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MEDFORD, OKKGOX, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921
NO. 19(5
FRENCH AIM
FOR PARLEY
GIVEN OUT
Premier Briand Arrives in New
York and Presents 4 Points
of French Policy Reduc
tion of Armaments On Sea
Preferable to Reduction On
the Land.
Get Good Will and
You Will Get Peace,
Says Marshal Foch
CHICAGO, Nov. 7. Two short
fr paragraph:) in Marshal Foch's
speech in Chicago epitomizing
tho peace message of a war lead-
er were prominently commented
on today.
"Peace we shall have it soon !
on the same condition that we got
war. We must fight for it in the S
moral sphere as we did in tho
physical sphere. Peace has been
promised from the first night of
Christianity only to men of good
will.
" Good will must lie in the hot-
5 torn of the heart; without it, it is
only a sham peace."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7 Aristide
Iiriand, premier of Franco and head of
the, French delegation landed hero to
day from the steamship LnFayette.
He was accompanied by former Pre
mier Rene Vlvluni, a companion of
Marshal Joffre during his visit here in
1917 and Albert Sarraut, French sen
ator and minister of the colonies.
France is ready to join in every en
deavor to avert new wars, "provided
she has nothing to fear for her own
security, which remains one of the
most solid guarantees of the peace of
the world," said Premier Briand in a
messago to the American people upon
his arrival.
"Both our countries only endeavor
to lead the men and peoples of good
will to peaceful and fruitful work to
reduce more and more the risks of
war," the premier declared. "Today
the world, which is in such need of
safety and rest, wants not only sooth
ing words, but realities."
Given Rousing Welcome
A crowd gave the premier and his
party a rousing welcome as they step
ped ashore from the steamship.
"On setting foot on tho soil of tho
great American republic," said tho pre
I
MASTER. 101
FOR COMPLICITY
Wow Believe Hara's Death Re
sult of Conspiracy On Part
of Political Group Diffi
culty Is Experienced in Get
ting New Premier.
TOKIO, Nov. 7. (By the Associat
ed I'ress) Ligoro Hnsaamimoto, as
sistant station master uf the Ossaka
railroad station where Premier Tak-
nshi Mara was assassinated Friday
night haH been arrested, charged with
complicity in the crime. About
twenty other employes at the station
,wero released, after being questioned.
Hyc-hl Nakoka, the assassin, insists,
the police say that he had no accom
pliees. The police believe, however
mler's message, "my first thought goes that the statesman's death was
back to those who generously came tql'rought about through a conspiracy,
Secy of War Weeks Requests
Mew Legion Commander to
Assist in Obtaining Facts
Concerning Alleged Outrage
in France Honor of Service
at Stake.
Premier Briand Arrives New York
mingle their blood with that of tho sol
diers of France, hack to those fighters
whom tho United States sent over to
us as the most precious thing they
had, back to those magnificent lilgh
souled youths with heroic hearts who
fell for right and for liberty with a
smile, to the land that has piously en
tombed them. To their families France
now sends me as a near relative. I
am coming to assure them that the
recollection of those heroes is deeply
graven in the' heart of every French
man. . '
"Tho statue that, at tho entrance of
New York raises right above the har
bor her light-sprcftding nrm has its
replica in Paris on the, banks of the
Seine. Identical, jjorn of the same
hands, almost of the same mold, these
two statues, though, standing thou
sands of miles from each other, point
out the close relatinshlp which exists
between the two peoples, the aspira
tions they have in common, the like
ness of their role, their equal love of
justice, their similar will on the path
of progress."
France' 4 Points
Premier Briand, who said he would
jeserve formal comment on the confer
ence until he had seen President Har
ding, comes with the purpose of assist
ing during the first twelve days of the
conference in determining the princi
ples upon which subsequent details
and results will rest. Tho French
people and the chamber gave him a
free hand. He will enter the confer
ence with general policies clear in Ills
own mind and in the minds of other
members of the delegation.
These Include: -
First, the French government's obli
gations to the League of Nations do
not preclude France from joining oth
er powers inside or outside tho league
in limiting armaments or settling
,. other questions that the league con
siders as within its jurisdiction.
Secondly, French policy Is identical
with ,that of the United States towards
equal commercial opportunities in
China.
Third, the restriction of sea nrma-
Thls belief Is strengthened by tho fact,
that a well-dressed, unidentified man
was seen hurrying from tho station at
the moment Nakoka thrust his sword
into the premier's breast.
The authorities are of the opinion
that the youth's statement that he
alone conceived the crime was made
in an effort to shield his co-conspir-
iltors.
Nakoka was in hiding on the station
platform when the premier and a
number of other leaders of the Selyu-
kai party arrived . to take the 7:30
train for Kioto, where a meeting was
to have been held. As the premier,
chatting with ills companions, passed
through the gate leading to the sta
tion platform Nakoka leaped from his
hiding place and plunged a short
sword into M. Hara's left breast, at
tho same timet exclaiming "the
country's enemy."
Marquis Matsultntn. lord keeper of
the privy seal, following a conference
at tho palace yesterday with Marquis
Saionji, left for tho villa of Field Mar
shal Prince Yamngata, in Odawara,
to confer with tho prince, who is ill.
Prince Yamagata is one of the elder
statesmen and a .member of the mili
tary council of the empire. No an
nouncement as to re-construction of
the cabinet is expected until Marquis
Matsukata's return.
Marquis Saionji is most prominently
mentioned for the premiership, but it
is doubtful if he would accept. Vis
count Makino is also being consider
ed for the post.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. . The
American Legion was asked y the war
department today to lend its assist-
ance in obtaining all facts relating to
tho charges made by Senator Watson,
of Georgia, that soldiers wero fre
quently shot and hanged without
court martial, during tho war. Secre
tary Weeks addressed his appeal to
Hanford MacNider, commander of
the American Legion.
After quoting the senator's charges
the secretary said:
"The foregoing statement coming
so long after the commission of the
alleged crimes, constitutes a reflec
tion upon the entire personnel of tho
American expeditionary force. I con
sider the public entitled to all the
facts which It Is within tho power of
my office to produce. If there pos
sibly exists any basis for such an al
legation, the responsible porsons
should beur tho odium. Otherwise
definite refutation is desirable."
Moro Telegrams Introduce!
Senator Watson Interjected Into
senate debato on the tax bill today
more telegrams, letters and newspa
per articles which ho said supported
his 'charges,
A telegram from a Lansing, Mich.,
soldier, said tho writer saw two
"YankB hung without trial," nnothor
letter, Senator Watson said, "shows
how men wore shot down because
they , fell exhausted from long
marches."
The meeting scheduled today, of
the special committee appointed to
investigate Senator Watson's charges
was postponod for a day or two be
cause of the senator's attendance on
the tax bill.
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y I'l"'"
13? na
"Vivian
Accuruing to reports from France, the delegates .to represent the French
government in the Disarmament Conference, to open on November 11 in
Washington, have Leon named as follows: Premier ISrland, Philip iioithe
lot, lleno Vivian! and Ambassador Jusseranil.
A M DAY PROCLAMATION
(Continued on page eight.)
LEAVES FOR EXILE
BUDAPEST, Nov. 7. Former Em
peror Charles of Austria-Hungary and
his wife, last reported to be at Galatz,
Rumania, awaiting the British cruiser
Cardiff to carry them to exile on the
Island of Madeira, were believed today
to have passed out of the Danube into
the Black sea on their way to the Bos-phorus.
Tho national assembly of Hungary
at a special session yesterday enacted
into law a bill dethroning CharleB and
outing the entire Hapsburg dynasty
BIG BUSINESS IN IN GERMANY TRY
TO CAPTURE CONTROL OF THE GOV'T
MASON CITY, la., Nov. 7. Han
ford (Jack) MacNider, national
American Legion commander, homo;
for a day of quiet and rest, found a
band and. 1,000 howling townspeople
when ho stepped from a train this
morning He was taken to his home
at tho head of a long parade.
Legion headquarters will remain
in Indianapolis, .MacNider suld.
5 Soldiers IlehMiscd
LEAVENWORTH. Kas., Nov. 7.
Fivo former American soldiers, con
victed in Coblenz, Germany, by a
court martlul of tho murder of Cap
tain Gilbert Lancefield of the Brit
ish army today left the federal pris
on hero, pardoned by tho president.
From tho federal prison the five men
wero taken to the United State dis
ciplinary barracks on the Fort Leav
enworth military reservation, where
they were re-enlisted In tho army,
given honorable discharges and hack
pay from the time of their arrest in
Germany.
The men are James A, O'Dcll, Com
anche, Okla.; Hoy P. Trueblood,
Omaha, Neb.; Georgo Van Gilder, To
ledo, Ohio; Carl J. Bryan, McConnell,
Texas, and J. B. Richardson, Denton,
Texas.
In recognition of the request by President Hurtling tlint the
tuition rentier suitable tribule on Armistice titty tn America's
''unknown soldier dctid," Mayor ('. K. (Inles bus issued a proc
lamation requesting nil citizens to cense Ibeir activities at hiyh
noon and give themselves lo solemn reflection for n period of
Two" hliiifites. Body" of? l! unidentified American soldier,' who
fell in battle in France, will be buried in Arlington national cem
etery at noon, November lth, with ceremonies symbolizing the
homage of the nation to nil of those American soldiers who lie
in unidentified graves in France.
Buglers posted on the tops of several of Bedford's business
blocks will blow taps at the time specified and all activities con
nected with the Armistice day program will cease during that
period. ,
WHEREAS, on next Friday at 12 o'clock, noon, at the nn
lional cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, there will he held tho funer
al ceremony for our unknown dead of the late war, one body of
mi unknown American boy, killed in France during the great war,
having been selected as representing the entire number of un
known dead now buried on foreign soil.
Whereas, this ceremony : will be natiou-wiile and should have
the recognition of all American citizens
NOW, THEREFORE, out of rcspeftt for those who have made
the supreme sacrifice for us, and who cannot receive the individ
ual honor due them, I, C, E. Gates, mayor of the city of Medford,
do request that at twelve o'clock noon, on Friday,AnnisticeDay,
at the sound of the city fire whistle, every citizen, wherever you
may be, stop and stand in silent mediation for two minutes in
recognition of our honored dead.
(Signed) C. E. fiATKS, Mayor.
L
BERLIN. Nov. 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The League of Ger
man Industrialists has voted to come
to the financial aid of tho govern
ment by placing nt Its disposal the
foreign credits of the league's mem
bers" which It Is estimated will yield
1. 000.000,000 marks. A resolution to
this affect adopted after seven hours
nf stormy debate participated In by
Hugo Sttnnes, the financier, and lr.
Alfred Hueenbore. director of the
Krupp works, sets forth the follow
ing conditions:
Enterprises In tne hands of the
state nnd public bodies to be managed
In such a manner that they cease to
be a drain upon the public treasury.
Freedom of the country's economic
life from any restrictions that hinderH
its development including the eight
hour day.
Financial writers express the opin
ion that the Kvernment will be un
iblc to agree to the stipulated condi-
ns.
LONDON, Nov. 7. (By the Asso
ciated Ftcbs) In conformity with
the appeal of the Archbishop of Can
terbury, prayers were offered yester
day in all the Anglican churches
throughout Oreat Uritaln Imploring
divine blessings on the Washington
armament conference. The same pro
cedure was followed in the non-con
formist churches. Cardinal Hourne's
appeal for the same purpose ulso was
effective in the Knglisn Koman
Catholic churclws.
In all the Jewish synagogues, spec
ial prayers will be offered next Sat
urday for the succei-s of the confer
ence. Even Imam Mustapha Khan,
religious head of the Moslem commu
nity in England, whose mosque is at
Woking, in Surrey, will pray to the
almighty In next Friday's sermon to
u-uifle the counsellors of the nations
represented ut Wuahlngtun.
SAN FUANX-IKCO, Nov. 7. The
trlul of ItoHt'oe (Fatty) Arbuckle for
manslaughter, growing out of the
death of Miss Virginia Kappe, was
continued today until November 14.
by consent of both aides. The court
announced that tho trial positively
would begin on the fourteenth.
The trial had been set for today
Gavin Mc.ab, Arbutkle'H chief coun
sel, appearing in court for the first
time in tin case, said Armistice day
and a local election made a week's
conl inuence advisable, although he
was ready to proceed today If neces
sary. The district attorney said that
as both sides had agreed on a con
tinuance he had no witnesses on
hand today.
Arbuckle was In court, accompa
nied by hi wife. There was no
crowd present, but the Woman's Vigi
lant committee, had representatives
on hand, as In the preliminary hear
ing of tho Arbuckle case.
McNab announced to the court that
he Intended to interview -witnesses for
neither side, and asserted n witness
he had talked to last week had been
called before the grand Jury later to
testify as to perjury proceedings.
Nine high s-'hools in Jackson coun
ty those at Ashland, Ilutte Falls,
Central Point, Cold Hill. Jacksonville,
(Medford, I'hoenlx, Kogue Klver and
Talent have courses of study of such
,htgh grade and taught with such ef
ficiency that they nre accredited by
the University of Oregon.
TWO PORTLAND
UN KILLED
Another Kansas Mine
Blown Up; Indiana
Strike Called Off
BANDITS liEI
riTTSHfltd. Kas.. Nov. 7.
The small mine of the Burgess
Coal company, n mllo south of
Mulberry, was completely wreck
ed by two small explosions early
today. The tipple was destroy-
od and tho mouth of the stopo
caved In by tho explosions. Mo
tors and other electrical ma
chinery wero ruined by the ex
plosions. Eight men comprlso
tho company, all of them minors.
T Ell HE HAUTE, Intl., Nov. 7.
ltuportB received tills mornltiK
nt headquarters of district No.
11, I'nlted Minn Workers of
America, indicate that without
exception tho miners of tho
district have followed tho In
structions sent out Saturday by
President John llessler and re
turned to work.
SOLDIER
fill
S
GERTAIN STATES
SENATOR
E
Massachusetts Solon in Op
posing Simmons Amend
ment Declares He Wants
Payment to Be Real Pay
ment, Not a Mere Pretense
j WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Another
joffort to wrlto tho soldiers bonus bill
! into tho tax revision measure fallod
i today, tho sennto rejecting to 29
! the Simmons amendment proponing to
! pny tho bonus out of the Interest on
the foreign debt.
Six republicans supported the Sim
mons amendment and one democrat,
Myers.lontana, voted ngnlnst It. The
republicans were Capper, Johnson,
Kenyon, Ladd, UiFoIlctto tintl Norrls.
A BIG HAUL
IN PORTLAND
Liberty Movie Theatre Robbed
of Between $7000 and $10,
000 Cash Treasurer and
Girl Ushers Bound By 3
Masked Men Police Up in
the Air. . .
PORTLAND, Oro., Nov 7. Three
masked men this morning hold up
and bound tho treasurer of tho Lib
erty theatre, a motion picture house,
two Klrl ushers and a man who wus
in tho theater, nnd escaped with be
tween $7,000 nnd $10,000 cash, the
Saturday night and Sunday receipts,
according to a report to tho police.
Police were unuhle to find any
trace of the robbers who ' were
thought to have escaped In an auto
mobile after leaving the theater
through tho back door.
it. 13. Charles, treasurer, said ho
was opening tho safe whon the rob
bors entered. Ho described them as
fairly well dressed. Henry Harney,
an employe, was slugged by tho hold
up men but not seriously hurt. Myrtle
Eorlies, Elsie Rotramel, Barney and
Churlos woro securely bound.
Harnoy managed to initio .Miss llot
ramel's feoUnud site klckod over the
telophono and notified the, police.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7. Mrs
Charles Spencer of Llnnton, a sub
urb of Portland, mother of sevon
small children, died nt a hospital last
night of a f rat-lured skull suffered
when she'wus run down by an unl
dentlfled motorist on tho Linnton
road Saturduy night. Authorities
have been unable to find traco of til s
driver.
Mrs. Luolla E. Wright, 51, mother
of I'red W. Wright, was Instantly
killed whon she and her husband weto
struck by an automobile yesterday
afternoon near Tigrad. The machine,
according to reports to officers, was
driven by S. T. Whito, a farmer of
LnEayotto. White followed tho body
Into Portland and did everything pos
sible under the circumstances.
Wright .said thut throo automo
biles, traveling toward Portland, ap
proached them as Ihey walked toward
Tigard, Mrs. Wright on the gravel
beside the pavement, whllo ho walk
ed on the pavement. WTilte ap
proached from the rear with dimmed
lights and when he turned out to
pass tho three machines he knocked
Mr. and Mrs. Wright down.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Senator
Simmons, democrat, North Carolina,
today in urging in tho sennto accep
tance of IiIh nmendment to tho tnx re
vision 1)111 to provide for payment of
tho soldier bonUH out of the Interest
on tho foreign debt, said he believed
that was tho intention of President
Harding with respect to tho bonus.
Thin view nlso was taken by Senator
McCumber of North Dakota, ono of
those In charge of tho tax bill,
I Senator Lodgo of Massachusetts,
tho republican leader, took tho posi
tion that the bonus should not bo con
tingent upon so uncertain a proposi
tion. "Whenever wo pay the bonus, as
wo undoubtedly shall." said Senator
Lodge, "1 want tho payment to bo a
real payment. This proposition,
under tho pretenso of giving a bonus,
gives only an uncertainty. No ono
can tell when we will beKln to get
the interest on tho credits given to
the foreign countries. We certainly
are not going to use force to collect
It."
' Senator Kenyon, rcpuhlienn, Iowa,
announcing Saturday, he would sup
port the Iteed amendment or any
other reasonable plan for a soldiers'
bonus, said those in the senate who
advocated a bonus were regarded as
demagogues, those who tried to do
anything for the farmers wero re
garded as demagogues, and that those
who tried to do anything for labor
wore regnrded as tleningogucs.
"The way not to be a demagogue,"
he added, "is to vote to take the tax
off golf balls, f u rn nnd e'xceHS profits.
Do that and you immediately become
a great statesman."
YEARS TO LIFE
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 7, In
tho presenco of a crowdod court
room, rLytla Meyer Southard, convict
ed poisoner of Edward V. Meyer, her
fourth husband, nnd ehnrged col
laterally with tho murder of three
previous husbands and a brothor-ln-law,
was sentenced this morning to
a term in the Idaho state penitentiary
of from ten years to life Imprison
ment. Tho defendant stood up; fixed her
oye upon tho bunoh. nnd received
the sentence without a tromor.
Notice 'of appeal was filed by her
attorneys, but a stay of execution of
sentence was not asked and it Is con
sidered likely that n commitment will
follow in n few dnys.
Mrs. Southard has packed up all
her belongings nbout the county jail
and according to her attorneys has
expressed a wish to begin sorving her
suntenco at once.
Under Idaho law, tho duration of
Indetermlnato sentences Is largely In
the hands of the state pardon board.
Mrs. Southard may or may not bo
given credit for good bohavlor, Sho '
may bo released upon sorving her
minimum term or sho may romafn In
prison for the remainder of her natu
ral life. On tho other hand, action
cutting tho term to less than ten yonrs
Is within the discretion of tho pardon
board.
Mrs. Southard ' appeared in court
alono except for her attorneys. Hor
husband left for San Francisco last
night to resume his position as a
petty officer In tho nnvy. ,Kxcept for
tho addition of a blnck hat tho de
fendant had mado no change in oior
costume. In nppenrance sho was pale
but not notllceably nervous.
A square mllo of tho earth's surface
receives heat In six hours from tho
sun equivalent to combustion of 2000
tons of coal.
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 7. Adoption of
a code of ethics for Oregon news
papers Is ono of the Important matters
to bo considered at tho fourth annual
Orogon Newspaper conference, which
is to bo held at the University of Ore
gone school of Journalism here Jan. 12
to 14.
New Mexico has no law requiring
automobile headlights and requires
only rear license plates.
CHIEFS TO PLACE COUP
BIER OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Four
American Indian chiefs, each a trllAil
hero, will pny to tho unknown dead
nt Arlington next Friday tho highest
honors known to their race by plac
ing upon the casket a coup stick nnd
war bonnet. Plenty Coos, of tho
Crows; Lono Wolf, of the Klowns. nnd
Am oh Ited Owl nnd Strnnger Dorso
of the Sioux, were chosen to confer
the decoration by Commissioner of
Indian Affnlrs Purke, hecause of their
prominence In tho history of tho west.
Each is a high chief In his tribe nnd
Jins fought Amoricnn soldiers. They
will bo dressed in full warrior re-
Tho coup sticlc, pronounced "koo,"
U several feet long, nnd was carried
by warriors who considered it a brave
deed to touch nn enomy during a
fight. When a warrior did so, ho cut
a notch In the stick or attached to It
nn eagle feather.
Tho war bonnet wns regarded by
tho warrior as the most Important ar
ticle of his regnlla and only proved
hravos wero allowed to wear one.
The long plumo was mado from eaglb
feathers nnd each feather represented
a particular doed. Consent of the
trlbo had to bo obtained to make a
war bonnet nnd tho making was an
occasion for much ceremony.