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MEDFORD, OREGON, ."N'EDNKSDAY, XOYEMHKU 15), 192-1
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THREATENED
CALIFORNIA
Conditions at Los Angeles
Aqueduct Are Critical,
Unless Troops Are Sent,
Bloodshed Seems. Certain
Dynamiting of Aqueduct Is
Feared.
INDEPENDENCE, Inyo County.
Cal.. Nov. 19. (By the Associated
Press) Jeff Hession, district attor
ney of Inyo county, announced here
today that he was leaving Immedi
ately for Hacramento to urge Gov
ernor Richardson to send state, troops
to the Alabama gates of the Los An
geles aqueduct, where ranchers are
wasting the Los Angeles city water
supply.
Sheriff Charles Collins of Inyo
county also announced that he had
sent a telegram to Attorney General
U. S. Webb at Sna Francisco, urging
him to attend the conference between
the governor and Hession. Collins said
that he already had asked the gov
ernor threo times to order In the
state troojrs.
Friction lu'twocn two types of
imsslvo resistance Uxlny threat
ened, according to Inyo county
authorities to snap the tens oil
uf tho situation created by the
aqueduct by ranchers and to
plunge tills part of California Into
civil war.
Since the approximately 100
ranchers took over the Alabama
gates of the aqueduct and diverted
Los Angeles' chief source of water
supply Into Owons lake, they have
remained at the spillway quietly, un
armed and waiting for armed force
to be sent against them. But the
city has refused to attempt forcible
ejection of the raiders, and has con
tented itself with peaceful court ac
tion to recover .Its property.
Accordingly the runchers are faced
with the alternatives of either aban
doning their attempt to force the city
into a settlement of their long-standing
water rights feud with it, or else
continuing "on the Job" nt the spill
way Indefinitely for engineers estl
mate that Los Angeles still has about I
three months supply of water on tan
in Hb reservoirs.-
Now, according to their spokesmen,
the runchers are not in any mood to
give Up their fight nor ore they in
any mood to remain on the aqueduct
for three months. They demand im
mediate settlement of their dispute
with the city and each day that this
settlement is dolayed increases the
(entity of the situation and the like
lihood of a more serious flareuu of
the feud.
. VI am thoroughly convinced,"
. sitld District Attorney 'Hession
ysterdny, -that unless state
: troops intervene in Hie contro
versy between Inyo county resi
dents and the city of Los Ange
les there will be amazing loss of
lite and destruction of property."
Bnorirr Collins said: "I am pow-J
ui lertu. ii i attemnt to oust the
ranchers it would mean ,,.. . ..!
of life and the dynamiting of miles
of the aqueduct.
The r.nrh,-nr
not armed now. hut I knn h,i
enough arms ure iivnil,,i,i i n,. ,.iods,
ley to supply 17fi-men and women
with weapons inside of one hour. At
least a score of women are holding,
themselves in readiness to bear arms
and they, are no novices; they cun j
siiuoi siraignt.
Today S. B. Robinson, special coun
sel for the city, is expected to arrive
here to seek warrants for the ar
rest of those who, Monday, defied a
superior court order commanding
them to cease interfering with the
city's wajter suptyly and Ipavo the
aqueduct. Citizens predict, how
ever, that any attempt to make ar
rests under such Warrants will only
be the signal for "real trouble."
Bend to Play Seaside.
BEND. Ore.. Nov. 19. A Thanks
giving football game with Seaside
has been definitely scheduled, ac
cording to Superintendent (1. XV.
Ager. The game will be played in
Bend.
World Fliers Iteaeh Dayton.
DAYTON. Ohio. Nov. 19. The
world fliers arrived at McCook field
here at 2:30 p. m. today.
PORTLAND HUSBAND KILLS DIVORCED
WIFE AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF
PORTLAND,. Ore., Nov. 19. John,
B. Mooney. 63, was at a nospimi n.
this morning In critical" condition
from pistol wounds inflicted upon
himself Inst night after he shot and
killed his divorced wife, Mrs. Mar
tha Mooney. 48. His recovery was
lint Pinected.
Mooney who had been divorced
Mrs. Gould Sued for
Purchase of 66 Silk
Stockings One Month
PARIS. Nov. 19. Edith Kelly
Gould's silk stockings got Into
court today with a suit by a mer-
chnnt for 4000 francs which he
has been trying to collect since
1918.
r The merchant's bill covers the 4
4- years 1917-18 and shows that
Mrs. Gould bought sixty-six pairs
4 of silken hosiery In October of
4 the last year. 4
Frank J. Oould, her former
4 husband, who was divorced In 4
4 1919 refused to pay the bill and
4 the merchant now is suing Mr. 4
4" Oould and the actual purchaser
4. Jointly.
,
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EARLY ACTION
FARM RELIEF
IS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Early
action at the coming short session of
congress on farm relief legislation
appeared Improbable today In view
of the announcement by farm bloc
leaders that agricultural depression
has been somewhat relieved and the
decision of tho agricultural commis
sion named by President Coolldge to
investigate and recommend steps for
stabilization of the industry, to recess,
after today's session for three or four
weeks.
Representative Tincher, republican,
Kansas, spokesman for the house
farm bloc,-announced yesterday after
a conference with Senator Curtis, re
publican, of tho same state, that no
effort would be made to press farm
legislation at the Impending session
before the president's commission re
ports. In the opinion of farm bloc
members, he explained, agriculture,
especially in a large section of the
west, has been given sufficient stimu
lus to tide the farmer over fur the
tnne beibg.
Recognizing the immensity of their
task, members of the administration
agricultural commission have decided
that any effort to formulate a pro
gram to provide lasting prosperity for
the farmer will ho time wasted until
official statistics on all phases of the
question could be prepared to guide
them. Every agency of the govern.
ont chmired with administration of
f,u m regulation, the gathering, pro-
ducing and marketing statistics, and
(-mxiinrtntion. has been asKeu to
compile the desired information for
the commission ana it win re-assemble
as soon as the data Is ready,
while the work of the commission
i n.nMMi hv Chairman Carey of
Wyoming to carry Its activities past
March 4 when the present congress
expires, emergency problems are to
be disposed of as quickly as possible,
to ncrmlt legislative action, in accor
dance with tho wishes of President
Coolldge, without undue delay, vt un
this purpose In mind, the cattle in
dustry, described by the commission
ers as being In a "depressed condi
tion," Is to be given first considera
tion. In addition to the statistics re
nnhed hv the commission, it will con-
ui,lir nil evlsting laws and pending
l.llla nffecMnc agriculture, laim
problems, reclamation. quarantine
regulations, fore.gn compe ion pu -
' "" Policies. ' '-"
aid and farm standarllzation meth-
ROSEBURC, Ore., Nov. 19. The
Thanksgiving turkey market which
opens tomorrow is in the most dis
organized state experienced in many
years. Local buyers are making no
advance prices, hut are promising
27 to 28 cents with the market raise,
If any develops. The bulk of the re
ceipts will come in on Friday and It
Is predicted that prime Wrds will be
fewer than usual, as turkeys are al
most a month behind In maturing.
Poultry dealers today are quoting
27 to 28 cents on prime dressed
stock, five cents off on old toms, and
six cents off on number two birds.
Culls bring only 3 H cents. Live prime
'turkeys are bringing jocems.
from his Vife. met her Inst night ns
she deft a motion picture theater,
near her home and the two walked
to a garage In the rear of the woman's
home where the shooting occurred.
Mrs. Mooney had sought the protec
tion of the law on several occasions
since she divorced Mooney a year and
a bait ago.
ABANDONED
ROSEBURG'S TURKEY
lUORH
SAVE TIMBER
AND GROW IT
SAYS PRES7
President Coolidge Declares
U. S. A. Using Timber
Faster Than It Grows
Urges Tree Planting and
Prevention of Waste Na
tional Resources Are a Trust
- j
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 9. Prosldont
Coolidge today naked for a spt'clfio
program of timber saving in opening
tho national conference on utilization
of forest products.
The nations faces timber exhaus
tion, the president warned, and tho
situation must be met, he instated, by
diminishing waste and Increasing the
supply.
The resources of the nation are a
trust, Mr. Coolldge declared, subject
to use by the present generation, ad
ministered free of nnftiopolies and
from "those who will unwisely permit
them to be dissipated, but there must
be restoration us welTas use.
About 745,000.000,000 cubic feet of
timber Is left In this country, he point
ed out and against this supply there
is an annual drain of 25.000,000.000
cubic feet while the annual timber
growth is only 0.000.000,000 feet. In
the face of this situation, ho declared,
the nation must turn to tho problem
of growing wood from the soil like
any other crop. To bridge the fatal
gap between cut and growth, however.
Mr. Coolidge said, sufficient action
had not been taken and tho country
must consequently adjust Itself imme
diately to a reducing per capita con
sumption. The president saw "hope
fnl signs" in federal legislation au en
acted in the Clark-McNary bill passed
at the last session-of c(on gross making
provision for fire protection and res
toration and In the Weeks law, au
thorizing government purchase of nu
merous forest tracts. These must be
supported, he declared, by a policy
which will, In the hands of private in
dividuals and public officials tend to
ward the advancement of this already
well defined and securely adopted
principle. ' ' .
Wood Mutt Be Crown
"So vast an enterprise as the forest
using industries must not be allowed
to decline for lack of raw material,"
the president continued. "We have
aboundant soil to produce It. This
conference ought to lay the founda
tion for a far reaching forestry pro
gram. "In the struggle for timber economy,
fitness will be measured by good man
agement and good technical processes.
These qualities come from iy?search
and from training and the forest In
dustries, to reach a high lecl of skill
must subscribe to both these tools of
modern industrial practice. Hitherto,
the diversity from the ceocranhlcal
isolation, and the small average size'
of our wood using Industries, coupled
with abundance of row material, has
kept them from advancing as rapidly
In improved methods as some of our
more highly conducted industries. But
timber shortage will force competition
in better methods. Much Is already
known of better methods and the time
Is already here whon this conducting
can be profitably employed. Many
companies have in fact made notable
progress In waste reduction and are
furnishing examples of what can be
done by careful management and ex
pert planning. It seems possible that
the IndlvI4ual industries, by banding
together, can overcome their handi
caps of Isolation and collectively em
ploy more experts to work out better
processes.
"It Is to consider joint efforts to
ward better forest utilization that this
conference has been summoned. It
is a movement In which the state and
national governments, the universi
ties, the consumers and the technical
experts should Join. Tho various gov
ernment agencies equipped to help
will, I know, be eager to do what they
can to forward this understanding.
Hpsotirrrei Arc Trust
"We hold the resources of our coun
try as a trust. They ought to be used
for the benefit of the present genera
tion, but they ought neither to be
wasted nor destroyed. The genera
tions to come also hove a vested Inter
est In them. They ought to be admin
istered for the biefit of the public.
No monopoly should be permitted
which would result in profiteering,
nor on the other hand, should they be
Indlscrlnffnately bestowed upon those
who will unwisely permit them to be
dissipated. These great natural re
sources must be administered for the
general welfare of all the people, both
for the present and for the future.
There must be both use and restora
tion. The chief purpose of this con
ference is to discover policies which
will. In the hands of private indiv
iduals and of public officers, tend to
the rUrther advancement of this al
ready well defined and securely adopt
ed principle."
Following the president's ftddretw,
acting Secretary Gore welcomed1 the
delegate and declared "the 9 effec
tiveness of this conference lies in or
ganized industrial effort. J
"Joint effort alone," he said, "of
fers a solution of the problem of how
(Continued op Fact Eight)
Best Seamstress in Paris
It is no empty honor to win the title of "best seamstress in
Paris," fashion capital ol the world. One of the incidental benefits
is a salary , guarantee. The winner this year is Mile. Murcellc
GuilUm.
THOMAS H. INGE
OF MOVIE FAME
OIES SUDDENLY
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Nov. 1!).
Thomas II. line, nationally known
picture producer, died at 5:30 this
mornlnp; at hl.s homo In the Jiony
wood foothills of heart trouble, it
was announced IIiIb morning at his
Culver City studio.
Death was due to nnglna pectorln.
Ho became 111 on a trip to San DleVo,
was taken from a train at IJelinar
Monday nittht and broueht to Ills
homo hero last nlKht. Tho attack
was sudden, ho having been active
In tho midst of his motion picture
work up to the time he was stricken.
Ince wits one of the pioneers and
leaders In tho motion picture indus
try, having started by taking small
parts in lull, after a stage career,
and soon afterward was appointed
director and then became producer,
building some of tho best known sru
dios in recent years. Ho was 42
years of age. Ince, nt tho time of
his death was supervising director of
the Inic Studio at Culver City, en
gaged in the production of big fea
ture pictures. He is survived by a
widow und three sons.
UP NEWSPAPER
RAN DIEOO. Cal., Nov. 19. An
attempt to blow up the editorial of
fices of tho Kan Diego Union and
Evening Tribune was made here to
day. A stranger placed a suitcjise
containing a powerful explosive in the
rooms of the newspaper and depart
ed. I'ollce and firemen were culled
and disconnected the workings of the
infernal machine.
A spirited election on water bonds
was held yesterday.
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 111. State
treasurer-elect Thomas n. Jvay an
nounced that he would appoint
Cieorgo Griffith. wtnt( commander of
the American legion, as deputy
state treasurer. Griffith Is president
of the Marlon Automobile company
of Salem and of tho Jefferson State
bank at Jefferson. He has not yet
announced his acceptance.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
rONTlXC, Mich., Nov. 10.- Mix
men held up and robbed the Karm
ington Htate bank near hrm tnrtny
and escaped with $30,000. Howard
Warner, president, was knocked un
conscious by a club by ono of the
men. Patrons and bystanders fired
at tho robbers as they fled.
PASTOR CHANGES
HIS EVIDENCE IN
COLUMBUS CASE
COLl'.MItrS. Ohio, Nov. 3d. Uev.
C. V. Shuat.sley, pastor of Christ Lu
theran church of Hexley, a suburb,
whoso wife's cremated body was
taken from a heating furnace In tho
family home lat Monday, today
changed his testimony of yesterday
and told Prosecutor King that ho be
lieved his wife had taken her own
life. Yesterday ho hud refused to
accept a sulfide verdict.
The minister's statement Was made
voluntarily. i io called I'roseculor
John R. King on the telephone just
a few hours before tho funeral wus
to be held and said ho desired a "per
sonal" conference. The prosecutor
with a stenographer went to the
minister's study where he declared
he wished to change testimony given
yesterday.
"Yesterday you asked mo If I had
any personal opinion as to how my
wifo met her death and I told you I
did not," he begun. ' "1 have sent for
you to tell you that I now have a
conviction of what happened. This
is my own deliberate conviction,
made after considering all angles In
the ease.
"I believe that my wifo killed hor
solf." County Prosecutor King wns em
phatic in his belief that the woman
was tho victim of foul play, while
Coroner M urphy contended she took
her life In a fit of nervousness.
All members of tho family have ac
counted for their movements on the
day of the tragedy.
E
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19. Appar
ent cancer cures said to have been
effected In eases of cancer were dem
onstrated to tho Eastern Homeopathic
association yesterday. Tho results
were described by Frank C. Henson,
Jr., as the "most marvelous he had
ever seen but ho cautioned physicians
that no final opinion, would be reach
ed until after experiments lasting five
years or more. Tho basis of tho treat
ment whicW recently was discovered
by physicians at the Tahnemann hos
pital, consists of a radium emanation.
"L'ntlko former ramlum treat
ments," Dr. Itenson said, "the present
ono does not attempt to destroy can
cerous tissues. Instead flie diseased
tissue is apparently restored to nor
mal." Tho substance used In the treat
ment Is a product of the disintegra
tion of radium and remains active
only 27 days. All forms of malig
nant tumors appeared to respond to
the rays.
American In Killed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Paul
Meer, nn American citizen In the em
nlov of tho 1'enolon Mining company,
was shot and killed on the night of
November HI at Uuanacevl, state of
Durango- Mexico. American Consul
McKnolIy, reporting tho killing to
day, said the assuasin, had not been
captured. f
Mrs. Harding Sinks
Into Coma; Death
Is Believed Near
M AH ION, Ohio. Nov. 19. Mrs.
Warren tJ. Harding, who has fr
been critically 111 for two wee-ks,
has become worse and Is showing
signs of sinking into a state of
coma, according to a bulletin Is-
sued by her physician at 2:30 p. 4
m. today. 4
The 2:30 report of Dr. Carl W.
Sawyer of Whlto Oaks sunltar-
turn, where Mrs. Harding has
been making her home, said: 4
"Mrs. 1 larding is worse. We 4
have well marked slgtiN of coma
coming on." 4
U. S. A. PLAN 10
IS
OEXEVA, Nov. 19. (Hy Associat
ed Press.) A series of proposals
striking at the very roots of tho evil
caused by tho misuso of narcotic
drugs was presented to tho interna
tional opium conference here today
by the American delegation, headed
bhy Representative Stephen C. Por
ter. Only by the most drastic restric
tion at the point of production, the
Americans held, could the quantity of
illicit drugs reaching tho people of
tho world be shut off or curtailed.
Consequently, they proposed preven
tion of a surplus production of raw
opium and also of the coca leaf froii
which cocaine Is extracted. Further
more they would absolutely prohibit
the distribution of heroin, a deriva
tive, as unnecessary in medical or
scientific practice.
Uesides the inhibitions on the pro
duction of narcotic raw material, var
i lous propos ilH were advanced for its
hundlinr, ' I. .ommer. o y. her,e neces
sary.
Provision was made for the pro
duction for exportation, or the actual
exportation of raw opium for', tho
purpose of taking prepared opium
Into those territories where its uso Is
now permitted, but tho contracting
parties were asked to limit the num
ber of towns and ports thru which
such raw opium und cocoa leaves
were exported.
An extensive nnd strict system of
licenses for importation and exporta
tion was suggested. It was recom
mended that imports of raw opium
for tho purpose of making prepared
opium which Is generally used for
smoking, be curtailed in those coun
tries where such use now is permit
ted, tho amount Imported being re
duced ten per cent cuch year until all
importations ceased.
It was also suggested that the con
tracting parties take up the gradual
suppression of the manufacture of,
internal trado In, and the use of pre
pared opium.
Under tho program as outlined, tho
manufacture, salo, and use of mor
phhlne, cocaine and their respective
salts or derivatives, will bo effectively
limited and regulated exclusively to
medical and scientific purposes, and
tho members requested co-oporatlon
among the nations to that end.
A system of license also was sug
gested for this trade, with the keop
ing of books and records to assure
proper checks. It was proposed that
the contracting parties enact laws
making It a penal offense to bo In
illegal possession of any of the sub
stances to which the convention ap
plied. A central board was recommended
to which tho contracting parties
would each year furnish estimates of
their requirements for all purposes,
tho signatory countries undertaking
to prohibit Importation in excess of
tho quantities necessary.
In regard to raw opium, the pro
duction, distribution, Importation and
exportation of which the convention
binds tho adhering powers to control,
the attitude of tho United Htates,
Representative Porter said, is that a
dangerous drug and that its use for
other than strictly medical or Bcien
tlflo purposes Is unlawful.
Tho United Htates feels, he con
tinued, that unrestricted production
of raw opium or other such drugs ln
evvltably results In a- surplus above
that required for medlcul and scien
tific uses, and that the diversion of it
or its derivatives, morphine, heroin,
and cocaine Into Illicit channels of
International traffic creates a prob
lem of universal International con
cern. SEATTLE, Nov. 19. With his
trunk containing many trophies, de
spite the handicap of a broken onkle,
the Hov. A. It. Spearow, Presbyterian
minister of Cottage Qrovo, Ore., and
American entry In tho Olympic
games pole vaulting event at Paris,
was here today en route home after
arriving last night on the steamship
president (Irunt from Japan,
Following the Olympic events,
COMBAT M
AN
OREGON'S CHAMPION
RETURNS WITH
PORTLAND
WATCH
11 IN DIE
Marion P. Martin Dead and
r W. J. McDonald Dying As
Result of Revolver Duel at
Closset and Devers Coffee
Company in Early Morning
Hours. i '
PORTLAND, Oio., Nov. 19. Mar
ion V. Martin. 05, nlfht watchman nt
tho (MosRot nnd Dovcra company, a
coffee and spire concern, waa Bhot
antl killvd early this mornlnff, sup
posedly hy a prowler he surprised
In tho bulldlnif. A man giving hl
nnmo ns W. J. McDonald, 23, Is In
a hospital under police guard, a bul
let wound In his back and in a se
rious condition. Police charge him
witli tho shooting.
McDonald wns found four blocks
from tho sceno of the killing by
Jasper Ward, another night watch
man, police reported.
"I'm shot, please call the ambu
lance," McDonald gasped when ho
saw Ward.
Officers suspected something was
wrong at the Closset and Devers of
fice when Martin failed to check In
over a night watchman's box at
3 a. nt.
An officer wns sent to investigate,
lie found Martin dead, with two gun
.shot wounds. His revolver was lying
near with all five shells exploded.
Police suspected McDonald of con
nection with the shooting of Martin
after they checked up on a story told
hy McDonald, who said he had been
shot by a watchman In a railroad yard
aftur eJTiwliug ul i( a Viox car. .Two
men at the scene denied there had
been any shooting there and no box
cur was found where McDonald said
the car had been.
Martin wns a votornn of the Spanish-American
nnd World Wars.
DEATH SUMMONS
E
UELFAST. Nov. 19. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Cardinal Logue, pri
mate of Ireland, Is dead.
Death occurred at six o'clock thla
morning at his residence "Ara Coeli,"
in Armagh.
There had been no previous Intima
tion of tho cardinal's Illness nnd the
news of his domiso caused a great
schock throughout Ireland. '
Bishop O'Donnell, the cardinal's
coadjutor, who lives at Dundalk, on
bolng advised, loft for Armagh.
Cardinal Logue was a great admir
er of American Institutions, although
he disliked the republican principle
which ho discussed frankly with the'
late Colonel Roosevelt on ono of his
two visits to America. It was this (lis-'
like which mado him welcome the
dominion solution of the Irish ques
tion. Tho last time he commented on
political questions was on the occasion
of tho Quecnstown affair last March,
in which Hrltlsh soldiers were fired
upon with nearly a score of casualties.
Speaking to the Associated Press cor
respondent, he termed the incident "a,
dtnbolical outrage, perpetuated to pre
judice the relations betweon Great
Urltain and the free state."
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 19. John
Tezsek of Oregon City was sentenced'
to sixty dnys In jail and fined $100
yesterday nt McMlnnvllle on a charge
of cruelty to animals, the State Hu
mane society announced today. Tho
charge was made that Tezsek took.
11 horses on October 2 to a home
stead in the mountains fifteen miles
west of Carlton and left them with- '
out sufficient food. Six of the horses
died of stnrvatlon, the society an
nounced, 'two disappeared and three
wore found alive, reduced to walk,
lng skeletons. '
POLE VAULTER
A BROKEN ANKLE
where he Injured his ankle,- he ac
cepted an Invitation of. a Jupanesa
newspaper to appear In athletio
ovonts in Toklo, Japan. During one
of these events he unofficially broke
a previous world's record of II feet.
6 Inches Ky clearing the bur 'at IS
feet, 10 M inches. For this feat h
was awarded an nntlquo Japanese
how and quiver of arrows, said by
the donor to be, COO years old.