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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
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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.
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