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Newspaper Page Text6rltr Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction .....Showeri Maximum yesterday... 40 Minimum today 37'i ' Precipitation 13 Weather Year Ago Maximum 34 Minimum .22 Precipitation 01 Pally Seventieth Year. Weekly Fifty-Secimd Year. MEDFORD, OKEGOX, TUESDAY, l)ECEMBEU 19, 1922 . NO. 230 PLUTOCRATS g f OR Listen to Voice of People, Or Crumble, Says Morris . , Few 'Reeking in Wealth' While Many Suffer Enough -. to Resurrect Alex. Hamilton . Declares N. C- Democrat. .- WASHINGTON,. Deo. 18. Efforts to -obtain agreement for a vote In the senate today on the motion to dis place tho shipping bill with the Nor rls bill to create a farcuv marketing corporation were defeated by objec tions from Senators King, democrat, Utah, and Reed, demoorat, Missouri. Senator Jones,, republican, Washing ton, tit .charge of the shipping bill, thereupon served notice that unless an agreement could shortly be reached- to vote on the Norrls motion, he would force it by moving to lay the proposal on the table. In discussing bis bill on tho senate floior, Senator Norris. republican, Xc-.j braska, asserted that many govern ments, had crumbled or. had been de stroyed because ot refusal to listen lo. the voice of the people and insist ed that something should be done to' reljeve the farmers. Ho asserted j that while one class of citizens was' suffering, crying for help and was in! a deplorable condition, another class was Vreekirfg" in wealth, and spend ing Us. time Issuing stock dividends to'the amount 6l $1,600,000,000 "so 4 tp escape taxation." ecause o his view that the pend ing shipping bill would not build up the American; merchant marine, Seu fitdn' Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, 'asserted that he would support the Norrls motion.. . . ; . , . Calling attention , to. the fact that the banking committed probably will be able to report a farm credits meas ure to the senate in a week. Chair man Mclean of that committee, urg ed the-senate, not to act upon the Norrls bll and attempt to relieve the farmer, "piecemeal." ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. By a vote of 118 to 52 the house today took' up for consideration the .Green resolution proposing a constitutional amendment opposing the further Is suance of tax exempt securities. An hour of sharp debate In which the entire question was discussed and tho proposal condemned , and com mended preceded tho vote. ' It presenting a ruling giving the measure right of way, Actitig Chair man Snell of the rules commltteo de clared tax exempt securities amount ed .to fifteen billion dollars and that there was no way short of a consti tutional amendment that would keep tho wcathy from hiding trom taxa tion.. .: ' Representative I'ou ot North Caro lina,' ranking democrat ot tho rules committee, characterized the pro posal "as the greatest farce ever at tempted on the American people.") 3 Asserting that 90 per cent ot the agi tation Tor the measure was propa ganda, Mr. Pou added: .' "Alexander Hamilton would turn over In his grave if He could read ila thing and the people f the smaller communities wouiu uo amui-.- cd If told how tholr road and school nnd drainage bonds,, purchased at great privation, had bnon subjected to a rate of taxation to bo fixed by soraobody else." j -'. WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. Two an nual appropriation bills, one the treasury, department supply measuro iin(l;tho other carrying allotments for the 'commerce and labor departments -wefe given final congressional ap proval today" and sunt td the -White House' for signature. . ' ', It-was the first time In yours that any of the big supply measures had gone .to the president before Christ mas. -' ' ' GET INCREASED ' WASHINTON, Dec. 19. Veterans of the Civil war, widows of veterans and Civil war nurses probably will receive Christmas presents from the government In the form of Increased pensions as the result of an agree ment reached by conferees on the Ottrsum pension bill.' Tho bill was passed by the senate last summer and by the house at the recent spe cial session. Slight differences be Portland Man Bids $350,000 for Fight For World's Title PORTLAND, Ore , Dec. 19. W. H. Klepper, principal owner ot the Portland baseball club, last night wired Jack Koarns, manager for Jack Dempscy, an offer of $350, 1)00 for a ten round boxing mutch for tho championship of tho world be- twecn Dempsey and Jess "il- lard to be held here July 4 next. Wlllard, who is here, declared himself agreeable to the pro- posal. FILM STAR ON II Wallace Reid Improves Tem perature Decreases Link Producers and Actors With Plight Accident On Loca tion Blamed for Mis-step- LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19. Wallace Fteid is resting easier today with an overnight decrease in temperature, according to Mrs. Wallace Held, wife of the motion picturo actor confined In a Hollywood sunltarium following nervous breakdown. LOS ANGELES, Dec. .19. Reports available toduy from the sanlturium whore Wallace Reid, motion picture is suffering from a breakdown which relatives- ascribed to complications following his breaking away from the uso of whiskey and narcotics, Indi cated an Improvement.. In,' his ..condi tion, fr .-- ' It Is persistently rumored that the namos of some of the biggest pro ducers and actors In southern Call-, fornla are linked with Itcid's plight. LOS ANGELES, Doc. 19. Wallace Held, international screen idol and hero of scores of film plays, lias vol untarily given up the uso of narcotics and is now playing out tho most he roic role of his life in a Hollywood sanitarium where his determined at tempt to win out over drugs and w hiskey has brought him to so low an ebb of physical resistance that his life is in danger. ' Almost three years ago members of' tho Reid household first noticed tho change in the star's notions, they de clared yesterday. The Change dated from n severe injury sustained by Mr. Held whllo ho was filming a picture near San Francisco. A largo rock falling from an overhanging bank struck Reid on the back of tho head and knocked blni out. Elevon stitches were taken l)y physicians In; .the actor's scalp. From the date of the accident to Hold's general break-down last Sep tember, 'his family yesterday truccd his decline. Party after party In which liquor flowed like water mark ed the path. From whlskoy tho trail branched to narcotics and ended Just two months ago when Sir. Itcld de cided to fight it out and win his way back. "The fight In won," declared his family last night. "Wo have nil fought the bntlle.to gcther nnd we novo beaten tho whis key and the rest of the trouble linkers. There will be no more liquor in tins house and there will be no more pnrtics." The Noted Dead ' BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 19. W. T. Held, former president of tho Uni versity of California, died at his homo hero last night Ho was. head of the university from 1881 to 1883. Flyer Reaches Rio CAMOCIM, Brazil, Dec. 19. (By As sociated Press). Lieutenant Walter Hinton, flying from Now York to Rio, arrived hero at 12:45 o'clock this after noon from Mnranhao. 10 PENSIONS CHRISTMAS tween the two houses have been com promised and the author ot the bill, Senator Dursum, republican, New- Mexico, announced today 'that he hoped for final congressional action and the presidential signature before Christmas. Pensions of veterans are Increased under the measure from $50 to $72 a month, widow's pensions from $30 to $50, and nurses' pensions from $30 to $30. DRUG STRICKEN WAY HEALTH THINK AMATEURS STILL DICKERING STAGED DARING TOLEDO GAME; DENVER ROBBERY LOCAL CLAIM O.K. Reward of $10,000 Dead or Alive Offered for Trio Use Radio to Flash Description Loot in $5 Bills Police Check Up Loafers. DENVER, Doc. 19. The city and county of Denver today offered n re ward of 110,000 or the capture, dead or alive, of the bandits who yester day shot nnd killed a guard of tho federal reserve bank and escaped with 200,000 In currency in a sen sational robbory in front fo tho Den ver mint. Chief of Polivc Rugg Williams was still of tho opinion today that tho men who committed the robbery arc not professional bandits, and inform ed tho Associated Press that ho was conducting his search along that line. He believes the robbers have not left Denver. Last night and during the early hours this morning pollco made a thorough search of the room ing houses and small hotels and there was a general checking up of all characters known to police. DENVER, Dec. 19 After approxi mately 24 hours had elapsed since the robbery of $200,000 from a fede ral reserve bank truck, executed with almost unequalled daring and deter mination, police authorities conceded that the four feandits and their light touring car have at least temporarily eluded pursuit. The thin air into which the despe radoes seemingly vanished is being charged with radiograms broadcast from several stations conveying to dis tant police stations a description of the bandits who - shot and killed Charles T. Linton, a reserve bank guard and mado off with 200.000 of the $5 paper bills which Uncle Sam backs up with an equal amount of gold, " .',;.') . The descriptions broadcast are as follows; i. "''" ' ., ' " Age 21, 5 feet fl Inchos tull, weight 150 pounds, ' light ' complexion, had handkerchief ovor face " when Inst seen, dark cap, dark suit, believed to be leddor of federal reserve, bonk robbers nnd probably a Denver man. Age 28, 0 foot tall, heavy built. weighing 170 pounds, dark suit and dark cap, no overcoat. Had rifle, or shotgun in his -hands when last seen. Age 28, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weight 150 pounds, slender built, dark cap and dark suit. Age 30 to 35 years, 5 feet 8 inches tall; very dark complexion, thick lips smooth shaven, coffee colored heavy hat and samo color heavy overcoat, believed tp bo man who shot Linton. DENVER, Dec. 10. Information furnished by a woman this morning gave tho police new hope of appre hending tho robbers. Tho Inform ant, nltliough not herself implicated. In the robbery, gave detailed infor mation to tho pollco that has aided them in narrowing down tholr man hunt to a quest for .jc-rtuln well de scribed persons who :iro well known to tho police. As a result of the information fnr nishud by thu woman, police officials declared they wore satisfied tho rob bery was tho work of a local g.ing of underworld charnctoiM of more than ordinary cunning nnd daring. Police officials declared they expeel cd speedy developments and an early arrest. - - t All stores in Denver and in adjoin ing cities aro' being checked today for possible appearance of the stolen bills. Tha numbers of the bills. of $5 denomination, as given out by officials of tho 'cderni reserve bank, were from 20,852,001 to 20,870,000 and from 20,940,001 to 20,950,000. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 19 Elglitoon hours ot searching by federal, county anl city officers nnd questioning of sixteen porsons at police headquarters had failed to reveal any trace of tho identity of the bandits who yesterday robbed a fcdoral reserve bank truck of $200,000 after a gun battlo In front of the United States mint hero in which Charles T. Linton, ono of the guards on tho truck, was fatally woundod. Many persons telephoned police headquartors that they had seen the automobile in which the bandits fled from the scene of the battle and that it was still traveling at great speed. In every case, however, investigation showed that the car sighted was one of the many containing pence officers who scoured tho roads in this vicinity after tho robbery. Airplanes Burn. SPOKANE, Dec. 19. Four alr nlnncs. vului-d with their hangar at 110.000. .were destroyed when the roof of the hangar of the United States Aircraft corporation, n com mercial aviation company with a flv Ina field at Parkwater, a suburb, col Innse dtoday beneath a weight of snow. Heavy Firing In Cork CORK, Dee. 19. There was heavy firing for two hours last night in tho northern BUburbs of Cork, the republi cans using machine guns. One civilian was severely wounded. State Athletic Board Finally Stands By first Ruling No Answer to) Wire Corvallis Also Keen for Contest, May Disregard Decision of Board CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 19. The argument between Corvallis and Medford high schools as to which play the New Year's game with Toledo, Ohio, was settled, ' according to announcement here today, on receipt of a telegram from the Scott .high school of Toledo, giving its vote to Corvallis. . - - The vote of tho Scott high school has nothing to do With tha permission ot the state board. The board has stood by its first! decision and Cor vallis is still trying to carry oft the game in a high-handed manner. Superintendent Smith has notified i Corvallis by telephone that it they play it will be under protest by Med ford and without the sanction of the state board. If Corvallis Insists on playing without the permission ot the stato beard Medford will ask that the northern school be expelled from the state high school athiectic association. A wire was sent last night to Scott high school of Toledo, Ohio, stating that Corvallis was unable to obtain tho permission of the state athletic board of control and that Medford renewed her offer of $4000 for tho New Year's Day game. A final decision was reached yes terday by the state board, two mem- ; bers of which eletced to stand by their decision ol December 9th. The third member of the board voted to let Scott high choose between Med ford nnd Corvallis. "; Tho declsibn'- :of ''. the stato board on Docember 9th is recorded as fol lows in the minutes of tho state board meeting which was held on that date: ."Permission, was given the Modford high school, a represen tative team of the Oregon High School Athletic Association, to play the Scott high . school of Toledo, Ohio, a gatno of football about .lan. 1st, 192 3. Tho question of cham pionship Is not to be involved In 'lie schedulo or playing of this game. (Signed) "V. J. MISHLER." Not a word in the minutes of the meeting refers to any permission having been given to Corvallis and as two members of the stato board havn stood by the abovo statement and as thoy constitute a majority, Corvallis will not, receive permission. If Corvallis playt the gamo on Now Year's Day with Scott they will undoubtedly bo expelled from tho stale high school athletic associa tion for disregarding the decision of tho board. - Modford has the .permission,'- how ever, as Is above evidenced and hns guaranteed the $1000 required by Scott. No answer has ns yot been received from Scottt but ono In ex pected at any time. It is supposed that before accepting Mod ford's offer they are communicating with Cor vallis to determine tho status ot that team with the stato board. Evidently Corvallis has made til? claim that they are stato champions. At least, a telegraphic dispatch from Toledo contained in yesterday's Ore gonlan refers to the northern team as "champions ot Oregon." T SALEM, Ore.; Dec. 10. Portland's (3.000.000 school bond Issue was validated by a decision today of the stato supreme court which huld that the uso of the words "various polling places" Instead of "regular" or "usual" polling places In election no tices did not render tho bonds in valid. A Chicago bond firm which had bid on the bonds withdrew its bid on thu advice of its nttorney that the bonds were Invalid owing to the uso of the word "various." The derision today was In a friendly suit on behalf of the Portland school board to test the validity of tho lsnjie. The supreme court In effect, upheld the constitutionality of the woman's Jury law In the case of tho state against J. J. Chase, who appealed from Iine county from conviction of a statutory of?onse.'' eirnienceau Hack Homo. HAVRE, Dec. 19. (By tho Asso ciated Press.) Georges Clemenccau, returning from his tour of the Uni ted Statos, will bo hack on. French soil tomorrow morning. The liner Paris, on which he Is traveling trom New York, Is expected to dock at 9 . m. E T TO T Used Inadequate or Erroneous Statements in Capper's Weekly to Win Ship Bill Fight Unearth Subterfuge in Use of Minority Report. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Accu racy of statements mado in a ques tionnaire sent out by Capper's Week ly, published by Senator Capper, re publican, of Kansas, head of the farm bloc, to ascertain public seutl meiit on the administration shipping bill Is quoBtiouedd by Chairman Las- kcr of the shipping board in a letter received by Senator Capper. in his lettor, mado public' by the shipping board, Mr. Lasker told the senator that "whatever may be your position upon tho pending ship sub sidy bill, am sure you do not desire the readers of your paper to reach their conclusion upon either inade quate or erroneous statements." "Because the statements In the circular of the organ controlled by you are not accurate and are wholly at variance with the facts," the let ter continued, "I feel It my duty to you, to myself and to the people we both represent, to give you the facts and thus enable you to correct the er roneous Impression your publication has created. You certainly would not wish and I certainly could not permit any part ot our people to be misled concerning the provisions of the ship subsidy bill or the facts surrounding it." Mr. Lasker questioned particularly statements in the questionnaire that the government intended to sell Its war built merchant fleet for approxi mately $200,000,000, planned to lend $125,000,000 to recondition the ships or build others and then would pay out about $750,000,000 .In' sub sidles and aids to ship owners during the next ton years. Mr. Lasker said ho challenged any one to find where the shipping board over ' had proposed to soil Its" mer chant fleet for $200,000,000. Under existing law provision Is made for-a $125,000,000 construction fund, he declared, adding that tho proposed legislation only mado slight modifi cations In tho present law, "to meet conditions more successfully." 1 As to the probable coat of govern ment aid, Mr. Lasker said shipping board officials repeatedly had advo cated that a subsidy could not un der any conditions exceed $30,000, 000 a year. Payment of government aid on all American tonnago now privately owned would cause an out lay, ho added, of not more than $5, 500,000 n yoar. ' . . : "The slatomenls as to the work ings ot the subsidy bill mado in your circulnr," Mr. Lasker slated to Son ator Capper, "are all taken from the' minority house report prepared by Mr. Davis, democrat, of TcniiossoC' a partisan report which, . overyone Washlngton-wlso knowB, was propos ed for political purposes and is un justified by the facts: your words are taken practically syllable by Billa ble from this partisan minority re port." . '" TELLS OF EXECUTION MARION, 111., Doc. 19. (By tho Associated Press.) Robert- Officer, a bookkeeper, tho first Burvlvor to testify, took tho witness stund today at tho trial ot fivo men charged with murder in connection with tho kill ing of 21 non-union men at tho Her rln mines. Officer told of tho attack on tho "strip" mine, tho raising of a flag ot truce, the surrondor of its dofendors marched to tho power house woods, about three miles from the mine. Lined up before a barbed wlro fence, tho witness said, the 47 pris oners were told they would he given a chance tor their lives, and then the firing began. Fourteen bodies were afterwards' found at this spot. Officer explained that he had es caped by dropping on his face and then fleeing whllo the crowd was chasing some of tho men who had escaped tho hall ot bullets. The witness said ho could Identity only one man, Hugli Willis, state board member of the miners' union, who had driven up In an automobile and asked for the leaders of the crowd before the shooting. ' Officer said he bad seen Willis In conference with another man and that soon both had disappeared. KANSAS S NATOR AKEN K FOR PROPOGANDA Holstein Cow Breaks Year's Record for Butterfat Output OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 19. "May Walker Olllo Homestead,"- u Holstein cow owned by the Minnesota Holstein company at Austin, Minn., has broken . tho world s record for a yoar's pro- ductlon of butter, her figure fur 305 days ending at mid- night last night being 1,217.27 pounds ot butterfat, the oquiv- alent of 1,521.0 pounds of but- v tor, according to A. L. Kbcr- hurt, president of tho company and manager of a. local packing plant. . The forinor record of 1,500.9 pounds of butter was hold by v "Duchess Skylark Ormsby," a Holstein whose death occurred In Minnesota a few years ago, according to Mr. Eberhart, who said Information concerning the now record was received by tele- graph from V. S. Culver, secre- tnry treasurer of tho Minnesota llolstoln concern at Austin. FASCITIS AWE E Nitti's Son Among Victims in Turin Fighting Hostile At titude of Communists Starts Renewal of Conflict Ten ; Slain, and -Buildings Fired. - TURIN, Deo...l!. (ty theA ,-Associated Press) Itenowcd conflicts bo twoep : tho fasclsti . and the commur nlsts horc have resulted in tile kill ing, of tun persons, Including two of tho fasclsti. .' .-.'.:, r Not long ago tho communists re sumed thclrj oponly hostile attttudo toward tho fasclsti and yesterday two fascisti parties were ambushed with tho result that one mull was killed and others wounded. The fascist! thereupon ' mobilized, attacked tho communists and pun lshed them according to what they Judged to bo tholr rclatlvo guilt. The punishments administered by the fas clsti Included clubbing ' and - giving doses of nauseous medicine. Among tho dead is Municipal Coun cillor. Fcruoto, whllo . among ' the slightly wounded is Deputy V. Png ella, t TUrin socialist roprcsentn-' five. ; ...... i. The ohamber of labor wns ono of tho buildings fired. Tho blnzo wns put nut but tho building is still under fasclsti control. - Tho fasclsti searched several resi dences ot communists and aolzod arms. and. ammunition,' lf . , NAPLES, Dec. 111. Vlneenzo Mill, son of tho former premier wns at tacked today by fasclsti, who charged him with assuming a provocutivo at titude while a bund was playing the. fnscistl anthem. Nlttl's assailants wero about to ndmlnistcr a dose of objectionable medlcino when tho fn NCisti counsel, Duke Curafa, inter vened, saving him from harm. ' Irrigation Talks. ' P'OItTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18 Speak ers nt the opening session hero of the 88th annual meeting of tho Ore gon Stato Dralnnge association -do-cla'red that producers already un drained and Irrigated land must be. helped to Insure success of the new projects W. E. Dodson, secretary of the Oregon development board; Jnmes Kyle, president of the Oregon Irrigation congress and James T. Jar dine, director of tho Oregon experi ment station, spoke along-this line. ZEALOUS ASTORIA AND DUMPS TYPE ASTORIA, Ore , Dec. 19. Blue jackets who have been maintaining guard here since fire wlpod out the business section ot the city December 8, wore withdrawn today and the de stroyer Yarborough was to leave If woatheil conditions permitted. . Police and citizen guards took over the patrolling ot the burned area and the residence district.-Details ot special officers hired by the four banks whose buildings wero wrecked by the tiro will guard the vaults until they aro opened and the contents removed. All the banks to dsy opened In tomporary quarters, Three In the courthouse and one in a building which was spared from the flames. They announced they ITALIAN REDS MEDIAN ACCUSERSIN KINDERMODD Main Prosecutor Fails to Show Up Woodruff Tries to Back Up On Charges Produces Alibi Jhinks Secret' Service Shadowed Him. ' " v. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Iu the nbsenco ot tho principal prosecutor. Representative Keller,. republican, ' " Minnesota, hearings before the house ' ' judiciary commltteo on Impeachment "' charges, against Attorney - General Dnugherty moved forward slowly to day. Representatives Woodruff ot Mich igan and Johnson of South Dakota, republicans, were before the commit tee by invitation of Chairman Vol-, stead, but Mr. Johnson said his charges In the house last April re garding wai! frauds were directed solely at the war department and Mr. Woodruff was not ready, to pro ceed. ' ' " '.. The Michigan member said some of the charges he- might 'present would be of an impeachable charac ter but added that he could not from a definite opinion until ho Had ex amined certain documents at the de partment of justice. .-'.'. Both Mr: Johnson" and Mr.- Wpbii- -ruff said' there had been a (decided' -change In.' the situation ' since last April, when the latter charged the ; attorney general . with 'failure -to. . . prosecute war fraud cb.mb..w;. h , Mr, Woodruff said actfou-bodWieeu;-! ' begun in- six of the -eight or nine in stances he had mentioned,, while Mr. Johnson' voiced the heilol that cm- ' sldcrlng the amount of reorganiza tion In the department and the mns.H of Information that had to be' di gested beforehand the attornoy gon- . eral had moved with reasonable promptness in the war fraud cases. Questioned about reports he had been shadowed by operatives ot the department of justice, Representa tive Woodruff told the committee he had not intended to go into that but that he had "reason to believe" that not only had ho been "shadowed," but thai his mail "had been Interfer ed with," and his office entered and "documents removed." -:- : ' . "Whether I wa 'shadowed' bj' b'hu or one thousand operatives waB a mnttor ot the utmost Indifference to nio," .'.sold he. . "I had nothing to conceal and had they desired to read my mull l would have loft it open , for thom-" " !. '" Responding to - further 'Inquiries, , Mr. Woodruff said tho only evidence hn had to support Ills boliot was ot a circumstantial natpro and that ho would not caro to stato It. ,'..." Mr. Johnson, questioned, about tho , samo reports," said ho had heard' of them, but had given Mr. .Dougherty - and W. J. Burns, director of tha bu reau ot investigation, credit for ''too much horse . sense" to "shadow" members of congress. " ' Representative Johnson said - the charges he had made In the house relating to war frauds had been direct ed at the war department and that ho did not think they had any bearing on tha Impeachment chargos against Mr. Dnugherty. "Somebody dragged mo before this committee," ho said, "and I am ready to furnish names of witnesses to sup port my charges. I will say frankly, however, that 'I do not believe they are (Continued on page eight) E CAPS would do buslnoss with new accounts but would not cash cheeky oil .'pro tire accounts - until tho vaults aro opened. - ', ' Special precautions are being taken by local and federal prohibition of ficers to prevent bootleggers Import ing liquor. Some arrests have boen made. Every automobile entering tho city Is subject to search. A car belonging to the1 Evening Budget and carrying In its tonnoau n font ot type loaned y the Portland ' Telegram, was stopped. The guard read on the eid of the type ease ;' ,. point Howland caps." and promptly -.; dumped out the font of type, laying afterward that he believed the' caps were dynamite caps, -i.