Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 12, 1921, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., February 12, 1921, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1921)

Page of 6 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 6 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Maximum yesterday ....53 Minimum today..... 37 Predictions Rain. roily Fifteenth Year. Weekly Fiftieth Yeur. MEDFOliD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY .12, 1921 NO. 277 Ma Tribune U HAND. I 0 ASKS HALT, MI JAP ACTION Senator McNary Informs State Senator Lachmund That the Chairman of Foreign ' Rela tions Opposes Oregon Legis lation :" Excluding Japs Fish Code Passes. SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 12. Hecausc the now national administration that will be ushered into ot;;cn next aiarch In tends enacting comprehensive legisla tion on the Japanese Question, United - States Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, advised against any state legislation on the subject, according to a telegram re- , celved today by Senator Lachmund from United States Senator Charles U McNary. The message was In response to a telegram sent by Lachmund as a mem ber of a legislative committee named to confer with committees from the Idaho and Washington legislatures in regard to anti-alien land legislation. The Washington legislature has decid ed not to participate In the proposed conference which was tn have been held in Portland tomorrow. Senator McNary's telegram read: "With Senator Lodge, chairman ot the foreign relations committee, I dis cussed today the Japanese question from a federal standpoint. Ho gave as his opinion that the government early in the next administration would take care of this question in any way satis factory to the western people and that the states concerned should take no action that might lead to governmental embarrassment in consideration of this important subject." Lachmund in his'' telegram asked what prospects there were for federal legislation also for guidance as to what to do in connection with the confer ence. Fish Code Passes SALEM, Ore., Feb. 12. The house this forenoon passed the commercial fish code under which all of tho com mercial fishing interests are segregat ed from tho game interests by the di vision of what was formerly tho fish and game commission and the creation of a separate commission. A compan ion bill creates a game commission. .Tho house today passed a bill In creasing tho authority of the state fire marshaland defining his duties more clearly.,,, i, r! Other .bills jpassed today was one to regulate cattle running at largo and one relating to a revision of the work men's, compensation codo. Tho latter bill Is tho ono agreed upon by the committee of fifteen ap pointed six months ago by tho gover nor to suggest improvements in the present code. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 12. Oscar Boklon, shot by Tom Orchard, an In dian on Vashon island, December 8 is dead from his wounds. Gerard was arrested today by King county au thorltles and he will be charged with first or second deirree murder. The shooting is alleged to have taken place during a dispute over the pos session of a tract of land. FLEE! OF U. S. Al PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. J2. Lieu tenant Alexander Pearson, for whom army aviators are searching in Texas, was the first in actual flying time in the cross-country flight from Mlneola N'.'-Y., to Snn Francisco and back in October, 1919. His home Is In Port land, Ore. He graduated from the high -school at Hutchinson, Kas., be fore coming west, and was attending the University of Oregon when the war started. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 12. Airplanes from nil stations in the air service of the border patrol nssembled at Fort Bliss today to start at once on a sys tematic search for Lieutenant Alex ander Pearson, aviator who is believed o have met with an accident while lying from Fort Bliss to San Antonio. HendqunrlerR ot the first surveil lance group at Fort Miss announced RPLANES Senator Announces He Will Ask Judge Landis' Impeachment WASHINGTON', Feb. 12. Senator Dial or South Carolina, announced today in' the senate that ho would 'bring impeach ment proceedings against Feder al Judge Landis of Chicago. Carey, who pleaded guilty to embezzling 'J6,KH); from the National City Dank of Ottawa, 111., was released yesterday on his own rccgnizance by Judge Landis, who was quoted as say ing tho bank directors really wero responsible for the theft bocauso they paid Carey only ?90 a month. "Any man who utters that kind of statements," said Sena tor Dial, "Is not worthy of pub lic confldnnco and should be Im peached." Senator Dial said he had writ ten to Chicago to obtain con firmation of the statements cred ited to Judge Landis. . I IS THROWN OUT OF T George S. Grigsby, Delegate From Alaska, Not Entitled to Seat in House Reports Com mitteeNo Vacancy Held to Exist. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 2. George B. Gri.qshy, democrat delegate from Alaska. Is not entitled to his sent in tho house, the elections committee re ported today after- long Investigation. The committee held that James Wlck- crsham, republican, had been duly elected to serve in the present con gress which expires March 4. . Tho committee held that Grigsby had no legal right to sit In the house bocauso ho was elected at a special election called to fill u vacancy when no vacancy existed. In the 1919 election, Wlckersham was opposed by Charles A. Sulzcr, democrat, who died before the enn vass of tho vote was announced. The Sulzcr plurality was less than 40 on tho face of returns and the certifi cate of election was Issued In his name. Grigsby was elected at a special elec tion In whirh Wlckersham was not a candidate. Tho lnttor made his fight on the ground that ho should have been awarded tho certificate which was Issued to his opponent, then dead, and tho commlttco sustained him, holding that Sulzcr had not been duly elected. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. R. Vaes of San Francisco, reported to police today that shortly after his arrival hero from San 'Francisco last night he was Bet upon 'by three men who beat him almost into uncon sciousness, robbed him of $2 00 and a cold watch and chain and left him lying in an alley near the water front, lie managed to get to his no tel room, but did not recover suffi clontly from his beating to report the attack until this afternoon. that tho planes would bo sent out In every direction, permission irum ico will bo obtained, if possible. It was announced for airplanes iu tho border to try to find the aviator, It also was announced that Mexican state and city governments would be requested to ask the citizens of Mexi co toassist In tne num. .. SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 12. Tele- i,.'hfi,lmirters of the eighth army corps arriving from the post master at Paragosa. net"'. ."". stated today that an airplane passed nver that town at noon Thursday, 0.1.1. (a .ho mute Lieutenant Alex ander Pearson, missing aviator, would have chosen, had ne oeen n.... compass route. The time corres ponds to the date of departure from Fl Pnn at 10:3(1 Thursday morning. DEMOCRA CONGRESS SEA GERMANY IS iiiniiiirn rn m$i& inn iinii.ii ill i i iimiiilu u mm l BE 0EFI11 1 "Not Going to Be Dictated to," Says Dr. Wirth Minister of Finance Germany to Make Reparation Proposals of Its Own America Must Take Hand. DERL1N, Feb. 12. (Fly Associated Press.) Germany is not going to the London reparations conference to be dictnted to, Dr. Wlrth, the ministor of finance, told the Bremen Chamber of Commerce today. Great economic ques tions could not be solved In that way, he added. "We aro prepared to accomplish all wo can, he continued, because we feel under a moral obligation to assist iu reconstruction, and wo will mako reparation proposals of our own in London. 'The newspaper reports on tills sub ject are Incorrect, our offer will not be a small one. The nation must learn to realize that what we shall offer can not be extracted from tho national wealth but must bo produced by work." "America cannot hold aloof," rdded the finance minister, "when the eco nomic forces of the entire world shall assemble ' around one table, and all plans are mere theories unless the whole economic world is prepared to co-operate." PARIS, Feb. 12. Tho reparations committee has transmitted to Walker D. Hlnes, American arbitrator in the distribution of German inland shipping under the peace treaty, its determina tion of the allies' losses to be paid from Germany's Rhine fleet at 820,000 tons, sixty-three per cent of which was incurred by France, 33 per cent by Del- glum and four per cent by other coun tries. The entire river fleet is placed at upward of six million tons, and, the losses are less than tho 20 per cent limit tho treaty placed on tho amount -crmany must replace. Houston Is Praised WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 More than one suggestion that Great Britain's war debt to the United States be writ ten off has como from British sources. a member of the senate foreign rela tions committee said today after Secre tary Houston had beoii closeted with the committee for two hours discuss ing the status of American government forolgn loans. CommiUco mcmhors snld Mr. Hous ton had confirmed that tho British gov ernment had made a formal proposal to cancel the debt and that the trea sury department had refused. First intimation that Biich a proposal had been made was given by J. Austen Chamberlain, British chancellor of the exchequer, In a recent address in Eng land. Some senators said the course of Secretary Houston in dealing with such suggestions had been "eminently satisfactory." Mr. Houston was said to have reiter ated that the only course open to him was to follow the law anthorizing the treasury department to exchange the present allied certificates of Indebted ness for long term notes. Tl .S.A. WASHINGTON", Feb. 12. 'New methods to safeguard the United States from Europe's typhus epidemic were under consideration) today by the federal authorities and confidence was expressed that the more than 35 cases found among passengers aboard steamships arriving at New York will not result 1 the spread of the dis ease to the United States. Imposition of new regulations abroad and at American porta was considered as likely to result from a conference today between Ewlng Laporte, assistant secretary of the treasury In charge of public health, and Surgeon ;neral dimming of (he public health service. FIRM JAS JGIBRALTAR. .HIS I MEM0RYI STANDS HARDING ID SEATTLE, Feb. 12. President elect Warren Harding at St, Augus tine.. Fla., will press the button that will start tho annua! Lincoln day ban quet of tho Yoftng Mins rciiubllcnn Hub hero today and later will dic tate a message to tho eluh to bi de livered by direct wire over a dis tance of more than -1000 miles Tho wire connection will by the lun:est direct connection In tho world, ac cording to the bamniot committee. Colonel Charles E. Stanton, of Han Francisco, author of tho famoiw ex pression "I,a Fayet.c, wa are here,' TWO KILLED IN AT I LONDON, Fob. 12. Two persona were killed and fifteen wounded yes terday in a conflict between coniinu-'' nists and extreme nationalists at tho naval shipyard nt Monlalrone, Italy, snyH a Kome dispatch to the Central News. TItlKS'P. Feb. 11. Disorders oc curred In the town of Monfalcone, 21 miles from here today and it Ik re ported that several persons wero wounded. The trouble. It, Is reported, arose over the burning of the plant occupied by the socialist dally 11 Ija voratoro here Wednesday. Some com munists became Involved in an argu ment with two extreme nationalists, and a fight resulted. Troops were cnllcd out and workmen holding a shipbuilding yard wero forced to withdraw, and red guards retired from tho scene of the trouble. , A telegram tonight stated that the place was quiet. Dawes Proves to Be the Mystery Man of Harding's Cabinet ST. AUttUSTINB, Fla., Feb. 12. Charles ti. Dawes, of Chl- cago, who has been considered fr for secretary of the treasury under the coming adminlstra- Hon, had an hour's conference with President-elect Harding today and went away without . answering any questions about his chances of appointment. ! jHr. Harding also declined to talk, except to say that they dls- cussed co-ordination of goyern- meat departments. t "It was the most Illuminating hour I have experienced since I was elected president," said Mr. Harding, and that closed the subject. IIUCOLU'S MEMOfiY BtllD MESSAGE at the Fourth of July eenbraiion In Paris in 11)17, will be tho principal speaker nt the banquet. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 2. Lincoln's birthday was observed in th house today with an address by Representa tive Yates of Illinois, whoso father, tho war irovornor of that slate, -vns elected on Iho same tialtot wllh th.e martyred president, ttepreseiitativc Yates, himself a former MTovernor of Illinois, dwelt upon the Ufa and char acteristics of Mr. Lincoln. Kepresentative Osborn of California a veteran of the civil war. p'-esided. IS DESCRIBED BY STATE WITNESS WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Feb. 12. John McDowell, a Haldwin-FoltH em ploye, present at tho Matewan battle laHt May, was tho first witness called by the prosecution In the trial of nine teen men for murder today The first shot of tho battle that resulted in the death of ten men came from tho doorway of a hardware storo near the railroad station, according to Mc Dowell. He could not say who was the the first man killed. Ho testified that Sid Hatfield, Matewan police chief, Albert C. Felts and Mayor C. C. Testerman, all of whom wero killed, wero gathered about tho doorway. On cross-examination, Attorney J. .ll Conlff went back into what hnn been accepted as. the cause oftho bat tle, tho eviction of miners from houses owned by tho Stone Mountain Cor company. McDowell was uncertain as to the number of famillls ovieted by the Ilaldwln-Kelts detectives that day, but said bo believed there were five or six. "While a few of us were taking the furniture from a house," said the wit ness, "Mr. Felts, who was in charge, said two or three of you had bettor get your rifles for yonder comes th mayor, Sid Hatfield and a gang of men. Wo did as wo wero told. Hat field, Mayor Testerman and two or three others came up to where we were and protested against tho evic tion.' CHILE TO BORROW U.S. SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 12. Gene ral Improvements on the Chilean state railways and purchase of new equip, ment and the liquidation of the deficit accumlated during the past two years will be carried out by means of the 8 per cent loan ,of $24,000,000 nego tiated by the Hank of Chile and a group of North American bankers. The loan will maturo In twenty years, but may be repaid before that tlm nt the option of the Chilean government. Bomb Exploded in Democratic Meeting Six Men Injured CHICAGO, Feb. 12A-A bomb explosion nt tho nineteenth ward democratic headquarters last night seriously injured six men and was attributed to politics to- day by Anthony D'Andros, enndi- date for tho city council from that ward. A big hole was blown in tho wall of tho brick building close to the speakers' stand whoro D'Andrea had just finished ad- dressing a crowd of about 300 of his adherents. Aidorninn John Powers who for thirty-three yours has represented that ward In tho city council and state Hcnuto and is n candidate for ro-elcctlon to tho council, said today ho hoped no ono would bollevo that ho would "counten- anco such an action," by any of fr his followers. Two of D'Andrca's precinct enp- tains suffered broken logs, one had his leg blown off and soveral others wero hurt. "BUT WE GOT THE IPS!" IS HURLEY REPLY Forrfier Chairman Ship Board Admits Hold Ups and High Prices, but Got' the Ships ; Optimistic Regarding Future Merchant Marine. WASHINGTON. Fob. 12. E. N. Hurley of Chicago, former chairman of tho shipping board, testified to day bofore a houso committee Inves tigating shipping board oporatidns that he had been told by Clemenceau at tho iParla peace conference thnt the appearance of Charles M. Schwab had frightened the Germans, hearten et! the French and cnthusod the British. 'Doacrlblng 'Mr. Schwnh as the "foremost captain of Industry In the country,' 'Mr. Hurley said ho had boon instrumental in getting Mr. Schwab to sorvo, because he realized that "satisfactory progress was not ibelng made In the building of now yards and In tho construction of woodon ships." Hevlewing the board's work gen erally during the war, Mr. Hurley said mistakes had boon made, but that tho board was able to turn out ships In groat, enough numhors to help turn tho lido nt tho most criti cal porlod of tho war. Asked whothcr any ship construc tion companies had "hold up" the government during tuo wnr, Mr. Hurley exclaimed: . "Thoy drovo hard bargains, ovory one of them you would havo done the same but they dollvorod tho ships." Ships In n Hurry Mr. Hurloy denied ho had promis ed wooden shipyard towners Suffi cient contracts for threo turns on tholr ways, regardless of an early termination of tho wnr. Discussing the placing of contracts In Japan for steel ships, Mr. Hurloy snld the increased expense was jus- ( Continued on Page Six) EOT YEAR OLD II FOR A WEEK. WAIT KEG AX. 111.. Feb. 12. The baffling caso of llttlo Miriam Rubin, 8 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rubin, of Waukegan- today at tracted tho attention of noted fipeeial iHtn an the child began her eighth day of talking without refutation. A week ago yesterday the girl com plained of pains about her arms and shoulders. The following night she began talking. Hhe has been talking constantly ever since, all efforts by medical specialists and others hav ing failed. Propped up In bed tho child talks rationally, and. although of unusually norlous disposition, occasionally smiles or laughs when anything Is snld or n EFFORT TO, OUST CUPPER IS BEATEN After Protracted and Bitter Fight Conspiracy toGet the State Engineer's Spalp Fails in House by Vote of 11 to s 43 Armistice 'Bill Signed by Governor., SAM0.M. Ore., Fob. 12. By a voto of 11 to 43, the house dofeatod house bill 178, under which It was proposed to oust State Engineer i'orcy A. Cnppor from office and n.ake radical changos In the Irriga tion laws of the slate, at the c'Obo of a protracted session thnt lasted un til nearly 10 o'clock last night. SALEM, Oro., Feb. 12. Senator Hnro hulted final passage on tho game code hill, up as a special order at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when ho objected to the datos of Iho open season provided on deer and moved that tho bill be tabled until further study of the point could be mado. Up to this point it wns be lieved that the bill would go through without debate as soon as Senator Gill had explained minor ainendmontn to be made on the floor. The bill was tabled on Hare's motion. Armistice Day Holldny. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 12. Armistice day is mado a legal holiday in Oro- . gon by a bill passed by the legisla ture and signed by -Governor 'Ben W. Olcott today. . He also signed bills providing for organization of a board of aircraft examiners, rogulating fly ers and registering aviators. ' ' Othor measures signed by the gov ernor wore: 'Granting timber owners a hearing bofore the state board of fdrestry on fire protection. 'Making registration lists furnish ed police officers and other authori ties admissable as evidence. Providing for regulating and licens ing of day nurseries. 'Relating to line fences. .Providing for patrol of forests to provont tiros. Providing admittance of world war votorans to soldiers' home. , Lincoln Honored. SALEM, Oro., Feb. 12. In observ ance of Lincoln's birthday , and on motion of Sonator TCddy of ,)ouglan county, Walter L. Tooze, ' reading clerk of tho sonate road tho' Gottys-" burg address of Lincoln .when the ' senate opened this mordrng. " Colonel iMercer,' chaplain of tho senate ' ih his prayor, mado comment bri tho 'Ufa and service of tho martyed' president; A number of Civil war votorans occu pied chairs at the front of tho senate Chamber. SALEM, Oro., Feb. 12. With tho understanding that tho 'bill will ba amended by the attaching of ft clauso roforrlng It to the people, sen ale bill 1 15 by Vinton and Ryan, pro viding for tho taxation of all bonds except federal bonds, was reconsid ered today and roferred to the in surance committee of tho senate. Tho hill failed on final passage yoster day. Sonato bill 2S1, by Ranks, relating to notes taken In payment of Insur ance premiums, which failed yestor-; day, was today roconsiderod.and. passed. L HAS TALKED T STOP IT situation develops that ordinarily arouses mirth. At first Miriam talked In a normnl voice, but now she speaks more quietly. Except for two hours last Monday night she has had no sleep, outside of a few occasional moments of drowsi ness during which she continued to talk. Her dolts, doll clothes, her studies In school, her teacher, and dance les sons are among her many topics. She eats heartily. Specialists advanced the theory that her condition might be a forerunner to sleeping sickness, but there have been no manifestations of unusual drowsiness; in fact, Miriam has been very much wide-awnke. v