Medford 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,
. '. ... .