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'V The, Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 56 Minimum today 23 DFORD Weather Year Vigo Maximum 63 Minimum 35 illy Seventeenth Tear. -Fifty-Second Yw. MEDFORD, OHEGOX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1922 NO. 201 'M A TT . TlRTOTTOT? E CALL ARMY Lawlessness and Banditry Fol low Disaster South America Death List May Reach 2500 Untold Numbers In- . . jured and Homeless En tire Towns Disappear. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 14. (By the Associated Press) Reports of banditry and disorder in the oarth ttuakc Utstiict, together with news t f udditionnl earth shocks and indlc-t-lions that the calamity hart lvaclii'd appalling proportions, caused the Chilean government today to consider tho advisability ot sci ding troops to Cci. ulmbo and Atacania to rjiV.'rce iiuai' san.i-ns, which ;ue loo t-hu! lc cope wl h tho situation i r 1 aid In relief work. Outlawry broke out last night in tho town of Vallonnr, the chief suf ferer from tiie earthquake, where it Is estimated 1000 of the inhabitants perished, while reports of robberies and lioldupH came from other places. The arrival of war vessels at the northern ports of Chile brought wire less reports of disaster from towns and: villages not previously heard, from, including the large town of Krelrlnu, augmenting greatly tne number of reported casualties which ure now variously estimated at be tween 1500 unci 2000 dead with un told numbers injured and homeless. SANTIAGO, Chile. Nov. 14. (By tho AAHociuted Press) Chile was utfiiln visited by earth shockH late last night. Severe tremors were felt ut 14 Sorcnii, capital of tho province of OoMUlmbo, at 1 1 o'clock, and hall tin' hour earlier the taport of Con HtitliUeion, capital of the province ot Aluult was 8haken,i-aepardint? to-nd-vires received hero by the National telegraph. The depots of the American Smelt ae company at Carrlzal were carried way when that town disappeared in tho disaster of last Saturday, accord ing to National Telegraph advices. : Tho steamship Aysen, which reach ed Antofaftasta yetserday from Val paraiso reported that early Saturday morning a storm arose suddenly and the sea was strangely agitated. The ship was shaken violently causing a panic among those aboard, but no damage was done.' ; Operators of the wireless station hear Antofagasta, missing sinco the tidal wave, have been located in the hJllH. whence tliey fled. Having lost their htores, they were without food. '' Outlawry has broken out at Valle tta. Bullets were flying when the tvle'graph office thore closed at seven o'oktck. lat night, -according to Na tional Telegraph advices. 7 President Alessandria will leave to morrow for Valparaiso where he will embark on the battleship Almirant Latorro for a visit to the ports stricken by the earth shocks. . He will bo accompanied by the ministers of war and public works and other of ficials. . Tho town of Carriral, consisting mostly of underground dwellings and copper mines, is reported to have dis appeared, but nr mention of the loss ot lives Is mad 1. Tho inhabitants number about 200 and there aro 350 Other persons living at. the port of Cnrrizah, . Advices from Antofngasta filed at 9:30 lust night said a strong earth shock had just been felt at Taltai, a seaport of several thousand popula tion; only, a 'few miles from Antofa ffasta. I ' Property Lobs In Millions. Property losses amounting to mil lions of dollars which resulted from the earthquake and tidal waves of Saturday . morning will be a severe. Economic, blow to the countrjV it is feared: The town of Vallenar seems .to have suffered the most. Only three houses remain standing there and 700 of tU inhabitants are dead. The list of dead ' throughout the " (Continued on page eight) CHILE 11 GROWS HAIR TONIC BOOTLEGGERS PLEAD GUILTY; MADE A MILLION PROFIT CLEVELAND, Nov. 14. Louis and Abraham Auerbach, brothers, and three, others charged with vio lation of the Volstead act In an al leged million dollar alcohol conspir acy, entered pleas of guilty when ar raigned in federal court here today as, .a jury was being impanelled to hear the case. Sentence was de terred by the court. Beside the Auerbach brothers, own ers "of the 'Million dollar hair tonic Company," Morris Moss, Moritz Cohen and Abraham Llmbert also entered a pica of guilty to the nine counts of tbe joint Indictment return High School Girls Acquit Akron Man Bootlegging Ch'ge, AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 14. Sixteen girl members of the lo cal high echool class In civics sat as a Jury today In police court and acquitted Rudolph Kalian, charged with violation of the state prohibition act. Tho girls were spectators in court when the Kalln case was called. Judge A. F. O'Nell asked If they would like to act as jurors. All were eager to serve. "There wasn't enough evi- denee to convict the man," one girl explained nftor the Jury had returned Its verdict. Judge O'N'eil dismissed Ka- Han. MANILA, Nov. 14. (By the Asso ciated Press) Investigation of the Philippine National bank -by a com mittee of six members of the legisla ture is proposed in a resolution in troduced jointly in the senate and house today. The resolution instructs such a committee "particularly to ascertain the truth of the reports of fabulous, exorbitant salaries paid bank offic ials and ex-presidents. K. Wilson, general mnnagqr of the bank, in a letter to the legisla ture, invites its members to look quietly into the bank's affairs.- He writes that "reports of export accountants made within the last two years aro the most astounding docu ments presented concerning any bank in any part of the world during the last generation. Tho less publicity they get the better for the bank, the Philippine government and the Philippine Islands." TO AID GERMANY BERLIN. Nov. 14. (By the Asso ciated Press) Hajiml Hoshi, presl dent of the Hoshi Pharmaceutical company of Japan and described here as "the Japanese Stinnes," intends to donate 2000 yen monthly for three years for the assistance of German chemical scientists. At the prevail ing rate of exchange this endowment amounts to 8,000,000 marks a month. Mr. Hoshi also will give 40.000,000 marks toward the support of Oorman science as a wholo. A SEA VOYAGE LOAF ON IIOARD 8. S. PARIS, EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (By Wireless to the Associated Press) Clemenceau is enjoying a loaf that comes once in a life time. . "I never slept so much In my life, he said today. He . added that he was having a splendid tinio and that he never folt bettor. The Tiger's words were confirmed by his Jovial appearance. After yesterday's rough swells the Atlantic Is now treating the ship, kindly nnd she is steaming through a( smooth sea. The Tiger remains in, seclusion every day after .lunch, loaf ing and inviting his soul. Firm Fails, Broker Suicides NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Failure of the stock brokerage firm of Wasser- man Brothers was announced today from the rostrum or the New York stock exchange. Jess A. Wassermun, member of the firm, committed suicide last night. ed against the five men Samuel Selker, also indicted did not appear in court on account of illness. The alcohol conspiracy, case has been under investigation by federal authorities headed by Joseph Brelt stein, assistant United States district attorney, for more than a year. Nineteen arrests were made but only six indictments were returned by tho grand jury. Federal officials assert tho Auer bach brothers procured alsohol on legal permits for tbe manufacture of hair tonic and diverted It into "boot- a million dollars. TO BE EXAMINED S3 ' .11 .5 Political Confusion in England Taken Advantage of By Re newed Military Activity Rebels Claim Day Is Won Small Bands Active. DUBLIN, Nov. 14. (By tho Asso ciated Press) The current increase of activity of armed forces opposing the Irish government is attributed to reunion of the political and military wings of republicanism. This, anions other thluKH. resulted in tho reap pointment of Kumon ' DeVulera as "president of the Irish republic," with a council of state claiming sole legiti mate authority in Ireland. There is n wide diversence between the accounts published by the gov ernment of its successes utfainat the irregulars and those put out by De Vulera's party. The Bovernment claims to be winning and gradually restoring order while DeValera's fol lowers record severe losses they aro inflicting and assert that the free state is already beaten. These assertions are made partly in propaganda sold upon the streets and partly through largo inscriptions painted nightly all over Dublin on lamp posts, billboards and bridges. Kvery day government agents go about and smcur paint solidly over the inscriptions, but the next morn ing they appear again. The intensification of activity by the irregulars is supposed to bo par tially aimed nt the British political crisis with the design of bringing home to tho British the thought that tho Irish question remains unsettled despite the treaty. When the new British parliament assembles and the constitution of the free state Is submitted for ratification It is anticipated that the activities of tho irregulars will be further intensi fied. . Except In the south all large bodies ofM'epubliun fortes have been dis persed in a wholesale manner by na tional troops, but small bands are able to inflict constant losses and hu miliation upon the government by their activities in Dublin and else where. The free state government has 30, 000 troops fully equipped and costing nearly $8,000,000 a year. Yet the attacks of the Irregulars arc made in confidence of escape and with the thought that even if they are caught they will suffer nothing more than detention in prison. The hitter's policy of dislocating railway traffic Is witnessed daily in the wholesale burning of signal boxes some of them on suburban lines quite close to the city. Apparently the republican leaders are not seriously evading arrest, for the whereabouts of DeValera nnd his principal colleagues are said to be wel known.. FAIRMONT HOTEL IS T SAN FRANCISCO, Xov. 14. George McMullin, payroll guard of the Fairmont hotel, one of the larg est In tbe city, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded today by an automi bile bandit after two of the bandit's accomplices had leaped from the ma chine to a street car and snatched a satchel containing $2,400 from Frank Terry, cashier ot the hotel. The bandits sped away with the satchell, while dozens of pedestrians attempted to Bcizo them. McMullin was rushed to an emergency hospital. The robbery occurred at Pine and Powell streets near the hotel dis trict. Terry and 'McMullin were on their way to a Market street bank, with the money when the bandit ma chine drew alongside. Almost before he was aware of their presence the two bandits snatched the satchell from Terry's lap.- McMullin rose from his seat and started to draw his piBtol whereupon tbe bandit who re mained In tbe car shot Jiim twice, once In the stomach and once in the arm. i .- -t , . . LOS ANGELES BANKER IS DROWNED IN GULF NOGLES, Ariz., Nov. 14. William H. Brophy, Los Angeles banker, who( was cruising arnttna in the uuit ot California with a party of Nogales business men was swept overboard last night in a storm and lost, ac cording to advices received here. In tense darkness and the ferocity of the storm made rescue work or the recovery of the body Impossible. . OTHER MAN WOOED HER AS HUSBAND STOOD ASIDE ' iJlif'' ( Photo is or llrq. Henry Myers, who. it is alleged, was wooed by a police man wlille li?r husband contentedly looked on. The other man in tho case is Policeman William Iteil, who has turned on Mrs. Myers nnd accused her of using him as a victim of a cont'i- , denee game. Iled has told of how lie J purchased furnlturo for the .Myers flat, bought Mrs. Myers clothing, nil the time under the impression that she was single and would marry him as he alleges she promised. MAYOR ELECT L G. GADD6 IS GIVEN A WARM WELCOME Karl C. Caddis, mayor elect of Mcdford met with a totally unex pected welcome when ho dismounted from tho southbound passenger tvaln late last night at 'the depot. About fifty of his friends, men and women, thought It was not the proper thing to have the coming head of this great city, who was elected mayor by such an overwhelming vole last Tuesday, and whom they had not yet had a chance to congratu late, quietly come back home, so they decided to give him a surprise. Therefore when he dismounted from the car step they were all as sembled at the depot to give him the glad hand and hurrah. For the next half hour the astonished man was the center of handshaking and the re cipient of congratulatory shouts and remarks. The welcoming party also doomed It fitting that the future head of this city should go homo from tbe depot In state, and en route size up the night conditions of a large part of Medford, which might come In bandy after he assumes tho may oralty on Tuesday, , January 2nd, next. Hence they hod Chief I.awton and the fire engine truck right bandy watting back of the depot, and whisked Mr. Caddis aboard along with a reception committee to keep him there. Following a rldo around the business and residence district he w'aB deposited In front of his home and left there. DARING ESCAPE PAILS LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Nov. 14. (Hy Associated Press). In a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to escape from the federal penitentiary here shortly before noon today, Joe Mar tinez, serving a sentence for murder, fatally stabbed A. H. Leonard, captain ot tho guards, and knlved four other guards, two dangerously. Martinez was shot by one of tho guards and later was taken to a hospi tal after he was found hiding in a coal bunker. The extent of Ills wounds has not been determined. - "SEVEN, COME "LEVEN" . WEST PLAINS, Mo., Nov. 14. (I. N. S.) Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Le Deaume, living Just across the Arkansas state line from here, have been married seven years and are blessed with eleven chll- dren. Two sets of twins wore born during the first two and a half years of married life. Since that time there arrived two sets of triplets, and just recently the eleventh blessing of the stork was received. DEATH TAKES A HEAVY TOLL, IN AIRPLANE RANKS Famous French Veteran and U. S. Army Aviator Killed- U. S. Lieut. Commander Who Crashed On Sunday, Passes Away. LKBOrnOKT. France, Nov. It tU the Associated 1'resK) Kdmunii I'oiree, noted French aviator and his two media nlc'nns were kllle 1 when lvi machine ctMsi.ed during? the corn pttliion lor .he (irand l'rit for com in loial alrphnus here. The aociden. was due tc tho break in t f the re u propellor ol I'oireo's .ii. pianc wli.c.i i ul thruu.-u i-w - ii r c. Kdmoud Polreo has boon promt ncnl in Kn-neh aviation circles for more than a decade, 'lie became fa tuous as a dating pilot before tlx; world war broke out and in Deconi- j bcr, 1!14, he Joined the Uuxsian itirccs aim nctpett organize ine aerial suction of the Czar's armies. Seve ral times ho narrowly escaped death or capture on bombardment flights over tho Herman army. Later, with the French armies, roireo (liKtiiiKUiHltt'd himself as bombardment and observation filer. Alter tho war ho continued his fly Ins, entering In many international competitions. BALTIMORE, Nov. 14. Lleuten ant Kdwln CI. Shradcr was instantly killed umt Lieutenant Francis K. Marsh was seriously injured, when their airplane crashed at Logan Field near here today. The two men had been aloft about two' hours. When about filly feet above the earth their engine stalled and the plane went into a nose dive. '.'.untenant March Is a nephew of General Peyton O. March, former chief ot staff of tho army. Ho was attached to tho ICdgewoud arsenal Lieutenant Hhiocler's homo wus at Uluomlngton, 111.'. . Later the physicians at Jlolablrd hospital reported that Lieutenant March was not ns seriously hurt as was nt first supposed. A careful ex amination disclosed that ho was only slightly cut nbottt the face. Late this afternoon he was said to be recover ing rapidly from the shock of the fall. , WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 Lieuten ant Commander Godfrey deC. Chova lier, who crashed with his airplane nt Hampton Heads Sundny, died to day at the naval hospital, Ports mouth, Va. Lieutenant Commander Chevalier. In point of service, was one of the oldes taviators ot the navy. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Tho pllotless army airplane equiped with an automatic control device said to bo more accurate and dependable than nny human pilot, has been de veloped to a point where it has made successful flights of more than ninety miles, It was announced today by the army air sorvice. ' The announcement declared the re sults, produced after a long scries of experiments constituted the "most Im portant post war - development of many novel Ideas of new engines of war." WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Charges by a committee of the Aero club of America that "dangerous" airplanes have been sold to the government at ','unconncloriably high prices," were made tuday by Itepresentative Wood ruff, republican of Michigan, to Chairman Kelley of a houso sub committee at work on the 1923 naval bill. Mr. Woodruff was asked that the committee look Into the charges and announced he would discuss the sub ject plater in the house. Tl?o report of tho Aero club com mittee set forth that the club would wage warfare on competitive bidding nnd claimed that by anti-trust laws, all competition had been prevented and manufacturers . provented from supplying the army and navy with Improved aircraft. It also wus charged that after the government had paid exorbitant prices for airplanes, they hud been used for propaganda stunts, such "as that which killed an army aviator this w-eek at Hartford, Conn.; and caused the death of more than 40 air sorvice officers during tho past year. OIL FIRE PUT OUT, LOSS IS A MILLION HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 14. The Htimblo oil field fire Is practically ex tinguished. Some 700,000 barrels of Oulf Const heavy gravity crude were consumed with an estimated loss of $1,000,000. The oil was the property ot tho Gulf Pipe Line company, subsid iary of tho Oulf Oil corporation of Pittsburg In whlch"6ecretary Mellon of tho rnlted States treasury, Is heavily interested.'. Union Pacific Plea Denied; Merger Now Goes to a Decision WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Tho iutt'r-stnto commerce com mission today denied a motion of the I'nion Pacific railroad to dismiss the application which tho Southern Puclflc company has made for the retention of the Central Pacific railroad properties It now operates. Tho question of tho continuation of tho Southern Pacific-Central Pacific merger, which has been ordered dissolved by the su- promo court, will now come to a hearing on its merits beforo tbe full commission. L LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14. Acquittal, or, at tho worst manslaughter, are the only possiblo verdicts in the case of Mrs. Clara Phillips, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Tremalno Meadows, aeconlmg to Bertram Hci ringtnn, chief defense counsel. After taking up all of yesterday's sessions with his argument to tho Jury, llor rington wus expected to continue thru much of today. Mr. Harrington pleaded with tho jury to acquit his client, however, de claring It wus Mrs. Peggy Carfeo, star witness for tho state and not Mrs. Phillips who struck tho hummer blows which brought doath to Mrs. Meadows, lie attacked Mrs. Cuffees testimony but argued that even if her testimony and that of other witnesses wns true, the slaying was a caso of manslaugh ter and not of murder, since It was done In the bent of conflict. When Mr. llerrlngton concludes, Charles W. Frlck, deputy district attor ney will close for the state.- Judica tions today were that the case would not go to the jury before Wednesday. F PERFECTED, FRANCE WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Comple tion of a giant cannon-carrying air plane for night bombardment, claimed to be tho first alrpluno constructed for artillery uses was reported to tho commerce department today by VIco Consul Harold D. Finloy at Havre. The machine is equipped with a 7D milli meter, one of tbe 76's of world war fame, at tho Chalong 8ur Saone works for the French nlr ministry. The plane Is made entirely of nietnl and is propelled hy four motors of 400 horsepower each. It Is six meters high with a fuselage 20 meters in length, has a wing spread of 30 meters and weighs 10 metric tons fully equip ped. The plans call for a speed of 150 kilometers an hour. APPLE RATES TO E WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Acting upon the complaint of tho Arizona cor poration commission and Phoenix, Ariz., consignees, tho Interstate com merce commission today ordered rail roads to reduce the rates on apple shipments from Washington state from about $1.72 to $1.40 per hundred pounds. The higher rates charged to Phoenix, the commission said, when compared with rates on apples thruoiit the west are unrnlr to the Arlzonu con signees. DISABLED LINER; BOSTON, Nov. 14. The Italian steamer Monte Grappa, which sent out calls for assistance from mid-ocean early today, was In need of no further aid after the White Star liner Pitts burg had responded to the call, accord ing to radio messages received here. The Monte Grappa, which left Mon treal on Novomlier for Venice gave her position as about 1000 miles east of Halifax. The Pittsburg Bont word that she was standing by the Itnlian steamer nnd was able to bundle the situation. ASK ACQUITTA IRISH LADY i AGITATORS i ARE JAILED i Mrs. MacSwiney, Widow of Late Mayor of Cork, and' 8 Friends Storm British Em bassy in Washington Held in Jail and Refuse to Furnish Bail. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terranco MacSwiney, former lord mayor of Cork, was arrested today with eight other women members of the Ameri can Association for tho Recognition of the Irish Republic, while marching before the British embassy armed with banners demanding the release of -MacSwIneys sister, Miss -Mary .MacSwiney, who is held prisoner In the Irish free state. At. the pollco headquarters the nine Women wirn hil,l In sr.na lnll a..1. after police officials had consulted wun i-iiiit'u mates District Attorney Gordon. Mrs. MacSwiney announced tllllt llhn WOlllll lint ntll.mi.t tn furnluh bond and tho eight others indicated thoy would follow her example and remain In Jail awaiting trial. When tho women arrived in the vi cinity of the embassy they were warned by a police captain against picketing. Refusing to heed these in-. Ktrui'tions, tho group marched around tho embassy. When they, returned to the front ot the building a squad of uniformed police and plujn clothes men took their banners and marched them to police hcadquurters. The pollco said the women, had violated a District of Columbia. law by picketing the embassy. Mis. MncHwiney, who led tho pro cession, was the first woman arrest ed. She Was bearing n Banner which said: . "England murdered my husband, Terence MacSwiney. Will Americans permit tho English free state to mur der his sister, .Mary MacSwiney?" On the various placards Ireland was referred to as the English free state, Avhich wns declared to lie a "smoke screen," of English. The women did not resist arrest, hut laughed and chatted with the po lice who took them in custody. They were led away without commotion, only ono raising a feeblo cheer. Just previous to the arrival of tho plcketers, Ambassador decides, camo smilingly from tho embassy, walked across the street and shook ' hands wiui uaptain Flathor, who was command of tho police.' Mrs. MacSwiney, who has been In hum country lor several mnnn,. M cently completed a lecture tour 'dur um niiien sue spoKe In favor of the Irish republican movement headed by Enmon DeValera. Portland Pop Corn Man Held, Murder Charge PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 14. A charge ot first degree murder wns filed here today against Patrol) Harl, a poncorn vendor, foiinwinir h,a i,nti. Into yesterday ot Norman Repp, an 11 year oiu Doy, rrom a wound Inflicted by a shot fired by Harl Sunday into a crowd of bovs who ha an 1,1 a,tfo nnnoylng him and teasing him for free popcorn. Harl declared he did not know the old gun which he had In his wagon was loaded and that he drew It merely to frighten the boys. . The dis trict attorney's office raised the charge against Hari from second to first degree murder in order to pre vent ball being given for him. Portland Woman Dies. KAM LOOPS, B. C, Nov. 14. Mrs. .lane Palmer, who came on horseback from Portland, Ore., in 1876, and Bct tledln the Nicola valley, Is dead. TO RESCUE OF PASSENGERS SAVED BAR HARBOR, Maine, Nov. 14. A radio message received here early to day said that tho White Star liner Pittsburg, bound from New York to Bremen was standing by and giving all necessary assistance to the Italian steamship Monte Grappa, which had broadcast S.O.S. distress signals a few hours before. According to wireless . message, flashed over 1000 miles on the Atlantic and intercepted here, the Monte Grap pa was listing to port in heavy seas. Latest radio communications said the Pittsburg was "able to handle the situation and no help was required." f