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Newspaper Page Textas M MAILT The Weather EDFORD RIBUNE Weather Year Ago Prediction Fair Maximum yetiUsrday 43 Minimum today S3 Maximum 63 Minimum 29 Pally Eighteenth Tear. ' Weekly Fifty-Third year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 NO. 286 $115,000 Libel Suit Against Henry Ford Charge Politicians $10 Per Minute for Radio Broadcasting American Dog Derby Won. by Olcott Zarn, 16 Year Old 'Kid' R.R.FREIGHT Ordered Dismissed nAIIHUFRTV EFFORT IN Pemocrats Join With G. 0. P, ' Regulars in Voting Down Ef fort of Insurgents to Reim- pose: Excess Profits Tax ; Beer Tax for Bonus Also Is ; Voted Down. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 83. An at tempt to restore the excess profits tai was defeated today In the house. ; The vote was on an amendment to tjte revenue bill offered by represen tative Frear, republican Insurgent, Wisconsin, which proposed reenact meut of the law repealed In 1821 wlln slightly different rates. ',. The amendment was rejected, 157 to ,74. Republican insurgents favor ing It had the support, of about half the- democrats present. ,VA substitute amendment by Hen reaentative Hill, republican, Mary land, proposing to. allow beer con taining 2.75 per cent of alcohol and tq, levy tax of twenty cents a gallon On It, was thrown out on a point of order, sustained by the nouse, iu to 8. Representative Hill argued Buch a tax would raise 500,000,000 annu- ally and permit payment of a soldiers' bonus. - -New difficulties in fixing a proposed ' increased scale of rates tor the estate fat, coupled with a break in republl- Can ranks over the advisability of such ai move, caused Chairman Oreen of the ways and means committee to ask tjidt this section be passed over today fend -'taken up out of lis regular turn j nxl week. . . ' Some-. republicans,., -including Mr. Oreen.: favor tlie tnWoHse'Bnd a pro- posed gift tax. The republicans de-1 fumed such 0. move in committee and tqe democrats have sponsored it since, j F CHICAGO, Feb. 23, Frederick Wright, correspondent in Mexico City for the Chicago Tribune, has been or- dered deported from Mexico by the secretary of the Interior, on charges of "persistent misinterpretation of po lltlcal news," according to a special dispatch from lilm in today's Chicago Tribune The charge was made, the dispatch slates, after an Investigation or an ar ticle in the Tribune oil January 6 re garding the destruction of the hacien da of Mrs. Rosalie Evans in the state of Puebla. Wright knew nothing about the ar ticle, which was written under date of Monterey, Mexico, by Ralph Cam eron, now In the United States, the Tribune says. The story told of Operations of Ob regon troops under General Almazan against the property of Mrs. Evans, a native of Brownsville, Texas. The buildings on the estate were burned . -jpnd ' Mrs. Evans escaped because of the fidelity of servants, although her present whereabouts are unknown. Mrs. Evans' case wag the subject of special warning to Mexico from Charles Beecher Warren, newly ap pointed United States ambassador to Mexico while he was in Mexico City last summer on the claims convention mission, the Tribune says. Senator Greene Still Bettor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Steady Improvement continues todny In the condition of Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont. - "Senator Greene's condition Is Im proved this morning and it Is more encouraging than at any other time," Dr. Thomas Llnvllle said. HOUSE FAILS CORRESPONDENT 0 DEFEATED PEACE PRIZE CONTESTANT NEW YORK. Feb. SS. A summons and complaint for 11.100.000 dam ages was filed against Edward W. Bok, donor of the American peace award, today by Frank Hendrjck, a lawyer, who was one of the more than 22,000 persons to submit peace plans in competition for a 1100,000 prite. Hendrkk based his suit on the con- , NEW YORK, Feb. 23 Federal Judge Knox today dismissed the 1115,000 writ of attachment ob- tallied against Henry Ford by Herman Bernstein, Jewish editor, In Bernstein's 1200,000 libel suit against the manufacturer. The court held that Bernstein had failed to show sufficient 4 proof to warrant the seizure and retontion of the money under the T- Y 1 11. TT 10 DEFENSE OF All! WASHINGTON, Fob. 23. C. Bas com Slemp, secretary to President Coolldge, agreed today to appear be fore the senate oil fommittee Monday. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, chlof prosecutor In the oil scandal, called Mr. Slemp on the telephone and the secretary readjly agreod to 'appear. I while Senator Walsh declined to 'indicate the subject matter on which I Mr. Slemp would be questioned. It was understood that the committee desires to ask about the extent of any communication he has had with gov ernment officials and others concorn- lng the oil inquiry since the beginning of the startling disclosures a month ago. Senator Walsh expectB to confer late today with the chief accountant who has been conducting the examln- atlon of the books of Harry Payne Whitney and, J. P. Benkard and com. pany at New York Chairman. Lenroot announced to-1 dav hb" would lay before the commit tee the letter written him by B. L. Doheny and demanding that Senator wheeler, democrat. Montana, De called to give tne racts on wnicn n bases his recent reports In the senate against Attorney General Dougherty. The committee. Mr. Lenroot said, could take whatever action It might deem appropriate. When his attention was directed to the letter, Senator Wheeler said that he would appear before the commit tee if invited. "This is merely an attempt by Do heny." he said, "to drag a red herring across the trnll for the Daugherty In vestigation. What the people want is an investigation of the attorney gen- ernl himself. That is tho main Issue. After that Is over they can Investigates me ,l" they want to' NY GOES GEN LDAUGHERTY HABOR GOVERNMENT 2 L! LONDON, .Feb. 23. (By -the Asso ciated Press.) Anti-govcnment poll t:cians and newspapers are mahtns much of the difficulties of the gov ernment's position in parliami-.ul shown twict this week, first when lis defeat oa'ii; to the pacifist expressions ot t.He under secrtary for air. Willlim Linch, was averted by the speaker; secondly, when its adhesion to the late gov;rnment's cruiser program aroused pnn.i f.ts among the. labor rank and file and it only triumphed through the sunpcrl of the conservatives. On the second occasion about : la bc.rlus refused to vote and one voted fjaiust the government. The hostile r,f n.Kifcpers declare that the dissatis tnctlcn. among labor with what th'T re-r.-ird as the government's conces sions to militarism, mantfebtei-. 1" II." adoption of the air force and cruiser schemes of the late administration, Is growing bo rapidly that a crisis may be expected and, they predict that the government will not last, beyond mid summer. FOR OVER MILLION DOLI tention that the plan submitted by him. "if fairly considered." would have been unanimously selected os the prise winner. In some quarters here It Is pointed The demand for $100,000 to for thlOUt that the refusal of clearances, If prize offered by the former publisher carr)ed out too liberally, would mean a nna me buiv iur ii,vuv,uuv ,w,,cnc.,w, Hendrlck contends, the value of tha publicity Mr. Bok has received as result of the prize award. 1 unuuiiLiu i MUST QUIT SAYS BORAH Idaho Senator Ready to Start Impeachment Proceedings Against Attorney General Man of Highest Character Needed at Head of Depart ment of Justice. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Leadlnc a renewed attack on Attorney Gene ral Daugherty today In the senate, Senator Borah republican, Idaho, de clared he was willing to help lay the foundation for Impeachment pro ceedings to get- Mr. Daugherty out of the cabinet.: The senator's offer was made dur ing a general debate in which the po sition taken by the republican senate leaders who have demanded Mr. Dnugherty's immediate retirement was defended by Democratic Leader Robinson who declured National Chairman Adams by taking an oppos ing position had sought only to con fuse the issue. "Mr. Daugherty should realize,' said Senator Borah, "there are times when a' man must muke personal sac rifices for public good. I have no present Interest in tho charges made against him, but the situation calls for a man at the head of that depart ment of transcendent ability, physical health and vigor and holding the ut most public confidence. "I look upon the .department of justice as the key to the whole situa tion as it now lies. It must be ap parent that legal proceedings must be had not only for recovery of prop erty but for tho punishment of guilty! j persons, .not only in tho oil lease cases, I but In those relating to the veteran's bureaui alien .prqperty and other mat- it-ra. iia merely a matter Or PUDUC duty to try to get at the head of the department for handling these mat ters a man who has the public confi dence. . ' Imiwaclinicnt Only Way. "The greatest evil flowing out of tho matter under Investigation during the past seven weeks hn not been th I loss of some oil or the possible escape or one or more guilty persons. It is that from center to circumference the people have come to doubt, tho effic iency, the competency. If not the cleanness of their government. Every senator should be ready to sacrifice not only his party, but himself to correct the situation." The only way for the senate to act, he said, was by impeachment and ho for the democratic presidential nomin added thot he was willing to joln-wlth ation declared himself for a policy of anyone In laying the foundation for strict isolation for the United States ,,,' ,. ' I in foreign affairs and denounced gov- Joining In the attack on Attorney Brnment officials who after leaving General Daugherty, Senator Hcflln, ernment orclals- wn' oner leaving democrat, Alabama, charged that ofrlce' accePted nrlvatJ employment Harry F. Sinclair and E. L. "Doheny wlth " lnterests during the course of hnd been rewarded with the naval n,s Washington day address here laBt oil reserves, for campaign contribu-' night. ' The oil lease revelations Sen Hons made .to the republican party, j ator Reed said, "have shocked the pub , "Sinclair ; has got his," he said, lie conscience and almost destroyed Doheny has got his. And they are the faith of the nation in its govern both out for President Coolldge for m6nt hr,!'!t,h,en;,l;?lertI, '"""i Former President Wilson was pra.s- Ohio and Denby is slated to head the ed for his refuRal 10 Dracllce law "be republican delegation from Mlchl- fore offlcers whom he had appointed." gam" - -l: ' ' ' I In foreign affairs a policy of un- H declared Fran If A. Vnn.wiin'comDromisinir isolation was favored bv should be recalled by the oil commit - tee for a more thorough questioning. TQ AGREE TO U. S. 1 OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 23. Renorts' of Increased aotlvltles of rum runners along the Atlantic coast have given! rise t.o speculation here as to the nrob - able date of the conclusion of the pact between Canada and the i!nitH Id ourU liquor smuggling. , " i, About "a month ago the Canadian government sent proposals to Wash ington based on the discussions of the Ottawa conference between represen tatives of the two countries but It Is understood Canada has been unable to accept the measures suggested by the CANADA UNABLE BOOZE PROGRAM united states. I um "it ,o..- Th nnmininn , , ington Thursday, were held here this uZ Jn . . BovernmeD- U 18 morning. The body, accompanied by known, did not favor extradition of a ,arKe party of senators and repre persons suspected of rum running. 'sentatlves and friends of -the dead Canada also disapproved the request congressman, arrived from the . na of the United States that clearances tlonal capital on on early morning be refused ony ship thot might divert traln- Congressional delegations its liquor to American ports, although wh,ch at,5,nded. 'he ,un!ra, ne"de,J ,,, rii..o,. '? Senators Ransdell and Broussard of tne Ottawa government made some ..,, . H i,,o,n n... cencessisons for the closer supervia- Ion of clearance paper. virtual embargo on the export of Cana dian liquors to any country on the North American continent r 1 ' V' ll f TV V x ' I.ydla Hutrhlnson 1lh Mny-A was to have pHKil the twini tutor ten of Mt)iitTC4il undiT Canadian co Asliton, Ida., today. Sickness of draw. ASHTON, Idaho, Foh. 23. Youth was served with a. vengeance yester day when 16 year old Olcott Zarn, "The Kid" outfought and outmaneu vered seven veterans of the snow trails and won the 25 milo American tdog derby in. two hours, 22 minutes and 40 seconds. . Zarn dashed In ono minute and 57 seconds ahead of Warren Cordlugley, who placed second and ten minutes nhend of the' red$l)tnble "Shorty" Kinfiiii ui uiu-iibh, tiiu iici- formed the, almost Impossible and SENATOR REED ON I PEORIA, 111., Feb. 23. Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, candidate ; Senator Reed who called for a reaf- firmation of the doctrines eunclated by George Washington In his farewell address. The candidate scored Wil liam Olbbs McAdoo for his proposed referendum on the question of partici pation In world affairs. The Noted Dead LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23. General C. E. Adams, past commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, dropped dead today while mowing the lawn In front of his residence here. He came 10 kB Angeles two years ago ' from Omaha, Neb. He was elected head of the G. A. R. ot the Portland, Ore., convention of 1918, holding the office one year. He was a private In the Civil war and during the World war was active in the quartermaster corps In Washington. . NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23 Funeral services for Henry Oarland Duprc, member of congress from the second berger of California. Flrpo Bout Off Again. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 23. (By tha associated Press.) The bout between Lola Angel Flrpo and Farmer Lodge, set for tonight, has been- postponed un til Sunday because ot rain. -Gnu. tho famous girl driver who ill by Hit' Winter SiMirts Commit- lors In -the Aim-riciin dog ilfrgy at lny-A-(iau forced her to wltli- brought his' leaderless string in fourth. "Smoky" Gaston, ynst year's cham pion took third: ' "Tud" Kent, -four times winner of the race and favorite this year, dropped out at the start of the third and last lap, on account 'of two almost exhausted dogs. . , . "The Kid" finished with an ex hausted dog 1 his sledge. The record for the course Is two hours and nine miuutcs. . Tho dog shown above was taken sick so' was withdrawn" "and Miss Hutchison did not take part in the race. Oregon News in Brief PENDLETON, Ore., Fob. 23. Five hundred members of tho Odd Fellows lodge of Umatilla and Morrow ooun- ties are gathered In Pendleton todayd for their annual district convention. A special session of the grand lodge will he held nt one o'clock with a parade scheduled for this nfternoon nt1 four o'clock. At six there will De a banquet and at 7:30 there will be ex enipllfiflcutlon of first degree work featuring tenms of the various lodges. SALEM, Ore., Fob. 23. Milton A. Miller, former Internal revenue col lector at Portland, was this morning appointed as a member ot the state text book commission by Governor pierce to succeed HarriBOn O. Piatt, of Portland, resigned. Governor Pierce also announced tho appointment of A. C. , Marstors of Itosuliurg to succeed himself on the stuto fair board. .. - . ROSEHURO, Ore., Fob. ' 23. Forty six carloads of Broccoli have been shipped to the coast and, eastern mar kets up to the present' time, it was re ported today. The crop Is coming on slowly due to cool weather, but this condition Is very acceptable to the growers as the delay permltB the Cali fornia crop of cauliflower to be ab sorbed by tho market, and eliminates It from competition. The price Is not as good as hoped, but It Is expected that this will, Improve, as the aCllfor nia crop Is disposed of. ROSEBURO, Ore., Feb. 23. Delega tions f Cons Hay Pirates and Grants Pass Cavemen were scheduled to ar rive In Roseburg this evening for the Initiation of the Umpqua Chiefs of Roseburg Into the ranks of the humor ous booster clubs of the state., The ceremonies Blurt with a banquet-, at 5 o'clock at which only Umpqua- valley products will be served. A., parade takes place nt 7:30 p. m. followed. by public Initiation and dance at. the Armory. Wire Report On ' Foreign Money NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Sharp re covery of French exchange today fol lowed passage by the chamber of deputies of Premier Poincare's entire taxation and economy plan. The price of the franc at the opening of the market . soared 12V& points to,. 4. is cents, almost thirty points above Its recent record low level. King Victor Has Fla ROME, Feb. 23. (By Associated Press). King Victor Emmanuel la confined to his bed with influenza, His projected trip to Flume in connec tion with the annexation ot that city to Italy has been postponed, - NEW YORK, Feb. 23. A charge of 910 a. minute will be 4 4 made of political campaigners t fr who reach a radio audience thru broadcasting station WEAF. of- 4 ficlals In charge of the station 4 4- said. 3 F E SPOKANE, Fob. 23. Dlscovory of a ledge of gold declared to vary from 16 to 40 feet In width and to aBsay from $12 to $564 to the ton was an nounced today by Louis Mayer, an old time prospector and minor. It Is about throe miles east of this city, on a tract of 125 acres belonging to Mrs. Anna 11. Williams of Seattle. Extent and gold content of the find have been verified by a representative of the Spokane Chronicle who visited the slto and by an assay by chemists of this city. The ledge, Mr. Mayer said, has been outcropplngii In various parts of tho property. ITo Bald It Is easily accea-. sible and of free milling nature. . Mr. Mayor said the discovery 1b the largest Knowing of gold tie has. ever seen in thirty-five years of prospect ing from the Klondike to ' South America. GUESTS FORCED TO FLEE IN Fl ' TACOMA, Feb. 23. All available fire departments In the city fought a fire tn a hotel and warehouse in the business district this morning. At li o'clock the fire was still beyond con trol, and the loss at that time was estimated at $160,000 Efforts wore centered to keep the - blaze from spreading to adjoining buildings. Fire men were confident of preventing spread of tho flames unless the charred walls of the hotel building fall in. Tk.'i.. ,., ,h hni.i hHHinr wan used as a furniture warehouse by the Stone-Fisher Department store, The store renorted Its loss at S13S.0O0 which Includes the building and the siorea lurnuure. ino nuiei uyuip.ii.iL The fire Is believed to' have resulted from an explosion In the basement. The flames spread fast and numerous hotel guests were forced to flee to tho streets in tholr night clothes when aroused at nine o'clock this morning. Few of the guests saved any porsonal affects. A. large crowd of people hampered the firemen in fighting the flames which wore in tho heart of the retail district. LEAKING GAS PIPE - KILLS FAMILY OF 4 . . r . . . . ,nin , r T. 1. o -1 mnihni- and three small children were asphyxiated and thirteen other per - sons suffered from the effects of in- haling gas which leaked from a. main here today. Members of four fam- Hies wore rendered unconscious by the fumes, Thn limli Mrs. .Tnsenh Prenzl hor son, Johp, 8 years; daughter, Clara, 3 years, and an Infant son, Daniel, eignt months. ;jThe father and five other children were resuscitated by the police. . iThe gas main was broken by fro. and the freed gas followed a water tatari,! unrio thn nnvAmnnt Into tho cellars of two dwellings. FIND 10 MILES ROM SPOKAN NEBRASKA FARM-LABOR PARTY ASKS LA FOLLETTE TO QUIT G. 0. P. AND RUN GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. 23. Progressive party members of ' Ne braska recommended a slate of no tional and state candidates for nom ination at the state primary April 8, selocted delegates to the national farmer-labor political convention at SU Paul, Minn., May 30, and called on United States Senator LaFollette - of Wisconsin to quit the republican party at Inst night's session of their state convention. - II CAUSE FARM LOSS U. S. Railroads in Public State ment, Deny Freight Rates Factor in Low Farm Profits . Supply and Demand Fixes Prices Statistics Presented to Support Claim. WASHINOTON, Feb. 23. The rail roads, through the bureau of railway economics maintained by them here, Issuod a statement designed to show that freight rates on farm products are not responsible for the fluctuations In the prices paid to producers. The statement presented the results of a study ot the prices paid to pro ducers on wheat, corn, oats, livestock and was a reply to the contention of Secretary Wallace that freight rates to aid the agricultural situation. I "The cost of living at present," said the statement Is 72.1 per cent greater than In i 1913. The average hourly : wages of unionized workers Increased 1 93 per cent between 1913 and 1922, I and have , Increased - from 6 to 10 per I cent since 1922, so that union wages I are now more than 100 per cent great ' er than In 1913. ; The hourly wages are now more than 10 per oent greater than -In 1913. - The hourly wages of railway employes have Increased 133 per cent Blnce 1913, while their annual earning have - Increased k97. pets cent,' fTeisnx rates generally now are 64 per cent above 1913. According to Secretary Wallace', ' freight rates . on wheat -from country shipping points j to primary markets are 45 per cent . L above the prewar rates. Railway taxes per miles are 160 per cent higher now than In 1913. Because the- in crease of living and In wages, it ts evi dent that the cost ot transportation service, considered as one factor of distribution, Is lower relatively than the cost of other services Involved In producers and consumers." . ' Tho bureau declared Its study tend ed to show that In marketing com- lalUe 8uclJ wheat corn and oat8 I where supply and.demand is the meas- "re of competition "and where freight rates do not change the fluctuation of far murlces upward and downward, is due entirely to causes beyond the In- rlU8nce 0f Io(jai fate costg. E SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. J8.-Local authorities were lhformed today1 of the arrest at Chicago of John Lingo and George Martin, In whose posses sion were found newspaper clippings, giving details of the murder here two years ago ot Mrs. Omer R. Woods for whoso death the slain woman's hus- band was xeouted last month. Lingo 'and Martin, according to Information : to 'Salt lake authorities ore held for ! Investigation In Chicago, It was the contention of Omer R. woods, even wnen ne was neiore tne I "r'ns squad, that two robbers, one of : whom he thought A. C. Vadney of Council, Idaho, and not he, killed hia ,wue. . I MrB' Wooa8 was nn lnva"d. She wns chocked to death as she lay In I bed In tho Woods apartment homo here and then an attempt made to sot , fire to the bed. ! Woods was a' native of Tennessee 'and a former probate judge In Idaho. After recommending W. J. Taylor of Merna, as the party's candidate for United- States senator, the delegates adopted a resolution calling on La Follette to "help lead the ever-rising tide of revolt against the capitalists Interests and join with us In the grow ing farmor-labor movement." The Rev. J. L. Beebe of Omaha, chairman of the ' party's executive committee was mode delegate it large to the St. Paul convention.