Dili, Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction f Fair Maximum yesterday 36 Minimum today 16.5 Weather Year Ago Maximum - 42 Minimum ....27 Precipitation 04 Dully Seventeenth Teur. Weekly Kitty-Second Tear. MEDFORD, OKI'XIOX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1323 XO. 2GG 1ILAND REPUBLIC IB i FORMED Berlin Reports French and Bel gian Forces to Support ; Separation of Big Area From Germany Martial Law to Be Declared Ruhr Completely Isolated' BERLIN, Fob. 1. (By tlio Associ ated Press.) Separatists' ugonts and agitators in tho Rhlneland in confer ence at Coblenz slnco Uio departure of the Amoricun troops luivo been draft ing pinna for tbo proclamation of o Rhlnclund republic today, says a Cob lenz dispatch received hero last eve ning. Tho contemplated coup is to bo car- nod out with the aid ol the French and Belgian military forces who will promptly proceed to proclaim martial law, seize all lines of communication and evict the German officials, the dispatch salA DUE9SKLDORF, Feb. 1. (Iy the 1 Associated Press.) The closing of tho ; Dortmund gateway, tho only remain ing exit into unoccupied Germany was undertaken by the French early today uion tho receipt of Instructions from Paris to complete tho isolation of the j; Ruhr. f. This step, which translates into ac i lion tho decision of the French and '; llelglan governments to shut off the coal and coke supplies from tho rest of tbo Hoich follows quickly the as sumption of tho customs coutrol by . the allies yosterday and loaves tho Ruhr completely at the disposal of the occupying forces. A With all the Ruhr customs posts, ns well as many largo warehouses in i their posession, the French find that I. coal production is being considerably ' reduced while the rail strike, is still i effective. Tho shortage of cars at the j mine may result, it is feared, in the suspension of mining operations for a i, few days because of the congestion at tho pit beads. Taking stock of yesterday's coal ' production the occupying experts i found that slightly more than DO.OOO tons were taken out This is less than half of the usual amount and was j the poorest showing for any day since I tho occupation began three weeks no. ' Deport High School Students Among tho Increasing number of si porsons deported nro 25 high Bchool ' students of Alx La CUapollc. They f ore charged with holding a denioiiHtru t lion. j Automobiles aro still used to take ejuctcd civilians across tho border. 'i Dr.. Gruetznor, prcsldeut of Ithcn i ish Prussia, in an Interview published in the Cologne Gazette Bays ho bad re- linble information to the effoct that " the French wish to annex tho Ruhr und that tho installation of their own f customs system is the first step to j ward that end. j Whon this statement was called to ilho attention of French general head- quarters officials replied that it was s probably for tho purpose of resisting annexation that a brigade of young I men escaped from tho Ruhr slnco the ( occupation, organizing at Hanover, tin ' der tho name "Hlndenburg brigade," i tho Frouch Bay that this force already I numbers sovcral thousand fully armed men. MULIIKIM. Feb. 1. (By tho Asso- dated Press.) Hugo Stlnuos camo to i tho occupied Ruhr area yesterday for i his first visit sinco tho arrival of tho French. Tho magnate's colleagues hero and elsewhere havo been urging t him to rcmalu outside the occupied I zono for tho present, but llerr Stlnnes (Continued on Page six.) TACOMA, Feb. 1. Victor Dennis. 31, a city meat inspectou was arrested eorly this morning and charged with kicking In tho plate glass windows of two local stores and taking Jewelry and other goods valued at moro than :,oo. Dennis confessed, the police said, and also admitted he was the man wearing a badge who yesterday held up and robbed C. J. McKcllar In Kver ett of ,$fl5. When arrested Dennis carried an automatic shotgun and a bowle knife and his pocket!" were bnlglns with Tourists Held Up at Roseburg, Forced To Drive All Night ORF.GO.V CITY. Ore., Feb. 1. Hold up by a pair of robbers near Roseburg last night and ro- 4- lieved of between $300 and $'00, and being forced to drive through the night while cover- oil by tho bandits' guns until they reached a point three miles south of Oregon City early this morning, when tho highwaymen left them, was the experience of Mr. und Mrs. Clifford Smith of Sunnier. Wash., according to a report they made to Sheriff Wilson hero today. Tho sheriff obtained a do- scrlpUon of tho men and Imme- dlatoly sent deputies to attempt tor pick up tho trail of tho rob- bers in the vicinity of Pulp Sid- Ing where tho Smiths said tho pulr left them. LCNDON, Feb. 1. (Bv the Asso ciated Press.) The British govern ment today received a nolo from France, tho substanco of which is that Franco reserves tho right to un dertake separate negotiations with Turkey in the event of the Lausanne conference failing. The opinion was expressed in of ficial circles here that the events of tho past 2 4 hours appear to havo put the French nolo in abeyance. The news recolved from Lausanne states there is greut hope tho conference will prove successful. LAUSANNE, Feb. 1. (4Jy the As sociated Press. 1 The Russlnn dele gation -'at the Near East conference announced at tho meeting of the straits commission today that Rus sia would not sign tho convention providing for control of the Dar danelles and the Bosphorus. S. S. BESSIE DOLLAR SUATTLK, Foil. 1. Tho steamship Bossio Dollar which became disabled lu the Pacific ocean'Tuesday 303 miles west of San Francisco, was still drift ing helpless without a rudder und bat tered by heavy seas, according to a wireless message recolved at noon to day by tho Merchant's Kxchaugo here. Tho vessel, owned by tho Robert Dol lar company, was bound from Delling ham. Wash., to Kobe, Japan, with a cargo or lumber. Tho steamship Pomona, which was reported steaming to the aid of the disabled vessel, apiarcntly had not been sighted when tho wireless mess ago was sent. Tho Bessie Dollar's message said attempts to rig a jury rudder had failed. INCREASE IN FIRES NEW YORK, Feb. I. Women smok ers are suspected of having caused the heavy Increase In loss by fires in the j United States during tbo last year, re ported by tho national board of flro underwriters today to have amounted ; to $25,992,032. The total loss by fire j in tho country for the year, accord ing to the report was $-193,000,000. L El loot. He was wearing a health de partment star. Patrolman Arthur Gllbo heurd the crash when tho plate glass window of a jewelry store in tho main businoss section wos shattered shortly before daylight and ho ran to the scene. As he arrested Dennis a man ran up and said he saw Dennis a few minuteB previously smash a window on an other Btreet. Dennis has been on the city pa for three years, hut he had been 1 fled that he would be retired fron plncp ss meat Ineppctor today. IHI1 FRENCH BRITISH BREAK II PROBABLE GAS TANK 3 Business Section Springfield, Mass., . Shattered When Huge Gas Tank Blows Up City Hall Wrecked Fires Break Out Militia Called Upon. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 1. At least threo lives woro lost, about 100 pcrsous wcro injured and the busi ness section of .this city was shaken with damage to several buildings, in cluding tho city hall, by tho explo sion of a gas tank today. Fire fol lowed the explosion but was aoou subdued. The tank which exploded was 40 feet high. It was said to have been nearly full of gas at the tlmo. Tho causo of the explosion Is as yot unde termined. Whcu the blast came i rocked the city hall so much that one Bide of tne building was badly damaged. Auto mobiles In tho Btroots wero struck by bricks and stonework and firemen had to dig them out. Occupanti es caped serious injuries, according to first reports. Buildings two miles from the scene wero Bhuken. Flro followed the explosion but firemen formed a cordon around the wreckage of tho tank and indications wero that the flames would not spread. The four companies of stato mili tia stationed hero were ordered to report to tholr armories to be held In resorve for patrol duty. Mem-'j bors of the stnto constabulary sta- iionea at wortnauiptou were oruerea to proceed here for duty at once. Office workers and persons in the streets wero struck down by debris. Workers in the plant wero reported seriously hurt." Automobiles in tho streets were hub deep in wreckage The municipal group of buildings about the city hall, banks and busi ness blocks were in tho area in which windows wero broken. Por sons in these buildings comprised many of the injured. The big storage tank was located at the foot of Elm stroot, near Water, and not far- distant from the Con necticut river. EX SUP, CI. JUSTICE IS RE-INDICTED PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 1. Con rad P. Olson, who was president of tho Stato bank of Portland when it failed recently; Loroy D. Walker, who was president at tho tlmo' the bank was consolidated with tho Peo ple's hank, und Anton Ekern, vice president, wero ro-lndlctcd today by tho county grand jury on four counts charging that, thoy had received de posits when they knew tho bank wns Insolvent. E. T. Orucwell, cashier of tho Stato hank, was freed of charges when tho grand jury fulled to reindict him. Previous Indictments against Grue well had been dlsfissed on account of irregularities and when tho grand Jury reconsidered tho case, tho evi dence against him was not found suf ficient. District Attorney Stanley Meyers sad today that he would ask for an early trial of tho three bankers re indicted today. Y WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Gilpin Construction company of Astoria, Ore., was awarded a contract by tho navy department today as lowest bidders, for work on tho submarino base at Tongue Point. Oregon, at the mouth of tho Columbia river. The amount of tho bid was $100,000. Th nmij concern also was nwarded contract for the removal Miblc yards at 15 cents per tnprovenicnt being in ton h the Tongue Point devcl- ALLIXJM). "FLAPPER BANDIT "yl'F.EX" Itll.IOS H.M 'AtXTNKll OF HOLDUPS H miiiiiiMiiiiiiiiii(iiiw"i iini i i n in mil .i Ellznlirth "noney" Sullivan, 21 youri old rlmrKPtl ly tho hl- ciiffo jiullri with lH'ltiK the "(Jucen" of a bandit kimtf. which thvy Hay 1m rit"nsl1lt ' for thcfiH and liold-upH tuttiliiiK ? 1 00,000. They uro now on tho trull of Oh'n Ki-nU-y, who. they atU'Ke, in tho "Mhoik" HWn'thiurt 6i )one LONDON. Feb. 1 As i result of Grout Britain's acceptance of the American debt refunding proposals Slit edged securities under tho lead of tho war loan Iniprovod smartly to ddy, linpurling confidonco to tho oilier ijectl'ons of -'the stock tnarket.v. Tho more favorable position of the forelKii exchange markot was regard ed as largely sentimental, and though transfers roso to 4. CO 3-8, exchange experts snld that business wus not large in view of the largo umuunt of the debt payable annually. It was believed that this feature would act us a brake tu the souring dollar. The improvement in the pound af fected tho French franc, which row) to 78.90. whilo the Gorman mark sold at 190,000 to the pound, ugainst yes terday's 200,000. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 . SiTletary Mellon, chairman of the American debt funding commission, today culled a meeting of tho commission for late In the afternoon -to mako plans for presenting to congress tho American British agreement accepted ill Lon don yesterday. More detallH of tho Jtrltlsh action uro expected through diplomatic channels todny and upon ttie com pleteness of these advices will depuml how fur the American commission can. go at today's meeting in outlin ing its next move. Home reports received In govern ment clreli-K Indicated It wna said, that' the British acceptance, which was reported by Anibuosador Ilnrvey as "in principle," wns on a busis which would not inutcrlnlly changc even minor details of the plan ns sug gested by tho American commission. Lacking finnl information on this point, however, debt commission of ficials declined to Indicate t)0 amount of payments which the 3 nnd 3i per cent Interest rates with the one-half of one per cent amortization Payment would bring to tho United states an nually In retirement of tbu British obligations. Various estimates of the annual payments ranged from $135,000,000 to more than K'00,000.000. Tho In terest rale of 3 per cent, effoctlvo for the first ten years, would on Its face mean a payment of about $136,000,. 000 n year, but other phases of the program may opcratu to change this uniount. One of the first questions before tbi' commission is the decision whether to ask for a general amend ment of the present nw to encompass the British settlement or to rely In stead upon acceptuncc of tho British terms specifically upon a resolution of congress. The latter plan was said to hnv the support of President Warding. Senator Smoot and Repre sentative Burton, the two congres sional members of the commission, have stood fir general changes In the law liberalizing Its provisions and giving the commission full power to complete tho settlement. It was do cl.ired at the treasury, however, that, the commission members would get together speedily on some means of proreeuure tinit would Buarunteo early ai-tlon by congress. LONDON. Feb. I (By the Asso elated Press) It Is authoritatively stated that the official of tho Brit ish government consider the Ameri can terms for the funding of tho Brit ish war debt to the United Staten to hove been completely accepted by yesterday's action of the British cabinet. While the words "In prin ciple" weru used In informing both (Continued on Page tlx ) DEBT SOLUTION BOOSTS STOCKS LONDON'CHANGE HALL'S GUI IS TABLED BYSENATE Action on Consolidation Meas ure Postponed Senator Eddy Is Winner Over Upton .Machine in First Important Test Garb Bill Signed K. K. Kubli Reti'rns. KALK.M, Ore.. Feb. 1. Senator Charles Hall's bill providing for con solidation of state offices ami com mlsHionH wns tabled today by the Oregon senate, on motion of Senntor B. 1. Ldily of Uoseburg, for which 17 senators voted. lOddy's motion wns mndv when Hall movcO that tho bill bo made a special order for to morrow. Senators who favored tabling tho Hall measure said the uc tlon was taken lu order to give fur ther consideration to three other pending consolidation measures. The senate today passed Senator S. 51. Brown's bill providing that one member of the stntcgaine commis sion for western Oregon and one member from the eastern part of tho state must be dirt farmers. Announcement was made today that Governor W. H. Pierce had signed IleprcaeMstlvo W. F. AVood ward's bill forbidding public school teachers appearing In religious garb. Speaker K. K. Kubll of tbo house returned to Sal. -in today from his home in Portland, whero he went last week on account of Illness and planned to take the chair this after noon. Trimmed with amendments Insist ed upon by Wlllninetto valley nnd eastern Oregon delegations, :lhe Roosevelt coast memorial highway bill passed tho house today after an hour and forty minutes' dbnto, with out -a dissenting vote.' Tho amendments in brief specify that the 12.500,000 bond ts-sue, au thorlzatlon for which will expire nt midnight today, shall bu avallabli for construction of the ' Roosevelt highway, "only when tho United States shall mako available any spo effic funds to apply exclusively upon tho construction of tho highway or any- part of it." SALEM. Ore., Fob. 1. Ono of the administration's law enforcement measures', the bill by Senator B. L. Eddy of Roseburg, creating a fund for use of the governor, passed the senate today. Tho bill provides that 75 per cent of flues collected from violators of the prohibition law go to the countios for law enforcement purpoecB, and 25 per cent to the state treasurer for I ho governor In em ploying special ugents and for other oxponses of law enforcement. The hill by Senntor R. K. Farrell, Port laud, which would croalo a fuud in each school district, for education of crippled children, passed the seuato today. A person who has killed or-lnjurcd another pnrson with firearms, oil her Intentionally or not, would ho pro hibited thereafter from carrying flro- arms by a bill Introduced by Sena tor Charles Hall of Marshflold, which passed tho scnato today. A hill by Senator W. II. Strayor of Baker, providing tho right of appeal to tho supremo court from actions of the board of tax equalization, also passed the seuato. Tho seuato today was expected to tnko up tho bUI by Senator Charles Hall' providing for consolidation of stato departments and commissions. A mooting this morning of tho com m II ten named to Investigate charges of Senator I. N. Staples of Portland that unnecessary clerks nnd stenographers had boeu employed by the legislature was markod by ex change of personalities between Sta ples and Senator Gus C. Mosos of Portland, nnd charges by Staples that during tho 1921 legislature ex cesslvo overtime allowancc-B had boon made for employes. $100,000 FIRE AT NEWPORT, Ore., Feb. 1. Flro last night at tho Multnomah Lumber and Box company camp on Spencer crock, about eight miles up, tho coast, do strmfed tho .workshops, roundhouso and two locomotives. Tho origin of tho fire had not boon determined early today. The loss was estimated by company officials ss between $75,000 and 1100,000. fulls Senator a Hf. WS'IINGTON, Feb. 1. Senutor llrookhart. republican, lowo, was ac cused In the senate todny by Hcnutor I,enroot. republican, Wisconsin, of advocating farm credits and other legislation similar to tbo soviet poll cli-s of l,i. nine and Trotzky. California Freezes With Fifteen Above Reported Mt. Wilson SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. A temperature 0f 15 degrees above zero was reportod for Mount Wilson in southern Call- fornla today, whilo temoera- lures ranging botwocn 20 and 40 prevailed ovor tho remainder of the stato, uccordlng to the I'ulted States weather bureau hero. A continuation of tho cold snap with heavy frosts Is promised for tonight and tomor row ovor the entire stato. 1. LOS ANGELES, Fob. Los Angeles awakened aflor its coldest night for this season In eighteen years, the thermome- tor at tho local weather bureau station downtowu registering a low mark of 3G degrees, whilo tho environs wcro lower. Po- mona reporting 28 degroes and Mount Wilson 15. ALEX SPARROW T CRATER L.SUPT. Duo to tho necessity of increased attention to pr.vato business inter ests Alex Sparrow, superintendent of Crater National -park for tho past six years and for tour years previous to that overseer at tho park, one of the most popular and efficient super tendents In tho national park ser vice has been forced to tender his resignation to tho secretary of the Interior. This uews will be received with profound regret not only In Medford but all over the state, but the local gloom thus engenaered Is much as- suubou" by tho act 'l'ut"A"r- Sprffroifl will continue to reside lu this vlcin. ity at Kirtland Farm and to take ac tive part in tho city's activities. Secretary of tho Intorlor Fall has accepted Mt. Sparrow's resignation with tho greatest regret, his depart ment announces, and has appointed as his successor Charles Goff Thom son, now temporarily residing at Illon, New York, although most of his lifo has boeu spent In the Philip pines nnd the South Seas oil federal business. Mr. Thomson, is expected to ar rive here about the middle of Febru ary to assume his new duties and Mr. Hpurrow -will remain in office uutil ho has holped tbo new superin tendent to get thoroughly grounded In the Crater National Park work. Mr. Thomson is also tho author of several successful novels, which havo gained him great prominence as a wrllor. Ills appointment by Secre tary Fall It Is also announced, Is in linn with all appointments mado by the secretary of tho Intorlor for high caliber men ns superintendents In the national park service I Mr. Thomson is married and has 1 two children, nnd will make his win-' tor headiiuurtors In Medford. Asldo from bis fine military record lu the la to world war, whero as lieu-, tenant colonel of tho remount ser vice he was cited for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services, Mr. Thomson's Pblllpplno record ns an executive and administrator has been unusually flue and brilliant, , according to a statement given out by tho Interior department, which fol lows lit part: "Ono of his former high superiors lit the Philippine government stutos that his first assignment was for work In the control of epidemic dis eases then seriously munuclng the supply of work animals In the lm-. (Continued on Pago Six) RESIGNS P WEIL BEAT FRENCH!" S KSBKN, Feb. 1. (By tho Associ ated Press.) Tho Ruhr forgot Its own troubles last evening upon receipt of Lausanne tllsputchos from German sources announcing "tho final break between England and France over the Near Kunt question." Certain war botween Great Brituln and Franco! screamed the headlines on ono newspaper extra. Grout crowds gathered in front of tho bulletin boards in Essen and Duesseldorf to cheer the reports from Lausanne. For the first tlmo in three weeks there was Joy in the Ruhr. The population had been waiting In front of tho news paper offices In the expectation that the French ultimatum to Germany would be published. When news of a CRATER LIB R. A. Booth Writes County Judge of Final Success of Latter's Plan State and Forest Service to Finish Work in Two Years No Tourist Travel Halted. The state nnd tho V. S. forest ser vlco will complete tho Crater Lako highway from Medford to' tho lake, according to a letter received toda by County Judge Gardner from It.. A. Booth, chairman of tho Stato Highway coinmjsslon. Thjls means an expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars, the mncadumlalng . of the nine miles this nldo of Pros pect, known as the Flounce Rock grade and tho macadamizing of the 15 miles from Union Creek toward tho park, muklng a completu high way of inucudum from Medford to the hike, to be finished within the next two yeurs. This final achievement Is the' re cult of many months of hard work and persistent effort by County Judge Gardner, who in spllo of repeated, discouragements, kept plugging away and finally was rowurded by getting what ho and tho people of Jackson county wanted. The letter from Mr. Ilooth follows: Portland Jan. 30, '1921. Judge G. A. Gardner, Jackson ville, Oregon. Dear George: At a meeting a tow days ago In Portland, wo discussed with Mr. Cecil and Mr. Purcoll tho Incom- pleted part of the Crater Lako r road, As a result It was agreed that the rocking, as needed of -the road nbovo Prospect should be done entirely - with U. .8. forest; . funds -una fcbstatv should -com- .:.; pleto tho unimproved suction not -now under contract west of Pros: peet, and wo ordered tho engi neer to proparo for advertising bids covering two years timo, so that work might be suspended In tho tourist season If thought . . necessary, so as not to interrupt travel. I know this will please you us It docs tho commission. Yours truly. It. A. BOOTH. OF CALIFORNIA LAND ONLY 19 ANY GOOD CHICAGO, Fob. L Dr. J. J. Shipley of Ottuson, Iowa, still owns 141 acres of California laud which he bought from tho Daniel Hayes company of Idaho for $:i:i.l08, but only It acres ' Is good land, ho testified today In tho trial of Danlol Hayes and his de fendants on trial charged Tiitti using ' tho mails to defraud. The government cT.arges that tbo company perpetrated a $1,000,000 tu $ti,000,000 fraud by selling Merced and Madera, California hind, much of It alleged to havo been arid and unfit for gonorul cultivation. . , . Dr. Shipley said the company was roorganlzod and receivership proceed ings woro begun nnd he had boon un able to got tho company to buy back any of his land. f.r.000 lire at HvoroU. KVBRBTT. Wash., Feb. 1. Flro Inst night destroyed two dry kilns ut tho shingle mill of the Edwards Mill company on tho wnterfroiit here. Tbo loss is placed nt $5000. - OF L E break ut Lausunuo was announced, the pooplo wore greatly relloved and greeted tho bulletins with tumultous choors. Kxtra editions of tho West phalia n Qazotte and the Duesseldorf Tagoblatt were snapped up promptly nt 100 marks a copy. Offlcors on duty nt Freuch head quarters volunteered the Information that no official advtco as to n Franco British break had been received from Paris and that tho Joy of the Germans is likely to prove premature. "We will defeat the French," was the cry heard again and again ss pa trols of soldiers dispersed the crowd. Tho population was In good humor and taunted the French soldiers with out offering any resistance. v ' 1 w.'.'5if 1 '.. 'hk y 'i 'j 1 '-''' " wwwiw?