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MEDFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, ,1924
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i Four Senators Divorced From
Future v Favors LaFollette,
Ladd, Brookhart and Frazer
Named Kansas Senator to
Succeed Lodge As Republi
can Leader.
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WASHINGTON', N'bv. '28. Senator
Robert M. LaFollette of. Wisconsin
J and three of his principal supporters
In the senate practically wore read out
'i of the republican party today at a
conference of senate republicans: ' '
Charles Curtis, senior senator from
"t Kansas, was elected Buccssor to the
late Henry Cabot LodKe of Mussachu-
setts as the republican leader In, the
senate.
Senator James E. Watson, of Indi-
t ana was elected vice chairman and
? party "whip," a post which has been
' held by Senator Curtis since the re
!j publicans gained control of congress
In 1918.
The conference adopted a resolu
:! tlon by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania
J under which Mr. LaFollette, Senators
Ladd and Frazier of North Dakota
' J, and, Brookhart of Iowa will no lon
:& ger be given republican places on
senate committees or invited to nt
I tend future party conferences.
; Thirty-two of the 61 republicans
J of the senate attended the confer-
ence. Senator Ladd of North Dakota
wus the only one of the insurgent
i group present.
'. Senators Lane of Illinois; Brook
hart of Iowa; Frazier of North Da
' kota and Norrls of Nebraska were
absent.
' Two of the three new senators were
; 'I ..oUAW. 'Pha,. Ua Wllllnm 111, Ha rf
'& Massachusetts, appointed by Gover
nor Cox to nil tne seat mane vacant
by the death of Senator Lodge and
)j Jesse It. Aletcalf or Jtnodo island,
elected to fill the unexpired term of
The resolution wasT
"Resolved that it bo the sense of
V the conference that Senators LaFol
v lettc! Ladd, Brookhart and Frazier
be not invited to future conferences
, and be not named to fill any republl
;,tcan vacancies on senate committees."
t Senator Ladd was the "only one of
,; the four' senators named in the reso
lution present at the conference,
i Senator LaFollette who was an inde
: pendent eundldato for the presidency,
remained at his home.
? The resolution will not disturb
,'prcsent committeo assignment's, re
' publican leaders said, but will serve
' as an expression of the view of the
V conference to be consldord by the
"i committee on committees, when the
t question of filling vavancles conies
- up.
i Separate vlca voce votes were taken
i In each section of tho resolution and
' the "majority was overwhelming - in
j each case, with only two or three
voices raised in opposition. There
were no speeches In opposition, but
', Senator Han-eld, Oklahoma, suggest-
J ed certain modifications which were
'. disapproved
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COLUMBUS. O.. Nov. 28. Dr. H.
K. Brundage. pathologist, reported to
Prosecuting Attorney King today that
stains found on a pair of trousers in
the home of Rev. C. V. Sheatsley,
exley suburb, were 'not stains of
human blood, but of rabbits and that
liquid found in an inverted Jar lid
was not blood.
Dr. Bruntlage's examinations were
made to determine whether the stains
were blood from Mrs. Sheatsley,
whose body was found partly cre
mated in the furnace of her home
12 days ago.
BLINDNESS F
URNACE TRAGEDY
ACTOR TAKES PLEDGE, LEARNS LESSON
NEW YORK, -,Nov. 28. Willard
Mack, playwright rfod actor, has been
teniDorarllv blinded in" (MB e'e for a
week and now Is able to ee only
1 fairly with his other eye as a rei"ilt of
drinking wood alcohol, he revealed to--,5
day. He went to a Mount Vernon
i hospital about two weeks ago, when it
j was announced he was suffering from
pneumonia.
"I've never made a promise to
Broadway, but I make one now," he
Bald today. "The next person that
sees me take a drink I promise to kiss
und pin a rose on him. I've btn
Plan to Make
St. Patrick's Day 'As
"Dry As Can Be
BELFAST, Nov. 2S. The Irish
free state may amend the liquor
bill so as to make St. Patrick's
day "entirely dry," llko "Good
Friday" and Christmas, according
t9 a Dublin dispatch.
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Supply Bills to Come First at
Session of Congress No
Extra Session . Feared
Labor Board Bill Also Slated
for Legislative Fight.
WASHINGTON. Nov 28. Presi
dent Coolidge's message to congress
will be read Wednesday, it was agreed
dent and republican house loaders,
today at a conference between the
president and republican houso lead
ers. Tho plan was made on the
undersell nil inrr that the senntp wmilil
adjwirn -Monday until Wednesday.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Concen
tration of appropriation bills was
agreed upon as the basis of the legis
lative program for the house ut this
session of congress nt a conference
today between President Coolldge and
house leaders.
Speaker Gillett, Representative
Longworth of Ohio, tho republican
floor leader and Chairman Snell of
the rules committee agreed with the
president that attention should be
centered first on the strpply measures
to prevent the necessity for an extra
session nfter next March for this rea
son alone.
Other measures which the house
delegation told Mr. Coolldge would
come up nt this session Include the
rivers und harbors bill, the public
buildings program, the McFadden bill
to amend tho hanking laws, the Lehl
bach bill affecting government em
ployes and the constitutional amend
ment providing for changes in the
time of meetings of congress recently
passed by tho senate.
The house leaders also expect the
fight for the Houtoll Bnrkley bill pro
viding for anolishmont of the railroad
labor board to be renewed.
Hepresentatlve Longworth express
ed the belief the house would dispose
of three of the eleven "appropriation
bills before the Christinas recess
mnking It fairly certain that all of
the supply bills would be passed be
fore March 4.
. PARIS, Nov. 28. (By tho Asso
ciated Press ) France Is threatened
with a communist revolution, accord
ing to a declaration by Cardinal Du
bois to be published tomorrow In the
Semaine Keligieuse, an official Cath
olic organ.
The cardinal's manifesto, which Is
circulated throughout France by the
Agence Havas, . duals with the red
demonstration at a ceremony attend
ing the transference to the Pantheon
of the ashes of Jean Jaurcs, the
martyred socialist leader.
It continues: "Is victorious France,
six years after the war, to be a victim
of revolution? One may well fear It
j if Immediately all good citizens do not
rise for the honor and safety of the
I country."
taught my lesson. No more hooch
for me."
The actor explained that he was
motoring through New Jersey with
friends when they decided they wanted
a drink. They stopped a group of
laborers near Summit and a man took
a bottls from his pocket and offered
it to Mm. immediately after drinking
all the members of the party believed
they had been blinded. Mack said.- All
went to a hospital, he asserted. He
explained that his condition was ac
centuated by congestion of one lung,
which bordered upon pneumonia. He
expect! to leare the boapital today.
PRESIDENT Wil
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BAG
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FIRE UNKNOWN,
LOSS $25,000
Rogue Valley Milling Plant Is
Gutted By - Flames Early
Thursday Morning Esti
mated Insurance $19,000
Structure Old Landmark.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the three-story plant of tho Rogue
Valley Milling company, corner of
South Front and Hast Ninth streets
shortly . after midnight Wednesday
night, causing much excitement and
an estimated loss of 125,000.
E. N. Vilm, who Is proprietor and
operator of the Rogue Valley Milling
company, having some time ngo
bought out the Interests of his brolh
esr, and who is being deluged with
sympathy by his many friends and
business men In general, besides esti
mating his loss us $2G,000,stlmates
that he carried Insurance of $19,000.
Of this insurance he states that
$10,000 was on the stock, and $0000
on the building and machinery. Of
his future plans Mr. Vllm says that
at present he has nbne.
He knew, nothing about the fire
whioh had wiped him out of business,
temporarily, until Thanksgiving mor
ning, about ..7 o'clock, no one having
(bought to notify him while the
building was burning, und later,, until
that hour.
The fire hid gained much headway
and the Interior of the large building
was all In flames when it was first
discovered about. 12: 1 5 a. m.. Thurs
day, and then promptly reported to
the fire department, which was
quickly on the job. When tho fire
men arrived the structure was all
ablaze and the roof about ready to
fall in.
While they could do nothing in the
way of saving Oho building, yet they
played several streams of water on it
and at tho same time played streams
on the heurhy dwellings, .which for a
time wore also, threatened with de
structionso much so that the fam
ilies either moved their belongings
out. or had prepared to do so.
What made the fire in the mill
building so hard to extinguish was its
large quantity of slock of finished
and unfinished flour, run of the mill,
grain and brand stock. Tho firemen
played streams on it for over five
hours.
The building Is thoroughly gutted,
and Its walls are rendered useless. II
is regarded as a complete loss. Of
the stock It Is thought only a small
quantity of four stacked in one cor
ner, und on which the firemen played
streams continuously, wus saved.
Fortunately an American-France
fire pumper, which with its operator,
bad arrived hero Wednesday night
for a dmonstration to be made today,
was available and put Into use with
Us demonstrator at tho fire, and was
of very valuable assistance to the
firemen, as it ennuled them to, have
heavy prCRSue all the time. v.
The destruction of thismlll build
ing removes a landmark of many
years.' It was originally built about
40 years ago as the A. A. Davis mill,
it is said. Then it passed into the
hands of II. O. Nordwick, who oper
ated It for a time, and then disposed
of it to the Vllm Bros. Rogue Valley
Milling company. Some time ago 13.
N. Vllm bought out the interests of
his brothers. From time to time
since It was built as a substantial
structure, the building had under
gone alterations and . improvements.
AC.
TEAMS BOTH LOSE
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PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 28. Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic club defeated
the University of Oregon in their an
nual Thanksgiving day football game
by a score of 6 to 0. Coach Maddock
of Oregon started bis second team, but
after Multnomah scored their touch
down be rushed his regulars into the
game.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 28. Scoring
two touchdowns in the final quarter
yesterday afternoon, the University of
Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the
Oregon Aggies before a large crowd
at the Memorial stadium here, 14 to 0.
The Aggies outplayed the Corn
huskers throughout the first half, the
Nebraska team falling to make a first
down and Tebb's lengthy punts keep
ing the ball constantly In Nebraska
territory.
In the closing half Nebraska's back
field reeled off 12 first downs. Half
back Locke raced through broken
fields for ,43 and 34 yards and Blood
good contributed some brilliant open
field running.
Schulmerlch, Oregon Aggie back,
attempted two place kicks, but both
fell short of the mark. Schulmerlch
and 8nyder headed the Oregon attack,
while Dlckerson, tackle, looked good
in the line, ,
Mill Gutted by Fire
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
Suicide Theory Advanced in
Alhambra, Calif., Tragedy
No Arrests Made Strand of
Woman's Hair Is Clue No
New Evidence Unearthed.
SAN HERNARD1NO, Cal., Nov, 28.
How William R. Fee, Anmbra and
San Gabriel bank president, met his
death in the mountains back of here
remained today as much of a mystery
as when his body was found near the
Lyttlo creek4 -canyon iubl of -i Miss
Mary Watklns, his friend, by a party
of searchers last Tuesduy.
Fee disappeared . Saturday after
leaving his own cabin, not fur from
Miss Watklns' place, on what seemed
then a casual errand. Between the
time of his disappearance and the hour
his body was found, Miss Watklns and
three friends held a weekend party
at her cabin, two of them, Mlss'Wat
klns and Joseph Walker, returning
afterward to the cabin the night before
Fee was found slain.
None ofl these four has admitted,
however, having seen the banker since
Saturday, nor has anyone else boon
found who saw Fee after ho left his
own cabin that afternoon.
Though Sheriff W. A. Shay and de
tectives spent nil of yesterday search
ing the canyon for some clew to the
Identity of Fee's slayer or slayers, the
sheriff announced last night that no
new evidence of Importance was In
his hands and what he possessed was
not sufficient to warrant the arrest of
anyone so far questioned.
W. H. Hahesy, San Gabriel chief of
police, who was with tho searching
party which found Fee's body, went
so far as to say that tho evidence un
covered to-date Indicated to him that
the banker might, after air, have com
mitted suicide.
"I have never thought that Fee's
body was moved after death," Hahesy
said, referring to the theory that the
banker's slayers may have carried hlB
body to the 'spot where It was found.
"It has always seemed possible to me
that It was overlooked by the first
searching parties. If that Is the case,
it Is possible Fee committed suicide.
"The small skull fracture which led
the coroner's jury Wednesday to bring
in a verdict of homicide, might have
been caused when ho fell to the ground
after, taking some poison, the traces
of which have not yet been noted by
autopsy surgeons."
Fee, HaheBy pointed out, "was a
pharmacist long before he was a
banker," and may have used an un
usual poison, one extremely difficult
of detection, to end Ills life.
, At Alhambra today the opening of a
safe deposit box at one of the dead
man's banks was thought likely to
furnish detectives with a new lead In
their search lor the motive which
prompted Fee's slayers. If ho was
actually slain and did not meet his
death by accident or suicide.
Funeral services for tho banker will
be held at Alhambra tomorrow.
Authorities today were continuing
investigations In an effort to deter
mine what significance, If any, could
be attached to the finding by investi
gators of a pair of rubber gloves In
the yard of Miss Watklns' cabin. The
gloves were well worn and were
burled In the yard with garbage. A
fern covered the spot.
Sheriff Shay also awaited receipt of
a simple of Fee's hair, which will b"
compared with three of the halri
found In the blood on the handkerchief
which was picked up near the spot
where Fee's body was found. A fourth
strand of hair found clinging to the
bloody article Is believed to be that
of a woman.
HINT MYSTERY GOVERNOR IRKED
POTION CAUSED BY KUBLI PLAN
BANKER'S ENO FOR STATE BONDS
' - -' -
MILLING CO. PLANT
f Deficiency Appropriation to
Pay Interest On Irrigation
Bonds Ordered Mr. Pierce
Fears Farmers Will Lose
Their Homes.
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 28. The state
emergency board today authorized a
deficiency appropriation of $18,610.89
at the request of Stato Treusurer
Myers to meet slate obligations on in
terest guarantees foh bond Issues of
Irrigation districts. The deficiency is
caused by dcllnqiiont taxes In the dis
tricts.
Tho board authorized $-1500 to bo
applied on salaries for the stato hos
pital for the Insane. This was neces
sitated by an errpr of the ways and
means committee of tho 1923 legisla
ture In segregation of amounts appro
priated for the hospital. Willie the
hospital will hnvo a surplus of funds
amounting to between $10,000 and
$50,000 to turn back to the general
fund, this will be from tho Item of
subsistence and general expenses.
Heretofore salaries have been Included
under this, -bend, and had It been done
In that way by tho wnys and menus
committoe thero would bo now no de
ficiency In tho salury Item, according
to explanations made at the meeting
to'dayv '
Docauso of Ihn dlro condition In
which Oregon Irrigation projects have
been precipitated, K. K. Kubll today
advanced tho argument that the stato
should take over their bonded obliga
tions to save them "from being robbed
by grafters." This argument brought
down the wrath of Governor Pierce,
who declared that such a plan was
beyond reason. Ho declnred It would
take the homes away from the farmers
who are fortunate enough to own
homes. '
"Go ahead and put It over," said the
governor. "You liavo, tho power and
all you have to do Is to gut the news
papers behind the scheme. Denton
Uurdlck will ho In the saddle this
winter and it will be a problem for
lilin to work out."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Naval
courts-martial on charges of deser
tion Increased more than 350 per
cent In tho fiscal year 1924, Rear Ad
miral J. lj. Latimer, tho Judge advo
cato general announced today In his
annual report. Against a total of
sr,l eases of desertion listed in 1923.
the report showed 1207 in tho year
ending last June 30.
Admiral Latimer did not comment
upon tho increase, but It is known
that Secretary Wilbur recently ir
dored an inquiry to determine the
underlying cuuscs.
FREEDOM DENIED
ACQU1TTEDSLAYER
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. Petition of
Ruth Garrison, 23, ncqultted slayer
of Mrs. Douglas Htorrs, to be brought
to Seattle from the Washington state
penitentiary nt Wnlla Walla pending
a Jury trial to determine her Bnnlty
was denied today In superior court by
Judge tliilinni for the second time.
Attorneys for MliMrtGarrlson said they
would -appeal to the supreme court.
Masked Bandits Rob
Safe in Dempsey's
Los Angeles Hotel
LOS ANOKLKS, Nov. 28.
Three masked men early today
held up the Hotel Harbara. own- 4
ed by Heavyweight Champion
Jack DempHcy hero, taking $169
In cash and Jewelry valued at 4
several thousand dollars that
had been deposited with tho clerk 4
for safekeeping through the
night.
Three employes were backed fr
against the wall while tho mask-
ed men rifled the safe and es-
caped with the Jewels and holiday
receipts. t
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LEFT BULK B!
Grandchildren Bequeathed a
Trust Fund Until 28 Years
Old Old Friends Remem
bered Estate Appraised at
Half Million.
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 28. Jennne
and George Neely ijeWolf, respective-
ly 15 and 12 years of age, grand chll-
dren of tho lute Mrs. Warren O. Har
ding, wore left the built of her i
estate estimated to be in excess of
$500,000, under tho terms of her will,
filed for probate here today.
They are children of Mrs. Hurd
ling's only son, Marshall K. DeWolf,
who died 13 years ago In Colorado
and from whose father Mrs. Harding
obtained a dlvorco in 1884 before
marrying the late president.
The estato after special bequests
totalling $56,000 have been taken, Is
to be placed in trust for tho 'children
until they are 28 years of age; until
that time, under tho will, they will
draw Inlerest from tho property.
Harry J. Merchant, Marlon banker
was named trustee
The children's mother has re
married slnco tho death of their
father. Her name now Is Mrs. Roscoe
D. Merger, and she lives here with
tho two children and her husbnnd.
Under the will Mrs. Mezger Is given
$201)0.
Marlon friends and retainers of the
Harding reglmo In the White House
wei-o substantially reinemberd. Mrs.
Malcolm Jennings of Columbus, a
great friend of Mrs. Harding, was
given $5000; Dr. t'arl W. Sawyer, at
whoso sanitarium Mrs. Harding dio(J
was loft $10,000. Stenographers at
tho White House whllo tho Hardlngs
were there, Mrs. Harding's secretary
and others were given bequests of
from $500 to $2000.
Mrs. Harding's will was drawn up
on Octobr 14, 1924. In It she elects
to accept tho nppralscment of hor
husband's estate, which waB tenta
tively placed at $500,000. No final
appraisement has been made public
of Mr. Harding's estate.
ST
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NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Stock prices
surged upward today In a movement
which Ignored the high call money
rate and developed Increased velocity
as trailing progressed. Representative
Industrial issues led the advance, with:
United States Steel gaining two points,
more than recovering the dividend of)
$1.75 a share which was deducted to-1
day. More than GO Issues established
new rnaxlmum prices with numerous'
gains of three points or more recorded.
Sales approximated 2,400,000 sharos.
CHILDREN ARE
II WILL
OCK PRICES ON
ANOTHER
BRASS FOR GOLD IN VETERAN
TRAINED FOR SWORD SWALLOWING
CHICAGO, Nov. 28. (By Associat
ed Press.) Tho history of veterans
hospital projects at Chllllcotho, Ohio,
American Lake, Wash., and Liver
more, Cnl wore reviewed by counsel
for Charles It. Forbes In completing
his address to the federal court Jury
which. will try Forbes and J. W.
Thompson, on charges of defrauding
tho United States government on
these hospital contracts.
Colonel James H. Easby-Smlth,
chief counsel for Forbes, roferred to
many of the alleged overt acts In tho
government Indictment as entirely
natural, especially his conference with
contractors. 'Advnnce notice of plans
and specifications for these hospitals
to nny favored contractor wns physi
cally Impossible, Colonel Easby-Smlth
declared, because of the nature of
the work In preparing these drawings.
4 EGYPTIAN
LEADERS IN
DEATJLPLOT
Politicians Arrested in Plots to
Kill British Officials
Troops at Khartum Meeting
L. of N. Gets Protest On
Demands, But No Action
Is Taken.
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 28. (By the
Associated Press) Twelve more per
sons wore taken into custody this
morning, and tho police expected to
detain 3G in all as a, precautionary
measure.
Four prominent members of the
Egyptian nationalist party, with which
former premier Zagloul Pasha Is
identified, were arrestetd by the Brit
ish authorities In Cairo yesterday and
later turned over to tho Egyptian
government. Official quarters in
London Inst night were quoted as de
claring that the men arrested, two
of whom wore members of the Zag
loul ministry, were leaders In a con
spiracy against British interests.
Following the recent assassination
of the sirdar, Slrr Lee Stack, it was
said, a network of plots has been dis
covered menacing the lives of Brit
ish officials of all ranks in Egypt.
A Masonlo memorial service for the
assassinated sirdar, Sir Lee Stack, was
held this afternoon. All tho recog
nized lodgos here. Including the
Egyptians, attended without' distinc
tion. Lord Allonby, the British high com
missioner, has excused himself from
attending the St. Andrews dinner to- '
night, on account of Illness.
LONDOtf, Nov.'28. (By the Asso
ciated PrOSSl Thn miltinv nf lha
Egyptian troops at Khartum cannot
spread sufficiently to endanger the
British position In tho Sudan, nor la
it likely to have any Influence against
the British thero, it was stated by an
official this afternoon.
It wns pointed out that tho battal
ion at Khartum, constituted the only
force of Egyptian troops now left In
the Sudan, and that the British mili
tary there was strong enough to keep
the situation in hand. The" battalion
in question was to nhve left Khartum
In tho wake of the first battalion
which moved out of the Sudan yester
day. Tho Sudanese troops and people,
particularly in the southern part of
the territory, have appeared satisfied
with the conditions there, it was stated
and thero hns never been nny Indi
cation of trouble from that quarter.
GENEVA, Nov. 28.-(By the Asso.
elated rress) The League of Na
tions today received a protest from
the Egyptian senate, condemning
Great Britain's recent action In Egypt.
The document Is couched in terms
similar from the Egyptian chamber
of deputies, characterizing the Brit
ish demands for satisfaction for the
assassination of Sir Lee Stack, the
sirdar, as excessive and inlqultlous.
The lcaguo also received a lotter
from M. Hymens, president of the
loairue'fl rniinnll nntlfirln.. ,u. ':
, ..wt.tj mtl BUCl U- ,
tary-general, Sir Erie Drummond,
that Hymans had already .received
direct from tho president of the
Egyptian chamber,- a copy of the
protest distributed by that body to
all th,e world parliaments and to the
league.
M. Hymans received the correct
text of the message whereas that de
livered to the league had a line drop
ped out nt Marseilles, where It was.
repeated during the telegraphic trans
mission from Cairo to Geneva.
The corrected text shows that by
an extraordinary coincidence, the er
ror effected one of the most import
ant points in the message, namely,
an appeal for- league Intervention. Of-
(Contlnued on Page Six)
'S TEETH;
ING ACT
'Wo expect to show that this entire
case Is based upon a clearly con
structed fabrication by Ellas H. Mor
timer," Colonel Easby-Smlth said. "Ic
grew and grew as Mortimer obtained
more Information from government
files and that Mortimer declnred
'Forbes could have made me a rich
man by giving me contracts, but he
wouldn't do it.'
"Mortimer has already testified be
fore the senate committee that
Forbes Interfered In his domestic life
and alienated the affections of -his
wife." ,
Forbes discovered such frauds
when he took over the veterans' bu
reau, his counsel Bald, as the filling
of veterans' teeth with brass Instead
of gold by grafting dentists and the
vocational training school to teach
ex-servicemen how to become sword
swullowera.