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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923
NO. 14
Medford Mail Tribune
ASR REDERA
Nlfl ME1ASSAGRE
I JUSTICE
AT HERRIN
IS
'Cannot Be Attained in Wil
liamson County' Says At-
torney General, After the
Second Acquittal in Mas
sacre Cases Remaining
Cases All Dismissed.
WASHINGTON, April 7. High of
ficials of the department of justice
said today they would not initiate fed
eral prosections agarnst those charged
with responsibility for the Herrin
mine massacre and who escaped con
viction yesterday in a state court,
unless new facts were developed.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 7. (By
Associated Press). President Frank
Farrlngton of the Illinois Mine Work
ers today characterized as a "splendid
victory" and one that "confirms my
faith in the Innocence of our indicted
members," Die acquittal at Marion,
Ohio, of the six defendants charged
with murder In connection with the
Herrin rioting.
MARION,' ill., April 7. (By tho
Associated Press) All of the untried
crimintil indictments (growing out of
tho Herrin riots were nolle prossed
today following tho acquittal by a
Jury last night of . six defendants
charged with murder., , " ''.'"' A
CHICAGO,' April 7. Justice can
not be obtained in Williamson county,
in the opinion of Attorney General
Edward J. Brundngo, who returned
today from Marlon where last night
a second verdict of acquittal was
given by a jury In the Herrin mlno
murder trials. It was as a result of
the not guilty verdict in the second
trial that nil the remaining cases
against the alleged rioters were nolle
prossed today by the state's attorney
of Williamson county.
The following statement was given
out by W. C. Mtddlekauf, assistant
attorney general, at the request of
Attorney E. J. Brundage.
"The prosecution Is reluctantly
obliged to adm'.t that justice cannot
be Obtained in Wll'lamion county, an
impartial jury cannot bo secured to
try the men responsible for the mur
der of a score of men at and near
Herrin last June. .... . t . . t
"The law compels the state to pros
ovule in the county where the crime
was committed, and for five months
the prosecution has vainly striven to
ecure a conviction. .
"The witnesses reliable and trust
worthy, at great risk of personal vio
lence, have been courageously testi
fying to what they beheld on that
day, only to be impeached by wit
nesses who plainly were interested in
the defense and who clearly were tes
tifying falsely. Two Juries have re
turned verdicts of acquittal regard
less of the evidence.
"Intimidation, prejudice or down
right dishonesty actuated them. Un
der the rulings of the trial court
when Jurymen were being examined
any man who admitted he had an op
inion whether the massacre of the
disarmed and helpless strip miners
was lawful or unlawful, waB disqual
ified for jury service. In my opinion
tills ruling is not the law of Illinois.
On the other hand, all men contrib
uting to the defense fund, voluntarily
or otherwise, have been held to be
competent jurors, but In my view of
the law, such men are not competent
Jurors and could not be impartial Ju
rors. (Continued on nacre eight)
NEW YORK. April 7. A new
world's record for continuous dancing
was rlnimed today by Miss Ruth Hol
lock and Jack Butler, who tripped
the waxed floors of a Broadway Jazz
palace for 36 hours and 13 minutes.
The old record was 27 hours, recently
set by Miss Alma Cummlngs of Texas,
with Several partners.
Miss Hollock and Butler, who
began to fox trot at 9:47 o'clock
Thursday night, finished In a waltz
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HtWNM blnL UAnlto ob HuUKoV
LOSES 8 POUNDS. WEARS OUT SHOES
Citizens Lift Hats
To Jurors . 'After
Mayor Found Guilty
ROCK ISLAND. 111., April 7.
(By the Associated Press.)
Mayor H. M. Schriver, former
Chief of Police Thomas Cox and
Lawrence Pedigo were found
guilty today of conspiracy to sell
and protect lawless privileges
and sentenced to the peniten-
tlary for indeterminate terms.
Cox also received a $2,000 fine.
When the jurors walked out
of the court room into the
street, passersby lifted their
hats to them. The convicted
men have been a power in local
and state politics for several
yonrg. l:
.. Njii'nied in the same indlct-
ment'were John P. Looney, fu-
gltive publisher of the suppress-
od Rock Island News, and City
Attorney John K. Scott. The
lnttur asked for and was allowed
a separate trial.
CLASS HATRED.
BY PRESIDENT
Harding in I Address at Au
gusta, Ga., First Public
Utterance of Vacation, Says
America Just to European
Nations. , ,
AUGUSTA April 7. pomestic af
fairs of the- nation now are the
greatest concern and the nation to
day should guard against tho de
velopment of classes and the organi
zation of blocs, according to Presi
dent Harding. The chief executive
expressed these views at a dinner
given in his honor by an Augusta
citizen last night. It was his first
cpccch since he began his vacation
trip in the south.
Preparations for leaving hero wero
made today, and tomgiu law presi
dential party will begin the Journey
to Washington, where the president
will take up his official duties.
His speech Inst night took the form
of an appeal to the people of the
south. Ho deplored, he said, any
formation of blocs in the republic. In
the course of his . remarks which
covered a variety of topics, he as
serted that he did not believe that
there was "a vestige of sectionalism
of tho civil war left in the' United
States. Touching upon tho interna
tional affairs of the union, ho said
that the country's ' internal affnlrs
wero in bettor shape than ever before
and predicted that in time to como
those persons who think "America is
not doing Justice toward Kuropean
nations will find that America after
all, "Is the most Just nation in the
world."
EL PASO, Texas, April 7. (By the
Associated Press) President and
Mrs. Harding probably will visit cities
of the southwest on their proposed
trip to the Pncitlc const, Fred Sturek,
managing director of the war finance
corporation declared before his de
parture today.
Rum Ship Sinks.
VINEYARDHAVEN, Mass., April
7. The steamer John Dwlght of Now
York, carrying bottled alo believed
to he intended for that port, went
down in Vlnyard Sound yesterday
with a loss of at least nine lives. That
was the number of bodies recovered
by' fishermen today, from Vineyard
Sound where the steamer sank. The
waters wore reported strewn with
barrels of bottled ale.
nt 10 o'clock this morning. Miss Hol
lock lost eight pounds nnd woro out
two pairs of shoes and stockings,
while Butler wns ten pounds lighter
and minus a pnlr of thick soled shoes
and socks. Miss Hollock apparently
had more reserve energy nt tho finish
than her partner, a world war veto-
ran, for she sank Into an ensy chair
and chatted gully with the hundred
or more sleepy-eyed spectators who
stnyed for tho finish, Butler retired
for sleep,
BLOCS DEPLORED
BY
Ml
C. B. Hicks Held in Naval
Guardhouse On Suspicion of
Slaying Lafee in Hotel
Descriptions and Events in
Murder Tally Police Inves
Murder Tally.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 7. C. B.
Hicks, a sailor. Is In custody of the
naval authorities at Mare Island
under suspicion of being the man
who killed Rabbi Lafee. Identifica
tion was made through comparison of
his handwriting Svith that of his reg
istering at the Hotel Gates in San
Francisco, where the rabbi was killed.
Snn Francisco detectives will go to
Mure Island this afternoon to com
plete identification.
SAN FRANCISCO. Anril 7. De
tectives Leo Bunner and George Mc-
Loughlin of the San Francisco de
partment and Belleville Tompkins,
clerk oh duty at the Gates hotel at
the time of the attack, were ordered
to proceed to Vallejo In the police
launch this afternoon for the purpose
of identifying Seaman C. B. Hicks as
the murderer of Rabbi Lafeo if pos
sible. According to Information received
bv Captain of Detectives Duncan
Matheson, Hicks was arrested at
Mare Island at 11:30 a. ni. today by
Chief of Police W. T. Stanford of
Vallejo and is being held in the
guardhouse nt the naval headquar
ters. The description of Hicks cor
responds exactly with that "of - the
sailor who accompanied Rabbi Lafee
to tho hotel. Matheson said.
Stanford advised Matheson that
Hicks was in San Francisco at the
time of the attack, as his vessel, tho
submarine S-36, was at tlv plant of
the Bethlehem corporation In that
city at tho time. The submarine de
parted Wednesday morning after
Rabbi Lafee had been taken from
the hotel in a dying condition. -
- Witnesses have been found here,
according to Captain Matheson, who
saw the sailor and tne rabbi In a mo
tion picture theater on Fillmore
street early Tuesday night. Tho
Gates hotel is also on Fillmore street.
The placing of a charge against Hicks
will await an investigation by the
San Francisco police authorities,
Captain Matheson was advised by
Chief Stanford.
Comparison of examples of Hicks'
handwriting was made possible thru
the register of the Gates hotel and
also of another hotel where Hicks Is
alleged to have stayed while in San
Francisco, according to Matheson.
Misss Louise Hewitt, 18, delin
quent runaway of Los Angeles was
the principal member of the police
identification party bound for Val
lejo. Her exact point of contact
with the case was not disclosed by
the police, but it was said she is re
garded as the pivotal witness for
Identification purposes.
John Davitt'oloao friend of Rabbi
Lafee, who said he saw the clergy
man at a Fillmore street theater on
the night of the tragedy "with a fine
looking sailor," accompanied the po
lico rtarty.
Miss Hewitt had been held for the
juvenile detention authorities of Los
Angeles by the San Francisco police.
MEET DEFEAT
BUENOS AIRES, April 7. Tho
Brazilian revolutionists ihave been
obliged to raise the siege of tho town
of Uruguayans, losing 40 killed and
many wounded In the operation, Bays
a dispatch to LaNaclon from Paso des
Los Llbrcs. . The state forces, accord
lug to their leaders, lost three killed
and ten wounded.
Tho correspondent asserts that tho
rebels, numbering about 80(1 men
have retired to Quarahy, where they
will seek reinforcements.
Trenches have been dug around
Uruguayans while barbed wire fences
nnd bags of wool have been placed on
tho street corners.
Irish Burn Home.
DUnUX, April. 7. The country
residence of Sir John Dillon at Lls-
mullen, county Meath , wns burned
today by six armed men. The raiders
appeared at midnight, told Sir John
nnd his wife and daughter that they
were "sorry" but were acting under
orders; then helped remove a few
articles selected by the family before
setting fire to the place.
Seek to Save Boy
Loft Georgo Baker. 23 of Durham, On. who with his 15-year-old
brother Ralph, (right) is condemned to bo hanged for the murder of a
deputy sheriff several months ago. Millions of petitions nro being tele
graphed to Gov. Hardwick of Georgia ns well as to the state prison com
mission in an effort to save tho life of tho younger boy, at least.
BABY
MOTORS
START52 MILE
RACE FOR CDP
Travel 52 Miles, ,Shoving Car
. ..rfages to Jestistamina and
Shoe Leather Cruelty to
Infants Fails to Halt Endu
rance Race of Mothers.
LONDON, April 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Five stujdy mothers
pushing perambulators each freight
ed with a protesting baby crossed
Westmistor bridge as Big Ben
chimed 6:15 o'clock this morning In
a 52 mile race to Brigton.
The contest is the outgrowth of a
controversy between the mothers of
the- north and south of England as to
which section had the hardiest and
speediest -baby carriage chauffeurs.
The contestants were cheered by a
crowd around the parliament build
ings as they got away at dawn on
their long trek.
They expect to reach 'Brighton by
sunset.
. Officials of the society for tho pre
vention of cruelty to children enter
ed a protost against the affair, de
claring the proceeding harmful to the
children and assorting that If the lit
tle ones suffered the mothers would
he prosecuted.
"My baby Is in tho best of health
and temper and I have a bottle of
tea at his feet to keep them warm,"
one of the entrants responded.
Three of the babies are undor a
year old. Tho youngest only five
months. , The (other two are t
years old. .-,.
It quickly became apparent that
shoe leather and stamina were not
the only factors in the race. MrB.
Ada May Edwards of Manchester,
mother of the five months' old baby,
wheeling a light folding cart, took
the lead at the start over tho four
heavier baby carriages, but soon lost
her advantage when she had to halt
to nurse her offspring, who had been
loudly noising its, demand for nour
ishment. It was a quick lunch. Mrs.
Edwards shoved tho Infant back into
the pram after such a short Interval
that only one competitor passed her.
Mrs. Lily Groom of Eastbourne
reached Red Hill, 20 miles from
Westminster, at 9:37, and Mrs. Ed
wards at 9:43. The othors were
trailing..
Tho pace for tho first four hours
was so hot that several men accom
panying the marching mothers wero
futlguod on their arrival nt Rod Hill,
hut tho merry matrons were still go
ing strong.
The winner will receive a sllvor
"shoving" cup and enough monoy to
buy a pair of shoes.
Irish Itobols Srnrco.
PURLIN', April 7. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) Not more than 2000
or 2500 Irregulars are resisting tho
free state government now, It was
slated today by Kevin O'Higgins,
minister of home affairs.
Rebel prisoners, he sold, were com
ing in at the rate of 200 awoek.
From Gallows
'
CONTROL OF KLAN
PLACED N HANDS
OF "COMMITTEE
Emperor, Wizard and Judge
..'it
.', Named By Court Until Hear-.
ing Operate All Business
AS Prior to April 2 Fac
tional Legal Fight Continues
ATLANTA, Ga., April 7. (Dy Asso
ciated Press). Sheriff J. I. Lowery is
maintained as custodian of tho imper
ial palace, general headquarters, and a
committee composed of Emperor W. J.
Simmons, Imperial Wizard II. W.
Evans and J. M. George, magistrate of
the municipal court, appointed to run
the business of the Ku Klux Klan until
a bearing can be had on the rule nisi,
under an order handed down today by
Judge E. D. Thomas.
The rule provides that the business
of the klan is to be oporatod on the
eame lines it had ' beeu conducted
prior to the time of the first order In
the case April 2. In case of disagree
ment, the committee is authorized to
appeal to the court for Instructions.
Judgo Thomas' order revoked a pre
vious rule In which he had placed
Imperial Wizard Evans and the others
back in control of the klan headquar
ters. The federation . followed an
nmendemtn to the petition presented
by J. V. Poole, attorney for Emperor
Simmons, making tho Ku Klux Klan
n dol'endant to the proceedings,
Paul Etheridge, attorhoy for the
Evnns faction, objected to the amend
ment but the court permitted it to
stand subject to objection.
PER HR. IN TRYOUT
DAYTON, Ohio, April 7. Lieuten
ant I. (inter J. Mnltland established
record of 2.18.05 miles nn hour over
tho threo kilomotor courso nt wfl
bur Wright field today. Ho mndo
two lap's, the first against the -wind
in 206.(0 nnd tho second with -tho
wind In 271.14, an average of 238.05
miles an hour. Lieutenant Maltland
set a new record of 244.97 miles an
hour over tho one kilometer course
last week. This is tho first record
set over tho threo kllomoter course
tho nno kilometer courso being aban
doned April 1 by the federal aoro
nnutlquo International, ( . ; l( . ;
The Daily
Bank Robbery
TACOMA, Wash., April 7. Robbers
last night blew open the safe in the
office oCtho College of Puget Sound
and obtained (75 in cash and 1300 in
checks. Entrance was gained through
a window In the chemistry laboratory.
Nitroglycerin was used and the
charge badly damaged the college office,
Pupils Ask School
Board to Cease
Smoking in Room
HAZELTON, la., April 7. Pu-
pits of the eighth grade at the
West Hazolton public school have
sent a communication signed by
tho "health committee" domnnd-
lng that the school board, which
meets in the eighth grade room
at the school building, abstain
from smoking at meetings. Un-
less the board stops smoking, the
letter says, there will be a gen-
eral strike of students.
OF
LEADER MISSING
STATE JfVILL ACT
Cult Will Go Into Hands of Re
ceiver Purnell Reported to
Be in Australia All Fi
nances of Colony Intact
Legal Action Certain.
LANSING, MIch., April 7. The
legislative, Judicial nnd executive
branches ot the state, government
wero linked in action against the Is-1
ruolito House of David today. The
legislature Joined the state's cause
with &"bilY, ready for enactment; that
will permit the state to ask for a re
ceivership for the colony's property
pending outcome of the quo warranto
proceedings Instituted In circuit
court here by Attorney General An
drew B. Dougherty. .
Whether Benjamin Purnell, head
of the colony, could be located and
served with a summons was a matter
of speculation. Commenting upon
the rumor that he was In Australia,
where the House ot David has a col
ony, Governor Groesbeck declared:
"No matter where he is, we are going
to get him and bring him back."
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 7 Al
though Benjamin P. Purnell, head of
the Israelite House of David, has left
the colony, the organization's funds
and assets are Intact, M. H. Tyler,
one ot tho "seven pillars" of the cult,
has assured Sheriff George ' C.
BHdgman of Berrien county. Tyler
made the statement yesterday when
Sheriff Bridgman visited the House
of David, in soarch of Purnell, upon
whom he sought to serve a writ of
Capias In a civil suit and Purnell is
believed to have taken only a tew
hundred dollars for traveling ex
penses when ho left, Tyler told tho
sheriff. : ' ''"
Youth Free of Murder.
HAN FRANCIHCO, April 7. Wil
liam Lynch, 17, was ncqulttod by a
Jury of six men nnd six women hero
today on a churgo of murder grow
ing out' of tho shooting of Thomas
McCormlck, 10, October 20. Lynch
had pleaded sclf-dcfonso, claiming
the youths had quarreled, according
to tho evldenco.
Rumania Changes Premiers
BUCHAREST, April 7. (Jewish
Telographio Service). Premier Bra
tlano has tendered his resignation and
the king has accepted it. Ilratlano was
the leador in the movement which
culminated In tho adoption of Ruma
nia's now constitution.
E
INFORMED. FULL
WASHINGTON, April 7. Socrotnry i
Weeks declined today a request from '
Mrs. Edwin Randlo that he cancel hla
order directing an Investigation Into
the controversy between ltor husband,
Captain Edwin H. Handle and Colonel
L. L. Conger, commanding the 20th In- j
tantry at San Antonio.
The following tologram was re
ceived by the secretary from Mrs.
Randlo: !
"An understanding having been
reached here, I desire to withdraw my
request made to you for an Investiga
tion by an inspector gonernl and to
request that no action be taken as :
baaed thereon, " '
HOUSE
DAVID
Alien
LABOR NEAR
10 STRIKES
700,000 Men in Disputes
With Employers and Indus-;
trial Outlook Disquieting -Miners
and Farm Hands
Quit France Favored in
Ruhr Valley.
LONDON, April 7. (By Associated
Press). The Industrial outlook In
Great Britain at the present time is
recanted as disquieting. It is estimat
ed that nearly 700,000 workers are In
volved In disputes with their employ
ers and that some 56,000 are already
on strike. These include the Welsh
miners and the Norfolk farm workers.
The employers of the" building
trades announce today a new schedule
ot wages and hours to become opera
tive on April 14. If the men do not
accept it, a lockout of nearly 500,000
workers may result Differences have
arisen over , the railway - shopmen's
wages. The employers propose an ex
tensive reduction and this is believed
to hold the possibility of a general
railwayman's strike throughout Great
Britain. : The dispute in the pottery
trades involves about 60,000 men. ,
. The effect of this industrial unrest
among other equally disturbing fac
torsupon the gsvernment after par
liament reassembles on Monday, IB
.discussed today in an editorial in the
Dally Telegraph. The newspaper
takes the view that the next few
weeks may be the crucial time In the
fortunes ot the administration..
CARDIFF. Wales, April 7.-(By As-,
sociated Press). With the strike in .
the, Rhondda coal fields now Involving
46,000 men, leaders ot the Indutsry are '
taking a gloomy view of the future.'
They are particularly concerned lest
the European market transfer its or
ders to the United States. Two hun
dred steamers are awaiting coal In
BOUth Wales ports.
PARIS, April 7. (By Associated
Press). Louis Loucheur, returning
from London last evening, disclaimed
the views on the reparation question
attributed to him in the press, but
told the foreign editor of Le Matin be
had brought bact a conviction that
British opinion had changed and that
the great majority ot the publlo sentl
ment in England was clearly favorable
to France.
This attitude, he said, was also evl-.
dont In the political world, except that
thern was mingled with it an uneasi
ness bb to the 'possible consequences
of the French Ruhr policy.
"I did not find an English politician,
no matter what his party nor what
views he entertained originally on the
opportuneness of the Ruhr situation,"
Mr. Loucheur is quoted as saying,
"who did not approve unreservedly
when I declared that we will carry
through tills undertaking to the bitter
end. Nobody, not even Mr, Lloyd
George, had anything to say against
that declaration."
LePetlt Parislen says an entente
agreement may be reached as a result
of M. Loucheur's visit It adds that
before leaving Paris he had several
talks with Premier Polncare, at which
the situation was thoroughly dis
cussed. The former minister and his
British friends, the Journal affirms,
are both satisfied with the result of
the exchange of views.
PROBE TO BE MADE
, Secretary Weeks replied as follows:
. "I regrot that it seems necessary for
me to have a thorough investigation
made of the case In which you are
Involved. It Is ot much broader Im
portance than a personal difference
between you and Colonel Conger.
"The publicity which has been given
it creates In the minds of the people a
serious reflection on those connected
with the military service and I wish
to know all the facts."
' Presumably Mrs. Randle'i request
was made after she and Captain Ran
dlo had withdrawn their civil suit
against Colonel Conger which " they
had Instituted for $100,000 damages on
the ground ot defamation.
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