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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923
NO. 201
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NOW FEAR
EX-KAISER
Will FLEE
England and Belgium Expect
Kaiser Will Soon Be Follow
ing Crown Prince Ger
many Denies Kaiser Has
Been Authorized to Return
to Fatherland
6 BERLIN, Nov. 13. It la officially
denied here that former Emperor Wil
liam has been authorized to return to
Germany.
Denial was also made of a report
that former Crown Prluce Frederick
William visited Berlin secretly on his
way from Holland to his estate in
Upper Silesia.
Frederick William stayed Saturday
night at Holdescheim, Sunday night at
GrosB Flatten in Mecklenberg with
Count Bassewltz and last night With
frktnds in the province of Branden
burg. He is expected to arrive at Oels
today.
The visit to Berlin of Premier Von
Knllllng of the Bavarian government
has been postponed.
BERLIN, Nov. 13. Former Crown
Prince Frederick William arrived at
his eBtate at Oels at 6 o'clock this
evening, a message from Oels an
nouncd. -
BRUSSELS, Nov. 13. William Hoh
enzollern, former emperor of Germany,
was again a figure commanding world
attention today as the governments of
the powers made, efforts to learn more
of his reported plans for returning to
the fatherland.
Equipped with passports for himself
and members of his suite, he Is said
bv a local newspaper to be prepared
to establish himself or hlB son, former
Crown Prince Frederick William, on
the throne on December 4.
There was no official confirmation
of the activities at Doom house, nor
was William's destination In Germany
suggested. Private messages from the
little Dutch village however, said that
a courier yesterday delivered twelve
passports permitting the ex-emperor
and his entourage to rennter the fath
erland after their five years in exile.
Cipher messages are said to have been
received at, the castle.
It Is pointed out here that William
has been, keeping in close tmicli with
the monarchists In Germany and Hint
he has hoped for some time that the
Bituatlon would shape itself favorably
for his return. It alno Is believed that
he would regard Holland as perhaps
an insecure place of refuge, In view of
the 'protest lodged by the powers at
the return of Frederick William.
LONDON, Nov.. 13. Some or tho
British newspapers are beginning to
show anxiety over the possible return
to Germany of former Emperor Wil
liam, and last night's reports from
Paris and Brussels that he bad obtain
ed his passports are featured signifi
cantly this morning.
It is said the visit of Dr. Kan, Dutch
official, at Doom yesterday, was to in
form tho ex-kalser that the powers of
Europe would not regard his return
with Indifference.
None of the London correspondents
at Oels, Upper Silesia, or elsewhere
Oiad been able to locate Crown Prince
Frederick William up to midnight last
night, thus discounting a previous dis
patch that the prince had arrived at
his estate yesterday morning.
Interest in his return is now very
feeble. The newspapers commenting
on It hold that his reentry into Ger
many is not an Incident of sufficient
importance to Justify allied action,
which seems to be favored In France.
OHIO VISITOR IN LOS
KILLED BY
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13. Richard
F. Nagle, 45, of Columbus, Ohio, was
shot and killed here early this morn
ing by two bandits as he was driving
towards Los Angeles from Culver
City, a suburb, with his Brother Ed
ward, a Culver City real estate man.
The bandits obtained 1500, the pro
ceeds of an American Legion carnival
held at Culver City, that the brothers
were bringing to Los Angeles.
Shortly after leaving the carnival,
Ranch Woman in
Eastern Oregon Is
Saved by 2 Dogs
THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 13.
Mrs. Ruby Pottls, 63, who
lives on a ranch at Sherar Bridge
4 near hero, told in a hospital here
how her life had been saved by
her two dogs, Jack and Pup.
While driving a loaded wagon
Sunday, the wagon upset In a
4 hollow, pinning her beneath the
load. Sagacity of the dogs In
' digging a hole under her head
4 enabled her to breathe but she
4 was unable to oxtricate herself,
4 being forced to remain a prison
4 er for fifteen hours until yostor
4 day when a neighboring ranch
4 hand passing nearby heard the
4 barking of the dogs and was at
4 tracted to the spot and rescued
4 her. Mrs. Pettis was recovering
today from exhaustion and
4 bruises.
4
4.4. 4 4
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Although
the door still Is open for Amorlcan
helpfulness in the reparations problem
President Coolldgo regards the latest
movement in- that direction as having
come definitely to an end.'
The United States would find itself
unable, in the view of the president to
participate in reparations Inquiry pro
posed by Premier Poincare for the
same reason that it declined to enter
the investigations suggested by Great
Britain. This reason Is that the Amer
ican government considers it useless
and futile to make an Inquiry which is
hedged about by restrictions as to its
scope. '
Groat Britain, it is pointed out, has
presented no invitation for participa
tion' iy the United States In a repara
tions Inquiry In wheh France would
not be a party. Consequently ' that
qucston Is not up for decision hero. -
WASHINGTON, Nov. . 13. Without
committing himself either to approval
or disapproval of the treasury tax re
vision program, President Coolldge
today let It be known that he regards
the proposal as a slop toward opening
the way for meeting the demand of the
country for lower taxes.
TIMBER FRAUD CASE
STARTS IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13. L. R.
Kaylor was placed on trial today be
fore a jury In Judge Bean's depart
ment of the federal court charged with
using the malls to defraud. I
Kaylor is charged by the govern-'
ment with selling alleged relinquish
ments on timber lands In southern!
Josephine and northern Jackson conn-'
Maa with mlantnroaantlnff tlia Inmto !
and with offering to file relinquish
ments on land that was already open
for homestead entries. He Is alleged
to have defrauded ten or twelve per
sons, six of whom appeared before
Assistant United States Attorney
Thomas Maguire as chief complaining
witnesses. United Stages Marshal
Hotchktss and deputies served be
tween fifty and sixty persons with no
tices to appear as witnesses.
Ktorm Is Approaching.
' PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13. South
east storm warnings were ordered by
the weather bureau today tor a se
vere storm moving southeast from
the north Pacific. Fresh to strong
south to east gales may be expected
north from Cape Blanco this after
noon. It was said.
IS
BANDITS; $500 TAKEN
the Nagles noticed a car following
them. On arriving in Loi Angeles
they were overtaken by the bandits,
who, according to the police, after try
ing to force them to the curb, fired
three shots without warning. One of
the bullets wounded Richard fatally
and another pierced the clothing nf
Edward, grazing his flesh. Then tak
ing the $500 the two escaped.
The dead man, a farmer, was here
visiting bis brother and was unmar
ried.
IP
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OFF FOR FIRST
TRIPJOCOAST
Aerial Coupe Carrying Both
Passengers and Freight
Leaves Dayton, Ohio, for
San Francisco and Los An
gelesFirst Stop, Iowa City
DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 13. With ideal
flying weather the O W aorlal coupe
carrying passengers and freight left
this morning at 7:30 o'clock for Los
Angeles with Howard Rlnchart as pi
lot. The flight, It is hoped, will sot a new
mark in aorlal transiiortatlon as the
first freight and passenger ship to
carry freight from the middle west to
the Pacific coast
The project developed from a sug
gestion made In an address by Assist
ant Secretary of War Davis in Dayton
last week when he stressed the need
for support, from business organiza
tions for commercial air companies.
It is expected that tho plane will
reach Iowa City for tho night, pro
ceeding from there over the route of
the United States aerial mail service
va Omaha, North Platte, Rock Springs,
Cheyenne. Salt Lake, Reno, San Fran
cisco, thence to Los Angeles.
With good weather prevailing, Pilot
Rlnehart expects to land his passen
gers and freight cargo in Los Angeles
In thirty flying hours. It requires
about two weeks for the fastest trans
continental freight to make the trip.
E
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HE
PARIS, Nov. 13. (By the Associat
ed Press.) The French chamber of
deputies paBsed a vote of confidence
In the Poincare government by a vote
of 379 to 1 CH.
PARIS, Nov. 13. (By the Assoclst
ed Press.) Tho allied reparation com
mission today decided to hear ropre'
aentatlves of Germany regarding the
capacity of the relch to pay repara
tions. The date of the hearing will be
flxod later. ,
A new factor has entered tho repara
tions Bituatlon today as tho reparation
committee met to decide whether Ger
many's request for a financial hearing
should be granted. The addition was
Premier Polncare's own proposal that
the commlssslon name a committee to
Investigate thoroughly Germany's
economic and financial condition with
special view of determining means
of bringing back to the relch Illegally
exported German capital.
It would arrive at an estimate of
Germany's external resources: It
would suggest how these might be
used for her reparation accounts; It
would determine what steps Germany
should take towards reestablishing her
finances; it would make overy effort
to learn the location of the rclch's ex
ported capital and would thon study
means of returning it
JOINED KU KLUX
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Nov. 13.
Dr. W. T. Tilley, former cyclops of
the Muskogee, Okla., Ku Klux Klan.
testified before a legislative in vestige
tion committee that Governor J. C.
Walton applied for membership in
the klan, paid an Initiation fee of $10
and took the oath of the organization,
according to a report of the commit
tee made public today.
The committee report quoted Dr.
Tilley as Baying he administered the
obligation to the governor in the
executive offices here in the presence
of Dr. E. A. Davenport, state health
commissioner. Dr. Davenport was
said to have testified before the com
mittee in confirmation of Dr. Tllley's
statement. No one else saw the oath
administered, according to the testi
mony. MOSCOW In an effort to stralgh
ten out legal technicalities regarding
Russian and American trade, due to
the recent revival of the Russian co
operative business, a commission of
American lawyer! aaa reached Mos
cow,
MAN IS
MISSIXO GI11IS ROMANCE LF.I)
TO ALTAR, THEN CAFETERIA JOB
NEW YORK. After n fourteen-
hour courtship, Frieda Colbeck mar
ried Ralph Tompkins, a one-logged
vaudevlllo dancer, at Hudson, N. A
Then she dropped from sight and her
mother searched diligently for her
nineteen-year-old daughter until she
located her in a cafeteria in Times
Square. Frieda revealed that sho had
traveled with Tompkins until thoy
reached East Chester, Pa., when ho
confessed to her that he had been
married three times beforo. He gave
her $20 and she, penitent, disillu
sioned and separated from her danc
ing bridegroom, camo to Now York in
search of work.
FAKE GHOST ON
E
STARTS A RIOT
TACOMA, Nov. 13. It required
dozen policemen to conduct Dr. C. M
Eddy through an angry throng In tho.
roar of tho Tacoma theater last night
after nn "ectonlasmlc ghost" was
rudely bared to the audience as a
young man covered with a white
sheet. Dr. Eddy was giving his show
to a crowded' houso when suddenly
Hobort Day of Hcuttlo, a member of
the Anierlenn Society for 1'sychlc "o
search, rushed from up the wings to
tho darkened stage and tore the shoot
from the "ghost."
The audience commenced to shout
for the return of its admission money,
and when Dr. Eddy rang down the
curtnln a large part of the audience
went to' tho stnge entrance to await
him. Ho was safely conducted to tho
police-station, where Day and Frod
orlck P. Gorln, a Seattle attorney,
sworo out a warrant charging fraudu
lent advertising. This charge was
dropped today on the promise of Dr.
Eddy that ho would not again adver
tise that he could materialize spirits.
A Dr. Eddy once performed in Mod
ford In so-called spiritualistic Beances
and Is believed to be tho Dr. C. M.
Eddy above.
T
FAIL TO OPEN
ARDMORE, Okla., Nov. 13. The
First National bank of Ardmore,
established In 1880 and said to be the
oldest national bank In Oklahoma, did
not open for business today. The
bank is capitalized at $200,000. Plans
for reorganization are under way.
NORFOLK, Va Nov. 13. Tho
Atlas bank at Neleigh, Neb., one of
the largest institutions In Nebraska
did not open its doors today, accord
ing to a special dispatch to the Nor
folk Daily News.' State banking offic
ials are In charge.
The Noted Dead
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 13. (By
the Assocated Press.) Clifford
Thorne, noted Iowa attorney and a
candidate last year for the United
States senate died In London at 6:30
this morning according to a message
received this morning by the Doe
Moines Evening Tribune.
Mr. Thorne died of pneumonia, the
message said. He . was on a tour
around the world with his wife and
daughter.
Mr. Thorno was 45 years old.
One of tho outstanding authorities
In the United States upon railway and
tax questions, e was the author of
several notable pieces of legislation In
Iowa and was a central figure In a
number of epochal legal battles cen
terlng around the matters In which
ho was an. expert.
TACOMA
STAG
BIBLE
CLASSES
CLAIM
CHEATING
CONTEST
Kansas City and Long Beach,
California, Bible Classes
Engage in Bitter Row Both
Sides Charge Other Side
With Cheating
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Nov. 13. Of
ficers of the Kansas City men's bible
class said today they would not con
tinue the controversy growing out of
the contest with tho business men's
bible class of Long Beach, Cal., which
brought charges of "cheating" on
both bIUoh.
M, W. Dibble, president of tho local
class, which clalmtt the world's record
fur attendance at a religious sorvico
expressed regret thtit tho charges had
become public declaring that the good
accomplished by the race might be
impaired.
The first allegation of cheating
came yesterday when ,J. W. Ijlngen-
felter, a representative of the Kansas
City class asserted at Los Angeles that
Long Reach had padded Its atten
dance figures for Inst Sunday. Lingen-
felter said a check made under his
direction by a score of private detec
tives who used adding machines,
showed the Long Beach attendance
was only 13.030 whereas the total was
announced as 31,034. The count at
Kansas City was 52,121, according to
calculations of local class officers.
Then the mayor of Long Beach,
who is presidont of tho class there,
churgod that Kansas City had cheated
in not observing tho rule that the
classes must met In one place.
Mr. Dibble answered tho allegation
explaining that it was necessary to
hold an overflow meeting because all
the crowd could not be accommodat
ed in Convention hall. In reality, he
said, It was one class because the
services were broadcast to those) who
jammed the streets about the hall.
The contest which hat), extended, over
five weeks ended last Sdnday with
Kansas City the vlctotv f ' ;,
till SE SOLVED
MANILA, Nov. 13. (By Associated
Press). While there Is no disorder at
present among the Moro tribes the
situation requlros careful handling,
Governor General Leonard Wood de
clared upon his return here today
after a three weeks trip of Inspection
to tho island of Mindanao, where he
investigated .reported . unrest among
the natives.
The greatest unrest now is meroly
local and Is confined chiefly to Moros
In the vicinity of Lake Lanao, where
the tribesmen are demanding a larger
representation In tho governmental
activities, he declared.
The Moros, who are Mohammedans
object to being governed by Christian
officials, the governor general said.
At a conference which he held with
Moro chieftains frho assembled from
all parts of tho territory Governor
General Wood informed them that
American sovereignty still Is supreme
in tho Philippines and that If the
United States ever decides to relin
quish control tho Moros will be offic
ially notified bo fore any change is
made.
One of the demands of tho tribes
men which is causing unrest is for
Moro teachers instead of Christian
Filipinos In the schools for girls, the
executive said.
The governor general expressod
confidence the Moro situation would
be settled peacefully. Pie announced
that he had appolntod a commission,
consisting of three members of his
staff who have had long experience
In tho Philippines to proceed to Min
dlanao and Investigate the Moro com
plaints. Salt or Sugar in
Canned Goods Is
Germ Preventative
CHICAGO, Nov. 13. Food preserv
ed in saturated solutions of either salt
or sugar are proof against the deadly
germs of botulism. Dr. John C. Qeiger,
of the United States public health ser
vice attached; to the University of
Chicago declared today. Othor pro
ducts put up In solutions neither de
cidedly acid or alkaline, are susceptl
ble to the germs he said.
Dr. Gelger explained that most home
presorved fruits were safe from the
germ. Included in the Immune list
are jellies, Jams and pickled and pre
served fruits which have been put up
In sugar solutions. Vegetables and
meats are most Biisceptlble and should
be boiled thoroughly before using, he
said.
P.F. E. to Spend Nine
Millions to Handle
Coast Fruit Crop
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 13. Pur-
chase of 3057 refrigerator freight
cars for the Pacific Fruit Express
company, an expenditure of up- 4
proximately 19,000,000, to take 4
care of the increasing volume of 4
perishable food products produc-
ed on the Pacific coast for move- 4
4 mont to eastern consuming cen- 4
4 tors, was announced here today 4
4 by H. M. Adams, vice president 4
of traffic of the Union Pacific
4 system, 4
NO U. S. PROTEST
CROWN PICE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Presi
dent Coolldgo believes the traditional
policy of the American government
would preclude it from Joining with
the allied governments in protesting
to Gormany against the return of
Crown Prince Frederick William or
his father, the former emperor or In
measures to prevent tho ro-estubllBh-ment
of tho monarchy.
The chief executive feels that tho
United Ktates should abide by its long
established tenet that any nation Is
within its right In establishing what
ever foimi of government It desires.
Ho had told visitors ho believed that
policy should bo followed with, respect
to all European countries, altho In
South America the principles of tho
Monroe doctrine frowning upon the
establishment of monarchies should
bo tho guide.
The allied government, in the view
of officials hero, have a right and a
duty under tho treaty of Versailles to
protest and tnko such measures as
they deem desirable. Tho United
Htates, nofc being a party to the treaty;
is under no such obligation,
TRIAL OF GIRL WHO
KILLED BRIDEGROOM
STARTED IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 13. Thirty wit
nesses for the stnte have been sub
poenaed to testify in the trial of Miss
Winifred Gibbons, 19 year old divor
cee on a charge of fatally shooting
Harry T. Lacolle, bridegroom of sev
eral weeks, nt a road house near the
city on October 7, it wns announced
today before tho trial opened.
Tho state will endeavor to show
that Miss Gibbons shot down Lacelle
while she was under the effect of In
toxicating liquor and that the shoot
ing happened between four and five
o'clock In the morning on October 7
nfter a group of men of which Lacelle
was one, had declined to help repair
her automobile, Prosecutor Douglas
stated prior to the opening of the trial
this morning.
According to Miss Cllbbnns attor
ney the defendant will declare that
sho blandished a pistol to frighten a
group of men at the road house Into
helping her with her automobile and
that the gun was accidentally dis
charged. RHINELAND STATE
BERLIN, Nov. 18. (By Associated
Press). The German government will
proclaim an autonomous Ithineland
stato In the immediate future, it was
stated on good authority hore this
afternoon.
Pasadena Doctor Ttonnred
STOCKHOLM, Bwedon, Nov. 13.
The Nobel prize for physics has been
awarded to Dr. Robert Androws Mllll
kan of PaBadena, Cal.
AMERICAN BUSINESS BETTER NOW ;
THAN ANY TIME SINCE THE WAR
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 13. Financial
conditions generaly are Improving
rapidly and the nation Is on a more
stable basis than at any time since
the close of the world war, Hubert
Work, secretary of the Interior, de
clared here lost night while en route
to Washington from his home In Pue
blo, CoL
The volume of business has increas
ed greatly. The automobile industry
bag doubled and savings deposits also,
OR. SAWYER
IS BLAMED
BY FORBES
Politics and President Hard
ing's Personal Physician
Declared Responsible for
Charges of Graft and Mis
conduct Against Former Di
rector of Veterans Bureau
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A "con
spiracy to encompass my destruction
by means of perjury, subornation of
perjury and the suppression of mate
rial facta and documents," was charg
ed by Charles It. Forbes, former di
rector of tho veterans' bureau, In tes
timony today before the Benate veter
ans' committee.
Taking the' stand in his own de
fense, before a crowded committee,
room, the former director entered a
general, sweeping and absolute de
nial" of charges made by other wit
nesses reflecting upon his honesty.
The denial was directed, the wit
ness said against "every charge, state
ment, innuendo and Insinuation
which in any manner whatsoever re
filets upon the honesty and Integrity
of my official or personal conduct
while I occupied the office of director
of war risk insurance or director of
the veterans' bureau."
Most of the deficiencies In the ad
ministration of the laws providing for
relief to disabled veterans, he declared
"hud been due to politics and Saw
yer." He referred to Brigadier Gen
ajul Charles E. " Sawyer, personal
friend and physician of President
Harding. '.
Forbes then flatly denied the state
ment made before the committee by
Dr. Sawyer that he was dismissed by
Presidont Harding for Insubordina
tion in connection with the sale of sur
plus property at Perryvllle, Md.
"Long before tho president finally
decided to issue his second temporary'
order stopping the delivery pf goods
at Porryville," the former director
said, "I frankly told the president that
I could not continue to serve It Gen
eral Suwyer was to continue In my
office, and it became simply a choice
botween Sawyer and myself, and I re
lieved the president of any possible
embarrassment by tendering my res
ignation." At the outsot ForbeB read a prepar
ed statement in which he earnestly re
quested the committee members to
question him more searchlngly as to
all matters within the scope of the
Investigation and the testimony here
tofore given and which be was to
give.
"I feel that I cannot refrain from
expressing to the committee at this
time," Forbes said, "my growing be
lief, finally resulting In conviction on
my part which I expect by the testi
mony of disinterested witnesses to es
tablish, that an attempt has been
made to mislead this committee, and
that a conspiracy has been on foot, the
purpose of which Is to encompasg my
destruction by means of perjury, sub-'
ornntlon of perjury, attempted subor
nation of perjury and the suppression
of material facts and documents bear
ing not only upon my personal conduct
as director of the veterans' bureau but
also upon the official conduct of the
affairs of the bureau by myself and
my subordinates.
' "I deny generally and shall here
after deny specifically and In detail,'
the utterly false and groundless
charges of official and personal neg
lect, dlshoncBty, graft, liquor drinking
loose conduct and any other derelic
tion, official or personal which ha
been ascribed to me either by the wit
ness Mortimer . and .Williams and
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have almost doubled In volume In the
lost few years, he declared, adding
that "radicalism does not constitute
sr lows menace In national politics." .
Referring to talk of unrest among
farmers, the secretary said: .; .'
"I have only heard of this unrest I
have not seen it The farmers I have
seen are prosperous and contented.
Production of farm products la greater
than they have been since the close ot
the war. Conditions generaly are be
coming adjusted more rapidly."