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Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD, OKEGON, FJU DAY, MAY 5, 11)22
NO. 38
V
SlCfttlS
UNDER FIRE
Soldiers Rush U. S. Section of
, Pckin, Driven Off By Ma
chine Guns Protest Filed
By U. S. A. and Foreign
Powers Hostilities May
End With City's Capture.
PKKINO. May 6 (ly th Auo
rUled Press) Ueneral Wu Pel Fu
waa In control of Peking nt noun to
day and Genera) C'lianff T 14n,
who forces Ik routed yraterduy In
a fierce txtit la iMiuth of tlm t-apllal.
vr reported fleeing to Mukden.
I'harta'a army la rtrnlln In dis
order toward Tien Tain.
observer hers beltevs Chang's
sudden rollapaa haa ended the hua
lllltlea. All riiiltlhm In the vicinity (if Pe
king liad rned thla mornlna.
Til section Insula the walla occu
pied ly tha Americana km-ams
areatly H"d during th ilhl liy
an attempt of tha aoldlera outside to
ram t ha ( and nln entranrs. Tha
guards on top or tha wall dlaeraed
ths attacking troops with machine
KUna. No forelgnera were Injured.
I'KKINO. May l ly tha Aaao
clsted l'r.u)-Vim o0,00 troops,
General Wu anHreled Chang To
Un a forcaa outside Peking and after
fifteen houra" of relenllra cannon
ading and marhlne gun fire, routed
hla opponent, moklnaj himself tha
muster of. tha capital. -
Wu'i forces tamped laat night un
molested outslda tha rlty gates. whlUi
Chang's aoldler were scattered,
having retired with tha main body
down tho railroad toward Tlentidn,
TWwret In unorganised nioUa
over tho hilla.
Tha routad army left hi-hind artil
lery, munltlona, horaea and loaded
minela. and It wounded and dead.
Tha total casualties In Thuraday'a
fighting are teleyl to hitva rearhxd
from tvno to 7000 dead and wound
ed. Aa the flahllni waa brought
near l'i-kliia'a walla, word waa arnt
the rlly nuthorltlea that the army
wua nlmut to enter the capital. The
Unie were Immediately rload, only
forelitnera who had hern hut out,
being- permitted to enler.
Itttllrond tommunliatlon In all
dlrei'tlmia haa hern auapended.
(ietteral Wu haa aent of fit era Into
Peking to ronault with tha govern
ment authorltlea after hla victory,
tleneral Wu'a offlcera declared the
C'hlhll commander could be expected
In the capital anon.
I'ralHea (liriMlan (lenernl.
Oenernl Wu attribute much of hla
autceM to tha Inltlatlva of Krng
Vouh-Hlang, "the C'hrlatlun general,"
who commanded tha operatlona
which realillvd In tha retreat eaal
wurd nf C'hang'a army. Wu decluiea
Im win rontlnuo to fight until fining
hua been driven hack to Mukden, of
which he la mllllury governor.
Mat night crowd of aoldlera from
fhang'a defeated army gathered out
aid tha vAilla of Peking clamoring
for admittance. At tha aouthweat
gnte. whcie tha railroad t-ntcia the
city, they uaed a locomotlvs In An
attempt to ram down tha guta, but
failed. Duurda were aent out to rtla
arni tha atrngglera.
Two thotiannd of Chung Tan-I.ln'a
aoldlera permanently kept In I'eklng,
were dlwirmed. under nrdnra from
Wu I'el-Ku. Thla la regarded na
eliminating Chung Tao-Lln'a author
ity In tho capital.
, Outalde the walla anme of Chang'a
Manrhurlnn aoldlera refuaed to aur
render nnd were fired on. Hlxtoen
of theae troopi were captured In one
phfte.
AnitMicn I'rotCNta.
cttlANOHAl, May B. .(By the Aa-
anclutod ' Treaa) A Peking dUpntch
td the Khun Pao, Hhunghnl'a load
lug newapnper,' any tha American,
lirltlah and" Krertch mlntatofa have
limtructed the nuvul commandorg of
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FLOOD ITERS CONTINUE TO SPREAD
OF.
NEW ORLEANS.-May 5. Waters
from the Mississippi river and, Its
swollen tributaries continued to
spread over vast sections today, fur
ther Increasing the number of refit
goes In the flotled areas. Physicians
today were Innoculatlng every por
tion In tho refugee colonies agulnst
typhoid fever,
Relief efforts were under way to
day at Points a La llucho, south or
Mew Orleans which was rechead yes
terday by wator from tho Poydras
crevuHHo. About 800 refugees are be
Dl
Griffith Threatens
to Put On $20,000,000
Movie, Against War
NEW YOltK. May 5- Duvld W.
(Jrlfflih,
returning homo from
,7 ,....
Kiiinpn yesterday, unnoiinccd Iih
mid completed iilmia for the film
Iiik of ii arnica of nioikm picture
which would li a dramatic pic
torial hlHtory of Ilia world, do
tinned to convince all aXrtat(tia
that war wua foolish. Tho aerlea,
he calliiinlfil, will coat 120,000,.
oo mid it will ho ti n ynara be-
font t lift ai'rlna la romplitled If ho
ruriles out hla plana.
U. S. Surgeons and Directors
' Deported By Sultan's Army
Officers Frightful Condi
" tions Described By Party-
Immediate Assistance Im-
Assistance Imperative.
COX8TAXTIXOPLH, May 5. (y
the Alitor luted I'reaa.) Four Ameri
can relief workers have arrived here
after having bene deported from
Kharput, Turkish Armenia, 50 miles
north of Dlarbekr, They are F. H.
Yowell of Waahinglon, director of
the Kharput unit; Dr. Mark 1. Ward
of Xewton Center, Mass., chief sur
geon: Dr. Hutu Parmuloe of iloaton.
medical director and Miss Isabel liar -J
ley or rawtucget. u. I.
Mr. Vowoll In a statement luauad
today charged the Turks with unjtiat
and unfriendly treatment of Ameri
cans and cruelly and outrages against
Chrlminns In Asia Minor.
The American deportations were
the culmination of a long series of un
friendly arts, h said. "They are the
prelude to freah Turklah outrages
ngainat Christian In Asia Minor. The
Turks, encouraged by tho vacillations
of the allies during the poat-armts-tlce
period, are getting bolder In their
Intolerance agnlnat the minorities.
I'nloa outalde Interference in forth
coming the flnul chapter In the his
tory of Chrlhtlutis will shortly he
completed.
Armenian In Slnvcry
"The Armenian In tho district aro
in a atate of virtual slavery. They
are notpormllted to travel within
the country and I have had to return
173.000 to pooplo In America who
forwarded it to puy the traveling ex
penses of relative desiring to leave
tho country. All tho procrty of
Armenians, victim of deportations,
la confiscated by tho Turks. The
ArcinenlanH are denied tho use of the
courts, (hrlailun women are forced
Into harems without (eh right of ap
peal to any tribunal.
"The condition of the Greeks Is
worse than that of tho Armenians.
The sufferings of the Creeks deport
ed from tho dtatrlcta behind the but
tle front continues. Of the 30,000
who left Slvns. 5,000 died before
reaching Kharput. One American
worker nuw 1 BOO dead on the road
to Kharput. Two thousand died In
Kharput during tho winter and 3,000
died on tho roads cast of Kharput.
"Tho deported people woro aided
at the American corn stations located
along the road from Sivas to Plur
ekr. In the Kharput district, relief
was given in opposition to the
Turks. Turks were permitted to se
lect women and girls along the roads
I,et (ireok Die
"If American aid is withdrawn, the
survivors will perish. Tho bodies
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IS
ing cared for In a Rod Cross cump In
Jackson barracks here.
Tho large Woekama crovasso near
Fcrrlday also was occupying relief
workers today and reports from Con
cordla pariah to Harry D. Wilson,
slate commissioner of agriculture snld
200,000 acros of growing cotton h.id
horn destroyed there with a loss es
timated at more than $1,000,000.
Tho congressional party Inspecting
flood conditions was on route today
lo '.ii ton Rouge, La., after vliiltlng the
Wi.eknnm break and other points )pb
tertluy. '
TURKS KICK OUT
FOMEIAN
RELiEF WORKERS
TP D
FEARED
. Latest Boom Town -
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. nnff94ntiff ...9
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Here I Main St., Oatman. Arlts.. jtint acroaa the California line where several
aa high aa tJ,000 ton lead-the cltlzena to bellevg that R will be the aceno of
become another (ioldfldd, Nevada. ;
DIXIE DEMOCRAT IN
DIS DESIRES
AID TO 1ANIIY
WAKlllXOTON. May S. Dlaouaa.
Ing the coal atrlke, repreaentative
lluddloaton, democrat, Alabama, de
clared In the ho u e today that he
lulled "aomeone could aay some
thing that would get under the akin
of the admlnUtratlon In the intereat
of humanity.'
"m have heard It sitid from the
house that the administration haa
onio idea on the etrtke." aald Mr.
Iluddleoton, "but nothing haa been
done. Nothing will be done unleaa
the admlnlmratlon aeea dan:er of
loalng Ita wager that the operator
will win. If it lim-i Its best bet or if
It appear that the miners will win
their fight wllth the operator and
la on the point of making a fair
contract, then we will see tho ad
ininUtrutlon net. Hut so long aa the
nan tha administration wanta to win
la on top, nothing will be said."
Mr. lluddloaton declared that "the
complacency of Secretary Hoover and
hla wllllngneaa to let the fight go on
to a finish la unparullellcd tn Ameri
can hlHtory."
Amarlcan,
At Philadelphia.. R. H. K.
New York 6 7 0
Philadelphia - 4 10 0
Hutteries: Shnwkey and Devormer;
Naylor, Moore, Rommell and Perkins.
At Detroit.
R. H. K.
6 11 1
1 2 5
Sevoreld;
St. Louis .
Detroit
Hutteries:
Iloyne and
Klimke, Johnson, Munlon and llasslor.
At Chicago. R. H. E.
Cleveland 6 11 0
Chicago 3 4 3
ilutteric-a: Sothoron and O'Nolll;
Robertson, Cox, Acostu, Diiveuportnttd
Sctuilk, Yuryan,
National
At Pittsburg.
R. 11.
1 a
3 10
E.
1
0
Chicago .;
Pittsburg .
Batteries: Jones, Freeman
and
O'Fnrrell; Cooper, and Gooch.
Philadelphia-New York , postponed,
wet grounds. '
Boston-Brooklyn , s postponed,
grotinds. 9
wet
LOBSTERS SUFFER
WASHINGTON, May 5. The bath
ing boach girl and lobster have suf
fered alike frbm pollution of navl
gablo waters by ollburnlng ships, the
Iioubo foreign affairs committee re
vealed today In a report on a resolu
tlon requesting the president to call
a conference of maritime nations to
stop It.
Aside from the fire hazard result
ing from the piling up of oil wasto
along the docks, the report showed
that on the Atlantic, Pacific and the
gulf, lobsters, oysters and fish of all
sorts wero Doing; .destroyed to an
alarming extent and that bathing
beaches had been greatly damaged
because of the pollution.
Brim SMItS
BATHING GIRLS AND
Tvi , ,
WUI
linn
Mississippi Democrat in Sen
.ate Says Harding 'Appoints
Lowden Delegates, Who
Were Corrupted Fight St.
Louis Collector M ISSOUri
Delegates Under Fire.
t WASHINGTON, May 5. Senate
attack upon the nomination or Nath
aniel Golsteln to be Internal re-venue
collector at St. Louis because he ac
cepted $2,500 from the presidential
campaign managers of former Gov
ernor Lowden of Illinois, was opened
: today by Senator Harrison, democrat.
Mississippi, who declared several oth
er Lowden delegates had been given
appolntmcuts under the present ad
ministration.
Among the Missouri delegates nam
ed by Senator . Harrison ' as having
received Lowden money were Roy T.
Davis, appointed minister to Costa
Rica: W. H. Allen. Missouri state
prohibition agent und W. L. Cole,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral.
Senator Harrison said Cole got
$500 of "Lowden money" and $1200
of "Harding money."
Senator Harrison said Mr. Gold
stein was one of tho Lowden dele
gates from Missouri, who had been
"corrupted" with money of the Low
den campaign.
"No candldato was, sailing more
smoothly thun Governor Lowdon,"
said Senator Harrison. "The thing
that turned bis chances and accom
plished his defeat more than any
thing else was the corruption of two
delegates from Missouri."
Senator Harrison said the ap
pointment to public office of a man
who had received $2,500 "to swing
delegates" at the republican conven-J
tlon in Chicago In 1920, was a matter
of sufficient importance to be brought
to the attention of the country.
The Mississippi senator added that
Davis got $500 and Mr. Allen $400 of
Lowden money. Cole got his $1200
of "Harding money," the Mississippi
senator added, "from Attorney Gen
eral Dougherty," who Mr.Harrlson
charged was In Missouri working
for Harding.
WASHINGTON. May 5. President
Harding never boasts or apologizes
for his nominations it was said today
at tlie White House when a question
was aBked regarding the nomination
of Nathaniel Goldstein, of St. Louis,
to bo collector of Internal revenue,
which Is meeting with opposition in
the senate.
That was all the coraemnt. It was
said, that the executive had to make
on the matter.
Mayor Hylan Shaken Up
iNiiw luurv, way 4. Mayor Hylan
had a narrow escape from Injury today
when his automobile was struck by a
trolluy car In Brooklyn. He was
thrown from his seat, but was only
sunken up. ,
11
mm
.:r
1 1
new dlacoveriea of gold, assaying
another gold ruh and that It will
20,472V0TESfWET
IXDIAXAPOLIS, May 5. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Former Senator Albert
J. Bevcrldge defeated Senator Harry
8. New By 20.472 votes In Tuesday's
primary for the republican nomination
for Vnitcd States senator, according
to complete unofficial figures aa tabu
lated bfiM AsSaciated" Press here to
day. The vote was Beverldge 205,410
and New 184.938. making the total
republican vote cast 390,348.
Friends of Samuel W. Ralston, for
I mer pnvarnnp n am tr.'jfli,, .i.u via
heavy vote for the democratic senator
ial nomination. He had a total of
163.670 votes with 266 precincts miss
ing, while his nearest opponent. Dr.
James Anderson, who made a cam
paign as a "wet candidate, has only
no.
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SEATTLE, May 5. Thorough In
vestigation of the alleged branding of
Wallace D. Hunt and eight other can
didates during the fraternity Initia
tion at the I'nlverslty of Washington
recently will be inaugurated, accord
ing to an announcement by President
Henry Suzzallo of the university.
Hunt, a sophomore, was said to be
confined to hla home suffering from
nitrate of silver hums on his face
as tho result of initiation ceremonies
stuged by members of the Kappa Psi
pre-medical fraternity. The eight
other Initiates were said to hare been
subjected to similar treatment but
escaped serioiiB Injury.
Wendel Clauden, regent of the
chapter here declared "it was all an
accident."
At'STlN Texas, May 5. (By the
Associated Press.) The death today
of Ben Roberts, negro, brought to
ten the list of fatalities tn a tornado
that late yesterday struck the west
side of Austin and swept down to
Oak Hill, eight miles southwest,
causing property damage estimated
at 400,000. Roberts was Injured at
Pennfleld, south of Austin.
With tho exception of Roberts and
an Infant of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Padgettt, all the deaths occurred at
Oak Hill and at Manchaca, eight miles
south. . . ,
. The property damage was done to
the Plant of the Woodward Manufac-
turing company at Pennfleld and at
St. Edward's, a negro deaf, dumb and
Mind Institute and residences and
buildings in the south and southwest
' parts of the city. The central portion
Jot Austlu was unharmed.
BEVERIDGE WINS
CANDIDATE BEATEN
WASHINGTON
AROUSED BY ACID
BRANDING IN FRA
TEN KILLED IN
TEXAS TORNADO
American Girl Goes
Beyond 3-Mile Limit
To Marry Chinaman
RAV FriANCISCO, May 6.
Mr. Rutn Amea Iee, American
girl and her hunhand. Sam I-ee, 4
full bhKMled Chinaman, depart-
ed today for the domicile In
Auburn, Cal., after they had been
wed yeeterday on a wind and 4
4 wave toaaed launch which had 4
4 gone beyond the three mile limit 4
4 lo cacape the Jurisdiction of the 4
4 act prohibiting the marriage of 4
4 white and Aslatlra. 4
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IARIFF BILL TO
DEFEAT G. ft P.
1924JPM
Flexible Provisions Lambasted
By Simmons Says In
dustry Hurt and Costs In
crease if Profits Raised
Democrats Not to Delay
WASHINGTON. May 5 Attack
ing flexible provisions of the pend
ing tariff bill aa unconstitutional and
dangeroua. Senator Simmona of
North Carolina, the democratic
leader, declared today In a statement
that the minority would make a de
termined fight against their approval
by the senate.
Senator Simmons asserted that one
indictment against the flexible pro
visions was that they could cause an
Increase In tariff duties whenever
American manufacturers ahould der
clde to Increase their profits.
Senator Underwood aaid there waa
"no disposition on the democratic aide
to delay the bill and that he aaaumed
mat each side waa ready to go to
the country and (ace the issue of the
tariff bill.
"I am opposed to this bill and
hope It will be defeated." he aaid.
I think its proapect will defeat the
republican party In the next elec
tion, but republicans are entitled to
have a vote here on It.
SALEM, Ore., May 5. The regis
tration of automobiles in Oregon
passed the 100,000 mark on April 30
according to a statement Issued by
Secretary of State Kozer. which
shows total registrations up to clos
ing time on that date of 100.057
inis is approximately 4,i0U more
registrations than on the same date
a year ago. - .
Receipts of the department up to
April 30, amounted to $2,698,723 as
against total receipts of $2,334,931
for the entire year 1921.
DETROIT, Mich., May 5. (By the
Associated Press.) Automobile pro
duction In Detroit is between 20 and
25 per cent higher at this time than
it was during the peak period of 1919
and early 1920, John L. Lovett, secretary-manager
of the Michigan Man
ufacturers' association announced in
his monthly resume of business con
ditions In Michigan tor April.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 5 An
ordinance making It "unlawful for
any person to appear In public wear
ing a mask, cowl, cap, hood or ether
thing concealing the Identity ot the
wearer" was passed here laat night
by the city council. An exception
is made to persons attending or tak
ing part in carnivals or other publl :
entertainments. The ordinance la
said to have been aimed at tho Ku
KlUxKlan.
LOS ANGELES. May 5. Classifi
cation of evidence relating tn tho
activities ot the Ku Klux Klan In Los
OVER
100.000
CARS
REGISTERED
AUTOMOBILE SALES
ON UP GRADE AGAIN
SACEMENTO
PASSES
AIMED
AGAINS
1 fill
BUT POLITICS
GENOA PJlEET
Russian and Non-Aggression
Policy Pester Lloyd Geonjc
Believe Belgium Wiil
Accede if France Does
Harvey Back in London
Once More.
GENOA, May S. (By the As- o
elated Preaa) Ths economic conf-r-ence
today expected to end its
liberation on financial, economic and
transport question. The sub-coi.i-rnisaion,
on economics was dpectr'i
during the day to make its report t
the full commission. Which it prcb- .
ably will approve.
This -will leave only political prob
lems. . ....... i ,.'
Tha Russian question and the pro
posed non-aggreasion policy are tax -
ing the Ingenuity of Prima Mlnoic
Lloyd George of England, but ti m
was optimism today over their p-- .
sible solution.
The utmost patience Is urged I y
all leading delegations and the con
ference apparently is facing a ha M '
pull of at least three weeks. . T
neutrals and moat of the allied de---gationa
believe Belgium's opposltl n .
to the terms of the proposed settK
ment with Russia, will disappear n
case France decides to give unr-- '
aerved approval to the allied meuu- '
randurq to the soviet. '
It la reported that M. Barthou, tl"
head of tha French delegation, on '
his return from Paris will Join in the
amall conference with the German .. ,
which Premier Lloyd Oeorge la a - t
ranging. At yesterdays meeting wiH -Chancellor
Wlrth and Foreign M.n-
later Kathenau, Mr. Lloyd Oeorge j-.
reported to have discussed his n' n
aggression pact as well aa the repa..
rations payment due from Dermal. '
May St. . f
PARIS. May 6. (By tha Asso
ciated Press) Vice-Premier Bsi
thou, head of the French delegation
at the economic conference, left
Paris today for Genoa after his coc
ferences over the situation with Pre
mier Poincare and tha cabinet.
Premier Poincare urged M. Bar
thou to make an effort to reach at
agreement with the allies on tti
memorandum to Russia that woul 1
satisfy the Belgians and not sacrific-i
the principle that private proper y
of foreigners in Russia, must be r -spected.
The French government. It Is Bull
by an official of the foreign office,
has entered into no agreement wha"
ever concerning regulation ot the sy
vlet government. It is entirely free,
according to this official, to de-.il.
with the question according to, tli'i
French point ot view, which !s that
the soviet regime cannot yet be re
garded as a representative govern
ment and that there is no reason foe
giving it the moral support which
would result from official recogni
tion. LONDON. May 6. (By the Asa., .
ciated . Press) Oeorge' Harvey,
American ambassador to Great Bri',
aln, who has been in . the countr y
most of the time since the openlm:
of the Genoa conference, returned t-
Lndon today. (He refused to com
ment on reports that Washington in
structed him to make Inquiries re
garding oil and other mutter oi'
American interest before the eco
nomic conference.
The British foreign office ha
shown a keen desire to assure Ameri
can inquirers that the British gov
ernment has no concern whatever in
oil negotiations at Oenoa.
NEW YORK, May 6. The order of
Supreme Court Justice Gay wbJUt
would have granted Edith Kelly Goulf.
$50,000 to reopen in New York sUto
her suit for divorce from Frank J.
Gould was reversed today. by the ap
pellate division of the supreme court.
The justices unanimously denied her
application for as allowance and held
she had no cause for action.
E
T
Angles county continued at tbo dj
trict attorney's office today tn prepa
ration tor its submission to thu now
grand Jury Monday.
It waa officially stated indlcatloiif
were that the Investigation would
last at least a month.
L03 ANGELES, May 8.Thrt ;
masked and armed bandits, operating
in an automobile late last night bel t
up and robbed Mr. and Mrs. S. I.
Haupt In front ot their residence in
the Wilshlre district of diamonds tin!
other valuables valued at $10,000,
according to a report to the police,
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