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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 54
Minimum today 432
Precipitation Trace
Predictions
Fair. Light frost in the
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Tally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-First Year.
MEDFORD, OKIXIOX, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1921
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MEDFORD
MBUNE
POLISH REVOLT
BHNW&BERMAN
PLEASGRANTED
Refugees Tell of Brutalities By
Poles Allied High Council
to Act French Circles Ex
cted Over Arrests Early
Settlement Sought.
OTPELN, Silesia, May 7. C.ermnn
requests that the frontier between
Germany and Silesia ho opened and
that all political prisoners held hy the
allies in upper Silesia bo released have
been granted by th inter-allied com
mission here. Decision as to whether
the use of Oermnn government troops
would be permitted in Silesia anil
whether the polish frontier would be
closed was expected today.
An armored train was run from
Breslau to Kreuzburg. about 30 miles
northeast of here by Germans lust
night and turned over to allied au
thorities there. The allies accepted
the train, in view of the reports that
the Poles planned to attack Kreuz
burg today.
The situation in this city has been
made more serious by the arrival of
hundreds of refugees. Many have
been severely wounded and have ex
cited the people with stories of alleged
Polish brutalities. Tho refugees, aug
mented by residents of Oppeln. held
n silent demonstration yesterday
afternoon, parading up and down the
principal streets.
Prince Hatzfeld, German delegate
on the inter-allled commission de
clared yesterday that every effort was
being made to hold hack tho Ger
mans, but that tho danger was In
creasing hourly. He added that, ac
cording to German Information there
are at loost 00,000 Poles under arms
in upper Silesia.
PAH1S, May 7. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Tho allies have sent to
the allied high commission in upper
Silesia nn urgent request to suppress
the Polish uprising In that' district,
using the nllicd troops for tho pur
pose. They also urge that the com
mission report ns quickly as possible
on tho settlement of the boundaries
between Poland and Germany In this
nroa as a result of the recent plebis
cite. French circles appeared much con
cerned today over news received of
the arrest of fifty Germnns who had
crossed the frontier by Captain I.e
blnls, of th0 French army, controller
of tho district of Ober-Ologau, who
wns on a tour of inspection.
WEEK END SALES OF
IS
NEW YORK, May 7. The week end
session of the stock market opened
with a continuance of tho profit tak-
ins movement which characterized
vaaiorrhv'o later dealings. Some of
the nrominent oils, motors, steels and
coppers forfeited large fractions to nl
most two points In the first few min
utes of the active dealings. The few
gains were restricted to specialties,
nojubly sugars and tobaccos and some
of the minor iranspurumuuB. i-ui
ther activity was reported In the for
eign exchange market with a substan
tial additions to the recent advance in
French and Italian remittances.
NOTED P1NKERT
i DEAD, AGED 68
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 W. F.
Forsee, 68, assistant superintendent of
the Pinkerton detective agency and
for 35 years one of the best known
operatives in the agency, died today.
Forsee's work was solely among
confidence men, pickpockets and gam
blers. He was intimately known in
police and detective circles in virtual
ly every city of any importance in the
Vnited States according to the agency.
U.S.
TO BE REDUCED
WASHINGTON', May 7. Between
five and six million pounds of wool
will be sold by the war department at
public auction to be held In Boston
about May 20, Secretary Weeks an
nounced today. Additional Rales may
be authorized If the first are satisfac
tory, to reduce the 80,000,000 pounds
the army has on hand.
Chinese File Protest
On Ban of Own
Bookkeeping Plan
MANILA, May 7. Protest by
the Chinese Chamber of Com-
merce here against the law pass- 4
ed recently by the Philippine leg-
islature requiring all bookkeep-
ing to be kept in English, Span-
ish or Philippine language was
among the first documents filed
with the Wood-Forbes presiden-
tial mission here investigating
conditions in the Philippines.
W. Cameron Forbes, speaking -
last night before a delegation of
Filipinos who called to pay their
respects, expressed great plea-
sure to find that the plan for
impit-wment of Manila prepared
by the late F. H. liurnbam, of
Chicago, had been followed in the
city.
WOMAN SLAYS
ROWMEI
Los Angeles Woman Seeking
Divorce, Shoots Husband in
New Orleans Troubles of
Couple Sensational Fatal
Shot in Back.
NEW OHLKANS. May 7 Mrs.
Frederick K. Levee of Los Angeles,
hot and killed her husband here to
day. The shoot ins occurred in the
heart of the business section shortly
before noon when the streets were
crowded with persons.
The shooting was witnessed by him
dreds of persons and followed a brief!
talk between the couple from which
Levee had turned away.
Mrs. Levee gave herself up to the
police. She refused to make a state
ment. Mrs. Levee was seeking u divorce,
according to the police.
Husiuess interests also were said to
have been involved in the couple's al
leged domestic troubles.
Mrs. Levee, police say, recently was
In Baton Rogue where she fruitlessly
attempted to have Governor Parker
sign extradition papers so her husband
could be returned to California.
Mrs. Levee today walked up to her
husband who was standing on a cor
ner outside a hotel and after exchang
ing a few words with him shot him
in the back.
LOS ANGELES, May 7. The mari
tal troubles of Frederick R. Levee, Los
Angeles attorney and clubman, and
his wife, .Mrs. Matilda Levee, who
shot and killed him In New Orleans
today, have been recounted in the
newspapers here at various times in
the last two years.
Publicity was first given- their ni
fairs when Mrs. Levee publicly horse
whipped a woman in one of the lead
ing Los Angeles hotels. The last pub
lished account of their troubles came
only a few months ago, when Mrs.
Levee was freed from a charge of
Insanity after a hearing before the
lunacy commission, and admonished
by the presiding judge to "cease her
violent tactics and leave her husband
alone."
PACIFIC FLEET TO
WASHINGTON, May 7. A dread
naught is to he assigned to the Amer
ican Asiatic fleet for the first time. It
was learned today that the Florida
will be sent to the Far Eastern station
some time this summer, replacing the
armored cruiser Huron as flagship of
Admiral Strauss.
CHURCHILL DOWNS, May 7. lie
have Yourself won the $50,000 Ken
tucky derby here this afternoon In
2:04 1-5.
Black Servant was second and Pru
dery third. The winner and Blnck
Servant were the entry of K. R. Ilrad
ley, the Kentucky turfman.
MATE IN FAMILY
T
Charge of Waste Has Nothing
to Do With Wage Issue and
Aims at Plumb Plan Revival
Cite Freight Damage
Bills Under Federal Rule.
CHICAGO, May 7. The Btatemcnts
presented to the railroad labor hoard
by V. Jett Luuek, economist for the
railway uu'ii'h unions, charging that
large amounts of money are being
wasted in the financial and operating
management of tho rnilroad.s have no
relationship to the wage question be
fore the board, it was contended in a
statement filed before the board today
On behalf of the western railroads.
"The sole purpose of these state
ments is to divert public attention
from matters actually pending before
the board. They are bald propaganda
intended to discredit private ninnage
nient and promote the Plumb plan."
said the statement. "We respectfully
protest against tho hoard continuing
to allow hearings before it to be made
a means of spreading this propa
ganda? "It Is charged that in various ways
tho capitalization of the railways has
been tna'de excessive and that in this
way a burden has been imposed upon
the public. Wo nny that the capi
talization of the railways as a whole
is excessive. Kven if it were this
would have no effect upon passenger
and freight rates since t lie inter-state
commerce commission specifically
bases the rates upon n valuation made
by the commission itself.
"It is charged that the railways and
concerns from which they buy fuel,
materials, supplies and equipment are
under the same financial control and
that, In consequence, the railways pay
excessive prices to these other con
cerns. Kvery railway buys material
from lllerally hundreds of different
coal, iron and steel, lumber ami
equipment companies all over the
country and tho charge that the rail
ways and all these concerns are under
the same financial control Is absurdly
untrue.
liven if they were under the same
control, this would not prove that the
railways pay excessive prices and In
disputable facts regarding almost in
numerable transactions of the pur-
Chasing departments of the railways j
could ho presented to show- that they
do not and have not paid higher
prices than other purchasers of the
same things
'Everything the railways buy, ex
cept labor has reduced.
'Among the Items of alleged 'waste'
Mr. Lauck mentions in loss and dam
age. Jn J917, tne last year hemic
government control, payments for loss
and damage to freight were only
000.000. In 1919 after two years of
government control, this hnd In
creased to $100,804,000 or 205 pel
cent. "Mr. Lauck defends government
unified control, hut falls to point out
that such a large saving in this Item
is possible because It was so increased
under government control."
F
L
DEIfSEY BATTLE
PARIS, May 7. Georges Carpentler,
heavyweight champion pugilist of
Europe, left Paris this morning for
Havre, where he will take a steamer
for merlca. About 100 friends ac
companied him to the station and
when the word spread that the pngllls
tic idol of Franco was leaving for the
United States, the station was filled
with a crowd and Incoming commu
ters delayed their arrival at their of
fices to give the champion an ovation.
The fighter's party was completed
on the eve of his departure by the
engagement of "Battling" Marcot,
known as a boxer, but. In addition a
first class cook, who will assure Car
pentler of French cooke-y, to which he
is habituated.
Confidence was the keynole of Car
pentler's goodbye here today. In a
farewell message to the sportsmen of
France, thrnugn the Echo des Sports,
he said:
"I know your wishes accompany me
and I have every confidence I will do
the best I can. If I am beaten the
only thing for me to do will be to
recognize the superiority of Dempsey.
If I am the winner I expect and keen
ly hope the American fighter will give
me similar credit."
STANFORD UNIVERSITY The
board of athletic control announced
last night Stanford will send a four
LAUCK
REPOR
PROPOGANDA
RAIL HEADS SAY
man track team to compete In the van' Malls and O'Neill.
I. C. A. A. A. A. meet at Harvard late'., ,
this month and that the university '.","t?dnli'h!il ' ! ' " , '.
wjll not participate in the conference? i-ennoik and iiuel;
meet at Eugene May 21. hnd I'oiklus.
Edison Favors Movies
In Schools, Boresome
Books in Discard
NEW YORK, May 7. Suhstitu-
tion of moving pictures for books
in the nation's elementary
schools would in twenty years 4-
bring about an advancement of
ten centuries In civilization, Thol
mas A. Kdison said today. !
The scientist declared present
preparatory school systems were
iKtor and unattractive to children. 4
"The remedy," he said, "is to fr
eliminate boresome books and
teach with motion pictures. This !
is a more vivid, more compelling 4-
method of holding a child's at-
tention." 5
! Mr. Kdison's criticism of pri- J
mary schools was given to qual-
ify a previous statement that
after a series of examinations of
college men, applicants for posi-
tions in his plant, he had found
them amazingly ignorant. The
fault, he said, was not in the. col-
leges, nor the men; their early
i education had been poor.
SOVIET BENT ON
Dr. Koudish, Turk Consul Tells
of Deals in Millions With the
French Reopen Oil Pipe
Lines to Baku Georgia
Manganese Ordered by U. S.
CONSTANTINOPLE May 0. (By
Associated Press.) iMViet Russia Is
bent on opening up commerce with the
world, Dr. Koudish, Russian soviet
representative In Constantinople, said
today. He feared, however, that the
present time was unpropitious as, in
his opinion, the manufacturing coun
tries had nn oversupply and would be
unable to buy and use the raw mater
iis -Russia might be able to produce.
"I have been instructed to delay in
buying as prices are sure to go lower,"
Dr. Koudish said. "However, we rap-
Idly are organizing trade relations
with south Russia. The steamer Lucia
has Just returned from Novorossisk
with a cargo valued at $-100,000. Also
on April 22 I signed a $3,000,000 con
tract with a group of French firms
for all sorts of merchandise to be de
livered at Novorossisk.
"We have received jin offer from a
firm In tho Vnited States for man
ganese de)osits from soviet Georgin.
work nas been begun tor the re
opening of the oil pipe line between
Baku and Butum and we shall export
-e oil."
GOTHAM POLICE PARADE,
; THIEVES GET BUSY
NEW YORK, May 7. Soon after the
annual iow York police parade had
started today thieves celebrated the
event by stealing a $7000 motor truck
loaded with $3.1,000 worth of woolens
which had Just arrived from Rhode
Island.
National
R. H. R.
St. Louis 14 0
Plltsburg 2 ! 1
Butteries: Shnrdel and Ullhoefer;
Glazner and Schmidt.
n. ii. e.
Brooklyn 1 G 3
New York 3 8 0
Batteries: Smith and Miller; Kruc
ger, Toney and Snyder.
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 17 2
Boston 2 8 1
Batteries: Ring and Wheat; McQull-
land and O'Neill.
R. It. E
Cincinnati 1 7 o
Chicago 4 13 1
Butteries: Brenton, Ltiqiio and llnr
grave; Martin and Kllllfer.
Amerlcnn It'flgiic.
It. 11. K
Chicago 0 S 0
Cleveland 8 14 0
Wilkinson. Hodge and Schalk; Yar-
rt. ii
. . . .6 12
2 0
2
Harris,
9
Hasty
OPENING WORLD
TRADE RELATIONS
BASEBALL SCORES
JOHNSON WAGES
WAR
BLAIR
GETTINGJLUM
Hiram Objections Based on
Failure to Vote for Him
at G. 0. P. Convention, Con
trary to Instructions In
come Tax Figures.
WASHINGTON. May 7. The scn-
'ate finance cmntntttce detrered lu-linu
today on tlu nnminatiuu of David II.
Itluir, of North Carolina, to he nun
misslnncr of inti-rnat revenue, op
posed in the senate hy Senator John
son, republican, California. .. After
hearing evidence on both shies, the
committee, adjourned to resume the
inquiry nxt Tehursday.
WASHINGTON, May 7. llhind
closed doors the senate flutinee com
mittee heard today testimony regard
ing the qualifications of David II.
Ulalr of Winston-Salem, N. C, nomi
nated hy President Harding to be in
ternal revenue commissioner. Both
Mr. Blair and Senator Johnson, re
publican, California, wlro recently
started a fight against Mr. Blair's con
firmation hy the senate, appeared.
Johnson's objections to .Mr. Blair's
confirmation were based on the nomi
nee's action as a delegate from North
Carolina to the republican convention
in Chicago in not having supported
the senator's candidacy, although the
state primary preference went to Sen
ator Johnson, and also' upon the con
tention that Mr Blair's father In Inw.
J. W. Cannon, and other relatives had
large income tax claims pending in
the treasury department.
Books of the treasury department,
showing the entries and claims in the
cii.so were submitted today and ex
plained hy employes of the income tax
office. The treasury books were said
to have shown that a refund of $S0,
000 bad been made to. Mrs. Blair as
tlie stockholder In one of her father's
corporations.
Denials were said to have been
'entered hy Mr. Blair and also hy J.
M. Morehead, republican national
committeeman from North Carolina
to the charges that Mr. Blair hail vio
lated the North Carolina primary law
at Chicago. They were reported to
have testified that North Carolina's
delegates nt Chicago hud not been In
structed, except by the republican
state convention.
With relation to Mr. Blair's action
at Chicago, tho committee was said to
have been told that u meeting of the
North Carolina delegation was held
there to consider whether press re
ports reaching Chicago Justified the
delegation In "splitting" Us vote and
giving at least a proportionate share
to Senator Johnson. Mr. Morehead
wns said to have opposed such a
course and Mr. Blair testified, It was
reported, that he regarded Mr. Morc
heud as a state leader and himself ll
"lieutenant" and as such ugreed with
Mr. Morehead.
Senator Johnson Indicated the re
ports from tho primary as well as
the delegation's consideration of the
matter Indicated that Mr. Morehead
"boss" swayed the delegation.
LONDON, May 7. The Japanese
warship Katorl, bringing Prince Hlro
shlto, heir apparent to the JapaneHO
throne, on his visit, to England, ar
rived at Spithead today. The British
warships In port were elaborately dec
orated and salutes were exchangod
between them and the Japanese bat
tleship. The crown prince will remain
aboard the Katorl over Sunday, pro
ceeding to London Monday.
Newspapers of this city printed edi
torials compljmentury to Japan this
morning as a welcome to Prince Hlro
hlto. Jle will come to London Monday
nnd an elaborate program of entertain
ment will begin. Tho London Times
says ' has learned tho official dlnnor
to hove been ttlven Thursday night In
honor of the prince has been cancelled
upon suggestion from (ho royal vlBltor
who took this action because of the
coal crisis In (Ireat Britain.
In commenting upon the nrrival of
the Japanese prince, the Telegraph
alluded to the United States and the
Anglo-Japanen nlllsnce. It said the
treaty could not be Invoked to range
the British navy alongside thnt of
Japan, "In tho unhappy event of a
conflict hetweon the two maritime
powers of the Pacific."
FRESNO Tho Texas Tommies of
Oakland took first place In the five
man events In the Pacific Coast Bowl
ing association tournament Inst night,
rolling 270L
JAP GROWN PRINCE'
REACHES ENGLAND,
DINNER CANCELLED
Uncle Joe Is 85;
Holds Record for -Service
in Congress
WASHINGTON, May 7 "I'ncle
Joe" Cannon, holder of the Amer-
loan record for service in con-
gress, celebrated his Soth birth-
day today by sticking on the job.
The house was not in session but $
5 the former senker "refused to
adjourn" and attended a meeting
8- of the appropriations committee.
Someone asked him how many
cigars he hud consumed since he
5 began smoking.
"1 don't kuow but that reminds
me," he said, as ho reached In his
isieket, . pulled out. a stogie and
: borrowed a match."
TO AID CHINA
Business World Is Suffering
From Unbalanced Exchange
and Cause of U. S. Depres
sion Confidence Dispels
Fear Financial Panic Here.
CLEVELAND, Mny 7. doplion of
tlie general convention committee's
platform. Including the rccouimenda
tion thnt official sanction be given a
plan for a gigantic co-operative move
incut participated in by tlie Unitei
States, (ireat Britain, France, Japan
and China to provide capital to de
velop commercial possibilities of
China, closed the national foreign
trade council's convention today.
Establishment of n governmental
bureau for tlie expansion of foreign
trudo, the actlvo support of a national
financing coroporation and a nation
wide educational campaign for for
eign trade extension are expected to
be among the recommendations of the
general convention committee
"The business world is suffering to
day from unbalanced exchanges. Not
withstanding the position of the Unit
ed States ns n creditor nation, tlie
present unstable flnnnclal condition
of a largo part of the world, espec
ially of Europe, Is the fundamental
cause of our own business depres
sion," tho committee report said.
"Foreign nations wtiose Imports ex
ceed their exports, have been com
pelled to curtnll purchases because of
Inability to pay by exports.
"It is generally agreed that the so
lution depends upon our ability to
create uderiuute facilities for tho pur
pose of drawing upon surplus Ameri
can Investment funds In order ihut
tho long term credits so badly needed
by the European countries may be
furnished.
. ...;'VVe urge the immediate creation of
financial Institutions under tho Edge
law, whose machinery will lacllltute
extension of long term credits to pro
mote frc cexctinnge of exports and
imports.
'The Increased confidence prevail
ing In tho American bUHincss world
demonstrates the disuppcaranco of
danger of financial panic."
JAPE
WASHINGTON, May 7. Tho Joint
VeHolutlon adopted by tho California
leglHluturo urging adoption by the
government of tho Japanese Exclu
Hlon league policy was prenentd to
the Hennte today by Senator Hhort
rldgp, republican, of that Htate. The
senator ald he would dfHCUKH the Jap
anetto qucntton In tho Henato at an
early date.
Tho league policy to which the Cal
ifornia k-glHlature subscribed Includes
prohibition of all JupaneHo Immigra
tion, the machinery of exclusion to be
In tho hands of American Immigra
tion officials.
FIRST CASE JAP LAND
SEATTLE, May 7. Refusal of Sec
retory of State J, Grant lllnklc, In
Olympla, to accept for filing articles
of Incorporation offered by the Jap
anese Real Estate Holding company of
Seattle, may lay tho foundation for It
test case In federal courts of federal
restrictions barring Japanese from
naturalization In tho United States, It
was said today.
WORLDPOWERSIN
FINANCIAL MOVE
COL HARVEY WILL
REPRESEN
T U S.
President Accepts Invitation,
But Does Not Mean En
trance to Any League
Senate Democrats in Tan
trum Over Selection.
LONDON, May 7. Tho decision nt
President Harding to have a personal
representative present at meetings of
tho allied supreme council, as well as
unofficial representatlvs of the Unit
ed States on the conference of am
bassadors and the reparations com
mission was being studied carefully
In all quarters today. ..
It was emphasized In the highest
administration circles that the first
step did not mean the participation
of the United States in any project
"of a world government or a world
, league.'
Colonel Harvey, ambassador to
London, will be the president's repre
sentative on the supreme council anil
although without power to bind the
United States will be in position to
forward much information to Wash
ington. The supreme council s nn out
growth of the council of four, which
functioned at Paris during the draft
ing of tlie pence treaty, and to it have
been referred for settlement many im
portant questions, including the
American protest to the League of
Nations against the award to Japan
of u mandate for tho Island of Yup:
It Is, In fact, expected to take up the
wholo subject of mandates, which wuj
re-opened by recent notes of the
American covornmcnt to Grent'Biit
aln, France, Jtuly nnd Japan.'
Another Important question,, which.
It has been indicated will be presented
to tho council by Mr. Harvey, Is the
possibility of initiating a world con
ference for disarmament.
me decision or tne administration
to accept tho Invitation of the allied'
Supremo council to send American
representatives to the allied councils
'got into sennto discussion today, Sen
ntor Harrison, democrat, Mississippi
declaring thnt in sending the lnvita-
tlni, th.. nlllAn ...n. Tn,nni,. 1.1.1.
...... o IllCLUlf I UUUIIIB
it In" on tho Amerlcnn government
"for deserting them.
"We find the president naming an
tho man to represent him In those
councils, a man who has Insulted
practically every ono of the allied na
tions,-- tne senator continued. '
Senator New, republican, Indiana,
interrupted to read a London news
dispatch quoting Balnbridge Colby,
former secretary of state, as having
complimented Ambassador Harvey
as an "accomplished and cultivated
'gentleninn." , ;
Senator Stanley, democrat, Ken
tucky, Inquired whethor It could not
"no suid of Aaron Burr that he was
"accomplished and cultivated." '
MITINPIM
unui in i untn
MEXICO CITY, May 7. Jeronlmo
Moguel, a member of the legislature of
the state of Yucatan, was shot and
IHMfwl whlln Wllltrlmr thnnntrli tha main
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plaza of Merlda yesterday. Maguel
Gonzales, another deputy, was serious
ly wounded. Four men riding In an
automobile which dash past the two
deputies fired a volley at them and
then sped away. Both deputies vera
prominent socialists. '-, ,
POLES MUST LAY -8
DOWN ARMS, TOO
MAIDSTONE, England, May 7 (By
Associated Press.) Prime , Minister
Lloyd George declared today that if
Germany disarmed In accordance with
the treaty of Versailles she was en
titled to ask that the allies Insist on
the disarmament of Poland: He made
this declaration in addressing a meet
ing of 5000 persons under the auspices
of the National Unionist association.-
BERLIN, May .7. (By Associated
Press.) President Ebert. the VosBlscbe
Zeltung says today, has asked Dr. Wit
helm Mayer, German ambassador to
France, to form a new cabinet. Dr.
Mayer asked that he be given time to
consider the offer, the nowspaper
adds.
HIGH
COUNCIL