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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
. Prediction . Fall;
Maximum yesterday 44.S
Minimum today 27.5
Weather Year Ago
Maximum .j. 30
Minimum 9
bully Seventeenth Teor.
HwlUy Fifty-Second Year.
MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1923
NO. 2,w
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MAN KILLED
BY RICHER
Ralph Teeple of Portland Vic
tim of Tragedy Near Foots
Creek Gun Discharged
t.v Accidently Declares J- W.
Harrison Coroner's In
quest Cailed for Tomorrow.
Italph Teeple of Portland. Oregon,
ngo !2 years, while doer hunting near
tho head waters of Foots Creel;,
Thursday afternoon, was Instantly
hilled by the accidental dlschnrKe of
a 32 calibre rifle, in tho. hands of J.
W. Harrison, a rancher of that sec
tion. Tho tragedy occurred about
1.30 o'clock. Tho bullet entered the
right eye, and passed out near the
right ear. The body has been brought
to thta city by Coroner John A. Perl
and an Inquest will be held Saturday
morning.
The hunting party was composed
of W. F. Teeple, father of the victim.
W. H. Teeple. a brother, aim J. V.
Harrison, ot Foots Creek. The Tcop
les live in Portland nnd have been
mining on Foots Creek this week.
After embarking on tho hunting
trip the four men scattered through
the rugged rock country, in their
search for meat, and had been out
two or three hours: 'According to 'the
coroner, (Harrison was resting on a
rock when he heard a crashing noise
in the brush and arose, when his gun
was accidentally discharged, the bul
let by a queer twist of fate, striking
Teeple in the eye. Harrison rushed
to his stde Death was Instantaneous.
Harrison is griefstricken nnd unable
to explain how his gun-' was dis
charged. -.Immediately- after-' tho. - accident,
Coroner Perl was called, nnd after
a rough trip, brought tho body to
this .city, for the coroner's' Inquest.
According to -Coroner Perl the party
admitted they were hunting deer.
When Game Warden Pat Daily was
Informed of tho tragedy ho said ho
would make a careful investigation
of file circumstances.-- "Although
some may believe a man who has
killed another man may have been
punished enough," said Mr. Daily,
"hunting deer out of season must
stop nnd thOHe who vlolato the law
must be punished."
TAX MEASURE
IS
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. - 111. The sen
ate this morning passed Senator
Hall's bill making the carrying of
deadly weapons by poi'irns engaged
in tho transportation or manufacture
of liquor a penitentiary offense.
The administration income tax bill
introduced - by Jteprescntative Mc
Mnhan of Linn county, and bearing
the full approval of Governor Pierce,
mado Its appcaranco in tho house
,.)tliis morning.
' The provisions of the bill are
identical to the federal income tax
law, except that the amount of the
tax Is placed at one-half the federal
rate. It Is estimated that the bill
would raise' $5, OUb, 000 annually,
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 1!). No par
ticular action Is contemplated by tho
federal department in connection
with the drug traffic In tho motion
plcturo colony of California ns a re
sult of tho death of Wallace Held,
film star, from the effects of the al
leged use ot narcotics Federal Pro
hibition Commissioner H. A. Huynes
and Colonel L. O. Nutt, chief of the
narcotics division of the prohibition
enforcement department, declared
here today.
CHINESE BOY 1 4 YEARS OLD WINS
AMERICAN
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19. Ah
Sing Chlng of Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii, a
fourteen year old boy of Chinese ex
traction, won first place in the
American Legion's essay contest for.
American school children on the sub
ject "how can the American Legion
best serve the nation." Contest re
sults were announced today by Oar
land W. Powell, director of the le
gion's national Americanization com
mission. Second place In th contest which
MILITARY HEAD OF THE FRENCH
ARMY, DIRECTING MOVE ON
COAL FIELDS
Ilocent portrait of General Buat,
acting military head of the French
army, uKn whom fell the responsi
bility ot directing ''the French move
into the Ruhr coal fields.
ALL Fl
PAYS TRIBUTE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19. Fllm
dom mourning today the passing
yesterday of Wally Reld, motion pic
ture star whose death ended his long
battlo for health after abandoning
the use of habit forming drugs. ,
Ills death camo as Ho lay In the
arms of hts- wife, - 'known m the
screen world as Dorothy Davenport,
and just after lie had mumbled lh
l.t,. 4nll.l '
J1U) UUIII 1UIII .
"God I please." '
He had been unconscious for many
hours but in his talk when his mind
was clear, he seemed to be aware,
relatives said, that death was almost
upon him.
At one time lie said, "tell them
Mamma, I have won my fight I have
come back."
He had affectionately called his
wife "Mamma" sinco the birth of
their son, five years ago.
Representatives of all phases of
tho motion picture world sent con
dolonr-ps to his widow, sou and the
tiny daughter the Hold's adopted
some time ago. Tributes to tho dead
actor were many.
"We have lost ono of our greatest
stars.'" said Jesse Lasky.
"The motion picture art has suf
fered a great loss," said Carl Laem
mle.
Some of the tributes of movie stars
were :
"I cannot express tho grief and
sorrow I feel." Charlie Chaplin.
"My heartfelt sympathy goes out
to Mrs. Reld." Harold Lloyd.
"This Is one of the saddest things
I have ever known." Theodore
Roberts.
"He was a charming boy with
great genius." Mary PlcUford.
"The motion plcturo has suslalned
an Irreparable loss." Douglas Fair
banks. The son c-f Hal Reld, the famous
melodramatist, did not want to be
an actor, it is said, hut desired to
be a motion picture director.
"I never wanted to be an actor,'
friends quoted him. "nnd I still don't
want to ho an actor. Promoters lik
ed the shape of my nose or some
thing nnd I was powerless to do
what I wanted to do. But they're
dot going to get away with It for
ever. They're not going to ruin my
life like they did my father's. He
could have been a great playwright
but they wouldn't let him. Some of
Continued on page eight)
LEGION ESSAY PRIZE
was open to all school children be
tWOen thn It'Pa nf 19 nnd 1M u-ni
awarded to Miss Pauline Virginia
l.nasiain nr nd nnnnn
National nri7.es are: First 1750:
second t-"00 and third 2,10. the
money to be used as scholarships In
any college or university. They were
awarded by llanford MacMder, form
er national commander of the le
Eton
Mr. Powell said the essay contest
would he an nnnunl event.
Ill
0 i f id
PLANNED TO
KILL ENTIRE
DANJ1ILY
Witness at Bastrop Testifies
Jap Jones Said Whole
Damned Daniel Family to
Be Cleaned Out Get Away
of Plant Timekeeper Is
Described.
BASTROP, La., Jan. 19. (By
the Associated Press.) Judge
Fred L. Odom presiding at the
opening hearing Into masked band
activities In Morehouse parish,
announced this afternoon It "had
been officially reported to him
that another masked holdup took
place late last night on the Bas-trop-Mcr
Rouge road.
BASTROP, La., Jan. 19. (By the
Associated Press.) William J. Mc
Donald, 60, brother-in-law of J. L
Daniel, father of Watt Daniel, who
with T. F. Richard, was kidnapped
near here August 24 and whose mil
tilated bodies were found In Lake
LaFourche last month, testified st
the open hearing Into the activities
of masked men in Morehouse parish
today that "Jap" Jones had told him
the "whole damned Daniel family
would bo "cleaned out" before the
alleged attempt to assassinate Dr. B.
M. McKoin was settled.
McDonld said Jones did not know
ho was related to the Daniel family
and after ho became aware of it, he
aBked him to forgot It.
"Jones said 'we are golug to clean
out the whole damned Daniel family
before this thing is settled,' " McDon
ald said.
"He didn't seem to realize that I
was related to tho Daniol family. I
called his-hand and ho told mo I
needn't get so mad about It."
"Do you know anything about the
kidnapping?"
"Yes, sir, I knew it an hour before
it happened. You see I was in Bon-
ito at the time. You could hear all
about it, except they didn't figure
out the right parties kidnapped."
"Let's have some more of what
you heard."
"Well, after the kidnapping, Jim
Harp and Us got to talking In his
butcher shop ubout the kidnapping
and he told me they should have
killed them the night they caught
Daniel, Andrews and Neclis on the
Gallion road and they would not have
had any more troublo with them."
(Tho Oalllou road kidnapping oc
curred August 17.) '
"Jim Harp told you that "
"Yes, I lot it bo kuown to him
how much I approved of it and I
added a fow other words to make It
more binding."
T. B. Pratt, Sr., tho next witness,
testified to having attended the bar
becue and baseball game In BaBtrop
on August 21. Owner of a sawmill
near BaBtrop, Pratt was questioned
at length about the plant and who
resided in its vicinity. Pratt admit
ted ho was a klansinan but said he
did not hear any discussion rolatlve
to the kidnapping and nover had un
dertaken to regulate the conduct of
the people In Mer Rouge.
Henry Jones of noar Bastrop, snld
ho formerly, was employed by the
Southern Carbon company at Spy-
ker and he knew many of the old em
ployes. He was Interrogated con
cernliig the disappearance of Harold
Teegerstrom, timekeeper at the
plant, who was reported to have
been kidnapped and later to have es
caped from his captors. .
"Did you know Harold Teeger
strom?"
"Yes. he left the plant on a Fri
day night and ho camo to my house
on the Sunday evening. I was on the
back porch when I heard someone
In the house. I found Teegerstrom
in the front. He said he had been
bothered a great deal by United
States detectives at the plant about
the kidnapping. He said that on
Fridav night a man called him out of
the office and told him be wanted to
talk with him. The man took him
to an automobile which ho said had
several men Inside and ho grew sus
picious and broke away and ran
That is the reason be gave me for
hiding out. He changed clothes, put
on my hat, shoes and ovorcoat to
change his Identity, and left in two
hours."
"Have you received anything from
him?"
"Yes. I got my watch which 1
loaned him because his watch had
his Initial on It. . It came In the mall.
Before he left he gave me his watch
to sell to his brother and some keys
to be sent to the carbon plant."
"It appeared to you he was trying
to make his getaway and was trying
to shield hit Identity."
"That's right?"
Republicans Decide
To Take Up Henry
Ford's Nitrate Offer
t
WASHINGTON, January '19.
Virtual assurance that tho
house- would take up Henry
Ford's offer of the lease of the
Musclo Shoals nitrate plant
was given today by republican
leaders, who declared the time
had como to define a policy
with respect to the property and
to let tho country known con-
grcss could handle big problems
In a big way.
INE BILL IS
BEATEN 40-1 2
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 19. Tho house
committee on alcoholic traffic late
yesterday reported adversely on the
hill of Representative C. D. Lewis
of Multnomah to prohibit the trans
portation and use of sacramental
wines, and the house sustained the
committee report with 40 votes In
favor of killing the bill to 12 against
it and with eight members absent
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 19. Herbert
Nunn, state highway engineer for the
past six years has tendered his resig
nation to the highway commission it
became known today.
SALEM. Ore., Jan.. 19. Seuator
R. S. Farrell of Portland yesterday
introduced in the. legislature a bill
providing that school districts set
aside part of their funds for educa
tion o( crippled children.
Provision for organization of mu
nicipal Improvement districts for the
purpose of local railway development
U made in a bill introduced by Sen
ator Charles Hall'Of jfarshfield. "
Representative B, F. Keenoy of
Eugene introduced a bill requiring
that gasoline bo dispensed only in
cans painted red and clearly marked
SALEM, Oro.. Jan. 19 The bill
Introduced by, Representative L. N.
Blowers of Hood River, to repeal the
double election board law. has been
withdrawn 'by Blowers, 'who stated
he did bo "for the good and suffi
cient reason that I know the hill will
not pass. Blowers' action was de
clared to be duo to the attitude
against tho bill by the houso commit
tee on revision of laws.-.
The double election board law, cn-
actod at tho last session of the legls
laturn makes possible tho polluting
of ballots election day. Instead of
waiting to begin the count after the
polls close. Operation of this' law
caused results of tho recent election
to be known much earlier than us-
ual, according to those who oppose
Its repeal.
The senate roads and highways
committee today approved Senator
Eddy's bill increasing from $2500 to
$r0,000 the maximum cost of bridges
for which county courts may prepare
plans and specifications, subject to
approval by the slate highway cngl
ncer.
Representative L. H. McMahan of
Salon), who Introduced bills requir
ing tuition fees, of $100 annually
from Oregon rksldeuts attending
state schools of higher education
and fees . from non-residents based
upon actual cost of maintaining the
institutions, today was Beeklng to
reach an agreement with represen
tatives of the University of Oregon
and Oregon Agricultural college on
a compromise following an adverse
report by the house education com
mittee on tho McMahon measures
In the meantime tho bills havo been
tabled hy tho house from which tnoy
may be taken for final action.
Pubstlute bills are expected next
week.
Casualties of the
Air Service
LOS ANGELES, Jan. IS Tho
body of Lieutenant William H. Roll
back of Norfolk, Va., killed yester
day at Avalon, Santa Catallna Island
when the seaplane F-5-L2 In which
four lieutenants and a gunner were
taking part In naval maneuvers.
crashed Into a rock beach In a fog,
was to be taken to San Diego on a
destroyer today for burial. Tho othor
victims of the acident, in the subtna
rlno base hospital here, were Lieu ten
ant II. S. Woodman, whoso ankles
were broken. Lieutenant M. B
Gardner, whose right angle was
broken: Lieutenant L. B. Brix, who
suffered cuts and bruises and Ounnor
W. M. Cole, whose left leg was crush
ed.
Naval surgeons said they expected
all of the Injured to recover.
SACRAMENTAL
ARE SEIZED
Reichsbank Branches Taken
Over By French and Cash Is
Taken Off in Autos Mine
Owners Arrested Media
tion By League of Nations
Refused.
Uy tho Associated press)
French throatH to enforeo pay
ments ot confiscations were mado
Kood today by tho m-izuro of several
Ntnto mines In the Kuhr valley and
various, Reichsbank branches.
Mino managers and directors wore
arrested In some cases. Miners in
some of tho seized pits threatened to
quit if tho French entered, it was 're
ported.
Additional . German resistance to
French efforts to shin coal developed
In the refusal by Essen district rail
way administration to dispatch coal
trains. Orders for a strike of all the
freiitht railwaymen in tho Uuhr
were received from Ilerlin and a
Keneral strike of thoso employes was
expected before night.
Kichsbank brunches in various
parts of tho Kuhr and tho Khincland
were seized hy the French who claim
the Germans were attempting to re
move their funds to unoccupied Ger
many. .
-The French carried out their an
nounced intention to take over tho
customs districts of the Rhlucland.
They took possession of tho customs
and coal tax funds. Tho state for
ests also were seized.
Reports of possible mediation be
tween tho allies and Germany by tho
League -of Nations were discounted
in Paris, where it Is said the French
feel they cannot .consent to such a
step until tho results of tho occupa
tion become , apparent.
, . -t-i'A- u,mks cAonc.
DUESHELDOKK, Jan. 19. (By tho
Assoclntod I'ross) All flip bnnklne
Institutions in Duonaoldnrt, both -private
nnd slate, closed thin afternoon,
claiming to bo unnble. to carry on
business owlnis to tho seizuru by the
French ot tho local branch oC the
HeieliHbank, thus shutting off the
supply of marks.
Tho economic llfo of tho city Is nt
a standstill.
DirESSBLDOHP. Jan. 19. (Hy
the Associated Press) Tho Fronrh
authorities today appropriated tho
money in the Uuesseldorf brnnch ot
tho ltcichsbank. They nlso rounded
up the automobiles of depositors who
had gono to the banks to draw money
filled thorn with currency and took
them away.
HBItLIN, Jan. 19 Tho German
government has begun tho payment
of compensation to losers among Its
nationals because of tho Kuhr occu
pation, according to tho Tagoblatt.
A dispatch from uochuin to that
newspaper Bays the first advance on
this account has been granted and
that it amounted to ono billion
mnrks.
HEHLIN. Jan. til (Hy tho Asso
elated I'ress) After n wock of
France's "economic (trip" In tho Kuhr
It seemed here today that M. C'ostc
and General Degoutte had received
little more than trouble In their at
tempt to enforce reparations.
A fow coal barges Intercepted here
and there nnd an occasional coal
train re-conslgncd wore tho only
fruits of tho occupation apparent In
the capital. Indeed. It was said that
more coal was shipped yesterday to
places outside of the occupied area
than on Tuesday.
It is feared that the reluctance of
shippers to move coal on the Rhine
In the face of confiscation by the
French may result tn a complete,
shutting off of tho domestic supply.
' Marks Clvo Out.
ESSB.V. Jun. 19 (By tho Asso
elated I'ress) Tho shortago of paper
marks Is a matter of great concern
to tho French. It seems certain that
by next woek tho 650.000 workmen
will havo to be paid In some other
currency.
Tho weekly wages of the Ruhr In
dustries now amount to 16,400,000,
000,000 paper marks and the French
expert flguro that inranother wook
(hero will not be enough marks to go
around, Inasmuch as Berlin Is cutting
off tho supply.
Tho value of tho mark Is about
one-fifth less than a woek ago and
during thn last few days it has
dropped like a meteor.
Crlms Wave
NEW YOHK, Jan. 19. Three armed
bandits la to today shot two messen
gers of the nrooklyn Union Gas com
pany In an Ineffectual attempt to rob
them of a $7500 payroll. The bandits
escaped.
To Use Kalter'a Yacht
LONDON. Jan. 19. The Hohenaoll
orn. once the palatial pleasure yacht
ot the former German emperor. Is be
ing fitted out as a trado ship by the
German government and will be sent
nn a cruise to the Hrltlsh dominions.
'BOOTLEGGERS' TERROR", WHO
HAS FILLED 13 JAILS WITH
DRY UAW VIOLATORS
lit -1 1 s
Fcdet-nl Judge 1'age Morris, of Du
luth. Minn., who has just opened his
session of L". K. court in St. l'aul.
Coming from Minneapolis, where ho
earned his title of "Bootleggers' Ter
ror," as tho result of severe sentences
on dry law violators. Judge Morris
brought the total of Jails which ho
has filled to 13. In the first two
hours of his St. l'aul session ho sen
tenced 120 bootleggers Jo prison and
collected 17,ti7!i In fines. During his
session in Minneapolis ho had sen
tenced 400 bootleggers, most (if them
to Jail, and had assessed $45,000 in
fines. Despite many letters threat
ening his life, the Judge walked un
guarded through ( the streets of St.
l'aul. J
U.PWITHDRAWS
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10
S.P.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Opposi
tion of tho Union I'aclfio railroad to
control of tho Central Taclflo system
by tho Southern Pacific was condi
tionally withdrawn today during
arguments In tho case boforo tho
Inter-statu commerco commission.
If a proposed traffic arrangement
between tho two systems for tnrougn
routing of freight on favorable con
ditions via the Ogden lino of tho Cen
tral Pacific can bn put Into effect.
11 .A. Hehnndrett, counsel for tho
Union Pacific, Informed the commis
sion, his client would hnvo no Inter
est In urging tho separation ot the
Centra! Pacific, from the Southern
I'nciflc which the supremo court hus
ordored.
Legul questions of llio mergor case,
Heandrott Indicated, would bo left to
tho decision of tho commission with
out Intervention of his railroad If the
truffle agreement In. question wus
held to bo In the public Interest.
While representatives of western
states, communities and shippers' or
ganizations, who have been Inter
viewed In the case, were present to
day to liultow t3ie arguments, the
only expression of opposition during
tho first day to tho plan for settle
ment of the controversy as between
tho railroads being expressed by John
E. llcnton, spokesman for the Oregon
conuujsslon.
The state, he declared, desired
that no action bo taken In tho mat
ter which would restrict the possi
bilities ot its procuring new railroad
construction needed to develop Its
territory. i
Mr. llenton, representing the Ore
gon commission, then Intervened to
suggest that the commission could
end all opposition hy stipulating In
Its decision that the Southern Pa
cific be required to construct tho Na
tron cutoff In western Oregon nnd by
further stipulating that when this
line had been built, other .'railroads
should be entitled In use It Jointly
with the Southern Pacific.
"When tho commission enters Its
order In this case," said Mr. Wood,
replying to this proposal, "wo must
CANNED BEEF 3350
LUXOR, Egypt, Jun. 19. (Uy tho
Associated PresB.) What Is believ
ed to be the oldest specimens of can
ned beef In the world have boon diJ
covered hy excavators in tho tomb
of King Tutenkhamun.
While t was not wholly palntablo,
being 3350 years old, the meat Is
In an excellent slate of preservation.
The moat had been embalmed and
was contained In elliptical recepta
OPPOSITION
CONTROL
HER! IT
DEFENDANTS
NOT GUILTY
Farmers Jury, After 27 Hours'
Deliberation, Acquits All 5
Defendants in Mine Mas
sacre Case No Demon
stration When Verdict Is
Read-
MARION.-III., Jan. 19.(By. tho
Associated Pross.) All five, defend
ants In tho Horriu riots, trial were
found not guilty by a Jury of twelve
WilllumBon county farmers at l:i5
p. m. today. '
The verdicts were read in the fol
lowing order:
Leva Mann, Joe CarnaBhy, Peter
Hlllcr, Durt Grace and Otis Clark.
AH of them are union miners ex
cept Peter HUler, who is a taxi
driver. The court room was crowded
when the verdict was read but there
was no sign ot .a demonstration ot
any kind.
James Weaver, one ot the jurors. .
said that between fifteen and twen
ty ballots were taken beforo the ver
dict wan reached.
Tho Jury which retired at 11:13
o'clock yesterday morning deliber
ated tor 27 hours before arriving at
its duclulona. '
The so-called Herrln massacro was
one of the moBt startling examples .
ot lawlessness In the country the past
year, and aroused nation wide inter
est. Not only were scores killed and
wounded, but the methods of the riot
ers were barbarous in the extreme.
Because of the high feeling in the
mining district against the mine oper- J
ntors and in favor of the union ml if- '
ers no action by the local authorities
was takou, and It waB only after the
Illinois Chambor of Commerco had
ralsod a fund foi prosecution and
brought pressure to bear upon Gov
ernor Small, that action by tho state
was token.
Evidence at tho trial conflrmod the
bloodshed, acts of violence, but also
supported the charge that the mlno
owners hnrt been guilty of strong arm
tactics and had aroused intenso feel
ing by their efforts to break up the
minors unions. "Justifiable homi
cide" was the popular plea by Irlonda
ot tho men indicted.
According to observers of th
trial howovor, tho state had great
difficulty In proving that tho men in- )
dieted hud any connection with tho
crime ns charged, a number ot slrong
alibis being prescutcd. Counsel tor
the dofenso walvod a final address
bofore the jury, maintaining that
this was not necossary to prove tho
Innocence ot the defendants. ,
French Deputies Fight
Over Radical Member
PARIS, Jan. 19. (By the Associated
Press.) Blackened eyos and swollen
lips were in evidence In the chamber
of doputles today as reminders of last
night's stormy session when the cham
ber, after one of tho liveliest scenes
in Its history, voted to suspend parlln-,
mentary immunity of Marcel Cachln, '
the communist member.
submit it to the court which bus
ordored tho separation of tho Central
Pacific und Southorn Pacific, for a
flnul adjudication. Wo do not de
sire to huve In It when It undergoes
this scrutiny of tho court any condi
tions which are not germane to thu
actual settlement."
Notwlthstaadlng. Mr. Wood pro
ceeding, said the directorate of tho
Southern Pacific had alrcndy voted
to expend $10,000,000 In construct
ing tho Natron cut-off. He added
that this uctlon constituted a contract
which the puoplo of Oregon could bo
sure the corporation would keep.
No order of the commlssln, he Con- t
tended, could cnlurgo tho obligation
further than tho rallroud : already
undertaken It.
YFARS OLD F(
AT LUXOR, EGYPT
cles like hugo Easter eggs. ' Still oth
er meats found were ducks, and
Joints of game. These were packed
In wooden boxes, shaped accordlns
to tho nature of the contents. No
ticeable among these discoveries was
a giant duck.
The excavators found today four
bronze candlesticks ot great beauty.
One ot them contained - a - perfectly
preserved fandle.