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Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday 79
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Maximum
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Dally Eighteenth Tear.
Weekly -Fifty-Third Year.
MED FORD, OREGOX, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1923
NO. 8
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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
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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.