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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. . . ,
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