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EDFORD
Weather Year Ago
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Precipitation 02
Inlly Seventeenth Tear.
Weekly Flrty-Second Year.
4 MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, LiliCH 8, 1923
NO. 29G
M
MAIL
CHARACTER
v i ARE CALLED
.i i
Ex-Mayor Gates and Other
Prominent Citizens Testify
to Good Reputations of De
fendants in, the Nightriding
Trials Klan Issue Comes
to Front. .
Citizens, long prominent iu tlio nf
' fairs of . southern Oregon lawyers,
t . Ijiiiiki.ru. merchants Including two
K former mayors of Jdedford and
- prospective candidate for governor at
the primary last spring, testified this
i biornlng for the defense In tho Jack
jon county nightriding cases. They
Ciunu lo testify to the reputation of
tho three defendants. Dr. Jouett I.
llray, Jesse 1'. Hittson,' und Howard
A- 11U1. "for being law abiding and
peaceful citizens," to tho reputation
tor "morality and veracity" of J. l'
' Halo, their chief accuser, and star
witness for tho state, and incorrobo
rulion of tho alibis the defense of
i nforcd. relative to their whereabouts
t on the night of March 1". 1922.
Charles E. (Pop) dates, former
" mayor of Medford, prospective re-
publicun candidate for governor last
1 spring, with a state-wide acquain-
tance, testified that the reputation
; Of Italy' for "morality" was bad, and
. said he, based his opinion on his own
i. personal experience. Asked if he
belonged to any lodges with the de
.. ffiulants, Gates replied, "the Elks,
Die Shrine, tho Masons, tho K. of P.'s
ml tho Klan." Oates was a willing
fitness, and overrode the objections
of the defense counsel, expressing a
fesire to talk.
i; "If these men ore guilty of what
they have been accused of," volun
I toered the former Medford mayor,
31" would help convict them." and
' added tthat "upholding of the law,
Was tho first principle of the order
fva mention."
Assistunt Attorney General Llljo
jvlst complimented Gates upon his
frankness and responsive answers.
, S Mack Hobcs Wore Soon.
Black robes, that during the night
riding trials, it has been testified
Were worn at the "hanging" of J. F.
Male, and at the meeting of "an or
tnnizntlon that held Its meetings in
ti the Odd Fellows Hall in tho city of
j Modford" again entered' tho testt-
'f mv rat mnfiiln unuulnn rtt III-
case, Assistant Attorney General Lll
Joqvist questioning William Otfutt,
Jr., upon this point.
' Offtltt. an auto mechnnlc, testified
f that Tom Word, federal agent, had
I, promised him immunity "it he would
(t como through." Ho denied that he
j," Viis present at the Hale "hanging,"
and swore that he wns at tho home
of J. F. Hittson, defendant, on the
Bight of the episode. March 17, 1322.
between from eight to half past
Sloven o'clock and that a contract
ad been entered into at that time
otwoen .himself and Hittson, the
Kal paper being introduced us.evl
encc. I t The witness was asked if he ever
Dclungcd to the same organization as
iny of tho defendanls, and replied
Bint he did, and was asked If Jie ro
lled appearing before tho grand
ry Investigation. He said ho did.
Offutt was urkod If he ever re
cmberod hearing a conversation be
een Defendant Hill and the two
lan klenglcs. III which the burden
the conversation was that "Hale
lad not been hurt," and during which
io nlleged statemont wis made,
flint Hale had been lifted off the
d" s-toiinu. anu not nun. uiu uuu nau
if '. fit." The witness did not definitely
F i. kecnllcet the conversation.
c t -JT4 ' ''v "linens Ma iiaKuu ihk
f I'j if he had not testified before the
f grand Jury Investigation, that "lie
' hud attended a meeting In the Odd
.ft j Fellows ' hall, which was a meeting
J' ,.f .1... I.',. I.'L.V 1.'t .t .1-1.1. .It tlll.I.1.
k.were eight officers In the chairs, and
jf ? eight black robes worn." The witness
t previously testified that he had seen
' fit white robes at a meeting in the Odd
t j, riiiows nun.
k'iThe witness said he had attended
j i meeting, mo uaie oi wnieu nc uiu
I tut remeniber. in the Odd Fellows
if lull, at "which Hill and the two
lli'agk-s were present." He thought
e dute of this meeting was some
(Continued on Pane Five)
i CHICAGO HOTELS
AS RESULT OF
CHICAGO, Mur. 8. A hint of what !
ilue law" enforcement could be was
ven today In Chler of I'olice nix
"Ms' silent show of force in his new
licy of esplonnge of vice.
After a mid on one downtown hotel
.-a night and the nrrest of throe men
id three women who had registered
one of tliem under assumed names,
e commanding officer ot tho district
Emigration to U. S. A.
From Great Britain
Breaks All Records
LONDON, Mar. S. If tlio flood
of English emigration to America
r continues at the present rate,
Great Britain's quota under the
American law will bo reached
long before July 1, the end of the
flscul emigration year.
Contrary to the general Iniprcs-
sion It iu learned that Hritishers
are going to America at a rate
almost never equalled and there
is room for only 28,000 more iu
tliis year's quota.
) Emigrants are leaving Glasgow
alone at a rate of moro than 500
weekly, which is greater than tlio 4-
number from all other English
ports combined last year. Tho
! annual quota for Great Ilritain
now is 77,312.
DEATH BED IS
SPENCER, Tenn., March 8.
Posses from both this and White
county are searching the banks of th
Calf Killer river near Sparta, for
Lewis Douglas, negro paroled con
vict, who early today attempted to
kill the Haston family at their home
at Cummingsville, three miles from
here.
The wounded include: "
Sam Haston, brother of Ernest
Hnstnn Tuniincnpft'o anprAlnrv nf
Jtate; Mrs. George Haston, Sr., his
mother,; Mrs. S. D. Shapero. a sis -
tor; Tullus Trogden, a boy living on
the place and another person, also
livine nn lh nlacn hut whose nnma is
not known here,
Members of the Haston family
were sitting at the bedside of Mrs.
Sam Haston, who was ill, when some
one went to the corn crib and is said
to have found Douglas there. He was
ordered away and left. Later how
ever, Douglas returned and when
near the house called out.
Members of the family went to
ihe door and Douglas, who had arm
jd himself with a-Bhotgun, began fir
.ng, it is reported.
Sam Haston was shot In the thigh.
The wound is regarded as serious.
Mrs. George Haston was Bitot in the
head. The Trogden boy's eye was
wounded. Mrs. Shapero was shot In
both hands und in tho arm as she
attempted to close tho door. Tho
injuries of the other persons aro not
known horo.
Following the shooting tho negro
escupod and was hoard of later uoar
Spuria, in White county. Ho Is re
ported surrounded in a bend of tho
Calfj Killer river near Sparta, in
White county. Tho Injuries of tho
wounded-wore dressed by physicianB
who camo from Sparta, and Just as
tho broken log of Sam Haston was
set, his wife died. Sho had remain
ed unconscious throughout tho shoot
ing. Secretary of State Ernest Haston
in Nashville was notified by wire and
started for the scene with blood
hounds.
Douglas was sent to state prison
from Shelby county In 1913 for ar
son, his conviction carrying a term
of five to twenty years, Sympathy
excited for .nm is said to have mov
ed members of the Haston family to
secure his release on parole to them
The Noted Dead
OliKOOX CITV, Ore.. March
Mth. Mary Apperson, widow of the
late Captain -I. H. Apperson, plonoer
of eastern Washington anil Oregon.
was dead today at her home nea
here. Captain Apperson was nn In-n
dian fighter in tho curly days at
Walla Walla. Wash., his will provided
that on the death of his widow, his
J 100.000 cstuto should be turned
over to the state land board as a trust
fund for educating worthy students
at Oregon Agricultural college.
UNDER POLICE G'O
ANTI-VICE CRUSADE
pluced n uniformed policeman neur
the desk in each of two hotels.
Protests trom the hotel manager)
who professed themselves amazed,
i fulled to cause revocation of the or
! ders. The three hotels affected were'
BeJoughc hotel on Monroe street.
Planters hotel on Clark BtrecL
Victoria- hotel, Clark and Van Bureh
streets.
SCENEOFATTACK
BY BLACK FIEND
LONDON SEES i The athing Hur paim Beach i
BLOODSHED WW:y'm "
OR COLLAPSE m
England Gloomy Regarding
Outcome in Ruhr Valley
Expects Open Revolt and
German Massacre or Quick
Surrender to French Con
trolConditions Bad.
LONDON, March S (By the As
sociated Press.) Gloomy plctureB of
the situation in the Kuhr, with warn
ings of an Impending crisis, are paint
cd today by Borne of the London news
paper correspondents.
A Duosseklorf dispatch to the tele
graph says that unemployment Is In
creasing and that the political situa
tion is dangerous. Economic condi
tions he describes as disastrous, as
serting that 25,000 persons are with
out work in Duesseldprf alono and
that the employment wagos are in
sufficient. Workmen are noticeably
dopressed, the correspondent adds
and rumors are current that they are
beginning to doubt the issue of She
struggle.
The French, this-dispatch adds, are
preparing1 to deal with the food prob
lem which will undoubtedly arise
with tho increase of unemployment.
Their Boup kitchens, boyicottod at
first, are now popular. ' .
The Cologne correspondent of the
Daily Express reports that conditions
in Essen and Bochum are pitiful and
that the death rate among the child-
us r,se" "r" pi "
last month and that milk is alm8t
I ""ouiaumuie.
The phrase 'hunger blockade is
. on "no "Ps l lu0 wno' uerumu V"i
ulation
The French militnry authorities
have -given' deflnito orders to admit
all foodstuffs to the cities, but some
!of tho trucks never arrive, and part
of tho shipments are stolen.
l'cncli Occupy Schools
Education, the correspondent adds,
is at a standstill for the French have
occupied the schools. The passing of
each day finds public feeling more
emblt'tored.
The impression that the "cauldron
in the Kuhr may boil over at any time
with fearful results In bloodshed," is
expressed by the Cologne represen
tative of tho Westminster Ga2etto.
He continues:
"It Ib the opinion of those best able
to judgo that unless n agreenint is
soon reached it can only be a mattor
of timo beforo another war breaks
out. I am told that Franco
would not hesitate to declare war
and bomb tho Gorman cities Includ
ing Berlin It her. forces are attack
ed." The correspondent adds that it 1b
only fair to point 'out that many re
ports of this character may bo trac
ed to Gorman sources. He asserts
that tho difficulty of obtaining relia
ble information bocnuse of the bov
oranco of communications is being
cjjistantly cmpbuslzcd. In this con
nection the Cologne corresiwndent ot
the Express Bays it is Impossible to
-erify some of tho stories In circula
tion and that rumors much moro se
rious than the facts warrant are rife.
Disarm German Police
BEULIN, March 8. (By the Asso
ciated Tress.) A ,telegram from
Dortmund statcB that the French re
entered thai city, surrounding a
school house and disarming tlio police
who were quartered thcro. Tho force
was removed to an unknown destina
tion. Tho French allowed the pa
trolmen to tako their belongings with
them while tho officers were permit
ted to retain their swords. The town
hall was later occupied. Units from
Dorstfold and Horten wero used In
the operation.
PARIS, March 8. (By ho Asso
ciatcd Press.) The government's
naval program was introduced in the
chamber ot deputies today by Minis
ter of Marino Ualbcrti, with the ro-
mark that tho program "was conceiv
ed within tho framework of the
Washington accords, bo that tho gov
crnmcnt cannot glvo Btronger proof
of its intention to obtain their ratll
ficatlon."
"The program," continued tho min
ister, "does not fix the number of
units, as that may vary with tho
needs ot the national defense, but It
fixed the tonnage for each category.
"For battleBhlps It provides for
I T.1,000 tons, but the preamble ex
plains that tho government has no In
tention of constructing to that extent
for tho present, for these reasons:
"Firstly, tho typo of the capital
ship has not been settled upon; sec
ondly, the fleet must be In accord
with our financial means, and
France has not the ' means to con
struct a fleet of capital ships and a
fleet of light units. , . '
Miss Constance Peabody and Mrs. J. Theus Mundy of New York,
ready for a plunge in the briny at Palm Beach.
HERE TO INSPECT
LUMBER SITUATION
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Owen ar
rived in Medford the first bf March
after a several months' visit in the
oast .andfijpect ;to, remain, here lor
mo next two montna. . .
J. H. Owen, who resigned from the
presidency of the California and Ore
gon Lumber company at Brookings
Ore., and disposed of his Interests in
that concern last fall,' Is looking for
a location to begin lumber manufac
ture again.
lie is looking over the situation
here and states that ho has made no
definite decision as to the beginning
of operations. A. R.. Owen, repre
senting the John S. Owen Interests,
of Owen, Wis., .will arrive about May
1, to collaborate with J. II. Owen and
give the situation a close inspection
and fuller j:oiiBldoratlotl..
Tho John S, Owen interests own
approximately 15,000 acres of tlm
bor In tho Butto FallB.tllstrlct which
Is penetrated by tho Brownloo-Olds
Lumber company railroad.' A little
over half tho timber Ib yellow and
sugar pine while tho remainder is
Douglas fir. -
The John S. Owen Interests also
own the John 8. Owen Lumber com
puny at Owen, Wis., neur Eau Clulre,
and the Kust-Owcn Lumber company
ut Drummond, Wis.
Iu regard to the local situation Mr.
Owen makes it quto emphatic that
nothing Is being done at present and
that there is no certainty 6t any
thing being done.
The Del Norte Triplicate ot Oct.
13, 1922, expresses the following sen
timent with regurd to the resigna
tion of James H. Owen as head of the
l. and O. Lumber compuuy:
'J. II. Owen has resigned from the
presidency of tho California and Ore
gon Lumber company, and has dis
posed of his Interests In that con
cern, according to Information reach
ing horo this week, tho resignation
having already taken effect.
"Mr. Owon built tho towji of
ilrooklngs and to his executive ability
and tar slghtcdness the concern
reached a high pinnacle in the Pacific
coust lumber world. Hampered by
every obstacle conceivable he kept his
organization intact through tliu try
lug times of tho war and soon as it
was over ho battled through tho de
pression period, coming up with a
bigger and better equipment to take
care of the growing business.
Mr. Owen still has and represents
large timber holdings In this county
and contemplates entering business
here, according lo Information reach
ing here. Mr. Owen's entry Into the
lumber business In Del Norto county
would mean the construction and op
eration ot another big redwood mill.
Tho Triplicate feels perfectly safe In
assuring him the full cooperation of
the people In Del Norte for any pay
roll proposition ho might inaugurate
here." . ,
' llocmt MrAdoo for 1021.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 8. Organ
ization of a ".McAdoo for President"
club was perfected here last night by
approximately 100 members of tho
Texas legislature and) others. . The
club will urgo the candidacy of Wil
liam G. McAdoo for tho presldncy. 1
, !" v.; -
SHIP U. S. NEGROES
NEW YOltK. March 8. (By the
Associated Press) Hurry V. Dough
erty, member of a detective agency
which apecializcs in furnishing labor
to Industrial concerns,, hus.glvun .up
his hopo of helping Franco exploit
the coal mines of tho Kuhr through
the medium yf American negroes..
Dougherty announced upon his ar
rival on tho steamship yesterday that
ho would transport from 2 G00 to G0O0
negro miners to tho Kuhr. Today ho
said -ho had dropped tho plan bo
cauho ho had learned since his urrival
that instend of thousands of negroes
eager for tho Jobs, ho couldn't find
100 who wero willing to uccopt thorn,
'..llo said his plan for transporting
a miners' expeditionary forco had
started January ,16 when on a voyngo
from Algiers to Marseilles ho mot
Louis Juneau, a French labor com
missioner.
Janeau 'waB convoying about 700
Arabs from Algiers to tho coal fields,
Mr. Dougherty said. "Ho told mo
that thcuo Arabs wero no good
mino workors. ' Ho said that this was
his second trip and that tho provlous
bunch had lasted only a few days
told Janeau that I had had expe
rience in supplying 'largo bodies of
men for industrial occupations. Jnn-
eau became interested at onco und
proposed that 1 seo whut I could do
telling inc he could uho ull tho mon
I could get up to 3000. Ho said ho
would take care ot all matters affect
ing compensation and transportation
and would also see that any interna
tionnl complications that might arise
would ho handled from Paris thru
tho French foreign office."
NEW YOIIK, March 8. Harry V.
Dougherty, arriving on the Btoamor
Majestic today announcod he had per
fected plans to transport between
2500 mid 5000 American negro mill
ers to tlio Ruhr to work coal mines
seized by tho French govornmont.
T
' A radio progrum from the brond
eoHtlng station ut HI an ford University
will be part of the entertainment of
the Founders' Day dinner of Htunford
nlumnl tomorrow night at tho liotel
Medford.
All Ht an ford alumni In tho Rogue
Klver valley and their wives and hus-
bunds hnvo been Invited to the dinner
at 7 o'clock. A permanent alumni
organization will be formed ut that
time. All those who Intend to bo
present, aro asked to phono their
reservations ut onco to C. K. Bleo.
the f'ullfornlu Oregon Power com
pany.' Don liunyard, Copco employe and
rndlo expert for a number of yenrs
past will set up his apparatus in the
dining room of tlio hotel for tho re
ception of tho radio program. A
loud speaker will bo used in connec
tion with tho apparatus.
Mile. Lenglen Supreme
MEN TONE, MHr. 8. (By AssociuU
ed Press). Mile Suzanno Lenglon tie-
fcated Miss Cadle of England In the
women's singles of the Mentono lawn
tennis tournacy today, 0-0, 6-1. Miss
Cadlo Is the player who on Tuosday
eliminated Mrs. Molla B, Mollory, the
American champion. , . ; . ,
U. S. Commissioner
in Alaska Frozen to
' Death in Wilderness
NOME. Alaska, Mar. 8. (By
Associated Press). W. O. Marx,
I'nited States commissioner ut
Teller, wus frozen to douth on an
unstakod trail betweon Teller
and. Shlshlmnrof, February 27,
fr according to advices from Teller
today. A companion niimcd Iteed
who hecunie separated from
Marx in a blinding snowstorm
finally reached Teller safely and
organized a searching party. The
body was found 25 miles from
Toller.
Searchers said that Marx, find
ing his companion missing, hud
ovidently back trailed several
miles and luid fallen over a high
precipice Apparent! uninjured
lie had continued In tlio direction
of Tollor until ovorcomo by tlio
cold.
COL hWEY FOR
LONDON, March 8. (By the Asso
ciuted Prcos) Speaking in tho hoiwo
ot lordB today the Earl of Balfour, ,
Hocretary for foreign affairs in the (
cnninec oi cornier i-reniier lioyu
fieorge, declared hat his circular note
to tho allies on the subject of Inter
allied debts did not doservo tho stric
tures passed upon it by American
Ambassador Harvey in his recent
speech hero.
in concluding his explanation, the
former foreign secretary said) that
from a strictly commercial viewpoint
Ambassador Hurvey's statomcnts
might havo boon correct but that "I
i for one tako less of a commercial
view of tho deal."
"Silcnoo on my part after such a
statement' by one holding tho high
J post of ambassador would prubably
bo mlsunderstuud," Lord Balfour suld
in explanation of his reply.
Kcfcrrlng to tho statement In his
noto that tho British debt to Ameri
ca was Incurred for oher countries
and not for Circut Britain, ho insisted
upon tlio truth of his statement, In
substanco if not In form, und pro
ceeded to facts und figures substan
tiating his claims, -
SAYSMlAL
A POtmCAL PLOT
KOBEBUIKI, March S- Fred L.
(Hfford. grand dragon of tho Ku
KlltV Klnn In Oi-ntrnn n ,1,1 i-Mn,l "nil
klansmcn. In Koscburg Monday night.
An informal banquet was given bo
foro tho meeting by business men.
who ore members of tho organization.
Ulffurd touched on the coming flirht
over tho scliool bill, and pledged tho
support of tho klan In aiding offlcors
In enforcing law and order.
Clifford staled that tho Modfor-1
ciiso now on trial, is a political plot
brought on by lenders In stale poll
tics. Ho will visit other k lulls In
Oregon beforo returning lo Portland.
Olfford arrived In . Medford for n
Visit following tho Koscburg meeting.
Pierce Refuses to
Grant Clemency to
Condemned Slayer
SALEM, Oro., Mur. 8. Gover-
nor W. M. Pierce announcod to-
day that ho had rcfusod to com-
inuto tho sentence ot Husted A.
Wultors, condemned to hang ut
tho Btato prison horo Friday for
tho Blaylng In Portland of Jeromo
Pulinor, a putrolman. Pleas for
executlvo clemency in the caso
had been made.
'
I OF "
NEW YOltK, .March 8. Whenever
Hurry "Bidder" Voun'g climbed the
outsldo of a tall building In fly fash-
Ion or did stunts atop a flag polo 20
or 30 stories abovo tho street, ho won
the cheers of thousands as lio defied
death. m
Thousands In Broudwuy saw him
killed Monday In n plunge from the
tenth floor of the 'Hotel Martinique in
ono of his thrilling stunts. Yester
day only ten persons attended his fu
neral and only two floral nieces wore
placed on his blcr.
AO
PILGRIM SPEECH
.1
FIND HORROR
BASTROP. LA.
Authorities Believe Watt Dan
iel and T. F. Richard Were
Tortured and Killed By Road
Tractor Metal Cleats On
Wheels Responsible for the
Bone Fractures. ''
BASTROP, La.. Mar. 8. (By Asso
ciated Press). PorsoiiB wbo havo ex
amined carefully tho report of tho
pathologists on the condition of tho
mutilated bodies of Watt Daniel and -T.
F. Itichurd, found in Lake Lafour
cha Decomber 22 last, and who aro
familiar with mochanlcal devices de
clare thoy believe thoy have identified
the socullcd "torture machine" as ono
of the many road or farm tractors in
use throughout tho parish.
Daniel and Richard were kidnaped
August 24 and nothing wus heard ot
them until four months later when
two bodies wero discovered in tho
lake and, identified as those ot the
missing men. The head of each was
crushed. The hands and feet had
been crushed orf and at oqual dis- -tanccB,
tlio lower legs, thighs, upper
arms and forearms wero broken. Tho
chests hud boen crushed in.
Tho pathologists testified at tho
open hearing here in January that an
examination indicated that the wounds
had been Inflicted beforo or Just after '
death. The heart of oach man, they
said, had been drained of blood. -
About three miles from Bastrop, on
tho Bastrdp-Colllston-Monroe highway -Is
a huge tractor used to pull a road 1
scraper, a typical machine ot Us kind.
The iron wheels are Boven or eight
feet In diameter while the rims have a
width of approximately throe foot.
Rivetod to the rims to prevent tho
wheels from slipping In soft earth, are
stcol cleats tho width ot tho wueols
and about fifteen Inches apart.
Bodies Driven Over
The bodies apparently had been
stretched full length when they wero
mutilated with the arms brought
ubovo tho head.. Fractures of tho
forearms wore on a lovel with tho
heads and those who assert the bones
must liavo been broken with a tractor,
believe they woro strotched on the
ground und the machine run or pushed
over thorn. Such a machine as the
ono noar here, It is contended, would
inflict such injuries, tho heavy cleats
on tho wido wheels, fracturing the
arm and log bones, crushing the heads
und chosts and sovorlng completely
tho bands und feet at the wrists and
just nhovo the ankles.
It is known that tho authorities
have received numerous unonymous ,
loiters from plantation owners and
fanners suggesting that a tractor
must havo boon used.
Dunlut wus forced to submit to an -operation
und those who buvo deter- .
mined upon a possihlo motlvo for tho '
mutilation bollovo that ho blod to '
death or that his captors roullzod ho',
would succumb. Having blood on thoir '
hands it either was determined to
muko away with Richard as he might
havo recognized one or more members
ot tlio band, or Itichurd might have
broken 1Mb bonds and during an at
tempt to go, to tho assistance ot Dan- ,
iol was killed.
BASTROP, La., March S. Jim
N'orsworthy und "Tot" 'Davenport
woro wltifiisses today - beforo tho
Morehouse purlsh grand Jury Investi
gating hooded band atrocities. Nors
worthy testified at tho open hoarlng
that, while a captain in tha Moro
houso parish klan ho had boen order
ed by J. K. Sklpworth, tho oxaltod Cy
clops to whip two mon und put them
acrosB tho border Into Arkansas. lo
also said tho black hood was a paTt
of the klun regalia.
Davenport was ono of tho flvo men,
kidnapped by hooded men on August
24. Ho wus released without being
flogged. ,i. . .
TTENDED BY ONLY 1 0
Two of tho mourners Wore men
who earn a living by ehalleiiKing tlio
law of gravitation Oeorge "Dure
devil" linynioud, who tearfully told
how ho bad taught "Spider" Young
his risky trade, and Peer J. Cutis, an
airplane stunt performer.
A flag draped the coffin, tribute to
Young's war work for the lied Cross.
His widow, who saw him fall to his
death, and his two small children by
a former marriage woro tho only ones
to accompany tho body to Bvorgreon
cemetery, -..-
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