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Me dford Mail Tlie Weather Maximum yesterday 52 Minimum (oclny :tn Predictions Haiti or snow tomorrow. Dally Fourteenth Tew, Forty-ninth Tear. NO. 250 MEDFORD, OHKtiON", SATIKDA Y, .J AN T AK'V L'l. 1!)'0 LJMJDUlllli PROFITEERS THAN REDS "Jail Bars for Profit Hoas" Is Sena tor Capper's Suquestion Pulilic Being Sanduaqqed bv Manufactur ers in Every Line of Industry Charge $100 for Suit in Which Wool Costs $7.37 Shoes Go Un While Leather Trust Cuts Melon. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-,l;iil liars lor profiteers was uriri'd liv Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, in an address todnv in the senate. Profiteers, he said, are more danger ous than "reds." Advocating legis lation bv conirress to ourb profiteer ins. Senator Capper saiil the people eould help themselves too, if they would orirnnizo to "boycott the profit hogs" bv rofnsinir to buv iroods of fered uf. , extortionate prices. The Kansas senator declared there eould be no doubt that the "ireneral public is being siindbatRred" in view of profits reported bv large manufac turing corporations and the rise in value of their securities. He cited figures regarding the American Woolen company, the Central Leather company, the Crucible Steel company, the United States Slctel Steel cor poration and others. Suit in Woo! $7,117 liefcrrin? to increased prices of clothing, Sonator Cupper rend a tele gram from the National Wool drov ers' association stating that the wool in a suit of clothes selling for $100 costs only $7.:i". "A fifty per cent increase in the price of shoes bv next summer is pre dicted bv the president of Ihe Na tional Shoe Travelers' association," continued M!r. Capper. "The dav this prediction 'appeared, annthpr extra, divident was declared bv the Central I.cnlhor company. While the people contemplate going barefoot, the leath er Irust walks on velvet made thick er. A year ago it was the war de mand for . leather that mudu shoes high. Now it seems to be the pen'e demand, for velvet. Gouging? in Sugar "Just now Ihe greatest 'get rich ouick' game in America is gouging in sugar. The increase in the price of sugar will add a billion dollars to the burdens now being borne bv the American people. "We have .1.000.0011 homeless people in (he I'nited States as a result of Ihe melon cutting in lumber. There has been and is a shameless profi teering in that industry. "The market price of the fanners' livestock has declined nearly "ill per cent, bringing manv- fanners to Ihe verge of bankruptcy,, but Ihe high prices the consumer pavs lor meal are virtually . unchanged. Mine Owners Itich "The income' lux-returns prove Hi,1 imne operators get excessive profit-. "All Ihe limitations 1 have referred lo conspire to prove that it is pro filcering in the great industrial cor porations that has siindbangged Ihe public rather than bv merchants who deal directly wilh the consumer. No doubt there is price gouging bv some 'of the retailers, hut it is the price of goods when thev leave the factory to which the administration's best at tention should be first directed." . Irrigation .Notice Tho directors of tho Medford Irrigation District announce that all postal cards received after Thursday, January 29. , relative to the Welch project will be disregarded. "LEAGUE OF NATIONS H00D0'. WILL GET ME NEXT," SAYS PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE PARIS, Jan. 24. 111 fortune has attended statesmen Intimately asso ciated with the framing of the treaty of Versailles In the opinion of Pre mier David Lloyd George of Great llritain, according to a newspaper article published here. Sir. Lloyd George was so convinced Georges Clemenceau Would he the next president of the French republic that he considered the race over. Therefore when he heard of the elec tion of Paul Deschanel as president he could not refrain from expressing his astonishment. "Who could have expected such a L DEBATE NKW YOltK, Jan. M James W. Conml, former ambassador to (iermany, whose name was filed as a democratic eaudidaie Tor president at the Small Da kota primaries, has accepted Ihe challenge of Ceoige O. Monroe of Chicago, aa independent can didalo for u joint debate on tho presidential issues. The chal lenge was made and accepted in compliance with South Dakota laws. The debate will be held at Sioux Kalis, March 2. Mr. lier ard aaaoaaeed. 5 t ! ! WILL MEET AGAIN PAK1S, Jan. 24. Conferences be tween premiers of Creat llritain, France and Italy will be held before the next mova in the proceedings to- extradite former Emperor AVIlliam from Holland is decided upon, ac cording to information given to the Associated Press by the French for eign office. Whether tho next de mand for surrender will be directed to The Hague or lierlin will be the main subject to bo determined. The next meeting will bo held in London but as no date has been fixed and the matter cannot be left pend ing a long time the foreign office ex pressed the opinion that tiie question might be settled thru diplomatic channels between Koine, Paris and London. AMIiltONGKN, Friday, Jan. 23. "ormcr Hmpcror William of (ier many was not surprised by the for mal refusal of the Dutch government, to comply with the allied demand for his surrender, it was declared today at Ilenlinck easlle, where the ex-ruler makes his home. News of the decis ion was first communicated to the castle by the Associated 1'ress corres pondent here. A refusal of extradition has been expected from the first, the corres pondent was told, but tho castle's residents had never been officially in formed that such a decision had been or would be reached. P.ITlAl'KST. Jan. '' I. Czecho slovakia and Ihe Austrian republic have formed an alliance agaiul Hungary, according to a news agency report published here. It is said the agreement reached bv Chancellor b'enncr al Prague, provides that Aus tria shall undertake no measures looking lo an increase in her military establishment without submitting them to Czecho-Slovakia for approval ami that in Ihe event of war bclwocn the Czechs anil Hungary. Austria shall supply munitions and material only to the former. In addition, it i- said. Czecho-Slo-vakia has agreed to furnish troops to aid Austria in securing Herman sections of western Hungary. reversal of form?" he ejaculated I when the result was announced. In conversation with a member of jthe chamber of deputies, the Uritish ; premier Is said to have expressed an ! opinion that the peace treaty was hard luck for anyone having had a hand in It. "Yes," the deputy Is quoted as re plying, "Premier Orlando is out of office. Premier Clemenceau is again in private life and President Wilson has met wilh reverses In Washington. Only you have been spared." "Yes, and in less than six months it will be my turn," is the reply at tributed to the British leader. BIGGEST MAN SHIP GRAFT IS INDICTED Captain John F. Blaine. Seattle. Ar rested On Charue of Receiving Se cret Commissions Totalling, Aii proximatelv S 1 7.500 Biqncst Man In Government Shiuhuildinq 0 Dera tions Declares Assist. Attv General Schlesinticr Charae Denied. SKATTI.K. Jan. 'Jl.-More evi dence of alleged irregularities in the bundling of niouev Ihe government paid In carry oat its huge wartime shipbuilding program in tin; Pacific northwest will be presented here next week lo a 1'eilorul grand iurv which veslerilav indicted I'aplain John i' llluin. Seattle, former Northern Pa cific district manager of Ihe emer gency fled corporation, according lo ISci't Schlesinger, special assistant Tniled States attorney general. Mr. Schlesinger. who presented the grand iurv wilh the evidence on which the indictments of Captain Maine were based left ut niiilnighl for San Francisco, his home, lie declared be would return to Scuttle in a few duvs. Mr. Schlesinger will handle Ihe pros ecution of Ihe eases when tbcv come lo trial. "In the indictment of Captain Hlaine we have produced evidence of irregularities against the biggest man in Ihe eovornmcnt's shipbuilding op erations in the Pacific Northwest," .Mil. Schlesinger said. Several oilier indictments should follow in the near future, according lo Walter C. Foster, special agent of the department of justice, who has bcen here two months checking Ore gon and Washington shipyard ne comrts. Secret Commissions Captain lllaine. who was charge. I in the indictments with nccopling se cret commissions on sales made lo Ihe emergency licet corponiliou while he was manager, will be arrai'"ied here Momiav. lie was arrested ves. Icrdav and released on $10,1100 cash bail. The secret commissions, it wni charged, totalled approximately .$17. 7."0. "Well, wouldn't that make your hair 4 urn gray?" Caplain lilaine said when a deputy Tailed Slales marshal hand ed him Ihe warrant for bis arrest ves lerilav. Caplain lilaine lalcr declin ed lo make a statement bill promised he niighl have something lo suv later. 'Ihe indictments relumed againsl Captain lllaine charged thai he re ceived 1 T.T-'iO from the Steward Huvil and Kuuipmcut enrporalioii. New York, in secret commissions, ho- I wi ii Scplcmhcr 'Jti, 1017, and April 10. 1010. Ihe eonimisisiins, Ihe in dictments charged, were sent lo Frank Tregoning. Scat He, who gov I hem lo Mi s. (I. . !,.vi.r. lilnine'.-. inolhcr-iu-law. who later gave Ihcm to liliiine. 'The indicliiienls couloin a list uf deals and amounts which il is charged were received bv lilaine on Ihe dates mentioned. . 'harne Is Denied NKW YORK. Jan. :I.-Tha Slew aid David and Knuipmenl corpora tion denied today that it had given illegal commissions to Caplain John r. lilaine on purchases in behalf Ihe emergency fleet corporation. charged in indiclmculs returned againsl him at Seattle vcslcrduv. On June 1, 1017," said the cor- poratiou s statement, "Captain Maine discontinued his agency for the Steward corporation and beeauic district manager of Ihe fleet corpor ation for the North Pacific coasl. During bis connection with the fleet corporation, the Steward corpora tion paid him no commissions c.xccpt intr a trifling amount earned prior It, his leaving Ihe Steward corporation." FOR FLU PATIENTS NKW YOltK, Jan. 24. Plans to expedite issuance of permits to reput able druggists to sell Honor are under way to assure a Rupply of whiskey for Influenza and pneumonia patients, shculd the epidemic continue to grow, James fihnvlln, assistant super vising federal prohibition agent, an nounced here today. The druggists will sell llipior only on a physician's prescription and Ihe minimum bond of 1000 which they put up will represent a fine if they violate the law. STARTS MOD SLINGING iPAH 4 WASHINGTON. Jim. "J !. ( luiri-'iiiir thttl I It -pIm-i I I loowr v;is 'Nine of the 'jo-lid wrens til' Colonel House jin.i nicrulitTs hi-Ji in the (iritisli uovrrninent ilimnt: the negotiations pn'tTiliiiy: thn entry uf Ihe Tinted Stntes into tlie wiir," Senator lu'cil, ilenm rrnt. Missouri, hi nn-lieI a vig orous jilfju'k ttnlnv in the sennit' nir-'iiiist what lie rh:ir;o'crizeI as Mr. IlnoverV "--elf promoleil boom for presrtleiil ." Senator Kectl saul Mr. Hoover was so rinse to llie Briti-h jj-ov-ernnient that "lie eonsl il utetl a convenient eonedimr link," and clinl!ent:ei nnv riiemher of the senate who tlmihteti his slate nient In iiitmtliicc a resolution of investigation. ARE FOR HOOVER IINNKAPOI.IS. Minn. A -Hoover for President'' boom was hiunrhet here tothiv by a temporary organiza tion of several Minneaindis business men, formed here IhM niuht. The t lianizalioii plans to push Herbert Hoover for the republican nomination for pres. dent. K K W Y Hi K. The New York World, in ils leading editorial today declared for Herbert C. Hoover IW president. 'V should he irlad to support Mr. Hoover us the democratic candidate for president," the qdilorial saitl, "on a platform that represented the his torical principles of the democratic party. We should be lilad to sup port h i in as an independent candi date on a platform of progressive lib eralism. We should nut hesitate t'o support him as Ihe republican can didate on a platform represent iter thv' kind of government which Hoover has exemplified in his public career.'' The World declared partisan ob jections lo Hoover are arguments in his favor, addimr: "The American people are tired of" professional politicians and disgust ed wilh parlv polities. The old party lines have been broken down and in respect to principles bolh parties are bankrupt.' Vlostof the president ial candidate of both parlies, the World snvs, "are so inadeciuate in view of Ihe issues that Ihe next president must meet, 'hat their aspirations are little nIioiI nf ridiculous. Of nil be men wlioe names have been mention -id, the World believes Hoover alotie measures ni to the presidency in the fullest "m'Msc." FOOD RELIEF FOR WASHINGTON. .Ian. 2. ()pprfit lion to the pn.'poKcd $ I .",0,0110,000 food relict' loan to AuHlria, I'oland and Armenia ami to tin appropriation of $ 1 .000,000 for additional army afrplanen was exprnasert in tho house tc-day by Uepresentat ivo Mondelt, the lepublican leader, who replied to charges by Representative. Kitchin of North Carolina, former democratic leader, that the repuhlican steerinK tommltfee had blocked the relief bill before tho ways and moaiiH commit tee. Careful consideration nhould be Riven 'hef(,'re takiiiK the moneys of iho people to provido funds for Kur opef" Mr. MondeM said, adding 'that not all the sob stories about Kurope Were to be believed. KcferrinK to his opptidtion to the aeroplane appropriation, the republi can leader said soino one had said Creat llritain was expending Im'iO, OOO.ooo on her air B.-rvice. "If Kngland can do that.' he s;id. "then a resolution ought to be paswed by congress cc-mpclling her to pay In terest on her debt to the United States." Uepresentat ive Garner, democrat, 7'exas, suggested a loan of $."0,000. 000 to Kurope. This amount would represent only tho profits of the grain corpcration he Paid, adding that "it is only due the people from whom it was made." ULTIMATUM IS DELIVERED By SENATORS Johnson. Borah et al Serve Nntics Tliev Wont Aiirce to Anv Modifi cation of So-Called Lotltie Reser vations C.aim Enmiuli Snnnort In Kill Treaty Entirclv If Tbrt'at to Quit Partv Is Disrctiar'fcd Con ference With Democrats Called Off. WASHINGTON, .la:;. L !-Republican senators met in informal caucus fcoday lo consider procedure with the peace treaty in view of the protests against further compromise made yesterday by' the eight republicans headed by Senators Johnson of Call tornia and Horah of Idaho. In order that the republican conference might proceed freely. Senator Lodge, the republican leader cancelled the nieet- iim planned with the democratic committee, headed by Senator Hitch cock, to discuss compromise reserva Hons. Mr. Lodge called a number of republicans, including those of tho "mild reservation" group to his office to consider tlio situation presented by tlie threat eneii defection of tho .lohnson-Dnrah group. After the conference. Senator Lodge announced that his informal; commit tec on compromise would 1 meet with Ihe democratic committee again on Monday. There were indi cations that the cancellation of to day's bi-partisan conference was merely to give Senator Lodge time to consult, wilh the rank and lilo of re publican senators. The eight republicans headed by Senators Johnson nud 'horah had served notice thai they positively will not. agree to any modification of the so-called Lodge reservations as pro posed, with a threatened split in Ihe party's solidarity as the all:u-nallvo. In this altitude they claimed to have the Kiipport of thirty other senators, enough to defeat ratification of the t rcaly if presented wilh Ihe Lodge reservations compromised. VOIE MONEY TO NOT PROTECT NAVY WASIIINIITON. -Inn. 'J I. - llv margin id' one vole the house nppr print ions eoiniiiiltce today refused to include in the deficiency anpropria tion bill a land of . 1I,(M)U,(MI0 asked bv the naw deparlmcnl for repairs to -hips. Naval officials had informed Ihe coiuuiitlce that unless Ihe money was made available necessary repairs tit inuriv capital ships and desl rovers could n! be made and that. 1'2.!HH) navy yard empl'tves would have to be discharged next month. To increase the number of guards at government bonded warehouses where vhikcv is stored, the commit tee iii'-reascd . 1,0(10.01(0 or half thn amount asked bv the internal revenue bureau. A like sum was included loi immigration service uc in deporlinv. radicals and rcLMilufintr lunnnrrn t ion. Itesides I he direct appropria I ion -i Ihe commitlcc authorized expenditure of 111.2011.0(10 of unexpended war de partment balances,- to hi' used in building storage houses nnd for re newing the Wahini:ton-Alaska mili tary cable system. in n. y. NKW YOltK. Jan. 21. The nknln inn of a huiifi flying roiitlli!, prolialily thn Iiirucsl flying rrciilurn thai ever fXlfftiMl, whlfh in ItH ii:-histiiric lny wan uk wldii-raiiKlnK an on-an trav eler an a modern seaplane. Iihh been placed on exhibition at the American Mimeum of Natural History, it wan announced today. .Study of the me chanlm of the creature'H flight, which in planner! by B'JentiHts, may throw light on Ihe practical problems of aeronaut lis, it irv declared. The clumpy, toothless animal a pteranodon which flourished In the age of reptiles, many million!) of. Y.M.C. A. CRITICISM DUE liKNKCIA. ('a!., .tan. Crilici-m id' Ihe V. M. t. A. w ork overseas w.-n tine lar-jclv to a iiiiMtnder-taudiirj til the difficulties antler which I In or iinni.atitui conducted its post cxrhunires. (Jcncral John .1. I'cohiiii: said in an address here lodav to citizens of Itenecia. "I have a IVclinir of the deep-e-l -ratilutle for the V. M, ('. A.." said Ihe genera I. lie inpccted Ihe irovernment arenal here before colli iniiimr his journey to San Kram-isco. .; -J. t i 4 $ ' "ri iim nrnnnTrn in rLU KtfUKItUIN KLAMATH FALLS IS OF -MILD VARIETY I'OltTI.ANI). Jan. 21. Kight cases of Influenza were listed on board of health reports in Portland today, two having developed In Ihe last twenty lour hours. None of tho cases were serious, it was said. Iteports from Yankton, five miles from St. Helens, slate there wero thirty casus there, mostly among chll- A number of cases were said to be developing in Klamath Kulls. C'HICAllO, Jan. 21 Influenza and pneumonia continued lo spread in Chicago today at tho rate of mora than 21)00 new cases every 21 hourH. The hlghuHt death rale for any 21 hours since, tho epidemic began was reported. There wero 2.MJ new cases and 101 deaths. At the (Ireat Lakes naval training station total deaths reached IS and tho total number of eases tOIM. Industrial establishments today re ported their working forces had been depleted leu per cent by the epidemic. NKW YOltK, Jan. 21. A lolal or 2:ilil new infliien.a cases was report ed In the city loday as compared to i:i:(2 yesterday. Thlrty-lhrec deaths, t.T ten more than yesterday wero re ported from this cause. Pneumonia cases numbered, Illll, wilh II deaths. Yesterday's figures wero loll cases anil Ml deal lis. SAN I'ltANCIKCO, Jan. 21. Cali fornia is not preparing for any gen eral Influenza epidemic, and none Is expected all ho I hero may be an fn creaso In Iho number of cases. Dr. (lonrgo 10. lObrighl, prosldcnl or the state board of health announced here twlay. "The hospitals are taking no un usual measures," Dr. Hlirighf, 'said. "The number of pneumonia ciisc&' is about normal for this season . of 'the year mid I here has been but a slight increase in influenza eases. The country was well liurued over, by tho epidemic of last year ami ns-A result the general immunity has been strengthened and Increased. "We are ready for tho epidemic if It comes but we do not expect.lt. Tim less said iibout il, tho bellur." years ago, had u wing spread of Hi loot from tip lo Hp, but because of Ils curious dimensions may not have been us heavy as a modern condor which sometimes attains a Ill-font spread. It was nearly all wings' and head, wilh a small body, slender hind legs, and a men; slump of a tall. The specimen was found by Handel T. 'Mania, curator or the geological museum of Kansas university in the cretaceous chalk hods of the Smoky Hill river tif western Kansas. It is lielieved to be thu only mounted spec linen or a pteranodon in any Amer ican museum. WOMEN BEHAVE LIKE HEROES WHEN OCEAN LINER IS WRECKED Al SEA NKW YOIIK, Jan. 1 1. llriipjinir salelv back lo port Ihe 271 passen gers of the disabled transport Pow hatan us well us the lust colli indent of American Iroops in France, the transport Norlhern Pacific docked at llohoken lodav. Allliou'.'h Ihev -uflereil from the cold while the leakinsr Powhatan was tossed about a ruuinir. storm swept sea, far off the Novo Seotian coast, the pnsseiigers here bore their (lis comfort without complaint and were rather inclined to treat It as a lurk. The transfer of the pas-emrers, who include 11 women and fcigh TEXAS DEMO. HOPES G.O.P. WHS 1920 Representative Blaiiton Hones Reouli licans Win in I9?0 if Its Imnossilile tii Get Democratic Cabinet Officer Who Stands for Americanism Pconlc Arc Tiretl of Bowina to Gompcrs Declares Fire Eatina Con tircssmaii. WASIIINCTON'. Jan. l I Kmief- iiicnt uf nnli-fcdilion lcL'Wution .w i i,r , ih,. limine rule.s eomtnit- lee todav liv lieoresentalive illiinlon, .1 i Teviis. nnd Jluvcv. demo crat. Ohio. The Texan member vnr orinilv ullncUeil President (iomi'oi el' Hie American Federation ol' l.alior lor hi opposition to such leiiisluiion anil cbari.'eii linn me iiiTen' labor was "honeveoinbed with an archy." , , ,.rt;,, ilml Mr. (dinners hint not been patriotic ilurinir Ihe war. Mr. Illiinlon chnnieil Unit wlien rro vost Marshal General J'rowder is sued Ins "work or iigiu omui i..u labor leader openlv opposed it. de cliirinu' he "would call a Revolution.' Illiiutou. nddeil Hint o.OOll strikes oc curred in Ibis eoiinlrv diirinsr tbo war and tlml at limes President Wilson hud to "compel men to work." "Conirress must either pass n sedi tion law which would soneleli unar eliv or else bear the murk of luivini bowed to (loiupers." M.r. Hluuton said, lie lidded "it is simplv a ques tion of whether, you want to bo re elected." , , , ' Attacks Uilair Dept. Allnckiuir the deiuii'tmeiit of la bor. Itliinlon said be hoped tbo re publicans would he victorious in tho til in I eleelioll "if it m i,,.wll,l i, ribliiin ii ilelnoerntio ealiinel oi rieer who slnnds for Amor-, icanism." . . ,...i,,.. "The republicans will win , nnj .... wnv," ('liiiirmun Canipbell iiitor.iui-l- 7 . "Not if von viiscillalo on Ibis'liiir'J Wepresenliilive Itliinlon retored.' "T''? ,,: people won't slauil for von bowinir ti' dumpers." Iiepresentiilive Davev. who inlro ilneed Altornev (leiiernl I'nlmer'n iiiili-sedition hill last November, told II mini! lee he was a "friend oE labor iinlil it ioins bunds with nn- nrchv." Davev criticised Iho Aineneiin Kederalion of l.ubor for parlleipiition in the Kosloii police strike, but said Mr. (lumpers was the dominant influ ence which stood hel ween orsriinizurt labor and anarcliv. Jackson II. lialslon. attorney for Hie American federal ion of Labor, anil Nnlioniil Popular (lovernnient lea'iue, said a crisis was imminent in ' Ihis country. The dunirer, bo said.' will mil lie from reds or nhnreists. lull Ii Ihe siippressioii of f'rne peeeh. . . . ' "Those who advocate sueli ii bill I'oinct Ibev are Ainerieiins. forgot , even Ihe eonfideiice Ibev sbottbl bnvo, in A.inoricnn tnidil'ons wbiell nro on ,, a real foiindalion." be said., , RETAIL GRO. SECY IS INDICTED FOR LIBEL l'(IIITI.ANl). Ore., Jan. '2-1. Rob ert (I. Duncan, ex-secretarv of retail grocers' oriianizations, and wall known as a trade journal editor, was indicted lor criminal libel bv the Multnomah coiinlv urn ml iurv ves terdav, as the result of a published article' held deramatorv lo tile char acter ol' K. l'oule. ex-secretarv of Hie I'nited Grocers of Oreuon. 'children, was made without incidclit late Thursday. Tlie civilians on the disabled trims I port were praised for their eulmncss I and eouriiae hv the armv officers j who were their fellow nasBimirers. I 'I he pluck of Ihe women was praised iespeeiallv. When the water rose until it floated Ihe engines, outline mil the fires and j leaving the ship without heat or lite ht I with a tempest rngiiii;, tho PHSHengers ' took their discomforts philosophieiil I Iv. Thev seemed to plnco evorv eon ! fidenee in the seamanship of the carj I tain and crew, I
