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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1923
NO. 287
LOCAL FIRE
. DEPT. FIRED
Mayor Gaddis, With Unani
mous Approval of City
Council, Ties Can to Chief
'awton and Entire Force
Too Old Is Clainv Roy
Elliott New Chief.
The general public will probably
learn with surprise that tho tin can
hut) been tied to the entire Medford
. tiro deportment by Mayor Caddis, on
recommendation of tho council fire
committee with tho unanimous sanc
tion of tho city council, and Roy Kl
liott, a former member of tho fire
department for two years und a half
before tho world war. haB been op
pointed fire chief by the mayor, with
the privilege. In line with the policy
heretofore In existence for years, of
selecting' his own men for the depart
ment subject to the approvul of the
council.
This radical change was decided
upon by tho mayor and councilmen at
a star chumber session of the council
held lost Friday night, which wns
colled for the ostcntibic purpose of
discussing city auto camp arrange
ments. The meeting was legally called
and held in the office of the city re
corder and the city trensurer. Mo
one was present outside of the mayor
and City Recorder Alford. The mem
bers of the council fire committee arc
J. H. Butler, chairman; E. H. Janney
ond. B. W. Paul. ,
Quick Action Tneiocted.
Tho- sudden action of the city of1
fldab in making a clean sweep of
the present fire department on. five
j days". .-notice waa.itotally. Unexpected,
outside of cnuncllmanlc circles, sl
' though It had been known ever since
E.C. Oaddis' election that the new
mayor wos going to make a complete
chahge In the fire department per
sonnel, and he had so notified Chief
Lawton. The mayor was averse to
making such change during the win
ter months and had raid that the
firemen would be given ample no
tice before the change waa made.
The firemen ond their friends,
while recognizing the right of the
mayor nnd counci'men to oust the
fire department members at any
time they choose, resent the short
notice given them, especially in the
case Of the chief in view of his 12
years' service In tho department, the
past nine of which ho wos chief,
v Tho solo reason as announced for
making the change is that the pres
ent fire fighting forco is too old, ond
that younger and more aetlvo men
are needed in the department, which
has hod a good record in handling
fires for Bcveral years past and has.
been commended annually for its
sorvleo in this regnrd by tlio state
fire marshal's office.
The reason for the sudden haste by
tie city government to oust tho old
4 firemen ond to put new ones In
Charge la that with tho grass fire
season coming on they thought that
tho new fire chief and firemen should
be Installed as soon ns possible so
that they could become thoroughly
familiar with their duties nnd the fire
fighting equipment beforn such sea
son arrived. Tho grass fires danger
usually comes in midsummer nnd
lasts until late fall.
Chief lawton. known By his many
'rlends familiarly as Wcs and his
brother, D. T. Iiwton, are among the
best known older residents of the
city. Most of the firemen arc mar
ried men and have been citizens for
years here. The present personnel of
the fire department Is as follows:
J. W., Lawton, CO years old and
member of tho department for the
Inst 12 years, the last nine of which
he has been chief; I), T. Lawton, 70
years old, four years . service, Frank
N. Parker, 63 years old, three years
service: Taylor Hurch, 53 years old.
five years scrvioo (off and on); Jnmes
ItOHcborry. 61 years old, four years
i service (off and on).
4, The new fire chief, Roy Elliott.
who will command and reorganize
MAY CONNECT NEW
. NBW YORK. Feb. 2fi. Govern
ment agents and the police bomb
rquad, who are seeking the owner of
the cache of machine guns, grenades (
nnd cartridges fmhd In the basement
of a lower west side house Inst Hnt
urdny today admitted they were baf
fled. They have learned that Arthur
Iowolnger, proprietor of n seaman's
supply store in llnbokcn, leased the
tmrement recently, but he denies
ownership or knowledge of the con
Unkind. No charges have been made
i against him.
CACHE WITH AGENTS OR IRISH REPUBLIC
Admiral Sims for
Open Season On K. K.
Ear Bounty Favored
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 26. Rear
Admiral Williams S. Sims, re-
tired, in an address hero this
afternoon attacked the Ku Klux
Klan and said that if legisla-
tioji would not prove effective
4- against the wearing of masks,
an open season might be declar-
cd for the klan und a bounty of-
fered for their ears. He spoke
before the Chamber of Com-
merce.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.
Chief of Police' Mulconnery to-
day announced that Ben O. Mor-
row, arrested Saturday nlgbt on
a chargo of distributing anony-
mous campaign matter has Bign-
do statement admitting that
ho was employed by tho Ku
Klux Klan at $10 a day as a
"precinct committeeman."
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26. j
Search for six year old Lillian Gil-
, . ...
more, who with her five year old sis-
ter Dorothy, was kidnapped from in 1
front of her home Saturday, driven
in an automouiie to the outskirts ot,
tlie city and ill treated, was continued
today. The police had orders to ex
amine all vacant houses, lots, freight
cars and any other place where the ;
child or her body might be concealed.
i no Delaware river and -nearoy
streams also were being dragged. I
' The condition of Dorothy, who af-'
ter having been put out of the motor
in. an isolated section, made hor way
home and identified a suspect as thei
man who had carried her and heri
sister off, was reported as improved.!
Dorothy's story led the police to
believe her sister was killed.
Wylie' Morgan, identified by Dor
othy as the kidnapper, is wanted in
Texas on a similar charge, the police
say. lie was said to have come from
Maud, Texas.
the department, is 34 years old nnd:
unmarried.
KxMriouro of New Chief. i
Prior to tho world war he served
two nntl one-hnlf years in tho depart
ment, and while still a fireman here,
enllnted. During- tho war ho served
a a driver of a chomlra! truck and
was noting assistant fire chief and
an inspector' nt Hazelhurst aviation
Held, Ciarden City, Long Island, New
York. For somo time past he has
Iteen an employe of Wutkins' feed
store. .
This noon Mr. Elliott announced
that he would retain Taylor Huron,
one of the p r efte n t m e m 1 ic rs of the
department permanently, and , that
temporarily he would retain James
Kotfobcrry until he could find another
capable man to look after tho motor
upparntUM of tho department. lie
also wild that he had, at this time.
decided on another man for one of
the permanent positions, and hoped
to have all positions filled with cap
able men by Wednesday night, mid
night, when the change takes place.
H had been Mayor Oaddis inten
tion, if possible, to find a capable
man of long fire fighting experience
nmnng the firemen retired on a pen
sion from one of the big Pacific coast
cities, but who are still In
their
prime, lie nau intcnucu to
take,
ample time to seek out such a man.
LOOK
FOR
BODY
OUTRAGED GIRL
FIEND CAPTURED
th. , . Z aKena''veT- "n For ten days the ship was under the
the return home recently of J. H. swav 0f he stowawavs and nine crew
llutlcr. chairman of the council fires'8 ay,or tne stowaas ana nine crew
committee, aft.-r n month's sojourn mcn,ber8' As the vessel neared an
In Kouthern California, during which ! co,lver harbor yesterday afternoon
he studied owr the fire situation, nnd tne mutineers told the captain to land
ronf erred with sumo of tlio fire I at a certain dock. The captain then
officers of tho California cities. Ho! sent a wlrelesB messago to Captain
brought back the report thnt instead ' Barney Johnson, Vancouver reprcsen
of Medford hnvintf n veteran retired tative of the vessel who had a squad
fireman oB the new rhief it would bc!0f police and Immigration officials on
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YORK CITY ARMS
Joseph O' Byrne, who conducts n
rooming house nt the address where
the munitions nnd weapons were lo
cated, was still under arrest today,
with Kdward Hoey. driver of the
truck which brought n consignment
of ninety cases of cartridges to the
caehe Saturday.
O'Ryrnc, nccording to today's New
York World, admitted he was a mem
ber of the American Assoclntion for
Recognition of the lrlrh Republic,
but denied any know ledge of the pro
poned destination of the arms nnd
Ammunition stored In his basement.
RESIGNS
BELIEF Bill
State Executive Fearful of Pre
cedent Established in Re
mitting Taxes for Period of
Seven Years Also Signs
Carkin Bill Increasing Gaso
line Tax.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 26. Governor
Pierce this morning signed the
Astoria relief bill Introduced by Rep
resentative Mott and passed by both
houses of the legislature on the clos
ing day.
Tho governor also Blgned the in
come tax bill.
"I am frank to say," said the gover
nor In his message transmitting the
bill to the speaker of the house and
the president of the senate, "that 1
signed the bill with considerable re
luctance, due, not at all to the fact
that 1 am unwilling to aid Astoria in
its hour" of need, but duo to the fact
that the bill suggests and initiates a
policy that may prove unwise and in
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query as to its validity,
Th M bm remit(J the st taxeg
0f the city of Astoria for a period of
seven years, limiting tho remission of
any one year to $77,000.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 26. Governor
Pierce declared his belief in the con-
stitutlonality ot the income tax bill
which had been questioned by a Port-
iand attorney.,
The governor signed sixteen other
bills, including the Carkin bill jncreas.
ing the gasoline tax from two to three
cents. - ' . .
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JAP MUTINEERS
I
VANCOUVER, D. C, Feb. 2G. Nino
armed Bailors, plotting with 29 stow
aways, held the voyage of the 6000
ton-freighter TalBu Maru under a
virtual reign of terror during her voy
age from Kobe, Japan, to this port.
The voyage, which was dominated by
the rebellious party, ended late last
night when the vessel arrived.
The tempestuous voyage was re
vealed after the captain ot the Talbu
wirelessed to this port for help and on
arrival here the crew members and
stowaways were arrested by police
and dimlnion immigration officers.
The stowaways, according to ship
officers, huddled in the ship's coal
bunkers, made their appearance on
deck a few days after the vessel left
Kobe enroute for this port. Joined by
nine members of the crew, the party,
most of whom were heavily armed
with revolvers, told the Japanese cap
tain that they would be in charge or
the voyage. All of the mutineers were
Japanese. There was no resistance
on the part of the Bhip's officers or
ho thirl v rnmainlnc members of the
crew,
FOR ASTORIA
in:nllml whcn the ship arrived.
4 KILLED BY TRAIN
CALHOUN", Ga., Feb. 26. T. II
Oroover of Ht. I.ouls and U. H. Uonk
wero killed nnd several Injured today
when tho second section of the Iilxlc
Kller. northbound on- the Nanhvlllo.
Chattanooga and St. Ilulu railroad
Jumped the track one ond one-half
miles north of here.
HirtMlNCiHAM. Ala., Feb. 26.
Three trainmen wero killed and an
other trninman was serlouHly injured
this afternoon In the wreck of
fri-lttht train on the Frlnco railroad at
Pratt City, n suburb, according to re
ports which hao reached here.
Duke of York Inspects His Troops
The Duko'of York, whoso engagement to ..Lady Elizabeth Howes
Lyons wns recently announced, visited Glasgow recently nnd inspected tho
guard of honor at Ht. Andrews hall.
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PILOT ESCAPES
SPOKANE, Feb. 2G. An airplarfe
Identified as the one which yestor
day landed eight cases ot whiskey
at the Parkwater aviation field here
and made its escape, was located to
day on tho ranch of 'Frank M. rer
soall, at Flve-.Mllo pralrio -where it
landed at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The pilot, said to be Jack Smith,
of Spokane, for whom a federal war
rant was lHBiied, told officers a con
necting rod in his machine bad
broken, forcing him down. The gaso
line tank was found empty.
Examination ot the plane showed
it had been specially' prepared for
tho carrying of heavy cargoes, one
seat having been removed.
Federal officials ordered, that it
be disassembled and held.
Frank Kepi, arrested yesterday
with B. H. Kerner when the unload
ing of the piano was surprlsod, was
at liberty today on $1,000 bond, while
Werner remained in Jail. Tho au
tomobile to which the bundles, found
by officers to contain liquor, were
being transferred from the plane, also
had been seized.
Five-Mile prairlo is fivo mllos
north of Spokano.
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DUE8SELDORF, Feb. 2C (By
tho Associated Press) Tho French
are today in possession of tho strips
of territory between tho Cologne nnd
Coblenz nnd benx nnd - Mayencc
bridgeheads, thereby securing rail
way lines thnt heretofore havo been
in unoccupied territory. The opera
tion wns planned to strengthen the
Rhlnelnnd customs control,
Itetween twelve nnd fifteen thous
and civilian workers from France
and Hclgium nre awaiting tho word
to put them to work on rnilwny lines
throughout the Ruhr nnd Rhlnelnnd.
Plans for operating the roads, it Is
expected will be completed this week.
Tho disciplining of the city of Ho
chum for Its attitude toward the oc
cupation has been featured by whole
sain nrrests nnd the virtnnl declara
tion of a state of siege. The French
showed their strength by bringing
tanks nnd machine guns to the heart
of the town. MoHt of thoso arrested
were released. t
SIGNS UP, ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 20. Kenneth
Williams, 1922 American league
champion home run slugger, today
signed up with the local Americans,
llnhh Qiilnn, business innnagfr of the
Ilrowns, onnnunrod. Terms of the
contract were not niado public.
BOOZE AIRP
ANE
CAPTURED
BUT
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FOR TRIAL OF DR.
JOUETT P. BRAY
Tho caso ot tlio stnto against Dr.
Jouott P. Bray, first of the Jackson
county night riding cases, will prob
ably Btart in the circuit court at
Jacksonville tomorrow afternoon, as
It Is expected tno civil action now be
ing heard will not bo rinlshod before
that time. Dr. Bray will be ti'iod on
the Indictment returned against him,
charging riot. Two other true bills
charge him with assault with a dan
gerous weapon, and extortion. Dr.
Bray arrived Friday from his home at
Myrtle Point, Ore., for the hearing.
Both the state and the defense at
torneys wero busy1 today preparing
for the opening of the trial. The
state will be represented by Assistant
Attorney General Liljeqvist and Dis
trict Attorney Hawleg Moore. The
defense will bn conducted by Attor
neys Boggs and Codding, the latter,
also being subpoenaed from his du
ties in tho commissioner ot corpora
tion's office ut 8alem, as a witness.
Tho assistant attorney goneral also
stated that they wore ad vised by on
unofficial sourco this morning, that
John A. Collier, former district at
torney of Multnomah county, had
also been retained as counsel tor the
defense, and that tho Information
had not been confirmed.
The sheriff's offlco said they had
served 30 subpoenuos for witnesses
for tlio state, and that tho defense list
bad not been submitted to them, but
understood It to ho about the same
number, not Including a largo num
ber of character witnesses. '
Tho selection of tho jury is ex
pocted to lake nt least two days, and
the Bray trial Is expected to roqulre
at least a week or ton days. Tho cbbo
concoms tho .1. F. llalo eplsodo
March 17th last. Halo Is now a resi
dent of San Diego.
Arthur Burr, the colored bootleg,
and central figure In the Slskiyous
"party," after serving thirty days In
the county Jail on a prohibition vio
lation churgo, arrived this morning
from California. He Is supposed to
be a witness In the cases against
Howard A. Hill nnd Bert Mobcb,
whose trials are also scheduled for
tills term of court.
The Noted Dead
OAKLAND, Cal , Feb. 26. Form
er United States Senator George C.
Perkins, 84, died at hlB homo hore
today. .'.;
Senator Perkins had been ill for
fivo years, tho malady taking: a so
rious turn five monthB ago.
One of Senator, Perkins first ex
periences In California was as driver
or a mule team nt Ophlr, now Oro
vlllc, after his arrival In San Fran
cisco In lS.rj2. Ho laid tho founda
tion for his fortune ns the operator
of a ferry across Long Bar on tho
Feather river.
He was also former past grand
master of , tho Grand lodge of Masons
of California and pnst grand com
mander of the Knights Templar of
California.
Speaker Gillett III
WASHINGTON", Feb, 26. Speaker
Gillett of the house Is suffering rrom
nn attack of Influenza at his homo
hero. His condition Is said not to be
serious.
After Hearing Rheba .
W. Y. Bootleggers Cut
Prices S Per Case
NEW YOUK. Feb. 2S. Ilho-
ba Crawford, former Salvation
Army captain who recently re-
signed after her arrest in
Times Square for conducting a
religious meeting that ohstruc-
ed truffle, Intends to organUo a
band of young peoplo to accom-
pany her on hor proposed evan-
gellcal tour of the country.
Moro than a thousand of her 4
frieudB and admirers gave hor a
farewell party last night in a
theater at which she explained
hor plans.
Will Rogers, tho comedian,
who Introduced Miss Crawford,
Bald she wbb tho ouly persou In
New York ho could introduce
to his friends without an apolo-
gy. Ho said ho knew of boot-
loggers who niter hearing her
Bpeak at un open air meeting,
had cut their prices 5 a caso.
OF
FED! OFFICIAL
A complaint and warrant charg
ing Tom Word, department of jus
tice agent, with headquarters at Port
land, nnd chief investigator of the
Jackson county nlghtrldlng cnaes last
spring, with violation of tho prohibi
tion laws, wns filed in Justice ot tho
1'oaco Olenn O. Taylor's court lato
Saturday afternoon. Tho complaint
was sworn to by Chief of Police Chas.
Adams, and tho warrant placed In his
hands for service. Up to noon today
it had not been served. Chief of Po
lice Adnma said ho Intended to serve
tho warrant when Word arrived this
morning on tho 0:17 train, but was
unable to - be at tho depot. ...Word
called on friends and offlclalB, and
snld ho understood a warrant was
waiting for htm.
Tho specific chnrgo In tho warrant
alleges that Word wag "Intoxicated on
West Main street," nnd tho date is
given ns November 22, 1922. i
It la reported that tho grand Jury
at Ita sessions last week devoted con
siderable time to tho Investlgalon of
tho allegation set forth In tho war
runt, without taking any action.
Word nrrlved in tho city today aa
a witness In tho nlghtriding cases,
scheduled for hearing this week in
tho circuit court.
FLEET NEXT STEP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Chair
man Laskcr of tho shipping board
today discussed with President Hard
ing tho liquidation policy which the
administration has determined to
adopt under tho mcrchnnt mnrino
law ns nn Incident to falluro of tho
shipping bill.
A definite plan, Mr. Lasker said,
probably would ho passed upon by
tho full board this week and given
approval by tho president, lie em
phasized the necessity for speedy
adoption of a comprehenslvo policy
now thnt It IS known that the ship
ping bill Is not to go through.
Socy Hughes Abandons Trip.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 26. Secre
tary Hughes has definitely decided
thnt ho cannot loavo Washington to
attend the Pan-American conference
at Santiago next month. Although
he hoped to arrange his official af
fairs at the last moment so as to go
he has found It ImpoBslhlo to do so.
LONDON Turkish papors In Con
stantinople published dispatches from
Angora announcing that a majority of
the grand nntlonnl assembly, support.,
ed by the military demanded rejection
of the Lausanne treaty.
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR
ARRFST
TWO NEW YORK CENTRAL MAIL TRAINS
ROBBED IN LAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS
NEW YORK, Fob, 26. Theft of
thousands ot dollnrs ot registered
mall from a New York Central train
between Syracuse and Albany sev
eral days ago was reported by author
itative sources today. The robbery,
it was suld, was similar to that in
Grand Central tormlnal yestordny.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Postal In
spectors and railroad police today de
clared that last night's robbery ot
mall nouches ou a Chicago train
URIC.
WILL FIGHT
MOW) CO.
Sec'y. of Agriculture Charges
Armour and Morris Com
panies With Violation of
Packer's Act Action Re
sult of Meeting With Meat
Magnates, December.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. Armour
and company and Morris and company
Chicago packer, were served today
by tho secretary of agriculture with a
complaint charging them with viola
tion of tho packers and Btockynrds act
In connection with the tentative acqui
sition ot the plants and business of
Morris nnd company by the Armour
Interests.
Secretary wfillace set April 2 for a
hearing In Washington.
The complaint stated that in Decem
ber, J. Ogden Armour entered Into a
written contract with Morris and com
pany to acquire all of Ita assets. In
so doing, It was charged, parties to
the contract violated the packers and
stockyards act
Secretary Wallace claimed such
acquisition would have the effect of
restraining Interstate commerce or of
creating a monopoly in many sections
of the United States In the purchase
of livestock and in the shipment and
sale of moat and other livestock pro
ducts. The complaint also charged that the
contract would have the effect of
manipulating or influencing prices.
The proiKisal first came to public
notice early In November when J.
Ogden Armour and other officials ot
Armour and company conferred with
Secretary Wallace. After conferences
I between Mr. Wallace, President Hard
I Ing and Attorney General Daugherty
which followed, It was announced that
It had been agreed that there was no
obligation on the part of the govern
ment to endorse or to acquiesce In the
proposal. ,
Secretary Wallace declared today
that ' early In December he told J.
Ogden Armour and J. Edson White,
, now president of Armour and com
pany, Hint he "did not think we could
I look with favor upon the transaction
proposed and suggested that they
j should do nothing further with It."
Mr. Armour, he said, then remarked
that they felt that It was necessary
that they should complete the pur
chase In order to Increase their vol
ume of business and thus better be
able to meet heavy overhead charges.
A week or so later, Mr. Wallace said
ho again advised the Armour officials
that the "best thing to do was to drop
tho whole matter, and before the con
versation ended, I told them plainly
that It they should go ahead and con
summate the purchase I would feel It
my duty to issue a complaint, which
very likely would be followed by an
order to cease and desist In order that
a judicial docislon might be obtained."
'The agreement between the Armour
ant) Morris companies, according to
tne complaint, caueu tor a purcnase
price of $30,000,000 of which $10,000,
000 was to be in cash, $10,000,000 in
preferred Block and $10,000,000 In
common stock of Armour and com
pany. The transfer was to be made
on or bofora February 28.
Wallace's Statement In Pull
Mr. Wallace, In a statement today
said:
"On January 29, I heard that some
sort of an agreement bad been signed
by J. Ogden Armour and by the stock
holders of Morris and company. I
called Armour and company nt Chica
go and asked whether uch an agree
ment had been signed, and was told
that it had been, but that Its terms
hnd not yet been put Into effect. I
told representatives ot Armour and
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with through mall from Han Fran
cisco by a lone bandit was tho third
that took place on the same train
within two months. The bandit es
caped. ,
Both postal Inspectors and railroad
police declared It tholr belief that the
robber had boarded the train at some
up-state point and had made his way
Into one ot the steel malt can before
reaching Grand Central station.
Tho bandit's haul was said to have
been one registered package, mailed
In Chicago.