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MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1923 TWELVE PAGES TODAY
NO. 231
I'nfv
HENRY FORD
COMES our
FOR CALVIN
Auto Magnate to Work for
Coolidget and Will Not Be
a Candidate Against Him
Under Any Circumstances
Declares President's Elec
tion Should Be Made Certain
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 19 (By the
Associated Press.) Henry Ford today
declared he "like a great majority of
the American people," feels that the
country Is "safe with Coolldge," and
that he himself would never consider
running against Mr. Coolldge on any
ticket.
"I believe it is the wise and natural
thing for the people to agree on the
nomination and election of Mr. Cool
ldge," Mr. Ford said. "I am satisfied
that ninety per cent of the people feel
perfectly safe with Coolldge and I
feel, too, the country is perfectly safe
with blm. And If this is the feeling
of the country, why change?
"Mr. Coolldge has shown In these
months of service a great many quali
ties that should please his country
men. I think they all feel that Mr.
Coolldge means to do right. And when
a man means to do right, so far as I
have observed, it is usually quite easy
far htm to find the way to do right.
; Make His Election Certain
'-' "Some people seem disturbed over
the conditions which business will face
during the presidential election year.
Of course there must be. an election
Put there is no" reason why" business
should be disturbed by it it the peo
ple by common consent agree they will
hold a good man while they have him.
Public sentiment can be so formed
long before the election that there
need be no doubt about the election.
"In addition to considering the in
terests of the people, wo should con
sider the Interests of the president, as
head of the American government.
President Coolldge has a position of
the highest responsibility. He should
not feel compelled to take any of his
time or strength for any sort of politi
cal campaigning, and for the sake of
the country as well as for his own
Bake he should not have In do so."
Won't Oppose Coolldge
Asked concerning the ur.e of his own
name In connection with the presi
dency, Mr. Ford said:
'No man has a rlirht In say he will
never consider public office, nor ac
cept nubile office.' No man can pre
dict his own 1 acts and feollnus so
strongly as that. But this I will say,
that I would never for a moment think
of running against Calvin Coolldge for
president, on any ticket whatever In
this present situation I am for Cool
ldge." Regarding the numerous Ford-for-Presldent
organizations and the recent
Ford conference held here, persons
close to the automobile manufacturer
said he had given them "not half a
moment's thought."
"It was something Mr. Ford could
not call In the police to stop," one of
ficial asserted, "so the clubs contin
ued to function, aJthpugli. none of
them has the sanction or support of
Mr. Ford." - -
" Ford and Coolldge Entered
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 19. (By the
Associated Press.) Nominating peti
tions entering Calvin Coolldge and
Henry Ford as candidates In the pres
idential primary next April were ac
cepted by the department of state to
day. The petitions naming President
Coolldge on the republican ticket were
filed by Horatio S. Earle. James W.
Helme of Adrian offered the Ford pe--tltlon
naming him on the democratic
(Continued on Page Five)
51 YEAR OLD BRIDE
GROOM ARE
JERSEY CITY, N. J-, Dec. 19.
Authorities today expressed the be
lief that Burton 8. Tucker. If years
old, and his wife, Mrs. Susan Simp
aon Tucker, 61 years old, who were
named in two indictments found yes
terday charging conspiracy to violate
the marriage laws and perjury, would
voluntarily return to defend them
selves. The Tuckers were reported
to be enjoying the sports at Bouthern
Pines, N. C.
Tucker and Mrs. Simpson, a weal
Klamath Co. Joins
In Move to Test
County Tax Law
t,
SALEM, Ore.. Doc. 19 Klam-
ath Is the third Oregon county to
come forward with a mandamus
action agalnBt the county tax
supervising and conservation
commission because of items t
eliminated from the county
budget. Complaints will be heard
at the same time as the com-
plaint from Yamhill and Uma-
tllla counties December 21.
The government is Interested
and will make an appearance as 4
among the items eliminated was
that for a tax levy to pay Inter-
est on an irrigation district bond
issue.
CLAIMS COWS
SOLD 10 FALL
AT FAIR PRICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Investi
gation into the leaslne of naval oil re
serves, was resumed today before the
senate public lands committee.
Registered cattle shipped from Mr.
Sinclair's farm in New Jersey for for
mer Secretary Fall at Three Rivers,
N. M-, were billed at the sume prices
ns sales to other purchasers, Frank
Raycraft, Mr. Sinclair's farm mana
ger, the first witness todny, testified.
The same class of cattle sold at pub
lic auction, he said, had brought from
$45 to $300 each and those shipped to
Three Rivers were billed at $100 each,
the total charge being $1,100.
Previous witnesses had testified
that the freight was between $800,
and $900. ' Senator Walsh, democrat,
Montana,' Introduced an express re
ceipt for $1,115 issued to cover the
shipment and asked the witness If he
could explain how the sales price
happened to offset almost exactly the
transportation charges,.-- -
Having had nothing to do with
payment of the freight, the witness
replied, he had not taken it Into ac
count when flxingthe price upon the
rattle. A man was sent with a horse,
given by Mr. Sinclair to the foreman
at Three Rivers, he added, and It was
possible that his fare was added to
the transportation costs.
Ills only instructions from the
owner, Raycraft said, was to select
some good milk stock and bill them
at a fair price.
- Secretary Fall was expected to take
tho stand today, but the committee
was advised by telegram that ho was
"physically Incapable" of appearing
nt-this Unit. Mr. Kail said he would
advise the committee as soon as the
trip to Washington was approved by
his physicians.
Jesse Livermore, Wall street ope
rator, also failed to' answer to his
name and Inquiry showed there had
been no return upon the subpoena
sent to the United States marshal In
New York for service.
IS
AGAIN REPORTED DEAD
LONDON, Dec. 19. Another report
or the death of Mulal Ahmed Ralaull,
the notorious brigand chief of Morocco,
reached London today from the Tan
giers correspondent of the. Daily Mail.
There Is a suspicion. Bays the tele
gram that Ralsuli was poisoned.
Allowed to Remain in
Hospital On His Honor
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 19. Russell
K. Gockburn, a patient at the United
States veterans hospital here, who has
been ordered by the state supreme
court turned over to Sheriff Flndley
ot Des Moines, Iowa, where he is
wanted on an embezzlement charge In
connection with the alleged theft of
$80,000 of municipal funds, will be
permitted to remain at the hospital
"on his honor" until his condition im
proves, Sheriff Flndley announced
here today.
AND 17 YEAR OLD
thy widow were married In Union
Hill. N. J. The application for the
license stated that Tucker was 21
yeaVs old and Mrs. Simpson, 46.
RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 19. Mrs.
Burton S. Tucker,- and her youthful
husband checked out of their hotel
at Southern Pines, N. C. early today,
according to a telephone' message re
ceived here. The clerk of the hotel
said he did not know whether the
Tuckers were leaving Southern
Pines.
0BRE60N IN
RETREAT IS
REBEI CLAIM
De La Huerta Junta Claims
Mexican President Defeated
On San Marcos Front With
Loss "of 100 Men Rebel
Generals in Hot Pursuit.
EL PASOi Texas, Dec. 19. Troops
commanded by President Alvaro Ob
regon, Secretary of War Francisco
Serrano and General Eugenlo Marti
nez havo been thrust back with heavy
losses on the San Marcos front and
are now attempting to re-organize,
according to advices received here to
day by the De La Huerta junta.
Gencruls Vilia. Neuva. Claim and
Gonzales, commanding the revolu
tionary troops are pursing the re
treating federal forces and have taken
over the important railway Junction
of San Marcos, the dispatches state.
The federal troops lost over 1 00
men, while the rebel losses were
small, the advices declare. .
Armistice Reported
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 19. A Vera
Cruz newspaper correspondent tele
graphing from Rinconada, fifteen
miles east of San Marcos, reports that
an armistice is being arranged be-
i tween the rebel and federal forces
.and that Huerta has communicated
'with General Matrinez, the Obregon
ista, relative to a cessation of hostil
ities. The Obregon forces lost 100
men in the unsuccessful sally against
the revolutionists at San Marcos, says
a communique Issued at revolutionary
headquarters. The rebel casualties
were placed at thirty..
I ' Newspaper correspondents say that
from San' Marcos, are still along the
railroad and have established their
headquarters at Huanmntla, ten miles
northeast of the city.
A hum leans Detained
JUAREZ, Dec. 19. (Uy Associated
Press). Commanders of "home
guard" units in the stute of Chihua
hua are to meet' In Chihuahua City,
the capital, today, to discuss plans for
insuring peace in the state, which
thus fur has been quiet, while travel
ers brought belated reports of rebel
lious activities south of here, mostly
involving railway operations.
General Lopez, garrison comman
der at Lagoz, Jalisco, has been arrest
ed on a charge of rebellion in connec
tion with an alleged warning to rail
road officials that he Intended to stop
traffic, the travelers reported.
Troop movements continued yester
day from the northern military zone,
including Chihuahua, which sent two
train load a of cavalry south to the
scene of operations.
Insurance rates in Mexico have in
creased materially, according to
agents at El Paso, Texas.
Americans in Mexico City are being
detained, probably to prevent them
from becoming caught between tho
hostile armies, according to advices
received in Han Antonio, Texas, from
the American consul at Nueva Lare
do. Itcbel Losses I,argo
MEXICO CITV, Dec. 18. (By As
sociated Press.) (Delayed). Press
dispatches from Villa Hermosn, capi
tal of the state of Tabasco, state that
rebel forces commanded by General
Carlos Green, ex-governor of Tabas
co; Fernando Segovia and Marcelino
Lucero, which have been attacking
Villa Hermosa for the past two days,
have suffered heavy losses in the
bloodiest fighting of the present revo-
I The forces of Generals Segovia and
-, . i , i tt i
100. casualties Inflicted by General
Vincente Gonzales, commanding fed
eral forces within the city.
Itcocls Take Merlda
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 19. Tho
city of Merlda, capital of Cuitlan, I
with a population of 100,000 was
taken over by the rebels yesterday
when General Larlga and the garri
son declared for De La Huerta, It was
announced today by the Mexican con
sul general here. Indications were
that the port of Progresso would fall
Into rebel hands, It was Bald.
At the outbreak of the revolt Gen-!
eral Carlllo, a loyalist, arrested Lari- !
ga. However, he was released when
he promised loyalty to Obregon.
A few days later, the general dis
affected the garrison and took posses
sion of the city, the consular ' dis
patches said.
Progresso, which is expected to be
in rebel control momentarily. Is the
chief shipping 'point for the sisal
growers of the Mexican peninsula and
is viaited by many American ships.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19. Only alligator
swamps and Indians exist in the re
gions of Panama given as the location
of the "gushing oil wells of the Bay-'
ano River Trust company, In which
more than $5,000,000 was invested by!
friends and relatives of Leo Koretz,,
l fugitive promoter, acocrdlng to the
' Investors' committee which returned
' from Panama. '
Young'Baldwiri'May Figure
.ln English Politics When
Father Goes Out, Labor In
ABOVE: OLIVER BALDWIN; INSET. LEFT. PREMIER
BALDWIN; . RIGHT, RAMSAY MACDONALD.
LONDON If Ramsay MacDonatd, head of the Labor 'Party,
becomes England's next premier upon the passing out of the present
government January 8, as now seems probable, he will have as one
of his lieutenants the son of the present Premier, Olivet ' Baldwin,
22, an active member of the Labor Party. .
Young Baldwin's speeches in the recent campaign were in support
-f Labor Parljf glides and. against hit, father's regime..
SHOOTING NEAR
WHEN It K. JURY
IS APPROACHED
ATLANTA, Go., Dec. 19. (By the
Associated Press.) The state closed
its case in the trial of Philip E. Fox,
charged with the murder ot William
S. Coburn, Klan attorney, this after
noon. '
The close came after the prosecu
tlon had Introduced rebuttal testimony
in an effort to refute the defendant's
plea of insanity.
The defense announced It would in'
troduce evidence in surrebuttal, and
called Mayor Blalock of Dallas, Texas,
to the stand.
ATLANTA, Ga., Deo .19. (By tho
Associated Press.) liaillffs in charge
of the Jury sitting In the case of Phil
ip E. Fox, on trial here for killing Wil
liam S. Coburn, a Ku Klux Klan at
torney, threatened to draw their pls
tolB on Bix men who attempted to for
cibly interfere with the jurors while
they were taking outdoor exercise
early today, the officers reported to
court officials.
The jurors were walking In double
file formation on a street near the
court house, the bailiffs stated. Six
men rushed up to the jurors and be
gan talking to them, the officers said.
"We ordered them away," the bailiffs
said. "When they refused, we made
motions to draw our guns and they
disappeared."
. The jury has been under a double
guard, but additional guards will be as
signed to protect tho Jury, it was an
nounced. Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 19. Start
ing at Snohomish at an early hour
Wednesday morning robbers entered
five establishments in four Snohomish
county towns taking merchandise val
ued at hundreds ot dollars.
DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 19. Mrs.
Carrie O'Mnllie. and her sister Miss
Flora Hanaford were shot and killed
this afternoon by William O'Mallle,
husband of Mrs. O'Mallle, who then
shot and killed himself in the apart
ment of his wife In the downtown
section of the city. The double mur
der and suicide was carried out be
fore the view of three minor children
of the couple.
Last Minute
Bulletins
ATHENS, Dec. 19 (By the As
sociated Press.) King George and
Queen Elizabeth, comnlvine with
1 the government's request that
they leave Greece, embarked on
the steamship Daphne for Rouma
nla at 4:45 o'clock tills afternoon.
DIXON, 111., Dec. 19 The ex
press car on Chicago, Burlington
and Qulncy passenger train No.
49, bound from Chicago to the Pa
cific coast, was robbed some
where between Rochelle and Sn
vanna today. The amount taken
was not learned.
LONDON, Dec. 19. A telegram
from Angorla received in Constan
tinople states that the commis
Blouer of works yesterday notified
the agent of Colonel Clayton
Kennedy of the annulment ot the
Chester concession for Anatolian
development, says a Router dis
patch Itrom Constantinople this
afternoon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Leo A.
Mergen, former cashier of the
Union National bank at Belolt,
Kas., was arrested at the Hotel
McAlpIn charged with the embez
zlement ot $50,000 from the Insti
tution, It became known today
when he was arraigned before
Commissioner Hitchcock and held
in $50,000 ball.
BERLIN. Dec. 19. (By the As
sociated Press.) The Munich cor
respondent of the Vosslsche Zel
tung reports the clrculation.of ru
mors that a national socialist up
rising Is Imminent there.
SANTA BARBARA, Cab, Dec 19.
M. A. Patterson of Chicago, general
freight agent of the Rock Island rail
road and for forty years an - active
railroad man, died in a hospital here
yesterday.
LONDON, Dec. 19. (By Associated
Presa). The Rev. John Henry Jowett
noted clergyman, formerly pastor ot
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
In New York, died In Surrey today.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. The Rev.
D r. John Henry Jowett, who died to.
day In Surrey, England was for seven
years pastor of the Fifth avenue
Presbyterian church in New York,
one of the largest of the denomina
tion In the world.
A native of Birmingham, England,
where he was pastor of Carr's Lane
Congregational church, he accepted
the call to the New York pulpit In
1911. He resigned the post, which
was reported to have paid him a sal
ary of $18,000 a year to take the pul
pit of Westminster chapel in London
In 1917.
The Noted Dead
Alton Covell Sent
To Life Term at
State Penitentiary
-
COQUILXiE, Ore., Deo. 19.
Alton Covell, facing life sentence
in the stato penitentiary for the
murder of his stepmother, Mrs.
Ebba Covell, will be taken to
Salem today. Sentence was pro-
nounced yesterday following the
sixteen-year-old boy's conviction
by a circuit court Jury Saturday.
His uncle, Arthur Covell, aHtrol-
oger, is at the penitentiary
awaiting the death penalty for
instigating the orlme. The lat-
ter'a case Is now on appeal to
the Oregon supreme court.
CITY 10 LEASE
AUTO GAMP TO
In addition to transacting a mass
ot routine business, the most impor-.
tant action tuken by tho city council
last-night, in session from 7:30 until
long after 11, was the decision to have
the city no longer oporato the city
auto camp, but to lease it to the man
agement of tho Merrick Motor Inn,
for two years, at $000 annually, with
the privilege of the leasor having first
crack at renewal at the end of that
time; the city to retain general super
vision over tho leased camp.
Details of the loase will be threshed
out later and be ready by the first
council meeting in January when the
transaction will be completed. It la
understood that the Inn management
among the big improvements whloh It
will make on Its own plant by early
spring will make from $1200 to
$1500 worth ot improvements on the
leased camp. ,
This combining of the two auto
camps it is predicted will further add
to 'Medford's fine reputation for the
care of auto tourists, which was made
by th Merrick Motor Inn during the
past Beason. Hundreds of such tour
IstB from all sections of the United
Slates enthusiastically and voluntarily
proclaimed last summer and fall that
the Inn gave more and better accom
modations at prices charged than
standard auto camps in other states.
The only fault with the inn was that
It lacked room during the rush part
of the season to accommodate the
horde of tourists.
I By the leasing of the city auto
camp this fault will be remedied, for
the two camps which practically ad
join each other on opposite sides of
Bear creek, will be operated as one
and connected by a bridge across the
creek just north of the Bear creek
bridge with the entrance to the new
bridge from the city auto camp under
the Bear creek bridge.
' One big reason which influenced
the council to make the loase Is that
its members and the mayor think
that the two camps cdmbined under
private management will be better
for tourists and the city, and will ob
viate the necessity ot the city spend
ing thousands of dollars to make the
city auto camp a standard one.
It was never the lntontlon of the
city administrations, past and present,
to operate the auto camp for gain,
but mostly as an accommodation and
necessity to the motor travoling pub
lic, and to bo operated on as- near a
paying basis as possible. It was
thought that the Merrick Motor Inn
with its; superior attractions could
better cater to the public, especially
if It had the additional ground and
facilities of the city camp.
Since It was established the city has
expended on the municipal camp be
tween $8000 and $9000. Including cost
of land and Improvements. During
the past season up to the last of Sep
tember the receipts to the city from
the camp, at fifty cents a day per
car, were $800, and since September
the camp, had proved a losing propo
sition. Liberty Bonds.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Liberty
bonds closed:
3V4's 99.27; second 4's 98.10; first
4V4's 98.11; second 4Vi's 98.10; third
4's 99.7; fourth 4'4'b 98.11; U. El.
Government 4Vi'B 99.17.
N. P. Dividend Declared,
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Directors of
the Northern Pacific railroad today,
declared the regular quarterly dlvident ,
of 1 per cent on common stock. '
CHICAGO. Dec. 19. (By Associat
ed Press). Cancelled cashier's checks
on the Old Fort Dearborn National
bank, totaling more than $18,000,000
alleged to have been purchased by the
late Edward C. Curtis of Grant Park
with state money provided by Gover
nor Len Small during his second term
as state treasurer, were laid before
Howard Rice, former assistant audi
tor of the bank.
I Interest alleged to have been col
lected on this money totaling $16,-
MERRICK
$16,000,000 IN CI
AT GOVERNOR
EFFORT TO
HALT BLOC
Senate, After Two More In
conclusive Ballots, Gives Up
Effort to Elect a Chairman
I. C. C- Commitee Demo
crats Proceed to Enjoy Ora
torical Field Day "." ';
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. After
two more Inconclusive ballots today
tho senate put over until after the
holidays its deadlock over the election
of chairman of the Inter-state com
merce committee.
Then, for the first time this ses
sion, the flood gates were opened for
democratic oratory, directed against
full ure of the republican leaders to
complete thb organization of the new
congress. :
Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
declnred the Inter-state commerce
committee could function without a
chnirman If need be and that It was
time tho senate was getting down to
business.' He gave notice that when
congress re-convenes on January 3 he
will move to take up other matters
If the deadlock romalns unbroken.
Assorting that the people of a
number of stntes had repudiated the
transportation act at the polls, Sen
ator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, In
his maiden Speech, declared It was
Important to have at the head of the
committee a man opposed to that act..
He disagreed that the balloting was
"child's play" and inquired of the re
publican lenders why they ,would not
permit the election aa chairman oft
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, the'
republican insurgent .loader, . who Is
tne ranKtng memner. , -
There was no reply ana tnen sen-
UlUr llowwi nnivcM uu, mill vc ma,.,u
'result, why the, mnjorlty could not
agree on Senator Couzens, republican,.
Michigan, or Senator Smith, demo
crat, South Carolina.
All three of these senators have
been publicly endorsed for the place
by Senator LaFollette. .
ATTEMPT TO BRIBE
CLEANUP DIVULGED
SEATTLE, Dec. 19. An attempt to
bribe a member' of a grand Jury of the
King county superior court that tor a
month has been Investigating law
enforcement in Seattle nas oeen
made, James McCabe, foreman of the -jury,
announced today. He said that
$2000 had been offered the Juror thru
a friend but was spurned . without '
learning the name of the man making,
the tender. ..
Prosecuting Attorney' Malcolm'
Douglas, who announced a' week ago'
Willi ilia tiling u. uamiiiuni fiuvwu--.
In.... Bivnlnal fnii.taan nlania In ljnttli
that the county authorities were
starting to clear the city of bootleg
ging, gambling and other disorders, is
planning a sweeping investigation ot
the police department, Ewing D. Col
vln, one of his deputies, declared. Mr.
Colvln said that evidence had been
obtained for the grand Jury that a
complete system of collecting tribute
for policemen had grown up.
Federal prohibition agents were
witnesses before the grand Jury today.
Mr. McCable said a stranger had ap-.
proached the uror's friend and In-'
duced the latter to act as a go
between. The Juror, according to' the'
foroman, heatedly rejected the tender,
of the $2000 and when he latter at
tempted to find out the source of the
offer was unable to do so.
; Funeral Notice.
The funeral ot Mra."Luctnda Reames
who died Monday will be held at Con
ger's chapel tomorrow afternoon at
3 p. m. Interment In Jacksonville.
SMALL S CIVIL TRIAL
8811,000 which Attorney General
Brundnge says -was used- almost' en
tirely to buy packers' notes, contrib
uted toward the two million dollars
which It la alleged Governor Small
and Curtis, In conspiracy, unlawfully
withheld from the state treasury. An
accounting of this two million dollars
la the demand of the "civil suits."
The hearing today was opened be-
fore Master In Chancery Harry A..
Riley, acting aa commissioner of tha
Sangamon, county circuit oourt, wher,
the autta are to be tried.