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fay. The Weather lib,. MEBFORB Mail Tribune .Weather Year Ago Maximum ...46 Minimum 30 prediction Generally fair Maximum yesterday 52 Minimum today 24 Bully Seventeenth Tear. fVUy Ktfty-tieeoinl Year. . MEDFORD, OliEQOX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY G, 192:) XO. 270 Ms M PARIS prance Persuades the Angora " Govt, to Reverse Action and Agree to Peace Jreaty Financial Matters to Be Set tled Later Danger of War Believed Avoided. LONDON, Feb. 6. (By the As sociated Press.) France has noti fied Great Britain that the Otto man delegation at Lausanne has agreed to sign all the peace terms. The Turks' decision to accept all I (lie terms which they rejected Sun day was communicated to the French foreign office, and immediately for warded to Downing street. Tho French government urges Crent Britain that tho affair be set tled immediately in tho Interests of all the allies generally and of France herself; in particular. LONDON", Fob. G. Rcuter's Laus anno ' correspondent was informed early this morning that M. Hoiupard. head of the French delegation, had intimated that there was a possibility of tho Near East tronty boing signed almost immediately. . LAUSANNE, Feb. 0. Riza Nur Uey of tho Turkish delegation to the Near Kast conference said today that Tur key and the powers had reached an accord on tho jurisdlcnl question but that there wero still important finan cial mntters on which no agreement had been effected. Tho Turks announced that they lVohUI leave for Angora nt six o'clock amonw morning.' They said offers had been mado to eliminate from the treaty the economic clauses to which they had objected, leaving such ques tion Itl fllrthni nnntlat;ftiic! telnet Pasha early today telephoned! tlio American delegation asking what time Itlchard Washburn Child was de parting. It was thought tho Turks' foreign minister desired to leave tho path for definite action open until the last moment. Ambassador Child and Marquis di Gnrronl of Italy left for Homo shortly after noon. Isinet saw thorn off at tho station but submitted no definite plan for a settlement. Members of tho Italian delegation said that With ccouoinic chapters of tho treaty reserved for future negotl ations, there seemed no reason why the Turks could not sign, but as both ; tho English and French delegations ; liad departed, tho Turks wero hesitat ing to talio formal action. The Italians expressed tho hope" that ail aincuded treaty could be signed at Lausanne or claowhoro later, when through regular diplomatic channels a f definite understanding might have en reached. Hear Admiral Mark L. Ilristol is leaving tonight for Constantinople. Tho Hussian delegation Bout an of . ficlal noto to the conference todny asking Great Britain, France and Italy to notify the Russians of tho place and titno nt which tho negotiations would bo resumed. i British Reply Awaited I'ARIS, Feb. 6. (Uy tho Associated Prom).) The reopening ot tho Near Kast confcrenco at Lausanne was said In official circles hero this afternoon to depend upon tho British govern niout's reply to Premier I'oincare's nolo of, yesterday. In this note the French premier mado It known to Lord Curzon, the british foreign secre tary, that the Turks were disposed to accept tho allied proposal for a set tlement' ot the capitulations question. (Continued on Page Six) Mian Ml START TO CLEAN DP BOLSW; OVER HOME, Feb. G. (By the Associated Press.) Tho government Is taking firm measures to stamp out the com munist agitation following publication by the third Internationale In Moscow inciting tho workers ot the whole world to unite In fighting the fascist. More than 100 arrests have been made In various parts or Italy. The authorities arc seeking to ar rct the loaders. Twelve persons un cler this- classification were arrested in Itolognn. one being Signor Goudy. former mayor and member of the chamber of deputies. Simultaneously with the arrest of tin- leaders, the police seized many General Ludendorff Is Nearly Lynched D KM I oy moo in Vienna II'..N.A, Feb. G. (By the associated Press.) 'General Ludondorlf Is reported to havo narrowly escaped lynching when f his train was stormed by social- bites at Ilruck, Kapfenberg and vteenerncustad, while on his way from Vienna for Klangen- furt, Curinthia, where his arrl- val on Saturday caused serious fighting between socialist work- 1 men and , Irregulars. v i no pollen removed Lnden- dorft from his train nt Hetzcn- v dorf, just ousido Vienna and requested his immediato dopar- v lure for Clermany. The Gorman general passed the night nt llctbendorf, planning to return to Munich without entering Vienna. v ' Ho came to Austria with tho intention of addressing tho tia- tioual peasant council at Klan- genfurst. TIMBER URGED IDENT WASHINGTON, Feb. C -President Harding urged enactment ot legislation for tho conservation of forests in a letter today to Represen tative Clarke, New York, a republi can member of the house agriculture committee which has been conduct ing hearings on tho subject. Co-op eration between tho federal govern ment and states in a comprehensive policy for reforestation and timber conservation is proposed in a tenta tive bill before tho cummjttee. "When wo reinembor that substan tially ono-fourth of tho national area is forest land or potential forest land of Httlo or no value save for timber production," tho president said, "the need of the legislation becomes ap parent. "Already we have consumed or de stroyed sixty per cent ot our original timber wealth and we are now UBlng timber at a rale ot four times as fast as we are growing it." Consumption ot forest growth nearest tho centers of commerce and industry, tho president Bald, has mado necessary shipment of timber for constantly increasing distances at steadily growing transportation costs with consequent increases in the price ot timber which has added to difficulty in meeting tho housing problem. These matters, he declared, striking directly at sources ot nu- Hon strength "Kegrowth of our forosts on cut over lands which are most suitable for that purpose In tho more popu lous portions of the United SluteB," tho letter added, "13 therefore highly desirable." Calling attention to a provision of tho bill that tho federal government might in its discretion wtthoud con tributions toward tiro protection and conservation from states not co-operating Mr. Harding said this cost was altogether desirable. "Thero is every reason why tho federal government," ho said, "should prefer to spend its co-operativo ap propriations in Btates whero they will count for tho most in forest protec tion. Slates which nro backward In this regard should not participate in the beenfits of the federal policy un til they aro willing to meet such rea sonable conditions as tho six-rotary of agriculture may prescribe." .lolin I). lUt-ovcrM. Olt.MONI) I1KACH. Fla., Feb. C John IJ. ISurkefeller. Sr.. has en tirely riM'oviii-d from his lllni'ss of (lie last few days, it was announced from his residence here today. 100 ARRESTS MADE Important documents, Including revo lutionary literature nnd discovered hidden stores of bombs and other weapons. Various i terroristic attempts have occurred throughout the country, not ably at Perugia, where a bomb was exploded outside the fnscistl head- quarters. t Typewritten manifestos were pasted !on "the walls of the city during the night, signed by "The Secret Kxeciv i tlvo Committee." and Inciting the .workers to revolt. They announced in,, nnniviiicli nt a counter revolution nnd exalted N'icolal Lenlne and com CONSERVATION S OCCUPATION ADVANCED 25 MILES London Reports French Oc cupy Goddelau in Hesse Genl. Weygand Returns to Ruhr to Find Passive Re sistance Increasing Long Deadlock Is Expected. (Uy the Associated Press) Tho iniiiKTuse Thywm'n plants in tho Ruhr unci vicinity, uniployins soim G6.G00 men, nro declared by tho man ntrrmcnt not to havo boon affected by either the railroad or coal strikes. Tho railroad Htrlko seems aprain largely effectivo In tho Kuhr and im portant districts in tho Khineland. Xaviffuilun on tho Ithino from Kuhr valley point, is reported ut a com plete standstill. Chancellor Cuno, head of tho Ber lin tfowrnment. Is on a vIbR to the occupied Ruhr area where ho has been holding conferences and in forming himself on the situation from personal observation. Huko Stinnes, seen by Interviewers. at Es.-wn, would not reveal whether the conferences he is holding on his surprise visit to tho Kuhr nre with n view to negotiations for settlement of the reparation differences. Several persons wero injured in a demonstration nt Porsten, broken up by tho Herman police. LONDON", Feb. G. A report that the Trench had advanced 25 miles beyond the frontier, occupying God delau, in Hesse, reached London to day in an Essen dispatch to tho Times. The correspondent adds that the Germans momentarily expect tho occupation ot .Mannheim. IH'ESSELDORF, Feb. 6. (By the Associated Press.) Tho return to thn Ruhr of Ooneral Weygand and Minister of Public Works LcTroquer to coordinate transportation without thn employment of Gorman labor, finds tho railway service demoralized and resistance geuornly strengthen ed, presumably as a result of the visit o Chancellor Cuno. Hallway workers and public offi cials particularly appear to havo boon stimulated jn behalf of tho reich by the chancellor's call upon tho occu pied area and henco tho deadlock continues. ' WASHINGTON, Fob. 6. Through its embassy hero tho German govern ment today denied formal' that Its policy of resistance to tho French oc cupation of tho Huhr had been modi fied and declared that on tho con trary "unanimous resistance on tho part ot Germany Is Btcadily grow ing." HAM BORN, Germany, Feb. 6. (By tho Associated Press.) Sixty six thousand workmen employed in luo Thysseu works nt Haniborn, Muol helm, Duishcrg and Dinslakcn are working full timo three olght hour shifts a day and havo not bcon af fected either by tho railroad strike or lack of coal. Locomotives are busy shunting cars in the railroad yards of the plants, which cover about ton square miles. They are built around seven pit heads and arn thus pro vided each day with sufficient coal to supply the entire works. Many industries in tho Kuhr are n a similar position, maintaining tholr coal mines within a hundred yards of the Industrial plants. The workers remained faithful to their jobs nnd plants nre well stocked with raw material. Thus they can hold out for many months. As the correspondent . motored through Duisberg, Ruhrort, Ham born, Oberhauscn and Muelhelm, he noted that most of the steel plants and mines wero working but that the railroad yards wero all Idlo except for a few trains manned by the French. Tho trainmon wero at work in tho private yards and plants. Navigation was at . a complete standstill. At Ruhrort, the corres pondent saw two tugs flying the Dutch flag and one with tho French emblem, hauling two coal barges up tho Rhine toward Alsace. Tho river was practical' deserted. The industrial magnates have not lost courage. "We can hold out as long as tho French can," Beems to be the consensus ot opinion. UKRLIN, Feb. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Chancellor Cuno re turned to Berlin today from a two day tour of the occupied Ruhr area, convinced, he said, that the determin ation of the population to resist the French coercive measures was just as firm today as when the first of the occupying force entered Kssin on January 11. (Continued on page li. The World's Champion Egg Eater 1 Thjit'H :l nmv litlo ivrpnllv rrp.-,ti.t Boston. Woodman is a coal truck driver. Lives a ileiin outdoor life and nnlllriillv. lit.u .1 h,.nltit n,. ....!.. II.. ...1 i . . ' "ri".'"-. ., v iu-ii hit mih iiuwii nnci i-uis n rcB- ulur meal, then gulps down two dozen eggs ns .1 chaser, we wonder It tho truck driving business is so bad after nil. Woodman says that it I'Kgs nro easy for him, but in tlio meantime, he's walling for someone to dis pute his eliiim to the title. ARREST MORSE BULL MOOSERS BOYS ON .TRAIN. - CONDEMN HENRY LOCKED JN JAIL FORD'S PROPOSAL NEW YORK, Feb. C Victims of a sensational arrest In tho sleeping car that was taking them to Washington for trial on charges of war frauds, Ben jamin and Harry F. Morse wero ar raigned bofore Federal Judge Winslow bore today, charged with conspiring with Charles W. Jtorso, their father, and 21 other defendants, to uso the malls to defraud steamship stock pur chasers. They rofusod to plead on the ground that they had not had time to consult counsel, but tho court ordered a ten tative plea of not guilty entered for them nnd sent them to jail until they could raise 1G,000 bail each. Tho nrrosts, made at Pennsylvania terminal, whero the men had been trailed from Now England by depart ment of justice agents, brought an abrupt end to two strenuous efforts to escape trial here. Arrests wero mado on bench war rants Issued several woeks ago after tho brothers hud refused to appear for arraignment. A similar bench warrant is out for Krvln Morse, who also has tailed to appear hero since the Indictment was returned. Krvln lives in Muryland. BY IB OF WETS KALTIMOKK. VvU. 6. Two riut Hills for the police were sounderl here hint flight wlu'ii Jmiies Driwrlek, n prohibit ion imnt from VuHhltwton. wiik severely hcati-n nnd rohbed of hitt valuables, and on attempt made to to set fire to n automobile truck In den with conflHcuted liquor by a crowd maddened by a raid on a sa loon. Dowriek was removed to u hon pital where hlH InJurieM were treated. T E flE.VKVA. Feb. 6. It.ilph Doit. "iu of a Michigan automobile munu fneturer, Ii.-ih been nilKslng since last Suturrtuy. Thn local authorities have been notified by his parents In America that ttiey have received a eablp message dated Geneva, declar ing ho committed suicide there. Neither the police nor thn Ainorlcan consulate, however, have utiy knowl edge of Die affuir- Walli Walla Shows the Way WALLA WALLA,- Wash.. Feb. 6 Organization of tho Walla Walla coun try club which Is now completing a beautiful nine hole course with at tractive club house on the outskirts ot the city was perfected here last night. L ' xr,&Y$$ ,i,,.l 1... r.... .. r WASHINGTON, Fob. 6. Protests against Henry Ford's terms for taking ovor Muscle Shoals wore sent to every member of both houses of congress to day by tho national committee for de fense of the federal water power act. Among Its members nre former Sec retaries Baker, Stlmson and Garrison, of the war department, former Secre taries Garfield and Fisher of tho In terior department and former secre taries Houston mid Meredith of the department of agriculture; Govornors Plnchot oC 'Pennsylvania and Parker ot Louisiana; formor Govornors Allen of Kansas nnd Pardee of California; William Allen White; Honry H. Graves, former chlot forester of tho United States; former Senator Dixon commissioner ot coriwratlons under Prosldont Roosevelt and many other national figures. Characterizing tho presont water power law as Tho best ombodiment of tho Ideal of the conservation of nat ural resources for the public wolfuro that luis been placed on the national statute books, vvlth tho possible ex ception of tlio national forest laws," tho com in ill i;o protested to senators and roprosontatives that Ford's terms worn "In flagrant violation of tho principles of tho law." RETIRE AT FORTY NliW YORK, Feb. 6. -Accused by a 10' year old boy, two patrolmen were held in $2."iU0 bail each In a police court early today on charges of robbery. Their accuser was George 'Boyd, a wireless operator from Glasgow, sailing on the liner llulla. He hud left thi( ship last Sunday morning with $1 In his pocket. According to Boyd, tho patrolmen halted him say ing; "Thero's Just boon a robhory and wo think you'ro Implicated. It'll cost you Just to keep out ot Jail." Boyd tin Id ho told tho officers he was Innocent and that immediately one of tho pair Btrnrk him. Ho ran but was overtaken and forced to drop his II In a patrolman's helmet, he said. Mrs. Stillman Given $90,000 Year Alimony POl'OHKKKI'HIK. X. V- Feb. 0. Supreme f'ourt Justice Morschauser today bunded down a decision restor ing alimony of ISMi.OOO u yUBr to Airs. Anne C. HtlMiimii. pending the ap peal In .lames A. Sllllmnn's divorce suit. He also allowed her $15,000 liildillinuil for expenses. Police Wagon Skids Into St. Paul House. 2 Killed, 4 Injured ST. PAUL, Feb. 0 Two po- lloemen wero killed and four other persons wore Injured, two ! critically, when a speeding po- lice cur skidded on tho Icy street today and crashed Into a millln-' cry shop in tho residenco sec- Hon. Tho front of the building collapsed when' tho polico car struck it. Kdwln E. Hackert. 30, patrol- man, and William Wilson. -10, negro chauffeur, are tho dead. Arthur llaosslg and William Kostohrys, putrolman, and Mr. nnd .Mrs. W. W. Thorckmorton, were Injure!?. The Throckmortons worn thrown from their bed among a mass of wreckago when tho ca- reenlug polico car smashed the studding from under tho front end of tho building and brought a shower of bricks and Iron beams upon tlio heads of tho pa- trolmeu. Tho Throckmortons wero bruised. UPTON TRIES TO PUSS BILL OVER SALEM, Oro., Feb. G. President Jny Upton of tho scnato today attempted to havo passed over Governor W. M. Pierce's veto his bill providing for exemption i from inheritance tux ot tlio Bernard Daly estate of Jl.OoO.OOu which was loft ns a fund for education of boys nnd girls of Lake county. Up ton's effort rcsultod'in getting the mcasuro referred for consideration. Upton, turning over the gnvol to Senator 11. W. Rltnor, nttacked tho opinion of Attorney .Ooneral Van Winkle, which held the bill unconsti tutional. Tho governor had based his veto on this opinion. Tho houso today dofcaled Repre sentative O. A. Lovcjoy's bill intonded to limit tho right ot municipalities to impose a regulatory measure on motor busses, laundry wagons and the liko, and Imiwso a tax on those com ing with the city limits. The houso Judiciary committee re ported without recommendation Hop rosontatlvo T. V. lluiiburt's bill re quiring newspapers to print rotruc tlons of news items in identical type, ink and spaco as Die articles com plained about. TOHTLANll, Ore, Fob. C The ntato highway commission today took under advisement a request by a com mlttoo .from Mount Vernon, Grant county that tho proposed John Day highway bo built on tho north sldo of tho John Day rlvqr, Instead of tho south side, oh projected. Bids for grading and rock surfac ing 43 in 1 1 oh of road wero opened to day ub a start on tho year's highway dovolopmont' program. Bids on 30 miles of road work aro to bo opened tomorrow. IAN E T MONTREAL, Feb. G. Premier Tnschiireuu, who with his liberal gov ernment was returned to offico in tho geifural elections in tho province of Quebec yesterday, said today that he considered the result un endorsement of tho liberal policy of the control and salo of liquor. INDIAN CHIEF. WAR NEW VOIiK. Feb. 6. Tlio pot ter's field will be the final resting place of Chief Gnbiiel Wllltehorse, full-blooded Cherolii'o Indian and war veteran., who killed himself In a department store yesterday for love of n young married woman, unless Homo ot his old buddies raise funds to send tho body bark to his old home In Oklahoma. The body was un claimed today in the city morgue. Clippings from New Mexico papers found In his pockets showed that he had served with the Canadian and Amerlcun forces In France nnd tluit ho had been Bussed and twice rounded. 1, I.I.. ....... nLn I, null me u, n,.u,,i m fl:,ti ,.l MttttlMir retlimnil from overseas, he obtained employ ment nt various orcupnunnn nere nnu( GOVERNOR VETO mm tax BILL KILLED: WETS LOSE D. C. Lewise's Measure is Voted Down in House Light Wine and Beer Bill Is Killed in Committee Eddy Educational Bill Is Favor ably Reported. " SALEM, Ore., Feb. G. Tho Kirk wood bill tightening tho state anti narcotics law making penalties more Bevero and providing tor custody of addicts, was boforo Govornor Wal ter Plerco today, having passed both houses of the Oregon legislature. The governor also had before him a bill providing tor seizure and sale of boats, vehicles and other convey ances used in unlawful transporta tion of liquor which has passed both houses. Tho bill by Representative D. C. Lewis of Portland, proposing taxa tion of church property, has been killed by the houso, Under Representative Louis Kuhn's bill passed by -the house and now be fore the senate, signature of fivo per cent ot logal voters would bo requir ed on nil Initiative potltions and such petit loim could bo signed only at des ignated places and could not bo hawk ed about tho streets. Comfortable housing outside of jails for persons suspected ot being lnsuno, ponding examination, is re quired by a bill passed by the senate Sonator C. W. Ellis ot Hums today Introduced a bill for development of n competent educator by the govern or to survey courses pf study ofOro gon Agricultural ciiHoeo aha ' tlio tJnl'- versity of Oregon with a view to elimination of duplication. Wet MrnMiro Killed An amendment to tho prohibition enforcement bill proposing exempt ing light wlno and beer from its pro visions has boon voted down by tho committee on alcoholic truffle. A public hearing will bo held to night by the Joint committee on as sessment nnd taxation on Senator Bruce Donnis' bill to rcquiro all tax levying bodies In tho state to lovy a tux for 1923 and 1921 at least ton per cent lower than, that for this year. Reduction of n,0iproxlinatoly Ion per cent in salaries of state officials, clurlit and employes whose pay Is not fixed by law Is recommended lit a concurrent resolution Introduced by Senator A. J. Johnson of CorYallis, which has been adopted by tho Bon ato. The resolution Is Intended to ndvanco to tho ways and means com mittee In consideration ot appropri ation bills. Thn houso roads and highways : committee has approved tho Carkin bill levying an additional cent tax on gasnlino, making tho total three cents. Tho Joint committee on assessment and taxation has approved a bill re quiring the statement of tho Iruo con sideration in all Moeds. SEATTLE, Feb. G. Members ot tho OrOKon and Washington legisla tures with Governor Plerco of Ore gon and Govornor Hart of Washing ton havo accepted an Invitation to mako a (our ot inspection to Cellllo Fulls in the Columbia river, as the I guests of Samuel Hill, It was an i nouured today. Inter state rooper 'ti thin looking toward development of a power project thero has been pro posed. (Continued on Pago Six) VETERAN. 113 LOVE OF finally beranio night watchman In one of the largest department stores.. He fell In love with Mrs. Norma Hinith, cashier in tho store lunch room. Mrs. Smith, who has been sepa rated from her husband, admitted to tho polico that she had exchanged love notes with him, but said thnt she was only "kidding." Seme of her, letters found on his body were addressed to "My Indian Prince," "Ituln in tho Face," and "Thunder Cloud." Most of thoni wero signed. "Lov ingly. Indian Moon." The chief walked up to Mrs. Smith, yesterday, said "goodbye." and then irirud three shots at himself. The first wont wild, but tho third lodged In his heart. ( if : it 1 5 I u V.