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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction Showers Maximum 92 Minimum - - 46 Weather Year Ago Maximum 86.5 Minimum 54 i ;Hily Seventeenth Tear. Vekly Klfty-becond Year. MEDFORD, OREO OX, .TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1921 NO. 77 HUGE LIQUOR CARGO SEIZED AFTER BATTLE One Hundred' Shots Fired, Nobody Hit 15 Auto Loads of Booze and Eight Smug glers Caught Shipments From Canada Landed Take Prisoners to S. F. MONTEREY,. Calif., June 20. Fir teen automobiles loaded with liquor and eight men in charge were captured by revenue officers near Point Louos early today after a fight in which about 100 shots .were fired. None of the revenue men was injured. The captured men are being taken to Sau Francisco. . The liquor was landed at Point Lobos from a small steamer which has bcenft hovering off the coast during the night. The steamer put out to sea Immediately after landing her cargo. The eight men captured were drivers. The rest escaped in the darkness. It is not known whether any of them were wounded. In addition to the cars, two trucks were seized, one of them containing 200 cases of liquor. . SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. The big liquor seizure at Monterey today marked the climax of a plot to unload two liquor laden ships from Vancou ver, B. C, at obscure California points, S. F. Rutter, federal jirohlbition direc tor for California, said in a statement. "The vessels left Vancouver a few days ago, one loaded with 2000 cases and the other -with 1500 cases of whis key," Rutter said. "Sunday night a steamer which I have every reason to believe was one of . the Vancouver boats stopped off the port of Monterey. We had beea tipped off to watch for her. Throughout Sunday night she sent small boats ashore, working in great silence and secrecy and with such1 great caution that It was some time before we could learn that the small boats were loaded with whiskey. "Last night we were prepared, a force of eight men from this office, reinforced by a sheriff's posse from Monterey county, being placed on guard. They waited for the small boats to appear and load their cargoes on to the automobiles. Figuring that it was a bigger job than they had orig inally contemplated they telephoned to mo for more men. I rushed three more to Monterey. The officers closed in on the supposed smugglers under cover of night and the seizure followed." MYSTERY DEATH OF WALLA .WALLA. Wash., June 20. Coroner Joe Chamberlain stated to day that Ho Yem, aged Chinaman found shot to death In his quarters In the Chinese section here Monday, probably committed suicide, as a re volver was found by his side and the wound Indicated it was self in-fllct-ed, but the police admif the possibil ity of Yem being a tong war victim. A young Chinaman from Portland was found shot to death here recently In a hotel room. Either death might have occurred by a gunman stealing into the rooms while the victims were asleep, say the poMce. Irlay Capper Bill. . WASHINGTON, June 20. The house rules committee adjourned to day until tomorrow morning without final action upon the question of ex pediting the Capper-TIncher . bill, which is designed to meet the su preme court's decision In the future trading act case. ARE BEFUDDLED. VOTE PENDLETON, Ore.. June 20. Up to noon the vote in yesterday's school board election promised to be no lar ger than that of the last election for one school director, when a grand total of 26 votes were cast. Then some one reported that the Ku Klux Klnn had refused to endorse James A. Fee, Jr., the only name PENDLETON KLAN AND ANTl-KLAN FORCES St. Helens Cop and Grocer Battle, Police Chief Referees Bout ST. HELEN'S, Ore., June 20. Complaint was lodged today with Mayor Edison Ballagh ask ing that the stars of Carl Hoff niiuer, deputy city marshal, and George Potter, city marshal, be called in because of a fight with bare fists last night between Hoffinlllor and E. Dewey Harri son, a local grocer, which was refereed by j-otter. The contest was alleged to have been staged in a play shed of a school at West St. Helens. It was alleged the fight was the culmination of bad blood be tween the two, that It lasted 11 minutes and was Interrupted by S. C. Morton, ex-mayor and ed- itor of the St. Helens' Mist, who came on the scene and demand ed that Potter stop the battle. Mayor llallagh announced he would dismiss the two officers. King of Swat Sticks Nose Into Argument and Draws Third Layoff of Season Ban Johnson Acts Quick On Row in Cleveland Game. CLEVELAND, June 20. (By Associ ated Press). A clash between Babe Ruth and Umpire Dineen was narrow ly averted in the Cleveland dugout to day following Ruths suspension for disputing a decision of Dinecn's in yesterday's game. Ruth worked out with the Yankees before the game and when Dineen went to the Cleveland dugout, Ruth followed him there. A bitter argument followed. Ruth, it was said, said to Dineen: "The next time you put me out of the game, I'll put you out for life, even If it keeps me out for life." After further words had passed be tween them, the umpire threw down his mask and started toward Ruth when 'Manager Speaker and First Base man Mclnnis Interfered. CHICAGO, June 20. Ban Johnson said he also would fine Kuth. "My roiiorts show that Ruth used vulgar and vicious language, calling Umpire Dinrfcn one of the vilest names known. . 1 will not stand for action of that kind from any player." Mr. Johnson insisted that he expect ed to deal with a firm hand with any player who acted "in a manner unbe coming a gentleman." CHICAGO, June 20. (By Associated Press). Babe Ruth today was suspend ed fnr throe rinvs hv President Ban Johnson of the American league for the altercation m yesterday s Cleve-land-Ne,w York game which resulted in Umpire Dineen putting the homerun slugger out of the game after he had disputed a decision on Nunamaker of Cleveland at second base. CHICAGO, June 20 (By Associated Press). , Babe Ruth, of the New York Yankees today received his third lay off of the season when President Ban Johnson of the American league suspended him for his argument in yesterday's- game at Cleveland . with Umpire Dineen. . CHICAGO, June 20. (By Associated Press). No time limit was set on the suspension, the duration being lndefin ite until Mr, Johnson receives a full report of the affair. Ruth was out of the game at the start of the season as a result of a suspension by K. M. Landis, baseball commissioner, and re cently was given a one-day layoff and a fino liv Mr. Johnson for an argument 'with an umpire in New York. FOR SAME DIRECTOR placed on the ballot by petition, and the antl-K.K.K. forces swept into the city hall. Then the Klan element he gan to pour into the polling place. When the vote was counted James A. Fee. Jr.. had received 681 of the 585 votes cast. Each sM bsd thought the other was opposing Fee and ac cordlngly had4supportod hlin. RUTH SUSPENDED FOR 3 DAYS FOR SASSK UMPIRE IRISH ATTACK i ULSTER CHIEF ilS BLOCKED Shots Fired Near Stormont, Castle of Sir Craig Only One Adhefent of DeValera Wins in Muddled Election VVIIlb III IVIUUUieU tlCOllUII Dublin Vote Heavv Count uuuim vuits nectvy """i Progresses. BELFAST, June 20. (By tho As sociated Tress) Shots were fired enrly today in the vicinity of Stor mont custlc, which was purchased by the Ulster government as the official residence of Sir James Craig, the pre mier, who with his wife took up his residence there for tho first time last evening. Officiate wore reticent regarding the firing, but tho belief was express ed in other quarters that an attack on the castle was contemplated, but was frustrated by the police guards. DUBLIN, June 20. (By the As sociated Press) Officials engaged in counting the returns from Friday's parlianientry elections completed Dublin county today. Results thus far show that twenty pro-treaty members of the Sinn Fein Panel, four independents favoring tile treaty, Bix lnborites and fivo anti-treaty panol designates, wore successful. Of tho 18 labor candidates, six have already been returned. Dublin city voted heavily ngalust the treaty opponents. Before tho election its 12 seats in the Dail were held by 7 treaty advocates and flvo by antis. The results leave the seven treaties, but transfer four of the op position seats to independent candi dates, nil of whom favor the treaty, and one of whem is a laborite. The only adherent of Eamon De Valera to come through safely Is Sean O'Caellaigh (John o'Kolly) for mer Sinn Fein representative in Paris. The defeat of Mrs. Tom Clnrk and Countess Marklevicz caused Surprise. Joseph McOraw just managed to do feat his independent labor opponents. Linm Mellowes. participant in tho Easter week fighting, who escaped to America and later became tho leader of the uncompromising repub licans in the Dail, was defeated in a provincial district. Mellowes has been the moving spirit with Rory O'Connor in the dissentient section of tho Irish republican army. His failure to secure re-eloctlon may leave him in a more powerful position out side tho new parliament than he held in the Dail Eireann. In Dublin county Darrcll Figgis heads tho poll by a big majority nnd Tom Johnson, tho lnborite, is also a certain winner. DUBLIN, June 20. (By the Asso ciated Press) Forty-four coalition pro-treaty members nnd 25 coalition republicans have been elected to tho Irish parliament from contested and uncontested constituencies, according to returns so far received. The returns, show that 72,285 elec tors in the city of Dublin voted for panel and Independent candidates favorable to the treaty and 10,820 for the republican panel nominees. BELFAST, June 20. Incendiaries entered the premises of an oil mer chant In Cromas street early today and sprinkled ' gasoline about the place. They were'lnterrupted by the approach of a police patrol, however, and fled. One of them was shot by the police and mortally wounded. It was announced today at Clones that the blockade on the Prontier in this section had been raised. For the first time In three months, traffic of all kinds is being permitted to pass. The special constables have drawn back from the border line, thus avoid ing the danger of friction. BELFAST, June 20. The election result in Cavan showed Arthur Grif fith, president of the Dail Eareann, a strong leader in the polling. He re ceived 13,101 votes; W. L. Cole panel anti-treaty, 6,4 90; Dean Mllroy, pro-treaty, 6,030, nnd P. Baxter farmer's party, 6,015. Griffith, Cole and Mllroy were elected. In tho Leix and Offaly division of old Kings and Queens counties, Wil liam Gavin, labor, pro-treaty, head ed Jhe poll. Kevin O'HIggins, panel pro-treaty, a member of the delega tion that recently accompanied Ar thur Griffin to London and F. Bulfln, panel pro-treaty, also were elected on the first count. Fourth place lies be tween Dr. Patrick McCarlen, former republican envoy to the United States and J. P. Lynch, with Dr. McCarlan's chances the better. bailor Drowned. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 20. H. B. Conroy, boatswain's mate on the bat tleship Connecticut, here taking part n the annual rose festival, was drowned today in the Willamette river during the pageant attending the arrival of the rose festival queen. HE'S ABROAD if? 'VftLl.lAM li . Tatt 1 ' I'MDTO CC, Yf-lUlT MO aw HaNXU . r v. LONDON, June 20 Britain's fore most statesmen, jurists and lawyers aml a K,eat b0lly of Americnn .joine(, , nn ,m,ressive reception, to iwmiam Howard Tart, chief justice of the Vnite,, stllte3 ,, hla rll.8l house appearance In England. F T STRIKE FUSION Big Four Chiefs to Stay Away From Conference Tonight 75 Day's Supply Coal On Hand Formal Reply to Union By Labor Board. CINCINNATI, 0.,: Juno 20. (By the Associated Press) Interest here today In the nation-wldo mil strike situation centered In tho conference tonight between officials of the miners and raitroad shop crafts unions, when plans for concerted strike action botween the organiza tions will be discussed. B. M. Jewell, ho pf the railway employes department, nnd John L. Lewis, president of tho United Mine Workers, at a conference yesterday, discussed the agenda of tonight's meeting nnd mapped out a plan of action proposed to tho officials of the two unions. None of the "big four" or trans portation brotherhood chiefs was ex pected to attend the meeting, It was stated. WASHINGTON, Juno 20. Tho railroads of the country on Juno 1 had on hand 75 day's supply of bitu minous coal, according to a state ment issued today by the commerce department based on a report of the American railway association. On May 1 tho carriers had 94 days sup Ply. CHICAGO, June 20. (By the As sociated Press) A formal reply to the communication of leaders of ten railway unions who informed the United States Railroad Labor board that a railroad strike will be author ized if the present referendum favors a suspension of work, is being pre pared y tho hoard, it was learned today. The reply to the union chiefs will not bo forwarded for several days, hoyever, it was said. Meanwhile union headquarters arc speeding -up tho strike vote in an ef fort to have it completed and tabu lated by next Saturday, when the general committee of 90, represent ing the rail unions, meets hero to canvass tho returns. Fifty thousand ballots cast by shop crafts employes have been almost solidly for a strike, according to John Scott, secretary of the railway em ployes department of the American Federation of labor. , BASEBALL SCORES National. R. H. E. Cincinnati 2' 7 2 Boston 0 2 1 Couch and Hargravc; Flllingim, Oeschger nnd Gowdy. Chicago-Philadelphia, rain. tit. Louis-New York,, wet grounds. Plttsbuig-Brooklyn postponed, wot grounds. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 20. Kenneth Williams knocked his 18th home run In today's game with Philadelphia, bring ing in George Sister, who had tripled Eckert was the victim. American At Detroit. R. H. E. Boston 8 12 1 Detroit 9 12 3 Batteries: Ferguson, Russell, Karr uuu mjei , uauHH uuu uunnier. At Cleveland ' R. H. E. New York 6 11 1 Cleveland 5 13 4 Batteries: Rush, Jones and Hoff man; Uhle, Morton anj L. Sewell, O'Neill, Bagby. At St. Louis R. II. E. Philadelphia ' 3 8 I MIN AND RAIL WORKERSTOAC HALE EASY IN E Made No Campaign and Wins By 20,000 Over All Gov. Baxter Wins By 25,000 Mrs. Olesen Creeps Into Lead Minnesota Primary Senatorial Contest. . PORTLAND, Maine, June 20. Sen ator Frederick Halo, republican, with out making a personal campaign, won nn easy victory in the state primaries yesterday. The vote cast for him waSjj larger man me louti tor uis two oppo nents, former Congressman Fnrnk E. Guernsey and former State Sonator Howard Davies, and his plurality over Guernsey was nearly 20,000. Davies ran a poor third. Governor Percival P. Baxter, repub lican, was renominated by a plurality of 25,000 over John P. Deering, with Leon F. Higglns trailing. Congressmen Boedy, White, Nelson and Horsey, all republicans, were re nominated without opposition. The democrats nominated for senator for mer Governor Oakley C. Curtis, and for governor, former State Attorney General William R. Pnttangall. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20. (By As soclatcd Press). Additional returns from Monday's primary election In Minnesota strengthened the lead estab- lished -at the outset by Senator Frank B. Kellogg, Governor J. O.-Preus and other candidates endorsed by the re publican state convention. Mrs. Annie Dickey Olesen, democra tic stoto convention choice for tho United States senatorial nomination, crept into the lead again. as new re turns came in. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20. When 387 of the state's 3438 precincts hnd reiorted today on Monday's primary tho vote on the democratic senatorial contest stood: Mrs. Olesen 4968; Melghen 3393; Morris 1525. ST. PAUL, Minn., Juno 20. When 804 out of 8438 prtcincts in tho stato had reported on tho democratic sen atorial contest at noon today, Mrs Anna Dickie Alcsen hud a 900-vote lead over Thomas J. Mcighcn, her nearest opponent, the count standing Oleson 9411; M,elghen 8583; Morris, 4884. ST. PAUL, Juno ,20. Returns from 1436 of the state's 3438 precincts of the democratic senatorial contest. gavo Mrs. Olosen 16,263; Melghon 12,780; Morris 6764. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 2 0. When 208 of the 176 precincts In the Third congressional district had reported on yesterday's republican congressional contest, the count stood: Davis 16 7S9; Thoreen 16,509. 20 HURT WHEN T.EADVIL.LE, Colo., Juno 20. Twenty persona were injured, three sorlouHly today when four Pullman cam and the dining car of the ftrnt section of Denver nnd Kio Grande Western railroad train No. 2, eaHt hound, turned over two miles east of Tennessee Pass. , The scene of tho wreck la 10 miles from Leadville. Those seriously hurt were rushed to Salida. Their names have not yet been ascertained. JOFFRE DECORATES 1 PARIS, June 20. Marshal Joffre In the name of the French govern ment today decorated with the insig nia of office of the legion of honor. Samuel 'Hill of Seattle, who escorted the Marshal across the United States on his recent trip. Murshal Joffre alluded to the hnpplnesn which had been ufforded hint by his reception in America. The ceremony took place In Mar shal Joffre's headquarters at the war college In the presence en Mine. Joffre, Ambassador Herrlck, the marshal's staff nnd a number of American residents nnd visitors. St. Louis 7 11 1 Batteries: Harris, Eckert, Yarri son and Perkins; Van Glider nnd Severcld. 1 Salem Council Rejects Fire Marshal's Plea To Bar Firecrackers SALEM, Ore., June 20. An attempt to deprive Salem's boys and girls of their Fourth of July firecrackers was headed oft by tho city council last night when it refused to pass an ordinance forbidding the sale and use of firecrackers In the city. The proposed ordinance was presented by tho state flro marshal's office with tho re- $ quest that It be enacted. OR. HUPPS WINS BY 45 MAJORITY Second Heaviest Vote in Med ford School Election Cast- Keen Interest Shown Final Rush Brings Out Many 766 Votes Cast. In one of the largest attended and , closest elecllons ever held in tho Med ford school district Dr. Ira D. Phipps was on Monday elected a member of tho board of education by a majority of 45 votes over Dr., Robert W. Stearns. Tho winner's vote was 404, and 359 votes wero cast for tho los ing candidate. One voter gave .A. E. Reamcs a complimentary vote and two blank ballots were cast. In all, 706 votes wero cast. 1 Thl record was oxcolled only In local school district history by tho much famed recall election of two years ngo when H. C. Garnott and B. J. Palmer were recalled, and J. O. Grey nnd Georgo A. Mansfield elect ed In their places, nnd at tho same tlmo Dr. B. O. Riddcll and J. W. . Wakefield were defeated by Mes dames Janes and Smytho. At this I election 907 votes wore cast. At laatl yoar's annual Brhool election of tho t district only 107 votes wore cast, which was near tho normal voto cast ' at such elections In bygone years. Tho surprisingly large vote cast .at Monday's election was totally unex pected by the general public, as there seemed to bo little interest in tho ap proaching election. No big Issue wns knowingly Involved, no outward cam paign was conducted by either can didate or his friends, and each can didate was regnrded as well equipped for membership on the board and was well known. But during tho dny yesterday the school patrons nnd, (ither vliters seemed to wake up and there was a general scurry to tho polls in tho high school building, which wero open from 2 to 7 p. m., and from the time tho voting bognn until the doors wero closed nt 7 o'clock there was a large string of voters passing tile bal lot boxes. When the doors were closed at least fifty men and women were standing In lino inside the build ing waiting for their turn to vote. The voting was exceptionally heavy between 6 and 7 p. m., when It Is snld from 200 to 300 ballots were de posited. The remark was often heard ex pressed by voters in line ns they watched the crowd going and com ing; "Wouldn't it bo fine if Medford people always took such an interest in education?" These poor deluded mortals were not posted on the inside doings of tho campaign, especially the last few hours of it. A reporter from this paper noticed at least several voters waiting their turn who would not know an education If they snw one flying townrd them. The Noted, Dead NEW YORK, June 20. Frederick Courtland Penfleld, former United States ambassador to Austria-Hungary died at his Fifth Avenue house, follow, ing a brief illness. OLYMPIA, Wnsh., June 20. The state supreme court en banc, today reaffirmed Its former department opinion declaring a bequest made by the late S. G. HUI of Seattle, which provided for tho establishment of n particular type ' of homeopathic school void as against public policy. Hill died In May, 1019, nnd left a wll 1 In which he directed thnt a part of the money In his estate should go SCHOOL DIRECTOR PROPOGANDA OF HENRY IS UNDER FIRE House Report to Tell People Real Facts Muscle Shoals Offer Rosy Promises to - Farmer and Idle Are Hol low First Cost and Offer Price Too Far Apart. WASHINGTON, June 20. Honry Ford's offer to purchase and lease the government's power and nitrate pro jects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was attacked today in a report to the house prepared by Representative Keans, republican, Ohio, and signed by sev eral other republicans of tho house military committee. The report de clared dissatisfaction with opinions al ready presented to the house by other members of tho commission and an nounced that the signers were deter mined to tell the people the "real facts about Muscle Shoals and the socalled Ford offer." Declaring the belief, "that the coun try little understands what it is that Mr. Ford is offering to do, or what, if anything, he is offering for this great plant," the signatories first denounco what they describe as "one of tho most insidious propogandas that tho nation has witnessed for many a day." Many of the Ford ndvocates, the re port says, are honest and conscientious but have been miBlcd as to the facts of the offer made. In this connection, it points to the provision by which fer tilizers would be manufactured and say that despite "persistent reports that he will compel tho fertilizer manufac turers of the country to sell their pro duct at. one-half of what they, are now soiling It" Mr. Ford "does not 'agree to make fertilizers at all unless ho can make them with a profit to himself." Tho committeemen declare "this is a hollow promise made to enlist the sup port of the farmers and not founded on any fact, either contained in the con tract or existing outsido tho contract" . and charge that propogandlsts fall to tell tho people that "the principal busi ness of Mr. Ford, should he get this gigantic plant, would be the manufac turing of other articles which he would be allowed to sell at any price he might see fit." Propogandlsts also have attracted the unemployed, the report says, add ing that they "do not only try to thus bribe the sympathy of the farmer, but try thus to elicit the attention of tho unemployed by painting a rosy picture of the great activity that Is to be start ed overnight at MubcIo Shoals, whoro they promise a million men will be given employment. The properties for which Mr. Ford offo'rB the amount of J5.000.000, the re port says, already have cost the gov ernment $85,487,900. It declares the amount offered, "seems wholly inade quate when it is remembered that Mr. tord could immediately dispose of tho Gorgas plan to th Alabama power com pany for $2,500,000" and thereby ob tain "the Waco quarry, nitrate plants number 1 and number 2 with all their inumerable railroad engines and freight cars, steam shovels, concrete mixers and other surplus property that could be readily sold for several additional millions." ALASKA IP OF IS OFF WASHINGTON, Juno 20. President Harding's tentatively projected Alas kan trip this summer has been abatv V doncd. lt wns definitely announced to-,,,, day at the white house. The. president; was said to regret greatly .that he saw n no possibility of leaving Washington. bl under prevailing conditions of public business. ' 1 " ' towards financing a school In which Instruction should bo given through such text hooks us Hahnemann's Or ganon of tho Art of Healing and the Nature of Chronic Diseases and J. T. Kent's lectures on homeopathic philosophy. Testimony , fended to show tho hooks were not modern and thnt- "such teachings would lead to sickness and death," the King county superior court found. The supremo court sustained this decision. J '"V
