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Orm-ort Historical Suu fuMc Autitorrum ail Tribune Predictions Tonight nnd Tomorrow The Weather Maximum yoniorduy 70 Minimum toiliiy....... 'X EBFORB Corty-altthlh Yr, ally Tlllrtoonth MEDFORD,' OREG9N, ; &ATU7ZDAY, MARCH 22, 1919 NO. '308 lur, M I ... IL. M ULTIMATUM BY 1TALYPR0DUCES CRISIS IN PEACE Supreme Council Forced to Deal Di rectly Willi Disposition of Flume. Smyrna; Lemherq and Dnnzlq Is Aiiu Dm nf Ullileh Mnu Rn VUHii rMf Will V llIV" Fatal to Early Peace. PAH 18,. Mur. 22. AmondmojilH mtfoKunrdliiK tho Monroo doctrine nnd it Japum-so amendment (or J"t racial treatment wero . ninoim tho lurtio number of propoisuls before puncu conference communion on u LouKiio or Nations which mot ut Aiiinrlcnn houdUtirtiirs ill 3 o'clock Hi l afternoon unilur tho chairman rlilp of President Wilson. iPArtlH. Mnr. 22.ly Aasoclnlnd Pros.) , What amoiiulod to nil Mil' inul inn by tho onllro UulouulUin (II reeled to Ilia puaro conference,, do elurlnit that lliu Italians would not up- provo o( nny pence treaty not inciuu lim u goltlumont o( the eonlrovoniy between Italy nnit Juxo-Hlavlu over tho tltlo (o Flumo nnd the Dalmatian coast Islnnd. kuvo ureal concorn to -otnnr mneitniions yeniurtmr. " . . . . . . A I. I. j. tho supremo council wit occupied with n eoimldtirtttlon ot tho weaturn l'ull.h boundary, tho premiers uioin solves wars siiKHKOd III trying to rind noma solution to tho vory dltflcull problem presented by tho notion or tba Itullunn. Tho tour has been enprewod by onto of Ilia Italian doltiKUtet that Immediately after tho conclusion or tho Oorman treaty Premier l.loyu (luoruo. President-Wilson and per bapa other loading llKuro In tho council will lenvo I'lirln and tho re malnlnR members ot tho council would not havo Mil powers to deal with Italian demands. Tho stuto or mind or till) Italian public la declared to bo inch that tho fnlluro or tho Italian delegation to return rrom 1'arU speedily with a title to Flume and tho Dalmatian "eoaijtv Islands might easily havo grtfve Internal ro- aulta. according: to statements . oy iom of tho daleKtos. ' Itnllnn Cwiilciitlnns Thua ror many wooka fast 'hy ' havo boon limply rioodlim other dlo- respondents with literature to aup nort Italian claim. Thla Incited the Horblnil doloaatlon In Paris to vory aharp responses which waro given to tho nroaa and which donouncod Uni Ian conlonllona aa being In ubaoluto violation or President Wilson's 14 polnla because thoy dony sccoaa to the tea to tho Juno-Slav pooplo In tho Interior. Tho supremo council la called upon directly In docldlnK thla lssuo to paat upon mo validity Ol sooroi irquimn noRotlatetl In London In 1915, aomo or which at loaat nro hold to oe ni variance with tho "fourteen points. Tho council U nUo ombarraaaod. by tho probable offoctof nny decision It mav make In tho KUimo caao upon '(Ireok and Kronch clalma to tho Smyrna cooat, Polish clnlma to Lorn burg and Polish clalma to uansig. I'll to il'roaldottt Tho wholo quostlon will go before President Wllaon lor consideration and aolullon.. lla romoval aa tho aor Ions clangor mark In tho oonforonoo tirocoodlnga la hoped for. , It la hoped ho will proaont aomo plan by Sunday. One potialblo aotu Hon or tho problem now tmdor con pldorntlon Ib that military exporta or tho aupormo wnj council, who have fllnrhnraod thomaolveB or. Qermnn war laauoa, ahould at onco conaldor tho Italian clalma nnilor liiBtructlonB In nrnaont 11 Hollltlon' In tlmo to .nmiro notion upon thenn almullnno oualy with tho dlapoaltlon or tho Qor- xaan poaco troaty. , t r.fNnoN. ifiiruh 22. Sir Iloliort IVinlon, prnminr of Cimndiv. nnd one ot the (loninuon'8 roircNiiniiuivu u,n nnm-n pont'croiico linn Biilimilti'tl ie HritUli dolcirntion nt tho confor ciico a memorandum on to icnitiio ' tlm of foot that BritlHh A minionHMo not, foul Hint tliov wlioul inla il.,. viiunnnailnlil.v nf Olltorinu' 0 alio (locidinor of tho' cllf fiowltioa ot the JCiiroponn nations wncro 1110 onimvi ' . , i! ,1..' In....li.til . ffltia nil lrt.JlOt llirui.wv iiiTui..".. nonnnomont i mntlo todnv hv tho . l'nris oorroHpondont o, tho Mornmir J'oMt. 1 , '. ";" 1 ' 'J'ho niomornmlinn, tho oorromiond ent Btiitos. Ih siiiiporlod bv tho Amor . icnil delntrution. It wnfl not mibmit tt nfter 'oiisiillntinn with tho'Aim trnlinn ilolmrntnu. 1ml. I'rcmlor IIiiuIicr nnintH out Hml. Uiih ilmw not implY thut Atibtruhtt dianurcus. .... BRITISH COLONIES ATTITUDEONLEAPU BY LETT OFFENSIVE AGAINST B0LSHEV1KI PAIMH. Muridi 'J.I. flliLViiH.. 'I'l... l.'wlli.ii,i.l i.lliul, .iri'im. hIvo Ih ini'iiiii'iuit I'lilrnirriul an mirimiNlv Unit l.i'nji iroUkv, the llolHlinvili niinihlcr ni' war null iiinrinv. Iiiih iii'dcri'd lliv uoimrul moliilir.iiliou of nil men nn to tho nuu of 1(1. iii'ordiiiir to n Zurich (liHiniti'li to lliu Mntiii. TOREFUGE HOM SEATTI.K. Mnrch 1H. Itutti flnr rif.nn, chnrui'il with imirdcrinir bcr rivnl. MrK. (Iriico SlorrH. lodnv whk liciuir Ill-Id in tho IloiiHo of the Good Hlii'i'lii'nl. iiihIciiiI of in the coiinlv iiul. SliiTilf Jciliu Slrini'cf hiivnik' or Icri'd her (riuiKfcr vculcrdiiv. Ih'ciiiikp Iki Hiiiil, "nIio kIioiiIiI nut b mil in with lliouo old IlilL'H nt the cdliulv lull. Shcril'f Klriniicr'n iiclmn brouuht iiroti'HtM fruili the office of I'roKcrnt imr AtlonifV I'Vcd t.'. Itrown. "I hIihII oliiccl wilh all the power lliia office oiiiiiiiiiiiIh lo Minx (inrrfon buinir Iri'iitrd in n iiuinncr iinv different llinii t liit t nccordi'il it ii v other ivmmi ' nritioner. Mr. Hrown dcclurcil. Dcp it v I'roKcciilor ,1. 1). t'linnniidv. who in liniidlimr Hie (Iiirrixiin ru6. dvcliir- cil "die if n niunlvrer, nol n mnrtvr, uml there in no nciiku in trymir to iiiiikt' her one." i I), M. Sturm, IiiikImiiuI ot Hie woniiin .VHkh (liirriiion cunfeHMcd hIu noiMuneil nl luncheon TiickiIiiv. will be Inwen frum here to tlkiinoL'iin. Witnh.. flier n eliuri'e of ulidiicliiiir Mikk (lur riaoii. Hhenlf II. K. Stiirk of tlkuno en ii ooiitit v decliireil. Mica tiuri-ixon nit oil Sturrn ut OkuiioKiin. it wuk churuei. PARIS. March 22. Miirslml Foe wiih iisked vehtordnv if Ilia Hlrntcu'ie aeienco wiih n doctrine thut could be tuiiL'ht or if it wns not rnthcr thnt fnciiltv "lo divine nnd improvise, enll ed iteniim." "Slrntcmn acimme, ' aiud MnrKiini Foch, "aim ho ncmiired, but it in not a ltoiii) of foniiuliiH or n set ol nrin eipU-H. It i a knowledge which the thief miiHt innko part ol hiniBclt ao Hint it will ifiiido nil Inn decision, Thia mental illHciulino enn be cuined bv n kIikIv of hmtorv nnd bv n Html of eoncrcto exnmples. It must lcnv 1 1 to mind of the commander ao open thnt ho acta upon accurate in forum tion nnd not on preconceived ideas nnd hvnolhesis. Hut the moat hnl Hunt nuiililies of ihtolliironre are nolh inir without tho will to linderKliind "The in tie won is the buttle in which ono rt-fiiKcs to admit one's self beuten. but tho nrmv is to tho clue whiit the sword is to the aoldiers. II vuluo lies in the linnd thnt wields it, LEGISLATORS CALL SENATOR REED'SBLUF! JKFl-'KHSON flTY. Mo.. Muroh 2: Fifty democrnlie members o the Missouri lciriHlnturo huvo ottered l rnslen if Seniitor Jnines A. Rood, cleill oeritt, from Missouri, would rcsieu from the United States senate, i iouislutors then propose to run for re-election ns tliov sitirccst Keed should do, to force n popular vote in Missouri on tho loniruc of nations. THER E TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT LONDON, Mnrch 21. Another en tru fur the r().ll(IO prir.o of oral hv tho Duilv Muil for tho first fliuht neros slho Atltintiu was made lodnv in llio bohnli; of Mnjor C. P. Wood, pi lot, and Cuptnin C. C. Wvlie, naviuu tor. They proposo to hinko t ho nt tomiit in an nirpliine of 375 hnrse- nnwer. iiniinlile of a speed of df miles nn hour when oiiiTvms! n wuiifltf. of 21)32 poutida. ;. SWISS PROPOSE AMENDMENT TO NAIION'SLEAGUE Safeuuardlnu of Monroe Doctrine Would Result From Adoption- Other Charlies Provide for Use of Force Only. In Case of Necessity After Economic Pressure Applied. I'ARIS. March 22. In connection wflh the Ivnuue of tuitions eoniiniK sion session to consider the various niiienihnents to the Iciiitue'a covenant which have been proposed, the text of the umendment proposed hv the Swiss delcKiition to tho conference of neu ritis, was uiven out this murium;. It rends: This covenant shell not be inter preted ns coiitiiiiiim niivthifiir eon rnrtf lo the sovereiunlv of stales ck cut insofiir as the stale itself, hv nd- hcriiii; to the eovenitnt, slmll consent and the covennnt itself shull not in crl'ere with the internal nlfuire ol anv of ils meinbers." While the amendment does not men ion the Monroe doctrine it in under stood to npplv to it. . Some of the members of the I mted Mutes dele eiitinii are inclined to accent nn amendment nn such lines, feeling that it would meet the demand of the unit ed Stales for some declaration in the spirit of the Monroe doctrine. Vho of Force Limited PARIS. March 22. (Ilavns. Di.li.triitcs to the conference of neil nils devoted eoilsideniblo tunc lodnv o the discussion of nrticles of the lenuMic of nations covennnt which pro vided for coercive measures utrainst state hreiikun: relations with the eiiLiie without siitimittini; its irnev- ani'CH to the executive bodv of the league. Amendments wero proposed stiimliitiiii! Hint force mielit be used onlv in case of necessity, that i liuhl he hroiiuht to bear onlv nl erononiie ..urusMure , hild - bin-n insnf ficient unir Unit siniill stales inielit decline lo take warlike Steps. Lord Robert Cecil, who presided, said if the small states wero allowed lo refrain I com militnrv netion. the forces of oilier stales would bo piven permission to pass over their terntor- l'revier VcnUelos of Greece dcclnr ed incideiitiillv durinir the discussion that ptirolv defensive alliances would be allowed under the leiiirue of nations covenniiL The principle thnt nnnnmcnts slionld be reducod.to n minimum was recoKiiiKod hv tlie eonfercnec. J'oluth Situation PARIS. March 22. Tho council of 10, or supremo wnr council, received iit ils aession todnv n fresh report from the commission on Polish affairs which wns discussed and reserved for examination Inter. It wns of ii chilly announced aft or the close of the session. This will take placo in connection with the siibsciinent fix na of boundaries effecting Germany. The next mcetine of tho council will bo held on Mondav. 1RAL LONDON, March 22. Admiral W. S. Sims was the uuest of the Pilirrims' club nt a dinner Inst nmht and ns n souvenir of the occasion wns present ed wilh n lento block of ouk from Nelson's fhmship Victory, with an in scription on n silver pluto. Sir Harry llritnin presided, and Speaker Low thcr of tho house of commons, pro posed tho henlth of the miest of hon or, this lieinc seconded bv Admiral Sir.Uoslvn Wevmiess. Admiral Sims in n brricf address spoke of the close cn-onorntion which has obtained bo I ween tho two navies nnd ermnrked upon the irrent hospitality oxtonled United Slates naval men by tho Brit' ifcli people. BE SAN FRANCISCO, March 22.- Four men, said bv tho polieo to have admitted thov nro liusinn Bolshovists, wero arrested hero in n raid on n hall in tho down town section, Thev envo t ion' names as Andrew uooriroritt, Her Mnnossohn, Pavel Melnieoff nnd Paul kovnl . Tho polieo said thev would nsk the federal nnlhorilies to deport tho pris oners. Tliov tire boimr hold on vn crnucv chafes. v GE! TO E LANDING OE POLES U DANZIG COI'KN'IIAOKK. March '22. Herlin newspapi-rs protest in ulroiitf fitrtiift llliiilisl till, reitort- ed proposals of II lie allied su- J prcmo council lo wive Poland u y corridor throtn.'li Germunv to the llnltic. , ' , ' The Zfil unir Am Miltuirsnvs it is certain that Itn attempt to land Polish troops at Dnnzir tvould be opposed bv militnrv force. Thcoilor Wolff writing in file Tuueblutt. sava that if the Innd imr of Polish troops cannot be ,p,vi.titi,il- no fli-rninn ili-leL.nleK should eo to. the pence confer-' ence. fiermiiiipi declares that no Geminn irovernment would siun f u pence treatv coniinin the re f ported conditions. JEERS OF PARIS COUNCIL- OF TEN PARIS. March 22. The meeline of the supreme council of 10 vestordnv was taken up in lanrc part with dis cussion of pence conference comment in the French newspapers, nceordini! to the Paris press this niominir. 1 his is the third t Jiic thar the conference has started on tho warpath nirninst the press. snvs' M. Saint Price, in Le Jonrnal'who adds thut it has nl rcadv been remarked thut these fits of temper are never symptoinutic o favorable developments. The failure of the council to reucli a decision re eurdinir Poland nnd tliBCsendin-' of a eommisison lo tho Orient are the ub ieets of eritic(sm ir " -momma's ncwsDitpers toircthcr with, what the L'llumanite calls the eonferenee's lack of method, a duilv itrowini; con fusion. I Tho Pertjcnn article in the Echo de Paris appeared with a lona . blniw simee mnrrinir its flow, under the hendine of "The Council pf Ten." whilo in the Excelsior there. was an other lonir white space, i The Petit Journal which was form erl edited bv Stephen Pichon bow the forciun minister wurns. the public nt'irnst optimistic forecasts of the cnrlv siuninf of pence, while the Fiirnro follows Colonel E. It. House's stntement rcmirdinc the possibilitv of tho siimimr of pence in three weeks with the remark, "what a benutiful dream." ' " . . . EGI 1 ' IXXXOON, Mar. 22. The first tri umphal march on a large scale ot British troops which fought In "France nnd Belgium occurred in Lon don today. Fourteen battalions or the guards, representatives of nil units of Great Britain's crack corps accompanied by their bands, proceed. ed from their barracks to Bucking bam pnlaco where thoy were review ed by King (ieorge. The line of mnrch then led thru to the main stroots ot the city. , Despite the gray skies of tho day areat crowds assembled to cheer the men, many of whom belonged to tne "Old Contemptibles" and had toight rrom August, 1914. until the signing ot the armistice.. Tho procession was led by the Earl ot Cavan, :tho rirst commander ot the guards In division with his start, which included tho Prince ot Wales, The city was daily decorated and the troops received a tremendously en thusiastic reception, . OLD OF FA! SALEM, Ore., Mar. 22. Governor Olcott today reappointed J. E. Reyn olds of La Grando, and W. II. Savage, ot CorvnIUs, to membership on the stnte talr board. Reynolds recently wns olected chairman ot tho tjoard. The torma expired Maroh 14 anu they wero reappointed today to.servo until March 14, 1923. Other, members of tho board aro J. D. Farroll of Port land; M. L. Jones of Salem, and A. C. Murstors ot Uosoburg. POE MACK EY OUSTED FROM CONTROL POSIALCOMPANY Burleson Removes President. General Counssl. Serretarv. Board of Direc fort and Owners From All Duties Appertain to Control and Oper ation of Telegraph and Cable Lines WASHINGTON. Mar.' 22. Clar ence H. .MocKay, presioeni oi iii I'oatal Telegraph and Cable company was removed today by Postmaster General Ilurleson. The postmaater-xenerol Issued an order relieving besides Mr. Mackay W. W. Cook, general counsel; Wil liam Decan, secretary and the board of trustees or directors, and the own era of the Mackay company-operating the Postal systems from all duties ap pertaining to control and operation of services under government control. A. K. Adams, president of the an- sqs City Home Telephone company, and a member of the telegraph and telephone board was appointed by the postmaster-general to supersede the Postal officials In tbe management of the systems. Mr. Adams present ed the order today to Degan and Im mediately took over control. The order removing Postal ofric iala la the result of persistent opposi tion on the part of Mackay and his subordinates to federal control of telegraph: and cable companies and refusal to cooperate with the govern ment) , : Mackay appealed to the courts to resist federal control and has claimed from the first that the control was in the interest ot rival concerns and de signed to ruin the Postal Telegraph & Cable company. NOTABLE FLIGHT LONDON'S Mar. 22. (Router's). The Hrst account'ts now officially published of a remarkable long dis tance flight over the North sea, which was performed by a British non-rigid airship, the V. S.-ll during the paat few days. Tho voyage took the form of a circuit, embracing the coast of Denmark; Schleswig-Hol- steln, Helgoland, North Germany and Holland. The trip was characterized by extremely unfavorable weather and therefore it ranks as the most notable flight ever undertaken. The total length of the round trip was 12S5 air miles and the time taken was about forty and a halt hours. , CLEMENCEAU NEVER OFFERED TO RESIGN PARIS. March 22. Replvimr to a oucstion rennrdinsr the correctness of thq report published eurlv this week that lie, hud ottered president roin care his resignation because of ones turns relative to the Rhine nnd Aus tria. Premier Clenieneenu said vester- day; "There is not ono word of truth in the whole storv. OREGON AERO CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED ' PORTLAND, March 22. Oregon soon will have an aero club composed ot men who have done real riying in the army service, according to plans announced today by a group ot men who mot yesterday with the Rose Festival association.. Definite 'plans tor the tormation ot such nn organi zation Will bo perfected next Tuesday It was said. The Rose tostivitles committee is planning to designate a landing place in this city to-airplanes to visit Portland during the festival. UPTON COMING TO AMERICA TO RESUME YACHT RACING i MARBLE HEAD. Muss. March 22 A- cnlileurnm wis received bv the Corinthinn'Yneh ohib vesterdnv from Sir TiiouiiiR Lipton stntintr thnt he wns isniliiiir on thevAnuitnnin. nnd would reach the United Sttites about March '2(1. where ho wil confer with Ainericnn vnchtsnion nbout tho ro-: sumption ot tho iuternntionnl vtieht Icdcpiai ccccmM nc 01 LUIHL OLUOIUM Ul CONGRESS EXPECTED OF PARIS. March 22. (Bv the Associated Press.) A specinl session of both houses of the American eornrresh probuhiv will " be called to assemble nbout the middle of Mav, the date when President Wilson hopes to return tn Ihft ITnilpil Kliilea It is possible that if the treatv of peace is sufficiently advanced n specinl session of the sennte muv be cnlled even enrlier. The call for n special session may be cabled from Paris. DENVER, Colo., Mar. 22.-rSleet and snow In northern Colorado, Wy oming, westarn 'Colorado, southern Colorado and New Mexico yesterday and last night seriously Interfered with telegraph and telephone commu nication in the inter-mountain region and disrupted train schedules. The Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone company announced Its wires were down thru Wyoming and northern Colorado and Western Union messages to the storm-swept territory were relayed by a circuitous route "and accepted only Bubject to uncertain delay. Messages to the telephone company said there was a heavy snow In southern Colorado and. New Mexico; snowslldes blocked the Denver & Rio Grande lines In the Grand Canyon ot Colorado and the storm to. the .south caused a several hours' delay to trains on the Atch lson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Telephone company officials said it would take several hours to restore service to normal and the Denver & Rio Grande blockade was said to be such as to mean a 24-hour tie-up. BY ALLIED FORCES VLADIVOSTOK. Siberia. Mnrch 19. (Bv the Canadian Press.) The ever irrowimr uneasiness in Siberia taken bv allied officials ns an in dication thnt a revolution will Start 'shortly." The ultm-renetionary party is nsine repressive measures which arouse bitter feelhur anions the rndi culs and peasants nnd serve to fan the flame already kindled. - A meetins between Semienov and Kulminkov. Cosnek leaders, nt Po- ?rnnitzsn. is believed to forbode fur ther trouble. The senernl rnmpr is thnt interested parties ihcludimr some who are not Russiuns. arc trying to precipitate a political crisis. . The allied commanders here arc prepnrina to defend life and property, without taking anv active part in any political movement. ' JAPS TRYING TO BUY WASHINGTON. March 22. As a result of lelcurams from Senator Phe liui of California, civina information of a proposal bv Japanese interests to acquire a lnrsre tract of lund in Lower California owned bv Ameri cans, the stnte department has called the attention of the bwnins corpora tion, the Cnlifornia-Mexienn Lnnd company of Los Amreles. to tho atti tude of the United Stntcs ooverninent toward such sales of propertv which might be used -for military or naval purposes. BRITISH ADMIT OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS TO COMMONS LONDON. March 22. A limited number of overseas press correspond onts are lit last to bo admitted into the lobby of the house of commons, one representative ench from Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zea land and India boinsr tilowed the snme privileges ns already possessed by the Icudin: English uauors. ACCUSEMAYOR OFLOSANGELES OF CORRUPTION Indictment Issued for Mayor Wood man Charaina Him With Acceotlnu Gambler's Bribe Pleads Not Guil ty and Declares It Political Effort to Discredii Him. LOS ANOKLES, Calif.. Mnrch 22. Mayor Frederick T. Woodman en tered a pica of not uiiiltv todnv when arraigned before Judge Clavin C'riuir , in the superior court here on an in indictment returned vestcrdav bv tho irnnd jnrv charsrins him with nskinir. agreeing to receive nnd receiving a bribe. John D. Fredericks, attorney for Mr. Woodman, nsked the court to fix nn early date for-tho trial of tho case, saving it should be conclnded several days before the primary elec tion to be held Slav 0. as Mr. Wood man is a candidate for re-election and will be on the primary ballots. Charles W. Fricke. depntv district attorney, appearing at the arraign ment, said he was not entirely familiar with the ease and asked .that he be given time to confer with Thomas Lee Woolwine. district attorney before tho date of trial was set., The court said he would set the case for trial next Monday. , - LOS ANGELES, Mar. 22. Mayo Frederic T. Woodman, Indicted yeh ; terday by the grand jury on a charge of "asking, receiving and agreeing to receive a bribe" returned to Los An geles late last night from a little re sort hotel near Carplnteiia, where he was spending the week-end when, the indictment was returned. 'He imme diately presented himself for the serving of the warrant based.; on-the Indictment, and gave bond In the sum of S 10,000 fof his appearance to answer. -v -'" The mayor Issued a brief, state ment early today alleging that the indictment was a political Job intend ed to influence the outcome of the mayoralty campaign now just begin ning. The mayor took out his peti tions for re-election only a few days ago. ' . ' '; 1 ": - , Gambling Bribe , . The indictment returned yesterday charged, in brief, that the mayor had agreed to accept, thru a former news paper man as intermediary, the sum of S25.000 in monthly Installments ot $2,500 each ror permitting certain negroes to operate gambling houses, "blind pigs" and other Immoral re sorts.". . : . .. . ' ... . It was further alleged that he had actually accepted 12000 of the first ' payment. . , ,. .' ' Two negroes, George S. Brown and George Henderson, were indicted in connection with the same charges; Brown was recently held under In-' dictment charged with attempting to' influence a witness before the grand JurV and Henderson was Indicted yes terday for giving and offering the al-. leged bribe to .Mayor Woodman. .Both are In jail in default of S10.000 bond each. Indictment a Habit The indictment of Mayor Frederick T. Woodman is not the first case of an occupant of the mayor's chuir in Los Angeles being the sub.iect of a grand jury inquiry. . ' ! Mayor Woodman's immediate pre decessor was Charles E. Sebastian. who was for many years a policeman here, rising from the ranks to be chief of pohee. When chief of police in 1915 Sebastian was nominated for mayor, nnd following his nomination was indicted on a charge of contrib pting to the delinquency of a foranlo minor, was tried nnd acquitted within a week of his eloction, after a lone drawn out nnd bitterly contested trial beforo a jury. . . .. ' Mayor A. 0.' Harper's administra tion was subjected to grand iurv in vestigation following chnrgos mado by Charles Lee Woolwine, then a deputy city prosecutor in the oitv courts, that the municipal government wns honeycombed with corruption. Mi Woolwine. now district attorney, is the chief factor in the prcsont prosecutions. Threats of indictment, were made ngoinst Mr. Harper nnd he resigned from office but wns not subjected to prosecution. PASSPORT REFUSED TO - SINN FEIN AGITATOR DUBLIN. Mnrch 23. (Rv tho As soeinted Press.) Father O'Flanngiin, of Roscommon, vice president of tho Sinn Fein society, hns been notified thnt the British; foreign- office hns declined to isstio passports for him to proceed, to the Xlnited States. It was tho purposo of Father O'Fliinn L'un to go to tho United Status on be half ot tho Sinn Femurs. . . ,