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Weekly Fiftieth Year.
MEDFORD, OIll-X'JON,. THURSDAY, MARCH' 10, mill
NO. 299
Detroit Federation
Defies Gompers, Will
Send Envoy to Russia
O.S. ENVOY
Mary Pickford Case
Up Again, Attorney
Files for Defense
BOYCOTT BY
Highway Commission
Agrees to Build Road
Roseburg to Cal. Line
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South American Country Re
fuses to Accept White De
cision as Basis for Peace
; With Porto Rica Further
Negotiations Expected U.
S. Senate Defers Action.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 10. r.-tniuin
refuses to accopt tho White, award as
a basis for peace with Costa Itli a. it
informs tho American government in
a note made public today fiy the statu
department. '
Thu"'noto -is In roply to tliat sent to
1'anama and Costa Hi last Katurday
by tho state doiartnienl demandhiK
inimediate cessation of liostilities and
was made public without comment.
It is understood, however, that the
Panama note is not' regarded by the
state department as satisfactory and
that a counter proposal has been
made by President Porras. which may
bo made tho basis of further ncgo
tiations. Ho is understood to have
suggested mediation of the boundary
diiiputo by a board of Koulh American
members representatives chosen by
various universities, or some other
made upof disinterested men.
Costa JRlca, after -withdrawing her
troops fjrom tho disputed territory,
agreed ;to a settlement on the basis
of the Wlllto award.
IVASiilfJTON, Mar. 10. An
agreement to defer action on the Co
lombfan treaty until the April ses
sion of congress and to vote upon the
treaty- on tho eighth day after con
gress convenes, was reached today by
tho senate
.The-. question openr' or closed do
bato on tho treaty also went over and
leaders said it was planned to adjourn
the present session of tho senato next
Saturday. , ' ... .
PREDICT FREEZING
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SPOKANE, Mar. 10. Tempera
tures ranging . from zero to ten be
low Friday morning and "much
colder weather" tonight in Montana,
Wyoming and the Dakotas, are pre
dicted In a forecast made public to
day by tho local office of the weather
bureau.
According to the forecast, received
hero from tho Chicago oflico of the
bureau tho cold will extend south
ward Into Nebraska, Kansas and
other . mlddle,fwetern .stales Friday
night and, Saturday. Livestock inler
ests ,wero warned of danger to their
herds.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. Id. The
state ltlghway'cOmmlsKlon, which con
tinued its monthly meeting today con
sidered "tit executive sessions requests
made by county delegations the past
two days. So many demands have been
made that tho commission is devoting
careful study to make available fund's
Bo as far as possible.
The commissioners announced that
they would start Tuesday on a tour of
the Pacific highway jis far as south
as the California line.
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POPE PRESENTS CARDINAL DOUGHERTY
WITH RED HAT, CERE
ROME, MaiT'lO. Presentaljon today
oy the pope of the red hat to three new
cardinals. Archbishops Dennis J.
Dougherty of Philadelphia: Joseph
Schulte ot Cologne, and Michael von
Faulhaber of Munich, attracted princes
and peasants, diplomats and citizens to
the Vatican. The ceremony, which has
come down virtually unchanged thru
the centu-les. combined historic bril
liance and sacred impressiveness.
The pontiff rode to the Sella Red"
in the Sedia Gestatorla borne by crim
son uniformed attendants and took his
throne surrounded by prelates and
richly " uniformed, representatives of
royal families and plumed knigh's.
iiKTuon- u;, ln.A -rtir.
,lan ''' ':! Compere, prosl
' 01 American Federation
m Labor i', what he termed sun-
l"-t. ' 1 .he Russian Soviets l.y tho
lie.nm Federation of Labor. was
Mlo'.ved hv
a vi, ;o last night that
t i.re.seni.itivo of the local fed-
("ration l.-j
i soni to .Moscow to at-
t'Mi-l a soviet labor congress Ma:
In
liis letter Mr. r!.n.ra
ennrged nicii liei-s or the local
with being 'servanls of tile soviet
government" and "snrcaillnir the
doctrines of Lenine and Trotzkv "
Former Cashier Defunct Bank
Faces Charge of Misappli
cation of Funds Johnson
and Marshall Hooper to
Testify.
Hen M. Collins, 'an automobile
dealer of firants Pass, one time city
clerk of Jledl'ord and several years
ago cashier of the Hank of Jackson
ville, went on trial this morning In
tho circuit court on an indictment re
turned in connection with tho failure
of 'the institution lust August, of
which he was one timo an officer.
Attorney Gus Newbury represents
Collins.
The . indictment against Collins
charges the "aiding and abetting of a
cashier to defraud a bank," and the
dato of tiie crinio is alleged to be"
July 24, 1!I20.
The indictment further alleges that
"the said W. H. Johnson as such said
cashier caused the same to
be misapplied to the account of one
II. M. 1 'oil i us in the aum of $4,3S.r.05,
the said H. M. Collin:) having then
and there overdrawn his account In
t lie sum of $ 1 ,(4.r.05, and the said It.
M. Collins having obtained ttien and
thcro from said bank tho sum of
$5,421."
Tills transaction tho indictment
sots forth was "misapplication of
funds with wilful intent to defraud.".
Owing to tho pressure, of civil suit
business, the case "against Collins was
not called until 1 11:30 o'clock. At
torney Newbury also was delayed. It
is expected tile jury will be selected
and the case completed by mid-afier-
noon, when tho caso of J. 10. 1-iart-
lett. of Medford, represented by At
torney Frank P. Farrcll will be
called. 1
Subpoenas were -issued this morn
ing for tho appearance of witnesses in
the Collins caso of W. 11. Johnson,
Marshall Hooper, nssistant state bam:
superintendent and K. D. Kaylor, who
has been auditing the books of the
defunct institution.
L. H. Gregory, a nephew of tho de
fendant was tho first juror called
and was excused on the grounds of
relationship.
The jurors were asked If the loss
of county funds in the bank might in
crease the taxes would Influence the
verdict, or if they considered borrow
ing money at a bank "a crime."
John Burroughs Recovers
PSADENA. Cal., Mar. 10. John Bur
roughs, nationalist, who has been in
a hospital here for treatment for a
minor ailment, is sufficiently recov
ered it was announced today, to start
for his eastern home about March 25.
Rocky Kansas Wins
MILWAUKKK. Wis., Mar. 10. A'ca
pacily crowd witnessed Rocky Kansas
win tli- newspaper decision from
UilHiie Mitchell, local lightweight here
last niRht.
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Tiie new cardinals entered and bow
.i flireo times and then knelt and
did homage to fie pontiff. After the
'reading of Latin prorations the car-
.....iveil the embrace and ei
uiuai n v . -
.,:i i.i-s f .-Din each member of the
i n . Two masters of cere
, ii,. over the trios heads the
purple "eapi-a magna." The ceremony
closed with toe pap' u.....
I .i, American college Cardinal
Do'ugherty received many friends this
afternoon. One or tne las! ,.e
,a papal moiislenor who brought the
cardinal the red nai.
j Many Americans altended the cere
1 monies.
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Ml OPENS
' JACKSONVILLE
5 JAP
NAVY spy
Naval Attache at U. S. Em
bassy Turns Over Evidence
Against Japanese Lieuten
ant Who Offered to Sell Mo
bilization Plans Against a
"Certain Country."
. TOKIO, Mar. 10. (liy Associated
Press.) Naval Lieutenant Tsuru Hania
Btioni was today arrested and handed
over to a court martial In connection
with nn nlleged attempt to sell Jap
anese naval secrets to the navaj at
tache at the United .States embassy
here.
The attache, it Is said, by tho Nlchi
Nlchl Shlmbun, received two letters
signed "Goto Yapada," asking for an
appointment, as the writer rinsh'pH to
sell for 1,000,000 yen Japan's mobiliza
tion plans against "a certain country."
Secret mans of Fornmsn mi
ments showing the depths of various
parts ot tokto Hay were to be included.
Tho attache, it is said, turned tho
lcttOl'S OVOl to tlln llHV:tl Inhm-lniitnl
authorities and an investigation result
ed In tho arrost of Lieutenant Humii
guchl. TOKIO, Mar. 9. (By Associated
Press.) Japan's position relative to
the mandato granted Japan by the al
lied supreme council for the Island of
Yap Is secure, in the belief of Viscount
Ucliida, minister of foreign affairs,
who spoke today in tho house of peers
Jupan, following the policy of the
othor great -world-powors, he declared,
has not made any effort to open diplo
matic negotiations with the soviet gov
ernment In Moscow. 1
Questioned regarding tho merits of
battleships and cruisers, tho ministpr
of marlno said Japan favored giving
importance to both types, of warcrnft,
Ho declared that whether major ships,
submarines or airplanes would bo
glvon n superior placo would depend
upon tho policy pursued by other na
tions. OF OIL BORNEO
NIOW YORK, March 10. Tho Smo
and Fleming works of the Standard
Oil company in Brooklyn, which in
September, 1910, was tho scene of
tiie most spectacular oil fire Now
York has known, today again was at
tacked by flames but at iSIO o'clock
apparently had CBcnpcd with loss of
five tanks, each containing 25,000
gallons.
Six men were badly burned. In
five, instances hot-pll got into the
boots of fire fighters while a man
fell into a sewer opening filled with
tho blazing liquid.
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AHD.MORE, Okln., Mar. 10. The
trial of Clara Smitl llamon, charged
with the murder of Juko L. HHinon.
millionaire oil man and republican na
tional committeeman of Oklahoma be
gan shortly after 9 o'clock this morn
ing. Judge Thomas W. Champion' Is
presiding. The case Is generally re
garded as Oklahoma's most celebrated
murder trial, llamon was shot and
killed last fall.
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 10. I. N.
Fleischner of Portland was today sel
ected chairman of the new game com
mission which Is holding Its first meet
ing here. The new commission will
appoint a game warden and deputies
and make recommendations as to
game fish propagation. All members
wen" present today.
SAX I'ltAXClSfO, Mar. 10. Remov
al proceedings pgainst Judge Frank P.
I.angau, who beard the action was
given today by Gavin McXnh, defense
attorney, as tho reason why his second
brief iu tho Mary Pickford divorce
case was filed today Instead of .March
15, the dato formerly announced.
he removal proceedings are sched
uled to start today in tho Nevada stato
legislature.
McNab's first brief, filed at Mlnden.
Xovember 27, was in answer to the
complaint of flip attorney general that
.Miss Pickford's divorce was Irregular
and should be annulled.. Tho attorney
general answered this and today's
brief attacks this latest answer.
MIXDKX, Nov., Mar. 10. Kensser
tion that Leonard I). Fowler, attorney
general of Nevada, hud no authority
under stato laws to bring his recent
action to set aside a divorce granted
hero to Mary Pickford from Owon
Moore was made here today in a brief
filed by Miss Pickford's attorney,
Gavin McNab, San Francisco. MIsb
Pickford, 'who Is now Mrs. .Douglas
Fnirbanks, and Mr. Moore are motion
picture stars.
"If tho peoplo wished the attorney
general to represent them 111 divorce,
cases, they would wish him to repre
sent them In all divorce case's, because
tho law of the peoplo must have uni
form operation" the brief said. "Sure
ly they would not leavo it to tho attor
ney; general to represent thorn fn only
one divorce proceeding merely because
one of the parties happened to be con
spicuous. "They would not allow him, In de
fiance of precedtl and at variance with
American principles to say, like the
celebrated king, The stale! I am the
state!' which he is attempting to do In
this case. Tho attorney general scorns
to be suffoiing from a confusion of
ideas in which ho does not perceive the
distinction between exercising delegat
ed powors as a servant of tho state
and being the state Itself." .
IS PUT UP 10
SECYOFJ.ABDR
Employes of Packing House
Place Their Case Before
New Cabinet Officer Will
ing to Accept Any Arbitra
tion on Wage Dispute.
CHICAflO, Mar. 10. A strike of
stockyards workers represented nt
the Omaha, Neb., conference 'would
have Utile effect on the meat supply
of the country, according to Aniinur
and company today. Officials of the
company said that the men represent
ed In Omaha are only "a small por
tion of the stockyards workers of the
country." and that the "packers for
whom these men work control only
a part of tho meat supply." .nnd,,thnt
consequently any action they' took
would have little effect.
Possibility of a strike was so re
mote "as to be hardly worthy of con
sideration," it was said.
OMAHA. Neb.. Mar.' 10. Injunc
tion proecMllneu to prevent Hiiy re
duction of wages or rc-ndjustuient of
working hours for packing house em
ployes, were tak-n up .for considera
tion nt the conference (if workers'
delegates here today. A petition for
an injunction, aoo-impanii-d -by a. re-
Continued on lipe Eight)
PACKERS CLAIM
IS
E
Hamburg Merchants Launch
Move to Stop Purchases
From England and France
if Allied Policy Is Continued
National Strike Talk Also
Revived.
I1ERLIN, Mar. 10. (By Associated
Press.) The executlvo committee, ol
the Association of Coffee Importoi'8 of
Hamburg has recommended that the
members of tho association make no
purchases from F.nglund or France
while the governments of those coun
tries continue "their policy of oppres
sion," says a Hamburg dispatch to the
Vosslscho Zeitung today.
The committee is mnklng efforts to
Induce similar associations iu Berlin,
Cologne and Bremen to join tho boy
cott, the dispatch adds.
LONDON', Mar. 10 Reports that Dr.
Walter Simons, head or the Gorman
delegation at tho reparations confer
eneo was being censured in govern
ment circles In llorlln are not con
firmed in direct advices from that city.
It Is declared that his position is con
sidered secure and that criticism of his
procedure In London was based on H
misapprehension of the situation hore.
Occupation Completed
ALL11CD MILITARY HHADQUAR
TKRS, NEUSS, Mar.. 10. (If Associ
ated Press.) Allied forces have vir
tually completed the occupation of the
Rhino ports of tho Ruhr region. Ail
that remains to be dono being the
seizure of a few villages and Impor
tant cross-roads. Commanding officers
have not yet arranged for a division of
tho occupied zone between tho British,
Belgian and French linits.
While the prestmco of tho allied
troops havo boon accoptcd In good
grace by most of the people, business
men In tho occupied district aro wor
ried over tho consequences of tho now
customs system. Reports are current
that certain factories have cnjicolled
ordors amounting to sixty million
marks, but those rumors huvq not been
confirmed.
People of the middle and working
classes fear thoro will ho nn Incrouse
In the cost of living. They are laying
in stocks of provisions and tiro besieg
ing stores. In some cases, fear Is ex
pressed that stocks of food . will be
rapidly exhausted.
Strike Danger Not Over
; DUISBUIIG, Mar. 10. (By Associat
ed Press,) Hints that work through
out the Ruhr district of Germany will
cease' within tho next fow days as the
Immediate result of allied occupation
of Duisburg, Ducsseldorf and Hiihrort
and the solzuro of customs were made
by German mine operators, civil offi
cers and workmen hero last night.
There seemed lo bo little unrest
among working men last evening, aftor
they had finished a full duy's work,
however.
Well informed allied officials de
clared they did not believe there would
be a strike in tho Ruhr district, one
assorting:
"The people do not intend to strike.
Communists are pointing toward Rus
sia as Germany's salvation but work
ing men already have repudiated that
idea and will repudiate It again. Ap
proximately 15,000 tons of merchan
dise was handled here' today. This
was only half of the merchandise ton
nage carried dally when tho port held
tho world's record but business Is not
ut a standstill here, and 1 think It
never will Btop."
The river seemed fulrly busy during
the day, craft of various types Bhul
tllng to and fro.
Germans declared It Impossible to
divert tho heavy Rhine commerce over
land outside of the occupied zone so
as to avoid the disjoins zone and they
expressed themselves as being firmly
convinced that those directly nffocted
would abandon competition in the
world markets because of the high
prices, unless they were aided by the
Rerun government.
"Wo are ruined, should the alllos
carry out their program," ono of the
heaviest exporters said yesterday
' hat can tho workmen do but
strike?"
Allied officials were emphatic In
their assertions that German business
men would not be ruined by the penal
ties placed on Germany by the allies.
I', K. Trm Stand Pat.
WASHINGTON. March 10. Amer
ican troops ou the Rhine are "stand-
(Continued on Pago Eight)
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PORTLAND, Ore.. March J it.
Tho state highwny commission
late yesterday responding to a
delegation from Coos. Curry
and Douglas counties declared
in favor of building a. road from
Rosebui'R to the California line
through Douglas. Coos and
Curry counties. This would be
undertaken, said Chairman
Ilooth, if the counties would go
half-way In tho expense. Chair
man Ilooth chided Douglas
county for not co-operating in
tho project.
Tho commission decided to
finish tho old Oregon trail to
Ontario by grading and gravel
ing.
Tho commission laid down tho
principle thatt hcretafter only
cooperation to bo considered on
road work will be by counties
offering u .10-fiO basis, with fow
exceptions In counties financial
ly unablo to conlrihutu that
much.
E FEELS
OUT HARDING
UPON LEAGUE
v-
Paris Declares Negotiations
Under Way Between French
Embassy and State Depart
ment French Position Is
Conciliatory.
PAFUH, Map. JO. (My tho Afho-
rlatml I'i-chs) It .wan Rtatotl at the
foreign of flee-today that ncprotlationH
wevo under way botwt-on tho Fro ne h
omhitHHy -hi WiiHhltiKton and tho Ktato
(lupnrtmunt ( to imhiee I'resHMit
Hard Inn to favor acroptaiu'u of a
modified League, of Niitionu.
Tho French poHltlon In eoneillatory
and 1h believed to ri'lato to expres
fdniip by officiate connected with the
prcMoirt WaHhiiiKton administration,
made during tho peaeo conforonro. '
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. (Hy tho
AHHoetuted Pi-ohh) AdmtnlHtratinn
orfleialH withheld comment today on
tin? (statement mado at tha Front! h
foreign office that negotiation were
u n d e r wa y be twee n t h o Fren e h e m -tut
km y here and tho Htato department
with regard to the aeeeptnnce by tho
United Hlates of a modified heauo of
NattonH. Tho ImpreNHlon waa Klven,
howover, that tho Initiative in any
Much development rented entirely with
tho French government and that In
any event tho matter had not reach
ed the HtaKO of negotiations
'I'll Is wan diplomatic day at the
Htato department and Hocrotnry
Hughes denied hlniHelf to all callers,
except foreign envoya. Secretary
Hughes 1'efuned to diHciias tho situa
tion. It became known, however, that
last TueHday he hnd a- half hour talk
with Ambassador Jusserand Just be
fore tho presentation of the diplo
matic corps. Whether tho subject of
tho League of .Nations was broached
has not been made known..
President Harding already has
received considerable information
through Ids unofficial sources regard
ing the feeling of Kuropean states
men and It Is expected lie will make
a still more exhaustive investigation
before lie launches his foreign program.
FRANC
"DEATH CURFEW" ESTABLISHED BY SINN
FEIN FOR GROWN FORCES IN IRELAND
DUIILIN, Mar. 10. Notices estab
lishing tha "curfew for crown forces"
were posted in a number of places
throughout Dublin Tuesday night. The
notices, signed "Irish republican army"
gave warning that any soldiers or po
licemen seen on tho streetH after ten
o'clock In the evening woro liublq to
be 8hot.
1IKLKAST, Mar. 10 Four men, who
had incurred the displeasure of the
Sinn Fein, were killed near here Tues
day night. The bodies of James Maher
and Patrick O'Mara, former soldiers
and both residents or tho town of
Thurles, were found In a field. Mahcr's
hntlv Wna laliolnrl "uitv " It la nfiitnd
they were accused of giving Informa-!
Hon to the police. The bodies of two
other men were found in a country
lime at Augnacloy, and on their
; BOLSHEViKi
! LEAD REVOLT
Russian Radicals Recently De
ported From U. S. A. Re
ported Leaders Ayainst Le
nine Sore at Treatment on
Arrival 3 Red Brigades
Join Revolt. - .: ,
THK HAGUE, Mar. 10. According
to Ihe iteva! correspondent of tho Rot
terdam Mnashode, Russian radicals re
cently douortod from the United States
aro playing a promiueut part in tho
new revolution in Russia. This corre
spondent aRHOits the deported Rus
sians expected to get appointments In
Russia but woro bitterly disappointed
when they found, ho says, the com
munistic regime represented "nothing
hut a sentence to nn Indefinite term of
hard labor without adequate food."
RIOA, Mar. 9 (By Associated
Press.) Throe brigades o'f bolshevik
troops in Moscow havo joined tho rovo.
lutionary forces according to advices
received bore. The action was prompt
ed by tho acuta food situation at the
soviet capital. ' . . . ' '
Reports Conflicting .
LONDON, Mar. lO.-rReports ' from
Russia rogardlng the anti-BoVlot-movement
contlnuo obscure and conflicting.
A Routers dispatch from llolslngfors
says the Russian agency thoro declares
the fnte of Petrograd s still In the bal
ance, and denying that revolutionary
troops aro occupying most of the city.
Tho dispatch says the insurgents
have takon a part of tho city whiohils
under flro from Kronstnilt arid that H
Is also being shelled by bolshevik bat
teries at lloulkovo. , i v
A message to tho London 'Times
from Abo, Finland, statos that j'yie
wbolo of Russia appears tir lo- In 6.
for'mcn't." . ,
COPKNHACHN, Mur. 10 There was
vlrtunlly.no firing during tho day yes
terday between the combatant groups
In tho Petrograd area, according to thq
Holslngfors correspondent of the Pp
litlken. Tho stream ot fugitives from .
Russia into Finland lias almost ceased,
tho 'correspondent reports, pointing to
tho conclusion that Petrograd lias been
cut off. '
The effects of tho bolshevik .lire
upon Kronstndt lire doclnrod to havo
boon small whoroas groat' damage Is
reported o have boon caused In Petro
grad by the firing from tho outside! . ,
Ino messngo reports that 'bolshevik
propaganda is creaMuKl'iitcryoOsness
among tho workers1 in'Knihirtniltwho
aro louring a:rcactioiiitl'y'cSilp',()Iiii f
N. Y.iCENTRAL R
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NIOW YORK, Mar. 10. Tho Now
York Central railroad announced tiW
day that beginning April l(f, wages of
approximately 411,000 employes In.
virtually all departments would , bo
revised. A conference will bo hold
later t$ agree on tho new scale.
Tho formal order, addressed to em
ployes coming under olghty-fivo of
ficial classifications, affects virtually
every department of tho system be
tween New York and- Chicago.
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breasts were cards inscribed wltlrthe
words: .
"Tried, convicted and oxocuted by
the Irish republican army." . '
Ono was Identified as Francis Rlc
Phiilips. A youth was tied to a gate In the
town of Keady Tuesday night by two
masked men, who fastened a placard
to his clothing reading:
"Too young to be shot. Iiewaro.
Keep your mouth shut."
Police nt Carrick on-Shannon havo
arrested Alexander McC'abe, a member
of tiie Sinn Fein parliament and Midi
oe! McLoughlin, a prominent Sinn
Felner. -
Patrick Moran, who was tried on
charges that he was connected with
the murder of several llrltlsh offlcors
in Dublin November 21, V120, has been
sentuced to death and the sentence
has been confirmed by the military
commander In lrelnnd. . '