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'Jally Seventeenth Tear.
i?e.-kly Fifty-Second Year.
MEDFORD, OREO OX, TUESDAY, .MARCH 20, 1923
NO. 30G
CIVIL
WA
F
UJUfi
Evidence Introduced at Foster
Jrial Shows That American
Bolsheviki Are for Armed
Revolt to Destroy U. S. Cap
italism Court Overrules
Defense.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Mar. 20. (By
Associated Press.) The questionnaire
which William Z. Poster Is charged
with filling out when ho arrived at
kllio communist national convention
neia in mo snnci aunes near nere last
August was. introduced in evidence to
day by the state in Foster's trial for
criminal syndicalism. The question
naire lead to the jury said that "Bor
den", the niimo Foster used at the
convention, according to Francis Mor
row, state witness, had been "active
In the revolutionary movement for
twenty-one years."
"Borden" also wrote In answer to
questions on the sheet that he was a
paid employe of the communist party,
with the title of industrial organizer;
that be had, been a member of tin
I. W. W., socialist party and several
labor unions, had been arrested fre
quently and had participated in scores
of strikes.
Morrow, who as "K-97," a depart
ment of justice agent, attended the
convention as a delegate from the
Philadelphia and Cnmden district con
tinued today to identify more of the
papers seized when federal ngents
raided the meeting.
The morning session was marked by
frequent clashes and the exchange of
personalities between Frank. P. Walsh,
chief of counsel for Foster, and Q. L.
Smith,- assistant attorney general 'of
Michigan. '
A bitter fight by the defense yester
day and today to keep the communist
program and constitution out of the
evidence, failed when Judge Whlto
ruled today It could be read to the
jury.
Korco Ik Ecssontinl
"ny the use of force," the program
states, "the proletariat destroys the
machinery of the bourgeoisie state
and establishes the proletarian dicta
torship based on soviet power.
"The proletarian revolution is a
long process. It begins with the de
struction of the capitalist state and
the "establishment of the dictatorship
and ends only with the complete
transformation of the capitalistic sys
tem Into the communist society."
At another point under the heading
of "mans action," too process of tho
proposod revolution as described:
"The revolutionary epoch upon
which tho world has new entered,"
the party program says, "forces tho
proletariat to resort to militant meth
ods mass action, leading to direct
collision with tho bourgeoisie state.
"Mass action culminates in armed
insurrection and civil war. This
can be nothing else but a direct strug
gle between the armed forces of the
ipitallst state on the one hand and
the armed forces of the proletarian
revolution on the other.
"The communist party will keep in
the foreground the idea or the neces
sity of violent revolution for the de
struction of the capitalist state and
the establishment of the dictatorship
of tho proletariat based on soviet
power.
"The communist party will syste
matically and persistently propagate
the Idea of the Inevitability of and ne
cessity for violent revolution and will
prepare the workers lor armed insur-
(Continued on page eight)
FARRAR
;T
NEW YORK, Mar. 20. An attitude
of general indifference was displayed
today by Arthur E. Schwartz, attorney
for Lou Tellegcn, toward the testi
mony Introduced against his clfent
yesterday by witnesses for Ceraldine
Harrar, former opera diva who U
suing the actor for divorce.
While the actor, who Is on a vnudo
vlllo tour, nsserted he did not intend
to defend himself ngalnst the charges
brought ngalnst him his nttorney said
tho outcome of Miss Kurrar's action
Wnnlrf ,lnln,mln uhnl Mr. Tellcgen
would do about the counter suit for a
. no n..H i ..a u. -
relations alleged to have been had be-
f i
BY
Marshfield Rancher
Convicted of Murder
In the First Degree
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Mar. 20.
L. W. Peare, a rancher, last
night was found guilty of murder
in tho first degree for the sluying
of his wife and James Culver, a
neighbor. The jury returned its
verdict after deliberating two
and a half hours. The trial had
occupied seven days.
Peare's defense was one of In-
sanity. He pleaded on the stand
that he had slain Culver but said
he did not remember whether ho
had killed his wife or not. Ho
charged that too friendly rola-
tions had existed between the
two.
"BEST EVER" IS
Prelude to Chamber of Com
merce Drive a Tremendous
Success Vining Arouses
Enthusiasm With Eloquent
Appeal for Action.
Approximately three hundred en
thusiastic Chamber of Commerce
boosters attended the big civic dinner
at the Hotel Medford last night lit
which Prof. I. E. Vining of Ashland
was the principal speaktT.
In nddltion to one of Mr. vining s
excellent speeches delivered in his
vivid and eloquent style thero wore
talks by M. J.. Duryea of tho slate
chamber of commerce und by Fuy
Urngg und Frank Buchter of the
Modford hlKh,,school debating team.
A part of the' program was present
ed by Hob Boyl and Cnrl Tongwald
taking the parts of busy business man
and tho Chamber of Commerce mem
bership solicitor, respectively. C. C.
Lcmmon assisted by Chester Barr,
had charge of the Crater's part of the
program.
The big dining room was beauti
fully decorated in sprigs of hemlock
nnd blue nnd gold crepe paper
cleverly arranged by Tom Swem.
Special lighting effects nrranged by
the power company mado the room
give the appearance of a belated New
Year's party with the varicolored
paper surpentino forming a weblike
maze in the rays of tho spotlights.
A banquet, which truly did credit to
Host Emil Mohr, was Bcrved nna
every guest was provided with a half
spring chicken in addition to all the
accoutrements. The chicken was un
usually delectable, as were the re
mainder of the items on tho excel
lent menu.
M. J. Duryea, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, spoke for a
few moments on "Crossing tho
Threshold."
At tlio Threshold.
"Medford is crossing tho threshold
of 11123," said Duryea, "and from
tho spirit evidenced hero tonight, I
am sure will meet her problems,
tasks nnd opportunities with Pro
gressive vim nnd vigor ns never be
fore. "A chamber of commerce stands
for a united Medford and a Ifnlted
Jackson county. The door of oppor
tunity Is swinging open for Medford
as It lias never swung before nnd a
new era of prosperity is bound to
dawn if you meet it with this won
derful spirit.
"There is no use to hope for Med
ford to grow: to wait for Medford to
gruw or to prny for Medford's growth
unless those hopes and prayers nre
barked by effort and work. Cities
nre not built by the operations of na
ture, but by tho activities of man.
The Chnmber of Commerce Is tho
(Continued on page eight)
CLOSES
-it
tween Tellcgen nnd two actresses, one
Miss Lorna Ambler, an Australian
A the other an American,
Miss "L," was given yesterday before j
Referee Thomas H. Mahoney. ino
name of a third, described as Bessie
Clifford of San Francisco, was brought
Into the original record, hut no testi
mony was adduced against her yester
day. The most sensational of the chnrges
concerned Miss "L", an actress who
was In tho cast of the play in which
Tellcgen was a star in 1921.
With yesterday's testimony Miss
Fnrrnr closed her case. The referee
. . nQ(nnomr,n. i oni,,r to
to make an entry for the record.
COMMENT
DINNER
Has Fate Smashed Gladys Deacon's
Marriage
&ot Fueo
VAe orter i JLc
, iow Mrs. K 5jL - x
NEW YORK Reports that the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the latter the former Gladys
Deacon of New York, are contemplating a separation, are shocking society For many years the present
duchess was the close friend of her predecessor, the one-time Consuelo Vanderbilt. When Consuelo
married the duke, however, her mother. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, refused to allow the then Miss
Deacon to attend the wedding because of an old scandal. When the duke fell in love with Gladys Deacon,
Consuelo secured a divorce and her friend succeeded her ns Duchess of Marlborough. Thus, ironically,
the very woman barred from the wedding married the Outw herself And now society hears the end of
her romnnca is near
PERCE
NAME
F.
STO
SALEM, Ore., March 20. Gov
ernor Pierce his nppolntcd F. Hoy
DaviB of Medforn, ns a member of the
state gumo commission to succeed
L. K. Ilean, of Eugene, whoso term
has expired. Davis is a democrat.
The appointment of Davis will
meet with general satisfaction local
ly, and was not unexpected. He has
been an activo sportsman for years,
has always taken an active interest
in the betterment of fish and game
conditions in southern Oregon, and
is well acquainted from experiences
In field and stream, with tho needs
of this section.
Mr. Davis, when appraised of his
annnlntmonl tlila mn,nln. enfrl "T
............ ,,u, ii.itr,, ou. .
(In not rnnnrfl m v anlpetinn In tlip '
light of politics, but for the good of
the service."
Mr. Davis Is offlclnl court steno
grapher, and well nnd widely known
throughout tho district, he repre
sents. Help rut It Over
IN UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, March 20. A branch
of tho Faclsti of Italy called tho Fas
cist! of North America, was founded
In this country two years ago and now
has 20,000 members In branches In
many of the leading cities In the
United States and Canada, the New
York Herald says today.
Temporarily tho organization in
this hemisphere la said to he under
the direction of lT. Menlcucci, In
countries other than Italy, Signor
Menlcucci said, the fascist! are here
to see that Italians understand the
duties of Italian citizenship and obey
the laws of tho country in which they
live.
"It will keep out of American poll
tics." he added.
Tho fnsclstl In the United Slates
will stand principally for this order,
h ttnlfl Thn Itnllnn vnfnfnna nf I1,n
American and Italian armies will re-j
eclve help, immigrants will be aided!
and Americanization will bo ndvoca'.-
ed. '
ROY DM
THE GAME COM.
To Her Friend's Husband?
TO OUST ALIENS
YAKIMA, Wash., March 20. A
definlto campaign to prevent nn eva
sion of tho state's antl-alion land
ownership ruling on the Yakima In
dian reservation was planned last
night at a meeting of the Wapato
post of tho American Legion, which
was attended by about 75 business
men and farmers. Tho gutherlng
went on record ns unanimously In fa
vor of a strict enforcement of tho
anti-alien law, not only as it applies
to Japanese but for other alien
lessees of reservation lands nnd de
cided to call a community mass meet
ing for March 2S, when the matter
will be put up to all residents of the
reservation for Indorsement. L. W.
Taylor was named chairman of tho
committee to draft resolutions to be
presented then and A. E. McCredy
named head of an Investigation com
mittee to ferret out any evasions of
the ruling with the idea of bringing
action ngalnst the violators.
Make It I'nnnlmoUH
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 19. Flvo
cabinet officers, past or present,
stand pledged as reserve officers to
answer a call in tho colors. They
are Secretary Weeks, Secretary Work,
Newton T. linker, war tlmo secretary
of war, Henry L. Htlmson, war secre
tary under Taft, and Will H. Hays.
Make '23 Best Ever
Casualties of the
Air Service
RAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 20.
Wyek ("hanilee, flying cadet of
Brooks field, wiim killed here today
when he was struck In tho head hy
the jirnpellor of nn nlrplane. He did
not hear the ship come up behind
him. His skull wnn fractured. He
lived nt (lainesvllle, Texas.
EL PASO, Mar. 20. Jay C. lllchcn
bach and Kenneth P. Brown, reserve
officers of tho nlr service, were
burned to dcuth at Fort Bliss yester
day when their pluno cruBhcd to tho
grouud,
rST - fcF . K i e?-?3US. ;
We.dilin.4 JjJo io
rt" JZ DtcKe and
ANTI-GARB BILL
IS HELD OP BY
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 20. Provision
In tho Oregon constitution that no
: laws shall be passed impairing the ob
I ligations of contracts may delay the
application of the law passed by tho
lust legislature forbidding tno wear
ing of soctnriun garb by teachers In
the public schools, according to Mury
L. Fulkerson, county school superin
tendent. Tho point has been raised In Marlon
county, where seventeen Catholic
' nuns are employed as teachers In the
I schools at St. Paul, Sublimity, Mount
i Angel and St Ixiuis, ns to whether
1 these teachers will be required to quit
i when tho new law goes Into effect, or
I Bhnll he allowed to serve out the terms
specified in their contracts. The prob
lem will be submitted to the attorney
general for his opinion.
SALEM. Ore., Mar. 20. Dan Casey,
who had been sentenced to hang fol
lowing his conviction on the charge of
first degrep murder for the killing of
J. II. Phillips, railroad detective nt
Portland Juno 14, 1021, lost his appeal
to tho supreme court today by a de
cision rendered today, Phillips died
from wounds received In a fight with
, suspected box enr robbers and the
prosecution charged Casey fired the
shots. Casey will have to bo re-son-'
tenced. ,
Join tho C. of C. .
Uncle Joe Given
a Cigar Nearly
Three Feet Long
DANVILLE. Ind., Mnrch 20. The
largeHt smokablo rigar ever ninnu-
faclured has Just been presented to
I'nele Joe Cannon by the Cigar Mnn
ufnrturers' union of Now York. It
is 2S inches in length, a foot In clr-
cumferenee nnd is niadu of puro Ha
i vnna Hbnde grown tobacco, filler and
wrapper. Thn clgnr weighs a little
more than five pounds nnd arrived
packed In a special luind-mndo clgnr
box. Both the box and the cigar bear
the regulation wrapper nnd band, the
box carrying n. special stamp.
Mnko It Unanimous
CHICAGO, March 20. Harold F.
McCormlck and his bride, Ganna
Walska, Polish opera singer, wero
linrn nirnln tndnv. havlnir returned
from California, where they spent a!
delayed honeymoon with Mr. McCor-j
mlck'a mother, I
CONSTITUTION
Two Men Dead, One
Blind, One III As
Result of Drinking
I
COLUMBUS, Cla., March 20.
One soldier and ono civilian
aira dead, another civilian Is
I blind and an enlisted man is so-
rlously ill, at tho stuto hospital,
Fort Uonnlng, near hero, as a re-
suits of drinking wood alcohol,
It was announced today. Prlvato
Aaron llarrell, 21, Doerun, tia.,
and electrician, Henry M. Davis
of Vlcksburg, Miss., civilian,
dted lato Monday, it becaino
I known today.
OF PRETTY GIRL
Dorothy Keenan Case Takes
Sensational Turn When Po
lice Are Tipped Off That
Model Had Letters From
"Mr. Marshall."
NEW YORK, March 20 The
Dorothy Keenan murder case took a
sharp turn today, when the police
began investigating a tip that the
model had been slain after she had
refused to keep In a plot to blackmail
the mysterious "Mr. Marshall," her
elderly and wealthy admirer.
A Bcore of detectives were dis
patched to check up on confidential
Information received by the police
thnt despite tho ract that "Mr. Mar
shall" wa'B reported to have exercised
discretion In affulrs of tho heart,
MIsb Kooiian bad in her possession a
package of letters from him.
This Information enmo as a sen
sation after it had boen reported that
"Mr. Marshall," reputed to bo a Bos
ton manufacturer, who Identity has
not been revealed by the district at
torney's office, had kept ,hls real
name from the girl.
According to the Information sup
plied tho police, tho letters from
"Mr. Marshal" wero In Miss Keonan's
apartment on West 57th street, the
night before she was found dead In
bed, with an empty chloroform bot
tle nearby.
Mako 23 Best Ever
HARDINGS LEAVE
FOR ST. AUGUSTINE
PALM BEACH. Fla., March 10.
President nnd Mrs. Harding und the
vacation party today began n north
ward crulso that will end Thursday
or Friday nt St. Augustine, After a
Sunday In Palm Beach, the members
of tho party last night boarded the
houseboat Pioneer, which hnj come
up from Miami without its pusHen
gers. Fishing tncklo nnd bait were
nhnnrd the Plnneer when thn Inff
hero today and It was thought prob- J
nhlu that tho monotony of chugging
up the indlnn nnd Halifax rivers
might be varied by fishing.
Tho tentative pinna for the ciulse
northward do. not provide for so
many stops fur golf as on the W'ay
down,, but it Is regarded as likely that
two or threo rounds will be played,
Including ono over tho course at Dny
tona. ,
SEE'BLACKMAIL'i
PLOT! MURDER
DEATH TOLL IN MIDDLE WEST STORM
CHICAGO, Mnrch 20. Winter,
theoretically ending threo months
sway over the weather, today survey
ed tho effects of one of tho worst
Mnrch storms over known to the
Mississippi valley ns ho prepared to
vucntn his post to spring, duo to ar
rive tomorrow.
Weather reports Indlcntcil thnt he
would not end his ruin today without
n parting shot, however, predicting
light snows today In Chlcagn.
The storm that swept Into tho
Mississippi vnlley yeMcrduy shatter
ing nil records for this tlmo of year
ns fur south ns Texas nnd Florida, the
weather bureau said, has moved into
Canada with increased Intensity.
With thnt disturbance now hurtl
ing toward the Atlantlo const tho
weather bureau reported another of
wide extent nnd marked Intensity
coming down out of tho nprthwest at-
TRIAL BOND
EX-WIZARD
FORFEITED
Edward Young Clarke Fails to
Appear in Court to Answer
Charge of Using Mails to
Defraud Bench Warrant
Issued Ohio Klan Wins
Case.
ATLANTA. On., March 20. Ed
ward Young Clarke, former acting
imperial wizard of tho Knights of
tho Ku Klux Klan, failed to appear
for trial in tho United States court
today on chnrga of using tho mails
to defraud. His bond of ?500 was
ordered forfeited by Judge Oeorgo
Sibley and it was stated a bench war
rant for his arrest would bo issued
later.
When Clarke's case was called, his
counsel requested a continuance on
the ground that Mr. Clarke's leading
counsel was engaged In another court.
Ho disclaimed knowledge of Clarke's
whereabouts, but stated he thought
ho co.uld bo produced if the case was
continued until' next week. On tho
request of District Attorney Clint C.
Hagnr. Clarke's bond was forfeited.
The charges against Clarke of
using tho mails to defraud grew out
of alleged actions in connection with
tho propnR-ntion department of tho
Ku Klux Klan in which Clarko is nl-
t leged to have sent letters to officers
of tho klnn, advising them it would
bo necessary to make bond and call
ing for a premium of $5 each to bo
sent to him. Sovornl of these prem
iums were sent In, the government
charges but no bonds wero issued for
thorn, it is alleged. w - ..,',
: OMAHA, Nob., March 20. Edgar
t Fuller, former kloagle of the Ku
Klux Klan, realm of north Califor
nia, announced today ho is organizing
"tho fnsclstl of America," to supplant .
tho klan.
Incorporation papers will be filed
shortly, ho said, adding thnt the new
order will not permit hoods, but that
black shirts will be worn.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. March 20.
Motions mado by tho defense to dis
miss tho defendant, return the prop
erty seized and to throw out all evi
dence nnd testimony offered by the
state wero sustained by Judge Gol
den Davis In police court today In the
case of W. M. Cortner, Ku Klux Klan
kleagle and organizer, charged with
riotous conspiracy.
In sustaining the motions, Judge.
Davis said that tho prosocution might
take the case to the grand Jury on Its
own initiative. '
Tho prosecution did not Indicate
what action It would take.
Join tho C. of C.
IS NOW MRS. HALE
It Is reported thnt J. F. Hale, prin
cipal figure in tho recent ntghtrldlng
trlnls was married Inst week in 8an
Francisco to Miss Itufjerta Pierce,
also a state witness In the recent
trinls.
Although tho report has not been
definitely confirmed It Is reported by
employes In the county clerk's office
Mint a letter for the recording of a
deed for Miss Pierce reached the of
fice recently nnd that sho signed her
self, Mrs. J. F. Hale.
S
) fc'wjW
tended by rising temperature In the
Missouri valley stnteg Itocky Mountain
nnd ptntenu regions, and precipitation
from tho Northern Pacifio cons: cast
ward to Minnesota.
Winter's last day saw th-s. entire
upper Missouri valley in some parts
enjoying fair weather, digging Itself
out of snow drifts nnd restoring
transportation nnd communication.
Itnilronds wore busily working to
cieur the snowbound tracks and cities
wero cleaning up their streets.
Tho storm's death toll was nine.
Two deaths were reported nt Itock
ford, III., three near Baxter, Colo.,
ono at Chicago, ono at Waukesha,
Wis., one near Kutch, Colorado and
one at Whiting,- lnd.
In the central Mississippi and
lower Mississippi valley, agricultural
authorities estimated that the crop
dnmngo extended Into millions ot
dollars, :