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Newspaper Page Textnn-B The Weather Maximum yesterday .67 Minimum today ...43 Precipitation .16 Predictions Fair. Daily Sixteenth Year. Weekly l'lf ly-l irat Year. MEDFORD, OHEGOX, MONDAY, .MAY Hi, )L1 XO. 47 MEDFORD wf All a h n T.TT T"fN. TTTa L GEORGE IS MM 10 TALK PEACE Irish Journal States British . Premier Has Offered to Meet Eamonn DeValera Without Conditions Latter May Make Reply 4 Officials Killed in Ambush. Dl'IlMN. Muy.lG. (My tlio Asso ciated rress) Premier I.loyd George says tho Freemans .luurnul today. hils offered to meet Kamonn DoValera, or other Irish lenders, without condi tions. Mr. DeVnlera, adds the news paper, replied that if the premier made sueh a statement public he (De Valera) would give u public reply. Karly this month a conference oc curred between Kamonn W'alcra and Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre mier designate, at which these -two leaders of their respective sections of opinion in ireianu tniKcu over me -situation. The meeting was said to have been without tangible, results, with respect to tho warfare in Ire land, but tho fact that It was held was commented upon In Dublin castle and other circles as a hopeful sign. DUBLIN', May Throe govern ment officers and the wife of one of them were shot and killed n an am bush last night at Ballyeiren, four miles from Gort, county Oalway. The party was riding in a motor car when it was ambushed by forty men. Military and police reinforcements sent to the scene were fired upon and nno constable was severely wounded. Irish Fire Liverpool I Ion sea. LIVKKPOOL, May 1G. Six houses in widely separated parts of this city weVe raided and set afire by. unidenti fied parties last night. The occupants of every house thus visited have rela tives serving in the royal Irish con stabulary. The inmates were in some cases bound and gagged, the furni ture was drenched with kerosene and set afiro and in some instances the helpless people were left to tho mercy of the flames by the rattlers who fled In automobiles. The raids were in all ways similar to those made in suburban districts of Kali don and .in this city Saturday night. One house that was raided was oc cupied by a widow and her daughter. The latter opened the door when there was a knock and she was seized by the throat by the intruder. She strug gled and fled to her mother and then fainted. Tho women were too terri fied to raise an alarm. In another house were three sisters who were overawed by a dozen men who displayed revolver and threaten ed to shoot them if they Btirred. A terrier attacked tho raiders when they assailed his 77-year-old master and prevented them frora setting fire to the house. When the raiders ran, the dog chased them, but was shot dead. A sailor named Rrailsford, who lost a leg In the famous naval raid on Zeehrugge, refused to throw up his hands when men broke into his house, but threw a sewing machine at the in truders, who fled, firing their re volvers. Nono of the raiders has been ar rested. DAYTON, Ohio, May 16 Mrs. Helen Cox Maboney, 25, daughter of former Governor James M. Cox, democratic candidate for president last fall, died suddenly at her home in Oakwood, a suburb, today. She apparently had been in good health until the moment of her death. Her husband, D. J. Ma honey, is general manager of The for mer governor's newspaper here. OF WASHINGTON, May Id Tho gov ernment won today in the supreme court its contention that Increased value of any capital assets must be considered in a corporation's profits when taxes are computed. The court's decision was given in the apieal of LaBelle Iron Works from a ruling of the treasury that ore lands purchased for $190,000 in 1904 must be returned in the 1917 report at $10,000, 000 and a profits tax paid on the dif ference. The opinion today sustained this ruling. "The meaning of the act ns to In Gun Duel Between Father and Son Is Fatal to Both Men KALAMA, Wash., May 1C lkirvey Rikcr, 55, a rancher on the Little Kalama river 15 miles east of Woodland, Wash., was killed instantly today and his son Fred Hiker, 30, died two hours later as a result of a duel with firearms between the two men. According to Coroner Johnson, who returned here last night from the scene of the double killing, the men quarreled in the son's house and as the father drew a revolver the son seized a rifle. The two men fired at the same instant. Coroner Johnson said Sirs. Riker told him, the father dying at once with a bullet thru the head and the son falling with a bullet through the breast. ENTIER IS CONFIDENT OF French Heavyweight Cham pion Arrives in New York Brimming With Confidence Certain of Victory Training to Be in Secret. NEW YORK, May 1G. fleorges Carpen tier, European heavyweight champion arrived today from France to prepare for his international battle with Jack Uenipsey at Jersey ' 'My July 2. The French pugilist, with his party, was the center uf interest when ha Suvoio docked. Tho challenger im mediately was surrounded by n dele gation of newspaper men and pho tographers. Carpentier appeared to be in excel lent condition and fairly radiated confidence. Most of the questions asked him were answered by an in terpreter, but occasionally Georges wouldlnject a diroct reply. This was the ca se w hen he wa s asked who would win the big fight. Without a second's hesitation ho re plied with a smile, "I." Manager Francois Uescamps stated that Carpentier and his party. com prising Paul Journee, a French light heavyweight: Henri Mercot, training camp cook and a Belgian police, dog. Carpentier's favorite pet, would go direct to the training quarters at Manhassett, Long Island, this after noon and would not leave until It was time to proceed to Jersey City for the championship battle. Training in Private. Joe Jeanette, negro heavyweight, will go to Manhassett with the French party today and several other spar ring partners soon will be added to the camp. Descamps reiterated the statment that virtually all of -Car pentier's training would be done be hind closed gates and that there would be little attempt to work out in public. Dempsey's challenger said he weighed about 175 pounds and never felt better. In answer to a question as to how long the bout would last, he replied with n smile that be would be able to tell that on the afternoon of July 2. Carpentier snapped back an em phatic "yes" when asked whether he would return to this country to de fend the world's title should he de feat Dempsey. He further stated that he hoped Dempsey would be In per fect condition when they met in order that the sport of boxing might be im proved by a real rontest of such in- ernational importance. U. S. Polo Team Beaten LONDON', May 16. The American polo players, C. C. Mumsey, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., J. Watson Webb and Devereau Milburn were defeated in a practice game today by the Hurling- ham team. The score was 3 goals to 2. E vested capital is clear," the court said. "It was to cover actual cost of jro perty, disregarding anything that does not change the form of the Invest ment." Hundreds of millions of dollars In excess profits taxes were involved In the case which was characterized by a high government official as "the most important legal suit affecting federal finances to arise in several decades." The court was unanimous in its de cision except that Justice .ticReynoIds concurred only in the result. Associate Justice Pitney read the opinion. CARP mm POLAND 10 BE SETTLED IE Full Meeting Supreme Council May Be Called to Settle Re volt in Silesia Poles Re fuse to Withdraw Ger mans Oppose Advance. LONDON', May lti. There may he a full meeting of the supreme allied council for the purpose of discussing the situation which has arisen In Sil esia as a result of the Polish revolt there. Despatches from Paris Indicate that Premier Uriund intends to lay the situation before the French cham ber of deputies when it meets Thurs day. There has been an exchange of views between the Ilritish and French government but suggestions that a meeting be held have met with assertions in Paris that it would be impossible for the French premier to discuss the Silesiun nffair with Mr. Lloyd tieorge until after Thursday. Advices over the week-end appear ed to indicate a cessation of fighting in Upper Silesia but there was noth ing to show that the Poles were with drawing from tho regions they occu pied during the prist two weeks. Indignant comments of the French press regarding Prime Minister Lolyd George's Bpeech on Poland before the house of commons Friday attracted much attention from London news papers today. For the most part they were rpgretteel and deprecated al though In quarters where Lloyd (leorgo's attitude relative to Poland Is condemned blame was placed upon him. BRUMS', May 1G. Cermnn news papers express pleasure over declara Hons made Friday by Prime Minister Lloyd George of Oreat Britain rela tive to the situation In Upper Silesia but most of them give warnking against a German march Into Silesia, unless such a movement should be re quested by the entente powers. Thev declare that such an ad vance would result in war with both France and Poland. "If Adalbert Korfanty Bliould pre sume to take possession oi any dis puted territory without permission from the entente," said the Lokal An- zelger, "we Bhall be exempt from al! our obligations and duties." FALL CONFERENCE OF M. E. CHURCH AT FORES! GROVE PORTLAND, Ore.. May 16. Assign ment of bishops to preside over the fall conferences in the Various areas was taken up as part of the business today by the board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. Ilishop K. G. Ulchardson of Atlanta, chairman of the committee In charge of fall conference arrangements, had a report ready for presentation. Portland area Hishop W. O. Shep ard Pacific German to meet at Port land, August 24; Columbia river con ference, Spokane, Wash., August 31; Pacific Swedish conference, Seattle. Wash., September 8; Puget Sound con ference, Tacoma, September 14; Wes tern Norwegian-Danish, Seattle, Sep tember 21; Oregon conference, Foresl Grove, Ore., October B. San Francisco area Bishop A. W. Leonard Pacific Chinese mission San Francisco, September 1G; Pacific Jap anese mission, San Jose, September 19; California conference, San Jose. September 21; Southern California, Los Angeles, October 5; California German conference, Anaheim October 12; Latin-American mission, Los An geles June 2. LONDON", May Id. Four American women ongaKcd in relief work at Con stantinople narrowly escaped drown fni? in the lymphoma yesterday say? the Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Mail. They were In a row boat in midstream, when it sprang a leak and quickly sank. A MIhs Cush man sank, but upon rising managed to seize her dog by the collar and the animal dragged her to safety. MIsf Asleers and Mrs. lhln swam ashore. The fourth member of the party was a Miss Caldwell, BY CONFEF NCE Senator Pomerene . Ridicules Idea of a War With Japan WASHUN'GTON', May lti. Senator Pomerene. democrat. Ohio, opened debale on the navu'l appropriation bill today, urging economy by reducing arma ments. He decried the proba bility of war with any nation, though some persons, he said were filled with hysteria orer tk Island or Yap.' "But Island of Yap. or no is land, there isn't- going to be any war with Japan in the near future," -Mr. Pomerene declar ed. Supporting the Borah amend ment for a disarmament confer ence Senator Pomerene also urged his own amendment au thorizing the president to sus pend capital ship construction for six months to. investigate their future value. Senator LaFollettu. republi can, Wisconsin, Introduced an amendment to prohibit the use of the navy to "coerce or compel collection of any private claim, giant or concession. " WASlllXClTOX, May 1(J. Tax re vision hearings were given a new twist before the senate finance com mittee today by H. Archibald Harris of Chicago, who took a positive. stand for continuation of the excess profits tax and urged exemption of corpora tion dividends from hip '.axes. He was the first witness before any congres sional committee at this session to propose retention of the oxcesa profits tux provisions of the piesenl revenue laws. .. , . fio told the. committee that In his opinion it siiouiu direct enons lownru reduction of tax free securities. He also suggested a reduction of the higher su tax rates on personal In comes. By sifting the 1 JU 7 returns, the returns, the treasury Is shaking out around $:15, 000, 0u0 a month in extra taxes, Mr. Harris Raid, and predicted that when examination of tho 11)18 returns gets undr way tho income from back taxes will jump to between $50,000,000 nnd $75,000,000 tt month. "This will mean.' he added, "t hat between $1,800,000,000 and $2,520,- 000.000 in additional taxes will lie as sessed in the next three years." In the next three years he said the government should receive between $2. IMO. 000,000 urn! $3. 27(1, 000, 000 from If) IS, which treasury officials have not counted on as yet in any of their computations. F E BANKS LOSE OUT n-ASHIN'OTOX, May 16. Federal reserve hanks have not Ihc right to Insist on par collection of chocks of non-member hanks, tho supreme court- ruled today in effect. The court reversed decrees of Geor gia courtH which had refused to en join the federal reserve hank of 'At lanta from taking steps to force col lection of chocks drawn nn a num ber of Georgia slate non-memher hanks "except through the usual nnd ordinary channels." National Tl. II. K. Chicago 17 2 Boston 7 14 0 latteries: Vaughn, Jones and O'Far rell; McQuillan and O'Neill. Cincinnati 4 8 New York 7 7 0 Batteries: Coumbe, Napier, Rogge and wtngo; toney, uyan and Snyder, St. iouis 4 11 3 Brooklyn 3 8 0 Batteries: Doak and Dilhoerer; Mil Jus and Krueger. Pittsburg 0 5 0 Philadelphia 3 8 0 Batteries: Hamilton, Zlnn and Schmidt; Causey, King and Peters. American II. II. K. New York ' 6 9 0 Cleveland ,. 3 9 3 Batteries: Mays and Schang; Mails and O'Neill. Philadelphia . 4 8 0 Chicago 5 9 0 Batteries: Perry and Perkins; Kerr, Faber and Schalk. No other games played. PARENTS MRS I TO GIVE HELP Mrs. Trueblood Declares She Won't Aid Daughter Finan cially in Trial for Murder of Husbands If Guilty Money Is Useless. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, ,ay US Wil liam .1. Trueblood, 37, and .Mis. Laura Trueblood, S, will not contribute fi nancially to the defense of their daughter, Mrs. Lyda Truelilooil South ard, who was last Thursday arrested at Honolulu to be returned here to stand trial for the numler of her fourth husband, Edward F.1 Meyer, Mrs. Trueblood said today at the mod est rami home of the family seven miles southwest of Twin Fails. She added that she expressed the views o. her husband when she said: 'Ve liavo hoped ami believed all along that Lyda is Innocent. If she is guilty, not all the money we have and could raise would save her, and if she was guilty of all that Is charged against her, she should he punished. Tliis l hard ror a mother to any hut I am suro our decision must be the right one." The mother horo evidence of the strain to which she had been subjected on her daughter's account a strain that was not or a Tew days duration but which had extended over a period or months dating from the death or Meyer and the disappearance or their daughter soon nrterwaril with the rin ger or suspicion even then pointing at her. "Wo had hoped It was all settled", Mrs. Trueblood said today. "We heard from Lyda only once after she lert here following Meyer's funeral Inst September," Mrs. True blood said. "That was a tidegrain telling us she had arrived in falifnr na. She hud written to-ns fremienMv whenever she had been away from nome beloro. While in California for several weeks last fall with a view to moving tho family home. Mr. Trueblood vintt ed Los Angeles, Long Beach and other cities In an unsuccessful effort to lo cate his daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Truehlond nrn iim nr. ents of eight children ranging in age from seven to 33 years or whom Lyda, or Ann Eliza, us her mother rip Clares slio was christened, Is tho third child and tho second daughter. May Cable Charge HAN FRANCISCO, May 10. Mrs. Nollle Ormsby. matron of the Juil at Twin Falls. Idaho, arrived t... day with extradition papers for Mrs. i.yaa it,va southward, .former ' Twin Falls resident, who Is under n,-mp i Honolulu on a charge of murdering ner rourtli husband. Fdwnrri p mu. at Twin Falls. Mrs. Ormsby Joined ner nusoand, v, H. Ormsby, Twin Falls deputy sheriff, who was detailed to return Mrs. Southard for trlul and wno arr ved hern PriHnv Tho n bys will depart on the stea sonia "Wednesday If the ship strike noes not notain them. When advised of rnnorta tmm irnn lulu that Mrs. Southard could not he held beyond a certain nm lnd nt n.,,n ir no complaint was lodged against her mere urmsby said he wns prepared to have the formal charen rnhin.i in Honolulu ir necessary In order to in sure ner detention. Washington News of Interest to Oregon WASHINGTON, May 10 Congress man llnwley has received word that tho navy dpartment had detailed a naval vessel ror Nehalcm bay ror the celebration or July .Fourth under aus pices of tho Knights of Pythias. WASHINGTON. Mny 1 8. Senator Mc.N'ary this morning took up with the secretary of war and recommend ed that favorable action be taken on the request of tho Oregon Reserve Of ficers' association of Portland Imme diately to organize the reserve arms of tho army, the same as Is being done In the east nt this time, and they specifically requested that Portland be made hcadiiunrters tor tho 81st regiment. WASHINGTON, Mny Hi. Senator McNacy Is awaiting the paper or the Oregon liar association before ap pearing before the supreme court. in tho Albers ensn and the papers arc ex pected almost any day. Ilrooinspun Wins. HALTIMORK. May 1 .-Itroom- spun won the 140.000 Prcaknesa at Plmllco this afternoon. Polly Ann wns second. Jeg third. Measurement or the speed of earth quakes proves that the earth Inside Is rigid and not liquid. SOUTHARD Senate Committee Raises Army Bill To 175,000 Total WASHINGTON", May If,. An army or 175.1100 men was decided on today by the senate military affairs sub committee considering the army appropriation hill. The measure as passed by the house provided ror an army or 150,000. In rixing tho army strength at 175.000 men, the sub committee acceded to the request of Secre tary Weeks that such minimum he provided even if other Items had to lie decreased. Tho bill to he laid before the full committee would carry $3:19, 859,000 ns com pared with $;i20,7t!5,000 in the house measure and CI4IS.000.0lt0 In thn hill vetoed by l'resident Wilson. , S IS R. Chairman of Interstate Com merce Committee Tells Jul ius Kruttschnitt U. S. Rail roads Must Do Better or Quit Should Reduce Costs. WASHINGTON, May III. "If the American railroads can't do better this year than last they won't last very long," Chairman Cummins of the Bimute inter-state commerce com- mltteo told Julius Kruttschnitt, chair man or the Southern Pacific hoard to day whon tho sonnte's railroad Inves tigatlon was resumed. Tho witness agreed. Senutor Cummins endeavored to show that rulllng prices of materials used by railroads was reducing costs but Mr. Kruttschnitt said ho did not have compiled statistics on the sub ject. Steel rails, the largest Item in maintenance material copts, had In creased In price during the last two years, he said. Daniel Wllliard, president of the Baltimore nnd Ohio was called lo the stand when Mr. Kruttschnitt was ex cused temporarily. "There has been some fear of dif ficulties In financing railroads, "he Bald, "and the provisions of the trans portation act assuring rates high enough to puy a return on the capital may have seemed merely academic, but I believe that tho knowledge that roads would ultimately secure this return under the policy luld down has sustained confidence among In vestors." WASHINGTON. May 1G Allen resi dents in the United States have no legal right to demand the admittance of relatives, the supreme court ruled In effect today in upholding decisions of California courts in the appeal of Yee Won, a Chinaman who sought to bring his wife nnd two minor children with him on his return to this country from a visit to China. The immigra tion authorities refused to admit them. SEN CUMIN DISGUSTED WITH ROADS SECY OF AGRICULTURE WALLACE TAKES FIRM STAND AGAINST ALASKA BILL. VAHIIINGTON, May 16. Opposi tion to tho bill to crcute un Alanknn development board wuh expruHHed by Secretary of ABrlculturo Wnllaco in a letter to Representative Curry of California, chairman of tho public committee on territories. 'Tho enactment of this measure," Serretury Wnlhico salil, "would be hltfhly prejudicial to national Inter ests nnd to Alaskan Interests as well. t would remove wholesome checks against tho exploitation of our vast national Interests and to Alaskan tn terests ns well. It would remove wholesome checks against tho exploi tation of our vast national resources nnd would deprive Alnska of the tech nical help of the federal agencies which combine long experience and the best scientific knowledge In study- ng nnd developing specific natural resources.' SUPREMECT UPHOLDS DRY LAW AGAIN J. J. Dillon of San Francisco Loses Appeal "Harding Amendment" Not Destruc tive of Law's Validity Court Holds Prohibition in Effect January 16, 1920. : WASHINGTON, .May Id. Tho re qtllrenu'iit that the prohibition amendment be ratified within seven years by three-fourths of the states does not invalidate the entire meas ure, the supreme court today ruled. The ilei-ision was given in the ap peal of J. J. Dillon of San Francisco, from decisions in lower courts refus ing his petition for a writ of habeas cm-pus no the ground that the limita tion made the amendment Invalid. Dillon was arrested while transport ing a ense of wine to the home of Us owner. His counsel asserted that sec tion three of the amendment, origi nally proposed by Senator Harding, plnced a limitation on tho action of the stalo legislatures and was there fore unconstitutional. "Wo find that proposal and ratifi cation of an amendment aro treated as succeeding acts in a common en deavor," the opinion said, "and there is a fair implication that they should be fairly contemporaneous." . In tho course of the decision, the court ruled formally that tho prohibi tion amendment went into ofrcct Jan uary 10. 1920. Dillon's nlleged of fense was on January 17, 1920. Article five of tho constitution makes nn limitation of the ratification period, the court said, and this sec tion covers the amending powers of congress. Congress hnd in mind tho fact that two proposed amendments had "lain, dormant for nlinost a century,ft"afler' they wero submitted, the court said, " nnd a majority of both houses "evi dently thought Homo limitation was necessary." ESTATE TAX HELD WASHINGTON. May M). Tha estate tax provided In the revenue act of 1910 was held valid today by the supremo court in passing upon the ap peal of executors of tho estate of the late J. llarsen Purdy of Now York. WASHINTON, Mny 1G. Estate taxes paid under state laws oahnot be deducted from the "net estate" Upon which a tax is affixed under the fede ral revenue net of 1916, the supreme court ruled today In affirming decrees of federal courts in New York In a ' suit brought by the executora of the.: estate of tho late J. Harscn Purdy. T.ONOOM. Mnv tfi TeloirfnnVi . n.l tclenhnne linen In tha Rt-IHuh Tula nnd throughout all northern Europe luivo been seriously Interrupted by the gioat mngnetic storm which vlr- tlinllV nnrIV7Pri wlro tranamlann In the I.'nited States Saturday night and Sunday. Cables between England and the United States were nffopteii mpIv this morning and transmission . was onniy delayed. The disturbance Is believed to have CftllHCri ft fire Which llnnfrnvn o phono exchange at Karlstad, a 8we- uinn lown nnouc itu mucs west or Stockholm. Tho buildlnn wns de stroyed. In effect, Mr. Wallace argued, "the . measuro proposes to set up a branch federal government, having jurisdic tion over certain properties and func tions In the territory of Alaska." "We have come to a time," Secre tary Wallace continued, "when eco nomic conditions should bring about a gradual development of Alaskan In dustries with a corresponding In- ' creaso In population. This develop ment should be on a sound basis and not tho result of temporary and reck . less exploitation of public property. "Hy creating an Alaskan board composed of representatives placed . there by each of the federal agencies active in the territory and of one or two permanent residents of Alaska, every proper purpose sought to he v accomplished by this measure could be brought about without jeopardising natjonnl and territorial Interests."