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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
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BERGDOLL S KIDNAPPER