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Forty-ninth Tear.
MEDFORD, OUKt'JON", SATl'K'DAV, FKBItlUUV
NO. 271
RIALO
NO ATTACK
I.W.W. HALL
SAYS STATE
County Prosecutor Allen Makes
Strona Case in Oneninii Remarks
Before Centralia Massacre Jury
Maintains State Will Prove I. W.
W.'s Deliberately Entered Into Plot
to Murder Service Men Shots Not
Fired Frdm I. W. W. Wall.
HONTESANO, Wash.. Fob. 7
Outlining in its every iletnil the
stale's version of events leailinz up
to the Armislirc day shootings at
Centralia, Wash., on November J 1 ,
1010, Herman Allen, county attorney
of Lewis eounty, in which Cenlrnlia
is situated, today told the 12 jurors
sworn to hear the evidenco against
11 aliened members of the Industrial
Workers of the World just what the
state would attempt, to prove by the
cstimony and exhibits it would offer
nt the trial. He started his speech
at 1:30 o'clock.
'Incrediblo as it may appear that
a crime so heinous iu its character
and evincing so much depravity
should be perpetrated within the lim
Hb of a peaceful and moral commu
nity, nevertheless the evidence which
we shall lav before vou irresisti
bly lend to the conclusion that the
prisoners are guilty of the offense of
which lhq,v stand charged." Mr. Allen
declared when first addressing the
jury.
: Kvplalns Unit nt T. W. W. Unll
i After the counter march, which
look place nt Tower avenue and
Third street, somo confusion took
place, Mr. Allen explained, the re
sult bcinir that some of tho marchers
were forced to halt in the block be
tween Second and Third streets, on
Tower avenue, many of them stop
pine; directly in front of the I. W. W.
hall. The Centralia division had
reached n position just ahead of the
hall, nearly at tho intersection of
Tower avenue and Second street,
when Grimm cave the command to
bait and close ranks, Allen said in
his statement. Ho then located the
I. W. W. hall at from 150 to 200 feet
north of the corner where the men
had halted.
Fired on When Haitian
"It was while the men were in this
position that thev were fired upon,"
the county prosecutor declared.
"When in this position four or five
shots rnna out and there was a dis
tinct pauso of n few seconds, and the
boys began to break ranks and seek
shelter. When the ranks broke and
the boys began scattering, several
volleys of shots came from the I. W.
W. hall."
"How many shots were fired it
may not accurately be determined,
but it wlil be shown that there were
a great number, ranging from 50 to
150," Allen continued in describing
the shooting. He then described the
position of the marchers in the
street, how thev nt first did not real
ize thev were being shot at, their ef
forts to escape the rain of bullets and
charged that the defendants "mani
fested an absolute and total disre
pard of human life," men, women and
ehildrcn being in the crowd that had
gathered along the strets to witness
the procession. Ho then declared
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NEW YORK WOMEN
IT
XEW YORK, Feb. 7. Snowbound
New York marshplled all its forces
today in a prodigious effort to ex
tricate itself , from the paralyzing
storm that lyis reminded old timers
of the classic blizzard of 1888.
Spurred by Mayor Ilvlan's procla
mation urging the suspension of all
but vitally nccessurv trucking traf
fice for a period of three days, big
trucking corporations and oth
ors turned over their auto trucks
nnd drivers to cart the Enow to piers
where steamship companies loaned
their employes for the task of dump
ing into the harbor. Hundreds of
RARE TREASURES ART
ji j J ji j 2 5 5 $ j j Ji
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Treasures
of art valued at more than a
million dollars were round to
day In tho unpretentious dwel
ling of Airs. Kvaliuc M. Kimball,
aged widow of Wl W. Kimball,
founder of a piano company.
The widow, who Is 7!l years
old, recently was adjudged iu
cc'inpetent. An Inventory filed In probate
court yesterday and approved
listed early Chlneso and Jap
anese jade and porcelain vases,
bowels and plaques, rare tapes
tries and antique- furniture.
Among the other valuable paint
ings were works of Rembrandt,
John Constable, Sir Joshua
lteynclds, Millet, Gaiasbor-
ough, Bristol, Georgo Komney
and Corot.
President Reaffirms , His Stand
Against Any But Interpretative
Reservations to Peace Treaty in
Letter to Senator Hitchcock Less
Uncompromising Attitude Uraed.
WASHINGTON, Jeb. 7. After
listening to a letter from President
Wilson, re-affirming his stand
against any but interpretative reser
vations to tho peace treaty, democra
tic senators decided In conference to
day to proceed with their previous
plan to help bring tho treaty up in
the senate Monday and to work for a
reservation comprovise. ,
Tho letter is understood to have
expressed the president's willingness
to accept any interpretative reserva
tions that the democrats might frame
but to have omitted discussion of any
specific reservation proposals.
A long discussion In which some
senators are said to have urged that
thd democratic senate leaders bo
more compromising in their attitude,
followed submission of the communi
cation. The only formal decision
reached, it was announced, was' to
aid In every possible way that move
to take up the treaty and expedite its
ratification.
MARYSVILLK. Cal.. Feb. 7 Mrs.
Gertrude Wilson was found not guil
ty of the murder of Charles Hrown,
wealthy sheepman, on the first bal
lot of the iurv taken within 15 min
utes of the time the case was given
into its bands.
SHOVEL SNOW; ALL
stores set their employes to work
with shovels. The street cleaning de
partment still short about 10.000
shovelers, renewed' its efforts to in
duce more men to join tho ranks.
Special attention was given to dig
ging fire hydrants out of great piles
of snow,
Meanwile citizens resurrected
snow shovels from attics and cel
lars and started to clean sidewalks
and cross walks. Women, toos help
ed in the snow removal, taking the
hint from the Barnard college girls
who vesterdnv put men to shame in
cleaning walks in the vicinity of tin
college, ....... ...... . .
WILSON STANDS
PAT REGARDING
RESERVATIONS
QPP'V WAUV W. M. SEWARD OWNER ill Q MARINFQIbffi DOMINION PDATFD I ftlP
1 olu i mm SEWARD HOIEL MPS u,Ui I'lnmiiLU LINER PR NCESS ANNE unniLit LniiL
LAm BASTS
ADMIRAL
Daniels Tells Investigating Commit
tee He Regrets Recommending
Sims as Admiral for Life Criti
cised American Army and Praised
British Sims' Charges Untrue-
Busy With British Propaganda
Objects to Magazine Articles.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 When Mr.
Daniels completed his prepared state
moat today ho was cross questioned
by members of the committee. He
conceded that Admiral Sims had
served where ordered and said that
he meant no reflection by bis pre
vious testimony that tho admiral had
served most of his time on shore
duty.
Chairman Hale road letters written
by Secretary Daniels praising Admir
al Sims for his service during the
war and Senator McCcrmlck read tes
timony complimentary to Sims, given
by Secretary Daniels before congres
sional committees during considera
tion of a bill to make Sims and Ben
sen full admirals.
"Every word that . I have said of
Admiral Sims' ability and brilliancy
in certain lines is true," said Mr.
Daniels, "but if I had known what
has dovelopod since, I should not
have recommended that ho be made
an admiral for life.
"I wish to give seme reasons why
I would not make that recommenda
tion now. One reason is a statement
made recently In tho house of ropre
sentntives by Representative JJyrnes
in which he said that while in Paris
in October, 1918, ho talked to Ad
miral Sims and Sims praised the
British army highly, declared that an
armistice would have to bo signed be
cause Pershing had been unable to
break thru the German line due to a
breakdown In the American Service
of transportation and greatly min
imized the service of tho American
navy during the war. Afterward,
Representative Byrnes said, he visit
ed Pershing's headquarters and
learned that Sims' churges were en
tirely unfounded. A few days after
ward Representative Byrnes repeated
Admiral Sims' remarks to a high
American official without saying
who made them and received the re
ply 'that is pure British propaganda
and there Is only one officer iu the
American service who could have
said such things and he Is Rear Ad
miral William S. Sims.' "
Statements contained In a series of
magazine articles written by Admiral
Sims and published recently were
given by Secretary Daniels as another
reason why ho would not now recom
mend Admiral Sims for admiral.
The third reason I should not
have recommended him is tho book
he has written and published," Secre
tary Daniels continued;
"There were six men to whom the
navy owes most Its success. The first
is Admiral Benson, who directed op
erations. The second Is Admiral
.Mayo, who commanded the Atlantic
fleet during the war. Then there was
Admiral Sims, whom we selected be
cause he had a larga acquaintance
abroad."
SPOKANK, Fob. 7. Ilollcf that
-Mux II. Jloitser of Portland, Ore..
vice president ot the 1'nitod Htutat
grain conM,ntlnn for the northwest
"by reason of his connection with the
I'nited States grain corKrut ion, Iins
been able to manipulate and oiicrate'
Kruin coiniuinfes of which he wus for
merly un owner "to an Immense pro
fit to himself and associates," is ex
pressed in findings of a I'nlted States
grand jury returned to District Judge
K. E. Cukliniun hero today.
Once More Predict Rain.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 7 Weather
predictions for the week beginnin
Monday are:
Pacific states Rains in Washing
ton and Oregon middle of the week
nnd. again about the end of the week.
Seasonal temperatures.
6 STORIES TO DEATH
j .j ij tj 4 "J I i f I j
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7.
W. M, Seward, owner of Ibe ho
ld hero whiHi bears bis iiimu1,
died today after be leaped from
a window of the hotel and fell
six stories into a eonrt. Sew
ard had been ill lor inanv
months from a nervous break
down and was under the care of
several nurses whom he eluded
iu order to jiimn (rom I ho win
dow. !
SECRETARY LANE'S
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Secre
tary l.nne of tlie department of the
interior has ulaccd bis resignation
in the hands of President Wilson and
will bo effective March . It he
came known some time ago that the
secretary contemplated leaving the
cabinet when it was convenient for
the president to release him.
It is understood that Sir. Lane's
plans for the immediate future have
not been fully inaliired, but will be
announced soon, lie bus been secre
tary of the interior since the begin
ning of President Wilson's adminis
tration. Prior to that he was a mem
ber and chairman of tho inter-stale
commerce commission.
Air. Lane's resignation terminates
a public, service of more than 'Jtl
years in which be has held mnnv
posts, beginning wilh local offices in
iiis homo stale of California. It has
been a matter of common ngrcment
among politicians for some limn that
be would be a presidential possibility
were it not for the fact that he win
born in Canada.
"n iim innnnn m
W AlftflKo IU
BE ON THE WANE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The in
fluenza epidemic was ut a standstill
today in most communities and new
cases showed a decline in others, ac
cording to reports from twenty-nve
states to teh public health service.
ROSEBUItG, Ore., Feb. 7. Influ
enza which has resulted in eight
deaths in Roseburg today was on tho
wane. For tho first time since the
epidemic struck three weeks ago the
outlook was optimistic and physic
ians were confident the danger has
passed. Only a few scattering cases
have been reported for tho past two
days and all indications point to the
fact that the disease Is dying out al
most as rapidly as it appeared.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. The influen
za situation in Portland today reach
ed its highest crest since the out
break of the malady last month.
One hundred and fifteen new cases
were reported to the city health bur
eau bringing the total number of
cases In the city up to 724.
This brings the total number of
deaths from Influenza up to twelve In
this city. Tho 115 new cases report
ed set a record for this season In
Portland. There were 52 releases
from quarantine today.
E
"WASHINGTON", Fob. 6 Tho pass
port vise feo weuld be increased to
ton dollars by a proviaion written
into th diplomatic appropriation bill
today by the fienate foreign relatioiifl
committee. Tho present rate in one
dollar and committee members esti
mated that the increase would bring
in $5,0UO,U0O annually.
G ASH WW
A
American Marines at Vladivostok In
tervene When Japs Attempt to Re
strain Revolutionary Troops Jap
anese Give Up Attempt and No
Serious Trouble Results War
Ships Lciaileri With Russians Ar
rive in Tokio.
LONDON, Keh. 7.Amerienn ma
rines ... at Vladivostok intervened
when Japanese soldiers attempted to
prevent revolutionary troops i'rom
capt urini"' (ieneral liozauoff, Iiussian
yovernor general, when the eilv was
taken by (he reds, according to a
Vladivostok dispateli lo the Mail.
The message, whieh was dated last
Sunday, staled (Ieneral lio.anol'f
finally escaped and took refuse on a
Japanese cruiser in I bo harbor.
:I lose ninny tho capture of tho fit v,
tho correspondent says tho first rev
olutionists entered by stealth, seized
the street railroad and used tho cars
to carry them up tho main street to
tho house occupied by (ieneral lioz
anoff.' When thev tried to surround
tho bmldiny tho Japanese blocked the
way. but the officer of an Amerioan
murine detachment announced ho
would not permit interference. The
Japanese then withdrew and all for
eign forces observed a neutral at
titude subsequently.
TOKIO. Kel). Iiussian officers
who have been serviny at Vladivostok
under command of tieneral Kozanoff,
governor yenernl of tho Iiussian
maritime province have arrived with
their families in Tsuruyu harbor on
tho southern coast of Japan.
Thev were on board two Iiussian
warships which entered port early
odfiv, and their arrival which was
unheralded, appears to indieaio an
exodus of Russians from tho eastern
part of Siberia,
Koporfs received late last week re
flected a serious state of affair in
Vladivostok and it appeared the bol
shoviki bad assumed control of tho
county up to within a short, distance
of tho eitv. Nikolsk, 40 miles north,
was in tho hands of the reds at that
time and American forces along the
railroad between that place and
Vladivostok reported encounterimr
units of tho soviet army. A state of
sieye had been proclaimed in the city
and further reinforcements of Jap
anese troops were expected.
Mxre recent advices stated revo
lutionist forces had occupied Vlad
ivostok January 31, and that allied
missions which had been in the city
had left, yTriny westward over the
Trans-Siberian railroad in the direc
tion of Harbin. Nothing was report
ed as to the flight of Iiussian offi
cers which may indicate the whole
sale desertion of Iiussian govern
ment troops or their dispersion. If
this should prove to bo the case the
only considerable anti-bolshevik
forces in far eastern Siberia would
be Japanese and Americans.
BY JAPAN OFFER
PEKING, Sunday, Feb. 1 (By As
sociated Press.) Japan's proposal to
open negotiations with China for the
return of Shantung province has
plaeed the government In a dilemma,
according to Dr. Yen Ilawk-LIng,
councilor of tho foreign office, who
has Just returned from Purls with
Foreign Minister I.u Cheng llslang.
The acceptance of the Japanese pro
posal Is objected lo by provincial
authorities, student bodies, chambers
of commerce and various guilds, but
a refusal, besides endangering the
good relations of tho twto countries,
Dr. Yen pointed out, would necessar
ily mean the indefinite postponement
of the province's restoration.
Gov. Stuart Declines Honor.
lilCIIMONI). Vn Fev. 7. Form
er Governor llcnrv C. Stuart has de
clined appointment to the inter-stato
commerce commission to succeed
James S, Harlan of Indiana, it was
announced here today.
LANDED SAFELY IN N.Y.
XK WYOHK. Feb. 7. Thiriv
two passengers and 'JH mem
bers of the crew of tb esieain
sbip I 'riucess Anne, which
stranded on a sand bar nt
liocka wa v I'oint Thursday
n is; lit while hound from Norfolk,
Yu., to (his citv. were biudcd a(
I lie Hat t erv hv the police boat
patrol shortly after 1 o'clock
this afternoon. l''ort v-four
members of the crew remained
aboard the distresse d vessel.
Captain Frank Sea v of Nor
folk, who was injured while
nuvigatiiig tho boat through tho
storm, was among those biud
cd. $ j i j 3 "J j
1 -2 PER CENT TO
Senate ami House Agree On Import
ant Railroad Letiislation Gov
ernment Guarantee Extends for
Two Years Rates to Denend Unon
Earning Power Each District.
WAKIHXOTON, Feb. 7. A relurn
of fi'i ner cent on the uiru'reuate
value of the railroads would be uuar
anieed bv the irovernment for a pe
riod of two years under an agree
ment reached loihtv by Ibe senate,
and house conferees on the railroad
bill.
Jn nnnonncimr the agreement to
day, Chairman Cummins of Ibe sen
ate maunicers said the re-written sec
tion provided I lull al ter the two-year
period tho per ccnlutre of return
would be fixed by the inter-state
commerce commission which would
be authorized to fix rales so as to
yield that return.
Wilh the agreement on this section
leaders hopo to complete final en
actment ot the bill before March 1.
;', Itatiw by DIstrlelH
The airnrcuate value of the prop
erties used in transportation would
be determined bv the inter-state
commission, according to the bill the
determination beine hv traffic dis
tricts. These districts would be used
as groups for rale makiiur and in
territories where the roads earned
an eiiuivalent of the Guaranteed re
turn, no incrcaso in rates would be
necessary. Similarly, Ibe rates
would he raised to make up a defi
cit iu districts where the roads fail
ed to earn the fi per cent.
Figures on the probable acErrcffato
value of the roads are not available
vet. The commission has completed
the final physical valuation of only
three roads and the tentative valun
lion of only .r(i, the largest beinir the
Kansas Cily .Southern. The out
standing capitalization and bonded
indebtedness of all Ibe roads amount
to approximately $1!),0()(I,0(IO, 11(10
on which a .r)' per cent return would
be $1,M.),0IXUI00.
Aid Weaker Konris
The cuaranteed return to the
roads under t:overnment control has
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PAUIS, Feb. 7. Astonishment
has been caused in French circles by
u chnime of attitude on the part of
the Hritish irovernment rrirnrdiiu!
Ibe extradition of Germans uecused
of violations of the laws of war.
While it wus understood that
Oreut Itritain was the most insist
ent of all powers represented at the
pence conference in demandintr tin
trial of former Kmpcmr William and
other prominent Orfinans, informa
tion has been received that tho Brit
ish are now showiui! u tendency to
GUARANTEE
U. S. RAILROADS
ROAD W AITS
ON ELECTION
Slate Highway Commission Will Give
No Answer tu Jackson County's
Generous Offer Until Fate of Bond
Issue Is Known Members of
Jackson County Delegation Return
From Portland If People Aonrove
of Increase, Action Probable.
Unless tho constitutional amend
ment is passed at tho May special
election, increasing tho state's In
debtedness for road purposes from 2
to 4 per cent, there will be In tho
near future no new highway con
struction In Jackson; county, and
tharoforo no work on the Ora
tor Luko road. This was the word
brought back today by II. L. Walthor,
member ot tho Jackson county dele
gation. Until tho result ot the olectlon la
known, the commission is not in po
sition to map out any further read
program, and the commissioners de
clined to commit themselves to any
now projects. All requests for paving
were turned down and even flatter
ing offors r.'f co-oporatlon from coun
ties were laid on the shelf until the
commission knows whether it will re
ceive more funds.
Jackson . county's proposal to pay
2 per cent or tho cost ot having the
Crater lako road from Modford as a
two-year projoct, waB placed in abey
ance by the commission. No answer .
will bo given until after the May elec
tion. , . : .
As the local delegation painted out
Jackson county Is prepared to pay
one-fourth of the cost of the con
struction of the Med ford-Crater Lake
highway providing the federal gov
ernment will provide one-half and the
state highway commission the re
maining ono-fourth of the cost ot
construction.
If tho commission is not prepared
Immediately to meet one-fourth the
cost of tho highway, Jackson county
agreed to lend the umount necessary
to tho state. It was desired to begin
work soon on the 23-mile stretch be
tween Modford and Trail by way of
Fagle creek, and if a satisfactory bid
for the work could not bo obtained
the county would do tho work on
force account.
A conference was held Wednesday
night between the delegation and the
committee from the Portland cham
ber of commerce appointed following
the Portland trade excursion" to
southorn Oregon to boost the high-'
way and the state highway commis
sion. W. 01. Gore, spokesman of the
Jackson county delegation told of the
great need for the construction of the
highway for the accommodation of
tourists and whut already has been
accomplished by Jackson county in
road construction. E. V. Carter, ot
Ashland and County Judgo Qv - A.
Gardner supplemented his remarks
and whon the plan of financing was
proposed, S. Benson of the state high
way commission appeared greatly,
pleased and requested that the pro
posal bo reduced to writing and pre
sented to the commission.
President II. B. Van Duzr.r, presi
dent; V. D. H. Dodson, executive sec
rotary; P. Hethorton, assistant secre
tary; Wultcr II. Evans, chairman of
the local Mod ford-Crater Lake road
committee, and John M. Scott repre
sented the Tortland chamber of com- 1
merce at the conference.
L'
leave the initiative in the process of
extradition to others.
It was said yesterday that Baron
Hirkenhead, lord chancellor of Kmr
land, is understood to have mndo it
clear that the Hritish government fa
vored a radical modification of the
list in order that an asrreemont with
Germany miirht he reached.
Premier Milicraud declared in the
chamber of deputies last evenine tho
allies would not evacuate the left
bank of the Hbine until Germany had
fulfilled all the terms of tho Ver
sailles treuty.