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MEDFORD, OK-KG OX, SATURDAY', AL'KIL (), 1921
NO. 34
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GERMANY IS
WEEK
TD ACCEPT
Ultimatum Fixes May 8 Date
to Accept or Reect France
and Belgium Oppose Italy
Strives for European Peace
Occupation of Ruhr Is
feared. N
t ... LONDON, April 30. (By Associated
Press.) Au ultimatum to Germany
glylhs her seven days from May 1 to
comply with or. refuse the allied re
parations demands was being advo
cate) today by. British representatives
.. to 'the allied conference here.
The proposal was opposed by the
French and . the Belgians on the
ground that it was unnecessary, that
the Germans had sufficient time.
! Information has been received by
the : French delegation that unofficial
American advisers at Berlin are" urg
ing members of the German cabinet to
accept the allied terms agreed upon in
' Paris last January. In this agreement
the', allies demanded 226,000,000,000
Bold marks in addition to the collec-'
tion-: of a 12 per cent export tax on
v German goods.
' Baron d'Abernon, Belgian ambassa
dor to Germany has arrived from Ber
lin with the most recent declarations
from Foreign Minister Simons as to
wnat Germany can do.
. Determination on the part of France
V io order her troops into the Ruhr dis-
trlct of Germany in default of pay
hiont of reparations to the allies was
expressed to Prime Minister Lloyd
George by Premier Briand. The two
ministers met for an informal confer
; once this morning and planned later
f 1U llltTOl VjUUIIL OIOIAU,. nuiian luiuigu
' I minister, on his arrival In London.
(? It was not expected, that the United
States would: be represented at either
, :;' the informal conversations or at the
I ;;' meeting of the supreme council. It
H Wan made plain that Mr. Lloyd George
I ,! who was chosen as the 'presiding ol'H
:1 cer; had not extended an invitation
1 5 to President Harding to have a repre
ss J sentative present. The prime miuis-
ter had taken the view, It was pointed
out that-initiative in this matter rest
J ' ed entirely with the WaBhingtoa gov
, ernment.
" Reports of an Impending ministerial
I '. crisis in Berlin were current.
-' Indication was given, however, that
Berlin was expected to make at least
y '(' one more move to prevent occupation
. of the Ruhr region. ,
T : ' Hope for an adjustment of the situa
i . I tlon by common accord was expressed
i f.: by Count Sforza, the Italian foreifn
, hilnister, who arrived in London today.
"I do not deny that the situation is
a serious one," he 'iald In conversa
tion, "but the ultimate aim of all the
entente powers is the same, find there
, fore I have not lost, hope of a, settle-
.. mem oemg reached In, oommon ac--;
cord. (;. " , 1. fij-j-i (Vi
"Italy," he continued, "Is quickly
! rocovcring by her own efforts and
sacrifices from what a year ago was
regarded as a very Berious economic
i! and financial situation.- If only for
i thls reason, I regard peace and tran
i flulllty as a supreme necessity."
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LEWISTON, Idaho, April 30
After killing his wife and Mrs. Charles
Wflmarth, a friend, Joe Hart, whohns
linen employed on a Snake, river hont,
blew off his head with a shotgun this
morning, according to reports to au
thorities hero. The attack on the
women was made. Bald these advices,
because Mrs. Hart had gone to n
dance last night with Mrs. Wllmarth
and had spent the night at the Wil
marth home. Mrs. Hart filed a di
vorce action about two weeks ago.
The -Harts are survived by four chil
dren and Mrs. Wilm'arth by three.
LITTLE WAR RAGEST
P
PEKING. April 29 General Bnron
t'ngern-Sternberg, chief lieutenant of
General Semenoff, Is renewing his
offensive against Chita, according to
Harbin reports. Hi men are said to
lie fighting troops of the Chita gov
ernment near Petrovsky, between
Verkhne-Udinsk and Chita.
IDAHO DANCE CAUS
Woman Navigator of
Niagara Falls Dead,
Feat Brought Disaster
LOCKPORT, N. Y., April 30.
Annie Edson Taylor, the only
woman who ever navigated Niag
ara Falls In a barrel and survived
died In the Niagara county infir
mary today.
Mrs. Taylor made the trip over
the falls October 23, 1901, in a
crudely constructed wooden bar
rel as a cast at a fortune but ill
fortune pursued her from the
time of her adventure to the
time of her death. She was 58
years old.
Mrs. Taylor was severely in
jured in the plunge over the
Horseshoe falls and it was neces
sary to cut the barrel in halves to
get her out. While sho was re
ceiving medical attention her bar
rel was stolen. '- '
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SLASHES THROAT.
YAKIMA, April 30. Superior
Court Judge Allen 3. Davis, who was
elected to the bench last fall,' this
morninK committed suicide by slash
ing his throat with a razor. Jude
Davis is believed to have, become, tem
porarily mentally dcranped on ac
count of the pressuro of his work on
the bench, though he dressed as
usual this morning and his wife no
ticed nothing wrong about him. She
found the body in the bathroom.
Judge Davis is survived by his wife.
their son, an only brother, Superin
tendent A. C. Davis of the city school
system, and his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. C, H. Davis, Judge Davis was
born in Ohio in 1877 and camo to
Yakima when a small boy. Loiter,
with his parents, he went east and
was graduated from Western Reserve
in 1904. Ho then came to Yakima
to practice law. He . was associated
with D. V. Morthland until his elec
tion to the bench.
0-10 ASHORE N
PT. MONTAUK, SAFE
NE W LONDON, Conn., April 30.
The United States submarine O-10
was reported aground oft Montauk
Point early today. Captain Frank D.
Berrien, commander of the submarine
base hero immediately sent to her as
sistance the naval tug Lykens. A later
report said the Lykens was held up
by heavy fog.
The O-10 was returning from the re
view of the Atlantic fleet at Hampton
Roads by President Harding Thurs
day. The crew Is composed of three
officers and 20 enlisted men under
command of Lieutenant Carr1.
MONTAUK POINT, N. Y., April 30.
Members of the coast guard station
at Napaguo Beach who went to tho aid
of the United States submarine O:10
aground off Montauk Point said the
undersea craft was in good condition
and that the crew refused to leave her.
NEW YORK, April 30. Seven
American amateur golfers who pail
today for England to compote in the
British amateur championship were
dinner guests last night of Howard
V. Whitney, president of tho United
States Golf Association.
The seven players who will leave
are W. C. Fownes, Jr., Pittsburg;
Francis Ouimet, Boston; Bobby Jones.
Atlanta; Fred "Wright, Boston: Dr.
Paul Hunter, Los Angeles; J. Wood
Piatt, Philadelphia, and Jesse Guil
ford, Boston.
George B. Balch, of Cincinnati will
accompany tho party, but is not enter
ed in the championship. '
SPOKANE, April 30. Jay E.
Hough, convicted of first degree
forgery in connection with an alleged
fraudulent issue of bonds of the Teel
irrigation district of Echo. Oregon,
was sentenced by Superior Judge
Hugo Oswald today to a term of four
to twenty years in the state, penitentiary.
RED
OUTBREAKS
DUE TOMORROW
GOTHAM ACTS
Entire New York Police Are
Ordered On Duty Till Mon-
i day Arrest of Anarchist
Chiefs "Big Bill" Haywood
in Sweden To Come Back
- NEW YORK. April 30. Police ac
tivities to thwart possible radical May
day demonstrations here tomorrow re
sulted in the arrest today of two wo
men who were distributing radical lit
erature, and the holding under ?")0
000 ball of three men arrested last
night on a charge of suspicion of crim
inal anarchy.
NEW YOIUv. April 30. New
York's entire police forco of 11,000
men today was ordered to remain on
duty continuously until Monday
morning as a measure of precaution
agahiBt possible May day violence or
radical demonstratfons.
Police today declared that the ar
rest late last night of Abram Jakira
and Jacob A niter, who were held on
Charges of criminal anarchy, had
broken the spirit of communist work
ers, who expected to bring about a
demonstration tomorrow. These men,
charged by the police with having
several wagonloads of radical litera
ture in their possession, were snid to
have, been officers of the third Inter
nationale and In constant communi
cation with Moscow.
To offset expected red activities the
American Defense society will hold a
mass meeting tomorrow in Carnegie
Hall, Newton V. Gilbert, former vice
governor of tho Philippines, presiding.
Among the spea k ers wi 1 1 be Repre
sentative Albert Johnson of Washing
ton. CHICAGO. April 30. The first di
rect word from "Hig Hill" Haywood.
I. V. W. loader in Russia, reached
Otto Christensen, his attorney, today.
A wireless 'message from Christianla,
dated April 25, said that Haywood
had arrived in Moscow and was at
tending tho conference of trade in
dustrial unions and tho third Internationale.-
.The 'message also added
that Haywood would return to the
United States after tho conference
and it was expected that he would
immediately give himself up to serve
his twenty-year sentence at leaven
worth prison for violation of the
espionage law.
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, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30. (Uy
Associated Press). Omar Farouk, 23
yenr old son of Prlnco Abdul Medjid
Kffedi, heir presumptive to the Turk
ish throne, escaped from this city
Thursday and flod to Angora. Ho loft
a letter to his father, explaining his
flight from Constantinople.
"1 am unable, " ho continued, "to
witness idly tho Invasion of the home
land by an imperialist enemy I am
going to fight."
It Is expected the Angora national
ist government may renew its threat
to supplant tho sultan.
DEMPSEY BATTLE
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 30.
Xow Jersey will be expelled from the
National Boxing association If its box
ing commission permits Tex Kicknrd
to charge $50 for ringside seats at the
Dempsey-Carpentler fight July 2, it
was announced last night by Walter
Liginer, president of the national as
sociation. '"One of the rules passed at the
January organization meeting of the
association In New Jersey was that
1 li would bo tiie top price for any
ring battle," said Mr Llginger,
KELLY OF GIANTS IS
OF
NEW YORK, April 30. Firsthasc
man Kelly of the Giants, knocked
his sixth home run of the season in
the seventh inning of today's game
with Boston, with the bases full. This
puts him ahead of Babe Ruth, whose
total to rtatp Is five home runs.
Male Hula Dancer
In Bed, Joker Sets
Fire to Hay Skirt
DKS MOINES, hi.. April 30.
Charles Cain makes his living as
a walking advertising sign board.
For several days he paraded tho
streets of Des Moines with bare 4
knees and wearing a skirt of
: imitation dried grass and hay,
advertising a theator. lie closed
li is contract suddenly last night
when an unidentified person
touched a lighted match to the
lower part of the skirt. Firemen
finally caught him and extin-
guished the bluy.e. Today ho was
confined, face downward, to his
bed.
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MYSTERY DEATH
AT' LOS ANGELES
Mary Vance's ' Parents Start
Probe Broken Engage
ment With Covington, Va.,
Man Suicide Theory Is
Scouted.
CHICACO, April 3d. A complete
Investigation of the death of Allss
Mary Vance of Clencoe, 111., in Los
Angeles, recently, supposedly from
diphtheria, was demanded of Coro
ner Peter Hoffman today by - her
father, Dr. W. W. Vance, following
the announcement of the coroner yes
terday that an autopsy had shown no
signs of diphtheria, but had revealed
sufficient nicotine to kill a person.
Coroner Hoffman declared that the
nicotine could not have had any con
nection with an operation said to have
be.en performed on Miss Vance shortly
before her death.
Dr. Vance - explained that lie had
first requested an investigation of his
daughter's death when ho received
reports from Ios Angeles that she
hnd not died from diphthcrfn. Then,
when ho heard of her broken en
gagement with Robert H. Doekhart, a
wealthy resident of CnvhiKton, Va.,
and of tho operation,, he asked that
the investigation be dropped, but it
already had gone too far.
"Now I. am going to hoc this thing
through," he snid today. "I am con
vinced my daughter did not commit
suicide."
Following tho conference with Dr.
Vance, Coroner Hoffman sent a re
quest to tho Los Angeles authorities
for further information concerning
Miss Vance's death.
' LOS ANOKbER, April H0. Los An
geles authorities Raid today they had
received from those of Chicago no re
quest for an Investigation of tho death
of Miss Mary Vance of Glencoo, 111.,
here April 5. They announced their
willlnprness to conduct ono if re
quested. Dr. B. K. Ryder, who attended Miss
Vance, said he "did not believe'" a
reported from Chlcngo, that she died
"of essence of nicotine, poisoning."
"And I do not believe," he added
"that She swallowed any poison with
suicidal intent."
National League.
Hi H. K.
Iloston 4 i 2 i
New York . . 9 . 9 1
OcachEcr. Townsend, Fllllnwim and
O'Neill Nehf and Smith, fcSnydor.
II. H. H.
Philadelphia .'. .'i 2
Brooklyn 3 3 0
Smith and Druggy; .I'feffer and
Miller.
R. II. K.
Cincinnati 1 '" 2
St. I.ouls 3 9 0
Uaatcries: I,ii(iie, Urenton, and
Wlngo; I'ertlca and Dllhoofer.
American
It. II. E.
Washlimton Oil. 1
Philadelphia iill 1
flatteries: AcoHta, Zacnary. and
Gharrity; Moore, Perry, Kecfe and
Perkins.
R. II.
Cleveland 4 12
Chicago 3 8
Batteries: .Malls, Haghy
O'N'eill, Nmiamaker; Kerr
Schalk.
E.
' 0
and
anil
, 11. II.- K.
St. Louis 5 , 7 2
Detroit 7 9 1
Batteries: Shocker, Dayne and
Severeid; Mlddleton and . Bassler,
Ainsmlth.
New York-Boston game postponed;
rain.
CHICAGO
WOMAN
BASEBALL SCORES
HARDING TO ACT
FOR MEDIATION
MARINE STRIKE
Cabinet to Offer Influence to
' Halt Walkout Both Coasts
Unions Willing to Leave
Adjustment to "Three Fair
Minded Men" Special
1 Board May Be Named.
, WASHINGTON, April :0. ltopr.'
Nontativcs of the marine worker's un
ions were' told today at the While
Mouse that President HarilliiK would
take up with Ills eahlnet officers tho
matter of mediation in the vni;e dis
puto with a view to prcventlnK a
threatened strlko tomorrow on Ameri
can ships on thu Atlantic, Pacific.' and
(iulf coasts.
Tho department of laluir interested
itself in the controversy early In t lie
day and it was understood that Sec
retary Davis was prepared to ask thai
Ills department lie authori.ed to use
its good offices in the event tho execu
tive decided not to appoint a special
board of mediation.
Andrew Furseth. president of the
International Hearmen's union and
William S. Itrown, represcntim? the
Marine KiiKineer's Heneficial asso
ciation, conferred with Secretary JJa-
Vis at the lalior department after they
had been told at the 'White House that
the president would take the matter
up with his advisers. They laid their
situation before Secretary Hoover at
the department of commerce yester
day. .Mr. Kuruseth nnd .Mr. Itrown were
understood to have told Secretary Da
vis that they were perfectly willing to
have tho whole controversy to the set
tlement of "three fair-minded" men,
to bo named by the president and that
they W'onld accept tho decision
'such a committee. They waited at
Air. Davis' office pending the. outcome
'of tho conference hotweon tho Presi
dent antl tho labor and commerce sec
retaries. TO
P. IDA, April 29. (Uy Associated
Press.) A socnllod Irish ambassador
to Itussla arrived In Murmansk oarly
In April nnd being unahlo to speak
Russian, was badly beaten on tho train
by "red guards" and robbed of his
money and valnnblea and then Jailed
until his identity was established, ac
cording to reports front PotroKind to
day. '
On arrival of tho "ambassador" In
Moscow the foreign office apologized
for tho "regrettable incident."
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BERLIN, April 30. At a mooting of
tho Hamburg-American lino lit Ham
burg yesterday, a dividend of 8 per
cent each for the years 1919 and 1920,
was declared. According to tho Vos
slcho Zoitung tho directors declined
to re-olect Hugo Stlnnes a member of
the board, hocauso Stlnnes took his
first post-war opportunity to start a
competitive service to South America.
BLOCK ISLAND, It. I April 30.
Transfer of passengers from the Por
tugueHo packet steamer Mormugao
wns continued 111 a drizlo today Willie
the vesBel was held fast on the rocks
on which sho ran yesterday. Three
hundred passengers. Including all the
women nnd children, had been taken
off and landed during the night al
New Bedford.
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Cil ItliA TTA It, April .10. (Ynwn
Prince Ulrohlto of Jutmn arrived hero
today on hoard the JatianeKO battle
Mhip Katori, on which he in traveling
to England. The Katori whs escort
ed into the harbor by the Gibraltar
defence flotilla nmhlHt Knluten from
tho Brltlflh 8tatlon ship Cormorant,
flagship of Hear Admiral Pelly and
tho United Htates rrwiKer Pittsburg,
flagship of Vice Admiral Niblack com
mander of the American naval forces
in Kuropenn waters.
Iowa Youth Steals
Ride Upon Aeroplane
Hangs to Tail Piece
OKLWKIN. Ia April 30. John
Mcoley, 15 years old Oelweln
youth caused his parents a great
deal of worry and grief through
taking an uninvited trip in the
clouds, hanging to tho tailpiece
of an airplane.
An aviator giving exhibition
flights with two women as pas
sengers made ready to take off.
As the machine started to glide
away Meeloy ran and caught
hold of a staoilizer and was off
on tho trip.
Having difficulty with his
plnne, the aviator noticed the
youth and forced landing was
niado. Moelcy said ho enjoyed
the ride.
I 'li
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f'liU'AO, April 30. Wholesale vol
l union between building contractors
and unions amounting to conspiracy
in restraint of trade under the tfher
nian act is charged in indictments re
turned today by the federal grand
Jury. Seventy-one corporations and
individuals were named.
At the same time Indictments m
similar counts against 31) other corpo
rations nnd individuals returned by
tho March grand Jury, hut suppressed
until today, were released.
An ngreoment. between ooutrneloi s
nnd representatives of tho Amalga
mated Sheet Metal Worker's nliluncc
to keep out of tho Chicago market all
competitive sheet metal products is
alleged in one indictment. This c;e.-
splracy is said to havo been in exis
tence for tho past threo years.
GERMAN DELEGATES
II
LONDON, April 29 Tho German
labor leaders who planned to go to
England to discuss with British labor
loaders questions regarding repara
tions and reconstruction of the devas
tated areas of Franco, have remained
In Amsterdam, says a Central NewB
dispatch today. Tho Germans wore
notified by tho British labor loaders
that the latter objected to conducting
the negotiations in London.
Discussion concerning rc-construc-tlon
of tho devastated regions began
today by tho British labor leaders
wore not roprcsontod.
PERSHING TO VISIT
PARIS BASTILLE DAY
PAR1H, April 30. The presence in
Paris of General Pershing July 1-1
liastlllo day, will bo made the occasion
of a largo demonstration In honor ol
the United States,
MarHhai Foch, according to plans
Will return to tho United 8tat.es with
General Pershing as a representative
of tho French army, accompanying
tho body of "an unknown Amoticai
soldier." .
I
PAYING HER DEBT
MUX ICO CITY, April 30. Payment
of Mexico's foreign debt was Again
discussed by President Obregon and
his cabinet yesterday. Tho official
statement issued at the conclusion of
tho mooting did not tuako any mention
of tho cabinet reaching a definite dc-
clon.
VANCOUVER. WN., PAPER
VANCOUVUH, Wash., April 30.
Salo of tho Vancouver Evening Colum
bian to Herbert .1. Campbell, a news
paper man of Portland, Oro., was an
nounced today by William II. Horn!
brook, for the last two years editor
and publisher of the Columbian. Mr.
Campbell will take charge of the paper
as editor and publisher on May 1,
EARLY PEACE
AFTER KNOX
BILL PASSED
Senator Lodge Says America
Not "Deserting Allies," Who
Expect "Technical War" to
Continue Walsh Denies
Benefits to America in
Peace Resolution. : " M
WASHINGTON. April 30. A treaty
with Germany probably will follow -V.
enactment of the Knox peace resolu
tion Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, . .
republican lea'dor, said today in the V
sennto In supporting thu peace meas
ure 7 ". , .
Senator Lodgo declnred that the
president and state department had
made it clear that tho United States
did not Intend to "abandon" the allies'.
Senator Lodge also said that trca-
ties with other former enemy coun-
tries would bo sure to follow.
With n voto on tho peace resolu
tion planned lute today the republican;
leailer emphasized that all of ' tho
other nations, except the United
Slates had made peace and asked: ... '
'Is it to bo supposed that we are
to go on in a condition of technical -war.
- - -
'The allies did not ask our leave .
to make their peace Thoy cannot
expect us to remain nt war while they
aro all at peace. And if wo choose to
niako peace by this resolution and by
treaty by Germany, which will prob-r
ably follow, we surely aro not desert-'-
Ing them." ., - ; .v.
Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana,
attacking the resolution declared that
It gavo no benoflts to tho United
States and should bo entitled as "one
for relief of the Gorman people." -
Ho declared it left open - title to
Gorman ships worth !(100,00.0,QQJ
seized by this government and added
tlmt it would hearten . Germany to ,
stand against tho allies in the present
reparations discussions. '-';'
Declaring that the United States
would not Join the League of Nations,
Senator Lodge said it was time to
"get rid of tho wreckage and ruin and i
try to do something to help Europe :
and tho world." '" ' ,- .
Senator Shields, domocrat, Tennes
see, said he would volo for the Knox
moasuro in order to get peace since
President Wilson had bo Intertwined
the loague covenant with the peace
terms that it was impossible to get
peace through the treaty. fv .'; i
Senator Lodge said It would take ni
least 72 amendments "tn get the
league out (of the treaty." - v-.'.'s
"And, then with it out, vo.'d have,
nothing but a sholl," he added.
Sonator King, democrat, Utah, do-,
nounced the resolution as "a measure,
born In a spirit to help Germany and ,'.
to relieve her from obllgatipns of the .
Vorsaillos treaty." .
TON RUU
BEAVER CITY, Neb., April '30.
A. C. Townloy, president of the nation
al non-pnrtisan league denied a new ,
trial yesterday by the Minnesota su--prome
court at St. Paul on a charge
of conspiracy to teach sedition, left
here today without making any formal
statement regarding the court's, ' ac
tion. ' ' .'.
Mr. Towniey's destination was - said
to be Orleans, Neb., whore he " Is
scheduled to speak tonight. His only
mention of the court's decision was
made in an address last night In which 1
ho declared he was not worrying'
about it.
SAVED EXISTENCE
MINNEAPOLIS, April v 30. Tho
fate of Petersburg, Alaska, was de
cided here by a dozen men last night
and the town was saved from bolntf
sold. Petersburg, a busy fishing and
lumbering town of 1,000 persons on
the island of Mltkor, Is situated on
property owned by the Pacific Coast
and Norway Packing company, ot
which E. S. Grififth of Minneapolis
Is president, The stockholders vot
ed down a proposal to transfer prop
erty In charge of the Seattle Trust
company, to tho Petersburg racking
company.
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