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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mml Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday....... 60 Minimum today 43 Predictions Rain. Dally Fifteenth Year. Weekly Fiftieth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 11, 1921 NO. IS PASSED BY HOUSE ; Measure t' Providing r $15 a i Month ' to Ex-service ' ,Men Goes to Senate jor -Appro val ; -lYTjaximiint IJoniis Fixed at - ;$25B'iii to Restrict Initia-'- tive.'.'lntroduced in Seriate. I SALEM,' Ore., Fob. "11. The Ore gon house ot representatives today passed a. bill providing a bonus to Oregon ex-service mon of $15 a month for each month served In the world waV; The 'bill also provides an alternative for farm home loans, hot exceeding $3,000. If passed by the senate and approved' by the gov ernor it; would be submitted to the people. .', . j ' The bill as passed by the house "was amended to, provide. $15 monthly in stead of $25 as originally proposed. i The measure provides that the ' maximum bonus shall be $250. ; An amendment ' permits veterans who were citizen's of the Btate at tho time' of enlistment, but have since moved but-, of the state, to partici pate In the benefits of (he bill under certain restrictions. ' ' '' ' ' In supporting the bill on the floor of the house, several members paid ..tribute 'lo the; tyjje '.of 'service ren dered by the citizens .of Oregon who participated in the-'world war and to the .beneficial -.influence ' of the or ganization iperfeotcd fry the veterans which is sponsoring the bill, passod today.' v1 ! '. .v ; Tax 11111 Vefoatwl. f, ';, ' SALEM, Ore., Fob. . H.--tTh bill introduced byjSenators Vinton and Ryan fixing a penalty (or failure .to pay a tax on personal property1 so the low may not be evaded, was defeated By the senate today. ; The senate passed a bill providing for hiimane education- In schools, of Oregon, and a measure repealing gas oline test laws.' , SALBM, Ore., Feb. 11. A course of study in the prevention of fire, to bo established in the schools of Ore gon;, Is proposed In a bill introduced yesterday . by Senator , Joseph, if would apply- to. public, private and parochial' schools.- Tho course jvould be prepared, by the' sta,tp (Ire marshal and ., the'.s.tate . Bilpertntondolit of schools and hot less than bno hour a month would.be devoted to tho study. The ,la, cp.uld,. become .effective. Sep tember, 1, next. , ,, - f - ; . . SALEM, Ore., Fobli. Tho pre curlng of Initiative petitions pertain ing to tho. bonding or taxing of real property would be made more diffi cult by a' bill Introduced yesterday by Senator Dennis. The measure would require signatures on such petitions representing 20 per cent of all votes cast at the last genoral election, and further require that one-half the sign ers at the time of signing the petition be recorded owners of real property affected by the measure. " Another measure, Introduced by Senator Dennis, provides that sopa- lute ballots shall be used for initia tive or referendum measures and that the captions of the measures shall dlBcioso the effect of the measure If carried.. . JAP PARLIAW1ENT DEFEATS REDUCTION AR1INIBUI1VEININ0I TOKIO, Feb. 10. (By Associated Press.) Defeat ot Yuklo Ozaki's reso lution proposing curtalnment of naval armaments in the house of representa tives here today does not end the cam paign against military and naval ex pansion, according to newspaper com , ments. The Asahl Shlmbun of Osaka declares that M. Oxakl's suggestion ' was 'timely," while the Yomi-L'rin Shlmbun of this city asserts an agree ment to limit armaments Is obligatory to save Japan from "eventual bank ruptcy." Although it was not expected that the resolution would be adopted, and borne persons advised against insisting 19-Year-Old Bride Pays $10 for Murder of Insured, Jiubby 4 (PHILADELPHIA, Fu. 11. Mrs. Edna Murphy, 19 year old bride of eight months was held . In $3,000 'ball by a police mag- lstrate on a charge of plotting to have her husband killed. According to witnesses," Mrs. 'Murphy wanted her husband shot so Bhe could collect $1,500 Insurance money. She confld- ed her plan to a young man who notified the po'iice. A detective , posed as "a thug who would do tho job and, according to wit- nosses, Mrs. Murphy paid the do- tectlvo $10 and gave a note promising $75. ' The plot was carried out up to the point where the shooting was to bo done. Mrs. Murphy was arrested ' In a drugstore while . her husband was being Informed of tho plot on tho out- shrb. , Speaker at Ail-American Co operative '"' Congress Out rjirie Plari toSiminate the ' Middle Man Entirely in Farm Distribution. - i . CLEVELAND, Fob. 11 A pica for the organization of consumers with the object Jn view of purchasing in whole sale lots from the' farmers direct, was made here today by Herbert F. Baker, of Michigan, before the all-American Co-operative congress ; "There are no up-to-date figures on the extent, of .direct trading Between farm producers and city consumers," Mr. Daker said ' 'In 1014, according to a bulletin is sued, by the United States department ot agriculture, ' thero were 1706 co-op- oratlvo creameries and cheese factor ies distributed among 39 states, but with two-thirds of Uie number located in the three states of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. There were 871 fruit producers associations, representing 42 states. Since that time thero has been a rapid increase, while muny co operative milling plants have been established, and potato, general veget able and other co-opdrative exchanges have been organized. ..- "Avery large, proportion of. nil of these farm producers co-operatives are readyjiow, or will be in a short time, to send products In carload lots or in larger quantities directly to consumers organizations in' cities, If these con sumers' organizations have, the ma chinery necessary for the financial end of the transaction and for local distri bution. This is pre-eminently tho task to which the labor organizations and farmer cooperatives should devote thomselves immediately. Such direct trading between farm producers and citv consumers will put millions ol dollars additional into the farmers' pockets and save an equal amount to the city consumer. upon a vote because rejection would be- H..1.. h m n nrnretea aoroau, m. iineij- w ...... Ozakl requested a division of the house. He warned his coumrymeu um. .nA, nt armaments was coming upon the heels of the League of Na tions, which he was conviuceu upon a solid footing. ..! ooi omanRion." he declared. "is aimed at America, it Is rldlulousl and futile, as an examination oi ine relative strengths of Japan and the United States will demonstrate, japan should take the Initiative In restrict , ,..... on. I not follow the ex- ample of Germany wnicn pro.uu i ....i,in f armaments results in the growth of socialism and communism." FROM FARMER TO CONSUMER 150 BILLION THE I Ministry of Finance Declares Amount Includes All that Has Been Paid in Cash and Goods Germany May Withdraw From Conference if Proposal Is Spurned. BETtLIN, Fob. 11. (By the Asso ciated PresH) Tho ministry of fi- nance bus reached the conclusion that the utmost 'sum CJorniany can pay In reparations is 150,000,000 murky; in cluding ull she has so far paid in cash and goods, according to information which tho Deutsche Zcitung says it has received from a "special" source. This 150,000,000 marks would be paid off in thirty years under the plan outlined by tho newspaper's inform ant, who also is quoted as declaring that tho proposal would be submitted to the authorities at Paris to learn whether tho cominc London confi-r- ence on rennrntfons will normit of Its consideration alomr with the allied proposals adopted at the recent Paris conference. - Refusal to nllow consideration -of tho German counter proposal would result in Germany absenting herself from tho London conference, set for March 1, the newspaper declares, it has learned. It adds that Germany would thenVsuggast that tho United States woujd be called in' as ah arbi trator foi the purpose of preventing the entente from adopting measures such .as an invasion of 'the Ruhr dis trict which it 'declares would- be looked upon by Germany as an act of 'war Which would positively de stroy tho treaty .of Vorsaillc's. In Lhe Deutsche Zcitung article, the suggestion was made that while the entente ' was extremely, desirous of bringing about tho London . confer ence, it was not unlikely that the de liberations! would bo postponed to a date around the middle of March, in order to give tho , new Washington government an opportunity to par ticipate in thorn.' t. . ID EY WAslING.TON. Full.' 1 1 . Hiivlnir made a preliminary investigation Into tho escape to Germany ot Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Philadel lJila draft evader, the house military comtnlteo liilo yesterday .voted to ask tile house fol a ruin whlnh wmilrl imr- mlt a full Inquiry Into the Dorgdoll case uy a Bpeclal committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The de partment of Justice knew as early .as last October that Grover Cleveland Hergdoll, wealthy' Philadelphia drafl evader, had escaped to Germany, the house military committee was told by Charles D. McAvoy, district atlorney at Philadelphia. . t Representative Caldwell, democrat, New York', suggested that Ucrgdoll be put In the committee record as "G. C." only. , "Grover Cldveland was a great man'1 he said. "And his record and memory should In no way be affected by the conduct of this man." He told how Bergdoll evaded two soldiers guarding him and made his final flight. He testified that Bergdoll told D. Clarence Glbbopey, his counsel, who was reported to have been drowned re cently orf the coast of Mexico, that he had burled 106,0ut) in gold In West Virginia or Maryland and ln ho alone could disclose the- burial place. . This was to be used as "bribe money" to obtain his freedom, accord ing to Mr. McAvoy, who said that Gib- boney conferred with former acting J.tirtKO Advocate General.Ansell and his law partner, Bailey, who obtained from the war department permission for the prisoner's release under guard so -he could unearth the gold. - , Describing Brgdoll's escape from his home in Philadelphia, Mr. McAvoy denied that the soldier guards were drunk, although he added that they were tempted-by a display of liquor and that nnt of thorn took two drinks of gin. - . Ml SAYS BERLIN Unless Hohie Brew Is for Sale or Gift Brewer Goes Free DENVER,. Feb. 11. Unloss it 4 'fan be proved that tho liquor Is manufactured ''for sale or gift" a homo brewer cannot be. convicted 4 of violntlng tho prohibition laws, Criminal Judge George W. Dunn decided today in a caso Involving alleged violation ot tho prohlbl- tlon law. -. . SPOKANH, Foil. 11. Donald A. McDonald, federal prohibition en- forcemcnt officer for Washington, announced here today that lie had 'sent in his resignation, otfectlvo March 4. - ; -Additional enforcement officers with u fleet of airplanes and of sea craft, Mr. McDonald said, will be necessary before bootlegging across tlio Canadian lino can ho halted. " ,- - - - - ' , ' ' FOR CLINIC Local Medical Profession a ; Unit in Supporting.Campaign to Raise -$4000 to Make , 1 Medford erJical Center, "of : Southern. Oregon. The campaign now on i to- raise S4000 to complete tho Xray and clin- icah laboratory equipment' at the Sa cred Heart hospltaU whlch Is endors ed by all thef physicians of Medford and vicinity -Is attracting much In terest. The presont equipment - of this department was recently Install ed at.a cost of $1,471, which' was raised inrougn me eunrra iviJJi- Charles T. Sweeney, who was one of the earliest advocates for a complete local . X-ray clinical laboratory, as sisted y Will" G. Steele. The successful raising of thlB $4,- 000 to complete tho equipment will mean .the permanent retention of Dr. Lincoln KallenP the diagnosis expert now In charge of the department. Tho 'M'Odford doctors much appreciate having such a skilled man for con sultation with as Dr. Kallen, whoso professional education and record is iln part briofly as follows: . 'Graduated Rush 'Medical College University of Chicago, 1912; 'patholq gist municipal Tuberculosis- Sanitar ium, Chicago; sanitary chemist De partmont of Health J.aibonato'rios Chicago; roentgenologist and pathol ogist Burnott Sanitarium, Fresno, Cnl,; roentgenologist and pathologist Columbia hospital, San Jose, Cal.; roentgenologist, San Diego, Cal.; as soclated with Dis.- Pollock, Burger and Long of San Diego.- . : ' The doctors who endorse this cam paign arb ' as , follows:. Dr. T.. G. Heine, Dr. Chas. T. Sweeney, Ilonry Hart, F. G. Thayer, R. -W. Stearns, K. B. Plckel, W. W. P. Holt, R. W. Clan cy, R. W. Poellnitz, M. C. Barber, R .1. Donroy, J. C; 'Ilayas and J. J. Km mens. . Supplementing tho interviews pub lishod yesterday with the local physi cians, are the following: Dr. Henry Hart "The Intelligent, modern and successful treatment of disease must lie based upon the phys ician's and surgeon's knowledge of the. underlying causes, which dis eases cannot be determlne'd without the aid of a fully equipped X-ray nnd fathological laboratory. Kvory com Inunlty should posnrE the advantages' of such an Institution " with an ex pert diagnostlcan in charge. - Mod- ford now has the nucleus ot such an nstltution and should insure Its com plete equipment and efficient .main tenance by liberal financial assist ance. . , ... .' ,1 i Dr. F. G. Thayer "The X-ray is ipdispenslble for diagnostic purposes. Intelligent treatment In many dis eases and accidents cannot be carried out unless It Is used." . Dr; 'R. W. -Poallnltz "The diag nostic value of the X-ray is indispen sable In the practice ot medicine and mrgery, Is It brings to light the con dition and location of the disease ilructuio." - '''.! Dr. Chas. T. Sweeney "The In lallation of a complete X-fay In this (Continued on Page Five) DOCTORS ARE uinis MARION CO. REALTY FOR JAP MOVE Following Address by Senator Thomas, Marion County League Unanimously En dorses Local Move to Pro cure Anti-Alien Legislation .Launch Exposition Move. SALEM, Oro Feb. 11. Following an address by Senator C. M. Thomas jestcrcjBy bofuro tho Marlon County Realty league, tho organization went on record unanimously as sympathetic with the Roguo River valley In Its of- forts to procure antl-allcn land legisla tion. Also the league voted to request the Marion county delegation In the legislature to work with Senator Tho mas in legislation to that end. ' Senator Thomas referred to tho sit uation in tho Rogue River vnlloy as a crisis. He was given a standing vote ot thanks by tho league. 1 SALEM, Ore., Fob. 11. Oregon mo torists will be' assured of gasoline that confornui to the United States govern ment specifications It a bill passed by the house is made a law. The bill wiIh Introduced by Representatives,' Shel don. Wright and Martin and places the regulation of the gasoline supply of the state under the direction of tho state sealer of weights and measures. . Money Is Lacking . .SALEM, pre., Fob. 11. When tho Joint ways and means committee mot last night for" the first of Its scries of cxecutivo sessions out of which will come the biennial appropriation bills tor legislative consideration, 'it wns confronted with the following facts: , "That the original budget' prepared before the legislature met BhoWetl $9,810,350.6.1, estimated as necessary to cover by appropriations from tho public treasury. - . . - , . . "That this amount exceeds by f 819, 376.22 the visible revenues which total .$8,899,974.41; . "That since the legislature mot some state Institutions or departments have revised tholr.btidgots thoroby Increas ing tho amount In excess of visible revenues to more than $2,500,000; ' "That tho commltteo Is In a duandry as to what it Is going to do to please the institutions and department heads 8ml at tho samo time keep within he six per cent tax limitation amendment ot the constitution." . , , Exposition Launched SALEM; Ore., Feb. 11. Senator Jo soph of Portland early today Introduc ed a. concurrent resolution in the Ore- gon sduuto calling a special joint ses sion of the legislature for 2 p. m. today at which time It was planned that the congress of the Ilnitod States was to be momo?l ,;zcd to Invite tho nntlons of the world to participate In, tho At lantic-Pacific Highways and Electrical exposition, to be held in Portland in 1925. The sossloir will bo accompanied by eoromonlos attending tho formal riling with tho stato corporation commission cr of the articles of Incorporation of the exposition association. A large delegation from Portland will attend tho ceremony. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 11. Basod largo upon the nncluslons reached at ' a Joint conference of northwest states held In Portland recently to discuss highway traffic problems, a revised motor vehicle code has, boon Introduc ed In -tho house by the Joint roads and highways commission. The most radical changes In the codo are those affecting the basis of licensing automobiles, motor trucks bnd trailers. Under the provisions of the'iironoscd codo, automobiles would be licensed on a weight baslB and mo tor trucks and trailers would be licens ed on tne basis of their total tire Width. ' . , - f ; ; , WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Federal Judge Landls of Chicago, was within the law when he accepted the office ot supreme baseball arbitrator while still serving on the bench, Attorney General Palmer declared today In. a letter to Representative Wolty, demo crat of Ohio, who had questioned the Judge's right to hold both positions. Dismissal Captain U. S. Constabulary in Manila Recommended MANILLA, Feb. 11. Dis missal from service of Captain illorbort C. Piigo, American com manding tho Philippine consta bulary barracks- on tho night of tho fatal riots at Manilla De cember 15, when 11 peraons woro killed, was recommended today by Brigadier General Rafael- Cranio, Filipino commander of tho constabulary. - General Cranio charged that Captain Pago encouraged tho enllstod men of tho constabu lary to take- tho law into thoir own hands find to resent any in terference or nttompt nt dlspors ment by tho Manila pollco, Reprimand for -Colonol Lu cien R. Sweet, an American, nnd four Filipino officers of the constabulary, for nogligonco during and aflor tho riots, also was recommended. HUNGRY OFFICE SI. AUGUSTINE Tidal Wave of Pie Hunters Breaks Over Harding's Hotel ' ; -Direct Action . Threatened , by . Some, Hughes and Dawes Summoned. . - ;. ST., AUGUSTINE, FJa., Fob. Jl.r Tho quadrennial tidal wuvo of offleo--SQokers. and advice glvors that always engulfs a prcHldont-elect on' tho evo of his inauguration is rising steadily about Warren (J. Harding's hoadquar tors hero. , ; Scrooned away .from Marlon by the conferences of "beHt minds," nnd. then hold at biiV for three weeks while Mr. Harding was on vacation, tho rush of tho Job-hungry and tho hobby-rldors promlsco now to assume the propor tions of a deluge. .,... , With Just throe wooks remaining 'before the advent of the new adminis tration mora than one ot tho aspiring is becoming loss and less confident of his prospoets and Is taking his caso In hla own bands with a certain touch Of desperation. ' Of 'courso, many of those who have ongugcmcutB to sco him Iiuvq been summoned for cbnsultatlon on various sprlous problems, but. tho prcsidont elcel prides himself ull being u good listener and 'he wants ' to bo acces sible to ovoryono. ' ! ' ' Tho geneiil belief that Mr. Hard ing . has selected Charles Kviuiu Hughos of New York to bo his secre tary of slate wan strengthened today when it became known that' Mr. Hughes would come hero shortly for a conference It is believed by these close to the president-elect that the development .forecasts acceptance of the post by Mr. Hughes. Charles G. Dawes ot Clilengo who has boen urged for secretary of the treasury, also is expected to sco Mr. Harding within a few dnya. Mr. Harding would' not discuss the subject except to say ho thought very highly of Mr. Dawes unci would be glad to seo him. ' ,' ' HICLSINGFORS, Finland, Feb. 11. The treaty 'of pcaco betweon soviet RusBla uud Poland was signed at Riga yesterday, a wireless dispatch received from Moscow announced. . - - . ATHENS, Feb. 10. (By Associated Press.) Economic conditions in Greece are becoming Berlons. Tho ex portation of tobacco and other pro ducts 18 at a standstill, tho army In Smyrna is costing 3,000.000 drachmas a day and treasury receipts are dwin dling dally. The new Greek premier has informed Edward Capps, American minister to Greece, that the financial condition Is "desperate" and has do clared that only action by tho United States In advancing some $.13,000,000 on credits created In 1!HS can. bring relief. MS SWARM CLAIM JAPAN IS CONTENT Will PACT Washington Reports Tokio Shows no Disposition to Re ject the' Shidehara-Morris . Treaty',- Jap Stowaways Seized at Galveston1 by Ui Sv Officials: " - vv WASHINGTON, Fob. 11. (By Asso. elated Press.). Because of the pending change of administration the Japanoso government Is understood to have de cided against exerting any pressure to obtain at this time a re-adjustment ot the issues existing between it and the American government as a result of the adoption of tho alien land law in California. . ; It also la understood that tho T?klo foreign' office fs satisfied with the rec ommendations for a sotyemont made by Ambassador Sbldehara on tne pasts, of hla negotiations with Roland . S. Morris, American ambassador to Japan. iWhothor the Japanose govern ment has sot its full seal of approval on tle recommondatlons Is not defln-. Itoly known hero, but It Is said that so, far, at least, it has shown no disposi tlon to decline to accept tliem. . 1 SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb.' 11, Ser vice in .the- Amorlcan arm' and navyy ilosr not entitle Japanese or other in eligible aliens to naturalization under the act of May 9, 1918, court docisions . ' notwithstanding, in the opinion of Sec' retary William B. Wilson, of the fed eral department of labor, says A spec ial dispatch from Washington to the 'Sacramento Boo quoting a lottor from the i secretary to Senator Pholan of California. ;, ,. .' Stowaways Seized t . ' HOUSTON, TexaB,. Feb. ; 11. Tho Japanese steamship Fuktiyo Maru, from Marseilles, France, was seized In Gulveston harbor today on a libel suit filed by D. E. Simmons, United States district attorney, i -: Immigration officialscharge that tho ship brought eleven Japanoso as stow aways. , They have been taken Into custody. i , ' ' For Borne time federal officers have boen watching ships for foti)ljtners- fit- tempting to Illegally fentc'f fhri,tJiHXetl States. Thd Japanese vweT8'M6l6riy concealed,' 'according t6'"federuf offfc Inla' : "''' "' J eloonos ., ot ' mi l.iiio-w idnoin TOkrb',''F6u. 10. lofiiiWfcjtf ot'air association . to support' ' tho CatisV of 'Toshl8o.ro Ogawara, tho Japanese sen-, try wh6 shot and killed Naval Lioulon-, tit;Lnngdon, of tho United. States cruiser Albany at Vladivostok-late iu December, has been docldod npou, by army reservists hore. . Members aroj descendants of the "Edokko," the orlg Inal natives of ancient Toklo- who wore renowned for their chivalry.. It Is urged that a petition bo sont to the court martial, asking for his releaso nnd declaring that his punishment would destroy military discipline. - i SAfi ANTONIO, TexaB, Fob. 11. Orders wero issued from headquarters of the olghth corps aroa hero at noon today sending airplanes from the fly ing, fields on the Mexican border to search for Llcutenunt Alexander Pear- , Bon, missing for mora than thirty hours. . . . -'.; . A Food prices are mounting In propor tion to the decline of tho exchange rate on tho drachma, which at pro3ont stands at fifteen to the dollar. U Is almost impossible to obtain meat, and belief is expressed that it will Boon bo ueccssary to Issue bread tickets. Labor troubles appear threatening. Naval engineers have occuplod the electric power station as a result ot the electricians' strike, but the current was suddenly cut oft last evening. The city was plunged Into -darkness and parliament wan forced to adjourn its ' sitting. A meeting of the labor party was dispersed by troops.