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The Weather
Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday 45.S
Minimum today .' 28.3
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 32
Minimum 18
Dolly Seventeenth Tear.
Voekly Fifty-Second Year.
MED FORD, 0KEG0N7 TIICIiSDAY, JANUARY 18, 192:5
NO. 254
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Rome Takes Definite Steps to
Prevent Further Aggression
Against Germans Allies
Take Over German Forests
On Shine and Seize Coal
Barges. 1 '
WASHINGTON. Jun. 18. (Hy the
Associated Tress) Italy has taken
definite steps to impress upon the
British and French governments that
she regards the. present situation in
tho Ruhr as fraught with great dan
ger, and although not taking the po
sition of an actual mediator, has ear
nestly ' suggested that any furthor
forcible steps toward tho collection
of German reparations be taken only
after tho most mature consideration. '
The Italian government is under-;
stood to have acted after the Gcr- j
man ambassador at Home called at-j
tention to the fact that the French
army in tho Ruhr and the remnants '
of the German military forces are r
facing each other across a space of
only a few miles, presenting a situa
tion regarded in Germany as Involv
ing the most dangerous possibilities
-GEL8ENKIRCHEN, - Jan. 18.
Seven barges carrying coal destined
for various cities in Westphalia were
stopped by tho French while travers
ing tho Rhine canal hero toduy and
re-consigned to Strasbourg by way of
Kuhrport and up tho Hhine. -
DORTMUND, Jan. 18. One hun
dred and twenty cars laden with
coal, consigned to the Interior of Ger
many wero halted at tho limits of
tho occupational, zone today and di
verted to Mutz.
CODLENZ, Jai;-18-. (By tlitvAsso'k
'elated Press) The"' Inter - allied
Rhineland commission this afternoon
decided, in conformity-.with instruc
tions from, the French, Belgian and
Italian governments, to take over the
customs and forests of the Rhine
land. An order was issued to seize
tonight nil tho receipts In tho cus
toms offices.
ESSEN, Jan. 18. Tho French
military authorities today instituted
court martial proceedings against six
Ruhr cool magnates whoso names
wero withheld. They were charged
with "refusing to obey tho orders of
the military authorities in the terri
tory under state of siege."
The magnates have nut been taken
into custody.
LONDON, Jan. 18. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) The foreign exchange
market wns utterly demoralized to
day with international operations in
continental currencies practically at
a standstill, any business transacted
being purely In tho nature of a
gamble
.German maiks at noon were quoted
nt 105.000 to 110,000 to tho pound
1 sterling. Tho French frnnc stood at
10.75 and tho Belgian franc at 77.35
to the poUnd.
'BERLIN, Jan. 18. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) The Rclchsbnnk to
day raised Its discount rate to 12 per
cent from tho 10 per cent established
on November 13, last.
SYDNEY. N. 8. W., Jon. 18.
wenty-flvc hundred iron miners nro
le and the greatest period of pros-
rlty in the history of the abnna
tiict of Newfoundland nns enaeu
the result of the French invasion
the Ruhr nnd tho consequent sus-
ision of German contracts for
foundland ores, according to in-
nation received hero today.
ho Wnbana mines have closed
n upon receipt of advices from
many.
'. foal Owners Not Arrested.
5-.SSEN. Germany. Jan. 18. (By
f Associated Press) Ruhr valley
jfl operators who thought for a
J (Continued on page eight)
WASHINGTON STATE
S FOR PROFESSIONAL SOLDI
S.vtPIA. Wash.. Jan.' 18 An
.i.ition of $o00,000 to compen
Ki classed as "professional
fa who were barred from re
V!ic state bonus by n de-dslon
E.ireme court, is proposed in
! Introduced In the state
. . V tl nalmi.f
ere are 1230 veterans who
yvlce prior to the declars-
with Germnny ana wno
1 compensation, according
ties of State Auditor C. W.
jthe provisions of the bill,
would he paid compensa
te time they were In service
iprll . 1 f 1 7 nnd November
Governor Allen of
Kansas Describes
Klan in a Phrase
CHICAGO, Jan. '18. Henry
Allen, former governor of Kan-
sas. in a speech here last night
characterized the Ku Klux Klan
as "tho old A. P. A., plus hatred
of the negro, plus hatred of the
Jew, all rolled up In the Amerl-
can flag labelled 100 per cent
Americanism and Bold for 810
apiece."
'
SALEM, Or., Jan. 18. The house
yesterday afternoon passed tho bill
introduced by Representative Louis
.Kuehn of Portland, prohibiting the
changing of party registration by
any voter within 30 days prior to a
primary election.
Sponsored by Representatives H.
C. Wheeler of Lane county and T. T.
Bennett of Coos county, the state
grange income tax bill appeared late
yesterday. Tho act would become ef
fective immediately and would apply
to incomes .earned during tho year
1!23 by all' persons, corporations,
stock companies, partnerships and
tho like.
Included in individual exemptions
.under tho bill are: Incomes up to
and including $1500. to husband and
wife $2500; for each child under 18,
$400: for each additional actual de
pendent $400. Mutual corporations
not existing for profit, and tho dis
tributed profits of co-operative asso
ciations are exempt, provided they
nro hot distributed in proportion to
the amount or stock or shares held.
) SALEM, Ore . Jmy 18. Common
uso -for the Natron ' cut-'of f ot the
Southern Pacific railway line will bo
asked of tho inter-stato commerce
commission by the Oregon legisla
ture. ThiB was decided by tho com
mittee on resolutions lust night after
a prolonged hearing. Tho senate',
however, will be asked to adopt a
resolution asking the inter-stnto com
morce commission to have in mind
the railroad development of Oregon
when tho final grouping of railroads
is accomplished, it was decided.
RESCUED AT SEA
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (By tho
Associated Press) TJho -. Italian
stcumshlp Guiscppo Verdi wirelessed
her owners hero today that she had
rescued at sea the entiro crew of the
Italian freighter Montcllo nt 11 a. ni.
Wednesday. The Montelto was re
ported sinking at that hour.
Tho message received from Captain
Mnngnmaro follows:
"After 27 hours of very hard work
today January 17, at 11 a. in. and with
conditions of weather very bad, we
saved the entire crew of the Italian
steamer Montcllo. She Is now sink
ing. We will arrive Friday night."
NORFOLK, Va Jan. 18. The en
tire crew of 11 men of tho schooner
Helvetia Is believed by coast guard
officials here to have been lost when
that vessel capsized off the Virginia
coast during the heavy storms last
month, It was stated today upon com
pletion of an investigation which
started Monday when a derelict was
sighted off Wlnterquarter lightship.
The derelict was found to be the Hel
vetia which left New York on Decem
ber 13 for Charleston, S. C. It Is be
ing towed to this port by the coast
guard cutter Manning.
CONSIDERS EXTRA
11, 1918. An average of $125 is
figured for these men making a total
payment of slightly more than $500,
000 necessary, uccordlng to the state
auditor.
Fnrmer-labor members of both
houses today introduced a memorial
petitioning President Harding to par
don ull persons convicted under the
espionage net whose conviction was
based solely on the expression of an
opinion nnd not on the .commission
of any overt act. Senator J. R.
Oman was behind the bill In the sen
ate and Representative J. H. Ryan in
the house. The house bill was also
signed by Representatives Homer T
Bone and Jessie B. Kastnor.
HOUSE PASSES
BILL CHANGING
ORE. PRIMARY
,K.
Witness Declares He Recog
nized Newt Gray As One of
Gang That Held Up Daniel
and. Richards Testimony
Confirmed By Other Wit
nesses Brother Testifies.
BASTROP. La.. Jan. 18. (By tho
Associated Press) Newt Gray, was
a member of tho masked party which
on August 6, held up Watt Danlol. T.
F. Richard and several others on the
highway between Bastrop and Mcr
Rouge, according to Fred Eubanks,
testifying today at tho open hearing
hero into the kidnaping and murder
of Daniel nnd Richard.
Counsel for Gray, who was on the
stand yesterday, objected to certain
questions put to Gray by the state
on tho ground that they were of the
"third degree" variety and Judge
Odom ruled that the witness would
not be required to answer interroga
tions that involve statements of a
possible incriminating nature.
Eubanks said he resided near Newt
Gray's home and was a visitor in
Bastrop on August 24.
"Returning to your homo that day,
wore you held up?"
"Yes, sir.. Men .wearing black
masks held mo up."- - .
"Did you recognizo anyone?" . .
"Yes sir. Newt Gray."
"After that were you permitted to
go home?
"Y'es sir; I went on home and later
went to church."
"Mr. Gray was a mombcr of that
church?"
"Yes. sir, ' but he . wasn't present
that night." ,. , .
- RutuB Eubanks, 18,. of Mcr Rouge,
tho first' witness' called , today, testi
fied that on August 24 he had taken
Newt Oray-.tn .Clmy!"irntoniebilo' f rotiv
Bastrop nnd had dropped him' on the
jroad at point -within 800 yards' of
tne place wnero tno. noiuuy laicr iook
place. . . . . ;
Gray had previously testified that
Eubanks had acted as his chauffeur
that day.
'Fred Eubanks was excused after
he said he did not see Gray any more
until tho following morning.
J. Buatt Jones, tho next witness,
said ho did not hoar of the kidnaping
unail tho day after it happened.
"Had you heard any talk to Indi
cate there would be a kidnaping?" .
"No, sir, except I heard there was
nultc a stir up around Mer Rouge and
White Lightning."
Jones testified he was a member
of the klan.
Leon Daniel, brother of Watt, tho
next witness, said ho is tho only
brother of Wntt. . .
"It has been testified hero you
mado a statement Wntt Daniel had
been accused of uhootlpg at Jlc
Koln?" '
"My brother, Wntt, told me ho had
been accused. Ho also told me
Richard was accused. Then ho told
me later both he and Richard were
accused."
"Did ho approve of tho vbjllonte
committee of tho Ku Klux Klnn?"
"No. sir, ho was open In his talk
about tho klan after somo klansmen
had made a raid on tho negro sottlo
ment on his plantation. The negroes
said they were dressed in black
hoods and robes and were looking
for whiskey. Watt was homo at tho
time, but did not know of the raid
until after the klan had gone."
Henry Pipes said ho nnd his
brother were at Guy Boyd's store on
August 24 when two carloads of black
hooded men drove up and wanted
their automobiles, one a truck, re
plenished with gasoline. "I saw some
blind folded men In tho back," testi
fied Pipes.
Torture Touched Upon
T. E. Pratt, Jr., who admitted on
the stand ho was a klansman and
owner of an automobilo truck with
which ho said he hauled logs on
August 24 until six o'clock in the eve
ning, was questioned at length about
the truck and a log unloadcr at the
lumber mill at which he was employed
at Mer Rouge. .
He said there was a white man by
the name of W. F. Howard, who was
employed at the mllHts a sawyer. The
witness said Howard "knocked off
from work on August 24 at or about
the usual time, six o'clock. The wit
ness was Interrogated at length about
tho various machinery used at the
mill.
Reports have been current that
Daniel and Richard were tortured to
death by the use of heavy machinery.
Separate Wives From
Hubbies On Transport
COBLENZ. Jan. 18. (By tho Ai'
soeiated Press) Officials of the
American troops of occupation are
making every effort to mitigate
crowded conditions on the transport
St. Mihlel when It takes the troops
home. Servants must be left behind.
Baggage will be limited to hand
bags. Husbands and wives will have
sepnrate quarters.
AT BASTROP
"Wally" Reid Dies at Hollywood
Wallace
LOS ANGELE8, Jan. 18. Wal
lace Reid, motion picture actor,
died today at Hollywood. .
The end came about 1:30 p. m.,
In the sanitarium where the ac
tor was taken about a month ago
after a nervous breakdown, said
by his family to have been due to
his fight against the narcotics
habit.
Reid's wife and children were
with him when he died.
Reid at the height, of his career as
a motion' picture actor, collapsed sev
eral months ago and after' two
months' absence from tho studio on
what was reported to bo a nervous
breakdown and eye trouble, the
family made a sensational announce
ment just before Christmas that, he
was a victim' ot drugs and under
treatment In a private sanitarium.
The announcement by his mother-
CONTRACT HIT BY
E
ROSEBURG', Jan. 18. A ' caso
which has aroused much interest over
tho state due to the fact that it tests
tho contract mado-between a cooper
ative marketing association and a
producer, was decided here last week
In favor of the producer and against
the association.
The Oregon Growers' Cooperative
association suod Ernest Riddle, fruit
grower of Riddle, to compol him to
market his 1922 crop , of prunes
through tho asosclntlon, claiming
that ho bad signed a contract to do
so and that ho had sold his crop in
dependently the preceding year.
Thoy endoavorcd to obtain an injunc
tion preventing him from selling his
1822 crop outside tho association,
tho Injunction being denied.
Kiddle claimed that tho associa
tion brought the suit at harvest time
In order to hold it as a club over
the beads of tho growers. Judge
Hamilton declared in handing down
the decision that a contract to bo
binding must affect both parties and
not one only. The case probably will
be taken to the supreme court.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jnn. 18. Two
bandits held up three messengers of
the Wilson Pocking company on the
Mill street viaduct hero today and
escaped with a pay roll of $5424 In
cash. .
KANSAS-CITY, Jan. 18. A bandit
wns shot nnd captured in an attempt
to refb tho mall car of vastbound
Santa Fo train No. 6, known as the
"Colorado-Oklahoma flier" . between
Holiday and Lawrence, Kas.
Casualties of the
Air Service
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan. 18. Pilot
P. S. Oukcs nnd Mechanician Wil
liam Accor were killed when an nlr
mall plnne they were testing, crash
ed at tho local field at 2:10 o'clock
this afternoon. Tho plane fell 600
feet and Instantly burst Into flame.
Tho bodies were burned.
U. 8. Exports 1922 Fall
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. The total
value of American merchandise ex
ports during 1822, according to statis
tics made public today by the depart
ment of commerce, was $3,831,518,735
compared with $4,485,031,356 during
1921 and $2,484,018,292 In 1913.
j9 "Silk
Bold
in-law, was to the effect that more
than a year before, whllo working
in Btudlos In Now York undor a strain
of illness ho used drugs for stimulant
to hold him up through production ot
a picture which later gained fame
as one of his best. This wbb reveal
ed later to have set the drug habit
upon him nnd finally lam fall be
broko down at the Hollywood ttn
dlo and went under a physician's
caro.
It was a fight to tho finish to con
quer the drug habit, his family made
known, and during tho past month
he was close to death on several oc
casious. At Christmas he rallied
and indications were that bo was on
the road to convalescence and only
a few days ago his condition was re
ported showing such signs ot im
provement that his return to the
screen was set for next July.
T
IS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Negotia
tions between the American and Brit
ish governments looking to the ro
funding of Great Britain's war debt
to the United States will bo carrlod
forward through, the British embassy
hero nfter the return of tho British
debt commission to London at tho
end of the week.
This announcement wns made at
tho conclusion today of tho Joint ses
sions of tho British and American
commissions which hnve been in
prftgress hero for ten days. - An of
flelul spokesman for tho American
group declared thero was nothing
that should stand in tho way of a
complete understanding between tho
two governments and that there was
reason to hopo that an agreoment In
principle could bo reached In time
for submission to congress at the
present session. t
' MARION, III., Jan, 18. (By the As
sociated Press.) After more than
three hours deliberation the jury in
the Herrin riot trial up to 2:35 p, in.
had given no indication that any de
cision was In prospect. A rumor
spread that tho jury was deadlocked.
At 4 p. m. the jury was still deliber
ating and it was announced by bailiffs
that Juror George Cox, a union miner
and farmer was slightly ill. The crowd
around the court house square num
bered several hundred persons.
GATHER IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. More than
2,000 distinguished Jews from all
parts of the country were expected
In New York today to take part in
what Is declared to bo tho greatest
Jewish gathering ever held here. The
Union of American Hebrew congre
gations and the National Federation
of Temple Sisterhoods nro to cole
hratn the development of reform
Judlasm In what Is to be known as
the Golden Jubilee convention;
The dominant note at all the nice'.-
ings promises to be the message to
be carried hark to tholr communities
by the vltfKIng Jews that religion
is the most vital factor In the life of
American Jewry. ,
Roger Clark, Movie
Actor, Arrested for
Murder Dancing Girl
LOS ANGELES, Cnl Jan. 18.
Roger V. B. Clark, motion pic-
turo actor and assistant dlrec-
tor, was arrested here today at
tho request of the San Diego
police and booked at the con-
tral police station on a charge
of suspicion ot murder In con-
unction with the mysterious
death of Krltzl Mann, dancer,
whose body wns found at Tor-
rcy Pines last Monday.
Clark's car showed evidences
of blood stains. The last num-
bor ot the license plate was
brokon oft and the dashboard 4
case glass was broken with
blood spots on tho board. There
were evidences of blood stains
on the rear seat, Bhowlng Indica-
tions that attempts were made
to clean them.
STOCKHOLM, Jun. 18. Reports
of pronounced military activity In the
Dvina region of ltussia (east of tho
former Baltic provinces arc printed
by tho newspaper Tldlngon today. It
asserts that tho military district of
Smolensk has been declured In u
state of war. that all tho soviet troops
garrisoned at Vitebsk and Smolensk
have been sent southwest (toward
tho Polish frontier) and that pnssen-
gcr traffic on the railway between
Polotsk nnd Mobilev (south of
Vitebsk) is suspended and the trains
requisitioned for the military.
(There is no confirmation of these
reports from othor sources).
''KOVNO, Lithuania, Jan. 18. Pro'-
mler Clarvanauskas informed tho diet
tOdny that Lithuania would not ac
cept any decision of tho council of
ambassadors regarding Mcmel unless
it rcflocted tho will of tho popula
tion of that territory.
Tho 'newspaper says tho govern
ment will rofuso to recognize allied
sovereignty ovor Mcmel.
SOFIA, Bulgnrla, Jan. 18 Ileprc
scntntives ot tho entonto In Hofla
have drawn tho attention ot tho Bui
garinn government to rumors current
in Kuropo of a concentration of Bul
garian troops on tho ' Roumanian
frontier,- Tho government expresses
astonishment over the rumors, say
ing Bulgaria had no nrmy.
The entente wns assured Bulgaria
was absoluloly opposed to any war.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 18. Tho nllled
military control commission, which
hns been investlgullng reports ' of
military activities along thu Ruman
ian border, announces that it found
nothing to substantiate the recent ru
mors which caused excitement, here.
WATCHMAN KILLED
LOS ANGELES FIRE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18. Investi
gation was started today Into the fire
last night which gutted the warehouse
ot the Barker Brothers Furniture com
pany here and caused the death of a
watchman. Kiromen after extinguish
ing the blnzo found the body of J. K.
Koch, 50 years of age, watchman, on
tho fourth floor of tho warehouso,
death having been duo to suffocation.
Lawrence Barker, member of the firm,
estimated tho damage as reaching tl,
000,000 covered by Insurance.
REPORT RUSSIA
IS MOBILIZING
POLISH FRONI
HARVEY FIRESTONE CLAIMS ENGLAND
CORNERING WORLD'S RUBBER SUPPLY:
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 Harvey
Ftrnstone, hero to Intorcst fcdral
officials in measures to protoct the
American supply of crude robber by
efforts "to further ccmonl our close
relations with the South American
republics," and through develop
ment In tho Philippines, snld today
hi would not "attend a meeting 1"
New York tonight between a dele
gation representing tho British rub-
nor Industry and members of the
Rubber Association of Amorlc-t.
Mr. Firestone declared that ha per
cent of the world's crudn rubber
ptoductlon was controlled by Brit
ish capital, while 70 per cent of It
was consumed In the United States.
Iho British, through legislation, he
I
I.C.C.
S. P. Attorney Tells Legisla
ture Road Will Build Cut
off in 18 Months After It Is
Allowed C. P. Without Com
mon Used Clause Many
Bills Are Offered-
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 18. Tho statu
senate toduy adopted Senator Charles
W. Mills' memorial to tho intcr-stato
commerce commission urging such
disposal of the Central Pacific prop
erties as will allow adequate develop
ment in Oregon.
Adoption today by tho senate of
tho Ellis memorial followed the
recommendation of the resolutions
commitloo which last night eliminat
ed from tho memorial reference to
a request which had been made by
the state public service commission
that the inter-stato commerce com
miasion. in deciding on disposition of
the Central Pacific, should permit
common use of the proposed Natron
cut-off in this state by the Union Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific.
Tho resolutions committee took its
action after Attorney Ben C. IX'y for
tho Southern Pacific said his rail
road would begin work on tho Na
tron cut-off within eighteen months
after it had been allowed possession ,
of the Central Pacific, provided it
was not required to nccord tho Union
Pacific, common user privileges over
tho cut off, which is proposed to find
a railroad outlet to a large section
of south central Oregon. : ,
In connection with Representative
W. P. Woodward's eight hour bill for
the lumber industry, which hns been
amended in committoo to provldo
that workmen may bo employed more
than eight hours in a stnglo day, but
nofmorf than 48 hours owcok, it.
resolution ' was - introduced In - the
houso today asking that when Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon represcn--tatlves
meet to confer on Incomo tax
and gnsollno tax measures, tho eight
hour day question also be discussed.
Tho senate adopted a Joint memo
rial to congress by Rltncr, Dennis and
Corbett urging a federal constitu
tional amendment bo submitted pro
hibiting further issuance of tax ex
empt securities.
Representative Shorman Miles, of
Columbia county, a banker, today
Introduced a bill requiring licensing
by tho stnto ot all hotels and rcstnu
rnnts. Tho scnato today unanimously
adopted Senator Strnycr's Joint mem
orial to tho director ot tho United
States reclamation service urging
completion of tho Baker project in
Baker county. . -
Scnntor Peter Zimmerman today
introduced a Joint memorial to con
gress urging passago of a "truth in
fabrics" bill.
Ob'Jocttons sent back to a commit- ;
too Representative D. C. Lewis' reso
lution for a constitutional amend
ment for a sixty day legislative ses
sion and per diem salary ot $5 tor
members.
Eloctlon pamphlet" would be done
away with and nowspupcr publicity
substituted in their placo for adver
tising of measures, amendments and .
candidates going beforo thu pcoplo
nt an election by a bill Introduced '
by Senator F. J. Toozo of Oregon
City.
Rates ot pay to the newspapers uio
proscribed. '
Henntor Toozo introduced ' a ' bill
making it unlawful to fish for sal
mon In tho waters of Oregon, or the
wuters over which the state hns con
current Jurisdiction, by means ot
seines, traps or fish wheels.
3 Killed 'In Detroit
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 18. Throe
men were killed and seven Injured in
tho cave-In of a sewer undor construc
tion at Levitt and Buchanan streets
today. The sewer ditch is 36 feet
deep. '
- ' ' ?....;; . 'C i,
said, have restricted 1921 ' crude
rubber production in tho ,-olonlen to
CO per cent ot the 1920 production.
Indicating a world output this yoar
of 201,000 tons, whllo the eotl
r.atod rubber consumption of the
world In 1928 has been placed at
400,000 tons.
"I can seo no rlject of tho confer
ence in New York betwoon Amorlcan
cr ido rubber conaumera and tho Brit
ish crude rubber producers," he c n
tlliued, "because It Is wholiv to tho
Interest ot the Lrltlsh producers to
hr.vo the restrictive laws continued,
t believe the rubber and automobilo
manufacturers ot this country should
moot and cooporato with Brltl.'h man- .
ufneturers In protesting against
these restrictions."
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