Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 02, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'pSlfw r.. Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction: Generally cloudy Maximum yesterday 60.S Minimum today 32.5 Weather Year Ago Maximum 59 Minimum .. 33 Cully Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Pinr-Keoond Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAKCII 2, 192:) NO. 291 J ? i STATE ASKS PflMTIM'AMPC i UUI1M HM BRAY TRAIL Serious Illness of J. F. Hale Brings Sudden Halt to Pro ceedings at Jacksonville Victim of Night Riders -Suf-fers Hemorrhage of Stom ach Condition Is Declared Critical. At the opening of court this, afternoon J. Alexander - Norrls, one of the defendants- in the nightrldlng cases came before the court and said he had ben threat ened by Henry Johnson and Paul York, two of the men reported to -have been victims of the night riding party of which Norris is alleged to have been a member. Johnson denied this but admit ted that he sometimes carried a gun particularly at night. Judge Thomas told Johnson to get his gun and deliver It to the court, and also asked the sheriff to give him the gun permits. William Brown then appeared, . and explained the report that he had been advised to leave town. He said Attorney Newton Borden of Medford had told him there was a warrant for his arrest. Borden then arose, denied this, said Brown had been his client and was astounded at his state ment. ; . At ten o'clock today the right rider caso was adjourned until two-o'clock this afternoon to allow the state attor neys to prepare a motion aBking for the continuance of the case, owing to the reported critical Illness of J. F. Hale, chief witness for the state, and central figure In tho kidnapping and ; hanging episode near Table Rock, last March, A short chamber session was held at the opening of court, attended by the bench and counsel for both sides. The condition of Hale this after noon was reported as serious. He is suffering from hemmorhago of the stomach, which suddenly overcame him Thursday afternoon. Halo was examined by Dr. E. H. Plckel for the state, and Dr. R. W. Stearns was called In for the defense. By virtue of stipulation agreed upon by both sides, Inez WIllltH of Persist, teacher, and Mrs. Minnie Guy of Gold Hill, housewifo, were selected as alter natives, to hear the evidence but to take no part in the deliberations of the jury. At the opening of the court this morning. Judge C. M. Thomas, from the bench admonished newspapers and reporters, regarding the publica tion of articles bearing on the case, and asked questions as to the source of their information, for the news article dealiifg with the alleged "ap proach" Wednesday night on William Brown, laborer, a witness in one of the nlghtridlng cases, in which it was claimed he had been advised to leave Q..,,,,, ! town and was Informed S. B mi,ii,i.i,,n onfnrM.nii.nt officer. had a warrant for his arrest. It developed that the newspapers source of information was Sherift Terrlll. Deputy Sheriff Forncrook, and I Tom Word of Portland, federal Inves- y.m ,,u... v. , ... ........ irTrLS the cou'rt, nnd Word made a atatement in which he stated that a deposition had been secured Thursday night , . i. t... ! been called as a witness In a trial at Eugene. Oregon. . i i The government official was re- I quested to turn tho deposition over to District 'Attorney Ruwlcs Moore tor 1 : continued on Page Six) ! SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 2. Will Roche, lnte of Waterfoid county, Ire land, Is n citizen of tho United States today, thanks tn the man ho spanked many years ago when both were hoys. Judge Mlehnel Roche, no relation 1o Will, was sitting In federal1 court hero yesterday afternoon, hen ring naturalization cases when n man well punt his prime appeared with a pe tition for citizenship. "What's your name nnd where arc you .from?" Judge Roche asked. "Will Roche nnd I'm from county Walerford, Ireland." was the reply. "How's that?" the Judge asked, and the answer was repented. Judge KiH-he swallowed hard and looked more closely. Claim Two Sons of Spanish Nobleman Have "X-Ray" Eyes LONDON', March 2. Two sons of a Spanish nobleman lire Rifted with X-rav eyes, accord- lug to an article in the .Madrid Iniparctl, quoted by the Dully Mail. Tests have been shown that the youths' abnormal vis- ion enables them to read thru silver, brass or Iron, but they cannot see through porcelain or paper. ' FOR CITY FINES ESSEN, March 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The town of Bochum has been fined 3o, 000,000 marks be cause two news dealers were beaten by Germans for Belling French news papers. The town of Kettwlg near Essen, where mililary telephone wires were cut has been fined 1,000,000 marks. These fines are in accordance with an order by GonoiMtl DeGoutte, French commander, that cities and towns throughout the Ruhr valley shall be held responsible for sabot age or other acts of disorder design ed to hinder the French and Belgian armies of occupation. German officials of such towns will be liable to arrest and trial by court martial in serious cases. The Rochum fine was collected quickly. French troops swooped down upon the rathaus, took the i amount and left. In JDusseldorf, Ilcrr Wenzell, as sistant1 director of posts and tele- graphs," has been sentenced ' to six months' Imprisonment. He is charg ed" with being implicated in sabotage on the military telephone apparatus. It is reported that Lord Mayor Hav erstein of Oberhausen and Vice Lord Mayor Schaeffer of Essen, who re cently were given prison sentences of ten years, have been jailed succes sively at Ducsseldorf and Mayence. BERLIN, March 2. The damage done in the recent plunder of the Bochum Chamber of Commerce amounted to more than dhe billion marks, the Tageblatt estimates. Forty-two cases of robbery by French soldiers in Bochum had been report ed to the German authorities up to yesterday, it Is stated. DUESSELDORF, March 2. (By the Associated Press.) The Ruhr al lies today- went ahead with plans to onerate all railroads in the Ruhr and Rhineland with . the exception of those in the Cologne area. General Payot, tho transportation officer of the French mission will be the ad ministrative officer. LONDON, March 2. The German ambassador, Gustav Sthamer, and his wife, lunched with' the king and ineen nt Buckingham palace yester- fof tho "m alnce the war' BERLIN, March 2. (By the As- soclntcd Press ) The German gov- i ernment has been pnylng fines as- . b Freneh court8 martial : "Essen -"-en in order U.I ftK"lnst Essen Policemen in order to Pu i.... . 1 Vosslsche Ncl- tune. Prison sentencea and fines ranging from 50.000 marks to hun- ?re,ls ot thousands of marks have "pen hnposed on many policemen for "l";lnB the orders of the federal minister of the Interior not to salute French and Belgian officers, the dis patch says. 10 "Your face looks familiar: I won der if i didn't know you," said the Judge presently. "Sure, you knew me well, I licked vnu once for teasing my father's bull. Then the Judge remembered how ns a lad In Ireland be used to crawl upon the fence nnd tease neighbor itoi nes nun to m.mn u cn.ise " nnd h..w, neighbor Roche's son. a lit- lie oipcr, npitiiKcu mm bouiiui) i"i It one rl:iy. The Roches, one a Judge lp the court and the other nn immigrant. spnnned the yearn Willi n handclasp as one welcomed the other to citizen - ship. . FRENCH ARMY SEIZES MONEY strain POLA NEGRI RE-ENGAGED Temperamental Film Star, After Breaking Engagement With Charlie Chaplin for Alleged Statement On Pov erty, Is Reconciled After Visit All Rosy Again. LOS ANGELES, March 2. Pol, Negri and Charllo Chaplin, motion picture stars, were engaged again to day after having endured six hours of anguish last night when Miss Negri broke their engagement to marry be cause sho had read in a newspaper a statement credited to her fiancee that he was "too poor" to marry her "just now." Rumors that they were engaged interested motion picture fans every where when they were first publish ed November 25 last and the interest was maintained when tho principals officially confirmed tho rumors nt Pebble Beach, near Del Monte, Cul., January 2S. At that time Chaplin declared he was the happiest man in the world," and MIrs Negri Indicated she wa3 very well pleased, indeed, with "Sharlle," as she calls him. So everything seemed to be run ning smoothly and everybody was ex pecting that the date for the w.eddlng soon would be. set definitely until yes terday when Chaplin was quoted as stating: "I am too poor to got mar ried just now. This is a work-a-dny world and we've all got to stay busy and keen away from climaxes and sentiment." Twelvo liourr, later Miss Negri Is sued a statement reading: , "I consider I am tpo poor to . marry Charles Chaplin. He needs a wealthy woman, and ho should have no difficulty in finding one In the United States the richest and most beautiful country In the world. Therefore I give Mr. Chaplin his freedom and release him from his engagement. I wish him the best of luck and I will always be his devoted friend." That statement was typewritten. Pressed for details, tho trage dienne's Hps trembled and her eyes filled with toars as sho replied: "There were a thousand things. U is another experience. A woman must learn by exporienco. I have learjjed. Now I will live only for my work. All tho rest; the happy days are dead to me. It is all over." ' Chaplin, being a comedian said: 'r"ll nnil 'la Ihot ant' vuhan nawR. naner men Informed -Miss Negri had done and said, and hung up the telephone and barred his friends from his -homo while he thought. Ao n rpniilt nf thnt thlnktnir nnd while newsboys, calling the curly; night editions of the morning papers In the Hollywood, district informed h'm thnt "Pola's give Charlie thoj The above message received rrom air," he sought the residence of his County Judgo Gardner will be wel- flallCCQ. - , Icnmn npwft tn tho nnnntn nf .TnrkHnn KvcrytliinR'lH Itosy .lust what happened then probably... ,,,,,,,,, ,i,i , (h will never be given to the world in dotail, hut after midnight Chaplin I went home with a smile on his face, ln hl limousine and Pola her fln - U"'w1th.."i engagement ring she had removed a few hours previously, was contem plating her joy, "too happy to sleep," she said. Miss NogrI frankly admitted her happiness in "making up" after Chaplin had declared ho never had mado the "too-poor-to-get-marrlcd" statement. ".Mr. Chaplin came, to seo' mo and he stayed lato," said Miss Negri. "I havo taken him hack nnd wo are qulto reconciled and engaged again. Ho swore to mo he had never said ho was too poor to marry me. Ho told me he loved me and could not live without me. And so, of course, I believed him and havo taken him back." NEARLY 3 MILLION WASHINGTON, March 2. C'olI.'C- t , ins for the last fnur months bv the p.0Vernmpnt ot war claims nearcd iho three million mark when Attorney I government hns resigned, following General Daugherty received a check I rejection by tho Storthing of its pro for I'JO.OOO, nearly tho last pay-lposal for a commercial treaty with ment of $070,000 by tho Derby Manu-' Portugal. ', far-turlng company on copp.'r coli- ' tratis. BUI Hart, Jr., and Young Doug. Fairbanks Pop Into Public Eye ' , wt; Irxfhh - Mn H -lip- ISM r ' , V . LOS ANGELES Twu kids of famous movie fathers, Wm. Hurt.. Jr. and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, broke--into the limelight this week , r-y ,'lihe yuurii; edition of the famous western "two-gun man" won the., world's, mention because jut having his picture'- taken for the -first time, and because his arrival fuiled to reconcile his parents, Winifred Westover Hart and VV'm S Hurt, Sr . who are about to be divorced. , Douji. Fairbanks, the second, has announced that he is going into the movies, too, and that he will "try anything that Dad doeft" CONTRACT IS LEI FOR COMPL PORTLAND, March 2. (Special IN LAKE HIGHWAY i.im u,iinrio .uilii jnuuiiu. waier uonu highway contract has been lot to J. -Hampshire of Grants Pass for $132 227. The road is to be kept open during the tourist season and work l "e completed may i.rsi, i.i, iue state to bear full expense. Crater Uke n,i without expense to Jackson county, .tudgc i0"."" WDr"a " Ior 18,1 L T?2 Gardner has worked hurd for the last the successful outcome Is a decided feather In the county official's cap. The Noted Dead LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 2. j Roderick John MucKcnzle, Canadian railroad magnate, international known sportsman and owner of the Plcnsanton race truck near San Francisco, died suddenly ln a hotel hero last night. Ho became 111 three days ago but summoned no physician until yester day. His death was Bald to have been caused by pneumonia. He was the son of Sir William Mac kenzie of Toronto, president of the Canadian Nor t Hern railroad and while that road was building the son had charge of construction work with headquarters in Chicago. Resides hls traeo of the phenomenon can bo seen Bloom railroad Interests he had ollint 8:28 central standard tlmo with Interests In Kansas, electrical rall-J tho northwestern portion of the moon road interests in Winnipeg nnd the Plcasanton race track In California. Norwegian Governnicnt Iteslgns. CHRISTIANA, March 2. (llyrfhn Associated Press.) Tho Norwegian The proposal was voted down, 113 ' to !2. L QUERY TOPEKA, Kas., March 2. The supreme court this afternoon Issued a writ holding guilty A. Swallow, former Topeka chief of police, in con tempt of court for refusal to take the oath as a witness at the Ku Klitx Kluu ouster suit hearings this morn ing. A co in in I tin cut for his arrest was placed in the hands of tho sher iff. TOPEKA, Kas., March 2. With one representative of tho Ku Klux Klan in tho Shawnee county Jail here because of his refusal to answer questions, the stato! today contin ued tho hoarlng before a supreme court commissioner in its suit to oust the klan from Kansas. II. II. Kitchen, klan organizer, was committed to Jail by tho supreme eominlttci to Jail by tho supremi ! " 'L tempt for refusal to divulgo tho names of persons who had signed their names to a Topeka membership petition. E IS DUE TGNIGHTiDRUNK BANKER ON CHICAGO, March 2. A lunal eclipse will bo visible In North Amor lea tonight. Edwin Ii. Frost, director of Y8 kes observatory nt Williams Bay, Wis., explained that this eclipse will occur as tho moon runs into tho i shadow of tho earth. Tho first faint becoming slightly obscured. The height of tho eclipse will ho reached 'about 9:32 and tho shadow will leave tho northwestern portion nt 10:35. Filled Milk Illll Ready. WASHINGTON, March 2. Senate amendments to the filled milk hill were accepted today by the houso; nnd the measure was sent lo tho nres - Ident, Hiccoughing Fatal to Kansas City Man, Victim of Pneumonia KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar. 2. Charles Tewson, 57, died today at n local hospital after suffor- lug for hiccoughs more than 100 hours. Death resulted from pneu- monlu, according to physicians. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar. 2. Hiccoughing, which has contln- lied nioro than 100 hours, today Imperiled tho lll'o of Charles Tewson Jiore. No remedy has Deen uiscovereu uy niionciing pay- f 4 siclans, who declared the hie- 4 coughing is caused by acute dia- phragmlc pleurisy and pneumo- nla. SEC'V OF STATE WASHINGTON, March 2 Tho de cision not to art this session of con gress on President Harding's pro posal for American membership in the International court of justico was reaffirmed by tho senate forolgn re lations committeo today after it had received n further explanation of the administration's purposes from Presi dent Harding and Secretary Hughes. Tho non-compulsory cluuso of tho protocol creating a court of Interna tional Justico wag again called to tho attentiun of tho seuato today by Sec retary Hughes In a letter replying to th. foreign relations committee on tho questionnaire which was drawn up nfler President Harding had rec ommended conditional American par ticipation In tho tribunal. To agree beforehand to compulsory Jurisdiction of tho court over interna tional disputes, tho secretary con coded would bo contrary to the sentl- niont of tho sennto as clearly defined on many occasions in tho past. No such agreement would bo necessary, however,-ho declared; liecauso of tho League of Nations protocol creating dengue oi ivaiions protocol creating ho court gave participating- nations t an opportunity to elect beforehand whether they would regard decisions affecting them as compulsory in all cases. To tho commltloc's question as to whether tho administration favored a compulsory arbitrary treaty, Mr. Hughes therefore repliod In the neg ative. Ho made a llko reply to-tho question of whether, tho United States nrnnoserl hv itn mnmhoruliln In tl.n court "to recognlzo us a binding oi.iiirntinn" ih.i rf nf h. voiiT les treaty which sets up an interna tional labor bureau. In response to a query ns to Whether other member nations had accepted tho court with reservations, iih tho administration proposed the t'nlted States should do, he said, "ho was not advised that any othor state has made reservations." Mr. Hughes' letter, largely techni cal In character, was forwarded to Chairman Lodgo of tho foreign rela- Hons committee. Senators declined to comment on It until they had time for further study, but. it was Indi cated that no further action on tho recommendation was expoctcd at this session of congross. THREE DEMOCRATS WASHINGTON. March 2. Presi dent' Harding today completed, tho membership of tho foreign debt fund ing cqmmiHslon, ns authorized by tho recent changes In the law, by nomi nating for membership three demo crats, Senator Carter Glass of Vir ginia, Representative Charles It. Crisp of Georgia and former Repre sentative Richard Olney ot Massa chusetts. PHILADELPHIA, March 2. Two women and a man were killed early today when an automobile, traveling at a high rnto of Bpeod, crashed Into them as they wero nllghtlng from a trolley car ln West Philadelphia. Tho driver of tho machine, did not slacken his speed but rushed away as his vic tims were hurled fifty feet. Lntw Henry O. llrock, hanker, clubman nnd member of a widely known. Philadelphia family, was found four blocks away from the killing standing beside a bloodspat- tcrcd motor wrecked against a pole. Ho waB arrested nnd later held wlth- l out ball by a pollen magistrato on a homicide charge. Ho also was held ANSWERS QUERY OF SENATE COM. MAY REDUCE S. P. GRADE SISKIYGUS California R. R. Commission Reports S. P. Agrees to Co operate in Improvements Extension of Northwestern Pacific to Marshfield, Ore gon Also Suggested. RAN FRANCISCO, March 2. A list of suggested Improvements In tho regrouping of stato nnd inter-stato carriers by tho Inter-stato commorco commission, Including tho extension, of the Northwestern Pnclflc system into Oregon nnd the electrification of mnln lines, wus submitted to a group of shippers and railroad representa tives hero today by tho state railroad commission. The proposed improvements in clude: "Tho betterment of tho Central Pa--clflc by double tracking and grade re duction through tho Sierra Nevada mountains. "Reduction of tho grade of tho Central Pacific main line over tho Siskiyou mountains. "Development and upbuilding of tho Northwestern Pacific with its extension in Oregon and its possible connection with the Portland main line by way of Marshfield. "Tho ultimate electrification of certain of the main lines, particularly In the mountain sections." Guy Shoup, general counsel for tho Southern Pacific company, told tho meeting that his company would co-' operato to tho fullest extent with tho commission. - I. C. C. Considers Consolidation. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 2. Mem bers vf tho intor-stato commerce ooiunilBslon mado exhaustive queries today Into plans -for far flung rail road consolidations in the west pro- , . " P1seii,.!y Hftl" "oMi' President of tho Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy. un mo witness stand before the commission Mr. Holdon defended nt cvory point tho proposal which .ho has mado for combining practically all tho western railroads into four great operating units, each of which would operate more than 80,000 miles of lino. W. Z. Ripley, who drew up tho loss nwceping consolidation plans pro- T.080'1 !'y tho comml'l"i. asked if ! Mr. Holdcn considered Panama canal competition with trans-continental railways serious enough to Justify tho railroads In general consolidation as ono means of mooting It. "Tho Pnnama canal diversion of traffio from all tho Paclfio porta is growing and likely to koop on," Mr. Holdon replied. "Tho othor day a ship from Pugot Sound unloaded shingles nt Houston, Texas." In splto of tho magnitude of the consolidation proposals he advanced. ! T; Hollcn insisted that tho oompe- tltion in railroad service would bo increased under tho plan because tho four corporations would bo approxi mately equal, in .financial strongtll nnd would bo provided with access to all Important centers of Industry and commorco on an equal basis. "If wo aro going to do anything with railroad consolidation wo must go nt It ln a broad way and tnke a courageous view,'1 Mr. Holdon Bald, "Wo need not shy away from tho management difficulties. Tho prob lem of getting efficient mnnngoment could bo met by re-diatributing au thority of general offices and giving to local officials more power and re sponsibility." Tho commission's tentative plan of railroad consolidation linked tho Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul road with tho Oreat Northorn, wh.oro as Mr. Holden suggested uniting the mllwnukoo with tho Union Pacific. Professor Rlloy discussed tho two (Continued on Page rival JOYRIDE HELD FOR tn I'i.OOO ball on a charge ot driv ing an automobile while intoxicated and for falling to go to the aid of an injured person." A fur neckpiece worn by one of tho women wus found wedged bo twnen tho mudguard and. tho radia tor of tho car. A barrette was em bedded In the rndlator, Tho doad were Mrs. Ellon O'Don nell, fi."; Leo O'Donnoll, 29, her son, and Miss Mary Murphy, 18, a friend of tho O'Donnell family. Tho three were returning home from a birthday party for Mrs. O'Don noll's daughter, Mrs. Clara Hurt. Mrs. O'Donnell was a widow and tho mother of eight children. Mlsa Mur pby was a high school senior.