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Newspaper Page TextBait Mebford Mail Tribune The Weather .Prediction Rain or snow Maximum yesterday 57.5 Minimum today 27.5 Weather Year Ago Maximum 52 Minimum . 27.5 Precipitation 09 Dally Seventeenth Year. Weekly fifty-Second Year. MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24,. 1923 NO. 239 INDICTMENT FORMURDER TO RF ASKED Attorney Genl- Coco Will Ask Grand Jury to Indict Capt. Skipwith, Head of Ku Klux Klan for Deaths of Daniel and Richards Hearing to End Tomorrow. ' BASTROP. La.. Jan. 24. (Dy the Associated Press) Attorney General Coco said today thru ho would at tempt to obtain nn indictment for murder against Captain .1. K. Skip with, hood of tho MorehouBO parinli Ku Klux Klan, when evidence ob tnincd at the hearing hero into con ditions in the parish is placed be fore the grand jury. .BASTROP, La., Jan. 24. (Dy the Associated PreBs) Leon L. Jones of Moselle, Miss., regarded aa the "mys terious witness" was cn routo hero today to testify at tho open hearing. Jones ia said to be tho owner of the broken down automobile parked pear Lake liKourche on the night of Au gust 24. It is said that ho saw a black hooded band having Watt Dan iel and T. F. Richard as prisoners, ar rive at tho Lake. Tho bodies of Dan iel and Itichard were found in Lake LaFourcho on December 22. ' " ' ' Eud Ilwirinp; Tomorrow. BAST-HOP,. La;, Jan. 24. (By the Associated Press) Uucauso of tho Inability of Leon Lj Jones of Moselle, Miss., to come to IJnHtrop today, it" was officially announced this after noon that tho open hearing iiUo hooded band activities -. would not close until tomorrow. Martial I,aw Threat onrd. BASTUOP. La., Jan. 24.--(Ely the Associated Press) Governor Parker, will declare martial law in- More house parish If threats of any kind arc made against any -of tho state's witnesses between - adjournment of the Morehouse open hearing and trial of persons to be indicted for alleged participation in outrages by hooded men in the parish, it was learned to dny on good authority. Martial General Tooms of the Na tional Guard wus en route here to day from Baton Rouge with instruc tions from Governor Parker, it was understood, to impart tho informa tion to leaders of tho Ku Klux Klan and parish officials, including Cap tain J. K. Skipwith, tho exalted cy olops of tho klan. and Sheriff FreU Carpenter. H was declared that tho governor Is determined every state witness shall be protected. , This development is taken to indi cate that tho troopa on duty here now mnw Ha cntnlnnM In llnwtrnii. It Unu bf4n mirifii'Mf nm thnt Ihcv woiilil otilv I be kpt hero until tho conclusion of the hearing, which was expected to adjourn today. Tho military furro has boon cut down to forty members of tho Jennings cavalry troop and four' automatic riflemen of another ..unit. IIASTROP. I., Jan. 24.-Py th Ansiociuled Press) H.' 11. Riordnn, general manager of tho Monroo dis trict of tho Southern Carbon com pany, was the first witness today in j tho hearing into tho nctivities of I masked men in Morehouso parish.; Ho was questioned concerning time, hooks and records of tho plant at' Hpykcr. from which Harold Teogcr-1 Rtrom, the timekeeper, disappeared! December 29. Teegerstroiv'rt time book and other' documents wi-.o brought into court by Mr. Riordan and were placed in evidence. I Under date of August 2-1, there ap-1 pen red in the time book a check mork indicating, ho said, that T. Jeff lliirnptt hart wtirked uh night watch man that night. - Cnn l'plaln I'm sure. "Rut there also appears a dls-, turbanco or on erasure on this line. Con you explain how that occurred?"! Riordnn wus asked. I "I cannot." Rurnct who has been identified by severnl witnesses as a member of tho hooded band which kidnaped Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard on August (Continued on page etsht) OF CONGRESSMAN NOLAN IS ELECTED TO TAKE HUSBAND S SEAT SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24. While the only two women now in congress, Mrs. Winifred Huck of Illinois and Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, will retire with tho adjournment of the present session, another con groriswoman, Mrs. Mac Nolan, widow of 1'epresentatlve John I. Nolan of the fifth California district, will have a seat In tho next session as the in sult of a special election hern yesterday. Tennessee Judge Is Nominated for Seat U. S, Supreme Court WASHINGTON", Jan. 24. Ed- ward T. Sanford, United States district jjudgo for the eastern and middle districts of Tennes- see since 1908, was nominated today by President Harding to be associate justice of the supreme court to fill the vacancy 'Caused ! by tho retirement of Justice Pit- ney. . . Judge Sanford is a recognized authority in the legal profession, which he entered in 1888 after receiving degrees at the Unlvers- ity of Tennessee and Harvard. Ho is a former vice president of G the American Bar association and served as an assistant attorney general of the United .States un- der President Hoosevelt. He is a republican and is 57 years old. Committee Decides to Report Favorably On Charles Hall's Consolidation Measure Minority Report to Be Made Favorina Carkin Measure Junket to Corvallis. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 24; Favor n Kin ronnrt hv n. mtdority of the sen ate committee on county and state offices on the consolidation mil in troduced by Senator Charles Hall ...MM, npnnnsnn In reduce state do- partmeuts to four, has been decided upon but a minority report will be fiiArt hv Senator A. J. Johnson, who with Representative v J. H. Carkin la author of another consolidation om providing for Bix departments. The sonato ' committee on medi cine. dPiitiistrv and pharmacy will report favorably the bill providing for sterilization of defectives and criminals'. , The measure is intonded to replace one which was declared itnennst.fi lltional. Senate and houso members today went to Corvallis to inspect Oregon Agricultural college Tho imimn imliciarv cnmmittco hap iinrlni- e nnciifleratlon arguments lnado last night on the proposed anti-alley; land Dill. rniiiip unuau 01 ouaii.u, who was Invited by tho American Le gion to tpeak in favor of tho bill de clared 11 a mcasuro of national do fenso. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 24. Compro mlso of a dispute botween tho fed eral government and tho state of Oregon over lands at Malheur lake and modification of an act passed at the 1921 session of the legislature, affirming tho state's right in beds of all lakes In the stato, which had es pecial reference to Malheur lake are recommendations made in. a report prepared by a committee given out today and which will bo considered Friday by the Btate land board. Rights of squatters within the meander lines aro recognized in the report of the commlttoe, which Is composed of L. A. Lileqvist, member of the stato attorney general's staff, J A. McAllister, secretary of the state desert land board, and Percy A. Cupper, state engineer. The legislature's action two years ago was a development in a contest between the state and the federal government over the Malheur lake land, the federal government having (Continued on poga eight) Mrs. Nolan was chosen to fill both the unexpired term of her late hus band and the next regular term. Congressman Nolan was u leader' In congress and his widow plans to curry on his work. "I will do whatever t can to carry on the work of my late husband." she told newspapermen. "I'll advo cate those proposed laws ho advo cated and I'll fight those he fought. Although John Nolan Is dead, his work will live." i C. HALL S 11 IS FAVORED BY SENATE Rody "Out, 99 Three New NEW YORK Choose youtt Sheik, cirls the war's ont . . ' A beauty contest beside which all others will pal e is now being staged and the hearts of m.sses are iloinir a fiuntic nit-a-pat from Broadway to Main Street. , . . . , FilV 'ace was all Kodolf's until VThc Sheik's" unfortunate lawsuit against Famous Players in which ho lost -The court said Hodolph must act for famous ..Players: or nobpd;- for two vears. Rodolf says hC"Thcreupon the search for rival "sheiks" began. Herat re the latest importations to beat Valentino's , t.mc-CharFc Tde Kochcfort, France's handsomest matinee Uolj . Ivor Novello aoor and composer of -Kc the Home Fires Burning" known as the Rodolph Valentino of England! and J6seph Scli.ldkraut, reputed to' be "the handsomest man in the world." r Make your choice, girls the battle's on! ' HERS FATAL HUNTING PARTY FINED $50 EACH A number of panic law violations for hunting do'r out of season were disposed of by Justice. Taylor todny, duo to tho activity in enforclnn the law by Patrick Dailey and William Coleman, game warden and deputy game warden respectively. An echo of the ilh'Kul deer hunt ing party of lust Thursday in tho Koots Creek district when Ralpl .Teeplo of Portland was accidentally killed, came when w. F. Teepb; and V. II. Teeple, father and brothor re spectively of tho dead man. and J. "VV. Harrison, Foots Creek rancher, the accidental discharge of whosj rifle ended younfr Teeple's life, entered pleas of guilty, and wero fined $50 and costs. Ttio coroner's .-ury liad previously found that the doath vus accidentril. L. A. AVorden of Medford was fined $75 by Justice Taylor thlsi forenoon for killing a deer out of season. Wordcn on last Hun day killed a deer in tho Klk creek section. In "cme manner thin came to the attention of Messrs. Dailey and Columnn and when last night Wordcn arrived in tho city with tho head of the deer to have it mounted, ho was very much surprised to bo caught red handed by Deputy Coleman and placed under arrest. In justice court at Grants Pass last Monday afternoon J-.ee Howell, It.ilph Howell and Tom Hervoy pleaded guilty to killing deer out of season on Hunduy In tho Althouse crek tac tion near Holland, and were fined $50 and costs each. Oumt Wardens Bancroft and Dailey and Deputy Oamo Warden Colenmn arrested the three men- Daily Report on the Crime Wave ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 24. Two armed men this afternoon robbed a Jewelry store owned by M. B. I'nttlx, and escaped wllh Jewelry valued at between 3!i,000 and 130.000 after compelling I'attlz, a girl clerk and a woman customer to lie face down on tho floor of an adjoining- room. The Jewelry establishment Is in the downtown business district. WASHINGTON, "jan. 21. The Green resolution proposing an amend ment to the constitution which would prohibit further issuance of tax ex emption securities, was adopted, by the house. But Flappers Rejoice "Sheiks" In Beauty War! TEA POP DOME i OIL PIPE LINE PLOT THICKENS WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Decision of tho Sinclair ripo Lino company to build a pipe lino to tho Wyomimf oil fields was made without regard to Hie lease obtained from tho. aovern ment by tho Sinclair Interests to tho Teapot Domo naval oil reserve, Kob ert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of tho Standard Oil company of Indiana, declared; toduy at, the senate oil inquiry Mr. Stewart, who was naked about tho proposed pipe line because the Standard of lndiana-'owns half of the Sinclair Pipe Lino company, explain ed that tho decision to build the line was based on present conditions under which all oil produced In the WyoViIng field must bo shipped out by railroad. "Then the Sinclair interests did not really assume an obligation by prom ising the government to build the pipe line?" asked the committee at torney. Mr. Stewart replied ho did not want to go Into the Teapot Dome matter, as all ho knew about it was based upon hearsay. Ho added that he himself made the proposal that tho Sinclair I'lpe Lino company bulid Its Wyoming line "about tho time this talk came out about the Teapot Dome." "That was after Mr. Sinclair (Harry V. Sinclair) obtained the Teapot Dome lease In which he prom ised to build tho pipe line, wasn't It?" the attorney Inquired. "Yes after It tho Mammoth Oil eompnny made Its agreement," said Mr. Stewart. Tho witness said Ills englneors had estimated tho -cost of tho pipe line at about 23, 000,000. This same estimate was given by Mr. Sinclair when before tho committee. Asked if the Standard of Indiana expected to buy any oil from the Mammoth Oil company, operating the Teapot Dome lease, Mr. Stewart said that was to be expected whenever the Mammoth company had any oil to sell. Mr. Stewart testified tho Standard Oil of Indlnilu was getting nn Insuf ficient supply of crude oil for Its needs before It acquired a half In terest In the Sinclair IMpo Lino com pany. Replying to questions Mr. Stewart prenented tho contract for purchase of the Rovernment's royalty on the Salt Creek field, in which the Stand ard of Indiana owns a half interest.1 ' TO O. C. rtoggs outlined tho contem plated activities of tho City I'tannlng commission, before the Crater club last evening, and among other sub jects discussed was tho matter of opening Sixth street acrosB tho Southern Pacific right of way. Some doubt existed, he declarod, as to the possibility of gaining sufficient depth for an under Burfaco passage owing to tho limited approach spaca. The necessity of additional crossing facilities Is one of tho important matters beforo tho commission, ac cording to Mr. Itoggs, and with tho Idea In view of the greatest good to tho greatest number ho said the com mission would strive to bring about moro ideal conditions in Modlord both from tho standpoint of effi ciency and boauty. Following tho banquet and busi ness sosslon tho entertainment com mittee entered bearing a coffin In which reposed tho "mlstakos and failures" or tho club mado during the year 1922. A solemn address was given by Oub Newbury, whoso funeral tones and aspect were height ened by his, illness of tho paBt sev eral days. Don Newbury and Herbert Grey were elected to membership in tho club to fill vacancies caused by the voluntary transfer of active mem bers to the honorary membership roll. HOSTON, Jan. 24. ('rcdevlck W. Hamilton, supremo council of the Masonic order for Massachusetts has Issued a notice to Scottish Rlto Ma sonic members thnt no member of tho Ku Klux Klan Is entitled to membership In the organization. This contract provides that tho Sin clair company shall pay the BOTern ment for the majority of oil pur chased, the highest prlco then obtain ing either In tho Salt Creek field or the mld-contlnent field, N. H. Solons Would , Compel Everyone to Sleep Eight Hours CONCOrtD, N. H Jan. 21. Hills wero introduced In the legislature yosterday to make eight hours sleep in 21 compul- sory, to provide for the appoint- ment of it commission to invostl- gate all homes and determine whother they wore happy, to pro- vide that no woman shall marry her grandson and to forbid tho Ku Klux Klan from calling meet- lnga unlosa authorized by the kloaglo. American Forces in Germany Pass in Review Before General Allen On March 'Home' French Tri-Color Run Up Parting Sad One to Natives- KHHKNUKITSTEIN, Jan. 24. ( Ity the Associated I'i-cbs) The American troops were' withdrawn from tho Hhlne today, ending Ameri can military participation in tho oc cupational area. The flag came floating gently down from' tho staff on tho picturesque castle walls overlooking the Rhine as tho signal was given for the stiik lug of the colors.... Not n shot was fired in salute, for It wus not a mar tial occasion. Thoro wore many moist eyes among tho Americans who watched tho spectacle and their long time associates ' among tho . allied forces. Tho Ilrltlsh and Helgian high commissioners for the Rhlneland kopt their word and remained away Gen. H.T.Allen because they snld they could not boar to witness tho lowering of tho flag that meant tho breaking of so muny close tics. Insldo tho fort there was taken from tho whitewashed walls the por- trnlt nt rii.nfire Wn sh lliirt im Which the Amoricnns had hung thero on their coming. KHRENHKEITSTKIN, Jan. 24. (Dy tho Associated Press,) Tho American flag was hauled down from Khrenbrcitatcln at noon today. KIIHICNUHBITSTEIN, Germany, Jan. 24. (Uy tho Associated PresB.) Tho Amorlcun forcos In Gormnny, tholr Hhlne watch com pleted, turned homoward today and many a German realized that gay rofraln "Tho YankB Aro Coming!" (Continued on page eight) ISE WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. tlty the Associated Press) Declaring they havo hit the trail to omj important source through which "embassy liquors" have found their way Into the bootleg trade of tho nutionul cap ital, police officers In charge of pro hibition enforcement here intimated today that disclosures of a sensa tional character might soon result. The officers conducting the case would not reveal to what foreign em bassies or legations their evidence re lated although they said they hud been promised Information that YANKS HAUL DOWN FLAG QUIT RHINE ' I 3k V L BARONS ARE French Show Leniency, How ever, and Confine Punish ment to Fines Germans Threaten to Retaliate By Calling General Strike Situation Continues Tense. MAYENCI2, Jan. 21. (fly tho Asso ciated Press.) Fritz Thyssen and the five other Gormon industrialists charged by the French with refusing to co-operato with the French plans for delivery of reparations coal from tho Ruhr valloy were all found guilty by a court martial hero today. Fines were inflicted. Herr Thyssen was fined . B,100 francs; Herr Wolfe 224,300 francs and Horr Splndler 47,752 francs. Hen Kesten was fined 15,632 francs; Herr Wuestenhoefer of the Essen Mine association 8,640 francs, and Herr Tengelmann of the Essen Anthracite Coal company, 6,020 francs. MAYENCE, Jan. 24. (Dy the Asso ciated Press.) Fritz Thyssen and his five follow German industrialists ap parently faced only fines by tho French court martial trying them horo today for their resistance to tho French demands for Ruhr valley coal. The prosecutor at the close of the fore noon session suggested he was In clined to leniency because of the patri otic motives of the Germans. The prosecutor referred the court to the provision in the regulations of General DeGoutee for the Imposition of a fine in case of refusals by the Germans to comply with orders. ..' Dr.. Frederick- Grimm, the , Essen .lawyer , retained by Herr, Thyssen was assisted by Counsellors Wallack of Esson, Alfred Friodmann and Horr Newmann of Mayence, and M. LeClaro of Nancy, tho French attorney as signed by the French army as tech nical advisor to the Germans. Col onel DoUoughl, tho ranking provost marshal of tho French Rhino army, presided. The trial began , Immediately upon the arrival of Herron Thysson, Kesten, Wuestonheifer, Tenglemann, , Wolfe and Splndler. Dr. Grimm argued for the illegality of the arrests and the trial and demanded that tho court de clare Itsolf incompotcnt. Captain Hodln, tho prosocutor, ro pllod and the court declared its com petency and ordorod the trial to pro coed. Thysson under questioning nd-. mltted having roruscd on January 18 at Hrcdony to obey an order given by the occupation authorities for tho de livery of conl. ' ; "I am a German and my duty com- mttu n, n in nliav (tin rtniava nP OIV country and to sorvo my country," hq said. "Tho entry of troops Into tho lfl,, tf,o nni 4Uirinit liV tinvllllni? That Is why I will ronuiln faithful, to my fatherland." Thvseon told how the industrial loadorB informed M. Costo, hend of. tho Fronch general Inspectors . of mines that they would supply coal I ..nl.l rn It MHtoLUI fttn tfnrtftnn government did not order othorwlso. Ho said orders wore glvon afterward to the mines to continue delivering coal but that tho Uorlln government tolcgraphod instructions forbidding dellvory and the Industrialists then In formed M. Costo that they must obey tholr government. Tho other prison ers gave, tholr assent to Thyssnos' statement. Germans Protest . WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The Gor man government, in two notes handed tho French, Ilrltlsh and Dolglan gov ernments, has protested ogulnst al- (Continued on page eight) would "rock the city" and might re sult in some step to request tho stato nnd treasury departments to curtail the supplies of Intoxlcunts which are admitted to tho country under diplo matic permits. A pronounced stir was discernible among the dlplomuts hero after tho police had made their announcement and Dr. Arthuro P. Amelda, charge of tho Cuban legation, announced that ho would ask tho state depart ment If It had any Information to support statements published hero and attributed to anonymous pollco sources.