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MEDFORD, OliEGOX, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923
NO. 217
Medford
M
MASS FORCE
FOR FRENCH
RUHR DRIVE
Belgian Troops Entrain
' Final Details Ready Lith-
uania Also Hostile Ger
. mans Bitterly Anti-French
Paris Firm to Collect
Reparations and Coal.
BERLIN, Jan. 10. ( tlio
Associated Press. (Germany
today recalled lier ambassador
at Paris. ..
PARIS. Jan. 10. (Dy the Asso
ciated Press) France's assumption
of the Ruhr coal control is an
nounced for tomorrow in a note de
livered by the French government to
' Germany today.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 10. (By the
Associated Press.) The morning
newspapers assert ntno divisions
comprising 120,000 men will partici
pate In the French Ruhr movtmenf.
Herman railway authorities, it was
unnounccd, have received or. Iers to
hold "3 military trains in readiness.
" Is said here the French will occupy
the railways, bridges and viaducts as
well as the mines and manufacturing
plants in order to guard against any
salicluee by Herman workers.
LJtrsSELS, Jan. 10 (Dy the
Associated Press.) The f Irat Bel
gian troops to be put In motion Cor
co-operation with the French In oc
cupying tho Khur entrained heva to
day in four trains for aAix La
Ch'apclle. . They totaled 1S00 men.
COLOGNE, Jan. 10. (Dy the As
sociated Prcs.) Tho French Wiine
flotilla stationed at Mayenco will
move to Duesseldorf, Ruhrort and
Duisburg tonight.
BERLIN, Jan. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tho Laknl Anzciger
today says two regiments of Lith
uanian troops, actuated by tho inter
national situation, are crossing the
frontier with the object of occupying
.Menial, 'the east Prussia area Inter
nationalized by the treaty of Ver
sailles. A number of the frontier in
habitants are accompanying the
troops.
PARIS, Jan. 10. (I)y tho Asso
ciated Press.) The last formalities
regarded as necessary before the
French take over the Ruhr valley to
apply penalties for default In deliv
eries In kind by Germany under the
treaty of Versailles were set for this
afternoon. It was arranged that
Premier Poincare would In te rm the
Germnn government, through Dr.
. Wllhclm Mayer, the German nmbas
'Fador In Paris, and through the
French ambassador at Berlin, of the
measures ho purposes taking, begin
ning tomorrow.
ArrniinmnnitlD ii-nci lit, win fni. tv-
ders to go forward to General De
Aoutto to send to Essen a sufficient
n force to assure tho protection of the
'-allied engineers and agents who have
Been entrusted with applying the
measures decided upon.
' The measures comprise, besides the
colection of the German coal tax for
allied account, the seizure of state
forests, to be exploited for the bene
fit of the reparations fund and the
collection of customs duties on ex
ports In foreign money:
Tho French foreign office still In
sisted today thnt the word "occupa
tion" was Inapplicable to the sltua-j
Hon In tho Ruhr valley. Tho French
troops there, It was said, will not ex
ercise tho prerogatives of forces ofi
military occupation further than mayl
, be found necessary to furnish protoc-l
4 tlon of the allied agents and assure
proper facilities for the performance
of their mlsslson. They will substl-.
tute themselves for German author-!
(Continued on Page six.) I
STATE HEALTH BOARD
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 10. Finger
bowls In public places are filthy, dan
gerous, and good only as tip induc
ers, according to the slate hoard of
health, which yesterday In annual
meeting here abolished them by a de
partment regulation. They may be
used If sterilized after using or a
paper cup may be used in their stead.
The hoard endorsed the steriliza
Fatty Starts Work
On "Comeback" Film,
Ready in Six Weeks
vV
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10.
Roscoe C. Arbuekle, recently
"pardoned" by W. 11. Hays, head
of the motion picture Industry, .
was expected today to start on
his "come back."
With Molly Malono as his
leading woman, and backed by
a group of San Francisco flnan-
ciers, headed by Gavin McNab, 4
the San Francisco attorney who
defended him In his three trials
for manslaughter, growing out
of the death in that city of
Miss Virginia Rappe, actress,
the fat comedian planned to be-
gin filming a two-reeler, to cost
$73,000 and to be finished in
six weeks.
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URGE KELLER BE
JAILED TILL HE
GIVESTESTIMONY
Accuser of Daugherty Who
Failed to Prove Charges Not
to Be Confined Beyond Term
in Congress for Ignoring
Subpoena.
WASHINGTON Jan. 1 0. Tho re
port of the houso" judiciary commit
tee on its Investigation of the im
peachment charges brought against
Attorney General Daugherty by Rep
resentative Keller, republican, Min
nesota, was submitted today to the
house - by - Chairman Volstead.
Whether it will be called up for action
by the house has not yet been'deter
lnined. - . . .
The high spots of the report are
tho resolution adopted yesterday by
tho committee virtually dismissing
the charges as unsupported by evi
dence and tho finding of tho special
sub-committee as approved by the
committee, that tho house had au
thority to punish Mr. Keller" by Im
prisonment or otherwise for his re
fusal to obey a subpoena Issued after
he had w-ithdrawn from the case.
The committee report said therj
was "no merit" to Mr. Keller's claim
that he was not obligated to respond
to the subpoena, since it was served
on him while a representative in
congress and added:
"Your committee. Is of tho opinion
that Mr. Kelly was legally required
to obey said subpoena; tlit the
house of representatives possesses the
power to cause him to be arrested
and confined, in prison until he shall
consent to testify, such confinement
not to extend beyond the term of this
congress, and power to otherwise
deal with him so as to compel obs
dience to the summons."
There was.no suggestion as to how
the minnespta representative might
be dealt with otherwise than by Im
prisonment, nor was there any rec
ommendation that the bouse take
anv action against him. Some com
mitteemen favor tho establishment
of a precedent In this case but it
was a foregone conclusion that there
would be a long and bitter fight
against adopting the committee view
as mi established rule of .the house.
The report of the committee was
devoted to a recital of tho events In
the impeachment proceedings. The
committee contented itself with the
publication of tho names 'of the wit
nesses and the text of its resolution
holding that there had been found
no ground "to believe Mr. Daugherty
had been guilty of any high crime or
misdemeanor requiring the interpo
sition of the Impeachment powers of
the house."
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 1 0. The
men's furnishing store of Uallcy and
Kmbroo was burglarized, this morn
ing and $400 worth of expensive
goods taken. The till of tho Seattle
stago depot also was broken Into but
only a few cents were obtained.
APPROVES EUGENIC
F
tion hill and an eugenics marriage
bill that are to be Introduced at the
present session of the legislature.
Dr. J. II. Rosenbergs of Prlnevllle was
elected president of the board to
succeed Dr. C. .1. Smith of Portland;
Dr. George E. Houch of Roseburg
was elected vice president and Dr.
Frederick D. Strieker of Portland was
retained as secretary,
Leaders
Hero are the four men who are leading the prosecution uud investigation in tho killing of V. Watt Daniels
and Thomug Richards. Both of Mer House, J-a. left Wright aro Attorney General A. V. Coco, and his as
sistant T. Somraes Walmsley, who are personally " investigating tho affair, Gov. John M. Parker, who Is per
sonally taking the ease into hlo hands; and spec'al prosecutor St. Clair Adams. Theso men have conferred in
New Orleans on every phase of the case and are prepared to have indictments issued for suspected memhors
of the klan. . - --i'v -
BASTUOP, I,a.. Jan. 10. Tho state
stands ready today to press in a ritfki
nut nner its investigation of charges
implicating former members of the
Ku Klux Klan in the torture and
slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas
F. Hiehards last August with the re
sumption of the "open hearing" to- j
day. The testimony offered yester
day by former kJanKnien of More
house parish, which Attorney Gene
ral Coco definitely fixed tho klan's
position in the prestuit investigation
the outrages in Morehouse, is only a
small part of tho evidence the state
has to offer, according to this official.
The attorney general stated tho tes
timony offered yesterday "revehled
PARIS, Jan. 10. (I!y the Associated j
Press.) Raids were made by tho au
thorities today in search of communist
leaders who have recently been in the '
Ruhr vnlley nnd are charged with hav
ing Incited tho population to revolt
against the entry of the French troops.
Five leading communists Monhous
son, Maranno, Pletri, Zourdot and
Trldkand Trient wore arrested. The
warrant charged them with having at
tempted to violate the internal and ex
ternal security of tho state.
Gaston Monmousson, most widely
known of the arrested men, had been
expellod from Essen, it was stated, by
tho German police.
A man named Gaston Rene, a car
penter, also was arrested, and the
polfco searched the offices of Humnn
Ite, the communist organ and seized
several documents.
Communist circles expect the ar
ersts to be followed by the demand for
tho suspension of the parliamentary
Immunity of Deputy Marcel Cachln,
who also has been active in tho Ruhr
propaganda so as to admit of his
apprehonsion.
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SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. Gov
ernor Pierce yesterday appointed 11.
M. Payne of Albany as I.lnn county
Judge to succeed V. R. llilyeau, re
signed, and appointed Judge T. II.
Crawford of La Grande, as a member
of tho board of regents of Oregon Ag
ricultural college to succeed the gov
ernor himself, whoso resignation wbb
necessary because of his election as
governor.
CALL OUT POLICE,
PORTLAND, Ore., .Tun. 10. Dan
ny Nil nes of Sucramento, won an un
popular ton round decision here last
night over Eddie Shannon of Lob An
geles. Nunea just before the fight
tipped the scales at 135 pounds to
128 for Shannon. In the second
round Nunes dropped Shannon for
a count or four hut Shannon had all
the better of the later rounds. Police
had to protect Referee Gruman.
In a ten round preliminary Tom
King of Australia outfought Gordon
MrKsy of Snn Francisco throughout.
NAB PARIS 'RED' i'MMF
i rnrnp nnnnomn i UnllU!! I LIlUI
UAUtm) mmm
in Klan Killing Prosecution
in u positive way h:tt klan leaders
were involved In a most active man
ner in the strife which led up to the
shocking torture and murders of two
Mer Kougc citizens."
"Asserting that thl-rc Is n "dual na
ture" to the invisible empire. Attor
ney General Coco an id that the klnn
is on trial and the klan will have to
answer."
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 10. Signifi
cance today attached to the statement
of, Dr. H. W. Evans, imperial wizard
of the Ku "Klux Klan, issued lato last
night in which ho umiuallflcdly up
held the denials of the klan officials
in Louisiana of nny connection by
KLAN' TELLS
Dr. McKoin, Former Mer
Rouge Mayor, Gave Orders
With Mask On and Struck
Pleading Mother, Addie May
Hamilton Tells Hearing
Many Threats. .
DASTItOP. La.. Jan. 10. (Dy the
Associated Press) Addiu May Ham
ilton., known as "daughter of the
klan," declared on the witness standi
in the open hearing investigation to
day into- the slaying of Watt Daniel
and Thomas Dichards, that she was
forced to leave her home near Mer
Uougo and was deported from the
state by the "Ku Klux."
She named Dr. It. M. McKoin, for
mer mayor of Mer Kongo and "Pink"
Klrkpatrlck, ,as two of the party of
men who she testified, ramo to Inn
mother's home one night, took her
away and put her aboard a train for
Little Hock. Ark., tho home of her
sister.
She gave her age as 17.
"I recognized Dr. McKoin, who was
masked, but he ' was the only one
doing any talking." she declared.
"They came to the house and told
my mother that 'Addiu May will have
to leave town tonight.' My mother
asked them what for. 'IlecauHe, Dr.
McKoin said, 'Addle has been loading
an Immorul life.' Mother said: 'Why
don't you send others dvay.' Dr.
IcKoin said: ' 'We are going to.'
"My mother got down on her knees
and pleaded, but they made me leave.
The told us If anyone showed their
heads out of tho door they would
'blow 'em off.' They-made mo leave
without a hat.
"Dr. iMcKnin struck my mother
when she made a final plea for mo to
be allowed to remain. My mother
attempted to shove them out of the
room. She begged them to let her
go to the depot. They refused. They
put me In an automobile and Dr.
McKoin gave me $7, for the faro to
Little Rock. He told me if I did not
catch the train I would be tarred
and feathered the next day."
WA STROP. La.. Jan. 10. (Ity the
Associated Press) Jeff Rurrmtt, now
under arrest on a charge at murder
In connection with tho kidnaping and
slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas
F. Richards, was named today by
Harry J. Neelis. automobile man of
Rastrop. us one of two unmasked
men who held hi in- up on a road
near Kh strop August 17 or 18 Inst
the same day Richards is said to have
been first questiimed by a hooled
band as to an alleged attack on Dr.
nconDTATinm
Mil llll IH I II 111
(Continued on Prm nix 1
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members of the organization with the
Morehouse parish kidnaping and
flogglngx in which Watt Duniel and
Thomaif Richards were put to death
last August.
"I desire to call the attention of
the public at this time to the fact that
the heariim at Bastrop is not n trial,
but is simply a presentation of ono
side of the case," Dr. Kvans said.
"Tim M'llnnuuou fit nnt PVPn II 1-
lowed to be cross-questioned and the
enemies of tho klan are therefore,
having their day In court."
. liv l-H'iiiiM I'viiri'Kweil confidence, the
klan would be vindicated both "le
gally and in the minds of all lair
minded men."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Con
gress will bo asked within n week to
broaden the powers of the American
debt commission in dealing with nil
of the war debts owed to the United
Slates the senato finance committee
was told today by Senator Smoot, re
publican, Utah, tho senato represen
tative on. the commission.
Senator Smoot wus understood to
havu made clear to tho committee at
an executive session, th". belief of the
commission thnt It would bo Impos
sll)le4o reach a settlement with any of
tho allied countries within torms la,ld
down by congress requiring payment
of the principal in full within 25 years
with minimum interest rate ut 4 14
per cent.
Senator Kmoot's announcement which
was in lino with that made yesterday
at tho Whito House, came during
committee .consideration of the
amendment to tho debt refunding
law proposed by Senator Harris,
dumocrat, Georgia, proposing an in
crease In the membership of the debt
commission so us to include three
democrats. This amendment was
referred to n sub-committee com
posed of 'C'bnlriiian McCumber and
Senators Mclj'jun, .republican, Con
necticut and Simmons democrat,
North Carolina, which is to report
tomorrow.
FATHER-IN-LAW OF
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 10. Owen
liulton, 07, fathor-ln-lnw of two Ore
gon governor's, died at his homo here
early today. Mrs. Oswald West of
Portland and Mrs. Hen. W. Olcott of
Salem, aro his daughters.
Mr. Mutton had boon employed at
the stato capllol, Two days ago ho
was found unconscious In his room
and did not regain consciousness be
fore his death.
U.S. OBSERVER IS
CALLED 'MEDDLER'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. -Recall
of Koland W., Hoyden, the unofficial
American representative on tho rep
arations commission was demanded
today In the senate by Senator Heed,
domorrat, Missouri.
"An unofficial representative Is an
unofficial meddler." declared Sena
tor Iteed, who added that such a
representative was capable of doing
as much harm as an official pokes
CONGRESS ASKED
TO WIDEN POWER
DEBT COMMISSION
Pacific Highway Now
Open for Traffic
Except at Jefferson
SAI.E.M. Ore., Jan. 10. Tho
statq highway department an-
nounced today that all roads
radiating from Sulem aro again
open and tho Pacific highway
is open across the state except
at Jefferson. To pass this point
it Is necessary to detour to tho
west side highway at Indepeml-
enco and Corvallis, crossing tho
Marion-Polk county bridge at
Salem.
T
President Orders Withdrawal
On Eve of Ruhr Occupation
No Explanation Given
Transport Leaves Today
Paris Regrets Action.
WASHINGTON Jan. 10. With
drawal of the A iierlcan troops from
the Rhino wus orjercd today by Pres
ident Harding. J i
In announcing tljo decision, tho stato
department said Unit tho president
deemed tho time expedient for the re
call of tho forces now ut Colilonz.
Tho American forcos remaining In
that area number 1008 men unci it wus
Indicated that tho withdrawal ordor
would hn carried out nn ntum nu th.
Amorlcun commander, Mujor Genornn
Allen, could make the necessary nr
rnngomontB for winding up finally tile
nffulrs of the nrmy of occupation, y
, A, malitUon fav.orlog. bur.li a.jwtOb.
drnwal was adopted Saturday by tho
, somite but It was not apparent today
how far it hud contributed to the
president's decision or how far the
administration hnd been influenced by
the situation brought about by the
Fronch movement In the Ruhr vnlley.
The date of actual withdrawal of the
forcos will be loft to the war depart
ment, where it was said thnt American
evacuation of the Cobloz zono would
be conducted in an ordorly fashion.
- Officials of tho state nnd war de
partments refused flatly to make any
explanation of the decision to recall
Major General Allen and his forces
other than to repeat that it was con
sidered expedient to complete at tills
time American withdrawal .roni
Europe.
Secretary Weeks was called to the
White House early today and tho pic
poso of tho government to wltfidruw
tho troops was disclosed before his
return to tile war department. .It was
learned that formal orders had not as
yet been sent to General Allen to bo
Rln the homeward movement, although
ho has knowledge of the plnn for early
evacuation and Is prepared to move on
short notice.
As an Indication that no time would
be lost, it was mnde known thnt the
transport St. Mlhlel would loave New
York today or tomorrow to bring home
tho bulk of tho Rhine forces. A few
sinnll .detachments will bo left (or a
short tlmo to close out final settle
ments Involved In the withdrawal.
Secretary Hughes also a tt ended the
conferonco at tho White Ilonso which
preceded the disclosure that the troops
wero to ,bo withdrawn practically at
once.
PARIS, Jan. 10. (Ity the Associated
Press.) French official circles ox
pressed great regret 'this afturnoon
over tho announcement that President
Hunting had ordered tho withdrawal
of the American forces In Gormany,
tho news of which was given thorn by
tho Associated Press.
Tho foroign office could furnish no
expression for the government, as
neither the Amorlcan government nor
AmbuBsndor Jussorund had yot com
munlcntod tho news.
YANKEE TROOPS
RHINE
OLD
to con
AGEDLLAWYER SPLIT DEAD MAN S GOLD
WITH FAIR SLAYER, DEFENSE CLAIM
SEATTLE, Jan. 10. Charges that
Edwurd Von Tobel, attorney for Fer
dinand Huchbrunn. went with Clara
Rkarln to tho homo of Uoehbrunn
after tho latter had been slain In
October, 1!i:!L slit the pockets of the
deud man. obtained gold from the
pockets nnd n trunk nnd gave part of
l( to the girl, was mado by John F.
Dore, of defenso counsel, In his open
ing statement to the Jury at tho trial
of MIhs Kkurin on a murder churgo
here today.
Mlas Hknrln. who ndmltted slaying
BLOCS SHOW
UPATSTATE
'Anti-Log Rolling' and Farm
Blocs Formed to Regulate
New Faces for Irrigation
Board Agree to $500,
000 Astoria Relief Fund.
SALEM, Jan. 10. Renewing tho
bitter feud precipitated last, night be
tween Senator Smith, chairman of
the senato ways and means commit
tee and Representative Fletcher,
chairman of tho house ways and
moans committee, Fletcher announc
ed this afternoon that the house com
mittee would hcroafter moet sepa
rately in their sessions. The swiato
and house ways and means commit
tee met jointly to expedite the busi
ness of carrying out this policy. Tho
two committees met jointly . last
night, hut scarcely had they con
vened before the chairmen became
Involved In a row over the appoint of
a chief clerk and his salary.
"SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10. Apiwur
iincu of two "blocs" and two meas
ures miggested by Governor Walter
M. Pici'cc, wero developments of to
day's session of tho legislature. Ono
"bloc." calling itself tho "anti-log
rolling bloc," consisted of ton repre
sentatives headed by Representative
L. 11. McMnhon of Salem, with tho
avowed purpose of easting no affirm
ative vote for a bill which Its mem
bers know is being "log rolled." 'The
other was the farm bloc reported to
have about twenty followers hcadod
by Representative A. ly Hunter', of
Union county. -
Wmintm. Slpnvrr tmlnv tntrftilm.erl a
UilBit;,rc80lu.tioii. .r , o . cortstitutSriral
amendment to mawo mo stntA -irrigation
securities commission consist of
tho governor, tho state treasurer, a,
banker, a lawyer and a farmer. Thfti
Is in lino with a suggestion In Gov
ernor W. M. Pierce's messago to tho
legislature. Tho commission Is now
composed of tho stntA engineer, tho
attorney general and the state super
intendent of banks. Tho banker,
lawyer nnd farmer members would
bo named by the governor. ,
The legislature will bo asked to np
proprlato $500,000 for tho relict of
Astoria, members of the Astoria re
lief committeo and tho Clatsop county
dclcgntion havo agreed. The recom
mendation is in lino with tho sugges
'on of Governor Pierce's message ad
vising an appropriation rnther than '
(..vorsion of funds from other
so., rces.
Tho religious Issue which figured
prominently in tho campaign pre
ceding the primary and general elec
tion In Oregon came to the fore ii
tho state legislature today through
tile Introduction of four bills by Rep
resentative D. C. Icwis of Portland.
One bill would repeal tho section
of tile Oregon codo which permits
transportation and Importation of
wlno for sacramental purposes. The
.second bill relates to the examination
of all public school teaehors. Tho
third repeals tile law' exempting '
church property from taxation. Tho
fourth seeks repeal of the section pro
viding for eiiaplalns at the penlten
tlury and the boys training school,
one of which under the present law,
niUHt be a Catholic priest.
A bill requiring that tho milk fat
content of plain ice cream bo raised
from 8 t;0 12 per cent, and that per
centage of fruit or nuts when used
be increased from 0 to 0 per cent, was
introduced by Representative II. J.
Overturf of Rend. The milk fat con
ten of lee cream was reduced In 191!
as a war time measure and has not
since bet-n raised.
YAKIMA, Wash., Jan.' 10. Tho
body or Mary Corbcll, 6.1 was found
this morning by Deputy Sheriff Sam
Austin where It had fallen face
down on the floor after tho woman
had been shot In tho back' through
tho window. No cntiso for the klll
I'lK. the third fatal shooting in tho
county within eight days, Is known.
Mrs. Corboll lived alone about four
miles from Wnpato.
Huchbrunn, killed the aged and
wealthy real estate denier "In de
fenso of her honor," Mr. Dure said.
Mention of Von Tobel, a pioneer
lawyer of the rlty. In connection with
the killing of his client, Hoehbrunn,
created a senstnlon In the court. Von
Tobel planned the mnlllng of forgrd
letters by Miss Skarln and advised
her after her flight from Seattle In
November, six weeks after the shoot
ing, Mr. rjoro charged. '
Mr. Von Tobel- was not present In
the court room when the charge was
mnde.
LEGISLATURE