Medford mail tribune., January 14, 1920, Page 1, Image 1

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The Weather
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Dally Fourteenth Yuur.
Forty-ninth Tear.
MACLEAY AGREES TO EL
ES
IDE W
WO
BERLIN STORM REICHSTAG
Radicals Rise Aaainst Industrial Council Bill and Attempt to Start Sov'et
Revolution Gustav Noske and Loval Trooiis Save Situation for Pres
ent 40.000 People Rush Guards and are Mown down bv Machine Guns
Extent of Casualties Unknown Fear Crisis Will Be Reached Thurs
day On Anniversav of Liebknecht's Death Losses Amonq Government
Troops Sliqht Reichstaa Adjourns Noske Appointed Commander in
Chief of Government Forces.
BERLIN', Tuesday, Jan. 13, S:35
p. m. (By Associated Press.) The
government tonight proclaimed mar
'tial law In all sections of Cicrnuny
following the mob demonstration
thin afternoon in which at least ten
persons were killed and many others
were wounded by machine gun fire
from guards in front of the reichstag
building.
Gustav Xoske, the minister of de
fense, has been appointed comman
der in chief for the Greater llerlln
district and Brandenburg province.
Street parade, meetings uftcl demon
strations of all kinds have been pro
hibited. Many Killed
BBItLIN', Tuesday,-Jan. 13 Many
persona were killed anil wounded in
a melee by the members of a mob
and police guads in front of the
reichstag building here this after
noon. The mob, organized by extremists
as a protest against the industrial
council's bill now before the reichs
tag, began to gather this morning.
By noon every Btreet leading to the
Ticrgarten was crowded with masses
of people carrying red flags and plac
ards. Anticipating a demonstration be
fore the reichstag building, the
authorities had surrounded the build
ing with public security' guards and
machine gunners who barred all ap
proaches. As time passed the crowd
was joined by striking tram employes
and soon inflammatory speeches
were begun by agitators.
40,000 in (Vouil
When the reichstag convened at 3
o'clock the crowd surrounding the
building was estimated at 40,000 and
new delegations of working people
carrying red flagB and banners in
scribed with the words "all power to
the soviet," continued to arrive.
Troops reinforcements In huge motor
trucks wero added to the guards on
duty but only one arrest had been
made since noon.
Attempts made by the guards to
quietly disperse the crowds were un
heeded. At last the mob mado a
rush against the police lines, trying
to disarm the guards, and disable tile
mavhino guns. When it was seen the
mob could not be checked in any
other way, fire was opened on it. The
shooting was at close range and the
front of the building was littered
with dead and wounded. Order was
soon restored.
Tho reichstag continued its sitting
until 5 o'clock at which time it was
announced ten bodies of persons kill
ed in the fight had been brought Into
the court of the building.
SO Wounded in Tii-rsnrten
Rifle and machine gun fire was
opened on the mob at 3:40 o'clock
and lasted five minutes. It was mont
severe around the west portal of t He
SON OF HENRY FIELD AND
CHORUS GIRL ASKS CASH
CHICAGO. Jan. 14. The riirht nf er's death when he established a fund
Henry Antony Marsh io share in the MOO.Hno tor I'cl-un .Mar-h in set-
, ., ,,. ., , tlement ot a contract between her ami
estate of Marshall Held was the sub- brother
iegt of heariiiL' in the superior court j T1(1 )w:ir'm.t started todav con-en
here todav. The claimant i- threethe rii:ht of llenrv Antonv Mar-h to
venrs old and i-1 the in of Ilenr' share in the income ami ultimately in
Field, grandson of the rnultimillion-j the principal of a .."t,ooo,oon tru-t
aire Chicago merchant, and I'e-j'.'V . t um c-iahiihed by the seventh arti
M;irsh, a former (diorus L.irl. Her a!- clc of Mar-liall F'tehl's, will. It will
lceation that Henrv Kieltl was fatberi hircje upon the court's interpretation
o Iht child wa- virtually admitted j of tlie tern'- i 1 1 f aih "lawful
by Mjir?hall Y'uAd III alter his brvtli- U'ie" as u-ed in Ihe in'-trmnent.
ARE KILLED NO
II 1 I
building. Later the correspondent
of the Associated Press counted at
least twenty men lying in the out
skirts of the Tiergarten, apparently
wounded. When the troops began
firing the crowd ran pell niell in all
directions.
At tho sound of the guns, members
of the lower house of tho reichstag
left tho assembly chamber and crowd
ed into the lounging room where
there was intense eicitement.
While, the number of dead was
announced as ten early this evening,
it seems probable that the fatalities
will eiceed this total. Some of the
wounded lay in the Tiergarten for a
considerable time after the shooting,
altho many were carried off quickly
by the sanitary corps and placed in
nearby bespit aU.
Members of the nutional assembly
which was meeting in tho chamber,
In the inner center of the building,
heard only faint reports of the shots.
Gradually news ot the clash reached
the chamber and an eiodus fallowed
Into the corridors, into which a score
of men from the mob succeeded in
penetrating and immediately started
'a general hai-rangue. I'p in the preflfl
gallery the excitement was equally
I intense.
I Itclrlista Ihmr Hnutshnl
The government admits the loffl of
one member of the troop of guards,
killed in the fighting, while several
I are missing.
The big oak panelled door, which
gives access to the west wing of the
reichstag building, was smashed dur
ing the attempted rush. It was the
prompt resistance of the public
security troops on guard that pre
vented ingress, which would have re
sulted in the invasion of the chamber
by tho mob. Thru this door a large
caliber bullet fired from the ranks of
the mob found its way and also
passed thru a second door into the
lobby, crowded with members.
Storm West ICntrnnre
Provocation for firing upon the
crowd was enhanced by Its attempt
to storm the "west entrance of the
building. A score of men attacked
several guards and wrenched their
rifles away Just as soldiers rushed
up. General firing then began.
When the mob ran into the street
fronting the south side of the edifice,
soldiers stationed there immediately
opened a fusillade. Several slightly
wounded civilians were carried into
the reichstag building, a dozen others
wero transferred to the guard house
near the Brandenburg gate and a
number were carried off by members
of the sanitary corps.
The reichstag temporarily ad
journed amid great confusion. Presi
dent Fehrenbach was obliged to leave
the chair but was unable to control
tho situation. .Members of various
parties engaged in violent recriinina-
fContinneii on Pape Eight)
MEDFORD,
IE
FAIR 10 MAKE MILLION
OUT OF HIS WRITINGS
ISKUUN'. .Inn. H.-Fiehl
Jlur-hul von 1 litnlenhurr bids
fair to become a millionaire from
liis writings, according to the
new Berlin Gazette. It is rc
poricd that lie has sold some of
his works in America tor $1-,-0(111
which, at present exchange
would amount to about 'JOO.000
marks.
The newspaper adds (his com
ment :
"The (icrmnii antiv leaders
under.'-1 and the pound and dol
lar riM-komiiir better than thev
did the l'-boat chances, the
strength of the American army
and the American tanks."'
Bolshevilci Army Whi?h Has Reached
Batal Station Aided bv Chinese So
viet Army Odessa Occupied by
Galician Forces Turkeystan Front
Held by Soviet.
LONDON. ,lan. 14. liussian so
viet troops which have reached Palai
station, almost -100 miles east of Tai
i;a, will be aided bv Chinese bolshe
viki, aecordinir to a Moscow" dispatch
(iiiotintr advices from Chelinhinsk. It
is said the Chinese will operate in the
"coastal reinon."
The holsheviki expect soon to en
counter .Japanese forecs sent to
eastern Siberia and the Moscow dis
patch states the soviet ft trees will not
"undertake anv ntrirrcssive action
calculated to provoke a collision." It
says, however, that the menai-e of the
Japanese and of the entente vassals
in the west will compef (he soviet au
thorities to devote a uvvui part ol'
its forces to ntilitarv purposes.
While Poli-h ami Lclish forces
have driven ahead alomr the north
weslern Russian front ami have
forced the holsheviki to retire at a
number of points, their offensive is
said bv Moscow to be "meVelv lo
cal." Odessa has been occupied bv II;
minimi soldiers assisted bv Oaliciaa
units, i( is reported.
Holshevik official reports slate (hut
the Orenburg and Cral regions have
been cleared of opponents ami that
the Turkestan front could he con
sidered as bcin sat civ held bv soviet
fore-.
I
rjXCOI.X. Neb.. Jan. I I. Mark
M. Woods of Lincoln, executive chair
man of a 'Nebraska Pr.shinK-ror-Prepident
movement, made public a
Matpment here today saying (ieneral
Pershing's friends would be glad to
have Nebraska be the scene of a
Pershinsr-Wood contest for delegates
to the republican national conven
tion in f'hicauo next June.
.Mr. Woody returned to Lincoln
yesterday from an eastern trip In lie
half of the I'nrshins movement. Pre
parations recently in Nebraska by ad
mirers of General Wood of a list of
candidate- to foek election an dele
Kates to ihe republican national con
vention, his statement nahl, is takn
by oastem political writers to mean'
that Ceneral Wood's supporters chal
lenge (ieneral Per-diing tocv'i contest
of (PdepntPR In Pershing's homo
stato. " W'p accept the challenuf ."
jtho statement added, (
:
cWIT
JOIN RUSSIANS
SOVIET FORCE
ORlXiOX, WKPXKNPAV,
COLLEGE II
FOR LEAGUE
OE NATIONS
!
Out of Total of 41.889 Votes Partial
Count Shows 22.G43 Favor Anv
Compromise That Will Hake Pos
sible Immediate Ratification Only
7.344 Vote for Lodtie Reservations.
8.979 for Treaty Without Reserva
tions. 2.923 Oppose Ratification.
NKW VOKK. Jan. 1 I. Incomplete
returns earlv todav from ."tit of near
lv -1(H) colleges and universities hoe
student- and facultv members voted
vesterdav on four ipiesiions com-crn-imr
the pcaee treaty and League of
Nations showed that out id' a total id
ll.SHil votes east. :ri!:i favored anv
compromise which would make pos
sible immediate ratification.
The wordimr of the proposition
which was nenerallv favored follows;
"I favor a compromise between tic
f.odue and the democratic reserva
tions in ttrdeij to facilitate ratifica
tion of I he treat v."
The proposit ion fa vorintr rat i fi ca
tion of the league and treaty without
reservations not S,i)7) votes; that op
posing ratification in anv form L!)'J.'I
ami that favoring ratification, hul
only with the Lodue reservations 7.-
:ul
In New Knixlnnd there was a de
cided preference for the compromise
proposition which was shared gen
erally hv the eastern colleges. In the
middle west the earlv returns showed
a preference for the same proosj ion.
while the votes were finite cvenlv dis
tributed between ratification uithoul
reservations and ratification with the
Lodge reservations for second place.
In the south earlv reports from 1'J
universities and colleges showed a
larire plurality for ratification with
out amendments. Those favoring the
compromise plan came next.
The inler-eolleginte trealy referen
dum commit tee received telegraphic
returns here from nil the colleges ami
complete results were expected to be
announced before midnight.
NriiraskH t9r k limine
LINCOLN, Nel. Jan. I I. I'niv
--it v of Xcdiralia stiident anil lai
l nicnihers, 1,11.") in all. voled
-ix nropnsil ions eoneeniint:
Leaitne of Nations and tteaee Ire:
.'rr-
III-'
on '
Die,
ilv, j
in-;
and Hint (avin iti-r iiniiiialil'ied nil
cation received the lara-l nnniber
votes.
Tlie Inlnt niimlier nl' voles e
for ralilication witlioul aliienilmc
or reservations was :i07.
,,t!
CHICAfiO. .Jan. 11.-- Ki;:h( of
twenty miiblie western colleges in (be
inler-collcL'e referendum vc-tenia v
voted in favor of anv compromise
which would make pov-ible immediate
ratification of the pcaee treat v. and
eiidit were in favor of ratification
without reservation 'or amendment -.
aeeonlin'j- to incomplete returns com
piled todav. Three favored ratifica
tion with the reservation-; proposed
by Senator lodM and one voted in
favor of a separate peace.
Votes taken at nine college- am!
universities on the Pacific cout
-bowed a pluialitv in favor of imp
lication villi re.-crvation-. c.dculated
to retain forJhe I'nited Staler brod
control of it- activities under tin'
I.eaL'ih' t" Nations covenant.
!;osi;i;ria;. (re.. .i.-.n. 1 1. ti:.
fire report of the I'mpoua uet'omit
ore-t for llu summer of 1!M!. iu-t
leceivcd here, shows a total of 7(1
tire--, 'Mic-half of these were cau-d
bv Hi.' lit it "iiy and the reii.oinder me
.-aid to i:,' iioin human ncm-ic or
unknown enijes. ApproxiniateK
IP, Ui 1(1 acres within the hoiindari( -of
the fore-t wfit reported burned
over. re-uItinL' in a Joss of nearlv
l.lllMl.lliil) teet of merchantable t m
hcr, he-ide n eoiisideraide n-s ,t
loje-t covered vouni; i;rowth,
- lANl'AKV II, .1 !'()
IMINATE SEINES
EX-PRESIDENT QUITS
SLASHES HIM IN ARM
.MONTKVF.DK. Crummy.
Jan. 1 I. Jose llnlliV v Onl
v oiicz, twice president of Cru
v Liua v. was Wiiundcd in the arm
v during a duel wilh swords with
' senator Leoncl AiPiirre vc-ier-v
t!nv a t'lenioon.
The ev-prcsidcnt was wound-
ed a lew ntls alter the he-
' uinniii'j' id' tlie encounter, lore
v inir il s suspension.
ll w said that Scnor l'.allle
v sent his sect mi I to Sena t or
v Aguirrc as Hie result ot an arli-
ee in the newspaper Kl Pais, ol'
which Senator Auuirre is a m
proprietor. First Placed in Class 4A Because
Married and Sumiortimi Mother
Made No Claim for Exemiitlon
Hclued Raire $1000.000 War Funds
Would Have Been Fitihtinu Soon.
I.OS AN(!i:iJ:s. ( al..f Jan. II.
Hcnial of chariies lhat Jack Dempsev
was a "draft dodder" and "slacker"
and defense of his coiiducl duriuir the
war. was made hv Jack Kearns,
Icmpsev's mana'jer. in u siuned stMe
ment issued here todav. The slale
mcnl follows :
"Jack Dempsev was not a 'draft
dodcr' during the war. Anyone who
makes such a charirc cannot suppo'-t
il with tacls.
'Vhen Ihe draft call came in 1!H7
Jack hcnipsev was placed in class
IA. This was because he was a niai
licd man and. in addition was sup
porlin' a mother, an invalid brother.
::m a si-ler. Hcmpscv at Ihe time
made tit claims for exeaipl ion. mciv
lv statins the true facts in his own
ease when fillini; out his iiuestioM
huire. "Some fime later flic draft board,
icadiust iicj1 the classificalions, plac
ed hcmpsi'v in (dass A I. but almost
imiiii d'alelv afterward put nim in
( lass 'Jl!. e remained there ihlrinu
the rest, of fhe war and was subject
nnv day Io call for war duly. If Ihe
conflicl had lasted a few weeks long
er it seems a certainly that Dempsev
would havo lieen in the uniformed
service.
liaised $100,000
"During tiie course of the war Jack
I cntp-ev was (Mtiploved as a rivcf ei
i.nd as a reertit in the Sen -diiphuild-ni'j
plant of Philadelphia and also in
one of Ihe shipyards in Seattle. And
when he was not doimr that, he was
appeajtiiL' in fi-tie conf e-t-. at the
henef I- for the different war chnri
i ic. j!v this mean-- approximately
slOO.liOu wa- raised for the variou
wa r f iiniU. .
"Demp-ev not mcj-i-lv fonvht wilh
oi!t a ci-iif of remuneration hut paid
ill o; hi- IraveliiiL' expen-es to ami
t otn each bat ' !cj round and each
i .Mitoniiicnt. lie was frcnuenlh
'biokc as a cun-.eoitence.
l-'oiittlii Willie .Mceban
"Demp-ev fouiiht Willie .Mceban
in San l-'rati'-i-co for the benefit of
tlie war charit e- fund. The fih;
drew abo'-l -t;7.0'M and the money
wa- coeallv u did Iclween the -ot-dicr-
and -ailoi-. ., b-asl I .".() 'HI
wa- added Io the utr in Hrooklvn
at the lierictit -iaed bv flic KniudP
of I 'ol urn bus heca u-e I lemp-ev will
liri';lv agreed to appear Ihcre in an
e.vltibilinn boul.
"Demp-ev eba-cd Je-s Wdlard nil
over the con I incut to yet liitu ill a
liulH and ai't-eed at all time.- to bmatc
hi- service-. lie was matched to
li'.'ht Willard in Philadelphia but the
li.t ujis ca'bd otf tbroiii'h i:o fault
of Deiitp-ey'-, t.ater Jack Was re-
I
(Continued on page Klght)
; which Senator Aguirre is a co- '
1 proprietor. !
lifii;
THAT DEMPSEY i
WAS SLACKERj
INTRODUCE A BILL TAXING
rrorcnu fiqii nmm
UllLUUiS 5 IU19 UnmiLllILU
Senator Thomas nf Medford Offers Bill in Senate Which Would Make Sal
i mon Trust Pav for Protection anil Proiiatiation of FishMaclcav In
; tcrests Atirce to Eliminate Set Nets anil Seines at Mouth of Ronuc
River Under Certain Conditions Lilt'c Chance of Ciosinti River at
i Present Session but Matter Will Undoubtedly Go Before Pcoule House
Votes to Adjourn Saturday Portland Zonimi Scheme Repealed Ma
chine Workinu Without Hitch in Both Tiiusc and Senate.
SAI.KM, .Ian. I I Provision of nil
(lilional fllluirt fr tlio list; of tin;
stilto liouril of fish comnilssioiu'rs for
tlio pi"ot(H!tion anil propn.mition of
Salmon and othor connnor.'ial fi.otl
fiKll by levying a iiconso on tho i;ross
earnings of piM.sons, firms anil cor
porations engnui'd in cannini;, pack
ing and proscrviiu; of salmon and of
olluir ct-'mmercial fish is proposed in
a hill drafted ly William Lord,
Portland altoiney for sportsmen and
Introduced today by Senator Thuinas
of Medford. Tho Income derived In
this way would be deemed an appro
priation. The emeiKency clause Is
attached.
SALK.M, .Ian. I f.--The house this
morning voted to adjourn the iipeeinl
session at noon Saturday. A contest
preceded the vote.
SALKM, .Ian. 1 1 Following heat
ed debate In which the pnposed
Portland znninn s-i-liemo was bolh
praised and scathingly critieized, the
house late yesterday repealed tho
state zoning act upon which Ihe Port
land scheme was based. The repeal
was ef reeled by house bill S. intro
duced by Representative Ilosford of
.Multnomah county.
(Special Tribune)
KALK.M. Jan. l:!. The end of the
second day's session of I lie legisla
ture finds (he sil nation iinHiaiiiv'd
except (hut the spirit of "let's get
home as soon as possible has been
tram dated into an accomplished
"speed-up" program. Pn.'bably never
before in the history of the stale has
so much actual business been 'turned,
out In the first two days of a legisla
tive session.
This morning the senate passed
two resolutions locking to the early
closing of the ressiou; one fixing Sat
urday as the time for adjournment,
and tlie other defining certain classes
of legislation to which attention
must be confined without first secur
liitf the consent of the 'respective
bouses. When they came over to
tho house after the noon recess, the
committee (,-n resolutions, of which
Sheldon of Jackson is chairman,
made a fight for (hem, but the first
was put on the table for future action
and (he second was consigned to the
legislative graveyard.
Senator Thomas and Mr. Mans
field, president of the Rogue River
Fish Protect i vi! association, deter
mined late yesterday upon a shift in
plans on the fish fight and at their
suggestion the house members from
Jackson ami Josephine counties in
tndueed the bill over which such a
merry war was waged In the 1 HI 7
session where il was passed only to
be, defeat ed by a referendum.
.Maeleny Agrees Io A ill
All hands concede that the passage
of this or any other Koyue River fish
OVER 400 PERSONS LOST
WHEN FRENCH SHIP SINKS
LA KOCIIKLI.L, Kramc. Jan. 11.
More Ihan -I'MI per-ons are believe
tit have lo-d their live- in the wreck
of the steamer At'rioue on Roche
Purine shoal, Pav of lli-eav. Only
."t" sin'ivors are known to have land
ed. Mope for the rc-t of the pas-scipjer-
and crew faded durintr ihe
past nii:bt and 7l' hours after the ves.
m'! foundered uianv feared one of the
urea lest marine tragedies of modern
(lines was enacted of ft he coast be-
NO. 2.10
b'ubdalion by the house la not prob
f attic, itu! tlie proposal coming today
jlo Ihe Jackson county men from tho
I representative of the MaeLcay can-
nery interests attendiiiK the session
under which Ihey would nsreo to
eliminate set-nets and seines at tho
I month of the river (long n conten
tion ured by Jacksou county Hports
! men ) under certain conditions, shows
ithal both Ihe southern Oregon men
1 here and the Macl,eay Interests rec
ionnize that the dispute between thoao
two interests would ro to tho people
for a settlement; neither side look
inn to the present hectic session for
a solution.
Machine Is Working
The preLtiest political machine
over act in motion In Oregon ia In
full function at tho state house. It 1b
a dandy, dint it serves to. accentuate
tho fact, that the politics' ot a Tight
before a legislature-, and that of a
fiiiht beforo the great tribunal of
public opinion are two very different
matters. Tlie forces of selfishness
are in their element hero;, tho riglita
of l be common people are sate in an
appeal to an Intelligent electorate.
(Special to the Mail Tribune.)
S ALKM, Jan. 12. Today the spec
ial session of the legislature opened
wilh two things in the air: Fish and
"let's get homo as quickly as we
fan." All the discussions swing
'an, 'and those two considerations.
There Is a very determined move
ment on Io make tho Pension short
(if not sweet.) Several resolutions
were Introduced, some even beforo
the legislature had heard tiio gover
nor's message, locking to an early
(dosing. These resolutions aro ro
posing, tonight, in the hands of tho
two resolutions committees, with tho
two chairmen, Kiidy ie. tho senate
and Sheldon' in the hcu so, expressing
the sentiment of a majority of the 00
members that some practical meana
will be found to cut out tho unimpor
tant matters and devote a week or
(en days to hard work on matters
that cc'ant.
A bill providing for $5,000,000 ad
ditional road building money will
probably be passed; its coming has
not made a ripple as yet; tho prom
ised llsh fights hold the stago to tho
exclusion of other measures.
The Juckiu.il county delegation had
a "fish" caucus this noon at the Spa
with Mr. Mansfield of Medford and
Dr. Downs of Portland. It was rec
ognized by all present that tho houso
was against the sportsmen; but that
the senate was debatable ground.
The two southern Oregcn measures
were agreed upon but the question of
the time of their introduction left to
Messrs. Thomas and Mansfield. Early
In the afternoon development In tho
senate led Seuatcr Thomas to make
a shift of plan, and one of the "mea
sures mav be sidetracked for a resur-
( Combined on Page KigbO
fore dawn Sunday morn in?.
Sailors and French colonial sol
diers are the only persons from tho
ship known to have reached land
satelv.
Ht was iniposMibl to Aipproacli
the AfriiMie.' said ( apta.iri Jouan of
Ihe -steamer Cevlon. which was sum
named to the scene of the wreck bv
wireless on Saturday and which nr
lempted to re-cue those on board tho
doomed ycssel,