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0rj 1 tv, rr The Wcalhcr Prediction ,.;,', Wain or mow Maximum ypiUrcUy. 4V Minimum today 31 Precipitation 08 lEDFOKD mail tribune Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum 44 Praeipltatlon :...04 ! - I ...... I I! .f .tl.U.UW XO. 17 t'ullv Hvitit'(intlt Vur. V i k I y - I ' I f l Woitoiid V tt i. MEDFOUD, . ortKOOX, Tl'KSDAY, At'KIL II, 1022 j V DAUGHERTY Ail 4 Prosecution of Profiteers Lags Charges Woodruff of Mich igan Johnson of North Dakota Alleges War Goods Sold Low to Favored Custo mers By Cabinet Officials. . WAHIIINGTON, A pill 11, Ilep rriwiiiailvo Wtctlruff. ropublh im. Michigan, itultl In III' Unu li.rtav U the attorney geiiem! did not "fully look In lilt Intercuts of I In' govern- tunt lii n hiiiIiik null against the I .H' oln Miiiur company" Im would ;'iniiitir Id in guilty of mlfcituni." Mr, Woodruff's statement wna rnmli In the course of itn extended speech In which In rfiargcd Unit the department of Jimtho had f.itli to procimt In rlvll unit rrlmlnnl court nKallist a number (if war contractor t.n testimony brought mil tHforn rtm (5irlniuil Investigating rouiin II (' At the. wiino lime thn MkliiK.ih representative Introduced a rrnolU ll n fur app.llnnient of a committee to Investigate wr contract made I v thn war and navy depart mnt mo I the alien property custodian, the set tlement of such contract by thwae department ami tli atlorni'V general and lli "civil ami the rrlmtnakpro. iouion or lark of proaecutlon of! rlalma of the government arising out of such retract, or th ttt lenient therecf." Citing especially the raae of tin Lincoln Moior company, Mr. Wood ruff declared H received large co:i Hart during thn war fur tho air service, that a government ullittt showed It had been over paid Ift.lfi, f. i". I, anil a received put in charge of the properly bail sold It to Henry Kurd for H,0(n.fi00 and Bow ItoliU the ranli. Thn case, he uilili'il, probably will bo uilili'il over lo thn department of jostle ami returned by It to tlu dla trlrt attorney at Octroi!. Tho rlalm of the government waa iln lured hy Representative Woodruff to consti tute a firm lii-n against the mcney. WASIIIiiTtX, April II rimrE' that the war dopurinmnt han aold prinriv and Im toduv a'lllnn propi-rly lit "rldli-uloiialy and criminally low prlrea to favori'd rtiKtomera, ronn-nl-In r fn in roiitrima and di'llhr-ratdy nilarrproaontliiR thn faria, were mado In thn bouno todny b Itoprcaoii to 11 vo Ji huaon, South I'akou. "An pn of i f tb fart that thn war fioparimrttt la miNieprom'ntlnK the fnrta to roiiRreaH," Mr. .lolmiton rharK id that n report by Herrelnry Weeha relative, lo anli of properly, trana mlitnd to the bonne lout lremhtr, wa "Iho in on l friiudulent, iiiImIi'iuIImr and rrlmlnally dereliful net that ever v.aa auliinltted to fin Amerlran eon Kreaa." Mr. Johnxon derlured the evldenre bo hnd obiRlned allowed that thn war rtopurlment Ih "trylnif to rontrol (he ilopiirtment of JiiHtlrn by puttliiR men who oiiRht to bo In the peultentinry on the depaitmnQt of Jiiatlre payroll mid link I iik roncrcHi to iipproprlnle for It." Slit' 10 HENRY FORD CONK, April 11. v(Ily tho Awo rlated Treaa.) The city corporation today decided by h vote of IS to 13 to Rranl Henry Ford tho alto of hla trnctor factory here In fee dimple When tho corporation rneenlly l Biiod a threat of iivtctlon, Mr. Kord ant a rnhlo meHHiiRo to tho effect that unlcua hn waa granted tho lunds in feotilmpln, he would move the fuc- lory tdsowhoro. NBW VOUK. April U. "Chinatown Ourtle," one of the city's underworld f llturcs until eleven years iiko, when nho been mo a Salvation Army worker, , Ih dead. Ouo bllzznrdy nlnht In 1011, "fieri 1" wenry of her mlseniblo oxlHtenco, pur chased n hlnl of poison nnd saun tered down tho llowery ' toward her iliiartors. She vtonpcd t Tell street, nti en UNDER CHINATOWN GERTIE DIES SAVED MANY Drug Store Tonics of Spring Too Powerful, Entire Stock Seized 4 MAIITO.i', Wash., April ll. 4 Tollll Ulul H lillH ' Iliedlcllie 4 4 Nuhl III tlm Mnbtou dlHtrlcl by 4 4 A. C Carmli-hael proved to have aiirh u ii i'Millirmin t-ffoi-t upon 4 I In1 unora. und I ho demand ! 4 iiiiiiii an Krut thnt tho town hu- l hoi ll Ii liivi-ntluutpd. Murahul 4 4- It. Ashi'iiliri'iuii'r oliluliiid hianh warrant and anlW'd far- nilchuid'a i'ii Urn Hlork. 4- Klvo loiili-H wure aiild lo hnv tiHii'd a hiKh a If l'r "',nt In ulioholii- rnnii'iit wlih flvo kx- 4 I no Ik nlli'K'd In linvo liuid't n 4 4 aroro of 4!i por l oot inrb. 4 4 4 4, 4 444444 IN E Torrential Rains Bring Up Streams at Alarming Rate Cyclone in Missouri and Arkansas Property Loss Heavy Many Homes Lost nKAllDSTOWN. III., April II. Itlnwn Into a fury by a It Klt wlod. hirh aiiratiit tip about nine o'clock th In innrnlnK tlu llllnola rlvrr forred It way throuRli Ilrdtown levee at II o'cliK'k today, floodlnn 25 city bliH'ki undrr a foiir fmit hIom-I of wati-r. CllirAtiO. April 11 8prln fieMhela whlrh wlrvady have fliHxIed many low land, were thrratentiiR more aerlnua OUuoiiRe Imtay In mnliy mlddlewcatinrn Htnti-a. ll.uiin. iilnioi.t loiri'iillul ai'lit the rlvtrn up In MlrltiKnn. WlHronHlnl Illim.U, Miaaoiirl. KannaH, Oklahoma and Arkunana. Ktreania In other atatea were nlno rlNine but not at an Mlanulnn rate. Know wna iirni'inl throiiKhnnt the northern and nilddle Iturky Mountain urea, reports from I'nvir Indicated. Lander, Wyo., reMrtid that It wna dlK UlnR lit way out of elKht Inchea ol mow. The anow and .wind played havoc with telegraph 'lr. It waa not until bile IiimI nlKht Unit the AHMiMlnted l'reaa wna nhlo to eatubllHb throiiKh roiniuunlr.'itlon with rltlea w-est of Oinulm. VVlnda of miM'rlally hlKh veo'lty PIejred lo ci'nicr In Mlaaouti. Throe hiiuiII towilH, Ash (1kivi, Harold and Luck, northweni of SprlnKfh'ld, Mo., were In the path of hi nil wlnda and two vroni were killed and proiwrty waa iliiiimi;i'd to the extent of $ofl,0tin Tho nlortn today wh movltiK eaut ward alow ly. HKI.l'NA. Ark.. April 11 Telephone mi'HMiiKi'H from Mclwnod today Muted the MethodlNt r lunch and 1!5 or 30 houaea tliero were, wrecked by laat nlKhl'a atorm ami that about TO hniiaeg were dmnoliHhcd on the H. Lundeu Lund and Lumber oompany'a plants lion fltl.ondell. liKAUn.STOWN. III.. April 11 The river level la fnlllnK today nnd i la lii'lieved iho flood rrlala la pitHt. PITTSlintrS, Kaa.. April 11. Wil bur rilliHero, of Weir, Hevernl miles south of here, while wntchlnK the overflow InK witters of n creek ne:tr hlH homo yoHterdiiy, saw a covered box flout Into shore. I'pon examination, hn found n setting hen within, hover InK over 15 crrs. untouoboil by the water. He Intends to let the hen coin plete tho hntchliiK. WASHINGTON',- April 11. Stonm ship traffic In the north Atlantic will bo moved sixty miles south of the present double steamship lane, thru tho Ice diinuer stono f tho Krtind M'atihs under advisory instructions Isent out by tho hydroKrnphlo office, trance to Chinatown, where a Salvu tlon Army bund was conducting a meetlnK. Bho throw the phial In tho snow and followed fliem. And bo GortlO) pickpocket nnd con cert hull woman, wnij converted. Bunday ho conducted a meeting os tho liowery, told tho story of her life nnd converted several human dere licts. Hundny night she died of honrt iIIh- onsn. 1 FLOODS HIGH AST AND SOUTH ONCE BOWERY CROOK HUMAN DERELICTS WAGE CUTS FOR SECTION HANDS IS FAMILY BLOW $70 a Month Not Enough to Keep Home, Walsh Tells Labor Board Further De crease Only Invites Whole sale Infanticide Is Charge. rilirA;), April ll. Any further ri'duillon In the wagea of railroad inalntenanrn ft way employe "would doom to mill further di nidation the famlllea of f.OO.000 track nnd ahop InlHirera who r ut priwent riwuivliiK u h b w waKe that it la linpoxaihle. for them to aecurn proper food and Iho other bare iie'ealtlea of exlaf 1'iice," declared Frank I. Walsh rounwl for lbee einployea, before tin' i'nlted Hlatea lulior board today "Th majority of theae emltloyea' roiiiinueii Mr. Walah urn now re- relvlnR a waxe r f r,nly $70 a month and within thn luat year have suffer il n mA iii.l l.it t t tiltiiAi.1 f ft luir pKl 1 1 contend thnt no man ran aupport a intnujr ai a tevei vi n" in nil necency i-ii t'n a month. Kconomle nnd medical experia t.ovn denionai rated aclentlf Ically that twice tlilx amount and more la nee- caaury to maintain a family at even the loweat level that ran bn conceived of at a minimum permlHsablo to the Ik UM'liold of an American citizen. Ho auKRcatod that this amount It !eaa than thn ordinary middle rlaaa family, IIvIiik fruBiilly, apenda for fcod alone. "Kvldenoe ahow-a that exiatliiR waget dn not permit of prop er nutrition of children and cause. hlRh rate of Infant mortality." he ed rlared. k "A further decrcaae In waRes hy th'a board would amount to an art of wholeanle Infanticide." OF- I COAL MI FUSS 10 E WASHINGTON. A)ril 11 The house labor committee today had concluded Its benrliiRs on the malonul conl strike for a time, at least. Announcement that the committee, had no plana at present for a further Investigation of the strike was ntudo by Chairman Nolan yesterday after several labor sKkesmcn had made a general denial of cliiirui'H by operators that contract brenkliiK by the miners' union hud Ixi-n a factor In tho walkout. The committees however, will hold an executive sesHion tomorrow to con sider net Ion on tho Itlnnd bill, which would sot. ip a federal conl commis sion to deal with such situations as tho present strike. -Meanwhile, members of the commit tee appeared to bo holding In abeyance any further pinna lM'tidinK the outcome of Attorney General niiueherty'a trip to Indianapolis to look into the quea tion of the nntl-triist law indictments ncuinst a number of operators, union loaders nnd others as nfft'ctiuK tho prospects of a strike settlement. TRIAL FOR LIFE LA It AM IK, Wyo.. April 11. Trial of Albert O, Clark, former member of tho city police force, charged with the murder of his wife, wna hcRun In tho district court today. Clark 1 alleged to have phot his wife to death nfier n 8t. Patrick's day party at hla homo March 17. Itnrrott Colo, who Is alleged to have looked through a window of tho house nnd seen Mrs. Clark lying. on too noor with Clark standing over her body, n pistol In each bund, wns one of tho first, witnesses called. SPOKANE, April 11. Virgil Fitzger ald, who testified in superior court here thnt ho purchased a drink of moonshino and then held It in his mouth until police officers arrived with n glass In order that they might preserve it for evidence, was to under go cross-nxnminiitlon by the defense today, ' Fltugorald, who suld he hKd tinted nt tho instance of the police, declared he purchased the boverngo nt tho Boft drink counter of Charles Kruno, defen dant In the cbo. Despite llrutio'g ex borlntlons to swallow it, ho said, he hold It until thn officers enme, HOUSE PROBE COMES WIFE MURDERER ON Radio Broadcasting Over " s I v. :.M- 'S WF ' S Genera! Hqulera, chief of the gisnal a new meititim tor receivins rami iiroiKicaBtinK, nmt alao talking via the radiophone. He iircm the electric lump on the desk of the chief aiKnul offi cer a lh aerial. The hr'aileaHt'-d tones were aent out by means of the lamp. The uiiitiil atiindard recelvlnR set nnd amplifier were uae-1. " , : l a .- PAIS FOB RESTS 266 Indiciftcnfsl Not to Be DismissedWant Miners, Operators and Public to Get Square Deal Strikes Come Around Like Circus. INDIANAPOLIS. April ll. Attor ney General liauRherty was to resume today his Investigation of the pending cuses in federul court h-;"2 under in dictments returned more than a yeur ago ai;uln.st -Ji coal operators and nilners. The attorney general planned to leave hero late today. It wna believed that the attorney general would resume conferences with Judge A. B. Anderson and Ho mer KUli It. I'mt.'d States district at torney, with whom be conferred yes terday. At his conference with the attorney general it is believed that Judge Anderson declared he would not permit dismissal of the cuses. Coal operators have diflured that tho pending rum's prohibit participa tion In any wage conference with min ers. Mr. Daugherty declared last night thut dlHiilsttitl of (be indict ments is under consideration. He de clared no derision had been reached. "I may do nothiug whilo 1 am here," be Raid. The situation in the coal strike is a "continuous contorversy," Mr. Puusherty said. "It is noting but a cent in mods struggle with periodical rests that come around like a circus but with not half so much tun to the people who pay the pric. "Tile government Is not taking sides, but it is interested. We are not deciding now who is right or who la wrong. The government la inter ested in awing that the people enjoy the natural resources of the country and get fuel at reasonable prices. It wants the miners and owners of mines to get a fair return on the capital and labor invested. The public will be willing to pay n fair return to both "Tho government is very anxious to know all it ran of the situation," said the attorney general, explaining his visit here. "I nm here to Investigate in Ihe regular course of affairs." The Noted Dead NEW VOUK, April 11. Mrs. Flor ence Marlon llowo Hall, eldest sur viving daughter of tho late Samuel Grtdley Howe nnd Julia Ward Howe, is dead nt her homo In Mlghbridge, N. J. Mothers lay May 1 1. 1NP1ANAPOL1S. April 11. En dorsement of tho ohBorvance of Mothers' Pay on .May 14. by the American Legion auxiliary was given by President Harding in n letter re ceived hy .Mrs. Lnwt'll r, liotiart, na tional president of the Auxiliary, COAL STRIKES TOO Lf HEAO BB RrRIII Aff ' PIIRIini JOBLESS VETERANS iibUWM mi i uwuvi Electric Light Wires a. corps of the 1'. S. army, Jntrodncea 10 INDLVNAPOLI3. April 11. Ex service men of the country -were asked to go back to their home town and fct a Job, in an appeal which Han ford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion, today asked the Associated Tress to broadcast to the Jobless veterans who, he said, are congregating In the larger cltiea, where the unemployment sitnation is becoming worst!. The legion's effort to find employ ment for the "00.000 jobless ex-er-vice men, begun three weeks ago. Is gaining in effectiveness ,Mr.' Mac Nider said. M "Hut the stiffest problem." Mr. MacNider continued, "has lieen the floater. In order to benefit the wor thy the first principle of our effort has been for every community to take care of Its own. "Tho legion's advice is: "Get buck home! Gel back among your comrades: Get back among the people who have watched you grow frt m b yhood to manhood and who naturally f.vl tho greatest gratitude toward you for your service in the war. Back with the homo folks lie your chance of honest, profitable em ployment among friends." E' T TACOMA. April 11. A decision in favor of Mrs. .Maude K. Stewart n her $tr.,0rt0 suit against the Pruden tial and Mutual Life Insurance coin ponies was handed down by Judgo Ed ward C. Ciisbmun in the I'nitcd States district court hare. Mrs. Stewart sued tho insurance companies for the value of the policies Issued by them on tho life of her husbund, former cashier of the Kelso State bank, who disappeared a year ago and who was believed to have committed suicide In the Columbia river. Judgo Cushman held that the prob ability of Stewart having committed suicide was greater than that he had deliberately plunnod to disappear. Suicide Bullet Fired By Injured Woman Flattened On Head TACOMA. April 11. Mrs. John Steinlirlnk of Doty evidently was not marked by fate to die from the ef fects of a bullet wound. Yesterday she went out to kill a crow with a re volver. Sbo looked down tho barrel of tho gun nnd it accidentally dis charged, tho bullet entering below her chin nnd ranging upward to the buse of the brain under tho right eye Tho woman then decided, she says that the wound would cause her so much suffering that Bho had better die,- She placed the revolver Just above her cur and pulled the trigger The bullet flutlenod out on her ttkull. She was taken to a hospital il Choholia nnd will recover. RETURN Hi sun S WIDOW IS GIVEN VERDI Cuts Throat On Axe While On Trail of Cat in Woodshed 444444444444444444 ilLAlNE,' WaKh.. April 11. When J. 1". Ilyrto took bia RMn and tiptoed into hla woodahed on thn trull of a atray cat here 4 laat nlRht he tripped aa he enter ed tho door. In fulling hn rut 4 hla l h rout on an axe lylni; on the 4 woodahed floor, at the aam time dlscharRlnK thn Knn, thn ntiot enterlnR bin head. He la at the hoapltal her In a precarlona 4 4 condition. 4 . 444444444-444444444 Open Revolt in Jalisco Against Obregon Regime Federal i Troops in Vera Cruz De- feated Northern States Also Grow Restless. WASHINGTON. April 11. (By the Associated Press. ) Official advice received here today Indicate increased revolutionary and bandit activity In the stateof Vera Cruz. Jalisco and Nayarit In Mexico. The rebels In Nayarlt were reported to number from 200 to 300 men under the lead ership of Pablo Gonzales. In Jalisco, six separate bands were reported In the field in open rebellion against the central government, although their strength thua far is regarded at In significant. The activity in Vera Cruz was re ported to have, assumed V-onsiderabte importance In riew of the defeat which the rebel leader. General Mi guel Alaman, which a band estimated at S00 men recently administered to federal forces. Noticeable decline in bandit move ments in the northern states of Mex ico waa reported in the dispatches de spite sporadic uprisings in the states of Chahuila and in southwestern Chi huahua and Durango. IS DEATH TO FIVE CHICAGO, April 11. The Chicago and Northwestern Continental limited from the Pacific coast to Chicago was derailed near Watkins, Iowa, today and four or five passengers were in jured, according to officials reports received at the road'd local offices here. Wrecking: trains were sent from Boone, Iowa, and from Clinton currying doctors with orders to take the injured to Cedar Rapids hospit als If their condition was serious. A broken rail caused the wreck. TO GET TOGETHER r.F.LFAST. April 11. (By the As sociated Press) Lord Mayor O'Neill of Dublin has issued invitatioas to prominent leadern of tho opposing parties of southern Ireland to meet for discussion of tho entire political situation "with a view to reaching unity, it was learned, hero this after noon. It is stated on reliable author ity that Michael Collins has accepted the Invitation. MEXICAN REBELS Ai THUGS BUSY IN 3 PROVINCES DERAILED TRAIN ASK HUSH FUSSERS AMERICANS LOSE RESPECT OF COURTS, TOO. MUCH "MUSH" FOR OUTLAWS CHICAGO, April 11. Lawyers are one of the most important factors, in the suppression of crime, Henry Bar ret Cha-mberlain, operating director of the Chicago crime commission, said In an address today before the committee on law enforcement of the American Bar association. "American citizens are losing their respect for tho courts," ho said. "In Chicago they, know that last year by average less than one out of four of the defendants tried for mur der in Cook county were convicted and ot the 6723 defendants actually tried In the criminal court for felony, EOAI ! OTinnrn nw : OlmiALU DI ! RUSS KICKS 4 4 Lloyd George Holds Better Quit if Delegates Continue Petty Fussing France and Russia Quarrel, and Settle Object to Japs and Rumania. GENOA, April 11. (By Associated Press). At this afternoon's meeting of thn principal conference committee, which is to consider Russian affairs. Foreign Minister t'hitcherin of Russia protested against tho presence of th kumantnn and Japanese delegates, be cause Rumania was occupying lies sarabla and Japan was occupying; por tions or Siberia. . Premier Facta of Italy, who was presiding over the committee declined to consider the Russian protest, giving as his reason that all the countries in vited to the conference had a right to be represented on its committees. The opposition to the presence of the delegates from the two countries was an outgrowth of the Franco Russian incident at the opening ses sion of the conference. M. Bartnotj of France and more especially M. Then nys for Belgium, placed themselves in opposition to the German and Russian representatives being admitted to the principal committee while the repre sentatives of the smaller countries which fought with the allies were ex cluded. Premiers Facta and Lloyd George and Signor Schanzer maintained it . would be impossible not to permit the Russians and the Germans to be repre sented on the committee to deal chief ly with the problems affecting Ger many and Russia. Premier Theunys in his argument said the Germans were unworthy of taking part in the work of a commit tee of such importance In association with the representatives of honorable countries. The discussion became so heated that Mr. Lloyd George declared em phatically that if such an Intransigeant spirit was going to prevail it might be as well immediately to break up the conference, the principal object oj which was to re-admit Russia and Ger. many to the European family. The work of conciliation undertaken by Premier Facta and 8lgnor Schanzer was finally successful. As originally planned the committee comprised British, French, Italian, Belgian, Japanese. German and Rus sian delegates. In addition, represen tatives of Poland, Roumanla. Switzer land and Sweden were admitted thin afternoon after the morning's argu ment. GENOA. April 11. (By, Associated Press). Consideration of the Russian question by the International economic and financial conference began today with the meeting of the Russian com mission appointed yesterday by the conference chairman. Premier Facta of Italy. The clash between the Russians and French at the opening session yester day still was the subject, of excited comment ns the delegates gathered today. Allied diplomats believe that only the prompt intervention of Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Bri tain and the firm attitude of the chair man averted a break which would bare seriously affected the coming delibera tions. ' Announcement by George Chitcher in, head of the soviet delegation, that Russia was prepared to support any proposals that would aver; war or (Continued on page six.) that only 1671 paid any penalty. They know that out ot that number only 757 received penitentiary or re-( formatory sentences. , They , know that the operations ot Chicago's legal machinery, controlled by the bench and bar, placed on the streets ot Chi cago 236 more criminals than the snme machinery sent to prison last year. Knowledge of this fact brings dismay to responsible citizens and rejoicing to the hearts of the crooks." Mr. Chamberlain declared that "part ot the trouble Is the namby pamby, sickening sentimentality tor! outluws convicted of crlmfl."