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141,. Medford Mail Tribu Weather Year Ago Maximum - 08 Minimum .......... 49 Daily Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Second Teat. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922 NO. 103 The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 93 Minimum today 53.5 NE TAX MEETING IN MEDFORD CALLED OFF Refusal of .Walter Pierce to Resign From State Tax Re duction .Committee Given As Cause By I. N. Day, Chairman, Means -No Meet ing Will Be Held S. Oregon. Medford has had hard luck with its tax reduction meetings. The first one scheduled was postponed because of the primury election and now the mooting scheduled to open Monday ut the public library has been postponed because of the fall election. This means there will bo no tax reduction meetings in Southern Oregon. The refusal of "Walter Pierce, dem ocratic candidate for governor, to fulfill his promise not to participate in further tax meetings as a member of the committee if successful in the primary, is given as the reason for such action by 1. N. Day, chairman, In the following telegram received to day by lien Sheldon: "Ben C. Sheldon, Medford, Ore. "Portland, Ore., July 21, 1922. "I have been instructed to advise you that the meetings scheduled for Medford and other southern Oregon cities by the tnx investigating com mittee have been cancelled for the reasons, embodied in the following telegram to Walter M. fierce:. 'Under instructions of the members of the tnx investigating committee I have cancelled the public meetings sched uled for Medford and other southern Oregon cities. ' The committee is con vinced that participation in its hear ings by a member who -Is a. candldate for gpvernor would be an impropriety and lend a political tinge to lts'hear lngs which would destroy their ef fectiveness and cause criticism of the committee for its use of public funds In such nn enterprise. The meetings scheduled for southern Oregon were postponed because of your candidacy for nomination. They were reset upon the assurance given to me vol untarily by you that you would not attend them. Now that you have sig nified your intention to participate In them, four members of the. commit- teo absolutely refuse to proceed. The committee with the exception of Judge Smith of Lakevlew who could not be reached,- concur In the advis ability of cancelling the meetings. This decision means that the com mittee will now proceed with the preparation of its report without fur ther public: hearings.' "I. N. DAY." WASHINGTON, July 21. (By the Associated Press.) The agreement of Chile and Peru to arbitrate their Tacna-Arica controversy was signed thy the plenipotentiaries of the two governments today at a final session of the Chilean-Peruvian conference here. The agreement to settle the dis pute by arbitration . was hailed by Secertary Hughes In a speech at the closing session of the conference as a sweeping victory for the "confer ence plan of international negotia tions." . . Sleeping Powder Fatal MONTCLAIR, N. J., July 21. Mrs. Joe Morrison, wife of the vice presi dent of the General Electric cqjnpany, died at her home hero from an over dose of sleep-inducing powder which she had taken to quiet her nerves. Mrs. Morrison who was excited over preparations for an outing on Lake Ontario, appeared ill immediately after taking the powder and died before physicians arrived. OF MESSAGE RECOGNIZED AT ! WASHINGTON July 21. The war department announced today that a dlntine-Michoi rvi r-rnxa had been awarded to Major Andrew 's. Rowan, retired, of San Francisco who carried, the message to General Garcia of the Cuban revolutionary army in May ls during the war with Spain which has since been held as one of the striking instances of heroism during that war. The citation said that Major Rowan, then a lieutenant, entered the Spanish lines at OrifVe. Cuba, In disguise, cross ed the Island and "not only succeeded Upton Sinclair to Oppose Johnson for Seat in U. S. Senate SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Tilings of candidates for the Call- fornla primary In August had closed today. The time limit ex- plred last night. Among the last minute petitions was that of Up- ton Sinclair, of Pasadtna, .author who flld for United States sena- tor on the socialist ticket, adding his candidacy to those of Senator Hiram W. Johnson and Charles C. Moore, republicans, and WU- liam J. Pearson, democrat. In the congressional election Representative Julius Kahn was llBted for both the republicans and democrats in the fourth dis- trict and in the fifth district John I. Nolan had filed on the tickets of both parties. Governor William D. Stephens Is opixised for re-election by Griend W. Richardson, republi- can; Mattison B. Jones, democrat and Alexander Horr, socialist. CAMPERS OUT OF HUH FORESTS OLYMPIA, Wash., July 20. State Forester Fred E. Pnpe today In a telegram asked Federal District For ester George H. Cecil of Portland to order recall of all permits issued to campers in national forests and to stop further Issuance until rain falls. The state forester said he had been Informed that several hundred per mits had been Issued to sailors off ships at the federal office in Port An geles for use in the Olympic, national forest, the nearest point of which Is seven miles distant. Many of the men from the fleet are reported to hi building fires on state and private land wlthoul) knowledge 'as to the limits of the permit.- ... , SAFE AND ILL DAWSON CITY". Y. T., July 20. Clarence O. Prest, Nevada aviator en route from Buffalo, N. Y., to Nome, Alaska, and Siberia, and who was feared lost In the wilderness between here and Fairbanks, is alive and well at Niccerhoad Flat, Ten Mile river, 70 miles from Dawson, according to word received here today. Ho was forced to land thero Sunday owing to engine trouble. 10 FOR BEER IN STORES SEAGIRT, N. J., July 21. Sale of beer and light wines by grocery stores will be one of the planks in Governor Edward's platform In his campaign for United States senator, he announced today at his second "governor's day" at Camp Edwards. He said he opposed the return of sa loons. A stamp tax on beers and wines sold in grooerles, he said, would go far toward reducing other government taxes. . Still a Hoss Ilncc. OMAHA, Neb., July 21. (By the Associated Press.) Revised unoffi cial figures on returns from 1873 of tho state's 1913 precincts reported from Tuesday's state wide primary gave Charles Randall of Randolph a lead of 325 over Adam Mullen of Beatrice for the republican guberna torial nomination. The vote was Randall 48,083; McMullen 47,758 TO GARCIA IS LAST BY WAR DEP T In delivering a. message to General Garcia, but secured secret information of such great value that It had an important bearing on the quick ending of the struggle ana ine coiuuieuj u. cess of the United States army.' At the same time Major Rowan was awarded a silver star citation for gal lantry In action on Hudlon mountain Philippine Island in January 1900 dur inghe Philippine insurrection. Major Rowan placed and operated a field gun in the attack on the mountain, under hazardous conditions. MISSING AVIATOR LIMERICK FALLS NATI0NALARIV1Y FORCESADVANCE Irregulars' Stronghold in So. Ireland Taken By Govern ment Forces After Hard Fight Waterford Is Also Captured By Regulars. LONDON. July 21. (By the Asso elated Press) The city ot Limerick has been, captured by the Irish na tional army says a CeTTlral News dis patch from Dublin this afternoon. The nationals took many prisoners, together with arms and ammunition. DUBLIN, July 21. (By the Asso ciated .Press) The town of Water ford on the southeast const of. Ire land, which was stoutly defendod by republican Insurgents, hns beon entered by national army forces who have already taken fifty prisoners, says an official report issued by the nationalist general headquarters early today. The Irregulars have retreated from the infantry and cavalry barracks and from the postoffice, all of which now are in the hnnds of national troops, the statement says. The ir- regulars now are retreating south ward. CORK, July 21. (By tho Asso ciated ... Press)-r An official bulletin issued early today by tho republican insurgents' headquarters says that national army forces are shelling Waterford from Mount Misery. The shelling was re-opened yesterday evening after a comparatively quiet afternoon. DUBLIN, July 21 A messnge from Nenagh, passed by the military cen sor today says the situation in Limer ick is very grave. So far as Is known there have been more than twenty killed and forty wounded in ' the fighting there. ' i POLITICS DEPART BUSINESS ENTERS THE HAGUE, July 21. (By Assoc! cated Press). Maxim Litvinoff, presi dent of the Russian delegation said to day he would remain here until Sun day night when he will leave for Ber lin. He and Leonard . Krassin, the soviet economic expert, are busily en gaged in discussing proposed conces sions with various British and Dutch businessmen after the ending of The Hague conference. Leslie Urquhart, representing varl- our British mining Interests and Colonel W.'J. Boyle, representing the Shell Oil interests and other business men are in constant communication with Litvinoff and Krassin. REDDINO, Cal., July 21. Jeff Hll dreth, prominent cattle man of Carr- ville. Trinity county was shot and killed at his home today after a quar rel with Montgomery P. Rose, Redding attorney and former district attorney of Shasta county. Rose later obtained a pistol after being arrested and shot and perhaps fatally wounded himself. TRACY, Cal., July 21. Frank Bren nan, special deputy sheriff on duty at the Southern Pacific railroad yards was shot and fatally wounded at five o'clock this morning by two unidenti fied Mexicans who were seen running from the scene of the shooting. Bren- nan died a few minutes later in a doc tor's office. To the members of the grand Jury: The grand jury will convene at the court house in Jacksonville on Mon day, July 24, at ten a- m. Statements to the contrary are unauthorized. F. M. CALKINS, Judge. July 21, 1922. Mill Explodes, One Killed. ALTON, III. A corning mill of the Equitable- Powder company at East Alton was blown up this- morning by an explosion of several tons of pow der. A man who was working alone in the mill was killed. DIRECTED BY HARDING TO CONDUCT GERMAN . PATENT PROBE Col. Thomas W. Miller, tho alien pro perty oustodlan who is to conduct an Immediate Investigation ot the trans fer of seized German patents to the Chemical Foundation. Tho Chemical Foundation was organized at the end of the war with Frances P. Garvan, former alien property custodian as president. It took over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of patents', trademarks and copyrights seized b the II. S. from Germany and other en emy countries. TO BEST WEEKLY CORVALLIS,pco., July 21. Tilla mook was electioneering for the next annual -meeting of the Oregon State Editorial association which began a two-day annual session here - today, As part of the campaign the Tilla mook 'delegates , . brought along enough cheese to supply each editor. Elbert Bedo of Cottage Grove had no apparent opposition today for. re election an prcsidont. The Newburg Graphic was award ed first place in the first, or free for all class, in tho rural service contest for weeklios. The Polk county Ob server and the Hood Klver litacier won second and third. It . was an nounced by the judges, who consider ed the amount and percentages of rural, news handled. The Sheridan Sun was first in the second class, the Junction City Times and the Free water Times next. Tho Hubbard Enterprise w'as first in the third class, the Banks Herald second and tho Madras Pioneer third. ! . BASEBALL SCORES American W. L. 37 40 R. Pet. St. Louis 52 .584 .600 Now York - 61 At Philadelphia. . St. Louis 10 Philadelphia 2 Batteries: Wright and Severeid; Harris, Sullivan, Ogden and Perkins, Bergcr. ) . At New York. . R. H. E Detroit 6 11 New York 7 12 Batteries: Olsen, Cole and Woodall Bush and Schang. At Boston. R. H. Chicago 7 11 E. Boston 8 15 2 Batteries: Robertson, Schupp, Hodge Blankenshlp and Schalk; Quinn, Rus sell, Plercy, Ferguson and Walters, Ruel. At Washington. R. H. E. Cleveland 16 0 Washington 0 5 3 Batterios: Morton and O'Neill; John son and Plcinlch, Francis, Gharrity. - - National W. L. Pet. New York ...E3 30 .639 St. Louis 66 35 .615 At Cincinnati. R. H. E. New York 3 7 1 Cincinnati 5 8 2 Batteries: Toney and Snyder; Couch and Hargrave. At Chicago. R. H. E. Brooklyn 0 4 1 Chicago ; 16 0 Batteries: Ruether and Deberry; Alexander and O'Farrell. At Pittsburg. Philadelphia R. 0 Pittsburg 6 Batteries: Ring. G. Smith, Winters and Hcnllne; Morrison and Gooch. ORDER ISSUED ARREST OP William Allen White, Famous Newspaper Man to Be Pun ished for Defiance of Anti Picketing Law Others Follow White's Lead. EMPORIA Kuh.. July 21. (By the Associated Press)-5- William Allen White, Kansas editor, awaited today the service uf a warrant for his ar rest for alleged violation of tho in dustrial court ami-picketing law, which he was informed last night by friends of Oovornor II. J. Allen, was In preparation by Attorney General U. J. Hopkins. It was understood the attorney general prepared the Infor mation lodging charges against Editor Whito lust night. Editor While und Governor Allen are lifelong friends, both publicly and personally. Mr. Whito has sup ported the governor throughout his administration. ARKANSAS CITY. aKs. Mayor Mcintosh, informed E. C. Harvey representative from Governor Allen's office, that ho would not give orders for tho removal of striko sympathy posters In display windows of stores hero. HANNIBAL, Mo., July 21. By to morrow all Wabash train servlco into Hannibal will be cnneellod, accord Ing to an announcement of officials of that road today. Two fast Kansas City-Detroit trains were annulled to day. All other trains will run only to East Hannibal, across tho Miss issippi river from this place. Wabash officials were reticent as to reasons for this order and Intimated thot-tho attitude of the local authorities In re gard to protection hnd lnflucncod them In passing up Hannibal.- . STRIKE SOL OFFERED BY KING WASHINGTON, July 21. Senator King, democrat of Utah, today present ed to the senate his plan to settle the coal strike when he introduced a reso lution providing for a statutory com mlttee appointed by the presldont to investigate the coal strike and make findings to be proclaimed by the presl- dent, but without any provision for en forcing Its findings. The resolution would appropriate $100,000 for ex penses of the committee. Under Senator King's resolution the commission would be composed of five members, it would hear representa tives of miners and operators, "make findings as to the material or control ling facts In the controversy," make recommendations as to wages and re port its findings to the . president. Senator King said he thought a statu tory body such as he proMs"d would have more weight than one merely appointive. The resolution was re ferred to the labor committee. E POINCARE'S GUEST PARIS, July 21. (By Associated Press). Former Governor James M Cox of Ohio will be the guest of Pre mier and Mme. Poincare at a dinner at the ministry of foreign affairs tomor row evening at which a number of higher French officials also will be present. Mr. Cox was represented in news papers to the effect that ho believes "the League of Nations was the hope of the world1." , . . SEATTLE PLAYER SOLD 10 8EATTLE. July 21.-tFrank G. (Stubby) Mack, Seattle's young right handed pitcher, has been sold by the Chicago Paciric Coast league baseball club to the Chicago Americans for cash and players, It became known here today. The deal was reported to aggregate in the neighborhood of ?50, 000. Pussyfoot Off Again SOUTHAMPTON, July 21. William "Pussyfoot" Johnson has sailed for a three months visit to New Zealand where he will carry on his activities against liquor. OR KANSAS ED TOR UTON Jackie Coogan' s Papa and Mama After a Legal Guardianship LOS ANGELES, July 21. lack Coogan and Lilian Coo- gan,' parents of .lucklo Cpogan. child motion picture uctor, t,o- day petitioned the superior court here to appoint Mrs. Coo- gan legal guardian of Jackie. The petitioners recited that thuy wore conserving Jackie's earn- ings for him, although the lnw gives the parents control of the earnings of a minor and that they wished to put tho trust tin- dor the direction of the court. Jack Coogan, Sr., said tho petition was filed bocauso ho and Mrs. Coogan wlRhed to quiet gossip to tho oftoct that they were taking Jacklo's earnings for their own benefit. EOF LA. LOS ANGELES. July 21. Tho pro nunciation or mispronunciation of a word was blamed by tho police today for the slaying last night of diaries Cole, a negro porter mid tho arrest of A. D. Matthews, negro proprietor of a cafe for murder. Cole asked Matthews to go to a drug store and purchase some caustic for him. Matthews, anxious to oblige a patron, did so. Hut he misunderstood what Colo said and asked the drug clerk for some "hoss-tlck." The denial of the clork that he had any such object in his stock convinced Matthews that Cole had been joking. He remonstrated with Cole. Both were said, to have left tho cute and to have returned with pistols. Nine shots were fired before Cole was killed, the police said. . APPLE SHIPPERS TO MEET, HOOD RIVER HOOD RIVER, Ore., July el. Applo shippers and growers of all mid-Columbia districts are complet ing plans for entertaining 300 apple shippers from eastern cities, who are expocted here Monday, July 31 from Seattle where the annual convention of tho International Apple Shippers' association will be held. ASTORIA, Oro., July 21. Radio communications from the Columbia lMver salmon cannory fleet operating in Alaska, report that this season's operations will be far more1 profit able than had boen at first indicated. The spurt in tho run of. salmon the past week gives the canneries at Naknock river and Nushagak river packs nearly equal to the packs at the corresponding period last your. I NEW YORK, July 21. Allen A. Ryan, prominent Wall street broker, today filed In federal court a volun tary petition In bankruptcy. Mr. Ryan, who Is tho son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, and who two years ago figured in the famous cor ner of Stutz, In his petition listed liabilities totalling (.12,435,477, and assets exceeding $1,000,000. Northclirro Wry III. 1 LONDON. July 21. (By tho Asso elated Press) Lord Northellffo's condition continues to bo a cause of grave anxiety. .His fever remains unabated and tho heart action 1b con siderably Impeded. PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON'S BOAT IS RAMMED IN FOG BUT ALL PASSENGERS ESCAPE 0 PLYMOUTH, England, July 21. (By tho Associated Press) The Brit ish steamer nemuora, bound for New Zealand via the Panama conul with 644 passengers, Including William E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, collided last evening during a fog with an uniden tified vessel near tho Llzxurd. An H. O. 8. call was sent out, but later the Iteniuera announced she was returning to Portland. Her life boats had been out all night vainly TROOPS ON MARCH TO COAL FIELDS Settlement of Coal and Rail Strikes Appears More Re mote Than Ever Cavalry and Machine Gunners Sent Out in Pennsylvania Rail Executives Stand Pat. WASHINGTON, .Inly 21. (Ity tho Associated Press) Distribu tion of coal during tho striko emergency through ii special commission was understood to day to bo tho administration phut to make ceruUii the fuel iieccw sary to continued railroad opera tion. Tho matter was discussed nt toduy's cabinet meeting and later it wan understood that Secre tary Hoover, acting for the president, had undertaken tho formation of the commission. Formal announcement of tho plan was expected, before night. WASHINGTON, July 21. Presi dent Harding took tho unusual step today of cancelling his conferenco Willi newspaper correspondents be cause of tho press of his engagements with officials and ' individuals con cerned ia the industrial situation. HARRISBURQ, Pa., July 21. Pennsylvania cavalrymen and ma chine gunners are moving into .Cam bria, ludianu, Somerset,. Washington and Westmoreland counties in tho southwestern part -of the stato. today to prevent disorder when bituminous mines are re-opened. The wholo power of the state government IB being massed behind them. Stato po lice in, tho affected districts-Will act with the soldiers. , 1 While the cavalrymen and gunners are going to tho striko districts, moro than 4000 men will be moving toward Mount Gretna, in tho center of tho state, to begin the first of tho two pcrlpds of active service of the sum mer encampment and 5000 moro mon aro at homo stations ready to bo called out. - Movement of tho soldiers to tho soft coal districts Is tho first to bo mode as a preventative meusuro. Many of tho men on active duty wero overseas veterans and they are equip ped like regulars. WASHINGTON. July 21. A set tlement of the striko of railway shop men appeared more reaiote thun over today following what wilb said to havo been an insistent rcfitsul by railway executives who conforrod here with mombers of tho state Inter state commerce commission to accodo to sumo of tho union's demands.. , Tho position taken by the heads of the leading roads at tho suddenly ar ranged conferenco last night said to have' been called on ho lnHlatlvo of Senator Cummins, chulrmun of tiio senate committee, was viewed by thoso participating, as making fur ther such efforts at a settlement ap pear fruitless. '. ' The mooting' last jilght,- which Senator Cummins, In ,-a- subsequent statement said was juranged. to dis cuss tho possibility of "legislation that would remove tho difficulty In the -way of adjustment,"' resulted In a full discussion of tho points at lssuo between the railroads and strikers, it was said and tho conclusion thut no legislation was practicable - to deal with tho situation. Still Express Hone. President Harding was advised to day by Chairman Cummins and Sen ators Watson, Indiana, and Kollogg, Minnesota, of tho senate inter-statu commorco committee of the unavail ing efforts mado by thorn In. tho con ference with several leading eastern railroad exeeutltves last night to ob tain a basis for settlement of tho strike. Tho , three committee members went to tho White House shortly after nlno o'clock and laid before the presi dent tho full details of tho confer ence. They declined to dlscuss'thoir report prior to Its prO'scntatlon rV'tho president. . . '' -i'-rti, - Sam Gompers Complains.'""-"--" Samuel- Gompers, presldont ofcdho (Continued on page elgh.1) r searching for traces of the Other ves sel. Tugs which picked up the Remuera 20 miles from Portland, found her damagod In three of her holds. Her pumps controlled, Itho water, how over, and tho liner reached Portland under her own steam. . Tho llnor, a 11,000 ton vessel, could not make a pier at Portland, howeve nnd sho was beached on tho mud flats. The passengers were all landed.