Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Weather Year Ago
Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday 79.6
Minimum today 36
Maximum
Minimum
65
.29.9
Dally Eighteenth Tear.
Weekly Kitty-Third Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923
NO. 31
OREGON
ISSUE STRIKE U
iMTUl
VIOLENCE IS
THREATENED
W
Oregon Reds in Order for
Strike 'Tomorrow Warn All
' Bootleggers to Close Up Or
: Drastic Action Will Follow
Unconditional Release of
War Prisoners Demanded.
SALEM, Are., April 27. Ma
chine gun crews and gas howitzer
squads of the National Guard, to
gether with expert riflemen, will
be transported to any critical
point In the state should local
civil authorities be unable to
handle situations that may arise
from, the threatened I. W. W.
strike. It was said at the capital
today. Governor Pierce conferred
for two hours today with Adjutant
, General White, who recently made
a tour of inspection of logging
camps.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 27. The
Portland local of the lumberworkers
branch of the I. W. W. today announc
ed that the strike called in the state
lor May 1 had been sent ahead to
start tomorrow and gave out a list of
demands. The demands follow: -"
First, the unconditional release of
all class-war prisoners.
Second, the abolition of all piece
and contract work.
Third, an eight hour day from camp
to camp.
Fourth, that the company furnish
sanitary beds with clean linen at least
one a week.
Fifth, that all Sunday work and
overtime be paid for at the rate of
time and one-half and that no work be
done on Sunday except when absolute
ly necessary.
, Sixth, that all mail matter be allow
ed to come to camp without censor
ship of any kind.
Sovonth, that all safety rules be
lived up to. .
Eighth, that clean and sanitary bath
houses and dry houses be maintained
in all camps.
Ninth, that all top bunks bo re
moved. tenth, that employment offices be
established by the employers and that
no fee or charge of any kind be made.
Eleventh, that all persons handling
foodstuffs in camps have their health
cards.
Specially listed as "cIubb war pris
oners," are the I. V. W. prisoners in
Leavenworth prison. "The Centralla
prisoners who defended tlioir hall,"
Mooney and Billings, Sacco and Van
zettl, Ford and Suhr, Ranglo and Kline
Wiminal syndicalism victims in state
prisons.
The Btrike committee also sent out
warnings to bootleggers and gambling
houses.
"You are hereby given notice to
close up during the strike or drastic
action will bo ' taken against you,"
they road.
Other literature urged strikers to
"stay away- from booze."
i Disorders, San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. The
first disordor of the strike of I. W. W.
timber and marine workers In thq Pa1
cific states was an affair aboard the
tanker Solano, as she ..was about to
sail from San Pedro late yesterday.
The evont was doBcrlbod by the ship's
officers as a "tnutlny" but as the ship
did not return, fow dotails wero avail
able. (Continued on page ilr.
HUS8AND CONFESSES
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., April 27.
Having confessed thut ho sat on his
wife In a shullow pond o that she
was drowned, John A. Carlson, a
plumbing contrnctnr, was held with
out bonrift today.
He sold he deliberately drove his
HUtoniublle over nn embnnkment. The
rnr overturned and both were thrown
Into the pond. Then Cnrlson placed
a cushion on hi" wife's head and
chest and sat on It, holding her be
nenlh the surface. He sat there until
her struggles ceased, according to h
Governor of Texas
Disapproves of Ku
Klux Demonstration
AUSTIN, Texas. April 27.
Disapproval of the demonstra-
tion by the Ku Klux Klan in the
house ot representatives last
night when a concert by the St.
John orphanage for negroes was
in progress, was voiced by Lieu-
tenant Governor T. W. Davidson
In a statement in the Journal of
the Texas senate today. He de- fr
clared the Incident "unfortunate
and inopportune."
I
Miss Dixon Withdraws From
Case When Her Record Is
About to Be Introduced
She Admits Frame-Up, Ac
cording to Ruth's Attorney.
NEW YORK, April 27. Miss Dol
ores Dixon, who recently brought a
suit fpr $50,000 damages' against
"Babe" Ruth, the New York Yanks'
home run king, ' alleging seduction
and assault," withdrew ner case to
day. The withdrawal was made just
as the case of Robert McChesney, who
was to have been examined in su
preme court as to the record of MiBS
Dixon was about to be called.
McChesney did not appear when
called and Hyman Bushel Ruth's at
torney, asked that the case be dis
missed. He produced a stipulation,
signed by Miss Dixon, her guardian
ad litem, Barbara V. Escoe, and her
attorney, George Feinberg, withdraw
ing the suit.
Bushel announced he also had ob
tained a confession signed by Miss
Dixon, in which she admitted the suit
was the result of a framoup In which
Lscvcral pereoiiB were involved. Ruth's
aiiorney uecunca 10 give out mu uut
nment, raying he would show it to
"Babe" at Boston today. Ho then
would turn it over to the district at-
l torncy for investigation, Bushel
The stipulation, signed by the
pla'ntiffs. which Ruth's attorney
submitted to the court, was In the
form of an agreement by which the
suit was to be withdrawn "without
costs to either party against the other.
an order to that effect to be entered
without notice to either party to the
other."
Bushcll said he had refused to sign
the stipulation. Although he kept
secret the contents of Miss Dixon's al
leged confcsslson, ho showed report
ers a signature which he said was
hers, affixed to tho document.
Ruth was training In tiro Bouth
when tho suit was announced and he
at once vigorously denied that he
over knew or had seen Miss Dixon.
Ho was joined in denouncing the case
as a blackmail scheme, by Mrs.
Ruth.
MIbs Dixon, according to her law
yer, Is an expectant mother.
Later McChosney, who was releas
ed from tho Tombs yesterday appear
ed in court ready to answer quest
ions. Ho was astonished to learn
that Miss Dixon had withdrawn her
suit.
"I would Ilko to go on the witness
stand and tell the whole inBldo of this
Btory," ho told tho reporters.
HE SAT ON WIFE
statement, and the went to tho high
wny and obtained assistance. He
rode, to a hospital In an ambulance
with Ills wife's body and told officers
that the accident occurred when his
wife lost control of the car.
C'nrleon and his wife were mar
ried 24 yenrs ago. Two sons, aged
19 and IS, live here.
The drowning occurred a month
ago. Carlson said ho had quarreled
on tho motor trip with his wife
because ho purchased for her a fur
coat costing tUO when she wnnteil
one costing 300.
DOLORES DROPS
DAMAGE
II
AGAINST
BABE
TWELVE DIE
IN TENEMENT
FIRE, N. YORK
Heart Breaking Tragedies Fol
low Mysterious Blaze in
Upper Gotham Bride-to
Be Dies When She Tries to
Get Wedding Dress Seven
of One Family Killed.
NEW YORK, April 27. (By Asao
elated Press). Fire of mysterious
origin starting in a pile of rubbish on
the first floor of a five story brick
tenement in East 109th street early
today mushroomed through the build
ing and caused the deaths of twelve
persons, members of two families liv.
ing on the top floor.
Two persons were injured and fire
men made spectacular rescues of
many of the 200 living In the building.
Seven of the dead were members of
the family of David Mandelbaum, a
painter, who had planned to move to
day to a little farm upstate which he
purchased recently. They were Mrs.
Mandelbaum and her children, whoso
ages ranged from 1 to 16 years.
The other dead were Aaron Kuxls,
his wife, their daughter Bertha, 21,
their son, David, 18, and a relative,
Mrs. Isaac Brownsteln, who was visit
ing them.
Mandelbaum, who was rescued by
firemen and police after he had made
desperate attempts to save his family
said he was awakened by smoke, and
when he opened the door of his bed-
rorm. he was met with a rush of
flame.
His little son, Hyman, who also had
been awakened, crawled on his hands
and knees behind him. Mandelbaum
placed the youngster on the fire
escape and told him to climb down
and wait for the firemen. He was
rescued.
The Kuxls family, who occupied an
apartment opposite the Mandelbaums,
was trapped. Mrs. Brownsteln was
pulled' out of the room unconscious by
firemen and taken to a hospital, whore
she died.
Gets Wedding Dress
Bertha Kuxis, who was to have been
married June 17, loBt her life because
alio went back to her apartment for
her wedding dress. She had reached
landing where she could have
escaped when she wont back. Her
fiance. David Aaron, who lives in the
neighborhood, saw her charred body
carried from tho building. He waB
overcome with grief.
Many more persons would have been
trapped by the flames, according to
police, had it not boon for Michael
Kaufman, a city employe living across
from the' burned tenement, who dis
covered the fire.
Seeing smoke and flames shooting
from a fourth floor window, Kaufman
telephoned a fire alarm and then
rushed across the street Into the burn
ing building and ran through the
floors blowing a police whistle be
twoon shouts of "fire," as he fled from
the building. The rapidly spreading
flames enveloped tho wooden stair
ways driving the forty or moro ton
ants in tho building to seek safoly
through tho windows or down fire
escapes.
Arriving at the street Kaufman con
tinued to blow his police whistle until
ho had attractod the attention of An
gelo Magatta, a taxi driver, who drove
his car beneath the fire escape land
ing at the first floor from which the
terror stricken tenants dropped to the
cab's roof.
With the arrival of the fire depart
ment which had boon called by three
alarms, a half dozen men and women
were found to be hanging from win
dow sills and were broukht to safety
after thrilling rescues.
CHIEF OF STAFF
SUESFORPEACE
DUBLIN, April 27. (By tho Asso
ciated PreBs.) The chief of staff of
the Irish republican army has ordortd
a cessation of hostilities from noon
ot Monday with a view to negotiation
of peace.
A proclamation Issued by Ramon
DeValera, tho republican loader,
stipulates as one of the condition
of peace that the sovereign right? of
the Irish nation nro Indefeasible and
inulenlablo. '
10 Lbs. Lost by Marathon Dance Queen
"' !
After shuffling fof CD hours. Miss
Vera Sheppard of Long iBland City,
was compelled to Oil a halt in her
Marathon dance. Miss Shepard,
shown above with Ben Solar, who was
her partner for almost the entire69
FAMILY CALLED
E
HAWORTH, Okla., April 27. Ira
Gardner and A. B. Miller, farmers,
were arrested today by a posse and
placed In the city jail here in connec
tion with tho killing of five members
of the family of Tom Hansoll at tho
Hanscll homo near here lato last
night. Officers doclined to discuss
tho arrests of the two men, other
than to Bay they wero taken Into
custody because of letters recently
received by llnnsell and mcmbors of
his family. '
ISABEL, Okla., April 27. J. W.
Pope, 45, was captured by a posse
near C'larkHvillo, Toxas and brought
to the county Jail hero late today In
connection with tho slaying of his
estranged wife,, their two children,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hansen, his
paronts-in-law, at tho home of the
latter near Haworth early today.
HAWORTH, Okla.,
April 27.
FOR METHODIST
The use of radio in church work
will be Introduced in Medford for the
first time Sunday. BlBhop Wm. O.
Shepard, Bpcaklng from Portland,
will addrosB the congregation of the
First Methodist church Sunday even
ing at 7:45. A telegram to tho local
pastor, Kov. J. It. Sasnott, carried tho
announcement that arrangements
had been made in Portland, with ono
of tho broadcasting stations.
Through the courtesy ot Mr, Siy
ney S. Bmlth and Mr. Virgin of this
city tho best relelving sot in tho city
hag been secured for tho evening.
The radio features which will In
clude some musical numbers from
the Los Angeles Bible Institute will
be but ono of a number of exceptional
attractions. Dr. A. L. Howarth, cen
tenary executive ot the Portland area.
lias been secured as the speaker of
the day. He wil address the congre
gation at the 11 o'clock service and
again at 8 o'clock, following the ra
dio message from the bishop. Dr.
Howarth Is recognized as one of the
outstanding ministers of the Metho
dint church, being In dcinnnd to ad
dress largo church gatherings, not
only tn the northwest, but In many
sections of the country. He has Just
returned from tho Hawaiian Islands
where he took a prominent part In
0M
SHOT
ARMED
AND
RAD 0
SERVICE
CHORCH.SUNDAY
hours, lost 10 lba. in wolght, nnd was
almost unconscious during the last
hours. She was supported only by the
strength of her various partners, one
of whom was partly demented as a re
BUlt ot the strain.
10
10
OF
DEATH BY
Thomas Hansoll, a plnntcr, his wife
nnd their daughter, a Mrs. Pope, and
tho lattor's ton year old son, were
shot to death when they wore called
to the door of tho Hammill homo
near hero early today and fired on by
two men who rode up to tho house
on horseback. A five year old daugh
ter of Mrs. Popo was probably fatally
wounded. Tho Identity of tho men
has not been determined.
All of the pcrsonB shot were sleep
ing In a front room of the house
when a horseman called them to the
door. Two boys In another room
escaped Injury. Neighbors doclared
today they saw two men on horsoback
rldo rapidly away aftor thoy heard
tho shooting.
They said Mrs. Pope and her hus
band were estranged and she had
como to her father's homo to llvo.
Mr. and Mrs. Pope resided In Hod
Hiver county, Toxas, until throe
weeks ago, they said.
National.
At Philadelphia R. H. E.
Brooklyn ,. .B 10 1
Philadelphia .2 4 2
Grimes und Doborry; Winters and
Honllno.
At PlttBburg . It. H. E.
fbling 1 1 0
Pittsburg , 2 8 1
Alexander and O'Farrell; Morrison
and Schmidt.
ST. LOUIS, April 27. St. LoulB-
Clnclnnatl postponod, rain.
American,
At Detroit It. H. E.
St. Louis 2 7 0
Detroit t 13 0
Pruett, Kolp and Sevcreld; Hollo-
wuy, Johnson und Woodall.
At Boston. R. H. B.
New York 4 8 1
Boston 2 6
Shawkey and Bchang; lfullorton,
Qnlrin nnd Plrlnlch.
the mission conference recently held.
In addition to the rad'o music, tho
choir hag plannod some special music
for botb services. Ot especial men
tion Is a contralto solo, 'O Iioit of
Routs," which will be sung by Mrs,
Bryan Plerte.
Another attraction of the day Is a
moving picture, the title of which Is
"Oielc America." A good ma'hlne
and operator have been secured t-r
the occasion. The hour of this tea
lure Is 6:30. There will be no
charge. '
The services ot the day will lull lata
tho campnign to complete tho fund
tcr the new church.
DOR
OKLAHOMA
BASEBALL SCORES
Conan Doyle Receives
Scribbled Note From
His Departed Mother
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 27. A
scribbled note, purporting to be
a mesage from his dead mother,
was received, by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle last night during a
seance with Miss Ada Bessinet,
a distinguished Toledo medium.
The letter, beginning: "My
dear son," Informed Sir Arthur
that his mother had triod to
come to him in spirit but fail-
ing, apprised him of her pres-
enco 'by tho note. The English
novelist also received what he
said was a whispered message
from his nephew, Oscar, killed
In tho world war. Soveral
"spirit faces" appeared before
him nnd before othors of tho
party, but none was recognized.
:
HUGHES STARTSla
e io srorc
SeCy. of State Asks Great
Britain to Prevent Ships
From Engaging in Liquor
Traffic to U. S. A. $150,-
000 Capture Is Reported.
, WASHINGTON, April 27. New rep
resentations on the subject ot rum
smuggling liavo been made by the
state department to tho British gov
ernment which is requested in friend
ly terms to co-operate in preventing
vessels flying the British flag from
engaging in liquor traffic betwoen
American and foreign ports.
Among the subjects discussed was
the quostlon of cancelling the British
registry ot rum vessels, which are
found to be actually controlled by
American interests. Tho British am
bassador hero also was asked to use
his good offices to obtain an agree
ment between the United States and'
Canada by which tho dominion author
ities stop Issuing clearance papors to
vessels with liquor cargoes doslgnoted
to the United Statos.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 27. Fif
teen men held up guards at the W. B.
Samuels dlstlllory near BardBtown,
Ky., early today and carrlod away
twenty barrels of whiskoy In a stolen
truck, according to reimrts received
by federal prohibition officers here.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. A seiz
ure of a truckload of Scotch whiskey,
valued at $10,000 was made by tho
police today when tho truck stalled on
a hill near the waterfront. John
Albert, driver ot the truck, was arrest
od on a clmrgo of violating the Wright
stato prohibition act and told police
that tho truck had been loaded at a
noarby wharf to which tho liquor was
brought from sea on a tug.
HIGHLANDS, N. J., April 27. (By
Associated Press). Coast guardsmen
today seized the motor lighter Nape
ague with an ostimatod cargo of
nenrly 16,000 ensos of liquor. Tho
llghtor was enrouto from tho rum
loot to tho Now Jersey shoro when
captured ort Sandy Hook.
The cargo contalnod mostly ryo
whiskoy with an estimated rotall
value of more than $160,000.
MOV
: l ;
U.S. MINING ENGINEER ESCAPES FROM
' MEXICO CITY, April 27. Oliver
V. Kroll, tho Aniorlcan mining cngl
poor who was kidnaped from a Du-rango-
mining cump on April 6,
escaped' from tho bandits who hold
him a prisoner nt a place called Coota
Durnngo, according to a story he told
upon his arrival nt Oomez Palaclo.
Kroll said he was well trented after
his capture, nlthough he was suffer
ing from cold nnd hunger on the long
forced marches through tho moun
tains. The kidnapers, headed by
Junn Oallndo, the outlaw leader,
whose headquarters are at Coota,
first attomptcd to force Krull to ap-
TH WORD
II GUILTY
SAYS JURY
Federal Officer Acquitted On
Drunk Charge By Jury After
Few Minutes' Deliberation
State's Case Falls Flat
Alleged Evidence Lacking
Ask Dismissal Indictment.
A Jury in Justice of the Peace
Glenn O. Taylor's court this after
noon returned a verdict of not guilty,
in the trial of Tom L. Word, depart
ment of justice agent, whj collected
the evidence in the Jackson tounty
night riding cases, af'.er; j.utea
deliberation. Three
ken, the first result
fivA tn one for aefl
charged with bei '
lie nlace on tlx1 ' I
ho Kflu s.
22, 1922," anfli
tna nitvf
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i.rnary . I ,
V.'i-,fe
Soap
45
beginning oi
An Indtctrsd,. :. .
tame evidence, 5i. -
ago bv the. grand iurvHoVv I'fess
Chief Assistant United States! Mstr'kiV
Attorney Tom McGulre. this aftor
noon In the circuit court at Jackou-(v,
vlll. made a motion for tha.dlKuiUssr N
of this bill. . - v
County Attorney W. T. Miller, of
Josephine county was called. In to
asslut the stato in the prosecution of
the case, and made tho closing argu
ment. Miller among other things
charged In his remarks, "that if the ,
defendant was a poor man, a verdict
of guilty would be returned In fifteen
minutes." -
Chief Assistant United States Dig-,
trlct Attorney McGulre in his argu
ment to the jury, charged "that there
Is no donying that feeling ran high tn
this community, and this action is
based upon the desire of somobody
to got Tom Word," and "built upon
foolish nnd flimsy conjecture." Mc
Gulre also charged that "the state is '
trying to gloss over the word drunk,,
by the use of tho expressions 'intoxl-.
catod' and 'under the Influence.'
District Attorney Rawleg Moore
made, the opening statement, and aBk
ed for a fair and careful considera
tion of the evidence, covorlng only
tho testimony in his arguments.
Tho case lasted an entire day.
. The Jury waB composed of the fol
lowing with H, C. BurgoBB as fore
man, C. S. Buttorflold, Dick Bradley,
O. M. Mordoff, J. Bayse and John M-
Root.
Tho high, point in the trial, which
attracted stntcwlde attention because
of the fedoral position of the defend
ant, and his activity In collecting evi
dence In tho Jackson county night'
riding cases, was tho lndoflnltonoss
of the witnesses for the stato, as to
tho alleged "drunken condition" of
Word. None would toBtlfy "beyond a
ronsonnblo doubt," that Word was in
the condition charged. 1
Tho first witness called by the :
state wns O. L. DavldBon, proprietor
of a news stand nt Main and Fir
streets, who testified that on the
night of November 22, 1822, ho saw
Word pass his place, and thnt "he
seemed to stagger," and that his
overcoat was hanging In a peculiar
position "down towards tho ground.''
Davidson said ho could not testify '
flofinltoly that Word wns "drunk."".
W. H. McGowan and T. A. Flfsr, who.?
wero In tho cigar stand at the ttmo,.j
corroborated tho tostlmony of David- .
son, but could not testify dotlnltely ,,
(Continued on Page Thre
peal to tho United States govornmont
for a ransom of $100,000, the engi
neer assorted. When the bandtta
wero convinced that this demand was
Impossible of realization, they ngroed '
to permit KruU to ask his relatives
for a 1G000 reward for his return.
Krull led a life of hardship for
two weeks and then managed to
escape. Ho wandered afoot for some
time without food until ho encoun
tered a detachment of federal troops
whlph had boon sent In search ot Oa- ;
Undo. The soldiers assisted him In '
reaching. Durango, Krull said that
ho did not intend to return to tho
scene ot the kidnaping.
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