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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
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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,"