Medfoed Mail Tribune
The Weather
Pair tonight and esturday.
Maximum ytaltrday .67
Minimum today 51-8
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
.19
Minimum .............. 40
Pally Kevanlaenlh Tr.
rvkiy Kifty-Hsound ytar.
MEDFORD, OUEOOX, FIJI DAY, MAY 12, 3922
NO. 44
Huge Meteor Falls
at Norfolk, Virginia,
Portuguese Airmen
U.S.TR00PS
Types of Soldiers Engaged in Chinese Fighting
FATE GEHOA
Wrecked Off Coast,
Both Men Rescued
Makes 500-Ft. Hole
TO
IN T S I N
War Flares Up Again in China
General Wu Recovers
From Defeat and Prepares
for Attack U. S. Territory
Threatened Allies' Warn
ing Is Issued.
4
IM'.KIS'O PEKINU. May It. ( Hy
th Awix-lnl -tl I'rcaa) One hundred
American sultllei havo been dla
jmli licit In Turmluiii a few miles
northeaat of Tim Tain.
A (ruin flying allied flag left Tien
Tain for Chlnwangtao on the coaat
of the Gulf f Chlhll, but wa unable
to proceed on account of the con
'lion uf Chlncaa forces. Tim
(American troop am lu maintain
communication and la protect for
eigner In lh" vlrlnliy of the Kalp
In roal mines.
The lrMi, of General Wu I'd Ku.
Whit defeated the Munrhllrtmi
furcea Of Hi'0'iBl Chung Tao-l.lh Inst
week, are now entrenched at Tong
ahan. General Chung ha hla head-qtitU-ter
at 1. wont how. between
Tunaahan and Chlnweng Ta with
4S.0V0 Mamhurlan troop.
PEKING. May II (fly tha A mo
Hated Pre) Th" foreign legation
her hava bran Informed that a criti
cal situation haa developed at Kulp
Int. IV miles north of Tien Tain,
where tha troopa of General Chang
.Tao.Lln ere entrenched agalnat an
advance ty General Wu, Pel Ku'a
army,
Kalplng, which In tha center of
valuable British coal mines, la on
that portion of th Peking-Mukden
railroad assigned to tha protection of
tha American forcea under t hi
agreement for maintaining commu
lilcatlun auuth of tha grral wall.
Ilnporta aay that Chang haa ar
rlvrd at l.uan Chow, personally to
direct tha oiieratlone.
Ton thouannd freah troopa hava
left Mukden to go to hla aiwUtanco.
(irnt-ral Wu'a troopa hava advanced
to within alxty inllva north of TIbii
Tuln. Tlny ora under command of
Otnxral Wiing Chang Tin.
Tha diplomatic corpa hr waa In
for mud today that tha rival armlca
work prrparlng to open fire. They
wrra naked to Intervrna bctwern
Chang and Wu to prevent compll
ratlniia which might endungvr the
Uvea of foreigner or their property.
- After a meeting held to conalder
Ihla ri'uueat, It wua decided Hint It
waa not fenallilo for thn diplomatic
corpa lo Interfere In Chlnn'a Internal
affair. UlpMmat. however, ent
an emphatic note to tha government,
that tha powei If neceaaary, would
1nka atepa to protect foreign Inter
eata. Iieaplte tlila nnllcn official advloea
Indicate there l no Intention hy the
general to yield.
NEED CLOTHES FOR
NEW YOltK, May 12. Ijilrd W.
Archer of Wichita, Kn atutloned nt
Alexnndropol, today rallied the Near
Euat relief thnt lack of clothing wa
developing In Armenia, a nice of
crippled children.
' According lo Archer at loaat ten
per cent of tho children had con
traction of the limb caued by
ahortenlng of tho tendon through
laying with the feet drawn up In nn
effort to keep warm. lie added that
phyelclana wera trying to affect cure
by tho u ae of heated oil.
SENATE AGREES TO
DEMAND TO
WASHINGTON, May 12. Federal
' Inquiry Into reported pluns for a mer
ger of a number of the largost lnde
pendont stool concerns, including the
Bethtehem und Lackawanna compa
nies, wus ordered toway by the senate
; In adopting a resolution of Benator
LaKotlette, republican, Wisconsin,
', calling upon the department of Jus
tice and federal trade com mission to
, take steps designed to prevent the
combination.
8enutor LaFollotte chnrgnd that
the mergor wua proposed to place the
entire Industry In the hands of two
great monopolies and to Increaso steel
prices, , ,.
RUSHED
ARMENIAN KIDDIES
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NOHKOTK, Va . May 1?.
Tim meteor which fluahe.il arrow
4- thn skle of Virginia last night
4- and rocked the liniiii In half a 4
doxen cities hy tlin shock of It
lauding was found today 13 4
4 miles iiiirlliwiiHi of Hlackstono In
4 Nottnwu rnuuly.'
4 Striking In a grove of oak 4
4 irees, tlin meteor made dprws- 4
4 slim In IIih I'arlh which moss- 4
4 ured mure than 50 square feet
4 In ares, Several lw r'
4 burled beneath th ii falling body 4
4 In this hiilit. The ni'-li-or appar- 4
4 fiitly wu composed of some m - 4
4 I u II It- substance. 4
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FAMILY LETTER
'Confession' Letter Ruled Out,
But 'Dear Family Missive
Introduced' Depression Is
Cited and Failure to Take
Guide's Advice.
rOCOHKKKI'KIK, N. T.. May 12
Testimony thitt two letter written by
Mr. Ann" I'. Htlllman to Fred Ueu
vnla. Indian guide, had been pur-
thaaed l at wek front lleauvala for
I It, 000 by one of the lawyer repre
senting Jimri A. Htlllman, divorce
ault plaintiff, wn unileratood to have
been glvrn late today In til trial of)
hla raae.
rOl tillKKKI'SIK. N. Y.. May 1!.
(Ily thn Aoclaied Preaa.) Tha ao
catled "confeaalon lotter" alleged to
have been written by Mra. Ann V.
Htlllman lo Jume A. Stlllman, New
Yt-rk banker, alx moutba liefore tho
birth of Cuy Stllltnuu, again today
waa tendered a evltlunce In tha
bunker' divorce ault. It waa ruled
uiit. Inn another letter written at
tha aamo period wai recelvd In evl-
denro,
The letter wua admitted while Mr
Stlllman wa under croaa examtna
Hon. It waa written at lluffalo,
hre Mr. Stliltnan wa under treat
menl by an osteopath and addrecd
to "Duar Family."
Tho mite wa reported to have
complained of her depression and
wornout feeling and to hava said
thnt If aim "had taken Kred lleauvala'
advlro alio would not have bien ao
Ironbled. Ueauval la the Indian
RUliln alleged by Mr. Stlllman to oe
I ho father of little Guy Htlllman. I
In the "dear family" letter, It waa 1
said. Mr. Stlllman told of making
small Diirrhusna and of becoming ac-
qualnted with a policeman In wander
lux about lluffulo. During her croa-
exumlmitlon, completed this after-
noon, she admitted that several other
letters shown to her "looked like
her hnndwrltlng, hut declined posit
Ively to accept authorship of them
Indian love Term l ard
Tho loiters signed "Kathltlo
Indian term Dimming "dear flower,
and meaning: "lift of Canadian love,"
which were Introduced last week as
having beei; written by Mrs Stlllm tn
to IJeauvuis, also were placed befine
.er.
"Thoy look 'Ike my handwritir.ij,
hut those certainly are not my so it i-
rum is," she Is reported to huvs Mid
On re-dlrec'. ( vnmtnatlon Mrs1, Si'll
ma it told of Vc,r fondness for DM in
1 ..ii open and she and Mr, SUllnun
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LA FOLLETTE'S
PROBE STEEL MERGER
"The purposo of Hie mergor Is
clear." he said. "It is the elimination
of whatever competition now exiBts
In the Industry and the c rout Ion of
a situation where prices may be tlx
ed on a monopoly basis without fear
oi aotocuon.
"When this has been accomplish-
od, every so-culled Independent steel
corporation of any consoduence lu the
United Stntos will have heim merged
Into one BluanHo combination and
INTRODUCED IN
STILLMAN CASE
almost tho entire output of iron and . V'Jni,iyj V". n,,y "r1'""
steel products will then be under the V ""i", Plu M.r,ei..nt
control either of the United States
Btoel corporation .or of Its twin
brother, yet unnamed."
I -
Completely equipped, well drilled and of a generally high type are the anldiera who are fighting; under
(iencrnl Wu i'el Fu agalnat the forcca of General Chang Tao Lin near Peking. ISoth armica are equipped with
airplane and heavy artillery. '
BLACK SOX HIT
MILWAIMCKE, May It (By th
Aaaocluted Prvaa) Tha baaeball
acandal pot which waa aet boiling
anain yeaterday by-ar ..Happy"
Kelarh. with hla chargea of erooked
nea In tha 1117 American league
pennant ruco of the Chicago Whit
Hox and l'elj-olt had more material
atirred Into Ita buhbllnff contenta to-
day when Hherlff Patrick McManua
wa given ummone for tho Chi
cago American league baaeball club
to defend ltVlf agulnst two new aulta.
MILWAl'KEE. May IS. The 11
world' aerie acandal which wrecked
the Chicago American league team
and aent aevrn atar baaeball player
to oblivion, at leaat aa fur a aprotca
alonul bnaehat) career la concerned,
today ha been re-opened. 'Tomot
ruw In Milwaukee circuit court.
Judge John J. Gregory will act on an
affidavit filed by Uacar (Happy)
Kelach, one of the bunlahed player.
which requeata Churlea A. Comlakey,
prealdent, and hla eon, Loulm treaa
urer of the White Box club, be aum-
tnoned to answer a Uat of question
which would dig deeply into the fi
nancial and other affuira of the
American league club.
Kelach presented the affidavit In
amplification of hla ault against the
Comlakey to recover- aulury for 1!0
with certain bonusea, and compensa
tion for damages sustained in an al
leged conspiracy to Injure hla repu
tation und prevent hla remaining a
major league baseball player.
The list of Question Kelach would
have the Comiskeya asked will in
elude wnetnec comlakey conspired
'" ,h Ply In 1917 In an
attempt to have tha petrnlt club In
tentlnnally lone games to tho Sox and
whether that servh'Q wu repaid In I
1919 by having the Box lose four I
j KllnM. Detroit. Another question
would ask whether Mr. Comlakey and
pluyera now on the White Hox roster
conspired to make a pool of ISO each
BACK
COM KEY
TERMED
0
(from each Chicago player to be paid' . , . ,, .', ., , , .
t Detroit pitcher In 1917 to lose )"Kaln8t Philadelphia it New ork to
,, , .v.. n . day was batted out of the box in the
Bolts similar to that filed by I-elsch
nre being planned by attorneys for
"Buck" Weaver, "Swede" Itlsbera
and Eddie Ctcotte.
CHICAGO, May 12. Every charge
made by "Happy" Felsch against
Charles A. Comlakey, Louis Comlakey
or the White Sox club Is an absolute
falsehood, Hurry Grnblner, secretary
of the Chicago White Sox said today,
after rending statements made In an
affidavit in Milwaukee yesterday by
Felsch which charged that the two
Comiskeya knew of ' "fixed"
Dn'l
Karnes in which th Sox took part In
1917, Both Comlskcys are out of
town. -
LOS ANGELES, Cel.. Muy 12. In
qulry which ha been under way be
fAIA a nnnnlu ii.mi.wI Ua-a t , Ka
mmi .i, .,tZ.tL nt .h i.-
Klux K'lun, was halted temporarily
l today, the Jury having adjourned to
permit some investigations to be
completed before It resumed Its
work.
HnrtlliiB at Atlantic. City.
flve 0-Jork" The presUlTnt went on
lh0 links for a game with the club
I professional.
KU KLUX
NQUIRY
HALTS FOR PROBE
... . .............-.-.'"".' '-"". '" M
CARPENTIER-TED
LEWIS BOUT IS
CALLED A FROST
LONDON, May It. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The blow with which
Georges Cnrpcnller knocked out Ted
(Kid) Iewla In the first round of
their championship bout here last
night waa legitimate.,. In the Judg
ment of ao-ralled expert who report
ed the fight. Crlef of "foul" came
from all parts of the auditorium
when the decisive blow wns struck,
Joe Palmer, the referee, is quoted
I the Dully Telegraph as saying
"The Mow was perfectly fnlr. The
men had been broken from a clinch i
and it waa Lewis' business to protect
himself. This he failed to do."
It la asserted by some of the news
paper writers that Lewla had several
times delivered blows on prevloua
break-aways, though they did not
land, and his failure to guard him
self In the final break Is declared an
amazing blunder which
disregarded
elements of boxing.
One or two reporters, while con
ceding that Carpentler by the strict
letter of the rules waa entitled to act
as he did, complain that hla conduct
lucked regard for the spirit of the
regulations which the Frenchman In
variably haa displayed In his previous
fights.
For the fight a a fight, however,
nobody has praise. The Times' critic
says the fontest was a bad as It
coo Ul have been, and must have
ended In disqualifications If It had
not ended as It did. The Daily
Chronicle expert describes It as a
positive traveaty on boxing and says
both participants were equally guilty
of Illegitimate tactics.
BASEBALL SCORES
National
ST. LOU 13, May 12. Joss Barnes
who last Sunday pitched a no-hit game
', first inning when the local Nationals
ran up three hits, one of which was a
homer by Fotirnier, with two men on
baso. Causey replaced Barnes.
At Cincinnati. ' R
Brooklyn 6
i-.nclnnatl : 7
II. E.
IS 0
9 0
Batteries: Smith and Hungllng, Do
berry; Couch, Markle and Hargrave.
At Pittsburg. R. II. E.
Boston ... 3 9 0
: Pittsburg S 9 2
Batteries: Watson, Marquard, Miller
and O'Neill, Gowdy; Morrison, Yellow
horse and Mattox.
At Chicago. R. H. E.
PhllnHelnhla 7 8 9
Chicago .... 4 9
Batteries: Smith and Senttuo; Jones
Stuel and O'Farrell.
American
PHILADELPHIA, May 12. Kenneth
I Wliuams of the St. Louis Americans,
hit his eleventh home run of the sea
n In the game with Philadelphia to
day. He made his clout in the seventh
inning with one man on baso.
At Philadelphia R. II. E.
St. Louis 13 11
Philadelphia , 4 8
Batteries. Shocker and Severeld,
Harris, Moore, Yarrison and Perkins,
Fniohrrnau.
At Boston.
Chicago
R.
0
H. E.
4
1
j
MINE BLOWN UP
NEAR PITTSBURG
SHERIFF CALLED
' PITTSBURG. May 12. The Peter
man mine in Penn township near here
wa blown up early today by a heavy
charge of dynamite which threw stones
almost a quarter of a mile. Sheriff
Robert W. Woodslde with a big force
of deputies left Pittsburg shortly after
9 a. nt. for the mine where, it was
reported a body of con! strike sympa
(hirers had collected.
The ?arm house of George Wessel,
almost a quarter of a mile away was
damaged by the blast.
HAVERSTRAW. N. Y., May 12.
Twenty state troopers were ordered
j Into Haverstraw today to guard the
, town against threatened outbreaks of
1000 negroes who were on strike in the
35 brick plants here. It is expected
more troops will arrive from Albany
and Troy this afternoon.
The men went on strike yesterday
asking $4.50 a day wages against the
3.80 they now receive.
The first of the troopers, all mount
ed, arrived during the forenoon and
patrolled the streets, keeping the strik
ing negroes moving. In the business
section of the town a deadline for all
except those on business was drawn,
and sHclul guards were placed at the
brick yards. . .
WASHINGTON, May 12. April
has shown the greatest gain In em
ployment throughout the country of
any month since the first of the year,
E. E. Hunt, secretary of the presi
dent's conforence on uncmploment
declared today.
Employment, he said, is showing
a steady and sustained gain, April
reports being the most encouraging
of the year and clearly Indicating an
upward trend In business and In'
dustry.
Reports from 34 states showed
thnt. for every 100 Jobs listed during
the month there were 150 applicants
as against 182 in March, 205 in Feb
ruary and 228 in January. -
Bllxzard Halts Traffic.
WARREN, Mont., May 12. Rail
road traffic was still laboring under
a heavy handicap today as a result of
Wednesday night's blizzard t which
swept western ' Nebraska,
were running frdm ten to
hours behind schedule.
' Trains
twenty
Salem Man Named.
SALEM, Ore., May 12. CUftou M
Irwin of Salem, has been appointed
a captain of the coast artillery with
headquarters In Salem, it was an
nounced by the adjutant general's of'
flee today. Irvin is an overseas vet
eran, serving in France twe years.
Boston 6 10
Batteries: McWeeny, Acosta, Daven
port and Scholk; Quinu and Ruel.
At New York. . , ,R. H
Detroit 8 14
Now York ....10 14
E.
Batteries: Olsen, Oldham and Bass
ler; lloyt, Murray and Mayo and
2 Schang.
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PKftNAM Bt-'CO, Brazil, May 4
4 12. (By the Associated Press.) 4
The Portuguese trans-Atlantic 4
aviator. Captain C'outlnhon 4
4 and Sacadura, are safe aboard 4
4 the British steamship Pari 4
City, says a wireless meanage 4
from the Portuguese cralser Re- 4
4 publlca. The filer who bad 4
4 not been heard from since they 4
4 left the Island of Fernando 4
4 Noroha at 8:50 a. ro. yesterday, 4
4 were picked up by the Pari City 4
4 at 2:45 p. m. 4
4 The message from the Repuh- 4
4 Ilea' commander aald he wa 4
4 hastening; to meet the Paris City 4
4 and Intended to tranafer the 4
4 aviators to hla vessel. 4
4 New of the rescue waa re- 4
4 celved with great rejoicing la 4
4 the ' Portuguese colony here 4
4 where it had been feared the 4
4 airmen were dead. 4
4
PEGGY I0YCE IS
II
Notorious Actress Creates a
Scene On Landing in New
York Denies Any Crimea
People in France Mind
Their Own Business.
NEW YORK, May 12. Custom of
ficials late today seized a diamond
and emerald plaque valued at 114,000
belonging to Peggy Hopkins Joyce,
which they asserted the actress had
not declared when she returned to
day from Paris on the Mauretania,
NEW YORK. May 12. When
Peggy Hopkins Joyce .returned today
from France on the Mauretania, her
baggage was ordered detained and
sent to the appraiser's store. Cus
toms agents subjected her to an ex
amination later, but declined to com
ment.
Miss Joyce was shown a Washing
ton dispatch stating that the motion
picture theater owners of America
had banned any film in which she
appeared "in the interest of a 'clean
screen.' ' '
Bubbling over with indignation on
the trip up the harbor from quaran
tine Miss Joyce commented causti
cally on the action of the theater
owners.
'I haven't committed any crime,"
asserted the actress, whose name has
been mentioned rn dispatches from
Paris in connection with the recent
suicide there of Billy Errazurtz, at
tache of the Chilean embassy. The
Errazuriz family has indignantly de
nied reports that the attache died
because of unrequited love of the
actress.
'I think this ts outrageous," she
continued. "It It has come to pass
that my name Is associated with men
who have been charged with crimes,
the day of chivalry in America Is
gone. I have confidence in the fair
ptay of my American brothers and
sisters, and that they will give me a
square deal."
Denying that she had been hurried
out of France because of the Chilean
suicide, she said:
"The French police never came to
see me about the suicide. The French
people mind their own business and
that is more than I can say about
some Americans abroad."
The actress said she intended to
take up the theater owners' ban with
her lawyer here before proceeding
to Norfolk, Va., for a month's rat
Astoria Man Killed.
ASTORIA, Ore., May 12. William
Hodges, 34, a choker setter at the
Klernan and Flora logging camp at
Kerry was killed yesterday.
OLD LAW INVOKED
TO
CHICAGO, May 12. Police and
civic organizations today saw In the
Indictment ot eight Chtcago labor
leaders and the state's attorney's
threat to use against them the law
Invoked 36 years ago to obtain con
viction ot the Haymarket rioters, a
smashing blow at what they termed
gang terrorism. '
i In a long night session Thursday,
a Cook county special grand jury re
turned true bills charging murder
against "Big Tim" Murphy, head of
the gas workers union; Fred Mador,
ii n. ninMnwn
hilu; uihiiiuhu
PLAQUE IS HELD
STAMP
If! BALANCE
Whether Allied Meeting Is t )
Continue or Stop Wi!! Be
Determined Today France
Flatly Rejects British Pro,
posal for Commission - to
Study Russian Affairs
GENOA. May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press) France will never
agree to the project for a mlit'l
commission sitting Indefinitely whl.i
the rpnference i going on to stud.'
Russian affairs, according to a tatt
ment Issued by the French delega
tion today.
GENOA. May 12. (By the Aaac
clated Press) Foreign Minister
Bchanzer of Italy addressing the en
tire body of newspaper representa
tive in attendance upon th . eco
nomic conference, late this afternoon
expreaaed the opinion that the Rus.
elan reply would not prevent the con
tinuation of the conference. ,
Stupid Says England.
GENOA. May 12. A atatement i f
the British view on the Russian r
ply terms th document "very stu
pid from the viewpoint of Russian In
terest." but aay Great Britain is not
prepared to adopt the view that En
rope is to be denied peace or tbu
Bussian people further consideration
In their misery simply because of u, '
stupid argument. - -'f
"As far as Russia I concerned."
continues the statement, "help w it
undoubtedly be placed and render l .
more difficult, but that is an affair i-f '
the Russian government. .We iv
quite prepared to go into the sugges
tion that the queatlona of credltH,
debts and private property be re
ferred to a mixed commission whlcii
will study them In detail and eventu
ally report, although thla mesne that
Russia will have to wait some tltuu
longer for credits. .
Regarding the other aspect of thn
Russian document, namely the peace
of Europe, this affords a satisfactory
basis for further negotiations. .. "To
break on this document would mean
that the states bordering on Russia,
might be exposed to the dangers ?T
war. and peace be fundamentally dis
turbed." GENOA. May 12. (By th Asao
elated Press) Great Britain hu
proposed a truce In eastern Europe
on the basis of the defacto forces de
sisting operations pending the, con
clusion of a commission of Inquiry
to be appointed. It was announced
this afternoon.
Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho
slovakia, speaking In the name ot
the little entente expressed th: opin
ion today that the conference may be
adjourned within a few days, accept
ing the French proposal to appoint
an International committee of expert!'
on which Russia would not be rep
resented, to consider financial pay
ments. Thla must be done, he said,
in such a way as to avoid resentment
in order not to embitter the- Euro
pean situation. ; .;
GENOA. -May 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The fate of the Oeno t
conference may be settled today lu
Paris, in the opinion ot many of tin '
delegates, and the decision ot Pre
mier Polncare on the Russian reolv
to the allied .memorandum Was
awaited with anxiety.
Prime Minister Lloyd George o1'
Great Britain and Slgnor Schanzer.
Italian foreign minister, have used
all their influence with the chief o)
the French delegation, M. Barthou.
to impress on him that the Russian
note although not as favorable a i
was hoped, still leaves the door open
for discussion, and perhaps for gene
ral agreement.
They urged him to ' reflect thli
opinion In his dispatches to the pre
mier. It Is believed, that if left to
themselves the majority of tha pow-
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IN CHICAGO
president of the Chicago bulldlir.
trades council; Cornelius P. (Coni
ouea, Bcrcrovttry treasurer o& me (nea
ter janitor's union, referred to a
the "big three", of the Chicago labor
circles, and five others.
The Indictments returned Indies'
recent bomb outrages and police kill
ings are the forerunners ot scores ol
others, officials added. - .
More than 400 persons were ar
rested In the last few days and bui.
few have been released with to '
greater number denied freedom eeti
on writs ot habeas corpus.
OUT
MOB
VIOLENCE