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MED FORD, OK BOON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY .19, 1923
NO. 281
LITHUANIA
, MOBILIZES
ON FRONTIER
Occupation of Neutral Zone
' By Poland Brings Clash
With Neighbor State
Heavy Casualties Reported
5-dass of '22 Called
Appeal to League Nations
od Press). FreBh attacks by the Lith
uanians on tho Polish forces in tho
neutral zone allotted to Poland are
troHrtod here today.
It is also said the class of 1022 has
sen mobilized in Lithuania.
Dispatches last night from both
Polish and Lithuanian sources report
ed collisions between forces of the
two countries. Tho Lithuanian lega
tion in Paris made public a dispatch
from Kovno asserting that Polish
forces had Invaded Lithuania, after
occupying the , neutral zone near
Orany, and attacked the Lithuanian
troops with heavy casualties. The
dispatch added that the Lithuanian
government had reported the facts to
tho League of Nations, requesting
that steps be taken to prevent an ex
tension of the conflict.
PARIS, Feb. 19. (By Associated
Press). Meagre details of the 'occupa
tion of the neutral zone between Po
land and Lithuania received in official
circles in Paris, indicate there has
been action on both sides. Dispatches
from Polish sources to the foreign
office say that as soon as the Poles
completed the occupation of that part
of the zone given them by the council
.of the League of. Nations, the Lithu
anians begunflrlng with artillery
upon the points occupied.
. At the Llthtranlun legation here it
was declared the Poles had not only
occupied their own part of the neutral
zone but had crowded over into the
part assigned to the Lithuanians by
the league. It also was averred that
the Polish frontier guards and offic
ials needed for the administration of
the region were accompanied by
troops of all arms, contrary to the
decision of the league council which,
while allowing the claimants each to
administer a part of the zone, Intend
ed the zone should remain neutral bb
far as military operations were con
cerned. The impression voiced In French of
ficial circles is that the Lithuanians
nnrm.!nff nut thn threat thev made
in the league council to resist the oc- j
cupatlon of any part of the zone by
the Polos. Lithuania haa an army of
50,000 men.
jpifl LABOR REFORM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -Advocates
of n child labor constitutional amend
ment won the first stage of their fight
..j ,... 0nnt h.rilr-inrv com-!
jj n r.vnmiilK romrt on '
a committee resolution providing for
Remission of such an amendment to
the states.
Federal Dry Agent Is
Killed By Bootlegger
CLEVELAND, Feb. 19. Carl Mot
n. 34. until recently a government
prohibition agent nna wno
In his
service, had
three years of federal service. ....
made himself thoroughly ronrcu
SjahrT P -
psvn-ntly by a bootlegger enemy
believe.
HINDU NO! ENTITLED TO CITIZENSHIP
SUP. COURT RULES IN OREGON CASE
WASHINGTON', Feb. 19. A high
casto Hindu Is not a "free white per
son" within tho meaning of the nat
uralization law, and therefore under
the recent decision of tho court ex
cluding Japanese la not entitled to
citizenship, the supreme court held
today in an appeal brought by the
United States against Bhagat Singh
Thind. . .
Tho court ruled, that the words
"whlto person" must be given the
meaning they have In common usage
and are not to be applied through a
clentlllc suiuy auiciunu.ua --
Attorney General of
Louisiana to Probe
Jury for Klansmen
SHREVEPORT, La., Feb. 19.
Attorney General A. V. Coco
and Special Assistant Attorney
General Howard B. Warren of
Louisville left today for Bas-
trop where they will investigate
the personnel of the panel from
which a grand jury will be se-
lected -March 5 to act on ovl-
dence disclosed in tho recent
open bearing into hooded activi-
ties in Morehouso parish.
The attorney general said ho
had been told five of the panel
wore known klansmen, five
known nnti-klansmen and the
other ten siiBpected of being
klunsmen, but this information
waa unofficial.
INCOME TAX IS
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 19. An agree
ment on a compromise income tax
bill was reached today by house and
senate leaders, and the measure is to
bo introduced tomorrow, according
to announcement by Representative
A. K. JIcMahan of Albany, at the
opening of the session of the house
today. Legislators began working on
their own time te.day, following the
close of the regular forty day period
Saturday. Leaders hoped to clean
up by Thursday.
CnmnromisA income tax
bill was
said to meet the wishes of Governor
..
v. .i. fierce. Elimination oi ai
provision calling for an offset of thej
property tax against the income tax,
reduction of the tax on individual in
comes in line with the federal in
come tax procedure, and inclusion of
tho federal definition of net income
from corporations were said to be
features of tho agreement.
An exemption of $2000 ia allowed
for both corporations and Indlvid
auls and the excise tax on businesB
is eliminated.
Tho senate today passed a bill pro
posed by tho roads and highways
committee amending tho motor ve
hicle license laws so that afler April
1 three-fourths of tho regular license
too may bo paid. This was intended
as relief to automobile owners in
sections of the state where automo
biles nro of little use tho first three
months of tho year.
Tho roads and highways committee
of both houses wero today consider-
ing amendments to the motor license
bill which tho house voted down Inst
week and which has been revived as
a result of Governor Pierco warning
tho houso members that tho senators
wero likely to kill tho bill increas
ing the gasoline tnx from two to three
cents unless llconso fees wero re
duced. '
Tho sennto today passed a bill by
Senator G. W. Joseph of Portland,
amending the double election board
law to provldo that counting start at
four o'clock in tho afternoon Instead
of when 100 ballots are cast, as tho
present law provides.
Tho senate nlso passed Senator W.
If. Strayer s bill eliminating the re-
ouiroment tr
that teachers attend instl-
Jutes,
Tho houso today indefinitely post
poned the bill transferring from the
office of the secretary of state to the
highway commission tho entiro con
trol of traffic on state highways.
Accused of Murder Again.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19. Daniel J.
McCarthy, business ngent for the
plumbers' union recently acquitted of
killing a Chicago ponce iieuienuni,
' today was under arrest in connection
" .hA . "J k7;;h I
, -
i IgHt ln south side caf, Mrs He,
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held by the police.
tho persons affected descended from
whlto stock.
A ccrtiflcnlo of citizenship waa Is
sued to Thind, a high caste native of
India, horn In Punjab, by the United
States district court for Oregon. He
had pntered the I'nltod Btntes prior
to the passage of tho exclusion act of
1017. Tho government took the case
to tho ninth circuit court of appeals
which asked the supreme court for In
structions as to whether a high
caste Hindu of full Indian blood was
a freo whlto person within the mean
ing oi the naturalization statutes
AGREEMENT
REACHED
SALEM
Sen in
Ml ZONE
Helen Maske Gets Six Months
and Wife of Editor Arrested
for Refusing to Follow Hus
bandPresident of Rhen
ish Prussia Expelled More
Strikes Called.
ESSEN, Fob. 19. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Helena Mnske, a Ger
man womnn, has been sentenced to
six months In prison by n French
court martial for fnlluro to obey an
order to leave tho occupied area on
account of activities against the
forces of occupation.
Tho wife of tho editor of the
Aachen Freipress has been arrested
because she refused to obey an order
to follow her husband, who was re
and hotel and restaurant owners to
contly expelled. Dr. Guwenz, the
union labor leader In Essen, who Is
sued an appeal to German merchants
refuse to serve tho French and Bel
gians, has been sentenced to two
years imprisonment and to pay a fine
of eight million marks.
Three German court officials at Bo
chum have been arrested for oppos
ing tho French. Tho stores in Bo
hum wero closed in protest and there
was a similar closing at Bottrop,
where Ober Burgomaster Bauer was
arrested for refusing to deliver conl.
Three telegraph officials at Duossel
dorf havo been arrested.
New Strikes Called.
. New boycotts nnd strikes ot protest
linvn lien.. Henlnrnr! In thn V.HUPn.
have been declared in tho Essen
i Dortmund, and Bochum districts ac
cording to Gorman sources, as tho
result of arrests. . .' -' . ' '
Tho French authorities announced
today that they had plenty of rail
road cars and other equipment for
tho' transportation of fuol to France
nnd Belgium, but that it was being
found difficult to Induce the Germans
to load tho cars.
General DeGouttc, French corn
mnnder, issued a proclamation in the
Ruhr nssurlng full protection to
Germans working for tho army of oc
cupation and Bafety against any ac
tion by tho German government.
Jailed for Impertinence.
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 19. (By
tho Associated Press) Tho oxpu
sion of Dr. Gruotznor, president of
Rhenish Prussia, for writing nn im
pertinent letter to General Beaussain
commander nt Duisburg, removes
from tho occupied area a prominent
German official and has caused
something of a stir among tho civil
ian population.
Tho letter that resulted In the ar
rest of Dr. Gruotznor was in protest
against tho imprisonment of Ober
Burgomaser Jarres of Duisburg. Dr.
Oruetzner, in his communication is
nlleged to havo referred to tho forces
of occupation as "bandits."
Oelsenkirchcn'a fine of 100,000
000 marks, assessed upon the town as
a penalty for the shooting of two
French soldiers has been paid out of
tho 110,000,000 marks which the
French seized when they took over
tho railroad station and tho rathaus.
DUESSELDORF, Feb. 19. (By
tho Associated Press) A new order
Issued by tho inter-allied high com
mission In the Rblneland gives Ger
man customs officials in that terri
tory until tomorrow to decldo whether
they will accept an offer of re-en-gngement
by tho French or be dis
missed. COLOGNE, Feb. 19. (By tho As
sociated Press) Tho British today
turned over a six kilometer strip on
tho western end of their zone so ns
to give tho French nnd Belgians com
plete control of tho double, track rail
road lino from Duesseldorf, a short
stretch of which ran Into the British
area.
Occupation Costs Money.
PARIS, Feb. 10. An appropriation
of 110,000,000 francs for the expense
of tho Ruhr operations In January
nnd February has been prepared by
Flnnnce Minister Do Lastyrlc for ap
proval by tho cabinet council tomor
row, after which It will be submitted
to parliament.
Behrlnn Minors Ktrlko.
BRUSSKLS, Feb. 19. (My tho As
sociated Press) Twenty-five thous
and Belgian miners of tho 36,000 cm
ployed in the Mons bnsin have gone
on strike over tho question of wages.
LONDON, Feb. 19. (By tho As
sociated Press) Former I'rlmo Min
ister Lloyd George, In tho debate In
the houso of commons today charac
terized the French net In tho Ruhr
ns a repetition of tho psychological
blunder tho Germans made in 1914.
Ho contended It was essential thnt
America should partlclpnto in tho solution.
Evelyn Nesbit in
1 ! W 'Y
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ,t., Feb. 19.-
A warrant was Issued for the arrest
Of Evelyn Nesbit City Recorder
Corlo today when she failed to ap
pear in his court to answer a charge
of disorderly conduct. She is alleg
ed to have created a disturbance in
a cafe Saturday night.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 19.
Evelyn Nesbit, arrested nt a cabaret,
whero she has been employed, i. was
scheduled for a hearing in court to
day. Released on ball after bor ar
rest, sho declared sho was tho vic
tim of a "frnme up."
FARMERS'PARTY
U.S.LABORBLOC
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 Ti 9 farmer nnd
labor party has decided to sever all
connection with the conference for
progressive political action formed In
Cleveland last year, It was announced
today.
In a letter to Wm. II. Johnston,
chairman of the conference Jay G.
Urown, secretary of the farmer labor
party stated that tho action of the
conference In ndopting a constitution
at vnrlunce with that of his organiza
tion provides a binding program to
which tho farmer labor party cannot
adhere. To act with an organization
of non-partisan bodies when the far
mer labor party Is a partisan associa
tion would bo inconsistent, Mr. Ilrown
explained.
Tho letter states:
"The incentive for participating in
tho conferenco at Its inception in Chi
cago was In tho hopo that when tho
pending economic difficulties, affect
ing particularly the railroad workers
and minors, together with tho con
gressional elections woro out of tho
way there might bo brought to tho
orgnnlzed labor groups Identified with
the conference, a realization of the
necessity for Independent political
action through tho conference, jn tho
part of the workers through a party of
their own, nt tho succcding meeting.
In this we woro disappointed.
"It Is therefore felt that, in fairness
both to the conference and ourselves,
we should undertake to carry on the
work In cooperation with such groups
as are willing to cooperate on tho
basis of Independent ixilltlcnl action."
Tho letter concluded with Mr.
Brown's resignation ns a representa
tive of the farmer Inbor party from
the conference national committee
and tho statement that ho could tint
attend tho March meeting to be held
In Washington on March 10 and 11.
WA3HINGTON, Feb. 19. Wash
ington's statute regulating tho prac
tice of dentistry In that stalo was
held by thn suprenjo court today to
beconstitutional, '
SECEDES
FROM
Trouble Again
The police sny tho arrest was order
ed by tho cafo manager after nn en
counter between Jilss Nesbit and IV
physician at ono of tho cafo tables
beforo sho was to go on with her
danco net.
MIhs Nesbit, according to;
tho police, suddenly brought tho
diners to their feot by crying that tho
physician had approached her tablo
I and struck her in the faco.
Tho physician said Miss Nesbit nd-
dressed a remark to him while hoiBHod in cases from Iowa nnd Ohio,
was .lancing with nnother woman
nnd then slapped him. Ho said he
merely gently pushed hor toward a
chair. No chargo was preferred
against hllll.
ID AI
SISSON, CALIF.
Fred HurRt, a former well known
rosldent of this city died in tho hos
pital at Dunamnlr, Calif., Sunday atr
ternoon about 5 o'clock from bullet
wounds, sustained at tho climax of a
bitter quarrel, with his business
partner, at Sisson, Calif. Saturday
afternoon. The two men conducted
a cigar store at SIsBon. According
to a report received in this city, this
morning the partnor, la undor ar
rost, and In the hospital suffering
from injuries sustained in the bat
tle. The name of Hurst's partnor, or
tho cause of tho quarrel were not
learned.
According to word recolvcd by
friends in this city, Hurst was shot
four times, once In the hand, once in
tho neck, onco in tho stomach and
once In the choBt. Tho regular doc
tor at Slsaon, was out on a call, and
It wub necessary to rush tho wound
ed man to Dunsmulr, Calif, Loss of
blood, was given fis one of the con
tributing causes of death.
Relatives In this city loft Satur
day night by auto for DunBmuIr,
Cal., and a phono messago Sunday
morning said Hurst's condition was
favorable.
Hurst was born nnd raised In (lie
Roguo River valloy, and was about
35 ycurs of age. Ho Is survived by
a wife and little girl, besides relatives
nnd friends In this city and valley.
Ilo was widely known. Ho moved
from this section about seven years
ago, and resided at Weed, Calif., for
several years before moving to Sla
on, Cnllf.
Mlsa Myrtlo Hurst, a sister of the
dead man, and Frank Ilurat, a broth
er, reside In this city. Another sis
ter, Mrs. Jackson, Uvea In Sacramen
to, Calif., and a brother Is now In
British Columbia, nnd another ono
lives In Tacomn, Wash. Deceased Is
a nephew of Lorn Cliarloy, a pioneer
oi Jackson county.
EX-mEDFORDITE
Mil
John Hays Hammond
New Ambassador to
Japan, Tokio Reports
HONOLULU, T. II., Fob. 19.
(By the Associated Press.)
It la reported In Tokio thut John
Hays Hammond, mining ongi-
neer nnd millionaire, is to bo
named Amorican ambassador to
Japan to succeed Ambassador 4
Charles Beecher Warron, ac-
cording to a cablegram from To-
klo received by tho Japaneso
newspaper Nlppu JIJI of Hono-
lulu.
TAKES SEAT ON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Asso
ciate Justlco Edwin T. Snnford of
Tennessee took tho Judicial oath upon
tho re-convening of tho supremo
court today after a threo weeks' re
cess. Ho was conducted to his seat
nt tho extreme left of tho chief Jus
tice, filling tho bench for tho first
time sinco tho present term of ho su
premo court began in October and
Khus making likely tho early conside
ration of a number of cases which
havo been put off, duo to the va
cancies.
Among the cases on tho calendar
for presentation to tho court after
tho delivery of opinions nro several of
natlon-wido importance nnd It is ex
pected that tho alien land cases from
California and Washington to deter
mine whether Japanese can bo pro
vented from owning or leasing land
In those states will bo sot for argu
ment shortly.
Tho cases on tho calendar for this
week Includo tho attack by tho Chi
cago board of trade upon tho consti
tutionality of tho "grain futures net,"
under which tho government seeks
control ovor the principal grain ex
changes of the country and to which
it lironoses farmers' co-oneratlvo as-
relations shall bo admitted to mem
bership.
Tho authority of states to prohibit
the uso of foreign languages below
tho eighth grade in public, prlvuto
and parochial schools, ohondy
will bo further tested by two cases
from Nebraska, the more Important
having been brought by tho Nebraska
district of Evangelical Lutheran sy
nod of Missouri and othor states.
Former sorvlco men will be inter
ested in a enso brought by tho United
States against Nelson W. Rider to
hnvo finally dotormlned tho construc
tion to bo placed upon laws regulat
ing the pay enlisted men rccoivo
Whllo in training for officers' com
missions in tho reservo corps.
Tho motion picture Industry Is in
terested in enses which tho court will
hear during tho week, two brought
by tho Fox Film corporation against
Fredorlck M. Knowlcs, nnd others
presenting for interpretation dls
putod questions nrlslng from filming
of copyrighted books.
BIG FEBYJALANCE
WASHINGTON, Fob. 19 Prospects
of surpassing tho Soptcmbor customs
receipts record ot $53,000,000 by a
total for February of $55,000,000 were
seen by the treasury announcement
today trat tho recolpta for the first
fifteen days ot Fobruary wero $24,
7.10,955. The Soptombcr record was mado
through the efforts ot shippers to un
load shlpmonts In advance of the ap
plication of the now tariff law. Esti
mates of tho collections for tho cur
rent fiscal year ending Juno 30 have
been raised from (150,000,000 to $480,-
000,000, and even as high the half bll -
linn mark
An Increase In gold exporting and ft,
docrenae In imports of tho metal was 1
mentioned as a gratifying Index of ,
Improved world financial conditions. '
EDWIN AN Oi
HCOi
REPORT RICHEST HEIRESS IN ENGLAND
IS TO MARRY STEEPLECHASE JOCKEY
LONDON, Fob. 19. Tho morning
newspapers announce today thnt
Lady Ursula Orosvcnor, dnughtcr of
tho Duke of Westminster, Is soon to'
marry tho successful steeplechase
Jockey, Jock Anthony. Lady Ursula,
who will be 21 years old on Wednes
day Is nn accomplished nnd fearless
horsewoman.
If Jnrkey Anthony weds Lndy Ur
sula Grosvenor, ho will marry Into
31
PEOPLE
IN
N. Y. FIRES
Twenty-two Patients in Hos
. pital for Insane Burned to
. Death While Four Negroes
Die in Tenement Blaze
Asylum Fire Started By
Blast in Hell Gate.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 Four negroes
a grandmother, daughter and two
grandsons porished In a Brooklyn
touoniont flro today, bringing to 31
the total of flro fatalities in Greater
New York during tho coldest week
end of tho winter.
Twonty-flve porjshed nt the Man
hattan state hospital for the insane
on Ward's Island.
A woman dropped dead from hdart
diBeaso at a fire In her Bronx home.
A three year old child lost Its life
in a five-story tenement fire on the
upper east Bide. The charred body
was found in a crib.
NEW YORK, Fob. 19. (By Associ
ated PreBs). Eight Inquiries were
under way today In the tragedy on
Ward's Island, a little Jutting rock 1n
the swirling waters of the Hell Gate
where yesterday fire swept a ward of
the Manhattan state hospital for the
lnsnne, killing 22 pationta and three
male attendants. Nineteen bodlea had
been recovered before duak and re
moved to the city morgue but six
more remained In the ice covered
ruina. -Theao, It is feared, have been
cremated, and Superintendent Marcus
B. Hnyman expressed doubt whether
more than charred bones ever would
bo recovered.
The blaze, waa believed to have been
started by a terrific blast In Hell Gate
whlclf broke the insulation on electric
wiring, causing a short circuit.
A curious hush pervaded the Island
during the night. The bedlam of cries
and ravings which ordinarily might
have been expected was entirely lack
ing. The whole population ot the
state's asylum presented a phlegmatic
calm after the day of Borrow, a day on
which the Insane acted most sanely.
The one unit of tho 75 on the Island
that was attacked by flames housed
the most violently lnsnno men ot
hnmlH.lnl tnndonclAR whn nt nnv Tnn-
mcnt might have leaped at the throats
ot their rescuers. But although a few
struggled as the guards tried to push
tholr way to safety through the smoke
and flames, not a single attack upon
an attendant was reported.
Several world war veterans perish
ed in the flames.
Yesterday's blaze destroyed but a
part of the great building, which, over
crowded as it is, Bomotlmes shelters
2200. The building la tirty yoars old.
Tho peril In which the Inmates on the
Island lived has been brought .to the
attention ot tho public In the last 26
yours, by six fires besides mat oi yes
terday, ;
w r Rinni F PASSFS
AWAY IN CHICAGO
The sad news of the death ot W. B.
Blddle, father of W. F. Blddle of
Modl'ord, was received here - today.
Mr. Blddle died last night In Chicago
where he bad boen critically ill for six
woeks following a cold contracted
while In the east whore he went to
attend the 8. P.-U.' P. morger hearing
in Wnahington, D. C. Mr. Blddle who
, had been a Medford resident the past
i tew years was formerly vice President
1 of the Frisco railroad and while here
i tnnk nn nctlvn nnrt In thn mannire-
mcnt of the local department ot the
Oregon Orowerg. W. F. Blddle wag at
his father's bedside when the end
came.
ono of tho richest families In Eng
land, probnbly tho largest land owner.
Tho Duke ot Westminster possesses
about 30,000 acres of land In Ches
hire nnd Flintshire and about 000
acres ot property In London. His
family residence Is Eton Hall. In
Chestor, ono ot tho largest country
houses In tho kingdom, and his pos
sessions besides Includo n half doien
other magnlflclont estates. Lady
Ursula Is tho duke's eldest daughter,
by his first marrlago.
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