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MEDFORP, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEf'EM IWAl 3. 1925
XO. 2 IS
M
COOLIE IS
SGORFD BY
RABID DRYS
Secretary Mellon Defends the
President From Public Attack
By Committee for Dry En
forcementDeclares That
Charges Unfounded and
Unjustified.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 3. (A.P.)
Although ho conceded that "condi
tions nro bod," Secretory Mellon to
day characterized as "unfounded and
unjustified." the latest attacks by the
drys on the administration's prohibi
tion policies.
The secretary's observations were
directed particularly at a letter sent
to the White House by a group of re
form organizations, describing present
conditions as a "national scandal,"
and declaring the president never
had "unreservedly" committed him
self to enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment as required by his oath of
office.
Heretofore high administration of
ficials had taken no public notice of
the manifest disposition of the dry
forces to fasten blame for non-enforcement
upon tho president him
solf. The letter sent to the White House,
Secretary Mellon said, lacked defi
ni ten ess and apparently was not en
titled to serious. . consideration. It
represented a class of maneuvers, he
: declared, which would afford treas
ury offlMals little assistance in en
forcing the law,'
' Court uto as Arc Bad '
Mr. Mellon added that it was the
business of the; .treasury department
to) curb -the lawlessness under the pro
..htbition law fand hav.be lie ved It .wos
making progress In: that direction, al
though, "of ; course.' 'conditions are
,bad." r; - ' V' ' ,' i'
; The letter of the reform organisa
tions as drawn tip here at a meeting
under the auspices of ' the United
Committee for Prohibition Enforce
ment. Quoted the oath taken by Mr.
Coolldge when he became president
and remarked: "It is said that this
man of deep conviction and unassum
ing piety added 'so help me. God."
"Our appeal must be to him." con
tinued the letter. "It must be made
so loud It will be heard. Only the ap
pointing and pardoning power is suf
ficient In this hour."
The results obtained In prohibition
enforcement by the present admlnls
tratlop wore declared to have made
the eighteenth nmendtnent a "joke,
and a hissing by-word among other
wIpo well disposed citizens." "
In an expressslon of views mailed
to the White House today by the
tnlted Committee for Prohibition Kn
fnrcMiient now In session here. Clin
ton N. Howard of Rochester, New
York, chairman of the committee,
which Is composed of 26 national re
form organization, expressed the
sentiments of the gathering and his
secch was made public as containing
the views of the committee.
Kvery effort of dry organization to
respond to tho Appeal of President
Coolldge and prohibition officials for
old In enforcement, he said, had been
dofented by "unfit nnd unfavorable
snnolntmcnls by those making the
appeals."
President Scored
"There sits a man In the White
House of silent determination," he
said,, "Tho president has done some
fine moralizing on the general en
forcement of the law but he never
ym has definitely committed his ad
ministration to the enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment, as provided
by his oath of offce to support the
constitution.
"Ho knows how to speak on the
world court. He has spoken bold and
ringing words on tho question of
world pence nnd In his address at
Omaha to the American Legion he
said 'this country has had all the war,
all the taxation and nil the militarism
It wants.' But a national scandal,
unequalled In Its financial and politi
cal ramifications In the history of the
United States, has brought this coun
try nearer to the brink of destruction
than It has been at any period since
the Civil war.",'
Mr. Howard charged the law had
OnnMmitvl on Psr WlrhM
PENITENTIARY ARSENAL MOVED TO
. unii nmni mmrn it rniwr fir nmenni
10 dkm lUifuiHi rnum ur rnioun
8ALKM, Ore., Dec. 8. Rifles, re
volvers and shotguns which ever
since the construction of the state
penitentiary In 1871 have been kept
In an arsenal In the center of the
main prison building, now known as
the turnkey's office, will today be
moved to a new brick tower that
standi half Inside and half outside
the Tfont spiked fence on the prison
premises.
This hi according t one of the
Missouri Co-Eds to
Be Snubbed if They
Allow Liquor Visits
COLUMBIA, Mo.. Dec. 3.-
Co-eds of the University of Mis-
sourl disapprove disorderly sere-
nades and drinking among both
men and women. The police
will be called in to break up
disorderly serenades and - any
co-ed who does not order out a,
4 male caller who has been drink-
lng will lose social privileges.
WINS FIGHT FOR
i
In All Night Session
French Premier Gains Vote
n P.ninr.. On Uninnitw
ui uuiuiuciifc oy majuiiij.
, .
of Six Votes -Wins
the Day.
LlOUUenCc
PARIS, Dec. S. (A.P.)
Premier
Brland's new cabinet has won its first
victory.
After an all night and all
forenoon fight In tho chamber of dep- 1
utlcs for his financial measures, the.
premier succeeded in forcing the
adoption of new advances from tho
Bank of France to the government of L
nix billion francs ' nnd a new paper I
money issue of 7.500.000.000.
The final vote on the bill as a whole i
was made a question of Sare and was '
carried 257 to 229, a majority of 28.
It was the fifth vote of confidence
during the lengthy seasslon. : .
M. Brland made it plain during the'
debate that the government was Btak-
'ng .us existence on tne meaBure-in
Its entity and that if the financial
program as outlined by Finance Mln-:
Ister Lpucher Was rejected the minis-
try would stop down Immediately. ,
PREMIER 6RIAND
FINANCE CHANGE
The bill now goes to the senate, the that . Jacobs had "merely lost his
finance aommlttee of which under head." Mills also continued his crtti
Senator Doumcr, Is meeting this of- clam made yesterday againBt Philip
ternoon to examine it, .
nriand Is Eloquent
The Inflation voted today Is the
fourth measure of the kind in a year
to be passed ty the chamber. Before
the final vote this mornlnjr the pre-
mler in a speech in which he rose to
heights of eloquence he haa never
who were unwilling In a national crl- Mrs. Rhlnelander "with piles and
sis to forget petty political considers- piles of new $10 bills" In her hands,
tlono and think only of their country. He said that she realized the - ever
The veteran orator Impressed all present danger that Kip might want
and convinced some, as was evidenced her merely as hiB mistress and she
when on the first vote of confidence, feared that if Kip continued to see
a motion to proceed to the discussion her father and her sisters with thir
of the bill, most of the principal op- negro husbands he might awake to a
position groups abstained from voting realization of her color. She feared
and he was upheld 298 to 113. ' . that some person in New Rochelle
The temper of the house was un- might get hold of Rhlnelander and tell
certain, the deputies seemingly being him of her color. The lawyer asserted
torn between realization of the prav- she realized her power over Rhine
Ity of the situation and fear th cf'e . lander had a limit. She knew she
the heaw Increase in taxeB involved must marry him while this power held.
In tho bill would have on their eon- He said that Alice had consistently
stltuents. I pursued a "diabolical plan and cam-
While admitting some minor palgn.",
chances nnd additions, the eovern-1 ' "She had brains," he SBld, "and at
mont stuek to the bill about as draft-
ed. Article V. authorizing tho lsue
of 7.51)0.000,000 francs In new paper, I
brlneinc the total circulation to 68,-
ROO.noo.OOO, was voted by a show of si
hands. '
Wing By Six Vote
The climax of the sensfson came
when the provision for n. further ad-
vnnee of six hllllon francB from the
Bank of France to the government I
was carried by the narrow margln-of ,
BIX Votes 246 to 289.
After the first article of the hill had'
been adopted with minor additions..
Deuply Mlssoffe. domocratlr-republl-can.
proposed an additional amend
ment establishing a super tax of 20
per cent on all real estate operations
carried out on behalf of foreigners.
Finance Minister Ioucher askel the
house to reflect on the consequences
of such an article and Minister of
Justice Ttcnoutt remarked that a bill
dealing with the question was before
the senate. Never-the-iess the article
was passed by a vote of 420 to 65.
T.Rtcr a twenty per cent Increase In
the general Income tax. a 26 per cent
Increase lnthe tAX on commercial
properties and 100 per cent Increase
In mine rentals were voted.
recommendations made by A special
Investigating committee following
the break of Tom Murray. Oregon
Jones, James Wlllos and Kllsworth
Kelley on August )2 last, fn which
two guards. John Sweeney and J. M.
llolman. and the convict Jones lost
their lives.
The now tower occupies a com
manding position where guns of the
gunrds cover the entire front grounds
of the prison.
CKUN
Rhinelander's Attorney Says
Jones Family Ignored Warn
ing From Ku Klux When
Secret Order Demanded
Colored Wife Leave Hus-
Band. -
' WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 3.
(A. P.) George. Jones, mulatto father
of Alice Beatrice Jones, from whom
Leonard Kip Rhlnelander is seeking
INTO
S
OF HEARING
New created a. disturbance in the court
room when Uaac N. Mills, counsel for
"n'ne!f B!,er1' caed JonM . ,,io
driver" during his summation before
the JUry. .
Leaping to-his feet and trembling
'with anger, Jones shouted at Mills
"I'm no taxlcab driver. . 1 never was
a taxicao driver.
When Lee Parsons Davis, counsel
for Mrs. Rhlnelander, attempted to
quiet Jones, the latter protested
"Don't let him say those things about
me.
He finally was prevailed upon to sit
"""" "uu wu" " "
Mills today began his second day of
summation for. the plaintiff by relat
ing how tho Jones family had ignored
a warning that the' Ku Klux Klan
might act against him.
Mills said that Leon R. Jacobson,
attorney employed by Rhinelander's
father, had warned Mrs. Rhlnelander
that unless she and her wealthy
young husband separated the klan
might take action against her family.
This warning was given, Mills said.
after a window In the Jones home had
been broken by a stone thrown-by an'..
umcnown person. . - ( . ,
i. Mills- defended tlio action of Jacobs,
which defense counsel. Lee Parsons
Davis, had bitterly attacked in his
summation for the defense, saying
Rhlnelander, Leonard's father, for
neglecting the son, which the lawyer
stated was largely responsible for the
mistakes made by the young man.
Mr. Mills Is expected to speak moBt
of today. The case Ib expected to
reach the Jury some time tomorrow.
Mills portrayed Alice as he said she (.
the end of a year of her campaign
she owned the-boy body and soul.'
Mr. Mills completed his summation
shortly, after 3 o'clock and court was
dJnurned until tomorrow morning.
when Justice Morschauser wilt charge
the Jury,
SEATTLE, Dec. 3. Search was
pressed today for James H. O'Neill,
jr-i 15, son of the general manager
of the . Ureal Northern railway, who
disappeared Tuesday from his home
In this city.
"1 had Just had a heart-to-heart
talk with him about his flunking out
of school," said his mother.
The boy Jeft home - with but
twonty-flvo cents.
Perfect Girl Milks
Cows, Rides Horses,
Plays Basketball
. CHICAGO, Dec. 8-rAbout the
I most nerfect girl and the moat
I perfect boy selected at the In-
I T iii" n..t.iiirt is of inwn
IX , . u---i,v
milks cows.
) ball. Up at six and to bed at
I :I0: Oeorge Cuskadcn, '14, o
r -" .1.., ...
St. Paul, Ind., playa on i mgr.
mcnvoi ra"i '
team and track aquad and helps
dad run a 800-acre'farm.
4
Champion Fiddler
W Vr"4 Hi TS
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sv- v.
i.7 lWjr.
A. Mollio Dunham, abdve,72, and champion fiddler of Maine, had td
halt in his busiest season to consider Henry Ford's request that he '
journey .to Dearborn, Mich., from his home at Norway, Me.; to play
lh Addle for the auto magnate. Dunham is known throughout the
Maine regions (or his ability to make "good ridin' " snow
ER KILLED
FOR SCOLDING
Colored Boy in Portland Con
fesses He Murdered His
Mother Because She- Scold
d Hirti for Not Watching
Beans On Cook Stove.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Deo. 3. (A. P.)
A nine year old hoy killed IiIh fotilor
mother tat nlgljt hecnuue ftp me beann
happened to burn, he cunfesxed to
deputy nhorlffs today. Tho boy In
Frank Thomah, negro, adopted Hon
of Oliver F. Thomas, negro nroprle-
tor of a tavern In the outskirts- of
Portland.- The body of the slnln
woman. Mrs. Loule Thomas, negreHH,
wan found by her hunband lut nlffht.
A Innrinil S8 f-nlther f-evnlver with nnn
A loaded. 3ft caliber revolver with one
cartridge - fired lay nearby under a
bed. ,
The boy, who was- miming ' IuhI
night wan found early' today in '-. a
sleeping tent near the house. Deputy
aherirf ChrlHtofferaon, . who quea
tioned the lad wild jiQ confesfted the
killing.
According to the boy's; atory Mrs.
Thomas aoked him to go to the
kitchen, to nee If beann, .which were
being cooked, were all right. The
boy replied that they were. . Iater
Mm. Thomas amelled the beans burn
ing and reproaching him Baying:
What did you llo to me for?'
The hoy replied that he did not lie
to her, and declared he thought the.
beans were all right. I
Angered because he had been called '
liar, the boy said in his reported
confession,' he obtained the revolver,
concealed it beneath a newspaper In
his hand and waited until he gut un
opportunity to fire at the woman,
He fled from tho house. Mrs. Tho Mi
an, mot-tally wounded, reached the
telephone, but collapsed before she
could give an alarm, '
Report Chairman of
Jtjlprf j4 Krtnh f MtttrX
8AM FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. (A. P.)
'The Ban Francisco Chronicle says to -
ly thut. John Perrin, chairman of
I'the federal reserve bank - for,, the)
... 1 r l. Iul..n lias r..li...l . Ui.
twelfth dladflet has resigned. Mr.
Perrln refused to affirm or deny the
report.' ' .
Mp rerrln has been an executive of
the bank since its establishment In
if4, ,
He rad that any formal announce-
mi-nt of -the resignation would have
Jto coma from Washington.
MOTH
9YEAR0L0 BOY
to Play tor Ford
rz
Cattle Owners Join Legisla
ture in Demand for Special
Session $600,000 School
Book Contract Added to
Controversies. '
AUSTIN', TexaM, Dec. 8. (A.P.)
Clovernm Miriam A. Krgunon wan
hack on the Job today after a two day
vlnlt to her home town of Temple, to
find a new appeal for a special aes
fllon of the leHlatature. nnd a $000,000
s-. hoot book contract threatening to
widen the breach between her and At
torney General Dana Moody. '
South Texan -atock '. ralaem and
dairymen. In an appeal from O til von
I ton ye(lterday nuked for a apeclat e8-
. . .. .. .
slon to appropriate funds to relm
bui-fte them for .stock killed by fed
eral aid atate authorities combatting
the recent foot and mouth plague.
- Homo of tho smaller stock owners
were left in "destitute circumstances,"
It was represented, "by failure of the
slnte to pay for cattle killed." It was
charged that some owners gave up
their cattle "through, force of pres
ence of Texas rangers."
The stock owner's l)!a wns added
to the demands of fifty leglalaturs
who presented a petition tn the gov
ernor threatening to have the speak
er of the hoiine call a special session
If she did not Issue a call by Decern-
t,Pr q
The governor's chairmanship of a
suh-conttnfttee pt the stale text book
commission that made n. contract
With the Amerlin Hook company In
the race or mo uuorney Knerars op
position is seen as a possible ground
for further divergence between the
two. The siib-comnilttee disregarded
an adverse opinion fronS the attorney
general and made the contract In the
ahucnce of a nuiitt-irutt affidavit.
The compHiiV rectified the affida
vit nistter after receiving the con
tract, but that 'dlxpnsitlnn failed to
ino9t the1 attorney general's approval
n ml ii ni mvumm 1m n nu brlnir mil do tn
determine whether the textbook com
inlssslon-approved Its coniiplttVe'H ac
tion. ;
M. M. N. Mairs. state superlnlendenl
t...l.lln t,ip.ltnn ,lanlft,1 nn (he
I"' - "" '
' committee's vote
rfiinmlttee s vote to nwaru tho con
tract.
An opinion from the attorney gen
ersl to 'determine the legality of the
return of a 2500 deposit to tho Amer-
lean Book company which It made
Anile bidding la now pending.
An entertainment for Klks which
will ) well worth coming out to n
Joy la scheduled for tonight's lodge
meeting. . ;
WiA FERGUSON fS
BACK AT CAPITAL;
TROUBLE BEGINS
League of Nations
Decides Greece to
Blame; Fine Assessed
4
C.HXKVA. Pec. 3. (A. IV)
The Loiiruc of Nations emit mln- 4
Hlon which Inquired In the recent
Oteco-lHilKnrian frontier inci-
dent fimis that Greece kIiouUI
pny BulKuria 20.oon.000 lovas
(laiiuiKOH (ahout $146,000).
The conimlsKfon deciiled to 4
recommend Hint Greeeo Hhould
pay IJulKRiia an additional hIx
million leva for loss of Uvea 4
(Ahout $73,000.)
For the wounded, for the lows
of working days nnd moral suf-
ferinR of the population nnd for
the coHt of military men mires
hy Huleurin, nil nddltlonal 10,- 4
000.000 leva.
SQUABBLE AGAIN
STOPS TRIAL OF
STORMY PETROL
Mitchell's Attorney Tells Mem
ber of Court Things Get to
His Ears, But Never Reach
His Brain Houze Issues
Another Warning.
WASIHNGTOX. Dec. 3. (A. P.)
Another, warning that "altnrcatluns
and bickerings" In the Mitchell court
martial must 'cease, was delivered 'to
day hy Major General Rohert K.
Howsso, president yf the court, after a
heated clash between oppuslng coun
sel. . ' '
"The rocesS' of the -court for thru '
minutes Was, ordered after Ttuprcsoni-1
tatlve Frank R. Rekl of Illinois, de
fense counsel and .Major Allen Gul
llofl, assistant trial Judgo advocate,
lad engaged In a sharp dispute over
ho examination of Meutenant Com
mander Charles l Rosendahl, senior
urvlvlng officer of the Hhenandoah.
Major aulllon objected to a ques
tion Mr. Reld had asked tho witness. '
Turning to Major aulllon, Mr. Read
said:
"Things got Into your enra but they
never reach your brains."
This led to the recess and the re
newed warning by Major General
Howae. Commander Rosendahl then
was excused.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. (A. P.) i
The Mitchell court martial followed
he trial of the Khennndoah court of
nqulry today covering In many par
tculars tho same field previously ex-
llored by the navy court.
While the naval Inquiry sought to
lx responsibility for the Hhennndonh
vreck. however, the army court had
is Its objective the rebuttal of Colonel
Mitchell's charges that the Khonan
loah accident wns the result of gen
iral Incompetency and criminal nogll
tence In conducting tho national de
fense. v
IJcutennnt Commander Charles IS.
Rosendahl, senior surviving officer
it tho Hhenandoah and navigation '
fficcr' of tho ship during its fatal
nld-wost flight, relatod to tho court
nartiul today many details of tho .
vreck. He wsb called as a prosccu-!
.Ion witness.
Much of Commander Rosondahl's .
.eslltuony today repeated his state- !
nents before the Hhenandoah court. I
le read to' the court martial his of- '
'Iclal report on tho disaster, already a ,
part of tho record of the naval tri
bunal.
Reduction In thofmimhor of nutn
natlo gas valvos In tho Hhenandoah,
he witness testified, wns made to
'save weight and not "to conserve
Vellum." ,
lie expressed tho opinion that "gas
oressure had nothing to do with (tho
llsnster." ,
"Do you know whether Commnn
Icr Iansdowno undertook tho mid
vestern flight under protest," the
vltness was asked.
"He did not undertake the flight
inder protest," he replied.
lie flatly contradicted many of
'olonel .Mitchell's charges regarding ,
he Khenaniloalt.
STREAM BURNS.
RICKRHAM. Ore., Dec. 3. Oil.
seeping out of a tile drainage pipe
on the Oerge Walt farm about a
mile south of her, was discovered
this morning by Mr. Walt, U. H.
Hogg and other men who wero
clearing out a drainage ditch, caus
ing considerable local excitement.
. When first discovered. It was
thought tha&the oil might he seep
age from tha highway or railroad
rights of way, but Investigation
OIL STRUCK NEAR R1GKREALL OREGON
IS
KEPI ALIVE
BY OXYGEN
Physicians Find It Necessary
to Administer Oxygen After
Which Author Improves
Patient Seriously, But Not
Critically III, Bulletin De
claresDaughter Also III.
BUllWASH, Sussex. Kugltiml, Poo.
3. (A. P.) Iludyaiil Kipling., notod
author, who Is suffering from il on 1)1,0
pneumonia at his home In this vilhiKo,
showed slight Improvement tills after
noon. Iloth Lord Dawson, physician to the
king, and Dr. Curtles. K.plin's. physi-
riutfyari; Kipling. .
clan, remained at the 'osdsido nlost of
tho dny.
I
Early this mornlne It wna found.
necessary to adinln'Btor oxveen to tho
palent. His only nnugiitcr, airs.
George Ilamhrldgo. wlw Uvea in llol
lum, has horself been 111 nnd conso-
quently has not yel Been miornica 01
hor father's condition.
LONDON, Dec. 3. (A. V ) Rud
ynrd Kipling, tho noted writer. Is
lying ill with double pneumonia In
lils home In the little village ut itur
wash, In Sussex. i
He passed a fairly good night and
his condition this morning was un
changed. Ho Is being attended,
among others, by 1-ord Dawson, phy
sician to King George,, who win
called Into consultation yostorday by
Mr. Kipling's regular physician. Lord
Dawson described the condition of
tho patient as "anxious, but not
dangerous." J.
When the announcement was mado
that Mr. Kipling was III, It wns said
his condition was not serious. Ills
friends, however, were somewhat,
alarmed, knowing well' his disinclina
tion to be In the public eye and his
lovo for almost hermit privacy. '.
II was Sunday evening when Mr.
Kipling first complained of pains, (n
the chest, but It was not until Mon
day evening that a physician was
called to the bedside. A local prac
titioner, Dr. Curtlss, found that tho
disease had. developed to a point
where he thought It wlao to summon
lrd Dawson. ' .
Mr. Kipling Is thought to have
caught tho cold which developed
Into bronchitis and then turned Into
pneumonia while In his shirt sleeves
In tho bitter woathff walking about
rCnnrlnoed on Pntf Pllchrl
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
revealed that tho flow hail lis souroa
In n direction opixisllo to cither tho
railroad or highway. Hoon after tho
discovery n iHatch was touched to
the oil Hiid. It has been burning
steadily now for several hours.
Considerable prospecting for oil
has been dono In nils vicinity and
several wells have been sunk In
past ysars. Illuminating gas haa
been frequently discovered. In some
cases of sufficient volume for u In
lighting farm houses.
KIPLING
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