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. 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
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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.
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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
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"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