The Weather
Prediction T..V........ .........Rain
ail Tribune
EDFORD
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
34
Minimum . 22 ,
Precipitation 01
Ilv Seventeenth Year.
Weekly FiftyBocuna Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, F1M DAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922
NO. 233
M
FIND BODIES
HOODED ID
Naked and Tied With Wire and
Decapitated Attempt Made
to Remove Brought to Sur
face With Dynamite
Militia Rushed to Scene
Louisiana Mystery Thickens
ALEXANDRIA, . La.. , Doc. 22.
Company A, of Alexandria, Louislna
National Guard, has been ordered to
Mor Rogue, Captain Heath' Petriev In
command, announced this afternoon,
following a telephono conversation
With Btate officials at Baton Rongtie.
It la believed hore the troops will be
used to assist . Monroe National
Guardsmen now. at Mer Rogue In
making arrests of persons Involved
in the kidnapping of last August.
MER ROUGE. La., Dec. 22. The
bodies of two men In high state of
do composition, bound with -wire, .be
lieved to bo Watt Dnillcls and Thomas
Richards, alleged victims of masked
and white, robed- men- last August,
come to the surface of Lake LaFour
chc. -12 miles from here today fol
lowing explosion of a charge- of dyna
mito placed by unidentified persons
in the lake, according to reliable in
formation here.'
It is believed here that persons re
sponsible for1 the murder of the men
dynamited, the lake to recover the
bodies nnd remove them to some
other burial grounds to thwart the
efforts of Louisiana National Guards
men who for three days have been assisting-
professional -divers in - explor
ing the bottom of tho lnke at the in-;
stance of Governor John M. Parker.
Tho condition of tho bodies Indicated
that tlioy had broken loose from some
heavy object to which they 'had beon
welghted down to tho bed of tho
lake for four months.
- Tho disappearance of ', two iron
wagon "wheels, rusting on tho banks
of LaKourche lake for many years, at
the' time Daniels. and Richards were
reported missing after they and three
others were swoopod upon by a band
of fifty or more hooded men and
taken to punishment grounds, where
they were severely flogged, led to tho
belief that tho men- had been mur
dered nnd thrown Into tho lake.
Efforts are being :mado by the
military this afternoon to learn tho
identity of those responsible for the
dynamiting. V
Governor Parker, when asked over
Ilia long distanco telephono what
would bo tho next step by tho stnto,
raid that as tho grand jury had failed
to return any indictments against the
perpetrators of tho crlmo, tho state
now has tho right to' call an open
hearing In the state and can estab
lish a corpus delicti by producing the.
bodies of the murdered men.
It is believed hero tho hearing will
be hold In tho parish courthouse.
Department of Justice men have
been credited with statements that
tho Identity of many members of
tho mnsked band has been established
and arrests arc expected to follow.
RIIREVEI'O'RT, La., Dec. 22.
Tho bodicsof two men In high state
of decomposition, believed to be Watt
Daniels and Thomas F. Richards,
missing victims of the Morehouse
mob of Inst August:, wero found this
morning near the Eastland ferry on
Lake I -a Fourchb, ' which ' Separates
Morehouse nnd Rlchlpnd, parishes,
according to the special correspon
dent of tho ShreVepqrt Journal.. Tho
limbs of the dead men woro tied
with wire. They cumo to tho surface
ns tho result of a big chorge of dy
nnmlto exploded-tast night by uniden
tified persons.
Tho bodlos' were' llUUo" except for
bolts and a portion of tho trousers.
Ono man's head was gone. It was
thought that thoRo" who used tho ex
plosives, left without - knowing the
bodies had como to tho surface.
Tho Journal's correspondent ar
rived at tho ferry this morning, en
route on a trip across tho lake. The
ferryboat hod broken from Its moor
ings and drifted a considerable dis
tance down stronm. Tho bonk, near
whoro the boat was accustomed to
land, wna badly torn up. Many dead
fish wore on the surfaeo of tho water.
The nearest point where soldiers
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ADVOCATE SAME LAW
SELLERS OF MULE
TACOMA. Dec. 23. A slate
law;
nrovldlnir tho same punishment for
buyers as for sellers of liquor is being
advocated by United States Marshal
Ed D. llcnn, who announces that he
will appear before the coming legis
lature to advocate such a statute.
I believe that when tho law goes
Strahorn Says Rail
Development Central
Oregon More Sure
" : '
K LA .MATH FALLS, Oro..
Dec. 22. Robert E. Strahorn
lias telegraphed V. F. Bond,
superintendent of the Oregon,
California and Eastern railroad,
that no plans are being made to
sell tho line. Strahorn stated
that the road would bo built ac-
cording to Us original pttrposo,
"being headed straight for
Bend, and designed consistent-
ly to dovolop all of central Oro-.
gon." .
Strahorn, promoter of tho
Oregon, California and Eastern
railroad, Is well known through-
out the northwest as a railroad
builder.
FOR FATTY, MORE
PROIESTHILED
Catholic Welfare Council Head
Says Hays Misjudged Tem
per of People in Granting
Pardon to Arbuckle Mayor
of Los Angeles Objects.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22. Fifty thou
sand club women of Pennsylvania
through Mrs. S. B. Barton,' chairman
of the civic department of the state
fedoration-cf women's clubs, today in
a public statement protested against
the return of Robcoo Arbuckle to the
motion picture screen. ""
The congress of club women of
western Pennsylvania with 10,000
members, through Mrs. C. U. McFail
the secretary, protested to city of
ficials against the showing of Ar
buckle films here.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Tho
National Catholic Welfare Council
acting on tho decision of its motion
picture bureau, will call upon its af
filiated organizations of Catholic
men and women "to prevent the
showing of Arbuckle films," Charles
A. McMahon, director of the bureau,
said in a statement today.
Mr. McMahon, who Is also a mem
Dor of tho executivo committee on
public relations organized by Will II.
Hays, as president of tho National
Association of Motion Picture Pro
ducers and Distributors, said the bu
reau "condemns"' Mr; Hays' rein
statement of Roscoe C. Arbucklo as
a screen actor, adding:
"I feol that Mr. Hays has misjudg
ed the temper of tho American peo
ple It ho thinks they-will agree with
him in accordance with his action In
the Arbuckle case." .
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22. Mayor
Cyrer today telegraphed Will Hays,
chief of the motion picture industry,
protesting against the recent order
restoring to Roscoe Arbuckle the
right to work In pictures.
Mr. Cyrer telegraphed that "pub
lic sentiment strongly opposed such
action," and urged that Mr. Hays re
consider his decision. -
ORDER OUTFIT
ASBURY PARK. N. J.. Dec. 22.
(By the Associated Press.) A long
search by federal gents and- prlvato
dotoctlves for counterfeiters who
have been flooding tho country with
forged American Railway Epross
money ordors has been ended with
tho arrest in Freehold of Giles 31.
Ranncy, an engraver, and the arrests
In Cincinnati of James Watson and
Walter R. Melan. It was disclosed to
day. FOR BUYERS AS
CURB BOOTLEGGING
after the purchaser ns well as the
. seller and murtufaet
urer of liquor,
there will bo a different attitude
taken by many liquor consumers,"
contained in the federal narcotics
laws, and I believe it would largely
stop the traffic In liquor."
NO HELPING HAND
S0P0FFV!CT!M0F
ROBBERY ATTACK
NOT A SUICIDE
Hit in Head With Rock in Fight
Takes Pistol From As
sailant in Jungles Got
Draft for $900 On Portland
Bank-r-Friends Arrive.
It now developed thut Poto llopoff,
the young man who was found dan
gerously wounded on tho Jackson
street bridgo early Wednesday after
noon and who is a Russian whose
home is in Portland, did not shoot
himself as was at first surmised by
Chief of - Police Timothy, but was
shot by an unknown man who had
attacked him for the purpose of rob
bery In the Bear creek "Jungle" sev
eral hundred feet away from the
bridge.
Sopoff, who was removed to the
Sacret Heart hospital aftor he was
shot, has a chance for recovery, al
though the attending physicians have
not yot been able to locate the bullet,
which entered his back lust above
the shoulder blade. Due to the fact
that he had blood on tho back of his
head from what developed later was
caused by being struck with a stone
thrown by the robber during his ter
rific, struggle with the lattor, and
the fact that the automatic 32 call
her revolver was' found by his side
Chief Timothy though that It was a
case of attempted suicide.
This despite the tact that the bad
ly wounded-man laboriously insisted
on tho way to the hospital that ho
had not shot himself, but was shot
by another man. It was not then
known that hewas shot in the back.
. -Poto Magoff and Martin Habuff,
friends, and Sopoff's brother, arrived
hero from Portland lato yesterday af
ternoon in-response --to a tolegrajn
sent for Supoff Wednesday night ap
prising thorn of his predicament. To
them he was ablo last night to tell
the same story of the attack as he hud
with difficulty and incompletely told
Dr. Holt yesterday.
It also developes that Sopoff, who
had been ono of the crew at the Von
der Hellen road camp for some time
paBt, quit work earlier in the week
with several friends and came to the
city, the party registering at the Nash
hotel and tho othors leaving for their
homes the next day.-
Wednesday forenoon Sopoff op
uearcd at tho First National bank
and purchased a $900 draft on tho
Northwestern National bank at Port
land, after having first asked tho
cashier, Orris Crawford, that tho
draft bo to tho First National bank
of Portland, in which ho' had money
on deposit and with which tho First
National hero is not affiliated.
It was not learned here until after
his friends had visited him at the
hospital last night whether or not
ho had mailed the drafi to I'ortlauu
and henno yesterday tho local bunk
wired the Portland bank not to cash
the draft until furthor notice. Sopoff
told his friends last night that he
had sent tho draft to Portland Wed
nesday forenoon. .
He still had $75 or more with him
when attacked in the jungle by the
robbor, who it is presumed know of
tho fact that ho had money on him.
but by putting up such a fierce fight
whon attackod he saved this money
Land drove his assailant away.
Sopoff relates that no met somo
mon whom hekncw and was going
to visit with them In tho Jungle, and
lion co bought somo applo butter and
candy- at tho Bungalow grocory for
a little feaBt with them. He was
walking into the Junglo with this
food supply when tho robber ap
peared and made the attack' on him
during which ho was shot. The men
fought back and forth and finally
tho robber tired tho shot at him.
Despite his bad wound and loss of
blood Sopoff finally bested his antag
onist and took tho revolver away
from him. Tho man then, ran away
und Sopoff hurled a stono at him,
but authough ho had a gun in his
hand did not shoot at him. The
dazed and fast weakening Sopoff then
wandered to tho bridgo whore ho was
found later leaning over tho rail.
CHICAOO. Dec -Tho "Story of
Mankind,' by Hendrik Van Loon, has
been voted the most Important book
published 111 1921 by tho Children's
Librarians section of the American
Library association. Out of 212 votes
received by the chairman of that sec
tion, Vun -Loon's book received 181,
with no othor book receiving more
than 22.
In accordance with tho vote, Mr.
Van Loon was awarded tho John
Nowbcry medal, the gift of Frederic
C. Mclcher. by tho Children's Libra
rians section at Detroit. It is con
sidered probable that the medal will
be awarded annually in the future by
this section.
Homesick, Walks 11,000
Miles To See Relatives;
Only Halfway Home Now
--
SMOWM6
MILWAUKEE, Wis. From the Argentine across Bering Straits
into Siberia and thence to Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, 20,000 miles on
foot, seems almost impossible, but it is being done.
Two years ago Vencelav Kotal of Saenz-Pena, Argentine, grew,
homesick for his relatives in Brat rice, near Prague, so he decided to
walk home; A companion who started with him died of malaria fever
in the tropics. it '
' In Chicago-he was joined by O. Peska. They carry rifles, hunting
knives, cartridges, knapsacks, medical supplies and cooking utensils. -
With 11,000 miles of the journey behind them, they are heading
north in the dead of winter.
WEIR1 JR. FAILS
TO CLEAR UP
MAID'S DEATH
Portland; Knothole Murder Is
Unsolved Find Clue to
Identity of Girl Mrs. Leacy
Sticks to Story of Water
front Crime.
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POISTLANIJ, Ore., Dec. 22. Karl
Weir was brought hero today from
Italnicr, Ore.,- whero ho was taken
Into custody luto lost night, and ques
tioned cunvornlng the story told by
Mrs. Helen Leni-y that bis fathor,
Cash Weir, 62-ycar-old rlvorman, had
slain an unldentlflod fifteen -yeur-old
girl in a houseboat here last (Septem
ber. Karl Weir, agr-d 2a, captain of
tho tug Cowlitz, said ho had hoard
of tho arrest of bis father.
Portland officers who questioned
him. said he had not cleared up the
mystery as to whether a murder had
been committed and that they wero
not satisfied with tho results of their
questioning of him.
In addition lo tho two Weirs and
Sirs. Lvary, three other persons,
waterfront denlscns, who wero re
ported to have some knowledge or
rlrcumstancoH related by Mrs, Iary,
wero taken Into custody in connection
with tho police Investigation of her
story that she has seen through a
knothole of n houseboat an attack
by the elder Weir which ended In the
death of tho 1 B-ycur-old oiii,
Tho only cluo the police have found
to the Identity of the alleged victim,
was tho statement of Mrs. Lcnry, who
said she had known tho girl, that the
latter had told her sho hnd a mar
ried sister In tho state of Washing
ton. The nearest the police could
como to obtaining the girl's name was
waterfront gowdp that it was cither
Hopkins or Hawkins.
The district attorney's off(cs an
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AULES
-traveled!
TClP
FIRE SURVEY OF
1REEQUIPMENT
State Fire Marshal's Report
Outlines Condition Alarm
System and Sixth St. Tun
nel Urged Per Capita Loss
$7.60 Full Report Later
Deputy Htato Fire Marshals Hor
ace Bynos anuJas. n. uieason navu
been enguged for somo days past in
muklng a flro survey of Medford. The
results of the survey, as summed up
bv these men show that Medford Is
In need of material Improvement in
all dciiurtmenlH relating to fire pro
tection. Matorlul improvement Is
noeded In tho distribution system of
tho water. Additional equipment Is
needed in tho fire department. An
alarm system Is budly needed, ann
nn over head or tunnel crossing of
tho railroad .tracks is necessary to
removn tho danger lo tho western
half of tho city, Incident to delays on
crossing. '
The result of those deficiencies Is
reflected in tho large flro loss sus
tained by tho city, which Is Increas
Ing of lato years, owing to Increase In
valuation of property without a cor
responding Increase In tho efficiency
of tho flro protection. 1 nis loss win
contlnuo to Increase unless facilities
for protection oro brought up to a
noint whoro they will moot tho noods
During tho last nlno yours, as basod
on the records of tho flro chief, nnd
tho 181!0 census the annual per capi
ta flro loss In Medford bus been fS,
During tho last flvo years, tho annual
per cuplta loss has boen 17.00, an
Increase of over CO per cunt ovor the
nine-year averuge.
Medford should glvo attention to
this Important mattor. Thoro Is too
great value nt risk to take any un
necessary chances.
Tho fire marshals report that tho
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CITY SHOWS NEED
Public Needs Ere
Rail Dividends Is
Car Shortage Cure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. No rail
road could doclaro a dividend until
the inter-stuto commerce commission
has certified that It was adequately
equipped, under a bill Introduced to
day by Senator Johnson, republican,
California. It would require the
commission to hold public hearings
and grant permits for dlvidond dec
larations. Senator Johnson said he offered
his bill to correct "an Intolerable con
dition." "Many of the farmors and produc
ers of the west," ho said, "have boon
ruined by tho car shortage of the
last year. Tho lOBses run Into hun
dreds of millions of dollars. Tho hill
I offer gives the public's needs and
services precedence over profits. It
will require the monoy earned in the
public service to bo used to put the
railroad companies In condition to
fulfill their public duty.
52,100,000 Designated for
Projects in State $700,
000 for Klamath Plan In
crease National Park Money
Alaska Gets Dry Money.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 22. The an
nual supply bill for various brunches
of the government Borvice under the
interior department, carrying $294,-
216,300 was reported today to : tho
houso. Tho total Is 12,'O96,7C0 loss
than last year and 11,112,902 below tho
budgot estimate. ,
:-Tltd Cfflk or 'tho totai' is for t ho pen
sion offlco which Is allotted 254,858,
460, an Increase of $012,2118 ovor last
yoar. ' :
For tho reclamation servlco tho bill
provides 112,200,000, a decrease of
about two and one-half million dollars.
The appropriations sub-commltteo re
port, presented by Chairman Cramton,
said tho amount was based on a con
servative judgment and that the old
practice of appropriations based uiion
maximum estimates of money to be
available "resulted in raising high
hopes in many communities In the
west which wore not realized."
Tho amounts ullottcd for vnrious
reclamation projocts wore:
Suit Hiver, Arizona S5000; Yumii.
Arizona-California 430,OOOi Orland,
Oil., 150,000; Grand Valley, Colo.,
$395,000; Uncompahgro, Colo., $186,000
Boise. Idaho, $1,390,000; King Hill,
Idaho $35,000; Mlnodotku, Idaho, $666,
000; Huntloy, Mont., $115,000; Milk
ltlvor, Mont., , $140,000; Sim River,
Mont, $145,000; Lower Yellowstone
Montana-North Dakota $120,000; North
l'latto, Nebraska-Wyoming $1,420,000;
Nawlands, Novnda $735,000; Carlsbad,
N. M $80,000; Ilio Orando, Now
Moxico-Texas $900,000; North Dakota
pumping project, North Dakota, $100,
000; Baker River, Oregon $500,000;
Umatilla, Oregon $900,000; Klamath,
Oregon-California $700,-000; Hollo-
fourche, S. D $93,000; Strawberry
Valloy, Utah $45,000; Okanogan, Wash.
$65,000; Yakima, Wash., $1,310,000;
Kiverton, Vt'yo., $600,000; Shoshone,
W.yo., $925,000; Secondary projocts
$100,000; Colorado River Investigation
$100,000. ' '
The allotments will be available for
expenditure during tho fiscal yoar, be
ginning next July 1.
For Irrigation projocts by tho bu
reau of Indian affairs the bill pro
vides $550,000; for Flathead, Mon
tana, $150,000 for tho Gila River Indian
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OREGON S SHARE
INHEUAIION
FUNDS. SPARSE
BILL 10 REVEAL AMOUNT OF WOOL IN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Fuvor
able report wns fuvorcd by the Inter
state commerco committee toduy of
tho Capper "truth In fabric" bill lo
roqtlro manufacturers of woolen
cloth or garments to' mark tho' per
centage of wool und other materials
contained In their product. '
Tho tncusuro, which wns tho sub
ject of exlonslvo controversy moro
than a year ngo. Is advocated by the
senate agriculture products commit
tee. It would glvo tho secretaries of
tho treasury, commerco and agricul
ture jurisdiction as to tho manner of
marking cloths, gurmonts and yarns.
The marking howovor. would have to
state the proportions .of the virgin
wool, ro-workod wool, cotton, silk or
FAMED NOTRE
DAI CHLIRH
SETABLAZE
Historic Edifice at Quebec,
Ninth Catholic -Church in
Canada, Destroyed This
Year Warning Sent Police
Chicago Landmark Burns
Once Best Depot. !.
QUEBEC. Doe. 22. The fire which
destroyed the historic $1,000,000 Notre
Dnmo church early today Is believed
to have been caused by an incendiary,
according to Daniel Ixirraln, chief of
the provincial police, who said he had
received a letter Informing him that
tho edifice would be burned on De
cember 28. First reports said it was
believed the blaze was caused by a
short circuit In tho electrical wiring.
Notre Dumo is the ninth Catholic
edifice in Canada to be visited by a
serious fire this year and the second
in this section.
The' rectory adjoining the church
was destroyed. The seminary build
ings wero threatened and the students
wore ordered out.
The flames leaped the narrow street '
separating tho church buildings from
the business section of old Quebec and
caused slight damage to the offices of
the Telegraph and tho Chronicle,' the
Kngllsh newspapers. Other establish
ments suffered heavily from smoke,
and water.
- Monslgnor LaFlamme, euro of Notro
Dame, said that the art treasures and
documents dating back to 1674, which
the church held among its greatest,
possessions had beon destroyed. -
Tho, structure was considered one of
tho finest and most artistic j church '
buildings in -Canada qd- the -nterlofl
bad boon -ronovutod recently, at a'costv
of $90,000. Tho loss was said to bo
covorcd by insurance. . - . :
'The church, known as' tho French--basilica,
was located on tho opiioslto
sido of tho Square from Its former site
of the .losuit college and was establish
ed in 1647. It underwent a restoration
in 1745 and Blnce, that date had been
altered and renewed a . number of
times. . .
CHICAGO, Doc. 22. Smouldering
ruins today marked the site of the
Dearborn streot railroad station, . a
landmark sinco 1884, and once known
us tho best railroad station in tho
world.
It was doslroyed by fir yesterday
afternoon, bollovod to have Btarted in
the offices of the third floor. Officials
who Invcstlgntotl the blozo were said
not to have much faith In the reports
Hint t was of Incendiary origin,
Before midnight a temporary wood
tunnel had been constructed through
the ruins and trains resumed tho usa
of the main station nearby.
FRISCO LOVE OF
TURKEY LOST
SAN H11ANCI8CO, Dec. 22
Turkoys appear to have lost much of ,
their former Yulotldo popularity In
San Francisco, according to tho Btato -division
of markets hero today. Al
though 25 4 tons of the California and
Oregon Ulrds woro received this
morning, their sale at 40 to 44 cents
a pound retail, dressed, is Blotf.
This condition Is attributed to tho
fact that much of tho receipts Is un
dorgrado, producers In many cases
killing young stock which are not yot
In condition.
other Ingredients in prducts Itl-whlch,
wol is a component part;,
Fulluio of manufacturers to mak
the marrtlng would bo penalised by a
fluo of $500 or ono year Imprison
ment or both for thu first offense and
tor subsequent offenses a fine of not
less than $1,000 or one yoar Im
prisonment and both fino and Im
prisonment. Tho legislation nlno would cover
woolen cloths, gurmonts or yarn
either Imported or exported. :
Retailers found to havo goods
falsely marked would not bo liable to
tho penalties prescribed if ablo to fur
nish a guarantee signed by the per
son from whom these wero, purchased
to the effect that tho markings wero
made without intont Of violating the
law.
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