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Prediction Rain
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Minimum today 38
precipitation 04
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 42
Minimum 33
Precipitation 01
pjjlly seventeenth Yoar.
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NO. 243
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TENSE: K. K.
People Entering Court
mI
Room, Bastrop, La., Are
Searched for Weapons
Special Deputies Sworn in
State Troops Patrol 'Jus
tice Will Be Done,', Declares
Judge.
DASTROP, La.. Jan. 5. J. C. Net
l ps. who found the headless bodies
of Watt Daniels and T. F. Richards
in Lake La Fourcho was called this
afternoon as tho first witness in the
open hearing to determine responsi
bility for alleged masked band out
lawry In Morehouse parish and spe
cifically the kidnapping and slaying
of Daniels and Richards by a mask
ed bund.
BASTROP, La., ' Jan.- 5. Investi
gations at an open court hearing of
the masked band depredations in
.Morehouse parish and specifically the
kidnapping and slaying of Watt Dun
ltls and Thomas F. Richards, resi
dents of Mor Rouge, was inaugurated
before Judge Fred L. Odoni of the
sixth Louisiana judicial district here
today. A declaration from the bench
by Judge Odoni warned against dis
order or intimidation of witnesses
and declared that "every right think
ing and law abiding person of the
parish wants to see the slayers of
Daniels and Richards brought to jus
tice. ,
"Kvnry facility that the court can
DR. B. M. McKOIN
Ex-Mayor of Mer Rouge, Principal
defendant in Klan case.
possibly afford Is going to be extend
ed to the state's officers In this
prohe," Judge Odom declared.
One of the orders of the court was
instruction to F. L. Carpenter, par
ish sheriff to post deputies at en
trances to the court room to search
all persons entering for fire arms.
After the opening statement court
recessed until 2 p. m. The court
room was not more than half filled.
Daniels' Father in Court
J. L. Daniels, father of Watt Dan
iels, and a delegation of Mer Rouge
citizens, some of whom wero kidnap
ped and flogged nt the time Watt
Daniels and Richards wero seized by
a masked band lost summer, were
among the spectators. Department
of justice agents, who conducted the
Investigation, also occupied seats
nmong the spectators.
Judge Odom announced that the
recess was ordered after a confer
ence with A. V. Coco, state attorney
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EIGHT LIVES LOST WHEN STEAMER
CRASHES ON ROCKS NEAR VICTORIA. B. C.
VICTORIA, D. C. 'Jan. 6. F.ffort
Was being made here today to leurn
the Identity of Iho eight men who nre
believed to have composed the rrow
of the steamer Alnsknn. all of whom
are helleved to havo died when she
was wrecked Tuesday night off Unr-
clny Sound on the west roast of Van-,
cnuver Island. It has been asserted i
'bat Captain J. A. Dallllc nnd Pert
Young. 17, both of this city, wore j
aboard. Substitutions had been nindc
m me rrPW without reporting "
hipping master. , .
Scott Hi Challenges
Any High School On
Coast for Next Year
4
LOS AN'OELES, Jan. 5. The f
fOOlbull ROlinri nf tlw R.'ntt liieh t
-school of Toledo, Ohio, planned
to leave today for the east after
a twenty-four hour visit here as
the gnosis of the Los Angeles
Athletic club. i
Dr. .Veil, who was in charge
of the 31 players, said that the
Scott high BChool would guaran-
tee $5,000 to any Pacific coast
high school team which would
go to Toledo next season for a
eamo with Scott.
BRITISH LEAVE
Parting at Paris Station Be
teen Bonar Law and Poin
care a Cordial One France
to Keep England Fully In
formed. .
PARIS, Jan. 5. (Dy the Associat
ed Press.) Although divided by the
German reparations Issue upon which
Great Britain and France split at
yesterday's allied conference, Pre
mier Poincare and Prime Minister
Donar Law met today for discussion
of other questions on friendly terms.
The French premier called upon
the British prime minister and the
two were together for half an hour
discussing the Near Eastern situa
tion and fields of action other than
reparations in which France and
Grent Britain may cooperate. It was
indicated in F.nglish circles that the
French and tho British delegates
would continue to work together at
Lausanne.
The two prime ministers had an
other talk on tho railway station plat
form just before the train left with
the British delegation for London on
board.
'Mr. Bonar Law asked M. Poincare
to keep him informed each day of
every move and the French premier
promised he would. Mr. Bonar Law
said he hoped that the entente would
not only continue, but would bo for
tified. When tho British prime minister
made some allusion to what had tak
en place at the allied conference, M.
Poincare remarked thut French opin
ion was entirely wrapped up in the
Idea of guarantees. In response, Mr.
Bonar Law explained again that Brit
ish opinion was opposed to any meas
ures which it thought would disturb
the economic life of Europe.
Lcaro Taking Cordial
Flnanco Minister De Lasteyrie and
other members of the French cabinet
were with the chief at the station and
the leave taking was commented
upon as probably the most cordial be
tween British and French statesmen
since the war. There was much
laughter among the participants and
nn apparent utter absence of strain
or resentment for the breaking up of
the reparations conference.
Two minutes before the train left,
Mr. Bonar Law stepped into his pri
vate car and stood at the window
with M. Poincare below on tho plat
form. The two premiers, smiling nt
each other, exchanged a word now
and then until the train drew out
when Mr. Bonar Law waved his hand
nnd bowed and M. Poincare lifted his
hat and called out: "Bon voyage."
Belgium Supports Franco
PARIS, Jan. 5. (By tho Associat
ed Press.) Franco, free to handle
the reparations question according to
her own formula, turned today to the
task of making Germany pay. The
It was learned that First Mate E.
W. Brock, Vancouver and F. A.
Downing, Vancouver, conk, were
ashore. A mini whose body was found
yesterday with the lifeboat of the
Alnsknn nt l'nchcnn Point, near Unr
chiv Sound, has not been Identified.
llrock was part owner ot the boat,
which was bound frou hero to Bar
clay Sound. The Alaskan, a 100-ton
vmwoI, was built In San Francisco and
tor mnnv years piled between Seattle
and Alasku.
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FRANCE, BREAK
NOT EXPECTED
NEGROWAR
HHP
Scores Reported Dead and
Village Wiped Out As Result
of Attack By Negroes On
Committee of Armed Citi
zens Investigating Alleged
Outrage On Girl.
OTTER, CREEK, Fla., Jan. 5 (By
the Associated Press) Two white
men, one negro woman nnd a negro
man nro known to bo dead, while it
is believed there are many other cas
ualties as a result of race trouble last
niglu and early today at Rosewood
twelvo miles from hero.
With tho exception ot three build
ings, the entire village was burned by
a mob shortly after daybreak, ac
cording to available reports here.
A party of citizens of Sumner went
to Rosewood late last night to Inves
tigate reports that two negroes
sought in connection with an attack
upon a young. white woman at Sum
ner Monday were concealed in a house
there. Upon tho approach of the
party, the negroes without warning,
opened fire, killing outright two per
sons and wounding four, one of them
probably fatally. It later developed
that 21 heavily armed negroes were
in the home and citizens immediately
established a cordon around It and
opened firo with every conceivable
kind of firearm. At four o'clock to
day, according to Information here,
the ammunition of the attackers be
came exhausted and the departure of
many for fresh supplies gave the be
sieged negroes nn opportunity to
escape. Their 'departure was dis
covered ot daylight.
White Man Saved.
Tho vacated house contained the
bodies of two negro women nnd one
negro .jnnn, who had been killed by
bullets which penetrated the walls or
windows. Blood -stains indicated that
several of those who escaped were
wounded.
Immediately, occordlng to word re
ceived from tho scene, the mob begnn
firing the buildings in the village nnd
every structure except the grocery
store, tho residence of tho grocer nnd
the residence of another white man
was destroyed. As tho village was In
flnmes. it is said, members pf the
mob fired upon negroes fleeing from
their homes. The result was not
learned here.
About twenty families resided In
Rosewood, many, If not the majority,
being negroes.
Fear Spread of War.
ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. 5. (By
the Associated Press) Sheriffs and
their deputies from neighboring
counties arrived here during the
morning, while negro villages In sur
rounding towns havo been placed
under heavy guard. Martial law
practically had been declared In each
place. At Sumner nnd Bronson,
armed men nre patrolling the streets.
No racial outbreaks other than nt
this place have been reported.
Since Monday this section of Floi
da has been stirred ns the result of
nn alleged crlmlnnl attack upon a
young white woman at Sumner by
three negroes. Monday night one
negro was shot and early last night
a report reached Sumner that the
negroes wanted were in Rosewood.
BRONSON. Fin., Jan. 6. Mingo
Williams, a negro, nged fifty, was
found dead on tho public highway
about a mile north of here shortly
after noon today. Scores of citizens
hurried to the scene of tho killing.
SUMNER, Fla., Jan. B. Filing at
Rosewood, two miles . from here,
where more than a score of negroes
were barricaded all night In n house
with hundreds of armed men besieg
ing them, ceased shortly before dnwn
and had not been resumed at eight
o'clock this morning. The intermit
tent firing throughout tho city could
be distinctly heard here. .
'The bodies of Andrew and Wllker
son were recovered shortly nfter
eight o'clock. Volunteers entered the
yard under the guns of tho negroes
and removed them without being
fired upon. They were brought here.
Parties of armed men continued to
pass through here enrly todny, en
route to tho scene.
An unidentified negro woman, ap
parently about forty years of age,
was shot and killed later In the
morning nt Rosewood when the
negro houses of the town were set
afire, A church; lodge building nnd
five or six dwellings were destroyed.
COAST SUGAR DOWN
ANOTHER 10 CENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5 A decline
of ten cents per hundred pounds In the
price of refined cane sugar, to $7.30
was announced here today by the Cali
fornia Hawaiian Henneries and the
Spreckles Sugar company. A similar
decline In refined beet sugar to $7.10
was announced by the Western Refin
eries. Iloth aro effectlvo today. I
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28-Year-Old Swiss Will,
Wed Rockefeller's Only
Daughter; Chicago Hears
urn mt .-A&
Is! W'i
CHICAGO. Twelve brand-new suits of clothes freshly delivered
to Edward Krenn, young Swiss afWfffeCt-seeretary to Mrs. Edith.
Rockefeller McCormick do- they spell an impending wedding?
All her furs back from the furriers relined throughout with white
bride's satin does this mean that the only daughter of the John D.
Rockefellers is about to wed the Swiss? If this happens, will the
Rockefeller oil millions which fall to Edith Rockefeller's lot come into
the hands of the 28-year-old foreigner?
' The Gold Coast talked of little else this week, which marked the
end of the rear following Mrs. Rockefeller McCormlck's divorce from
Harold McCormick, after which she is free to marry again.
Harold McCormick and his new bride, Ganna Walska, whom ho
married in Paris, will return to the United States January 10, when
the latter is booked for a concert tour..
STRANGE CASE OF WIFE
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Elmer Simmons, indicted last sum
mer charged with tho possession of
Intoxicating liquor, and whoso depar
ture for California thereafter, was at
tributed to a "tip from Sheriff Ter
rill." caused much gossip and ado In
local political circles, Is In the coun
ty jail again, this time charged with
muklng intoxicating liquor, etc., etc.
The same Imloflnlteiiess and mystery
that surrounded - his . fUst episode
clouds the present one, accompanied
by affidavits by Dillon Hill, S. D. Mill
and U. M. Iowe, nnd more In the of
fing. lly virtue of an ordor filed in tho
circuit court tills morning by District
Attorney Itawles Moore, Simmons is
cited to appear and Bhow cause why
his parole granted when ho entered
a plea of guilty to tho first charge
should not be revoked.
Simmons was a member of the lo
cal Prohibition Enforcement squad,
and drew a "protested" county war
rant for $38.34, for s6rvlces thus
rendered. Simmons Is also alleged
In an affidavit to have informed Hoy
Carpenter, of a plan to trap him,
when ho (Carpenter) was supposed
to ho in a frumo of mind to offer
S. II. Sundefcr, county prohibition of
ficer, nn alleged brlbo for "protec
tion." Several other angles to the
mess, will bo alleged In affidavits,
filed or In tho courso of filing.
Simmons, himself, makes the fo-1
lowing affidavit, nnd Is defended by
Attorney B. K. I.Indus, and. Is sup
ported by his father-in-law, L, M.
Sweet of Beagle, who was opposed
to him, In the first mix up:
Jacksonville, Ore.,
Jan. 2, 1923.
Gentlemen:
On the evening of December
27th, 1922, D. M. I.owe came to
my house, Number 613 Cather
ine street, Medford, Ore., told mo
to go with him, as there was
work to attend lo. He then
went lo Dillon Hill's house.
From there Dillon Hill, 1. M.
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HEMPHILL, Texas, Jan. 5. Indig
nantly refusing to make the $25,000
bond set by Judgo W. H. Prutt, Mrs,
Lillian Knox was ready today to carry
her fight against the ohurge of slaying
her millionaire husband to the court
of District Judge A. V. Stark, In the
neighboring town of San Augustine.
Tho two days examining trial of
Mrs. Knox at Hemphill came to a dra
matic close yesterday afternoon when
Justice Pratt ordered the widow bound
over to the grand Jury on n charge of
murder, with bond set at $25,000.
The action today at San Augustine
was a habeas corpus.
Justice Pratt's decision came aftor a
stormy session In which defense attor
neys demanded that letters written by
the slain man suld to be in possession
of the county attorney be produced in
court. They declared tho letters
would establish at once the Innocence
of their client. Tho county attorney
refused to produce tho letters and was
sustained In his stand by tho justice of
tho penco. . .
A servant In tho Knox home test!
fied yesterday she had heard the aged
millionaire declare thut he was ''going
to keep Chester Collins away from my
homo or kill him," '
Following tho hcnrlng, Mrs. Knox
was escorted by Sheriff T. V. Nations
to her homo whoro Bho has beon kept
under guard each night except one
since she was arrested. , She showed
little evidence of worry.
SALEM, Oro., Jan. 8. John Krause,
74, well known character In Gervals
for tho past twenty years, wag found
doad, suspended tram a rope and with
a bullet In his head yesterday In a
small shock near his residence.
Authorities snld the case was plainly
one of suicide.
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WEALTHY
TEXAN CHARGED
WH
MURDER
Perfumes From Tomb
of King 3000 Yrs. Old
Are Still Fragrant
I.IIXOU, Egypt, Jan. a. (By
tho Associated Press.) Per
fumes which still retain their
scent nfter a lapso of more than
11,000 years, were found In four
alabaster vases removed yester
day from the outer chamber of
the tomb of King Tutenkhamun.
It Is believed thut the perfumes
which uro somewhat musty,
wore intended for use In anoint
ing the body.
Each of the vases was carved
from u single block of translu
cent alabaster through which
the sun sparkled when tho treas
ures wero brought Into Iho light
of day after their long seclu
sion. It Is evident that the
blocks from which the vases
wero carved were chosen with
the greatest care as each Is
flawless. Tho carved openwork
hundlo of each jar formed part
of tho whole block.
STILL ON ROXY
BY THESfiERIFF
One of Largest Hauls in Local
History Made By County
Official On Big Moonshine
Plant 4 Operators Make
Escape. .-, -
In n raid nn a deserted house on
tho Itowienii cnul mine ijropnrty, ..nn,
the north flnnk of Roxy Anil, ' at
threo o'clock Thursduy morning, tho
sheriffs office seized two stills of 20
nnd 35 gallon capacity, threo barrels
of mash, f0 gallons of moonshine. In
the "second boiling" stage, a truck
load of equipment used In tho appar
ently flourishing bootleg operations.
The four operators of tho Illicit out
fit, whose names und addresses arc
known, nnd for whom warrants have
been Issued, fled upon tho approach
of-tho raiding party, their suspicions
being aroused by un early morning
hunting party.
Tho first Intimation thnt a still wns
In operation, enmo from neighbors,
who suffered from chicken thieves.
The investigation ot tho hen house
depredations led to following up a
stench. When tho officers arrived,
the fires were still burning under the
stills, tha dishwater was hot, and nn
unfinished epistle of one of tho boot
leggers to his sweetheart wns found
lying on a table. Tracks of tho fugi
tives made in their flight down tho
creek bed wero found. One mndo a
mighty stride In his haste, footprints
measuring nine feet, fromhoof track
to hoof track.
Tho seizure Is tho largest In months
In this city or county and the moon
shiners did business on nn efficiency
basis. They kept a record of their
output. - On December 27th, four
gallons nnd one quart were manufac
tured. They had been In operation
for three weeks, maintained a house
In this city, ns a distributing center,
and had two automobiles. In protect
ing their activities, they matntnlncd
a lookout on tho roof of the hovel,
and always had an nutomnbllo stnnd
Ing In a narrow spot In the road to
hnlt a speedy approach. Ono. of tho
gang ncted as lookout, two tended to
the manufacture, and one was the
downtown salesman.
All the pnraphenulla nnd concoc
tions seized was taken to the county
Jail for destruction, officially, and the
two autoes seized as contraband. Two
witnesses, Attorney D. F. I.indns and
Frank Corleis, wero taken along by
tho sheriff, ns witnesses, to meet the
usual charges, when whiskey Is con
cerned, that quantities of It were con
fiscated. Tho moonshine, according to the
sheriff, was wonderfully nnd fear
fully mndo, In conditions of filth, un
excelled In this world, or tho next
ono. Tho stills were crudely built,
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ANN SI
EX BISHOP IF EASTERN OREGON
NEW YOIIIC, Jan. B. Tho Itov.
Dr. Robert Lewis Paddock, formorly
Protestant Kplscopal bishop ot the
missionary district of enstern Oregon
nnd Miss Helen Altkcn, heiress to
hulf of a t!.fi00,000 estate, nro to be
mnrried In the cathedral of Ht. John
the Divine next Tuesday. They oh
tained a license yesterday. 11a Is r 3
years old and sho Is 4ft. Ho resigned
as bishop last Heptember on the
ground of poor health, although his
friends reported nt the tlmo thnt cer
tain hostility on tho part ot some
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NEXT STEP IS
IIP TO PARIS
SAYS HUGHES
Secretary of State Declares
Administration Has Done All
it Can Do, to Prevent Dis
aster in Europe France
Has Text of Hughes' New
Haven Speech.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Tho United
States government has already done
all it can do to point a way to a solu
tion of the reparations crisis, it was
authoritatively stated today. Secre
tary Hughes' New Huven speech, math)
in tho friendliest spirit, it was said, is
before the French government, from
which any action to take up the finan
cial commission plan must come ot
necessity.
It was made clear that the Washing
ton government could not Issue any
invitation for the creation ot such a
commission because control of the
reparations situation is not In Amer
ican hands but In those of the allies.
There Is no disposition in Washing
ton, it wns added, to seek to force the
financial commission or any other plan
upon tho ullies.
Put forward as nn alternative to at
tempted forcible collection in Germany
should the crisis reach a point regard
ed here ns now measurably approach
limhes' 'proposal would refer
the reparations question for advisory
recommendations, both as to tho
amount Germany can pay and the
method ot her payment, to an Interna
UnnaLevmmlssloh of tfnunclqi author'
itles free from Klltical obligations.
That Secretary Hughes' -Suggestion
was offered In order to "leave several
doors open" to the premiers in event of
emergency was authorized comment
coming from the state department, Mr.
Hughes having already indicated that
American financiers would serve on
such a commission with the sanction
of the government if invited to do so.
With the present moratorium on repar
ations payments not expiring until
January 1G, there is believed to be yet
time for a decision abroad to examine
the possibilities of the American sug
gestion before Franco presumably
would move to carry out the program
outlined by Premier Poincare. .
Senate Asks Data
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. The senate
foreign relations committee today do
cided to secure the opinion ot the ad
ministration on the resolution of Sen
ator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas,
authorizing the president to appoint
official American representatives on
the reparations commission . before
proceeding further with consideration
ot the measure. . .
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re
publican leader and committee chair
man, was directed by the committee to
confer with Secretary Hughes of the
state department regarding the Rob
inson proposal and also to obtain for
the committee all ot the department's
available Information on the-repnra-.
Hons negotiations. ,
V. S. Intervention Denied.
LONDON. Jan. 5. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Tho Berlin correspond
dent of tho Central News says that he
learns from a well informed- sourco
"that In accordance wlin ft, request
mndo by tho British Wcdnesdoy, the
United States government Intends to
call an International conference in
Washington next week to consider
tho reparations deadlock." -
Tho correspondent points out thnt
such a conference would come In
time to snvo the French from the
necessity of taking separate action
The British foreign office this
afternoon dented thnt It had request
ed the United States to call an addi
tional conference on reparations ns
reported by tho Central News corres
pondent. TO
HEIRESS TUESDAY
clergymen wns tho underlying reason.
Me wns a picturesque figuro In the
northwest, traveling In khaki with
blnnkets on his back, to sparsely set
tled regions.
Before going to Oregon Dr. Pad
dock attracted attention hore as a
vice crusader on the. enst sldo whilo
vicar ot tho pro-cathedral In Stanton
street,
Miss Altken's father, who died In
1919, was head of n drygoods firm
nnd left nn estate valued nt 3.605,.
00(1, to he divided between his daugh
ter and son. ,
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