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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.