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Weather Year Ago
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Maximum yesterday 57
Minimum today ., 20
Dally Eighteenth Tear.
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Minimum 51.5
Minimum 30
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1924
NO. 282
M
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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.
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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
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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
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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 : "