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MEDFORD, OREGON; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924
NO. 280
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TRIBUNE
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U.S.StNATIJR
SHOT IN DRY
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Senator Greene of Vermont
Victim of Stray Bullet When
Dry Agents Fire on Boot
legger's Car in Shadow of
Capitol Recovery Is Ex
pected, Also Probe.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. An
operation to remove, splinters of
. bono from tlio brain wan per
formed tills afternoon on Senii-
tor Frank JU tireeuo of Ver
mont. The operation was said to have been
successful.
"About one and a half square Inches
of bone were removed," Dr. John L.
Demayo said. "The patient's condi
tion is satisfactory. The prognosis
is good, provided no complications
set in."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Presl-i
dent Coolidge directed his secretary
today to Bee that the Washington po
lice take prompt action to punish those
responsible for the shooting of Sen
ator Greene of Vermont, last night in
a fight between prohibition agonts
and Buspected bdotleggers.
As a result the White House was in
formed that the cases of the three
men held, one of them a prohibition
agent, .already had been turned over
to the district attorney's office. '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1G. The pro
hibition situation in Washington, for
months a center of. criticism ha? cul
minated In the shooting down of a
United States senator almost within -the
shadow of the capltol. I
As a result tho whole muddle of I
contracting opinions cnKrgw, : vxvnww
tions, . denials and counter-charges
that have characterized efforts to enr
force the prohibition laws hero seemn
likely to have a thorough airing in
congress. " ;
Senator Frank L. Greene of Ver
mont was shot in the head last night
as a car containing prohibition agents
whirled out of an alley into Pennsyl
vania avenue in pursuit of another
automobile suspected of carrying
oootleggers. It appeared that tho
wound probably was not fatal, nltho 1
a final determination of that question
awaited a physician's more thorough I
examination. I
The senator was walking with his
wife when the shooting occurred, leas
than three blocks from the capltol
building. He was hit just over the
left eye by a bullet fired lroin one of
the automobiles apparently by a
prohibition agont who was using hla
revolver freely In an effort to compel
the pursued machine to come to a
halt. A prohibition agent is under
arrest but no formal charges have
been placed against him. j
The incident was not the first hi 1
which the lives of those on the streets
here have been endangered by pistol
battles with bootleggers. Mad chases .
through the city have been numerous.
A Throe-cornered Fight
The whole question has been com
plicated by a three-cornered row
Joined in by agents of the prohibition
unit, officers of the intelligence di
vision of the treasury department and
the city police. Recently police and
prohibition officials engaged In a
legal battle In which serious charges
were made against members of both
forces and several on both aides were
suspended. Threo United States mar
shals now are held under bond on
charges of conspiracy to violate the
prohibition laws.
& Charges of liquor buying by high
officials and ordinary citizens alike
have been on the increase. ftot long
ago it was announced that a list of
hundreds of names of prominent boot
leg customers had been seized in a
police raid but the superiors of those
who made tho raid so successfully
shifted responsibility of the list back
ward and forward that the names
themselves finally disappeared entire
ly from public attention.
There have been repeated demands
In congress for an investigation; gro
tesque plcturizations of Washington
floating in a sea of rum have been
published widely and the capital has
teen the butt of many quips and much
(Continued on Few Etffht)
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 10. Mrs. Har
rison Mowerjj, wife of Harrison
Mowery, a convict at the state peni
tentiary, gave birth yesterday to a
nine pound baby boy. which event
recalled charges made some time ago
that Mowery had been permitted to
visit his home each week-end during
the Incumbency of former Warden
Smith was that he allowed Mowery to
BIRTH OF CHILD REVEALS
CONVICT WAS ALLOWED
'Sandy" Is Optomistic;
Declares Hiram Will
Carry Jackson Co.
t
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 16. San-
field MacDonald of Portland,
state organizer- for Hiram W.
Johnson In his campaign for the
republican presidential nominal-
tlon, and MacDonald's assistant,
James McCarron, returned here
last night after a tour of the west
side counties. They averred that
Johnson will break fifty-fifty with
Coolidge in Lane, Linn and Ben-
ton counties,' and that Johnson
will carry Josephine, Jackson,
Klamath, Coos and Curry coun-
ties.
TRIED TO GET
N. Y. World Declares Oil Mag
nate Approached Colby,
Woodrow Wilson's Law
Partner Early in 1922 to
Represent Interests.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Balnbridgo
Colby, former secretary of state, de
clined to comment today on a Wash
ington dispntch to the Evening World
which asserted that Harry F. Sinclair,
the oil magnate, had approached Mr.
Colby as a law partner of the late
Woodrow Wilson in the spring of 1922
with a proposal that his firm repre
sent the Sinclair interests in any liti
gation that might result from the
Teapot Dome lease. ;
Mr. Colby, read tho dispatch- care
fully and said: '
"I have no comment to make on
tho report."
The story declared that when the
proposal was mado Mr. Colby referred
it to Mr. Wilson who immediately de
cided that It could not be accepted. In
this decision Mj Colby acquiesced the
dispatch added.
Mr. Sinclair's offer, the dispatch
declared, was made after Senator
Kendrick and Senator LaFolIette had
offered resolutions for an Investiga
tion into the oil lease.
More Witnesses to Be Heard
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 Although
the senate oil committee made rapid
progress this week in clearing up its
witness list many persons remain to be
heard. Among them is Edward B.
McLean, publisher of the AVashlngton
Post, who has been called from Palm
lieach for questioning with respect to
the slush fund report and also the
checks for $100,000 which he has tes
tified were returned to him uncashed
by Albert B. Fall.
Harry F. Sinclair, who Is now re
turning from Europe, may be one of
tho first witnesses after the recess.
Tho committee desires to question
him particularly regarding tho $25,000
loan, which his personal attorney, J.
W. Zevely, has testified he made to
Fall within three months after he had
retired from the cabinet.
Other witnesses for whom sub
poenas have been Issued include John
T. King, former republican national
committeeman from Connecticut and
others connected with the Association
for Protection of American Rights in
Mexico. The committee wishes to ex
amine the books of this organization
with res ect to expenditures which
the committee has Information it has
made in Washington.
Cost of tho improvements made to
Fall's ' New Mexico ranch will bo
another subject of inquiry as late re
ports to the senatorial investigators
indicate that the sum was in excess of
that first reported to the committee.
They were unsuccessful In obtaining
any Information on this matter from
Thomas Johnson, foreman of the Fall
ranch, who was examined yesterday
after a three weeks stay in Washing
ton. Governor Pierce
SALEM, Ore., Feb.
s Better,
16. Governor
1-ierce naa so ror recuvereu irora m
Ellght illness of the past two days that
he was able to return to his office this
, morning.
FACT THAT
TO
E
HARRY SINCLAIR
WILSON S FIRM
lcavo the prison and visit his homo operations on the Tosa and the
each week end. Smith is said to hive AnAKt nave Dcen partially completed
admitted that he did so, and Mrs. an(i tne tWo vessels will bo dismantled
Mowery yesterday confirmed this also, during the present year, tiie navy de
The Mowery family now lives at 1969 partment announcement states.
Frederick street and is a county
charge.
The new baby is a boy and weighed
nine pounds at birth. Mrs. Mowery
Is the mother of a large family of the White Sox baseball club, he an
rhildren. ' Jnounced late today.
TAKE ACTION
10 RECOVER
OIL LANDS
House Adopts Resolution to
Recover Standard Oil Lands
in California Insurgents
Win Fight for Open Hearing
in Senate On Roberts and
Pomerene.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Without
debate the house adopted today tho
Walsh resolution ordering tho begin
ning of proceedings to recover sec
tions 16 and 36 within naval oil re
serve No. 1 in California now ope
rated by tho Standard Oil company of
California.
The measure now goes to President
Coolidge, who is directed by its terms
to Instruct special government coun
sel to prosecute the proceedings.
Steps to recover the two sections
were taken late in the Wilson admin
istration but Albert B. Fall, as sec
retary of the Interior, dismissed the
proceedings on motion of counsel for
the Standard Oil company.
The two sections, which are with
in the confines of reserve No. 1, but
not a part of It, were ceded by the
federal government to California upon
statehood as school and non-mineral
lands. OH subsequently was found
and tho Stadard Oil company began
development of the fields under stato
grant. i
Lodge Is Defeated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The -senate
voted today to consider in open
executive session the nominations of
Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, and
Atlee Pamurone of Canton, who are
to be special government counsel in
tho oil cases. The, action was taken
at tho Instance of democratic and re
publican insurgent senators and over
the determined and repeated efforts
of Senator Lodge, the republican lead
er, to have the discussion take place
behind closed doors. Tho vote was
69 to 2.
A ruling by President Cummins that
a motion for an open executive ses
sion was out of order at the time, put
a decision of the fight over until later
in tho day. ,
Senator Dill, democrat, Washington,
who started the opposition in the oil
committee against Atlee Pomerene,
precipitated the discussion today with
a request for unanimous consent that
the nominations bo taken up in open
executive session.
"There will be no unanimous con
sent," replied Senator Lodge.
Senator Ln Foil otto of Wisconsin,
lender of the republican Insurgents,
protested that Senator Dill at least
had a right to present his request.
Senator Lodge formally objected.
"Then I move that the senate con
sider them in open executive ses
sion," said Senator Dill.'
"That's not In order," said Senator
Lodge atd President Cummins agreed.
Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona,
then served notice, that "this fight has
just started."
"There will not be any secrecy ln
this matter," shouted Senator Ash
urst. "I. for one, will not be bound
by any executive session."
The Incidont was closed for the
moment.
Within less than an hour, how
ever. Senator Dill renewed his fipht
and President Cummins again ruled
the motion out of order.
A long argument" ensued during
which Senator Rornh, republican,
Idaho, said he would like to have the
tiominatlons discussed in tl.n open and
would like to get action today.
TOKIO, Feb. 16. (By Associated
prei!S). Todnv I. the .n.,.mii h.
for the completion of the first stage
of scrapping of naval vessels in ac
cordance with the Washington arms
conference treaty, and the occasion
evoked from the navy department a
statement declaring that Japan has
completed tho initial operations re
quired to render the doomed ships
"Incapable of further warlike ser
vice." The ships slated for destruction are
the Hisen, Mikasa, Kashlma. Katorl,
Satsuma, Aki, Bettsu, Ikoma. Ibukl
and Kurama. The Asahi and Khlkl
shima are to be diverted to non-com-
hatjint niirtiriMf,..
Frnnk Chance Itoxign
LOS ANOELEH, Feb. 16. Frank
Chance has resigned as manager of
Soundless, Viewless Plane,
Five Miles Up, Photographs
New York City For Huge Map
V
ABOVE: SHERMAN FAIRCHILD, A YOUTH STILL
UNDER 30, WITH HIS NEWLY INVENTED AERIAL "EYE;"
BELOW, OBLIQUE VIEW OF MANHATTAN TAKEN AT
10,000 FEET ELEVATION. '
NEW YORK New York City has been mapped from the air
by aerial camera iii what is probably the greatest aerial photograph-
int( project ever attempted.
The map. when assembled, will be 30- teet long by 27 (ect wide.
It includes over 2,000 sections, each photograph showing n perpen
dicular view of a small section of Greater. New York. These ari
being fitted together with minute -care., every tree, every chimney,
matching perfectly. .- "'. ; I. , . . ..
About 3.000 itnles were lluVn. covering Hie entire greater city;
including the live boroughs, Manliatt'm, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn
and Richmond;1;! territory 025 square miles.
Three planes, slmoiiup with the new high-altitude camera in
vented by a young New Yorker, Sherman Fairchild. did the work
The new camera will photograph from a height of S mile
LIQUOR SUSPECT
SHOT AND
KILLED BADLY
NEAR BR OKINGS
GOLD BEOQIt. Fob. 16. Law
rence Hare, 21, well known in Curry
county, was shot in tho face and died
about an hour later In tho Brookings
hospital, in Brookings after being ar
rested with two other young men, on
a charge of moonnhining, by n special
stato prohibition officer, accompanied
by a deputy. The shooting occurred
near the J. N. Warwick ranch, where
the stale officers arrived about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon from the
south. About two hours later they In
tercepted an automobile containing
Hare, Wilbur Ostrandor and Uan
Warnlck, all young men well known,
who wero Buspoctcd of having a load
of liquor. First word of the shooting
reached Sheriff Huntley hero about
4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon und
within half an hour he was on his
District Attorney Johnson stnrted
way to Brookings, 40 miles distant,
for Brookings early this morning.
Telephone messages received here re
garding tho affuir nro meager and
indefinite.
Tho other two young mon arrested
pleaded t guilty this morning before
Justice of the Peace Miller nt Harbor
and were to be sentenced as soon as
the district attorney reached that
place.
K. K. K. RECALL ON
OREGON CITT, Orn.. Feb. 10. Re
call petitions mado their appearance
on the Btreets here today directed
against Mayor Andresen and Commis
sioners Cross and Csufleld, the three
forming the city government Institut
ed under a revised charter January 1.
It Is charged In the petitions that tho
mayor and commissioners have not
permitted the city manager, named by
them, to appoint his own officers or to
manage the city, but have assumed all
direction themselves. The recall peti
tions follow closely upon three letters
signed "K. K. K." sent the mayor no
tifying him a recall would be started
If he discharged former Chief of Police
May. May was discharged Thursday.
TWO
TWO
WOUNDED
IN CAFE FIGHT
SALT LAKE CITV, Fob. 18 WII-
Hnm Lee died nt 5:30 o'clock this
morning, according to police an
nouncements. The condition of Pa
trolman Honoy and Beatrice Hunter
was said at 7:30 a. m. to bo unchang
ed. Two dead and two dangerously
wounded is tho toll of tho gun fight
which occurred In tho heart of Bait
Lako City's business section last night
when police attempted to nrrost Wil
liam Loo, alleged cafe bandit. Lee,
cool .nnd dcbonnlro and evidently a
marksmnn, after killing one police
man nnd wounding another, uVcordlng
to the police, shot his woman com
panion and then attempted suicide by
shooting himself through tho abdo
men. Tho dend and wounded are: .
l'atrolman Nolan W. Huntsman, 26,
killed Instantly, Hhot through the
heart.
Patrolman II. IT.' Honey, 34, shot
through tho Intestines, expected to
live.
William Lee, about 35, of Han Fran
cisco, alleged holdup man, shot thru
the abdomen and head; died this
morning.
Ileatrlro Hunter, about 2s, of 1167
Polk street, Han Francisco, shot thru
tho cheek; niny recover.
Tho shooting oceurrod nlmost
across tho street from the postoffice.
Leo was reported to havo held up a
cafo and robbed It of about $40 and
when accosted by tho police almost
two blocks from tho cafe sturtcd fir
ing. 2 Bank Bandits Found
Guilty in Five Days
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 10. In five days
of actual trial two brothers have been
found guilty of robbing and murder
ing two Brooklyn bank messengers
Inst November, a third man propably
with go to trial Monday with a fourth
soon to follow.
Joseph Diamond, 21, was convicted
last night at tho end of a three day
trial; his elder brother, Morris Bar-
jlow (Whltey) Diamond preceded him
i last week In a two day trial; Tony
Patano, the alleged Instigator of the
crlmo Ib to be tried starting Monday;
I Johnny Farina, accused of being oue
' nt tlia turn whn netllulv HM (tin ihnnf.
Ing, is the fourth.
Follies Girl Blames
Her Press Agent for
Engagement Report
CHICAGO, Fob. 10. All over-
zealous press agent is blamed by
Miss Jessio Reed, Follies dancer,
for the report of her engagement
to Russell Grlswold Colt, former
hiiBbnnd of Ethol Barrymoro.
"I don't want to be Ethel
Barrymoro's Buccor"v ' any
way," she doclnred. "!.- ..over
was a show girl."
Corp. Commissioner Gives Out
Letters Recommending That
John L. Etheridge Be Al
lowed to Operate Again in
Oregon As Bond Salesman.
SALEM, Oro Feb. 18.--Amnng the
sixty or more lottors of recommenda
tion In favor of John L. Etheridge ofi
Portland received by W. E. Crews,
state corporation commissioner, before
a pormlt to opprato as a bond broker
was Issued Ktherldge, were a letter
from Judgo Wnltor II. Evans, who pro-
cured the Indictments ugalnst Ether-,
lilgo aftor the Morris brothers failure,
two froirt Stanley Myers, district at
torney who tried him on the Indict
ment, one from Judge George W. Sta
ploton, who presided at the trial and
one from W B, O. Dodson, manager of
tho Portland Chamber. o Commerce.
Dodson's letter reads as a personal
letter and not as a lottor ln behalf of
tho chamber. i
A perusal of the fllos In Commls-'
sloner Crows' office shows no lottor
from tho chamber. District Attorney
Myers' first letter moroly recites
Ethelrldge's court record. The second,
received only today, along with that
of Judge Staploton, Is a recommends
tlon that (he pormlt be granted Ether
idge. I
There is not yet a letter from Mayor
Tiaker, but Etherldgo in a letter to
Crews today says that a letter from
Ilaker Is pn the way. The Myers and
the Staploton lottors received today
are enclosed by Etheridge In his own
letter. The charge on which Ether
idge was tried was larceny by embez
zlement. The comments made by the
above named men In their letters to
Crews follow In part:
Judge Staploton "I heard all the
evidence In that case. It was submit
ted to the Jury and the Jury returned
a verdict of not guilty. I was at the
time satisfied with that verdict, be
lieving It was the only one Justified
by the proof before the Jury, and 1
haven't changed my mind about It
from that time to this. The' law hav
ing vindicated him of the crime charg
ed, as a law officer, that ends It as I
far as I am concerned. I know of no !
reason why he should not be accord
ed alt tho rights that the law guar
anteed to him prior to his being
charged with that offense."
Stanley Myers, district. attorney
Mr. Myers says that since the Jury
exonerated him, "I fool that the mat
ter of his Indictment and prosecution
by this office should not be urged
against him or act as a handicap to
his futuro success."
Judge Evans "The writer Ib B14
familiar with Mr. Ethelrldge's transac
tions In connection with Morris broth
erg as anyone who may write you, and
ln view of the fact that ho has been
cleared of all charges against him,
(Continued on PaKO Eight)
SEATTLE, Fob. 1(1 A small automobile-
that dashed around anothor
car, ripped through a gate and plung
ed Into tho Duwanilsh river from a.
drawbridge In the southern part of
this city early today was ralsod and
Identified us belonging to William J.
O'Brien of Benttle. Whllo an offort
continued to lift bodies from the rlvor
pollco - began hunting O'Brien's
brother, John J. O'Brien, a olty firo
man. I McElhnny, tondor nt tho bridge,
declared that a light was burning
steadily on the gate. O. F. Lamb of
Auburn, Wnsh., said that he was
CREWS
EXPLAINS
OREGON
BROKER
Ml
AUTOMOBILE DASHES FROM DRAWBRIDGE
INTO RIVER, OWNER AND BROTHER DROWN
EJ.S.CRUiSER
RESCUES OIL
INJEXICO
Four American Oil Men and
38 Refugees Brought to Vera
Cruz By U. S. S. Richmond
Mexican Rebels Making Last
Stand at Puerto Mexico Is
Refugees' Report.
VERA CRUZ, Feb. IB. (By the As
sociated PreBS.) The United States
cruiser Richmond has arrived from
Puerto Mexico, where a battle Is
brewing, bringing four American oil
men and 38 other refugees, including
Englishmen, Spaniards and French
men. The Americans are; J. A.
Palducette, John B. Orynskl, J. Lang
stroth and R. K. Manning.
The new arrivals say "the rebels are
feverishly engaged ln erecting forti
fications and otherwise preparing to
defend Puerto Mexico against attack
by government forces from Santa
Lucrecla.
The rebel general, Benito Turruco,
in charge ,has received reinforcements
of 400 men from Yucatan, and the gun
boat Zaragosa will be used In the de
fense. ABOARD SECRETARY OF WAR
SERRANO'S TRAIN, GUADALAJARA,
Mexico, Feb. 16. (By the Associated
Press.) President Obregon left Gaud
alajara today In the direction of Mex
ico City after a conference with Secretary-Serrano,
General Amaro, fed- .
ernT commander on the Jalisco front),
and various other leading generals who
participated ln the victorious attack
on this city. -,
According to official reports, the '
main body of the defeated Jalisco In
surrectionists has concentrated in the
vicinity of Ciudad Guzman. . ,
Goneral Salvadore Alvarado, com.
mandlng the rebels there Is reported
through reliable channels to have or
dered the execution Of General Crls
piano Anzaldo, to whose direction ot
tho rebel forces at Ocotlan the rebel
attribute their defeat.
A split between Generals Dteguez
and Enrique Estrada Is reported, the
latter, It Is said, blaming Dleguez for
the debacle at Palo Vere, where Es
trada was forced to flee half clad,
leaving his coat with Important docu
ments behind. ,
General Ferrelra, who has arrived
here, reports that the Btate of Nayarlt
Is tranquil and under government con
trol. .
Except for scattered troops move
ments through the streets, Guadala
jara is apparently resuming Its nor
mal affairs, although trade Is almost
at a standstill, on account of the rebel
occupation of more than two months
and the consequent Isolation of the
city.'
HONOLULU. Feb. 16. (By " the
Associated Press) Unusual activity
la ovldent In the volcano Kilauea, re
ports from Hllo, Island ot Hawaii dis
closed today. . . .
In Halomaumau, tho "house of
fire," the lava has reached almost' to
tho brim ot the pit. A column of .
steam Is spouting a mile high above ,
tho crater. Many lava fountains aro,,
spouting from apertures ln the pit. -
waiting in his car for a boom, ol logs
handled by four tugs to pass through
the draw, when the small car came
up behind him, turned sharply past
him and dropped into the river, which
Is twelve fcot deep at that place.
Marks In frost on the bridge showod
that a desperate effort had been
mado Just before the plunge to stop
the small car.
Several motorists found hy .the po
llco said that Just before the time ot
the accident a small car going at Its
capacity speed had passed . thorn,
southbound. t
A body taken from the river was
identified as that of William O'Brien.
FEAR HILO VOLCANO
IS NEAR ERUPTION