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Newspaper Page Textt'nlversltj Mlirnrr yi- Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Probable rain Maximum yesterday 38 Minimum today 2D Weather Year Ago Maximum 41 Minimum 3-1 pally Eighteenth Tear. Woekly 1'ifty-Tulrd Tl MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 19U3 NO. 223 P. M ARTHUR VICTIM or OPERATION Ex-Congressman Passes Away Suddenly in Portland As Re sult of Sinus Operation Meningitis Follows Infection Near Brain Sketch of His Career. PORTLAND, Ore., Den. 10. Clifton N. McArthur, former representative In congress from the third Oregon dls ' trlct, died last night from complica tions following an attack of meningi tis and the effects of an operation to relieve an Infection near the brain. Mr. McArthur was 45 years old. He served from the third Oregon district as a member of the G4th, 65th, 6Gth and 67th congressos. He. was defeated last year for rccloctlon by Elmer Wat kins, domocrat. He had recently bo gun a vigorous campaign in further ance of his candidacy for the republi can nomination for United States sen ator at the. primaries to be held next May on an anti Ku Klux Klan plat form. Prior to his service in congress he was twice elocted to the Oregon legislature and served two terms as apoakec of the house In that body. PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 10. Clifton N. (Pat) McArthur, former congress man from this district, died at his residence In the Helle Court apart ment at 9:15 o'clock Sunday night of meningitis, following a cold contract-1 ed Saturday evening as he was conval- escent from a sinus operation por- formed last Tuesday. Members of McArthur's family, with the exception; of Mrs. McArthur, who is with her mothor In New York City, wore with him during, the day. . m l m,1B Mr. McArthur-. was bom at The Dalles, .lime 10, 1879, and was educat - ed In the public schools and graduated from tho University of Oregon in 1901. He studied law and was admitted to tho bar In 1906. ' . ' -..TT-.W 1T on .1.1. SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 10.-H.igh state officials today paid tribute to C. N. McArthur, former Oregon congress- man. who nassed away last evening !n Portlaud. "Oregon has lost, an honorable, a loyal citizen," Governor Pierre said. "In tho passing of Mr. McArthur " said Sam Kozer, secretary nf stvte. "Oregon lost one. of Its must virilo young men." , Decisions of U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. The su- prenio court-today granted an appeal reviewing the validity of ni.ow.nu by the federal district court for west- ern Washington of tlto claim of the Tatterson - Mat-Donald Khlphunuing company, bankrupt, against the com- monwealtb of Australia, urising out of n contract for building ton ships, for that country. s wauhinp.tov Dec 10 Tho ,,. uiutnon ihn Nil- tional Association of Window Glass Manufacturers and the National Win- dow Glass Workers' union was clared by. the supreme court today to be valid and not in restraint of trade., Death Toll of the Automobile 1 SANTA ANA, Cal Dec. 10. R. K. ! tend to align the whole people In sup Townsend of Eloctra, Texas, was kill- port of economical administration of ed and his brother David, sustained a government and I frankly state that fractured skull, while a third brother,! such an alignment is becoming every . nui ini in an ontri. day more and more necessary because Jesse was slightly njured in an auto- r ln(luence lt wlu nave upon th0 mobile accident during the wind storm . . here early today. (Continued on Page Eight) I HITS LOS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. One per son was dead and several others wero recovering from Injuries today as the result of accidents attributed to the high winds which yesterday swept Los Angeles and vicinity, uprooting trees, unroofing houses, wrecking store fronts and demolishing fences and signs. No accurate estimate of prop erty damage was available but the loss was believed to have run into thou sands of dollars. MANY INJURED, PROPERTY LOSS LARGE Center Population In Oregon Moves Toward Portland WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tho approximate location of the popu- latlon center of Oregon Is 2l.fi miles southeast of Marquam, 4 Clackamas county, according to statistics mado public today by the federal census bureau. Tho movement of tho center from 1!I10 to 1920 to 4.2 miles in a dl- roct line from point to point, whilo the direction of tho move- men!) was 4.0 mllos northward and 1.1 miles eastward, tho bu- i reau's figures showed. Tho exact center of the state's imputation was located in latitude 44 degrees, 55 minutes and 41 sec- onds north, and longitude 122 degrees 13 minutes and 33 sec- onds west. In Special Budget Message, Coolidge Shows in Detail Why He Opposes Bonus Wants Congress to Cut Ex penses $300,000,000. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Prowl dent Coolidge specifically rccom mended to congress today a reduction of more than $300,000,000 In tho na- tlonal tax bill and at the same tlmo ' presented views In opposition to a J soldiers' bonus. executive, in a message trans- mitting tho annual- budget, eulu , frunk . pi.OK1.aill ut new ex. ipen(,ltui.0 on a 1U.K0 sealo woul(, muK0 tax reduction Impossible for years to come." Ho adrtod that tax reduction "would certainly tend to aiiftn tho whole people lnsupport of 'economical administration of govern- ' ment," which ho doclnred Is becoming ..evcry day mol.0 nlul lnnr0 ncccsHal.y... ; ..r recommon(i a rovision of tax laws'." Mr. Coolidge said, "along lines which will effect a reduction of ln- como taxes by taxing earned income more lightly than income from busi ness or from investments; by reducing tho percentages of tho normal tax, and by reducing tho surtax rates, with commencement of their application at $10,000 instead of $000. 1 also rec ommend repeal of tho tax on tele grams, telephones and leased wires, and of the tax on admissions, and re vision of tho miscellaneous taxes which are a source of inconvenience to tax payers, and difficult to collect On tho other hand, amendments which would cause some Increase of revenue should also bo made to exist ing Income tax laws relative to deduc tions of capital losses; deductions from jrr0ss income for interest paid Rnf non-business losses sustalneri wherein income from tax-exempt securities is involved ; and tho manner nf taxing community incomes. Tbem1 changes would reduce taxes by more than $300,000,000 which is safely within the probable surplus. "I know nothing which will give people of this nation greater assur ance that we aro unalterably commit ted to a campaign of economy in puh- He expenditure than a reduction of our present taxation. It will take de-urom mo renin i ui uumu .huhh ,mv uuu..n.nii- A7lYnh"1'1 VA1'l,,",lu or expansions of the business of goy- ernment beyond those necessary to keep pcc with a growing nation and fixes tho measure of our requirements an amount which will represent what Is actually necessary to carry on effic iently tho proper business and func tions .of government and meet our fixed debt charges payable out of 1 fiiri-nnt rnunnno It wmilri rertalnlv ANGELES, 1 KILLED, A house containing seven persons was blown from its foundations and hurtled down a hillside In one of the freak accidents of the wind storm. The occupants were only slightly injured. Twice within 24 hours Eagle Rock, residential section between Pasadena and Olendale, was menaced by fire blown by the wind. Two hundred and fifty fire fighters extinguished the flames. PREST EMUS OPPOSITION 10 SOLDIER BONUS ADVANCE ON MEXICO CITY IS ORDERED 10,000 Rebel Troops On March to Take Capital of Mexico, Is Vera Cruz Report Rebel Forces Capture Jalapa Conflicting Reports Cloud Real Situation. VERA CRUZ, Dec. 10. (By tho As sociated Press.) Insurgent troops have loft Vera Cruz under orders for an advance toward Mexico City. At various points along tho inter-oceanic railroad they will be joined by other contingents and the United Forces will then proceed toward the capital ad vancing from two directions. It is es timated that about ten thousand troops are available for tills movomont. General Borlanga and Colohol May er, Obregon officers who wore report ed to have boon executed aftor tho capture of Jalapa by the. insurgents were spared. Colonel Mayer was one of 280 prisoners taken and brought hero last night. Tho steamer Platanero Algeria Is carrying the New Orleans , Todoro Tresieres and Enrique Soldonar, who are to go to New York as confidential agents of the provisional government A detachment of Obregon troops was reported defeated in a skirmish In Nayarit territory. Gonerals Ortega and Maya, loyalists, wore killed. Genoral Estrada, who 1s advancing toward Mexico City from Guadalaiarn. has informed tho insurgent chiefs here that an attempt by Goneral Ferroira to land fodernl reinforcements from Sinlloa and Sonora at-Manzanllla was frustrated by tho-rohels. ,-.... ItelfClM Capture Jtilapa MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8. (Via La- rodo, Texas, Dec. 10.) (By Associated Press). (Delayed). Capture of Ja lapa, capital of the stato of Vera Cruz this (Saturday) morning by robe! forces was officially announced here tonight. With this Bingle success It was declared In official quarters that the revolt headed by Goneral Sanchez who favors the presidential candidacy nf Adolfo Do La Huerta had reached tho maximum development possible with tho nucleus nf tho outbreak cen tered at the city of Vera Cruz and in the states of Ouadalaara and Jalisco. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 9. (Delayed, Via Laredo, Doc. 10.) (By Associated Press). President Obregon, accom panied by his staff left Mexico City tonight for Irapuato to review a di vision of troops under .General J.. A.nnpn ,,l,n ic, nrntuiHni- til hnirin nn advanco upon reholilous forces in Ja lisco under command of General En rique ICstrada. former secretary or war. This was officially announced at Chapultepec castle. Await- Reinforcements The defenders of Jalapa, a portion of the federal garrison which refused to jnln the rovoltors. retired to the nearby village of Oriental, together with 2000 voluntoor agrarians, who wero poorly equipped. At Oriental this badly organized force will await reinforcements, officers and proper equipment, it was stated. It was officially reiterated that the widespread conspiracy hatched by re actionary .conservative elements sup porting De La Huorta, was doomed to fail, first, because It Is not supported l.v lha nnnultir etiiBMPH nf Mexico. second, because the government has heen sine, to surrounn ih aui-i-mu districts with a superlnr fnrce nf fed eral tronns standing loyally with the administration; third, because the De l,a Huerta elements have failed to subordinate the military forces at San Luis Pritosf, which would have Inter rupted Mexico City-Laredo communi cations as well as communications in Tamaulipas controlling tho oil fields nn,l fntit-th hrrn nan l'msident Obro- gon, Instead of being incapacitated from Illness snowca surprising nnu unexpected energy In rushing to the rntiltnl frnm Celava and nlacing him self at tho hoad of the campaign against the rovolters. Ilclx-I General Surrenners nnnai-Bl Rnmnlll tiMirnrnn . who A fortnight ago took tho field against the state government in Guerrero, has surrendered and is expected to reach Mexico City tonight. Reports tnat Goneral Francisco Urbalejo, com manding the column sent into Guer rero, had Jofncd tho revolutionists, were declared to be false. The possibility that Hipollto Villa had taken the field in the state of Durango, was admitted officially but it was declared Hipollto was always a "nonenlty" even when his brother, Francisco, was alive, and incapable of gathering an Important following. It ...OB Hnninraii ih. Mm. (m trim nf Gen eral Manuel Chao. who Is attempting to arouse lormer viiiistas. As far as can be learned in official sources. De La Huerta is remaining at Vera Cruz while Prleto Laurens, pres ident of the co-opefatista party is still (Continued on Page Eight) GIRL SAID TO HAVE UEirv rFFi-.it F' vm l'Olt tWO OR A I'DKI) Doris Lang, 17 year old girl, who it is said, was offered for sale by her aunt with whom Bhe has been living. for "$400 or a Ford car," according to neighbors who complained to Probate Judge A. IV Norton of Painesvillo, Ohio. Tho girl, it is said, had written to a neighboring farmer to adopt her, as her aunt was planning to "sell" her to a Cleveland man. . PRESIDENT !S DEFINITELY 1 Frank W. Stearns of Boston Makes Formal Announce- ' ' j , f -J RACE FOR 4 mpnt Plprinps nf SuDnort Kl)llpUo 7- T,1 Bnme 801iilto!1 mem Hedges OI UPMUIlir(tlc(1 tll0 Wisconsin senator on the Begin to Pour in Coolidge to Remain in Background. " WASHINGTON, Dec. - 10. Proal dent Coolidge la definitely a candi dato for tho republican nomination fur president In 192-1. Announcement of Mr. CoollilKO's candidacy was made last night whilo party leaders were gathering In the capital for tho annual meeting, or tno repuuiican nn tlonal committee -and t . ''" message to congress. . Assurances of ,,n,-i liemin tn nour In lmmodl- atolv upon William M. Butler, ropub- lican national committeeman for Massachusetts, who was named his 'nersonnl representative" in tho cam paign. Tho announcement was mado by Frank W. Stearns of Boston, known as tho president's closest personal and politicnl friend, through a .statement Issued by James B. Reynolds, for mer secretary of tho republican na tional rnmmitlce who directed Mr. Conltdge's campaign in 1020. Whether Mr. liutler will act as na tional cnmpalgn managor was not In dicated. It was made known, how over, that ho will establish tempo rary hoadquni tors . In Washington where ho will be 111 a position to con fer f refluent Iv with C. Boscom Hlemp, thn nKnuMnnl'i, Rl-t-ml II IV. Mf. TtPV- ' nolds, Mr. Htenrns and other party leaders and advisers whilo perfecting an organization. First consideration, it is thought, will ho given to selection of regional managers, and Mr. Hlemp, who is the national committeeman for Virginia Is expected to have chargo of tho campaign in tile south President In Background. The president, It Is understood, ill the background during the cam - palgn, his friends explaining that he Walsh, Montana, and Owen, UKin deslres to- conserve1 his tlmo and'ppja. ' energy for tho duties of his office,'' pvo nnw republicans worn planed Nn personal declaration to supple ment tho announcement by Mr. Stearns is anticipated for the present at least. M fll,l..' .nnnnnnnmnnl not unexpected in view of his messago to congress, t lie Imminence of tho na- tlonal committee meeting with tho se lection of Cleveland as the 1924 con- vention city virtually assured, and tho chairman of the Interstate commerce unanimous endorsement given him commission, with Senator LaFoliotto recently by tho South Dakota repub- of Wisconsin, recognized loader of tho lican proposnl convention. It 1b ox- republican Insurgents, as the ranking pectcd to have an lrnmodlato effect member. Tho four ropubllt-an vaean on tho plans of Senator Watson of cles on thia committee wore filled by ndlana, Governor Plnchot of l'onn- sylvania and other prominent repub licans reportod to be considering en trance into tho race for the nomina tion. Will F.ntor Primaries. Political observers expect the pres ident to enter the preferential prima ries in nearly all of tho states In whlch they are held. In such con - tests, they point out, he is likely to cross' swords with Hlrnm W. Johnson, the only other avowed candidate who has announced his Intention to scekliaciures cuiiim"". endorsement In theso wherever possible. primaries, The republican national commltteo which will fix the date of the 1924 convention as well as select tho meet ing place, is not scheduled to name tho city until Wednesday. In view of the withdrawal of its invitation by (Continued on Page Eight). IS HELD IIP 81 Brookhart, Frazier, et al., Join With Democrats and Pre vent Election of Cummins As Chairman of Interstate Commerce Com. Commit tee Lodge Resolution Lost WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. The sen ate was thrown Into a deadlock today by a fight of tho Insurgonts to, pre vent tho reelection of Sonator Cum mins of Iowa, tho president pro totn, as chairman of tho lntcr-stato com merce committee On the first ballot Snntor Cum mins fell throe short of the necossary majority, his vote being 41 to 39 for Senator Smith, democrat, Smith Caro lina, and 7 for Senator UiFollctto of Wisconsin, tho recognized leader of the republican insurgent group. The democrats votod solidly for Smith and five republicans and the two farmer-labor senators from Min nesota supported ljnFolIotto. Tho flvo republicans voting for tho Insur !i'.uit loader were: Itronlthart, Iowa. Frazier, North Dakota; Howell, Ne braska; Iadd, North Dakota; and Nor rls. Nebraska. On tho second bnllot Cummins re ceived 39 votes, four less than a nm Jtrlty, while Smith polled .IS and l.a- tecond bnllot. The voto on the third billot wu tho camo as that of ih first t'umminu 41; Smith 39; LaFolletto 7. After tho third ballot, the senate on motion of Sonator Lodge of Massa chusetts, republican leader, went into executive sosslnn and adjourned Willi , the deadlock unbroken. i Lodnc Resolution Held Up, WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. Organlzo- tj()n 0f sonute commlttoes was blocked t0(, , gonlltol. whoeler, domocrnt, ' Montana, who objected when Senator I-odge of Massachusetts, the ropubli can leader, proposed tho usual resolu tlen embodying committee selections made by the majority and minority or ganzatlons. Tho measure wont over until tomorrow under tho rnlos. Oregon Senators Named New chairmen on senate committees wore selected by tho republicans a follows: 'Finance, Stnoot, Utah; judiciary, Urandogoo, Connecticut; naval, Halo, Mnino; mlnos, Oddlo, Novnda; postor- flce. Sterling, South Dakota; public lands, Lenroot, Wisconsin; privileges and elections, Spencer, Missouri; ter ritories, Johnson, California; patents, Ernst, Kentucky; Indian affairs, liar reld, Oklahoma; civil serlvco, Stan field, Oregon. Senator 'JxhVo of Massachusetts, republican leador, rotnlnod the chair manship of tho foreign relations coin ; mlttee and Senators Lenroot, Wiscon Bn: Willis. Ohio and Pepper, Porn- Byivania. wero appointed to fill tho llUrnn vacanclos. Senator: Hhlpstoad, farmer-labor, Minnesota, was given a nlnce on this committee and tho demo cratic vacancies wore filled by Kobln ! son. Arkansas; Underwood, Alabama; on the finance committee. I ney are Heed, Pennsylvania; Elkins, West. Vlr- Jglnla McCormlc.k, Illinois; I'.rnst, The KcntUCKy, Bntl BUIB 1 IU1U, Ul two now domocrats are Harrison of Mississippi and King or Ulan. Hnnntnr Cummins of Iowa, presi dent pro torn of tho sonato remains tho appointment of i,oonng. munu Couzens, Michigan; ross, muu, Howell, Nebraska. Tho flva now democrats on this commlttoo aro Pitt man. Nevada; Bruce, Maryland; Dill. Washington; Whoeler, Montana and Mayflcld, Texas. Senatnr Johnson, farmer-labor, Minnesota, was given an extra place created on tho agrlcul- ; turo commlttoo or wnii n rls of Nebraska is chairman Senator Johnson also was appointed to claims. Intor-occanio cana and n manu- Besides forolgn relations, tor " piaCTCU UII liaKViitvn, buildings.' Kills 18 Year Old Daughter DALLAS. Texas, Dec. 10. Peyton T.ir,. hnt and killed his sister, IS .... old daughter Ruth, and Prob ably fatally shot himself nt his home hero today, according iu punt, NA H Governor Pierce Claims Reduction In Tax, 15 Per Cent SALEM, Ore., Doc. 10. By a levy of 7:15 mills as against about nine mills for l'.'-l! and nine and one-half for 1922 tho Btnto tax commission Is to raise $7,400,000 for stato purposes iu 19LM, It was announced today LaBt year $8,900,000 was raised and in 1922, $9,600,000. Tho BavingB over last year is approximately $1,400,000. Thero Is, the governor's office announc- ed, a docroaso of about 15 per cent in Uixob for stato purposes. PFOPLEJKILLED Wild Bill Donovan' Baseball, Leader, Among Dead in! , Rear End Collision, Forsyth, New York Flyer Crashes Past Signals. j FOItSYTH, N. Y., Dec. 10. Speed ing on past caution signals In nn at- I tempt to gain fifteen minutes losf time, tho last section of New York Central's crack "Twontloth Oontury Limited," crashed through a slooping car at tho end of tho preceding sec tion, snuffing out nlno lives and In juring scores of others, nonr hero ( oarly Sunday morning. Among the dead was William E. "Wild Hill" Donovan, veteran base ball player, manager of tho New Haven baseball club who with a num ber of other baseball notables, Includ ing Prosldent John A. lleydler of tho National league, was enrouto to Chi cago to attend tho baseball -onfor-onces oponlng thero today. , Tho dead: Ralph f'arnell, New York City, Pullman porter. WIlllam'E. (Wild Bill) Donovan, Philadelphia, manngor of the New Haven baseball club. Mr. and Mis. Richard M. Sullivan, Sprlngflold, III. j Mr. and Mrs. Otto Swoot, 505 Wind sor Boulevard, Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Sluroman. Springfield, III. Mrs. Carl D. Kinsoy, Chicago. i Tho known sorlously Injured: Gcorgo E. Van Hagon, Sr., Chicago, severely Injured. Ooorge K. Van llagon, Jr., soverely Injured. John Zanft. Now York, broken arm. Karl D. Klnacy, Chicago, dying. A. II. Z. Bailey, Chicago, roloasod from hospital after treatment. M. S. Lawrence, Chicago, minor hurts. Georgo Wolss, Now Tlavon, Conn., president of tho New llavoii) baseball club. Automobile Is Wrecked At Albany tho first of tho three sec tions of the train oxperlonced englno trouble and tho oecond section wnB ordered to go on. Tho first and the third pulled nut fifteen minutes into, trainmen said. ' , Near Forsyth the second section, now leading, plowed through an auto mobile which had stalled on the grado crossing, whoso occupants had Jump ed to safely. As tho next section pulled past tho scene of tho smashup. Its crow noticed tho flaming automo bile and brought.tho train to a stop to see If help could bo rendered. While tho train was stopped, the third soctlnn camo thundorlng on thru tho blinding rnin and heavy fog, tho rod warning flaros and a brakeman frantically waving his lantorn a train length away wero noticed too late by I Engineer Charles Patterson of Clevo- land, who was piloting tho on-rushing englno. The brakes wero applied ana the track sanded hut tho terrific mo mentum carried the limited on thru tho rear car of the 'standing train with , such fnrce that It overturned two other Pullman sloopors. Their steel construction nlnno saved the lives of their occupants, tho railroad officials said. RELEASE OF CHICAGO, Doc. 10. A nation-wide movo Is undor way to bring about tho roloase of Lloutonnnt Corliss Hooven Orirtlts, former Amorlcan soldlor, Bon; toncod to nineteen months in a Gor man prison for attempted kidnapping of.Orover C. Borgdoll, wealthy draft evador, Dr. James Whitney Hall, pres ident nf the Ironunls club, has an- j nounced. He is to hoad a national mmmlHM hrirnnl7.nd tn obtain a bar- j don for Grit fis. .' ZOTH CENTURY MIES; NINE LAUNCH NATION-WIDE MOVE TO SECURE- H. A. CMUDY AND RE Local Man Is Included in List of Over 2000 Nominations Sent to Senate By President Coolidge Bert Haney of Oregon Is Again Named to Shipping Board. . WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. More than 2000 nominations, including that of Frank B. Kollogg of Minnesota, to bo ambassador to Great Britain were sent to tho sonato today by Prosldent Cool ldgo. Anions those nominated wore Rich ard M. Tobln of California to be min ister to Tho Nothorlnnds, Frank tMc Natnany of Washington, D. C, and Mark W. Potter of New York to be members of the lntor-stato commerce commission and George U. James of Tonnessoe and Edward H. Cunning ham of Iowa to bo members of the fodernl reserve board. Edward P. Farley of Illinois, Fred erick I. Thompson of Alabama and Bert E. Haney of Oregon were nomin n tod to be members of the shipping board. Four apixilntmnnts to memberships on tho fodernl farm loan board mado during tho recess, were submitted, the appointees being Louis J. Pettyjohn, Dodgo City, Kans.; Elmer S. Landes, Wcoster, Ohio; Morton L. Coroy, Oma ha and Edward E. Jonos, Harford, Pa. Several of tho nominees nlready are holding office under recess appoint ment Similar appointments in the treasury department were oovorod by the nominations of Garrard B. Win ston of Chicago, to bo undor secretary of tho treasury; Henry M.- Dawes of Chlcngo, to be comptroller of the cur rency;. Robert -J. 'Grant of Denver, to he director of the mint and Frank E. , Shopard of Denver, to be superintend ont of the Denver mint. Receivers of public . moneys Includ ed Georgo M. Ijove, Valo, Ore. . Jt Walter Drake of Michigan was nominated assistant secretary of com merce and Oeorgo IC Burtoss of Cali fornia, to be director of the bureau of standards. Henry H. Currnn of New York, now serving under" recess ap polntmont was namod commissioner of Immigration at New York. , -Canaday Is Appointed - Registrars of land offices included H. A. Canaday, Rosohurg, Ore.; Walter L. Loose, Sr., Portland, Ore.; Frank A. lloylo, Anchorage, Alaska, and Frauk E. Vaughn, Vancouver, Wash. Edwin P. Morrow, who retires to morrow ns governor of Kentucky, was nomlnatod to bo n member of the pub lic group of tho railroad labor board. Horace Hakor of Ohio was reappointed as a member of the .management group and E. F. Orablo of Michigan, now holding a recess appolntmont, wns named as member of tho labor' group of the board.' . - ' Postmasters named Included: Wash ington William Powell, Aberdeen; Charles M. Perkins, Seattle - Oregon Duncan E. Douglas, Marsh Hold. ." - V i Tho appointment of H. A. Canaday closos a bitter fight among 'local, re publicans, over tho issue of the Ku Klux Klan. The original appointment was held up following a visit to Mod ford of a special federal agont who lt is claimed reported against Canaday on tho ground that he was a member of tho klan, and thoroloro not quali fied to bold the office Determined to secure the appolntmont regardless of opposition frlonds of Canaday socured tho unanimous endorsement of tho Jackson county republican contra! commlttoe and on the Btrength of Mr. (Continued on Pago Eight) Dr. Hall said that Lieutenant Qrlf fis was being notified of -the -movement In his behalf by Americans. Ono of the activities of fho rpmmlttoe.' he said, will be to obtain signature's to a petition addressed to the German gov ernment asserting that tho 'American people would consider his release a "most gracious act."- The first signature, Dr. Halt deolar ed was that of Morris Suissman, a former German soldier who lost an arm In the Argonno. . .'I B STRAR BERGDOLL S KIDNAPPER