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Newspaper Page Textlib, "HV,ET The Weather Prediction Rain Makimum yesterday..... 57. Minimum today .... ...26 IRIBUNE Si - . FTTPH m Jmmmn I VI II A TIT T Weather Year Ago Maximum ....48 Minimum , ; 44 Precipitation 69 llnllv ElxMeenth Y.nr. et-klr Flf ly-Thlrd Year. MEDFORD. OR :aox, FlilDAY, MAKC1I 23, . 1923 NO. 1 SIOUX CITY, IA MENACED Missouri River Pack Backs Up Flood Water Aerial Attack Fails Fear for Lowlands r Residents Are Ready to Move. - SIO0X CITY, Iowa, March 23. The second ice gorge in tlio Missouri rivor near here broke this afternoon and swept against the first gorge but failed to break It loose. The new gorge is ten miles long and il3 form ation increases .the flood peril. SIOUX CITY, iWn, March 23. Flood danger as a result of the ice gorge In the Missouri river near Ser geant Bluffs is greater today as a result of a fourteen inch rise in the waters since .5 p. m.- Thursday. The Missouri rose stpadily throughout the night, its stage at 10 o'clock this morning being Hi. 3 feel with no sisus of the ice pack being broken. Not only the lowlanSs in the vicinity of Sergeant Bluffs are in danger from high water, but the lowlands of Sioux City may be inundated today, accord ing to G. K. Greening, government i meteorologist, who predicted that the river would reach the 17 foot flood stage here by night. Plans were being made to send an airplane bomber to attack the ice gorge again today. The bomber was unsuccessful yesterday. A new gorge Is -reported to have formed in the Missouri river several miles north of tho gorge near Ser gennt Bluffs, Iowa, and the water is reported to bo falling slightly near thq lower gorge. Settlers on the lowlands alqus the river near the gorge have moved to higher' ground or are prepared x to flee on short notice. If both gorges should break at once it is believed the lowlands ner.r the river for forty or fifty miles south of Sioux City would bo inundated. Warnings have been sent to all Points to be on guard. Most of tho bottom lands near the Missouri river can stand a 20 foot stage, nut sjma of the .low lands are flooded at that stago No sttfering Is reported among the refugees driven from their homes by the high water, although a cold wave, predicted tonight, promises to add to the Berionsness of the situation. STOUX CITY, Iowa, March 23. Vhd flood situation near here was vowing worse late this afternoon, fcige ice gorges are holding and all Sorts to break them has failed. I Water in the Floyd river, a ffmall Stream which flows through the east rn part of Sloux'Clty is nearly bank ill as a result of backwater from the .Missouri river. ' Police warned residents near the river to be prepared to move. '" SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 23. Held by an ico gorge five miles in size formed by Brassfleld's island, south of here, spring flood waters of tho Missouri river today threatened tr. sweep through ports of this city unless the jam is broken. Already tho backed up water that continued to rise while efforts were being made to break up the gorge by dynamiting, has caused one death. Several other persons were reported drowned and hundreds of head of livestock. Im plements and dwelling were carried (Continued on Page SM HOODED KNIGHTS': , YAKIMA; WaBh., March.' '23. At the close of a two hour address prais ing tho Ku 'Klui Klan, given last night In tho biggest .hall In tho city by Rev. C. G. Curtis of Vancouver, imperial lecturer, and attended by several thousand, a protest was voic ed by Mayor R. D. Itovtg. The may or's brief plea took but a few niin 11 1 os but roused . applause. Mayor Ilovlg stated tho question to be an' swered Is: "1b the klan wanted here? and stated ho would roply In led surprise when informed of tho thought that thry aimed nt n coni the negative as "this la a law abid-i organization as set out In the "off!-' pleto overthrow of the Vorsiillti'B ing community wilh no need for 1 cial, proclamation." hooded knights o hrlns law and or- l'red J. Savage, a major official of tier." He added that ho represented j the klan, when informed of Ihc Elm all the people of (he city and hoped , inons declaration last night said "wo that no organization would come to i disturb the present tolerance and, ll nity. - - - Mary's Picture On Popular Not Worth $3000, Court Rules ALBANY, N. Y., March 23. The court of appeals held today that the publication of a song ! with, a portrait of Mary Pick- ford on the cover did not entitle the screen star to recover $3,- 000 from the publishers. The suit was based on a contract made by the actress and the mu- sic publishers in May, 1919. . STEP TO SOLVE GOAL .PROBLEMS Henry Would Burn Every Piece of Coal Twice Expects to Supply Own Industries and Public Remove Gas for Home Consumption. DETROIT, Mar. 23. (By Associat ed Press). Official confirmation to day, at the office of Henry Ford at Dearborn that tho manufacturer had purchased 120,000 acres of undevelop ed coal land In Kentucky, was coupled with tho statement that Mr. Ford in tended to solve the country's coal problems, "by using every piece of coal twlco." ' By purchase of the property it was officially announced at the Ford of fices, Mr. Ford comes into possession of a vast tract of virgin .coal lands with a reserve coal supply of 600,000, 000 tons. This property added to other coal lands previously purchased, brings tlie total number of acres of such land owned by the manufacturer to 165,000. From theso holdings Mr. Ford hopes that within n year there will come sufficient coal to supply all his factor ies in every part of the country, all the factories and mills manufacturing various products from his own con cerns and as many of the industries in this district as care to buy coal from him. He believes there will be left fuel sufficient to supply a part of the domestic demand of the country. Mr. Ford it was announced, will ask all industrial users of his coal to install furnaces that will remove only tho gas and similar substances, leav ing a fuel unimpaired for domestic purposes. Tho coal, after t'lis process would be sold to heat the homes of hundreds of thousands of workers throughout tho country. The fuel re maining after the gas had been taken out would bo even more valuable for homo heating purposes than it was before, it was explained. FACE REFERENDUM SALEM, Ore.; March 23. Tho In itial step towards referendum of the state gasoline tax measure was ta ken here today when the referendum petition was' filed for approval with the secrotar f state and the attor ney general was asked to prepare a ballot title. The movement is spon sored hy tho Orpgon Automotive Trado association. The petitions must be filed by May 25. OF AFTER KLAN TALK i ; ATLANTA, Oa.. March 23. Under I hp name ot Jamclla,' a secret order for" women, was ready to function to day, "alongside the knights of. the Ku Klux Klan," and William J. Sim mons, former lmnerfnl wl7nrd of the klnn, had anew ofHce, Kl Mangus. or'""'li nf"'r ,ho; conversations failed, president of tho women's organic- !"0 chancellor mid. t dissipate the ,. r,j ,. ,, ,, ,, Imprenslnrt that Fr.ince had not nbnn- , himself according ,lnnpd her nspll,,tm to Knnox tcrrl. to proclamation Issued here last ory. Mnrc rP(.et nilvlce. from the nlRht. i jtrcssclji conference, he nssorted, lm- llCadnUartOrS Of tlio kl.in PVnt.-KR. ' m-HRf,l rinrninn nfflelnla with fh know of no such order, nor have I ",by officials of tho klan been In com mu ....... Ul , UHn ln coiuniu- plcatlon with Mr. Simmons." - - Tapestries Sought in France Found in Rockefeller's Home v - - . 1 s ... . - ? -"r Tho tapestries representing '-Tho Hunt for tho Unicorn" consisting of several panels, wero considered nmong the finest In Franco. They were woven about 1450, and it was commonly understood that Count flub-ru-1 de la RielH'fom'll, lo whom Hho t:ip-atrios belonged, muj promised they would never leuve France. ijiHt November thoy were on exhibition for several days In a noted gallery: tln-n they dimipponred from public view and it was believed that they had been sold to un American collector for u smn estimated at u million dollars. Kecontly, it bet-amo known that the tapestries were hanging In tho Vew York homo of John D'. : Rockefeller, .lr. INCH HEAD FRETTED By "RED' TALES Premier Calls Deputy Berthon Abominable Scoundrel' and Wild Disorder Ensues Germany Wants Evacua ation Before Talking Settle ment With Allies. PARIS, March 23. (By the As sociated Press)" Premier Poincare, n,mf.r1 1... ...l.nl.. Ii.aln1.il Hntlfl I that he was controlled by ; Deputy Leon Dedaut, tho royalist leader, wild disorder when , started a scene ot wild disorder wnen , in open session of the chamber to- j dny he called Communist Deputy Andre Berthon an "abominable scoundrel." Tho chamber Immediately went wild while, deputies hammered their aesKs and tlio usners ran aDout try ing to, restore order. The presiding officer vainly rang his bell for qunrter of an hour to get a hearing and calm the chamber down. "That man," shouted M. Poincare, pointing to Deputy Berthon, "dared to say ho had agnlnst me and mine abominable evidence which I fenred Would bo published. lie lied when bo said it," the premier ejaculated an grily and tho deputies, most of whom hnd not heard M. Horthon's accusa tion, Jumped to their feet, all of them with tho exception of tho commu nists and a few of the radicals, cheer ing Poincare madly. MUXICH. March 23. fBy tho As soriated Press) Unconditional evac uation of the Ruhr Is designated 13 Chancellor C.uno an the fundamental prcmiso from whli h nnothef discus sion aiming to end tho pwHent con filet must proceed. In n long speech latt night the chancellor reiterated the government's position, asserting that it had not authorized mediation by nny third parly, but on the other band, it had received numerous "feelers" from unauthorized quar ters, lie asserted that these pro posals constituted a violation of Ger man honor or common sense. ' Referring to the recent Brussels conference between Premier Poin- enro and Theunls, Ilerr Ciino ex pressed the opinion that these con versations suggested no progress towards n solution of tho Ruhr qucs- tlon. The official communique was s. treaty. The German people, ho snld, would stoutly oppose tho siiKKcstlon of n buffer state fronting the Rhine. The c-hanrellnr ctei-lared. that tho world tills time had probably nwnkenert to a realization that it Is a disarmed l jBnd impotent Germany which r. realization that it Is a alHiirmeu i Li USSIA TIRED OF -, LONDON, March 23. In the first of a series of artlclos which ho 1b con tributing to tho Westminstor Guzotto, Dr. Frldtjof Nanson records the im pressions he received in conversations with Russian leaders at Moscow dur ing February Dd. Nanson says the question of most concern to the officials was Ru88la's reconstruction and the res- Luiuiiuu ul nuintui economic reiu tlons with oilier countries. The w'rlter quotes Trotaky as relnteratlng Russia's desire for peaco and as pointing out that she offered to cut her army to '200,000 men if other countries would make a similar re duction but the proposal was not ac cepted. Notwithstanding the possibility 'of an invasion of Russia by Poland and Rumania, the Russian army, Trotzky said, had boon reduced to 600,000 nntt wlltnl. Id lflDH Q v. 1, n 1 9 r. 1 V. standing peace time army during the fzartst regime. Dr. Nansen quotes Trot,kv Ha - assnr(1ff ,h !,,. Trotzky as assorting that Russia's , , ,nBn.,nn.oi.f n,,rf.n, liBhmcnt ot a militia similar to that of Switzerland. ' "Complete disarmament,"' the so viet leader said, "cannot be contem plated until Europe unites In a fed eration of states which offors the sole moans of withstanding America's economic hegemony. IT a general de mobilization can be effected, Russia w!U propose nn International disarm ament commission. quires security, rather than Franco, which now commands the world's I greatest land forces and tho most powerful air fleet. KSSEN, March 23. (By the Asso ciated Press) A credit of 400.000, 000.000 marks has been granted tho Oermnn coal syndicate by tho Gor man government to aid In the contin uance of the passive rcsistnnco In tho Ruhr, nccorcling to a . French an nouncement today. . Additional credits running Into hundreds of billions, likowiso have been nrranged by tho central govern ment for the Huhr Industrial Inter ests generally, It was asserted, ' 1 Theso credits are being made to the Ruhr conl mine and factory owners by tho German government with a view to keeping tho men cm Ployed and thus preventing unrest and discontent. Tho coal syndicate directors and the Industrialists are not altogether satisfied with tho credits, ncceptanco of which Is obligatory, according to Information obtnlned by tho French touigeneo service. The .Industrialists and tho mine owners contend that tho German gov ernment should furnish the funds to pay the workers without charging them to tho account of tho Ruhr magnates. They feel thnt the . government ought to bear tho burden of the Ruhr resistance policy. -.... PAPER DELAYED : Owing to a break In tho press, 4 the Mall Tribune was delaved this afternoon. iCiwUi1'SllB ASK FEDERAL American Societies . File '.Plea Conniving With Soviet Is Cited Document K-97 Is Main Topic at Foster Trial , Attack Position of Spec ial Agent Who Got Evidence WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. A request that the federal government "com mence prosecutions" agnlnst William Z. Foster and eleven other alleged "radicals" and Investigate the acts of Frank P. Walsh and eight others at legod to have been associated with various radical movemonts in this '"8 fJX m?" J".!! ,T ,, . V S 18 aepB"me 1 ""Justice today by the representatives of a number ot organizations in law enforcement. Accompanying the complaint was a long list of specific charges and a brief arguing that the federal govern ment Is fully Justified by the facts In taking action. The chargeB against Poster and his associates were said In the complaint to be based on official statements Issued by communist rep resentatives in this country, while the allegations against Walsh and those named with him centered about trips they were said to have made to soviet Russia. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Mar. 23. Wil liam 7- Foster's defense ot charges against criminal syndicalism, follow ing out of his attondnnco at the com munist convention last summer, op ened today with an attack on tho repu tation and credibility ot "K-97," the government agent who attended the convention as a delegate. Depositions taken by Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Foster, at Phila delphia and Camden, K. J., were pro duced In an effort to bIionv that the department of justice agent, whoso name is Francis Morrow, had a poor reputation for truth and veracity and that, as nn agent provacateur he at tempted to Btlr up riots at socialist street meotlngs, In the absence of the Jury the state opposed introduction of the deposl- tlong and Judge Charles White par- tlally Biistn Inert the prosecution by ruling out large Bectlons. Mr. Walsh In his argument stated the defense was entitled to an Instruc tion to the Jury pointing out that the testimony of Morrow was that of an accomplice and unsupported. As I ennstruo the net,' Judge White ruled, "there Is nothing here on which to base such an Instruction. If he was there as a government agent In the porformnnce c( his duty he cannot be classed as an accomplice of the other mouthers of that assembly." BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Mar. 22. Mrs. -John W. Weeks; wife ot the secretary of war Is very III hero on board the private yacht Evergreens, which was hurried Into port today to secure med ical aid for Mr i. Weeks. PROSECUTIONS : OFHOME REDS Unsung Hero of Yellow Fever War Given No Medals WASHINGTON, March 23. Army orders today revealed tho retirement without medals of Technical Sergeant Levi Folk, who, with Walter Reed, was a 4 pioneer In the conquest of yel- low fever. 4 When yellow fever appeared In 1900 among the troops at 4 Columbia barracks, Cuba, said the surgeon general of the army In a summary of Folk's service, Private Folk volunteered to nurse the ' patients with the dread disease, He served as a volntoer for experimentation, slept In a room with bedding from patients sick with yellow 4 4 fever; submitted to innoculn- 4 4 tions from mosoultos Infected 4 4 with the disease and contracted 4 4 It. On his recovery he was In- 4 4 noculated repeatedly to deter- 4 4 mine the possibilities of reinfec- 4 tlon. 4 Sergeant Folk relnllsted in 4 4 company B, first South Carolina 4 4 volunteers, In 1898. He was 4 born at Newberry, S. C. . 4 No Tariff Tinkering By Next Congress Tax Laws Main Issues Entrance in World Court One Subject in 20 Speeches and Ship Bill ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 23 Revision ot the transportation act and liberalization of the immigration laws are among the first mattoi-3 which will be laid before congress when It meets In December ag part of tne administrative program, accord ing to announcement here today, by senator James 1. Watson of Indlann one of the administration leaders in tho senate. The tariff will not be touched uud opposition will be offered to expect ed efforts to revise the tax laws, Sen ator Watson snld. He pointed out pitfalls that may await the party if it cannot organize so as to head off expected attempts to restore excess profits taxes and to tax.undistrlbut ed surplus ot corporations. These latter, the senator said, may be forced because the new congress will be closely divided between the two parties. He said the transpor tation act is to be revised almoBt en tirely and similar treatment Is to be given the Immigration laws with a view to liberalization. - President Harding, he aald, had discussed with his advisers tentative plans for a speech maklntc tour of the country when the subjects of ship aubsldy, the railroad situation and preferential primaries will be brought to the people. . Mr. Harding may also speak on the entrance of the United States Into tne international court but has not gone over that with his advisers, he added. The president will oppose extension of the primaries, advocate lower raildoad rates and discuss the future of the shipping Industry, Mr. Watson declared. The tentative plan calls for twenty speeches by the president on the t )ur. LONDON The number of nnem. ployed m Great Britain was placed at more than 1,300,000. 19 YEAR OLD GIRL'S TELLEGEN BRANDED NEW YORK, March 23. Official aonlal that Miss Stella Larrlmore. 19 year old actress and sister of Fran cine Larrlmore, Broadway star, was guilty of Intimate relations with Lou Teilogen, was made today by her counsel at a hearing in the divorce suit brought against the actor by uoraiatne 1'arrar, prima donna of the Metropolitan opera comoanv. i-ewis w. uroasky, counsel for the young girl, obtained from Roferee Maiioncy, an adjournment of one week In order that he might poruse tne record pertaining to the alleged courtship of "Miss "L" by Tellegen and produce his 'client at an open bearing to make public denial of the PRESIDENT MAY STUMP NATION FOR PET BILLS STRONG BACK WEAK Mi FOR 'DAVID' Secretary to Cult Leader Says Both Ought to Be Behind Bars Followers Eat Car rots and Skimmed Milk Profited From Labor of Members. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.," March 23. The defense In the J80,000 'suit of John Hansen and wifo against the House of David cult at Benton Har bor, opened In federal court hero to day, when Edwin Bulley, a member of the advisory board of tho colony, made a blanket denial of all charges made against the cult and Its leader, "King" Benjamin Purneil. . GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Mnrch 23 , (By the Associated Press) An ad mlsslonr during cross examination that she "ought to be behind the bars" for her acts In behalf of the Israelite houso of David marked the testimony In federal court here to day of Esther Hansell, for thirteen yenrs private secretary to Benjamin David Purneil, head of the cult, ln the suit instituted by her pnrents-in- law against Purneil. Tho witness during cross examina tion, doclnred she had violated the law for PUrnell "believing It was the faith." v "I was a partner' of Benjamin in every crooked and deceitful deal ln the colony," she testified. "I per jured myself and lied. Benjamin and I both ought to bo behind the bars." The witness said she had commit ter perjury In a previous court trial. Describing the hardships ot members of the colony, the witness said "I never saw a cripple admitted to' the house of David. The qualifications .for . membership ., were- money,. a . strong back and a weak mind, or else a good trade." She had testified on direct exami nation that Purneil had made large Profits oft tho labor of his followers. "It was in harmony with the teach ing of the cult's fnUh." the witness said, "to change facts so that the members of the organization might not 'cast pearls before swine.' " The witness described at length the mode of living among the followers of Purneil. Referring to a trip taken by girl members of tho colony from Benton Harbor to High Island, a bit of land ln Lake Michigan, owned by tho cult, she snld: . "The girls slept In covered wngons on the boat like pigs In a sty. Benja min was aboard and . visited the wagons In the night." Humble members ot tho colony who worked for Purneil were given poor food, she testified. The bill ot fare, she said, consisted, of vegetable soup, containing cocoanut oil, in stead ot grease, baked carrots, one slice of bread for each person and perries that were unfit for market. The followers were given skimmed milk, she said. Although thousands of cans of fruit were put lip, the "Gulls" never were permitted to ent. , Miss Hansell also testified that Mary Purneil, wife of the cult leader, had threatened "to stick a knife into her," Impelled her to remain ln hid ing after she left the colony. "I also was afraid of poison," she said. French Foreign Policy. PARIS, March 23.--M. Poincare gave a lengthy outline to the cabinet this morning of France's possession with regard to her foreign policy, paying particular attention to the situation in the Ruhr. NEW 'YORK, March 22. Mrs. Anna Buzzi, housekeeper for Fred erick Schneider wealthy Bronx con tractor, when lie was slain on Feb ruary 26, was arrested today on a charge of homicide. - She hnd been ralensed aftor being held several days as n material witness. AFFAIR WITH LOU "DIRTY FRAME-UP" charges In which her name appear ed. . "Miss L" was one of three co-respondents named by the diva, and testimony was given at the last hear ing by detectives employed by Misa Farrar that while Tellegen was play ing here In 1921, In the title role ot Don Juan, he many times escorted "Miss L" to her apartment on River side drive and once spent the night there.. . After this evidence had become public, Miss Franclne Larrlmore and other members of the family denied the charges vigorously, contending that the evidence simply was "the dirty frame up ot hired detectives,"