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Newspaper Page Text-i-A ''V " ZjLJU : The Weather Rain tonight and Sunday. Maximum yesterday..,. 36 Minimum today 35 abl Tribune Weather Year Ago Maximum .35 Minimum 29 Precipitation 31 . ally Seventeenth Year, fl'eekly FIT ty-Secun Tear. MEDPOED, OKEGOX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 NO. 234 M MEDFORD 4 COMMUNITY ARID CAMP Widow and Father of Tom Richards Positively Identify ' Murdered Son By Initials On Belt Buckle Bodies in Masonic Temple Guarded By Troops. " : : MER nOUOli, to.. Dec. 33. Tho tfato moved again today in tho More house kidnaping ease when Attorney Crencrul A. C. Coco announced that an open hearing, used but onco pre viously In this state would bo Insti tuted at Bastrop, tho parish scat, on January G. His announcement fol lowed a conference with local ' offi cers after his arrival at Bastrop, 8 miles from hero on the state troop train that brought a machine gun company rrbm New Orleans and an Infantry company from Alexandria, as well as a car of ammunition and machine suns. The troops established their camp on the courthouse grounds in the heart of the little town of 2S00 In habitants. One of their duties will be to guard the courthouse while tho hearing is in progress.. The hearing will be equivalent to grand jury proceedings, but open to all who are privileged-to come into 1 tho court a.nd tull what they know of tho kidnaping of five prominent Mer ltougo citizens Inst August by 50 or more, masked and white robed men and the subsequent disappearance of two of them, whoso bodies, authori ties ore satisfied, were blown up from the bottom of Lake LaFourche yes Uerday by unidentified . dynamiters who were believed to have been" at tempting to steal them. - Tried By Night Riders. v;At tW hearing, . it 4s reported, the state will submit testimony that Watt Daniels and Thomas' ItichardSr iden tified by relatives as the dead men, had been carrfed before a court of white robed and masked men and questioned a short time before their disappearance. . .. i'utns hnvo not been completed for the Inquest to be held over the muti lated wire-bound bodies 'now lying under military guard at tho Masonic temple here. The extent of tho tes timony the state wilt permit to be in troduced before this inquest has not been announced. There Is the possl bllity that the coroner's Jury will name certain Individuals as rcsponsi ble for the crime. The jury also is expected to announce officially the identity of tho bodies of Daniels and lUrhards. . , ltcports of ill feeling between two groups in this community since tho kidnaping was fanned yesterday uy tho recovery of tho bodies. Some rel atives of Daniels and Kichnrds nro positive tho men wero allvo before being thrown Into tho Inko and that death resulted from Htranguiution. Pvoplo (So Armed. ' Men nro now seen driving automo biles and wagons with shotguns and rifles by their tddo; weapons are strapped to their saddles when on horseback, and even at street cor ners revolvers are seen bulging from tjielr hip pockets.. The Monroe troop stationed here was ordered this afternoon to break ramp and entrain for Bastrop. BASTIlOl', ta Deo. !8. Attorney General Coco this afternoon handed a warrant to Sheriff Carpenter order ing the arrest of one man in -connection with the Morehouse kidnaping cose. Mayor lljlnn Pleased. NEW TOItK, Dec. 23. .Mayor Hy lan today wired Governor Parker of Louisiana his hearty congratulations on "your bold, vigorous fight against the Ku Klux Klnn," which he char acterised as a "slimy brood of ven omous reptiles, squirming In an in visible empire." "I believe," said the. message, "that every man and woman, re garding of race, creed or color, owes you an undying debt of gratitude for your heroic American fight to end tho Infamous outrages to which the members of the Ku Klux Klon' will (Continued on Page slo CO-ED POLICEMAN GIRLS HAVE SEATTLE, Dec. 23. Amelia 8o renson, who graduated In sociology from the University of Washington Inst June and who Is 24 years old, is a Seattle policewoman, on guard In one of several dance halls whose operations Is being investigated by a grand Jury. Miss Sorenson, whose parents. Mr. and Mrs. Swan Sorenson. live at El Irnsburg, Wash., became a, police, woman In September by ranking highest In a competitive examination. Newporters to Fly From New York City To Spend Week-Ends NEW YORK, Dec. 23. New Yorkers who spend their vaca- Hons at Newport have over-BUb- scribed funds for establishing an fr airplane service for week-end 4 trips next summer. Vincent Astor and T. Suffern Taller are ia charge of the project. Planes will leave New York Frl- day and Saturday and return Sundays and Mondays. The time of the trip one way will be an hour and a quarter. By train the trip takes six hours. Newport is 225 miles from New York by train ' 0 DUNCANS N. YORK CHURCH Bishop Manning of Episcopal Church Cancels Invitation to Famous Dancer to Ex plain 'Moral Dance' Before St Mark's Forum. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Bishop W. T. Manning intervened recently to provent Isadora Duncan, classic dancer, from appearing nt tho Episco pal chuhreh of St. Mark's on tho Bowery, a notice to Episcopal publi cations from the bishop's office to day rovealed. . Announcement that Miss Duncan, who was scheduled to address the forum on "the moralizing effect of dancing in the human soul," would not appear Christmas evo, was made In a brief statement by Rev. Norman Guthrie, rector, of the church after his original statement had created a storm of opposition. - Bishop Manning's statement read: "The bishop of New York has re ceived letters of earnest protest from many parts of the country In regard to announcement widely uublished In the newspapers that a dancer whose exhibitions have urouscd great criti cism In many of our cities would ap pear and spenk at St. Mark's In the Bowery, New iork. "In answer to these letters of pro test Bishop Munnlng wishes to state that the dancer .referred to will not speak nt St. Mark's church nor ap pear professionally In nny connection with the church or its Services." ILLNESS DEPRESSES CHRISTMAS CHEER IN WASHINGTON. Dee. 23. Christ mas at the Whito House will lack much of the usual spirit of times gone by because of Mrs. Harding's Illness. Thero will bo no house guests and no Christmas. Neither the president nor Mrs. Harding has made any Hoi I- day plans. She may come down stairs In her wheel chair and preside at the table for Christmas dinner but other wise the day will be like any other since she was taken 111. To add a little cheer, tho White House tins yuletide wreaths In the windows and thero will bo a profusion of flowers. An a Christmas present to tho thou sands of government employes, Presi dent Harding issued an executive order closing the government depart ments at noon today and at that hour most high officials also closed up their desks and wont homo. The senate, too, joined In the early beginning of the Christmas season, holding only a, short session, but tho house went ahead with the considera tion of appropriation bills. 100 MANY EDE CHINE Some of her conclusions from her ex perience nre. "The trouble with most of these girls is crcpo dc chine soul. They can't endure cotton next to their skins. I must have pretty things my self to be hnppy, and 1 know what makes the girls I work with stoop to things they do. "A woman's best weapon Is sym pathy. It Is the only one she carries on her cabaret beat where she la on duty from eight until midnight." REFUSE ISA ORA DANCE WILL HAYS T ONDECISION Fatty Arbuckle Will Be Given His Chance Regardless of Criticisms From Many Parts , of Country Federated Churches Call On Hays, for Explanation- .." ' TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 23. Numor ous criticisms against the reinstate ment of Roscoo Arbuckle ill fllmdom will not In the least affect the decis ion of Will H. Hays, national motion picture mentor In Knuitlng the film comedian "a chance to come back," Mr. Hays said here last night. In an Interview referring to tho Arbucklo decision, Mr. Hays said em phatically: "I stand on that absolutely. I hare nothing- to add to It and no explana tions to make. - I am perfectly con tent. My action docs not mean that the pictures Arbuckle made before the trouble are to be rcleasod. It simply means he has a chance to go back into the profession and make good if he can. "Every man In tho right way and at the right time ia entitled to his chance to make good. It Is apparent Roscoo Arbuckle's conduct since hiB trouble merltB a chance. So far as I am concerned there will be no sug gestion now that he should not have his opportunity to go to work In his professsloti," ; ; Mr. Hays passed through. Topeka lust night on Ills way east. l-'cilcratcd diuretics Act. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Tho Ttov. Charles S. MacFarlund, general sec retary of tho federal council of tho churches of Christ In America, to day made public a letter to Will H. Hays, head of the motion picture in dustry, calling for an explanation why, he as a member of Mr. Hays' committee on public relations, was not consulted about the reinstate ment of Roscoe Arbuckle, who fig ured in the party that resulted In the death of Virginia Ituppe. Mr. MacFarland, as goneral secre tary of the church federation, is a member of the executive committee of the committee on public ralatlons which Mr. Hays organised recently from various religious and civic or ganizations to aid him in putting tho movies on a higher plane. His letter, besides raising the point of why' ho was not consulted doclarod that "unfortunately tlio im pression has gained ground that this Is due to pressure of financial inter ests invested In Arbuckle pictures." Mr. Macl-'arland quoted tho fol lowing telegram from the St. Louis federation of churchCB: "St. Louis church people aro In censed over the proposal of Will II. Hays on behalf of moving picture in terests to bring Arbucklo back Into the films. Strong supporting resolu tions will undoubtedly be passed in St. Louis by denominational ministe rial bodies, by ministerial alliance. and by church federation. Is fed eral council taking action?" "Tho enclosed telegram." his let ter said, "Is merely an Indication, In my judgment, ot the general expres sions which aro coming and will con tinue to como from our religious and moral forces relative to your decis ion in tho Arbuckle matter. "May I raise the question as to why there was no consultation what ever with persons representing tho church whoso cooperation you have sought? It would seem as though this would have been a matter on which above all you have wanted counsel and advice from people who represent these large bodies reflect ing so wide an area of public opin ion." Daily Report on the Crime Wave MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 23. Bandits today invaded the Minneapolis down town district, staged two daring Jew elry store robberies wltliin a half a block ot each other and fled with about $25,000 In cash, diamonds and Jewelry. The first robbery wan at the I. R. Welsman Jewelry company store where the bandits got 1 12, 000 In Jewelry and I ISO In cash after binding a clerk, and the second was at the Harry Rush Jewelry store, here they scooped up between $11, 000 and $13,000 in diamonds. STANDS P Latest Men Fashions H s come when tho womon began such things, thore wero sonio who predicted that tho cycle would bo complot et when the men began to wear skirts and jietOcoatst This picture tells tho sad tale, mates. Tho costumes seen here nre tho latest thing in men's nttiro for social functions nnd weddings. SANTA GLAUS AND. ANGELS CONDEMNED . BY SOVIET CHIEFS MOSCOW, Dec. 23. (By tho As soclatcil Press ) Santa Clans 1b apt to find Christmas little to his liking in the principal cities 'tad towns ot soviet Russia this year; in fact, to the young communist . he will be "persona non grata.'', Members of that organization, con tending that Christmas and St. Nich olas are both worn out myths have forbidden the Russian celebration of Christmas. Tlioy have furthor' de cided that the singing of Christmas carols shall be dispensed with and tho flguro of an angel may not bo displayed on a Christmas tree appear ing In public. Instead the celebration plans call for torchlight processions, masked balls, dinner pnrtlos and gay theater performances day and night, to gether with various forms of amuse ment designed tq suppress and offel any religious coremonles. The young communists contend that Christmas logends hnvo fooled children and their elders long enough that they should know better. N Y- BREAKS RECORD NEW YORK, Doc. 23. Holiday buy ing in New York has broken all records. This Bum roprcBents an In crease of IS to 20 per cent over last yner. ' ' The Noted Dead DENVKIt, Dee. 23. Dr. Charles A. Powers, widely known surgeon. president of the American Society for Control of Cancer, dropped dead in the University club hero tills utter noon. Dr. Powers was 61 years old. He wns one of tho most widely known surgeons in the rountry, had Bnrvrd In Prunes during the world war nnd was to havo been given the distinguished service mertnt next Tncsdny In con nection with his surgical work In the war zonu where ho specialized in the surgical treatment of faces, mutilated by war wounds, Physicians ascribed Dr. Powers' death to apoplexy. No I'aiwr Christina Hay, As usual there will be no is- suo of the Mail Tribune on Christmas Day, Monday, De- eembcr fnth. The special Christmas edition of the Mod- ford Sun will be Issued tomor- 4 in Czecho-Slovakia to wear mannish nttiro, brooches nnd START CAMPAIGN UPON BOOTLEGGERS WASHINGTON, B.C. WASHINGTON,' Dee. 23. Whis pered chnrgcB thut bootleggers ply their trado without restrictions under the dome of tho capltol of the United States and number among their cus tomers some of tho nation's foro mout legislators wero rocognized to day by Senator Curtis of Kansas, chairman of the rules committee, who ordered tho capltol police to arrest any bootlegger who vontured to trade Intho capltol irrespective of who in terceded for him. President Harding had before him today a letter from Itoprosentative Upshaw urging blm to Issue a Christ mns proclamation calling on citizens to respect the law. The holiday boutlcggltig season, in Washington' is beginning to feel tho results of the concern recently ex pressed ljy the president nnd members of tho cabinet nt disregard for tho prohibition laa Chaws of iNHrtlcg- ger.i through tho streets of tho capl tal with resulting nutoinobtle smash ups and Injuries to bystanders have becomo freriucnt. One of the latest rnlds wns made on n high priced aimrtment liuue li tho exclusive DuPont clrclo neigh borhood. where more than $6000 worth of liquor w selxed Mlth list of names of customers which tho police said Included lending lawyers, citizens d legislators. POSTMASTER AND ; WIFE SENTENCED TACOMA, Dec. 23. Kranels M. rilemi, coiifcd embezzler of gov ernment funds, while postmaster at Vtlllapn, Wash., was yesterday sen tenm-d to fifteen months nt ttw Mc Neil Island federal penitentiary and lined 2,i:;,.lil ty r'cclcrul ,ludgu lOd ward K, Ctishnmn. Clenn's wife, nt bnn tlmo pust mlstrcHS nt Wlllnpn, nlHo was found gulKy of a nhartage In iioslnl ac counts. In her ease Judgo Cushmnn Imposed a sentonco of six months in Jail, -which lie ausuviMlvd. The Daily Bank Robbery , EVBHKTT, Wash., Doc. 23.- Yeggs who broke Into tho Granite Kails Staia bank early this morning drilled opon the vault and broke open sixteen safoty deposit boxes. Two hundred dollars of hank money and stocks, bonds and other negotia ble paper, the exact amount of which will not be dotormlned until full check has been made, with the box owners: were stolen. Two revolvers and a high powered rifle along with an ample supply of ammunition were also taken row th ban, t . Aged Domestic Falls S Stories Thru Sky Light Not Injured OAKLAND, Call,, Dec. 23, Although Mrs. Sarah Grigsby, an aged domestic, fell five stories from a hotel window and plunged through a sky- light today, she was but slightly injured. Mrs. Grigsby sold she fell whllo walking lii her sleep. The skylight is of wire netting and glass and aided in break-. & log her fall, ' MURDER CHARGE FILED AGAINST PORTLAND PAIR Cash Weir and Son Are Charged With Death of Unknown Girl in Houseboat ' Last September Mrs. 1 Leary Gives Details. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23. Appli cation for a writ ot habeas corpus was made today by Cash Wolr's attorney, and District Attorney Stanloy Myors immediately ordered his deputies to file a charge of first degroe murder against Cash Weir and a charge of accessory after the tact sgalsst his son, Karl Weir, basing these charges on allegations made by Mrs. He!?- Leary that Cash Weir, veteran river man, had slain an unidentified IS year old girl In Ills houseboat here Septem ber 23 last and that Earl Weir had aided his father in flisposlng ot the body. Hearing on the writ application was Bet for this afternoon. In circuit court. Earl Weir was subjected to a severe grilling last night and early today, but police did not obtain any definite statement from him, they announced, Police, and district attorney's depu ties were still unable today to obtain any information concerning the iden tity ot the alleged victim. Mrs. Leary has furnished them with a detailed description which she has repeatedly given without variation. According to this the girl was - rather chunky, weighing around ISO pounds and tlte feet three Inohes tall. Sho had brown hair, not bobbed. Mrs. Leary said the girl told her alio was "born and raised" in Portland. She also said that her mother and father wero living in. Portland and two brothora also horc. She said that she had married sister living In Wash ington. . UGHTNER GETS A LIGHT SENTENCE POllTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23. Dave Llghtiier, convicted at ono trial of consjilraey to smuggle nurcotics nnd liquor and at another ot conspiracy to vloluto tho federal narcotics and litiuur laws, received two sentences of eighteen months each In federal peni tentiary today, the sentences to run concurrently. The sentences Imposed today were by Federal Judge Dietrich of Dolse, Idaho, who sut at Llghtnor's second Irinl here. Sentence for Llghtnor's conviction in his first trial is yet to bo passed by federal iuiim 11. B. Jlean before whom he was tried and Judge Diet rich said In giving the 18 month's senU'ce. that U waa " Mile len lont," but Hint no w,a mriuonccd by the fact that Judgo Uoun could tidjust IHHiMiiiieiit In tit second mnienft: and also by tho fact ho understood federal officers Intended to deport Llglitner when hi sentence 'Xili. EX KAISER SELLS OFFICIAL PHOTO OF . - RECENT WEDDING FOR $1 0,000 CASH DOOUN. Holland, Dec. 23. Tho former German emperor has sold lo a London and New York compnny tho world rights in what ho describes as tho first official photograph of his foccnt wedding. Tho prlco paid was 10.000. -The picture shows tho former kai ser In the uniform of a field mnrshnl. Prlnco Hormlne Is wearing the fa mous dtadom, wedding gift of "her JUDGE GARY OPPOSED 10 12HDURDAY Head of SteeJ Trust. FinaJJy Yields to Demand and Also Declares 8-Hour Day So- ciaily Right, But Economi cally Disastrous at Present Time. CHICAGO, Dee. 2J Eventual abolishment of tho 12 hour day in the steel industry is hoped- for by Judge Elbert II. Gary, chairman ot the board o tiio United States Steel Corporation, but Germany and Franco are going back to the two shifts a day system and there Is agi tation to the same end in England In order to compete with American steel, he said today In an interview authorized by him. The steel corporation did reduce Its 12 hour workers to 14 per cent, hut to adopt geueraly tho eight hour day would, Mr. Oary said, entail staggering losses or aa increase ia steel prices which would be a bad thing for tho steel industry and the country. - . . . The practice ot "Pittsburg plus," that is, basing the price of steel on the cost plus freight from Pittsburg to destination, instead ot retarding development ot the middle west would see more steel plants open In that territory than without the sys tem, he mM. "PtUe-hurg p'.as," he asserted, was a stabiliser by giving both buyer and seller a definite base ' on which to figure prices. . f ' v Can't .Pay IHvIUcnds' v V ' "We are not making enough, now to pay . our dividends oh common stock;" Judge Gary Baid. '-'Thoy are ' paid- in part from surplus. "With such an added expense as the eight hour day must necessarily eatali, we would face staggering losaes or an increaso in prices which would be likely to have most de.pressir.g ef fect upon all building and many oth er lines of Industry. 1 ."Germany and France are. going back to the 12 hour day because they must produce and compete with as. There is agitation In England to the same end. In brief, it comes down to this: ' The price ot a. coinpiete change to the olght hour day would bo moro than business would jay. Ethically and socially it is right. Economically It Is not feasible now. Eventually e hope to bring ft about." Moro labor Is needed and Judge Oary ad nested Increased immigra tion but with stricter regard for Quality than quantity. "Also adjustments in price levels are ncodod," ho said. "Our work men ere not getting mare th they need. Some workmen are getting more than tholr share. Carpenters at $ 1 0 a day or more, brlcklayeTS an CI . painters at $14 a day up are helping to keop up the cost of necessaries which tho laborer must 'pay. If I had the power to adjust all prlco lev els reasonably, with profit to lt, . t could Install the eight hour day. with out raising the prlco of steel a cent, and without real hardship to any one." Occasional Rains WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. Weather outlook for the week Lcgina'ag Mon day: Pacific states flennrallv fair In seathtsm Callfnrala. trnnornl cloudiness ' and occasional rains elsowhoro. Nor mal temperature,, - Blast Kills Rancher TAOOJJA, Dee. 23. Karl tteekm- bai'-hor, GG, a rancher living near hero was severely Injured by a premature Mast yesterday while clearing stumps on his land and died while being hur- . rled lo a local hospital. husband. It Is understood that WIN helm was consldvrably annoyed when ho learned of tho prnTils that hod been mndo from tho salo of his por trait byukiofflclnl and unuitthoriiced photographers, and this consldcrillon together with a desiro to augment his Income, Induced htm to make the sale. ' . .- . Elaborate and extensive proporn-V tlons are being made at Doom rastlv tor the Christmas season: