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THE MORNING OREGON IAN. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918.' 5 DUTCH BENEFITED, DECLARES LANSING Seizure of Ships Real Favor to Holland; U. S. Move Legally Correct. FRIENDSHIP TEST, PURPOSE American Secretary, In Comprehen ire Statement, Make Reply to Jlecent Bitter Dutch Protest .Against Requisitioning. WASHINGTON." April America' reply to the recent statement of The Netherlands government bitterly pro testing against and denouncing the action of the United States In taking; over Dutch ship in Its ports, was made public tonight In the form of a memo random by Secretary Lansing, a copy of .which has been sent to Th Nether lands legation. Pointing- out that Tho Netherlands government Itaeif lines not question the legality of the act. Mr. 1-analng devotes himself to a demonstration that It wai an act of necessity resulting lrom Gr many' menacing attitude which pre vented Holland from fulfilling her en gagements and that Instead of an In Justice, tha step results in real benefit to the Dutch ship owners and people. Legality Xmt Argaed. The memorandum follows: "The Netherlands government have Issued a statement relative to the re rent action of the Government of the Vnlted States In putting Into Its aerv. Ira for the period of the present emer genry certain privately owned vessels cf Netherlands registry lying within the territorial Jurisdiction of tha United States. "While this action la referred to as being Indefensible from the standpoint of International law, the statement of The Netherlands government does not argue the question of legality. Nor Is til i iiovtrnmfnt disposed to do so. "The practice of nations and tha opinions of jurists on the right of a belligerent to utilise all vessels which rome voluntarily and unconditionally within Its Jurisdiction are sufficiently well known to render citation of prece dent and authority unnecessary. finer Teat Heaantrd. "But. aa The Netherlands government themselves suggest, our action might be subjected to a finer test than that or mere legality. It matters very little that our acts be legal, if. aa alleged. It violates traditional friendship and Is Inconsistent with ideals of right and Justice. The Netherlands government first declares that tlie vry presence of Xatch ships In our porta resulted from our detention of them with an un friendly hand. While oar right to re fuee bunkers and cargo licenses Is con ceded, friendship. It Is said, should have led to the granting of special privileges In favor of lb subject of a friendly tat. American ganrlle Light. "Our own supply of bunker coal at seaboard has been Inadequate for our pressing National need. The cargoes which were demanded were largely of grain, cf which our own reserves ar all too low. The bunkers. If granted, would have ervvd to carry this grain to The Neth erlands, wber. as events have demon strated. It was not then needed, and where It wonld only have served to re leas equivalent foodstuffs for tho en o.y. "Such action upon our part, what ever Its Intention, would In fact have been an art beneficial to the enemy, ard having no relation to our friend ehtp to The Netherlands. Ship Idle Maey Veaths. The owners of Dutch snips were, however, unwilling tat their ships FEAR RULES GERMANY, BUT KAISER IS LOVED BY MANY Autocracy Has Found Ways, Notwithstanding- Its Iron-Handed Methods, to Win Gentler Homage Also. BT BLANCHE SLOCUM. (Capyrirht. !!, "T ths Tribune Company.) EAR rules Germany fear of ene mies without and of tha terrible German government within. But ih. ..nuiinn Is familiar. Fear run all tnroiignunnui in and always oia The abedienc of German children to their parents, of Oerman pupils to their teachers, of German wives to their husbands and of German soldiers to their officers rests on fear. So when -Germans think of democra tizing their gov ernment. they not only reckon with changing horse In tha middle of the stream, and look at Russia and quail: they look also at the German autocracy's machine guns and reflect that the first effort at anything like Insurrection would be met with strong and merciless repression. Fear rules Germany. It Is impos sible to overstate the harsh, brutal, un deniable fact. And yet autocracy has found ways In which to addresa other feelings beside fear admiration, for nstance. and even love. In the very midst of a political unrest that in creases daily Germana love their Kaiser. They do not believe that he willed the war. They do not believe that he caused the war. Even Social Democrat say, "Our Kaiser he's good." Kaiser Net Seen In PskUe. Not a stone ha been left unturned to make him appear so. Post cards show him talking with the poor, or kneeling In prayer, or standing before the altar. Newspapers tell horr le weeps over the slain after a battle, and how his affectionate sympathy for his people haa made him old before his time, and how. in order to prove his humility and bis devotion to his sub jects, h once . te from a soldier's dish at the front and. on another occasion. deigned to ride in the Berlin subway like an ordinary mortal. After the outbreak of war I never saw the Kaiser. He was not at the opera. He never showed himself to the populace . J holidays. But his pic ture was everywhere in the shops, and restaurants, and he figured constantly on the screen at the movies, and we were told by the newspapers of his sudden appearance on this or that front and sometimes wondered If the torles were true, so arduous was the ravel Involved. Toward the Crown Prlne Germans ave an Indulgent air, aa no one takes Ira seriously. You hear Germans call im a fooL Many accuse him of hav ing wanted the war, and. while the papers try to make him out a hero for is exploits at erdun, readers laugh. It Is a good natured laugh, however. or they believe him a loll)-, happy-go- lucky fellow who flirts recklessly. en- Joys a lark, and once stood up for the common people In a memorable out- Peeple Dare te gprak Mind. I recall few particularly startling ex pressions of opinion regarding the three war chancellors Hetnmann-Hoiiweg, Mlchaells and Von Hertllng. I knew, of course, that Bethmann-Hollweg had strong following and spoke his mind more daringly than any chancellor be fore or since. At the same time I knew he was criticised. Germans said In my hearing: "He ought not to have ad mitted that we did wrong when we went Into Belgium. Never confess your faults to your enemies. When Mlchaells surceeded him. there was the flurry that always attends the appointment of a new chancellor in Germany, but Mlchaells vanished before we had begun to have a very clear Idea as to what sort of man he was. Of Von Hertling. people aald and still eay, "A wonderfully diplomatic appointment. This helps Bavaria and Prussia to pull together." It Is not against tha chancellor or against the Hohensollems that the In creasingly bitter hatred among the masses Is directed. They hate the whole government aa an Institution. If they gave it little thought before the war. their minds dwell on it constantly now should perform any other services than ,nd theT dlscu, u with astonishing those which it wss clearly impossible for us to facilitate. "The ships of this maritime nation accordingly lay idle for many months and until the conclusion on January 2i. 191s, of the temporary shipping agreement which was proposed by the Netherlands commissioners at London and accepted by the United States as a measure to restore to Immediate action that portion of the Netherlands mercantile fleet lying within our waters. The statement of the Netherlands government seems to Imply that this agreement was In fact lived up to by the Netherlands government, yet evid ence to the contrary is found In the statement itself which refers to Ger man objections as having prevented performance by that government of what is erroneous. referred to as America's demand, but what was in reality a Netherlands undertaking, that when a Dutch ship left the ITnited Mates for the Netherlands a corres ponding Dutch vessel should simultan eously leave the Netherlands for the United States. Threats ef Vtelewee Cited. "Had not the Netherlanos govern ment, under German threats of violence, which were a matter of common knowledge, felt unable, to carry out the temporary shipping agreement. It la Inexplicable that the steamships Pamartndau and Adonis would not have sailed for a Dutch port with their cargoes of foodstuffs, which under the agreement The Netherlands waa to re ceive and of which tt was asserted her people were In direct need. "Indeed the statement of The Nether lands Minister for Foreign Affairs made to Parliament on March 12. lll. if It la correctly reported to us. sets ut In considerable detail Germany's objection, which prevented perform ance of this shipping agreement. Delay Semaht by Datrh. "As recently aa March It. IMS. after The Netherlands government had been Informed that tbe situation had reached a point where the associated govern ments could see no alternative but requisitioning, a note was presented on behalf of The Netherlands government, expressing the bope that Germany'a ob jections might still be overcome, so as to permit at some future date com plete performance of this agreement, which was to have been put Into opera- tion Immediately and completely upon Its conclusion nearly two month be fore. "One year ago the United !tate abandoned its neutrality and pledged tts entire resources of life and treasure to insure the triumph of democracy over autocracy and to assist to save the world from the blight of militarism. blptriBsj Seen age serlisii "As a result of a specie of naval -warfare directed against belligerents and neutrals a. ike. which The Nether lands government ha itself declared te be illegal, there haa during this period existed a shortage of ahipplng which threatens to postpone at fright ful cost the ultimate victory. This haa created aa emergency which In magnitude and significance has seldom. If ever, before beep equaled. Lvr-cf mi period there have been freedom, once they get to know you. The same people who begin by defend lug autocracy come later to condemn it frankly. You note their intense fear at first. Little by little It subsides If you gain their confidence. The most glaringly obvious abuses the three class voting systems In Russia and the gerrymander that gives dispro portionate representation to the multi tude of radicals catch the roasting they deserve. But the thing does not stop there by any means. More and more German every year are getting their eyes open to ths humbugs and swindles Ingeniously concealed in the German constitution. They ask themselves what possible good it does them to vote freely for members of the Helens tsg when an up per house (composed of delegates ap pointed by the Dukes, Granddukes, and King of German states, chief of which Is King Wllhelm's Prussia) can, with the Kaiser's consent, dissolve the Reichstag, as it has repeatedly dis solved it ere this, and has a right of veto over all its decisions? They are sick and tired of freely electing repre sentatives who. when elected, are not free to represent them. Moreover, they are sick and tired of the system under which the chancellor is responsible only to the autocracy, and the autocracy re sponsible to no one. Incidentally, they are aiek and tired of a government that haa strewn all Germany with ver. boten" signs. Ralers Kitw Resentment Grows. They joke about them How. An army officer said to me, in discussing Bel glum: "Suppose Belgian troops had In vaded Germany. Wouldn't the civil population have poured boiling oil from windows and thrown things from win dows and fired rifles from windows? Tou know they would." But almost In stantly he exclaimed: "Nonsense! Our government would have put up a ver boten' sign, and all the windows would have come down with a bang." me Kaiser perfectly understands the growing and already savage resent ment against tyranny. He meet It by promising all political felicities and beaefactions after the war. Why not now? For plausible enough reasons. To democratize Germany in a thor oughly democratic way the participa tion of all Germans Is necessary. How can that be arranged when millions are n the trenches? Have patience! Walt! To put the thing through now would be unfair to the soldiers. What do the sour, angered, secretly mutinous German masses think they want? What does the German autoc racy think they want? A republic, one might Infer, as every mesns had been employed to disgust them with the very Idea of a republic. All our municipal scandals are scrupulously written up for consumption by the German masses. They read or crimes committed in America, of the ever busy divorce mill In America, of the frequency of pre ventable disasters In America. Always the official comment Is. "You see what results from a republican form of Gov ernment- Paper Jeer Hardra. Or do the German masses sincerely believe in some Socialist Utopia or other? If so. I wonder what leaders would help them to secure tt. Not Llebknechu even had he a free hand. know too many Germans who now call hira tactless snd say he hurt his own cause. Not Harden, had he a free hand. He was enormously Influential when he stood for Wilson's policies.- I heard Germans say, "If a man like Harden will take sides with him, there must be some good In Wilson." But Harden' paper has been suppressed and Harden himself cowed. He spoke In Munich while I was there and O. the disappointed audience that night and the Jeer in the papers next day! What with surveillance by the police and with the certainty that he would go to Jail if he apoke his mind fear lessly, he had nothing to say and said it. Sometimes I think the Imperial Ger man government shows altogether too much nervousness regarding the possi bilities of revolution and absurdly un derestimates the grip of autocracy on the German people. No matter how discontented and even disloyal they may have become, they are monarch ists by lifelong habit and their an cestors generations and generations back were monarchists, and the mon archy gives countless Germans the things they hold most dear position. title. Income. Clergymen, professors, army officers, railroad men. govern ment clerks and officials owe their Jobs to the Hohensollems. (.Miss Mocum s next article, "women and Children In Warring Germany, will appear tomorrow, which had been scheduled for today, but for Which the foregoing was substituted.) TEUTON SPYSDIARY GIVES UP SECRETS New Light Turned on Activi . ties of German Agents on Pacific Coast. WALTER PETERS INTERNED Seized Papers Include Maps of Seat tie and San Francisco Tfarbors, Showing Fosltion and Power of Defenses. - MARTINEZ, Cal., April 12. German operations on the Pacific Coast, includ ing activities of the raider Lelpsic and details of a systematic espionage sys tem which emanated from a German Vice-Consul in Mexico, whose identity Is kept secret, were laid bare here to day, according to the Federal authori ties, by the seizure of papers in the possession of Walter Peters, who will be interned for the duratlss) of the war as a dangerous enemy alien. Peters was a sailor on the Leipsic from June, 1914, untilshe was sunk off the Falkland Islands in a naval engagement with part of the British fleet. During that time the raider sank 26 ships, according to a diary written by Peters, from which most ot the evi dence on espionage activities was ob tained. The activities- of Peters, according to the authorities, consisted of making a dally report to 'the German Vice-Consul on theprogress of war activities in the United States and furnishing the Ger- j man officials wltn lniormation con cerning the departures, destinations and routes of many vessels which nave left San Francisco recently. Included in the paper seized by the Federal officials were maps of the San Francisco and Seattle harbors, which were said to have shown the position and power of coast defenses at these Dlaces. In one of Peters' letters to the Ger man Vice-Consul in Mexico, a copy of which the authorities seized, Peters said: "Japan is cure to guard the Russian coast, and China may follow suit. NEW YORK, April 12. A denial was issued in this city today of the state ment made lu Washington a fortnight ago by the alien property custodian that the Garfield Worsted Mills, of Gar field. N. J., had been taken over by the Government because they were owned by Germans, and that a governing board had been appointed to conduct the company a business. It is true that considerable stock of the company is owned by alien enemies. the statement continued, but these enemies are not in this country, do not control the mill and have no part in its management. NEWARK, X. J., April 18. Although absolved by the court from intent to do wrong. Rient Sobering, a Dutch steward on the liner Nleuw Amster dam, was sentenced to two months and 15 days in prison today tor violating the trading with the enemy act. He pleaded guilty to bringing a let ter in code from a young Belgian woman held by the Germans addressed to Littleton Cobb, of Boston, said to be her fiance. PHILADELPHIA, April 12. The Ger man-American Alliance was formally dissolved here today when the execu tive committee unanimously adopted a resolution to disband. YOUNG SPEEDERS HELD TRIO IX ALLEGED STOLEN A I TO- MOBILE AHHESTED, lying In ports of the United States and subject to its Jurisdiction and control approximately EoO.000 tons of ship of Netherlands registry. "At any lime within a year the United States might have exercised Its right to put these ships Into a service use ful to It. Yet it forebore and for many months patiently negotiated, first In Washington and then In London, until finally the temporary agreement of January 23 was entered Into. ' "No sooner was this agreement con cluded than it broke down under Ger man threats of violence which over ruled the will of The Netherlands gov ernment expressed therein. Then and then only did the United States take steps to accomplish through the exercise of its own right that which It was hoped could have been accom plished by agreement, and which The Netherlands government has been will ing In part so to accomplish. "The action taken leaves available to The Netherlands government by far the greater part of their merchant marine and tonnage, which, according to esti mates of their own officials. Is ample for the domestic and colonial need of The Netherlands. "Shipping required for these needs will be free from detention on our part and will be facilitated by the supplying of bunkers. The balance Is being put nto a highly lucrative service, the own ers receiving the remuneration and the associated governments assuming the risks involved. "in orcer to Insure to The Nether lands the future enjoyment of . her merchant marine Intact, not only will ships be returned at the termination of the existing war emergency, but the associated government have offered to replace In kind rather than in money any vessels mhich may be lost, whether by war or marine risk: 1S0.OO0 tons of bread cereal wnich the German govern ment when appealed to refused to sup ply have been offered to The Nether lands by the associated governments out of their own inadequate supplies, and arrangements are being perfected to tender to The Netherlands govern ment other commodities wnlch they de sire to promote their national welfare. and for hlch they may freely send their ships. Good Feeltag TradtttewaL The statement of The Netherlands government explicitly recognises the traditional friendship ot tb United States toward their country. "It recognises that we have hereto fore sought to act in accordance with the dictates of right and Justice and to champion lh Interest of smaller na tions. "It should not therefor hastily be presumed that w hav abruptly re pudiated that friendship and been false to thoee ideals. It is lu fact difficult to believe that such a conclusion could be drawn from this exercise of our right In a manner which scrupulously safe guards and Indeed promotes th na tional interests of Th Netherlands." TERMINAL UNITY URGED SEATTLE PLAXS APPROVED BT RE GIONAL DIHKCTOR. R. H. Atahtea Advisee rmaa litre te Passj Work f Combining Terminals Under Private Ownership. SEATTLE. Wash., April 12. fSpe cial.) Plans for the unification of SeattI terminal under private owner ship, as proposed by operating officials, sere approved practically In their en tirety by R. H. Alshton. regional direc tor, Chicago, who advised Mie commit tee, of which J. H. O'Neill is chairman, on Friday, to take further step to com plete the work. This will Involve th abolition of sev eral terminal positions snd office as organized under private ownership, cen tralization of the railway terminals under one terminal executive and a force of assistants and the closing of the Oregon-Washington passenger sta tion to traffic. At the request of Mr. Alshton, the general managers' com mittee, of which, J. H. O'Neill is chair man, will hold a special meeting Mon day to act In conformity with Mr. Aishton's directions. Practically th first action by the committee taken after the announce ment, from Washington that the Gov ernment would take control of the rail ways and ahead of any official infor mation on the subject was to merge the terminals of this city under J. J. McCullough. who was appointed joint superintendent. Mr. Alshton called Mr. McCullough to Chicago In March to discuss with him progress that had been made toward unification and the success of the experiment here, request ing a detailed report. On his return Friday Mr. McCullough advised the general managers committee of Mr. Aishton's wishes. Tenth Said te Have Taken Car at Ta- a. Others Joining Him la Drive l Willamette. ALBANY, Or., April 12. (Special.) Because they violated the speed laws in running through Albany, three boys occupying a car said to have been stolen from Tacoma. Wash.,' were cap tured. No word of the stolen car had been received here, so officers were not on the lookout for it, and had the boys gone through town slowly theyi might not have been caught. According to a confession made by the boys, the car was stolen in Ta coma. early yesterday morning by Phillip Maitland. 17 years old. ' who was driving. The boy says he lives-at Midland, near Tacoma, and is a son of William Maitland. an employe of the Bergman Shoe Company in Portland. With young Maitland In the car were Harold Webb, aged 17, who says he lives at 239 High street, Eugene, and Chester Jarvats, IS. who live at 402 Wert Second street, Eugene. These boys'apparently were not implicated in the theft of the car. They said, they had been working at Hoquiam, Wash., and met Maitland on the road between Tacoma and Olympia. He offered them a rldie and when they found ho was coming down into Oregon they came along and were expecting to go to their homes in Eugene. ; The boy ar being held here in the County Jail. Word of their capture wa sent to Tacoma. The story of the other boys Is being investigated and if found true they will be released. PASTOR HEEDS THREATS E. P. 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Blouse Waists, guaranteed colore, 75c. 81.15. 82.50, S3.50. 84. Underwear Poroeknit, B. V. D. and Globe all eizes. Military O. D. Sweaters. 85. 86. Boys' Shop, Second Floor Elevator. fl. Qnoenm Morrison at fourth C ALL CFF, SAYS WIFE Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Breaks News of Separation. ACTOR REGISTERS SHOCK Sad Story of. Domestic Happiness Alleged to Have Been Smashed Brings - In Xante of Woman Film Star. MEXICAN SLAYER HANGED Murderer of Billings, Mont., Police man Pays Death Penalty. BTTXINGS. Mont-. April 12. Juan Cuella. a Mexican, waa banged in the County Jail here shortly after 4 o'clock this morning for the slaying of Patrol man Enos Nelson. Forty-five persons witnessed the execution. Cuella. after threatening the lives of seversl persons In a saloon on the night of December 1. 117, shot the officer from ambush. The Mexican later was surrounded at a street corner several blocks distant and after wounding another officer with his revolver, wsa brought to the ground with a shotgun wound. NEW YORK, April 12. (Special.) Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, wife of the film actor, repeated the statement to day that she and her husband had Sep arated. Absolutely," she said, with empha sis, "we have separated." w hy she was asked. "Because I love him too much to keep him from another woman. one of the world's most famous motion picture stars, who loves him." Mrs. Farbanks gave the name of this actress and added that Mr. Fairbanks love for ber had been an open secret for "a lone;. Ions; time. I decided that there was no use of my being a shield for the affair any longer," she went on, 'nor did Mr. Fair banks want me to. We talked It all over a week ago and agreed to separate." Are you snd he going to ask for divorce?" Mrs. Fairbanks was asked. Horror Over Divorce Tteslstered. "Goodness, no!" replied Mrs. Fair banks in horror. "Why should we get a divorce? Mr. Fairbanks and I are perfectly friendly." Mrs. Fairbanks seemed astonisnea when asked if she and her husband had agreed on the financial terms of the separation. I've always had hair or wnai air. Fairbanks earned, and of course I will alwavs be well provided for. I don't see bow that has anything to do with this case?" Mrs. Fairbanks was asked If she and her husband would consider a divorce In case his love foj the film actress became more enduring, and she replied that she could not say as to that. She and her husband had been nap- pily married for 12 years, and she would always continue, she said, to give first consideration to his happi ness. There is a boy fi years old. Mrs. Fairbanks said that her hus band. Mary Pickford. Charlie Chaplin and other movie stars had recently come to New York City to assist the third liberty loan. Mlsa Pickford Unconcerned. Miss Pickford. when she heard that Mr. Fairbanks had separated from his wife, said that she did not see how it concerned her. DETROIT. Mich.. April 12. Convinced that his wife had really made the state ments accredited to her in New York dispatches. Douglas Fairbanks regis tered surprise. "It's all news to me. Mrs. Fairbanks and I have been corresponding con stantly and there has never been a hint of any trouble between us.' he said. Asked about the affinity stuff, Doug declared it was "all bunk," and con cluded the interview with the statement that he intended to get Mrs. Fairbanks on the lons-distance telephone and "see what it's all about." LIGHT V0TEJS EXPECTED Duplication of Power Plant Comes Before Chehalis Electorate, CHEHALIS, Wash., April 12. (Spe cial.) Chehalis voters to the number of 989 are registered out of a total nor mal registration of 1600 for the special election that will be held here April 20. At that time the local voters will determine whether' or not they' wish to grant O. E. Anderson and others, of Portland, a franchise to duplicate the electric light and power system al ready in operation here. East No. 1 precinct has 140 voters registered, No. 2, 232; West No. 1 has 164, No. 2 has 163; South No. 1 has 142, No. 2 has 139. The Anderson franchise was put to a vote by initiative after the City Commission had turned it down. -- r . SHASTA LIMITED HELD UP Slate Officials Board Train to Pay Respects to Will B. Hays. SALEM, Or.. April 12. (Special.) The Shasta Limited was held here last night for several minutes while Gov ernor Wlthycombe, Attorney-General Brown and Mark McAllister, of the State Corporation Department, paid their respects to Will H. Hays, chair man of the Republican National Com mittee. The Oregon state officials had Quite a chat with Mr. Hays and were pro nounced in their encomiums of their party leader. Elbert Hermann and Jack Day accompanied Mr. Hays from Portland as far as Salem, returning to Portland last night. as slackers, have each purchased bonds, and the committee announces the fact with a page advertisement of size equal to the "slacker" announcement. 40,000 OFFICERS NEEDED Major-General Wood Crges Eftab lishment of Training Camps. KANSAS CITY. April 12. Forty, thousand more officers for drafts yet i to come are needed urgently, Major General Leonard Wood declared here -today. "We must have officers," General Wood said. "I am in favor of opening new officers' training camps at once and making the course one of six months instead of three. Then, too .we r must have older men, say from 3i to 40, for our officer material." He deprecated the idea that the war might be a short one and added: "We are facing a people who are all efficient, all powerful in the art of war. Until we can face them on equal terms, we cannot turn the tide. We have only begun to draft our man power. The drafts in the future will be larger and -larger, and we might as well prepare ourselves for it." DREDGE KILLS QUARRYMAN Andrew Jensen, Portland, Meets In stant Death at New berg. NEWBERG, Or, April 12. (Special.) Andrew Jensen, of Portland, em ployed at the rock jit, was struck and instantly killed today by the clam shell dredge in use at the pit. He was employed by the Huber Company, which is building the Newberg-Port-land highway. Carelessness was assigned as the cause of the accident by the superin tendent in charge of the quarry, who said Jensen knew his, work thoroughly, having been in the company s employ for five years. The dead man was 60 years of age and unmarried. Alleged Slackers Vindicated. LA GRANDE. Or.. April 12. (Spe cial.) Freeman Ladd, of this city, and J. L Kahn. of Alicel, recently pro claimed by the liberty loan committee Follower et Pastor Bnesell Colt Ges in Ant Toward Ashland When Mayor Forbid Meeting. MEDFORD, Or.. April 12. rSpedal.) Pastor E. P. Tallferro. member of the International Bible Students' As sociation, scheduled to speak In Med ford at 7:30 o'clock tonight, was not permitted to do so by order of Mayor C.i E. Gates, who ordered the speaker to be out of the city by the time he was i to appear before his followers. At 7:20 P. M. Pastor Tallferro was nen to board an automobile driven by George H. Manner, local leader of the association, and at last reports was headed for Ashland, where It is under stood the authorities are firm in their resolve to bar the pastor. Mayor Gate Issued the order after it was established that Pastor Tallferro planned to speak on Pastor Russell's works, recently suppressed by the Gov ernment. Shortly after C o'clock a large crowd) of determined citizens gathered before the ball where Pastor Tallferro wa to appear, and threat of violence wer heard. 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