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MEDFORD, OKlXiOX. AVKDNKSDAV, AlMfll; , V.Y21
NO. 33
H
ford
HUG
LAYS
SECY OF STATE IN NOTE TO
ALLIES DECLARES U. S. A. WILL
NOT BE BOUND BY VERSAILLES
Harding's Foreign Policy Enunciated in Long Communication
to World Powers Mandates Given Japan in Pacific, or
Other Mandates Will Not Be Recognied by United States
Approval of United States Held Necessary to Any Final Set
tlement League of Nations Decision Not Operative As Far
As America Is Concerned.
WASHINGTON, April G.Fuilmo
of th; United' States to ratify the
tr.eaty. of Versailles will not be al
lowed to detract from this country's
right to participate in peace settle
ments, Secretary, Hughes declared in
notes addressed to Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan.
The note to Japan differed from
the other three in that it referred
more specifically to the Japanese
mandate over the Island of Yap. All
four of them reiterated the contention
that the United States had sacrificed
no rights in the peace settlement by
reason of its unwillingness to join the
League of Nations.
.' ' V. S. HIkIUh Vnofrrctcil.
The fact that the United States has
not ratified the treaty of Versailles,
the note said, "cannot detract from
rights which the United States already
has acquired and it is hardly neces
sary to suggest that a treaty to which
the United States is not a party, could
not affect those rights."
It should be noted that the treaty
of Versailles did not purport to se
cure Japan, it was pointed out, or to
any other nation any right in the
overseas possessions of Germany, ex
cept that an equal right should be se
cured to the United States.
Articlo 119 of the treaty provides,
Mr. Hughes said, that Germany re
nounces in favor of the principal al
lied and associated powers all her
rights and titles in her overseas pos
sessions. The secretary then (emphasized that
the United States is one of the prin
cipal allied and associated powers and
that tho position of the government
of Japan could derive no strength
from the treaty of Versailles or from
any discussion preliminary to it.
Jap Mandate Opposed.
Continuing, Secretary Hughes said:
"Ah the United States did not enter
into this convention or into any treaty
relating to the subject, this govern
ment is unable to understand upon
what ground it was thereafter at
tempted to confer the mandate without-
the agreement of the United
States. It is manifest that tho League
of Nations was without any authority
to bind tho United States and that the
confirmation of tho mandate in ques
tion and the definition of its terms
by the council of tho League of Na
tions In December, 1920, cannot be
regarded as having efficacy with re
spect to the United States."
Wilson Referred to.
The, attitudo -of former President
Wilson upon the disposition of. Yap
was set forth in a statement which
he mado 'torthe state department
March 3, 1021. Tho former president
was quoted as saying that his first in
formation of a contention that the
so-called decision of May 7, 1919, by
the council of four, assigning Yap to
Japan was given to him by Mr. Nor
man Davis. Mr. Wilson then snld that
he Informed Mr. Davis ho had never
consented to such an assignment.
STOCKHOLDERS REVOLT AGAINST THE
"GUGGENHEIM FAMILY IS PUT 001
JERSEY CITY, X. J., April C
The organization slate of directors,
representing the Guggenheim inter
ests, was elected at the annual meet
ing of the American Smelting and
Refining company here today. The
stock vate was 682,233 shares for
the directors. No votes were cast
against them, although 202,479
shares, representing Interests con
trolled by Kail Eilers. were recorded
as "present, but not voting."
JERSEY CITY, X. J., April 6.
The Guggenheim interests won the
first skirmish at the annual meeting
of the American Smelting and Refin
ing company here today against crit
ics of their management, led liyKarl
Eilers.
A motion to adjourn until the first
Wednesday in October, Introduced by
the Eilers faction, was overruled by
the chair and later sustained by a
stock vote of 002.000 shares to 22.
onn. A recess was then taken until 3
O'clock this nftcrnoon when election
Mr. Wilson said that on several oc
casions he had made specific reser
vations regarding tho Island of Yap,
and had taken the position that it
should not be assigned under any
mandate to any one power, but should
bo internationalized for cable pur
poses. Secretary Hughes insisted in his
note that any omission to make pro
test against the assignment of Yap
to Japan could not operate as acces
sion of its rights since. the proceed
ings of the supreme council did not
and could not have finality.
"As no treaty has ever been con
cluded with the United States," Sec
retary Hughes wrote, "relating to the
Island of Yap and as no one has ever
been authorized to surrender the
right of tho United States in tho
islands, tho government must insist
that it -has lost no right or interest
prior to any action of the supreme
council of the League of Nations and
cannot recognize the allocation of the
island or tho validity of the mandate
to the Japanese.
No Selfish Interest.
"This government," the note con
cludes, "as has been clearly stated in
previous communications, seeks no
exclusive interest in tho Island of
Yap and has no desire to secure any
privileges without having similar
privileges accorded to other powers
including, of course, Japan, and rely
ing upon the sense of justice of the
government of Japan and the gov
ernments of tho other allied and as
sociated powers, this government
looks wiht confidence to a disposition
of the matter, whereby the just inter
ests of all may be properly served."
Tho copy of the note sent to Japan
Vas not made public. It is said, how
ever, to be similar to those to Great
Britain. Franco and tlaly, except that
it contained some additional para
graphs referring to previous corres
pondence between the two govern
ments relating to Yap.
PARIS, April 6. A note of con
siderable length from Charles E.
Hughes, American secretary of state,
has been received by the French for
eign offico through tho American em
bassy here. The document, which
bears the date of April 4, affirms the
rights of the United tSatcs in all set
tlements arising from the world war.
Identical communications were sent
to the British and Italian govern
ments, it is understood with notice
that the text would be issued at tho
state department in Washington im
mediately after the interested govern
ments have received it.
A Grnvo Attitude
"Pertinax." political editor of the
FIcho dc Paris, who appears to have
had access to the note, declares he
considers it means that America de
clines to recognize any decision of
the allies in the treaty of Versailles,
(Continued on Page Four)
of a new board of directors is to be
held.
.Members of the Eilers faction, who
had claimed that tho Guggenheims
had been ruling the company for
their own benefit, virtually admitted
that the "organization slate" un
doubtedly would be elected. No op
position slate was placed in nomina
tion. The resolution presented by Sir.
Loary charged that the company
was "dominated by the Guggenheim
family, who are but slightly inter
ested." as they had large conflicting
interests in other companies.
Five members of the Guggenheim
family had been on the payroll of
the company at one time, the resolu
tion stated, and contracts for the
sale of copper, which had shown an
annual average profit to the com
pany of $1,000,000 had been trans
ferred to the Guggenheims "with
out Compensation."
The company "lost millions of dol
lars annually." the resolution stated,
because of the methods adopted by
the Guggenheims.
CRISIS
IN BRITISH
Lloyd George's Adroit Move
for Negotiation Receives Set
Back Violence Resorted to
in Many Districts Trans
port Workers Vote to Join
Strikers.
LOfcDOX. April C (By Hie As
sociated Press.) A hitch developed
this evening in the proposed resump
tion of negotiations between repre
sentatives of the striking coal min
ers and tho mine owners. It was an
nounced in the house of commons by
Prime Minister I.loyd George.
The truce camo upon offers of me
diation presented by Premier l.loyd
George just as the strike situation
looked blackest.
With all mining at a standstill the
transport workers voted this morn
ing to support the m-neis, which
meant a strike if necessary.
i Following the mediation proposal
the triple alliance this afternoon
voted to postpone decision as to sup
port of the miners. J. II. Thomas,
general secretary of the National Un
ion of Railway .Men merely announc
ed that the alliance had "considered
how best to assist the miners in their
struggle."
LONDON, April (J. (Uy Associated
Press! Tho pxofMit ivi hiVrlv nf the
miners union this afternoon accepted
the government's proposal that the
miners.' delegates meet renresenta-
tives of the owners and tho govern
ment for the reopening of negotiations
with tho view to n settlement of the
coal strike.
Thfi rtiininD" nsnnninHnn pnm nriuini?
the owners of the mines also accepted
tho proposal of the prinio minister.
LANARK, Scotland, April 6 Dis
orders were reported from many dis
tricts in Lanarkshire this morning, at
several mines the striking workmen
having interfered with pumping opera
tions. Several arrests are saiil to have
been made.
LONDON, April (. Disorders which
began yesterday in tho conl mining
town of Cowdenbeath, Scotland, he-
came' more serious at midnight and ji
a series of melees with the police, a
number of strikers were injured, ac
cording to a- Central Xews dispatch
from Dunfermline: The message states
that several policemen were wounded.
The riotors repeatedly broke thru
the police cordon and cut electric light
wires, tnrowing the town Into dark
ness. Police reinforcements are being
rushed to tho scene.
Transport Workers Vote Aid
LONDON, April 6. Decision to sup
port the British miners in their strike
was reached by the Transport work
ers federation at a meeting held here
this morning.
The vote tnkon b'y the transport
workers was unanimously for leading
aid to the miners. It was' decided to
meet in conference immediately with
delegates of tho National Union of
Railway Men and miners union forthe
purpose of obtaining action on the
strike situation by the "triple alli
ance." At the conclusion of the conference,
Robert Williams, general secretary of
the transport workers salu:
"On recommendation from the exec
utive committee the conference has
decided to give all assistance in our
power to what ever extent necessary
to help the miners and at once to enter
into negotiations witu the railway men
and the miners for the purpose of tak
ing joint action throughout the remain
der of the contest."
The executive committee went from
the conierence to the headquarters of
the federation to put this decision into
effect.
The .National I'lllon of Railway .Men
will hold a Joint meeting with the
miners this afternoon. It is probable
mat .ollowlng this meeting there will
be a full conference of the "triple al
liance." After t lie meeting. J. II. Thomas,
general secretary of the rallwaymen's
organization said "we are still consid
ering the whole situation."
The Hritlsh National Transport
(Continued (in Faa Tllght)
COAL SHE
Myron T. Herrick to
Be Ambassador to
France Second Time
r -1
MYRON T HERR.ICK;
WASHINGTON, April C (By Asso
ciated Press.) Myron T. Herrick has
decided to nccopt appointment as
American ambassador to Franco, a
post be filled under President Tat't
and which he occupied at the begin
ning of the world war. Mr. Merrick's
formal nomination will bo made soon
and he will go to France in the early
summer.
0. A. G. PROFESSOR
IS CHIEF SPEAKER
At the regular mid-week forum
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
held at tho Medford hotel this noon,
Prof. W. W. Diibach of tho department
of political economy of O. A. C, was
the principal speaker.
Prof. Diibach urged that the hoys
and girls of the land take an interest
in foreign relations, as a means of
bettering American relations through
out the nations of Europe, and, if
America did not seek and gain the
confidence of Russia and Germany,
other nations would. He argued for
cordial relations in the future years,
by. a thorough understanding of old
world problems.
Dr. Rickert spoke on tho need of
solving the housing problems of this
city, and Mrs. Rose Scbieffelin de
sired control of the press to prevent
publication of crop news not favorable.
The meeting was tho first of the
now fiscal year. The forum meetings
will be held at the Mcdford hotel all
this month.
Frost Hits Fresno
Raisin Crop for a
' Loss of $10,000000
FRESNO, Oil., April 0. Twen
ty per cenl of the l!t-l raisin
crop or about 40.000 tons, were
destroyed in the frost that bit
the raisin section of the San
Joaquin valley Monday and yes
terday, according to a statement
issued by W. M. Gift'en, president
of the California Associated Rai
sin company. Thompson seedless
and Malaga grapes suffered the
most, according to GUTen, altho
some muscats were damaged.
The frost covered a belt about
twelve mill's wide and about thir
ty miles long, in the very heart
of the raisin growing section.
Glffen estimates that the
money loss to growers will be in
the neighborhood of $10,000,000.
AIR COHANOER
LANDS IN CITY
Colonel II. II. Arnold, commander of
the air service of the war department
for the Western division, who left
San Francisco by airplane Tuesday for
Salem, which point his original plans
were to reach by' last evening, reached
.Med ford at 12:30 p. in. today, stopped
at the landing field south of the city
and continued on his flight lo the cap
Itol city at 2 p. m his plane attracting
much attention throughout the valley.
He made arrangements on leaving
San Francisco to get a telegram at
Mcdford from Governor Olcotl suiting
INVITE U. S,
10 JOIN IN
PEACECOURT
League of Nations Asks the
United States' to Send Dele
gate to International Court
of Justice America Is Ex
pected to Decline Italy
Signs Protocol.
WASHINGTON. April (i. The Vnit
ed States, as one of the signatories of
The Hague convention lias been invit
ed by the League of Nations to name
a representative .to the international
court of justice to be set up under the
peace treaty but state department of
ficers refused today to say whether
tiie invitation would lie accepted.
Since the court is being set up as a
part of the league, however, tho Im
pression prevailed that tile American
government would not be a partici
pant. GENEVA, April (!. Italy has just
signed the protocol ratifying t lie Bta
tus of the international court of jus
tice, her action bringing the number
of states which have adhered to the
court up to twenty-eight.
The secretariat of the League of
Nations has written to members of
that organization to have candidates
for election as judges of the court
designated conditionally upon ratifica
tion of the statutes of tho tribunal by
a mnjorlty of the members of the
league.
The judges will be elected by the
assembly of the league at its meeting
next September, from the list of
names proposed by representatives of
tho different states at Tho . Hague
arbitrage court.
- Russia Policy Changed
"REVAL, Esthonia, April 5. (My As
sociated Press.) Maxim Lllvluoff,
chief of tho Russian soviet lemttion
abroad, reiterated Russia's peaceful
ambitions and desire for reconstruc
tion in an interview here today in
which he characterized recent rumors
of a soviet mobilization on tho Letvian
and othor frontiers as "tho usual sort
of lies."
Ho said ho know nothing of tho ro
cont report published in the Pravda of
Moscow to tho effect that soviet de
mobilization had been hailed because
Hungary, Rumania and Poland had
entered into a new military nlllanco.
HEAVY FROST
LAST NIGHT, NO
REPORT AS YET
Another heavy frost occurred this
morning which lasted six or seven
hours, starting in at 1 a. in. at the
freezing point of 32 and with the tem
perature gradually falling until the
lowest reached on the floor of the val
ley near Medford was 25 Vi-
Tbe extent of tho dnmuge done will
not be known until late this after
noon. AH the orchards which were
prepared to do so smudged heavily,
Including the Rear Creek, Ilolloway,
Isaucs, Wormian, Hollywood and Ring
ham orchards. The Hear Creek orch
ard began at midnight and smudged
until morning when the danger was
past.
A number of nrchardisls who had
not intended to smudge this year and
had made no preparations, changed
their minds this forenoon and were
scurrying about the city and valley
trying to get smudge pots and oil to
burn In them, as tho prediction of HiIb
forenoon was for another frost to
night. The D'Anjou trees are all In blos
som and the llowells and Hartletts are
nearly out, and the llosc are just com
ing out. County Agent Cate will make
a report of the situation as soon as a
survey has been made.
the condition of the landing field at
Salem. He was expected to roach
Medford Tuesday afternoon, the cause
of the delay Is not known, nor Is It
known here or at Salem what his mis
sion, is.
MOVEMENT 10 REVOLUTIONIZE
FARMING INDUSTRY IN U. S. A.
IS LAUNCHED IN CHICAGO ILL
Most Important Gathering of Farmers in History, Declares
Chairman Tillers of Soil Determined to Secure Fair Share
of Profits and Stop Building Brown Stone Fronts for Middle
menSecretary of Agriculture Wallace Pledges Support of
Department "Turn on the Light" Is His Slogan, and Oust
Profiteer From Farm Industry.
CHICAGO, April C. Demand for
cumpulsory pooling of a percontago
of farmers' grain arose among a sec
tion of delegates to the ratification
meeting held here today on a pro
posed plan for tho national co-operative
marketing of grain by produc
ers. The plan was brought in this
morning by tho farmers grain mar
keting committee of i7, which called
tho meeting. Tho 0011111111100 had
left pooling optional.
Opposition came cmfwyetaolmfwy
resentatlves of tho N'orthwest Wheit
Growers association, in Washington,
Idaho, Oregon and Montana and from
the Wheat Growers' Association of
America, with headquarters at Wich
ita, Has.
Aaron Saplro, of San Francisco, a
delegates from tho Northwest Wheat
Growers, declared compulsory pool
ing of 25 per cent of a farmers grain
the "Irreducible minimum."
A. C. Itailey of Kinsley, Ia3.,
chairman of the state organization
committee for Kaunas of the Wheat
Growers association, took tho same
position.
Efforts have boon made for,, some
tiniQ to get t1io"lYireo''nTaTi"c6-opcira-tlvn
grain groups togethor.
Tills is the socoud year of opera
tion of tho Northwest group, while
tho Wichita organization has al
ready signed up farmers for this
yen r.
Mr. Sapiro, who is a prominent
fignro in California co-operative com
modity marketing had another
amendmont to offer providing that
tho national marketing organization
should not handle grain previously
bought by Individual grain elevators.
CHICAGO, April n. Complete ma
chinery necessary for tho farmers to
liandlo the marketing of their grain
was outlined today in a report of the
committee of sevonteen recommending
establishment of a corporal Ion to be
known as tho United Stales Grain
Growers Incorporated, at a national
conference or grain growers hero to
day. f
The plans call for optional pooling
of grnln for co-operative marketing,
pressuro for compulsory pooling hav
ing been defeated In the committee.
The commltleo had worked for six
months on Its report and called the
conference today as a ratification
meeting. Tho report declared curbing
of speculation, which, it asserted "al
most staggers human comprehension,"
was one of the chief alms.
Resides announcing plans for the
corporation and Its bylaws, tho report
outlined contracts binding farmers
who enroll In the plan.
Salient details of the contract fea
ture of tho plan are theso:
There are two contracts, tho first
running from tho farmer lo tho far
mers co-operative elevator ,tho second
from the elevator to the central
agency.
"COME.BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE'MS
FAREWELL OF SUBJECTS TO EX-EMPEROR
m:UAI'KKT, April f.. (Uy tho As
soclfUod Press) Former Emperor
Charles went to the Hteinamangcr sta
tion on foot yesterday, being accom
panied by JJIshnp Mikes and a num
ber nf officers, says a message, re
ceived here from that city.
The former monarch was nervous,
pn le and haggard. A local military
band played the Hungarian national
anthem and the -nwd uncovered and
Hfint tho hymn with faltering voleeft.
While the hymn was being sunn,
Charles descended troin hlB train and
stood, moist eyed, anion;? tho people
whom ho claims as subjects.
When the gunrds on hoard the
special train gave, the signal for
start I nf?, Charles re-entered bin car,
waving farewell, calling out "au re
volr, my faithful."
Tho message received here states
the crowd shouted hack "your maj
estv. conio back oh soon as possible,"
The farmer signing . (he contract -,
must sell his grain exclusively to theso
agencies for five years, renewable
thereafter from year to year.
There are two types of contract a
farmer may make: He may adopt the
regular sales method now followed,
through which the farmer sells to tho
elevator and the elevator sells at the
market. These may be direct sales or
sales on consignment. The second
method is pooling. Farmers of a com
munity adopting this plan may pool
or farmers of two or more commuril
ties may join in a pool of their grnln.
If either of tho two optional meth
ods in the contract proves unlawful, It
is stated that it will be automatically
stricken from tho contract, and the
balance stands. ,
Other features of tho plan require
that all members of the United States
Grain Growers Incorporated must be
bona fide growers of grain.
Membership Fee $10
Tho membership fee Is set at $10
with no assessments. The corporation
proposed is a non-profit, non-stock
company, with no dividends and to bo
operated on a cost basis. tJ
""'Expenses after the membership tea
is paid are to be mot by deductions
from tho sale of grain.
If a farmer's grain is sold on a
commission basis solely, the maximum
deduction permitted Is one percent of
the value of tho grain, corresponding
to present commission charges on ex
changes, it was stated by members of
tno committee of seventeen.
On other grnln Involving Btofago
and other marketing facilities the to
tal deduction for cnpilal Investment
shall not exceed one per cent of the
value of tho grain. For this deduction,
certificates not Interest bearing are to
bo given. Funds so acquired are to be
used to buy warehouses, establish
crop news gathering agencies in var
Ions countries and for other facilities
needed.
Provision is also mndo for establish
ment of subsidiary corporations, In
cluding an export corporation, a ware
house corporation, a corporation to
purchase seats on exchanges and a -finance
corporation. ;,.,.,; ,; ; '
1 H.H ,-,.:., ( ;
CHICAO, April O.--The r- i'atinoa-'i'T
tlon conference on tho 'coioperntlva1''!
Kiiuii nun itininH intii BHtmmillPU "
the farmer's marketing commltteene
Heventoon ' assembled hero todn .for ' '
...1. ,,i.,o ii,,m, liiiil ,i'riiiiH ui 1,,
erH that tho history of our countrybr '
any other country has ever recorded," '
in the words of C II. Gustofson, chair
man of the committee.
Details of tho plan prepared during .
nearly a year of conferences, to mar- .
ket the majority of tho farm products '
of tho country under tho most favor
ahlo prlco conditions were submitted
to representatives of tho various farm
organizations behind tho ..proposal.
Tho plan proposed by the commit
tee of seventeen as a basis of action,
called for farmers to contract for the
(Continued on Page Eight) ..
VIENNA, April 6. (Dy tho Asso
ciated Press) Five hours delay in
tho Journey of former Emperor
Charles to Switzerland from Hun
gary after bis futilo attempt to re
Bnin tho Hungarian throne, wan
caused by tho holding tip of hia train
last night at Frohnllten, Just to tho
south of Itruck. in lower Austria, be-
j cause of threatened demonstrations
against the ex-monarch by tho work
men of Hruck.
Several thousand men from the in
dustrial towns In the region, gather
ed at Hruek in the evening and de
clared they would not ,et the ex-Ptri-peror
pass until they had told him
what they thought about him and
his adventure.
The workers resisted all plcfcs of
the authorities for svorl hours, but
the crowd was finally riispixscd early
this morning,