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Newspaper Page Text, till Vw-V Ul.r, The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 53 Minimum today 27 BEDFORD MAIL Weather Year Ajo Maximum Minimum 57 23 Dally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly fifty-Third You. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923 NO. 212 ft FATAL AUTO SMASH ON YREKA ROAD James O'Brien of Ashland Killed,. 'Red' Watson Fatally Injured, and Ashland Girl Is Hurt When Car Dashes Off Highway 500 Feet Into the Shasta River. . - YREKA, Cal., Nov. 26. James O'Bryan, formerly an amateur boxer of Ban Francisco, was killed and Fred Watson, baseball player and boxer was probably fatally Injured when an automobile owned by Mayor Charles , L. Loo mi 8 of Ashland, Ore., plunged from the Pacific highway 500 feet into Shasta canyon last night. Miss Nell Purvis, who with Miss Loomis, ' daughter" of the mayor, leaped from the car before it left the highway, waa slightly injured. The four mem- bers of the party were from Ashland. According to reports from Yreka over long distance telephone today the car went over the grade about six miles northvof that city near the first bridge, and rolled over and over 500 'feet landing right sldo up in tho Shasta river. It la believed tho accident was caused either by the driver of the Loomis car being blinded by the head lights of an approaching car, or being unable to see the road because of dimming his own lights for an ap proaching car. Tho exact facts will not be learned until the coroner's in quest In Yreka this afternoon. Ex amination of the road showed the death car had run with one wheel over the edge for several feet before the plunge. James O'Bryan' lived In 'Ashland . where he was employed at the Ash land Iron Works, and is stiid to be a brother-lri-law of County Judge Gard ner." " Fred Watson -was visiting O'Bryan In Ashland and the two had attended an Elks smoker before the Yreka trip where Watson gave ft boxing exhibi tion. Watson who it is feared will not recover, recently put on a boxing exhibition at tho Legion smoker in Medford and has several friends in this city. It was first reported that tho men had been drinking but this is emphat ically denied by the coroner ;at Yreka who made an investigation ' of the ( accident. Me claims me men na . been seen in Yreka during the after- noon and that they were both sober. I They started for Ashland uhuut seven- , thirty last evening, tho accident oc-, currlng shortly before eight o'clock The section of tho Hhasta canyon where the accident occurred is known . as the most, dangerous point on the Yreka highway, Boveral fatalities hav ing occurred there during the paat year. IN N. YORK STATE ALBANY, x N. Y., Nov. 26.-North-eastorn Now York state Is experienc ing mld-wlnter weather. A Sunday blizzard left n blanket of snow over the upper Hudson and eastern Mo hawk valleys. Albany, Troy and Schnoctady re ported eight Inches of snow and In the eastern Adirondacks sleighs re placed motors. Daily. Report on the Grime Wave OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 26. William Hoffman who said ha was a diamond salesman of Chicago, told police that three men robbed him of diamonds worth- $20,000 when he alighted from a street car early this morning. He said the robbers beat him with a blunt instrument. . EFFORT TO FORM A NEW CABINET BERLIN. Nov. 26. (By Associated Press). The efforts of Dr. Holnrlch F. Albert, former minister of the treasury, to form a new Oerman cabi net had borne no visible fruit up to this afternoon. It was believed that if a ministry should take office under Dr. Albert's chancellorship It would do no more than mark the transitory stage to a dissolution ot the national parliament. President Ebert'g Invitation to Dr. Albert to forma new cabinet caused considerable resentment in nationalist Gasoline War in Portland Reduces Price to IS Cents PORTLlAND, Ore., Nov. 26. A gasoline war was In progress in 4 4 the southeastern section of Port- land today as a result of a dealer making a cut to fifteen cents a gallon. About thirty garages and 4 filling stations met the price, which is the same as they pay to oil companies. The dealers said they relied upon profits on oil and accessories to make up for loss 4 from shrinkage In gasoline. The regular retail price of gasoline 4 here is 18 cents. COURT ACTION Regarding the recent Southern Pa cific company injunction against the city In federal court In Portland over the Sixth street crossing, Mayor E. C. Gaddis made tho following statement today: "It Is to be regrottod that the South ern Pacific company has forgotten so soon the excellent support they receiv ed from Modford cltizons In their con troversy over tho ownership o the Central Pacific a few months ago. Their desire to -cooperate' with 'Med ford at that time seemed sincere but in view of the fact that on the very first occasion whorcin wo have asked for cooperation In providing adequate crossings In our city, they have given us a slap hy placing an Injunction against this needed Improvement, it would seem that the samo old policies of the past are still in force In sonic of their departments. "We have no other alternative than to fight this effort. on their part to keep us bottled up In our business dis trict and since tho Orogen Public Ser vice Commission has unanimously. grhntod our petition for a grade cross-1 ing at Sixth street I fool sure the fed eral court will sustain their decision when all the facts aro before them." Members of tho city administration generally aro quite Indignant over tho bringing of tho Injunction proceedings, and are curious to soo what grounds l,n SniiMinrn Purine sol forth in Its api,U(,ation for tnG injunction In the ' ' , . ,, . ... United States court. They read with surprise In the Sunday papers of Port- land that the railroad petition claim ed that the city was alioady tearing up. tho (racks and' otherwise going ahead with the construction of the crossing, j The city has madn no active move! and had given Superintendent Davis instructions to bosin tho work the first of this week. Superintendent Davis has been busily engaged, however, in assembling material ftr the construc tion work. Tho papers of formal ser vice of the injunction and its contents had not arrived up to early this after noon. The hearing on the question of mak ing the temporary Injunction perma nent is set for December 3, next Mon day, In United States court at Port land. This gives but a very short time for City Attorney John H. Carkln to prepare to combat the Southern Pa cific "company's contentions. The bringing of the Injunction pro ceedings in the United States district court was unexpected, and makes It much harder to legally combat. How ever Mr. Carkln, who must do some fast work of preparation. Is already busily engaged In so doing, and will continue so until Monday. The dally Oregonlan'a account Sun day of the injunction proceedings says In part: "The dispute between the city and the railroad has been in progress for several months, following a hearing by the public ' service commission, which ordered that a grade crossing (Continued on Pago Six) quarters because the president did not Invite- the nationalists to submit a candidate for the chancellorship, for which post they had the nationalist leader, Dr. Hergt, In vlow. The Invitation was extended to Dr. Albert after the members of the de posed 8tresemann ministry and vari ous leaders had Informed the presi dent that the situation In the reicha tag would prevent the installation of a coalition government which would be assured a working majority in the legislative body. MAYOR GADDiS SCORES S.P.FOR IB VIOLENCE ENG. CAMPAIGN IS THREATENED Conservative Speakers Are Threatened With Violence if They Appear in East London Heavy Police Guards Are Called Out. LONDON. Nov. 26 Nominations for candidates for the 615 seats in tho house ot commons wore being made today preparatory to the election on December 6. It was estimated bo- forehand that a record number would bo named with tho conservatives in tho majority, tho liberals a good sec ond and the laborltos not far behind. Three ' cornered contests which every Individual candidato wishes to avoid, were expected to be rathTer nu merous. Forecasts placed tho num ber at more than 220, although It was supposed there might be withdraw ing Tho electioneering campaign In the press and on the platform continued" bitter nnd In some constituencies mo people are showing an angry spirit. rpl.n nj.nmn'ntluMJUlV Mint Several Of their speakers havo received notices threatening them wltn violence it mcy n. ...A., n (ha uliitfnmln in east Loll- nji-i i..." - - don. postmaster Evans was heavily guarded by police whon no upoito in that district on Saturday. it k MotMntitpiit. Krorcfl. Prime Minister Baldwin's debt set tlement with tho United States wnicn rinvM t.iiwrl ri(nrirn used acainst him lu a speech last Saturday, is doing service for tho premiers opponents elsewhere. Tho Dally Express, one of Lord Beaverbrook's newspapers, which are attacking Mr. Baldwin os tensibly because his tariff proposals .1., n fn- pnnnvh Rnvfl that What unpopularity tho prime minister has achieved is almost entirely due to his financial settlement In Washington. It Is generally admitted," says the Dully Express, "that but for Mr. Baldwin's 'Hull at a gate' methods itho United States would willingly i.nali.nna.1 Ilia. Whdlo nllPfttlon and given us in tho end far bettcri tcrniB. As It is, tne Hrutsn puonci must find 40,000,000 pounds yonrly, I which is nearly twice as much as tho! total Inducements the premier is' holding out us part proceeds of nia tariff scheme. Tho only difference is that wo know the money goes to America but wo aro not quite so cor tnin ot the cash coming Into the cus toms and a tariff." Tirnoi Editor Attacked. The Daily Telegraph takes a fling at the Times because that newspaper Is.. supporting Mr. Baldwin, saying "the Times cnli always be trusted for giving the American view, seeing that Its principal proprietor was born in the United States." Lord Younger, who as George Younger, is accredited with having forced tire resignation of tho Lloyd Ooorge government, Is to havo com mand of the conservative campaign. Ho has hurried to London from his country seat to take the place of other party cohferoes who will ' be forced to leave for their respective constituencies. E PERISH IN FIRE CONFLUENCE, Pa., Nov. 28. (By the Associated Press) Samuel Hoscoe, his wife and seven children were burned to death early today when their home on a hill half a mile from the village was destroyed. All the bodies were recovered. CONNELLRVJLLE, Pa., Nov. 26. Reports reached here today that 8am Rosso, his wlfo and seven children were burned to death when their homo in Confluence, Pa., was de stroyed by flro today. Parts of five bodies wore recovered at noon whon tho ruins hud. coolod sufficiently to allow a search. .FOUR STATE BANKS ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 26. Four Stearns county state banks were cIob ed today by the state banking depart ment. They were the Farmers' State bank of Moire Grove, the New Mu nlch State bank of New Munich, the Security Btate bank of Melrose and tho State bank of St. Martin. Gonzaga En Route, Detroit CHICAGO, Nov. 26. Coach Ous Dorala led the Gonzaga university football team through Chicago yes terday en route from Spokane to tackle the University of Detroit on Thanksgiving day. The far westerners will practice on the Notre Dame field at 'South Bend today and tomorrow. ( SOOX TO GO ON HKrlKKD LIST OV BASKBAl.L ' : !L JV a J ti Tv Pnlih nftrtu 1 Q voni-n In tlm mfl jor lengue announces thiit ho will re tire nilcr ntJ XI nwunun a uaoiMiun schedule, with full honors to tho title of one of tho horld's greatest, hasp ball players. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Papers said by war department officials to show that at one timo Charles 11. Forbes, former director of tho veter ans' bureau, was dropped from tho rolls of tho army as a deaertcr, were turned over to the senate veterans committee today by the department. The records, sent to the commltteo at its request also were said to show that later Forbes wan apprehended, served out his term of enlistment and was discharged without haviag been brought to trial. The attltudo of the department at this time, it was said, was that the case long ago had been disposed of and there was no intention of taking any further- action) the mutter being in the hands of the senate committee. Members of the commltteo declined to say what use would be made of the information given by the department. During the veterans Investigation in which Forbes was a central figure, efforts were made to bring the former director's service record into tho pub lic hearings, but Chairman Heed ruled that evidence should be confined to tho period after Forbes became hend of the veterans' bureau. The service record placed In the hands of the committee was summarized by war department officials as follows: Forbes enlisted in the' army as a private In March 1900, at Boston, Mass; About two months later he was dropped from the army rolls for desertion. At that time he was serv ing at Fort Myer, Va., as a first class private in thfe signal corps. He was apprehended and restored to duty without trial by the depart ment commander. He then completed his enlistment period and was dis charged from tho army as a first class sergeant with character described as excellent and service said to be "hon est and faithful.' During the World war ho was com missioned a major In the reserve offi cers signal corps and was sent over seas with the 41st and 42nd divisions. Ho was promoted to a lieutenant colonel, signal corps, in Octobor, 1918. Decisions of U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. The log ging railway, sawmill, timber land and other physical properties belong ing to tho United States Spruce Pro duction corporation, organized by the federal government to produco spruce for use In aircraft constructibn dur ing tho world war, were not subject to taxation by Clallam county, Washing ton during the years 1910, 1020 and 1021. The supremo court so hold today, Glaring tho federal district court had properly taken Jurisdiction of tho WASHINGTON. Nov. 26. The su preme court refused today to deter mine whother regulations of the Ship Owners association of the Pacific coast and the Pacific American Steamship association, requiring sea men to register and to carry continu ous discharge books, constituted an unlawful restraint upon interstate and foreign commerce. A case brought against the associations by Alfrod I Street waa referred hack to tho ninth circuit court of appoals for considera tion and decision. i It was contended by Stroet, who I ciaiineu to ut Hums muuuil ul iuii mousana seamen, mat me regulations were not only an unlawful restraint upon commerce, 1mt were humiliating to the seamen and that the discharge books could be usod for blacklisting nnrnonefi. Mn Insisted that the federal (regulations were ample protection for the associations. King Visits Naples BOLOONA, Italy. Nov. 21. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain left last night for Naples. DIRECTOR FORBES ARMY DESERTER A SAYS WAR DEPT. BRITISH CREW OF RUM VESSEL FIRE ON CUTTER First Capture in 12 Mile Limit Resisted By Britishers U. S. Dry Patrol Stages Real Battle On the High Seas. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, The rum' schooner Toniako, overhauled yester day oft the Jersey coast by revenue cuttors was seized under tho new agreement between the United States and Great Britain tending tho right of scizuro beyond tho threu milt limit NEW YOIUC. Nov. 26. Tho crow of theTum laden schooner Tonuikoa, after her capture yesterday about six idles off tho Jersey coast, threatened a coast guard boarding officer and at attempted a dash to sea nfter firing her machine guns nt the cutters Sennea and Lexington. These additional facts were brought out in an official report made today to the collector of the port who was investigating the alleged British reg istry of tho schooner, whoso seizure, it was reported from Loudon, might bring a formal protest from tho Hrlt Ish government. According to tho report Lieutenant L. W. Perkins of the coast guard was sent: aboard tho Tomako after her capture. Tho Lexington and Benora started back to New York with the Tomako loafing along in tho rear. Suddenly, It was. alleged, the machine guns were trained on Perkins and the Tomako headed cant. She oponed'firo when the cutters pursued her. The alleged smuggler was over hauled for tho second time when she was about ten miles off shore and boatswain John Asenn was sent aboard with an armed party of six men. A fight followed before the Tomako's crew was subdued. Seizure of the vessel, according to the assistant solicitor. Edward W. Barnes, was made upon special in structions from tho treasury depart ment calling for capture of the To mnko wherever It was found within twelve miles of shoro. King Bootlegger Talks. Before Collector of the Port Eltlngo "Kummy Bill" McCoy, whom govern ment ngwnts call "king of tho ruin runners" nnd who was captured on board tho Tomako, made a successful plea for restitution of $68,000 which had been taken from him whon he was arrested. The money, in $100 and $1000 bills, he threw into a hand bag which appeared to contain soiled linen. It was ropnrted at the customs house' that figuring in tho caao ot the Tomako would bo allegations that do spite any claim ot British registry she was owned hy McCoy, an American. As he was led from the cell to face a' federal commissioner, McCoy, well groomed and at bis ease, told how he came to be crowned "king of tho rum runners' "I have no tnlo of woe,' he snld, "I was outside- the thrco mile limit selling good whiskey to anyone nnd everyone who wanted to buy and had the price. That's going to bo my de fense. "That's me, FJlll, to everybody. Until tiirco years ago I lived with my par ents at Diiytonn, Fla. Kwns a' yacht builder. I built one for Frederick Vanderhilt and another ono for Max Ine Elliott. In 1921 my father and mother died. Then my bull dog died and with tho Inst tin to my affections In Daytonn cut, I went to sea." McCoy told how he bought a yacht of British registry In Nassau, stocked her with liquor and sold it at various American ports. BKU8SBI.8. Nov. 26. The Belgian government today seized German roll ing stock at Dulsbcrg and llamborn lu view of Germany's failure to reply to Belgium's ultimatum regarding In demnity of 1,250,000 francs for 'the assassination of Lieutenant Graff near Duesseldorf in March, 1022. The timo limit fixed by tho Belgian ultimatum expired last nlnht. Bel gium had previously rojocted an offer from Germany to submit the nuostlon to The Hnguo tribunal for arbitration and tho Berlin government was noti fied that tho amount claimed as in demnity would be confiscated in the occupied regions should Gormany fall to pay. Llviitonant Graff was shot while he was riding In a street car betweon Ruhrort and Walsum. Ilia slayers, four members of the Gorman green police, pleaded mistaken Identity, de claring they believed the lieutenant to be a Belgian they were seoking In order to avenge a Oerman police offi cer whom he had killed. ' BELGIUM SEIZES INDEMNITY FOR OFFICER'S DEATH 12 Dead As Result Of Drinking Pre Holiday Moonshine PITTSnURO, Nov. 28. Soven 4 deaths In as many days caused by 4 poison liquor, put on tho market to meet the pro-holiday demand, today brought united action from city, county nnd federal authorities. The seasonal do- niand, police say, has resulted in bcotloggors working overtime f Fyhifts to prepare liquor with a ( "kick" from medicated alcohol, hastily distilled mash with a high porcontago of fusil oil and syn- thotlo combinations. PHILADKI.rillA. Nov. M. Poison liquor caused fivo deaths here yestorduy and sent Bcoros of other driukors to hospitals so- rlously 111. DISABLED )AP STEAMER LOST SISATTUO, Nov. 26. The Japanese frolghtor Shlnkoku Maru went nshore today near Montague Island, Prince William sound, Alaska nnd wna oxpoct ed to be a totnl loss, according to a dispatch rocolvod hero from Cordova, Alaska. The dispatch said nothing of tho l'ulo of ' more than 110 mon who were aboard tho Shinkoku. The Shlnkoku carries a crew of about 3!. Sho was hound from Yoko hama tn Portland, Oro., in ballast when her tall Bhuft broke. I lor master In timated in it wireless message to the Algonquin before the latter camo here and proceeded for California, his fear that a mutiny would havo occurred on his vbshoI but for. tho morn' support given by tho presence of tho American cuttor, so gront had boon tho terror of his mon at finding themselves drift ing rapidly In a lonely part of tho Pa cific. SEATTT.K, Nov. 26: Tho Jnpanoso freighter Shlnkoku Maru was today storm boat on within a mllo of the coast of Alaska, and the tug Huma- conna, which pickad tho Shlnkoku up after the freighter went adrift Novem ber 1 on breaking her tall shal had been fornod to let go of hor tow, ac cording to n message rocolvod hero from tho distressed vessol. The messago sold . the wind was blowing ninety mileswo hour and that the windows in the upper housing of the Shlnkoku had been shattered by a heavy sea. The message gavo the position ot the Imperiled craft as with in a mile of the northeast ond of Mon taguo Island. This is a region of nar row spaces among islands south of Princo William sound, central Alaska. .The position is about 750 mllos to the northoaHt of whoro the tug Huma conna of Seattlo took the Shlnkoku In tow nfter tho United Statos coast guard cutter Algonquin had hrokon a line and smoshod hor towing machlno and boon onforcod to content herself with standing by tho Shinkoku flvo. doys. The Iltimaconnn had beon expected here to go to Cordova, on tho eastern side of Princo William sound, for fuel oil hoforo proceeding with tho Shln koku to Ksqulmalt, B. C, whoro tho Japanese steamor was to have boen surveyed. , ' ' '. Tho Cordova message said that the tug Ilumaconnn, which hnd taken the Shlnkoku Maru In low off tho Aloih tlan Islands,- had beon forced by a florco galo to drop the freighter. Tho Ilumaconnn, continued the message romainod standing by, but holpless bo causo of tho tempest, to glvo any suc cor. . ALASKA COAST JESSE W1NBURN PAYS $60,000 FOR i LOST PICTURE; GIVES IT N Y. MUSEUM NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Josso Wln burn, retired advertising man, has pre sented to tho. Metropolitan Museum or Art the original "Portrait of a Gentle man," by Jan Van RavcBtoyn, which he found two months ago in Paris' af ter a search of thirty-five years, start ed when a slip-sheet boy In a down town lithographing nhop. Shortly after ho hnd taken a Job In tho shop, incidentally his first any whoro, he saw the roprod action of a picture for calondarg of the "Portraits of a -Gentleman." Tho subject resem bled his father and he made a resolu tion to own tho original when ho was EXPLOSION IN ILLINOIS MINEFATAl Two Dead and Many Dying As Result of Gas Explosion in One of Largest Coal Mines in Country Barrier System Rescuers Prove Fearless. WEST FRANKFORT, III., Nov. 2,6. Two dead nnd .thlrteon Injured made up tho toll of the explosion which occurred today at mine No. 1 of tho Chicago, 1 Wilmington and B'ranklln Coal company at Orient, four miles from here, it was reported by the rcscuo teams who returned, to the surface this afternoon. All men entombed in the mine were brought to Mtfcty, It was staled by members ot the teams. Survivors returned to tho surface with tales of terrlblo suffering by the injured and narrow escapes encoun tered by- others. Ono man told of tearing his coat from his body and saturating It in bis dinner pail to protect himself against tho flames while crawling to safety. Others told of how they dragged tholr uncon scious co-workers until their failing strength forced them to abandon their rescuo attempts.. Cries for help penetrated tho dark chambers of tho mine, others told, these cries being mingled with loudly uttored prayers for unexpected relief. Women and children streamed to the mine to learn the fate of tholr hus bands and fathers. The two dead are: Ira B. Hamilton, 20, and Harry Otle, 23 years old. Six of tho Injured, it Is feared, will die. The most seriously injured are: Willie Sweet, a trapper; Frank Waito, Tony Lutci, John Weirs, C. Krelba and a man named Fynn. Waits, it was said, was one of-the"'' survivors of the fatal Cherry, Illinois, mlno oxplosion which occurred in 1918. At that timo Waito was en tombod nenr the bottom of the shaft for eight days without food or water. The explosion probably waa caused by gas and a great disastor probably was averted by the barrier-pillar sys tem in use In tho mine. The advices received over tho company's private wire Indicated the oxplosion occurred in the northwest corner of the mine, probably about a-mile from the shaft. The mine Is one of the largest coal mines In the country. The explosion oocurred on a level 600 foot below the surface and the information received from Joseph Louis, general superintendent, Indi cated that the troublo had been local ized. This, he attributed to the bar rier systom by means of which entries are closed and the workings where an explosion or fire occurrB are cut off from the remainder of the mine Which includes miles of underground tun nels. OPENING RALLY CHICAGO, Nov. 2(1 Illrani V. Johnson. United States senator from California, the only avowea ripuou can presidential candidate, will arrive In Chicago today to open his cam paiRn. He will deliver his first real speech slnco announcing his candidacy, to morrow night at a dinner of the Cook county real estato board. Ho Is expected to speak "freely" de tailing some of his platform princi ples and Indicating his campaign policy. - j Today Mr. Johnson Is expected to confer with Wlllinm,- Wrlgley, Jr., chairman 'of his campaign , commit tee ond other supporters. rich. And tn an amazingly Bhort tuna he had bocome wealthy and retired.: For years he Boarchod catalogues and art gallorles of the world for tho original. Last summer, while hunting through Europe, ho encountered Prince Ollnsky, once of the retinue of the cxar, who said ho knew where the or iginal was. Winburn found It In the possession of an old woman of Paris to whom he paid $60,000. . i Jesse Winburn Is now making his home In Paris, having abandoned Ash land and Sap and Salt aa his domi cile, t . - ; X J.