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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY MARCH 13, 1924
NO. 302
iAI
Tribune
IN CLEARING
TEAPOT OBI
Squatters Driven Off Sinclair
n Oil Lease By Armed Force
: T. R. Jr., Gave Orders at,
Fall's Suggestion One of
1
Harding's Friends Among
Lot Deal Called Mess.
WASHINGTON, March 13. How
American marines cleared Teapot
Dome of trespasers after that oil re
serve had been released to Harry F.
Sinclair was described today to the
oil committee.
Major General Lejune, commandant
of the marine corps was the first wit
ness In this line of inquiry. He said
orders for the action were issued by
Theodore Roosevelt, then acting sec
retary of the navy, who was called
to testify.
This was In July, 1922, General Le
jeune said, and George K. Shulur, then
a captain of marines, was selected af
ter a conference with Secretary Fall,
to command the detail sent to Teapot.
Four enlisted men were selected to
accompany Shuler, who now is trens-.
urer of New York state. I
; Roosevelt had ordered that men of
tact and discretion" be chosen. Gen-
t.be 8 80 M 10
h,,L io.'..hort i.,0 a. '
that his mission had been accomplish
ed. Later Fall wrote the navy com
mented Shuler foe his work.
Asked whether he did not regard
this as an extraordinary use of ..the ;ma -
ti., ..o Wu uuithe fouri naa a broken rib and a frac- r
consider that point at all. He simply tured jaw, attendants at the hospital L
--Assistant Secretary Roosevelt tes-
tlfled that the Mn... for th.WMri,.'
Of tha Teapot Dome came from Fall,
;ho was quoted as saying he and the
president wanted the . "squatters"
ejected as they were about to take out
oil on which the government would get
no royalty.
Secretary Roosevelt did not recall
anything- "very clearly" about a pro-
tout (Ynm Mm irnvornnr nf Wvnmlnir
mii f.( .
...v ...t, iv,
trespassers.
On July 29. 1922. Colonel Roosevelt
said, he found a note from Fa'l to the
effect that "there were trsnassers or
squatters on the D"mip ntinut to take
oil, from which the government would
get no shares.
In conversation with him later, the he h faMed ,n Ju)t as tne the preliminary hearing on the gov
wltness continued. Secretnry Fall said machine hit the curve before reaching ernment hill in equity seeking annul-
ne and the president wanted some ma
rines sent to put these people off the
oil reservation. The secretary added,
he said, that he had not exnected
President Harding to favor the action
because one ot the men engaged in
trespassing was a friend of his. This,
however, he declared, made no differ
ence to the president. '
In selecting a marine officer for the
duty, Colonel Roosevelt proceeded, he
had "sought to get some man who
would not do anything rash, get Into a
fight or shoot somebody."
Senator Walsh read Into a record a
letter sent to George R. Christian. Jr.,
secretary to the president, by H. H.
. Tammen of the Denver Post, under
(late of August 1, 1922, characterized
the situation In Teapot Dome as "an
awful mess."
' -"You learned In school," he said to
the witness, "that the military power
Is always subordinated to. the civil
power in the United StateB."
Yes, Colonel Roosevelt replied.
'As you look at It now, Isn't It an
outrageous use of military power?" :
"Well, senator. I'd have to look up
the law and check the facts. As I the ,aw t(J he retlrement of tna DondB ern standard time) an address by Wll
looked at It it was navy property. . 1 nnhle the loans. Ham Marconi which it is hoped will
senator waisn lmervenea to say.
that the Mammoth Oil company had
the ownership.
"Rut as I aw It. the navv had inter-
est In the oil." said Colonel Roosevelt,
Other records produced showed that .
fContlnued on Page Eight!
GRAND OPERA CHORUS TOO GAY FOR ROSE
CITY. HELD FOR SINGING IN CAFE AND WINE
PORTLAND. Ore., March 13.
Five members of the Chicago Civic
Grand Opera company were taken to
the Jail here early today. Two of
them. Desire Defrere, baritone and C.
Splgnall. promoter, were taken from
a cafe by Lieutenant Robert Crane,
who found them with a party sing
ing In a cafeteria about 3 a. m. Three
members of the chorus were brought
In by a policeman who said he had
Oregon Woman Files
As Candidate to Go
G. O. P. Convention
THE DALLES, Ore., March 13.
Mrs. Lulu D. Crandall filed ap-
plication yesterday with the sec-
retary of state for nomination as
delegate to the national republl-
can convention at Cleveland from
the second congressional district
of Oregon. Her slogan is "for
home and country." Mrs. Cran-
dall ill believed to be the only
woman in the state seeking the
office. "
PRESIDENT STATE
I IN CRASH
Lights of Auto Stage Go Out
On Curve Near Astoria, and
Concrete- Wall Hit Hurt
Man Prominent for Years
Three Injured.
ASTORIA, Ore., Mar. 13. Otto R
Hartwlg, president of the State Fed
eration of Labor, was seriously In-
jured and three other OCCupants of a
bus owned.by Columbia States Inc.,
are -"Pl he,' Allowing a
highway accident at 1:22 a. m. one
mile east of Kerry.
The stage, driven by A- W. Magulre,
struck an abutment to tbo concreto
dollly aB lt wug roundin(t a curve.
m.twlK th8 m08t Bevei.ely hurt ot
this morning. Several stitches were
taken in wounds about his head and
his eyes were swollen shut.
The other Injured are:
A. W. Magulre. driver, face badly
cut and wrist prdbably broken.
Mr. , Schoenbeck of Svenson, rib
broken and body bruised.
The fourth man. whose nume was
' not learned, received a slight cut
1 under the chin and was discharged
from the hospital
A fifth occupant
of the stage, who escaped uninjured
walked aWtty from tne nCcldent scene
before assistance arrived.
A1) passengers were asleep when
the crash occurred but Harlwig said
today that the lights hnd gone out on
two occasions while he was awake,
Magulre declared he had been having
the whole trip from Portland and that
the bridge.
The stage, altho damaged, remained
upright after the crash.
n.7-....i i,,. v,fla n,ftminnn(w
identified with Oregon
labor for'
years, was on his way to Astoria to
th vtu-nni. ninh ..t it noon
luncheon today.
TAX REDUCTION
WASHINGTON, March 13. Secre-
. tary Mellon opposed today before the
I senate finance committee a proposal
to decrease the fund supplied for the
reduction of the public debt as a
I means of making greater surplus
available tor tax reduction. He polnt-
ed out that the money paid by Eng-
land and other nations on their loans
. ihia mnnir mult h nnnllert imriar
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I ' ... ......
i ne oresenL law wuu a muse il huh-
sible, he Bald, to retire the public debt
of twentv billion dollars In about 35
years.
chairman Smoot sunnorted Mr Mel-
. Ion's views.
found them trying to obtain wine in
South Portland.
Crane later declared he locked up
Defrere In one of the steel cells as a
Jcke and turned them nil lose after
they had-given an impromptu con-
cert in tne c un rooms at poi.ee neaa-
t! . it. .i . i.
ber of the pollc- quartet, joined In
the singing and Defrere was quoted
as declaring that Crane should be in
opera.
LABOR FEDERAT E
SENATE COMMITTEE NAMED TO INVESTIGATE ATTORNEY GENERAL DAUGHERTY
HALT IRK BY
TEAPOTLEASES
Federal Court at Cheyenne
Names Admiral Straus and
. A. E. Watts As Receivers
No More Drilling Than Nec
essaryHalt , Development.
CHEYENNE, (Wyo Mar. 13. (Dy
Assooiatod Press.) Federal Judge T.
Blake Kennedy today granted a tem-
, velopment work by the Mammoth Oil
'company on the Teapot Dome oil re-
I Judge Kennedy named Rear' Ad
miral Joseph Strauss of the United
Suites navy and A. E. Watts, - vice
president of the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil corporation as Joint receivers tor
the Teapot Dome property pending
the final outcome of the litigation.
Rear Admiral Joseph Htrauns of th
TTnlrnH Htiitna nnvv hnrf linnrl i-nnllAuf.
ed ))y BOVernment counsel as receiver
pending the outcome of the litigation
and A. E. Watts, vice president of the
fiincluir Consolidated Oil corporation,
had been named hy the defendants.
Neither counsel objected to the man
named by opposing counsel.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Mar. 13.-
T;, 1J'ake Kennedy today opened
u -wv
lease eru "torne1Jr nntlnB oth
?ldf hd held an hour's consultation
In the judge's office.
" "
, . Al
Kennedy Issue an order granting un
Injunction restraining tho Sinclair oil
Interests from any further drilling on
the Teapot Dome reserve.
The order would also appoint a re
ceiver to take charge of operations on
Teapot Dome and direct him to con
tinue operations only so far as ho
should deem necessary.
EXPECT SPEECH TO
COVER WORLD
NEW YORK, March 13. Nine radio
stations in Great Britain, each using
a different wave length, will begin
broadcasting at 6 o'clock tonight (cast-
ik. -,h .t, -,,m
- "
V. ...... l. .!!. l(,nn-
"" " w
w"" special receiving sets in cauror-
nla Bni ln Shanghai, China, to cable
at once 'hey are able to hear the
auuresB. li iney are successiui rauiu
will have covered the world.
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CATTLE EPIDEMIC
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. March 13.
Governor Richardson, acting under the
advices of Director H. E. Hecke of the
Btate department of agriculture and of
federal representatives, today issued
a proclamation lifting the provisional
quarantine placed three weeks ago on
M r '
nlI counties ln California on account
m lne epiuemio ot iooi ana mouta ais
tease m iivestucH.
NJiCTION ON
LIFT QUARANTIN
Tills photograph was taken at Dauvherty. Loft to rlsht aro Brookhurt of Iowa, charrinan.
Iho first session of the spoclat Sen- I ol)nlnr n t.- wunnt, a ., . ur r . ...
ate Committee which Is conduct- P"-1""" K. Wheeler of Won- Senator Wesley U Jones of Wash
ing air Inquiry into .".! .1 acts "'"' Scllator George H. Moses of Ingion, uml Senator Henry F.Ash
of Attorney GonenU ilurry M. I Ncw Hampshire, Senator Smith M. urst of Arizona.
Shamrock With Roots
From the 'Ould Sod'
Barred By Red Tape
NEW YORK, . Mar. 13. The
Rev. Father J. M. Robinson of
4 Wicklow, Ireland, arrived on tho 4
Saxonla today carrying six little
pots of Irish sod In which grew
the "green" he planned to wear
fr March 17. Representatives of fr
fr the department of agriculture
confiscated the shamrock ex- 4
! plaining that there was a strin- fr
4 gent law forbidding Importation 4
4 of vegotaltlon with roots.
"What a world!" exclaimed tho
priest. , ".,
i
TOKIO, March 13. (By tho Asso-
elated Press) Japanese, military au
thorities have frustrated an nltsmpt
by J.. P. McCullogh and . F. Mc
Laughlin, American surveyors repre
senting Sinclair oil Interests, to enter
the northern section of the Island of
Saghallen and have taken the two
on a Japanoso gunboat from Sagha
llen to tho Port of Otaru In Hok
kaido, It became known todny.
The Americans, accompanied hy a
Russian guide, were stopped at Alex-
androvuk by Military officials, who
declared a determination not to per
mit representatives of an American
company to conduct surveys under
concessions from the soviet govern
ment, which Japan does not rocog
nlze. McCullogh and MncLaughlin. aro
believed to have gone to Peking.
The Japanese press took occasion
to comment on the possibilities of a
grave issue between .America and
Japan over tho valuable oil fields.
Northern Saghalien nominally Is
Russian territory, but now is under
Japanese, military occupation. Pow
erful Japanese Interests are planning
o:i exploitation there tinder the aus
pices of the Japanese navy. '
The Sinclair Oil company holds a
concession granted by the soviet re
gime to prospect for petroleum on
Saghallen island, but tho Japanese
have refused to recognize any agree
ment between KusHla and any other
country regarding theso concessions,
so long as tho northern portion ot
the Island Is occupied by the Japa
nese. Tho Japanese have spent large
sums Investigating the Saghallen
fields.
FOR RUM CARGO
NEW YORK, Mar. 13. Govern
ment confiscation of tho Royal Mall
Packet company's passenger ship Or
duna was demanded today In a libel
suit filed In federal court by tho Unit
ed mutes district attorney's staff as a
result of a narcotlv and liquor raid
aboard the vessel.
Tho action Includes chnrges that
the Orduna had, since January 16,
1920, the' date of national prohibition
enforcement, smuggled Into this coun
try Intoxicating liquors and narcotics
exceeding $100,000 In value. . .
World Flight Monday
LOS. - ANQELKH, - Mar. 13. The
army's around the world filers who
will start from .Clnve'r 'field. Santa
Monica Monday will' he guests of hon
or at a banquet to ho given hero to
night by former army and ynavy airmen.
STAMP FATHER
TO DEATH AS
SECTJACRIFICE
18 Year Old Tampa, Fla., Girl
Confesses and Implicates
Mother Murder Offering to
Lord for Relief Given at
Meeting.
TAMPA, Fin., March 13 Eva Win
chester, 18 year old daughter of J. C
Winchester, 65, told the sheriff today
that she had stumped the aged man J reSontatlves of the dally traffic for a p'Bl ot Ohio; James. W". Holoomb -and-to
death wllh her foul. 'Winchester's - ,,., Henry T. Ellis of Cleveland; Samuel.
body was found today at his homo in
Seffnor. ..
a rto.trntlTo,1irle!.i;;nt,w,,;ich tllttt thoroughfare .Senator Wheeler said subpoena.;
she said she was orderod to kill her "'an did the consuB taken by tho ooun- probably would be Issued but the In
father bv her mother; Both are In tv court which showed that dallv GOB olent resulted ln another brush be
mo county ju.i nu.o ciwuijeu
with
'"a mory of membership of tbo turn -
Hy in a religious sect was told by the
girl. She said her father had been1
ill with paralysis. Hho said her
mother ami father visited a gathering
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day. The father, she said, was so
benefitted that the mother felt un of
fering should be given the Lord. Tho
killing of tho father was decided upon
as. tho offering, tho glrli told the
sheriff.
!Tho aged man was led 1D0 yards
from the home, killed, and tho body
draggod back to tho house.
The two women walked three miles
west to Mango, from their homo and
told a school teacher of their act.
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FOR THIS STATE
. : been holding up a drugstore here last
SALEM, Ore., March 13. Mayor 'night, wore captured and a fourth
George L. Baker of Portland, Inst night ' escaped nftor firing sovoral shots at
opened his active campaign for the ro-',th'""'!omen' ,
,. ,,,, ii They gave thoir names as Frank
publican nomination as a candidate 'cnnelly, Jack-Jorgesson and George
for election to the United States sen-, Maltarno. Authorities declared the
ate with an address at a local theater, trio confessed to having held up two
His address dealt mainly vlth the pos- other drug stores this week. Police
sibilltieB for Oregon development and records revealed that a Frank Con
the Importance of securing congroB-1 nolly had .been ncqultted of a charge
slonal enactments for the benefit of f murder last November in connec-
the state. He emphasized strongly the
necessity for building up Industries In
the state. He contrasted Oregon with
the states adjacent to It, citing their
advances through the efforts of their
delegations In congress, while, he de
clared, "Oregon has been shamefully
neglected."
Mayor Haker rocolvod greatost ap
plause on his statement relative to Im
migration and to caro of ex-service
nien "I stand for enactment ot a
law," ho said, "to exclude all future
Immigration until such time as tbo
foreigners now In this country shall
have been asBlmllated andiAmorlcan
ized." "
Mayor Raker declared that tho neg
lect of the ex-servleo men has been
criminal and- that immediate steps
should be taken to correct this condi
tion. lie spoke strongly for prohibition
and law enforcement.
D. A. R. Convention.
PASADENA. Cal., March 13. Dauglr
ters of the American Revolutjon from
all parts of California gatherer here ,$180,000 through showing of the Car
today for the lfith annual state O'Viifer-lpentlei'-Dompsoy prize fight pictures
ence of the ordor. The meeting will which the attorney general would not
close Saturday with election of offl -
cers,
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CITY CHECK OF
BELOW COUNTY
Count During Court Session in
10 Hours Shows Less Autos
Passed County Court Cen-
sus Showed 605 Cars in
Eight Hours.
The city administration has Just an
nounced figures taken by its own rep.
'"""" "'D"r " " .
sohville road, which give much less
Vnhlole wnnt nvnr thnt rnnrf hotwonn
f ft' "h ond 6 P- m' durln 'llB "Brlod
'n which that census was taken,
Not only does the city's census show
much loss dally travel, but the city's
census covers a longor day, the hours
uDL.auu u u. ill. nun v ii. ill., uiiu nun
taken llt n tlln who travel over the
road Is generally supposed to be heav-
four or five days when the circuit
court was in session. ,
Tho city's figures aro as follows:
Feb. 28, 410 vehicles; Fob. 28, 390 ve
hicles; March 1,'BIR vehicles; March!
6, 433 vehicles; March 0, 384 vehicles,
NAB FREED SLAYER
RAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13. Three
alleged bandits, Interrupted .by two
pollocmen as they were Bald to have
nun wun ine iieain ul a nuiiiiui. iwu
of tho bandits had taken 9700 In nar
cotics and $260 ln cash from tho store.
CARS11EO
BOOTLEG DEAL LAID TO CABINET HEAD
BY WOMAN IN STORY TO THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, March 13. Will
key deals, deals for pardon for a fed
eral convict, deals to permit Illegal
showing of prize fight films, stock
deals and various other alleged deals
of a highly sensational nature featur
ed today's testimony at the senate
committee Investigation of Attorney
General Daugherty.
In a two hour session replete with
thrillers. Miss Roxle Stlnson, divorc
ed wife of Jesse W. Smith, "bumper
and friend" of the attorney general,
testified Smith had told her that he
and Mr.
Daugherty stood to make
. prevent.
I Miss Stlnson followed that by re
UNITY
FOBFIGHI
Divorcee Continues Story of
Relations Between Daugh
erty and Friends McLean
Furnished House Free
Many Angles to Senate
Probe. ;
WASHINGTON, March 15. Tha di
rect statement that Attorney General
Daugherty had told JeaBe. W. Smith
his "bumper and friend" that he would
prevent prosecution for transportation i
of the Carpentler-Dempsey fight films
and that the attorney general and
Smith were to receive $180,000, was
the first sensation Bprung today when
the senate committee resumed its In
vestigation. .
Miss Roxle Stlnson, divorced wife ot
Smith, told the committee Smith had
told her he was the go-between In the
negotiations between picture compa-'
nleB and the attorney general.
MIsb Stlnson waited patiently for tha
questioning to begin while the hearing
was delayed In getting under way. The
Jam ot senators, , congressmen v. and
other spectators was so great the com-
EK,05rd..d,,,,.,!u
During the preliminaries It develop-'
ed that the books of the Midland Na
tional bank, of which the attorney gen.
ernt's brother Is president, could not
be brought to Washington.'. "
. Mr. Daugherty's counsel asked that'
subpoenas be lBBiied for Mai Daugh-'
erty, John Price, former attorney gen.
tlnelelder, Mrs. R. A. Hayes and B. H
M n.vol.j
tween mm anu Mr. riowiana in wnicn
Senator Wheeler again reiterated that
Mr. Hnwland, the attorney general's
counsel, would not "run" the Investi
gation. ' ' ' .
Senator Ashurat declared that "the'
defense might as well learn now," that
fl . .... lt,
, "" '" ru in,uB uie vommittoB,
and said he had not forgotten an '
"In-,
suit delivered last night here,"
Howland. . , ' .
by
The senator added that Howland
was not "going to run any bluff here.",
MIsb Stlnson's testimony started
with reforeno to the "little green
house on K street." She said she was
not familiar with Washington and
would rather not answer , questions
about It.
"It was purely personal," she said,
"it Is absolutely of no consequence."
She reiterated however, that. Smith '
had told her of meeting the attorney '
general there. She said "different .
senators and Important people" had .
conferences In the house. ' ' ' i '
"Do you know who occupied ittt',ak.
ed Senator Moses. ' ' ; '
"I think It was one of Mr. McLean s...
I'm not sure about that." ., "
She said she did not know of the '
purpose ot the conferences there but
Smith had told her the house was used
for private conferences where they
would not be disturbed. ' -
Department of justice appointments
were considered there, she said, and
people making appointments went
there, she was told. .; .,.'
Senator Ashurat referred to Colonel .
James G. Darden and Miss Stlnson said
she met him ln the "shack" near Wash-
fCnntlnuert nn Pa F.lirhO
latlng a conversation between Smith
and Joe Weber, the actor, which relat
ed to getting a parole for Weber's
brother-in-law,, "a Mr. Solomon." at the :
conclusion of which Smith told ber
Weber was . "awfully cheaR," and
"wanted a lot for nothing." t, "
On another occasion, the divorced
wlfs testified) Smith turned up at
Washington CourthouBe, Ohio. ; Jtist
from Washington, with 75 one-thou-ssnd
dollar bills In a belt around his1
waist, but wouldn't tell her where lie
got the money.
, Whiskey,' she said, she knew, had
been withdrawn from government
warehouses on permit, soon after ftv
Daugherty took office at attorney gen-.
Oral, but they soon stopped that, she
said, because they got afraid of It, .