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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924
NO. 274
MEDFORD
BOOZE WAR
Constable Killed and Deputy
Sheriff Is Wounded Before
State Troops Take Charge
Wet-Dry Fight Between
klan and Knights df Flam
ming Circle Causes Bloodshed
HERRIN. 111., Feb. 9. (By the As
sociated Press) Herrln, scene of the
miners' j-iot of 1922, was taken over
by state troops today as a result of
a. near riot last .night between "wets"
and "drys" in which a constable was
killed and deputy sheriff wounded se
riously. -
The trouble is a result of the whole
sale, dry raids which have been con
ducted in this! (Williamson) county
recently by reputed members of the
Ku JClux Klan, led by S. Glen Young,
paid employe of the klan. A meeting
of the Knights of the Flaming Circle,
ah anti-klan organization, was in ses
sion when a crowd stormed the hall.
The shooting followed.
Constable Shot Dead.
- Caesar Cagle, a constable, who had
been issuing the warrants on which
the "drys" conducted the raids, was
shot dead. John Layman, deputy
sheriff,. who with Sheriff George Gal- ,rod Westover, from returning to the
ligan. went to the anti-klan meeting, motlon pictures before his death or
to demonstrate with tho conferees to divorce from her. according to the
disperse and go to their homes in the Lo8 Angeles Times which says Mrs.
interest of peace, was shot. He was Hnrfs attorney today will file in the
taken, to a local hospital by Mayor superior court here a complaint at
C. E; Anderson and Ora Thomas, an tacking clauses In an ngreement ep-antl-klansman,
and the trio is being tered into betweon herself and Hart
guarded at the hospital by National shortly after their separation In May,
-Guardsmen. 1 1922, whereby she is restrained from
Immediately a crowd gathered out- acting for the screen,
side the hospital and began firing into Under the terms of tho agreement
the institution, persons inside the signed by Mr. and Mrs. Hart at that
hospital responded to the fire and a time, the motion picture actor estab
mlniature battle .waged, for a short llshed a trust fund of 1103,000 for his
while..: J ' -,wlfo. It was provided thatVjn .the
The. first guardsmen arrived fr.ofci event of his deatlror divorce from her
Carbondalo at- 4 a. m., and the "drys" she was to receive the entire amount
then established headquarters at the and that in the meantime the income
city hall, several blocks from the hos- from the fund was to bo paid to her
pital. The guardsmen . are patrolling In monthly installments provided
the hospital to protect tho mayor, she refrained from appearing in mo
Layman and Thomas. "n Pictures and respected certain
Sheriff Is Arrested. i other stipulations in the trust fund
Sheriff Galilean, en route from
Mur'physboro to Herrln, was placed
.nH.r nrrnt at Onrhonrtnln In eon-
nectlon with Cagle's death.
Search for Weapons
Before the arrival of the troops the
raiders, armed with revolvers anil
shotguns patrolled the streets of Her-
rin, denying anyone they considered
"suspicious" permission to pass. All
unable to give tho plan password were
, ,
eearcneq.ior weapons..
Before attacking the hospital
mob shot out the street lights.
"ie
A number of patients In the hospital
became panic stricken and were ro
ported as highly nervous today.
A number of windows in the hos-
pital were shot out and the building lom who y, nis Cncnt is anxious
showed other "battle scars" such as t supplement the asserted Insufflc
bullet punctured " drain: pipes and lent monthly Income of 1375 which is
n.inn i derived from the 1103,000 trust fund.
When the trouble, In Herrln was at I
i, . , , , i w. j -i-
lis height, Leonard Sterns, deputy clr-
cult court clerk, and son of Cyclops
Sam Sterns, was fjred on as he was
riding in an automobile in Marion, the
county seat . "' '' I
Klansmen Fired On
. . . , , , ,, i,.,, t,
A bullet grazed his back, but he was I
not injured seriously. He is the Kbn 1
candidate for circuit clerk. An auto-
mobile owned by Johd Whiteside, also
an admitted member of the klan, was,
fired nn at the same time
fired on at the same time. I
At an undertaking establishment .
where E. Cagle 8 body lay, a crowd.to-i
nay took a solemn oats to avenge mo j
death. Cagle was shot In the back :
nnd airtA I
-
ou , r iVi .7ij hn.l
Sheriff Galllgan explained be had
been "tipped" that the Flaming Circle
was to meet in Herrln and Tearing
trouble, attended the meeting with
T-nvmon in ovhnr tho members to be
neacnahlfl ' ' '
peaceap ' , ,;. ; j
(Continued on Pa? 81x1
BABY SURVIVOR OF
SINKING; LITTLE
ALBANY. Ore., Feb. 9. Horst
Ruehling, 2. the last sufferer of the
twelve botullnlsm victims here 1s still
sinking under the spell of the peculiar
affliction. He Is not expected to live
throughout the day. The boy has al
ternately rallied and dropped Into
spells approaching coma. Each time
he appears to shake off the symptoms
of strangulation, attendants say. his
vitality appears a trifle more on the
wane.
Anti-Saloon League
Accepts Resignation
Of William Anderson
GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., Feb.
9. The resignation of William
H. Anderson as superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon league of New
York was accepted at yesterday's
meeting of the board of dlreo-
tors in New York.
Anderson yesterday was sen-
tenced to from one to two years
in the penitentiary for third do-
greo forgery.
44
. BILL HART
I
10 STAR AGAIN
Wife of Two-Gun Hero Is Not
Content-With Money Settle
ment Signed When Couple
Separated-Hart to Contest
Suit.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. William
S. Hart, two gun hero of western
films, will have a fight on his hands
If he expects to prevent his wife, for-
, known to tho crenn us Winl
In addition Mrs. Hart was to re-
"elve 1.1200 a month for eighteen
months after the signing of the agree
ment and )2000 in cash. '
Not Knougli Money
The complaint to be filed today,
according to the Times, charges that
the clause In the agreement prevent-
Ing hor from appearing In pictures
unless a divorce is obtained or Mr.
Hnrtd,e,Prhib T frm Tt'l
her livelihood. Tho Incomo derived
from the $103,000 trust fund and
from the monthly payments so far
.made has been insufficient to enable
her to save money, the complaint
states, and for that reason she wants
to resume her work for the screen.
Offers have been received from Sev
ern! ni-nrlnroi-H. nconrdlner tfl the at-
.when Informed of his wife's pco-
poHea nun, kit. nun sum hb h.hb
notnlnKof itand did not wlBh to make
a statement without conferring with
his attorney. He declared, however,
that ho was ready to meet any suit
which might be filed, and had a clear
conscience so far as concerned the
treatment he had accorded his wife.
The Hans were marrlcd her0 Do.
cembcr 7 1BSli and scpaI.ated In May
f the following year. William S.
Hart, Jr.. was born on September 6.
1922. For the child's support Hart
established another trust fund of
$100.0oo. the income from which goes
. .,,,,
tody o( tho lnfant under the terms of
the agreement she now Is said to oe
anxious to modify.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Feb. 9. Six
boys and the driver were killed and
an(her boy nrclbably fatallv lnjured
when a Cnlcag0 and Northwestern
trai 8truck a truck filled with news-
boyB at St. Francis, a suburb, late last
nlKht. The boys had attended a meet
I '"S ln the suburb and were returning
Un Milwaukee. The victims ranged In
age from 14 to 16 years.
DINNER PARTY
HOPE OF RECOVERY
At ilmpq Hnrine the nfeht his sleep
appeared to be natural, at others it
seemed to be a fitful delirium. The
serum brought here by Dr. Frederick
D. Strieker has not been used, as
physicians- declared his case too far
advanced to warrant the experiment.
The serum la devised for use on ani
mals, but attendants thought It would
have possibly saved the boy if admin
istered before the deadly symptims be-
, came virulent ,
DEMANDS RIGH
F
A MYSTERY
Pretty Mannequin and Movie
Actress Strangled to Death
By Bootleggers, Police Claim
Valuable Jewels Missing
Prominent New York Club
men to Be Questioned.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. A dragnet of
police and detectives today, was
stretched to all o fthe city's known
haunts of bootleggers In an effort to
find the two men who visited the luxu
rious west 77th street apartment of
Louise Lawson, pretty and 24 years
old, shortly before the young woman
was found yesterday morning bound
fr.ee downward 0" her bed, gagged
and strangled to death.
Clad in dainty night clothes, the
body was found in a tastefuly deco.
rated room, the disorder of which In.
dlcated a spirited struggle with her
assailants. Furniture lay overturned;
jewel boxes were empty of their con
tents which the police learned Includ
ed a platinum bracelet worth $8000
and valuable gems.
On a dresser stood a photograph of
an army officer and one of Gerhardt
M. Dahl, chairman of the executive
committee of the Brooklyn-Manhat
tan Transit corporation, lawyer and
broker, who police learned had been
interested in the young woman.
Thomas Kane, elevator man, furnish
ed the police with their most valuable
clue to the slayers a description of
two men who said they were express-
men, who visited the apartment early
yesterday. Ono carried a brown par
cel. ,
Police advanced the tliepry that. they
were bootleggers who had been at
tracted by jewels Miss Lawson wore
and by other, articles they had seen In
her apartment; robbery,, they said,
was the motive of the crime.
Now York Broker Explains
The young woman came here from
her home in Walnut Springs, Texas,
six years ago to study music and make
her living as a mannequin and as a
motion picture actress.. As' an actress
she played minor roles In cinema pro
ductions. She was a friend of the late
Angler B. Duke, and was one of those
at the party which ended ln his drown
Ing at Greenwich, Conn., last Septem
be.-.
Mr. Dahl spent several hours yester
day explaining to the police his friend
ship with the young woman. The ele
vator man said Dahl had been a fre
quent caller at the 77th street house.
and was seen leaving there Wednes
day morning. Police asserted they had
found in the apartment a record show
Ing Miss Lawson owned $12,000 in B.
M. T. stock.
Fred Lahdeck, a lawyer and friend
of Mr. Dahl, explained that the transit
executive knew the girl's parents and
that he had been interested ln her mu
sical education,
Mystery Inrronsos ' '
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The mystery
of the murder of Louise Lawson,
mannequin and aotroRB, in her fnsh
ionable 77th street apartment yester
day, became deeper today when de
tectives found part of her jewels in a
shop where she had left them to be
repaired. The discovery tended to
dissipate the police theory of a rob
bery motive.
In a search of tho apartment. In
spector Coughlin and Captain Carey
found evidence strongly supporting
the robbery theory, they said. They
also found memorandum books con
taining the names and addresses of
well known persons in New York.
Chicago, San Francisco and cities in
Texas. All the New Yorkers are to be
questioned. The murder and robbory,
Coughlin declared, was the work of
skilled crooks.
"Miss Lawson," he said, "moved In
the select circles. She was not an
habitue of the cabarets of the Forties,
but frequented the fashionable coun
try clubs of Westchester county and
Long Island. She was known for her
beautiful gowns and her fine Jewels.
"It is with these people that 'gentle
men' thieves mix, learn the value of
their jewels and wearing apparel and
details of their home life. With such
information they operate. This case,
I believe, was the work of such men,
who ln disguise entered Miss Law son's
apartment.
"Although some of the young wom
an's jewels have been found In a
jeweler's shop, the thieves got away
with quite a bit of valuable stuff. In
cluding a diamond studded platinum
wrist watch, a diamond bar pin, a
ring or two and an ermine coat.
"Two men were taken up to tho
Lawson apartment in the elevator.
Only one man descended In the ele
vator. His companion went down the
stairs. They fled ln an automobile
which was left standing at the trades
men's entrance,"
MURDER
MODEL
7,000,000,000 More "Fags"
Smoked In Past Year Due To
Women's Adoption Of Habit
n
AIlOVE THE CLOCE THEATRE SMOlfrvr. tnnt
hi , ? XZZ .v."''1'1 Cnn,'Y" hPil being run dowrf
' ' feet-car. the Scars-Roebuck Foundation announced that the'
:::: ' " "icreas.cn .'iuu wn.wtl in ivzj. over hftv
million nenrcttcs havinn he.. ..mL-..i j.,,;.,- .... '
Much of this increase is aitril.i.to.i m
In January.
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. J,h " , ' 1"' H-" 1 "eater, ork., and today, no theater
women ';,nff"-W"" .1" h c.'ty and lew clseu here forbid' '
fcfi.Tr?i?8h i"" ques,,on h$ been apitatiiipr edticatorv at lea.t one. -miss
O i.e Jones, presidcut of the National Education Ai.- . . .
lias declared the fad harmless
FORD'S MUSCLE ;
SHOALS OFFER
A
WASHINGTON, Fell. 9. The Mc
Konzio hill authorizing acceptance of
Henry Ford's offer for the govern
ment's war tlmo project at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., Is emphatically opposed
In a minority report submitted today
by members af the house military com
mittee. Comparing tho Ford offer with that
of the Southern Power companies but
without specifically endorsing any of
the four proposals which have boon
made for operation of the Muscle
Plioals plants, the report declares that
acceptance of the Detroit manufactur
er's bid would amount to "a gift of
enormous property and industrial ad
vantage to a private citizen from the
resources of the United States.
"The power companies' proposal as
compared with the Ford bid. It says.
offers savings to tho government
amounting to $34,218,000, for fifty
years and $75,660,000 for 100 yoars."
Representative Hull, republican,
Iowa, who consistently has opposed
the Ford offer, presented the minority
report in which he was joined by Rep
resentatives Morin and Ransley, Penn
sylvania; Hill, Maryland; Frothing-
ham, Massachusetts, and Walnwright,
Now York, all republicans. The re
port . criticises thrt majority for at
tempting to "Justify the violation of
the Ford offer of every safeguard and
principle of the federal water power
act," and declares that the McKenzle
bill gives Ford a loophole to quit the
manufacture of fertilizer If It should
not prove profitable. Furthermore It
contends "no one is In a position to
know from any statement of Mr. Ford
or any accredited representative
whether be would accept the proper
ties on the terms offered him In the
pending bill."
Asserting that under the bill as
recommended by the majority, Mr.
Ford's company "would not be regu
lated as to rates, service or lssuanco
of securities by the federal govern
ment or the Alabama public service
commission." The report states that
Mr. Ford proposes to pay $5,000,000 for
the following properties: Nitrate
(Continued on Fag Six)
BAD
BARGAIN
I.: .-
'"' - ''"h - "jijiii lor women was in
HAY RATE GUT
8AI.EM, Ore., Fob. 9. Tho Oregon
Washington Knllrond and Navigation
company and nlno oilier railroads
operating in Oregon hnvo- filed suit
in tho circuit court for Mnrlon county
ngalnst Attorney General Van Win
kle and tho public service commis
sion to enjoin tho commission from
enforcing its recent orders reduc
ing the freight rate on liny, grain, po
tatoes, onions and other farm pro
ducts, also an order suspending that
part of the railway hay traffic under
the roads levied a diversion charge In
Portland.
The rate reducing tho rates on 'hay
became effective sovonil weeks ago.
The. order reducing tho nito on other
farm produco will be effective Mon
day unless a restraining order is is
sued. Tho railroads nllcgo that if- tho
orders aro ullowed to remain effec
tive, the froiKht rato will bo Insuffic
ient to pay costs of service. Another
allegation made is that tho rates
would bo discriminatory against the
stute of Wunhtngiun and would pre
vent producer in that stnto from
competing with Oregon producers.
These orders of tho commission have
brought a bigger storm of protect
than any orders sinco tho fumous
order that increased telephone rates.
Tho situation, however,, is a peculiar
ono. All tho farmers organizations
in Oregon stood with .tho commission
ln tho reduction of tho farm produco
rates, Including tho stnto grange, the
farmers' union, the stnto farm bureau
tho Tillamook Dairymen's association
tho Oregon Hay Growers' association
and others. ' Then just before the hay
ordor became effectlvo, protoBts begun
to come In from commercial organi-
zatlons of western Oregon and from
producers. Those protests averrcl , Ford and a little party of frlonds ar
that the reduced rates were discriml- rived at Wayside Inn last night. For
natory against Western Oregon anditho old hostolry, made famous by
in favor of eastern Oregon. The pub-1 Longfellow and purchased by Ford to
Ho service commission declared thnt pro,ervo n as a New England Bhrlne,
propaganda by the Southorn Pacific
company.
Tho new rates aro on a mileage
basis, affecting all parts of tho state.
Steel Orders Incrcinso
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 9. Unfilled or
ders of the United States Steel cor
poration on January 81, made public
today,, totalled 4.79S.429 tons, en in
crease of 353.090 tons over orders at
the' end of December.
Astoria, Oregon, Has
$100,000 Fire; Dance
Pavilion Is Burned
ASTOBIA, Ore, Fob. 9. Fire-
which broke out cniiy today In
tho service gnrnKQ from nn un
known cause burned tho gnriiKO,
tho Dreamland dancing pavilion
and tho Astoria I3akery. Fort
Columbia stages were Included
in tho proporty burned. Tho
total loss was estimated at moro
than 1100,000.
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II. P. TRAIN
UP; LOS ANGELES
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Without Warning Passenger
From Idaho Starts Shooting
-Conductor Killed, Brake-
man and Passenger Wound-;
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ed PriSOner l10t CraZy.
LOS ANGELES, Fob. 8. A con-
SHOT
CONDUCTORDEAD
ductoi vas killed and a bmkoman ' Teapot. ' '
and linHMonBor wounded today on Replying to questions by Senator
Union Pacific train No. 25 westbound ; Walsh, democrat, Montana, Mr. Bon
wlion W. H. Iiarnott of Caldwell, Ida., I Mia aaltf that "thoro was a conspiracy
without wnrnlnc commenced shootlnB
in the forward end of the coaoh as ;
tho train was pulling out of Barstow.
east of hero, according to advices to
tho railroad company here.
Tho aluin conductor Is W..F. Mor
ton of L,os Angeles. Tho wounded are
C. Carlson of Shelby, Idaho, scalp
wound, and Harry Uarrlngor, brako
nian, Los Angotes, bullot in Bide, pos
sibly rib broken.
Harnott was seized by the- other
paHsongors and tnkon from tho train
at Ban Uornardino b county offlcors. ,
Carlson, tho passengur, wus onroure i
tQFronno. , - , .
Krt!oninany -.-reports Indicated that
Harnett, who. was traveling without
companions, suddenly bonan shooting
in tho dimly lighted day coaoh at
4:10 o'clock this morning as tho train
was pulling out of tho Baratow yards.
Conductor Morton fell, mortally
wounded, and died a few minutos
later. Uarringer, tho brakeman, was
struck by tho noxt shot and the third
bullot wounded Carlson, a pnssengor.
Deputy (Sheriff Williams of Yermo,
OS miles oast of San Bernardino, was
on the train at the time of tho shoot
ing and placed Barnctt under arrest.
Wllllnms said . that Barnett after
shooting and upon being taken to tho
Ban Bernardino county Jail, gave no
evidenco of mental derangomont.
PROCTOR TO MODEL
TIL TAYLOR STATUE
SEATTLE. " Feb. 9. Alexander
Pliimlster Proctor, nationally known
as tho sculptor of the west, will leave
tho first of next week for Hollywood,
Cal., where he will begin work on a
statue of the late Til Taylor, sheriff of
Pendleton, Ore., who was killed In the
execution of his duty two years ag'i.
A small model of this Btntue will be
exhibited at the Pendleton round up
this year.
A large equestrian statuo of a fron
tier circuit rider, done In bronze by
Proctor, will be unveiled In Salom,
Ore., April 19. This statue was pre
sented to the state by Senator R. A.
Booth In honor of his father, who was
a circuit rider of the early days In the
old Oregon territory.
HENRY FORD AND MOTHER" PLAN ,;:
REAL WEEK-END PARTY AT WAYSiOE INN
SUDBURY, Mass., Feb. 9. Appar
ently as eager as a bay for what he
termed a "real old fashioned New Eng-
in(i Dary
Honry Ford, with Mrs.
11 was again reminiscent of an earlier
tlmo. '
A little after his arrival, Ford was
playing a fiddle, Jollying with the girls
and "calling off" for some of the old
country dances, now all but forgot
ten and while someone played an old
time air, while Mrs. Ford beat time,
ho danced a Jigg nimbly and with evi
dent enjoyment.
The Inn radiated the atmosphere of
CONSPIRACY
IS CHARGED
IN Oil DEAL
I i r I is
uenver cuuur ueuiaies 0111
clair, Doheny and Standard
Conspired to Assure Award
of Teapot Dome to Sinclair
Editor in Hot Water
, During Cross Examination.
v. ---i-f -
WASHINGTON." Teb. 9.--A charge
that H. F. Sinclair, E. L. Doheny and
the Standnrd Oil allied companies
i conspired to assure award of tho Tea-
p Dome navai on ieas0. to smciair
I was made boforo the senate oil com-
ml".?e,.todT Fieiicc-, Bon,lls-
nlil uha- r.t Ih. n.llV.r Pfint.
I Continuing his story of his con
i nection with the group that hold con-
rndlsof'Vr
'publisher asserted that in addition to
.the payments made to that group, the
Mld-Wost and Pioneer dompanios,
who also had an interest In the dls
nniinA i nnn Ann i nil nrn.
I ""' ,. ,h " oVi.i L
' "lw?B,,.1J" ""V . ...
Standard. Oil allied companies to lot
! Sinclair have the Teapot Dome as far
as they were concerned.
"They having no antagonistic ln
terosts in California," he said, "they
had no objection to lotting Mr. Do
heny have tho naval reserve there and
they went into the agreement along
these lines and the . leases : were
granted.
. "The Midwest and the Pioneer got
a milljon dollars in oil produced by
tho Sinclair company on the Teapot
Dome. That I have confirmed.
'The foaling wltbSlncuilr-waji not
' frtendly to Mr: Stack; J; Leo BtatHt
one of those associated With Bonflls)
They treated him like an office boy
and they thought they could settle
with him on any-terms agreeable to
them. . . -' ' '
"Tho Pioneer company kept telling
him to settle with Sinclair and to
take whatever he would give him," .
- Settlement la Made.
During his testimony yesterday the
witness had said that he and Stack',
a Denver oil man, with H. H. Tamaan,
his partner, and 8. 'H. Schwartz, their
attorney, negotiated a settlement with
Sinclair, tho proceeds of which wore
split four ways. This settlement, he
said, took place after the Post had
published an article attacking the
Teapot Dome situation, but had de
ferred publication of other stories on
the same subject because of a fear
of libel suits.
Today Bonfili vigorously" denied
.that the attitude of his paper toward
Ulnplnl- hnri nnvlhln. tn An with the
I contract nf settlement.
In the' midst df a vigorous cross
exnnilfation. Chairman Lenroot asked
whether "the matter 'of your attack
on Sinclair," was discussed at the. con
ference with Sinclair. . ,, j -
"No sir," Bonfils replied, .. ' -
"Was the matter of your ceasing
your attacks on Sinclair discussed?"
. "I would llko to know what Insti
gated those questions. Did they ema
nate from Colorado?" " ; "-
"I am asking these questions' on my
responsibility as a senatoqnand you
will ploaso answer them.". : .
"It Is a most extraordinary qucs-':'
tlon and I want the record to show
tho fact."
Pressed as to whether the attacks
on Slnclnlr In his paper had not been
stopped, Mr. Bonfils leaned across the
table and said: -
"They did not c.ease. They have not
ceased. They never shall cease." - J :
Senator Lenroot read a telegram.
(Continued on Pace Six)
1
old New England. Lights ; gleii
from tho windows across thetooW;
ered fields and the taint tinkle of
sleigh bells added to the. Oljl time
touch. Within was a typical .New Eng
land dinner and later, after Mr. Ford
had fiddled and the party had danced,
they played old games, "tucker," and
"puss In the corner" and "drop the
handkerchief."
"This isn't a real party," Mr. Ford
explained., "tfiatfs tomorrow night"
"Going to invite a few friends and
have a real good time tomorrow
night." .
A specially prepared program of win
ter sports, snow shoeing, coasting and
sleigh riding was arranged for today
with every detail ln harmony with the
days when the Wayside Inn thrived
on the trade of travelers and cillagers.