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nn 1RIBUNE Weather Year Ago Maximum 4M Minimum 37 pally Eighteenth Tear. MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923 NO. 226 Weekly Ml Fifty-Third Tear. The Weather Prediction Ituln Maximum yesterday ;) Minimum today 8-1 Precipitation ...oa MEDFORD MAIL WORKERS IN VALLEY HELD IN BONDAGE Sensational Report From San Francisco Says That Armed Medford Rancher Is Holding Emigrants Here As Slaves One Man Escapes With I'iiold Rancher's Name. ,. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. A charge that a rancher five miles from Medford, Oregon, Is holding a number of Immigrants In absolute bondage and ie compelling thorn to work for him self and others without ,pay under threat of death, was made to the Cali fornia state Immigration and housing commission hore today by Theodore Kauhausen, a glazier, who Bald he es caped after being "hire out" by the rancher to a glas establishment in Medford. The name of the rancher Is being withheld. 1 The commission is preparing to take the matter up with the proper Oregon offclals and the federal immi gration bureau. Accorolng to Kauhausen, who is now employed hero, he came from Ger many several months ago with his brothers-in-law, Karl and Alvln Stedcr. 16 and 17 years old respectively and all were given employment by 'he rancher. The man, heavily armed, guarded them closely and brutally abused them and other immigrants there, he said. Kauhausen said that he was finally "hired out to the Modford glazier and that hie wages were all appropriated by, the rancher. Many others have been similarly bound ou. ho said. Kauhausen managed ' to secret . one month's wagos and' flea Id this city. The rancher puts Ills victims under a five year servitude absolutely with out, pay- or roturn 'Of - any .kind. In order to work his ranch and to exact money from those that he "farms out" elsewhere, Kauhausen said. The above dispatch was received at 3 p. m., too late for any local investi gation of tho report. As far as known no rumors of such a strange case have ever been reported to local police. SOLDIERS7 BONUS DIM I NT DOW UILL WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The sol .41.,.. .......... 1111 u.hlrth nfiRnpH rnneress ultl uuiimo ,jii .....-. i ... lastyearand was vetoed by nmuillfS w 11 . , - - Renresentative McKenzle. republican, Illinois, at the request of republican veterans in the house. It carries only minor changes from the original bill. ORDER FIRST AUDIT BASEBALL, 20 YEARS CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (By the As sociated Press) The National Asso ciation of Professional Baseball clubs, the minors' Joint organization, voted late today to instruct Chairman John H. Farrell of the association to pre pare a complete audit of the associa tion's books as proposed by President Charles H. strubo of ,the San Fran cisco club. It is said tho association's books have not been audited for twenty years or more. . FORD TO BE NOMINATED PRESIDENT WHETHER HE WANTS TO BE OR NOT LANSLNG, Mich., Dec. 13. A nominating petition to place tho name of Henry Ford on the democrat bat lot in the preferential presidential primaries next April was filed in the secretary of state's office today by James W. Helme, democrat, of Adrian. Tho petition carries signatures, the requirement 100. 107 being DETROIT, Dec. 13. 4Henry Ford will be nominated for president, whether he desire to be or not. It was unanimously decided at a meet ing here last night at which a na tional Ford-for-presldcnt club was or ganized by a iioore of supporters of the automobile manufacturer who Lord Douglas Sent To Prison for Libel On Winston Churchill LONDON, Deo. 13. (ny the Associated Press.) Lord Alfred Douglas, son of the Into Mar- quls of Quoonsberry was found guilty by a Jury in Old Bailey to- day of criminal libel upon Win- ston Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, by his publica- tion of the statement that Mr. Churchill Issued a false commu- nique after the battle of Jutland 4- for the purpose of Influencing tho stock market. Lord Alfred was sentenced to six months In prison, at the ex- piration of which ho must find a surety to keep tho poace, particu- lary toward Mr. Churchill. Fail- Ing to find surety he must un- dnrgo six months more Imprison- ment. E BY CHICAGO POLICE CHICAGO, Dec. 13. Promotion schemes involving nearly $5,000,000 and covering a period of more than ten years were disclosed yesterday by States Attorney Robert M. Crowe after a raid on the offices of Leo Koretz, an attorney for whom a nation-wide search Is being made. Friends and relatives of Koretz said by the prosecutor to have been Inrltirnrl hv hfm to invent several mil- . m j ii . ,u t rjt,roB Hons of dollars in the Bayano River j Trust company of Panama, organized j In 1911, huvo loarned the company was a myth and its holdings In Pan ama, organized In 1911, represented as producing 260.000 barrels of oil per day, jiever existed, according to Investigators. The iast traco of Koretz was a week ago when he loft a New York hotol after sending back to his office here I lewelrv valued at 75.000, seized In the raid and sending home all the clothing he had taken with him when he left Chicago. Letters from steam I ship companies found In his office have led authorities tq believe he is enroute to tho canal zone. South ! America or Prague Bohemia whore ! he is said to have many relatlvos. Books and records taken by Investl gntors in the downtown suite of of- fires of Koretz and In another office suite he maintained at the Drake hotel have dlHdosed, according to Prosecutor Crowe that investors In Koretz's projects were numberod among prominent and wealthy Chica goans. From his own Invalid mother, Mr. Crowe said, Koretz obtainod $46,000, one wealthy Chicago man whoBO name was withheld invested J200.000 and others put in sums rang , m tonnn t linn nnn ,,"L"";'U!,Ied was the momoter that none ever Investigated the 6.000.000 acres of timber land, represented as owned by the Bayano Hlver Trust company. Koretz Is married and has two chil dren. A Bmall safe In one of Koretz's of fices contained nothing but a few worthless papers when opened by po lice. Tho vault in tho office however, held two hundred bottles of various kinds of choice liquors. The long roll of names believed to have been Koretz' "sucker list" con tained the name of Harry Rosen haupt, Spokane, Wash. Heavy Snow Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA, Wnsh., Dec. IS. Shortly after noon today snow began falling here in earnest with every in dication of a real mantle of white being laid over southeastern Wash ington. Farmers state they would prefer a good snow prior to any heavy freeze while townspeople have been hoping for a "white ChrlstmaB." here regardless of the fact that a Ford-for-president meeting at- which they were delegatos, had been called off. The group Is meeting today. , After Robert R. Pointer of De troit, who cancelled plans for the nronosed conference here at tho re nuest of Mr. Ford, had refused to serve, Roy E. Harrop of Omaha, was elected president of the club. After tho meeting it was announced that no nlans had been made as to now mr, Ford would be nominated, or whether he would be nominated on the demo cratic or a third party ticket. we want Henrv Ford for presl dent and we are going ahead and draft him if he does not come out and lead the way himself by a decla ration," Mr. Harrop said. SWINDLE UNEARTHED A BATTLE TO DECISION IN MEXICO NEAR Reports Indicate Control of Mexico Will Be Decided By Battle On Vera Cruz Front Both Sides Rushing Up Troops Flores Supports Obregon. MEXICO CITY, Tec. 13. (By As sociated Press). It is generally felt here that a decisive battle between the Sanchez forces and the troops loyal to President Obregon will be fought on the Vera Cruz front near where Carranza was defeated by San chez In 1919. The government continues to con centrate soldiers in that district to oppose the advance of the rebels. President Obregon has rejected the mediation offer of General Angel Flores, governor of Sinaloa, asserting that the question between the govern ment and the insurgents has become military , rather than political lnas much as the rebel leaders are army men who have failed in their military duties. Big Battle Imminent VEJIA CRUZ, Dec. 13. (By Asso elated Press). Newspaper correapon dents accompanying the rebel armies in their advance on Mexico City, tele graphed early this morning that the situation in the state of Pueblo was unchanged but that a battle appar ently was imminent. The main body of tho Insurgent troops has joined the advance guard and the rebel's are now entrenched In ft Hne that rung from Esperanza north W08t to oriental, 35 miles and thence weRt to Apizaco. 30 miles. Tho Obregon forces are at San Andres, 30 miles north of Oriental, where Generals Topote and Almazan have about 1000 man. At Tohuacan, 36 miles south of Esperanza, Generals Barbesa and Lechuga have a Blmllar number of troops and at San Marcos, forty miles wo8t of g&n An(lreBi tno loyalists have another body of troops. It is evi dently the aim of tho Obregon forces to prevent the Esperanza and Oriental rebel columns from meeting at San Marcos, where the Mexican and Inter oceanic railroads cross each other. It is between these points, suroly," wires one correspondent, "that the deciding battle for tho possession of Mexico City will be fought." The insurgents at Oriental sent out an exploration train which after pro ceeding about 26 kilometers encoun tered a similar train manned Dy Obregon troops. The latter withdrew and when the rebels pursued they found that the tracks had been torn up for a distance of four milometers. Flores. 8upports Obregon JUAREZ, Mexico, Dec. 13. (By .the Associated Press.) The Mexican au thorities here today declared that the announcement that General Angel Flores, constitutional governor of Sin aloa had temporarily abandoned his presidential campaign to resume charge of state affairs and had tele graphed President Obregon that ho would remain loyal to the government, was the moBt Important news that had come from the west coast of Mexico since the beginning of the revolution. Verification of the report that Flores intends to fight for the Obre gon government was receiveu in a telegram to Consul General E. D. Ruiz from Consul J. Terrozas at Nogalos, Ariz. The message from Terrazas declar ed that the entire west coast includ ing Tepee, Nayarit Is quiet and that Tepee had not been captured by rebels as reported. In this connection officers of tho Southern Pacific railway of Mexico in Nogales, have received a telegram from the Utah Construction company which is building an extension of the line in Tepee saying that the work is going ahead without Interruption. - The execution at Guayahas of Gen eral Frultoso Mendez, Yaqul Indian chief, charged with leading a plot to incite an uprising among the Qaquls in Sinaloa and Sonora and of an un named rebel leader at Tepee by federal forces was reported In advices re ceived at Nogales. , Colonel Rosas, commander at Mata- moroB, has sent troops toward San Fernando to reconnolter the position of Colonel Ouajarado who Is reported in command of about 200 -Irregulars oouth of Matamoros according to re ports from .Brownsville. The regular troops protecting the port of Pledras Ncgras have! been reinforced by a trainload of federal soldiers and Gen eral Alberto Guajardo Is recruiting two regiments under orders of the central government Obretron In Command. ANTONIO. Texas, Dec. SAN 13. (Continued on Page Six) HE'S THE "BABY" OF THE 68T1I CONGRESS Representative Lister Hill, of Ala bama, who Is 28 years old, claiming tho distinction of iielng tho youngest representative In tho 68th session of tho house of representatives. PIERCE GIVES FIRST PAH 10 SALEM, Ore., Deo. 13. For the first tlmo since he came Into office, Govern or Pierce today extended executive clomoncy to a man who had taken life. He granted a conditional pardon to) Charles W. Purdin, convicted In Mult nomah county of killing his wife and a stranger whom he found tobother In his home. At the time It was pointed out that Purdin did not know his wife wag then divorced. Purdin, it was said, has been in the prison hospital most of the time since he was received , .hpro on - March 8, iaa. - , HYPNOTIC EYE IS BLAMED FOR YOUTH'S CRIME COQUILLE, Ore., Dec. 13. That Al ton Covell, aged 18, who was placed on trial today for the murder of his step mother, Mrs. Ebba Covell at Bandon, was not mentally developed more than a nine year old child and consequently not responsible for his acts was out lined as his principal defense by Grant Corby, his attorney, in the opening statement today. The attorney bIbo contended that Arthur Covell, the boy'B uncle who Ib under death sentence In connection with the same case had Alton absolute ly under his power. District Attorney Flaher In his open ing statement declarod the state would urovo that the crlmo was long premed Hated and that night after night Al ton Covell anil Arthur Covell plotted the murdor. Most of the witnesses who testified In Arthur Covell's trial will testify in Alton's case. PARIS. Dec. 1.1. tUy the Asso ciated Press) The : German govern ment today officially nnnounced its Intention to Initiate direct negotia tions with the French concerning the Rhlneland and tho Ruhr, according to a Havas dlBpatch from Berlin. T TUCSON. Ariz., Deo. 13. Richard Hughes, chief special agent' of the Southern Pacific of the Tucson di vision, is in Mexico on the trail of the three men believed to be those who held up a train at Klaklyou. Ore., October 11, it was announced from the railroad's office hero. Fresno Itanrhcr Burned to Death FRESNO, Dec. 13. Trapped in a flaming room early- this morning. Louie Ocosovlch was burned to death In a ranch house near here. Other members of the family made their escape through windows in their night clothes. xii MURDERER IIPESI IS AROUSED BY SANITY TEST Folsom Prison Warden Is Cen tral Figure in Row Over Spinal Fluid Test Given to Alex Kels, Lodi Murderer When He Was Committed . to Prison. SACRAMENTO, Cel., Dec. 13. The question of the sanity of Alex A. Kels, Lodt hutchor awaiting execution In FolBom prison for the murder of Ed Moservey, today Uoveloped a tem pest in which Warden J. J. Smith be came the central figure and likely to have its climax tomorrow when the state board of prison directors meets at (he prison. The spinal fluid tost, requested by the family of the condemned man as slop toward proving him Insane and refusod by Warden Smith week ago unless ordered by a court, had already been made at the time the quest was filed and refusod, the warden "revealed last night In an announcement that the result of the examination proved Kels to be sano. Judge C. 10. McLaughlin, president of the stato board of prison directors, asked today whether this test would be the equivalent of one made at the direction of a court, answered abso the board ' lutely not, and declared would go Into tho case fully at tomor- row's mooting whon tho report of the!l"rum was not prosent and that all tost Is formally presented by the dcn. The tout was made, Smith announc- ed on October 1?, the day Kels arrlv-i ed at the prison", -by the prlson " physi - emu, J.T. .JUiiu ivtiKmn. oiiuvuiiau of the fluid was sent to the labora-! lorv nf the University of California for analysis and a roport poturned last, ' i mu . o.ik an id llltS 1V1JU1L, Olllllll UUIillllCU nriui - - there was no ovldonce of blood taint California where lie had been on a in Kels and thus eliminated tho ssl- mission for President Obregon. ac blllty of establishing Insanity from cording to advices rccoivod in official this, cause. Tho test Is one which is made on ovory prisoner as he arrives, said Smith. "It Is exactly the same kind of tost tho Kels poople requested and which I refused to have made. It Is not a conclusive tout so far as the subject's Banlty Is concornod. Doo- tors admit that." ARKANSAS ARE INDICTED FOR FRAUD TEXARKANA. Ark.. Dec. 13. Twenty-two alleged promoters of oil stock enterprises In the south Arkan sas field were under Indictment In tho federal district court hero on charges of using the malls to defraud while announcement wan awaited of addi tional indictments which wore expect ed to bring the total numbor of defen dants to more than 100. ' In mlx'lndlctmonts roturnod yester day containing 49 counts alleging fraud and one charging conspiracy, 13 defendants wero named. They wore Morton Howard (Pat) Marr, one of tho biggest oil stock company opera tors In the southwest; Robert David Kcrchaval, Roy A. J. Cox, Samuel E Davis, the American Trust company, Reginald C. Houston (two Indict ments); Henri O. Fleaher. Hub Ma son, H. A. Marshall, Louis S. Orlmm, Thomas J. Ryan, W. B. Duff and Irving Simons. Nino other defendants who were not named In the Indictments an nounced yesterday and eomo of whom are not yet In custody, have made bond on oil fraud charges. - WASHINGTON. Dee. 13. Preal- dent Coolldge was quoted by visitor today as having Informed a delegation of northwestorn llvostock men that he would approve an amendment to the packor control act which would ex empt co-operative marketing associa tions from Its provisions. The request for executive approval was presented by a group of livestock men headed by J. H. Lawrence of St. Paul, who have been In conference here with member of congress from the agricultural states. 16 Wyoming Indians Arrive in Paris to Plead With League PARIS, Dee. 13. A delegation of sixteen Arapahoe Indians from Wyoming, clad In full regalia, ar- rived here yesterday, Tbeir ap- pearance cauBod such a comnio- Hon in tho northern railroad ter- minus that traffic was held up for some time. Chief Old Eagle told Interviewers that the depu- tation Intended to ask tho League of Nations to lnlorveno with the United StateB government so that Indians might have tho same rights and privileges as other Americans. MEXICO CITY TO DEPOSE LEADER SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 13.By horseback, airplane, automobile and some by rail through the United States, the majority of the Mexican liatlonal congress Is leaving Mexico Clty for Vera Cruz, to reconvene for the avowed purpose of doposing Pros- ident Alvaro Obregon as president of the republic, according to Rubin Clc- cara, president of the chamber of depu-' ., . , . . , . . u, ties, who arrived hore last night en- route to Vora Cruz. He said that the national congress had been functioning since the out- break of the revolution under military pressure. He furthor stated that a war-.a" nce mo revolution were nun aau void. Some of the members are having dif- Hcully In leaving Moxico City, ha said md - ."bc-nt .26 of them wore still there, i NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 13. Rebel rrcos at Manzanmo, Mexico, pave captured and executed Goneral Mlguol nimn nf tUn fftrlnwnl n pin,, uhn wnB rnturninc 10 moxico uuv irom Lower i clrclos. here today. E. SAN FRANCI8CO, Deo. 13. storm reaching from the Aletlan lands to tne neart or me temperate zone I being thrust toward the Pacific toast by high off shore winds today and is carrying everything In tho storm line with it from gentle, misty rains to swirling, show-fllled blizzards. ' if ia nvnAninfi tn niriKn in inn inrnn in nni ninnf nn fir niirii w nna inn Unltod States weather bureau had or- rierod Rtorm Blgnala up from Cape CONGRESS FLEES Flattery. Washington,. to Point Royee.":" "-tJ" i3 inTn'S. 1 iBiuornia. The storm Is expected to travel out on the floor dying. : - . Into more or loss windless ralnB ln Facing him across a . narrow aisle tho northorn California lowlandB but 'was Mrs. Coburn, tho widow, who the mountain ranges and much of Ne- pushed a .black bordered ' handker i.i., i. j ! ..j chief to her eyes during the testimony vada, Idaho and eastern Oregon and phyB,c,an who said he worked WaKlngton are due for heavy snow-, ,, . h. .mned coburn and mils. , KvercM Kafo mown Up. EVERETT. Wash., Dec. 13. Tho safe of tho W. E. Ropes Transfer company at Sedro Woolley was blown open by robbers early this morning and S46C. $131 of It In sliver, stolen. The Interior of the office and tho safe were wreckod. Night marshals eratlon for 1924. The Swiss parlia on duty hoard tho explosion about 3 ment gave him 189 of the 119 Votes, a. m( but because of a high -wind The new vice president of Fodefal storm. .could not locate It. ' I Councillor Jean Musey of Frlnurulfi -8 PASTOR GREEK DANCES HELD IN CHURCH NEW TORK. Dec. 13. Dr. Nor man Guthrie, pastor of 8t. Marks In tho Bowery and his board of vestry men were colled before Bishop Wll- Ham T. Mnnnlng, of the Protestant, Manning, but Insisted each -member Episcopal dloceBo of New York today of the board would stand ty him in to explain reports of dances and foa-"lhlB determination to ..continue the tlvals In tho downtown church and . dances unless they wero ordered parish . house. Thcso roports havo "shocked and scandalized" Blahop Manning, he sald The dunces, most of them of the breck classic variety, have - been given by young women member of the parish as a part of Dr. Outhrle' avowed purpose of bringing beauty Into religion. KILLING IE: K. K. LEADER Witnesses at Trial of P. E. Fox for Murder of W. S. Coburn in Atlanta Give Details of the Tragedy Fox Had Knife As Well As Gun Insanity to Be Defense. ATLANTA, Oa., Doe. 13. Tho de fense In tho case of Philip E. Fox, on trfcil late today, for tho murder of William 8. Coburn, entered a. plea of Insanity. . Tho plea was entered in nn address before the Jury by Frank A. Hoopor, Sr., uttorney for the defense, who re viewed Fox's life and declared "there existed traces of Insantly In the de fendant's family." ATLANTA, Oa., Doc. 13. (By As sociated Press). Clarence Everett was the first witness today in the trial of Philip E. Fox, charged with tho murdor of William S. Coburn. Co- burn, a leader In the insurgent fae- "" of ' Ku. Klux Klan, was shot to death, It Is charged, November 6 Dy Fox wn0 was lnBn pubUclty dlrec- tor of the so-called Imperial forces of 'he organization. ' ' Everett Identified a knife which lie aald was purchased by Fox for 34 on Noveml)er 6. He said Fox had him olj tn0 knlfe ani examine the opening springs before he would close the salo. The knife was seven Inches long the witness said. It looked like a " . ,, i ue UUUI1BU umun minis nna mmn from Fox when he wag arresled tt fow minutea after he shot Coburn. The weapon was Bald to have been found in his hand whon taken Into custody. A. E. Wilson, an attorney who oc cupied, .offices adjoining - those'--of Coburn, testified that Foji Entered hfs ' offlco on Novomber- 6 and asked which were the offices of Coburn. Fox, Wilson said, tried to-onter Co burn's offlco through the .room he nniinlAil hnf ho ntminnil film. : , Coburn' office through this door. Coburn's back would have boon turned to htm, tho witness said. Flvo Shotfl Fired Tho witness Identified a flat top desk which occupied a space In front of the Jury box aa that of the slain man. fie said ho was once a law partner of Coburn. -.'. . Mr. Wilson declared that shortly after Fox left the office he heard five pistol shots. He said he heard Bcreams and when he emerged Into tho hall found a Mrs. Holbrook, Mr. Coburn's- stenographer,.' who Bald "Captain Coburn has been shot." "I entered Coburn's office and found the body lying face down on the floor. A pistol was four or five feet awaVl the witness aM. "The desk chair he -occupied was about threo foet away and I later ex-, amlned it and found a bullet hole." Tho Purpo"e f h!" '"Kc? WM '""' a" ?hW.",.at Bl rnirn was seaiea at ma psk wnii juj at ma on iiiop mnm. n linn rnni I v diliu no attention 10 mo mumuny. Ban Da "7," ' 1 i ,.., nffiee tn find the klan leader w - I found there was still a spark of llfo left. ' The witness said Coburn lived for several minutes after he was shot. KwIhh President Named ' -BERNE. Dec. 13. (By Associated Press). Federal Councillor Ernest Chuaard of Lausanne today was elected president of the Swiss con ted - CALLED ON CARPEr 1 Newspaper accounts have declared girls In these dances have been scan tily clad. i Dr. Outhrle said he and the vestry men would heed the call of Bishop stopped by- general convention In which votes of bishops, clergy and laymen would be taken. (. ' "Nothing we have done " at St. Marks has ever been, from a church point of view, either Immoral or Il legal," he said. "At all time In the past and present, we have -i been ca nonlcally within the la.p,-'": ' . ... 4 il :1