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MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1924
NO. 255
MEDFORD
4
LOWER
RATES HIT
li
Growers - Fear Public Service
y Ruling Will Flood Western
Oregon With Eastern Ore
gon Hay Corey Upholds
V New Ruling.-
; SALEM, Or, Jan. '18. H. H. Corey,
chairman of -the- public service com
mission today Issued a. statement In
defense of the reduced freight rates on
hay shipments throughout Oregon that
are scheduled' to' become effective
next Monday. Protests against the
rates have arisen in western Oregon,
and the public service 'commlss-tin
claims the new rates , will be. an ad
vantage to western Oregon growers as
well as those' in eastern Oregon. '
"It is noted from the press reports,
as well as from remonstrances filed
with this commission, during the last
few days, that the Willamette val
ley hay growers have the impression
that our recent Btate wide reduction
In rates upon shipments of hay within
Otegon will shut the Willamette val
ley hay growers out of coast and val
ley points," said Mr. Corey ...
' "It Is claimed that the hay grow
ers of eastern Oregon will flood these
markets with hay from Haines, Her
mlston, Bend, Redmond, Etc. Our
maximum distance scale reduces the
rate from Eugene to Marshfield, for
example, from 16 cents per hundred
pounds to 14V4 -cents- per- hundred
pounds, the distance being 122 miles;
and the same graduated distance
scale, based on actual mileage, reduced
- the combination of locale, ilermlston
to Marshfield, for example, from 46
cents' to 29 cents, the distance being
435 miles.
Surely' the reduction hi rates, re
sulting in $2.90 per ton, from Eugene
to Marshfield, as against a rate twice
that amount $5.80 per ton, from Her
mlston, will not ruin the Lane county
farmers' chances In the Coos bay mar
ket. .The greater number of Willam
ette valley farmers are required to buy
hay annually and all the dairymen are
In need ot cheaper hay.
"Objections to our order are based
upon misinformation furnished by
propagandists such as hay dealers In
western Oregon. These people are de
liberately misleading the valley farm
era to further their own Interests.
'The commission heard testimony
from every farm organization in the
state, all of whom favored the reduc
tions. Among these, were the state
grange, tho farmers' union,- the state
farm bureau, the hay growers' associa
tion, the Dairymen's association and
the Tillamook County Dairy and
Cream association.
'"The Willamette valley Is destined
to become a vast dairying section and
It will be necessary to look to east
ern Oregon for its superior grades of
hay. Our order will materially bene
fit eastern Oregon as well as western
Oregon and coast points."
Death Toll of
the Automobile
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18. A
fractured skull, suffered when he
was struck by an automobile late last
night, proved fatal early today to m
Gargoff, about 46. He died at a hos
nital." Gargoff was struck, police said, by
the machine of E. L. Cameron, as he
. started across the street.
W
1ETTE
SHERIFF STUBS HIS TOE AND FINDS
HUGE CACHE OF MASH IN LOG JAM
ROSEBURO. Ore., Jan. 18. Ex-chamber beneath, the logs, and when
pertly camouflaged so that the loca-the officers entered they found the
tion could not be discovered except by mash, a large furnnce, and several
accident, eight barrels of mash and hundred feet of fire hose, for bringing
other material and apparatus for water down the hill. The still Itself Is
making moonshine, was found last apparently buried in the Immediate
night by Sheriff Starmer ond deputies vicinity and Is being sought today,
on Rock Creek, three miles northwest No arrests have been made up to
of Leona. the Present time.
The booze factory was located In a ,
narrow gorgo across which two logs PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18. Argu
had fallen. These logB had been cov- ments to the Jury began this morning
ered with brush, and logs and drift- in federal court here today In the trial
wood placed on each side, so that of Fred T. Merrill, charged with pos
every appearance of a log Jam w a session and sale of liquor and with
given, and the plant would not have maintaining a nuisance. Assistant
been discovered had not Sheriff Star- United States Attorney Allan O. Bynon
mer pulled away a piece of bark In started the argument followed by
crossing over the obstruction In the Harnett Ooldstein. attorney for Mer
creek bed. rill. The trial was resumed late yes-
" His flashlight disclosed a " large terday after two days recess.
Ford Buys Little
Re dSchool, Where
HeGotHis'Larniri
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 18. The
little red school house where
Henry Ford,' half a century ago,
picked up what limited . "book
learning" his youth yielded him,
has been purchased by the De-
troit manufacturer, it wbb learned
today.
The school, typical of hundreds
In use 60 years ago, with sharp
sloping roof, bell cupola In front
4 and short steps leading to the
door that Is sot primly in the
front, has not been in use for two
years.
It was not explained what Mr.
Ford plans to do with It.
.
CANAL FORI IN
INPLAY WAR
'Hostile' Marines Solve Prob
lem With Ease Air Station
and Submarine Base Cap
turedDefects Found in
Defense System.
COLON, Canal Zone, Jan. 18.
Fort Randolph, the defensive work
that guards the Atlantic ontranco to
the Panama canal on the northeast. Is
'. in "enemy hands," today. So are tho
'air station and the. submarine basel
I at Coco Solo. j
To the marines of tho Atlantic fleet
belong the glory and tho spoils. Land
ing in small boats yesterday from the
j "black" squadron ' that represents a
hostile navy In tho nilmlc warfare
now In progress In the zone to deter
Imine the effectiveness of the canul In
I time of real war, the "devil dogs"
! swarmed unon Fort Randolph and
j captured its home garrison of 1701
men. simultaneously, nnother land-1
ling party came ashore nt Coco Solo
and "overpowering" the seventy avl
' ators and mechanics left to defend
the air station and submarine base,
took over those works.
Unofficial observers wore of tho
opinion that the comparative enso
with which thoj marines solved tho
problems set for them in yesterday's
maneuvers Indicated what a real
enemy might be nble to do, although
It was pointed out that there were
only skeleton forces In the units of the
defensive system captured.
In only one Instance did -the ma-'
rlnes fall. A small detachment sent
n the nrmv air 'Station at
Fiance field, was captured by the in
fantry unit guurdlng that post. j
The landing operations were car-,
lied out with clock-like precision, j
Under cover of a smoke screen laid
down by tho auxiliary "black" fleet, 1
BOO mnrines left their ships in fifty
boats, slipped across Llmon bay
toward Fort Randolph. At the same
time another detachment of 600 men
left their vessels for a point south of
the fort and while tho garrison was
speculating as to the "enemy's" inten
tions, it found itself surprised and
in a trice eliminated from the prob
lem nf the dav. I
Three hundred marines took part
In the operations at Coco Solo.
The official umpire accompanying
U 1-n.lln i.nfHAll Rntl ihp OBera-
tlons contained a lesson for the army
in the possibilities and defects of the
canal defense system, i
Veteran Politician on Job
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. John R.
Voorhees, 94 year old grand sachem
or rammany nun, wi vij
living who attended the last democra
I tic natlonnl convention in 1868 when
Horatio Seymour was nommaieo, win
he nresent when the 1924 sonventlon
meets here June 24.
ENEMY
HANDS
II ENTRY
Governor Refuses Permission
to Cross Border and Re
enterDownfall of Obregon
Forecast By U. S. Support
Rebels Seize .Shipment of
Arms
AUSTIN, . Texas. Jan. 18. PermiB
Rimi to transport Mexican federal
troops across Texas was refused today
by Acting Governor T. W. Davidson,
in a telegram to Secretary of State
Hughes. , Possibility of trouble with
Mexican residents on the border in
fluenced the refusal. Acting Governor
Davidson said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. A de
tachment of the Mexican army carry
ing its arms and ammunition as bag
gage, will be permitted to pass from
Naco, Ariz., to somo point In Texas
for re-entry Into Mexico to oppose the
revolutionists, If the governor of
Texas consents to this operation.
Authority to move the troops of
the border was sought by the Obregon
government and transmitted to the
governors of the states affected, by
the state department, "which an
nounced last night that "this govern
ment looks favorably upon the re
quest." The governors of Arizona and New
Moxlco have given thoir approval to
the plan, which contemplates trans
portation of the detachment for ser
vice in regions of Mexico where
American lives and Interests are being
threatened with grave dangers by the
forces in revolt against the Mexican
government. 1
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Jan. 18.
The downfall of General Alvaro Obre
gon as president of Mexico will bu
hastened by the support granted him
by the United' States, according to a
statement 'made public today by
Deputy Helnaldo Esparza Martinez,
who recently Joined the personnel of
the De La Huerta agency in San An
tonio in charge of Deputy .Ruben Viz
carra. The Mexican people have unfavor
ably looked upon the Intervention ot
a foreign country in our internal af
fairs," he said.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 18.
Rebel troops under Fellelnno Garcia
captured a large quantity of arms and
ammunition consigned to the Mexican
federal forces at Tampico, according
to a report brought to De La Huerta
representatives here by courier from
southern Tamaullpas last night. All
revolutionary bands between San Fer
nando and Victoria have been ordered
to mobilize to assist In an attack on
Tampico, the revolutionists now being
well equipped with arms, and ammu
nition, the report salq. .
Sharp fighting occurred at Aldemas
a few miles northeast ' of Tampico,
when the federals attempted-to sur
prise a rebel -company, according to
the Huertlstns. The federals were led
Into a trap, the report .said, and vir
tually the entire detachment wus
killed or captured. (
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The situ
ation in Mexico, complicated reoently
by declaration of a revolutionary,
blockade at Tampico was considered
by President Coolidge and his advis
ers today at one of the longest ses
sions in recent months. There were
indications that more active steps to
protect American interests In the
blockaded port were considered at the
meeting, but -cabinet members said
afterward that any announcement
must come from the president.-White
House officials were silent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Part of
the crew of the cruiser Tacoma,
stranded on a reef near Vera Cruz
was put ashore yesterday, according
to a message to the navy department.
The remainder of the crew and the
commander were still on the ship last
night.
The cruiser Richmond, ordered to
the relief of the Tacoma, was expect
ed to reach the scene today.
SANTA FE, N. M an. 18. Govern
or J. F. Hinkle of New Mexico said this
morning he regarded bis permission
for the movement of Mexican federal
ti-oops through New Mexico as "mere
ly a matter of courtesy to our own
government and also to the govern
ment of a friendly neighbor."
Governor Hinkle added that he was
under the ImpressBlon that the war de
partment had full power to authorize
such a movement
The Noted Dead
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. A. B. Ramsdell,
assstant director of personnel and as
sistant vice president of the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific railway was
killed early today by a Chicago and
Northwestern train In the northern
part of the city. He waa said to have
left a sanitarium shortly before his
death, '
W O
Religious Disputes Reach
Apex In Public Debates
Between New York Divines
!M li 'WlJ O'-r !:!
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ABOVE: REV, LE1GHTON PARKS: "INSET. REV. JOHN
ROACH STRATTON AND REV. PERCY ST1CKNEY GRANT.
"iNEW .YORK. CITY The nation-wide dispute between tin
"fundamentalists" and the "modernists" of the Protestant faiths has
reached the proportions.' of a religious war in this city, with tin
leaders of the largest congregations definitely lined up for or against
.the traditional teachings. .. t. i
IThe latest fuel was added to" the fire' when Dr. Leighton Parks,,
tfffyears of age, twenty years rector of St. Bartholomew's, challenged,
ijhe virgin birth oiChristaudJhe bodjhresurrection.y
GALE GAVE
REALJEST
Safe Return After Flight in
Storm, Convinces Skeptics
Polar Cruise Not Aban
doned High
Personnel
Praise for
LAKEHURST, N. J., Jan. 18. (By
the Associated Press.) Even the
skeptics have been converted.
The Shenandoah's remarkable suc
cessful flight against one of the most
severe gales tliut ever struck the At
lantic coast, despite tho fact that her
nose was torn away and she was oth
erwise battered has won for her the
commendation ot those naval officers
who were Inclined to doubt the practi
cability of building ships of her type
and size. ,
That battle of Wednesday night and
early Thursday In a 72 mile wind
which carried her to Stnten Island be
fore she could be turned about has
convinced virtually every officer nt
the naval station that the Shenandoah
could successfully negotiate the plan
ned trip to the North pole.
There was evident gratification
when it was learned that Secretary of
the Navy Denby and Rear Admiral W.
A. Moffett, chief of the naval bureau
of aeronautics had predicted that the
accident to the Shenandoah would not
prevent the proposed cruise.
Echoes of the pralso for tho cool and
quick, work of Captain Hoinen and the
other officers and men aboard the ship
when she was set adrift, resounded
over the station today. A fact that
had not been generally known until
last night was the topic of consider
able conversation. This was that the
Shenandoah when that one great gust
of wind tore her from her mooring
mast, startod to the ground and was
only about six feet from the earth
when she started to rise and float
away.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The house
adjourned today without reaching a
decision as to the number of names to
bo required on petitions for the dis
charge of committees.
SHENA DOAH
ROILED BY TALK
I
Sensational Speech By Port
land Man Results in Row at
Yakima Meeting North
west Growers to Re-organize
and Select New Plan.
YAKIMA, Jan. 18. Aftor I. D. Hunt,
Portland bankor, upset the apple mar
keting conference yesterday, with a
sonsutlonal speech in which he charg
ed the growers meeting wns "packed"
with shipping interests, the growers
nearly broke up but settled down
again and excluding everybody but
genuine growers proceeded, with the
officers of the stute chamber of com
merce, to work out some solution of
their own difficulty. Ignoring bankers
altogether.
Fights between the different sec
tions of apple growers devoloped and
nearly broke up the meeting again but
finally, through the influence of Presi
dent N. B. Coffman of the state cham
ber, harmony was restored and the
growers agreed..to appoint a committee
of five apple mon with authority to
proceed to organize the apple men of
tho Pacific NorthwoBt.
Wenatchee advocates of the so-call
ed Wenatchee plan, Insisted on getting
their plan Introduced at the meeting
on the floor, but, after some hot argu
ments, It was rejected by the main
body. No other plan was presented
although the growers seemed' Inclin
ed to follow the California plan' (jut
lined by Frank Read of tho California
Fruit Exchange yesterday.'
Finally unanimous action was secur
ed which resulted In authorizing Presi
dent Coffman to name a committee of
five growers to proceed to organize
the Northwest Apple Growers, leaving
the committee free to select any plan
they might deem best. Mr. Coffman
said he would take two weeks to name
the committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The house
rules tight, In progress since Monday,
ended late today with the adoption of
a resolution providing, among other
things, for repeal of the Underwood
umendment rule, votes on discharge
ot committees on petition of 150 mem
bers, and creation of a new house comi
mlttee to handle legislation affecting
war veterans. ' " li
ous
BANKERS
Firs Philly Cop to
Kill Bandit to Get
Promotion Is Word
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 18.
Tho first policeman to kill a
bandit will be promoted, Is a
promise made by General Rmed-
ley D. Butler In his campaign to
clean up this city.
4 4-
10 RUCH 10 BE
ASKEDCLCOURT
Jacksonville and Ruch Citizens
Hold Meeting and Will Circu
late Petitions to Be Present
ed Next Wednesday Dis
tance Is 12 Miles. .
Citizens of Jacksonville and the Ap
plegate met persuant to a call for a
mass meeting in Jacksonville Wed
nesday evening U discuss pnvlng the j
road between Medford nnd Ruch.
It was docided to prepare the nec- j
eBsary petitions for signatures, clrcu
late them and present tho same to the
county court at its session noxt Wed-,
nesday. ,
No vote Is necessary by tho peopla
for tills work as the funds from which
the same would be built are already
arranged for. Ot the $500,000 last
bond Issue voted by the people for
roads $80,000 was specified to be used
on the roads botween Jacksonville and
Ruch. More than enough of this fund'
is on hand to puvo that section. ; .
The funds to pave from Jackson
ville to Mpdtord, according to the, plan
as 4 explained, would come from a
? 100,000 market' round fund already
provided for, part of which comes from
this year's levy for market ronds. This
market road fund Is supplied on a 60
50 basis from the state and county.
Tho road would be about 12 miles
long, and according to an estimate by
a Standard Oil road man, would cost!
about $10,000 per mile or $120,000 for
the road. It would bo 1G feet wide,'
with asphalt surface, using tho present
road bed, that wub built the past year
from Medford to Jacksonville, at. a
cost of betweon $15,000 and $20,000.
TRUE BILL QUASHED
PEN DLETON, ' Oro., Jnn.' 18. In
dictments ugalnst three nllcKed I.-, W.
W. charging wanton destruction ' of
property at Athenn last summer were
niinuhml In clrnlllt nnm-t. VOlllftrdnV
when tho trial of one of them, George!
llurns, enmo otf as tne court nem
that there was Insufficient evidence
to support nhargoB. llurns with tho
other two men, Charley Howey and
C. C. Unrton, were charged with pour
ing sand Into tho Journals of freight
cars. ,
PRIMARY BALLOT!
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 18. Pe-
tltlons for the secretary of state to
put the numo of William Olbbs Mc-1
Adoo on tho primary ballot as demo-'
emtio presidential nominee were -
ciliated hero today. Party leaders
t..AA.. la .. hnnuu fnvnrlttt In tlllf
;,i
LE TO TELL OWN
SHOOTING BEFORE
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. Mabel Nor
mand, film star, is willing to appear
before a meeting of Illinois club wom
en and tell her own story of the
shooting of Courtland Dines by her
chauffeur, as soon ns her henlth will
permit, she said, In a telegram yester
day. Women of tho first district, Illinois,
Federation or women'B ciuos ana
Women's Association of Commerce on
n,.j.. 1.... .1 .a ,,i,a .Kllnn
barring Miss Normand's pictures find
Invited her to come to unicago ana
Btate her own case.
Through Mack Honnett, her em
ployer, Miss Normand expressed
PAVING M
EDFORD
COMIC OPERA
E
AIT
Gunboat Shells Fort and Ruins
Chinese Soft Drink Stands
On Beach Oil Fields in No
Danger, Says RadioBot
tled Up War Ship Escapes.
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 18. Wire
less reports reaching Houston that a
rebel gunboat was firing on Tampico
created a tempest In a teapot. Ac
cording to Information received early
today by Houston oil companies hav
ing interests in the Mexican fields be
low Tampico. the firing was not in the
direction of Tampico and that city
Is In no danger.
A summary of tho report follows:
Some fifteen shells were fired, but
out to sea, not Inland. Two rebel
gunboats were bottled up In the
Panuco river between the shore line
and Tampico, the latter five miles
back from the mouth of the Panuco
river. One of these boats slipped out
to sea Wednesday night and escaped.
Tho other rebel gunboat made a
futile effort to join Its companion.
The federals had erected emergency
fortifications at LaBarra, on the north
Bide ot the Panuco river and at Its
mouth. The second boat, about half
way botween Tampico and where the
Panuco river Jutts out in the . gulf,
fired that way to afteot Its escape was
to fire on and demolish the emergency
fortifications and then rush out , to
safety. ,.
The shells fell on the beach 'at
Mlraml, farther to the north and close
to some Chinese refreshment stands
Bervlng the bathers. ..
Hut the attempt to demolish the
Laliarra fortitlcntlons failed and the
ship Is Btll inl the Panuco river. No -shotB
wore fired from: the ea toward -l
Tampico.-;" In fact, it Is not" generally '
believed that either rebels or -federals
have any wish to destroy or Interfere
with the oil fields operations and that
Tampico Is safo. Both sides of the
Panuco river from its mouth, back
five miles to Tampico, are lined with
oil company refineries and terminals
and thickly settled with employes'
houses. - .
The two rebel gunboats Were for
merly in the federal service. .
- Tumpico is strongly- garrisoned
with federal forces, although lacking
In strong coast fortifications. -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. For the
present the United States will not dis
patch warships to Tampico to protect
the rights of Its nationals against pos
sible infringement by the blockading
forces of the rebel leader, De La Huer
ta. After a day of consultation regard
ing the tatent turn of the Mexican sit
uation, President Coolidge and his
advisers have decided that no diffi
culty Is likely to arise requiring the
presence of American naval units. .
A long cabinet discussion was fol
lowed by preparations for the Issuance
of a statement by Secretary Denby at
the navy department, but when the
time for the announcement came the
secretary said lie had no announce
ment to make. , , ,
American naval forces "in some
strength will be nevertheless In that
vicinity in case they are needed. The
cruiser Richmond Is hearing; Vera
Cinz and has been ordered to take
aboard 278 men from the stranded
cruiser Tacoma. These med now are
ashore at Vera Cruz, the state depart
ment was advised today, and "under
the protection ot the. American con
sul." . . ''..'-,
Portland Wheat"'-.,'
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18. Wheat,
liarU white, bluestem, baart $1.02; soft
,, ,.,- vihlte il.nl: hard win-
ter northern spring, western red 96c.
1 OUHjr S
Today's car receipts Wheat 84;
'flour 29; corn 2; hay 9.
STORY OF LATE ;
ILLINOIS CLUB WOMEN
gratification over the action of the
women. ' - 1 :
"Thank you for your kind and Just
attitude." her telegram said, "also' the
women of your club who are broad
minded and Just enough to -wait until
the facts are known before they criti
cize and condemn. When I am well
enough to travel, my greatest pleasure
will be to meet you personally. Tour
attltudo In this unfortunate occur
rence has made me Inexpressibly hap
py. My gratitude and renewed thanks
for your loyalty. God bless you al
ways." ' -
The Women's Association of Com
merce of tho First District of Illinois
Women's Clubs will Join l.-l conduct
ing the meeting, -
SEA MAR
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