Pair,
lib,
The Weather
Prediction Fair and cold
Maximum yesterday 39
Minimum today '.. 29.5
Precipitation, .36; 3now, ,5
EDFOED 11
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1RIBUNE
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 48
Minimum - 30
Precipitation 01
Pnlly Eevntenth Year.
Weeily FlttT-Koconil Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY V, 192:J
NO. 275
M
I
SWEPT By
Rocky. Mountain District in
Grip of Blizzard and Coast
States Hit By Gales Fore
, cast for More Tonight and
Tomorrow Quake at Bel
lingham, Wn.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. A
Btortn marked by every characteristic
Of extreme winter weather, from be
low zero temperatures to n mile a
minuje gales, Is sweeping tho Pa
elflc coast today from the "crado of
Btormfl." south of tho Aleutian Is
lands, to the plateau regions west of
Dencer, prostrating wire communi
cations and crippling train service.
- Northeast and northwest gales
sweeping In from the Pacific off
North Head at tho mouth of the Col
umbia river, and Tatoosh. off the
Washington, literally snapped off
scores of telephone and telegraph
boles between Medford and Portland
and plied up great snow drifts across
railroad trucks and highways. 'Fur
ther south, blizzard like swirls of tho
groat storm felled wire lines in the
high Sierras but these were soon re
stored. Snow flurries, borne on
sharp winds, swept Utah and Wyo
ming, forcing a strenuous use of
snow plaws along the rail lines.
It was snowing heavily In Walla
Walla and Spokane, Wash., and
southeast Idaho today with the
probability of a great widening out
pi both tho snow and rain areas to
nigjtt. At the northernmost tip of
the storm, far In Saskatchewan, Al
: berta-tind British Columbia,' the tem
perature dropped to 30 below zero,
while, at the southernmost apex, In
southern California, there wero co
pious rains.
Tho low barometor area was over
Baker, Ore., early today and wits
moving rapidly southoast. Indicating
a spread of the storm over a much
wider area tonight andj tomorrow.
There wore Indications In some sec
tions of the plateau states, today,
however, of the clearing weather, but
tho temperature was dropping and
more snow was forecast In those sec
tions. ' '
SEATTLE, Fob. 12 Seattlo to
day was covered with a hard frozen
crust of Bnow, ranging In depth from
a few Inchos to nearly a foot as the
result of a storm yesterday. Tho
storm was tho worst of the winter.
Telephone wires, coated with Ice,
were blown down In several locali
ties and many street lights were put
out of commission. A number of au
tomobile accidents and Injury to pns
Beugers and pedestrians were charg
ed to the snow and ice.
Half of the roof of one home-was
blown off by the high wind. In the
outlying sections of the city the snow
drifted to a depth of several feet dur
ing the night. ' .
ENTIRE WES
101 KING
' MERCED, Cel., Feb. 12. Cover
ing the floors of the valley many
, feet deep with piled up drifts snow
v5fter twenty-four hours of continu
ous 'storm was Bllll falling In Yoso-
mite this morning. A party of ono
hundred members of the Merced
Chamber of Commerce Is spending
the week end In the national park.
Snow Is still standing on the lower
foothills of the Sierras today, mark
ing the lowest snow line of the sea'
son.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 12.
A distinct shock, believed to
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POWER'INTERESTS ADMIT THEY SPENT
HUGE SUM TO KILL FOOL MEASURE
8 AN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. The
power Interests of California repre
sented by the Greater California
league, spent 2.14.000 to defeat tho
recent water power bill, the Pacific
Ons nnd Electric company contribut
ing $124,000 of tho sum WlgRlngton
Creed, president of tho company, tes
tified at a state legislative committee
hearing here Into the origin of the
expenses.
It was not only the right, but the
duty of the power companies of Cali
fornia to organize against the pawmgc
, thii inat tiM'tinn nf the water nnd
power net. giving the state greater j
conrol over hyaro-eiectric ono omcr
water rights. John 8. Drum, a director
of the pacific fins nnd Electric com
pany test if led.
Hear Evangelist, Or
Have No Jazz in
' Jail Order, Fails
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.
The prisoners In the city Jail
voted unanimously against ser
vices there by evangelists.
The jailor told thorn that un
less they "listened to the preach
ers" they could have "no jazz
from the jail piano," but tho
prisoners remained film, and
tho evangelists departed.
Grand Opera Star On Stand,
Nice to Reporters Lou
Tellegen On Tour of West
Farrar Heavily Veiled in
Court.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Goraldlno
Farrnr. former Metropolitan opera
star, took the witness stand today in
her suit for 'dlvorco from her actor
husband, Lou Tellegen and testified
that she had personally verified the
charges of misconduct alleged in her
petition.
- Asked if she condoled his act, sho'.
replied crisply, "no." ,
Tho. diva testified less than twoj
minutes, most of which sho spent in
saying "yes," and "no," to technical,
questions -put by her lawyer andftho,
referee, ' I
Arthur Schwartz, counsel for Tel-'
legen, who Is playing in tho west, did
not crosrt-examlne her. . Ho told r'e-
kporlors after tho hearing that It was
Tellegen s wish, I
"You know what Tellegen said,"!
he commented, "quoting the actor's
published attitude: "Let the lady get:
her divorce." . I
Miss Farrar arrived at the referee's
office shortly after 11 o'clock. She I
was accompanied by Alxin Vnter-'
meyer, her lawyer, and a private dc-j
tectivo. She wore a broad tall coat,
Willi chinchilla collar and was heavily
veiled.
Fnrrnr's attitude toward reporters
appeared to hnvo undergono a change.
After a conference with Referee Ma
honey, her lawyer and Tellegen's an
nounced there was no objection to
tho presence of reporters nnd a group
of newspaper men who had been
waiting lu the hall were admitted
to tho hearing.
Referee Mahoncy had ruled last
week that futuro hearings would be
public unless Supremo Court Justice
Cohalan ordered them otherwiso and
the Justice had passed tho decision
back to, him, saying the court hnd
Issued no order for private hearings.
Farrar rsmlled brightly at the re
porters when they wero admitted and
favored -them with an occasional
whimsical glance as sho tostlfied.
When sho had finished sho donned
her veil again and departed through
a lane of despairing photographers to
her waiting limousine.
. 'Her testimony ended today's hear
ing. The case will be continued
Wednesday.
BEIRUT. Syria, Feb. 12. The
French govornment has given to tho
Near East relief a tract of land at the
so-called River of Abraham, on which
will be established an orphanage for
1.000 Armenian girl refugees from
Anutolia.
- The institution, wliichwlll bo In
charge of Mrs. W. R. Gennaway of
Seattle. Wash., will comprise four
dormitories, a large hospital and an
industrial school. The site Is on the
sen shore twenty miles north of
Beirut.
"It Is too bad thnt tho power com
panies, the representatives of thrift
nnd organization, should be subject
ed to a scandalous Investigation for
protecting their lives nnd the Inter
ests Of their stockholders, many of
whom are poor people," Drum said.
"It was not only our right, but our
duty to organize against the act. It
was meant to destroy business nnd
impose an enormous debt upon the
state."
Drum admitted -(lint the Greater
Gnllfornla league was tin organization
of power Interests formed to combat
the act. In concluding ho said:
"It Is the shame of our modern
American life that so many elections
should be conducted at largo expense.
GERALDINE SAYS
SHE VERIFIED ALL
DIVORCECHARGES
SELF RULE
STILL H
Vice-President Coolidge Dedi
cates Hospital to Negro
Wounded of World War
Individual Freedom Basis of
Government Lincoln Ideals
t
Victorious. '
TUSKAGEE. Ala.. Feb. 15. (Ry
the Associated Press) America
stands unchangeably committed ' to
the prlnclplo of tho right to indi
vidual freedom mado forever plain
nnd clear by Abraham Lincoln, Vice
President Calvin Coolidge declared
today In an addross dedicating the
t2, 000,000 government hospital for
negro veterans of tho world war.
"Tho life of Abraham Lincoln," he
said, "gave a new and practical mean
Ig to the right of self-government,
which was to grow Into a great world
of Influence. Amorlcans aro ' not
without justification In assuming thnt
this nation has been called Into exls
tonco to establish, to maintain, to de-,
fend and to extend that principle.
Insofar as tho world war was a con
flict between differont theories of
civilization, it was a conflict betwoen
those who supported thiB principle
nnd those who opposed it. It was the
liberty loving nations of tho earth,
those most generously, committed to
tho principle of sovereignty of the
people, who wero victorious.
"In that victory Abraham Lincoln
had a very largo share.
"Freedom places grave duties nnd
responsibilities on tho individual,
which will bring success If met and
performed but fuiluiw if neglected
and evaded,," the vice-president .as
serted. "It was the belief of Abraham Lin
coln that all peopld could and would
finally rise to these roquirementa. In
less than seventy years that tho negro
race In America have been in the en
joyment of freedom, they have made
marvelous progress.
"When tho coll came In time of
war they wero ready and desirous to
respond. More than two and a quar
ter million of them wero registered
under the selective draft. They were
more anxious to enlist than they werb
to evade servlco for their country.
Nearly four Hundred thousand of
them went into military service."
Tho total casualties of negro troojis
ho said, was approximately one hun
dred and threo officers and 1.R43 on
listed men, of whom six officers and
203 enlisted men wero killed in ac
tion. Fourteen negro officers and
43 enlisted men received the dis
tinguished servlco cross, ho added.
"The negroes' record at homo and
abroad during, the war won them tho
everlasting gratitudo of tho Ameri
can people," ho said. "They have Jus
tified the faith of Abraham Lincoln."
FATHER OF IRISH
, DUBLIN, Feb. 12. (By the As
sociated Press.) Dr. Thomas O'Hig
gins of Maryborough, father of Ke
vin O'Higglns, free state minister of
home aflulra, was assassinated last
night.
Tho tragedy occurred at Wood
lands near Stradbally. A party ot
armed men drew ut near tho O'HIg
gins residence at 7 o'clock Sunday
evening and three members of It ap
proached the house and demanded
admittance. Dr. O'HIgglna replied
that in consequence of a communi
cation recently captured ho would
not admit anyone, but on tho plea
of wanting to see the doctor the raid
ers induced him to open the door.
One of the armed men then entered,
leaving his two companions on the
door stop. ,
While tho raider Inside was read
ing the document, O'Higglns, who
was 70 yean old, disarmed him,
snatching away his revolver.
The official announcement today
said:
"Dr. O'Higglns, coroner of Queens
county, was shot dead by armed men
last evening,"
The victim was a brother-in-law
of Timothy llcaly, governor general
of the free stale.
The raider Bhouled to his two com
rades to fire. They responded with
the fatal shots which crashed Into
the top of Dr. O'Higglns' skull, oth
ers of tho rnlding party also firing
at b!m through the windows.
First Posed Photo of
The famous comedian nf the screon with Fola Negri, the screen Btnr
who Is to soon become, nccording to rumors. Mrs. Charles Chaplin No. 2.
The photograph was. made outside the homo of Miss Negri in the film
colony at Hollywood, Cal.
WARN GERMANY
SI
WARJjliNISH
French General. Drastic--Re-1
port Clash Report General
Strike Organized at Heme
Labor Conference Called
for March 4. .
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 12. (Hy As
sociated Press). Reports that the
Germans are organizing a general
strike at Heme, not far from Bochum,
have led to tho dispatch of French
tanks to that place. , . .
The Germans are boycotting tho
forces of occupation 'throughout the
Heme district nnd tho French have
been obliged to take over tho work of
Borne of tho German police. '
The boycott Is becoming more and
moro popular throughout the Ruhr
and the Germans have decided to ex
tend it- to Essen, refusing to do busi
ness with the French and Belgians be
ginning today.
Commenting on the results of the
first mouth of the occupation; General
DeOoutte told the correspondent that
Germany "Is branded as a quitter be
fore the entire world."
"But I Bolmenly warn Germany," ho
continued, "that If a single one of my
soldiers Is harmed nnd she forces
another battle on us, she will not stay
our hand by crying 'knmernd.' It will
be a fight to a finish, a complete
knockout."
The general expressed tho opinion
thnt Germany would not fight until
she believed herself stronger than her
adversary.
LONDON, Feb. 12. (By Associated
Press). A Central News dispatch from
Berlin today sayg two French eoldlors
nnd one German were killed In a clash
at Gelsenklrchen, In tho Ruhr, this
morning when German soldiers halted
a motor car containing French boI
dlors. I
BERLIN, Feb. 12. (By Associated
Press). An Essen dispatch to the
Rote Fahne, says a conference of the
Rhenish Westphallan workers has
been called for March 4. The meotlng
Is being organized by a special com
mittee appointed by the workmen's
council to request tho summoning of a
conference of leading International
labor organization' to take "all mea
sures necessary in the Interest ot the
proletariat."
Organizations thus apprnncheil in
clude the red workers Internationale
the second nnd third Internationales,
tho social democrat and communist
pnrtles and the trades unions of
France, Germany, Uclgluhi, and Eng
land. PARIH, Feb. 12. (IV tho Asso
ciated Press) The latest measures
tnken by the nlllea In the Ruhr, the
stoppage of shipments from tho dis
trict tn unoccupied Oermnny Is pri
marily Intended to bring pressnro on
the heads of tlermnn industry, who
are rcgnrded ns dictating the Ger
man policy at present, ( It was cx-
Chaplin and Negri
TOTAL DEATH LIST
NOW REACHES 78
: DAWSON. N. M., Feb. 12. (By
Die Associated Press) Tho first re
sults , of recovery work in cross .cut
No. 11 south Of Mine No. 1 today hart
brought lhi total bodies rocovered
from the mine wrecked by last Thurs
day's explosion to 78.
. Thirty-two victim's ' nro reported
lying in the entry. All these bodies
are expected to be brought out to
day, leaving ten men still unaccount
ed for. They nro believed to be so
deeply burled' 111 debris that recovery
ot their bodies will bo slow.,
'.' Vorkers today faced tho danger
thnt at any lime great chunks of
slate, rocks nnd dirt, left banging
from tho roof of tho' tunnels by the
blowing nwuy of tho underpinnings,
may drop upon them. In other pluces
great piles of boulders aro balanced
precariously and tho rcacuo workers
must exercise tho greatest caro not
to brush against the bnlanced or
hanging masse of .material. A mis
step, mino officials pointed out, might
prccipitnto upon the workers a del
uge of debris burying them nllvfl.
WASHINGTON. ' Feb. 12. Con
ferees on tho army bill, tho Inst of
tho big appropriation measures began
today the tnsk of smoothing out dif
ferences between tho senato and
house drafts on tho legislation. Only
minor uuestlons aro In dispute, the
senate nnd house both having adopt
ed tho rlvor and harbor fund of $56,
689,000 and agreed to continue on
army of 125,000 men and 12,000 of
ficers. Despite their defeat In the roccnt
sennle fight, opponents of the largo
Increase of appropriations for rlvor
and harbor work said they had as
surances from President Harding
that there would be no ' waslo of
money.- Tho president, they snld, had
taken (he position that only imonoy
renlly heeded for necessnry river and
harbor Improvement should be spent
regardless of tho amount used,
plained' todny In French official cir
cles. . It Is possible, nevertheless, It
was snld. thnt arrangements might bo
made - Individually by tho manufac
turers In the Ruhr to complote con
tracts fur tho delivery of goods abroad
In case they wero willing to pay the
20 per cent export tax.
The barrier raised around the
Ruhr lias two objeets, It was stated.
One Ih to press German Industry to
the point where It will cense obstruc
tion to the enforcement of tho treaty
of Versailles. Tho other Is to pro
duce something to npply on repara
tions account. Special licenses for
the exportation of manufactured
goods from tho district therefore are
posnllil In rase the allies find these
can be given wlthftiit so .relieving the
pressure ns to mnke the economic
Influence on tho mines Ineffective
MEASURE
Draft Evader Wounds
Affections German
Waitress at Eberbdch
EnERBACII, nadon, Fob. 12. (By
tho Associated J'ress.) drover ('.
flergdoll, wealthy Amrelcnn draft
evador, Is again in the limelight as
a result of his love affairs.
It was recently reportod that ho
hnd boon married but this was denied
by his friends, who say ho bocume en
amored of n waitress of a local hotel
and that one night after a morry din
ner ho gave her a written and signed
engagement contract. A local editor
was authorized to print this notice
but Bergdoll Ih reported to have de
nied the engagement until confronted
with this document In his own writ
ing. Ho then claimed It was all a
mislnko and tho engagement will bo
cancelled after a reported monetary
settlement for the waitress" wounded
affections.
2 WOMEN DIE
Mother and Music Student
Victim of Los Angeles Mur
der Mystery Picture of
Movie King Found Analy
sis Box of Chocolates.
LOH ANGELES. Fell. 12. (By the
Associated Press) An autopsy per
formed today on tho body ot Miss
Itlioda Hodges of Boise, Idaho, who
died yesterday under mysterious cir
cumstances fulled to disclose tho
exact cause of death. County Autopsy
Burgeon Wagner said a chomlenl
analysis would bo mado of tho con- ;
tonta ot tho stomach. j
Mrs. Ktella Hodges, who "became'
seriously 111 at the same' ttmo ..ior
daughter was stricken, Wis some-
what better today and tho police said
ithey wero hopeful she would soon bo
jnblo to make a statement concerning '
the case which nppeared to them to
bo ono of pol-toning.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12. rollcc
. iiivuBiiKuuuii was promised umuy into
' , V. ... . ..i -! .1 .. . . 1. , -
mu III; niri n-n VII U IIUI1IJIU 1IUIBIIII1IIB
case which resulted in the death hero
yoBterday of Miss Rhoda Hodgos of
Boise, Idaho, and precarious condi-'
Hon ot her mother, Mrs. Stella
Hodgos.' While tho homicide squad
today was Investigating the activities
and relationships of the two Hodges
womon boro for tho past sevoral
months, the coroner arranged for an1
autopsy to ascertain tho agent of,
death. I
Miss Hodges was a harpist and Btu-j
dent of music and came here with
her mother last Novembor. Arthur
E. Hodges of Botso, father and hus
band of the victims, was due here to
morrow according to a letter found
In the apartment.
A box of chocolates, from Which
some of the sweets had been taken,
and tho remains of some food In the
kitchenette of the apartment, is being
examined today by chemists. An
autographed photograph of Milton
Sills, a motion , picture actor, wns
found In tho apartment but ho de
nied acquaintanceship with the girl,
saying that the picture probably had
been mailed by his secretary.
BUENOS AIRES, Fob. 12. (By
the Associated Press.) An encoun
ter between state troops rfnd rebols
in tho Brazilian state of Rio Grande
do Sul Is reported here In dispatches
from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Tho gov
ernment forces are said to have Buf
fered 200 casualties while tho rebel
losses aro not reportod. The engage
ment took place at Nonohay.
PARTAKING
POISON
CANDY
WISCONSIN SOLONS BACK UP CAMPUS
' PAPER PROMOTING "FREE THOUGHT"
JIADISON, Wis.,' Fob. 12. Legis
lator today evidenced their IntoreBt
in the Scorpion, a now student jour
nal of political opinion at the Univer
sity ot Wisconsin, and indicated thnt
If tho editors of tho paper wero ex
pelled from school, they would take
a hand in the situation.
David Sinclair, son of Upton Sin
clair, novollst, and J. H. Brooks, ed
itor of the Scorpion, are to appear be
fore tho university dean ot men lute
this afternoon to amwer for their
unauthorized publication. They af
firmed their determination to con
tinue printing their Journal to pro
mote "free thought." Attacks on
rertaln university policies are prom
ised. Speaking of0tbo new paper, tho
NIP BANKS
WITH FAKE
Inside Workings of Detectives
Shown at Radical Trial
'Double Cross' Doubled
Agent Told to Be Radical
During Strike Two Agen
cies Named.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. An amazing
story of Intrigue and deception was
unfolded today when Frank P. Walsh,
attorney for twenty-two communists,
who are facing trial at St. Joseph,
Mich., for advocating criminal syndi
calism, began taking tho deposition, ot
Albert Bailln, alias Balanow, . con
fessed Bpy and agent provocateur. ,
By Balannw'g' testimony, Mr. Walsh
Is seeking to show that radical organ
izations and "red"' scares were In
vented at will by private detective
agencies to assist them In collecting
large sums of money from banking
and other interests for the purpose ot
investigating the Imaginary radical
menace.
Balanow, in a story that, ranged
from sordid details of double crossing
and the double double-cross to high
comedy, swore he had worked tor the
W. J. Burns and Thlel detective
agencies at the same time as An ex
pert on radical questions ; that he had
sold the secret reports ot tbe Thlel
agency to the Hums people;: that an
official of tho Burns agency, had
picked his pocket and - appropriated
other Thlel reports and that Allen O.
Meyers, nead or the radical oureau
of the Burns agency, had proposed
that he make bombs nnd get well;
known radlcalb to thruw-'them, Bo
Burns men could 'then arrest- the
radicals. ' "
O. L. Smith, assistant attorney Ken
oral of Michigan, and Charles W.
Gore, prosecuting attorney at St. Jo
seph, represented the state at the tak
ing of the deposition.
Hulnnow swore that as an operative
of the Thlel ngency In 1317 he bad
been assigned to Join the Cigar Mak
ers union as an agent provocateur dur
ing a strike, and was instructed to
urgo tho strikers to break windows
and commit other violence. His in
structions, he said, came from Mich
ael Flannigan, general manager ot the
agency, who, he said, told him to
"always show your radical side be so
extreme that they'll have confidence
In you."
Flannigan, he said, told him that
Sol Kaiser, president of the Lajtirba
Cigar company, he Bald, wrb furnish
ing 1 1 00.000 to break the cigar work
ers' union. : i
Shortly after tho suggested wln-dow-breaklng
to Charles Wlnfleld.
business agent of the union, Balanow
testified, 200 or 300 windows were
brokon nnd shortly after he dis
covered Wlnfleld wns an operatlvo of
tho Thiol agoncy. . '
ASHESOFWIFETO
BE CAST ON SEA
LONG BEACH, Cal., Feb. 12.
Aerial funeral servlcoa wero to be
I held bore today for Mrs. .tense ' V.
Foote, her husband, a mochanlo Was
to tnko hor ashes aloft In an airplane
nnd scatter them over the ocean while
the Rev. William Oalbralth, pastor
of the Emanuel Bnptlst church, also
In tho plnne, rend tho burial service.
Daily Cardinal, student newspaper,
says:
"An Independent publication en
deavor comes to Wisconsin's campus
in the form of the 8corplon, a student
edited paper styling Itself a 'political
fortnightly.'
"Tho Cardinal welcomes the ap
pearance ot the Scorpion. As a pub
lic, and unreBorved means ot express
ing a phase of unlvorslty and politi
cal thought. It is an Interesting pro
ject and may prove an exceedingly
noteworthy one. The initiative ot
Us editors Is commendable.
"If tho paper's title he Interpreted
correctly stings are duo. And stings
expertly handled and well directly
oft times can do much to seek out
the root of difficulty, bring errof tn)
light nnd correct It." ,