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MEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1923
NO. 282
MEDFORD
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A REHEARING
ON MFDFORO ;
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California Railroad Commis
sion Asks Interstate Com
merce Commission to Re
consider Decision Denies
Rate Prejudical to Medford
and Other Oregon Points.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. A re
hearing of the recent decision oC the
interstate commerce commission re
adjusting rates between Portland,
points in southern Oregon and nor
thern California and between Sail
Francisco and the same points, was
requested by the state railroad com
mission yesterday In a communication
to the federal body.
The decision had been sought by
the Klamath county chamber of com
merce and was intended to equalize
tile rates in the two competitive fields
to which they applied. -
In its petition for a re-hearing the
railroad commission urges the inter
state commerce commission to reduce
rates from Portland, other foreign
points to southern Oregon and nor
thern California points, instead of
raising rates from central California
points to northern California and
southern Oregon points.
The petition contends the inter
state body erred when it found that
the rates granted California shippers
to northern California points were
unduly prejudicial to Portland and
-Medford and other Oregon points.
SALEM, Ore., Fob. 20. The right
of Judge F. M. Calkins of the Jose
phono county circuit court to ap
point a receiver for tho Alameda Con
solidated Mines company and to con
firm the sale of the company's prop
erty is upheld by tho supreme court
' thlB mornlug in an opinion written
by Justlco Hand.
The case involves ther control of
0110 of tho most valuable mining
claims in southern Oregon. Becom
ing Involved in fiuanclal difficulties
In 1913 tho mining property of the
-. Alameda company was placed in tho
hands of a receiver and sold for tho
sum'of $22,4,812. Tho salo was con
firmed by Judge Calkins In 1916 and
four years later Paul C. Dormitzer, of
Tortland, representing himself as a
stockholder in the Alameda company,
filed Buit to set aside tho order of
tho court appointing tho receiver.
PORTLAND, Oro., Feb. 20. Lil
lian K. Howies, Portland nurse whoso
maniago to Captain J. H. Wotherall,
73-year-old Suniptcr, Ore., mlining
man and former army officer, was
annulled by Circuit Judge Tazwell
last month, filed suit in circuit court
today seeking to recover damages of
$30,000 from Wotherall and his wife,
Cora II. Wetherall. .
Welhcrall's doublo life, which was
revealed In the trial before Judge
Tazwell, led to his Indictment on a
charge of polygamy. He is now at
liberty under bail.
FOR EMANCIPATION TURKISH WOMEN
CONSTANT1NOPLK. Feb. 20 (lly
the Associated Press) Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, who was recently mar
ried to the daughter of a Rich Smyr
na notable, has made a noteworthy
public pronouncement In favor of the
emancipation of Turkish women.
Speaking before the teachers' nwmi
cintion n t Rrousfln. he declared that
the work beforn the nntlon could only
be perfected If Turkish women joined
equally with the men In educating
themselves and In taking active parts
in the nation's affairs.
Totally Dry U. S. A.
Seen By President
Harding in 20 Yrs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
Constantly progressive improve
ment in the enforcement of pro
hibition laws Is confidently ex
pected by President Harding it
was said by high administration
officials today with a resulting
decrease of the importance of
that issue in tho popular mind.
The president was said to
feel, however, that twenty
years or even a longer period
wilt be necessary to bring tho
public to the point whoro it will
bo adjusted to the new order re
sulting from tho ISth amend
ment. OF
SHIP BILL 10
TALK ALL NIGHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Nearly a
dozen opponents of the administra
tion shipping bill were prepared with
speeches, the delivery of which would
require upwards of forty hours, when
tho senate convened today and the
filibuster started Inst night against
the ship measure was resumed.
Senator Sheppard, democrat, Tex
as, who at last night's session, spoke
more than three hours on tho activi
ties of the League ot Nations, still
held the floor when the senato met.
Ho at once began to read from a
stack of papers six Inches high con
taining a digest of all actions taken
by the league and its various agen
cies. Meantime, republican leaders
canvassed tho situation and prepared
for the all-night session promised by
Senator Jones, republican, Washing
ton, in chargo of tho shipping bill
There ,vas some talk among tho ma
jority-leaders ; of 'attempting' to In
voke tho cloture rule, but they were
uncertain whether the required two-
thirds to limit debate could be ob
tained.
The ship opponents ready to fol
low Senator heppard Included Sen
ators Stanley of Kentucky, Mo
Kollar of Tennessee, Hitchcock of
Nebraska. Iloflin of Alabama and
Fletcher of Florida, democrats and
LaFollettc of Wisconsin. Brookhart
of Iowa and Borah of Idaho, repub
licans. .
"I have a textbook on co-operative
marketing and If the ship subsidy ad
vocates go ahead with their plans to
bold nn all-nlglit session," snid Sen
ator Drookhcart, "I am prepared to
condui t a night school on co-operative
marketing, using my book as a text.'
Senator McKollar brought into the
chamber copies of the Congressional
Heeord containing tho speech mado
by Hcnntnr Smoot, republican, Utah,
in the filibuster ill 1U15 against the
bill to organize a government corpo
ration to buy and operate ships.
"Senator Smooth spoke for eleven
hours then," said Senator McKellnr,
"and I am roady to read his entiro
speech and, moreover, mako numer
ous comments of my own."
BloodhoundsLead to
Suspected Man's Home
OKHAWATOMI13, Kos.. Feb. 20.
Cluodhounds from Kansas City, Kas.,
were brought ht-ro yesterday in nn
attempt to locate tho Hl.'iyer of Mrs.
Klora Reedy, telephone operator,
whoso body was found late Monday
night. The doga followed a trail from
the scene of the crime to a house, here
in which lived a man now under sus
picion, tho authorities said.
InvestlKating the slaying, police de
clared they fuund evidence of what
wit 8 a desperate struwile by Mrs.
Ileody against her assailant. JTer
body was druKged a hundred feet
frcyn tho street and hairpins and
pieces of clothinff were found along
the way. She had been strangled to
death.
Her husband is in Spokane. AVash.
Kemal ascribes the present seclu
sion of the sex in Turkey to Persian
Influence, asserting that it was not
in accordance with the precepts of
the Mohammedan religion. Ho re
called the time when Turkish women
were side by side with thplr husbands
and women succeeded to the throne
of the sultan. The Moslem religion,
he wt Id, orders womn to educate
themselves In the same degree as
men.
Kemai's bride is Lallfo Hanoum.
OPPONENTS
BEATEN BY
Ex-Premier's Demand English-American
Intervention
in Ruhr Squabble Voted
Down By House of Com
mons Unfriendly Act to
France Declares Premier,
LONDOX, Feb. 20. (By tho As
sociated Press) Scant hope for
Itritish intervention at this thno in
tho dispute between Franco and Ger
many is to bo gleaned from Premier
Bonar 1-n.w's speech in tho house of
commons last evening. The premier
concluded tho debate on tho joint
liberal amendment to tho address in
reply to the speech from tho throne
calling upon tho League of Nations,
with the help of America, to investi
gate Germany's ability to pay repa
rations. The amendment was lost by
a vote of 306 to 196.
Tho prime minister, answering
some of tho points of David Lloyd
George's proposal to Great Britain
and America to save Franco from
what ho termed a dangerous position,
informed tho houso that intervention
by a league commission as proposed
in the amendment would bo consider
ed by France as an act of hostility.
Ho asserted that the government's
policy was to keep British troops on
tho Rhino as "long as possible."
Replying to Mr. Lloyd George's
contention that France had blunder-
ed seriously and that America and
Great Britain were called upon to
act, Mr. Bonar Law said that ho too
did not approvo of tho French step,
but that omiosltion annarentlv could
accomplish llttlo or nothing, inas
much as tho pride of Franco in forc
ing tho Germans to terms had been
nroused.i He pointed-out that France
already had refused to look kindly on
intervention by tho league and sug
gested that she would hardly be
friendly to such a step now.
Mr. Lloyd George, whoso sojourn in
"the wilderness" has resulted in no
impairment of his parliamentary
presence, declared that tho French
action was both short sighted, unfor
tunate and unwarranted, and that the
way was open to disaster.' Ho assert
ed that tho collection of reparations
was evidently not tho only object
Franco had in view.
Strong Plea Made.
Arguing for the motion, tho former
prime minister said ho was asking
Mr. Bonar Law to tako immediate
action and with tho co-operation of
the United StHtcs take a step to con
cludo tho situation.
Great Britain, with tho United
States, he said, still had a sharo in the
responsibility for present conditions,
because morally It had accepted the
entire situation.
Mr. Lloyd George expressed the
opinion that Franco confronted by
the United States and Great Britain
rould not fail to listen to nutions that
had put her in tho position of con
queror. Ho entreated tho government
to tako tho Initiative, first by ap
proaching tho United States and then
with that country approach France.
Although tho sentiments embodied
in tho joint amendment undoubtedly
were approved by a majority of the
house, its passage would havo repre
sented consuro of tho government
and would therefore havo meant the
government's fall.
Vronr-li Itcport Made.
I'AItlS, Fob. 20. (lly tho Asso
ciated Press) An official stutistiral
picture of tho occupation of the
Ituhr was before, tho French public
today in the from of a statement to
the foreign relations committee of
the chamber of deputies by Premier
Poincnro.
Expulsion of high Gcrmnn officials
from tho occupied region total .338.
of whom 55 havo been lthlnelnnd
functionaries. Seventy trains a day
are being operated In the Ruhr,
whereas before the occupation the
total was 1206, divided nearly equally
between freight and passengers. Tiie
premier asserted thut the decrease
was due "to disturbed conditions
caused by ordors from Uerlln."
French railway workers In tho oc
cupied area, number 9GI0, while 102C
cars of coal havo been sent to France
and Belgium. Tho yearly production
ot the occupied district is estimated
at 90.000.000 tons.
Tho allies now occupy 2800 squnre
Kilometers of the Hulir basin, com
prising nil but 600 sriuaro kilometers
of the valley. - All but 300 of the 14,
500 coke ovens have been taken over.
House Common! Stands Pat
LONDON, Feb. 20. (Uy Associated
Press). The house of commons, by a
vote of 273 to 167 this afternoon re
jected nn amendment to the address
in reply to the speech from the throne
offered by George Lambert, liberal,
urging drastic curtailment of Great
Britain's responsibility In Mesopotamia.
BLINAR
LAW
Avaunt, Cupid! Warn
Beauty Contest Maids
Set on Movie Careers
JJUoltJJN. riot ail ueauiy cuiibeM, wiimcio xuu m iu, ui.t-
'zine publishers.' Witness Charlotte Trowbridge, who a few weeks ago
was considered the most charming high scliool girl in Winthrope,
Mass. She entered a Boston beauty contest and won it. Now shea
Jin New Vork posing lor famous nrtists, and listening to offers of
'motion-picture contracts. She says she means to spurn jomonce. and.
jtake advantage of her "big chance." ' , . , , , . .
-Another beauty contest winner who was claimed by the movies
ancT has -''stuck," is . Miss Hazel Keener, winner of tho .Chicago
; Tribune's contest, now. a full-fledged movie. player. in .Loi.Anfieles,
' and '."heart whole'"
FUNERAL OF B.
BIDDLE HELD IN
ICAGO T
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. W. II. Diddle,
Conner president of tho St. Lou is and
San Francisco railroad, died at a
sanitarium here yesterday. Ho Is
survived by a widow, Ella F. Ulddle,
and three sons, llobert C, of Chicago,
Woldon, of Medford, Ore., and Wal
ter of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Middle was
director of traffic ot tho Southwest
ern region during tho war mid at tho
end of tho war ho .retired" from rail
road servlco to develop a fruit ranch
near Medford, Ore. He was horn In
Dcloit, Wis., in 1 S.G, and started rail
road work as a brakeman on tho
Santa Fe system. Funeral Bervlcos
were held here today.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
CINCINNATI, Feb. 20. William
Oborjnhn, messenger for tho Pearl
Market bank of this city was held up
by threo bandits today and a satchel
containing rnsh and checks amount
ing to $10,000, mostly in chocks, was
taken from him.
The Noted Dead
PITTSItUHO, Feb. 20. Dr. Ste
phen Alexander Hunter, for many
yeurB a leader in tho missionary
movement of the Presbyterian church
In China, died hero today after a
long Illness, aged 72.
Dr. Huntor was ordained In the
Presbyterian ministry In 1877 nnd
two years Inter went to China. He
was the author of a number ot stand
ard works on China
Wire Report On
Foreign Money
NE W YOP.K, Feb. 20. Sterling
exchange mounted to another new
high record today, .demand bills
being quoted at $4,715. This repre
sents an overnight ndvanco of 1 tyc.
and Is the highest rate recorded since
tho abandonment of the "pegged
rate" of $4.75 in March, 1919. The
normal or par rate Is $4,. 85,
4
FIGHT SEAIING
KLANCANDIDATE
IN U. S. SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Political
opponents of Sonntor ISarlo 11. May
field who dofcatcd Senator Culberson,
democrat, Toxas for renomlnation last
November In a campaign In which tho
Kit Klux Klan wan an Issuo, said to
day that conleBt proceedings would bo
filed soon with the sonato in boliall'
of Goorgo Pcddy, a candidate against
Mr. Mayfiold In tho November elec
tlon. Doth Mayfleld and Poddy are
democrats, but Pcddy received tho
republican endorsement' also.
ATLANTA, Gn., Fell. 20. Evidenco
presented In tho case of Harry 1). Ter
rell and others against the Ku Klux
Klan, alleging misuse of bondB by K.
Y. Clarke, Imperial glont and fofmor
Imperial wizard pro-lumporo, docs not
authorize the appointment of a re
ceiver for the proporty of the organ!
zatlon, according to n decision hnndod
down today by tho Georgia supremo
court.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Fob. 20. SoV-
cral operatives from tho department
of justice wore on hand as ohsorvors
when police court opened today to
consldnr the case of William Kortnor,
kloaglo of the Ku Klux Klun, whose
arrest was mado lust week on a
chargo of riotous conspiracy aftor a
raid was made on tho klan headquar
ters by tho local police
Polish General and
Red Deputy Fight a
Duel, No One Hurt
WAKSAW, Feb. 20. (By Associat
ed Press). General Joseph Hallor and
tho radical deputy Koncialkowskl,
who Is also a major In tho Polish army
have fought a duel with rovotvors.
Neither was hit
After the assassination of President
ixarutnwlcz, General Huller met Dep
uty Kosclalkowskl near tho scene of
the outrago and the major accused
him of being responsible for the mur
der whereupon Hallor Issued a challenge.
Woman Reports Man
Floating Down the
Niagra On Ice Cake
NIAGARA- FALLS. X. Y.,
Feb. 20. Police headquarters
received a telephone call from
a woman at LaSnlle at 3:30 this
afternoon saying a ,mnn was
floating down tho Niagara Rivor
on a culto of Ico and was Iran-
tlcally waving for holp,
Officers were immediately
sent along tho American shore
In automobiles and telephono
calls wero mado to all points
that could bo reached.
Up to 4:10 p. m. no word had
been rocelvcd from any of the
officora to confirm tho woman's
story.
EODY'S SCHOOL
BILL IS BEATEN
E
SALEM, Ore., Fob. 20. Four bills
having for their object tho increasing
of tuition fees In the state university
and the stato college, both for non
resident and resident students, were
Indefinitely postponed in tho house of
the Oregon legislature yesterday.
The senato passed a bill providing
for tho creation of ono additional
judgeship in Multnomah county.
The house for tho second time
killed a bill by Senator Eddy which
had passed tho senato providing for
revision of high school courses.
The Ku Klux Klan nnd its sympa
thizers were ablo to make only a woak
resistance In tho senate Saturday
when Representative Lewis' two anti
Catholic bills, ono to do away with
chaplains at tho state penitentiary
and the othor to eliminate Columbus
day, October 12, as a legal holiday,
wero oaslly killed by Indoflnlto post
ponement. Both enmo In on divided
reports of tho committee on revision
of laws.
The anti-chaplain bill came out with
Moser, Strayer and Zimmerman rec
ommending that it pass and witli
Eddy and Joseph recommending that
It not pass.
In rccommondlng that the minority
roport bo substituted for the majority
report, which meant the indefinite
postponement of the bill. Senator
Eddy explained that the bill attempt
ed to raise the religious lssuo in the
sonato which lie deemed inadvisable
ut this time.
8um at Stake Small
Moser read tho statute which pro
vides for a Catholic and a Protestant
chaplain at tho stato prison. Ho said
bo could see no roason for such a
proviBdon with an appropriation of
$1200 a year to pay for thorn. Ho said
he thought tho clorgy of Snlom would
be glad to tako turns In officiating at
tho prison.
Joseph said he could seo no reason
why anyone should object to this
small amount paid the chaplains. On
tho vote to postpone tho bill lndol'in
Itoly tho vote was:
Ayes Corbott, Dunn, Eddy, Ed
wards, Garland, llaro, Johnson,
Josoph LaFollett, Nlckolscn, Kit
ner, Robertson, Staples, Taylor,
Toozo, Upton. Noes Clark, Den
is, Fnrroll, Flsk, Hall. Kinney,
Kloppor, Magladry, Moser, Stray
er Zimmerman, Absent Brown,
Kills, Smith.
On tho bill proposing to ellmlnato
Columbus day as a legal holiday, a
mujorlty of the committeo, Strnyor,
Eddy and Josoph, recommended that
the bill not pass, whllo Moser and
Zimmerman movod that it pass with
amondmouts.
Wrangle Develops
Moser had moved that tho minority
roMrt be substituted for tho majority
roport and had road two statutes cov-
(Continued on page eight)
Ell DECLARE
BOOTLEGGERS
MOSCOW, Fob. 20. (Hy Associated
Press.) Tho Russian government has
declared war upon bootleggers and
manufacturers of "Illicit hootch," nnd
tho campaign Is duplicating many of
tho scones of tho situation in New
York and other American cities.
The salo ot wines and boors is legal
In Russia but tho soviet roglmo has
continued the war policy established
In 1!U8 of banning vodka and other
strong intoxicants. These are now
being made In huge quantities illicitly
und nearly everyone ot Moscow's new
ly rich has his privato source of sup
ply. .
F0R2ND ffl
11 II
UP TO SENATE
FOR ACTION
Last Hope for Consolidation
Now Lies With Measure Of
fered By Local Man 8
Hour Day for Lumber In
dustry Is Signed By Gov.
Pierce.
SALEM, Ore.. Fob. 20. Consoli
dation of state departments and bu
reaus was revived in tho Oregon
legislature todny when tho house,
without a dissenting voto took tho
Carkln consolidation measuro from
tho table and sent It to tho senato.
Tho action was taken on tho mo
tion of Carkln, who said thero was
a widespread sentiment that tho bill,
only survivor of several consolidation
plans which had been proposed,
should not he left to die. He said It
should bo left to the senato elthor to
kill tho bill or make tho amendments
which had been tacitly agreed upon
by members of the house.
Tho senate today defeated Senator
Peter Zimmerman's bill requiring
labelling of goods as to the amount
of virgin wool contained.
The senato also killed the house
bill creating a maintenance of better
ment account in stato highway funds,
segregating part of tho gasoline tax
for that purposo and providing for
its uso in tho upkeep ot public high
ways of tho stato.
Governor W. M. Pierce today sign
ed the Woodward bill providing an
eight-hour day In tho lumber in
dustry and a hill Introduced by tho
Umatilla county delegation appropri
ating $10,000 for Investigation of
hydro-electrle and reclamation pro
jects In enstern Oregon.
legislator ( Indicted.
( PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20. Notice
was served on II. J. Ovorturf, '-representative
in tho state legistnfuro from.
Hend that he had boon indicted by a
federal grand Jury which Investigat
ed charges of use of tho mails to de
fraud In connection with tho' soldier
bonus loans in Deschutes county.
At tho samo tlmo Charles Carroll,
Chnrles Haynes and James Ryan of
Hend wero arrostod in Dend today on
similar indictments which wero re
turned hero secretly yesterday. The
no'tlc was served on Ovcrturf
through his attorney, as ho is lm
muno from nrrcst whllo the legisla
ture Is In session.
Ovorturf wns dismissed by Gov
ernor II. W. Olcott last fall from thp
board of appraisers on tho soldiers'
bonus ns a result of charges of Ir
regularities in tho administration ot
tho bonus act In Deschutes county.
Carroll and Haynes nro members
of a realty company.
Grant Harry Thaw
Permission to Visit
M other in Pittsburg
PHILADELPHIA, Fob. 20.
Harry K. Thaw, slayor of Stan-
ford White, who Is an Inmate
ot tho Pennsylvania hospital for
4 mental and nervous diseases in
Wost Philadelphia, today was
granted a ten days leave from
the institution to - visit his
mother in Pittsburg. ' Thaw will
go to Pittsburg under guard.
.Astoria Bill Endorsed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Tho bill
of Sonator McNary, republican, Ore
gon, providing for government ad
vances of 11,065,000 to the city ot
Astoria, Ore., to replace municipal Im
provements lost in the recent lire,
was reported favorably today by tho
senate finance commlttoo.
AND PRIVATE STILLS
During tho last three months of
1922, according to statistics furnished
the correspondent by tho Moscow
authorities, the police mado 6087
houso searches and discovered noarly
3000 private stills. Evidence obtained
even indicated that there wore "vodka
trusts," or combinations of capital to
produco the liquor In largo quantities.
Restaurants have been senrchod and
quantities of brandies and hlghpower
spirits seized, while in some Instances
patrons "bringing their own' have
been arrested.
Heavy prison sentences or expul
sion from Moscow are the penalties
applied to violators ot the law.
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