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D MAII M The Weather Maximum yesterday ...54 Minimum today 42 Precipitation 24 Predictions Fair. Pally Sixteenth Tear. Weekly l'if ly-l'lrst Year. MEDFORD, OUEliOK, Fl DAY, MAY (i, 1921 XO. 39 JJL' JJL MILLIONS LOST BY NOT SELLING YANKEEJLEET Farrell Favors International Conference to Stabilize U. S. Shipping Present Policy Expensive and Impractical Shipping Laws Hamper. CLEVELAND May C In an address on "American maritime, policy," at the National Foreign Trade, "council convention, James A. Farrell, ot New York, chairman of the council and president of the United Steel corpo ration today told llio delegates the future of American merchant marine development is at stake, that the gov urnment lost .$800,000,000 by not sell ing its merchant fleet when the ar mistice was signed, suggested an in ternational conference to stabilize tht shipping situation, recommended the chartering by the government of the fleet to individuals, either on a bare boat basis or on ttimo cargoes and advocated a revision of American shipping laws. "It is the duty of all Americans to prevent the elimination of our over seas fleet from the woiids carrying trade," said Mr. Farrell. .Of the present marine situation he said: "Even with a temporary improve ment in ocean freights the world's idle tonnage cannot be absorbed under three years. Approximately seven million tons of the world's carrying is laid up out of a total of sixty mil lion tons (of which five million tons Is still under construction). "It might servo a useful purpose to ourselves and to the world to bring about an international confer ence of the maritime nations to sta bilize the shipping industry on the theory that ono part of the world cannot be crippled economically while ti? rest is prosperous. "t is time to recognize the fact that the policy of the shipping board since its Inception of endeavoring to build up trade routes from every At lantic, Gulf and Pacific port to prac tically every port in the world, is ex pensive and Impracticable. "Until trado revives and opportu nity exists for obtaining a fair sales pliac for the fleet, an early retire ment of the shipping board and iquidatfon of Its shipping business teems Impracticable. "A partial solution of one of the difficulties confronting the shipping board is to continuo to lay up a con siderable portion of their tonnage and in line with the slogan 'less govern ment in business more business in government,' withdraw from super visory activity by chartering the steamers to reputablu and experi enced operators. "The greatest factor in determining whether we can competo successfully with foreign tonnage lies largely In our shipping laws The latter are not only strangling our ocean-going shirs, but our carriers' on the Great Lakes." TO MANILA, May 0. Major General Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, former governor here, compos ing President Harding's special com mission to investigate conditions in the Philippine islands, settled down to nvestlgation work immediately upon arrival. Following a popular demon stration today in the shape of a par ade of all civic organizations, headed by Mayor Fernandez, in honor of the commissioners, the mission started action. - if Two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon were fixed dally for reception of all persons do Eirlng to present anything regarding Philippine affairs. One of the first matters called to tho attention of the mission was the formal presentation by the Philippine independence commission of petition asking for independence on the ground that a stable government had been established. General Wood and Commissioner Forbes issued the following state ment: "Our instructions were to come to the Islands and make a full, fair, im partial report upon conditions for President Harding and not necessarily to find any fault with, the Filipino people." The War In Ireland Dl'BLlX. May 6. Thirty-six attacks on the crown forces, with 28 casualties on of which was fatal are reported in the weekly summary of events in Tie Juml, issued from Dublin castlo today. Virginia Sheriff Hoots Western Stills, Behind Times on M oonshine YAKIMA. Wash., May G. Sheriff Creed , Kraser of Vir ginia, here to take William Palmer, wanted for murder, back to stand trial ut Gate city, this morning surveyed the colection of stills confiscated by Yakima officials. Then he re marked: "In many ways Yak ima county is the most progres sive county I ever saw, but when it comes to making stills to use in moonshinlng, it's peo ple are certuinly way behind the times." WORLD PLOT TO T Germany and Japan Strive for Drug Business, New York Police Official Says lit Honesty to Smuggle Both Nations Manufacturers. NEW YOUK, May C Carlcton Sim mon, special u'eputy police commis sioner, todays charged that Japan and Germany were waging a contest for world wide control of narcotics. Addressing the National . Police Chiefs convention, Mr. Simmon in command of the local narcotic division asserted that not only w'as Japan man ufacturing drugs -on a vast scale but some of her merchants were importing narcotics from the United States only to smuggle them back into this coun try and China at largo profits. He explained that while American manufacturers were barred from sell ing their products to peddlers here, they were not prohibited from export ing their wares. Japanese merchants, he continued, were purchasing every ounce of nar cotic drugs they could buy in America. A ton of these drugs was shipped from Seattle to Japan in a single month, he declared, adding that the Japanese ring knew American manufacturers are law-abiding and that street ven ders could get their supply of narco tics only from smugglers. "On the other hand," said Mr. Sim mon, "we have in Germany tho biggest manufacturers of drugs in the world. These men know that Japan is - at tempting to obtain control of the nar cotic drug situation of the world. In consequence there is a drug war at present between these two nations."' STEADY GAINS IN WALL ST. STOCK NEW YOUK, May G. Extensions of yesterday's gains were made by popu lar issues at the opening of today's stock market. Halls, oils and motors were most favored. The moderate priced western and southwestern transportations, notably Missouri Pa cific, Texas and Pacific Rock Island, St. Paul, Atlantic Coast line, Louisville and Nashville and Ilaltimore and Ohio were higher by large fractions to a full point. Mexican Petroleum in creased a slight opening advance to almost three points within tho first few minutes and Atlantic Gulf led the cheaper oils. Gulf States Steel and American and Baldwin Locomotive furnished the distinctive industrials and Retail Stores and Remington Type writer were among the strong special ties. U. S. TO ACCEPT BID EM WASHINGTON, May 6. The ad ministration hits decided to accept the invitation to send an unofficial representative to the supreme council and the council of ambassador In Kuiope. The decision was reached after President Harding and hi cabinet .had devoted virtually all of today's regular meeting to discussion of the subject. No note Informing the allied pmv- I rs of the a ocr t . n ce will pn for ward shortly. CON MARKETS BARED BOTCH POWER WANES IN JAP PACTMS.A. London Paper Shows Where Colonies Would Be if Alli ance Used Against America Suggest Proposals for Rule of Seas. LONDON, May C liritish overseas dominions would not tolerate un 'Anglo Japanese treaty having as its object opposition to tho United States, de clared the Weekly Spectator today. The newspaper devoted considerable space to a discussion of Anglo-American relations and Japan, and cited facts to show that an alliance between ICnglnnd and Japan was never meant and never could bo used, against America, "Blowing of the British empire into smitherines in a single instant would be the result if we went to war against America, not to support some rights of our own, but In order, to help the Japanese," tho newspaper continued. "If the people of Australia and New Zealand wero asked on which side they were going to lie in a war be tween America and Japan they would not hesitate a second. They would not waste time in reading diplomatic papers or consi'derlng legal points. They would say: " 'With our own flush and blood. If the poor old mother country has gone mad we cannot help It. Help the Jap anese to take San Francisco by as sault? Good Heavens, what are you talking about.' " "There could be only one place for Canada in a fight between Japan and America by the side of America. White South Africans would have the same answer." The Spectator asserted one of the reasons for continuing the alliance with Japan had been tho keeping of peace, to be able to help calm down Japan's population, should it become excited on a "point of honor." Tho newspaper concluded by sug gesting two British proposals to the United States. ' "The first of these," the newspaper said, "would be to make our position absolutely clear to tho whole Ameri can peoplo and also to the people of our own empire, declaring we would not renew the Japanese alliance, altho of course, we would remain in perfect amity with Japan. Next we should propose a naval convention with the United States. We would say to Amer ica: 'You shall take over command of the sea throughout the Pacific and carry on the policing of It. Just as you will be answerable for the Pacific, so we will havo command of the sea in tho Atlantic which means not only all the northern waters of Ktirope and the Mediterranean but also tho waters encompassing the western and south ern coasts of Africa.' " WAR TALK, JINGO SACItA.MEXTO, Chi., Mav 6. De claring Hint tho .Iapnnp.su problem Is not a local one," and Hint "there is no talk of win- with Japan ho far ns I know except in circles in America that nro favorable to other than America's cause," Governor William D. Stephens of California today in a letter to Governor I'ercival I'. Kaxtcr of Maine, replied to tho .Maine ex ecutive's recent letter In which he deplored talk of war with Japan and declared that the question was a local insue. "It is only the Jingo- that wants war," Governor Stephens' letter said. "Our people do not desire or expect war over a question of this kind. "We are asking only that which America has a right to ask. protec tion of our loyal citizenship. our standards of living and our home life from those who are ineligible to citi zenship and who live and think so differently, who never can he ansim! lated." IN NEW YORK LESS WASHINGTON, May 6 The for eign born white population of New York city was announced today by the census bureau as 1,989,216 or 35.1 per cent of the total population as com pared with 10,4 per cent in 1910, KORFANTY, POLE SILESIA CHIEF, HELD OUTLAW Allies' Counter Proviso Issued With Rebel Notice Italian Force Flees British Ask for More Troops Poles Gain ' Ground. OPPKLX, Silesia, .May 6 (Hy Asso ciated Press.) Tjio hundred Italian soldiers, commanded by Colonel llond of the liritish army, evacuated Gross Strehlitz, a little over 20 miles south east of this city list night. At that time tho town was under artillery fire from Polish Insurgents. In making his report to the allied commission here. Colonel Bond urged the necessity of sending reinforcements. Tile French officials here declared they were unable to furnish more sol diors, saying thoy were short of men everywhere in the plebiscite zone. Tile Pi)les arc reported to be In pos session of the entile eastern section of Silesia as far north as Rosenberg. Fighting is still going on at Kybnik, in southern Silesia. ' Organization of civilian police to the number of S000 to reinforce en tente troops is contemplated here. These police would be upper Sllosian Germans, It is Indicated. When a copy of the proclamation issued by Adalbert Korfanty, in which he declared himself governor of upper Silesia, reached the Intor-allied com mission here, a French official said: "Korfanty is now a 'rebel and should we apprehend him lie will be treated its such." WARSAW, May (1. (lly Associated Press.) Unconfirmed reports from Sosnowlco early today say that Adal bert Korfanty, former Polish pleb iscite commissioner In upper Silesia, who has proclaimed hitusolf leader of tho Polish insurgents in that territory, has been arrested hy tho intor-allied plebiscite commission, together with his entire staff. AMPUTATE SUPER-STATE DEA.FR0M L. OF N. PAJIIS, May U. Belief that the United States could not stand aside "from the work of world regeneration" if the League of Nations covenant was drastically amended was express ed today by Hene Vivianl in replying to queries from American corresixm dents as to what he thought of tho prospects of tho league after his re cent visit to tho United States. "The League of Nations will, by the September meeting of the assembly, be relieved of Its cumbersome, objec tionable features through amendment of the covenant," he said, vit will be come rid of the articles which make It appear like a super-state.".' BASEBALL SCORES Ainci'ieim R. II. E. Chicago 0 6 1 Cievoland S 1 1 Batteries: .Morris and Schalk; Coveleskle and O'Neill. R. 11. E. 'New York 9 1 S 1 Washington 2 a 2 Batteries: Mays and Hoffman: Krickson, Acosta, Shaw and Ghur- rlty. R. II. E. Boston fi 8 1 Philadelphia 10 11 1 Batteries: Myers, Russell and Ruel; Rommel, Hasty, Kecfc, Harris and Perkins. National K. H. E. St. Louis 6 11 1 Pittsburg 10 16 2 Batteries: Haines, Doak, North. Goodwin and Clemens, Dllhoofcr; Hamilton, Ponder, ZInn and Schmidt. R. 7 8 Mai quard, Hargrove; 11. , E. 1 1 2 16 1 Napier, Vaughn, Cincinnati Chicago I) atterles: Coombe and Martin and Killifcr. BOSTON, May 0. Philadelphia Boston game postponed, Rain. NEW YORK, .May 6. Brooklyn New York game postponed; cold weather. PRODUCERS, NOT PACKERS, CAUSE OF MEAT. PRICES Thos E. WilsonSays Law Now Proposed Saves Nothing But Adds to National Burdens By Restriction of Industry Thrift Causes Buying Ebb. WASHINGTON, May 6. Fluctua tions ill the livestock market arc large ly due to the unscientific and ineffic ient system employed hy producers In marketing their products and tho real trouble at tho base of the whole ques tion is not so much a packers problem as It is a producers problem, Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago, president of the institute of American meat packers told tho house committee on agricul ture, In appearing In opposition to tho Norris-McLauRliliu bill to control the packing industry. Mr. Wilson asserted that legislation of the sort proposed would serve to di vert tho largest single Industry in America from energetic efforts to ad just itself to a changed and difficult situation. The result, ho said, would be quite as harmful to tho livestock producers us to tho packing Industry itself us what is injurious to one is bound to prove harmful to the other. Tho Norrls-McLaughlin bill, Mr. Wilson declared, does not deal with or solvo the economic problems of the producing or consuming nubile. He added that hy delegating radical and revolutionary powers to a commission it would set up a form of governmental dosKtIsni over business which would be destructive to private Initiative and individual enterprise. Ho assorted the industry already was supervised and regulatod by more laws than uny other industry in tho country. Mr. Wilson declared other indus tries were making much greater pro fits than the meat men. During 19110, ho said, tho rive larger packers aver aged a profit of about 19 cents on each animal slaughtered by them and that about 87 per cent of every dollar re ceived by the packers went to live stock producers. The falling off In eximrt demand, decreased meat con sumption per capita In the United States, increase In unemployment and decrease In purchasing ijower; tho de velopment of thrift in consumers buy ing and the general decline in commo dity values and general deflation were ascribed by the witness as reasons for the decline In prices of livestock and meats. . S. A. MINNEAPOLIS, May 6. Wheat producers, farm organizations, county agents, University of Minnesota au thorities and business men through out the northwest havo been requested to glvo consideration to a pruposnl for the milling of Canadian wheal in bond by United tSatos mills by James Ford Hell, vice-president of a local flour milling company. In a kilter to Lotus D. Coffninn, president of tho University of Minne sota mndo public todny, Mr. Boll writ ing in regard to a permanent tariff measure says that the prices oaid to tho producers for his wheat and the price paid by the consumer for Ills flour will be determined t a large extent by the treatment of Canadian wheat. Tho proposal Is that United Stales millers be permitted to import from Canada nny nniount of wheat for. manufacture Into flour providing that for every 00 pounds so imported they export 100 pounds of flour. -Under this plan tho millers would bo bond ed by tho secretary of tho treasury, while Importing tho Cnnndfnn wheat, such bonds to bo cancelled when thoy have exported flour equal In weight to tho wheat Imported. Pittsburg Fights Rents PITTSBURG, May 6. The board of directors or the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce has adopted a resolution under which the organization would form a $200,0110 corporation for the construction of 1000 residences of moderate cost. LOUISVILLE Joe Lynch of New York, champion bantamweight boxer and PaL Moore of Memphis will face each other In the ring tonight In a 12 round no decision match for the championship. Both little fighters de clare they are fit for the fight, in five previous fights each won two de cisions and one bout was declared a draw. High Rents Prevent Railroaders Making Both Ends Meet CHICAGO, May C. High rents which were described a.s digging big holes in the pay of railroad employes and were said to help mako It Impossible for many of the workers to make both ends meet at at tho present rates of pay, were cited hy representa tives of the "big four" railroad brotherhoods before the railroad labor board today In replying to tho request of tho roads for reduction of wages. They con tended employes pay should bo Increased rather than decreas ed. ! T PETITIONJWYS Hearings at Yreka, Cal., Pro and Con Would Destroy a Natural Playground and Bother the Fish, Claim New Industries Need Power. VliKlv'A, Cal., May U. AinumentK for mid nKiiinst tho cstubiinhnient of power damn on thu litwur Klamath river arc being preptu'ed today for MiibmLsaion to WuHhiiiKtou by K H. Kowlor, representlm; tho United Stilton forest service, following u lumrtiiK horn ye.Hterduy. T. M. Nor hov, iiHMistnnt Btato eiiKineer, testified at tho hearing ho betieved tho use of waters from the -upper Klamath' hy power interents would fncreuHO the flow In tho KhaHta Itlver from 15 to 20 per cent. Members of the Htate fish and same eommiKHlon and Captain (1. II. Lamb nen, in charge of tho KIhsoii . state, hatehery protested agnitiHt tho utili zation of tho water for power pur poses. The. fish and game commission pointed out that tho Klamath river was a vital food producer "and ono of tho finest playgrounds in tho United States," and that tho building of pow er damn would destroy these features. Representatives of power interests said nn ndditionai 100,000 horsepower of electrical energy must be developed in this region yearly in order to meet the demand. PORTLAND GAS RATE TO BE REDUCED SALK.M, Ore., May 6. The public service commission today notified the Portland Gas and Coke company it will in a few days ordor a further re duction in gas rates, owing to the fact that tho gas company Is now able to obtain oil at 20 cents a barrel less, because of reductions in transiiorta tlon rates. The commission said the reduction would be ' equivalent to $125,000 annually. It follows a reduc tion ordered March 29, aggregating $100,000 annually. Users In Portland, Oregon City, Oswego, Grcsham, Hills boro and ForeBt Grovo will benefit from the ordor. I LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 0. Fifteen horses, thirteen carrying top weight, 12G pounds, today were announced us entries for the 150,000 Kentucky derby at a mile and a quarter for three year olds at Churchill downs tomorrow. Tho list includes Black Servant, He havo Yourself, Tryater, Prudery, Grey Lag, Leonardo II. , Hon Homme, Star Voter, Coyne, Careful, Uncle Velo, Billy Barton, Muskullonge, Planet and Firebrand. Only Prudery and Careful are couceded anything from top weight. Knch will carry 121 pounds. Coupled in tho betting nro Black Servant and Behave Yoursolf, tho K. R. Bradley entry; Tryster and Prudery tho H. P. Whitney entry and Bon Homme and Leonardo II., the Edward F, Sims entry. Jockeys will not be announced until tomorrow. ST. LOUIS Tho Browns have sign ed Bcrnle Boland, pitcher recently re leased hy the Detroit Americans. OS POWER DAM LOWER KLAMATH NEAR MURDER BEARCR'KIGLE HOBOESJATTLE John Black Stabbed in Back By Itinerant Knife Vender Victim Will Recover Wan derer Through Hard Luck Officials Seek Assailant. What came very near being a mur der und may yet result fatally. Although tho victim appears at this 'tlmo to bo on tho road to recovery. occurred at a hobo camp in tho Bear Creek jungle not far from the Jack son street bridge late Thursday after noon, when John Black, 39 years old. who hails from Montana, was stubbed , in ttie back it Is claimed by anotinr hobo, a knifs peddle,- or sharpener, who has been working Medford for ' several days. The knlfo blade penetrated between two ribs and cut the lower lobe ' of Blacks left lung. Black is in tho Sacred Heart hospital. His assailant has not yet been apprehended; although the entire force of Medford police and Sheriff Terrell and Deputy Sheriff McMahon searched the Jungles and throughout th ecity and suburbs early last evening. Tho JBher-. iff went to Gold Hill this forenoon to conduit a search 111 that vicinity. According to the story of black., who Is intelligent nnd gentlemanly. and only took to tho life of a tramp recently bocause of having encoun tered somo bnd luck, ho was in the . hobo camp with Hill nnd two other men, and Hill, being quarrelsome, and trying to provoke a quarrel with him, ho had started to leave when Hill leaped at him and plunged the knife in his back. - ' . - Black managed to stagger, down town nnd was inquiring for a doc- tor's office, when some one notified Mayor dates and the latter offlclsl; summoned Patrolman Adams and the two located Black just when ho was about all in. and took him to Dr. Swoeney's offlco where first aid wast ndmlnlstcred and then the wounded man was hurried to the hospital. Tho knlfo hnd penetrated through several suits of underwear and a number of shirts. -'. ...'v TREATY OF 1 831 IS TO DRY LAW LEGALITY CHICAGO, May 6. Invoking the treaty ot 1831 between tho United Statos and Mexico and attacking the constitutionality of the Volstead act, Levy Mayer, attorney for tho defen dants In the Sunnybrook Distillery case today obtained a continuance; Unji til May 20. i . ' f .'.-' M The preliminary hearing' 'was to have decided whether thp defendants, Louis Rose'riflold, Becretary:treatiter ' of the Sunnybrook DistilleVy conipatiy and F. V. Harrison, an employe 'In Chicago, indicted in Texas fop alleged conspiracy to transport 1000,'casee of whiskey Into Mexico, Bhould be tried in Chicago or in El Paso, Texas ' The liquor was Intercepted . before reaching Mexico. The shippers, Attor ney Mayer said, had procured a permit' from the commissioner of internal revenue. They had no knowledge, he claimed, that the whiskey was to ba used for beverage purposes, v, Mr. Mayer argued that the case In question was an excellent opportunity for a "showdown" on the constitution ality of the Volstead act, which, he contended, departed from the meaning of tho eighteenth amendment as It concerned the question of the trans portation of liquor. " PARIS GLOOMY L PARIS, May 6. The agreement' reached by the supreme allied council in fixing the reparation demands for the entente failed to satisfy a majority ; ot tho newspapers of Paris, which commented today In varying degrees of gloom on the situation as it stands at present. "It is not, prhaps, all we might have hoped," said the Journal, "but It Is perhaps, all that it Is possible to obtain in the present state of mind ot our allies." "If we do not put our hand on Qer many's collar," declared the Figaro, "we will not put our hand Into -her pocket." ' . '