MEDFORg "RATE TRTBTJNti, MEPFORP, CmVGO ' W6XTliY, MfflifBRR' S, 1923
CLAIMS POSTAL
DEFICIT REDUCFD
BY $30,000,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Extraor
dinary Increase In butdness severely
taxed the ability of the postul service
under Inadequate appropriations last
year but "a most gratifying decrease
In the postal deficit amounting to
approximately $30,000,000 from the
previous year's deficit, was brought
about through economies, Postmaster
General' New informed President
Coolldge today in his annual report.
"It would be an id mi I condition If
the department could become self
sustaining, with postage und service
charges so udjusted us to do equul
justice to all the using public," said
Mr. New. "To attain this end, each
class of mail matter need not neces
sarily contribute its entire estimated
cost. Public policy, for Instance, has
Jong recognized the special claims for
publications for the dlNsemination of
information of a public character, or
devoted to literature, the sciences, or
arts. It Is a wise policy und makes
for the gene nil good und the public
welfare. On the other hand, public
policy, as evidenced by tho uct of con
gress establishing the parcel post
system, favors the principle that rutes
for Buch matter shall equal the cost
of service. This, too, is a wise policy,
for there is no sound r en Hon why the
government should conduct a parcel
business, so analogous to express, for
example, on principles other than
those of sound business."
The money order, the postal sav
ings, and the parcel pout systems, Mr.
New said, should be entirely self
sustaining. The relation of cost to
revenue for the several functions was
studied In 1907-1911 nnd the depart
ment is making another cost ascer
tainment at the iustunce of the post
office committees and the joint postul
commission, which has been author
ized by congress. When results are
known, Mr. New declared, they will
furnish a basis for an Intelligent Judg
ment as to postage rates and charges.
The postmaster general made a
number of recommendations for leg
islation along those lines Including
authority fur him to: Fix a charge for
a . return receipt for a 'registered
article; fix the fees chargeable for
registration of mull matter and the
limit of Indemnity; extend the lnmir- I
ance and collect-on-dellvery services
to third-class mall; and prescribe the
fees to be collected for the Ihsuo of j
domestic money orders.
Mr. New also recommended that
legislation bo enacted to: Provide for
the appointment of postmasters of the
third-class by the pOHtmuster general;
pay rent on postofflce premises
monthly instead of quarterly; com
pensate employes for overtimes ser
vices In excess of oight hours daily;
establish motor vehicle rural routes of
not less than 30 nor more than 75
miles in length; increase the interest
rate on postal savings deponlts to 3
per cent and for other improvements:
nnd amend existing laws In regard to
examination and renewal of official
bonds, ago retirement of certain em
ployes, leaves of abseuro of railway
postal clerks, and moving expenses of
officers and railway postal clerks.
I
RIVALS OPEN UP
AT
I
A big crowd, according to fndica
tfons, will witness the wrestling
match tomorrow night between Ted
Thye, instructor of Multnomah Ath
letic club, and Gus Schneldau of Med-
ford. There Is no particular love lost
between these two gentlemen and
j Schneldau ts out to recover honor lost
to Thye in Portland a few weeks ago.
Two good preliminaries will pre
cede the main event. Ticket sale for
Med ford Is on at Brown & Brown. The
American Legion 1h working bard to
mulce its smokers a "big run for your
money," and no doubt tomorrow
night's show will more than please the
audience.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3. Two fruit auc
tion companies opened rivul markets
hi, Chicago today for the selling of
fruits In less than carload lots to
dealers. Each claimed that better
market conditions would result.
No decided price slushes were re
ported, but leaders of several large
commiRHlon nouses predicted that
lower prices and a wider market dis
tribution would follow.
The Independent .Fruit and Produce
Auction company, formed by about
one hundred small dealers, Including
many representatives of various na
tionalities who likened themselves to
a league of nations asserted the other
auction company bad failed in an at
tempt to squeeze them out. They re
ported they had placed on sale 61
curloads of fruit and produce.
The Chicago Fruit Auction com
pany reported C7 carloads of fruit on
mile. John Denny, a leader of the
larger group, said that the auction
company wus formed nt the behest of
growers' associations to sell the asso
ciations' products under one roof ln
Htead of at private sale, as heretofore.
The auction company, ho said, hits
under contract ninety per cent of the
available supply.
,,,i ,i, ,.k a.,.iI INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3 Governor
company itfny thru thoy huvn nl-AV'l"'en T' McC,"y tod"y was 8erve1
templet to crowd out tho smaller ,vllh warrants tor hlx appearance to
de,,!,.,.,, nnsivcr to tho churKen contained In
The' central grlevnn. o nKaint u." .?'Bht, ln;1",''"m returned aBalnt
anlu R K. Nell)-, a loader of the com- hJ 16 Maf on ,COU"' JUry
mm. unit ,!. ,h- i, fr rlclny. Honil of $L'S,CI00 was
" iiinvi.l...l l. 11 .......
Indictments resulted from
HELD ON BOND OF
time to conduct nn auction at which
the citrus fruit or the southern Cali
fornia fruit growers' exchange will be
auctioned In Chicago In less than car
load lots. Previously it had been sold
Tho
grand Jury Investigation of the gover
nor's financial transactions following
admission to his creditors last August
that he was unable to meet lmmedl-
at private sale, which gave Individual ntoly , onBntlona to tllom.
ijin ii n- .w inuiure u cur uuu mi... nrimi,.ui ,,.,. ni,,.t
market Us contents at a ,roflt Bell- Kmernm m,ulo ,,, ,hu lulictments are
Issuance of
state-
fraudulent
U. S. NAVY PLANES
TO FLY TO POLE
.WASHINGTON. Doc. 3. Deflnlto
plana or a nuvul expedition to tho
north pole, to be undertaken proba
bly next summor b yulrcraft, were an
nouueed today by Secretary Ilonliy.
tho
lug less than carload lots at public embezzlement, larceny, forgery, ob-
""" " """ " uimnuun.Mi, taining money under a false
limning ii ucreHMino lu fieaiurs anu ment and
consumers It has not reached before, t.hecks.
and i neiieve will mean more good . Harry E. Sheridan, master In chan
frnlt at lower prices for tho con- 'eery of tho federal court resumed tho
timer." hoarlng on a petition of three Port
The rival companies which formed Wayne. Ind., banks to have the govcr
the Independent Fruit nnd Produce nor declared bankrupt.
Auction company, patterned after a .
ilmllar company in New York, tell a
different story. They assert Hint the
big dealers combined with the big
shippers to form nn auction rrtmpnny
which denied the sninll dealer the
part he Md played In former auction
compnnlcs. ,
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 3. Advlcos
from Chrlstlanlu say, Cuptaln Haokl
Amundsen s exploration ship Mnrnl
which Is believed to bo drifting, toward
the north polo wit lithe Ice packs es
tablished radio communication with
Spltzanborg yesterday. Captain Wist
lug reiHirtetl that Knglneer Slovortson
tiled July 10 nftcirun Illness of several
months, presumably of Inflammation
of the brain.
The Maud was In communication
with Spllzenborg early last May, re
porting she was 300 miles northeast of
VVrangol Island.
SAIL I
. SEATTLE, Dec. 3. Major Fred
erick McUnuRhlln of Chlcugo and Mrs.
MoLoughlin, who until Wednesday
wa Irene Castle, remained In their
BUlte In a hotel here today. The bride,
world famous us a dancer and the
groom, n coffee broker and clubman,
are to leave tomorrow In the bridal
suite of the liner President Grant for
n honeymoon tour in the Far Kast.
WASHINGTON STATE
DRIVE 10
OUST ALL ALIENS
TACOMA. Dec. 3. Suit was filed In
superior court hero today to confis
cate the land holdings in this country
ii f fcVnnv Vitvnp II, .t...
augurution of a campaign to ejoct all
iiueiiM inini mmiH rouowing tne edict
of the United Htutes supreme court
sustaining the Washington state alien
iiunu iiiws in an particulars. 1'rnsecu
tor James Seidell asked In the suit
thllt thn IMIrlmio U.tl.ll...... .v T-i 1.1
hofer, a German, be confiscated by
mo state necause he Is an nllen resi
dent and has not In good faith de
clared his Intention of becoming a
citizen of (he United States.
Mr. Solden said that the state law
provides no remuneration for the
lands of aliens that are confiscated.
The county prosecutor said that addi
tional suits will be filed ngalntit other
aliens holding lands under deed or
lease and he predicted that all such
aliens eligible to citizenship, will has
ten to becomo naturalized.
"Tho state law Is not directed
aga 1 nst J a pa nese," M r. Helden said,
"but ngalDHt all aliens regardless of
the country from which they came.
It is our Intention to proceed against
all nllen land holders as rapidly as we
can discover their Identity. M
I 8I3ATTLK, Dec. 3. W. Tl. Collins.
' town marshal of Tnlt, fifteen miles
east of here, came into Seattle today
and reported to the fthcriff that he
had shot two robbers last night when
he heard five of them looting a store,
lie said ho saw two men fall when he
fired three shots, but that all five
escaped in a small automobile while
he pursued them almost to this city.
LOS AN'CIKLKS. Dec. 3. Two-men.
who are alleged by the police to have
held up the cashier of the Paclfb
Klectrlc station at Sherman, near
hero and escaped with $4302 in cash,
were captured by Hollywood and
itovcrly police shortly before noon
near tho Doheny ranch north of
Heverly hills.
One of the men was shot through
the back und Is not expected to live.
Tho othor was shot through the arm.
Tho money was recovored in an aban
doned car.
The more seriously wounded bandit
gave his name as Arthur Joslyn and
the other us Howard Hanna. They
mild they cume here recently from
nncouver, U. C.
IS
TO
was seated with several friends .in
the president's gallery.
Balloting for speaker in the house
was delayed while the clerk went thru
the long formality of calling the roll
by states to determine whether a quo
rum was present. The galleries there
were parked tuo. the crowd extending senate, and Senator Gerry of Ithode
into adjoining corriuors.
Senator Walsh of Montana was
named vice-chairman of the demo
crats' conference; Senator ISttman of
Nevada was nominated as the demo
cratic candidate for nresiuent of the
Island was re-elected party whip.
Senator King of Utah was named sec
retary of the conference.
J. Edward Hasley of Virginia was
nominated by the democrats as can
didate for secretary of the senate.
EUGENE ESCAPE
KITGKNIO. Ore., Dec. 3. Mix pris
oners escaped from the county Jail
here some time during tho niRht by
ukIiik nn iron plate, wrenched from
the Jail sink, to pry loose enough
bricks front the wall to mnke a space
for a man to crawl throuKh. The
escnpo was not discovered until this
morning. Fourteen other prisoners
In the Jail did not avail themselves of
the opportunity to pet away.
Those who escaped were: Al Nell.
Peter Thereby, H. Z. Kvans. J. C.
Wray. all facing liquor law violation
charges; Clayton t). Hall and Wilfred
Coughlin. held on larceny charges.
CHILDREN CRY FOR "CASTORIA"
A Harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops
" and Soothing Syrups No Narcotics!
' Mother I Fletcher's Cantoris, hu
been in use (or over 30 year, to relieve
babies tnd children of I'onatip&tion,
FUtulcncy, Wind Colio and Diarrheal
allaying Fererishneae arising there
from, ami, by regulating the Stomach
pad eV'ii. ft'! Uj" "i-'Uatiuu ot
Food; giving natural sleep without
opiates. The genuine bears aignature of
F
Scranton, Pa., Bee. 3. Tho finding
of a boy's skeleton, together with evi
dence making Identification positive,
In a swamp near Oreeloy, l'iko county,
yesterday brought to nn end a search
of more than eight years for four year
old Jimmy Glass, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Glass of Jersey City, N. J.
FAILS BY 50 VOTES
OI.YMPIA, Wash., nee. 3. A mar
gin of about fifty votes defeated the
$450,000 bond Issue for a port project
in the election In Thurston county
Saturday. E. L. Vanepps, county nu
dltor. announced tudnj,, judging "from
almost complete returns.
Aberdeen Votes to
Build City Power
Plant, 1092 to 992
arrhi)Re;v. wmm.. tw. a tiv a
majority of 100 votes, 1093 to 992,
Aberdeen voters Saturduy endorsed
thn nrnnnHiifl 1'i OOll II It 0 hntirt (aann
for construction of a municipal dam
anu power plant on mo upper wy
nooeho river. City officials are
nloftiritrl tint In rnrrwamrl tvlth rnnoirun.
Hon until complete engineering data
on tho project Is secured, which will
require adoui n year, me w ynoocne
nr.-. t.wi I-, ,ilf1 lui .... Kl a r.M-
duclnjt between 27.UOO and 34,000
nurse power. t
PiMeTughtTbdaa
Dia.lVtiltANTH AT IIAMt.i -mi
he with him In trouble; 1 will deliver
aim. I'uuliu tHUS,
Deke Barr told the Kiwanis club all
about marketing and the fruit auc
tion at the Kiwanis luncheon at the
Hotel Med ford today. For the full
allotted time the audience was held
spellbound with a rapid description of
the auction and when he Imitated the
New York auctioneers several of the
members jumped to their feet to bid
on & car of California wine grapes,
which seemed to make up the greater
part of the New York auction.
A letter -from tho Yakima Kiwanis
club was read announcing a special
radio program for tonight at '7:30
from Yakima station K- F. I. Q. on
a 224 meter wave lengthy Local
people were requested to listen In for
an unusually fine program with the
request that , those picking up this
program mall postal cards to the
Yakima Kiwanis club, saying how the
concert came in.
An Invitation was read from the
Roseburg Kiwanis club to the char
ter presentation banquet at Roseburg
on December 12. - Visitors to the local
club today were W. W. Walker, the
tlonal bank and Norman Kvans of
new vice-president of the First Na-
Jollet, 111., who was the guest of Guy
Conner.
John Mann won tho Kiwanis em
blem. v
HOLDS VP FLECTION'
(Continued From Page One)
into a deadlock over the election of a
speaker.
On the first ballot no candidate re
ceived the majority over all required
to elect.
BEGINNING TODAY ,
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
She Lived a Thousand Years
in her loyal ef
forts to snatch
a soul from
doom.
M
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Facing an
organization row at the very outset,
the G8th congress convened at noon
today for a session which promises to
write a colorful chapter In the his
tory of legislation and politics.
The militant progressive bloc hold
ing the balance In the- scale of vote's
by virtue of the greatly reduced re
publican majorities, raised the flag of
Insurgency In the house by threaten
ing a deadlock. In the election of a
speaker..
While on the senate side the open
ing formalities passed off with tho
usual outward calm and decorum, the
threat of a fight to force re-organl-zution
of the senate and. some of its
more important .committees was In-;
the background,, ,
..In both house, and senafe the ga-)
vels fell promptly at twelve o'clock
with Senator Summlna of Iowa, tho
president pro torn, presiding over his
colleagues, and Clerk William Tyler)
I'nge occupying thjo speakers' chair'
of the house pending tho outcome of.
the fight over the speakership. J
For an hour before the house went '
Into sersion the progressive bloc hod :
been In conferenfje. , I
Wo KUx-Uon TiKlay."
"There will be no election ofi
speaker today," said Representative
Nelson of Wisconsin, chairman of the
group, after the meeting. He reiterat
ed that the bloc controlled enough
votes to prevent .the re-election of
Speaker (tlllett, hut declined to say
how long the insurgents expected to
hold out.
"Our real fight," he said, "will
come later when we seek to modify
house rules.
The senate democrats also held a
conference elected Senator Robinson
of Arkansas as democratic floor man
ager and selected a shite of candidates
for senate offices.
The republican senators at o meet
ing last week had re-elected Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts as their
leader.
Democrats Outline program.
Legislative Issues were 1 not dis
cussed at the democratic meeting.
"While we are not prepared and do
not propose at this time to assume the
responsibility which devolves upon
tho majority to take the Initiative re
specting the details,, of legislation,"
said Senator Robinson afterward, "It
Is expected that our organization will
stand for a materia reduction In
taxes And for aggressive measures to
effectuate retrenchment In public ex
penditures. '
''The transportation question Is
worthy of careful study and decisive
action. Practical and well considered
measures for the relief of conditions
among farmers will receive sympa
thetic attention. Proposals advanced
for tho adjustment of international
conditions are to be disposed of with
out partisanship."
LuFolltite III.
Senator LaFoiletto of Wisconsin,
the recognized leader of the progres
sive bloc, was the only absentee when
the roll wrist rnlld In thn npnntn. Hp
has been III for nevernl riavn nnri nrob.
ably will be unable to attend senate
sessions before next week. The new
senators and those re-elected at the
last election took the oath of office,
administered by Senator Cummins,
while crowds which overflowed the
galleries looked on.
Mrs. Coolidge. wife of the president.
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A. cross-section of throbbing human experienoi. Hero is drama fcuilt out of the very fabric
Bf life. Stripped cf reserve, born of the robiliy of a woman's soul; nnd dedicated to the
cause of saving .other lives from the unspeakabl- curse cf narcotics.
Played by a perfect cast, including Mrs. Wallace Reid, James Kirkwood, Be3sie Love and a
host of others, "Human Wreckage" is not onl Ihe most crashing blow ever delivered
against the narcotic evil not only the most gi'-'-'tic fcheiirical attraction ever produced
it is real ! It lives ! '
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Children 25
Loges 75c
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