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Newspaper Page Textreltr f-. urr Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 79 Weather Year Ago Maximum 61 ' Minimum today . 46 Precipitation .04 Minimum 42 Precipitation ..Trace Dally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly -Fifty-Third Year. MED FORD, OREGOX, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923 NO. 8 if EX-OREGON . EVANGELIST I MADE 801 Wilson, Awaiting Trial for Murder, Confesses Part in Wall St. Explosion 'Bunk' Say Officials Los Angeles K Authorities Withhold Admis ' sion Agents Investigate. MIAMI, Fla., Mar 31. William J. Burns, chief of tne aopartment of jus tice, investigation bureau, said today he is waiting word from Washington as to developments in the alleged con fession of Herbert Wilson in Los An geles yesterday that he manufactured the bomb that killed 39 persons in Wall street. New York, in September, 1920. "1 expect to get word from Washing ton either today or tomorrow," said Mr. Burns, "but If I do not hear from Washington by tomorrow I shall leave for Los Angeles at once, going by way of New Orleans, and should reach Los Angeles in about five days. "Without access to my records and trusting to my memory I would say that the name of Wilson has not been mentioned at any time in connection with the bomb plot Investigation altho we havo what we consider to be a ) good line on tho men involved." LOS ANGELES, March 31. Many of tho details of tho purported con fession of Herbert Wilson, convicted murdoror, alleged mull robber and former cvungcllst, that he manufac tured the explosive in the bomb which killed 39 persons and destroyed ..... n1 nt fhmiMndH nf dol- IJIUIVllJ luvu ... i u,,.,,t j.u Ynrlt City. September 17. 1920, uro withheld from tho public "for tho present," it was admitted toduy . by county and federal agents. Wilson, a prisoner in the Los Ange les county jail, and former Oregon ovangellst, hns' been questioned ati length by groups of deputy sheriffs and postal Inspectors, according to tho Los Angeles Times and the offl- j cers expect others of various branches of the federal government, including: W. J. Burns, director of tho burenu of investigation of tho department . of Justice, to come here to try to ob tain fuller information thnn they yet have persuaded V'llnon to give. ' Wilson Is said by Los Angeles offi cers to havo told them ho had de signed tho bomb and manufactured some of its must Intricate parts nt his home here, while under tho Impres sion it was to ho used by bank burg lnrs who wanted to wreck a vault to hide evidence of having opened it by using the combination. Ho staled ho went enst In AuguBt, before the September tragedy and, at a nolnt near New York City, met n man who employed him to construct tho englno of destruction, which no turned over only a few days before the explosion. Later, ho was quoted, he learned from "friends in tho underworld" what use had boon made of the bomb and still Inter rocogniicd a published photograph of a man In Warsnw, Po land, as that of the purchaser of the infernal machine. While officers said they viewed the alleged confesHlon with moro or less skepticism, "the fact remained that Wilson hnd made It," nnd they could see little ho could hnpo to gain if it were not true, considering ho had been convicted of murder, still faced possible trial for mail robbery the government preferring to keep that in abeyance pending tho result of his trial for tho murder of Horbert H. Cox, his nlleged accomplice and nlso faced trials for other felonies grow ing out of a. bronk from Jail fast October. Wilson Indicated ho was actuated by regret for "enrllor mistnkes." NEW YORK, Mnrch 31. Tho re port from Los Angoles that Herbert Wilson had told the police ho could . , 8olvo tho Wall street bomb explosion (Continued on Page Six) MONTANA LADY IN GRANITE FALLS, Wash.. Mar. 31. An attempt by threo bandits to rob the Granite Falls postofflce early to day was frustrated by Sirs. Florence . Carpenter, wlfo of the postmaster, who, clad only in her night clothes, engaged in a running gun fight with the bandits, driving them off after more than a dozen shots had been ex changed. No one was injured. Postmaster I. C. Carpenter said there was an unusually large amount of money In the postofflce vault, in cluding payroll for a numbor of log ging camps In tho vicinity. Nippy Weather for Easter Bonnets in East and South WASHINGTON, Mar. 31. The predicted Easter cold weather blight was sweeping steadily east- ward and soufuwara today nnd by tonight, according to the ot'flc- ial forecast, the chill high pres- sure area originating somewhere In the Arctic regions will over- spread practically the entire east. By tomorrow, the weather man says the chilling fingers of the Arctic visitor will have spread 4 frost as far south as northern Florida, with a sharply declining scale of temperatures northward. To the dubious Easter bonnet, however, he does hold out the faint hope of a "slowly" rising temperature Sunday afternoon. FATE OF VICAR S0VIETD00I0 May Have Paid Death Penalty Clemency Refused and No Appeal Foreign Lega tion Appeals Unanswered and No Information. MOSCOW, Mnrch 31, 5 p. m. (By ! tho Associated Tress) Tho death i sentence imposed on Vicar General I Butchkavitch, commutation of which was denied by tho contrnl executive committee, has not yet been carried ! out it was said at five o'clock this afternoon. ' ' . MOSCOW, March 31. (By tho As sociated Press) Inquiry at a number of . government departments today failed to reveal whether Vicar Gen eral Butchkavitch has already paid tho death penalty. The general im pression last night seemed to be that there was slight probability of the central executive committee chang ing its decision to grant no clemency to the prelate. Appeals havo been made to the foreign office by the heads of the Polish, Czecho-Slovak and Italian missions. Under ordi nary circumstances, when clemency is refused an execution is carried out within a few hours. Whether the central executive committee met i again yesterday to re-consider Its de cision In view of the many verbal ap peals, could not be ascertained offic ially this morning. Father Walsh, representative of the Catholic welfare hoard, told tho correspondent he had no answer to his request that he be allowed to ad minister the last sacrament to Mon Mignoi Butchkavitch. Tho foreign legations which askod that clemency be granted to tho pro late were without information nt noon as to whether he had been exe cuted. EfiGtNEER KILLED NSLP.S. PORTLAND, Ore., March 31. En gineer George Koontz was killed and tho fireman and baggageman were injured when passenger train No. 2 ot tho Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad which left hero last night was derailed one and one-half miles east of Cheney, 17 miles west of Spokane, according to reports to railroad headquarters hero today. All tho cars were derailed except two sleepers and the observation car. The baggage car was badly smash ed. Engineer Koontz was a resident of Spokane. The cause of the wreck was not given in reports received hero. e NIGHTIE RUNS The bandits who had jimmied the front door of the building, had fired one shot of nifro-glycerlne in the vault when they were discovered. Mrs. Carpenter was awakened by the first shot and from a window In her house 100 feet distant, saw one of the bandits maintaining a lookout In front of the building. She armed her self with a 22 caliber pistol and rushed to the front porch, opening fire. Two other men joined the lookout and re turned the fire. They fled, pursued by Mrs. Carpenter and mnde good their escape. SILENCE COVERS ii i i --Tiyrr r 1 r- nr r--- i m - tipper His first game upon arrival at Palm Beach, Fla. As soon as the presidential party stepped from the houseboat Pioneer nt Palm Beach, tho president started looking for the links. But Film Star Never Admitted Parentage of Child Says Woolwine , Denied Girl's Claim, But Manner De ceptful at Interview in Of fice of District Attorney. DENVER, Colo., March 31. Wil liam S. Hart, despite his emphatic denials mada a $30 a mcnth trust fund for a child alleged by the moth er to ho Hart's, Thomas Lee Wool wine, district attorney of. Los Ango les, declared in a statement here to day, he had been Informed, follow ing his own Investigation of the case with a view to bringing criminal pro ceedings. The settlement .was made after the woman had engaged an at torney to bring civil action, Wool wine said. "Tho case first came to my atten tion In December, 1918," Mr. Wobl- wlne Btated. "The woman with the baby came to my office, declaring Hart was tho father and that he had refused to see her. You know wo havo a statuto compelling a father to support his children, whether Ille- Cltlmnto or lawful. I took an Inter est In her story. She gave me hor version of the wholo case. "Of course It Is necessary to hoar both sides of any matter before tak ing action, so I summoned tho actor to my office and confronted him. with tho claim. "Hart denied everything, denied It with emphasis. But thoro was some thing about his manner which led mo (o believe he was not telling the wholo truth. "I had a transcript made of tho woman's declarations. It was a lengthy tdocumont, telling in detnil the circumstances of her meeting tho actor, tho subsequent alleged Inti macy and the birth of her child In New York City. "Preparations were being made to take criminal action against tho mo vio man whon tho woman employed an nttorney and mado ready to take civil action. Then I was Informed that the case had been settled out of court, that Hart Ijad made a trust of $:.0 a month for the support of the child. "So far as I know Hart never ad mitted parentngo of tho child." (Continued on page tlx.) ME FUND FOR BUOY The Presidential Vacation in Lower left First close p of Mrs. Harding since she went to Florida on her vacation. She is shown sitting on the deck of the Pioneer with Mrs. F. S. McLean, her hostess. Espee Owns But 527 Miles of Pacific System, and Effic iency Now Developed in Moving Fruit Would Be Wrecked, Says Buckhalter. SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. Tho Southern pacific company owns but 627 miles of tho 7,111 miles of track ago In its Pacific system. F. L. Burck haltor, general munager of tho nor thern division of the company's sys tem testified today at tho opening session of on intcr-stato commerce hearing on proposed rail carrier groupings under tho transportation uct of 1920. Tho Central Pacific system owns 2307 miles of tho trackage, while the remainder Is owned by other lines, Burckhaltor said. Ho emphasized the necessity of tho present grouping of tho system remaining Intact In order that there shall be no possible up heaval of present shipping arrange ments. Burckhaltor! was 'tho first witness called. "Flfty-throo years of growth havo produced intimacies of Joint owner ship betwoen tho Southern Pacific and tho Central pacific that cannot be destroyed without drastic conse quences upon tho railroads and the shippers," Burckhaltor said. "Freight now moves through 23 Junctions on tho Pacific system, Burckhaltor said, without any con sideration of tho ownership of those Junctions. Tho complicated and In tricate transportation arrangements, particularly in tho fruit shipping sea son, depend upon unified oporatlon and oven tho slightest change would havo a far reaching effoct. "It would bo necessary for tho Southern Pacific to lengthen its lino by 47 miles between tho division points of Gorbor end Goshen junc tion, Cal., a distance of 322 miles, in tho event of a separation of 'the two systems." ho said. Tho movement of dried fruits and rnlsins from the fields to tho packing plants with the present efficiency is tho result of uni fied operation. Thero nro four changes of trains in tho system from Oakland to Port land and ns many from Oakland to Los Angoles, Burckhalter snld. Tho southern Pacific and Contrnl Pacific altcrnuto In all theso chnnges. The Daily Bank Robbery KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mnrch 31. Two crews of bandits obtained $998(1 In cash In two holdups of bank mes sengers In the Artnourdnlo district to day and escaped with tho money. CEEPEE DIVORCE WOULD DISRUPT SHIPPING CUUM Florida Lower right Excellent "closoup" of President Harding, caught by the can era as he was about to start out on an automobile trip. The president is evi dently In the best of honlth and humor JAPJEASE Vice-President of Sacramento Concern Wires Efforts Being Made to Cancel Lease to Japanese and Promise Co operationLegion Opposi tion Helps. Through the prompt and offlcnc lous work of tho Modford post ot tho American legion in starting a local and stnto-wide protest over tho leas ing of tho 401 orchard by tho Sacra mento Investment company, owners of the orchard, to a group of 40 Jap anese, to take effoct April 1, such leaso has boen headed off, at loast for tho present, and probably perma nently. Tho first Inkling of this came to day when telogrnphlo ordors wero re ceived from tho company ordering tho superintendent and 21 other em ployes of tho company, to romaln at work pending negotiations looking toward cunccllng ot tho company contract with tho Jnpanoso. Tho stnto department of tho Amor lean Legion and tho local fraternal organizations and other persona had been busy tho pnst duy and a half wiring protests to tho company .hond quartors at Sacramento. Not' only that but oven some of tho promlnont members ot tho local small Japa nese colony nlso got busy in efforts to provent tho leaso from being ful filled. Confirmation that tho company wan endoavoring to get out of the leaso was contained in the following telegram received early this after noon by C. Y. Tcngwnld, eommnndor of tho local legion post, from Hherl- dnn Downey, of Sacramento, vlco prcsldent of tho Sacrantonto Invest ment company: "When lease was tnndo with Japa nese. I was entirely unfamiliar with conditions nt Medford and did not know thore would bo any objection. I regret exceedingly tho action that hns been tnken nnd now am using my best endeavors to seruro rescind ing of tho lease. I will notify you promptly of any further develop ments. Wo will ho very glad to co- opernto with you In nny wny we can for tho best Interests of Medford."' Gcorgo It. Wilbur, state com mander of tho American Legion also wired today as follows to Mr. Teng- wald tho locnl commander. "Have read press reports of pro posed Jnnnneso Invasion of Jackson county. Legislative action not In ef fect yet, but proposal is a moral vio lation of tho law nnd the deslro of 101 OWNERS TO RESCIND (Continued on Page Six). Here Lie Three Who Didn't Beat Train to Crossing FRESNO, Cal., March 31 Mrs. Andro Andreslan, fatally injured late yestorday whon a Santa Fe freight train at Cal- way crashod into an automobile loaded with five porsons, kill- ing Mrs. M. Kadljlan of Fowler and her six months' old Infant, died today at a local sanitarium. Charles Tutunjian, also of Fow- lor, driver of the car, Is in a so- rlous condition at the county hospital, and may die. The train crew in statements to the coroner declared that the driver of tho machine was rac- ing to cross ahead of the train. E 0RDER& 6 DEAD Seizure of Krupp Motor Fac tory Cause of Drastic Move Strikers Told to Go to Work Or Be Expelled From Ruhr District. BERLIN, March 31. (By tho As Bociuted Press) Six Gorman work ers at tho Krupp plant In Esson havo boon killed nnd twenty lnjurod In n conflict with tho Fronch military says a Central Nows dispatch from EBsen todny. The troublo occurred through tho French unexpectedly proceeding to occupy certain of tho Krupp motor, wtorks. whereupon tho workers stop ped machinery and wont outBldo to offer opposition tho mcssngo stntos. The officer In chargo of tho Fronch tried to persuade tho men to roturn to duty but they refused nnd sur roundod tho troops, threatening them with attack unless they withdrew. Tho officer pointed out that ho must carry out his orders, but tho workers wero obdurato, declaring they would defend their plant. Four machlno guns then opened fire, adds the mcssngo and six workers fell dead while twenty woro wounded seriously. The remainder scattered and tho French then pro ceeded to occupy tho works. DUE8SELDORF, March 31. (By the Associated PresB) Qcnoral Do Qoutto'8 proclamation that all strik ing German railway workers In the occupied zono must either return to work or be expelled finds the allies in possession of all Iluhr and Rhino land rail lines except thoso In tho British area. Enforcement of tho order, it scorns, will offer the transportation officials something of a problem for approxi mately half a million persons,, in cluding tho families of tho men, may bo affoctod. It is expected that tho process of expulsion will tnko novoral wooks and special transportation to tho frontier must bo provided, The ton billion marks and four hundred thousnnd Fronch francs which French ctiBtoms officers seized In an nutomobilo at Hoechst yester day will bo used toward defraying the expenses of French troops on tho left bank of tho Ilhlno. The Noted Dead CHARLOTTE, Mich., March 31. Congressman J. M. C Smith of the Third Michigan district, died here last night. LONDON, Mnrch 31. (By tho As sociated Press) Robert O. (loldlo. British vlco-consul nt Naples, died to day of injuries inflicted by a man who attneked tho official whllo ho was visiting a grotto near tho city in company with his wife, nccordlng to a Central Nows dispatch from Nnplos. 1 m won IGNOR mm TWO LITTLE BOYS FOUND DEAD IN SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Mar. 31. Bruises on tho body ot Dicklo Jen sen and Dean Mecliam, found In a packing box last night after having been tnlsBlng for nearly a week, formed clues which Investigators at the sher iff's office said today Indicated a pos sibility the children were victims ot a kidnaper. Dean was dead when found and Dickie died a short time after ward. The box wag in a building under construction a short distance from the Jensen home. It closed with a spring catch which was so difficult to close I TO STRICKEN Harding Forsakes Links to Call On Blind and Deaf Affected By Sad Farewell Chief Executive to Probe Sugar Price Rises Holds Conference. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 31. President) Harding postponed his morning round of golf today to visit the Florida state school for the deaf nnd blind and to make a brief talk tj the faculty and more than 300 students. i "I am not going to make an ad dress this morning, as I am not mak ing addresses during my vacation," the president told the students, as sembled in front of the administra tion building. "I have just stopped to say good morning. I called on you when I was here two yeara ago and I have very pleasant memories ot that visit to you. I wanted to greet you again. "As I told you on the former oc casion I have a very special Inter est in the blind children. We have found a way to make the blind see and the deaf to hear and to make those who have some defect as near ly perfect as possible. It is a pleas ure to see you again and I wish to von tho host nf luck. If anv of vou I ever come to Washington I hope you I will call on me as I have called on you." The president was -Introduced, to the faculty and students by Herbert: Fekol, editor of the ' St. Augustine Evening Record and the president's remarks were conveyed to the deaf li tho sign language by Dr. A. H. Walker, president of the school. After concluding his little, talk, Mr. Harding shook hands with each ot 300 or more boys and girls, patting tho deaf on the back and to the blind exlending such greetings as "hello there," "good morning," or "how are you?" Tho president was visibly affected as the scores of children filed by him, some groping In their perpetual dark ness for his hand and as he turned to leave after greeting the last child tears came Into his eyes. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 31. The sugar price fluctuation seem ed likely to engage the attention of President Harding during tho last day spent In St. Augustine. C. H. Huston, who until about two weeks ago was assistant secretary ot com merce and who. is here en route to Miami, expected to see the president during the day. Bocause of his official position during the period when sugar prices made their most rapid advance, Mr. Huston Is intimately acquainted with the production ot stocks and com modity. This Information he was prepared to place In the president's hands. Mr. Huston, from his study ot the niattor, Is of the opinion that little or no excuse for the advance In prices may be found in the state of production of stocks and he said to day that speculation In tho soiling of the commodity alone was respon sible. In addition to the probability of seeing Mr. Huston, President Hard ing's program for the day Includod a final round of golf over tho St. Augusttno links and the exchange of fnrowolls with a number of friends. With Mrs. Harding and other mem bers ot the vacation party, he will lcavo early this evening by special train for AugtiBta, Ga.t whore tho party will remain most ot the week, according to prosent Indications. that officers said thoy doubted that the boys could have operated It from the outBlde ot the box. On the other hand the bruises on the bodies. It was said, might have been caused by efforts of tho children to release themselves. Dean had been dead at loast 48 hours when the discovery was made by Patrolman Manuel Joseph. The building had been searched several times for the boys but searchers over looked the box. Officers said they considered It sig nificant, however, that no one heard nny sounds. Dtcklo was 5 years old and Dean i.