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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Prediction .. Rain
Maximum yesterday 41.5
Minimum today 32.5
Precipitation Trace
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 42
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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."