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MEDFOKD, ORKGOX, MONDAY, MAliOII 28, 1921
'NO. 5
I, S. POLICE
DRAWN INTO
REDREVOLT
Icommunist Uprising in Ameri
can Bridgehead Area Brings
Riot Call to Yankee Forces
German Govt. Taking Hand
in Aid of Security Police
No Truce Expected.
COBLNS, Mar. 28. (By tho As-
Isoclated Press) A communist upris
ing occurred this morning in the
American bridgehead area at Montn
baur, six miles northeast of Ehren
breistcln. A riot call was answered by tho
I provost marshal and American mili
tary police were dispatched to Montu
baur to restore order.
HALLE, Germany, Mar. 28. (By
I the Associated l'ress) Federal urtll
lery was taking a prominent part to
day in dealing with tho insurgent
communists In this disturbed section
lot Prussian Saxony.
Tho artillery shelled the commu-
Inlsts, who were grouped on the hills
to the west of Eisleben, dispersing
them.
After a brief engagement tho town
I of Sangerhausen, southwest of Elsle
ben, was occupied liy federal forces,
which now control that place.
Police Disarmed by Hods.
BERLIN, Mar. 28. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Rioting uctlvitles In
tho communlBt uprising in central
Germany are concentrating now on
Bitterfeld, where thu extremists have
succeeded in disarming the local po
lice and occupying the public build
ings, according to an official com
munique Issued shortly before noon
today. During Sunday, the statement
says, bandits looted tho bank and the
postofftce at Sangerhausen and put
the local telegraph office out of com
mission.
(A Halle dispatch today announced
that Sangerhausen, southwest of Eis-
leben, had been occupied and put
under control by federal forces).
Through trains, which normally
traverse the Halle section are being
rerouted, owing to the sabotaging of
the trackage and bridges by tho com
munists, who are continuing to spread
terror as they proceed westward and
northward from Hallo with the se
curity police at their heels.
The extent to which a general
strike movement is likely to develop
as a sequel to tho present outbreak
could not be determined today as the
workers everywhere are taking their
Kaster hollduy.
Troop reinforcements' 'are con
stantly arriving nt different points in
the riot area and the government an
nounces that it docs not propose to
enter into a truce and that it will
also demand the' unconditional sur
render of the arms and munitions
held by tho communists.
1921 BERRY PRICES
FIXED AT SALEM
' SALEM. Ore., Mar. 2J. Prices for
loganberries will be fixed for the 1021
season at soven cents a pound, rasp
berries at 12 cents, gooseberries nt
seven cents and strawberries at nine
cents. In case recommendations made
by a committee of the growers ai
meeting here finally are approved.
The pnmmittpe was expected to
hold a conference with buyers and
report back to tho growers as an or
ganization nt a meeting in Salem
April 4.
Joe Gorman. Portland feather
weight and Frank Edwards of New
York will meet in a fifteen round
hout in Gotham tonight.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 28. Tho body
of Cardinal GibbonB was borne this
Morning from the bed chamber in
which he died last Thursday to the
cathedral where it will He in state
until Thursday, the day of the funeral.
Arrayed in the mass vestments of
an archbishop, the body rests on a
catafalque erected at the head of the
center aisle Immediately in front of
'he chancel. The cathedral within
and without, Is draped In purple and
black.
Day and night until the hour of
the funeral, guards of welve men,
selected from the different Catholic
laymen's societies, will stand by the
tier and each day from early morn
CONTINUOUS PROCESSION 1L PASS
BEFORE GIBBON'S BIER FOR 3 DAYS
Woman's Midnight
Visit to Sidewalk
Crypt Reveals Crime
' CHICAGO, Mar. 29. The mid-
night visit of a well-dressed worn-
un to a sidewalk crypt resulted
in the discovery early today of
the body of an unidentified niau,
who had been dead about two
months. In his hand he clasped
a rosary.
While Walter Jonas, a watch-
man at a factory on the north-
west side was making his rounds
at midnight he saw a woman ap-
preach the sidewalk adjoining a
vacant lot and which shelved
about ten feet above the lot. Tho
woman stooped, scraped away
stones and cinders from .the eui-
bankment, and crawled under the
sidewalk. When she disappear-
ed Jonas sought a policeman, who
entered the hole. There he found
the man's body but the woman
had departed. Police are search-
ing for her.
GREEKS TAKE
BAGDAD R. R.
Constantine's Forces Capture
One of Main Obectives in Of
fensive Against Turkey-
Turks Reported Evacuating
Eski Shehr, Other Objective
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar. 28. (By
Associated Press.) Announcement
the fall of Afiun-Karahissar, the im
portant junction point on the Bagdad
railway whore tho branch from Smyr
na joins the main line, was made here
this afternoon.
This is one of the two objectives at
which the Greek offensive against the
Turkish nationalists has been aimed
the other being Eskir-Shehr, the junc
tion point of the line to Angora.
was reported from Greek sources last
night that the Turkish troops wer
evacuating Eski-Shehr.
ATHENS, Mar. 28. Afiun-Karahis
sar, an Important railway junction
south of Eski-Shehr has been taken by
Greek forces from tho Turkish nation
aiists, a dispatch to the newspaper
Nea Ellas says. Many prisoners and
large quantities of war materials have
been captured, the dispatch declares
and the Turks are fleeing toward Kill-
tayah, about fifty miles northward
An official statement giving details
of Saturday's fighting says that the
army east of Smyrna pursued the
Turks to within approximately four
miles of Afiun-Karahissar, where the
attack halted for the night It is said
the Greek losses have been insignifi
cant. The Greeks, east of Brussn, have ad
vanced to north or biignui. i ne staio
nient seems to Indicate that the Turks
21 years old must witness the exe
this important city of Eski-Shehr.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 28 Jimmy
Duffy, Oakland, Cal.. welterweight,
who was scheduled to meet Dave
Shade in a ten-round bout nt Mil
waukie next Wednesday night, was
today barred from boxing for one
year by the Mllwaukie boxing com
mission because ho had refused to go
ahead with the match, according to
announcement by Frank Kendall,
matchmaker of the commission
ing until late at night a "guard of
prayer" from the "Daughters of Isa
bella" will kneel in tne pews oiieinm
prayers for the repose of the soul of
the honored prelate.
The six front pews had to ue re
moved to make sufficient space for
the bier and for the procession, which
will be passing it continuously from
11 n. m. to 11 p. m. today, tomorrow
nniT Wednesday, the time the public
will he admitted to view tne Doay.
The first ceremony of the funeral
was requiem high mass this morning
for children, celebrated by the Rev
i.nuls It. Stlckney, rector of the cn
thedral, assisted by priests of the late
cardinal's household.
JUNCTION
AH
BOARD
E
IN MAGES
Appeals by 15 Labor Unions
for Wage Increase on Short
Lines Dismissed by U. S.
Railroad Board 4000
Workers Effected.
CHICAGO, Mar. 2S. The I'nited
States railroad labor board today dis
missed anneals for increased wattes
filed with it last fall by fifteen rail-'.
way labor unions against sixtyseven
snort lines," throughout the country.
Short lines which neccpled for their
men the terms of tho 60o,000.0uo
wage award of last July will not be
Privileged to go back to the old scale,
under today's action, however, the an
nouncement of the board saying:
This decision shall not be con
sidered as affecting any wage in-
reaso now in effect or any agreement
regarding wages between nny -carriers
:md their employes."
4000 KmiiloycH Kft'eeted.
Approximately 4,000 employes on
-sixty-seven railroads are affected by
the board's decision. All the roadi
are short lines, In some cases operat
ing for only a few miles.
ltepresentatives of fifteen em
ployes organization are among the
40U0 men arrecteu. In a few cases
employes belonging to all fifteen un
ions are involved in the same road
but on the larger part of the roads
only a few classes of employes come
under the decision for the reason tb
the board's decision affects only those
whose dispute was brought to tb'
board.
Disputes were originally certified to
the board on the part of employes be
longing to one or more of the fifteen
unions on 1 0 :j railroads. Some of these
roads, however, were electric line?
md the board ruled these lines out
Twenty-six other lines adopted the
wage schedules protected by the trunk
lines, laid down in what is known as
decision No. 2, the wage awurd by
the United States railroad board of
July 20, 1920.
The trunk lines in decision No. 2
were represented by the Association
of Executives.
Hearing Last Octoler.
Following the application of de
cision No. 2, employes on roads not ef
fected began to file disputes with the
board and the whole matter was
taken up In a hearing known as the
short line hearing October 18, 1920.
The hearing consumed fourteen days
over a period of more than a month.
Tho short lines arc not parties to the
present rules and working conditions
hearings and In event they do not
accept the bonfd's decision on rules, a
separate healing on rules for short
lines will also be necessary.
Various scales of wages have been
In effect on the sixty-seven roads.
Some carriers paid tho standard scale
established by tho United States rail
road administration. Others paid ap
proximately the same rates as those
paid on the trunk lines in the sumo
territory.
Tho labor organizations include vir
tually all those from operators to
common labor.
. Tho railroads concerned are mostly
In the. cast. The western roads in
clude: i
Uutte, Anaconda and Pacific rail
way; Pacific Const railroad; Spokane
International railroad; Wood River
Branch railroad.
POLICY
BY LONDON PAPER
LONDON, Mar. 28. Agreement
with the principles enunciated by
Charles E. Hughes, American secre
tary of state, in his reply to overtures
for a trade agreement by tne Russian
bolshevik government Is expressed by
the Daily Mall, in commenting on tne
situation. The newspaper says tne
British government's attitude In con
cluding an agreement for the opening
of trade relations with soviet Russia
contrasts strikingly with Americas
decision.
"President Harding," Ihe newspaper
says, "distrusts bolshevik diplomacy
and lost no tlmo in rejecting Leninc's
overtures. It Is certain Great uruain
will find herself at variance with the
bolshevik! sooner or later. It Is obvi
ous that Russia will have to be kept
well up to her undertaking to abstain
from hostile action and from spread
ing propaganda against the British
empire. Public opinion here will re
main disquieted until the terms of the
soviet treaty which touch India most
nearlv those relating to Afghanistan
have been fully disclosed.
The world champion Cleveland In
dlans are prepared to end training
camp activities at Dallas tomorrow
and start Wednesday on a barn
storming tour.
DENIES
RAIS
Five Days' Search
Fails to Locate
Missing Balloon
PENSACOLA. Fla., March
! 28. Naval authorities here to-
day entered on the fifth day of
their search for truce of the na-
val balloon which has been miss-
Ing since last Tuesday when it
took the air here with five pas-
S- sengers. Although holding to
! the belief that the five men have
been picked up by some fishing
vessel, officials planned to eon-
tlnue the search unremitting-
lv.
In arranging to send the dir-
Igible C-7 out for a thorough
hunt today over Day and Holmes
counties, navul authorities were
! working on the theory that the
balloon might havo carried far
' enough to reach land there be-
fore descending if tho men had
unhooked the busket and climb
ed into tlie rigging.
A steady shoreward wind they
believed would havo carried the
bag clear of tho gulf In thut di
rection if tho weight had been
thus reduced.
A PAINLESS DEATH
Fl
CARSON CITY, Nov., March 2S.
A bill providing for the use of lethal
fms in executing the death penalty
In Nevada was signed here today by
Governor Roylo.
Nevada Is the first state In the un
ion to provide for the use of gas in
Infliotlne: ennltal Dunlshmeut. Undor I
the nl,t law condemned orisonei'B 1
could choose between hanging and
shooting. Under tho present act tho
death warrant must, designate the
week In which the execution will
take place. It must not be less than
110 nor more than 90 clays from dato
of sentence. A suitable cell for in
flicting the penalty will he provided
and the warden, a competent physi
cian and six other persons at least
21 year old must witness the exe
cution. Tho bill gave no details concern
ing the cell, but it is understood it is
Intended to be air tight, fitted with
dlndows of thick glass and equipped
with valves which will regulate cir
culation of air. It is planned to use
the gas when the condemned man Is
asleep, the gas being forced Into tho
cell through special valves.
SPARKS FROM
TODAY'S WIRE
SAN FHANCISCO, Mar. 28. Two
unidentified Chtnam:n were found
dead from pistol wounds In a Chi
nese lodging house today, ihe result,
uccordinK to the police, of a new tons
war outbreak. A pistol wan found
beside enrh man and tho policy be
lieve they shot each other.
MANILA, Mar. 28. Police armed
with riot guns were placed today
around all cigar factories affected by
the clgarmakers strike here, follow
ing a complaint that a number of
workers desiring to return to work
were threatened by violence by
strikers. Ten thousand men are Idle
as a result of tho strike.
SOUTHPORT, England. Mar. 28.
(By Associated Press.) .The indepen
dent labor party in conference here
today, rejected by an overwhelming
majority, a proposal to accept Len-
ine's twenty-one conditions for affilia
tion with the third internationalo of
Moscow.
NEW YORK, Mar. 28. Former
President Taft agreed today to inves
tigate the affairs of tho American
Smelting and Refining company
suggested to the board of directors by
the Guggenheim brothers who recent
ly became involved in a controversy
with independent shareholders regard
Ing management of the company.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. Claims of
Wyoming to eighty acres of oil lands
was upheld today by the supreme
court in deciding a tltlo suit against
the government. The lands were
acquired for the support of schools on
admission of Wyoming to the union
and oil quantities were discovered
later, causing the interior department
to reject the list of state selections.
The Boston Americans today left
their spring training grounds at Hot
Springs, Ark., beginning a trip
through the estern central states,
during which they will meet various
minor league teams in exhibition
games.
MURDERERS IS
NOW NEVADA LAW
SENATOR
m
CLAIMS SUII
IS
Senator Cameron of Arizona
Declares Alienation of Af
fections of Mrs. McFarlin
Plain Hold Up Game No
Action Until Elected.
WASHINGTON. March 2S. In a
formal statement today Senator Halph
H. Cameron of Arizona characterized
us "sheer, unadulterated, plain black
mall," a suit filed against him by
Edwurd R. McFarlin of New York,
asking $100,000 damages for alien
ation of Mrs. MeFarlln's nferctlons.
Papers in the case, Senator "Came
ron's statement said, were filed first
in 1918 and ho said no effort' nt ser
vice on him was mado until last
week.
"Now that I have become a United
Slates senator," Mr; Cameron said in
his statement, "those behind this ri
diculous suit have evidently decided
to attack mo In tho hope of Injuring
ue by giving widespread publicity
to the absurd charges mado by
them. I am prepared to fight this
suit with both fists, fearlessely and
In tho open.
The statement said Senator Came
ron had met Mrs. McFarlin once in
tho observation cur of a train be
tween Chicago and San Francisco in
1912 before her marriage, had met
her twice since and met her husband
once.
NEW YORK, March 28. Tho for
mal complaint against Senator Cam
eron filed In tho supreme court here
by Edward T. McFarlin, contains
only a brief outline of the suit. I
merely allegos that tho senator ex
crteu unuue minionce over .urn.
Margaret iucrarnn in isii nnu mat
he "harbored and detained her."
Little Is known here of the Mc
Farllns. According to the complaint
they wore married in 191.1 and lived
in Stoneham, Mass., until 1916.
BAD U.S BACON
IN ARGENTINA
BUKNOS AIRES. March 28. The
bad bacon which comprised a part of
tho 5,000,000 peso gift of foodstuffs
and clothing from Argentine to Vien
na, shipped on tho steamer Bahla
Blanca to Hamburg, originated in the
United States, it is asserted In a dis
patch to tho La Nacion from .Ham
burg today. ' vi
Tho bacon totalled about 600 tons
and the correspondent quotes the
Shcnkcr company, which the Austrian
government placed lil chargo of the
consignment of foodstuffs, as say
ing there was evidence that this bu-
con was originally, intended for tho
United States army and that trade
marks of iNortli American firs were
distinctly porceptible although the
decomposition was such It was impos
sible to read the lettering.
A representative of tho firm, tho
dispatch continues, declared tho Ar
gentine government must hnve been
the victim of deception when it pur
chased the bacon which was in such
a stato of purification that It would
not be possible, he Bald, to use it even
In the manufacture of soap, for which
purpose the Austrian government had
directed that it be sold.
The Austrian consul general at
Hamburg has conflred tho reports of
the bad condition of the bacon, ac
cording to tho correspondent, who
adds that he himself personally Inves
tigated the matter and found evidence
ot attempts to obliterate tho labels
and dates but the mark "New York"
was easily distinguishable.
The revelations concerning the bad
condition of portions of the food
shipment are continuing the sensa
tion of the hour in Argentina. Thus
Tar the government officials have not
been quoted In any comment on the
subject, although It Is understood a
rigid Investigation is in progress.
Liberty Bond Prices
NEW YORK, Mar. 28. Liberty
bonds closed: '
3Vj's 90; first 4's 87.10 hid; second
4's 86.80; first 4Vi's 87.40; Becond
4K's 87.10; third 4'4'b 90.22; fourth
4V4's 87.18; Victory 3's 97.60; Vic
tory 4's 97.60. 1
Carl Tremaine of Cleveland and Ja-
bez White of Albany, bantamweights
meet in a ten round bout at Detroit
tonight,
BLACKMAIL
Ex-Y.M. C. A. Secy
Found Guilty of
Forging Pay Checks
k SALT LAKE CITY, March
2 8. Fred N. Morris, formerly Y.
M. C. A. secretary nt Pocatello,
and later at Central City, Neb.,
has been found guilty of forging
two checks belonging to form-
er soldierB and sentenced to ten
months In jail at Iduho Falls,
Idaho, according to William II.
Davenport of the I'nited States
secret servico who has return-
ed from Idaho Falls. The of-
fenses were committed while
Morris was In Pocatello. It was
charged that Morris received the
lettors containing bonus checks S
for tho men and through having
received their discharge papers
ho was able to forge tho slgnii-
lures to the checks.
A.
Difficulty Experienced in Se
curing Jury Amended
Complaint Brings the Total
Amount to Approximately
. $40,000 Fight Expected.
Tedious work was encountered this
morning in the circuit court In select
ing a jury to hear tho civil action of
F. C. Bramwell, acting tor the state
bank examiners against A. W. Walker,
Medford auto dealer, for tho collection
ot promissory notes and overdrafts ag
gregating $40,000 alleged to be due the
Bank of Jacksonville.
A special venire of 15 jurors h"9
been called, with eight ot tho old list
to hoar tho case, which promises to he
bitterly contested. The defenso is
represented by Attorney Gus Newbury
nnd E. E. Kellcy, and the plaintiff by
Attorney George M. Roberts.
William Vawter, n prospective juror
was excused by the defense, after ob
jections had been filed and overruled
by the court, on a direct chnllongo.
Vawter In response to questions admit
ted a decided leaning towards the cor
rectness of the stute banking board,
that plaintiff's attorney was an inti
mate friend, and had been the family
lawyer. Vawter was questioned at
length by the court to uphold his con
tention that he could be fair.
Jurors were asked by tho plaintiff,
If thoy entertained any prejudice
against tho Hunk of Jacksonville
books, and Its former cnshlor, who
will be tho star witness. For the third
lime within a week, Frank H. Ray was
excused from the box by the plaintiff.
An amended complaint was filed by
Ihe plaintiff, fixing the amount of the
alleged overdraft nt $37,759.95, and
three promissory notes or $850, 830
and $9D0, with Interest and attorney's
fees, as causes for action.
The jury was selected at 11:30 as
follows:
W. F. Blnckert, K. P. NIms, B. J.
Trowbridge, T. 13. Kddlngton, S. W,
Hutchinson, Irving K Vlnlng, W. M.
Stump, Tom Carlton, Charles Stacy,
H. H. Godward, Nick Klmo and F. W
York.
C. If. Chamber dend,
LONDON, Mar. 28. Charles Had
don Chambers, journalist, novelist
nnd dramatic author, died here to
day. He was born In Sydney. Alls-
tralla, April 22, 18110. Among his
best known workB were "Captain
Swift," "The Old I-ny," "The Impos
slble Woman," and tho "Tyrnnny of
Tears."
CIVIL
ACTION
mm
WALKER STARTS
FRUIT CROP IN MIDDLE WEST BADLY
DAMAGED BY A TERRIFIC FREEZE
CHICAGO, Mar. 2S. Tho cold
wave, which today was moving enst
wurd over the Mississippi und Ohio
river valleys, caused widespread dam
ago to Borne of tho fruit raising sec
tion of tho middle west. The dainnge
was especially aevoro In southeastern
Missouri and southern Illinois, where
fruit trees were in bud and winter
wheat was without a protecting
blanket of the winter snows.
Freezing temperatures were report
ed from all sections north of the
Kansas-Oklahoma boundary, ther
mometers registering from 32 degrees
to as low as 12 degrees above zero.
CAPITALTAX
UPHELD BY
SUPREICI
Increase in Value of Capital In
vestment Taxable as In
come Holds Supreme Court
of United States Increase
in Value of Bonds Also De-
' dared Taxable.
WASHINGTON. March 2S. The
government won a string of victories
today in Income tux decisions handed
down by the supreme court.
Solicitor General Frlorson declared
the government's position had been
upheld completely. The effect of the
rulings, he udded, was that any gain
derived from corporate bond or cap
ital assets Investments was taxable
aB Income, tho amount of ' Income
subject to such luxation still to be es
timated from March 1, 1913.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. Increase
in value of a capital investment Is tax- .
able as incomo under the revenue act
of 191(1, the supreme court today held.
The court ruled thut the transac
tion showing an actual loss could not
be taxed since there was no "gain'
derived.
Tho court's -decision was glvon in
tho appeal of David M. Goodrich,
from a ruling of tho Internal revenue
bureau asesslng him upon the in
creased value of stocks purchased
prior to .1913. Action of the revenue
officials was affirmed by the Rupreme
court in tho transaction showing -a.
gain.
Trust Fund Taxublo.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. Profits
realized from the sale of assets of a
trust fund are taxable under income
excess profits law, tho supreme court
held today. The doclsion of the court!
directly affects several cases now in
litigation and Indirectly affects thous
ands of trust funds. It was given In
the uppeul brought by the Merchant's
Ijouii und Trust company as trustees
of tho estnto ot Arthur Ryerson, a
citizen of Illinois.
Bond Increase Taxable.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. Increase
In the value of corporato bonds, orlg.
inally acquired and held for Invest
ment, Is taxable under the revenue
net of 1916, tho supreme court also
ruled today.
Tho supreme court reversed the de
cision of federnt courts of Connecti
cut, which held against the govern
ment on tho question of whether an
Increase in tho value of securities pur
chased and hold as an Investment, but
ruled that the tax could only be Im
posed on tho actual guln.
Thousands of cases of Income as
sessments come within this doclsion -
of tho court, upon which depended
tho necessity of tho government re
funding millions of dollars in taxes.
. ..Review Dividend Case
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.The su
premo .court agreed today to review
decisions ot Now York courts holding;
that "dividends applied by credit in
partial payment of stipulated prem
iums did not constitute Income," and
also that "docllne in market value ot
securities owned by tho taxpayer con
stituted 'depreciation of property." "
Tho decision of the lower court was
rendered in favor of the New York;
Life Insurance company In suits filed
by that company against Charles W.
Anderson, collector of Internal reve
nue, for tho second New York district.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28. The su
premo court today sustained Cali
fornia courts in a doclsion growing
out of the condemnation by the gov
ernment of lands on North Island ill
San Diego bay, for a naval aviation
site.
Tho Coronado Land company,,
owners of tho land taken, won a ver-'
diet for $6,000,000 with interest from
tho data of award. The government
took an appeal on the ground that the
(Continued on page bIx.)
In Chicago an Icy blast out of the
north shifted to the northeast and
sent tho government! thermometers
down to 21 degrees at 10 a. m. In
tho next hour, however, there was a,
raise of three degrees.
The heavy winds were one of the
saving factors in some fruit sections.
While ice formed on trees overnight
the wintry blasts dried the trees rap
Idly this morning.
TOrEKA, Kas., Mar. SS.Fruit
crops, with the possible exception of
apples, were probably destroyed by
the low temperature here last night,
local horticulturists Bay.