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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL Tribune The Weather Prediction Fnlr Yesterday's max 00 Today's mln Predictions Daily Fourteenth Yt&r, Forty-ninth Tear. MEDFORD, OUKCOX. Will INKS DAY, KKHia'AUV IS. 1!)-J0 NO. liSO STATE RESTS AND DEFENS L Attorney Vanderveer Beqins in Earn est Fiaht for Lives of Centralia I. W. W.'s Asks Court to Dismiss Case at Least Aqainst Faulkner. Sheehan and Smith Lono Artiu ments Scheduled on Motion State to Call 100 Witnesses in Rebuttal. MONT KS A NO, Wash.. Feb. 1.S. JIoviiiL' l'or ilismissnl in hclnill' ul each of the 11 defcndunl nil trial hero for the murder oT Wnrran O. Grimm. C'cutralia Anuiitiia- imrmlv victim, Attornev Oooruo K. Vnndcr cer todav bccuii in runiot his I'iulit for the lives of his 11 iilk'L'Pil 1. W. W. clients. The motion for dismissal cnine shortly alter tjic Diosecution unnounced that it rested. It. was to bo antiicd this ut'ternoon. Vnndervecr's motion asked the court to dismisses the chaives ncuinst each of the defendants and to instruct the iurv to brim: a ver dict of not miiltv. on tile grounds of insufficient evidence. It was expect ed that particular attention would be siiven in the defense iirmunents today to the individual cases of liert Faulk ner, Mike Kheelian and Iilmer Smith, defendants, whom the defense insists have not been connected bv the state with the shootings. Adjournment Is Denied. A request to adjourn court for the remainder of thu dav was made bv Attorney Vanderveer. hut denied bv the court. Vnndervoer said be ex pected to be called as n witness this afternoon in the trial of :i aliened 1. W. W.'s bcinir tried for criminal syndicalism in the court of .Indue Hen Sheeks, but .Indue Wilson said ho wished to speed the case and not waste anv more time. Cullimr of defense witnesses was expected to beuin tomorrow with t ho introduction of testimony designed to prove the plea of self defense, and to establish the contention that Amer ican I.eL'ion men in the parade rusheii the . W. W. hall before anv shots wcr. fired, ac'cordimr to an alleged prear ranged plan. The defense has sub poenaed about Mil witnesses. 10O Witnesses In Itchuttal The state, ill rebuttal, expects to offer the testimony of nearly Kill wit ncscss. This testimony it is indicat ed, will be for the purpose of dcund ishim: the testimony the defense is expected to offer. The prosecution has called "." wit nesses since it bcuan the introduction of testimony eiuht anil one-half davs nun. Two weeks were required to se lect a iurv. The state called lour new witnesses today ami the defense recalled a former state's witness, T. C. Jloniim. The prosecution witnesses were Cecil Key of Centralia. Kinerv Coleman, Centralia. Mrs. Helen Sclioel ami Mts. Anna I,. Whitmarsh. Chchnlis. The state's witnesses testified thai they saw no one rush the I. W. W. hall before the shootimr commenced, told of how they first heard the shots and of their attempts to net away from the rnntre of i'lvimr bullets. Mrs. School and Mrs. Whitmarsh. who were driving cars in the Ked Cross section of the procession, told of their efforts to drive out of the line to places of silfetv. Children were ridinir in both machines, thev testified. ' (Continued on rage Eight) OPENS EIRE 'I BE A REGULAR!" IS PINAL OF MRS. CATI TO CIllCAIiO. l'eb. 18. Alignment of "omen voters with cxistintr political Parties and abandonment of efforts to inaugurate 11 political organization "I their own was advocated todav by the leaders of the lA'iisrue of Wo men Voters, successor to the National American Woman Suff nitre associa tion. Kepublican and democratic members of the leasue ureed the wo men to affiliate with their respective Parties and expressed their opposition to the formation of n woman's party. The retiring president of the sut frase association, Mis. Carrie Chap 7 U. S. NAVY MEN ARE? AT SEA ARE CAPSIZED WASI I I.NCTOX, Keb. 1 S. I-'ive enlisted mun were drown ed in the sinking of a naval water barge yesterday off the Cuban coast, the navy depart ment was advised today, and two others lost their lives in the capsizing of a motor dory from the I'. S. S. Ilovey last Sunday at Harwich. Kngland. Xo details cf the sinking were given out, hut Admiral Knapp said a court of inquiry would investigate the sinking of the dory. The men lost on the barge were: Seamen Harry T. (Mouse, Heading, Pa.; Leo T. Pehewei, Cleveland, and Harry Sirody, 'Philadelphia, and Fireman Ral eigh V Stover, Pittsburg and Lulu (i. Higdon, Undale, Ga. Those lost with the dory were : Fireman Patrick (Ifll, Boston, and Coxswain Frank 1). Moser, Philadelphia. s WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 S. Abolish tnent of the nine sub-treasuries, the offices of the thirteen state surveyors- general, and two assay offices is pro posed in the legislative appropriation bill, reported today by the house ap propriations committee. A reduc tion of $ I S, 000,000 from depart ment estimates for clerk hire and miscellaneous expenses was made, but the bill's total of $104,120,000 is one of the largest peace time legis lative appropriations on record. Several unusual items including $-12,038,000 for the internal revenue bureau for collecting taxes and en forcing the national prohibition; $11, ICM.OOO for the war risk insurance bureau and $.,ooo,ooo for the de cennial census, largely account for the high total. The sub-treasuries, which would be abolished at the end of this year are at 'Baltimore, New York, Phila delphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, SI. Louis, iXow Orleans and San j "Francisco. The surveyors-general lo jbc discarded on June HI next would I include these in Arizona. California, Colorado. Idaho, Montana. Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Alaska. The assay office office at Ptah, Washington, Wyoming and Dead wood, S. (., and Salt Lake City would bo closed on June 30. NKIl.WVKA. Neb., Feb. IS. What the owner said were world's record prices fcT Hampshire bred sows were brought here yesterday at a sale by Raymond C. Pollad of this city. Forty-two head sold for $21,N!i, an average cf $.'2:t, as compared with the previous high of $:it0. One sow brought $2,ti.'i0, a new top for this breed. Buyers from twenty-eight states were present. U. S. WOMEN VOTERS man Calf, uracil the women to enroll in one of the political parties. In a farewell address Mrs. Cn,l cautioned wm i nain-t standpat- isin. "Ilo not iio to the polls a- a iner; endorser of a platform that others have written for vou in some back office." she -aid. "Take a vow be fore vou leave ChicaL'o and befove you enter a political party that vou will never vote a ticket until it has been submitted lo vour intelligent e and ratified bv vour conscience. Don't be a 'rei;ulur.' ' CONGRESS TO STAND PAT R. R. WAGES Conference Railroad Bill as Present ed Would Hold Railroad Wanes to Present Level Until September 1st Comnulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes but no Provision for En forcina Board's Decisions. Govern ment Guarantee for Six Months. WASHINGTON, l'eb. IS. Wanes established by tho railroad adinini tratiou during the war would con tinue In effect iinlil September 1 under the railroad re-organization bill, the conference report on which was presented today in iho hoiibe and senate. t'nder the wage provision, pay of railroad workers would bo stabilized at the present levels for six months after the rail properties are returned to private control and operation. The bill also seeks to stabilize rates for the same time, providing that prior to September 1 no rates may he re duced unless approval of the inter state commerce commission Is cb lained. The restriction of wage increases was looked upon with especial inter est by members of congress, railroad officials and union leaders in view of tho recent demands of the more than two million railroad wt.'rker3 for an advance In pay. I'lilon Conference. Called. The fourteen railroad union bonds have called a conference to begin Monday to discuss tho policy to be adopted In dcullng with a commis sion either created by law or ap pointed by tho president to arbitrate wago controversies as proposed by President Wilson in his recent confer ence with union officials. Director Cicneral Mines has requested a com mittee or railroad officials to confer on the subject with him tomorrow. Chairman lisch, of the house man agers, announced today that the con ference repi.Tt would be taken up in the house Saturday and Chairman Cummins of the senate managers, ex pects to call it up in the sanato at a later dale. features of .'Measure. Tho outstanding points of the measure as finally agreed upon are: Compulsory submission of labor disputes to a permanent federal board appointed by the president and com posed of nine members as equally divided between the employes, em ployers anil the public. No provision is made for enforcing the board's de cision. Adjustment of rales by tho inter state commerce commission so as to yield lo carriers a return of W& per cent with another half of one pel cent for improvements. i Distribution or half the net rail way operating Income increases, six per cent ot the property value, equally lint ween I he carriers reserve rund and tho federal railroad contingent fund which will bo administered by tho commission for the assistance of the weaker roads. (iiariintee (I Months. Government guarantee to railroads against a deficit during tho tlrst six in on l lis after thu roads are turned back. "Permissive consolidation of rail roads, It approved by the inter-state commerce commission. Appropriation of .",oo,000,ono to be used as revolving funds from which to make loans to carriers and pay claims growing out of federal con trol, t'nexpended funds now in tho railroad administration's hands are also re-appropriated for that purpose and an appropriation of $."i0,0l)0 for the federal labor board is provided. The labor section provides that "it shall be the duty of all car riers and their otficers, employes and agents to exert every reasonable ef tort and adopt every available means to avoid any Interruption to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the 'carrier and the employers subordinate offlc dais." A dispute should, if possible, be satisfied by boards composed of em ployes and railroad otriclals. Physical Valuation. Determination of the aggregate value of the property of the carrier for rate making purposes Is lett to the Inter-state commerce commission (Continued on 1'age Light) ARRESTED BY SOVIET :ADERS CAUCASUS 1 ..fc-C..rf3SS, I LONDON, Keb. 1 S. Alexander Kerensky. th former Russian pre mier, whose reKinie was overthrown by the bolshevik! in November, 11' 17, has been imprisoned in (he Caucasus, according to a Central News dispatch from Copenhagen quoting the Estho nian newspaper Varanias. The message declares that Keren sky recently proceeded to the Cau casus on hoard a British steamer for tho purpose of inducing the popula tion to promise their support to the Russian democratic renter party. The Caucasian leaders, however, gave him a eold reception it is asserted, and on his arrival at Ilakue. he was arrested and thrown into1' prison. OF FRANCE IS PUT H OFFICE Paul Deschancl Becomes Tenth Presi dent of French Republic. Succeed ing Raymond Poincare Playing of Popular American Airs Feature of the Ceremony. PARIS, Keb. IN. Paul lictiehanol today became tenth president of the Kreneh republic, succeeding Itavmond Poincare, wb ) l;ihl aside t lie roues of office n i,m or.o of the most criti cal periods in tt.e history of the coun try. The formal transfer from the old to the ii'!V regime occurred at the p.i'ace of I he Ktyseo this after noon. Tho inaiigm ,i. '-un of t he Trench president ;r- a formal ce-vmony and the number pernilfed to witness tho trans 'cr if .in: horlly is limited to PAUL the prMl len'.s of the senate and th'j chain e'' of 'Ifpurii 8 cominlttt.es from each hoist: at.d mciitf i& rt the cabi net. Premier Milb?rand, short ly before the hour set ft.r the ceremony, drove to the Palais Hourbon where, as presi dent of the chamber, M. Deschanel has maintained his residence, and called for the president-elect. Knter ing a state carriage and escorted hy a regiment of cuirassiers and pre ceded by a flag bearer, they drove to the palace where the ceremony wai to take place. Whil'j thr crowds ninssed along (Continued on Page Eight) NEW PRESIDENT PASS THE BUCK TO Mr. Wilson's Decision Will Be Car ried Out If Mr. Wilson Will Indi cate t'3 Wav. Allied Premiers Re plyText of Note Not Given Out at Washington or London, hut Press Get Summary - Wilson Threat Confirmed. A IXIION, l-Vli. IS. - The rcnlv nl" the Minmiie allied cwunm'I to I'icm dent Vilon's note relative to the Adriatic m-U Icuu-nt lias been coiled j'tul lorwindcd to Washington bv the American rinhnM' here. Announce ment hits been mane I lint the (lucstion of makinii nublic the text oi the ren!v will rest with Mr. Wilson. It is understood the communication sent to the American capital objects to n re-oneninL: ot the Adriatic uues tion. It U said lo declare that cir ciim.sijinces existing when Premiers l.lovtl tieoriM'. Nitti ami Clciiienceau Ir.-imed the virtual ultimatum lo Jugo slavia in Junmirv could not be ig nored, and the president, it is assert ed, is tub the decision reached last December to which Mr. Wilson adher ed in his note, will lie carried out il Mr. Wilson will indicate the wuv lli inav lie done. WASHINGTON, l-'eb. IH.-The re idv ol the allied supreme council London to President Wilson's note on the Adriatic situation was received todav nl the stale department from Ambassador Davis and was decoded as Inst as it cairn' in. It was announced officially thai the rcplv would not be made public at this time and it was indicated thai uol even a siiriiiuaiv of it would be u'ivrn out. Publical'oii ol' the rcplv has been left bv the council to Presi dent Wilson. in'cordinLr to London dis patches but the council expected to nivc the press a summary ol' ils con tents. While waiting lor I he note to he decided, officials noted from the Loudon dispatehes that the rcplv was said to have been a modification id' the original one prepared Inst Sat urday. PALMER AGREES 10 WASI I I.NdTON, l'eb. I S. Attor ney (ieneral Palmer today directed the federal district attorney at Port land, Ore., lo mako a "full and thor ough investigation." of the chargOK made against M. II. Houser of the United States grain corporation, by a federal grand jury at Spokane. The attorney general's Instruclitns were given ut tho reiuest. of Mr Houser, who in a telegram to Mr Palmer declared ho "could not per in i t the statement of thu grand jury to go unchallenged." He requested that the Pnlted States attorney, after his investigation "give mi mil publicity lo bis fiudfngs as were given to the insinuation in the report of the Spokane grand Jury." S. DAKOTA CAMPAIGN SIOI'X KALLS, h. I., f'eb. 1 S. Governor Prank O. Lowden of 111! iinlH, minority republican candidate for president in the March 2Ii pri maricH arrived in Sioux Kails today Us open h(s campaign In this state with a speech here tonight. Ho Is the first I!) 20 presidential candidate to speak In South Dakota and will d e liver f i ve a d d resse t while In the state. Major (ieneral Leonard Wood, ma jority republican candidate for presi dent, will open his South Dakota campaign at Yankton on February 2-1. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, Independent republican candidate. Is expected to trail (!onG ral Wood within the next two or three weeks. I. w WOMEN FOR LEAGUE E UNIVERSAL Cmt'AllO. Krh. IS. -The women's convent ion I oday in dorsed the League of Nations, recommended "adhesion of the t'nited States with the least possible delay." and rejected universal military training. Itoth resolutions were adopt ed only alter prolonged and warm debate. Speakers who ad vocated the adoption of the League of Nation resolution in dicated they favored reserva tions to safeguard American in terests. Mrs. ltaymond Itrown of New York pointed out that the word ing of the resolution would not opptse reservat ions. Oppon ents of universal military train ing declared it would have a "Prussianizing effect" on the country, and urged the need of strict economy in governmental expenditures. MAY SEIZE Fill 10 lOWER H. C. L CIllCAIiO, I'Vli. 1H.-I-Wli wriik- ni'ss sluiWLMl it sc 1 1 uiiitiv m mi' roni :imrl!l. Tho chid' new luiirisli I'at:- 1 1 ir was u Ulmrt!iH'nl ul' justice re purl in r".!iinl ! sc-i.uri' of I'lMMlslunV in an HTiU'I tu iMiinpt'l the louerini; nl' prices. OjHMiinir pi-iccs. wliirli nuiLM'tl I'l'oni a niiarlcr to one cent lower with Mav lo . 1 ..ll! 1 an. I .1 nl v ifl.Wi lo tl.oll. were fol lowed hv a moilenile I'lirllier sel laiek. After opiMiiiej 1 ic lo :!'n down, in eludinn Mav al Kll',:. lo Kllvie, oat eonliliued lo deseend. Lower onolnlions on lions inilled down provisions. SEATTLE IS BEATEN SKATTLK. IVI. IH. Ilu-li M. Caldwell, attornev and t'ormcr nrmv major, and lames Itiincjin, secretary o the Seallle 'cnlral l.idior council, will run lor inavo'r of Scuttle in 1 1n linal citv election March J. Caldwell pud I'uiicjiu were tioiujn alcd in a priiuarv election xi-lerdav n which MavorC. It. KitGerald, can fliilale lor re-elect ion, was eliminat ed. KHzucrnld was He I Inn.ion' choice for niavor when Hanson re cently resigned as chief cxcciilive ol' the citv. ROSE PASTOR STOKES CHICAGO, Pcli. I S. Mrs. Itose Pastor Stokes of New York, million aire communist and former socialist, one of Hi persons indicted hy a special grand Jury hero January 2 for "advocating the overthrow of the government of the Pnlted Klat.es," today announced she would he a can didate for congress from the 11th New York district. PAYNE PS REJECTION OF ALL WASHINGTON. Kcl. ih. Wcice tiou of all bils received tor the Ml former German tmssentrer ships of lered for sale bv the shippint: board was recommended to (lie senate com merce committee todav hv Chairman Pavne of the hoard who nskeilfcatt thoritv to renew ncL'otution.s lor sab ot' the vessels lor operation under Ihe Americiin flag. Chairman Pavne mi it! if the con gress desired to chatiL-e this policy to Dtiblie ownership of .ships the pas senger liners should not be sold und eonuress .should direct the hoard to' spend tlm $07,0U0,UiU tstiimited u I M I Jk H no is OPPOSED TO THEPRIMARY William Giblis Will Wnt Allow His Name on Presidential Primary Bal lots hut Inlimalr.s Is Not Averse to Nomination Wants to See an.Un instructcil Deviation at San Fran cisco Cunsii!ers Princiiilcs More Important Titan Individuals. NKVY VOIiK. Fell. IS. William lliljbs AleAdoo annoiiueed today that he would not permit his nunio to ho tuunl on presidential primary hallolH in tho various slates anil that ho advoeated the KomliiiK of unlnstruct eil delegates to the ileni(.".:ratlc na tional convention. Tho former necro tary of the treasury said ho holloved the highest oonstriietive leadership ean host he ohl allied it tho national interest "is not sulunerKed in u con ies) of individual eaiididaeios." "Personally," Mr. MeAdoo con tinued, "1 would ho dellKhloil If tho next national eonvention niiRht actu ally he a ureat demo'cratic conforenco where thu utmost freedom of action should prevail mid where Iho motlvo of IiIkIi service alono should control." .Mr. McAdoo's views wuru oxprossod in a letter sent lo Miller S. Hell, mayor of M illedgcvilln, Ga., In re sponse to a telegram saying the cltl ens of. his hoyln.'od home had placed his name on the president inl preferen tial ticket. He Is Deeply Moved. "I am deeply moved," wrote Mr. MeAdoo, "hy this manifestation of Iho confidence of my friends, who live In the city of my boyhood and In the state, ol my nativity. It Is indeed an honor ti.1 he considered by thorn worthy of such high station. I feel, however, that I should candidly Btuto my position. I am not seeking the nomination and am reluctant to do anything that would create IV" ap pearance tif a candidacy. I cannot help reeling that tis Is peeuliurly a time when we should fight for princi ples and uol f(r individuals. "Tho momentous yeara through which wo have JuVt gone brought to jlhu fore great hitman problems which I go to the very roots of our social jaud economic life and insistently do i annul Kelt lenient . Tho destiny of the human race will be profoundly af fected hy tho things wo do and by the wisdom we show during Iho next four years. Patriotism and construc tive leadership of the highest order i , (Continued on Pai;u KfghO necosarv lo convert them from troop to passenger vessels. Mr. Pavne said pasengcr shipH were scarce how and bnildimr pricen limb, hut that these conditions might ehuti'.'c and Ihe value o)' (he ships ho correspondingly lessened, "If we proceed to re-condition the ships, making them fit for passenger use,' cunt nued the chairman, "it will take from six to J'i months to put, them into service. Our conviction id that we will not hereafter he able to sell Iho ships for the cost of rer,(nli tionimr plus the price at which we can now yell."