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Maximum yesterday 54
Minimum today 33
Precipitation 08
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Oetashmal rain.
Daily Fifteenth Tear.
Weekly Fiftieth Year.
MEDFORD, ORKGOX, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, I92t
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AGREEMENT
REACHED III
IATS1KE
Government Intervention in
Meat Packers' Controversy
Said to Have Been Suc
cessful Final Terms to Be
Announced Late Today
Cabinet Officers Influential.
WASHINGTON' , 'March 22. An
agreement between the five big meat
packers and their employes through
which preaont wage and other dis
putes will ho amicably adjusted was
forecast today a short time before a
second Joint conference of spokesmen
for both sides with Secretary Davis
Bt the labor department.
Secretary Davis told the cabinet
at the regular session that good pro
gress toward a settlement had been
tnade and from other sources It was
learned that the negotiations had ad
vanced so far that the further at
tendance of Secretaries Hoover and
Wallace at the conferences was not
regarded as necessary.
' It -was stated that both sides had
tentatively agreed to a settlement at
private conferences with Secretary
Davis late last night and' early to
day and that all that romained was to
bring them together on tho final
terms on the join conference late to
day. WASHINGTON, March 22. As the
eablnet assembled! today to consid
er, tho controversy botween the meat
packers and their employes, there
were reports that a tontative agree
ment was being approached. One
plan being considered was that the
wage reductions which went Into
effect yesterday should stand; that
the packers agree to extend the Al
schulor arbitration agreement pro
viding for settlement of differences
by a permanent arbitrator and that
the eight hour day be agreed upon
subject to peculiar conditions obtain
ing in the packing industry.
'. ' Parties to the conferences which
have been conducted with Secretar
ies Davis, Hoover and Wallace refus
ed to discuss the reports and cabinet
bfficlals maintained their silence, it
was said, however, that a prospect of
a tentative agreement had resulted
ffprn private conferences held by tho
cabinet officers last night with the
packers' representatives and by Sec
retary Davis this morning with the
spokesmen for the workers.
k,:The controversy is understood to
settle largoly around the war time
agreement as to wages and working
conditions which employes claim the
packers now seek to 'break 'by pro
posing a reduction in wages from
12 Mi lo 15 per cent. The employes
say the agreement was to be effective
for one year :after the war ended,
while the contention of the packers
1 -reported to be that the war ac
tually has ended and the agrement
therefore no longer is in effect.
IN THE PAS! TENSF.
MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 22. William Jen
nings Bryan made it plain hero today
tbst he was Bpcaking facetiously last
night and In tho past tenso when be
referred at a Young Woman's Chris
tian Association banquet to his presi
dential aspirations. Mr. Bryan was
quoted as having said that with wom
en voting he was sure he would be
nlecieri. Hn cxnlained today that he
said "would have been," elected, in
stead of "would be.
U.S.
KILLED IN
EL PASO, Mar. 28 federal Pro
hibition Agents 8. E. Beckett and
Arch Woods were shot to death early
this morning when prohibition agents
were hunting for liquor on a ranch
owned by Nell T. Shearman, near this
city.
Federal Officers were given a tip
last night that a load of twenty-three
cases of liquor was to be sent across
the line intended for a ranch, accord
ing to members of the raiding party.
Approaching tho ranch the officers
Flying Warship Is
Already Perfected
By British Experts
LONDON, Mar. 22. Details of
a new typo of seaplane which can
both fly and cruise as a warship
have been mafic public here. Two
of these ships are being built for
the air ministry. The vessels arc
said to be much like small ships
with wings added. They are lar-
ger and stronger than any sea-
going aircraft yet constructed.
capable of riding the roughest
waves and each will carry a crew
of seven with emplacements for
five machine guns.
They will be capable of joining
4 In all naval maneuvers without a
parent vessel, operating from a
sea base just as tho submarine
does. They have a range of J500
miles, and, when not flying will
be able to taxi along the water
driven by their own propellers.
JAPAN WILLING
10 AMALGAMATE
Prominent Japanese Bishop
Declares Nippon Fears U. S
Aggression Only Outlet for
Surplus Population Seems
Western World.
NEW YORK, Mur. 23. Bishop Yo-
shlrla Hlra-Iwa of tho Japan Metho
dist church, now in this city, declared
today that while ho was in Washing
ton, Count Shidoharn, Japanese am
bassador, had expressed to him belief
that the Harding administration
would adopt tho Morris-Shidehara
agreement in final settlement of the
Japaneso question in California.
"Tho Japnnese public is anxiously
awaiting news to this effect," said the
church man. "The Morris-Shidehara
agreement will bo satisfactory to the
Japanese people, but it leaves un
solvod tho problem of racial expan
sion, which is pressing."
"The Japanese still look toward the
western hemisphere as the only logi
cal ground for immigation. Hut con
trary to belief in this country, they
are willing to amalgamate with the
people among whom they settle.
"Japan does not want Hawaii or
tho Philippines. The present friction
has been greatly augmented, how
ever, by tho suddenly increased gar
risons and tho extensive fortifications
being erected there.
'Frankly, tho Japanese people are
extremely nervous over the possibili
ties of aggression from a nation of
such powor and wealth aa the United
States. They do not contemplate be
ginning any trouble of their own ac
cord.
"There is a strong movement in
Japan for reduction of armament be
cause the present military and naval
expenses consume more than one
third the yearly budget and the peo
ple arc buidoned with heavy taxes.
Any action by the United States
toward such nn agreement would find
a hearty response In Japan, but it
must originate with your country,
because of tho relative size of the two
nations."
Jap Upholds Borah.
TOKIO (Correspondence of the
Associated Press) Representative
Yukio Ozakl, ex-minister of justice,
who has come into prominence anew
because of his championing of re
stricted armaments, accepted the
challenge to a public debate on arma
ments issued by Professor Matsu
naml of the Imperial University, who
recently returned from Manila where
ho delivered a series of lectures on
jurisprudence.
Ozakl begiyt with a brief review
of the respective naval strengths of
the United States and of Japan and
in the course of his argument polnt-
(Continued on page six.)
AGENTS ARE
ON TEXAS
searched an automobile but found
nothing.
Tho nosse nenred the house wnnn
a vntf-o shotted to them to halt. The
officers did not stop, a volley of shots
followed. Beckett onu w ooas imin
fti .nnrfnllv wniinflpd. The remain
ing nffirprs fired from woodsheds and
hums, return nu fire from the House.
When the firing from the house
ceased, the officers entered the place.
v-rth,,tt- nnn thprp. Officers think the
men in the house crawled through the
darkness and followed the rivers
course into El Paso.
WITH AMERICANS
MP CO,
CRATER LAKE
IS LAUNCHED
President Portland Chamber of
Commerce to Organize a
Holding Company Vernon
Vawter to Represent South
ern Oregon New Conces
sions are Considered.
CRATER LAKE SEASON
IS OPEN JULY 11TH
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22. Cra
ter Lake park, Oregon, v.ill open
July 11 and close September 30
this year, according to announce
ment of dates of opening and
closing of national parks Jiadc by
tho department of interior last
night. Hotels and camps will be
open to accommodate visitors on
tho opening date upon which also
the first scheduled motor tours
will be operated.
PORTLAND. Ore., Mnr. S2. Presi
dent If. B, Vanduzer of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, has appointed
a committee to organize a company
to take over coneusKions in Crater
Lake national park nnd provide ade
quale accommodations for tourists us
a result of the recent conference here.
Heading this eonunittee is Gov
ernor Olcott as honorary chairman.
Eric V. HauHer is chairman, with the
following members:
Leslie Duller, Hood River; Ym
H. Vawter, Medford; L. IL Wheeler.
Rodney L.' Olisan, II. W. Childs. K.
W. Price, Julius L. Meier and Amos
Benson of Portland.
The eommittoo will merit soon for
organization and it is said that the
plans to bo followed wilt be some
what after tho plan of handling the
concessions In the Yosemlto national
park, which were outlined in detail
nt tho recont conference, by A. H.
Dohrman of San Francisco.
Largo Capitalization.
The company will have a capitali
zation of between J250.0OO and $500.-
000. It will take over tho present
concessions in tho park, t'he operation
of which have not been satisfactory
to national park officials nor to tour
ists and adequato accommodations
wilt be provided.
Special attention will be' given to
transportation facilities in tho park,
so that tourists may bo given oppor
tunity to see not only Crater Lake,
but all the other natural phonoroen-i
and unusual scenic points in the vi
cinity of tho park. ;
New concessions also will he added
so that the lake and its environs will
he made far more attractive than It
has been In the past.
BULLETINS
CINKS'.'ATr, Ohio., March 22. A
series of explosions that shook
houses within a radius of two miles
and the hurling of sky rockets,
bombs and other pyrotechnics over a
wide territory marked a fire which
today virtually destroyed the plant,
of tho A. L. Due Fireworks company
at Reading, a suburb.
WASHINGTON', March 22. Ma
jor Leonard Wood will retire from
active service in tho army to become
head of Pennsylvania university af
ter he returns from the Philippines
It was learned today at tho war de
partment. DAYTON, Wash., March 22.
George Htthbard, well known in Day-to-.,
at 7:39 o'clock this morning
killed his wife with a hand axe and
a few minutes later ended his own
life by cutting his throat with a ra
zor and sending two bullets through
his brain.
COPHN'HAGEN, March 22. The
Finnish government has decided to
try on a charge of high treason, the
chairman and other leaders of the
Finnish communist party, says a
Helsingfors dispatch, today.
Flu In Coblenz
COBLENZ, Mar. 22. An influenza
epidemic has broken out here among
the United States occupation forces,
the second battalion of the eighth in
fantry has been quarantined by the
medical authorities. Forty-five cases
have been reported and It is said the
attack of the malady Ib very severe.
At the present rate of increase the
United States will have one billion
persons within the life of grandchil
dren of persons now living.
Queen Marie Denies
She's Conspiring to
Oust King of Greece
ATHENS. Mjir. 22. ( liv Associated
Press.) Reports that Quefirt Mario of
Rumania was working for the de
thronement of King Constantino of
Greece in order to secure the nscon
tiancy of Crown Princo Course and his
wife, formerly Princess JClizaboth of
Rumania, arc without foiflirtatloit, tho
(pieen declare! yesterday Hjion her
rt'turn to Athens from a tour in mr
ttiorn Greece. She asked . tho Associ
ated Press to refute these, stories.
' Queen Mario of Rtimnr.ia, regarded
as Europe's most beautiful monarch.
niece of the into King Kdward of
Great .Britain, Is to visijt the United
States, in the near future according to
a statement by Princess Hilieseo, wife
of the new Rumanian luSnlster. Prin
cess Hibesco was formetily Miss Tenr
tiant, rister of Mrs. Asnuiih.
CRIMNALCASE
SWITCHES TO
. ciyiup
Criminal Charge Against J. E.
Bartlett Dismissed and Civil
. Action for Recovery of
Money Is Started by Bank
Superintendent Bramweli.
After tho criminal antiou against.
J. K. liuiilett, tho former Medford
electrical goodH dealer, on the Indict
ment of aiding and abetting a bank
cashior to defraud a bank, hud been
dismissed by tho stuto in circuit court
in Jacksonville this afternoon, a sur
prise was sprung when Ktato Hank
Superintendent I'.ramweU's civil ac
tion against liiu'tlott for the recovery
of money alleged to be duo . on n
promissory note and overdraft to tiro
amount of $3S00 was called.
'Superintendent lirainwell is rep
resented in I lie suit by OeorKe Rob
erts, former rounty prosecutor,' and
Bartlett by his attorneys, (!us New
bury nnd Frank Farrell, Work on
selecting a jury was at once started
and It is expected the submission of
testimony will start late this after
noon. I,llje(vlst Assists Moore.
L. A. Liije(lvist, assistant to the at
torney general, arrived Afondny to
assist Prosecutor UhwIoh Moore in
tho Hank of Jacksonville eases. This
action was taken by the county court
upon the request of the district at
torney. Mr. JJIjeovist has a wide
letrnl experience, nnd is rated as one
of the leading .lawyers of the state.
It'1 ppent this rttorninir at Jackson
viilf ncfjuainllns himself with the de
tails of pending cases.
Dismissal of Indictments against
.1. K. ftartletl and 8.. T. Johnson In
pemlins. They were charged with
sibling nnd abetting a bank cashier to
defraud a bank." The counts against
them rested on overdrafts, and they
were exonerated by Johnson, the liniK
cashier, the chief witness agninnt
them, who' declared that they were
just ordinary business transactions.
Civil actions for recovery of pioney
filed against them will he pressed.
The case of the state hank examiner
vs. Hartlott for recovery of money will
be called this afternoon.
The next case on the docket is tlmf
of the state vs. Myrtle Bhtkely, for
mer county treasurer, charced with
aiding and abetting a bank raHhlcr t it
defraud a bank. A jury at tho trial
of the first count, "malfeasance in
office" disagreed.
County Loses Suit.
The circuit court wa occupied this
morning in the civil suit of K. Sf. Uig
1mm vs. Jackson county for the re
covery of money for wnges to the
amount of 1130. This Is a test ease.
(Continued on pagfe six,
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HOTEL MEN
WON! PAY
NEW RATE
Oregon Hotel Keepers Decide
to Pay Old Phone Rates,
Pending Rehearing by Pub
lic Servscte Commission
George Mansfield Vigor
ously Attacks Company.
PORTLftXD, Mar. 22. Hotel men
of Oregon fit session hero decided late
yesterday to- tender the Tacific Tele
phono and Telegraph company pay
ment for service at. the old rates and
to right through the. courts any at
tempt of tho companj- to cut oft ser
vice until final settlement of the rate
increaso question Is made before! tho
public service commission. This action
followed adoption or a resolution ask
ing the public rvice commission ror
a re hearing of tho ease In which rate
Increases wcr recently authorized.
Tho city ctmncll late yesterday de
cided to" usk. Governor Olcott to in
struct tho Attorney general to take
steps for a reheating of tho telephone
rate case. Tho council Invited other
pities ami towns of tho stnto to co
operate, with Portland finnncfnlly or
otherwise.
In addition, tho council instructed
City Attorney Frank S. Grunt to wire
to tho inter-Btuto commorce commis
sion to furnish ono of Its rate experts
to aid Oregon fn this fight.
Mansfield Speaks
At tho hotel men's mootinc. flnnree
M"unstleld of Medfind," president of the
Oregon Farm Hureau, gavo the viewts
of farmei-a on tho telephone rate In
crease.
"The public is being proflleerod
upon by the telephone company," said
Mansfield, "in a year when tho far
mers arc bearing losses that total
t8.000.000,Qllft. When people am! busi
ness on every hand are losing money,
fho telephone company comes lu and
demands a great Increaso lu rntos nil
along tho line. t'H tell you how tho
farmers are going to meet this In
crease they're going to ettt out the
phones."
Emil Mohr of Medford was among
the hotel men prosont.
Mansflehl mado a scathing de
nouncement or what ho termed "tho
ptihlfo be-dnmued attitude displayed
by tho telephone eompnny ns shown
by its representatives hore."
"Wo are going to have to teach the
public service corporation that Its
business is tho public's business and
not to ho operated for its own private
gains," declared Mansfield. "When
they don't serve tho public and refuse
to listen to the public's needs and de
mands, then wo should titke their fran
chise awuy from them and put in com
panies that will have sumo considera
tion for tho public."
This statement mot wllh loud an
plnttso from the lingo gathering of
hotel men and their wives from tho
four corners of Oregon.
"A rich man In New York once said,
i no public be damned,' According
to ino answers made you hotel men
by the telephone company's represen
tatives Here today, tho Pnclflc Stutos
Telephone company has adopted that
sttttntte.
Mr. Hickman, of the Pacific Phone
company, arose to explain that be
hadn t meant that attitude by his re
marks, hut what ho wanted to convey
waB that if the hotels did not want tho
phono service, they could cut It out."
SAVAGE MONKEY
PROTECTS YANKEE
HAVANA, Mar. 22. Port officials
encountered stern opposition yester
day when they boarded tho American
Hchooncr Benjamin Vnnbrunt to tow
her to the dock, following the refusal
of the commander to leave his
anchorage.
Whon tho officers went over the
side of the craft they wcro met by a
hugo and vicious monkey, which ran
amuck among the boarding party and
bit n policeman so severely that surgi
cal attention was deemed necessary.
me captain or the lioat had re
fused to dock and unload his cargo
until demurratre charges aggregating
f 14,000 together w0h a payment of
J.lftO for aleged deterioration of ma
chinery was paid. Cuban Rttthori-
ties took up the matter with the
American consul general and it was
advised to disrcitrad the skipper's oh-
jectiomt and bring the ship to the
wharf.
Teddy, Jr., Does the
Honors at Launching
Super-Dread naught
!
CAM DION, X. .1., March 22.
Tho supor-dreadnaught Colora
do, the largest and most pow
erful battleship ever built on
the IViaware river, was launch
ed at the New York Shipbuild
ing corporation yard her& at
12:5.'l p. m. today. The great
fighting machine was spon
sored by Mrs. Iluth Melville of
Denver, daughter of United
States Senator Samuel D. Nich
olson of Colorado.
Theodore Roosevelt, assist
ant secretary of the navy, and
Seuator Nicholson stood by the
sponsor ns sho smashed tho
gold netted and gaily herlh
hotied bottle of bubbling miner
al water from Colorado against
the prow of the giant hull as it
began to recede into the Dela
ware. 5 WALL STREET
BOMBSUSPEGTS
ABE ARRESTED
Mutineers Sailors Arrive at
New Orleans Heavily Man
acled Chief Flynn De-
' dares Wo Evidence Yet, But
Investigation Will Be Made.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 22. Chief
Flynn, of tho dosmrlment of justice
bureau of investigation said today no
evidence had boon uncovered to con
nect five men hold at New Orleans
with tho Wail street bomb explosion
of last September 16. An Investiga
tion of tho men still is being -mado,
howover.
Tho arrest of the men on the steam
er City of Alton appears. Chief Flynn
said, to havo resultod from a mutiny
on board that vessel. He added that
the department of justice had heard of
the arrests ten days ago and Immedi
ately began an investigatioE to deter
mine whether tho men were connected
With tho bomb explosion.
NEW YOMK. Mnr. 22. Shipping
board records hore show that tho flvo
roan brought Into New Orleans today
on the steamer Rffshvttie and alleged
to bo under Investigation in connec
tion wllh the Wall street explosion
woro charged with starting a "soviet
revolution" aboard tho slonmor City
of Alton Inst Febrnnry. Tho records
contained no allegations that they had
a ham! In last September's dfsa3ter.
NEW OHLEANS, La., Mar. 22 Five
inon said to ho wanted In connection
with tho Wall street bomb explosion
Inst year woro brought hero today
from llio do Janeiro on the shipping
Board sfeamer Rushviile.
The men are sailors and gfve their
natlonaSiiy as Germs nor Russian.
They were shackled, hand and foot.
Nnmes of the men as placed on the
register of the parish prison hero
where I hey are being held incommuni
cado are Philip Hender, alias "Chief"
Lionet Kttebreezuff, Rudolph Dorsh,
Hans Ritndia and Hettrik Lfpnn. Alt
are apparently between 2S and 35
yuars of age. Among their effects
were ntlases, maps aud a large quan
tity of correspondence. Hand in was
snid to live on South street, New York
City.
Tho five prisoners wcro arrested
late In February on the shipping board
vessel City of Altos, where they were
working ns members of the crew. Ac-
(Continued on page six.)
GERMANY WILL REFUSE TO PAY ALUES :
BILLION MARKS IN ' GOLD MARCH 23D
BERLIN. Mar. 21. ( Bv tlin Asso
ciated I'ress) (Jermnnv's renlv tn
tho entente demand for the payment
before March 2a of one billion marks,
gold, to apply on reparation nbttga
Hons will be In tho negative It was un
officially stated today.
The CJerman eovemmrmf1 Anwu-er
to the allies, now hettwr drafted, wilt
lie presented within 48 hours.
The siilc-d reparations commission
in a note sent March IS demanding
fulfillment by (lerraany of article 234
of the pence treaty notified the Cicr-
mnn government that It must pay one
billion marks gold before March 21,
WILL SETTLE
TARIFF BY
VETOED BILL
Reptibfican Leaders Unite on
Compromise in Tariff Fight
Rush Through Fordney
Emergency Measure Pre
cisely as Vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson,
WASHINGTON, b. C 4 p. si.,
March 22. Committee oa way and;
means began active preparation of
regular tariff bitL 1 was appelated
chairman of the sub-committee on
the agricultural schedule. We aiso
ordered favorable report or Fortteejr
emergency tariff bill passed at last
session with Items unchanged.
W. S. HAWLEY, M. C.
WASHINGTON, March 22. Work
of framing a permanent tariff ibitt
was begun today by the boase ways
aud means committee which ap
pointed five sub-committees to pra
paro various schedules.
A sub-committee consisting of
Ropresentattvo Young, North Da
kola; Hartley, Washington, and Tim
lierlake, Colorado, will take charge
of the emergency tariff to be Intro
duced Uy Mr. Young ott the epeEteg?
day of tho extra session, The Fsrd
r.oy bill, passed last season., and ve
toed, will be presented In Its sama
form except that it will run for six
months instead of ten.
Tho Young committee wilt raft a
report showing the need of Imme
diate ac;. Son in order ts relieve th
demauds for protection, "'- " '
Tho sub-coimultteea are:
Chemicals LongwortH, Ohloi
Copley, Iowa; Hadloy, Washington.
Jfotabr Tiison, Connecticut; Mott,
New York; Timbertako, Colorado.
Agriculture Hnwtoy, Oregon;
Young, North Dakota ; Frear, Wis
consin. ;
Cotton 'Green, Iowa; Treadway,
Massachusetts; Ilowcrs, West Vir
ginia. ; ' -
Wool Fordnoy, Michigan; Bacli
nrach, New Jersey; Watson-, .Penn
sylvania. ' ,
Other Stth-eommHtees to conafder
glassware, lumber and other sub
jeets will be appointed later. Nona
of them will hold bearings,
WA Srf 1NQTON, Mar. 22. With tho
decision by republican leaders to put
through the Fordncy emergency tariff
bill precisely as vetoed; by ProsWoitt
Wilson, Immediately open th eonten-
Ing of congress, tha-major lesis'.ltivo
program for tho, session -was iheHeved" '
tpday to be .definitely Bettlodpn fii-.::'.
Reversing vtholr previous i pesltion'c;
against, enactment .of. ana emergency'
tariff, members, of the honse-wny and
means committee agreed - to passaga -
at usee of measnrs' desigHedito --af- "
ford protection to the farmers against .
fiireign competition.
Agreement to the program also waa
given by Senators Penrose, Smoot and
SfcCumber, conferees from the senate
finance cc tcuittee. Senator Penrose
stating there would be limitation of
debate it necessary to l&sstra speedjr
passage of the bill through, the senate
It probably will be rushed through, tha
house under a special rule.
With the emergency measure out of '
the way tho house, according to the
final sH-ograni agreed on then wfft take
up the attU-dutrtptEg biii, to fee; ioHowv
ed by permanent tariff revision. Tte
actual work of framing tha tariff bill
will be begun by the ways nnd means
committee at once. It is planned to
speed up tho program by having the
senate finance committee consider
( Continued on page sistj
and that she must complete tho pay
ment of twenty billion marka gohi
by May 1. It was announced by ttlo
commission, howover, that Germany
had virtually refused to pay tho bal
ance, asserting: that the twenty bff
llon marks already have been, paid
In full. Tho allied representatives
stated that tho greatest sum they
eouid compute as bavtnsr been paftf
by Germany against this aoant
could hardly reach eight billion
marks by May 1. It Is said, there
fore, the Initial payment of one bil
lion marks, and a balance, of at least
eleven billion that the allies are de
manding, cannot be met.