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Xb Medford Mail The Weather Prediction Itulii Maximum ycsiortliiy ."...50.3 Minimum Today 4:1 I'rpclpllallnn .....an Tr: Weather Year Kgo Mitxlmtim Bfl.S Minimum 43 Dtllr Nlnrtetnth Tr. Weekly rilly-thlrd Iw. MEDFORD, OliKflOX, SATTUDAV, NOV KM Kli 1, V.ril NO. 101 BUNE REPORT 3 MEW K FOUR SHOT, NILES, 01 (LAN WI Civil War Rages in Niles, Ohio, As Result of Klan Parade 3 Anti-Klan Men Shot To day, One Yesterday State Troops Called for Martial Law Looms. NIIiEK, Ohio, Nov. 1. Three men were killed hero todiiy In clnslics between klan and iiml klnn foici's arrayed against each l her over a klan parade wlied u led for thlK arieriuion. rpmirdN of (welve men Hero woundeil, nine or iliein liy tun. shot in open warfare today In (lie streetN of Mies between par llsalls of tlio Ku Klux Klan ami forces arrayed ngahist them. Report Four Dead. NILES, Ohio, Nov. 1. Shoriff John Thomas said this afternoon (hat he hud reports of four deaths in riot ing incidental to preparations for a klan parade hero. He said he could not tell how many were wounded, but believed that many were hurt and had been taken away by fiends. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 1 Staff reporters of a Youngstown newspaper, telephoned from Niles at 3:15 p. m. today that Mayor II. C. Kistler had been taken to the city hall by Sheriff Thomas at three o'clock from the klan assembly field whore ho was said to have been swearing In klansmcn as deputies. ' YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 1. Three men wero killed in today's rioting at Niles, according to a report er for the Youngstown Vindicator, who telephoned his office here that he saw the bodies, two of which were taken away by companions and noe left in a field. Pecla red M a rt lal IjU w.' COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 1. Gov ernor Donahey at 2:30 o'clock Ihis ufternoon declared qualified martial law existing at Niles and so notified Colonel L. S. Connolly, a National Guard officer at Niles. Colonel Con nolly was notified that an infantry compWhy from. Youngstown and a machine gun company from "Warren were cn route to Niles, with orders to oisperse all crowas ana 10 kci?i the streets quiet. Major General Renson AV. Iloiwh, ranking officer of the Ohio National Ouard ordered by Governor Donahey to ro to Nilos Immediately and talte ed to address a meeting in defiance of charge of tile state troops ordered a warning not to re-enter Ulster tcr thoro. General Hough was located at rltory. ' Springfield. Ohio, and was ordered He was charged with disobeying the to stop in Columbus for orders while order made by tho home secretary for en route to Niles. northern Ireland and served upon Or. . This was understood to prohibit tho tober 25. prohibiting his entry Into stacinir of the Ku Klux Klan pa- northern Ireland. Mr. DeValera dis- rade scheduled for this afternoon. WARREN, Ohio. Nov. 1. Four men wounded in affrays in Niles over a proposed klan parade were brought to -Warren hospital this afternoon. They wore Ellosworth Keiser, Young stown, aerlously wounded; P. E. Cope, Kobring, not expected to recover; G. E. Victor, Farrell, pa.; John .Mohan, Mies. AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 1. A truck load of tear gas bombs fn charge of National Guardsmen from Columbus arrived in Akron at 2:30 p. ni. en route to Niles. National Guard offi cers are maintaining secrecy and re fused to discuss their plans for use of the gas. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 1. Chief of Police Kedgwln Powell this afternoon ordered every Youngstown policeman on duty to patrol roads leading Into the city from Niles to ( Continued on Pnjr EtehO HE HAS HELD ' SACRAMENTO. Oil.. Nov. 1. W. P. Ktchnrds. apparently prosperous business man, who was arrested by Sacramento police officers here early todny. confessed several hours later that he. with Joe Duncan, negro, now under arrest at Woodland, -held up KM FAILS HOTEL MAN ADMITS a J: u u V i,lv bank s Iterm In San Quentin prison, was iden Rnd robbed the ttank of Italy bank s rm w .uinmpr brnnch At Woodland several weens ngo. More than fsnoft was found in Kir-hard's automobile, most of it In silver. Eight Deaths From Pneumonic Plague In Los Angeles l.OS ANGEI.KS. Nov. 1 An official statement issued here at noon today by Dr. Elmer 11. Pas- cne of the Los Angeles city health department staff, fixed the total recent deaths at eight and tlio total present cases at 16 In tlio outbreak of what so far haB been tentatively diagnosed as pneu- nionic plague. ! E F SALEM, Ore., Nov. 1. In compli ance with a request of the Coos Hay M ut ua I Creamery enmpa ny, t h rough I. A. I -arson, its manager, Oovernor Pierce today sent a telegram t Fred .1. Itlnkeley of Portland, chairman of the margarine committee, demanding that he make public a list of tbo con tributors of the campaign fund used in the fight on the oleomargarine bill. "On behalf of the dairy farmers." says the governor's telegram. "I ask you to at once make public through the Portland daily press the list of contributors to the stupendous cam paign fund that you are now expend ing in the state to prevent the enact ment of the oleomargarine bill." The telegram which the governor received from the Coos Pay Mutual Creamery company reads as follows: In the name of 400 dairy farmers known as tlio Coos Hay Mutual Creamery company, we appeal to you in Inmiinil ,1 t nnon o Mai ,xf rim ottn ,.n,t 4a ofnm.n.lnnu na ,.,,. 1 fn I i,i fllrnit ih .i-.irv1 farmers by the nut margarine inter ests. Statements are made that are wholly or in part without truth, pur posely to deceive the working man, whose Interests are Identical (with the small farmer. Will tho people let the liars of the money trust de feat the truth of the small farmers'.'" SENTENCE DE VALFRA ,1 nELFAST. Nov. 1. ICnnion Do Valera. the republican leader, was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment in the court of the second division to (1(iy Mo (llwncn to recognize tho court which be called Iho creature of a foreign power," adding It Is all a farce." DeVnlern was arrested at London dc,.rv Saturday ni;ht when he appear regarded the order and therefore was arrested. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. A visit to the tomb of American's Unknown Sol dier and luncheon nt tho White rrnuse wore the principal engagements to day of General P. Klias Calles. presi dent elect of Mexico, who is spend ing several days here as the guest of the United States government while en route to Mexico. A cavalry escort was detailed to ac company General Calles to the en trance of tho national cemetery at Arlington with Hrlgadler General Brokenberk. commanding general at tho District of Columbia, taking up the duties of host. UP BANKS ON SIDE Hichnrds was Identified as a hotel proprietor of Klamath Kails. He also is said to own a large ranch near Yuba City. Cal. After he had confessed the robbery of the Woodland bank. Itlohards. also known as Harry Walsh, under which name police officers said he served a tified as the bandit who last summer held up and robbed the Railroad -National bank of Rooseville, Placer coun ty, California. CAMPAIGN AT EXPENSE OF PEOPLE Tom Kay Declares Gov. Pierce Has Spent $124 a Day of Taxpayers' Money in Effort to Elect Myers and Gain a Strangle Hold On State Affairs. SALEM, Ore., Nov. 1. In an ad dress at the armory here last night Thomas B. Kay, republican candidate for state treasurer quoted figures to show that the taxpayers of Oregon in recent weeks have been paying dem ocratic state officials and employes at least $24 a day while they were go ing about tbo state campaigning for Jefferson Myers, the democratic can didate for treasurer. On the basis of the annual salary paid each, Mr. Kay assorted that (over nor Pierce has ' been vntng about the state in the interest of Mr. Myers at a state expense of $25 a day, that Mr. Myers himself lias been traveling around at a state expense of $15 a day and Will Moore, state insurance commissioner at Jl- a day. In addition he mentioned George L. Cleaver, state prohibition commls- sionor, as receiving a salary of $12 a day while he goes about campaign ing for Myers, C. E. Spence, state market agent, $1- a day, Major W. P. Simpson, secretary of the stato bonus ana loan commission, fi3 a uay, and W. A, Dolzcll, secretary of tho Hi a to n f Control, $10 0, day. Mr Kay climaxed the accusation by declaring that A.M. Dalrymple, warden of the slate penitentiary, und another employe of tho prison have been campaigning hi the Coos Ray district for two weeks in a state owned automobile at a state expense of $25 aday. This activity by sal aried state officers he said, is in vio lation of the corrupt practices no. Kay assailed the Pierce adminis tration in scathing terms, declaring that Pierce's effort to get Myers elected was not so much that he cares a great deal for Myers as that he wants to retain control of the stato and be its political dictator. Pierce's Promise Broken "There is but one real contest for a stato office," said Mr. Kay, "and that is for the state treasurership. It goes without saying that Governor Pierce's effort to have Mr. Myers elected is so that tho governor may retain control of tho state by having a democratic majority on tho state board of control. Ho goes aliout the state saying that If I urn elected trea surer his hands will be tied. I do not bcllove that most of the people who elected him to office wanted him to have control of the state, which he was able to get by appointing Mr. Myers after tho death of I-'orpier Treasurer O. P. Hoff. Has anything that Walter Pierce has done, has his business management or his failure lo keep the promises he made before bis election warrantod the people la allowing him to control the slate? I .think there Is a largo pcrccntngn of those who voted for hlrn for govor nor who would like to seo his hands lied Mr. Kay recalled PleVce's attacks on various slate departments during his campaign for- governor, particu larly the highway department, which. Mr. Kay said. Pierce accused of graft and mismanagement. "Uul," he added, "after tho elec tion he forgot all about these things. He had much to uay about going to replace the large number of state owned automobiles and trucks, and said he was going to replace tho ex pensive cars with 'flivvers.' Rut in stead of decreasing the number, 181 motoor vchlclos have been added, and some of them very expensive cars." As to School Fund Mr. Kay took up in detail the state school fund Issue, accusing Plerct and Myers as majority members of the board with paying $1200 for "a socalled audit which was not an audit at ail, but simply a compilation of figures that the clerk of the lizard could have given anyone in a few minutes." Ho compared Pierce's policy as governor relative to the school fund with his record when as a farmer he himself borrowed from the fund. He accused Pierce of having borrowed from the fund in 1903, $30,000, or six times as much as the law allows any Individual, through deeding land to five relatives and business asso ciates, having them borrow the funds for him and then deeding the lands hack to him after the loans had been negotiated. Didn't Pay Interest "And then, on top of that." said Kay, "after I became a member of the land board Pierce on one occa sion went two years and eight days. without paying the state its interest! (Continued op Pig Elxht). Girl Wields Demqcratic Baton ; In Indiana, With Taggart III Hrk f ,jLftr s fry Political observers in Indiana say that the illness which forced Tom Taggart, Hoosicr Democratic leader, out of the active cam paign this ..year, might have been fatal to the party in the state but for Miss Gertrude F. McHugh, Ills "right-linnd man" and pro tege. Nominally she is secretary of the Indiana State Democratic Committee; in Taggart 's absence she is-running the whole works. VOTE EXPECTED IN PKH MO INKS. Iowa, Nov. 1. Do- i termination of republican leaders to keep Iowa in the republican lineup of states, the intensive campaigns car ried on by IrfiFolletto and Davis work ers and the renewal of the fight by regular republicans against Senator Smith W. Rrookbart, promises to bring out the largest vote Iowa has cast In recent years fn Tuesday's elec tion. The pre-election week end found all three political headquarters here claiming victory. Republican managers estimated the Coolidge plurality at least 100,000. The republican state ticket headed by John Hani mil. inihornatoria I can didate, apparently is assured of elec tion. Sena (or Rrookhart who has been counted by l't KolMttt leaders us a' support of I. a Kollette closes his campaign here tonight. I lis demo cratic opponent. I'anicl Slcch, also speaks here tonight. The Daily Bank Robbery AI.CIONA, Iowa, Nov. 1. Tho utatc hankH nt l-'nuton, lnwii, wore robtol early today, according to roportH reaching; rounty aut liovitlca hero. Tilt? robbers wri'rl;en the vanllH in the Farmers' Savings Imnk anil the Ken ton State hank anil ohtalnoil $2r,00 In caHh anil J 5000 In Liherty boniln, it was all. KUOHXK, Ore., Nov. 1. Oregon scores touchdown and converts point . Score tmd of fir.'.t half, Oroson 7, Washington 3. Klnal at ChampalKno, Illinois 30, Iowa 0. Idaho won 22 to 0 over O. A. C. yesterday. Ashland won I I to 7 over IloschurB hlfch ycHtcrdny. Death Toll of the Automobile TO I tT LA X D, ) i -e . Xo v. 1 . M rs. R. E. KhU dl"d today from Injuries (tustalned bite yesterday when struck by nn automobile driven by John A. flprln. of Oswego. Sprint was arrest ed after the nreldent on a charge of driving with defective lights. BALMY WE RAIN OF SEASON An addition to tho freaky weather of thia week is that followinn Iho record hreaklni? storm period which set in last Monday noon, apparently came to end today wilh the samo kind of halmy nnd sun shiney weatheiv excep tionally clear hluo sky overhead, but 'wilh rain clouds around tho horizon, which seemed to presage more rain III fact, tho most peculiar weather feature of tho week was tho nxoop- tlonally warm weathor of this foro- noon, In view of the fact (hat almost always at this tiino of year a Btorm period is followed by colder weather. However, today started out with a 11 1 In tin i in of 43, which had Increased to 05 by noon. It was still cloar and warm early this ufternoon. Tlio rainfall of yesterday fnim 8 a. m. until today amnituled to .3(1 of nn Inch, which makes a total of 3.90 inches since last Monday noon, and of 4.WI Indies for the month of October. Anntlior KtilkiiiK feature of tho weather today is that the maximum temperature yesterday, &0.5, and tlio minimum of today, 43, were exactly like the temperatures of a yoar ai;o today. E l'OUTLANO. Ore., Nov. 1. The fourteenth annual Pheific Inlernallon 11 1 livestock exposition opened today in a new building erected slneo tho fire which totally destroyed tho old building early Int Hummer. O. M. Plummer. general manager, announc ed that entries In all ellipses wero an large ns last yenr. wi'h. record break ing entries In sontf. elases. Kirst of the Judging to get under way was the mmpelilivo judging by ngrlcu Mural college students, which begun as soon as the show npancd. Teams are entered from Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Kehool children of Portland. floeK ed to the big building today. Tonight the first performance of the sixth an nual horse show will bo given. Tho exposition will continue until midnight next Saturday. Tlio Weal her l-'orecnsl SAN KItANf 'ISf'O, Nov. 1. The wonther foreeast for the week begin ning November 2 was announced bete todny by the United Mates weather burenu as follows: Pacific slates The outlook is for considerable cloudiness and occasion al rains with snow likely In the mountains. In Washington and Ore gon the temperature will be b"ow normal nnd In '('ullforiilii U will be normal. John D. Is Told He Hasn't Enough Gas To Get to Heaven NKW YORK. Nov. 1 . John W Rockefeller has a new joke 4 fr which he enjoys tilling bis 4 friends, lie relates It as follows: "l was up In the central part 4 of the state this summer to visit 4 4 some of the spots where 1 spent 4' 4 my childhood. My car had stop- 4 4 ped and I was looking around 4 4 when an old farmer came up to 4 4 tho car and started to talk to 4 4 me. lie didn't know who U was. 4 4 We chatted together for about 4 4 five minutes and then bo asked 4 4 me where I was going. 4 4 "Tin going to Heaven,' I re- 4 4 piled with a smile. 4 4 "'(let out,' he said, 'you ain't 4 4-cot enough gas." " 4 44444444444 MSUME WAKII1NCTON. Nov. 1 . In an analysis of evidence pl.n-ed before the sennte campaign fund investigating committer. 1'Yarik P. Walsh, counsel for Sena I or La I oll'i to, deelnred to day that It hud been shown t hat at least 75 per cent of the republican contributions reported to date. "Irivo come directly from t ho representa tives of great corporate interests." "Upon t he basis of the data now made puli lie," he said, "It can be stated its a fact that the banking firm of J. P. Morgan and company has umlerw riltcn the republican cam olJi,fCJ) fuiid.' , , -. .Tho l.ni-'ollotto attorney declared further that "even more Nffic.lting Is the circumstances that contributions are listed from numerous individuals direct ly interested as defendants in anti-trust suits, prosecutions for fraud upon tiie government and per sons directly Interested in tax refund casoM, oil leases, flexible tariff adjust ments und ot her proceedings now pending cither In the courts or In tlw executive depart nicnts at Wa.sh lug ton." 0. A. G. NO MATCH FOR UOUVALUS. Oro., Nov. 1. The Idaho Vandals yesterday afternoon overwhelmed Iho Oregon Agricultural college, football eleven on Poll field hero, 22 to 0 before a crowd of 12.0U0. The Idaho victory was tho result of a bewildering aerial attack In which Stivers, Idaho quarter, played an im portant rob. Idaho scored two touchdowns In tho first period and ono In the second, both tho result of passes. Stivers made a placo kick Just before tho gamo ended. Convlct4l of Murdr. TACOMA, Nov. 1. Uichard Connor was found guilty of murder in the first degree without capital punish ment by a jury In federal court here last night on tho charge of murdering his wife, Pearl Connor, on the Camp howls reservation laHt May. Tho ver dict of tho jury was returned In four hours from the timo it was given Into their hands for consideration. New Trial Nobjrlitl TACOMA, Nov. 1. A new trial will bo sought for Richard Connor, con victed just night of tho murder of his wife, it was announced by his attorneys today. (I. X. Train Wrecked. FA Rf JO, N. D., Nov. 1. A hurreld call for ambulances and doctors was made to railroad and medical offic ials at Uargo this afternoon from Crrandin, N. 1)., where.lt was report ed Great Northern train number four was wrecked. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1. Tho lower Klamath Iiko drainage district wllj bo abandoned, the dikes will tie opened and water turned back Into the lake, which will again tie used as breeding ground for birds. State Oames Warden Hurghdiiff announced after receiving official word from rofossor Klwood Mehd. recently ap pointed commissioner for reclama tion of the Interior department. In 1IM7 a contract was let with California promoters whereby they were permitted to drain (in.nOft ncres of tho lako und attempt to convert 80,000 ACRES OF. RECLAIMED LAND NEAR KLAMATH L. TO BE ABANDONED MANY PARTS OF OREGON M FIOOOED Eugene District Flooded Co quille Valley Cut Off By Raging Water S. P. Lines Washed Out Highways In undatedRain Still Falling in the North. MAKS1IUIKU). Ore., Nov. 1. Homes are flooded and many of them abandoned by their occupants, wiro service is wrecked, train service sus pended on many" lines "and several j towns are marooned turoughout Co miillo valley by tho worst flood con dition experienced In t'oos county In years. In tho past :M hours 4.35 inches of rain fell, establishing a record here. Tho precipitation con tinued today. All lowlands are flooded In tlio Co quillo valley. Powers, Myrtle Point, C'uciilllo and Pandon are alt cut off from all outside communication, In cluding automobile and railway traf fic. The only train service out of Alursh field Is on tlio Kugene lino of ! tho .Southern Pacific and It is threat en ml with suspension. All streams are raging torrents. U Is estimated that ten million feet of logs have come down Cons river alone, while other streums are having similar ex perience. The logs are coming down '.Uo Cuuulllo ho rupldly that It is fearud heavy loss may follow by their breaking out to sea, before they can bo rafted. KUUIONK, Ore., Nov. 1. With tho enliro Amazon district In tho south ern part of Kugene flooded, traiflc haltnd ill several places whero tbo Willamette river bus left Its banks and covered roads and scores of t am nios marooned In their homes by the waters that aro siowly creeping to tho level of their floors tho flood as sumed a scpiuus aspect here today. Tho steady downpour of rain con tinued all night and was still going strong this morning, tho seventh straight day of unceasing rain . Oldest inhabitants declare that tho downpour breaks all records In his tory. I lose burg Hard lilt IIOKEUL'KU, Ore., Nov. 1. After ono week of steady downpour, tho heavy Htorm which has gripped Hose burg; and Douglas county appeared to bo broken this morning. Tho rain stopped about ten o'clock and tho sun camo through tho clouds for a brief period. Tho rainfall for tho month amounted to 10. K inches, tho heaviest ever known in October, und coming within 2.0tl inches of tho record for uny month. During tho 24 hours ending at 6 a. m. today, tho rainfall was 3.09 inches. ' Tho streams and rivers aro nil swollen, but have been dropping since midnight, after reaching the highest stago for more than five years. Tho high water did little damage, but it tho rise had continued and had reacied another foot, thero would havo been much loss, Tho road to tho coast Is blocked by two slides between Camas Valley and Myrtlo Point, und a slide on tho Southern Pacific tracks near Isadora, held up all traffic for six hours. SAl SM. Ore., Nov. 1. Tho Wil lamette river showed a rlso hero this morning for tho previous 21 hours of 3.7 feet, tho greatest since tho begin ning of tho present storm, tho first of the week. Tho riso indicates that tho water from tho rains in tho mountains to tho south Is just reach ing here. Tho reading this mornlnff was 8.8 feet, which represents a ralso of 11.2 feet within a week. Yesterday and Inst night .78 Inch of rain fell hero, giving Salem a total (Continued on Pair Kttrht) tho drained land to agricultural uses. Dikes were built and streams running into tho lako wero diverted Into the Klamath rlvpr. However, tho land reclaimed prov ed unfit for cultivation, containing large quantities of alkali, according to Warden Burghduff and W. I,. Flnley of the National Association ut Audubon Societies. A clause In the reclamation con tract providing that It could be cn colled If the land proved unfit for cultivation made (he commissioner's decision possible, '