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MEDFORD, OliltfiOX, SATURDAY, AVML 21), 11)22
NO. :n
M
M
IS
Generals Tso-Lin and Wu Pci
Engaged On Battle Front of
100 Miles Americans
View Battle From Walls of
Ancient City- Foreign Le-.
gations to Protect Nationals
ri:KlMi, April 29. (Iiy Associated
Prtl. righting aiulh of thn Peking
Tien Tain railway wt 111 wu In progres
ut noon today, Th force of General
(hang TuoLln. military governor of
Manrhurla, unl General Wu Pel, mili
tary leader of central China, were re.
ported engaged alunK n lino pxifttitliiK
from Martian. 20 mile auiitli of Thn
Tain, to a oini outh f Peking.
A dispatch from Tl'n Tain, )
there liaa been heavy artillery firing
near iluilmlig fur the lunt twenty
hour.
Thn foreign Irgutlon here have uil '
vUted th national of their reapectlve
noun trie win urn outside Peking t
hasten tu tha rnpliul a measure f
elf protection.
The flghtlm; which lH'Kn at dan
thin morning at Chang Hlutlcn. ti-lvo
mile south et,t of Mil rlty, wax roil
tlnulng, at three o'clock thl afternoon
There aa artillery firing In llu
vicinity of th Mareu I'olo bridge
which span the river Yung Tlnglio
near (ha wet Kate of I.u Knu-Chlno.
Th latter place k a Hula mure thuu
four mil from Chang Hlnllen.
The firing oined along a front ex
tending from Chang Blentlen. 12 mile
southwest of Peking, tu a point thirty
mile dim auulli. llotb armlp ar vn
trenched along tha Peking llankuw
railway with Wu I'd Fu' base at I'ao
Ting Ku. Thn artillery firing wax
hr distinctly In Peking and crowd
of people, Including many fureiKner.
mounted the city wall from which
Ihe mnoko of thit battlefield waa vis
ible. American Vlaw Battle
During thn night sound of Intermit
lent firing came from l ho front, but
wlttl thn dawn brink cannonade lw-
Kan, Home American ventured out tu
tha rare trark went of Peking, where
they aaw Chang T- Mn'a Iokiph 01-
rretlnn artillery fire from the IiIIIm.
Ikith C'lmnK Ta vl.ln and ami Wu I'nl
r"U have np6rntly warmul ilmlr
force to avohl npiiroaehlnK the city
on whim or warning of the leRatlonx
that ihny woulil not tolerate dinoriir
10 1'nklnK. Tho Kovernment la pre
pared t4 eloae thn elty Kntea at liny
tnooiont, but thin hut an far not Ihm ti
(ltemei neceanary.
Tho nu'inlM-ra of tho liovernnirnt
handed by IIbu Klilli C'hnnR r u one
10 . lami hllnK thn liobtltltlea. Tho
prealdent deelarea ho will remain ii"H
Inil and acting Premier Chou Tftu Chi
) that efforta to pruvenl elvll war
aro lM'Inn eontlnued.
KoreUtn olmorvera report Wu Pel Pm
la itttchipilna; to turn the rlKht flunk
of Cluing Tho I-ln'x troop by wedging
In between thn lalter'a front and I'ek
ing. King Yuh-Hlaiig. known an the
rhrlatlan general, la tn command or
Wu Pel Ku'a operation- nour Peking.
A! Pelting dlHpulch to tho AhsocIiiIm,i
Preaa, rnrolved hint night but itndor
toilny'a tlntn owing to the tlino dirfer
cure ot 13 bourn anlil fighting liud be
gun, at iluwu nt ChnngNlntlen, I'i mile
outhweat of Peking, and that lieuvy
nrttllory flrlnn wim Dudlblo In tho inpl
UI.1 '
Tho Chans Tao IHu railway connoci
i eking witii Taku, her aeaport, nnd
thn Allied diplomat recently nerved
noti' on Iho Chlneo northern Rinern
numt tliut thlH lino of comintinloiitlun
mtiht bo ltopt open dm a mouna of aafo
oRri'lia for tlio rorclgnera In Poking
aliould thn cuplUil lw menaced by tho
force of Wu pet Fu,
(ConllnuiHl on Page Blx.)
MANCHESTHH. Ky., April 2.
Homewhore In tho fn1nH of the
Kunlurky mountains today tnoio
than a score of crlm mountaineers
nro bent on n unlquo mission, tn
bring thiilr own nioonahlmi stills Into
court. An earnest prayer by mi nmnl
.' mlnlHler durln: court yesterday Is re.
sponsible! v for their notions. Ho
prayed that lawlessness in Cluy
nounty mlglit ccaso and the hill men
listened,
REAL
1
now
RAGING
-
AGED MINISTER'S
MOUNTAINEERS
Dick Croher, Famous
Tammany Boss, Dead
mm.
NKW YOltK. April I'll Hlchard
Crwker, former Tammany chieftain In
New Yoik. dlfil at hi home In Irelnnd
tiHtuy. nr-rorillng to n cablegram re
reived bv Thoniua V. Huiilh, aecretary
of Tammany hull, from Mr. Crocker.
Irregular Troops Seize Bonded
Stocks -and Free State Of
ficers Threaten to Attack if ',
Not Returned By 5 P. M.
Dublin Citizens Slain.
It lll.IN. April 2. ( Il the A
ftociuted Prea.)-Thn peace router
cure called by lird Mayor U'.N'clll of
lipblin held auother meeting here to
day, but after a three hour aestaion.
It dUxolvea without uliy agreemvtit
having been reached.
IIK1.KA8T April :!. Illy the Aa-
Hoilati'd Pre.) Irregular republi
can troopa tiday wired the bonded
alore In Kilkenny and removed the
whole Htock ot whlxkey to tho Kil
kenny Jail, fren atalti officer went
to the Jnll and laaued an ultimatum
It; tha commander that unions the
property wax returned by 5 o'clock
Ihla aflernoi n free atato troop
wi uld move to the prlitoii and take
It by force.
Il lll,IN. April 29. Illy Ihn A
aoclated Press.) The slaving of sev
eral prominent citizens of Cork yes
terday hua caused a sennit Ion here
enual to that caused when several
member of thn family of Owen Mac
Mahon were killed In Helfast last
month. Tho full story of thn out
rage still I lucking, especially the
one In w hich either Kev. x Uielinrd
llnrbonl of the Murragh rectory or
bis son win thn victim. Several ro
porta agrcu tliul tlio sou was the
one kllloij.
It is widely believed here (lint the
mnrilors worn Intended In reprisal
for thn MucMuhon killings, or rath
er for tho impunity with which their
author remain at large n muiiy
soiilnnrners hnvo voiced tho eonvlc-
thlon that tho Mac.Mnhona were kill
ed by member of thn special police.
Tho provisional government Is
credited with thn declaration that
tlioso guilty of tho Cork outrages will
bo brought to. Justlca regardless of
Ihn time and effort 'this mny tnko.
inn public hero fear moro terrible
counter reprisals In llelfust. which In
their turn would have a sequel oIbo-
i where.
NOW FIGHTING
over use
NORTH IRELAND
APPEAL MOVES Gil
TO HUNT UP STILLS
The fli-Nt eon fpNMlmi iiiti. fi-nn
Mrs. Krunk Smith, wbq began crying
when she took the witness stand and
asked (he minister to offer prayer.
Mrs. Smith confessed (hut her hus
bond was In the bund (hat Inst week
run . pence officers nut of the Mill
Creek territory ' lifter shooting one.
'Immediately nrtor Mrs. Smith's
oonfesslnn. the men, ninny of them
crying, asked to be permitted tn go
homo and gel their mill. Judge
Johnson irrnntod tho request,.
1(1 WARNS
WIFE, CALL
OFF HUBBY
District Attorney's Wife Is
Told to Tell Husband to 'Lay
Off K. K- K. StuffGrand
Jury Drawn to Report for
Investigation Secret Order
May 24.
U)A ANCKMiH, April 29. A warn
ing to lh wtfo of HUtrlct Attorney
Nelaon of Oraugu county that her hua-
band had heller dtxt from Inveatl
gallliK the Ku Klux Klan wan report
ed by tha diatrict attorney In hla vUlt
hern today. He aald that a atranger
flatted hla homo yauitorday and told
Mr Nelnoii that "If ahe had any In
fluence with her huaband "ahe had
belter tell him tu lay off (ho K. K. K.
aiuff."
IOS ASUKUCS, April 19. A grand
Jury panel of 30 namii wa drawn In
tha auperlor court hero today. The
proierlvn Juror wern ordered to
report Thurxiluy. May 2i. IW-cUlon
to draw a prand Jury to luveatlgate
thn Ku Klut Klan wa made yester
day by two of tho local Judgea ot the
auperlor court.
Two women were Included In the
list Of poalble grand Juror.
1.08 ANGK1.K8, April 29. Dep
uty IMatrlct Attorney Raymond I.
T umey announced today that a check
i r the lint of name found In tha re
cent aearrh of the ofrice or W. 8. Co-
burn, grand gotilln, had yielded a
Hat of organized klan at fourteen
California town and elite.
The werv l.o Angelea. Taft. Ha
kerxfleld. Kreano, Imperial Clly, Cal
exlco, Collnga, Clendale, Sau Jose.
Covlna, Ieloud(, Huntington Park,
Axuxa, Yenli'oand Oraugn county, tho
lut appearing to Include inemhera
from several elite In one general or
ganliatlon. Theao varlou Data gave complete
rotter of the officer and member
nhlp. Thera alo were lists that were
believed to ba complete of all offi
cer and litany member of tho Ku
Klux Klan In thn state of Oregon,
WuHlilngton. Idaho, Nevada and Ari
zona and a lit ot members In Califor
nia In section other than thoao where
there appeared to ho orgnnited klnns.
KltKSNO. Cal.. April 29. -According
to' Information received by the
Republican, member of the Ku Klux
Klnu met at their headuarter here
last night, where nearly a hundred
candidate were taken Into the rauk
ot thn organization.
AT
E
Next week, May 1st to May 7th, la
National Postal Improvement Week
promoted by the Kstofflco department
tu bring tho pooplo closer to tho aer
vice, giving them n better understand
ing of It and tho realization of tho need
Of public cooperation.
To thin end Postmaster Warner of
Medford and tho other poslmaHters of
tho Vnlted States call tho attention of
their respective patrons to the neces
sity of writing correct addreases, and
on each envelope or package Iho re
turn ud dress, and above all early mull
ing to relieve tho congestion at the
postnfflce tho last .10 minutes or so
prior to mailH closing.
For Instance, more mall is received
at tho local postofflco, Mr. Warner
snys, between 4 and 6 p. m. dally than
during any other four hours period of
tho day. Tho majority of this mail
could Just ns well bo delivered ot the
IMistotflre earlier In (ho afternoon and
much of It even In the forenoon.
FRUIT FEDERATION
FORMED IN EAST
CHICAGO. April 2!). Tho Kcdo
rated Krult drawers, nn organization
to market co-operatively tho coun
try's fruit crop, was formed here yes
terday. Formation of tho national
sale ngency Is (he result of work of
tho producers national fruit market
ing committee, appointed by the
American Tlurenu Federation, to de
velop an Improved marketing system
for the fruit growers,
ASK PUBLIC A D
mm
How Sorrowful
jkV
JO
If
b warn f?:
. Dexpito the fact that the bambino la surrounded by a bevy of beautiea It
la easy to nee how be and hla lair companion feel about hi enforced exile.
Photo abow left to right. Mr. George II. Kuth; Mrs. Harry Auchcrson;
Pube Ruth himself.
TtO
INVESTIGATION
OF OIL LEASES
AVAS1UXOTOX. April 29. Inves
tiKutlon of tho lenae of nnval oil re
wrves in California and Wyoming by
the interior and . cavy deportments
wua ordvretl by the avnate. '.
WASHINGTON. April 29. The
Sinclair Oil interest have a lease for
20 year on .23l acres In tho Wyo
ming naval oil reserve under royal
ties ranging from 12 to IS per
rent on production, according to a
ropy ot the lease transmitted to tho
senate today by the interior depart
ment. Th photographic ropy of the lease
signed April 7 by Secretary Fall of
the Interior department, and Secre
tary Denby of iho navy on lichalf of
the Kovernment "nd Harry I. Sin
clair for the Mammoth Oil company,
lesser, wit transmitted ahortly be
fore aqtlon was planned on a
resolution for a congressional inves
tigation. National I
At rittauurg R. H. E.I
Cincinnati , 3 12 2 -,
Pittsburg 7 11 1
llatterles: KUey. Marklo. Gillea- j
plo and llargrave; Coopor and Gooch. j
At llrooklyn It. II.
Philadelphia 8 10
llrooklyn T 3 7
Hatterlen: Meadows. Smith
llenllne; Ueuther and liungliiig.
r
K. j
;
m :
0
and
At Boston
Nw York
Iloslon
'Untterie:
K. H.
15 20
4 6
K.
01
1
Houglns and Snyder;
Killtngim, Maruard and Cowdy.
American
At Detroit R. II. K.
Chicago 4 .. t 0
Detroit 0 6 1
Hatterlos: Kabel and Schnlk; Ol
son, Johnson and Smith,
At Philadelphia H. 11. K.
Vashlngton 8 13 0
Philadelphia 9 13 3
Iluttorlos: Phillips, Courtney.
Johnson, Ericksou nnd Oliurrlty;
Mooro, liflmach, Rommol and Perk
Ins. At Now York: (13 Innings)
. It. H. K.
Itoslnn , 5 10 S
New York 2 10 2
Quinn, Ferguson and Kurt; Hoyt,
Jonnard and'Schnng.
ST. LOUIS, April (29. Kenneth
Williams continued his homo run
alugglng today by knocking out a
circuit drive off Covelesklo In tho
fifth Inning of tho game with Cleve
land. Tobln was on base. It was
Williams' eighth home run in seven
games, last Saturday being thn day
on which ho pounded out three in
one game.
9th Victim Gas Explosion
DOWNEY, Col., April 29.Tho ninth
victim of tho garoBlino filling; station
explosion hero Insbwoek was claimed
today when Dasll Cummlngs, one of
the men burned while fighting the
flumes, died here. ' " ' - ' '
BASEBALL SCORES
They All Look
attJ
75,000 PEOPLE
NOW HOMELESS
RESULT FL000
NKW ORLEANS. April 29. Approx
imately 2000 square miles, equal to the
combined area of the states of Dela-j
ware and Rhde Island, are Inundated!
and probably "5,000 persons either are
homeless or residing in flooded homes,
according to incomplete unofficial esti
mates based on reports from the flood
ed areas in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
NATCHEZ. Miss.. April 29. Approx
imately GO.000 persona are - affected
aboVo Ferriday from flood water from
tho Mississippi river. Red, lllack.
Llttlo Tensas and Ouchita rivers, It
was estimated today.
About 750,000 acres, hair ot which
are cultlvatable, were overrun, It was
estimated and the damage to crops,
highways and fertile lands will run
Into millions or dollars.
All of Concordia parish is inundated.
An area of about 250,000 acres in Cata
houla parish is affected.
The flood is rushing Into Tensas
county where there are 80,000 acres of
cotton.
With the Mississippi two feet above
the previous highest record and more
water expected to come down the
waterway, it is expected a large sec
tion of this vicinity will remain cov
ered until July.
Tho fight to hold the leveo lines is
costing thousands of dollars a day.
Among thuso from whom the flood is
taking a heavy toll In addition to plan
ters are ocrators of sawmill plants
and railroads. Much valuable lumber
has been washed away and the road
beds of the rail lines are seriously af
fected. . ,
LAUDS GEORGES
PARIS. April 29. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Jnck lHnipsey bndo
farewell to Paris today. A throng
of French nnd Anerlcun admirers
accompanied him to the station nnd
gave him a noisy send-off as ho
boarded n train for Berlin. Ho ack
nowledged the demonstration- in a
brief speech from tho platform in
which ho suld: '
"I hava enjoyed every mlnuto of
m' stay nnd I shall not soon forget
all your kindness and attention. 1
am leaving your country with a heart
full of grutitudo for your loyal re
ception nnd wonderful hospitality."
Just before his depar(ure, Demp
sey said: .
"Georges Carpentler told mo after
our fight In Jersey City last July that
if I ever visited France I would never
regret it. (Ho was right. It I meet
George in tho ring again, as is most
likely, I will have to carry Into the
arena a moro truly friendly feeling
wan l nave ever felt for any opponent."
DEMPSEY LEAVES
PARIS FOR BERLIN
41 w v w w r ffMf W
Oregon, 8 to 16 Yrs.
Attend Public School
SALKM, Ore., April 29. The
preliminary draft of a proposed
amendment to tho Oregon school
law requiring compulsory atten-
dance of school of. children be-
tween the age of 8 and 16 at a
public school wan presented tn
Hocretary of Bute Kozer for hi
approval a to form and for the
preparation of a abort title to be
used in securing signatures to
place the Initiative measure on
the November ballot.
The proponed measure would
make compulsory the attendance
at public school of children be-
tween the ages of 8 and 16.
FLOODED CITY
STAGES A FATAL
IT. 3 KILLED
Greek Troublemakers Fire On
Sheriff's Posse, Killing the
Sheriff and Two Deputies
28 Greeks Captured and
Lodged in Jail.
BEARDSTOWN. lit.. April 29. (By
Associated Press). Out of the greatest
flood in its history into the center of
the greatest shooting affray it has;
ever experienced, the city of Beards
town and the village ot Frederick, sep-1
arated by the swollen Illinois river,!
were Joined at daybreak today in an!
attempt to exact Justice tor the killing
at Frederick last night of Sheriff Ed-
ward Lashbrook and Deputies . Carl!
Neff and Frank Utter of Shuyler coun
BEARDSTOWN, April 29. Dep
uty Kelly, the only survivor among
the county forces, explained this
morning the section hands had mis
taken the peace efforts of the sheriff's
men when the latter approached the
box ear settlement and- opened fire
under the misapprehension that they
were besieged.
Kelly explained that a clash be
tween an element who objected to
the section hands' presence and the
Greeks had been feared as an out
come ot harrassing the latter had re
ceived at the hands of the objector.
Stories of the shooting at Frederick
and tho subsequent arrest of 28 Greek
section hands, charged with the kill
ings, as they Jumped from the C. B.
and Q. train as it pulled into Beards
town, equal the wildest fiction.
The Greeks, who three weeks ago,
when the flood was at its crest, were
ordered out of Beardstown, were
charged with nightly trouble making
at r'rederick. where they were repair
ing tracks damaged by flood waters.
Sheriff Lashbrook, with three deputies
approached the Greeks' box car home
last night to arrest them.
A volley rang out as the quartet
stepiied on the station platform. Three
of the four fell. Deputy K. M. Kelly
jumped to safety behind tho station.
From that point, he says, he saw the
Greeks rush to a C. B. and Q. lussen
ger train which had pulled into the
station as the shooting ceased. Others
ran in the opposite direction. Across
the river. Chief of Police Robert Pat
terson and four policemen waited for
tho train, sensing tho trouble. The
Greeks literally Jumped into their
arms. Four of them made a wild ef
fort to escape They plunged waist
deep into the water in Beardstown's
streets.
Chief Patterson headed the 28 caii-
YOUNG FARMER, FATHER OF UNBORN BABE,
DENIES
HE
HOOPERSTON, 111., April 29.
(By tho Associated Press) Infor
mation obtained through a night ot
grilling of John Wyinan,' 38, a well-to-do
farmer in connection with tho
mysterious death of Gertrude Hnnna,
26, whose body was found Thursday
in the basement of tho untenanted
parsonago of the First United Pres
byterian church here, will be placed
beforo tho Vermillion grand Jury,
Stute's Attorney John H. Lyman, an
nounced this morning.
During 36 hours of almost con
stant questioning, Wyninn stubbornly
Insisted that he was Innocent of mur
dering the young woman, but ad
mitted that ho was the father of the
child which would have been born
In .a fow weeks, the state's attorney
announced.
1
RED
TG Rl
TALKS BACK
TO
Soviet Foreign Minister Tells
Allies to Answer Note at
Once Guarantee Credits Or
Russia Returns to Initial
Position Lloyd George '
Issues Hurry Call.
GENOA. April 29. -(By the Asao- ,
elated " Press) Foreign Minister
Tchitcherin of KuiwU today seut
Premier Facta of Italy, a president
of the economic conference, a noo
expressing tha dissatisfaction of the
, RuiwUn delegation with the delay tn
! replying to Its note of April 20 and
saying the note would be withdrawn
and the Russian would resume their
Initial position unless they were as
sured the credit necessary to reator
ftuaaia would be granted.
GENOA, April 29. (By the Asso
ciated Press) In line with Prime
Minister Lloyd George' declaration
that the new allied proposal to the
ItUflHian must be considered a a
whole, a special drafting committee
wa endeavoring today to frame a
document which would harmonize
the differences in the demand sub
mitted by the British and French
delegations.
The preamble was completed last
night and the remainder of the draft
was expected to be ready for sub
mission to the sub-commission . on
Rumian affairs scheduled to' . meet
today. t . ,
PARIS, April 29. A meeting of
the entire French cabinet has been
called for Sunday night when Vice
Premier I-ouls Barthou, head of tho
French Genoa-delegation wilt out-
lino the conference situation.
The Echo d Pari indicate M. ,
Barthou 1 inclined to accept certain
concessions to the Russians relative
to war debts, formulated by the Brit
ish delegates, because he has re
ceived assurance that the British
government is disposed to reduce or
cancel in the name proportion.
France debts to Great Britain. It
is insisted in the official circle that
M. Barthou's return to Pari is on
his own initiative.
STATE HIGHWAY C0MTR.
NUNN VISITS CITY
State Highway Commissioner
Herbert N'unn is in Medford today
attending to business with District
Engineer K. E. Hodgeman and look
ing over the work in this county.
Messrs. Nunn and Hodgeman leave
tomorrow by auto for a trip over the
Green Springs mountain road to
Klamath Falls.
Mr. P'unn has been engineer for
the highway commission for tho past
five years, during which over 3.590
miles of highway have been built or
coutracts let for work now under con
struction. Mr. Nunn is a great admirer of
southern Oregon and its progressive
people.
tured toward tho city1 jail. Guards
about tho place were quadrupled and
every precaution was taken to prevent
possiblo violence.
Deputy Kelly headed tho posse
which killed one man outside Fred
erick at 2:30 a, m. Another was ar
rested at Ilrowniug, five miles up tho
river. He had walked the distance
and was caught whlio attempting to
board a train. Cartridges and u razor
were found in his pockets.
T
All authorities working 1 on tho
case, have virtually ugreed that tho
exnrt cnus of death bad not been
aMcertained. ' It developed that tho
youiif,' woman In 1919 was classified
In the Cook county psycopathlo hos
pital as a paranoiac.
Tho young woman disappeared
March 31. Examining physicians
wero undecided a to the length of
time she hud been dead, but it wu
estimated the period wua from a
week to two week. . v
Tho investigation has disclosed to
tho satisfaction of Hherlff Knox that
Mis Hanna's body was placed in tho
vacant parsonugo some time later
than April 19, many duys after she
died. .
Coroner Colo has . postponed thy
Inquest until next week, expecting an
analysis ot the( dead girl's stomach,
BARTHOU
EACHER