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Medford Mail Tribune
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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.'"