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MEDFORD, OREGON, TIll'HSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920.
NO. 9
BSffld
EX-SECY 10
ON CARPET
Grand Jury Indicts 4 Men With Con
spiracy to Defraud U. S. A. in Su
preme Court Leak Which Netted
$1,412.50 A. F. Emhry, Former
Secretary to Justice McKenna. J.
H. Graves Ex-assistant Atty. Dent,
of Justice. Two of Four Implicated.
'WASHINGTON, April 1. Indict
ments against lour persons wore re
turned today by the District ot Co
lumbia supreme court grand jury in
vestigating au alleged leak in the
United States supremo court's decis
ion last iNoyember in the Southern
Pacific oil lands case.
Those indicted are Ashton. F. Km
hry, former secretary ot . Associate
Justice aicICenna of the supreme
Coibrt; James Harwood Graves, for
melr assistant attorney in the depart
ment of justice; Darnett 13. Jlooses,
Washington, lawyer, and F. Millard
Malyer, Jr., New York, stock broker.
.The indictments charge the four
meii with conspiracy tc defraud the
United States ot its right of secrecy
surrounding the operations ot the su
preme court prior to public announce
ment of the court's decision. Embry
is' charged In tho grand Jury report
with furnishing a "tip" on the court's
decision whereby the other- defen
dants were able to sell "short" 500
shares cf Southern Pacific stock at a
profit of $1,412.50.
DEL MONTE, Cul., April 1 Golf
"horctics" have iust concluded their
annual "blethcrin' " contest here.
The "blethcrin' " is primarily a cure
for nerves.
The conditions of the competition
are that .the plavcrs and spectators
can dance, veil, sing nnd do anything
except actually touch the plavcr'or
his ball. It was first tried at Del
Monte lust season.
In some sections the introduction
of noise and rooting on the golf links
lias been criticised as a bolshevik
movement to assault the honored tra
ditions of the rovnl and ancient pas
time. Flavors and spectators, how
ever, are in favor of the event as a
noveltv feature once a venr nnd it
was accordingly tried on March 20
mid 21 with much success.
Through all thu noise some verv
creditable erolf was displayed. C. A.
Stoneliill'a visiting player from tiler.
coe, III., turned up the winner. George
C'urpenter of Mcdford, Oregon, was
the last to tro out and ho made tho
creditable score of 41 for Hie first
nine. M. A. McLnughlin. Colorado
state champion, lasted until the next
to the last hole.
SALEM, Ore.. April 1. After siv
weeks illness with "sleeping sickness"
J. S. Ilettick, 52, was reported today
by physicians in charge of the slat?
hospital, where Ilettick is isolated, as
showing definite signs of improve
ment. This is the first cac nf
"sleeping sickness" in Salem.
George carpenter
shows good form
mm golf
JAPAN AGREES 10 RETURN KIAO CHAU
BAY 10 CHINA AS AN OPEN PORT
TOKIO, liar. 2. lTnofficial ex
, (flanges between the IChinese and
Japanese In Peking in regard to
Shantung show a gradual entente,
according to advices. They seem to
agree on the following conditions:
1 Kiao Chau Day shall be return
ed (o China and made an open port.
2 Railways shall be a joint enter
prise between Chinese nnd Japanese,
both contributing the same amount
pi capital, the shares lor tho Chinese
3 1). S. BATTLESHIPS
TO RACE FROM GOLDEN
GATE TO SAN DIEGO
SAN D1KCO, Cal.. April 1.
Keen interest Is manifest among
navy men here in tho outcime !
of a full power speed run which
tho superdreadnaughts New !
! -Mexico. Idaho and Mississippi .;.
will make between San Francis-
! co and San Diego next .Monday.
Tlio three ships will line up off
tho Karallone islands and at a
signal from the flagship New
Mexico will race at top speed to
a point off l.a .lolla, a few miles
! north of this port.
: Tito supcrdreaduatiglils are :
I coming hero tu act as au escort !
to tho British battle cruiser Ite-
nown, carrying thu Prince of
i "Wales, who is expected to arrive
next Wednesday morning.
EMJt
MID EIES8 OFF
WASHINGTON, April 3. Tho re
publican leaders' resolution declaring
the state of war between tho United
States and llerniuny at an end was re
ported today by the house foreign
affairs committee' by a strict party
vote, 12 to II.
Illy agreement, with democratic
loaders it will not be brought up in
the house until next Monday.
Republican leaders said the more
important war time acts and powers
which would be repealed autoniotic
ally with passage of the resolution in
cluded: War time prohibition; Level
food and fuel control law with provis
ions against profiteering; espionage
act; selective service law; authoriza
tion for loans of ten billion dollars to
allies; complete control over all ship
pings; authorization for president to
use armed forces to prevent interfer
ence with inter-state or foreign com
merce; licensing the use of explo
sives; authorization of a system or
priority shipments; authorization cf
an employment service in labor de
partments; control over patents; war
housing act; a moratorium protecting
civil rights of men while in the ser
vice, and authorization of an embar
go on imports in the discretion of the
president.
The trading with the enemy act
would be continued until Germany
agrees to provisions of the resolution.
The emergency shipping act, tho
Overman act giving the president
power to distribute executive powers
as he desires, and the act creating the
war finance corporation and the cap
ital Issues committee expire six
months after a declaration of peace.
TAC'OMA. April 1. Seven nllcgo.i
I. W. W. .were found euiltv by a iurv
at South Bend today, according to
word from that citv. The men wen!
charged with violation of the stale
syndicalism law. The inrv was out
nine hours before arriving at n ver
dict. All seven of tlte convicted men
arc aliens, six of them being natives
of Finland and the oilier a 1'ussitm.
The men were arrested in Pucii'u
countv last fall and red cc-' and I.
W. W. literature found in their pos
session at the time was introduced
in evidence against them.
to be paid by the Japanese for the
j time being and become property of
Shantung province.
3 Mining rights shall be disposed
i of in a similar manner. Japan shall
jbe given ttio precedence for develop
ment and transportation of coal and
iron mines, cotton, salt and food
stuffs.
Indirect negotiations are reported
!to have been completed and direct ne
jgotiations will be opened before long-
SOCIALISTS
OUSTED By
LARGE VOTE
5 Socialist Assemhlymen Expelled
from N. Y. Legislature by Vote of
1 16 to 28 Wild Scene Marks Ejec
tion Debate Extends Over 22
Hours No Snecial Election to Fill
Seats Unless Extraordinary Ses
sion of the Legislature is Called.
AI.ISANY, 1X1. Y., April 1. Five so
cialists,' Louis Wuldinnii, August
Claessons, Charles Solomon, Samuel
A. IJewitt and Samuel Orr, all of New
York City, tho entire delegation of
their party in the New York assembly
were expelled from the legislature
today. -
The majorities in favor of unseat
ing the men, suspended oni tho open
ing day of the legislative session on
charges of disloyalty were substan
tial. Voting came after twenty-two
hours of oratory, parliamentary
wrangle and filibustering.
Owing to the fact that the men
were expelled after midnight March
SI, there can be no special olectlons
to fill thoir seats in the assembly un
less nn extraordinary session ot the
legislature is to be convened.
Voting began at 0:3S a. m. today
Louis Waldman, the first yoted on
was expelled, 116 to 2S, August
Claessena, who' was socialist floor
leader, was ousted 110 to 2S. Tho
vole on Charles Solomon, who last
week was arrested In Philadelphia
for alleged disorderly conduct at a
mass meeting ' called to protest
against the ouster proceedings here
was 116 to 28.
The vote in Samuel A. Dewltt's
case was 104 to 40. Samuel Orr also
was expelled.
20 Hour Debate
The debate lasted over twenty
hours and more than forty members
participated. The chamber was crowd
ed with spectators from the time the
assembly convened at 10:30 a. m.
yesterday until long 'after midnight.
M'any of tho visitors remained thru
out the night and heard tho assembly
record its verdict. Luncheon und
supper wero eaten at the desks.
Waldman and Solomon remained
at tho capltol thruout tho delibera
tions. Both appeared to be highly
amused at the proceedings and smiled
frequently. The other three men
under fire were not present.
Tho first chapter of tho story in
tho expulsion of tho socialists was
written January 7 last, the day on
which the legislature convened (or its
regular 1!)20 session. Immediately
after Speaker Sweet had -been re
elected he ordered the five socialist
assemblymen before the bar of the
house, and told them that a resolu
tion to suspend them from participa
tion in tho business of the assembly
pending an investigation of their loy
alty was to bo introduced and that
thoy would bo allowed their "duy in
court."
The resolution waa offered by Ma
jority Leader Adler.
Hearing Started .Tan. "O
Hearings wero begun January 20,
after the judiciary committee had
been appointed and had organized,
with Louis M. Martin, republican of
Oneida, as chairman. A notable ar
ray of attorneys headed by Attorney
General Charles 1). Newton appeared
for the state, while Morris lilllqulst.
Seymour Stedman. Gilbert K. Hoe, S.
John Block, William Karlin and Wal
ter Nellcs appeared for the suspended
assemblymen.
Twenty-four days were consumed
in the hearings. Hy its action the as
semblv established a precedent alto
gether unique in the legislative his
tory of the I nited Slates, as never
before has an entire party delegation
been ejected from any legislative
body.
When the assembly adjourned It
had been In continuous session 23
hours and 40 minuted.
AU!AXY. X. V.. April l.A pro
test niriiinst the expulsion of the five
socialist nsrie-inlilvincn was voiced lv
Lieut. TnlonH Theodore Kooseveit Into
lut nit:lit in hit nuiiricn speech ns u
ninnhpr of the New York nssemh'v.
Hi nnjnment was made in the course
ot the debate on t lie? one-lion of nn--piitinir
the socialist members. Colonel
K'nn-ev It conceded that the nssern-
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FIGHT A BULL THEN
TAKE ON WHITE IN
MKXICAU. Lower ('nhi'ornm.
April 1. Fred Ihito, brother-in-law
ot" Governor Kstahan
Canto, asserted todav that Jnek
Johnson, former world's heavy
weight ehampioii, now here, bad
signed with a syndicate repre
sented by I Into In put in a finish
I'iuht here within ninety dnvs.
Pato said he Would try imme
diately to complete the match
by securintr cither Fred Fulton
or Carl Morris, who is in Ari
zona. In tho meantime Johnson has
arranged to irive, au ONhihition
bull fiuht i" the local arena next
Sunday.
. 4 4
IS DECLARED OFF
CHICAGO, April 1 The strike
which has tied up the Chicago stock
yards for four days and threatened
to close all paekiuir plants here was
settled todav, the men atneeim: to
return to work and arbitrate I heir
wniro differences.
Work will be renamed ut the vard?
tomorrow.
It Euro than 7.000 packing house em
ployes wero thrown out of work when
feeders and stock handlers at tho
yards unit.
CHICAGO. April 1. More packing
house employes were forced out of
work here today as federal mediators
tried to reach some agreement with
900 striking stock handlers ot the
stock yards company. No more cat
tle are being received and the pack
ing plants are working on stock
slaughtered before the strike.
Fresh meat prices are rising sharp
ly. Pork loins at 38 cents a pound
wholesale are up five cents. Lard
and other provisions are advancing.
Chicago wholesale and retail butch
ers aro ordering beef and pork from
St. Paul nnd Cincinnati puckers an
unprecedented occurrence.
Other packing centers are prepared
to take up the work ut providing the
country with meat and all livestock
shipments aro headed for these cen
ters, diverted from Chicago. There
were no receipts and no quotations on
livestock here today.
T
The Toinlin I!ox company is build
ing n 7-foot band mill in connection
with its box factory which will have
a capacity of 'J0.000 feet everv 8
hour shift. This band mill will be de
voted to the cuttinir nf lumber and
will be readv for operation bv June
1. Mr. Toinlin will buv loirs in the
open market and with ii'lmmh xitpplv
assured, will be in n position lo Mip
ply the erowimr market for boxes in
Southern Oregon. The enlarged piaut
will have a capacity of 5.0110 fruit
boxes per dav, and a force of from
.'t. to -10 men will be employed
throughout tho season. The Tomlin
box company, while one of the latest
industries in Mcdford is one of the
most substantial and progressive.
Mr. Tomlin is an enthusiastic Afcd
ford booster and predicts u year of
rent development nnd prosperity for
pentv lor
i-er valley.
Mcdford end the Hoirue liiver
POKTLAXD. Ore.. April 1. The
trial of Joseph Lundv. alleged L Y.
W., charged with violation of Cie
state criminal syndicalism net. reach
ed the argument Htncre todav, the
prosecution failing to secure tin
court's permission to introduce into
the record the manifesto of the Third
trial of Joseph Lnundy, alleged I. V
Internationale of Moscow. Arguments
were expected to occupy the enti
dav and the court's instructions to
be tiven tomorrow.
JAP-RUSSIA
WAR LOOMS
IN SIBERIA
Tokio Rciiorts 700 Jaunnese Soldiers
and Civilians Killed in 2 Days Bat
tle With Boisheviki Jau Consulate
Burned and Consul Is Missino
Tokio Reverses Policy of With
drawal Trooiis to Remain in Si
beria. HONOLULU, T. II., April 1. ( Uy
Associated Press.) Seven hundred
Japanese troops nnd civilians were
killed In a two day battle with ltus-
sian bolshevik forees at Nikolaevsk,
Siberiu. according to u Tokio cable
dispatch eceived hy the Japanese
newspaper Nippu Jiji here.
The Japanese residents organized a
volunteer force to aid tho .lapneso
soldiers fight a heavy force of bol
shevik!. The Japanese consulate was burn
ed, and the consul, M. Ishldu, is still
missing, nccording to tho cabio.
The two day battle began March
18. Nlkolaevsk is at tho mouth of
the Amur river.
Japs to Keiiiuln
VLADIVOSTOK, liar. 22. Rus
sian and Japanese troops clashed at
.Nlkolaevsk, a city located at tho
mouth of the Amur river, march 13,
the Russians reporting their losses
as being forty killed and eighty
wounded. Belief is expressed horo
that this encounter mny spread a
guerilla warfare thru all eastern Si
beria if the Japanese do not evacuate
the country.
Announcements by tho Japanese
command here would seem to indicnte
a change In tho policy followed by
that country. In tho past tho Jap
anese have been assisting Czech
forces here but in future thoy will
devote thoir efforts to safeguarding
Jnpun's special position in Manchuria
and Mongolia. Evacuation of Siberia
by tho Japanese will not bo started,
it is understood, until tho soviet
government at Moscow reaches some
form of agreement with Japan. Tho
local provisional govornmont has
handed pretests to tho Japanoso com
mand regarding intervention in east
ern Siberia and tho latter has con
centrated Its forces along tho Uasurl
and Chinese Kastern railways.
The railway to Chita, where the
remnant of Admiral Kolchak's forces
was trapped by revolutionists, Is open
and Czech troops In that vicinity are
thus enabled to got out of Siberia.
When this is accomplished, all anti
revolutionary forces will be eliminat
ed as p(.siblo operations by General
Hemenoff and l.leutenunt General
llorvath occasion no apprehension.
, .lap I'ollry ('banged
HOXOLlil.U, T. II., Auril 1. f l!v
the Associated Press) fleiiernl
Haron Y. Cclinra. chief of the mili
tary ireneriil stuff, announced toduY'
Hint "Japanese forces would be re
tained in Siberia for protection of the
life nail nroncrtv of Jnwmese sub
jects, as well ns lor Hie reason of
niilionnl defense, nccordim: to a cubic
from Tokio lo the Jmmiicse news
paper lioclii here.
This annoiinceuieut is taken lo
moan a change in the withdrawal pol
icy outlined liv Premier llnrn, the
cable sniilu
According lo Siberian reports re
ceived bv lioclii. there is a stronir
aiiii-,)iiiiiiiese foolinc Hiimii'.' tlic
Kussiuns.
VLAWVOKTOCK, Mar. 22. (l!v
the Associated Press) All Siberia
will be put under Iho soviet form of
ifovernmeiit April 1 when the com
munist partv opens its convention nf
N'ikolsk, near here. Two thirds of
the districts in the eastern part of
tho couutrv have alreudv adopted the
soviet svslcm.
Few clinni.res in tronernl conditions
have developed since ihe revolution
ary movement look control here, nntl
authorities have adopted tho policy
of wnilinsr until bolshevik officials nr
rive from Moscow.
Bahv Killed bv Fall.
SANTA ANA. Cal., April 1. The
Ihree months old son of M. and Mr.
Mark H. I.acv wns almost instantly
killed here yesterday when he sl'opcd
from the hands of his mollier. ns she
lifted him from the bathtub and fell
head first to tue floor
WILSON IS if AVfRSE
im, ENTERS PRIMARY
4
WASl 1 1 NCTO.V, Anril 1 .
President Wilson took no steps
to prevent his name appearing
on the presidential primary hal
Iwt in licorfctu. it was said today
at the While House.
The president had until one
o'clock, Washington time, today
to act. It was understood that
he did not reply to tho telegram
from Secretary ("lardner of tho
Georgia democratic state com
mittee askiiiK whether he wish
ed his name to appear on the
ballot.
A petition signed hy tho re
quisite number cf Georgia dem
ocrats asking that tho presi
dent's mime he on the ballot in
tho Georgia primary April 20
wna filed with the: state commit
tee last .Monday.
IRL ARE
PICKED UP AT SEA
BAi.TlMOliK, Md., Anril 1. Aftor
havimr been adrift in a seaplane for
sixteen hours without food or water,
iM'a.ior Sidney K. Parker of the Ilrit
ish nrinv, and Miss Blanche Krnser
arrived here loilav o nlhe steamship
Hilton, hv which thev were picked up
Sunday last.
Captain Carey said lie found Ma
ior Parker and Miss Frnser in their
plane about fifteen miles southeast
of Jupiter, on Ihe Florida coast.
Maior Parker refused to talk of
his trip or experience, but Miss Frn
ser said llicv1 left Palm Hench on
Saturday for Himini island, i nthe Ifn
liamas, in the seaplane to take dinner
with members of the Wniini Gun club
on the island, which is fifty miles dis
tant. All was .truinir well until they
ran inlo n lienvv fou'. The machine
ran out of iriisolino nnd Maior l'arker
wns forced lo descend. Miss Frnser
said she is a native of Helirium and
had seen service durinu tho world
war.
SPECIAL BALLOT
ELECTION MAY 21
SAI,F..r, Ore.. April 1. Measures
to bo submitted to the voters of Ore
gon nt the special election lo he held
on May 21 arc to he printed on a bal
lot of llieir own and not the retmlar
primurv nomiuntim; ballot, accord
inir lo a lcirnl opinion iiivon bv At
torney General Broivn.
This is necessary, accordine; to the
attorney ireneriil, for the reason that
only the republican and democratic
parties are represented at tho pri
maries and persons of other political
affiliation would be deprived of their
rijiht to vole on 1 lie measures.
The opinion was iriven followinc
receipt of iniiuiries from many dis
trict attorneys of the state.
Frisco to Advertise.
SAM FIlANTISrO, April l.A
I'linipniL'n lo raise $25II,0U() n year for
ndvcrlisiiiL' San Francisco lias been
started bv the Central Bureau of Sail
Friiiiciscnonriinizations,
F
IE
WASHINGTON', April 1. Amer
ican troops on the Hlilne are subject
only to tho ordom ot the presldunt of
tho Unltod States as commander in
chief of the army, President Wilson
wrote congress today in response to a
resolution of Inquiry adopted by the
house.
The American troops and the terri
tory they control still are governed
by the terms of the armistice, tho
president said. He disclosed that the
American govornmont had disapprov
SOFFRAGE IS
BEATEN IN
DELAWARE
Ratification Defeated in Lower House
by 23 to 9 Vote Great Demon
stration Follows Victory of Antis
Leaders Are Showered With Red
Roses Suffragettes Weep. But
Will Try Aqain in the Senate in
Hope of Rcvisal.
llOVF.li. Del., April 1. Ratifica
tion of the coital suffrmrc amend
ment wns defeated in the lower house
of tho legislature todav. The vote
was 2.'! to ).
Members who voled for the amend
ment siihsetpieiillv chnnircd for tha
purpose of later moving to recon
sider. The vote ns finally announced
wns 2(i to 5.
The defeat of the ratification reso
lutions dashes to enrth tho hone of
the suffrusro leaders that Delaware
would become tho thirty-sixth state to
ratify suffrage.
Tho legislature, cnllcd in extraor
dinary session hv Governor Towns
end to consider the amendment, mot
March 22.
Gratification over tho defeat of the
ratification was expressoil by Jibs.'
Ilenrv B. Thompson, president of the
Delaware Association Osed , to
Woman' Suffrage. ' She said: , .
"Wo have nssttrnnco from Con
necticut nnd Vermont tlint no spec
ial session will bo called. We also
havo assurances Ohio, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Maine will, bv rieht o
referendum, determine tho will of the
people ns to whether women shall
voto."
Party Uncs Disregarded
Eight republicans nnd one demo
crat supported tho resolution and
thirteen republicans and ten demo
crats voted against it.
Tho house later defeated a motion
to reconsider, thus killing the mens
ure for this session. Tho senate has
not vet acted on tho resolution.
A wild demonstration by tho "antis"
followed tho voto. Women leaders
were lifted onto tho uress table in
tho chamber and speakers wero
showered with red roses. The suf
fragists, with nearlv, ovorv woman
wiping tear stained cheeks, slowly
emerged from tho state house.
Outside, thoy could still hear the
tumultuous shouts of the victors as
legislators who volod nqainst recog
nition and the overjoyed anti-suffragists
staged a whooping war dance
nround the hull. Mrs. Florence Hillos
president of the state suffrage or
gnni.ntion. said:
"We have a nmiorilv in the senate
We will trv to shove the measure
through that bodv nnd then strive
to hnvc tho houso act favorably on
the joint ratification rosolution. We
aro discouraged, but wo are bv do
means licked."
SWIFT CO. ROBBED
OF $45,840 CASH
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 1 Two
nrmed men In a motor car held up
the mossenger ot Swift and company,
packers, on the Twenty-Third street
viaduct here this morning and escap
ed with a handbag containing $45,
840. ed plans to have the troops and the
territory placed under tho Orders of
the Rhlneland high commission.
Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch has
no authority over the American
troops, the president said. Major
Genera! Allen, commanding the forces
"has full authority," Mr. Wilson
added, "to utilize his troops for the
police of tho occupied district, the
preservation of ordor and to repet
any attack which may be made upon
him."
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