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f!.r,. The Weather Weather Year Ajjo Prediction Fulr Mmlmuni yesterday 64 Minimum tuduy 30 Maximum .rK Minimum ..2o Billy Eighteenth Tear, eekly Fifty-Third Year. MEDFORD, (WEGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 192: NO. 188 MEDFORD POINCARES TALK WON'T Washington Does Not Share London's Fear That French . President's Latest Restric tions Will Render' Confer ence Futile Treaty Provis ions Respected. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Promlor Polncare's statement of tho Fronch attitude toward tho new reparations Inquiry is construed in official quar ters here as ilttlo more in substance than a reassertlon of tho obvious facts that guarantees acquired under tho treaty of Versailles cannot be abridged except with the consent of tho parties to the treaty. For that reason the restrictions upon tho proposed expert commis sion outlined by the French premier are not viowed as having altered the situation in a material way. At no time since the plan was first put forward by Secretary Hughes ten months ago has It been conLemplatcd that the commission would have power to commit tho governments represented. The wholo purpose, it was reiterated today, would bo to work out a financial plan for procur ing reparations settlements from Ger many. If the commission fails to produco a plan acceptable to France, it will not have advanced matters in tho least, since nothing that tho commis sion can do would be effective except with the assent not only of Franco, but of every other nation which 1b a party to tho treaty. . In effect this understanding of tho commission plan means that no pro posal to rcduco reparations obliga tions of Germany can have .any ef fect unless the allied governments, in cluding Franco, are of the -opinion on examination of the proposal that it would be wise to adopt it. Until the conclusions of tho com mission have been made up, however, and are ready for consideration at tho European capitals, it Is maintained In Washington that tho commission plan story he told last spring to the LaFol affords at least an avenue of attack lotte oil investigating committee. He upon the impasse that has been told the motlves'that led him to sign reached in efforts to obtain from Ger- y many adequate settlements on ner reparations accounts. j - The Washington government Is still In the position of an observer, not en-, gaged actively in tho negotiations be tween London and Tniis. No addi tional word has reached the state de partment from any European capital bearing on the matter. LONDON, Oct. 29. Tho reserva tions which Premier Polncare at taches to Fronch assent to tho pro posed reparations inquiry aro regard ed by the Loudon newspapers as making tho holding of tho conference very problematical. It begins to be a question whether an Inquiry conditioned by such Htrlctlons can servo any useful pur poso," says the Times. Tho news paper questions whether America will share in tho inquiry under tho condi tions prescribed by Premier Poincare. BERLIN, Oct. 29. Tho executive council of tho metal workors' union at Frankfort on Main has called off tho strike of the metal workers. France's Position Defined PARIS, Oct. 29. France will not agree to any reduction of the German reparations debt by a committee of experts, nor will she consent to any plan under which the reparation com mission would surrender tho preroga tives conferred upon It by tho Ver sailles treaty. Premier Poincare yesterday gave notice that although France wel comed American representation on such a. commission she must Insist that it act only in conformity with the peace treaty thus virtually making tho commission an adjunct to the reparation commission's staff of ex perts. At Samplgny, in a speech tho pre mier asserted that if the phraso "a fresh estimate of Germany's capacity to pay," meant "a roundabout way to reach a dimnuition of tho German (Continued on Pago Eight) ANXIETY FELT OVER EZRA MEEKER, SEATTLE. Oct. 29. Anxiety over the condition of Ezra . Meeker, 02 years old. one of tho early immigrants on the Oregon trail, who has been 111 since October 19, was expressed todny by his physician and son-in-law, Dr. C. L. Ternpleton. ' "Thursday and Friday Mr. Meeker was much better and I had hopes that he would be up In a few days," said Mr. Ternpleton, In whose home here tfce patient lay. "Saturday fever re Robbery in U. S. A. Consulate Comes Into Divorce Case - NEW YORK, Oct. 29 Horace G. Knowlea, former United fr States diplomat and a witness for W.- E. D. Stokes In tho re- 4 trial of his divorce suit today 4 admitted on ' the stand that a 4 4 secret United States diplomatic i code had been lost several years 4 ago when ho was minister to- IJulgaria, had been offered to tho fr Japanese government for $40,- fr 000, He said he did not know whether it hnd boon bought back 4- for $20,000 by Ellhu Root, then secretary of state. 4- Mr. Knowles made the admls- 4 8ion, declaring the codo was 4 4 stolen by a member of his staff 4- in Bucharest, while under cross- 4 4 examination by Samuel Unter- 4 4? myer, counsel for Mrs. Helen 4" 4 Elwood'Stokcs, who was making 4 4 a strenuous effort to shake his 41 tostimony. Ho denied emphat- 4 41 ically that he had been dismissed 4 4 from tho diplomatic servico bo- 4 4- causo of tho incident. ' 444444 H.F. I U. S. OIL PROBE Wealthy Oil Magnate Admits He Often Entertained Ex Secy, of Interior Fall, Who 'Signed U. S. Lease Gave Money to Both Parties. ' WASINGTON, Oct. 29. Harry F. Sincluir, whoso lease of tho Teapot Dome naval rcaervo led to o"o of the bitterest cqutnwei'Hles of tho last con gross, was quizzed about tho leasing negotiations and his relations wltn government officiuls generally when ho appeared as a witness today in tho inquiry being conducted by the senato public lands committee. In large part the testimony of tne 'oil magnate wus a repetition of the the Teapot Dome tense; the conditions! in the oil industry at the timo and tho present status of tho property. Under questioning ho nlso touched briefly on his personal association with Albert B. Fall, who, as secretary of the interior, signed the lease. The Sinclair company had oil prop erty In the adjoining Salt Creek field prior to obtaining the Teapot Dome lease, Mr. Sinclair told the committee and had been connected with the se rious problem of getting It out to mar ket. He" declared, however, that tho pipe line being constructed to Kansas City at an approximate cost of $25, 000,000 would not have been built by his companies hnd not the govern mcnt Insisted upon making such a project a part of the Teapot Dome contract. Tho committee asked numerous questions concerning .the organization of die Mammoth OH company, which holds tho Teapot Dome lease. Mr. Sinclair said the royalty oil ob tained by the Sinclair Crude Oil Pur chasing company from the Salt Creek fields, a company controlled in equal part by himself nnd the Standard Oil company of Indiana, would exceed the capacity of tho pipe lino now being constructed. Walsh Cross Examines. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, questioned the witness closely con cerning his purchase at a cost of $1. 000,000 of the quit claims of the Pio neer and other -oil companies to clear the government title preparatory to tho leasing of Teapot Dome. Mr. Sinclair responded In the nega tive to a question as to whether the million dollars had not boen paid to get the Mid-West company, operating wells in the Salt Creek region and a bidder for tho Teapot Dome lease, out of the way. Senator Walsh also wanted to know whether former Secretary Fall had not been a guest of Mr. Sinclair on other occasions than during the trip to' Europe last summer, concerning which Mr. Fall recently testified. Mr. (Continued on Pago Eight) CONDITION OF RELAPSE IS SUFFERED turned and ho suffered a relapse from which he has not recovered. He liad duite a temperature today." In December Mr. Meeker celebrated his 92nd birthday In New York, where he had gone in the interest of pre serving and marking landmarks on the Oregon trail. On this trip he at tracted national notice by driving an ox team like that with which he threaded the Oregon trail. In a Chi cago parade. SINCLAIR AKES STAND IN WEED OUT CROOKS IN U.S.BANKS President Coolidge Urges Con vention of Bankers in Wash ington to Weed Out Those Who Are Not Able Or Honest Reparations Are Dis cussed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Invest ment bankers of tho country gather ed here toduy for tho annual conven tion of tho lnventment Bankers asso ciation of America were told In an ad dress by President CooIidRo that the country depended upon their assist ance and help "to weed out those who are not desirable by reason of not maintaining a high standnrd of ability and honesty In tho banking business. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. "Partici pation of tho American government in discussion of German reparations would not Involvo this country in European policies or diplomacy but holds an encouraging- hope of settle ment of this great overshadowing problem," John A. Prescott of Kansas City, president . of th Investment Bankers association of America, de clared in his address today before tho opening session of the orgnnizalon's twelfth annual convention. "It 'seems unlikely that any fcaslblo composition of tho questions of repa ration can bo brought about without the active co-operation of tho United States." Mr. Prescott said, "and thnt so long as this Is withheld and the problem is not solved, even the pres ent state of peace,. will hang by a slender thread and the welfare of this country will be In danger. "Tho settlement of reparations, in my opinion, is an economic and busi ness proposition and should bo dealt with promptly and energetically as suchi- This must be xifcno some Hay If there is to bo peace OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 29. (By tho Associated Press) A difference . over tho bankers' nttitudo on co-operative marketing ana selling developed today at the conforonco of tho agricultural commission of tho American Bankers' association In tho opening session of a two-any meeting. Roports of mem bers of tho commission from each of tho 12 federal- rosorvo districts lndi cated that the commission was almost evenly divided over tho wisdom of co operative effort among farmers. P. 13. Doty of Rcaumont, Texas, member of the commission for tho eleventh federal reserve district, ex pressed what seemed to bo the pre vailing opinion when he said thnt "the success of co-oporatlvo selling de pends upon who Is to manage tho or ganization and what it tries to sell." INVITED TO TALK OKLAHOMA CITY, OIka., Oct. 29. (By the Associated Press.) This week will see Governor Jack Walton appearing before tho Dtato senate to answer to the charges of Incompe tence, corruption and moral turpitude which the lower houso of the legisla ture voted against him. The governor Is to come before the senate Thursday and it Is understood his presence will bo accompanied by his counsel filing a general demurrer to the charges against him. Tho senate, sitting as a court pre sided over by the chief Justice of the state supreme court will consider this demurrer and unless it is sustained. the governor must go to trial before that body. Meanwhile comes the report that Governor Walton has been approached about a Chautauqua lecture contract. Although he would not comment on It his friends intimated he favors ac cepting it. The governor would tell the world about his war with the In visible empire in Oklahoma if he goes on tho lecture platform. Death Toll of the Automobile TACOMA, Oct. 29. Returning from a trip to rendor aid to a stalled auto mobile stage near Qig Harbor late last night, Everett Anderson, 35, a mall carrier, was fatally and his wife se riously Injured when their car ran off the road Into a ravine. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had been married only -10 days. Anderson died on a launch that was chartered to bring him to a hos nltal here. t N6 Divorce!" Is Dictum of Countess of Craven To Her - ? Eloping Mate And Inamorata - : If r sri ' V v- . . J TTtEEARE OF CRAVEN AND. LADY , CAT1ICART- OM BOARD'SHIP BOUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA; ABOVE. THE CQUNfTBSS." OF. CRAVEN. ' LONDON5 Grounds 'for divorce? , Oh, yes, there's no question but the countess- of .'Cravcm'has them, for did not .1ier husband, tlic' young Earl, of Craven, clopc recently - with Lady Vera, Couutcss Cathcart,' quite openly' and with the whole world looking, on? In fact, -ship photographers' wcr.c surprised to. find the runaway pair, quite willing' 'a pose for -them, on board! the boat on which t)icy ' sailed - for 'South Africa. - (." ' f But even this broad '. Flint lias failed to move 'the. Countess of Craven, whose neglect -to file suit for divorce is taken-in England 'to mean' that . she proposes to withhold the, carl's freedom 'and keep JuV iUicit .romance forever unhallowed by. the' marriage .ccrcnioiiy,. AND ARE CLOSE TO Search for the Siskiyou tunnel mur derers and bandits is now concen trated in the mountains lying within an .area of twenty miles west of the scene of tho crime, and according to reports from Yrcka, Cal., tho author ities aro convincod four men known to he in that section are tho much sought desperadoes. It is believed that the quartette headed for tho const immediately after the crime nnd then doubled back. Guards have been stationed at all outlets In this area. The general opinion l that tho ban dits have been definitely located, and their capture Is but a matter of time. One report from Yreka said that tho .four men, stopped at a forest rangers cabin Thursday, and de manded food, which was given them. As soon as tho visitors departed, the ranger phoned to Yreka, and accord ing to report identified threo of tho lot from poster descriptions. An official said this noon that do-, velopmenta of the last three days "have resulted in tho unearthing of new and important evidence that con vinces us absolutely we aro on the right track." The official refused to dlvulgo tho nature of the now evi dence. Daniel O'Connell, chief of the Southern Pacific special agents said that there was nothing new to give out on tho man hunt. The state game warden has granted permission for tho use of game war dens in the chase, upon request of the district attorney. Reports of pilfered cabins in the region whoro the bandlf8 aro thought to be hiding have been received by tho authorities, and last Thursday night a boat wan stolon from its moorings on tho Klamath river and used in crossing tho stream. Poators containing photog of the threo D'Autremont brothers have been distributed in all states west of tho Kockles, and Old Mexico. Covcll Trial Again Put Off MAUHHK1ELD. Ore. Oct. 29. Trial of Arthur Co veil, crippled IJan don astrologlst, on a first degree mur der charge in connection with the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ebba Covell, which was postponed to this week, will not begin until the last of the week or the first of next, accord ing to the district attorney's office. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. E. L. Stoningor of Lincoln, Neb., flying a German Fokker, won the 110 mile air race for commercial planes at an average speed of 117.4 miles an hour, SCENE OF CRIME QUOTES SCRIP ATLANTA, CSu., Oct. 29. Dr. H. W. Evans, imperial wizard of tho Ku Klux Klan, today telegraphed Jlabbl Simon Glazcr of Now York as follows "Your challenge to dobato subject matter ns per your statement to tho Associated Press I hasten to answer In words taken from tho great He brow story found In tho Holy Hlblo, book of Nehemiah, sixth chapter, verses one, two and throe, quoting as follows: . " I nin doing a great work so that I cannot conic down. Why Hhnuld the work' cease whilst 1 lcavo it and como down to you?' " , , "yours for tho protection of Amer ican Ideals." Rubbt filacer's telegram to Dr. Evans said: "Will be ready to meet you any where in tho United States to debato upon tho question of whether or not tho Jewish homes In America . aro American homes and upon tho ques tion afl to whether or not It is neces sary for ono to bo of a given race, creed or cplor In order to be one hun dred per cent American. Condition of debute: Admittance, after covering necessary expenses, equally divided between the Hod Cross and Pa lent t no foundation fund. You to name tho locality where debate will take place. Any night In the week except Friday night will bo acceptablo to rue." Daily Report on the Crime Wave WHKKMNO, W. Va., Oct. 29. Loot vnliicd nt $40,004 wns Inknn by thieved who raided tho Htono and 'i.iomua de partment store here laHt niKht. Tho robbery waH diHcovered today when employen reporting for work, found Louis Voeklcr. tho nlcht watchman, handcuffed to a pout. REATTLE, Oct. 2S. After a sharp flfjht In n Heattlo tUHinPHs street IJnp uty United Mates Marshall A. B. Mc Donald "today captured Alexander Mc Hride, 38, Identified as having escaped four months hko from the Pacific county Jail at Botlth Dcnd. Wash. Mc flrido had boen sentenced to two years In the penitentiary for forsery. Mc Donald recognized the fiiKUlvo, he sfild, when ho sa'w him a the entrance of an office building. Earthquake In Rome. ROME, Oct. 29. Earth shocks hero today caused several buildings to j shake. LIUlo dnjnago was caused. Strike Giant Geyser of Hot Water Near Lakeview, Oregon 4 t LAKEVIEW, Ore., Oct. 29. 4 A now geyser hns "come in" on 4 property of a local Bnniturium. Tho first two wells Rtruek 4 Ht earn ins water at depths of from t 55 to 190 feet and tho boiling fluid shot up to heights of from 4 25 to 50 feet at intermittent in- torvals. 4 4 Tho third well developed Into 4 4 a geyser when It was sunk to a 4 twenty foot level and for a week 4 has shot a steady flow of boiling 4 4 water 75 feot into tho air. Tho 4 geyser, now beyond control, 4 4 spouta 300 gallons of water a 4 4 minuto. U. S. AIRPLANE IS VERHRIIICAL Dwight Davis, Assist. Secy, of War, Telis Detroit Business Men He Will Refuse to Be Responsible if More Air planes Are Not Built. , DKTnoIT; Oct. 20. Dwight Dnvla, assistant secretary of war, told Do trolt business mon today ho would "rofusu to ho hold to tho rosponal blllty" nlnccd upon him by congress In tho matter of adenuato provision for tho mobilization of material to meet war tlmo neods unlosa congrosa passed logislutlon to relievo 'what ho dencrlbed as a serloua situation aa to the aimy nir acrvlce, RpoakliiK at a business nicn'a luiuh ooii, Mr. Davis declared tho air ser vico should bo authorized to bogln a ten year building program on a modest scnlo and asserted thnt oven that would not give tho Unltod StateB at tho end of tho ton years as many planes as other nations now have. Moro serious still, Mr. Davis said, "our airplane Industry la starving to death. Foreign nationa aro building up a flourishing alrplano Industry, ca pable of immediate conversion to war needs by largo appropriations for planes und by heavily subsidizing com mercial aviation. We aro allowing thia Industry, absolutely vital to a natlonul detenso, to dio a lingering death. "In my opinion, congress should im mediately adopt a ton year program beginning on a modest aculo, not as an aggressive gesture but solely as a measuro to provide planeB needed for purely training and defonslvo meas ura.' If this la dono wo will' not have as many planes at tho end of ton yenrs as othor nations now have hut it will at least glvo ua a fighting chnnco. If this Is not dono I refuse to bo held to tho responsibility put on mo by congress. Asserting that organization for modorn war Is as much a business matter as a military ono tho assist ant aocrotary said business men "could not evado tho responsibility put upon U.S. SINKS, 2 SAVED WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Two of tho flvo men reported missing on the Bubmarlno 0-5 at Panama yesterday havo been rescued from the sunkon ship, the navy department was inform ed officially luto yestorday. Tho men reported saved were Lawronce Drown, olectriclan's mate, Tyngl-)ro, Mans., and Henry Breault, torpodoman, (Irand Isle, Va. PHILIPPINE LEGISLAT BILLS AT HEAD MANILA, Oct. 29. (Ily tho Asso ciated Press) At a caucus of the Philippine Independence commission today It was docldod to ask the legis lature to establish another national bank cither at llo Ilo or Ccbu. 8on- tn ani-nln n.mpnn un delegated to ilrnft a bill crentlng the bank for pre SITUATION sentation to tne legimuiure. It was expected that Governor Gen eral Wood will veto the bill, but It was agreed that tho bill will be re-passed over his veto in this event. It la the plan of th ecommlsslon.to have as many bills as possible passed over tho governor general's veto In the be- : ' f 3' mm ARE ASKED IB GIVE UP Paul D'Autremont, Father of Boys Suspected of: S. P. Hold-Up and Murder, Issues Country-Wide Appeal for for Them to Surrender and Prove Innocence. EUGENE, Oct. 29. Paul D'Autre mont, father of Uuy, Roy and Hugh D'Autremont, Eugene boys accused by railway and postoffico detectives of holding up the Southern Pacific train and killing four- trainmen neur Siski you October 11, Is making a plea ot tlio newspapers of t!;c northwest to on dcavor to reach his sons, believing Im plicitly In their innoeonco jnd hollev lng that if thoy read In the papers that tholr father Is anxious to hear from thorn and to establish an alibi for thorn, they may come home and tell where they wero at the timo of the murder and what they have been do ing since. Asks Boys to Write D'Autremont said yesterday that IE by any possible chance his boys read his appeal In the newspapers ho would Ulto for them to communicate with him or any of tho following: Percy Varney, former parole offlcor nt Sa lem; D. C. Lewis, 422 Chamber ot Commerce building, Portland, or Fred E. 'Smith, Eugone, who has been re tained as attorney to defend tho boys If they aro arrested and Indicted for the crimes oi wnicn mey ore aucuHuua The father nlso makes an appeal to anybody who knows oi tue wuarBj aboiits of the throe' boys to communi cate with nny of theso men. D'Autremont. since the detoctlves have accused his sons of tho crimes, hns receivod many lottors from per sons In different paVts of Oregon whore the boys hnvo worked, express ing tholr innoeonco. Tholr lives hnvo been Buch, tho letters In nonrly evory nuinneo state, that tho boys soem In capable of commuting such crimes as attributed to them. Methodist Minister Writes ' Among the lettors received by tho father Is ono from Kev. jonn u. ww fin, pastor of tho Methodist church at Westport, Oregon. Ho said: "It is hard believe that there Is a ghost of a chance of those boys being tho culprits. I am sure of what I havo soon of them that there is no thought In my mind of such a nature or ten dency In their lives." Mrs. S. D. Dorrmes, 850 Twelfth stroot, Salom, writes to the rather of tho boys that Bhe knowa thorn woll and that thoy Joined the Christian church at Alhany two years ago. She said they were regular In attendance while they tlved thoro and seemed to he good Christian boys. OUior lottors 111 o of tho same tenor. D'Autremont declared Inat night that It Dan O'Connell, chief of detoc tlves of tho Southern Pacific had no moro evidence "gainst the boys thnn has been announced by him, thoro is a very slim case against them. B.F. NEW TOllK, Oct. 29. A suit In eo'ilty for $10,050,000 was filed in fed eral court today by Hhubert Vaude ville, inc., naalnst tho I). F. Keith Vaudeville Exchango, and tho Or phex.r. Circuit, Inc., alloglng viola tion of thn fodoral laws relating to roitrnint ot trado. 10 OF lief that President Coolldgo can not turn them all down and thnt one re versal of the governor general's veto will be a victory or tho Filipinos. ; MANILA, Oct. 29. (By tho Asso-, claUd Press) A wireless mossage re ceived hero today from Governor Oen-. oral Wood, who is at Parang, Mind anao, said the Moro trouble there ap peared to be entirely local and largely,, caused by the Moroa' dislike of Chris tian echools and certain Irritating taxes. Governor General Wood has sent couriers to hostile lenders to arrange, for a conference. V