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Medford
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Weather Year Ago
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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.
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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. !
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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.
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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
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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.