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Newspaper Page TextPi,t. -rental .. edfokd Mml Tribune The Weather Maximum yatttrday , 8 Minimum today 32 (xttiy Aiilfnth Tear, Wkly FUly-Flrl I ear, MEDFOUD, OUlCaOX,' AVKDNKSDAY, MAltCI 15, 1922 M Predictions V Rain. 15,000,000 FIRE RAGES IN CHICAGO EntircCBIock Just Outside Loop Wiped Out By Early Morning Blaze Incendiarism Sus pectedEntire Destruction of Business District Was Feared -1 Fireman Killed. CHICAGO, Mur. J5.A aiantacular rarly luuritlnK flno today destroyed n full square of business building Just (mailt CitJcagM'a "loop" dllrlrt with loss estimated ttt from IO,HM),OUO to 1S,ih0,(km). The fire started In the tenter of the block bounded by Van Buien. Canal and Clinton street and Wrat Jackson boulevard, burned every structure In that ara. leaped nortli aero Jackson und wrecked the 21 atory (iikaico. Ilurlluirtoo and Qulury railroad general office building, which also house the Mercantile Truat ana Kuvlng bank, and under burden of strong wind dipped over Van IHiren street southward snd burned nearly through soother block to Harrison street. The ria.iion ro ai brought under control until nearly five o'clock and even then firemen wore flghtls doaen different fire and other broke out Intermittently at the wind wafted nirUe about Fireman Killed . One flrrman waa killed, another aer lonely Injured, icn or more sIlKlitly hurt and au unknown aurahor of the lOn.Oofl spectator who thronged the burning district waa slightly hurt by railing brick, burning timber or a park. The tire for time threatened to as sume vlrlun.ll itnlliuiu . proportion and every piece of fire fighting appara tus within five mile waa called out In a ere of ten alarm. "The rapidity wllh which the fire spread waa astounding" Marshal Duck ley, assistant fire chief aald. "The fire actually aw mod to run from u. May Be Incendiary That the original blaao from which the conflagration grew poaalbly wn of Incendiary origin wat the statement of Hblrley High, city fire attorney, who early today announced the arrest of an unnamed man on Information euppllod J'' t r).- ted yesterday, was defeated by II. T. Beblff. president of the con-)''? ,0 Thc ,r,ly opponent In feci(onery Kilnlly eominy at M ? ,:a,',,,;1 thry would ..... . , , , . bring the proposal forward again WestJuksou Urnkvard where the fire ,.;, J ,',., f H 1.,wrv,lo , started. t J the hope that Ihey might sm-ure thu Mr. High refused In divulge the mipport of u iiuihIkt of senator who name of the man arrested, but aald he object to all amendment a mutter wa being utwstloned reuardlng thn'at-of m liicliilo. enlng lettem Mr. Hchlff said Ihe tnan.t The party allKnmvnt on tho amend a forim-r enudovo. had sent to lilni.l " vlituully the miku uh that Mr. Kchlff told Mr, High tho inun was dlecbarged when he becumo Incensed over falluw to penult him to purcluiHO sica in mo eompany ani witnin tua past two months had made a series of. threats, Mr. High suininonod several of his Bldu wlilln the flro wss ut Its heluul and .a 1,1 an ltt-nHtiIIuil..n .,l.l 1.,, l. I ,, , ii. .. , . ,.!,mt be offered It hocnUMO of objoc i .,',. , i . ... . Iohh at from lo.ow.ooo to llB.tMio.nuo. Travorslnn tho main burned uron, tlio MutroMilltun West Ride tdovalnd linn t'xlity wn seriously handlcapptul In diverting Its pslrunn to tho down town tllstrlcL u wn tlm Aiiritra anil Klgln electric Intururban line, which i .1 .. r. t, , " , , . :;,! A'hll tvusa Sintlttltt IM Mian m ilul ,r lia'. " ' vav nuniiv tu tnu iiiiuni "I iiiv fire. I'rogreHti of tho flnuiPH to the south waa arrested by the (uullitles of the firemen who flocked to the roofs of smaller buildings and thus Increasing the range of tholr streams. -' A vooont lot, the alto of tho proposed pew union station, kept tho fire from spreading northward. The Chicago river runs a block cast Don tinned on pan mint) BEST HOTEL MO RKiNO, Nov., March 15. Scores "of guests escaped from upper windows In thofr night clothes when the Hlver sldu hotel, the largest hotel here, wus destroyed by fire early this morning, at a loss of 1250,000. At 5 o'clock tho building was still a furnace ana the jrulni could not bo soarohed, but a chock was storied to learn If uny guests were rutsnlng. No sortoui injuries ware reported. The fire, believed to have started lu tho engine room, broke out shortly aflor 2 o'clnck, ( T1 flnmns wnri'Hd- up Cat Mother Infant Rata With Kittens, Spite of Tradition HLob.MINUTON. 111.. March 15. Hy mothering two Infant ruin wlili her now born klt-a 4 tuna, Susie, n cat In thu black- 4 4 smith shop of Jack Crawford, 4 4' break down all prevlou aup- 4 4 position a to rat. 4 4 Lat Bunday morning she add- 4 4 four Infant rata to the feline 4 4 population of tho world. Hi ton 4 4 afterward, Lou White, a neigh- 4 4 Uor, thinking to give Hul a 4 4 treat, lock her lo a neat where 4 4 there were five new born rat. 4 4 Instead of (linking a mital, flu- 4 4 l started lo purr and lav down 4 4 and played with the alrknger. 4 4 lliwuver, aho reiiiemberea her 4 4 own walling children and car- 4 4 rled two of the rat bock to her 4 4 family home. 4 4 '';wv.:';i'S; r-..:. ,;.,,.,'; .;;rffi,,ajr..t",,Jjr Senator Pitjman, Democrat, of Nevada, Fails to Secure Majority for Reservation By Vote of 50 to 28 Party Alignment Is Unshaken Charge Propoganda. WAMUXCiTOX, March' An aitreriisewt for a final vote on lite for power I'm tfir treaty on Friday, March 21, waa aaid by leader of all wtuttn favrtions to day to have Ixvn mrreed upon In , rlale ncRirtUllonn. WASHINGTON. Mar. 11. Kor the third lime the senate dufuated today an effort to amend the four-power treaty to penult participation of out ilde nation In international confer ence over controversy arising in tint 1'ai'lflc. An amendment for I hut purponA by Hrnator Plttmnn. democrat, Ne- vtulu, Dlmllar to two on the same sub- whlrh yenterduy defeated similar nmcndiiirntH. Kxrept for h tempor j ans and democrat left tho mojorlty of their respetllvo parties. The practieul effect of the amend Intent, Hcimtor riltmun sitld, would lo lo confine tho group of nutloiiN nf- 10 '". i ninu. The Nether '''mis ami I'orlugal. lie explained """ ,,,,,t cstcrUuy proposals were hnMii . . vlrtllllI v ,,, , whole world under tho aeone of the treutr. A 'propaganda" favoring unquali fied ratification of the four-power treaty was charged by Senator I'ltl- h,V''ll thww responsible ai.imn.tlyvere well meaning, but did k"w hut the pact actually e ' l,1n( . (Irtiit church hoilies" ho sold "reluM-Mi iiU'd hy executive coiumltlces compoNeii or perhaps a dosen men ,,n,l claiming to represent hundredH or thousand, are signing petitions for rnuriculion or this treaty as it Is, How many of those hundreds of thousands have rend the trentyT How many of those Christian people do you think would ask for ratification If they knew that it contained no provision for consultation except be I ween four powers T" M EARLY IN ward quickly and tho guests, aroused uy the smoke, found' tho stairway cut off. Most of thtM were rescued by firemen with laddurs. The firemen prevented the flume from spreading to othor landings but couiu not save the hotel. Sevoral thrilling rescues were ro porteu, among them that of two children from alduzlng room. The scantily clud guests wore cared for in surrounding houses. A mild night huvou tnem trom much surfering from exposure, An I nnnTinnro Eft NIGHTIES 1 irr f - - if 1 f. ryrf aa . mZ r ' " 'i , -;- Tanks called out by order of the governor to quell riot ut Newport Ky., have been put to new use. A raid by Notional Guardsmen uncovered a great quantity of '.'moonshine" and many large stills, which were destroyed by the tanks. ,..!, IN ELECTION AMIILANU. March 15 The Itunk rs Ticket." so-called by llert Greer, won out at the Chamber of Com merce ee-tlon on Tuesday. Of the JH mvniWr of the chamber eligible to vote., tit exercised that privilege, the figure standing a follow: Fred Home hading with 243; V. O. N. Hmlth. Ill:- H. V. Carter. 117: W. 11. McNulr. lea; J. V. Mc!oy. tSJ; U Y. Kergtison, 1 4 J; Amo Nln- inger, tS!5: IaiuU bodge. liO: A. t. Imb, U; O. U. Helman, 109; J. H. IH1I. 101; Homur Hillings, 44. It will thu be seen that Homes, Smith, Car ter, McNalr. McCoy and Fercuson hove been elected director of tho chamber. These, together with the tlx hold-overs, constitute tho full directorate of n dosen member. The result of the election I taken to In dicate that the -present administra tion of the chamber ha been more than vindicated. Greer' "t'rogressive Hotel Ticket," defeated. Included tho name of Home. Nlningcr. Helman, 1)111. Lamb and Dodge, Kred Home appearing on both tickets, his candidacy being emi nently acceptable to both factions. Following this exciting campaign. another forum luncheon took place at Hotel Austin today, under -Itofs. at Hotel Ashland today, under Cham ber of Commerce iiunoIccr. The speaker was I'rof. J. J. lenders, of the Oregon State Normal, and bis topic, instead of rulutiiiK to a new hotel and sanitarium, dealt with "The Normal Kehook of Ashland." It is confidently anticipated, however that hu hotel project has not been thrown Into tho discard as a result of this election, but that even under changed auspices, atepN will not halt In efforts lo secure this big improvement. CONVICTED BANKER L OI.YWIA. Wash.. March 1. The state supreme court today tsrant ud a new trial to O. S. Larson, form erly president of the defunct Hcandln-avIun-Amcrtcun bank of Tacoma, when It reversed the Tierce county attperlor cotirt'a conviction of Larson on the ground that the court erred In allowing the state to cross-examine the appellant In regard to alleged louna from tho bunk previous to Sop tembor 23, 1920. Larson woe sotv tonced on a rhargo of vIolatinR the banking; laws of tho state by loaning iio.out) to hlmsulf on that date with out authorUatlon by resolution of the bourd of dlroctors. 6 BEAVEO00KIES rAKAUcl.NA, Cul Mar. 15. -The weeding out Pvhjcohh in the training camp of tho Portland raclflo coast league foam got Into full swing yes terday when M'unugor Itill Kenworthy of tho Jlenvora notified six rookies that tholr services are no longer re- anirert. Those who ato their last meals at the Portland training tnblo are: Qulllcldor Holdon, Catcher Oul phln, and ritehera Hanks, Htrong. Rcott and Tniins, GETS NEW TRIA DROPPED BY BILL AMERICAN Tanks Smash Stills in Moonshine Raid , i xgrsffT 1 '), i isi" i m Young Girl Starts . Voyage to Cocos Is To Hunt Treasure 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 SAN JOvSE. dt.M llica. March 4 15. A treaaurl hunting expedl- 4 Hon, headed byrlisu Jane Bunds, plans to sail frdjn here today for Cocoa island, lit 3 miles west southwest of lnama in an at tempt to recover the gold sup posed to have been burled there by the pirate. Morgan, In 1710. Cocos Island, vhicn hs been searched for '.treasure' many time by various expeditions. waa the location of Robert 4 Louis Stevenson's "Treasure 4 Island." i 4 ' ' 4 PAT AGAINST NEW YOKK. March !. -Anthracite miners and operutors were pre pared today to bvk'ln negotiations for a new wuro agreement to take tho place of the two-year contract which expires nt the end of this month. A larKo number of operators arrived to purtlclpute in the first Joint confer ence this mornlnf?. A majority of the representatives of the miners com priMliiif tho sralu committee have been in the city several day conferred, the hint to arrive beinn 1'resldent John L. Lewi of thc International orKauiza- Hon of the I'nited sAllne Workers. Tho miners enter the conference determined, they say,' to resist any effort to reduce wattes. "There must bo no backward step," rrcsldent Iewl3 has said, and the miners huvc declared themselves ue unanimous in supporting him. Heyond the general statement that the workers shall share in the gene ral deflation by accepting a wane cut, thu 'mine owners have not indicated what proposition they will make. It has been reported that they are not a unit on what percentage of de crease, they shall ask. , The principal demands for the miners follows: " . A two-year contract. A 20 per cent lncrcuse In tho con tract WttBO. A dollar a day increase to all labor paid by the day and that differen tials existing between different classes of employes prior to the 1920 award bo restored. . . A uniform wane scale In all colllor les afor occupations of like character. An olifht-hour duy for all employes, those worklntr under ground to count their hours from the time they enter the mine until they leave it. A standard check-off provision. Thut where coal is paid for by the enr the system be changed to a ton- WASHINGTON, Mat'. 15. -American exports for February amounted to $851,000,000 as compared with $378,827,550 for January and Imports last month were valued at $217,000. 000 us compared with Imports of $317,195,190 tho previous month, acorn-ding to the foreign trade survey Issued today hy the department .of commerce, MINERS STAND ANY WAGE : ,, ; , i, , ,, ,' 1 DER HELLO I TALENT DITCH What ia said to bare been one of the first free and open bidding con teats for Irrigation work In Oregon for many years waa held in Talent yesterday, when the contract for building the Talent Irrigation district dam was awarded to 1). SI. Stevenson of Portland for $78,595 and the con tract lor the construction of tbe 18.3 miles of canal to Win. Vonder llellen of Kagle Point for 167.444. The following 12 contractors from all part of the coast offered bids. C. K. Adams. Los Angeles. Calif., Johnson Contract Co.. Portland, Ore., Grant .Smith Co., Portland, Ore., Soleim & Gustavason, Astoria, Ore., John Hampshire. Grants Pass. Ore., Win. Von der llellen. Eagle Point, Ore., Wolke & Schroeder, Grants P,ass, Ore., Pacific Coast Paving Co., Tacoma, Wash., Albert Anderson, Grants Pass, Ore., E. J. Cheatham ft Sons. Spokane, Wash., V. R. Denis Const. Co., McMlnville. Ore.. D. M. Stevenson, Portland, Ore. Heretofore the contracts have us ually been controlled by tho bond houses taking the securities. Doth awards were made to tho lowest bid ders. . ' Work is expected to start on the canal about April 1st and on the dam about May first. There will be 8,600 acres in the district and the final suc cess of tho project comes after years of fighting against heavy odds and a series of disappoitments. HI BE WASHINGTON, March .. 15. -The senate hus passed the McNary bill authorizinK tho secretary of the In terior to extend for two years the plan for payment of construction charges of irrigation projects when the owners of the land can prove in ability to make their payments now. Mmtiar relier, tne Mil provides, may be extended to organized groups of water users on Irrigation projects. when a sufficient number can show that they are unable to meet the charges when due. The deferred charges are to bear interest at 6 per cent a year, v An amendment by Senator Jones of Washington was adopted, - providing for extension of water charges of I2.S0 nn acre on the Yakima Indian reservation in Washington. The Daily Bank Robbery KPIUtATA, Wash., March 13. Three young men, their arms and am munition are being held tor arrest In connection with the unsuccessful at tempt at blowing the vault of thc First State hank of White" Bluffs, iDenton county, about 1 o'clock this morning. The explosion alarmed nearby citizens und tne would-be rob here made bo speedy an exit they left their tools and nitroglycerine behind them. -;Three men with a car of the same make as that driven by the men arrested were seen near White "Bluffs. GETS HA I DUES CAN EXTENDED Expert Moonshiners Get $50 a Week, But Work 16 Hours Day 44444444444444 IBNVR, March 13. Expert moonahlne makers can obtain ateady employment In Dfrniror at 4 ') a week with room, light and beat free, Victor Lewis liar- 4 grave told local federal prohlhl- 4 4 tien officers today. Tho work 4 4 day ia 16 bourn long, however, 4 4 according to Hargrave. ' 4 4 Hargrave was found in a real- 4 4 dence here In which were three 4 4 atille which were aald to have 4 4 been turning out $2,000 worth 4 of moonshine liquor a day. Five 4 4 thouHand gallons of mash also 4 4 waa found. 4 4 Hargrave was not arrested. 4 4 No liquor was found, but the 4 4 stills were seized. 4 Councilman T. W. Miles Urges . Necessity of Immediate Ac tion to Insure Purity of Med ford's Water Supply Legal Problem Involved Filter at Intake Is Suggested. Councilman T. W. Miles 'was the principal speaker at the Chamber of Commerce for,um luncheon at the Hotel Medford Ihto .noon, during whir the local-water-situation was extensively aired. V. F. E. Merrick acted as chairman of the meeting and prior to his Intro duction of the speaker he gave a re sume of the water situation of years ago before the present system was installed, the voting of the bonds for the present systefu. etc Mr. Miles stated that he wished to make it clear that whatever he might say was his own personal opinion and not that of the council or any other body. Mr. Miles spoke of the period in 115 when the Rogue .River Valley Canal company constructed the Fish Lake dam. He stated that before the work on the dam was begun the city and the canal' company came to an agreement concerning the timber and brush around the shores of the luke and thut the Canal company had verbally ugreud to clear away the timber and brush before the water level was raised by the dam. This was not done and the result is known to all Medford water users who re sided In this city during that period of time. The water was murky, fill ed with chips, splinters and small particles of bark which detached them-elves from " the decomposing tree and bushes which had been killed after a certain period of sub mergence. This condition will re cur tho speaker warned, unless action is promptly taken. - Mr. Miles pointed' out that a good water supply was an invaluable asset to any city and that the pollution of the water, not particularly with dis ease germs, but with distasteful and unpalatable particles of debris would be a serious menace to growth and prosperity. The canal company will agaiu raise the level of the dam this summer and unless the. timber and brush Is clear ed from the hind whleh will be flooded a condition similar to that which existed in 1915 will arise. Mr. Miles stated that this question1 rents individually with each Medford citi icn and that a solution of the prob- (Continued on Page Seven) 2 MORE WIVES INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 15. Two more wives were added today to tho list of matrimonial ventures of Isaiah Moore, who is tinder arrest here charg ed with bigamy and embezzlement. FORCeCIIAL mm to CLEAR LAND MUCH MARRIED MAN "I have kept a pretty good record of j Moore is declared to have married my marriages and I am sure there are here under the name of Howard Mid only thirteen," said Moore. , jvin August I, 1919. Mr. Albua declared Moore told the police in the original ; Moore wedded another woman rcsld list of eleven marriages he had ne-jtng near here In. September, Vi'J.1). glocted to Include one at Denver where J The name of this womun who he he said he was married under the, said had divorced Moore and re-mar- name of James Vang ban and also one at Rldgoway, Md., where he gave the name of Harry Forbes. "He said he could not remember the names of eith er of the wives, Hill! IN AFRICA Country Cleared of Rebels, After Hard Fighting, Except in Parts of Johannesburg and On the Rand Artillery and Airplane' Brought , into Play. LONDON, March 1. ( l!y tho As sociated Press.) With all the affect ed area in South Africa cleared ut rebels except portions of the Johan nesburg or central region of the lUnd the uprising apparently has eptered Us final phase. Jeppthown near Johannesburg, appears to be the principal remaining center of resist ance. Artillery, tank and airplanes were used in the capture of Fordsburg from the revolutionists. They disregarded notices dropped from airplanes giving them until 11 o'clock In the momlns to aurrender, but capitulated after 73 minutes of bombardment. JOHANNESBURG, March 15. (By the Associated Press.) Advice from Fordsburg, timed late yesterday, report that government Infantry was then clearing the street after the capture of the town from the rebels. Many prisoners had been taken and ; the remainder were retiring on the Langlaagte river. Leaflets were dropped by airplanes warning the women and children to. leave before the town was bombard- , ed. There was an immediate response. a steady stream of refugees proceed ing to a special camp outside the zone of bombardment. Although the houses in Fordsburg bad been deserted by the men, "only women and children being found when the government forces entered, sniping at the troops continued. One of the anipers, apparently , woman, was shot at, and when the body was recovered, was found to be a man dressed in woman's clothing." Transvaal Scottish force took Dunswart on Sunday by a frontal at tack with the bayonet, but the stretcher bearers were ""unable to re move the wounded, owing to continu ed firing from the houses until rein forcements arrived In the afternoon, the report stated. Every house on the main street of Benonl. captured last week was fortified and barri cades had been placed In the strocts. Sunday night houses and shops were ransacked and saloons were looted. LONDON. Mar. 11. I By Associated Press.) Pretoria government forces are closing In upon tho revolutionaries on the east and west, according to lute advices from South Africa. The main centers of resistance are now at Fords burg and Jeppestown where the gov ernment forces are opposed by heavily armed rebel commandos. A Bloemfontalne dispatch says tlm . main railway was dynamited near the Transvaal border aud a loconiotivo was derailed, but there were no casualties. Johannesburg, wihlch on Saturday and Sunday was the center of the bat tle area, resumed Its normal appear-' a nee yesterday, according to Renter's correspondent there.' The streets were flltW with the usual shopping crowds and tbe fashionable tea rooms ' and stores were all doing business. ,' MI.hh Minter Salbt Atvuy. SAX FRANCISCO. March 15..- Miss Mary Miles Mlnter, motion pic ture actress, regihtered under1 the name of Miss Shelby, was a pasen ger today on the steamer Wllhelmlna Milling at noon for Honolulu. E HE HAD FORGOTTEfl SPOKANE, Mar. That luuluh Moore married twr women In the vi cinity of Spokane was the declaration toduy of F. S. Alkns, local manager for a national detective aency. In addi tion to Miss Laura Shields, Whom rled was not made public. Moore is declared to have deserted Miss Shield in October 1919 and she .died a year luter, believing be had met wltli tout Play. ' ' . . IIEfiR Ei REM US