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I- -4 - Me The Weather .Maximum 43 Minimum 37 Precipitation 18 Predictions lUiin Dally Fifteenth Year. Weekly Fiftieth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921 NO. 274 WORD K 4 tLt BJ K Hi V 1 rfk fcl 1 1 ;l" W Ml IN ENGLAND IS DENIED British Foreign Office Much Exercised by United Press Report That British Officials ? Declare England and U. S. . A. Treading Path to War Interview Was Confidential. , WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. By dircc- Uon of his government, Leslie Cralgio, British charge here, called today on 8ocretary Colby at the state depart ment to formally deny published re ports that officials of the British for eign office had told American news paper correspondents in London that Gpreat Britain and America were treading the path leading to war. LONDON, Feb. 9. The foreign of fice today issued a statement declaring to be without foundation reports pub lished ill the United States Tuesday to the effect that an official of the for eign office had uttered a warning of tho Increasing seriousness of Anglo American relations. The statement said: The statement on Anglo-American relations quoted In the English press this morning as having appeared in the American press was' made without the authority or knowledge of the foreign office, and does not in any way represent the views of the foreign of fice upon the present or future state of relations between the two countries. "On the contrary, the foreign office 1b confident that any question arising botween Great Britain and the United States .can and will .be settled without difficulty, whetherwlth the existing or succeeding administration." The reports to which the British for eign office now gives formal denial were not carried by the Associated Press. They were contained In a dis patch circulated by the United News. The dispatch stated that the British foreign office had summoned Amer ican correspondents to Whitehall where, through one having an impor tant place in Anglo-American affairs, a warning was' uttered that "we are treading the path leading to war." Correspondents were not summoned as stated In the London dispatch quot ed,, but were received In response to numerous requests from news agencies and American newspapers for a state ment In connection with the visit there of Ambassador Geddes. Since the publication of tho report a major ity of the correspondents have declar ed that the story as printed in the United States was a gross exaggera tion and that when they were received It was understood that no part of the Interview was to be quoted. TAXES REPEALED WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Ground hog promises of a pleasant Bpring and goose bone predictions of a rather tor rid summer, have Btarted a flood of potitlons to congress to repeal the war time on the poor man's drink. One day, back in 1919 when the tem perature was hitting It up around the hundred mark, the house voted to re move the one cent tax on soda water and Ice cream, but nothing ever hap pened after that. The measure was sent to the senate and apparently put In cold storage. " LEGALLY DEAD, BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 9. Lon nie Eaton, the man the sheriff for got to hang, may be dead legally. At torney General Coco frankly admitted today he did not know; but reports from Ouachita parish prison where Lonnle has been taking, legally or Il legally, his regular three meals a day ever since his execution day, Febru ary 4, do not indicate that his appe tite has suffered. Sheriff Ornnt wrote 'the Governor yesterday that In the press of "civil and criminal matters" February 4. he forgot tho mandnto to put the negro, convicted of the murder of a white man. to death. Attorney Gene ral Coco Is raking the law books for precedents. It was said the once In President Tacoma Bank Is Arrested for Embezzlement TACOMA, Feb. 9. Ole Larson former president of the defunct Scandinavian - American bank, which failed on January 15, was arrested today on a warrant charging embezzlement of $UO,000. Tho arrest was made at tho Seattle homo of Mr. Larson by Deputy Sheriff Tom Discond, as sisted by two Seattle detectives. The prisoner was immediately brought here and taken to the court house whore he conferred with his attorney and officials. Judge W. D. Askern set bail in the case, at $100,000. the largest amount ever demanded of a pris oner in this county. Mr. Larson, through his attorney, said he would endeavor to raise the bail to evade spending tho night in the county jail. U.S. Legion Hospital Chairman Charges Government Bu reaus in Charge' of Soldier Relief Put Employees dn Legion Committees. WASHINGTON, Feb. V Charges that government bureaus having to do with soldiers' relief are "packing the committees of the American . Legion with bureau employes who are mem bers of the legion," were, made before the legion's executive committee here today by Abel Davis of Chicago, chair man of the hospitalization committee. "As a result the work of the loglon in soldier relief matters is being greatly handicapped," said Mr. Davis, who added that at the Cleveland con vention, "the bureaus licked us to a frazzle in all matters relating to vet erans relief and the legion wondered how it was done" Former service men are being kopt in private hospitals that are "Inde scribably filthy and in which condi tions are terrible," Colonel Davis-declared. That after the men were placed in such hospitals they were loft with out visits or Inspections by represen tatives of the public health service. He read a report of a survey of a hospital In Illinois made by legion representa tives. This said that white and negro patients slept in the same room; that the pharmacy containing narcotics and drugs of all sorts was left unlocked and that when asked if female patients used the same bathroom as the males, the doctor in charge stated that "the women only remained about two weeks at a time and did not take any baths." Speaking on the proposed consolida tion of the bureaus of vocational edu cation, war risk insurance and a part of the public health service, Mr. Davis declared: "Heads of the bureaus do not get along together, nor do they co-operate for the best interests of the service men. Statements which they have made to us repeatedly, have no truth In them. They spend the greater part of their time getting up records, in other words, preparing their alibis be forehand." After hearing Mr. Davis the execu tlve recommended to the state divis ions of the legion that they refrain from appointing government bureau employes on their committees. PACK m m HEELERS BUREAUS FORGOT TO HANG, IS BUT EATS REGULARLY jeopardy principle of the law plight prevent any execution. The attorney general declared to day that from Investigation of the Eaton case as a member of tho board of pardons he believed the negro "should not be hanged." He added that hod h'.' known that the date of execution had been set, he would hove called Governor Parker's attention to a request for reprieve and commuta tion of sentence made by Sheriff Grant, who had asserted that to hang Eaton would be "a travesty on iustlce." 'My Investigation showed that the killing of the white man lor wnic-n Eaton was found guilty, was done Iti a fray," Attorney General Coco Bald. ITALY LEADING THE WORLD IN Secy. Baker Gives Congress Information on International Army Strength France Leads in Standing Army Japan Forces Increased. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.' France has the greatest standing army In. the world, according to information sent to congress today by Secretary Hakor, but counting lis active and reserve forces Italy Is tho world's leading mili tary power. France's regular military force is 732,000 consisting of conscripted French and cblonlal troops, and in ad dition It has 1,5C0,000 men enrolled in the reserves. Italy's tegular forces number 350,000., but Us reserve con sists 6f 4,G27,000 men, Including 3,000,- 000 mobile militia of the first line, 1,000,000 territorial militia as second line reserves and 114,000 carabineers and royal guardsmen. Japan's military forces, according to the secretary's figures, comprise 1,- 918,000 men, Including a regular army of 273,000, a first reservo of 532,000, a second reserve of 667,000, a national army consisting of men between 37 and 40 years, of 240,000, and 200,000 men enrolled for replacements. Great Britain's army of white troops totals 295,000, the report said, with 130,000 additional native and colonial troops, plus 233,000 men in the terrl torial armies. Italy's army expenditures for the current fiscal year were placed at 1,812,000,000 lire; Fiance's at 4,237, 000,000 francs; Great Britain's nt 190,- 155,000 pounds and Japan's at 210,000,- 000 yen. Regarding the strength of the Jap anese army next year, Mr. Baker said; "It Is known on good authority that it is In expeess of that for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1921." Tho German army, the report con tinued, was 160,000 nioh, allowed until January 1, 1921, under the. Versailles treaty. . TO HALF PRICE . KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 9. Crude Oil produced In tho great mid-continent fields of Kansas and Oklahoma, today dropped to one-half tho price quoted sixteen days ago. . ' ''' Announcement of a 25 per cent cut; by the Prairie Oil: and Gas company and the Sinclair Oil and Gas company brought the price .down to $1.75 a bar rel compared with $3.50 a barrel Jun uary 24. . ;vi;j - ' Restricted deruand'-recently 'for fuel oil and other petroleum products und an over abundant - production is the reason given,-, for- tho. precipitate' do-, clino In prices-' ton the.-.crude. product. Operations' !n.,tho: oil -fields of 'the southwest -generally have been cur tailed within the lost month and sharp wage reductions h'avo .Iwen made. I'ipe lino companies for some time have curtailed acceptance of crude oil from 60 to 70 per cent. The re mainder is being stored. FOR CARPENTIFR BATTLE t LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, an nounced hero today that tomorrow he would begin preliminary training for hfs July fight with Georgci Carpm tier, European champion. He Bald he would lease quartern here and while working on a motin picture, would also do light training for his coming match. This will in clude road work and boxing with Terry Kellar, veteran heivywc-U.it, whom he has engaged, as sparring partner. Harding Is Too Good to Eat DIXON. 111., Feb. 9.Prcsfdent- elect Harding hag written Mrs. Ell Fowler of Roohelle, declining with re gret and expressions of gratefulness for her- offer of "The Flame of the Bronze," champion turkey at the re cent national poultry show in Chi cago, for his first Thanksgiving din ner In the White Hourc. Mr. Hard ing expressed reluctance to "make food out of no valuable ft bird while we are preaching simplicity aud thrift as one of tho necemmry remedied to effect an American cure," ARMED POWER CRUDE OIL DROPS Florida Alligator, With 6-Foot Smile to Be W. House Pet WASHINGTON. Fob. 9. A Florida alligator with u six foot smile, more or less, Is to succeed as White House pet former Presi dent Taft's famous cow, Pauline, the pony that rode in an elevator In President Roosevelt's adminis tration, and more recently, Presi dent Wilson's flock of lawn mow ing sheep. Senator Trammell carried word to White House of ficers today that President-elect Harding had already accepted a "fair sized 'gator" from Henry M. Bennett of Jacksonville. REVISION STATE . AUTO TAX LAW IS SALEM, Ore., Feb.. 9. A series or conferences held between members of the houso roads and highways commis sion, Secretary of State Kozer, ropre sontatives of the automohilo men ot the stale, Senator Dennis and a mini her of tho houso leaders who are giv ing special attention to whipping into shape a road program for the session, has resulted In a tentative understand ing that a bill will bo drafted at once revising the automobile license law and introducing two material changes The first will bo the substitution for the present horse-power basis of clas sification for licensing for one based on combining tho weight and initial purchase. This plan, workod out. 1" dotjiil by Mr. Donnis, 1b demonstrated. many house members state, to be far more equitable than the ' prevailing plan. '1 i-e other change will be a recognl tion ot the -depreciation of cars witli age and a rebate from the nominal li cense, fees on the older cars. This chango Is one for which Representa tive Sheldon has contended strongly ever since the session convened. " Tho plan for a further tnx on gaso line, will result, according to present talk, In a doubling of tho present tax of one cent, hut not more. The real students of this license problem would like to put more of the tnx on gasoline, as a more equitable measure of a car's use of the highways, .but lawyers brought into consultation on the liroblem have advised going slow on this feature of the law. PARIS, Feb. 9. Terms for a fight between Georges Carpentler, heavy weight 'champion of Europe, and Frank Moran of Pittsburg, who is now In Paris, to be held in Paris, have been accepted by the latter. Pro moter Moth, it Is said, is meeting with some difficulty In obtaining Carpen tier's signature, owing to the high terms insisted upon. ; NEW YORK, Feb. 0. Charles B. Cochran, English boxing promoter, has not withdrawn as a Joint pro-, moter of tho proposed Dempsey-Car-pentler championship match, Dan Mc ivetrick, former promoter here an nounced today. . McKetrlck said he received a cable message yesterday In which Cochran said he would stand by his agreement If tho other promoters lived up to their contract. 1 Daily Record of the Crime Wave SPOKANE, Fell. 9. Elmer Harding, aged 30, today shot and killed his hrother, Carl Harding, 28, and 'prob ably fatally wounded his wife, Mrs. Elmer Harding, and then killed, him self this afternoon In a room of a local hotel to which he had traced thom.-x SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 9. Oscar Blanncy, alias Frank Rogers and Henry Evans, alias O. R. Parsons, charged with highway robbery and at tempted burglary, have confessed, ac cording to the police today that with Thomas Burns, and Walter Smith, they planned to rob a Btore here Mon day night. They stated, the, police end, that they came here two weeks ago from Seattle. ' NEW YORK, Feb. 9. All places of worship in Brooklyn, "the city of churches," were placed under special police guard at midnight. The clergy complained to police that valuable relics and equipment had been taken recently from churches and poor boxes In others robbed. REFUSES 10 KILL LABOR BILLOIGHIS Hosford Bill Postponed Indefi nitely Senate Passes Bill Increasing Salaries in Lake, Deschutes, Crook and Jef ferson Counties. SALEM. Ore., Feb. 9. Tho house indefinitely postponed Representative Iloslordu bill to repeal those sections of the Oregon statutes known as 'Ma nor's bill of rights." Tho voto was i!l to 37 with Representatives Kuy and Wells absent. In brief Hosford's bill was aimed at the section of the codo that legal izes picketing and prevents courts from enjoining picketing except under certain restrictions. . , SALEM, Ore., Feb. ft. The senate today passed a house bill Introduced by the committee of forestry and con servation, enabling timber land own ers to have a hearing If dissatisfied with assessments levied against them by tho state board of forestry for ex pense of patrolling their lands. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. Senator Patterson's bill to consolidate tho de partment or weignts ana measures with tho state food and dairy commis slon was defeated by the senate to day In amended form. Tho amend ment would have mado tho bill ef fective in 1923 instead of imme diately. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. Amended so mat tho Multnomah law library board cannot collect fees from nt- tfirnnVM IIHlnr tho lllii-ui'ir Qntiti t.t Hume's bill. incrwiHtnir tho foi.u nf litigants in civil suits for tho benefit oi mo uurary, passed tiiu senate to day. . SALEM, Ore., Pub. 9. The Semite today passed xen.'Uo bills increasing salaries of officers in Luke, Deschutc, Juffers-jn and Crook countlen. -Tho senate passed tho Upton bill providing that in rural voting pre cincts of not over 30 voters, tha pulls snail open at tun o clock a. m., and continue open until 3 p, m. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. The senate this morning accepted an Invitation from tho house at a meeting in Joint session nt 2:30 p. m. today to listen to an address by Robert N. Stanfleld United .States senator-elect. NTER DEALING IN DEATH WASHINGTON, Feb. t). Arrest of five men In Philadelphia. In a raid upon a printing shop where alleged counterfeit internal revenue liquor stamps wore being produced, was an nounced hero today 'by Chief Moran of the secret service. Chief Mornn suld abouti.lOO.OOO scrip-stamps,' as well as liquor: labels wero seized. ' .Recent -raids by' secret service agents disclosed, liquor bearing Inter- nnt'rovcnlio stamps :ind brand labels so cleverly Counterfeited that tho bot tles' could not be told from those rcgu larly withdrawn from bond except upon the closest examination, ho said Analysis of tho liquor In Borne of these bottles, ho declared, showed that tho contunts were adulterated sufficient); to kill. HE WAS IMPOLITE NEW YORK, Feb. 0. Jack Rrit ton, welterweight boxing champion today was ordered to appear befixe tho state boxing commission Friday to explain a breach of fistic etiquette ho Is said to hnvo committed Monday In his fight with Ted (Kid) Lewis, ' After protesting against the use by Lewis of a rubber tooth protector, Ilrltton hecamo Involved In nn im promptu bout with one of the Eng Ushman's seconds. Ilrltton today said he was sorry and that he wtm ex cited at the time. House Problem , Is Now Solved WYTHEVILLE, Va., Feb. 9. Be cause they found rents too high and keeping honso too bothersome, Harvey Cooley. 60, and his brother, Dale, 45, have lived ill the open for flvo years on Lick mountain, near here. Whilo the two brothers wero known to live on the mountain It did not generally hocomo known uptll today that their home consisted of a hole In tho ground five feet In diameter and ten inches In depth. , ( Women's Boycott on Retailers Closes Up Bakers and Butchers NEW BRUNSWICK. Feb. !. Forty butcher and baker shops were closed here today and house wives who for days have boycot ted and picketed tho places were jubilant. They demanded lower prices for meat anil bread but tho retailers claim prices cannot bo cut until wholesale quotations drop. A mere mat, ignorant of the boycott bought two dozen rolls yesterday. On leaving the bak ery, women attacked him, flung the rolls Into tho gutter and pur sued the innocent buyer down the street. Other attacks occurred In Various parts of the city. Unemployment conditions hnvo oinblttered ninny consumers tigulnst tho retailers, it was said. JAP PROTEST 10. S. Chinese Premier Is Seriously Considering Cancellation of Federal Co. Contract in View of British Opposition Den mark Also Lodges Protest. -.PEKINO, Fob. 9 Premier Chun Yun-Peng, under prossuro of tho Brit ish legation hero, Is seriously consider ing a proposal to cancel tho contract ot tho American Federal company with the ministry of communications for tho construction of a wireless plant In Shanghai. The British allego it vio lates the government contract with the MuVconl company which gives the latter concern a virtual monopoly on wireless construction in China. Charles R. Crane, American nmhas sador to China, has suggested that can cellation of tho contract with the Fed eral company be deferred, pending di rect negotiations, which It is under stood tho Washington, administration Is inking up with tho British govern ment. Mr. Crane feels the question Is most important, bearing on future American efforts toward direct inter course with China. Japan, which lodged a protest In January against the Federal contract oa tho ground that it infringed rights acquired two years ago by a Japanese company, has mado an additional pro test, while Denmark also has lodged one, alleging infringement. The attitude of the Chinese foreign office, as unofficially expressed Is that the British and American con tracts were executod by different de partments of the governmont with dif ferent aims, and hence there Is no con flict. With regard to tho 'Japanese contract, It Is alleged the Japanese have not fulfilled the terms of the contract and thereby havo relieved the ministry or communications from obli gations under It. E OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 9. The committee on federal relations and immigration of the state Iiouho of representatives today reported tho bill prohibiting ownership or use of land by aliens not eligible to citizenship, with tho recommendation that it be passed. The bill was referred to the house judiciary committee for further consideration. . KILLS SUITOR AND ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. Mrs. Edith Lundherg, n young widow, was reported In a serious condition hero today from gunshot wounds alleged to have been self-lnfllcted, after, ac cording to tho police, she shot and killod hor fiance. Linns F Worden, an employe ot an automobile company last night. "I made tip my mind to kill him and I shot to kill him," she said, ac cording to tho police, before sho was put on tho operating table. She said she had been "feeling blue," tho of ficers stated. Mrs. Lundherg, who Ir 25 years old, hnd been employed ns a stenographer at tlie county hall of records. ENGLAND JOINS mm ANOTHER YOUNG WIDOW OF LOS ANGELES COST, STATE CASH BONUS 8,513,650 Adjt. General White Gives Figures for Service Men Cash Bonus Adjusted Compensation Bill to Be Re ported Today Port Bill Passes House. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. There were delegations present at tho hearing to day from Roseburg, Medford, Eugenu and Ashland. Stnto Commander Gil bert of tho American Legion woh among the speakers. The latter said tho service men are not asking for a gratuity but for a re-adjustment based on Justice and equity. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. Figures sub mitted by Adjutant General George A. Whlto at tho hearing on tho soldiers bonUH bill last night showed that should every service man in tho state bu paid a cash bonus the amount would bo $8,513,650. The adjusted com puusation bill introduced at the in stance of tho American Legion and other organizations of sorvice men was being considered at a hearing con ducted by tho joint committee on military affairs. - Colonel White placed the number of service men in the Btate who would be entitled to a bonus at 34,430. The chairman of . the ways . and means committees announced ' that they would report out tho bill today and havo it referred to the committee on military affairs before coming up for finul pnsenge. tO MensurcH I-taw. r SALEM. Ore., Feb. 9, Nineteen measures passed by tho legislature,, hnvo been enacted into law by tho governor's signature. Among thorn is a house bill by Marsh providing for : Uconslnff of nursery men and their agents and a house bill by Kubll, de fining criminal syndicalism and sa botage and providing punishment. Senate bills signed Include, one by Norblad for preliminary survey for an inter-stato bridgo across tho Co lumbia river, bills by DennlB relating to circulation of false statements as to standing or reputation of banking institutions, and relating to convic tion of minors, and a bill by Patter son creating a state budget commis sion. Free Text Books Pass. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. Tho senate, by , a vote ot 20 to 9 passed late yes terday Senator Banks' bill providing free toxt books In the elementary schools of the state. Among bills passed by the house wore the following measures: By Hindman, amending section 4550 Oregon laws, relating to establishment of county roads. By Davey, regulating the sale of oleomargarine, butterlne, renovated or processed butter, or other Imita tion 'dairy products. By a Joint committee on roads and highways, to provide protection for subcontractors, material, men and . laborers performing labor for tho state. Joint committee on roads and high ways, amending section 4697, Oregon laws, relating to highway bonds. By joint committee on roads and highways, providing for a first assist-, nnt highway engineer. . By Wells, repealing chapter 172, general laws of Oregon for '1919 and defining a real estate broker and li censing and regulating same. Port Bill Passes. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 9. The Port of Portland and the dock consolidation bills, which pnssed the senate last week, have been passed by the house and are now ready for tho governor's signnture. . With only one dissenting vote the bills were passed by the house late yesterday afternoon, after a few (Continued cm raga Six) NEARLY KILLS SELF According to tho police, her hus band died about five years ago. Last night Worden, 25 years old, and Mrs. Lundberg went tor an auto mobile ride. They returned lata and sat In tho machine for a time. Neigh -. bors said they heard them talking and laughing. A silence followed, broken by the sound of four shots. , When neighbors rushed out Wor den was dying. Mrs. Lundberg was wounded in the abdomen. ' . lioth were rushed to the receiving hospital. Worden died on the way. Surgeons suld they had little hope of the woman's recovery, but operated aa tho only chance. . -.XV