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NO. 273
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W.J.BRYAN
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HIS PARTY
Great Commoner Announces
He and Brother, Charles,
Have Decided to Reorganize
and Revitalize Democracy
Politicians to Be Thrown
Overboard People to Rule.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 10. "If the demo
cratic party is going to be a force In
this .country it niuBt have members,
and the voters will not bo wIDlng to
ant through the democratic party un
less they can control It," Bald William
Jennings Bryan at his winter home
bore today in discussing the announce
ment yesterday In New York that Mr.
Bryan and his brother, Charles
planned a reorganization of the party.
Mr. Bryan said he had not known
that a definite date for the launching
ol the .movement had been set as an
nounced by former Judge Roper of Ne
braska. "My theory has been that a democ
racy is a government In which the
people rule and a democratic . party
must recognize that authority comes
up from the bottom and not down
from the top," he Mid. !
"Politicians try to. use tho party or
ganizations and tho voters for' their
own benefit while the voters try to
use the party organization for Uio ad
vancement of the public good.
"I do not expect much of any surface
movements, that is, movements among
the party offices. Progress will come
through activity among the voters and
they cannot act until they have a
chance to select committeemen. Prior
to this they, can organize among them-
Bolves, . discuss questions, pick out
Bokesmen and get ready for. effective
action when the time for the selection
of the committeemen comes.- This, I
think, they should do. And this Is
what I hope to contribute to through
my paper. , i
"If the proposed meetings of tho sub
committees or the , full committees
have no higher purpose than the boost
ing of some particular aspirant for of
fice they will do little. If, however,
the committee wants to outline a con
structive platform and call upon the
rank and file for an expression of opin
ion, much may be accomplished."
LYNCHING BEE
ltoSE;BURG, Oro., Fob. 10. Au
thorities were guarding the jail to
day as a result of popular feeling
against a iprlsoner, William Barrow,
who was identified yesterday .by a
six year old girl as a'man who had
attacked her. I
THE JAPANESE PERIL
WASHINGTON, Fob. 10. "Tund
stirksfabriks," or "sakerhcts tand
Btlckor," or similar words or symbols
"suggestive of Swedish origin," are re
garded by the federal trade commis
sion as no proper marking for
matches made In- Japan to be sold in
this country. The commission today
ordered importers of the Japanese
product to discontinue their use.
Afghanistan has no railway or tele
'graph lines.
SEC:Y DANIELS CONDEMNS SACKING OF
NEWSPAPER PLANT BY U. S. MARINES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Twenty
one American marines of the 103 at
tached to the legation guard at Mana
gua, Nicaragua, have been arrested
by American military authorities as a
result of tho wrecking of the plant
of the newspaper La Trlbuna at
Managua yesterday. Secretary Daniels
announced today.
Captain J. L. Underhill. command
ing the guard, reported to the navy
department that the men attacked the
newspaper establishment as a result of
tho publication of wlin t I hoy con
Report Irish Army
Marching on Village
in Hands of Troops
LONDON, Fob. 10. In Irish
republican army, several hun
dred strong, is marching on
Sklbbereen, county Cork, ac
cording to reports from many
sources, says a' Central News
dispatch from Sklbbereen today.
One hundred Sinn Felners en
tered Sklbbereen last night and
occupied a position near the po
lice and military quarters, the
dispatch adds. Tho Sinn Feln
ers cleared pedestrians from the
streets and then fired Beveral
volleys. The few policemen on
duty paid no attention and the
Sinn Felners withdrew, declar
ing their intention of returning
tonight. Crown military forces
arrived soon after their with
drawal. BILL RAISING
PAY JACKSON
House Approves Measure to
Increase Salaries Co. Com-
. missioners, Treasurer, As
sessor and School Supt.
Auto Bill Progressing.
SALEM, Ore- Feb. 10. County of
ficials of fifteen counties aro affect
ed by salary increases, included in u
number of bills passed by tho house
today. . The increases included: Jack
son county commissioners from $-1
to $5 per day; trensurer $1200 to
$1800 annually; assessor ' $1G00 to
$2100; school superintendent $1800
to $2000.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. Senate bill
113 to regulate tho chiruptractlc pro
fession whs defeated in the somite to
day when it came up for re-considera
tlon. The bill was passed by tho sen
ato Tuesday.
Yesterday Senator Eddy moved
that the vote be reconsidered and the
motion carried.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. Tho ways
and means committee which up to
this time has given over every meet
ing to hearing persons interested in
appropriations for the several state
departments or institutions, or to tho
proponents of pending bills, finished
with routine last night and will to
night begin its scries of executive dis
cussions to fix upon the amounts to
be appropriated. The figures will be
tentative until passed upon by the
legislature In the form of bills.
Tackle Auto Dill.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. A sub-com-
mitteo of the joint roads and highways
committee has agreed upon a tenta
tico licensing scheme under which au
tomobiles would be taxed on a weight
basis and motor trucks would be li
censed according to width of the tires.
Tho sub-committee has also agreed
upon a schedule of speeds for motor
trucks of varying capacities.
Tho recommendations of the bill
will be taken up by the joint senate
and houso committee within a few
days.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 10. Senator
Dennis joint memorial to congress
urging that the coast limits of the
United States be extended from a ju
risdiction of three miles from the
ocean shores to 21 mites, was adopted
by the senate today.
A house joint memorial by Roberts
and Egbert, memorializing congress to
pass a law compelling the placing of
tags on woolens stating the exact per-
centage of virgin wool and other ma
terials, was adopted by the senate.
Special Klectlon,
, SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. A special
(Continued on Paso Six)
sidered "abusive and libelous" articles
regarding the marines.
Mr. Daniels has ordered Rear Ad
miral H. F. Bryan, commanding the
American special service squadron in
Central American waters to take
charge of the situation. Ho said a
court of Inquiry' and courts martial
undoubtedly would follow.
The naval secretary characterized
the attack on tho newspaper plant as
"serious and awful," and declared he
had no patience with men in the uni
form who took the law Into their own
hands, regardless of the prmocntion.
CO. IS PASSED
RAILROAD
EXECUTIVES
ARE BEATEN
Federal Labor Board Denies
Request for an Immediate
Abrogation of Wage Agree
ment Decision Comes Be
fore Bitter Attack on W. W.
Atterbury.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. The federal
railroad labor board today denied the
request of the American Association of
Railroad Executives for Immediate ab
rogation of the national wase agree
ments with ' the brotherhoods and
establishment of a new basic rate for
unskilled labor predicated on local con
ditions. The decision came before B, M.
Jewell, president of the railway em
ployes department of the American
Federation of Labor, had started his
reply to tho statement made for tho
railway executives last week by W. W.
Atterbury of the Pennsylvania rail
road. It was. totally unexpected but
Mr. Jewell made his statement never
theless. CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Conspiracy on
the part of American railroad execu
tives and financiers to destroy tho or
ganizations of railroad workers and re
establish autocratic financial control
of tho transportation industry, was
charged here today by B. M. Jewell,
president of the railway employes de
partment of tho American Federation
of Labor, beforo the United States rail
road labor board.
Ho asked the board to postpone fur
tlier consideration of tho pending ap'
peal of the railroads to abrogate the
national agreement on working condi
tions and to proceed at once to hear
evidence in support of his charges.
Mr. Jewell also charged the railway
executives with "framing evidence".
Atterbury Attacked
Ho asserted that last week's state
ment by W. W. Atterbury, chairman
of the labor commission of the Amer
ican association of railroad executives,
"attempted to falsely convince the
public that high rates due to financial
irregularities and Inefficiencies of rail
road management" arc attributable to
the unions of railroad workers "and to
obtain a weapon with which to exact
from tho government full payment of
the exorbitant claims which the rail
roads are making and to coerce and
threaten tho railroad workers by tho
spectre of unemployment and reduced
wages."
"Mr. Atterbury," he added, "repre
sents a conspiracy attempting to cast
discredit upon the government in its
administration of the railroads.
"Mr. Atterbury undoubtedly knows
that the prosent plight of the roads Is
not due to the Inefficiency of the em
ployen. He knows that it is not due to
mistreatment accorded to roads under
federal control. One significant thing
he said in the course of his ultimatum
'you cannot make retroactive tomor
row the savings that should have been
made today.' , '
Raid on Employees
"This should be a bitter pill to many
a small investor in railroad securities
who has lost savings thru the squan
dering of railroad wealth for which
the financiers are responsible. And
now Mr. Atterbury discloses the deter
mination tf the conspiracy to make a
raid upon the pockets of tho railroad
employes, whose annual earnings still
average less than the recognized stan
dard of a living wage. By this raid he
says he can securo $300,000,000. Other
raids will follow, according to his own
statement, although a three months
truco must be declared.
"This conspiracy alms at tho disrup
tlon of tho legltlmato organizations of
the workers of the country and the in
troduction of chaotic industrial condi
tions dominated by tho huge economic
power of an absentee financial combi
nation which had, up to this period,
practically the control of tho working
and living conditions of millions of
wage earners and their families."
Recall Mr. Atterbury
The railroad union chief demanded
that the board recall Mr. Atterbury
and require him to furnish a "full list
of the railroads the point of view of
which he expressed."
Mr. Jewell said that this action ex
onerate the "numerous railway execu
tives" who would repudiate Mr. Atter
bury's views.
"We hardly need point out to you."
Mr. Chairman, he said, "that the rail-H
roads having used your wage decision
as a lever to obtain the highest freight
and passenger rates ever accorded, are
now anxious to be rid of the protection
(Cnpllnnof on rR Rlr
Washington State
Refuses to Join in
Anti-Jap Conflab
OLY.MP1A, -Wash., Fob. 10.
Lieutenant Governor W. J.
Coylo, today sent a tologram to
Governor Ben V. Olcott, of Ore
gon, notifying', him that the
Washington legislature would
not participate in tho confer
ence on proposed alien popula
tion legislation, to be held at
Portland by joint committees
representing the Oregon, Idaho,
and 'Montana legislatures.
A resolution authorizing ap
pointment of a committee to at
tend the conference was defeat
ed In the house of representa
tives yestorday.
Speaker E. H. Gule of tho
house, said tocyiy that tho sen
timent of the house was against
further dolvlng Into tho alien
populatiou subject.
3389 JAPS A YEAR
WASHINGTON', Feb. 10 Nationals
of Japan as well ns of muny other
countries will be excluded from the
operation of a temporary immigra
tion control bill approved today by the
senate Immigration commltteo as a
substitute for tho houso measure.
As drafted by Chairman Colt, the
substitute would affect largely immi
grants coming from Europe. Besides
Japanese nationals, aliens who would
specifically be exempted from tho pro
visions of the measuro would be thono
from China, Canada, Newfoundland,
Cuba, Mexico, Conti'Ul America, South
America and nations with which trea
ties exist,, rogulatlpg .immigration,.
Tho substitute measure . would re
strict immigration to five per cent of
persons of such nationality resident in
the United States as determined by
the last census, and not more than 20
per cent of th'e total number of aliens
admissahle from any country in one
year would be admitted during any
one month.
Chairman Colt made a table show
ing that on tho five per cent basin,
using the 1!H0. census figures, 2,837
Chinese and 3,389 Japanese could
enter the country In one year.
N, Y. POLICE GRAFT
NEW YORK, Feb, 10. Police rec
ords said to rclatd to tho alleged sup-
-pression by police of evidence in murr
der cases last year were ordored be
foro tho grand Jury today by former
Governor Charles S. Whitman, who 1h
investigating alleged corruption , In
municipal affairs.
Intentional suppression of ovidoncc.
in some rases and gross negligence in
others, was said to have boer found.
.TJicy said only ono conviction for first
;aegree murucr was oninineu last year
In 130 cases submitted to the grand
jury.
The Power of the
Law Again
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. A six-
hour battle between a negro, who had
shot and kilted a woman, and nearly
a hundred policemen and firemen, re
sulted in tho capture of the man, mor
tally wounded, and tho injuring of
four policemen. Pistols, axes, high
pressure firo hose, sulphur ' candles
and other chemicals were used against
the negro, who had barricaded him
self in a house.
The siege began after tho negro
had shot Clraco lioblnson, a nofe'reim,
and thrown her body out of the
house.
2 Members New York .
Police Charged With
First Degree Murder
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. An
Indictment charging two mcm-
bers of the police department
with murder in tho first degree
was returned 'by the January
grand Jury late today ' after
former Governor Whitman, con
ducting the Inquiry Into alleged
city corruption, turned his at-
tentlon to reputed suppression
by the police of evidence In mur-
der cases during the last year.
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ALIEN BILL
IS SPECIAL
ORDER.TUES.
Judiciary Committee, State
Legislature Refuses to Make
Recommendation Sheldon
and Farrell Among Speakers
in Favor Measure Sheldon
for New Constitution.
SALEM, Oro., Keb. 10. The judic
iary commitleo of tho Oregon legisla
ture last night, after a hearing on a
bill against alien land ownership, de
cided to mako no recommendations,
exeept that the bill be made a spec
ial order of business In the house next
Tuesday. ItepreHenlativo Sheldon ot
Jackson county, P. P. Knrrell of Med
f it id and C. K, Speneo were among
those wbo spoko in favor of the meas
ure. A. C. Callan, appearing In be
half of shipping and commercial in
terests of Portland, opposed it.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. Senator C.
M. Thomas of Jaekson county today
addressed the business men of Salem
at a Rotary club luncheon at tho Ma
rion hotel on tho subject of the "fun
damental principles of realty success."
llerlso Constitution.
SALEM, Ore, Peb. 10. A move to
revlso tho constitution of Oregon has
been begun through tho introduction
of houso bill U29 by Representative
Sheldon of Jackson county.
Under tho Sheldon bill, a commlt
teo of fifteen is to bo appointed by
tho supremo court to prepare a re
vised draft of the state's constitution.
The committee is instructed to retain
in tho new constitution all provisions
in principle that the people have voted
Into the present constitution and the
matters now in the constitution which
tho committee may deem more prop
erly belonging In tho state's statutes
are to bo preserved as legislation
This committee would havo four
yenrH In which to complete Its work
and is instructed to take the public
Into its confidence ns tho work pro
grosses to tho end that an understand'
ing of what Is being done and why
may be built up from time to time,
Klectlon In 11)24.
Tho bill provides that delegates to
a constitutional convention shall bo
elected at the general election in
1924. The convention is to consist of
130 delegates, to bo elected on the
same basis ns representatives in the
lower house of the legislature three
dlegatcs to each representative.
Tho draft submitted by the com-
mlttoe appointed by tho supreme
court shall bo presented to the con
vention and tho draft finally ap
proved by tho convention shall be
transmitted to tho next legislative ns
sombly for submission to the people
for finnl adoption or rejection at tho
next scheduled general election.
ELEGT OFFICERS
MARSHFIEIjD, Oro., Feb. 10. Tho
Oregon Retailers' association closed
lis convention here last night follow
Ing the election of officers. Rosoburg
was chosen for the annual gathering in
1922.
Officers selected include: A. O. Mar-
stors, Roseburg, president (reelected)
Thomas C. Watts Reuben, treasurer;
Edward A. Mac Lean, Portland, secre
tary; L. 1.. Thomas, Marshfleld, first
vice president; Evorniun Robbing, Mo-
Inlln, second vice "president; A. E.
King, Portland, third vice president.
A resolution was, adopted pledging
tho association's support to the factor
ies of the Btnto and urging purchase of
Oregon products.
M1SKE GETS DECISION
LEE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10. Wily
Mlske,, St. Paul, heavywolght, last
n'ght won a ton round decision over
J. co Anderson, Sacramento, at M II-
nauklo arena.
Hobby Harper, Seattle lightweight
won a ten round decision over Hob
by Ward of St. Paul.
Krankio Murphy, Denver, defeated
Johnny Tillman, Minneapolis, In a
ten round battle. The mon are wel
terweights. Tneoinn Mill Hums.
TACOM A, Wash., Keb. 1 0. The
main mill of the Marino Lumber com
pany wns burned late lust night with
a loss of $150,000. Three million feet
of lumber and adjacent buildings were
saved by favorable wind and the city
flrebont that placed three streams of
Judge Bean Declares
Dry Violators Will
Be Sent to the Pen
POHTI.AN'I), Oro., Feb. 10.
Fodernl Judge It. S. Dean an
nounced from tho bench today
that harenftor he would sen
tence to tho penitentiary per
sons convicted of violating tho
national prohibition laws. Ho
mado the declaration after ho
had sentenced a man to threo
months in Jail for illicit manu
facture of liquor.
Tho seriousness of tho offense
of violating tho national prohi
bition laws has not been real
ized by tho public, the judge de
clared. ".Most people consider the law
a joke," ho snid. "It Is not a
joke. It is n law of this coun
try and is In forco and Is going
ton continue in force."
LAUNCH DRIVE
FOR CLINICAL
IMN CITY
Doctors Back Campaign to
Make Med ford Medical Cen
ter Between Portland and
San Francisco Total Is
Placed at $4000.
Another campaign of appeal to
every homo and family hereabouts Is
about to be launched, and this time it
Is for tho health of Med ford and vl7
clnlty. This appeal, which is for only
$4000, Is endorsed by the physicians
of fMcdford and the valley, also the
professional nurses, and Is to compluto
tho X-ray and clinical laboratory
equipment recently Installed at the
Sacred Heart hospltul. Tho partial
equipment of this department, which
has so far been donated by tho doc
tors and friends, has been of incal
culable benefit to tho sick of this com
munity. Tho doctors can go no fur
ther, however, In financial aid, and
tho hospital Itself has not the $4000
necessary to bring this laboratory up
to a complete modern basis and full
usefulness to local humanity.
Doctors United.
Among tho doctors who endorse
this campaign are Henry Hart, V. Q.
Thayer, H. "W. Htonrns, K. B. Plukol,
W. W. l Holt, R. W. Clancy, K. V.
Poollnltz, M. 0. Barber, H. J. Conroy,
J. C. Hayes and J. J. Einmens.
With tho apparatus already on
hand, this department in chargo pt a
diagnosis expert, bus been ablo to
clear up many cases of tuberculosis
of the lungs, heart disease, intestinal
nnd stomach troublo and tho llko.
Honco the physicians aro more enthu
siastic than over over tho availability
of this health and llfo saving depart
ment .right here nt homo, nnd tho
prospect of permanently retaining Dr.
Lincoln Knllen, the X-ray and clini
cnl expert In charge.
The doctors of Med ford and vicin
ity consider tho community Is very
fortunate in procuring a man of his
attainments to locate here. But the
fact stands out clearly that Dr. Knllen
will not remain long unless ho Is given
more of a complete modern equip
ment to work with. He wns induced
to come hero by Dr. Clarence Roes, a
prominent physician of southern Cali
fornia, who while here from Los
Angeles last summer, recognized the
great clinical and X-ray laboratory
field and the need of such a skilled
man at Its head. Dr. Knllen came
here from Kan Diego nnd has special
ized In this work for tho past eight
years, during which he has been con
noeted with some of tho largest and
best hospitals as an X-ray and cllnlcul
lahoratuorx specialist.
Itndly Handicapped.
But prior to tho present laboratory
f Continued on Pace 81x
LLOYD-GEORGE CALLS
TO STRIKE OVER
LONDON, Feb. 10. Mr. Lloyd
Gcurc, prime minister, today in
formed the Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen's union that Its implied
threat to bring on a general strike in
Great llrltatn over the shooting of
rnllway men at Mallow, Ireland, last
month, would not influcnco the gov
ernment In conHidcrlng the union's
demand for an investigation.
The Intimation of the union, In a
resolution adopted by Its executive
committee nt Leeds, yesterday, was
that unless the government granted
an Inquiry Into the Mallow affair by
February 15 and gave guarantees for
the safety of the members of the
union, a general strike would bo
called,
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AS
SECY STATE
In Spite of Opposition Harding
Reported Firm for Ex-Justice
Supreme Court to Pilot
Ship of State Daugherty,
Hays and Wallace Also As
sured of Their Positions.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., Fob. 10.
Buck nt work today aftor a threo
week's vacation, President-elect Hard
ing waded into a vast accumulation of
eorrspondenco and othor miscel
laneous business that must bo cleared
away before ho can give sorlous
thought to final decisions on his cab
inet, and othor major problems.
Mr. Harding returned to St. Augus
tino Inst night from his houseboat
cruise along the Florida coast, and
established offices in St. Augustine
hotel, which will be his home until
he leaves for Washington to be inau
gurated. Tho cabinet appointments, which
Mr. Harding's close friends believe to'
bo virtually determined, aro confined
to tho portfolios of state, justice, post
office and agriculture. Charles Evans
tlllgncH OI new lurK, lur nuuiciuijr vk
state; Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio,
for attorney general; Will H. Hays ot
Indiana for postmaster general, and
Henry Wallaco of Iowa for secretary
of uffiiculturo, aro soloctlons which
those In position to know now regard,
ns virtually certain.
Even in respect to theso, It Is real
ized that thore may bo many a slip
between the first of February and tho
first of March.
For tho secretaryship of war sove
ral men still aro mentioned. Proml
nont among thorn Is John W. Weoka
of Massachusetts, whoso name also'.la
linked repeatedly with the navy and
troasury portfolios.
Lowden a Possibility.
Frunlc O. Lowden of Illinois is
another possibility for secretary of the
navy nnd tho friends of Andrew W.
Mellon of Pennsylvania still are urg
ing IiIb qualifications for socretary ot
tho treasury.
Senator A. B. Fall of Now Mexico,
Is bbllovod to bo under serious con
sideration for socrotary of the inte
rior. Whothor ho goes Into the place
Is undorstoon to aopena largely on
his own Inclination. For the samo
placo John Hays Hammond of New
York Is being strongly recommended
by some republicans. V
On tho secretaryships of labor and
commerce, Harding's mind Is be-'
Moved to bo farthest from a decision.
In connection with tho labor port
folio one of tho latest to rccolvo prom
inent support Is J. A. Davis of Pitts
burg, Pa., former Bteol worker and
now a banker.
It is certain that Mr. Harding will
tako no definite stops until he has
hold further conferences wlth.hls ad
visers. Next wook ; ilsiyfjiotcj to seo
the boglnnlng of a' series tor consulta
tions hero that will bring a decision,
it Is unlikely that any appointments
will bo announced, howoyoriTjitll, B
day or two before the Inauguration.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. A bill
directed against tho practices of pro
fessional bear baiters in Siskiyou and
other northern California counties has
been Introduced in tho legislature by
Senator Shearer of Treka.
Shearer said that huntors, fisher
men nnd cattlemen are seriously men
aced by tho great steel bear traps set
In somo parts of tho mountains. If a
man springs tho trap he Is very likely
to sustain a broken leg at least, the
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venture into woods where traps aro
known to have been sot.
LABOR'S BLUFF
SHOOTING R. R. MEN
Mr. Lloyd George said ho wished to
state that no threat of a nation!
strike could be "permitted to Influ
ence the action of the government on
a matter of theadmlnistratlon of tho
law."
'The government, tie continued,
"will conwlder tho question purely on
Its merits, without reference to these
Improper threats."-
The Mallow shooting occurred Jan
uary 31. District Inspector King wa
wounded and his wife shot dead by
some unknown persons And the police
rushed to the Mallow railway station.
It is alleged they were fired upon and.
their answering fusillade killed one
railway employe and injured several
others, opo of these ato dying, 4
salt wnter on tho, flames,
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