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Newspaper Page Textmedford Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday .....54 Minimum today 39 Pecipitation .: 02 Predictions Rain. Iaily .Sixteenth Year. Arkly Fifty-First Year. MEDFORD, OREOON", SATURDAY, APRIL 1921 NO. 28 i'4 x ft i 5 1 i if 3 BERLIN FILES SECOND NOTE TO HARDING New Reparation Proposal Dis patched to Washington Berlin Neither Refuses Nor Accepts Gold Transfer, But Offers to Stop Gold Exporta tion in Note to Allies. PARIS, April 23. Germany's new reparations proposals will be dispatch ed to Washington this evening, accord ing to a Berlin dispatch received here today. The cabinet met during the after noon, Bays the message, to make a final draft of Germany' answer to the American note and it is understood the proposals will bo embodied in this communication. WASHINGTON, April 23. Approv al of the course of the American gov ernment with respect to the repara tions controversy is believed to have been indicated by the allied diplomats here before the dispatch of Secretary Hughes' reply to the Berlin appeal that President. Harding act as media tor and fix the sum Germany must pay. It became known today that the Ger man request and the American reply were discussed informally by the sec retary of state and the European am-j bassadors and it is understood the for eign envoys were apprised of the character of the American reply in the interim between the receipt of the German memorandum and the sending of the response. State department officials were awaiting today the answor from-Berlin which press dispatches from that city Indicated was about to be made after being placed before the relchstag. It is expected, however, that whatever proposal is made will be submitted first to the diplomatic representatives here. PARIS, April 23. (By Associated Press.) Germany, instead of either agreeing or refusing to transfer the gold reserve of the Rcichsbank to oc cupied territory in the Rhlneland, as the allied reparations commission had demanded has offered to agree not to export or permit the exportation of gold from Germany before October 1. Germany's note In reply to the rep arations commission,-delivered to the commission today, in which this offer is tendered, says her proffered ar rangement would adequately protect the . allies who had demanded the transfer because the second paragraph of article 248 of ..the treaty of Ver sailles, prohibiting the exportation of gold, becomes inoperative .May .1. The second paragraph of.artfclc 248 of the treaty reads.:. . tt "Up to May .192.1,- the ;G or num. gov ernment shall not export or dispose of. and shall forbid the export or disposal of, gold without the previous approval of the allied and associated powers acting through the reparations com mission." The note was signed by Dr. Von Oertzen, for the war burdens commis sion. It pointed out that the. removal of the Reichsbank gold would act fur ther to depreciate German exchange and furthermore that the gold reserve was not directly under the control of the ministry of finances, but was pri vate property. The transfer, the note contended, would not serve as a guarantee for re parations payments as the commission seemed to think, as the depreciation in exchange growing out of it would re suit in a general economic weakening of Germany. NOW BROOKLYN PRODUCES MAN WITH g m WIVES LUG UNDER ONE ROOF NEW YOUK, April 23, The recent story of the Jersey City broker, v!:o was alleged to have housed two "wives" under one roof was rivaled today in Brooklyn. Complaints by detectives that An toine Kuyts. 45, a Belgian, was liv ing in a Brooklyn apartment with two wives one Flemish and the other French led to his arrest on a charge of bigamy. He was held in $1,000 bail for a hearing Monday. Kuyts is alleged to have married Madame Marie Pierre T-abar, a Pa risian widow in New York January 20. while his other wife and her two d.nigbtfrs were living in Antwerp. 3 Gallons of Wine 4, 7-8 Gallons leer Prescription Limit WASHINGTON. April 23. An arbitrary limit of 4 7-S gal lons of beer and three gallons of wine as the maximum a physi cian may prescribe at any one time has been set in new pro hibition regulations which await the approval of David H. Rlalr, the new commissioner of internal revenue. In making this announce ment. Prohibition Commissioner Kramer said that while under 'Attorney General Palmer's re cent opinion the amount of beer or wine prescribed by a physi cian over a given period could Jiot be limited, it was believed that the amount of individual prescriptions could be limited to a reasonable maximum. - It would not be practical, he said, to require a patient for whom two or three bottles of beer a day might be prescribed, to ob tain a prescription for each day., PRISONERS, HELD ft, FREED NKW YOUK, April 2U. Com mnndor Evangeline Hooth of the Sal vation Army, today announced re ceipt of a cable message from Lon don headquarters announcing that all Salvation Army prisoners in Kussia had been released by the soviet au thorities. These prisoners, Commander Booth said, numbered about 35 officers, na tive Russians, in charge of the organ ization's activities in Kussia who were imprisoned last February. The ar rests were made, in retaliation, she mid, for efforts of Henry Mapp, com mander of the organization in Kunsla. tov enlist British government aid in London with regard to growing dif ficulties the workers were. having with the bolshevik government. She told of an occasion when Com mander Mapp was railed in and questioned by Leon Trotzky regarding the Salvationists' political affiliations. When Commander Mapp told his questioner, Commander Booth said, that his organization was interested only in religion Trotzky made a ges ture of disgust, saying "that's worse, we want no religion here." J. GRIEVE GETS T PORTLAND, Ore., April 23. The stato highway commission today awarded contracts for 77 miles of highway work aggregating $828,17!!. The contract for widening the road bed of tho Grants Pass-Jackson county line section of Pacific high way, 3.70 miles, wa awarded lo Jim Grieve and C. T. Seymour, Medford, $10,950. s. LEGION 10 FRANCE NEW YOK1C, April 23. Bene Vivi an!, special French envoy who is en route home, in a wireless message of congratulations to the .American Le gion, its national commander, C'olono' i- W. Cialtbraith, Jr., and Generi.l Pershing, made public today, invited the legion men to visit Franco and declared he never would forget ti-.v "courageous soldiers" of America They arrived In November, 1920. "Wife No, 2" appears to be "boss,', according to Investigators, and has the choice of quarters. Koth wives," detectives said, arc employed in a theatrical costume establish men t and go to and from work together each day. Since one speaks only French and the other Flemish, they communicate by code. rapping on wood. Kuyts is an ironworker. Ho told authorities he met the "second Mrs. Kuyts' after he had fled his native city when lerman troops attempted to force him to work. E GUILTY CRIME Jury Returns Verdict Forgery in First Degree After 40 Minutes Deliberation Irri- 1 gation Bonds at Echo. Ore- 1 gon Involved. SPOKANE, April 23. Joy 12 Hough, former bond - broker, was found guilty by a Jury in superior court today of first degree forgery. Tho verdict of conviction, reached after only 40 minutes of deliberation was obtained on the first ballot, It was announced. There was somo delay in returning rae verdict while the attorneys in the case were being summoned to tho court room. Hough was charged with having forged the names ot officers "of the Teel irrigation district or Kcho, Ore., on nil issuo of fraudulent bonds, which It was testified were given to James F. Cullahan of Wallace, Idaho, in exchange for genuine securities. He was acquitted last month of a charge of forgery in connection with an is sue 'of alleged fraudulent bonds of Liberty county, .Montana. In a confession to the authorities early in January, Hough declared that f lauds against Callahan through thr exchange of fraudulent bonds would reach $300,000 or more. His defense, in both trials was that he had forged tho bonds under threats of death by his partner, John It. Milholland. Milholland committed suicide at his home here when oiflcers went to ar rest him, following 'Houghs' confes sion. TEDDY, JR. DELIVERS A SPEECH 10 NAVY (iUANTANAMO, Cuba, April More than ten thousand officers and men from the United States Atlantic fleet gathered nt tho athletic field hero last night to witness wrestling and boxing bouts, which were planned to determine the champions of the fleet. Theodore Hoosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, was a spectator (luring, the evening. Mr. Roosevelt was called upon for an address and responded In a spirit ed speech, in which he declared: "Tho navy should be made up of men who are not 'soft' nor 'Little Lord Fauutleroys,' but real meu who desire to be treated as men." " $1 00,000 PER YEAR LOS ANG.KLES, April 23. Pri vato funeral service! were held here today for John P. (Jack) Cudahy who killed himself Wednesday. Cudahy left no will, according to his attorney, who stated it was un necessary as his income of $100,000 a year from a trust fund provided by his father, tho late .Michael Cudahy Kansas City packer, would automat ically go to the widow and children. NKW YORK. April 23 Eighty-seven years old today, former Senator Chauncey M. Dcpcw said he did not think the occasion worthy of much comment but that ho looked forward "with enthusiasm" to entering his 100th year. U. S. TENNIS PLAYER DEFEATED IN FINALS IIOEHAMPTOX, Knglanri. April 2:1 ( By the Associated Press) F. (3. Low ot England defeated W. P. ilots ford, youthful American tennis star, in the final of the Surrey hard court tennis championship match here to day. ' The Englishman took the match in straight sets. 6-2, 6-3, 11-0. PHILADELPHIA. April 23. The University of Pennsylvania track team defeated Harvard on Franklin field today by fifi to 47 2-:i. SPOKAN ID BROKER FOUND Foreign Minister Simons Faces Fall Account U. S. Note 111!. W ALTKI! SIMON'S BKItl.lN, April 2 3. A cabinet cri sis appears Imminent hero as a re sult of the discontent aroused by the government's fnilure to consult the renichstag beforo asking President Harding of tho United States to me diate between (iermany and tho al lies relativo to reparations. Tho po sition of Dr. Walter Simons, foreign minister. Is particularly Imperilled. WIELDS SPADE AT WASHINGTON, April 23. Presi dent Harding late today will put aside matters of slate to turn up the flint spade, of earth In the wound breaking eeremoiiles for the National Itaptist memorial to linger Williams and re IIkIous liberty. Prominent Hup tints from throughout tho country are here for the occasion. The campaign for the erection of tho memorial was started four yearn ago by tho Joint action of tho north ern and southern Ilaptists. number ing more than seven million and Is expected to cost about $500,000. The site, a part of which is occupied by Immanuel church, was dedicated n -ear ago when tho southern IJaptist convention was in session hero. Tho building will be 'of colonial -In sale type and in front will bo lo cated a statue of Rower Williams. BASEBALL SCORES National, ' Won. Umi. Pet. Now York fi I .H33 Pittsburg .1 .Oflfi Chicago 3 2 .iiOO Boston 4 4 .500 Brooklyn 2 4 .1133 Philadelphia 2 4 .333 St. Louis 1 4 .167 It. H. K. Cincinnati 5 9 2 Pittsburg 4 8 1 Batteries: iMarniiard , and Mar grave; Hamilton, Glazner, Carlson and Schmidt. Philadelphia-New York game post poned ; IloBton-Hrooklyn gamn post poned; Chicago-St. Louis game post poned. American W. L. P.O. Washington 5 2 .714 New York 1 2 .G6ti Cleveland - 5 3 .625 St. Louis 4 5 .444 Detroit 2 3 .400 Chicago 2 3 .400 Moston 2 4 .333 Philadelphia 2 4 .333 U. H. 15. St. linuls 2 9 1 Cleveland G 10 0 Batteries: Davis and Severely Covcleskl and O'NelM. It. H. E. Chicago u 2 7 1 Chicago 3 11 2 'Batteries: Leonard and Uassler; Paber, Ilodgo and Schalk. New York-Philadelphia game post poned, wet grounds. New York Boston and Washington games post poned. WASHINTON, April 23. Ar. ap propriation of 12,000.000 to construct in Washington a building for storac? of bullion and currency was request ed today by Secretary Mellon, who said present facilities were inade quate, . mK I 3 " LOWER RATES ARE FORECAST ON RAILROADS Semi-official Report Says La bor Board Will Lower Pay Early in May to Be Fol lowed by R. R. Freisht Rate Reduction. WASHINGTON, April 23. (Tele gram Washington I'.urcau) Lower wapes on alt railroads of'the country, followed by lowered ireiuhl rates, aro now in piKht. The wage reduction will be an nounced, according to semi-offli-lal information, between now and May 1 by tho United States railroad labor board, which is now hearing the final arguments of the contentions regard ing wagea. Tho cut will not be less than 10 per cent, and may bo as much as 15 per cent, but no more. The leimth of time to be consumed in the argu ment may delay the decision n day or two, but in any event it is expected to bo made In May. Labor Kxpeots Cut. Following that it Is expected that he railroads themselves will volun tarily ask for reduction of certain mes of freight, with tho belief that additional traffic will result, and greater Income will bo stimulated for Me railroads, and this with the low ered cost of operation will begin the restoration of normalcy in transpor tation. .abor leaders aro prepared for this reduction in wagea, and while there will bo no vociferous objection, the now wages will be accepted and the railroads will make extraordinary ef forts to stimulate increased freight and passenger business to put into use tho now idle railroad equipment which has reached the highest levels known In tho history of railroading It is estimated in official circles that should tho railroad executives not apply voluntarily for reduced rates on certain lines of freight and passenger trsffle, steps will bo taken to have the interstate commerce com mission reduco tho .freight and pas senger rates on its. own motion under tho power conferred upm it by the I'jscn-uummins law. Heller Pin ns Made. In this connection ono of the next moves of tho government n any event and regardless of tho outcome of the wage and tho rate reductions at tho present time, will bo tho creation in the department of commerce of a liu reau or division of transportation to represent the purchasers of transpor tation, both passenger and freight, and to spur tho other agencies of the government and tho railroad manage ment of tho country to favorable and nromnt action for the relief of busl ileus and the stlmutatlon of normal conditions of transportation the coun try ovor. Such a movement has been dis cussed with President Harding by Secretary Hoover, and will soon bo formally announcod. VANCOUVER, B. C. VANCOUVICK, 11. C. April 23. Mayor H. H. Gulo today tamied proclamation proulljItlnK for the time belnB any fuithor ninotliiBa nddreHsed by LlmlHoy Crawford, who spoko hero last nlKht under the ausplcoa of tho Irish Self Determination league. A crowd of several thousand people uathored outside Dominion hall whero last night's meotlng was held, and two brass bands attempted to drown out Iho speaker's voice. "The general poace and general wcl fare of the community are In serious danger of disruption," Mayor Gale said in his proclamation, "and they cannot he maintained if similar gath crlngs are permitted to bo held In the present excited state of public feel lng." E GETS HIGH HONOR PHI LADKLPIU A, April 23. Gov ernor HartncHB of Vermont was the guest of honor today of tho American Philosophical society, which will con elude its three-day general meeting hero tonight. Ho was presented with the John Scott medal, awarded for useful Inventions, in recognition of his flat turret lathe, used in making artillery. The medal is provided for in a fund established by John Scott of Kdlnburgh. Scotland. Dr. H. Neguhu, of the Rockefeller institute, told of the fight against yel low fever, declaring use of vaccine furnishes a rapid means of eliminat ing poisons from arena where the dia tnso is epidemic. Crater Lake Park Co. 7s Incorporated With $40,000 Capital SA1.KM, Ore.. April 23. The secretary of state today re ceived from Portland articles of incorporation tor the Crater I.ako 'National Park company, to undertake Immediate devel opment of the hotel and conces sion at Crater I.nko. Tho a"rticlp8 Bet ?40,000 as the capital and the Incorpora tors are Krlc V. Mauser, Rich ard W. Prica and R. W. Childs, all of Portland. Tho men aro members of the original Crater Irfiko commit tee appointed to iron out griev ances between Alfred Park hurst, concessionaire at tho park, and tho federal park bu reau. The promoters expect J100, 000 will bo required to place the Crater Lake lodgo and other Im provements in condition ade quately to take caro of tour ist travel this summer. F s. f. cm ji SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. Ar rangements wero being nuulo today for the funeral of John Philip Young, for nearly 43 years managing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, who died hero early this morning. He was 71 years old.' Ills death was due to paralysis. Uconnmlst and journalist, .lolin hilip Young for nearly 43 years had been, managing editor of tho Kan Krancisco Chronicle. An Indefati gable student of history and political economics, orderly In his habits and controlled by an. intense, seemingly ceaselesH mcntnl industry, the fruits of his works embraced not only tho building up ot ono of tho great niotro politnu Journals of tho country, but extnedod beyond tho fields of his 'wapaper In tho publication of a number of forculul books and mono graphs. A power In tho civic development of Han Francisco, ho was ono of tho founders ot tho Commonwealth club of this city. Tho sphere ot his Influence beyond tho field of tho newspaper In which ho was tho forco that did much to build It, was attained In the publica tion of many works, including "Pro tection and Progress," "Tho Growth of Modern Trusts," "Bimetallism and Monometallism," "Journalism in Cali fornia," "A History of Han Francisco," and other economic works. . A forceful thinker In protective pol icies, his works gained recognition In congress and president Theodore Roosevelt commenting upon Young's Ponograph on trusts, said thnt ho had done a real servlco to tho coun ; e in publishing It. In 1881 ho married Ceorglna M. Flrown of Ht. Louis. ANGLO AMERICAN UNITY IS TOASTED BY BALFOUR LONDON, April 23. Arthur J. Ilal foui', lord president of tho council, pre sided Inst night at the second annual dinner and reunion of British war mis sions to tho United States. Messages of greeting were read from King Ocorgo, President Harding, Admiral 81ms, General Pershing, the Karl of Heading and Viscount Northcllffo. Mr. Balfour toasted "Anglo-American amity." J. Butler Wright, coun sellor ,of tho American embassy, re sponding said that during the early part of tho present Industrial crisis In England a body of American students attending ICnglish universities had de sired to enlist for service during tho emergency. GOVERNOR OLCOTT URGES THE OREGON DELEGATION TO SECURE JAP EXCLUSION SAlr, Ore., April 23. Governor Bon W. Olrott today sent a letter to members of tho Oregon delegation in engross expressing the hope that onngrens will take action tor rigid exclusion of Japanese Immigrants. "This office,' tho governor wrote, Is in receipt of a communication from tlio Hon. William I). Htephens, govt ernor of California, In which ho urges that I wrlto each of our state delegation at Washington asking their co-operation with the California delegation in an effort to secure ab solute exclusion ot Japanese immlfrra ilon under conditions which will .ive EUROPE ALL U. S. NOTE Reply to German Request for Mediation Overshadows All Other Questons ot Day Opinions Differ Widely Berlin Completes Reply to U.S. Refusal. PARIS, April 23. (By Associated Press.) The American' reply to Ger many's request for mediation Is dealt with prominently by all the Paris mor ning journals. Interest in :lt eclipsing even that In tho Lympne conference between Premiers Lloyd George and llriand. "President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes saw the Gorman trap and were careful not to be caught,' says tho Echo do Paris. "If Germany makes sincere proposals they will find us ready to hear them." In a signed article in L'Eclair, Einlle Hurea who formerly was Premier Brl- nnd's chief of cabinet, says: "The note opens the way to a gua anteo of permanent peace and gives back to Franco the moral support which President Wilson refused it." The Figaro says: "The United States ' invites ns to find a speedy solution of the repara tions problem, and the French govern ment must express clearly and coil clsoly what it wants." Situation Complicated . ' LONDON, April 23. British govern mental authorities awaited with keen Interest today the announcement front Berlin of Germany's nollcv relative to reparations. ... Vv.:t , Gormany's ' appeal to 1 tho ; United States to arbitrate tho reparations proposition and the American rejec tion of the role brought in certain complexities. The view that the an swer of the Washington government hnd Intimated a readiness to act as Intermediary in bringing about new negotiations gained ground here yes terday. It appeared certain that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Brlnnd would be called upon at their meeting at Lympne to morrow either to reject the good of fices of the United States, or re-open negotiations. - ' ; The Yorkshire Post of Leeds, Bays the last sentence ot the American re ply to Germany arouses the feeling that "the new American administra tion may be trying to open gently the door for a return to the allied council ana miB expression is strenginenea ojr the hint received a few dayB ago that ' under cortain circumstances the Unltr ed' States might send an observer to me noxi meeting oi tne supreme ooun- c"- .: : , ::;,v:-,.:;;;;;Vr Suspicious of Germany 1 ', , FARI8; April 23. The Temps,' c6nv. nientlne on the reply of the tlnlted "' States to Germany a request for medi ation with regard to reparations, says:! "One truth overshadows all in the exchange of the German and American notes: If the Gorman government were ready to bring forth acceptable proposals it would not make a detour by way of Washington. . 1 ' ' V "The invitation of the United States for Germany to formulate acceptable proposals is impossible for the Simons government, in view of the past two years of odious propaganda. ': "Before Germany can subscribe to . acceptable undertakings, ,the German people themselves must realise their position and their duty. Words will not suffice. We must have, In fact, we demand, guarantees. The United States government which loves peace and Is desirous of bringing the criBls ( Continued on Fate Eight) any real humiliation to Japan and will niako for peace now and perma nent friendship hereafter between this country and Japan. "I feel very strongly upon this Jap aneso question and made as urgent an appeal as I knew how to the re cent legislature tor proper legislation dealing with tho subject. While such legislation was not enacted I do sin-, cerely hope that the federal govern ment will take a strong position In this matter and Insist upon rigid et elusion which I believe must eventu ally bo the satisfactory solution ot ' this great problem."