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The Weather
Prediction .. Rain
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Minimum today 34
Weather Year Ago
Maximum ; ...42
Minimum 34
Precipitation 04
Dally Seventeenth Year.
trVeofcly Fifty-Second Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 192)
NO. 252
1
VIGILANTES
Railroad Striker Who
Citizens' Committee
Defied
Found
Dead Hanging From Bridge
t Near Harrison Hotel Man
Publicly Whipped Gov
. ernor Appealed to.
L1TTMS ItOCK, Ark., Jan.
10. The luiii.se of rrprwwnut
Uvos HUs afternoon nifopted a
resolution authorising; Governor
McIUu to call out diu National
Giuird iiiul Ufxiai'o miiituil law
at jIlaniKOii. Tlio resolution
' Htntea the house would make all
the npiiropriatioiis necessniT. .
The somite Is exiwcted to eoncur.
HARRISON. Ark.. Jan. 1C Mayor
J. L. Cluto. of Harrison, this after
noon announced ho had asked Gov
ernor Mcltae for troops and hud re
ceived a reply that troops were not
available.
Reports were current thnt the citi
zens' committee would leave Harri
son tonight.
MTTM3 ROCK, Ark.. Jan- 1C
Governor Me Hue received a request
for aid from Harrison today nnd
Colonel iH. L. McAllister of the adju
tant Boneral's Htaff, Arkansas Na
tional Guard, will leave here toduy
for Harrison to investigate.
Troops will he called out if Colonel
McAllister deems It jiecepsary, it was
said at the state house.
UTTUC ROCK, Ark., Jan. 1G.
Tin body of JC. C Gregor, a Missouri
nnd North Arkansas striker, was
, found, ImuKinK troin a bridge near the
railway yards at Harrison, Ark., 'ac
cording to the Harrison correspon
dent of the Arkansas - Democrat
GreKor is said by the authorities to
be the man who opened fire on of
ficers and citizens who searched his
home yesterday afternoon, according
to n telegram to the Arkansas Demo-
orat. -
It is said here that Gregor was
called before the vigilance' committee
last night and that he defied them,
avowing that "a day of reckoning
would come."
A coroner's jury is being impaneled
to investigate the killing.
So vera 1 h u nd red u mi cd cit izens
who began "house cleaning' yester
day still were walking the streets this
morning searching for strikers whom
they were "grHUng' before a com
mittee, it is said, in an effort to find
clues as to who is responsible for
the destruction of rail road property.
A well known capitalist and hotel
owner, the Arkansas Democrat's cor
respondent states, was publicly
whipped on the streets today and
then taken before the citizens' com
mittee. He is said to have signed
the bond of A. ). Stephens, accused
of the bridge burning. The circuit
court adjourned today until January
29.
GIVEN FULL RIGHTS
,( LONDON. Jan. 16. Thu Irish free
r-rfaie government nas ut'ciucu to put
ing as men, according to a Dublin
dispatch to the Daily Mail, abandon
ing the chivalry which heretofore ex
empted them from search for arms
and detention when found in posses
sion of them.
The correspondent reports a riot
of fifty women 'prisoners In Mount joy.
The women destroyed everything
breakable and considerable force was
necessary to restore order.
' liCalon KndorsfH Trance.
TNDIANAPOLIH. .Inn. 16. Mem
bers -of the executive committee of
the American Legion passed resolu
tions aoprovlng the French action -In
the Ituhr valley.
ARKANSAS
EMENT OF
E
H.VRRISIll'RG, Pa., Jan. 10. Clif
ford Pinchot, who was Inaugurated
governor of Pennsylvania today, de
clared in bis inaugural address he
regards the present "flagrant failure
to enforce the Volstead law as a bint
on the good name of Pennsylvania
und tho United States.
"If allowed to continue. It w'l!
c mount to a serious charge against
the fitness of our people for genuine
felf government." he continued. "I
Rum Fleet So Huge
Forms Menace to
Coast Navigation
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. (lly the
Assoolatod Press.) Captain
Berry, attached to coast guard
headquarters in ' this city, an-
nounced today that the comman-
der of a vessel arriving from the
West .Indies had reported diffi-
culty in crowding its way through
the rum fleet Btandlng off the 4
Jersey coast. Complaint was
made that the fleet constituted a
menace to navigation.
TOBAN FATTY A.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. Governor
Walter M. Pierce knows of no law
to prevent the showing of films of
Koscoo Arbuckle In'Ordgon, but be
lievos It will not be necessary to re
sort to law to keep them out, and
that exhibitors themselves will do
so, according to a letter from the
governor to tho Salem Evangelical
MJnistcrs' Union, in respose to a let
ter containing a resolution adopted
by the association opposing the
showing of Arbuckle films.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. Repre
sentative McMalmn, of Marion coun
ty, this morning introduced four bills
whicU would assess tuition foes of
$100 a school year for all State l'ni-j
versity of Agricultural college stu-j
dents who are residents of Oregon,;
and tultlea fees equal to the perj
capita cost, of educating students in
those institutions of, non-resident
students,' ,-; . ,
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. The le
gality of a poker debt was again de
nied this morning by tho state su
preme court in tho case of Joseph
Mosorosky, alleged Portland gamb
ler, from whom Sol Swire, also or
Portland, sought to recover f 1000,
diftrble the amount ho declares he
lost in Mosorosky's .gambling house
In Portland during 1921.
In the circuit court of Multnomah
county the court , awarded Swire
Judgment for tho $1600 which Mos
orsosky refused to pay. The latter
was thrown into jail and brought
habeas corpus proceedings which
brought the case to tho supreme
court.
I
KAN KKANCIHCO. Jan.. lC.-rA
heavy storm swirling about In a great
circle reaching from the. North Fn-
if it; to the southern steamer lanes
and from the California mainland to
Honolulu is tumbling shipping about
and disrupting wire communication
today. It is expected to bring high
wiids and rain to the Pacific coast
from the Mexican line to Alaska to
night and tomorrow. The storm was
said, by tho weather bureau to be an
unusual one because of Its great ex
panse. Tho navy radio reported that
It could not raise Honolulu.
The weather bureau put out storm
warnings from Point Key en" to Ta-
toosh today. A thirty-mile gale
struck Point Heyes and the wind Is
said to bo raising there.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ' 1C Mrs
David Jayne Hill. 60. wife of the
former ambassador to Germany, died
hero early today from Injuries re
ceived when she was struck by an
automobile late yesterday. Stopping
from the curb Just after leaving her
home Mrs. HID was struck by a de
livery wagon driven by (ruy C. Lee, a
negro, who is being held by the po
lice. A.
HIT
.ilia re in the belief that no determin
ed concerted effort to enforce tho law
hap vet been made and I propose not
only to press with all my power for
the abolition of the saloon but also
to make sure that the government of
this stale taHes full and effective part
In such an effort.
"The movement which resulted !n
my election Is the direct descendant
of the Roosevelt progressive move
ment nf 1912."
NO OREGON LAW
SAYS-GOVERNOR
T
OFF TO BE
Julius Kruttschnitt Promises
Klamath Falls Completion
of Oregon Link if Tentative
Settlement Is Made Permfc
nent Carl Gray Declares
S. P.-U. P. Controversy Over
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 1G.
If the tentative findings of the inter
state commerce commission in life
Southern Pacific-Central Pacific un
merger controversy are mado perma
nent, the Southorn Pacific will fulfill
its promise to complete the Natron
cut-off. This was the statement con
tained in a telegram from Julius
Kruttschnitt, chairman of the South
ern Pacific executive board, in reply
to an inquiry by the Klamath chamber
of commerce.
Decision Reached
. OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 10. Through
Union Pacific sources it .became
known here lato yesterday evening
that a plan for tho settlement of the
controversy between tho Union Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific rail
roads over possession of the Central
Pacific lines has been accomplished
by the Union Pacific, subject to ad
justment of traffic details. The com
promise plan, according to a state
ment made by Carl Gray, president of
the Union Pacific, to tho Omaha Hee,
was proposed several days ago by the
interstate commerce commission and
a hearing on the proposal will be had
before tho commission at Washington
next Friday.
If could not be learned' here offici
ally whether the Southern Pacific had
accepted tho proposal, which, it was
said, was made in a memorandum
from tho interstato commerce com
mission. S. P. to Own C. P.
Tho settlement would leave the
Southern Pacific as owner of the Cen
tral Pacific lines but would guarantee
satisfactory use of the line running
from Ogden to San Francisco by the
Union Pacific. '
A prominent member of the Union
PaclHc legal staff last night stated
that the proposal is hi offect a division
of traffic territory, It provides, he de
clared that the Union Pacific shall
handle all traffic northwest of a di
viding line running along the northern
boundary of Arkansas, over to the
Mississippi river, up to the Ohio river
and north to Pittsburg and to Buffalo,
N. Y.
Tho Union Pacific also would bo
permitted to go into tho Southorn Pa
cific territory south nnd east of the
dividing line to solicit business, if it
so desired. The business north and
west of the boundary, under tho pro
posal, would pass through Omaha ami
the Ogden gateway to tho coast.
The fight betwoeu tho Union Pacific
and the Southern Pacific for the con
trol it the Central Pacific has been
one of the lnrgest contests of the Bort
ever waged between two railroads.
For months the respective interests
have been preparing evidence and re
cently the interstate commerce com
mission began hearings on the sub-
ject.
WASHINGTON-, Jan. 10. All par
ties to tho controversy over control
of the Central Pacific railroad, now
before the lnter-state commcrco com
mission have been asked by the com
mission to express their opinions on
a tentative plan of settlement under
which the Southern Pacific would re
tain control over stock of tho Centra!
Pacific, while the latter would Join
with tho Union Pacific In maintain
ing a transportation service between
the Mississippi valley and the Pacific
coast.
So far no formal response to the
proposal has been received from any
Kt the railroad companies Involved,
although a number of shippers' oi
ganlzations havo indicated their
willingness to accept. The opinions
of tho roads are to be heard nexi
Frldav. when arguments on the long
pending Central Pacific-Southern Pa
cific case will be begun before the
commission.
Decision Not Klnnl
It was emphasized by Chairman
Meyer today that in presenting lu
tentative plan, tho commission was
not foreshadowing any action It may
decide to take In the rase. The t.ap
was taken. It was said. In tho belief
that a canvass of opinion would be
helpful in reaching a final decision.
'It has been suggested to us," sr.id
e memorandum recently sent by the
commission to tho various roads,
shippers' organizations and western
(Continued on Page six
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Figures in Louisiana Klan War
Np " ' Iff jf
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Mrs. Thomas F. Richards ami little Looto, wlfo and daughter of Thomas
Richards, whose body was found in L'iko La Fourche, and who, It Is alleged,
was slain by members of the Ku K!ux Klun.
MEMBER OF BASTROP K(J KLUX
REFUSES 10 ANSWER QUERIES
BASTROP,' La., Jan. 16. (-By tho
Associated Press.) Smith Steven
son special policeman In the town of
Bastrop on the. day of tho baseball
game and barbocue which preceded
the kidnapping of- Watt Daniel and
Thomas Richard bv a band of black-
hooded men August. 24 last, testify
ing today in the state's open hearing
investigation into masked band dep
redations, denied repentod questions
by state's attornoys as to whethor he
had seen anyone point out the men
prior to tho kidnapping;
Stevenson said he was a klansinnn
nnd was questioned cloBely as to
whether ho was one of tho party of
Ku Klux Klan members who, it has
been testified, gathered in the Thom
as hardware Btore in Bastrop and
armed themselves after news of the
kidnapping: was received. ' .'It . had
been testified by other witnesses that
a party had assembled in the store
to be preparod in tho event the nju
plo of Mor Rouge, the home of Daniel
and Richard, might charge tho klan
with tho kidnapping and attempt re
prisals. Stevenson said he recalled going
to the rear of the storo and of having
Captain Sklpwith come to the store
at the request of ono of the men as
sembled there. Sklpwith Ih the par
ish leader of Hie klan.
Stevenson was questioned also as
to whether ho was tho owner of an
automobile truck. He said he waff.
"Where was tho truck on thu
night of tho kidnapping " was the
next quoBtlon. '
Stevenson said ho assumed It was
at home.
SUSTAIN OLCOTT
SAfJCM, Ore., Jan. 16. The state
senate today sustained the veto of
former Governor II. V. Olcott of the
senate bill passed at the special ses
sion of which proposed to
exempt money paid ex-service men
under thu bonus and loan uct from
payment on debts previously con
tracted. J louse committees' today ununl
moisly approved the Woodward bill
granting suffrage to ull citizens In
school elections regardless of prop
ctiy qualifications and tho Kuehn
bill prohibiting the changing of party
registration within thirty days be
fore nn election. (
Hub-committee of the senate roads
nnd higlnvuys committee ore to be
appointed. Chairman Chnrlen Hall
announced today, to draft measures
to revise upward tho gunollnn tax law,
rearrange the motor vehicle HcenHO
feu schedule and motor bus and speed
regulation laws.
Senator Klsk of La no and Linn
counties Is preparing a bill to amend
the timber trespass laws whereby
double instead of single damages
may be awnrded.
1'nder the present law when a saw
mill lttnn trespasses casually or In
voluntarily on the land of another
timber owner, or has probable cause
to believe that the land on which he
trespasses Is his own, tho owner of
the land in awnrdod only damage on
the atumpage basis at the going rate.
Under the proposed Klsk amendment
he would also receive damngeft for
tho cost of nurveylng and cruising tho
timber.
A second consolidation meaf'Ure
EXEMPTION
EX-SERVICE MEN
'Then if your car was souifcon the
roads out of Bastrop, it was being
driven without your pcrinissison?"
was another quostlon.
Stevenson replied in tho affirma
tive. .
, SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 10. The
antl-Ku Klux Klan bill was present
ed In the house of the legislature to
day by Representative Adalbert P
lloberts.colorod, of the third district,
Chicago,.; Tho, bill does not mention
tho organization, but was described
by Mr. Roberts as ."antl-Ku . Klux
Klan." . .
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 10.,-Four
women and two men, all residents
of Goose Crock, neighboring oil town,
appeared before the grand lurv this
morning as that body opened its
probe in tho flogging on January 5,
of Mrs. R. II. Harrison and R. A.
Annand. Thoy wero summoned be
foro tho grand Jury In processoa is
sued late yesterday.
One or two arrests aro expected
during tho day, Sheriff Binforo an
nounced, j
WALLA WALLA, Wush., .Tan. 10.
Sevon whlto hooded men bearing
an American flag, entered tho Mar
vin .Memorial Methodist church dur
ing an evangelist scrvico last night
and deposited the. flug and nu .en
velope on the pulpit. The envelope
contained $61 "In appreciation of
the. work of tho pastor and tho
church," according to a nolo on a
Ku Klux Klan lotterllend enclosed.
Daily Report on
the Crime )ave
ERIE, Colo., Jan. 10. Three men,
masked and heavily armed, last night
held up and robbed six men In n
mining camp near hero and ahot und
killed Charles Nowlln, 33 years' old.
when he attempted to wreB a rovul
ei from ono of the bandits. The men
escaped with $200 in cash. .
I.OH ANOH1.KH. ,lun. 10. William
IJ. Fisher, formerly a private detec
tive anu wearliiK a deputy cotiKtable
budge was shot to deuth in the south-wt-Ht
rt'Bidem'e Bectlon, 54th and
Miiln at recta shortly ufter ten o'clock
tuilay. Witnesses suld three men
drove up to him in an automobile h
he was walking on the sidewalk. They
ordered htm to atop and on his refu
sal, fired four abuts at htm and sped
away when ho dropped.
MEXICO City, Jan. 16. (By tho
Associated Proas. ) Federal author
ities have ordered tho police to permit
no demonstrations In connection with
the departure of Monslgnor Ernesto
Flllppl, who has boon expelled by
President Ohregon. It was reported
today that the prelate will leave the
capital quietly by automobile this
evening, proceeding to a hacienda
several miles out, where on Wednes
day ho will board a train for Lafcdo.
Texas.
Hundreds of protests against the
expulsion have been received from
Catholic organizations In all parts of
the republic.
which it 0i Intended shall be com
bined with features nf the Hall cum
ntlxnion blll'tu result in a less dras
tic measure tbnn the Hull bill was to
he Introduced Hmultancounlv In the
houiio'and senate today by Represen
tative John II. Carkln of Medford und
Henntor A. .1. Johnson of Corvullli,
President Harding
Has a Severe Cold,
Forced to Take Rest
WASHINGTON', Jan. 10.
President Harding for the past
week has been Buffering witli a
Bovoro cold and soon after to-
day's cabinet meeting ho went
to the White House proper to
lie down and reBt.
The president met tho nows-
per correspondents as usual for
his after-cabinet Interview, but
Indicated that ho felt iudispos-
cd, and did not desire to an-
swer other than tho moat lm-
portant questions. It was
said thoro was nothing nt all
! alarming over his condition.
T
OF U. S.A OFFER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (By the
Associated Press.) Administration
officials continued to insist today
that tho American government con
sidered Itself entirely disassociated
from tho reparations plan which has
boeu placed beforo the reparations
commission by Roland W. Boydon,
tho American observer, who Is repre
senting the Unltod Slates unofficial
ly on tho commission.
Officials at thu White House, even
went so far as to say they did not
believe Mr. Boydcn ever presented a
Plan to tho commission as reported in
news dispatches from Paris.
In the face oftfllspatchea giving de
tails of how the plan was laid be
fore Socretary Hughes wcoks ngo, it
was declared at the state department
thnt the), depaitment, k:)j.T.a.l;'nit
of tho plan and desired not to be in
any way asosclatod with It.
PARIS,, Jan. 10 The reparations
commission in a session lasting less
than half an hour toduy rushed
through a decision declaring Ger
many in wilful default In certain de
liveries In kind for tho year 1023.
Tho reparations bloc Franco, Bel-
glum and Italy voted in favor of
declaring tho default, and Komball
Cook, the British delegato, acting in
place of Sir John Bradbury, who was
Indisposed, abstained from voting.
: Tho hurried decision followed
Germany's refusal to make any more
deliveries In kind, including coul,
wood, cattlo, dyes, building mate
rials, so long as tho French remain
ed in tho Ruhr.
' President Barlhou Bald (iormany's
refusal was "an open defiance of the
allloB," which must bo met with In
stant action.
Tbo Ainorlcan representatives, Ro
land W.' Boydon and Colonel Jnmea
A. Logan, were present, but hud noth
ing to say.
DUBLIN,' Jan. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press) UnldH on tho offices
of four Dublin physicians, who ore
republican sympathizers wero gone
rutiy attributed here today to organi
zations on fuselstl lines. desiKlled to
moet the Irregulars with their own
methods. The government 1h wild to
disapprove of any unoffteiul raids.
l S. .Schooner Is Wrecked
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 10.
The American schooner IjoutHo M.
Richard was driven ashore on Deer
Island, near IlluerieldM today. It was
believed her crew would bo saved.
HARDING FLATLY
DENIES
DUBLIN AGAIN; PEOPLE iN PANIC
DUBLIN, Jan. 18. (By tho Asso-;
elated Press.) Dublin today was)
recovering from tho most intense
fighting within the city Blnce the I
siego of tile Four Courts. Irregular I
forces launched a sudden attack on
several strategic points last night and j
alfliough driven off by tho free statu,
troops they continued Intermittent
fighting until early toduy. j
Tho suddenness with which the
fighting broke out threw thu city
Into a Btuto of excitement bordering
on hysteria, and for a short tlmu
thu citizens caught on tho streets rled:
in all directions, seeking refuge from
the hail of bullets. Motormon aban-
TROOPS HUE
ONGERMANS
WAR LOOMS
Communist Mob at Bochum
Fires at French Troops Who
Return Volley One Ger
man Killed French Report
25,000 Germans Concen
trating South of Muenster
PARIS, Jan. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Order has been re
stored ut. Bochum, in the newly occu
pied Ruhr district where a clash oc
curred between German demonstra
tors and the French troops of occupa
tion last night, it was officially an
nounced hero this afternoon.
The incident Ih described In an of
ficial ciimmunUiuc from tho ministry
of war aa having arisen from demon
strations organized by tho young
communists of Bochum yestorday
when tho French forces occupied the
city.
During one demonstration in tho
morning a crowd estimated at 2000
persons, says the statement, attacked
a French post which wns occupying
tho railroad station. The demon
st rants fired, and traces of the bill
Jets were found In tho wall of tho
building under occupation. Tho of
ficer in charge of tho post ordered
his men to fire to clear his detach
ment, and ono of the demonstrators
was killed and two others were
wounded. Tho French suffered no
casualties.
DORTMUND. Jan. 10. (By. the
Associated Press) French gencrnl
headquarters has information that
20,000 men of tho German relch
swohr aro concentrated south of
MuonHter, less than 25 miles north of
I.umin, to ,,tho .north of, Dortmprnl. i
The French have advanced 'to both .
Dortmund nnd Luenen and tho out
posts of tho French and German
forces at Homo points are only from
8 to 10 miles apart.
The French, by advancing to Dort
mund nnd l.uenen, passed out of tho
neutral zone fixed by. tho Versailles
treaty on tho right bank of the Rhino
from which German regular -troops
aro burred. Into the territory where
th! reirhswehr holds sway.' '
The French nro continuing to send
up reserves whleh are taking up po
sitions behind tho river Lippo.
The occupation of tho Ruhr basin
is now comploto and tho French de
clare that not a single pound of coal
can be got out of tho Ruhr into tho
unoccupied territory without their
checking it up for the coat tax.
Give GcntiiitiM Tiitu or Belgium.
EHSKN, Jan. 10. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Wliatovev tbo out
come of tbo conference set for today
at Duesseldorf between the German
Industrial magnates und the French,
economic mission, tho Ruhr valley
appeared this morning to bo in lino
for un uncompromising milltury uc
tlon. "We've tried soft methods nnd tho
Germans havo refused to co-operate,"
tho correspondent wus told .ut the
French military liendiiimrters.' "If
they don't come to terms now, theji-,
will got, a tusto of whnt they gave
Belgium und northern France. Wo
will give them something to whlnu
for."
Today's meeting to which tho Ger
man Industrial leaders had boon in
vited under tho throat that If they
failed to appear, thoy would bo sent ,
for. was to bo presided over by Gene
ral DcGoutto.
From the windows of the confer
eneo room in tho Duossoldorf city
hall, the French tanks, nrmorcd corH
and Infantry wore discernible as they
moved forward to strengthen the
hold of tlic French upon Germany's
rich coal fluids.
French economic experts appear
aoiucwhat less sanguine than the
military leaders over tho prospects
of ulitninlng ilructlcal results from
the occupation.
The about-face position of ' tho
(Contlnuod on Pago Six) i
f : . ' : ''..';.
doned their trams and passengers lay
an the floors to avoid being hit. The
heaviest onslaught of tho Irregulars
was ngaliiBt the City Hall, upon
which they concentrated a heavy fire
from ull sides. One of the sentries
was wounded by tho first, volley and
the windows of a passing tram car
were shattored.
Almost simultaneously firing broke
out in other parts of the city and
for half an hour the tattoo of machine
gun and rifle firing and the louder
explosions of bombs could be heard. .
The free staters rcpllod vigorously
and in no case did the . irregulars
succeed in capturing their objectives.
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