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Newspaper Page Textltty, Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 72 Minimum today 30.5 Weather Year Ago Maximum ....53 Minimum ..... 28 . ftaljv Seventeenth Yeiir. 'kjy KUty-Seoond Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON', TI1UIJSDAV, MARCH 1, JiKKl NO., 290 IS ADVISED TO LEAVE TOWN Wm. Brown, State Witness, in Night Riding Case Informs ;- Sheriff He Was Ordered to Get Out Fedl. Agent In vestigates J. F. Hale Ar rested By McMahon. ' Mrs, Mnry K. Loaicr, juror, wns excused on tho state's first procmptory rhiiUcngio at it . o'clock I Ills uftcrnoon mid Stato VSoniitor Dunn was culled to tako ' her place. Tim stato In allowed 8. precmptor' challenges and tho defense 0. It was reported to tho sheriff's of fice lust night by William Brown, or chard laborer mid a witness in the nlghtridins cases now underway, that ne nan recc.vec, louucnuun io leave town Inst niirht. ' liv n mnn who rnmiu w to-. him." and the officers suy, said. I sociated Press.) A flare back of oil "Sandefer has a warrant for your ar-' in the fire and boiler rooms of the rest for bootlegging, and you better I Vnlted States destrover Hurlbert T Ut K,f, f8' Sanilt ,s; about nine o'clock this morning kill- the prohibition enforcement otflcer1 . . ,. . . of this county. ied slx -enlisted men as they were Brow n immediately reported the , case to Deputy Sheriff Forncrouk who advised lilni to remain. Tom "Word, department of Justice agent with headquarters in Portland this morning said lie was investigating the case, and that ho would get a deposi tion from Brown relative to the hap pening. According to Sheriff Terrill. Brown served a sentence in tho county Jail recently on a liquor charge, and' told the message bearer, "they ain't got anything on mo. I have done no bootlegging since the time they caught me." The authorities claim to know the man in the rime, lint ;n-n keonliiir 1H secret., . ' Tho incident is said to have hap pened last night about 7:30 and Brown Immediately phoned the sheriff. Ilnlc Ih Arrested, With half of the regular and two special venires exhausted at tho first day of the Jackson county nlghtriding cases, of which Jouctt I. Bray, minister-chiropractor is the chief de fendant, charged with riot, the court mis morning oraereo mo caning or a special venire of twenty names. It is expected that the Jury will be so-1 lected by Saturday morning. Out of eight tallsmen called to thojwas Kremau Carter, who had Just box this morning, six were excused for having "fixed opinions." A sidelight On the case was tile ar rest Wednesday evening of J. V. Hale, central figure of tho March 1 "hang ing," the star wltnesH for tho state in tho Bray case who was charged ' with violation of the auto truffle laws In falling to dim his lights, while motoring on the Pacific highway be tween this city and Ashland. Hale was arrested by Trnfflc Officer .1. J. McMahon, and Is alleged to have failed to dim his lights, when that official approached In a car.' Hale was riding with, a friend of Portland. Hale clulms that ho was first asked of stcaln turned Into the inferno be to appear in Justice court nt Ashlnnd . !ow to smother the blaze and at the and then before County Judge Geo. A. Gardner at Jacksonville, but in stated that the action be In tho Med ford Justice court. , . 4 Tiie case progressed slowly thM jOrnlng and from the line of ques tioning, It developed that one of the objectives of the defense will be to endeavor to impeach the testimony of liule. The Ntate. from Its ctuerles expects the injection of the "religious issue" into tho trial, and nil the tallsmen ex amined at this inurnlns'H session were acl;d If they wcro biased against any religion, and it they were tolerant of the faith of others. Though barred by the court ruling of Tuesday, from the direct question of membership in tho Ku Klux Klan. the stato attor neys osked "do you belong to any organization that Would influence you In this case." The first premptory challenge was (Continued on page el slit J UNTIL LAST SWORD IS SHATTERED BERLIN, March 1. (By tho As sociated Press.) Field Marshal von Hlndenburg Is quoted by the Taxes Zcitung as having said at a meeting of the Hanover Agricultural league: "We will never forget that we are all Germans and must do our duty and that If necessary, we will fight even until tho last flag Is torn to p'eces and the last sword blade shat tered. It Is better o perish in honor than to live In disgrace." Dl'ESSELDORF, March, ,1. (By Charlie Chaplin Says ww . t d ties To Wed Pola Negri I.OS ANGELES, March 1. Charlie Chaplin, film comedian, is "too poor" to marry Pola Negri, film tragedienne, "Just i- now," tho Los Angole3 Exam- lner quoted him today. Tho Examiner ' anticipated that "mid-Bummer Is apt to ho upon tho couple" whose engage- ment recently was announced at Del Monto, Cal., beforo they aro married. "I am too poor to Jf Ret married Just now," said Chaplin. "This Is a working world and we've all got to stay busy and keep away from cli- maxes and sentiment." OIL FLAREBACK U. S. DESTROYER MANILA, March 1. (Dy tho As I " . buhis aim jmsseu oy out Injury one other sailor who was in the same compartment. The dead are: E. Menllc. Coffeyville. Kas. W. D. Johnston, Arvadar. Colo. W. L. Murden, Oceana, Va. B. A. Lyles, Union, S. C. T. C. Argln, Mohopac Falls, X. Y. E. L. Brown, address unknown. Tho men were suffocated by dense clouds of smoke and flames from burning oil and paint. Three men were on duty in tho fire room a'hd some of the new watch had just gone .below for tools to work on otherii parts of the destroyer, which wan an chored alongside the tender Black Hawk. The explosion sprang leaks in the burners In the boiler room and con siderable quantities of the inflama ble fluid flooded that compartment. The cause of the blast still Is unde termined, but It Is believed a burner became detached and adjoining burn ers became Ignited. The position of tho bodies Indicat ed that they had made determined et- forts to extinguish the flames. Onlv one man In tho boiler room adjoining the fire room, escaped. He started to leave. As he reached the Iron grating over the boiler near the door ho saw a spurt of flamo from a broken burner. Carter called to his shipmates to throw themselves on the dock to cscapo tho deadly gasses and then rushed for tho door. He oscnped unhurt. The ship's officers saw tho flames spurt from tho smokestack and gave the alarm but the flro room already was a mass of flames. Lieutenant Commander Frank A. Ilraistcd, com mander of the Hurlbert, ordered a jet same time the destroyer hoisted a signal of distress. Emergency fire equipment and rescue partlos were rushed from tho Bhorc. New Poultry House Started in Medford John O. Cupp, who recently moved here 'from Missouri, has formed a partnership with J. W. Shirley. They have leased the building at 128 North Grape street and will conduct a wholesale and retail poultry business. They will pay the highest market price for poultry, will milk feed the same and put high grade fattened poultry on the market. Mr. Cupp Is thoroughly experienced in this line. They will also handle flour and feed later, on. the Associated Press.) The question of collecting the forty per cent on Ituhr coal came to the tore toduy In view of General Degoutte's announce ment that refusal to meet this obli gation would make offenders liable to trial by court martial and would remilt In the seizure of coal at the mines. Before the occupation the coal tax was paid to the German government, but the mine owners have refused to turn it over to the French and Belgians. KILLS SIX MEN COL HARVEYS TALK STIRS U. S. Ambassador Astounds Great Britain By Demanding Retraction From the British Govt. Regarding Allusion to Debt in Balfour Note Brit ish Officialdom Displeased. LONDON, March 1. (By tho As sociated Press.) Ambassador Har vey's speech of last night, In which ho discussed the underlying causes and the nature of Great Britain's war indebtedness to the United States, evoked expressions of displeasure In British official circles today, and gives Indication of causing consider ablo discussion. , The foreign office declined to com ment on the address but it is relia bly stated that Ambassador Harvey's remarks, particularly when, as the case was put, he virtually challenged tho British government to issue a statement refuting the Balfour note of last August were considered to he unusual for a foreign envoy. LONDON. March 1. (By the As sociated Press.) Ambassador Har vey's assertion that Great Britain had not been asked to guaranteo and never guaranteed the "payment of a slnglo dollar loaned by the United States for the use of any country oth er than Great Britain herself," stood out today as one of tho noteworthy utterances of his address at tho Pil grlm's dinner last evening. Colonel Harvey quoted from the Balfour, note of last August the phrase: "Under tho agreement arrived at the United States Insisted, in sub stance, If not In form, that though our allies were to spend the money it was only on our security that they were prepared to lend It." The ambassador said ho did not doubt but that the British govern ment would "with equal formality and no less expllcitness remove the misapprehension created by this tin fortunate allusion." The dinner was given In honor of Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, who headed the financial mission to Washington. AS RESULT OF VOTE OLVMPIA, Wash., Mar. 1. Tho do i'eat of tho bill to appropriate $100,000 for tho women's Industrial homo and clinic by the closo margin of three votes and the declaration of Charles I. Roth, veteran representative from Whatcom county that ho would turn In his resignation to the governor this morning were the high spots yester day in tho most spectacular session of tho lower house yet witnessed. The threat of Representative Roth to resign came after the passage of house bill 9S, appropriating $15,000 from the general fund to permit the state to prospect for oil on stato lands by the closo vote of 49 to 47. Life Russian Prince Threatened, Protection N. York Police Asked NEW YOHK, March 1. Hi-arch was bosun by the police today for the writers of lutterH thrcutunhiff the life of Prince Demitrl Michael Alenndro vitch OboIosiHkl of Itussla, whose mother was a Uomanoff. Tho prince who cumo to tho Unit ed NtntoH several months uko to seek u livelihood, hns turned over to Po lice Commissioner Kni-lght four let ters, each hearinv the siKnsiture "agent of free UusHla," nnrl threat eninff his life If he did not leave this country by March 6. In addition, he complained, he had received anony mous telephone messages. The Noted Dead PARIS, Mur. 1. Fruncols Flaeming, the painter, died last evening. Flaeming gained siieclnl prominence as a Hirtralt painter and had to his credit portraits of such notables as the former empress of Russia, the queen of England and the princess of Greece. He was 68 years old. QUIT New Japanese Ambassador and Wife Arrive at San Francisco ly'thk fir .Mamsno Hamnn.ro, lormer vice-minister for foreign attnirs of Japan, find recently appointed Japanese ambassador to Washington, arriving at San Francisco with his wife, en routo to tho capital to tako up his new duties. E E BOSTON, March 1. New Eng land, thoroughly aroused over its abandoned farms and the drift of population from the country to the city, which has been moro marked than ever since tho war, Is making a determined effort to build up an ag ricultural prosperity which shall rest on a firm foundation. Cooperation is being stressed as the great neces sity, not merely cooperation among the farmers, themselves and between the farmers aid the agricultural col leges and the state' experiment sta tions, but between all those elements, and tho Industrial interests of this section of the country. At a recent agricultural conference in Boston tho Interdependence of ag riculture and industry was empha sized, and means of making New England moro nearly self support ing In its farm products were discuss ed. It was brought out that such products to the value of approximate ly half a billion dollars were being brought into New England annually from other parts of the country. Even under present conditions the New England farmer is well off ns compared with thoso of other sec tions, according to state and eolego authorities. President Ralph D. Hot 7.0II, of New Hampshire Collogo of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, said In a recent address that the old time trend to the west had passed, and that western farniors were now com ing to Now England bocauso they saw a bright futuro for agriculture horo, duo to tho nearness of marketB. The Massachusetts department of ag riculture, in ono of Its publications, said It could be proved Hint tho av ago Massachusetts farmer was more prosperous dud got more out of life than the averago farmer in any of the w heat growing western states. Senator Caraway of Arkansas Sued By . Man He Beat Up WASHINGTON, March 1. Damages amounting to $20,000 aro sought in a suit filed today In the District of Columbia su- premc court ajialnst Senator Curaway of Arkansas by Hurry A. Walterstcln, a veterans bu- reau employe, for Injuries alleg- cd to have been sustained dur- lug a clash on a street car here several days ago. Tho encoun- tor grew out of an argument on a street cur. 4 Casualties of the Air Service SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 1. Paul M. Connors of Suit Lake City, who yesterday Joined the United Stutct air mall service here, wa fatally In jured at the lncnl air mail field here toduy when the machine he whs pilot ing Tell 200 feet. Donnld A. Temple ton of Jackson, Mich., a passenger, was seriously hurt In tho mishap. Connors served In the army during the war and holds, a lieutenancy in the air service reserve corps. L WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 The sensa tional chapter of senate history re volving around a charge, by the late Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia, that American soldiers were executed without trial In France was closed to day when the committee appointed to investigate reported unanimously that it had found the charges unfounded. The report was scarcely a dozen lines In length. It stated merely that in pursuance to tho order of the sen ate, the committee had held hearings and inquired into the allegations of Senator Watson nnd had determined that they wore "not sustained by tho testimony." , All tho committee members ' fixed tholr signatures to the report. They aro Sonators Drandogoe, Connecticut;' Willis, Ohio, and Ernest, Kentucky, ropuulicans, and Overman, North Carolina, and Shlolds, Tennessee, democrats. In a Bpeclal report Senator Ernest also declared unfounded the charge which camo beforo the committee dur ing its hearings that Major 11. L. Opio of Virginia had shot his orderly. Senator Watson's original charges wore mado in a series of senate speeches In November, 1921, during which ho Btartlod tho country by sub mitting photographs which ho said portrayed gallows on which American soldiors had boon hanged without logal proceBB. llo alBO exhibited lot tors ho said ho had rocelvod from fonnor sorvlco men declaring that Illegal hangings and shootings had taken place while tho army was In France. Many sensational lncldonts also featured tho committee henrings at which somo or tho highest officers of tho army and of the war department woro culled to testify. E CHICAGO, March 1. An Increase of two cents an hour for G5,000 freight handlers and station laborers nn fintirnxitniitelv 41 railroads and subsidiaries becamo effective today. At tho samo time an eight hour uuy wlth puultlvo overtime went Into ef fect for 321,000 members of the Brotherhood of Rullwuy nnd Steam ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex press and Stutlon Employes. A decision promulgating these changes was Issued yestorday by the United States railroad labor board. It slated that ouch omployo should have ono duy off a week, preferably Hnnrinv. In ruse (hut dav could not bo given It suggested that another day bo granted and provided tlmo ami one-half for employes working on rcgulur off days. fioolli-Kiccrtt I-'IoiiiIkIiIiik. BALTIMOIti:. March 1. Bootleg gers here are fliiurlHhlng to such un extent that they have formed an as sociation to provldo lawyers for those who get rnught In their trade. This was announced today by G. H. Parker general prohibition agent. Now Yolk Sugar tills Peak. NEW YORK. March 1. Raw sugar to'day touched the highest level recorded slnre 1920, selling at 6 I-8 cents, cost and freight, equal to 7.40 cents tor centrifugal for March ship ment. - . Ex-Wizard Ku Klux Klan Is Indicted On White Slave Charge HOUSTON, Toxus .March 1. An Indictment charging viola tion of tho white slave act has boon returned by the fodoral grand jury against Edward Young Clnrko of Atlanta, form er acting Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, it was revealed this afternoon. Ordera have been issued for tho arrest of Clarke, it is understood. ATLANTA, Ga., March -. "It Is Blinply another effort to attempt to discredit mo and through discrediting mo, dam ago tho Knights of the Ku Klux Klan," said iEdward Young Clarko, former acting imperial wizard of the klan, when told this afternoon of his reported indictment in Hous ton, Toxus. WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. Represen tative -W. Bourke Cochran, democrat. New York, died suddenly today. Mr. Cochran, who celebratod his G9th birthday yesterday became ill last night and diod early today. He was on the floor of the house last night and mado a spirited speech in opiiOBltton to tho pending farm credits bill. Mr. Cochran's death, which oc curred at 7:10 o'clock came as an Im mediate result of a stroke of apoplexy, it was was at his home. A nativo of Ireland, educated In France and tho United States, nnd actlvo for mnny years ju tho legal profession and In politics, Mr. -Cock: ran wns ono of tho plcturesquo forces In American public life. Ho was un orator of tho old school, endowed with a rcmurkuhlo voice and with a deliv ery and diction that long ago won him a place among tho most eloquent ora tors In tho country. In politics Mr. Cockran was a wheel horso of Tammany hall, whose battles he fought in New York and elsewhere on many occasions. During tho last democratic conven tion at Sun Francisco he made the speech nominating Qovernor Smith for tho presidency, an oratorical of fort which carried the convention Into a prolonged demonstration savoring of old time revival meetings. Ho also addrcssod tho convention In favor of a plank endorsing the manufacture of light winos and beer. Fought for Irish Freedom In rocont yours ho had devoted much uttontlon to tho fight for Irish freedom, appearing before congres sional committees and on tho public platform prior to organization of tho Froe Btato to plead for Aniorlcan rec ognition of, tho Irish - republic. On these occasions his eloquence was at Its host, as ho recounted from per sonal observation tho prlvaUons of tho poorer cluss in Ireland from which he sprung. Mr. Cockran first was elected to the houso of representatives for a term In 1887. Ho came buck in 1891 for two more terms but in 189G he declined to follow tho free silver banner of Wil liam Jonnlngs Brynn, broke with his national party organization nnd loft congress. Ho returned to tho party In 1900 when ho campaigned for Mr. Ilryun and In 1904 ho was again elect ed to tho houso. This time ho re mained thoro for flvo years, at tho end of which time ho declined to be come a cundlduto for re-election. In 1920, however, ho again yicldod to tho lure of tho parliamentary give and tako ho loved so well, and wns again elected to a Boat In the houso. ho was re-elected lust November. He OF WCOCHttN DIES SUDDENLY IN WASHINGTON TO MARRY POOR ANTIQUE DEALER NEW YORK, March 1. Mrs. Nora Mary .Me.Mullen Mellon, 44, dl vorred wifo of Andrew W. .Mellon of Pittsburg, secretary of the treusury. is to be married to Harvey Arthur Leo, 1.1 years her Junior, and reputed of little means. Their marriuga li cense was obtained yesterday. Mrs. Mellon hus not been beforo tho public much since 11112. when a di vorce wus grunted to Mr. Mellon on grounds of desertion after he with drew allegations of misconduct with Alfred (ieorgo Curphey, an English man, t Mrs. Mellon was awarded, custody of tholr two children. Both wero reticent today concern lira uy PIERCE Governor Continues Wielding Veto Axe On Measures Passed By Legislature Carkin Bill Would Have Given Half City Road Money to Cities. SALEM, Oro., March 1. Tho Car kin bill houso bill 284 amending the law relating to road tuxes was vo tocd by Governor Pierce yestorday. "This bill Is entirely In the .inter ests of Incorporated cities,"' tho, gov ernor points out In his voto moasugo. "If HiIb bill were to become a law ono-half of all money collected in all tho cities of Oregon for road work would huvo to bo spent within the cities. There is a statue that allows cooperation between the county courts and Incorporated cities but the advantage is always in favor of a city. "This bill If it were to become a law would seriously curtain the build ing of country roads. Oregon has spent millions of dollars building highways most of it for the benefit of the cities. It seems to me that the general policy now should bo to im prove the market roads and call upon tho cities to help in doing that work as they are doing now through tho operation of existing laws." Two bills were signed by the gov ernor house bills 405 and 396, both ways and means committee bills one appropriating money for the board of control and tho state budget com mission, the other appropriating mono yfor the stale fair. SALEM, Ore., March' 1. -Governor Plerco yoBtorday vetoed a hill Intro duced In the senate by the Multno mah county delegation providing for tho creation of an additional circuit judgeship in Multnomah county, (Portland.) SALEM, Ore., March 1. William Pollman of Baker, Ore, yesterday Informod. Governor Pierce by tolo plione that he will not accept tho governor's appointment as a mem ber of tho state highway commis sion. had been especially active during the present sossslon of congress and had plunned a trip to Europe this summer. Until a few days ago he apparently had been in perfect health. Although he liked to tako pait In dobate and hnd rulsod his voice In many rocont discussions on tho houso floor, Mr. Cockru'n was not a sedker aftor commltteo honors. His only com mittoo assignment in the presont con gross wns as a member of the foreign afl'ulrs committee, but In that capacity ho found nn opportunity to study and influence action on most of tho ques tions of the foreign policy with which the houso hns had to deal. An unreionuiiB toe or uio proniui Hon amendment and the Volstead act, Mr. Cockran never lost an opportunity to denounco what he termed the "in-. vnslon of porsonal liberty." Oftou on the house floor he voiced In vigorous tonus his protest against laws which ho said attempted to govern the mor als of tho peoplo and on these occa sions his appearance In dobato always was a signal for a scurrying of mom- hors from tho cloak rooms to hour him. In his Inst speech, dolivered in tho house last night against tho farm crodits bill, Mr. Cockran spoko with nil his usual fire and dash. Ho gavo tho houso a word picture of attempts ho said had been made for sovorul (Continued on Page Three) ing their plans.' Mr. I.eo said they met eighteen months ago In this city. Ho described it us lovo at first sight and said their friends have known for some time their marriago Was Im minent. ' Mr. Lee had an antique shop on Park avenue, but ho closed It Febru ary 1 nnd expects to open another btmlness. ho said, though declining to mime it. lie is also reported as saying he has comparatively little money. Airs. Mellon, it Is understood, re ceives $30,000 a year nllmony from Mr. Mellon who Is also understood to have Battled (3,500,000 upon her in tho dlvorco sottlomont.'"