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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD TW iT A TT RTOI1 JlOU The Weather Maximum yesterday ..54 Minimum today 27 Prediction! Probable rain. j Dally Fifteenth Tear. Weekly Fiftieth Year. MEDFORD, OIiEOOX, SATUKDAY, MARCH 12, 1921 NO. 301 NE I RUSS CAP TA IIS, BEDS RETAKE KIEV , Revolutionary Forces Gain Control of Russian Capital . -Bitter Struggle Continues in Other Parts of Country Anti-Bolsheviki Win, Then Lose Minsk and Kiev. v. . WARSAW, Mar. 12. (By the As sociated Prc8H) Petrograd is in the hands of revolutionary -forces and the holshclkl have been completely overpowered, according to a wire less dispatch toduy. The ' message, which was confused and disconnected, owing to the weakness of the sending Btation, is bolieved to have been sent out from Petrograd. It was .declared in the dispatch that food sent by Colonel Ryan, Amerivan Ked Cross commissioner to the Hal tic states had arrived, but whether it had been received at Kronstadt or i I'elrogrnd was not clear. Kill lied Lenders. A dispatch from Vilnn says antl bolshcvlk forces fought their way into Minsk, and held control of tho city for five hours, but were later driven out by soviet forces. While, occupy ing the city, the revolutionists killed many local communists, it is said, and when ..the. bol9hevll(U.re-enterod the town they executed more . than 200 porsons, many of whom wero Poles, Who wero accused of . sympathizing with tho insurgents. . The reports received In governmen tal quarters here jny thg revolution ary movement continues to spread in tho region surrounding Minsk. The soviet authorities are described as making desperate efforts to control the situation. A wireless appeal from the Kron stadt insurrectionists was picked up today by tho Polish government ra dio station here. It made an urgent plea for food supplies and for out aide reinforcements. Bolshevlki llotnkc Kiev. ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar. 12 (By the Associated Press) Threo south Russian cities, Kiev, Ekaterlnoslav nnd Odessa were recently occupied by Ukranlan revolutionary troops led by Simon Petlura, tho peasant leader, and General Makno, Recent ndvices however, would seem to Indicate that Odessa has again beeh captured by the bolshevlki. ', . The revolt, according to nows reaching here, began February 25, when. Ukranlans occupied thcv center of Odessa. - They were virtually an nihilated by soviet troops, but the tables were turned a week later, when the bolshevik garrison of the city was driven out by Ukranlan bands, who hanged the soviet commissaries. The Ukranlans, assisted by tho Russian aoclul democrats, controlled tlu city for a few days, but the Ukranlans be gan looting and during the disorder, the bolshevlki retook the city. General Makno appears to ho in authority at Ekaterlnoslav, and re ports allege Jewish pogroms have been in progress there. Pctlura's army took .Kiev March 2 and execut ed the bolshevik commissaries, but the present sltuutlon has not been cleared up by dispatches reaching Constantinople. t PORTLAND, Ore., Maf. 12. On his first birthday anniversary today John L. Green, Jr., son of a Portland patrol man, was drowned In a bathtub. .The mother stepped out of the room to get some .clothes and- when she returned found the Infant bad fallen Into the . water. A police pulmotor was rushed to the house but fniled to reBlscitute the child. MOVEMENT-: LAUNCHED RAISE S250U00O FOR PURCHASE OF PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 12. Hack ed by Governor Ben W. Olcott and the Portland Chamber of Commerce, a committee apfiolntcd late yesterday at a meeting which considered the development of hotel and tourist fa cilities at Crater Lake national park, today was at work on plans for rais ing an Initial $250,000 capital for a company to handle the project. .Following statements by experts, a meeting held here yesterday after noon authorized tho appointment of the committee to push the proposi Harding to Follow Wilson Policies in World War Issues WASHINGTON, March 12. (By the Associated Press.) Tho policy of the Harding adminis tration with respect to Ameri can rights growing out of the participation of , the United States in the world war will not dirfur materially from thut of tho Wilson administration. It was learned today in authorita tive quarters. ' Adjustment of the situation growing out of the award of a mandate over the Pacific Island of Yap to Japan will be insisted upon as determinedly by this ad ministration as It was by the lust, It was said, and the atti tude with respect to the Hritish mandate over Mesopotamia will be maintained. . -''It has been mado clear' that the new administration will con tinue to defend the contention that tho United Slates has not' yielded and cannot be deprived of any of her rights as one of the victors and must be considered lit the adjustment of the prob lems created by the war. ' I I CHICAO, Mar. 12. Porsonal me diation. to avert a strike of meat pack ers employes will be attempted by Secretary Davis of tho labor depart ment, it was indicated today, if both sidws sent representatives to Wash ington as he has requested. It is understood that he does not intend to delegate the responsibility to the board of conciliators, but will himself conduct the negotiations which it was not believed would require the fur ther attention of President Harding. Mr. Davis, it is understood, will seek to bring tho parties to an agree ment nnd is not likely to suggest any specific compromises. The depart- J. J, Davis, 'Sccrctnry of jLnlxir. merit 1h awaiting with especial inter est tho repjy of the packers In viw of the reported statement by Secre tary jLane ot tho employes' union that the strike would not he called pend ing discussions, if the packers would (Continued on Page Eight) CRATER LAKE HOTEL tion of obtaining funds with which to purchnM? the Parkhurst interests at Crater Ijike. adequately equip the place and make of It a modern tourist attraction. II. H. Van Duzer, president of the Chamber of Commerce, named a committee of which Rodney L. II san Is chairman. Others appointed nre: H. It. Hntletv HoodVItlver: J. It. Wheeler, It. V. C'hllds nnd Sydney H. Vincent, Portland. Governor olcott made a Plea for support of the enterprise. CONQUEST IN GERMANY 118 NOT DESIRED Premier Briand of France De 1 nies' Reports Imputing 6e sire to' Annex German Ter ritory cAs' Result of Occiipa- v (jit "I - 'J'V'S'."' !. ; tion of Rhine Towns Ger man Busin'ess iyien Bitter. PARIS, Mar. 12. -Premier Tlriand will appear before the chamber of dep uties Tuesday and submit n report on the allied conference in London and it is expected he -will speak on both the German and Near Eastern situations. After his arrival last night from the British capital, M. Brland expressed himself as being greatly pleased with the solidarity Bhown by the allies dur ing negotiations at London, and denied reports imputing to France a desire to annex German territory as a result o occupation of towns on the Rhine. He declared if the amount of German ter ritory should be extended, such action would be taken only because the allies hud decided upon further penalties. 'DUESSELDORF, Mar. 12. (By As sociated Press.) Belgian patrols which took control of the rural commune of Hamborn Wetlnosday night have been removed, and this action on the part of the allied command has tended to case the situation at Dsburg. Officials declare the patrols were thrown out' merely to protect the town of Dulsburg but the advance of the Bel gians inspired belief on the part of the Germans that the allied lines might be extended immediately. Assertion Ib made in official quar ters that such a move is not planned. Germans Agree to Salute Co-operation by the German security police here and allied troops has been effected as a result of German Initia tive. Two officers called at French headquarters yesterday and made for mal apology for the refusal on the part of a German policeman to salute an allied officer. For a time this incident threatened considerable tension. The security police, however, appeared to be 'willing to salute, but seemed not to know officers from privates. The two officers promised promptly to punish disobedience of thaorder to salute. Restaurants 'cafes,"-! oabarets, wine rooms and .theaters f Duesseldort are cheerfully: catering to a record patron age which' Id not ilartlcujarly affected by thes-'rlnglrtgof "the curfew at ten o clock in the evening. Crowds. throng the streets' until midnight and arc Ap parently In the best of spirits. Germam Bitter ' ESSEN, Germany, Mar. 12. In this center of tho great Industrial region of Germany bitter hostility prevails against the allied plan ior establishing a customs frontier and taxing German exports' The feeling is expressed chiefly against Lloyd George and the French authorities and to some extent also against those Americans who par ticipated in the work of the reparation commission. .The hiads of the great Industrial houses of Essen are.outspoken ln-thelr criticisms. They say that already huge contracts have been cancelled and that tile prospects are that .trade will stag nate. They declare that the workmen will be the chief ones to suffer and that the entire Ruhr basin, if not all Germany, will be Irreparably damaged If the entente carries out a heavy taxa tion of Rhineland exports. Kaiser Writes War Book AMSTERDAM, Mar. 12. Former Emperor William of Germany has writ ten for private distribution a book by which he attempts to show that Eng land was responsible for the world war. In the volume he has collated historical facts and data relative to International agreements between all countries Involved in the war from 18S4 to 1914, and these facts' have been marshalled in parallel, columns -by Count Hohenzollern, says tho news paper Het Volk. He declares England's responsibility for the war centered in her "plot to isolate Germany" and refers to "the mobilisation of English banks In April, 1914, preparations for war by the Brit ish fleet In June, the aume year, and (Continued on Page Eight) Colonel George Harvej I tl Ak4 Colonel G. Harvey, Ex-Democrat, Gets Diplomatic Plum WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. Colonel George Harvey of New York, editor of Harvey's Weekly, Is understood .to have been definitely selected by Presi dent Harding as ambassador to Lon don to succeed John W. Davis, who now is returning home. . The nomina tion mny go to the senate before the present extraordinary session ends. , i AIDJOCHIi President Urges Renewed Ef forts to Save Starving Chi-: nese Conditions Declared Indescribable Selling Chil dren to Get Food. WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. An ap peal to tho American peoplo to "do everything' in their power" towards the relief of fumlno conditions In China, "was Issued today by President Harding. : "At . tills, tho earliest practicable moment of my administration," suld the president's slatiiiiiont,."l desire to add my own to the many -appeals, which have been iH-sued heretofore in oc half .of the starving people uf u large section of China. .. "I um informed that the American eonimlrtee, and tho church und other organijitlons co-operating with It have already remitted several mil lions of dollars to the American and intcrunatioual relief committees In China and thut already n great relief work has been accomplished. Never the less, my Information is 'that the means thus far placed at tho com mand ot these organizations are en tirely inadequate to the task they confront, '"The picture of China's distress is so tingle that I um moved therefore,, to renew the appeals heretofore made and to express the hope that . the American people will continue to con tribute to this humanitarian causa as generously as they poHslbly can, I'. H. Has Never Putin!." ' "The cry for succor -comes to us Trotn a people far dlstnnt, but linked to us by manifold ties o( friendly re lations nnd good will. The Ameri can nation has never fniled to dem onstrate Kh friendship for. the people of China and thut friendship always has been reciprocated in a manner, which I feel Justifies the hope that In this hour of China's distress our peo ple will do everything In their power for i.ts amelioration." ' NEW YORK, Mar. 12. Two hun dred nnd seven children have been sold, three abandoned and one killed by fundne stricken paents In the province of f'hlhll. northern China, according to a dlsliatch received here tfiday by the American commlttco for the China fniiilnn fund. These figures, the report says, were the result of a famine survey made in seventy-three villages of the pro vince where more than 10,000 por sons wero found destitute. Cotton plants bear best whon plant ed together closely, fc X ' rut! w y- iv'Skr..- " HARDING ASKS COUNTRY FOR SAYS FATAL SHOT FIRED BY VAMPIRE Ex-Police Chief Gives Death Bed Statement of Jake Ha mon' to Jury in Ardmore Trial Victim Said Smith Woman Shot Him-' As She Stood at Bed.- v ' '"HAMK VP BY OTHERS WAS HAMOX CHARGE ARDMORE. Okla,,' March 12. Constantly Interrupted In turn by defense and 'then by state, tho. Rov. J. T. Irwin, pas tor 'of the Presbyterian church at Lnwton, Okla., and the man who delivered Jake I,, llnmon's funeral oration, today detailed to the jury in tho trial of Clara Smith Ulnmou, charged with Mr. llnmon's murder, his last con ference with the dying man. "This was a flume up by others," Dr. Irwin testified the dying oil man and railroad mil lionaire and republican nation al committeeman, from -Oklahoma, told him. "Threo times 1 have puld her off hut this Is the lust time," he quoted further." ARDMORE, Okla., Mar. 12. A dying statement by Jake L. Hamon, reputed millionaire oil and railroad man and republican national committee man from Oklahoma, in which he said Clara Smith Hamon shot- him us he lay on the bed In his own room of the suite they occupied at a hotel here, was given the Jury today In tho trial of tho woman on a murder chitrgo. ; W. B. Nichols, former chief of police of Oklahoma City and business associ ate of Hamon, told the ury that Juke Hamon,, utter telling him he knew he would die from tho bullet wound told him Clara Hamon had fired the ballot us she stood at his bedside stroking his head with her left hand. Hamon Was Sober W. B. Nichols, former chief of police of Oklahoma City, now In the oil bttsl' ness, suld he was. in Hitmen's office on tlie afternoon preceding the evening on i which Human was shot; that he had twq drinks and Human three; and that, Hnipon was.-sobor. when: ho 'left the. offices .two hours. before ho was Sh0l.,i:, ,!,,v.--'i . lin .j-, . Ill ;: ! Mr. Nichols suld Mr, Htiuton showed him the suit lie hud intended lo wear at the presidential inauguration March 4th. . . ,r- He said after he heard Hamon had been shot he went to tho hospital Just In time to see Hamon operated on, Mr. Nichols identified a 25 caliber steel bullet os similar to one tulton from llumon's body. The defense admitted It was the fatal bullet and It wus sub mitted as evidence. "Now Clara, MrB. Hamon Is leaving for Chicago and you have got to loavft hero, Mr. Nichols quoted Frank Ketch llumon's business manager, ns saying to Clara nftor the shooting. "Clara, I never havo hutted Into your affairs beForo, but I am now; no more disgrace for the Hamon family." "He Did It" Clr Said "Why, you talk us If I did It," ho quoted Clara as having suld. "He did It himself and he will toll you so." Mr. Nichols said on the morning fol lowing the shooting Clara Hamon's face and hands were bruised. On Tuesday, Mr. Nichols said Mr. Hamon told him he bad been fatally shot. : "But she got me," he quoted Hamon having said. He quoted Hamon as having Bald he was lying down for a Test when Clara came to him, put her bund on his heud and fired Into his body. He said Hamon Bald he threw up his arm, but too lato. "Let's call It an accident," Nichols salt! Hamon quoted Clara as saying after he had disarmed her and search ed on tho floor for the weapon he had knocked from her hand after he was snot. Palms But No Beach Nichols Bald he tried to buoy tip Hamon and told him they had to go to Palm Beach, Flu., but Hamon said that (Continued on lge Eight) Palm Beach Smart Set Towed 17 Miles To Sea By Devil Fish PALM ltKACH. Fla., Ma:. 12. Floivnz Zeigfeld, Jr., and L. Leonard Replogle battled fur eight hours yesterday with a giant ray or devil fish that tawed two bouts forty miles from I'alr.i Beach anil seventeen miles to sea and then escaped when the cables' broke, although its body bore four huriKxins, eight rifle bullets and filteon wounds from lances. The sea monster wus In sight of tho bathers near the breakers pier when discovered. Mr. und Mrs. Zicgfcld had ended a day's fishing trip In Mr. Reploglc's bant when their attention wus called to tho monster. Immediately two fust motor bouts started in pur suit. Occupants of both boats threw harpoons into tho big fish which Immediately sped away to swa Army rifle bullets were fired into Its body but the fish did nut 8lnckcn sjieed. At nightfall the cables to the harpoon parted and the fish escaped. Airplanes fol lowed the boats nnd watched the struggle. SUTED FOR POST OFFICE POSITION ' AVAailINGTON,T,Mnrch 12. Wil liam' Walter Husband of St. Johns bury, Vt., was nominated today by President Harding to be commission er general of immigration. ' Lars Bladlne. Cedar Falls, Iowa, was nominated to be collector of In ternal revenue for- the district of Iowa. Harry Ililtou Billany ot Dolaware was nominated to be fourth asslstuut postmaster goneral, Carl A. Mnpes of Michigan wus re nominated solicitor ot the bureau of internal revenue, Tho nomination . of Mr. Billany subsequently was confirmed by the senate. He formerly was postmaster at Wilmington, Del. . Ralph .Williams, republican na tional committeeman from Oregon, Is understood to be under considera tion for one of the other three assist ant postmaster generalships. The as sistants will be oquul In runk, it was said toduy ut the postoffice - depart ment and Postmaster General Hays Is said to be planning to drop the numerical designations. . ? .Mr. iBUlany, as, fourth assistant, will have supervision ot rural free .dolWery. . SPOKANE, Mar. 12. Union build ing laborers and hod carriers of this city, at a meeting last night voted a voluntary reduction of 1 a day In 'wuges, It was announced by their of ficers toduy. The action was taken, It was stated, to stimulate building ac4 UvltlcK hero. Wages of building laborers under the new scale will be IB u day und those of hod carriers $G. BAKER H. S. PLAYS VOLUNTARILY IN BASKETBALL MUST BE REPLAYED 8AI.EM, Mar. 12. Franklin high school, of Portland and Mollula high school teams will clush this after noon to decide which team shall play tho winner of tho Salem-McM'Innvlllc game, also slated for this aftornoon, for the state high school basketball championship here tonight. . The games were scheduled by lots drawn this morning after the Baker high school team had been dlsquoli fled by tournnment officials for hav ing played an Ineligible player under an, assumed nntne. Baker had won all of Its games using the disqualified plnyer and was to havo met Salem for the championship. SAI.EM, Ore., Mar. 12. Delib erately Wolutliig the playe.M eligibility :EK COLLINS 101 GUILTY BANK CASE After Deliberating Five' Hours Jury in Second Jacksonville Bank Case Acquits Ben Col-, lins of Criminal Charge Further Instructions From Court Requested at Noon. At 2:110 tills nrtcrnoon the Jury re turned u verdict of not guilty In tho Collins case. The Jury In the case of Ben M. Collins began its deliberations at 9:40 I o'clock this morning, and at noon had reucneu no verdict. At eleven o clock tho Jury asked for further Instruc tions, and returned to tho Jury box. Juror W. It. Lamb, a farmer ot Modford asked tho court: . " "If tho defendant borrowed over $2200 would It be a crime,, your honor?" The court replied in line with Its previous instructions that such would not bo a crime, and that further, the borrowing of a greater amount from a bank would not In itself constitute n crime. The court also Instructed that it must ho proven that the de fendnnt conspired with theL cashier of a bank to defraud. This point Is based on tho Oregon state law, pro-, hibltlng a bank to loan over ten per cent of Its capital to one personi and Is probably tho point upon will jh1 the decision hinges. Tho Jury retlrfcVI'lm medintely and resumed their- tlollbe--' rations. - ..' . y Little, if any Interest; is being taken in the ense by the citizens of Jacksonville, only five people: not court attaches waiting for the ver dict. Court Adjourns to March 3 if' ; With tho completion of the trial of Ben M. Collins the circuit court took' a continuance until Monday, . March 21,' whon the docket will be resumed. This action was mado necessary larg ely by tho calling of Marshall Hooper, assistant bank superintendent, ta Klamath Vails, where he was called on officlnl business In connection with' tho ro-openlng of the J.-W. Siemens bunk of thut elty. Hooper is an im portant witness In the remaining ' Jacksonville bank cases. . . When the court, resumes .'Its ses-" slons It will bo occupied by civil ac tions and the hearing ot the evidence in the Indictments against Chester C. Kubll, S. T. Johnson, and J. E. Bart lett, In connection with the Bank of Jacksonville failure, and that of W If. DoWItt, Ashland Jitney driver, in;, dieted on a manslaughter change, as. n result ot tho death ot Mrs. Nona Jennings of this city In an auto aoil-. dent near Talent last Christmas Kve,' ' Bunk Kxnmlncrs Attacked. : ''.Charging that tho state board of bank examiners "pulled a boner" In the .Bank of Jacksonville, and had built a fire in the south part ot town to . cover up nnd detract attention, ' Attorney Ous Newbury in a strong ad dress, mado his plea to the Jury Frf-' day afternoon, before a crowded courtroom In tho trial of Bert M. Col' lins, Indicted In connection With the fullure of the Bank of Jacksonville. In his argument Attorney Newbury told tho Jury that all the -records In Collins case had not been presented. . "though they were in the possession of tho bunk exnminors, and in: this : very courtroom this morning," ' "They only submitted one sheet of -tho ledger," continued Attorney New bury. "Where are the remaining sheets Where is the note register? Johnson testified they were kept. Thu' Continued on raw TClahtVr RINGER": rules oi 1he Oregon stnle high school athletic association. Coach ;Oiorge Dewey of the Baker high school team hns thrown a-wrench into the playinff schedule of tho state intor-scholaslic : basketball tournament, belli hold hero under the auspices of Willam ette university, which will necessi tate the re-playlng of the semi-final ' games of the series. Coach Dewey admitted this morn- Ing that Roy Stoddard, the . Baker center, whoso playing has been tho scnsntlon of tho tournament, la not . Stoddard at all, but Blakeley, a player . who had been declared Ineligible by the principal of the Baker high school because his study grades were .' not tip to the required standard. - ' - Blakeley also admitted that he had been playing under an assumed name.