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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1924
NO. 278
TIGHTENS ABOUT EX-SECY FAL
met
FAIL GAVE
OUT TEAPOT
IE
Editor Chicago Post Says He
Was Promised 200 Acres in
. Teapot Dome Thought Fall
Could Give Out What He
Wished Declares Paper's
Policy Not Effected. -
WASHINGTON", Feb. 14. While
Frank Vanderllp watted to testify re
garding his references to tho sale of
President Harding's Marion Star, tho
senate oil committee produced a fresh
flock of sensations today from other
witnesses.
John C. Shaffer, publisher of tho
Chicago Post and other newspapers,
testified that Secretary Fall had told
him In March 1921, the very month
' he entered the cabinet, that he was
going to lease Teapot Dome to Harry
Sinclair. At this time Teapot was not
yet under' Mr. Fall's jurisdiction.
Mr. Schaffcr told also how he him
self had got one eighth interest in tho
pioneer Oil company, a Standard Oil
subsidiary, in connection with the
Teapot leaBe, and "gave up nothing"
In return. He had an old claim pend
ing, he said, and Secretary Fall prom
ised, merely for the asking, that he
would be taken care of.
A letter by H. Foster Bain, director
DOM
were made and put Into the commit-! st outbreak similar to that at
tee record, declared that tho writer Pirmasens. .The separatists refused
"understood"- that Attorney General, to evacuate the town and the inhabl
Daugherty had given an Informal ants stormed tho headquarters. French
opinion upholding the validity of tho gendarmes interfered and dispersed
leasing policy. Mr. Daugherty pro- tnB mob.
vlously has denied he gave any opln- '
on, .The letter . addreAed to Secre-
k. ..i,.j'.n. . h. ...
'J ...... v....,, o
rnl. but added: "I realize the objec
tions to asking such an opinion
Oscar sutro, counsel for the Stand
ard Oil company of California, testi
fied that he had suggested to Assist-
ant Secretary Finney of the interior vces glat but , d tratfic at the
department that an opinion be ob- . . ,. ,.. m,s t h.i.-
taincd from Mr. Daugherty but that b,rl"Se over the Rhine near Lud wit
Mr. Finney replied that Secretary Fall sl'"fct l Prevent Germans from the
thought It "unnecessary" to lake such non-occupied zone coming in to sup.
a step. liort the palatinate population.
Mr. Finney later took the stand and
testified that the legullty of the leases PIRMASENS, Bavarian palatinate,
never even was refnrred to the tnte-
rior department's solh-ltor. Ho de-
ciarea me ul-u.s wwe ...
that Fall Instructed him to formally
deny that tho leases had been signed of the wounded died last nlglit, bring
a week after Teapot Dome acluully Ing to sixteen the total number of Hep
had been leased to Sinclair; nnd that aratists known to be dead in cons'!-
the roal reason wos the secretary -
wanted no publicity until the Dohcny
deal too, had been consummated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.. John C.
Shaffer, publisher - of the Chicago
Evening Post and a number of other
papers, was questioned by the oil com
mittee today about a reputed grant to
him of a one-eighth Interest in the
Pioneer Oil company, a Standard sub
sidiary, "for services rendered."
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
primuceu wnat ne stuo. reco.u
neer company making such a grant. !
Mr. Shaffer said he never heard of
those proceedings. He did hold an
eighth Interest in the company, how
ever, he said, but had sold it.
Asked what "service" he had ren
dered, the witness replied:
"None."
He added that he had had land ad-
Ki,ffer M hi navment from the
Pioneer company came out of the
000,000 paid that company by the
Sinclair Interests. ..
"The Pioneer people felt we had
a common Interest in the Teapot
holdings In case the Dome ever was
thrown open to the public," ho con
tinued. "They made the proposal to
give It to me. I gave up nothing. It
was their idea."
Continued on Prge Eight)
ENTIRE 101 ATTENDS FUNERAL OF
GIRL SLAIN IN HER APARTMENT
' NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Louise
Lawson, music student, murdered in
her fashionable apartment last Friday
believed herself engaged to Thomas
McKee. San Francisco amateur swim
mer, the police said today.
Inspector Coughlln said Miss Law
son had told several girl friends of
her eneazement to McKee. Letters
from McKve found In her apartment
Roseburg High Is
Robbed of Money to
Aid Kerr Nursery
ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. 14.
Thieves last night broke Into tho
4 Roseburg high school and stole
4 $60 collected in a tag day drive
4- for the Kerr nursery. 8chool
4 children put on the campaign
4 here and the money was turned
4 over to the school officers last
4 night and placed In the prlnci
4 pal's desk for safe keeping. Dur
4 Ing the night the office was en
4 tered through a window, the
4 desk drawers forced open and
4 the money taken.
4.
FEAR GENERAL
IN PALATWIATE
More German Separatists Are
Killed By Enraged Citizens-
Reprisals Feared Riots Re
ported in Stettin Traffic
Over Rhine Stopped.
BERLIN, Feb. 14. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Six separatists were kill
ed at Baduerkhelm, a town of 7000 in-
habitants, yesterday, in an antisepu-
AMSTERDAM, Feb.,
14. Reports
(rem Pirmasens, Kaiserlautern and
other centers in the palatinate stale
that disorders are continuing and it Is
feared a general uprising among the
separatists will break out today. Tho
French are remaining neutral, the ad
FpD J4 (r)y the Associated Press.)
Fourteen mutilated bodies have been
rccovered from the ruln8 of the Bez)rk.
"mt. or government building and two
quence of Tuesday's massacre. Firiy
cn.0.wratlves were inside the building
when it was attacked. Seven of the
remaining 24 are receiving hospital
treatment, some being seriously
wounded but the others are unac
counted for.
I Traffic over all Rhine bridges In
the palatinate has been stopped and
German police have been placed un
der the orders of the occupation au
thorities. Persons who participated In
th(j m tne Bezlrksamt wll! ,,e
"el by a court martial at Duessel
,""
BERLIN, Feb. 14. Communist din
crders are reported from Stettin. Dis
patches received here say that a party
ol policemen was fired upon from
houses lapt night, one of the offieir?
I being wounded. The police returned
1 the. "re, killing one and woun 'ng
Ptven.
Colnbrnlo Oregon's Birthday
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14. In ad
dition to St. Valentine's day Portland
was celebrating today the 65th anni
versary of the admission of Oregon as
a state.
Sons and daughters of Oregon have
planned a banquet tonight. A special
act "Miss Oregon. Uncle Sam's valen
tine," will be presented.
also Indicated that the two had
planned to marry, he said.
ALVARADO. Texas. Feb. 14.
Louise Lawson was burled here to
day. Crepe was displayed on business
houses. Alvarado went virtually en
masse to the little Baptist church
where Louise Lawson first studied the
Bible and heard the runeral services.
RED UPRISING
WVSTERV AT
ASYLUM IS
CLEARED UP
Strange Woman Who Peered
Silently Into Windows of
State Hospital Yesterday
Identified As Mrs. Bertha
Grainger of Portland, a For
mer Inmate.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 14. Tho "mys
tery woman" who appeared at the re
ceiving ward f the state nospitai
hero yesterday afternoon and who was
unable to tell her nnme or give any
account of herself, has been Identi
fied as Mrs. Bertha Grainger of Port
land, who was a patient In the hos
pital here in 1922, according to Dr..
R. E. L. Stelnor, superintendent.
Mrs. Grainger was identified by one
of tho-attendants at the hospital after
word had been received from Mrs. J
E. Dooley, Portiund, that she thought
the mystery woman to be her sister
who disappeared in Portland Tuesday,
Mrs. Grainger has been making her
home with Mrs. Dooley, according to
tho hitter's statement and recently
she went to Walla Walla to visit her
relatives. She returned to Portland
early this week and Tuesday morning
went down town to buy some shoe,.
That was the last heard of her.
- Mrs. Grainger was, prior to , her
commitment to the hospitnl hero.
nurse In a Roseburg hospital. ..'
SALEM, -Ore., Fob. 14. Stato hos
pital authorities were today no nearer
a solution of the identity of the mys
tery woman who appeared at that in
i stitutinn yestorduy than they were
(after seeking futllely all day yester-
day for a clue. A thorough diagnosis
of the case will be made by a group
of physicians and specialists today In
tho hope of determining tho woman
uilmcnt. '
Tho woman, who appeared at th
hospital yesterday and was discovered
peering in at tho windows of the re
ceiving hospital, apparently has lost
her mental faculties completely. She
has not spoken a word since her ar
rival and Is unable to respond
questions by writing. She is taste
fully dressed, wearing a high quality
of clothing. She is believed to be
about 40 years old and weighs about
160 pounds, street car and train con
auctors and stago drivers were oues
tioncd yesterday In an effort to get
a line on how the woman came
Salem, but no Information was ascer
tained. Persons who have lived
Salem for years were taken to th
nospuni to see the woman, but no
one could Identify her.
R. R. COMMISSION
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14. Charge
that H. D. Wagnon, Jr., assistant sec
retary of the public service commis
sion, obtains favorB for stage lines who
buy Insurance from his father, were'
made before the commission today by
Milton R. Klepper, attorney for the
Portland Tigard stages.
Wagnon denied the charges flatly.
The commission was expected to hear
both sides some time this afternoon.
Wagnon, who Is In charge of the au
tomotive section of public service com
mission affairs, said, after the charges
had been made, that they were ground
less on their face, because Buch mat
ters as were laid' to him are always
handled by the commission Itself, af
ter hearing all parties concerned.
Such things as the hours and condi
tions by which the stages are regulat
ed were referred to by Klepper.
The attorney appeared before the
commission in connection with assign
ment of schedules on the Portland
Multnomah run. Three companies are
affected.
Hankers Gather In Chicago
CUICAOO, Feb. 14. Bankers from
all sections of the country assembled
here today to complete organization
of the system which is planned to ex
tend relief to northwestern banks.
More than 100 financiers, including
more than a score from New York
City were expected to participate in
the meeting.
Absence Made Feminine Fans
Fonder of Film Shiek; Movie
World Sees Rudolph "Crowned?
I iii , ,t mi, .oimi tmmt't hi
MISS OAVrES AND MR. VALENTINO. WITH THE LOV
ING CUPS PRESENTED TO THEM. .BY THE THEATER
OWNERS.
NEW YORK After two" years' absence from the scrcciC Rudolph
Valentino, shick dc luxe of the silent drama, was voted the molt
popular male screen actor by feminine fans in the popularity contest
held by the Theater Owners' Chamber of Commerce.
Marion Davics won a similar "honor among; feminine' stars: The
pair were crowned king ind queen of the film world at the close of
ihe.TlicatcrOwncrsifourth annual .ball at the Hotel Astor.'
SECRETARY FALL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. E. C.
Finney, assistant secretary of the in
terior was quoted today before tho oil
committee as saying that Secretary
Fall considered it "unnecessary" to
have Attorney General Daugherty
pass on the validity of the oil leases
before they were made.
The testimony was given by Oscar
Sutro, counsel for tho Standard. Oil
company of California. Ho told the
committee that he had suggosteu 10
Mr. Finney th-t i department of Jus
tice opinion be sought.
"Mr. Finney's reply In substance,"
continued the witness, "was that it
was not tho wish of tho secretary of
the interior no I don't think that ex
presses it. He said tno secretary ui
the lntorior considered It unnecessary
to have tho opinion of tho attorney
general."
A letter to Mr. Fall from 11. rosier
Bain, director of mlnoB, transmitting
an opinion by Mr. Sutro against the
validity of tho leasing policy was put
Into the record. It said mat -none oi
want Mr. Dohony to got Into
trouble and propose to do everything
In our power to make It easy for him."
Mr. Baln'B letter added mat odjijc-
tlons had been raised and tnut no
would suggest a formal opinion be ob-
minnrt from tho attorney general in
accord with what ho understood had
been an "informal and verbal opinion-"
.. .
Kaln then added that ne "reanzea
the objection to asking for such an
opinion."
Attorney General uaugncriy
vlously has notified tho commlttoo no
opinion was rendered by him.
As a rcsu t of tno testimony w
rnmmittnn instructed Its secretary to
search tho files of the department of
iustice.
Senator Walnh, democrat, Monianu,
led in questioning Mr. Sutro when the
committee session began. He awked
whmhnr the witness knew of the ad
vertlscment issued by the navy de
partment for the construction of oil
storage tanks at t-ean naroor.
"I do," replied Mr. Sutro.
"Did vour company bid?"
"I do not think we made a formal
bid."
(Continued on Page Eight)
NDiFFERENT TO
LEGAL OPINIONS
fx
Oregon News
in Brief
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 14. Governor
Pierce, after spending a short time In
his office this morning was forced to
return to his home on account of Ill
ness. At the executive offices It was
announced thnt tho governor's ailment
was only a slight attack of indigestion.
ROSEHURB, Ore., Feb. 14. Deputy
sheriffs today discovered a twonty gal
lons still and 175 gallons of mash In ft
cleverly hidden moonshlno plant In
Camas valloy. . .
The mash was found in a pit under
the root of a huge fallen tree, the bar
rels having been carefully covered
over wit h poles and brush with dirt
thrown In on top. The still was lo
cated a short distance away In a tent.
No arrests have yet been made.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 14. In tho court
houao at Portland next week thoro will
bo opened a temporary offlco where
individuals, corporations and partner
ships affected by the state Income tax
law may obtain assistance In preparing
their tax returns nnd other Informa
tion concerning the operation of tho
law, according to an announcement
made at tho offlooB of the stato tax
commlsBlon hero today.
BALKM, Ore., Feb. 14 Ono hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars, exclu
sive of furnishings and tho coBt of
property, Is to bd spent by the Balem
lodge of Elkn In tho erection of a now
temple, the building committee of the
lodge' decided last .night. Tho archi
tect lias been Instructed to Bilmblt
plans at once and building operations
will be started this spring. ,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14. Minor
ity stockholders of Oie Marlon Star.
of which Mrs. Harding is ono, offered
to buy back the newspaper from Roy
D. Moore and Louis H. Brush, after the
death of Mr. Harding, at the price for
which it was purchased, Hoke Doni
tben, Ohio manager of the Coolldge
campaign said here today.
Contempt Charges i
Against Leader of
Income Tax Fail
PORTLtAND, Ore. Feb. 14
Contempt charges ngninnt Cyril
O. Brownell, president-treasurer
of the State Income Tax Refer
endum leaguo, were dlsmiRsed
today by Circuit Judge James U
Campbell, of Oregon City, sitting
In Portland.
Judge Campbell held that the 4
State Grange of Oregon had 4
failed to show Brownell did not
comply with the peremptory writ
of mandamus issued by the Mult- f
nomah county circuit court, re-
quiring him to open books,
records, accounts and other data
of tho league to inspection of t
grange officials. fr
E
TRUST ROBBING
Report Made tO Senator LaF0l-1
. . j
lette Claims American Peo-
, , I
Pie Being Robbed Of Million;
Dollars a Day
Demanded. ACtlOn IS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A report
DFCLAR
POOR CONSUMER
charging nation-whin profiteering In attempting to concentrate In Oaxaca
'W'0'MVJM!1 the. growth, of ,,0. .colossal or the purpose of entering 'Guerfera
bread trusti Is impending,., was sub- nn(j j0,nlng other disbanded InsUrreo
inlttod today by Bust M. Man ley, 1" tlon,8t8( acCording to General Almazan.
rftutop of tho people s IfKlslutive so- j . - , . .
clety to Honator LaFolletto of Wl-! Secretary Serrano in a statement
consin, Its chairman, "nnd other pro-' summarizing the situation, said:
grcasivo senators and representatives." "The rebellion which broke out- in
The report which was outlined In an the first fortnight "of December last,
announcement by tho organization an( tll9 consequent military uprising
Tocommeniled congressional action to , h considered virtually ended.
"duflnto bread prices and check the
growth of tho bread trust."
An Investigation of whont and
broad prices, mndo at tho request of
tho senators and representatives to
whom tho report whb submitted,
showed, it waB said, that tho American
people are paying "a million dollars
day" too much for tnoir nroa.
The avorage retail price of bread in
the United states Is nine cents a pound
prlees It should be five cents, the re- anza and Cordoba have resulted in de
port said, adding that bread made Btructlon of the Sanchez and Maycotte
with American flour Is now selling In ! groups, while the battle at Ocotlan
England at an averago price of four
cents a pound.
Asserting millers, bakers and retail
ers wero all making "enormous" prof
Its, tho report cited as an examplo,
the General Baking company, de
scribed as one of tho two largest
wholosnlo baking corporations In tho
country. As a result of tno prorns
mado by this company, It was said,
"one dollar Invested In Its common
stor k in 1916 is now worth I30.
Alleged "rotullers" rings," said to be
supported by the wholesale bakers,
olthor voluntarily or undor threat of
boycott, wero declared to have sus
pended tho law of supply und demand,
i-osultlnir In artificial, bread prlcoB In
many citU'B. As nn example of the
effect of this condition, tho Investi
gation was siild to have shown that
"bread costs two cents a pound less
fir
In New Orleans and Houston
awuy from tho wheat and flour mill
ion states, than In Chicago, Omaha,
Butte. Mont., and Ht. Paul, all in the
heart of the wheat bolt."
Flood Waters Recede,
Evorott, Wash., Fob. 14. A general
survey of the flood situation in this
gnctlon shows that conditions are rap
Idly returning to normal. Only in ter
ritory JuBt east of Evorott, Is the sit
uation bad. The Sknglt river Is falling
and tho Stillaguamlsh river has return-
oil to normal with tho rapidity with
which It roHe. .
JACKSONVILLE JAIL
Fl
HOLLISTEIt, Cal., Fob. 14. No
traco was found today of A. Zanglly,
19, who leuped from a swiftly moving
train near here last night while being
removed from Pomona, Cnl.. to tho
Jail at Jacksonville, Ore., after having
escaped from that Institution. He was
awaiting transfer to the Oregon Btate
prison at Salem to serve a term for
burglary when he escaped.
According to the authorities Zanglly
Jumped head first thru the window
from a train moving fifty miles an
iOM TRAIN. HOLLISTER. CALIFORNIA
REBELLION
I Iffi)
.ABOUT-OVER
Obregon's Secretary of War
Declares Defeat of Rebels
and Flight of De La Huerta
Virtually Ends Uprising
Rebel Forces Divided Or Vir
tually Annihilated. '
ABOARD HEADQUARTERS TRAIN
OF WAR SECRETARY SERRANO,
QUERTARO, State of Quertaro, Feb.
14. Enrique Estrada's rebellious
forces are continuing In disorderly re
treat after the decisive reverse suffer
ed at Ocotlan, while the scattered
remnants of the Vera Cruz Insurrec
tionist army are fleeing northward Into
Tuxpam and southward toward Ooxaca
tn trn In tl, n latlimlun ilal.B Canarnl '
Francisco Serrano, secretary of war,
and General Juan Almazan stated to-
day.
"The rebolllon must be considered
virtually ended." Secretary Serrano do-
olared, while General Almazan return-
ed from Tehmacnn asserted the rebels
suffered 100 casualties during their
latest brush with the pursuing federal
oolumn under his command near the
Balsas liver In southern Puebla. :
' The defeated vera Cruz leaders are
Three great groups of unfaithful mili
tary headed by Sanschez, Estrada and
Macotte, because De La Huerta cannot
be considered anything but a futile
instrument, have been annihilated by
the real national army which has re-
mnlned loyal. ' '.
..Ti. ,n,hniii at Punbla. San Mar.
c Tohuacan, Tepeaca, EI Carmen,
Qmade C(nada; Morelog Eper.
sufficed to disband the Estrada tritors.
The almost simultaneous occupations
of Vora Cruz and Guadalajara best
demonstrate the energy displayed by
the government for the purpose of re
storing peace throughput the republic.
"To assert all these groups will be
shortly exterminated Is not in any
way venturesome since-It has been
seen that they wore not able to ac
complish anything against the federals
while divided." , , - , , . ',' '
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14. (By radio
via Fort Worth Star-Telegram.) (By
the Associated Press.) Defeat of
Rebel Genorals Dleguez a,nd Estrada
by General Escobar at Pato Verde on
the western front Is reported in a mes-
soge from General Obregon.
uenerai Almazan nas reported mat
federal troops engaged the rebels in
battle at Ixcamllpa, state of Pueblo,
and defeated them with fatalities to
taling fifty.
Income Tax Time Extended.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. The inter-
nal revenue bureau today announced
an extension to June IB of the date set
for filing tax returns of domeBtlo cor
porations. Representations had .been
made by many concerns that, they
could not complete the preparation of
'returns In time to file by March 15,
ESCAPE JUMPS
hour afl It approached
Chlttendon,
nine miles went of here.
He escaped
Into heavily wooded country.
Zanglly was one of the quartot that
recently escaped from the county jail
by breaking thro the roof. He was
the last man to be recaptured, being
arrested recently In Pomona under an
assumed nnme. He was charged with
the robbery of Gates Lydiard'v
store in this city, and at the time ot
his escape was in custody of Deputy
Sheriff Forocrook. r- -