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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 65
Minimum today ;.4B
Precipitation 22
Predictions
Occasional showers
Pally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-Firm Year.
MEDFORD, OREO OX, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1921
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EXAMPLE OF
; MI. CURIE
U WORLD NEED
President Harding in Present
, ing Gram of Radium to Emi
nent Polish Scientist, Ex
presses Hope Principle of
Radio Activity May Yet
Dominate World Relations.
'WASHINGTON', May :0. A gram
o.' radium purchased by the contribu
tions or thousands of merlcun wo
men, was presented by President
-Harding toduy to Madame Curie, the
eminent Polish scientist, as a token
o!' the nation's appreciation ot her
accomplishments and as- an earnest
expression ot American interest in the
advancement of science and humani
tarlanism. At the same time the president ex
pressed a fervent hope that the
scientific principle' of radio-activity
ery of radium might be found to dom
inate also the relations of mankind
In the present world crisis, so that
the yearnings and aspirations of the
many may radiate a new spirit of
service to the soulsy of chosen lead
ers: ; -r-'"
Presentation at White House
. - PornmV-presentatioirof the gift to
. Mme. Curie who came to this country
expressly -to receive it, was made at
Mme. Marie Curie
Of.VRtGHTKtVHeHtJ.llWCO., NiW.VOflK
Foremost woman scientist and co
discoverer with her late husband, of
radium.
the White House at a ceremony at
tended by high officials of the gov
ernment and by a committee of those
responsible for raising the purchase
fund of $100,000. The radium will
be used to continue research wok for
prevention of disease. ' '
President Harding paid tribute to
the personal attainments of the dis
tinguished visitor to the spirit of wo
manhood typified by her and to the
national traditions which lie behind
her native Poland and her adopted
country, France.
"We greet you as foremost among
scientists In the age of science, as
leader among women in the genera
tion which sees woman come tardily
Into her own," said the president.
"We greet you as an exemplar of lib
erty's victories in the generation
wherein liberty has won her crown
(Continued on Pan Eight)
LAST SIOUX
CHIEF,
CANNONBALL; X, D.y .May 20.
With all the ceremony " Recorded a
chieftain In bygone day Albert Crass,
21, last chief of tho. Dakpui Sioux In
dians will be buried today. Mingled
with the Indian services- will be the
modern rites of the American Legion
and a religious-ceremony. at the local
catholic church.
The final resting place for the young
chief, who was killed in battle while
with the American expeditionary
Mrs. Lane Refuses to
Scatter Ashes of Late
Husband to Winds
CHICACiO, May 20. The
ashes of Franklin K. Lane,
former secretary of the interior,
who died at Rochester, Minn.,
recently, will not be taken to
the top of Kl Capital! peak in
the Yosemite valley and scatter-
ed to the winds, as requested by
Mr. I.ane.
Mrs. Lane, the widow, today
a nnounced that the family had
abandoned Vho plan despite Mr.
Lane's request as they looked
on it as sacrilege.
The remains will be held here
pending final disposition which
will not be made until friends
of the family have been consult-
ed, Mrs. Lane said. She will
leave tonight for Washington to
consult friends there.
Marine Workers Throw Fili
pino Members of Crew Into
Columbia U. S. District
Attorney Gets Inunction
Against Picketing.
PORTLAND, 6Ye., May .20. Marine
strikers and sympathizers here last
night attacked members of the crew
of the steamer Coaxet which is load
ing here and threw some Filipino
members of the crew Into the Willam
ette river, according to affidavits pre
sented today to United States District
Attorney Lester W. Humphreys by J.
II. Plltz, fleet captain of the shipping
board. Humphreys said that on the
basis of the affidavits he would ask
for an injunction in federal court this
afternoon against picketing on the
waterfront. The injunction later was
granted.
Fourteen affidavits from sailors,
shipping board officials and other fed
eral officials were in the hands of Dis
trict Attorney Humphreys, telling of a
series of clashes on the waterfront.
One affidavit declared several Fili
pinos returning to the Coaxet last
night were attacked by pickets, and
officers said they had information that
some of the Filipinos were thrown Into
the water.
One affidavit charges 700 sacks of
mall for the Far East were being de
layed as a result of the strike.
NEARLY 20 INCHES
The rainfall from 8 a. m. Thursday
to 8 n. in. today was .L'2 of un Inch,
making .r4 of an inch since the pres
ent storm started In hist Sunday. It
continued to ra in tod ay, and occa
sional showers is the prediction for
tonight and Saturday.
The total rainfall in the Medford
vicinity since September 1 last, up to
this morning was 19.79 inches, whirl)
is about double the amount that feiJ
here during the same period last year,
but is less than the amount that has
fallen near Talent, which two days
ago was 20. 2C inches. J'rof. Reinier
of the Southern Oregon Kxperiment
station said yesterday that, there, was
more soil moisture in the valley now
than for the past ten years.
The heavy fall of rain this week
has placed most of the rural roads of
the county in had condition again.
KILLED IN FRANCE
OF THE TRIBE
forces in France in 1B18, will be Holy
Hill, a spot sacred to the Indians
where the last great sun dance of the
Sioux was held. Grass' body reached
here from France this week.
The White Horse Uiders hail charge
of the ceremonies, consisting mainly
of chanting dances which lasted thru
out the night. The White Horse Rid
ers is composed of middle-aged war
riors who had won membership In the
organization many years ago through
especial bravery,
PORTLAND SHIPSI
STRIKERS DRIVE
MEN OVERBOARD
HARVEY
NOT DECENT
Democratic Senator Severely
Arraigns Maiden Speech of
New U. S. Ambassador in
London -Flings at Wilson
Discreditable Performance
' League Is Condemned.
"WASHINGTON, May 20. Ambas
sador Harvey's Pilgrim's dinner nd
dress yesterday in London wus de
scribed today by Senator Hitchcock
of Nebrasku, leader in the fitfht for
the ratification of tho treaty ot Ver
sailles in the senate, as "a discredit
able perform a nee.' '
Senator Hitchcock went on to say
that "Colonel Harvey's flings at for
mer President Wilson were Indecent,"
and that "Colonel Harvey's analysis
of the motives which led tho L'nited
Stp$$V enter the war is a discredit
$le p&fto
.;oionci j-iarvcy s ciescripon ot an
Anglo-American nllianee In the vis on
of Krittania and Columbia .hand in
hand for mutual benefit, hardly ex
presses the aspirations of the Ameri
can people," lie asserted, -
LONDON, May 20. Newspapers of
this city feature this morning the ad
dress made last night by George Har
vey, the l'nited States ambassador U
Great Britain nt a dinner given by
tho . Pilgrims. Announcement was
made by Mr. Harvey that he had been
directed Jjy-.tbo atoto ' department in
Washington to represent America at
the proposed meeting of the supreme
council at which the Sileslan (U cation
is to be considered, and he. declared
that the United States under no pos
sible circumstances would be lead into
participation in the League of Na
tions. Only two or three newspapers
commented editorially upon the. am
bassador's speech, apparently because
of the late hour at which Mr. Harvey
spoke. Three journals cordially wel
comed the ambassador's expressions
of friendship and his frankness, and
commended his address in general.
EUGENE SELECTED
.1922
ALI1ANY, Ore., Mny 20. Tho Ore
gon Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows lti
session hero yesterday started a move
to get the sovereign grand lodge for
Portland In 1925.
M. It. Diggs of Prineville was elect
ed grand mnster of the grand lodge
for the ensuing year. E. E. Sharon
of Portland was re-elected secretary
for the 28th eonsecuflve term. Dr. O.
1. Doane of The Dalles was chosen
treasurer for the 3 9th consecutive an
nual term. Dr, A. H. Johnson of
'orllaml, retiring grand waster was
elected representative to the sover
eign grand lodge for a term of two
years.
Other officers elected and ap
pointed are: Deputy grand master,
S. F. Bowman of Pendleton: grand
warden, John Aschlm of Tillamook:
grand marshal, M. L. Watts of
Athena: grand conductor, V. T. Jack
son of Koscburg; grand guardian, K.
Lee "Wood of Lebanon: grand mar
shal, Julian Byrd ot Jturns: grand
chaplain, Henry Young of Nyssa, re
appointed for the third time; trustee
of Odd Fellows', home, H. J. Taylor
of PeVidleton, re-elected.
Eugene was chosen ns tho conven
tion city for next year.
The Kehckah nssembry completed
its annual election by choosing Mar
garet Alllngham of Portland, Nettle
Arnos of Lebanon and Sarah McClure
of ltGrnnde trustees. Appointive of
fices In the assembly were named and
Installed as follows: Grand marshal,
Olive F. Fry of Grants M'ass; grand
chaplain, Kstella Weed of Portland:
rand conductor, Mrs. Willetts of Cot
tage Grove, grund Inside guardian.
Etta Sanderson of Freowater: grand
outside guardian, Josephine Trask of
Corvallis.
The grand lodge enacted legislation
providing for the election of a hoard
of grand trustees to handle tho en
dowment fund. The trustees elecetd
to fill these new positions were For
est L. Hubbard of Itakcr for a term
of three years: W. A. Carter of Port.
and for two years and William A.
Morand of Poring for one year.
All five of tho proposed amend
ments to the constitution of the grand
lodge, which were submitted at last
years convention at Daker, were
voted down.
Alameda Navy Base
s Draws Fire From
Democrat Senators
WASHINGTON", May 20. The
Alameda, Cal., supply base pro
ject as proposed In the naval ap
propriation bill, came in for stiff
opposition today during debate
on the measure in tho senate.
Senator Robinson, democrat,
Arkansas, asked the reason, for
development of such a projectj
"at a cost of hundreds, of. mil
lions of dollars," and said con
struction of the base would he
followed by a demand for a new
naval base and would indicate
abandonment of the Mare Island
yard at a not-distant date.
Senator Poindexter, republican
Washington, denied that hun
dreds of millions of dollars would
be expended and declared there
was no Intention of abandoning
tho Mare Island yard.
E
AGATE
i:
I y i . S 1- ... ..
J. w . Gruetter, assayist and clieinisi
of Agate, fell completely flat when
the state hoard of health report of
the analysis of the brain and stom
ach of Mrs. Minnie Uruetter was re
ceived by the county prosecutor's of
fice. ;t
This analysis showed that there
was no poison In tho stomach, other
than that contained In the embalm
ing fluid, and that a lesion of the
brain was found, which tends to back
up the first designation of the cause
of death as due to epilepsy. .
The conclusion In the official ro
port reads as follows:
"No poison was found In tho tis
sues ot Minnie Crueller save four
volutlte poisons present in the sam
ple of embalming fluid furnished. A
cerebral hetuorruge was found suffi
cient to explain the convulsive symp
toms and death." .
When this report was received late
yesterday Assistant County Prosecu
tor George Codding and John H. Cur
kin, attorney for Crueller, went be
fore Justice of the Peace Taylor,
where the former asked to have the
murder charge dismissed, which was
done at once, and Gruetter was then
released from the county jajl, when;
he had been a prisoner ever since his
arreBt on May 1 1 til, Ander $25,000
ball.
Gruetter was largely responsible
for his recent embarrassment, thru
the fact that it Is claimed he refused
to allow a post mortem examination
to be nftde on the body of his wife,
after her death early in May, al
though it was explained to him that
the cause wus not known by the at
tending physician and that the Kil
ter was somewhat puzzled over the
illness and death.
Then came James Ttomgardner, the
Josephine county miner and former
husband of Mrs. Gruetter, with his
request thut the authorities make a
thorough examination into the case
BASEBALL SCORES
National
R. II. E.
Chicago 0 13 1
New York ! 10 10 1
flatteries: Jones, Vaughn, Martin
and OFarrell; Toney, Perritt, Sallce
and Snyder.
Cincinnati 5 14 4
P-oston 4 9 If
Untterles: Coiunbe and Wlngo; Mc
Quillan, Scott and O'Neill.
Pittsburg 3 7 1
Brooklyn 2 5 2
latteries: Hamilton and Skiff; Cn
dore and Taylor. ,
St. Louis 3 7 0
Philadelphia 4 8 2
Hal terles: IJoak, Itivcrle and dem
ons, Dllhoefer; King anil llruggy.
American
, It. 11. E.
Boston 2 6 2
Detroit :...12 1j 0
Latteries: Meyers, Bush, Fullerton
and Kuel, Walters; Ehmke and Bass-
ler.
Philadelphia 3 5 l
Cleveland .....16 17 0
Batteries: Harris, Naylor and Walk
er; Malls and O'Neill.
New York 6 13 0
Chicago 6 11 3
Batteries: Mays, Sheehan and
Schang; Kerr and Schalk.
Washington .: 4 7 1
St. Ixmls 5 8 0
Batteries: Johnson and Plcinlch;
Davis and Severeld.
STATEOFWAR
DECLARED IN
W. VIRGINIA
Governor Morgan Issues Proc
lamation of Martial Law
Labor Leader Answers By
Calling llon-Union Walkout
Shipment of - Rifles Re
ceived By State Police.
CHARLESTON. W. Va., May 20.
Ciovornor Morgan today Issued a proc
luiiiatlou declaring martial law In
Mingo county, the scene of Industrial
strife for more than a year.
What has been termed a "lock out
strike'" has been In progress In the
coal minus ot the Mingo field Tor al
most a year and, according to the
governor's proclamation " a state of
war. Insurrection and riot is and has
oeen for some time In existence."
Soon after the governor's procla
matton appeared Charles F. Keeney
president of district 17 l!nit..i uiil,
rtvtiMkprs of America In ft Kimwwl
millers in the Mingo field to strike
and promised them union benefits
while they were idle.
WILLI AMSAN, W, Va., Mny 20.
ueterminatlon of the Mingo couim
authorities to preserve order in tho
upper Tug rivor valley mining region
took tangible form today when sev
eral hundred rifles were received bv
Captain lJrockus, commanding the
ataio poiico in this region. Thnv
were taken to the court liouso wlieru
business and professional men who
yesterday took the oath as special
stute policemen were waiting to ro-
ceive them.
T
Two Indictments have been returned
by the grand jury to date: against Joe
Bromley, charged with forgery and
w. j. Hoyd, charged with passing
torgeu evidence of debt.
The grand Jury began sessions Inst
Monday, and are now engaged in delv
ing into the Bank of Jacksonville fail
ure. This work was hpgun In earuest
Thursday nfternoon. It Is now expect
ed that their deliberations will ho con
cluded before early next week. W. H.
Johnson, former cashier of the defunct
institution will appear, before the
body. A great mass of data Involving
the tnnglcd affairs of the hunk have
been gone over. All the bank indict
ments re-submitted will be returned
by the grand jury In corrected form.
The sessions of the petit Jury will
ue caned next Monday.
ASHLAND TODAY
The Medford high school baseball
nine will meet the Ashland high team
on the old Court Hnll diamond at 2:U0
tomorrow afternoon In the fourth
game of the Medford-Ashland series
this season. This afternoon tho homo
boys will play the Granite City tenm
at Ashland. Medford ball fans are
expecting victory for the home con
tlngent In theso games because of
the strong showing In tho Kt. Jones
ganio Inst Monday nnd the Improved
nining and fielding work of its meni
tiers In recent workouts. Althouiih
Couch Kluin Is noncommittal as to the
outcomo of the series, ho admits that
tho local, boys havo been showing
nioro class lately and should form
strong opposition for tho Ashland
team.
BERLIN. May 18. (Bw Associated
Press.) Eltel Frlcdrlch. second son
of former Emneror William, wm frutnv
found guilty of Illegally exporting cap
ital to Holland through the firm 'or
Philllppsohn, Grusser and company..: '
In consideration of the fact that he
did not act through dishonorable, mo
tives, however, Eltel Frledrlch ' was
fined 6000 marks only. ' r'
WASHINGTON, May 19. President
Harding motored to Fort Meyer across
the Potomac river from Washington
today and reviewed the third cavalry
as pari of a celebration commemorat
ing Ihe 7Sth anniversary of tho regi
ment's organization.
36 Destroyers, Three
Cruisers, to Search
Sea for Navy Tug
SAN P1EGO, Cal., May 20.
Six divisions of destroyers, total
ling 3ti ships, and the cruisers
Charleston, Salem and Birming
ham left port this morning to en
gage in an extended search for
truce ot the missing tug Conesto
gu, last heard from when it sailed
March 27 from Mare Island for
Hawaii. The 31) ships leaving
port this morning were under
orders from Admiral Hugh Hod
man, commander In chief of the
Pacific fleet, to make n search
extending from a point 200 miles
south of here to far out into the
ocean. Search for the Conestoga
Is believed to havo been prompt
ed by tho finding of a life, boat
thought to belong to tho missing
tug and which was picked up by
the captuiu of the steamship Sen
ator several days ago off the
Lower California coast.
Governor 6f One Province Tells
General Wood People Satis
fied With U. S. Rule Other
Provinces Want Only a Pro-
, tectorate.
.MJUAOAN. Isabella Province, T: I.,
May 20. I)y the Associated Press)
The people ot lsnbellu province are
satisfied with American rulo and not
worrying nbout independence, Gov
ernor l'uscual Pngiiiiignn, of Isabella,
today told Major General Leonard
Wood member of President Harding's
mission to tho Philippines to investi
gate conditions in the islands.
The governor snld that the people
arc prosperous. and contented nnd are
satisfied to continuo under Amcrlcnn
rule until the United States govern
ment is ready to grnnt independence.
General Wood arrived yesterday.
I-ie will continue northward to Apparl,
tho northeast seaport of Luzon Island,
84 miles from here.
General Wood made the 71 -mile
Journey from Hayombong yesterday
by automobllo and launch. The larg
est crowd mot sineo leuving Manila
lines the hills to greet tho party.
Everywhere along tho routo yester
day tho American flag was promi
nently displayed. One of the stream-ei-s
of greeting read:
"Welcome Wood-Forbes, give us
Independence."
Stopping at tho towns of Sun llano,
Exhague und Cauayan, and various
villages yesterday, Gonerlil Wood
questioned natives concerning Inde
pendence Ideas and upon local condi
tions. Ho asserted he found content
ment generally.
Many officials and other speakers
asked for independence, but with nn
American protectorate.
A fiance was given here last night
In honor of the pnrty.
Seattle Party Arrives.
MANILA, May 19. Twenty mem
bers of the commercial commission of
tho Pacific Northwest, principally
from Seattle nnd Tacoma, arrived to
day on the trans-Paclftc liner We
nntrhce. They will re-embark for
the United States Saturday.
James S. Gibson, chairman of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, de-
lared that It is highly Important to
establish more American steamship
lines nnd draw the Philippines closer
to tho Pugct Sound region.
"It Is certain that Manila, If natu
ral topographical advantages are
properly developed, will become the
the clearing house for a tremendous
traffic between the United States and
the Orient," Gibson said.
MANILA, May 10. One hundred
nnd thirty-nine Filipino athletes
sailed for Shanghai today to compete
In tho Far Eastern Olympiad May 25,
to Juno 4.
:
FILIPINOS NOT
SUSPECT TELLS POLICE HE DOES
NOT EVEN KNOW
.' JERSEY CITY, N. J., May 20.
Uuiseppe DeFillppo, charged with
conspiracy to ' destroy the United
Slates assay office In New York In
connection with the Wall street explo
sion last September, today was held
without hall for a hearing May 26,
by United States Commissioner Chas.
E. Hendrickson.
Ue FIllppo, who was identified
POLETANGLE
Germany's Assurance That No
Troops Will Be Dispatched
to Silesia Quiets Excitement
in Paris Present Exchange
Rate on Indemnity to Be In-,
sisted Upon. ,;
PARIS, May 20. Of tho 150,000,
('00 marks In gold representing Ger
many's first payment to the repara
tions cmumisisou, 140,000,000 In for
eign currency,' bills of exchange and
notes will be converted into dollars,
nccordlng to the Temps. The other
10,000,000 marks will bo shipped di
rect from Berlin to ParlB.
Germany will he credited ftt the
rate of exchange obtaining on the day
the transfer is made nnd not at the
rate prevailing May 13, as she' sug-
PARIS, May 20. Premier Briand
ot France is opposed to a meeting ot
the supreme allied council to discuss
the Sileslan question until the Inter
allied commission In Silesia . has
reached an agreement and submitted
a report. : . :
Assurances that Germany .would,
avoid Interference in the Sileslan ple
biscite area and that shipments of
arms and ammunition across the SU
osiun frontier would be stopped, Bly
en to the Spanish ambassador at BB1V
lip by Joseph Wlrth, the German
chancellor, yesterday, served to. d-
crease the tension over the Sileslan
question here today. . , .-'
Announcement is made by ministry
of liberated regions that Germany
will soon begin the delivery of wood
en houses to be erected In the devas
tated zone of northern France.
Germany will furnish 25,000 of
these houses, which will be . some
what similar to portable houses seen
in American beach colonies, but built
more solidly and constructed so they
will be waterproof. , i -; ',
LONDON, May 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The food shortage!
in Upper Silesia has reached a crisis
of a magnitude considered likely to
cause further disorders unless It Is
relieved shortly, according to advices
reaching official circles here. Inter
changes are proceeding among . tho
allied governments In an attemptto
relieve the situation before the meet
ing of the supreme council which is
to tuko up the Sileslan question. , '
It Is considered probable that rep
resentations will be made to Germany
that the payment of the workmen In
Upper Sileslu. held up by the refusal
ol German interests to transmit funds
Into the district be begun Immediate
ly In an effort to stabilize condition
there.
BABY SENT TO JAIL
WITH GUILTY MOTHER
(By International News Service.)
BOSTON, May 20 In Imposing a
sentence of eight years upon . Mrs.
Carmollo Frucci, of Norwood, who shot
and killed her husband. Judge "Walter
P. Hall, in the Dedham superior court,
directed that the woman's two-months
old baby should be taken to. jail by Its,
mother. ; '
The woman's three sons, Frank,
aged thirteen; John, aged eleven, and
Chnrlos, aged eight, hysterically rush,
ed to their mother's arms and bade
her good-bye In the courthouse berore
her removal to prison. ' ; . ' ,
WHERE ILL SKIS
yesterday by five persons as the driv
er of the wagon of explosives believed
to have caused the disaster, was for
mally given into custody of the fed
eral authorities today.1 .
Asked by Commissioner Hendrick
son If he desired to make a statement
De Fillppo said: . - . -. '
"I know nothinc of It. 1 never
heard of the explosion. I doti'l know
where, Wall street la."
El