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MEDFORD, OREUOX, TUKSIUY, JANUARY , WZ
NO. 240
BiEBFORB
KlBUNE
U. S. AREflDY
10 JUMP IN
PEACE CONF.
Although Watchfully Waiting,
Harding Administration Will;!
Act if Conference Threatens
to Break Up Ambassador
Herrick to . Follow Events
Closely.
PARIS, Jan. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press ) Myron T. Herrick,
American ambassador to France, has
arrived in Paris from Cannes and
with Holand W. Borden, American
representative with the reparations
commission, will watch develop
ments closely during, the premiers'
conference and keep Secretary of
State Hughes well Informed of the
progress made.
Although the United States is
without an observer at the premiers'
meeting, it is in close touch with the
French foreign office and the visiting
-delegations will be kept informed
through the usual diplomatic chan
nels nnd the reparations observers so
that the state deparlftiont, in accord
ance with the instructions, .will be
able to follow events closely.
It was reiterated today that al
though the attitude of the American
government would be one of watch
ful waiting, any definite indication
that the conference , was breaking up
might provoke some expression from
Washington.
It was said in American circles just
before the conference opened' that the
Indications were that some compro
mise would be reached, preserving
the allied accord on reparations.
Such a compromise, it was thought,
might take the line of strictly econ
omic guarantees in return for a mor
atorium for Germany and probably
include an agreement on a reduction
o the total indemnity.
British Plan Offered
PARIS, Jan. 2. By the Associat
ed Press.) The British reparations
pian as. presented at tho conference
pf premiers today fixes the primary
obligation of Germnny in tho form of
fifty billion gold marks 32-year
bonds, hearing no . intorest for four
years, four per cent for the next four
years and five pdr-cent thereafter.
PARIS, Jan.. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Premier Poincare
held a preliminary conversation with
Prime Minister Bonar Law at the
Crlllon hotel today. They discussed
the Near East situation and the rep
arations questions.
Although the visit was character
ized as a courtesy call, M. Poincare
remained at tho hotel for 35 minutes.
Lord Curzon joined the ministers
spending 25 minutes with them. He
left later to take a train for Lau
sanne. It Is understood that the ministers
agreed that France and Great. Brit
ain should maintain a united front
In the Near East conference in the
face of the Turkish attitude. '
French Agree to Moratorium
PARIS, Jan. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Premier Poincare of
France offered at today's-conference
of allied leaders a proposal for a re
duction of German reparations to 50
billion gold marks.
The French plan offers a two year
moratorium, but It exacts productive
guarantees to insure the resumption
of payments later by the Germans.
Under the French plan the class
C bonds would bo used, to extinguish
the lnter-allied debts.
(Continued on Page sixl
TURKS CLAIM INSURRECTION IN OIL
FIELDS AGIST BRITISH CONTROL
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 2. Of
ficial announcement that an Insurrec
tion had broken out at Mosul, In the
kingdom of Irak, was received here
from Angora todny. The telegram
said that tho Inhabitants of the en
tire oil producing region were de
manding annexation of the territory
to Turkey.
Dispatches from London yesterday,
rhronlcling the revolt In Mosul, re
ported thntShe hangars of the Brit
ish nlr force had been burned.
The British government, through
ii miokesmcn nt the Lausanne con-
. 11 1 . l ........ It rltrht
ferenco, ns m"-" ..(.
to the rich Mosul oil fields. Jurisdic
tion over which is claimed by Turkey.
Motor Busses Need
Not Pay City Tax
Says Supreme C't,
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 2. Motor
busses and stages operating un
der licenses of the state public
service commission need not pny'
additional taxes to , cities
through which they pass on
their regularly scheduled route,
the state supreme court ruled
today In reversing the decision
of Circuit Judge Campbell, of
Clackamas county, beforo whom
E. V. Dent was convicted of
violating a city ordinnnco of
Oregon City.
Dent, who was operating a
stale licensed stage between
Portland and Salem, was cited
for failure to pay the city tax
on stages using the streets of
Oregon City through which city
he passed on his licensed sched
ule. , R.
8
ROSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 2. Wil
liam Rankin McCord, who crossed the
plains In a prairie schooner In 1850
to settle in Oregon, died today at the
soldiers' home here, aged 92. He had
been in the home two years.
McCord helped build the first
steamboat launched on the Willam
ette. He invented the snail shell
fish wheel in use on the Columbia
river and for years was engaged in
fishing operations on the Columbia.
He helped subdue the Indians In tho
Yakima Indian war.
McCord was brother-in-law of tho
late Harvey W. Scott, pioneer editor
of Portland, and of Mrs. Abigail
Scott Duniway, who was known as
"the mother 'of suffrage In Oregon."
Two daughters and a son survive
him: Mrs. F. R. Archer of Steila
coom, Wash., Mrs. P. B. Huff of Tact-ma
and James C. McCord of Port
land. Tho stato highway commission not
long ago changed the name of
Pierce creek, flowing Into the Colum
bia river, to. McCord creek, in his
honor.
PIERCE BUTLER IS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. After a
three weeks' recess, the supreme court
met -today nnd began the delivery of
opinions as soon as Assistant Justice
Pierce Butler had been inducted into
office. Although he had taken tho
"ironclad" oath to support and defend
the constitution before Judge Booth nt
St Paul 011 December 26, Justice But
ler was sworn in today by Chief Jus
tice Taft with a combination "iron
clad" and "Judicial" oath.
Ordinarily the court proceedings
cover only tho administering of the
"judicial oath" to "do equal justice to
the rich and poor and to faithfully and
Impartially administer justice." The
"Ironclad" generally taken outside, not
being repeated.
4
Owsley In Snn Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Inn. 2. Col.
Alvin Owsley, national commander
of the Amerienn Legion, arrived here
today from soutliern California for n
dny's visit. Ho was presented with
the key of the city by Mayor Ralph
nnd made nn address to legion mem
bers and the rhnniber of commerce
at the comnierclnl club. He will
make nn nddress In Oaklnnd tonight
and will depart immediately after
ward for Fortland.
During the past few weeks there
have been several reports of threat
ened Insurrections in tho territory,
for which London has held the Turks
partially responsible.
It wnn stated In official circles this
afternoon thnt no confirmation of the
report that an uprising hn'd taken
place In Mosul had been received. It
was pointed otit that the source of
the report Angora through Constan
tinople, was sufficient to characterize
it as one of the numerous rumors
which might be expected to bo forth
coming dnlly unttl a settlement of the
Near East question was reached.
Mosul Is In constant touch with
Bagdad by wireless it wns comment
ed and nny disturbances would be re
ported to Loudon immediately.
OREGON JONES
!S CAPTURED IN
WYOMING TOWN
I"-;' - : .
Alleged Hold-up Artist, Who
Broke Grants Pass Jail, Re
ported Under Arrest, Evans
ton, WyomingPal Is Also
Caught.
GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Jan. 2 Ore
gon Jones and Ellsworth Kelly, who
escaped two weeks ago from tho
county jail here, have been captured
at Evanston, Wyo., according to
word received by the sheriff. Tho
two men were held here in connection
with the robbery of half a dozen tour
ist parties on the Pacific highway
near Grants Pass last summer.
Oregon Jones, with his brother
Dewey, were held and indicted by tho
Josephine county grand jury for the
robbery nnd hold up of a tourist par
ty on Sexton mountain last Septem
ber, while a storm was approaching.
Sheriff Terrill of this county suspi
cioned that tho pair-were implicated
in the robbery of eight local people
last October, when they were bun
dled from their own cars, Into anoth
er one, driven to Blackwell Hill, and
searched. Sprague Reigel of Gold
Hill, William Schultzo and Walter
Smith of this city, were among the
victims. Tho party was left stranded
on the lonely hill.
In the investigation that followed
tho arrest of the Joneses, it develop
ed that they had a reform school and
prison record.
Kelly was held for a minor crim
inal offense, and when tho break
came, Dewey Jones refused to escape.
He went out of the jail with his kin,
hut when the party separated in tho
getaway, he rushed for the sheriff's
home, Instead of freedom.
Chief Timothy scoured tho Bear
creek jungles last night accompanied
by a high school boy In search of a
cache of booze, discovered three
quarts of moonshine Four high
school boys discovered a considera
ble quantity of moonshine along the
creek bottom yesterday afternoon
and hid part of It.
As a result of one of the boys
coming home In an intoxicated condi
tion the chief was called and the boy
accompanied him on the quest.
Three quarts of the liquor were dis
covered on the search, but as tracks
In the mud showed, some one had
stolen the rest of the "white light
ning" which the boys had hidden.
JUDGE C. M. THOMAS
ASSUMES OFFICE
Attorney Charles M. Thomas of
this city assumed tho judicial robes
for the district of Jackson and Jose
phlne counties Monday, tho oath of
office being administered by the
county clerk. Judge Thomas held
court In Grants Pass today. The
grand jury meets there January 5th
The only other change in the county
official family was the swearing In of
George Alford, county commissioner
In Ashland nnd this city tonight,
new city councils will bo sworn in.
Governor Walter M. Pierce will tnke
office next Monday, Janunry 8th, and
not yesterday, as generally supposed.
DENIES RUMOR THAI
SAND1FER WILL QUIT
Thfi county court will hold Ha first
meeting of 1923 Wednosduy. and
three important -Hems of -routine
business will be transacted. T.he
iurv list for 1923 will be drawn
cotinty road supervisors numed. and
tho clerks of election appointor for
th U coming year. This work is ex
ported to take thre or four days.
A persistent rumor has been In
circulation for several days that S.
H. Sandifer, prohibition enfoicement
officer for this county, was to be
displaced by !. M. Lowe, nt this
meeting. Judge Gardner, over the
telephone, this morning stated that
as far as "I know such a move Is not
contemplated. The fast time 1 aw
Sundlfer ho was doing his duty."
Sec'y. Interior Fall
Will Resign March 4,
Refuses Supreme Ct.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 Secre
tary Fall of tho Interior department
will resign his office on .March 4, It
was announced today at the Whito
House.
It was said Mr. Fall's retirement
was due to the pressure of private
business Interests which he felt
Secy of Inlei-ioi- 1-nil.
should bo given a greater degree of
nersnniil attention than has been nns-
sible while he has, been a member of
the cabinet.
President Harding was said to re
gret that Secrotarv Fall found it nec
essary to retire aud to have tendered
him a place on the supremo court. He
replied that his decision to leave
public life was unchangeable.
The question of a successor to
Secretary Fall is expected to be left
open for some time.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2A-Soerc-
tiiry KiUl liiirlurt'iV ?n n statement to
day that after retiring' from the
cabinet next March 4, lie would go to
his ranch in New Mexico for a brief
rest before 'taking up his private busi
ness affairs, lie characterized an
fnlse reports Hint bo w.'ih resigning to
become Icgnl counsel for an oil com
pany. He declared himself as unde
cided as to what he would do beyond
devoting attention to his ranch and
cattle business.
HARRIS DL'RG, Pa., Jan. 2. Gov
ornor Sproul told the members of the
Pennsylvania legislature today that
"it Is a patent fact that the prohlbl
tion enforcement laws, federal and
state, are not working well In Pcnn
sylvanta." The governor, who goes
out of office in two weeks, and de
livered his final message to the legis
hituro in person, said that some
people are inclined to blame this
condition upon the states own en
forcement law," and yet tbe fact re
mains that In other states which have
the kind of laws which these critics
demand, the results arc no better."
"In New York and New Jersey,
where tbe typo of laws which nre
desired hero havo been enacted,"
Governor Sproul said, "tho disregard
for prohibition is certainly fully as
much In evidence as It Is in Pennsyl
vania. Even In states which have
had prohibition for years, there has
been much more illicit trade in In
toxicating liriuors than beforo tho pas
su go of tho federal enforcement act
Hero In Psnnsylvanln, our law has
worked very well where local prose
cutlng officers nro in sympathy with
it. In all sections, however, convic
tions havo been most difficult to so
euro nnd public sentiment seemM
strangely inert nnd Indifferent."
Tho Hit nation Is said to bo most dfs
couraglng and dangerous nnd "Is par
tlcutarly menacing In a freo land."
"llootk-gging hns become a busi
ness of astounding proportions," the
governor declared, "nnd undoubtedly
much of the banditry nnd crime which
nre now bnrrnssing tho country have
their genesis In the nrhon.1 of out
la wry fostered by tho Illegal trade In
intoxicants. We are renrlng a fine
brood of criminals which It will re
quire stern measures to suppress."
Heavy Gnl nt Astoria.
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 2. The Ore
gon count was swept today by a gab;
which reached sixty miles an hour at
tho mouth of tho Columbia. Wire
less operators on tugs and tho roast
guard cutter Algonquin were In touch
with vessels, but no distress had been
reported this morning.
2.000 Pill pi no Hurried Out.
MANILA, Jan. 2. ( Hy tho Asso
ciated Pr''H) Fire In the munici
pality of Navolas, a suburb of Ma
nila, todny destroyed 4'0 nlpa shacks,
leaving 2009 natives homeless.
KLAN WITNESS
LOUISIANA CASE
CANT BE FOUND
Time Keeper at Carbon Plant
Disappears Officials Sus
pect Kidnaping Cavalry
Is Ordered to Entrain for
Morehouse Parish.
11ALT1MORE. Jan. 2. Tho decis
ion ns to whether Dr. II. M. Mckotn,
wanted In Louisiana for alleged com
plicity in llio murder of Watt Dan
iels and Thomas Richards of More
house parish liy a hooded mob, will
mnko a fight against extradition,
will ho left with the former mayor of
Mer Rouge, Robert R. Carman, coun
sel for the nccused physician, said
today.
riASTROI', La , Jan. 2. Authori
ties today continued the search for
Harold Teegerstrom, acting keeper at
a Spyker, La., carbon plant, nnd re
garded as a prospective witness in
tho forthcoming state investigation
into masked band depredations end-
i.g In tbe kidnapping and slaying of
VVutt Daniels anil Thomas Fletcher,
Richards of Mer Rouge.
One of the investigators slated last
night to newspapermen that ho had
positive information that the carbon
worker was kidnapped.
Teegerstrom disappeared from the
company plant Friday night Imme
diately after ho responded to a mys
terious summons. Sunday, accord
ing to Information brought to the
sheriff's office here he appeared at
the home of a friend, Henry Jones, n
sawmill operator, borrowed $40, left
a watch to be turned over to a broth
er who lives nt Lamkln and tho koys
to the company's office, nnd an
nounced ho was "leaving." Since
!,.... nil ..I- 1,1, l,a l,nnn Inut fit I
least so far as Is known.
,' Tho plant whore Teegerstrom was
working is tho samo one In which T.
J. Burnett, now- hold In jnU on a
chargo of murdor, was employed.
Domett Is alleged to havo been Im
plicated in tho killing of Daniels nnd
Richards.
JENNINGS, La., Jan.' 2. Tho Jen
nings cavalry of tho Louisiana na
tional guard was ordered to entrain
today for Morehouse parish.
OVER, TEN INJURED
MACON, Ga., Jan. 2. Two per
sons were Injured seriously and eight
painfully hurt as tho result or tho
"Dixie Filer," a northbound tourist
trnln, en route from Jacksonville,
Fin., to Chicago, Jumping the tracks
six miles from hero early todny.- The
Injured were taken to a hospital here.
Two baggage curs, one mail car, ft
day-conch and a dining car turned
over. Ten Pullmnns left tho trnck
but remained upright. The engine
loft the rails, but did not turn over.
The train crew said tho train was
mnklng about thirty miles an hour
when It left tho rails.
OF
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 2. Reviewing
Montana's financing conditions and
recommending changes in methods of
tuxatlon and In meeting the upkeep of
various state institutions and depart
ments Governor James M. Dixon today
read a 14,000 word message to the two
houses of the eighteenth Montana leg
islative assembly In joint session.
Specific recommendations , In tho
governor's message Included a tax of
two conts a gallon on gasoline; equali
zation of taxes between realty and In
tangible property by enactment of new
laws taxing Inheritances, Incomes,
natural resources, public service cor
porations and industries and legisla
tive enactment, If constitutional to
ennblo all the delinquent taxes In the
state, now said to total $10,000,000, to
be liquidated on or before January 1,
1024, on payment of the original tax,
plus the advertising costs of the sale
and straight 7 per cent Intorest since
tho ditto of delinquency.
He urged tho enactment of a hank
deposit gtinrnnteo law; tho enactment
of a license tax for metalliferous pro
ducts on gross tonnage of oro pro
duced; nnd the enactment of a three
per cent license tux on gross proceeds
of hydro-electric xwer companies.
Union to Pay Fines
For Railroad Men
Who Started Strike
LOS ANGELES, .Ian. 2.
Fines aggregating 9,S00 com
posed the sentonco in federal
district court hero today aguinnt
eight union railway men con
victed of conspiracy to obstruct
Inter-stato commerce In con
nection with tho striko lust
August against the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroay.
United States District Judge
Illedsoc pronounced sentonco
after assurance by counsel for
the defense thut tho fines would
bo pnld by tho union organiza
tions of which the defendants
wero members.
JAKE OVER MINE
PORTLAND, Jan. 2 Earl C. Ste
vens, J. II. Nodine nnd Leroy Lomax
have organized tho Mint & llitlllon
Placer Mining company nnd taken
over 20 claims on Althouso creek, near
Holland In Josephine county, that they
sny give excellent prospects of be
coming good producers.
Tho claims nre in a district that in
tho early days Is said to have yielded
$33,000,000 from the simple process of
mining with pick nnd shovel. During
rocont years, John . Apjdo, old-time
minor, installed considerable machin
ery, and It was from him the Portland
men, a short time ago, nfter extensive
investigations,' purchased tho pro
perty. Apple having met with an acci
dent preventing his active participa
tion in operation of his plant.
Stovens Is a mining engineer, grad
uate of tho Columbia School of Mines
In .1905, -and, spent Homo, time In Cen
tral America beforo coming to Port
land. Nodine Is a former Cnllforninn
and Lomax was formerly circuit judge
in Bulter, Ore.
"Tho claims contain 12,000,000 cubic
yards of what our investigations have
shown Is gold bearing gravel," said
Stevens, "and we have two big giants
In operation at tho present time."
Stevens said that occasionally good
sized nuggets are found, and displayed
one valued at $22.40, with many others
of smaller size.
Tho company hns Its hendqimrtors
In Portland.
4 MORE IRISHMEN
LONDON, Jan. 2. (By Associated
Press). A. dispatch from the Dublin
correspondent of the Evening Stan
dard says the four rebels recently ar
rested in tho Trnlee district were exe
cuted by the freo state today. Their
names are given as Matthew Morony,
Thomas Devano, Cornelius Casey and
Dormot O'Connor.
Tom McBride Is Now
Chief Justice, Oregon
SALEM, Ore., Jnn. 2. Thomas A.
McHrldo, member of tho state su
premo court since 1009, todny as
sumed office ns chief justice of tho
court, succeeding Justice George 11
Burnett. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 2. II. II.
Corey was elevated to tho position of
chairman of tho public service com
mission of Oregon today and Thomns
K. Campboll, of Portland, assumed
office as commissioner succeeding T.
M. Kerrigan.
Xortlicllffo Left a- Fortune.
LONDON, Jan. 2. The Dally Ex
press understands that the estate of
the late Lord Norlhcllffo Is valued
at 6,500,000 pounds.
L HI
10
SEATTLE, Jan. 2. To convince
folks that they have no excuse for
not scanning tho Illblo, tho entire
New Testament was to be read to
day In the First .Ilaptlst church of
this city. Sixty renders, each taking
fifteen minutes, wero expected to
start nt tho beginning of tho gospel,
according to St. Matthew and to
reach the end of Revelation In fif
teen hours,
PARIS HALTS
U. S. ACTION
French Objections lead Secre
tary Hughes to Hold Up Ger
man Proposiiton for Peace
Agreement, Dependant On
Plebiscite French Consti
tution Opposed.
WASHINGTON, Jan2. The slate
department announced today that tho
German proposal for on agreement
under which France, Great Britain,.
Italy and Germany should "solemnly
agree among themselves nnd promise
tho government of the United StatoB"
not to resort to war for the porlod of
one generation without the authority
of plebiscite had not been transmitted
to tho French government fornmlly
by Heeretnry Hughes, as an informal
Inquiry brought ou the fact that it
was not acceptable to France.
Tho department issued this state
ment: "Tho German ambassador, on
behalf of his government, re
cently submitted t otho secretary
of stato a proposal to tho effect
that tho powers Interested in
the Hhlne, to wit, Frunce, Great .
Britain, Italy and Oermuny,
should 'solemnly agree among
themselves and promise the gov-
ernment of tho Unltod States
that they will not resort to war
against each other for a period
of one generation without being
authorized to do so by a plebis
cite of their own people.'
Vlt wns deemed lnadvisablo to
transmit the proposal to the gov
ernments named unless it ap
peared that It would bo fvorably
uuiimuereu py.Tn ,.r.r,emn; gov-.,,
ernment." On 'making Informal'
Inquiry of tho French govern
ment tho secretary of stato Was
; Informed thnt that government
could not view tho proposal with
tavor, us such an arrangement
could not bo mndo under pro
visions of tho French constitu
te tlon."
Tho announcement (s the first word
stnto department officials havo per
mittee! to escape them In regard to
the German proposal. They would
add nothing by way of comment to
day to tho announcements Disclosure
by the department of that fact that
the German proposal would Jiavo
mndo tho government of tho United
.States tho guardian or trustee of the
peace pnet Is the first Intimation of
an official character that this plan
was sought to bring tho weight of
American Influence to bear on tho
European problem. Thore Vns noth
ing to Indicate whether the Wash
ington administration would havo re
fused to accept such responsibility
had tho French government found it
doslrablo to enter Into the pact.
In some quarters there was u dis
position to believe, however, that tho
action of Secretary Hughes in sound
ing out French opinion Informnlly,
was an evidence that the Washington
government was at least deeply inter
ested In tho proposal.
The full text of tho German pro
posal was not given out here nnd of
ficials would not sny to what extent
tho Washington government would
have been committed hnd It been ac
cepted In Paris. Chancellor Cuno In
his Hamburg speech which first dis
closed the peace pact plan, however,
Indicated thnt the powers, noting ns
trustees would be no more htnn tho
depository of tho promises of the sig
natory governments, nnd presumably
would not be required to take nny
steps for enforcement of the agree
ment. Mnvln Actor Succumbs.
LOS ANGELE, Jan. 2. Edwin
Stevens, for many years actor In
spoken drama and more recently In-,
tcrnutlnnully known for motion pic
ture Interpretations died here todny
at bis residence from pneumonia. He
was (10 years of age.
Keorowno Kulal Again.
ANACORTES, Wash., Jan. 8.
Mrs. A. S. PeaBB, aged 61, died yes
terday from burns received a week
ago while she was lighting a furnace
fire with kerosene. , , .
I
SPOKANE, Jan. 2. Mass meet
ings will be held In all parts Of the
stato noxt Sunday to organize back
ing for nn amendment to the state
constitution, removing legal bars to
rending of the nible In the publlB
schools, K. L. Kdmlston, nn Officer
of tho Hlble Fellowship of Washing
ton? announced hero today.
Tho proposed amendment will bo
presented to tho legislature at Its
mooting this month, Kdmlston said.
PEACE PLAN