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MEDFORD, OREOON", SATURDAY, APRIL
1921
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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, .
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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.
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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-
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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."