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METTFOT?r MATT, TRTBTTNT?. MEPFORT), OTCEfiOX, TUESDAY, "DECEMBER 18. 1023
W.-W.'S SCORN
PAROLES
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Washington Chief of Execu
tives Declares He Has Of
fered Paroles to Wobblies
Sentenced for Syndicalism,
But They Refuse to Accept.
OLYMPIA, Wanb., Doe. 18. Mem
bers of the I. "W. V. now Horvlng sen
tences for symlicallmn In the state
penitentiary have beon, offered paroles
and refused them, Governor IjOuIh 1(
Hart announced this morning, find
will be treated no differently than
any other prisoners In tho peniten
tiary eligible for parole.
1 Eight other prisoners convicted of
murder who are also members of the
1 1. W. W. Will receive no more consid
eration than prisoners belonging to
other organizations, the governor de
clared. - The governor's statement In full
follows:
"At tho regular quarterly meeting
of the Washington state penitentiary
parole board held In Juno, 1923. nt
GOV
RNOR HART
ANNOUNCING
the opening of
BROWNS' BUFFET LUNCH
BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER
STEAKS and CHOPS
Open From 7 A. M. to Midnight
M
U u Medford Hardware &
?' M Sporting Goods Co.
327 East
Open Evenings from.
Where Does Your Youngster
Think Money Comes From?
" .'
. The children of nowadays seem, to think
that Dad plucks dollars out of the air. How
different it will be when they arc required ;
to go after a living for themselves! V
It's easy to save them a lot of rather severe
knocks by making them earn a little of the
money they spend, or betterall of it.
Give yours a savings account at the Jack- .
son County Bank this Christmas and pro
vide a wav to cam. '
in niimiiiiiinillltr
JACKSON COUNTY BANK
the ponltentinry at Walla Walla, ln
Hit regular and ordinary course of i
business of the board, there was
brought before it separately four in
mates of the institution that were
sentenced for violation of the syndi
calism laws of the suite of "Washing
ton. Each of these prisoners stated
that they did not wish a parole untl j
such time as iill 'wobblies' were re-1
leased from the penitentiary.
'These prisoners are- treated no
differently- than any others In the
prison and no different rule will be
established for their benefit. When
ever they feel that they are In a
frame of mind to go out Into society
and are willing to go before the board
and accept tho action of the board,
they will be given an opportunity so
to do and I hav,e every reason to be
lieve that the board's action would
be determined as U is in every , other
nnsn A nH T hnvo tin i4ulit thnt tllAV
would already havo had their liberty!
by action of the board' of , parole if
they would accept the same,
. "As far as prisoners in the peniten
tiary convicted of .murder Ore con
cerned, it does not matter to what or
ganization or society they may hold
allegiance, each case must be decided
upon Its own merits and the facts."
WAIVLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 18.
There are five prisoners in tho state
penitentiary convicted , under tho
criminal syndicalism laws for short
termt and several of them have been
eligible for parole but have refused
such release, preferring to either
secure a pardon or serve out their
terms, according to tfio statement of
prison officials.
They are: F. A. Brown, Thomns
Nash, W. F. Moudy, Dan Curtln and
Fred Nash.
In addition there are eight of the
Oentralia convicts, sent up Tor from
25 to 40 years for second degree mur
der. They are: Bert Smith, O. C.
Main St.
Thursday 'TIM Christmas. .
m
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Hlnnd, Jim Mrliurnyt Itert island, Jon
La nib, Hoy lit kcr. Hui-no llariiftt
and J,ortm Koberis. the latter being
held as criminally insane and there
fore requiring jury action before he
could be released.
CHICAGO. Dec. 1. Appeal for the
release of 119 prisoners serving sen
tences In California, Washington,
Idaho and Oklahoma penitentiaries
after conviction under anti-syndicalism
laws was made to .governors of
those states today by the I. W. W.,
Harry Feinberg. secretary of the gen
eral defense committee of that organ
ization announced.
Telegrams sent to the state chief
executives pointed to President Cool
Idge's release of federal I. W. W. pris
oners and urged Christmas pardons
for men in state prisons.
California 'has 101 prisoners, re
lease of which is asked by the I. W.
eitfht servlnif terms of second degree !
murder growing out of the Centralia
disturbance; Idaho has three and
Oklahoma two.
DELEGATION SENT
TO INSPECT OIL,
CHICAGO, Doc. 18. Leo Koretz,
missing promoter of an alleged Pan-i
ama "oil bubble" was indicted hero
today on a charge of operating a
confidence game. The true bill was
returned several days ago after the
grnnd jury had heard testimony of
Samuel Rich man, who claimed he
wus swindled out of $32,000 by Ko
retz.
The . committee which Koretz sent
from New York on Thanksgiving day
to "inspect" the "oil properties." in
the Baynno river district of Panama
returned home today, crestfallen and
perplexed, for they found no trace of
the Bayona River Trust company nor
any Indication that Koretz had been
known there or had ever visited Pan
ama. Among several anonymous letters
received at the state's attorney's of
fice from persons purporting to tell
of 'Koretz's operations and his rela
tions with women, was one from
Davenport, Iowa, expressing faith in
Koretz and declaring ho was in Chi
cago last Sunduy and attended a ser
mon, delivered In a theater. This let
ter, written on stationery of the Hotel
Dempsey, Davenport, declared that if
given a chance to liquidate, the losses
would be nominal.
Livestock.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18. Cat
tle steady; receipts 193. Beef steers,
good grade $7ffip8; medium $li.$07?
common steers $4.25 5. E0;. hogs
steady; receipts 98. Medium to good
and choice 1G0 to 200 lbs.. $77.50;
200 to 250 lbs., $G.G0fgi7. Sheep nom
inally steady; receipts G4.
KftKS.
PORTLAND, Oro., Doc. 18. Errs
steady; pullets 358Cc; mixed colors,
35 and 3tlc; hennery 40 42c delivered
Portland.
nnttcr.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. i8. Butter
steady; extra cubes, city, 45tfM5',4c;
country 44 Op 44 14c. Unilergrados, 42
843c; prints 4c; cartons 60c. But
terfat steady; best churning cream
60 6 61c lb., t. o. b., Portland.
Poultry.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18. Poul
try receipts heavy, nominal; no de
mand yet. Heavy hens 21c; light 10c;
springs 2122c; ddeks, colored. 143
16c; white Pektns 17f$18c; turkeys,
live nominal; dressed nominal at 26
27c.
Pitntoos.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 18. Pota
toes slow $11.25.
Portland Wheat.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 18. Wheat
bids: Hard white, bluestem, baart,
western white, soft white $1; nor
thern spring, western red, hard win
ter 96c.
Today's car receipts Wheat 87;
flour 6; corn 10; oats 1; hay 10. .
Ran Francisco Murkct.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. (U. S.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics)
Ekkh. extras '48'c; extra pullets
46 14c; buttcrfat f. o. b., Ban Fran
cisco 67. Poultry unchanged.
Liberty Bonds.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Liberty
bonds closed:
99.30; first 4's 98.11; first 4's
98.14; second 4K's 98.11; third 4H'o
99.9; fourth 4'4's 98.13; U. S. Govern
ment 4',4'b 99.17.
FOKKKK FILLING LAUGH
OltDKlt AIKI'LANKS FOK RUSSIA
COPENHAGEN Fokker of Hol
land has been working' for the past
month on a largo order for Russia of
modern Fokker airplanes, equipped
with Mapier-Llon engLnes of 450 h. p.,
says ths Stockholm , Svenska .Dag
hladct. It Is believed that 600 have
already been sent. U Russia, . being
one-third of an agreed delivery of
1500 machines.
In tho summer the soviet govern
ment bought 700 airplane engines and
recently purchased several thousand
mohln-un -barrels. It Is -now re
ported that the soviet is negotiating
with the Swedish Bofors works for
tho purchase of 1,000,000 army hel
mets. ,
Valuable Furs Rtnleii. : .
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18. Furs
valued at (30.000 were reported
stolen today from the Roberts Fur
store here.' Eirtranco jwas gained by
tunneling through the wall from an
adjoining vacant store.
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DECIDED IN FAVOR
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. The present list of jury cases closed
Saturday afternoon with the case of
Smith vs. Bertleson.
This case Involved a claim on a
nolo given for the purchase of certain
merchantable timber, then standing
in the Evans creek section. The de
fondant claimed that ho purchased a
certain number of thousand feet, but
that upon cutting It ho found that the
amount was 100,000 feet short of the
amount agreed to be delivered.
The plaintiff wns represented by
Gus Newbury and tho defendant by
Frank DeSouza. The plaintiff was
awarded the decision Involving about
$3f0, including costs.
Court will be In Besslon for general
court matters, commencing Tuesday.
The court will be in Grants Pass for a
few days preparing matters for the
January term there which com
mences January 2. If tho work in
Josephine county Is completed by
January 21, a special jury will be
drawn In Jackson county to dlsposo of
the remaining civil and criminal mat
ters. It la expected that the grand jury
will reconvene about January 7th to
take up the prohibition cases.
The civil cases set for January 21,
providing Judge Thomas finishes at
Grants Pass by that time nre: Amer
ican; Soda Fountain Co.. vs. Medford
Grocery Co.; Pratt vs. Calhoun; Med
ford National bank vs. Butler.
IS BEING SOLD,
SEATTLE STORES
SEATTLE, Dec. 18. Charges that
liquor Is freely sold In retail places In
the business district of tills city and
that the business has been so well or
ganized and uniformity of prices 1ms
been attained were, according to the
office of . Prosecuting Attorney Mal
colm Douglas, today beforo a grnnd
jury f the King county superior court
that for a month lias been Investigat
ing conditions here. Witnesses hnd
been called to try to tell the jurors
why frequent cargoes of liquor reach
Seattle from the north, It wns stated.
Arrests under ' Indictments return
ed Snturdny by tho grand Jury charg
ing gambling grew today to G5.
SEATTLE,: Dec.'? 18. Elaborate
pinna for combnttlng the smuggling of
liquor into the United States by way
of Puget Sound will " be laid before
President Coolldge by Millard Hart
son, collector of customs for tills dis
trict, who was to leave today for
Washington, he announced,
"With six boats, one large and the
rest small, to augment the slow cut
ters of the const guard, we could put
a big crimp In the liquor running bus
iness" said Mr. Hartson. He added
that he would ask for money to sta
tion more men along the Canadian
border.
HOME MADE PLUM PUDDING I
FRUIT CAKE and MINCE MEA
for CHRISTMAS
HEINZ PLUM PUDDING
HEINZ FIG PUDDING
LIBBY'S PLUM PUDDING
CHRISTMAS CANDIES
CHRISTMAS NUTS
CHRISTMAS ORANGES
Fresh Home Made Cakes Fancy Box Chocolates
PERSONAL ATTENTION
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3 LIVES LOST
N HOTEL FIRE
HOUSTON, . Texas, Dec. 18. The
bodies of throe men were recovered
by firemen from tho ruins of the
Capitol hotel, in the center of the
business section which was destroyed
by fire today. The bodies were burned
virtually beyond recognition.
Firemen continued their search
through the ruins. It was believed
that another person bud been burned
to death. A check of tho Kucsts of
the. hotel could not be made.
Property damago is estimutod at
$300,000.
Tho flames for a time threatened
tho entire district. Originating In tho
hotel building, the fire spread rapidly
to the adjoining buildings.
A falling wall crashed to the roof of
the nd Joining building, occupied by
tho W. C. Munn company, a depart
ment store. The fire was checked
later but all stores on that side of tho
block were damaged by water.
LE
OLYMPIA. ,-Wash., , Dno. I8.r-A
parole was granted to George Pepoon,
serving a life sentence ntAVulla Walla
penitentiary by Governor Louis F.
Hart toduy. While actual pardon can
not be made for about n yenr. Gov
ernor Hart announced that ho had
no doubt it will bo confirmed at that
lime.
A belief in Pepoon's innocence of
the murder of his wlfo. of which ho
wns convicted May 31, 1010, was ex
pressed In a mass of correspondence
received by tho governor.. Hherlff W.
II. Graham, who arrested I'epoon,
Prosecutor H, G. Kirkpntrlck, the
trial judge, members of tho Jury that
convicted him, and hundreds of citi
zens of Stephens county havo peti
tioned Governor Hnrt to act, he wild.
300 Russian Refugees
Sail for United States
CHERBOURG, Franco, Dec. 18. A
party of 300 Russian refugees reached
Cherbourg late in November only to
bo told tho Russian immigration
quota to the United HtntcB Was ex
hausted, and a number of them docid
ed to settle down hero and wait until
next summer when tho. new quota
should become operative. Now they
havo received the unexpected news
that the bars against their admission
to tho United States had beon lifted
and they were taken on board tho
liner Aqultania, sailing for New York
today.
Would Avoid Heresy Trial
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Plans hnvo
boon mado to avoid a trial of tho Rev.
Lee AV. Heaton, Fort Worth rector, on
a herosy charge for challenging tho
doctrine of tho virgin birth, Rov.
Krnest At. Stlres, rector of Saint
Thomas' church in this city and a
fundamentalist partisan, announced
today.
.Bitte TftoughtSr Txbu
THI'J POWER OF THOUGHT. As
he tlilnkvtli In his hcurt, so Is he.
Proverbs 2.'i:7. '
RED WOOD GIFT BOXES
Filled With Delicious Fruits arid Nuts
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"ITS NEWNESS"
"ITS DIFFERENTNESS"
"ITS CONVENIENCE"
THE BIT OF EXTRA SERVICE IN OUR
SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED TABLES IN
OUR SAFE DEPOSIT ROOM. ALL ADD '
IN MAKING IT THE LOGICAL PLACE ,' ':)
FOR THE SAFE "KEEPING OF ALL OF ' .
YOUR VALUABLES "' 1;
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The Medford Rational
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' HEINZ MINCE MEAT
, LIBBY'S MINCE MEAT
NONE SUCH MINCE MEAT
GLACE ASSORTED FRUIT
GLACE CHERRIES
GLACE PINEAPPLE
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-for safety's sake! ;
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for Christmas
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