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Newspaper Page Text-tt, JMEDFORD mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 48 Minimum today 38 Precipitation Trace Weather Year Ago Maximum .60 Minimum 42 OlJv tfevnteenth Tear. fTeklT Fifty-Second Ttu. MEDFORD, OTtEQOX,' TUESDAY, XOYEMBKK 21, NO. 207 HARDING PL raSfORMERGHANT MARINE PASSAGE OF MARINE BILL 1 President Harding Makes a Strong Appeal to Congress to Save Merchant Marine Not Question of Building Fleet, But Question of Keep ing Fleet Already Built. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The ad ministration merchant marine bill with amendments agreed to yester day by republican membra wits for mally reportod out by tho house mar chant marine committee today with out a record vote whllo President' Harding was arranging to go to t lie j capitol and address a Joint session l of congress in the interest of the leg-l lslation. i WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Enact ment of the administration merchant 1 marine mil was urged upon congress today by President Harding as neces sary to relieve the government of pres ent "staggering losses," in operation of the war built merchant fleet and t') establish a program of assured pro gress to serve the nation In war and give a guaranty of commercial inde pendence in time of peace. - Personally addressing a joint ses sion of the senate and house, the executive declared an actual monetary saving to the government would result from the proposed law. He challenged every insinuation of favored interests nnd the enriching of the special few at the expense of the public treasury. The legislation, he asserted, automat ically guarded against enrichment or perpetual bestowal. "If success attend, as we hope it will," he added, "the government out lay Is returned, the inspiration of op portunity to earn remains and Amer ican transportation by sea is main tained." " : Opposed by Europe The president said concern about the American merchant marine policy was not limited "to our own domain," adding , that the maritime nations of tlie world "were in complete accord with the opposition here to the pend ing measure." He declared those nations had a per fect right to such an attitude but that he wished to stress the American view point, which he said should be the viewpoint "from which one sees Amer ican carriers at sea, the dependence of American commerce and American vessels for American reliance in the event of war.'' , Mr. Harding declared It would be most, discouraging if a measure of "such transcending national impor tance" must have its fate depend on geographical, occupational, profession al or partisan objection. A commercial eminence on the seas and ample agen cies for tho promotion in carrying of iwner.uuu cui.i.i.orce. no usseneu, , of no less importance to the people oi , the Mississippi nnd the Missouri val ley, the great northwest and the Rocky Mountain states, than to the seaboard states and industrial communities in land. A Common Cause "It Is a common cause with Its bene fits commonly shared," said he. -if trnvnrnmont ntil a a fntt tarm tn ' apply to authorization aggregating $75,000,000 to promote good roads for market highways, the president added, i it Is equally fit to be applied to the 1 establishment and maintenance of American market highways on the jijnor will leave for Greece on De salted seas. t j cember 4. It was learned today and As to present government operation (Continued on page eight! WILING IN PATH SIX MILES IE SHANGHAI. Nov. 21. (By the As - undated Press) Tho "fcandlt army of tir, nrnvin.i nn inn .... has kidnaped a number of 'foreign niiKKiixiHiivn mi mjinR wasio a patn : hVe moved from the city to the for six miles wide cross the province. I 'ign settlement at Kulangsu for pro burning every city, town nnd farm-1 te('"on- house In its line of march and leav-1 Am"knn- Eritl9h : , -"MW.fe ., .,,11 . .... , ; gunboat, remain guarding foreign. In- 1 TS, " H Jdc."U n"'"ts. Chang Tse-Plng. .who some rolling. to a le tor received from E.jtlro .-uro set up a rival provincial Ledge, an English missionary. government, con inues to hold Amoy. Sultan Safely in Exile With Fortune, Radios to Wives CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 21. (By the Associated Press.) Oficiuls of the Sultan's palace today received a radio message from Mohammed VI., who has fled to Malta, inquiring after his .wives, all of whom he left be hind. Tho following reply to his inquiry was forwarded: "All are well and happy." Turkish newspapers today assert that the sultan took with Mm $500,000 in currency, a soMd gold nntiquo dinner set valued at $2.10,000 and several hundred thousand dollars worth pt Jewels as well as a field mar- shal's uniform. ' AUTO THIEF ON PAROLE STEALS John E. McMaSterS, Confessed Auto Thief, Steals $25 From Woman Who Feeds Jail Prisoners and Makes His Getaway. John E. McMasters, 'confessed auto thief, under parole to Sheriff Terrill, left yesterday morning for parts un known, breaking his parole, stealing a fair of Dolph Terrill's trousers and $25 or $26 from Mrs. Leora Smith of Jack sonville, according to local authorities. McMasters confessed to stealing three cars here, the last of which belonged to Postmaster Will Warner, and was given a sentence by Judge Gardner. He was at liberty, however, under parole to Sheriff Terrill and had been for some time. Yesterday morning he went 'upstairs in the Terrill residence in Jacksonville and tried on Dolph Terrill's coat and shirt, neither of which fitted him. He then tried on the trousers which evi dently suited him. .Taking $25 or $26 In cash belonging to Mrs. Smith, who feeds the prisoners at the county jail. he went downstairs and talked with the ladies in the house for a few min utes after which he left the house as though he were go:ng down town. So far it is understood that no trace of him has been discovered. 80 LIVES LOST MEXICALI, Nov. 21 A. Llbreau, Captain Comez. master of ,. rPnl.ni(..l,in,. the steamer Topolobampo, which cap sized Sunday at Labonmon the Gulf of California, 60 miles south of Mexicali, with a loss of life estimated at eighty, were to be arraigned here today on charges of negligence. Last reports said 21 bodies had been recovered and that search was being made along the coast on both sides of tl,e 8ulttor otl,ers it-il OnsH Aid Sufferers. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 The fifth iiinmnnt nf American Red Cross sup ..li ... rnfnir.pH from Asia will comprint)- 1000 tons ot nour, me first section of 200,000, ton purchase destined for fireccc: - ! TMOT. Nov. 21. (Hv the Asso elated Press) The local situation Is '. improved slichtlv. though still unset '"S'l!: nS" banks AH A HOF DEBATE S.P, II. P. IAN6LE . P. Attorney Charges Cali fornia Producers Co. Is U. P. Operating Under An Alias Mondell Supports Union Pa cific Side Traffic Director of S. P. Outlines Case. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Half a dozen slates and scores of communi ties and traffic associations in Pa cific coast and Itoeky mountain ter ritory look a hand loduy in proceed ings before the lnter-siute commerce commission by which the Southern 1-ueific railroad hupes to retain con trol of ttiu Central l'aciilc despite the dissolution order ot the supreme court. Fred II. Wood, counsel for the Southern Pacific, made no objection to the swarm of intervention requests until the California Producers and Shipers association was announced. "I'll not object at this point," he declared, "but in point of fact this so-called association Is nothing more than the Union Pacific railroad oper ating under an alias, and that alias is resorted to for tho usuul purpose that people use aliases. At the proper tlnio I'll move to strike it s petition and participation from this record. "We'll meet the gentleman's argu ment when ho does it," replied li. F. Treudwell, representing the association.- """ '" States to Intervene. Officials of Colorado, Utah, Ari zonu and Wyoming petitioned the commission for authority to inter vene when Commissioner Meyer open ed tho hearing, as did representatives of nearly all the coast cities. The Union Pacific which has at tacked the Southern Pacific's appli cation for retention of the Central Pacific, was represented by former Chairman Clark of the commission and others. Representative. Mondell of Wyoming appeared for the gov ernment of that state, declaring his section of the country desired dis solution of tho Southern Pacific Central Pacific merger on the ground that it would tend to maintain the great trans-contintal lines in their state of highest usefulness." S. IV Lease Explained. L. J. Spencc, director of traffic for the Southern Pacific, explained In de tall tho financial and lease arrange ments which have resulted In the close interlocking of the two corpo rations since 1885. By Joint issues ot stocks and bonds, exchange of secu rities and absolutely unified opera tion, he said, a situation hud been created in which dissolution under the supreme court order would give rise to numerous perplexing and dif ficult problems. Analyzing traffic statistics, Mr, Spencc said that withdrawal of South ern Pacific support for the Central pacific route would divert more than a half million tons of trans-contlncn- tal freight per year from tho Ogden route .to tho south. Since tho opening of the Panama canal, ho continued, the Southern Pa clflc has not been a competitor with the Central Pacific's northern trans continental line because the freight had been diverted to tho water route, lie insisted that the supreme court in finding the Southern Pnciflc and Cen tral Pacific had combined two com peting trans-continental lines and thus reduced competition to the point which made tho merger unlawful, had been dealing largely with condi tions which were no longer existant In general he declared, the two lines have been complimentary In the transportation service nnd not com petltive. C. IV Would Lose Out. Mr. Spenco gave the opinion that tncjOentrnl -Pacific, if separated from the! Southern Pacific' would lose so niuejf .traffio that Its earning power wouin' ne seriously niminisnen. jjiku- wise the earning power of the South ern Pacifla itself would be diminish d.lio dealt incidentally, with the Union I'acmci intervention into ine cose, declaring this was based on the possibility that line could, by forcing through the separation, "complete the Impoverishment of the Central Pacific and facilitate Its ultimate pur Mmu nn th hnrirln counter. Approximately 75 per cent of the traffic originated by the Southern Pa cific in central California for eastern points Is routed via the Ogden gate way and the Central PacMc lines, Mr. Spencc estimated. He denied that any loss of traffic to the Ogden gateway is involved by reason of the Central Pacific's association with the Southern Pacific. F. L. Burkhalter, assistant general manager of the Southern Pa cific. told the commission that in the thirty years of unified operation the (Continued on rose Three) 1 President and Ex-President Pay Homage to Country's Dead oh j Armistice Day ll f ' President Harding, accompanied by Secretary Weeks nnd Secretary Den by paying homage at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington to the dead of the nation. President Harding said that Armistice Day marked "The victorious culmination of our nation's most impressive participation in the arfuirs of the world." Insert: Mr. Wilson in the doorway of his homo speaking to the well wishing crowd. SECY Of NAVY WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (Uy the Associated Press.) Nothing "more dangerous to the continued mental and spiritual health of tho republic could well be conceived" than the 'recrudence of certain forms of Be-' cret organizations, apparently de signed to supercede laws and 'en force their will," Secreatry Denby of the navy department declared at a Masonic meeting here Saturday. "When any community or body of men or women within a commu nity," Denby continued, "disregard the orderly procosscs of the law; a blow is struck at tho roots of the republic. Oppression does not al ways take the form of enforced labor or any of tho acts, security from which we are guaranteed in the first ten amendments to the constitution, the so called bill ot rights. Religious freedom is tho most sacred possession of free peoples. Yet, If we are to be lieve the , tales told with such seem ing truth and so frequently, religious freedom itself is menaced in certain parts of this country. '"It seems that organized attacks are made upon Individuals because of their religious faith. It Is hard enough to meet the realities of this life and to compose our earthly dif ferences without attempting to make war in tho realm of the spirit or to cherish against our neighbor evil thoughts because he may think dif ferently from us about the world to come." SEATTLE, Nov. 21. "If the Ku Klux Klan can clean but Ballard, I'm with 'em," declared the Rev. Honor L. Wllholm from the pulpit of the Ballard Presbyterian church Sun day night in the course of a sermon on the klan. The. statement was made before a record congregation the announcement of the sermon topic being a crowd of 1500 into the church which has a normal seating capacity of 400. Wllholm said that he understood Hie klan "was a highly organized se cret society of determined Christian men of the white race whose motto is 'not for self, but for others.' " "So long as they commit no' out range, no law-abiding citizen should have need to fear," he continued. He Bald he understood that the klan had furnished much information leading to the arrest of bootleggers, "and this Is only the beginning." ProfoHlnnts Are Dcnortod. BELFAST. Nov. 21. The Ulster authorltJpB hnvo deported about ttorty Protentnnts whoBfl prparnne they thought detrimental to' tho" ' city'u peace. - DENBY ATTACKS KAN METHODS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION IS READY TO QUIT PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 21. Mem bers of tho state highway commission in session here today by significant remarks Indicated they were cognizant of the possiblo effect of the recent gubernatorial election on the person nel of the commission. Visiting delegations repeatedly were told that it was the desire of the com mission to settle all questions now In dispute between the board and the various county courts and to leave a clean slate for any commissioners who may succeed the present members. Bids were opened for grading tho section of the Pacific highway within the city limits of Oregon City and ad jacent to Canemali, which had been held up until the present to settle the question of a grade crossing on the Southern Pacific tracks. Samuels and Prazier of Sah-m were tho lowest among eight bidders. llida were also opened on 12.1 miles of gravel surfacing on the John Day highway In Wheeler county, a bridge across the Malheur river near Juntura in Malheur county; and a bridge across tho Deschutes river near Shear ers, on The Dalles-California highway. Formal opening of the Oregon City bridge, now nearing completion, will probably be deluyed until December 26, or within a few days thereafter to permit concrete pavement on the west side highway to set before opening it to travel. The bridge will probably be open to foot traffic about December 15, It was reported. ''.' L IN WACO, TEXAS WACO, Texas, Nov. 21. Grady Ship worth, 19 was shot and killed and a woman companion attacked last night near Lovers Leap on the Bosque river, three miles north of Waco. They were riding in an automobile. According to reports to the police, the assailant was a negro who after robbing Shipworth, shot him and threw his body over a thirty foot cliff. The negro then dragged the girl Into the brush, where he kept her three hours and then throw her over the cliff. The negro escaped In Ship- worth's automobile, heading towar Dallas, officers said. . incitement is running high here. Governor Allen to Kick Ku Klux Out Of State of Kansas TOI'EKA, Kans, Nov. 2t. Legal proceedings which may make it unlawful for any per son in Kansns to bo a member of the Ku Klux Klan are fore cast today lu the announcement last night by Governor 11. J. Allen that ho had been assured by tho statu attorney general's office that ouster proceedings against the klan would bo filed in tho state supreme court. It : is thought at tho state house that tho suit probably will lie begun some time toduy. Tho suit ugnlnst the klnn will bo brought on the ground that the organization Is a Georgia corporation and is not regls- tered to do business In Kan- BUS. ' 4- Strahorn Line, Abandoned at Close of War to Be Extended to Sprague River Seattle Firm Gets Contract Work .. . 300 Men. . KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., Nov. 21. A contract for grading an exten sion of the Oregon,. California and Eastern railroad, the "Strahorn line," from its present torminus at Hildebrand to Spraguo river, has been let to Nettlcton, 'Bruce and Kchbach of Seattle, it was announced today, by W. E. Bond, superintendent of the road. This Is tho first activity In push ing tho road since the war stopped railway building. The project was begun In 1918. Several miles were built during the dull period and 30 mllfcs are now operating. ' The contractors say they plan to put pi crew of 200 to 300 men on tho Job nt once and rus'.l It through. A contract with the city ot Klam ath Falls, which advanced $3,000,000 to build tho line, calls for completion to Sprague liver by May 29 next. The original plan of It. .E. Strahorn ot Spokane, promoter of the enterprise, was to make the road an Independent system linking Bend, Lakevlow and Klamath Falls and developing largo timber and agricultural areas in southeastern Oregon at present lack ing railroad transportation. : The contract for the 12 mile stretch of now road from Hllderhrand to Sprague river calls for $175,000. Pear Market News NEW YORK CITY, Nov. , 21.- (Special). The pear market yestcrday vlrtnally collapsed due to the poor I condition of the fruit arriving, severe congestion and the truck drivers strike. Pear prices fell from fifty cents to a dollar a box. The apple market was affected also, extra fancy Spitz going for $1.25 per box. Tho eastern apples are not holding tip well and are being thrown on the market thus reducing the prices paid for wes- torn apples. CONTRACT IE! FOR EXTENSION KLAMATH R. I OPPOSE SALOONS BUT FAVOR SALE OF INTOXICANTS UNDER STATE CONTROL ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21. (By Associat ed Press). A campaign designated to show that "the evils which have ac companied Volsteadlsm are endanger ing our national life, was launched this afternoon by the Association Op posed to tha Prohibition Amendment at its concluding session. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21. (By the As sociated Press.) Declaring the re sults of the recent election were a strong Indication that public sentl-' ment fnvors repeal of the Volstead act, a score ot state secretaries ot the 1ST WOMAN SENATOR IS Mrs. W. H. Felton, 87 Years Old, of Georgia, Granted the Honor of Taking Seat and Signing Membership Book Will Hold Office But 24 Hours Crowd Applauds. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Mrs. W. H. Felton, the "grand old lady of Georgia," won her fight today for a seat for a day as the first woman senator. Without objection from any sena tor, hut after a long delay during which tho status of her appointment to the senate was reviewed in the light of the precedents Mrs. Felton. took the oath of office at the vice president's desk and wrote her name In the senate membership book. A large crowd applauded as the ST year old woman raised her hand and bowed to the oath administered by Senator Cummlngs of Iowa, presi dent pro tempore nnd acting in the absence of Vice president Coolldge. The seating of Mrs. Felton was delayed an hour and a half after tho senate convened by an address In sup port of her claim by Senator Walsh, democrat of Montana, and by a re cess for attendance of the senate at the Joint session to hear President Harding's message. Mrs. Felton, upon inscribing her name on the senate roll became a full fledged senator, but probably only for a day, as Senator-elect Wal ter F. George, elected as her succes sor November 7, plans to claim his seat tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The senate again delayed decision todny as to whether it would permit Mrs. W. H. Felton of Georgia to take her seat as the first woman senator. When she presented her credentials in the senate chamber, - Senator Walshr democrat. Montana, Inter rupted to. ask that the legal consid erations Involved be carefull weigh ed' and before any action, was taken the senate recessed to attend the joint session and hear the address of President Harding. OFF CAPE FLATTERY SEATTLE, Nov. 21 Storm battered in the Pacific, 500 miles oft Cape Flat tery, , the steamers Bessie Dollar, Stuart Dollar and the tug Sea Monarch of Seattle, sent out distress callB this afternoon which were received at tho United States naval radio station here. The coast guard cutter Halda . was ordered to proceed immediately to the assistance of the three vessels. . Woman Playwright Dies t PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ' 21. Mrs. Christine Wetherell Stevenson, author of the American passion play produced at Los Angeles last summer, died to day at the home of her sister, Mrs. Samuel Henderson, at Media, near i here. . Mrs. Stevenson became ill two weeks ago. Overwork is said to have brought on her Illness. ' 8 Association Opposed to the Prohibi tion Amendment today perfected plans tor modification of the dry en forcement law and eventual repeal of the eighteenth amendment, closing a two day conference. Resolutions providing for the working out ot a plan for dispensing alcoholic beverages under the regu lation of states and- others direct ing tho attention in congress to 1)1118 favorable to the wets were prepared for submission to the conference. The executive committee lias adopted a resolution opposing tho restoration of saloons.