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Wtwkly Fifty-Third Year.
IfEDVORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923
NO. 29
GDASI HIT
BY WAIKDUT
OFLW.W.'S
Logging Camps Closed and
Shipping Yards Tied Up in
Northwest When Wobblies
Strike in Protest Against
Retention of Political Pris-
. oners By U. S. A.
EVERETT, Wash., April 25. tip
to soon tday three logging camps in
title 4fattn had AtiuoJ hoAtinoa rtf
Vthe I. W. W. demonstration and tive
others, according to report of the
operators, are seriously crippled.
About 800 men are affected.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 25.
The lumber Industry of northwestern
Washington was not seriously affect
ed by the strike call of the Industrial
Workers of the World, according to
reports received here this morning.
The Bloedel-Donovan mills, one of
the largest operators, reported that
a few men had quit work, but that
operations were not curtailed. A few
other camps reported minor losses.
WENATCHEE, Wash., April 25.
The I. W. W.' strike order showed its
effect in Chelan county today accord
ing to -Sheriff Bert McManus, who
said a number of men employed in
lumber mills and logging camps drop
ped their tools and are loitering on
the street corners in the city today.
ABERDEEN, Wash., April 25.
Obeying the I. W. W. strike call log
. gers in 27 camps of the Grays Harbor
district walked ' out on strike this
d morning, I. W. W. leaders say that
20,000 quit work and that another
10,000 will quit, work tomorrow.
Their figures are not confirmed.
Some of the camps in Which the men
went ont closed for the day but oper
ators say the shutdown will be only
temporary. The I, W. W. chiefs on
the other band declare that they will
paralyze the entire lugging and tim
ber industry on Grays Harbor before
the end of the week.
Mill and camp operators do not an
ticipate any such outcome they say.
Loggers in' the largest log opera
tion in the harbor did not walk out.
The strikers presented no demand.
The chief aim of the strikers is to
effect the release of persons held un
der the espionage act and to obtain
pardons for the I. W, W, members
convicted of murder for the Centra
lta Armistice day killings. ,
Between 60 and 100 longshoremen,
representing about SO per cent of the
waterfront workers here also walked
out this morning. Stevedoring com
panies report that they are not se
. riously afefcted and that they will
have no difficulty In loading vessels
in the harbor. Up to noon work bad
not been suspended on any of the
ships and the stevedors" say it will
not be.
L SEATTLE, April 25. The strike
called at midnight last night by the
marine transport workers division of
the I. W. W. had little effect upon
the local waterfront, according to
port authorities here who said only
a few men were out. Handbills an
nouncing the walkout appeared at
most of the docks, but no picketing
or disorders was reported.
POItTLAND. Ore., April 25.-
Members of the marine transport
workers branch of the I. W. W will
be called from all ships arriving here,
said William Ford, spokesman for the
organization, at I. W. W. headquar
ters. Ford predicted that the strike
would be 100 per cent effective.
James Crighton, local director of
(Continued on rase ir.
OLD POSEY. PIUTE BRAVE. KILLED
IN BATTLE AND SECRETLY BURIED
SALT LAKE CITT. April 25. The
body of Old Posey, leader of the van
qulHhed renegnde tribe' of Piute In
dians, which went on the war path In
southeastern Utah Inst month, rests
today In a rude rock-covered gravo
somewhere in the mountains nenr
Standing, Utah, where he was slain
last week In a skirmish with white
settlers.
The aged chieftain he was re
puted to be 100 years old made his
last stand with a handful of braves
near Comb Wash, on March !S. last,
and he died alone while white posse
men routed his small band.
$80,000 Worth of
' Whiskey Is Stolen
From Store Room
:
. ST. LOUIS, April 25. (By As-
sociated Press), Fifty barrels of
bonded whiskey were Btolen from
a government store room in a
flavoring extract company here
today. . The whiskey has a me-
dicinal value of $S,SQ0, but a
bootleg value of about $80,000,
it was said. The whiskey was
stolen by six or seven men.
WEN FIGHT
OVER ELECTION
TO LOCAL MEET
Portland Research Club Stages
Near Riot When Delegates
Are Elected to Attend Club
Convention in This City Late
in May.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 2B,
Something approaching the propor
tions of a near-riot proved the se
quel to an annual election of the
Portland Woman's Research club at
the Multnomah hotel, when delegates
were chosen to attend the convention
of the state federation of women's
clubs, to be held in Medford late in
May. j
The factional fight, plainly evi
dent both during the progress of the
election and in an aftermath of per
sonalities, had Its origin in the di
vision of Portland clubwomen re
specting the respective candidacies of
Mrs" Sadie Orr-Dunttir 'of this city
and Mrs. Collins Elklns of Prlneville,
each of whom aspires to the presiden
cy of the state federation.
Opponents Refuse to Vote
Sefore' the balloting began Mrs.
Alexander Thompson of the Dunbar
contingent made a motion that nom
inations be received from the floor
and the elections proceed by a rising
vote, which motion prevailed.
It developed an unusual situation,
for, while the adherents of a propos
ed delegate were perfectly willing to
stand up and be counted, -those who
were opposed to her election sat dis
creetly in their places. The result
was that every delegate placed In
nomination rode triumphantly in,
though In some instances by but a
handful of votes.
Mrs. Alice M. McNaught, a mem
ber of the club and honorary presi
dent of the Progressive Woman's
league, whose clashes with Mrs. Al
exander Thompson have often fur
nished lively 'news, demanded the
privilege of the floor at the close of
the. election. In a scathing denun
ciation of the methods 'used, she
scored the election as a complete fiz
zle and utter joke.
' Methods Are Rapped
"I have been censured all over, the
state," said Mrs. McXaught, "for my
attitude in this fight. But I must
reassert my views. - I cannot stand
for such cheap political methods as
have been employed here today. It Is
unfair and unkind to pretend that
this sort of voting has determined the
actual preferences of our club. It Is
apparent that some of these dele
gates would not have been chosen."
In concluding' her remarks Mrs.
McNaugbt said that, after having
been appointed a delegate to the
state convention from, the Progres
sive Woman's league, she had since
been told by the president that the
appointment was withdrawn because
of her attitude in the presidential
fight and the fact that she has given
interviews to local newspapers..
A moment after the session had ad-
(Continued on Page Six)
United States Marshal J. Ttay Ward
yeAerday brought the news of Old
Posey's death to Standing, Although
earlier advices said Marshal Ward
was accompanied by several officers
who were led by captive Ptutes to
the spot where Posey was slain, the
marshal stated he was the only white
man in the party which recovered
the body. The Indiana led him to the
body.
At the request of the tribesmen, it
was reported, the body was buried
without ceremony yesterday at a se
cret spot on a mountainside,
CONFESSION
OF MURDER
IS SIGNED
Ex-Saiior in a Formal Written
Statement, Admits He Killed
Rabbi in S.' F. Hotel
Claims He Was Attacked
' San Francisco Police Still
Doubt Story.
PHOENIX, Arm, April -25. Glad
well G. Richardson, 19, confessed this
morning to the slaying of Rabbi Alfred
G. Lafee In a Saa Francisco hotel on
April 4, in a statement made to Assis
tant County Attorney Louis Hart and
the chief of police, Oscar Roberts and
Chief of Detectives J. 3. McGrath,
The confession as taken down by
the district attorney's stenographer,
follows out the diary found on his
person when arrested early Monday
morning in detail.
Richardson signed the statement
after typewritten copies had been pre
pared. Chief Roberts announced.
Richardson accompanied by a Phoe
nix police officer, will leave for Sau
Francisco tomorrow night. Chief of
Police Roberts announced this after
noon. Richardson, in his verbal statement,
as to his diary, declared he beat the
rabbi over the head with a cuspidor,
inflicting the blowa which caused his
death, after the rabbi had attacked
him at 3:30 o'clock in the morning In
a room in the Gates hotel in which the
two had registered.
After making his confession, Rich
ardson offered to waive extradition
and asked that a Phoenix officer ac
company him back to San Francisco,
Assistant County Attorney Hart 'an
nounced. ,,.. . , - ' ' -
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, Cap
tain Duncan Matheson of the police
department, commenting today on the
news dispatch from Phoenix that O.
G, Richardson would be returned to
San Francisco on his confession that
he had killed Rabbi Lafee, said that
he did not believe Chief of Police Rob
erts would Btart with his prisoner
when he received a telegram sent him
by Matheson.
Matheson explained that it was com
mon for men to make false confes
sions of crime in order to obtain
transportation and he had asked the
Phoenix officials to send Richardson's
handwriting samples for comparison
with the writing on the Gates hotel
register.
Oregon News in
Today's Wire
EUGENE, Ore.,. April i5. Oregon
took the second baseball game of its
series with the University of Idaho
here yesterday by a score of IS to 7.
SALEM, Ore., April 26. The pub
lic service commission announced
yesterday the ports of Marshfield and
North Bend, Oregon, have been
placed on a parity with San Fran
cisco, Portland and Puget Sound
ports with a new export freight rate
proposed by the trans-continental
railroad association.
SALEM, Ore,, April 26. State
Forenidr V. A. ISUiatt yesterday re
ceived a telegram from United 'States
Senator McNary said he had practi
cal assurance from the war depart
ment that an. airplane forest fire pa
trol would again be sent to Oregon
this summer, the base to be at Eu
gene. SALEM, Ore., April S5. In re
sponse to an effort of Salem minis
ters to have Bible study started In
Salem schools the school board last
night voted as an. experiment to try
out a plan of Bible study for the Oar
field school to begin next Monday.
Eneh grade from the first to the
sixth will meet for Bible study twice
a week in a nearby church.
Ralph Williams May
Be' Hoover Assistant
PORTLAND, Ore, April 25. Ralph
E, Williams, vice chairman of the re
publican national committee and com
mitteeman from Oregon for the last
16 years, has announced that he is
considering acceptance of an offer to
act as assistant secretary of commerce
under Herbert Hoover. Mr. Williams
said that he would make public bis
decision in a few days.
BURLINGTON, VL, April 2S, An
drew J. Goodhue, father in law of Vice
President Coolldge, died at his borne
here today. He was 78 years old.
Vice President and Mrs, Coolldge are
expected here from Boston tonight.
Working Boys Invited, to :
Duke of York's Wedding
. , " " "
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Several boys reHrOBcnUiSB the British Industries have received invita
tions for the wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elisabeth Bowm
t,, it h iif( is SIdnev HarrinKton. who wna choan from among SSO
boys in one of the manufacturing plants to attend the wedding. At the
right is Horace Walter OHlard, employed by a building contractor, who
has also received an Invitation to tne
OREGON RECEIVES
I APPROPRIATIONS
FROM GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, April 25. (By As
sociated Press). About 140,000,000 of
the 54,6SO,00O appropriated by con
gress over the protest of the budget
bureau, for the improvement of rivers
and harbors, already haa been allotted
by Secretary Week and the remain
der will be distributed among various
projects later. - Ttib Budget director
had recommended an appropriation of
only $27,000,000 and It had been re
ported the administration might limit
expenditures to that figure.
The allotments already made in
clude: Missouri river, Ivangas City to
mouth, $1,200,000, .
San Diego harbor, California $100,-
000,
Los Angeles harbor, $575,000.
San Francisco harbor $300,000.
Oakland harbor $235,000,
Coos Bay, Oregon, $9000; Coos river
$3000; Umpqua river $815,000; Ya
quina bay and harbor $139,000; Colum
bia river and tributaries above Celilo,
Oregon, Washington and Idaho $13,000
Columbia and lower Willamette river
$9000; Willamette above Portland and
Yamhill river $28,000.
ROYAL DUTCH SHaL
CONTROLS TURK OIL
LONDON, April 25. As a result of
the purchase of 200,000 tons ef oil
from the Russian soviet government,
the Xovat Dutch Shell group has ac
quired a monopoly in the exportation
of Hups tan oil for more than a year,
according to a statement given to the
London newspapers by a French
source. The Informant adds tha the
group Invited Its colleagues in the
international consortium to partici
pate in the deal but that they refused.
BASEBALL SCORES
American
At Cleveland:
Detroit
R. H. E.
Cleveland
Batteries:
and O'Neill,
.... 18 1
Oauss and Busier; Uhle
At Philadelphia.
Boston ... ,
R. H, B.
3 8 0
Philadelphia 10 n
Batteries: Ferguson and Picinlch,
Walters; Ogden, Helmach and Per
kins, Brnggs.
At New York: It. H. S.
Washington .. 10 1
New York 7 9 0
Batteries: llollingsworth, McOrew
and Ruel; Pennock and Schang.
National
At Pittsburg: 4 R. M, E.
Chicago . .... 8(0
Pittsburg , 7 IS 1
Batteries: Fusseil, Kauffman, Keen
and Hartsett, G'Farreii; Cooper and
Oooch.
At Boston: R. H, E.
Philadelphia . 3 ,9 1
Boston .. 2 8 1
Batteries: Head and Henllne; Ben
ton, Qenevicb, Coemey and O'Neill,
A3
'u
royal weqamg.
KM IIS.
MUST QUIT BOQZE
ORGETNO MONEY
KLAMATH FALLS. April 25.
Ban the ooste or go without money
is in effect the edict posted on the
Klamath reservation by Superintend
ent Fred A. Baker on ttaa eve of the
distribution of an allotment of B0,-
000 of the tribal funds,
.Citing the tow tor - hta authority.
Baker says that ontll there Is a more
strict observance of the prohibition
laws, payment will be held up Indefi
nitely. According to a member of the tri
bal council the Indiana are in a quan
dary, since the law as quoted by Ba
ker calls upon the chiefs and head
men of the tribe to prevent the me
of liquor, on the reservation, while
the Klamath tribe has neither chief
nor headman. The allotment 'would
give each member of the tribe $50,
SUGAR ADVANCES
$1 IN 10 WEEKS
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25.
Wholesale dealers today announced
a 45 cent advance In sugar, some
making "the rise effective at orjee,
while others will wait until tomorrow-.
The new price of cane gran
ulated la 57. SO a sack, a total gain of
$1 a sack since April 11,
Aetall dealers are giving the pub
lic the benefit of stocks on hand be
fore the recent advances became ef
fective. " Todaf grocers are sellinff
nine pounds for a dollar and cash end
carry stores were offering ten pounds
for the dollar.
SAN FRANCISCO, April SS.
Sugar will make another upward
jump tomorrow to $10,46 per hun
dred pounds for refined cane, accord
ing to announcement here by the
California-Hawaiian and the Western
refineries. Thto will represent an ad
vance of K and 40 cents respectively
by the two firms.
No quotation has been made for
beet sugar as the Spreckles Sugar
company, dealers In this product, is
off the market. Urn stock havlnar been
sold out.
Since April 11, cane sugar ' has
been advanced one dollar, " '
NEW YORK, April 5. Refined
agar was quoted at 10.2B cents per
pound today by the three local refin
ers, the highest price since 1920, Two
refiners quoted it at ten cents.
270,000 Acre Opened
Up i 'or Service' Men
WASHINGTON, Aprtt iS Secretary
Work today threw open M5.000 acres
of pubiio land in five western states
for entry by former service men. The
tracts, comprising the largest areas
offered for homesteading by the In
terior department during the past two
years, are 222,00' acres in Owyhee
county, Idaho; 24,090 acres in Beaver
head county. Montane; 1S.H0 acres In
Ktko and Eureka counties, Nevada;
68O0 acres In Rio Arriba county. New
Mexico and 4000 acres in Mesa county,
Colo. ,
Yakima Orchdrdist
Sues Pathologist
For Spraying Buds
'
YAKIMA, Wash., April 25.
J. B. Sehwaegler, Yakima va!-
toy orehardist, today filed suit
tor $2,000 damages against w,
L. Close, district horticultural
Inspector, and uu for a per-
nianent restraining order to
prevent members of the Inspec-
tor' staff from spraying his
orchard against his will,
Scnwaegler asserts that his or-
chard haa been properly spray-
ed and that the lime ilpbu
now being applied Is damaging
the fruit buds and will rata Ma
crop. Close charges thet only
about 80 acres of the 80 aero
Schwaegter tract has been prop-
erly sprayed, and that Schwaeg-
tort neighbors bave asked W
halp for fear that their orchards
might become infected.
WEDDING CAKE
ALL READY FOR
SWORDCARVING
Rehearsal of Duke of York's
Wedding Held in London
Cake Laden With Golden
Trinkets Cold Weather Is
Feared.
LONDON, April S3. I By the As
sociated Press.) The sodden skies.
cold ' wet: atmosphere ' and sharp
winds portended unfavorable weath
er for Kcgiand'a royal bridal pageant
tomorrow when the Dake of Votk
and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are
married in Westminster Abbey. It
Is certain that the hundreds ot thou
sands who will witness tomorrow's
brilliant wedding cortege will he
snugly dressed In ulsters, fun d
woolens.
Lady Elisabeth divided her time
today between her dressmakers and
& rehearsal of the wedding ceremony.
King George and Queen Mary will
give a reception tonight t which the
elite of society will meet the duke
and his fiance.
At tomorrow's festivities in Buck
ingham palace the bride will cut wth
the duke'i sword a mammoth wed
ding take in the form of a Chinese
pagoda, in which are embedded sev
eral charms of purs gold a. ring, a
thimble, a button, a threepenny piece,
a horseshoe, a miniature donkey sod
a goose. According to the traditions
the lucky ones who get slices contain
ing one of these charms will enjoy
good fortune throughout life. -
The finishing touches were put a
t he honeyraodn retreat among the
hills of Surrey today.
Queen Mary will wear at the Wed
ding ceremony a gown of aquamarine
bine and silver tissue, veiled by a
Classically draped overdress, on which
the white rose of York in silver Is to
he woven with delicate blue threads.
Princess Mary today shared In the
glamor and festive spirit sorrounaing
the wedding when she celebrated her
llth birthday and wae the recipient
ot felicitations from the king end
queen, the other members ot the royal
family and many friends,
Mexicans Dent Drink Scotch
WASHINGTON, April 25. Since
prohibition became effective la the
United States ei ports of Scotch and
Irish whiskey from Great Britain to
Mexico and various West Indian
islands off the American coast has in
creased 1900 per cent, according to
f igures complied ky the commerce de
partment. '
JURY EXONERATES HALL AND COSTER
N KU KLUX
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25. Ver
dicts la faror of Charles Kill and R.
R. Coster, defendants In the 8i,S00
damage suit instituted by Thomas L.
Garlsnd, Portland attorney, were re
turned by a jury In Circuit Jadge
Bowman's court today,
Osrlsnd alleged that Hall and
Coster snd Lather I. Powell, Fred L.
Olfford "and other members nn
known of the Km Kin Klan, con
spired to libel him through the pub
lication ol his oama In list ot al
leged illegal totera during the Hall
Olcott racon ot ease la Aajtnst, Hit.
Garland did not allege that Hall or
Cosier were menders ot the klso.
IHS TOWN
WIPED OUT
BY TORNADO
Every Building in Henrietta,
Town of 3000 People, Is
Wrecked 20 Homes In
Fort Worth Blown Down
aid Oil Derricks Pulverized
Hail Accompanies Storm.
FORT WOIUSH, Texas. April IS.
TwMrty homes in south Fort Worth
wre- blown down in the storm hers
tort night. No one was Injured,
HENRIETTA, Tmms, April SS.
By the Aaamiated Press) r Virtually
evry building In this community ot
S000 In north central IBM was
wrecked by a storm last Bight with
sn estimate! damage of $15,880, A
fifty mile wind threw hailstones bs
iarms as her.' eggs, breaking every
window In town. Hall to the deptn
of a foot on the streets and water two
fert deep In the erttars seat many
persons on their way to Wichita FUIs
to miles away, for temporary pro
tection. The St. Elmo hotel, a three ijory
building, had Us root blown in and
the Interior badly damaged.
The first floor fa the Men chooi
building was under water, the base
ment of the Clay county court house
was flooded and the root torn asun
der. The roofs ot many other oiUd
ings were hlown oil, -
BOHK BURNETT, Texas, April IS
Five residences and !x C:l derricks
were blown to bite by a terrific wind
which visited th humble oil has
two miles wt of Burk Burnett and
aboat 30 miles northwest of Henri
etta last night. ; .
REFUSED MILLION,
SELLS FOR $2000
GREENWOOD, B, C, April
The Providence Gold mine, for which
$1,000,090 was refused 20 years ago,
brought I MOO under the sheriffs ham
mer hers yestertay. las purchaser
wna William Madden, former manager
who was said to bare bow bsckaA by
the Madden interests ot Chicago, mn
bored among the principal bondhold
ers. The scle is subject to bead taaoa
of f StMSOft. Operations will be re
sumed within the next few months, It
was announced. ,. -, -
BANK IS CLOSED,
SHORT A MILLION
YORK. Pa., April ti. Fcwd
notes, ranclnc in denomination ftmn
$ IBB up Into the thousands eonstteie
the allegation atat Thomas Baird,
cashier, and William H. Boll, stat
nnt cashier of the City Bank ot York,
according to state bank ofBcials who
yesterday closed the Institution a tier
they had discovered ft shortsje esti
mated at nearly 1,90,00,
Woman Robber Antl.
BBATTfcB, April 25. Mrs. Vtotoa
Bert, sged 40, was arrested here tost
night In connection with tie robbery
ot a store at Nsehes, Wash,, tost
week. She bad allk drwws Md uis
darelothtag In her possession which
officers believe had bees taken from
the store.
iKIAN DAMAGE SUIT
T . J .. ! , Ilia n an V n amhis
nearly a week. At the eonelaslon ot
the jlalntltrs case In hrtot yestertay,
non-suits were allowed as tar as x
Powell, Gi fiord and tbe Kb Kim
Klan were concerned on all three
counts ot the complaints and thaw of
Hall and Coster on eonnts except me.
This allegation upon which s rardlet
was returned today had to do with
Ltbe alleged libel of Garland through
the publication to Portland news
paper ot to a list ot otar referred
to. -Charts
HslI was defeated by Oo-
entor Bea W. Otaitt for the reBtiblt
tm nomination for governor last May,