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MEDFORD, ORKGOX, "WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20. 1)L1
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D
REPUBLICANS
ATTACK PAY
Vigorous Opposition td Treaty
Authorizing Payment $25,
000,000 to S. A. Nation De
velops in Senate Norris of
Nebraska Leads, Kenyon
Follows.
WASHINGTON.. April 20. An
amendment to the Colombian treaty,
offered by Senator Poindextcr, repub
lican, Washington, HQ ' restrict the
rights of Colombia as to use of the
Panama canal:was voted, down 59 to
SO, late today in the senate.
I. Another amendment by Senator
Poindexter, withholding from Colom
bia the unlimited right to transport
warships and munitions through the
canul was voted down 60 to 29.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Vigorous
opposition to ratification of the Co
lombian treaty was voiced In the sen
ate today by Senator Norris, republi
can, Nebraska. He referred to repub
lican supporters of the pact as "rubber
stamps" of the White House and de
clared that payment of $26,000,000 to
obtain Colombia's good will would log
ically be followed by payments to the
other nations of the world for their
good will. '
A final day's debate got under way,
Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash
ington leading tho discussion.
Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa,
declared the treaty was "blackmail"
and Baid the American people would
understand It.
"Take With Oil"
"And it's not going to be any easier
to swallow because, the bottle is la
belled "take with oil," said the Iowa
senator, suggesting that possibility of
cancellation by Colombia of American
oil concessions was a factor in support
given the treaty. '
The proposed payment to Colombia,
Senator Kenyon said, would be "a half
baked apology" and a "stigma" on the
name of Mr. Roosevelt, as well as "a
sickly, pusillanimous policy of buying
friendship."
Answering opponents of ratification,
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re
publican leader, said the treaty was a
part of a great national foreign policy,
projected by President Harding
"towards our neighbors in the south
ern and eastern hemispheres. It is a
matter of opinion as to whether this
treaty is a reflection on Theodore
Roosevelt and tho United States and
In my opinion such a reflection is not
possible."
Borah Unconvinced
Senator Borah,' republican, Idaho,
said Mr. Lodge "had suggested In a
nebulous way,", that the treaty was a
part of a large administrative policy,
adding: .:, . . . ,
"Possibly If that -policy -were unfold
ed and I could find where admission
by the United States of wrnog doing
was necessary to that policy, I might
be convinced." - "
NEW YORK, April 20. A license to
do business in German ports on a
basis of equality with German con
trolled companies has been issued by
Germany to the American line of
steamships, it was announced by tho
International Mercantile Marine com
pany. HAVANA. The thirteenth interna
tional chess game .ended in a draw
last night.
PARIS. Georges Carpentlor will
sail for America May 7.
COLOMBIA
AMERICAN FARMERS APPEAL TO PREST
HARDING FOR LOWER FREIGHT RATES
WASHINGTON. April 20. Farmers
from all parts of tho United States,
meeting here today under the aus
pices of the National Farmers union,
decided to take their fight for a reduc
tion In freight rates direct to Presi
dent Harding.
This decision "was reached after
spokesmen for the farmers had con
ferred with members of the inter-state
commerce commission to urge lower
rates. The delegates apparently were
dissatisfied with the outcome of this
conference.
Unable to mwkct their own pro
ducts, the farmers' spokesmen said
before the commission, are virtually
pu 8 buyers' strike.
Oliver Morosco Is
Arrested for Having
92 Bottles "Hooch"
NW YORK, April 20. Charg
ed with having 92 bottles of liq
uor in his possession, in violation
of the Volstead act, Oliver Mo
rosco. theatrical producer today
was held In $1000 bail for trial in
federal court in Brooklyn.
Mr. Morosco recently applied
to Prohibition Director O'Connor
for a permit to transfer a quan-
tity of liquor from his home at
Great Neck to Los Angeles. Tho
beverages were put in forty bar's-
rels for transportation, but it was
alleged that he. had 92 bottles
more than covered in the permit.
These bottles, it was alleged, had
4 been purchased after the Vol-
stead act became effective.
L
SAVE R. n
ONEJLUON
Railroad Employes Present
Figures in Labor Board
Hearing Showing Alleged
Waste of Millions by the
Present Management.
CHICAGO, April 2 0. .Presenta
tion of masses of statistics dealing
with the cost of living and with
wages paid in other industries' was
continued by western railroads today
In the railroad labor board hearing
Into the requests of nearly 100 roads
that wages of unskilled labor be re
duced. ....... i
Representatives of several roads,
which were npplylug for reductions
for unskilled labor only, in state
ments said that they would follow the
lead of some of the lower roads by
asking for larger pay for skillod work
ers as soon as tho present cases were
settled.
II. T. Dick, counsel for the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois railroad, now in
tho hands of a receiver, was the first
witness to make this announcement.
J. II. Dickinson, counsel for the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
said the exhibits regarding unskilled
labor, presented yesterday by the
Northwestern, the Santa Fe, the
Illinois Central and the Union Pa
cific were applicable to his road. '
W. H. Comstock, general manager
of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad, which operates 1,116 miles
of track, said the unemployment sit
uation had never been so acute Id
Los Angeles since 1907.
Wnsto Near Itillion .
CHICAGO, April 20. Wastes
amounting to a billion dollars an
nually were laid to managerial ineffi
ciency on American railroads in a do
tailed exhibit placed before the rail
road labor board today as a part of
union labor's fight against a reduc
tion of wages. Recoverable wastes
were estimated by the employes at
$578,r00,000 a year and other
wastes, impossible of estimation,
would equal that amount, it was de
clared. The employes point out alleged
wastes in the present railroad admin
istrations and maintain that If those
deficiencies and defaults in manage
ment were redressed and repaired,
the-e would remain no reason for at
tempting to reduce wages. As a
method of correcting wasteful meth
ods and increasing the efflcienoy of
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Commissioner McChord asked Na
tional Secretary Davis of the union
whether with cheap freight rates far
mers could market their products at a
profit. i '
"Possibly not," Mr. Davis replied,
"but a freight rate reduction would be
one factor and'lt would be foolish to
reject any plan that would reduce the
farmers' loss simply because It does
not solve their whole problem."
Officials of the farmers union said
President Harding probably would be
asked to call a conference to discuss
a voluntary re-adjustment so as to re
store commerce to its accustomed
channel and give an Impetus to, busi
ness and agriculture,
ABOR COULD
F
A
1
LIP IN ARMS
Declare Allied Demand That
Gold Reserve Be Trans
ferred to Occupied Zone
Impossible Seizure Would
Be Next Step Allied Heads
to Confer in London Sunday
BERLIN, April 20. (l)y Associated
Press.) While the German cabinet
has not yet indicated the nature of its
reply to the reparation commission's
demand that the German gold reserve
be transferred lo some point In tho
occupied zone. President Havensteln
of the Reichsbank and the financial
writers summarily reject the proposi
tion. They take the ground that the
gold is not only the property of a pri
vate bunk but that its removal from
Berlin under the conditions named
would result In the collapse of German
currency at home and abrotul.
The experts assert that such a pro
ceeding would work havoc with Ger
man economic Interests and promptly
result in an advance of all commod
ities to fabulous prices.
"The Impossible Is' impossible, that
is all there is to it," said Heir Haven
stein. Tho Norddeutsche Allgemcln'o Zolt
ung, owned by Hugo Stinucs, says
that once tho gold reserve is outside
the confines of the Relchsbunk's
vaults and placed under entente con
trol In the occupied zone Its ultlmato
seizure would then become a simple
matter.
' ThlB newspaper estimates the vol
ume of German currency held abroad
at 20,000,000 marks, and that' foreign
demands on Germany of all kinds .total
95,000.000,000 marks. Tho value of the
present gold reserve of 1,090,000,000
marks Is computed as representing 18
per cent of Germany's currency issue.
Allies Meet Sunday
PARIS, April 20. British and
French military leaders including Mar
shal Foch, will confer in England next
Sunday with Premiers Brland and
Lloyd George, It is said by newspapers
here. The conversations, It is declared,
will relate to military penalties to be
placed on Germany in case she refuBes
to make reparations payments due
May 1.
Premier Brland, It is declared by the
Echo de Paris, will insist that the
British flag fly with the French tri
color over tho Ruhr district.
BERLIN, April 20. A specinl dis
patch from Essen today says the now
customs control set up by the allies in
the occupied zone for the collection of
duties under the penalties plan be
came effective at midnight last night.
Passenger trains are being detained
ton minutes for the Inspection of pas
sengers and their baggage.
PARIS, April 20. Reports show
that the military class of 1921, called
to tho colors during April, has yielded
210,000 men, which is more than 76
per cent of youths 20 years of ago who
are subject to military service. This
is the first .time that such a high per
centage of effectives have been secur
ed and newspapers attribute It to a
decrease In the use of alcohol, tho
spread of sports In France and Im
proved living conditions on French
farms.
LONDON, April 20. The informal
conference of Premiers Briand and
Lloyd George on Sunday next will be
held In the villa of Sir Philip Sassoon
at Lympne, near Hythe.
The conference is expected to ter
minate early .Monday when Premier
Brland and his party will return to
Paris.
SPARKS FROM
TODAY'S WIRE
WASHINGTON, April 19. An
amendment to the Colombian treaty,
providing for the payment of $30,000,
000 instead ot $25,000,000 to Colombia
and for the cession by that country to
the United States of the Providence
and St. Andrews IslandB in the Carib
bean sea. was offered today by Sena
tor Rnnsdell, democrat, Louisiana.
LOS ANGELES. April 20. Fire of
undetermined origin today destroyed
Pacific Electric car barns at Kcdondo
Beach, together with nine passenger
cars, an oil car and a small motor car.
Officials of the railway estimated the
loss at f 300,000,
ceruses " to
jj
'Hetier to Join the chorus, than to sponge on friends So say
ing nuolher Loudon society leader the lion. Sylvia Gougb hns
turned to the stage. She Is appearing as a chorus girl In "The Right
Girl" a' Times Square Theater. New York. The family fortune was
wiped o it by the war she is an Internationally known beauty A
portrait of her by Augustus Johns Is on exhibition in the Metropolis
lun Art Gallery. New York. .
IS
KILLED BY POLICE
COTUvT April "20. Timothy Huill
van, a prominent Sinn FHihm whs
.shot and kilK'il by Jiu cunstalnilnry
last night. He van i-alkil on Jn halt
and was Hhut as he was viul .'uvui'ln
to escHpe.."
Sullivan was a juror at Hit; im;tirHt
of tho Into Lord Mayor MaeCiirttiui,
whitfh vendorcd a vordii t of willful
murder ugalnst lYomii'i- IJnyd ii-ki
Viscount Frenrh, lord Me-iti'iifint .f
Ireland; Ian Mrl'herson, formrr mic
rotary fop Ireland, and others.
DUBLIN, April 2 0. Tno Hail EJr
eann today Issued a leng'.hy Hiate
ment deny ins and condemn! tiK the
weekly review of the pen era I situa
tion in Ireland issui'd by Dublin civile
April 15, whirh outlined the nu nlx r
of casualties, ambuscades, 1 attack h
on polli'o barracks, assnKstunttoiiR and
murders of civilians attributed to Sinn
Foiners.
"The inaccuracy of tho official
communique," says tho statement, "Is
obvious, even to those least -acquainted
with Irish conditions. It does m t
mention tho war in Ireland, wan?rt
with merciless barbarity by the crown
forces,"
Under the headinff "estimate ot
total distress," the Dail Kireann jtivcm
a tabulation of the eases of unem
ployment, distress and poverty with
a grand total of 7 5 1 , a 3 ! .
DUBLIN', April 20. Policemen
Kelly and Iletherinp;ton were taken
from a train last evening near llat
lysdare, county SMko, and shot dead
by armed men who held up the train
for two houi'H.
DKLFABT. April 20. Two armed
civilians were shot dead and another
was seriously wounded late yesterday
when a party of crown forces came
upon them while searching the Luu
shglynn wood.
. BELFAST, April 20. Michael Col
lins, commander in chief of the Irlhh
republican army is among the Sinn
ein candidates selected to represent
South Armagh In the north parlia
ment. YAKIMA, Wash.. April 20. Offic
ials of the Utah-Idaho Sugar com
pany, headed by Hrigham ' Hmoot,
general factory superintendent of
Salt !nle are today holding a confer
ence with tho key men of the three
Yakima valley plants to plun or
operation during 1921 season and to
figure on reducing overhead expenses.
The concern has about five millions
Invested here, including three facto
ries and purchase of about 2500 acres
of land. Approximately 6000 acres Is
planted to augur beets, which nicui!
"Sponge"
COL. H. H. SARGENT
OFFERS 10 HEAD
$25 X RAY LIST
Col. II. "If. Sargent has written tho
following communication regarding;
tho establishment of an Kx-Hay clinic
in Modford:
Jacksonville, Oregon,
April 20, 1921.
To Mis. .1. V. Hcddy and
Airs. Delroy Gotcholl,
Modford. Oregon.
Ladles: Having reference to tho
establishment ot an X-Kay clinic and
a clinical labratory at the Sacred
Heart Hospital In Modford. and un
derstanding that two thousand and
flvo hundred dollars are still needed,
I wish to say that I hnvo already
made a small contribution nt your so
licitation. I will be one ot ono hun
dred persons to contribute twenty
five dollars more to tho undertaking.
I regard tho success of this undertak
ing as a most Important thing for
Medford and this valley.
Very sincerely yours,
II. II. SAKGKNT.
THYE TO MEET
E YOKEL IN
POHTI,Ai,U, April 20. Tho ques
tion of supremacy between Ted Thyo,
Portland wrestler, and Mike Yokel of
Salt hake, both claimants of the
world's middleweight wrestling cham
pionship, will be decided at the armory
Thursday night, April 28,
Tho local grappler agreed to accept
the match Monday nflernoon and the
contracts calling for a best two falls
out of three contest were signed Tues
day morning.
This match has been causing consid
erable comment among the sportsmen
ever since Yokel triumphed so easily
over "Hull" Montana.
Promoter Joo Kelg hopes to put the
game on Its feet by this match, which
will likely be followed by a contcBt
during tho summer In which "Stran
gler" LowIb, world heavyweight cham
pion, will appear.
Thye has a match scheduled In Los
Angeles for May 9 with Walter Miller.
He Is scheduled to wrestle Hand at
Gold Hill April 2lith.
that only ono factory, that nt Topprn
Bh, will bo operuted this year unless
thn yield Is phenomenal, arrordlng to
W.'D. I.ewlH, local HtMHMiiitcrulcnt.
One of the mutters uruli'r discussion
today is whether Washington best
growers would prefer to have the
nam'c of the coneern changed to
Washlngton-L'tah-ldaho Kugar com
pany. About forty men Rrc at con
feienco which will be concluded at
dinner at a hotel in Topppnlsh tonight.
Puyallup Canning Co.
Joins the $10,000,000
Merger of 2 States
PUYAI.l.lP, Wash., April 20.
Stockholders of the Puyallup
and Sumner Kruit Growers' Cnn-
ntng company, have voted un-
nnlinously to transfer all stock to
the new Oregon and Washington
I aiming and Preserving company
It was announced today by W. II.
Paulhamus. president. "fr
The transfer of stock is one of
the first steps in the organization
of the Oregon and Washington
concern, a $10,000,000 company
which plans to acuuire plants in
the two states. The company is
backed by some of the leading
business men of the two states
and was organized to give stabll-
ity to berry and fruit growing
and the marketing of canned
! goods from tho northwest.
OPPOSE REPEAL
JOIN! STOCK
LAND-BANKS
Forum Adopts Resolution Of
fered by E. H. Hurd Jake
Allen Delivers Rousing Ad
dress on Value of Commu
nity Spirit v".
. The rcuular meeting of tho Cham
ber ot Commerce forum was held at
tho Hotel Medford this noon, with
.Inko Allon of tho American City Bu
reau, tho chief speaker. Ho discussed
future plans and work of the organi
sation. . Postmaster .Warner actod as
chairman. .
tfndor the tutelage, of licv. Mlllnrd
tho forum tried out a new song, en
titled "Hero Wo Ar Again! Hollo!
Hello!"
. Elijah Huil ; Introduced tho fol
lowing resolution which won adopted:
"Whereas, wo are informed that a
bill has been Introduced in tho U. 8,
senato to repeal that part of tho farm
loan act that authorizes Joint Stock
Lrfind Hanks, and
"Whereas, tho California Joint
Stock ImmI Hank ot Snn Francisco
hns boen nblo to and has loaned con
siderable monoy to the fnrmcrs and
orehardlsts of this valley, and
."Whorens, this bank feels that con
gress should bo petitioned to defeat
this bill and do not fool like taking
more applications, ns it hns now on
hnnd a number, of million dollars
worth of applications, unless such
legislation fnlls and it has some as
surance' tho Joint stock lnnd banks
will not bo put out of business.
"Thercforo, bo It resolved that wo
recommend to tho board of directors
of tho Medford Chamber of Com
merco that tho said chamber adopt
resolutions petitioning tho senntors
and representatives In congress from
Oregon to work and voto against any
legislation repenting that part of tho
farm loan act applying to Joint stock
land banks, also any repenl of the
farm loan act or any part thereof.
"Uo It further resolved that wo ask
the board of directors of tho Med
ford Chamber of Commerce to ask tho
California joint stock land bank' to
'continue to make loans to tho farmers
'and orehardlsts of this valley and as
suring said bank that Its past servico
is duly appreciated and the continua
tion thereof will be fully appreciated."
lake Allen Speaks.
Mr. Allen said in part:
"All property values, all business
values nnd all professional values that
exist in any city are made by tho
'spirit of Its citizens.
"And tho converso is equally true:
Whatever potential values are nb
ient from a givon community nro
missing beeauso tho spirit of that
community has never boen prompted
to effort to procure or develop them.
"Commerce exists solely becauso
fCnntlnued on raw IStehO
LONDON PAPER
ISLAND OF YAP,
LONDON', April 20 Tho Dally Tele
graph, discussing the week-end repara
tions meeting of Mr. Lloyd George and
M. Brland says:
"The premiers may be ablo to find
time to exchange views on other top
ics, one of which Is tho unfortunate
misunderstanding regarding Yap.
"The supreme council will have to
find a way out that will satisfy Amer
ica," continues the paper. "The Jap
anese naturally think that the su
premo council ought to stand by Its
own docislons but they have no In
ducement to drift Into a serious qunr-
1 1 STATES
ORGANIZE A
JAPCOUNCIL
ienators and Representatives
From Western States Form
Organization to Solve Prob
lem of Japanese Immigra
tion Senator Johnson Is
Warned Chairman.
WASHINGTON', April - 20. Sena
tors and renresentallves- from eleven
fur western states perfected an or
ganization today with a view to find
ing a common ground :uion which
they cnn work to solve tho question
f Japaneso Immigration. . i - -., ,
Senator Johnson, republican, 'Cali-
la....nln ...nu ...... la nhn l,.inn ' r,f fU
organization and directed to- appoint
au executive comnmiee composou oi
ono senator and ono representative
from each of the eleven states, Call-
rnm, Oregon, wasningion, laano,
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Now Moxlco,
Texas, UKianoma anu comniuo,
Cnot,,.. I.tlittui.n niinniinf'Pft thnt llA
would appoint tho executive commit
tee at an early date ana Degin cuoris
to unite other states with tho work.
Ho added thnt tho problem was ono
of mutual intorest, demanding im
mediate attention.
McClutchy Tesunes. .
V. S. McClatchy of Sncrnmonto, .
ln,.Mnun..tl..n- thn .IminnPHe KxClUSlon
leugue of California, declared that un
less the Jnpaneso were exciuneu tney
ultimately would swamp tho white
races.
Within tho last throe months,.! Mr.
McClatchy said, sevoral stati-t had .
Di,Aur.. ,i rlnslrn in eo-onb'ata .with
California in onacting nntl-alion land
bills similar to that roccmiy passeu in
.niirnHnl.. 1 nrnmin nnd Idaho, he
added, land bills had boon .proposed.
In tho legislatures, out action Lfii-niwi-had
been postponed Indefinitely- bo-
..... nair,.nma tmm WashinOTtOn
saying that such action by the statca
would embarrass the Icuorai govern
ment. - ' ,
In tho houso today, Representative
Tinker, democrat, California! pro
nn,l nn nmenilmcnt to the constitu
tion providing that no child "horer
after born In tho United states ot ioi;-
..nfnn-n ahnll hn Pllclhlo 'to
citizenship in tho United States unless
both parents are enginio to uecumu
citizens of tho United States."
United Action Urged.
United efforts by the states in
dealing with tho Japanese lmmlgra-.
inD urcrnri hv Senator
Johnson of California, In addressing
tho conference, called uy mo Cali
fornia delegation.
V. S. McClatchy, of Sacramento.
Cnl., told tho conference that unless
tho. Japaneso Immigration problem
was solved by tho absolute exclusion
of tho Jnpaneso, thoy would "inevit
ably swamp tho whito race.' , He de
clared they had established-a. birth
rate per thousand three times as great t
ns that of tho whltes. and .that if fur
ther Immigration were prohibited for
100 yenrs thero would be more -Japa-''-neso
than whites in California. .-) nl'i
"Tho Japanese 'today, control1 one-f '
eighth of rnll the rich Irrigated lands ,
of California,". Mr. McClatchy,- said. .
"They will not nnd . cannot ... make .
American citizens." ' . ' .
Under tho so-called gohtlcmon s
agreement, Mr. McClatchy - added,
"there hnB boen no suspension or re
striction of immigration. ' ,'
"We have dono tho extraordinary
thing." ho continued, "ot passing to
Japan, one of our sovereign rights of
determined who and how many
m come In. The . agreement
should bo abrogated. AVhy should wo
longer surrender a supremo preroga
tive of this character which is to odr
manifest, detriment and ultimately
will be our undoing?'!
YAKIMA, April 20. The Kittitas
postofflco was robbed last night ot
$125 In war savings and $20 In cash
being taken from the safe which was
pried open with a crowbar. Entry was
gained through the back door.' "Y
DECLARES U. S. CLAIM
T BE
rel with tho United States over this
fragment of rock and sand In the east
ern seas.
"France, with no direct Interest In
the matter and In strong sympathy
with President Harding's attack on
the league of Nations, will throw ber
weight on tho side of tho western re
public. We shall probably use our in
fluence with Japan and a satisfactory
solution may be expected." .
The paper further disclaims any di
rect desire to use the Mesnpotamia
mandate to the detriment of the Unit
ed States.