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HARDING NOT
PLEDGED 10
KNOX VIEW
No Occassion for Percipitate
Action Is Word From White
House Versailles Cove
nant Regarded Impossible,
However Viviani Issues
Official Statement to Public.
WASHINGTON'. April 5. -President
Harding is not committed to
any definite program with regard to
a congressional declaration to declare
the state of wur with Germany at an
end.
While the president voted for the
Knox resolution when he was a mem
ber of the senate and spoke favorably
with regard to it In his address of ac
ceptance, be Is understood to feel
that there is no occasion for precip
itate action at this time.
The president's views with regard
to the peace program are expected
to be made known at thd opening ses
sion of the new congress which the
executive may address In person.
Meantime, it is known that the pres
ident and his advisers are growing
more and more convinced that there
is no practical way to consider the
Versailles covenant.
Viviani Issues Statement.
WAH 1 NGTON, April a. Rene
Viviani, former premier of France, in
a statement today to the Associated
Press said the- purpose of his visit
to the United States was to sound
public opinion in America and Inform
the American people of conditions in
' France.
The French envoy expressed grat
ification at the sentiment favorable
to France he had obsorved in confer
ences with leading public officials.
The statement of the former
French premier was the first he has
made since his arrival in the United
States in which the purpose of his
mission was set forth. In connec
tion with his conferences here M.
Viviani said he had authorized no one
to state conclusions he had drawn,
presumably having reference to dis
patches published abroad purporting
tor outline his views.
yM.i Vlvlanl's statement was care
fully prepared in French and the fol
lowing is a translation of it:
-"M. Viviani, who since his arrival
irf'W'ashlngton has been received by
bumerouB notables has been greatly
touched, by the cordiality which all
Have shown to him, a cordiality
Which was extended through him to
France of which he is the represen
tative. He has heard much and has
responded as best he could in view
of his mission which la to inform the
American people of the conditions of
Fiance and to inform himself con
cerning American opinion.
,' ''He has observed with deep feel
ing In the course of the legal and
political discussions which involved
the treaty of peace, a unanimous
sentiment favorable to France, for
which, In recognition, of her 'past
valt&nce and present difficulty, all
America has preserved its affection.
"In the course of these different
conferences and for the sole purpose
of conversation M. Viviani has been
obliged to envisage every hypothesis,
even those which his opinion opposes,
to the end of weighing with his con
ferees the elements of good and evil
in them all. It should be clearly un
derstood that the only opinion which
could be expected of these is that
which he gives expression to himself
TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS THE JAPANESE
TOKIO, April 5. (By Associated
Press.) Great property damage was
done and thirty lives were lost in a
terrific storm which swept the south
ern coast of Japan Sunday night. Tele
phone and telegraph lines are pros
trated throughout the southern part
of the empire, Tokio is still in dark
ness and a number of houses were de
stroyed here.
,The storm was especially severe in
tbe harbor of Yokohama. The Jap
anese steamers Alabama Maru and
Atlas Maru dragged their anchors and
went ashore. The former vessel was
about to sail for Seattle and had her
passengers aboard.
Belated dispatches received from
the provinces report inundations in
Ex-Emperor Charles
Leaves Hungary for
Exile, Switerland
BUDAPEST,- April 5. (By As
sociated Press.) Former Emper
or Charles departed from Stei.na
nmnger in West Hungary tiear
the Austrian border at 10:30
o'clock this morning on his way
out of Hungary.' Premier Teleky
made this announcement in the
national assembly this afternoon.
A special train with the Aus
trian official escort for the ex
emperor was in waiting at the
Hungarian border this mornins
at the request of the Budapest
government
The rout to b taken by
Charles throueh Austria ia under
stood to be by way of Graetz,
Innsbruck and Feldkirch to
Buchs.
OHICAGO, April 5. The labor
group of the joint conference council
of the commercial and periodical
branches of the printing industry to
day passed a resolution urging the
members of the printing trades un
ions to make every effort possible to
give the employers who concede the
4 4 hour week, as nearly the same
amount of work under the 44 hour
week as hitherto has been the case.
The resolution declares the 44 hour
work week is to become effective in
the printing industry May 1, 1922,
and that the inteimational joint con
ference committee lias not and could
not make an agreement to the wages
that should be paid for the 44 hour
week.
"The wage question, " continues
the resolution, "is one to be settled
by agreement between local unions
and employing printers in the juris
diction of such unions, notwithstand
ing the fact that the international
joint conference council did recom
mend th'at there should be no reduc
tion in wages because of the instal
lation of the 4 4 hour week.
and It is equally certain no one would
think of attributing to him conclu
sions as a result of these discussions,
which though drawn, are not his
own.
"The Impression which jr. Viviani
has brought away from these confer
ences and which has not surprise to
him, is the disinterested and pure
friendship of America and M. Vi
viani will never be able adequately
to express with what appreciation
France regards the noble country
which is now his host."
Germany Disappointed
BERLSN, April 5. (By the .Asso
ciated Press.) German newspapers
which comment today on the comma
nlcation of Secretary of State
Hughes regarding the reparations
question are a unit in expressing dls
appointment. They find in the com
munication no basis for the optlm
ism which had been professed in
some quarters that the United States
would support Germany financially
or give her moral hacking to obtain
a revision of the Indemnity demands
and the carrying out of the restitu
tion provisions of the peace treaty.
The Pan-German organs take oc
casion to criticise the Washington
administration for its "Insistence
upon the false assertion that Ger
many brought on the war and must
accept the responsibility for It."
many prefectures and It is said that
many houses were demolished by the
wind.
A naval cutter capsized near the
port of Nagoya, and an officer and
eight bluejackets were drowned.
Eight workmen were burled when a
tunnel collapsed near Fukushima.
The Ibl, Hida and Tenryu rivers in
the province of Glfu, overflowed their
banks and 3000 houses were flooded.
The famous bridge across, the Tenryu
river was destroyed.
The American steamer Golden State
successfully weathered the gale and
arrived here yesterday. There were
numerous receptions given her offi
cers and men, the return of American
shipping to the Pacific being welcom
ed by officials at Yokohama. I
HARDING
ASKS
PIT LESS PROBE
BY COLDAWES
President Instructs Head of
Commission to Make Dili
gent Inquiry Into Neglect
of Disabled Service Men.
WASHINGTON', April 5. President
Harding today aBked his special com
mission headed by Charles G. Dawes
of Chicago, to make "diligent Inquiry"
of government department heads in un
effort to find out just where the gov
ernment agencies have been "lucking
in authority, neglectful or failing," In
caring for disabled service men. Ho
also asked that investigation be made
of "the abuses which have developed."
Mr, Dawes, who(cnlled on the presi
dent today- at the White House, an
nounced that the president's wishes
would bo carried out to the letter and
that the Inquiry wouUl not be directed
into -controversial or extended sub
jects. "I have asked you to meet and make
an Investigation Into the administra
tion of the law for caring for the crip
pled and Injured soldiers of the late
world war," said the president's state
ment. "There have been numerous
complaints that the government is
neglecting the becoming care of these
defenders, to whom it owes every con
sideration, and there Is further com
plaint that there is tardiness in deal
ing with them and their claims which
grew out of their service.
Fix Responsibility
"I should like you to make diligent
inquiry of department heads or with
those associated with them, In an ef
fort to find out just where the govern
ment agencies are in any way lacking
in authority, neglectful or falling to
carry out what is the unquestioned
intent of congress in its enuctrcnt of
laws and the making of appropria
tions. There need bo no inquiry into
the intent of the government, because
1 think it is well understood that every
agency desires to deal' justly and gen
erously with those of Its defenders
who were impaired in the nation's de
fense. '
"I think It would be well, while you
are making inquiry as to the failure
to care for these service men that you
also make inquiry into the abuses
which have developed, and look care
fully Into the regulations adopted so
that you may know their probable ef
fect in the future. It is well to realize
that the American people want to
prove the repuVic's gratitude of these
men.
"The regulations adopted at this
time are likely to be in effect for a
full half century to come. In order to
deal justly with these men and carry
out a permanent policy It is exceed
ingly important to start on a firm
foundation.".
After having made a partial survey
of the damage caused by Monday mor
ning's frost at 24 degrees, County
Agent Cute and Frost Expert Young
announced early last night that fully
half the blossoms out of the Bartletls
and Howells, and 90 per cent of the
blossoms of other early varieties of
pears, the D'Anjous, which werein
full bloom, were killed.
This does not mean a light crop of
early pears by any means, as so heavy
is the fruit this year that the Bartletts
and Howells especially can stand
much more thinning out by nature and
still give large crops, but the D'Anjous
while they can stand more thinning by
frost and still produce heavily can not
weather another such heavy loss as
came Monday morning.
Fortunately the heavy frost predict
ed by the San Francisco weather bur
eau for this morning did not mater
ialize. The outlook was bad until late
last night, but through some unlooked
for weather freak, similar to that
which brought Sunday's storm and
cold, the heavy clouds remained over
the valley, thus keeping the tempera,
ture from going down fast. The ther
mometer descended until 30, the
lowest point of tho morning was
reached. So far as can be learned
only the Bear Creek and one other low
lying orchard smudged.
Early In the evening the San Fran
cisco bureau forecasted a possible low
temperature of 20, and Floyd Young
after poring over telegrams from var
ious strategic points, examining the
sky, taking the dew point, etc., and
poring over his maps, predicted that a
temperature of 2S would be reached.
At 11 a. m. he revised this figure to 28.',
NO MATERIAL
Federal Farm Loans
To Be Resumed From
Washington May 1st
SALT LAKE CITY. April 5.
The federal farm loan board ex-
pects to resume making loans
about .May 1, Governor D. W.
Davis of Idaho, states in a mes-
sago received here from Wash-
iugton. Governor Davis called
upon the board yesterday to urge
the early resumption of loans to
farmers.
The board advised him that prl-
orily would be given to claims
heretofore filed and long held up
4 and that it would then proceed
with new loans as fast as they
could be approved.
ALLIED FLEET
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Defeat of Greek Forces Alarms
Allies Regarding Constanti
nople Protection of Mu
dania and Ismid Is Ordered
Greeks Retreat.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 5. lily
the Associated Press) The security
o film allies occupying Constantinople
Is believed by some to be threatened
unless the Greeks are able to hold
firmly the Turkish nationalists. The
allies are considering the employment
m meir neeis lo protect .Mud. una ami
Ismid.
The nationalists' , main drive is
toward lsmld and Is being held by
the Turks.
TARIS, April u. Dispatches re
ceived in official circles In Paris con
firm the reports of a complete check
for the Greek troops in tho Brusa see
jtion of Asia Minor where the entire
I northeri Groek army hus been obliged
. to retreat.
I CONSTANTINOPLE. April 5. (By
'the Associated Press) Greek forces
I in north Asia Minor seem to be in
I danger of losing Hrusa upon which
i territory the Turkish nationalist
forces are advancing in superior nuni-
hers. Tho Greek casualties during
tile past ten days on tho Eskl-Hhehn
front are estimated at 150 officers and
4,000 men.
lsmet Pasha, Turkish commander
at Kskl-Shchr, Is issuing wireless dis
patches comparing the Turkish vic
tory there to the buttle of the Marne.
Ho adds in his statements that lie was
a student of Marshal Joffrc.
The Greek debacle at Eski-Shehr
in said to have been due to the failure
of a division in the Sugut sector to
advance in conjunction with a dlvls-
Ion from Hilejlk to tho north and
another from lnegol to tho southwest,
Severe losses have been inflicted
upon the reeks and tho morale of the
troops is said to bo poor, despite the
large number of priests, who aro with
them and encouraging them in the
battle. Thoir constant fight against
superior numbers and tho fact that
they have few reserves tended to dis
courage the Greek divisions on tills
part of the front.
F.
WASHINGTON, April 5. Secretary
hoover was requested today by An
drew Furuseth, president of the Inter
national Seamen's union to use his
personal and official Influence to ar
range a conference between the Amer
Icon Ship Owners association and of
ficials of tho seamen's union with a
view to negotiating renewals of wage
and other agreements which expire
April 30.
The next six weeks will determine
whether the United States is to have
an adequate merchant marine or Is to
go back to the status of 20 years ago,'
Mr. Furuseth said.
It Is reported hero that the ship
owners are prepared to insist upon a
wage reduction of 25 per cent, ellmln
ation of all overtime provisions in the
present agreements and several
changes in working conditions. Mr.
Furuseth said, however, that the head
quarters of the seamen's association
here still was In Ignorance of the ex
tent to which the ship owners' de
mands would go as no communication
had been received either from the
American Ship Owners association or
from the similar organization on the
Pacific coast, although a request for a
conference was first made ia January.
UNLMBER
COMBAT TURKS
U.S. A. LEADS IN
SPITE OF TRADE
BAR
Uncle Sams Exports to Soviet
Russia Greater Than Other
Countries in Spite of Trade
Concessions to England.
RICVAL, April 0. Despite tho new
trade agreement between Great Bri
tain and soviet Russia the larger pro
portion of the extremely small amount
of goods entering Russia through Es
thouhi continues to lie of American
origin.
Ono freighter in this port has Just
unloaded 100,000 pairs of American
shoes and n quantity of leather for
shipment into Kussln while another
Americun steamer, similarly lnden hns
just arrived here. These deals were
negotiated by the Hoburt Dollar con
cern some months ago.
Official statistics published by the
Esthoniuu government show that only
15,569 tons of goods were In transit
to Russia through Estlionia Troin
lleval from January 1 to March 31 or
about five or six average shiploads.
Tho shipments included 3528 tons of
agricultural machinery, 2820 tons of
textiles, and footwear, 1458 tons of
miscellaneous machinery, 020 tons of
leather nnd 492 tons or drugs.
Docks Congested
The docks nt Ueval are still congest
ed with shipments of machinery, some
of which are held up for lnck of rail
way transport and others because of
reported financial hitches after their
arrival.
No Russian goods wero exported
through Esthonia during the first
three months of the present year.
The latest Issue of Economic Life
published in soviet Kussln, says that
In February Russia imported 1,401,-
250 poods (ubout 25.271 tons) of oil
commodities of which 1,201,000 poods
were coal from tho United Stutos go
ing to Archangel and Murmansk. The
exports, it is slated by the same publi
cation wore only 132,575 poods (nbolit
2386 tons) Including lumber to Eng-
Jand and flax to Letvia.
There recently has been a consider
able decrease In the number of Amer
ican and English tradesmen in lleval.
British Favored
PARIS, April 5. The de nationaliza
tion of Russian industries to permit
exploitation of various works by for
eign concessionaries will begin with
the British owned properties, it Is re
ported in a Moscow message sent out
by the official wireless service today.
In the discussions In the Soviets pre
ceding decision to allow foreign capi
talists to operate in Russia, udds to
day's wireless dispatch, speakers de
clared it would otherwise he impossi
ble to re-establish tho economic situa
tion. . ,
.GHT PEOPLE KILLED
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BUENOS AIRES,
April D Eight
persons were killed and several were
injured at LaPaz, Bolivia, on Sunday
when Lieutenant Baudron, a French
army avintor, lost control of his air
plane during an exhibition night and
plunged Into a crowd. Lieutenant Bau
dron was killed. The flight was hold
In connection with the Bolivian school.
Public Service Com.
Has No Control Over
Irrigation District
SALEM, Ore., April 6. The sit-
prcme court hold today that the
public service commission has no
Jurisdiction over rates charged
by a company engaged In recla-
matlon of arid lands under con-
tract with the state. The ruling
was made in dismissing a petition
for a writ of mandamus filed by.,
tho Central Oregon Irrigation
company against the public ser-
vice commission of Oregon in an
effort to compel a hearing. The
opinion said: "We hold that in
tho making of Its contracts with
the 'settlers' tho citmpany was
not a public utility, and that tho
use of tho waters by them under
their contracts Is not a public use
and that the Increase of the
agreed 'maintenance fee' would
Impair the obligation of con-
tract."
RUSSIA
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State Highway Com.
To Spend $530,000
On Crater Lake Road
SALEM, Ore.. April 5. Im
provement of the MedfordCruter
Luke highway to cost an estimat
ed $530,000 is included in the Im
mediate program of I he state
highway department. This im
provement will all be on the 14.3
mile stretch of the highway from
Agate to Trail. Bridges and
grading on tills section of the
road are now tinder contract and
bids for the macadam work will
be advertised for In May. This
improvement is all that Is imme
diately contemplated on the Med-ford-Crater
Luko highway. High
way department officials say
there is a good macadam road
from Medford to Agate, a dis
tance of twelve miles. No work
has been dono on the road from
Trail to Prospect, a distance of
twenty-two miles.
T
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SAN FRANCISCO,. April 6. First
of the nation's organized baseball
leagues to start the 1921 season, the
Pacific Coast leaguo gets away this
afternoon with Portland playing here,
Vernon at Sacramento, Oakland at
Suit Lake and Seattle nt Los Angeles.
Mayor James Rolph pitches tho first
ball here with Chief of Police Daniel
O'Brien on the receiving end. After
tho officials leave the buttory posi
tions Sun Francisco, It was expected,
will send in Sum Lewis, pitcher nnd
Sam Agnew, catcher. Portland ex
pects to use Herman Hilletto, pitcher
and Del Baker, catcher.
A record opening day crowd Is ex
pected. The sun came out bright and
the air was cool for the opening.
SACRAMENTO, Oil., April 5
Bright skies nnd a cool north wind
groetod that portion of Sacramento
which had prepared to attend this
afternoon the opening game of tho Pa
cific Coast league baseball season. A
parade prior to tho game was to take
the Senators and the Vernon Tigers,
champions of tho last two years, to
Buffalo park where Governor William
D. Stephens was to pitch the first ball.
Love or Dell and Hnnnnh wero snld
to be Manager Essick's buttery selec
tions while manager Bill Rodgors of
Sucrnmonto oxpected to open the
game with Flttery nnd Elliott.
UL S. JUDGE HEMES
BERGDOLL'S PLEA
TOPEKA, Kas., April 5. Efforts
of Erwln It. Bora-doll, I'lladulphia
draft evader, to obtain his roleaso
from tho army disciplinary barracks
at Lcavonworth, were defeated today
when Federal Judgo Pollock of Kan
wis City, Kas., denied Boi-giloH's appli
cation for a writ of habeas corpus.
CLEAR AND WARMER
ISS.F.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. Al
though heavy froHts were reported to-
duy throughout tho entire Pacific
coast region, no great damage to fruit
and other crops was done, the United
States weather bureau reported. Some
damage reports could bo expected,
the bureau said, hut tho weather
turned in timo to save tho budding
crops.
Clear and warmer weather Is the
forecast for tho coast region for to
night and tomorrow.
L
URGES FIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. Ma
jor General Leonard Wood Is going
to the Far East, "not particularly to
study tho question of Independence
for the Philippines, but to survey
conditions generally In their relation
to the United States," he said upon
his arrival with his party here today.
He wiil leave Seattlo for Manila
April 9.
"We have been impressed along
the way with the note of fine, loyal
Americanism," he said, "but there is
some disloyally left. The patriotic
citizens should be more alert In wip
ing out the small groups ot propa
ti. BRITAIN
OPPOSED 10
II. S. CLAIM
Lord Curzon, British Secy, of
Foreign Affairs, Denies U.
S. Right for Equality of
Treatment in Mandates
O.il Policy in Mexico' Is
Stressed.
LONDON. April 5. American con
tentlons for equality of treatment for
the citizens of ail nations in mandated
territory are held by tho British gov
orniiicnt to bo "scarcely consistent"
with tho nttltudo of tho United States
toward American oil interests in
Mexico. The British view is expressed
in a long reply to Secretury Colby's
note of last NoveniDer 20, which was
made public here today. ;
Tho note signed by Lord Curzon,
.secretary of state for foreign affairs,
was delivered March 1 and was in
answer to Secretary Colby's excep
tions to tlie San Homo agreement be
tween Great Britain and France, re
lating to petroleum resources in Meso
potamia. That agreement, Lord Cur
zon said, was not fully understood, it
appeared, adding that It "aimed at
no monopoly or exclusive rights."
Tho Mesopotnnilan agreement was
said by Lord Curzon to bo subject to
oil concessions in tho vilayets of Bag
dad and Mosul grunted to British In
terests before tho war and not to be
treated "merely as a matter of ab
stract principle," without reference to
pre-war negotiations. Rights acquir
ed in Palestine by the Standard Oil
company "are no strongor" than these
British rights tho note added.
Scarcely Consistent.
Request of the Amorican govern
ment that. British rights thus acq-ii-&i,
bo disregarded, Lord Curzon added.
was "scarcely consistent" with the at
titude "adopted by tho United States
in regard to similar United States irt-
tcrests in oil properties In Mexico." i
Tho British note expresses agree- '
ment with the American argument
that tho world's oil resources should
be open for development without ref
erence to nationality, but notes that
an act of tho Philippine legislature in
1920 reserves dovclopment of public
mineral lands there to citizens of the
United States or tho Philippines. Such
legislation cannot but be regarded as
in contradiction of tho general prln- ,
clplo enunciated by the United States,
it continued and added.
"In this connection I observe" that
Mr, Colby does not attompt to refute
tho statements contnincd in my note
of tho ninth of August last concern
ing tho action taken by the United
States government to prevont the ex
ploitation by British Interests of such
resources in Haiti and Costa Rica."
V. S. Controls Oil.
Lord Curzon mado reference to
Secretary Colby's "allusions" -as to
tho world's supply and the statement
that tho United States possessed only
one-twelfth approximately of World
oil resources. The question, ho said,
was of "subsidiary Importance 111 the
discussion," but added that while the
potential elements wore correct the
undisputed fact remnins that at pres
ent United Stutes soil produces 70
per cent and American interests In
adjoining territory control a further
72 per cent of tho oil production of
tho world." - ,
"It is not easy, therefore," Lord -Curzon
said, "to Justify the United
Stutes government Insistence that
American control should be extended
to resources which may be developed
in mandated territories and that, too,
at tho expense of tho subjects of an
other state who have obtained a valid
concession from the former govern
ment of those territories.
Harding to Pitch Ball.
WARHINTON. April 6. President
Harding, who for many years lias
been nn enthusiastic fan, today ac
cepted an invitation to pitch the first
ball at the opening of the American
Leaguo baseball season here April 1!L '
AGAINST SEDITION
gandists against the government.
"We are trying to get every ex
service man to Join the American
Legion. The legion Is a great force.
In the maintenance ot a patriotic
and loyal condition."
' General Wood Is to address a
mass meeting under the auBplces ot
tho American Legion tonight. Ellhu
Root, former secretary of state who
is visiting hero was also Invited to
attend tho meeting but the state ot
his health may prevent him from do
ing so, as he was reported to be
somewhat fatigued, the committee)
In charge announced. .