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MEDFORD, OREGON', THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1921
NO. 50
JUSTICE OF
SUPREME C
KM 16
Edward Douglass White, Chief
Justice U..S. Supreme Court,
Succumbs Following Opera
tion Last Friday Taft and
Sutherland Are Mentioned
Among Possible Successors.
. WASHINGTON', May 19. Pres
ident Harding turned toduy from the
world wide problems that crowded
upon him long enough to carry in
person to the sorrowing family word
of his own and the nation's grief in
the death of Edward Douglas White,
chief justice of the United States.
Accompanied iiy Mrs. Harding, the
president drove to the White resi
dence and his military aide, Colonel
Sherrlll, curried their cards to the
door, to be received by Justice White's
niece who came out to the White
House car and talked briefly with the
distinguished visitors. Meanwhile
messages of sympathy and grief were
pouring In from all parts of the na
tion, even of the world.
. WASHINGTON, May 39 Funeral
services for the late Edward Douglass
White, chief justice of the United
States, who died early today at a hos
pital here, will be private, it was an
nounced today. They will lie held
Saturday 'morning at St. Matthews
Catholic church and will be conducted
by the rector, the Might llev. Monslg
nor Lee. Interment will be in Oakhill
cemetery, Georgetown.
Justices of the supreme court will
net as honorary pall pearers and mem
bers of the cabinet and other high gov
ernment officials will attend.
' As a mark of respect to the lalo
chief justice, the senate( where he
served a brief term, adjourned today
immediately after convening, follow
ing announcement by Senator Cum
mins, president -pro tem, of Mr.
White's death,' and a brief eulogy by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the
republican leader.
The house was not In session today,
having adjourned yesterday until to
morrow. Senate Resolutions
The senate adopted a resolution pro
viding for a committee to represent It
at the funeral. The committee includ
ed Senator Lodge, Senator Underwood
of Alabama, the democratic leader,
Senators Ransdell and Hroussard of
Louisiana, Mr. White's native state;
and Senator Nelson, republican,
Minnesota, and Overman, democrat,
North Carolina, chairman and ranking
democratic member, respectively of
the' senate judiciary committee.
Senator Lodge said a "loss had be
fallen the country," in the death of
the chief justice.
"He filled one of the greatest offices
which it is permitted to a man to
hold," said Senator Lodge. "The late
chief justice honored this place as
much as the office honored him. Ho
was devoted to his work, learned in
the law, high minded, impartial, al
ways fearless in every zone of life and
a lover of his country in every fibre
of his being.
"His modesty was equal to the
greatness of his place and no one who
knew him, I believe, ever spoke of him
without some accompanying word of
affeciion."
Operation Friday
WASHINGTON, May 19 The-death
here early this' morning of Edward
Douglass White, veteran chief justice
of the United States supreme court
cast a shadow of sorrow today over
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YAKIMAS GARDEN OF
LE
YAKIMA, Wash., May 19. Suits
brought against Mrs. Eva Harper, the
"Island Queen" of Palmito Del Verde
off the coast of Mexico, have been
dropped by W. L. Shearer and Sam
Patterson following settlement of
their claim against her.
Shearer and Patterson, with about
300 other Yakima residents, bought
land on the island, which was repre
sented as a tropical garden of Kden.
In all. according to Mrs. Harper, about
34,000 acres of the land were sold to
valley residents at a cost of about
2'0,0A0.
Shearer and Patterson In the suit
Oregon Rivers Rise,
12,000 Acres Flooded
In Eastern Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore., May 19.
The Columbia and Willamette
rivers and other streams in the
Columbia basin continued ris
ing today due to ruins and warm
weather melting snow in the
foothills. Reports from eastern
Oregon tell of 12,0110 acres be
ing flooded in the vicinity of
Union, where Catherine creek
has inundated farms.
, Lower dock levels were flood
ed here today with the Willam
ette at 17 feet and the weather
bureau predicted a stage of
19.9 by Sunday. At The Dales,
the Columbia was 30.5 today.
The flood stage is 4 0 feet. Re
ports from the upper reaches of
the Columbia forecast further
rise.
State Dept. Makes New Ruling
on Importation of Liquor
Through Legations and Em
bassies Stringent Rules
Announced.
WASHINGTON. May 19. (I!y Asso
ciated Press.) The stato department
has taken steps to guard more closely
the only avenue by which alcoholic
liquors for beverage use may enter
the country. In a communication to
the heads of the embassies and lega
tions the department outlined new
regulations governing the issuance
and use of certificates under which
members or employes of the missions
may obtain liquor shipments, amend
ment of existing rules apparently be
ing for prevention of misuse of certifi
cutes.
The state department's communica
tion said to the chiefs of missions it
has the honor to inform the privileges
will not continue except as hereinbe
low, the certificates for use in the
matter of clearing consignments (of
liquor) intended for the personal use
of members of the missions.
"The secretary of state begs to in
form the chiefs of missions that he
will be glad if. when making requests
for the free entry of such consign
ments, they will, whenever it is neces
sary to send a representative to clear
them, advise the name or names of
the respective missions which have
been designated to receive the con
signment. The department of state
will then issue a certificate to be used
in that specific instance. The name:
of the person designated should ap
pear either in the diplomatic list or in
the list of employes In the embassies
and legations in Washington not print
ed in the diplomatic list. When the
consignment shall have been cleared
and brought to Washington the useful
ness of the certificate will cease and
the secretary of state has the honor to
request that it be returned to the de
partment of state.
"The secretary of state also has the
honor to request that nil certificates
previously issued to members of the
stnffs of missions and employes there
of may be returned to the depart
ment." Crude Oil Down Again
Pittsburg, May p. The price of
Pennsylvania crude oil was reduced
from $3.50 to $3.25 a barrel, it was
announced today by oil purchasing
agencies here.
EDEN PROVES TO BE
they brought, asked that she return
to them (448 and $700 which they bad
paid down for their properties and
cancel their notes for $1400 and $3:197.
delimited in a Toppenish bank. They
asserted that the land had been mis-
represented and was anything but a
J paradise and that in addition -Mrs.
Harper did not have and could not
Igive clear title to the properly.
It is understood that the two men
l lose the payments already made but
i that their notes are cancelled. A num
ber of Yakima colonists are now on
the property and other suits are pend
Ing.
HUGHES ENTERS
FIGHT AGAINST
DRY VIOLATORS
THER
E
. . A.
Japanese Admiral En Route to
United States Declares Se
rious Trouble Between Japan
and America Is Impossible
Friendship Desired.
HONOLULU, May 19. There will
bo no conflict between the United
States and Japan, It was declared by
Admiral Sotokichl Uri of the Japan
ese navy and R. Nakanlshl, chairman
of the parliamentary party from the
Japanese diet which left here today,
continuing a journey to the United
States.
Admiral Uriu and the Japanese
diet members were guests at a hun
quet here lust night by Chinosuko
Yada, Japanese consul general.
"I believe in less diplomacy and
more get-together spirit," said Ad
miral Uriu. "There never will be any
serious trouble between our two
countries. If you got to the bottom
ot all things, I think you will find
that our hearts are just the same us
yours."
Chairman Nakanlshl declared:
"All difficulties between Japan
and America are due to misunder
standings but in all of them there is
no reason for conflict between the
two countries. I hope from my
heart that the intelligent citizens of
America will assist and co-operate
with us In the foitture.
Consul General Yada, host at the
banquet, said:
"Japan has nothing for its pur
pose other than cultivation of its
own destiny, and, in accomplishing
that purpose, Japan realizes with all
sincerity the importance of maintain
ing; the traditional friendship with
the Unltp.d Stales."
The Japanese parliamentary party
is proceeding to the United States
to study parliamentary conditions,
and affairs In general.
Admiral Uriu, graduate of Annapo
lis naval academy In 1XX1, is going
to Annapolis, to attend a class reun
ion. SACHAMENTO, Cal., May 19.
Steps will be taken, through Attor
ney General U. S. Webb and officers
of the Japanese Exclusion league of
California to test the right of Jap
anese under the treaty between th
United States and Japan to buy cltv
property, it was stated here today by
State Senator J. M. lilman. Senator
Inman spoke as chairman of a com
mittee of Sacramento residents ap
pointed at a meeting last night to
protest against the recent purchase
by a Japanese in the exclusive resi
dence district of the city.
ARRIVE !N UN
The advance contingent, of 22 men.
who will lie fltationed at the Med ford
base of tho government air forest pa
trol for the 1 02 1 summer and fall sea
son arrived here by train last evening
from Mather field. In the party were
1 1 men under command of Sergeant
Kcknmn. Much of the equipment
also nrilvetl during the day by freight
train.
The men were rather disappointed
t.o not find Lieutenant? Samuel Car
ter who will ho in charge of the Med
ford base awaiting their arrival. The
lieutenant and Lieutenant Maxwo1:,
who will be stationed at the Kugene
bane, started by airptane yesterday for
Medford and paused the train bearirur
the party, en route, but It frt pre
sumed hfid to turn back because of
tho heavy eloudH over the Siskiyou,
and are expoeted to arrive here as
soon as tho weather clears up.
Th rest of the Medford bane crew,
and the ships that will fly from this
base, a well as the ships that will ily
from Kugene, are expected to reach
this city within the next day or two,
the majority coming Friday, when the
state air. patrol service begins.
DEATH OF GIRL LEADS
TO DOUBLE SUICIDE
CLINTON, Iowa, May 19. Grief
stricken over the death of Miss Helen
Pnrthon of Dewltt, whose funeral was
held yesterday. Mrs. Carl Porthon
mother, and Albert Bowman, fiance
o," the dead girl, committed suicide
lust night. Their bodies were found
this morning.
It
NO JAP U
WAR
SAYSURIU
. O. O. F. Gains 2033
Members n Oregon
During Past Year
ALBANY, Ore.. May 19.
Final sessions were held here
yesterday by th
1. O. O. F.
grand lodge ml
,d the Rebekuh
assembly of Oregon, closing the
sixty-sixth Runuul convention of
the assembly.
A membership gain of 2033
since the convention of last year
was reported by Grand .Master
A. II. Johuson, who suid the to
: tal membership of all lodges in
Oregon is now 27,1 4 J.
Drill teams competed for
eight cups, of which four were
3 awarded to the best women's
and four to I ho best men's drill
teums.
Officers for the Past Presl-
dents' asosciation of the lie-
bekuh assembly elected this
year are: Mrs.xElla Metzger of
: Mc.Mlnnville, chairman; Mrs.
! Nellie Wuttenberg of Klamath
Falls, secretary1 and Miss A.
Helle Helcher ot LuFuyette,
! treasurer. 4
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STREET BOMB IS
NEW YOllK, May 19. A federal
warrant was issued today for Giuseppi
IleFillppo, llayonne, N. J., truckman
detained as a Wall street bomb plot
suspect, charging him with having at
tempted to destroy the United StateR
assay office.
The warrant was issued bv Commis
sioner Hitchcock on comptulnt of
Charles 11. Scully, head of the depart
ment of justice headquarters in this
city, who said DeFillppo hud been
identified by peverul persons as the
driver or the death cart that figured
In the explosion.
At the same time police announced
that Thomas Smith, retired fireman,
who several weeks ago identified Tito
Llgi, a Scruntou suspect, as a man be
bad seen tulklng to the driver of the
death cart, had told them DeFillppo
looked like the driver.
Identification of DeFillppo as the
bomb wagon driver, by three men was
"positive" and the department of jus
tice has no doubt it bus the right man
this time, it was announced at the de
partment's headquarters here.
GET LIFE TERM
THOMPSON' FALLS, Mont., May
19. Mrs. Mona May McCully, con
victed bv a iurv In district court here
of tho murder of her son-in-law, Leon
Richardson; and her hushund, Fred
McCnllv who nlcaricri eittltv last
night to a charge of murdering Rich
ardson, were sentenced by Judge
l.entz this morning to Ufa terms in
the state penitentiary.
National
R. II. E.
Cincinnati : 1 6 2
Boston 6 11 1
Ilatteries: Marquard. Brcnton and
Wingo; Watson and O'Neill.
Pittsburg 7 14 3
Brooklyn 5 10 'I
Butteries: Adams and Skiff; Smith
and Krueger.''
Chicago 5 0
New York 3 6. 8
Batteries: Cheeves, York and O'Far
rcll: Nchf, Douglas and Smith, Sny
der. American League.
II. H. K.
.11 HI 1
.4 7 2
Mulrennan,
Ncw York -
Chicago
Hoyt and Hclmng
Hodge, Davenport and Schalk
Yar-
yan.
. it. ir. e.
Boston 2 0 1
Detroit ...3 8 0
Thormuhlcti, Itussell and Huel;
Hulling, Middleton and Alnsmlth.
It. If. E.
Philadelphia ' 3 II 4
Cleveland 4 12 0
Perry and Perkins; Bughy and
O'Neill.
TACOMA, May 19. Martin Hottis;
65, who took up the present Bite of
the town of Alder aa a homestead,
committed s,ulcldc some time yestcr
day by laying on a stick of dynnmite
and exploding It. Ills head was torn
off. ,
A
ASHES
FRANK K. LANE
TO WESTWINDS
Request of Late Secy, of In
terior to Be Followed by
Family Body Cremated, tp
Be Scattered From El Cap
tain Peak.
rillCAO, May 10. Tho body of
Franklin K. Ium fonnci- HeoiWury
of the interim1 who died in llnrhxtor.
Minn.. yesterday was ortniateil hn
today and tho rrnmliiH will he taken
to tho top of Kl Captain u;ik in the
Yo.mMiiito valley. California, and .flat
tered to tlui winds in conipliant o, with
n request nut do by Mr. J.une prior
to his death.
Tielativps of Mr. I.nno explained- the
unusual request ly saying that he had
apetit nuieh of hift life1 in the Yo.se-
mlto reKion and had jrrown to love- It
so much that lie wished his remains
to he taken there when he died.
The body arrived here, UiLs morn
ng from Uoehe.sler and was imme
diately taken to (Jraoelund cemetery
for cremation. There were no fu
neral services, it not her request of
Mr. Lane's and only the. Immediate
family attended t tin cremation. The
body was accompanied by Mrs.
Kranklin K. Lane, the widow, and (1,
W. I-.ano, a brother.
Tho remains will lie taken west im
mediately, it was said.
Noblest of Americans.
CHICAGO. May in. The followim
message of condolence over tho death
of her husband was received today by
Mrs. Franklin K. Uino from Orosve
nor It. Clarkson, former director of
the council of national defense of
which Mr. Lane was a member, while
secretary of tile Interior.
"My deep and profound sympathy
goes to you, a sympathy pervaded by
the sense of losing the friendship of
one of the noblest anil most human
Americans of his time. From - the
early duyii of the war und of tho eouh
ell of national defense, of which your
husband was a vital member, he
always gave me counsel that was wise
and sustaining and remarkable in Its
understanding of the needs of the
country .and of our allies and, above
all, of the human heart In a time of
war. His courage was exemplified by
the blunt manner in which, on his
own Initiative, he told nliout the
actual losses caused by submarines
when we were hut half awake to our
part in the war. As illustrating his
vision 1 recall distinctly that in the
council or national defense meeting
of March 24, 1017 he said plainly thut
we would need 4,000,000 fighting men
and that wo should provide for thum
Immediately.
"He was a superb servant of tho re
public and no less so because ho was
ulwuys for tho under dog. Ills mem
ory should bo as warm and resonant
and as colorful as whs his own attl
tude toward life.
"GTlOSVEXOIl II. CT.ArtK8.ON."
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SPARKS FROM
TODAY'S WIRE
WASHINGTON, May 19. Appoint
ment or James M. Beck of New York
as solicitor general was announced to
day by Attorney General Duughorty.
TACOMA, May 19. Captain H. M.
Pierce, 74, one of tho best known hotel
men In the state, died at his home in
Olympla today. Ho was a Harvard
graduate and practiced medlclno in
Minnesota before coming to this state
32 years ago. He was a steamboat
captain on the west coast for two de
cades, NEW YOrtK, May 19. Kills Island
today was placed under strict quaran
tine because of the death there yester
day of a boy from typhus. The 1700
Immigrants were removed to the de
tention station. Kills Island will not
be re-opened for 48 hours It was stat
ed. WASHINGTON, May 19. The Im
migration restriction hill was signed
today by President Harding.
Serious Charges Are
Filed Against Air
Officials On Coast
CHICAGO. May 13. A tele-
gram supporting the charges of
alleged inefficiency here was re-
ceived today by C. CY Kversole,
the chief complainant, from
William H. Jones, air mall pi-
lot on the il'aciflc coast dlvis-
ion. The telegram was present
ed to the Investigating commit-
tee by Kversole.
Jones was formerly a dlrec-
tor of the Pacific Coast Aero
club. He stuted thut the same
conditions which were cited by
Kversole as obtaining In the cen-
tral division of the service ex-
Isted ou tho Pacific const.
Crashes because of defective 4
parts and had engines were fre- 4
fluent, said Jones, as were
drunkenness und Incompetency 4
on the part or officials.
4, .t. .. -
Chairrnan Benson Asks if Arbi
trary Power of Labor Lead
ers Is to Be Allowed to De
feat Purpose U. S. Merchant
Marine.
NEW YORK, May 18. Whether
the "arbitrary exercise of. power
under leaders' is to be permitted to
dufeat the purposo of tho American
people to maintain a .merchant marine
Under their , own flag is tho funda
mental issue lu tho present contro
versy. over reduction of nuirlnb wages,
Chairman Benson of tho shipping
hoard declared In an address late yes
terday before the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers.
Assorting the union heads had
shown an "uncompromising attitude"
on the question of the 10 per cent
wage reduction, and while presenting
ninny "irrelevant questions," had "re
fused even to discuss tho necessa:-y
wage reduction," Chairman Benson
reiterated his determination to insist
upon tho wage cut as "not only justi
fied, but Imperative."
"My appeal directly to the per
sonnel of tho merchant marine has
met with n very gratifying response,"
he said. "I have Hinted publicly -v.d
uguln. reaffirm tho Intention of the
shipping board to glvo fullest protec
tion, both now and after tho settle
ment ot tho controversy to all who
come to Its aid. ,
Reports Kiienuragliig.
"Reports from all ot our outlying
districts continue to bo encouraging.
A remarkable endorsement of the
shipping board has come through the
.reduction In marine wages which has
'just taken place In Great Brituln, the
British scale being reduced about
) 12.15 a month. As nearly us can be
estimated the uverago reduction ap
proximates tho 15 per cent reduction
proposed here.
When the present labor trouble
threatened a serious tleup of Amerl
can shipping, Chulrtnan Benson said
-'tho shipping hoard was faced with
tho, question of whether It should stop
Its advertising or go ahead full force.
It unhesitatingly choso tho latter
uoursc." he said. Tho results of tho
continued campaign of advertising,
tho chairman added, hnd borne out
that judgment.
"The new reduced wage sealo Is in
effect," the chairman said In conclu
sion, "and tile shipping board will
continue to niuko use of all Its re
niircH In keen Its shins movliiu and
prevent tho success of this effort to
idefent tho ncrmunent ro-establlsh
I ment of the American merchant ma
rine."
E
WIND JAMMERS.
WASHINGTON, Muy 1!). Early
witnesses today In tho tux hearings
before the senate finance committee
were subjected to grilling by Chair
man Penrose who declared the hear
ings hnd gone on too long already.
"That doesn't mean anything," the
chairman asserted when W. M. Clark
said he bad been authorized by the
four railroad brotherhoods to speak
for them but did not produce specific
credentials which the chairman bad
asked for.
Benjamin C. Marsh, asked for his
credentials, said he had represented
the Peoples Reconstruction league and
MS SCORED
FOR ATTITUDE
ON WAGE CUT
ARE
BLAMED FOR
POLE REVOLT
Daughter of Henry White,
Member U. S. Delegation at
Versailles Scores French
Tactics in Plebiscite Area
Briand Asks Why Germans
Should Have Coal. ,
LONDON', May 10. (By Associated
Press.) Order cannot he restored In
I'pper Silesia while General Lorond.
or any other Frenchman, commands
tho Inler-allled forces to whom is en
trusted the execution of the Versailles
treaty, said Countess Scherr-Thoss
who arrived yesterday with other ref
ugees who had escaped from the area
utrccted by the Polish insurrection in
the plebiscite area. The countess is It
daughter of Henry White, member Of
the American delegation at the Ver
sailles peace couferonce. v
"The French have permitted the
Poles to have arms," uho asserted,
"and assisted them in every possible
way lu their preparations for overrun
ning Upper Silesia. They even with
drew the. guards from railway bridges
so that the Poles could dynamite them
and cut off communication with Ger
many. .
Atrocities Committed
"In the country overrun by ' the
Poles persons of all classes who had
voted in favor ot Germuny were perse
cuted. Schoolmasters in particular
were attacked. . At Rauden, near Rati
bor, they tortured a schoolmaster to
death, and subjected his daughters to
horrible indignities. The aged Duke
and Duchess of Ratibor were robbed
and mistreated but were flnuliy- saved,
by Jtallun officers. ;., '. . . .V.
"After plundering the houses 'of
land owners and peasants, the Polea
burned and destroyed what they could
not carry away. Women and children,
fled before their advance In terror,
having been given no protection by
the French. Near Gogolln, where the
PoleB attempted May 13 to capture a
railway, a French Bergcnnt In full uni
form was found among tho dead left
by the retreating Poles."
Countess Scherr-Thoss conducted
women and children of forty families
from her home village of Kosnochau,
the journey being made in carls,"
Berlin Fears Danzig Raid
AMSTERDAM, May 19.- Accord Hie
to the Berlin Kreuz Zeltung there has
been a large movement of - PoJIsh
troops in the direction of Danzig In
the last few days. The newspaper
adds that a number of bridges over
tho Vistula river have been blowa;,un
and that the Germans believe a Polish
raid on Danzig is intended.;
LONDON, May 19. Information re
ceived in official circles regarding Up
per Silesia states that the Polish con
mil general at Beuthen has Informed
the inter-ullled plebiscite commission
that Adalbert Korfanty has issued a
proclamation to the people of Upper
Silesia to surrender their arms, re
sume work and avoid military contact
with the Hermans. He declares also
that 10,000 men have have been de
mobilized. France Reiterates 8tand ' ni t,
PAKIS, May 19. (By Associated
Proas.) Ftance insists upon the exe
cution of the Versailles treaty in draw
Ing tho frontier line between Germany
and' Poland in Upper Silesia, Premier
Briand declared last night Upon receiv
ing newspaper correspondents. He re
iterated his declaration ot last Satur-
f Continued on rM Right)
I
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FARMER IS GRILLED
the Farmers National council and that
he was speaking for more people than
"anybody who has been here."
"There's no evidence of that," Sena
tor Pcnroso retorted.
Senator Smoot, republican of Utah,
asked for details of the reconstruction
league. Mr. Marsh attempted to give
them and Mr. Smoot said: "Oh, you're
just one of those that farm the far
mers?" .
Later, Mr. Marsh attacked the muni
tion makers of the country as spread
ers of propaganda, j l
"Oh, cut that, out,"-exclaimed the
chairman, "we've heard tUat stuff over
and over again, i