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University Library The Weather Prediction Rain or snow Maximum yesterday 26 Minimum today .,.85 Snow ...14 Inch Preelplinilon 15 EDFORD AIL BTTMH? M M Weather Year Ago Maximum 45 Minimum SI ft ft 'ally Eighteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1924 NO. 242 kly fifty-Third Tear. i I II FIGHT IN PORTLAND OVER BOOZE Dist. Atty. Meyers Refuses to Issue Complaint Against " A. G. Labbe and Orders Dry Deputy Out of His Office- Raid New Year's Party Is Cause of Ruction. . ' PORTLANtD, Ore., Jan. 3. DIs rlct Attorney Myers today refused to Issue a complaint against A. O. Labbe Portland businessman, who was ar rested at his home Monday in a raid by state prohibition officers, ponding disposal of a motion,, to qunsh the search warrant under which the raid was staged by state prohibition agents. The motion had been filed earlier In the day by attorneys for Labbe. In the course of a dispute over the case with Wlllard M. Houston, chief deputy under State Prohibition Com missioner George L. Cleaver; Myers ordered Houston from his .office State prohibition agents raided a private social function at the home of A. O. Labbe, head of the .Willam ette & Steel Works, ai i015 Qulmby street, shortly before midnight Mon day and arrested Labbe on charges of violating the prohibition law. Lab he was taken to the county jail and forced to deposit $500 bail. Cleaver said that he held as evi dence two qunrt bottles of liquor labeled "James Catto, Extra Special Liqueur," and two pint bottles mark ed "Water," which is liquor of Borne undefined nature. Labbe and his guests characterized the raid as a farce. They said that nothing was found In the place but a small flask, which had been carried ,.7," . fiZn:,,:ir;om.nent"in l ..... " i... i,ui. ine poi.i.ii. - i Iwero attending the function .. .i i j - ui- .u- .m ..niLifW nnd conduct- ed solely for theatrical effect. w rrt. State Prohibition Commissioner lah. workmen continue to Join fedo Cleaver, however. Issued a formal 1 color. Mexico City says. typewritten statement In which no gave the impression that there was a considerable supply of- liquor in me house. He admitted, however, that Information that led to the raid was received In the form of an anonymous letter. On this tip the search warrant was obtained. The letter addressed to Ooorge L. Cleaver, state prohibition commis sioner, 1914 N. W. bank building, Portland, Ore., reads in part as fol lows: Can thirty or forty couples of the best society people of the city get away with a subscription dance to be given at the homo of j A. G. Labbe, 1015 Quimhy street, on New Year's eve? The sub scription fee is $15.00, the larger part of which. It is openly boast ed, will be spent for liquor. The "lower" classes would be raided under similar circum stances. Wouldn't It be a good idea to let the wealthy learn that they, too, must obey the laws? Publicity Is the only thing that people of this class are a,frald of. This set has been made bold by the success of similar affairs given in recent months. A The writer will bo a partlcl- pant on Monday night and will be Interested to note whothor there will be any results from this tip; and It so. by which officer of tho several that are being advised. If there is any activity shown, further Information that can be fully relied upon will be forth coming from time to time by "62 612." On the strength of this letter the! state prohibition commissioner order-1 PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. John ed his chief deputy to lcure a, search warrant for this residence. ,. At about 10:30 o'clock Officer!" f"d dead In bed at his home Houston and five other men acting bore early today. Death was believed for the state prohibition commissioner due to cerebral hemorrhage. He was visited the residence of A. G. Labbe, born 72 years ago aboard hiB father's 1015 Qulmby street, 'and found ship off the Azores. Before coming to fancy dress party in full blast w" (Continued on Prge Eight MINER OF HARRY HIS RELEASE Fl PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3. Formor Judge James Gay Gordon, counsel for (Mrs. Mary Coplay Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, indicated today that any attempt to have Thaw released from the Pennsylvania hospital for mental and nervous diseases would be opposed. NEW YORK. Jan. 3 Confirmation of reports that Harry K. Thaw would ,eek his freedom from a Philadelphia isylum to face charges of having whipped Frederick Gumps, Jr.. of Kansas City In a New York hotel tn 190,000 Licenses for Oregon Automobiles In 1924 Predicted . SALEM, Ore., Jan. 3. During the'year 1924, automobiles oper- ated by Oregon motorists will carry over the state highways and streets approximately 178,1 125 pounds of license plates. A pair of the plates, which are now being issued by the secre- tary of state In large numbers weighs 15 ounces. This year, in the opinion of C. A. Laughrldge, chief deputy In the secretary of state's office, there will be about 190.000 cars licensed. These will carry around 2,850,000 ounces of plates alone. 4,4- REBEL ADVANCES MEXICO CITY FULL SWING Vera Cruz Announces Start of Big Offensive Federals Claim Many Victories and One Defeat Workmen Join Obregon Forces. - (Associated Press Summary) Mexico City announced rebel forces threatening Pachuca, capital of Hi dalgo, northeast of Mexico City, had been defeated. Vera Cruz, revolutionary headquar ters, said the advance on Puebla and Mexico City would begin today. Mexico Cltv admitted the defeat several days ugo of General Gardonas, 'edera, cavalry leader, before Guada. aiara. ,lmErt thev defeat- :and west of Mexico City and timt there are many desertione from ti truroa's forcea, 111 uuu uiimiimin, ixa w aa ..n. VERA CRUZ, Jan. 3. The general advance of the rebels on Puebla and Mexico City will begin today, accord ing to Insurgent headquarters. Gen eral Guadalupe 6nnchez, mlUtnry leader of the rebellion, has left here to take command of the troops mass cd on the Vera Cruz front. In con function with Goneral Maycotto, he will direct the forward movement. Federal nnd Insurgent forces arc reported to have been fighting yester day around Puebla. The Obregon iatas have advanced to Tehucan. General Maran has assumed charge of the operations which have as their object the capture of Tampico. . The Daily Bank Robbery i , LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. A' bank in tho business district was held up today and $600 taken. The two bnndits kopt four of the bank's customers. Its manager, J. H. Toland, and four employes covered while they rifled the vault and the teller's drawers. With tho $000 in a canvas sack, they then ran out to the street, boarded a dilapidated automobile and sped away before anybody could get the number of the machine. The Noted Dead Portland 32 years ago he was editor of a New Zealand paper. THAW 10 OPPOSE 1917, was followed today by an nouncement that Gumps would agree to settle a (650,000 civil damage suit against Thaw out of court and Indi cations that he would let the criminal charge lapse. NEW YORK. Jan. 3. Bartholomew B. Coyne, a New York lawyer, who for several years has represented Harry K. Thaw, today definitely con firmed reports that his client, the slayer of Stanford White, now In Philadelphia asylum would soon seek hia freedom. FILM STAR IN TRAGEDY VEKK Mabel Normand in Hospital and Is Operated Upon for Appendicitis Victim of Shooting Improves Chauf feur Denies Drugs, But Admits Crimes. LOS ANGELE8, Jan. 3. Mabel Normand, film actress, was oper ated on for appendicitis today and Is resting easily, according to an announcement made by her physi cians this afternoon. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. Courtland Dines passed a satisfactory night here in the Good Samaritan hospital and was resting easily today, according to attending physicians. They added that his chances for recovery were good Miss Normand, a patient in the same hospital, Is Bald to be In a highly ner vous state. She will be operated on for appendicitis In a couple of days, her phyBiclans said. Greer again questioned tpday by the police, flatly denied that he ever had used habit-forming drugs. Ills state ment on UiIb point was brought out as the result of Dlne's allegation that Greer must have been "full of hop- when he fired the shots. The chaffeur also went further lnte his record as a rubber heel burglar. He said he and a chance acquaintance, James Gallagher, entered a store In Oakland tn 1914 and that Gallagher stole a pair of rubber heels, while lie (Greer) was buying a pair of second hand shoes. Greer said he was sen tenced to ninety days, but that be es caped from a prison road camp and fled to Omaha, where his family then was living. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. What drove Mabel Normand's chauffeur to shoot Courtland 8. Dines, Denver oil operator and clubman, in . Dines apartment here New Year's night In the presence of Miss Normand and another motion picture actress, Edna Purviance, today was a matter on which those most intimately con cerned In the shooting seemed utterly unable to agree. Horace A. Oreer, the chnuffeur. also known as Joe Kelly, still Insisted that he put a bullet through Dines' lung in self defense. The police were equally positive that Infatuation for Miss Normand. coupled with an ambi tion to be her hero and protector, led Greer to shoot. Miss Normand, Ignor ing her chauffeur's self defense plea, ridiculed tho police theory of Infatua tion with: "Impossible! The man must have been Insane." Dines, on his cot at the Good Sa maritan hospital, said he didn't know "why in the world that fool ever shot me." but in the same breath declared, "Ho must havo been full of hop." The theory advanced by Miss Pur- vianco was that Greer was foolishly Jealous. Meanwhile Oreer remained In the city Jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Dines was said to be recoveiing at tho Good Samaritan hospital; Miss Normand was in the same hospital Buffering from .what physicians termed a nervous break down and Miss Purviance was resting at home after announcing that re ports of her engagement to Dines were not entirely unfounded. Kngagcd? Yes and No "Mr. Dines and I were engaged and yet we were not engaged, If you understand what I mean," she told newspapermen last night, explaining that while tho Denver man naa 'never given me an engagement ring, there was an understanding between us that wo would bo married. "I am not ashamed to say that I am most torrlbly fond of him," sho added. Charles Chaplin, who starred Miss Purviance recently In a picture of his direction and who was reported to have decided to uae her as feminine lead in his next comedy, announced today that it is possible someone else may take the role, but denied that the publicity arising from the Dines shooting would Influence his choice, "It was unfortunate for Miss Purvi ance to be there," he Bald, but certainly wouldn't discharge her for something for which sho Is not in the least to blame. Such a thing might hannen to anyone." Officials of the Sennett studios here, with whom Miss Normand has been working under one-picture agreements, declined to say whether or not her connection with the shoot ing would have any effect on schod uled showings of her pictures thruout the country or on possible future agreements with Sennett. Greer re-iterated that Dines had Interfered with hl efforts to assist Miss Normand out of the Denver man's apartment and was about to hit him with a bottle when shot. Calls Greer a- Liar (Continued on Page Eight). Trance's Six Loveliest, Women To Carry Style Warv Into. England and America ' ' & EJ$ss-. El y MLLE.SPIXJJLLY;, PARISC'cs't la guerre! -4 But not with bayonets. "'With frocks, and hats, and hose, and shoes, ami leathers and (rills to delight the feminine heart. Paris, where the franc is twenty to the dollar, will war on Amcr "'ican dress designers who have dared to defy her domination of the fashion world, by stmilnff six of the loveliest woman in. trance, two. to -America, two to South America and two to England. Mile. Spinetlv. French actress, will be one. She will bring to America the laraest individual wardrobe ever to leave Paris. PARIS FLOODED WATER RISING FEAR DISASTER PAH1S, Jan. 3. (By the Associat ed Press) Tho flood In tho Seine Is assuming the proportions of a disas ter in sections of Paris and its en virons. The river rose fifteen Inches In tho 24 hours ended at noon today, adding to the considerable damage already done in the suburbs and along the river In the departments of tho Seine and Kclnc-Et-Oise and causing tho city itself to suffer seriously. Many bllildiliKS along both banks of the rivor. notably the ministry of foreign affairs and tho ministry of finance, 'have had their tollarB flood ed, and today a small army of ma sons nnd bricklayers began filling up all the entrances to the chamber of deputies and foreign ministry to pro- vent further Ingresa of tho waters. The river Is rising fast and gaining steadily on tho pumps, being fever ishly worked to keep the subways from being flooded and tho water from further encroaching upon - tho important buildings near tho river bank. The first fntnlitv in tho Pnrls re gion from tho flood occurred today when an automobile attempting to cross a street along tho river at Con flans wnB carried Into deep water by the current and tho car and Its driver Bwept away. Tho firm Infiltration of tho Paris subway system was reported al a station nonr the chamber of- depu ties. Tho Qui d'Orsay and Invnlldcs railway stations are flooded and have been shut down. Daily Report on the Crime Wave LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3. Two ban dlts held up tho cashier and a sales man of tho Challenge Cream and Mut ter company In the center of the In dustrial district today and escaped with $21,000 In checks and $5,000 In cash. Bank Call In Oregon. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 8, Frank Bramwell. state superintendent of banks, announced today he has Issued a call for statement of conditions of all hanks and trust companies at the close of business December 81. BERT HANEY TO BEREPLAGED ON SHIPPING BOARD WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. With soloction of a new chairman for the shipping bonrd virtually decided upon President Coolidge is understood also to havo worked out many of tho points of his general policy with re spect to tho nation's merchant marine. Tho results of the president's study of tho various martiio problems are not expected to be made public for sevoral days, but Chalrilian Jones of the senate commerce committee, ono of his principal advisers on the ques tion 1b preparing, meanwhile for ox pcditloUH action on nominations to fill tho thl-oo shipping board vacancies to permit an curly ro-orgnnizutlon of Its personnel. Ieigh C. Palmer, former chief of tho navy department's bureau of nav igation, is thought to bo tho presi dent's choice for tho board chairman ship. Tho nominations of Frederick I. Thompson, of. Mobile, Jla., nnd Hert E. Haney, of Portland, Oro., which wro withdrawn when It becamo nec essary to select a new chairman after tho committee had voted their appro val, will bo re-submitted. It Is under stood, when tho name of Mr. Cool- idgo's choice to fill tho third vacancy and tako over tho chairmanship goes forward. . , E SUES DRY LEADER WASHINGTON, Jan. it. Francis C. Harley, former mayor of Astoria, Ore., who yefltorday Bued Wayne D. Whool or and other dry loaders for $100,000 for libel, extended his offonBlvo today to Include Representative Cramton, re publican, of Michigan, ono of tho pro hibition spokesman In the house. Suit for $50,000 was entered against Mr. Cramton on the charge that ho made a libelous attack on Mr. Harley from the floor of the hoime. The sultB are art outgrowth of a' poll conducted by tho National Liberal Alliance undor Mr. Harley's direction on the prohlbl tion question. Russian Princess Steals Jewels From Week-End Hostess COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3. The Russinn Princess Olga Kaslows- -fr ky, daughter of the lato Ueueral Vladimir Koslowsky, Is under fr arrest, charged with stealing Jewels valued nt 16.000 kroner -4 from a country houno near Elsl- -I- nore, where ahe was a guest. 4 4 Tho arrest has caused a sonsa- -t- t tlon in Copenhagen's social and diplomatic circles. Her father who was killed by -r tho bolshevlkl was once enor- 4 utously wenlthy.but all his pro- -fr porty was confiscated and his widow nnd daughter woro mado practically penniless. ORDERED 10 CUT ALL BOOZE Representative Upshaw of WASHINGTON IS 00 ; moro than a hundred Injured In a ter GeOrtJia CallS fOr ReSigna- j rlflc dust explosion at the starch plant tion of Every Official in Capital Who Drinks Would Revoke Priveleges. -Drastic WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.- nctlon to put a stop to alleged liquor. drinking bv members of congress and other high government officials and' Immediately after the explosion, a to prevent leakage of "diplomatic" I call for help was sent to Peoria, 11 liquors Into bootleg cliannols was do-1 miles awny nnd Peoria firemen, doc manded today by Representative Up-' tors and police, with ambulances, shaw, democrat, Georgia. His df- were rushed to Pekln. mand was embodied in a resolution' When. tho Pekln hospital waa filled and speech. with Injured, the others were rushed - Mr. UpBhaw said congress should to Peoria hospltnls as foBt as they "clean around Its own door by pnBS- wore tnkon from tho wrecked plant. Ing a resolution declaring persona An undetermined number of bodies non grata to the floor of tho houso.,are believed to be In the ruins of the any member, found under1 the influ-. wrecked starch - plant - buNdlng,--ao " eni-O'Of liquor in tho apltol or house cording to unofficial reports' reaching office building or known to have' hero by telephone. 1 ' liquor Illegally acquired in his of-.' Fire broke out after the explosion, dee." ' I Rescuers could see the bodies of ap- ille also suggested that nil foderal proximately between 25 nnd 35 vlc nppolntees, Including cabinet offlc- tlms lying in the ruins but tho flames lals, army and navy officers, and dip- prevented attompts to reach the lomatlc and consular representatives bodies abroad be required to givo a pledge. At sevon o'clock tho Pekln fire de of total abstinence. Tho "executive pnrtment apparently had the fire guillotine," he added, should be used under control and none of the other on all government officials known to buildings of the big plnnt appeared drink liquor. I in danger. ' . " In reference to "diplomatic" liquor. With the estimates on the Known Mr. UpBhaw said: . dead running ns high as 36, six men: '.The flagrant abuses of diplomatic hud been identified as dead. Fire Immunity on the partr-of many of tho kopt rescuers from removing bodies attaches of foreign legations and em- .which could be seen In the blazing basBlCB, puts into italics the necessity ruins and It Is feared many bodies for revoking a privilege that should will bo burned. - -'. never havo been allowed under ouri The Corn Products company plant, national prohibition law. Recent In-, known as the sugar factory since It vestlgatlons have convinced me that was built 24 years ago. was the prln some of these diplomats would be clpal Industry of Pekln. It was built . heartily glad to be relieved of tho ex- by tho Illinois Sugnr Refining com- ponae and all their other troubles and responsibilities from liquor Immunity, I am Introducing a bill to relieve thorn of their bacchanalian temptations in our prohibition land." Tho Oeorgia representative express - cd the opinion that tho state depart - ment should respectfully requent that all foreign governments discontinue. somllng to this country diplomatic and consular representatives who exert a demoralizing Influence upon gaK j0 n8 follow workers for nearly our official nnd social llfo by dlspons-an hour t0 cam them am) wnBn the ing from tbelr residences and offices j aat r(Jtreat wag cut offi he Junlpe(l. intoxicating HquorB prohibited by our. laws to American citizens." I l, luorn nrralctenl biiIH Mr. Iln- Bhiiw. ho "would declare without do-1 floor when the explosion occurred. He lay or equivocation, that tho White . has a good voice and some of'htB com' House shall be dry, the president! panions went to their death with the shall he dry, all his nppointoes shall gtrains of songs In their memory. He bo dry. and I here and now call for;dld not jump untll all tne mea who the immediate resignation of every ;gm Mg ,eaye ,he floor had done liquor hat has been outlawed by the Injury to his eyes and Is in a hospital constitution of our country." here. ' A sorlos of resolutions presented to- The plant eiPplned about 800 men. day by Uoprcsontatlve lllanton, domo- The 250 at work iu the starch house crat, Toxas, would call for removal of ! when the explosion occurred wero all government officials who violate the prohibition amendmont, rottirn to (Contlnuod on Pago Eight) OF HARDING'S TOMB MARION, Ohio, Jan. 3 Soldiers guarding tho vault whero tho body of President Harding Is entombed have boon given orders to Bhoot directly at persons who havo been caUBlng dis turbances around tho tomb at night, Lieutenant R. H. Hnrrlman, In com mand of tho soldier guard announced today. Lieutenant Harrlman said that over since the guard has been stationed at the tomb certain . Individual have boen annoying the detachment. - At first It wnB thought it wns Btnnll boys. 35 KILLED IN FACTORY EXPLOSION Dust Explosion in Corn Pro ducts Plant, Pekin, Illinois, Fatal to Scores Over 100 Injured Fire Adds to Hor: ror Aid Rushed From Pe oria, Illinois. v; PEKIN, III., Jan. 3. Dumb sor row and horror held the little city : of Pekln in its grasp at noon to day as the list of dead or missing in the dust explosion at Corn Pro ducts company plant here mount- . ed and perhaps may pass the num ber of forty. PEOHIA. 111.. Jan. 3.-Between 25 'and 35 men are believed dead and . or the uorn t'roaucia conipuny -i". Pekln today. . ,. i.. It was estimated It would bo seve ral hours before tho ruins could be penetrated nnd the bodies removed. . ElKhty Injured, many of them badly munglod, hnd been removed from the wreckage by eight o'clock nnd taken to hospltnls In Pekln and Peoria. Two hundred and fifty men wore working in tho plnnt. pany. adoui ewnunu years plant was sold to the Corn Products -company and since has been enlarged ninny times. J The factory recently was enlarged ! at a com or n,,. " , guuracn by an me Known saiuty. v- pllanr.es. .,.,;,. Sings to Aid Fallows-,,, . , Trapped on the third floor of the building, Frank Llchtmelss, 22, Peoria, - from a window of the blazing building. LlctltWelSS W8B at Work OH the ttllrrt . members of the night shift. . Tho cause of the blast has not yit f Continued on Page Right) ORDERED TO but when tho disturbance kept up the guard took It more seriously, . ' Tho dlBturbances have conslstod of throwing stones at two small guard houses on each side of the entrance to the vault. A bugle has been blown In remote parts of the ceme- , tory about tho midnight hour- ' ' - Riot guns have boen sent from Fort Hayes, Columbus headquarters tor the guard detachment here and these loaded with buckshot will be used If the disturbances continue, Llouten ant Harrlman said. No cause for the disturbances Is known. v ji 4 .-. SHOOT