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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Weather Year Ago No Prediction. Maximum yesterday .,.70 Minimum today ? No Precipitation Prediction Rain Minimum yaatarday " Minimum today iV t No Prtelpiutlon MEDFORD, OI'IXJON, MONDAY, MAHCII 27, VJl'l ,veMr i-'irty-M" ona v. nr, NO. 4 EFFORT 10 ALTER PACE AGAIN FAILS Roinson Amendment Defeated in Senate By Vote of 20-53 Ten Democrats Vote With Republicans France Accepts No Alliance Reso lution to 4-Power Treaty. PA HIS. March 27. ( Hv thn Ao dated Press. I Tho French govern ment wtlt approve, adoption liy tin' French parliament of the "un al llatir" resolution for the four ncr Pacific treaty adopted by the I'nltcd Stale senate, It waa stated today l:i olfuial rlrclva. MASIIIN'GTiN'. March 17.Iy o voto of 20 to f 3 thn senate refused today to amend thn four power aup-; plemcnul treaty an aa to exclude lb'; Japaneno Inland of tfukhttllen front thn acopo of tho four power agree- rnsttl. Thn a ui' in! moil I Introduced by Ken tor KoMnaon. dinnrrt. Arkatixoa, received thn vol of only four repub lican -ttior Koran, Idaho; France, Marylyand: Johnson, Califor nia, and LaFullette, Wisconsin, while ten democrats, Senator Urouaxurd, LouUlana; Dial. South Carolina', Fletcher. Florida: Trammel), liluho; t'ndnrwood, Alabama: Walah, Montana-. William. Mlanlanlppl, Owen, Oklahoma; Mynra, Montana, and Ponmrnnn. Ohio, wcrn Included among thowi who opposed II WASHINGTON', March IT. A new way out of thn treaty Unci waa u RMtMl In thn senate today by admin tatratlun Indent and criticised aa In adequate and Ineffective hy thn timty'a opponent. Hnattr Lodge of Maaaurbuaeitu, tbn republican leader, declared on thn floor that lha belt aolutlon of thn altuatlon oerurtinr, to him waa to In rlmln In tlm ranlution ratlfylnit the formal aupplnmentury auroi'iiicnt mnlutlou re-atatlnx th Informal "dwlaratlon" alKnad with th treaty. It waa berauae of tbn aehatn'a fall tirn to art apwlflrally on tbla Infor mal auppleemnt on thn treaty oppo- nnnta had cbalbmited thn validity of . L. . La.l ... . J I tl ... ...... thn Fr(d4y'a ratification of thn pact lanlf. Ieclarln while ho waa ready to vote for a c pa rate rotiolutlon of rat ification Klvlna aennto approval to thn aupplemenl, Senator llttrhcork told tba republican Ivadera that auch a ao lutlon would be only a auhtcrfUK" which would lead In tho future to ondleaa uncertainty and controvemy over tbn very laauna which arn the moat diinRaroua to peaco In tho Pa cific. "I warn you." aald tho Nebrnaka aenator, the Jupunnao arn likely to treat thn supplement aa a separate doenmnut. Japan will bo nblo to ratify thn dortimnnt we were stippoa ed to buvo ratified hern laat Pildav. and then aim can ahakn her fltiRerJ at in an fur us Immigration la con cerued." Taatlla Strlk Extendi LAWIIKNCB. Moaa., Mar. 27. Tlm New ICnuland textile atrlko was ex tended today to this city, with curtail ment of production In aeveinl plants but no dlHOtdera, ftovernl thouaand operatives refused. to go to work In protest agnlnat n 20 per cent wane cut. Coal Bark Sinks NEWPORT NKWfl, V., Mar. 27. Tho Pannman bark Maria DorRos. lond ed with coal, mysteriously sank In tho harbor hero early today. Several of her crew cacapod In amall boats. They .reported tbnt the craft filled rnnldly nnd wont, down In a short time aftor they found she wns leaklns. fllflCAOO. Mur. 27. Louis V. Hwlft, Jr., son of tho meat pucker, today was freo on bond, but scheduled to appear next , Friday before tho pollen miiRlHtrntn of ICvnnalnn on n ohnrnn of driving nn nutomobllo While. Intoxicated. , Mr. KwlCt was nrrealed early yes terday after his nutomobllu had col lided with another car and bo was bold four hours at tho Evtinston po lleo station, until hla brother. Wil liam, nppuarod nnd postud 200 ensh ' bond. Mr, ' Bwift promptly clonlod. tho MILLIONAIRE SON CHICAGO MEAT PACKER HELD ON BOOZE CHARGE Marshal J off re, Hero of Marne Arrives At Evangel of Peace VICTORIA. II. (.'.. Mur. 27. Flwht Marshal Joffre of Franco, dlttiliigulshcd soldier, but now, In 4 lilx own words, here ii h un envoy 4 4 of pence, arrived at VUtorln from 4 the far 'nt tiuliiy on tho liner 4 Hllvcr Hlute, With him were 4 Mnm. Joffre. Hiimnel Mill or Hoot- 4 tin. whoso guest llu-y will b 4 wlillw In tin) ii'i tti wKt and n 4 number of military aides. ' 4 Tho horn of .Mil riu- mine a an 4 ordinary puanciiKcr on tho Hllvnr 4 Wale, nt on an official niMlon, 4 ho explained, hut In tlm course of 4 Mm tour around t!m world. Ilia 4 only inlimlon In' said, waa solely 4 In tlm InliTi'nt of a permanent 4 and liiNtlnK During Ma 4 forthcoming lour of tho I'nltMl otnli and Canada, he wilt sxak for i a ii and one of hi flrat wt will be to dedicate tlm interna tional peace portal ut lilaine. Waah., on Ilia Iximnlaty linn two-u thn I'd Kill State and Can tula. ALLIES ISSUE Adrianople Opened to and Gar lopolis Ceded to Greeks a . : niAAH j 1 1 i ' mi iiiunidiii riducu unuei Central League of Nations 3 Weeks Allowed for Reply. I'AltlH. Mar. IT. I)y 'he Anno tinted I'I'-m) Turkr l rnnifdid ncorly all her ilnitna rxcept thnn to vin lumiple- niut port of i at rn Thrace, In her ini'iiiorniiduin whlctt thn allied tor Ik n nilnlatera tixlny forwarded to Athi n. Annum unit 110 s 'otiMtnntinon with n view to its uc.jty Cork, tins lecn arreated. Apian'nt-i-eptitncn n preliininm peuee aet-.ly aaya tho Bewapaper tho Irish repul) tlenu nt. revlHlim the treaty of Hevre. j(1in authorities were offended by hta The Cnon-Mvdlrt lio In Tlirio e l : Pin ..r nm.. i , hi-oau r urn. inmllfi.it itn an to alve Turkey more territory on tho HuInui l.m frontier, but the old Turkixb ciipilnl of Aclrlnn oplo t excluded. t'otiHtHiitlnopIn reiii.iliin Turkey'a. Rltri Ullit fetfilfiM Aritiniiln ulfl th.. ,.,.uIaH..n under l-aituu of Natlona Htite-tiin, but ullo loaeit the tlulll- lioll peiiliiMiiln and M-MpQ.luiiila. Tlm forelicn mlnlMer alvo the Ort-ek and Turklah lielilKeretita three Wveka In which to reply to tha- pro poanla. I'AltlS. Mar. ST. (Ity the Awo elated 1'rean) The allied foreign inlnlmeiH have aent tliwco and the Turk lli Kovei nntenta at Cnnatnntl nopin and Anvora a memorandum of the propneed revisions of the treaty of Hevrcn, with a view to Ita aoeep lance na a preliminary pence settle ment In iimi' tho Turks nisreo to the urmlHtlcc prevtoualy propoaed. The features of tho propoaed pre llmlnnriea to pence are: Perpetunl freedom of navigation of Ihe Paritiuielles niul tho ltoNphorus. TurklHli NovcrclKitty over all of Asia Minor nnd nil of tbn territory hounded hy the Caiii'iiaua, Persia, Mesopotamia nnd the Mediterranean and Akciiii hciim. The Armenians to be tinder tho IH'oteetliin of tho I,aKiin of Natlona, but tho territory Inhabited by them to !c under tho sovcrctKiity of Turkey Willi un eventunl national homo to be founded for them in tho Icukuc. Adrlanoplo to bo open to tho (Ireoka but n liirne pereentaito of Thriu-o to be returned to Turkej", Tho penlnaula of Galllpolla to CO to fJreece. Tho foreign ministera In their memorandum Inform the belllKerents that the deslro of tho nlliea la to re eatabllNh ieiico nnd t" re-oHtnhllah the Turkish nation In the territories tbnt are considered ns bclonKlng to It. To this the ministers ndd: (Contlnttod on Pane lx. enaree of intoxication. Ho explain ed tntti tho accident was dun to slippery pavement, cnuaod by ruin. AccompanyliiK Mr. Swift was his slater-ln-law. Helen Morton Swift, wife of Wllllnm Swift, nnd a young woman friend. No liquor wns found In tho Swift car, but the police said they found two bottles of whiskey In front of n church ut tho sceno of tho accident. Tho car struck by the Hwlft ma chine contained four high school stu dents, none of whom were injured beyond being bruised, ERIN SWEPT BY VIOLENCE SPITE PARLEY Religious Conflict Flares Up Again, Ulster and Outrages Continue, While Ulster Cabi net Accepts Invitation to London Conference and Irish Free State Bill Passes. IICI.KABT, Mur. 27 (Hy AnaoclaU-d I 'renal. A notlre nated nar thn city hull In Ihindiilk, county Iu'h. troni Hlnn Ki-ln --nter nour tbn nr tin-in Ixitder of the fn-o atuti territory (ull uttimtioti to the ulim'iK-o of any reaidullon by thn non Catbollr body of county louth axalnat niurderuua acts and calla upon the proleatnnta to "act liiuiKKllutidy, failing which arn tie lerinini'd to uan tho aame mean a thy in ludfuat lined to our fellow Cnthollca "tin and ufter March 29." adda the notice, "for overy Catholic man. worn un, Uiy, Kirl or child murdered or nial treated, ao n I ho filial! the an UK- quan illy of heliMtra of the ayntcmatlc mur der of our fellow Catholics nc-et the nam" fate." The notion conclude, "Binned by order of tho alU-nl but aure msen ((era." U)NIKN, Mar. 27. (By Anaociated IYcm ) The Irinh fren atate bill aiised ita third una riniil renainK in tne nouHc- ior r( in toduy. P.KLKA8T! Mar. 27. (Hy Aaaoclal ed Pmaa.l The l later rahlnot today niceptod thn Invitation extended by Colonial Kocretary Churchill to a cin-li-rem-n fa Ixwdon of Irinh leader. called in view of thn tllHturhed condl- ll(m rPl(lnd. ' nrill.lN'. Mar. 27. (Hy AaaCKlated Prnaa.I Tho rorreapfinilent of the Kroemana Journal at Churlevlllc, coun- treaty tneetlns at thnrleviiie. I.ONHONDKKUV. Mar. 27. A force of republican attacked'tlm police bar- racKa at Newtown I iinniiiRham, occu pied by free state troops, early Sun- ilny. After a rlflo duel of thre hours duration, tho attacking party retired, leu v ins six prlaoncra eqd several wounded. Oriel hotiHO, near Omeath. close to the county Louth-ArmaKh border, the resilience of J. C. Uentley, which wag alKitit to be taken over for the I'lster pollen, wbs burneil to the ground with Ita contents Saturday iiIkIii. convention Endi Dl'Hl.lN', Mar. 27. (Hy Associated Press.) The convention ofIrish re publican nmmWrs which had boon for bidden by tho Pall cabinet onde! Its lengthy sesalon late last niKht without exciting outwnrd demonstration. The provisional freo state government mndo no attempt to Interfere with the prooc-cdlitRs nnd has not definitely stated It will tako any action although It Is generally supposed that those who attended will bo treated as hav Ing separated themselves from the rest of tho army and tlmlr names may posHimy no stricken from tho army rolls. Thn action of tho convention in unanimously adopting a resolution re affirming tho Dnll'a allegiance to tho Irish republic met with strong con demnntinn among tho supporters of tho froo state. Tho Irish Independent today said: "Many times In tho past have our people become divided in a crisis, when unity was essential. Today we witness the samo titiedlfylng, tleplor able spectacle. Disunion has been forced on tho country, The reso. lnatlon passed by tho soctlonal con vention amounts In effect to repudia lion of tho Dull, yet Kamonn DeVnlera Insists that tho Dull is tho supreme authority in Ireland." mmUN. March 27. (Ry tho As Boctnten rress. i iicroro tho an nouncement that Premier Sir James Craig of 1'lBtor, hud accepted the Hiitlsh government's lnvlntutlon to go to London hud reached Dublin Michael Collins, hond of tho provls lonal government, held a meeting of hla cabinet ministers after which the following statement was Issued: "At tho present moment It has not been announced whether Sir James Craig intended lo accept tho invitation of tho Urltish government Hut in un.v case, Mr. Collins proposes to travel to London with some of his (Continued on page air.) The Royal Iioneymooners : m ' IvSnY M a I ill . I i 11 VX 3X2XQ The Viav.ouni and Vlrtt-ountcas LaaccIU-a. the laUer better known as the Prlnceaa Mary, enjttjlni; a abort walk in tho gardens of Weaton Park. The royal bride and groom have ben honeymooning at the beautiful country eittate of thn VAtrl of Bradford, and are now in Italy. am STILL ARRESTED. ERCAUGHT Henry Woolridge was arrested and arraigned Saturday afternoon before Justice Taylor on a charge of unlaw fully possessing intoxicating liquor. He pleaded uot guilty and was releas ed on hia own recognizance to appear tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for trial. Officer confiscated a still Satur day, alleged to have belonged to Woolridge and to have been situated on his property. Officers Cave and I.eggitt arrest ed James Robinson and Tom Nord Saturday night or early Sunday morn ing for drunkenness on tho city atreeta. Hoth rested until Sunday morning In the city jail and were re leased at that time on $20 and $K ball respectively to appear In Justice Taylor's court ot 2 p. m. today. Chief of Police Timothy arrested A. I). Brewer for exceeding the speed limit on the city streets and released him on $13 bond to appear In justice Taylor's court at 2 p. ni. toduy. The arrest took rl,p. Sunday morning when tho chief noticed the car speed ing out South Riversides Ho gave chase In bis flivver and finally over took tho violator near Voorhlcs. The chase was perilous for the officer as he wns alone in tlm flivver and not being loaded, according to tho chief. sbo hopped all over tho road as he Jerked the throttle open. It appears that Mr. McMabon and bis llarley will have to look to their laurels with the chief and his flivver In the field of action. Y SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 27. To the growing list of radio fans add Mary Garden. Tho grand opera manager and singer who was to bring the Chicago grand opera company to San Francisco hna telegraphed ahead to the hotel where she will stay,, and requested nay demanded that her suite be equipped not only with n radio receiv ing set but with a high power broad casting set as well. ' Tho demand has been nnafrorCd. So It Is more than possible that other radio enthusiasts of the Pacific coast in their dally concert a. via tho ether will have In addition to tho regular programs of phonograph selections, solos hy Mary Garden. Three Killed M. K. T. AVrcck. ROYSI3 CITY, Texas, March 27.- Three men were killed, ono Injured seriously and two slightly hurt one mile. east, of bore early today In a wreck on a Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight train. 0 I FOUND GUILTY BOOZE CHARGES ARE SENTENCED Willlum Gaesler pleaded guilty this morning before Justice Taylor to a charge of selling intoxicating liquor and waa sentenced to 30 days In the county jail with a possible sus pension of the sentence after the first 10 days thereof. The arrest was made Saturday night by S. It. Sande fer. Krnest Womack was arrested at the same time and was tried this morn ing on a charge of unlawful posses sion of intoxicating liquor. He plead ed not guilty. Deputy District Attor ney George A. Codding represented tho state. William Gucsler. who had pleaded guilty to having sold the liquor to Womack took the witness stand and testified that he had sold two quarts of moonshine to Womack on Saturday night and that Womack still owed him $3 of tho purchase price. S. U. Sandefer and Sheriff Terrill also took the stand for the state. Womack took the stand and said "I don't know nothin' about It. I'm innocent." Which remark closed the dcTenso testimony. Tho court found Womack guilty, however, and he was sentenced to 30 days In the county jail and to pay a fine of $."i0. E CHICAGO. Mar. 2. Final prop arations were complete.il today lor the 1500-point balk lino billiard match for tho world's championship which starts tonight between Willie Hoppe, former champion and . Jake Schaefer, who won tho title from Hoppc n few months ago. Flvo nun died points will bo played on each f the three nights, the balls boing shot from tho same positions tho second tind third nights in which they were left nt the end of tho preceding night's play. netting on tho match, which is re ported heavy, remained nt even money. The players will split the profits, 60 per cent to Schaefer as present champion and 40 per cent to rltoppe, as challenger. Food Costs Decline. , WASHINGTON. .March 27. Re tail food costs In ten cities decreased from one to four per cent from Feb ruary 13 to March 15, the bureau of labor statistics announced today. The decrease for Denver was ono per cent For the year ending March 15 last, retail food prices decreased 13 per cent In Denver, the highest figure shown by the bureau, VEN MONEY ON BILLIARD MATCH Supreme Cou't Holds C. Ponzi Must Stand Trial, 22 Indictments 44444 WASHINGTON. March 27. Charles Ponzi, whose financial exploits In Ikiston rf-sulted In his plea of Kullty In November, 1320, in the) federal courts to one of two Indictments, and hla 4 ' sentence to Imprisonment for 4-1 five years, must stand trial In 4' the MassachUiwlts courts, this 4 time on 22 Indictments charging him with certain crimen under the state laws, it was held to- 4 day by tho supreme court In an opinion delivered hy Chief Jus- 4 tice Taft. i DECLARE WAR Killed, 1 1 WOUnded When Mexican Bolsheviki Attack Catholic Church Theaten Death to Editor Who Op poses Bolshevism- MEXICO CITY. Mar. 27. (By Asso ciated Press.) Five persons were killed and eleven wounded seriously in clashes at Guadalajara, Jalisco, yester day between radicals and Catholics, according to the best available infor mation here. The radicals are reported to have attacked pedestrians and motorists indiscriminately the cllmak' " being reached when they attacked a group ot Catholic workmen who bad attend ed a labor meeting. When the workmen took refuge In a nearby church, the building was fired on by the radicals. The body of one victim was found in the church. The radicals attacked shortly after noon when the usual Sunday proces sion of automobiles was proceeding around the main plaza ot the city. The traffic was stopped, many occupants being forced to alight and salute red and black flags most of which were carried by female radicals. The demonstrators then went to the office of the newspaper EH Informador where threats were made against the life ot the editor If he persisted in his attacks on bolshevlsm. The radicals then marched past the cathedral. In vectives and insults were hurled at the priests and the clergy In general, after which a noisy demonstration was staged In front ot the ofrice of the Catholic newspaper Restafracion. Later the crowd began the indis criminate rioting. The police were unable to cope with the situation. and federal troops were rushed to the scene to restore order. Golfer Gets 2 Birdies; 1 An English Sparrow FRESNO, Cal.. Mar. 27. Two bir dies on ono hole was the phenomenal record mado at the Sunnyside country club golf links here yesterday by Ger ald Thomas. Teeing off trom -No. 5, Thomas made a beautiful drive which sailed straight for the pin. One hundred and fifty yards down the fairway a flock of sparrows suddenly swooped into the course of tho ball. Thomas' first birdie" was registered when his ball decapitated one of the sparrows. ' After pausing to mourn over the death of the sparrow, Thomas played a full mashie approach to the green. His ball rolled Into the cup, giving hliu birdie No. 2. The hole Is a par three. NEW YORK, Mar. 27. Three men were shot to death under mysterious circumstances in New York last night and early today, Henry Stern, a young chauffeur, walked In tho 115th street crowd. A muffled report was heard. Stern fell to tho sidewalk. Ho was taken to a hos pital and died a short time afterward. An unidentified young man, well dressed was seen conversing with a smartly attired woman 'in Madison street. They rjuarreled, bystanders said, and parted nnd then sho ngnln MEXICAN REDS 1 CATHOLICS MYSTERY SURROUNDS SHOOTING REX BEACH SAYS 'TEH' E Famous Writer Testifies in Trial of N. Y. Promoter Has Known Rickard 24 Years and Always On the Square Drexel Biddle Also Testifies. NEW YORK. Mar. 27. Tex Rlcko.rd took the stand in his own defense to day In his trial on a charge of assault ing a lj-year-old school girl. Rickard began his testimony by telling of his past experiences a a -Tejtas cattlo driver and as a partici pant in the Alaska and Nevada gold rushes. He admitted ho bad operated I gambling houses in several places but (asserted that one of his strictest ruloa ,n Tn Place he owned was that un- (escorted women should not be permit- to enter. He declared that he never employed I women in gambling houses and did not believe they were necessary even during the rather wild days in Alaska. NEW YORK, Mar. 27. Mrs. May Rickard today took the stand in de fense or her hnsba 1, Tex, charged with assaulting a lb-year-old east side girl, and testified that the sports pro moter was at home trom about 7 to 8 p. m. on November 12, the night the assault was alleged to have been made ' in a West 47th street apartment house. Prosecution witnesses previously had testified that Rickard met the girl,' Sarah Schoenfeld, at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Rickard testified that sha had , been 111 November 12, when several guests had been Invited to dinner. She said that her husband had come home oo muni auuuv :m or i o ciock and that after dinner he had come to her room. That, she thought was about eight o'clock. .NbVi YORK, March 27. Rex Beach testified today that Tex Rick-" ara was Known m Alaska as being "on tne square." i ne novelist was called as a char acter witness by lawyers defending ' the sports promoter at his trial on a charge of assaulting 13-year-old Sa rah Schoenfeld of the east side. Beach said that he had knov?n Rickard for 24 years, and that they had driven spikes together during the Klondike gold rush. Later Rick ard ran a gambling House In Alaska In which the novelist said he never had heard of anything crooked hap pening. Asked some hypothetical questions on whether he thought gambling hon orable. Beach said that at that time gambling In the far north was not against the law, and whether the bus iness was honorable depended on w-hether it was run on the level. The next character witness was Charles E. Herron, who described himself as miner, fisherman and pub lisher of the Anchorage Daily Tlmea. He also stated that Rickard had a good reputation In the north land. Asl to the ethics ot gambling, the witness said he now abhored It, but that when the gold rush was on ev eryone did it and no one thought anything about it. Drexel Riddle Testifies The symposium on gambling was continued when Major A. J. Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia, for 14 years leader in the Bible class movement, testified that he knew nothing about Rickard's character. , After he had stated that he had met the promoter in Toledo on the day of the Dempsey-WUlard tight, he was asked what he thought ot gamb ling, lie replied: - i consider that a man who ran a (Continued on Page six.) THE STRANGE Li SOU THREE MEN IN N Y. CITY talked with the youth. A taxi drew to the curbing, the door opened and two men fired. The young man was killed. The woman tied. Two men, supporting between them a limp form, hailed a taxi in Brooklyn, they took James Meany to a hosplial but he was dead from bullet wounds. The men said he hud attended a "social entertainment" with them and gave the names of other persons who were there. Sixteen men and four women who were present at tho gatli ering were held for questioning.