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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 86
Minimum today 62
Predictions
Cloudy tonight.
Fair Wednesday.
"Dully Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Klfty-l-'lrst Year.
MEDFORD, OKKOOX, TUESDAY, JUNK 7, .1921
NO. GG
Medfo
il Tribune
DENVER IS
THREATENED
BY FLOOD
Rising of Platte River Floods
Western Part of City Po
lice and Firemen Called Out
Prominent Business Man
of Pueblo Killed by Guard
Death List Grows.
DENVER, June 7. Heavy ruins in
the mountains Inst night caused Iho
Platte river hero to swell again. Tho
: waters reached flood proportions in
lower West Denver and more than a
Hcoro of frame residences wero sur
rounded by water. Two feet of water
stood in west Colfax and Larimer
streets which were dry this morning.
Tho river's riso this morning wns
sudden. It rose Bcveral inches with
in a few minutes after officials had
expressed belief that nil danger from
tho Platte hero was over. Many basc
monts of warehouses in tho section
wore flooded at noon.
Firemen and policemen patrolled
the river, ,Tho guards strung along
nil bridges of tho Platto for several
miles in tho city. At eleventh and
Zunl streets tho Plntto attained a
width of more than threo blocks this
morning.
Twenty-four Inmates of a city hos
pital for women nt Mississippi unrt
Santa streets will bo removed this
uftornoon. Tho pollco this morning
roceived a call for help from tho in
stitution when tho waters flooded the
bnsement.
Mounted police have been dispatch
ed to tho west Eighth avenue district
to warn residents against tho ap
proaching waters. -
Known Dead 55.
PUEBLO. Colo., Juno. VlBy tho
Associated Press) KnoWn dead from
Friday's flood in Pueblo today totalled
fifty-five, threo bodies being taken
to the Fountain school, according to
reports of Red Cross officials. Forty
two bodies were at the morgues and
ten had been recovered on tho St.
Charles mcsn.
WASHINGTON. Juno 7. Ono mil
lion dollars would bo made imme
diately available for relief work in tho
flood district of Colorado under reso
lutions adopted simultaneously today
In tho senato and houso by Senator
Phlpps and Representative Hurdy,
both of Colorado.
Business Man Killed
PUEBLO, Colo., Juno 7. With the
recession of the flood waters of the
Arkansas river to a point which made
most of tho downtown streets and rail
road yards accessible, considerable
progress was expected to be made to
day In the work-of clearing tip the
streets and buildings and searching
for bodies.
Tho list .of known dead probably
will take a big Jump today," Captain
O. L. Dennis of Denver, commander of
the Colorado rangers said.
Aside from tho relief work nnd
cleanup of the city, inlornst centered
In the mysterious fatal shooting of
E. E. Withers, prominent business
mau as ho was riding home from the
gas plant in his automobile last night
with his son Volllo. Withers was shot
through the hoad, the top of his head
being blown off. An inquest was to bo
hold sometlmo today.
Withers had been commanded to
halt when tho fatal shooting occurred
and was bringing his car to a stop
when he was killed, according to his
son. Captain Dennis was inclined to
believe that tho shooting was the re
sult of the accidental dischargo of a
wcaK)ii in whose hands no one could
Buy today. i
Expect Death List 500
Med Cross officials at a meeting last
night, estimated that tho death list
(Continued on page six.)
F
E
WASHINGTON", June 7 Recent dis
patches from Manila declaring that
several Filipino business men were
preparing a memorial urging defer
ment of independence and that Igor
rotes were voicing opposition to Inde
pendence to the Wood Forbes mission
are attacked in a statement issued by
the press bureau of the Philippine mis
sion here.
The statement declares that the
Manila business men opposing inde
pendence are Americans and not Fili
pinos and that the Igorroto tribesmen
Hieroglyphics Show
Sennacherib Liked
His Own Home Brew
CHICAGO. June .7. Going
about knocking, down other
king's cities, when they failed to
"kiss his feet," was one of tho
playful habits of Sennacherib,
ruler of Egypt some 2.000 years
ago, according to cuneiform
tablets just placed on exhibition
at the University of Chocago.
Sennacherib kept a "diary" ot
his "playful habits." Tho big
stone slabs wore brought to
America recently, with other rec
ords of ancient Egypt, by Pro
fessor James II. Breasted.
"In my third campaign I
marched against the land of
Hatti (Palestine)." said Sonna
cherib in his "diary."
"Hezcklah himself I shut up
in Jerusalem like a caged bird."
Other tablets showed that
Sennacherib had a Cheops "jazz
band," a dromedary "toodlo"
and desert "home brew."
s
U. S. HYPHENATES
IyONDON, June 7. Rear Admiral
William Sims, U. S. IN., advised Brit
ons and Americans to disregard dan
gerous "propaganda circulated in
America by your enemies and ours,"
in addressing a luncheon of the Eng
lish Speaking Union here today.
In denouncing "American hyphen
ates" Admiral Sims said:
"I do not want to touch on the Ir
ish question for I know nothing
about it and I haven't found any
Englishman who docs. But there aro
many In our country who technically
are Americans, some of them natur
alized and some born thore, but none
of thorn Americans at all.
"They aro Americans when they
want money but Sinn Felners when
on tho platform. They aro making
war on America today.
"The simple truth of It is that they
have the blood of British and Ameri
can boys on their hands for the ob
structions they placed In tho way of
tho most efficient operation of the.
allied naval forces during tho war."
IVES T
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 7. Mrs.
Lyda Southard, charged with murder
of hor fourth husband, Edward F.
Meyer at Twin Falls, Idaho, arrived in
San Francisco today, from Honolulu
aboard the stcamor Matsouia on her
way to Idaho to stand trial. Sho is In
custody of V. II. Ormsby, a deputy
sheriff and his wife.
Mrs. Southard shielded her face
fiom photographers and declined to
talk to newspaper men who boarded
tho boat. Upon debarking she put on
tinted glasess and was heavily veiled.
Through preference sho was taken
to the-city jail hore rather than to a
hotel, for she did nof'want to be
bothered by newspaper men."
Late today the party will entrain
for the last lap ot the journey to
Twin Falls.
Klks filre ?10,IM)U
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Juno 7. Fred
C. Robinson, grand secretary of tho
Elks lodge, today wired J 10,000 to
Rush L. Holland, past grand ruler
at Colorado Springs as the grand
lodge's contribution for the relief of
Pueblo flood Biifforers. In his mes
sage .Mr. Robinson stated that fur
ther funds would be wired If needed.
10
F
who appeared before the Wood-Forbes
mission were not representative nor
many. The bureau has been advised
from Manila that the Igorrotes who
appeared were acting at the instance
of American missionaries.
"If congress will pass a bill granting
independence with the qualification
that a majority of the voters must
first add their approval." says the
bureau's statement, "it will be satis
factory to us. This is our answer to
the shopworn canard that the Filipino
people do not really desire Independence."
U.S.MEXICAN
poucy fiiiw
FORMULATED
Formal Announcement Made
Today of Harding's Attitude
Toward President Obregon
Relations With San Do
minico Also Included
Meican Note Received.
WASHINGTON, June 7. Announce
ment was made today at the state de
partment that negotiations with the
Dominican republic had reached the
point of decision and that a proclama
tion would be issued as soon as possi
ble to withdraw the military govern
ment of the United States and substi
tuting for It one of the people of the
republic.
WASHINGTON', Juno 7. Tho Amer
ican government has proposed a
treaty of amity and comity with Mov
ico, it was announced today at tho
state department.
"The fundamental question confront
ing this government," tho depart
ment's announcement said, "is the
safeguarding of American property
rights against confiscation."
It was added that the position taken
by the United States should not be
confused with any personality or ad
ministration but that an agreement
containing dcfinlto assurances in writ
ing by Mexico as a whole was sought.
When such assurances against con
fiscation are received, it was said,
there would no longer bo any question
of recognition. This statement of the
administration's policy toward Mexico
was agreed upon by President llnrd-Ing-and
his cabinet today.
WASHINGTON, Juno 7. Prcsldont
Ohregon's roply to tho American mes
sage setting forth the conditions upon
which the United States would consid
er recognition ot Mexico was expected
to be discussed at today's meeting of
President Harding's cabinet.
Unofficially it was said that Obro
gon wns not adverso to entering Into
a written agreement covorlng the
guarantees of tho safety of Americans
and American Interests hut until he
had threshed out tho question with his
cabinet ho could not take any definite
step.
MEXICO CITY, Juno 7. Mexico's
answer to the coimmmirallon from
the United 8tates relative to recogni
tion of tho present administration in
this country has been delivered to
Georgo T. Sumninrlln, American
charge d'affaires. This information
was received from President Obregon
last night.
Speaking with newspapermen, the
president said a communication had
been given Mr. Suinmerlin for trans
mission to Washington, and ho added
that tho notes passed between Wash
ington nnd this city cnostltutcd a
"mere exchango of Ideas on Interna
tional topics." .
STILLMAN CASE TO
NEW ROCIIELLE, N. Y., Juno 7.
Supreme Court Justice Keough today
limited until June 14 the stay which he
granted yesterday In tho Stlllman di
vorce caso. Opposing counsel then
agreed to resumo hearings before Ref
eree Glcason Juno 15, at Pougn
kccpsle. Justico Keough gnvo counsel for
Mrs. Anno U. Stlllman permission to
file an amende answer to her hanker
husband's complaint charging her
with infidelity. It was announced yes
terday that if this permission were
received a woman known only as
Clara would be named as an addition
al co-respondent.
In her original answer Mrs. Stlllman
named only Mrs. Florence A. Leeds, an
ex-chorus girl.
BY U. S. S. WILMETTE
ABOARD V. S. S. WILMETTE, (Hy
naval radio to the Associated Press)
June 7. The German submarlno U-97
was sunk this morning In Lako Mich
igan some 30 miles orf Chicago by the
four-Inch guns of tho V. S. 8. WII-niolte.
Ye College Student
Sends Washing Home
For Mother to Do
COLUMBUS. Ohio., Juno 7.
Hundreds of students nt Ohio
State university hero send their
washings homo. 4
These students Include a mini-
her who reside in distant parts
of Ohio.
A canvas covored box is used
In sending tho soiled Unetp
homo and back. Laundry hills
aro cut considerably through
this pructiso of letting mothers
do the work, these students say.
WIFE TO ERECT
T
(By International News Service)
CHICAGO, Juno 7, Second wives
have certain rights, according to
Judge Georgo F. Rush in circuit court.
These rights include tho liberty to
spend their dowries as they please.
Tho judge indicated ho would grunt
Mrs. Eva Pollack, a second wife, a
divorce because nor husband took hor
dowry away.
Mrs. Pollack testified Michael Pol
lack, tho husband had spent her
$1000 dowry to erect a monument over
tho grave of his first wife. Tho fact
that ho wanted to be buried under the
same monument with no space re
served for No. 2 only added to tho hit
ter's caso, according to tho court.
' Pollack incidentally knocked out
Mrs. Eva's front teeth when Bho ob
jected .o tho monument.
BASEBALL SCORES
DETROIT, Mich., June 7. Julio E.
'Mee, of Chicago, former University of
Illinois shortstop under contract to
Iho Detroit Americans, has been sent
to tho- Portland club of tho PaclHc
Coast league. Mee will report to Port
land nt once, it was Htiltnil Hn fu Rent
under an optional agreement for tho
remainder of tho season.
American
At New York: R. II. B.
Clevolnnd 2 5 2
Now York 9 8 0
Batteries: Covelcskie, Odenwald,
Morton and Ntinamuker; Shawkey and
Schang.
At Boston:
St. Iouis B 10 0
Boston 7 9 1
Batteries: Richmond, Palmero, Bur
well and Sovoreld; Bush, Thormahlen,
Russell and linel.
Chicago at Philadelphia game post
poned, rain.
National
At Pittsburg: R. H. K.
Boston in 15 2
Pittsburg 7 13 2
Batteries: Watson, Oeschger and
O'Neill: Zlnn, Yellowhorse, Morrison
and Schmidt.
At Cincinnati:
Now York .". 0 5 0
Cincinnati 6 13 3
Batteries: Benton, Nehf, Sallee and
Snyder; Marquard and Mnrgravo.
At Chicago:
Philadelphia 0 9 1
Chicago 8 12 2
Batteries: Hubboll, Baumgartner
and Bruggy; Freeman and Daly.
UUIIUUL
TAX AT MEETING
To the Editor: An opinion has just
been rendered by the attorney general,
I. H Van Winkle, concerning the new
budget law, passed by the last legisla
ture which affects school districts
throughout the state. This new budget
law reeals many of the provisions of
the old budget law and Introduces sev
eral other requirements which school
boards must meet before levying any
school tax.
It will not he iKissilile for any school
district In Oregon to vote a tax at the
annual school meeting. All districts
must await the new forms, a supply of
which will be sent you at an early
date. The new law may be found
under Chapter 118, General Laws of
Oregon for 1921.
Very truly yours,
J. A. CHURCHILL,
Supi. Public Instruction.
5 ELEMENTS
OF DANGER
FROMJAPAN
Charles Edward Russell Points
to Elements in Nippon That
Threaten Trouble Old Mili
tarists Thwarted By Rise of
Liberals, May Prefer War to
Loss of Power.
Hy CHAHI.KS l:l Alii) Kt'SSKI.I,
Special Correspondent or The .Mail
Tribune
Copywrlght, llisi, by Mail Tribune
TOKIO, Junu 7. Of course '.hero is
(in element here which believer .lap
all can lick the world and wants to
see Iter on the job, but ll-is country
has no monopoly of this brand of
maniac and world pest, has him in no
larger numbers and is no more likely
to take him seriously. 11m: '.here are
certain other elements, which ready
affect the chances of ponce or war
with tho United States, nnd since we
are trying to make a fair -iHthnnto of
those chances wo had better enumer
ate now the possible Hourt-es of
trouble.
1. The JnpnncHO political situation
has been so often illuminated to
American readers It must be generally
understood by this time. The two
great polttlcu! parties, Seiyu-kai and
Kensei-kal men nothing but ins and
outs. Tho real struggle is between
tho old militarists of the sort that
hnvo always ruled tho country and
the new so-called liberals or anti-
militarists. Those ore steadily gain
ing strength and are supposed to
threaten tile old control. To -keep a
grip upon tho throttlo valve the mill
turists are believed to be willing to
scaro tho country with the prospect of
war with the United States, or even, if
need be, provoke it.
Tho great navy program Is usually
ascribed In this way to tho maneuvers
of this old guard, trying to retain a
toe hold.
2. There Is, or is believed to be,
an element of Japanese statesmen
who, while not overlooking the ruin
that might be wrought by a war with
tho United States, believu Japan
should push to tho utmost its big
navy program until it has a navy so
powerful tho Utdted Slates would be
loath to have trouble with it. Then
Japan could go ahead with what la
believed to bo Us ulterior (and wick
ed) schemes In Asia, build up Its em
pire, absorb northern China, slum all
tho doors anil when tho United States
should protest Japan, dug In behind
its navy, would be In a position to say
"what aro you going to do about ll'i '
3. Tho jingo press and some of
tho press that Is not Jingo, but sees
there Is a good play In resenting the
incessant, unfair or unfounded nowa
pupcr attacks In America.
A Had Feature.
This Is a bad feature ot tho situa
tion and one difficult to deal with If
wo really caro to preserve the peace.
I don't know whoru tho anll-.lapnneso
press of America gets Its propaganda
material, but some of it is most pre
posterous and degrading nonsonso.
You can not blame a Japanese news
paper for bitterly resenting It or oven
retaliating upon It. Fair-minded ob
servers ure willing to admit that in
general tho tone of tho Japanese
newspapers. In view of tho extraord'
nary provocation they have received
has been more restrained than was to
have been expected, but some of them
have been firebrands and will be
worse if the sumo causes persist. And
ot course, thoro is no senso In mini
mizing the danger from this mouito
It would make danger In tho like con
ditions In any other country and will
here. Wo might profitably slop to
consider the conditions reversed Sup
pose Japan should pass a law exclud
ing American business men from
doing In Japan tho business all othen:
wero free to do, and mako tho ex
clusion on tho ground that Ameri
cans were unfit to associate with as
civilized equals. Wo can Imagine iho
sweet and gentle tone our pros would
take on.
4. No pcoplo on earth could mako
such a record ns the Japanese have
innde in, tho last 75 years without
some reactions of national pride It
is to the great credit of theso pooplo
that on tho whole they hnvo sno.vn
so much disposition to tuko Ihelr
achievements modestly. Hut to ex
pect thnm now to accept witli loviy
prostrations the theory Of Asiatic, Ir--feriority
on which all our anti-Japanese
legislation Is founded Is to go
beyond human nature. They believe
that before tho eyes of nil mankind,
they have disposed of that theory nnd
then don't want to hnvo It sprung
upon them now.
Miikmoh Are 1'rlendly.
Tho great manse of the Japanese
people are friendly to the United
States. They are not hungering for
war with anybody:' they sincerely
hope their government will avoid
troublo with America, their best cus
tomer. So far the blows they have
received In the face from the western
American states they regard with
much more surprise than anger. But
It might be well for us to understand
(CoptntP() on pngo gl.)
Railroad Laborers
Accept Reduction in
Wages Agreed Uvon
CHICAGO, J no 7. Members
ot tho train and englno service
brotherhoods on tho Denver and
Salt Lake railroad accepted tho
new reduced wago sralo recent
ly ordered by the railroad labor
board on certain railroads, ac-4-
cording t a decision of the
: hoard Issued today.
Because of the financial con-
t dition of tho road notice was
served nearly a year ago of a do-8-
slro to reduce wages. Tho em
fr ploycs refused to ncept tho cut
and tho caso was heard before
4- the hoard In April. Tho board's
decision today that, beginning
July 1, tho efefctlvo date of tho
wago reduction order, tho Den-
ver nnd Salt Lako would pay tho
reduced sale.
ZIONIST LEADER
IS FORCED
ADVERSE VOTE
CLEVELAND, Juno 7. Repudiation
of tho administration of tho officers
of tho American Zionist organization
by tho twenty-fourth annual conven
tion today resulted in tho resignation
of Judgo Julian W. Mack of Chicago,
and six othor officers of tho organiza
tion and 35 of tho fifty members of
tho national executlvo committee and
its socrotary Peter J. Schweitzer, trea
surer of tho organization was tho only
incumbent to rotaln his position.
Tho resignations wero announced at
tho cIobo of a long night session by
Judgo Mack nfter the convention had
voted 153 to 71 to disapprove the presi
dent's annual rcimrt. Bcsldos Judge
Mack Zionist officials wlio rclluqulBh
oed their posts are:
Judgo Louis D. Brandeis of Wash
ington, honorary president; Rabbi Ste
phen S. WIso of Now York, honorary
vlco president; Harry Frledcnwald of
Baltiumre, and Nathan Straus, Now
York, vlco presidents; Jacob Del bias,
secretary of tho Pnlcsttno departmont
and Reuben Horchow, assistant trea
surer. ' ,
After Treasurer Schweitzer and
Louis Llpsky of New York, had attack
od tho roport and Rabbi Sllvor and
Felix Frankfurter had delivered elo
quent addresses defending the admin
istration, tho delegates last night
adopted a resolution in part as fol
lows: "That while wo appreciate to tho
fullest extent tho services rendered to
our cause by present offlcors of tho
administration, wo regard It, however,
as our duty to say that, discipline ot
tho organization has been violated
with danger to Its Integrity nnd con
trary to the highest interest of tho
Zionist movement at this .time; and
wo therefore regretfully express our
disapproval thereof." '
Judge Mack then assured the dele
gates that ho and tho others who re
signed with him would remain in tho
ranks of Zionism.
U.S. POLO PLAYERS
RANELAGH, England, Juno 7.
A polo team comixiscd of Inils Stod
dard, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., J. W.
Watson Webb and Devorcaux Mllhurn
easily defeated the Woodpeckers team
comprising Lieutenant Colonel Mel
ville, Lieutenant Colonel Ashton, Ford
Delnmany and Goorgo Harrison yostor
day by nine goals to threo.
W. S. Buckmastor, tho English polo-
Ist, at tho request of tho Americans,
has been chosen to umpire for thorn In
the International games this month.
R1SH CONSTABULARY ENTER GLEIWITZ
POLES RETIRE WITHOUT FIGHTING
OPPELN, Silesia, Juno 7. (Hy As
sociated Press.) Detachments of the
Royal Irish lnrantry, tho first Urltlsh
troops to cross tho lines established
hy Polish Insurgents In Upper Silesia,
detrained at Gleiwitz yesterday. They
assumed control of tho city.
As tho troops, consisting of ono bat
talion, entered Gross Strehlitz, north
west of Gleiwitz, they encountered the
first Polish outposts. Machine guns
had been trained on tho station but
when the British appeared the Poles
withdrew and wore not seen again. A
roport that tho track further on had
been mined was found to be false and
tho train proceeded, being molested nt
IM
A I
Capture of 100 Members of
Irish Republican Army Oc
curs As Parliament of North
Ireland Opens 3 Irishmen
Executed Sinn Fein Keeps
Away From Session.
CUBIC, Ireland, June 7. (By the
Associated Press) Crown forces
captured more than 100 members of
thu Irish republican army In Mill
street last night after a battlo In
which throo Sinn Feincrs wero killed
and twelve wounded. Tho casualties
to the crown forces. It is stated, worn
slight.
The crown forces wero conducting
:m encircling operation ovor a wldo
area with airplano scouts when they
encountered tho Sinn Felners.
DUBLIN, Juno 7. Threo men con
victed of participating in rocont dlu
orders in Ireland wero executed hero
today. Edward Foley and Patrick
Maher went to their doom for tho
murder of a royal Irish constabulary
sergeant at Knocklong, while Com
stable William Mitchell was executed
for tho murder of Magistrate Dixon
of Duulavln, county Wexford. ,
Parliament Opens.
BELFAST, Ireland, Juno 7. (By
tho Associated Press) The parlia
ment of northern Ireland, elected last
month under tho new homo rulo
moasurc, was opened this morning
amid lmpresslvo scenes In tho coun
cil chamber of tho city hall horo. The
coremony occurred In tho presonco of
a distinguished gathorlng. Nono of
tho nationalist or Sinn Foln members
elected to tho parliament wore pres
ont ns tho forty unionist mombors
took their seats and procoeded to the
organizations of tho house. Hugh
O'Neill, son of Lord O'Nolll, wns
unanimously elected Bpcnkor and Sir
James Craig, the premier, announced
tho following cabinot:
Homo secretary, Sir Dawson Bates.
Minister of finance, II. M. Pollock.
Minister of education, tho Marquis
of Londonderry. ' '
Minister ot labor, .1. M. Andrews.
Minister of agriculture, Hon E. A.
Archdale.
Pcoplo Not Interested."
Today's ceremonies, although col
orful and imposing, seemed to at
tract llttlo attention from the people.
They apparently were awaiting the
slato oponing of tho parliament Juno
22, when It is cxpoctod King Oeorgo
will bo preent. Elaborate police pre
cautions were taken against dis
orders. Many persons against whom
there were suspicions wero arrested
Sunday and Monday.
Viscount Fltznlan, lord lieutenant"
of Ireland, reached Holfast from Lon-"
don early this morning.
The compuny In tho llttlo galleries
gathered to witness tho opening cere
monial appeared thoroughly j-epre-,
sentativo of tho northern province,
the only notablo absentee, it was c'om-'
inontcu, neing aruinni iikuu.
Tho party of high functionaries at
tending was received ot tho city halt
by Lord Mayor Coates.
"Tho Imperial parliament,' the lord
mayor said In an address of welcome,,
"has deemed It proper to transfer a,
largo portion of its legislative and ad
ministrative powers to tho parlia
ments established in Ireland and we.
loyally abiding by that decision, will
do our utmost to support tho gov
ernment of northern Irclnnd In ef
forts to promote tho happiness and
tho prosperity of tho peoplo of thla
province of the United Kingdom."
After tho luncheon which followed
tho opening of tho parliament, Bir
James Craig, tho promlor, read a mos
sago from King George, -announcing
his majesty's Intention of opening tho
parliament in person, Wednesday,
Juno 22. -
no point nlong tho way. Ono French
officer, accompanied by a number of
French officials accompanied tho Brlt
isn.
LONDON, June 7. A dispatch to
tho Ixindon Times from Appcln dated
Monday says that fighting between tha
forces of General Hoefor, loader of tha
German defense troops and the Polish
insurgents, continued Sunday on tha
Klodnltz river,, where the Germans
drove tho Poles Saturday. The evident
intention of the Germans wan to liber
ate Gleiwitz, in the neighborhood of
which German patrols arrived Sunday,
afternoon.