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Newspaper Page Texti library l Tribune The Weather EDFORD Weather Year Ago Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 57 Minimum today ., 20 Dally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Third Year. . Minimum 51.5 Minimum 30 MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1924 NO. 282 M MAI in OIL STOCK Oil Committee Refuses to Make f ' public Name of Official Who I Traded in Oil More Revela . ;' ,fjpns Promised Govt. At . twneys to Start Action at ; Once. . ., L:i.fci '.WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Owen J. Roberts and Atleo Pomerene, special government oil counsel.- announced late today that no tlmn would be lost 'In diligently and urgently presenting the, claims of the government or In the prosecution of any individuals criminally guilty." "WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (By As sociated Press). The name of at least one public official appears on the list of stock brokerage transactions pre sented to the senate 611 committee to day by broker officials, according to members of the committee. -They declined to say who this of ficial was. Attention was called that this list was only a partlnl one and that it was determined to have the committee auditors make' a thorough examination of all of the books of the company. , .Committeemen said that it was Wieir desire to have the closest pos sible co-operation with the govern ment counsel and to leave to them the tiuestlons of law from time to time necessarily to come before the com .teittee. , . . l One of the subjects discussed and finally referred to counsel was a re quest from one witness who Is under subpoena, for assurances whether he 'would be given immunity if he ap peared and made a full statement. k7'M,commlttee has been told that this fwiOiess nas mucn vaiuaoie iniorma tlon bearing on several phases of the Investigation. . - -i The president feels that from now on it would be necegsury for him to refrain from discussing In a public or semi-public way the oil leases and their attendant circumstances. He is convinced the government should not tip its hand. !- ( For that reason he has taken the ! attitude that it would be better for ' attorneys who have charge of the prosecution to take over the responsi bility of directing whnt information should be made public. , WASHINGTON, Feb. IB. Tne sen- ate. oil committee undertook toiy to tun, down a story ot Heavy spocuia tlons by high government officials ln the stock of the Sinclair Oil compan ies before and after the Sinclair in . terests leased Teapot Dome. H. H. Benkard of tho New York brokerage firm of J. P. Benkard and , company, his personal attorney, S. D. Bowers, and A. H. 'Cook, office mun Ajiger of the Benkard firm, were in conference with the Committee In :-. 'executive session and It was decided '- :to send expert accountants to New York to examine the records of the . firm. '' : : ' Wire Report On i Foreign Money NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Renewed' Belling today carried French francs flown 4Vt points to a new low quota- tion for nil time, 4.08 cents. The de-j cline gained headway after a some- whnt firmer, opening. Belgian ex change continued to decline In sym pathy, but sterling held firm. , CONFIRMED COXVICTOU EXCUSED FROM JURY LOS ANGELES. Feb. 19. Selection of Jurors in a criminal case here yes terday was interrupted suddenly whin Mrs. Ida C. Davis told the court she would not sit on the same Jury, Wlth Moses W. Neal, drawn Just ahead of her. "He's ft confirmed convlctor," she said. - "You bet I am," retorted Neal. "I only -wish there were more criminals to convict.". He was excused from further Jury duty. NEW ANTI-SEPTIC DISCOVERED AT JOHN HOPKINS; CURES SEPTIC POISON , BALTIMORE, Md Feb. 10. Sep- tic. poisoning, considered one of the most dangerous enemies to life, is be ing successfully combatted by mer curochrome'; an antl-septlo developed by Baltimore physicians through ex . pertinents at Brady institute, John I Hopkins hospital, which have, covered a period of five years and been suc i.cessful ln many instances during the ilast year. The new treatment has ijust become known to the public thru Med ford Woman in Los Angeles Missing; Police Start Search. ' v LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. Mrs. Ruth Garnett, 21, who arrived In Los Angeles from Medford, Ore., last Wednesday night, is said to has disappeared immediately at- ter her arrival here, and has not been seen since. Last night her mother, Mrs. Helen E. Curtis, an- pealed to the police to try to lo- cato the missing woman. Mrs. Curtis said her daughter came hore from Medford for her health and she fears she Is a vie- tim of amnesia. ' Mrs. Garnett, the wife of Merle Garnett, is well known in Med- ford. For some time she has been suffering from ill health. ....... BARRETT SALE TO V IS RECOMMENDED At this morning's session of the Horticultural group, after a discus sion of "What ore your recommendt- CANNER tlons in regard to eastern shinments were severely burned; others were in of green fruits, a rtsrlutlon was jjured In falls. adopted "that growers should sell a ' ot "e dead- v8 were bo and two laree r rpntaen of their Harllctt B'rls' four were women' and two men large percentage oi tneir imiui.it 0m) Q( tne cnlldren waa an lntant, pear crop to canneries, provided grad- whOBe charl.ed body was found at tho ing rules are made equitable and that breast of Its dead mother, u permanent committee be appointed' The fire was discovered by a pass to gother Information each season re- Ing policeman who saw smoke and gaidlng Bartlett pears, th-m to caU 'lames rising against the inner side ot growers together and jlaee . before thorn resultB of their Inve-ulyiti jus. The feasibility of coo)flM!D4 with, Cullfornia and Washington in the ad vertising of pears In eastern cities was r.'Eeussed, DECISION LATER IN RATE RAISE, ELECTRIC RATES At the conclusion of the nubile hearing here before the publlo sei vj,.0 commission late yesterday after nonn on the application of the Call-1 ,sal,em. Ore., Feb. 19. The follow fornla Oregon Power company to nii0a i.or(, handed, down to- raise rales on several of Its schedules. day by tne 8upremo court: , the commission took the matter under: K- y. Breese Vs. Frank C. Bram advisement and will announce Its de-1, superintendent ot banks, appel rlslon later. The hearing was Just ,.. nni1 p.inavllle. defend- concluded In time for the members of ant. a,)Ilea, from Crook county; suit the commission to board the north- t0 har0 pro rata ln money paid to bound train en route to Marshfleld, creditors of Crook county .bank, where a hearing of the body will be0))nlon by Justice Coshow. Judge hold tomorrow. T. E. J. Duffy affirmed. . ln addition to the details of the Charles J. Hanzllk, vs. Julia Hanz- henring related in Monday's . Mall iik am)cnant. appeal from Clackamas . Tribune the only objection from Med- eountyi BUit for divorce; opinion by torn ana Jackson county to the pro-; posed raising of rates came in the afternoon from Gates & Lydiard when their attorney, E. E. Kelly np-. penred before the commission and voiced their protest on the proposed ; "" cuu.iiioicmr-nwiuiiif, wouiu ..i.eui i.iuir ein.-iru.-ui Diinoi,.jb ' PnnRfilnrnhln timA wna anatif fit th Considerable time was spent at the' hearing in discussing financial and capital Investment statements of the power company. The California Oregon Power com- pany mude a showing of earnings of 5.124 per cent on capital Invested last year, it was declared. The power company contends that only heavy users of electricity will be affected by the asked for raise in rates, and that only 32 out of approx imately 300 will be affected; and that in the combined light, heat and cook ing class but 160 customers out of a study of 45C characteristic caseB would have a total Increase of 195 a month. an average of 60 cents each a month should the Increase be allowed. China Knters Football Team PARIS, Feb. 19. China has en tered for the association football com petition In the Olympic games bring ing the entries for this event to 32. i the remarkable recovery of Dr. Car! V. VIscher, of Philadelphia. Dr. Vischer,.a surgeon at Hwine mann hospital, pricked his finger with a needle during an operation last August and contracted septic poison ing. For months his life was de spaired of. As a lost resort, the two surgeons attending him used mer curochrome. Now entirely recovered, he is at his home with only scars to mark his six months battle for life, CHILDREN DIE LIKE FLIES IN MINT FIRE 13 Lives Snuffed Out in Few Minutes in Incendiary Blaze . New York East Side Five Boys Two Girls and Baby Among Victims. . NEW YORK, Feb.. 19. (By Asso ciated Press). Thirteen Hves woro snuffed out in a few minutes in a fire believed no have been of Incendiary origin, which early today swept from basement to roof of .a five story tene ment In, the heart of New York's lower Kast Side ghetto. Seven of those killed were children. The blaze, unequalled in rapidity in the annals of tho , fire department flared up the Btaircase, blocking escape of the eight families who occu pied the building. Some of those in the two upper stories, awakening to find the flames at their bedsides, met death before they could even try to dash through the roaring furnace with which they were confronted. Terrified on open ing their hall doors to find a vortex of flume mushrooming down through the nninkpf filed corridors, the families on the lower floors retreated to the windows from -which they managed in some cases, by seemingly impos sible means to reach safety. Several a window. He rushed into the house and up the staircases, hammering with his fists on doors and shouting a warning. Flames stopped him before he reached the upper storieB. ,r Tho front door.Jiad been open as ho .entered, and as he dashed' out he saw Louis Choenfleld, a news vender, run ning from the entrance with three men at his heels. He took alt four to a police station where Choenfleld who appeared to police to be mentally de ranged, babbled In answer to all questions: "I haven't got any matches; you can search me." Choenfleld and three men later were released, the police being satis fied the four had nothing to do with starting the fire. Oregon Supreme Court Decisions Ju!ltl(.e Rand. Juage j. u. Camp- uc)l affirmed. , . v " FlrHt Ntttlonal bank of Shreveport, La appellant,: vs. 'ate Bank of Pm.tlundf appear 'from Multnomah county. sult to have cluim for 3000 made a preference claim. Opinion Ju8tice Rand. Judge Walter H .... jsvans amrmea. J. H. CummlngS( Vs. Central Oregon bank, appellant; appeal from Des chutes county; . action to recover money. Opinion by Justice Bean Judge T. E. J. Duffy affirmed. In re Tom Demitro; appeal from Multnomah; appeal from claim allow ance by stute Industrial accident com mission. Opinion by Justice Burnett. Judge Robert C. Morrow reversed. J. K. Bell vs. Fred Spain, et al, ap pellants; appeal from Union county, motion, to re-tax costs and petition; for re-hearing; re-hearing denied and costs retaxed In opinion by Justice Bean. : -. . Jacob Kaakl, et al, appellant vs. Mntt Kemppalnen, et al; appeal from Clatsop county; suit to enjoin defend ants from selling -or mortgaging or otherwise Incorporating the premises of the Suomi Temperance ' society; opinion by Justice Burnett, Judge J. IT. Campbell affirmed to the extent of: dismissing suit without prejudice. Peter Raber, et al, vs. E. L, Clark, et al. appellants; appeal from Des chutes county; suit for cancellation of mortgage. Opinion by Justice Brown. Judge T. E. J. , Duffy af firmed .. , L. A. Martin vs. Olenbrook Farms corporation, appellant; appeal from Douglas county; suit to collect money; opinion by Justice McCourt. Judge J. f. Hamilton affirmed. W. L. Spltzer vs. "Annette Rolph," a vessel, et al; appellant, appeal from Multnomah county; suit to recover damages for personal Injury. Opin ion by Chief Justice McBrldge. Judge George W. Btapleton affirmed. ' . Glen G. Anderson and Minnie An derson,, appellants, vs. J. U. Burgess, appeal from lane county, action to HniiMnte stnrlr In pnrnnratinn. Onln- I Ion by Justice Coshow, Judge O, W. UONFILS, DENVER EDITOR, GOT SINCLAIR'S 250,000 IS TEAPOT DOME OIL DEAL Frederick Q. Bpnflls, publisher of the Denver. (Gol.) Post, testiflng before the Senate Committee that has been investigating the naval oil lease scandals, sold that by a contract with Harry P. Sinclair the' latter paid him and three men ?50(000 in- cash and handed over 320 acres of Teapot Dome oil land which could be repurchased March 15 next for f 750, 000. The Denver newspaper, partly ownpd by Mr. BontUa. startrd an inveatigution of the Teapot Dome oil lease two years ago. ' THAT DAUGHERTY L WASHINGTON, Feb. ID. Attorney General. Daugherty remained silently defiant today in tho fuce of tho new attack on him and the Tuesday cabi net meeting passed without announce-; ment of his resignation, Department of Justice officials In RiatH thnt hu hnri nn Intention . of surrendering to his critics-liut Sena. tors who have tuken. the lead ln ad vising the president to aHk him to re tire, remained confident that their ad vice would be followed. ' . WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Tho de mnnd for the resignation of Attorney General Daugherty 'suddenly has be-; come one of the most acute, of air tne, questions growing out oi me on scandal, and there : were Indications touay tnat some 'important ueveiup ment could be expected shortly. Protest against Mr. Duughcrty's continuance In' office have come to the' White (House from several now sources and were before President Coolldge when tho cablnot met. In some quarters it. was believed that a statement would be made after the meeting. , All of thoso In closest touch with the latest turn ln the situation stead fastly refused to talk about It or re veal Just what new Information had entered into the campign to drive Mr. Daugherty out ot the cabinet. It was entirely apparent, however, that ln Its newest phases the attack was a direct outgrowth of tho oil Investigation. Those opposing his continuance as member of the president's official family, have redoubled- theltl effortB since new information in the oil mud dle was brought to Washington Sun day and on the basis of what they now know, they seem perfectly confi dent today that the attorney general would resign almost Immediately, ISTERS El PIERCE, SCORE PRESS PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19. In dorsement of Governor Pierce and pledge of support in his efforts to enforce the prohibition laws, reitera tion of charges that the press has sup pressed news of enforcement activ ities and adoption of resolutions by W. J. Herwlg of the Oregon Anti Saloon league, urging more stringent enforcement activity, were the pro ducts of the meeting of the Minister ial association which met ut the Y. Al. C. A. yesterday afternoon. The Noted Dead DALLAS, Toxns,' Fob. 19. Funeral services for HlK'ht Rev. Alexander C. Oarrett, presiding bishop of the Protestant . Episcopal church ln America, who died here last night, will be held Friday, according to ten tative plans announced by Dean Rob ert 8. Chalmers of St. Matthew's ca thedral here. fhe body will lie In state In the chapel at St. Mary's college for women which tho bishop founded and where his cottage home was located, until Friday, when it will be removed to jthe cathedral. Sklnworth reversed and case . re- Imandcd. Roy Adams, et al vs. William Ken nard, appellant; appeal from Mult nomah county;, on motion to dismiss; opinion by Justice Coshow, case dismissed. RUMOR STRONG W1L DROP OUT OIL CLINGS 10 M'ADOQ, SPUE OF WHITEWASH Opponents of Democratic Can didate Point Out Fact That Walsh- Endorsement Was Made Through Continental Oil Company Employee. ; CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Thomas Ar thur of Great Falls, Mont., delegate to the conference which endorsed Wil liam G. McAdoo for the democratic presidential nomination hore yester day and to whom T. J. Walsh of Mon tana, member of the Teapot Dome In vestigating committee sent his ep dorsement of Mr. McAdoo, Is an em ploye of the Continental Oil company, according to the Chicago Dally Trib une. . , "I'm nn employe, not an executive," the Tribune quotes Mr. Arthur. "My Job Is to go around wherever I am sent negotiating for leases and rights of way." He Bnld he was a small stockholder In the Mutual Oil company, recently taken over by the Continental. "Democratic leaders opposed to Mc Adoo expressed surprise that Senator Walsh had sent his mesBnge through nn oil man after so earnestly protest ing against Attorneys Silas Strawn and Thomas. Gregory in Washington because he scented oil on them," said the Tribune. Platform Outlined CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Styled by his friends as pre-eminently available for tile presidency and tho "hope of the progressive thought of tho nation,' William Gibbs McAdoo, former sec- rc(ftry of (no treu8uryi , ,n th0 race for the democratic presidency to stay and has outlined needs ot the na tion. Those are some, of the things "that neod to bo done to prqtect the rights of tho people and satisfy the demand of .progress," ho said 1 Drive corruption out of Wash ington. 2' Call a now world conference to deal with political and economical , 3submlt the question of Amorl- can, foreign policy to eren(junl a nntional ref- 4 Take tho grip of Wall street off the treasury department and the fed eral -reserve system. G Repeal thai Fordney-McCumber tariff act. 0 Prompt railroad reforms. 7-Tut agriculture on Its feet agaii), 8 Strict enforcement of eighteenth amendment, 9 Reduce taxes, 10 Adopt a constitutional amend ment prohibiting child labor, 11 Establishment of a national labor code. 18 Clean out tho veterans bureau and puy a soldiers' bonus, "Until the government is purged and made clean and honest and ef ficient ngnln nn progress can be mude , , ,he aeUiement of tnB BrcBt prob lems confronting .the people," McAdoo said. American ROOSEVELT TO STAY COOUDGE EXPECTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 President Coolldge has given no special consid eratlon to the selection of a successor to Secretary Denby. Neither has he given any considera tion to the possibility that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will resign and lo the contrary, ho expects Mr. Roosevelt to remain in office. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Coolldge regards business generally as In a healthy condition and believes the American people can feel safely that the great bulk of the country's busi ness IB carried on without any sugges tion of wrongdoing. SALEM. Ore., Feb. 19. Attorney Oenernt VanWInklb said yesterday that the stute will not appeal Its suit against A. C. Marsters of Roseburg to recover lands alleged to have been procured fraudulently by Marsters. About 11.000 acres of land In Klam atr county were involved. The rca - son given for the decision to let the case arop is tnat tne eviuence oi entrymen, which the state says was I n ...... ..I ..... n . ... 1 i. n rrwintita Mrnrn tiv them, Is not sufficient ta establish the state's case. Senator Operated On Again; Condition Is Still Very Serious WASHINGTON, . Feb. 19. The condition of Senator Frank L. Greene ot Vermont, who is suf- ferlng from a bullet wound In the head was declared at 3:30 o'clock 4- today by his physicians to be the same as during the morning. They said lie was ln a "very critical" state. A second operation for the re- moval of bone splinters from his brain was found imperative lust vnlght, was followed for a short time ay a (avoraute turn in nts condition, but he soon suffered a grave rolapse due to a hem- orrhage. The latter complication was quickly overcome, however, and lie was described at C a. in. as being very slightly better. 4- GlP.DEfEAlED IDE HOUSE democratic substitute for the Mellon normal Income tax and surtax rates carried In the revenue bill was ap- proved today by the house. . Action on tho democratic proposal came after the houso had voted down 4n ciulck order a plan offered by Chairman Madden of tho approprla- tlons committee which parallelled the Mellon rates land the substitute of Representative Krenr, Wisconsin, re publican insurgent. The voto on the democratic substi tute was 222 to 190. Democrats voted; solidly fop' their substitute. Sixteen -republicans, most of them Insurgents, also voted for it. on- Iw. ii i- to file through the center aisle to be counted1 WAS' taken, rules preventing a roll call. i , Before a final vote on tho bill Is taken, however, a roll call on tho democratic substitute can be de manded. ., The substitute would cut normal tax rates to two per cent on Incomes under $5000; to four per cent on Incomes between $5000 and $8000 nnd to six per cent on incomes above $8000. The present rate Is four, per cent on incomes under $4000 and eight per cent . on Incomes , above that amount. Tax exemptions, under the substl- tutu approved would bo Increased from $1000 to $2000 for single per sons, and, from $2500 to $3000 for heads of -families. Tho Mellon bill proposed no such Increase. K P. CELEBRATES The celebration of the diamond or 60th anniversary of the Knights of Pythias, Monday, was attended by about 300 knights and thoir families and friends. A ritual ceremony was Rivon In which II II. Williams, chan cellor commandor; E. 10. Gore, vice chancellor; 12. V. . Jacciua, prelate; W. I. CroWBon, director of work; K.' K, Hobinson, keeper of records and seals and Lloyd Williamson, master-at-arms, assisted. Short addresses were made on the principles of the order by W. R. Oay Inrd, Hawles Moore and Aubrey O. Smith. The D. O. K. K. band played several numbers which were enthusi astically received. A four-piece orchestra furnished musto by which the company could dance tilt at late hour. During the dance refreshments were served by a ;pecl?' mmlttee. The Pythian Sis ters helped prepare tho refreshments. Whitman Beats Pacific. FOREST GROVE, Ore., Feb. 19. Whitman college basketball team de- feal))(1 raclf0 unlver9Uy here in a fast game last night 35 to 15. Whitman maintained tha advantage throughout, outclassing the local quintet. GIRL PLAYING WITH ON MELLON PLAN AT DALLES KILLED. THE DALLES, Oro., Feb. 19. Elln ora Munn, 7, died early today from Injuries suffered when a dynamite cap with which gke was playing exploded. Her brother, Orvlle, 9, Is ln the hos ;pital at Wasco on the verge of death (rom injureg suffered at the same time. Tho boy has both eyes blown out and h' body Is riddled with particles of jmeiai wmcu cuvereu me cup. AGREEMENT REACHED ON REPARATIONS General Dawes : and Experts Agree On Main Features of Plan to. Solve Reparations Tangle Mortgage On Ger man Railroads to Be First Step. PARIS, Fob. 19. (By Associated Press). Tho expert committeemen examining into Germany's resources have reached a general agreement on their report to the reparation com mlHslon according to information from authoritative quarters today. They have deckled, It was stated, that Instead of the formidable loan to be placed on the international market previously suggested, a mortgage .of approximately 10,000,000,000 gold marks on the German railway system and other sources of revenue of the German government shall form the , basis of a plan by which the allied countries, especially France, will de WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The rivo regular payments of interest. The mortgago no nas to be issued would be a first lien on the railways and be divided among Germany's creditors on the basis of the percent- ago adopted at the Spa conference in 1920 France 62 per cent; Great Brt- tain 26; Italy 10; Belgium 8, with the remaining four per cent divided t"0"gr tne omer antes. A relatively small interest loan wilt. also be recommended to help . Ger many set up the proposed national gold Issue bank. In this loan Amer ican financiers Will be asked to Invest. Its amount remnlna to be fixed, but it will probably not exceed $500,000,000. If the plan is accepted by .the allied governments part of this loan will be offered in the-Amorican market! -: ;-h . . -. .wt;.ni; The' proposed mortgage on German resources wouJd'Tnot Involve the ad vance bf any money to Germany by the holders of the mortgage securities, but it Would be represented by the . Issue In Germany of marketable Ger- ' man paper guaranteed by those re sources. -The interest rate probably . wIu u0 Hix per COnt On the basis proposed France whoso share of the mortgage bonds ' would be 6,200.000,000 gold marks, would receive 312,000,000 gold marku yearly. ' Tho mortgage securities, according to the plan, would be transferable by endorsement of tho receiving govern- monts, if they saw fitt and If a market nnnlfl he found for them. Experts : express belief that this plan would, create a real asset which would bo received with accumulating , confidence' as .the. quarterly Interest . payments wore made. , '. The bond issue Is Involved to soma extent with tho occupation of Ruhr and France, would be expected to With ' draw her civilian organization there,. If the military occupation continued It would bo of the slightest character. SPECIAL MEETING : CALLED TONIGHT There will bfc a big meeting of -the, lnnd settlement icroup of the agrtcul- tural conference at 8 o'cUuK tonight In the basement Of the Ho?! Medford ' at which a' number of prominent speakers and -experts on. land settle ment problems will be presont and make addresses." No other croup meet ii gs will be held tonight, tluri afford everyone attending Un c inference an opportunity to attend thW gather-' ln. .. ... Among the speakers will be Whit ney L. Bolce ot Portland, chairman of the Oregon . State Land Settlement commission Mr. E. E. Favllle, chair- man of the marketing committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, and "Farmer Smith" of the land set tlement department of the Union Pa cific railroad. DYNAMITE CAP The little victims have been unable to toll how the accident occurred. Or villa said they found some "things" ln a box and were playing with them, When the . children were being brought Into Dr. W. N. Morse's office their mother, who chanced to be In tha office, heard 'their names mentioned as she saw them being carried ln, She collapsed and became hysterical. Mr. Munn Is employed by a railroad com pany at Klondike, Ore,. 1 : "