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MEDFORD, OREGON, Fit J DAY, NOVEMBER 24, 3922
XO. 210
IS
Outstanding Hero of World War
Receives Gift of $10,000 and Home
NEAR DEATH RESULT
LONG HUNGER STRIKE
IS KILLED AT PARTY
1
BACK AT HIS
y. S. CRITICS
HE
1
S EXECUTED
Erskinc Childers, De Valera's
Chief Lieutenant and the
Strongest Figure in Repub
lican Army Shot for Having
Pistol in His Possession
Hero of World War.
DUBLIN, Nov. 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Erakine Childers,
chief lieutenant ot Eamonn De Valera
was executed hero today.
He was executed at 7 o'clock this
morning lor having had an automatic
pistol in his possession, it is an
nounced in an official. bulletin given
out by the national army.
Erskinc Childers, a lieutenant In
the Irish republican army and ono
of the right hand men of Eamon De
Valera, was placed on trial before a
military tribunal in Dublin on No
vember 1 7 on the charge that he had
a pistol in his possession when ar
rested at Wicklow by free state
forces on November 10. The trial
lasted two days. Childers, who was
52 years old, appealed through
counsel for a writ of habeas corpus,
which was denied yosterday by the
master of the rolls. He then ap
pealed to tho court of appeals for
southern Ireland.
Childers was an ardent proponent
ot an Irish republic and strongly op
posed ratification of the treaty set
ting up the Irish free slate on the
ground I hat It meant "absorption of
Ireland in the British empire."
Ho was defeated last June in the
elections for the south Irish parlia
ment, receiving fewer votes than nny
other candidate in the whole election.
Early in the next month he was
reported to be organizing a band ot
liirmgcnts in the Dublin hills ami
ktfer in the summer commando' the
hind of irregulars who cut tho cable
In Valentia harbor.
Won I). S. C. in War
Childers was educated at Trinity
college, Cambridge. He served in
tho European war as a lieutenant
commander of the Royal Navy Vol
unteer reserve between January' and
May, 1916, and won the distinguish
ed service cross for his servlco with
tho niiti-submarlno forces. '
Childore was the author of several
(Continued on Pajin six.)
WIDOW OF COUR DE
"WALLACE, Idaho, Nov. 24. Re
turn of a one-sixteenth interest in tlio
Hercules mine lo her husband's es
tate, or 11.000,000 damageB with
costs of action in case of failure to
return, was asked ly Mrs. Agnes Lor
ttta Day, widow of the late Eugene
H. Day, Coeur d'Alene mining man,
In a suit on file here today In the
Shoshone district court,
Mrs. Day stated In her complaint
that she sued Day for divorce lute In
1903 and that the suit was sM II pend
ing at the time of his death last Feb
ruary. During that interval In 1S11,
i:ikliif' Chlldors.
DUBLIN. Nov. 24. (By
the Associated Press.) Miss
Annie .MacSwtnoy, who had fast-
e'l outside the gates of Mount-
joy prison sinco last Friday as a
protest against the Imprison-
mont of her Bister, Mary, was
removed by friends last night to
a private nursing home. She
was in a very weak condition
but refused to take food and
only swallowed some wator.
In- a letter toj the newspa-
pcrs, Annie MacSwIney says that
her sister who has been on a
hunger strike for twenty days,
received the sacrament on Wed-
ncsday and was given extreme
unction.
Mary now refuses visits frftm
the' prison doctors and nurses.
She is attended day and night ?
bv her fellow prisoners.
U. P. CHALLENGES
S. P. CONTENTION
C. P.
Union Pacific Attorneys Deny
Divorce Would Hamper De
velopment Pacific Coast
Common Use of Road Dis
regarded Is Claim.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Chal
huiK'ntf tho contention of Southern
Pacific railroad representatives that
separation of their system from tho
Central Pacific, u ordered by tho su
preme eourt. would huvo nn injurious
effect on both roads nnd hamper de
velopment of tho Pacific Coast, coun
sel for the Union Pacific before tho
inter-state commerce commission to
day sought to bring out advantages
to be gained by carrying out the dis
solution order.
H. W. ClarU, chief counsel for the
Union Pacific, opposing the Southern
Pacific's application, on which hear
ings are being held for authority to
continue its control of the Central Pa
cific notwithstanding tho court's de
cision introduced into cross-examination
of witnesses repeated suggestions
that the court had eliminated the
general objections to dissolution by
providing for common uso of facili
ties on a large scalo by tho two cor
porations after their separation.
Questioning F. L. liurckhalter, ns-j
sistant general manager of the
Southern Pacific, Mr. Clark demand
ed to know if tho Southern Pacific's!
picture of the situation which would j
result from the divorce of tho twoj
systems had not been based entirely
on a disregard of the possibility of
Joint use of tracks, terminals and
shops.
Mr. Piifkhalter declared that the
Southern Pacific argument hud at'
least particularly considered the
court's proposal for this treatment of
the dual system. He took sharp Is
sue, however with Mr. Clark on nu
merous points.
Aided by largo scale maps the
Union Pacific counsel took up In de
tail the possibilities of point opera
tion after separation, seeking to
establish the point that Southern Pa
cific service and Southern Pacific
trains could be maintained In opera
tion over many parts of tho Centrul
Pacific after separation, white the
Central Pacific would have the same
rights and facilities in tho use of vital
sections of Southern Pacific con
struction. Food Itnthcr Than Love.
BKOWHEBAS, Maine, Nov. 24.
Mrs. IScrtha Colo lliitton, who start
ed a hunger strike on November 13 lo
ri'Kiiin the affections of her husband
li oke her fast.
ALENE MNNG
It was alleged, Day paid $25(1,000 to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Reeves for
the sixteenth interest in the Hercu
les, but the deed was made to Mrs.
Hoyce. The complaint adds that Mrs.
Iioyce paid no part of the purchase
price of the property, that the Inter
est was community property, and that
It was placed 111 Mrs. Boycc's name
to deprive .Mrs. Day of her Interest
In it.
Tho - Day estate at present Is In
the courts, no final arrangement be
tween Mrs. Day and the Day execu
tors having been announced.
RFGARDiNH
Clemenceau in Special A. P.
Interview, Replies to Sena
tors Borah and Hitchcock
Dares Latter to Visit France
No Colored Troops in
Germany Denies Militaristic
BOSTON, Nov. 21. (By tho As
sociated PreBS.) The Tiger ot
France lashed back at his critics to
day in his first American interylew,
granted to the Associated Press, re
plyiug particularly to the criticisms
ot Senators Hitchcock and Borah.
"Senator Hitchcock calls me a mili
tarist," Clemenceau, French war pre
mier, said. "Well I am glad to tell
Mr. Hitchcock he is In the senate,
owing to tho vote, for only a few
more days. When he Is free I dare
hi in to go to France and learn the
facts."
Answering Senator Hitchcock's de
mand that he explain why France
Insisted on using black troops in her
army of occupation, the Tiger declar
ed that Hitchcock had been misled
by German propaganda and that
there was not a single black soldier
in German territory.
To Senator Borah's recent asser
tion that Clemenceau was primarily
responsible for conditions In Eu
ropo because of his great Influence
in the drafting ot tho Versailles
treaty, the aged statesman declared
his ' situation-was "particularly dis
tressing,'" since in France he had
been most bitterly criticised, for hav
ing asked from tho Germans less than
I ought to."
Promises (o Ho Clear
When he was told that some of
the senators at Washington had said
they were not able to t understand
clearly from his speeches just what
he wanted of America, the Tiger said
with a gleam in his eyes that he
thought they would know after his
address this afternoon the second
formal speech of his American tour.
Clemenceau received his interview
ers in his room at the home ot F. L.
Higginson, Jr., ho wore his usual
gray cutaway suit and his gray Bkull
cap was perched on his bald head.
Seating himself ill a huge easy chair
he said:
"Now put any questions you llko,
and 1 will answer them."
Tho interviewers went at once to
the subject of tho Washington criti
cisms. (Jlcmencoau smiled and
shrugged.
"I-Jiad made it a point not to dis
cuss with official peoplo In America,"
ho said, " but I said I would answer
all, so I muHt answer."
"I am glad to toll Mr. Hitchcock
he Is in the sonate only for a few
days owing to the vote," he began,
referring to tho Nebraskan's recent,
defeat for ro-eloctlon. "Therefore,
I think I'll be excused if I dare him
to go to Europe and if he finds any
one in my country or elsewhere who
says I have been a militarist then
I'll own It.
"I have suffered much from 1871
to 1917 for not being a militarist. I
turned militarist when the war broke
out before, I had been a militarist
to the extent Of extending the length
of military service in France.
"But that wasn't too bad it it al
lowed us to expose the Gorman front.
until England and America appear
ed."
In order to answer Senator Hitch
cock's question about black troops
the Tiger Bald "Bon" and waded In.
"In the first place there are no
black troops ot occupation In the
area of occupation of the enemy. In
the second place, I have seen black
American troops at the front, and
they stood the fire with bravery,
too."
(iermnh Propaganda
"Ot course this has nothing to do
with (he question of whether we are
militarists or not. It Is an attempt
of German propaganda to oppose
France and America and obscure
what Is really the great question.
"Tho flormans and all of our foes
had been killing enough of our white
men and 100 black men fell gallant
ly fighting on 'the frontiers of lib
erty," as Woodrow Wilson called
them. Wo are not going to deny
them a place in history.
"New those black soldiers were al
ways more or less occupying towns
In France and always got along per
fectly with the white French people.
Even, I should say, their discipline
(Continued on Pairo nlx.l
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A gift of $10,000. tmil additional buddy in the army witli Woodfill. and
$3,000 life insurance policv and thelcamo nB surprise to tho latter, who
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rori i nomas, ivy., was presenieu to
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill at New
ork City. The presentation was ,
mailo by Judge Phillip ' McCook, aion their little Kentucky home.
OFF OF HIGHWAY
BY GOVT. DECREE
I'OUTbAXD, Ore, Nov. 24. Tho
Vulluln cutoff.- prouyjul branvh
off from tho Colnmbiit rivur liiKhwuy
nnd run direct to Walla-Walla via
Walula, oliminatinff tho route via
Pendleton, wuh to ho placed on tho
Orcffon road map by tho atato high
way coniniitiHion Into toduy, according
to exprcHHioiiH of commfMdonorH in a
HOKsion 'ith C. II. Purccll, chief en
gineer of tho United States bureau of
public roads and engineers of 1i!b de
partment. It developed nt this con
ference that the statu of Washington
has approved this route nst an Inter
state connection and the Oregon com
mission, to secure indorsement of ltd
othor projects by tho government, has
no rscapo from giving ItH approval.
The Itooseveit coast memorial high
way was tentatively placed on the
rnlfed States nuip as a primary road
as were the 1'ariflc and Columbia
river highways and tho old Oregon
trail.
TO VIEW BODY OF
I'OKTLAND, Ore., Nov. 24.
Twenty motorists who had
been arrested on churgos of vio-
latlng traffic laws were ordered
by .Municipal Judge Ekwall to
be taken to the morgue to view
the bodies ot C. S. Alliln of
Grants Pass, run down Wodnes-
day on the lower Columbia river
highway, and Miss Agnes C.un-
niiighnm, who died from Injuries
In a crash of two cars in this &
city.
GIRL WAS COACHED
TO TELL FAKE TALE
HPOKANK, Nov. 24. Her story of
hnw sho wn "couched" In tho false
testimony she declared sho gnvo for
tho defense In tho trial of Muurleo
Cidd here Inst nprlng on a cliurgo of
murder ws Klvcn the Jury In the trial
here In superior court of fifteen de
fendant charged with subornntlon of
perjury when Routiioc Bant resumed
examination today.
The witness declared sho and an
other witness In tho murder trial wore
taken to the office of Attorney Lester
I'. KdKc. and was drilled by Kdge find
Attorneys (JeorKe K. Crandall and K.
('. Robertson as to the testimony she
was to give In the trial.
I'lrmi Iliillcr AiivdU. '
AIINNKAPOUH, Nov. 24. Pleree
Butler of 8t. Paul In a telegram from
Toronto to a newspaper here, an
nounced he will accept the nomina
tion to b a Justice of the supreme
court, offered him by President
lliirillng.
was uruugui to rsew ioik upoii pie-
Dav celebrations. This nlioto shows
Sergeant and Mrs. Woodfill all Biniles
watching the burning of the mortgage
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I
ON PACIFIC COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24. A
committee ,nf 14 nillviuid men, fruit
shippers arid others was appointed by
an emergency freight car shortage
confreenco hero today to draft tele
grams to tho proper agencies asking
that .Immediate steps bo taken to re
lievo tho Bhurtago. The committee
began Its task at the conclusion of tho
conference.
The conference, between the stato
railroad commissions and representa
tives of fruit, lumber and other ship
ping interests, heard charges toduy
that most of tho avallablo cars weru
not being returned to California
points. AH sections ot the Pucifie
coast were represented and C. E.
Hoover, a representative of tho Inter
state commerco commlHSion sut with
tho state body.
Representative of tho Southern
Pacific company Informed the con
ference that the shortage entorod an
ncuto stage about September 1 and
has been steadily growing wonio. The
company has "lout" f 7G 19 curs east
bound since September 1 through the
Ogden and Kl Puno gateways, through
tho failure of eastern roods to return
them, while out of its total of ap
proximately is, 000 cars, only 76 per
cent urc in operation, the company
representatives snld.
A telegram to the California White
and Sugar Pine association from tho
ear servlco division of the Anioricnn
Itnlhvny association stating that 1000
cars aro being sent west over tho
Great Northern. Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific systems was read. This
was held by California Interests to be
favoring tho mlilillo-west and north
west. Resides shippers, n number of coast
chum hers of commerce were repre
sented at the conference.
NO LOWERING OF
BY
WASHINGTON, ' Nov. 24. Declor
Insr the American farmers at present
freight rates were paying for privilege
of raising wheat, Scnutor Cupper, re
publican, Kansas, head ot tho farm
bloc, made a plea in tho senate yes
terday for deercased transportation
charges on farm products.
"The railroads say they cannot de
crease freight rates," said Mr. Cuppor.
"1 say they cannot afford not to lower
rates."
He urged enactment of pendlnn
legislation to repeal the rule making
clause of the transportation act.
Senator Cupper csltmuted tbut more
than half of tho country's fruit crop
this year was lost because it cost the
growers more to sell their fruit be
cause of high freight rates than to let
It. rot although "wo hnvo It on the
word of the Inter-state commerce
commission that despite the handicap
of two great strikes the railroads
have marie a bettor financial showing
for tho first eight months of 1922
than for the same months In 1921."
Senator Cupper quoted n Wall
street agency as saying that 13 great
railway systems would Increase their
dividend rates during tho next few
months; one of them, the Chlcngo and
Northwestern, to eight per cent.
KIKKSV1LLK, Mo.. Nov. 24.
( Uy tho Associated Press.)
A coroner's inquest was Bched-
uled for today In the death of
Dr. George A.' Still, president
of the American School of Os-
toopiithy hero mid nationally
known osteopath, who was In-
stantly killed last night when
nn automatic pistol ho was 1
demonstrating to a party of
friends nt his homo fell from
his bunds and accidentally dls-
charged. The bullet pouotrat-
ed his brain.
Tho accident occurred In tho
presence of his wife, Mrs. Aid- !
ella Hockory Still, his parents,
Doctors S. S. Still anil Ella E.
Still, and about ,ir nurses. In-
tcmes and physicians of the
school of osteopathy who were
guests nt a party at the Still
homo.
OREGON IS !!
WHAT TO DO IN
I
U. S. Forester W. B. Greeley,
Presents Federal Plan to
Western Forestry Conven
tion Each State Must Pro
vide Its Own System.'
PORTLAND, Oro., Nov. 24. Out
lining what tho national reforesta
tion policy asks of the northwestern
states, United Status Forester W. H.
Greoloy In a message presented at tho
annual mooting ot tho Western For
estry and Conservation association
horo today by District Forester O. II.
Cecil said It looks to each ot the
states to provide a system of forest
protoction to cover all its productivo
timber lands and to provide and em
power local agencies to doal with
Blash disposal, (ho leaving nt small
timber or Bnod troos and othor mat
ters in curront logging practice which
afect tho productivity ot the land.
Declaring It has proven fruitless to
attempt to enact specific regulations
ot this character Into Blato law, ho
suggested that a bourd bo created in
each state to handlo the practical
necessities of each situation, satisfy
Itself as to tho canity and reason
ableness of proposod requirements,
modify its regulations as experionco
may dlBtute and with the whoio' sit
uation In a loxlble and practical way
nnd upon continuous study and inti
mate knowlcdgo of conditions in tho
woods.
Only fortunate lack ot strong
winds early In August saved the Pa
cific northwest from suffering some
of the most dlsnstcrous ofrcst fires
In history, said George C. Joy of the
Washington Forest Fire association
in pointing out tho need of more atlo
quuto preventative measures.
More than 100 lumbermen and for
estry officials are attending tho sea
sioti8.
Hankers Sail Dec. SAtli.
LONDON, Nov. 24. Stanley lald
wln, chancellor of the exchequer, ac
companied by tho governor of the
Hank of Kngluml, will start on lie
ccmber 26 for tho United States on
his debt-funding mission, It wub an
nonneed.
DAUGHERTY STARTS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. A se
ries of suits for recovery of $20,
000,000 oxpended for construction of
war cantonments has boon docldod
on as tho next step In tho govern
ment's campaign against alleged
frauds under war contracts.
"Tho Initial cases are expected to
Involve construction of Camp Upton,
Yaphank, New York; Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C; Camp Sherman,
Chllllcothi.-, Ohio, and Cump Funston,
Fort Riley, Kansas."
Unofficial csllnintes place the total
FOREST CuNlRO
Newspaper Report That High
U. S. Official Was Initiated
Into Klan in Capital Building
Arouses Congressmen
Gov. Olcott Wires Condem
nation of Klan in Oregon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. A reso
lution providing for appointment of
a joint committee ot congresll to in
vestigate the "holding of initiations
and ceremonies in tho United States
capilol and other public buildings
by the Ku Klux Klan," was Introduc
ed today by Representative John W.
liuincy, democrat, of Illinois.
Demand tor the Joint inquiry was
based on a newspaper report from
Atlanta to the effect that on Novem
ber 14 twelve District of Columbia
klansmen, masked and robed, went to
the capltol at midnight, "proceeded
to a room beneath the Goddess of
Liberty, and there an American citi
zen holding a high public position be-
ct.me a naturalized citizen ot the
Invisible empire of tho Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan."
The resolution declared the best
Interests of the United States de
mand a strict adherence and sole al
legiance to the laws of tho United
States."
SALEM, Nov. ' 24. No greater
menace confronts tho United States
today than the "moiiBtor of invisible
government" represented by the Ku
Klnx- Klan,.' according . Td Governor
Olcott, whoso sentiment In this con
nection Is expressed In a telegram to
tho Now York Tribune
Tho telegram to the Tribune Is In
reply to an inquiry as to the klan sit
uation in this stato and as to Ore
gon's readiness to respond to tho ap
peal of Governor Parker of Louisiana
for cooperation of all governors In
supplosslng tho klan. '
"The Ku Klux Klan has been and is
an activo menace In Oregon, Gov
ernor Olcott's telegram read. "Tho
power of tills office has he endirocted
against it In every legal manner. In
a proclamation somo time slneo I de
clared It a menace. Illegal acts and
outrages huvo been tracod to Its bale
ful liillueuco in tills stato If not no
litully perpotrated by its member
ship. No possible stone will bo loft
unturned by mo as long as I am gov
ernor to put tho forces of law and
order against thoao mnskod forces of
darkness nnd secrecy.
"I hellevo no greater menuco con
fronts the United Stntos today than
this monster of invisible govern
ment. It should ho curbed or It will
lend us Into pitfalls nnd posslblo
ruin. The timo has come for truo
Americanism to nsscrt Itsolf In a na
atlonwldo battle against this politi
cal Iniquity."
T
TO TAKE Y. I C. A. HIKE
With u mnrnlng similur to tho
JMK'mti(l ones of thin week, tho Cen
tral Point boys will take a. tramp to
tho hills tomorrow. Tho Btnrt will
ho ninde from the postoffice nt 8:30
n. m, Eiieh fellow Is to bring u lunch
with some raw gbks or, moat to cook,
a tin cup, canteen and frying- pan.
Adult lenders from Central Point nnd
Mod ford will bo In ohaiKO of the trip.
Hikes of u similar nature will bo
taken from different points In tho
county durinn: the fall when weather
permits, these, expeditions being put
on by the comity Y. M. C A, ,
LEGAL ACTION TO
sum th:-t will bo sought In all ot tho
rt-covory suits contemplated ut moro
thnn 175,000,000. In one camp,
costing $13,000,000, auditors wore
raid to havo found Indications of an
excess expenditure of $.1,000,000.
In the first group of four suits In
which action Is to be Instituted, tho
government seeks to recover a to
tal of $21,500,000, the Camp Upton
suit Involving $6,000,000: the Camp
Jackson suit $6,500,000, the Camp
Sherman suit $5,000,000 and tho
Camp Funston suit $4,000,000.