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Medfo if A II nH"D'OTTTVn Predictions ; IMAliL 1 Kl IS U N Ei . ... - The Weather Maximum yesterday 38 Minimum today 26 Dally Fifteenth Tear. Weekly Fiftieth Tear. MEDFORi), OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921 NO. 258 KB NEW ELECTION LAW OFFERED FOR THE STATE . Bill to Provide Counting Boards tyith Election Boards Intro duced by Senator Bell Fight Over Port Bill Is Duly Launched. . i SPEAKER BEAN MIXED .. - - ON THE BABY CROP '"V.V' 1 J -I" ' ; ; ' SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21.' "House '-. bin 105;' read Elbert Bede, read- : lng clerk today, "by Mr. Korell. Providing for the regulation and licensing of day nurseries, etc." 1 "If there Is no objection the bill S willlre assigned to the committee on ., horticulture,'' announced Speaker Bean. . Somebody laughed and Chief Clerk Fred Drager whispered up ' In the general direction of Speak- er Bean ' " '. '.'.. If .there Is no objection," the speaker then said, "house bill No... 105 will be assigned to the com- mittee on .public Institutions, in-. . stead of the committee on horti- culture." V .. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. A bill pro viding counting boards In all voting precincts has been Introduced in the Oregon legislature by Senator John B. Bell of Eugene. The bill follows close ly; the West Virginia system, and a similar measure in Idaho has proved satisfactory, said Senator Bell. The act would apply In all eleotlon pre cincts, having more than twenty regis tered voters. It provides that as soon , as twenty ballots are cast the election ... board exchanges bojfes with the count lift board and- the latter begins the count. , This Is . tolldwed throughout the - day ami when the polls close nt night not more tllan 20 ballots remain to ,be counted. Provision Is made to ' prevent leakage of Information. ' Extend Recorder's Term SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. The senate today passed a bill extending tenure of office of County recorders from two to four years. Other bills passed In cluded: if SeSnator Staplea' bill regulating the sale of foodstuffs for livestock. SeSnator Ryan's bill" providing that buildings constructed by banks need not be confined to an expenditure of not over 50 per cent of the bank's cap italization. ' Senator Ellis' bill Increasing the pay of wafor master from $4 to $5 a day and actual expenses. . Port Bill Fight SALEM, Jan. 21. A turbulent dis cussion of the proposed Port of Port land legislation beftire a joint session of the Multnomah delegation and the 1 senate judiciary Committee reachod a climax last night when Senator George JoBeph of Multnomah, served notice upon tno port commission that It will not be permitted to purchase Swan ; Island, Mock's bottom and the Guild's lake, without a vote of -the people. It was finally agreed that a joint . meeting of the Multnomah delegation And the committee on judiciary should be held next Wednesday night at ' which time, the North Portland Harbor representatives'should present their .case as well as all others Interested in the project. SALEM, Jan. 21.r-The business of reconsidering Senator Upton's joint resolution for a special .committee to consider re-districting bills occupied jiiBt two and thjee-quarter minutes of ; the senate'B time when it came up as a , special order yesterday afternoon. The vote for the resolution was unanimous ' New State Board SALEM, Jan. 21. To eliminate the 2 AMERICANS. ONLY PICKED UP FROM MANILA, Jan. i 2. Two Ameri cans, Robert Brazlle and Mack iMa lone, survivors of the shlpwrked British ship Isabels, which they say was bound from California to Man ila, were picked up on the island of Tamate, near Samar. Philippines, ac- cording to advices,, received here to day. The Isabela vn wrecked off San pulan iBland, by strong currents dashing it upon rocks, according to the two survivors. The message from officials at Samar snld: "Only 2 Grandmothers Give , Up Airplane Flight .Account of Storm DES MOINES, la., Jan. 21. The airplane trip to Wash ington to deliver Nebraska's electoral votes was abandoned late today when weather re ports from the east indicated further delay If the planes started from here. DES MOINES, la., Jan. 21. Weather conditions were un favorable at 9 a. m. today for Mrs. H. H. Wheeler and Mrs. Draper Smith to resume their uirplano trip to Washington. "it doeBiit' seem queer at all," said (Mrs. Smith of Oma ha, aged C6, describing her ex perience in the first part of the journey. "Doesn't the ground look neat from up there?" said iMrs. Wheeler of Lincoln, Neb. She was greetod by hor daughter, Mrs. Simon Casady, Jr,, and grandchildren. v I TO ACCEPT WAGE . CUT NEXT 3 YEARS CHICAGO, Jan.. 21. A statemont to day by the Chicago Building Trades council gave reasons why the thirty two affiliated unions voted not to ac cept wage reductions within the next three years. It was decided at a meet ing of business agents to insist on con tinuation 'of the .present schedule of $1.25 an hour. The statement cites government fig ures showing the cost of living in Chi cago has Increased 9.30 per cent over 1914,' and asserts- the Increase in building trade wages here in the same period should be from 66 to 70 percent. "A full, honest day's work should be furnished by labor," said the state ment. "We know there have been abuses on the part, of tradesmen who nave taken auvaniage oi conditions. The building trades have agreed that any workman who does not do 'an hon es, day's work' will be disciplined by his organization." SPARKS FROM THE WIRE CHICAGO, Jan.' 21. Motions ' for a new trial for William Bross Lloyd, milltonulVc scrgeant-at-'nrms of the communist labor party, and nineteen associates, convicted 'of. violating the Illinois anti-sedition law, wcro over ruled today. . ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Jan. 21 Charles Bttoher, representative in congress from tho . fourth Missouri district, died-at his home. in Savannah, Mo., today. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. JV. M. Coleman of New York, general coun sel for tho Hudson and Manhattan Railroad company, committed suicide here by jumping from tho eleventh story of a hotel on 1'eniisylvaniu avenue. governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the president of the senate and the speaker of tho house from membership on tho Btate" emer gency, board and create a new board composed entirely of members of the joint ways and means committee of senate and house, is the object of a bill Introduced by Senator Bell of Lane county. The secretary of state would sit as secretary of the board but would not have a vote. The emergency board as now consti tuted is composed of tho governor, the secretary of state, the8tate treasurer, president of tho Benate, speaker of the house, chairman of the. senate ways and means committee and chair man of the house ways and means committee. SHIHtCK, ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC two survivors located," and contain ed no further Information as to the crew or number of people on board It is believed here the Isabela was a steamer of less than 100 tons. Samar officials were directed to extend aid to the Americans. SAN FRAiVCISCO, Jan. 21. Shipping records here fall to reveal any stealer Isabela nor one fitting the description -of the vessel re ported wrecked off Samar ' province Philippines, as having left Califor nia ports for the Philippines. JACK DEM EY BOND MYSTERY N0WS0LVED Missing Security Discovered in Jack Kearns Safe Deposit Box Cochran Repudiates Brady's Statement and De nies He Has Withdrawn, . NEW YORK, Jan. 21 ThoVWf? tcry of the iniHHihg bond drawli by Jack Dempsfly as a forfeit leponit for' his match with CieorKOH Carpentier next HiimtntM, yvas solved here today when the document was found in the safe of Dempscy's manager. Jack Kearns. ? According to the explanation ad vanced by Dan McKettrick, local rep resentative for Kearns, the bond was filed by Kearns with other papem pertaining to tho match in a private compartment of the safe under tho impression that the paper was u copy of tho original bond. ' Announcement yesterday by th Central Union Trust company that tho bond had not been posted witH them, led to the search. The bond, whh-h called for a sur ety of $50,000 was immediately placed in the hands of Tex Rickard and the promoter accepted it with the state ment' that the good faith and leal obligations of Dempscy had bpen ful filled. The bond will bo placed at once in the Central Union Trust company. Cochran Repudiates Brady. Among other papers found today wus a letter from a local banking firm stating that Carpcntler had de posited tho sum of 750,000 ' francs with a Paris firm as his forfeit and certifying that this was equivalent . to $50,000 at the rate of exchange pre vailing on the date the deposit was made. LONDON, Jan. -21. The "original contract for the Carpentiei'-Dompscy. boxing bout is considered still valid by Charles B. Cochran English -boxing' promoter,, a party to the agi ce ment it was declared today. Mr. Cochran's associates said they had no knowledgo of authority for William rA. Brady of New York to apeak in Mr. Cochran's behalf. It was stated that Cochran had not heard directly from Brady, but was in clined to ' boliove the ruling of the New York gtata boxing commission as to a maximum admission fee to the fight, might have caused him to "gut out from under." , IS FOR PRINCE LOREE CLEVELAND, Jan. 21. An offer of $30,000 for Prince Loree was rejoclod by Captain David B. Shaw, It ,' was learned today. Princo Lorco is said to bo tho world's double galted champion. Ills pacing mark for a mile is 2:00 and his trotting mark 2:03. He will be raced on the Grand Circuit again this season, Captain Shaw suld. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Sam C. Chll- dreth, turfman, has Bold to Harry F. Sinclair, his partner, his interests in their racing stables, it was learned here todny; He retained only his, fa vorite horse, StrOmboll, and will re main as trainer of Sinclair's racers. One of the most valuable horses in cluded in the Bale is lnchcape, the three year old, purchased last season for $150,000. lnchcape has -suffered from a skin disease this winter but Is expected to bo ready to race in the Kentucky derby. 10 PLAY G. BRITAIN PITTSBURG. Jan. 21. Plans are be ing made by William C. Fownes, Jr., former national title holder, for the trip of American golfers to Great Bri tain next summor. He said the team would Include Chick Evans, Francis Oulmet, Bobby Jonc's, Dave Herron, Bob Gardner, Nelson Whitney, Max Marston and Bert Whetmore. BY CITY OF GHENT GHENT, Jan. 20. Brand Whitlock American ambassador to Belgium, was guest of honor at a banquet given by authorities of thin city and of cast Flanders today. Gold mldals and the freedom of Ihe city was conferred upon Mr. Whitlock. ' Toasts to President Wilson wctf offered, . Tobacco Users Are Barred From School Activities in Kansas TOP1CKA, ; Kas., .Ian. 21. Tho Kansas high school athletic association last night incorpor- ated in its constitution a clause "forbidding toi'acco users to participate In high school ath- letlcs. At a meeting of. county school superintendents, I. online E. Wooster, state superintendent, declared sho would not sign the pay voucher of any Instructor who usoB tobacco. - SI WASHINGTON'! .Ian. 21 Enactment of tho bill providing government regu lation of tho meat packing industry would be a stop "filled with danger to our Institutions and our system of gov ernment," Senator Fornald, republican of Maine, declared today In the Benate. "I believe this bill Is merely the opening wedge for similar regulation of bther private business," he said. Analysing tho testimony before the senate committee which framed ' tho bill Senator Fornald said it made "un worthy of belief," the federal trade commission's report on Its investiga tion of the packing Industry. The com mission's statement ,that small packers existed at the sufferance of the big concerns, was denied before the com mittee, the senator said, by represen tatives of more than twenty small packing firms. Likewise, ho suld, the commission's assertion that stock growers were "at the mercy ofthe big five' packets," was contradicted by practically all of the more than 80 growers who testified. . I SELECTS OFFICERS ASHLAND, Jan. 21. Just because tho local branch of the Federal Farm Loan association has not been exploit ed In the public prints of late, Is no Indication that the brganization is moribund or even dormant. It met In this city recently, stockholders choosing officers for tho currant year. Fred C. Hollbnugh. of the Valley View district, Ib president; M: C, Llnlnger, vice-president, J. II. Dill, sccretary- trea,Burcr. National Bank Examiner Harris has audited tho association's accounts, and highly complimented tho officials upon tho creditable Bhowlng made, as- well as praising the management for the buslneBS-llke methods employod in conducting the association's routine affairs. It is such a commendation its this which encouragos the manage ment to excel as financiors. Conse quently congratulations are mutual as between tno Farm Loan officials and their patrons. , Two new directors have been added to tho list, the revised board including Robert Purvis and Frank Nutter, in addition to J. J. Murphy, Fred Homes, M. C. Llnlnger, Fred. Holiimugh, and D. II. Jackson. Tho board of apprais ers Includos Fred Homes, J. J. Murphy and D. H. Jackson. . .. i , In auditing the books, the examiner reported that in extensive transactions which involved the Investment of thou sands of dollars, not only did the ac counts balance to the proverbial "t", but also the precautions as to pfovid lng a surplus had been wisely admin iBtered, the association even more than complying with exacting Iiws In this respect. Later on a statement will appear as to the exact status of the association's affairs by way of re sources and liabilities, the showing to be one of considerable proportions. By way of digression, altho tho ex hibit Is specifically along similar finan cial lines, the clearlngB of Ashland banks are now being published on dally basis. For the paBt week or so the figures have been as follows, the totals of all the three banks being in oluded In the returns: Jan. 13, $, 134.67: Jan. l4, $7,471..41; Jan. 15, $6,784.78; Jan. IS and 19, each date In the $12,500 classification respectively. Henry WantK Itljr Imn. NEW YORK. Jam 21. New York bankers conversant with- Ford .Motor (hmiinny affuh"S today, confirmed re p.ntH that the corporation Is m-no-UnUuK fr larKG. loan, possibly between- $r.o,i"0ftin mid $7',, (1(10,(1(1(1. SCHWAB DENES BY COLEJJADIE Absolutely, Unqualifiedly and Maliciously False, Declares Steel Magnate Didn't Take Even Dollar a Year Salary Abadie "Hopes So." NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Charles M. Schwab appeared boforo tho Walsh congressional committee today and de nied testimony given yesterday by Colonel E. II. Abadie. former comptrol ler of tho United Stntes shipping board to tho effect that Mr. Schwab's person al exponaos for October 1IH8 amount ing to $260,000 were charged to the ushlpping board. Mr. Schwab declared the statements wore "absolutely, untiuallflodlv and maliciously false," nnd that ho person-1 ally paid all his own expenses during his term of offico as director general of the emergency fleet corporation. Paid Own Expenses . . Mr. Schwab said that allho ho wits supposed to receive a dollar a year salary, he did not, even collect that nnd for his travels from shipyard to ship yard, whilo at the head of the fleet corporation, ho assorted ho never re ceived any compensation and did not want any. Mr. Schwab admitted such a vouchor as that charged by Colonel Abadio may have been paid to him but declared It was not for tho purpose clnimed by Abadio and no part of It was charged to ship construction. Ills acceptance of the position as head of tho fleet corporation, he Bald, wis only at the urgent request 'of tho chairman of the bonrd nnd President WllsonV- Ho de clared he insisted that nil matters con nected with ills own shipbuilding com panies be handled by other members of the board. . , Abadie Hopes So ' i V Colonel Abndlo, who again took tho stand said he rogrotted the necessity for connecting Mr. Schwab with tho vouchor, and snld he hoped It was an error and that Mr. Schwab would bo cleared. Colonel Abadie reiterated his previ ous testimony that information con cerning it had been given to him by Mr. Morse, of Perley,' Morse and. com- pnny, accountants, employed to nlldlt shipping bonrd books, lie said the charge was entered as "overhead" In the main office of the Bethlehem com pany and $100,000 was charged to ship construction. He admitted that Mr. Morso had told him how the other $1(10,000 had been spent, but declined to ropont what lie had been told and said it con cerned the Bethlehem corporation only. Mr. Schwub," who was Bitting nearby spoke up and said: "You nro at porfect liberty to give that Information If you desire." ' Colonel Abadie, however. Bald it wits given to him Confidentially and that he would not repeat It, ' i H. S. SENIOR ARRESTED FOR HOLD-UP, SUICIDES ' PITTSIU'RG, Kas., Jan. 21 Wallace RIngle, a senior in the Pittsburg high school and business manager of Ihe high saliool paper killed himself with poiBon today. He was arrested yeBtor day charged with holding up a Btoro clerk and confessed that and other .of fenses, the police said. Two other boys were arrestod with Rlnglo. - A-note from RIngle tn one of Other other boys In school boasted of the robbery tho night before. Tho note reached the police and resulted in the arreBts. '.''' C. B. AND Q. INCREASES ; ' ITS CAPITAL STOCK CHICAGO, Jair. 21. Stockholders of the Chicago, Burlington nnd Qulncy railroad at a special meeting approved the proposal to Increase the capital Rtock by $l0,000,000 and to create a new mortgago bond issue of $10fi,000, 000 consisting of six per cent refund lng mortgago bonds. It Is proposed to Issue the new slock ana $80,000,000 In bonds as a bonus to stockholders, thereby capitalizing large part of surplus. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. A lively contest for the post of senate chup lain wan nettled today at a conference of republican senutoi-s by the selec tion of the Itev. J. J. Mulr, n DnptlHt mlnlstpi of Washington. Ho will re ceive $1200 n year fnr n daily prayer opi'iitng the senate sessions, ACCUSATION Finances Honeymoon by Embezzlement, Is Caught in Australia -;. ! OAKLAND, Oil., Jan. 2 1. Sheriff It. R. Veale at Martinez received a cablegram today tell- '. lng of the apprehension at Syd- ney, N. S. W., of T.cster Brad- shaw, wanted ut Richmond on a charge of embezzlement r,f : $10.(100 from the First National baict. whero he was employed as teller. Ills brldo of a month, form- erly Mrs. Leono Anderson of ! Walla Walla, Wash., was with him, tho cablegram said. ! HradHhuw disappeared on Do- cember 2S, nfter a honeymoon trip to Los Angeles, Acording to tho district nt- torney'8 office, it will bo nec- essary to bring extradition pro- coedings against Bradshaw un- der the 1 842 treaty between tho United States and England which was signed for America by Daniel Webater. " . : AS SPY, RELEASED BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 Mrs. Mar Rtiorlto K Harrison of Baltimore, newspaper correspondent Imprisoned as n spy by the bolahevikl at Moscow, has been released, according to a lot ter received yesterday by Dr. Hugh H, Young, from the socrotnry of Lord Boavorbrook, owner of the Dully Ex press of London. iter release does not moan necessar ily that she' may Immediately leave Russia. She ontorod Russia about eleven months ago. Soon after reacnlng Mob- cow Bho was Imprisoned but was re leased nnd for a time was reported as being In high fnvor with the bolshe vlltl. . 'Her efforts to leave tho country, however, were frustrated nnd Bho was again arrested October 24 and impris oned on a charge of hnvlng trlod to bribo hor way out of RusBln. Later tin official declaration charged her with boing a spy for tho American state de partment. Although this was denied by Washington, all efforts to obtain her release had boon unsuccessful.-. Mrs. Harrison Is a daughter of the late Bornard N, Baker, leading figure in the steamship world for many years. News From the Legislature LEGISLATIVE NEWS .' 8AL10M, Oro., .Inn. 21. At -noon today both scnato and hoimo ot tho Oregon legislature udjourned to ro couvono at 11 o'clock next Monday morning.. , ' -, BaLE.YI, Oro., Jan. 21. Tho Ore gon legislature today passed a joint momorlal directed to congress urg ing a tariff, on Imported eggs. The memorial sot forth that more than 4,000,000 poultry products wore re ceived during tho pust year at Pa cific coast ports. . The scnato adopted a resolution providing for a committee ot the leg islature to confer with committees frdm the Washington and Idaho leg islatures on uniform automobile laws. . Tho conference will begin in Portland, tomorrow. SALEM, Ore,, Jan. 21. Wide changes in tho administration of the workmen's compensation act, are proposed in two bill introduced in the house today by tho coinmltteo on labor and industries. Tho blll.t are those that wcro drafted by the committee of fifteen appointed by Governor Olcolt to Investigate for tho purpose of proposing any needed changes in the law. ' BALTlmuRL WOMAN HELD IN MOSCOW PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING PACKS TROUBLES IN OLD KIT BAG AND STARTS FOR GOLF LINKS ON BOARD . PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING'S TRAIN,, Jan. 21. With his troubles packed in a kit bag which he Intends to keep tightly locked, President-elect Harding turned his thoughts to golf sticks and fishing rods today as he JouVney southward for a vacation in Florida. . The flBhlng trip Is to occupy the first two weeks of his stay In tho south. It is his hope to bo completely Isolated during the period. Early In February he will take up his residence at HI. AiiBustlnn hnlel where ho will SKY I IS SUSPECTED OF: B Rev. Guy Kyle, Former Rector Free Methodist Church, Mt. Vernon, III., Arrested When $100,000 Is Found in Egg Crate. MOUNT VERNON, 111., Jan. 21. Virtually all of the $ 1 85,000 obtain ed in the tneft of 31 packages of reg istered mail here last Friday was . recovered today by postofflco In-, spectors, in several raids. ' One of four porBons arrested on suspicion of complicity in the rob bery is tho Rev. Guy Kyle, former rector of tho Free Methodist church here. - ' Approximately $100,000 was found In an egg crate at the homo ot the Rev. Mr. Kyle, according to tho au thoritloB. About $75,000 was found In ono garage and about $1, 600 In another. Both garagos aro owned by Loren Williamson and tho Rev. Mr. Kyle. - . - ' Williamson also Is held. Postofflce Inspectors announced it was on In formation furnished by him that led to tho raids. :..-,.' Tho Rev. Mr. Kyle declared ho know nothing ot the robbery. ; "Someone placed the money In my homo and in my garages to dis credit me,", ho emphasized. , "I am absolutely guiltless . of. this crimo, which someone, I know not whom, ia trying to fasten' on me." , SECURE PROPERFY WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Approx imately $117,000,000 worth at property taken over by the alien property cus todian during the war has been return ed . to American born wlveB of Ger mans,, Austrlans and others it .was said today at the custodian's offico. The returns were made under a recent act of congress which permitted wom en who before the war married sub jects of enemy countries and citizens of countries since separated from Austria-Hungary such as Czocho-Slovakla to file claims for their property seized by tho government under the trading with tho enemy act. '. Tho total valuo of enemy ; property taken over by the prbporty oustbdlan is placed at $5534,000,000, exclusive of the interned German, niercjlant ships Bcizcd In jyiqprican potts. "., ,-..,,.. , ,. SAN FRANCISCO, Jim. 2t,-Tho grantor portion of the state oxperienc od clear cold weather today, following a fivo days storm which brought many rivers up to the flood stage and piled up a record snow pack in the Sierra Nevada moilntalns. A new storm la forming today along the arctlo circle but Is not expocted to reach further south than southern Washington. ,Jny Goulil Wins, i " I PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21. Jay. Gould, national amateur and open court tennis champion today won the professional championship of Ameri lca by defeating Joc-.t Sautar of the Philadelphia racquet club, 6-0, 6-2. Tho mutch was for the five best out of nine sets. Gould won three but of four sets Wednesday. ' V. . - - remain jmtll just prior to tho Inaugur ation. , ,.r. . ; i ' : Two who have been his companions , on nil tho trips since his nomination wefa not In the party aboard the pri vate car when it left Marlon today. Mr. Harding remained behind to wo for personal s affairs but wilt go- to ; Florida after a shopping trip to Wash-' Ington and New York. Dr. C. E, Sawy er, who accompanied Mr. Harding a3 personal physician during the cam paign, Is kept In Marion by business, hut may Join tho parly later, NA (1 CALIFORNIA SUFFERS ' FROM ARCTIC WEATHER