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l'"c.s, MablTr The Weather Prediction Kalu Maximum yesterday 45 Minimum today 29 Precipitation 04 Weather Year Ajro Maximum 47 Minimum 36 pally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly fifty-Third Tew. MEDFORD, OREGON", WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923 NO. 219 MEDFORD BUNE COOKE IS WINNER IN S: DAKOTA Hiram Johnson Snowed Under - By President's Supporters and Ford Overwhelmed By McAdoo in South Dakota Convention Farm Labor Delegates Bolt. PIERRE, S. D.. Dee. 5. (By Asso ciated Press). Following endorsement ?f Calvin Coolldge, William G. Mc Adoo and Senator Robert M. LaFol lette of Wisconsin as presidential standard bearers for tho republican, democratic and farmer-labor parties at state proposal meetings here last night, a group of proposal men from the farmer-labor element today was endeavoring to make a partial fusion with the domocrats on state nomina tion proposals. About thirty men out of 110 in the farmer-labor party denounced tho national platform and bolted the con vention to confer with the democrats. According to participants, the dissat isfied farmer-labor men will attempt to frame a joint ticket from United States senator down with tho demo crats. .Leaders In the bolting farmer-labor group Included Warren bBeck, pres ident of the state federation of labor; State Senator William Barling. J. W. Batcheller, president of the farmers' union of South Dakota, and Mark Bates, farmer-labor candidato for governor in 1922. President Coolidgo was given the majority nomination for president by the republican proposal men over Senator Hiram Johnson of California, by a vote of 50,379 to 27.340, and later the endorsement , was, .. made . unanimous by a rising vote. Mr. McAdoo,' former secretary of tho treasury, received the democratic endorsement over Honry . Ford by a vote of 39,018 to 6072. The farmer-labor convention en dorsed Senator LaFollctte by a vote of 81,099 against 7247 for Honry Ford. Farmers for IuFollette. An eleventh hour effort by a group of farmer-laboritcs to affect a fusion with the democrats after tho former had bolted its regular convention, came to naught toward dawn and all parties completed selection of sepa rate slates. ' Calvin Coolldge was the presiden tial choice of the republicans, Wil liam G. McAdoo wns glv'cn the demo cratic endorsement wlillo Senator Robert M. LaFollette was the choice of the farmer-laborites. ; . Tho democratic and , farmer labor fusion conference broke up at 3 a. m.. when the third party decided that nothing would be accomplished. Ru-; mors of an agreement between t-ho bolting group and the Ford democrats complete state ticket were in the ali tor a minority democratic riling or a and may materialize In some late today. form Coolldge 4s "Delighted" ' , . WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 President Coolldge will acknowledge tho action of tho South Dakota republican pro- posal convention In granting him thei preference for tho presidential prl- mary and will send a communication ' to republican leaders 'of that Btato which may go a long way toward in dicating his attitudo toward 1924. The intention of Mr. Coolidge to recognize publicly the .South Dakota conven tion's endorsement, was made ""fcnown today at the White House where offi cials made no attempt to disguise their satisfaction. In the majority given the president over Hiram Johnson. The belief has been general here for 'several weeXs that soon aftor tho president delivered his message to congress an occasion would be found permitting him or his friends to make clear whether he proposed to he a can didate. . Friends of the president recognize that the endorsement given at Pierre yesterday does not make certain that Continued on Pago SI) BILL PROVIDES ONLY LEAST 3 PARIS. Dec. 6. Senator Massabau, concerned at the 'deficient French birth rate, has Introduced a bill pro viding that no man can be elected to public office unless he has at least three children his own or adopted. The effect of the proposd law would be to make such men as Premier Poin care, Asistlde Briand, Rene Vivlanl and Louis Dartbou Ineligible for pub Fruit Prices Tumble i inChicago As Result Of Auction Conflict ' CHICAGO. Deo. 5. Chicago's fruit market has boon literally flooded with oranges and apples in tho rivalry between indepen- dent and established fruit mer- chants which has affected a gen- eral reduction of from 25 to 40 per cent in retail fruit prices. Oranges, which sold last week for (1 a dozen, are being quoted at sixty cents: grapes are down from 15 and 10 cents a pound to 1214 and 6 cents and . apples, previously sold at 60 cents, nro f being offered at an averago of 15 cents. Basket grapes, a dozen are down from 75 to 55 conts. GETS SEAT IN SPITUITEST Representative Miller of llli-i nois Seated Over Protest of Colleague That He Misused State Funds and $70 000 in Election. Spent WASHINGTON, Dee. 5 Represen tative Miller, republican and Buckley, democrat?, wore sworn in as members j of the houso from Illinois today after protests had been made to their being seated. The houso adopted a resolution by Representative Madden, republican. Illinois, seating Miller as a member from the 22nd Illinois district after Representative Ratney, democrat, Illinois, had objected to his IjCing sworn in. ' - Rainey charged that Miller spent "nearly $70,000" in connection with candidacy for congress In 1922 and had misused state funds while treas urer of Illinois. Representative Britten, republican, Illinois, objected to the seating of Buckley as a member from the sixth district, but withdrew tho protest after tho houso had votod to seat Miller. KLAMATH PALLS KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Dec. 6. Authorities were Investigating today the mysterious death of J. R. Fellz, box factory worker, whoso body was found last night In Klamath . Lake near Algoma, fourteen miles north of hero. Tho body, weighted with three steel rails, was only partly suberged. The skull was crushed with a blunt Instrument, the coroner said. Tho body was found by trainmen who went to tho lake to get water to cool a hot box. Tho water pall hooked the trousers at the dead man. Fellz was last seen alive November 26 when ha left the Algoma Lumber company's employ saying he was going to Klam ath Falls for medical treatment. WAN! WHEAT TAXED TO RAISE MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5. Legisla tion designed to raise the price of American wheat 22 V4 cents a bushel by taxing domestic wheat 7 cents a bushel and adding 30 cents to the price of all wheat exported was pro posed today .by tho American Wheat Growers association in a letter sent to Minnesota congressmen -by George C. Jewett, general manager. FATHERS OF AT E lic service, even as selectmen in the smallest township. The reading of the text ot the mcas ure created a stir in the senior house of parliament. Senator Labrousse re marked, "We have been taken un awares. I move that we only pro nounce on this bill when each of us shall have had time to have three children.' A majority of the senators agreed and refused to give the meas ure Immediate consideration. CONGRESSMAN G1LLETT IS ELECTED ON 1STBA110T G. 0. P. Regulars Win in House Fight After Making Minor Concessions to the Progres sive Bloc Reform in House Rules Placed On Official Program. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Froderlck II Gillott of Massachusetts, was re elected speaker of the house today, when the republican insurgonts voted for him for the first time since a dead lock developed Monday; The break came on tho first ballot to day, the ninth taken for speaker since Monday noon. From the outset the insurgents had been casting 17 votes for Cooper of Wisconsin, ono of their leaders, and five for Madden ot Illin ois. The return of Mr. Glllett completed organization of the 68th congress and paved the way for Presldont Coolidgo to dollver his first mossnge to a joint session of tho house and sdnato. The Insurgents decided to abandon their fight after they had boen assur ed by Representative Longworth of Ohio, republican leador that opportuni ty would be offered later to freely of fer amendments to the 'house rules.. From tho start the insurgent group has maintained that its real fight was for rules rovision. On the final ballot Glllett received 216 votes. Representative Garrett ot Tennessee, the democratic candidate had 197, and two voted for Madden. Anr..m.nt Reached WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Republican Insurgents at a conference just before tho house went into session today de cided not to abandon their fight against tL j reelection of Speaker Gll lett until organization leaders make a statement on the floor of the house that opportunity, will be afforded mem bers to offer amendments) to house rules. A statemont embodying the Insur gents' IntcpreHation of ithe Jigrep ment reached last night between Rep resentative Longworth, the republican leador and; three mcmbors of their group was drafted to be road to tho houso by Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, chairman of the Insur gents. A few minutes before the house con vened, Mr. NelBon made the following statement: "A committee of the progressive group of the house of representatives, consisting of Messrs. Woodruff and Laguardia and myself met with Ma jority Leader Longworth last evening and discussed the proposed procedure for a revision of the rules of tho house. At this meotlng mutual assurances were given that the following program would be carried out: "First, that the rulos of tho G7th congress should bo adopted as tho rules of tho sixty-eighth congress for thirty days only. "Second, that during these thirty days amendments to the rules may bo offered by any member, to bo refer red to the committee on rules, which committee shall consider snch amend ment and make a report thereon to the house. "Third, within such thirty days the committee shall make a report of the rulon And such amendments as they rocommend. The rules and amend ments as reported by the committee i. at,(n tn rSaRnnable dlscUS- slon, amendment and record votes of the house. "Fourth, when the committee shall have made Its roport, any member of the house shall have opportunity to offer amendments to any rule and may naii tnr n rnrnrd vote thereon, wheth er such rule has-been Included In the report or tne commence r nm. "Fifth, no motion to recommit shall m In order." At tho nut net of the session Mr. Nelson received unanimous .consent to have 'his statement read and Mr. Longworth declared he was In accord with tho Interpretation emDoaica in u li...nmniti, llnvn Kllll. Before the vote was announced Representative Cooper made a brief .,.,.. nnvlnir he resented tho -,t..,,tcr.. r,r "vltuneration and slan nrnlnaf th mcmbcrfl who had supported him. When an attempt was made to cut orr nis Bpeocn Dy a of order Representative Madden ap pealed for fair play and urged that nnnnrtunltv he ziven for har- .-.mnno. th. renllhllcans SO that the house might be organized. .This was greeted with laugnier irum mo democratic side. (Continued on Page Six) Southern Beauty To Fight Husband's Divorce Suit, Denying Blood Is Tainted 0f ill MRS BEVERLY NEW YORK Fighting veiled rharges that her ancestry con tains a strain ot Negro blood. Mrs. . Ucvcrlv D Harris. Southern beauty. wilPcome to this city to fight her husband's divorce suit. Harris plea' recites that he believed his wife lo be the daughter of-a famous southern Col. Lee. man, owner of a steamship company, but that he will i:"C testimony, lo prosve thai she t is' the daughter of another Lee. and a Memphis woman, an octoroon Mrs. Harris will oppose her husband's suit with evidence to support her birth claims. E E E Franz Dahn of Hilt, California while driving down the Pacific high way TireNday evening accompanied by his wife Htruck a truck that n parked by the Hide of the road whilo a mechanic worked on it. Dahn was arroHted by J. J. MrMahon, the ntato traffic hffleer for careless driving and it wns then discovered that the man was intoxicated and that ho carried several gallons of liquor in a sultcann in the back of the car. A charge of careless driving wns filed in Justice Taylor's court by J. J. McMahon, and the charge of transporting intoxicat ing liquor was turned over to Newton C. Cheney, federal prohibition agent. Franz Jiahn is at present in tho city jail. awaiting a hearing and his wlfo who was sligthly Injured by the col lision is utaying with friends in Med- ford. The Daily Bank Robbery DAYTON. Ohio, Dec. 5. Two un masked men today held up two clorku In tho Xenia avenue branch of the City Savings and TruHt company and stole money said to approximate JSIO.OOO. . Daily Report on the Crime Wave ELDORADO, Kns.. Dec. 6. Prying open a small window In the mail re ceiving vestibule hnndlts last night gained entrance to the Eldorado post office and escaped with money, regis tered mall and stamps, said by post office otflciulH to be valued at $10,000. The Noted Dead LOS ANGELES, Doc. 5. Herbert Standing, well known actor, dlod at his home this morning following an ill ness of five weeks. Ho was 77 years old. He Is survived hy a widow, two daughters and five sons, Wyndham, and Herbert, Jr., who aro In New York, and Sir Guy, Percy and Auhrey Standing, now In London. , All of these are engaged in theatrical work, with the exception of one daughter. TORONTO, Doc. 6. Sir William MacKenzie, leading Canadian finan cier and railroad builder, died today after a long Illness at the age of 74, HARRIS. FIRST MAN TO Harry Kiirntens of the national for est service, accompanied by Mrs. KarsteiiH and Eugene, his small sor.. Is In Medford for n few days on his way south to Yosenilte National park. Mr. Knrxtens Is the first and only superintendent of MoKlnlcy national park and Is tho man who led Arch Deason F. Htuck and parly to tho top of Mr. McKinley, the highest moun tain In America, 20,300 feet above sea level. This Is tho only party that has evnr reached I ho top of this mountain, though Dr. Conk, the explorer, claim ed to have done so and has since boen discovered to bo an InipoHter In this matter. In McKlnloy national park, Harry Khi'sIciih uhch dog teams for transpor tation, having two teams of soven dogs each. This park Is tho greatest game pi-OHcrvo In North America. A party of English explorers who last year attempted to reach tho sum mit of Mt. Everest 111 the Hlmilaya mountains, the highest peak In tho world and failed, are nt present fit ting, (nit another expedition to start in March and Mr. Karstens has been asked to Join the party with ono other man from the United Htates to bo tho American representatives. His knowl edge of climbing and experience with snow being invaluable Whilo In Medford Mr. and Mrs. KarHtims nro the houso guests of Col. and Mrs. C. CI. Thomson. PIERCE PROCLAIMS' SALEM, Oro., Dec. D. Governor Plerco today designated Docemhor 9 to December 16 os Harding memorial weak. A proclamation, urging all ro llgious, business, social, fraternal and civic bodies to commomorato tho late president In a fitting manner, was is sued from the executive offices. I.llKTty Bond. NEW YORK, i Dec. 5. Liberty bond prices closed: 3V4's $99. 28; second 4's $98.70; first 414's D8.90; second 4V4's J98.70; third 414'H $90.80; fourth 414'a $98.90; U. S. Clov ernmcnt 44's $99.17. . WEST NEW YORK, U. J., Dec. 6. Alphonse Qroazlo and his' brothor James wore killed, two bthor men soriously burned and two homes dam aged by" fire nfter an explonlon of a whiskey still In a garage. CLIMB Find Oregon Woman Reported Murdered, Living in Auto Camp PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 5. Official proof that tho body of the 4 woman found in tho Columbia river November 4, is not that of Mrs. Edna Pitman was received hero tflday by Deputy Sheriff But- flngton from William I. Treador, sheriff of Los Angoles, who states that Mrs. Pitman is living in the automobile camp there with her husband. C. E. Rogers of Eagle fr Valloy, father of Mrs. Pitman, 4 sworo out an Information charg- Ing his son-in-law with murder at the time ot the Identification. GROWING FAST All Records Broken in School Census Just Completed With 2342 Total Estimate City 1 Population at 8500 Last CenSUS WaS 5756. The Modford school district census for 1923 Just completed and which Is declared to be tho most careful and cnmploto census ovor taken In tho dls- trlct shows tlio largOKt numeration of youth of school ngo, 4 to 20 yoars, SCHOOL CENSUS SKIS ME DFQRD inthe hlBtory of the city, the .exact school teacher who vanianea wovem number being 2343. ber 26 and was found In Vancouver Those figures glvo an estimated pop- last- Wednesday, was rational when ulatlon of .368 persons, figured .n S'ro ono way.-that Is .often rennWLH , TutnmoM . ' -v fair manner of estimating population rh6 cmcf recalled that Miss Austin, in a community of this size that Is, to wnon Hlio loft the hoarding house multiply the total census number by 4 wnere she lived with her sisters, Leila on tho Blatistical ostlmnto that one In and Georgia, going ostensibly to sing every four persons In tho community In a church choir, wore a black velvet Is of school ago. ". rh?T?l'ZlLT.L Sad . Bnnarlntonili.nl Rmllll of tho nubl 0 schools thinks, howovor, that fairer method In estimating population is by taking thn actual onrollmont of pupils lust year and multiplying it hy 4. . By this method of estimating. Inasmuch-as last year's onrollmont ai ,1861), the ostlmated population of the city Is 8530. Up until a month ago tho enrollment for this year was 1894 pu pils, which would give a population of 7658 porsons. However, beroro tho yuar Ib ovor the enrollment will more than reach the 1868 of last year. Thus Superintendent Smith reckons the present population is over 8000, prob ably 8500. Tho official census for Medford In 1D20 was 5756. The school nuthorltlos have every roason to got sb nearly an exact cen sus nn possible -of tho city's school children, as the apportionment of the stato and county funds for, tho school district Is basod on tho school cen sus. I-ast year the district received from tho stato fund $1.73 por pupil, and from tho county fund $8.77 per pupil. Of tho total of 2342 pupils of school ago as shown In this school year's con- bus just completed, 1141 are hoys ana 1198 are girls. Tho following are the consus figures for others years: 1922, total 21H7 pupils, of whom 998 wore hovs and 1159 wore girls; 1921, 2216 nnnlls. sex figures not yet obtainable 1920, 2043 pupils, 1077 boys and 966 girls; 1919, 1606 pupils, sex flgureB not ohtalnablo; 1918, 1376 pupils, equal number of boys and girls, and this a World war yoar with many families away In Bhip yard towns and tho like, and school youths away In army ser vice; 1917, 1684 pupils, 835 boyB and 849 girl 11 nicyclo Tea ran Tied.. NEW YOltK, Dec. 6. Bloven of tho fourteen tonniB remaining In the International six day bicycle race were tied for the lead at three o'clock this afternoon, tho 6.1rd hour. 'Han- ley was the pace-setter DEW1PSEY, LAND POOR , MUST GO TO t WORK TO PAY HIS INCOME TAX CHICAGO, Doc. 5. Jack Dempsoy. world's heavyweight champion, has so much of his fortuno tlod up In real estate he has to go back to work to got money to pay his Incomo tax, according to friends of tho champion who accompanlod him here where ho will help a Chicago' newspaper raise Christmas funds for the poor. Managor Jack Kearns, who will Mi l 61 TELLS ST OF CAPTURE Seattle School Teacher Claims She Was Kidnaped By Two Men On Way to Church Unconscious for Days Po - lice Call Her Story Prepos- . terous. VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 6. Dr. H. C. Powell of this city today reiterated assertions of his belief that Miss Nell Austin, Seattlo school teachor who. 1b under his care, was In her right mind yesterday whon she told him and two police authorities that she had been kidnapped, Dr. Powell issued the fol lowing statement: "Miss Austin still Is In a very weak ened condition and becomes excitable almost to the verge of hysterics when she attompts to grope back Into the past and Ipece together the Incidents ol that fateful night. Complete rest wit e8 oiven op. 1118 fetation which Interrogation CaUBUB, II- IB IIUOBII'IO iufc " call the various missing links which Bc-em to have been lost." SEATTLE, Dec. 5. Roports from Vancouver, B. C today and state ,fu f rMfi of Police Severyns of I ... disclosed a difference of opin- ; lon aH to whether Nell Austin, Seattlo I".-1 o"vu-.w - nn hlklnir clothes. "That change of dress proves mm Miss Austin was not entirely out of her delirium whon she said she was "kidnaped," assorted Mr. Severyns. Vancouvor dispatches reporiea mai Dr. H. C. Powell, under whose care Miss Austin has boen since she was found ond taken to a hospital, where she was Identified by two Seattlo po licemen who had traced her course novo by move from Seattle to Van couver, was of the opinion that the girl was of clear mind when she made a statement yesterday (o. him. and to two police authorities. . inose ai patches said that Mioses Leila , and Georgia were not present when the statement wns made soon after Miss Austin showed the first signs of re turning consciousness. "The girl had with her two hats when she left homo." said . Chief Severyns "one a dress hat which she was to wear to church ond the other a felt sport hot, In which she made the trip to Vancouver, which was Identified by Leila and fieorgia Aus tin as belonging to their sister. How could kidnapers have obtained this hat and the golf stockings and the heavy shoes she wore along tho high way 7" Bolleva Girl's Story. E. C. Thompson, president of the West Seattle stato bank. In which Georgia Austin is employed, and Syl vester T. Hillls, a business counsellor, came forward today with the decla ration that they had been to Van couver, snld Mr. Thompson had heard Noll Austin tell her story, and that both of them believed the narrative. "U Is my firm belief, arrived at after I heard Miss Austin's story from her own Hps yesterday that she was kidnaped by persons who mistook her "for' another girl resident In tho boarding house where the Austin sis ters live," snld Mr. Thompson. lie related that when ho entered her , room In tho hospital Vhile Mr. Hills and others waited outside, Noll exclaimed: "Oh! I see you! It Is tho first time I have been able to soe anybody. I haven't been able, to soe anything." "What happened to you after you (Continued on Page Six) Join him here tomorrow, Is complet ing arrangements for a treatrlcal tour for the champion, tho itinerary to In clude many easten cities, It was stated. ! Ab far as the fighting end Is con. cernod, the champion said he was willing to fight any logical contender. Including Marry Wills, a return bout with Flrpo and another meeting with Tom Gibbons. 0