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MEDFORD, OIMXiOX, SATURDAY, HAY II, 1JL1
XO. 4G
FRANCE TH
ftEATEIS
ENTRY HUN
TROOPS TO
Official Circles in Paris De
clare Military Operations in
Upper Silesia by Germany
Means War in Which She
Can't Be Neutral Briand
.Answers L. George.
l'AHIS, MAY, 14. (BY THE
ASSOCIATED PHliSS) THE
KNTltY OF UEIIHAX TItOOI'S
INTO Vl'PEH SILESIA AVOl'1.1)
THOVOKE INTERVENTION' MY
ltEGUIAll POLISH TUOOI'S,
WHICH WOUl.l) MEAN WAlt,
AND IN SUCH A WAlt FKA-NCK
COULD NOT JtEMAIN NKU
TIIAL, ACCOIUHNti TO UX
I'ltlOSSlONS IN OEl-'ICIAlj C'lK
CJ,ES TODAY. ,
PARIS, May 14. Franco Is unal
terably opposed to any German mill-,
tary operations in upper Silesia, Pre
mier Briand declared today.
"Never, never, could the ' French
government consent to German troops
entering' Upper Silesia," the premier
exclaimed to half a hundred foreign
correspondents whom he received at
tho foreign office in consequence of
Premier Lloyd George's speech yes
terday in the British house of com
mons. "Gorman bands are operating in
Upper Silesia, maltreating and arrest
ing Poles," continued M. -Briand. "Not
all the disorders in that province are
produced by tho Poles. Tho French
government could not permit German
military forces to intervene in such a
Utuation.
. "i protest with all my energy
ngainst the false impressions being
spread throughout the world. The
French government has fulfilled to
tho utmost of its power Its duty in
Upper Silesia. "We have 12,000 troops
there who have had to deal with 100,
000 insurgents and a rising of several
hundred thousand persons.
"The French troops "could do no
more than hold the cities, the towns
and tho strategic points.
If British Helped.
"If the British government would
send GO, 00Q. troops thero to help us,
the disorders could be put down
more quickly.
"The news received by tho foreign
office from Upper Silesia today is that
the Insurgents are going to their
homes and returning to work.
"The French government's solution
is that the allies should in tho first
place assume a calm attitudo and In
frtrurt their commissioners in Upper
Silesia to try to reach a unanimous
agreement."
Such an agreement, said M. Itri-ind,
"would not bo difficult if all con
siderations except the results of tho
plebiscite were excluded. The From h
government's only instruction, to its
commission," he said, "were to de
termine, according to the majority of
the ballots In the communes which
uliou Id go to Poland and which to
Germany."
Paris Is Amaze!.
PARIS. May 14. The lit most
amazement was expressed in official
circles at tho speech yesterduy o Mr.
I.loyd George the British prime minis
ter, on the Upper Hileslan situation,
containing what is regarded here as
extraordinarily friendly references to
fjermany and judgments hostile
toward Poland and unsympathetic
toward France.
Premier Briand himself took the
unusual course of receiving all the
foreign newspaper corrcHpondnts in a
(Continued on dues six.)
FOR CONVICTION
HEP.rNC.TON. Kas., May 14.
Women hecklers were numerous last
night at the debate of William
I-anifcr. former attorney general of
North Dakota, and A. C. Townley.
president of tho national non-partisan
league.
Townley. in presenting his version
of his prosecution in Minnesota dur
ing the war, attributed It to "grain
gamblers."
Mr. Iangrer asserted that the best
way to Judge the non-partisan
league is to consider that four years
ago Lynn .1. Krazier was elected gov
ernor of North Dakota four to one,
while last year he was re-elected by
a majority of only one per cent."
"! made hundreds of speeches dur
ing the war, fighting the fight of the
William Warner Is
Finally Confirmed
Medford Postmaster
! William J. Warner is now the
postmaster in fact of .Medford,
the telegraphic news having
come from Washington late
Friday afternoon from United
States Senator Stanfield that
the senate had confirmed tlio
latter's nomination.
Postmaster Warner will not
he ready to announce his ap-
v pointment of an assistant post-
master and other changes that
may be made in his staff until
after the official notice of his
appointment has been received.
Mr. Warner was first nom- )
inated by President Wilson as
postmaster last December, but
congress adjourned without hav-
ing confirmed postmastership
appointments. President Hard- 0
ing then made the nomination
again on April 2 7th last.
T
GRIFFITH. FAILS
Sinn Feiners in Stolen Govt.
Car Release Leader, But
Rescue Fails When Plot Is
Discovered Fierce Fight
Ensues.
DUBLIN, May 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press) An unsuccessful at
tempt was made this morning to res
cue Arthur Griffith, founder of the
Sinn Feien organization from his con
finement in Mountjoy prison.
An armored car was used by the
republicans in the attempt to rescue
Griffith.
A man in an officer's uniform
alighted at the prison gates which
opened to admit the passage of the
car and he and liis supposed soldier
companions drove straight to the gov
ernor's office where the governor and
his deputy were bound and gagged.
The visitors proceeded to release Grif
fith and others of the prisoners and
were returning to their car as a party
of auxiliaries approached. A sentry
at an elevated point in the prison be
came suspicious and fired a shot.
The raiders hastily decamped with
out the prisoners, but took the armor
ed car, which later was found aban
doned. Arthur Griffith was arrested In
Dublin November 26 last and lodged
in Mountjoy prison. It was explained
later that the government desired lo
learn if he was responsible for the al
leged employment of republican funds
on ambuscades and other operations
involving the lives of troops.
The car used in the attempted res- ,
cuo Is reported to have been captured
by tho Sinn Feiners Ibis morning
after a surprise attack In which two
of the soldier occupants of the cir
were wounded. The Sinn Feiners then
disguised themselves as members of
the crown forces and proceeded to
Mountjoy prison.
The military followed tho enr when
it sped from the prison after the
failure of tho coup and a felrco fight
ensued.
The casualties had not been repott
ed up to midaftcrnoon.
Nancy !,ce Wins Oaks.
I.OUISVILI.K. K. May 14. P. A.
Clark's filly, Nancy I.ee, won the fea
ture, the Kentucky Oaks, for three
year old fillies at a mile and an
eighth, at Churchill Downs today.
DISLOYALTY CHARGE
farmers againnt tho grain Ramblers
and the beef trust," said Townley.
"The government had agents taking
stenographic notes of everything J
said. I ask you. why didn't they file
on me? Was It because they were
afraid of me?"
"Finally the grain gamblers found
a little two-hy-four country attorney
in Jarkson county. Minnesota, who
would work for them. Ho did not
say I was disloyal. All lie could
charge me with was that I had con
spired with a man whom I had never
set eyes upon to utter disloyal re
marks and hinder enlistments. I did
not take the stand In my own de
fense. I would have been a fool to
face a frame-up, sui-h as was set for
me,"
AIM
RESCUE ARTHUR
may
WITHDRAW
FROM ASIA
America's Attitude Toward
Problems in Far East Leads
to Important Colonial Con
ference Evacuation of Si
beria Considered Shan
tung Abandonment Nonsense
TOKIO, May 14. (My Associated
Press.) Examination of Japan's posi
tion relative to the entire field of
questions affecting tho Far Kast is
the object of a colonial conference to
he held here soon, according to au
thoritative information. This confer
ence, which possibly may remodel
Japan's policy in Siberia and China,
will be attended by tho highest Jap
anese civil and military officials hold
ing positions in China, Siberia, Korea,
Shantung, Kwangtung and Manchuria.
One of tho principal subjects to he
considered is said to be the complete
military evacuation of Siberia.
Shantung Is Problem
Forecasts of the work of the confer
ence also emphasize the importance
placed upon the question of Kwantung
in which China persists in declining
to enter into negotiations for tho re
storation to her of that district. In an
attempt to hasten a solution of the
question, It is said, Japan may decide
to withdraw her troops from the
Tsinan Fu railroad, but reimrts that
this country intends to release the
entire peninsula of Shantung uncondi
tionally are authoritatively held as
nonsensical. , '
There is said to he no possibility of
recognition being given the south
China government at Canton, of which
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Is president. There
are indications also that Japan is ser
iously examining the possibility of a
trade agreement with the Far Eastern
republic, which has its seat of govern
ment at Chita,
U. 8. Attitude Puzzles
America's attitude toward Japan's
activities in the Far East is deeply
occupying the Japanese, who appar
ently are trying to understand what
significance lies behind the recent
note sent to the powers by Secrctnry
of State Hughes relative to discussion
of mandates over islands in the Pa
cific. Endeavors will be made, it is de
clared, to determine America's exact
intentions In the Far East, and Japan
is said to be disposed frankly to out
line her own attitude. The foreign
office declines to discuss the visit to
America of Admiral Urlu, who is a
close friend of Secretary of State
Hughes and Secretary of War Weeks.
A3ia Main Problem
The trend of public discussion here
relative to relations between America
and Japan is distinctly away from the
problem and toward the vaster field of
Asia It being believed that an under
standing on Asiatic matters is urgent
ly needed.
Emphasizing this view. Count Soye
Jini.i, a liberal member of the house of
peers, has begun n series of articles on
relations between Japan and America,
with the avowed purpose of throwing
such light on the situation as may lead
to an adjustment. He dismissed the
California question as a "local diffi
culty," but insists that potential
causes of trouble exist on Asiatic ques
tions. "If the United States with her enor
mous wealth and astounding power,"
he says, should oppress Japan it would
be impossible for Japan to maintain
the peace, despite all her efforts to do
so, because her security would be en
dangered." WHITE POPULATION
ES
WASHINGTON. May 14. The
white population of Alaska decreased
2.1.4 per cent between 1910 and
the census bureau announced today.
Of a total population of 54.88ft re
corded last year, whites totalled 25,
883 compared with 36.400 :n 1910.
Indians in Alaska, on the basis of
tho 1920 cenKiip numbered 26,421 ;
negroes 128: Chinese r,6: Japanese
313 and Filipino. Hawiians and Ko
reans 9 9,
Governor of Idaho
Signs Extradition
Woman Blue Beard
1IOIS1C, Idaho. May M. l.ieu-
tenant Governor Chas. C. Moore
fr today signed the papers calling
for extradition from Honolulu of
Mrs. Paul Southard, wanted in
Twin Falls in connection with
! the deaths of four husbands.
KEYTESV1LLE. Mo., Slay 11.
Mrs. A. Trueblood Southard,
held in Honolulu in connection
with tho death of her fourth bus-
baud, was horn and reared in this
community. She was tho daugh-
tor of William Trueblood, a far-
liior,
About six years ago tho daugh-
tor, Lyda, married Robert Dooley,
also a nativo of Keytesville, who
died a few months after Ilk) mar-
riage. Edward Dooley, his broth-
er, also died. Soiuo investigation
was made of the death of the !
! brothers but no action was taken. !
T
OllEHON CITY, Ore., May 11
Found on a road near here last night
shot through tho breast, and brought
here by an automobile party, n man
who was thought to have been tho vic
tim of an attack this morning had
revived sufficiently to tell Sheriff
William J. Wilson that he had shot
himself with Intention to cud his life,
according to a stntement by Wilson
who interviewed him In a hospital
Tho man said he was Alfred Jensen
of Portland.
OAI.KSTON, Texas, May 11. lie
fusal of tugboat tmgineers lo move
the United States shipping hoard
steamer Lackawanna, today proclpi
tatud a strike of tugboat crews in (lal-
veston. All tugboats In port were tiod
up shortly before noon and operators
began paying the men off.
(". H. .Marshall, district agent of the
shipping hoard, said efforts would be
made to get non-union men to man
tile tugboats.
CLEVELAND, May 14. Halm Ruth
knocked his eleventh home run of the
season in tho eighth Inning of the
game hero today with two mon on
bases.
Itaghy was pitching for Cleveland.
Oeorgo Kelly of I he New York (limits
has made eight home runs so fur this
season.
National
It. If. E.
St. I-ouls 4 10 1
lirooklyn 3 5 2
Hatteiies: Perllca and Dllhoefer;
Ruethor, Cadore, Mitchell and Miller.
Cincinnati 0 8 0
New York 5 9 1
Batteries: Luquo and Ilargrave;
Hrenton and Smith.
Pittsburg 15 13 9
Philadelphia 4 10 2
Halterles: Cooper and Schmidt;
Smith and Wheat.
C'hicago-lioston
rain.
game poslponcd.
American
It. II. E.
Philadelphia 1 li 1
Chicago 3 10 U
Ilatterles: Moore and Perkins; Fa
bcr and Schalk.
Sew York 0 12 2
Cleveland 4 11 0
Ilatterles: Qulnn and Schaiig; Mug
by and O'Neill.
Washington 2 7 1
Detroit 3 9 1
P.atlerles: Zachary and Ciharrlty;
Oldham, Holling and Alnsmlth.
RArir STK MA KIE, Mich., May 14.
Ono of the worst spring blizzards In
years spent over I-ake Superior last
nteht, driviiiK all lake venseU Into har
bor. Hlx inches of snow fell.
SINN FEIN
VOTERS WIN
RIOTS START
Serious Trouble Expected in
Ireland Following Quiet Vic
tory of Sinn Fein at the Polls
Nationalists and Union
ists Clash in Belfast District
De Valera Elected.
BELFAST, .May 14. Three riots
botwemi nationalists and unionists
today have given rise to tho fear that
with tho rising lido or political feel
ing serious trouble may ho brewing
for tho election period.
After tho withdrawal of tho curfew
today, a nationalist crowd invaded
tho unionist area In York streot and
throw stones. A fierco fight resulted.
Two hours later the trouble was
revived. Revolvers were used but
without serious results. Tho third
disturbance occurred whon shipyard
workers wore attacked by a gang of
men armed with revolvers mid stones.
DUBLIN, May 14. Thn elections
yesterday were the quietest ever
known in Ireland. 'Polling wan un
necessary as, according to tho British
custom, .when only ono candidate Is
nominated tho polling Is dispensed
with. In this way (ho 12S Bents In
tho southern parliament were fillod,
as the four Impnrtlalist nominees,
who wero named for Dublin univer
sity, also were unopposed.
Two of thorn, Thrirt and Alton, are
fellows of Trinity college, Dublin,
while the other two are Sir James
Craig, king's professor of medicine,
school or physics of Trinity college,
and Gerald Flt.glbhon, eminent
member or tho Irish bar.
Do Valeni Elected
Those elected Include Eamon Do
Valera, Tor Clare; Michael Collins,
commander In chlor of the Irish re
publican army, for county Cork; Ar
thur Griffith, founder of tho Sinn
Fein; Alderman Cosgrovo, and many
other men promlenlly connected with
tho Sinn Fein mhvoniont. "
Those elected In Cork city or coun
ey includo Sean MacSwInny, brother
or the lato lord mayor or Cork, who
recently escaped from Spike Island
Internment camp and Mary Mac
Swlney. his sister, who Is In America.
Other women elected aro Countess
Goorglna Marklcvlcz, who Is In prison,
and Mrs. O'Calluhan, Mrs. Clarko and
Mr. s Pearso.
In Donegal also there was no con
test, the single unionist candldnto,
Major Moore, having at tho last mo
mont, withdrawn, leaving six Sinn
Feiners to be returned unopposed.
Sinn Fein Triumph
For the northern parliament 77
candidates wero nominated and the
unionists expect a majority of 12. II
Is noteworthy that In Monnglmn and
Cavan, two Ulster counties which fire
Included in the southern parliament,
the Sinn Feiners won overwhelmingly.
In county Down six unlouslsts, In
cluding Sir James Craig (premier
designate of Ulster) ; three Sinn
Felnors, including Eamnnn DcValora;
two nationalists, Including Joscpl
Devlin, and ono labor candidate, were
nominated for the eight seats. De
Valera had tho remarkable number
of 9(10 nomination papers, ninny of
theui signed by Catholic priests. 'His
chief unionist opponent is Sir James
Craig. Devlin Is nominated also for
Antrim and West Belfast.
iHcirast furnished a surprise by the
nomination of ono unofficial lahnr
candldato In each of tho four divis
ions.
No independent candidates were
nominated for Belfast.
PARIS, lay H. Predictions that
the Sinn Fein would win nearly half
the 52 scats In the northern Irish, or
Ulster parliament were made to a
representative of the Journal by Har
ry Kgan, aetinK lord mayor of Cork,
who Is hero. He pointed to the 124
unopposed Sinn Keln nominations
for the southern . lr?sh parliament
and expressed confidence that the
Sinn Keln would do better in north
ern Ireland than the unionists were
willing to concede.
'Mr. Kgan denied statements that
the Sinn Fein had opened negotia
tions with the Ilritish government.
Declares Mr. Wilson
Did Little to Get
Philippine Freedom
TARLAC, Tarlac Province. P.
I.. May 12. Former President
Wilson made little effort to
grant independence to tho Phil
ippines, it was declared today
by W. Cameron Forbes, former
governor general of the Islands
and a member of the special
mission sent here by President
Harding to investigate condi
tions.. Forbes, replying to a
strong plea for independence
made here, declared that al
though democrats wore In con
trol of congress for six yooj'S dur
ing tho Wilson administration,
littlo action was taken to provide
self government for tho islands.
Forbes declared tho mission
was not authorized to promise
independence, but was simply
horo to investigate, conditions
and report to President Harding.
IS
New Yorkers Defeat Tigers'
Crack Crew, While Quakers
a Poor Third Yale Defeats
Harvard on Track Sixty-Two
to Fifty-Four.
NKW YORK, May 1-1. Thu Ptnn
N.vlvania Junior varsity crew defeated
Columbia by ten feet In their rune on
tho Murium river today. Princeton
entered no crew in tills event.
NKW YORK, May 11. Columbia
won the annuitl Chlld'H cup varsity
rowing rare on the Harlem river to
day. Prlnecton finished second and
Pennsylvania third.
Columbia finished lhroo-n.uarters of
a length, ahead of 1'rinccton,- with
Pennsylvania trailing two and a half
lengths behind tho New Jersey crew.
Nearly 25,000 persons watched tho
race. ,
The offhlal tltmo of tho victorious
shell was 7 minutes f8 3-G seconds.
This was slower than thu speed in
tho junior varsity event won by Penn
sylvania In 7 minutes, 35 seconds.
Thero was a higher tido with more
current for tho first race.
Vale. Ileal Harvard.
A L 12 KltiLD, May 14. Yalo won
tho track meet. Hcore, Yalo 02 1-3;
Harvard fi t 2-3.
Hummnries:
Ono mile run, won by Campbell,
Yale; O'Connell, 1 larvard, second;
Iteed, Yale, third. Time 4.2-1.
100 -yard dash, won by Ciotirdln,
Harvard; Keldman, Yalo second:
Cowles, Yale, third. Timo 10 2-5
seconds.
440-yard run won by Wharton,
Harvard; Chute, Harvard, second;
Johnson, Harvard, third. Time Gl
3-5 seconds.
120-yard hurdles, won by Hawers,
Harvnrd; Cobb, Yale, second; Shed
den, Yale third. Time 15 4-5 seconds.
Two-mile run, won by HI lies, Yale;
McMahon, Harvard, second: Johnson,
Yale, third. Timo 10:02 3-5.
Shot put, won by Jordan. Yalo; Tal
lied, Harvard, second: Holt wood, Yale
third. Distance 43 feet 11 1-4 inches.
Hcoro six events Harvard 28;
Yale 2U.
(Continued on page Bix.)
LINDEBERG
BY ORDER
SAX FUANCISCO, May 11. An
onlvr denying the extradition of .lufct
Mmlnborg, Tucoimi and San Krun-
cixco capitalist, to Taconui tor trial
on an Indlccment charging tho Illegal
diversion of funds from tho defunct
Scandinavian American bank, was Is
sued today by the superior court.
The order marks the successful
conclusion of habeas corpus proceed
ings brought by Mndeberg to obtain
his release.
The court held that tho indtrtment
did not state a specific extraditable
offense. Recently another Tacoma
indictment charging the specific il
legal borrowing of $37,505 from th"
bank by l.lndeherg was Introduced
COLUMBIA
VICTORIOUS IN
VARSITY RACE
HARDING TO
PROCLAIM
NIARTIAlLAW
Drastic Action By President Is
Announced By West Virginia
Senator Genuine .War Is
Raging On Kentucky Border
Scores Are Killed Battle
Continues.
WASHINGTON7. May 11. Martial
law In tho area of disturbance on tha
West Virginia-Kentucky border is to
Im declared Immediately by President
Harding, Senator Sutherland of West
Virginia said today after a conforonr
with the president at the White
House. . '
WASHINGTON. May 11. After it
had been decided to issuo a proclama
tion declaring martial law In Ken
tucky and West Virginia late today,
the war department received a mes
sage from. Governor Morrow of Ken
tucky, saying that state troops had
beeu sent into tho strike district. The
proclamation then was withheld. Tho
proclamation, however, was signed by
tho president, who empowered Secre
tary Weeks of the war dopartmont U
promulgate it should later information
Indicate that it was necessary.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., May 14.-
An unconfirmed report was received
at Htuto police headquartors '.this
afternoon that fouY men had Tioon
killed In fighting at Lynn. W. Va.
WILLIAMSON. W. Va., May 14.
Tho battle In tho mountains, which
has raged for two days between sym
pathizers and opponents of tho Unit
ed Mlno Workers in the Williamson
coal district, was resumed today at
McCarr, Ky., and Lynn, W. Va., a lit
tle vlllago near McCarr. Firing also
was reported at Sprigg. . '
M'ASHINTON. May 14. Major
General Head, commandant of thi
iiiui wui ih ni in, u hioii utivu iuua.v
by Secretary Weeks to send federal
troops Into Mingo county, Wcfit Vir
ginia, if the gonoral deemed the pres
ence of troops there necessary to queil
tho border disturbances.
Labor Struggle1 Itages.
WILLIAMSON, W. Vn., May 14
Tho battlo In tho mountains of Mingo
county, West Virginia and Pike coun
ty, Kentucky along the Tug .. river,
which has raged for several daye,
fierce as it has been, Is merely a
pnnse ol a greater struggle in vni'n ,
this rich rural district is locked tho
industrial struggle over tne question
of unionizing or keeping VWc0'-.no'
mines. . A
Union miners on "lookout strike'
as the I out! ers describe It, 'woro evletoij.
from homes owned by tho coal com
panies, to settle nearby on leased'Jand
In tent colonies. No longer able to
trade at the company commissaries;
at the various mining towns they sub
sist on rations shipped In by the
union.
Propaganda Is being circulated by
both sides, each blaming the others
for disorders. ...
PIKKVILLK. Ky.. May 14, Ter
rific firing from both the Kentucky
and West Virginia sides of the Tug
river along tho section that has been
In a virtual state of war for the last
48 hours, was resumed early today.
according to reports from Pike county
officers in tho trouble zone. From the
West Virginia side came word that a
number of men, whose names had
not been learned, wero killed.
WINS FREEDOM
OF CALIFORNIA
I
by tha district attorney hero but tha
court held that this could not bo con
sidered In the proceedings as it was
not tho chargo on which the extradi
tion application to Governor Steph
ens was based.
Llndebcrg mado a fortuno in Alas
ka and later became a director In the
Tacoma bank. Following tho failure
of the bank Indictments were return
ed against a number of Its officers
charging the withdrawal of large
sums without proper sanction.
A supplementary charge that
I.indeberg was a fugitive from jus
tice was dismissed by the court
when it was shown that he had never
made an effort to evade the proceed
ings against him.