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MEDFORD, OliEGOX, TUESDAY, NOVKMBEIl 20, 1923
NO. 207
11ml Tribune
IS BEATEN
Three Supporters of Wilson's
Son-in-Law Elected By
Large Majorities in South
Dakota Convention Vote
President Coolidge Leading
G. 0. P. Candidates.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 20. (By
Dig Associated Press.) Forces sup
porting tho candidacy ' of William O.
McAdoo, former secretary of the treas
ury were victorious today in their
first skirmish) In Minnehaha county
with tho supportors of Henry Ford.
In the county proiiosal convention
called to elect delegates to the state
proposal convention next month, three
avowed McAdoo men wore named by
large majorities to represent this
county, which yields : approximately
nine per cent of the state democratic
vote. '
The Minnehaha county republicans
elected three Coolidge supporters as
uninstructed delegates to the state
convention. They are Mayor George
W. Burnslde of Sioux Falls; George
A. Jottlgrew and W. C. Nisbet.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 20.
In each of the 69 South Dakota coun
ties today, republican democrat and
farmer-labor conventions met to se
lect delegates to the state proposal
convention at Pierre, December 4.
It was believed last night that the
republican race had narrowed down
to Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor
nia and President Coolidge",
Tho two great factions in tho dem
ocratic party are understood to fnvor
nomination of .William Q. MoAdoo,
former secretary -of tho '-treasury ,
whilo a' third group is boosting for
Henry Ford although no announce
ment of his candidacy has ever been
authorized. The hardest fight today
is expected to bo between adherents
of Ford and Senator LaFolletto of
Wisconsin in tho furmor-lubor con
vention throughout tho state. Lead
ers of this party, which grow out of
the old no n-partisan league movement
believed that with Ford as their
standard bearer, they can sweep the
state. Ford's name will get at least
second place on all ' three ballots,
under a provision of tho primary law
which permits any five delegates to a
stato proposal convention to nominate
a minority candidate. , ,
SHIPPERS DEMAND
SALEM, Ore, Nov. 20. Reduction
of all livestock freight rates Intra
state in Oregon was naked In a case
filed before the public service com
mission of Oregon today by Arthur
M. Geary, Portland on behalf of 2000
HvoHtock Bhlppors. 1
Tho commission in particular is
asked to nrescrlho a maximum dis-
nce scale from all shipping points
the state to tho market at North
Portland that will cause reductions of
ree to fifteen dollars per car. Also
double deck rates for hoes and calves
o sought, as well as abolishment of
rfllic HIIIUIIIK. Vliai,CII. , IIC lltavill
sanding charges arc one dollar for
each single deck car and one dollar
and a half for each double deck car.
Reparation of J35.000 to $45,000 Is
asked on past shipments under the
law passed at the last session of the
legislature.
William A. Pollman of Baker sign
ed the complaint as president of the
Cattle and Horse Raisers' association
and the Northwestern Livestock Ship
pers' Traffic league.
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GENERAL WOOD TRIES
MORO CHIEF
MANILA, Nov. 20. (By Associated
Press!. . Additional constabulary
forces for the island of Mindanao
have bten sent In pursuit of the Moro
chief Santiago and his band who fled
inland vWn requested by Governor
Cteneral Wood to visit him on the
i of inspection to the island
Ition with Moro outbreaks.
Stive hopes to bring about
capture without bloodshed
I instructed the constabulary
to use fvery possible precaution to
avoid a sanguinary claim with the
dv M'Annn
III III nuUU
FREIGHT REDUCTION
letter's trfc
in conned
The exec!
Santiago'!
and has
Moros,
Del Norte Co. Will
Drop Bandit Hunt
Unless State Aids
EUREKA, Cal., Nov. 20. Del
Nurtr-, a thinly populated county,
hag found pursuit of tho bandits
who held up a Southern Pacific
train in the Siskiyous, killing
four men, more than a month
ago, too costly a matter to con-
tinue longer. District Attorned
James Davis announced ycHter-
day tho chase would bo a ban-
doned unless the expenses nro
paid by the federal government,
the state or some other source.
DIEJJBERATED
Lothar Wizke, Saved From
IMoose By President Wilson
and Given Life Sentence, to
Be Released From leaven-
. worth Tomorrow;
.. WASHINGTON', Nov. 20. Lothar
Wizke, convicted during the war as
a Gorman spy and saved from a death
sentence by President Wilson, has
bon ordered released from Leaven
worth prison tomorrow.
Wizlte who at one time was In tho
employ of former Ambassador Rcrn-
storff was tried by a military commis
sion at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and
found guilty. His operations were in
the vicinity of the military encamp
ment at Nogales, .Aril., whore he was
snld to have gained information rela
tive to tho numbers, resources and
operations of Amorlcnn troops with
the Intent of communicating the Intel-ilg'-nce
to the enrniy. -
W!.ko was sentenced to dentil lv
hanging, but that sentenco was miti
gated by President Wilson to lifo im
prisonment and ho 'was confined to
Leavenworth not p.s a prisoner of war,
but as a convicted criminal.
Reports to tho war department since
Ills confinement said Wizke had been
"a high class prisoner," and now was
acting as chief prison clerk in the
Leavenworth power plant. His record
also shows that through an act of un
nsunl heroism ho saved the lives of
several prisoners when n boiler in the
prison oxploded.
Tho crso has been given prominence
by German nationalist deputies, who
Planned to interpellate this' govern
ment regarding Wizkc's confinement,
and has been the subject of corres
pondence between the war department
and persons in the United States who
have been Interested In securing a par
don for tho prisoner.
In submitting recommendations for
tho release of Wizke' to President
CoollJge, war department officials
drew a sharp distinction between
Wtzke's case and that of war prison
ers still held for violation of war time
statutes. II) was pointed, but that
Wizke was a German national and his
conduct as an alien differed distinct
ly from that of Americans Imprisoned
for violations of espionage laws and
In other ways obstructing the success
ful conduct of the war by the United
States.
Not Building Private
Car for Henry Ford
' CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Tho Pullmnn
car shops are not building a private
car for Henry Ford, tho Detroit man
ufacturer, and have no order from
Mr. Ford for a car, according to a
statement issued by the Pullman
compnny. It recently was reported
that the company was building a lux
urious private car for Mr. Ford.
TO CAPTURE
WITHOUT BLOODSHED
Petty Filipino official In Mindanao
provinces have been guilty of a great
lack of tact and diplomacy In han
dling the Moros, according to the gov
ernor general.
"Combined with this there Is the
ancient hatred of the Moro or Mo
hammedan for the Christian Filipino,
coupled with the unrest prevalent
throughout the Mohammedan world."
he said. In commenting on the situa
tion today. "There have been numer
ous cases of petty graft In the collec
tion of taxes, licenses and fees, thru
which the Moros have been victim
WORLD WAR SPY
SENTENCED 10
W
APPEAL TO
II. S. COURT
Deposed Oklahoma Governor
Will Launch Fight Tomor
row in Federal Court On Plea
He Hasn't Been Given Fair
Trial Lieut. Gov. Takes
Chair.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 20.
(ny tho Associated Press.) A
statement reiterating his determina
tion to continue the fight was Issued
here today by J. C. Walton who was
removed from office as governor last
night by a senate court of impeach
ment. "Only the rats leave af ship In dis
tress," tho deposed exocutive assert
ed. Few have deserted me In this
fight and the ship is not sinking. It Is
only tho shadow they see In the
water."
OKLAHOMA CITY,. Okla., Nov. 20.
(By Associated Press). J. C. Wal
ton's gubernatorial career, as spectac
ular as it was brief, is over. '
Deposed yesterday by tho verdict of
a senate court of impeachment which
found him guilty of charges of moral
turpitude, corruption in office, neglect
of duty and incompetence, his term of
office as Oklahoma's fifth governor
was broken off after littlo moro than
ten months.
But as his successor prepared for
mally to take over the reins of gov
ernment today, Walton girded for a
last desperato effort to retain tho of
fice by Invoking tho aid of tho United
States courts, clinging to tho plea that
he has not been given a fair trial.
- Ills next move will b6 -made tomor
row when hiH legal staff appears be
fore a federal judgo hero for a re
hearing of his application for a retro
active injunction to annul the action
of the court of impeachment. This
failing, an appeal will bo taken as a
last resort to the United States su
premo court, accompanied by a peti
tion for a writ of supercedaos to do
claro him tho incumbent until the
case Is threshed out beforo tho Xvi,
bunal.
The deposed executive's application
was dejiled the day beforo tho im
peachment trial opened and observers
see little likelihood that tho decision
will be reversed after the re-hearing.
Walton's removal was decreed last
night by unanimous vote of tho senate
court after hq hod been convicted of
eleven of tho sixteen impeachment
articles upon which ho was prosecut
ed, and his application had been de
nied for a new trial.
Lieutenant Governor M. E. Trnpp.
who hns been acting executive sine?
Walton's suspension before his trial
and who automatically becomes gov
ernor with Walton's removal, declared
he would address the legislature with
in the hoxt two or three days.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 20.
Announcement was made at the office
of Governor Trapp today that tho atate
legislature would be asked to recess at
once until the second week In January.
Good Thing He
Was Rotten Shot
STOCKTON, Cal., Nov. 20. Crazed
by what the police believe was a com
bination nt a drug and nlcohol, an
unidentified man last night assaulted
two watchmen and beat them badly,
wrecked two houses, fired a number
of shots at a bystander without taking
effect, fired point blank at a police
man and missed and was finally killed
by a shot from the policeman's revol
ver. ' , i
Tho man had the npponranco of a
laborer and was roughly dressed.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
DUJJANGO, Colo.. Nov. 20. Louis
Archuleta, 30, a Mexican sheep herd
er, was shot and fatally wounded yes
terday by a posse that had trailed him
into the hills. He died at Cortez,
Colo., today.
According to Sheriff Frank Phllley
of Montezuma county, Archuleta had
attacked Mrs. Ruth Fowler at her
small store In McElmo canyon Bun
day. Following the attack a posse In
cluding the woman's husband and
father-in-law began a search for the
herder. He wag found back in the
hills and when he failed to heed a
demand to surrender, was shot.
Oil Price Increased.
FIXDLAV, Ohio, Nov. 20. The Ohio
Oil company today Increased the price
of Lance creek, Wyoming oil from 80
to 90 cents a barrel.
Fred Stoned Little 'Tebble
Takes Broadway By Storm;
Up In Lights After 10 Minutes!
' ABOVE. DOROTHY STONE. SURROUNDED BY THE
FLOWERS OK ADMIRING. FRIENDS: INSET, THE PROUD
GRIN OF PAPA FRED.
NEW YORK Hard-hearted Broadway, the most callous street
in" the .world, wept frank tears. of 'sentimental joy, and stood up.oa
its scats at the Globe Theater the other night and shouted itself
hoarse for a slip of a 17-vear-oId girl who had never set foot on
the stage, beiora Ten' minutes-after the twinkling -feet of Fred
Stone's daughter Dorothy danced lor'h in perfect time with those
of her famous dad, Charles Dillingham rushed hatlcss into the street
and ordered his electricians to place her name in electric lights above
the door of the -theater.
"The biggest theatrical sensation in 10 years" was- the verdict
of those who saw the "coming out of the 'stage's most popular
debutante."
sopreme gourt
holds football
NOT jgHNT
SALEM. Oro., Nov. 20. Dismissal
of Frank I. Rockwell from his posi
tion as a teacher In the Bend high
school because of hiH alleged defic
iencies as a football coach was today
held unjustified by tho stato supreme
court, which affirmed tho decree of
tho Des Chutes county circuit court
ordering tho school district to pay
Rockwell tjio nine months salary ho
claimed at $180 per month less a
stipulated amount which ho earned
during the period In question.
Rockwell was hired for ten months
at 180 a month, but was discharged
after serving only ono month.
In delivering the opinion of tho
court, Judgo Rand declared that
"school hoards nro authorized to emj
ploy tcachors competent to give phys
ical training instruction and to ' rq
quiro them to give such Instruction,
but this physical training is ndt
coaching In tho art of playing foot
ball." E
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 20. Insurance
companies writing policies embodying
confiscation clauses covering automo
biles subject to sei."jro-as " convey
ances for liquor, face' cancellation of
their permits to operate in Oregon
under tho provisions of a ruling an
nounced by Will Moore, stato insur
ance commissioner, today.
Moore bases his ruling upon an
opinion by tho attorney general which
holds that such confiscation clauses
as applied to automobiles and other
conveyances utilized by bootleggers In
plying their trado are "an agreement
calculated to Impede the regular ad
ministration of justice." The attorney
general also holds them "void as
against public policy."
ALASKA CONVENTION'
FOK A NEW STATE
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. Delay
ed.) A memorial to congress asking
that southeastern Alaska be organiz
ed as a territory separate from the
rest ofA,aka' was adopted today by
a convontlon representing municipali
ties of the panhandle, which met here
Thursday. The memorial proposed
the name "South Alaska" for what It
Is hoped would become a state of the
union In accordance with a suggestion
of the Into President Harding,
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BOWIE RACK, Maryland, Nov. 20.
King Solomon's Heal won tho 17500
Trlnce Goorgo handicap for throe
year okla which featured tho opening
of tho fall mooting of thlH track to
day. Dunlin was second and Flag
staff third. Tho tllno for tho milo
and one-eighth was 1:56 1-5. The
winner paid 33.00; J13.20 and $7.10.
Dunlin 18.10 and J10.80. Flagstaff
J6.S0.
My Own. Gad Fly, Hotting Hun,
Hhufflo Along, Homestretch and
Holisa also ran.
Prior to tho raco Admiral Grayson,
owner of My Own announced that If
tho colt wore heaton ho would return
him for tho season. This would cancel
tho proposed match betweon Zess and
My Own at this track.
My Own was badly beaten, finish
lnc sixth In a field of nine, and show
ing no speed at any stago. At the
start My Own moved sluggishly and
was far back rounding tno first turn
Hhufflo Along, Dunlin and Flagstaff
being far out In front. At tho houd of
tho strotch, Hhufflo Along Had
enough. Dunlin, Flagstaff, and King
Solomon's Heal had a driving finish,
the latter winning under a strong ride
by Uabin by a head.
The Noted Dead
IlEUIJN, Nov. 20. (Hy tho Asso
ciated I'ress) Dr. Rudolf 13. A,
llavensteln, president ot tho rolchs
bank, Is dead.
Dr. Unvensteln boramo president
of the relehsbnnk In I Joeoniber, 1907,
and directed tho imperial govern
ment's financing of tho world war.
wblih was accomplished by a long
succession of Internal loans. After
tho armistice ho represented tho
roleh at various financial conferences
with the allies, Including tho nego
tiations with tho Dank of England for
the guarantees demanded by Bel
gium. Ho was 66 years old. -
Ir. Ilavenstein's successor will
probably bo Dr. Hjalmar Schncht,
curronry commissioner of tho relch
and mannglng director of tho Darms
tacdter bank. '
LOS ANORI.ES, Nov. 20. Alan
Holubar, prominent motion picture
producer' and actr and husband of
Dorothy Phillips, film star, died sud
denly hore today of pneumonia.
Iji Kolctto Is III.
WASHINGTON, Nov. . Sonator
LaPollette of Wisconsin Is 111 horo
with a slight touch of grippe. Phy
slclnns ,ald he probably would bo in
bed for two or three days. (
Man Drowned in Vat
Of Wine, Rescuer III,
Taken to Hospital
.
NEWARK, N. J Nov. 20.--
Louis Koussamnno was drowned
in a vat of wine today when ho
was overcome by fumes Of for-
mentlng grape mash. Samuel
Slco, who plunged into tho vat to
aid him was rescued by firemen
and taken to a hospital. -r.
3D PARTY TO BE
Non-Partisans, Progressives,
Farm Labor Adherents and
Others Call National Con
vention at St. Paul or Min
neapolis Last of May.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Tho third
party movement, sot under way bore
by a meeting of representatives from
nroercKBlve political organization was
given tanglblo form today with a call
for a national convention to bo held
at either Minneapolis or St. Paul, May
30, 1924 for tho purpose of naming
presidential and vlco-presldmitlnl can
didates in tho nnmo of tho progres
sive party, farmer-labor party or such
other organizations as the third party
voters may havo established In their
states.
Tho delegates pledged thomselves
that tho calling ot the convention
shall bo' based upon tho abolltlqn of
"special privileges," described as nat
ural' roHourres trnhsiwrtntlon,- indus
try and credit, stifles competition,
prevents opportunity for development
of all and thus dictates conditions
under which wo live."
An Invitation to Join flio movement
wna extended to "all progressives vand
all progressive organizations, partisan
or non-partisan, which nro In accord
with tho principles heroin, set forth."
Hatrorm Announced.
Tho platform of principles set forth
by tho Chicago meeting called nmong
other things for "public control of
natural resources by taxation of all
land values; public ownership of rail
roads, canals and pipe lines; govern
mental banking, by which the gov
ernment shall enter the hanking sys
tem, reserving to lisoir tho solo ngm
to Issue currency and to detormine
tho amount of currency which may
bo Issued. Equal rights legal and
pnlltlcul, for all citizens, and all civil
rights, Including free speech, freo
press and peaceable assembly as
guaranteed by the constitution."
A resolution was anopicu catunK
for. tho n"r',In'mon of a committee
to "co-operate with and assist mem
bers of congress to draw up bills and
amendments having for their special
object iho achievement of tho pur
pose declared in the platform."
The conference decided to support
in Houth Dakota and elsewhere tho
offorln of established farmer-labor
organizations whose alms are the
satno ns those net forth by tho pro
gressive, according to their announce
ment. Resolutions setting forth tho plat
form of tho conference wero signed,
pniong others by Hoy . M. Ilarrop,
chairman, progressive party, Nebras
ka; .liny C. Mcffalg, national commit
teeman progressive party, Idaho; O.
8. Golden, secretary progressive party
innno; w. it. iuwurus, rnairmtin
non-partisan league, California; Au
gust Wllttges, national committeeman,
Iowa.
Ford Is Favorite. ,
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 20. (By the
Associated Press) 'Unification ttf va
rious independent political elements
Into a united third party to run Its
candidates In opposition to tho major
ity parties In tho 1924 campaign, was
tho object of a series of meotlngs by
tliem, tho first of which was duo to
start hero this afternoon.
CONVENTION 0
HELD MAY 30TH
"THERE'S FIGHT IN THE OLD GIRL YET"
SAYS LADY ASTOR. AFTER SOCIALISTS
PLYMOUTH. England, Nov. 20.
(By AsHOCIateA Press). Lady Astor
has boon enthusiastically re-nomlnat-od
by tho conservatives of the Sutton
division of Plymouth ns tholr porllm
tnary candidate and has aocopted the
nomination. In her speech of accep
tance last night she announced that
she supported Prime Minister Bald
win and. his policy and expressed be
lief that the socialist party. If given
power, would diminish British credit
and automatically cause an immedi
ate rise In the cost of living.
"Quito frankly I'm out to fight tho
socialists to the Inst ditch and lenve
them there," she said. "Im not doing
DANGER OF
BREAK NOT
YETPASSED
London and Paris Both Feel
Agreement Reached Only
Temporary An Immediate
Smash Averted, But Ruhr
Situation Still Full of Many
Dangers.
LONDON, Nov. 20. Press refer
ences to Anglo-French relations took
a moro hopefu! to no today in view of
tho compromise reached by the coun
cil of ambassadors. Tho Times ex
presses satisfaction that tho ambas
sadors found a formula which at leaHt
has everted very serious danger, altho
it admits it would bo prematura to
talk of complete agreement. Although
commending France for displaying
"in one specific and critical Instance a
spirit of reasonable compromise, " tho
Times contends that the European
situation foundamentally Is still full
of danger.
TATUS, Nov. 20. (By Associated
Press). Tho meeting of tho council
of ambassadors called for five o'clock
this afternoon will not be hold, it was
announced shortly after 4 p. m. Lord
Crewe, tho British ambassador, noti
fied tho secretariat that his govern
ment, owing to stress of business, was
unable to communicato his Instruc
tions In time for today's meeting. Tho
Instructions are expected to arrive In
time for a meeting tomorrow.
PARIS, Nov. 20. (By Associated
Press). It was bellovod hero this
morning that tho agreement on tho
proposed note to Germany In which
the allies will demand that their mili
tary control officers shall be allowed
to function under adequate protection
would be completed beforo tho end of
tho afternoon.
Skeptical of Germany
PA II IS, Nov. 20. (By Associated
four meetings and flvo adjournments,
I the ambassadors' council has hit on a
compromise formula for dealing with
Germany which postpones a least a
break in the allied front.
Tho feeling here today was Just as.
optimistic as It was"p08slmlstic yester
day for tho agreement to sond a note
to Germany has been fully endorsed
by tho French and Belgian cabinets
anm Judging from tho tono of London
j will bo endorsed by tho British.
Tho qualified optimism which pre
jvalled in official circles as to the
outcome of tho council meeting was
(fortified by news fom London re
ceived in diplomatic quarters and
held to lndlcato that there was no
longer doubt that tho ambassadors
would agree on a text for tho noto to
Germany which will momentarily
I save the entente. ,
There is marked skepticism how
ever, In tho effect of the note on the
German government. Tho most im
portant element of tho situation
which would remain unchanged by
agreement among the entente powers
and concerning which the government
officials observe great discretion, Is
that the gulf between France and
Great Britain is considered to remain
unbrldgod and that Germany is still
ablo to count upon disagreements
among tho allies and, in tho French
view to speculate on encouragoment
from Vondon to resist tho payment of
reparations.
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 20. Tho su
preme court today declnred the Jor
dan Valley Irrigation district In Mal
heur county, Invalid. The opinion, by
Justice Hand, .sustained Judgo Dalton
Diggs of Mnlhour county In a suit to
dotnrmlno tho validity of proceedings
under which tho district was organ
ized. Tho lower court held the dis
trict Invalid
that from hatred for the socialist
party, but for love of the great major
ity of tho working mon and women ot
tho country." ,
Lady Astor declared that she ap
proved a tax on food.
"There's fight In tho old girl yet,"
she exclaimed amid applause and
laughter, adding that sho would fight
In the futuro as in the post, for things
which would "help to make this old
world, not a paradise, but a cleaner,
kinder place."
She asserted that If America and
England would only work properly
together they would not need the
League of Nations, . s . i ,