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i 1 IT g v tti yv "m tt-v M The Weather Maximum yesterday ...76 AIL TRIBUN Predictions minimum today ..t.37a .a. Fair and colder. 5"y Sixteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-First Year. MEDFORD, OR EG OX, SATURDAY, APR If; 19121 XO. 10 W H I B HI DK.I D t &i n a a j? jjl -el. EX-EMPEROR AGREES TO QUIT COUP Ex-Emperor Charles Aban dons Dream of Throne and Agrees to Return to Switzer landAllies Will Guard Re turn Trip Now Known Pro ject Nearly Succeeded. 'BUDAPEST, April 2. (By the Assocclated Pross.) Former Em peror Charles, his move for restora tion to the Hungarian throne thwart ed by the government, will leave to night or tomorrow morning in an automobile on his way back to Switzerland, according to semi-official Information today. VIENNA, April 2. Former Emper or Charles will leave Stelnamanger for Switzerland Sunday evening or Mon day, It was reported here. It was planned for him to make the trip by the way of Italy and the delay in his starting for Switzerland has been oc casioned by negotiations with the Ital ian government for permission for him to pass through that country. PARIS, April 2. (By Associated Press.) Dispatches received by the French foreign office today indicate that former Emperor Charles who in the belief of official circles here has been successfully blocked in his ef forts at restoration to the throne of Hungary will be escorted back to Switzerland by allied officers. This guard will be given him, It is said, to protect him against manifesta tions enroute. Switzerland Is expected again to ex tend hospitality to the former mon arch but with stricter limitations as to his place of residence and movements. PARIS, April 2. Reports that for mer Emperor Charles has finally given up his attempt to regain the Hungarian throne and will return to his exile In Switzerland, without, how ever, consenting formally to abdicate, us requested by representatives of the Hungarian government were not con firmed here this, morning. These re ports emanated from exactly the same sources as the news received late Thursday that he was marching toward Budapest with a force varying from 1500 to 15,000 men. They are, therefore, received with considerable caution. BUDAPEST, . ,-.rll 2. Resolutions asking the Hungarian government to defeat attempts by former Emperor Charles to remain In this country, were unanimously adopted by the chamber of deputies here last night. Episode Is Closed VIENNA, April 2. (By Associated Press.) Newspapers of this city ap pear to be certain that the episode re sulting from the attempt of former Emperor Charles to re-establish him self as king of Hungary Is ended. They today printed alleged details of the manner in which Charles would be taken across Austria to Switzerland and some declared that the former monarch had left Stelnamanger last night. Reports from Hungary, however, failed to show matters have reached such a final stage. It has been learned that arrangements were completed yesterday for Charles' return from .Hungary to Switzerland and that he would be escorted by British, French and Italian army officers, who would (Continued on cage six.) 1, AVAILABLE 1921 CHICAGO, April 2. Approximately 1,600,000 gallons of wine and whisky must satisfy the medicinal require ments of 3,000,000 Chicagoans each year, according to the order that went out today from the office of Ralph W. Stone, dry commissioner of the central department and prohibition director for Illinois, after his return from a conference at Washington. It amounts to some 35,000 pints a day, in addi tion to a bottle of beer with each meal that may be allowed on prescription. Each of the 2000 druggists in Chi cago may withdraw 200 gallons of whisky and 100 gallons of wine every tnree months. The commissioner of Bricklayers Vote Reduction in Own Wages $1 Per Day SPOKANE. April 2. A vol- untary reduction of $1 a day In the wage scale of the local bricklayers and masons' union was voted at a meeting of the union last night, according to announcement of M. F. Mills, treasurer. The new wage, he said, will ibe $9. The roduc- tion was voted, according to tho announcement " to encourage a revival in building." ! The carpenters' union. It was announced today voted last night to accept a wage reduc- tion of 60 cents a day to $7.50. Local contractors are declar- ed to have fixed the wages of brick layers at $8 a day and those of carpenters at $7. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK BY JAP FORCES TOICJO, April 1. (By Associated Press.) Attempts by antl-bolshevik elements to grain control of the city of Vladivostok have resulted in fail ure, according to official advices re ceived here. The fighting began in the city yesterday morning but had not proceeded long before officials of the Japanese garrison ordered the bel ligerents to cease firing and disarm. This order was obeyed and dispatches from Vladivostok state that at present the situation is not considered serious. The situation was the outgrowth of an intrigue of the anti-socialists to seize the city, with the help of the remnants of the forces formerly com manded by General Capell, anti-bolshe vik leader in Siberia, it is said in spec ial dispatches to this city. The author ities, however, had been informed of the conspiracy and took precautions against a serious uprising. Latest press advices from Vladlvo stok state that four of the attacking party and three militiamen were kill ed. According to the JaDanese pub licity bureau, the Japanese command disarmed the government militia on the ground that many sympathizers with the Insurrection had been found in Its ranks. Later, the bureau says, the arms were returned and an agree ment signed under which the Japanese undertook to liquidate the incident. General Lokhvltzy, commander of the attacking forces, and four other offloers were arrested, but later were released. FIRE IN EUGENE EUGENE, Ore., April 2. Thirty five automobiles and ono airplane were destroyed In a fire which wrecked a garage here early today. The loss was estimated about $50,- 000. Several families in apart ments in the upper story barely es caped with their lives. The fire was reported to have started from a stove, and spread to several barrels of motor oil. Fair Weather WASHINGTON, April 2. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday include: Northern Rocky mountain and pla teau regions Cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Normal temperature thereafter. Rains probable at begin ning followed by fair. Pacific states Generally fair except for occasional rains along north coast, Normal temperature. FOR CHICAGO INVALIDS Internal revenue has announced that this quantity could be Increased if druggists could show they really need ed more liquor to supply the demand WASHINGTON, April 2. Sick folks apparently are making Increasing use of French champagne since prohibi tion went into effect, at least, It can be Imported only for medicinal use and department of commerce figures show importations to the value of $3S4.3!U in 1920 against $1158 in 1019. Efforts to get champagne admitted as a sacramental wine have failed, the regulations holding it strictly to medicinal uses. COLLEGE DEAN IS MURDERED BY PROFESSOR J. Herman Wharton, Dean of Syracue University, Shot and Killed by Prof. Beck with Slayer Then Com mits Suicide. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 2. The theory thut Dr. Wharton was shot in an attempt to prevent lleckwith from carrying out his suicide Intent now has been abandoned and authorities say they are certain that Dr. Wharton was murdered after an argument with lleckwith in regard to notification given Beckwith that his services would not bo desired by the university after the close of the present year. Five : bullets wero found in Dr. Wharton's body, indicating Hint lleck with had first made sure his victim was dead before turning the gun on himself. That he bad premeditated suicide is shown in various letters he wrote and which were found after his death. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 2. J. Her man Wharton, dean of the College of Business Administration, Syracuse university, was shot and killed by Holmes lleckwith, professor of finan cial and Insurance subjects in the col lege this morning. Beckwith then turned the gun on himself and com mitted suicide. The shooting occurred in the office of the School of Administration, in the College of Agriculture building, the new half million dollar structure donated to the university by Mis. Rus sell Sage In memory of her father, Joseph Slocum and named for him. Professor Beckwith had been unpop ular with tho students, it was said, and petitions had been circulated among the student body asking for his removal. In a Statement issued soon after the Bhooting, Chancellor Day de clared that it was his belief that Dean Wharton died trying to prevent Pro fessor Beckwith from committing sui cide. "jhis was Indicated in a note left for Dean Wharton by Professor Beck with," tho chancellor said, "in which he Intimated that he was going to kill himself and referred to alleged unjust treatment of himself based on the fact that be had been dismissed, the dis missal to take effect at the end of the yeur. Make Suicide Certain Dean Wharton's chair, a stout one, was broken. He evidently leaped from It when Beckwith tried to kill himself. the gun was turned on him and the dean was shot though the head. Beck with was shot In the chest. He also stabbed himself to make death cer tain." i Dr. Holmes Beckwith was a first lieutenant, field artillery In the world war. He jlued the' Syracuse univer sity faculty last September. He was bead of the department of finance and insurance.!' Ho formerly taught ' at Colorado college, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Iowa college and Northwestern university nt Evnnston, 111. He was given an LL.D. by the University of California and Ph.D. by Columbia uni versity. He was bank examiner in California. Dean Wharton was a graduate of Syracuse university and has been an Instructor there for the last few years, his service having been with the engi neering school in which he was head of the English department. Two years ago he conceived the Idea of a college of business administration and he was appointed by the chancel lor to carry out the plan. He organ ized the college and last fall was made Its dean. In the two years the college has grown rapidly, having an enroll ment of 900. MADRID, April 2. Prince Alfonso, whose hand one day probably will sway the Spanish sceptre, Is now en grossed In wielding a hoe In a garden. He Is devoting to the cultivation of vegetables every hour he can spare from his studies and military duties, laboring under the direction of the gardeners at the royal palace. The product of his garden Is finding its way to kitchens for the poor In Ma drid, which are operated under the patronage of his mother, Queen Vic toria. The garden tilled by the royal gar dener Is located on a piece of land on King Alfonso'B country lodge at Casa Del Campo, directly across the Man- zanares river from the royal palace, Colored Bell Boy Is Branded and Flogged By Klu Klux Gang DALLAS, Texas, April 2. Masked men last night took Al exander Johnson negro bell boy in a local hotel to a lonely spot six miles south of Dallas flog ged him until be bled freely and then branded with an acid the letters "Iv. K. K." on his forehead. Johnson was brough' buck to Dallas In an automobile and thrown from the machine in front of the hotel where he had been employed. Police said the masked men accused the negro of associating with certain white women. . JOHNSON WILL PLEAD GUILTY Principal in Jacksonville Bank Case Tired of Litigation Eager to Start Prison Term Plea Would Result in 10 Year Maximum Sentence. Announcement was made Friday by his attorney, Herbert K. Jlitnuu, that W. H. Johnson, former cashier of the defunct Bnuk of Jacksonville, will plead guilty before Judge Calkins, an suun as be recovers from an attack of flu. Johnson was Indicted on 30 counts. It is expected that be will plead guilty on o;e class of lndict ments. The maximum terni provided by law for the offenses alleged against JohuHon is 10 years. Johnson, according to his attorney, has grown weary of the monotony of county jail, and the strife and tension of legal procedure, and is anxious to begin serving bis prison term. He has been In juil for eight months, with only a few respites. During the re cent term of court, be was taken to lunch by the sheriff, on days thut he was a witness In the civil and crimi nal cases arising from the bank fail ure. When George Forester, a forger escaped from the county jail last win ter, by beating Jailer Moses over Ibe head with a stick of stove wood, Johnson was instrumental in saving the jailer's life by Imploring his prison mate "not to commit murder." Johnson accepts the gloomy pros pects ahead of him philosophically. and makes no effort to dodge the blume that attaches to himself. He has been a valuable witness in civil suits, and this with his previous model life. Is apt to gain him favors at the state prison, probably In the clerical department. Johnson is 41 years old, and a graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon. GOVT- STORES ONLY VICTORIA, B. a, April 2. Tho pro vincial government today was com pleting plans for the operation of the liquor control act passed by the legis lature yesterday and wnich will prob ably become effective May 1. Under the measure the government will establish stores throughout the pro vince and will control the Importation and sale of all wines and liquors. Under the permit system provided for in the act, permanent residents of the province may take out yearly per mits nt a cost of $5 each. Another permit costing 50 cents, allows a single purchase limited to two quurla Special permits cover tho cases of druggists, physicians, dentists and vetorlnaries and the use of wine for sacramental purposes. I'crmf.s of persons convicted of drunkenness may be revoked at the discretion of the liquor control board Heavy penalties are provided for those who sell liquor without government sanction. Hanks Show Increase. NEW YORK, April 2. The actual condition of the clearing houso, banks and trust companies for the week shows they hold $14,285,300 reserve In excess of legal require ments. This is an increase of $6,- 624,260 from last week. DETROIT Joe Stecher threw Jack Llnow once and tin Injury to Llnow stopped the mutch. SAYS ATTORNEY TO SELL LIQUOR !N ENGLISH COAL MINES RUINED BY WALK OUT Mines Flooded and Many Per manently Wrecked Vio" lence Threatened in Wales, But Govt. Believes End Will Come Soon. LONDON, April 2. (By the As sociated Press.) While the with drawal of the pump engiueinon has placed ninny of the collieries in Scot land and elsewhere In a critical con dition, the first case or intimidation reported In connection witli tho coal minors' striko, which began at mid night Thursday was reported today from n South Wales district. The miners nt Rhymney, after a prolong ed meeting, proceeded to Ponllnttyn and told tho officials who were working the pumps and doing other maintenance work that unless they ceased they would ho forced to do so. Tho management thereupon or dered tho mine ponies brought to the surface. Kxpected to End Soon. WASHINGTON, April 2. Dura tion of tho British coal miners' strike Is expected to bo short, accord ing to the best opinion In England, Commercial Attache Dennis at Lon- dnn, ndvised the department of com merce today. Funds of tho miners' federation nro low, tho message said, adding that the strike was not sup ported by public opinion. Certain British exporters wero reported to be negotiating for American conl to fill contracts In the continental markets, Mr. Dennis said. LONDON, April 2. Six British coal mines, loft to tho mercy of In rushlng waters by the strike of min ers and pumpmen, already have been flooded and some are said to be In such condition that they may bo per manently wrecked. Four of these mines are in south Staffordshire, one in the forest of -Donne, county of Gloucester, and one in Flintshire northeastern Wales. Several of the loder pits In the Lancashire district and In the Rhondda valley, Wales aro In imminent danger, and In most of tho other coal districts of the Is land, clerks and volunteers are man ning the pumps. Government Appealed to Scores of telegraphic appeals reached tho government yestcrdny asking that sailors be sent to help fight against the floods ofl water pouring into the mines. VarlotiB coal dealers' associations are pub lishing appeals In nowspapers, calling on volunteers with engineering ex perience to give assistance. The government Is laying plans to deal with emergencies. It is plan ting to imposo restrictions on shop and street lighting and tho public has been anked to economize in the use of gas,, electricity and gasoline,.!' An effect of the embargo on the export of coal has been an Increase for the demand of tonnage to carry American coul to British bunkering stations. The chalrmnn or the London coal committee ' declares London has a supply for ubout throe weeks but If tho present summer like weather continues, It will last rivo or six weeks. LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE SALEM, Ore., April 2. Proposals for road Improvements aggregating a cost of more than $2, 000,000 will be considered at a two-duys' meeting nf tho Miito highway commission to be held in Portland on April 5 and 6. Tho contemplated improvements in clude the paving of approximately GO miles of highway, grading estimated at SO miles, 25 miles of ruck surfac ing, considerable graveling and a number of substantial bridges. PORTLAND, Ore., April 2. Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club will send three of Its wrestlers to tho na tional amateur athletic champion ships to be held April 7 nnd 8 at Los Angeles under the auspices nf the Los Angeles amateur athletic club. Tho tbreo men selected are Robin Reed. 125 pounds: Virgil Hamlin, US pounds, and George Clarke, 145 pounds. Each won tho 1021 title nt his weight in tho Pacific Northwest association tournament hero Thurs day night. EUGENE, Ore.. April 2. In mem ory of Kenneth Lucas Fenton, his son, who 'was accidentally killed on May 31, 1917. William D. Fenton of Port land has given his noted law library to the law school of the University of Oregon. Kenneth Fenton was a graduate of tho University of Oregon law school. Communists Beaten By Police, Reward Is Offered for Leader BERLIN. April 2. (By the Associated Press.) Twenty of a party of 500 communists were killed and .10 wounded to day by the security police in the vicinity of Hallo in putting down an outbreak in connection with the passing communist ngitation In niid-Gennuny. The police captured 1.10 rifles, six muchlne guns and considerable ammunition. It Is reported semi-of ficiul ly that a total of 2.000 commun ist rioters have thus far been arrested. , Tho Prussian government has offered a reward of 100,000 marks for the arrest of Max lloelz, the communist loader, as the alleged Instigator of the mid-Gcrmuu uprising. TO ASSUME DEBT FOR A U. S. LOAN IMOltUX, April 2. (rty tho Asso ciated Press) Tho Cierman Kuvurn mcnt officially admitted today having mm mice 1 the United States Kovernment with tho view to the assumption by Germany of a portion of tho allied debts to Amcrha through tho latter accepting Gorman reparations honds in lieu of part of tho allied obliga tions. No actual negotiations, how ever, it was said, had occurred be tween Germany and tho United States regarding reparations. Dr. Simons, the foreign minister, It was added, had explained to Lor ing JJreHel, United States commis sioner In Berlin, tho German stand point concerning reparations. A Washington dispatch of Friday said confirmation was lacking at the state department of reports from Berlin, received by way of Loudon, thut tho German government had made proposals to tho United States regarding reparations, Including a suggestion that Germany assume lia bility to the United States for a part, at least, of tho allied debts to that country. Commissioner Dresel, it was said at the department had reported the sub stance of his conversations with the officials In Berlin on tho general question of reparations from tlmo to time, hut no intimation was given by tho department that ho had trans mitted any formal or Informal pro posal of tho kind mentioned In the reports from Berlin.. LUMBER ILLS GO 10 $3,40 PER DAY 1 PORTLAND, Ore., April 2. Lum ber mills of eastern Washington and northern Idaho have gone to tho ba bIc minimum wage of $3.40 a day, according to information received by the headquarters of the local Le gion of Loggers and Lumbermen. This represents a cut of five cents an hour from tho rate prevailing up to March 1. Several mills have re sumed operations according to the reports of the legion headquarters. The Grande Rondo Lumber com pany at Perry, Ore., has resumed and the Buehner Lumber company, Coos Bay, will resume April 11. NEW YORK An effort Is being made by Promoter Tex Rlcknrd, It was announced today to match Benny Leonurd and Rocky Kansas for a bout hero on the night of May 2. SPRING IE FLOWERS FROM NEARBY FIELDS BEAUTIFY BURROUGHS' BIER WEST PARK, IN. Y., April 2. In the prosfince of friends who had as sembled from all parts of the nation, simple funeral services for John Bur roughs, famous naturalist, were held here this afternoon nt Rlverby, his home. Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison. Harvey S. Firestone and other friends of Mr. Burroughs, listened to the brief service conducted by the Rev. Franklin E. Elmer of the Col legiate Baptist church near Colgate university. In addition to scriptural reading, passages from the works of Wadsworth, Emerson and Walt Whit man were repeated. Singing of a cradle soug was a feature of the service. 10 E S Viviani Visit to Result in An nouncement of U. S. Foreign Policy Is Report From Washington Col. Harvey Calls at White House, Also Herrick. WASHINGTON, April 2. Interest in the administration's attltud toward tho general subject of a peace settlement, revived by the visit hero of former Premier Viviani of France, was further intensified today by a se ries of conferences, which had every outward appearanco of embracing a general discussion to prepare admin istration officials for a decision on such subjects as a separuto resolution and amended league of nations All of those who took part In tho conferences were rotlcent and the In ferences attached to them necessarily wero largely conjectural. Tho day's development centered about the White Houso and state de partment, leaving M. Viviani fur the moment In the background. It was indicated, however, tho progress might have a logical sequence to sug gestions brought here by the former French premier. As a member of the League ef Na tions committee on amendment of the covenant, M. Viviani naturally Is much interested in that subject, and it was taken for granted that he would plead to take homo with him a definite esti mate of the American vlowpolnt on covenant amendments, even though that wero not tho primary purpose of his visit. In tho same way he U natu rally interested in any movement lor a separate peaco between tho United States and Oermany. - -.. ....-., Col. Harvey Cnlls. : One of tho first callers at tho White House today was Colonel Qeorge Har vey of New York, selected for ambas sador to Great Britain. After a half hour with the president, Colonel Har vey had n conference with Secretary Hughes nt the stato department. The official explanation of those confer ences was that the colonel had called for additional instructions regarding his mission, which of course, will bring him Into more or less direct contact with the league question. .. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, au thor of the soparato peace resolution vetoed by Presldont Wilson, also was on President Harding's list of callers today, as was Stephana Lauzanne, a French Journalist. Mr. Lazanno's opinions on Europcon affairs were quoted frequently In this country dur ing tho presidential cumpalgn. , Hia visit to the White Houso at the re quest of the French ambassador -Jules J. Jusserand, was officially ex plained as a formal call to pay his re spects to the president. Still another on the White house engagement list was Myron T. Her rick, of- Ohio, understood to be under serious consideration for ambassador1 to France. Mr. Herrick held that post In the early days of the European war and last summer familiarized himself with recent developments by a visit to Europe, during which he conferred with many British and. French statesmen. - , Kxpcet Important Action. . '. Tho Impression that important de velopments might be brewing' under the surface was strengthened by dis patches from Paris which suggested that tho French foreign office was ex pecting some announcement to come soon from Secretary Hughes. Mr, Vi viani conferred with Mr. Hughes for an hour, during the week and Al though the explanation mude of that visit, too, was "to pay respeots," it was interpreted In official circles that conversation must have Inevitably touched on important questions - at Issuo on the peace problem.' Such Information as President (Continued on page six.) Mr. Burroughs' blcr was Sur rounded with the spring time flower of nearby fields where he had, often walked. In place of orchids, roses and other flowers of the greenhouse," violets, daffodils and hepatlcas hac) a conspicuous place. Numerous children from th countryside who had been on Inti mate torms with the aged naturalist, were among those present at the fu neral. The Holy Cross monastery and a Roman Catholic convent, both nearby, also were represented. Burial will take place tomorrow at Woodchuck Lodge, Mr. Bur roughs' birthplace In the Catskllls, on the 84th anniversary ot bis birth. STAND 1