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I'nlvorsl y Library 7 it. . M M The Weather Prediction: Fnlr and continued cold. Maximum yesterday. 45.6 Minimum today 28 Precipitation , 10 EDFOED AIL TRIBUNE Weather Year Agt Maximum 62 Minimum 42 Precipitation JJ9 pally BlfhtMntta Tear. Weekly Fir ty-Tblrd T MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2(, 3923 NO. 236 I Tear. - Ni STOCKS .Leonard Wood's Son Dispels Rumors of Philippine Graft By Announcing How He Made Fortune in a Fevy v Months By Speculating in Standard Oil Stock. ' NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Lieutenant Osborne Cutler Wood, 26 years old. son of Governor G'eneral Wood of the Philippines, has admitted making be tween 1700,000 and J800.000 in specu lation in Wall street securities con ducted by cable from Manila, where he Is an aide to his father, says a copyrighted dispatch to the New Yorlc Times today. The dispatch., by Richard V. Oula han, in part, follows: "Copyright 1923 by the Now York Times company. ' ' i VBy permission of the Now York Times. ' . "Manila, December 24. Lieutenant! Osborne Cutler Wood, son and aide of Governor General Leonard Wood; will return to the United States soon, pro- , bably by the end of January, with the intention of resigning his com-, mission and entering tthe diplomatic ; seryice. . I "This step is not only in accord A.Ut, hta (nollnnHnna ltlll.be In hettm able to take It for the reason that he ' has accumulated enough money thru fortunate Investments to enable him to follow a diplomatic career indepen- : dent of salary considerations. 'Lieutenant' Wood's streak of good fortune began In September or Octo ber of last year when he bought stock of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey Just prior to its sensational rise., Although, his capital was ex tremely small tlym, so he told, mo to day, the fact' that this stock roBO ap proximately sixty points gave - him f profits which placed him In a position tov.-make iurtner investments on large scale. Practically all of them Were profitable. i ' A. Nearly Million Cleaned l! I '..VVhlle Lieutenant Wood said today 1 that 'ho did not know off-hand tho exact amount of his profits, he esti mated them at between $700,000 and 1800,1)00. ""For some time stories have been In circulation In New York, Washing ton, Chicago and Milwaukee that Lieutenant Wood had engaged' in heavy investments in securities and it was reported that he had made do posits In New York and Chicago ag- ' gregatlng 2,750,000 . "In the course of Its circulation me Btnw Bnmallm0fl tntllt 'fllft l)lliL.,e tllH t these large sums had been sent from the Philippines by Governor General Wood. Nothing ever appeared or has been disclosed by investigation here to bear out such Insinuation. On the contrary, according to what I am as sured In the best informod sources. Governor General Wood remains a man of small means, which he is obliged to conserve with truo frugal methods. ... "It was General Wood who alBO put an end to Lieutenant Wood's financial ventures when he learned of them. This attitude on his part is understood not to be due to any feeling that Lieu tenant Wood's transactions were not legitimate but to the belief that It was unwise that a young man should ac cumulate a fortune so rapidly and to a. doslre to afford no ground for gossip that Lieutenant Wood's invest ments wero in the Philippines . - General Wood Informed "The matter of Lioutenant Wood's financial operations was brought to General Wood's attontlon by mo on his return from his Java trip to Manila, in connection with the resolu tion, of Representative Froar calling for a congressional investigation of tne r-niupinie. - ' "General Wood immediately sent for the lioutenant who was In the palace at the time and in my presence asked him to give me all the facts of his financial ventures. ' " 'I want nothing concealed,' said General Wood." "Lieutenant Wood said It was true he had made considerable proms dealing in American securities but said they would not approach any . thing like the sum of $2,500,1)00, the amount I had mentioned as the ag gregate reported deposited to his . Continued on Page Elght REPORTED IN SI. ' ST. CLOUD. Minn., Dec. 26. Police here today were searching for three men two of whom were said to answer the description of Roy and Hugh d'Autremont,' wanted for the robbery of a Southern Pacific train at Siskiyou. Ore.. September 11 last in which tot trainmen were killed. The three men, accompanied by three girl, were first noticed tit a D'AUTREMONT BROTHERS AND 3 GIRLS Portland Man Is Burned to Death In, Padded Cell ' ' PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 26. Otto W. Crawford, a logger, burn- 4 ed to death early today In a pad- 4 ded cell at the pgllce station, which he had set afire. Crawford 4 4 was brought to the station yester- day by George A. Young, a rela- live, who asked that he be' lock- 4 ed up on account . of',' Insanity. 4 Crawford was placed in. the pad- ded cell and was violent through- 4 out the night. With one match 4 4 which had been overlooked when 4 ! 4 Crawford was searched, he set 4 4 fire to the cell. i TO ALIEN SHIPS WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 President Coolidge has taken up the question of extending tho coastwiBO shipping laws to tho Philippines, and today asked Chairman Jones of the senate com merce committee to submit a memor andum setting forth his recommenda tions. Besides his conference with Senator Jones, who drafted the major provis ion of the merchant marine act of 1920. the president conferred today with Chaunccy O. Parker, general counsel of tho shipping board. The merchant marino act provides that tho coastwise laws .may be ex tended to the Philippines by presiden tial proclamation whenever adequate American shipping facilities are avail able for tho trade. In the event of such an extension, only American ves sels could engage in trade between tho Philippines and the United Btates. Senator Jones believes that facil ities now are adequate for such exten sion and this view also Is taken by the shipping board. -' Tho proposal was considered during the Harding, ad ministration and was rejected on the ground that such an extension might violate some of tho treaties to which tho United States Is a party. Mr. Coolidge several weeks ngo indicated that he might take the same position, pointing to a memorandum sent to the White House by. tho Btate depart ment, opposing extension. Since then it has developed that the stato de partment has formulated no opinion on the question and that the memor andum which it forwarded to the White House was prepared by Vice Chairman Culbertson of the tariff commission. Shipping men for sevoral years have held that the shutting off of the Philippine trade to vessels carrying foreign flags would be a powerful Impetus in the upbuilding : or an Anerican merchant mnrine in the Pacific, and the president, it is under stood, has approached consideration of the matter from that angle. The president also invited Senator Jones today to prepare a memoran dum of his views as to a now policy for administration of tho government owned' fleet. The president plans to uso tho memorandum in tho partial reorganization of tho shipping board which must be made as the result of the senate commerce cominittoo in re porting adversely tho nomination of Edward P. Farley of Chicago, now chairman of the board. Christmas Suicide List in Spokane Is Increased to Three SPOKANE. Dec. 26. Tho 4 death laBt night in a local hospi- tat of Fred E. Mlssolhorn 4 brought the number of Spokane's 1 4 Christmas suicides to three. 4 Misselhorn shot himself, in his home after having watched members of hlB family open I4 their nrosents about tho Christ- 4 ' mas tree. Worry over businoss I responsibilities was believed tho 4 cause. 4 An unidentified man shot and 4 killed himself in front of a hos- pital here and another, also un . identified, threw himself be- neath a locomotive in the rail- 4 road yards here. CLOUD, MINNESOTA drug store where the clerk said he recognized them from pictures he had Man nn nntl.ni nnlicA announced. A few minutes later a detective'' from Minneapolis saw the men in a hotel and called the police. Hotel attend-j ants said the trio with the girls na gone to a nearby moving picture show but when poflce searched the place they found no trace of them. 1 DDCCinCMT MA MiLoiuLm mn CLOS ISLANDS REBEL HOLD in no is Mexican Govt. Claims Entire Country Cleared of Rebels Except Districts Controlled By Sanchez and Estrada Gen'l. Fuguro Decisively De feated and Stronghold Taken EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 26. Federal troops now control the entire republic of Mexico, except those positions held by tho troops under General Sanchez and General Estrada, Mexican Consul General Ruiz was adlvsed today by Mexico City. Government forces are meeting with exceptional Buccess In the campaign agalgst rebels, Mr. Ruiz was advised. .'. Colonel Ramon Lopez, commander of troops In Juarez, Wednesday re ceived word from Mexico City that an offensive is being carried out against the rebels in the state of Jalisco and that a successful campaign is expect ed. " ' . V President Obregon has gone to tho Jalisco front In person and will direct operations against the rebels in that section. ' General Rumlo Flguroa, who has been leading rebol troops In the state of Foreios. has been decisively defeat ed, it is rumored. The city of Suern avaca, reported captured in Vera Cruz advices several days ago Is still in the hands of the federals who are pursu ing the rebel troops. The victory of Puebla did much to ward recruiting of the government armies, and also caused much enthus iasm among tho federal troops, it is said. Approximately 1,000 rebels wero captured In the engagement and se- vore losses wero Inflicted upon the De La Huorta troops. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 25. (By the Associated Press via Laredo June- j tlon.) A federal column under com-j ninnd of Gonoral Leopoldo Rebate has: been dispntched In pursuit of a band of 35 rebels under the former General Daniel Martinez Herrera, former chief I under Lieutenant General Manuel Pelaez, which according to reports from Tamplco is operating in the Es ueranza district. The federal detachment garrisoning; tho sector Is reported to have been. ambushed and Colonel Severing Leal' killed. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Joseph To innsullo. 45. formerly a pugilist known ns "Kid" Thomas, and one of tho owners of tho "White Poodle" cabaret In Greenwich village, was shot nnd killed early today as he left an apnrt mcnt houso In Hancock streot. His assailant escaped, being unidentified. Police believe the killing was tho result of a gamblers' feud. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 26 With Bkull battered by a blunt Instrument, thought to bo a hammer, the body of Mrs. Mnry Munsell. 73. a widow, was found thinly clad on a bed at her homo in Burnside, .East Hartford, yesterday. A window at the roar of the house hnd been forced and algns of a strug gle were evident. A hammer wsb found on a stairway and an alarm clock which had stopped at 8:15 a. m. These are clues on which the police are working. Robbery Is thought to be the motive of the crime. Mrs. Munsoli lived alone. TULSA, Okla., Dec. 26. Two un masked bandits held up the Goldberg Ijoan company here, forced William Goldberg and R. D. Hanawalt, the only persons In the office at the time, to open the vault, and escaped today with about 130,000 In cash and dia monds, according to a report to the police. Wire Report On Foreign Money NEW YORK. Doc. 26. The French franc continued to decline In today's foreign exchange market, fulling to 4.B9V4 cents, the first time in history it had receded below five cents. .The recession, traders declarod was In fluenced,' chiefly by an increased dol lar exchange on the Paris bourse while requirements for francs In America were unusually small. Bank ers said also that some of the decline undoubtedly was traceable to the publicity given the unbalanced French budget. i Daily Report on the Crime Wave ; I Girl "Cupid" Earns Way Through College Making "Dates' For Other Co-eds MISS MARGARET MAR,KXEY. ' y .'EMPORIA", Kansas How much would a date with a "peach Kt worth to -you, with this young woman acting as -Cupid? Miss Margaret Markley, president, .treasurer, general fnanagcr nd office-boy of the "Markley Dating Agency" at the university Ihcrc, charges men 25 cents to arrange a date for them, and girl 50 cents. ' , ... That's because men have" to spend so much when they take Hho girl out," confesses this noft-heartcd younre woman. She's making her "pin-money by this novel means, and socia Wnty on the canys has taken a new lease on lif due to her efforts. VENIZELOS 10 ATHENS, Dec. zr. (By the Asaor elated Press) Former Premier Venl- zelos who Is leaving Marseilles for Athens on December 29, has re- quested Colonel l'lastlras to Prevent ?t Ts'unmtin'g "he"".." Vome coming should assume '"a triumphant public character," which would injure the purpose of his return. In enso his wishes ennnot bo carried out, M. Vonlzolos asks that ho bo lunded at a Bocret port, from which he proposes Colonel Plasmas on 1ho outskirts of Coloncl Plastlras, announcing that the government will respect tho wishes of tho former prvnilor, plans to take M. Venizelos off tho ship In a small boat at a secret spot along the coast. The decision of Venlzeios to visit Greece has stirred political circles. , Tho liberals naturally are gratified, I believing Venlzeios can bo induced to j take up onco more tho reins of. gov- j crnment. The repunncans are !' -plexcd, for they do not yet know of the real purpose of his return. The royalists allege, that Venlzeios has long been pining 'to return to Orccco and that his repeated affirm ation of hi" determination to abstain from iiolltii-s lis well as tolcgraphlc appeals to his followers was staged to facilitate his return. OREGON CITY, Ore.. Dec. 26. Seventeen prisoners In tho county Jail In addition to partaking of a turkey dinner yesterday, were released from Jail in tho afternoon for two hours and accompanied by Sheriff Wilson and four armed deputies attended a moving picture show. The Daily Bank Robbery ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26. The Park Sav ings and Trust company, In the south western part of the city, was robbed for the second time in less than two months today when bandits stole $600. On November 6, $2300 was taken. SAIL FOR HOME DECEMBER 29 k AITll II nm 11 in i 11 inn t i .1 .,... ..1.1 UKtbUN III 1 JAIL j ' : LMIIUU L.1 1 1 ul 1 1 1 ill 1 k.ts iNEGRO KILLS LAD, MIAMI, Ariz., Dec. 26. Ted Orosh, University of Arizona athlete, was Bitot to death and his companion. Miss Maxine McNelly of Globe, Ariz., Ib In , a Globe hospital in a serious condition as tho result of an attack by a negro near here early today.. According to a Btatenwnt by MlBB McNelly to Dr. R, D. Kennedy of Globei wno attended her, the negro f(rst 8not GrotK Ilod ner from "rush's automobile assaulted her and then shot her, leaving her for dead, A passing motoriBt forind Grosh's body In his car and Miss McNelly wounded and helpless, lying In the rond. . Onn bullet entered MIbs McNolly's neck and came out through her nwuth. A second grazed her scalp. She Is ex- pectod to recover, BALL PLAYERS WIFE Fl ORLAND. Fill.. Dec. 20. Mrs. Joo Tinker, wire of the famous Chicago Nationals shortstop of former years,, killed herself hnre yostorday while tumiinrarily niontally deranged, it was rc-vdalcd today by members of the family. She had appeared to he re covering from a protracted Illness fol- lowing a nervous iiroasoown. one wa CHICAGO, Dec 26. W. D. McHugh, nationally known as a corporation lawyor and general counsel of the In ternational Harvester company, died here today after a brief illness. EARLY MORNINQ FIRE PROVES TO BE ONLY SMOKE Tho fire department was summoned at 6:45 o'clock this morplng to the home of Mr. fnd Mrs. Ray Prultt, hut the firemen had their early morning exorcise for nothing. It socms when a fire was built tho stove emitted much smoke becauso of a cjogged flue, and the house becoming filled With smoke the fire department was sum moned. All of Ray's friends claim that this occurrence served him right for got- ting" up so early the morning . after Christmas. 3 Dead, 5 Dying, As Result of Drinking On Christmas Day - NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Liquor 4. smuggled aBhore from the rum 4. 4 fleet Is loss deadly than niade-in- 4 4 America hootch, R. Q. Merrick, 4- divisional prohibition chief de- dared today, pointing to New,4 York's Christmas day toll of 4 4 three dead, five probably dying 4 4 and more than fifty under hos- 4. 4- pltal treatmont. 4 "We have warned the people 4 against taking such chances," as- 4 4- serted Mr. Merrick. "If one muBt drink, drink, rorelgn liquor rather that the local product." PARIS, Dec. 26. (By tho Asso ciated Press) Officials of the minis try of merino said today that although they had received many meflsagos re porting the presence of the dirigible Dimude over various parts of Tunis sencoast, they considered that the latest trustworthy news was the .of ficial dispatch from Biskra last Friday announcing hor arrival there. It was at this point that the Dlxmude wan Instructed by wireless to remain in .I ha south becauso of a violent storm along the French coast. The messngo was flont at 11 p, m., Friday at which hour the dirigible was seen twelve miles from Uled Jol lul, 33 miles from Hlnkrn. which Is nbout 125 miles south of the Mediter ranean coast. Tho Dixmude was then proceeding southward. 1 If tho airship continued to travel aB a free balloon, without help from her i motors department officials expressed (the opinion that she might' covor-con-prtOWrable distance as it wj,t estlhiated that sho had twelve tons of water on board for ballast, without .reckoning her motors and accessories. If she has landod it is considered improbable that the landing could huve 'been effected without accident. Regarding the food on bonrd tho dirigible It Is related that In addition ' to freuh moat and other perishable foods sufficient for three days, sho carried an eight day supply of bis cuits and an olovon-doy stock of pre served meat, together with 330 gal lons of wnter, a three day supply and her 16 tons of water ballast. . A revised statement of the number of persons on bonrd given out today gave. the toa was 54 officers, 10 car led as passengers and 36 men. She has six carB suspended from hor main structure, each with a 300 horsepower motor. Government air experts say it Is doubtful that the Dlxmude Is still afloat, as she could not navigate with out power and her gasoline supply is undoubtedly exhausted. , The lack of news from the dirigible since Friday Is taken as supporting this view, for If still afloat, It is believed the com mander would have found means of sending messages, If the wireless wore out of action, either by dropping them or by sending down a messenger by i parachute. Portland Predicts Cold Snap Tonight; Ice in Hood River PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 26. A cold spell In the wake of the re- 4 cent 'storm was forecast by the 4 oatlier bureau here today. Freez- Ing temperature for Portland to- 4 night was oxiiocted. Freezing 4 conditions prevailed today at points nlong tho Columbia river. 4 At Hood River, Ore., Icy streets ,a8t nlghl callBed several automo- ,,, wrockg. Kolao. Wash., re- portod snow. 4i ! WHEREABOUTS FRENCH AIRSHIP STILL MVSTERY SPECULATIVE OIL STOCK OFF NEW YORK NEW YORK. Dec. 26. The board of governors of tho New York curb market today ordorcd a suspension in trading in tho stock of tho Southern Htatea Oil corporation, pending an in vestigation of tho recent relatively Violent fluctuations of tho stock. Southern Mutes Oil has , boon tno most active oil stock traded In on tho curb market tor tho lust two months. In the first six weoks It has doubled Its market vulue, Jumping from a low of 16 tt In the wock ending Novem ber 27 to a high price of 33, estab lished Just after the close last Mon- : Iist week more than 600,000 shares LIVES LOSI BALE ON THE PACIFIC Christmas Storm . Death Toll Increases A Reports Come in Coast Guard at New port, Oregon Unable to Make Port Boat Dashes to Pieces On Rocks. MAHHrrf IELD, 'Ore., Dec. , 36. . . Tho gasoline schooner Osprcy, . with three men on board, which left lioro for Roguo river before the recent storm, had not arrived : at her destination today, and . fears wero expressed for the safe ty of tho vessel. A coast guard . life saving crew went by auto mobile to Nclllo's cove today to Investigate In that locality for , trace of Uio Osprcy. Dave Col vtn, II. ChrlHtcnson and Charles Grabber oomprlso tho crew of tho . Osprcy. NEWPORT, Ore , Dee. 26.Eight members of a coast guard life saving . crew who were exposed to a storm at sea in an open launch since Monday ' afternoon, were brought into harbor liore safe Just before noon today by the tug Go Getter. ; SEATTLE, Dec, 26. After a Christ mas eve and Christmas day in which the Pacific coast In the vicinity of flrltlBh Columbia anf Washington was lashed hy furious gales, causing a death toll of tlve and the loss of two ships and temporarily disabling two others, the storm swept section was recovering today with weMhef condi tions considerably imnroved. - ' i The. storm apparently 'centered about Gray's Harbor, where the wind I reached a velocity of eighty miles an hour At Port Angeles, on the south side of the Strait of Juan De Fuca and at Tacoma.! and Seattle, the wind ranged from 45: to 60 miles an hour, breaking government wather bureau records In some instances. 1 The fatalities as a result of the Btorm Include four members of the CnnnHInn 1 11 or Tven which was wreck ed on the rocks at Pedder bay near Victoria, B. C, and Ous Quarnstrom of Aberdeen, who was killed by current from a falling electric power wire. I Property Damaged I in many cities tne gates smas'iou windows, tore, down power lines, . throwing entire communities Into dark ness on Christmas eve. unroofed buildings, Interrupted telephone and rail communication' and drove many small boats In exposed harbors upon rocks where , they sank. . ' , The steamer Dawn pounded to pieces at ther ddok at Lake Washing ton here. - ' - ' The stoamshlp Author with a crew of 40 men was making slow progress, according to latest reports received here, after being disabled by heavy' seas Monnay mgm ana bschpiub oraou Inir on the rooks off the Washington"1 coast only by emergoncy repairs to ner machinery.,' ! .' ' ' : . .' The schooner Thistle, after being lost by the steamer towing her and buffeted by heavy seas Monday night, spread her sails and made Port An- enlen hnrlmr vnstardav In safety. ' . Coast Guard in Danger ir.i w hiw fun r lire., una. ainuaeu since Monday night to a; heavy wind, hall squalls and blttercold, eight mem-' bers Of the coast tfilard from the New- tint! . slntlnn warn hHII lvlnc outside' the bar hore this , morning in a small boat waiting for the sea to calm er for. a craft to go to:thelr rescue. - V A nlnaln'alnoli: nmnArAflnilll WArft (Onntlnuert nn Page Bight)' CURB EXCHANGE were tradod- In, or nearly twice, tne total transactions of all the so-called standard oils. Subsidiaries combined. .including Standard OIIb of Indiana. ,New York, Kentucky and Ohio. It fluctuated' last week between ? ana 3214. opening on Mondny - -with a "spread" quotation of IIH. and then advancing to S3 A statement lssuod by C. H. Rowan, vice-president of the company disclaimed any responsibility tor the fluctuation of the stock and "aid that the action of the curb officials was Influenced by the inability of 'a' bro kerage house which had been handl ing tho shares to meet Its obligations.
