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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921
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HARDING FOR
iDUCIll
. 8. ARMY
President-Elect Approves of
Senate Resolution Directing
(Secy of War to Stop Enlist
ments Until Army Is Down
to' 150,000 Senate Com
. mittee. Unanimous for Such
' Action. ' ' ' ' -
,; MARION,. Ohio, Jan. .-Presidentelect
Hording has given his hearty In
dorsement to the senate resolution di
recting the secretary of. war to stop
enlistments until the army has been
reduced to. 175,000 and tb the proposed
further reduction to 150,000 next year,
Representative Julius Kabn of Califor
nia, .chairman of the house military
committee, said today following his
conference with the president-elect.
' Representative Kahn said Senator
Harding was very much impressed
with the attitude congress 1b taking
toward curtailing government expense.
The visit here today of A. W. Mellon
Pittsburg banker, who, has been pub
licly indorsed by Senator Penrose for
the cabinet position of secretary of the
treasury, revived impressions that the
treasury position still may be open.
H'was staled, that Mr. Mellon . dis
cussdd .financial, conditions, wi.th Sena
'tor Harding!-; ' '.'- "
t. 8enate Committee. Approves
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. .Unanimous
favorable report was ordered today by
the , senate military committee on the
resolution of Senator New, republican,
..Indiana, directing the" secretary of war
to stop army Enlistments until the
total number of enlisted men is reduc
ed to 175,000. ; .
.. MARION, O., Jan.' 7. Representa
tive Julius Kahn of California, chain
man of the house military committee',
came to Marlon today at the invitation
of President-elect Harding to diBcuss
the question of army re-organlzation
and general preparedness.
The conference was one of a series
to be held by Kir. Harding with those
who are in charge of military and
naval matters with a view to reducing
.appropriations for the two establish
ments, developing a reserve personnel
for both army and navy and agreeing
on a definite policy to be pursued until
a possible plan cf disarmament is
worked out by au association of na
tlons. " ...... ,
AGAINST- 'BABY 'TALK'
' CHICAGO, Jan. 7. By cradle side
or by moonlight Mrs. TJvely.n F
Houghton Is crusading for the abol
ishment of "baby talk."
Indulgence by fond parents in, (he
"language" she outlaws seriously
hinders development In their child
ren of good speech and similarly, she
Bays, It disfigures adult speech. Mrs.
Houghton, who is special instructor
to children of defective speech in the
grammar schools of Evanston, a su
burb, explained at a meeting of the
Mothers' club in one of the schools
hst night. . i
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SIX PERSONS PERISH
ENGLAND, Ark., Jan. 7. Sir per
sona perished, two pthers probably
will die and three more were eHotinly
burned in a fire early today which de
stroyed the Royal hotel here. . '
Those burned to death wcro Mr.
nnd Mrs. Mack Kawles, Mrs. -Jennie
Anderson and nine-year-old daujrh
ter, and a man named Hooker, all of
. KnKland. and Mrs. A. Hullfihan, nd
drem unknown. !
- Thiwe probably fatally burned: Dan
Campbejl. England and Will Heff
ner of Tomberlin. Ark.
The Itnwle were employed nt the
hotel, while the other victim were
guests. ;
U.S. A. Will If ever Be
Literally , Dry Says
HeadiProhi Forces
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The
United States will never be liter-
ally dry, Prohibition Commission-
er Kramer declared today, though,
he expressed the opinion prohibi-
tion is here to stay." Sentiment
throughout the country, he Bald,
is continually growing stronger
for prohibition and practical pro-
hlbition will come after the pres-
ent generation. The sons and
daughters of the men of today, he
declared, will grow up without a
taste for liquor.
IVew York and east cannot be
considered as representing the
cojmtry at large, for generally
west of Pittsburg the nation is
dry, he said.
Most of the enforcement agents
Mr. Kramer described as men
who could "take a drink in order
to carry out their orders," but his
best agent, he said, was a Meth-
odlst minister.
NOW FEAR FOR
SAFETY OF U. S.
BALLOONISTS
No Further Word Heard From
Stranded. Air Men Heavy
Storm-Adds" tcr't)avngers'on
,. Trail Letter Received at
Moose, Ontario.
COCHRANE, Olft.,.' Jan. 7. A
storm, which todnir threatened to blot
out the trails over -which the Ameri
et.il btilloonlsts tiro heading ha k to
civilization, --cleared avJi y this after-
r.oi-n and snow ceased to H.t. . ' .
No further ' -.void' hi'il been heard
-n, tho airmen since the ..late' "t
fm;' their departure from tha Hud
son Hay trading pnHt thresj weeks uo,
rf .iero they found refug.. after 'tin ir
v.ld balloon flight from Ilocku wnv,
N. Y and artxlety was expressed for
the ft- safety on ,the loay, ti-eachctouc
ti oil through the snuw.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. (By the An '
sot-lated Press) -Descrlpl.tuu, of tile
desperate plight of tho throe AhTorl-
ean naval balloonists after thoj-yiurl
lanuea in toe iiuason i.iy cuinuiy,
December 14 and started working
thejr painful wuy back IS habitation
at Moose Factory, was received t;eie
today from S. K. Thorpe, manager of
Revillon Freres trading post at Moose,
.Ontario. '
The letter which wus directed to
the chief inspector of tho conip-my
for the James Bay district nt Mon
treal, hnd forwarded to Jxhn M.
'Revillon jiere. .The balloonists were
in a pitiable condition when - found
r.nd-two of them had to bo taken to
the Hudson Bay post at Moose J'ac
tory on ft sled, the" letter .wild, their
clothing Was torn to pieces and one of
of the men wus found in his under
wear, having ripped up hlo lrounors
to, bind up his feet.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7. An np
penl to the supreme court following
denial late .yesterday of an applica
tion for a-new trial for Husted A.
Walters, under sentence to hang Feb
ruary 10 for .murder of Patrolman
Jerome Palmer, here November 17.
was indicated today Joy Walters' at
torney, B. F. Mulkey. Stay." of exe
cution to pstpono delivery of Walters
to the stat peenltentiary until Mon
day won granted by the circuit court.
WHEN HOTEL '
SIOGROI
The orlfdn of the fire had not been
determined today. The entire upper
floor of the hotel was ablaze when
the flame were discovered.
' Tho quests wore trapped On the
second floor when the two Btiiiiwnyts
were cut off by (he flames. Many
PHcaped by knotting1 bci clothing: to
gether and uxlnj? them as ropes on
which to slide to the frround.
The partitions and the floor of the
building were of pine nnd the smnH
fire department was unable to make
any appreriahli progress either in
extinKUiphin? tho flames or in res
cuing the guests. Four bodies have
been recovered.
TEXAS AN11-:
JAP FEELING
RUNS HIGH
American Legion Asks for Au
thority to Remove Japanese
Squatters Jap Colonist at
Brownsville Is Ordered to
Leave .Town California
Real. Estate ' Men Selling
, Texas Land to Japs Sent For
EL 'PASO, Texas, Jan. 7. Amer
ican Legion members are writing
absent landlords asking authority to
remove Japanese snuutters who have
been arriving in small numbers.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 7
IS. R. Kato, a Japanese colonist from
California) arrivqd In Brownsville At
noon today. He was met-at the train
by a committee' of the American Le
gion, Chamber of Commerce, Retail
Merchants association and farmer or
ganizations and told to leave within
4S hours. He promised to do so.
Kato' was told that public senti
ment made It impossible for tlie .Jap
anese to oolonlze'here. Trouble was
probable-If Japaiiese .persisted In tho
attempt he was tol.
HARLI.N'GfcX, Texas, Jan. 7.
Pending the arrival of a real estate-
dealer from California who is said
tu,"Tiitve'801tl-fal'liV!i' to','Tapuno3"o" Tn
various sections of the Rio Grande
valley, ho efforts will he" made hern
by the citizens committee to compel
Uwo Japanese families to leave Har-
Hngen. The party of eight Japanese,
Including fpur. children, arrived here
Wednesday from California and were
met. at the train by a committee of
citizens and Informed that the'r
presence in the valley was undesir
able. They were allowed Jo remain,
however, until the arrival of the
agent who will be asked to refund
the Japanese the amount paid for
two fares, ,;
ifornlii Resolution Passed
SACRAMENTO, Col'., Jan. 7. Th
California Benate adopted today 29 to
0 a -resolution requesting thp na
tional government to agree to no
treaty with Japan that would nullify
tha state's antl-allen land law lor
that' would grant the right of) citizen
ship to Japanese. .
The resolution, drawn 1)y Senator
rnman, was . taken up' out of order
with unanimous consent . of the sen
ate sothat quick, action, nilght.be
had upon it. . A -
"There . are some phases of the
negotiations that cannot bo discuss
ed." said Inman; "but ft can he Bald
that theer Is- danger, serious danger
that the federal government may give
the right of citizenship to Japanese
on the Pacific coast as a sort of trad
ing agreement. That would be un
thinkable. ' - '
"Capital is being made of the fact
that about one of every four votes
oppo3ed the passage off the anti-alien
innu law at the last election," he
continued.' "As a matter o ffact, CO
per cent of this adverse vote was cast
under a misapprehension. Many
persons voted 'no', on th measure
thinking that such a vote meant no
Japs.' ,
"Now we want to show by a vote
of the legislature that' there is no
division of sentiment among the peo
ple of California, as to the Japanese
proDicm. , ,
2-3 HOT AIR, 1-3 PIFFLE
SAYS GEO. M. COHAN
lNEWYOFtK. Jan. 7. OooreA f
Cohan, actor and theatrical manager.
when asked to comment today on an
announcement Cronu Boston . that
that Andy Lawson was coming here
to confer with h in reeardine flnan
cial Interests In tho new Continental
Baseball association incorporated,
said: , .
"So far as I. am concerned, Its
two-thirds hot air and one-third plf
fie. ....... .
LO.VDON'. Jan. 7. (By the Asso
ciuted Press.) Lord iMilner today
received his -portfolio 'as secretary
for the colonies, ills successor has
not been announced.
France Announces
Invasion' of Ruhr
Valley Impending
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' WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 Thru
Its embassy here, France has lit-
formally notified the United
Slates of the conloniplatpd invu-
sum of the Ruhr valley because
of the alleged failure of the Ger-
man government to affect a dis-
armament in that district: ,
It was learned today that the
Btate department had not convey-
ed to the French government any
Intimation of the attltu'do the
United States would- take in the
event ihvnsioifbccame a fact. It
Is known, however, that officials i
have not. altered their opinion
that such action would be inop-
fortune and not calculated to Itn-
prove the' future relations be-
tween tho allies,' either politically
or" economically. . '
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' v PARIS, Jan. 7. Members of the
allied reparations committee met
yesterday to consider the ques-
tion of Gerniau payments, several
of which are overdue. They re-
celved a dispatch from the repura-
tion officers In Berlin declaring
Germany would make payment
before January 15.
'
II. S. OFFICIALS
Conflict Between State a-vJ
Labor Departments as to
Which Has Jurisdiction Over
Disposition of Refugee, From
Ireland. ' .- ' -'
- WASHINGTON, .Tun. 7.-r-Conflict
between the state and labor depart
ments over jurisdiction in the case
of Lord Mayor O'Callaghari of Cork
leeklng admission to the country
without passports, reached the open
toduv. Labor department officials
denied an earlier statement by As
sistant Secretary 'Merle Smith of the
state department that the case had
been referred to 'by 'Socretary Wil
son to the state department. ,
' 1-ubor officials said the only way
In which the O'Callaghan case could
have reached the state department
was through action of the inspector
in charge of immigration at Norfolk
"by mistake." The ' labor depart
ment, they said did not recognize
transfer of jurisdiction to the state
department by this act oC the in
spector. 4 ..... .. ... '.'
When Mr. O'Callaghan arrived In.
speetor Edwin B. Schmucker at Nor
folk was said to have called the de
partment of stale by telephone and
later to have sent a letter of expla
nation which labor officials thought
Assistant-Sesretary Smith must have
had in mind In saying that the de
partment io r labor had referred tl:
case to the state department.
U. S. SUPREME GT.
SUFFERS ATTACK
MANILA, Jan. 7. American mem
bers of Wio supreme court of the Phil
llpplnen were tnrKi-ts of an nt'taok
here today in a spi-ech In. the Philip
pine sitnate by Manuel L. Quezon, Its
president. Quezon won ' supporting
amendments to the Judiciary bill, cm-
powerir.g the governor geneml and
ho -senate to trnnHfer juuVeu from
tne iltHirlrt to another when the good
of the service riMiuired such chantcs.
"Let me say herothitt I have no
faith In the supreme court as' consti
tuted ,at present,"' uemm declared.
"How ran we have faith .in Justices
like K. P'inley JnhnKon and George A.
Malcolm, who In one admlnbitriitloi.
held that the governor general nun
the righ to expel aliens, and In an
other administration hold tin exactly
contrary oplnlnn." 1
Th bill paused tho - senate and
goes before tha house (or disposal.
FIGHTING OVER
WOROFCiK
C.E.HUGHES
TO DEFEND
NEWBERRY
Former Republican Candidate
for President Argues Case
Against Ohio Senator Before'
U. S. Supreme Court Pre
siding Judge Condemned
; Construction Would Put En
tire Congress in Jail.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Tho broad
construction placed upon the corrupt
practices net by the fodoral court lit
Michigan In which Senator Truman H.
Newberry was convicted, "makes it a
trap which would take in evory sena
tor and representative in congress to
day," Charles E. Hughes of counsel for
Newberry, declared todny In opening
argument before tha supremo court in
the senator's appeal from his convic
tion on a charge or conplrucy to vio
late the corrupt practices net.
. .The construction given by the pre
siding jtrtlge was a "gross jiervorslon
of the statute," Mr. Hughes dechirod,
and he promised to givo the court ex
amples "In abundance" to show the
"enormity of this conviction.'.'
"Newberry did not give a cent to
his campaign fund," Mr. Hughes said
"Despite -the -government assertion
that It could go to the jury,' if it hud
been . neaessary on the point of her
personal contributions, I can say hare
that he did not contribute one cent.
He was In New York as a commander
In the navy and never did n candidate
have less to do with his nomination
and ejection." ; . . ' '
Mr.- Hughes then revmwod the Inci
dents which led up to the formation
of ths Newberry campnlgn committoe
which he described as a "purely typ-
leal
political committee voluntarily
formed by friends and well wishers of
Commander Newberry." ' '
The 'government's briefs, were filed
today only a Tew hours before tho case
was called for argument. Outlining
the government's case Solicitor Gen
eral Frlerson said that "assuming that
the corrupt practices act was constitu
tional the indictment clearly and dis
tinctly charged an offense ngulnst the
United States.
sr. louis, Jan. 7. Another now
record has been created in the history
of baseball finance by the report from
Houston, Texas, last night quoting
Branch Rickey, manager of the St.
Louis Nationals, as stating the club
hnd received a bonaflde offur of :i00,
000 and four players for Roger Horns
by, Cardinal second baseman, and
champion hitter of the Natlonnl league,
This figure more than doubles the
reported purchase price given by the
Now York Yankees for "Babe" Ruth In
a oeat wnicn was conceded to put a
recortl valuation on a player's services,
and Is Just twice the size of an offer
made by the .New York Jationals for
Hornsby early last season.
Hornsby hit .370 during tho last sen
son and tho ranking ninth among sec
ond basemen In fielding, had over 100
chances more than any of his rivals.
JAMES G SCRiPPS. WELL
KNOWN EDITOOIES
SAN DIEGO, Cul., Jan. 7. James G.
Scrlpps, well known publisher, died at
an eat-Iy ' hour this morning at his
home In Mlrnmar, near here. Scrlpps
had been ill for two months, hut It was
not. until a few days ago that his con-
ruitlnn took a turn for the worse. IIo
was 35 years old and Is survived, by Ills
widow and four children.
$300,000ANDF0UR
PLAYERS OFFERED
FOR ROG. HORNSBY
Etheridge to Make
Complete Confession
Declares Attorney
PORTLAND. Jan. 7. John L.
Kthorldgc will give n complete
statement of his part In the af-
fulls of Morris Brothers, Inc.,
nnd his relations with Fred S.
Morris, according to a statement
today by Harrison Allen, ono of
tho attorneys for Receiver W. D.
Whltcoinb. Allen said this offer
had been mndo by V P. Larooho,
attorney for Etheridge, without
any condition of Immunity at-
Inched.
Creditors of Morris Brothers,
Inc., were to hold another mass
meeting hero tonight. Rocolver
Whltcoinb promised to reveal nil
developments In his Investigation fr
of tho company's books. He said
the audit will not be completed
before next Wednesday;
Senate" .Committee 0?.!!?d ir.
Special Session Visit, to
Island May Be Made Elec
tion Tangle . Cause of Se-
'' 'rious' Trouble in Cpu'rit?
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Conditions
In Cuba, which already are receiving
the atteutlon of President Wilson and
the state department, have been en
gaging senate, Btudy, and It is possible
that tho senate committee on Cuban
relations will visit the Island nt once...
Senator Knox, republican, Pennsyl
vania, has suggested the stop to Sen
ator Johnson of California, chairman
of the committee and a session of the
c.lnmlttce will be called Immediately
to consider tho matter. ,
: HAVANA, Cuba, Jun. 7. As a result
of an almost nation-wide contest over
the presidential elections held early in
November, Cuba may be called upon
,to fuce an unusual and embarrassing
problem May 20, next, when the term
of President Monocnl oxplres. So vo
luminous have been appeals filed by
the liberal party . and so involved is
the situation that the Judicial machin
ery of the republic Is virtually clogged
and no one can, forecast the outcome
with any degree of accuracy.
It the courts and election boards are
unable to dig themselves out from be
neuth the mountain of appeals on file,
there are many who express fear that
the republic may bo wlthoufan elected
chief executive when President Meno-
cal quits office. It is held the chief
Justice, of the supreme court of Cuba
might assume the presidential office
and conduct it until all appeals are
carried to a decision and new elections
held.
SALEM, Oro Jan. 7. Governor
lion W. (Mcett today announced ho
bad received a telegram from Jay H.
Dobbin of Joseph, . Ore., saying it
would bo Impossible for Dobbin- to
accept the upptflntniont as member
of the state highway comhilsKlon suc
ceeding tno Into K.- iq. Kiddle. The
telegram was, in reply to the - gov
ernor s effort to havo Dobbin re
consider his rufusal of tho post. Oov
urnor Olcott said toduy ho would be
In no huriy to make another ' an
nouncement of an appointment.
SITUATION IN
CUBAWORRIES
ADMINISTRATION
JAPAN DECLARES DISARMAMENT
TOKIO. Jan. 7. Dlscusalon of dis
armament is continuing to. occupy the
.Inpnncno press, with favorable com
ment interspersed with expressions of
opposition and satisfaction. Tho JIJI
8'ilmpo, declares that Amerlru's pro
gram is the solo en line of the naval
raco, nnd it asks hat Japan's courtie
nftuuld be If tho X'nlted States closed
down and Great Itritnin followed suit.
Tho Nlehl Nichl takes the view that
the entire project depends upon the
btttitude of Mr. Harding when ho as
sume the presidency and that noth
ing will happen until his administra
tion Is Installed.
BLAME GOVT;
FOR PANIC
IN COUNTRY
Witnesses Before Senate Com
mittee Declare Govt. En
couraging Buyers' Strike
Strike Cause of Present
Conditions Palmer Scored
Dark Picture Painted by
Wool Manufacturers.'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. An "un-, ,
wise" campaign by the government,
encouraging the buyers strike in nn- .
tlclpatlon of further price declines,
together with "unwise" prosecution',,
of profitters are the cause of tho .
economic conditions in the country,
John P. Wood, of Philadelphia, de-
clared today before the . Benate fi
nance committee. He was testifying
at. hearings on the house emergency .
tariff hill. . ' '
Attorney General Palmer's .meth-'
oda of searching out profiteers
amounted, the witness asserted, .to
"persecution1 of all business through
establishing a discredit of, its prac
tices." . ,- ; . ,
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colo
rado, uBked whether (the "general
methods'' which the witness refer
red to could not be applied to the,
activities of BnatornMer'87,cjm- "
mittee investigating (housing.-- ,i r,1-
Mr. t Wood replied - hg' wag unitv- .;
.formed as to the work of the balder
committee but that he did know the '
newspapers of the country had kept ,
up a "continual cry" against, busl-.. ..
neas. , ; , ' ,;. i' ''-
"The campaign to reduce the cost ,
of living has been successful," said
the witness.'. 'lt has : broken,, 'tho
high prices and It has alsA been sue- -r.cssful
in throwing hundreds ot .
thousands of me.n out of work."
Mr. Wood then told the .commit
tee that the wool manufacturing Ini
Ulustry. had lost all of the profits It
had niade during the war and saw no
Immediate hope of getting hack on
Us feet.:: ' I .- ,
Wool Industry Dying '
Acting ChairmanMcCumber inter
rupted arguments with George D.
Brlgga, representing the National
Sheep and Wool bureau, a witness, to
insist that the hearings be not de
layed by committee members. " '
Senator Smoot of Utuh then de
clared there were ' many Witnesses
who wanted to be heard. ' ,'
- "This is an emergency tariff and
we muBt have action on it," Senator
Smoot said. ;..:-'
Mr. Brlggs said the wool Indus?,
try was dying out, , adding to th
numbers of farmers' and farm work
ers deserting the land for life in tha
city. - - ; -.-.'-.-' '
"What about . manufacturing In
terests?" Senator Thomas, democrat,
Colorado, inquired; '"Hundreds of
industrial -plants have boen- closed :
and thousands of men are' out yot
work. Won't those people eventually 5
bo compelled to return to the farms? "
They have got to make a living." f ,F'
The witness said he could not
agree that there ever would' be a "
leturn to the furms. r : f.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan'. 7. Hcpre-1
Hcntntives of 62 irrigation projects of
oastern and southern Oregon 'arid
others Interested In arid land develop
ment wore present today at the open
ing of tho tenth pnnual-session of
,ine uregon nrigatiun congress.
The Yorozu Chono views tho pro
ject with suspicion, declaring it has
elements- of mystery and IS pregnant
with mischief, while the ChUgAl Bho
gyo Shitnpo considers that Jnvan can--not
lightly agree to the Hun. Mo
says, however, that.-. a plan under,,
.which tho United Htntes would cease'
eon.itructlon after its first program'
had been completed, and Japan stop
building after th completion Of her
eight battleshlp-elght cruiser pro
gram would be open to consideration,
The Hoehl (thlmlmn declares that
nermnnont pence Is a dream Sena
tor llnrah's proposal, it says, is ad
nilrabta, but Impracticable.
HARDING
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