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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Library "j? Jtb Tribune The Weather Prediction: OccaMioiial showers Maximum yestcrduy 52 Mlnlmuui today .44.5 Precipitation 72 EDFORD Weather Year Ago Maximum 63 Minimum 23 Daily Eighteenth Tenr. Weekly Fifty-Third Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924 NO. 272 LLOYD. GE E SP SENSATION M Mail OR 0 REPUDIATES L'OYDGEORGE Labor Premier Expresses Re gret for Lloyd George's Claim of Secret Agreement Between Clemenceau and Woodrpw Wilson Clemen ceau Defies Lloyd George. LONDON, Feb. 7. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A grave view Is held In British government circles regard lug the situation precipitated by form er Prime Minister Lloyd George's alle gation of a compact uotween Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau over the occupation of the Ilhineland, It was authoritatively stated today. The relations between Premier Poin care and Prime Minister MacDonald have become cordial, it is declared, and the disclosure was made today that they had arrived at some import ant arrangements with the Bavarian palatinate over the separatist move ment in which there has been friction between Franco . and Great Britain. Mr. Lloyd George's statement, there fore, caused something akin to con sternation in government quarters as ' It was felt to haVe". placed Mr. Mac Donald In a difficult position. ; In view of this Lord Crewe, British ambas sador at Paris, has been instructed to Interview M. Polncare and give a per sonal explanation of the situation so as to remove any wrong impression. Lloyd George's Statement LONDON. Feb. 7. (My the Asso ciated Press.) With reference to an Interview with former Premier Lloyd George published by the New York World and republished in a sensa tional way by the London Evening Standard last night, the foreign office lias Issued the following statement: "An Interview Is stated to have been given by Mr. Lloyd Georgo to an Amer ican newspaper, in ' the course of which he Is made to ernrss himself with indignation regarding his discov ery In central official documents re cently forwarded to him of evidence that -during his absence in London, President Wilson and M. Clemenceau "had signed at the peace conference in Paris, a 'secret compact' regarding military occupation of the Rhineland." The Interview continues: ' 'I have always been attacked by many people in England as the viliian of that piece. I have just received the document from the foreign office. The French now wish to publish the agree ment botween Wilson and Clemenceau and desiro me to agree. It Is a little late to ask my consent; I have never seen the documents before," " : The statement proceeds! "These assertions should be read In conjunction with the following facts: The foreign office ha3 been notiHed that the French foreign office Intends to prepare a yellow (blue) book concerning! certain documents connected with the drafting of articles 428 to 431 of the treaty of Versailles. The consent of his majesty's govern ment to the publication of these docu ments is necessary in view of the agreement reached by the peace con ference under which th official records of the proceedings of the conference were not to be published. fPontlniiArt on Fce Klsrht) BE USEFUL TO HUMANITY AND LIVE IN RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 7. A plan to make Montlcello, Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Va., a mem orial that will "embody active and con-, tlnuous service for the preservation and spread of American ideals," has been worked out by the Thomas Jef ferson Memorial foundation which Is conducting a nation wide campaign for funds. ! The plan calls for the selection each year of three American citizens ad judged to have rendered the greatest service to humanity In science, educa-j Big Pinochle Hand Causes Death of S. P. Flagman at Berkeley BERKELEY, Cal.. Feb. 7. The excitement of holding a big 4 hand in a game of pinochle is bo- lleved to have caused the death of Jacob Allman, a flagman for the Southern Pacific Railroad company in a pool hall here yes 's terday. lie collapsed suddenly at the card table from an attack of heart disease and died before reaching a hospital to which he was rushed. RESTING PLACE Present Plans Contemplate Tomb in Washington Cathe dral, But Mrs. Wilson Unde cided Virginia and Prince ton Present Claims. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Wrapped In the Rlory of death, Woodrow Wil son has found sanctuary under the towering arches of the Washington cathedral acclaimed by his country men and ttte world. , , Hg.-wus laid to his eternal rest In the silent vault with only? the solemn, simple rites olj religious service, as whm his wish, often spoken to the sor rowing widow who today sought to take up life's burdens with an aching sense of loss in her heart. , Before her still is the task of de ciding where shall be the final rest ing place of her honored husband. For months, probably, he will lie In the vault to which hewas committed yesterday, just as night came slowly over the nation's capital; but a greater memorial will one .day be reared for him to show the honor in which men held him. The dead war president had given thought to the place where he would rest in death and it will be within the District of Columbia that his ultimate tomb will be set. That has already been decided by Mrs. Wilson in ac cordance with his wishes, although the place where the tomb shall be erected Is still to be elected. Above the vault where lies the cas ket that contains his body, the ca thedral structure has reached a point in building where the transepts north and south are next to be constructed. The north transept, by tradition in JOngland and the United States, is Hie transept of statesmen, where those may lie who gave great .service to their countrymen In the civil .walks of nutionul. life. Plans have been formed for the building of an ade quate, memorial to Woodrow Wilson In that transept of the cathedral be neath which he now nests. It would be placed Just where the massive nor thern wall of the nave and the west ern bulk of the transept will join. Tomb In Guthedral. As the plan now runs, the tomb would be built Into the wall of the cathedrnl itself and the casket so tenderly placed yesterday In the chapel vault would be sealed within Its stone enclosure forever. Within the transept on the main floor of the cathedral, a fitting mem orial would be set as the inner face of the tomb. Mrs. Wilson has not as yet assented this idea of the plan. She had agreed with her husband that since he lived for eight long yeara in Wash ington as president and came from the White House to make his home in the city, it 1b natural he Bhould be (Continued on Page Eight) 1,3 tion and government, who will be des ignated "guests of the nation." They will be entitled to occupy Montlcello each for a period of three months as tho central figure in an educational program of national scope, directed by the foundation in cooperation with influential agencies for public enlight enment In all the states of the union. Edward F. Albee, chairman of the foundation, in making public the plan, said the selections would be made each year on April 13, the birthday of Jef ferson, by a proposed Montlcello board of regents. WILSON'S FINAL MAY BE CHURCH SECT FAIL Attorneys for Government Per suade Committee to Drop Further Questioning Unless Ex-Secretary Will Waive Immunity Insistence Might Make Action Impossible. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Further efforts to question Albert F. Fall, in the senate oil investigation wore abandoned today by the oil commit tee. Tho decision .was. reached upon ad vice of the special government coun sel In the oil cases, Silns F. Strawn and Atlea Pomereno. They recom mended against permitting Mr. Fall to testify unless he waived immunity. After considering the recommenda tion of counsel for an hour the com mittee adopted this motion by Sena tor Walsh, democrat, Montana: "The witness, Albert B. Fall, having refused to answer any questions that might be put to mm touching the mat ters under Investigation by the com mittee on the ground that his evidence might tend to incriminate him, and the committee being advised by coun- sol that the statute providing that a witness Bhould not be excused from testifying before a congressional com mittee on such ground being lesB broad in its scope than the constitu tlonal guaranty, so that proceedings for contempt or by indictment against the witness for contumacy would prob abaly fail, and that if the witness pro ceeded to testify before the commit tee under protest he might gain Im munity from prosecution and the com mittee being advised by the attorney for the witness that his purpose to stand on his constitutional rights is irrevocable, I move that the subpoena Issued for the witness, Albert n. Fall, be . vacated and that ho be released from further attendance on the com mittee." . Senator Reed asserted that the "sln; nous trail of bribery" had been found to reach the government offices and now should be "extended to the peni tentiary." "We are about to determine," he said, "whether cabinet officers are Im mune from the law which governs the common people of the country. All officers who have betrayed their trusts must be brought to the bar of the courts. All officers who havo per mitted the country to be plundered while they slept at their posts must be removed.; Every man who has for fees or favor, employed the influence which he gained through the generos ity of the public to seduce the serv ants, must bo exposed and condemn ed." Asserting that Immediately after taking office Fall has begun "setting the stage for one of the most gigantic steals of history," Senator Reed said that on April 7, 1922, "Sinclair In the role of miner burglar carried away the Teapot Dome." ' . "April 25th, Doheny, playing the star part, strolled across the stage, boasting that his loot exceeded $100, 000.000," the senatbr continued. "The play was ended; the curtain was rung down. The oil circuit season was clos ed. The actors retired; Sinclair to the race track; Doheny to his Califor nia habitat and Fall prepared to re turn to innocent pastoral pursuits." Referring to Fall's refusal to testify, the senator declared that "he who dare Hot speak lest he shall prove him self a' criminal," stands self condemn ed. " ' "Nor is Dofieny In a happier plight, 1 he continued. "Entangled in the meshes of his own words, tripped and trnpped by admitted facts, he lies floundering. Slnclnlm manifestly pre fers the companionship of bright eyed Paris to 'the stony faces of the senate committee. . "The crimd stands confessed. So far as Fall, Doheny and Sinclair are concerned, guilt has been found by a substantially unanimous vote in both branches of congress. That derision is barked by the universal verdict of 110,000,000 people. Doheny Reduces Figures. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. E. L. Doheny. the California oil operator, has notified tho senate oil committee (Continued on Page Eight) TIGHTENED Doug, J r.s Mother Gives Up Second Hubby To Devote Life To Son's Movie Career MR. AND MRS. EVANS AND DOUG. JR.. DEFORETHE VOUTH'S CINEMA AMBITIONS BROKE UP THE FAMILY, LOS ANGELES Between her husband and her son. Mrs. Fames fc-vans, Jr. made the age-old decision of mother. She has parted from her husband, whom she married after her divorce from Douglas Fairbanks! in order to devote her life to her boy, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. who has begun a career in the movies. " . WaS a co"fMct between art nd business." said Mrs. Evans. "Mr. Evans is a business nfan My lite and hopes are all bound up in my mi." BOY LAUGHS ON EVE OF DEATH, CARSON CITY, Nev., Feb. 7. (By Associated Ptohh), Gee Jon, ChlnuHO Thomas KuhhgII, tong 'slayer and American born Mexican youth, con victed of killing hi Indian sweetheart were Interviewed by newspapermen today as the hours of their last day drew them toward the stroke of ten o'clock tomorrow morning when the two condemned men will be put to death In the first execution by lethal gas. The Chinese tonKman, reclining on his bunk, arose and came to the door of his cell. Ho Indicated that ho did not understand the questions put to him and declined tho warden's prof-' fer of an interpreter. Gee Jon said he could not eat or sleep and ho did not want to discuss lethal gas. Russell, the young Mexican, In an adjacent cell, met the correspondents smilingly and chatted freely, lie 're peated his contention that he did not kill the Indian girt, but that she was slain by, her mother, who testified that he was the slayer. Asked whether he dreaded the now form of execution, Russell said: "No more than any other way." X wouldn't choose any of them, he added with a litugh, "and if 1 h.id to choose, I wouldn't know which to take. But 1 am not afraid. I did not commit this murder. I am leaving this world so why should I lie?" Russell was reading a pruyer book when the interviewers arrived. He had magazines on his table. His de meanor was cheerful, he seemed to have a faint hope that a lust minute reprieve might save him. 'Perhaps," he mused, "the old squaw, my girl's mother, will come here and tell the truth." This was the first time the con demned men had been seen by out siders, excepting their counsel in the manyt months that they have been under the death watch while their cases were carried to various courts of appeal. FLU KP1DKMIC IS KNGI,A!: 37 DIE IN ONE WEEK IX)NDOiV, Feb. 7. There Is no sign as yet of the abatement of the epi demic of Influenza vmcn la sweeping LETHAL CHAMBER . - s 4 1 SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7. William A, (Hilly) Sunday will not conduct a se ries of revival meetings In Salem as planned by a majqrity of local churches, in a letter which he direct ed to the chairman of a committee, which urged him to appear here, he Intimated he is nut coming because of the divided sentiment. PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 7. A Umatilla county "Coolldge1 for presi dent" club was formed here yester day afternoon with H.' E. Hall of Pendleton as president. - Senator Ike Patterson, slulo manager of the Cool ldge campaign reports that the senti ment for Coolidge In Umatilla county is very strong. PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 7. Pen dleton slipped another notch In tho Umatilla county basketball league last night by dropping a slow game, 3(1 to Hi to Helix, the league leaders. At Adams, pilot Rock secured a SEU 25 victory over Adams. EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 7. Soventv flvo businessmen representing Salem, Eugene, Albany, CorvalMs, Junction City, and Springfield, indorsed tho proposed pipe line from Clear Lake, to Valley cities as far north as Salem at a meeting hero. The proposed plan calls for about, 179 miles of pipe line with an estimated cost of between $5,000,000 and $7,000,000. It is said that the project would provide a sufficient supply of ' water for 600.000 persons for the next thirty years. : : E'P DEAD, LONDON HOTEL LONDON, Feb. 7. Mme. Sorgu, the fumouH continental syndicalist, was found dead in bed in a London hotel today. Khe wan here as a correspon dent for a Belgian newspaper. Reeking Interview with Premier Macdonald, Mr. Lloyd George and other notnbleB. Mme Sorgu wnit the daughter of the French philosopher, Durand Dogroa, and her grandfather was the Russian general, Kripkof. In the course of her career, she has been described as "Europe's most dangerous woman, the stormy petrel, and 'Mme Trouble" " over the United Kingdom. The deaths reported from Influenza last - week numbered 307. Wealthy Clubman Shoots Visitor of The Early Morning NEWTON, Mass., Feb. 7. An exchange of shots between Lewia F. Curtis, wealthy clubman and sportsman, and a man believed to be Roy G. Vance of Haverhill In the sun porch of Curtis' home In the fushlonnble Chestnut Hill district early today sent botli, men to hospitals. Curtis suffer- ed only a slight wound in the arm but Vance was found to be in a crltlcnl condition. JAPAN PLEADS FOR CHANGE IN U. S. ATTITUDE Foreign Minister Matsiu in Ex clusive Statement to Asso ciated Press, Pleads for Fair Play Asks Only for Treat ment Accorded Others. TOKIO, Feb. 7. (By the Associat ed Press.) Viewing with apparent anxiety the "increasing restrictions Upon. Japanese, residents in the United States and, the proposal now before congress for further exclusion of Jap anese," Foreign Minister K. Matsult, In an exclusive statement to the Asso ciated Press toduy appealed to the United States to heed Japan's cher ished desire "to be treated on the same footing with other independent nations." Defending Japan's attitude toward the question as "conciliatory and well meaning," tho statement expresses readiness to discuss anew tho prob lem of restrictions and exclusion. Tho foreign minister's statement follows: i "Naturally, Japanese are disturbed over the increasing restrictions upon the Japanese residents by the United States and the proposals now berore congress for further exclusion of Jap anese. The discriminatory and seem ingly relentless opposition of some Americans to the presence of compar paratlvely few of our people Is diffi cult for us to understand and hard to reconcile, either with our sense of proper dignity or with the apprecia tion of fine principles, for which Americans generally stand. "Being particularly anxious for American good will wo have gone far lu many matters to meet the Ameri can viewpoint. Sentiment apart, we fully realize that an accord and under standing with the United States would bo of Incalculable anvantage to Jap- nn. Our continued development anu security to a large measure depend upon tho maintenance of good rela tions with America as well as with oth er nations. This is not merely a tem porary ueuu, uut an mi uo jwooiuin see, Japan's need far in the future. Wc live by our overseas trade, In which tho United States Is our greatost cus-, tomer and onr chief source of supplies. Request Not Unreasonable 'In the wisdom of a policy of close understanding and cooperation, all Janan concurs. Jupan was overwhelm ingly gratified and moreover, touched deeply and endurlngly by the sympa thy and extensive generosity your pen- (Continued on Page ElghO WiFP flFNIR SHF M WAVWARfl llll L. ULIIII-U VJIIL. UIIUI IIMI (IIIIIU HUSBAND AND PULi,i:AN, WasH., Fob. 7. Denial that she hi'd anything to do with tho slaying Inst night of Miss Kate Hurter, 26, or the shuotlng of her husband, Lawrence Stackman, 85, was reiterat ed today by Mrs. Stackman. "I don't see why he Insists 1 did It, after he promised to go straight and now that he Is dying, she was quoted as Baying. Mrs. Stackman was held by the police for questioning, but no charge has been filed agnlnst her. Stackman was taken today to Col fax, the county seat of this county, where he was questioned by the sheriff. SABY DYING AS FUNERAL OF 11 HELD Two Year Old Baby Only Sur vivor of 12 Stricken Three Sets of Pall Bearers and 3 - Ministers Take Part in Un usual Services in Willam ette Valley. ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 7. At one o'clock this afternoon the First Presbyterian church was paoked to overflowing when the funeral services were held. Floral offer ings were piled high upon the plat form which bore the ten caskets. One tiny coffin Is already pre pared for Horst Ruehllng, so cer tain are the attendants that his fight for life is hopeless. ALBANY, Ore., Fob. 7. Horst . Ruehllng, aged two, only survivor of u family party of twelve poi- . Honed by food eaten at a dinner Kutunlny wnn todny stricken wltli symptoms of Uio malady which already has caused eleven deaths, Dr. Frederick I. Strieker, Htitte health officer rushed to tho home ' of lOrnest Roitz, six miles east of -hero this morning on receiving news of tho child's Illness, tpitcml-v ' lug to ndmlutster serum to cmni ternct botiilintiH poisoning- but ho . wild ho fenred the serum hod ai 1 rived too Into and thut the child would not survive. . ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 7. Ten cas kets, containing the eleven bodies of the Reinhold Qerber and Paul Qerblg families, two of the Ruehllng family, and one of the family of Otto Yunker, were placed today In the First Pres- uyiemin unurvn nuro lur luiiernt iwi- vico this afternoon over f the victims of poisonoUB food eaten at a family reunion dinner Inst Saturday. One of the caskets contained the body of Mrs. Paul Clorbig and her 13-months old daughter Esther. Three sets of pall bearers were selected from among members of the congregation with which the Qerbers and Oerhigs have been associated since coming to Linn county, more than thirty years ago. The Rev. H. C. Messerll of Albany, Rev. H. W. Gross of Salem Lutheran church, Rev. E. J. Propst of Corvallls, Rev. C. Schulonberg of Lebanon, and Mayor P. A. Young of Albnay, were chosen to assist In conducting - the services, which are being held In the First Presbyterian church because It has the inrgest seating capacity of any church in Albany. In accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Reinhold Oerber, the Qerber and Oerblg families will be burled In one long trench In a plot In , Riverside cemetery, with floor, walls and roof Immediately above the caskets In con crete. The Ruehlings go to another plot, and Hans Yunker to his family's burial ground. A deputy of the state health office was here last night to get samples of tissue and organs of thevlctims for a more thorough study of the malady which caused the deaths of the eleven victims and which has been ascribed by local Investigators to botullnus In homo preserved beans. Casualties of the Air Service LYONS, France, Feb. 7. Two mili tary alrplnnes, piloted at a height of 3000 feet while maneuvering yester day, crashed In flames. Both pilots were futully Injured. KILLED SWEETHEART Miss Hnrter's body was found In her home with Stackman, badly wounded, by the girl's mother whet) she re turned last night from a picture show. Stackman had three bullet wounds in his breast and physicians did not ex pect him to live long. Mrs. Stackman arrived here yester day from Lewinton, Idaho, and was quoted as having said she came to warn Mrs. Harter about her daughter keeping company with Stackman, who la a railroad engineer. , Mrs. Stackman was found asleep In her hotel room last night, and deputy Biiuriikn were uiiuriiivu lllul BIIV anil nnt lnft thA hllililinff.