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The Weather
Rain tonluht. Cloudy Sunday.
Maximum yssttitlay 7f
Minimum todsy , 48
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
Minimum i.
Precipitation .
60
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MEDFORD, OREGON, 8ATUMUY, Al'ML 22, 1922
NO. 27
M
If
CALLED FOR
R. R. Labor Convention, Chi
cago, Decides to Meet Chal
lengs of Railroad Operators
for a Fight to Finjsh
600,000 Men Involved
Claim Existence at Stake.
CIIICAtiO, April JJ. CirUvaiir
centering almut tb eout-sot synicii
employed ly luinit railroads In l!
handling of repair work ha r-li wl
lu a vole fur dlslrPmil.t of strike
1-ulloU to 1 tin enii.noi) iHinur of
the railway employ V l;iar:n!eit (
tho American FJ.;etIM" of l.i bor,
Tlil department coiuyi ! ho ilt
federated shop crafts aii-l ino iirh
men's uttltm of Nor'U Amend.
AuihiirlJatlon ;! thi iik bul
lets wo voted at thi sl.Mli biennial
convention of the Uepariiuru: vuU'il
baa been In aenalon her lo wcik
ami which conclude l:s ti-iit. lu
ll ay. The. voto to a- nl ut ballon
was taken yeeterday and t.Kh vrt de
clared It was a roan to move to "sn
effort to crush our orgamtatton com
pletely." "If there la strike, and I fel sum
our men will veto solidly for It. It will
! In protest of the action of rail
ways lu Ignoring decisions of the
foiled States railway labor board."
aid 11. M, Jewell, president of Ilia
railway employe department.
"The labor board ha a pending sev.
ral complaints against the contract
or farmluR out system. It has been
exported a decision would be render
od eoou after the conclusion of tlx!
j rem.ut wage hearing.
"The carriers have arbitrarily re
dured wage In defiance of the
board," aald Mr. Jewell "They bavu
restored the piecework tyatem and re
sorted to the farming out system
which la mere subterfuge by which
they dodge labor board decisions,
J'lghl to HuUli
"A year ago our inembcrjhlp wti
overwhelmingly In favor of war In
proteat against the IS per cent re
duction already then announced and
given effect last July. When tho
date came, however, we favored peace
beoauae of aMuranrea given by the
labor board that no further wage re
duction would bo coimldcred fur eonie
time.
"lint thla time, I am aurc, the In
ane will come to a ahowdown. Ho
far aa we aro concerned. It la a Unlit
for exlnlence." .
Mr. Jewell aald tho wording of the
Mr Ike bullota waa not yet determined
but that tho queeUon waa almply
whether to atrlke or not to airlko. Ho
added that the bullota would be anl
out soon and that the remit of the
rote should bo known wlthtn sixty
daya.
Mr. Jewel! charged tlint tho roods
aro "dodRfng tho board rulings" by
lotting out eliopa to contractora who
aro not technically within the Jurla
diction of the labor board. -
"The cariiera have been gutting
way with It thus far." auld Mr. Jew
ell. "Wo oro going to find out
whether they ran continue' lo do ko
Tho board. It niUHtbo retuumbored,
haa nt real power to enforce Ita do
cImIoiih. It m nut rely solely upon the
Influence of publla opinion."
Thoru has benu a atrlke for some
Unto on tho WeHtern Maryland rati
way BKulimi the funning out of miiln
leniinco of way work.
(iraiil IhjrhcwN Dies,
TH12 HAGCIC, April ! 2. Grand
Duchess Mlurlo of '. Mecklenburg
Schwann dlod today, ft "the royal pul
aco. Bho was tho tnothor of I'rlncc
Henry of Mocklonburg-St hwoilh, con
sort of Quoon Wllhelmlna,
f EAR FRUIT CROP ON ATLANTIC COAST
DAMAGED, SEVERE FROST LAST NIGHT
WASHINGTON. Airtl 22. Frost
occurred last night from t ho Atlantic
coaet.weHtward to Indiana uml Ohio,
and an far south us northern Virginia,
reports to tho weather bureau today
said, but officials expressed the belief
lout generally little dumagu wus done
to fruit.
Temperatures around the freezing
point were reportotl from the whole
northoustorn quarter of the country,
ranging an low its 24 tlogioes nt
Northfleld, T;land iDlng,liumptoii,
IN'ew York.
' The amount of rlnmnge rauserl In
Hens Eat Whiskey
Mash, Proceed to
Cackle Off the Key
BAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-
I'pori lli statement of Mr. Mary
Hinllli lit court yeaterduy that
the chickens of Mr. Josln rlmlth,
her next door ih-IkU iior, foil upon
whiskey maun froin a nnarbv
mill uml tlx-n ran amuck through
her garden, "rackiltiK off key,
a continuance wus rolled until
a " ntlll hunt" by tho police
could develop further evidence.
"And I suppose," the court
casually remarked as ho turned
to tlm next rase, "that the eggs
are filled with rggnogg."
ja i- - tirg:
DEATH LIST IN
IS INCREASING
Five Deaths Reported Early
Today and More Fatalities
Probable Scores . Injured
and Burned Fire at Ser
vice Station Cause Disaster.
LOS ANGK1.K3. April it. Five
deaths were reported early today In
hospitals at iKiwncy and Artosla.
near here, aa a result of the explosion
yesterday morning of a gasoline tank
and a gasoline wagon, whllo scores
went fighting a fire In a gasoline
filling station at Ixiwney. Five olh
era, seriously burned, wero reported
In a critical condition at liopllale In
iKtwnoy aud here. - -
The dfad:
William C, Jarvls of Lancaster,
Cel. ;
Walter L.
Powney.
Leatrr K
Downey.
1'ulley,
druggist, 30,
Johnson, student, 16,
Kdward
Downey.
Vaudegrlft. retired. 5S.
Clyde Wlerbach. clerk, 30, Downey.
Tho Injured:
W. K. Henry, grain dealer. Downey,
aged 34.
Haul! ('ummlngx, student, Ikiwuey.
Herbert llughan. student. Downey.
Fred Koblnson, student, Downey.
Clyde N. I'almer, painter, Downey.
A scorn or more other persons wore
lurtcl in various degrees. A fire
started In tho gasoline filling station
at Ihn edgtt of iKtwney 'yesterday
while a rshoIIiim tank wagon was
filling the lurge burled supply luuka.
A fire alarm brought scores, high
school students and townspeople Join
ing In the effort to extinguish the
. flames. Hodden ly ono of tho tanks
j exploded followed quickly by explo
Islou of tho gusolluo truck. Tho flro
fighters were hurtled In all direc
tions. ELECT W1EDF0R0ITE
TO STATE AGENCY
l'OHTLAND, Ore., April !2.
Tho Collection Agency association of
Orcgi-n today announced election of
ol fleers and delegates to the Califor
nia Association of Collection Agen
cies convention May 19 to 21 at Ban
Jobo. -O. A. I'orry and D. T. Short
will represent Oregou at Sun Joso.
Officers elected , wore: President,
Floyd 0. Lynch, of Portland; flrsl
vice president, E. P. Hawkins, Asto
ria: second vice president, Carl Neth,
Portland; third'-vice president F. M.
Hodden, Modford; secretary treas
urer, C, B. Koades, Portland.
fruit will not hoc.oino ascortninublo by
tho department of agriculture, off I-'
clulB said, until early next week,
when detailed reports will be avail
ablo from all suctions,
Belief was oxproesod by some of
flciula that conslderablo damage was
rausod In orchards on high land.
Another frost, probably tu liuuvy
as that of last night, was forecast for
the northern Atlnntlo soctlon, ' tho
eastern lake region and the upper
Ohio valley. Warm weather, how
ever, 1h In prospoct aa Bhown by
higher temperatures In Illinois and
to the westward,,, ; ' '
GAS EXPLOSION
NO WAR If
CONFERENCE
DOES El
Russians Declare Force Is Not
Considered Expect Sec
ond Conference if Present
One Breaks Up Another
Crisis Averted When Rus
sians Back Down to France
MOHfOW, April 2J. (Ily tho As
sociated I'rwwOEven If the Uunoa
cotilerence should break up,, i 1 vt
ItUMilu does not :ieit war as a
couiMMjueiiie, but conldera that a.
new conference will follow, probably
within all months, declared L-o
Kuisi'iierr. preeldent of the Moscow
soviet and tt tletf premier, In an In
tervlew toduy vHh the Aiwoi'luted
I'rem,
Whither the conference fulls or
not, he eold, now reHt entirely with
the allies, eiMx.'liilly Krunce and
Ureal llrltnln.
llKKLIN, April !: ( the Aswj
elated Trees) An official statement
leaued today, declsres oeltlvely "In
view of the ronetant dlwltnlnatluo of
reports to tho coutrary" that a llu-slan-Oeriiian
military convention
does not exist.
ItuMlana Ilock iKm n.
OBNOA, April 22. Another crlsU
In the Genoa conference reused by
French objections to the German and
ItuenUn replies lo the allied commu
nications was apparently panaed thla
afternoon.
The French experts withdrew from
the committee on Itumiia at the open
log of today's meeting, the dlnpatch
adds, owIhk to an blluged conflict
between the soviet memorandum and
the rvndltlons lld down In thu Can
ne rvaolut Inns r Hard lug the holding:
of the (It nua conference. Their with
drawal was followed by that of the
Jaiwncee delegates.
l'nsldtng Officer Evans of tho
committee thereupon declared tho
meeting adjourned. At thla the Rus
sian delegates declared there had.
been a misunderstanding rcgardlnsr
their intentions, and said they would
abandon the memorandum.
Oanee lroteeta Again.
' OKNOA. April 2!. (Ily the Asso
ciated Press) The French delega
tion to the economic conference haa
submitted a protest sgnlnat the Oer
mitn reply to the allied note in which
the German stated they would re
frain from dlscueslng KurmUii quea
tlons eettlett In the Kuseo-Oormnn
treaty. The French contend that the
Oermane, under their reply, may n
siet upon discussion of other lluasian
UtotitlonK.
An F.ngllsh spokesman' said a
meeting of tho entire Ilrltieh delega
tion this morning derided to cooxlder
the Incident that had arisen out of
the Ituneo-tlermon treaty aa . defi
nitely closed. Blnco Germany had
accepted tho decision barring her
from discussions concerning? Russia,
the Ilrlllsh spokesman said it would
lie uiiKportsmanllke to insist on fur
ther concessions.
E
APPLE FREIGHT
WASHINGTON. April 23. In
creases In through rato on apples
from. tho north Pacific count to east
ern consuming points which would
have become effective April 24 under
ruilrond alterations in existing
freight schedules wero prevented to
duy by tho Inter-state commerce
roinmlHslon which ordered tho rail
road proposals suspended until Au
gust ZS, An Investigation will bo in
stituted in the mounwhlto to deter
mine thu reusonablllty of thu ad
vunees. The Incrsaso in tho rates would
have resulted in tho cancellation of
through rutes now In effect, which
In most cuses are lower than a com
bination of local or joint rates.
Tho time for the hearing has not
yet been set.
OREGON CITY BURNS
OltlSOON CITY. Oro., April 22.
Fire early today destroyed tho First
Presbyterian chureh'here. The blase
wus believed to huve started from
above the furnuco. Tho church was
built thirty years ago and was exten
sively altered twelve yours ngo, Tho
loss wus estimated nt $4000 of which
$3400 wus covered by Insurance
HALT INCREAS
Fair Weather Predicted.
WASHINGTON, April 22. Weath
er outlook for the week beginning
Moduy: Itocky moutnln und plateau
regions and Pacific States donorally
fnlr nnd nnrmnl temperatures,
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Champion Sails for Europe
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Left to right. Jack Dempsey, his
and Manager Jack Kearns.
STATE TAX MEETING
Ben C. Sboldoa. who bad been rep-1
resenting the state tax investigation
commission In making arrangements
for bearings hero In Medford at which
cltliona of this and netgboboriug
counties could piWnl their views to
the commission in advisable tax Icg
.UUllon. received a telegram this
morning from I. N. Day, chairman cf
tho commission to the effect that the
aeries of bearings planned for West
ern Oregon has been postponed until
after the primaries. May 19th. The
mm
IS
Tho ouho of Htate vs.lerrlman was
decided this morning. JoJko Calkins
overruled the demurrer ihst had
been filed ugalnst the Information,
which In effect upholds tho consti
tutionality of tho Oregon motor low.
Judgo Calkins announced that he
had made an exhaustive investiga
tion of the law in the case and would
(rlvo a written opinion in a few days.
He announced that tho chief reueons
for upholding the law was the fact
that a Circuit Court as a rule does not
find a law unconstitutional unices it
is so beyond all doubt and he would
prefer in this case passing it to the
Supreme Court for a final decieion
on that point and secondly, because
ho considers the law constitutional
for the reason tlmt it was tho pay
ment for the use of a- privilege; for
tho privilege of using tho roads, und
wus a payment for tho damage done
to the rouds. He also stated that his
idea of tho law was that taxes did
not have to be assessed according to
value.
The ease will bo Immediately ap
pealed to tho supreme court. 13. F.
Llndus appeared for Merrlman, and
will curry the case upward.
S. MSHELD UP
When south touml passenger train,
No. 15, pulled into tho Southern Pa
cific' depot at 10:."0 last night and
Hear Hrakeman KWnan went to the
end of tho train us usual to put out
tho flug -warning, ho was accosted
there In tho dark by a footpad who
leveled a revolver at hhu and demand
ed his valuables.
Details of tho affair aro meagor,
but It is known that the robber did
not ojjtuin money or watch from the
brakeman. One story is that the lat
ter threw up his arm against the gun,
whereupon tho robber tlod away In
thu darknoss and Kulnan ran as fast
as he could to rejoin tho train. An
other story is that the robbor search
ed Kelnun and failed to find anything
on htm of value.
Rear end brakomon have been very
cautious sfnee .one was held up at
night at Grunts Puss recently by a
rohber.
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POSTPONED
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MOTOR
REAR BRAKEMAN
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9 5K
lightweight sublemate
Joe Den jam in
IN MEDFORD IS
L AFTER
telegram gave no reason for the poet
the opinion that aa one member of
the opinion that a sone member of
the commission is a candidate tor of
fice at the primaries and waa being
criticised because of the exceptional
opportunity these meetings gave him
to discuss tax reduction with the peo
ple, he asked that the hearings be
postponed as a matter of fairness to
his opponents.
The telegram stated that due notice
would be given of the hearings when
held.
OF
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., April 22.
j Following a conference today with J.
N. Pyles, privato detective who last
Monday night waa beaten by a hooded
and armed gang near Maricopa, Dis
trict Attorney J. K. Dorsey, announc
ed toduy that with the assistance of
Pyles and his staff of operatives, "the
Ku Klux Klau or any kindred or
ganizations in the west side oil fields
will be put out of business."
"Immediately following the confer
ence Pyles, who wus warned by his as
sailants to leave the country by Ma?
1 under penalty of death, departed
from Hakersfield for Taft with a
body of armed men to continue his
investigations of outrages that have
been committed in tho oil fields re
cently.
Pyles said that his entire force of
men. said to humber nearly 100,
would enlist in the campaign to stop
the actiivlties of the night riders.
Natloiial League.
At rittsburg: R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 8 4
Pittsburg '. . .14 1G 0
'llulnes. I'.alley und Clomous. Ainu-
mlth; Morrison and Gooch.
At Uoston II. II. E
Philadelphia 8 1
Host on 2 8 2
Ring und llenllrvo; Marqu&rd
Ooschgor, Watson and O'Neill.
At Urooklyn R. H. E.
N'ow York 3 9 0
Urooklyn 5 ' S 3
Uyuli, Shcu, Cuusey and Smith;
Grimes and Miller, Taylor. ,
At New York: R.
Washington 3
New Yorft 4
H.
3
8
GleUKon
Schung.
and Uhnrrity; ' llush and
American
At Philadelphia.
lloston
Philadelphia
R.
7
1
H. E,
13 3
7 1
Butteries: Karr and Walters
: liar
ris, Moore and Perkins.
"
At Detroit. . It; H
Cleveland 2 7
Detroit 3 13
E.
Batteries: Vhle and O'Neill; Olson,
t,- h
PRIMARIES
PUT KU KLUX KLAN
BUSINESS
Plllotte and Bnssler.
V
Musical Juryman
Plays Fiddle in
Phonograph Court
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.
A few daya ago Police Judge
Sylvian Lazarus Introduced a 4
phonograph Into his court and 4
said be would start off each see- 4
slon with soma appropriate se
lection. Yesterday be added a
violinist.
The violinist bad really been
called for Jury duty. Hearing
the phonograph, he hurried back
4 for his violin and returning, told
Judge Lararus that he wanted 4
to help out. Court officials are 4
wondering if Judge Lazarus will 4
employ music to calm hectic ju- 4
ries as well as angered prison 4
ers hereafter. 4
Kenneth Day, Sales Manager
for Sgobel and Day, Pays
Annual Visit to Valley
Good Crop Certain Mar
ket Conditions Improve.
Kenneth H. Day, sales manager of
Sgobel and Day, fruit distributors of
New York City, spent Friday in the
valley on bla 17th annual trip to this
section, on a tour of Inspection of the
fruit districts of the northwest. Im
proving general conditions through
out the world, according to Mr. Day,
promises much for the fruitmen.
"Money is easier In the east now
than it was in 1921." said Mr. Day.
The financial situation has improved
wonderfully. Basic industries like
the steel mills, auto factories, and
kindred lines are now employing 75
to S3 per cent of their working force,
where last year they were using but
35 to 45 per cent. Business is get
ting on a sound tooting, slow but
sure, and this means a better demand,
and ready money with which to move
the crop.
'The unemployment situation is
vastly improved Outside of the
striking coal 'miners, there are now
only an estimated 1,500,000 idle men
in the east. Last year at this time
there were in the neighborhood of 6,
000,000. They all eat fruit, and in
crease the demand tor it.
"The rise in foreign exchange re
cently has also helped the fruit busi
ness. Today I received a cablegram
from London asking for 100,000
boxes of apples. Last year such an
order would have been unbead of.
South America Is also opening up as
a market tor Pacific northwest fruit
Fears Car Shortage
"I am fearful of a car shortage this
year," said Mr. Day. Traffic- is in
creasing ou the railroads with the re
vival of manufacturing. I look for
It to come In September, which will
be the crest of the summer business.
The Santa Fe has promised to build
2500 new refrigerator cars, and the
Pacific Refrigerator Express has
promised to construct 3300 new re
frigerators. If they get this 5800
cars on the track it will help. Many
refrigerators were diverted to Florida
lust winter by AVest Coast railroads
and the Southern Hues have promised
to reciprocate by sending some west
thla year.
"Conditions indicate a bumper
crop in all fruit sections this season.
I have just come from the Sacramen
to valley, and they have a wonderful
set In the 30 Bartlctt orchards
visited: They start shipping about
July 4th, and if they escape frost
and wind, will enjoy the largest crop.
GOOD YEAR FOR
FRUIT MEN IS
EXPERT S VIEWS
in years. j White Salmon, representatives of bis
"My niessugo to the growers is to firm in those two districts. C, C.
Increase the pack and quality, the; Lemon has been named repreoeota
extra fancy brands. There Is al- tlve for the concern lnthls valley. .
CHICAGO
GRAND
M
MURDERER BECAUSE HE WAS DRUNK
CHICAGO, April 22. Recommen
dation of a coroner's jury that a con.
fessed sluycr bo released because ho
was intoxicated ' and. therefore not
crimlnully responsible was to be In
vestigated toduy. Coroner Hoffman
announced. Tho verdict of the Jury
returned yesterday recommended the
release of Frits Metnshausen, who
had signed an affidavit acknowledg
ing the slaying of Mrs. Anna Peters.
"The law makes no allowance for
Intoxication In killings," said Cor
POLITICS IS
CAUSE OF
TAX DELAY
I- N. Day Issues Formal State
ment Explaining Why Meet
ing in Medford Was Post
poned -Walter M. Pierce,
Candidate for Governor,
Member of Commission.
PORTLAND. . Ore.. April 22.
The state tax Investigation commis
sion which had planned a trop to
southern Oregon next week, with
hearings scheduled for Medford.
Roaeburg, Eugene, Albany, Salem.
MeMlnnvlle and Oregon City, today
announced postponement of the tour
until after the May primaries.
Chairman J. 'N. Day of the com
mission in a formal statement, said:
"The reason for the postponement
j is that the commission does not wish
to seem to bo Implicated la politics
or have its final report snbiect t6
'ny ort of dlrect or indirect impii-
l iuai n uaa uvvu JUliueuCeO VJ
the fortunes of any candidate for of
fice. "One of the members of the com
mission, Walter M. Pierce, has lately
announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for governor
and he has formaly expressed his op
inion on the tax issue which is now
uppermost in the minds of the vot
ers and of which the commission as
a whole Is now making a surrey. .
"Pierce has had under considera
tion the matter of withdrawal from
the commission but in view of the
earnest desire to assist in a readjust
ment of taxation has decided, for the
I time being at least, to continue as a
member of the commission.
The effect on the minds of the
voters of a tour of a populous part of
the. state at public expense and the
holding of public hearings by a com
mission, one of whose members Is
a candidate for high office and run
ning on a tax platform Is so obvious
that with the agreement of Mr. Pierce
the commission has decided to post
poned the scheduled hearings. .
"The policy of the commission in
regard to this tour after the primar
ies will not be determined at this
time."
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. April 12
Collapse of the movement to recall
Mayor W. B. Wiley of Klamath Falls
came yesterday when J. T. McCuUum
candidate for 'the Klamath county
civic league issued a statement de
claring he had been against the
move from its inception and ' waa
convinced that tho business men
of the city also were opposed. Lack
of prohibition enforcement was
charged to Mayor Wiley- by the
league.
ways plenty of poor fruit, and a lit
tle extra care In packing gives a de
cided advantage. The Rogue river
Bosc Is known favorably and sought
all over the world. The Comtse and
D'AnJous are also headllners. Irri
gation, at last realized la this val
ley, will enable orchardists to secure
a better bIzo and grade, and bring
the small fruit down to the mini
mum." , ,
Sgobel and Day hold the price rec
ord for local fruit, before the war
selling a carload of II merest Cornices
on tho London markut for $4588. '
Mr. Day loft today for Hood River,
accompanied by J. Arthur iUggs of
Hood River, and Paul McKereher of
oner Hoffman, so this verdict cuslly
becomes the. most astonishing any
coroner's Jury over brought In dur.
Ing toy period in office." ' ".
Deputy Coroner Secse, who con
ducted the inquest, suggested that
the Jury was actuated by a "sense of
protest against prohibition and the
moonshine liquor, which has fol
lowed its so-callud enforcement,"
, I'olfce say that they will recom
mend that Melnhausen be held to the
grand jury on a murder charge.
RECALL KLAMATH
MAYOR GIVEN UP
RELEASE