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'Ir, erlty ft "ar, Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 55 Minimum today..... 22 Weather Year Ago Maximum 56 Minimum 32 Precipitation Trace :l Catly Seventeenth Tear, , MEDFORD, OliEOOX, THUKSDAY, MAKCII 13, 1923 NO. 302 J kly- -Fifty-Second Year. all mm ER-CA rd SES -ARE 0 SNHSSED STATE HOLDS CONVICTION IMPOSSIBLE On Motion of Asst. Atty. Genl. Liljeqvist, the Case Against Morris and Goodie Is Dis , missed Cases Against Moses and Howard Hill Also Dismissed. . All tho Juclison county uifiht ridlng cases, in tlio public eye for tho ast year, wens disposed of in tho circuit court just be. fore noon today. Upon motion of Assistant At torney General Llljcqvist, the case of 3. Alexander N'on is, former county jailer, and his son-in-law, Thomas 10. Goodie, charged with riot, in connection with tho "taking out" of Henry Johnson, colored, hist spring, was dismissed, and tho jury' rceted by tho court to bring in a verdict of not guilty. Tho uiovo rnmo as a surprise. The Jury did not leave tho lo.v. Tho attorney general in making the motion stated that the state did not have sufficient evidence to con vict, and that it had always been his policy never to argue a case "unless there was a fighting chanco for con viction." Tho caso had been on trial since Tuesday - ' s-- The sudden move caused no dem onstration, tho two defendants re ceiving tho verdict in a matter of fact way. They received the congratula tions of friends and rolati-'es, dur ing a recess of the court. Upon motion also of the state, the indictments against Howard A. Hill, orchardist, acquitted last week, of a riot charge In the Halo case, and Bert L. Moses, county janitor, accused with Hill, of being parties to the hanging of -Arthur Burr, colored bootblack, was dismissed. They were charged in the indictments with riot, assault and extortion. The court announced that tho re maining lndictmonts against Dr. Jouott P. Bray, mlnintor; J. F. Hltt son, auto dealer, and Howard A. Hill all acquitted last Saturday on riot charges in collection with the .1. 1". Halo banging and kidnapping, had been postponed, "for tho present. These Indictments charged extortion and assault. Tho above legal action closes the nightrtding cases. Among , the witnosses called this : morning was K. A. Fleming of Jack sonville, foreman of tho county grand jury lost May, who was called by tho defense, to testify that Johnson ap peared before that body, and made no mention of his testimony In this trial, that he had seen Norris. dur ing the progress of the "holdup" with his hands down. Under cross examination by the state. Fleming admitted that John son had not been asked this question. Fleming was asked by the state, if lie had not been present at a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan, at which he had a conversation with James E. Kdmlston of Medford, In which the Hale, Burr and Johnson ""hangings" wcro discussed, In which he (Klem lng) had said, substantially, In re gard to any investigations: "We have the grand jury fixed; and they will do nothing.' Tho defense objected, but Fleming answered tho query in the negative Fleming denied that he was a klans ninn, or that he had talked about what the grand jury was going to do. Fleming corroborated tho tes timony of Norris and Goodie, that he (Continued on pare eight) GOULD BOY RUNS TRUE 10 FORM, GETS FIRST DIVORCE AT AGE OF 27 NEW YORK, Murch 13. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould, Jr., have been divorced at Nice, France, friends here learned today. The two children Iiiivb t.een awarded to the mother. Tho marirage took place at Phila delphia in 191 1, when both were -i years old. soon after Gould had been graduated from Columbia university. Dance Record Broken Again, Santos Casani Hops 18 Hrs., 34 Min. t LONDON. March 13. The 4. if.tuet claimant to marathon v dancing honors is Santos Cas- anl, a former aviator, who says v that ho beat the worm's recora v with a continuous performance lasting IS hours aiid 34 min- utcs. Durlnn this time Casani did 424 fast dances with a succes- sion of partners. The first young woman lasted thirteen hours. beginning at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. MILLION DOLLAR OMAHA, Neb., March 13. (By the Associated Press.) The heaviest snow of tho winter blanketed Ne braska and western Iowa yesterday and last night and is continuing this orning with no sign of abatement. The fall at Omaha has been more than eight inches, resulting in demor alized street traffic. The fall over Nebraska according to reports has averaged more than fivo inches. Sioux City, Iowa, reported six inches. A brisk wind sprang up yes terday and the snow began to drift badly, threatening to tie up railroad service. "Worth a million dollars," was the opinion of ranchers and stock men. Mild temperatures ranging between 2 6 and 28 degrees prevail. CHICAGO, March 15. The mid- western storm extends from Texas northastward" across the lower Mis souri valley to the Great Lakes, it was announced today by the weather bureau, with attendant precipitation covering most trans-Mississippi sec tions as far west as tho Rockies. Con siderable snow is reported, especially in Nebraska and Iowa. AHARILLO, Texas, March 13.- The Texas panhandlo today is In the grip of a blizzard. Tho mercury at Amarlllo was 12 degrees above early today. DISS MOINES, la., Murch 13. Snow covered the ground in all Iowa today. Tlinrn u-pre aleht inches nf Rnnw here. This is the most snow Des Moines has had In soveraj yours. MASON CITY, Iowa, March 13. Ten Inches of snow here today vlr tually tied up highway traffic and trains were ploughing through de"cp drifts only by using two engines. OMAHA. Neb., March 13. For tho 24 hour period ending at 7 a. m. to day, sixteen inches of snow had fal len In Omaha, a new record in the lo cal weather bureau's history. Schools wero closed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, while three in Omaha had to close. Soma street cairs were stalled in drifts. Railroad trains were being delayed. DENVER, March 13. Fair weath er was predicted today for tho Rocky Mountain region, following the storm which swept the eastern part of the region yesterday. Snow fell general ly vesterdav and last night from i .Montana southward lo northern, and eastern New Mexico, the weather bu reau announced. A total of 23,733 immigrants from the United States entered Canada Inst year, with cash and effects valued at JH.644.02T. jMrs. Gould was Laura Carter, a uuncer. j ue nimnuge cuuseu a tem porary estrangement between Gould und hlo t.ur.m.a lnafoiwl fif onl.rinir j the bond business with his brother- in-law. Anthony J. iirexci, jr. .u r. omiri is sain to oe in r-gypi. j His wife and children went to France 1 months R?o. BLIZZARD RAGES IN MIDDLE IS! 3 1 ARE KILLED Men Prowling; About Ma chinery Warehouse at Reck linhausen Shot Down By French Guards Disregard ed Orders Is Claim Berlin for Peace, Reported. DCESSELDOKF, March 15. (By tho Associated l'rcss) Three Ger mans were shot and killed by French sentries today -while trying to break into a machinery warehouse at Reck llnhausen. According to the French announcement, the shooting took place after the Germans had disre garded the usual challenges. PARIS. March 15. (By the Asso ciated Press) German nationalists, wearing French uniforms and posing as French soldiers, are declared in French official advices from the Ruhr to have been committing rob beries and other outrages with their own countrymen as the victims. Their purpose us interpreted here, is to ex clto the public against the troops of occupation und stiffen tho Gorman resistance. The French authorities are Inves tigating thoroughly Into the extent of this and other features of the oppo stlon to tho Franco-Belgian regime in the Ruhr, . j ; . Among these new . developments, the French declare, are the circula tion by word of mouth und by pub lication of accounts of imaginary at tacks on German women and of high way robberies. When theso stories first came to tho knowledge of the French author ities they invited those who had been Mured or attacked to complain. They received numerous letters, they state, but were unable to trace the authorship of the letters or to obtuln witnesses. WASHINGTON, March 15. State department and German embassy of ficials here said today they knew nothing of a new German plan lor settlement of the reparations ques tion referred to In press dispatches yesterday from London. At the embassy, the view was ex pressed that the Berlin government had been willing and ready since 1 ! 1 8 to submit a plan if tho allied governments would give It attention, but so fur as was known here, there wuh no proposal under consideration in Berlin. ' LONDON, March 15. The infor mation printed by the diplomatic cor respondent of the Dully Telegraph to IIik effect that finnnunv has Ul her sleeve a peace plan that includes guarantees to ranee as well us in ternational ' supervision of her fi nances, uttractcd considerable atten tion here today. The article, based on advices which the newspaper says are thor nimhlv reliable, asserts Germany is not prepared to bring the plan into the light until she is assured it win receive more nttentlon than did the proposals she had ready for tho Lon don and Paris premiers' conference. Unofficial overtures were recently made to the British cabinet by Ger many, the correspondent continues, no l,i tchether Grout Britain Would enter the oneninK wedeo in peace ne gotiations by suggesting openly tnnt a definite German offer would be considered In London. These advices, the article asserts, did not draw out the British authorities and conse quently Germany Is reluctunt to dls elnse iter hand. Tho writer declares that the Ger man Industrialists are prepared to contribute a material guarantee, ne learns that Germany is ready to nc- cept international financial control. OPERATING STILL lIL'.iKNt;. Ore. Murch 13. Fine of HOOD and sentence of six month in Jail was the penalty Imposed today by Judge Jesse O. Wills upon Wil liam Kllduskl. who had plead..! guilty to operating a still- Ills wife. Frances also pleaded guilty nnd was fined 10t0 und given three months In Jail- The pair have ten children the youngest a year old. These were the first convictions here under tne recently tightened stuto prohibition law. Have They Kissed and Macfe Up? NohSo, Say ' Movie Pair Who Parted II Wt-Mi y I; 10S AN'O K-1 -V-S Kfconrileil f Humor in the movie coioiiy thai blond pctiu Wand, I tv jiml rirSZ .. wl'ue tou after they e,e ma.ned , SelZnber.1 !.!. They separated last Octebe., and Mi Hawlt-y ul for mice, cnuron .lor.-suppinl. u..wUI;..K.. work and cu,e. -I had i. K"d job when 1 married her und I have uike nor since " Hawlev retortetl, "1.11.1 if i told what I know ,t would cruck Hollvwood wi.ie open." Since tins threat the lull in d.vuic actio,, hui inspired rumors of reconciliation, which both deny. MET DANCER NYACK, N. Y., Mar. 15. Evan Uur- rowes Fontaine, a dancer, and her mother, .Mrs. Florence K. Fontaine, wero Indicted today on charges of perjury growing out of the dunccr's million dollar breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vunderbilt Whitney. The dunccr and nor mother, report ed to bo In New York, will bo arrested on a bench warrant In the event they do not surrender. Supremo Court Jus tice Tompkins on Junuary 3 sustained charges of fraud preferred by counsel for Whitney and vacated the annul ment of the dancer's marriage to Ster ling Adair of Waco, Texas. "A gross fraud," Justice Tompkins said, "had been perpetrated in the court nnd both the plaintiff and her mother had coinmlted rank perjury." Miss Fontaine, an Oriental dancer, obtained an annulment of her mur ringe to Adair on the ground that she lived with htm only three hours, llecords showed, however, that they had lived together for a year. Adair diod after the annulment. A promi nent position In the suit was occupied by the dancer's infant son. She said she was going to name him Cornelius Whitney. U'REN SUES HALL Fl I'OHTLANI), Ore.. March. 1 3. Suit for D. 170 alleged to ho duo as fees for uctliiK as attorneys In tho Hall Olcott recount proceedings lust yeur was filed here yesterday by W. S. L"llen, H. 10. Collier und John Col lier against Charles Hall, A. K. I'ock of Marshflold and eight members of the Public Defense leuguo of Oregon. XKW YOKK. March 13. Tho rango of llelneman park at New Or leans, .lewcrllied as tho lai-ReHt play ing field In the world, was found yes terday hv Italic lluth nnd he knocked five lmne!iall over the fence, hlF flrnt home run barrage of the yeur. A sixth (ell a few feet short. HR PERJURY N mm CASE BADLY BEATEN YAKIMA, Wush., March 13.-Yuk-ima police officers aro today comb ing the city in hopes of finding the human fiend who last night bent Mrs. Volncy S. Haldwln so severely that she Is in a qulto serious condition to day. Mrs. Baldwin was walking home at about 1 1 o'clock when sho became uwuro that she was followed. As she quickened her steps tho man hurried to her, placed a thick iron rod nguinet her back and ordered her to "keep still and get down on your knees." Instead Mrs. Haldwln struggled and shrieked until sho iirouse.1 A. H. Reynolds, living noar by. Upon his approach tho assallunt run awny, hut ho had already struck Mrs. Haldwln several times with his bar. scratched her face and nearly choked her. The place where the at tack occurred Is one of tho Best resl denco districts of the city. KVEKKTT, March 13. Tho police aro Investigating the story of Cllno Stark, fourteen yeara old, who early this morning was found bound and gagged In an alley in a residence t) In Irlct. Ho wus weak from exposure and said he had lain all night In that condition. Ho says a young man and a hoy met him on tho street, led him to the alley whero ho wus found there robbed him of a small sum of money and kicked and bound him. T SA1.EM, Ore, March 13. The res ignations of James It. Lynn. Salem; II. I.. Wulthcr, Medford, und II. K. Ilrowne. Portlund, as members of the slate board of fair directors were sent to (lovernor I'lerce today by the respective members. It Is understood their resignations will be accepted. Ex-Imperial Wizard Must Go On Trial In Federal Court HOUSTON. Texas. March 15. Federal Judge 11. C. Hutche- son, at noon today declined to grant a continuance in the case of Edward Young Clurko of At lanta, former ucting lmperlul wizard of tho Ku Klux Klan, charged with violation of the Mann act. It is expected that a warrant will be issued at once for tho arrest of Clarke and his return to Houston. Tho Clarke caso probably will go' to trial during tho present torm of court this spring. CJ HANTS PASS. March 15. Eu Bno Wulker, Fred Myers und Leo Wynham. aliened forgers, were hUU at liberty Tuesday following their capture und escupo Monday night. Tho threo men are charged, with pass ing worthier checks In ClruntH Pass, Rogue Itlver and Medford. leaving for tho north at night by auto. They were overhauled by tho officers about 1C miles north of town and were being brought back when one of the alleged forgers, who was driving tho car, forced another machine from the highway Into the ditch. When the officers and the men got out to investigate the three men agaia Jumped' into their car, with- thi officers in hot pursuit. A running guufJght followed for about two miles when tho three men abandoned their machine and took to the hillH. The tonne mi of their machine was filled with new tires, it being their practice, according to tho officials, to purchase a tire, giving a chock of large denomination In payment- About $250 was collected in this city, the authorities assert. REEL IN STAGE A REAL LOS ANGELES, Mar. 15. A riot of movlo men that was not filmed and sent flvo of tho extras Into the receiv ing hospital hore with real, not reol wounds, occurred today at tho service bureau fur motion picture employes. It was an outgrowth of reduction in pay from (5 to $3 for motion picture extras. There were 300 men in the sceno. They wore waiting for work In the yard of tho bureau. A bureau man Is sued a call, declaring that the wages would bo $3 Instead of tho customary $5. A howl went up and tho 300 men throatoned to storm the bureau locat ed In an old residence In Hill street near Tenth, JtiBt outside the rctull bus iness Bectlon of the city. TED THYE BEATS JAP CHAMPION POHTLANH, Ore.. March 13. Ted Thyc. llght-heavywelght wrestler of lnt l.. ,wl ...n r.nm Turn Xtivake Japanese' Jiu jltso wrestler, In 3'J minutes, 40 seconds here last night. There was only one fall, Mayttke having been unable to continue the mutch. Tl SMASHED TOO I.ONOON. Mur. 15. Endurance rec ords In dancing are being shattered so frequently In tho hot contest for world supremacy between England and Scot land that It Is dlfricult to keep truck of the figures. When Santos Cusani, former aviator, stopped his continuous performance ut Hammersmith early today with a record of 18 hours 34 minutes, he was happy In tho belief that he had estab lished new figures for continuous dancing. .His efforts were vain, for when he flushed two couples In Edlu- FOMR ESCAPES AT GRANTS PASS AMID GUNFIRE WN11 IS NOW I IDEAL HUBBY Perfect Lover Settles Down As Faithful Benedict Married Again Last Night to Wini fred Hudnut Will Let Wife Read His Love Letters Plan Dancing Tour. C'lUC'ACiO. March 15. Itodolph Valentino. ".Shiek" of the Movies, to day began , reparations for settling down to a quiet married life, follow ing marriage for tho second time to Winifred Hudnut in Crown Point, Intl.. lust night. What Valentino described as tho must beetle year of his life, which started with his marriage to Miss Hudnut In Mexico and which Cali fornia authorities declared wus not legal because a year required by Valentino's interlocutory decree from his first wife had not expired, ended with the quiet wedding ceremony be fore Justice Howard Kemp in the lit tle Indiana town. The year of separation to 'which Valentino and hjs bride agreed and which ended whli Inst night's cere mony has convinced the "perfect lovor" of tho scruen that married life is much to bo desireu and he de clared hlnisolf willing and glad to as sume tho dutiful husbund role, even to allowing Mrs. Valentino to censor the letters from feminine movie fans. In' tho marriage license Mrs. Val entino gave her name us Winifred IJcWolfe, her legal name, because of adoption by nn aunt, her ago ns 20, nnd her address as Hollywood, Cnl. Valentino gavo his name ns Itodolfo Ouglelnii his ago ns 27, his address ns Los Angeles and his occupation us a motion picture player. Valentino und his bride plan to h-uve tomorrow night on u six week's dancing tour, their first nppenranco to be in Omaha, Neb., Saturday'nlght. T SALEM, Ore., Mar. 16. (Special). As fur as (iovornor Pierce Is concerned there Is no Ku Klux Klan In Oregon. Yeat-rdny W. R. Stewart, correspon dent of tho Seattle Post Intelligencer, who covered the nightrldhig trials In Medford for that paper, called on tho governor nnd naked him what political significance he believed the klan now had In the state of Oregon. (lovernor Pierce allowed marked irritation at the question and replied that ho didn't even know that such uu organization existed. He said there had boon much talk about tho Ku Klux Klan but he had no evidence that there was one in . the state. He rc bukod the newspaper representative for taking up his valuable time asking I ftnph Irrelevant, nuestlons. HorseShoe Sport at College SEATTLE, Mur. 15.-rThe list of Intramural sports at the University of Washington this spring includes barn- j yard golf. Inmates of the fraternity and club houses are being organized into six man teams that will compete for the horseshoe pitching champion ship of tho campus. FAST FOR THE JUDGES burgh wore putting the lust touches on u much higher record of 21 hours, 16 minutes. They were Miss Mary Donnelly und Joseph Young, nnd Miss Lena Hansen and Hugh MucKay. Casanl's record was most remark able from the fuct that he had been gravely wounded In the world war, a section of his collurbone has been car ried awuy, whilo shrapnel fragments still remained in his lefts. Casani carried a pedometer which registered 63 miles, 1410 yards when he was forced lo quit by sore feet. rv-.:vr
