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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1924
NO. 277
PAPER .-ENTERS OIL SCANDAL
Till
Medford Mail Trie
HARD NGS
BOMB SHELL
IN Oil CASE
IS
Frank Vanderlip, N. Y. Banker,
Introduces Sale of Marion
' Star Into Attack On Oil Graft
Subpoenaed at Once to
: Testify All Washington Is
Agog With Excitement.
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (By the
Associated Press) A subpoena for
Frank A. Vanderlip to appear beforo
the senate oil committee was issued
today by Chairman Lenroot.
. He will be asked about references
he made in a speech nt Ossining, N.
V., last night to the oil inquiry and to
the source of funds usel last year to
purchase "a certain Marlon news
paper." i
"Mr. Vanderlip has given circula
tion to the story about the Marion
Star," Senator Walsh said. "Moreover,
he has charged that the committee
declined to hear Mr. Fall further bo
cause ho was ready to 'peach' and to
lead to acts of high officials which
the committee did not dure 'go into,"
Mr. Vanderlip is summoned for 10
a. m., tomorrow, but Chairman Len
root said he did not know whether
he would be the first witness called.
Senator Walsh said that those who
purchased the Star
from President
0
Harding would not bo called before case of Tutonkhamun which was d la
the committee at least until aftor Mr. closed yesterday by the raising of the
Vanderlip had-. boon, heard....., s massive ltd of .the sarcophagus. '
Other senators were disinclined '-to The first view of this, wonderful
disniRH fho statements made bv Mr. M'm-i-n nnrl tmirian nnfriA wit, tha
Vanderlip. but the news went like face, shoulders, breast and arms of ) the 011 RUlts In addition, the com
wildfire throughout thn senate and of- th Phnrmih tntwiin nut in hnMaHmlttM been toI(I bv Mr- Strawn
firial quarters generally with the re-
buU that the story soon was on every
tongue and tho long list of 'other de-
velopments that have entered into tho
oil investigation were almost forgot-
ten.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Frank A.
Vanderlip whan informed today that
he hnd been summoned to appear be-
fore the senate oil committee said:
"I'll be glad to toll what I know
about the circumstances surrounding
the sale of the late President Hard
ing's newspaper."
It . li
Mr. anderlip said today discuHsing
his speech of last night that he had
no proof of the rumors that were cur-
rent for months regarding tho Marion
newspaper.
"My purpose," said Mr. Vanderlip,
"In bringing it to public notice is to
encourage an investigation of gossip
concerning a dead president; gossip
.which is outrageous if untrue.
"I have made no formal request to
President Coolidgo for auch an inves-
ligation. He might say it Is none of my
Artmitg No Proof.
business and It may not be but it
seems to tne a newspaper could best An incredibly bizarre effect was lent
conduct the inquiry if the publishers by the solid, folded headdress, the
abandon their policy of silence toward long curved golden beard, the thick
gossip which , they have heard. I ness' of a ship's cable and the gigantic
have no unusual sources of news. flail and crook grape d In the great
"But I have profound faith In the' hands.
honesly and -courage of President
Coolidgc and his ability to clean a
very dirty house. We should give
liim our sympathy and patience and
not criticize him yet. Ho probably felt
that he came to his office by an ac
cident of death and that he should
continue the cabinet and policy to
which he fell heir.
"The committee failed to call Fall
to testify, not because they were
afraid he would not talk, bfit because
they were afraid he would talk too
much. I do not think Senator Walsh
was a party to this and do not In-
vlude him in my statement that seve.
ral of his associates were undesirable
Investigators of any moral question
I think he is extremely acute and
almost fanatically high-minded."
f Continue on Free Eight)
WORK ON KING TUT'S TOMB CALLED OFF.
CARTER TIRED OF EGYPT'S DISCOURTESY
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 13. (Hy the
Associated Press:) Owing to what he
characterized as the "discourtesy" of
the Egyptian public works department,
Howard Carter, in charge of the ex
cavation work, closed Tut enkhamun's
tomb today and abandoned operations.
U is understood the crisis was pre
cipitated by the refusal of the Egyp
tian government to permit the wives
of the excavators to visit the tomb.
The following notice was posted in
the hall of the Winter Palace hotel
this afternoon:
Is Granted Divorce
Because Her Hubby
Demanded Accounting
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13.
Divorco from James C. Costello,
wealthy real estate operator,
formerly of Seattle and Cheyenne,
Wyo., was granted to Mrs. Cos-
tello today by Circuit Judge Ev-
ans because Bhe had been requlr-
ed by her husband to account for
carfare, postage stamps, "and
other multitudinous Items expend-
ed in the arrangement of a houso-
bold." The court awarded the
wife one-third of Costello's for-
I4- tune, estimated worth between
$250,000 and $500,000. Cash all-
mony of $37,080 was also allowed.
I
GOLDEN EFFIGY
OF KING TUT IS
. P. Correspondent Is First
Newspaper . Man to View
Gorgeous Mummy Case
First Sight Declared to Be
Overwhelming.
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 13. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press
Wan thA first- nowRnnnprniRii nrlmiirnri
totiiLV tn v1rV th cni'iranita mil mm v
relief on the metal, one realized that
this discovery was indeed among tho
great annals of Egyptology,
Nothing has ever been found In
Egypt approaching the colossus of
gold with its strangely natural, oddly
captivating face and supreme dignity
of line. The only parallel one can call
lo m,n " sreat stone erngy
carved on the lid of the sarcophagus
the exodus.
It now seems clear that the effigy
of Merenptah, whose sarcophagus lies
In his tomb a scant hundred yards
from that of Tutenkhamun and hith-
crto regarded as unique in Egyptology
merfllyb represents th'e hnbla' form
of mu cafle of K(?ypt-8 kinRS.
Tne case found tod read ex
pam8 wny of Kpynt.s oU1 ru,Prs onIy
Tutcnkhamun's has been left invio-
at0i
when the correspondent entered
tho tomb he foum, a aheet of gjim
Iald acroHfl the open sarcophagus be-
neath the cracked granite lid which
hung from its tackle some three feet
above. The first sight of the dead
king's effigy was overwhelming. It
might have been a huge golden idol. A
PORTLAND VESSEL IS
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 13. The
sailing veasel Reuce -- was reported
blown ashore in Shlmldzu bay, Japan,
today but Is In no danger, according
to a message received by C. K. West
of Portland, who with a group of aa-
nnMiitna nurnhnnprl th vennel annie
time ago from the Columbia River
Packers juwoclatlon. Several other
boats were also blown ashore, accord
ing to West's advices. The vessel is
now used In the lumber trade.
"Luxor, Feb. 13. Owing to the Im
possible restrictions and discourtesies
on the part of the public works de
partment and its antiquity section, all
my collaborators in protest have re
fused to work any further upon scien
tific investigation of the tomb of Tut-
Ankh-Amen. I am therefore obliged
to make known to the public that im
mediately after the press view of the
tomb between 10 o'clock and noon, the
tomb will be closed and no further
work will be carried out.
(Signed' "HOWARD CARTER
AWESOME SIGHT
A,
coon
CHANGE HIS
OIL COUNSEL
Nomination of Silas H. Strawn
to Be Withdrawn Is Report
Pomerene May Also Go
James R. Garfield Expected
to Be Final Choice Oil
Scandal Spreading Fast.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 President
Cooll.dKe apparently la preparing to
withdraw from the senate the nomi
nation of Silas H. Strawn of Illinois
as special government counsel In the
oil lease cases. .
It Is possible that the name of Atlee
Pomerene, Mr. Strawn's colleague,
also will be withdrawn.
James R. Garfield of Ohio who was
socretary of the interior under Roose
velt, may be chosen as counsel in
place of Mr. Strawn.
Confirmation of the two men chosen
by the president, Silas H. Strawn of
Illinois and Atlee Pomerene of Ohio,
In opposed by some democratic sena
tors who have taken leading parts in
the oil Inquiry and there is a disposi
tion among the republican senate
leaders to- believe that Mr. Strawn at
least, will fall of confirmation.
Whother Mr. Pomerene also will be
denied senate approval Is more un
certain, , . The committee . probably
will not act before tomorrow.
ThoHo opposing confirmation take
the position that the two men selected
hy the president lacHc the specialized
logal experience needed to prosecute
that he is a director of tho First Na
tional and First Savings and Trust
banks of Chicago, both of which have
kbeen referred to in committee testi
mony as "Standard Oil banks."
Tawycr Wants to Testify
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Karl C.
Schuyler, a Denver attorney, tele
graphed Senator Wash, democrat,
Montana, today that he has in his pos
session correspondence which he
thought the senate oil committee
should have. Senator Walsh said he
would be summoned. ,
At the same time the Montana
senator received a communication
from D. F. Stacklebeck of the Den
ver Post, saying he had good reason
to believe that the correspondence In
Schuyler's possession was "sensa
tional.' Stackelback's telegram follows:
"Have good reason to believe that
Karl C. Schuyler, Denver attorney has
sensational correspondence in his pos
session regarding Teapot Dome mat
ter. Suggest he be subpoenaed and
asked to bring any correspondence In
his possession."
Schuyler's telegram read:
"I acted as personal counsel to John
Loo Stack in connection with his con
tract with Pier OH company and his
claims arising therefrom.
"Charges have been made In the
local newspaper which, by implication
involved me in wrongdoing in connec
tion with the subject matter. I also
have in my possession certain corre
spondence which I believe your com
mittee should see and hereby request
permission . to appear before you at
earliest convenient time, please wire."
BY
ECT.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 1. The su
preme court today handed down Its
written opinlonn on the county tax
supervising and conservation commis
sion cases on which it passed orally
several weeks ago. The written opin
ions confirm the oral opinion which
held that the county tax supervising
and conservation commission act was
void because of defective title.
The opinions handed down, today
include:
' Elizabeth N. Anderson, et al, vs.
George A. Morse, et al, appellants;
appeal from Jackson county: suit to
foreclose contract for sale of land.
Opinion by Justice Coshow. Judge
F. M. Calkins affirmed.
This case Involved the sale of the
Royal Orchard tract of land on An
derson creek by George A. Moore, on
contract with the owner to E. M.
Thompson, J. W. Ktock. Earl Jones,
M. J. Emerlck, C. J. Emerick and
others. Mrs. Anderson, the owner of
the land sued Moore when he refused
to make payment for $56,375. Judge
Calkins decreed this to be the amount
due. The supreme court decision sus
tains this decree.
Heroic Statue of Wilson
Figure In War Memorial
At University of Texas
3mL mm mMSm
wMtimm
OgSrSr fid ffi$m
COPPIN'I AND HIS NEWLY COMPLlTD STATUE OF
THE LATE PRESIDENT.
NEW YORK An heroic bronze figure of the latt Woo'lrow
Wilson, harelv finished .before the e president's death, is one ol the
central figures in the great war memorial to be plated on the
campus of the University ol Texas.
Pompeo Coppini is the stulptor. The figure of Mr. Wilson
is nine feet high,..
J. F. HALE WEDS
L;
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 13. J. F.
Hale, victim of tho alleged Kit Klux
Klan night riders outrages at' Medford
a year and a linir ago was married last
night to Miss Monta Cecelia Macgly,
184 Kingston street, Portland. The
wedding was solemnized by the Rev.
W. G. Eliot, Jr., at the home of the
bride's parents. The couple will spend
their honeymoon In Honolulu and will
later llvo in San Francisco. Hale waB
chief witness against the night riders
of Medford. Ho testified that they
put a rope around his neck with tho
other end thrown over a limb of a
tree and forced him to promise to leave
the city. The riders were found not
guilty by a Jury.
The above is the third marriage of
J. F. Halo, former local piano dealer
and capitalist, and victim of a night
riding outrage on the night of March
17, 1922. By the first union there
were two sons the oldest a former
student iq the local high school. The
first Mrs. Hale died in 1918, In this
city.
In 1922, after the acquittal of the
accused night riders, Ilala was mar
ried to Miss Ruberta Pierce, an em
ployee of the county clerk's office, and
a witness at the trial. They moved
to San Francisco. Last fall a divorce
wag secured, a settlement of $7000
being awarded to the second Mrs.
Hale, according to friends. She moved
to Seattle, Wash., afterwards, and is
now In Arizona according to reports.
She was born and raised in Jackson
county, and her relatives are residents
of the Eagle Point district.
President Back at Desk,
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 13. President
Coolldge returning from New York
where he addessed the Lincoln birth
day dinner of the National Republican
club reached Washington at 7 a. m.
today, having been absent from the
capital less than twenty hours on the
first trip of more than a few miles he
has made since becoming president.
PORTLAND
THIRD MARRIAGE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Attorney
General Daughorty denied In a com
munlcation sent to tho senato that tho
department of justice had made any
settlement In war contract enses by
which immunity from crimlnnl pros-
edition was promised provided the
civil liability was met.'
Many eases hnd been settled with
out criminal prosecution, tho attorney
general said, but these Included In
the muln overpnyments by tho gov
ernment through mistake of lnw or
facts or other contentions which
would not warrant criminal prosccu
Hon.
In the settlement of civil liability,
in the matters and cases referred to,
Mr. Daugherty wrote, "thero has
never been In nny Instance or case
any agreement, whatever, direct, or
Indirect, immediate- or remote, ex
pressed or Inferential, by the depart
ment of Justice not to prosecuto for
any criminal liability wltero there was
such liability.
LAW IS ATTACKED
POUT-LAND, Ore.. Feb. 13 Kesults
of Oregon's primary election law were
attacked at a moeilrijr hero yesterday
of forty Portland residents who gath
ered nt the "Oregon republican nlon
conference."
The conference adopted tho follow
ing resolution:
"We favor legislation to meet the
Mtrong and growing demand for a
method thut will strengthen tho pres
ent primary laws by promoting an or
derly selection of candidates after a
deliberate discussion of the merits of
qualified persons who might be in
duced to become candidates at pri
mary elections."
V, 8. Crew lUwcued.
GIBRALTAR. Feb. 13. The crew
of the five-masted auxiliary schooner
Republlque which was burned at sea,
have been rescued by the Spanish
steamship Komau
Oregon Woman Is
Mother of Triplets,
Portland Hospital
PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. 17.
Triplets, all girls, wore born here
early today to Mrs. Adolph
4 Skoubo of Hoardman, Ore., at a !
local hospital. The first, weigh-
lug five pounds, arrived at 1 a.
ni., tho second, three pounds and
six ounces at 4 a. in., and the 4
third, two pounds and seven
ounces, nt 4:20 a. m. Mother and
babies were reported doing woil
this morning.
E
10
QUELLRiOTING
14 Separatists Killed in Attack
By Bavarian Citizens On
Pirmasens Govt. Building
State of Siege Is Declared
By Allies.
COBLENZ, Fob. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Two companies of
French troops have boon sent to Pir
masens whore officials ostlmato four-'
toon are doad In fighting- with tho
separatists.
- The Intur-allled commission has or
dered 'tho dissolution of gymnastic so
cieties at Pli-masons aiid a delegation
of the commission has Instituted strict
regulation of Btroot traffic.
BETILIN, Fob. 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Fighting betwoen sep
aratists and inhabitants of Plrma
sens, lh tho Bavarian l'tilntlnato, last
night resulted In tho killing of soven
toon persons nnd tho wounding of
twenty, according to dispatches re
ceived from PIrmusenB this morning.
Tho casualties occurred during fight
ing for the government building,
vhich was evontuully sot on fire. Of
those killed, fourteen were soparatlsts,
DUEBHELUDORF, Fob. 13. (By
tho Associated Press) Tho sopara
tlsts at PlrmascnB, thirteen miles
south of Zwolbruockon, woro boselg
ed over night in the govornmont
building which was finally sot on flro.
The lntor-allled high commission
today declared a state of siege In tho
Pirmasens district and ordered tho
dissolution of certain nationalist or
ganizations. Dispatches to tho Mlttag say tho
leadors of those who attacked the
government building hod previously
served an ultmatuim upon the sepa
ratists demanding that. they ovacu
ato the city by flvo o'cloek In tho
afternoon. The separatists ignored
the ultimatum nnd the attack was
launchod and continued all night. Va
rious buildings are said to have -been
taken by assault In bloody hand to
hand fighting.
The boslogors finally set fire to the
government building where most of
the remaining separatists had gath
ered. Airplane Service to
Africa to Shorten
Mail By Nine Days
PARIS, Feb. 13. A new airplane
service between Toulouse, France, and
Dakar, West Africa, Is to bo started
In April. Working In conjunction
with tho steamship lines it will shor
ten the time for transmission of mails
betwoen Europe. South Africa and
South America by nine days. The
service will bo carried out by sixty
planes, a llko numbor being hold in
reserve.
FRANC
ORDERS
I
TROOPS
ifADOO URGES CONFERENCE 10 SETTLE 1
HIS FATE AS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Tho
question of William 1. McAdoo's
availability for tho democratic pres
idential nomination is to be put up to
a conference of state leaders fostor
ing his candidacy, to be held at Chi
cago at his own suggestion.
In a letter to David L,. Rockwell,
campaign manager In charge of his
national headquarters at Chicago, Mr.
MoAdoo last night asked him to call
tho conference to determine whether
I C TO
OIL CROOKS
SAYS PRES'T
President Coolidge in Lincoln
Day Speech - Gives Formal
Promise to Country That
Guilty Will Be Prosecuted
Regardless of Politics Re
iterates Bonus Opposition.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (By the
Associated Press) Tho country to
day has tho definite promise of Pres
ident Coolldge that there will be im
mediate, adequate and Unshrinking
prosecutions, criminal and civil, In the
oil land loasing disclosures.
Speaking last night at the na
tional republican club's Lincoln anni
versary dinner during hiB firBt visit
to New York slnca he entered the
White House. Mr. Coolldge declared
ho was "intent on the enforcement
of our laws without fear or favor, no
matter who Is hurt or what the con
sequences." "In this offort there will be no pol
itics, no partisanship," ho asserted,
roforrlng to tho contemplated oil loase
prosecution. "It will be speedy,' It
will be Just. I am a republican, but
I cannot on that account' shield any
one because he Is a republican. I am
a republican, but I cunnot on that ac
count prOBCcuto anyone because he Is
a democrat." v ( '
In roforenco to tho -senate Investi
gating commlttoo's - disclosures.' and
his attitude toward them he aroused
the greatest applause of any of the
declarations of his addross before the
2000 men and. women guests of the
republican club. )Mo also referred to
the agricultural situation In the north
west and asked tho aid of the east
In alleviating it. Much of his address,
however, waB dovotod to a discussion
of tax revision with a reiteration of
his support of the Mellon bill, "with
out material alteration and Compro
mise." The chief oxecutlve prosented an
appeal to the country to support him
In pressing for passage of the Mellon
bill, suylng that unless the people
"mako their wishes known to the con
gress without regard to party, his bill
will not -pass."
For Prosixnity, Not Bonus.
Mr. Coolldge also reiterated his op
position to the bonus, declaring It
would result in influtlon and higher
prices and adding that "a few months
of good times are worth more to the
service men than anything thoy could
receive In tho wuy of a bonus."
The president, accompanied on his
eight hour visit to Now York by Mrs.
Coolidgo, left for Washington at 13:45
n. m.. today. Arriving at 4:33 p. m.,
yesterday In tho presidential car at
tached to tho regular Washington '
Now York train, the Cooltdges and
tholr party drove through cheering
thronKB ntpid a driving snow storm,
directly to tho now womon's national '
republican club. There the president
and Mrs. Coolidge shook hands with
Now York's most prominent women '
republicans and drank tea with them.
Then thoy were hurried to the Waldorf-Astoria,
the impending darkness
being lighted along the route by
flares and photographers' flashlights.
They romalned in the presidential
sulto on the third floor of the hotel
until 7:30 when they entered the his
toric grand ball room and were greet
ed with prolonged clioorlng by the
2000 assembled guosts.
At tho president's table were same
thirty distinguished republicans. Mrs.
Coolldge henrd her husDand speak
from a box In the balcony,, surround-. ;
ed by flowers. ' ., t( (.. j
Tho l'nnlilcnt'8 Spewh. . ; ,
President Coolldgo's speech, in part,. J,
follows: -
"Mr. Chairman: One hundred and
Ylftoon yenrs ago today Abraham
Lincoln was born. How great heDitiif
came cannot yet be accurately -.meiit-'S
; nj-j
E
his service as counsel In the handling
of tho Mexican interests of E. L. Do
heny "is prejudicial In the cause of
progressive democracy." He also
recommended that "progressives' out
side tho democratic party, represen
tatives of labor, representatives of the
farmors "and many others you may
think advisable" bo Invited to par
ticipate "In order that we may get at
tar as possible a true Index of publio
opinion."