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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Prediction ...... '. ...Rain
Maximum yesterday 63
Minimum today 38
Rain In past two days 52
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 35
Minimum
.29
Precipitation 31
Oallr -Seventeenth Year.
Weekly Fifty-Second Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 27, 1922
NO. 236
MRS. LEARY
f
Portland Woman After Severe
Cross Examination' Breaks
Down and Declares Whole
Story of Murder False
Weirs Will Probably Be
Given Freedom.
ADMITS I
FABRICATION
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27. Unles3
, soma unexpected development occurs
In the meantime, District Attorney
j Stanley Myers will move for the tils
j( missal of charges against Cash Weir
and his son Earl at the preliminary
hearing In police court this afternoon,
ftiyers announced this morning after
police reported that Mrs. Helen Leary
has admitted the falsity of a story she
had told that the elder Weir had slain
a girl in his houseboat and that the
son had aided In the disposal of the
body.
Myers added that he would ask Dr.
S. C. Khs, psychologist of the court
of domestic relations, to examine Mrs.
Leary as to her sanity.
. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27. Mrs.
Helen Leary, whose charge that Cash
Weir killed a fifteen year old girl in
his houseboat September 23, caused
the district attorney's office to file a
charge of murder against Weir and a
A charge of accessory after the fact
V against his son, Earl Weir, declared
her whole story false while under
. severe. orosB-examlnation,".the . police
announced today. The grilling folpw
ed receipt by the police of a letter from
a girl who said she was In the house
boat that day and took part In a clash
between Mrs. Leary and the- elder
Weir...
After she had declared "It's all a lie,
the whole thlug Is false," Mrs. Leary
was farther questioned by Llenten
ant Thatcher and told an entirely new
story, according to Thatcher's account.
Only the statement that the victim
was about 22 years old, was named
Hetty and had black hair could be
gained. ';
"Why did you tell the other officers
' that your other stories were lies?"
queried Thatcher.
''They asked me so many questions
that I had to tell them something,"
Bhe answered.
The police this morning were still
i holding the two Weirs for further In-
vestigatlon. ,
Federation Women's
Clubs Wire Protest
Fatty's Reinstatement
NEW YORK, Dec. 26; A protest
against the reappearance of Roscoe
Arbuckle In motion pictures was tele
graphed today to Will H. Hays by
Mrs. Wood Allen Chapman, chalr
man of the commllteo on motion pic
tures of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, with a membership
of .2,500,000.
"This organization," the message
said, "stands ready to aslst any indl
vicinal to rehabilitate! himself, but
not at the expense of Ideals of the
nation. The youth of our land must
bp. protected from a revival of in
terest In the degrading details of his
trial and from continued discussion
of immoral living associated there
with." -
Landlord 8ent to Jail
, . NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Jacob Solo-
toroff was sent to Jail for sixty days
charged with failure to warm the
homes of his 72 tennnt families.
LEGION HEAD CERT
BE
PASSED OVER PRESIDFNT S VETO
FORT WORTH, Texas,, Dec. 27.
Passage of the adjusted compensa
tion bill at this session of congress
h practically assured, said Alvln M.
Owsley, national commander of. the
American legion, who spoke at a
, luncheon In his honor here today
t and attended a session of the state
executive committee of the legion.
Even should tho hill fail at this
session that It: would bo cared for
at the next session is alroady certain,
Owsley said, as the required number
Sarah Bernhardt 's
Condition Critical
But Will Unbroken
UNDRPWDOD UNDftRWOOD
SA3?AK-.BERNHARDT
PARIS. Dec. 27. (By, the Asso
dated Prens.) Madame Sarah Born-,
hardt's 'condition" look another turn
for the worse today, physicians n
crlbling it to fatigue following her
oxetiions yesterday when she nroae
from her bod, partook of solid food
and received many callers.
The actress' household Is again de
pressed, although she herself is just
as confident as ever that she will re
cover. Two more doctors were call
ed in today besides Professors Obis
sier and Marot, and after a long con
sultation they issued the following in
structions to the household:
"The undersigned physicians insist
upon the absolute necessity of letting
no one entei- the sick room.
(Sinned) "tabhe, Des Kos, Obis
sler, Merot."
"These orders aro clear," , said
Ay id nme Monr.and, governess of the
household, after scolding the butler
for permitting the correspondent to
enter the ' house,, "but Madamo in
sists upon seeing whomsoever aho
pleases." .
The doctors do not conceal their
admiration for Madamo Bernhardt'
courage and declaring that 'she is
"the- most wonderful woman."
Terrific Gales on
Coast Topple Walls
of Astoria Buildings
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 27. A
southeast "wind, estimated by mari
ners to have reached a velocity of
70 miles an hour, toppled over sev
eral walls In the wreckngo of Asto
ria's fire-swept business district last
night.
Part of the went wall of the Elks
temple fell on a partly built tempo
rary building being erected for a
cigar store. No one was hurt.
Towering fragments of the Asto
ria Savings bank ruins and one of
the standing walls of the First Na
tional Bank building also fell, but
did no damage.
The high wind fanned Into In
creased combustion smouldering
coal piles In tho basements of some
of the buildings destroyed in the con
flngration of December 8.
of senators and representatives has
been secured to pass It over the presi
dential veto. -
A merchant marine for the United
States, subsidy or no subsidy, the
Bursum bill's passage, total exclu
sion of Immigrants and registration
of all aliens form the remainder of
the framework of the legion's 1923
program, Owsley said.
Tho Bursum bill povldes equal re
tirement emoluments for reserve of
ficers and the National Guard and
the national army.
I
LODGE SEES
NO HOPE OF
SPEAK MOVE
Massachusetts Senator Leads
in Fight Qn Borah Measure
-France Chief Obstacle to
Land Disarmament-Urges
U. S- A to Build Small
Ships and Planes.
VAtf:UNOTON, Dec, 27. Admin
istration senators under tho lead o
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela
tions committee began in the. sennto
today a determined fight ngalnst tho
proposal of Senator Borah, republi
can of Idaho, for a now international
conference in Washington to discuss
economic conditions nnd disarma
ment. ; '
Senator Lodge, who was said by
his colleagues fto have ascertainecf
tho views of President Harding and
his administration advisers opened
his attack as soon as the senate be
gan work on the Borah proposal,
which Is in tho form of nn amend
ment to tho annual navnl bill request
ing tho president to cnll an economic
and armament conference.
- Tho foreign relations chairman re
counted tho difficulties of further
armament limitation encountered nt
the Washington arms conforence a
year ago and declared that In view of
tho attitude taken by other powers,
it would be "uuseless to attempt to
limit land armaments unless it were
established beforehand that France
had changed her position."
The fight on the sonato floor began
after a score of administration sena
tors had conferred in Senator Lodge's
offices and mapped out a program
providing "for a resort to parliamen
tary -tactics if necessary to defeat the
'move by-Senator Borah. Part of the
senate irrceoncilnbles who have vot
ed with Mr. Borah on many other
questions of foreign polley, also wero
arrayed against ..his amendment,
while the at'titudo of tho democratic
side of the chamber soemed to be n
waiting one, with many members un
decided whether to support or oppose
tho conference plan.
Senator Lodge declared the amend
ment'ji proposal for an economic con
ference was an entirely new subject
and was of "grave importance." He,
recited that ho would not be bound
to accept any advice offered by the
senate, although almost any president
wouid give weight to senatorial ad
vice. '-v. .
Reviewing the work of tho Wash
ington arms conference, tho rcpub
lican lender ,v recalled, that Premier
Briand had told the conference that
Frunco could not consent to any llm
itntinn of land armament.
"Of eourso that put nn end to any
runner .action by the conference on
the question of land armament," said
Senator Lodge, "Because no action
could be taken : except by unanimous
agreement. Franco may have Chung
ed her nttitudo within tho year, but
if so I havo no notification to that
effctt."
Senator Lodge said he was Inform
ed, of the competition among other
powers in small naval craft, subma
rines and aircraft, permissible under
the Washington treaty and he urged
that tho United States should build
moro light armored cruisers, airplane
carriers and aircraft.
JAPANESE FIELD
TOl.'IO Dee. 27. Consti-uctini
work under way In 'opau by Ameri
can contracting . flmw reprrosouts
several million yen, with prospects
of a much Inrger volume.
Tho George A. Fuller company nl-
rendy has completed severnl office
buildings In Tokio, Yokohamo nnd
Kobe, nnd has started on others In
the cnpital, Stone & Webster, Inc.,
of Boston have In hand tho construc
tion of a high dam hydro-electric
Plan on tho Hho river in Toyanm
prefecture, which Is the largest In
Jnpnn, Its ultimate capacity being
70,000 kllownts.. it Is designed to
supply tho vurlous Industries of the
west coast ns well as those In the
larger industrial centers.
The most Importnnt of the new
work, for which tho American firms
will hid, Is the building of a smnll
Industrial city at Tsuruml between
Toko and Yokohnmn, for tho Hlil-
baura Engineering company, which
Is associated with the General Elec-
trlct company of America.
This firm has decided, owing to
tho lack of space In the vicinity of
Its present plant, to move bodily to
Tsuruml. Besides the buildings,
thro will ho water, sewage nnd
street car system to be Installed ns
Weill as the other public utilities that
go to mnko up a modern town.
. The New Senator From Michigan
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Senator. Charles E. Townsend of
forore, James Couzcns, former minor of Detroit, who was appointed to tho
somite to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of former Senator New
berry. : !
PAPER ROUBLES
RUSSIA
REACH
I
Total Passes 17 Trillion Mark
and Now Estimated in 16
, Eigures - Invasion Still
Feared-Tax" Reforms Are
Advocated. . :
MOSCOW, Doc. 27. (By the Asso
ciated Fiiissj.) The Iluastlan isovlet
congress at Its session yesterday
heard reports concerning the finan
cial situation;--taxes and Industries,
to which questions -the - various gov
ernment departments' nre giving much
attention because of recent events.
M. Sokolnikoff, the acting com
miser of finance asserted that he
was not - prepared to- present the
budget for 1923 because of tho un
stable condition of the rouble and
declared that the depreciation of the
the rouble and the budget deficien
cy had necessitated a further Issu
ance of paper money, with tho re
sult . tlmt tho currency had not yet
been stabilized.
As one of tho means for overcom
ing tho deficit M. Sokolnikoff recom
mended a change In tho tax system,
asserting that ho thought It best to
shift from a tax in kind for tho penn
ant to a monetary tax. He suggested
that the change bo brought about
gradually bo, as to prevent confusion
nnd hardships among individuals.
Invasion Feared
M. Stalin, eoninilsar of natlonnl
minorities, urging unification of the
nllied republilcs, announced that cur
tailment of tho soviet army to 600,-000-
men had alrendy begun. Ho ns
serted, howovcr, that owing to the
fact that there was still danger from
outsldo nttnek because ot unsettled
conditions, Kussia should have a
strong, unified nrmy for protection.
Tho conuniaru asserted that anoth
er causo calling for unification of
tho soviet republics Into a slnglo so
cialistic federation 'was the economic
situntion, inasmuch as hourly all of
Russia's resources had been exhaust
ed. . .
Tho small autonomous republics,
he snld, could not exist without Rus
sla proper, und on tho other hand,
Uuussia could not satisfactorily re
establish her natlonul life without
their combined support. Tho present
financial condition of tho country
necessitates unification.
Unification Proposed
There was no opposition tp the
unification proposal and it was sug
gested that special congresses bo call
ed to make tho plans a reality. The
present congress appointed delegates
Loon Trotzky, cotnmisar for war and
navy; Leo Kamenefff, president of
the Moscow soviet; M. Stalin and M.
Sokolnikoff.
M. Sokolnikoff, emphasizing the
importance of the tax question, cited
figures showing that from Janunry.
1022, to September, tho stnto collect
ed taxes totalling 85,000,000 gold
roubles, whlih amounted to only 28
kopecks per head on ono-twentleth of
the pre-war figure.
To glvo nn Idea ot tho situntion
confronting tho country as a result
of tho roubles depreciation, tho com
mlsur snld that Inst January 17 tril
lion of papor roubles woro in clrcn
Irtlon while nt the present time the
total was 7,800,000,000,000,000. He
recommended another grain loan In
tho spring In addition to the gold lot
tery loan authorized severnl months
ago which Is expected to realize 100,
000,000 gold roubles.
M, Ilognnnoff, chairman of the su
premo economic council, snld Indus
try nnd commerce had shown good
results, justifying tho new economic
polley. Commerce, Bogdnnoff snld,
hud suffered heavy losses because of
lock of capital and tho unsettkd c-on-
A DIZZY HEIGH
Michigan confers with
his new con-
DECLARE TARIFF
IS NOT SHOWING
' ANY ILL EFFECTS
WASHINGTON, Doc. 27. Discus
sions ftt yesterday's cabinet meottnu
dealt with the effect of the tariff luw
ns shown by foreign trade statistics.
Exports and imports of the tnlted
States it was said, aro increasing at
a rate which convinces responsible of
ficials that tho world is recovering
from the depression which followed
the war nnd tho new tariff law. Ik
not registering any of tho ill effects
which wore expected from -4 ...
y Secretary Hoover was said to have
told President Harding' that further
evldenco of tho improvement was
likely to be shown soon in exports' of
gold from the United tSates.
Tho balance of trade between tho
countries of tho world, together with
tho - "Invisible- balance" arising from
expenditures of American travelers
abroad and other Indirect influences,
Is such as to draw gold away from
the United 8tates. This will tend to
restore : tho purchasing power of
countries to which tho gold travel
ed, President Harding was informed,
and was considered to be of beneficial
effect.
E
" CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Tho iMunlcl
pal Voters' league In a statement
made public today charged Mayor
W. II, .Thompson and his supporters
In this city with responsibility for an
alleged waste of city funds In whnt
It declared "excessive payments to
five real estate and building experts
employed by the city."
In 1920 the Municipal Voters'
league charged, five "Thompson real
estate experts ' got away
with $2,742,660 from the city treas
ury and drew a totnl of $3,287,634 in
three years, according to the city
controller."
' "Chicago's city hall gang is be
lieved to have cost Chicago more
than the Tweed ring cost New York,"
the statement continued.
Suits have been filed In court
against Mayor Thompson, tho city
controllor and the five experts for
recovery of part of the alleged wast
ed money paid the latter.
R. R. 8tAke Predicted
' ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27 Edward J. Man
Ion, president of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers, predicted a strike on
wcBteni lines unless the railroad labor
board acts favorably by January 1 on
a petition for a rehearing on the wage
question of 11,000 operators.
Inquest Is Held
DENVER, Dec. 27. A coroner's In
quest held at peer Trail, Colo., to In
quire Into the shooting to death or
Howard Hamilton and wounding his
companion, Miss Pearl Coeur, returned
a verdict holding "unknown assail
ants" wero responsible,
dltlons of tho currency. He assert
ed that private capital Is tak
ing smnll part In production nnd thnt
tho number of factories leased to prl
vato enterprise nnd those being na
tionalized wns Insignificant.
Ho offered resolutions favoring tho
attraction of Eivopenn capital for
the mettrl Industries, which, ho said,
the government cannot establish by
Its own means.
Buy Box of Apples
Becomes Slogan of
Seattle Businessmen
4
SEATTLE, Doc. 27. To nbsorb
a glut of apples In eastern Wash-
Ington created by Insufficient
cars to ship the crop when the
4 market was alive, a campaign led
by the Seattle chamber of com-
nierce got under way today.
"liny a box of apples," Is the
slogan.
Seattle residents aro asked to
remember that their city has be-
come the financial, trnnsportn-
tlon center for tho SVasJilngton
npplo industry, especially since
the vogue of sending the fruit all
over the world by water.
Businessmen aro urged to buy
apples aud sell them to employes
and customers at cost.
CURZQN FLATLY
Great Britain Declares She
Will Hever Abandon the
Mosul Oil Vilayet -Break
Up of Conference Threaten
ed By Turks.
LAUSANNE, Dec. 27. (Dy Associat
ed Press). Through Foreign Secretary
Curzon Great Britain, informed Turkey
today that the British never will aban
don the Mosul oil Vilayet, as requested
by, the Turkish-delegation and that no
prolongation of the Near East confer
ence can Influence the British govern
ment to recede from its position.
LONDON, Dec. 27. A Renter's dis
patch from Lausanne says:
"There is serious danger of the Near
East conference becoming abortive If
the Turks persist in their present
methods." , ...
The British position Is outlined in a
lottor sent by Lord Curzon to Ismet
Pasha, hoad of the Turkish delegation,
covering the formal reply of the Brit
ish delegation to the Turkish note of
Sunday last which Insisted Mosul bo
longed to Turkey.
ord Curzon stated that the British
government had exiielled the Turks
from the Mosul area and occupied nnd
administered it Tho British had taken
a pledge to free the area both from
Turkish rule and establish the govern
ment of the Iriak, and England since
then had repeatedly given her word
that the Arabs would not be Interfered
with. - -
i-ord Curzon added that Great Bri
tain had given her solemn pledge to
lot no foreign power take any part of
this territory and that she would
stead'astly adhere to her promise
Tho foreign secretary, however, said
that Great Britain waa prepared to
have her experts meet the Turkish
experts to define tho northern boun
dary of the lrlak.
Tho British delegation's formal ro
ply to the Ottoman note questions the
reliability of the statistics put forth by
the Turks to justify their claim to
Mosul.: Although the Turks ruled this
district for centuries, they never col
lected exact information, It was point
ed out, and no confidence could be
placed in their statistics.
MOSCOW, Dec. 27. (By Associated
Press). Maxim Litvlnoff, acting for
eign minister, has sent a note to Great
Britain, France and Italy regarding
the settlement of the fate of the
Momel territory. The note asserts
that any decision in which RuBsia Is
(Continued on Page six.)
FEAR SEATTLE APPLE
IN ATLANTIC
SEATTLE, Dec. 27. The freighter
Tugor Star, reported as possibly lost
In the Atlantic ocean Is In tow of a
rescue vessel, according to a cable
gram received todny from Liverpool
by the Admiral Oriental lino, agonts
for the Tudor Star.
' SEATTLE, Doc. 27. The Blue Star
freight steamer Tudor Star reported
possibly lost In a storm on the Atlan
tic, sailed from Seattle November 1
with a cargo of apples for IiOndon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. The French
liner Savole, arriving here today after
the roughest voyago In her history, re
REFUSES
TURK
MOSuLutMAND
EX-
MAYOR
IFI ROUS
IS JAILED
Dr. McKoin's Hearing Qn Mur
der Charge Postponed Until
Tomorrow -- Former Mayor
Denies He Is Member
Ku Klux Klan-More Ar
rests Are Expected.
BALTIMORE, Md Dec. 27. In an
effort to obtain hall before commenc
ing his fight against extradition, Dr.
B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mor
Rouge, La,, arrested here yesterday nt
the request of Governor Parker o
Louisiana, obtained a writ of habeas
corpus today In the city court.
Governor Parker accused Dr. ' Mc
Koin of murder. ;
The writ was made returnable Im
mediately but upon request of Dr. Mc
Koin's counsel, former United States
District Atotrney Robert R. Carman,
the hearing was postponed until tomor
row and Dr. McKoin was taken back to
his cell.
A short time before, in central
police court, Dr. McKoin's case was
adjourned by Justice Stanlelgh until
January at the request of the detec
tives. - -. .
Carman declared he believed there
waa no prima facie charge of murder
against the former mayor and express
ed the belief that the Louisiana offic
ials called for his arrest here because
they wanted him more as a witness
or for the purpose of obtaining possible
Information from him. ..
i - Did Not -Ftor-.'ytf"v.V.-:.
"Dr. McKoin did not flee from
Louisiana after the trouble at Mer
Rouge," said Carman.- "He remained '
there for many weeks after the death
of the two men (Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards). He was with, his
father thirty miles away from Mer
Rouge from August until , October,
when he came to Baltimore at the re
quest of Dr. Hugh Young, who offered
to permit him to associate with him at
the Johns Hopkins hospital.
''The mayor placed himself at the
disposal of the district attorney of his
county seat and was in consultation
with him for a long time before be
left. - "
"There was nothing for him to hide
and he gave whatever information he
had at his command."
Dr. McKoin made no statement in
police court, but In conversation with
reiwrteds he repeated previous denials
of implication in the murders or any
connection with the kidnaping. 1 If his
arrest were made in connection with
the deaths of Daniels and Richards ho
could prove an alibi, he asserted. ;
Dr. McKoin again denied he was a
member of the Ku Klux Klan and said
he never had been asked to Join It.
STOLEN' RETURNED
SPOKANE, Dec. 27. When the
vaults in a local office building wero
robbed of about $20,000 worth of secur
ities and other valuables last July, W.
C. Losey, one of the tenants, lost $1000
in war savings certificates, registered
in the owner's name.
Today he received them by regis
tered mall, carrying a Spokane post
mark. At the time ot the robbery a
burglary charge waa issued against
Isadore Edelstein, Ho was never ap
prehended. SHIP ADRIFT
OCEAN MAY BE LOST
ported tho possible loss at sea ot the "
steamship Tudor Star, bound from
Seattle for Glasgow. The Tudor Star
Is operated by the Blue Star line ot
the Union Cold Storage company.
Captain Henry Bolsson of LaSavole
said he had picked up a distress call
from the Tudor Star last Wednesday
when he was In mid-ocean. The dis
tressed vessel reported herself pitch
ing In the mountainous Seas without
a rudder, about 400 miles east ot La
Savole's position. . ' ' "
Captain Bolsson salj he was making
only three knots himself, in seas nine
ty foot high, and It was Impossible for
him to turn back to aid tho Tudor Star,
$1000 WAR SAVINGS