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JfEDFORD, OREGON", TUESDAY, NOVHMBEU IS, ISL't
NO. 20.")
MANY DIE
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SHIP LOST
Severe Winter Weather in At
lantic Coast and in Middle
west Takes Toll ot Lives
N. Y. Sloop is Missing
Blizzard Sweeps New Eng
landZero Weather.
y.vEW YORK. Nov. 18. Leaving In
lis path a mounting toll of death unci
disaster, "the great gale which for 48
hours, held the Atlantic seaboard In
icy grip, appeared today to have
passed out to sea.
Ten known dend, many missing,
huge property losses to shipping and
wholesale damage ashore was the toll
in this section.
Today while life saving agencies
weremobilized to search the pea for
missing craft und missing men the
wind abated. Weather forecasters
predicted milder temperatures with
possible rain or snow in adjacent dis
tricts. It was twenty degrees above
zero in New York City before noon.
Tragic tales of the storm have be
gun to drift Into the news channels.
A barge skipper died of exposure ot
the end of a rope which was hauling
him from the water to safety aboard
a United states revenue cutter.
A wealthy man dozed in his auto
mobile -in a garage and died there. A
poor man froze to death in an Eliza
beth tenement whllo his son was out
looking for work.
Scores of fishermen and rum run
ners caught in the gale, abandoned
sinking smull craft and were rescued
by coast guards.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Pollco of
the marlno division today were scour
ing the seus nearby for "The Frolic,"
a 34-foot sloop which sailed from
Brooklyn Sunday with seven men on
board. The men expected to return
before dark and It is feared they per
ished In the heavy gales that have
been sweeping the Atlanttlc coast. 1
Thirty-six hours of patrolling has
failed to reveal a trace of the sloop.
Wind and cold yesterday wrought
havoc with shipping and caused death
and suffering among the city's poor.
Three persons died of cold and ex
posure. The whitet star liner Adriatic ar
rived several hours late, her super
structure battered by waves and coat
ed with Ice. A sailor was blown over
board and a lifeboat was stove in.
Tho destroyer Cassen of the "dry
navy" saved the lives of six men off
Montauk Point and then placed them
under arrest. Later they were re
leased. ' BOSTON, Nov. 18. A wintry blast
with a high wind and a temperature
dropping nearly to zero In parts of
New England has brought death to
two men, distress to ships along the
coast from Maine to Cape Cod and
delay to trains.
Three harges, bound for Rockland,
Maine, were adrift today. Captain
Albert Peterson of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
died in the freezing water when made
fast to a line shot to his barge from
the coast guard cutter Ossipee.
One ship was reported ashore nnd
two Bchooners off Cape Cod were
riding the heavy seas with their sails
in tatters.
ALBANY N. Y.. Nov. IS. The
wave of winter weather which swept
over this state Sunday night wrought
havoc with both harvested and un
harvested crops, according to reports.
Farmers reported generally that pro
duce customarily left in the fields or
stored 'outdoors until Thanksgiving
day had been ruined.
' COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 18. One
death from tho cold weather which
Bwept the Ohio valley yesterday,
bringing with it the first snow of the
season was reported here today. The
body of an unidentified man was
found buried In the snow on the
banks of the Olentagy river. Ap
parently he had frozen to death.
ROCKLAND, Maine. Nov. 18. The
I Hnntlnimrt on HKir ttiivnt
TALKED WITH SPIRIT
NEW YORK. Nov. IS. Mrs. Bula
Edmonson Croker, who arrived from
Ireland yesterday, said that she had
been In spiritualistic communication
with her husband, the late Tammany
chieftain, off and on. His spirit came
to her more often in Ireland because
things there were more tranquil and
peaceful, she said.
She gets all her Instructions from
him by vibrations. Bhe said. In the
gardens of Croker castle, the vibra
tions were especially powerful as she
walked among the. roses- Mr. Croker
bad planted ana tended.
Husband Spanks Wife
for Bridge Lead; Is
Sued for Divorce
CHICAGO,' Nov. 18. Because
one of her leads at bridge an-
gered him, her husband turned
her over his knee and spanked
her before a party of guests in
their homo, Mrs. Magdalene
Jackson charged in a suit for dl-
vorce filed against Robert J.
. Jnokson, wealthy contractor.
During their honeymoon, her
bill charged, her husand com-
pelled her to mako her bed on
the. floor. Thep separated last
October.
ATLANTIC CITY
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Nov. IS.
With a toll of two known dead and
four missing, fire which destroyed the
Bothwcll hotel nnd its annex, for
merly tho Senator last night and for
a time threatened many fino resi
dences at this coast resort, was
burning Itself out today.
Nothing but part of tho walls of
the hotel remained and the Casino,
on tho'fiimous steel pier, was practi
cally wrecked. The loss Is estimated
at $1,000,000.
James Bennett, 80, of New York,
died shortly after midnight us a re
sult of injuries he received as he
was being rescued and an unidenti
fied woman is known to have per
ished. It is feared that at least three
more guests of the hotel may have
lost their lives. Search is being made
for them, police Sergeant James A.
McMenamin has also been missing
since ho entered tho Senator last
night on rescue work.
About a score of persons, most of
them firemen, were injured although
none but Bennett suffered serious in
jury. The cause of the fire has not been
determined. The winjl blowing from
tho north, sending tho vast volume of
sparks and burning embers out to
sea., saved Atlantic City from a worse
Iro, It is believed. It is understood
that the loss is covered by Insurance
to the extent of about 70 per cent.
WARNERS, N. J., Nov. 18. Dam
age of $700,000 was estimated to
have been caused by ' fire which,
starting with an explosion aboard a
barge here last night, ignited a gaso
line tiinker nnd destroyed several oil
tanks ashore.
One mnn is missing. Several of the
crew were rescued from the Icy
waters of Staten Island sound after
they had Jumped overboard, their
clothes afire. v
The explosion on tho barge sent
flames to tho tanker William Boyce
Thompson, anchored alongside. The
ship was destroyed and the fire soon
ate Its way to the first of tho 8000-.
barrel gasoline tanks of the plant
of the Sinclair Refining company
nearby. .More than 87,000 gallons of
gasoline were destroyed.
FOR HALL OF FIE
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. Econo
mies and Improvements have enabled
William M. Steuart, director of the
census to do an unusual thing In gov
ernment service return to the treas
ury between $20,000 nd $30 000,
whirh hnd been appropriated for his
work tho last fiscal year.
In his annual report, made public
today, Director Steuart asserted thai
not only were expenses -reduced, but
the efficiency of the bureau was in
creased. Secy Hughes Has a Cold.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Secre
tary Hughes was kept at home today
by a cold and was forced to cancel an
engagement to speak over the radio
tonight in connection with Pan
American radio nlgbt.
Ever since the death of her hus
band people who oppose his spiritual
ly expressed wishes invariably suffer,
according to Mrs. Croker. She told of
a realtor In Florida who has Bued her
for $500,000.
I knew that 111 luck would befall
him." she related. "I learned that
while I was away his favorite son was
killed and that he himself came near
death in an automobile collision. Mr.
Croker tells me that if this man con
tinues to sue me unjustly he will have
two more punishments to faee, one of
which may cost hla life,"
HOTEL BURNS; 2
DEAD, 4 MISSING
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HERE'S A CANDIDATE
DEPARTED HUSBAND
TEXT BOOKS
F0R0REG0N
ANNOUNCED
State Commission Gives Out
List of Books to Be Used in
Grade and High Schools of
State for Six Years for Third
of Curriculum.
SALEM, Ore.. Nov. 18. Tho state
textbook commission In Its first ses
sion In six years yesterday adopted
new school books for the grade and
high schools of Oregon covering one
third of the curriculum.. The books
adopted will be used fur a period of
six years. Herefafter tho commission
will meet every two years Instead of
every six yeurs. due to an amendment
of the 1923 legislature, und each two
years will adopt one-third of tho text
books anew.
The texts adopted yesterday were:
Our Government, Oregon edition,
supplement by Hewitt, Davis McCluro
Published by Laidlaw brothers.
Shepperd's Geography for Begin
ners, Rand McNally.
Brlgham and McFarlane's Essen
tials of Geography, book I. Published
by American Book company.
Brlgham and McEarlane's Essen
tials of Georgraphy. book II. Pub
lished by American Book company.
Gordy. History of the United States
(new edition). Published by Charles
Scribners Sons.
School History of Oregon, by Clark,
Down and Blue.
New Beacon Primer, published by
Ginn and company.
Beacon First Reader, Ginn and
company. .
Beacon Second Reader, Ginn and
company.
Beacon Third Reader, Ginn and
company.
Elson reader, publlslied by Scott,
Foresman company ...
Klson-"rKcader. "Book ' II; Scott,
Foresman . company. '
Bison Reader, Book III, Scott
Foresman company.
Bolenlus Fourth Reader, published
by Houghton Mifflin company.
Bolenlus Fifth Reader, Houghton
Mifflin company.
Bolenlus Sixth reader, Houghton
Mifflin company.
Hill and Lyman. Reading and Liv
ing. Book I. Charles Kcilbner Sons.
Hill and Lyman. Reading and Liv
ing. Book II, Charles Scrlbner Sons.
High school texts: ,
.Magruder's American Oovernmnet,
published by Allyn and Bacon.
Webster's World History, published
by D. C. Heath company.
Kite s History of the United States,
Henry Holt company.
Towno, Social Problems (rovised),
the McMillan company.
Thompson's Elementary Economics
(1924 edition) Benjamin Sanborn Co.
Smallwood and others' Now Biol
ogy, Allyn and Hacon.
Hesscler's Junior Science, Benja
min Sanborn Co.
Hessler's Junior Science Manual,
Uenjumin Sanborn Co.
Physics Manual, Millekin and Gale,
published by Ginn and Co.
StoneMilliH Higher Arithmetic,
Benjamin Sunborn company.
Hills and Kord'B First Spanish
Course, D. C. Heath and Co.
First French Book Greenberg,
Jhase Merrill Co.
Second French Book Greenberg,
Chase Merrill Co.
The supplementary readers for
French and Spanish have been adopt
ed but the list is withheld for the
purpose of checking.
Supplementary readers:
Lincoln Readers by Davidson and
Anderson, published by Laurel Book
Co.:
Tho Lincoln Third Reader.
Tho Lincoln Fourth Reader.
The Lincoln Fifth Reader.
The Lincoln Sixth Reader.
Row, Peterson company:
The Primer, Free and Treadwcll.
First Reader. Free and Treadwcll.
Second Reader, Free and Treadwcll
Third Reader, Free and Tread well.
Fourth Reader, Free nnd Treadwell
Fifth Reader, Free and Treadwell.
Seventh Reader, Brlggs.
Eighth Reader. Shyrock.
American Book company:
Carpenter's Around-the-World with
the Children. .
Carpenter's New Geographical
Readers: , .
North America, South America,
Europe, Asia, Africa" and Australia
ind Islands of the Sea (not yet off
the press).
Number two supplementary read
ers: Rand McNally Publishing com
pany: Dopp Bobby and Betty at HortiP.
Dopp Bobby and Betty with the
Workers.
Oroner Sunhonnet Babies Premier
Binghom Stories of Mother Goose
Village.
Perdue Child Life In Other Lands.
Lyons and Carnahan:
From Columbus To Lincoln:
Studies In American History, books
and II.
Scott, Foresman company:
Klson Headers, books IV, V, VI,
VII and VIII.
Lyons and Carnahan company:
(Continued on Paf Elffbt)
Mrs. Caswell of the
Fearing Blues,
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Pretty June Castleton (above), who quit the Follies to be the
loving little wife of Dan Caswell, scion of a wealthy Cleveland,
'family, with whom she is seen at right, has gone to work, so she
"won't be blue." Dan is in a sanitarium near New York endeavor
ing to win back his health. He married June after he was divorced
from Jessie Reed, another Follies beauty (left), now living in
retirement as the wife of an Evanston. 111., business man.
CAlLLAUX GIVEN RANCHERS FLAG
AMNESTY, VOTE OF TRUCE DENIED
BY GOVRNMENT IN WATER WAR
PARIS. Nov. IS. (By Atunchitoil
PresH.) Joseph CaHlaux, former pre
mier, who in October, 11118 was found
guilty of huvh.fr "impeded prosecu
tion of the war," was voted nmnenty
today by the senate 167 to 117. .. .'
Tho amnesty was adopted by the
chamber of deputies last July..
Louis Malvy. former minister of
tho intorior, convicted of communica
tion with tho enemy during tho war
und banished from France for three
years, was voted amnesty by 19 5 to
62.
Tho vote on tho Caillaux case,
after only two hours discussion, cnmo
as a surprise alike to the friends and
foes of tho ox-premier, who had ex
pected a long and acrimonious dclmtc
lasting for perhaps weeks.
Tho vote was taken after a stirring
speech by Premier Herriot, who
pleaded with the senators to let by
gones bo bygones.
"France is strong enough to be
ablo to withstand divergencies of
opinion," he said.. ."Let us bury for
ever In oblivion the quarrels and po
litical differences which during the
war appcurcd to be sources of dan
ger."
From a legal standpoint, nrgued
the premier, CalUaux had never been
convicted of treason or even "intelli
gence with the enemy," but had been
condemned under an antiquated
clause inserted in the French penal
code at the time of Napoleon's contl
nental bloofcade in order to prevent
French citizens corresponding with
tho enemy.
Tho amnesty measure restores Cull
laux to full citizenship rights. lie
may now run for parliament and hold
office. Upon well Informed authority
It Is said the government Intends to
make him "financial adviser" to the
ministry of finance.
Ho Is declared by his friends by no
means to have said his last word in
French politics.
The announcement of amnesty for
the former premier, whose cuso long
gave rise to bitter disputes among
Frenchmen In all walks of life.
estrangement of friends, duels und
rioting In the streets, caused hardly a
ripple on the surface of tht life of
Paris today.
LUNCH AT ST. LOUIS
ST. I..OIM8, Nov. 18. IJoutonnnts
Erin Nelson. I.cieh Wade, It. It. Ob-
don and John Harding army around-
thc-world filers, who preceded hy
Captain Bmlth, flight enminander, ar
rived here yesterday from Dallas,
Texas, were tendered a luncheon to
day at whirh the city club and the
chamber of commerce were Joint
hosts: The aviators are scheduled to
leave Scott field tomorrow morning
for Cook field, Dayton, Ohio, offic
ially closing the record-brcuklng
flight.
"Follies" No. 2,
Goes Back to Work
IXDEPIiNDRXCR, Inyo County,
C'nl., Nov. 18. Unnchers holding the
Alabama Kates of the Ios Angeles
city aqueduct system today asked for
a truco to discuss a settlement but
their request was denied by tho city,
according to an announcement by
Sheriff Charles Collins of Inyo county-Collins
said the ranchers who last
Sunday diverted tho Los Angeles
water supply In protest against the
city's dcallngH with them on water
rights, asked for a conferenco at tho
Alabama gates In tho hope that a
settlement might he, reached. The
city reply, snld Collins, wns a flat
rcluKiil to negotiate unless the ranch
ers give up their control f the gates
and permit tho water to flow again
Into tho aqueduct.
Tho sheriff, outlining tho situation,
snld that his deputies had informed
him today that a roservo "army" of
fifty Owens valley men and women,
all armed, stood ready to back up tho
unarmed contingent now holding tho
Alabama gates in the event any of
fort was made by the city or county
to dislodge them.
As the citizens moved out of Bishop
on their way to Luiie I'ino a huge
sign was placed In tho center of a
street In the business district reading:
"If I am not on the Job, you will
find mo at tho Aqueduct."
Death Toll of
the Automobile
TACOM A, Nov. 18. Speeding at 70
miles an hour In an attempt to out
distance two police In a prowler ear.
an automobile listed to tho Evergreen
Cemetery company, Seattle and car
rying seven negro pasKengers passed
into the bulkhead nt a railroad trestlo
this morning,' killing ono and Injur
ing six.
Karl Moss, 19, residing In tho North
Uiko district In Seattle, wns killed.
Ho was tho driver of tho automobile
and died being extricated from the
wreckage.
The six Injured Include four
Women.
,' I'ollco reported that liquor was
found in the wreckage.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
FOHT WOHTIt, Texas, Nov. 18.
Bandits last night robbed tho Whltt
State bank at Whltt, escaping with
$000. They carried away tho safe.
nv Offer Muscle Slmnls
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Tho sub
stitute proposal for the disposition of
Muscle Shoals will bo offered In tho
senate when It la called up in Its
order during the short session.
Kidnaped Football
Star Escapes; Hikes
4 Miles; Wins Game
fJKAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Xev.
IS. Kidnapped and taken by the
sophomores uf Junior college to
a place near Ada, "Hooting liob" 4
Ktltingor, freshman football mar
at Junior college, hiked four
miles and returned here yoster- 4
day in time to enter tho fourth
quarter uf the fresh mun-sophu-
more football game und to kirk a
field goal, which won the game 4
for the freshmen, 3 to 0. 4
GOLD HILL SAFE
Two, young men, who are alleged to
be half the quartet of safe blowers and
burglars who some time during Sun
day night partially blew the safe of
Martin D. Howers drug storo at Gold
Mill, und stole about $200 worth of
jewelry nnd other stock; and who
made their get away with a car, also
stolen In that city, were captured here
by Chief of I'ollco Adams Monday
forenoon.
Tho chief and other members of the
police force hero, and Sheriff Terrlll
and Deputy Sheriffs Forncrook and
Allien are hard at work searching for
tho two burglars who got away. In
the hope of "sweating" out of the two
men under arrest, tho prisoners are
confined In separate cells. Half of
the stolen loot was found on them, and
Identified by Martin D. Howers.
Frank Vader. about who says he
is from North Dakota, Is confined In
the county jail, while the younger man
who claims to be Haymond Stone of
Denver. 20 years old. Is confined In
tho city prison. It Is Stone tho ap
thorltles especially hope to induce to
confess and tell of the Identity of oth
ers In tho night raid.
TJo.lh Stone nnd Vndor have been
Identified by (Jo!d Dill men as two of
a quartet of men seen In that city ear
ly Sunday evening, and as tho two men
who rode to this city from near Cen
tral Point Monday morning with a
Gold Hill man.
Tho burglary Is supposed to have
taken place between 11 p. m. und 1
a. m. Tho burglars after, looting the
money drawer of $8 in change and
gathering up a tot of the Jewelry stock
and fountain pens used nitro glycer
ine on the safe, but their charge was
not sufficiently heavy to blow open
the door of the safe, In which Mr. How
ers happened to have considerable
money that night. This may have
been bees use they wore amateurs, or
because of their having a meager sup
ply of nltro glycerine.
Word of tho burglary nnd descrip
tions of tho suspected quartet roached
Chief Adams yostorduy morning. Some
timo Inter he found Vader eating in
a Front street cafe, nnd arrested him.
At 11 a. m. the chief found Stono at
tho corner of Main nnd Front streets,
nnd also took him to tho city prison.
Tho two -men claimed not to know
each other, und snld thoy met acciden
tally when both slept under tho ele
vated crossing bridge between Central
Point and Gold Hill Sunday night.
They enmo together to Medford next
morning.
In the meantime the sheriff and his
deputies who had also been at work
on the case, on being notified where
the two men spent the night went to
the bridge to make a search for the
rest of tho stolen property. They
learned on arrival there that a South
ern Pacific section foreman Had found
a gallon 'bucket filled with Jewelry,
under the bridge' This Jewelry was
Identified by Mr. Mowers.
It seems that the four burglars nlso
stole u car In Gold Hill and used it
to mnke their get away, and In It
drovo for Medford, but were compell
ed to abondon tho car between this
city and Central Point when it ran out
of gas. They there It Is believed, di
vided their plunder, the two boys un
der arrest going hack north to sleep
upder the overhead crossing, and the
other two going elsewhere.
Pnwes Out of lnnRcr.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18. ' Oencral
Charles O. Dawes, vlco-presldent-elect,
Is praetleally out of danger,
after his operation for hernia, accord
ing to a bulletin Issued by his phy
slelan. LIMITED TO 3
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Intornul
revenue collectors were Instructed to
day by Commissioner Iiluir to restrict
public inspection of Income tux lists
to not more thnn three dnys a week
mid not more thun three hours of any
one day.
Declaring It hnd been demonstrated
that "there are ninny who desire to
seo the lints for no obvious reason,"
Mr. Jllalr said measures hnd to be
adopted which would permit the col
lectors' offices to function without
BLOWERS ARE
ARRESTED HERE
WIFE DIES
I FURNACE
PASTOR HELD
Rev. C. V. Sheatsley of Colum
bus, Ohio, Questioned By
Police, Following Cremation
of Wife in Furnace of Home
Son Who Found Body Is
Also Under Suspicion.
COU.WIUL'S, Ohio, Nov. 19. (By
tho AsHoolnrted . Hress) Rev. C. V.
SheatsU'y, for nine years pustor of
Christ Lutheran church of Bexloy,
a suburb, wus being questioned by
police today In connection with tho
finding of tho charred ashes of his
wife's body In tho furnace of their
Uox'ley homo Into yesterday. Pollco
Lieutenant Shellenburgor said that
"something definite" might bo an
nounced within an hour.
The Investigation Into tho myste
rious cremation of the pastor's 61-your-old
wife is being conducted by
County Prosecutor King and police,
who last midnight discounted Coro
ner Murphy's suicide verdict. The
coroner's verdict contended that the
woman had crawled into tho furnace
and closed tho door behind her. Be
cause the furnace was filled with
flame, Prosecutor King declared It
would have been impossible for tho
woman to havo turned to close tho
furnace door after crawling Into the
fire.
A dozen witnesses wore questioned
at police headquarters during tho
morning. Kheatsley was not under
arrest, but was being kept In Lleur
tenant Hhellcnberger'a office for ques
tioning. Tho names of other' witnesses were
not divulged but It is understood they
Include several of the minister's par
Ishloners. The' nature ot ill) testl"
mony was kept secret.
Kerinon In Quoted.
Mrs. Sheatsley, shortly before her
death, tho minister told officials dur
ing his examination said, "I would
like to be In the pluc you preached
about Sunday." :
Tho text of Ills sermon, Hov. Sheat
sley said, was "Man Driven out ot
the Garden of Eden."
She ulso mentioned tho closing
sentence of the sermon, "It Is my con
viction that Heaven will bo a pnra
dlso restored," ho told officers.
Four children of tho couple, Mlltori,
20; Clarence. 16; both students at
Capital university, Bexley; Elizabeth.
14, and Alice, 9, were examined by
officials.
Clarence told authorities, they said,
that ho had noticed the peculiar odor
In tho house when he arrived homo
from school about 3 p. in., yosterday.
Tracing the odor to tho furnace, de
tetctlves said ho related ho opened
the fire door and saw tho body of his
mother in tho furnace. Instead ot
sounding an alarm, ho told dotectlvcs
he wont upstairs and did not men
tion tho tragedy to anyone until hlo
fathur returned home at 4:15 p. m.
Authorities are at a loes to under
stand his action, Tho Kev.' Sheatsley
is 61 years old.
Sheatsley has accounted for his ac
tions from the time he left his homo
about 1:30 p; m. yesterday until hla
return aha thoy havo been verified By
authorities.
TAKE A VACATION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Prcal
dont Coolldgo has waived aside sug
gestions ot Borne friends that he take
a vacation, now that the campaign la
over, assuring them, it Is understood,
that not only Is he In tho beat ot
health, but feels he will keep In bet
ter condition by sticking to work.
Close friends explain that Mr. Cool
Idge regards it as his duty to re
main as close to his desk as It neces
sary to keep in immediate touch with
government problems.
E TAX LISTS
HOURS FOR 3 DAYS
tlelnys Incident to a wide inquiry into
the hooks by everyone who bo de
sired. Tho circular again culled attention
to provisions of section 3 1ft 7 re-enacted
In the tux law, governing publica
tion of the returns and advised collec
tors to warn all who sought to use the
returns In that fashion.
At the department of justice It waa
said a decision would bo announced
soon as to where the test case on'
publication of tax returns would ba
be made.