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.
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