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MEDFORD. OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMKIOR. 29, 192:1
NO. 239
Weekly Fifty-Third Tear.
GEDDES IS
FORCED TO
QUIT POST
British Ambassador to United
States Forced1 By Illness to
Resign Never Recovered
From Gassing During War
r Sir Wm. Howard Expected
to Be His Successor-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (By tho
Associated Press)' sir Auckland
Geddes has resigned ns British nm
bussador to the United States.
The resignation is understood to bo
due wholly to the ambassador's fall
ing health, which has made of htm
virtually an invalid for several
montns. tie is at present in rmgKinu
and had Intended to sail for America
next week to resume his post.
. Officials both at the state depart
ment and the British embassy declined
today to discuss the matter, but there
have been previous intimations In of
ficial circles here that Sir Esme Wil
liam Howard, now British ambassa
dor to Spain, would succeed Sir Auck
land hero in the event of tho lat
ter's retirement.
'( Sir Esme would come to Washing
ton familiar with America and Us
problems through previous residence,
having been counsellor of the em
bassy here from 11106 to 1908. Pre
vious to going to Madrid in 1919 ho
was. minister to Sweden and ministor
to Switzerland. Ho entered the dip
lomatic sorvlco in 1895 and is 60 years
of age.
Sir Auckland returned to England
last June In shattered health duo to
eye trouble which resulted from being
gassed during tho war. For weeks
before ho had . boon confined sin a
durk room at tho embassy- ' -
It wa his intention to remain in
England only three months, but Ills
return was . conditioned upon - his
physical Improvement nnd frequent
letters from him to friends in Wash
ington, although marked by optimism,
nevertheless brought announcements
of ,repeated delays In sailing.
The youngest ambassador in Wash
ington, sir Auckland was of the fight
ing typo and served not only In the
World wnr, but in the front lines in
South Africa. When appointed In
May. 1920. he was head of the medi
cal department of McOtll univcrsily,
a residence which despite his English
birth, gave him, in American eyes,
somewhat the character of a Cana
dian. He served as one of the British
delegates to the urnis conference and
has handled many other Important
negotiat.ons for his government here.
PORTLAND LEGION
; PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2!). Cap
tain Charles M. Ross, executive sec
rotary of Portland Post No. 1, Amer
ican Legion, fell c(cad last night while
he wns being prepared for bed in o.
hospital where he was taken follow
ing a stomach attack. An autopsy Is
to bo held today to dotormlno tho
cause of death.
DEDICATE NEW ELKS
TPimi r norm mn
IrJIrlt, rUKIlMJ
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. Many
Elks, Including uniformed teams, are
here today from cities of tho North
west to participate in a parade this
afternoon and other functions inci
dent to tho formal dedication of the
new fl. 284.000 temple of portiana
lodge No. 142. The formal dedication
H.m tnv ,ia nt exercises tonight
and the celebration will close with a
ball Monday night.
SEAT OF HUMAN SOUL
TO BE THIRD EYE
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29. (By the As
sociated Press.) World wide ubo of
a simplified form of the English lan
guage In commerce was urged upon
the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science today by J. W.
Healton of St Paul, who has spent
much time in the development of a
proposed universal language.
"Cosmo English." aa the new lan
guage will be called, would In no way
Shasta Limited Is
Wrecked Near Redding
But No One Injured
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.
The engine and mall car of the
northbound Shasta limited of tho
Southern Pacific company were
derailed) at a tunnel north of
Redding at 4:30 a. m. today when
a cylinder head blow out and a
connecting rod on the engine
broke. Some timbers In the tun-
nel were knocked out but the
company announced that a
wrecking crew from Redding
would have the track'cleared be-
fore noon, and tho train will pro-
ceed soven hours late. No ono
was hurt.
VENIZELOS OFF
FOR GREECE, GIVES
REPORTERS SLIP
PARIS, Dec. 29. (Py the Asso
ciated Pre us ) Ellptherlos Venizelos.
former Greek premier, left Paris fol
Athens last evening. Ho evaded the
newspapermen by announcing that his
departure had been postponed.
The caution with which tho de
parture of M. Venizelos was sur
rounded is explained by his friends
was duo to tho fact that bitter ani
mosity aroused by tho interior politi
cal troubles In Greece have not yet
been appeased.
Venizelos feels that there is a for
midable minority, if not an actual ma
jority against him in Greece at the
present moment. His friends are
skeptical as to the success of any
political action he may undertako In
Athens. It is pointed out that if, he
advocates malntainenco of the royal
ist regime which he la known to favor,
he will antagonize the most violent
elements of tho country. " ' " -
On tho other hand there is much
doubt, in the opinion of these observ
ers, ns to whether tho result of tho
rocent elections should be taken a a
fair expression of public opinion In
favor of a republic.
RADIO INVENTION
IS
NEW YORK. Dec. 2!). (By Associ
ated Pre?s). Dr. Lee DePorrest,
radio inventor, announced today do
vc'onmont of a thormoiihone which
he claimed not only rivalled the ultra
audlhle microphone Invented by Dr.
Phillip Thoman in recording sounds
too rapid or too fulnt for the human
ear to catch, but also was of greater
practicability bccnuio of the extreme
low voltage required.
I Doubt that the ultra audible micro
phone using 230.000 volts of electricity
could be used to practical advantnge
In recording Inset sounds because the
high voltage might burn tho specimen
to an ash. was expressed by Dr. Do
Forrest. The thermophono, ho said,
used only four volts.
By combining the thermophono
with a talking motion picture process,
ho announced, he had found It possi
ble to record the finest sounds of the
human voice and musical Instruments
with perfect fidelity and to synchro
nize them perfectly with tho picture
Previously he said, talking "movies"
consisted simply of running a talking
machine while the picture was being
flashed on the screen.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Brigadier
General Charles O. Dawes, former di
rcct6r of the United States budget,
and Owen D. Young, chairman of the
board of the General Electric com
pany and -of the Radio Corporation
of America, two of the three Amer
icans who have been Invited by the
lnter-nilled reparations commission to
sit as members of its committee to
consider means of balancing tho Ger
man budget, sailed . today on the
'America for Europe.
IN EXTINCT
interfere with standard English now
existing In literature but would serve
as a sort of secondary language, and
be used only for International commu
nication. '
Professor R. G. Hoskins of Ohio
State university declared that the pin
eal gland in the human body repre
sented in extinct reptiles by the
"third eye," now -is regarded as "the
seat of the human soul."
U. S. S. CRUISER
IS DISPATCHED
TO WAR ZONE
Armored Cruiser Rochester Is
Ordered to Honduras and
South Mexican Waters to
Protect Americans Will
Remain Until Peace Made.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The
armored cruiser Rochester, flagship
of tho United States special service
sttuudron In Central and South Amer
ican waters has been sent to Tort of
Amnpala, Honduras, and will remain
in that vicinity until tho present dis
turbances in Honduras and southern
Mexico have quieted.
Tho step Is explained' as a precau
tionary measure against any harm to
American life or property in cither
of tho two countries now torn by In
ternal warfare. Tho Rochester is in
command of Rear Admiral Dayton.
who is nlso commander of the south
ern cruiser squadron. She has aboard
a small complement of marines, hut
it is understood none of the ship's
personnel will bo innded excopt in
case of emergency threatening Amor
lean Interests.
From the Honduran port to which
she lias boen ordered tho cruiser will
bo within easy reach of southern
Mexican ports whero the Do La Hu
orta revolution is reported taj have
gained headway.
JO
CLEVELAND, Dec. 29 Everything
Is in readiness for the mass meeting
hore next Thursday night at which
United States Senator . Hiram W.
Johnson, candidate for the republican
nomination for president, will open his
primary campaign, Stato Senator
George H. Bender, manager of Senator
Johnson's Cleveland campaign, said to
day.
In a letter received by Senator Ben
der today Senator Johnson said:
"I am hoping that on January 3 wo
will convlnco our opponents that no
special privilege, press, nor private ex
ploiting interests, nor politicians for
pelf can deliver tho state of Ohio."
This utterance onjsenator Jolmson's
part comes on the heels of tho action
taken by the republican state central
committee at Columbus yesterday in
endorsing the nomination of President
Cnolidgc for president by tho national
convention here next Juno.
"Sonator Johnson in his speech next
Thursday will pay his respects to tho
present leadership of tho republican
party in Ohio," Sonator Hcndor de
clared. F
ON APPLES LIFTED
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 20. The Inter
state commerce commission has sus
pended the Increased freight rates on
apples and other fruits from Oregon
and Washington points to Puget
Sound, according to a telegrnm from
Washington received by the public
service commission today.
Apple growers of the Hood River
district had asked that tho rntes bo
suspended. Tho suspension order ex
pires April 24.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Five armed
robbers, In wild west style, Invaded
tho Summit Stato bank of Summit,
111., a suburb today, firing ns they
entered, and carried away betwocn
tisnnn unrt 1 19.000 in currency and
liberty bonds, according to informa
tion from tho bank. Tho sum taken
was said to have represented nearly
all tho currency in tho bunk.
COOLUXiE AI-KO WINS 1ST
BLOOD IN ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 29.
Alabama republicans will not enter
the Alabama presidential primary, it
was decided here today at a meeting
of the state republican executive
committee, but will elect delegates In
state convention May 20. This, it was
said, is a victory for the forces sup
porting president Coolidge.
Senator McNary Is
Married to Former
Private Secretary
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. United States
Senator Charles L. MeNnry of Oregon
and Miss Cornelia W. Morton of Bos
ton were married at one p. in., today
nt tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
B. Morton, the former a cousin of
tho bride, In Oak Park, a suburb. Rev.
Carl D. Case of the Baptist church of
Oak Park officiated. A few rela
tives of the bride were the only per
sons in attendance.
Mrs. McNary Is a daughter of the
Into Major Morton; U. ,S, A., who for
Senator Chillies T,. McNary.
thirty years was aide' to General Nel
son A. Miles. For tho last three years
iho has been associated with tho
JMuKsachusctts League of Women
Voters, with headquarters at Boston.
When In Chicago she has made her
home with Mrs. Ella Morton, a cou
sin, In Oak Park. For- many years
who was" Senator McNury's private
secretary. '
Senator Mi-Nary and his bride will
spend a few days In Chicago, but
have not decided their later plans.
E
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PAKIS, Dec. 20. (Ily the Associated
Press.) Hopo has been alandonod of
finding any survivors from the French
dirigible Dixmude and tho government
began sending high officials to the
families of the fifty victims to extend
sympathy and also to express Its ad
miration for the heroic qualities of tho
airship's crow.
PARIS, Doc. 29. (Ily the Associated
Press.) Efforts to clear the mystory
of the fate of the dirigible Dixmude
had yielded no further results up to
this morning hut It was hoped that
Captain .loubert, tho French naval at
tache In Rome, who was due in Sclac
ca, Elclly, today, would find in the
pockets of Lieutenant Ore mi (Inn pa
pors that would explain the disaster.
At proHont everyone Is convinced
that the enliro crew of fifty men per
ished and that tho ship hersolf was
destroyed. Ono point which is puz
zling ninrine department officials is
tho fact thiit nono of the pigeons which
tho nixmmlo carried has returned, The
news of tho discovery of the body of
Lieutenant Gronadan of Sciacca is be
ing withheld from his wire who Is
about to booomo a mother. Lieuten
ant Clrnnadan's watch had stopped nt
2:3n o'clock. Employes at the Sciacca
railway station say that at 2:30 on the
morning of the 20th they saw a bright
transient gleam In the sky Bcaward,
tho origin of which they were unable
to explain: they wero certain it was
not lightning.
Other persons at Sciacca report that
two distinct flames resembling balls of
flro disappeared into the waves.
ROME, Hoc. 29. Fishermen off the
Sicilian coast are on tho lookout for
wreckage from tho French dirigible
nixmudo and also for the bodies of
other mombers of her crew. The Ital
ian navy Is scouring the seas be
tween tho Island of Panlclarla, fin
miles from thT south west coast of Sic
ily, and the mainland of Africa in tho
hope of finding traces of tho ship and
her men.
The body of Lioutenant Grenadan,
which was picked up In the ocean off
Sciacca yesterday reached the Island
lost evening, where It was accorded
full mllltnry honors ponding arrival
ol French naval attaches from Rome.
Rnow and Colder
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. Weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon
day: Pacific states-r-Frequent rains In
California and snow or rains else
where. Temperature normal or some
what below In California and below
normal elsewhere much of the week.
ABANDON
FINDING
CREW
AIRSHIP
AIV
RIOT IN GIRLS
SCHOOL QUELLED
BY JAZZ MUSIC
Uprising in Industrial School,
Deleware, Ohio, Put Down
When Dance Music Started
Up Girls Dance Until They
Are Exhausted.
DELAWAHK. Ohio, Doc. 23. (Ity
Associated I'roHH). Search was being
mado todny for ton young women In
mates of tho girl's ImHmtritil school, a
stato institution, who escaped (luring
disorders Inst night in which nioro
than 3 00 girls participated.
Thoso who took part In tho u prist m;
and did not escape were quiet and
submlHsivo today after having danced
themselves tired early today In tho
assembly hall of tho Institution where
they were placed under guard as they
wero rounded up by officials. After
uuito a number had boen segregated
in tho hall, ono of tho officials, notic
ing tho attltudo of many of tho cap
tives, ordered that music bo started.
Tho girls immediately started danc
ing. A recent order of tho stato wol
fare department that corporal punish
ment bo abolished at tho Institution,
of which tho girls learnod only within
tho last few days, was said by attaches
to havo been tho cause of tho trouble.
I A majority of tho rioters contented
! thfmiMnlvnu with rnvliiL' 11 limit tint
grounds, throwing stones through
windows, screaming and causing a
commotion. t'onsiderablo furniture
in several cottages wns smashed and
Homo of tho insurgents wcro cut by
glass or Injured In falling over objects
in tho darkness.
Sheriff Kred llarter. Delaware
county, sevoral deputies and Dolawaro
police; aided by officials and nearby
farmers, quelled tho uprising shortly
beforo midnight. '
FREE TEXT BOOKS
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. Kroo
textbooks and universal suffrage In
school elections were recommended in
resolutions offered today at tho con
vention of tho Oregon Stato Teachers
association here. Action by the asso
ciation on these and other resolutionj
wan to ho taken heforo adjournment
loto today. Other resolutions proposed
Included.
Consolidation of small schools nnd
rural schools and adoption of tho
county unit system In school luxation
and administration, stricter enforce
ment of tho existing compulsory edu
cation law with spocial referenco to
the children of parents In seasonal
nnd transient occupations; uholttlon
of teaching training courses in high
school and creation of morn normal
school facilities; creation of one or
moro high school supervisors for tho
stato. Another resolution urges that
the schools assume greater responsi
bility In training children for citizen
ship. '
The htghor education dnpurtmont
recommended to tho stato school sup
erintendent that Gorman bo re-lnstat-ed
in tho course of study In tho high
schools. Eleven officers of the divis
ional groups included: Manual arts,
F. K. Allen, of Pendleton, chairman.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
COLUMBIA. H. C Dec. 29. Four
persons wero killed and a fifth prob
ably fatally Injured today when their
automobllo and a Houthern railway
train were In collision nt a grade
crossing nenr Aiken, 8. C, according
to word received hero. Tho dead,
three men and a woman, wero trav
eling In an automobile with a New
York license number and aro believed
to have beon tourists bound for Flor
ida. Tho names of tho dead: Al liorber,
J. Talin and Mr. and Mrs. Paul ltonon.
HEATTLE, Dec. 2'J. D. T). Murphy
of this city, who was found in a street
today with his skull fractured and his
clothing torn from him and who died
soon afterward, was listed as tho
fiftieth person to lose his life In an
automobllo accident this year. No
duo to the driver of the automobile
believed to havo hit him was found.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29. The Ma
rlon county grand Jury which inves
tigated tho financial affairs of Gov
ernor Warren T. McOray and return
ed eight Indictments against him
charging forgery, embezzlement, and
larceny, today returned seven addl
tlcnal Indictments charging speclflo
Instances of these crimes. Tho Indict
ments made no new accusations
against the governor.
California City to
Test Law Against
The Ku Klux Klan
MONTEREY, Cal., Dec. 29. A
case lo test tho right of tho com-
munlty to forbid entrance of or-
ganlzatlons deemed inimical to,
its interests, will be tried In
Monterey on January 15. This
tost case is tho result of 'the ar-
rest of George E. Putterhaugh
and Harold E. Palmer of San Jose
In Monterey on a chargo of va-
grancy whon they announced that
they wero going to organize a
branch of the Ku Klux Klan In
this city.
31
WITH SPEARS ARE
. KILLED BY YANKS
MANILA, Dec. 29. (Ry Associated
Press). Thlrty-ono Moros were killed
In a clash with sixty soldiers of the
Phillpptno constabutnry at Malunda,
in Lanno province. Island of Mindanao
on Decombor 1 6, neenrdiug to a dls- I
patch received hero from Major .
Fletcher, commander of Phtlipplno j
scouts at Zamboangn. I
There wero no casualties among I
tho members of the constabulary '
force At least 2 5 Moros are believed
to havo escaped during tho fighting.
Tho Moros wero accused of cutting
telephone wires maintained by tho i
constabulary. The clash occurred at
an abandoned cottage whore tho
Moros had oncamped. They wero
under tho leadership of Data (chief)
Pnla.
Tho wires tho Moros wero accused
of cutting ran from Mnlundu to Camp
lvlethley. Tho Moros wero unarmed
except for spears and bolos. .
When the Moras saw tlio constabu
lary approaching their camp many of
them- fled Into the tall grass nnd os-
enped, hut tho majority stood firm.
The constabulary then flrod nnd when
the snioko cleared away tho bodies of
31 wero picked up. The rolntlvos of
tho slain men are threatening further
trouble tliu advices said.
70 BELOW ZERO
FREEZE COMING
DENGER, Dec. 29. Temperatures
below zoro In Denver within 36 hours
were forecast by the district weather
bureau today. The sevorely cold
wave promised to be accompanied by,
snow or rain extending all over parts I
of the Rocky mountain region oxcopt
southeastern New Mexico.
A docldodly cold wave prevailed
over tho northeastern Rocky moun
tains and tho upper Missouri valley
Inst night, temperatures in some caBea
reaching below zoro. The storm ex
tended to Montana, North Dakota nnd
Minnesota.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 Tempera
tures of 20 to 70 degrees bolow zoro
In Canada and Alaska last night sig
nalled tho belatod evidence of winter.
A Btorm of marked intonsity now cen
tered qvor Wyoming is scheduled to
continue! rapidly southeastward. Ab
normally cold weather prevails In tho
wake of tho disturbance.
The highest tcmeprutiiro registered
at Eagle, Alaska, yesterday was G4 be
low zoro.
Liberty Bonds'
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Liberty
bondB ckised:
3's 99.3; first 4s 98.6; second 4's
9K.4; first 4'4'b 98.8; socond 4'A's
98.Tr' third 4'4's 99.10; fourth 4V4's
98.9; U. S. Government 4 'b 99.9. I
WHAT IS 00C GREENE'S BRAND? SEES
FISH " ALL L1GHTE0
ST. I.OUIH, Mo., Doc; 21). Ono of
tho moHt irUoroHtiiig annnunoemonts
delivered beforo tho nclontlHta com
prising tho Federation of American
oHfltlCH fop Experimental lUolngy
whti.h 1h holding it final nciwlons hero
today, vviifl that made by Dr. C. W.
Oreen, UnlverHity of Mltwourl. who
' has mado extensive renearch into the
habita of a newly discovered fish
which has been named porlcthya
notatus.
In a ten minute paper Dr. Greene
told of his obHurvations of this unus
REBELS ARE
' : f.
n mur ii run"
H UUI
or ZACOLCO
Victories All Along the Line
Claimed By Obregon Cap
ture of Rebel Stronghold in
Jalisco Imminent List of
Prisoners Increases Re
place De La Huerta Deputies
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 29 Forcing
tho robel troops to abandon a strong
position at Yurecunro, which was cap
turod several days ago, federal troops
under Cloneral Joaquin Amaro Bre ad
vancing steadily and hope to take
Guadalajara within a short time, Pres
ident Obregon advised Colonel Ramon
Lopez, commandant of the Jiiaroz gar
rison today.
The dispatch was sent from the
special train of President Obregon at
Irnpuato, Guanjuato. Goneral Enriquo
Estrada, commander of the rebel
forces, claimed the capture of Yure
cuaro with a number of prlsonors soy
oral days ago. General Amaro is los
ing no opportunity In forcing the
fighting In tho vicinity of Guadalajara,
according to President Obregon's mes
sag too Colonol Lopez.
COPENHAGEN, Doc. 29. Herman
Ilessernr, Mexican consul hore, an
nounced that ho was leaving for Moxl
co today to Join the revolutionists.-
JUAREZ. Doc. 29. (Ry tho Asso
ciated Press.) Federal forces early
today were hommlng in the revolution
nrv atromrhold nt Onn.ilalaln.rn. Jalis
co, wnuo in tne state oi ...ixwiupun
soldiers" were -pursuing a. -robel .band y
that looted the town of Allende, about
60 miles south of Piedrns Nogras, ac
cording IO uiliuei luiiuim.
With the loyal troops closing In on
Guadalajara on three Bides after hav
lug enpturod the towns of Zaconlco and
Cludad Guzman, as reported by Minis
tor of War Serrano, the fall of the city
is expectod momentarily. The rebels
abandoned fortifications nt Zacoalco
and retreated into Guadalnjara tho
messago from Mexico City to Consul'
Ruiz at El Paso said.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29. (By tho
Associated Press.) The Mexican Ben
ale today did not resume discussion
of the general claims convention be
tween the United States and Mexico
on account of a lack or quorum.' This
wbb because the De La Huerta sup
porters refused to attend, as they
claimed the administration had with-..
hold consent to alteration being made
tr. curtain articles. ' ' ' .
The chamber of deputies today vot
ed to summon supplementary deputies
to fill tho places of thirteen legislators
i,nva rniinwnii Hrt La Huerta to
Vera Cruz, gonernl headquarters of
tho robolllous faction.
MEXICO CITY, Dec, 29. (By tho
Associated Press.) A goneral ; ad
vance upon vera vjru&, rwuot nuu,i"i
ters. extending from Tehuacan to Ap
Izaco, hns beon ordered to begin Sun
day, undor commnnd of General Eu
genie Martinez, according to Puobla
spoclulB. This follows receipt, oi a io--port
from Goneral Juan Andrew Al
mar.nn that the rebels have evacuated
Tehuacan and aro retiring in the di
rection of Oaxaca.
President Obregon has moved his '
hondquartors from Irapuato to Yuro
cnacura, following tho evacuation of
that town nnd La Barca by the Es
tradlstas (rebels.) Meanwhile work
of repairing railways torn up by tho
robols Is being rushed feverishly. ; ' ,
OMAHA U wns announced last.,
night that Champion Joe Lynch would;
meet Karl McArthur of Sioux City
I . 1. ...... In tr. l-miml ttntlt .Tf) n II
ary 4. .
UP, WHICH
tinl fish, which shouts as It nwlms.
The fUh in illuminated by 35ft glim
mering phosphorescent lights and was
discovered In the wators of Montorey
Hay, Cal. . . . . ,.
Beoause of the peculiar construc
tion of Its swim bladder, It Is able to
shout. The bladder Is U-shaped, each
Icff about the size of a man's finger.
Between tho two legs Is a membrane
with a small hole in It. When, tho
notatus bears down upon a smaller
fish It drives some of the gaseous con
tents of the bladder from one end to
the other. This produces the noise.
sir