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Newspaper Page TextMedford M ail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday 44 Minimum today 40 Precipitation 13 Predictions Ttnin. MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2i), 1920 Dally Fifteenth Year. Weekly Fiftieth Tear. NO. 139- FRAME UP, ETKERIDGE Wife of Poriiand Banker De clares All Charges False Husband Absconded With Nothing Blames Portland Newspapers and Jealous Business Rivals-r-Creditors Form Committee. MOIKKIS AMI EST ED OS A KKUHKAL CHARGE PORTLAND, Ore.,-Dec. 29. Fred S. Morris was arrested here today on a federal warrant technically charging that he aid- ed John L. Etherldge, former president of Morris Brothers, Inc., defunct bond house, in ob taining naturalization papers when Etherldge was not entitled to them. The warrant according to United States Attorney Lester W. Humphreys, was based on the allegation that 'Morris, while aiding in Etheridge's naturali- zation proceedings, concealed knowledge that Etherldge had served terms In New Jersey Btate prison. Etheridge came to this country from England In 1903. PORTLAND, ; Ore.,', Dec. 29. Creditors of the defunct bond -house of Morris Brothers, Inc., today wore taking preliminary, steps.. to. protect tholl' Interests, and a committee ap pointed at a meeting lust ilisht at which wr represented holders of $300,000 receipts Issued for payments on bonds prepared to "make a report to an' adjourned meeting to be held tsmorrow night. Appointment of an attorney to represent the creditors and' 'selection of a trustee in bank ruptcy to conserve the assets of the bond house will be considered at that time. Dr. D. J. Duback, who called last night's meeting and acted as chair man, J. N. Pearcy, who acted as secretary, and five other persons of Portland constitute the committee. The meeting declared- for unified ac tion in all proceedings throughout the period of liquidation of the bank rupt concern and for criminal action to punish everyone responsible . for the- present condition 1 of the com pany, whose former president, John J.,. Ktheridge, is under arrest at Mln . beapolis. 10 Days for Audit.' : WW D. Whitcomb, temporary re ceiver of the company, today said thut ten days or two weeks would, be required to complete the audit nl the books. He promised to make public from day to day result of the Investigation. . . ' District Attorney Walter H. Evans announced that he. had found that Morris Brothers, Inc., was under contract to pay FYed 8. Morris, who was head of the firm which trans ferred Its interests to MorrlB Brothers, Inc., more than a year ago, $500 a month for a period of five years. Morris took over the affairs when Kthcrldge departed last Thursday and relinquished them to Whitcomb after bankruptcy proceedings were started. District Attorney Evans said today that he has found no evidence on which he could act on demands made by Investors at the meeting last night that Morrrs and Mrs. Etheridge be prosecuted in connection with the company's collapse. FruiM'-l'p Says Wife. According to reports from Mlnne- (Continued on Page Blx 24 NEW ORLEANS -KANKAKEE, 111., Dec. 29 One of two youthful bandits was shot and kllred early today at Aroma Park, near here, in a battlexwlth police and r-'Hroad detectives who trailed them after a holdup of the New Orleans Chicago flyer on the 'Illinois Central ' railroad last night. The youths, Jo seph and Jacob Scott, twins, 24 years old, made no resistance when ai rest- . ed but the latter broke away and leaped aboard a Big Four passenger train, lie ran into a wash room and (ought a revolver battle With pursu- CONGRESS REFUSES TO BACK UP DRY FORCES WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Need of additional funds for pro- hibitlon . enforcement with wholesale violations reported from many sections, was enipha- sized by Attorney General Pal- mer in testimony before the, fr house appropriations committee made public today for the first time. His request for $300,000 was not included by the com- v mittee in framing the sundry civil bill. Mr. Palmer told the commit- tee that up to September 30, 192 0, 17,5(16 arrests for viola- tlons had been made, of which 17.420 cases were arraigned for prosecution by tlio department of Ittstice. He said violations S wore increasing. The committee also refused to include in the bill a provls- ion to reward citizens for giving secet Information regarding liquor smuggling. . ESTIMATE STATE EXPENDITURE IS $45,456,377.41 SALEM, Ore., Dec. 29. The budget, or estimate of expendiutres for the biennium 1921-1922, for nil state activities, ns shown by the state ments on file with the secretary of state, aggregate $45,450,377.41. Of this sum, $24,717,340.89 will be met by the receipts of the state treas- ury from sale of bonds for the con-1 structlon of roads and highways, from license ' fees, niherltance taxes, cor poration licenses, taxes - on insur ance premiums, insurance licenses, etc.; $4,780,452.70 will be covered by funds or contributions paid into the stale treasury on account of the workmen's compensation law and for vocational education; $389,802.72 will be paid from moneys which are not paid Into the state treasury, . but dis bursed through other mediums out side of the secretary of state: $5, 752.47 will come from the levies of taxes for the years 1921 and 1922-and being in addition to those taxes au thorized by law within the C per cent constitutional limitation. The bal ance of $9,810,350.03 is covered by the appropriation of moneys from the public treasury within the 0 per cent tux limitation. .. F NWPORT, Ore., Dec. 29. The wharf of the Newport Lumber com pany cpllnpsed today with more than 200,000 feet of lumber. If the gale now .blowing-' Increases the wharf may be a total loss. Adjoining property Is In, danger of being battered down by tile wreckage surging against it unci some buildings are being vacated. N'S WASHINGTON, Dpc. 29. Be en une of an unfavorable turn in the condition of Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, who had un operation per formed last week, a second operation planned today was postponed. A sudden nnd unexpected rise in the senator's temperautre occurred last night, but it was somewhat reduced today. FLiER. ONE IS KILLED Ing detectives, the washroom door being riddled with bullets. Jacob was wounded and died short ly afterward. ' The brothers, said to be sons of a Greenville, 111., mechanic, boarded the Illinois Central train at Oilman and compelled the flagman and a newsboy to aid them in robbing pas sengers in the rear sleeping car. .The flagman Intentionally overlooked many valuables and the amateur ban dits obtained only about $',000 and Jewelry valued at $1500. They left the train here and were followed to Aroma Park. REDUCE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL BY OVER ONE HALF 1 1 j , Republican House Committee Slashes Expense Estimate to Tatters Nearly Hal? Million Cut Off Total Only $383,611,292. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The sun dry civil bill, carrying a total of $8S:l. ti! 1.292 or $420.1)14,192 less than was auk i'(L by the government depart ments was reported today by the bouse appropriations committee. It wus the first of the big supply meas ures for the- next! fiscal yuan, to he completed and its total was $52, 237,ra4,.IeiiB,,thau .the amount appro priated for similar .purposes tblB year. indicating a desire to put govern ment expenditures on a pre-war busts, the committee, first taking care ol men disabled by' War, set aside only $100.011,292 ' for actual sundry civil expenses of .the; government, which was only $:I4, 000, 000 more than the total amount appropriated for 1910. Fleet Tumi Itcdiiced. The largest single reduction, $147, 000,000 upplies to the shipping board emergency fleet corporation, the bill providing- that the organization shall be supported entirely out of various sources of income. Hequcst from the department of justice for $300,000 for enforcement of the national prohibition act was eliminated entirely. The sum of $15,000 was appropriated, however, for suppressing liquor traffic In Alaska. Other principal slashes In the amounts asked by the government departments Included: War risk In surance $87,000,000; vocational edu cation $13,000,000; military posts. 00,942.816; national cemeteries $19. 000,000: flood control Mississippi river, $3,330,000; nitrate plants siu, (,,.0 nno- Panama canal $7,187,205; immigration, service $2,507,589; em ployment service $1,384,991; recla mation service, $0, 800,000: public health - service $4,407,000; armories o.ut,i sit.2ix.non: nnnnc ,...i,..i,.u'. tn 78n inn- imronii of mines $2,1 12,000 and department, ot juo- lice 1,989,304. ' Aid Disabled Soldiers. The bill Includes $223,000,000 on uccount or military ana nnvui com- pensation for death or di.sabil. ty -of soldiers. Bailors and marines, medi-1 cnl. surgical and hospital treatment of beneficiaries of the bureau of war risk Insurance and vocational re- h.iMiitatimi of soldiers, sailors and marines, all growing out of the world war. The principal increases oer thin year's appropriations were $l!S0;:, ono for the reclamation service. $1.- 231.000 for national home 'or uls aided volunteer soldiers; $1,000,000 for light houses nnd beacons and $51G,200 for the government nrintlng office. Alanku Aid Given." Appropriations for Alaska Include $4,000,000 for railroads; $325,000 for education: $1)0,0.00 for medical relict: $120,030 TijricajJ f the;lnsane: $25, 000 for prpMcaiinoj (tune and 31, 000 For JthPv WtwmiV liurk servicoi For the enforcement of anti-trust lawB( tlOttjOO,, it nrilposcd- aft , ntsaliiat the-$SO0,UiOlanW(I,uK the dcpiirtiiient of jtistlqeJl pM Miiwpln 4ii,iii m j.-i-niate-'otT898,Wff Was 'allowed as against the $01,402,815 asked and the total recommended was to be spent In the Hnwujiun islands, no ap propriation being proposed . for Die Panama canul and the continental United States nhd Alasku. WILLOWS, Cal., Dec. 29. An earthquake shock so severe that it aroused all Inhabitants of the town, occurred here at 2:15 this morning, So Tar as has been reported no dam- age resulted. The earth shock was apparently not felt in other nearby towns as telephone messages to Chico,' Woodlands, Sacramento and Redding failed to reveal any record of shocks there. A TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29. The annual convention of the Tin Can Tourist of the World opened here today with 2.000 persons attending and ' Vice Royal Tin Can Opener O. M. Tre malne of Predonia, N. Y., presided. The convention will be in session four days.. The organization Is composed of tourists who live In their uutonto biles and In tents on free camp sites. The local colony represents fnity Rtfitpft n nrl mtfin thun l.flflfl noi-Rmm 'and ban a newspaper of Its own. WILLOWS SHAKEN BY SHARP QUAKEi BY FELLOW SOLONS I WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. An unusual tribute was paid today by the house of representatives to Representative Joseph G. Cannon of lllikois, who has established a jew record for length of service In congress. "Uncle Joe" wks all smiles as 8 Champ Clark of Missouri, the democratic leader, and others told of his accomplishment;) during his long service. When It came his time to talk Mr. Cannon described tho cero- mony as a wakej Mujiy big things happened In ( 1 S72, the year He was first elect- ed to congress, 'not tho least of which was a violent eru'?tlon of Vesuvius, he said. "Snpiikpi- : n ) nnil lr.. Clark were approaching tho ! polls that year," hu said, "and Jim 'Mann, at sixteen was try- ing to decldo whether ho would 'be a farmer or a lawyer. Ualney and Mondoll wore beginning' to figure life in percentages and tho ambitions or Claude Kitchln and Nick Longworth at the age of three were centered about their first pants." I CHEER U. S. SECY. MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 29. Great throngs lined the streets of this, city late yesterday afternoon to welcome Balnbridge Colby, the American sec retary of Btate. American residents of Montevideo declared it wits the i Q. v..w . seen given any foreign visitor In many years. The battloshlp Florida on which Mr. Colby came to South America waa met nt sea Dy tn0 oruiSer UrU- i y ,jearlng the American minister repreSetatIves of the Uruguyan 1 , , i a I army and navy. After salutes had been exchanged Mr. Colby and his . . party were transterred to tile cruiser, which brought them to this citv. The crack cavalry regiment of the'.polnt of attendance ever held by the truguayan army was drawn up at the pier where Mr. Colby was greeted by. Foreign Minister Buero. The drive to the palace, where the secretary wus receivea ny rresiaeni , Brum, was a continuous ovation, there being an almost uninterrupted rendition of the Star Spangled Ban- ,,,. wtitch was played by eight bands- statioIled at yarlotiB points. Each .. . . ,. nB,ion.,l hymn as the party drove by. VANDERL1P DEAL IL E TOKIO, Dec. 29. (By Associated Press.) Concession in Kamchatka granted to Washington B. Vanderlip of California, by the Russian govern ment might prove a serious disadvan tage to Japan, Viscount Uchlda, Jap anese foreign minister, told a depu tation of the opposition party which visited him today. He pointed out, however, that the United States had not recognized the contract because 'America had no recognized the soviet government. The deputation also questioned the ministers of war and navy and both replied that If reports concerning the concessions were true, the situation held a menace 'to Japan from the viewpoint of defense but declined to express any further opinion in the absence of confirmation of these re ports. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29 Rumors that France has temporarily dropped the question of recognizing the pres ent government of Mexico, pending the giving of necesr-ary guarantees, were denied in a statement made pub lic last night by the French charge d'affaires. This denial, which was received from !rorges Ieygues, pre mier ofT-Yance, declared France had made no pronouncements - regard the recognition of Mexico. ' ' KELLY AROUSES ENTHUSIASM AT OIL GATHERING Honestly and Conscientiously Believes There's Oil in the Rogue River Valley Uryes Loyal Support Oil Boosters ' in Pioneer Work. At the regular Wednesday forum meeting of the Chamber of Commerce! at the Medford hotel this noon, Judgej, H. M. Kolly was tho principal BpenKer, Hand he painted n conservative but ! hopeful picture of the oil possibilities of the Rogue Hlve-r valley. "It the oil prospects brought to the Biirfuoe, In this yalloy were. In. Texas, Kkluhoma, or any olhor oil produc ing sections of the world, I will tell you," said tho Judge, "that locul citi zens would never rest until they had been given a sine and Intelligent tost. Nature put oil In Jackson county, and left its traces on the surface. I would not waste my time fiddling with something: I thought was unworthy." "The best sign that tho local con ditions will amount to something," the judge said, "Is that high-brow exports have condemned it.- The Burkburnett district In Texas was examined by highbrows, and n decis ion reached that It would never amount to anything. Tho next day oil was struck, and n man by the name of Fowler guve $250,000 to the Baptist church." Judge Kelly described Burkburnett as "a wide pluco in the road before oil was discovered," and Wichita Falls as "not qulto as respectable as Tolo." ' Ho reviewed tho prosperity that had como to those cities as a result of the oil development. Ho said that ho honestly and con cieutlously believed there wns oil In the Rogue River vulley. . "Wildcnt ting is a pretty serious business; Christopher Columbus was the first wildcatter, and you all know he came near being heaved overboard. There a some people here who want to throw tho Christophers overboard,' the judge concluded amid laughter. The judge concluded his remarks with a plea for Intelligent develop ment nnd support, and aroused coli- Iint.i m- k..n:n 1... l.la ,.,11. """'""""""""""'""' " T'16 meeting was tho largest In forum, 104 people being present. A new song, "There la Oil In the Soli of tho Valley" 'to the tune of "There's a Olrl In the Heart of Maryland", was presented Tor the first time. Emil Mohr, ye host of the Medford hotel, made a short and snappy ad dress between songs. fV'PHF.Xa.. Dec. 29:--Villlam Leeds, son ot rrincesH AnaHUiHia, may marry Princess-1 Olga, daughter of Vrince Nicholas, and niece of King Constan tihe, it is rumored In court circles. Prince Nicholas is a brother of Prince Christopher, the husband of PiIikchh Anastasia. COLLAPSE CAPITALISM NE WYORK, Dec. 29. Delegates from many colleges were here for the twelfth nnnuul convention of the Inter-col legiatu conference on labor and radical movements. KeHKions will continue until tomorrow night. "Is capitalism collapsing?" is the question for debate at. the main sen slon tonight. Morris Hlllnuit. social leader,' and Scott Nearing, former professor at the University of Perm sylvanla, will defend the affirmative and Dr. Talcott Williams and Joseph Henry Cohan will speuk for the nega tive. " ' IS EN ROUTE TOUREGQN SAN FP.ANCIHCO. Dec. 29. Storm warning were displayed throughout Washington and Oregon today with a storm moving from the north Pa cific It was announced by the weather bureau here. Wrong southerly galea will sweep the two northern coast states, It Is predicted. A STATE WIDE WHEAT )L NEXT 5 YEARS PENDLETON. Ore., Dec. 29. S A tentative contract calling for a state-wldo wheat pool for five years was presented today i to eleven representatives of state fanners organizations meeting here. They plan to re- vise and present It next month to tho State Farm Bureau fed 's eratiou convention at 1'ortlund and to the State Farmers union and the Grunge. A steady flow of wheat to market to prevent u flood at any time and fluctua- -! tlou In price Is the avowed pur- ! poso of the move. Wulter M. l'ierce of LaOrande, Ore., and (ieorgu A. Mansfield, Medford, Ore., president of the State Farm Bureau are among the leaders here. ATHENS. Dec. 28. (lly tho Asso clated l'rcss) Disorders arose today at the church of St. Theodore during services in honor of the name day of former l'reniier Venlzelos. It was alleged that officers In the Creek army threatened tho priest conduct ing the ceremony. Two persons were arrested, but were Boon released. Th newspaper Patrls today in a full front pago editorial declared that Oreece was "enduring her Cal vary, and that M. Venlxelos would "surely return." Home alarm has been shown by the cabinet over the fact that 20,000 of Oenertil Wrangel's ' anti-bolshevik troops, "Which were landed at (lalll- poll, have spread Into Thrace. It 1 declared these men tiro pillaging the country for food. King Constantino Is suffering slight Illness, having taken cold. Princess Anastasia, wife, of IM-lnee Christopher, who has been under orders not to receive newspaper cor respondents, is now permitted to do There have been reports that she has been virtually a prisoner, but they have been disproved. Prince (Jeorge, who will soon be married to I'rlneess FdiKuheth of Ru mania, plans a trip to Paris to buy his bride's Jewels. ATHENS, Dec. 28. Madame Ma- hos, widow of the late Ivine Alexan der has not the status of royulty, but Is personally on friendly terms with members of the Creek ruling house. Princess Annstasla, wife of Prince Christopher, is recognized as n Creek princoss. LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE HAIJ3M, Ore., Dec. 29. Oovernor Hen W. Olcott today announced the appointment of Dr. J, K. Loi.i3 of Portland as a member of the state hoard of medical examiners to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Frank W. Wood, resigned. Dr. Locke's lerm as a member of the board wltl expire February 28, 1H22. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. Wul ter K, Cnoklln was elected presld-MH of the 1921 Itosu Festival auxiliary and nine members of the board of directors were chosen last nlgnt. PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 29. Dele gates from every county in Oregon and from all the cities of the state. which have teachers' organizations. gather tor hte opening of the twen tieth annual session of the state teachers' association. nuin ctatf iiPii i c tun i iiiiii i BEARS TEAR I'ASADIONA, Cn Doc. 20. Piuc tlctf by tnrmnliKlit. It developed today In tlio liiti-Ht rvnort of John Wllce, head couch of Ohio Htute'H football Hiiuad, to get hlH men into condition for their pmo here New Year's day with the I'nlvvralty of California. JuHt whore Coach Wllce took hln men laat nlKht wan not dlvulKed, but It wan believed to have been Bovurd field," at the I'nlverslty of Southern California, In Lou Anncics. At any rate, Elmer C. HenderBon, U. 8. C. coach, wn In on the secret and he said today the Buckeyes were put thnuiKh two hours of the "hardest k!ml of signal pracflce."- "They slopped only three times dur ing the entire two hours," wild Hen derson suld, "so don't worry about D'ANNUNZiO SURRENDERS TO CAVIGLIA Dramatic Coup d'Etat of Mad Poet Is Over Even De prived of IMegotiative Powers Fiume's Mayor to Be Spokesman for" B6siecjeJ City Terrific Fighting1 Pre cedes Surrender. " ! FIl'MK, Dec. 29. (Ily the Asso ciated Press) Gahrleie d'Annunzin early today surrendered all his pow ers to the Fiume communal council. Cieneral Cavlglla commnndei of the regular Italian forces will arrange the conditions of peace with a dele gation of the council today. FILTMF, Dec. 29. (P.y the Asso- . dated Press) A conference for the purpose of arranging the final cessa tion of hostilities between the regular Italian forces and General Cavlglla and d'Annunzlo's legionnaires . was set for this morning. Meanwhile all mllltnry operations have been sus pended. ' lilt- ti um wun at Mtnsm iui nib iMV night and will continue until the con- elusion of the conference. Mayor Kickardo Cilgantu of Flume and Captain Hostwenturl in whose hands d'AnnunzIo placed the defense of the city, will ho tho spokesmen for Fl ume, d'Annunzio apparently ' being ignored. ' . ' , llOMK. Dee. 28. D'Annunzinn lev gionnnirer at Flume sot - fire to f, powder magazine In the Uacina yal-, ley, southeast of the -city lust 'nighty according to a report irom Aubazia. The explosion, which occurred toward midnight; set fir td the woods sur rounding Fiume to the east and great clouds of black smoke rolled down over the city. ' . Italian . regular troops surrounding Flume, continued' to advance wes and north of the cttv yesterday. While on the enstern side the situation wa llnnln.nmxl 'Plin fi.tfnnut fllrlitln.r n'n currod west of Flume, where Alpinl advancing from Castra reached the. public gardens. When they had, fnrmwl thtli wnv thnt fur thiv fnnml all the houses surrounding. ttieVigu,r7 dens had been transformed )tto " ma? chine gun nests from which a ter rifle fire was poured upon them.- An armored car advanccd4iatfu(nst the regulars and inflicted, heavy losses, the Alpinl throwing them selves oiv tho ground and continuing the struggle for some time. Major Dambara, In command of the Alpinl, rode through the gardens oil horse? bank and rushed toward the car, but . was wounded twice and his hnnje was shot dead. When the fire ceased Major Dambara was ab! to struggle toward the car and upon entering it found three dead legionnaires and two Heriously wounded comnlinsloned of fleers. ,; ,. . 1 Shoot to Kill. : . ..Wounded regulars have beeh taken in.itwitnr (m'les to Trlest and Oorzla, whore speclul hospitals wore organs ized. The number of men .taken, to these hospitals increased hourly, i Tho regulars found themselves handi capped In their fight against the le gionnaires. They were armed only with rifles, while tho d'Annhnzian, troops used hand grenades and ma chine guns and besides hud laid mines everywhere so that at every step the government soldiers were In danger of being blown up. Two houses in Flume have already been destroyed by mines. The wounded men say the regular troops were ordered not to fire unless absolutely obliged to do so, while the legionnaires have" taken every advan tage to Inflict the heaviest possible losses upon their ansullant, ;. rv iuinni ihut iii I THROUGH SCRUB LINE their not lasting sixly minutes In any man'K climate." HIair, Ohio state's right halfback Is said to have sustained a sprained ankle In Monday's scrliniiiane. .Hen derson, another right half, la also below paj so, Bliss Is the only Buck eye right half back In perfect condi tion at present. It is believed Blair will be ready for Saturday's game, however. One sporting writer who yesterday trailed the California squad from Pasadena to Patterson field, Occidental college, Lo Ange les, where It sought scerecy for prac tice, announced: "The Bears cer tainly went through an afternoon that would make any young man glad to wait under the showers. Th Cali fornia line roared through the second team forwards like cobblestones through a wet paper sack,"