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Dally Eighteenth Tear,
Weekly Fifty-Third Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923
NO. 19
Medfoi
CD
UNE
BREAK INTO
HOI, FIND
' WIFE DEAD
Frank S, On4, Portland Visitor
in Medford, Crazed -By
Tragic News Received By
Wire From Home in Rose
' City C. E. Gates Is Ap
pealed to.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 13.
(Special to Mail' Tribune) The body
of Mrs. Lola Orr, wife of Frank S.
Orr, agent for southern Oregon for
Ford Motor company was .found last
night in' her home here. The room
filled with gas from a heater which
had accidentally blown out. Dog
and cat also were found dead. Mrs.
Orr arrived here Sunday from Med
ford, intending to proceed "to Seattle,
to visit her mother. She is believed
to have died Monday.
A broken-hearted, bewildered man,
victim of a pathetic tragedy at his
home in Portland Qf which he had
Just learned last night, is F. S. Orr,
district road man of the state Ford
cat agency, having in charge ail the
Ford agents south of Eugene, who
spent last night at the Hotel Medford
and departed this morning On the
Shasta for Portland.
. "I am going crazy: you just must
see me and stay with me at the
hotel," was the startling announce
ment over the telephone this morn
ing to C. E. Gates, with whom he
was to have spent the day here on
business. The former, mayor hur
ried to Mr. Orr from his home as fast
as his car would go and there learn
ed the astounding story which had
Just come to light In Portland during
the night and which was wired to
Mr. Orr here. Mr. Gates remained
with the grief stricken man and did
his best-to console him -until the lat
ter boarded the train for his grim
home coming.
Mr. Orr is 43 yeaVs old and his wife
is presumably about that age. They
were married seven years ago in
Portland and shortly after the mar
riage he was transferred by the. Ford
company, of which he had been an
employe for years, to Iowa, and only
a month ago, much to their Joy he
was transferred back to this state,
Two weeks ago Mrs. Orr came down
In her car from Portland to spend
Sunday and Monday with him at Eu
gene and Roseburg. They were
devoted to each other and had an ex
ceptionally good time together. She
then returned to Portland in the car
and he continued on about his terri
tory attending to business duties.
A few days later he received a let
ter from her In which she told of her
safe arrival home, expressed her de
light nt being back in God's country,
from Iowa, meaning - Oregon and
Portland, and at looking forward to
a visit with her mother in Se
attle,, on which trip she was to
start next day. She stati that she j
was DOlting mt-ui iur "itn iil-i. uu&,
and that she had sat down to write to
him before she dressed up.
( Thereafter he kept writing to her
galmost dally and anxiously awaiting
other letters or messages from her,
which never came. He finally wrote
and telephoned relatives In Portland,
stating it was strange he did not hear
from her, thinking all the time that
his wife had gone to Seattle, as she
had planned. They had not seen her.
Finally yesterday afternoon before
, departing for Medford by train from
Klamath Falls he called up a rela
tive in Portland by phone ami re
ceived the information that they had
learned that she had not appeared at
her mother's home in Seattle and
that his own letters written to her
had nlled un at that address.
Thereupon Mr. Orr told the rela
tives at Portland that he could
stand the worry no longer that
something must be radically wrong
and asked them to breaK in i"
door of the Orr home and look
around.
Rnmettme after the arrival of Mr.
Orr, last evening in Medford he re
ceived a telegram at the hotel stat
ing that on breaking into the house
they had found Mrs. Orr dead seated
k in a chnlr and the pet dog dead on
the floor at her side.
He then called up relatives over
WILLIAM BURNS DENIES HE ASKED
KLUXERS 10
DALLAS, Texas, April 13. -Red
radicals are becoming a menace to
the United States, preaching armed
resistance and open rebellion among
laboring classes of the north and
cast, and the time is near when leg
islation to prevent their obtaining a
foothold in this country will be nec
. essary, William J. Burns, head of tho
bureau of investigation, department
of justice, said today.
The discharge ot agent from the
Friday the 13th Is
Declared Unlucky
Day for Bandit
HAVANA, Cuba, April 13.
Friday the 13th waB an unlucky
day for Ramon Arroyo (Arroy-
ito), the notorious bandit,
whose exploits around Matan-
zas, have kept the countryside
in a state of terrorism for two
months. He was captured
while riding in an automobile
bus between Guanabacoa and
Regla, within ten miles of lia-
vana.
Tho outlaw's last exploit was
the abduction ot Setter Juan
Bautlsta! Cantao, the milllon-
aire sugar magnate, whom he
held tor a ransom variously said
to be between $20,000 and
?ioo,ooo. -
ADVOCATED FOR-
ALL RELIGIONS
Episcopal Church Leader in
Favor of Week Day School
to Teach Religion As Sup
plementary to Public School
System.
OMAHA, Neb., April 13. (By the
Associated Press.) A;l churches are
seeing the vital need for week day'
religious instruction of children, and
Due movement to have them receive it
during regular school hours is ,
spreading rapidly throughout the
countrv. Dr. Edward Sargent of Newi
York Citv. 'secretarv of week daE re-l
iintn.,a (nDnnHntt dannrimoiit nt the :
Protestant Episcopal church, told the!
church's fourth annual educational
conference here today.
"The plan for week day instruction
is not a movement of any one church
or single, denomination," he said.
"While three years ago, only five
Ctie3 in as many states had the sys
tem in operation, today there are
some 100 cities in about thirty states
where 'the school boards have made
it possible for the child, upon the re
quest of the parent, to be excused to
attend a school of religious instruc
tion of the parents' choice held out
side the school building.
"The plan is exceedingly simple,"
lie declared. "Upon the home is
placed the responsibility of stattng
in writing that it desires the school
to devote a period of the school day
for religious instruction.
"Wherever the work has been un-
dertaken three very clear results
have followed. Jt has held the
cmiu imutem aim given il u new
point of view and attitude toward
things sacred and religious. It has
influenced the home to a keener
realization of Its responsibility for
the child's religious training. It has
forced back into the school school
on Sunday a diferent set at ideals and
standards than they have had here
tofore And which it seems Impossible
to secure when we consider religious
Instruction and training to be merely
a thing of Sunday alone."
Soviet Meeting Delayed.
RIGA. April 13. The congress of
the all-Russlan communist party,
scheduled to start Sunday, has been
postponed until June. The growing
unpopularity of the Moscow group
among the nrovlnclal Soviets was
mentioned In connection with the
postponement.
the long distance phone. They told
him that she had undoubtedly been
asphyxiated and died shortly after
writing him the letter two weeks be
fore. The dog meat was still on the
gas stove, and the burner valve had
been turned off by her. However,
the room und house were full of gas
which had come from a leak in the
stove, they said.
QUIT SECRET SERVICE
department who are members of the
Ku Klux Klan has never been consid
ered, be declared.
"Soviet Russia, birthplace of the
red menace, is sending emissaries to
this country every day and their
teachings are being taken up by the
radicals In this country." Mr. Burns
said. "With two laws now being
formulated for presentation to con
grass for action, 1 will bo able to
drive the radicals from this country.'
CHURCH SCHOOL
SENSATIONAL
CAREER ENDS
ON SCAFFOLD
Most - Tragic Romance Ever
Recorded in Annals of Okla
homa Closes With Hanging
of Paul Hadley Innocence
Maintained to Last Re
prieve Fails.
FLORENCE, Ariz., Ar!l 13. Paul
V. Hadley died on the gallows before
sunrise today for the murder of Mrs.
Anna C. Johnson. The trap" was palled
at 5:10 o'clock' and Hadley was pro
nounced dead at 5:22.
The condemned man maintained to
the end his claim of Innocence of the
crime for which he was executed. He
met his fate calmiy without display ot
fear or bravado. Hadley, an escaped
life termer from, the Oklahoma state
penitentiary, was convicted of mur
dering Mrs. Johnson during an auto
mobile trip over the Arizona desert to
November, 1921.
In tile group of 38 persons who wit
nessed the hanging was Peter John
son, husband of the slain woman.
Johnson, himself severely wounded at
the time his wife wag killed, was the
state's principal witness ta Hadley's
two trials.
Hadley mounted the platform with
out hesitation. He had eaten no
breakfast but had dressed with delib
erate care.
"I am innocent and ready to meet
my death," was his only statement
Hadley at his own request was bap
tized during the night by the Rev. J
v. Henderson, prison chaplain, and
Dr. James Hunter, another chaplain,
Not until - nearly midnight was
hone' abandoned for a stay of exeteu-
tinn for the condemned man. His
attorney, John L. VanBuskirk of Tuc
son. made an eleventh hour appeal to
Governor Hunt for a farther hearing
on the ulea for a commutation of
sentence to life imprisonment, but
was' unsuccessful.
Hadley's body, unclaimed by rela
tives, was buried on the prison
grounds. He is survived by his aged
mother, two divorced wives, nnd two
children, according to his attorney.
Mrs. Ida Hadley. the second wife,
who served with him in the Okla
homa penitentiary, secured a divorce
recently.
Tragic Romance,
MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 13 (By
the Associated Press) The execution
of Paul Hadley ends the most tragic
romance ever recorded In official
documents of Oklahoma.
In 1916 Hadley and his bride, Ida,
were tried in district court here for
the murder of Sheriff W. T. Giles of
Jefferson county, Texas. Hadley was
being returned from Kansas City to
Texas to answer a minor charge
when Sheriff Giles was killed.
As the fast Missouri, Kansas and
Texas train crossed the line between
Muskogee and Mcintosh counties.
Ida Hadley, whom Sheriff Giles had
permitted to accompany them, shot
the Bhcriff, Jerked the bell cord, and
as tho train came to a stop, jumped,
with her husband, from the ear and
plunged into a nearby thicket. After
24 hours search, therpalr was ar
rested in Mcintosh county. She was
acquitted, but tho husband was found
guilty and sentenced to life im
prisonment. Ida begged to accompany her hus
band to the penitentiary. Her pleas
unavailing, she led an attempted Jail
break, was captured and sentenced
to the penitentiary for ten years.
Two years ago, Hadley, then a
trusty, was released from the peni
tentiary to perfect an invention. He
never returned. Tho first word from
him came from Tucson. Ariz., where
under the name of William S. Esta-
ver, he was On trial for the murder
of Mrs. Anna Johnson, wife ot o
Denver contractor. J. Berry Peter
son, nn attorney of Tahlequah, recog
nised Hadley In the Arizona court
room. '-.
Meantime Ida (Hadley had been re
leased.. She went nt once to Arizona,
announcing her intentton to appeal
to T. E. Campbell, then governor, to
commute tho sentence of death
passed on her husband. Her ptans,
however, miscarried, and, according
to Hadley, she is now in Wichita
Falls, Texas.
ZBYSZKO IN HOSPITAL
AS RESULT OF BOUT:
KANSAS CITT, April II. Stanis
laus ZUyszJio, former heavyweight
wrestling champion, was in a hospital
here today, recovering from a slight
concussion of the brain, which he
suffered when ha wn defeated last
night by John Pesok of Nebraska.
i'enek won the bout in straight falls
and the right ta meet "Strangler"
Lewis, title holder.
YanderbiltJHetresS T6
Wed In" Deb" Year Can
Count On Dad's Consent
IT,?.
1 f I,ra,"I(r5L LI
g ""j'vANPEKBll-T
VT?w"vnPJrT New York -society." calloused to'unusual "family
.relationships through the frequent re-marriage of its divorced man;
"hers, is nevertheless' drawing, a smile out of. the engagement . of
Gathleen Vanderbilt and Harry Cashing, 3rd.
When Reggie Vanderbilt married Gloria Morgan, daughter Catft
leen was. to have acted as bridesmaid, but she did not hor op.
Instead, she spent the day with her mother, Mrs. Sydney; J. Colford,
it Palm Beach. . v'
Now' that Cathleen must secure her father's consent to her mar
' riage, gossips are wondering what grounds he can find for objBJ,ng.
Harry Cushing's family does not move in the-select Vanderbilt ,
circles, but he is thoroughly eligible, and it would be laughable ior
Reggie to object to hij daughter marrying in her "deb" year, whta .
she is two year older than her 17-year-old step-mothr.f
SI 500 FINE AND '
A YEAR IN JAIL
FDR MOONSHINER
R. H, Price was sentenced to
year in jail and to pay a fine of $1
500 and O. Greer received a six
months' jail sentence and tho Impo
sition of a $500 fine yesterday af
ternoon when tho couple appeared
before Glenn Q. Taylor and pleaded
guilty to violation ot the state pro
hibition laws. .
A posse under S. B. Sandefer,
county prohibition officer, left Med
ford yesterday morning at an early
hour for the scene of the raid which
!ed to the arrests. Upon arriving at
a point on the Ilogue river several
miles above Gold Hill, the supposed
location of the moonshiner's opera
tion was surrounded by the men,
moat of whom were armed with ri
fles. Two local policemen took part
in tho raid. ;
The men were taken without any
violence, but upon reaching the cabin
3 rifle, an old cap and ball pistol and
a double barrel shotgun were found
ready for action. The shotgun con
tained shells that had been reloaded
with 25-20 slugs. It happened that
the raldtng party arrived at a time
when no one was on guard.
A crude still was found at" the
scene of operations and a quantity of
corn mash was also taken. Later af
ter a talk between Sandefer and one
of the men,. ten pints of moonshine
wore uncovered and confiscated.
Price was charged with making,
possessing and fermenting mash fit
for distillation. Under a new state
law, passed at the last sesstsan of
the legislature, a maximum penalty
ot three years in Jail and $3000 Is
provided for this offense.
Greer was charged with possess
ing the liquor and received the max
imum penalty under the state law of
$500 and 6 months. It Is declared
hy authorities that Greer has been
before the federal authorities previ
ously On a similar charge.
These are two of the heaviest Jolts
ever handed to liquor law violators In
Jackson county, and in the case of
Price. This is tho first action in Jack
son county under the new possession
law.
Marshal Forlt in Cm row.
nKRIJN, April IJ. Marshal Foch
with cprtatn Frenrh. generals, was re
ported in Cracow,
SLcR.lA.
MOR'SAN-'
HOLD MEETING TO
SOLVE PROBLEM
OCCUPATION
PARIS, April 13. (By Associated
Press. The premiers of France and
Belgium, with their principal minis
terial advisers, met here today In an
Important conference on the repara
tions question.
One of the main objects is the devis
ing ot new measures to make the
Ruhr occupation productive. It Is con
tended that as long as the Ruhr is
unproductive of coal it will be, difficult
to persuade the Germans to accept the
i ranco-Uolgian viewpoints. While the
French and the Belgians are issuing
figures to show that since tea Brus
sels conference the datly coal and
coke production has Increased from
3000 tons to 5000 tons, the German
reparations delegates in Paris declare
that after three months of occupation,
the two attics are bringing less than
ijOO tons daily.
Those here who are In touch with
the official German viewpoint declare
that Germany will not negotiate so
long as the allies occupy the Ruhr and
they contend the two allied powers
are "killing the goose that laid the
golden egg," since the Ruhr now is
unprofitable and Germany's ability to
pay any reparations is diminishing.
The explanation offered for the suc
cess of the German passive resistance
is tho attitude ot tho workmen who, it
is asserted, will not now, and never
wilt, work In the presence of French
troops.
When the French and Belgians en
tered the Ruhr early In January the
allies as a whole were receiving
total of 1,600,000 tons of coat monthly
of which the French share was 1,009,-
000 tons. It is said that Italy is re
ceiving her full quota of coal as pro
vided under tho 1822 reparations
schedule.
Germany has been able Iflsawiaa to
continue her shipment of coal to
Switzerland and Holland under the old
economic Agreements, separate front
the reparations question.
Threo Killed In Tornado.
TililiAUDEAtj'X, La April 13.
Three negroes were killed and scores
of whites and negroes Injured when a
tornado swept across Bayou La
Fourche. early today. Many houses
In the path of the tornado, which was
estimated at 200 yards wide, were
wrecked.
Nuns to Quit As
Teachers Rather
Than Doff Garb
SALEM, April IS. Nuns em-
ployed as teachers In the pub-
lie schools ot Marion county will
surrender their positions rather
than discard their religious
garb when the anti-garb biit en-
acted by the last legislature be-
comes effective May 5, aceord-
ing to Mrs. Mary L. Fttlkerson,
countj! superintendent of
schools. An erroneous report
to the effect that the nuns stood
ready to discard their religious
garb is explained by a statement
that the arms stood ready to
obey the law. This, it is ex-
plained, means that they will
give up their teaching positions.
A number of nuns are em-
ployed as teachers In the schools
of this county, particularly in
the vtctntty of Mount Angel and
St. Paul. -
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REPORT HARVEY
MAY RESIGN TO
ASSIST G. 0. P.
Washington Republicans Witt
Not Be Surprised to Hear ef
Ambassador's Return From
England to Aid in Republi
can Campaign.
. . . tude ot a czar," : . .
WASHINGTON. April IS. A com-. Father DtUon t being held. Father
prehensive survey of the republican O'Neill, his assistant and Father Me
outlook for 1924 has been made the Cuiiough were at the tab ,.p said,
last few days in conferences here. In- Father O'Neiil ordered Dillon to go
volvlng most of th titular leitr.of -upfttatnr-iuid-r'pacte 5ttii grip"1.' Instead,
tho party. Dillon went to his room, obtained ;
. Not only men and nollctce but such revolver and returned.
?!" tiL XL? V m M "l lBtMd8d to tv9 h!m cnanco to
treasury ana the cnoleo or a 14 , . , - .... ,
convention city have had active eon- fea "Pt 1 kt?ad
slderation. No definite conclusions n police report Dillon as saying,
are announced, but the net result has "but as I advanced Into the room,
been to still further advance the with the revolver extended, I saw him
season ot pre-conventlon activities, grab a salt cellar to throw at me, and
already far ahead of tho usual poittt- j f ;r8d twice."
cat calendar. As the priest's body slipped to the
Thus far the conferences have. , according to Ms story.
ttonol Treasurer Fred Upham of CM-
cage, several members of the cabt-
net and a number of senators who
keep a close connection with ail mat -
tors of party policy, within a few
days two former national chairmen,
SmS 5' Ht".c? New "Eorte "."J
Will H. Hays of Indiana are expected
to confer with others Interested . in
the New York primary. K
Within a few weeks. Colonel Geo.
It. Harvey, ambassador at London, the statement sold. "I took that in
is expected to appear, and It ta the , my own hands and I killed him. I
belief In political circles that he wiii want to go to Jackson (the state
be found willing to contribute some , prison!. I'd rather have the chair. -pertinent
advice regarding both party i ..r B8Ver did any barm to my life:
policies and eraginzatioa in 14M,1
counted o'Hs oneof The mainsa
ot the pre-conventlon movement for
the re-election of President Harding'
and although he has made no public
statement on the subject, Ms name
often has been coupled In political
gossip here with the efforts of the
friends of Mr, Hays ta ro-tnatate htm
as national chairman.
The state department eipecta Mr.
Harvey to return to his post in Lon
don after his brief vacation, but it
would cause no surprise here if be
resigned next winter to take an ac
tive part in tho campaign.
So far as noiiciea are concerned,
the administration proposal for
American membership In the Inter -
national coon notas nntt ran m
court
the discussions ot 1924. Secretary
Hughes recently discussed the pro
posal at great length with Senator
Watson of Indiana who pointed out
in some detail the attitude of a group
of anti-court republican senators.
The Indiana senator made fc-ia call at
the state department after he had
gone over the whole subject with
Republican Leader Lodge and at
about tho same time the court was
discussed at a long conference
tween President 'Harding and Seere-1 specifications of her father's wiii, de
tary Hoover. rided to make thepology.
SPENDS HilDAY. THE 13TH, IN BED
IN HOPE OF AVOIDING DISASTER
MACON, Ga., April 13. J, A.
Paraham, Macon businessman, an
nounced that he would spend today,
Friday, the 13th In bed, In the hope
that he will get through the day safely-
Ha save aa his reasons:
While working on a machine ta hit
garage, a steel splinter struck htm in
the eye, destroying the sight on the
I3th of the month.
The following month, also on She
13th, he broke an arm while crank
in I an automobile,
PRIEST KILLS
HOLY FATHER
IN MICHIGAN
Rev. Charles DffSon Assist,
Rector Kalamazoo . Cathofic
Church, Sheets Pastor of
Parish at Dinner Table
Gives ttt Treatment As the
Cause of Crime,
KALAMAZOO, Mich., April 13.
The Rev. Father Charles Dillon,
charged with the slaying of his su
perior, the Rev. Father Henry O'Neill,
pastor of St. Augustine's Catholic
church, here last night, waived exam
ination when arraigned in municipal
court hero today. Ha was bound
over to circuit court and wag to ha
arraigned before Circuit Judge
George V. "VYimer, this afternoon.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, April 13.
Armed with a revolver and a phial of
holy otbj to administer extreme unc
tion to his victim, the Rev. Father
Charles Dillon, assistant rector ot St.
Augustine's Catholic church, last night
shot and killed the Ear. Father Henry
O'Neill, paatoV of the parish, follow
ing a quarrel at the dinner table.
Father O'Neill had ordered Mm
from the house. v
The killing of Father CNetll cul
minated what Father Dillon told
police was "thirteen months of ill
treatment,' 'during which, he said,
father O'Neill "treated me like a little
boy, and assumed toward me the atti?
, taming noty otis ana iota bhh k
minister me aacraiiiesii vi Bivroiira
unction at once.
t "I knelt before God and prayed that
something would happen to that man,"
puthgf Dillon was quoted a saying Sa
statement to Prosecutor Stephen H,
,,,.,.'
. .' , ,
"I had no right to kill Father
O'Neill; not one right to the world,
never took a cent tram anybody. 'The
M children all over Michigan
, will tea you uiey mva mo.
j D 7 J T-rnn Shnflf '
fOttlana trap OJOOf
Opens, Many Compete
PORTLAND, Ore., April 13. The
Rose City hundred number four trap;
hoot was scheduled to open here to
day on the Portland Qua etafr
grounds, to continue for three days.
Many clay pigeon experts from Ore-
! Ron, Washington, British Columbia.
1 aad California are here for the evant
, ,n!t -VAral of them took nart veater-
day in a practice shoot.
Approximately 11400 ia cash
prizes will be awarded and some
$380 In prises.
: Who Woni&at ApotocteU.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April U
Mrs. Gertrude Linderman Qlimour
who has withheld the apology to her
.) I ...... hdl. ... ta? ftftft HniM. tK
Then in the next month, alto on
the 13th, he slipped in grease is his
garage and broke his leg.
For two months thereafter, -by us
ing extra precautions he tot by
without a mishap,
Then the 13th rolled around and
white he was watching mechanic at
work on an automobile, a block broke
loose from its fastening, fell os aia
foot and smashed it. -
Last month, on the 13th, hit gar
age wa destroyed by ttt.