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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, 'APRIL 11, 19U3
NO. 17
VERY FICKLE
NOTE SHOWS
Ankhsamen, While Body Still
On Bier, Wrote King of Hit-
r tites for One of His Sons
Royal Romance Halted By
Abdication of Ay.
LUXOR, Egypt, April 11. (By Asso
ciated Press). An ancient Hittlte doc
ument recently unearthed in Anatolia
discloses, aq amazing royal romance
in which Queen Ankhsamen, consort
of Pharaoh Tutenkhamun, was one of
' the principals. It also appears that
the queen was banished by Tutenkho
num's successor, the Pharaoh Ay.
This valuable document has been
translated by Professor Archibald II.
Sace, one of the leading Babylonian
and Egyptian scholars of Great Bri
tain. It reveals the extraordinary fact
that while King Tutenkahmun's body
was still upon its' bier awaiting burial
bis 27 year old wife dispatched an am
bassador to the king of the Hittites,
who was then besieging the ancient
city of Carchemish, between Mosul
and Damascus, to Induce the king to
give her one of his sons in marriage.
The king of the Hittites apparently
doubted the motives and good faith of
the Egyptian queen. He replied to
her overtures: "The son of your lord
(the king) where, is he? . Have you
deceived me? The general of the army
(Horemheb) has not nominated my
son to the kingship?"
The queen thereupon rejoined:
"What is this you say? I have de
ceived you. It I had a son and my
people had a ruler I would not have
sought the hand of a man from anoth
er country. No one has had children
by me. I have no son. Give me one
of your sons as my husband and he
shall be king of the land of Egypt."
The document shows that the royal
romance was almost completed by the
king of the Hittites giving the fair
Buitor one of his sons, but just as the
marriage was about to be celebrated
King Ay seized the throne of Egypt,
and the helpless queen was banished.
Present history and archaelogy
show no trace of Queen Ankhsamen.
She seems to have disappeared from
view - after King Ay usurped the
throne. It Is known only that she was
the real inheritor of the throne anil
that Tutcnkahmun owed his kingship
entirely to her rights of royal succes
sion. It is presumed that Ay's motive
in banishing her was to prevent a for
eigner from ruling over Egypt, espec
ially a hated Nlttia.
American archaeologists who gave
the text of this document to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent say the
Hittlte narrative makes it extremely
unlikely that the body of Queen
Ankhsamen will be found in the. royal
'jiecropolis.
FIGHT K. K. K. RAID
ON G.S. V. MEET
NEW ORLEANS; April 11. Re
nnrta that nn attemut might bo made
nt the convention of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, which opens
here tonight to swing the organiza
tion In fnvor of the Ku Klux Klan
through the election of officers
friendly to It. were substantiated to
dny by Cnrl Hlnton of Denver, Colo.,
adjutant in chief of the Son's asso
ciation. "With our Information buttressed
hv the nndlnnutcd evidence of what
was to be nttempted, the friends of
the Sons of Veterans rallied to tnip
port a counter move that would kill
fff nil attempts of the klan to inject
Itself Into the convention and to keep
the reunion free from nny political, or
religious Issue," said Mr. Hlnton. -
it
FLEET" NOT
ADMITS, SOURCE OF BOOZE SUPPLY
NEW YORK, April 11. "Rum row,"
is not a myth dreamed by reporters,
but Is a tangible thing supplying much
of the liquor being smuggled into the
United States, Palmer Canfleld, the
new federal prohibition director for
New York and northern New Jersey,
has admitted.
The New York Herald published to
day an Invitation or Mr. Canfleld to
newspapermen to accompany the
party of prohibition enforcement offic
Important Changes in
Oregon Game Laws
Effective This Year
, PORTLAND, Ore., April 11.
Important changes in open sea-
sons for game In Oregon have
been approved by the state com-
mission. The changes will be et-
fectlve this year and deputy
game wardens throughout the
state will be instructed to an-
nounce and enforce them at once.
' The open season on deer effec-
tlve in all sections of the state,
will be from September 10 to
October 31, instead of August 20
to October 31, as formerly.
AIM OFJGION
Corrupt Exploitation Must End
Says Owsley Renew Ef
fort to Root Out Inefficiency
Ugly Rumors Afloat to Be
Probed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 11. There
must be an end to corrupt exploita
tion of the veterans' bureau, Alvin
Owsley, national commander of the
American Legion declared today be
fore the annual reunion here of the
United Confederate veterans, adding
that the legion favors an immediate
investigation of that department.
"The legion seeks to renew the
thought of America's debt to her ex
soldierB and stands for an honest,
straight-forward, sympathetic treat
ment of her veterans," he said.
"There must be an end to the cor
rupt exploitation of our veterans' bu
reau. I shall not dwell upon the
frauds and cheats perpetrated there,
but it is fair and timely to say that
the American people will no longer
tolerate political inefficiency in that
bureau.
"Unbellevablo as it is that respon
sible leaders in high positions would
barter and trado for political gain
while men with broken bodies and
shattered minds continue to wait
hopefully for deserved and promised
succor, wo have Colonel Forbes him
self as authority for the statement
that partisan politics has been prac
ticed in the veterans' bureau. If his
stutment is correct and he Bhould
know better than other men then
we should unite to put an'end to this
practice.
"The now director should . start
wllh a clean Blate. For that reason
the American hegion favors an imme
diate,, thorough and courageous in
vestigation of tho veterans' bureau.
Ugly rumors have been afloat. Tho
truth or falsjty of them should he es
tablished without delay. It is not
fair for the new administration of
the veterans' bureau to Btart under
a cloud."
WEARERS OF GREY
BEGIN REUNION
NEW ORLEANS. April 11.
Thousands of grey clad veterans who
answered the call to arms of '61 as
sembled today for tho first session
of the 33rd nnnual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans.
The convention was culled to order
by General H. C. Rogers, commander
of the Louisiana division of the vete
rans' organization.
After the invocation and addresses
of welcome and responses, General
Rogers turned the convention ''over
to General Julian S. Carr, commander
in chief, who will- preside until after
the election of officers tomorrow.
MYTH DRY CHIEF
ials who are arranging to visit the
tatterdemalion fleet anchored off the
New Jersey and Long Island coasts.
"I am satisfied that an official sur
vey of the armada is necessary before
we can stop its operations," Mr. Can-
field declared.
"Before we can dry up New York
we must get to the source of supply
and use a legal stranglehold In putting
a stop to the flow of whiskey emanat
ing therefrom.". ... ,
BAR
POLITICS
TERAN BUREAU
ERIN FREE STATE
DEALT BLOW BY
DEATH, OF LYNCH
Irregular Leader Dies From
Wounds Received During
Capture DeValera Flees
From Conference Irish
Weary of Fighting.
DUBLIN, April 11. (By the As
sociated Press) The death of Llam
Lynch who succumbed last night to
wounds received when he was cap
tured by free stnto troops near New
Castle yesterday morning, will Be a
serious blow to the irregulars, it Is
believed here. Lynch, as chief of
staff of tho republican army, was the
man most Intimately associated
with Samon DeValera.
"Tho capture; ot Llam Lynch by
soldiers of the froe state," says the
Irish Times, inflicts a heavy blow on
the forces in arms against it. Dur
ing recent months he had been the
real leader of the republican' extrem
ists. DeValera was the figurehead,
but Lynch was the brain that kept
south Ireland in its present sorry
condition of disorder and alarm. '
"A strong fighter, with a good
grasp of guerilla tactics, he made
more than any other man, has kin
dled the temper of revolt and pro
longed the resistance. '
"There is plenty of evidence that
tho rank and file of southern repub
licans and some of their military
leaders are weary of tho barren con
flict and realize .that however pro
longed, it can have only one end."
BELFAST. April 11. When the
Irish free state forces yesterday cap
tured Llam Lynch, the republican
chief of staff, who afterwards died
from his wounds, he had been con
forring with a party of the highest
republican leaders, among whom was
DeValera. . .
Mr. DeValera's flight from the
conference was so hurried that he did
not have time to don his coat or cap,
which remained in the hands of the
free staters, as trophies.
Others at the conference were
Countess Marklevecz, Dan Breen,
Miss Mary MacSwiney and Miss
Barry, sister of Kevin Barry.
It is asserted that the republicans,
who were without outposts, opened
fire on the free state troops, who had
nearly surrounded the houso where
tho conference was in progress.
LONDON, April 11. (By Associated
PreBs). Eamon DeValera, the republi
can leader, has been captured, accord
ing to a Central News dispatch this
niurning.
. DUBLIN, April 11. (By Associated
Press). Free state army headquar
ters this afternoon otfloially contra
dicted the report that Eamon De
Valera had been captured.
WASHINGTON, April ill. Presi
dent Harding will confer before the
end of the week with the full mem
bership of the shipping board to dis
cuss tho new merchant marine policy
to bo Inaugurated as a result of the
administration shipping bill. The
board, under the direction of Chair
man Lasker, who accompanied the
president on his southern trip has
been at work preparing details of
alternative plans for dissolution or
government owned tonnage. One
plnn would provide for continued
government operation and the other
contemplates the sale of the govern
ment fleet at the best possible prices
on condition that boats now In oper
ation be continued on their prosent
routes.
DROPS A CENT
NEW YORK, April 11. Tho price
of foreign sliver in the local market
today dropped one cent an ounce to
65Kc or nearly SHc below the year's
high, established less thnn a month
ago. Bullion dealers declared this
drop was In further reflection of the
recent announcement i tho diroctor
of tho mint that purchases of domes
tic silver at II an ounce under tho
Plttmnn art would cease July 1 thus
throwing the domestic metal into
competition with that mined abroad.
Confers with Harding.
WASHINGTON. April 11. Acting
Attorney General Seymour conferred
today with President Harding and
left soon afterward for New York,
where the department of Justice is
Investigating sugar prices.
Her Gay Parties Drew;
Colonel9 s Criticism;
So Her Husband Sues
" v . Sf h5t :y
Mrs. e.H. Randle
CAPT. E. H.RANPLE
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. For the first tune in tlie-history of the
United States Army, an officer has brought action against another
in civil court. Capt. Edwin H. Randle, who is suing Col. A. L. Conger,
commanding officer of his regiment at Fort Sam Houston, asks
$100000 damages for alleged statements defaming the character of
Capt. Randle's young and beautiful wife, and criticizing parties
S'e Capt. Randle requested a court of inquiry, which has evidently-'
lot been granted. . Pressure is said to have been brought upon Col.
Jonger to .retract, and he is said to have made a statement before
officers of "the regiment in which he declared he had no intention of
defaming the Randies. . This did not satisfy Capt. Randle, however,,
nusliinir a civil suit.
EURTI
TO
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
highest' bids for 890.000,000 feet of
timber on the watershed of the Sll
vies river, Malheur national forest,
eastern Oregon was 12.80 a thousnnd
feet for the yellow pine the principal
timber; (1.05 for Douglas fir and 55
cents for other species, the forest
service announced todny. Tho finan
cial standing of the bidder is being
investigated beforo award. -
It Is estimated that the sale will
bring into tho treasury more than
$2,250,000 in the next twenty yoars.
The contract requires building ' of
a rnllroad 80 miles long across the
Harnoy valley to BurnB. now : the
largest city in Oregon without a rnll
road. "Thegovernmcnt," according to 13.
E. Carter in charge of national forest
timber sales, "proposes to opon up
the region on the basis of a perpetual
supply of forest products and the
forest service estimates that 60,000,
000 feet of government yellow pine
nnd timber may bo Cut yearly for all
time from this logging chunco, be
sides some timber from land privately
owned. This means to the local In
dustries, a continuous stream of raw
material, permanent supplies nnd
stable employment for woods and
mill workers.
SIEMENS TRIAL
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April 11.
The Jury which triod J. W. Siemens
and J. W. Siemens, Jr., on charges of
misapplication of funds of the First
State and Savings bank, after delib
erating until midnight, retired and
resumed consideration of the case tills
morning.
Meanwhile a Jury was obtained to
day to try the two Siemens and Mar
shall Hooper, a former officer of tho
bank, on a charge of granting an ex
cessive loan. The court will be unable
to proceed in the second trial, how
ever, until records in possession of
the first Jury are released.
New Political Party.
WASHINGTON, April 11 Rovlval
of the old time town meeting as a
means of developing an "intelligent
electorate" and stimulating popular
participation In national .affairs Is
tho aim of Uncle Barn's Votors, a new
organization described as a "non
profit, non-pnrtlsan federation" Ir
an announcement from its Washing
ton headquarters. Ira N. Morris, for
mer minister to Sweden, was an
nounced as president.
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EARLYMSTSIN
SALT LAKE SOCIETY
SALT LAKE CITY, April 11. In
formation charging murder in the
first degreo was expected to be filed
hero today against ono or more per
sons In connection with, the slaying
of Benjamin F. Ballantyno, former
bank teller, in his home In n fashion
able part of tho city last Monday, It
wns said here.
County Attorney Arthur E. More
ton and other officials who 'aro In
vestigating tho killing declined to
Bay. definitely what disposition would
bo mode of Mariner A. Browning and
John Browning, Jr., cousins, hold In
connection with Ballantyne's death.
They wore arrested ot the Ballantyne
homo after the shooting and Mariner,
tho police idedared, confessed he
shot Ballantyne In self-defense.
Tho shooting wns the outgrowth
of an attempt, according to the police
by tho two Brownings to Induce Mrs.
Ballantyno to leavo her husband and
return to tho homo of her father,
John M. Browning, gun inventor, In
Ogdcn. . '
Ballantyno in a deathbed stntemont
denied ho nttumpted to kill either of
(he Brownings. John Browning, Jr.,
is a son of tho Inventor. ,
HELD TO TRIAL
VANCOUVER, Wash., April. 11.
Illle Page, 17, -suspected of, ,,wrftiri
and sending blackmail , lottcr -lo
Vancouvor residents was hold ,to top
federal grand Jury at Tacoma by
United Btutcs Commissioner Klrwln
following a hearing yesterday k In
which 'the 'defense, declined to iiffer
any evidence. Tho young woman's
bonds were fixed at $1200 In lieu of
which she wns token to Tacoma by
a deputy United States marshal... .
LONDON, April 11 (By tho As
Boclated Press) Tho houso of com
mons was ndjournod by tho speaker
tills evening lierauso of disorders In
the rhomber. Tho adjournment In
tcrrupted the government's effort to
obtain the adaption of a motion sim
ilar to the one on which It was de
feated last night.
Walla Walla Convict
Hides Under Floor,
Fed By Cellmate
WALLA WALLA, Wash.,
April 11. Officials at the state
penitentiary today bad not as-
certuined whether more than
one other convict was connect-
ed with J. L. Wilson, in one of
the most ingenious attempts at
escape in the history of the lo-
cal Institution. Wilson with the
aid ot one known man, had hid-
-den hlmsolf under the floor of
the old Jute mill Just Friday.
Officials have ascertained that
the man was fed by this convict
4 during the time he was under
the floor of the penltontiary.
Wilson, it is said, had planned
to Bpond several days in his hid-
! ing place and then when extra
guards were removed he would
go over the wall.
NEXT DECEMBER
NOT ADVISABLE
Efforts Directed to Decrease
Surtax Sen. Smoot Op
poses Plan Disturbing Ele
ment to Business No Early
Change Unless Needed.
WASHINGTON, April 11. Belief
that It would be Inexpedient for con
gress at Its December sosslon to
undertake revision of the federal tax
laws wns expressed by Senator Smoot
republican, Utah, who Is In line for
tho chairmanship of tho senate fi
nance committee after a discussion
today of tax problems with President
Harding.
The opinion expressed by Senator
Smoot follows closoly upon a state
ment made by Secretary Mellon fore
casting that tho treasury might ro-
'new Its endeavors to docrease the
surtax rate from the present 60 per .
cent to 25 per cent and also the I
statement made at the White House
yesterduy that Prosldont Harding in
event of a revision of taxes would
prefer a reduction all ulong the line.
Senator Smoot said he subscribed
fully, to tho president's view that If
any reduction were mnda it should be
applied to all federal taxes, but added
that revision ut the next session of
oongress must necessarily be based
on congressional work. He pointed
eut that not until after the payment
ot the June Installment of income
and other federal tuxes would it be
possible to estimate in any way the'
excess of government receipts over
expenditures and added that oven
thon It would bo a mere estimate. -
Presont tax laws, In the opinion of
Senator Smoot, are iworklng satis
factorily and unless grievous faults
are found, ho said, he personally
would prefer to await at least a your
beforo undertaking any revision,
Revision of the federal tax system
always affocts business and lends un
certainty to the state ot the business
world, tho Utnh senator said, adding
that he thought American business
will bo entitled to proceed for a pe- j
rlod at least, without the disturbing:
elements which arise from tinkering
with the tax laws.
NEW YORK "Broadway's white
lights may remain but the hilarious
light of liquid Joy must go," Prohibi
tion Commissioner Canfleld said, and
asserted "we will make New York
'dry' or bust and we won't bust."
, LONDON Lady Astor won a vic
tory over the "wets" in the house of
commons when an amendment to her
"dry" bill which she opposed, was defeated.
REVISION SURTAX
NEW CANADIAN RULING PUTS CRIMP
IN BOOTLEGGING BUSINESS AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 'll. Action ot
the Canadian government in order
ing discontinuance of the practice un
der which liquor carrying vossols
were permitted to clear for deep sea
without specifying a destination
means the death knell of rum run
ning on Pugat Sound, John A. Frater,
assistant United Statos district attor
ney here said today. Announcement
of the new ordor was made at Vic
toria, B. C. yesterday.
In the past Mr. Frater said, Seat
tle's rum fleot loaded at Victoria and
Vancouver, cloarod tor "deep sea"
pretending a destination at iom
Mexican port and hurried Into Fugol
MADMEN
P
Insane and Desperate Crimi
nals at Matte wan Asylum
Cow Keepers, and Escape in
Highpowered Auto Break
Is Spectacular and Still at
Large.
POUQHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. April 11.
In a running gun fight, three - of
the four men who escaped from Mat
tea wan state hospltut early today
wore captured near Kent, Conn., this
afternoon. The fourth escaped. '
MATTEWAN, N. Y., April 11. Four
desperate and Insane criminals made
a spectacular escapo from the Matte
wan state hospital early today, in
the break for freedom they made
threatening use of a smuggled revol
ver, bound two guards and locked
them up alter taking their keys from
them, and kidnaped two other guards
and the institution chauffeur.
The three kidnaped men were re
leased several miles north ot Pough
keepsle, but all trace ot the fugitives
was lost.
John Hawkins, New York, charged
with murder.
James Coffey, 25, New York, said by
the police to be a notorious fur thief.
Marquis Curtis, 47, with a long pris
on record; admitted to the hospital
after being arrested on a charge ot
feloniously possessing explosives. 1
Frank James, 22, ot Brooklyn, "'
charged with burglary.
All four men were Inmates ot a sec
tion of the Institution in which the
most quiet patients are confined. One
of them obtained' a Tevdlver,' which'
institution officials believe was smug
gled In from the outside. About 1:30
a, m. the men held up Harry. Wilson,
night watchman, bound him and gag
geed him and locked him in a bath '
room after taking from him his keys. '
The keys, however, enabled them to
get only as far as the corridor. Here
they concealed themselves until James
Coyle, a guard, approached on his
rounds. They punched Coyle in the
face, shoved the revolver in bis ribs
and forced him into the key room. On
their way they met another attendant,
Edward Dllger, to whom they adminis
tered the some treatment. After get
ting the keys to the outer doors the
quartet forced Coyle and Dllger to
accompany them. On their way to
the hospital garage they met a third
guard, William Wilson and compelled
him to Join the party.
In attempting to start an automobile
they aroused Leroy Krom, hospital
chauffeur who was promptly taken
captive.
The fugitives made Krom start tho
big touring car ot Dr. 'Raymond F. C.
Kleb, hospital superintendent. They
locked William Wilson in the garage
but took Couyle, Dllger and Krom with,
thorn. Hawkins drove tho car. Near ,
Foughkeepste 'they turned the two '
guards and the chauffeur loose. The
automobile-was found abandoned near - '
Poughkeepsle. , i
WALLA WALLA," WaBh., April' 11.
Jerome Turner, age 73, prominent
In the Adventlst colony at College
Place, near here, where he had lived
for the past 27 years, died this morn- :
ing. Among surviving children are: .
Clarence Turner of Bellingham; Mrs.
Minnie Tlnsley of Seattle; Mrs. Opha
Kills of St. Maries, Idaho; Dwigut,
Alonzo and Lon Turner ot Lewlstown, -!
Mont ; ;
Sound, safe from molestation by Can
adian authorities. '. . :
"Up W now," Mr.- Frater aaldi ;
"there has been no trouble In secur
ing a cargo. The fight was to get It
ashore In or near Seattle. Now the
difficulties ot the rum runners will
be more than doubled."
Federal prohibition agents assert
ed that the cost ot bonded liquors In
Seattle would rlBe to such a point
that the average man would be un
able to purchase them. Present
prices, they said, ranged in the neigh
borhood ot $7.50 to $lo a quart,
with Indications that the high mark
of $20 three years ago would bo
doubled shortly after the effect of
the Canadian order began to be felt,
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