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Newspaper Page Textro... " "Hill C Ann ."1 Sam Medford Mail Tribune I I The Weather Weather Year Ago Maximum 2 Minimum - ...42 Preolpltatlofi.....12 f an In. Pradletlon ,ralr Maximum yaaterday DO Minimum today 29 -iiiij-.L..j.,.a . 'H i., i , ,i) j.i..ii.iin. toglly Ki-viili'filli Y'nr. MEDFOItD, OUKUON', TUKSDAY, AI'KIL 18, 1022 W'lil'Kly I' I' irty-rtwuuiid Viur. NO. 23 D W SASTER REATEWS OA comfa i ALLIES ASK RUSSIANSTO CANCELPACT Declare It Impossible for Rus sians and Germans to Re main in Conference if They Persist in Maintaining Sep arate Treaty British Are Hopeful of Readjustment. CtNOA, April IB. (By Aaaocl atad Praia).., Tha alii hava de cided that Oafmany having a'ftct r har own arrangement with Russia In U traaty alonad Son day at Hapallo, la dabarrad from furl har participation In tha dlaeua lon of th condition of an agree ment batwain - Ruaala and tha various othar countrlaa repraaant ad at tha economic aonfaranoa. UKNOA. April 1 J -Illy AssoclaUd l'roi.l Tb allied delegate ti the vxmomic conference decided this e veiling they would continue tho con ference regardless of . what attitude Gorman? and fymmUi way take turd the allies' ob)Kllon lo Ihe signing of the tivaiy at'ltapaUo by tha German and lifcaiaa foreign uilulsters. PARIS. April, 18. (Ily, AaaovluU'd Trmut ) A Hava dispatch from Genoa till afternoon ya th allies are dratt Idk a notti to tho German and Rus natia. noticing ibeui it will lr linpoa rlltlo lr. Ilia Gorman and Ruaslan to toattnue t pnrticliMif In the sessions of tho lloNtA affair commission of 1 tlie conference If llu-y pmnUt In main titluliig the HukiKlirninn treaty. OENOA, April IS, (ly A.K:latodi Tn-sal. The conaternstlon causel by J Iho Geriiisn ftUNiInn coup Included In the treaty at ltaallo lupplanllng the Hrast Ut'nak part allowed no alcn of abutlng aa the economic conference ilnleaaa continued ; tholr duiiix ra tlUr tinlay. tin tlx contrury, aa the dlffvrvnt na tional gronpa examined the tett of the new agreement and deliberated on Its l.esslldu effect upon the future balance of iKiwer In Kurox', they wore im preaed with the dwp Importance the aliening of this separate iwct waa like ly to have on the general political sit uation. ' Europe Divided Toe prophets who when the econo mic conference was inaugurated pre dicted that It would result either In Rrrat good or dlstr to Europe, were Inclined today lo tnke tho view that Iho congress seemed to bo hesd'-d In the direction or disaster, which only the coolness of Prime Minister Uoyd (Jwrge of Great Ilrltaln md other lead ers could prcvont. Souto men In allied circles read Into tho Rusho-Gciuwii trusty, and especially the manner In which It waa signed, a future alllnnce between these two countries. Prime Minister Lloyd George him self went so far as to say the pact was n step in the direction of dividing Kuropn Into sepuruto groups. OI5NOA. April 1H. (Ily Associated Press!. The organUors of the Genoa conference today were groping their way out of tho debris and confusion ( caused by the explosion of the Gor-tunn-UusHlnn bombshell tho secret signing of a formal peace treaty be tween the two nations at lluppalo Sun day .Tjio Judicial experts of tho powers whlfh orgaulzud tho conference met to consider whether the new pact vio lates tho stipulations of the treaty of Versailles or Confllcia .with tha resolu tions of tho'tmprcme council at Cannes on which the present confurenco Is founded, and which nil tho tuitions coming ft) Genoa were expected to ac cept ns tho binds of thu meeting, ' The experts later wore to report to nn n.sHoinbly which Included not only the chief representatives of the five inviting powers Grunt Ilrltaln, France Italy, Jupun nnd Ilulglum but also the loading delegates ot the little etitentu nations, who were ospuclnlly invited becfiuso of tho vllul character of tho questions to be dealt with and Its possible effects ou Central Europe, Without exception tho delegations of tho 31 countries represented hero urn wondering what tho renl effect or tho surprlHo trimly will he on the con ference. The pact constitutes, recogni tion by Germany of the Russian gov- No Student Credits For Tobacco Users On School Grounds KANSAS CITY. April IK Ktudciii credits of achools In Kansas which allow tho dm of tobacco oo tho school ground or elwhrs will not bo acceptable (ur the Issuance of tuchor' certificates by Mlna 1-ormlne Elizabeth WooNtur, aisle super intendent of achooln, ahi said In l Iniinr received liy Chaucellor John C. William of Kansas City university and made public to day. ESE HOP OFF ON Coutinho and Sacudura Leave Cape Verde Islands for Most Dangerous Leg of Flight From Lisbon to RioEx pect to Land at St. Paul Rocks for Gas and Oil. . TOllTO - I'JIAVA,-' Capo " Islnnds, April .11. tlty the Vrrdo rhitfd I'n-M) Tho 1'ortuxuvM trmis-AtlunUc avluior. Captains Coutinho and Bueudura, hooped off ut S;60 o'i'lot-k this inornuiK fur tliu third and prolutuly most ilaiiituioun !- of their llliilit from Usbon to Itio Janeiro. The avlntum flow their plane her frimi Ht. Vinevnt yesterday In prepa ration for today's start, conditions here being moru fuvorablo for a sue- iem.ful sulaway. Thu landing at rit. Paul rocks is expected to l difficult as there Is only a small buy or openlnK tHilween I he two Inlets on thu northeast side, Tills bay or rovu Is only (6 yards aeiiwM ut the entrance utld onu hull drvil yurdn long, and prvnentn soino dlfdi iillleH even to vt-estds, vscvpt III the lnil moderuto wvatlter. Thi) sruplane Is awaited ot, tho rorks by the l'ortuaueu iruimr He piildlea, whleh Is rsrrylng a supply of gas and ell. and which will bri-ad-rust the news of the aviators' arrival. from HI. Paul Hocks, the airmen plan to fly to the Islands of Fer nando Noronliu, approximately 360 mlb-s off thu Ira4llun coast and from there to Pfrniiiuhuco. KILLS THIRD MAN LONG 11ICACH. Cal., April 18.- Pati-ulmun J. U Dnvls, who three weeks ago shot aud killed two men he caught In the act of burglury, lute yes terday shot and probubly fatally wounded a third man. rhivU and Officer R. B. Frtdley wore walking through Hlsbcy park where they encountored two young men. The officers asked tho others who they were unci where they were going. One drew nn automatic pistol and ordered the officers to throw-up their hands. I loth 1'avls and Frtdley dww their pistols. Davis fired three times and Krldlew four. One of the men fell t Davis' first shot. Tho other throw up his. hands uud surrendered. At the IxMIco tdm Ion the uninjured man gave his mime as V. U Denton, l!l yours old and thut of Ills wounded coin pun Ion as II. 10. Huberts. 22. At the hospltsl where Koborts was tuken, It was stild ho probubly would die. The Daily, Bank Robbery KANSAS CITY, April IS. Armed with revolvers, two negroes today forced a messenger for tho South east Btute bank to leave a erowdml r.trent car, enter a motor Car and ac company thorn for several blocks whllo they robbed him of 14.000 In cash and 17,000 In chocks. PORT U 3RD FLIGHT DEAD SHOT 0 To Celebrate 100th f-a MiM Mil 1 f Yt i .11 JQi -;;f Sri :: 'j J The main atreot In Tolnt Pleasant, .hlo where General Grant was born April 27th, 1822. From tho ceajent porch on the left President Harding will address thousands of visitors assembled. A radio will carry bis message to all parts of the country. (Lower) This cannon, a relic of the Civil war murks Ihe site where General Grant was born. , PORTLAND YOUTH ARMOUR PLANS I&EN. SEMENOFF ADMITS KILLING A $500,000,000 i FIEND IN HUMAN MAN OVER BOOZE PACKING TUBE FORM, SAYS DR. Russel Hecker, 24, Con fesses to. Murder of Frank Bowker, 49, Portland Mu sician According to Father Bootleg Sale Cause. 1-OHTLANH, Ore. April IS. Mussel llocker, 21, early today confessed to having killed Krank Howkcr, 49, a Portland musician Sunday night, ac cording to a statement made by Meek er's father, D. J. Hecker, to the police. Tho elder Hecker told tho police that his son had admitted the killing and thut he would accompany the police to where ha had hidden How ker' body. Tho alleged confession was made wiuie rather and son were closeted In private, after three hours questioning by the parent. . .. v. run I i.A. l, ure April lb. I'O- II re officers started early today to ftnd tho body of Krank Howkcr, a Portland musician, whom Hussell Hecker, 24, confessed killing, accord ing lo a statement by llccker's father, U. J. Heckor. ' Ho said ho obtained from his son a description ot the place whero the body was hidden, along tho road be tween Ptrtlsnd and Albany and offer ed to lead tho officers to the spot. Tho reported coufcsslon was made early this morning after thu father had talked with his son for throe hours at tho city Jull. Hussell llocker surrendered lato yesterday after tho police hud Investi gated the disappearance of Howkcr, who had started in an automobile with -.Hecker Sunday night from downtown point. According to a statement by Al bert llowker, brother of tho dead man Hecker had arranged to sell Krank llowker a supply ot bonded liquor and was to tako him to ,tho cache Itowkor was said to huvo $1100 in currency In his possession. lion-owed Automobile Yesterday the borrowed automobile in which thu pair Blurted out wits re. turned and poilco reported It was blood stulnnd and had a nuw sou cushion. . A bhodstuluod .45 automatic pis toi, borrowed on Sunday afternoon from Paul E. Noble, manager ot theater, by Hecker, was found i Hacker's Bujtcaso last flight. If it had been flrod nn attempt had been made to clean it, for the boro wns bright, Hut police said a doaon specks piood clung to tho grip aud to the motal neur tho handle. Hecker was formerly employed by Noble, (Continued oo page- eight) Anniversary of Birth -.Vwi CHICAGO, April 18.T-Hat denial that an amalgamation of the Armour, Cudahy and Wilson packing compan- s is contemplated, was made today yJ. Ogden Armour and Edward udahy, presidents of their respective organizations. Thomas E. Wilson, bead of Wilson and company, was not In tho city. "The Cudahy company is not in any way concerned in such a merger," said Mr. Cudahy. Mr. Armour did not make a formal statement but authorized a flat denial over his name. CHICAGO, April 18. Informal nego- Istions for a merger of throe of the big five packing companies Into a $500,000,000 corporation have been conducted by J. OKden Armour, head of Armour and company, according to he Herald and Examiuer today. The corioratlon would have as its presi dent, Thomas E. Wilson, president of Wilson and compuny aud Mr. Armour ould be chairman ot the board of directors, according to tho newspaper. Tho firms involved are Armour and company with a total valuation ot $3L"J."1 8,997; Wilson and compatiy. worth lb8.097.23o and Cudahy and company, valued at $l5,502.:!i0. Consent of tho inter-state commerce commission would be necessary for tho success of the proposed merger, it Is said. Persons who are credited with be ing familiar with the merger plan say no now financing is contemplated the proposition being that Armour and company exchungo Its securities for thoso of the other two companies. Mr. Armour is supposed to be actu ated by tho motive of desiring a suc cessor to the presidency of Armour and company, a position "landed down to him by Ills father. Having no' sou to carry on the business, ho la forced to go outsldo tho family. Mr. Wilson's success ia. the packing Industry has mnde him tho logical candidatq and tho newspaper ixilnts out that to secure Mr. Wilson, Mr. Armour is forced to buy Mr. Wilson's company. MAN DIES AT WHEEL OF CAR, NONE HURT EVEKETT. Wash., April 18. Samuel O'Deu, log boom foreman, died at the steering wheel of his au tomobile Inst night while traveling on the Pacific highway n mile south of Everett. He was traveling slowly and his nutomobilo loft tho road nnd stopped nKuinst an embankment. Ills wife wns with' him at the. time. Death was duo to heart disease, of General Grant v .aif Tacoma Army Captain Paints Graphic Picture of Diaboli cal Character of Cossack Leader Now Held in N. Y. Outrages Surpass Fiction. TACOMA. April 18. General Grcgorio Semenotf, now in jail in New York as a result ot financial entangle ments In Siberia, was a "fiend Incar nate." and "gloried in dealing In death." according to Dr. E. C. Judd of Sumner, Wash., who was an army captain in charge of the largeet hos pital in Siberia in 1919 and 1920. General Semenoft's soldiers repeat edly fired upon American troope. Dr. Jndd said today, 'and once a British officer and myself had to tlc for our lives when one ot Semenoft's arm ored cars pursued us, Bomonoff moved about In a beautiful train aud carried with him a host of women. When he and his men tired ot tbora they would have, them klled oTf or maimed, and thou search the nearest villages for more girls. "Scinenoft was supposed to be aid ing the allied forces, but he did noth ing more than engage in a hind ot guerilla warfare and work hand In hand with tho Japanese. His troops took an Interpreter from our Ameri can train and shot him and they threatened my bead American nurse with Worse than death. They killed two women tor tho amusement ot the crew of an armored train to my cer tain knowledge aud but for the In tervention of Czecho-Slovak troops would have murdered 150 American men and women under my charge on a traiti bound tor the Chinese bor der." "Ouco I was standing near a rail way station in a small town with two other officers," Dr. Judd said. "Our American uniforms were plainly visi ble to tho Semenotf troops, but they beguu firing at us and doublod up with laughter as we sought safety. My interpreter informed me that oue day 8ti mou and women, politicical opponents ot Semenotf, were uncerl- immtously dropped through a large hole in the Ico covering a river." Dr. Judd said he had furnished his information to Senator Borah of Idaho and to representatives ot tho Far Cast republic of Chita. Million Dollar Fire, Maryland I'OCOMOKB CITY, Md., April 18. Revised estimates of the loss from yesterday's (Ire which deyistated the business section of this pluce and de stroyed between 40 and CO dwellings, placed tho figures at approximately $1,000,000. . P. Withycombe Quits Gubernatorial Race On Advise of Niece SALEM, Ore., April 18. Phil Withycombe of Yamhill, brother of the Ittte Governor James Withycombe who recently Wed for the republican nomination for 4 goyernor, today withdrew from the race. 4 In a letter to the secretary tit state he said he did so at the re- 4 quest of his niece Miss Mabel 4 Withycombe, daughter of his de- ceased brother, adding "and also because of further considerations, 4 I deem It unwise and Inappropri- ate to be such candidate." Withycombe'a withdrawal leaves six candidates for the republican nomination for governor at the state primary May 19. U.S. SENATE By Vote of 36 to 9 Upper Chamber Goes On Record in - Favor Soldier's Relief ? Reasonable Time Allowed " Also Agree to Tackle Tariff Bill Thursday, WASHINGTON. April 18. Decis ion to pass a soldier bonus bill at this setision of congress was reached to day by senate republicans in party conference. Tho vote was 36 to 9 on a motion offered by Senator Len root, republican, Wisconsin. The conference resolution as made public follows: It is the sense of this conference that the senate should at this ses sion pass a soldiers' bonus bill and that the republican members of the finance committee be requested to report such a bill within a reasonable time. The conference also decreed that the senate should proceed to conside ration of the administration tariff bill on Thursday "without turthoa delay." Tho measure would be called up at that time and it was announced the majority membership would make every effort to hold a quorum con tinuously. There was some discussion aa to the form the bonus bill should take but with divergent views developing, no effort was made to reach a decis ion. This will be left to finance committee republicans, a majority of whom- in reported to favor the house bill with possible elimination or amendment of tho land settlement option. American At Uoston K. II. E. New York 10 16 1 Boston 8 11 4 Catteries: Bush, Joues and Schang; Karr, Ferguson, Meyers, Chaplin and Ruol. At Cleveland K. II. St. Louis 2 Cleveland ": 17 22 Batteries: Klop. Bayue and Sever- eld; t'hle and Nunamaker. At Washlnstou Philadelphia ... Washington K, .17 II. E 18 2 7 ; and Perkins Batteries: Nay lor Johnson, Krancts, Courtney and Ficlnlch. At Chicago Detroit R. 1 II. It 7 Chicago Batteries: Cole Hodge and Schulk. and Bassler; National NEW YORK. April 18. New York Boston, postponed; wet grounds. Philadelphia-Brooklyn, postponed; wet grounds. INew York-Boston, postponed, wet grounds. At Cincinnati R. M E. Pittsburg - ; 8 13 0 Cincinnati 4 7 0 Batteries: Carlson. Hamilton and Couch; Markle, Couch and Wingo, DECIDES TO PASS BONUS DEATH TOLL 0 Storm Sweeps Middlewest, Leaving Death and De struction in Its Wake Swollen Streams Bring the Danger of Rood Drop in Temperature Adds to Misery CHICAGO, Aprl IS. Swiping" northeastward through the middle western states, a storm which had its origin in the Rocky Mountain regions Sunday, had passed over Ohio today, leaving in its wake death and de struction. 'A loss ot nearly fifty lives was attributed to the storm which developed considerable energy aa It progressed eastward, taking in many places the form of a tornado. Dam age to proberty will mount into mil lions, it is believed. 1 Accompanied by rains which .sent streams, already swollen. . cournlnif far beyond their usual channels, the storm brought added suffering; and inconvenience to many communities, which for several days have been af-; fected by flood condition. A drop in the temperature to below the season al normal added to tho discomfort ot families whose homes, having been destroyed by wind, or made unin habitable by flood, were living in tents or Improvtsed shelter. 2! lead In Indiana. '' Indiana apparently felt the full ef fect, of the wind storm yesterday. In that state, 21 persons are known to have met death in different commu nities. . Early yesterday the storm center- I in uuuuia. Dinning iimuuer villages in the darkness, tornadoes - wrought havoc to many homes and such reports as were available from agricultural, communities which had been stripped of nearly all means ot communication indicated that 22 persons had been killed. Missouri, Iowa and Kansas had felt the storm early Sunday, but in these states it lacked the intensity which marked its sweep across Illinois, In diana and into Ohio. As it passed over Indiana, there were two distinct tornado belts. The one in Jho south- . em part sustained some damage, but across the northern part ot tha state. there waa a wind-swept strip in which the loss ,of life was heavy. Warren county, in tho western part ot the state, reported a loss of twelve lives. Four met death in .Madison county in central portion of the state. The death toll was greatest In cen tral Illinois. The villages ot Irving ton and Plaintield. not far from Cun- tralia, were badly wrecked and seve ral persons were killed. Other fatali ties in this state were in small rural communities. Wires were. - blown . down by the wind and telephone and telegraph companies hurried today to complete repairs. 'With restored communication it was considered poxsible that complete reports might Indicate even greater disaster than was Indicated early today.' Tea Killed Late Monday. ' DANVILLE, Hi., April 18. Ten persons are known to havo been killed and 41 Inured, several fatally and a dozen seriously in a tornado, which swept across Champaign and Vermillion counties, Illinois and Warren county, Indiana, lato Mon- ; day, doing damage estimated ut a quarter ot a million dollars. The little village of Hod rick. Ind.. wus almost wiped out. Four houses and two churches, comprising a group known as Ploasantville Corner were ruzed and on the Chick farm cloven miles northeast of Lebanon, 111., three houses and many outbuild ings were destroyed. 1 A REACHES 0 CHICAGO, April 18, Rivera . In Illinois, Indiana and Missouri which have been close to flood stage, and in scmo instances save broken through - levees, causing much damage within the last few days, rose still higher today following rains that accom panied tho storm that struck tho middlewest yosterday. Floods as nieuacing as thoso of 1913 were reported from some points. Hundreds of families have -been driven from their homes, there has been some loss ot lite, transportation has been affected and much damage has been caused to crops. The central division of the Rod Cross was rushing aid to persons who have fled to tent colonies to escape the rushing waters.- ' Joffra Leave Chicago. ' , .CHICAGO, April 18 General Jo seph Joffre, marshal ot France. Con cluded his visit to Chicago today aud departed for "Washington"