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Fiftieth Tear. Daily Fifteenth Year.
NO. 21
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.
ME
RIBUNE
STOKE
ij i flfipt m3K9 jjiuDfl liHi
NEW
STRIKE ENDS
NEW ONE IS
THREATENED
Switchmen Return to Work All Over
Country But 8000 Freight Handlers
and 30.000 Railroad Clerks Now
Threaten Walk Out Strike Vote to
Be Taken Tonight Freight Em
bargo Pacific Coast Removed!
More Arrests Made.
CHICAGO, April 19. Threat of a
new strike among railroad employes
in the Chienco district today con
fronted claims of railroad managers
and brotherhood officials that the in
surgent switchmen's striko hud been
broken and tho situation rapidly was
returning to normal.
Eiirht thousand freight linndlers
nnd 30,000 railrond clerks employed
on all lines entering Chicago will take
n strike vote tonight after n confer
enee today with the railroad heals.
George A. Worrell, chairman of the
Chiengo and Northwestern Railroad
clerks announced. lie said he had
been empowered to speak for all tin;
clerks and freight handlers.
Worrell did not announce demands
to be presented, but said there "seem
ed little chance of compromise,' and
the mon probably would striko Tues
day. .
In the switchmen's tuinnthorizcd
striko continued improvement in traf
fic conditions throughout tho central
and far west wns noted.
On the Pacific coast railroads
operated today for the first time since
tho striko without embargoes on
perishablo freight.
Mora Arrests Made.
As a result of a new federal dc
' seent on strike lenders at Chicago,
ten mon were arrested. Nine were
released on their own recogniznnco
to appear today and make bonds of
tinnnn nl, l...t llnrold Rending.
ehnirman of the board of directors of
llin ITnitn.l WnirinnniPn's association.
was sent to jail when he would not
pledge himself to stay nwav irom
striko meetings. I
CLEVELAND, O.. April 19. Two
hundred striking switchmen returned
to work at the Nickel Plate. Balti
more and Ohio and Wheeling and
Lako Erie yards at 10 o'clock this
morning. Railroad officials expected
six hundred more would bo back be
fore night.
CLEVELAND. O.. April 10 One
hundred and thirty-fivo Pennsylvania
railmcn met this noon nnd voted to
return to work Wednesday' morning.
At another meeting of 200 striking
Pennsylvania employes, no vote was
taken, but lo0 yardmen attending de
cided to return to work tomorrow
morning, necording to those attend
ing the meeting."
' Strikers Flock Back
NEW YORK, April 19. Striking
railroad employes continued to flock
back to work in New York and vi
cinity today despite efforts of radi
cals, and railroad officials asserted
conditions were approaching normal
J. J. Mnntell, spokesman for the
General Managers' association would
not estimate the number of men
working. The roads are filling ncr-
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WASHINGTON. April 10. The
railroad labor board announced to
day it would not consider complaints
from striking railroad men.
The board's statement said it would
not receive, entertain or consider any
implication or complaint from any
parties ttlu wore not complying with
the transportation net or who were
not adoptine every means to nvoni
interruption of the operation of the
romls growing out ot nny aispuies.
Immediately after the statement
as mado public, spokesmen from
linking railroadmen in, frew. York,
LABOR
CONSIDER
FEDERAL IDE COM.
I EM
WASHINGTON', April 1!).
The riirht of the federal trade
commission to renuire monthly
,.t-t i- . l. ...:.. - -i i
tuv ui iilmuiii nun n-iuiis 1I1IU
other data from mining com-
Panics anil other industrial enn
oems was denied today hy the
T District ot Loluinluu supremo T
court.
Tim nnini..!. .i-nn.l !,. Tnultn-,
Ttnih.v nITinn'..,! " ...ili,.., I i..n
commission tiled by the May-
nard Coal company of Ohio and
i.,i.,..i- i -..1...1 .i.i ii,
junction applied for would issue
ivi- . - , i . , fl
upon uie inner ol a nonti iil
jffi.lHM) bv the Mavnnril cnnitul.
l,,ti;,. k..;i,,.. ii. nf n...
"commission has not the power
i.. ..,. ii,., .-i.. ,i ;!..,.
malion sought."
IE
SAl.mt Ore. Anril 19. Salem's
first Overall club lias been organized
by employes ot tne posiomce.
(Practically all ol tne inside cler
ical force have signed up, but tho
ritv cnrrierR must await permission
frnm thn nnstoffico dennrtment at
Washington boforo Joining as It Is
not known whether they will be al
lowed to discard the postal uniforms.
THE DALLES. Ore., April 19.
Tho reign of t'.-.o overall begun here
Inlnv when PVfirv man employed in
in local stores appeared in tho anti-
higii cost of living garments.
Kvsm YORK. Anril 19. Tho
Cheese club, which Introduced tho
south's overall campaign to -sew
York, today Btartcd a brand new at
tack on high prices by urging overall
wearers and others to carry lunch
boxes from home to work. "Dollar
and more" lunches are the reason
for the latest move.
nnsTOV Anril 19. Overalls
headed tho shoppers list today in nu-
.. Ti,inn homes. After Rev.
Louis L. Dunnington appeared last
i hi nninit at Orient Heights
Methodist Episcopal church, wearing
overalls and jumper, more man
of his congregation signed, me ovm-
alls pledge."
At XfnHfnrri TlPV. KOllin . 1 uiliu
.i.iiA Hnnim nreached his
C1UU 111 winiw
first sermon as pastor of the Hillside
Mothodlst Episcopal cnurcn.
PATCH CLUB F
FREMONT. Neb., April 19. When
members of a recently organized ovei
nlls club found the price of denims
u.. j iliov derided not to Imv
overalls nnd changed the name of
!,; .n.,..,wtion to the "Putin
club'' pieding themselves to wear their
n ,1 e nf bos lllltl tllC COSl Ol nrani".
,.,inr.,l nnmes down. Business men
are ioining.
BOARDIREFUSES TO
STRIKERS
New Jersey, New England and the
middle west were received by the
board. Thcv were accompanied n
Representatives Eugun and McGlca
non of New Jersey.
Request for nn immediate hearing
bv the representatives of the strikers
.,. ,Uin,l
Chairman Barton said that under
the rule's adopted bv the board, wru
lon onmnla int must be first filed with
the secretary showing bv express
statement and facts set out that dis
pute was one which the board was
authorized to consider. ..
MANY
OBEYTREATY
Allies at San Remo Conference Agree
That Bosche Must Disarm Poin
care Demands All Attempts Revise
Treaty Be Put Down France Is
sues Call for Recruits 700,000
Men Needed on Rhine Workmen
Theraten to Strike.
A
PARTS. Anril 19. (llavasl Al
lied occupation of. the Ruhr basin in
western Germany is being consiaercu
bv allied premiers gathered at Snn
Remo, says the Parisien. Premiers
Alillernnd and Nitti
liavo agreed in principle, on the neces
sity of forcing Germany to disarm
the newspaper declares, but were not
agreed us to the best means ot pro-
endure.
Them was a certain coolness be
tween Ml Millerand and Mr. Lloyd
George at the opening of the meeting
but. it vanished in a short time and
utmost cordiality prevailed at the
close, according to the Matin.
i-i,,1t, Hint the nllies. during the
San Remo meeting, resist all attempts
to revise the terms of the versaiiiiM
treaty with Germany nro miide by
Raymond Poincare, former president
of the French republic in an article
published bv tho Matin. Franco and
P.eluium have been deprived of guar
antees bv the failure of Great llnt
ain nnd tho United States to put the
tri-pnrtito convention into operation,
he says,' and tho League of Nations
is as yet without means of action.
XL Millerand says tne nmcu gov
ernments should support Jyrnnce
against Germany nnd asserts that
1 .... .,,,.1 l!n c, mm cotllll not UUVe
done otherwise than advance cast of
i.;nn u-lion fiermun renulai's in
vaded the ncutrul zone in the Ruhr
basin.
Army of 700,000
PARIS, April 19. France must
maintain an army ot UO.miu men
until enemy countries "show their
good will bv executing the terms ot
their treaties." in the opinion of gov
ernment officials, according to news-
nnnoru horo. Plans under contem
plation call for 350,000 conscripts
constantly uniler training, eurinc-n
months service being rctiuired of each
man. ....
Wa"es ennui to thoso pain lnutis-
i:i ,,o,lor loss the cost of food
and lodging will be paid enlisted men
and conscripts who re-ennst. ji is
i,i 1,111 In onrrv nut this Pio-
e.ii;,. .m ' - -
gram will be introduced in the cham
ber some time in June.
linlos relative to the lengin oi nair,
...rm-inrhe and beurd, which smec
early in the war have been strict, nnvc
i Mi.,vo,l Old roL'iilations per-
ijeeu iin.... . ;--
mitted beards but specified they must
not be so luxuriant ns to nine conar
insignia. .
1 10. Demands for
iviilwlriiwul of French forces sent into
German cities cast of the Rhine.
abandonment ot new colonial cxpeni
inoli ns that, in Syria nt pres
ent, and release of the class of 19JS
from the colors are made in n mam
r,.f Sennit In the general fedcra-
luiu ...
tion of labor in calling upon workmen
to join in the May day strike. These
measures should be adopted, it is said,
in "show tho world that France
wishes for pence."
PARIS, April 19. The body of
Miss Mary Ellen Appel, of Allentown,
u. a Sncintv nf Friends Welfare
worker who had been mlBSlng since
April 7, was found In a clump oi
trees In the vicinity of Versailles last
evening by two boys.
iv onMann nf foil Dlay WUH
ilpmhln sum of money
jewelry nnd several letters addressed
m members of Miss Appei s mmii)
were found, t , ,
GASOLINE AT DALLES
BEING SOLD AT FORTY
FIVE CENTS A GALLON
THE DALLES, Ore., April 19
Local garages today were
compelled to ration their gaso-
line by the gallon and then only
to their regular customers, duo
to the situation created by the
switchmen's striko.
Several local garages hove
A mnlnp triicWn nf thn nrncIoUS
fluid on their way from Port-
land but tliese will no moreiy f
eunuch for necessary work
around the garages and for out-
of town people, anil men ii win t
JU rnlnll nl Ihfl nvrPSK I'd COKt Ot V
from 40 to 45c a gallon, it Is
Rnnl.
LUNATIC KILLS
INST.
Canadian Army Deserter Shoots Dr.
James Wright Markoe, Eminent
New York Surgeon, as He Takes
Ud Collection at Fashionable
Church Two Others Wounded
NEW YORK, April 19. Thomas W.
ui.nii bniivn lsn ns Thomas W.
Simpkin, faced arraignment in York
ville court today for shooting Dr.
James Wright Markoe, an eminent
surgeon, in fashionable St. Georuc
Episcopal church yesterday, i once
officials said they would later ask
for the appointment of a commission
to examine Sheelcy as to ins limuo.
lie told tho police he had escaped
from a lunatic asylum last week and
told rambling stories of his enrcer ns
.... iinnnmnt nrinter since coming to
this country from England. It also
developed Hint he was a deserter iron
the Canadian army, the polico said,
lie told the polico he had never seen
or heard of Dr. Markoe.
The murder occurred soon ni ter tne
rector of the church. Dr. Karl Holl
and, had concluded his morning -mon,
in which he advised his congre
gation to be friendly to every stranger
visiting the church. Dr. Mnrnoe. vn
ini.:nn .... il,o oillnottnn when his as-
liinuiK "I' -
sailant produced a revolver nnd tired
a shot in tho head, dcatn rcsiuuim
soon afterward in a hospital.
Before Shelley was capliircn oiu
sido of the church, he fired iinoth'r
.1... t ,1-1,;,. I, lrr:l7Pl! t ilP I' 1CCK III l.
Morgan Jones, an usher, and wounded
Dr. George E. Rrcwer in Hie leg
ST PAT'T. Al'mn.. Anril 19.
n,.n.,lu nl llin ulnto onnitnl disclosed
11...1 Tl, .,.., v SIipIIpv. nlso known
ns Thomas W. Simpkin. who shot una
killed Dr. James W. Markoe. in New
York yesterday was a former resi
dent of Calgary, Alberta.
fin Anril ofl. 1917. he was com
mitted to the Fergus Falls. Minn.,
state insane asylum, one ot his (lo.u-
s ons being that his lite tvpiticn me
life of Christ. On June 18. 1919 he
escaped. His wile and children re
turned to ft.nirlnnd soon niter ins
committal to tho asylum.
8LIZZARD CRIPPLES
NE
Tivrnrv V..h.. Anril 19. Rail
road traffic in Nebraska was budlv
crippled today bv a blizzard wlinn
bctan in the western part of the stale
late Saturday. Reports from Alli
ance said fears were expressed tu:u
there would be a heavy loss of live
stock in the area affected. '
Snow was still falling in western
Nebraska today, but the wind hud
abated.
Snowplows were being used to keep
the railroad lines open. ' The Chi
cngo. Burlington nnd yuincv railroad
reported long delays to train move
ments on its Denver-Chicago and
Billings-St. Louis lines. ' One train
stalled in a snowdrift at Girnrd. Ndi.,
i was released, .....
GOTHAMDOCTOR
GEORGES
BRASKA TRAFFIC
STEEL TRUST
TO
. H. Gary. Chairman U. S. Steel
Corporation, DecFares Trust Has
Both Heart and Soul Refuses to
Raise Steel Price Because of Hiqli
Cost of Living Moral Obligation
to Check Carnival of Greed and
Imposition at Sacrifice.
NEW YORK, April 19. Albert II.
Gary, chairman of the United States
Steel corporation informed the stock
iw.i.lo,. nt the iitiuinil nieelinir in llo-
boken today that the corporation was
holding down the prices ot us pro
ducts because of the high cost of liv
ing.
l.r..imi' tit mimirics made ll V
..I,.,. l-1,,,i,I,.i-j ns in whv. ill view of Hid I
grent demand, the cost of production
and prices received bv otlier manu
facturers, the price ol the eorpora
,..wii,oiu lin.l mil been raicsd
above those fixed bv agreement be
tween the industrial hoard and sieci
manufacturers March 21, 1919, he
said :
"It scenw to us Hie problem ot
high cost of living is of convincing
importance. When the increasing ten
dency is to insist upon payment oi
unreasonable sums for every com
modity and for every service, ho that
ii, vieiimu whirl of advancement
seems to be unending, we think there
is a moral obligation on too part o
ni.nn.r ..no In 1WO nil rcnsntinllle effort
to checks this carnival of greed and
imposition, even nt some saerii ice.
No ilelp for Halary Man
"There is a growing discrepancy
between different individuals and in
Insula Tltn innn With a HXCll 111
la mnrn nii1 tnnre ilisilllvillltllgcd
and he is helpless. Ho cannot increase
his ncome to meet tho inerensed cost
of living. Therefore, it should bo Hie
effort of nil to establish and maintain
n reasonable basis ot prices otner
...iun tlin irnvprmiient IllllSt intCriCl'C.
'ri,n ..it tiwii. ,.r the eomoraiion on
prices, Mr. Gary, added, "lias mm
considerable influence in preventing
increases in the general selling prices
of steel, although some (niiinulnc-
turors) have made them.
I'Miii-Anvor it. is said that Hie Sell
: ,.r mnut nl' the diversified
iiik ijiii ...,..
products of tho corporation, for the
present at least, arc high enough,
though it is pertinent to snv that wnen
tho nctunl value of the properties and
volume of business ot tne corpora
tion are considered, the net return l
nt limul mmlnnitp.
Reviewing lust year's steel strike
Mr. Gary said :
"Wp stan.l for the open shop, whic
permits a man to work when nnd
where he pleases, on terms mutually
agreed upon, whether he docs or does
not belong to a labor union.
Tho Corporation Soul
"We do not combat labor unions ns
such. We. of course, ucknowleilg'
tl.n ....Innl viirlit n f liilmr In nl-'mtll.i1
but we insist that a labor organizn-
tinn should he subjected lo govern
ment!! control and regulation like
,.il.n AriruniKiiiiinu 1 liscritninii tin!
bv law in favor or against any par
ticular class is detrimental lo tne in
ternsls of the irenernl community."
Mr. Gary said that public approval
nF (lip recent decision of the Lmt
ed Slates supremo court, refusing to
dissolve the steel corporation, wns
uriicticnllv universal and added in
this pfiiinect ion :
"St,, t'nr ns the cnrnoriltion II till its
miliuirliririiw urn princernerl. WC shall
not disregard the laws of the country
or the public interest.
it linrl linen tlin II mil it ii in of th
manager of the corporation, he con
cluded, to prove mill a corporation
may be possessed of mind, heart and
soul.
ST. THOMAS. Ont.. Anril 19.
The overall crusade In tho Unitod
States has spread over tho border to
rinnann anil nlnha hlivn tlPPn OrfTflniZ-
ed here and ut several nearby towns.
State Senator Walter M. Pierce of
La Grande will speak at the anti
Xon-iPartlssn meeting at the Nai to
night on his bill proposing a divided
session of the state legislature. Sen
ator Pierce was the democratic nom
inee for governor fit the lat election.
ES
RAISE PRICE
G.O.P. HOUSE
AGREE ON GROSS SALE
TAK, BOTSOLDIERS
1'.SMIV(IT(IV. Anril 19.
Mouse republican leaders tenia-
lively agreed today to raise
I'mwU I'm- soldier relief by a v
gross sales tax of not more than
one per cent
I'nder this plan.
decided lo present
to the house about Mnv 1. the
cash payments would be in iiuar
terlv installments, beginning
Jiimiiuy 1, 1921.
Viirnrous opposition to the
iimuu lilies tnv illl'OMllv bllS hcCll
expressed by sonic deuiocrnts
ini.1 lenilimr riMilllilieatls lllld U
hitler fight on this section of
the bill is forecast.
NO ILK SUPPLY
nw.vvioif f'nln . Anril 111. With
rnllnf ni-omlsed bv the wealhur bu
oaii and sliKhtly improved conditions
in tho city already iipparont, immo
dliiin rnleiiso from tho grip of tho
blizzard which has bound Denver tor
the past 48 hours was in sight oarij
lodnv.
I.iirht snow was still falling, mil
tho wind which, and been pltlnK
it
l,,ln liuirn rlfiflH thllt lllockod l'llil
i-niwi triir-ks am! cltv streets had abat
ed. Hoavy stroot swooping- mncniiics
niwl annwnlrtWH hilfl taken lin tllO task
of opening- the streets and tracks to
traffic.
llnanlln nil tills It.WUS feaiOd this
mornlns that tho city mlBht recolvo
no milk today. Tho downtown noiuin
n.nrn Plllnil with nennln cuimllt 111 tllO
heart of tho city by tho storm and
barred from their homes.
Sovnrnl of tho main downtown
ni-nntu ninupil in traffic bv a nrocla-
matlon by Mayor Hnlloy, wero uoinB
plonrnd lis fllHL as POSfllhlo.
Threo ministers, among 1110
siinirnrs on a Union I'ucinc Irani
alnlln.l nnlip I .nn IT 111 On t . ColO.. COn
ducted Sunday services In one of the
coaches.
Two truins will arrivo over tho
Uurliiigton lino today but all others
woro reported as "indorinuo.-' ah
trains havo been running many hours
late.
Tnionimnn communication W11B In
bettor condition than telegraph, tho
badly crippled yet.
BocaiiHO ot tho Drouen wires no uu-
iniia htwi rpiicliecl hero concerning
the loss ot cattle but vnguo roports
stated It was heuvy,
Rural roads wero reported com
pletely blocked In most sections.
u.
s,
AGAIN PASSED UP
WASHINGTON. April 19. Tho
iiinrnnin court re-convened today
mithniii rpnilerlnir an oninion In any
of tho various pending cases Involv
ing tho validity of tho proninuion
amendment and portions of tho en
forcement act
SUFFERS
PROHIBITION
LARGEST STEAMSHIP TERMINAL IN ;
WORLD THREATENED BY NITRATE FIRE
NEW YORK, April 19. diush tor
mlnal In Brooklyn, ono of tho lar
gest stoamshlp terminals In tho
world was saved by firemen from de
struction today whon a spectacular
tire virtually destroyed '.ho 12,500
ton Norwegian steamship Halltrled,
which was berthed at one pier of the
terminal.
Explosions occurred In m00 tons
niimioa In thn vessel's hold and
two plerB nearest tho ahlp woro dam
aged. A few firemen were ovorcomo
i .......I inrminnl ptnnlnves were
removed to hospitals slightly Injured
A fleet of tugs removed maiu
ahlps from danger. . u .- -
FISH PACT
N V A LIU IS
LEGAL VIEW
. -4
Attorney General Holds Aureement
Witli MacLeav Can't Be Carried
Out By Fish Commission Question
Must Go to Legislature or he Voted
on By People Law for Closed and
Open Season on Rouue Can't Be
Abrogated.
SAIvH.U, Ore., April 19. Any at-
tompt of tho stato fish and gamo
commission to nhiogato tho law pro
viding for closed and open soasons
for commercial fishing on tho Itoguo
river in compliance, with a purport
ed agreement entered into botwoen.
tho Miieleay ostato company and tho
llnirim llivnf l.Mnll n 11 H flame ProtO&-
tlvo association of Jfodford, tho Ash-'
land I' IbIi and Gamo lTotocuvo asso-
nlntlim nr nlhnr kindred Orcanlza-
tions of southern Oregon, would bo
invalid according to nn opinion nanu
od down yesterday by Stato Attornoy
ionornl mown.
Illy tho attornoy general opinion.
llin iiirriinilinlll 1-PCniltlv nntOrGll iUtO
botween tho sportsmen ot southern
Orogon nnd the Macieay lnieresm.
wheroby It wus hoped mat mo com
mercial and sportsmen's factions
would bo bioiight together and their;
Imiir-utiiiwlliiir illffnrniicpa settled., la
held void and cannot bo put into op-
oration thru an rule or ornor ot 1110
stato fish and game commission.
'I am of tho opinion, " said mo
attornoy general, "that all partios
Inlorestod In tho quostlon or mo
prosorvation of fish on tho Uoguo
river and In tho commercial aspects
nf tlin IiiisIhohs must take the mat-
tor to tho legislature or tho people
settlement, unuer mo prouuiii.
hur.u thn lionrd Is noworloBS to
carry out the torms of tho agroo-
ment.
Attorney C. M. Thomas, whon In
formed of this docislon today said:
"Such docislon docs not ntfoct the
iiKicomont Itsolf In nny manner as
tho iigrnomont providos that A com
mittee shall bo formed of representa
tives of tho signers for tho purposo
of Investigation and mo urnLuiiu ui n.
bill lo bo presented to tho loglsla-
turo next soB.lion. Tho offoct of tho
attorney generul's opinion is only
that tho commission has no power to
put In forco or offoct nny of tho pro
visions of the agreement mr im
boason." ' '.
CHINESE STUDENTS RISE1
AGAINST JAP TREATY
SHANGHAI, April 14. Refusal ot
tho Peking govornment to reply to
demands that secret negotiations
with Japan relative to Shantung
...,.i tiint n (leeren abrogating
socrct treaties ho published has caus
ed a student striko wnicn nas in
volved fourteen provinces. ' Thirty
thousand students In 92 schools hero
have joined in tho movement. Labor
Is not affected.
iv-cwr vonn Anril 1 9 Fire start
ing on tho steamship llalfrlod, which
was loaded with nitratos loaay
threatened the destruction of tho
Hush terminal lit DrooKiyn, ono ui
the largest steamship torminois m
tho world. Two piers quickly caught
firo and firemen, attracted by four
alarms, endeavored to prevent other
piers burning. '
After two explosions wore nearu
ncrss tho East river, ambulance
were Bent to the terminal. Earl -reports
wore that at least five men had
been seriously hurt. Tugs trom all
over New York harbor hurried to the
scene to remove threatened, snips 10
safety. , ; ; . ,