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n.'ri,ltr M,.? Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Weather Year Ago Prediction ..Fair Maximum 48 Maximum yesterday 53 Minimum today 33 Dally Eighteenth Tear. -Weekly Fifty-Third Ye MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923 NO. 204 Tear. SUICIDE IS BROUGHT IN VETHEARING Senator Reed Asks Forbes if C. F. Cramer, Former Coun sel of Bureau Who Killed Himself, Was a Grafter Ex-Director's Cross-Examination Concluded WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The sharp plowshlre of the senate veter ans' committee, driven forward again today through the affairs of Director Charles R. Forbes, turned up another collection of charges, . denials . and counter charges. The code which Elias II. Mortimer testified was arranged for the use of certain contracting firms and some of ficers of the Veterans' bureau figured largely In today's cross examination. Forbes reiterated his denial of any knowledge of any such code, which Mortimer Bald was arranged during the Pacific coast trip of Forbes and his party into the summer of 1922 for the use of C. B. Hurley, of the Hurley Muson company of Tacoma; J. W. Black of the Black-Thompson company of Chicago, and others. Hurley's name in the cqde, accord ing to Mortimer, was "Hyder." John F. O'Ryan, general counsel for the inves tigating committee read a. telegram sent from Tacoma July 25,' 1922, and Blgned "Hyder." As translated it read as follows: "Wish to leave for Alaska thir teenth.. Return about tenth.-Will ab sence Interfere?, Ask. Forbes." Denies Code Message . Denying that he had ever sent any messages to Hurley In code Forbes said all the messages that went out from him were signed by "Charles R. Forbes," and ' "were in the clear." The witnesses said he could offer no ex planation If copies of his communica tions to Hurley were- not In the bureau files. O'Ryan read a letter signed' "Hy der," and addressed to "Moxle," which j was supposed to be Mortimer's code name. It was under date of Septem-i oer, j22, ana asKea.u xvioxie coum not give the writer some Idea as to when "the projects 'we 'talked about will be ready to figure The letter added that "Monk," alleg ed to have been the code nnme for Ma son, had left Tacoma to take his son to Yale. "No doubt lie will be in Washington around the end of the month," the letter added, "and no doubt he will call for .'McAdoo.' " "McAdoo,'' was the designation for Forbes In the alleged code. . Forbes said his presentation of a Harding medal to H. F. Alexander on the steamer Alexander at Tacnma was not an -"Impulsive" act, as Mortimer had testified. - He testified that before he left Washington he .called at the White House, saw some of the medals on President Harding's desk and suggest ed that he give them to some of his friends. It was agreed, Forbes said, that the director should give them to friends of the president who had aid ed him In his campaign for president. "I thought the occasion on Mr. Alex ander's ship," he added, "was a good one at which to make the presenta tion to him." ' Mortimer was Drunk At San Diego, Forbes said, Mortimer "was drunk and insulted General and Mrs. Terry." ' "What was your condition?" asked O'Ryan. "I was as sober then as now." ."And 'Mrs. Mortimer?" "The' same." . . (Continued on Page Six) BOK'S $100,000 PEACE PRIZE CONTEST CLOSES WITH OVER 22,000 CONTESTANTS NEW YORK, Nov. 16. The Jury which will award the 100,000 prize, offered by Edward Bok for the best practicable proposal to achieve and preserve peace, begins today the mon umental task of picking the winning plan from the 22.16S which had been submitted at the close of the congest last night. Remedies proposed to end war came from men and won.n scattered among twenty-two nations, Announce ment of the winning plan Is expected by January 1. For a month the Jury Woman Is Arrested in Connection With Klansman's Murder ATLANTA, Ga Nov. 6. Po- lice; Chief Beavers today ordered tbe arrest of Mrs. W. A. Weaver of Nashville, Tenn., in connection with the slaying of W. S. Coburn, Atlanta attorney, by Phillip E. Fox, Klan publicity man. Chief Beavers forwarded a re- quest to the chief of police at Nashville to.arrest Mrs. Weaver. He would not discuss the matter. W. S. Howard, who has been em- ployed to assist in the prosecti- tion said Mrs. Weaver was wont- ed as a material witness. BY LO VF SLAYS Minnesota Town Horrified by Wholesale Murder, Drops - Business to Search Woods for Maniac Who Killed Four With Five Shots KELLIHER, Minn., Nov. 16. A mad man, slayer of four, is fleeing through the north woods before a nosse form ed here which took up the search at dawn. ' - Leonard Portano, 33, yesterday slew Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders, of whose fifteen year old daughter, Myrtle, he was enamoured, Oscar Timmy, 30, farmer and suitor of the, girl, and J. A. Wilson, marshal of this village and deputy Bltoriff, who sought to arrest him. The shooting occurred nt separate times, in both the morning and after noon. Before fleeing, the murderer went to a timber cutting plant he op erated and left a signed confession of the crimes, with a list of the dead Early yesterday Tlinmy and Por tano engaged in an altercation over Myrtle Sanders, during which Portano drew" a revolver and shqt Timmy through the leg. Timmy came the eight miles from the farm where the shooting occurred to this village and had his wounds dressed. He reported the case to Marshal Wilson, 45 years old. While Timmy was gone Portano went to the Sanders home , and shot dead the mother of his sweetheart. While ho was going down the road from the Sanders nome ne met tne husband of his first murder victim. He took Sanders to a nearby cabin, bound him to a bedpost and shot off his head. . Portano kept on toward this village, nnft nnt fni frnm hnrn met Mnrshal Wilson, who had left to arrest Por tano for wounding Timmy. .Portano, shot the officer dead. This was about ' noon. ' Not far from the spot where Wilson was lying dead, the maniac met Tim my, who was going to the village to learn what had been done toward ar resting Portano for wounding him. Again the lunatic's revolver fired a fatal bullet, Timmy falling dead. Although, Myrtle Sanders was miss ing it was definitely stated late last night that she was not harmed or kidnapped by the desperado. It is be lieved1 some neighbor has sheltered her in an attempt to help her bear the sorrow caused by the tragic Iobs of her parents. More than thirty men gathered in Kelllher last night to form a posse. Seven Killed in Train Wreck. BERLIN, Nov. 16. Seven persons were killed and twenty injured today in a railway smash near Stuttgart. A locomotive 'collided with a passen ger train. - of award of which Ellhu Root Is chairman, has been going over pre viously submitted manuscripts. The winner will redelve 50,000 when the Jury's announcement is made and an additional 150,000 if the plnnjls approved by the United 8tates senate, or when the Jury has decided that an adequate degree of popular support has been shown for the chosen remedy. A nation-wide referendum on the selected plan will be - conducted in January by the award policy committee. YOUTH CRAZED GIRL AM1LY JOHNSON THROWS HAT California Senator Says G. 0. P. Under Control of Reac tionaries Will Appeal to People as a Progressive Slams League of Nations and Boss Control CHICAGO. Nov. 16. (By Associat ed Press). 1 Two presidential booms emanating from Chicago resounded thruout the country today, following announcement by SenatorHlram W. Johnson of California that he was In the contest for nomination as republi can candidate for president and the endorsement from Omaha, Neb., by William G. McAdoo of a statement Issued here by David L. Rockwell of Ravenna, Ohio, that supporters of the former secretary of the treasury in tend to nominate him in the demo cratic convention and elect him to the presidency. Senator Johnson launched his boom with a formal statement, issued after a conference here with party polltlcdl leaders who favor nls candidacy, in which he assailed present policies In democratlo and national affairs and enunciated the principles upon which his race would be made. Senator Johnson made this declara tion: "Theoretically, under our system, the people themselves select their president. Those states with presi dential preference primaries not only recognize this theory, but put it in practice. They preserve, the spirit as well as the letter of American insti tutions. It is an American's birthright to submit himself and his political tenets to the declslo nof his fellow citizens. He is entitled to their- de cision and they are entitled to make It. . I recognize no prescriptive right to office, and I deny that any one or number of men may disregard the popular will, and In defiance of it, dictate our r candidates. Peculiarly should this be so at the present time. Discontent In Iand. "There is dicontent abroad in the lnnd: there Is threatened disintegra tion of the republican party. The dis content and party difficulties arise not because of popular government, but from the lack of it. Two warring philosophies of government in the na tion Just aB In the rtatn from which I come struggle for mastery. "It's the old, old struggle beginning in the early days of man's first achievements, and never ending since. Reaction and progress must fight it out again In the republican party in the coming presidential primaries. "I question not men now, but their philosophy of government. That which obtains at Washington does not fit present day needs. Ultra-conservatism there rules;-- progresslvism challenges It. And the ensuing con test will determine whether the re publican party shall be the permanent Instrument of reaction or whether it shall respond to present day condi tions and aspirations, "Not only Is there the fundamental and irreconcilable difference in our domestic politics but a like divergence perhaps even of greater Importance, In relation to our foreign affairs. A foreign policy once entered unon may with difficulty be changed. One false move may do what years cannot un do. The whole future of national existence may be endangered by the ill-considered act of a day. Against tlio League "I am against the League of Na tions and all its subsidiaries, member ship in which would tend to partici pation, directly, or Indirectly, in the league. To take us Into the league court or to Involve us In the political struggles abroad, inevitably will draw us Into the European maelstrom from which we fondly Imagined the election of 1020 had delivered us. "Our country, the greatest on earth, should have Its own foreign policy, thoroly understood by our people, frankly proclaimed. "Upon these as fundamentals, am plifying and expressing details here after, to the men and women who constitute America's free citizenship, I will make my appeal. In those Btates where the voters may express their preference, the issue can be definitely decided; and I hope all can didates will participate in the presi dential preference primaries, includ ing California and cheerfully acqui esce in the result." Beyond the wrlten statement hand ed newspapermen, Senator Johnson would not be quoted. He said other statements would follow. Senator Johnson remained In Chicago today and will go to Washington tomorrow, Iodge for Coolidge WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader of the senate, returned to his office here today to prepare te the convening of the new congress. . He called on President Coolidge and ar ranged for another White House ap pointment later to discuss at length the legislative program. Commenting on. Hiram Johnson's candidacy for the republican presi dential nomination Senator Lodge 'Who Killed Dot King" No Mystery To This Man; Try Psycho-Graphology On It! ABOtE: DOT KING. WHOSE MURDER. REMAINS UN SOLVED .BY NEW YORK POLICE; BELOW. RAFAEL SCHERMANN.PROPONENT.OR.THE NEW HANDWRITING SCIENCE. ip'.y i -.. .-f ' NEW YORK What is a Ktltevrouejiion ' like '"Who-killed the Rev. Edward Hall?to Mr. -Rafael Schermann, the latest European to visit these shores. - Now that, Coue, Llovd George and he Moscow Art Theater have come andsgone, Mr. Schermann arrives to teach American police ' the-science, of "psvcho-frrenholofry." By studying the handv.;iting of persons connected, with the famous unsolved Hall-Mills murder mystery, Mr. Schermann told New York, he could give valuable hints toward finding the murderer. He even offered to take on the Dot King case and solve it "free gratis." . MEDFORD EXPECTS SALEM TOMORROW Southern Oregon gels a baptism of high school football tomorrow with the leading teams buttling in Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland. Roseburg plays Ashland at Ashland, Grants Pass plays Klamath Falls at Grants Pass, and Salem plays Medford here. An effort is being made to have all the members of the six teams meet; in this city Saturday nlglitj for a get-together-meeting. In preparation for the Salem game In this city, a rally will be held this afternoon at the close of school, with a serpentine through the business dis trict. The Medford lino up will be the same as in the Ashland game last Mon day. Coach CalllBon gave his charges a light . workout last evening, and there will be another light practice today. The team Is in good physical condition. Williams' sore ankle Is rap Idly Improving. While there Is not the Interest there was In the Armistice day game, one of the biggest crowds of the year will undoubtedly be on hand. The Salem team is one- of the strong est in the Willamette valley and is coached by Hollls Huntington, who formerly had charge of athletics In the local school, .and 1b well -known here. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 16. Governor Warren T. McCray, under questioning admitted he had signed notes in the name of other persons without written authority of those whose names appeared on the paper when he resumed the stand today for the second day of the hearing on the peitlon of thre Fort Wayne, Ind., bank ers to have him adjudged bankrupt. The admlsslson was made by Mc Cray while he was being examined by W. J. Vezey, chief counsel for the pe titioners, with regard to trips to his farm near Kentland, Ind. said: "Senator Johnson and I are close personal friends and 1 trust that we always shall remain so. I am for Mr. Coolidge for the republican nomi nation. Senator Johnson knows It and the whole coui.try should know It." . . INDIANA GOVERNOR ADITS FORGERY CITY TO IN SPITE OF S. P. The city administration has decided to go ahead with building the grade crossing over Ctli stroet and not pay the Southern Pacific railroad the sum of $18,360, which the latter demands as 'payment for the land used of its right of Way for the grade crossing, unless the courts bo decide. The price which the railroad is de manding Is based, It says, on the to tal valuation placed on Its property In Medford by the Interstate commerce commission. , Clt; Attorney Carkln and other attorneys have looked the matter up and find nothing In law or otherwise, except the Southern Pa cific's claim, that would entitle the railroad to a ;noney consideration from the city for crossing Its tracks and property..; At the city council meeting next Monday night the council will author ize the work of establishing the cross ing to bo begun at once. It will be remembered that the public service commlssslon on Septem ber 25th last granted the city of Med ford the right to establish a grade crossing over Sixth street, stipulating that the work should bo completed within 90 days from that date. Inas much as the city will have no money to pave the new grade crossing until next spring, the work of grading, etc., of the latter can be completed in a few days' time after once started. - The city's position In this contro versy has been Bet -forth in the fol lowing letter by City Attorney Carkln to Ben C. Day, general counsel for the Southern Pacific company: "Tne city has caused a careful in vestigation to be made of the law bearing, upon the respective rights of the Southern Pacific company and the City of Medford in the above matter, by myself and by other lawyers whose counsel it has sought, and has been ad vised that it has the right, without any further proceedings, to open and con struct Sixth street across the Southern Pacific right of way. "Accordingly It i the purpose of the city, unless prevented by order of court, to proceed without further de lay with the construction of the cross ing. "I am advising you of this Intention on the part of the city In order that you may. If you still disagree with us as to the rights of the parties, take such steps as you may deem advisable. The city will not start with actual con struction work until Novemhor 24th, 1823." i BUILD GRADE CROSSING Everett Radio Fan Claims He Talked With Arctic Party EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 16. Everett Kick, amateur radio op- " erator, reports that last night he 4 was able to exchange greetings with the MacMUlan Arctic party, now In winter quarters north of 4 l Etah, Greenland. He says he 4 has heard an Arctlo operator i ! for two weeks but was not able to communicate with him until last night. DISSOLVED BY King George on Advice of Cab inet Takes Steps for Gen eral Election on December 6th France Blamed for Present Crisis LONDON, Nov. 10. (By Associated Pross.) King George, acting on the advice of his cabinet, this morning dissolved parliament In preparation I for the generul elections to be held Docember 6. Parliament re-assembles on December 20. The king's prorogation spoech was as follows: "My lords and members of tho house of commons: "My government recently Initiated negotiations aiming at the appoint ment, with the collaboration of tho United States, of a commission of in quiry to determine Germany's capac ity to pay reparation. Unfortunately, It has not been possible to secure the assnnb'ot the French government t those proposals, which, It has been hoped, would lead to a solution of reparation problems. "My government regards with pro found anxiety the continuance of the present economic conditions In Eu rope which depends so largely on a settlement of this question. A seri ous situation has developed In Ger many which Is ongaglng the close and earnest attention of niy government. - '.The arduous negotiations for peace with Turkey, begun In November, 1022, have, I am happy to Bay, been brought to a successful conclusion. "A bill to carry Into effect certntn provisions of the settlement reached at bausnnnu, July 24, will bo lnld be fore the pnrllamont as soon as pos sible. It Is my earnest hope that the conclusion of this treaty may bring real peace to the Near East and may herald an era of political and com mercial prosperity for Turkey and for the countries which are resuming friendly relations with her. "Negotiations are proceeding with the United States government for the settlement of difficulties with regard to the carrlngo of liquor In transit and illicit importation into the United States. "I deplore the disaster that has re cently befallen Japan. The heartfelt sympathy of my country is with the Japanoso government and peopli our former allies and our close friends, wno are Bearing tnis national trag edy with characteristic fortitude and heroism. . "My government welcomed the op portunity afforded them during the last few weeks of meeting so many ministers from the self-governed do minions niyl India. The conferences just terminated were marked through out by a spirit of great cordiality and good will. "Members of the house of com mons, I thank you for the provision you have mado for the public ser vlce. "My lords and members of the house of commons, tho problems ,ot agriculture and the problems of un employment throughout the country continue to cuuse me deep anxiety. Despite all efforts of my government to stimulate trade and ullevlate dls tross, the circumstances of large num bers of our fellow citizens still re main deplorable; "My ministers -are convinced that unless measures for the safeguarding and development of home markets are adopted, no permanent Improve ment In their situation can be ex pected." ' PARLIAMENT I BRITISH KING OREGON LAWS ALREADY FIXED TO ALLOW TO WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Laws of a number of states will have to be amended to' enable their farmers to take full advantage of the Intermedi ate credits provided by congress In the agricultural credits act. Secretary Wallace of the agriculture depart ment, announced today. "Under the federal act, Individual farmers may secure credits by using either local banks or their 'own co operative oredlt associations organ LONDON NEAR OPEN BREAK WITH PARIS French Threats Resented by British Parliament Ger man Penalties Declared Vio lation of Treaty of Versailles Poincare Condemns Bald win End of Entente Cry Followers LONDON, Nov. 16. (By Associat ed Press). Indications are multiplying that France and Englund - are ap proaching the parting of the ways on the question of how to deal with Ger many. France's threatened penalties against Germany If Berlin does not renounce Its position on the extradi tion of the former crown prince and. the establishment of full allied mili tary control In Germany are declared In government quarters to be wholly unacceptable to England. These penalties are understood to bo: - , First Tho seizures of more rail roads east of the occuplod area, which would probably Include the eventual occupation of Frankfort by the French. Second Consolidation and exten sion of the Frahco-Belglan military position In the Ruhr. Third the occupation of Hamburg and Bremen. (Paris dispatches today said high officials of the French foo- 1 elgn office declared they knew noth ing of any plan for French occupation of Hamburg and the ground for this disclaimer would seem also to exclude ' Bremen). ' ' - Great Britain believes that all these ' threatened sanctions' not only violate the'trenty of "Versailles ' but 'would plunge Oermany into a deeper econo mlo and political mire from which it would be Impossible to extricate her. The British government is consider ing the whole situation today with a view to Instructing delegates In the council of ambassadors In the light of the threatened action. There Is no indication, however, that the cabinet will yield on its already declared pol icy respecting the return of Frederick William and the extension of the allied military measures In occupied Germany. The view prevails among Officials here that M. Poincare's conditions . are largely of an lntlmldatory nature. designed to coerce Germany and at the same time force a change of atti tude by England. Rupture of Entente PARIS, Nov. 16. (By Associated Press). Premier Poincare took Issue with Prime Minister Baldwin of Great Britain as to who is to blame for the present Franco-British differences when he rose unexpectedly to speak In the(chamber of deputies this after noon during an Interpellation of for eign affairs. "I cannot let it be said that It Is by our fault an agreement has not been reached," M. Poincare declared. "For several years we have not ceased to make concessions from our rights and it is not on our side that the attitudo Is uncompromising." The premier said he had not In tended to speak because he could not at this time discuss certain subjects but the occurrences In the British parliament yesterday could not' be al lowed to pass and must be answered Immediately. ' ' The British premier. ' M. ' Poincare said, had supported the German point of view In the council of ambassadors during dlscuBslon of the seizure of twelve Franco-Rumanian company airplanes in Germany although the treaty of Versailles gave the allies most favored nation treatment in commercial air matters and later the British dolegate repeated this opposi tion when the Bubject was submitted to tho Jurists. ' 1 " 1 Cries of "It Is a rapture of the en tente cordiale!" greeted this descrip tion of the British attitude. NEW YORK, Nov. 16. New York's latost crime wave continued today when' bnndlts smashed a plate glass window In the fashionable Fifth ave nue shop of Ul'ckson, Inc., and es caped in an automobile with 150.000 worth of furs. " ,-i ized under state laws but these state' laws must authorize the formation of such associations and give them the necessary financial powers," said Mr.' Wallace. ."Unless this is done the full -benefit of the act cannot be obtained." : Iowa and Oregon a.-e among the states whose laws seem to preclude agricultural co-operative associations from borrowing for their members from Intermediate credit banks, the I secretary said. . . , s f
