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Newspaper Page TextI Vnl Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Weather Year Ago Maximum ......42 Minimum 27 Precipitation 04 Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 36 Minimum today 16.5 tjiUy Seventeenth Tear. tVeekly r'lfty-Secund Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBKUAIIY 2, 192.T NO. 2J7 UAPiPERIL IS HflTD Anti-Alien Bill in House Sup ported By Cowgill, Who Re cites Dangers in Southern Oregon Measure Passes k Portland Fair Bill Is Intro duced By Gordon. BAJLEM. Ore. Feb. 2.--Aiter thu plain .house of representatives : had Approve! lust niKlit ,,tho ; ntl-allon nd "law of Bailey, and , IJuwtan, with etcher canting the onl 'dlsfwntiiig ntn. it dff(utL'd Hurlburl's hill for- $MUtltng employment of aliens on pub hc works until ix montliH after they hnd tuken out first citizenship papers. 'I predict that if this mvusuro in not pasHed and conditions, continue uh 'jnow within 25 years, you will find jtho Willamette vulley under the con trol of the Japanese,'' llailey assert ed In urging passage of the anti-alien - measure. Cowgill recited experiences In TJaekson county, where he said the. :Jupuneso hud overrun tho county. I 5 SALKM, Ore. Jan. 2. A ( resolu tion Outliorlziny the governor) sec .'rt'tary of state and state treasurer to -'jiin with city - ofilrials of Portland in forming a corporation to hold u .world's expositlnii in Portland In 1927 h'Whh Introduced In the Iiouhc yetr iday by TU'presentatfve Herbert Oor m of Multnomah county. Under vtho resolution the expenses nf hold ing the fair would bo defruyed by prl ale prescription to the corporation. Tor tho reason that the state's ar rangement with the government whereby, the government will match tftnto money available for construc A" of tho-JtooHevelt .coast, highway Expired yesterday, tho senute hurried through three readings and passed a .liouso bill extending tho time. MT. LASSEN AGAIN UEDDINCi. Cul., Feb. 2. Pro nounced activity nt tho summit of :I.assen peak, the only live volcano 1n continental United States, was won from hero early this morning. (While not nearly so heavy as In past years, an outburst, of steam larger I bun for many months, could bo soon rising from tho mountain. The dis turbance first was believed to bo duo tr. snow being blown about. FEZE IN CALIFORNIA .4 ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. The cold snap which has visltod southern Cal ifornia tho last few days was becom ing a llttlo less cold, according to available reports early today, and in dications wero that little damage had , boen dono to fruit or othor crobs. ; ,(Tho dampness of tho ground from . toe recent rains and the overhanging titles prevented tho temperature from reaching n dangerous low lovel, It was Hinted. f M rs. Leslie Carter Sued 1 For Liquor Bill, 1912 VbAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 2. Mrs.; . l-osllo Carter, noted actress. Is the , , defendant In n suit on fllo hero to day brought by Charlea Banders, fr former liquor dealer. In which he inleged Mrs. Carter owes him $120 5 for wine purchased In 1912. I 13 SAN FRANCISCO POLICEMEN ARE ARRESIED UNLOADING BOOZE SHIP SAN KKANCISCO. Feb. !. Lieu tenant D. llra.ifleld and patrolmen 4 William Ilurripn ond Mark M. W II ' lever of the San Francisco police de. I pnitmunt and seven chauffeurs and 1 motor truck drivers, were arrested iiy federal prohibition agents at South Knn Frnn-iscn. rnr here to day, while present nt the allcrcd un- 'JP'linir of a larce shipment of iron- Old Doctor Cook Is Arrested for Having Three Pints of Gin KOUT WORTH, Texas., Fob. 2. "Doc" Frederick A. Cook. or North Polo fame, now an oil promotor, was under bond of $000 here today, following his - nrest at a hotel horn, charged with having threo pints of gin . In his possession. Cook waiv- ed a preliminary hearing. Tho fr. erstwhllo famous explorer's wlfo filed divorce proceedings In district court here recently. OF LIQUOR LAWS A series of arrests on charges of bootlegging and possession of Intoxi cating liquor calculated by prohibition officials to be of considerable import ance in tho supprcsson of local boot legging operations have, taken place during the last week. Those arrested are: Mrs. Nona Dun lap, on a charge of selling intoxicat ing liquor, who is at liberty on $500 ball; Uny Carpenter, on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor who is at liberty on $1000 bail and M. M. Hcffllng, on a charge of selling in toxicating liquor whose bail is also $1000. ... Mrs. Dunlap was arrested by J. H. Leggltt, ou a warrant, Wedncsduy eve ning in tho offices of an- attorney where sho is employed. She was ar raigned before County Judge G. A. Gardner, and entered a plea of not guilty. A preliminary hearing of her caso will bo held Monday before Judge Gardner.. . ? Carpenter was arrested Tuesday evening during a raid on his home oh South Fir street and was charged with possession of liquor. He was arraign ed before Judgo Gardner and entered a plea of guilty. He will be sentenced tomorrow and in the meantime is at liberty on $1000 bail. Carpenter came hero during the county fair last Sep tember and was connected with Mo Kinney In the ownership and opera tion of the airplane which carried passengers and gave exhibition flights nt the fair. The raid on his home Tuesday night was made by special prohibition officers Sandefer and Leg gltt and night patrolman Cave. M. M. llefflltig was arrested at the Dunlap residence on East Sixth street Sunday night, Jun. 2oth and was charged with selling Intoxicating liquor. A search of tho house was mado but no liquor was found al though It Is alleged by officers that they found two bills given Heffling for liquor by a Becret agent and iden tified the bills by their numbors. Heffling was arraigned Monday be fore County Judge Gardner and en tered a idea of not guilty. The re quired bial of $1000 for his nppear anco in court Monday when he will be given a hearing, was furnished. Special prohibition officers Sande fer, Leggltt and Lowe and Patrolmen Prescott and Cavo made the raid on tho house at the tlmo of Hcfflingjs ar rest. It is an unusual procedure to pre sent othor than juvenile criminal cases before tho county court as they are usually handled by the Justice of the peace. Daily Report on the Crime Wave KKfilNA. Sask., Feb. 2. Officials of the Grcut Northern railway re enrtetl this niiirnhiir that while the exact amount ohtuincd by the lonej lllllSKeu UIIHUll n uu iuiiui-u nnr press car of train No. 6 on that line nenr hero last night was unknown, the total was not large. The Sas katchewan -provincial police were s.'ouring the nirroundlng country for the robber, who left the train us It entered the outskirts of Iteglnn. ttruband lii"or from a barkentine Into six motor trucks. The police wero releused On $1000 bail each, but the civilians were held. According to first reports guns were drawn in the argument between thu two sHs of officers, the polico Insist ing that they were present for the purpose of making , a raid. South San Frnnrlnco 1 outside the city limits of San Kr;inclco, hnwi'vor. NAB 1 FOR VIOLATIONS BLOCKADE OF RUHR BEGINS TO HIT HOI Food Supplies Getting Low- Coal Is Scarce Tourists Leave Berlin, Hotels Com plain French Fire On Trains Trying to Run Ruhr Blockade- DUESSELDORF. Feb. 2. The blockade of tbo Ruhr valley from wltblu was absolutely complete to day. Not a slnglo ton of coal or coko has left tho Ruhr In tho laat 36 hours, tho French authorities nnnounco, adding that tho inoasures they put into forco at midnight Wednesday are totally offoctlve. The Germans show no disposition to contradict the French as to tho general effective ness of tho blockade but they relate how oue train of 46 loaded coal cars, disregarding all signals, ran the blockade at Horde, near Dortmund, yesterday afternoon and escaped Into interior Germany. Tbo French' have 75's commanding every lino Into Germany and tho di rectors of tho railroads have been notified that auy locomotive attempt ing to escape will be fired upon. Tho striking railway workers showed an inclination today to re stuno their duties on many of tho In terior lines In tho occupied area. The French aro occupying militarily on the lines surrounding the region and the interior roads are being partial ly operated by Germans. The Btrlko nt Cologno also seems to be petering out. Tho DuesBoldorf station was oponed today for the first time since January 25, with only a small percentage of tbo scheduled trains running. ' General Payot, tho French quar termaster general, said that tho French army service supplies were accumulating sufficiently. Tobacco dealers and manufactur ers in the valley have boen Instruct ed by the French authorities that they must pay the tax on tobacco at Essen or Duesseldorf, disregarding Berlin's orders to remit direct to the capital. Tho chief of police of Bochum was arrested and expelled today. The Duesseldorf Nachrichton which was suspended January 21. will bo allowed to reBumo publication tomorrow. Tho printers and other workers pleaded with General Dc Goutte, the Freurh commander, rep resenting that they were being de prived of their means of earulug a living. Complain Food Shortage DUESSELDORF, Feb. 2. I By the Associated Press.) Many Ruhr cit ies and towns are complaining to the French authorities that their food supplies aro getting lower. Tho Burgomaster of Rceklinhauscr, to cito.nno instance, has informed bead quarters that his peoplo havo only enough potatoes to last ten days. This vegetable, together with cab bage and other garden products, form tho chief diet of tho Ruhr workers, few of whom havo moat more than ence a day. Tho directors of tho four minos In the Dortmund-Oelsonkirchen district, who wero ordered to resumo coal de liveries to Franco Immediately, have been given 24 hours lo obey; If they refuse, they will bo . arrested and tried before a court martial. Tho French havo made up their minds to remain here until Berllu surrenders, coma what may. The Interallied railway sub-committee for tho Cologne area has reached an agrectnnt with tho rail way directorate In that district whereby tho German railway men will resume work as Boon as the soldiers are withdrawn. However, trains carrying reparations shipments wilJ bo operated. Coal production continued to de crease, whllu the empty cars nueried for the transportation of what is bo Ing mined, havo vanished. Can I.lvo on VeKetnblns LONDON, Feb. 2. Special dis patches from Duesseldorf to the Lon don newspapers report that Dr. GrueUncr, president of Rhlnish Prus sia has gono to Berlin for a consulta tion with the government regarding the food situation, which is causing much anxiety to the German Ruhr authorities. The Times' correspondent learns from official sources that the food supplies are considerably more than is generally believed and are large enough lo feed the population "on rations of a sort," for at least three (Continued on page eight) ON'CU l.MMUUtANT, NOW I t;ivi:s a w.w iivsimoss ' 1 $rf v ?rl 111 1 Mr.'HnttinKcr hn nrranRd to pre sent to the original six employees and ..rrt.,..., ,.- ti. l.r)...1 flfti tl... K.illf of Ktock In the preHent company. For hi mm' a no will Keep aim res in pre ferred Ktock nt 7 per cent worth a million and a half. Korty-fivo yctira tipo (luslnv llot lin'r ennm to Chicago an immi grant from Vienna, lie had a thoua and dollars und with threo otherH, formed North weHtern Terra Ootta company- The nKHOU of the organi zation are now limed ut four million dollars- ESPEE IN OREGON SALEM, Oro., Feb. 2, Iuter-statc Commerce Commissioners McCord, Altchison, Potter and Esch will com pose tho division that will learn Ore gon's side of tho Southern Pacific Central Pacific railroad caso in Port land, according to - advices to tho state public service ooiumlSBloiu ' A date for tho Bearing lias not yet been fixed, but It probably will bo some time this month. Tho Oregon commission is now gathering data to be introduced in tho Portland hearing. ,D.C. WASHINGTON. Fob. 2. Tho police horo today conducted tho greatest liquor raid in tho national capital slnco tho advent of prohibition. 1 covered tho entlro city and by early afternoon more than fifty arrests had boon mado and contraband liquor was being carted into tho police stations by wagon loads. Electrical Dealers of Southern Ore. Meet At Medford Monday II. D. Fearey and F. A. Mulberry, representing tho Portland branch of the Pacific States Eloctrlc company, aro in tho city on business and will arrange for a meeting at the Medford hotel on Monday ovenlng, Fob. 5th, at 8 p. iii. for the electrical dealers of Grants Pass, Ashland and Medford as well as a number of the members of tho California Oregon Powor company in thesu cities. Tho Pacific Stales Electric com pany is putljng on a big advertising campaign explaining tho benefits as well as tho pleasures and comforts derived from making electricity the servant of tho people. This will be an Interesting meeting and will be well attended. Oregon Commended By Dry Commissioner WASHINGTON. Kl. 2.I,rohlbl tlon CommlsBloner llHynofl informed Socrotury Mollon during a confer ence today thai the tliltiK which im proved him moHt forcibly during hln rocent throe wooks inflpuctlon trip through tho went and southwest wan tho way federal, ntuto and local en forcement agencies were working to gether. Oregon and Texas eHpeclully have taken steps to safeguard the lives of prohibition agent. Mr. Haynes told, the treasury secretary, by prescribing prison sentences for liquor law vio lators found carrying weapons, while Ohio, ho said, has made moonshlnlng A penltentlnry offense, J DRY SQUADS BUSY BITTER TUT MARKS DAY IN CONGRESS I Senators Heflin and Couzens Engage in Wordy War, and Most Violent Personal Clash in Months Result They Finally Make Up Michi gan Senator On High Horse. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.- Under a bill passed today by the house with out a recordVote, tho treasury could use the public debt Hlnklng fund for the retirement of Koverninent sureties lnHUed Hinco the var as well as Lib erty bonds nnd Victory notes. Ueprcsentatlve Garner of Toxas, ranking democrat on tho ways und means committee, lead an attack on the : nt ensure and Representative Treadwuy of Massachusetts nnd othor republicans on thu committee do fended It. At ihe snmo tiino. In ono of the stormiest sessions of . recent " -years. the senate also expunged from its record remarks mado by Senator Couzens regarding Mr. Ileflln. Kvuntor lleflln's remarks reKardlnf? Senator Wadsworth were mado yes terday nnd were held to Imply that Senator Wndsworth represented "Wall street. Those rulatliiK to Senator Couzens, It wan charged. Implied that he represented blj? busluesH interests. Tho reply of Senator Couzens, ; also expunged, referred to Senator Ilef lln was playing to the galleries and suggested that "In the night time' he had changed tho record of his speech yesterday in the. clash with Senator Wadsworth. The inoHt violent personal clashes in many months took , place during tho debute- Motions. ,to. expunge and charges of -material 'alteration by Senator Heflin of his remarks flew about tho senate for three hours, blocking nil other business. Ileforo the senate acted Senator Ileflln offered to withdraw his re marks regarding Senator Couzens If tho Michigan senator would reelpro cate. This Senator , Couzens refused to do. The motion to expungo thon was offered by Senator Underwood of Alabama, the democratic leader, who safd ho hoped Mr. Ileflln would per mit him to act "as his friend In the matter." Mr. -Underwood at first asked unanimous consent for Mr. Heflin to withdraw the remarks under discus sion, but Mr. Couzens objected. The democratic leader said that both sen ators must recognize their responsi bility to tho peoplo and give their time to public affairs rather than to personal differences. Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis consin. Joined tho minority leader in the effort to stop the controversy, but Mr. .Couzens doelared flatly he would not ugrec to tho proposal to strike out his statement. However, he did finally agree. E Ouo of the most promising maun facturing enterprises launched In theso parts for some tlmo Is tho Stan dard Manufacturing company, a cor poration of Medford business men which is producing tho new Standard InculMitors. This new firm bus se cured a location on North Central avenue near Jackson and haa Installed new, modern machinery and equip ment for the manufacture of Incuba tors. Six men aro alroady employed in this new plant under tho direction of J. W. Mitchell, tho active head of tho organization. Marvin Mitchell, as traveling representative, is visiting the leading coast cities and un attrac tive catalog has been published show ing the many stylos of Standard In cubators to aid in their promotion. Tbo Standard electric incubator was originated by A. J. Vance, of this city. It immediately won tbo approval of Southern Oregon poultry men and al ready over 200 are in tine In and near Medford and Ashlund. Uh exceptional efficiency will tnsuro Its popularity and the Standard Manufacturing com pany anticipate a thorough campulgn to establish It In all suctions of thu coast. Lamp incubators are being mado hero as well as electric models. Tho Standard Manufacturing com pany will make tho famous Mitchell orchard ladders as well as Incubutors and will handle Dunn orchard heaters in this section. Cinal Tolli Increase PANAMA, rob. 2. The canal tolls for January amounted to ll,50o,2Uf, establishing a new record for one month and exceeding by $000,000 the returns for January, 1322. Mother Can't Stop Talking and Singing, In Serious Condition WALLA WALI.A, Wash., Fob. Z.--Mrs. George Shuford of Waltsburg, Wash., has been Bur- l'crlng for soma buys past with a mysterious illness that lias bar- fled local physicians, four of whom held a consultation yes- terday. Mrs. Shurord has been in a serious condition since Sun- day, talking and singing most of the tliuo, until her norveB have about reached tho broukiug point. Work and worry caring for hor year old baby is given aa ono of tho reasons for hor condition. JAIL BREAK IS FRUSTRATED BY GIANTMILOR Prisoner in County Jail Hits Jailer Collins Over Head With Window Weight Collins Knocks Assailant Out Probe Ordered. Martin it- Mc!::inld, alias Mc Cube, held In the county Jail on an indictment for paHsiug a forged bill of sale, In this city, staged a desper ate attempt lo break Jull Thursday evening, when lurking behind a cor ner of the cell ucction, ho struck Jailer Collins In the back of tho houd with a window weight. Collins, a powerful built man. wheeled with tho blow and planted a stiff right hand Jolt to the Jnw of his ussnllmit; floor ing hli'ii." Tbo Jailer then Went to the Jull office, got his gun nnd billy, und returned, whllu McDonuld hud fled to his cell. The prisoners occupying tho upper Her of cells were all locked up for the night, and Jailer Colllna was in the act of delivering some medicine to Elmer Simmons, culled "Thu Goat" by reason of his frequent entangle nients, und who recently had his pa role revoked by tho court, In u boot log mix-up. Simmons and bis fellow prisoners were together on tho lower floor. - When Collins had his back turned, McDonald struck him two blown with the window weight, ono on tho head, the other on tho shoul der, tho blows failed to knock out Collins, who Is Blx foot throe, nnd built in proportion, but the bottlo of medtcino was broken. Tho nulek action of Collins snvod a wholesale delivery of prisoners, the sheriff's office says. The battlu was short und snappy, and McDonald wus considerably bruised and battered In tho fruy. The sheriff's office Is Investigating how McDonald ramo in possession of tho window weight, and how many of the prisoners wero Implicated In the plot. Hp to last night McDonnld was re garded os harmless, und had been n model prlsonor. Ho was charged with attempting to pass a forged bill of sale upon Kdson (Jerry Jeromo of Tatton ond Koblnson, for an nuto. He is also wanted ut Vale, Oregon for forgery. Ho was Indicted by tbo lost grand Jury, and has boen in Jail awaiting trial. This is the first attempt to bronk Jnlt by Jackson county prisoners In 18 mouths, the favorite method in the old days being to hit the Jailer over the head with a stick of wood, two Jull dushcH being started with this oiulitncnt. The windows In the county Jail ure all flttod with window weights, and encased in cement, and It Is thoimht McDonald excavated one, and then covered up his work. WASHINGTON. Fob. 2. Dividing on party linos tho senate today sus tained, 40 to 28, Vice President Cool Idge's ruling that Senator Heflin. democrat, Alabama, In yesterday's dis cussion of the liritish debt funding, had reflected Improperly upon Sonntor Wadsworth, republican, Now York, by declaring that he, Mr. Heflin, did not "represent the bond sharks and big financiers of Wall stroet." GERMAN LABOR APPEALS 10 UNCLE SAM TO PREVENT "ANNIHILATION MOULIN. I'eb. 5. (Ily the Asso ciated Press) The "trudttlonul Amerlcun honor and appreciation of fair play." are appealed to in a mes sage forwarded by leading ... trade union executives to tho senate and house of representatives In Washing ton. The uppnol. which gives expression to the "feeling of alarm" with which 12,000,000 German workers view tho Ituhr occupation, voices the confi SAYS SENATE D0NTF0LL0W DAILY PRAYER Senator Moves Religious Ob servance Be Suspended for Week Legislature Clerks., to Be Dismissed Governor Signs Highway Bond Issue Agree On Bonus." v ' SALEM. Ore., Dec. 2. Declaring that the neiuito "is getting away f rum -the sweet gentleness that . Jesus taught becaustr of personalities that' aro Indulged In," and that such con-1 ditlons aro inconsistent with tbo prayers heard In tho senate - each " niorn'inK, Sonator Charles W. Ellis of Burns today moved that the prayers . be dispensed with for a week. Ellis said lie believed this would brills senators to a realization that the -morning religious observance Is not approeiatcd and lta ' meaning not understood. Tho motion died for lurk of a second. Senator I. N. Staples who clashed yesterdny with Senator Gus C. Muser over charges Hint too inany elerks are hired by the legislature, today introduced n resolution calling fur dismissal of ten senate employes. The bill of Senator W. J. IT. .Chirk of I'ortland. providing .that si-hool cen sus reports lnelude the nationality '. of the elilldren'fl parents and in the caso of those of foreign' birth whether or not they are nulurallzcd, -. passed the scnatu unanimously. ..to-day. . ; " The house today passed the bill by.. Itepresentiitivu B. N. Huid of Seaside, prohibiting motion picture film dis tributors from fixing admission prices to be charged by exhibitors., Governor Wi M. 1'iorco last night signed the ltoosevelt highway bill ox-, tending tho 2, 500, 000 bond Issue ' voted by tbo peoplo for the highway until such time as it or any part of it is matched by the federal govern-'; nient. Tho bond Issue authorization, would havo expired at midnight. The Amerlenn Legion, tho World War Veterans' stato aid commission . and tho Joint commission .on military affairs, have reached un agreement on redrafting tbo code under which the commission. operates. Under tho ' new provisions veterans who obtain ed ciisli bonuses could refund the money and obtain state loans, the -burden of proof, however, being placed upon the veteran to show that lie accepted the cash liecauso ho thought the loan could bo had only on the purchase of a home., The Benate dofoatcd today alter long dobnto the bill by Senator M. It. Klep per of Portland requiring applications for marriago licenses to bo filed with tho county clork at least toil days be fore iasuanco of tho llconso. Senators Ilruco Dennis, Gus C. . MoBcr, O. W. Joseph, W. II. Strayer and Peter Zimmerninu argued against tho bill, saying it would drlvo mar riages across the Btuto lino to Van couver, Wash. Senator S. M. Oarland of Linn county dofendod the measure.. WASHINGTON, Kob. 2. Resolu tions pussod by soveral hundred Elks lodges asking President Harding to call a conference of nations to limit production of habit forming drugs woro prosentod to tho prosldont toduy by a delegation or Chicago Elks. Mr. Harding told) the delegation that if it wero found possible, on-,' forcomont of tho present antl-uar-cotlc laws would be tightened.. Me . said ho w-as In hearty sympathy with the general purpose behind the reso lutions. . Later, Secretary Davis presented to . tho president similar resolutions sign-. ., ed by 600,000 members of tho Loyal .... Order of Moore, of which the socrc-.;, tnry Is director general. .. r dence that the Vnlted Slates "did not enter the war for the purpose of an nihilating the German people," und . declares that "American honor ' as serted at this tlmo can pave Kurope and the world from Inevitable disas ter." The message asserts that the ap peul Is not "un attempt to Induce the United Stutes to tako an nttltudo in favor of one or the other of tho op posing parties." .