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Maximum yesterday 83.7
Minimum today.. .44
Maximum
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ally Eighteenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-Third Year.
MEDFORD, OREGOX, TUESDAY, MAY 8,
NO. 40
SE BAND
M
M
;H1E
ITS DEMAND
$2,000,000
AMERICANS
MOBILIZING
; AT TIENTSIN
1 u
London Reports British and
American Troops Mobilizing
As Bandits Demand. Huge
Sum for Release of Pris
oners More Harrowing
Experiences Told.
WASHINGTON, May 8. Tho
Peking government lias promis
ed to pay tho ransom demanded
by tho Cliinest bandits who cap
tured American citizens and a
number of foreign nationals after
wrecking tho Shanghai-Peking
express Sunday morning, tho
state department was advised
late today by Jacob O. Schur
man, American minister at Pe
king. LONDON, May 8. (By tho
Asswlatcd. Ih-oss) A ransome
of $2,000,000 for (ho foreigners
held prisoner Is demanded by the
Chinese bandits, says a Central
' News dispatch from Shanciiul
today.
Tho British and American
garrhoiis at Tien Tsln have been
mobilized, the dispatch adds.
YENSHOWj FU China, May 8.
tBy the Associated Press.) Negotia
tions have been started for the re
lease of the prisoners captured by tils
Chinese bandits, it is announced In
advices received here. The bandits
are located, thirty miles from Lincli
eng. One of the American majors held
captive Is reported wounded.
List of Foreigners
SHANGHAI, May 8. Following is a
list of the foreigners held by the bri
gands: Americans Major Roland Pinger,
Manila; Roland Pinger, Jr., Manila;
Major Robert Allen, Manila; Robert
Allen, Jr., Manila; Leon Friedman,
China Motors corporation, Shanghai:
J. B. Powell, editor Woekly Review,
Shanghai; Lee Solomon, Shanghai;
J. A. Henley, China and Fnr East
Finance and Commerce periodical,
Shanghai.
Other nationalities Chovallcr Mus
so, attorney, Italian, Shanghai; Fred
Ellas, broker, Ilritish, Shanghai; Ed
ward Ellas, broker, British, Shanghai;
,-JTheodore Sappioro, broker, British,'
Tianghal; Emlle Gonsberger, broker,
Tench, Shanghai; Manuel Ancirra
Vrea, Moxlcan, Guadalajara, Mexico;
F. W. Pratt, nationality not known.
Miss Aldrich In Hospital
TIEN TS1N, China, May 8. (Ily As
sociated Press). Messers. Day and
Jncobsnn, and Miss Coralll, throo of
the foreigners who escaped from tho
bandits who raided the Peking express
atScichow early Sunday, arrived here
thte' morning. They mild that Miss
Lucy T. Aldrich, slstcr-ln-lnw of John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., her companion.
Miss Mlnnlo McFadden, and Miss
Sehonberg had stopped In Tsinanfu,
where they were admitted to a hospi
tal suffering from shock. Their feet
were cut and bruised.
Mr. Day, an American, said the ban
dits split the captives Into several par
ties after forcing them to leave the
train. The passengers, guarded heav
y.y were brutally hurried Into tho hilly
country which Is tho stronghold ot tho
bnndlts.
"If a prisoner lagged he was prod-
(Continued on page eight)
TO BIG HOLY
NEW YORK, May 0. Present day
scientific, ethical and philosophical
theories will be united in re-writing
the Bible, "In the light of twentieth
century." It was announced todny by
the Tyson Lectureship Foundation,
Inc.. which wns organised yesterday
in the library of J. 1. Morgan's home.
, The modern Interpretation will be
carried to all pnrts of the country by
the Hev. Stuart L. Tyson, honorary
4vlear of the cathedral of ft. John the
1)1 vine.
The fbunditflon was declared to
Old Man Winter
Sweeps Middlewest,
Mercury Hits 32
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 8.
Light snow flurrios In Minneso
ta and cold clear weather In
other status of tho northwest
was reported today. It was 32
above zero here this morning.
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 8.
Freezing temperatures were re
ported from numerous northern
Iowa towns today while Dcs
Moines witnessed a brief snow
flurry and saw tho temperature
drop to 35 degrees.
SEATTLE, May 8. Sixty-three ot
tho leading logging operators of Wash
ington whose camps were affected by
the strike of I. V. W. called April 25,
have decided not to re-employ known
I. W.. W. who were active In the dem
onstration, lumbermen here said to
day. The ban will not affect men who
joined the strike through fear of vio
lence or who can give other good rea
sons for quitting work, it was said.
Strikers throughout the state began
returning to the camps yesterday, fol
lowing the Issuance of an order by
the I. W. W. general strike committee
ending the walkout. Many of the
smaller camps were operating at full
capacity today, according, to reports
here.
Mill men said the Btrlke had affect
ed the, log supply to a greater degree
than was at first reported but that no
acute shortage was anticipated.
SPOKANE, May 8. Known mem
kers of the I. W. V. are being refused
re-employment by lumber camps and
millB of eastern Washington and nor
thern Idaho, inquiry of lumbe'r con
cerns In this territory developed to
day. Only In cases where plants were
hard hit by the I. W. W. strike are
Btrikers being tak,cn back, it was
stated.
Rooming houses and employment
agencies here today reported that
I. W. W. are rapidly the city for the
logging camps. v
LOS ANGELES, May 8 Longshore
mon who obeyed tho strike call issued
April 28 by the marine transport work
ers branch of the Industrial Workers
of the World are returning to work at
Los Angeles harbor at the rate of H0
a day, according to officers of the
Ship Owners Association of the Pa
cific Coast.
CEREAL CO: BLOWS UP
BUFFALO, I INJURED
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 8. Two
men were Berlously Injured and one
hundred girls mado hurried flight
from tho plant of the II-O Cereal com
pnny In Fulton street this afternoon
when a dust explosion wrecked ths
feed building. Fire followed tho ex-
plosion.
Firemen were unable to enter the
building because of tottering walls
but company officials said It was be
lloved nil employes In tho foed section
except the two taken to a hospltul es
caped injury.
I
BIBLE UP TO DATE
have been Incorporated "to mnko nc
Mu.ll.ln ti mnn n n rl tt'fimntl In IFOne
rnl tho results of tho research of
modern scholars Into tho origins of
the Christian religion and its Inter
pretation and play In regard to the
bible."
Importnnt members of the new
hnilv include Blshon Herbert flhlp-
mnn. Annollatn Justice Finch of the
New York supreme court, former At
torney General Wickersnnm , very
Kev. E. S. Housmanlere of Boston
and Frnnk I.. Polk and Major tiono
ral Bullnrd, U. 8. A.
ILLS DECLARE
IIW.LOCKOUI
INWASHINGTON
RUSSIA ID
GT.
NEAR BREAK
Moscow Indignant Over Note
From London, Censuring
Soviet Govt, for Action
Toward Priests and British
Representatives Warn All
British to Leave.
J.ON DON, May 8. ( By tho As
sociated Press.) Tho British
note to tho Russian soviet gov
ernment, tho text of which was
issued .tonight by tho foreign
office, is a virtual ultimatum.
Tho soviet is given ten days in
which to forward a reply com
plying billy and unconditionally
with certain specified demands,
failing which, tho note says,
.Great Britain will recognize that
tho soviet docs not wish to main
tain tho existing relations be
tween tho two governments.
MOSCOW, May 8. (By tho
Associated Press.) A long noto
reviewing the numerous Ilritish
complaints against soviet Rus
sia and couched in such strong
terms that it may bring Iltisso
Bi'itish relations to nn issue, wns
handed to Maxim Utvinoff, as
sistant commisar for foreign af
fairs, this afternoon by tho Brit
ish lvprosentutivo Robert M.
Hodgson.
Anticipating a break in rela
tions, tho British mission scv-"
crnl days ago warned nil Brit
ishers in Russia that, in view of
tho delicate situation, they
should bo prepared to leave tho
country on short notice. In
structions to such notifications
nro understood to hnvo been sent
by tho British foreign office.
LONDON, May 8. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Tho British noto to
Russia, which Donald McNeill, Brit
ish uiidor-BOcretary for foreign af
fairs, told the house of commons had
been sent to Moscow, is unofficially
reported to be strongly worded com
plaint against the discourteous treat
ment necorded the British protest in
the Kcpliak case, the seizure of tho
British trawler James Johnson oft
the Murmnn coast, disregarding tho
rocognized three-mile limit and tho
brusque treatment given tho British
agent at Moscow.
Members of tho house wero unable
to draw much information from Mr.
McNeil. Tho under-secrotary said he
understood tho soviet commissary of
jut-tiro wns considering cancellation
of the verdict against the captain
and crew of the vessel and was inak
liiK nrrnngemcnts for tho Immediate
return of tho crow. Tho government
spokesman said ho wns not informed
as to the enptain, who Is bcliovcd to
bo still dctnincd.
Mr. McNeill Intimated that he
might make a further statement next
week.
Tho British communists have
taken a hand In Iho cnmpnlgntigninst
what labor believes is to bo tho Im
mincut cancellation of tho trade
ngreement with Russia. Tho com
munlsts hnvo Issued a manifesto call
Ing for tho organization of "councils
of action." to prevent tho closing of
the headquarters of tho Russia trade
delegation in London.
British King Honors
Italy's Unknown Dead
ROME, May 8. (By the Associat
ed Press.) King Georgo and Queen
Mary of England today laid wreaths
on tho tombs of Italy's unknown sol
dler and of King Victor Emmanuel
II., and King Humbert.
Driving to the Pantheon, whore tho
two former sovereigns are burled,
the British rulers wero received by
the minister of public Instruction and
by tho veterans of the Italian war of
Independence, who since the death of
Victor Emmanuel II., In 1878, have
maintained a guard over the tomb,
Will Fix Up Road
According to. Charles'G. Thomson,
superintendent of Crater National
Park, County Judge O. A. Gardner has
assured the park service that the bad
stretch of road near McCloud on the
Crater Lake highway will be In good
shaim for travel by June Kith at the
lutest.
New Envoy to Mexico Leaves for Post
Sec'y. of the Nnvy Edwin Dcnhy bidding goodbye to Chas. B. War
ren, tho nowly appointed envoy to Mexico, as tho latter was leaving tho
White House to assume his new duties.
BASEBALL SCORES
National.
BROOKLYN, May 8. Charles
Grimm, Pittsburg first sncker, hit
safely in his twenty-first consecutive
game' today, knocking out his third
home run of the senson in the second
inning of tho PIrato-Biooklyn con
test. .At Brooklyn R. Hi. E.
Pittsburg ....8 10 8
Brooklyn 6 10 1
Morrison and Oooch: Harper, Rcri
ber, Mummaux, Deckerman and Do
borry. At Philadelphia R. H. E.
St. Louis 11 19 1
Philadelphia 3 8 1
Haines and Atnsmith, McCurdy;
Hubbell and Hcnlino. j
At New Tork ' R. H. E.
Chicago 4 3 1
Boston 6 12 3
Donohue and Hnrgrave; Benton,
Ooschger, Gcnorlck and O'Neill.
American.
At Detroit R. H. E.
Washington 8 11 1
Detroit i 2 7 1
Varmouth and flliarrity; Johnson,
Mooro and Woodall.
(Called end 7th. rain).
At Clovoland R. H. E.
New York 3 6 0
Cleveland 2 4 2
Shawkey and tichang; Covelesklo
and O'Neill.
(Called end 7th, rain).
Boston-Chicago postponed; wet
grounds.
Philadclphia-St. Louis postponed,
cold.
Coast.
Portland-Los Angelns gamo post
poned; Portland traveling.
No More Paper
Wheel Pullmans
CHICAOO, May. 8. Tho paper enr
wheel that intrigued tho imagination
of America years ago, and which
once served on every Pullman car. Is
now only a memory, according to tho
Pullman News.
Tho steel wheel hns succeeded the
paper cored wheel in every Instance
The public's Idea back In 1880, that
the paper wheel's ' superiority was
that the paper center would not 1)0
susceptihlo to tho expanding and con
tracting Influences of heat and cold
was a misapprehension, as tho real
reason for Its valuo lay In tho dead
ening of sound under passenger cars,
particularly Pullmans. It wns suc
cessful for 25 years and then tho nll-
stcel wheel began , to tako Its place,
until today thero is not a paper cored
wheel on nny Pullman car, accord
ing to the News.
Mother and Children Burned.
DERRY, Pa., Mny 8. A mother
and three smnll children wero burned
to death hero today when flro de
stroyed the home of Perry Worman
a Pennsylvania railroad laborer.
And Still They Dance,
DALLAS, Texas, May 8 R. J
Nedman at 10 a, m. today completed
142 hours of dancing and sold he In
tended to rontlnuo until noon Wed
nesday,
BIG LUMBER SALE
PORTLAND, Ore., May 8. Frod
Merrick, of St. Marios, Idaho, timber
operator of that Btalo and thoxOulf
coast, was arranging toduy to com
plete the purchase of 890,000,000
feet of timber In tho Malheur na
tional forest.
The transfer Involves between 3,
000,000 and $4,000,000.
Hcrrick, who reached Portland to
day after an extensive trip over tho
timber tract, which lies at tho head-'
quarters of Sllvlos river, has made the
necessary showing to government of
ficials that ho will carry tho purchase
through, It was said. Horrlck's bid
was made April 5. '
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 8.
Damngos osllmalod at in oro than
$50,000 was dono by n flro which
broko out at 3 o'clock this morning
In the dry kilns of tho Nnrthwostorn
Lumber company at Iloqulnm. in
addition to gutting the kilns, It de
stroyed a shlnglo wnrchouso and sev
eral million Btnrcd Bhlngles. Tho fire
was brought under control at G a. m.
Its origin Is unknown.
BELLINOIIAM, Wash., May 8.
Tho sawmill of the Bell Pack Lumber
company at Vanznttdf, wns destroyed
by flro of unknown origin last night
with a loss of from $15,000 to $110,-
000. Tho other property wnB saved.
REPLY TO GERMANY
LONDON, May 8. (By Iho Asso
ciated Press.) Tho chancellor of tho
exchequer, Stanley Baldwin, stated In
the hr-use of commonB toduy that tho
government regretted tho precipitan
cy of the Kranco-Holglan reply to the
Gorman reparations noto and propos
ed to ntaie Its own view In a soparato
reply, wilh the If a:;t possible delay.
He added that there was reason to
believe that Italy wns In accord with
th.i Hi HI ilt and contemplated similar
proiedtro.
Lasker to Resign July.
WASHINGTON". May 8. Edward
P. Kaili y, Chicago, former president
ot thu Emergency Fleet corporation,
was p '.n iiied to President Harding
today by Chairman Lasker ot the
shipping board "nd Vnter S. Teaulo,
Prmldi'tii of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey as a possible sue?
censor to Mr. Laswer upon his resig
nation 111 July.
Portland Woman
Kills Husband, Then
Commits Suicide
PORTLAND, Oro., May 8.
Richard llrautlatcli, 28, was
shot to doath at his homo toduy
by his wifo who endod her llfo
by firing a bullet Into horear at-
tcr throwing herself upon his
dead body. The police found a
noto written by the wlfo which
indicated sho had been planning
tho deed for somo tiino on ac-
count of Jealousy.
Tho couplo had boon mnrrled
about a year.
DENIES OREGON
R. R. RATES WILL
T
PORTLAND, Ore.. T.iay 8. F. W.
Robinson of Omaha, freight traffic
manager ot tho Union Pacific system,
resumed tho stand hero today in tho
hearing on proposed wool rates being
conducted by II. C. Fall, examiner for
tho intorstnto commerce commission.
"I do not want to see the Intorlor
wool growers stopped from having tho
privllcgo of sending tholr wool to
Portland," ho said. "I hope thoy will
continue to send tholr wool hero for
cleaning and baling. I cannot see that
the charges suggested will In any way
Impair Portland's advantage or posi
tion as a center and principal place
for tho cleaning, baling and storing ot
wool."
Robinson explained a proponed 25
cent tariff for baling in transit am
said Portland has nothing to foar from
the new. rates which have boon, torn
Hrartly suspended by the commission
pending hearings in Portland . and
othor westorn cltios.
Robinson, just before . quitting tho
witness stand after a grilling examina
tion, in which nearly a dozen question
ers took a lively part, repented a
stnteinont he had made earlier:
"I do not think this new rato will
Impair Portland as a wool center, It
will not hurt tho ability of Portland to
got tho wool business of the north
wosL" It wnB brought out that nt present
nbput sixty lmrcent of tho wool of tho
northwest comes to Portland for clean
ing, baling or storage and that forty
per cent goos to tho Atlantic seaboard
from tho points of origin.
M. A. Cuinmlngs of Oakland, Cat.,
assistant general freight agent of the
Soutliorn Pacific railroad was again
on the Btnnd todny. Ho was nskod to
explain why the rato on wool in car
load lots from California and Arizona
points to tho Atlantic coast by rail
should bo higher than rates on honoy,
nuts and cotton.
Ho Bald that different phases ot bus
iness entered Into the matter of rate
making and that tariffs wore filed to
glvo producers opportunity to compoto
with eastern and mlddlo woslern grow
ers of various products.
Thero was a very lively discussion
on tho subject of ratea on drlod hides.
Cummins finally Hlnmmed tho exhibits
on tho tahlo In front of him and do
clared ho would answer no moro ques
tions not dealing with tho subject of
tho hearing.
Ho slnlod that "thoso proposed
rates on wool aro not ns low as ro
quired to assure rail curriers of taking
a fair share ot tho wool carrying busi
ness from tho wator terminals away
from tho water carriers, but that the
rate Is as low as the railroads can
mako at this time."
P
LAND
EUGENE GIRL AMONG THOSE CAPTURED
BY CHINESE BANDITS AND RELEASED
MANILA, May 8. (I!y Associated
Pross). Miss Lillian Aul ot Eugotic,
Ore., Is reported to havo been cnii
tured nnd roloascd by tho Chlnoso
bandits who seized a train near tho
Shantung border Sunday. Sho wai
traveling In the Far East with hor
aunt, Mrs, L. A. Boston of Borkoloy,
Cnl. Thoy spent several months In
the Philippines before leaving recent
ly for China. Miss Auld was graduat
ed from the University of Oregon last
Juno.
EUGENE, Ore., May 8. Miss Lil
lian Auld of Eugene who was captured
nnd released by bandits near the Shan
tung border In China, Is tho only
KIP P HEAD
SENTENCED
TO 15 YEARS
Dr. Krupp Von Bohlen Must
Pay Fine of 100 Million
Marks As Result of French
Court Martial Directors
Also Found Guilty and Get
Heavy Sentences.
WERDEN, May 8. (Dy tho Asso
ciated Press.) Dr. Krupp von Boh
len, head of tho Krupp workB, was
sentenced to fifteen years In jail and
to pay a fine of 100,000,000 marks
today as a result of tho trial by court
martial hero growing out of tho
shooting at tho Krupp plant on
March 31.
Directors Hartwlg and Oesterlln
also wore sentenced to fifteen years'
Imprisonment each. Director Brunn
to ten years and Bauer and Schaeffor
to twenty years each. All wore also
sentonced to pay fines of 100,000,000
marks each.
Managers Schaepler and Cuntz
were sentenced to twenty years" Im
prisonment with fines of 100,000,000
marks; Superintendent Qross of the
apprentice department was given ton
years and Factory Councilman Muel
ler, six months. Three workmen ac
cused of stealing a motorcycle woro
glvon 2 to 0 months.
Tho defendants wore charged Willi
Inciting tho workmen at the plant to"
resist tho French troops whon thoy
camo to requisition automobiles. Es
pecial strosB was laid by the French
prosocutlon on tho blowing ot tho si
rens at tho plant, which, It was con
tended, encouraged the men to re
sist. It was hold that tho directors
wore responsible for the continued
sounding of tho sirens oven If thoy
had not directly ordored that they be
blown. .
BY ITALIAN TROOPS
ROME, May 8. (By the Asso
ciated Pross.) Fifteen hundred reb
els wore dofealod and 200 killed by
the Italians In their latost operations
In Tripoli, Involving the occupation
of an advanced point, It was announc
ed In tho official slatomont today cov
ering tho latest developments. The
atatemont says:
'.'Our troops occupied Bortagomut,
sixty kilometers south of Slimon and
MlBitrta after defeating 1500 robels,
of whom 200 woro killed. Wo aUo
captured arms and ammunition. Otir
casualties wero 100 Askarls (natlva
troops) killed."
An unofficial report says the Ital
ian losses Included 119 wounded.
Hex-over IJHOOO In Cash. .
MINNEAPOLIS, May 8. Approx
imately $S,000 In currency, part of
thu loot stolon .during the holdup of
tho fodoral rosnrvo truck In front ot
tho Denvor mint, Inst "year has boon
recovered to dato In Minneapolis by
sovrot sorvlco ngonts, It was an
nounced. daughter of David Auld, vlco proRidont
of tho Unltod States National bank
hero. .
Miss Auld Is a wrltor of short stor
ies and feature articles and an Illus
trator. In tho University of Oregon
hero she was presldont of the Dial and
ot the Pot and Quill, colloge women's
literary frntomltles and a member ot
Kappa Apha Theta. She was gradu
ated from Eugene public schools and
Montlccllo seminary In Illinois, having
lived here since ten years ot age, ex
cept for a year spout studying art In
tho east.
Mrs. Lillian A. Seaton, her aunt,
with whom she was traveling, has
spent much ot her time In the Orient,
particularly In Manilla, .