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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Ruin tonight: colder Tuesday. Maximum yostcrdny 60 Minimum today 25 Precipitation Trnco Weather Year Ago Maximum ....38 Minimum 28 NO. 263 Dally Eighteenth Year. Weekly Klfty-Third Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921 RESIGNATION SECY NAVY DEMANDED Unless Secy. Denby. Hands-in Resignation By Sundown, Senator Walsh Declares Senate Will Remove Him Record in Oil Case Unfits .nHim for Office. ' v.- ': : ' .Washington, Jan. 28.unioss the resignation of Secretary Denby is in the .hands 5t President Coolidge be fore sundown today, Senator Walsh, Montana, declared today in the sen ate, he would seek action in that body to remove the present head of the navy department. . The secretary showed his "utter un fitness" for of'ice, Senator Walsh said, when he willingly divested himself of responsibility for the naval reserves aiidV' turned them "over to an official to whom congress would never have entrusted them. Beyond this, however, the Montana senator said, the secretary in his ap pearance before the oil inquiry, had j shown absolute lack of knowledge of Important transactions for which, un der the law he is responsible History of Oil Case Upon opening discussion of his reso lution, Senator Walsh traced tho his tory of the naval oil reserves from the time President Taft withdrew them in entry in 1909. The withdrawal was made, be Bald, because it was real ized that the time was fast ap proaching when oil would be the future fuel of the navy. The right of Presi dent Taft to act was a subject of spir ited debate, he contlnuod, but was up held by the .supreme. court. aCtor con gress had enacted a law specifically conferring upon him the right ho had exercised. The Montana senator called atten tion to the repeated efforts made by private claimants to set up claims "mostly paper claims to land within the -naval reserves." He then traced the efforts and re viewed the acts of congress designed to protect the reserves from exploita tion. Particular emphasis was laid by Senator Walsh to an act of congress in reposing In the secretary of the navy alone the control of the reserves. "The present administration had hardly got warm in its scat," lie said, "before the president Issued nn execu tive order transferring the entire re serves to the secretory of the interior." Contrary to Law He added that the executive order was "indefensible," and that "contrary to law," and did not apprehend that anyone would arise to defend it. The original drift of this executive order, asserted the senator, was made by Secretary Fall and was not entrust ed to the agencies usually employed. "Fall oven drafted the lottor of transmittal which accompanied it Trom the navy department to the White House." he continued. Admiral Griffin and other navy of ficers, he went cn, made ineffectual at tempts to block the order and then to modify It. . "These protests ' were never trans mitted to the White House," he con tinued, "and the records there con tain nothing to show the reason for is suance of the order." The committee's investigation dis closed "absolutely nothing irregular In connection with the first Doheny contract for 22 off-set wells In re serve No. 1 Senator Walsh declared. "The danger of drainage was recog nized by all. Including Secretary Dan iels." he said, "and the Doheny com pany was the lowest bidder for the pro tecting wells. P. A. Pell left for a visit and busi ness trip Sunday evening to Califor nia. MUHR LINCOLN AURORA. III., Jan. 28. Warren J. Lincoln, confessed slayer of his wife and his brother-in-law. Byron Shoup. whose heads were found Saturday en cased in a large cement block, is Insane and should be sent to an asylum without trial. Dr. Joseph Springer, chief coroner's physician of Cook county, has recqmmended after an investigation. The possibility that Lincoln killed bis first wife more than a decade ago Governor Pierce's Private Secretary Robbed of His Gun SALEM. Ore, Jan. 28. When Ward A. Irvine private secretary to Governor Pierce, returned to hla home hero last nlKht from a ' week-end spent in Portland, ho discovered that his. home had fr been burglarized during his ab- senco. A .45 calibre automatic pistol, two suits of clothing, an overcoat and several shirts were among the loot taken. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Tho northwestern credit situation occupied a large place in the attention of Presi dent Coolidge today. Managing Director Meyer of the war finance corporation, Just returned from tho northwest as a member of the commission sent to determine what aid tho federal government might render, had an engagement to deliver his report and discuss with tho executive plans for ro-capltalization of northwestern banks. Conferences also were arranged by Mr. Coolidge with Gray Silver, Wash ington representative of the American Farm Bureau federation, Representa tive Leavitt, republican, Montana and a committee of Montana, farm organi zation representatives and Represen tative French, republican, Idaho, and representatives of the Wheat Growers association. Plans for tho conference to be held later this week with northwestern bankers meantime are moved forward by Secretaries Hoover and Wallace. Meantime the first big farm roller measure introduced at this congress was approved In principle by the sen ate agricultural committee, It is the Norbeck-Blirtncss bill proposing an appropriation of $75,000,000 for the aid of northwestern wheatgrowers in particular and agriculture generally. Ab Introduced the measure carried f 50,000.000 for tho aid of wheat grow ers only; but tho committee accepted a proposal by Senator Harrison, dem ocrat, Mississippi, that an additional $25,000,000 be added for assisting producers of cotton and other agri cultural products. A sub-committee was appointed to work out details of tho Harrison amendment. Of tho $50,000,000 for wheat grow ers, $20,000,000 would become avail able during tho present fiscal year, $20,000,000 during tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1025, and the remain der during tho succeeding fiscal year. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28. John H. Coke, United States attorney, yes tcl'day received orders from the at torney generals office in waslilngton D. C, to prosecute the bonus fraud asrs In the federnl courts. The in structions came In a letter which stated that the government's decision to proceed with tho prosecution came after consideration of all angles of tho case. Judge Coke nnnounced that he would ask the court to set the cases as soon as possible. Wicked Bandits Force Distillery Guards to Drink Own Medicine CHICAGO, Jan. 28. A small army of bandits said to have numbered 20 or 30, raided the Hammond Distillery company's plant at Hammond, Ind., which is used as a government warehouse, and according to the 'story of throe guards, forced them to drink whiskey until they were thoroughly intoxicated and then robbed the place of sixty barrels of whiskey. DECLARED CRAZY, has entered his case, police announc ed. That he might have been the slayer of a man whose body, minus hands and with features obliterated by burning, was found near Lincoln's home also is being investigated. A third new angle of the case which has kept the police here busy many months is the finding In Chicago of a young married woman who says Lin coln was to have married her after each had obtained a divorce. $100,000 VOTED PRESIDENT FOR OIL PROSECUTION House Passes Bill Giving Cool- idge $100,000 With Which to Employ Special Counsel for Action Against Leaders in Oil Scandal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Tho house today passed and sent to the senate a resolution to appropriate $100,000 for employment by the pres ident of special counsel to conduct prosecutions in connection with the leasing of naval oil reserves. The voto was 250 to 1, Blanton, democrat, Texas, casting the negative voto. Representative Garrett, the demo cratic leader, Immediately sought to have the house consider a resolution designed to bring about cancellation of the Sinclnlr Teapot Dome contract, but Chairman Sinnott, of the public lands committee, to which it had been referred, objectod, and it could not be brought up. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 The naval oil disclosures were debated by tho : senate toduy n a history-making ses sion with nil indications pointing to adoption before adjournment of a resolution favoring annulment of the Teapot Dome contract. 1 While the debate was In progress President Coolidge was completing his plans to replace prosecution of annul ment suits In the hands of District attorneys, one a democrat, and one a republican, with instructions to act independently of the department of justice. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, who has taken the lead in the senate inquiry presented on the senate floor the annulment resolution as provided in principle by the investigating com mittee. The discussion pointed to general acceptance of the proposed bill on both sides of the chamber, . OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 28. A resolution seeking a United States senate investigation of a lease to Quapaw Indian lands in northeastern Oklahoma granted in 1922 by Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the in terior to the Eagle-Picher Mining company, was adopted with one dis senting vote by the Oklahoma state senate today. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Presi dent Coolidge and Attorney Goneral Daugherty were attacked In the houso today by Reprosentativo Garrett of Tennessee, tho democratic leader for their failure to act more promptly on the naval oil disclosures. The Tennessee representative de clared the president "has no confi dence" In Mr. Daugherty, and added: "When a government department is suspected throughout the land of be ing saturated with fraud and corrup tion It Is time for a general cleanup of all departments." IS SENT TO PORTLAND PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 28. Leo Mc.N'all of Grants Pass, passenger In the automobile driven by Dr. Rhor man Loughridge, which toppled over tho Rogue river bridge near Grants Pass last Tuesday with fatal result to Loughridge, was yesterday sent to a hospital here, suffering from a broken leg, a broken hip and a broken Jaw. McNail had received treatment in Grants Pass, but complications neces sitated his removal to Portland. Sun Yat Sen Asks Labor Leader for New Policy HONO KONG, Jan. 28. (By tho Associated Press) Sun Yat Son, south China leader, today cabled greetings and an appenl for a new British policy toward China, to Ram- sajj Macdonald, England's premier. Recently Sun cabled Macdonald, as leader of tho British labor party, ask ing the support of British labor in Sun's long campaign against the Pe king government. The Daily Bank Robbery LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28. Three youthful bandits today held up a branch of the Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings bank at Pico and Valencia streets, lined up seven employes and a customer against the wall and es caped with $1500, according to reports to the police. At .almost the same moment two more young highwaymen, operating at Fourth and Bunker Hill streets, held up J. W. Davis, collector, for a bread company and made their getaway with $S00. AMERICAN EXPERT TO STUDY EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IS THE MCAK EAST J f x 1 I" Dr. Paul Monroe, director of the International Institute of Teachers' College and an internationally known authority on education, sailed on the Italian liner, "Prust dente Wilson" to make a survey for the Near East Relief of edu cational needs in the Levant, par ticularly anions j the 60.000 child ren who are beirig trained for solf Bupport In orphanages of the ro lief organization Dr. Monroe re cently returned) Jo this country after service of fnore than a year as educational expert for the irovernmeot. Oregon News in Brief PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28. Suit has been filed in circuit court by A. Pfi Elerath. asking $20,000 damages 'of Fred ' W. Wagner, the charge being made that during some stunts at the Elks-Grotto ball game laBt summer, Wagnor kicked a .barrel out from un der him, causing Elerath to fall to the ground. Elorntli- claims that both bones of his rifiht arm were broken. 1 CANBY, Ore., Jail. 28. At the regu lar monthly meeting of the Warner Grange, held In their new hall at New Era Saturday afternoon, a resolution was adopted providing that a bill be submitted to the voters of Oregon fix- In ga minimum clffcrge of $5 for auto mobile licenses and an additional tax be made on gasoline. . PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28. Fire which la believed to have started In the coal pile In tho basement caused an estimated $30,000 damage to the stock nnd property of the Simpson Automobile company here this morn ing. Tools and parts were destroyed but no automobiles were destroyed though several wore damaged by smoko and heat. HOOD RIVER. Ore, Jan. 28. Icy pavements caused more than a score of skidding accidents here and along the Columbia River highway today. Seven 'cars skidded into the ditch be tween here and Mosler. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. -28. Cov ered with bricks when the truck they were riding skidded off Canyon road this morning, Llnsoy Gartln and Wal ter Smith, 10-year-old employes of the Multnomah Lumber and Box company, wero sent to the emergency hospital, Gartln with a possible frac tured skull. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28. Con trol of tho properties of tho Flora Logging company, organized last Feb ruary by J. C. Flora of Portland and E. S. Grammar of Seattle to take over the timber tract and twelve miles of logging railway of tho Carlton Consolidated Lumber company in Yamhill county, hns passed to the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company of Portland, according to H. B. Vanduzer vice president of tho Inman-Poulsen Lumber company. Daily Report on the Crime Wave OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 28. Two bandits stole a safo containing about $300 from tho Fremont theater here shortly beforo midnight last night. They forced Robert Ray, managor of , V. ti,Dnt-- ami n frlnnrl. who wnjl in the theater office with him, to carry the safe to their automoDiie. mo holdun occurred within one block of a police station. Death Toll of the Automobile Ti'ATc-ijr nn in .Tun. 9S Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith were killed and their h.nA nhiMrnn wem InttiroH when the automobile In which they were riding. was struck by an Illinois jemrai senger train at Ackley, Iowa, lato yes terday. Walt Ins for Henry's Itenlr WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Still sLwnitinir word from Henry Ford as to whether he will appear to discuss his offer for Muscle Shoals, the house military committee proceeded today with its hearings under a program which called for their conclusion not later than Wednesday. NQUIRY SENATE OP I0P0LITICS Democratic Attempt to Involve . Late Prest. Harding in Oil Scandal Brings Sharp At tack From G. 0. P. Side Wash's Charge Denied. WASHINGTON, Jau. 28. Sonato de bate on tho oil looses opened today Immediately after the senate conven ed. Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, called attention to an article in tho Washington Star of January 24, in which the statement was mado that the question of leasing tho Teapot Dome reserve to the Sinclnlr Interests had not been submitted to the cab inet and that many members of Presi dent Harding's official family learned of the Teapot Dome lease for the first time from the newspapers. "This is a syndicated article," Senator Walsh said, "and has gone into scores of cities. I do not believe this purports to give the writer's own Information but must have been given to him by high officials. "Solely, in tho Interest of accuracy of history I read a letter transmitted by Secretary Fall to the president of the United States and by him to the senate in explanation of the leases and particularly the Teapot Dome lease and the reasons that actuatod the ac tion taken." "We have It upon tho word of Soc rotary Fall," continued Senator WbIbIi, "that before the leases were executed the leases themselves not only became a subject of cabinet discussison but the question of their legality became a subject of debate in tho cabinet." Senator Walsh also read the letter of President Harding transmitting the Fall letter which concluded with this sentonce; "I think It Is only fair to gay In this connection that the policy which has been adopted by the secretary of the navy and the secretary of the Interior in dealing with these matters, was sub mitted to me prior to the adoption thereof, and the policy decided upon and the subsoquent acts have at all times had my entire approval." Senator Walsh then called up the Caraway cancellation resolution say ing he deBired to offer a substitute but Chairman Lenroot objocted until he could make a statement. Walsh Charge Denied First Mr. Lenroot had read into tho record the statement issued by Prest dent Coolidge Saturday midnight out lining the administration's determina- tlon to proceed with court action to annul the leases. He then denied a statement issued last night by Sena tor Walsh saying that In view of the statement by the president obviously Information had been transmitted to the executive about a confidential agreement of the senate Investigating committee approving In principle the Walsh substitute resolution. Thin measure would direct the president to bring court action and to employ spe cial counsel to prosecute the cases. "Tho plain Inference is that tho pres ident's action was actuated by whnt the committee did In exocutlvo session last Saturday. I visited the White House at 10:30 o'clocK Saturday night at tho request of the president. Whon I reached there the .statement had boon prepared substantially In tho form In which It waB Issued. The president had no Information from mo, and, I am advised, from no other per son before ho prepared the statement. Work for Annulment. WASHINGTON. Jim. 28. Both tho exocutlvo and legislative branches of the government moved today toward tho common end of socking annul ment of the navnl oil reserve leases. Whllo President Coolidge was en deavoring to seloct two nationally known lawyers to take charge of the prosecution of suits, civil and crimi nal, the wholo subject came up for discussion on tho floor of the senate. Before the president announced at midnight Saturday the administra tion's determination to act at once, Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, who has boon foremost In pressing tho sonato oil inquiry had proparcd and tho Investigating committoe had en dorsed lrt prlnclplo a resolution au thorizing tho executive to act and di recting him to employ spocial coun sel to take charge of the litigation. . This resolution, on which Senators Walsh and Caraway, democrat. Ark ansas, had agreed upon as a substi tute for tho lattor'g ponding cancel lation measure. Is similar to the one Introduced Saturday by Representa tive Garrett, democratic leader In tho house, which will bo called upon to act on tho Walsh resolution If it Is adopted by the senate. Mr. Oarrott and other leaders anticipated little or no opposition to the resolutions, de claring It was desirable for congress (Continued on Page Six) Mayor of Newport, Oregon, Arrested On Intoxication Charge NEWPORT, Ore., Jan. 28. Carl Ryckman, mayor of Now- port, was arrested Saturday night on a chnrgo of driving an automobile while intoxicated and spent tho night in Jail nt Toledo, He was released on bond yostor- day. The arrest was made by Charles Overton, who was ousted r as a city councilman at a recall election held last week, and r James Amy, city marsnal. r PROTEST IS FILED ABMT USE OF SALEM, Ore., Jan. 28. C. II. Pur- cell, a district engineer of tho United States department of agriculture has filed with the state engineering de partment a protest against an appli cation of tho California-Oregon Power compnny for authority to dlvort tho waters of Mill Creek Into Its power plant at Prospect, Jackson county. It Is claimed the proposed diversion is contrary to public welfare Officials ot tho Calii'ornia-Orogon Power company said this morning that It was the plan of the company not to use tho Mill Creek wntor, but to divert tho waters of another creek into it. and uso the "new water," without taking any from tho nvornge flow In Mill Crook. This would save tho expense of building a cannl. This procedure, officials snld, was "Indefi nite, and Just a plan' for tho future." R.OSEIHJRG, Ore., Jan. 28. Coroner M. E. Rltter this morning ordered an Inquest Into the doath of Mrs. J. I). Embroo of Wolf Creek, who diod Sat urday night from injuries sustained In an automobile accident near the Rice Hill school house and the inves tigation will start at 2 o'clock at Oak land. Mrs. Embree, agod 49 years, and tho mother of seven Bons, received a fractured skull, when she was thrown through the windshield of the car In which she was riding, the car having skidded on the wet pavement dii-'ict-ly In front of a heavy auto bus south bound from Eugeno. The force ot tho Impact burled tho woman and lior younger son Norrls K. Karr, thnug'i tho glass. The boy. also received a fractured skull but Is expected to live. PORTLAND. Oro., .Inn. 28.- The DlHtrict Attorneys' Association of Oregon at its first opportunity will test tho right of Governor Plorco to send special prosecutors into counties of tho stuto without first granting a healing to tho district attorneys of tlioso counties. A resolution to this effect wns unanimously adopted by tho district attorneys at tho closing session of their annual convention Saturdny afternoon. Tho action followed tho stormy session of Saturduy morning when tho speech which had boon de livered by Oovornor Plorco tho night beforo was "picked to pieces." by tho district attorneys. LENINE LAUDED AS MOSCOW, Jan. 28.. Tho body of Nikolai lonlno lies In a tomb In tho shadow of tho Kremlin whither It was carried yesterday while a million peoplo paid their tribute to the man they honored as tho "commundor of a now humanity." Tho casket rests on an elevated platform In the sunken central cham bor over tho door to which Is the word "Lonlne," in relief letters. ' Never has the now Russia seen a ceromony more Impressivo than the entombment of Lonlno. Beginning early in the morning beforo tho civil mass ot the houso ot unions, thous ands gathered in the vicinity of Red square, awaiting the coming of the funeral procession. It was thirty de grees below zero. STATES WIN BANK CASE SUPREWIECT. Supreme Court Holds That Na tional Banks Can't Estab lish Branches Eighteen , States Joined Missouri in Bringing Action Involves State Rights. WASHINGTON, Jan.- 28. National bnnks are prohibited by the -laws of Missouri from establishing branches, tho suprame court held today in a case brought by tho First National bank of St. Louis. The opinion stated that tho state law does not conflict with the laws of the United States. Justice Sutherland, in delivering the opinion declared tho federal law does not . contomplata the establish ment of branch banks by national banks. Justice Sutherland added that branch banks cannot bo established by nntlonal banks under existing fed eral laws. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The le gality of the recent practice of some national banks In establishing branches was brought before the su preme court in an appeal by the First National bank In St. Louis to have set asldo tho rieclBlon of the Missouri courts holding that national banks woro subject to the branch banking laws of tho states. Eighteen states Arkansas, Connec ticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma. 8outh Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia. Wisconsin and Wyo ming Joined Missouri in asserting state control over national as well as ntntn on,! nrtvate hanks in matters ot such vital importance as -the ..estab lishineht of branches. After--the -case had been once arguod and had been set for argument, the federal gov ernment was permitted to Intervene, and supported the St. Louis and a number of other national banks in the contention that states had no Jurisdic tion over matters controlled by the national banking laws. Declaring branch banking destruc tive, centralizing and monopolistic, the states Insisted that It would be do moralizing to their banking systems should national banks be permitted tn nnn tri In Mllrh ttra (.t If.OM While I their own institutions were prohibit- ea. wnen xeaurai nummular, iuu Anfnmn the laws of congress, the states asserted, the states may go Into the courts to nave tnem eniorceu, oannr-lnlt., when such enforcement is considered by the states essontlnl to tho preservation of tho rlgnis ot tneir citizens and the protection of their personal and property rights, The states Insisted that as distinct sover eignties they had the right to protect their own sovereignty as well as the rights of their citizens "against the ravages of unlawful conduct" alleged on tho part of federal officials. Admitting tho constitutionality of tho federnl banking laws, and concede Ing that they could not prevent the location of national banks i .within their bordors, the states insisted that tho national banks by tholr charters woro authorized to establish only one banking Institution. . , v. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Favor able roports wero ordered today by tho sonato commorco comniltteo upon the nominations of Frederick I. Thompson of Alabama. William 8. Hill. South, Dakota, and .Bert E. Hanoy, Oregon, to bo members of tho shipping board COMMANDER OF NEW At tho tomb of Exdoklmoff, a 'cen tral committeeman, extolled Lenlne aa "tho International genius ot the work Ingmen's revolution," a man who stood on the throshhold of a "new epoch of tho ages." Thore was a peal of bells, .the boom of cannon and a suluto from the fac tory whistles as the casket was low- ored to its dais. BERLIN. Jan. 28. While, a mem orial mooting for Lenlne was in pro gress In a theater last nlsht, a large crowd outside Bhouted "down : with tho "sehuts pollzer!" (protection po lice); "down with capital!" ' The crowd refused to dlsperao and the police wore forced to us their clubs. Three arrests wore mado.