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The Weather
Prediction Rain
Maximum yesterday 45
Minimum toduy 28
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 43
Minimum 22
Holly Eighteenth Yenr.
Weekly Fifty-Third Year.
MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1924
NO. 252
FLAMES ADD
ROMS!
PEOPLE FLEE
Tokio, Yokohama and Region
Devastated By Earthquake
f in September, Stricken By
Second Disaster Shocks
Not So Long But Nearly
As Severe.
TOKIO. Jan. 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Firty per'sonB are be
lieved to have been killed In Tokio,
Yokohama and the outside districts
In today's earthquake, while niiiny
persons were injured. No casualties
among foreigners have been reportod.
OSAKA, Jan. 15. (By the Asso-j
elated Press) Fire is ruglng In the
suburbs or Tokio, one train , wus. .
thrown Into a river at Banyugawa and I
six trains overturned between Got-1 LONDON, Jan. 15. (By the Asso
cmba und Tokio, as a result of tho elated Press.) The much mooted
earthquake which shook Tokio and qUestlon of how the Baldwin govern
the vicinity this morning. nient, in view of its overwelming de-
The emperor and the empress who f(jat flt the recent eccUon on thfl
zu when the shock occurred, are re-
ported safe. The villa Was undam- Jeci l" """B speecu at me uieu
aKcd. The prince regont and Prln- ing of the new parliament, was settled
cess Nngako also ore reported safe.
SHANOHAI,Jnn. 16. (By the Aa-i
soclated piess)VHoues were de-
mollshed at Numudzu, on Suruga bay,
southwest of Tokio. where thelmpe-
rial villa Is located and extensive I
damage caused throughout the terrl-1
tory In the vicinity in an earthquake
this morning, according to reports
from the Kobe railway bureau re
ceived by the Nihon Dempo.
Almost complete demoralization of
telephone, telegraph and railway lines
in a belt extending from Tokio south
westwurd along tho coast to Nagoyu,
ot least, nearly 200 miles away Is re
ported. Tokio and Yokohama are
said to have been Isolated for a short
time after the earthquake was felt.
6 Killed In Yokohama.
TOKIO, Jan. 16. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Six persons were kill
ed and nearly 200 Injured in Yoko
hama, nnd four were killed nnd at
leust 20 Injured In Tokln by the seiu,.os favorable to labor that was ever
end great earthquake disaster in five lnce(J , fc, .g mesaaKe, In fncti
months to strike the to JapaMc could
cities and vicinity thiH morning. Tne, 1 J . ,
statistics were given out .by police. I hve issued a more striking pronounce
One report stated that six hundred ment.
houses had been demolished in Yoko-, The plans cited included proposals
hama. 'for the betterment of industrial con-
Odawara. a city on Kawatsu bay, aition9 proVsion for the much need-
B"f,Ut I!, r'rom d house, for workers, amelioration of
suffered the grentost damage from, '
the. tremblor, ns It did last Septcm- unemployment and the readjustment
ber' when vast sections of both Yoko- of old ago pensions,
hama and Tokio and surrounding It was not Hint the conservatives
cities virtually wore destroyed. Water felt Buch a program would defer the
mains were ripped from their places
nnd smashed by tho quake and water
flooded the streets and hundreds of
homes In the two cities following the
shock this morning.
( Stock Market Suspends.
1 Buildings of more modern construc
tion were badly damaged and in mnny
Instances in partial ruin from the
disaster of last September, were fur
ther damaged by today's tremblor.
Tire cabinet went Into session imme
diately after the earthquake to con
sider relief measures and to obtain in
formation regarding the extent of the
damage. The stock market suspended
('operations owing to the failure of
communications.
The center of tho earthquake is be
lieved to have been near Tanzawa
..-..In In Cxraml nrnvlnrft Bfr
.1 .ii. .1,. pnlrl nh.J
servatory, where its duration was
corded as twelve minutes. Its Inten -
slty was estimated at half that of last
September. " '
' ,
TOKIO. Jan, 16 (By the A.so-
elated Tpress)-The earthquake which
rocked Tokio ana vicinity- this morn-
! . " " .',.,. .i-
ing. me ri ny i. ...." ....v-
in-t
the, disastrous convulsions of
(Continued on Prge Eight)
SALEM LOGANBERRY
BECAUSE FREEZE
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 15. Reports
from loganberry growers in the cen
tral Willamette valley compiled today
by the Capital Journal, Indicate that
?5 per cent of the logan vines In this
section were killed by the freeze of
two weeks ago. ' In some yards the
vines which escaped damage ran as
low as five per cent, according to
ES KILLED
Senator McNary to
Vote for Bonus, He
Wires Legion Post
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 15.
Charles L. McNary, United Stntes
Benator from Oregon, today wired
American Legion post No. 23 to
tho effect that he Is in favor of
adjusted compensation for vet-
erans of the World war and that
lie will vote for It at the present
session of congress and further
that he will vote for it In the
event of a presidential veto. The
two Oregon senators, and Ron-
rcsentative Slnnott were request-
ed by the local post of the legion
to state their attitude toward
compensation legislation.
BALDWIN READY
TO GIVE
ALL IT
L
tectlve issue, would handle that sub-
today when the monarch, reading his
minister's pronouncement, candidly ro-
forred to the country's rejection of tho
tnrff proposals and indicated their
Buall(,onment by tne governments
,
Mr. Baldwin thus laces the situation
srpinrely in what is generally regard
ed as hi3 swan song, as the political
experts see nothing but defeat for him
in the forthcoming vote of confidence.
But on analysis this swan song
proved, in the opinion of expert ob
servers to be a shrewd and clever ef
fort to spike as far as possible the
guns of labor 'which expected to as
sume Kwer soon. A large part of the
sneech was devoted to a discussion of
bills which the Baldwin government
would submit, for the benefit of tiie
working classes, were it permitted to
remain in power.
The speech mrnlslied one of tho
most extonslve lists of proposed meas-
day of the government's downfall, but
ruther that it would put them in the
position of saying later, "the conser
vatives would have given the peoplo
all that labor now proposes."
Mr. Baldwin, say the experts, was
undoubtedly looking ahead to the next
election when he framed the king's
speech.
E
TO VISIT MEDFORD
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 12. I. L. Pat
ABOR
WANTS
re-Iterson. Oregon campaign manager for
1 President Coolidge. will leave next
Sunday on a tour of the state to test
ou' the Coolidge sentiment and ap-
I point chairmen for each of the coun-
ties. Mr. Patterson will go to Albany
'Sunday and leave there Monday, going
to southern and then to eastern
Oregon. He will return to western
l. nnd
Oregon about . February first
. , establish campaign headquarters
Portland. r
GROWERS ELATED
KILLED THEIR VINES
growers, practically all of tho canes
that were exposed above the snow
being killed.
Instead of being depressed by their
losses, most of the growers are elated
over the damage, which, they aa
lege, will remove the surplus produc
tlon of loganberries that has demoral
Izcd the market for the past two
years.
PARLIAMENT
13 OPENED BY
Usual Pomp and Regal Cere
mony Mark Historic Occas
sion In Speech From the
Throne, King Pledges Sup
port to League of Nations
and U. S. Liquor Control.
LONDON. Jan. 1G. (By Associated
Press). The probability of the labor
government's early accession to power
in no way dulled today the ancient
splendor and pageantry which for
centuries has been associated with the
opening of the British parliament,
The royal co&ch, a georgeous equi
page of gold and shining glass that
rocks back and forth on its great
leather thongs after the manner of
old American stuge coaches, rolled
behind eight bay horses along the
troop-lined route from Buckingham
palace to Westminster, currying tho
king and queen. Itobed tn ermine,
their majesties continually bowed
from side to side in response to the
cheers of thousands who trooped be
hind the guard. i
The Prince of Wales went to West
minster in a separate procession.
LONDON, Jan. IB. (By Associated
Press). The king's, speech from the
throne, which -. was read ; by. T., King
George at the formal opening of par
liament in the house of lords this
noon, referred to the recent rejection
of protection by the country and indi
cated that the government had aban
doned such a pulley.
The speech said that the question of
the extension of imperial preference
discussed at tho recent imperial con
frence would be submitted to the new
parliament. '
The government and the dominions,
it asserted, have been anxious to re
move all decisions in regard to the
Illicit importation of liquor into the
United States and it pointed out thut
an agreement between the two coun
tries on this issue was about to be
concludod, a fact which should fur
ther strengthen the happy relations
between Great Hritain and America.
Text f Speech
Tho text of the speech follows:
"My lords and members of the
commons:
"My relations with foreign powers
continue to be friendly. I am glad
to be able to record definite progress
in the solution of questions which
hitherto have blocked the pathway
of mutual understanding and retarded
the-recovery of the world.
"The reparation commission has
set up two committees, on one of
which experts from the United States
of America will co-operate with oth
ers from Great Britain, France, Italy
und Belgium In examining the very
serious financial questions involved in
the position of Germany.
"A bill will be Introduced giving
effect to the Lausanne treaty with ,
Turkey. As soon as it Is passed, the
treaty will be ratified and a new era
of peaceful relations with Turkey will
open.
Liquor Agreement Xcar
"My ministers, in common with the
dominion representatives, have been
anxious to remove the difficulty with
regard to the illicit importation of
liquor into the United States, and
have made proposals for an agree
ment which is on the eve of conclu
sion and which should further streng
then the happy relations prevailing
between the two countries and
peoples.
It will continue to be my object to
support by every means In my power
the steady growth In Influence of tne
League of Nations.
"The recent series of murders on
the northwest frontier of India by
criminals who sought refuge in
Afghan territory, or who are Afghan
subjects, caused me much concern.
My government made vigorous repre
sentations to his majesty, the Amir,
and infinitely trust that these persons
will be punished and that more secure
relations on the frontier will be
established at a very early date.
Protection Abandoned
"The recent Imperial conferences
mark very definite progress in Imper
ial co-operation. More particularly
was it found possible, without depar
ture from the existing fiscal system In
this country, to meet the wishes of
the dominions by a substantial ex
tension to the people of the Imperial
preference established by the act of
1917. . , ...
"Proposals to give effect to the con
clusions of both conferences will be
submitted to you.
"1' welcome the opportunity that
will be afforded by the ISrltlsh empire
exhibition to Increase the knowledge
of the varied resources of my empire
and to stimulate inter-lmperlal
trade."
KING GEORGE
N
Lady Mary Thynne Ih South
Africa To Welcome Prince v
Of Wales; Gossip Revives
. . LADY MARY T.HYNNE.
' ' -' . , - -V
LONDON-The rebellious Prince ol Wales, determined not to)
wed, so report declares, will find when he reaches South Africa on
the official mission which is taking him there that gossip, and one
of the fairest) of the young women whom England considers a pos
sible bride lor him have preceded him. Ti -j.
- Lady Mary . Thynne. prettiest of Princess Mary's bridesmaids,
also a bridesmaid for the Duchess of York, will goo South Africa
immediately to become lady-in-waiting to Princess, Alice, whose
husband, the Earl of Athlonc, is governor-general. The Prince of
Wales wjll arrive several weeks , later. , '
J. F. HALE SUED
?CE BY
E OF YEAR
According to a Med ford attornoy,
and friends, decree in a divorce suit
has been granted In California to
Mrs. J. F. Hale frotn J. P. Hale. Mrs.
Hale was formerly MIhs Kuberta
Pearce, an employe of tho county
clerk's office. She is now reported to
be living In Heattlc, Wash.
Hale was the star witness for the
state in the first of the Jackson coun
ty nightridtng cases, held about a
year ago. Hale was taken out by a
uunu ui iiiunncu int'it uu uiu miii .
March 17, ii)22, and hanged, being'
decoyed, he testified, from his hom
under the pretense of answering a
phone message. Hale was carried
into the court room on a cot, from
which he gave his testimony. The
three defendants were all acquitted
by a jury. In tho trial Mrs. Halo was
a witness for tho state. A few weeks
later the pair were married, and
moved to San Francisco, where Hale
engaged in business, and where tho
legal action was taken. Under tho
California law a your must pass be
fore a final decree is granted In a
divorce action.
According to the local legal repre
sentative of Mrs. Hale the suit was
based on grounds of "cruelty," and a
property settlement was made.
Both parties are well known in this
city and county.-
Using Ploughshares
As Bed Warmers
Is Fatal to Squaw
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
4 15. Pneumonia, starting after ,4
4 partial strangulation from smoke 4
caused the death here yesterday 4
of Nellie Moody, Indian, 82. Kho
4 heated two plow shares and used 4
them as bed warmers. They
Ignited the clothing nd she was
4 nearly overcome by smoke when 4
rescued. ., .
4
4444)4 444)4)4
FOR m
0
Seven Persons Give
Skin to Save Life
Of Astoria Logger
4
4- PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15.
4 Mike Choklut, Astoria logger, se-
rlonsly burned recently by ex-
plodlng gasoline, was recovering 4
at a hospital here from an opera-
Uon yesterday in which skin from
seven- persons who hud volun 4
fr teored, was grafted upon . the
i burned sections of the man's 4
4 body. Physicians said the oper-
4 at ion was expected to suvo his 4
Ufo.
44 4 44
DAWES CALLS IN
- PRESIDENT OF
PAKIS, Jan. 15. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) The committee of ex
perts, of which Hrigadler General
Chnrlcs G. Dawes is chairman, began
this morning Its tusk of examining'
the resources of Germany. Tho mem
hers met promptly at ten o'clock at
the unofficial American reparation
hradquarturs.
Genera! Dawes' speech yestorday
has impressed tho French public in
a way that few .' public utterances
oven from Frenchmen have done In
recent years. i '
While tho chorus of praise con
tinues, come reflect doubt ns ,to
whether the , chairman's straightfor
ward speech will prove strong and
lasting enough to overcome some of
the obstacles which the experts will
meet.
PAUIS, Jan. 15. (By the1 Asso
elated Press) Dr. Schacht, president
of tho Jtcichsmink and German cur
rency commissioner, has been Invited
by the expert Investigating commis
sion, headed by General Charles 'G.
Dawes, to eotno to Paris Immedia
tely, it was announced this nftornoon.
The commission desires to avail Itself
of Dr. Hc'hacht's knowledge of the
present, situation In Germany and re
ceive hlfl suggestions as to remedies
that could he applied to Improve the
status of the murk.
JAP
Oregon City Girl
Just Released From
Asylum, Suicides
OREGON CITY. Ore., Jan. 15.
Margaret Morlurty, aged 20, shot
hersolf to death this morning at
her home At Wost Linn, accord-
Ing to report to tho coroner's of-
flee. Sho had recently been re-
lonsod from the stnte hospital for
the Insano at Salem, whero she
had been sent suffering from
acute melancholia. The coroner
decided no Inquest was neces-
snry.
BIG CROWD AT
PORTLAND, Oro Jan. 15. Tho
United States district court horo was'
crowded today when argument began
on tho motion of the state to dismiss
injunction suits against the Oregon
compulsory public school law. Cir
cuit Judge W. li. Gilbert and District
Judges C. K. Wolverton and U. 8.
Bean, sitting en banc, heard tho argu
ments. Tho auitsfiled by the Hill
Military Academy of Portland, tho So
ciety of Sisters of the Holy Nume.
which Ih representing the parochial
schools of the state, are represented
In tho proceedings.
. The law, which was enacted by init
iative, requires attendance of children
of grammar school ago at public
schools. It Is to go into effect Sep
tember 1, 1926, if the courts sustain it.
Tho cases aro expected to go to tho
United States supreme court for final
decision.
Governor Walter M. Pierce, Attor
noy General Van Winkle and District
Attorney Meyers of Multnomah coun
ty, aro the defendants.
Attorney Wallace McCammant,
representing Governor Pierce and the
other defendants, bused his motion
for dismissal on tho contention that
us the law Is not yet In effect tho suits
cannot be entertained In court. The
Hill Military Academy answered this
contention by asserting that the law
though not in effect is Injuring tho
school by deterring parents from
sending their boys to Us primary
school, nnd that it is entitled to know
whethor the law Is to stand bo that )t
can mako necessary financial ar
rangements. Passing of the Early
Pioneer
PENDLKTON. Ore., Jan. 12. R.
W. Caso, Umatilla county pioneer,
who came across tho plains fifty years
ago, died this morning ut tho home
of his dauKlHnr, Mrs. C. II. Stewart
of this clly. Mr. Case was 92 years
old and died from tho Infirmities of
old ago. I'rlor to two months ago
ho was in good health nnd active.
He is survived by three children liv
ing in Umatilla county. The deceased
is a brother of J. 1. Case, noted man
ufacturer of farm ;mnchlnery and
other mechanical Inventions.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
.8T. LOUIS, Jan. 15 Six men armed
with revolvers entered tho West End
Trust and Savings bank hero this mor
ning nnd after firing soveral shots to
Intimidate tho employes, escaped with
$20,000 In cash.
LOS A NO ELKS, Jan. 15. Three
men said to be about twenty years of
age, hold up a branch of tho Commer
cial National bank hore today and
escaped with $2000, according to a
report to the police.
OPENING SCHOOL
BILL HEARING
E ALARMED BY FALL OF
TAXES TO BE BOOSTED 20 PER CENT
PARIS. Jan. 15. (By Associated
Press). The French cabinet acting
today In the financial crisis caused by
the phenomenal fall of the franc de
cided to Increase all taxes direct and
Indirect by twenty per cent. It also
decided to replace the coverable
budget to five billion francs, which
will be met by this new taxation, .
PARIS, Jan. 16. (By Associated
QUAKE
CONVENTION
IS WON BY
NEWJORK
San Francisco Puts Up Gallant
Fight, But Is Defeated On
Last Ballot After Day of
Heated Wrangling N. Y.
Raises Its Cash Bonus and
Wins Prize.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . New York
was selected today as the meeting
place ot the 1924 democratic national
convention.
The vote on the third and decisive
ballot in the national committee was:
New York 67; San Francisco 40;
and St. Louis 6.
I WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. The dem
ocratic national committee was thrown
into a deadlock today over selection
ot a city for the 1924 national conven
tion. On the first ballot no city re
icelved the majority of all votes cast
necessary for a selection. .
Now York 39; San Francisco 22; and
St. Louis 18.
j A second ballot was ordered. There
' was no selection on the second ballot .
Chicago's candidacy then was with
drawn by the delegation representing
Its bid. - ,
j The vote on the second ballot was:
I . New-J-Ynrk-'47; Chicago 29; San
Francisco 18 nnd St. Louis 11; "'
New York Bid la Raised
I As the arguments ovor choice of a
city drew, to a close, the New York
delegation raised Its bid to $255,000,
including both the amount that would
be spent for convention facilities and
the amount that would be contributed
to the democratic treasury. San Fran
: clseo countered with a statement that
tho Snn Francisco offer, figured on
that bnslB, amounted to $350,000. . '
; San Francisco finally raised Its of
for to $205,000 "cash in the hand
without any strings tied to It." This,
the Sun Francisco delegates explain
ed, was tOj meet fully New York's of
, fer, whloh they analyzed as represent
j ing only $150,000 In cash. :
A proposal by Committeeman
Kreamer of Montana that voting for
the convention city be deferred until
tonight brought so many cries of "no,
no," from the floor that the proposal
seemod to be abandoned. '
Many of the Son Francisco advo
cates, however; voted for a postpone
ment. Chairman Hull announced he
would entertain a motion to do the
selecting of a city In executive session
and aroused a small riot of protest
from the floor in which the women
committee members took a leading
part. '. ;.-,!.
Clark Howell of Georgia offered a
compromise to smooth the troubled
waters, proposing that voting for the
city be tn open session and that an ex
ecutive session follow for other busi
ness. . '
TO
BY U S:
WASUfNOTON, Jan.- 15 The
Washington government Is preparing
to Inform Adolfo De La Huerta di
rectly that proper American com
merce with the port of Tamplco must
not be interfered with In the present
uprising agninst-the Obregon govern
ment. It la understood the communi
cation will be sent to De La Huerta
individually, and not as head of a, de
facto or provisional government. -
Press). The chamher of deputies
supported Finance Minister De Las
teyrie today tn his demand for post
ponement of the discussion of an
interpellation on the exchange situa
tion until- the government could sub
mit, to the house its proposals ,. for
remedies. , The minister made tlje
issue one of confidence. The vote waa
388 to m.
ULTIMATUM
HUERTA