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Dally Eighteenth Year.
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MEDFORD, OREO OX, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1923
NO. 13
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Propaganda . Swallowed . By
Uninformed, Says Secy.
Weeks in- Address Aid
Preachers of Revolution and
Soviet Doctrine False Sta
tistics Cited.
WASHINGTON, April 6. "Pa
cifist" propagandists and organlza
' tlons In the United States were de
nounced as public enemies today by
Secretary Weeks in a statement made
public by the war department. Amer
icans, would do well, the statement
says, "to inform themselves of the
facts and to examine Into the char
acter and patriotism of those who are
promoting the pacifist campaign be
fore taking a step that may readily
align them with the enemies of the
republic."
Widespread circulation of "Incor
rect and misleading statistics," Mr.
Weeks said, had been accomplished
by pacificist agencies, including
"those forces in . America who are
preaching revolution and the estab
lishment of a co.minunUt EC"ernment
and also those whi reem to believe
(hat any army, or navy is unneces
sary." Uninformed, but patriotic citizens,
it was added, are lending themselves
to reduce if not destroy the military
safeguards of the ration as llm ro-
tnlt of pacificist propaganda. -
The secretary said the followlns
had appeared in a niilletln of a a or
Saturation calling Ivsjlf the nat'onl
council for the pioventlon of war
"The officially' prepared chart
enclosed shows that we are allowing
fne-flfth of our budget for 1924 for;
the army and navy. More than 86
per cent of that budget will go for
past and future wars."
Secretary Weeks said the chart car
ried a legend stating that it had boen
prepared from the budget report sub
mitted to congress by President
Harding In December, 1922..
This government is not and never
has been spending 85 per cent of its
budget for military purposes," Mr. I
Weeks declared.
"The budget report of December 4,
1922, in comparative tabulation
statement number 9 shows that ap
proximately a leser amount of the J
annual budget ti being exnended for
the national iiofenso now than In the
fiscal year, 19 IS. In the latter year,
24.8 per cent of appronrlatlons were
for national defense, whereas the ap
propriations actusly made for the
national defense for the fiscal year
1924 were 14.5 per cent of the to
tal. "It -is an lmnortant fact that the
4)laclflcists erect the figure of 85.8 as
a means of propaganda only. When
they come to urging their views on
congress they concentrate their en
tire effort on the purpose reported
by the figure of 14.5 per cent for na
tional defense.
"Including public debt payments In
the classification of military expen
ditures, as in the misleading chart.
appears to have been done with the
Intent to deceive the public."
Referring to the amount actually
expended for national defense. Sec
retary Weeks declared It was bo
small a part of the total expenditures
that Abolishing the army and navy
could result in no appreciable reduc
tion in the cost of government.
Appended to Mr. Weeks' state
ment was an official chart prepared
by the war department In the
gfaphlc form to illustrate compari
sons between the regular army of the
United States and those of foreign
powers. "Active armies" of 92 8,uuu
men In Russia, of 750,000 in France,
75,000 In Japan, 270,000 in Great
(Continued on Page Six)
PLAGU
PACIFISTS
DENOUNCED
INVENT AIRPLANE THAT
UP, WITHOUT
DAYTON. Ohio. April 6. (By the
Associated Press) Flights of more
than 20 feet In height were made to
day with the DeBothciat helicopter,
an airplane that rises straight up In
the air without a running start.
While the flights were not of any
great duration, they -proved. Dr.
Oeorpe DeBotheznt, Inventor of the
machine aald, that with the new en
gine which has Just been Installed,
the machine will reach great heights
Heaviest 'April Snow
Since 1818 Falling
All. Over Montana
HELENA, Mont, April 6 With
4- a snowfall of nine Inches, since
early yesterday morning Helena
la having the heaviest April snow-
storm on record here for a two
day period. The only excess of
this was when twelve inches fell
here from April 6 to 11 In 1881.
Snow Is general throughout
Montana. Temperatures remain-
ed not far below freezing. The
value of the storm to the farms
and ranges Is said to be great.
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PRESIDENT WILL
Vice-President Silent On Own
Course in 1924 Writes
Questionnaire That Harding
Will Be Renominated and
Re-elected.
WASHINGTON, April C Respond
ing today to Inquiries as to his atti
tude toward 1924, Vice President Cool
idge predicted that President Hard
ing's re-nomlnation and re-election
would be demanded by the people bo
cause of the record of his administra
tion. The vice president declined to pre
dict what his own attitude would bo
toward re-nomlnation as Mr. Harding's
running mate, indicating that he did
not regard the present as an oppor
tune time for discussion of the subject,
, It was explained at Mr. Coolidge'a
office that he had made his position
regarding the presidential nomination
because of numerous questions ad
dressed to him and because of recent
newspaper speculation involving men
tion of his name In connection with
the party's 1924 ticket. He set this
telegram in reply to a questioner who
asked whether he believed President
Harding would be renominated and
whether he himself would again be
come a candidate for the vice presi
dency: "I believe the people will demnnd
the renomination and re-election of
President Harding becauBO of the
great record of accomplishment undor
his leadership.
"I have no announcement to make
at this timo of my owji plans for the
future."
HARDING 10 SPEAK
AT AUGUSTAGA.
" AUGUSTA, Ga., April ,6. With
only two days of his vacation remain
lug, President Harding hoped today
for better golfing weather. The pres-
Ident has been ablo to get in one
round daily all week, but often timo
April showers have gathered to break
Into the play. ,
The rains also have made the
roads between Augusta and Aiken
S. C, bad for motoring, and it ap
peared doubtful today whether Mr,
Harding would try to make tho trip
to the South Carolina city before
leaving here on Saturday night for
Washington.
Senator Phlpps of Colorado, who
is here for a visit with relatives, was
a member of the president's four
some today, along with former Sena-
jtors Hitchcock of Nebraska, and Fre
llnghuysen of New Jersey.
The president will make the first
speech of his vacation tonight at a
dinner to be tendered by the citizens
nf Augusta In his honor. The ad
dress Is expected to be brlof and of
an Informal nature.
ANY
and will be capable of making short
trips from one point to another.
Dr. DeBotheznt pointed out thnt as
tho nllot. who la Thurmnn Ueane
formerly commandant at McConk
field, becomes familiar with tne Men
copter, the flights are becoming more
successful.
On December 18 of last year, th
first flight was tnado and lasted on
minute and 45 seconds, during wnic
time the machine rose between al
and eight feet from the ground.
COOLIDG
SURE
BE CANDIDATE
RISES STRAIGHT
RUNNING START
CENSUS FIGURES
SHOW LEADING
CITIES GROWING
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.os Angeles Now Ahead of
Pittsburg and Ninth in Size
Frisco Also Leaps Ahead,
and Passes Buffalo Port
land Has 273,621.
WASHINGTON. April G. Several
changes in the relative size of the
large American cities are lnaicaieu
....... Ana.iu iinrefiii Tteuren unj-
no.i nn tha niuiumntion that growth
conditions prevulllng In lazu in
various localities are continuing.
ml.- BottmntAB eVinw that eight
of the fifty largest municipality
i.n,FA ...miiii-art f ml, nearest rivuis uu
that two have been shoved out of
na Mft.. liici-pAt nifigui. New York Is
shown to be approaching closely tho
6 000,000 mark, unicngo is nut
tvm a nnn nno mark. Phlladel-
uhln la nnnrlnir 2.000.000 and Detroit
is near to 1,000,000. There have been
no chunges In tne rann oi tn un
six largo cities.
TCnltimnt.n hna frnne ahead Of UOS
.n t.nw i-nnko n II MftVenth largest
city. Los Angeles has passea nu-
!....., an1 tnlrnn ninth . mnl(. San
Francisco has . grown larger than
Huifalo ana goes into eieveiun jiuh.-w
VHn.,on.,nlla hau mitcrrnwn two cities
r-ininnl nn.i KTau nrlnftna nnn now
V.IIIVII1IIU.I UIIU 4. .. w. . "
is sixteenth.',' Columbus, Ohio, has
passed Providence ana now ranas
,...nni...anvnnlh- Ulrmlnorham; Ran
Antonio and Dallas also have forged
Estimates for the larger cities
show probable totals as oi July i
1923, as follows.
Now York 6.027,826.
Chicago 2,886,181.
Philadelphia 1,028,788.
Detroit 096,608.
Cleveland 888,619,
St. Louis 803,863.,
Baltimore 773,860. '
Roaton 770.400. ,' ' ' ' ' '
Los Angeles 000,853.
Pittsburg 613,442.
SAN FRANCISCO 636,068..
Seattle not estimated.
Portland, Ore., 278,621.
Oakland, 240,080.
Denver 272,031.
Salt Lake City 126,241.
Spokane 104,67a.
PAY DAY: VISITS OF
PE
L
SPOKANE, April 0. An optlmls-
tic report concerning conditions sur
rounding disabled veterans of tho
world war was given hero today by
C. Hamilton Cook, national com
mander of tho Disabled American
Veterans of the world war, upon his
arrival on a nation-wide inspection
tour.
The condition of disabled service
men had been Improved he said since
tho establishment of the veterans'
bureau. One condition which ho said
demanded remedying was "monthly
visits on puy day to hospitals where
veterans are being cored for, of dope
peddlers, liquor merchants and pro
moters of bum Btocks."
Request for an appropriation for
erection of four national orpnnnages
for the care of orphans of world war
veterans will be made of the next
congress. Commander Cook Buid. This
and a ackj of sufficient doctors ror
care of disabled veterans in hospitals
wore characterized as the greatest
needs as he had found them.
Commander Cook was met hero by
C. 8. Halvorscn of Seattle, state com
mander of the Disabled Veterans of
Washington and Edward Shochan
commander of the Seattle post.
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NEW YORK, April . Miss Bcs
lo McMuhon of Buffalo, N. Y., and
Mrs. Irene Blandino of Jersey City,
N. J... were found, murdered with
their throats cut, along an Isolated
roadside at Dongan Hills, Staten
Island, early today. The police be
Hove they were murdered elsewhere
and their bowea thrown from an
automobile.
A milkman discovered the bodies,
Both girls were well dressed.
The bodies were found on each sldo
of a road in an isolated section. There
are few houses In the neighborhood
and the roadside is covered with
brush.
The police recall that the section
has been marked by bootleggers' ac
tlvilles during the past winter.
small creek which rum runners used
to operate small boats runs near the
roadside.
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Photo Just received from. London nhova Princess Mnry and her hus
band, Vificount Luacellos, with their Uttlo Bon, who will bo christened
HanKM lUnnnxif T-Inliftff
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I'OIl'riiAXn, Ore., April .
DiKtrlct lOiiKlnwr V. ill. Pur
coll or tho Unilul Suites burcuit
of roads unuoiinmt today Unit
early In Slay bids for surfacing
14 mllin of tho Mcilfiml-Cratcr
liiiko highway from Union Creek
to tho park boundary will" bo
opined.
On April 21 bids will lxi
opened for tho (n'lidliig and
graveling of 0.11 miles of forest
rond on tho Inland ICnipIro
highway, south from lluglies,
Wash., In Ferry county. This will
bo a iirty-flfty suite mid federal
projtxrt
Piircell siUil reports Indicated
Mt'Kcnzlo Miss would bo open to
travel this year probably a
month curlier than over before.
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LONDON. April 0. (By tho As
sociated Press) The untimely death
of tho Earl of Carnarvon before ho
could reap tho full harvest of his
Egyptian discoveries appeals doeply
to popular sympathy hero and many
appreciative editorials and obituary
notices nppear in tho press today.
Theso articles emphasizo among
other things tho loas which Egypt
ology hns suffered In the denth ot tho
man who has brought to It energy
and enterprise and wealth.
The carl's trends hero bellovcd hlB
health suffered from his activities
connected with the work ; at King
Tutenkhamen's tomb. To this wore
added the excitement and worry fol
lowing tho great discovery, with the
result that ho pecamo weakened
physically and was therefore less able
to resist the attack ot illness that
proved fatal.
Carnarvon- Is credited with having
said recently that ho was "worried
to death" by tho countless tolegrnma,
letters and requests of all kinds from
tho archaeloglsts and learned socie
ties. Tho disposition of tho lata earl's
rare collection of antiques at his
country eea already has bocome a
question of public Interest. Itocog
nlzed as one of tho most important
private collections In tho world, the
Curnnrvon treasures Includo many
rarities of all periods. Tho gem of
the collection la said to be a portrait
statuette of Thotmciw II, which was
found in Egypt during tho war. Car
narvon paid some thousands of
pounds for the II 1 1 In treasure, which
la about seven inches In height and
la mado of solid gold. It dates back
to approximately 1560 It. C. Whether
the earl disposes of hla collection In
hli will Is unknown.
OPEN BIOS FOR
CRATER HIGHW'Y
PAVING IN MAY
, .
WARSAW, April 0. -(By the Asso
elated ProsB.) Tho foellng aroused
In Poland by the execution of Mon
slgnor Butchkavltch In Moscow and
tlie' Imprisonment by the soviet au
thorities of other Catholic dlgttarlos
was voiced in an Immense mass
meeting here yesterday followed by
a processlson in which at lenat 100,
000 pooplo are estimated to bavo tak
en part.
A delegation presented Premier
Slkorskl with resolutions protesting
against the execution of Butchkav
ltch and demanding that the Polish
government Intervont energetically in
favor of the priests imprisoned in the
Boviot capital. ,
M. Slkorskl assured tho demonstra
tors that all precaution would be ta
kent to prevent communists from dis
turbing the Interior order of Poland.
The government, he added, would do
everything possible to protect the
Poles In Russia but it must to obtain
tho best results, harmonize Its action
wilth that of the other countries and
particularly with that of the Vatican.
Upon the beginning of tho demon-
siruuon tne peace inrew coraons
around the soviet and Ukrainian le
gations to prevent possible disorders
there.
IS SWEPT BY FIRE,
FIREMAN KILLED
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., i April
One man was dead, two more wdrt
painfully injured and more than 300
persona deprived Of their personal
effects and clothing today as a result
ot fire labs . yesterday which m de
stroyed the Arlington hotel, the old
est in Hot Springs, with a loss which
approached $1,500,000. -.- .
Uoorgo Ford, John Wood and But
ler Brown, Hot Springs firemen, were
(rushed beneath a falling wall lato
lust night as they were working a
hose line in the ruins. Ford died.
All guests and employes of the
burning hotel escaped without se
rious injury. Tho slope of tho moun
tainside on which the hotel stood Al
lowed those within to gain the open
air by rear exits which opened on the
steop incline. Firemen climbing to
front wlndow.t safely brought to tie
ground half a hundred persons who
had been cut off from stairs and rear
windows by the dense smoke and
flames. , ,
insurance on t.in Arlington' nol.M
proi-erty was said to be approximate
ly halt million. dollars.
Statue 5200 Years
Old Dug Up in
Mesopotamian Wilds
PHILADELPHIA, April 6. A
Btatue B200 years old has been
unearthed In Mesopotamia by the
Joint expedition of the Unlver-
sity pf Pennsylvania and the Brit-
lsh museum, according to a re-
port received today by Dr.
4 Gearge A. Borden, director of
the University museum.
The report said the statue was
4 found while unearthing the Zlg-
gurat gate on the site ot Ur ot
the Chaldees.' It la a dlorlte
Btatue of Ennantum, king of La-
gash, who reigned in 3200 B. C,
and was said to be one ot the old-
4 ost In existence.
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MILLIONS PART
OF MAIL LOOT
Robbery of Truck Last Mon
day Rich -Haul Paper
Lacks Signature - of Vice
President of Bank Richest
Load Missed.
ST. LOUIS, April 0. Registered
bonds of the St. Louis fodoral land
bank amounting to 2, 139, 900 were in
the loot obtained by five bandits who
last Monday morning hold up a mall
trusk in, the heart of tne downtown
business section hero, according to
Information obtained today by t the
St. Louts Post dispatch.-
The bonds, printed in Washington,
wero being sent to the bank here.
They lacked., the signature ... of th
vice-president and secretary of the
bank but postal authorities bolleve
the bandits would not hesitate to
forgo these signatures, the Post Dls
putch says.
Tho stolon land bank bonds wero
In numbor and denomination as fol
lows: Ton of 40; 20 of 100i 500 of
1000; 25 of $25,000 and 160 of (10,
000 and 25 of $500.
The total of other bonds taken, It
was learnod by the Post Dispatch
was approximately $225,000, of
which 181,260 nt least were nego
tiable. It also was learned that shortly
before the holdup, tho nrmored truck
with ton pouchos of registered mail,
containing many valuable packages
for largo downtown bnnks and trust
companies, wore dollvered at central
postofflce and the bandits thus
missed these pouches. Thoy obtain
ed nino pouches ot registered mail. .
HUGE SEIZURES BY
WAHINOTON, April 6. Property
valued at $9,697,477 was seized dur
ing 1922 In the enforcement of pro
hibition, and ot this amount $2,969,
000 worth was dosfroyed.
' A yearly oummary made public to
day at prohibition headquarters,
showed that during the year prohi
bition agents seized 421,838 gallons
of spirits and 4,188,875 gallons of
mult liquors, of which 160 759 gal
lons ot spirits and 3,782,173 gallons
ot malt liquors were destroyed.
Fourteen prohibition agents were
killed during the year and 49 In
jured. Arrests numbered 60,019 and
automobiles seized 3,573, valued at
$1,709,000.
The number of Illicit distilleries
seised were 10,351 and the number of
stills 13,143. There were taken 119
boats and launches valued at $806,
000. II
BY
NEW YORK,' April 6 The atti
tude of persons In "high official and
professional" positions who tacitly
accept violation of the prohibition
laws by purchasing "bootleg" liquor
Is a serious thought, Federal Prohi
bition CommlBlBoner Haynes declared
111 an address here today before the
annual New York Methodist Episco
pal conference. "It Is not to be won
dered at that bootleggers and crim
inals will violate the law,- but It is
difficult to understand how promin
ent clubmen, business and profes
sional men become parties to such
things, he said.
Commissioner Haynes ' declared
there "Is a fixed purpose, an unre
lenting spirit, organized and equlp-
o
WORTH
3-CORNERED
LEGAL FRAY
SIS KLAN
Dismissed Knights Petition for
Receiver, While Wizard and
Emperor Seek Control of
Internal Affairs - Charge
Rule By Blackmail.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 6. The con
test for control of the Ku Klux Klan
became three-cornered today when
appointment of a receiver for the
order was asked In a petition pre
sented to Judge E. D. Thomas of the
Fulton county superior court by W.
H. Terrell, attorney for Harry B. Ter
rell and others of the so-called mem
tag of the insurgent faction who were
dismissed from membership some
months ago following litigation in
volving the klan.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 6. Internal
affairs of the Knights ot the Ku Klux
Klan today continued uncertain while
the court of Judge B. D. Thomas waa
occupied with arguments of counsel
on the order ot Judge Thomas that
W. J. Simmons, emperor of the klan,
show cause why injunctions brought
by him and hlB supporters on last
Monday should not be dismissed. The
injunction sought to displace Dr. W.
H. Evans from office of imperial
wizard. '
At the same time court was con
fronted by an amendment to the
original Injunction which charged
that Evans and F. L. Savage, his,
chief of staff, had appropriated klan
funds for their personal , use.-.. The
amendment was filed late yesterday
by J. V., Appole of counsol for Sim
mons. "'
The! third feature on which the in
terest of the membership centered '
was the statement of Emperor Slm.
mons issued last night which charg
ed that the klan, under Its present
administration had become a govern
ment by blackmail.
Simmons charged that paid spies
were being maintained by the present
administration within the k taverns ot
every organized klan In the nation to
report on the conduct and Utter
ances of klnnsmen. During the
month of March, he said, more than
$08,000 had been drawn from the
treasury to pay expenses ot tills de
partment. Man Charged With
Murder, in Plea
Supposes He's Guilty
TACOMA, April 6. "I Bup-
poBe I am guilty," Pat J.
O'Donnell told Judge W. D.
Ask run when he was arraigned
in superior court today for the
murder ot Martin Olson of
Elbe early yesterday morning.
Olson was shot through the
heart near Eatonvllle while
tour men were on an automobile
Joy ride. .
. O'Donnell told the Judge he.
had no Intention of killing any-
one and that he had been drink-
ing and did not know how he
happened to Bhoot Olson, whom 4
he called a close friend.
Judge Askren refused to al-
low a plea of murder In the
second degree from O'Donnell
because the element of Intent
was lacking. Prosecutor J. Wl
t Seldon refused to permit a plea
of guilty to manslaughter and
O'Donnell was remanded for
trial oh a second degree charge.
REG BOOZE
CHIEF IN ADDRESS
ped today," to support enforcement
ot, tho eighteenth amendment. ,
Census bureau statistics, Mr.
Haynes said, showed that the death
rate per 1,000 in New York state
from alcoholism decreased from 6.4
In 1919, the last full year before the
prohibition amendment became ef
fective, to 1.2 In 1920.
Figures also were cited by Mr.
Haynes showing that the averaga
number of arrests for drunkenness
In 26 cities In New York state, In
cluding New York City, In the years
1919 and 1920 decreased 54 per cent
from the average number for the two
years 1916 and 1917. The decrease.
In Hew York Cltq, he Bald, was 42
per cent.
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