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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction ' Fair Light to heavy frost Maximum yesterday..67 Minimum today 33.5 Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum .69, 3S Dally ElBhteenth Year, w-kly Fifty-Third Year. MEDFORD; OREGON,- THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1923 NO. 24 SUGAR FALLS FIFTYPOINTS v 1 MINUTES Sensational Collapse in N. Y. Market Follows Injunction By U. S. Govt. Against Sugar Gamblers Prices Later Recover President Harding Springs Surprise. WASHINGTON, April 19. Injunc tion proceedings to shut of trading in sugar futures were instituted in New York today by the federal govern ment. . - The government's bill prepared un der the personal direction of Attor ney General Daugherty after consul tation with President Harding, asks the court to permanently prevent the New York coffee and BUgar exchange from entering into or permitting any transactions in sugar, "unless the rcrson purporting to make such sale lias in his possession or under his: control a supply of sugar adequate to meet the requirements of such trans action." j The action is requested, the gov ernment says as a result of an "orgy of speculation," which has driven up the prices of sugar to the con sumer and which during February enriched the poeketbooks of brokers by $900,000. A "conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce," is charged and offi cials of the exchange and of the New York coffee and sugar clearing house association against which the in junction would be directed jointly with the exchange, are asked to ap pear In court and answer the govern nent'B allegations; V The court was advised in the bill that the exchange and tho clearing house association have no legitimate or uBeful parlj in marketing inter state and foreign commerce in raw and refined sugar, but "exist only as a means of contracting and speculat ing." As a result, it was added, price lev els are established which are "whol ly speculative and artificial." The proceedings are the most sweeping ever instituted by the fed eral government In its efforts to curb speculation in the necessities of life. The injunction petition was de cided upon after tho whole subject, including evidence gathered In New York and elrewhere bv department of Justice agents, had h"n discussed In detail by President Harding and his cabinet and after Attorney General Paiigherty, whl is ill at Aihvllle. N. C, had revised and approved the bill of complaint. Although the action today was a civil suit, Assistant Attorney General Sevmour announced Hint tho govern- j Ibent also was considering criminal ; proceedings under the Sherman law nnd was pursuing an investigation .long that line. Mr. Seymour sa'd further that the government probably would request the courts to declare Invalid tho In dividual contracts Involved In the speculation complained of and lasne an order preventing pettlements be tween traders. StiRnr liraps 50 Points NEW YORK, April 19. Raw sugar took a perpendicular drop of approximately fifty points on Ithe New York coffee and sugar exchange t( day upon receipt of word of the government's suit to enjoin trading In sugar futures. A checkup on the hectic trading In futures which took place on the sugar exchange folowlng news of the filing of the suit showed the tumble in futures ranged from 50 to 89 points. The drop was followed by a flly of 21 to 67 points, bringing prices within 19 to 30 points of the Ay's high. IContlnued on nae elahtl My FORD CAN'T CASH BALANCE IS NEW YORK, April 19 Henry Ford's rash balances still exceed liOO.000,000 in spite of his recent nu merous large purchases of coal pro perty, timber lands, water sites and other investments. It was declared to day in the Wall Street Journal, which published the Detroit capitalist's an swer to questionnaires. The manufacturer added that he had no present Intention of going into the market to borrow money. Police Called to Keep Order in D, A. R. Convention Hall WASHINGTON, April 19. Police were called upon today to assist in Dreservlne order at the Daughters of the American Revolution annual convention during the balloting in connec- tion with the triennial election Of officers: Several of the nearly 2,000 delegates were described as be- ing on the verge of hysteria. Firemen stationed at the con- vention hall as a precautionary measure assisted police officers in maintaining order. Exclte- ment was intense, the withdraw- al of Mrs. William Cumming Story of New York as a candi- date for president general, nar- rowing the race down to- Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of Washing- ton and Mrs. Anthony Wayne cook of Pennsylvania, having resulted in bitter feeling among a number of the delegations. U. S. AIR SERVICE TO SEND PLANES AROUND WORLD DAYTON, Ohio, April 19 That the records made by Lieutenants . Mac Ready and Kelly here this week? only precede still greater achievements of the United States air service was pre dicted by Brigadier General William Mitchell, assistant chief of the ser vice, at a reception given for the two fliers. "Providing the ship is ready. Lieu tenants Kelly and MacReady will start their non-stop trans-continental flight from New York to San Francisco with in a month. The flight which ended last night proves that such an under taking is entirely feasible," he said. -. "In May of 1924 we plan to send six airptaaes at a typo not yet determined upon, on a cruise around the world," General Mitchell said. He indicated that Kelly and MacReady would be among the pilots to undertake this trip. GIVE FARMER LOAN ON CANNED FRUIT SAN FRANCISCO, April 10. Farmers may obtain loans from fed eral loan banks on conned fruits, I . ..,!. Ina ,,, n,1 hnfltla. although those commodities are not directly specified in the rural credits biil which'permits farm loans on per sonal property. United"- states Sena tor Sairuel Khortridge was advised todav in n telecram from Judge Charles E. Lohdoll, chairman of the farm loan board in Washington. An interpretation m u V"""- M. Free -of Sa Jose! Cal.. in the In-1 ways, creation of a department of edu tcrest of ranners and farmers in the cation headed by a cabinet of fleer and San Jose region. ! the setting aside as a national holiday Dried fruits can also be listed as! of tho birthday of Benjamin Franklin. one of the commodities on which "personal property" loans may he made under the rural credits bill. Judge Lobdoll advised Senator Short ridge. FAVOR ABOLITION OF CALIF. LEGISLATURE SACRAMENTO, Cat, April 19. Senators Ilomiser, long Beach, and Dennett of Modesto announced they planned to introduce today a consti tutional amendment to propose abol ition of the legislature and in Its stead substitution of a council of state numbering 60 members. Bach mem ber would receive $5000 a year and the council would meet January 1 of odd years and remain in session untl all t business had been completed- SPEND HIS MONEY OVER $200,000,000 Among other things revealed by Mr. Ford was that the first step taken by him in the development of bis coal dis tribution was the letting of contracts for doubling the Rlrer Rogue coking ovens, lie said be was urging the advisability of putting coke ovens at ail his coal properties so that he may take advantage of numerous by-pro ducts of coal. HOODED BANDS ACTIVE AGAIN H BASTROP.LA. Paper Company Complains to Authorities That Klansmen Are Intimidating Workers Members of Klan Surrender to Sheriff Carpenter. BASTROP, La., April IS. Sheriff Fred Carpenter early today notified fifteen defendants in the Morehouse hooded band case to surrender to him at the hourthouse here today be fore noon. He said this method was adopted to save time. Three others charged in connection with the cases are out of the Jurisdiction of the sheriff. The state charges all de fendants are Ku Klux Klansmen, Smith Stevenson, Fred Higgin botham and Newt Gray surrendered to the sheriff. They said they were ready to make bond and would pre pare to fight the cases in court. Cap tain Skipworth, exalted Cyclops of the Morehouse Ku Klux Klan, tele phoned the sheriff he would surren der. Mnxnra! Tjt.. Anril 19 District Attorney ,David I. Garrett today was , investigating complaints submitted tol his office by the Bastrop Pulp and Paper company df Bastrop, that! hooded men have been prowling. about the premises of the company and that workmen have been intimi dated, it was learned here. D. A R. REQUESTS UN IN U. S. TO FIGHT REDS WASHINGTON, April 19 American women were called upon today by the Daughters of the American Revolution to put their strength into the - fight against communism and other radical doctrines. Following the line of denunciation of bolshevism in the opening address of Mrs. George Maynard Minor, president-general, the Daughters today adopted a resolution declaring It to be the duty of every patriotic woman to defend the country's ideals against false doctrines. Forms of radicalism, ever growing In volume, the resolution said, should serve as a spur to American women to inform themselves thoroughly in the principles of American government and tho excellence of Its Institutions so that coming generations might have the benefit of sound teaching. Resolutions also were placed before the convention today urging preserva- . , ,,, ainnIr natinnai high- BASEBALL SCORES Notional, Mornlns game: It. H. B. New York 4 Boston l l Benton, Kehf, Lucas and Gaston; Grenewieh, Cooney and O'Neill. Afternoon game: B. H. B New York 1 Boston .....3 6 2 J. Barnes, Blume and Bnyderi ilar- quard and Gowdy. At Brooklyn R. H. E. Philadelphia B 4 Brooklyn " 3 8 1 Batteries: Ring and lienline; Vance, Mammaux and Deberry. At Cincinnati It. St. Louis 11 ClnHnnati ,...8 Haines and Alnsmith; H. E. 14 : 1 1 Mack, Couch, Schncli, Abrams and Wlngo. American. B. ...., .4 H. E. Washington Philadelphia Moirridi?e snd Perkins. S 1 10 2 Hasty and Oharrlty, At Cleveland R. H. E. Chicago 6 9 2 Cleveland 6 14 9 Batteries: Learerette and Schalk; Edwards, Morton and Myatt, At New York Boston .. . New York R. M. E. . i'-S S . 8 10 0 Batteries: Ferguson, Murray, O'Honl and St hang. Devot-mer; Rush and LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING TONIGHT k-. D i if Mrs, Jackson Silbaugh The public Is Invited to attend the mass meeting of the Law Enforce ment conference at tho Presbyterian church, at 7:30 this evening. Mrs. Jackson Silbaugh, national lecturer for the W. C. T, V. and W. J. Herwlg, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league of Oregon will speak on Law Enforcement, Meetings of the conference with a number of local speakers including O. C. Boggs, Judge C. M. Thomas and Rev. J.. R. Sasnett have been to ses- sion ail day today, HE DANCES WITH DIVORCED WIFE THEN KILLS HER EL PASO, Texas, April 19. Luis Quintana, 13, and his divorced wife. y .s- i Ramona Quintana. 19, were tovmAtaon dead in an alley back of the woman! watt home here early this morning W guests at dance Riven In honor ofjto -onir., weighs over ISO pounds. the couple's three months old son. Luis and Bamona lived together two years. Then the woman charged him with being cruel and they sepa rated. But when the baby was christened, Luis left his work to coma dowB to the dance celebrating the christening of their infant son. Couples danced all night and for a while it looked as if Ramona and Luis would make up, according to the story gleaned from the dancers , !f Ramona and Luis went for a wallc.'"nd tho aerial and two hundred foot Luis pleaded In vain. After they had been away for an hour the dancers became uneasy nnd oriranlzlnv a search came across both bodies th, bullet wounds in their heads. "Bury my body with my wlfo," said a note found on Luis' person. 'Tho person who made us separate is to blame, 1 could not live with out her. MANY ARRESTS OF LOCAL VIOLATORS OF SPEED LAWS B. M. Brown, deputy state motor vehiclo inspector Is making his pres ence feit and In a large part on the poeketbooks of speeders. He ar rived from the north only a few days ago to assist J. J. McMahon. The county has recently put a new man on as traffic officer also, IJort Ingram. On April lth Brown arrested C. F. Srhmeer and Miss C. M. Richard son.'the latter a high school girl from Central point, for speeding. Both appeared before Justice Taylor, The Richardson case was transferred to the juvenile court and Srhmeer waa fined $IS on a plea of gulKy. On the nrst day McMahon arrest ed W. H. Rucker who pleaded guilty before Justice Taylor and was fined 120. On the same day Brown ar rested It. II. Morinn who waa-fined $10 before Justice Taylor after enter ing a plea at guilty. Yesterday, both Brown and Mc Mahon, according to report, chased V. C, Reed to Central Point, trying! to eatrh him all the way. Finally at Central Point he was brouaht to a stop, after runnine several miles. It Is claimed, at ie-mile an hour, He was taken before Justice Taylor and pleaded Rullty. A 159 fine and the revocation of his operator's license for a period of 30 days was the re sult. This morning Follx Bcin appeared before Taylor and was fined $10, after havinit pleaded xullty to speeding1 eoarjte. lie was nrrnted by County Traffic Officer Ingrain. MEDFORD RADIO SET IS STOLEN. CLUES LACKING Virgin's K. F. A, Y. Mtpr nkartnrs Frnm the! County Fair Grounds Sus pects It's Work of Yegg Reward Offered, A most surprising robbery took place one night this week, the time is not definitely known, when the broadcasting set, K. F. A. Y,, oper ated by W. J. Virgin and located in the women's building at the fair grounds, was stolen. The set is worth more than 1 1 000 and Mr. Virgin of fers as & reward a Federal receiving set with tubes, batteries and a Mag- navox, total value Jlou, to tho per son giving- information leading to the recovery of the set, Mr. Virgin had not been to the sta tion for about a week and when he went out yesterday afternoon to clean up, preparatory to a program Satur day night, he found that the building had been broken Into and the entire apparatus stolen. Tracks near the back door would indicate that a mo toeyele and side-car had been used by the robber. Beputy sheriff h. D. Forncrook was put on the job this morning but not a finger-print or clue of any kind could he fnunii. It tu ! h ...!!,. ,.f the authorities and Mr. Virgin that the set was taken three or four nights furnlslt under oath responses to a a8?" , . ' questionnaire covering labor condi- Arrangemcnts hart Just recently 7, . , T " A been completed to have the Ashland Uon" to lf maintenance depart Chamber of Commerce give regular menU. aDd tn general situation in programs, musiral numbers and talks regard to fitness of their equipment on the Rogue River valley and Cra- The companies were given until May tor lake. These programs were to 25 to reply. have started nert vreek and would . . Each railroad was uk for data as .nave been one of the best advertise- I . menta the valley ever had aa the sta- ; f fans from Canada to Mexico and the coast to New York state The set can be of no use to the person who stole It. unless it is wrecked and the. jt sola. ; To op- rate it one must obtain a license -.... . , ! I . . , . which would at nce lead to detec- une part .-of tbs set, tho 600 motor-generator made by tho ! .etrieai Specialty company of Stam- The motor-generator to of large enough capacity to operate a much larger station and Mr. Virgin had hopes of increasing the size of the station and its range la the future. He takes the loss philosophically and said this morninit, l put in my Ume and labor and $1000 or more on parts to advertise tha valley, if the people of Medford want to. I'll help them tn irn i I . A ... t a JS0 watt station and do things ngnt. It they'll buy the parts I"l put the station in. "Hm, I wonder why they didn't . .... c uit umiiw iya, isg aooa pianos " P"1 " "" "" Mi i TO Ol ui stuff they left behind In order to complete the jod. Well, If wa put in another station, I gtwsa we better have it down tows where we can watch it." Mr. Virgin states that the radio to one of the best ways en earth to ad vertise the beauties of southern Ore gon and the wonders of Crater lake Jo the world of tourtota who flock to' the Rocky Mountains and Pacific! Coast each summer. "Why, all these j fellows who spend their time and! money traveling and enjoying them selves are radio bugs," he says, "They all have seta, and use them too, GREAT MOUNTAIN OF WATER THRILLS MODERN MARINER TACOMA, April 18. A mountain of water that arose from tho sea waa described here today - by ' Captain George G. Mitchell of the Nawaco 'liner Brush. Captain Mitchell said that on the mornlns of March 20, while tho Brush was fifty miles off the coast of Mexico, sailors saw a long, unbroken black lino out to sea. This line approached the Brush rapidly, until it was sees it was a wail of water fall TO feet In height. The ship was made ready for the on slaught of the sea, and Captain Mitch all said when the water hit the vessel it seemed as though a great band grasped the ship and elevated it into the air. There waa not a breath of wind at the time. For six hours, the log of the Brush shows, the vessel wallowed in swells equal to those oft Cape Horn, The Brush was driven miles off her course. Captain Mitchell has sent the facta to the Boverntnent officials for an ex planation of the phenomenon and to discover if an earthquake under the bed of the ocean might have been responsible. Calif, Gov. Throws ' Out Labor Leader On Lobby Charge SACRAMENTO. Cal. April 1. OoTernor Richardson to- day removed Paul ,ScBrreBberg from hla position as a mem bar of the Immigration and housing commission for using his pres-BrOaQ- 'w ,s a state official to taflu 1 enco legislation. SAX FRANCISCO, April 19. Paul Scharrenberg, known throughout the state as a labor loader, has been secretary-treasurer of the California Stale Fed eration of Labor for twelve years and a commissioner of the state immigration and housing commission since its formation. Scharrenberg is also serving as secretary of the commission. ASK RAILROADS TO GIVE DATA TO L C. COMMISSION WASHINGTON, April 19. As a part o" its Inquiry into efficiency and economy of railroad management the interstate commerce "commission ord- eTetJ Ua fifty-one largest railroads to to how tha strike of shotmen had vs tsvrf l-ll v ouuHi BwjiBiua affected It, and whether any settle- ment bad beea made with Uia employes , , .... , t , body. Where no agreement had haen ormsy reached the road a were rqnlrd to state what tbs striking employes demaudod before rat'liirtns to work. i Thay also were asked for tafonna- turn on the expenditures mada to mmm the strike, such as prortding lodging tor guards and strikebreakers. and to give by months from July 1, 1821 to March 31, J92J, tha total num ber of train and engine employes la their service. ' Other sections of the questionnaire wore designed to cover the amount 0f traffic handled, the number of loco- motives snd railroad ears In use and the records of their service ability, In cluding locomotive and car break- Hwm, In connection with the number of men employed, the questionnaire sought pay rates and the record of went asesmmisneo. uemim oi rsif roa practices in contracting oat re- pair work on locomotives snd cars were also requested. PLAN N. W.APPLE DISPLAY IN N.Y. . YAKIMA. Wash., April M An ex hibit of Korthwwt bo apples to be held In Madison Square Garten, New York City in November at the same time as tha display of paster apples being shown at the Grand Central I'slace will be promoted by the" Yakima commercial club If we notches fruit men favor the under taking. A committee from the loal club will present the proposition to We natchee growers at the blossom festi val (hero May 4-5. Ilpnur Wins Again, BOSTON, April IS. (By the As-' acclated Press.) Clarence BoMar, of Melrose, won the annual 2S mile; marathon run from Ashland to Bos-j "The wind was blowing; the lee In tern today, despite a cold. It waa his shore. Wo started walking and thld victory in the classic. j lumping across short stretches ot tee. DeMsr'i time was S;J3;4? S-5.!Cooper fell Into the water twite and Frank 2una of New York finished It required all our atrenirth to yet second, while Waliie Carlson of Chi-, him back on the Ice. We then mida j eaito waa third. i AVERAGE U. S. FARM IN 1922 ONLY; MADE $7-15 TO WASHI.VOTO.V, April 19. A cash balance of 1715 waa all tho average farm made available to the owner to pay his living expenses and take care of debta In 1922, the department of agriculture announced after a survey of 6091 representative farms. Of the total farms canvassed, H.3 per cent failed to break even and only i t per cent returned more than f S990. Tho farms averaged 9lf to the owner-eperators for the nm of as average ot f i6,40 of capital mi the PLANES FLY ". " Will FOOD : FOR COLONY 1 Army Planes 60 to Rescue of Small Colony of Starving Workers On Island in Lake Michigan Harrowing Tale of Relief Workers With out Food for Three Weeks, SELFRIDOB FIELD, HOOJtT CLEMENS, Mick,, April 10. A two passenger army airplane, piloted by Lieutenant E. C, Whitehead took oft here tbrf morning for For Island to take provisions to nlna men ao.it wo men reported marooned there snd facing starvation. The plane, was ex pected to reaea Northport scent noon. NORTHPORT, Mich., AprU IS. (By the Assoelated Press.) Cold, exhausted and half starved, three men to for 48 fcoura battered their -mmr through Blush, lee and opea water, reached the mainland here yester day, bearing news that tea otfcor. nine men and a woman, are towly starving on Fox Island, eighteen miles from here, In Lake Michigan. As a result of their story two army airplanes are on their way from Selfridse FteU, Mount Clemens, lo ci r, to carry (cod to the msrooBed party. Tho party went to the island last fall to cut timber, carrying prorte- ions autflcleot for several saonUw, ' Three weeks ago all food sappliei, - cept some froum potatoes were gone. Aa attempt waa made by four men to cross to the mainlend. They started on toot, hut two us ties from tie mstin iaas toe ttgnmtkm mp and two of Urn men narrowly escaped death ty drowning fcetoro the return to tho is land was aceoapltahed. A week later the men started again hut when -two miles out they ware caught in a Minding snowstorm, tart Monday a third start waa made. Ed ward Horn, SI, Bart Cooper, 88, sni Ellis Savers. SI, left the island In stoutly ImHt skiff. They had no food. Nearly starved, they took tarns at the oars. There wa open water for about fire miles. Horn, seated to a physician's office here, told the story as Dr. P.. B, Flood treated his frozen feet. "When we ran into slush ice It took ajl one man's strength to push the boat a faw feet. The ice became thicker, and we allempted to lift taa boat Upon It and draw It along, hut the ice broke upder our feet. "We determined to return to ioa island hot a stiff wind blew lnMg Ice floes anJ we couldn't torn lack. We kept noshing the boat through tea all Monday sight. - "Tuesday we found a sturtclt of open water and were able to. row about two hoars until we cam to toiid Ice. V abandoned the hoat and started on foot We had goao half a mile when we struck open naler again and wa went back b4 dragged tho boat across the Ice. After we put the host in the water wa found It leaked hadly. It sank as wb bumped upon a large iee floe TaeaJar afternoon about eight mil irons the mainland. w u4 ,t,a aTe io chop a large piece of tha One when we found open water at lis other end. Then, ttstaB onr pole, wa started to paddle, using the cake of tea as a raft. . "About live o'clocek we started to walk to land on solid ice. hot stiff wind started to break it up. At o'clock, eompletely exhausted, we laid down la onr blankets and tojt until three o'clock Wednesday mora- inn. onr Jump to tha mainland. .1-1 PAY COST OF INK labor of tho fanner and his family. The margin of receipts over eaafc outlay averased 1715 and the averafn Increase of Ini-entorles of crop. Hre stocks and machinery was tSOS. In addition, tha avarage farm prodasatf food and fuel eomumed on the term, estimated to be worth t2St Arerase receipts wera f US and avenge taah outlay IWST. The veram y aloe of the real esUte on January 1 waa 113,600. Tha tr ags site ot tha farm waa 212 aerea, . '. ... .