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Newspaper Page TextreWt. y.. Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction .. Rain Maximum yesterday 41.5 Minimum today 32.5 Precipitation Trace Weather Year Ago Maximum 42 Minimum - 36 Precipitation Trace , MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2G, 1923 ally Seventeenth Year, fc'eokly Flfty-Becund Year. NO. 2G1 1 IB RUHRWLLEY Martial Law May Be Declared Today Throughout Occupied Area Outbreaks at Dues seldorf Continue Danger Also Threatens in Essen District' DUESSELDORF. Jan. 26. (Dy tho Associated Pross) Desultory rifle firing, which was In progress In various parts ,t tho city through out the evening, ceased at a late hour when French cavalry, and Infnnlry patrols cleared the streots. At mid night Duesseldorf . was . outwardly culm. Two Germans were wounded dur ing the course of tho disturbance,' which, started early in the evening when a mob celebrated simultan eously the return of Fritz Thyssen and a two-hour protest strike. That more persons were not hurt was due to the- fart that the sentries and pa trols were under orders to fire Into the air. Whenever and wherever tho French rifles spoke, tho populace scampered to cover: A heavy rain which began to fall at ten o'clock nlso dampened the bel licose ardor of tho Germans, Itush 3 Army Corps. The French are under no illusion as to the seriousness of the situation and two army corps were being rush ed - from Alsace-Lorraine. Mnrtial law may be declared immediately should there be an nttempt to repeat the manifestations of last evening. Tho telegraph service was resumed at eight o'clock Inst night, but the: railroad strike was still effective. Reports from other Ruhr cities show that Duessseldorf and Essen nrc tho main hotbeds of trouble. , i j . A serious outbreak ut Essen was averted only when Genernl Fournler sent for . liurgomaster Luther and showed him a military map of tho city on which were rod circles desig nating the locution of the French and ltelglan forces. "Tell your people they must re frain from any attack upon our troops or we shall open fire upon tho rest of the city," said Oeneral Four nler to the burgomaster. Tho Iiuesseldorf disturbance cen tered around tho llrtedenbacher hotel which had been requisitioned for the French officers. The French ndmlf the court mar tial at Mnyenco mado a mlstako in permitting Fritz Thj'ssen to return to the Ruhr, as his arrival wus be lieved to have been tho signal for an attompted mobilization of secret or ganizations of young men - in the Rhlncland and tho Ruhr. One hundred thousand Ruhr work ers were said to be on Htrlke today, or slightly less than 20 per cent of the total. Occupation Poosn't Pay. Tho economic Ufo of the region n ..,ni..lUllll Til n French thus far. after two weeks of the occupation, have not been nblo to get enough out of the Ruhr to meet the expenses of their military operations and to maintain their troops. "We aro settling down for a long occupation and aro bringing railroad men from southern France and miners from I'ns-de-Calals," It was said officially at headquarters. "Something must give or. crack. Germany or Franco mu9t yield and France must not." Gormnn Deficit Grows. RERUN, Jan. 20. (Dy the Asso ciated Press) The German govern ment has Issued an appeal to thc.na tlon signed by President Ebert and Chancellor Cuno, urging tho people to renounce luxuries and extrava gances of every kind and to make the greatest .possible sacrifices "in view of the common need of the whole country, which Involves the very existence of 'nil liberties and rights of tho whole people." (Continued on page eight) U. S. PERFECTS AUTOMATIC AIR SERVICE FOR BOMBING CITIES WITHOUT PILOTS BOSTON, Jan. 24. A bonding air service that needs no pilots has been developed. Major General Mason M. Patrick, head of the army air forces, announces. In a series of addresses during a two day visit, here General Patrick has described the advances In aviation, among them the "auto matic air service." The automatic service has been so highly developed. General Patrick as serts, that even now it would be pos sible to send a pllotless plane with a cargo of bombs from Boston to New York at a given altitude and on a set course at pro-arranged speed, European Crisis to End in Death of World Civilization CHICAGO. Jan. 20. A preclle- tlon that the death of civlliza- lion Is near at hand as a result of the European crisis was made by S. K. Rntcliffe, an English journalist, In a speech yesterday ' before the Chicago college club. "Within a few years, a few months, is being compressed the destruction which the old world saw as the work of centuries In the breaking up of the Roman empire," ho said. ARDMORE, Okla., Jan. 26. Trial of eleven prominent men living here and nt Wilson, Okln., on charges of murder growing out of the alleged operations of a band. Of masked men In December, 1921, was postponed until Monday, when - called here to day In district court. The Ku Klux Klan was definitely brought into tho case by the state when It questioned witnesses nt the preliminary hearing as to tho exis tence of tho organization . . in this county and as to a meeting said to have been held here a few nights prior to tho killings. The prellml nary hearing was brought to an abrupt close after one witness re fused to answer a number of queS' tions concerning the klan. RASTROP, La., Jan. 26. -With the closing of the state's hearing yester day into the activities of masked bands Including the kidnaping nnd slaying of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard and tho withdrawal of the last detachment of troops, Rastrop and' its neighboring .village, Mer Rougey began today to settle , down to Its normal life. The hearing-be gan on January C. Attorney General A. V. Coco, his assistants and the small army of newspapermen departed Inst night. Mayor Robert L. Dade of Mer Rouge and Sheriff Fred Carpenter of linstrop declared they did not antici pate any outbreak of any kind and declared the states witnesses would be given adequate protection. Adjutant General L. A. Thoombs. In a conference with .Mer Rouge clti zens, Sheriff Carpenter nnd J. K. Skipwith, exalted Cyclops of the Morehouse branch Of the Ku Klux Klan,-said that ' any disorder If not controlled by local officers would be followed by return of the troops and martini law. CHICAOO, Jan. 20. (By tho Asso elated Press). Hiram Wesley Evans, lmperinl wizard of the "Invisible em pire" Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, In a public statement todny declared that tho investigation of killings nt Mer Rouge, La., was a "framcup on the Ku Klux Klan," staged by ene mies of tho klan "represented by Governor Parker, nnd that it had sig nnlly failed." Hardings to Go South. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Definite announcement that tho president and Mrs. Harding expect to go to Florida after congress adjourns was made to day at the White House. DELHT, India,. Jan. 20. A Brit ish airplane operating against hos tile warrior tribes on the northwest frontier of India waB forced to land yesterday In the village of Jandola. Two British officers In the machine wore made prisoner by tho Jalal Khels tribesmen. Two other British officers fell Into the hands of the Mahsuds a few days ago. which at a given time and at a pre determined place would discbarge the devastating cargo. A whole! fleet of airplanes similarly might be operated with exactness, all by radio, he asserts. Dirigibles to be tilled with helium which would ho able to fly to tho North Pole and back without alight ing are being planned. They will act an mother ships for airplanes, of which they will carry several each. Tho planes will he caught and held while the dirigible Is In flight by a device attached to the ship which j experiments have proved practicable.' MURDER RIAL MAY INVOLVE KLUX AN SENATE WOULD PUT THE LORD'S i PRAYER1NSH0PS Measure Introduced to Compel Display of Lord's Prayer in Oregon Wherever People Gather to Work Salary Cuts Offered. SALEM, Ore.,, Jan. 26. A bill was introduced in the senate of the Ore gon legislature today that would make It compulsory for any person conduct Ins a public office, place of religious worship, fraternal hall, court house, shop, store, mill or other place where men, women or children are employed or gather in bodies for labor or wor ship, to have one or more copies ol the Lord's Prayer posted where It may easily be seen and read. The bill was introduced by Senator A. M. LaFollette of Gervals, at the request of 41 ministers, both Catholic and Protestunt, public officials and businessmen of Salem and vicinity. A bill introduced by Senator H. R. Klepper of Portland would require that applicants for marriage licenses must file their written applications with the county clerk at least thirty days before the issuance of the license. Salary Cuts Proposed Representative R. J. Carsner of Wheeler county introduced a bill providing for reduction of Sal aries. The cuts proposed are! Gover. nor from $7,500 to $5,000; attor ney oeneral from $4,000 to $3,000; corporation commissioner from $3,600 to $3,000; state school su perintendent from $4,000 to $3,000; clerk of the state land board from $3,000 to $2,400; clerk of the supreme court $3,000 to $2,400; president of Oregon Agrk. cultural college $10,000 to $5,000; president of University of Oregon $8,000 to $5,000: maximum saU "aries of "professors, teachers' and"'' at $3,000; state highway engineer 7.200 to $4,000. - The so-called "still bill" introduced by a group of representatives at tho request of the anti-saloon ' league, passed the house with only six dis senting votes. The bill makes posse sion of a still or mash prima facie evi dence of guilt and places the burden of proof on the prisoner. The bill also makes a Becond conviction a felony with a penitentiary sentence. Senator Charles Hall Introduced a bill that would make It a misdemeanor for a person (to carry firearms after having been guilty of murder in any degree or manslaughter or after hav ing injured or killed another accident ally with firearms. Bills to place hospitals on the tax rolls and to tax church property were tabled by tho committee on assess ments and taxation last night. BACK 10 JAIL COLUMBUS, Has., Jan. 20. Judge F. W. Doss of tho Cherokee county district court todny Issued a bencn wnrrnnt for the return of Alexander Howntt to the county Jail nero xo servo tho remaining 00 days of a six month's sentence for violation of the industrial court law. The h6rlff was instructed to hold the warrant until Tuesday, when llownt Is to surren der himself, his attorney promisee. The Noted Dead SHANGHAI, Jan. 26. (By the Associated Press.) or. Paul am uel llelnseh. formerly American mln ister to China and later counsellor to tho Chinese government, died nere today after a protracted Illness. In December Dr. Holnsc.h. then at ttnnifnw. suffered a collanse and was brought to Shankhal with a dis ease, pronounced as encephalitis. Re cently bronchial-pneumonia set In and this complication resulted fatally at U.o'clock this morning. Painted Rocks NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Vincent H. Olsen, Brooklyn coal salesman was arrested today on a charge of selling 100 tons of crushed rock, dyed black, ag coal. The charge was preferred by Benlno Brothers, coal dealers, who declare they paid him $1,400. Olsen denied guilt. More Irish Executions LONDON, Jan. 2B. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Evening Standard reports the executions at -llirr, Kings" county, of three more rebels by the Irish free stnto authorities today. FORMKR DKMOCR ATIC I'RKKIUENTIAl, CANDIDATE AT 10, MAUHIFS JuriKfl Altnn II. rarkpr. nt me ace of 70, married Mm. Amelia Day Campbell. 00. of New York, on t unit ary ICth. Judire I'nrltrr wns demo cratic candidate aKain.st Theodore IlooHVvelt in 1904. Mrs. Campholl. well known as an historian nnd n member of the national committee on foreign relntionH and national de fense. Tho bridal couple will spend their honeymoon In Florida nnd Bermuda. CALLS W. HAYS K . it rA LOS ANOELES,' Jnn. !C. Doug- Ins Fairbanks, motion picture stur, in an Interview published todny by the Ios AntteieM Times described AVill H. Hays, titular bend of the film Indus try, ns "the hired Intermediary or 'fixer' of the. films." -. He added, the Times stnted, that Mr. Hays was "not tho moral up lifter of tho movies" a phrase ap plied to him some time ago and hud "nothing whntever to do with the art or the morals of tho motion picture Industry." "I admlro his ability nnd 1 admire him as a man," Mr. Fairbanks was quted, "but I bcllevo his truo status should bo made known. When ho was here last month, I told him the public ought to bo informed that 'moral uplift' was not Ills true role.' Fnirbanks mado these statements in connection with comments on hlK plan to group tho leading nctnrs nnd actresses of the filmB including Mnry 1'icktord, Polo, Negri, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin and himself- In a combination designed to give them a freo hand in making nnd dis tributing their pictures. SPEAKER KUBLI IS FORCED TO QUIT BY SEVERE COLD SALEM, Jan. 26. Speaker K. K. Kubll of tho house of representatives this morning surrendered the gavel to Representative C. O. Brownell and went to his home In Portland to re cuporate from a cold. A committee of Spanish-American war veterans was here today to ar- rango for Introduction of a measure to provide for bringing the old battln shlp Oregon to Portland and keeping the historic vessel there permanently. The veterans suggested that 16,0"0 annually required ns upkeep could be raised by charging an admission fee to visitors going on board. Senator I. K. Staples today Intro duced a resolution cnlling for the ap pointment of a committee of three senators to Investigate reports that a surplus of clerks has been employed at the legislature. Tho house passed the following bills: (Ily Woodward) Requiring county courts to furnish trans portatlon to pu pils living more than three miles from school. (Ily Cary) Providing that plain Ice cream shall contain 20 per cent of milk solids and ten per cent butter fat and that fruit Ice cream shall con tain 18 per cent milk solids and not less than 8 per cent butterfnt, , I 4 If DOUG FAIRBANKS HID FIXER TO BUILD NEW HOTEL AP T H SE COST $175,000 Plans Perfected for Construe tion of Luxurious Addition to Hotel Holland $125, 000 Already Raised To Start Work Soon. A new hnfel-npartment house cost Ing 17o,0i0 hh un addition to the Hotel Holland will be hullt In Med ford this yenr. work to start as soon ns the final financial arrangements are completed, which Is expected to bo within tho next few weeks. Of tho total $175,000. all but 530, 000 has been raised and It Is expected this amount will bo readily secured by sale of preferred stock to local In vestnrs. , H. C. Smith, manager of tho Hoi land Hotel, has been working on tho proposition for several monthB, and In this work has been ably assisted by W. H. Fiegensen,. Portland con tractor, who Is now constructing the new city reservoir nnd Is nn experi enced contractor, having constructed several large bridges nnd apartment buildings In various parts of. the state. The new building will bo a four story structure of re-enforced steel concrete containing 36 two and three-room apartments with 26 hotel rooms on tho top floor. Tho build Ing will bo constructed on tho lot directly west of tho Hotel Holland fnelng on Ornpo and Sixth streets. Each floor will be connected over the alley by attroctlvo halls, this giving elevator service to tho new nddltion from tho Hotel Holland. Tho new structure will bo modern In every re spect, complying with clnss A regula tions, the plans having been made by a well-known firm of Portland architects, j ' , , . ; , . All tho floors In tho new . structure will bo of hnrd wood, every suite will have bath rooms, electric rnngeB, etc., and every room .will either have bath or shower bnth. 'Thcro will be store rooms on the first floori four on Sixth and three on Orape, to bo used either ns retnil stores or as sample rooms. In the bnsemont thero will bo four largo laundries for the use of tonants, and nil deliveries will be mado to tho basement nnd carried to the. various rooms nnd apartments by a system of dumb waiters. An In cinerator for nil gnrhngo will also be a new nnd convenient feature. Mr, Smith has arranged to loasc the new building nnd reports that ho already has demnnds for nccommo dntinns from n large number of Med ford people. It is believed thnt when the new apartment hotel Is com pleted, It will bo tho best equipped building of Its kind between Portland and San Francisco. ' 01 If IMS. MVS TAMPICO, Mexico, Jan. 26. (By the Associated Press.) Ten per sons are missing and twenty-two oth ers were Injured as the result of an explosion which destroyed the Mex ican Eaglo Oil company tank steam er San Leanardo, loaded with 30, 000 barrels of fuel oil, at the Agulla wharf In tho lower Panuco river last night. The fire caused by the explosion threatened for a time tho refineries and tank of the Mexican Eaglo and Koyal Dutch Sherr companies. The destroyed ship flew the Brit ish flug. , ' "' Daily Report on the Crime Wave EVERETT, Wash.. Jan. 20. -Two armed men, mnskod with handker chiefs, last evening held up the camp of the Florence lagging company near Monroe, obtulned $15 and two gold watches from tho occupants nnd escaped Into the woods amid a fusll Inde or shots. Tho loggers opened fire on them ns sonn ns they left the bunkhnuse. The hflndlts took a trnll thnt led to n fifty-font enihnnkment, down which they fell, nnd oro now believed to be hiding nearby. SANTA FE, N. M Jnn. 28.-. Hunter Hohbs and A. II. Durke, em ployes of a mercantile store at Capl tan, were arrested by the sheriff's offire there and are held pending hearing, as suspects In collection with the assassination of Robert Hurl, ranchman, whoso body, riddled with bullets, was found beside his wagon two miles out of Cnpltan on tho road to his ranch Wednesday afternooon. Evidence showed that two men hid behind bushes and opened fire on Hurt with a 30-.10 rifle and a 12- gauge shot gun loaded with buck shot. Peach Trees Bloom In Walla Walla; Plums Are Also Out WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 26. Peach and plum blos- soms In full bloom were used as decorations nt a banquet at the White Temple Baptist church last evening. This Is an un- usually early appearance of blooming fruit blossoms In this territory. Whllo buds have been filled out for soveral days, cooler weather which has ruled during the past two days has resulted In a general halting of the ma 's' turlng of tho buds. The early development of tho fruit trees followed by advance In bloom-4- Ing ns happened, Is said by lo- cnl horticulturists to give an un- usually pleasing outlook for a splendid output this year. GARB BILL IS S SALEM. Ore., Jan. 26. After, elimination of the clause that would Impose a penalty of fine and Im prisonment upon teachers violating the act, the senate today passed without dissent ts bill introduced by Representative W. F. Woodward, forbidding public school teachers wearing religious garb. The bill, which was one of the first passed by the house, will come be foro the senate for third reading Monday and then ao back to the house for concurrence In the amend-! moat. Should the house refuse to concur, the measure would go, to conference. - The senate today adopted the house 'concurrent resolution Intro duced by Representatives H. J. Over ture of Bend and A. R. Hunter of Union county, providing tor Joint committees of the legislatures of Washington, Idaho and Oregon to confer in Salem upon tho advisa bility of adopting uniform laws af fecting hours of labor In tho lumber Industry. Tho senate today adopted the Joint resolution Introduced by Sena tor W. J. II. Clark and Representa tive O. B. Huston of Portlnnd, sug gesting n constitutional amendment requiring ability to read and write the English language as a requisite of citizenship. Senator Gus C. Moser of Portland today Introduced a bill that would prohibit placing In Jail of suspected Insane persons, except criminals, pending their examination. It would require that home, hospital or pri vate care bo given. SALEM, Ore., Jnn. 26. Over tho protest of half a dozen of Us legal members that the bill Is unconstitu tional In that It deprlvos persons of the right of trial by Jury and puts law abiding citizens nt the mercy of unscrupulous authorities, the house this morning passed house bill 58. authorizing the confiscation of ve hicles used In tho transportation of liquor. Representative Kay's bill reducing the state tax for the educational aid of soldiers, sailors and marines In re lations to the decreased appropria tion for this aid was passed by the house. Report Ono Ship Wrecked. MANILLA, Jan. 26. (By the As sociated PreBS.) One ship of the divided fleet of Ruslsnn Bhlps, carry ing nntl-holshevlk refugees from Vladivostok has been wrecked off tho coast of Formosa according to an unverified report received here. FAILURE, AIRE LONDON, Jan. 26. (By the Asso nlntaii Press.) The correspondent of the Yorkshlro Evening News, wir ing to his paper from Doom, says: "In spite of elnborate efrorts to hide the truth, I have discovered that tho second marriage of the form er German emperor has been a com plete failure and thnt at tho present moment he Is living In one pnrt of i ho castle while his wife and her children are In another. I am told that a very few weeks sufficed to bring about the breakdown. "Those who are near to tho ex kaiser have been struck by the grave alteration, not only in his PASSED MINI! AIL SENTENCE FX-KAISER'S SECOND MARRIAGE A ASK HARDING 10 PREVENT WORLD WAR Idaho Representative Urges President to Call World Peace Conference and Pre vent European Conflict Secret Session Held By Reparations Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Action on Senator Robinson's resolution propos ing full American membership in the reparation commission was postponed Indefinitely todny by the senate for eign relations committee after It had discussed, behind closed doors, the confidential Information of the rep arations problem submitted yesterday by Secretary Hughes. Tho committee adjourned without action and without making plans for any future meetings. Administration ' leaders said the general concensus of committee opinion was that there was "nothing requiring any action at this time." Whether supporters of the Robinson proposal would seek to bring the sub ject up in the senate despite the view of the committee was uncertain. It appeared likely that the whole ques tion of American relationship to the reparations would be debated again on the floor within the next few days. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, has announced that he expects to re new his proposal for a wrld economic conference called by the United States. Other senators have expressed their belief that the senate should de clare for complete withdrawal by the United States from its present unoffi cial connection with -the reparation, commission. ? . - -i Call Peace Conference. While tho senate committee was In session Representative Chalmers, re publican, Idnho, presented a resolu tion that a congressional committee call on President Harding and ask him to f'call a world peace confer ence," in view of the fact that the European nations "seem to be rapidly drifting Into war." The resolution also declared that al though the people of the United States were opposed to entering another war, no power on earth could keep this country out of such a conflict as seemed to be threatened In Europe. The congressional committee would be authorized to formulate the agenda for the conference "and Issue the call in tho name of the people of the United States." Tlcpni-ntJons Increased. PARIS. Jan. 26. (By - the Asso ciated Press) Tho reparations com mission took three Importnnt decis ions this afternoon. First, It declared the request for n moratorium mado by Oormany on November 14, Inst null and void be cause of tho Oermnn nttltudo toward occupation of tho Ruhr as shown by Its letter of January 13, which stated that nil reparation deliveries to tho powers responsible for the occupa tion would he suspended while tho occupation lnstod. The second decision wns to declare Germany In general default of nil reparation obligations to France and Belgium. Thirdly, n letter was drafted, wltn common accord Informing Germany thnt the schedule of payments drnwn up In Mny, 1919, would again be put Into force on explrntlon of the delay already granted to Jnnnnry 81. when tho payment of 600.000 gold marks, postponed from January 16, would boeomo due. I.ouis Bnrthou, French representa tive and president of tho commission snld ntter tho mooting thnt ho at tached great Importnnco to the fart (Continued on page eight) mood hut In his character. He la said to have been affected very un fortunately by the operation for gland transference he underwent be fore his second marlrage. His own children have not forgiven him for the second marlrage and his step children avoid him. "Ills means are reduced and his private expenditure strictly limited. He is living today under most un happy family conditions. He can command nolthnr service, affection nor companionship and the break down In his domestic arrangement Is painfully apparent to tho very few who visit him."