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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government had withdrawn the exec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