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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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