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Newspaper Page TextI'm 1 1.,. Jo Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterduy 63 Minimum Unlay 3ft Precipitation 05 Weather Year Ago Minimum ...... 61 Minimum 25 Dally Eighteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Third Tear. MEDFORD, OliEGON, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1924 NO. 299 A LIAR. SAYS Oil King Declares Senator Wheeler's Charge Is Abso lutely False Gave No Aid to Mexican Rebels, But Loaned President Obregon $5,000,000 to Aid Govt. NEW YORK, March 10. Edward L. Doheny, denying the charge of Sena tor Wheeler that he with Sinclair nnd other interests had financed a revolu tion against the Mexican government said today that he had loaned $5,000, 000 to the Obregon government which enabled it to put down the rebellion. Doheny said Wheeler's statement was made with reckless disregard of the (ruth. "I would have been a fool to finance the gun runners in Mex ico," he said. "Senator Wheeler's statement as re ported In the press, that he expects to show, that E. L. Doheny -and others furthered a revolution against the Ob- regon government In Mexico," said Doheny,. "is absolutely false, just as false as his previous statement of February 19, that Messrs. Sinclair, Mc-' Lean and. 1 had held meetings in the apartment of Attorney General Daugh- ety:" .... I WASHINGTON, ; March . lO.Edward L. . Doheny, through his attorney, Frank J. Hogan, today advised- President-Coolldge that Inasmuch as the government is declining to make fur-' ther payments for construction on the number two naval fuel'statlon at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he has personally guaranteed his companies against loss by pursuing the work which will con tinue. It has been stated that the construc tion work, now 70 per cent complete, would be a total loss bocause of its peculiar nature if It were to be aban doned during the pendancy of the liti gation between the government and the oil companies. The arrangement has no referenec to the fuel station number one, which is completed. By arrangement between counsel for the government and counsel for Doheny, the United States district court at Los Ange'cs will be asked to impound the royalty oil revenue from nazal reservoir number one, during the litigation. By the same agrecmont the court will be asked to appoint a receiver to operate the Doheny properties in. naval reserve number one, while the suits are pending. Efforts are being made to agree upon a naval officer of high rank acceptable to the litigants on both sides. The government's bill for cancella tion of the. Doheny leHseB In reserve Number one will allege that they were made in consideration of "promise of great reward." ' It will be Hied in Los Angeles this week. No Injunction to stop production of oil will be sought but an injunction against drilling any new wells will be Snked and probably be uncontested. Meanwhile royalties on production will be Impounded in the proposed re ceivership. Sentence Walter Tooze. McMINNVILLE, Ore, March 10. Sentence Is to be pronounced this af ternoon upon Walter U Tooze. Jr.. re-' publican state chairman for Oregon and J. W. Templlu, McMinnvHle gnr-; age man, who last week pleaded guil ty to the charges of illegal possession of liquor. ALL THREE TRUSTIES FROM SALEM, SALEM, Ore., March 10. Three more prisoners who escaped from the state penitentiary last summer while working outside the prison as trus ties, have been located and will be returned here. Warden Dalrympte said today. Frank Bay, one of the men. Is in jail in San Francisco, Ed Canning Is In Jail at Vancouver,. Wash., and Ed ward Zellars is held at Marceline, Mo. Buy and Canning both escaped from the prison logging camp near Manama on June 30, 1923. Bay was received December 14, 1921, from Clatsop coun ty, to serve five years on conviction of assault with Intent to rob. He went to San Francisco after his escape SENATOR MR.O0HENY Tiniest Baby in the World Is Born, Only Weighs 12 Ounces CHICAGO, March 10. Henry Ganz, Jr., probably is the tiniest baby in the world. He weighs only twelve ounces and stretches out to a bare eight inches. Henry was born Saturday to Mrs. Henry Ganz of Melrose Park. "The boy is so small he can rest easily in a cigar box," the father said. The father Is 24 and the mother 20. E POWER BILL TO Super Power System Proposed By Senate Insurgents to In clude Muscle Shoals, Colo rado River and Boulder Can yon Cut Electricity Costs. WASHINGTON. March 10. The linking up of Muscle Shoals, Boulder Canyon and the Colorado river in a great public superpower system, func tioning under government control, to produce and sell electricity, fertilizer and nitrates for explosives on a cost basis and conservation and use of the nation's resources, are the alms of a bill introduced today in the senate by Sonator Norris, republican, Nebraska, and in the house by Representative Keller, republican, Minnesota. 1 Creation ol a. fceral non-political public .service commission to cooper ate with the various states, municipal ities, districts and other political sub divisions In the development of the system, with its members appointed by the president, subject to the ap proval of the senate, IS contemplated under lite measure. The duties and functions of the present federal power commission would be assumed by the proposed public service -commission. Its first duty would be ot make a comprehensive power survey. of the resources of the nation and determine the moRt economical and efficient means of developing the super-power system. I A bond issue of $500,000,000 as a re volving fund to carry on the initial work and developments would be au thorized. Meanwhile the eleven ex;st- ing government-owned hydro-electric power plants on the Irrigation pro lee's In the west and the government owned projects at Muscle Shoals con stitute the nucleus of a public super power system already to hand. A statement from the office of Rep resentative Keller declares: "Ard here, by the way is a new and very vital reason why Muscle Shoals should not be allowed to slip out of the hands of the government or bat tered away," the statement continues. "It Is tremeduotisly important as one of the first units in the public super power system, besides these power resources already In the government's hands, there are 2318 municipally own ed electric power plants In the United States which will fit in most advan tageously as units of the public super power sustem. "Heretofore congress has appropri ated vast sums of money for flood pro tection without any thought of ever getting it back. This bill will involve an investment, every cent of-which and more would come back to the gov ernment. The same dam that protects the Imperial Valley from flood will ir rigate a million acres of desert land (Continued on Pasre F.lehjl where he was sent to prison for an orfense the nature of which is not known here and his term there will expire March 20, when he will be re turned here. Canning was received June 28, 1922, from Clatsop county, for obtaining money by false pretenses, and was sen tenced to serve not more than four years. Zellars was received February 28, 1923, from Multnomah county to serve not over five years for assault with Intent to rob. He escaped from a wood camp on the farm of John H. StotW May 15, 1923, and has been ap prehended at Marceline, Mo. An of ficer will be sent for blm at once. IRI CHECK FORD mm (UK Retiring Secy, of Navy Given Regular Ovation On Retire ment As Result of Oil Probe Sworn in As Major, Ma rines May Be Candidate for Senate. WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. Secre tary Denby's resignation became ef fective today amid the tributes of his associates in the navy dopartmcnt. "I am trying," ho told the, "to die with my face toward tho enemy." Mr. Denby's retirement la the rirst break in the cabinet during President Coolidge'a ndministrntlon. His suc cessor has not been selected, altho the field is understood to have been nar rowed considerably In the last few days. "Until an appointment is made. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will be in charge of tho department as acting secretary. The list of oliglblos mentioned to day to succeed Mr. Denby has dwin dled to Governor Dixon of Montana; James E. Davidson, republican .. na tional committeeman from Michigan, and former Representative Foss of Illinois. The prcsidont Is expected momentarily to announce his selec tion. ..... The retiring secretary devoted his time today to business of the depart ment requiring his personal attention and to taking the oath as a major in the marine corps reserves, a, commis sion he surrendered when he entered the cabinet. His last minute work, however, was frequently interrupted by those who have served under htm i for the last three years, calling to say farewell. ' Ho will return to Detroit shortly and Is expected to announce then his plans for the future, particu larly with reference to reports that he Intends to seek the republican nomi nation for Unitod States senator. At a farowell dinner in his honor last night, he told 200 navy and mar ine officers that he had served thru three wars- with Spain, the World war and that revolving about the oil investigation and declared "this third war has boon more bitter than any." Roosevelt Pays Tribute Admiral Coontz characterized him as "upright, fair and everlastingly honest," and Major General Lcjeune of tho marine corps, found him "white clean and pure, inside and out." To these tributes Mr. Roosevelt added that he was "courageous and his Integrity unswerving." Officers of the navy and marine corps also were present today in Mr. Denby's office when he was sworn in as a major In the marine service corps. Tho oath was administered by Major Gonerol Lcjeune, commandant of the marine corps. ' Just as the ceremony was conclud ed and Mr. Denby stood with upraised hand repeating the words In which he re-pledged himself to defend tho Unit ed States "against all hor enemies." tho marine band, grouped on the street outside broke Into the strains of tho marine corps march, Semper Fidelia. Tho retiring secretary's desk was decorated profusely with flowers sent by his friends and-admirers to grace it on his last day as head of the navy department. As his last official act he received and greeted the naval attaches from the embassies and lega tions In Washington, who came in full uniform and hundreds of civilian em ployes of tho navy department who passed in line to shake hands. and say goodbye. Radio's Farewell Chief Clerdk F. S. Curtis, who has been In the office of the secretary of the navy for 33 years presented Mr. Denby with a memorial signed by huft dreds of the civilian personnel of the department. It read as follows: "To Hon. Edwin Denby: We the undersigned civilian employes of the navy department, submit to you this declaration of . our high regard and steadfast confidence and our appre ciation of your uniform Justice and considerate courtesy in all your acts as secretary of the navy. "We beg to express our hopes and prayers for your future happiness. Mr. Denby, visibly affected, respond ed with a short address to the depart ment clerks assuring them that he had valued highly their faithful and loyal services. During the morning the retiring sec retary broadcast this message to the navy, marine corps and civilian person nel of the navy establishment wher ever they may be located: "Goodbye and Ood bless you. (Signed) "EDWIN DENBY.' WrrfV. VtHntu HO 11111. MANILA., March 10. Thirty bills panned by the recent sesnlon of tho Innular legislature were vetoed today by Governor General Wood. Most of the measures appropriated money without provision for raising It. All of tha bills vstoed were of local Im portance only 9 , , - ' Son of Coco Cola in $100,000 Mn. Clyde K. Byfield, and Inserts of Walter Candler and Mrs. Walter , . Candler. , DECATUR, Ga., Mar. 10, A Jury early today awarded ri verdict fn favor of Walter T. Candler, Atlanta capital. 1st, growing out of $100,000 suit brought against him by Mrs. Clyde K. Byfield. She charged that Candler attacked her on tho Hteamer Hercn garia during tho summer of 1922. UnhapptnoHH. That Is all . the Candler millions havo brought. Last Juno Asa G. Candler, the "Coca Cola King," married his stenog rapher. He was sued for $500,000 for breach of promise by another woman. He won, but not until ho was a broken man physically, broken on tho wheel of notoriety. I CUTS BIOS ON PORTLAND, Ore.. March 10. Tho lowest bids on cement concrete high way that tho state highway commis sion has ever received, and much lower bids than tho average on bitum inous pavement, appear to havo re sulted from tho struggle between the cement concrete and "black-top" for the contract on tho 9:5 miles that will complete the road work between Al bany and Corvallis, on which bids were opened this morning. The bids at the last meeting of the commission on this bit of road were withdrawn and re-advertisement or- dered, on complaint that the advertis ing was Illegal, inasmuch as It specl field only the cement concrete. " Four bids on bituminous concrete were received today, all under tho state engineer's estimates, while the concrete contractors apparently cut to the bone-" on every item of their estimates. Tlif dommisslnn adjourn ed shortly 'before noon to meet at three, o'clock and announce the award of the1 contract. Force and Kerrigan of Portland appeared tho lowest bid dors in bituminous paving and J. C. Comptqn of McMinnvHle, tn cement concrete, In the general reading 4of bids submitted this morning. If Gilliam county can put across a $76,000 bond Issue in tho election May 16, it will mean the completion of the John Day highway by the improve ment of tho remaining stretch between Rase Line and a point six miles from Condon. J. D. Rums, Alexandor B. Robertson and Judge L. E. Fowler from Condon appeared this morning asking the com mlsslson to promise state aid on tho basis of a $50,000 bond Issue, express ing the belief that they could swing that amount in the coming election, but doubtful If they could get favor able action on a larger sum. The estimated cost of the work Is $226,000 and the commission was not willing to consider less htan $75,000 from the county. The state will pro ceed to advertise for bids and the Qll 11am county group will put the bond PAVEMEN WAR U IS ROAD King Is Acquitted Assault Suit 1 ' It wasn't hlir' first .bit tor experience A half dozen years ago ho was niado a victlni , of a blacknuiil plot. Ho didn't pay; ho took the case to court and a man and. a woman woro san-j(Hy AMOoUltea- Press).. Eighteen bo'l tonced to a year In Jail. - ios havo been recovered from tho . A few days ago tho youthful wlfrf ' Utah Fuel company mino No. 2 at six of tho Coca Cola Klng was arrested o'clock this morning. Many more with tw'o prominent Atlanta men in a havo boon definitely located, accord room in which thoro was a. bottlo of nB to reports coming to the surface, liquor. The arrest has become a po- I Rescue work Is being rushed, and It is iiticni issue in Aiiantn. Mrs. llyflold accused Walter Cand-' lor, son of Asa.candlor or having at tucked her fn a stateroom-on tho S. S. Uerengarla, bound for Paris. Mrs. Walter Candler stood staunchly by her hUHlmnd. EX-KLAN CHIEF PLEADS GUILtY SLAVE CHARGE HOUSTON, Texas, March 10. rid ward Young Clarke of Atlanta, former acting Imperial wizard of tho Ku Klux Klan, pleaded guilty today In federal court to a charge of violating the Mann whito slnvo act and was fined $5000 by Judge J. C. lltitchcson, Jr. Tho Clarko plea dropped like a bombshell Into tho court room which was crowdod with spectators anticlpat- ing a stiff legal buttle. Clarko previously had entered a plea of not guilty. - The churgo Involved a young Hons- ton woman, It was alleged that . i t n-t . . ' ,. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 10. The $126,000 suit of II. W. Evans.' Im perial wizard of tho Ku Klux Klan ' against Joseph Simmons, former e in pnror of the klan for alleged libel, was dismissed today on motion of the'-plain-tiff and at the plaintiff's cost. SEATTLE IRISH ASK ut VALtKA's KtLtAbt BRATTLE, March 10. Resolutions addressed to J. Ramsay Macdonald premier of Great Hrltaln asking the' release from prison of Eamonn De Vaiera and other political prisoners, were adopted at a mass meeting hero yesterday under tho auspices of the Amorlcan society for the- Recognition of the IrlMh Ropubllc. The mooting was addressed by Potor MacSwlnoy, brother of Tcronre MacSwIney, late mayor of Cork. MacSwIney returned recently from Japan, whero ho wont to seek a sister living In a convent there of whom nothing had beon heard since tho earthquake last Sep temher. He found her safe, he said. Issne on the ballot. ' If it carries the mnrir will crt mrvurii nr nnm nnn iri ..... - -- - - not, the commission will probably re- ject all bids. Policeman Shoots M an Running to Catch Street Car NEW YORK. Mar. 10 Alarm- ed by tho resounding backfire from a passing automobile which he took for a piat shot. Patrol- man Michael O'Hara late lat night shot and seriously wound- ed ono of a trio of men who were running along Sixty-eighth street to catch a street car. The patrol- f man thought they were fleeing 4 after a holdup. Tho wounded man. John Barlow, and his com- panlons corroborated O'Hara's tale of the backfire. The patrol- man explained that he first called to them to halt and then observed Barlow stick his hand f Into his pocket the man was t reaching for hia carfare. ESS ALIVE 24 Bodies Recovered at ftioon ' T" i i n ' WJll ii. ABANDON HOPE OF GETTING OUT ioaay ana pescuers cpspi -u0uf using to make a S1 i j u nr- T-l.imnt4.-4ottiHn that ho proposed1, W tO Find All 175 W0rKeir;.try'hW case in tho courts and notln Dead Town Plunged Woe and Mourning. InfO SALT LAKK CITY, March 10. Washington . late today for Wyoming Reports reaching here stnto that 24 to put beforo the federal court thoro, horiltiB havo been recovered from the application for, a temporary, restraln Utah Fuel company mine No. 2 up to ing order SRalnst the Mammoth Oil 12:15 this afternoon. Mora are ox-1 company.' This company was form- pocted at any moment. 18 Bodies Identified PAHTT.n flATrc TTtnH T.Tnt. "1 expected that nightfall will see major portion of tho mine investlgat- ed. Indications aro that none of the me government continues us oiions 176 mon who were entombed by the , to cancel them entirely. . triple explosion Saturday morning will i bo found alive. nniighcity Trial starts. ' All available trucks have been WASHINGTON, March 10. With called Inlo service to haul bodies. I witnesses arriving for the opening of Ten undertakers aro working at the the sonnte Inquiry into the. admlnls-i temporary morguo in the Knights of trntlon of Attorney General Daugh Pythias hall. They say bodies can bo . erty, efforts to shake him from the handled as fast as thoy are taken 1 cabinet, whllo apparently continuing . n Ik. ... nr. I. .111. .4 k.nn.li, ma ttiir- The names of those whose bodies have been taken out of the mine fol low: - George Shurtliff. John Kourgastis. loron Fullmer. - Oust Lucas. John Buzas. . Tony Mulax. Alfred Rice. Jr. W. A. Borry- John Thorpe, mine Inspector. - George Hnrrlson. Norman Harrison. W. W. Pollock. Jim Kopakls. George F. Jelsted. Jim Criano. . Joe Casselli. Two unldontlflcd. . Real headway In the rescue work started about midnight and continued until morning. The crews hold back day 8undtty by flre ttnd cave.ln begun work with renewed vigor at about eight o'clock last night after J thoy had successfully combatted the fire. Refore nine o'clock a force ot 76 men was engaged In tho relief work at ono time, Poisonous gas, the arch enemy of the roscue crews, was dissipating in many portions of the mine, according to reports. Relief stations and first aid depots have been established. Air lines and water lines have been laid as the men advanced and no chances are taken on any members of the relief forces being killed by the fumes. Last night was one of gloom and sorrow. Tho single street of the town was crowded with relatives of those entombed and with those who had volunteered to aid In the relief work. CONGRESSMAN KNUTSON, MiNNESU I A IS 1AILED ON WASHINGTON, March 10. A man nrrestod late last night on the out skirts of Washington was identified ln pollco court at Arlington, Va., to day as Representative IHarold Knut son of Minnesota, and wns held with out ball on a serious charge, Leroy M- Hull, 29, and describing h'imsolf as a war department clerk, was arrested with him, and also Is In the Arlington Jail. The Vimlnia highway Dollce who made the arrests, said they found the lwo lrl a parod automoDue. wnen arr.,n,d ln court they asked that two In a narked automobile. When J tncy be permitted to employ counsel H. SINCLAIR DEPARTS FOR BIG BATTLf ' J ll,m Oil King With Battery of Six Attorneys Leaves for ChjQfj enne, Wyoming, to.'.filjht . Cancellation of Teapot Lease Daugherty Trial Readyeto .o ufr: Begin. .'. siK CHICAGO. March 10. (By.-.tbtr,! soriutcd I'ress) Hurry SlnolaJr .r4 a buttery of six attorneys Adftoaittjifl toiluy for Cheyenne. Wyo., ju:entHt the government's action to cannflrMu Teapot Dome oil lease. They express ed confidence of ultimate vlqtody,ot vindication. .';sihfla :J Mrt Sinclair was accompirr!lo'!f,'by .Colonel 'f, W. Zevely,; bis- chfet 'Mat cnunsul and five other attorniiy'fHW ar prepared to oppose the owrn ment'a action which It Is underSfodft will' start Thursday In 'Cheyennewwft tho filing of a bill for an injunction5 I'to restrain; .taking- further oil rfta I Tshnnk. .- '"iWilftt that ho and his attorneys full? VApL-uinu nuctTt-nn ill me uuutiB. . , f Washington, March 10. Owon J. Roberta nnd Atlce Pomerene, spec ial counsel for the government in prosecution of the oil suits, will leave ed by Harry. F. Sinclair to take, over ine icuBw. iiuBuiiuiua wun nun oy vi- hort B. Fall as secretary-.pf the inte nor, una signea ny juawin trenoy, k 'secretary of the navy, . They will go tn llffM.nl. 1.n. . A 111, lnte'T 'rktvm llan. nj'tlnn' Mirnlnnt tha Tn n-A mart on nfl- trnleum eomnanv. for which. R. i Ij. Dohenjl obtalnod the ieuse on naval reserve No. 1 In that state. . In both cases the attorneys expect the court to grant the applications , and hold tho leaSos in abeyance while face developments. In announcing today the calling ot another witness, Harry 8. Obbon, for mer mayor of Calexlco, Cal., it was explained by Senator Wheeler, demo crat, Montana, that the committee's first inquiry would relate to the 1221' revolution against Obregon in Lower California, headed by Esteban Cantu, a former governor, i Senntor Wheeler said he expected Information from Obbon and others to show that Fall was the go-betvwean In the use of a fund of ' 1, 000,000, raised Inrgcly by American oil com panlufl to finance the Cantu , revolu-s tlon. The committee Is informed that recognition for the revolutionary government was promised ' contin gently and that Fall and others held, conferences looking to Us success.-- -. Another line of Daugherty -investigation disclosed today relates to Mr: Taugherty's selection of federal Judges. Senntor Wheeler said' th committee was ndvised that a Judge appointed in a middle-western state: had been subjected to disbarment pro ceedings and esenped only by ' plead ing the statute of limitations. - Senntor Wheeler and Chairman Brookhnrt conferred today with seve-i ral prospective witnesses. They hope to open hearings' Wednesday , .or Thursday. " ' ' DrpL of Justice Wins Point. ; ' WASHINGTON, March 10. Tho house Judiciary committee decided to. day that investigation ' of ' charges against two representatives developed bofore the Chicago grand Jury should: he left in the hands of the depart- ment of Justice. A SERIOUS CHARGE before pleading to the charge against them and the case was continued until tomorrow. , ' Meantime they are locked In a cell with thirty other prisoners charged with a miscellany of crimes., The dis trict attorney said the question of bail might be taken up this afternoon, but that he would ask that a bond of at, least 16000 be required for each. . Knutson Is serving his fourth term In the house. Last session he served as republican whip, and he la the preserrti vhairman of -the pensions committee. He la about forty yean 0a- .....