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MEDFORD, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922
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ON WALL ST
Mexican Petroleum in Sensa
tional Rise Taxes Almost
J Eat Up Profits of Prairie
I Company, Senate Probe Is
Told Kansas Concern to
Pay Dividend for Christmas-
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NEW YORK, Doc. 21. One of the
iiost sensational price movements cf
i ie New York Stock Exehnngo In re
ent months took place today In tho
VIojL'k of the Mexican Petroleum com
! any. which advanced nearly sixty
: olhts In less than three hours.
Opening at 262, four points above
' . esterday's close and a new high
' scord for the year, tho stock ad
vanced in successive sales of 100
V mres to 268. 275, 280, 286, 2S0, 300.
v IC and 320. .
. lss than 15.0to0 shares' of the
' ock are outstanding, ' the rcmalnder
aving been converted Into tho stock
' t tho Pan-American Petroleum and
' ransport company.
XteportB were circulated in tho fl
'inclal district that the sensational
se- was In speculative anticipation
t the announcement by tho company
-.to today, of the purchase of some
Iroperty in the new Smnckover oil
elds in Arkansas, but no official
confirmation of this was forthcoming.
WASHINGTON Dec' 21. Testi
. ony showing payment by the Prai
. s' Oil and Gas company of cash divi
i mds totaling 192 per cent or $34,-
10,000, in the las', eleven years prq-
hted today by James B. O'Neill, its
: esldcnt at tho senate. ;mnnufactu
r rs committee Inquiry into prices nnd
nditions in the oil industry.
' Tho outstanding. capital , stock ot
;.'.e .company1 which ; produces, pur
' tnscs and mnrkets crude oil In. Kan
. S. Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma,
i nounted during the eleven-year pe
i oil to $20,000,000,' Mr. O'Neill told
'ie committee. ...'..
The committee last week voted to
.crease its capitalization to $60,000,
v 0, ho added, solely to capitalize the
isets of the company which had in-
-eased greatly since 193 0, when the
.' St. previous change had been made
;r. capitalization. No 'cash or prop-
'ty was received, he said, in ex-
mnge for the issue of tho additional
; Ock.
' In explaining tho large total divi-
. nds declared since 1911, Mr. O'Neill
'ild lie wanted the committee to!
i' ;iow that within tho same period tho
rporatlon had paid approximately
' !C, 000,000 in taxes, or. within $10,
00,000 of the total of the dividends.
. INDEPENDENCE, Kas., Dec. 21.
Stockholders of the Prairie Pipe
Lino company at tho spocial meeting
held here yesterday ratified the capi
tal stock incrensc of 200 per cent.
The increase is to bo distributed to
stockholders of record December 27.
A dividend of $2 a share has been
declared jayable January 31, 1423,
to stockholders of record December
27. This dividend will bo payable on
nil stork, including the stock to be
distributed ns stock dividend.
! TAFT OPERATED ON
j - LAS! SUNDAY
it .......
WASHINGTON. Dee. ,11. Chief
JuStico Taft underwent a minor op-j
eratlon last Sunday at a hospital here
ktit wad aalrl tn hnva Vli-tiiflllv ru.nv.1
ered. He wjyi receiving visitors and
transactlngwurt business at his
home as usual.
The operation was for removal of
j.favel from the bladder and was!
i jrformed without an tnclBlon. As
precaution the chief Justice re
; alned, at the hospital until yester
iy but his physicians said his con-
Itlon had become vlrtualy normal.
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JAW EACH OfHER
LAUSANNE, Dec. 21. (By the
.ssoclated Press.) A wordy alter
. atton between Ex-Promler Venlzelos
f Greeco and Rlzr. Nut Bey, Turkish
: atlonallst delegate, " caused Signor
, lontaona, president of the Near EaBt
omml8slon on minorities to abrupl'y
nd this morning's session of the com
vlsslon. The disputo was oveMhe question
i liberty of emigration.
M. Yenizcloc bitterly attacked lLo
URK AND GREEK
Burglar Identified
By Heart Throbs
By Robbed Doctor
.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Harry
Sinclair, arrested last night as a
burglary suspect, has been Iden--
titled by his heart throbs.
Thinking the prisoner's de-
scription tallied with that glv-
en by Dr. Henry MoelW as the
man who last Sunday night ei'-
tered his office as a patient and
beat and robbed him, pollco sent
for Dr Moeller. Assisted by his
son, also a physician, Dr. Moel-
ler examined Sinclair with a
stethoscope and declared the
prisoner's heart beat was the
same as that of the man ho OX
'S' amtned in his office Sunday.
Sinclair said he was an actor.
F
E
He Is Also Good Pay, Report
Shows Livestock Industry
Put On Feet, and Conditions
Stabilized Gradual De
crease in Applications.
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 The Amer
ican farmer has demonstrated that
when properly financed he can weath
er the worst economic storms, the
war finance corporation declared In its
annual report sent to congress today.
The report set forth that 41 per cent
of the money advanced t6 the agricul
tural agency had been repaid either
in advance of maturity or when due.
Advances by the corporation saved the
industry many millions ot dollars the
report declared, explaining that the
corporation's officers believed its ac
tivity had proved as beneficial In the
restoration of confidence as in the
actual pouring of cash into spots
where credit was tightest The loans
had made it possible for thousands of
farmers to handle their products in an
orderly fashion, It was added, and the
confidence instilled in them through
the knowledge that money was avail
able acted as a stabilizer, the value of
which the report said could only be
estimated.
"It Is Impossible," the report contin
ued, "to estimate the full effect of the
aid given by the corporation to the
livestock industry because calamities
.that are averted can never be mea
sured, It is generally recognized how
ever, that by providing as it did financ
ing for more than 6,900,000 head of
livestock, the corporation checked the
demoralization in the Industry, gave
the stockmen a breathing spell, stabil
ized the market and turned the tide
away from disaster toward recovery
and reconstruction."
The effect of the corporation's activ
ity on the livestock industry was tyi
Ical of that on many other phases of
ngrlcnlturc, it was added, and satisfac
tion with the assistance rendered had
been expressed to the corporation in
countless ways.
"Large as Is the number of advances
made by the corporation," the report
said, "It falls far short of indicating
the numbers of farmers who benefitted
from thein; for even those fnrmcrs
who have had no financial assistance
directly or indirectly, have neverthe
less been helped by the improvement
In the credit situation In their own
communities.
"Neighboring districts and In the
country as a whole uy the stabilization
oi markets for the many products of
agriculture the condition is the same."
The report added that the gradual
decrease In the number of applications
for loans further Indicated the general
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FIERCELY TO A DRAW
Angora government and protested
against tho alleged deportation ot
Greeks by the thousand from Ana
tolia. -,
Hlza Nur replied . In tho same
vein, charging Venlzelos with belnst
responsible for the Turko-Greek war
nnd Its consequences.
Tho voices of the two delegules
rose to a high pitch, both speaking
at the same time and refusing to
heed tho pleadings ot tho president
that they calm down. ,
ARB SAVED
BYWAR FINANC
BOARD CREDITS
INVISIBLES AFTER
OANnnRAGflN
1 ORGON PROVINCE
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Knights of Portland May Re
volt Against Gifford Con
fidential Roll 'Sucker List'
for Oil Stock One Charge-
Appeal to Imperial Wizard.
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. A con
certed movem.-n: on tho part of up
state members of the Ku Klux Klan
to oust l'rod L. Gifford, grand dragon
of the organization in Oregon, has
come to a head, according to reports
in circulation here today.
Rumblings oi discontent, charges
ot mismanagement of Klan funds
and assumption of authority in vio
lation of tho bylaws of the organiza
tion, which "have been heard In scat
tered sections of tho state since the
days of the primary campaign, were
combined in demands forwarded to
the imperial wizard at Klan head
quarters in Atlanta, asking that Gif
ford be ordered to step down and
likewise out.
As an alternative proposal,
some 3000 members of the organi
zation in the state have agreed that
unless Gifford goes out there will be
perfected an independent organiza
tion of Klansmen, according to the
statement of one of the members of
the movement.
The new organization would be al
lied with a national organization of
dissatisfied Klansmen, in about five
slates of the union, who, because of
similar situations within their local
klans have . resorted . to uprisings
similar to the Oregon one.
It is reported that a meeting was
held Sunday in Portland, at which
representatives, from all sections of
the Btate gathered in secret session
The reading of . formal charges
against the, grand dragon was taken
up. There followed a discussion of
additional rumors, . reports of fake
oil stock sales in which members of
the klan had used the confidential
lists of klansmen for "sucker lists,"
of other alleged Irregularities both In
the organization itself and outside,
using the fraternity as a means unto
an end.
Three well known men, former
leaders In the organization and hold
ers of high offices in the klan, have
signed affidavits which will be for
warded to Atlanta supporting the
demands made by the up-state dele
gations, according to authoritative
sources.
What the Atlanta headquarters
will do Is problematical, members of
the klan say, although some predict
that Gifford will be supported and
an open split in the organization in
this state will follow.
Membei-B decline to mention pos
sible candidates for the position of
grand dragon of their new organiza
tion, but say that their present inter
est lies solely In clearing the deck of
the incumbent.
FORES! POLICY
SEATTLE, Dec. 21. Proposed legi-
latlon designed to give the state of
Washington a definite forest policy
including state aid for reforestation
and modification of present tax laws.
was discussed nt a conference of for-3
estry experts, lumbermen and logglg
operators here today under the aus
pices ot the state development bureau
of the Seattle chamber of commerce.
The proposals were turned over to a
Joint meeting of the resolutions and
advisory committees of the conference
for re-drafting and presentation to the
conference later.
STARVING AGAIN
GENEVA, Dec. 21. Russia will
have a shortage of at least one mil
lion tons of cereals this winter, ac
cording to the International commit
tee of Russian relief, headed by Dr.
Frldtjof N'ansen. Hcports to tho com
mittee from Russian sources declare
that, as a result of this shortage, food
relief will bo required for8, 000.000
people, while the Soviets themselves
cannot support more than 2,250.000.
Tho importation Into Iluffnifl of nt
least a million head of livestock,
especially horses which hnve de
creased fifty per cent, is considered
necessary to rc-ronstllutc tho eco
nomic system.
Age Liquors 40 Years in a Few Minutes
HIT s
FrofoBKor Charles Henry of Sarbonne, Franco, and tho apparatus ho
has perfected by which he iiRt-s liquor In a few minutes. lie uses Itnni
korft's apparatus by attaching wires to the faucets nt both ends of tlu
barrel as shown above. Then be shoots a powerful electric currant of
from GO. 00 Oto 120,000 volts through the liquor. The tremendous shock
instantly removes nil impurities without hnrmintf tho flavor and tho liquor
in aged to the same decree it would be If it were 30 years old.
WOMEN
PROMTS
Los Angeles Federation Re
iterates, Its .(&nd 'Com
plete Oblivion' Sought By
Minneapolis Clubs Hays
and Lasky Given Copy. -
, MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. .21. W. A.
Stcffes president of the. Minnesota
Motion. Fioture Theater Owners asso
ciation, embracing 400 theaters in .he
state, announced today that the ban
on Arbuckle pictures still existed, so
far as his organization was con
cerned. ."
LOS ANOELE9, Dec. 21. Ttoscoo
C. (Patty) Arbuckle, comedian, to
day was making1 ready for his re
entry into motion pictures after Jan
uary 1, while members of tho Los
Angeles district, Federation of
Women's clubs announced they "could
not recede from their opposition" to
to bis plans.
After Will IT. Hnys, titular head of
the motion picture industry, announc
ed here yesterdny that Arbuckle
might have another "chance to make
good" the Los Angeles district adopt
ed a resolution affirming a previous
one oposlng his reappearance in mo
tion pictures. .
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 21. A
meeting of the city federation of
women's clubs hns been cnllert to con
sider tho reinstatement of lloseoo Ar
buckle in motion pictures.
Mrs. Charles' Hiegesmond, chairman
of the moving picture committee of
he federation today declared thnt tho
organization would oppose the return
of Arbuckle.
MINNEAPOLIS. De$. 21. Com
plete oblivion," ns far ns the public: Is
concerned, is demanded for lloscoe
Arbuckle, film comedian, in ft state
ment today by the fifth district fede
ration of women's clubs. A copy of
the statement wns sent to Will Hnys,
chief of the motion picture industry,
nnd Jobho Lasky, vice-president of the
corporation which formerly distrib
uted tho Arbuckle films.
DOUBLE MYSTERY
FILM RETURN
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec.
21. The name ot "Nordman brothers
KImwood, Wis.," on a Jacket found
on a dead man In E-erctt, Wash., ap
parently has solved a double mystery
the suicide nt a man Klvlnir the name
ot John Nelson at Kyerett, Wash.,
nnd tho mysterious disappearance of
Wllllnm Di'UinK of Dunn county.
Heveral weeks aao DeLong left his
wife nnd nine children, driving away
Willi his automobile. The family
later received a letter from him, nsk
ln that money bo sent for return
transportation to Elmwnnd, Wis. This
was telegraphed to Di'l.ond but no
reply was received nnd finally word
came thnt a man giving tho nnme of
John Nelson hod committed suicide
nt Kvcrelt, Wash.
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CONTENTS INTACT
ASTORIA, Ore., Doc. 21. Approx
imately 80 per cent ot tho 150 safes
opened in the bttsn.ess district of
Astoria, wracked by fire December .8
preserved their contents intact, ac
cording to J. Frank Pudcell of Port
land, who is heading the safe open
ing activities under the committee
of ten. About 75 safes still remain to
be opened. No attempt to open, the
vaults will be made until after Jan
uary 1. When a time is' set the
work will be done simultaneously so
that no bank may have an advantage
over another.
More than 275 licenses' to engage
in business In the city have already
been 'Issued, according to the police
department.
There will be more Christmas cele
brations here than ever. Tho three
big ones to be conducted by the
Portland Elks with the aid of the As
toria lodge, will be accompanied by
many church and lodge celebrations.
TO BETHLEHEM
JERUSALEM, Dec. 21. Christ
mas day in Bethlehem will bo marked
this year by an unusual pilgrimage of
children to the little church of tho
Nativity. Flvo hundred Armenian
boys and girls from 'the American
Near East relief orphanages In Jeru
salem will march to llcthlehem with
gifts innde by them In their Industrial
schools, which tiiey will plucc In the
Grotto where tradition says Christ
was born. The gifts are of wood and
metal. . -
: MOUNT HOLLY, Dec. 21. Mrs
Doris Urunen was acquitted and her
brother, Harry C. Mohr, was found
guilty of murder in tho first dogree
In connection With the slaying of the
former's husband, "Honest" John T.
Urunen, vlrcus owner,. . The f-Jury
recommended that Mohr no sentenced
to II fd Imprisonment 'at hard labor.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. The
nomlntlon of Pierce Butler, St. Paul
attorney, to be an associate Justice
nf the United States supremo court
finally was confirmed late today by
the senate. The voto was said to be
61 to 8. ,
WIFE ACQUITTED OF
Turkey Prices Drop
When Big Shipments
Hit Portland Markets
PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 21.
Turkey prices broke here to-
day fully three cents from yes-
terdny afternoon when buyers
were paying around 37 cents for
the best birds. Best offers from
tho trade were down to 33 and
3 4 cents.
The break was duo to a del-
uge of poultry lpto this market
tho last three days. Ono largo
commission firm has shipped
out twelve tons of dressed poul-
try since Sunday.
Prices in the retail market
lmvo dropped from 4 5 cents to !
40 cents a pound.
LOST AVIATORS
Cowpuncher Finds Wrecked
Machine, at Indian Oasis
Near Tuscon, Southern Pa
cific Agent Reports No
Official Confirmation.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. The
charred bodies of tho missing avia
tors, Colonel Francis O. Marshall
and lieutenant Charles Webber, have
been found on tho Pablo Indian res
ervation about 76 miles weBt of Tuo
son, Ariz., the Southern Pacific rail
road offices horo were advised this
afternoon Jn ttdvlces from Tuscon.
A cow punchor, tho advices stated,
cams upon the bodies near what t3
known as Indian Oasis. The bodies
lay In the wreckage of the fliers' ma
chine. It Is not known whether Col
onel Marshall and Lieutenant Web
ber wero killed when they crashed to
earth or burned to death afterwards.
The message to the Southern Pa
cific said:
"Some cowboy found the bodies
ot two aviators near Indian Oasis.
Both apparently wero burned to
death. About 75 miles south of Tuc
son on Papalo reservation. No rail
road there. It Is on a wagon track.
Suppose airplane fell to ground and
aviators burned to denth."
Searching airplanes landed sev
eral times at Indian Oasis, . near
where the bodies are reported to have
been found, Colonel ' McNab Bald.
The aviators reported Information
that an airplane had been seen In that
district but believed they had traced
it further south by later reports. It
was a result of tracing ot this plane
that the search was carried into Mex
ico, McNab said.
NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 21. Colon
Ip A. J. McNab, commanding opera
tions out of Nogales In the search for
Colonel Francis Marshall and Lieu
tenant C. L. Webber, had not receiv
ed any word of the discovery of the
aviators' bodies nt 2:30 this after
noon. (
PHOENIX, Ariz , Dec. 21. Col
onel Meyers, commanding offlcor at
Fort Iluachuca, stated over the long
distance telephone at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon that he had received
no reports of the discovery of the
bodies of the missing aviators.
T,nily Itliondila Divorced.
LONDON, Dec. 21. (By tho As
sociated Press) Lady Ithondda was
granted a divorce today from Sir
Humphrey MacKworth on grounds
of misconduct and desertion. Tho
petition was not defended.
OF
CHARRED BODIES
FOUND ARIZONA
SHE SAW GIRL SLAIN THRU KNOTHOLE
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21. Police
Inspectors announced early today after
long questioning of Miss Helen Leary,
a waitress, aged 20, and Cash Weir, a
rlverman, aged 63, that they were un
able to reach any definite conclusion
as to the accuracy of a story told by
the woman to the effect that she had
witnessed through a knothole of a
houseboat on the Willamette river
here the killing ot an unidentified girl,
aged about 16, by Weir, September 23
last. , '
Both are being held pending further
Investigation and police were endeav
oring, to find Earl Weir, son of tho
river man, for hlB version of the alleg
ed affair.
SEARCH LAKE
FOR VICTIMS
MASK
Threats Follow Operations of
Militia in Louisiana Probe
Diver Seeks Wagon Wheels
Used to Weigh Down Bodies
Reports Enemies May
Interfere-
MBit ROUGE. La.. Dec. 31. Tho
detachment of Louisiana National
Guardsmen that lato yesterday "drag
ged a part of Ijiko LaFourchq, about
eight miles from hero in an effort to
locate tho bodelsYif two men reported
to have been murdered by a band of
masked and'whlte robed men last Au
gust, following tho kidnaping of five .
prominent Mer Houge citizens, were
unsuccessful In their efforts, It was
learned today when a second detach
ment was dispatched to tho lake. "
Captain W. W. Cooper, command
ing officer, said:
"1 am In honor bound not to re
veal our destination. You know, of
course, that tho work of dragging the
lake Is going forward." ' ..;
Captain Cooper - has . given' orders
to his men . to prevent attempts of
outsiders to interfere with diving
operations. Reports were In ' circu
lation that enemies of the movement
would Interfere.
A chart prepared by special i in
vestigators, showing the location in
the lake . where the bodies, presum
ably wolghted down with wagon r
wheolB, were thrown nnd other in-
formation, is in the hands of those
conducting the dragging and diving
operations.
MI3R ROUGE, La., Dec. 21.
Sonri'h. of tho bottom of Lnko I,a
Fourcho fbr the bodies: of Watt. Dan-. s
lels nnd Thqmns Richards, missing
members of a party of five Mer Rouge
citizens who wore . kidnaped " by
maaked men . on the night of August
24 while retiirnlng from a good roads .
meeting nt Bastrop, was begun today
by divers, protected and assisted by
a detnehment of company O, Louis
iana National Guard, which arrived
bore yesterday from Monroe..
Two Iron wheels of a farm wagon,
which were lying on the banks of the
lake are said to have disappeared the
night of the kldnnping and authori
ties believe that theso may have been ,
used as weights to hold the bodies be
neath the- surface of the water. ':.
An expert divor employed by the
stato authorities arrived here last
night with his dlvln equipment. .
Official - information received by
Governor John Pnrkor that threats
had been .made ngalnst representa
tives of the stnte Investigating the
kidnaping of Daniels and Richards,
was ono ot tho many unconfirmed
reports circulated here as the reason
for the sending of troops to this place.
The threats, It was said, came from
persons in Morehouse parish. '
MENACED BY FIRE
1 "u'.?-4A
H5 1vs-
CHTCAfiO, Doe. , 21. Fir broke
out Into this afternoon-in the Dear
born ptiHHenger station, formerly
known ns tho old Polk Htroot station.
All available companies wore, sum-
moned to save the old structure.
The (Ire started in the offices on
the third floor of the atatton and
drove nenrty 200 employcH out. Tha
blazo spread through the structure
threatening" to destroy .It. A half
hour after the general alarm had hVen
sounded one wing of the station had
been destroyed. At that time It ap
peared that the building with Ha an
cient clock tower vtrtim'ly would ho
destroyed. ' '
According to the woman's story, the
son had entered the hotiseboat just
after the girl had been killed and had
aided his father in placing the body in
the river from a launch. '
The elder' Weir contlnufM today to
scout the story, declaring It had been
entirely manufactured and the police
and deputy district attorney,' John
Mowry, were closely questioning the
accuser to test her statements.
Miss Leary said she had been In '
Portland since September 1; that she
came with her brother, hit wife and
children from Omaha, Neb., and that ,.
she remained In Portland and they,
went on to Ashland, where they are
now, v. . i