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MEDFORD, 0REG0X, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924
NO. 300
Medford
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M.
G. O. P. State Chairman
'McAdoo's Son Hides Face from Camera After He
and Palmer Attend Senate's Oil Lease Inquiry
Surplus of Sheriff
Timber in Umatilla,
All for Enforcement
Fined $250 for Rum;
Moral Charge Fizzles
'IT MAN'
MAN CODE
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approved er
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Commission Orders Advertis
ing Bids for New Work in Six
Counties in March, and
Three in April Mostly
. Small Jobs, Roosevelt High
way Construction Largest.
PORTLiAND, Ore., Mar. 11. The
State highway commission yesterday
afternoon ordered advertising of new
work in six counties for March and
on three other projects for April.
New work ordered advertised for
March follows:
Jackson county Paving 8 miles
from Medford to Jacksonville, and
from Jacksonville to Kuch. The Joh
will be advertised for and paid for by
Jackaon county.
Umatilla county Old Oregon trail,
a section south of Stanfield, to be a
cut-off, grading one mile.
Baker county Baker, Unity road,
the Mill Oulch section, six miles of
grading.
Curry county Roosevelt const
highway. Myers' Creek section, 2.1
miles of grading and surfacing.
Curry county Roosevelt coast
highway. Section from Windchuck
river to the California state line,
mile of grading and surfacing.
Union county Old Oregon trail.
Grade approach for Ora Dell crossing
near La Grande.
April advertising: -
Tillamook county Roosevelt coast
highway. Brighton to Jetty creek,
mile grading. .
Clatsop county Roosevelt coast
highway. From Seaside to Cannon
Beach Junction, three in 1 ley grading
' and surfacing. ...
... Deschutes county The Dallea-Call-fornla
highway. Surfacing 12 miles
from Allen ranch to Lupin,
J. C. Compton's bid on cement con
crete construction on the Albany-Cor-vallls
section of the Pacific highway
was accepted yesterday by the stato
highway commission at a unit price
of $204 and a total bid of $231,622.
Force and Kerrigan of Portland bid
$1.80 a square yard, or $210,000 in
round numbers on the job, in bitumin
ous cement, but the commission fa
vored concrete for this section.
The bids received were the lowest
that have been offered to the commis
sion. SI
JARRED BY DECREE
SALEM, Ore., March 11. C. H.
Gram, state labor commissioner. Is
upheld by the supreme court today In
hlF refusal to Issue a license to the
Star Employment Agency of Portland
because A. Q. Lyons and H. J. Ben-,
nett. operators of the agency, ten-1
dered only a single fee of $50 and not
a fee of that amount for each of the
two members. The opinion points out
that tho law Is evidently designed to
legulate agents themselves and not
the firms.
Lyons and Bennett Instituted man
damus proceedings in the lower court
for Marion county. Gram demurred and
Judge G. G. Bingham of the circuit
court, sustained tfcj) demurrer and
dismissed the ense. Lyons and Ben
nett appealed. The supreme court af-j
firmed Judge Bingham. !
The supreme court holds the state
game commission has no right to
change the dates of the hunting sea
son by fixing dates other than those
prescribed by law. This ruling !b made
in the case of V. C. Winslow vs. the
state game commission, appelants, In(
which Judge G. G. Bingham of the low-i
er court for Marlon county is affirmed.
The law makes the deer hunting sea
son In western Oregon from August
20 to October 31. The commission
made It September 10 to October 31,
and in so doing the court holds that,
the commission exceeds its authority.
nnG THAT WALKED
HIS MASTER PRESENTED WITH A MEDAL
SALEM. Ore.. Mnr. 11. Bob. the
'Silverton dog that some time ago
walked all the way from Walcott. Ind.
to Silverton, Ore., to Join his owner,
O. F. Brazier, from whom he became
lost In Indiana, was yesterday pre
sented a medal In ft public ceremony
at Silverton. The ceremony wan held
at Eugene Field auditorium and the
medal vrai presented to the dog by
McMINNVILLE, Ore., Mar. 11
fr Walter L. Tooze, Jr., chairman
of the republican state central
committee and Joe Templin, gar- f
h age man, were each fined $2 50
by Judge Robert Tucker of Port-
4 land on charges of possession of
fr liquor late yesterday. Both had
fr pleaded guilty to the charge. The j
4 original indictment returned by
the grand- Jury contained a
charge of contributing to the de-
linquency of a minor, but the
v Indictment was thrown out as
4 faulty. When the case was re-
turned to the grand jury the 4
4 stato declared the men were not
guilty of such nn offense and
4 asked for an indictment under 4
the prohibition laws.
4 "The indictment returned by 4
4 tho grand Jury of this . county 4
4 charging possession of liquor, to 4
which the defendant Tooze
4 pleaded guilty, amounts to a 4
4 complete vindication of the de- 4
4 fendant upon the prior charge of 4
4 contributing to tho delinquency
of a minor," said Judge. Tucker 4
4 while assessing the fine. 4
4 ....
I
PRIMARY TODAY
IN TWO STATES
All New Hampshire Candidates
for Delegates, But One Is
Pledged Coolidge M'Adoo
and Underwood Lead in
Alabama Vote.
MANCHESTER N. H.. March 11
First returns in the presidential pri
mary in New Hampshire today I'ume
from Danville where senator George
H. Moses, unpledged, was low man in
the republican contest for delegates
at large. Moses received eight votes
as compared to twelve for Frank H.
Challis of Manchester, pledged for
Coolidge.
MANCHESTER, N. H., March 11.
Interest In the primary In New Hamp
shire today to select delegates to the
republican and democratic national
conventions lay chiefly in the ques
tion whether this state would send to
Cleveland a delegation solidly pledged
to tho candidacy of President Coolidge.
Of the eight republican candidates
for the seven positions as delegates at
large, all are pledged to Coolidge ex
cept II. S. Senator George H. Moses.
Senator Moses, although he an
nounced in the senate recently that
if chosen as delegate he would favor
the nomination of Coolidge, has re
fused to pledge himself.
' It Is expected that all the demo
cratic delegates will go to Now York
unpledged.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 11. Ala
bama voters participated today In the
slate's first preferential presidential
primary. A heavy vote was expected.
There were three democratic can
didates. Senator Oscar Underwood, L.
13. Musgrove and M. A. Dlnsmore. The
successful candidate will name the
state's delegation to the national con
vention. At Underwood headquarters it was
asserted he would carry the state by
"an overwhelming majority."
Mr. Musgrove declared that the
"dry" element is behind him. Mr.
Dlnsmore Is an avowed supporter of
William G. McAdoo, although Mr. Mc
Adoo did not enter the primary. Mr.
IDnsmore said he would, If elected,
nime a McAdoo delegation to the con
ventlon.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 11. The
republican state convention met here
today to select 11 delegates at larpe
to the Cleveland convention. It was
agreed In all quarters the delegates
chosen would go to tho national cou-
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FROM IOWA TO
Colonel E. Hofer. president of the
State Humane society, who also spoke
on present laws that are held objec
tionable by the Humane society rela
tive to restrictions placed on dogs.
Robert Goetz, superintendent of the
Silverton schools presided at the
meeting and the school children voted
the dog the freedom of the city, some
thing that la hard for a dog to get at
Silverton.
FOR
PRESIDENT
IS
Advisor Next to Col. House in
Wilson Regime Was Going
to See Walsh Confidential
Man of Publisher On Stand
Atlantic City Conference
With Fall Not to Say 'Howdy'
WASHINGTON, March 11. Under
pressure ot a hard hitting cross-examination,
John F. Major, confidential
man to Edward B. Mclean, explained
to the oil committee today some uiore
of tho mysteries ot the McLean tele
grams.
One of those teferred to without
name in the messages, he said, wan C.
Rnnnnm fllnmn n Irli whom hn dprlrpd
ho had returned from Florida and upon
rnom ne nau caueu Beverai times
since, at Mr. Slemp's Invitation. He
insisted the calli wore "purely so
cial:"
TliA enrin wntil -"evert" the witness
evnlninerl ns rnfrtri iltn tn E. S. Ror.'l-
estcr, attached to 'ho office of Attor
ney General Daugherty. He said that
Rnrhpntnr nn one tu'caslon had finked
him to come to tho 'department an'! had
indicated that "something" might be
expected soon, but ne was hazy as to
details, i
The mysterious 'Willis" referred to'
repeatedly in the telegrams as looking
after McLean's Interests, finally was
identified by Major as Wilton .1. Lam-j
bert, the publisher's attorney.
Major told of a trip taken by Mr.i
McLean and himself to Atlantic City,
."about the middle of December, ,
where McLean talked to former Sec
retary Fall. ;
The McLean party, which Included
W. O. Duckstein. the publisher's pri
vate secretary, remained at the beach
city two hours, but the witness said
he did not know what his employer!
nnri Fall had talked about. He had .
"naturally Inferred." Trom the newBpa-J
per accounts of Fall's later statement'
to the committee, he said, that McLean
and Fall had dlscusBod the matter. I
"I know McLean didn't go to At
lantic City to , say '"Howdy" to Mr.
Fall." he said. j
Senator Bureum, republican, New
Mexico, road from a transcript of Ma
jor's testimony on March 8, In which1
the witness first told of the McLean
Fall conference at Atlantic City. He
ahd said, Senator Borsum Insisted, j
that he knew Fall and McLean dis
cussed the matter of Fall's story that!
McLean had loaned him Jiuu.uuu.
"I Inferred that was the purpose of
the visit," Major Insisted, "because the
paner came out with the story. I'm
merely inferring that."
Malor wen on to explain several of
his telegrams under questioning.
By his message to McLean saying
that A.' Mitchell Palmer had "parties
working on Walsh," Major said he
meant simply that there wore people j
innulring of Walsh as to whether Mc
Lean was to be called to testify.
, He testified that the telegram say
ing ho was busy with Curtis. Under
wood and ZeV, meant he was trying
to avoid the calling of McLean from
Palm Beach to testify. J. W. Zevely,
personal counsel to Harry F. Sinclair,
he said, told him that all efforts to(
Keen Harry Payne Whitney off the
Btand had failed. He then went to
Zevely t" enlist his aid to a similar
end for McLean but was told that It
was useless. ' I
Malor said he thought "that man i
mentioned tn another telegram to Mc
Lean referred to Bernard M. Baruch.1
The message said "that man" was to
aee "the party" today and Major tes
tified "the party" probably was Sena
tor Walsh. I
With Baruch, the witness went on,
he had discussed Mr. McLean. (
"He Bald It was a damned sname, ,
continued Major, "that Ned McLean
was mixed up in this thing for noth
1"B " . . . . J
..nn.. t.a rnnmchi going iu
see me about!" Senator Walsh asked.
"Do you know whether ne am
me or not?" .....
"I don't think he did," Major re-
Senator Walsh read a code message,
to Majsr from McLean, which said
"this 1 a hypothetical question, and
desired to know whether banks .Keep
a record of endorsements on checks.)
"I answered that the bank did no
keep a record of what a check was,
drawn for." said Major, adding that)
he did not know why McLean asked
the question. . I
"Where did you go to decode this
telegram " Senator WH. democrat.
Washington, asked, esiammnmg
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These photographs were made
as Francis mcaooo, son or wiutum
Q. McAdoo, and A. Mitchell Pal
mar, former -Attorney General,
were leaving thu Henute building
ta Washington. 1'ulmer was be
fore the committee to explain his
activities as counsel for L. U Mc
DEATH HOLDS NO
TO H
SALEM. Ore. Mnr. 11. Hack in
side the four walls of the Oregon state
penitentiary again this morning. Abo
Kvans, convicted of killing James
Doran neur The Dalles two years ago,
appears to bo entirely unconcerned
over the fact that he Is to hang Juno
6, according to A. M. talrymplu, war
don, and other prison officials.
The only comment Kvans had ,to
make when rciiurnuU ih-the prison late
last night from The Dalles whero he
wnu ro-sontenced for his crlmo, was
that he thought It peculiar that ho
would bo allowed to make the return
trip from the eastern Oregon city with
his hands and feet unencumbered by
any shackles. On the way to Tho j
Dalles he was kept in handcuffs. j
Yesterday afternoon In the court'
room Kvans, Asked if he had anything
to say replied:
"Hoys, don't ever pick up anybody
on the road. I did It ami I lost my
wife, my home and my life."
Warden Dalrymple said this morn
ing that he had not placed Kvans In
solitary confinement and ho did not
Intend to do so until within a short
time before the dato set for the execu
tion. '
"That is too long a time to keep any
man shut up in solitary," the warden
explained, "particularly one of Kvans'
type."
Kvans will continue to be employed
at various jobs around the prison yard
but will not bo allowed outside the
walls.
Oregon News
in Brief
SALEM, Ore., Mnr. It. Frank M.
Olll todny filed with tho secretary of
state his statoment as a candidate for
the republican nomination for repre
sentative in the IcKiHliiture from Was
co county. He says ho will "endeavor
to secure constructive legislation
which will bo for the best Interests of
my constituency' and the state at
large. I have no legislative panacea
to offer. I will give tho best that is
In me to furthering the welfare of my
constituency."
K. It.' Woods of Fossil filed ns a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for district attorney for Wheeler
county. Willard Wirtz of Prlnovllle
filed ns a candidate for the democra
tic rfomlhatlon for district attorney
for Crook county. j
SALEM, Ore., March 11. The. state
Irrigation securities commission at a
meeting here yesterday approved a
contract entered Into between Morri
son & Knudson of Boise and tho Jor
dan Valley Irrigation district, whereby
the contractors will build the work at
about $379,900 and accept bonds ot the
dlBtiict at 90, 'The commission cer
tified bonds for the district In the
sum of (100,000 and guaranteed in
terest. . , '
PonTLAND'.Orc., March 11. The
trial of Albert and Joel H. Coe, who
are charged with arson In connection
with the destruction by fire of the St.
Nicholas cafeteria, last, November,
was halted today when one of the
Jurors, c. Dickson, became ill with
smallpox. Circuit Judge Rossman
suspended court proceedings pending
the report of City Health Officer
l'arrish as to quarantine.
PORTLAND, Ore., March 11. All
morning was spent In federal court to
day In efforts to complete the. jury
which Is to try Stephen L. Bcroggin,
former bank president of Sheridan,
nn rhafffui nt mlnnnnllpfltfnn nt flmila
cf the bank.
Leu n, Washington newtipupor pub
ii&uer, wnu BuuKhi iu avoid being
called to tell what hu knows about
the oil scandal. Young- McAdoo,
who was to be called luter, tried
to avoid a buttery of camera men
when he left the Senate building.
SALEM, Oro.. March 11. Five Sal
em persons, two of whom are In local
hoBpltals, were Injured, and two au
tomobiles were smashed beyond ro-
pnir as a result of a head-on collision
on tho Pacific highway 15 miles north
of Safbm nt 7:30 o'clock tills morning.
Mrs. Janet Waller, G4, of 1440 State
street,' the mother of Mra. Z. J. Iltggs
and S. J. Junor, professional golf In
structor at tho Illihoe Country club,
suffered tho more severe Injuries. Mrs.
Wallor Is suffering from bad bruises
and shock, while Junor, hospital at
tendants said, may have a fractured
skull. Ho also sustained head and
hand lacerations. Ills condition, how
ever, Is not believed to bo grave. He
Is conscious.
Other porHons who' suffered minor
injuries arc Z. J. Riggs, local druggist;
Mrs. Margaret Fltchard, of the Keys
apartments, and Fred Williams, attor
ney. :
The accident, it waa said, opcurrod
on a strnlght-away when the Rlggs car
skidded and met up with the south
bound car, of which Mr. Junor was the
solo occupant. The pavement was
slippery and Rlggs, who was driving,
Is believed to have nppllod his brakes
too swiftly.
PORTLAND, Me., Mnrch 11: coun
sel for Mrs, Nettie May . MacLeau of
Tacoma, Wash., today expressed tho
opinion that she was Buffering from
hallucinations when she made her nl
leged confession that she smothered
the baby which she had brought across
the continent to show Its father, Ken
neth R. MacLean, Dowdoln college stu
dent. They aald they were convinced that
she did! not kill the baby. Should she
be Indicted with her husband on a
charge of manslaughter on which they
were arrested and admitted to bull,
the lawyers said they would sot up the
defense that she was suffering (rum a
"brain storm" when she told the au
thorities that she had smothered the
baby with a pillow after a quarrel
with her husband.
They added that she had suffered
from severe headaches from the time
of her arresl until her departure last
Saturday night for Tacoma with her
mother and that at times she did not
appear to realize that the baby waa
dead.
NEW YORK, March II. The All
Amcrlcan Cable company received
from Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, the
following inesnuge: "Two , severe
earthqunko shocks were felt here
earlv today, many buildings suffering
"The minister.' of public works
ordered all houses abandoned and no
tified the people to seek surety in tho
open. Cnble communications were
not Impaired." .
PENDLETON, Ore., March 11.
With the announcements today
of the candidacies or two more
men who are Booking the nomi-
nation for sheriff, Umatilla coun-
ty has JiiBt 11 citizens In the race
for tlilB position. Zoeth Houser,
republican, and N. D. Parks, dom-
crat, both residents ot Pendle-
ton, have formally filed.
4 Mr. HouBer has been sheriff
during the past three years or
more and was sheriff of the coun- 4
ty many years ago. He was at
one time stnte's marshal. Ho has
resided In Umatilla county for
many years and is well acquaint-
ed over the county. His platform
as announced In his declaration
is "ofl'iclency, economy and en-
forcement of the laws."
N. D, Parks seeks tho demo-
cratlc nomination. He Is In bus-
InesB in Pendleton nnd has as
his platform "enforcement of the
law no favorltos."
E
RUSH CUT
TAXmN PlEA
Special Message Sent Con
gress By President Asks 25
Per Cent Reduction for Last
Year Called Step in Right
Direction for Public Welfare
WASHINGTON, March 11. Prfe'sl
dont Coolldgo today sent a special mes
sage to congress rocommundlng a re
duction of 25 per cent on Incomo taxeB
for 1923, to be authorized before
. March 15. .
The president bellevos that the Im
portance of tho reduction would Jus
tify the laying aside of all other logis-:
lntlve business for its consideration.
The text of the message follows:
"It had boon my oarnent hope that
a 25 per cent reduction In taxes to be
paid for tho current yoar might be pro
vided by law bofore the 13th of March
current.
"Many people have been expecting
that such would be the case and de
ferred their tax returns accordingly.
It Is a matter of such Imminent Im
portance that I have no hesitation In
recommending the public welfare
would be much advanced by temporar-.
Ily laying aside all other legislation
and enacting a resolution for this pur
pose, which ought to be by unanimous
consent.
"The taxpayers, the business Inter
ests, agriculture, Industry, finance, In
fact all the elements that go to make
up the economic welfare of the people
of America would be greatly benefited
by such action.
"It would remove an olement of un
certainty from the current financial
year at once, which would be a
strong stimulant to business with Its
resultant benefit to the wage earner
and the agriculture of our country. It
Is Impossible to see that any harm
could accrue from this action and there
Ib every prospect of resulting benefits
which would be very great.
"It would be a positive step In the
r'sht direction, which 1b more needed
a:, this time to justify the confidence
of the people that the government Is
Intent solely on the promotion of pub
lic welfare without regard to any col
lateral obJectB."
The president's message came some
what as a surprise to the house re
publican leaders, who yesterday turned
.down definitely plans to put through
at this time such a resolution as he
recommendod. They had argued that:
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WORN OUT, BUT
TO GO TO ELECTRIC
IIARRISBURO, Ta., March 11.
Offering to go to the electric chair In
place of Joseph Trlnkle. convicted of
miirder, Walter J. Klrkwood, 60, of
Philadelphia, wrote to Governor Pln
chnt thnt Trlnkle should be given ten
Uo fifteen years In prison as when he
J i i hi. , ... n V, i. wnuM Vio
young enough to be of much use. The
governor referred the odd request to
the board of pardons, which inform
ed Klrkwood that there Is now law
CD
ASKS
PLAY FIRST
FRIDAY HI
LaGrande to Be Opponent at
Sate Tourney - Indepen
dence to Meet Pilot Rock
Thursday Finals and Semi
Finals Played Saturday
Schedule of Games.
MARBIIFIBLD, Ore., March II.
Basketbull final: North Bend 16; Co
qullle 8.
SALEM. Ore.. March 11. An
nouncement of tho schedule of games
for the state Inter-scholastic associa
tion basketbull tournament to deter
mine tho high school championship
of the state, which opens at Willam-
I otte university Thursday evening, was
imiuu mis afternoon as follows:
. Thursday evening Independence
and pilot Rock.
Friday afternoon Winner In dis
trict No. 5, Coquille or North Bend, vs.
dinner in district No. 8, McMlnnvillo
or Forest Orove. Eugene vs. winner
bf district No. 9,, St. Helena or As
toria. ' . ,.
. Friday ' evening LaOrande y.
Medford. . . '
Tho semi-finals will bo played Sat
urday afternoon and the finals Satur
day evening.
'The chamnlonshlp ot district No.
will bo determined here tonight when
Forest Orove and McMlnnvllla play.,
SALEM, Ore., March' 11. The bas
ketball teams of Independence and
Pilot Rock havo been matched for
, the flrHt round of the . state , inter- t
echo la's tic oasketball tournament
which opens Thursday on the floor
of tho Willamette university gymna- .
slum. Tho winner of this game' and
the other aeven participants will play
the preliminary elimination contests
Friday afternoon and evening. The
semi-finals will be played Saturday
afternoon 'and tho finals Saturday
night. -.i
PENDLETON, Oro., March 11.
Pilot Rock high school basketball
team, district champions, left this
morning at eleven o'clock for Salem,
whore they will participate In the
state tournament, plnylng their first
gnmo with Indcpcndenoe ' Thursday
afternoon. Seven men are making the
trip accompanied by their coach, Olen
Wulkloy, former University of Oregon
truck! "tar. The men making the trip
are the regular quintet, composed of
Condra and Stanton, fofwards; B.
Smith, center: T. Smith and Evans,
guards, and Oalbreath and Kester,
substitutes. '
WHEAT PRICES
CHICAGO, Mar 11. Fresh declines
tn the price of wheat took place today
durlngi the early trading. Opening '
prlcon, which ranged from l-83-4o
lower. May S1.09 1-2 $1.09 3-4 and
July $1.09 1-2 1.09 7-8, were followed
by a moderate further setback and
then something of a rally. -
After opening unchanged to l-4c off,
May 80 5-8 80 3-4c, corn prices sagged
a little more and then advanced to
slightly above yesterday's finish. Oats
were weak. Starting 1-8 i 51 8c lower.
May 47 47 l-4c, oats recovered only
In part. The provision market lacked
support ' j j
Freight to Baltlo
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. The
shipping board today approved the
first ocean freight service consolida
tion recommendod by President Pal
mer of the emergency fleet corpora
tion on the Scandinavian and' Baltlo
routes.
INNOCENT MAN, OFFERS
In this state to permit the substitu
tion of an innocent volunteer for, a
condemned criminal.
In making his request Klrkwood
stated he was "broken In health,
cannot hold down a real Job," and did
not see that he would be "of any more
use on earth whatever." " .
His motive, he explained, waa to
startle humanity with a keen reall
zatoin of what capital punishment
means. He offered to pay his own
carfare to the place of execution.