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Maximum ycsiortliiy ."...50.3
Minimum Today 4:1
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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.
!
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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.
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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, '