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MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, .1923
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Dally Eighteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-Third Yea.
D'AUTREMONT
BOYS
INDICTED
3 BROTHERS
INDICTED ON
SHITS
t
Roy, Ray and Hugh D'Autre
mont Charged By Grand
Jury With Hold-up and
Murder in Siskiyou Tunnel
October 11 Bench War
rants Issued.
Ray. Roy and Hugh D'Autremont.
brothers, the first two twins, aged
23 and the latter under the alias of
B. E. James, aged 19 years, were 111
dieted on six countB, In indictments
returned this afternoon by the Jack
son county grand Jury, charging mur
der 1ft the first degree, train robbery
and robbing of the United States mull
In the Sisklyous tunnel Mayings und
attempted hold-up of October 11th
of Southern Pacific passenger train
No. 13. 1
Each man stands Indicted for the
murder of C. O. Johnson of Ashland,
brakeinan, E. E. Daugherty of Port
land, mall clerk,. Sidney L. Bates, en
gineer of Dunsmuir, Calif., and Mar
vin Seng, fireman of Dunsmuir, t,ui.
Johnson was slain as he came
nround the cowcatcher of the stalled
locomotive as It stood in the subuuea
llKht of the tunnel portal. Duugh
ertv died In the mull car. after It hud
been dynamited and his body char
red beyond recognition by the flames
that afterwards Bwept the wrecked
car. Bates was slain In the cab of
the engine, and Seng, his fireman, ;
died, according to testimony of u wit
ness before the coroner inquest .wltn
his hands In the nir and a revolver
at his temple. :
The murders for ruthless brutality
are unpurallelled In the crime his-1
tory of the Northwest and the hold
up was the most sensational criminal
adventure In the records of .Oregon.
The three brothers are ulso indicted
on counts charging stopping a rull-l
road train for the purpose of com-1
milting robbery and "attempting to
commit burglary in a railroad coach
containing United States ninll."
Upon the reading of the indict
ments. Circuit Judge Charles M.
Thomas ordered bench warrants Is
sued for the trio, with no ball, as pro
vided by the Oregon statutes for mur
der in the first degree.
The D'Autremont brothers hailed
from Eugene und their father, who
still maintains the Innocence of his
sons, resides there now.
According to best available. Infor
mation, the brothers who have been
hunted .for six weeks by federal, rail
road and state officials, are hiding in
the wild and wooded Blue Creek dls- .
trlct of "the Klanlath National forest.
An Indictment was also returned by
the grand Jury at the same time,
charging A. Anderson with being
drunk on the Jackson county rair
grounds on September 15th, last.
BE BLIND FOR LIFE
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 23. Harry
Taggart, who was found with bullet
wounds in his head and Chest and who
declared that he bad been uninten
tionally wounded by Pete Nelson, ad
mitted yesterday, police said, that he
had sho himself. Physicians said he
would be blind the rest of bis life, the
optic nerve having been severed.
Warrants charging Issuance of bad
checks were out for Taggart when he
was wounded.
RADIO EXPERIMENT
SUCCEEDS,
" OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 23. Removal
or that element of -air mall flying
which has cost the lives of not a few
of the men who have braved the air's
whims over desolate places where a
forced landing off the beaten trails
meant Isolation, is but one of the pos
sibilities seen In the successful con
clusion of two days of tests of broad
casting from an air mall plane, under
service conditions, of tho human
voice.
When Pilot Jack Knight, veteran of
the winged mail carriers, returned to
eeh at North Platte, Neb., last night
al Ja full hour In the air during
Live for a Month
In Alaska Wilds On
Clams, Porcupines
SEATTLE, Nov. 23. Trapped
on the rocky margin of the north
side of Cook Inlet, Alaska, Cap-
tain F. Anderson and his crew of
two lived for a month on clams
Aid imrcupines after their boat,
the cannery tender Agram of-Sel-
dovia, ou Cook inlot was wreck-
cd In a gale, It was disclosed here
S today. They were rescued by the
sixty foot halibut boat J "go-
Slavla. ' ,
WET-DRY FIGHT
THREATENS RIFT
IN GM RANKS
Republican Drys to Fight Sen,
Longworth for Party Lead
ership Because of His Al
leged Wet Sympathies
Graham Claims 80 Votes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The wet
and dry Issue was Injected today Into
the republican leadership fight by
Representative Colton, republican,
Utah, who declared he would support
IteiU'esentaulve Graham Jiecause he
has been ."consistently dry," and tho
legislative record of Representative
Iiongworth "Is wet."
"Tho coining session will see a bit
tor fight to weaken or nullify tho Vol
stead act," said Mr. Colton In a state
ment. "Mr. Volstead will be succeed
ed as chairman of the judiciary com
mittee, which handles all legislation
affecting prohibition, by Mr. Graham
of Pennsylvania, who Is one of the
most bitter and able opponents of pro
hibition, having fought the Volstead
luw from start to finish.
"To add Mr. Longworth as floor
leader, thus giving all key positions In
the house organization to the wets, Is
asking too much. I wuU to say noth
ing offensive to Mr. Longworth, as he
has a right to his position on prohibl
tion. But his legislative record In the
house, consistent and unbroken, is
wet. He has been against the eigh
teenth amendment.- against the Vol
stead law and on every test vote he
was a wet."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The con
test between Representative Grahari
of Illinois and Representative Long
worth of Ohio for the republican lead
ershlp in the house has not been relax
ed and indications are that unless
members of the republican bloc are
satisfied with their representation on
certain committees they will precipi
tate a vigorous fight over the speaker-
I ship.
President Coolidge, In tho opinion
of Mr. Graham, will pursue a hands
off policy In the leadership contest
The president, the Illinois representa
tive declared aftei- a conference with
him yesterday, expressed no prefer
ence as to the leadership and indicat
ed he though it was a matter for set
tlement by republican members of the
houes.
Paul McKee of the California
Oregon Power company loft this after-
. noon for San Francisco where he will
see his alma mater, Stanford, play
California tomorrow.
ON AIRPLANE
SAVING OF LIFE' SEEN
which he was In almost constant touch
with the Omaha air mail hangar near
ly 300 miles away, It was proven con
cluslvely that the one man broadcast
Ing Btation for planes is a success, of
ficials asserted. Knight, with J. O
Mullen of Washington, air mail ser
vice radio expert, left Omaha yester
day morning, keeping up a running re
port of. their trip en route. Arriving
at the western Nebraska city they
waited nntil eight o'clock last night
and after preliminary ground tests,
went aloft and for an hour at varying
altitudes, broadcast messages at regu
lar interval!.
GOWTON
IS INDICTED
EOR FEIONY
Oklahoma Governor Indicted
On 7 Counts for Diversion of
Public Funds, Intimidating
An Officer and Preventing
Assembly of Lower House
Asks Immediate Trial.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OUla., Nov. 23.
(By the Associated Press.) J. C.
Walton, removed Monday as governor,
was Indicted today by the Oklahoma
county grand jury on seven counts
charging diversion of public funds, in
timidating an officer and preventing
the assembly or the lower nouse 01
the Btute legislature.
All Indictments against tho former
executive charge felonies except the
one alleging Intimidation of nn offi
cer. This charge is based upon the
disposal September 17 of a grand
iurv called to Investigate his official
acts as governor.
Walton nskeu nn immoumie
on the six felony charges and J. K.
Wright, county attorney, promised
that the case would be sot ns soon as
possible
Dr. E. A. Davenport, state health
commissioner and T. P. Edwards,
fi'mi t.nrsonnl chauffeur to tho do-
posed governor, were also Indicted on
five counts, each ennrging mvsrs.u..
of public funds. Walton made bond
of $U,700 oil the seven charges.
Klan Wins 1st Itouml.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Nov. 23
(By tho Associated Press) Tho
state sonuta today, In what Is re
carded as the first test of strength
of Kn Klux Klan eloments and those
onuoHlnar tho organization, rejected
an amendment to the klan bill . under
consideration which would have pro
vided for the filing with county of
ficers semi-annually a list of officers
und members of secret orders. Tho
vote was 13 to 23.
After failure of the amendment a
substitute was Introduced by Senator
Carl Monk of McAlestor, providing
that names of officers shall be filed
once a year and that each organiza
tion shall be charged with correcting
its membership rolls three times an
nually and keeping them always
available for public inspection.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23 A suff-
frestion that a copy of the Uihle be
sent to Edward "W. Bok, for his prize
of $1 00,000 for the bent plan to pre-
Herve world peace was made by tho
Kev. Antonio Sartorio of New lork
to the board of home missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church, at a
meeting here today.
"The Bible contains the only pos
sible solution of world discord," the
speaker declared. Mr. Sartorio, who
Is In chnrge of the work of the board
on Long Island, said that teaching
the principles of the Bible to his con
gregation promoted a high sense of
loyalty to the United States and incul
cated a spirit of international broth
erhood.
TRUNK BANDIT GETS
2 TERMS FOR LIFE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23. Charles
Deschenau, the "trunk bandit," whom
the police credit with a scheme to
burglarize warehouses and vaults by
having himself carried Into them in a
trunk or packing case, received two
life sentences today on two counts of
highway robbery. Deschenau and
Jack Clark each were sentenced on
the two counts to two terms of from
one year to life.
Apple Stort House Burned.
SPOKANE, Nov. 22. Fire last night
destroyed the warehouse of the Spo
kane Valley Orchard and Land com
pany at East Farms near here to
gether with its entire contents of box
ed apples valued at (27,000. Tho to
tal loss is estimated at between $45,-
000 and 150,000, pertly covered by in
surance. '
SAYS BIBLE COULD
WIN $100,000 PRIZE
SOCIETY HF.BS AS TRAFFIC
OFFICERS
to
NEW YORK. Miss Margarnjt L.
Stout Is pictured ahovo directing traf
fic at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
Miss Stout wus one of six debutantes
who acted as traffic officers on New
York's busiest tliorOTglifare and by
doing so gained ndded publicity for
their show to be held for tho benefit
of tho National Child Labor commlt
too. :
WAS BURNFD UP
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 36. Cyril
O. Brownell, president and secretary
of tho State Income Tax Referendum
league today declared that records of
the lengue had been burned. In cir
cuit court here yesterday during the
hearing of Brownell's motion for dis
missal of a writ of mandamus sought
by tho state Grange, which wants to
inspect the league's books, Judge
Evans asked the grange's attorney
what he would do If informed thnt
the league's books had been burned.
Brownell's attorney previously had
stated in argument that the income
tax election campaign was over and
thnt Brownell could have destroyed
the books immediately after filing his
statement of receipts and disburse
ments with the secretary of stato.
Judge Evans has Brownell's motion
under advisement.
Li
VANCOUVER B. C, Nov. 23.
8tudy by Police Inspector John Jack-
,son of a niece of blotting paper fcund
among the hclonglnKS of Harry vval
lln reveuled a novel method of trans
porting narcotics. It was made known
today. .Inckson said that Wallln, who
was sentenced Wednesday to four
years and fined J 1000 for transpor-
tntlng habit forming -drugs to Amer
ican coast cities had formed a prac
tic .of soaking blotting paper In a
solution of morphine sulphate nnd
drying the paper nnd that addicts re
cclvlng this blotting paper laid it in
warm water thus obtaining a potion.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
SPOKANE, Nov. 23. Two armed
men compelled three employes of the
Spokane State bank, located In an out
lying business district, to lie on the
floor shortly after noon today and es
caped with $300 which they took from
the till. A. H. Sawnes, Jr., the cash
ler; Don Tarklnicton, bookkeeper, and
Miss May Johnson, assistant book
keuer were In -the bank at the time of
the robbery.
BROWNELL SAYS
INCOME RECORD
beriin govt
Wwm
Defeated in Reichstag, Strese
: man Cabinet Quits Gen
Von Sfceckt Orders Dissolu
tion "of Reds- Military Die
i .' tatorship Expected to Be
; Proclaimed By Ebert. ;
BERLIN. Nov. 23. (By Associated
Press), Tho Stresomunn government
resigned today as a result of Its do
feat id the rolehBtug on a vote of con
fidence. -''
BERLIN, Nov. 23. '(By Associated
Press). The Ktresemnnn government
was defeated on the question of confi
dence in the roichstag today by a vote
of 166 for tho resolution expressing
confidence and - 230 against it.- Be
cause of this adverse vote tho cabinet,
It was announced, will retire.
1 BERLIN, Nov. 23. aenoral Von
Seeckt, national commander of tho
relchswohr, today ordered tho dissolu
tion of tho German communist party
and the confiscation of Us funds. His
decree also prohibited the holding of
communist meetings and tho publica
tion of communist newspapers.
It was later stated that the dlssolu
tion order also applied to all nation
allst and national socialist party or?
(ranlzations.
The order felt like a bombshell
upon -the roichstag this mornlnff and
boo mod likely to have a decisivo beai
In? on the attitude of those parties In
the present situation toward the
Stresemnnn government.
Tho communists wero especially
furious and angry scones wero enact
ed In tho relchstag over General Von
Seekt's sudden and drastic measure
The communist organizations are
well organized und well supplied with
money. p
Dictatorship Txioins
BERLIN, Nov. 23. (By Associated
Press). An unequivocal vote of con
fidence was demanded of the relchs
tag today by Chancellor Stresemnnn,
who Informed tho legislature that ho
did not propose to retain offico on the
strength of the Indirect approval
which would be accorded him by the
rejection of the Independent "no con
fidence" resolution introduced by the
socialists and the German national
ists. Neither of these, ho pointed out,
would be able In the present situation
to commnnd the majority necessary
to unseat him.
Tho chancellor's don. and for
cloan-cut vote of confidence throw
the parliamentary situation ngaln into
confusion and revived tho possibility
of a military dictatorship headed by
General Von Seokt as an ear.y dovel
onment. '
The Question of who would succeon
Dr. Stresemnnn' as chancellor in the
event of a vote of lack of confldonco
is not being discussed, political opln
Ion Inclining to the assumption that
President Ebert would decree a non
parliamentary form of government In
that eventuality. -
FINAL DECISION
KU KU
TOPF.KA. Kns., Nov. 23. Filing
of a report by Commissioner B. M.
Brewster on testimony taken in i
state's suit to oust the Ku Klux Klan
from doing business In .Kansas is ex
pected again within 'a few days, with
Indications that a final decision will
ho handed down by the Kansas su
preme court on December 8.
E.
NEWARK. N. J . Nov. 23. Mrs,
Mary Moore, who failed two weeks
ago In an attempt to end her life by
hanging, was found burned to aeain
today on tho second story porch of
her son's home, the Kev. Frank u.
Moore. It is believed she wrappod
newspapers about her body, soaked
them with gasoline and set fire to
them.
Newspaper Man on Trial
' EI, PASO, Texas. Nov. 23. Fred
M. McClure, former newspaperman of
Cleveland and Kl Paso, went on trial
today on a charge of murdering his
former stenographer, Mrs.. Louise
Frentzel,
Oregon Dry Spell
Is Broken at Last;
Long Rain Expected
-
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 23.
Rain which began last night and
was continuing today has broken
a dry spell which has prevailed
here throughout the autumn 4
months. According to the wealh-
er bureau the rain may continue
several days.
Storm warnings on the coast
were loft up today through a
south wind of 52 miles un hour
at North Head last night drop-
lied to 12 miles an hour at 8 a. m.
According to the weather man the
chance of a dangerous blow did
not Boem to bo over.
4
DISTRICT ATT'Y
TO IMPOST
Special Prosecutor in Answer
to Borden Says County Of
ficial Should Resign Instead
of Attacking Him Or Criti
cizing Piertfe.
O. C. Boggs, In an, Interview todny,
mude the, following stuteinont regard
ing his position ns special prosecutor
for Jackson county, Oregon:
"Tho legislature onneted a law pro
viding for a special prosecutor uiider
tho prohibition act, which Is section
2224-45 of Lord's Oregon Laws, an
extract of which reads us follows:
"Whenever any prosecuting of
ficer shull be unublo or shall ne-
gleet or refuso to enforce tho
provisions of this act in any
, county, or whore from any reason
whatever, the provisions of this
act iiro not being enforced In any
county tho governor, as oxecutlvo
officer of tho stato shall appoint
as many prosecutors ns ho may
deem necessary who shall bo re
' movable at his pleasure."
"It will bo noted from a rending of
tho above extract that the governor
Under tho provisions of this law shull.
In other words, must uppnlnt a spec
ial prosecutor whenever the provis
ions of the prohibition stututo are for
any reason whatever, not enforced.
The governor, when ho appointed a
special prosucutor for Jackson county,
must have boon convinced that for
some reason the proh'lhioton laws
were not being enforced In Jackson
county, Oregon. Furthermore, the
governor, when he uppolnted Mr. Bor
den district attorney ' In Jackson
county, Oregon, must . have belioved
that It would be to the best Interest
of the county and state to retain a
special prosecutor n Jackson county,
Orugon, or ha would have ruvoked the
commission of tho special prosecutor
at that time,
"The special prosecutor was ap
pointed lung before Mr. Borden was
appointed district attorney. Both the
special prosecutor and the . present
district attorney are appointees of tho
governor of the slate of Oregon and
Mr, Borden knew at tho tlmo he 110
ceptad the position of district attor
ney that there was then at that tlmo
a special prosecutor In Jackson coun
ty, Oregon and if ho did not desire
to not as district attorney In a county
whore there wus n special prosecutor
ho should never havo accepted tho
position.-
"If Mr. Borden considers thnt the
retention by the governor of the
state of Oregon of a special prosecu
tor for Jackson county. Is such a re-
(Contlnued on Pngo Eight)
BO
ADVISES
RUSSIAN PRINCE ARRIVES IN N. Y. TO
GET BACK PAINTINGS FROM HER
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 Art patrons
are preparing to clean their spectacles
and open their ears with the arrival
today of Prince Felix Youssoupoff of
Russia whose purported Intention Is
to regain from Joseph E, Woldnor,
wealthy Philadelphia art collector,
two paintings, "A Portrait of a Man"
and "A Portrait of a Woman," that
he sold two years ngo when In need
of cash the New York World said this
morning.
Prince Felix in 1916 was reported
to have been Involved In the slaying
of the monk, Knsputln, confessor of
the csarlna. The prince lsthe scion
GIVEN VOTE
FIDENCE
Amid Great Enthusiasm, Depu
ties Vote in Favor of Policy
. Toward Germany 505 to 70
United States' Action Is
Blamed for All the Present
Trouble.
IH'F.SSEI.BOnF, Nov. '23.
(By Associated Press). The
lenders of industry in the Ruhr
valley with whom the ' French
authorities have been negotiating
fqr the resumption of operations
In tlio ludustiiul plums, signed
an agreement with the French
today.
PARIS, Nov. 23. -(By Associated.
Press), Tho chamber of deputies this
ovenlng votod 'confidence in Premier '
Poincare after, a statement .In whloh :
ho fully outlined his foreign policy.'
Tho vote was COG to 70.
Premier Poincare began his state- ( -mont
on foreign affairs In the cham- (
ber of deputies today with the declar
ation thnt tho Belgian and French
governments wero In absolute accord
on tho Kuhr question. Referring to';
Foreign Minister Jaspar's speech be-:
fore tlio Belgian chamber, he said no '
differences had over existed between,..
Brussels and Paris on'thls subject.
Tho French, mission was dally mak-'' ,
lug contracts with the German Indus- j
trlnlists In the occupied territory, the
premier stated, and the Kuhr before,
long would becomo a paying proposU
tion. The contracts already signed . ,
provide for 224 per cent of the nor-'
nial coal production and 27 per cent '
of coko.
Ruhr Will Pay
Tho German workmen . wore In
croaslng In numbers and were coming
forward freely to work for the occu
pation authorities. ' ( . .' ,-."
M. Poincare said France would
have wished the banishment ' front .
Germany of former Crown Prince
fiVa,!nr.(lr Wllllntn. but n hla return
to Germany from Holland constituted
a provocation not only oi Tance, Due .
also her allies, the question was re-
ferrod to the inter-allied council of
ambassadors.
I This body, basing Its decision on
'the Versailles treaty, had held that no '
! clause contemplated banishment and '
that the list of war guilty sent to
Germany In January, 1920, did not
provide for their extradition. '
Tho French government, neverthe
less, was convinced .mat a return oe
the pernicious Hohonzollern dynasty
would be an Intolerable menace to the '
peace of Europe and would take the.
necessary measures to prevent it. This ,
declaration was greeted with much,
applause from the deputies, where
upon the premier exclaimed: "The.j
whole world will know tonight that';
the French' chamber Is unanimous :
against tho return of the Hohenzol-'
lerns." . , '
" ' V. 8. A. Blamed ''-' ,
Non-ratification of the trl-partlte
guarantee pact by the United Btates
and Great Britain, said the premier,
was at the bottom of all the present '
difficulties In tho way of inter-allied
military control In Germany. In the
'absence of the pact, France herself
must assure this control. M. Poincare '
'announced that he had asked permls- '
sion of the British government to
publish a yellow book giving a his
tory of all the negotiations bteween
I Lloyd George, former Premier Brland
'and himself in January. 1922, regard
ing the guarantee pact. The publle of
both countries, .the premier ' said,.
would Judge who should bear the re-
I to materialize. .
. ' - . : : t
of one of the most ancient Muscovite
families. r
i Critics dispute whether the paint-.
Ings are Rembrandts .or Vermeers,
When he escaped from' Russia Prince"
Fellst took them and a few other val-.
uable art objects and two years ago.
Mr. Weldner bought the portraits In
iiondon at a reported price of 1600,
000 for his private gallery, probably
the beat In existence. It was under
stood tho contract called for their re- ;
sale to the prince at the old price
plus Interest, within two and one-half :
to three years provided he agreed not
to dispose of them later to someone
else.