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Newspaper Page Textto e Mo- une Weatftpr Year Ago Maximum 103 Minimum r. 58 Prediction fulr unf warnw Haxlnium yvKU'i'daf 8H.5 tllnlnitim .... M 9T MEDFORD, ORKOOy, WEDNESDAY, J FLY 1, T'Vio Ctltr Tvitleth Teir. WlAlr Fiftjr thlrd Ynl. NO. 87 MAlEfRIB r to DOHENY EXPLODES A Oil Magnate, Over Protests of Attorneys, Declares That He Leased Elk Hills Only When Rear Admiral Robison Con vinced Him War in the Pa cific Was Near. NEW YORK, July 1. The New York Times today publishes a copy right interview In which Edward L. Doheny, giving his own story of the navnl lenses, discloses what he Indi cates has been regarded hitherto as a 01 great military sacret. Hpeaklng at Los Angeles to a staff Y correspondent against the advice of counsel, the Times says, Mr. Doheny , sald there never would have been an ' V.ilr 14llln IfiiHn. nnr wnnlil IiIr com pany have undertaken the construc tion of the Pearl Harbor naval oil base had not Rear Admiral John K. Robison, chief of the naval bureau of engineering in Washington, convinced mm mat a gerui war in me rucinc V threatened the United States in 19 21 and that the proposed Hawaiian oil f base was the one link in the defensive 'lain on which depended victory or "eat for the United mates. I . r. Doheny will go to trial in jhhigton in October on, a charge I ci-imlnal conspiracy with Albert B. T all, former secretary of the interior f in connection with the Elk Hills oil J lease which the government in the S Los Angeles federal court succeeded l In invalidating. A Military Sorrel The story of naval officers' fears of 1 war in the Puciflc. Mr. Doheny says, was contained in n deposition by Ad miral Koblson put in evidence in tne trials of the suits to annul the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills lenses, but the portion relating to the military sedret was- stricken out. In this connection Secretary Wilbur, subpoenaed to pro duce certain documents, sent o certifi cate that It would be against the na tional interest to do so, .Mr. Doheny said. He called attention to remarks by Judge Keniedy In the Teapot Dome decision that there Was no further need for secrecy. , "Robison called to my mind the mVrors of the invasion of Belgium," MiV.Doheny said. "With a force I shal! never forget, ho asked me to visualize the result of even a tempor ary alien Invasion of the Pacific coast. . "He stnrtled me with Information fc'jj regal Ulllg ui-uvra ! ; given to foreign war vessels and even to merchant ships in the Pacific for J their mobilization on incredibly short notice. He pointed out that modern warfare had reduced the efficiency of coast defenses so that they were no longer to be relied on. He told me that In nn attnek on this country by a navy in the Pacific dorout was sure to come to our fleet unless there was an ndeuuate nuval oil reserve In Hawaii. "He said every responsible nail officer in Washington hod received confidential bulletins which disclosed I that the oil reserves of u great naval 4 power In the Puciflc wore adequute for war. "He called my attention to the fnct m that there still existed n well-known ..ntw hatwnati thin irfen t Pacific na tion and the must powerful nation of the world." J- Highly Confidential ' Mr. Doheny said that everyone who had been Informed of this situation .had been warned of its highly confi dential and secret character because 'of fear that the arms conference, then In session at Washington might be wrecked by revelation of plans for a r! naval base In Hawaii, if Mr. Doh?ny further discloses, the f Times says, that the famous executive order of President Harding which f guVe to the interior' department ad- naval oil reserves, was suggested by Mr. Fall, and the then secretary of the navy, Mr. Denby. Mr. Doheny was forbidden by coun sel to discuss the flQO.OOO loan he ma to Secretary Fall and the letters slgried by Mr. Fall in which the latter wrote that the loan had been obtained rConaraieM on Page l(4h)4 1 - ' ''i ' , ' liiffiCc1:0"'! W-et '.ni- 'Hte seSM ) .for. mmm. Mm s3fc awmluaawry C " -.til ItlSw (ernlfeiBViMiJ f flto t.'nIM !BV. ItS (SI mml3r.ai.i!.5f iv-y tttrrjn. Janaiffl. f' 10m 9ema cfvlliiatign society 'ancoil'otfi , t;r session ont of sym ! - ' .I'VUit'hy .for. flip Santa Djirbata, jrth- ; it .qliake-.j, t i - At' "n" meeting neidny 1 lie ' I'.'Talkoshn. society for the pui poseOof r protesting anew against the United ; 11 ) states immigration laws, speakers Wealthy Woman's Jttwets Found in Ruins cf Arlington SANTA BARBARA, Cnl., July 1. (A. P.) Jewels nnd bonds valued nt $160,000, property of Mrs. Charles E. Perkins of Burlington, Iowa, earthquake victim, were found lttet in ruins of the Arlington hotel by detectives. The detectives crawl- ed In bark of the pile of debris, I located Mrs. Perkins' trunk and ' extracted the treasure of gems. ELUDES POLICE OFF 10 EUROPE o Federal Officers Believe Search for 'Wolf of LaSalle St' Will Be a Long One Mud Bath Ruse Deceives Sleuths Appeal to Mexican Governor SAN DIKCIO, Cnl., July 1. (A. P.) Federal officers today Indicated their belief that the newest search for John H. Worthington, known us the "Wolf of LaSallo Street," who faces a term In Atlanta federal prison, would he a long one. Reports gathered at Ensenada, In Lower Culfornia, to which Worth ington went several days ago, led those seeking him to believe that he had started on an ocean trip to Europe where he la supposed to have sufficient funds in bank to keep him going ahead of pursuers for some time. Word brought back to San Dlcgo by the latest party, to neck Worth ington is that he left Ensenada Inst lOHK W. WOK-f U iNHrTOwTj Saturday. He was in n hotel under guard of Mexican officers. Before that he hud been at Punta Banda, whe're he was ostensibly seeking relief in mud baths. It Is said that when American federal officers lo cated him there, he exclaimed: "You thought I was running away didn't you? Well, I simply came here to take the mud baths." unn,...lt nf Wnrthincton's baggage is said to have been stopped by the chief of police of Ensenada. There-1 upon tho head of the American party went to see tne mrxi.-un at Mexican, a ride of several hours. If he got any assistance there he has not reported the fact here. That Worthlngton has a large de posit of cash in Italy Is said to be well known by his friends, as is also the fact that he has other large sums at hand in various parts of the Unit ed States. So certain were the mem bers of tho searching party of Wor thlngton's ability to take care of himself financially at any time or In any crisis that they declared that he is one of the few men In the world who can command 1100,000 in cash at practically the very instant he needs it. An overheated and under-yentllated sleeping room is often convicted of man slaughter when tried before . n Jury of physicians. " a iVfKt mv.An. f ra tfft- Kirt '? w.r to w-' vfT;'g r:',-M(io.n iln'hirin trf !t elerj.entO in ,.Inpt?nbeiieveJ thv tQitetl States CVill remedy the3 Immlrration law frjr-Q? or later, MASTER CROOK mm PLAN NEW RAIL ROAD IN Company Incorporated to Build Railroad to Connect With U. P. at Snake River Big Timber and Copper Re sources Tapped Papers Filed in Salem. BAKER, Ore., July 1. A railroad to tap a section of eastern Oregon, northeast of Baker, waB organized today by the filing of articles of In corporation of the Copper Belt Rail way company at Salem, and which, it Is understood, will be a principal factor In the develepment of the eastern Oregon copper belt upon which four large companies are now operating, opening up a tremendous body of high grade oro. Besides being ' necessary for the transportation of copper ore from the mining district around Keating. 11! miles northeast of Baker, tne railroad which will follow a water grade down the Powder river to Hob lnctte. Ore., where the Union Pa cific system has a line along the Snuko river alBo will serve as a long needed outlet for a billion feet of yellow pine timber and the agri cultural products of a rich farming section. It is rumored that this Is the first big step In the development program of the newly uncovered cop per deposits which are expected to rival any copper section in values. Death Toll of the Automobile DnPTr.ivn Orp . tniv 1 A man identified as William Koenig nnd an unidentified woman were killed early this morning in an nutomo blle on the Powell valley road, near haa It In Vtdtlal'oH thn rlpfltha rP- sulted either from the collision of niflihlnoa rf t hot Ihn nift- chlne In which Koenlg and the young woman were nuing na upsei as hi itMia rmin riant tho rtvorti i I'll prl nin- I chine driven by W. A. VnnAtta of, Vuncouver, Wash. Van Atta said he had turned over trvinr to dndfi-A the hnriv of the woman which he Bald he Haw lying In the road. VnnAtta was not badly hurt. PORTLAND, Ore., July 1. Miss Margaret Haffey, 27, an employe of Pleischner, Mayer and company, was the woman, who with William Koe- nig, No. 630 East 28th street, was killed in an automobile accident at east 53rtl street and Powell valley road about two o'clock this morning. TILLAMOOK, Ore., July 1 Dr. W. C. Hawk, 60, of Bay City, near here, died today of injuries received when his automobile and a light coupe collided on the Coast highway Sun day afternoon. Authorities are seek ing George Williams, of Tillamook, alleged driver of the coupe, whom, thev say, witnesses accused of throw ing liquor from the coupe following the wreck. Officers reported find ing liquor near the sceno of the acci dent. . ' Daily Report on the Crime Wave CHICAGO, July 1. (A. P.) Two robbers bound Fred J. Gottlieb, n jeweler, and two otherH in his saleH room on the fourteenth floor of the Republic building in the heart of the central bustneMn district today and escaped with Jewelry and bonds re ported to be valued at $100,000. The loot coniHted principally of unset diamonds. UWUdHeUGimm 'TS-A'XlTfa?0', Ji 1 (Ak P.. Paul 9t. Wmw H CdM-1 af-reAito las - H Tete-ped rtt:uA amti r. A 19 e'14dge df:-te4 tJy liBl A -t$ wh? bftar ar the ijft man Mthlfe I'Ruii. H35 was tHrn.tH over to Lieutenant Edgar A'iini rtYr Th nresident nnd Mts. Coolldge bR?) have with r tberu Rob Itoy. whltn come. V who hni mnlntnincd :W greater dignity than his former play- matt? Navy's New Contmander-in-Chief Rear Admiral Samuel S. Robison, new commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, with the rank of full admiral, was graduat ed from Annapolis in the same class with Curtis Wilbur, secretary pi the navy. IS SHOT DOWN IN E VANCOUVER, Wash., July 1. (A. P.) J. G. Thomnsen, 21, of Carl- 6 . . ton, Ore., was shot and possibly fatally wounded by Highway Patrol- man Harry Williams here today after Thomasen had made , a spectacular, but unsuccessful effort to rob the United States National bank. The would-be robber is In a local hos - pital with several bullet wounds In his body, one of which ho inflicted himself in nn attempt at suicide. When James T. Geoghegan, an employe of the bank, came to work about eight o'clock this morning he found an armed man waiting out- side the door. The man ordered Geoghegan to let him in. Inside the intruder ordered tho bank em ploye Into a rear room. As other employes entered the bank the man locked them In the back room until eight were In there. Shortly before 9 a. m., Cashier Joseph Dnndsclorf arrived at the bank and was ordered by the man, Identified as Thomasen, to open the safe. L-andsdorT said the safe had a time lock and could not be opened until nine o'clock. Then the cashier ran outside followed by the robber. Instead of returning, to the bank the man tried, but failed, to comman deer a car driven by a young woman. Thomasen ran toward the residence section. En route, he held up a policeman and took his gun from him. The youth then ran into a residence nnd hid In the bath room, where he was captured Hhortly after ward by Patrolman Williams who fired through the door nt the fugi tive. Sheriff Thompson said Thomasen had confessed but gnve no rensnn for his attempt to rob the bank. Thomasen has relatives living near Monmouth,' Oro. As he Is not expect ed to live, no charge has been pre ferred against him. CARLTON, Ore., July 1. Joyce Thomason, who was shit by Vancou ver officers today following an at tempted bank robbery. Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thomason, farmers residing three-quarter of a mile north of this place. His mother is In Portland today uttending the conven tion of Oregon pioneers. The father had not heard of his son's trouble until advised by the Portland Telegram. He declared that his son had never been in trouble be fore and had ulways been a hard workki hit. The yomit ha lfeit emptied In Porthasd for some time by Phillip ttr, a korse dealer, at the N(t" Port 1(1 st&ckyirds. . m The father said his son was at home during the week-end, having Monday morning for Portland. , .. Iinly Debt Deal CnQefl Off. . WAHHINOTON, July l. (,V. Vfy Formal conferences on the ?ifiding of the Italian war debt to the United States have Been Indefinitely post poned. Mario Albfiti, a member of the Italisn mm mission Is leaving Itn mediately for Itot-je to nwfeiiiblf ad ditional data. Hr prolixly will not return before the imudle of August BANK ROBBER W BATHROOM NIGHT OPERATOR 0 E S. P. HELD TURNER, Ore., July 1. Duncan 'Lewis, night operator at the Southern "'"cine station here was held up at '1:30 this morning in his office by an unU)entlfed neB1.0i 1)oun(1 ,, gaggc& ,, CIU.ried fl.om the de)ot oy , assailant, who locked him In a box cnr ttnu returnFd nm, ootC(1 the tni Th0 proceeds of the holdup amounted t $13.33. Lewis was released from 1 the box car a number of hours later w hen discovered by a. Alexander, .who lives In the vicinity of the depot, Lewis stated that the negro was un- I masked. He entered the depot when 1 Lewis was alone, demanding that he "stick 'em up." The negro arrived In Turner on a freight truln . Tuesday afternoon, visiting a number of stores and loitering around the town during the evening. He was armed with small, nickel-plated revolver, Lewis stated. The man was six feet tall, of particularly dark complexion, wore a cap, but no coat, according to the op erator. ' GOVERNOR CALLS FOR CELEBRATION SALKM, Ore., July 1. Governor Pierce yesterday issued a proclama tlon calling upon the people of the state to observe In an appropriate TURNER OREGON way the formal acceptance of the.whon the end came. battleship Oregon on July 3. The official acceptance of the ship from NICW YORK, July 1. (A. P.) the government by the state of Ore- ( Spanking has been an Institution In gon will lake place In Portland. The the Rockefeller family for genera governor asks lhat emphasis be tlons, the World says today In a series placed upon the thought of the liberation of Cuba. Kansas Refuses to Give a Charter to The Ku Klux Klan TOPEKA, Kas.. July 1. (A. f P.) The Kansas charter board f today refused a charter to th Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a (ieorgia corporation. Con Wr currlng In nn opinion pre- pared by Attorney Conceal Griffith, the board declared that the klun wus not lng chari 4 table work.ts stated in Its pe 4 titlon for admission to the state a aeorporatlon. 9 The derision of the board PaH ununimouH. The fate of the or 4 ganizatlon rests now with the I'cited States supreme court. I'ro.ficlciit'M Fnthcr I'p AkiiIii. TI.YMOirTlf. Vt . .Tulv 1. Colonel John- Coolldge. father of the prcsl- dent, progressing hfo recovery frcm the Illness which cnllcd his here carlo '" ",e w''ik, spent Inst night comfortably. He was obout the house today, but has not gone out doors. - m Ashland's $250,000 Hotel Dedication To Be Held Tonight ASHLAND. Ore.. July 1. Conceived by Ashland men. fl- nnnced by Ashland capital and constructed by Ashland labor, fr the new nine-story JL'50.000 Utbla Springs hotel In this city will be dedicated tonight as n monument to the progressive- 4 ncss of the people of Ashland. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers Will Be Sixth Woman to Take Seat in House of Represen tatives Ex-Governor Foss Snowed Under. LOWIOLL, Mass., July 1. (A. P.) New Kngland has elected its first con gresHWoman, Mrs. 10 tilth Nourse Rog ers republican, by a vole of more than two to one. Hhe receiving 23,364 votes in tho special fifth congressional district election, to 9.51 for .un democratic opponent, former Gover nor and former Representative Kugene N. Kims of Rust on, oncc a candidate for the democratic presi dential nomination. Mrs. Rogers succeeds her husband, John Jacob Rogers, who died lust March ufter making a distinguished record. She received a larger pro portion of the total vote than her hus band did last November. Mrs. Rogers was bom In Shoo, Maine, forty years -ago, the daughter of Franklin Nourse, manufacturer nnd capitalist. Hhe married John Jacob" Rogers in 1907, helped him In his law prnctlce nnd when he became a congressman, threw herself into the life of Washington as his helper. It was Mrs. Rogers' war service that endeared her to her h unhand 'h constituency. She vlnited the sick und wounded soldiers and was appointed by President Harding to visit and in spect the soldiers' hospitals In this country and France. Mrs. Rogers Is, the sixth woman to bo elected to congress The Noted Dead LITTLE ROCK. Ark., July 1. Miss Mary McMahon. a veteran of the show world, died at her home hero yesterday after a brief illness. She was owner of the McMahon Shows and personally directed them. Her only survivor Is a brother, J. M, McMahon, Portland, Ore. WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 1 William B. Shaffer, ex-president of the Northwest Millers association, president of the Preston-Shaffer Mill ing company of Waltsburg and of the First National hank of Athena, Ore., and prominent in the business and social life of southeastern Washington for a quarter of a century, died ut his home in Waltsburg about one o'clock this morning ut tho age of 04. He leaves his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Wllnia Roberts of Portland, and a winter Mrs. Kate Armstrong of Sent tlo. all of whom were at the bedside of interviews with, prominent men on their childhood discipline. John D. Rockofeller, Sr. an old felt the friend of the family relates, paternal palm with considerable fre- quency. John O. Jr., not only fell heir to his father's training but re- celved also the expert ministrations of his grandfather. Neither, feels himself the worse for the experience, but neither attributes his success In llfe to the fact that he was spanked, PULLMAN COMPANY- PORTER WHO CHICAGO, July 1. (A. P.) For"? the flOt time In Its hlmory the ullmnn company has named one of Us cam after a porter. The por- i ter wa Onciir J. Dunleln of Chicago, jwho. lout hlH olire In an effort to navo the lives of 0paHHengcrs0on his car w!2?n a train carrying Ocrman- American excursloSlnts Q'om Q'om 4-.ni- cngo to New York wus wrecked near Kockport, X. J., on June 16. The MASSACHUSETTS ELECTS A WOMAN TO LOIR HOUSE sorf-Wcping car Hlrncco." will bear thej name Daniels when It emerge from, the repair shop. j At the time of the wreck. Daniels j o seated In the forward end of, MARINES 0 TAKE OVER QUAKE ZONE Navy Orders 400 Armed Men to Assist in Patrol Work-i Death List Reaches 10--Water System Found Intact Eye Witness Tells Vivid Story. .SANTA RARRA RA, Cal.. July Four hundred United Slates marines-' will arrive here early tomorrow to undertake guard duties In the quake stricken 2oneH of Santa Barbara, Marine Captain J. F. Morlarlty at present commanding a supplementary squad, announced early today. Arrangements were completed by marine radio with the base at San Diego, Captain Morlarlty said, and he believed the forces would entrain for Santa Barbara at once, under orders of Admiral Robison, commander In chief of the Pacific fleet. The advent of the marines said Mayor C. M. Andera, who appealed to the naval authorities for the forces, will centralize guard control efforts and a material aid to the recon struction forces. i Another important factor to the welfare of the residents of the strick en zone were contained In , the an nouncement of City Manager Herbert Nunn that un official test of the city's water supply has proved It pure and uncuntamlnated by the earth distur bance. (Herbert Nunn was formerly state highway engineer of Oregon.) The only curtailment on the use of water, Nunn said. Is a ban on irriga tion for . a few days until storage fa cilities are Improved. The system suffered only nominal damage In Monday's earth shook. One reservoir and a few lesser mains were' Injured ' but the city's major source of supply, a huge artificial lake behind Gibral tar dam on the Santa Ynez river, was unhnmed, Nunn said, after an official survey. Ten people have lost their lives in the i earthquake, described nn the heaviest ever to visit the Pacific coast. Five major shocks have been recorded since the first tremhlor on Monday, but throughout the time there huve been slight, almost imper ceptible shocks of nearly a score. No exact estimate of the loss htis been announced hut It Is described aH bctweun $20,000,000 and $25,000,000.; A graphic eyewitness account of the antics of the earthquake In' the mountain regions wus brought ' to Santa Barbara last night by J. M. McAvoy, owner of a quicksilver mine on the Santa Ynez river. "We were nt breakfast when the first shake occurred," he said. "Our table seemed lifted from the floor, nearly turning a somersault and scrambling the breakfast on the floor. "Tho floor seemed tilted at an angle of 35 degrees und then Bwung like a pendulum buck In the opposite direction. We rushed, or rnther stag gered from the house and some of my ' companions were thrown to their ' hands and knees by the impact of the ' shock. "As I looked out across the range of mountains, they swayed percept ibly. A great dust cloud was thrown ' up by the agitation, accompanied by a deep rumbling roar, almost sickening in no iiui-iiBiiy. 1 Wall Street Report NEW YORK. July 1. The clonfn ; was strong. Otis Elevator soared' ( eight points and United States Rubber common, Otis Steel preferred and United Drug and Packard moved up 2 to 4 points. . Slock prices surged upward again todny with a mnrked broadening In demand. Record-breuking July Vllvi- dend and Interest payments, muln- tenance of heavy freight traffic and, favorable recapitalization, merger and dividend rumors, provided the ground work for the advance. Total sales ap- proxtmttfc'd 1,460,000 shares. NAMES CAR AFTER 5 DIED HtRO S DEATH Hie first Pullman which left tho rn I Is, halting nenr til locomotive' from u'l-Hrh (Vnlrlinir ctmirtunf iitennl nnur. eel Into , the Sfeepor through door ji&red open. Daniels braved the steam to close the door. He sue coeded. but fell mortally hurt, ' He still was alive when a rescuing party entered the car, but after being taken outside with other victims, he refused first aid. saying: "Attend to that little girl first." Indicating a seven year old child lumpy. The doilors obeyed and when they returned they found Daniels dead.