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: The Weather
Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday; .....J.',...61
Minimum! today .39.5
'. Precipitation ; ,71
Weather Year Ago
Maximum ...I..- 38
Minimum 32
Precipitation 16
Dully Seventeenth Year. '
Weekly Fifty-Second year.
'MEDFORD, OREGON", "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, -1923
NO. 25:i
SUICIOESIN
Harold Campbell, Son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Campbell,
: Shoots Himself When Girl
Refuses to' Marry Him, Ac
cording to Report of Oak
land Police.
OAKLAND, Col.. Jon'. 17. (Dy As
soclaU'd Press) Harold Campbell,
formerly a. student at tho Oregon
Agricultural college and son of
Jumes Campbell, wealthy rancher
residing at Mcdford, Ore., took his
llfc.'hore last night, because, police
say,-, hit proposals of marriage, to a
University of California student had
bocri refused repeatedly. Campbell
shot himself through the head.
' Campbell had been In California
only a few months. A brother. Earl,
who is attending tho University of
California, introduced tho young
woman to his brother. It is said
by pollco that the girl told them
Campbell had threatened ' several
times to take his lifo unless she prom
ised 'to marry him.
Miss Lois Naomi Rupert, 18, soph
omore student at the University of
California, with whom Campbell was
cuamoured, told the police she met
Campbell at a campus parly, and
that meeting was followed by several
hiking trips. Ho proposed marriage
on numorous occasions, she said, hut
sho refused, explaining they were
both too young. '
; After a month's visit in Berkeley.
Campbell returned to his studies at
Oregon Agricultural college and then
returned to Berkeley December 19,
according to Miss Rupert, and re
newed his suit for lior hand after ob
taining a position with an insurance
company. She still declined matri
mony, protesting that they were too
youug. Miss Rupert lives ln Oak
. land.- ' - ' : v ' . . ' '
Campbell was . found . lying on a
bed In a lodging house til West Oak
land, with a bullet wound in his
.head.' He had pulled .tho covers
completely over him before firing
the fatal shot, according to the po
lice; the revolver was found clutched
In his hand.
Relatives of the dead youth wore
communicated with today by the
authorities. " j
Miss Rupert appeared greatly.
shocked by the tragedy, but had no
trouble in giving the police full de
tails of her acquaintance with Camp
bell. Earl Campbell, his brother,
who introduced him to Miss Rupert,
Is a senior nt the University of Cali
fornia. Harold Campbell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jnnies Campbell was born in
Minneapolis ana was i yt-ui .
I... V....mK.. lln frmfltmtPfl from I
tho Medford high school ' with the
rlass of 1951: attended O. A. C. at
Corvnllls last your, remaining nt home
with his parents this year until Into
1n December when, ho went to Oak
fland for the holidays, and hod se
cured a position In San Francisco, ex
pecting to remain In Oakland until
spring. Ills brother, Earl, who is at
tending tho University of California,
Is bringing tho body to Medford. Fu
neral services will be held at Perl's
Funeral Home, ond the body will be
shipped to Portland for' cremation.
Time of funeral services will bo an
nounced luter.
: Tho neWH of the death of Harold
Campbell camu as a great shock to
his many friends In this city, today,
ipd many expressions of sympathy
ro heard for the bereaved family.
larold was a good student, a modest
and retiring young man. and known
to be extremely sensitive. The fact
that ho was very quiet and never
cared for socinl life, makes tho trag
edy all tho moru Inexplicable.
Boy Scouts to Hun Scut tki.
SEATTLE, Jan. 17. Boy Scouts
will furnish "officials" . from port
warden to mayor and Including coun
cllmon, who will conduct tho affairs
.of the city February 4, '
INTRODUCED IN
OLVMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 17. A
Mil aimed at the Ku Klux Klan ond
similar organizations, according to its
author, was Introduced by -O. It, Me
Kinney, representative from Tacoma.
It would prohibit assemblages of per
sons wearing masks, hoods or other
head dress making the face unrecog
nizable and providing that peace of
ficers may arrest persons violating
the act without warrants.
The forty mill tax limit bill was
Introduced in the house of represen
tatives today by Representative
George F. Mcacham, Seattle, carrying
Mexicans, Protest
When Law Sends
Wives to School
.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17. Scv-
4- erul young Mexicans living at Kl 4
Monte, a suburb, have appealed
to Leandro Garzla Teal, Mexl-
can consul here, for aid In resist-
lng tho California school laws
which, enforced to the lottor by
Kl Monte authorities, are fore-
lng Mexican wives, between tho
ages of 18 and 21, to go to school 4
at least four hours a. week.
Ono young husband already
lias been sent to Jail for refusing
4 to permit his wife to go to school 4
and a number of others are 4
4 threatened with similar punish- 4
4 ment, it is said. 4
FRENCH LOSE 1 ,
LITHUANIA 30,
E
LONDON, Jan. 17. The armistice
agreed upon at Meniel has been put
into effect and negotiations are In
progress between the insurgents and
the high commissioner to avoid fur
ther bloodshed, according to official
advices.
Tho force that attacked the city is
said to number 900 armed men with
machine guns. The Kronen lost one
man killed and the Lithuanians 30
in Monday's fighting, the latest de
tail's state.
The town is quiet, being patrolled
by the Lithuanians.
PARIS, Jan. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The allied council
of ambassadors decided today to
send an extraordinary mission to
Memel to establish a provisional In
ter-allied government under the au
thority of the British,. French and
Italians. v - - ;
Tho .council ulso will make repre
sentations to Lithuania, holding-her
responsible, for the invasion of the
lnternaticmal Memel territory and
asking Lithuania to recognize the
provisional authority established.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
PAWHUSKA, Okln.. Jan. 17. An
automobile In which was found about
$u,000 In cash aud bonds, identified by
local police ns part of the loot taken
by robbers who late yesterday held up
a hank at Cambridge, Kas., was dis
covered last night near a rami Iioubo
ten miles Iffom here where Ralph
Kloptcn, who admitted ho participated
in the holdup, was captured, authori
ties announced today. The robbers
had escaped with $20,000.
PAWHUSKA, Okln.; Jan. 17. One
of tho. flvo men who loto yestorday
robbed tho State Bank of Cambridge,
Kas., of approximately J20.500 In cash
and bonds was held by police here to
day while physicians -treated wounds
which he sustained when he and his
companions engaged in three gun
tights with pursuing officers in Kan
sas and Oklahoma.
SPOKANE, Jan. 17. Robbers who
burned their way into tho sufe in the
State Dank of Fnhfleld, Wash., last
night, escaped with about $5000 in
Liberty bonds, negotiable notes, Jew
elry and cosh, according to word re
ceived here today. They cut every
telephone ond telegraph who entering
town exeeDt one to Snokane, It was
stated.
Itcfii.Ho K. K. a Hull.
UAKEIIKFIELD, Cnl., Jan. 17.
Use of a hall for the address of Hev.
John C. Moore, of Pino Bluff. Ark.,
in which ho expected to defend the
Ku Klux Klan was denied by owners
of the property last night.
IS
WASHINGTON STAIE
with it a provision ' for net business
Income and utilities income taxes
Introduction of the bill followed the
hearing last night before the Joint
committee on revenue and taxation,
when the tux limit league appeared
with strong representation.
Representative W. P. Totten, Se
attle, Introduced a measure to reduce
the registration fees of eltlnen stu
dnts at the University of Washington
and residents of this state and Aluska
from $15 to II and to Increase the
fees of non-citizen and non-resident
students from irn to 10(1.
CALLARMISTIC
COAL BARONS
IN GERMANY
FACE PRISON
France Threatens Stinnes and
: Other German Magnates
With Court Martial if They
Persist in Refusal to Deliver
Coal Situation Tense
More Clashes Occur
ESSEN, Jan. 17. (By tho Associ
ated Press.) The French occupa
tional authorities announced this af
ternoon that they will begin operating
the mines of the Ruhr district tomor
row, requisitioning Gorman labor If
necessary.
The Ruhr coal and Industrial mag
nates who refused to co-operate with
the French will be prosecuted before
a court martial.
It is intimated that French circles
here are finding the situation perplex
ing but feel that even should the
mines cease operations temporarily
the burden of sufferings would fall
upon the Germans, while the occupy
ing forces would continue applying
penalties until their demands were
met.
Meanwhile the French authorities
are taking steps to control the move
ment ot coal and have established
controlling stations at Essen, Werden,
Muelheim, Bottrop and Oberhausen.
No Cars Returned
It is considered significant that al
though announcements posted at rail
way stations in the Ruhr district in
dicate that more than 20.000 rail
trucks had been dispatched within 24
hours, none has been returned. It Is
reported the Berlin government has
ordered that coal cars be not returned
to the Ruhr.
It the German, mine owners refuse
to carry out the French instructions,
the Krupp, ' Stinnes and Thyssen prop
erties will-he first to suffer under thP
new sanctions or penalties, ns they are
the richest in Germany and their
owners are the leaders in industrial
welfare.
In view of tho Incidents at Bochuni,
martial law is helng enforced more
strictly there than elsewhere. A
press censorship was established nt
Bochum.
DUESSELDORF, Jan. 17. (By the
Associated Press.) It was officially
announced by General DeGoutte this
afternoon that the military operations
ot tho Ruhr occupation movement arc
finished.
The French will take possession of
tho mines throughout tho district to
morrow morning, placing military
guards at th head of every plt-
Tho Ruhr magnatos were informed
late this afternoon that their prop
erty will bo confiscated and will be
worked under Frepch management for
the benefit of the reparation account.
At Bochum tho population has
been notified by the occupying of
ficials that tho troops will uct with
out warning against ony action di
rected at tho French troops or of
ficials, even It It bo only whistling
or shouting.
General conditions throughout the
occupied area continued1 quiet this
morning.
DUESSELDORF, Jnn. 17 (Ily the
Associated Press) Rcpresontatlves
of the German niagnatos failed to ap
pear this morning before tho control
commission, sending word they had
decided to obey tho instructions of
the Berlin government Instead of the
French orders ns to coal deliveries,
thus placing tho next move squarely
up to the French occupying authori
ties. . . ,
The ultimatum delivered to the In
dustrial leaders yesterday directing
them to resume coal deliveries under
heuw penalties for foiluro expires at
I p.'m. No action will bo token by
the French. It Is stated, until the full
24 hours from the delivery of the
ultimatum 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon has elapsed.
k
LONDON. Jan.' 17. A Reutcr dis
patch from Essen filed Tuesday says
that according to reports from Ger
man sources, four of the Ruhr In
dustrial leaders. Including Hcrr Thys
son, were told by tho French authori
ties at Duesseldorf to consider them
selves under arrest ofter the mag
nates had roltoruted that they would
only obey orders from Berlin.
Await I'rcnrh Move.
ESSEN. Jan. 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Directors of German
coal mines, hovlng reiterated that
they would abide by the order of the
federal coal commissioner to deliver
no more fuel on the reparations ac
count, wore apparently waiting early
today to see what tho next of the
threatened 'French penalties would
be.
It was suggested at French head
quarters that the mine owners or
their representatives might either be
(Continued on Paje Seven)
Wife Held for Murder of
Wealthy Texas Lumberman
, jJj :
Mrs. Hiram Knox, wife of millionaire Texas lumber man, is held for his
death. Knox was found dead In his home at Hemphill, Texas, bullet
wounds Indicating the manner in which he died. But a few days before
his death, Knox Is said to have deeded his entire property to Mrs. Knox.
Photo show Knox, Mrs. Knox and their two sons. 1
OBI
MAI
E
BILLS' 2 MEASURES DEFEATED
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 17. Two bills
Introduced by Representative W. F.
Woodward of Portland, one extending
franchise in school elections to all
citizens instead of to property hold
ers only as at present, and the oth
er, providing for dcntaS examinations
ot pupils in all schools, in the state
were defeated today by SO and 44
votes respectively..
Those had been known as house
organization measures and votes on
them wore expectod to test tho
strength ot Speaker K. K. Kubll, but
yesterday when it bocame known
that there was miuch opposition to
the bills, especially from the "fnriu
bloc," the Kubll organization aban
doned them. ;
Senator B. L. Eddy of Roseburg,
today introduced a hll providing tha t
F
I
DESERTED BY PAL
KLAMATH FALLS Jan. 17. Suf
fering from gangrene in both feet as a
result of "bolng frozen when he was
lost for eight days in the mountains
west of here, E. W. Barham, 62, a
trapper from Medford, wus brought
here Sunday by a party headed by
Sheriff Low. They said Barliam told
them that after finding his cabin, frost
bitten and noarly starved after bolng
lost eight days, he was deserted by
his partner for days at a time. Un
able to walk, he said, he was forced to
crawl about to obtain food and water.
H. H. Ogle of Hie Pine Beetle sur
vey crew, with an improvised sled,
started to haul Barham 10 miles
through tho snow to the Beetle camp,
but, unablo to haul tho load, was
forced to camp In the snow and await
help. His crow found him tho noxt
morning and helped haul the sick man
to camp from whore he was brought
here by the sheriff.
The injured man gave his address
as 136 Almond street, Medford, Ore
gon. He said also that ho had a wife,
two daughters and a son living there.
His family will be notified ot his
plight.
FRUIT JOBBERS FAVOR
CHICAOO, Jan. 17. Members of
the Westorn Fruit Jobbers' associa
tion, In session here today, were on
record as approving a system of cen
tralized control of refrigerator cars,
with a central body having sufficient
power to enforce its decisions. A
resolution to that effect was passed
yesterday.
QUITS SCHOOL
tines for violation of liquor laws and
proceeds from sales of property for
feited by vlolatrs shall 'be paid t
county treasurers.
A bill tp encourage markotlng ag
ricultural products wantroduoed
by Senator W. H. Brown of Oervals,
providing that no license fee shrill be
required of produce peddlers by any
city or. town.
A measure requiring all bills to
be introduced thirty days before tho
adjourning ot the legislature was in
troduced by Senator Peter Zlmmor
man ot Yamhill.
A tax on' one-tenth of one per cent
on gross incomes of public' utili
ties to make the state public servico
commission self supporting Is pro
vided in a bill Introduced by Sena
tor Charles Hall,- Marshflold.
LOCAL MERCHANTS
TO
A. C. Joy of AHlilund, recently
elected president of tho Jackson
County Farm Bureau was tho prln
clpal speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce Forum luncheon at the
Hotel Medford this noon.
He outlined the growth of the
Farm Bureau and told of its accom
pllshments and the advantages of
membership therein. The speaker
urged Medford business men to
boost the Farm Bureau and to urge
farmers with whom they do business
to join the support of tho Farm Bu
reau.
The local Farm Bureau Exchange
did a 1250,000 business for the
farmers of Jackson county last year,
bought supplies and things that the
farmers needed at a saving and sold
produce for the farmers at a larger
profit than could have otherwise been
socurcd.
In addition to saving $30 per ton
on sulphur, $30 per car on freight
charges for livestock being shipped
to large city markets, and different
amounts on numerous other ex
pensen sustained by tho farmer, tho
Jackson County Farm Bureau has
fought for the malntalnonce of the
homo demount ration agent's office
and hopes to make It a purmanent
institution.
Tho campaign for the eradication
of tho digger squirrel has also been
efectlvo as carried on by tho County
Farm Bureau and at the present
time It Is a disgrace for a farmer to
havo digger squirrels In sight on his
ranch.
Tho state and national organlza
tlons have also done much to bene
fit the farmer but the difficulty of
convincing tho farmers who are not
members of the advantages of mem
bershlp still confronts the members
(Continued on page eight)
FARMERS REQUEST
BUREAU ASHLAND
Sappho and Cleopatra
Ugly Compared to
Beauties of Today
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Sappho
had a wrinkled nock nnd Cleo-
putra a riat nose, It Venus was to
reappear today she would bo
classed as a track horse while
tho.Quecn of tho Nile would look
liko a washerwoman caught
walking down a boulevard.
With those fow words Dr. J.
P. Kernel, plastic surgeon, tils-
4 missed the beauties of the past
and announced there aro more
bonutlful women In the world
than ever before, In an address
to a hair dressers' association.
Within the next few years tho
proportion of beautiful women
will be immensely multiplied, Dr.
Kernel said. "It will almost
reach the state where hoiullness,
liko poverty will be a crime."
The appointment of Attorney
Georgo A. Codding, as his chief dep
uty was announced this morning, by
Judge V. E. Crews, appointed com
missioner of corporations Monday by
Governor. Walter M. Pierce. Judge
Crews and Attorney Codding will
leave Sunday eveuing for Salem. The
office wlll.be officially turned over
to Judge Crews Wednesday, when
he will assume charge.
The chief deputyshlp Is regarded
as a political plum, and was sought
by several Portland and Willamette
valley . men. .
Attorney Codding ia a veteran ot
the World War, former commander
ot tho Medford Post of the Ameri
can. Legion, and deputy district at
torney until last summer, under Dis
trict Attornpy ..Moorei has Jieen
active (in democratic political clr-
clrcs, and was spoken of last spring
for tho legislature and lust fall for
Mayor. , . .
It was also announced this morn
lng that Govornor Plorce would bo
the chief guest aud speaker at the
Sportsmen's banquet to be held In
this city Fobruary 3rd, and the gov
ernor will arrive In plenty of time
to clasp tho hands of old friends.
The law husiness of Judge Crows
has been taken by Attorney Frank
De Soua, formerly of Phoenix, Ariz.
and- promlnont in tbo political llfo of
that state serving one term In tbo
legislature. He .was secretary of the
state! corporation commission, and
a membor of the constitutional con
vention. Attorney Do Souza is an
ardent fisher and huutor. Ho has
a wifo and llttlo girl. .
LOSES TO
COTTAGE G.15-28
The Cottage- Grovo high school
basketball team, which meets tha lo
cal team at the Nat. tonight, defeated
the Ashland high school team last
night by a score of 2 8-15 and Coach
Eddie Durno of the locals predicts
a lively scramblo at the Nat., to
night. . Ho says that tho locals will
have to work hard to win.
Cottage Grove was defeated by
Ashland Monday night by a score of
39-30, but came back Btrong last
night and walloped the neighboring
hoopstors on their own. floor. Cot
tage Grovo is said to havo a forward
of excceptlonal ability. . .
Tonight at 7:30 the girls' prelim
Inary will begin and will bo follow-
od Immediately by the boys' gamo.
Friday night tho locnl teams will
CREWS APPOINTS
GEORGECODDING
AS CHIEF DEPUTY
PRESIDENT HARDING TAKES TO BED
WITH FLU; CONDITION NOT ALARMING
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 17. Presi
dent Harding cancelled all ot his
engagements today In order to re
muln In bed owing to an attack of
grippe. It was said at tho White
House that tho dny of rest was de
cided on merely as a precautionary
measure and that the president's
condition showed no serious devel
opments. Secretary Christian, after a visit
to the president's room said his chief
"felt a llttlo worse" than ho did yes
terday when he attended the cabinet
meeting hut had spent the remain
GOV. PIERCE
FOR SPEEDUP
State Executive Starts to
Speed Up Program Through
the Legislature Asks In
formation Regarding Own
Measures Counties Given
Control Market Road. .
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 17. Governor :
Walter M. Pierce today started to
push his legislative program by stat
ion that ho would mako Inquiry to
ascertain how many bills -following
recommendations In his message had
boon Introduced. '
Tho governor also let it be known
that bo intends to call a conference
of the two irrigation committees of
the legislature and the- state Irriga
tion securities commission relative
to Irrigation policies, particularly
with reference to finance. !He dwelt
at length In his message on the ques
tion ot desirability of the state con
tinuing to guarantee interest on ir
rlKatlon district bonds.
The house roads and highways
committee, headed by Representative -B.
F. Jones of Newport, is tackling
tho highway program. Jones led the
campaign in 1918 for a 2. 500.000
bond Issue for the Roosevelt coast
memorial highway which was ap
proved nt an initiative election.
Unless tho government matches this
money by Fobruary of this year. It '
will bo lost so far as the Roosevelt
highway fund Is concerned, and of-foi-ts
to work out a solution aro under .;
consideration. -
Give County Courts Control. .
' Tho senate today passed Senator
Strayer's measure providing that the
construction of market roads shall ''
be exclusively under the control and
supervision of the county courts of .
the rcspoctlve counties. This Is con- -slderod
one ot tho Important high
way bills, of .the st-sslon. : ' . '.-v--w
'---Opponents of tho antl-allen land ; ,
bill will have opportunity tq regis
ter protests at a mooting announced
by the house Judiciary comniittoo
next Tucsduy night. '
Tho Joint ways and means commit-'
toe. pressing Its plan to hurry appro
priation bills Instead of waiting until
the Inst day of tho sosslon us hcro
toforo, bus eleven measures alroady
prepared.
Carkln Bill Offered. ' 1
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 17. A bill
aimed at consolidation of state 'de
partments and commissions, drawn
by Senator A. J. Johnson of Corval
11b and Representative John II. Car
kln of Mrdford, appeared In the legis
lature yesterday and Is to bo .con-' '
tiidcrcd in. connection with - a bill
along tho samo lines already Intro
duced by "Senator Charles Hull of
Marshflold.
More thorough preparation In
fundamental subjects and better In
formation In Amortcunlsm Is the 'ob
ject of a bill Introduced by Senator
li. L. Kddy of Roseburg which would
amoud tho law relating td courses of
study In tho high schools.
Representative B. F. Kecney of
Etigeno introduced a bill amending
tbo stauto which cxnmptH literary,
benevolent, charltnblo and scientific'
Institutions from taxation, to provide
that this shall not "exempt any
property UHCd or occupied In connec
tion with a service performed for
the public for which a compensation
Is charged."
A bill wns introduced by Represen
tative A. K. McMahan ot Albany
provides that any incorporated city
desiring to Include adjoining tcrri
lory may do so with tho conHont of
tho residents Involved and without
the necessity of n special election. '
. Mrs. MncSwIney Culled Home.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 1 7. Mrs. Ter
enco MacSwIney cauccllod her lec
ture tour In America to return to tha
bedsido of her fpur-ycar-old daugh
ter,, who Is 111. '-,
meet the Weed teams at tho Nat.
both hoys and girls.
der ot the day lying down. Ho has
boon suffering from a heavy cold for
several days.
Brigadier General Sawyer, ' the
White House physician, described
tho prcflldent's indisposition as a
slight attack of grlppo, "such as
about evoryono else is having around
town."
Tho president has a little fever in
termittently, such as ono would
"naturally have with tho grippe,"
Dr. Sawyer said, lie added that it
Mr. Harding had followed his own ,
inclinations he would have spent to
day at his desk.