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, MEDFORD, OREGON,- ."WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1922
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MEDFORD CANCELS GAME WITH ASHLAND
CLEANUP IN
OIL FIELDS
IS RESISTED
Masked and Armed Citizens
Raid Smackover Oil Fields
in Louisiana Tarring and
Feathering Starts Gun Play
'Lawless Element' Object of
Lawless Attack.
SHREVEPOKT. La., Nov. 23.
One man was killed in a clash of citi
zens seeking to enforce better order
ugainst what they described us tni
"lawless element" in liie SiiiacKowi
oil fields in Ouuch'ta county Arkansas
last night, according to fv it-port
reaching the sheriff's office at tani'
den, Ark., Chief DeputyShoiifC .1. ii.
Newton said over the telephone to
day. Before leaving for the aeene of the
fight with the depiflies early today
Sheriff Ed Harper of Cumpden sitUl
all wires wero cut in the Smackover
region and ho was without accurate
information as to the number of fa
talities resulting from the bnttlo'be
tween 200 hoodod "vigilantes" and
oil fhjld worker and gamblers. .
-"-iphsHlwri-ff's st(kVneiit' follows.- -,
"I understand that the invaders
who visited the towns along Sniack
ovfr creety Vaftor pai-niilng li the
town of Smackover last night at ten
o'clock wero members of the Ku Klux
Klan. They were at least hooded and
wore white robes. Their purpose, I
am sure, was not to precipitate a bat
tle, but to clean up the oil field re
gion. "The battle, in reality, occurred at
what is known as Patagonia and after
they paraded in Smackover they
started to soveral oil field villages in
the Patagonia region and were met
with armed resistance. That part of
the oil fields is a wooded country
nnd the bnttlo' was fought from, be
hind trees nnd rocks nnd there are
perhaps many dead as a result, but
all reports received by me are that
no one was killed."
Persons reaching ElDorado, Ark.,
from the Texas Smackover creek de
clared over the telephone today that
there yore no fatalities among the
"vigilantes" but that several oil field
men were wounded. They reported
the fight was precipitated by the tar
ring nnd feathering tif a mnn.
. CHICAGO, Nov. 29. Charges that
the Ku Klux Klan is already a feature
in Chicago's municipality and aims at
ultimate control of all elective of'
flees, were made Monday by Robert
E. Sheppard, treasurer of the Amer
ican Unity league, In a statement an
nouncing a "campaign to awaken the
community to the peril of Ku Klux-
lem."
"Tho klansmen have a ward and
precinct organization that is function
ing as any political machine," Shep
pard asserted. "Each ward has Uvo
supervisors, who ure In general
charge t-f all activities. Under them
are the precinct captains, and in the
last election there were few precincts
without klan worxers.'
Dortram G. Christie,- said to have
played a prominent part In the klun's
victory In tho Texas senatorial fight,
has been in Chicago for several
months, perfecting the local klan ma
chine. (Onntlnned on naae eight)
OFFER GLANDS OF MAN CONDE
TO HANG FRIDAY
SEATTLE, Nov. 29. The glands
of James E. Mahoney, who Is to be
hanged Friday In tho Washington
state penitentiary for the murder of
his elderly and wealthy wife, Kate
Mooers Mahoney, whose body was
found In a trunk at the bottom of
Lake Union, are for sale to the high
est bidder, according to a dispatch
from Walla Walla.
The prison physician has offered
tho glands setting $1,000 ai a mini
mum bid and declaring them a bar
gain because the doomed man Is In
perfect physical condition. It l
slated that the glands. If sold, will be
transferred Immediately after death.
Ask Legislature for
More Money to War
On Local Fruit Pests
SALEM, Ore. Nov. 20.
Fruit growers of the state will
go before the legislature In
January and ask for larga ap-
propriations with 'which to
conduct a scientific fight against
fruit nests. This was aunounc-
ed hern by C. A. Park, presi
dent of tho state horticultural
board.
During the past four yeavs
Mr. Park said, the fruit grow
ers have received only $15,000
annually. He declared that
larger appropriations would bo
necessary if the fruit Industry
of Oregon is to bo preserved.
LOSE LIVES IN
Two Dead and 28 Injured
When Frame School House
in Georgia Burns Down
v Building Condemned As Fire
Trap Teachers Are Heroes
COVINGTON, G.I., Nov. 29 Two
dead and 28 Injured was the toll taken
in the burning of the High Point
school house near here yesterday
when the building in which 99 chil
dren were engaged in studies, was de
stroyed by fire. A careful check today
showed that all the others had been
accounted for and identified. The dead
were James Steele, little son of John
J. Steele, and the eight year old son of
Charles Bachelor.
These pupils were in the room of
Mrs. Oscar Grant, who heroically
stood by the window and dropped forty
children to the ground before tho floor
of her room gave way and she was
engulfed in flames. She wag unable to
save the two boys who were lost In
the smoke. Investigation today showed
17 of the children were suffering from
broken limbs as the result of the
twenty foot drop.
COVINGTON, Ga'., Nov. 29. Search
ing parties continued today to comb
the debris of the burned High Point
community school house for the bodies
of twelve children reported missing
after a fire yesterday afternoon which
destroyed the building and cost, ac
cording to school officials, the lives of
three children, burned fifteen serious
ly and painfully Injured thirty-five.
One tencher was also seriously burned
probably fatally.
The three bodies already recovered
from the ruins have not yet been post
tively Identified.
School authorities early today wero
endeavoring to re-check the list of In
jured In hopes of lowering the missing
number. Practically all of the children
most seriously burned are said to be
under ten years of age. Two of those
who are believed to have lost their
lives were eight years of age.
There were 12S pupils registered In
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TO HIGHEST BIDDER
WALLA WALLA, Nov, 29. Ac
cording to a telegram recolved here
by Lee Johnson, legal counsel for
James Mahoney from his Seattle of
fice, the United States supremo
court denied the application for a
writ of error? when presented to It
this morning In Washington, D..C
"Unless some other unexpected In
tervention now occurs Mahoney must
hang Friday morning," said Mr. John
son, "and I will so Inform him when
I visit the penitentiary later this
morning."
In the meantime preparations for
tho hanging are being completed by
Warden Pace.
fi Children,
SC BLAZE
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II. S. SENATE
Detroit Mayor Named By
Michigan Governor to Suc
ceed ' Senator Newberry
New Senator Got Start As
Ford Executive High Rep
utation As Business Man.
I.AKHIXG, Mich., Not. 29. Moyor
.Tames Couzens of Detroit was today
appointed by Governor Alexander .1.
Broobeck as United States senator to
fill tho unexpired term of Senator
Truman H. Newberry, resigned.
Mryor Couzens has accepted the
appointment, the governor said.
The governor announced that Mr.
Couzens who has gained nation-wide
prominence through his municipal
railway venture in Detroit, would
take his seat in tho senate as soon
as bis Detroit affairs could be ar
ranged. "Mr. Couzens becomes senator with
not a single string attached," tho
governor said. "Ho made no prom
ises: I exacted none." v ':
" Air, Couzens will have iuy onrnfst
eo-operntlon' and support in what
ever he undertakes at Washington for
tho best interests of this common
wealth. If nt any time ho should nsk
my advice or afisistanco it will be
given freely and gladly. Ho is at
liberty to take or refuse it."
Appointment of the Detroit mayor
to the senate is seen in political r-fr-cles
ns definitely exploding the belief
previously advonced .in some quar
ters that the governor himself would
be a cnndldato for tho senato for the
full term at the 1924 general elec
tions.
Mr. Couzens, it Is generally expect
ed here, will be a candidate for tho
full term.
Bprn in Canada.
Mayor Couzens was born In Chat
ham. Ont. fifty years ago. Reputed
to have a fortune of many millions,
he started his career as a "nowsle"
on a passenger train. In 1903 ho be
came associated with Henry Ford in
the manufacture of automobiles In
Detroit, tnking a position as book
keeper. When he severed his con
nection with the company In 1915 he
was vice-president and treasurer,
Mr. Couzens won 'the reputation of
a free giver through numerous gifts
to the city's institutions. Tho commu
nity fund receives from him annually
,$100,000. Ho has established homes
and settlement houses. His largest
gift was early thla year when he
pledged tS. 000, 000 to a children's hos
pitnl which is to treat crippled chil
dren without cost.
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PENDLETON, Ore., Nov. 29.
Farmers were welcoming the first
snow of the autumn of 1922 which
fell last night and today. The total
precipitation was .1 of an Inch, but
more snow was expected tonight. The
air was -warm, the maximum tem
perature being 42 and the minimum
31. The ground Is In good condit
ion to receive the moisture, say
wheat growers.
Harding Urges Strict
Dry Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Attention of federal
authorities throughout the country has
been officially called to the necessity
of co-operating closely with prohibition
enforcement agencies, with a view to
curbing the extensive violations of the
statutes.
Federal attorneys have been In
structed to push all pending liquor
cases, and to suggest when proper the
Imposition of the heaviest pennltles of
conviction. Their attention was specif
ically called to reports that some
cereal beverage manufacturers wero
marketing a product nf Illegal nlco-
hollc content.
Captain Red Barron
to Marry on
Oonriri.i Tech halfback -Willi hi fi.-in.
ce, Miss Alice Evans Hpuso, whom ho
Is to marry on Tliaukegivlng dny when
tho fitrnuus Red le llts team against
Auburn for the last game of his foot
ball career. They aro both from
As a result of the "unsportsmanlike
attitude" of the Ashland high school
faculty in protesting the eligibility of
two of Medford's best football players,
Medford has broken off athletic rela
tions with the Granite City, cancellod
the game with Ashland scheduled for
tomorrow and a gome with Forest
Grove has been arranged, to be played
on the Medford grounds. .
The protest was filed- Bliortly aftor
the Armistice Day game but no copy
of it was sent to Medford as Is always
done by high school officials under
such circumstances. The complaint
filed states that llaiighman and Neff
are ineligible to play football for Med
ford for various technical reasons
none of which have any foundation,
according to Medford school officials.
The protest did not arrive In Medford
until yesterday.
Representatives of the Medford high
school will have to go to Salem on
Dec. 91 It to state, their case before a
tribunal and prove that Neff and
Uaughman are eligible.
The Ashland faculty evidently be
SEES ISII PASHA
LAUSANNE, Nov. 29. (My the As
sociated ; Tress) Richard . Woshhurn
Child, principal Amorlcnn represen
tative nt the Near East conference,
called on Isinet I'ashn, hend of the
Turkish delegation, nt tho Intler's
hotel todny and hnd a long confer
ence with him concerning American
interests In Turkey especially those of
nn educational nature.
Ismet is anxious the Amerlrnn
schools and colleges remain In Turkey
nnd Is giving every assuninc-e that the
Angora government will afford pro
tection to such Institutions and re
frain from nil pnrtirlpation in domes
tic politics.
Many of the American educational
Institutions In the henrt of Anatolia
still arc In operation.
MEDFORD SEVERS ATHLETIC
RELATIONS WITH ASHLAND
BUT PLAY HERE TOMORROW
and Fiance
Thanksgiving Day
I 'v j- '
p -
I own.m finnrirln wbm-n' ilinv warn
' childhood playmates. Ited llarron's
work on the gridiron last year brought
him national prominence and he has
been the sensation of the strong Geor
gia Tech. teams this year.
lieved that Medford would not cancel
the game when the protest had been
delayed until the last minute. Their
surmise was wrong, however, and one
of the fastest and best teams In the
northern part of the state has accept
ed the engagement and will play here
tomorrow leaving tonight and arriving
here tomorrow morning at 9:17.
It Is reported that the ForeBt Grove
team has laid claim to the champion
ship of the state along with Corvnllls
and other northern schools. A real
game between two equally matched
teams is promised for tomorrow and
large crowd Is expected.
- Superintendent A. G. Smith of the
Medford schools states that he is dis
gusted with. Ashland's attitude and
that all athletic relations with Ashland
will be severed until thoy prove that
they can meet defeat in the same man
ner with which they would meet vic
tory, he urges every loyal Medford
citizen to attend tomorrow's ' game
here and see a real contest between
two clean playing, hard fighting teams
The game will be called at 2 p. m
sharp. '
THANKSG1VI
WARHINflTONVNiiv. 29. Thanks
giving weather will be genernlly fair
east of the Mississippi river, except
for probable local snows along tho
Cnnndlnn border from tho lower lnkcs
eastward, according to today's foro
cast of tho weather bureau.
Much colder weather Is reported,
tho bureau said, In the northwest,
while In tho upper Mississippi valley.
tipper lakes region nnd In the south
west tho weather Is becoming
wnrmcr.
ROSBWRO. Ore.. Nov. 29. State
Senator B. L. Kddy 'In a statement
Issued here today expressed his con
fidence that he would be chosen pres
ident of the slate senate. Several
senators have recently Joined his
forces, he suld.
Clemenceau Mixes
His Art With Visit
To the Stockyards
CHICAGO, Nov. 29. (By the
Associated Press.) Abbattolr
and art were the high snow on
the program Qeorges Clemen-
ceau picked tor his day of rest
In Chicago.
Rising early, feollng exceed-
Ingly spry and chipper after his
address at the auditorium last
night, the Tiger expressed his
S- determination to see one -of
Chicago's famous packing plants
in operation.
After receiving n delegation
of Boy Scouts ho motored to
the Btoekyurds and went thru
4. !,..' tit.. An.n..H -l.-l A
me .,1ft nuiiuui plum 1IUIU
stnrt In finish
M. Clemenceau was to visit
the art galleries this after-
noon.
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SHIPPING Bill
V0IEW84
Govt. Aid to Merchant Marine
Extended By Lower House
70 Republicans Opposed,
4 Democrats Vote 'Yes
Now Up to Senate.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. -The ad
ministration ship bill to extend gov
ernment aid to the nurcnant maiire
was passed by the houae. The veto
on final passage was ll'i1; fo It! I with
two voting present.
Immediately nftor passage of tho
bill by the house, '.Minimum Jones of
tho senate coikm.-u-cc committee
called a meeting of hl;i committee (or
next Monday to hegl i Its considera
tion, nnd expressed th-i belief that lit
tle time would be need-id by the com
mittee with prospers of speedy pre
sentation of tho bill to the sennto.
Approximately uventy r'liiilillitins
voted against tho bill nnd four demo
crats voted for It.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The
house eliminated from the shipping
bill today the Edmonds amendment
relating to the sale of liquor on
American ships thereby striking out
of the measure all reference to liquor
carrying on vessels.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Attack
ing the administration shipping bill
In the house today, Representative
Andrew, republican of Massachusetts
from the Gloucester (lmtrict declared
the measure still offered "a danger
ous precedent," which If adopted will
bound us for years to come.
Opposing the bill as- republican
leaders were speeding it toward the
point of passage, the speech attract
ed unusual Interest since Mr. Adrew
represents a district In one of tho
principal maritime states.
"No member wants to see a bill
put through which Involves a Inrge
expenditure of public money," he
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HOUSE PASSES
TWO KILLED, 2 WOUNDED IN FIGHT
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BETWEEN POLICE
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 29. (By
Associated Press). A special grand J
jury was caned ror toaay to investi
gate a fight here yesterday between
four bandits and two policemen, re
sulting In the death of one policeman '
and the wounding of another, the,
death of one gunman nnd the capture ,
of two othersr One of tho latter has
been bound over to the grand jury on a
charge of first dogree murdor.
Tho fourth momber of the bandit
gang remained at largo but pusses
who were searching the wooded
country 20 miles southwest of the city
whnrn fwn nf the men wern tnknn ho.'
lieved his capture was Imminent. j
PRESIDENTIS
INVOLVED IN
R.R.DIVORCE
. P.-U. P. Tangle Reaches
Higher Ups of Administra
tion White House Deluged
With Appeals Legal Phase
Complicates Problem Cal.
Canners Oppose Unmerger
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. (By the
Associated Press.) Discussions
among government officials regard
ing the proposed separation of the
Southern Pacific and Central Pa
cific have developed Indications the
question may take wider scope than
the present hearings now being held
before the inter-stte commerce com
mission. : ,!
The committee, as part of Its gen
ornl. scheme for consolidation of rail
ways. Is. taking., testimony as to
whether the two roads should not be
contlued as one system' despite tho.
decree of the supreme court order
ing them separated. Consideration
of the question has by no means been
confined to the cbmmisslon members,
however, several executive depart
ments having been singled out by
both sides to the controversy for a
bombardment of briefs, letters,
memorials and petitions.
Some of President Harding's advis
ers were said today to have been con
vinced that an early execution of the
supreme court's decision requiring
the separatlon.can only be halted by
action of the Interstate commerce
commission should an Impartial sur
vey Indicate that public Interest
would be harmed by a disruption of
existing trunk carrier facilities.
Supremo Court vs. I. C. O, .
Inclusion by the inter state com
merce commlBBlson of the Southern
Pacific and Central Pacific is one of
the major consolidations which was
said to be one of the possibilities pre
sented. This would bring up at once,
however,-according to legal authori
ties, the question of whether the au
thority of the inter state commerce
commission to include the two lines
In the same consolidation would take
precedence over the supreme court
order. Some authorities hold that
the public would suffer in the pre
mises. ,
Proceedings as to the form of the
mandate to be Issued by the federal
district court In Utah In carrying out
the higher court's decision was seen
also as offering a second possible op
portunity to afford relief. It Is un
derstood that the Utah court will
hold hearings early In December in
connection with this mandate in
which the department of justice and
the Interested railroads will partici
pate. .
Offlrlals Reticent
Thore have been conferences at the
department this week on the subject
of the mandate, but officials here
maintain extreme reticence on every
phase of the Southorn Pacific case
admitting only that the government
recognizes its extreme Importance to
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AND BANK BANDITS
The dead gunninn romnlns unidenti
fied. The man held for the grand Jury
gave the name of Loomle C, Cummins,
26. He confessed, according to police,
that he was a member of the party.
The second man under arrest, who
said he was James Martin, alias Slim
Brady, lies In a hospital wounded In
the head by a bullet fired from his
own gun In an attempt at suicide when
he saw his capture was inevitable.
All of the men, according to Cum
mins' confession, planned to rob a
bank at Aurora, tnd. Cummins told
police that all ot the gang formerly
had been employed, by a detective
ngen?y as guards at coal mines In the
Pittsburg district. ;.