Med ford Mail I The Weather Maximum 45 Minimum 37 ' rrccipiuulun ......IS Predictions Ruin Taily Fifteenth Tear. yVeekly Fiftieth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921 NO. 273 RIBUNE PROM ME IS BEATEN VOTE 35-20 Bill to Authorize State Officer . to Enforce Prohibition De feated in House Sheldon Appointed on Joint Com mittee to Discuss Jap Question- Witness Pay Adjusted SALEM, rOo., Feb. 8. A bill In troduced by Kcprcsentativo Belknap of Benton county, authorizing the- ap pointment of a state prohibition en forcement orficer and spocial agents for the enforcement of the state pro Iilbltion laws, was defeated yesterday afternoon by a vote of 35 to 20. 8ALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. Tho house passed Representative Kubll's bill pro viding that state departments outside of Salem, may invito public competi tion on state printing. Representative .Richards' bill to havo all jury lists drawn from a list of all tho taxpayers instead of from a selected list as at present, was dofeated. . Reprosentativo Lynn's bill to com pol candidates for election as national party convention delegates to state definitely on tho ballot whether or not they would support tho choice of the pcpplo for tho' nomination, was also defeated by the house. SALEM, Ore., Fob. 8 Tho house Jato yesterday passed a bill by Hop Vlns relating to tho pay of witnesses in Josephine and Jackson counties. The houso also passed a bill by Gholdon extending the power of emi nent domain exercised by tho state highway commission in tho securing of land for the uso of railway com panies to bo exchanged for railroad rights of way. 'SALEM, Ore.,., Feu.. 8. Speaker Bean of tho house has announced tVo appointment of -the houso members of the Joint committee to meet with committees from tho Washington and Idaho legislatures, to ' consider anti alien land law legislation. Tho mem bers are Sheldon, Leonard, Fletcher and Overturf. Govornor Olcott lias not been able to arrange a moeting of tho commit tee . SALEM. Oro., Feb. S. Senator Eddy's bill to place bond dealers under the Jurisdiction of tho ttate corporation department was passed yesterday afternoon,, following .defeat of an attempt by Senator Joseph to have it referred to the rovision of laws committee. SALEM. Ore.,- Feb. 8. President Rltner and Speaker Boan tdday in troduced a joint momoriul to congress urging Near East relief. By suspen sion of tho rules, the memorial was put on final passage and adopted. SALEM, , Ore., Fob. 8. By adop tion of an adverse committee report tho senate. today indefinitely, post poned Representative Martin's house bill number' 119, making the cstato of the Insured a' bcnoficlary in fratornal insurance soclotles. Tho ' following bills passed tho sennte; . ' Providing that No. 1 wheat shall be based on 68 pounds to the bushel to prevent buyers from purchasing on a 60-pound basis and exporting on a 68 pound basis. Amending banking law to limit loans on real estate to 25 per cent of capital, surplus and commercial de posits. Free Text Books. Providing that the capitalization of trust companies organized hereuftcr In cities of 20,000 or more population shall bo a minimum of $250,000 in stead of $100,000. Many bills wore considered by the senate yesterday afternoon, Begin ning with the Eddy' bill to plnco bond dealers under tho Jurisdiction of the state corporation department there followed the commercial fishing code bill; creating a fish commission which was passed unanimously; a re-reference of the Norblad-Hall Roosevelt highway bill: an up-holding of the (Continued on rage Six) STATE SUPREME COURT BRING THOUSANDS SALEM. Ore., Feb. In an opin ion by Justice Benson, involving the estate of the late John Clark of Port land, the state supreme court today held that under the inheritance tax law only one 10.000 exemption can be allowed upon an estate under the provisions of sections 1181 and 1132 Oregon laws. This decision reverses the circuit' court for Multnomah county, allow ing an exemption of 161.000. making the total tax SI I.4S1.69. while the Johnson Requests Colby to Submit a Copy of Jap Treaty WASHINGTON, Feb. S. The senate foreign relations committee, at the instance of Senator Johnson, republican, California, today directed Chair man Lodge to ask Secretary of State Colby, if not incompatible with the public interest, to sub mit to the committee a copy of the agreement recently reached between Ambassador Morris and Shidehara, regarding a new treaty to deal with the situation resulting from the adoption in California of an alien land law. Senator Johnson urged that the agrement be made public and this precipitated a lengthy discussion In executive session. R. A. BOOTH WILL GIVE STATUE TO PORTLAND, Oro. Pioneer circuit riders, who were Important factors in spreading civilization In tho old west, are to be commemorated in Oregon by an equestrian statue of heroic size, which is to bo presented to tho state by R. A. Booth, of Eugene, state high way commissioner and former state senator. The statue will represent the pioneer type of minister who served among early settlers In tho Pacific northwest. " Mr. Booth's father, Robert Booth, was ono of tho pioneer circuit riders of the northwest. He died at his son's home in 1917 aged ninety-seven years "For many years my father rodo up and down the stnto enduring hardships and braving dangers," Mr. Booth Bald recently. "There is scarcely a stream in western Oregon that he has not forded when bridges were unknown. Because of my memories of hlin and of the similar devotion to faith and duty displayed by other oarly circuit riders, I have conceived this tribute." The model of the statue depicts the circuit rider on his rangy, plodding horse, wind tugging at his cloak, slouch lint above the unshorn hair and Bible in hand upon tho saddle bow. Governor Ben W. Olcott has been asked to name a committee to select a site for the statue. It probably will bo given a place on the capital grounds at Salem. The statue will be complet ed within two years. LANDI DOUGLAS. Ariz.. Feb. 8.Llouten- ant Alexander Tcarson, winner of the trans-continental air race last year, who left Douglas yesterday morning to fly to Jacksonville, Fla., was compel led to make a forced landing in the sand hills thirteen miles west of Co lumbus, N. M., yesterday due to a con necting rod breaking. He was unhurt. STEFFENS MEETING IS PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. S. Lin coln Stcffens and Irvlno St. John Tucker were permitted to apeak here last night after Mayor Baker was enjoined from interfering. Tho oonrt held that the restraining order would not prevail in case any state law was violated at tho meeting. Tho hall where the meeting was held was crowded, but no unusual Incident oc curred. L INTO THE TREASURY 217.09 to the stato treasurer, allow ing but ono exemption of J10.000 from the Clark estate, which has been ap praised at $697,088.19. Upon this decision rests the pay ment of thousands of dollars in estate taxes to the state. During tho pen dency of this test case negotlationh have been entered into with tho state treasury whereby the state will now receive about one hundred thousand dollars from various estates in tne course of settlement, opinion require the pavmcnt of t?S,- L AGAIN CALLED A "FRAME DP" Another Witness Confesses He Was Forced to Perjure Him self John McDonald, Now a Resident of Trenton, N. J., Couldn't Identify Mooney. . NEW YORK, Feb. S. Frank P. Walsh, of counsel for Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of murder in San Francisco in connection with tho Pre paredness day bomb explosion in 1916, early today telegraphed San Francisco authorities apprising them of nil al leged confession by one of the wit nesses in the case that he had given perjured testimony at the trial. The witness named by Mr. Walsh was John McDonald, now a resident of Trenton, N. J., with whom Mr. Walsh had a long conference last night. Ac cording to Mr. Walsh, McDonald de clared in an affidavit covering thirteen type-written pages, Hint , the cuse against Mooney was a "frameup." Accuses Fickert "McDonald swore in his confession," Mr. Walsh said, "that he could not identify Mooney as the man he had seen with a suitcase prior to the Pre paredness day explosion, altho he iden tified Mooney during the trial. He said District Attorney Fickert, tho San Francisco prosecutor, had forced him to make the identification. Mr. Walsh quoted McDonald as say ing ho stood In Stuart street in San Francisco at about ono o'clock on the afternoon of July 22, 1910. Ho said he saw a man set a suitcase on the side walk, then, accompanied by another man who came from a saloon, walk away. McDonald is allogcd to havo further said that he walked awny and In a short time heard an explosion. He thought it part of tho Preparedness Day celebration. Here Are the Men Next day he met a policeman and told him what he had seen but asserted he could not Identify tho man. Ho was induced, Mr. Walsh quoted further, to go to police headquarters, where he was questioned by District Attorney Fickert and Captain Mathe- son, and told them he did not know Mooney who was suspected. Ho subsequently was taken to Mooney's cell and to that occuplod by Billings, another defendant. He as serted, according to Mr. Walsh, that Fickert remarked. "These are tho men you saw." Coached as Witness Further, McDonald is alleged to have stated he was coached with other wit nesses In testimony to lie given. He asserted ho fixed the time of seeing the suitcase dropped at 1:50 o'clock in Billings' trial. In tho Mooney trial, he stated at tho instance of Assistant Dis trict Attorney Edward Cunha "he changed the time to 1:30 o'clock in order to break Mooney's alibi." Nine porsons were killed in tho ex plosion. Mooney was sentenced to death and Billings to llfo Imprison ment. After every appeal from the sentence had failed, President Wilson interceded in Mooney's behalf and Governor Stephens commuted the sen tence to life imprisonment. Called Propaganda SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. The re ported statements of John McDonald of Trenton, N. J., that the conviction of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Hillings, against whom he testified, was a "frameup" marks the third re cent statement of alleged facts tending to show that these men were the vic tims of perjured testimony. The new evidence, adduced here, is to be pre sented to tho county grand Jury. McDonnld'B statement was charac terized as the effort of propaganda against Edward Cunha, who as assis tant district attorney prosecuted Mooney. Defense counsel said it was a "natural outcome of tho injustice done the defendants in the cases." According to the police and Cunha, McDonald was not Intimidated and he volunteered every statement and iden tification ho made. Two other state ments by James Brennan, who as assistant district attorney, prosecuted Killings and Policeman Diaper Hand, who arrested gome of the principals, said there were indications of Irregu larity of the evidence against the sus pects. It was hoped by District Attorney Brady that the grand jury would pre pare a report to the governor which would aid him in a final disposition of the Mooney case. ., The offer of Frank P. Walsh, special counsel in the Mooney defense, to re turn McDonald to San Francisco for a reiteration of his supposed statement to the local authorities, will be accept ed, District Attorney Brady said today. 'I will give blra every opportunity to appear before the grand jury and pre sent this evtdonre, llrndy paid. 1(1 Germany Decides to Accept Invitation to London Meeting BERLIN. Feb. S. The Ger man government has accepted tho invitation to participate in the allied conference on repara tions in London, March 1, it was announced here today. Tho government in sending it ncceptunco sets forth its suppo sition that the negotiations will (mimic discussion of tho Ger man counter proposals. MUNICH, Bavaria, Feb. 7. Premiers of the various German states have agreed to urge the ! Berlin government to refuse compliance with the allied de- mands as formulated by the su- preme council in iPniis two weeks ago. This hocaino known hero today when Dr. von Kahr, premier of Bavaria, returned from Berlin. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. A prelim inary investigation of the cscapo to Germany of Grovcr Cleveland ling doll, wealthy Philadelphia draft dodger, is to bo made by tho house military committee to determine whether a thorough investigation by a special committoo Is Justified; Tills was announced todny by Chair man Kahn nfter an executive scpslon of" the committee which voted to launch tho preliminary hearing Thurs day. "I'm convinced the whole affair was rotten and that wo should go to the bottom of it," ho said. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. A resolu tion expressing regret' that, "this gov ernment saw fit to apologize to the Berlin govovnuyunt, with which we nro still formally at war, for the recent attempt to capture Grover Cleveland Bergdoll on German soil," was adopt ed today by tho National Executive committee of the American Legion. The apology referred to was re ported In press dispatches as having been mado by ' Brlgndicr General Henry. J. Allen, commander of the army forces on tho Rhine, for an al leged attempt by men connected witli tho American forces to take into cus tody the woalthy American1 draft evader and his chauffeur. The resolution also endorsed the measure before congress for a thor ough investigation of Bergdoll's escape from this country. . It also condemned "the system which permitted this arch-slacker to escape the punish- mont he so rightly deserved- GA. WOMAN MOONSHINER FACES MURDER TRIAL ATLANTA, Ga., Fb. 9. Mrs. Sar ah Glass, 50 years old, from the moun tains of IMckcns county, OoorRia, to day beffan acrviiiK a thirty-day sen tence for operation of an Illicit still. and, according to prohibition officers, after serving her sentence, will return to he tried In the state court for kill ing the man who told on her. Clad In a gingham dresH topped by a grey shawl, the sturdy little woman gazed defiantly at the "revenoorn" who testified against her, and when tho verdict was read her only com ment was "they didn't tell the truth." Daily Record of the Crime Wave NEW YORK, I'd). 8. Robert P. Brimlcli, president of tho Building Trades council, convicted of extortion from builders, was sentenced today by Supremo Court Justice MeEvoy to servo from five to ten yenis In stnt';3 prison. SALT LAKE CITV, Feb. 8. City Detectlvo G. H. Humhy -was shot dead today at a local hotel by Tom Hums, 30 years old, who in turn was shot by Chief of I'ollce Joseph K. Buibliigu. Durns died within an hour, Chief Burbidgo narrowly escaped death, a shot grazing and bruising his shoulder. SAN ANTONIO. Tcxns, Feb. . Four bandltR held up Night Watch man Pnul Menn nt Boerne, Texas, early today, entered the stata Lank, dug their way into tho vault and lob bed a number of the tin safety de posit boxes of $10,000 or more in Liberty bonds and 1300 in nickels. OGDEN, Ftah. Fob. 8. Mrs. Laura Barker, mother of three children, charged with murder in the first de gree in connection with tho alleged poisoning of her husband last ,lu!y was nc-iu!tted last night. CIVIL WAR IS I AT BALLOT BOX South African Election Held Today Expected to Settle Secession Questfon Vic tory of Hertzog Forces Means Free Africa. LONDON, Feb. S. No loss a vital issue than tho secession of nn impor tant stnto of tho British cmplro by bal lot arises In the election today of a new legislative assembly in the Unlou of South Africa. Broadly, tho question is whether Soldi Africa, comprising the provinces of tho Capo of Good Hope, Natal, Transvaal and Orango Free Stnto shall continue allegiance to the king of Eng land ns one of tho self governing do minions of the empire, or whether the South African union shall set up as an ludepondont republic. English sympathies naturally ore with tho loyalists. Both sections are howovor, admired tor tholr decision to settle differences by tlio ballot rather than by more drastic means. At tho head of tho loyalist section Is General J. C. Smuts, fonnor Boer gen eral, now prime minister of the union. He Is better known ns ono of tho load ing advocates of tho Louguo of Na tions. ' Opposed to hint Is General Hortzog, also n former Boer military leader. In tho general olectlons of March 1920 the Hertzog party obtained forty four seats in the legislative assembly, thus becoming numerically tho largest party. It was supported In lis opposi tion to tho Smuts government by a labor party of twonty-soven. Expect Smuts Victory The result todny Is said to hingo on tho success of the third or unlanco of power party, that of labor. English political observers oxpect a small but working majority for General Smuts. . Confusion of issues has nrisen as a result of the nationalists inability to ngree upon the tlmo of the establish ment of a republic. Radicals insist upon Immediate cuttlnt; away from the British empire, while others make tho tlmo indeterminate. General Hertzog's opinion is said to have been expressed In a speech when ho doclnred for South Africa's right to secede from the British empire. In Bplte of the act of union, he is quot ed South Africans have tho right to alter their constitution to gain in dependence. If tho king ahould re fuse to alter tho constitution, he ,would be approached again and again and In the end the king would be convinced that it was bettor to havo an Independent friend than a dopendent enemy. SALEM, Oro., Feb. 8. Tho Elks of Medford nre prepared "to reslBt In overy lawful way," the colonization of tho Roguo River by Japanese driv en from California, according to a resolution forwarded to tho house of representatives yesterday by tho Elks lodge Tho resolution reforrod to in tho above dispatch was passed by the Elks' lodge at tho regular meeting Thursday night, and was In accord ance with similar steps taken by tho American Legion, and other organi zations of tho city and valley. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. -Dismissal nt a robbery charge ngatuHt Carl (Babe) Holllng, former pitcher of tho Onklund club In the Pat-ltlc Coast league and now under contract to tho Detroit Americans, was ordered by tho court today, when it was noti fied that the complaining witness, Mrs. Ira Woodworth, refused to pros ecute. Holiing was nccused of entering Mrs. Woodworth's apartment and stealing $20 in currency and $40 worth of clothing. Hon Admits Murder. WICHITA FALLS, Texus, Feb. 8. Henry J. Toussalnt, 33, was in Jail today and according to tho police con fessed havintr slain his fa'her, whom ho charged a responsible for the death of his mother and for the son's separation frpm his wife. BEING FOUGH Mrs. Shonts' Million Dollar Damage Suit Thrown From Court NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Tho $1,000,000 damage suit, brought by Mrs. Mila D. Shonts, widow of Theodore P. (Shouts, head of tho Interurlinn Rapid Tran sit company, against Mrs. Amanda Thomas, nlloging alien ation of her husband's affec tions, was dismissed today by Supremo Court Justice McAvoy on motion of tho defense. The court held that Mrs. Shonts had failed to set forth sufficient facts to warrant a trial. Mrs. Thomas was the princi pal beneficiary named in Shonts' will. Mrs. Shonts is contest ing tho will. E 10 SHANGHAI, Feb. 8. China, fol lowing hard on tho peoplos of tho western world, now has its Chinese woman's suffrage association. Tho platform drafted nt tho opening meet Iiir by the membership, composed of women educated in the Kchools of China and abroad, is as follows: Kvcry woman may havo a iiht to voto. Men and women will havo equal protection under tho law. Cihi slavery shall bo prohibited. Women shall havo tho rlnht to tho possession of their property, which shall bo regis tered by name. Women shall havo tho riRht to marry whom they desiro. Women shall havo equal ouportunllles for education with men. Women Bhall havo equal rate of wago with men. ConcublnnRO shall bo prohibited. A single standard shall be maintained for men and women. Widows shall havo financial recom pense from tho stato for tho oaro of their children. I'CLIN VOTE OF THANKS, BUT HE'LL NEVER GET 11 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Represen tative McOllntlc of Oklahoma contin ues to koep speeches which were never made in the house out of the Congres sional Record. It used to be the cus tom with members given as little as thirty seconds to spenk to put pages Into the record. But that was before McCllntic began to handle the axe. Au epidemic of unspoken speeches alwayB citmo during consideration of measures with a popular appeal tho soldier bonus for example. But nowadays no body can break through when McCIIn- hie Is around. Whon tho Oklahoma momber con cluded a brief speech yestorday on the soldier hospital bill. Representative Sncll of Now York arose. "1 ask unanimous consent," he said, "that the gentleman from Oklahoma be permitted to revise and extend his re marks." "I object," said McCllntic and the house ronred. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. Senator Bell's bill providing for tho creation of counting boards In election pre cincts of 100 or more registered voters, has pasHcd the Oregon senate. It provides that tho counting boards shall begin their duties after twonty votes huve been cast and its purpose is to make known tho results of nro gon elections in n short time nfter the closing of the polls. I riTTsncUG, Has., Feb. 8. Alex ander Howat, president oftlie Kansas miners' union and five members of the district oxccutlvo board arrested yesterday for calling a strike of 200 miners In this county, were expected to appear today fend ask a continu nncc. They were said to want time to prepare an answer to tho citation of contempt for vlolntion of an Inlunc tlon issued last summer restraining the union from rolling a stride, RE NAVY NOT LIKELY Senate Naval Committee Op poses Borah Resolution for Suspension of Building for. Six Months Sir Philip Gibbs Testifies Jap Speaks for Reduction. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. A nega tivo roport was ordered today by tho senate naval committee on the. reso lution of Senator Borah, republican.' Idaho, asking for tho committee's' opinion whether It is practicable or' advlsahlo for the government to suspend naval building operations for six months. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. -Great 'Britain will not undertake a race with the United States for sea power. Sir Philip Gibbs, British corespond ent, declared today beforo the house naval committee. England has not the money, ho said, and most Englishmen do not re- . gr. rd the American navy "as a men ace." Sir IPhillp said that botore any UKrooment for disarmament could be reached by tho principal powers the Russian question would have to be settled and tho Russian people drawn back into the "family of nations." Russia Only Danger Representatives of the Russian so viet government should lie Included In any conference to discuss disarm- ament, he declared. He characterized tho Russian rod army as "the great est military menace in the world." There is a snlrit of revolt, entirely 1 apart from bolshevisra, in Europe today because of the general rear or nnnlhni, wait 1, a an.rl arirtlna. thnt. ttia people felt that they had been toe tinyed in tho last war, because they uutt uoen toiu mat it was a war to end war. ; An invitation from the United States for a disarmament conference would moot with the approval of mos( of tho people of Great urttain, sir Philip Bald, although some sections or the government are opposed to the general idea of disarmament. Appearing today before the naval committee hearing, which was ex pected to be the last hearing on the Dorah resolution to suspend capital ship construction for six months, of ficers of the navy general board urg ed that work on those ships be rush ed. They also asked the committee to support immediate construction ot two airplane carriers. Tap in Favor.- TOVin Ifnl, S Yillr.ln. ftftiibf;'t ' formor leader bf the Kensel-Kaf ' or ' nimnaltlnn nnrlv tnlri thn ARRnelfltAd - 1'ross that. ho would today ippfoppcg ., ., v. i ' i n .. . ..... ... . .; , i-nl nrmnmmit iMIr resolutions. .he i said, would ask Japan to communt cato with the United States and Eng land, and. to decide on the best way to restrict naval programs In con Junction with thoso nations. : M, Ozaki was expelled from tho Kensel-Kal because he had not sup ported a suffrage bill urged by that oisanlzatlon. 12 YEAR OLD GIRL IS H. S .TEACHER 1'ITTSllURG, Feb. 8. Yvonne Web-. or, 12, has established a record In the public schools here. She graduated from public, school as class valedictor ian yestorday. She speaks four lan guages and teaches physical culture, and dancing In the high school class. FOR CALLING AGAINST KANSAS LAW Tho strike hinges on the age of Karl Mishmash, who nn longor la em ployed in the mines. Two years ago ho received boy's wages, but a Joint board of minors and operators agrond to pay him u man's wage from his nlnethoenth birthday. The union ciuims 200 Is due for the time ho worked after he attained tho age oi 19, but the operators maintain tho Mishmash family bible shows two dates of birth and they were utiabla to Uelornilno his pliifiicenthj blrUldn