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MEDFORD, OKEGOX, SATFUDAV, DECEMBER 2, 19:22
NO. 216
Mai
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NEW BLOC
OUTLINING
it's poucy
Prominent Progressives in
" Both Major Parties Formu
late New Principles for Po
litical Action Bring Govt.
Back to People and Aid
Farrrar Two Main Objects.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The pur
poseH of the new proffrewtlve move
.ment InnuKurnted yesterday by the
orKiuiIzaiion of tho "in ikivhkIvo.
hlou" in conttresH were declared for
mally to be legislative, and not politi
cal in resolutions adopted today at a
general public conference.
Senator LnFollette, republican of
. Wisconsin, who with KvprvHentattve
Umldli'Hton, democrat of Alaniaba,
called the conference under the aus
pices of the peoples' legislative ser
vice, presided over the general pub
lic gathering today which was at
tended by more than 100 members of
congress, governors and other lead
ers. Iteprcsentntive Woodruiif, re
publican of Xlichtean, was elected
secretary. '
The first resolution adopted de
clared that the movement was non
partisan and would devote itself to
"consideration of devising methods
and means for co-operation nnd sup
port of the general legislative pro
gram," adopted yesterday by the new
progressive congressional bloc.
At the suggestion of President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor the resolutions had been
amended to declare the movement
"non-pnrtisan" instead of "non-polt-licnl."
1 .'
Comtntttcw Nnmod, .
A committee on resolutions was
appointed, headed by Frederic C.
Howe, former American commis
sioner at New York. Other mem
bers designated included Samuel
Gompers, who retired in favor of
Andrew Furuseth, president of the
International Seamen's union : Gren
ville McFariand, Boston, Herbert F.
Baker, president of the Farmers Na-
tional council; Miss Elizabeth Hau-1
ser, secretary of the National League
of Women Voters; Amos Plnchot of!
New York; Senator Shuppard of
Texas; Representative Huddleston ofi
Alabama, Representative tJ.ohn M.
Nelson of Wisconsin; George 1.
Berry, president of the Pressmen's
union; P. II. Callaha i, Louisville;
William H. .Johnston of the Interna
tional Machinist's union; D. H. Kob
fson of the Firemen- and Kngine
men's brotherhood and Miss Kthel
Smith of tho Women's Trade Union
. league.
A special committee to draft sepa
rate resolutions declaring for a na
tional movement for direct rlma
ries was headed by former 'Repre
sentative. Keating of Colorado. Other
members Included Warren S. Stone
of tho Locomotive Engineers'
brotherhod; George N. Marsh of the
Farmers' National council; George
L. Record of New Jersey; Senator
Ladd of. North Dakota and Frank
Morrison, secretary of tho American
Federation of Labor. " .
Aid for Farmer.
Speeches urging nld for farmers
were made by Senators-elect Wheeler
i-of Montana and Frazler.of North Da
kota. They said the farmers were
not receiving the cost of production
and were suffering from high freight
rates and car shortage. An investi
gation of the car situation was advo
cated by Mr. Wheeler.
Declaring that "t-io present admin
istration is trying to forestnll any
action by the progressives and steal
their thunder," on the question of
farmer relief, Mr. Wheeler said the
northwest wanted results and was not
particular about tho form of credit
received. Ho added .that progres
Flve senators in northwestern states
had won in tho recent election "be
cause the people thought wo had in
testinal stnmlna to stand up and fight
for what we thought right."
Free Political Prisoners.
Release of all "political prisoners"
also was advocated by Mr. Wheeler,
who declared amid much applause
thnt he was for freo speech and free
. assemblage.
(Continued nn Pasn ilx.
FRENCHMAN ASKS GERMAN AID F
STEEL TRUST LARGER THAN U. S. STEEL
LONDON, Englnnd, Dec. 1. (By
the Associated Press) A number of
French Industrialists aro negotiating
with German business men with the
object of establishing a big metal
trust in central France under French
leadership, says a Central News dis
patch from Berlin today.
The leading spirit of the movement
says the dispatch, is stated .to be Eu
gene Schneider (the French steel
magnate) who having dominating
One Uncooked Egg
Routes 2 Hard Boiled
Ones, Spokane Holdup
SPOKANE, Dec. 2. One un
cooked egg routed two hard
boiled ones when a holdup was
attempted in a small grocery in
an outlying district.
Two men entered the store at
closing time, and one of them,
placing a dollar bill on the coun
ter, asked Miss Esther Olson,
aged 16, for half a dozen eggs.
When she turned toward the men
again, nn egg in each hand, one
of them displayed a in.
Miss Olson let fly one egg and
screamed.
The egg, nccording to Miss Ol
son, Btruck the would-be holdup
on the nose and splashed over his
face. Startled by the onslaught
and by the girl's call for help,
the men bolted, leaving the dollar
hill on the grocery counter.
f
EAST MEETS WEST
E
COLUMBUS, 0H!0
COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 2. Final:
All Start pimp: Western. Stars 6;
Eastern Suns 0..
COLUM IJUS, Ohio., Dec. 2. Foot
ball stars whoso names arc familiar
to all fans, were here today to par
ticipate in Columbus' nnnual all-star
charity football game at Ohio sta
dium. Former enstern college play
ers will be pitted against former
western men.
Players of ail-American fame
who will play with the east include:
Fuller, Brown: Hogsett, Dartmouth:
Casey, Harvard, und McLaren, Pitt.
Those who will appear for. the
west include: Muller, California;
Mohardt, Notre Dame; Trott, Ohio
State;' Vick, Michigan; EH-henlnuh.
Notre Dame; Crangle, Illinois, and
Nemecek, Ohio State.
Other stars include: Jones, Yale:
Witmer, Princeton: Thurman, Penn:
Heldt and M in Irk. Iowa: Yrgeh and
Slyker. Ohio State: Fletcher, Illinois;
"Do" McMillan and "Red" Roberts,
Centre.
NcAtUo Chauffeur
Gets Off Easy On
Charge of Speeding.
VISOLIA, Cal., Deo. 2. A
continuance to an undertermin
cd date early In 1923 was grant
ed today to Leo Walter Streetcr,
chauffeur for William G. Mc
Adoo, formerly secretary of tho
treasury, who was arrested on a
speeding charge November 27
while driving Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Adoo at 51 miles an hour, ac
cording to the arresting officer.
The continuance was granted on
the showing that Streetcr was
"exceedingly busy" in southurn
California, driving for the Mc
Adoos. Ttclics Worth Rome Money.
LONDON. Dec. 2. Tho value of
relics recently unearthed In Egypt
near Luxor on the site of ancient
Thebes, has been estimated at more
than 3,000.000 pounds, a Cairo dis
patch to tho Exchange Telegraph
said.
ltitlns Aro Predicted.
WASHINOTON. Dec. 2. Weather
outlook for the week beginning Mon
day:
Pacific states Generally fair In
California, unsettled occasional rains
in Washington and Oregon, normal
temperatures.
Another Movie Ttomanee.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. Marie
Prevost, motion picture actress, and
Kenneth Harlan, film actor, are en
gaged to he married, according to the
London Times,
business power In Italy, Jugo-Slavla
Czocho-Slovakin, Austria, Luxem
bourg nnd tho Sarro, desires to sub
due the operations of the German
syndicates. Ho Is said to contem
plate a trust surpassing In magnitude
even tho United States Steel corpo
ration. ,
"Tho captains of German Industry
hope that If the plan succeeds this
form of Franco-German co-operation
will have n effect on reparations."
AVERS RICH
TAXPAYERS
PROTECTED
Wisconsin Governor at Pro
gressive Bloc Meeting, As
sails Secy. Mellon Tax
Dodging Encouraged, He
Claims Samuel Gompers
Favors Control of Courts.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Dtserim
ination in favor of the rich tax payer
and profiteer was imputed to Secre
tary Mellon of the treasury depart
niit by Governor John .1. Dlnino of
Wisconsin in an address hero today
at a national conference of progres
sives. - ' -
In advocating removal of the se
crecy ban upon income tax returns.
Governor Blaine attacked Secretary
.Mellon for his recent statements in
correspondence with Representative
Frear, republican, Wisconsin, that
the government could not reach cor
porations' undistributed surplus that
are the basis for stock dividends.
"Now what Mr. Mellon meant when
he said that the government cannot
collect taxes due from income and
surtaxes on excess profits was that
what the profiteers and millionaires
do to escape the Income and surtaxes
is to make false returns," said Gov
ernor Blaine, "sometimes through in
nocence, but often through deceit and
fraud or by legal devices and tricks
of the trado and legally cheat the
government."
Declaring the secrecy' of tax in
come information was responsible for
frauds upon the government and
publicity w'dUld largely-cure Wie situ
ation. Governor Blalno continued: '
"tilt suppose he woijld scourge
tho profiteer and the millionaire
with tho sat.,e vigor that he does the
lesser ' criminals. Suppose he would
really try to collect the taxes as
sessed on tho rich. .It is true that
the government is powerless to en
force the law against the rich, or Is
It Just a lack of desire on the part of
Mr. Mellon to place all taxes on an
equality beforo the law."
Gnniprrfl Assails Courts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. To the
"unquestioning allegiance to party"
In which that pledge is placed above
principle . and country must be as
cribed much of the trouble In Ameri
can life, said Samuel Gompers in an
address today before the conference
of progressives from all parts of tho
country, meeting here to discuss a
program of liberal legislation.
The timo has come, Mr. Gompers
said, when we "aro entitled to hope"
that this blind adherence to parties
is being broken, for In that, he adcrcd,
lies the only hope of restoring con
trol of our government to the
people, and abrogating "those t
sumptions of power that have cost
them so dearly.
Largely bocauso of this "unthink
Ing loyalty" to party, Mr. Gompers
said, "tho courts have been nble to
steal awav powers which It was
nover intended they should have,"
and which, ho addod, was ono of the
most important causes of the loss of
government control by the people.
No mntter what may be the, people's
will to attainment of "progressive,
constructive legislation," the speak
er said, "the Judiciary," through its
"assumed" power to declare uncon
stitu'tlonaj tho enactments of con
gress, "In direct vlolntlon of tho con
stltution," exercises tho power to an
nul thnt will.
Asserting tho Judlclhry oxorVlscs
the unwarrantably assumed power to
"curb or prohibit freedom of speech
freedom of tho press, nnd freedom of
assemblage," Mr. Gompers ndded:
"I say without tho slightest possl
blllty of contradiction, that tho In
Junctlve process as fjsed in labor
disputes is tho result solely and en
tirely of. this assumption of power on
the part of tho Judiciary.
"If wo aim to insuro the control of
our government to the people
It Is necessary for tho citizenship of
the United States to organizo as citi
zens without regard to political party
affiliations or political party ohltga
tinns, fuithful to tho republic of the
United States and determined to
enrry- out the restoration of that
control. Contributory to the ataln
mcnt of theso ftNgh purposes, the
producers of tho country on tho farm.
In tho field, factory, mine or work
shop, must bo organized. It Is through
organization that we secure fullest
development of uniform and Intel
ligent opinion.
"So the man of affnlrs nnd the
woman of affaris, engaged In honest
industry nnd commerce, and all who
are high minded, patriotic, liberty
and humanity loving men nnd
women, must be called upon to give
their fullest support to a movement
so necessary to the perpetuation of
the ideals of our republic.
"Unless we can rcstoro control f of
our government to the people, disas
ter will come upon us."
Mnrim Bent. Army.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.
.Marines 13; Army 12.
-Final:
Columbia 11 Has Bespectacled Tackle
IT35. DEP
M:&ihiwxx Ur
i'.u. Fisner, tacie on tne Columbia
cannot sec across a r;;om without his glasses. While hall players have
been heard of who w jre glasses. Ed. so far as is known, is the first big col
lego football player to do, his rough w.irk In specs.
REVOLUTION
GREECE
ROME, Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press). A serious Greek counter revo
lutionary outbreak has occtirrod In
Patras and Missomonghi, on the Gulf
of Patras, in western Greece and on
the Island of Corfu where the Hritish
flag Is reported to have been raised as
the result of Indignation over the
ureek executions, says a message re
ceived from Athens today.
LONDON, Dec. 2. A Renter diB.
patch from Athens today quotes the
revolutionary leaders there as denying
"the alarming reports of sedition and
terrorism of the general public."-
There Is no sign whatever of trouble
in Athens, the message adds.
PARIS, Dec. 2. A dispatch to the
Matin from Belgrade says that in view
of the conflict between her son in law,
K'.ng George of Greece, and the Gona-
tas government In Athens, the queen
of Roumanta will leave today for
Athens by way of Belgrade.
ATHENS, Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press.) Tho trial of Prince Andrew,
brother of former King Constantlne on
a charge of having disobeyed orders
from the Greek general staff, thus con
tributing to tho military disaster in
Asia Minor, was begun at two o'clock
this afternoon.
Turks Want Rights
LAUSANNE, Dec. 2. (By Associat
ed Press.) Tho question of Turkish
capitulations Is on tho Near East con
ference program for discussion today.
Ismet Pasha and his associates are
preparing to make a hard fight to sus
tain the claim that the Komalist gov
ernment has power to terminate the
special privileges granted foreigners
under the Constantinople regime.
The discussion In the conference Is
beltlg watched with great Interest at
Angora, as tho extreme nationalists In
sist that the privileges have been so
galling to Turkey, that the country will
never again submit to such a brand of
Inferiority to the western powers.
Tho nationalist spokesman will at
tempt to prove to tho conference thnt
all capitulations have been waived by
the Angora government, that Turkoy
must no longer be hampered by for
eign control oi her customs and finan
cial affairs and that the necessity no
longer exists for tho foreign consular
courts to administer Justice to other
nationals living In Turkey.
SANTA CLAt'S WILL HIDE
IX A W'.l .'RIGKKATOR CAR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. All kinds
of railway rolling stock, even refrig
erator cars, aro being gnthered by the
railroads for prospective use In handl
ing tho Christmas mall rush, accord
ing to a report Issued today by the
postofflce department.
Kstalillih U. 8. Tliculrc,
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Establish
ment of nn American national theatre
has been undertaken by tho Produc
ing Managers' association, Augustus
Thomas announced.
eleven has such poor eyesight that ho
Dallas, Ore., Woman
Despondent, Cuts Off
Tongue With Scissors
DALLES, Ore., Dec. 2.
Mrs. Mary Komp, aged 07, cut
off her tonguo In a fit of des-
pondency, at the home of her
daughter, at Monmouth, near
here, and is now recovering,
but will be unable to speak, ac
,cording , to information reoivt.
od hero. '
Dr. B. C. Stnats, who attend
ed her, said she had been ill In
bed, and while alone In her
room, got up, took a pair of
scissors, cut her tongue off
clean, two Inches from the end
and returned to her bed. Her
daughter entering tho room
shortly sf.terwards, discovered
what had happened and sum
moned Br. Staats.
"You've Got to Come
To Europ Sometime"
Declares Clemenceau
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press). Georges Clemenceau in an ad
dress here this afternoon exhorted
America not to condemn "the best
pages of your history," by remaining
aloof from Europe and admonished
that "you ve got to como sooner or
later. Take care that you do not como
too late.
Ho declared that unless America
came back to Europe, future historians
would put a blot on her history by say
ing her post-war action proved she
regrettod having gone Into the war for
ideals.
"Don't pass tho word that will be the
condemnation of tho best pages in
your history."
NEW ELKS TEMPLE AT
. OREGON CITY BURNS
OIIKOON CITY, Ore., Dec. 2. The
Kiks temple, which the lodge clear
ed of Indebtedness a few months ngo,
wns In ruins todny as tho result of A
tiro this morning which fire depart
ment officers, after an Investigation
believed to have been of lnccndinry
oriuin. The loss wiim nntilnnterl at bo
tween J.0,fi00 nnd $1)0,000. Insur
ance amounts to 114,000.
Nino other suspicious fires have
occurred hero recently, causing nu
thorltlcs to think thnt a firobug has
been oporating in tho city.
Figures which hnve recently been
complied nn tho 1022 school census
by tho clerk of school district No.
41), show that although thorn has
been a decrease In tho number of
children of school age In the district
since lust yen r, thnt thero has been
nn Increase In the number of chil
dren attending school In this district.
Two thousand, two hundred and
sixteen children of school ago were
residents of tho district Inst year.
while (he number this year Is 2-167.
rirteen hundred nnd twenty were
attending school Inst year, whllo lull
are In attendance this year, accord
ing to tho census figures.
Constable Arrested
For Killing Man
With Poison Hooch
OLY.MP1A, Wash., Dec. 2.
Bert Gibson, constable of Tonino,
nnd William MeArtliur, nephew of
the former quarry owner of that
city, were arrested at Tenlno lust
night and arc lodged in the coun
ty Jail here. Information will be
filed by the prosecuting attorney,
Hoscoe Pullerton today, charging
them with manslaughter because
of their alleged sale of poisonous
liquor to Joe Snyder, whose death
Friday morning is said to have
resulted from drinking the liquor.
PEKING. Dec. 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press) The wedding of Hu
san Tung, tho seventeen-year-old
deposed emperor of China, was cele
brated early this morning wilh all
the pomp and ceremony of imperial
days. The former emperor's bride
was the Princess Ku Chin Si.
Hsuan Tung, the deposed boy em
peror of China, whoso mnrriago is
announced has continued to reside In
tile ancient palace of the forbidden
city since he abdicated with the
establishment of tho Chinese repub
lic. He was educated under an Eng
lish tutor nnd is described as a bright
youth, despite the rigid seclusion to
which lie has been subjected.
Ho receives n yearly allowance
from the republic with tho right to
maintain a' royal establishment in
; keeping with the glory of tho old
..Chinese emperors. Since, 1911 ho
has been practically a prisoner with
in the imperial precincts, emerging
(only onco in 19.17. for. it few, hours,
witch Chan Hsun attempted to exo-
' cute a coup d'etat by again enthron-
1 ing tho boy emperor.
Tho Princess Kuo Chin-Sin, bride
of the former emperor, is a daugh
! tor of Princo Kuo Chin-Sin, one of
,.ho Mnnchu court dlgnltnrloa. She is
described as pretty, hut her hus
1 band's first sight of her beauty wus
reserved for tho unveiling ceremony
of tho marriage which was to begin
early Frldny nnd continue through
several days of festivity.
EUGENE, Doc. 2. (Special to
Mall Tribune) A delegation of
twopty'from Jnckson county are at
tho older boys conference hero, whllo
four hundred nnd fifty boys are at
tending. Last night a big banquet
with songs, delegation yells, nnd n
wonderful address by Dr. Pence of
Portland was much enjoyed. Please
Inform Jnckson country peoplo nil
our delegates aro well provided for.
Tho conference lnsts over Sunday.
CASH WOOD.
WILL ATTEMPT GLIDE
SEATTLE TO ELLENSBURG
SEATTLE. Dec. 2. J. W. Miller, an
aircraft, engineer of this city, will at
tempt to travel in a glider from this
city to Ellensburg, Wash., ninety miles
in a straight lino over the top ot the
Cascade mountains, he announced.
Miller Bald ho would make his motor
less air trip as the climax of a glider
meet being planned hero for early In
192:1.
SISTER-IN-LAW WOULD
CHICAGO, Doc. 2. John r. Tier
nan, orstwhllo professor of law at
Notro Dame university, divorced a
week and married to another woman
In 4 hours only to return to his first
wlfo when his divorce decroe was re
voked, todny was being sought In
Chicago on a writ ordering sanity
inquisition.
Tlcrnnn and his first wlfo, Mrs.
Augusta Tlornnn, who left South
llend, Ind yesterday, wero believed
hiding In Cl'caho. Whether they
would appear in court latr In the
day or would seek to leave this coun
ty was a question the county authori
ties professed themselves unnhlo to
answor.
The whereabouts of Mrs. Rlnnchc
Brimmer Tlernan, tho second wlfo,
with whom tr professor went to
Crown Point, tho Jndinim Grctnn
R. . R
OPPOSED TO
S.P,
E
Grand Chief of Locomotive
Engineers Sees Trouble if
Unmerger Carried Out
Senority Rights Hit Sees
U. P. Plot to Gain Coast
Control.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Labor load
ers who have objections to the separa
tion of the Southern Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific systems were given hear
ings today before the Inter state com
jmorre commission which Is consider
ing the Southern Pacific's request that
the merger be continued.
Curran S. Stone, grand chief of the
Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers,
told the commission he feared a seH
aration would endanger seriously the
interests of the roads' employes,
j "If this segregation takes place," ho
said, "large numbers of our older men
now on the Southern Pacific will have
to move away from terminals where
they have established homes and made
themselves a place In life, while con
! sidorable numbers of othjtrs will be
uircea out ot employment, seniority
means everything to our men in the
train service Tor by it they have
worked themselves up to places of re
sponsibility and regularity of employ
ment. , , .
"Separation of those two railroads
means wiping away by a stroke of the
pen accomplishments of-a life time for
these nien. It's a sacrifice of the
entire body.'. ' ' f' ' "
"In the general aspect I see this
separation proposal as a complete de
struction of a trans-contluental rail
road, and the malting of two fourth
class rnllronds. It means turning over
the entire Pacific coast to the Union
Pacific." ...
Commissioner Potter asked Mr.
Stone whether labor interests would
be menaced if "there is set up an inde
pendent Central Pacific system with
one line down the San Joaquin valley
and a second to Sacramento competing
with the Southern Pacific." . ,
"Yes," Mr, Stone returned, "because
It will prevent us from transferring
our men during slack periods in the
south to the northern end of the South
ern Pacific system where there is
work."
Similar objection to tho separation
decree was made by E. A. Larrieu, gen
eral chairman of the conductors' or
ganization on the Southern Pacific
system. Loss of seniority, necessity -of
abandoning homes and in some
cases loss of employment, the witness
said, would be Involved in separation
of the two roads.
93 CLERGYMEN GO
MOSCOW, Dec. 2. (By Associated
Press). Trial of 93 clergymen and
laymen and nineteen women charged
with opposition to the government's
church treasure decree, has begun in
'Moscow district court. - One of the
women is the slstor superior ot a con
vent ...
Among the accusod Is M. Stcbephln,
assistant minister of justice under the
! Koronsky government Forty-two of
the respondents have been In prison
1 since Inst April.
SERVE WRIT OF
F.
Green, a week ngo todny today nnd
whero they wero married, also was
undotermined. Some reports said
sho was expected In Chicago today.
The sanity test order was obtained
by Mrs. Francis Pulnskl, Mrs. Tier
nan's sister. Mrs. Augusta Tlernan
was at the Pulnskl homo when sho
learned her sister's action. . Tlernan
also wns said to have become Inform
ed that a deputy sheriff was seeking
him and telephoned Mrs. Tlernan.
Declaring to her sister, Mrs. Pu--Inskl,
that "he's not crazy; you're
craKy," Mrs. Tlernan and her chil
dren rushed from the house Inst night '
and Into a tnxlcab to Join her hus
band somewhere In tho city. Since
then the couple whoso marital
troubles wero aired In rMs. Tlernan's
sensntinnal paternity suit against
Harry Poulln, South Bond merchant,
hnvo been out of sight.
ON TRIAL, MOSCOW
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