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Medford Mail Tribune
" The Weather
Fair and continued cold.
Maximum yesterday.... :.37
Minimum today.... 24.3
Weather Year Ago
Maximum ......... 43
Minimum 28
Oully Seventeenth Yeor.
Weekly Fifty-Second Year.
. MEDFORD, OREGON,. THUltSDAY, DECEMBER U, 1922
NO.1 22G
RIG PROFITS
DENIED BY
Prest. Teagle Tells Senate
; Rockefeller Makes Only One
Cent a Gallon Profit Busi
ness Now Conducted Under
Freest . , Competition No
-' Agreement to Fix Prices.
!
;.'' WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. The
Standard OH company of Now Jur
jwy COHBtnuIng tho supremo court's
absolution decree by which It was
out off from Its . fprmcr corporate
holdings ob a, final expression of the
public will on tho subject of monopo
listic control, has conducted its busi
ness undoi- the conditions, of freo and
active competition, W. C. Teaslo,
president of tho company, declured
in a statement prepared for submis
sion to the senate manufacturers
eommitteb today on resumption of Its
investigation of the oil industry.
V- doing exhaustively into conditions
Which have arisen in the Industry
S)m5p the dissolution decree, with par
ticular reference to tho New Jersey
company, Mr. Teaglo declared- his
Company had observed tho decree "in
good- faith; both in letter and in
spirit,"-adding:
f No fJns Combination.
"1 want to say - with all emphasis
that the' Standard oy company of
New Jersey Is not(a party to any com
bination ' agreement . or arrangement
id fix: or "maintain the selling prices
of . Its products." -
Discussing conipetitivo . conditions
jn-'tho Industry tiloay, Mr. Teagle
stated 'that the strategic location in
vospqct . to,, transporation fncilileif
Which every Standard Oil station was
givotvlu the development of the coun
try was "now1 the barrier to general
competition: among the separated
units." ' ' . '
"Geographic consideration" he said
"limited the extent" to which tho New
Jersey company may compete with
tits former subsidiaries.
In regard to prices on refined pro
duets, Miv Teagle said that the domi
nant factor In the domestic market
ins situation was tho shipments of
refiners in tho mid-continent produc
ing field Oklahoma, Kansas and
Texas. .
; This production, he said, consti
tuted nn "enormous floating supply,"
lyhleh was not tied to any market,
but shipped to territories where local
p'rlcos would yield the best returns.
It "Was this competition, ho added,
with which everyone engaged In mar
keting gasollnu must reckon.
,-, .. Keenest Competition,
f "Our domestic marketing at nil
points is conducted under conditions
of .the keenest competition locnlly,"
Mr. Teagle said, "as in addition to the
iargo number of . jobbers drawing
heir supplies from time to time from
tho cheapest, source, the Gulf Texas
frad other largo companies maintain
ijnd operate extensive marketing and
distributing facilities In the states in
Which wo aro operating."
. Fronts Only 9 l'er Cent.
Turning to profits of tho New Jer
sey . compuny, Mr. Teagle testified
that ItH earnings, Including thoso of
subsidiary - companies, during " the
years 19JI0 and 1921 und the first six
mohths, pf the present year wcro at
the rate, of 9.6 per cent per annum
on "not" nssets," ; and aggregated
11S,7S0,J13;
;vTho dividend roturn to stockhold
ers, ilie commlttoe was told, has not
changed since tho dissolution, and
tho business since hen has paid them
an a'vbrago of 4.4 per cont per annum
on tho pet assets. In the two and
one half years ended Inst June 30,
Hr. Teaglo sold, common dividends
aggregating 49,274,812.50 or an
averago of 2.83 per cent per annum
on not aRsets over this period were
paid. '
.' Net earnings of the company and
orfiliatcd organisations for 1920 and
1921-and tho estimated earnings for
(Continued on page eight) -
STAND. Oil
SECY MELLON AGREES TO HAVE DRY
I
WA9RINGTONV Dec. .4. President
Harding today met the joint commis
sion on departmental re-organization, I
preparatory to submission of a com
pleted report to congress recommend
ing sweeping re alignments in govern
mental departments and bureaus.
, While there still remained some dif
ferences to Iron out to meet the objec-l
lions of cabinet officers whose depart
ments are affected, considerable pro
gress was made toward a completed
plan. . !
One of the chief obstacles to be met
was the question of consolidating the
war and navy departments into a do-j
partment of defense. Another unre
conciled difference was the proposed
Portland Has 6th
Snowstorm in Month,
Very, Very Unusual
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14.
Snow was falling here today,
the sixth snowstorm of the win
ter to date. Th'ero have been
snow storms here November 30,
December 6, 7, 8 and 10. So
much snow bo early In the win
ter has been unusual hore. Tho
temperature was sightly higher
peraturo was slightly higher
than the past two days and the
- weather bureau predicted clear-
ing skies Into today.
IF ALLIES SIGN
Ismet Pasha Agrees to League
; Supervision Over the Chris
tian Peoples of Europe
Change of Front Not Due to
Curzon's Stand--
LAUSANNE, Dee. 14. (Dy Associ
ated Press). Turkey , will join the
League of Nations as soon as peace is
signed at Lausanne, Ismet Pasha an
nounced at the Near East conference
today. As the league exercises gen
eral supervision over minority popula
tions, Ismet's announcement was in
terpreted as meaning that Turkey will
accept the league's supervision over
the Christian peoples of Turkey. '
Turkey accepts In principle the ap
plication to the national minorities in
her territory of the clauses oh this
subject Inserted' in the Austrian," Bul
garian and other peace treaties, Ismet
Pasha declared and also tho granting
of amnesty to the members of these
minorities.
Ismet said Turkey was ready to ac
cord the same treatment to minorities
as provided in the treaties exchanged
between tho various European coun
tries. " '
litis, Ismet declared, was not be
cause of the menacing words yester
day of Lord Curaon, the British for
eign secretary, but because the Turk
ish national pact required it.
Ismet said Turkey accepted the
granting of general amnesty to polit
ical prisoners. She would decline,
however, to establish a national home
for tho Armenians. '
RUN FOR RE-ELECTION
WASHINGTON", Dec. 14. In a
statement issued here recently, Sen
ator McNary denied reports that he
intended to leavo the senato to ac
cept a position on the federal court
bench and announced his intention
of Beeking another term as United
States senator from Oregon.
The report that he contemplates a
change is without foundation, Mr.
McNary said, and he has not been
tendered any position of the federal
bench. The senator said that hiB
five and one-half years of service had
brought him commlttoe appoint
ments which he considered of great,
benefit to the state ho represented.
Red Jaifed
ROME, Dec. 14. (lly Associated
Press). The"'Giornale d'ltallo this
afternoon says M. Zlnovicff, the Rus
sian communist leader has been ar
rested in Bologna.
TOATVYGEN.
transfer of several burcnus In the agri
cultural and interior departments.
Secretary Hoover was understood to
have agreed to all changes affecting
tho department of commerce and Sec
retary Mellon was declared willing to
have prohibition enforcement trans
ferred to the department of justice. .
A proimsal to transfer the forestry
service from the department of agri
culture to the Interior department has
led to much difference of opinion and
it was Indicated that the service might
be divided into two parts, the care
and conservation of forests to remain
under agriculture and land and min
eral questions to he dealth with under
Interior.
TURKEYTO
IN
LEAGUE NATIONS
MAR LAW
SAYSCANT
PAY DEBTS
England Needs Money From
Allies to Keep Up Living
Standards; Urges Unity
With France in Ruhr Bill
to Give Germany 70 Mil
lions for Food Supplies.
LONDON, Doc. 14. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Prlmo Minister Bonar
Law emphatically argued In tho
house of commons today tho Impos
sibility of Great , Britain paying tho
American debt while receiving noth
ing from Oermany, Franco or Italy.
He suld he ,waa convinced such a
policy would reduce tho. standard of
living in this country lor genera
tions. ' '
Tho prime minister said there was
almost no hope of a solution of the
reparations - question , unless Great
Britain and France acted together.
He hoped both governments would
utilize tho interval before the re-as
sembling of the premiers' conforence
on r, January 2 in finding some com
mon method of dealing with the
problem.
Tho BritiBh government, ho do-
clared, could not look with equani-
j mity upon any such action by an ally
I which would have tho effect, not of
reducing reparation, but of making
it more difficult, if not impossible, to
obtain them. This wns taken as a
refereneo to tho French proposal for
occupation of the Kuhr. 'i
WASHINGTON. Doc. 14. Appro
priation' of -$70,000,000 for relieving
fumlno conditions in Germany and
l,Austrla wa proposed inrfa resolution
j introduced today -fbff Representative
i Newton, republican, Missouri.' v
Tho resolution which declared the
j people were in despair, provided that
ino runa snouiu uo expended tor pur
chase .of food supplies in tho United
States to bo distributed by the
American Red Cross with tho assist
ance of tho Red Cross organizations
in Germany and Austria.
RILEY LECTURE ON
IT
A fair sized audience, approxi
mately 200 people, listened for two
hours last night in tho Presbyterian
church during the picture lecture by
Frank Branch Riley, tho noted lec
turer and traveler.
Mr. Riley's lecturo, "Tho Lure of
the Great Northwest," Is beautifully
Illustrated with colored slides and
although most of the audience were
well acquainted with many of the
scenos, a number of them learned
interesting and valuable facts about
the scenic wonders and the cities of
the Great Northwest.
A boautiful scene was that of sun
nut and sunrise on Mt. Ranier ' and
another; that of sunset over the city
of Portland and Mt. Hood. Another
Interesting series of slides depicted
the ascent of Mt. Hood by a party of
Mazamas.
Without Mr. Riley's lecturo how
ever, the slides would have been only
of mild Interest but with his vivid
description and his unflagging spirit
of enthusiasm about the country In
which ho lives, every moment of the
entertainment, was mado Intensely In
teresting and enjoyable.
He requested the audience to imag
ine that they were Philadclphlans and
tho numerous bits of wit, which could
be fully appreciated only by people
imagining this, served to enhance the
lively and humorous atmosphere of
tho audience. Tho audience kept "on
Its toes" during every minute of the
two hours In order not to miss the
pithy bits of humor which came from
the lecturer at frequent and most un
expected intervals.
Every person in the audience, had
he really been a Phlladelphlan, could
not have dismissed the subject of the
Great Northwest from his mind for
months after having heard the lecture
and it is believed that about ninety
nine percent of them would have made
up their nilnds to visit the great coun
try at the earliest possible conveni
ence. Farm Subsidy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. A subsidy
for American producers, Industrial and
agricultural, was proposed today by
Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa,
as an amendment to the administra
tion shipping bill.
Romances on
Miss Doris Simonl boarded the S. S. America at Naples and "t tho end
of tho first day, was rather well acquainted with Second Captain Oondo
lin Nicholas. Tho sixth day out ho proposed and Just before tho ship
reached her berth at New York, Miss Simonl and tho captain announced
their engagement. ; -
"Accepted by wireless" or a radio romance, describes tho "affaire do
coucr" of Miss Vclia Fava, who returned to New York on tho S. S. Ameri
ca, after a five months' pleasure tour abroad. While tho ship was yet a
few miles out of New York, 'Miss Fava received a wirelessed proposal
from her sweetheart. The radio carried the affirmative reply.
PORTLAND FALLS
DOWMON GAME
WITH TOLEDO HI
Want Percentage. Basis Op
Receipts, 40 Per Cent - for
Selves Medford Trying to
EnNst Support of Washing
ton School. ; '
PORTLAND, Ore Dec. 14. As
Washington high school of Portland
could not ralso tho $3,500 guarantee
to bring tho Scott high school foot
ball team of Toledo, Ohio, lo Port
land tor a Christmas game, Hugh J.
Uoyd, principal of Yvuslungton hus
luiegrapned Uio principal of Scott
lugn school that tnu gumo will not
Do played.
Tho above dispatch was received
this morning trom Portland und at
noon principal O. R. Campbell of the
local nigh school telephoned Dr. W.
A. Kenstermuclicr, of Washington
high school and tho dispatch was
verified.
X'ortiand had agreed to give To
ledo tiu per cent of tho gate receipts
from tho Chrlstmus Day game and
Medford hud guurunteod und still
guarantees a flat 1600 for u New
year's day gumo here with no strings
of percentage attached und without
u gruedy desire to grub 40 per cent
of the gate receipts for herself. To
ledo, Scott high school, folt tlmt to
conio on a percentage basis was tak
ing a long chance and refused the
Portland offer.
Five thousand dollars Is the stipu
lation made by tho Ohio school, but
It Is felt here that J4600 may turn
tho trick und at 12:25 p. m., toduy
Principal Cumpbell wired Abordeun,
Wmihlngton, asking them If they
would co-operato with Medford, the
Christmas Day gamo to bo played in
tho grout University of Washington
stadium which, Aberdeen hns ob
tained permission to use and the New
Yeur's day game to bo pluyed here.
An answer was expectod to Cump
bell's proposition momentarily this
afternoon.
Last evening after school coach
"Shy" Huntington had tho local
squad on tho field, which is in fair
nhnpo and tho men went through
their paces for him, Practieo will be
held again tonight and from now on
until the question of tho Scott-Mcd-ford
gamo Is definitely decided.
Although the Oregon mentor said lit
tle, he seemed pleased with tho ap
pearnnre of. the squad . which went
through a light signal practieo with
unusual snap and precision after two
weeks of Idleness.
The following wire was received
from Aberdeen at press time: "Sorry
to havo to docllno your offer, but
enn't play Srott high because of reg
ulations In Washington against- post
season gomes. letter follows."
Principal Campbell Is considering
asking Berkeley high school to piny
Toledo on rhrlslmas or New Year's
Day.'
S. S. America
-W. Alt
R. A. Booth Replies to Cam
paign Tales : About High
' Costs Made By Pierce and
Followers Oregon Leads
Washington in' Building.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14.
Members of the state highway
commission indicated today that
they would probably hold a Joint
meeting with federal highway
engineers this week, at the re
quest of Jackson county, to con
sider the grading and surfacing,.
..of the last nine miles of the Cra
ter Lake highway between Med
ford and Prospect.
PORTLAND, Oro., Doc. 14. Mem
bers of the state highway commission
intend to place their resignations in
tho hands of Governor-Eloct W. M.
Pierce, to bo effective any time within
tlireo months, R. A. Booth, cholrinun
of tho commission, said today in an
address at the annual meeting hero of
the county judges and commissioners.
Declaring that tho. incoming state
administration deserves the supimrt of
all citizens, Chairman Booth declared
the members of the commission would
do all in tholr power to aid tho work
of their successors. ;
Booth was speaking for himself and
John B. Yeon. W. 11. Barratt, the third
member of tho commission lias al
ready resigned.
In Ills address Chairman Booth went
Into detailed answer to criticisms of
the commission voiced during the re
cent political campaign. Ho replied
to charges that the state of Washing
ton had mado a better showing In road
work by saying that Oregon hnd more
miles of road at less cost thun tho
neighboring state. ' '
He declared that only 6.19 per cent
of the cost of road work had been
chargeable to advertising, legal advice,
auditing, traveling expenses, testing,
etc. ';
Failures of highways : had not
amounted to more than 7 or 8 por cont
and there had been no total failures as
charged in campaign speeches, he said.
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 14. The world's
electro-Industrial exposition, which
proposes to Hinge a world's fair in
Portland in 1027, has filed articles of
Incorporation here with a capitaliza
tion of :,000,000 which It is under
stood the organization proposes to
raise by popular subscription,
STATE HIGHWAY
BOARD! QUIT
YARN REFUTED
Attempt Kill Home
Secy. Great Britain'
By Poisoned Candy
LONDON, Dec. 14. (By Assoc!-
ated Press). An attempt has been !
made to asBtissluato Home Sccre-
tary Urldgeman by means of pol-
soned chocolatos sent through
tho mulls. Tho candy arrived at
the home office yesterday and tho
police found it contained arsenic.
it i understood tho police at-
tribute the act to the same per-
son who recently poisoned Sir
William Horwood, head of Scot;
land Yard.
investigations, it was said to-
day have led the police to the
conclusion that tho work was
probably that of un unbalanced
woman who has some real or
fancied grlovance against Scot-
land Yard and tho homo office.
All tho other ministers of the
govornmout have been warned to
be on guard against Bimllnr ut-
tompts.
14 PASSE
ARE SCALDED TO
DEATHON TRAIN
Strange Accident On Texas
Railroad Engine Is Side
Swiped and Releases Live
Steam in Smoking Car
Victims Cooked Alive. '; '
. itnnSVflN Texas. Deo. . 14.-
I,.. 1 Kimlinl. ti l,.twl no . ,'AUItlt
lit It
the 'Wrack last night on tho Southern
Pacific railway at Humble, seventeen
miles from hero wns brought to 17
shortly after noon today when throo
more victims died In local hospitals.
Tho casualty list shows' six white
men and cloven negroes killed. -
HOUSTON, Toxns, Dec 14. Tho
death of four moro ; persons today
brought tho toll from lust night's
Southern Pacific wreck at Humble,
17 miles from here, to 14, revised fig
ures placed last night's death list at
ton. All wera scnlded by live steam
One of tho four was known to havu
boon a white man', but the others
have not been Identified. ' , .,;
HOUSTON, Texas, Doc. 14. Suvun
porsons were scnlded to doath by HVo
steam ana approximately 35 others
burned, many probably fatally, when
Houston Kast and West Texas pas
senger train No. 28 sldoswlpod a
switch engine near the depot at Hum
ble last night. Tho seven met death
when a two-Inch steam pipe, lorn
loose from tho cylinder heud, crash
ed through a window of a forward
smoking ear of the train,
Conductor William Campsey In tho
smoker nt tho moment, died Instantly.
M. Young, the train nows dealer, also
died Instantly. Tho flvo others who
wcro killed by the steam wore ne
groes. "UfUngt' oK tho switch engine
from a point near tho depot to a spot
nearly a block away where the sid
ing converged with the main line,
was blamed for tho accident. None
of tho passengers In tho Pullman ears
was Injured. All of tho dead and In
jured were passengers In the first and
second couches of tho train I Into
which tho steam from the switch en
gine poured. Instances of bravery
and presence of mind were recorded.
One railroad man who refused to Rlvo
bis, name, entered the smoker and
ran the entire length of tho , car,
breaking windows. As n result of his
bravery the steam poured out of the
car and relieved tho stifled victims
sufficiently for them to . bo revived
when taken out.
NGERS
STREET CARS IN JACOMA FROZEN UP
ELEVEN DEGREES BELOW IN YAKIMA
TACOMA, Dec. M. Tho ; power
situation hero became moro serious
today wjien tho Tacoma Hallway and
Powor company served notice to tho
city that beginning at noon it would
bu unable to furnish power to the city
lines. City power had to be turned
off for throo hours yestorday after
noon to conservo tho water at tho
IaOrandc powor plant and hundreds
of homes using electricity for : heat
and cooking wcro greatly inconven
ienced in face of the freezing
weather. ' ,
Tho city officials today wore nego
tiating for the assistance of various
lumber, mills during tho shortuge.
The action of tho Tacoma Hallway
and Power company, wns forced hy
the fact that tho Htono nnd Webster
plants are ulso handicapped by a
shorlage of water, due to tho freex
Ing conditions In mountain streams.
City officials served . notice today
ASTORIA
LOSS IS OVER
Only 40 Per Cent of $12,000,
000 Fire Loss in Astoria
Covered By Insurance
Cold Adds to Suffering
Business Revives, However,
and Splendid Spirit Shown.
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 14. A con
tinued cold east wind, accompanied
by snow, added to tho relief? problem
at Astoria today. There wero increas
ing calls for fuel and clothing from
persons who suffered loss in tho
conflagration which ' wiped out tho
business district and many homes
hero last Friday. The American r.ed
Cross, the Oregon National Guard and
tho local relief committee were doing
all thev could to relievo distress caus
ed by tho advent of severe winter
weather on fho heels of last week's
disaster.
That property loss from tho fire,
would be between $10,000,000 and
$12,000,000, forty per cent of which
is covered by, Insurnncc, was stated
by W. C. Lloyd, a Portland adjuster,
who has been mado chairnian-of an
organization - pf insurance adjusters
established 'hero to sottlo claims.
', Reawakening of commercial life
hero has. been 'marked by' activities
of business men seizing upon ull. sorts
of available structures. A garage
hus been opened In an abandoned
uhurch. 'another garage Is housed In
a' building, on': which ; workmen, are
making repairs. . A toy store quickly
established In a residence, has two'
windows filled with - dolls and play
things a mocca for ' hundreds' of
jni'.'ors. ';;'l''' ove that before
jh w.Kr..'ni,uU.tv nn their
owners' .hands have suddenly 'become
desirable business locations. Cloth
signs 'announco. whore butcher, baker,
JowoloiY; " shoemaker 1 or', .' drygoortu
dealer has esUlllshod himself tompo
rurlly. '. , "
' WAfiMINClTON, : pec. 14. A mil
lion dollars for relief of the Astoria,
Ore., fire sufferers would bo appro
priated under a bill Introduced today-
by. Representative Hawley, re
publican of Oregon. ., Y
M'NARY OFFERS A BILL
TO RELIEVE FARMERS
'WASHINGTON, nee," 14. Another
agricultural relief bill was added to
those pending In tho senate when
Senator HtcKury, republican of Ore
gon, introduced a bill to extend for
one ycur or until Juno ,10, 1024, tho
powers of tho war I'lnuneo corpora
tion to make farm and livestock
loans. . The bill which was referred
to the finance committee' also would
extend until June 30,r 1924 the au
thority of tho corporation to Issuo tho
notes and bonds. -. ",
All But 2 of Escaped
Girls Are 'Captured
T A CO. MA, Dcc.,14. Two' mora of
tho seventeen girls who, escaped
from tho state training '8011001 at
Grand Mound on December 6 wcro
arrested by loral police last night.
Those cupturud wcro Frieda Bower,
17, Kllcnshurg und Gladys Latham,
Is of Wenateheo. They were arrest
ed at the home of Mrs. C W. Funk,
hunt of tho Mower girl where they
said they had boon sinco tho" day of
the cHi-iipo. Tho two will bo return
cd to Grand Mound today. All but
two of tho seventeen have, now been
recaptured. . :
that street lights will -continue to I10
dimmed and shut dowits will bo un
necessary until tho sltuutlon is Im
proved. ,,
Notlco was also served on Camp
Lewis that the city will cut off tho
power und lights beginning today. , .
SPOKANE, Dec. 14, i Buo-zcro
temperatures continued In eastern
Washington last night and early to
day, with little relief In sight. Yaki
ma reported eleven degrees below
store, Wenateheo ten below and Walla
Walla two below. It wSs flvo below,
here nt 6 a. m.
; llelllnghnm reported St above and
Aberdeen 83 above. The local weather
bureau said the cold would continue
tonight.
Ing today.
Nick, Skllbred,' caught In a recent
siinw ' storm, near Ariulr.'.. Idahn, dtd
In n hospital here last night of his
injuries. ,