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Newspaper Page Text. NE ?1 Xh edford Mail Tribu The Weather Prediction Cloudy Maximum yesterday 83 Minimum today. 6.3 Weather Yew Ago Maximum SSialmam , -4 ally Klefe"! vi Weekly Fifty-Third Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY, lCt 1923 NO, 41 REPORT TO GM.'HO M REI STAGES. HURL THREE HOSTAGES TO THEIR DEATH Unconfirmed Report From Shanghai Declares Chinese Bandits' Serve a Ghastly Warning to Authorities By Murdering Three Captives Little Hope of Rescue. SHANGHAI, Slay- 10. (By the Associated Press.) With an unconfirmed report received hero this morning from IJncheng that three of . the Chinese captives held by the Suchow train ban dits had been hurled to their death over n precipitous cliff in the Shantung mountains as a f warning to the authorities, fur ther word of tho negotiations for the release of the foreign cap tives was awaited anxiously. The Lincerng report said the Chi nese victims were Hilled instantly. The alleged murders were said to have been intended to impress on the Chinese gomernment and the foreign diplomatic corps that the bandits meant what they said when they an ',' nounced that all the prisoners would " be slain unless the bandits' terms were complied with. The period of the ultimatum sent out i Sunday by the bandit chieftain, granting three days, wag believed to have expired either last nfght or some time today. Leaders of the bandits are said tq have met emissaries yesterday after noon at Dragon Paw cliff, ten miles north of Tsao Chwang. Counter pro posals were discussed and it is believ ed that the outlaws', final decision was forwarded today. Demand Recognition The demands emphasize, as a ba sic requirement, that the foreign dip lomats guarantee the bandits against reprisals from Chinese or foreign aources, and also that the diplomats pledge the carrying out of the gen eral terms. These term? do not men tion ransom, but require the forma tion of the bandit force, numbering 8000 into two brigades, wfth Sun Mel- Jan, one of the bandit leaders, ap pointed brigade commander5. The Chinese government also Is ordered vto send the bandit stronghold fall "supplies of ammunition, this is to be preceded by the withdrawal of all pur suing troops. Chevalier Musso, a prominent Ital ian attorney, one of the captives, is reported in a desperate plight from Illness. Another Raid Planned SHANGHAI, May 16. By the As soclated Press,) The strong force of ' v bandits entrenched In the hills back of Lincheng, where they are holding their prisoners, are contemplating a possible attempt to kidnap parties of foreigners at Tsao Chwang who have been negotiating for the release of Uie prisoners captured on the Shang hai-Peking express May 6, according to advices brought here today from Lincheng. Rchurmnn Discouraged WASHINGTON, May! 16. Minis- f ter Shurman reported to the state de partment today that no progress was being made in negotiations between the Chineso authorities and the ban dit leaders for the release of Ameri cans and other foreigners held cap tive in Shantung. The minister said there were indications that the ne gotiations might drag on indefinitely (Continued on Page Six) PRUNE GROWERS OF A BIG MARKETING ORGANIZATION PORTLAND Ore., May 18. Steps were taken here yesterday by repre sentatives of Oregon and southwest Washington prune growing organiza tions to merge all the units Into one major organization for marketing of the crop. A committee to map out a plan of federation was nominated and It will report within the next two weeks, it was announced. The committee consists of M. J. Newhouse of tho Oregon Growers' as- Recommend 'Award Government Work Crater Lake Road PORTLAND, Ore., May 16. Bids on nearly $500,000 worth" of road work in the states of Oregon and Washington were opened yesterday at the office of the United States' bureau of pub- ' ilie roads. Only one bid was recommended for award. This involved 8.7 miles of surfacing work on the Medford-Crater Lake road. This award is for the road bo- tween Union Creek and the Na- tional Park boundary line. It is estimated that the work will ' cost 100,000, and it is under- stood that work will start at ' once. UPTON SINCLAIR S HaD IN JAIL US HUM Famous Novelist and Red Sympathizer Arrested in Raid Near. Los Angeles for Violating Ordinance Against I. W. W. Assemblage. LOS ANGELES, May 16. Upton Sinclair, noveliBt and socialist, is under arrest by Los Angeles police on charges of unlawful assembly" and suspicion of criminal syndicalism, it was announced here today by Chief of Police Louis D. Oaks. Oaks ap peared at the police headquarters to- day after having taken Sinclair and three others into custody at San Pedro last night, but gave no intima tion as to where -the arrested men were taken. Later the chief said the prisoners were being held in San Pedro, but de clined to say whether they were in jail. "Sinclair will be brought to Los Angeles about one o'clock this after noon," Chief OnkB said. "In the menntlrno I shall confer with the dis trict attorney's office concerning the charges against the men." Shortly after 10 a. m it was an nounced at the chief's office that Sin clair was beins held In the jail of the Wilmington branch of the city jail near San Pedro. "I will not permit anyone to see tho prisoners until they are brought hern at one o'clock," the chief said. The chief gave out a statement in which he snld Sinclair was arrested while violating a ciiy ordinance regu lating public assemblage. OREGON FORM nrtniinn: J. O Holt of Eugene: W. I Tavlor. Butte Falls: L. F. Kusseli of the Washington Growers association; W. S. Allen. Dundee: M. B. Green, tin.ohiin and Matt Corrigan, Mc- Mlnnt'iltfl Under the plans as discussed today the pack will be standardized and put out under one brand. It was stated that 16.000.000 pounds of prunes from Oregon's last crop yet remain to be sold. . . . s G. J. GOULD DIES AFTER LONG FIT Well Known American Finan cier Stricken With Pneu monia March 20th Finally Succumbs Reported Out of Danger, But Suffered Re lapseSketch of Career. MENTONB, Prance, May 16. (By Associated Press). George Jay Gould, the American financier, who has been iii at Cap Martin, near hers, for some time, died at three o'clock this mors- ing. Mr. Gould was stricken with pneu monia at his villa on March 20. For days his condition was critical but he finally rallied and was said to be out of danger. Throe weeks later, how ever, he suffered a relapse and on May 1 took a turn for the worse. The end came peacefully. Mr. iGouid's wife ana two children were at his bedside. Sketch of Career George Jay Gould, financier and rail road man, succeeded to th8 leadership of the famous Gould family soon the death ot his father, Jay Gould, Decem ber 2..18S2. S In addition to assuming responsi bility, as trustee and executor, for. the 180,000,000 estate left by his father, he carried on and expanded the great railroad holdings of the latter, and within a few years, during which he applied the lessons learned from the elder Gould, he became one of Amer ica's foremost railroad financiers. The 6000 miles of road left by Jay Gould grew into more than 20,000 miles un-; der the management of his son, while i the many investments in other hugei enterprises, including the Western Union Telegraph company, also werei largely managed by the principal heir, j George Jay Gouid was born In New ; York City February 6, 1864, the sixth in line of descent from Major Nathan Gould, old Gold, the original ancestor, who came from the south of England in 1646 and settled in Fairfield, Conn. White many of Nathan Gould's descen dants attained eminence in colonial af fairs and through service in the Revo lutionary War, It remained tor Jay Gould to become the first financier. Fortune Made In 1860 The Gould family fortune dates front I860, when Jay Gould, a partner in his father's hardware store in Delaware county, New York, bought for ten cents on the dollar a controlling Inter est in the Rutland and Washington railroad, a little bankrupt line running between Trey, New York, and Rut land, Vt. Young Gouid, in addition to selling hardware, had studied survey ing in his spare time, and took an interest in railroad building as a re- salt of these studios. Two years after pus-chasing the road Jay Gould bad succeeded in extricat ing it from financial difficulties, whereupon he sold at 120 the Interest originally acquired at ten. This was the first feat of that generalship which, over and over in later life. made him the foremost railroad de veloper of his time. George Jay Gould, even wuen quite young, showed an inclination to follow in the footsteps of his father. He re ceived a thorough education from pri vate instructors, and subsequently entered Columbia university, but was not graduated. After a tour of Europe, he became a clerk in the Western Union office, where he developed such as aptitude for detail that he soon became the as sistant of his father. George Gould was at his desk fen hours a day, and often remained long into the night, learning the business which, when he became its vice-president a few years later, operated more than a million miles of telegraph wire. Fight With Morgan This apprenticeship prepared him for the responsibility devolving upon him when Jay Gouid died. Soon after he obtained full charge of his father's interests, he called upon J. Pierpont Morgan fa regard to the purchase of the New York and Northern railway by the Manhattan Elevated road. Something 'was said which angered Mr. Gould, and he vowed never to enter the Morgan offices again. Fearing, however, that he had made a powerful enemy, he determined to neutralize its effects by an alliance Continued on Page Six) George Jay Gould Who Died in Mentone, France, This Morning Ilk v 1 1 4$ W A 1 1 s-m The protofirnph alrove shows Mr. and Mrs. Gcegre Jay 6oa3 tlse latter on a hunting trip during their honeymoon. $JGf MEDFDRD PORTLAND, Ore., May. 16. Cap- tala Wiiliiam JS. hyni, United States army air service, who left Keiiy field, Texas, May 5, to map air currents and study flying conditions In the triangle roughly bounded by Sines between Texas, ' Portland and. San Diego, Cai., arrived here late yester day afternoon after a six hour flight from Burns. Ore. Lynd's arrival was Unheralded yesterday, but at a hotel here this morning he told of Ms trip from Burns. He left at 8:45 today for San Francisco. He may make one stop ea route, possibly at M'ed, ford. The flight yesterday should have taken about two hours, bat instead' Lynd and his companion, Master Ber gsant J. E. English, were in the sirj about six hoars. At Prlneville Lynd ; made a landing because he could not! keep up his speed and dodge pine, . 1 , l . 1 1 . . v. .) 1 u3e& ii tie ttiityeu UCiVW Lira UUUUO. Efforts to follow a compass route from Burns to Portland Brought Lynd's plane somewhere in the mountains. The canyon continaed ts narrow. There was not room to tars around, so Lynd turned the nose of his craft straight up into a pelting rain and snow storm ana climbed oat of the canyon. Lakes were frozen over in the up per Cascades, snow was falling and a strong west wind was blowing against the plane, Lynd said. The flight of the "48," part of the work of the air service In charting air currents, landing fields and sup ply depots, is the first ever made by a plane of this type over the territory covered, , Lynd feels at home in Oregon, as he formerly lived at Klamath Fails. Dancer indicted Again NEW YORK, May 16. Evan Bur rows Fontaine, dancer and her mother Mrs. Florence A. Fontaine, were re indicted by tho Rockland county grand jury today for perjury in con nection with Miss Fontaine's ti.OOO, 000 breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbllt Whitney. Ceid In Nebraska OMAHA, Neb., May 16. Unseason able low temperature in Nebraska to day were reported by the local weath er bureau, with the lowest, 27, at Cai bertson. Fears for damage to truit crops were expressed. . , .MRS. SOR6 J, SOULD - SHANGHAI, May 16. By the Associated Press.) Memhers of the Chinese government gent boarded the traia bossd from Pe king to Shanghai today, attacked of ficials, beat their Chinese servants who resisted, seized everything oa the tables despite the protests Of for- eleners, and held possession of the train for several hours, it was learn ed when the train reached here this afternoon. , Finally, consular officials aboard, hacked by the Chinese officials, "pre vailed upon the gendarmerie to leave the train. The dispatch asakeg no reference in resorts that certain of the prison ers had been killed hat said reports had reached Minister Schurmaa from Conaal Savis at Eslng Taa that the bandits had transported their pris oners further into the mountains to tba main handlt headquarters. The consai said the action had followed a conference among the Isandlt lead- era. ' Father William teafars, tss aged German Catholic priest who made the trip Into tba bill retreat of the marauders, believes the relief par ties of foreigners at Tsao Chwang ar la rery grave danger. Tw strains of coal from a mlna sear j Tsao Chwang have been seixed by the bandits and 600 troops who were guarding them are declared to be aa trustworthy and likely to go ov$r to the Brigands at any moment. Perlanl asserted that American consul aaihorlties at lilnchaag and Tsao Chwang have imposed a censor ship on all telegrams and mail mat ter going out from those paints. He said the brigands are aware of every move being made along the railway lines and are kept informed ot all dsvelapmenls In lincheng, Tsao Chwaag and elsewhere hy a telephone line Into their hill retreat. The consensus of opinion among passengers aboard a train that ar rived from Lincheng this afternoon was "nobody can say what will ha the outcome of taa negotiations with the brisaads fr the release of their cap tives or what the fate of the captives will be. The affair may drag oat for weeks." TACOMA. May 1. Two masked bandit, armed, Jsid art flenrjfe I- Sfiih at htm home in Knienvilio. this aftwnnnn and forced him to aivula the hiding plnee of 147(0 he had in hi house. They left in an automo bile, Is HELD up BY Oregon Grafter Is Caught in Dakota By Radio Message MINNEAPOLIS, May 18. In- formation seat oat by radio from here by tha Missesoia Bankers association brossght Its first re- suit today with the detention at Spearfish, S. &, of a ssaa said to answer Use aescriptioa of & ssaa sought by the association. A man 4 giving the name of A. Files, driv- icg a sport ssodei Essaclsssse with an Oregon license, is alleged to have attempted to pass bad checks ai Litis Fails sad Breek- snridge, Minn. PORTLAND, Ore., May 1C According to the local office of a national detective agency. Files is wasted at Kelso, Wash., on a charge of isasslsg a worthJess check in a stare. - Sensational Charge is. Made Against Mrs. Croker 8y the , daughter of Late Tammany Chieftain Dublin - Court Recognizes Ciainv SBBMN, May IS. By the Asso ciated Press.) The allegation that Mre. Bala Croker was already mar ried Tfhen sbs went taroagh taa mar riage ceremony with the late Richard Croker, Tansmaay hall chieftais, was tearfe la the caart of appeal aeva to day oa behalf of Mrs. Ethel C. Whits of Cedar Hurst, N. Y., in connection with the Htlgaiiaa aver tba Croker will. . Mrs. White Is a daaghter of the lata Mr. Croker. The eosrt actios today was la the farm of a feeariais of her appeal from the decision of Jus tice Dodd refusing her the right to plead la tea ease tsreagai against Mrs. Croker by Kleaard Croker, Jr. William Jellett, Mrs. White's at torney, said evidence Bad come to light since Jaattes Dadd made his de cision which caald be utilized eniy If sis client 'wars allowed ta plea. The plea, he added, woald be esse of fraud. Questioned in regard to the aatare 8f the alleged fraad, Jellett repllrd 'that it would be charged that "ai the time Mrs. Bula Croker went through taa ceremony of marriage with the Jats Richard Croker, she was the wife of another man and that she conceal ed that fact from Croker ai the time sad dowa to the day of his deata. "A farther plea will he that by rnaklng falsa representations ts the deceased, she raised a pwjadka la fcis mlsd against his children." Sergeant Hanna, for Mrs. Croker, aid this was part of a eampalga ot fCostlssed as Pmi ttx.i UKIONTOWK, Pa., May It. Chariea W. Johnson and Alfred Sraest Coras, tor whom warrants have been Ioed in New York la connection with Atlantic coast rum running, were well known baslness men of Unlontown antu a year ago. Johnson was president of the com pany which owns the Uaioaiown Aatomohlle $eedway aHd Corns was secretary and treasurer. After the speedway was abandoned. Johason, who was also Interested ta the New Salem Brewing company si New Salem, fa., was charged with violating: the Volstead act. NSW YORK, May 16. By the Associated Press.) The government, WBicis sanoasced yesterday plans toi smash raat riag alleged to ha op erating liquor fleets from Miami to Boston, today obtained eight federal warrants charging conspiracy to vio Jata ihe Volstead act and defraud the: government of customs duties. More warrant, it was aaaoaaced, will be sought. President in Letter to -S: Y. Resident Regarding &rti- Dry Measure, Sees Treble if Bl is Signed Compares the Liquor Industry With Slavery. NBWBUHQH, Jf. Y May 16. Re peal of state prohibition enforcement ssmiates waaM fee 5ikiy ta ressli Is "mare or leas caafllet feeiweess atata and federal authorities, In the opin ion of President Harding. The view ef the reaSda were expressed la a letter to Wesley Walt, of tfels city. made nubile today. A bill passed by the legislature repealing the act is awaiting actios by Soveraer SaiftS. Mr. Walt wrote to the president, erglag that If Governor Smith Bhculd sign the bill congress .fee csaveaed aad taat the governor asd toe mem- tsera of iha iegiaSaiure wfco voted for the bill be suspended. "Every state official wfee roied tar - this bill is saisjeet is the law of trea son, having taken the oath to sas taln the constitution of the United States, Mr, Wait' letter said. la reply President Hardlsg wrote; "Pending the approval of the Cuvil ller biil by Governor Smith, Jjis mat- . , tr lf hardly ta fee regarded as isai V lag reached is iag whre aay fed eral auihority Is called upon for de termination of nations' policies. With , marts of what yea say I am fally in accord. Mr. Oaeoln eaid at the time when slavery was still a recognised, established and accepted taetitaiioa ihroaghosi part sf tbe aalaa taat the aailaa coald aot exist half clave . and half free. The expression has been accepted ever asiace as preseat lag the oevleaa sad eeselasls-e logic of the siiaaiiea which then confront ed the union. Certainly it would have beea etlil more imisrssaiise if there had iseea at tsai iime a eoasiiisiisaai provision against slavery as there la now a constitutional provision against the Ilqaos- trarile. . Tae U of Sso Xaad. "The nation has deliberately, after many years of consideration, adopted the present .jsoiicy which is written fsto the eighteenth amesdreeai. It Is .the Jaw of ihe land and of every staio within the ssios. So long as it remalaa the eatioaal pslley there eaa be only ese coarse for the national government to pursue, that is fa Use every means to make effective the htw paewd la compliance with this conetltuMeaai mandate. To do this will be the unquestioning policy of the prsseot admiaistrstlog and J may add ifeat 1 am firmly eeavisced tisat it mast hs iiie pollry of ether adminis trations that shall come hereafter, "The executive of the aaiiea- and equally tae ejtaeailves at the staies, are sworn to enforce the constitution. ' It is difficult to believe that public ' approval will he gives ta any oiher tfeas a policy of fally aad iiieraily dss- CharaiBff'thiS 3ttt. f lint- unm' -ir 1 f . I... . , m .& jcessiOiB of a ssltaatiea -wfelea aaa act yet arirx-rs, it win be ahvloaa tisat j many complex and extremely diffi cult situation must arise if any of the staiea ahail deeliae to aaessme tfViatlntied on page titj Oae of the warrants was lataed for Alfred Ersesi Corns of Baisatsws, Pa., alleged ta be the supercargo of tba Srtlisa ctaamer Taagtoa, wateh pat lata this port yesterday eat of food aad fuel. It was from the cap tain and crew of tha Yaaktea taat tihited giaies sAiiomey Hayward's office claimed to have ieartsed of taa manaer la which tha ram fleets were operated. - St. JOHNS, N. 'B., May '!, THx spile reports from New York tsat ih batted States aroverameat is waclag Tlgorcas war on ram fleets off the Atlantic seaboard, the liquor trade la picking ap Briskly, sow taat ia werst of taa spring storms are oelief ed to have passed. Ram sehc-oneri, reported to oa heading for ta ierw? ifcres mlio limit, ar paitiag sat ut most daily. . . . Three schooners, eicopUonaSly heavily loaded,, bare cleared tai week.