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Newspaper Page Text'eiwlijr Library The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 51 Minimum totluy 40 Precipitation 13 3BF0RB I Weather Year Ago IT UNE it Maximum 58 Minimum 43 Eally Eighteenth Tear, eekly fifty-Third Yeai MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1923 NO. 190 III! Ml iAIL SEA BOOZE AGREEMENT IS RE ACID England Agrees to 12 Mile Search While U. S. A. Allows British Liquor to, Enter U. S. Ports Undei Seal Ratifi cation of Agreement Is Expected. LONDON. Oct. 31. (By the Asso elated Press). The final terms which will form the basis for an Anglo-Anier-i lcan treaty to cope with rum running 'along the American coast were formal ly presented to the .imperial confer ence by Lord Curzon, the foreign sec retary, this afternoon. Ambassador Harvey and Lord Curzon agreed to the terms at an hour's conference In the foreign office yesterday. The terms laid before the confer ence were: First: The United States authori ties will have the right to search any llrlt'.sh ship within the twelve-mile limit suspected of carrying liquor for smuggling purposes. . Second: The United States will formally affirm by treaty the prin ciple of the three-mile limit for terri torial waters. Third: British ships will have the right to carry liquors under seal Into the territorial waters of the United States. As the Imperial conference Is mere ly a consultative body not having the power to act on the rum running ques tion, Lord Curzon's formal presenta tion of the terms which he discussed with Ambassador Harvey yesterday means final and complete agreement of the British government with the American request for permission to search British ships within a twelve mile limit. . British and American, officials here believe the United States senate will readily ratify a treaty embodying these terms. . v v LONDON, Oct. 31. (By the Asso ciated Press). A settlement of the controversy ovor the American cons late at Newcnstle-o'n-Tyne has been reached between Foreign Secretary Curzon and American Ambassador Harvey, and according to Mr. Har ris; the consulate will be reopened within a fortnight, ii.The Newcastle consulate was closed Oii' February 2 last after the British government had withdrawn the exec quators of Consul Fred C. Slater and Vice-Consul Russell M. Brooks on charges that they had attempted to divert passengers trom British to American Bteamshlp lines by making difficulties ovor the Issuances of vises fo persons not traveling on American boats and further by hinting the pas sengers were liable to encounter In ,,.i,.n ir, ihA United States Unless they traveled by American lines. J. mi... Im.rl.an ntntn rinnnrtmont after an Investigation, exonerated the consular officials. Considerable dip lomatic correspondence ensuea, me tlnlted States refusing to compro mise on the matter. j Daily Report on the Crime Wave SPOKANE. Oct. 31. Thieves who dynamited the safe in the drugstore of H. Cunningham at Fairfield, twenty miles south of here last n.gnt, escanod with between $700 and 00 worth of money and Jewelry, officers hero were informed. ' EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 31. Albert Daviou, 42, 4d at a hospital today from self-inflicted gunshot wounds ithlle his wife, Helen, and her sister, Miss Mary Reagan, are possibly ra tally wounded as the aftermath of a quarrel last nignt over nnanciai ran ters and JealouBy. U. S. STEEL MAGNATE DENIES HE WAS DISCOURTEOUS TO GIRL SOLICITOR NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Elbert H. Oary. chairman of the United States Steel corporation today emphatically, but courteously denied an implied dis courtesy to a young woman who last Monday accosted him ln Wall street and tried to hand him a pamphlet In which financial leaders' salaries were compared with those of their clerks. , The young woman, who represented the Union of Bookkeepers, Stenog raphers and Accountants, which is becking to unionize the "white collar" Honeymoon Pullman Cars to Have Smoking Rooms for the Bride LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31. The pres ent day Btylo of Pullman cur took Its first step toward oblivion today when Union Pacific officials ordered the attaching of the new "honey moon" type of Pullman car to their Chicago limited. There are many, changes in the car. The headboards, lnstend of being re moved by day, are permanent, afford ing nearly as much privacy as a pri vate compartment. Due to persistent propaganda and advertising by to bacco companies, smoking rooms have been added for ladies. The dressing rooms are larger and the ventilating Hystcm can he regulated by anybody. Twenty additional cars havo been ordered by the Union Pacific. Oovernmont mall aeroplanes, sent to the scene of the Siskiyou tunnel attempted train robbery and quad ruple murders, at noon October, 11th, returned to San Francisco this morn ing, after n half dozen flights over the avooded section 20 miles west of the tunnel, where four men, believed to bo the bandits, are hiding. The flights were made Sundny and Mon day. "We are going over tho country in the neighborhood of tho tunnel wltn a fine tooth comb," said Daniel O'Con- noll. chief of Southern Pacific special agents," and have found additional evidence bearing on the case. Asiae from that there is no Information to give out." m Regarding the report from Albany, Oregon, that the automatic revolver found at the tunnel mouth, alter me crime, had been purchased in that city by a man who gave a fictitious address In Euceno. Oregon; Chief O'Connell said ho knw nothing about it. officially. Tho purchaser of the pistol gave the , name of William Elliott, and the gun was bought ' from the Hausor Brothers gun store. Chocking up oi the number of tho weapon, by the manufacturers, resulted in locating the seller. The manager of tho store was drowned last summer in the Wil lamette river, and tho sheriff, to whom the sale was reported, was mur dered in a gunfight with bandits on tho streets of Albany last summer. SAYS PRESIDENT PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31. Tho Oregon Electric railway Is not finan cially able to meet 'its bond interest payments due November 1, President W. F. Turner announced today. "It is problematical," added Tur ner, "whether the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway will advance the necessary funds within the period of sixty days allowed before the action can be taken on default. "The . financial results of the Ore gon Electric for the current year have not been at all encouraging. The net loss from operation, taxes and bond interest so far amounts to $204,- 000. or approximately $40,000 greator than the corresponding period last year. It "is apparent, therefore, that the deficits from operation, . taxation and bond interest will exceed the $300,000 mark for tho year 1923." The Oregon Electric railway is a subsidiary of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway, one of tho Hill railroad properties. Ha line extends south from Portland to Eugene, ore. In the event of foreclosure pro ceedings, a re-organization of the Oregon Electric Railway company to bid in the property may be under taken. Abandonment of the railway and selling of tho property are re garded as Improbable. Invasion of the traffic earning ca pacity of the Oregon Electric railway bv motor vehicles has brought finan clal distress upon the electric railway system, it is declared. workers of the financial district, had complained that Mr. Gary had un ceremoniously brushed her aside. 'I had not the slightest Idea of what the young woman wanted," Mr. Gary explained. "She startled me and I put up my hand to wnrd her off. Had I known she wanted to hand me a pamphlet I certainly would have taken It and I would have read It with interest, too. I have no desire to be discourteous at any time, especially to a woman." - U.S. AIRPLANES 1 IN SEARCH OF S. P. BANDITS G.BRII! TO OPPOSE SEPARTISTS England Formally Advises Bel gium and France That It Can Not Allow An Individual State in Any Part of Occu pied Area Situation Is Complicated. LONDON, Oct. 31. (By the Asso ciated Press) Great Britain has formally advised Franco and Belgium that It cannot recognize tho separatist movement in tho Rhineland or tho establishment of an Individual state In Cologne or other parts of the occu pied area. BERLIN, ' Oct. 31. Chancellor Stiesi mann's hand Is believed to havo been rtrengthened as regards his pol icy toward Saxony, by the decision of the United Socialists to postpone until today a decisive vote on the parly's attitude toward the govern ment's measures ln that state. Whereas yesterday the withdrawal of the three socialist ministers in tho cabinet was threatened, thereby men acing the tenure of tho ministry, the political situation lata lust night so shaped Itself that early this morning the government appeared stronger. The socialists are represented as believing that their refusal to partici pate longer ln the coalition would be regarded as a concession to the com munists and they also recognize that the chancellor has made progress with the long promised reform measures. Cabinet Crisis Easier. BERLIN, qct. 31. (By thtt'Asso- ilntorl Drnnat Will, thn altiintln.. In Saxony gradually becoming stabilized and the united socialists In charge of thp new , government there, political Al..1na in 11nrllnX.vnin,nJ fn. day that tho danger of a parliamen tary crisis here was less eminent. HERLIN, Oct. 31. 'ithlneland sep aratists have occupied . the ' public buildings at Worms and declared a re public, according to advices received here. The local workers are reported to have gone on strike. BERLIN, Oct. 31. A dispatch from Munich today states that the ,com blned patriotic societies behind Dr. Von Knhr, Bavarian military dictator, and Adolph Hitler, cxtrcmo nation alist leader, demand the establishment of a "purely nationalistic dictatorship In Berlin." I FARMERS LIES IN DENVER, Colo., Oct. 31. Eugene Meyer, Jr., mnnaging director of the war finance 'corporation, addressing the annual convention of the Ameri can Wheat Grdwers associated, here today, declared "the trip Mr. Mondell and I have been making throughout the wheat growing states during tho lostthroe weeks Indicates clearly that thero is a rapidly -growing acceptance of tho soundness and value of the principle of co-operative, marketing of wheat." Mr. Meyer declared his opinion that "there is at the present time a more favorable sentiment for co-operative marketing ln the wheat territory than has ever existed before." He caution ed that tho co-operative movement "must be conducted, If It is to be suc cessful, without regard to political considerations." "If. the co-operative movement," said he, "allows Itself to come under the control, of political Influences, It cannot but fall. If It keeps itself free from politics and also Is conducted by men who are willing to work for the cause, rather than for their own per sonal advancement, It has a magnlf lcient chance of success and a wonder fulopportunity for useful Bervlce to a great group of farmers all over the country." Anron Shapiro, of New York, na tional co-operative counsel In the co operative marketing group embrac ing several large producing industries, told the meeting the Lowden com mlttee, recently appointed at Chicago, wants to co-opera'e with tho Ameri can Wheat Growers, Associated, to aid the cause of co-operative market ing and has no intention of Interfer ing with the activities of the organi zation or working In opposition to It. The main object of his committee now, he said, Is to build ui the or ganlzatlon to bring nt least sixty per cent of all wheat In each state Into the mnrketlng,channels of the Ameri can association and educate the farm ers regarding benefits which this co ; operative system means to them. Doug. Fairbanks and Mary Pickford Deny They Contemplate a Divorce LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31. A court battle to put a stop to alleged malic ious andunfoundod stories about men and women in the motion picture in dustry was started In New'York today as the result of instructions from Mary Pickford, motion picture actress and her actor husband, Douglas Fairbanks, who Inst night announced they had telegraphed to an attorney in that city. Their eastern attorneys,, they said, were ordered to begin suit Immediately against a film magazine which is nlleged to have published a report that Evelyn Krent, Mr. Fair banks' leading ladv. hud caused tho estrangement of Miss Pickford and j her husband. Miss Brent joined with . Mr. and .Mrs. Fairbanks In denouncing tho alleged libelous articles as "untrue" and her husband, ii, P. Fineman, con firmed the Fairbanks' announcement that sho would join with them in the bringing of tho suit. I BOARD 10" SETTLE PORTLAND, Ore., .Oct. 31. Settle ment through tho Btato board of con ciliation was proposed today by the wage adjustment comnilttco of tho electrical workers of tho Northwest ern Electric company who went on strike yesterday for an Increase In tho base wage scale from $7.20 to 88 a day. ' Offlcors of tho Northwestern Elec tric company said today there had been no Interruption ln lis service following the walkout of 120 linemen, wlremon, station operators and meter testers. Informal negotiations now are In progress between the employes of tho Portland Railway Light and Power company In the organization of tho International Brotherhood of Electri cal Workors and the company manage ment looking toward a higher wage scale to replace tho scale which termi nates tonight. On the outcomo of negotiations will depend whether thero will be a walkout of 600 to 700 lln men, station operators, and meter test ers in this company's employ. Their wage scales are the same as those paid like classes of Northwestern Elec trical company's employes. EX-DRY AGENTS E ARE INDICTED DENVER, Oct. tl a H. ".C-ena-hnp, former di-ettor nf federal inhi bition enforcement n Colorado, Hen Englander, prohibition agent under McCtenahan, the Kev. Father "Walter A. Grace, former pastor of the Shrlno of 8t. Anno at Arvada, Cal and Jack Walsh, his brother-in-law, were named in indictment returned last night by the federal grand Jury here. Sixty-three Indictments were ro turned. McClenahan and Englander are charged with conspiracy to defraud the government out of $1600 said to have been realized on sales of liquor. Father Grace and Jack Walsh are charged with the illegal possession and transportation of liquor. The indictments against tho latter pair covered virtually the same ground as previous ones under which tho priest was convicted and sentenced to two yenrs in tho federal prison nt Leaven worth last July. f- Referring to tho supposed "rumors that a separation from Mr. Fairbanks was Imminent," Miss Pickford cited tho fact that her husband "follows along, whenever I go on location, oven if he bus to stop work on his own picture. Mr. Fairbanks descrlbod rumors of a separation us about what ono might expect from thoao "who havo been talking about me for years." Ho added that his acquaintance with Miss Bront was purely professional and that he never talked with her moro than twenty minutes at a time His statements wore confirmed by Miss Brent, who said: "The only rein t ions I have had with Mr. Fairbanks wore business rela tions. Since leaving his studio I have seon him only twlco." Tho picture above shows Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks swimming In their pool at the rear of their palatial rest donee lit Hollywood. THREE OFFICERS , ARE BLAMED FOR WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Tho dis aster off Point Honda, Cal., Septem ber 8 which resulted in tho stranding of nine destroyers, is directly attribu table to the "errors of judgment and faulty navigation on tho part of three officers attached to and sorvlng on tho Delphy," tho official board of In quiry found In its report to tho navy department, mnde public today. The three officers referred to wore tho squadron commander, Captain Edwin H. Watson, tho commanding officer of tho Uelphy, Lloutenant Commander Donald T. Hunter, and tho navigating officer, Lieutenant Lawrence F. lilodgett. The report, upon which an order of "court martial of eleven officers were bused rocommonded that Cap tain Watson bo brought to trial on charges of "culpable inefficiency in tho performance of duty,' and "through negligence in suffering ves sels of tho navy to be run upon the rocks," and that similar charges be brought against tho other two of ficers. "In the opinion of the court," the report declared, "there Is nothing which will excuse the squndron com mander, the captain of tho Dclphy and tho navigating officer from nc ceptlng full responsibility for tho ac cident. The court sees no extenuat ing circumstances. In the case of the division commanders the court finds they must be held responsible in a measure concerning Individual cap tnlns there are many extenuating cir cumstances." PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31. The state Grange committee of nine won two points today in its mandamus suit tc compel the income vox referendum league to disclose its records of funds ln connection with the state income tax special election November 6. Cir cuit Judge Know! overruled the de murrer of the league to the Grange suit und ordered the league to file Us answer. The league's attorneys asked for three days in which to file the answer and on objection by attorneys for the grange that this would causo too great a delay, the court ordered tho answer bo filud tomorrow. finn Yat Ken Beaton Again SHANGHAI, Oct. 81. it Is report ed from Canton that Sun Yat Son's troops were badly defeated near Wal- chow, while four gunboats previously supporting him suddenly declared their neutrality last Sunday and left for - an unknown - destination. One loyal gunboat remains at Canton, STATE GRANGE WINS ON TWO DECISIONS Nazimova's Sketch On Divorce Withdrawn, .' But Diva Gets Cash NEW YORK, Oct. 31. George Middleton's dramatic sketch "The 4 Unknown Lady," starring- Alia t Nazlmova, lias been withdrawn from the bill at Keith's Palace theatre nt tho request of Father 4 John' II. Kelly, chaplain of tho Catholic Writers' guild. The playlot, which Mmo. Nazi- mova had played in the west for eight weeks before bringing It to New York, concerns the efforts of a husbnndj to provide grounds for his wife's divorco to permit fr her to marry another man. fr Mmo. Nazlmova, whose con- tract called for a $3,000 weekly salary, was paid $15,000, the full amount of the contract, aftor 4 only two New York performances. 4 LOCAL LUMBER MILLS GET LOW A decision which will mean thou sands of dollars to tho lumber mills In Mod ford and vicinity was handed down, today by tho Interstate Com merce commission according to tho following dispatch received by A. S. Hoseubaum of this city: Tortland, Oct. 31, 1923. A. S. Rosenbaum, Mcdford. Advise pross and lumber . trad Interstate Commorco commission have refused to BUiipend roduced lum ber rates published ln tariff 47-J and they will become effective Oct. ' 81st as published. W. F. M. This decision is final and the rates are now ln offect. This moans Mod ford will be put on an equality, with Klamath Fays, and Kirk for the first time, as far as lumber shipments, are concerned, and that Oregon mills as a whole will be able to compete suc cessfully for business ln northern California. The protost made by California was as follows: WASHINGTON, D. C. In an unus ual form of complaint directed at Pacific coast lumber rates, the Los AnEolcs "Number Products corpora tion, doing business nt the Ban Pedro harbor, port of I-os Angeles, nked tho lnterstnto commerce commission today to rnlso rates on lumber from Portland, Klamath Falls, ' Modford, Grants Pass and other Oregon points, when shipped to California destina tions. . The Oregon rnto structure, particu larly as It appllos on shipments to Sacramento, Cal., tho Los Angeles corporation declared Is a discrimina tion against tho southern producors. Not only did tho Los Angeles com plaint mako tho usual charge ln gen eral terms of discrimination, but it Is also specified tho amount of Increase which Its makors consldor the com mission should npply to the Oregon rates. From Portland to Sacramento at present the lumber rate Is 8414 cents a 100 pounds, tho complaint declared, and tho commission was asked ; to raise it to 36 cents. From Grants Pass, where present rates are 17 cents, the request wns for an Increase to 24 cents. From Klam ath Falls and Medford. which now have a 16 V4 -cent rate, the Los An geles producers would havo the com mission rnlBO the charge to 24 cents. After nil theso Increase, tho com plaint Intimated, the San Pedro lum ber handlers might be enabled to compete for tho Sacramento business. EX-PREMIER BONAR LAW TO BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER LONDON, Oct. 31. (By tho Associ ated Press). Tho body of Anclrow Donar Law, former premier, will bt burlod In Westminster Abbey at noon next Monday. LLOYD GEORGE LIFE HOBOKEN, N. J., Oct. 31. Letters threatening David Lloyd George re ceived recently by tho Hoboken police caused Chief McFeely to assign today moro than half of his forco to gunrd the Lackawanna railroad terminal to night when the former British pro mler arrives from Scranton, Pa., to deliver two addresses In New York before Balling for home Saturday. SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. SI. David Lloyd George after his strenuous day in Philadelphia yesterday, planned to spend tho forenoon today quietly at tho home of Judge George W. Maxey, his host. After attending a prlvato luncheon tho former promlor of Great RATE TO SOUTH Sffl PAID $97,000 Testimony in Veterans' Bureau Probe Shows San Francisco Architect Got Big Sums for Plans Which Were Never Used Over 100 Per Cent Profit On One Deal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Payment of an additional $33,000 to Mathew O'Hrlen, a Sun Francisco architect for a revision of his plans for a gov ernment hospital at Llvermore, Cal., to make thorn accord to tho terms of his orlglnul contract was disclosed today beforo the Bonate veterans' com mittee Director Frnnk T. Hlnes of the vete rans' burcnu testified that the puy mcnt had been made by Comptroller General McCnrl over his protest. This sum brought to approximately 897, 000 the total O'Brien has received for his plans khlch never havo been used. . Tho original contract with O'Brien, General nines said, provided for plans for a hospltul to cost not In excess of 81,000.000. Upon the completion of thoso pinns, bids were Invited and tho lowest tender was 82.100,000. Be tween July 21, 1922 and January 23, 1923, O'Brien was paid a total of 64, 410, representing. General Hlnes said a fee of three per cent on the lowest bid received. . All bids wro rejected, the director testified, and O'Brien undertook to , alter his plans bo as to bring the cost within tho original 81.600,000. For this work ho submitted a claim of $33,000, which Qoneral Hlnes disap proved. The matter was then re- . tcrred. to the comptroller general's offlco and on October 8 payment of tho full amount of the claim was au- , thorlzed. General Hlnes read Into the record a letter which ho subsequently wrote Mr. McCarl. protesting against the payment nnd asking that steps bo taken to recover from O'Brien the sum puld. Ho said he had received no acknowledgment of receipt of this letter. Paid $1(1,000, Sold $105,000 E. J. Boughton, assistant general counsel of tho veterans' bureau, testi fied that O'Brien's claim wns seat to tho comptroller general's office,.. on September, 1923, and "allowed nine teen days later. "Within our experience," ne added, "that Is a short time to obtain the ac tion of the general accounting office even In a case where there Is no pro test against tho claim." : Tho witness said also this was tho only case within his knowledge 'In which a claim had been allowed after disapproval by tho director of the bu reau. Luclen B. Johnson of San Francisco' who sold the Llvermore hospltul site to tho government for $106,000, tes tified that he bought the lnnd in Octo ber, 1920, from the Cresta Blanct Wine company for $19,257 and bofore tho sale to the government put on it Improvements costing 826,674, Includ ing a rosldence, garage and other buildings. ' "I at no tlmo tried to sell this property to the government," - Mr.' Johnson said, adding that ho was first approached about the sale by Thomas O'Day, a real estate dealer in Septem ber, 1921. The month following -a. nlnety-duy option on tho tract ,. was given to Frank Tynon, an employe of O'Doy. Kaiser Is Looking for Boy. ' DOORN, Oct. 81. Tho injury to Princess Hormlne's ear caused by a stone that struck her while walking near Doom castle is painful but not serious. The culprit has not been found but an eye witness of the inci dent believes the stone wns accldently tossed from a sling which he saw a boy playing with. The Doorn author ities refuse to discuss the affair. IS THREATENED Britain will deliver an address In the stnte armory. ? An enthusiastic welcome was given tho distinguished visitor upon his ar rival here last night. - NEW- YORK, Oct. 31. David Lloyd, George, Great Britain's war premier, will arrive in New York tonight com pleting the last lap of the Journey, that has carried him hundreds of miles through Canada and the United States. He will sail for England on Saturday. The former British premier: will deliver two addresses In New York, at tho LotuB club on Thursday night and at the Metropolitan opera house on tho ove of his departure foi i Europe. PROVIDED