
involved. The Sioux City trades and
labor assembly passed the resolution
unanimously and without debate.
John Shank, secretary of- the assem
bly said that similar endorsement of
the resolution had been given, accord
ing to his reports, by central labor
bodies in Denver, Detroit, San Fran
clsco and other large cities.
OMAHA, Xeb., Aug. 24. John M.
Olbb, 'president of the Central Labor
Union of Omaha, today made public
the text ot a resolution recently-
adopted by that body and Bent to
other labor organizations for similar
action, calling on the executive
council of the American Federation j
of Labor to call a national strike in!
protest against the "slavery condi
tions that are being imposed upon
us."
The resolution after referring to
the strike of the miners, railway em
ployes and New England textile
workers, declares that "the president
of the United States now informs us
through the medium of the public
press that itJs his purpose to use the
full power of the government, both
military and judicial, to intimidate
and oppress a free people and to bend
them to his will, ,that the American
standard of living must be reduced."
The charge was also made that
"the doers of the United States
treasury have been thrown open for
the relief of big business as repre
sented by the railroad owners."
After providing for the forwarding
of copies of the resolution to all de
partments of the American Federation
of Labor, railway brotherhoods and
all central labor unions for their sup
port, the document concludes with a
pledge of "our lives, our liberty and
our sacred honor to the establish
ment, maintenance and defense of a
living rate of wages In the United
. States."
Oregon Included
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 14. The
Portland Labor Council has adopted
the "Omaha resolution" asking the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor to call a na
tional wide strike, according to an
nouncement today by W. E. Kimsey,
escretary of the council.
Kimsey said this would be forward
ed to the executive council, which has
no power to call a strike, but which
has authority to propose to indiv
idual unions whether they desire to
joint a nationwlde walkout. If Ore
gon union labor would vote for a
strike, 125,000 men in the 'state
would be affected, said Kimsey.
BATHING BEACHES "HELL HOLES" SAYS
' VOLIVA, SEPARATE SEXES 500 f EET
ZION, III.. Aug. 24. -Wilbur Glenn
Vollva, overseer of Zion, who terms
bathing beaches "hell holes," has
issued orders that male and female
bathers at the Zion be segregated. It
was learned today, A distance of
BOO feet must separate the men and
women.
Patrolmen are keeping close watch
to see that the bathing beach ordi
nance specifications lor bathing suits
are not violated.
"On the bathing beach, while in
bathing or preparing .'o bathe or
after leaving the water and until
Unmasked Robbers
Tend to Customers,
Escape With $5000
SPOKANE.. Aug. 24 Two un-
masked robbers who entered the
pawn shop of Lue Soss In the
business district just after he had
opened his safe this morning,
bound Soss in a back room,
trussed up his clerk, when he ap-
peared for work later, made a
careful search of the stock for
valuables while they waited on
customers, and after half an hour
walked out with plunder which
Soss says was worth $5000. it in-
eluded 100 diamonds, set and
unset, and $150 in cash, he told
the police.
HOMIER TILT
TIES UP U. P. AT
Engine Squirts Railroad Guard
Who Threatens the Engine
- Crew, Whereupon Entire
Union Force Walks Out
Men Beaten Up Spokane.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 24.
Traffic In the local Union, Pacific
railroad ' ynrtls 'was tied up- totlay
when switchmen, engineers and
firemen walked out following the al
leged threat of a local Etiard to fill
an engine "full of lead." ' The men
walked out in a body from the shops
to the labor temple, from where they
communicated with officials of the
company. The latter said they were
confident the matter could bo set
tled.
The guard It was stated, believed
the engineer sprayed iot water on
him as his engine passed and drew
a pistol. The engineer, however, de
nied the accusation and declared It
was an accident if it occurred at all.
SPOKANE, Aug. 24. II. C. Orley.
employed at the Hlllyard shops of
the Great Northern railroad received
treatment at the city emergency hos
pital here early today -for cuts and
wounds ho said he sustained at the
hands of a mob of about 20 men,
who chased him for five blocks when
he alighted from a street car at Hlll
yard shortly . after midnight last
night. He said he left the railroad's
employ last week after ho had been
threatened, but was intending to re
port for work again last night.
Alvin E. Grn, car inspector for
the Great Northern railroad today
was recovering from two black eyes
and sundry bruises yesterday when
six strike sympathizers held him up
and forced him into a waiting auto
mobile at the point of guns accord
ing to his report to local officials. He
was blind flded and tied, and ridden
about for two hours, ho sa)d.
10 SUCCEED PERSHING
WASHINGTON", Aur. 24 The sen
ate yesterday cleared the way for the
president to appoint Major General
Hnrbord, deputy chief of stuff, to
the post of chief of staff upon retire
ment of General Pershin?, who will
go upon the inactive duty list because
of af?e limitations In another year.
The house bill, which was passed by
the senate without change, removes
certain legal restrictions relative to
the naming of General Harbord as
General Pershing's successor.
properly clothed, every female shall
wear a suit which, with black stock
ings, shall be a complete cover, .ex
cepting that thp. arms may be bare
to the elbows," reads one paragraph
of the ordinance. The women s
suits also must have a skirt extend
ing at least six Inches below the
knees.
Mens swimming suits are required
to extend at least below the knee,
with a skirt extending downward
from the waist line to a point not
higher than midway between hip and
knee.
GRAND
ISLAND
LEADER 0. S.
BOLSHEVIK)
IS ARRESTED
W
. Z. Foster, Head of Trade
Union League; Nabbed By
U. S. Secret Service in Chi
cago Details of Gigantic
Plot to Gain U. S. Control
Are Bared.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Aug. 24.
(By the Associated Press.) Charg
ed with criminal syndicalism under
the state law passed 'by the 1919 state
legislature, 17 alleged communists
arrested in the Brldgemau raid, de
manded an examination when
brought before Justice Uay W. Da
vis here today. The date of examina
tion has not been set and they are
held In the St. Joseph jail under $10,
000 bail each. The bonds were not
furnished.
LANSING, Mich., Aug 24. (By
the Associated Press.) A document
purporting to be the constitution of
the communist party was taken In
the raid upon alleged members of
that party at Bridgeman, according
to Colonel Jay C. Vandercook, state
commissioner of public safety. The
document, according to Colonel Van-
dercook's , advices endorsed the doc
trine of ."revolution and armed in
surrection," and the establishment of
Soviets.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. The Amer
ican Civil Liberties union announced
today that it would bring suit against
Adjutant General Hamrock of Colo
rado for damages as a result of the
ordering out of that state of William
'.. Foster, labor leader, on August 6.
The amount of damages that will be
asked was not announced.
CHICAGO, 'Aug-. 24. Michigan's
stato syndicalism law was the first
weapon' state and federal authorities
planned to use today In breaking up
what they termed one of the greatest
radical and anarchistic conspiracies
of recent years.
As seventeen men captured in a
raid on their secret rendezvous in
the woods of Berrien county. Michi
gan, faced syndicalist charges at St.
Joseph today, V, Z. Foster, head of
the trade union educational sleague,
leader of the steel strike of 1919, and
one of the foremost radicals of
America, who was arrested here,
awaited extradition to Michigan.
Meanwhile state and federal agents
continued their search for fifty
others said to have escaped when the
secret meeting in the hills was
broken up. Among those for whom
the authorities were looking ' was
Rose Pastor Stokes of New York,
wealthy communist leader.
Foster Denies Attendance.
Foster, awaiting extradition to
Michigan, denied he had been at the
meeting In Berrien county. Records
seized in a raid on Foster's head
quarters and the Michigan rendez
vous contnlncd the names of many
radicals throughout the country and
will prove' valuable In the round-up,
the authorities said.
Foster was arrested by James
Tlooney of the Bureau of investiga
tion of the department of Justice and
A. M. Devoursnoy, operative for the
private ngency headed by "William J.
Burns, chief of the federal secret ser
vice. For several days before the gather
ing in the woods, strangers dropped
off trains at St. Jospeh and Benton
Harbor, singly and In twos and
threes. ' They turned up later, ac
cording to federal agents at a forest
resort near the .village of Bridgeman.
A Familiar Scene.
Burning pine knots furnished the
light for the assemblage in a lonely
glade at the bottom of a heavily tim
bered valley. Operatives for the fed
eral department : who watched the
gathering notified their chiefs. In
the meantime word that thy were
wntched apparently reached the
delegates, ta the radical meeting, for
many of them disappeared. Then
the word came to make the arrests
after communications by federal and
local authorities, sheriffs deputies
and government operatives drew In
their drag net.
Chief among those who were ar
rested was C. E. Ruthenherg, once a
candidate for mayor of Cleveland.
Trailing some of those who escap
ed, detectives asserted the belief that
Mrs. Stokes was among the fugitives.
Rfforts to locate her as the state nf
Michigan Invoked Its criminal syndi
calism law for the first time, were re
doubled today.
Following Foster's arrest, deter-
(Continued on Page Threat
Ambassador Herrick Returns for Rest
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Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to France, returning to America, calls on
Secretary of State Hughes at the stato department, before going to his farm
in Michigan for a summer's rest.
TRUCK DRIVER S
BACK IS BROKEN
BY TURN OVER
T. J. Card, a county employee,
driver of one of the. county gravel
trucks doing work near Beagle, on
the Evans creek road, was severely
injured yesterday afternoon about 4
o'clock, when the truck completely
overturned and he suffered a broken
back.
The truck was rounding a curve
with a load of gravel and the front
wheels encountered soft dirt and
gravel at the edge of the road. It is
supposed that'Card found difficulty
In steering the vehicle in the soft dirt.
At the same time the edge of the
road gave way and allowed one side
of the truck to take a position con
siderably lower than the other side.
The truck overturned completely,
landing rlcht side up.
When the truck had righted itself.
Card sat In the seat, paralyzed as a
result of having had his back -broken
during tlyj girations ot the vehicle.
It is supposed that he was thrown
against the steering wheel and that
the force of the fall broke his hack.
The injured man, whose residence
is at 411 S. Xewtown, Bedford, was
taken to the Sacred Heart hospital,
where. It is said that he may recover,
although his condition is considered
as grave. Card Is married and is the
father of three children.
The family moved to Medford
about three years ago from their
home in South Dakota.
L
PENVER, Aug. 24. Wage h of
Colorado cooljrnlners will not bo ro
Btoped on tho banla of last April In
accordance with the ndjUHtment ef
fected rfn theJ central competitive
field, J. F, Welborn, president of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the
largest coal producer In thin tate, in
dicated in a Rtatement made public
here today. The -cut of thirty per
cent April 1, 1922, wa approved by
the state industrial commission and
will Btand, said Weiborn.
McXary Busy As Vsunl.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Investi
gation of tho present kinds and costs
of crop insurance with a view to
recommendations for legislation, is
proposed in a resolution Introduced
today by Senator Mcls'ary, republi
can, Oregon.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 24.
Foui unmasked robbers held up the
Cottage Grove State bank at Cottage
flrove avenue, near 2f)th street, here
today and escaped with cash estimat
ed at $5,000.
CARTURNS OVER
PACIFCHIGHWAY
5
Mr. and Mm. Ftoytt liippey and
daughter, Ililllo Clyde' Gardner and
Otis Ackorman-nll 'of Medford wore
all more or ivm seriously injured hist
night about 12:16, when a new Butck
touring car recently purchased hy
Gardner, chief clerk at tho Hotel
Medford, turned over on the Pacific
Highway a short distance north of
Jackson Hot Spring, i
Tho party had been to tho Wed-J
ne-sday night dunce at tho Slot
Spring and were on tho way home.
Gardner, according to witnesses, was
driving tho cm and tried to pass
another cur on the road. Jut as he
was about to pans this car, which
was also going north, a ear appeared
on the highway, headed south. Gard
ner decided lie could not accomplish
tiie passage, and in order to fall in
behind tiio cur, and allow tho south
bound car room to pass, ho applied
his brakes suddenly.
The car skidded, the rear wheel on
the left side went Into a small ditch
in the left side of the road, tho wheel
collapsed, tho car swung completely
around and overturned. It turned
only half a revolution and was rest
ing in a bottom-side-up position
when other motorists on the road at
tho time, began helping the, impris
oned passenger.
The, par was lifted far enough to
allow them to escape, Mrs. Hippey
was unconscious, suffering three
broken ribs, cuts about the head and
undetermined internal injurim. rSoth
Mrs. Itippoy and her daughter, who
who suffered two fractured ribs,
were taken to the Granite City Hos
pital in Ashland, Gardner suffered
a bad cut on the chin and was se
verely squeezed . by the steering
wheel. Floyd Itlppey received a cut
on the head and Otic Ackerman sus
tained several minor bruises.
The car sustained a broken rear
wheel, demolished top and wind
shield, broken steering wheel spokes
and damaged seat cushions in addi
tion to a hump on the rear of the
tonneau where something held the
car from touching the ground or po
sibly crushing the occupants more
severely. ,
It is expected that all of tho par
ticipants In the accident will recover,
although the full extent of the Inju
ries sustained by Mrs. Kipped had
not been determined at press time.
MOORE NOMINATED
IP.
WALLACE, Idaho,, Aug. 24. Re
publicans of Idaho adjourned their
two-day convention hero last even
ing after having nominated Charles
C. Moore of 8t. Anthony for governor,
Burton t. Fronch, Moscow, for con
gressman from tho Becond district,
together with a complete static
ticket. French and Smith aro the
present Idaho congressmen.
Except in the case of lieutenant
governor and state superintendent of
schools, all nominations wero hy ac
clamatlon.
ARE
INJURED
Demand for Volstead
To Resign Howled
Down in Congress
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.
"Resignation of Representative
Volstead, republican, Minnesota,
us chairman and as a member
of the house judiciary co.nmlt
tee uecause of help alleged to
have been given him In the lust
election by the Antl-Saloou
league, was requested in a reso
lution read in the house today
by Representative Tinkhnm, re
publican, Massachusetts.
After reading of the resolu
tlon had been concluded. Rep.
resentatlve Munn., republican
Illinois, moved that it be laid on
the table and tho motion was
adopted with a loud chorus of
ayes. .
After the resolution had
been laid on the table, -which
move amounted to killing It,
there was a demand, led by Rep
resentative Dyer, republican
Missouri, to strike it from the
record, and this was ordered,
141 to 3.
KlOEFENSEi!
DISMISS FAILS
Court Refuses Motion to Dis-;-
miss Indictments Against
Ku Klux Klaners in Los
Angeles Bootlegging Is
Charge By Defense.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24. Tho de
fense rested Its case today In the
trial of 36 purported members of the
Kn Klux Klan Indicted for felonies
growing out of a raid en the home
of the Elduayen brothers at Ingle-
wood last April,
Sitnte rebuttal folowed Jirietly and
argument began.
The final witness tor the defense
was a chemist, who testified that he
examined some wine taken from the
Elduayen home and found wood al
cohol In It. The cause of the raid
as explained by defendants on the
stand was their ibcilef that the Kl
duayens were engaged in the making
and sale ot illicit liquors.
The defense moved for dismissal
of several defendants, Including W.
S. Coburn, former grand goblin, but
the motion was denied and argu
ments were begun at once. Attor
neys said this indicated the case
would be continued next week.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24. Only
one piece of ovldence remained to be
Introduced before the defense would
complete its case In the trial of 35 al
leged members ot the Ku Klux Klan
on felony charges growing out of the
raid at Inglewood, April 21, It was
stated early today.
This, counsel tor the defendants
said, was a chemical analysis of
liquors said to have been obtained 1)y
the raiders at the home and bonded
minery of Fidel and Matlas Elduayen
objects of the raid and proprietors of
an alleged "blind pig," according to
the defense.
SkvI Price Advanced.
riTTSHUHCI, Aug. 24. The Na
tional Tube company here today an
RESISJOIION
nounced un auvunre on inc price triin ,i ,i, rnj 1.1 k-j..
steel pipe to meet an increase posted ol,lnst a"d who followed his . body
by Independents a week ago. Stand-1 through the Dublin streeta with low
ard pipe, black, was increased 16.00 ered head and tear-blinded eyes was a
a ton, while standard pipe, gaivan-iboyish figure wearing a ragged civilian
lied went up 14 a ton. Other goods 1 1 1 i .
were advanced In proportion. I (Continued on page eight)
FIDO'S SKULL CRACKED. DOC PUTS
PERFECTLY GOOD HALF DOLLAR IN IT
BIRMIN'OHAM, Ain., Aug. By 1.
N. 8.) t'ldo may have been a totally
worthless mutt, once, but he's nvalu
able dog now.
He was brought to a local veterin
arian, suffering from a hole In his
skull tnrllctcd with some sharp in
strument. Tho vet promptly got to
work. Ho cut out a portion of the
skull bone and Inserted a bright, sil
BUN'S
HERO LIES IN
SIATEDUBLIN
Draped in Tri-Color of Ireland,
Body of Michael Collins is
Placed in City Hail-Crack
of Snipers', Rifles Alone
Break Silence of Mourning
City.
COUK, Auff, 24. By tho Atf
SiiviaUxl PreoN. ) Tom, Hk!w,
who 1h1 and nrcepted the re
Nponiribllfty for tlio ambush
whirl! killed MleWl (Villus, .
repudiated it today, throw down
his Arms and offered to join tho
nation uI forcoH. I
DUBLIN, Aug. 24. (By Associated
Press). Draped in the beloved tri-eolor
of Ireland, the coffin containing the
body of Michael Collins, slain chief ot
Ireland's new free state government,
was landed here today from the steam
er Classic and borne through the
streets amid aQ Impressive tribute
from the assembled multitude. General
Coillns' body wbb met at the dock by
large throngs of mourners, Including
Richard Mulcahey, chief of staff, and
other prominent representatives ot the
army. The body was taken on a gun
carriage, preceded by a band ot ptperB
to St. Vincent s hospital. ' ' .m-.
Prayers were said as the procession
passed In silence, broken only by the
distant crack of snipers' rifles In vari
ous parts of the grief stticken city.
The cortege was flanked by a line ot
Dublin guards marching in slow time
with the muzzles ot their revolvers
protruding from the holsters, A de
tachment ot civic guards In blue uni
forms followed. Immediately behind
came an armored car bristling with
rifles at right angles, comprising an
incongruous ending to the mournful
procession. Several men who were
wounded In the fighting near Bandon,
county Ciork, Tuesday night, when Col
lins lost his life, accompanied their be
loved leader's body on the sea voyage
to Dublin.
It was arranged to remove the body
from St. Vincent's hospital to tho city
hall inter In the day In oTder to give
the thousands of sorrowing Irishmen
and women an opportunity ot seeing
for the last time the features of their
national hero lying in state. Tomor
row the remains wlll.be taken to the
pro-cathedral whore a high requiem
mass will be held, preceding the funer
al at the Glasnevln cemetery on' Mon
day. Crowds Greet Death Slllp
From midnight last night crowds
had been gathering at the north quay
to witness the arrival ot the Classic.
Scenes typical of the nation's sorrow
marked the progress of the coffin from
the steamer through the long avenue
of troops with reversed arms to the
waiting gun carriage.
Regular officers draped the . plain
oak casket in the free state colors and
placed It on the wooden platform built
on the IS-pounder gun carriage. The
dead general's charger was led rider
less alongside. . ,
People Break Down
The members of the provisional gov
erament and deputies of the DaH
Eireann, together with the members of
the headquarters staff immediately fol
lowed. Then came the throngs of
bareheaded men. and women, many of
them making no effort to restrain their,
tears. Among the little band ot fight
ing men who made the last stand with
ver half dollar in the boneless space.
Fido now wngs his tall as gaiiy as
ever and smiles a smile that his ca
nine companions cannot understand.
He seems to realize that he's a valu
able dog since he has "tour-bits' "
worth of Uncle Sam's circulating me
dium wedged tight In his cranium.
It Is even reported that he is a trifle
"Stand-offish" now . when In the
company of other dogs.