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MEDFORD, OREGON, -MONDAY, NOVKMliKH 17, 192-1
NO. 204
W
SUPPLY IS
Mob of Ranchers Raid Los
Angeles Water Supply and
Turn Reservoir Into River J
Troops Requested Action
Result of Long Controversy
Over Irrigation Rights.
L03 ANGELES, Nov. 17 How to
rostoro without bloodshed the flow of
wator through Los Angeles' 250-mile
aqueduct, diverted into Owens river
yesterday by a party of raiders whoi
swooped down on the waste gates near
Lone Pino, 200 miles north of here,
and opened them wide despite pro
tests by city employes and Inyo county
officials, was the problem that faced
Los Angeles authorities today. The
ultimatum delivered by the raiding
force as it shut off the city's chief
source of water for domestic nnd in
dustrial uses, was that the gates would
remain open until Los Angeles settled
the long-standing Owens valley water
rights fued on a basis satisfactory to
the- valley ranchers and business men.
No attempt at forcible ejection of
the raiders will bo made by tho city
pending Governor Richardson's reply
to an appeal from Inyo county for
state troops, Los Angeles authorities
.aid.
Except for two, all of the Inyo com
plaints filed by Los Angeles officials
are directed against John Doe. The
two men named as alleged raiders are
Mark Q. Watterson, a banker of
Bishop, and V. R. McCarthy, irriga
tion engineer. The complaints were
filed nt Independence, county seat of
Inyo county, sofne time today.
As to the raiders' ultimatum, Wil
liam Mulholland, builder of tho aque
duct and chief "engineer of the city
water department, declared it would
be Ignored.
"It was evident," he said, "from
Sheriff Collins' telegram to the
governor, that troops are needed
in Inyo county to settle the state
of disorder and anarchy which
now exists.
"We shall send no committee to
negotiate with tho raiders for we
believe those 76 or 100 men who
have done this thing do not repre
sent the people of Owens valley.
"At the proper time I am sure
our legal department will file suit
for damages for all water lost by ,
the opening of the gates."
Enough wator is escaping through
the waste gates, engineers estimated,
to cause tho city a loss of $10,0(10
dally, but sufficient storage is still on
hand In reservoirs between here and
the raided spillway to supply all ordi
nary demands for 90 days.
No attempt Is being made to conceal
the identity of the raiders, according
to E. A. Lahy of the electrical con
, structlon department of the city power
i and light bureau, who telephoned from
the trouble zone last night that he was
personally acquainted with cvory
member of the party. None of the
men were masked, he said, or wore
any pretense of a disguise.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 Tho Ala
bama waste gntes north of the old
town of Lone Pine, a station on the
old overland stage route to California
on the Mormon trail, are located in
the Alabama hills, about ten miles
above the north end of Owens lake
and were named after the hills. These
hills are declared by geologists to be
the oldest natural formation In the
valley. Small, reddish hills, dwarfed
to mounds by the gigantic granite
mountains back of them, in which
rises Mount Whitney, highest peak in
the United States.
Around the hills are the old craters
of many extinct volcanoes. The Ala-
fPnnMnued on Pe Klehn
mi Wl DAWES
NOT MED
CHICAOO. Nov. 17. General
Charles O. Dawes, vice-president
elect was virtually himself ocaln to
day except that he was confined to
his bed after a minor operation at
the Evanston hospital yesterday. He
passed a comfortable night and read
his newspaper at breakfast, his sec
retary said.
The geneiil is said to have ex
pressed a dmire to smoke his pipe
yesterday aftr Dr. W. R. Parker had
Injected a Ircal anaesthetic, but the
doctor forbade.
N. Y. Cold Weather
Record Broken; Two
Are Frozen to Death
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Cold
weather records for this date of
many years' standing were shat
tered in parts of New York and
New England Inst night and early
today, the mercury in some places
dropping to zero or below. In
northern New York there was a-
considerable snowfall.
In New York City the mercury
hovered about 20 degrees during
the early hours, marking the day
as the coldest this season. There
was a slight snow flurry during
the night, but all trace of It had
disappeared at daylight. An un-
Identified man died of exposure.
At Hartford, Conn., John Yardy
was frozen to death.
TIS
DENIED BY EX
FRENCH LEADER
PARIS, Nov. 17. (By the Associ
ated Press) Form up Premier Poln
care today answered accusations that
he was partly responsible for the
world war, by publishing letter In
which Jules Cambon, Stephen Piehon
and Emlle Daschner repudiate en
tirely the late Georges Louts' pur
ported conversations as recorded in
his diary, exjracas of which were
published by L'Ouvre yesterday.
M. Polncare also eusts doubts on
the authenticity of the diary and
says he may some day supplement of
ficial revelations of tho pre-war pe
riod with "private letters written by
Paul Cumbon, Gerard (former Amer
ican minister to Germany, and many
other authoritutlve persons and by
Georges Louis liimsolf."
Jules Cambon who was ambassa
dor to Germany when the war began,
speaking for himself and his re
cently deceased brother, Paul Cam
bon, said in his letter that Louis' al
leged diary notes were manifestly
erroneous and added;
"1 have no recollection of having
met Georges Louis during the war.
However, if I saw him his memory
gave to our conversation a character,
it did not have."
Eniilo Daeschner, recently appoint
ed French ambassador to the United
States who was chief of cabinet for
the foreign ministry in 1912, says In
his letter that he had the clearest
recollection as to the use of the secret
funds which ho handled in his post
under Foreign Minister Polncare.
"1 can therefore emphatically deny
the allegations of the documents you
submitted to nSe regarding the use
you are supposed to have mado of
these funds in your relations with the
press," M. Daeschner wrote. "I do
not hesitate to affirm that yofi gave
no subsidy or allocation in any form
to any member of the press."
Stephen Pichon, French foreign
minister in 1913, said: .
"The remarks Georges Louis' at
tributes to me are so Improbable-that
I hardly need to deny them. I know
definitely that as premier, j minister
of foreign affairs and president of
the republic you always worked to
maintain peace.''
LA GRANDE. Ore., Nov. T7. Wil
liam Wigglesworth, a prominent resi
dent of Union, Ore., was shot to death
last night about ten o'clock at his
home, according to advices received
here today. Officers arrested Newton
Gamble, a neighbor, and are holding
him as a suspect.
Wigglesworth was Stilled as he
started to open the door of his house.
The bullet, apparently from a rifle,
rnnged through the door, striking
him and killing him instantly.
Wigglesworth was nged about 60.
Gamble is 63. An inquest Is expected
to be held late today.
OPflAIEO UPON.
10 SMOKE HIS PIPE
Again r.hile the surgeon was at
work reducing the hernia for which
the operation was performed Gene
ral Dawes asked how he was getting
along with his task. The surgeon Is
said to have replied that he was get
ting down to "brass tacks " one of
the general's recent campaign slo
gans. Mr. Dawes' household and physic
ians expect no trouble except In
keeping the strenuous patient in bed
long enough.
WAR
U.S.A.FACES
DEFEAT IN
PARLEY
Great Britain and Japan Clash
Over American Effort to Cut
Off Opium Traffic First
Day's Conference a Fizzle
American Reform Effort Is
Bitterly Resented.
fIRNEVA, Now. 17. (By Associ
ated Press.) In tho presence of the
official American delegation headed
by Representative Stephen O. Porter
of Pennsylvania the fourth Interna
tional conference for international
control of the traffic In habit-forming
narcotic drugs opened today in the
League of Nations palace. The con
ference was presided over by Herluf
Zahle, DanlHh- minister to Berlin, and
leading Danish delegate to the
League of Nations assembly.
"The object of the conference Is
not only to obtain an agreement for
limitation of the exportation and im
portation of narcotics to medical and
scientific needs, but also to restrict
the growth of tho plants from which
they are manufactured to these same
humane requirements."
The delegates assembled today ani
matedly discussing what was gener
ally regarded as the complete failure
of the preceding conference which
ended last night and which was con
flnod to considering the Kar Eastern
aspects of the opium evil.
The probable attitude of tho Unit
ed States at the conference was a
subject of eager discussion following
tho sensational collapse of the pre
liminary meeting. The first confer
ence closed yesterday without achiev
ing either of the objects fur which it
was convoked.
It failed to report any estlmato of
the amount of opium required for
smoking purposes or of the date
when importation of the drug for this
purposo. could be terminated and took
no measures to curb illicit production
in China.'
Japan Is Opposed
Japan's spokesman declared that
until she was assured freedom of
opium importation his country would
not sign the convention which had
been drawn up in rough form. Por
tugal was dissatisfied over tho treat
ment of the situation in Macaco, and
China was averse to acting until the
European powers agreed to institute
a system of rationing and registering
opium smokers In their Far Eastern
colonies.
Stephen Q. Porter and his four col
leagues of the American delegation
are believed to be entering confer
ence with a set of proposals in the
form of a drnft convention and It Is
understood that among their recom
mendations is tho prohibition within
a definite period of years of all im
portation of raw opium Into Kar
Eastern countries for smoking pur
poses. .
More than forty countries are ex
pected to participate.
The clash at this conference be
tween England and Japan over the
alleged discrimination against Japan
in opium purchases, was the chief
topic of conversation today. Tho rup
ture of the first conference came
about when it was charged by the
Japanese that other powers, espec
ially England, had failed to recog
nize opium import certificates Issued
by the Japanese government.
Japan later Issued another state
ment declaring that If she issued cer
tificates for .opium In excess of
Japan's rcientlfic and medical needs
she would vlolute international en
gagements and the other powers
would senk reparation under article
one of the covenant of the League
oi Nutions.
The statement added that Japan
demitnds protection for her legiti
mate commerce in opium and insists
that the league covenant prevents
tho states from adopting measures
unfair to the legitimate interests of
other members of tho league.
Times Predicts Trouble
. LONDON. Nov. 17. In an editorial
on the International opium confer
ence the Times today expresses con
cern over the result, owing to the
"drastic proposals," which Represen
tative Stephen O. Porter, the chief
American delegate, is to submit.
"It Is easy for a congress far re
moved from those countries which
derive a considerable part of their
revenue from the production of
opium to pass resolutions for Its sup
pression," the editorial says, "but
when Mr. Porter and his colleagues
meet the representatives of China,
Persia, India and tho other produc
ing countries, they will aasuredly
find that the opium habit Is so deeply
engrnincd In millions of Orientals
thnt it can nt best only be suppressed
by degrees, and that, so long as the
demand continues, the Interests of
the producing countries must at least
be considered."
MO Killed In Qttake.
HATAVIA. Java Nov. 17. (By the
Associated Press) The number of
persons killed In last Wednesday's
earthquake now Is officially estimat
ed at 610. A dozen villages were de
stroyed. The earth is still trembling.
M. Ziegf eld's Old Wail Heard Again
As Movies Grab Another Beauty
lSSr
M. Ziegfeld of the "Follies" feels that htf lias yisl caw? fnt
complaint. A$ rapidly as he discovers, trair.r, pol'sl.v rnd m)-.
beauties famous they are grabbed by tbc movies. Hi lrt'St 1-39 is
Helen Lee Worthing (above). She p'.avs vUJi A.Li'-lie Mcujoj in
'The Swan."
SHERMAN AND GEORGE
STAGE FIST FIGHT
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Lowell
Sherman oncv 'f Now York's best
known matineo idols and Oeurgu
Baxter, also an actor, used their fists
at the Actors' Equity association ball
which ended at the Hotel Ator early
yesterday with several fights nnd one
affray with a razor, it was learned
today.
The quarrel betwoen Sherman and
The local police pave out tho infor
mation today that a 10 year old
Medford girl whilo on her way home
between 9 and 10 o'clock last Satur
day night was knocked down by an
unknown man. thought to be a trump
on South Holly street, two blocks
from Main Btreet.
The police, while not Rlvlnpr out the
girl's name In order to save her from
undue notoriety, want the occurrence
published uh a warning to girls nnd
women to exercise careful watchful
ness and diligence when walking
ilone nights on dark streets off the
main thoroughfare.
The young lady in question, as she
proceeded along Holly street noticed
that a man apparently was following
her and Increasing his pace the faster
me walked. She tried nut to be
unduly alarmed and to keep her eyes
Ui'jVight uheud, but suddenly over
come with a feeling that she wa s
being struck at. intuitively ducked
her head nnJ screamed.
This move was a fortunate one for
her, as the man was striking out with
a blunt bludgeon of some kind,
thought by the police to he a "sand
bag," und because of her head dodg
ing the weapon Just glunced off her
head, but the Impact was sufficient
to knock her down, where she lay
hrdplcss for some seconds.
, Her shout of terror vitut also fortu
nate, as the woman who resided in
tho house In front of which the oc
currence toitk place heard it and,
rushed out, whereupon the assailant,
after striking the blow, took to his
heels.
This woman called the police ami
furnished them with a description of
tho mnn. Then Night roliceman
Cnvo and Liggett searched over the
city and thru the railroad yards un
successfully for a suspect.
For years Medford has had the
reputation of being one of the clean
est cities In the United Stales, he-cause
of which women and girls have been
free to walk the streets alone on
errands, or returning from cotico-ts
and the like during tho evening hours
up to 11 or midnight.
This condition of affairs has drawn
much favorable comment from tour
ists, especially those stopping at tho
local auto camps.
Know I'nlN In Clihugo.
CHICAOO. Nov. IT. The firnt
nnowfall of the season to whiten the
ground fell today. Tho precipitation
was only about one-tenth of an Inch
and melted soon.
MEDFORD GIRL OREGON SCHOOL
WALKING HOME BOOKS TO COST
IS SANDBAGGED iVIORE HEREAFTER
OVER CHORUS GIR
L
riaxler was caused by Sherman's re-'.
fusal to introduce Ilnxtur to MlHH, 1.11-
liiin "Foster, appearing in a current
Hrnuilu-nir show ,i,...,,r,ll nir t Hnvtnr.
The fight started In Sherman's box. elalms fi,r damages a "debt1 collect
whleh he occupied Willi his mother .' of 'e Property of ullen one,
land Nora Hayes. Ktbel Harrymoro mW 1,1 tho ,1"n,lM of tho proporty
! occupied nn adjoining box. Hoth ; custodian.
Kh,.,n,.in ,,n,l Hi.vlo,. lw.vn tiinrU. nf Tlie 'OUIt held to bo Valid a COn-
tho conflict.' There was no report to
the police.
SALKM, Ore., Nov. 17 An Incroaso
of U6 per cent in tho cost of text
books In the grade and high schools
of Oregon that are adopted by the
state textbook commission which Is
meeting here today. Is said by J. A.
Churchill, stole school superintendent
probably to be unavoidable.
The state textbook commission,
since its Inception, has met only
every six years and the first meeting
In six years Is in progress here today.
lty a change in the law made by
the legislature of 1!23, however, the
commission will, hereafter meet every
two years. Under the old system of
meeting every six years all books in
the public schools were changed or
re-adopted every six years but under
the new plan changes will bo made In
one-third of them every two years, or
the books in use may bo readopted.
It Is said (hut because of tho in
crease In the cost of paper, labor,
etc., since books were last contracted
for In Oregon six years ago, publish
ers have been selling tho books at a
loss In Oregon. For this reason it is
curtain that no contracts will be ex
tended and nn Increase In the cost
of the books lo the school patrons of
the stato will result.
New books adopted will go into use
next September.
An innovation In the curriculum
for the sixth grade, is a course in
Oregon history.
Texts recommended to the commis
sion by iMr. Churchill fur changes
are:
Crammar grade schools Civil
government, geography (three
hook series), history, seventh and
eighth grades; Oregon history,
sixth grade; reading, Jtnsil text
first to eighth grades Inclusive.
High schools Civics, Krench,
world and American history, so
cial problems, elementary econo
mics, higher arithmetic, science
(biology, general science and
manual for general science, man
ual for physics), Spanish.
The members of tho commission
are Margaret J. Cosper, Kalem; A. U.
Hampton, LaOrande; Alfred C.
Schmidt, Corvallis; George A. Itris
coe, Ashland; Milton A. Miller, Port
land. Cml Strike In Scranton.
RritANTON, pit., Nov. 17. Eleven
nf the twenty collieries of the Hudnon
Coal company were idle today bo-
T 01 a "",K" '"'""
workers who charge the company has
failed to adjust long-pundlng grlov-
nces I
Mrs. Harding Still
Alive But Hope of
Recovery Is Slight
MAltlO.M, Ohio, Nov. 17 Al-
thouKh Mrs. Florence KliiiK Hard-
lug was resting quietly today, hor
klilnoy and liver complications
were more marked today. Dr. Carl
V. Sawyer said in a bulletin
issued at ! : 30 a. in, from her bed-
sido. Tho bulletin follows:
".Mrs. Harding rested quietly
last night. This morning she Ib
very weak and exhausted. The
kidney nnd liver complications
are more marked. She Is ablu to
tako scarcely any nourishment."
OF VET. BUREAU
"WASHINGTON", Nov. 17. Com
pensation ratings nmilo by tho Unit
ed States veterans bureau are not
reviewable by tho courts, the su
premo court held today, except when
it Is hIiowii that they are. wholly un
supported by the facts and ure "ca
pricious," or urbitrury.
In al) other cuhch the court held
the compenatitioii ratings fixed by
the director of the veterans' bureuu
are final.
Tho decision was handed down in
tho ciiHo .of Sam Sllherschein, who
had sought unsuccessfully to luivo
the federal court for tho custom dis
trict of Michigan set asldo a ruling
by tho director. i ,
WASIIINOTON'. Nov. 17. Judg
ments can be liquidated out of prop
erty in the hands nf the alien prop-
''''V custodian, under a supreme
cuuri iwn ,,,.,. .,uwii .ouay
The trading with the enemy -act
1L w" ""' manes un iiiiumin yu
'rn'ti "f German firm of Beer,
Sondheimer and company for tho
purchase of crude zinc ore from F. Y.
Kobertson of Now York.
"WASHIXOTON, Nov. 17. The sec
tion of the transportation act of 1120
under which tho lnter-state com
merce commission is authorized to
Issue emergency transportation
orders was declared constitutional
and valid today by tho supreme court.
WASHINGTON Nov. 17. Tho su
preme court today declared that land
purchased by Indians from funds de
rived from their allotments cannot he
alienated without the consent of the
secretary of tho interior.
Tho court based Its opinion on tho
case of Nathanial Perryman, a half
blood Creek Indian living In Okla
homa. WASHINGTON, Nov. J7.-r- New
York stato's privilege or franchise
tax upon corporations organized out
Blde of but doing business in that
state, was declared constitutional and
valid today by the supremo court.
WASHINGTON, Nov! 17. Suits In
attachment proceedings under the
Cur mack act can be begun in estates
by attaching the property of a non
resident railroad company, tho su
preme court ruled today.
RAI.KM, Ore., Now. 17. In a revo
lullnniiry opinion from tho point of
view of mute taxation, Attorney Clen
orul Vnn W'inklu holclH today (hat, tho
Rlx por cent lax limitation amend
ment applies to the mute Income tax
thnt haH been collected this year. Tho
Nix per cent limitation haa never been
Interpreted nn npplylng to any tax
except n direct levy.
VALENTINO UNTIL
CHICAGO, Nov. 17. Tho Associated
Mustor llarhcrs of America, in conven
tion here today, resolved to condemn
Rudolph Valentino, motion picture
actor, for permitting his beard to
grow. They expressed fear lest the
hirsute vonue return.
They also resolved that members of
the association be pledged not to at
tend a showing of his photoplays as
" . . .
The resolutions stated in part
SUPREME COURT
UPHOLDS POWER
CLAIMS INCOME TAX
PRESIDENT
IS ASKEDTO
ME KERR
Sen. McNary Requests Presi
dent Coolidge to Put Presi
dent Kerr of 0. A. C. On
Farm Commission First
Session in Washington Ad
dressed By President.
KUOENK, Ore., Nov. 17. The name;
of W. J. Korr, president of Oregon
Agricultural college, has been pro
posed to President Coolidge with
recommendation that he be appointed
to a place on tho president's commis
sion for the Btudy of nation wide agri
cultural conditions. Senator McNary
presented the name of Dr. Kerr to the
president, according to a telegram
from the senator received here today.
Tho recommendation of Dr. Kerr for
appointment also has been endorsed
by Representative Elton Watklns of
Portland, by the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce and by other organizations
and Individuals of Influence. It Is
bused on the showing that all other
general regions of the country are
now represented on the president's
commission except the Pacific north
west, and that the farmers of this
region desire nnd deserve represen
tation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. President
Ooolidgo today put up to the commis-
Blon of representative farm loud or a he
has appointed the problem of mapping
, out a program for , the permanent
stabilization of agriculture.
Ilrlefly welcoming the commission,
which met in the cabinet room at the
White House for its first session, Mr.
Cool id ko told the members of his pur
poso in naming the organization and
placed entirely in their hands the
formulation of a workable plan for
relief.
No statement was forthcoming from
tho White House after the meeting.
Robert D. Carey of Wyoming, chair
man of the commission, said the In
vestigating body would meet this
afternoon at tho department of agri
culture, to organize and discuss a plan
of procedure.
Kight of the nine commissioners
were presented to the president.
Charles S. Barrett, chairman of the
national board of farm organizations
of Union City, Ga.( the only absentee,
expected to reach Washington for the
organization meeting.
A
10
BIGS ARREST
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 17. Whon
George Evans, ex-convict of the Ore
gon penitentiary, paid a visit to the
prlBon yesterday with his 14-year-old
sister Laura, whom he wished to show
the interior of the place, he made a
mistake, for before, he left the prison
he was again under arrest on advices
from Caldwell, Idaho, where he is
wanted on a charge of kidnaping his
sister from her home at Nampa.
Evans was released from the prison
last August after serving a term for
larceny committed in Unioi county.
Warden Dalrymplo recently was in
Coos county and recalled seeing a cir
cular posted in a sheriffs office there
saying that Evans was wanted In Idaho
on the kidnaping charge, and a sim
ilar circular was posted In the office
of the Marlon county sheriff.
T
HE SHAVES BEARD
"Whereas, , , . the male popula
tion of America Is very likely to
be guldod by tho said Valentino
to the extent of making whiskers -fashionable
again and,
"Whereas, such a fashion would
not only work harmful injury to
barbers but would so utterly defacs '
America as to make American',
citizens difficult to , distinguish
from Russians,
"Be it resolved, that Rudolph
Valentino be condemned."
VISIT
PEN
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