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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." ' . '