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MEDFORD, OREGON", Mil DAY, MARCH 7, 1919
NO. 295
BOSGHE REJECT
ALLIED DEMAND
TO LOAN SHIPS
Neaotlatlons at Spa Temnorarllv
Broken Off Germany Demands
Guarantee of Adequate Food Sup
piles Before Aureelna to Allied
1 Proposal to Turn Over Fleet.
LONDON. March 7. Tim nnitotin
Hons at Him relating to tho nliiii jiiilt
iiiioslioii have been temporarily brnk
iii off, iicfonlinif (o n fienmin wire
less message received hero today.
Aiuiiiraiicnt Domniiiled
Tlu nlliio. Ilia mcKsnco siivs, de
manded (lint nil tlio remaining tier-
mini iiii'rrlintil tdiips bo handed over
unconditionally, without boing willing
In Undertake tilt! obligation of Slipplv
inn (Icrmtinv with foodstuffs. The
(Ionium delegates,' it is added, re
reived Instructions fruin tln-ir govern
meiit that tlio niii'tlnii of shipping.
finance nml foo supply mux! ho denlt
with onlv ii m n whole, Tim (lunniin
innuiim continues:
"Tlio niiostioii of handing over tlio
nuTcunlite fleet on n onlv arise if
hili'iiint food sumilie. miv 2,."I0.000
Ioiih of foodstuffs, ii ro assured Clor
iniinv until Ilia now hnrvost. Tlio oil'
lento wniild nut ngroo to this.
"As the instruction of both side
did not' go hovonil thin, o French dele
uulo proponed thut iii'uolinlionii ho
broken off. whereupon tlio two spo
ojul dolcirulion loll Kim."
Hojix-t rriK)nl
PAItfS. Mnreh 7. Ooniinnv linn
rofiiHod the proposition for the use
of hvr nii'irhuiit Mtiii'H liv Iho allies,
undo to her delegates nt Sim, Iho
nriniMtn o commission a lioiiilciunrterH
'V' Tim counter oropoMtion in inndo bv
tlio Oermons Hint thov will rolouso
Iho floroinu shipping desired in return
for ii deflnitu iMHiiraiii'o thut enough
food wil ho Kent into Cluriiiunv to on
nblo the government to withstand the
Bolshevik movement.
When tlio allied commission wont to
8 nil it wns behevud (lint I' release
of tlio ships wart morel v n question
of duvH, It wiih promised to Iho
(lerumiiH llmt in rotiint for tlio use
of Iho shins, ii rental ho paid, thin to
ho entered to their credit against their
food neoount.
The Ocnnnns, liowovor. rctdiod thin
would ho Iniidooiiiito and thut there
miiHt ho a gunrnnloo of n stendv, iiii
interrnpled muppIv of food. No eoiin
trvwos in position to hiippIv thin
food, under the Oorninn conditions,
ho the question of credit remains un
Hotllvd.
PASKU Mnreh l Tho nipluro or
tlio negotiations of tho committee on
financial and food questions at Sim.
according to p telegram from Berlin,
docs not affect tho negotiations of the
nroiistico commission. It is nddod
that Iho nrmistioo negotiations cOn
tiuuo. '
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WASHINGTON. Mnreh 7. Soero
tnrv Oimielx will louvo next week for
Kurope. ' Ho will he nooomimnied by
Hour Admirulx Griffin, of tho bureau
of Htoum cntrioeorinir: Taylor of tho
bureau, of construction nnd repair,
nnd Kurl of tho buronu of ordnnnco.
Seoroturv Of War Hnkor will suil
for Krunno nbout April 1 to ho nbsont
a month, it whs lonrnod iiuthoritutivo
Iv todnv, in order to oIobo up tho husi-
noXH opern lions of tho oxpoditionnry
foroos. Thoro nro ninny hnr probloniH
romainiuir to bo Hottlod as a result of
tho nroHonoe nbrond nf millions oi!
Amorionn Roldiorn. , '
COLORADO SENATE
ENDORSES LEAGUE
. DENVER, Colo,. - March 7. Tho
; Bonuto of tho Oolonulo leulHlnturo by
a utriot nnrtv voto touuy ndoptod n
roHolution fnvorinir tho adoption of
tlio lenuuo of nations plan outlined by
Proxidont Wilnon. Tho hoimo last
wonk bv n nnrtv voto tabled n himilar
roHolution. Tho democrats control
tho sonalo, tho republicans tlio house,
FORBID MANUFACTURE OF
NEAR BEER IN NEVADA
CARSON CITY, Nov.. March 7.
Tho miuuifucturo nnd Bnlo ot near
lioor is prohibited in Novndu unduv u
ilocision handed down this niornim;
bv tbo stuto supremo court.
Bullet in
Clemenceau
Unmoved
PAWS. March 7. (lluvoO
Another X-ruv photograph wiih
liikon vtordiiv of Iho bullet in
1'reiniiir l.'Icmonconu'M lungs, It
wart found Hint tho hnllct hud
nut timvoil nud Ilia tiritniier's
phvhieiiiiiH miid thov worn irrout- "
T lv pleiiHod with Iho roMilt of Iho 1,
4Wllflfllll.il i.tfl. '
UNITS OF 91ST
AT
NKW YOIIK. March 7. With 2.-.0J
troopn, of whom nil lint 2(12 uro mein-
herx of lien) Kiiiuidronx, tho Hteiini
Hhiii Mexican nrrivod hero loduv from
St. .Mara ire., A detachment of Iho
Tint reiriinoiit oonxt nrlillorv oorps
nml n few cannaU wore aboard.
Four IhiiiiKnnd, four hundred troops
arrived on tho hIouiiikIiIii Monuoliu
from St. Nar.niro. About 1.000 of
thohO wero coiiviiIckcciiIh from uick
nonM or WoiiiiiIh. I'nitH included Iho
followinir: DctnchuientH from tho 87th
division: three offieerx and 100 men
of Iho .'Utlth trench uiorlnrv lniltorv.
IIInI itlvinion (National annv IroopK
of Wnxliintrton. Onuton. Ciilifornin
N'evaila, Vtiih, Idaho, Mont una nnd
Wvomiiiul to t'anuix l.owix, Uodue
mid Ihx.
Three offioom nnd 17S men of the
1 tilth buttery trench nrtillorv, to
G'lniiux Upton mid Dool-c.
Ali-o tho followins: Metenrolouienl
detiiehmont xiunnl oorpH, 801xt uero
xnuiidrou, -IH2nd aerial oonHtriietion
xiiundron. 107th nnd -lUSth onuineor
Pontoon traiiiK, 401st pontoon park
and Tenth nnti-iiircruft xeetor, to
uelhor with Mil onximl offieerx of
varioim hranehex of tho nervine.
roilTt.AND. March 7. Kirst units
of the Ki'Jnd Infanrlv. formorlv the
Third OreL'on, to reach Portland from
overseas will bo detachments of
CoinpnniuN O. L nml M. oomprisiiiK
'Jl:t inin nnd two olfioers. duo to nr
rivo hero between 7 nnd 8 o'clock to.
niuht. All Iho ret u mini; soldiers ore
Oretroniuns. Their welcome homo will
ho as iiiKpiriuir as Iho scenes murk
iiii their departure, neeordins to on
terluinment plans of tho reception
committee. A uiirado. dinner nnd
dance will feature tho program. Tho
men will remain until o clock tumor
row morniilir when thov lenvo for
Ciiini) I.wix.
Tho date upon which tho 20lh En
ttinoors will return to this country is
problematical, nceordiuir to word re
ceived hero bv Iieutonunt f'olonel
Geomo II, Kelly. 'J ho eiiituuicrs now
nro cimnircd ir construction work on
roadx of dovnstntod Prnncc. 7," miles
south of Ilordenux. Thov wero to
liavo sailed for homo in January, but
plans wero chumrcd.
OF
EUGENID, Oro.r Mar. 7. Univer
sity of Oregon bunkot ball plnyors
will bo hallod as Pnoltlo oast chum-
Dions wlum thoy return horo tomor
row from Borkoloy, whore thoy took
tho nioaBuro ukuIii liist nlKht- of tho
Unlvorslty of California -quintet, by
a margin of two points, 20 to 28. Ore
gon won the first gnmo by n 35 to 87
sooro. No third game will bo necos
aary duo tojOrogon's two straight vie-
lunua.
NEW YORK, March 7. Robhors,
operation in n brillinntly lmhtod cor
ridor of tho Adams Express company
biiildiiur on Lower Urondwnv, rob
bed n broker's messeniror of $.riO',000
worth of Liberty hondH nnd other
socurilics today.. The nibssoniror, u
hoy, was said to luivo beon sovorely
bi'itlcu, ..' .. ... :. .
THIRD
E
E
UNFAIR, UNWISE
Raymond Robins Says Russians
Want Bolshevlklsm and Are En
titled to It Discredits Stories of
Massacres In Reign of Terror-
Menace of Democracy.
WASHINGTON, Mnr. 7. Inter
vention In Ilusslu was condemned by
Raymond Kohlns, formor head of the
American Itod Cross mission In that
country, testifying today before the
annuls coianilttco Investigating law
less propaganda, as unfulr to the
Itiisslans and unwlno from tho stand
point of tho. United States and the
allien.
Mr. Ilohlns said American soldiers
and munitions should not be used to
crush a revolution which, he declared
represented tho wishes of the Rus
sian peoplo.
It was his opinion that Intervcn
Hon would solidify Russian factions
In support of tho Holshovlk govern
ment, strengthen Dolshevlk tenden
cies In England and France and ma
terially assist In laying a ground
work for the spread of radical doc
trines In this country. -
ItiMxInns Wniit Holsliovlxm
Recognition of the Bolshevik gov
ernment was advised against, but tho
wltnots ropoatod that If the Russians
wnntod Bolshovlsm thoy should have
It; and ho gave It as bis opinion that
tho Russians did want It. At tho
sumo time he roitoratod his belief
that 'Bolshevism constituted the
grentost monace that had ever threat
ened the domocratlc governments ot
tho world.- ' . ,
. Mr. Itoblns donled statements by
previous witnesses that Russian peas
ants had no arms and were unable
to overthrow Lenlne and Trotsky. As
a matter of fact, he said, thore were
12,000,000 rides available In Russia
and many of tho communities and
towns possessed machine guns.
Responding to quostlons by Sona
tor Nelson, tho witness - said he
agroed that Intervention should be
rosortea to it u was true laai mou
snnds wore being slaughtered In a
Holshovlk reign of lorror, but ho en
lored a plea agaliiBt such action be
ing taken simply because thore was a
prejudice nnd lack of understanding
of what he claimed to be the actual
conditions In. Russia.
Illumes tVoclioSluvs
' The witness 'thought the Russian
people could got rid of Lenlne and
Trotsky at any time they desired.
Mr. Robins emphatically denied
thnt the Bolshovlsts had treacherous
ly attacked the Ciacho-Slovak forces
aftor the lattor had been disarmed.
He said tho conflicts grow, out ot de
signs which had not boon "laid on the
tablo" and In this connection declar
ed he know that France had tried to
koep the Czocho-Slovaks In Russia
after-, offering to assist In getting
them out, as a means of overthrowing
tho revolution "nt any cost." He
charged that Czocho-Slovaks took
Bolshevist villages and shot some
Bolshevlkl without trials.
ROME, Mnr. 7. The commission
sont by tho Amorlcnn peace delega
tion to Inquire Intd conditions in
.Montonogro passed thru Rome to
ward Paris today. It reported the
situation In Montenegro as desporate
and It was Bald that the population is
nctunlly dying from starvation. As
nn Instnnco of the Buffering there,
It wub said thnt of a family of eight
childron, flvo had dlod from lack of
food and tho other three had been re
duced almost to skeletons. Those
wore seen scratching the earth , to
find roots or gathering nettles' for
food. ' Tho Amorlcnn Rod Cross - Is
busily engngod In trying to save the
poople from starvation.
BOYS OF THE 69TH
TACOMA. Wash., Mnreh 7.rTn
ooinn welcomed tho Gth const Inrtil
lorv todnv in nn onthitsinstic fashion,
tho soldiers boiuit feiistod nt tho enn
tflons, ureoted with cheers in tho pnr
ado to the soldiers mid sailors club,
and whirled nbout tho eitv in'iuitomo
bilcs hoforo ontrnininir nirnin for
t'liiup Lewis, wlicro thov will bo dis-I'hiii'Ked.
NTERV
NTION
COND
MNED AS
Utah Puts
Ban' Gainst
Cigarettes
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. March
7. Tho somite of the Utiili Icirix
Ituro today passed 11 to U un ant i
eiirurctte Inw" hich it is snid will
absolutely priiloliU, the manufac
ture nnd mile of cigarettes or ma
terial for their manufacture in the
slate. Tin censure now cops to
the houxo for action.
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WASHINGTON. Mjir. li 7. Repre
sentutivo Ilndlev1 ot Washington was
one of nine new members of tlio bouse
ways and mean committee bv the
republican committee on committees
toduv. '
Other new members nre: Conlev
Ulino's: Yoiimr. North Dakota: Til-
son. Connecticut Mott. Now York:
r Year. W ixconwui : Huchnraidi, Now
Jersey: Bowers.; West Virginia nnd
Timberlnke. Colorado.
Hold over republican members are:
Chairman Kordnny. Michienn: Moore,
S'ervisylvnniii: Green. lowu; Loni;-
worth. Ohio: Ilnwlov. Orccon, and
Treadwav. MusMiicnselts
Tho iiitcrstitto nnd foreign com
merce eomniitteo. which will have
charco of railroad letrislatiou was
filled bv election of six members:
Uenison. Illinois: Ellsworth. Minne
sota : Merritt. '(Connecticut: Sanders,
Indiana: Wutsht Pennsylvania. nnd
Webster. Wnshincton.-- Kepublicun
holdover members on this committee
nre: Chairman. Each. Wisconsin
Hamilton, Michigan: Winslow. Massn
chusctU: Parker. New York: Sweet.
Iowa: Sliness. lihodo Island, and
Cooper. Ohio.
Six vacancies on the appropriations
committee wero fillcd bv the election
of tho followinir: Crumpton. Michi
itnn: French, Idaho: Magce. New
York: Oirden, Kentucky; Shrcvo.
Pennsylvania, and Tinkhnni. Mussa
chiisctts, Republiva nboldover mem
bers include Chairman Good, Iowa:
Mondell. Wvominff: Davis. Minnesota ;
Ynre. Pennsylvania: Cannon. Illin
ois; Slemi, Yinrinia. nnd Wood. In
diana. Dusted of New York nnd Me
Culloch of Ohio, were unsuccessful
candidates for now places. .
ROBBERY PLOT "
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TACOMA. Wash.. March .7. Back
of tho murder of Robert Dnvs. a
foreman in Hie Todd shipyards here
who was shot nnd killed nt his honie
Inst niiht. is n plot to rob u bunk in
Olvmpiu. nccordinc to the st.iten: 4 t
of Dnvis' wife to tbo polieo thisj tif
ternoon. Hamilton wns causbt bv deputy
sheriffs' on tho mountain road about
'20 miles south of Tucomn at noon to
day. Tbo mnn who murdered mv husband
posed' ns his brotboi-, but in reality
his nnmo is Brownie Hamilton." snid
Mrs. Davis. Aceordine to his own
statements to me nnd mv husband
he robbed a hank in the east before
coniinc out here n few months nco
and murdered a man in doimr it.
"Ho has been trvine to tret mv 1ms
bnnd to rob a bnuk in Olympia with
him. Mv husband had refused nnd
last nisiht when- Hamilton started nn
iirirument about Bolshevikism. order
ed him out of tho house. I cuess bo
thought Robert know too much nbout
him so ho f inured tl)o best wnv to
shut mv husband's mouth was to
murder him. I think tho crime wns
premeditated." - -
FIRST FOOD SHIP ;
AT
BKRL1N. March 5. (Bv tlio Asso
cinted Press.) A Dunziir dispatch
roports tho nrrivnl tbor'o of the first
food ship since the raisins of the
Bnltio blockade. It carries a onriro
of vcirctables from Holland, consign
ed to Dnnzitr bv Dutch mercluut'ts. ,. -.
Tho dispntoh stntos thnt. tho Amori
enn food commission tit Unnzie lins'
allowed tho city of bsnniit 500 tons
of lord bnoori in acknowledgement of
tho services rendered bv Germnn au
thorities in thetrtinsniission of food
eonsiuimieuts to Poland,
ATTACK BEGUN
IN BERLENiUPON
RADICALFORCES
Government Troops Assault Reds
' From All Sides of Center of City
, and Make Brilliant Prooress in
Relievlna Beselaed ' Police Head
quartersRed Cross Endanaered.
P.KULIN. March 0. (Bv the Asso
eiatcil Press.) Government troops
beiran nn attack today from nil sides
of the center of the eitv nnd made
brilliant prou'ress. The attack wns
for the purpose of rclievuiir police
beadiiunrlers. A column from the
west progressed to within n block of
police lieuduiiarterx in two hours.
Itod CroM Kndangcred
LONDON. March 7. When Spar
tacnn forces captured the main tele-
eraph office in Berlin Tliursduv. the
member of the American Red Cross
mission were endangered bv the
shooting, qccordimr to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Berlin. Col
onel Tavlor ordered the women with
the mission to seek safety in the Pal
ace Iolo).
: The American mission to look af
ter the welfare of prisoners entrench
ed itself in the Hotel Adlon behind a
battery of mnclrne guns.
. The battle for the telegraph office.
the dispatch adds, was the worst Ber
lin has seen. : '
Badly Battered , ,
COPENHAGEN. - March 7. Police
liendounrters in Berlin; which has
been besoiged bv the Spartaeans for
two davs. was cut off from all com
munieation with other government
forces in ' the Gentian . capital late
Thursday when the- Spartaeans cut
tlio telephone' wires, 'ncrordine to- a
telegram from Berlin. t-Eight persons
were killed and a number wounded
in the fighting there Thursday.
The police headquarters building
has been damaged severely, the Spnr
tnenns having used machine guns and
artillery against it. .
Schohlenvann Resigns
AMSTERDAM, Mar. 7. Chancel
lor Scheidemann has handed his res
ignation to President Ebert to enable
the president to have a free hand to
deal with the present situation, ac
cording to the Keltung Am Mlttag of
Berlin. Ebert declined to accept the
resignation and requested Scheide
mann and cabinet to remain in of
fice. -
LONDON, Mar. 7. A German
wireless dispatch received here states
that in addition to the volunteer
marine division and a portion -of the
republican militia, parts of the Sec
ond Guards regiment and the Guard
Fusilier regiment went over. to the
Spartaeans on Wednesday.
Owing to the strike of printers and
compositors, the Wolff bureau - is
said to be unable to circulate its
printed bulletins. 1
A Berlin dispatch to the Mail sent
Wednesday mid-night asserted it
was reported that as a result ot a
compromise reached at Weimar the
strike might end today.
I. W.WI
TO
T
: OLYMPIA, Wash.; Mar. 7. Indus
trial Workers of the World and Bol
shevlkl have Invaded Pacific coast
labor unions for the purpose of bring
ing about an industrial upheaval,
Representative G. W. Thompsdh, Ta
coma, himself a union electrical wor
ker, declared In the legislature bore
today. --
"They came for tho purpose of
splitting things open and they pretty
near succeeded in doing it," the rep
resentative asserted. .. He said that
in many instances the radicals had
swamped the decent reasonable and
fair-minded American element In the
unions. . ' .
Fair-minded labor members are
satisfied with the recent award of
the Macy fedoral wage adjustment
board, Representative Thompson de
clared In answer to questions. The
present Seattle shipyard strike was
called to express dissatisfaction with
the Macy award.
Representative Thompson spoke In
support of a concurrent resolution
addressed to Postmaster General
Burloson asking telegraph and tele
phone workers be permitted to share
In the Macy award. The house adopt
ed the resolution, and sont It to tho
senate, . ; :
Irish Plan
Coercion of
President
PARIS, Mnndi 7. (Bv tho
Associated Press.)' If the Irish
question is not settled bv the''
pence conference, friends of Ire-
land will stop ratification of the
lenguc of nations in the Anicri-
can conirress. Sean O'C'ullniirh
(John O'Kcllcv). the delegate of
the provisional Irish republic to
r the pence conference, declared in
n stiiteincnt todnv. He exni-psx-
ed doubt that nnv Iciilmio of
nations could be formed nnd said
Hint the Irish "have spoken gent-
" lv to ' President Wilson Ion"
cnoilL'li." . '
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PARIS, March 7. A Havas dis
patch from Posen, dated Wednesday,
tells of the meeting ot allied and
German missions at Kreutz, where
negotiations for a new armistice be
tween Germany and Poland will be
carried on.
After the German delegates had
declared that their government re
tained-full authority over the Ger
man troops along the Polish front
the armistice terms bearing on the
Polish -boundary were examined. A
.line ot demarcation will be fixed by
a sub-committee which will be given
power to maintain a neutral zone be
tween German and Polish . forces
there. .. ... ; ,
The allied commission demanded
formal guarantees for the landing of
Polish troops at Danzig and their
passage as far as the Polish frontier.
The Germans tejegraphed the details
of this demand to Berlin. TJie Ger
mans declared they were ready to
continue tho deliberations at Posen
and the, allied delegates - assented,
undertaking to enswer for the good
behavior of the population during the
negotiations. .
WIIH COLONEL HOUSE
PARIS, Mar. 7. Premier Lloyd
George, Premier Clemenceau and
Colonel E. M. House conferred tor an
hour before the meeting ot the su
preme council today in an effort to
adjust the differences of the three
nations over the military, naval and
economic questions connected with
the preliminary peace terms. Army
and navy experts of the several coun-
tries. It is said, have been unable to
agree on the terms.
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RETURN THE POORER
TACOMA. Wash.. Majeh 7. Union
machinists nnd sheet, inetnl workers
in the shops of Dowd McFurland and
company, Paget Sound Iron nnd Steel
Works and othor contract shops hnve
returned to work nt the wages ore
vailing January 21 when the strike
was called. Ncarlv nil the men wero
given their iohs back. Machinists
snv thoy have lost hundreds of dollars
by the striko and have gamed nutu
uig.
TO NORMAL PRICES
WASHINGTON. Mnreh 7 A
oral tendency toward the restoration
ot n normal price level was forseen
rodnv bv Seorotarv Hoilflol.l in tlio
cliseontinunnco of price fixing for
hogs, lowering of stool prices nnd
prospective reduction of freight rates
on road materials, ,
The first meeting of the govern
ment's industrial board, which is to
determine fait - prices for various
commodities, was held today. '
Legal size typewriter paper $1.50
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Bond. Modford Printing Company, tf
SUFFERINGS OF
RUMANIA TOLD
1QUEE11E
Queen Visits Clemenceau Fate of
Rumania Worse Than That of Bel
gium No Danqer of Bolshevikism
If Food 1$ Forthcoming No RalU
roads or Locomotives Left.
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PARIS, Mar. 7. Premier. Clemen-eeau-dhls
forenoon received privately
at, the war ministry Queen Marie of
Rumania. The queen wns received
with full military honors.. The pre
mier and the queen conversed togeth
er for half an hour. ' - ' ' . M
Queen Marie of Rumania declared
today that In spite of the plight of
her country and the sufferings of the
people In the war. there Is no danger
of Bolshevism there if supplies of
food can be secured. Speaking of
conditions : in Rumania during tha
war, the queen said:
Depicts Sufferings
"We suffered even worse than did
Belgium. She had England nnd
France by her side and behind them'
stood America, while we had only
Russia to depend upon. When the
Russians came to assist us, all they
did was to eat our food. They were
never of any real aid. German plot
ters saw to it that when Russia broka
we were absolutely Isolated.
"I have no ,fear of Bolshevism In '
Rumania if food Is provided immedi
ately. Ws are used to being shabby
and can go without clothes and shoes
but must have food. It Is very diffi
cult to distribute food in my country
because of the wholesale destruction
of railroads and the theft of locomo-.
Uves, cars and horsoB. We have no
iron to rebuild ruined bridges,- but
are using wood to repair these strnc-,
tures. The Imperative need Is loco
motives. Our oil fields are produc
ing, oil, but we have no means, of
moving it." ' ' " ,
' To Consult Hoover '
Queen Many expressed deep appre
ciation of the work done by -Iha
American Red Cross. She will con
fer with Herbert C. Hoover, chairman
of the supreme food council tomor
row and expressed confidence today; :
that the council wilt aid Rumania.
' The queen called attention to tha
French war cross, with a palm which,
she wears. -
"I was given that cross by tho
French government," she snid. "be
cause officials said I was a good sol-
dler'" ' . . si
BILL TOiSPEED
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SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Mar. 7. '
Senator f. F. Corr completed today
a draft of amendments to the elecllon
laws to-provide for a quick count ot
ballots at general elections in this
state. ' ?';;.'. . (" . ;
Under the terms of amendments
which Carr will submit to the senate
elections committee next Tuesday
morning . membership . of election
boards in each precinct would be In
creased from six to eight., Tho bul
lots would be counted every two
hours after the polls open, - .'
Provision has been made In tho
amendments for secrecy ot tbo count
by making disclosure of progress ot
the count by election officials pun
ishable by a fine of $500 to S10O0 or
imprisonment of three to twelve
months. The ; proposed law would
make It a misdemeanor for persons
to endeavor to obtain from oloctlon
officials information as to the pro
gross of the count An outh o secre
cy is provided for olection officials. ;
Senator Carr said In- most In
stances tho count would bo completo
by nine o'clock, tho night of oloctlon
day-,- . '..-'J-., v d
SEATTLE STRIKERS
SEATTLE. Wash.. March - 7. 1
Striking Seattle shipyard boilernink
ers, numbering about 12,000 met hero
today and voted on .the miestion of re
turning to work pending tho .an
nouncement of findings of n wngo
conference to bo held in Washington.
D, C. .' The result of tho voto will ho
nnnoiinced Saturday night. .. "
One faction at tlio meeting wmtcil
to contiuo the strike without submit
ting tho question to tho membership.
A stormy debute marked tho mcetiuu