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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUKSDAY, J USE . 1922
XO. 71
ACTION 1
SUBSIDY IS
DEMANDED
President Harding Notifies the
House Chairman He Will
CaII Special Session Unless
Ship Subsidy Is Passed
Prior to Adjournment
Situation Deplorable.
WASHINGTON, June 13.- (By the
Associated Press) President Hard
ing has notified chairman Campbell
of the house rules comnfltteo that
unless the ship subsidy bill is panned
prior to adjournment, he would feel
obligated to call a special session
solely for its consideration.
Writing under date of May 26, the
president Baid "so much is Involved
and such a difficult and discouraging
situation will follow if congress falls
to sanction the merchant marine bill,
that I should feel myself obligated to
call congress immediately In extraor
dinary session to especially consider
it if it went over through any neglect
or delay beyond the present term." ,
The views of the president were set
forth in a letter to Chairman Cam ji
be II in which he expressed the hope
that the rules committee would give
privileges status to the shipping bill.
The president said:
"I understand that In a very short
time the merchant marine bill is to
be favorably reported to the house.
I am writing to express the hope that
your committee on rules will report
whatever provision is necessary for
its early and final consideration. I
cannot convey to you how very ear
nestly I feel the necessity of passing
this act. So much is involved and
such a difficult and discouraging
situation win follow if congress fails
to sanction the merchant marine hill
that I should feel myself obligated to
call congress Immediately' in extraor
dinary session to especially consider
it if it went over through any neglect
or delay the present term.
"I should be more than glad to co
operate in any way that I can in im
pressing the house with the urgent
necessity of the favorable considera
tion of this bill. 1 am writing an ex
pression of my earnestness to you at
this lime because I understand it Is
within the province of the rules com
mittee to report a provision under
which there may be secured early,
and I hope, favorable consideration."
Labor Condemns Bill. .
CINCINNATI. Ohio, June 13. (By
the Associated Press) The ship sub
sidy bill now pending in Congress
was condemned by a resolution
adopted unanimously today by the
American federation of labor as Ini
mical to public interest and destruc
tive of the nation's hope for . sea
powe-r.
On motion of Andrew Furuseth,
president of the International Sea
men's union, the convention voted to
wire a protest to congressional lead
' era opposing favorable action on the
measure.
WASHINGTON'. Ji(ne 13. Presi
dent Hardine l' tuken no position
,with respect to question of Muscle
Shoals and feels that congress should
have a free hand in the mutter. It
was authoritatively said today ut the
White House.
WASHINGTON, Juie 13. Presi
dent "Harding, It was said today nt
' Kjie White House, hopes -and expects
Uat the tariff bill shall be passed
prior to soldier bonus legislation.
WASHINGTON, June 13. The
statement was made at the White
House today that the administration
is not contemplating any important,
immediate or drastic action on the
coal strike.
A premium of $1350 was bid on
J188.S95 of Oregon Irrigation district
bonds bearing Interest at the rate of
4 per cent, which were sold last
week by State Treasurer Hoff.
MAN BOLSHEVIK! ATTACK PARADE
IN HONOR OF HINDENBERG, ONE KILLED
BERLIN, June 13. (By Associated
Press). In consequence of the distur
bances In Koenigsberg Sunday, when a
sanguinary fight took place between
relc.hswehr and communists during a
demonstration and parade In honor of
Field Marshal Hindenburg, the minis
try of defense announces that hence
forth the relchswehr will be author
ized to carry ball cartridges when In
tnarchlng formation, contrary to the
custom which prevailed In the old
army.
. The single fatality during Bunuays
... rf n,ho hnvnnet-
ting of a man The crowd which greet-
u.,ta,hJt t. estimated to have'
aggregated 120,000, embracing various
, . , '
Report Lenine Not
Paralyzed; Is Able
To Write and Walk
MOSCOW, June 12 SB- Associated
Press), "i.enine has not lost any of
his faculties and is progressing satis
factorily," Dlmitri Oulianoff, the pre
miers' eldest brother, told the corre
spondent today.
"All rumors that he is paralyzed are
absolutely untrue. lie Is able both to
write and walk," he said.
M, Oulianoff attributes his brother's
illness solely to overwork anil his con
sequent nervous condition.
FAKE ARMISTICE
HOSE FAILS, GEM
11 WINS AGAIN
Manchurian Bandit, Changs
Lin Again Defeated By Chi
hli Army Under General Wu
Pei Fu Retreating Army
. Hard Pressed By Victors-
TIEN TSIN, June 13.-
(Dy the As-!
sociated Press) if Chang Tso-Un's
suit for an armistice last week was
ruse, ns is believed here, to give his
defeated and retreating Manchurian
army -a chance to reorganise for a
successful offensive it' missed its pur
pose. The commander of Wu Pei-
Ku's Chihli army, remembering
Chang's early training as a bandit
leader, was quite prepared for him.
When Chang's troops attainted Sun
day morning they found a Tirm Chi
hli line strongly supported by ma
chine guns and artillery. . After an
all-day battle Sunday, the Manchu
rians are again headed homeward.
Chang's troops attacked the Chi
hli right flank resting on the I,!ao
tung Gulf coast near Chin Wang Tao,
but wore repulsed after severe fight
ing, A report last night- said the
Manchurians were withdrawing to
the north toward Shanhaikwan with
Wu's army pressing close behind
them; Two carloads of wounded
were being sent to Tien, Tsln.
As a result of the new outbreak,
Wu has ordered his third division.
the flower of his army, to leave its
headquarters at Taitku for the front,
PEKING, June 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press) President 1,1 Yuan
Hung's mandate, appointing Dr. Wu
Ting Fang, former minister to Wash
ington, and prominent south China
leader, premier, was cancelled today,
pending receipt of a reply from Br.
Wu to the request that he Rccept the
office and aid in the reunification of
China.
Rex W. Davis, assistant cashier ot
the First National bank of Albany, has
been chosen as manager of the Linn
county fair, to be held in Albany the
coming October.
societies and students and other or
ganizations. The parade was more than eight
kilometers long. As the troops -appeared
in the streets, the communists
attacked with a veritable hail of sticks
and stones. A rifle was torn from one
non-commissioned officer and another
had his rifle broken to pieces. Thirty
reichswehr forces, coming tip as rein
forcements, were obliged to meet some
20,000 civilians. The disorder was
quelled when security police arrived in
motor lorries. ,
It is reported from Koenigsberg thatt
ih demonstration was staged chiefly.,
by the communists and that neither
the majority socialists nor the imle-
pendent socialists participated.
i..nn, ,.,..itni,,u.l
I eS t I
WIFE CIRCUS
OWNER HELD
FOR MURDER
Mrs. Doris Bruner, Wife of
Circus Man Killed. March
10 Arrested On Murder
Charge 2 Suspects Held
Give information"" Believe
Solution of Mystery Near.
MOUNT HOIAJY, X. J., Jtune 3 3.
Airs, uoris isrunen, widow or Jtmn
T. Brunen, circus owner, who was
shot and killed on March 1&, is under
arrest here 'today on a charge of
murder. The authorities said that
she was arrested upon in forma th n
furnished by persons already held in
connection with the case, but de
clined to give further information.
Mrs. Urunen's brother, Harry
Mohr, and a former employe of Bru
nei's circus Charles Power, are
under arrest on murder charges.
Howell is declared by authorities to
have confessed that he did the actual
shooting of Brunen at Mohr's request.
Brunen, known as ".Honest John"
among- circus folk, was killed by a
charge from a, shotgun as he sat
reading; in his home at Kiverside,
New Jersey. Mrs. Brunen told the
police she was on the second floor
when she heard the shot, and ran
down stairs. Through a window, she
said, according to the police, she
caught a glimpse of two men run
ning along a walk beside the house.
As she entered a rear room she heard
motor car start. For several weeks
the authorttleswere mystified. But
County Detective Ellis Parker, who
had been a friend of the dead tsum,
continued his search until in April,
Powell waa arrested.
BASEBALL SCORES
National
At Philadelphia. B
St. Louis 0
Philadelphia ' 14
H,
6
16
Batteries: Doalc, North, Bailey, Per-
l'ca' Pournier and Clemons; Singleton
ana j-eters.
At Boston. R. H. B.
Pittsburg 5 11 3
Boston S 12 1
Batteries: Hamilton, Cooper, Morri
son and Gooch; Fillingim, Marquard,
McQuillan and Gowdy.
At New York. R. K. E.
Cincinnati 5 9 0
New York ... 7 11 1
Batteries: Conch and Margrave;
Nehf and Smith. ,
At Brooklyn. R. H. E.
Chicago I S 16 1
Brooklyn ; 3 10 6
Batteries: Alexander and Hartnctt;
Grimes, Mamaux, Shriver and ft! titer,
Hungling.
American
At Chicago. R. H. E.
Boston 0 2 2
Chicago ,.. 5 10 1
Batteries: Pierey and Chaplin; Rob
ertson and Schalk.
At Detroit. R. H. E.
Washington 17 2
Detroit 6 9 0
Batteries: Francis, Erlckson and
Plclnlch, Gharrtty; Oldham and Bass-
ler.
Portland Game Postponed
Portland-San Francisco game
poned; Portland traveling.
post-
Germany Will Not
Demand Observer
Lusltania Raising
BERLIN, June 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The German govern
ment has decided not to request that
there be a 'neutral observer present
at the raising of the steamer Lusl
tania In order to determine whether
the ship bore a military character
when she was torpedoed. The Berlin
newspapers recently have suggested
that a neutral be appointed as an ob
server should the hulk be raised.
The government holds that it is not
privileged to request the presence of
a neutral observer, as the attempt to
ratse the Lusitinla Is to be matte by
a private company.
Portuguese Off Again
BAH1A, June 13. The Portuguese
aviators. Captains Sacadura and Con-
tinho, left here at, 7:35 o'clock this,
morning on the last teg of their airship
iiight from Portugal to the Brazilian
iranltnt
capi
Girl Champion Shot Putter
Miss Ida Kern, Rlrl rtuiinutnn shot
,!te y. M. C. A. meet nt the Ihii vard Stadittm in ,!ime.
NEED OF A
IS STRESSED
SECRETARY WAR
. .. T'
WEST POINT, N. Y., Jane 53 As
sertions that the' United States does
not need an army were met by Secre
tary Weeks of the war department at
the graduating exercises of the United
States military academy today with
the statement that the "civilization of'
the world rests on n surer foundation
than did the civiiisattoa of Boston" at
the time of the police strike nearly
three years ago.
"if it were not for the restraining
force of the military establishment of
the nations o the world," he declared,
"an indescribable state ot chaos would
result and civilization wottle! be rapid
ly exterminated through self destruc
tion."
"To say that the United States does
not need as army," he added Is just as
reasonable as to say that Boston, Chi
cago and onr other large cities do not
need a police force."
The question of the size of the army,
he declared, would always be a matter
ot controversy, especially as after a
great war there is "an alarming ten
dency for the overburdened taxpayer
to forget the lessons of the past and
cancel his insurance, trusting to luck
for at least a few years without the
national protection which those more
familiar with military matters and re
quirements deem necessary."
Addressing his remarks particularly
to the graduating class, the secretary
declared that "you cannot be an officer
and a gentleman unless yott are iusf,
humane, thoroughly trained; unless
yon have character, a high sense of
honor and an unselfish devotion to
duty. Be an example as such to every
one. Do not countenance low and im
moral things. Iet It be said by the
citizens of the republic that the offi
cers ot our army are our examples and
protectors, that we can absolutely de
pend on their honesty, their upright
ness of character, their ability to serve
the nation and, if need be, their will
ingness to die for it."
Rickenbacker Reaches
S. F. By Mail Plane
'SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker arrived here
at S:16 a. m. today by atr mail plane
from Reno, tXev., after an attempted
air flight- from New York with mes
sages from President Harding and
other notables for the Shrine conven
tion. The partial destruction of. his
plane hy lightning in two instances
forced him to take a train for part of
the distance.
Massacre Is Denied
LISBON, June 13. It is stated offic
ially today that there is no authority
for the news contained in a seml-offic-iat
dispatch from Athens last night
which reported the massacre by Turks
of twel?e British soldiers in the
neighborhood of the Dardanelles,
With a paving program for 1922.
which calls for the completion of 2
miles of market roads at a cost of
$,15,000 a mite, spring road work has
fntnrtn,?
started in Marion county.
RMY
nutter, who, is among Uieae entered for
SUPREME COURT
S. P. DECREE IS
TO EE DELAYEE
The following telegraphic exchanges
have taken place between the StetffonJ
and Portland chambers of commerce:
' June 10, 122.
Portland Chamber of Commerce,
Portland, Oregon.
Would appreciate your Influence In
postponing enforcement of decree eb
merging Southern and Central Pacific
properties anttt interstate commerce
commission can conclude hearings and
have final report on consolidation of
railroads as outlined in transiwrtatton
act as enforcement recent decree may
have disastrous effect on this terri
tory. MEDFORD CHAMBER OP
COMMERCE.
Portland, Ore., it.ne 12, 1922.
Chamber of Commerce, Medford, Ore,
Yonr wire re Southern Pacific-Central
Pacific Thanks for Interest and
suggestions. We are informed execti
tton supreme court decree deferred
sixty days pending argttment for re
hearing giving ample opportunity care
ful study ease by Oregon. We, have
named strolls committee investigate
case ftttly giving full hearing to both
sides. Preliminary hearings suggest
issues of profound importance to Bit
Oregon and before we reach final con
clusion we hi)e get more complete
statement ot actual facts and thus be
enabled draw more accurate coneln
ston as to what course would be of
largest Interest to state. It would be
more effoctlvft If alt territory affected
acted with fair unanimity as to ttiti
nmte recommendations. One side to
Isstte holds that executing decree
would disrupt western Oregon trans
portation white other maintains that
probable result would be Improved
transjsortatlon with competitive condt-
tians. We are yet open minded and
hope for coojteration among people of
alt territory affected. We are Intently
studying conditions and not ready to.
suggest any proeeiiare except quietly
and more exhaustively studying att
facts available. This is more an Ore
gon ease than for Portland only'. ' '
. POHTLANR CIfA5fBBS.OF
COMMERCE.
2 PORTLAND SHIP
WORKERS ATTACH
FORT!,AXD,. Ore,, June IS. Sis
men attacked ft. ti. Thomas, aged 52.
and his son, W. It, Thomas, aged IS,
as they were watting for a street car
early today in an outlymjf district
preparatory to going to work as ear-
Pinters on the steamship Itverpoot
Afaru, according to reports to- the
police.
The elder Thomas was struck over
the head with a loaded hose and re
ceived two btatrfc eyes, When the
father fled, the attackers set upon
the boy and knocked htm tl roBRh a
plate Rlass window of a store. The
youih received a gash on the arm and
body braises, ttoih men were takes
to the emergency hfaspitai. The as
sailants escaped tn an automobile, j
Reading Wine List
On U. S. Sh tps at Sea
Causes Senate Thrill
WASHINGTON. June 13. At-
tack on the shipping board for
permitting the sale of liquor tin
American ships was made In the
house today by Representative
Gaitivan, detttoerat of Massteefts-
4 setts.
Holding ttp what he saitt was a
wine list from the steamship
President Pierce, paid for, he
added, by federal approprialbm,
Sir. tJattivan declared that under
the Volstead law we cannot get
4 drnnk on ianil but we can at sea."
There was a roar front uieiu-
hers as the Massachusetts repre-
sentative read from the Ust t
show that American Rye whiskey
could ho bought aboard ship at
twenty cents a drink, "and Ja-
maiea rum for two-bit s.'
CELEBRATiO
PROSPERITY V
TO
Merchant's Window Displays
Ready for Inspection at 8
OPENS
o'CIock Tonight-TomorFOW,1"
at 11 A, M,, Rose
Opened to Public.
SHOW
EverythfttR is in readiness for the
opening of the celebration in recoRtsl-
tfera of the prosperity which Medford
now. enjoys. This evening at eight
o'clock the window displays of the
merchants wit! be ready for inspec'tion.
These show windows are the comrmtBi-
ty's mirror and It Is through tttettt that
the stranser indges the prosperity sttd
proBressieness of the tndtvttiftai mer
chants and the city as a whole, . Win
dow shopping will be the popular pas
time this evening.
At it o'clock tomorrow morning or
as soon thereafter as judging ts com
pleted, the Kose Show will be thrown
open to the genera! public 'tor their
Inspection. This show is being held at
the exhibit bttttdittg under the a
pices ot the Greater Medforti elfth. Ad
mission is free and the doors wttt re
main open itnttt ten o'cIock is the
evening. The Rose Show wilt be open
again on Thursday, however, It is not
expected that the roses wilt be to as
good condition oa the second day as
ott the first.
At 2:30 tomorrow afternoon the
American Legion wltt dedicate their
flag note tht wilt be placed on the
right of way of the Southern Pacific
opposite the elty halt. The 1, O, K, K.
band Witt be in attendance. The cere
mony wilt Inelmfe a flag raising and an
acceptance address by the mayor in
behalf of the city.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
tend wilt march to the Natatorittta
where swimming and diving contests
are to he held under the direction of
Cash Wood, the county Y. M. C. A.
director. Prises wltt be awarded to
the best in each event.
A good many out of town visitors
are expected In Medford during the
Best three days and every elites of
medfortt should make it their personal
business to see that a hearty weieame
ts extended to ail.
Cash Bonus Up Again
V ASH! XGTGN, June 13. A propo
sal to pay the soldiers' bonus in cash,
the financing to he done by means of
special taxes en banks and ttaoagfc
use of the Interest on the foreign In
debtedness, was made today in the
senate by Senator Ladd, repttMiests,
North Dakota.
KYKBETT 3tme 13 The afeerSfrs
force of Snohomish county Is resting
after devmin;? three days to sotvlsg a
mysttery whiefe bfoujwiI the vfitale
Hmntryshfe near etehf-H, & f&w
mlies north sf here. Htmsea were
helng hurled at the ranch home ot
Peter Kemfrarjsr, it wa repsrtesli
windows were broken, and there was
no theory to explain the supuoa
phenomenon nnlem someone . ess-
eeaieii in the wewsts 305 feel sway.
,wa using a modern cntiiuauit John
Hjan with the wherifr trty t&s&le
the house, was flit twice with a rock
yeterduy without being aMa to cx-
MX HURLING MYSTERY SOLVED BY
RANCH BOY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER
Captain A. Stevens Has
Thriilmg Experience in Par
achute Drop Loses Oxygen
Tank 4 1-2 BMes Above
Earth Buffeted By Hurri
caneLands Jamestown.
DAYTON, Ohio. June 13. (By Asso
ciated Press). Ijishett mt whipped
about by a 129 at tie gate more thatt
four and a hatr miles abtree earth oa
the verge of suffocation, caused by
toss of Ms osygea tank, ajtd eamaeHed
to cling to rosies and straps attached
to a parachute for fear that a whirling
cross current might weaken and causo
them to break, are severaf of the
"mere" details related today by Cap
tain A. W. Stevens, aerial photogra
pher, MeCook Field, who yesterday
broke the world's paraehttte JttiRp rec
ord when fee descended 5i,SW feet.
The fact that it waa Captain Stevens
first "drop" tends to make ttis test one
,of the most remarkable la the history
of aviation.
He suttered no it! effects from his
which Captain Stevens
aseen.tteitt a twin metered Martin
Wade, brake the world's attitude rec
ord for this particular tys of ship,
carrying three passengers, when it
attained a height of 2-1,206 feet. Ser
geant Roy Iattgham was t&a third
member of the party.
Captain Stevens was reluctant today
to discuss details of his experience.
"For a tons time I have wasted to
make a parachute drop," he said, "pri
marily to obtain first hand tetornjatioa
as to the sensations one feels, t am
highly gratified to think i was abie to
bring another record to MeCook ftefd,
Oxygen Tank Loosened
"When the piano reached the ceiling,
I made ready to jump. As near as t
eotrtd Judge, we were over Springfield,
Ohio. Kidding my pats good-bye, I
jumped.
J'The opening of the uaraefeuis caus
ed the oxygen tank to become loose
from its fastenings on the front ot roy
ctothing. Rrasptng tt with fecjtfe hands.
I endeavored to retain tt.
"The wind, which was travsiiag at a
speed of 120 miies an hour, whipped
the paracitate around tiko a jaeksiraw.
I was forced to use both hanSs on the
roes ssd straps which held ms to the
chttte. In an effort to cheek oscillation,
whtch threatened to weafeett the sup
ports, tt was then that I tost the tank.
1 think it fell some place near Spring
field f
"it was an experience I sfetttt neveF
forget. BeEore settling tews to a
lower altitude I thought siy time had
come as I was nearly suffocated dae to
the rareness of the atmosphere. Droit.
ping out of the gaie into calmer atmo
sphere below I quickly recovered how
ever. 1 landed at Jamestown, approxi
mately 2 elites from where I left the
plane. The descent took Just SO min
utes. Just before taking offc at MeCoofe
field, an srderly appeared carrying a
lunch kit containing sandwiches and
coffee in vacuum bottles. We ate the
ittneh 24,888 feet in the air and we all
enjoyed it thoroughly. The tsatpers
ture at the ceiling was zero."
Two hours and five minutes was re
quired by Lieutenant Wade to pilot the
bomber to her record breaktsg alti
tude. Thomas Edison Honored
NEW BRUNSWICK. N, J, June IS.
Thomas A, Edison, now fn his 75th
year was giv.en the honorary degree of
doctor of science by Rutgers college
today.
pluin the mystery, hit& the peojt&
of the neighborhood searched th
vrootlx. Ftnahy last sight according
to sheriff WWV We&U tt was Uts
povered htst a 1 2 -year-old son of ths
househ&td leojfue wtth his tt
year-otd grandmother was the chubo
of the mystery He hsd been toss
Injr rocks from the Inside throagh
the windows and dt the same instant
dropping? another rock ts the floor,
making it seem t hey were harle4
front o (ttstance. He exirhUnedy Rays
the sheriff that he and; his grand
mother objected to tlvtng m a
so far from town. t