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MEDFORD. OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1924
NO, 259
S RELIEF
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PRESIDENT
DEMANDS FARIER
NEW PLAN
TO RELIEVE
U.S.FARMER
In Special Message to Con
gress President Pledges the
Whole Power of Govt, to
Clear Up Agricultural Situ
ation in Northwest Five
Main Steps Advocated.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Five steps
for the relief of the agricultural situa
tion In the northwest, some to be tak
en by congresB, bo mo by the executive
branch of the government and some
by private interests were outlined by
President Coolidge today in a special
message to congress.
The steps include:
The refunding of the pressing
past-due indebtedness of the farm
er in the territories most serious
ly affected;
Financial assistance through a
federal agency to enable wheat
farmers to make the change from
a single crop system to diversified
farming;
The restoration, wherever it
would be helpful of the Impaired
capital of banking institutions In
- the distressed sections;
The creation hy private capital
of a substantial financing corpor
ation to assist in ine pian tor re
organization; The extension of the time dur
ing which the war finance corpora
1 tlon can make loans.
Mr. Coolidge told congress that
these were measures "by which, with
out undue alarm or agitation, but,
nevertheless promptly and effectively,
we can bring to bear on a serious
though happily, a localized emergency,
every resource of the federal govern
ment and all the assistance which the
business and farming community can
render."
"The economic condition In certain
wheat growing sections of the north
west," the president said at the out
set of his message, "Is reaching an
acute state that rnnulrns organized
cooperation on the pa;t of the federal
Bovernment nnd the local Institutions
of that territory tor Its solution."
Calling attention to the mention he
made to this situation in his message
to congress in December, he contin
ued: "Great numbers of Individual farm
ers are so involved In debt, both on
mortgages and to merchants and
banks, that they are unable to pre
serve the equity of their property.
They are unable to undertake 'the di
versification of farming that is fun
damental necessary for sound agri
cultural reconstruction of the area.
They are unable to meet their obliga
tions and there has been involved the
entire mercantile and banking fabric
of these regions.
"Not only have thore been large
numbers of foreclosures on actual
farms, but there are great numbers of
farmers who are continuing in pos
session on sufferance from their cred
itors. Bank Failures' Alarming
"There have been large and increas
ing bank failures. Bills have been in
troduced providing for the lending by
the federal government of monies di
rectly to the farmers for purposes of
assisting them In conversion1 of their
farms on tte basis of diversified farm-
(Continued on Page Klght)
SMELLING FOR WHISKEY BREATH IS
STOPPED BY SEATTLE HEALTH OFFICER
SEATTLE. Jan. S3. Dr. H. M.
Reed, city health commissioner, has
Issuod an order, effective Immediately
that- prohibits city hospital Internes
from making an examination to de
termine whether drivers of automo
biles arrested on suspicion of being
intoxicated have been drinking
sufficiently to mak ttim liable to
arrest under the "arlving while In
toxicated" section of the city ordi
nances and state law.
: , The order Issued by Dr. Reed speci
i flea that the Internes are to examine
only those prisoners sent to them who
Billy Sunday May Be
Barred From Speaking
In Salem, By Mayor
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 23. Com-
mentlng on a proposal now under
consideration by the Evangelical
churches of Salem that Rev. Hilly
Sunday, evangelist, be brousht to
this city for a series of meetings
during the coming summer. May-
or John D. Geisy today said that
he is opposed to the plan. "
"Sunday's appeal Is based on
condemnation and a play upon the
emotions and I do not approve of
that sort of thiug," said Mayor
Gclsy.
.
RECALL FLEET
FROM TJ
If De La Huerta Has Really
Abandoned Blockade, War
ships Will Probably Be
Ordered to Withdraw Situ
ation Not Clear.
Brownsville Texas, received re
ports that tho garrison at Monterey,
capital of Nuevo Leon, In northeast
-Mexico Joined the rebellion. .
Rebel forces claimed the capture of
Celnyo, cuttinc off the federal army
at Guadalajara (western front) from
Mexico City.
Reported occupation of Ouadalajnra
by federals still is unconfirmed, but
capture of the city Is believed by
Tampico to be imminent.
Revolutionists advised American
Consul Wood at Vera Cruz of their
decision "to rulso the blockude of
Tampico."
The rebel occupation of Ciudad
Victoria was brief, according to Tam
pico, the revolutionaries evacuating
the city, capital of Tamaullpas (east
ern front) on the approach of a fede
ral contingent.
Federals claimed the cnitture of
.acamlztla and petroleum camps
nearby.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The De
Im lluerta revolutionists In Mexico
are preparing to abandon plans for
the technl.nl blockade of Tampico
and to substitute a policy under which
foreign commercial craft will be
warned that if they enter the zone of
possible bombardment there, they will
do so at their own risk.
WASHINGTON. Jan.' 23. Mexican
revolutionary lenders . have advised
Consul Wood at Vera Cruz of their de
cision "to raise the -blockade of Tam
pico." Consul Wood reported the. an
nouncement to the state department
today, but did not Bay definitely
whether the revolutionists' decision
was to permanently raise the block
ade, or whether it was of a tempo
rary nature, ns had been previously
reported. He was asked for further
information.
If Consul Woods' reply shows con
clusively that the De La Huerta lead
ers have abandoned the Tampico
blockade permanently, orders will be
issued withdrawing the American
cruiser Richmond, now standing off
Tampico to protect American com
merce. Insular Auditor Resigns
MANILA, Jan. 23. (Ry Associated
Press). Edward M. Fulllngton. insu
lar auditor, has cobbled his resignation
to President Coolidge, it was an
nounced today. Illness was given as
the reason for his resignation.
have been Injured or where there Is
a suspicion that the prisoner Is suffer
ing from poisoning.
"We are running a hospital and'
not a police station." declared ur.
Reed after issuing the order. "We
nre not concerned whether or not au
tomobile drivers are intoxicated. Our
Internes have testified In police court
and their absence from duty has In
terfered with the work at the hos
pital. We have enough to do to take
care of the sick and Injured and we
are not concerned with police court
and police business."
COOLIDGE
MAY
1PIC0
1Y 1CEL
SINCLAIR
1 L LEASE
Senator Walsh, Gives Notice
He Will Demand Return of
- Teapot Dome Concession to
Government Senator Car
away Says Archie Roosevelt
Told the Truth About Graft.
;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Notice
was given today In the senate by Sen
ator Walsh, democrat, Montana, that
he will ask the Teapot Dome investi
gating committee to report a resolu
tion advising the president to Insti
tute proceedings for the nnnuliment
of the lease of the Wyoming naval re
serve to the Sinclair interests. The
senator added that he also would ask
that the resolution would provide for
Bpeclal counsel to prosecute the case,
independent of the department Of
justice, because of a widespread sua
plcion throughout the country against
the attorney general.
, Senator Walsh said that whether
this "suspicion" was a misfortune or
a fault of the attorney general, he was
not prepared to say. He added that
there long had been a friendship be
tween Mr. Daughtrey and Albert B.
Foil, former secretary of the Interior;
that they had been cabinet members
togcthor and that ho believed that the
attorney general would be glad to be
relieved of the matter.
-Tainted with Corruption
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Declaring
It had become apparent that the Tea
pot Dome naval oil lease is "tainted
w,ith corruption,'' Senator Caraway,
democrat, Arkansas, moved today in
the senate for Immediate action on
his resolution to cancel tho lease.
"It was a transfer of public property
for a, private consideration," said Sen
ator Caraway. "I think everyone fn
mllinr with the record of the investi
gating committee will concede this."
. Without mincing wordB, Senator
Caraway reviewed the testimony, lay
ing particular stress upon what he
said was the "admission" of former
Interior Secretory Fall that he had
taken $100,000 to Texas from Wash
ington and had used it in enlarging his
ranch holdings In New Mexico.
"I know," tho senator declared, "that
somewhere in connection with that
lease this (100,000 came into the pos
session of Fall."
Commending Archie Roosevelt for
coming before the committee to pre
sent information which had come into
his possesslson, Senator Caraway turn
ed his attack on G. D. Wahlberg, pri
vate secretary to Harry Sinclair.
"When Roosevelt asked Wahlberg
if Fall had been bribed in connection
with the leose," Senator Caraway said,
"his reply was that 'bribery is a harsh
term but maybe somebody loaned him
money. I know I have In my posses
sion J6S,000 in cancelled checks given
by Sinclair to the foreman of Fall's
ranch.' "
Says Wahlberg Lied
Reciting Roosevelt's testimony that
Wahlberg had told him that he was
unhappy and knew that "they will
want me to lie for them," Senator
Caraway said:
"God bless his soul, he lived up to
their expectation."
The Arkansas senator characterized
as "Idiotic" the explanation of Wsihl
berg that Roosevelt had misunder
stood him about the checks that he
had referred to "six or eight cows."
"I wonder how he has accounted for
having the cows cancelled." The sen
ator said. "I know and there Is not a
senator on this floor who does not
know, that this contract was entered
Into for a corrupt consideration," con
tinued 8enator Caraway; that It was"
the buying and Belling of public prop
erty for a corrupt .and private benefit,
and I do not know how any" self re
specting senator can refuse to take
whatever steps may be offered at the
first opportunity to go as far as we
can to stamp our disapproval of this
transaction, and order the return of
what may be left of the oil to the
custody of the government, and ask an
accounting for all the oil taken out of
the public domain."
Ex-8eeretary Fal) Leave
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23. Albert B.
(Continued on leg Eight)
Kidnapping Of Two Girls
Starts New York Police
' After Alleged "Slavers"
... -
MISS NANCY LAURIA.
NEW YORK Fear of the existence in. this city of a band of
so-called "white slavers'" is expressed by police 'following the rescue
of Miss Nancy Lauria, 18, from a room in -which she said she was
held for weeks against her will, stupefied by liquor.
Miss Anna Gorey, a salesgirl, gave testimony tending to bear out
- this ,the.oryvhrn she appeared against Lawrence, Wright, former
' keeper at Ward's Island, whom she claimed kit'nsppcd her -arid held
her in his room lot two days, until neighbors told, a detective, who
rescued her.-
RUSSIA QUiFT.
PEOPLE MOURN
LENINE'SDEATH
MOSCOW, Jan. 23. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) The body of Nicolni
Lenlne lay last night in tho villa at
Gorky where the great bolshevik pro-
mler, stricken with a fatal illness,
spent most of the last year of his llfo.
Only Lenlne's widow, his mother
and some of his most Intimate asso
ciates in the communist party, ketu
the death watch in tho Gorky village
throughout the night. .
Vast Russia herself, from the far-
flung villages of Siberia to tho towns
of the Crimea, Is dazed by the passing
of her premier. Village communist
committees in distant districts awoke
this morning to receive the news.
Some of the peasants hate commun
ism, but most of them placed their
confidence in Lenlne.
All night the telegraph instruments
clicked and the wireless buzzed as the
report wont out and as the government
In Moscow gave Its directions to its
lieutenants in the provinces.
'Lenlne Is dead. Rally about his
name and memory and carry on his
policy," this was the purport of the
message.
It is not yet known whether Leon
Trotzky, who Is 111, will be able to at
tend the funeral. Leaders of the com
munist party .have advised him of the
death of his famous comrade, and they
expect he will exert every effort to be
at the services if his health permits.
Troops of the Moscow garrison with
fixed bayonets were scattered obout
at points for blocks around the rail
way Btation and tho house of unions
this morning, keeping the streets clear
of traffic in preparation for the arri
val of Lenlne's body.
No one was allowed to pass except
the members of the official funeral
party and its Invited guests. The
streets through which the cortege was
to pass from ten o'clock on lay In a
dead, snow-white silence awaiting the
late premier's last journey to the na
tional capitol.
SEATTLE, Jan. 23. Receipts of a
letter addressed to II. E. Dax, box 42,
Zenith, Wash., from a certain address
In St. Augustine street, Paris, France.
Is believed hy Carl Jackson, federal
division prohibition chief to have re
vealed an alleged attempt to violate
the eighteenth amendment by use of
the United States mails.
TRY TO EDUCATE
PEOPLE TO EAT
RALT-LAKK CITY. Utah, Jan. 23.
Housewives theHo duyH . are ordering
moro of tho ho -called choice cuts of
meat such as sirloin, tenderloin, por
terhouse nnd larb chops and the Na
tional Livestock and Meat board It
trying to convince them that cheap
cuts should also bo bought oh they
arc just as appetizing, nutritious and
palatable,
This was the Information conveyed
to delegates attending tho . annual
convention of tho National Wool
Growers' association hero today by
It. C. Pollock, managing director of
the bord.
"Consider (he vast volume of busi
ness during tho year 1923, Just
closed." he said. "In tho previous
year, 1922, a record had been et for
meat consumption In the United
Slates, hut 11)23 - caino to tho front
and snatched the honors of consump
tion by a wide margin,
"While, complete official figures arc
not available for the latter year, it 1
estimated Unit tho American people
consumed in excess of 17.500.000.00U
pounds of meat.' This tops tho figure
of 1922 by approximately 1, &00, 000.
000 pounds and represents a marked
Increase In the demands made on
livestock production.
"An increase in meat consumption
such as occurred In recent years, If
continued, should Bring about greatly
Improved conditions In the livestock
Industry, it is shown that the Indus
ti Is winning its hattlo against
cranks, faddists and other radical fac
tions that havo been a menace for
years with their Insidious propaganda
against tho eating of meat." 1
ENGINE EXPLODES,
3 MEN KILLED
'PITTSBUIIO, Pa., Jan. 23. Tho
boiler of nn Krlo railroad englno,
hauling the morning cxprcHti from
Pittsburg to Cleveland, over the Pitta
burg and Lako Krlo railroad, exploded
at Allquippn, Pa., 23 miles weat of
here today, whilo the train was run
ning forty mllea on hour. . Engineer
(leorge Clark nnd Fireman I. X,.
Kuechler and J. Ii. Mrade, road fore
man of engines were killed.
YOUNCI8TOWN, Ohio, Jan. 23. An
engineer, a fireman, nnd an Insnoctor
were killed when the engine of a
Pittsburg and Lake Erie , passenger
train exploded at Aliquippu, J'a.,. to
duy. It was said at Ntw York Central
headquarters hero. . Officials said it
was feared some passengors had been
killed or Injured, ' ..
Member State Fire
Marshal9 s Office Is
Fired for Drinking
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 23. Lieu
tenant Arthur Pullen was today .sus
pended from his poBltlon In the fire
marshal's office following u report
that nn automobile In which he was
riding with Hnrry Upham, inspector
In tho snnitary division of the health
department, had been in a collisslon
yesterday. Fire Marshal Kdward
Orenfoll said Pullen had admitted
that he hud four drinks of some
liquor which wan found when he and
Upham were inspecting barns yes
terday ns required by fire and health
departments.
Pullen was ono of tho men who
made charges against Flro Chief
John E. Young, that led to a trial In
tho fire department two years a"fco.
AND THREE IN
DEAD IN WRECK
, !
Four Lives Lost When U- S.
Cruiser Struck Reef Near
Vera Cruz Remainder of
Crew Safe Aboard Rescuing
Naval Tug. I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Four lives
woro lost in the wracking of the
crulHor Tacoma at Vera Cruz. The
dead; were Captain Herbert O.: Spar,
row; Edward Thaxter Derrick,, radio
man, second cIusb; Hober Hurry Lus
sler, radio man, first class, and Solo
mon Slvln, radio man, third class.
The remainder of the force of 48
men on tho Tacoma are now on naval
tugs In the harbor.
The dead nre aboard the cruiser and
an effort was to be made today to re
cover them.
The deaths of the men, Consul Wood
reported todny from Vera Cruz, re
sulted from their boing struck by
henvy wreckage on tho ships' dock
during the norther which finally de
stroyed the vessel. "
E
POTTS vfliLE, Pa,, Jan. 23. A
mother and her four daughters, rang
ing In age from one to sixteen, were
burned to death In a fire at Middle port,
near here, early today, when their
home was nearly destroyed. Andrew
Hurrllla, tho husband nifd father, was
Hoverely burned in attempting to res
cue them.
CORVALLIH. Ore., Jan. 23. Lead
lng farmers, bankers and businessmen j
from all parts of tho state are hero'
for the agricultural economic confer
ence opening today at Oregon Agri
cultural college. A program for the
development of agriculture In Ore
gon Is to be outlined for adoption at
the meeting, which 1 to continue until!
Friday Today was devoted largely to
registration and meeting of commo
dity groups and committees. General
assembly Is to be held late today. 1
The Northwest ' Realty board is to
havo (i meeting today in connection!
with tho agricultural conference. )
JAOMA CAPTAIN
BOA! WITH ONE MAN
IS LOST IN ARCTIC OCEAN
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 23.
(By the Associated Prcii. : Some
where in the north I'aclf.c ocean, In
Iho vicinity of Shell'tof strait, between
Uodiak lbland and the Alas-Vn imnln
sula, the 65-foot power boat Viking,
with Oeorge Johan-ion, ono member-of
tim tow aboard, has disuppi'ariMl
Without leaving any trace of wreck
age. In the opinion of nur'.hurn nnvl
gi.tors who have abandoned all hope
of (Ending the vossel.
Early on the morning or December
5, the Viking was riding at anchor Just
off Kanatak, Oold Day. .Ichnnson, a
sailor, was aboard, watching the ship.
The captain and crew muinlieia were
ashore. A gale suddenly caulo up
WILL
HERSELF IF
Nora Ellis, On Trail for Murder
of Pendleton Stage Driver,
Tells Weird Story On Stand
Claims Pact With God to
Kill Herself if State Doesn't
Take Life.
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 23. That
Nora Ellis had two minds, that aha
had two personalities, one that forced
her to the slaying of Gordon Mettle,
that she knew to be wrong, was the
gist of Miss Ellis' testimony on the
stand in her own behalf and that of
Dr. W. T. Williamson. Portland alien
ist, who gave expert testimony as to
her mentul condition yesterday.
Miss Ellis spoke in a low monotone,
her voice barely audible through the
crowded court room though the room
was Intensely quiet. Only once did
she raise her voice out of lie monot-'
onous sing-song, when her counsel
asked her how she had become
estranged from her friends and neigh
bors so that she no longer visited
with them.
. "That's a long story," she said, then
added intensely, "oh, what's the usel
I know what they're trying to do. I'm
not crazy." , i .
"I'm Not Crazy", . .
Evor and again through her testi
mony icamo those, words: ,"l knew
what I was doing., rm'ndt-'c'rtuyV'
Repeatedly she stated that she did not
fear to hung, did no't fear the gallows
and that she had made a pact with
God to kill Mottle and then herself
and that if the state did not take her
life then she must needs take it her
self in ordor to keep her pact with
God.
Rrlefly, with promptings of her
counsel she told of hor relations with
Gordon Mettle. How they had been
twice engaged, the first time, she did
not remember when tho second time
perhaps, it was the year before last
she did not know, she was not . sure.
Repeatedly, too, those phrases crept
Into her testimony: "I don't Know.
I'm not sure." ; . i .
Strango Hallucinations
In telling of his examination of Miss
Ellis, which he made in a three and a
half hour interview a week ago, Dr.
Williamson described how she had
told him, that the mind she did not
understand had made holes In her
head by forcing- ItseJf upward and
outward. She had taken his hand and
placing It on her head had indicated
bony promontories as places where
those holes had healed. "That state
of mind Is not a normal one," said the
doctor. Further He referred to her
fear of being Insane and said that was
a disease In Itself. Taking her tem
perature and pulse in the court room
tho doctor found It normal, which' he
stated was In itself an Indication of
abnormality, since a normal person's
pulse would undoubtedly be height-;
ntiiwl hv Ihn arnltatnanf ' nManrliint
upon a murder trial. f - .
Hallucinations that she had been
subject to following the killing . of
Aieine were aescrioea Dy miss unis.
"He came with me to the jail and I
went with him to the churoh and tried
to bind up his wounds-but always tho
blood and bits of brain would flow
downward through my fingers and
undo my work. I went to his funeral
with Htm and burled him." ' . '
With the conclusion of the court
session yesterday, - defense had con
cluded their examination of Miss Ellis
and Had turned her over for cross
examination which will be concluded
by the state this morning. .
fContlnued on Page Eight) -
from the northwest and when dawn
broke the next day, the vessel had dis
appeared. A search in these waters
during the following two weeks prov
ed fruitless. -
Johanson had a rudimentary know
ledge of gas engines but it Is believed
that he was unable to start the engine
ancl.'ut the same tlmo, keep .the, .craft
headed Into the storm. On the. day of
the boat's disappearance It was four
teen degrees below zero. The Viking
was amply supplied with food.
The Viking was owned by Andy
Cosgrove of Sand Point. She had Just
returned with the Buckley Wells hunt
ing party from Denver, Colo., the day
before she disappeared.' ; , "J
ACQUITTED