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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday 74' '2 Minimum today.. ...M X Prediction! "V Rain. Pally Sixteenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-First Tear. MEDFORD, OUIXiOX, MONDAY, .IVXll 20, 11)12 L NO. 77 ENGLAND IS READY FOR A . NAVY TRUCE Premier Lloyd-George at Im perial Conference Pledges Cooperation with America Joward Natfy Disarmament Open Door In Pacific Is Favored By England. LONDON. Juno 20 (By Associat ed Press.) Co-operation with the United States Is " a cardinal princi ple" with Groat Britian, declared Prime Minister Lloyd George to the imperial conference today. "We are ready." he said, " to dis cuss with American statesmen any proposal for limitation of armament which they wish to set out and we can amdertake that no 'such over tures will find lack of willingness on our part to meet them." "In the moantlmo," concluded the promlor, "we cannot forget that tho life of the United Kingdom, as also of Australia and Now Zealand, and in deed of tho whole empire, has been built upon sea power and that sea power is necessarily tho basis of the whole empire's existence. We have, therefore, to look to measures which our security requires. We aim at nothing more; we cannot possibly be contont with less." Ho made this statement In his ad dress opening the sessions of the con ference of tho empire's prime minis tors. He referred to tho Anglo-Japanese agreement, as "one of the most urgent and most Important ques tions," before the empire. , "There is no quarter of tho world where we dosire more greatly to maintain peace .and fair play for all nations and avoid competition in ar maments than tho Pacific nnd tho Far East," ho said. Japan Faithful Ally. Discussing Anglo-Jnpaneso rela tions ns affecting the rcnowal of the agreement tho prime minister said Japan was a "faithful ally," and Groat Britain would not caBily forget the valuable, assistance rendered by Japanese men of war. "We desire to prosorvo that well tried friendship which has stood us both in good stead," ho continued, "and to apply it to the solution of all questions in tho Far East, where Ja pan has special Interests, and where wo ourselves, like tho United States doslro equal opportunities and tho open door. "Not the least among those ques tions is tho future of China, which looks to us as to tho United States for sympathetic treatment and fair play. No gVeater; calami $ could overtake theljtforlu! '.tWaqfinny jfuj-tlWcn accentu atinftjgj tli'if jCprjcj'S Jljfvipjf (pon lines of race. "Our foreign policy enn-ncver hang ItBolt, in. any. sense upon dlfforqnes of race , finj civilization' between''' East nndJ.Wes ' It would bo .fatal to the j empire." Mr, Lloyd' George said (!riaV Brit ain looked confidently' to the govern ment and people of the United 'Slates for sympathy and understanding and wished to "work with the great re public in all parts of the world." He contlnuod: , "Like it, wo desire to avoid the growth of armaments, whether in the racific or elsewhere and we rejoice that American opinion should bo showing so much earnestness in that direction at tho present time." With reference to tho decision of Canada to have a minister in Wash ington, the British prime minister said: "We have co-operated willingly with that, and we shall welcome a Canadian colleague! in Washington as soon as the appointment is made." U. S. OIL G0IV1PANIES, PROTEST TO i i i - HUGHES AGAINST MEXICAN TAXES WASHINGTON, Juno 20. Secre tary Hughes was urged today by rep resentatives of Amorlcun oil compa nies operating in Mexico to take, steps to protect those companies against taxation regarded ly them as confis catory. Some administration officers have let an impression go out that full cre denre was given to the contentions of the oil operators, but it is under stood that the state department has been reluctant to make any special representations to the Mexican gov ernment at this time because of the efforts being made to negotiate a Voliva Jails Young Lady for Wearing a Short Sleeve Waist ZION, 111., Jun 20. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, aged 21, of Wlnthrop Harbor, is in jail hero today charged with fracturing Wilbur Glonn Voliva's modest dress or- dinance in three places. Mrs. Johnson was arrested as she stepped from a train and booked on the following charges: "Wearing short sleeves which exirased tho arm abovo tho mid; die of tho forearm. "Wearing a blouse of transpnr- ent material which exposed tho bare skin. "Wearing a blouse with neck cut below tho Junction of tho baso of tho neck and the collar bono. "Whenever you pay for my clothes, you can toll mo what to wear," tho young woman was said to have told Chief of Police Beck- er. Her trial was set for toinor- row. TO FLY 10 JULY Ashland Committee Offers to Send Airplane to Salem to Bring Gov. Olcott to Review Big Parade On Independ ence Day. ASHLAND. Ore., Juno 20. (Spe cial.) Tho committees working on the hip Jack son county parade and celebration to bo held In Ann land on tho Fourth hnvo been on tho Jump every m in u to slnco tho preliminary meeotins Friday nipht. Ah tho plans develop' Uvoy. will be announced from time to timo and many novel and striking features nro being planned. It can safely bo said now that South ern Oregon Hover had anything to equal the entertainment in store for Jackson county people on thu fourth this year. ... All the mayors of tho county Jiavo sent a Joint invitation to Gov. Hen W. Oleott to come to Ashland by aero plane to attend and review tho cele bration and parade. Plans were ta ken to have a government piano go to Salem on tho morning of tho celebra tion nnd bring the governor to Ash land, returning In the same manner in tho evening. This Is believed to be tho first occasion In this county where a governor lias done anything of this kind. It supplies a fine opportunity for our "Flying Governor to indulge in a pastime that Is said to bo a hobby with him. Tho prize of $100 offered by Jesse Winhuurn for the most original fea ture In tho parade has set everybody thinjklng hard and there promises to be keen competition for tho handsome prize from every part of Jackson county; Tho fact that tho winning fea ture need not necessarily bo elabor ato and costly enables the smaller communities tov take part with as much chance, of carrying off the prize as the larger cities. Tho second prizcrfof) JfiO. and tho third prize of $25 will nlW bo1 awarded for originality tjie prize -of $50 for the best humorous sunt Inthe parade whether with an mtomomle or by an individual, is go ing to bring out many competitors, as it nffnds an opportunity for every body whether the owner of a car or not, to use his or her ingenuity lit suppling something for tho crowd to laugh at. The prize of $25 for the community sending tho largest marching body will be awarded on the basis of popu lation tho winner being tho town or ity with the largest percentage of Its population In tho parade. Ashland is barred from this prize. Tho Judges for awarding these prizes will be ed itors of newspapers in Jackson coun ty. JESSE WIN BURN. New Zealand was the first country to have a universal eight-hour day. treaty of amity and commerce with tho Oluefon administration as a basis for tho restoration of diplomatic re lations. The delegation calling on Secretary Hughes today was mobilized hy the oil 'association which requested every company to send representatives. Spokesmen for the oil men argued that aside from the unconstitutional and confiscatory aspects of the new tax. the policy of the Mexlean govern ment is continually adding to the tax burden was unfair, unjust and calcu lated to drive Americans from the oil fields of that country and to reduce the production . Open Professional Golf Championship in England Is B f 4 "fl ! ' df W c- r jr V Oil ftZ' . - V v r f . Su m CH H' '4 V 1 o t - V y I r ST. ANMtlCWS. Scotland. .lunp tho uritlsh open golf championship toiirnamrnt todny. Atnon-- tho playjrs wore 17 American pii).fssicn:il jnd amalcur golfers. Tho eighty players holdini; Urn (owns' moics will qualify to enter tho first rciinrt of tho loin it-nvetit. Tho players In each half of the draw played one course today and will go over tho othor eighteen holes tomorrow. . . it 'Charles Hofl'ner, of the Philadelphia country club, competed the first IS holes in 7,1, nnd his score was much tho host of tho early returns. The professional record for the old course, over which ho played, Ih Bevonty-ono, and the amateur record is aevenly-throo. "Chick" Evans, with a sprained wrist, played around tho old course in S3. ALLIES DEMAND OFFENSIVE! END IH NEAR ;EAST England, France and Italy Join in IMotQ to King Constantine of Greece Insist That Mediation Settle Uar with Turkish Forces. rAUIS, Juno 20. Offensive opera tions against tho Turkish nationalists in Asia-Minor aro opposed hy Great Britain. France and Italy which have dispatched1' a note to the4 Greek bov crnment tasking that Klnj; Constan tino postpone his campaign against tho Turks and accept mediation which may settle the Near East situ ation. . . , Should Constantino's reply he fa vorable, overtures to the Turkish na tionalists will quickly follow. Allied hifih commissioners in Sile sia have been asked for unanimous report on the frontier to be establish ed beteen Poland and Germany in the plebiscite area there. Should the commissioners be unable to agree, ex perts will be sent to adjust the situa tion, and both the I'oles and Ger mans will be forced to accept the al lied decision, which will be based on tho reports submitted by the experts. LONDON, Juno 20. Bombardment of tho town of .Ineboli, on the Turkish Black sea coast against which the sublime porto has protested to the al lied high commissioners In Constanti nople, followed tho refusal of the Turks to surrender forty launches conveying war material, which how ever, were destroyed following the Turkish evacuation, says an Athens dispatch to the Kxehange Telegraph company. ' In addition the Greeks si lenced a Turkish battery by shell fire, suffering no casualties from the Turkish bombardment. rrvmlcrs .Meet. LOXOON, June 20. (By tho Asso ciated Bress) The conference of im perial premiers met this afternoon in the official residence of the prime minister in Downing street. A brief address of welcome and an outline of the work to be undertaken by the conference were made by Mr. Bloyd George, which was virtually the only business of the session. Those at tending today's sitting were Mr. Lloyd George, Austen Chamberlain, govern ment leader in the house of commons; Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies; A. J. Balfour, lord president of the council; Premiers Hughes of Australia, Meighen of Can ada, Massey of New Zealand and Smuts of South Africa and the repre sentatives of India, Kdwin SarnuH Montague, secretary for India: Srinl vasa Sastrl Avargal and the Maharaja of Kutch. 21'.- -Illy AssociiitiMl Presi) Mori) British Treatment of Ireland Attacked By Senator Norris WASHINGTON,' .luno 20. Tho future of thd llritish empire depends upon KiikIhihI doing justlco to Ireland," Senator Nor ris, rcpuhlicnn, Nebraska, de clared today in ' the senate in urging adoption of his resolu tion putting tho senato on rec ord ns saying that the IrlBh peo ple aro entitled lo a government of tholr own choice." "Ireland free will bo Eng land's friend; Ireland In Bub- jeetion will ho Kngland'B en- oray," tho senator said. "It will require an army of (englishmen to hold Ireland In subjection and this must go on all the time. When tho days of trouble coma b' will ha perfectly natural and loglcnl for tho Irish pooplo: embrace the day of fircat Unit- aln's! trouble and mako1 annth-. !et strugglo for Irish freedom." : 4,.-,, IIOSTON, June 20. Ilabo Ruth got his twenty-fourth homo run or tho sea son In tho tenth Inning in tho game with tho Huston Americans. There was no ono on base. Tho lilt won the gamo for New York, 7 to (i. American At lloston: H. If. K. New York 7 10 1 Boston S 11 2 Batteries: .Mays and Schang; Myers and Huel. At Philadelphia: Washington 2 4 3 Philadelphia 7 11 1 Batteries: Acosta. Shaw and Ghar rity; Moore and Perkins. Second game: Washington 4 8 Philadelphia 2 7 Batteries: Courtney nnd Piclnlch Hasty and Perkins. National I At Pittsburg: II. H. K. Philadelphia 2 7 1 Pittsburg 3 8 0 Batteries: Meadows nnd Ilruggy; Yellowhorse, 'Ann and Schmidt: At St. Louis: C'hicago-St. Louis post poned, rain. f 4 Men I-:hftnH'lilcl. nKIJ.KONTI-:. Pa., .uno 20 Three negroes and a white man were elec trocuted in the p nnsylvanla peniten tiary at Itnrkvlew today for the mur der of Szltnu l-'lorlnn at Krie, pa.f last September. 1 BASEBALL SCORES' H thai; j..O golf nlavnrs of world renown EXAM NATION J1VILLE BANK Assist Bank Examiner E. D. Kohler Completes Audit $60,000 In Notes, $90,000 In Overdrafts Will Never Be Collected. Investigation of tho books of tho defunct Bank of Jacksonville will ho concluded today by Assistant' "Bank UiKjimlncr 10. D. Kahler, who has, been chgaged In tho work slnco the instltu tloji closed lis doors last August. The findings will ho sent to the state hank examiner at Salem, and later a report will be issued to thu public, from that office. According to Mr. Kahler there Is about $110,(101) In notes outstanding that will never bo collected, and bo tween $75,(100 and UO,O0O In overdrafts tho exact location of which is un known. Most of these two Hums van ished like water down tho proverbial rat hole. Some of It may ho colloctod, but it Is extremely doubtful. Tho tan gled condition of I lie accounts of the bank balked the examiners In tracing loans, notes, etc. Tho ending of tho auditing of tho books is tho close of tho first chapter In what has been charactorl.od as "a bank failure without a parallel In banking history." Cases arising from tho failure have occupied Jackson county courts for' nearly a year and four cases aro still pending. Tho for mer president of tho Institution Is serving a ten year sentence Civil actions for tho collection of money on overdrafts aro also on thjdockot. Last week citizens of .(Acksonvllle, all depositors In the bank, woro sub poenaed to appear before tho foderal grand Jury in session at Portland, rela tive to Liberty bonds, stolen and al tered, from tho bank, it Is said. This Is tho latest phase of tho case, but fur thor development aro due. STAXRlllll l:XI VBHSITV. fill.. Juno 20. Tho granting of degrees to a record breaking class and an nouncement of a contribution or i3Dii.omi rrom tho na tional general education beard nf iirofcHHorH KuhirlrH nml S:t7.r,00 from prominent Japanese to es tablish a chair in Japanese history, marked the 30th annual commence ment of Stanford I'nlverslty today. There were 640 dciet-ccs conferred as ucainst 347 last year. IP Launched Envavei trench. tlin miallfvln.r i-onmlu of Oregon Strawberry Fakir Beaten Up by Underpaid Pickers WOomuiKNV'Orc., .luno 20. ! l,-red Wright, strawborry grower of ilubhard, who caused a furore In Portland' a short time ago by tho promise of berries at 11,1 cents n crate, which failed to materialize aftor largo crowds had been drawn, was today un- tier medical treatment and threo men were under arrest as tho ro- suit ot u fight in Wright's borry patch. Tho troublo wus said to have been caused by a dispute ovor tho pay for pickers. II. Kurtz, W. T. McDonald and S. Papain! woro arrested on com- plaints sworn to by Wright aft- or ho had boon brought hero, for 'treatmoit, ..''. . '. ,." ' A FARCE tN NORWAY- CIIHISTIAN'IA, Norway, Juno 20. Norway Is supposed to bo a "dry" country, hut no fowor than 23,795 persons were arrested last year for being drunk, and :S4,rr0 other urrests woro matlo for sundry misdemeanors traceable to tho effects of intoxicants. It Is shown In official statistics. While thoso figures Indicate a slight falling off as compared with tho previous year, they aru far In excess of thoso for 1918. Norway's broken coast lino affords unlimited opportunities , for smug gling, which nils hecomo a regular trade, especially with former German naval officers. LABOR UNIONS INtENGLANU START DIRECT FIGHT AGAINST GOVERNMENT LONUON, Juno 20. Leaders of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain took no steps yesterday to prevent the withdrawal of tho government's offer of n ten million pounds sterling sub sidy to tho coal industry. They aro proceeding with tho call to all trade unions affected by the wago dispute to meet at an early dato for tho tak ing of national action to secure mu tual demands. The national conference of tho la bor party will be held tomorrow. Most of the unions are Involved In wage disputes, nnd are ready, according to 1 0 BE Iff J. LEWIS Head of Mine Workers Enters Lists Against the Veteran President of A. F. L. Irish Question Threatens a Split In Labor Ranks Session Is Turbulent. rENVEft,' Colo.. Juno . 20. John L. Lewis, president of the'1 United Mine Workers of America today for mally announced that ho was a can didate fur the presidency of the Amor lcan Federation of Lazor In opposition to Samuel ompcrs. "I have decided to permit my name to be submitted to the convention as a candidate for tho presidency of the American Federation of Labor," waa tho brief announcement ninde by Mr. Lewis. He declined to mako any further statement. D1CNVEH, Colo.. Juno 20. Faced by one of tho most stronuous pro grams In its history, the American Federation of Labor today opened tho second week's session of ita 41st an nual convention. Tho Irish question, tho railroad problem, determination of future re lations with tho Kuropcnn trade union movement, Jurisdictional disputes and many other Important matters were scheduled for the action of tho dele gates. Knnitcrs Is llcady. While President Oompors and ad ministration forces have not taken public recognition of the opposition, It was learned that they have made plans to meet a contest, but are await ing tho next movo of tho mine work ers' leader. Oompors' supporters havo held sovornl conferences durlnit tho last 24 hours and taken canvass ot tho situation. Tho complicated situation growing over tho split hotwocn tho two fac tions of Irish sympathisers was ex pected to bo dlsposod of today or to morrow, when tho resolutions com mltteo brings In Its roport. The com mittee Ih understood to havo doclded to rcloet tho resolution urgtnsr boycott of British made goods and report fa vorably tho less drastic resolution ot sympnthy for tho Irish cause and call ing for recognition of the Irish re public. Supporters of tho boycott resolu tion who dochiro it tho "official reso lution of tho Irish republic," asserted that they will carry tho fight to the floor of tho convention in an effort to ovorthrow tho committee's report. It It is unfavorable. nl -.iO" ClIICAG(i'''j,u'no' 20. Chief '''Jrtliie" Charles A. , McDonald ' today ' assigned the trial of eighten rormer baaob&ir players, and gamblers, charged . yilM conspira,cy to "throw" the ,1919 wOHd'A sorlef tolJudgo Hugo Friend, who' an nounced, he would set the case for next Monday. Benjamin Franklin ot St. Louis who with Carl Zork, a St. Louis manufacturer, Is accused by the state of concocting the Bchomo, may bo given a separate trial as ho Is re ported confined to his bed with Illness. Hal Chase may escape trial for the present as he never has been arraign ed hero. Chase waB arrested In Call, fornia but released on a writ ot habeas corpus. The state la not certain that Abe Attcl, former prize fighter who has boon fighting extradition ' from New York will be here for tho trial. Japanese pick cherry blooms and cure them In salt, using them to make a sort of tea. . . spokesmon of the miners, to take a stand with tho coal diggers against what they rofer to as a "conspiracy" on tho part of employers to reduce wages below tho pre-war level anil break tho unions. "Tho fight Is now taking on an en tirely different charactor," said A. J. Cook, a prominent South Wales lead er, and a member of the Mtner s fede ration executive committee, yesterday. "The whole body of miners Is begin ning the struggle for socialization or nationalization ot the mines. It is going to be a fight directly against tho government. 4 BASEBALL FINALS s PTArvriM AUirrii i! OlrlI! UlrHiU-N -I iin.ii -i - .ip. i 1 . rij: