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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library Tr The Weather Prediction Hulu Maximum yesterday 5U Minimum today 48 1'reclplUitlon Traoo edford Mail Tribune Weather Year Ago Maximum 40 Minimum 20.7 Dally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Third Tear. MEDFORD, 0BEG0X, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924 NO. 264 M DENBY WILL NOT RESIGN, DHE FOES Secretary of Navy Has No In tention of Quitting Under Fire Did the Right Thing and Says He Would Do the Same Again Coolidge Re fuses Comment WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 Secretary Denby announced after today's cabinet meeting at which the oil lease Investi gation was considered that he had "no Intention whatever of resigning at the present time." "I am so convinced I did the right thing that I would do It again tomor row regardless of the consequences," the secretary said. " I feel that I carried out the will of congress and my activities served the best Interests of the people. Accordingly I have nothing to regret and no reason to re sign." . t Assistant ' Secretary Roosevelt, whose name also has boon prominent In the Investigation was declared by Mr. Denby to be "entirely and abso lutely In the clear." "Colonel Roosevelt has done noth ing to be criticized for in the trans actions. I approved them with full knowledge and I accept complete re sponsibility. Mr. Roosevelt Is In no wise responsible for the action taken." With reference to the Robinson res olution pending In the senate and call ing for his resignation, Mr. Denby said he would like "to see the senator, ytrho In the senate would vote for a resolution besmirching the character of any man without having accorded that man an opportunity to be hoard." "I want a record vote In the senate on the Robinson resolution," he con tinued, "so that I may determine what senators are willing to besmirch and defame the name of an American citi zen who is guilty of no crime and who has never been charged, tried or con victed in any court." WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. President Coolidge asked a direct question by callers to his office today relative to the Robinson resolution requesting the resignation of Secretary Denby. re plied that it was a matter he did not care to discuss. Tho president considorn tho whole Oil leaRing investigation nB having re solved Itself Into two malprlty prob lems for the executive branch of the government first to determine whether there was criminal nubility and Becond, to ascertain whether the leases are legal and to the best Inter ests of the government. All other matters are of losses Importance in his opinion. These two problems nre to be work ed out by the special counsel to be employed by the president and there is no Indication that the executive at ji this time Is contemplating any addi tional action. Ho discussed the mat ter today at a cabinet session lasting nearly two hours. Reading Secretary Denby's state ment to the senate later, Senator Rob inson of Arkansas, tho democratic leader, declared the secretary wasen tltled to a "vote on tho resolution." "Let me say." he added, "that every effort which I can mako to secure a record vote will be directed to obtain ing It just as soon as it Is possible. "This is an Issue that will not down. The record shows that after congress reposed the responsibility for these reserves in the secretary of the navy he acquiesced in, consented to and ap proved the transfer of these reserves to the control of a department where he knew the policy of congress would bo deliberately and wilfully disre garded." . SECY ILLON'S TAX IS ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE ,.,.-,-r-,vT inn 90. A rate of 25 per cent for the reduction In earned income taxes was definitely decided upon today hy the house ways and means committee. Recognition of. earned Income taxed) for Bpecial reduction as suggested by Secretary Mellon was approved yesterday by the committee. Representative Garner of Texas, au thor of the democratic tax plan, pro posed that the rate be placed at 331-3 per cent. HUi motion was defeated Senate Democrats Also Demand Atty. General Quit Post WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. A 4 resolution expressing the senso 4r of the senate that the president request the immediate reslgna- 4 tlon of Attorney General Daugh- 4 4 erty was prepared today by Sen- 4 ator Wheeler, democrat, Mon- 4 tana, who said he would Intro- duce It at the first opportunity. 4 The resolution declares that the president has lost confidence In Mr. Dougherty, as exemplified 4 by employment of outside coun- 4 Bel to prosecute tho annulment suits. It also asserts that Mr. Daugherty has lost tho confl- 4 4 dence of congress antf of tho 4 American people and that tho 4 department of Justice has "fallen 4 into disrepute." 4 SINCLAIR AGAIN FALL ANYTHIN6 Teapot Dome Magnate Cables Senator Lenroot From Paris That He Will Return Only When He Has Finished His Business in Europe. PARIS, Jan. 29. (By the Associat ed Press.) Harry P. Sinclair today cabled Senator Lenroot commending President Cooliflge's action in institut ing legal proceedings over the Teapot Dome oil leases but reiterating his de termination not to return to testify further-until his European business trip has been completed. 1 Mr. Sinclair in his message says "he welcomes the judicial determination of these questions in the lawfully con stituted courts of our country and at the earliest date possible." He adds that having appeared before the Investigating committee five dif ferent times and been discharged, he feels justified in remaining in Europe until his business negotiations are completed. "On five different occasions," says the message, "I have appeared before your committee. I have given you every fact or circumstance you have Inquired about from mo and was thereupon discharged by you from further testimony. It was not until yon told me that I was discharged from '"-ther testimony ttasft 1 came to Eu rope. "I came here on a business matter. As soon as I can expedite my business I shall return. I have stated before your committee that neither I nor'the companies with which I am connected have ever given Fall or any other rep resentative of tho government any money or consideration whatsoever In connection with the Teapot Dome lease and I jgain repeat I have not done so." "I have been advised that the presi dent of the United States has directed the institution of legal proceedings for the purpose of determining the ques tion of fraud, if any there be, and for determining the validity or non-valid lty of the leases. I commend the ac tion of the president in so doing and welcome a judicial determination of these questions In the lawfully con stituted courts of our country and at the earliest date possible. "Under these circumstances I feel and respectfully insist that if the rec ords and books of tho Hyva corpora tion are pertinent to your Inquiry. I and I alone am the proper person to j testify regarding these records. Any other procedure, it seems to be, is en jtirely unfair and not In accord with the American Idea oi a square aeai. (Signed) "H. F. SINCLAIR." REDUCTION PLAN aa ron nnA of rtenresentatlve Young, republican, North Dakota, limiting the reduction to rirtecn or iwemy yei n h anrnnH Income tnx. Mnimitioa itin tnnk un Secre tary Mellon's proposal for a board of tux appeals. Considerable opposition developed to the provision giving the secretary power to appoint the chair man of the board and suggestions were mode t'.iat the hoard be set up entirely out of the Jurisdiction of the treasury. DENIES HE GAVE CANCEL TEA POT LEASE Passage of Resolution By Sen ator Walsh Regarded As Certain Debate Continues Between Republicans and Democrats Roosevelt Tes timony Given to President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The senate failed again today to reach a vote on the Walsh resolu tion for cancellation of oil leases. After six hours of debate a recess was taken until noon tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Both the White House and congress proceeded today with plans to throw the whole Fall-Doheny-Sinclair oil lease muddle into the courts. In another dramatic debate the sen ate not only pressed toward action on an annulment resolution, but heard re newed demands that Secretary Denby retire from the cabinet because of his part in the leasing program. The Immediate subject of the sen ate debate when the session begin to day was the resolution of Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, calling on the president to employ special coun sel and institute proceedings for can collation of both the Doheny and, Sin clair leases. Its passnge before ad journment tonight was generally pre dieted. ' ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Meeting an hour earlier than usual the senate today plunged Into Its debate over the naval oil leases with action In prospect on the resolution of Senator Walsh, democrat Moritana, calling on the irseldciit to Institute annulment pro ceedings. - Chairman Lenroot of the oil Investi gating committee revealed that the purport of Archie Roosevelt's sensa tional testimony relating to charges of a $68,000 payment to the foreman of Secretary Fal's ranch had been known to President Coolidge In ad vance of Mr. Roosovelt'B appearance cn the stand. Senator Lenroot said Mr. Roosevelt and. his brother, Theodore, assistant secretary of the navy, had given this information to himself .and Senator Walsh on the day before. "I conceived It to bo my duty to ac quaint the president of the United States of the information which came to. us," said Lenroot, "and I did bo." President Praised The president acted promptly and did everything from that time on that any president, democrat or republican, could be expected to do and there can not be any criticism of tho president of the United States of any failure to act." 'DoeBn't the senator know," asked Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, that the country will Judge the presi dent's sincerity by the length of time he keeps Edwin Denby In his cab inet?" That Is another matter," responded Senator Lenroot. "I am speaking now of the Bteps the president has taken to protect the country." The committee chairman said It was hut natural that democratic senators should make the most political' capital possible out of the Incident. "But when we como to rectifying any wrong, If wrong there be," he said "politics should stop. So I did resent and I resent now tho criticism of the president of announcing his intention to do what they seek to compel him to do by this resolution. "Every means possible Is going to be taken by senators on the other side of the aisle to fasten on President Coolidge some culpability, some re sponsibillty for this matter. I venture to say, however, that the effort will fail." Roosevelt Testimony The senator declared that the first "positive Information of fraud," came before the committee a week ago yes terday In the testimony of Archie Roosevelt, It was on the baBls of this Information, he added that the presl dent at once directed the department of Justice to observe the proceedings before the committee, a duty for which the department detailed Assistant At , torney General Holland. "If these leases are In fact legal and valid. If there be no fraud or corrup tion in connection with them. If the courts shall finally sustain all of these leases to the two great naval reserves," Senator Lenroot continued, "It will be due to the unfortunate language adopt- (Continued on Page Eight) "Motherless "Daughters Of LaKor Premier To Preside V Oyer No. 10 Downing Street i . r PREMIER MACDON'ALD '.LbW..THEi MACDONALD, 'MOOR, ' LONDON Fnom "this ' IiiimbM little rstone""cottage in. Lossie'-i Snouth,' Scotland, England's new premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will remove with his four motherless sons and daughters to .No. 10, powning Street,- successively, the home of British premi:rssinccj jthe .time of Gladstone. - " ' ' ' V "The Scotch labor leader 'spent the Christmas" holidays .wilh' his . "daughters in Lots, :inouth. Mrs. Hacdonald died in ltlll'Her twol .daughters . haVc . since managed their father's household.,' E TO HALL SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. Rail road baiting still survives "despite the fact that bull baiting has long ago been stopped by penal laws and bear baiting Is no longer allowed," Wll- lam Sproule. president bf the South ern Pacific company said today In an address at the opening of the first mid-year western conference of the Chamber of'Commerco of the United States here. Paul Sboup, vice presi dent of the Southern Pacific company, Is presiding at tho meeting. "Like tlte bull and the boar, the rail roads are on the defensive only be cause of their being bnlted," Mr. Sproule continued. "It Is tlmo that railroad baiting ceased to be a popular pastime. 'Do you know that In 1913, which year before the Oermnn war broke out and which was the year In which rail road rates were low, the class one railroads of tho country paid their stockholders dividends amounting to $322,000,000. In 1922, on the contrary, the dividends paid fell to. $271,500,000. The stockholders received $50,000,000 less dividends In 1922 than In 193, al though In 1922 the railroads earned $5,673,000,000 as a.i.tlnst $3,119,000,000 gross In 1913. "The railroads should not be asked to sell transportation at a lo-s be cause some other industry is not pros pering. The fact Is that there is not an Industry In tho country which could be made prosperous by a gen eral reduction of railroad rates upon that Industry, while the rate reduc tions themselves might at tho same time total such amounts as to doprlve the railroads of tfie means necessary to serve the public ut large. "In 1923 the railroads had but five cents left out of tho dollar after, pay ing their taxes and before they paid Interest on money borrowed, generally known as fixed charges." In calling tho meeting to order, Chairman Shoup said: "Taxation 's the most Important question before tho American people today. For those who have Incomes above a few thousand dollars' per an num, the war will never be over. Surely our country will appreciate the necessity of taking advantage of the opportunity presented In a systematic and business like way by Secretary Mellon for reduction of these bur dens." TM BAITING OF RAIL ROADS IN U.S.A. WITH HIS DAUGHTERS: BE-, vCOTTAGE. ON. THE, SCOTCH H. -10 WASTE MORE TIME ON TALK WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Henry Ford today Informed tho house mili tary committee ho thought It unneces sary for himself or any representa tives to appear before tho cuiumittoo to further discuss his offer for MuhcIu Shoals. "Further hearings," said Mr. Ford In a telegram to Chairman Kahn, "would only serve to delay action and unnecessarily consume the time of a busy and importunt committee of con gress already In possession of all tho facts." Mr. Ford's mossugo was In reply to one rrom Mr. Kahn, notirylng nun that the committee desired tu wind up Its hearings not later than today, and that a number of members wished to question him regarding his bid. . It j follows: "In reply to your telegram that. some members of tho military affairs committee desire to ask- mo some quegtlons and suggesting that I appeur before your committee or send a rep resentative empowered to speak for me and especially in reply to your own statement that you wished to give us a 'full opportunity to explain your offer,' I respectfully submit to your consideration: "Invitations for bids for Muscle Shoals were asked for by the secre tary of war In April, 1921. Our offer was submitted to him 111 February, in 1122. Your committee has therefore had our proposal before It for pructl cally two years. Mr. Mayo, our repre sentative, has appeared before you on numerous occasions and every phuse of our offer has been fully inquired Into and explained. Your committee haa therefore reported to congress two bills providing for acceptance of our offer. I know of nothing that we can add that would be holpful to you. Further hearings would only serve to delay action and unnecessarily con sume the time of a busy and Impor tant committee of congress already In possession of all tho facts." Prohibition Comes' to An End in Turkey, Liquor Is Restored LONDON, Jan. 29. Prohlbl- tlon In Turkey enme to an Igno- mlnous end Sunday, says a Con-, stantlnople dispatch to tho Dully Mail, when Premier Ismet Pasha'B proposal to restore liquor as a state monopoly received the unanimous approval of the na- tlonal assembly. FORD REFUSES "Hello Rastus!" Riles Negro, Ex'Footfall Star Is Badly Cut TACOMA, Jan. 20. Thoodore (Ted) EX Faulk, formor Unlver- sity of Washington football play- or was severely cut about the head last night by Willlnm F. Thompson, colored janitor of an office building. The janitor Bur- rendered to tho police today nnd4 was lodged In jail. He disappear- ed after tho attack. Faulk said the nogro attacked him with a large knife aftor he had greeted hlin with "hullo, Rastus." FALL ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE IS Levi Cooke, Fall's Attorney, Urges Committee to Visit Ex-Secy, in Sick Room Walsh Refuses Will Hear Doctors Tomorrow. WASHINGTON', n. 29. Albert B. Fall, former secretary of tho interior, Is on the verge of a nervous break down, the senate oil commlttoe was told today by his counsol, Lovl Cooke. "Senator Fall has been under a great strain for the paBt few weeks," said Mr. Cooke. "Ho traveled exten sively and has been put to a groat physical strain." Urging that the commlttno as a whole or a Bub-commlttee examine Mr. ' Fall In his1 sick room at the home of : J. W. Zevely, Mr. Cooke told the com- mlttee that it was the opinion of the attending physicians that a delay in, the' examination tended only to aggra-j vate his condition. Ho added that tho, doctors felt that any prolonged strain i upon him at this time might have a moBt detrimental effect and read a I statement prepared last night by Dr. j jonn wnarton and throo consulting phvsiclans to that effect. Senator Walsh, domocrat, Montana, who has had the predominant role In the whole oil leuao Investigation, said he hesitated to Intrude himsolt In Mr. Fall's sick room and that he would prefer first to hoar from the physi cians ns to when Mr. Fall would be likely ablo to como beforo the com mittee. "I suggest," he said "that the physi cians appear and tell us under oath when ho will be ablo to appear." Chairman Lenroot suggested that the doctors come before the commit tee tomorrow but Mr. Cooke urged they be heard today. After further discussion the commit tee decided to hear tho doctors to morrow morning. At the same tlmo it also will examine Director Ilaln of tho bureau of mines with respect to the disposal of storage oil from naval re serve number ono In California and of royalty oil In the Suit Creek field. Thomas Johnson, foreman of Fall's Now Mexico ranch, was present today but Chairman Lenroot Informed him that his examination would ho defer red for a time. Meantime ho Is to re main In Washington at the call of the oommltee. Daily Report on the Crime Wave LOS ANOF.LEB, Jan. 29. Two armed bandits held up nnd robbed Dr. !H. I. Dowd and a imrtuf friends bore early this morning socurlng ROSEDURO, Ore.. Jan. 29. Col. Reed, charged with the sale of Intoxi cating liquor was today found guilty and lined $500 and given ten days In Jail. Tho case has been particularly hard fought, and attracted a groat deal ! of attention because of the Issues In volved. Reed was arrested by two state agents, who claimed to have purchased liquor from him. The do . fense raised the question of entrap 'ment, citing Oregon authorities tend ' Ing to prove that where officers Induc ed a man to commit a crime that no (eon vie tlon could be secured. The LAWYtR SCLAIivl ANTI-SALOON CASE GIVEN TO MY Trial of N. Y. Leader of Anti Saloon League Ends Court Refuses Directed Verdict Also Refuses to Quash In-,, dictment Friends of De-. fendants Sure of Acquittal. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The case of William H. Anderson, state superin tendent of the Antl-Snloon league, on trial on a charge of third degree forg ery was given to tho jury today at 5.65 p. m. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Motion by de fense counsel for an Instructed verdict of not guilty In the case of William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, on trial for forg ery, was denied by Justice Tompkins In supreme court today. Justice Tomp kins also denied another motion to quash the Indictment. Arguments then began. In closing arguments to the Jury at torneys for the defense claimed that Anderson was the victim of a conspir acy by tho wet forces of New York to discredit the Anti-Saloon league and the Volstead act and that a convitc tlon of the defendant would be taken as approval of the policy of law viola, tlon and encouragement of the boot leggor. ' The state In closing the case main tained the evidence showed Anderson had used his position to extort money from the rich and that he had suc ceeded In amassing a -private fortune through his activities as head of the Anti-Saloon league. The explanatior of the defendant that he received $25, 000 cash from a frlond of the prohi bition cause, who had nevor been Iden tified was designated as a hoax, whlli a number of witnesses for the defenst were termed unworthy of belief. Friends of Anderson were frank In their prediction that he would be ac quitted promptly as they maintained no evidence had been submitted to show fraud or extortion. Oregon News in Brief ASTORIA, Ore.. Jan. 29 The Clat sop county court has asked for bids to be opened February 9, on the clearing and grading of a road from the Const highway to Fort Clatsop, where the Lewis and Clark expedition had Its headquarters during the win-, ter It was on the coast in 1805-06, PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 29. A trafflcVlam developed hero this morn--Ing, delaying thousands on their way to tho downtown district when the ocean steamer Montlcello loaded with lumber became Btuck in the mud Just as she was starting through the open draw of the Hawthorne bridge, . 1 ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 29. A severe storm which was .sweeping the Paclfla ocean at the mouth of the Columbia' river early today moderated during the morning. The wind which was seventy miles an hour at 8 a. m., had moderated to 48 miles at 11 a. m. The barometer was rising rapidly. MORO, Ore., Jan. 29. The Sher man county export commission league was organized and a resolution In dorsing the McNary-Hagen bill was' drawn up at a meeting of businessmen and farmers here yesterday. about (16,000 In money and jewels. Dr. Dowd and his friends were re turning from a theater party and had arrived in front of the Dowd home when the robbery occurred. DEFENSE FAILS, ROSEBURG GUILTY ON BOOZE E court, Judge C. M. Thomas of Jackson county, ruled, however, that where, there was evidence to show that a per son had been engaged In the violation of the law as was proven In this case, the officers were given authority un der the law to purchase liquor from him Is possible. Entrapment, It was held, might only bo a question of a person never pre viously engaged In law violation Induc ed to commit a crime and then arrest ed by the officer devising the plan for the wrongful act The case la to b appealed.