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Newspaper Page TextMail Tribune The Weather Maximum yesterday 78 Minimum today (10 Precipitation 01 X Predictions Fair. flally Sixteenth Year. Weekly Fifty-First Year. MEDFORD, 0 KMX! ON, THURSDAY, Jl'NK HO, 1921 NO. 8G Medford BIG FIGHT FINAL WD ' Governor Edwards of New , Jersey Declares Dempsey- Carpentier Bout Will Be ' Staged Reformers Keep Up Attack, But Law Of I ficers Refuse to Take Action. DETROIT, .lune 30. Tlio name of Jack Dcmpsey was greeted with htssoB when it was mentioned on the floor of the Disabled Veterans' convention hore today. . Declaring he under stood Dempscy was an honor ary member of a western organ ization of votorans, Judgo Marx said: "Dompsey In the last man wo would want as an honorary member of this organization." BUTTE, Mont., Juno 30. A telegram declaring "wo aro with you, Carpentier, aft every service man In Montana hopes you succeed in knocking out tho shipyard veteran, Jack Demp Boy, when you meet him Satur day," has been sont to the chal longor it was announced today. Tho message was sent in com pliance with a resolution adopt ed at the state convention of the American Legion of Montana which concluded Its sessions at Lcwiston Tuesday night. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Juno 30 Governor Edwards today told tho As sociated Trews that tho DcinpHey Carpentler fight would go on Satur doy. Tho governor uid he had nnt yet received the let tor add roHsed to him today by Dr. Wilbur F. Craft.s, hu uerlntcnricnt of the International He form bureau from ''Trenton, asking him to prevent the bout. "You may say, however," he added "that tho fight will go on and will he conducted absolutely within the law." . In a voluminous letter Dr. Crafts declared tho governor would find him self In an awkward position if he at tended tho fight and it turned out to be a crime. TRENTON, N. J., Juno 30. In n last effort to stop the Dcmpscy-Cnr-pentier figlit at Jersey City Saturday, Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent of tho Intornutional Reform bureau today wroto to Governor Edwards de manding thut be prevent tho bout. Dr. Crafts also wrote Governor Bproulo of Pennsylvania who is said to havo been invited by Governor Kd wards to attend tho fight, asking him , to Btay away. ' " " JERSEY CITY, N. J., Juno 30. Prosecutor Pierro Garvin today told a representative of tho Associated Press that unless more facts wore pre sented to him by tho International Reform Bureau, ho would not recom mend to the Hudson grand Jury to morrow that it return an indictment sought to block tho Doinpsey-Curi.cn-tler bout here Saturday. Representatives of tho bureau and the clergymen's community club of Jersey City appeared before the pros ecutor and laid before him facts which they claim tended to show Promoter Itickard and the principals wore plan ning criminal violation of slate laws by staging a prize fight Instead of o boxing match. Mr. Garvin said today: "If no facts arc presented to nie other than those now In my posscs- . sion, I will not recommend to the grand jury an inquiry In this nialter GIGANTIC PLOT BETWEEN BOLSHEVIKI AND TURKS TO SEIZE CONSTANTINOPLE CONSTANTINOPLE,' June 30. (By , Associated Press.) Turks and bolshe ' vlkl are reported to contemplate a 2 vast uprising in this city, which would be accompanied by the destruction of ..... .. trkl. M..tmlnT allien public buildings. iu .-- troops marched through the city and i-Hided hotels in each of bolshevlkl. Hrltlsh soldiers, with fixed bayonets entered a building occupied by a bol shevlkl organization and seized large quantities of armB. Several alleged leaders in the anticipated uprising i were arrested. ..... British troops also raided the offices or the bolshevlkl trade delegation and arrested au assistant ot Bronlslau Ex-President Taft Is Appointed Chief Justice Supreme Ct. WASHINGTON', .lune 30. Ap potntnient of former l'rnsl.iont wii Hum Howard Taft as chief jusHco of me united States was formally an uuuncca late today at the White 'William h Tn-cr- ijt rMovo eanfMCMi wi w max! Vi, House. He will succeed the late Ed ward iniRlas White, whom he (Taft) appointed to the office in 1910. Coincident with tho announcement. Mr. Taft's nomination for tho place was sent to the senate. Mr. Taft is the first man In tho na tion's history to be chosen for the highest office in both tho exocutlvo and judicial branches of tho govern ment. For more than 30 yoars prior to his retirement from the presidency in 1913, he had been almost constant ly in public service. ERTY IS AFTER SCALP T Attorney General Announces Civil ProceedingsCbangiag a Violation Anti-Trust Law Declares Association Con trols 90 Per Cent Product. NEW YORK, June 30. Tho gov ernment today filed a civil suit in federal court against nineteen corpo rations and four Individuals, compos ing the Cement Manufacturers Pro tective association, charging violation of tho anti-trust law. WASHINGTON", Juno 30. Attor ney General Daughorty announced today that civil proceedings charging violation of tho anti-trust law would bo instituted today in tho federal court at New York against the Ce ment Manufacturer's Protective asso ciation and its officers and members. Ho said members of tho association produced approximately ninety por cent of tho total Portland cement uBcd In tho northeastern section of the United States. Mr. Daughorty said tho proceedings would supplement criminal unions Instituted last March und would not in any way stop prosecution of the pending criminal case. The court might order, be said, an effective dis solution of tho combination and en join lis members from reconstituting their association "thereby affording the- public substantial and practical relief," without, regard to results In the criminal case. Seventeen members of the associa tion would be named In the complaint this afternoon, he said, tho list In cluding the Coplay .Manufacturing company. Dexter Portland Cement company. Glen Kails Portland Cement company, Hercules Cement corpora tion. Phoenix Portland -Cement com pany. Security Cement nnd Lime com. pany and the Vulcanite Portland Ce ment company. NEW YORK, June 30. The Geno ral Motors corporation today declared the regular quarterly dividends on all classes of slock. Frederick J. Fisher wus elected u director -to succeed R. H. Collins. . Koudish, soviet commercial delegate here and also members of the bolshe vik mission. It was announced in Brit ish official circles that the raid was carried out because the presence of bolshevlkl in Constantinople menaced the security of allied troops here. It was assorted that the plot for an ui rlsing had been frustrated through the vigilance of the iwllce. Greek forces have withdrawn from Ismld, 56 miles southeast of this city and the Turkish nationalists are be lieved to have a clear road to Constan tinople. Reports are silent, however, relative to any advance In Ibis direr, tion. CEINTTR CLAIM JAP London Papers State British Cabinet Has Decided to Re new Anglo-Japanese Pact Only Discussion Upon Mod ifications to Conform With U. S. Attitude. LONDON, Juno 30. (By the As sociated Press.) The Anglo-Japan ese treaty was again the subject of discussion by tho conference of Im perial premiers this afternoon. At the conclusion of the meeting, how ever, it wus stated that no decision had been reached regarding a renew al of tho treaty or otherwise. At this aftornoon's Bcsslon Premier Meyors ot New Zealand concludod his speech in Biipport of a renewal of the al liance. Ho was followed by the In dian delegate, tho Maharapa of Kutch. who submitted the Indian viewpoint that there was no objection on India's part to renewal of the tieaty, with tho exception of tho clauses providing that In caso ot In dia being attacked Japan should come to India's assistance. This' view caused some surprise, but tho mahar- aja said the Indian delegation was of the opinion that England and India should be able to. protoct India with out tho assistance of any allies. The British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, who again presided, reviewed the various arguments ad duced and the discussion was fur ther adjournow. . jnTb.e question of elimination, of tins military clauses from tho treaty never has been brought up In tho con ference. ' ': LONDON, June 30, (By. tho As sociated Press.) Tho Tall Mall Ga zette and Globe says tho, British cab inet today decided, upon renewal ot the Anglo-Japaneso. treaty. ; Discussion is proceeding on certain modifications that havo been suggest ed. These have spoclal relation to the American attitude toward tho treaty and the position ot India, the newspaper adds. Nothing official has' developod In this connection. A meeting ot tho cabinet was held this morning and tho general under standing is that tho treaty was under discussion. It was stated at tho foreign office this evening that It was unlikely thai tho cabinet had docldod upon tho ro newal ot.the 'Anglo-Japanese pacti hut .that fiosslbly it had made' somo recommendations to bo placed be fore the Imperial conference. The cabinet met this morning and It Is understood the Anglo-Japanese treaty was discussed. LONDON. June 30. In alluding to the Turko-Greck situation today In the houso of commons Mr. Lloyd George, the prime minister, said there had been a largo number of atrocities In the Ismld peninsula, to the cast of 'Constantinople. Those perpetrated by the Turks, he added, had appar ently been more considerable In num ber and more ferocious than those committed by the Greeks. 7F i' ; -',, . ' ; 1 ' HH - SALKM. Ore., "June 30. Additional fires .reported .bidng tho total of forest fires In OrTUvnjthc flint two months to seven. iponoijiry loss rtwulted ami no exua ufcponso fighting tho fires waslncurred, oecordlng to an an noum eineit; liliidd by the stafo for ester's unite. i 8U ('f Oio flrcw broke out'n .fund jnivt only oae In May. Ninny permits to "burn slashings have lieon issued by. tho state forester since June 1, for territory aggregat ing approximately 4700 acres. CARNEGIE ESTATE !S ONLY $22,1 51 ,011 NET. NEW YORK. June SO. Tho state controller's office today appraised the estHte of Andrew Carnegie at $25, s::t. 014 gross and (22.151.011 net. The principal Items are securilles valued at 1 17,643,558. . Daughter Sides ,nin ii-'-y- , . 'hi i vC7 k7 i . V i: t! U v 1 Miss Anne Stillman, tho. benullful daughter of James A. Stillman and Mrs. Anno Urqiihart Stillman, who has taken sides with her rather In Ills suit against her mother. She is a sister of "Hud" Stillman. who says of her: "I can't understand girls. I'm sorry for Sis. Slio seems to think father is a 'Lily Whlto' angel." Young Stillnmn Is standing by his mother, lie said: "It Bcems a hard thing to say. but' I can no longer recognize tho man who is attacking my mother as my father." ' Dempsey May Knock Carpentier Into Soft Job With Beef Trust CHICAGO, III., Juno 30. VhothorGporg.osur,pontler or juck ucmpsoy wears tno cham pion's holt after next Saturday's party at .lorsey City, tlio defeat ed fighter has something to soothe his hurt footings und bruised body. One of the ''nig Five" pack-- ers yostorday sont tolograms to Jack and Georges offorlng tho loser a position. Should tho Frenchman win, Jack can enter the intelligence department, and should Dompsoy retain Lis titlo, Georges can roturn to Paris as tho Kronen representative of tho packer. id ill "WASHINGTON. Juno 30. KnvoO tiljle report im thn Morris bill to 'erwu ate a $100,000,000 (iftvprnniont rorpii rattun to iiromntii the expnrtatfon of agricultural productH wna ordcrort tn day by tho senutt! agricultural cfnii mittCG. Chairman Norrin wan Instructed tn urge tho uonatc to givo thu lilil a lronilnont (ilnce on tho calendar bu foro tho HKTcemcnL for three day ro cchh ih adopted. Democratic membei'H of tho com mittee gave notice that they would oppokc the proviHiou authorizing the corporation to purchase products for sale abroad. BASEBALL SCORES National At I'ltlBburg: It. II. K. Cincinnati 3 8 1 1'lttsburg 5 12 1 Batteries: Luo.no, llrenton and Win go; Ycllowhorse and Schmidt. At Boston New York-Boston gaino postponed; rain. At Philadelphia Brooklyn-Philadelphia gamo postiKinoil, rain. American At Cleveland: It. H. K. Detroit 6 15 4 Cleveland 3 8 I Batteries: Dallas, Oldham and Bass lcr; Daghy, Caldwell and Niinamaker, L. Sewell. : At St. Iouls: (First game) II. It. E. Chicago 1 4 0 St. Uuils 6 12 0 Batteries: Kerr and Schalk; Van glider and Collins. At New York Boston-New York postiwned; rain. At Wash I ngton Wash I ngton- Ph 1 1 a delphia 08tHined; rain. With Stillman 1 NSv.' European Skeletons Put On Free List In Fordney Tariff WASHINGTON, .limn 30. Tho iiiau.,wjio. hBaJuukeieUiiii , in Jc. his closol, hut Wiinls one, will find by turning to paragraph 1 65 1 of tho new tariff bill, Intro duced yosterday In the houso ot representatives that he may got it abroad without paying duty. Turning from the grave to tho gay, other folk Interested In the bill will find that the turlff oh' poker chips has boen reduced 10 per cent. The Underwood bill flxod tlio rato at 00 por cont, as against 40 In. the Fordney measure. The Payno-Aldrlch bill hud poker chips on tho free, list. I Y SPOHTLANn, Oro.f Juno 30. Mrn Clflrft A. TroHt of San Krunclrico waa klllc-fl in an automnhllo accident on the . Columbia hlghwuy today ut ticappoofic, Ore. - O. A. Trots, .Jr., wan Rorlouly hurt, und hln hrothor Hiiffored lucora- tions. To other women In tho party, uIho wero bruised but wore not taken to a hORpltul. PORTLAND. Ore. Juno 30. Ono woman probably fatally hurt, two iupii wore HorlouNly injured and two other pci-HoiiH wero alight ly brulHcd when an automobile containing mcinbiTH of a California family vnt Into a ditch one ttiIIo north of ScapponHo, Ore., on tho Columbia rlKhway at noon today. ItoportH gavo tho name of tho family an Troat. Tho atjtomnbtle, cn rout from Ah (orla tn Portland, when koIiik about U mlliB an h'ur, .Hklded and turn-, ed ovnr, liindlnff iri a dltcli ofKht fne't deep and pinning tlio occupantH be nealh.' RELEASE SINN FEIN, D niTllLt.W Junu 30. (Hy the Anno flated Pr'n) Arthur Griffith, tho founder of tho Hlnn Keln fiKanlza tioo and Profomtor John MarNolll, preIdent of the OnHh; league, wore releaHed from Mountjoy priHon today. Michael Ktalni.'H and K. J. Duffan, Kinn Kein ttu'inlxTH of tho HrltiKh hotiHO of oommoriH, alno were releaHcd from Mountjoy prinon thi afternoon. LONDON, June 30. Forres of the royal Irlnh constabulary aro Imme diately to bo quadrupled Hayn the Dally Hknteh. Thin would mean In creasing tho number of men In thin service from twelve thousand to fifty thousand V 1 H. C. L. Dropped 16.7 Per Cent Past Year Says Labor Report WASHINGTON'. June 30. Tho decrease In tho cost of living be- tween Juno 1920 und May 1S:!1 was IS. 7 per cent, according to figures based upon prices In 32 cities made public today by tho ! department of labor. Except for fuel, light and nous- lng all items dropped during the period. In Cincinnati the cost, of living droppod 17.3 per cent, In Los An- geles 11.4 per cent and In St. Louis li.3. FORDNEY BILL F I New Measure Slightly Below Paync-Aldrich Bill Schedule Says Its Author Demo crats Preparing Minority Report. WASHINGTON, Juno IK). Tlio nv- oruRO rato of. duty In tho ndiiilnlslra tlon'B pnrninnont tariff hill, Introduc ed yostorday in tho houso, will rniiKo betwoon 18 und 30 per cent, accord ing to unofficial estimates, as com pared with 18.55 in tho Payno-Aldrlch bill, Chairman Fordney ot tho ways und moans cominlttoo declared today. Tho Underwood nvoraRO wao six. iiiir cuiil 11 i il thu HiirgTny nvorngo "Whon wo aro ahlo to work out accurate figures it will bo found that tho new bill will run Blichtly below the Pnyhe-Aldrlch ! measure," ;Mr. Kordney said. "On manufactured wool our rule 1b less than sclicd ure 'K " ' Tito chairman said ho was propiir lng a statement in advance ot his formal report which would clour up many doubtful points in tho bill. Under u change ot plans today tlio measure will not bo considered by the full committee until Wodnosday. It will bo roportod that day. Demo cratic members of the cominlttoo are already at work on a minority report In tho hope of submitting it along with the majority vlows. The hill will bo taHeu up by a re publican caucus tonight.. Mr. Fordney indicutod that a rulo would bo obtained which would pre vent amendments o;i the fl"or.. ex cept thoBC offerod by I bo ccmm'.'.teu. No radicul changes, howovor, avo contemplated, it was oxpiainod, un less ordorod by voto of the caucus. ' The now measure fixes a tariff of ono and one-half conts por pound on the lead content of all lead bearing ores and two and one-eighth cents por pound on lead bullion, pigs, scrap, babbit motal and dross, figured on tho lead content. WASHINGTON, June 30 President Harding today signed the army appro priation hill directing reduction of the regular army to 150,000 men by Octo ber 1. At tho same tinio tho president ad vised congress that in his opinion fur ther legislation might bo required to relievo tho government of tho ombar russmcnt of violating its obligations to nnllsted men whoso dlschargo the reduction will mako neccssury. RANGES 1 1 8-20 PERCEN mm. FRENCH HOW IT IS ' :': PAiliS, Juno 30. Two hundred American delegatos to tho congress of tho International Association of no tary clubs which mot In Kdinhurg, Scotland, two weeks ago, have arrived here and It Is expected that more than 600, representing cvory state In the Union, will be hore by Saturday. The Americans will be accompanied by about 2 0 Knglish Rotarians. An elaborate program of ontertalnment haa been planned for tho visitors. Thoy will visit Chatoau Thierry and Uelleau Wood with Genoral Nlvelle, one of the French commanders on the western front during the critical days ot 1918. Crawford C. McCullough, of Fort William, Ont., the newlay elected In ternational president, will place a II BIKER REFUSES TO BARE LIFE James A. Stitllman Maintains Eloquent Silence On the Wit ness Stand Fears He Might Incriminate Himself Enters Court House Thru Trap Door. POUOIIKKKPSIK, N. Y.. Juno 30. Continued refusal by James A. StHl mau to answer questions regarding his relations with Florence II. L.oods, former Droadway show girl, today marked his second appearance for cioss-cxamaniation In tho divorce suit ho brought against tho formor Flfl Potter. Today, us yostorday, ho brushed asldo all such Inquiries on tho ground that to answor thorn might tond to incriminate him. It was suld that ho again declined to Bay whoth er ho know Mrs. Leeds, whothor ho was tho father of her son, Jay Leeds, born in Septmnbor, 1918, or tho fath er of a stillborn male Infant to which sho gavo birth In November, 1919. Repeating that tho answor might tend to Incrmlnlato, Mr. Stillman would not say whothor ho was pres ent whon this second child came Into Iho world, or when It was burled. On tho Banio grounds, ho would not Iden tify a photograph which counsel for Mrs. Stillman claimed waa that ot Mrs. Leeds. Thoro woro prolonged argument botweon opposing attornoys brought about by the banker's stubborn ro slstanco to questions and it was said ono ot Mr. Stillman 's lawyers pro posed to advlso him to answor If as sured that no criminal action would follow. To this proposal, It was reported that John B. Mack, guardian ad litem for tho Infant Guy Stillman, whoso legitimacy was questioned by tho banker, would not agroo. He mado 'It cloar, It was said, that if he could gathor sufficient evidence ho would bring criminal charges against tho banker at the conclusion ot the dl vorco suit. During hiB cross-examination Mr. Stillman admitted hat he gave Mrs, Stillman a ruby ring valued at sov oral thousand dollars just one weok after the birth of Guy Stillman In Novembor, 1918. And at Christmas that yoar ho tostlflod that ho pre sented his wife with a diamond brace let, it was said. Enters by Collar POUGIIKEBPSIE, N. Y., June 30J . Cross examination of 1 James A. u.eot Stllliuan, wealthy Now "York bankoi';ll,',B''' was jroBiimod' 'today 'In' his divorce suit against the Jormor Fit! Jfottor, ,',,';,, Tho plaintiff , abandoned (.,hs. , .'aV !,.,,,, tempts to evade photographqrs,etB i which proved unsuccessful -yostor-duy, i although' i he entered :and' denri'. parted from the building through a r I collar! trap door. This morning h,l- alighted from a taxicab at tho' frbnt' entrance of the building In which tho' ' caso Is Doing tried and with his at torneys walked swiftly through tho door. Mrs. Stillman was already Insldo. conferring with her attornoys. It was roportod that they would switch tholr quizzing ot Mr. Stillman to his relations with his wife, as ho refused yesterday to anBwor any questions re garding his conduct with othor wo men on the ground that it might tond to incrimlnato him. Today, It wus (Continued on Pake Eight) DONE IN THF II $ A " 'UI1U. Ill lIU'ViWl.lU m iff 'm m- wreath on tho grave of the unknown soldier hurled beneath tho Are do Trlumpho In thlB city. At noon on Tuosday tho visitors will give a typical Amorican Rotary luncheon, "to show tho French ho It Is done," with the lattor watching tho proceedings from nearby tables. In the evening there will ben of ficial dinner given by the French gov ernment and the General Federation . of French Commercial Organiza tions. M. Dior, minister of commerce will . preside, and Marshal Foch, Gonoral ' Nlvelle and the British and American ambassadors to Franco are expected to be present. The program will close Wednesday evening with a dinner dunce.' .