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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Prediction Fair
Light to heavy frost
Maximum yesterday ......60.2
Minimum today. : 30.3
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
Minimum .
....S3
tally Elehteenth Tear.
Weekly fllty-Thlril Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1923
NO. 27
COTTON IN
CROP REPORT
President Cotton Exchange
Calls Meeting for U. S.' Con
ference of Farmers to Stop
Govt. Practice of Issuing
; Crop Predictions Only the
Gamblers Profit.
ST. MATTHEWS, S. C, Anrfl 23.
(By Associated Press). Proposal for
a national conference of representa
tives ot agriculture and friendly allied
interests, to meet in Washington to
protest against the "department ot
agriculture report of the probable acre
age of principal crops, is made in a
telegram sent to Norman Mayer and
company o New Orleans by J. C.
Wanamaker, president of the Ameri
can Cotton association and made pub
lic here today.
The telegram urges members ot the
firm to confer with friends and advise
the sender of their Judgment, saying
that many requests for such a con
ference have been received.
" ST. MATTHEWS, S. C, April 23.
(By Associated Press). The action ot
government employes in making pub
lic the crop and acreage report of
eighteen economists to the depart
ment of agriculture in which plantings
of farmers were forecast was denounc
ed as a measure "in favor of the gam
biers," -who faced heavy losses thru
selling cotton they did not own, in a
statement here today by J. S. Wana
maker, president of the Cotton associ
ation. Protests against the report,
he declared, had come to him by telegraph-
from every section of the coun
try and from members of congress. .
"These economists must be mind
readers," said Mr. Wanamaker, "be
cause they profess to tell us what the
farmers intend to plant and in addi
tion they must be leaders of the fu
ture because they tell us what nature
is scheduled to do in connection witn
the crops during the coming months."
There exists now, he declared, "a
natural corner" in cotton, due to the
law ot supply and demand, which law
is governed in this case by the con
sumption and production figures. Con
sumption is overlapping production,
he said.
The visible supply of American cut
ton is only 1,974.528 bales, according
to Mr. Wanamaker, whila he asserted
the mills of the world are using it at
the rate of a million bales a month.
Hie result Is the "natural cornor," he
said.
$300,000 FIRE
'Siras,oms
ST. HELEN'S, Ore . April 23. Fire
today destroyed the sawmill of the
Columbia County Lumber company,
one mile above here on the Willam
ette slough, wiped out a trestle and
a pile ot lumber, and burned several
box cars of the Spokane, Portland
and Seattle railway. The aggregate
loss was estimated at about $300,000.
The plant of the St. Helens Creosot
ing company, menaced by the flames,
was saved by a shift of tho wind.
The whistle of the McCormtck
I umber company mill which sounded
ah alarm, caused an early report that
this mill was burned. When the
p:nnp house of the Columbia County
Lumber mill was put out of commis
sion by the fire, residents nearby,
T.hose homes were threatened, helped
, fight tho fire wUlt buckets. ' ,
-BOLSHEVIK! DROP FURTHER ACTION
MOSCOW, April 23.-(By the As-;
sociated Press.) Tha trial of the!
Most Rev. Dr. Tlkhon, former pat
riarch of -all Russia, on a charge ot
treason and hindering the carrying
out of soviet orders has been post
poned indefinitely. It had been set
to begin tomorrow.
Developments indicate that soviet
Russia will decline to he eliminated
as a factor In the present Lnsanne
negotiations but will insist on having
lomethtng to say, as some of the
states Invited to the original confer
ence. A Russian, who was a mem
ber of the soviet delegation at the last
conference, arrived Joday and an
Having Child Every
3 Years Is Refused
By Angora Assembly
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 23.
The Angora assembly has re-
jected the bill introduced recently
by the deputy for Erzerum, pro-
viding that ail Turks aged 25
must marry and that each couple
must have a child every three
years.
By this measure the deputy had
hoped that the population of
Asia' Minor might be Increased
from 8,000,000 to 48,000,000.
U. S PROFITEER
ATTACK MERELY
POLITICAL BUNK
PITTSBURG, April 23. Attorney
Ceneral Daugherty was accused of
using the power of indictment in the
war camp contract cases for political
purposes and ot besmirching reputa
tions without evidence to "even de
cently" support his charges. In a
speech here today by R. C. Marshall,
Wr., chief of the construction divis
ion of the army during the war.
Addressing a business men'B lunch
eon, Mr. Marshal!, who formerly
held the rank of , brigadier general,
said the department ot justice, "after
five years and following investiga
tions costing the government hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, had
the unmitigated efforntery" to plead
anpreparedness in several of the
cases, at the same time accusing con
tractors ot Inefficiency tor having
built whole cities in ninety days.
' "Tho spectacle of these men (the
war camp contractors) pilloried in
the public press, posted a3 evil self-
seekers in tho time ot the nation's
travail," Mr. Marshall said, "is the
result of our fluctuating iollt!cal
power. There are men and processes
actively at work in this great depart
ment today, who, unless restrained,
can so discredit the functioning of
that organization that the influence
of tho people In It would be lost."
Plans for lotting contracts under
which war time camps were con
structed, he continued, were the only
plans under which they could have
been properly built In time required.
The forms of the contracts, ha said
were identical with those generally
employed in commercial work, and
contractors who built tho camps re
ceived less than 3 per cent gross
profit and losst hnn ons per cent net
profit when taxes and other charges
not reimbursable were deducted.
Mr. Marshall denied charges that
there was "an unconsionable waste
r.f material and labor," declaring It
nas "bitter irony that tho men who
: built tho camps at a time when
enough skilled laborers were Impos
sible to find," now were accused of
Mid, "because they produced ro
lls with the second, third and
fourth rate men available." Testi
mony on which the Indictments wero
base, he said, was given by "hand-
p"lckcd witnesses."
ROB CLIFT HOTEL
BROAD DAYLISHT
SAN FKAXCISCO, April 23. A
bandit wearing a white handkerchief
over his face entered the Ciift, a
downtown hotel today and robbed
Miss Margaret McDades, the auditor,
and Miss Lina Lund, the cashier, of
$600 in currency and $3,000 In
checks, belonging to the hotel.
nounced that authorized Russian rep
resentatives might come later on.
This statement was regarded as
showing that Russia might he desir
ous of entering Into official contact
with the powers and thus make a
step toward official recognition,
which it was realised (he execution
cf Vicar General Butchkavttch, had
seriously retarded.
The same Russian spokesman de
clared that it the powers had left In
tervention In the Butchxaviich case
io Iho Vatican the churchman's life
would have been spared, hut that
Poland's aggressive attitude forced
Russia's band.
mm
ENDORSED HALL
F0RG0VERH0R
Portland Newspaper Reporter
Denies Testimony of De
fendants in Kian Damage
Suit Trial Attended Meet
ing of Klan. '
PORTLAND, Ore., April 83. De
nial of testimony by witnesses for the
defendants in Thomas Garland's f 52,
500 damage suit against Charles Hall
and others to the effect that Ku Kiux
Klan had made no endorsements In
tho May primary last year was given
in testimony today by Ben E. Titus,
a Portland newspaper reporter. Ti
tus said Fred Gifford, one of the de-
tardants, then cyclops of the klaa In
Portland, had told him whila the pri-
mary campaign was in grogress that
a certain circuit judge, whom Gilford
admitted, was one of the best judges
on the bench In Portland, had. to he
defeated for religions reasons.
Titus also testified be had heard
speeches lu klan meetings in which
Charles Hail had been endorsed for
the republican nomination tar gov
ernor.
James Gieason, chief registration
clerk of the county clerk's otfice, tes
tified there was no way in which to
determine whether a democratic ra
ter had voted for Ben W. Olcott for
the republican nomination for gov
ernor. Garland charged in his suit that he
had been Injured -because his name
had been posted during the Hall-Ol
cost recount among voters charged
with Illegal voting la the primary-
S0LDIERD1EST0
: i J -. . -
SAVE FT. BOSS
EL, PASO. April 23. One soldier
is dead and another reported aj'inKi
here as the result of an explosion last
nieht in the seventh cavalry's black-;
smith shop at Fort Bliss. The dead j
man is private Morris PouBky, 23.
The Injured man is Private Martin B.I
Schultz, 25. j
Both were commended by. coro
mandinfr officers for heroism which
Is declared to have saved Fort Bttsa
from possible destruction.
Entering tho blacksmith shop, they
observed dense smoke and believing
the fire to be located in a loft in the
rear ot tho building Pousky crawled
to tho upper floor. Sehulti stood on
a table in readiness to hand a firo ex
tinguisher to him. '
Then blinded by the smoke in the
darkened room, Tousky lighted a
match. 'Instantly tho Interior ot the
building broke into flames and an
explosion followed. Sergeant ly. Ii.
Fox, awakened by Pousky'a cries, at
tempted to assist him to the inflrm
ery, but was waved aside.
"Get the fire department first I
ran get along," BBid PouBky. . When
Iho fire alarm had been turned in
Fox carried Pousksl on his back to
tho infirmary. Pousky died, soon
afterward.
American.
ST LOttlS, April 28. Ken Wll
iiams of tho Browns clouted his
second home run of tho season in the
third Inning of today's game with
Chicago. Two men were on' bases.
Faber was pitching for the white
Sox.
At Philadelphia R. K. E.
Boston If 2
Philadelphia 8 13 8
Ehmko and Devormcr; Rommel!,
Kinney and Perkins,
At Clevoland H. H.
Detroit .................2 8
Cleveland 8 S
Holloway and Woodall; Edwards
and Myatt.
At New Tark R. H. E.
Washington Z T 1
New York ' 1 3
Wnrmouth and Gharrtty; Bush and
Scbang.
Noltonal.
At Brooklyn R.
H. E.
New York 4 8
Brooklyn 3 8
S t
I
Barnes, Ryan, Jonnard and Gas
ton, Smith; Vanco and Ucbcrry,
At Chicago R. H. E.
St. Lnuls ......3 7' i
Chicago 7 10 1
Toney, Btuart, Bar foot and Clem'
ons; Alexander and Hartnelt.
At Cincinnati II. II. E.
Pittsburg l S
Cincinnati .............. 9 1
Bohler, Rlxley, Olasner and Oooch;
Couch and Hargrnve, WIngo.
17 YEAR OLD SOCIETY
WOMAN QUITS HER
HUSBAND FOR MOVIES
Lovely Mrs. Converge, I?, twin sister
of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hays Morgan, a
noted beauty and society woman of
international fame, has separated
tram her husband, turned aside tram
wealth and will seek a career in the
movies. Mrs. Converse bBS appeared
in several pictures already.
BREAKSDANG1NG
MARK BUT CAN'T
KEEP EYES OPEN
DALLAS, Texas,,' April 23. Tt. J
Xewman, athlete and world war vet
eran, quit the floor hers- at S:S2
o'clock this morning ' having; set a
record of 107 hours and 2 minutes'
dancing. He was allowed a 15 min
ute rest ' period each four hours of
hib endurance test, which started at
4:45 p. m. last Wednesday. It was
declared here that this set a new
world record.
"When Newman finished, ha .was
norma) in conversation bat was un
able to keep his eyes open. The mus
cles In the eyelids refused to hold the
oyes further, physicians said.
WASHINGTON, April 23. So far
as all outward evidence went, all ot
tho last survivors ot Washington's
two endurance dancing contests
which began last Wednesday night,
had taken tha count today. Some
lime after midnight last night Kl'm
Weber and William T. Farretl, hath
of Baltimore, who claimed to have
danced 96 hours continuously sup
posed then to bo a new record, disap
peared from the hotel dancs floor at
Marlboro, Maryland.
The last survivors of the other con
test hore, Aubrey Gilbert, a marine,
and Jae Battratzky, who served In
tho army daring the war, quit yostor
day.
CENTRAL PL GETS
-OAYFJOHf
The Southern Oregon Clay Pro-
ds;cts factory will ha built at Central !
Point according to a report received
Irani that city this afternoon Just lie- j
fore press time. Representatives of!
the company met with Mayor Can
Leaver and other prominent citizens
of Central Point tbis morning and!
Mayor Leevor ottered on hchalf at
the city a free factory site between
the Pacific bishway and the S. P
tracks. The company was pleased
with this offer and accepted St, and
it is expected the final arrangements
will be completed In a few days. Ac
tual -eonstruction of the factory will
probahiy be started within two Weeks.
The company expects to employ 15 or
20 people. It Is reported.
Casualties of the
Air Service
WASHINGTON, April 23. -Two
t,avy aviators were killed today when
the seaplane In which they were
crnlslng above Hampton Roads crash
ed Into the bay. Tbe bodies hava not
been recovered, the navy department
wag Informed by telephone from the
Hampton Koads air station. Ensign
Gordon Gunther of the naval reserves
and Chief Machinists' Mate W. Hill
of the regular navy were the victims.
Ensign number's home was In Cam
bridge, Mass., and Hill was from
Oceanvlew, Va,
8 ? i
lit fc '-
TIER WOMAN'S !
HUSBAND FREED
BAILJRETURNED
Armour Lee Philips Released
From Los. Angeies Jail
Gov. Richardson Wires Sec
retary Hughes to Have
Woman's Companion Held.
LOS ANGELES, April S3. Ar
mour e Phillips, husband of Clara,
Phillies, fugitive hammer murderess
who was arrested: Friday nlscht when
officers her obtained Information
that -hie wife whs in Honduras, wa
released from custody today and
389 cash bail returned to him. Ha
had been held for investigation. It
was announced that the grand Jury
would start an irioulry Into arson
charges against J. C. Carson, report
ed to he with Mrs. Phillips in Hon
duras. .
SACRAMENTO, Cal., April it.
FollonvlnR up his action of last week
in asking Secretary at State Hughes
to request tho Honduran authorities
to arrest provisionally and detain a
woman there believed ta be Mrs.
Clara Phillips, escaped hammer mur-
dereas. Governor Bichardson today
telegraphed ta the state department
requesting Ihat tbo Honduran au
thorities be asked to take tho samo
action In the case at Jesse Carsaa,
said to be a companion of I he woman
believed to be Mrs. Phillips. Carson,
the governor's telegram, said, has
been charged with arson and with;
"aidinff murderess Clara Phillips to!
escape, j
The California authorities are con
fident that tho couple in Tegucigalpa
at wham ward was rocotvad tram the
federal government last week, are the
Phillips woman and Carson, said to
bo a distant relative.
ALIEN LAND GASES
ARE BEING AR6UED
WASHINGTON, AorI TUC
alien itn& cases brought from Cali
fornia atiot "Washington, Cottc la ttum-
ber, involving tho cosiBtliuUtwiaifty of
laws ot those states, which ir&hliit
aUcs who arc not eligible ta clttstea
hir from Iainff or owning re&J
estate, were re-port &d for arsuEfi&nt
Irt the supreme court.
In tha low&r court tha inws were
sustained to the extent of prohibiting
such aliens not only tram leasing land
but also from holding stock In land
ownlne corporations. The lower
courts held, however, that aliens
couid bo allowed to nler contracts;
ith land owners under which theyl
undertook to farm the land upon j
croj sharing basis. - .
The cases heard were those of W,
. Portortlcld and Y. Mizuna, ot Ray
mond R. Prick and Si. Sato, and of
J. J. O'Brien and others against the
attorney generate office of Califor
nia and Frank Terrace and wife and
N. Nakutsuka, against the attorney
general Of Washington.
LA FOLLETTE WILL
SiOOWiill
MADISON, tVis., April 23. (By
Ihe Associated Press) Senator La
Koltette will tnke the stump to carry
his tdcaa to the people at tho country
Komo time in June, according to word
tram hl son and secretary, Ilobert
M. LaFuIIetto, Jr,
It is regarded as likely here that
ho may take un tho trait of President
Harding should he swing through the
west.
SUGAR HITS A
SAN FFIANSCISCO, April 23. Ad
vanses of twenty cents per hundred
pounds ta tha price at refined cane
and beet sugar, effective tomorrow,
were announced .here today by local
refiners. The new price for cane
sugar Is f 10 and for beet sugar $9.80.
NEW,YORC, April 23. Cuban raw
sugar today said at a new high record
since 1&2, with a sale of l&,80e bags
to as operator for May shipment at
64 cents, cast and freight, equal to
S.28 delivered.. Raw futures also
touched new high records and one
local refiner advanced list prices lor
fine granulated tea joints to 9.70,
NEW YORK, April 23. Liberty
bonds closed:
S's 101.11; first s S?.tS first
IH'i 7.17; second 7.; third
UT.Sfl; fourth 4's 8T.I;
Victory ' uncalled Ifto: 13. 8.
Treasury 4ft' 99-2.
Omaha' Pastor Asks
- Radio Fans to Name
' His New Born Baby
OMAHA, !., April 23. Use i
of the radio to name-' a new torn. j
baby has come lata use hers,
Perplexed wberi it casus time to
provide a. name, tar his daughter,
bom Saturday, the- Rev. R. H.
Brown, pastor of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance, after de-
iivoring a sermon by radio yes-
tacday, decided ta let radia facts
do the naming. His decision was
broadcast and already he has re,-
delved by telephone a number
of suggestions. One of them was-
that ha call her "Radlcsna
II S. OIL GRANT
10 BE sues
LUSANNE TODAY
, 1AUSANNE, April 2S. By Associ
ates! Press). Tiio question of ihe
Near Eastern oil fields, especially
those covered by the Chester conces
sion, Is la tha foreground today aa the
allied and Turkish delegations meet In
another effort to draft a peace treaty
acceptable to both sides.
Whether too gonorai subject? of con
cessions comes before the conf&rsnco
tarmalljr seems ta depend an the suc
cess of direct B&gotiations between
British and French concession holders
and the Turkish government. France,
St is believed wii! orooabSy Insist on
the rights accorded her ta ISM tty the
former Turkish government and tn&
British delegation, has let it be known
that It will support the French claim
ia tho ev&nt tfcs Issuo is brought be
Care the caatereace, ,
Both Great Britsirf bail Fi-'asicS rtv?
ceived the news at the Chester grant
with a bit of uneasiness France ba
causa she. thinfcs ibo ISH agreement
gives Uar priority In territory covered
by i concession and Great Britain
because she Is uncertain, as ta wheth
er the region thus opened to Amer
ican exploitation affecis ihe mandated
Irak territory in which He the valu
able Mosul fields. ,
Delegates here understand that tite
United States throngh her representa
tive, Joseph C, Grew will continue ta
support the open door policy that she
j advocated at lbs previous Lausanne
t catttecence. It ts alsa Believed that
Mr. Grew will defend. If necessary, the
j Chester concession, in. the event the
American government decides it is net
In violation of its adherence to a pol
icy at equal rights tar all nations.
A legacy from tbe previous conver
sations, tbe delegates have an their
hands such troublesome questions as
tbe Segal rights of foreigners. In Tur
key and the Ottoman debt. The allies
hold tha,i foreigners Sn Turkey sboald
not be entirely under the jurisdiction
of Turkish courts, while the Angora
spokesman Insist tbai special Judicial
privileges cast an unfavorable reflec
tion on Turkey's sovereignty.
Great Britain did not accept the last
minute concessions made to the Turks
last February on this questions, where
by foreign legal advisers to bs named
by tho allies would bo Informed of all
arrests at foreigners ead It sems like
ly that the question will be reopened.
Meney Restrict Dry
WASHINGTON, April 23. Lack of
funds Is likely to prevent any mater
ial expansion n the present prohibi
tion enforcement program untii con
gress meets again, Secretary Mellon
said today, adding that in aSS probabil
ity iiltie could he done toward estab
lishing wider enforcement nntii addi
tional appropriations are made.
ANOTHER SIEMENS
imp Kin mnu. I B1IP
KLAMATH FAUA Ore., April 23,
Tho second Jury which tried 1, W,!
Siemens and John Hiemens, Jr., on;
the charge ot misapplication ot indj
of tbo First mate and Savings hank,
was dismissed yesterday after report
ing: it atoad ic ta alt In a hopeless
deadlock. The first Jury disagreed
and was discharged April 11.
No further prosecution will be at
tempted on pending indictments
which were returned as a . conse
quence of the failure ot the First
State and Savings banli, officers indicated-tadar.
Nine Indictments were
returned. An acaaltta! resaited from
one trial in whlrh tbs two Siemens
and Marshall Hooper, former vice
president of lh bank, were co-defendant.
The indictment upon which there
Hue Iwo disosroemenls was that
charging that J. W. Siemens, prI
dent, and John, Jr- cashier and dl-
1 ' f
urrMLItSii
H NEWPLAH
Positive Promise to Pay Defi
nite Amount Expected Ffsjtj
Beriia Saon-Serman Re
plies to Lord Curzoifs State
merit More Protests Sent
France.
LOKDOJff, Anvil 2J. (By the As
sociated I'roasJ The Barlia carraa
pandeat at the Ceatratt mys he
Icsxas on ewd anihorlij ihst She
QerawLiv gaveramaat is jireaarln a
!& offer to tb& allies. Tna gov
ernment, he added, will declare Sss
rcn.din.eBs to negotiate and discuss tho
questions of reparations. . ,
EEBLIff, April It. Hr, CJustair -Stressmann,
leader of ihe psopl&'s
twLrty laid a. puattc hcartag here ye-
-terilay tnat Iord Curzon's speeclv io.
the house of lords last Friday baa
created a new jiaUticat situation
wblEh tbo German government vraaid
lake at Us proper valiie. Lord Car
son, sold a settlement at the repara
tions oueIIn requested, farmed a
suitable basis for eontinnaJS&n . of
inter-atlicd caestdecattact.
v An understanding could bo reached
with Germany, said Br. Sireserriarin,
regarding: Gerttian. reparation "for
life and dealb does not depend upon.
whether we pay a million marks
mare ar lesa. TVxcjr da depead, how
ever, on tbe Bblne and Bubr remain
ing German," he . eentinaed, "and
there caa therefore he aa under
standing about tbe- German Kbine
land. if ierd Curzen wishes to- ba
the hottest ogettt between. Germany
and Franee fee must base nia attitude
.nn the fact that Gerniap.ssereSf'B.ty .
aver the Tttutialaaa ia reearoea "3
evevji German government and every
German party as an obvious , condi
tion ta any jieace settlement."
RKRUtN, April S3. (By the As
sociated I'vcorJ The tteichabaafe ta-
day raised its discount rate frswa S2
per cent ta IS per cent.
Tbia Is -tbe sixth increase ataca
July 28, 1M2. -The twelve per cent
rate was established an January Is,
-Tali is the sixth increase- .; sine
July 28, The twelve pec cent
rate was established on January IS,,
last. f .
BERLIN, April 2J. (By the Asso
ciated Press The government has
ont a note of protest to the French,
British and BelsJian ' governments
against the expulsion at Prince von
Hatstefeidt, tbe Herman commis
sioner in occupied territory, wbero
the papulation, It is declared, Is de
prived of Sfoe last means of roafeinsf
known- the sufferings ibey endure, at
ttte hands at tha occupying taccaa.
tPJEMOEtSIii
WASHINGTON, April ZZ. Presi
dent Harding will leave tonight toe a.
brief visit to New Y&rS where be will
deliver on address tonight at the an
nual meeting of the membership of
tbe Associated Press- His address
will he made at a luncheon to be halo,
ia connection witb tbe meeting.
(iraiu Export Drop Agnitt.
WASHIJfGTCJff, April 8S, Qraitt
exnorts from the United States
week amounted ta S.StSou bushels
as compared l S,M5,flee haehals
for the week revi&us. -
W DIMES;
rector, had unlawfnliy pernillSed ibo
bank to iwaar a draft fa iSSSS drawn,
by tbe Kiamstb Livestock Mortgage
company, which company had no- .
funds to iis credit, Bath defendant
were connected witb She Soan com
pany. The acquittal was returned an a
charge thsj an eesa!v loan had
bee& granted ta a company In which
the Siemens were interested.
Captain J. V. Siemens Is a pioneer
at Klamath Falls, Ha testified he
bad come So this part of the country
as a soldier and had remained fcero
after his discharge tram the army.
Years ago he entered She banking
business here and until tbe eolianse
of the hank, at which he wa the
bed, was one of She business leaders. .
ot the community. The ehrinkage ot
values during the war, according ta
Siemens' testimony, caused She bank's
troubles,