Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Weather YeV'Ago Maximum .74 Minimum ...43 Prediction ..Fair Maximum yesterday ...... ..81. 7 Minimum today ...41.5 Oalty Eighteenth Year. Weekly Fifty-Third Year. MEDFORD, OREQOJf, SATURDAY, MAY 1923 NO. 38 RIDERS FRESNO CUT Between 400 and 500 Armed Men Raid San Juoaquin Valley, Destroy Vineyards, Chop Down Orchards and Raze Buildings Raisin Contracts Suspected Cause. FRESNO, Ca:., May 5. Deputies from the shertlTs office today uro in vestigating reports received here this morning that night' riders, motoring without lights to various fruit ranches in the Sun Joaquin valley last night uprooted grape vines and cut down fruit trees and otherwise destroyed much property. Peter Miller, vlneyardist near San ger, and It. S. Bibb, rancher near Malaya reported that between four and five hundred men, some of them armed, invaded their place late at night and destroyed vines and trees. No estimate of the actual damage can he obtained at this time. Sheriff William Jones and his dep uties worked throughout the night in Fresno county, endeavoring to round up the marauders. Humor has It that the night riders were incensed because Miller and Bibb have refused to sign the Sun Maid Raisin Grow ers' crop contracts, though coercion of any kind has been objected to by 'association officials. District Attorney R. K. Lovejoy said today, he would exert every ef fort to apprehend the night riders and would take the matter before the county grand jury, now in session. FRESNO, Cal., May 5. Long car avans of automobiles, driving with lights out over the valley, last night near midnight stopped at at least two places and tore up vineyards, chopped down orchards and destroyed build ings and did damage estimated at be tween sly and ten thousand dollars. The sheriff's office is investigating a number of reports of depredations. The night riders swept over the vineyard of Peter Miller, on the out skirts of Sanger, and uprooted ten acres of vineyard, piled up heaps of grape stakes and set fire to them. HOUSTON, Texas, May 5. Twenty-six residents of Goose Creek were Indicted by the Harris county grand jury today In connection with tho in vestigation of the recent whippings In the oil field town. Twenty of tho indictments charg ed assault wtlh prohibited weapons, five perjury and one aggrevated as sault. CHICAGO. May .6. Tho Jack Dcmpsey-Tom Gibbons champion ship heavyweight fight to bo held In Sholby, Mont., on July 4, was ar ranged' today. ASSISTANT Am. GENL. SALEM, Ore., May G. Attorney General Van Winkle today announced the appointment of J. B. Hosford of Portland as assistant attorney gen eral to take the place of J. A. Benja min, resigned. For several years Hosford practiced law at Moro, Sherman county, but recently pruc tlced In Portland. DOWN VINES LEAVE WITH HANDCUFFS AND LEG IRONS ' TO BIG BACK CLARA PHILLIPS SAX SALVADOR, Mny 5. (By tho Associated Press) It Is rvixmcd from TcKiirlK"lm. Honduras, thnt Clara Phillips, tho hammer niirdci-s8, Ik'Iiik tli'tnlnrri there, has K-acd. Tho report linn not been confirmed. LOS ANGELES, May 6. Two pairs ot handcuffs .nnd a leg Iron were to Accompany Eugene A. Biscallauz, under sheriff: Mrs. Hlscallut and Dep nty Walter J. Hunter late today on their start for Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to bring back a woman under arest, and believed to bo Clara Phillips, escaped murderess. Wall Street Agrees Henry Ford Is Now World's Richest Man NEW YORK, Tay B. The "street" was generally agreed today that Henry Ford is the richest man in the world, follow- Ing publication yesterday of the Ford Motor company's statement of Its financial condition as of February 28, 1923, showing assets of $530,351,939. Actual cash on hand was $159,605,687. Wall street further estimated that the Ford fortune totals some- : thing between $000,000,000 and $750,000,000. VANCOUVER, B. C, May 5. Vancouver police today reiterated their belief that a man held hero un der the name of J. C. Penfold was not Edwin F. Morse, wanted in Den ver, Colo., for the embezzlement of $7-8,000 from the International Trust company there. Penfold was taken into custody yesterday on suspicion that he was Morse, but was able to convince au thorities thnt- he was .not the man sought. He admitted however, It was said, that he was wanted in San Diegoi Cal., on a charge of worthless check passing. Penfold was still In custody today pending further investigation. Penfold will be released this af ternoon the police announced. DENVER, May 5. S. J. McAfee of the United States department of jus tice here announced that despite a report from Vancouver, B.. C, that the man arrested there Is not Edwin F. Morse, former teller of the Inter national Trust company of Denver, he is positive that Morse has been captured. The denying report, according ..to federal agents comes from police or other local authorities, of Vancouver, whereas the man was arrested by the Immigration authorities. McAfee pointed out that the name of J. C. Penfold, under which the man detained at Vancouver had been go ing. Is the same name as that of the pretty Denver comptometer operator with whom Morse is said to have fled from Denver on August 22, 1921, with $50,000 of tho bank's money. SAN DIEGO, May 5. J. C. Pen fold, believed by the police ot Van couver, B. C, to be In jail there, is wanted In San Diego on several rhnrees of passing worthless checks. Penfold was nrrested here several months ago and when arraigned in just'ee court appeared so ill that he was sent to the county hospital In custody with deputy sheriffs. Later, under the belief that the man was too ill to make his escape officials gave him hiB release on his own recognizance. Later he was again arrested and released on bail. His preliminary examination was set for yesterday, but when tho caso was called his nttorney stated thnt he had disappeared. At the district attorney's orfice this morning, It was slated that Pen fold Is also wanted in Texas cities for passing worthless checks. WASHINGTON, May 5. Former Representative Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, who called himself the "Aerial Daredevil of Congress," was LUIIVIUlVll 111 pulltO UUUIL lUtlUJ- Ull it charge of disorderly conduct profer-' I red as a result of complaints that he had annoyed a young lady on the 1 street. Sentence was suspended on j notice of Herrlck's attorneys that I they would take an appeal. They expected to sail late today on the Bteamship Venezuela. They hope to reach Tegucigalpa May 16 or 17, to said for home May 30 and to rt:ach Los Angeles again Juno 10, Extradition papers, it la understood, will be sent direct from Washington to Tegucigalpa, and are expected to be In the- Honduran city before the arri val of the Los Angeles officers. "If Mrs. Phillips gives us any trou ble, she will wear both pairs of hand cuffs and the leg Iron all the way from Tegucigalpa to Lob Angeles," said Buscallauz. "Wo shall take no chances on her." ARREST ORBANK SUSPECT LEADS 10 POLICE ROW U.S. METHODISTS i - Board of Bishops Recalls Church Delegation and Dis avows Responsibility for Re ported Utterances of Bishop Blake in Moscow. WICHITA, Kas., May 5. (By Asso ciated Press). With a resolution, dis avowing responsibility, for reported utterances of Bishop Edward Blake ot Paris at Moscow Wednesday in praise of soviet Russia, and with an $18,500, 000 service program presented for 1924, the board ot bishops ot the Meth odist Episcopal Church in semi-annual conference here today, had before it the question of determining whether women may be ordained as ministers. The meeting voted late yesterday to withdraw the church's delegation to Russia, declaring in a resolution that conditions had changed materially since "an Invitation had been accepted for a general conclave of ecclesiastics of the Russian orthodox church. The resolution asserted "that neither as individuals nor as a board of bishops are wo responsible for any expression of personal opinion nor for any re ports appearing in the public press not authorized by the board." A world service program for 1921 was presented by Dr. R. J. Wade of Chicago at yesterday's session, carry ing an appropriation of $18,500,000. The budget was referred to a commit tee for revision. The program Includes among other features an appropriation of $6,800,000 for foreign missions and an equal amount for the board of home mis sions and $1,600,000 for the board of education. MOSCOW,- May 6. The all-Russian church conclave at its session last night resolved to close all monasteries which are not organized on the, basis of a commune. Of tho 74 church districts in Russia all except two one in Siberia aud the other in Turkestan are represented at tho conclave. The number of dele gates is 476. ' TORTLAND, Ore., May 5. Many readers of tho Oregon Labor Press were startled today on looking over tho issue of Muy 4 to find tour in side pages filled wth Ku Klux Klan literature. Excited questions reach ing Editor C. M. Rynorson of tho Labor Press brought the explanation: "The Western American," organ of tho klan, and the Labor press are printed at the eame shop and the forms are run at different times on tho same press. In this way a num ber of Western American lnaidcs ac cidentally became folded In copies of tho Lubor Press. CHICAGO, May 6. Tho official standing of tho American Icnguo In cluding games of May 4, follows; W. L. Detroit ! 11 6 New York 10 C Cleveland 10 7 Philadelphia 10 7 Philadelphia 8 C Boston 0 9 Washington 0 ' St. Louis 6 9 Chicat-o 6 10 National. At Philadelphia 1 . It. If. E- New York , , 5 7 1 Philadelphia . 2 6 1 McQuillan ana Smith; Head and Hcnlino. - - - . At? Pittsburg n. ir. e. Cincinnati 7 12 3 Pittsburg 1014 1 Keck, Couch, Rlxey and Hargravo; Cooper, Morrison and Schmidt, At Boston R. H. E. Brooklyn 6 11 ,6 Boston . ...T 4 9 6 Crimes and Taylor; McNamara, Cooney and O'Neill. American. At New York ........ .R. H. E. Philadelphia 2 8 1 New York 7 10 1 llelmach, Kinney and Perkins; Bush nnd Schang. At Cleveland R. H. E. St. Louis 2 7 2 Cleveland 10 12 0 Kolp, Pruett nnd Hcvoreld, Bll lings; Edwards and Myatt. U. S. Ambassador to France Intervenes Paddock's Behalf taw'! Chftilcff Pad Joels. i PARIS, May B. (By tho Asso ciated Press.) Charlos Paddock, tho American sprinter, continued partic ipation today in the International students athletic meet here. Start ing in the semi-finals of the 200 me ter run, he won the event In 22-5 seconds, which is 1 3-o seconds slow er than his own world's record. Ambassador Herrick sent his mes sage after a conference with members of the Paria University club under whose auspices the meet is being held here; the French Athletic fed eration and Count Clary, president of the French Olympic games com mission who has been trying to patch up the affair. Meanwhile Paddock appeared at the track In the Porto. Doree sta dium declaring himself ready and determined to compete on the pre vious days. Ho said ho had placed himself at . the deposition of the Paris University club and as the club wished him to compete he would do so. i Then in an official trial he did the 60 meters waBh In 6 4-5 seconds, equalling the world record held by Engdahl of Sweden. PARIS, May 5. (By Associated Press). American Ambassador Her rick, acting on the roquest of the French athletic authorities, has cabled to the president of the American Ama teur Athletic union suggesting thnt the qualification of Charles Paddock be rescinded and that the American sprinter be authorized to participate In the International students meet here In order to avoid dissension that threatens to cripple the next Olympic games and Impair the authority of the athletic bodies. PARIS, May 5. (By Associated Press). Charles Paddock's decision to continue to participate in the Inter national students athletic meet, de spite the announcement of his dis qualification by the American Ama teur Athletic union is apt to develop Into a clean break between the French athletic federation and the Paris University club, which organized the competition. The federation last night forbade French athletes to continue In the games unless Paddock withdraws, but both the American sprinter and club officials said today that the meeting would continue. WASHINGTON, May 6. Edward H. Cunningham of Iowa was appointed by President Harding to be the "dirt" fanner member of the federal reserve board. The president also announced the appointment ot Edward E. Joneg of Pennsylvania to be the additional member of the farm loan board auth orized under the new agricultural credits legislation. The Noted Dead CHICAGO, May 6. John W. Ral ney, democratic congressman from the fourth Illinois district, died Inst night from pneumonia after on Ill ness of two. weeks. Representative Itnlney wns elected to his first term In congress ln IK 18 to fill a vacancy In the fourth Illinois district. Sub sequently he was re-elected to tho 66th and 67th congresses. Congressman Itnlney spoke In Medford three years ago at tho Ohnmlcr of Commerce forum, legislation supplementary to tho fed- CENTRAL POINT WINS JACKSON COUNTY; MEET Pointers Repeat Victory of Last Year and Pile Up Tre mendous Total Wimer Is Victorious in Competition for Rural Schools. Between fifteen hundred nnd two thoiiHund persons from every corner of Jackson county attended tho ninth annual track and fluid meet nt Tal ent yesterday, whieh was won by Central Point with more thnn a ono hundred point lead over Talent, the nearest competitor. Central 1'olnt won last year by a slight margin, but this year piled up 2117 points, Talent 10S; Phoenix 70 Jacksonville 70; Appleguto S3; Pros pect 26; Gold Hill 21; ltoguo River 0; Hutte Fulls 15. Wimer with 80 points, took first place among the rural schools defeat ing ltuch, which was tho nearest competitor. Central Point took nineteen first places in addition to numerous other second, third, fourth and fifth plnccs. Prospect, ono of the smallest schools In tho county, made a total of 26 points, defeating Hogue River, Gold Hill and Butte Falls. One ot tho prettiest events of tho day was the 880-yard run. won by Chase Oftednl of Jacksonville. Faber of Central Point, led the field and Oftcdal wns in third or fourth place most of the time until tho final 220 yurds of tho ruce when he showed a tromendous' reserve and pussed thrco men, winning tho race by seve ral yards. The half mile relay was won by the Applegato team. Talent, Phoenix, Central Point nnd Jacksonville finish ing ln tho order nnmed. No county records ln track or field events wero broken at . the meet, although some good performances in the weight events were mado. Some of the town events and win ners follow: . Class A, 220 Holdrldgo, JTdlont; time 31.2. . - i Class B, 220 Shores, Central Point 28. Class C, 220 Huntor Phoenix, 26. Class C, 880 Oftcdal, Jacksonville. Class C, 60-yard Holdrldgo, Tal ent. Class A, girls' relay, 220 Central Point. Class B, girls' relay, 220 Jackson ville. Class C, girls' relay, 220 Jackson ville. Class A, shotput Butte Falls, Pat ton. 36 feet, 3 Inches. Class B, shotput Phoenix, Stone, 34 feet. i Class C, Javelin Talent, 122 ft. 11 Inches. Class C, 880 relay Talent. ' Class A, high Jump Scott, Central Tolntr Class B, shotput Beall, Central Point, 38 feet. Class A, polo vault Purvis, Talent, 7 feet, 6 Inches. Class C, polo vault Ross, Central Point, 8 feet 10 inches. Cluss C, basebnll throw, girls Davis, Prospect, 102 feet. Class B, high Jump Summorvllle, Butte Falls. Class A, broad Jump Faber, Cen tral Point, 14 feet, 6 InchoB. Girls' 80-yard hurdle Varnoy, Jacksonville. Clnss B, high Jump, Baldwin, Applegato. - Class A, 220 yard hurdles Faber, Central Point, 18 see. Class C, 100-yard dash Holdrldgo, Talent, 11 nee. Class B, 60-yard Shores, Central Class A, 60-yard1 Faber, Central Point. Cluss A, girls' B. B. throw Fish, Phoenix, 134 feet. Class A, broad Jump nrown, Cen tral Point. 17 feet, 514 InchcB. Clnss C, 120-ynrd hurdles Bren ner, Central Point, 14.3. Girls' 80-yard hurdles Coleman, Central Point, 13.1. Class II, 120-yard hurdlos Morris Central Point, 16.5. Class A. 120-yard hurdles Sheets, Talent, 16.6. , Class C, 60-yard Holdrldge, Tal ent. ... Clnss C, broad Jump Leever, Cen irni Point. IS feet. 1 Inch. Girls' class B baseball throw- Sheets, Phoenix, 167 feet. Girls' Class C, ,75-yard Scott, Cen tral Point. .3. Girls', class B.. 76-yard Nichols, Central Point, 9.4. , Girls', class A; 76-yard Offcn barher. Applegato, 10.4. Class H, 100-yard; boys' Shores, Central Point 115. Clnss A. 100-yard, -boys' Faber, Central Point, 13. Girls', class C, 60-yard Scott, Cen tral Point. Girls', clnss B, 60-yard Nichols. Central Point. Girls', class A, 60-yard Cameron, Gold Hill. The meet, according to persons who have wntched them for tho past nine yenrs, was one of tho most suc cessful ln the history of the nnnual event. John Beeson was superinten dent of the dny. Cash Woods, super intendent of rural events. Oeorgo Gates, official starter and Milan Ja cobs, official announcer. C. T. Stew ard was track clerk and coniputod the school averages. Making Legal Rate Interest 6 Per Cent Is Again Proposed SALEM, Ore., May D J. F. Al- bright of Oregon City today filed with tho secrotary of state a measure providing that the legal rate of interest Bhall be only six per cent unless otherwise agreed between tho parties to the trans- action. Tho secretary of state will refer It to tho attorney gen- eral for ballot title and petitions will then bo circulated. . I FIGHT TO DRIVE NA'.W YORK, May D. Samuel Gompors today ldunchod what labor leaders Interpreted as a fight to drive from the American Federation of La bor the radical jnovement represent ed by the trade union education league, including W. Z. Foster aud C. E. Ruthenberg. Denouncing tho one big union as the Ideal ot men whose slogan was "amalgamate or annihilate," Mr. Gompers said: "It these men had all the gold of the capitalist class In their pock6ts they could not better serve the cap italists to the detriment of the work ing men than by doing Just what they are doing." - Despite their efforts, he said, the American Federation of Labor was going to maintain the labor move ment along the logical, rational, nat ural and historical lines denoted in the progress of Us development. Mr. Gompers" address was deliver ed Before the biennial convention ot the United Cloth Hat and Cop Work ers Of America, an organization which was thrown out of tho Ameri can Federation at Labor in 1921, du ring a Jurisdictional fight with the "llnlted TIatters union of America over whom should be permitted to organ ize the milliners. Although Mr. Gompers mentioned no names In his denunciation of "cliques" within labor organizations and docllned later to discuss the pro gram of the American Federation of Labor drive against what was term ed the radical menace the labor lead ers said thoy had been given to un derstand unmistakably that the ef fort was directed against the Educa tion League. Just before Mr. Gomp ers took the platform a resolution generally condemning radical organi zations within tho union was voted unanimously. YESTERDAY'S QUAKE SANTIAGO, Chile, May 5. (By the Associated Press.) Northern Chile was shakon by a strong earth quake at about 0 o'clock lust night, according to telegrams received here. No casualties are reported but the Inhabitants of Copiapo, La Serena and Vallenar were alarmed by the Bhock, which Is described In some dispatches as equalling thnt of last November In intensity. Communica tion with some points Is Interrupted. A dispatch from Carrlzal reports that following the shock tho ocean receded below the low tide mark. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6. (By the Associated Press.) The town of Soulu Sola, near Tokat, ln tho vilayet of Slvas, Asia Minor, has been de stroyed by fire and earthquake. The advices from the Interior do not give the casualties but state there were many victims. GOMPERS S AT OUT LABOR REDS NEW YORK STATE TAKES ACTION T ALUNT, N. T., May 5. Repeal of tho state prohibition enforcement act and passage of a bill directed at tho Ku Klux Klan featured the work of tho stato legislature which concluded Its annual session early today. Both bills await Governor Smith's ap proval, which is expected. The assembly passed a bill which, If signed by the governor, will make New York the only state rosclndlng legislation supplementary t othe fed eral Volstoad act. Another bill passed would make it LABOR WA IN ENGLAND British Workers Prepared to Invoke Direct Action to Pre vent Break With Russia Bonar Law to Be Target Demonstrations in Protest Are Planned. LONDON, May 5. (By the Assa, clatod Press.) Tho independent la bor party is organizing a movement among the workers of Great Britain to prevent the government from breaking off relations with Russia, Including cancellation of the trade agreement. Since the ministry re cently stated In tho house ot com mons that the question of Russian re lations was under consideration, re- . ports of an impending breach have been strengthened and this labor group has announced that it Is pre pared to invoke. If necessary, "direct action" to forestalll such a step. The Dally Herald, labor organ, says today there is good reason to believe tho government has decided to send a stern note to Moscow complaining of Russia's treatment of the priests, the seizure of British trawlers on the Murman coast, the tone of communi cations to the British agent at Mos cow and alleged breaches ot the trade agreement. "As It stands at present," the news paper Bays, "It appears to be delib erately calculated to force a quarrel and compel a rupture of both politi cal and commercial relations." ' Clifford Allen, chairman of. the In-, dependent labor party, says ln a 14 t ......... . 11.... I ' - 1 1 ... I . luimer uuliuii, we nave catiea upon.. . ........ every branch of the Independent la bor party to make this question the Pivot of all meetings and demonstra tions this week end." ? T nr t ir... - . . . . iiivjwmrt, ,iuy o. jiuyuuu uesinug a healthy bobcat for a pet can get one In Yelm, near hero today. Charley Rice came Into a pool room there yes terday with a bob ln a box. Charley was feeling good and he thought it would be Interesting to turn the bob cat loose. It was. Ten seconds later the room was devoid of humans with the exception of Charley. The bobcat leaped through an open window and onto the roof. While a crowd gathered, Charley attempted to recapture his yet. He held out his hat and the ani mal promptly chewed it to tatters, i-.nally the bobcat was cornered on the front corner of the coping. "Brlngr him- down, Charlie,", the crowd yelled. "All right," said Charley as he gath ered the animal into his arms. The bobcat promptly began to bite and claw Kb owner, so he was glad to let it go. The bobcat escaped Into an adja cent building where It holds forth. It Is said to be a beautiful specimen for any person who really wants a nice bobcat. Strikers Get Raise INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn.. May 6. Nine hundred striking paper mill employes returned to work yes terday after a three day strike when they were granted a general Increase of five cents per hour. Nebraska Bcnta Kansas. . LINCOLN, Neb., May 5. The Uni versity of Nebraska won the track nnd field meet with the University of Kansas today 83 to 48. a crime for a peace officer - to search persons automobiles or resi dences without a warrant. The nntl-klnn bill would compel associations that require oaths from members and are not benevolent orders to file names and addresses of members and copies of their con stltutlons and rules with the secre tary of state. Copies ot any resolu tions In regard to legislation or can didates for publie office also would be filed. Fines ranging from $1000 to $10,000 would bo Imposed for vio lation of tho law. THREATENED