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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
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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.
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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