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MEDFORD, OREGON, - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1924
NO. 281
SECRETARY OF WAW DENBY
RIBUNE
RESIGNS
U.
JR., 18 ALSO
Another Sensation Is Sprung
in Oil Scandal Criminal
Action .By Coolidge Said to
Be Cause Theo. Roose
velt, Jr. Denies He Intends
to Step Out.
T. R. JR. WON'T RESIGN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.
Theodore Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy announced
after a half hour's conference
with President Coolidge today
that he would not resign as the
result of the retirement of Sec-
retary Denby.
"I have Just been to see the
president and I am not resign-
ing," Mr. Roosevelt said.
Then he dictated this state-
ment to newspapermen:
"My first reply to your ques-
lions Is that I did not know
about Secretary Denby's report-
ed resignation until 10:30 o'clock
this morning. That answers the
first question which I presume
you would ask me, The second
question is whether I am to re-
sign also, and my answer to that
1b that I have juat been to see
the nrosideat and. I am not ro-
-signing," ..,.:! -i
' -1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Secre
tary Denby's letter of resignation,
based his action on the fear that his
continuance in the cabinet might
cause President Coolidge "increasing
embarrassment."
The letter said that "neither you
(the president) nor anyone else at
any time hus advised me to resign."
In-reply President Coolidge wrote
thut he riiilizi'd Secretary Denby was
acting under his "sense of public
duty," and expressed deep regret.
Following Is the text of 1'iesiilent
Coolidge's letter, dated today:
"My Dear Mr. Secretary: Your
resignation has been received. I
am conscious that you have ten
dered it from a sense of public
duty.
"It Is with regret that I am to
part with you. You will go with
the knowledge that your honesty
and Integrity have not been Im
pugned. I treasure and recipro
cate your expressions of friend
ship. 1 shall remember the fine
sense of loyalty which you have
.always exhibited towards mo
with much satisfaction and always
wish you and yours contentment
and success.
"Very truly yours,
"CALVIN COOLIDUE."
Secretary Denby's letter of resigna
tion, dated February 17, Is as follows:
"My Dear Mr. President:
1 "Heretofore I have verbally ex- ;
pressed to you my deep apprecia
tion of your strong message In re
gard to the Robinson resolution.
"No one appreciates better than
1 how difficult your situation has
become. I fear that my continu
ance In the cabinet wduid Increaso
your embarrassments. Therefore,
1 have the honor to tender to you
. my resignation as secretary of
? the navy.
"As there are a few pending
matters which should receive my
personul attention I suggest that
my resignation be accepted as of
the date of March 10, 1924.
"It will always be a gratifying
thought to me that neither you
nor anyone else has at any lime '
advised me to resign.
"I assure you again of my ap
preciation of the many courtesies
(Continued on Ffge Eight)
REPORT
TO QUIT JOB
MISSIN& TACOMA PASTOR FOUND IN
SAN FRANCISCO, Feh. 18. His
memory gone, the Rev, Arthur D. De
Jacoby, former pastor of the Roose
velt Heights Christian church at Ta
coma. Wash., who disappeared two
weeks ago. is being held by local
authorities pending the arrival here of
his father, the Rev. H. C. Jacoby, pas
tor of the First Christian church of
Kscondido, Cal., who has been making
a coast-wide search for hl son. 1. - "
At the time of his disappearance,
two days after he had resigned his
4 Moose jaw Police in
Robber's Gang Quit;
City Is Unprotected
. MOOSEJAW. Sask., Feb. 18.
Moosejaw is practically without
police protection today, follow
ing the arrest of four members
of the police force and the sus
pension from duty of all other
patrolmen for alleged connection
with the robbery of various
stores and garages. Systematic
robbery has been going on since
last April, according to evidence
given to police commissioners,
who stated that three constables
have confessed. The nrtlcles
stolen range from clothing to
trunks and automobile tires. A
large quantity of the' stolen
clothing has been recovered, ac
cording to, police headquarters.
4.4.4.4,4.4.4.4.4.4, 4.
Judge Morning. of Lincoln, Ne
braska Shot Through Heart
As Divorce Case Starts
Man Shoots Himself After
Trying to Kill Wife.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 18. (My the
Associated .Press) District Judge
Wiljiam D.' Morning, was shot and
probably fatally wounded In his court
room In the county court houso here
at 9:40 this morning. Wallace C.
Walliok, who shot the Judge, then
turned the gun on himself and is se
verely wounded. Motive for the
shooting was not known. Walliok
died almost Instantly.
Walllck shot at C. F. Rein, attor
ney for Ills wife, Mntllde Walllck,
who was suing him for divorce, and
at his wife. Neither of those shots
took effect.
Judge Morning walked from his
bench after he had been shot and
was assisted to his room adjoining
the court, where ho died in a few
minutes.
Walllck, fifty years of nge, was a
well digger.
"Did you want an attorney?" Judge
Morning asked him.
"No man can make me pay," Wal
llck cried and drew his revolver.
He fired four shots ut his wife, at
her attorney, at the judge, and then
at himself. The last two took effect.
Judge Morning's- head dropped to
one side, but he raised himself and
walked down from his chnlr, court at
taches helping him into his chamber
where he died.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The con
dition of Senator Greene of Vermont,
shot In a fight between revenue of
ficers and bootleggers, was critical late
today and the outcome of his illness
was described as "doubtful."
Dr. Thomas Llnvllle, Senator
Greene's family physician, was In con
sultation shortly before four o'clock
with Dr. Daniel L. Borden, who per
formed the operation on the patient
Saturday afternoon, and other physi
cians at the emergency hospital. He
said out word that Senator Greene's
condition had become very grave.
pastorate at Tacoma, hlB coat and hat
were found in a rowboat in Puget
Sound and it was feared he had been
drowned.
A mysteriously worded telegram,
asking for assistance, sent to a Los
Angeles pharmacist named Jacoby,
resulted in detention of DeJacoby by
local police. He was taken into cus
tody at a telegrdph office.
He Is said to have Inserted the "De"
in his name when he became a mis
sionary In French Africa.
DISTRICT JUDGE
SHOT DOWN By
ENRAGED HUBBY
SHIP
LOST
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Steamer 'Columbia' Hits Rocks
Near Marshfield Women
Rescued By Use of Breeches
Buoy' Fear McCormick
Liner Will Be a Total Loss
Accident Unexplained.
MARSHFIELD. Ore., Feb. 18.
Twenty-seven members of tho crew of
the McCormick lino steamer Colum
bia, remained over night on board the
vessel which was wrecked yesterday
on the rocks of tho north Jetty of
Coos Bav. Rescue workers on the
Cleone, who yestorday removed the
passengers and other members of the
erew. resumed work at dawn
Tho Columbia was believed to be
a total loss.
Thirty passengers, Including two
women, and eight of the crew were
taken from the wreck by breeches
buoy before darkness stopped rescue
operations last night.
Heavy fogs prevailed this morning
when the Cleone steamed to its posi
tion in the bay near tho submerged
north Jetty where the Columbia, Mc
Cormick line, was pounding itself
apart on the ragged Jetty rocks.
Observers on short felt that slight
danger threatens tho work of rescue
as the sea was becoming culm.
Passengers and - members ' of the.
crew,' hauled to. safety yestordayi' 'are
unable to account for tho accide'nt
which cast the steamer to destruction.
The mate who was acting as pilot
Is still aboard. ' ",J
N. A. Lundh, second assistant engi
neer, who was rescued, said that he
felt the ship strike the Jetty as he
stood by the engineB. It rammed with
a quaking jar, lie said, and then lifted
up and slipped over to the Jagged
rocks beyond. When it settled the
crew in the lower part of the vessel
heard it strike at numerous places.
The Columbia went on the rocks'
yesterday morning while following ,
the steamer F. A. Warner into the '
harbor. The Columbia ran off her
course and after touching the rocks
was hit by a breaker which drove her
further and made her fast.
The steamer Cleone, with a crew
manned by volunteers reached the
scene shortly after noon and fired a
line across the Columbia. The two
women passengers wero the first
tuken off. Mrs. Nellie Williams.
Spokane, was tho first to make the
trip over the bobbing 300 yard line.
She was ducked into the water seve
ral times.
Mrs. A. Kennedy, of San Francisco,
was the second to go over the breeches
buoy routed Refor eleavlng the Co
lumbia she handed her shoes and
stockings to .her husband to put In
his pocket. Mrs. Kennedy made the
trip without touching the water, but
her husband who followed later, was
ducked several times, and the wife's
shoes and stockings were drenched
despite her precautions.
A coast guard boat remained near
the wreck throughout the operations
yesterday to pick up anyone who
mignt fan into the ocean. Crowds
thronged the shore line watching the
rescue work.
At 9 o'clock fifteen men had been
taken from the Columbia by breeches
buoy to the Cleone and the remaining
men were being removed at a rate of
one every four or five minutes.
There was a heavy swell on the bar
but It was not so rough as yesterday.
Captain Ed Swog, of the steam
schooner Cleone had difficulty in keep
ing his little vessel steady to hold the
line taut. Captain Skog yesterday of
fered the services of his vessel and
crew to Captain Jensen of the coast
guard service. '
The passengers listed as Mr. and
Mrs. A. Kennedy Bald today that their
correct name la Mr. and Mrs. A.
Udell.
The coast guard cutter Tamaroa ar
rived this morning to give assistance,
but the Cleone proceeded with the
work of taking the men off.
After the fog lifted this morning the
red hull of the Columbia could be
plianly seen from shore, where she
lies Just Inside the north jetty. She
lies a short distance from the hull of
the steamer C. A. Smith which was
wrecked a few weeks ago with loss of
ten members of the crew.
Lady Got a Thrill
Mrs. Nellie . Williams, the first
woman tal.en off the Columbia yes
terday in the breeches buoy, said to
day she was not a bit frightened when
the vessel went on the rocks, or when
she slid down the rope in the basket.
(Continued On Fag Eight)
ARE
SAVED
The First Man
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il J -X 1 .,- Jut
Secretary Dcnhy Is shown above enjoying life uh n dirt farmer In a
Michigan eorn field a few months licfore- the Teapot Dome O.I Ix-Jise was
.signed. Mr. Denby, who resigned today, Ih cxtee(ctl to return to IUh farm
for o few w-eeks' needed change and rest.
LABOR
7 IS
EXPECTED 10
F
E
: LONDON, Feb. 18. (By Associated
Press). . The dock strike which was
declared Saturday irffecting ' 120,000
men in ports of tho United Kingdom,
is expected to reach full effectiveness
today, officials of tho transport and
general workers' union stated.
No hope Is based on action of the
"blue ticket union," a new and hither
to unrecognized rival of the transport
workers union, which has recom
mended a 'stay In strike," under
which men would continue on duty
and go slow on piece work and refuse
to do over-time.
This action is viewed not as em
bodying any altruistic motive toward
the public, but as filmed at injuring
the transport union and enforcing
recognition of the blue tickets by
employers whohave hitherto ignored
the organization's existence. There
is a demand in some quarters that this
attitude should be met by the employ
ers immediately locking out the blues.
At present there is nothing to con
firm reports thut Premier Macdonald
or the council of the trades union con
gress Is likely to intervene today but
the public is turning Its hopes on
them. The newspapers state that the
government foreseeing the present
outcome of the quarrel between dock
ers and their employers which has
been in progress for some weeks, has
made careful plans to insure a supply
of foodstuffs.
The strike Is already threatening to
affect the newspapers through stop
page of news print supplies. The
Daily Chronicle today prints a smaller
paper than usual, attributing it to this
cause.
Tho Immediate effect of the strike
so far as London is concerned, is
lack of malls from the United States
held un at Plymouth on the liners
America and Nleuv Amsterdam.
Mails to and from America are
likely to be tied up at the docks on
this side for tho duration of the
strike unless some emergency ar
rangement for handling them is made,
it was indicated.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
SEATTLK. Feb. 18. Between $12,
000 and 116,000 In cash was stolen
from two bank messengers of tho
Metropolitan National bank of this
city by armed banilits In front of the
Federal Keserve bank branch in the
heart of the business section here
today.
DoiiKlns County Lags ncliltid.
ROBEHURO, Ore. Feb. 18. Mrs.
Delia Qulne, wife of County Judge
George Qulne and Mrs. May a. Peter
son of Yoncolln, were today chosen
for the Douglas county grnnd Jury.
This Is the first time In the history
of the county that a woman has been
chosen for this duty..
OV
HANDL
STRK
to Step Out
10
BE BIG POINT
E
Paul V. Maris, chief of the extension
service of O. A. C. was tho chief
speaker at tho opening session this
afternoon of tho Jackson Count v Aurl -
cultural conference, which was at -
tended by 300 orchardlsts and farm -
era. The general assembly was heldj
in the Masonic building.
"In the lnt three years," said
Marls, "there has been a mobilization
of thought in Oregon to settle and
solve her agricultural problems. This
Is manifested in the wakening Interest
in farmer's organization, a revitaliz
ing of the State Chamber of Commerce
to aid the farmer, constructive work
by the bankers, and the raising of a
fund to further the cause of the lnml."
"In order that Jackson county may
approach hor agricultural problems
she should catalogue her needs, and
place a copy of the program In the
hands of every farmer that he may co
operate Intelligently." The same lit
erature should also bo placed In
schools.
A marketing program was urged by
tho speaker, who held that production
should be governed by marketing con
ditions, Instead of marketing condi
tions by production.
A survey of conditions In Oregon ac
cording to the speaker, showed that
there was a down trend in the raising
of staple articles, always marketable,
but for which the price often waver
ed, and a tendency to raise special
crops. He cited the story of the prune
to illustrate his point on specialization,
and said there were enough nrunes
ralsod In Oregon to "feed 38,000,000
people outside our own bundaries, at
the present rate of consumption, ana,
enough prunes raised In the three 1 ..
clflc coast states to feed 100,000,000
people." ' . I
Marls urged Jackson county to study
conditions in other sections In compe
tition with her products, and map out
a program And a policy.
A. C. Joy, temporary c'halrmani in
an address of welcome declared thero
"Is not going to be much welcoming.
When I go ovor to my neighbor's, to
help him fill his silo, there Is little
time wasted In welcoming. We pull
off our coat and'go to work. That Is
what we are expected to do here." .
Mr. Joy said that the farmer had
criticised labor, the railroads and oth
er agencies, having a direct bearing
upon his welfare," for not running on
a basis of efficiency and economy,
and I sometimes wonder if the farm
er ought not bring that thought home
to himself, and find out If they were
operating on the lowest point of ecou
omy and efficiency."
The speker read an article, which dfl'
clared that the American farmer "was
(Continued on Page Eight)
IVIARKFTING
AT-CONFERENC
Cripple and Blind
Man to Walk From
Soldiers9 Home to 5. F.
SAWTEL.LE, Oil., Feb.
18.
William Ktci lhiR. blind, and Tom
Hnmmol, crippled, both inmates
of tho Soldlera' Home here, are
planning a hike to Kan Francisco
they announced today.
Hummel cannot walk, but he
can sit In a wheel chair and
KUide It. Sterling cannot Bee,
lint he can push the wheel chair
that Hummel occupies . and
guidefl.
So they plan to negotiate the
hike, HturliiiK pushing and Ham
nu'l steering.
AIDE "GOT"
WED T007E
Mrs Lnla Baldwin Anpnt for
MR.. LOld DdlUWIIl, Mljeni IUI
Governor, Investigated Case
of G, 0. P. Leader Charged
With Giving Girl Drink of
Whiskey.
, !
MAMTMMVU.T.R o,. t,h.
. ' '
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., chairman of the
republican state central committee and
J, W, Tomplln, garage owner, pleaded-
not guilty this morning to indictments
... ' . ,
charging- them with contributing' to
the delinquency of a minor. . ,
SALEM, Ore, Feb. 18. Governor
1'iorce saiu luauy mm mm. ojuiu
Baldwin of Portland, had been inves-
tlButlng charges made against Walter
L. Tooze, Jr., and W. L. Tomplin,
prominent McMlnnyl 1 men who are
. . ..,.. 18 VOIir id
I ... i,i..'... , , ,..,.i,
1 iinnn ini ' mmi'no. rMnim is
1 made that evidence has been found
Indicating that T007.0 and Tomplln
took two McMlnnville girls to Dallas
GOVERNOR SMS
where they wore given liquor.. One when the liquor Interests were mighty
of the girls, it Is said was Miss Miser, and powerful. Now past sixty I have
while the name of the other girl has no ,dea of yleI(nfi or compromising'
MMinliricltlin'rlathero"; ' " to drive the bootlegger
the Miser girl, visited the governor anA lho moonshiners out of the boun
and asked for help from the state uarles of this commonwealth. .
legal dopartment In tho Investigation. "If any prominent citizen be Indlct
Cloorgo Ncuner of Roseburg, who has ed and found guilty he should expect
been doing special work for tho state, the same punishment as the man who
was asked to go Into.tho caso, but de- has 'no wealth or power. In fact his
.(lined, It is said. Clovornor Pierce says degree of gut mornlly , greater by:
that If further aid in wanted from the f h , j strength."
state ho probably will ask the attorney 1 ,,J 7 . .
general to assist. ' The governor said he does BOt want
Mr. Tooze, It is undorstood here, de- to send special prosecuting attorneys
Clares tho accusation against him is into any county. .
spite work which has grown out of I "It Is a most unpleasant duty'he
litigation recently in which prominent;
Yamhill county citizens were Involved. '
IS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Henry R.
Fletcher of Pennsylvania, now ambas
sador to tlelglum, has been selected
by President Coolidge to be ambassa-
,,or to Itay' IIe w"l succeed Richard
Washburn
Child, who recently rctlr-
ed.
Y OF
EVE OF WEDDING LAST JUNE FOUND
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 18. The
body of Washington Moorla, wealthy
Buckley man, who disappeared last
June en the eve of his wedding day,
was found today four miles southeast
of Huckley.
Two hunters, George Lelaup and
Oscar Lee and their dogs accidentally
marie the discovery, ltaying of the
dogs attracted the hunters to the spot
where the remains were found. Dep. . Keeley. a teacher in the Auburn '
uty Corner J. F. Jones, of Buckley, . schools, the following Wednesday In
was notified and Identification was Seattle, where they were to have pur
established beyond reasonable doubt chased their wedding license. Thurs- ;
when a watch engraved with Morris' day of the same week had been set
name was found in tho clothing. as the wedding day. Foul play was '
umtr ni n.uiiu m ino pocaeis
rrtade the
laenuncauon soncluslve,
Mr. Jones said.
No marks of violence were found
on the body and the deputy gave It as
PIERCE IN
DRY FIGHT
TO FINISH
Governor ' in Speech Before
Portland Ministers, Requests
More Money for Enforce
ment Declares He Will Not
Yield in Struggle for Honesty
and Right. V
PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. 18. Govern
or Pierce will ask for more money
with which to enforce the prohibition
law in Oregon, he told the Portland
Ministerial association in a speech
here this afternoon. "I am going to
BBk for mora ,undB for tho 8tate pr0
hibitlon department," he said. "Un
der the law we are now limited to an
annual expenditure of $25,000. This is
an insufficient fund tor the state
force.
"It Is almost time for primary elec
tion," the governor continued. ' "Can
we rouse ourselves to see that only
thoBe who are with ub are put on.
guard in official places. Nominate
elect only those known to be dry.
i am very suspioious that some of
those called dry In this state are wet.
very wet beneath the surface.",
wht th country now needs, the
DAVnm rv ooll ( a amidsiIa ln,'flAni..4'
-
mon honesty, a crusade for pure, oleaa
,vfnK , , wa,ka ,,,.. , . ,
"i know full well what the prohlbi-,
Ition fight means an,d the sacrifices
that must be made," he said, "Twen-'
yvurn bku i hiukwi my ail politically.
in a liquor fight in the state senate
over tn0 jayne hm. By a narrow mar-
i ,. Hot.at ,
,quor ntereBtB , th,g Btats wh(m ,ed'
on the floor of the senate by some of
the most brilliant men Portland has
evcr produced.
For ten years I was
forced Into private life on account of
mat fight. I was then but forty. I
did not yield or compromise then.
declared, "but when it is proven to me
that the district attorney of a county'
is falling to do his full duty then I
shall use the power vested in me as:
governor and send the attorney gen- .
eral into the county) demanding that
he take charge of the criminal prose-,
cution."
The Anti-Saloon league, the govern
or said, Is the most effective prohibi
tion organization in the state.
"The churches," Mr. Pierce told the
ministers, "are the greatest , single :
moral force for law enforcement this
side of the pearly gates of heaven, ' I
ask the Christian churches of Oregon
to support the Anti-Saloon league. By
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his opinion that Morris, suffering'
from Illness and probably Irrational,
at the time, fell while wandering
down the abandoned skid road on
which hlB body was found and was too
weak to rise, his death resulting' a
short while later from exposure.
Further Interest attached to the
case when It became known that Mor- :
ris, who disappeared on Monday, was ,
to have met hia fiancee. Ml mm rinmnM,
, suspected, the bride-to-be especially '
,boinr convinced that Mnrrl.
killed as he was known to have car.
rled considerable sums ot money with
him.