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Newspaper Page Text0- c, edford Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum ytsrdy 97 Minimum today 27'j tll-mnth Tear, tnwkly if.y-Hri .ear. MEDPOUD, OUEC.ON', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1922 NO. 201 CALL MABEL 200 Klamath Workers Strike Against 9 Hr. Day, Box Factories U.S.NAVY IS Pass Bonus Measure Yank's Star Pitcher Honeymooning YAP TREATY Without Cash Items Present Program M Predictions Fair. fV i 01AD TASK AGAIN Film Acress to Be Questioned By District Attorney As Soon As Health Permits 'French George' Called Into Consul tation By Movie Actress, On CarpetQuestion Dopers. LOH ANORLRH, Mar. I. Further ajUMnlonin of at alleged drug pod Uer and boodrggera a la their rtowledlfo of th murder of William rwmuhd Taylor, film director. month mo km planned tr today by tb polio and tho district attorney' off... Their arrest wm wild to have been the rull of quarrel brtwwn on of them, luy 1-ynvlt. , who aald ho wm a m filter, and their house i keeper, Mr. John Hupp, known also, .sots-rdlng to tho polk, a Mr. May Lynch, ana said by them to bo an Tt)M other gave tliolr name. ajt-- arid occupation a William Kai. J, laborer: George Calvert, tt, go titter; Waller Klrby. SI, proprrty man at Motion picture otudlo; John llerkey. 16, sheet mu worksr. ond Marry Amorohelm. or .Arohtim, J 7, chauf feur. Th" polb'O al4 lira. ItapP had de clared Klrby ond Calvert had nad pen threat utfalnl Taylor, on tho jt round h h4 "Injured their bual neon." which she declared wo dlo- in, conirahftod drug. uon. toj tho police aho had noeuoea one oi tho men of having killed Taylor ana l.o bod her nover to -mention that ognln" Hha aUo m reK.rtt . to bava told her Iandla4y, Mr. hllih Hplttor tho day after wtorder that he ' Knew who hilled Taylor." Tbo palieo prArtlialiy confirmed r norm that a wltnena all4 by them Trenchy tleorgo." aummoned before t the Qlxtrlrt attorneyi wao a reputaWo teo. hrr of tho rrench langunao who hod been rnllod Into eonauttailott hy Mabel Normond. film ntrea. when ohe wanted an Inocrlption In French engrail on ft rlgarette cooo. It wna not elated, however, another que Uonlng of MIo . Norma n4, who one of tho loot peroona to oeo Taylor I olive, woo planned. Hho In at All dena, a auburb, recovertn from In noenaa and a norvoua breakdown fol lowing a fainting upell at lha Taylor rviitTl, " LOH AS0EI.E3, March 1. Mra. Way Itupp today made a detailed pworn atutement to the police of bor Vrlon of the murder, n month ago, nf William tomond Taylor, noted fllia director. ' Mra. ItupD'a atatcinoDt definitely assorted that Rodney Calvert, one of alt toon In custody, said In her pre- one that ti would (boot Taylor it the latter .carried out a purported threat to report th sain to him of synthetic liquor under tbo guise ot, bonded good. ' , A larg force of detective waa put to work checking up tho various an gle of th caa and It waa stated at police headiuarter that the story bad atood preliminary Investigation. '.'("'" " Coffee Urn Completes Destruction of City WICHITA FALLS, Tokm. Mar. 1 rinv starting from a ga Jet under a oofo um In a restaurant at South Flood today practically destroyed all that waa left of the town from a din- natron conflagration auroral month alto,, i WKF.n, Cal., Mar. 1. Announcement from the offices of th Weed Lumber company here today said that a 100 per cent crow waa at work In tho com pany's various plant and that all planta were operating at capacity. GIRL BANDIT KEEPS BAY WHILE BVRACVflK, N. Y., Mar. 1 A girl taudtt armed with a repeating rine add a revolver and accompanied by a maii equally well armed, raided a store in the vlllago of Cumlllu near Syra cuse early today, and In tho resident Hectlon of Syracime engaged In a run ning, battle with the police which end ed lr. the arrest of the girl and the e ncart of her comrade. ... : The girl said she was MyUlo Dates, 4 KLAMATH FAI.LH, Ore., Mar. 1. -lkK factory workore to the uumhor of more than 200 were on strike today In protest against tho proposed ulna hour day to b"4 put Into effect toddy liy tb own- or, A yet no domand hn boon mode for higher wage, Ten day ago the mill owner 4 announced that beginning today 4 4 Ihnlr plant would be pin Ml 4 Dint hour basis, tho aamo wage to be aid a have been ld for 4 eight bum, 4 Tho plants affected aro the (UK 4 I.nk and Kwuimit Ilox facturte 4 and the Hblpplngxton plant. Reopening of Dail Eireain Is Marked By Stormy Session -De Valera Resents State ment That Questions Pro pounded to Embarrass. LU IlLIN, March I. (By tbo Aa aocatod I'roaa.) When the Doll Klr oann raaaottitil4 thU forenoon for tho 004-oud day'a mooting, the mini- ww p,n to a'n.wor more i 3 queatlona. tho majority of ........ v .,.. nu ?u . tho toll. dUrd wore propounded -for tlxi , purpHM of propoianda, .agalnat tbo treaty. bam1 Interjected Eamonn De Valora. i n .:. i . Tor the fppooonta of the treaty to no tbo toll aa meana of harraae- lag ua will not bo toleratod," Orlf flib continued 1 . Tho member of tho covernmcnt wore tin -n to We that the trvaty wa carried out, Orlffllh declared, and although they were under ohll- j gallon 4o keep tbo toll In operation until election the. preoont official would not anawor to tho toll for the dotal'a of their admlnlittratton. Tbo cabinet of tho Dail waa working with the provlalonal cabinet, he reiterated- No official baa boon diamlaoed on account of hit politlca, Orlffllh added, but no paid official waa entitled to uao hla poaltlnn agalnat the govern mnnl. i He aald the toll cabinet had I mooned the Ilolfaat boycott and the cabinet had revoked It. The greater part of the ocaaloo waa occupied with the anwermt of . tlona which tho cabinet minister 'assorted were propounded for tho nur poen of hsckling and barraosing the loader of the treaty party. . Ooorge Gavin iMiffr. minister of foreign affairs, In answering que- tion Justified the work ot hla de partment. He said th agent abroad under tho foregoing department were responsible to the toll. There waa no Intnution of propaganda against Great Hrltaln a long a the Urltlsh obaervnd the compact, he add ed. Kamonn J. Duggnn, minister ot homo affairs, dwelt on the police ar rangements ordered by tho provis ional government. Answering a ques tion he aald lome member of tbo old royal Irish constabulary had been Invited by the provisional government to act on tho commlsalou which was engaged in drawing up a scheme of orgaultatlon for the police. Tbo war record of those men ui satisfactory, ho added. . Dr. Koo and Wlf Sail NEW YORK. Mar. 1. Dr. Welling ton Koo, Chiueao delegate to tho arma ment conference and Mrs. Koo were nassenirora on the Homeric sailing to j day for Chnrbourg and Southampton. POLICE AT PAL MAKES ESCAPE 22. According to tho story of Ernest Monica, taxi driver, the girl and the ica .,i j-i. .,i ii man entered his car in the center or t yrncuse ana ordered him to drive to Camlllus. AtCamUlus Uonjnmtu Hart.' grocer, waa .hot nnd seriously wound- Returning to Syracuse the taxi was! trapped by nevon patrolmen. Firing . i . ... . . . ... irora nor nil ana pistol me gin cov ered hnr connndn'a eacana film rof..ed CIS fill 10 GRIFFITH to give the man b name. ... ..- 110 A DEAD HALI Cutting of Fuel Apropriation From $12,000,000 to $6, 282,685 Forces Entire Fleet to Drop Anchor All Crafts Ordered to Remain Where They Are By Denby. WA8HM0TON, March 1 Tb Amnricun navy wt virtually brought to anchor today by action of the turns appropriation commute by culilnic tho requested appropriation for tiary fuel from 1 1.000, 000 to H.2k:.S. Plan were Immediately made by tho navy department to atop all steaming of wanihlpa. tho craft to remain whom thny aro until addition ul fund aro mado avallablo through tranafer. I Tho altuatlon In tho naty with r- to hM "Iiou ror had held out boiwa that additional fund would bo forthcoming In the deficloney Mil. The action of the comuiltteo in cutting tho fnot Horn in half, however, deotroyod thU hope and offklaU said tbo only roconrae wa to atop oil vooaol. The nary department In an effort to conaenre already depleted aupplloa bod rwrtrlrted. atearaing In the At lantic fleet to actlvitiet nocasart In "o with Urgot practice man- VroiA Joint manouror. betwoen the Atlantic and Pacific w-o abandoned rocontlv bo- "n f06011' - " oim Capitol ahlpa at preeent hare an allowance nr -foot-' for five dayi' teaming a month, while deetroyer are he'd down to eight hour' ateam ing out of every thirty days. .Nary official! aaaert ihla la the abaolute limit of fuel conaumntloa permissible If : tho ships and their crow are to he kept In any way ef ficient.. : . a. Secretary tonliy la said to he de termined not to permit the depart ment to Incur any additional deficien cy unlnoa a grave emergency demand ed such action in the navy. . Appropriation Cut WASHINGTON, March 1. A de ficiency appropriation of 1 108. S 15, :B7, approximately 7,ROO,000 less than the amount requested by va rious departments, 1 recommended In a bill reported today by the house approprlatlona committee. The larg est Item carried In the measure Is 3.93,U2 for the veterans' bureau. The committee did not provide $12,000,000 sought by the shipping board for completion of vesoel un der construction. Included In the reduction from es timates ICO. 198. 831 requested tor the naval establishment. The com mittee did not provide any direct ap propriation for tbo naval establish ment lu tho bill, ut explained In the report that transfer ot fund had been authorlted to take care ot press ing requirements. A request from the labor depart ment tor 1 100,000 for the employ ment service waa not allowed, while the $1,180,000 aought for adminis tration of th maternity bill during the remainder of the fiscal year was cut to $570,000. The bill carries $5,000,000 for the Initial payment to the Republic of Colombia under tho treaty of 1911 negotiated to settle the controversy over the Panama canal. The measure Is the second deflcien cy hill forth current fiscal year, one earning approximately $105,000,000 having been passed last December. 4 P.M. FRIDAY: CHICAGO, Mar. lw Harvey , W. Church, condemned to die. for tho murder of two automobile salesmen here, and In a state of semi-coma as ,ho ult ot, tt'ltd starvation to iieui mw aoiii", win m nsoiroa oi BROUGH CHURCH TO HANG r"! . ,k. X... Cnar,,g w, ha( annoUnced. Daybreak In tho customary time for executions, but owing to Church's' condlt on. atay will mean to him, tho sheriff believed. ornoon mmn wiii be !" juiy i ' . uvvivioi " ' AM.nM - , , ,,,.,- -, -An. ..i.l, " ... . ' ' . . ' ""V." "J""'". rirmrniy is an tnai can Biny tne exe- cution. . , ' 1 ';.""' . Si Ron laat wodt. on tho IVardwalk at Atlantlr; City, Wnlto Hoyt, atar pitcher of tlio Now York Amort can loagno baoobaJI club, and hla brldo. LOVINGCUPGIVEN John T. Dougail. chairman of the Member Forum of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland, waa the princi pal apeaker at the one hundredth con aocutlve forum of tho Medford cham ber of commerce which waa held at the Hotel Medford thla noon. U!fore beginning hla addresa Mr. Dougail waa presented with a beantiful allver loving cup lnicrtbed with theee worda: "rrcoented to the Portland Chamber of Comroejro by tne citizen of Medford lu appreotatlon of th Hyal npport accorded j . aouthern . Orecon community problome and porttcularly la making arailable to all peonk the beautlea of Crater J-ake." The preaemi ' tattoo ceremony was conducted by Den Sheldon, president of : the Medford I friM mKr rtf riim mnrmsi - . . ; Mr. Shi'ldon al.o. made abort t . t. ..... spoecn in wnicn ne aei lortn tne com-1 muuity aplrit of good fellowship and friendship harbored by the people of tho city of Medford for the city of Portland. Mr. Dougail started his speech with K v - V f Mist Louis Lovely a strong sprinkling of humor pointing out several things in our city in a hu morons light. One of these waa a sign over a candy store which stated "Headquarters for Christmas Candy." Mr. Dougail remarked that the man owning the store i slightly ahead of the gamo. His suggestion was that "Pep with out purpose was piffle," but that the thing for a community to do was to develop pep and put it to some pur pose. He spoke or international trade relations and stated that the northwest could build and provide for one ot the irrAAt Aalntlo iintlnna Iwivsitiil iha tn. ciflc if the different communities would develop a spirit of efficient co- operation. On behalf ot the Members Forum of 3766 membera Mr. Dougail Pledged whnle-hnai ted frln,lhl and POMDCOFC. AT 100TH FORUM 4M i r t thn citv of MnHfrvrrt niitno ,arSC8t ever ftlled for foreign hlp.to announcement today by Dr. Ernest support speech was not longthy but carried - - ucn a noto ot cniuusiasm as nas i",' 7.. " "' ru:,v M. nni.ir. ,iHa1I1U8land' viscount Lascelles were be- "y a"er-';' ginning their honeymoon in seclusion 5;,," Weston Park today, announcement . w'10 Wn8 Was mado that in resnonsn to mnv ro. nn n tne nee s maae a ow I . . . . i . . . - i rent n it. wan Tinsnv nersusnen nv Mr JO"g" na tTOBiaem ouemon 10 Bay. (Continued on paje eight,) KANSAS CITY IS AS KANSAS C1TT. Mar. 1. The heavy enow and high wind storm which viait ed practically the entire area of Kan- saa, . Missouri, Oklahoma, ' northern Arkansas and the Texas panhandle, bad passed today leaving In its wake temperatures near tero. While no point reported over 8 or 9 Inchea of snow, lance drifts were being encountered In cuts and paaaea that seriously delayed all train. In Kan- aaa,. the, .great,-wheat belt benelttsA, lauueoiiurablya - ;. ,r s 1fTV-!.., ' v vvqia riTV, . ' V- T. - RouthweatiJacod continuance- xoaay I ot the snowstorm that ha reached the ! proportion of a billiard In many eo-, 1 Itloasv. Added to a high Wind, low tern-1 matures generally aidded in making ih. ,ki- .i '" "' - "" bhb experienced in recent year, accord lng m BOUND MERCURY DROPS i"er oworTrm. luinsos, urns- been criUciied to the Jury by plain homa, Missouri, northern Arkansa tiffs counsel, who aald her testimony and Texas are bearing the brunt ot the in which she belittled Mrs. Witkin storm. I nlng. '"would redound to her ever- I lasting shame." DENVER, Mar. 1 Tho entire Rocky ' Mary s"ve her mother a khw and Mountain region today was emerging "LV "Seon- 0Ur ,rl9h . ,vi m . . , sense of humor. from the grip of a wave of below nor-. Mary. rounwl pictured flIra mag. mal temperature that haa held way'natM .warming around with lots of ince Monday. Last night the mer- money for an actreea with Miss Plck- cury ranged from 26 degree below ford's standing, and maintained that zero at Mile City, Mont., to 12 degrees his client did not need to hire an above at Grand Junction. Colo, on the lt ,ucb Mra- Witklnnlng to get western Bide of the divide. i her Income Increased. ,.. . The forecast for the entire region l'MrB- ,W.llk'nn!'" utTV Z . . . ... ... ' scene of "City Halt Park Crowded generally fair with rising tempera- wlth mov,e magnate(l sweat,nR do,inr9 tures. With tho mercury at 7 below from every pore." was camouflage. xero, a new low mark for March 1 waa With the exception of two Or threo of recorded in Denver. A $225,000 BLAZE LOS ANGELES. Mar 1. Fir thought to have originated from the ex - plosion of an oil stove this morning practically destroyed three business establishments in the Hollywood dis trict here, entailing a loss estimated at $225,000. Iowa Represented Princess Wedding By Carload Geese DUBUQUE, la.. Mar. 1 Thq state of Iowa was represented at the wed ding ot Princess Mary of England to Viscount Lascolles. Princess Mary ate Iowa fow, as did every guest at the wedding feast, for lw3 cfB ot m.111''ed turkeys, geese u"u " went east w aeaooard for shipment to England several week ago. , u" v,uul " luo auie H1H 11. ment by the Dubuque concern. LONDON, Mar. l.-(By Associated Press.) , Whilo Princess Mary and her , . - - VAilantv'a ... .V.H., B V. ( U Ulll. 1.11 M 1 1 1 1 1 II V . 1 Westminster Abbev would ho rni.arw! . - . I by the combined Abbey and Chanel ,h ,nMw.A " jroyal choirs two weeks hence, 4444444444444444 4 4 4 WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. A 4 4 apodal aub-comruitteo to work 4 4 out a aoldler bonua plan which 4 4 would not entail any heavy draft 4 4 on the fedoral treasury within 4 4 the nxt two year waa appoint! 4 4 today by majority members of the 4 4 way and means committee. 4 4 Th aub-conunittee will meet 4 4 later In the day and Chairman 4 4 Fonltw-y said lha plan probably 4 4 would be compUiUsl within two or 4 4 tbrxj days and Immediately rv 4 4 portAd out. The majority mem- 4 4 ber ciimo to no docbiion no to 4 4 detail but it u the general 4 4 under Uniting that In tho mea- 4 4 ur to bo drafted the cash fea- 4 4 ture If retained would be made so 4 4 much leoa attractive than the 4 4 other feature that there would be 4 4 amall demand for 1L 4 4 4 TELLS MOTHER TO CUfJEARS 'Show Your Irish Sense of m no nuuiui. Huiiiuuiiiiea mini I WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. Futile ef- Star When Mother Shows ",rU,, tcl; nndmenu nd re. , irrvationa to the Tap treaty were rc Sinne nf Toirc llnriae Tiro 'wed today In the aenata with the af iiaj wa VUI taV VHUVf I II V in Court Trial. NEW-. YORK. Mar. 1. Mary Pick ford and her husband, Douglas Fair banks, and her mother. Mra. Char lotte Plckford. heard the completion C argument by owwael toaay ifl.;the ,ult brought agalnat tho ecreeo acv "'' Mr.. Cora C-m llktnhlng for iivi.vuu, Aira niunniunx-comeaav the money r la dueher. fqr vr getting Mary a big salary Increase, ; . Mlae Plckford says It is noCso,. mere remains pending oniy tne .J"4 ,t.ry Wft tr1 r!" cessed for lunch. twm( xhft MMion enaed , she8 nlu, tho big fellows, most of the offers to Miss Plckford would be like aekins Sarah Bernhardt to do a Cakewalk, bo said. . . . ..... Hd held that In lt Adolf Zukor was not giving Mary the money she wanted and that better contracts could have been offered by only two other producer then In the bUHlneno. These, he added, could have been pro cured for Mary only through Mrs. Witklnning. Ho said Mury and her mother camo to Mrs. Wltklnnlug and , a!'.ed her R,d- Mary and her husband were a little rcHtlesa during the long arguments. McCLOlD, Cal.. Mar. 1. Approxl mately 700 employes of the McCloud River Lumber company here were at work today despite the fact the new wage and work day schedule went Into effect today it was announced by F. II. Lambert, general manager of the company. AMERICAN DRY ITALY, JUGO-SLAVIA ATD WAY STATIONS WESTERV1LLE, O.." Mar. 1. The American Temperance Workers will invade foreign countries this year In lu prouiouiou. sccorums H. Cherrington, general secretary of the world league against alcoholism. Dr. John Wolley of Paris, 111., for nearly half a century an outstanding figure iu temperance work and at one time a candidate for president of the prohibition ticket, la starting today on a six months tour that will take him - 8wiUerIttnd;, and n i. T. . .. .- i n - r i m II CllltUU I 111 1 1 . IL I 1 1HI III.IIIVK. Ill r 111 " ' - land. Sweden. DenmarV nnd Iceland. L.7. Z .."lu He will make a survey of prohibition (conditions )n those oountrlos and will PASSED, BIG FIGHT OPENS Jap Pact Ratified Without Res ervations, 6722 Senator Watson of Georgia Opens Attack On Four Power Treaty Claims Measure Is Not Constitutional. WASHINGTON, Mar. lThe Tap treaty vraa ratified without reserva tions or amendment today by the oenate. The vote for ratification wa 67 to 'J. Senator Lodge, republican ' leader, immediately after action on tho Tap treaty, culled up the four-power Pa cific pact. , Leading tho attack for the "lrre concllablee," Senator Watoon, demo crat, Georgia, declared the senate had no eonatltuttonal authority to ratify the treaty and thua moJte the United States an aooeaaory afer the fact of Japan' spoliations In the Pacific Th treaty, he said, contained a dosen seeds of war and had as tta purpose merely a plan to open the way by "an (international cable company," owned by big interests. administration leader presenting a solid front against every proposed change or qualification and ahowing v little disposition to reply at length to 1 the continued assaults of the "lrre concllablee." ; More than enough vote to ratify were declared by the leader to be as surred. Tbey felt equally certain In that they continue to command a ma- JoKy:BInt aU amendnwais-. and" reservation, i Jrt. these ctrrunatanvvw tbeydeclred they aw no Toaooa .to indulge In further, argument r, the; triw. -.Under a iunaatmou consent agreeM ment, a final, vote on ratification, tsj to bj taken not later than, & p. m. tort morrow, and some senator .predicted: that it night be reached, todaso w ..t i -i-.!'., 1 ' . 1 1 ! .! :,.-, NEW TORK.. March 1.- Alfred E. Lindsay, accused of swindling socioty women out ot nearly $1,000,000 in fake stock deals, today confessed that , many of the charges against htm ' were true, according to Richard Mur phy,' aseistant district attorney. Lindsay, ,a stock broker,, was ar- ' rested lent night at Overbrook, Pa.,' oh an Indictment charging grand tar cony and brought to Now York by de tectives. . , . .' i , He declared, however, according to Mr. Murphy, that the amounts ho Is ' alleged to have received were grossly , exaggerated. Trilby the Fat Lady Weighs 400 at Death CHICAGO, Mar. 1. Mrs. Oeorge A. Kenna, known In circus sideshow for years as "Trilby, the fat lady," died here yesterday. 8he quit tho circus 16 years ago and made her home in Chicago. She weighed 400 pounds when she died and while with the cir cus her weight is said to have exceed ed 500 pounds. A casket one yard wide and six feet three inches long is being constructed for the body. deliver a series of talks in wihch pro hibition in the United State will he hold as an example. , Rev. David Ostlund of Minneapolis, who is representing; the world leaguo In the Scandinavian countries, espec ially In Sweden, will assist the direc tors ot Eb thou la who aro seeking to bring about prohibition in that coun try. William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, now making a tour of the United States will go to England about tbo middle of June and on July 21 will sa1 for Now Zealand after which he will go to Australia about September 1. About October 1 ho will return to New Zos lund for a prohibition campaign thote, SLICKER LINDSAY CONFESSES GRAFT .AID