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Medfokd Mail Tribune Weather Year Ago ! Prediction .......... Rain Minimum yttrdy .......... 61 - Minimum today .. 34 Precipitation , .08 j The Weather n..uti. Main Nr swivtivn lul uiiUrdlW . B2 viMJtifitMrii t wm w .......... Minimum -today , Prtelpltatlon .... 44 41 tiir-Fnvrnle"tith Year, Wfi Mn'-H. i'.iiiil Yciir . MEDFORD, OitKOOX, THURSDAY, MARCH m, WI2 NO. 1 V HUGHES IS ASSAILED IN DEBATE Senator Caraway Also Attacks Underwood for Stand On Treaty Secretary of State Flayed for Leaving Capital Ratification of Treaties Expected Tomorrow. WASHINGTON. Mar. :i What Wa thought to he the final foiennlc batllo over the four-powcr treaty lun In th unlo today with tlm odmliiMrutlon leader holding their ln Intact UKnlimt t Ut oiiM.uikM of in lrri-in'llntili ami predicting that ratification would be voted to morrow with no reservation '-"pi Hint approved by the foreUtn relation roinmlKxIon and accepted by l'r"l dnt llnritlnit. r.imiiKli vole ore pledged, tlm leader on I.I. to rrj t all other pro. IMwnt ri'w-rvnilnnM ami amendment nmt to Inmii'K the necewmry two-third for final ratification. The ratlfli ntlon vote In to l taken at tho oiitm-t of tomorrow' mwilim under tho unanimous conwnt ugree inrnt Which lliullrd debate today to one hour for each senator and which niipulalril that dlM-uwilon hll rnd entirely with today' adjournment. Th debut waa opened liy Keimtor "on, repuMlcun treaty leader, who fitvored rutiflmtlon with the com mittee "no allium o" rmervatton. Ifcnylnu charge that Iemocrtlii prim loin were playing politic with the treaty, Heniilnr Caraway pointed out that tho party leader. Kenatur t'wlerwood of AluliMina. Hat on tlia American delegation and worked for mufti uilnn. "lid In the titular lender of th party on thi aide," continued tho Arkanaua senator, d to ahww that tho party la not playing polltlm. I lull attention .thai ho ha not conferred with a aliiKlo ttviiiocratlo senator. Jin confer every day on tho Other hand with tho m Jut 11 y lender, Honator J.4dc, niut yeterdny ho reported liroRreuM tn President Harding, tlm president who mild ho wouldn't lobby nor trado In connection with tho treaty, hut who U lobbying, It I may use tho term, hocauno nenator are l-einu vent for ly hltn and aro Imiik uiti'd to vote for ratification, I don't know whrthor the provident In trnd ln or not. I do know ho In uniitu rvrry Influonro ho ran to gnt thin tronty ratified." Heeretiiry HiiRhea wn urauillod ly Henator Caraway fur hi conduct throtmhout tho treaty fight. Tho enutor aald ho had lit tin ndnilratlon (or poopln who put themwlve Into a ponltlnn whero they could not hu iiuentlnne about Information that bclnniird to noniebndy i'lo. Mr. 1 1 uh hen. he aiild, "left tho country" while tho tranty under InvvHtliia tlon hy tho forilun rrlntlon commit ter and ha alneo "remained at a tanco wrltlnii letter." Henator Hornh, reriuhllcan. Idaho, and Henutor I.enroot, reputilli mi, WlHrmiKln , not Into a long argument ovrr tho romparatlvo ohllRatlon of tho four-power treaty and nrticlo ten of the Irftogue of Nation covenant. Mr. Ilorah Maying hi objection to IxiOi wiih tho mi mo. Tho i-ompnriNon brought a pi il cut from Senator Mc cormick, republican, IlllnnU, who op pow(t tho league, hut In a aupporter of the four-power pact. When tho debate returned to the Driindegea reaervatlon Senator Ilorah argued that If n change were to bo made, It uiUNt be a change In the treaty llielf, "You cunnot put it label on tho bottle," nld Kenfttor Ilorah, "nnd by mo doing put anything; In tho hottlu that wiiMn't there before." Opponent of the treaty got Into a debntu nmong thcniHelve over tho ob ligation of tho treaty a a rrmilt of n Ntatement by Henator Ilorah that tho pact did not In It expre term curry any "Implication of force." The view wa challenged by Senator- (linn, democrat, Virginia and JnhHon, republican, Pnllfnmlit, but INCOME TAX RETURNS SHOW DECREASE DUE T0 1921 WASHINGTON, Miir. 83. Original CKtlmatcH of return from income unil lirofltM tuxe for the calendar year, high offldulH wild, wcro 11. 740,000, 000, while return from tho March liiMtnllment now Indicate the total for tho year will bo $1,540,000,000, or $200,000,000 leu, final report on rocolpta for March will not bo In hand beforo tho .... .1 nfl..llk. u..l I. It i i vim Minimi, llllliililin miu, urn report received from collootora ho far tndirato that not moro than $400, 000,000 will bo received us compared with approximately $728, 000,000 for the corresponding nvini"tit lnt year. , JUv tihortiive, otlkiula ald, wan 100,000 Gals. Whiskey Dynamited in Raid BT. I-OCI8, Mar, 23. A con- Crete vut containing 11)0,000 gal- lima of whiskey itiuNh, seized by 4 prohibition enforcement ngnnU In u mill In Bt. I.oiil county wan dynamited yesterday. Three men 4 were arrested and three Rtlll (In- 4 4 Htrovml in the raid. Thin I mil1 4 4 In ho llin largest ronriNrnilon of 4 4 mash retorted. 4 4 AUIES ACT TO SECURE PEACE IN H EAST Greeks and Turks Cabled for Views On Armistice 90,- 000 Turks Hold 185,000 Greeks Back Waning Mo rale Is Grounds European Ministers Convene. PARIS, Marrh 23. ( lly the Ao- clated Pre.) Interent In tho con frrenre on Ner Kotern affulr In prngreui here, with the foreign minis ter of Great Hrltaln, France and Italy a the principal conferee I centering an far In the effort they have Initiated In bring about peace between I ho flreek and Turklah na (lonallHt in Aula Minor. Their flriil to wa to end teIo irann to 'on(antlno.le. Angora and Athel yentcrduy, requeatlng an arm lath". . Military Inielllgenro In poMetalnn nf the allied foreign mlnUler Indi cate thai tli Greek force on the Aalatlc mainland number about 1S5. 000 of whom too, 000 aro along the fighting line. Opposing them are about 80.000 Turk. The Greek now occupy a territory more than twice the nine of Bwluer lanil. Including the Important title of Smirna, .Mudunla, Uru.ia and Kut ala. a well a Kiikl-Shchr and Afion KorahliHar, key piwltli.n on tho Her-lin-Hagdad railway. Tho preaent Greek line I about 1C0 mile wet of Angora, the TurkUh nationalist cap ital. Premier Pffliirore, lird Turxon and Klgnnr 8chnzer. the allied confer ee, who rnntildor tho lime propltu oii for an iirmlntlce are underntood to haHO their judginent upon advices whlch they ronalder indicate ft wan ing morale on tho part of the Greek people. f LEAVE RESIDENCE TO OTTAWA. Mar. 23. ranniln' prime inliilHter, a well itx 1'retulcr I.loyd George nf Omit HiUaln, now Iiiin an "official realdence." The will of Ijiily Zoo I-urler, the widow of Hlr Wilfred Uiurler former C'nniidliin premier, who died recently. lenve to V, I.. MaKenxlo King, the preMent prime mlniHter of tho domin ion, the Ottawa rcnldeni'0 of tho Ihm- lierM, Henatoi' ' Ilorah InalKted that It wn not the term of the treaty Itnelf, hut the "lt unt Ion," It would create upon which ho himed IiIm oppoMltlon. ".My whole objection to thi treaty ," unit! the Idaho ncnntor, "In that It commltH to tho dlHi-etlon of oner reprem-ntatlvo In certain contin- gencii'H to power to go to war or clwe to repuilinte tho obllgntlnn we have ItHKUmt'tl." LIBERAL PREMIERS BUSINESS DEPRESSION duo entirely to tho IiuhIiichh (lcprcH Hlon during 102 1 tho year upon which tho tnxon ure duo. The expected Mliortugo of revenues', high official iiMHcrloil, would retard tho treiiMury' program for continu ing the reduction of tho public debt, n m nppropiiatlon niado on the IiiihIm of htulget eHtlmuteg would hnvo to lo made by further Kovernnient borrow ing; tn provide the fund. Hocretnry Mellon wiih unitemlood to regard tho drop in tax receipts a making it nil the moro difficult to tnko care of any proposed bonu Iob iHlntlun cnlllng upon tho trcitmiry for flniiiuing, PASSAGE First Vote On Suspension of Rules for Consideration Car ries 221 to 211 Amid Hub bubParty Lines Broken Oratorical Eruption Sched ulcd On Question. WASIIIXGTOv, March 13, Pa awn of tho four billion dollar ol tlleiV honiii bill by the houe before adluiirnnieni wa made certain today with the addition of n rcolutlon flro vldlnK for ((iimlilerallon of the mea ure under a aupenion of the rule. Tho vote on the reolution wa 221 to 211 and waa without roll call PrevlouMly the hnue had adopted a motion for the prevlou question by a roll rail vote or 270 to 126. A tho roll rail proceeded there wa more than tho two-third majority re floor mid thmie) In tho crowded i:ul Icrlee. l ranger to congrewilonal ciiHtom, looked down In eurprloe n tho member milled about, talking and laughing while the clerk read the 435 name on the lint. Those voting were forced to ahnut at the top of their voire In order to have their vote heard. There waa a breaking of party line on the vote for the auipenwlon renolutlon. The majority of the democrat who voted In the negative on tho motion were counted upon to upport the bonu billion the final: vote, and leader were confident that more Man tho two-thlrda rJr"y r- nulred under the rule would be ob tained. Chairman Fordney of the way and mean committee, waa at once rec ognised by Speaker Glllett for a mo tion to lUnpend the rule and pAaa the bill, whereupon the houeoj launched Into four hour of diacue Moti. 8omo member were given only one minute, other two minute and other three, but by unanimous eon sent all had leave to extend their re mark in the Congrewilonal llecord during the next ten days. When Chairman Campbell of the rilea rommltteo submitted a resolu tion to make this sunpennlon day, KeprcHcntativ Garrett, Tennesnee. democratic leader, made a point of order, declaring that It w "the avowed and sole purpose" of republi can lender to put the bill through In such fashion a to prevent the of fering of a motion to recommit and asserting that this was in violation of the rules of tho house. Speaker Gillette overruled Mr. Garret'a point of order after a brief but sharp wranglo between leaders on the two sldee. Kepreeentatlve Camp bell said the same point of order had been mailo two years ago and had been overruled at that time, Inter rupted ttte rules committee chairman to auk (hat he slate whether it was the purpose of the majority to pre vent the minority from otfoiinK a motion to recommit. Mr. Campbell replied that he would not engage In "the sort ot quibbling" resorted to by tho democrats. "Well, then, ho honest enough with the Iioiiho to tell the truth about the matter," retorted Mr. Garner. Itepresentatlve Pou of North Caro Una, runklng democrat on the rules rommltteo opposing the suspension resolution, declined tho bonus bill should not have been made a partisan question, that It was "beneath the dignity" ot tho republican party to mako it a party Unite. "It looks like somebody drew this measure who wu not really In favor of it." be said. "It certainly Is brought in here In a way to Invite the minority to vote agulnst It, but for once yon are going to bo disappoint' ed. You are not going to line up the minority against It." Ho predicted that President Hard ing did not sign tho hill as drawn Representative Siloll, (Now York, rO' publirun member of tho rules com mit too declared everybody In tho country knew that tho soldier's bonus hill "Is tho cheapest sort of subter fuge to Influonce tho soldier vote ot the expense of l?no!o Snm'a money The Daily Bank Robbery CINCINNATI. Mur. 23. Within full view of hundreds of passers-by and with a policeman directing trar flee not a hundred feet away, three hiiiiilltM I oil n v held ll n the 1.1 lie in 1 I.onn office In tho heart ot tho city and escaped with ' diamonds nnd lewolrv CHtlnmted hv Sum Rnbln uwnpr ot tho pawn shop at $.100,000. Postmaster General at Work With His New First Assistant, J. H. Bartlett t r p L,6'- !'.'- - a, i.- witm- ' i-.Uf Thi photograph was made the day John II. Hartlett, former governor of New Hampshire and civil service commUKloner, was sworn In a first assis tant iMistmiiHter general to succeed Ijr. Hubert Work, who Is now ostmas ter general. Mr. ltartlrtt isseen nt h'" denk, with Postmaster General Work standing. VIRGINIA S CRIES n OF PAIN TOLD TO I JURYjyiNESS SAN ntANCISCO. Mar. 23. Cries j of "I am dying," and "he hurt me." were uttered by Mis , Virginia Itappo latins witness for the state against ufter sho was found in distress at! Tex Itickard. sports promoter, charg- Roscoe C. (Katty) ArsvcMe' party Injetl with criminal assault upon Sarah the Hotel St. Francis which preceded Schoenf eld. 15, admitted under cross her death four days later, according to ' Miss Alice Illuke, prosecution witness today in the third trial of Arbuckle for manslaughter. The first cry was made in the pres ence of the defendant when other members of. the party rushed Into the room where she lay moaning- and toss ing on a bed. the witness said, while the second came later after ehe had been Immersed In a tub of cold water to revive her. The defense fought hard to prevent the Introduction of the testimony on the ground ftiat it could not be consid ered an accusation against the defen dant, but the court allowed It to go Into the record. The Itlake girl was still under direct examination when the noon recess of the trial was taken. Alfred Somnacher. testified today that the day after the drinking party In the film comedian's hotel suite here last September, Arbuckle told him he had attempted to alleviate Miss Rappe's "apparently intoxicated con dition" by applying ice to her body. REPORT MACHINE F T IiEI.FAST, Mar. 23. Reports that the snipers on the southern side of the Vlster border were using light ma chine guns against reconnoitering jmr- ties reached Ilelfast today. All dny yesterday the snipers were active with their rifles, firing Inter mittently until a late hour In the sec tor between Aughnacloy and Culedon. In Ilelfast "two class "A" special constables were shot mortally at noon on May street by a band, the members of which escaped. According to Fermanagh reports all road truffle on the freo state side In that vicinity has been suspended. Far mors seeking to sell cattle and horses are being forced to offer them below pre-war prices. OPEN BIOS STATE ROAD TES PORTLAND. Ore.. March 23 Generally ranging lower than the es timates which had been mado -by tho state highway commission's engineer bids were opened today by the com mlssiHon. Contracts for 90 miles of road work In seven counties and bridges in six counties will be let today after the bids are anulyced. Tho engineer's es timrtto on tho work was approximately $.1, 000,000, GUNS ULSTER IRK RICHARD'S ACCUSER ADMITS VARIOUS CRIMES OF PAST NEW YORK. March 23. Twelve year old Nellie Gasko. chief corrobor- examination of Rickard'a counsel to- day that she had forged checks and committed a burglary. She also admitted having lied to policemen and truant officers who had picked her up at various times, - The child was the first to take the stand. Quietly and without a sign of emotion, she answered questions concerning her past and also testi fied that her chum Sarah had friends among sailors who had asked her to visit the Brooklyn navy yard. The girl, who said she had describ cd Rirkard to Sarah as a good, kind man who gave her money when she needed it, told ot taking her chum to the Garden one night and introducing her to the promoter. SEEK REVOCATION ' PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. S3. DIs trict Attorney Lester W. Humphreys today began argument In federal court in the case for cancellation of the citixenMhip ' papers of Joseph Woerndle, former Austrian consul here, on the ground that he used them teiald Hans llochm, German fpy. Humphreys declared the United States had treated Woerndle gener oiisly, taken him ns a laborer and given him an education and profes sion, a position of influence and power, a family and children, finan tint opportunity and even outright gifts of publla lands. In return he argued. Woerndlo gave aid to Germany at a time when it was tho duty of every citizen to do all In hi power to maintain the neu trallay of the I'nited States. SLICKER VICTIMS WASHINGTON.. Mar. 23. Postof- fice department Inspectors have had their attention called to many cases of agencies throughout the country advertising that they were able to .ob tain Immediate action on claims by disabled veterans pending before the veterans' bureau, it became known to day. Tho postofftce department plans to investigate such concerns. It was said with a view to determining whether fraud orders should be Issued. Offic ials intimated that possibly thousand of veterans or members of their fam ilies had paid Irresponsible and dis honest agencies a considerable sum In tho belief that the cluinis would be settled Immediately, . . . , 1ERNDLE PAPERS DISABLED VETERANS Oregon Hen Hatches Three-Legged Chick SALEM, Ore., March 23. 4 Charles Mendelhall, a poultry- 4 man whose ranch I located 4 near Cervals, today announced that one of his hen's eggs has hatched a three-legged chicken. The three legs, two Of which are deformed, boast 17 toes, ha said. The chicken is a Rhode Island Red. One of Its leg is normal. 4 4 4 4 4 4 IN COAL STRIKE Probe By Congress Favored Operators and Miners Are Behind Locked Doors in Effort to Reach Agreement Contract Kept Secret.. NEW YORK. Mar. 23. The nation wide strike of anthracite and bitumin ous coal workers, set to begin April 1, will be prosecuted "with the fullest and most effective co-operation of the American Federation of Labor." It was announced here today, after a visit to mine official by envoys of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Gompers Joined the delegates here shortly before midnight and after a short conference with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, left early today for Wash Ington. . 4 WASHINGTON. March 13. Inves tigation of conditions irf the.coal min ing Industry by a special commission to be appointed by the president is called for In a bill introduced by Representative Bland, republican, In diana. Mr Paugherty declared he was making no threats and that he be lieved a man or a set of men have the right to strike in an orderly way. but that they did not have the right to nterfere with those who took their places. The attorney general did not dis close the government's plans for the j miners- walkout nut tt was under stood that he conferred yesterday with President Harding and Secre? public appeal by . the president to avert the strike. WASHINGTON, March 23. Warn ing that the federal government would tolerate no use of violence to prevent coal production during the threatened coal strike was Issued to day by Attorney General DaugTierty. NEW YORK. March 3. In an other attempt to halt preparations for a strike In the coal Industry the arbi tration committee of anthracite min ers and operators met behind closed doors here today.' On the conference will depend whether the 200,000 an thracite workers shall proceed with the 00,000 bituminous miners and prepare to drop their tools April 1, while their 19 demands are being given consideration. The miners' representatives enter ed the meeting with little expecta tion of reaching an agreement to avert the strike. "Ot course, we have hope." said Mr. Lewis. 'It will be Impossible for us to conclude a nagreement within 40 minutes. Such a thing might happen. But I recall that similar FAIL TO SAVE LIFE CHICAGO, March 23. Gwendolyn Armour, sis year old daughter pf Phtlip D. Armour, III., died today from a form of septicemia after a week's illness during which the mil lions of the Armour family, the Bklll of a dozen physicians and a dozen nurses and the resources of the city of Chicago were unavailing In t,he tight with death. Never in Chicago's history have such heroic efforts been made to save a life. A week ago the little girl contract ed a throat Infection. Regarded at first merely as a minor Illness, the poison spread through her body and finally her condition became so se rious that the greatest physicians in the middle west were summoned. As Gwendolyn's condition became worse the efforts to save her life in creased. The city officials were ap EDERAL NOTICE VIOLENCE TABOO ARMOUR MILLIONS AND IL GOOD FRUIT YEAR LOOPJlS PREDICTION Weather Report Promising Frost Danger North Sec tionsApples Sell for Quar ter Each in Chicago Sup ply Limited in Eastern Sec tions, Boosts Prices. , WASHINGTON. March 23. Tho outlook for what farmers call "a good fruit year" Is promising in most parts of,the I'nited States, according to re ports made public today by the weather bureau. Although fruit Is not out of danger from freezes In the north half of the country, the gen eral belief is that now spring la real- . ly here America can look forward to fruit in abundance. Some harm was done to fruit trees In the western lake region by the , storm of March 19. ', Citrus fruit trees continue In splen did condition In Florida with a heavy crop of bloom holding well. The California orange crop is report ed better than was expected. CHICAGO. March 23. Chlcagoans today are paying five and ten cents , apiece and some dealers are asking as high as a quarter apiece for ap ples In the downtown district despite -the fact that the reoort of the Uni ted States bureau of markets for the week March 22, told of a liberal sup ply of the fruit In the mlddlewestern cities. . Although apples are plentiful here the report said the supply east is lim ited and this condition Is responsi ble for the firm feeling as a whole fpr ooxa ana oairenea irutt. --.t fi jiicnigan apples were soia in t-ni-eago at IS and $9 a barrel while the northwest extra fancy boxed wlnesaps were up 50 cents In New York where $3.75 to 14.00 a box was the pre vailing price. . A steady to' firm feeling In potatoes was reported in the east while. Chi cago experienced a weaker condition this week and the western cities re ported a firm condition. E T "WASHINGTON. Mar. 23 William P. Egan, former legal adviser to the I'nited States prohibition commis sioner, was convicted by a Jury last night of having taken while In that office a Jo 00 bribe from the Joseph Dudenhofer company of Milwaukee to obtain for the company a basic permit for the manufacture ot wine. He was committed to jail to await sentence. wage arbitrations In previous years have taken from four weeks to sevi eral months. There Is no reasonable doubt that the general strike will be called April 1, as scheduled." Representatives of the operators imiiutM . yj .nuns uj j j v ..uwo t a to the outcome. They continued to maintain secrecy as to the. progress ot the new contract they will offer as the basis tor a new agreement, as op posed to the wage demands of the miners. ' IICAL SCIENCE OF THEIR DAUGHTER pealed to and orders were Issued yes-; terday to close all traffic on the section ot Lakeshore drive where the . . i a Armour, residence ib lucuieu. np?- sitnl nnllnOntafl Wola ttfot IrMtAil fill around the neighborhood to prevent noise. " ; Telephone bells in the Armour home were muffled and the "gold coast" became an Isolated section of the city while through the night physicians and nurses watched at the bedside of the little girl who could not shake otr tne etrecta ot tne moon poisoning despite the tremendous re sources at her beck and call. Toward midnight last night it be came apparent that the fight was a losing one and when the end came the little girl's father vice president of Armour and company ten physiclutis and six nurses were grouped at her bedside. ' DRY NF0RCE1 AIDE FOUND GUILTY
