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Dally Fourteenth Tu,
Forty-ninth Tear.
MEDFORD, OKKCOX. SA'I TIJUA V. I'r.l'.lil A K'V
litL'ti.
NO. l!S!)
y. I CONSUL
IN MEXIC01
MURDERED
Augustus Morrill, Formerly American
Consul at Manzanillo, Killed livi
Bandits Fen. 26 Usual Uruentj
Representations Made to Mexican
Government Deceased Leaves
Many Children in California Ho
qartv Returns.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 2X. Augus
tus Morrill, formerly American con
sul at .Manzanillo, Mexico, was kilh'il
by Mexican banditti February l!ti.
The present consul at Mair:milto
in reporting the killing to the state
department said Morrill was attacked
while on his way iO the Hacienda Kl
Baluon, three mites from Colimn,
where ho lived, and that in a fusilude
of pistol shots received two wounds.
The American embassy at Mexico
City has been instructed to make ur
gent representations to the .Mexican
government looking to the arrest uml
punishment of the murderers and the
American consulate at Manzanillo
has been instructed to' make similar
representations to the local Mexican
authorities. Mr. Morrill's widow,
who is eighty years old, lives at Co
linia. Jle also is survived by several
children who live at San Francisco,
Oakland and San Rafael, Cal. He was
appointed vice consul of the I'nitod
Slates at Manzanillo January 2C,
1SCJI, and was made consul at the
same place August 5, 1872.
'Mr. Morrill was S8 years old and
retired frc'm the consular service in
1881.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 3. Harry
Hogurty, an American citizen, who
wws reported kidnaped by Mexican
bandits February 2:1, returned to his
home safe and well February 2-1, the
state department was advised today
by the American consul at Torreon.
rle is superintendent of the American
Metal company at Mapimi.
LISBON, Thursday, Feb. I Hy
muil to I'aris). Violence marks the
strike of telephone employes which
has been in progress hero fi.'r the
last seven weeks. A dynamite bomb
exploded yesterday outside the house
of one of the managing directors of
the telephone company while another
damaged the residence of another di
rector. Bombs have also exploded in
ether parts of the city.
DENY ASSASSINATION
REPORTS AT TRIESTE
WASHINGTON', Keb. 2S. lteports
from Trieste that an attempt had
been made to assassinate Prince lte
Kent Alexander of Serbia, and Pre
mier Prctitch, were denied in an of
ficial dispatch from Belgrade receiv
ed today at the Jngo-Slav legation
here.
NM WIRELESS WILL BE SILENCED
UNLESS KESOIUIN PASSES TODAY
WASHINGTON. KiJ'. '-'S. Tiv
urcent reiiuest of Set relarv Daniels.
Chairman Green, of the house nier
ehnnt marine commiltee todav iji
trodneed a resolution to authorize
the iihvv to continue liandlini: wire
less husine-s for the public until the
department of commerce ccrtil ie- thai
the private companies are prepared
to uive 'nileouale eoinmunication."
With Hie turninu Hack ot the pri
vate stations at ninlniL'ht toni'.'lit liv
Hie terms of "'resident Wilson's
.,v.-iilt nrilor tliA nnVV will. Ullller
the wireless law of l'.UJ, he lorbiddea I
4 GIRLS AT EXCLUSIVE
KEMPER HALL FID
4 . j. $ .;. 4. .j. .j. .5, 4
niHWiiu. Fcli. "JS. lour
sludeiil and luu 1 caihers ;il
Kemper Hall, an exrlusivc school
I'm VoUlIU' V. iilllCll III KcnullU,
Wi-., wen' expelled Thnr-iia v
"lor t In nt nl violation" of
school rules, j became known
today. Ifcv. Alfred (irillin. iv
tor, woiiltl not dit'ii-- llif di
missii, hut si ud cuts report ed
the li'irls and teacher were
found inuliiii". raUin wine.
Dr. (tril'l'iti declined to dU
cus the "moonshine" reports,
hut denied a report the jirl lunl
been .j;iiuldill'' with iliec.
4. 4.
FOR CLOSED SHOP
lJAlri.IOKI0. Aid., Feb. 2S. All
the cranemen and steam power men
employed by the Baltimore Drydocks
and Shipbuilding company went out
today, making altogether about 2 it 0 0
labor unionists there who have struck
j on what the company says is the L'pen
shop issue.
An official of the company said to
I day's developments forced the dis
: continuance of all new construction
i and necessitated the laying .off of
j li 000 additional workmen. The coin
i puny is now able to du1 only enier-
gency repair work.
i olden A. Kvans, president of tile
company, today reiterated his previ
ous statement that his company was
not unfriendly to organized labor but
he said he was determined "that our
plant shall never become a closed
shop, even if il never builds a ship or
turns a wheel."
Seven lurge oil tankers are under
construction at the company yards
and about fifteen vessels are under
going repairs.
HOOVER ON 0.0. P.
LA.NSINt'.. .MU h.. I'd). 2S. The
names of Herbert Hoover, Major
Hencnil Leonard Wooil anil Attorney
; Oennrul A. .Mitchell Palmer were
i added today to the list of those who
will appear on tho presidential prel
erenee primary liallut ill .Michigan.
April ."i. Petitions were r.eeeived by
I he secretary i;f slate to place Hoover
and Wood on the republican ballot
and Palmer on the democratic ticket.
NEW PLANT DISEASE IS
DISCOVERED CORVALLIS
OoliVALI.IS. (Ire., 1'el). . A
new plant disease lias been discovcr
cil. iieiMirilinir to ! II. Godfrey, as
sistant pathologist in the oHice ol
trunk, cotton anil fumm1 di-ensu in
vest iirut inns, in a report made todav.
It is attacking rheubiirh and castor
beans in variolic Oregon rarminir dis
tricts. to transmit radioi:rams over routes
which are in competition with the
private companies. Thus Ihe wircles
between San E'ranei-co and .Manile.
the I'niti i Suites, Norwav. Gernianv.
t'on-lanlinopre and Vladivostok will
be clo-ed to public bu-incss unless
((mjress taki's action on .Mr. Daniel.--'
propo-al.
I'lldcr the propo-ed re-iutioli tllo
navv would be a iltliorizcd lo continue
luimllini: priMite uies-iejes temporar
ily, anil to handle pres. ili-pnt'-lic-perinancntlv.
Ili'iirm-js (,n the reso
lution will be helil bv the committee
beiiinnin-i Monday. .
BERTHA HOPE
SAW TROOPS
STORM HALL
Mrs. May Sherman. Witness fur De
fense. I. W. W. Trial, Swears
Troons Broke Ranks i'ni! Rusheil
' Hall Doubtful About Shots
Admits Being Friend of Wesley
Everest, Man Lynched Tailur
Also Testifies.
.MOXTKSAXO, Fell. lis. 'Walter
.Morrill, it man her in l he third pla
toon of I hi' Armistice day parade,
was called by (lie defense, lie Mlid
lie heard someone near liilll say "lei's
Bo," and shortly lhcieiirtcr hoard Hie
noise of crashing- uluss. I'' ran "
Hie sidewalk, he testified, and when
he noticed the shooliiiK berotnin;; so
heavy, started to run south to the
corner.
lie saw Warren Uiiinm slandiim
al Hie head of the Cenlralia rout in
dent, before the shoolinn staileil, he
testified, lie saw (irinini Kiah him
self al Hie stomach us he was. run
nlllj; south toward the corner. He
localed (ii-lnim north of the Second
street anil Tower avenue intersec
lion, however. Slale testimony has
located (irinini at the intersection.
MUNTKSANO. Wa-li.. I'eb.
Mrs. May Sherman. Tacomn. I'ornier
Iv of Cenlralia, told Ihe iurv in the
murder trial of ten aliened I. W. W.
here today that she saw uniformed
men break ranks ilurimr the Aruii--lice
dav pnradc and rush the 1. V. W.
hall. She saw Ihe door ol' the bill' j
smashed in. sue lesiuieo. ami nemo
some shootim.'. but she did not know
whether the shootim: occurred before
or after Ihe ball was rushed.
She saw one wounded man run bv
the hall. hohliu' his hands to Ins
stomach, she said. He was a lalX'O
man. She could not describe him
further, except lo snv he wore a
soldier overcoat.
(In cross-examination Mrs. Sher
man admitted that a Mr. Miami had
talked with her relative to bcconiim:
a defense witness. She also said she
knew Wesley Kveresl, I. W. W. orniin
izer, who was lynched in Cenlralia
on the niulil id' Ihe shootim.'. She had
lived in the Ullcell loduimr bouse in
Ci-nlralia anil met Kveresl there, she
testified. She saw only one wound
ed man in front of the hall, she tesli
lied. She said if more than one bad
been wounded, she would have seer.
him.
In Cenlralia Mrs. Sherman was
known as l'.erthu Hope, she said. She
had been employed at a canuerv in
Cbebalis. Asked if she Imd con
versed with a woman in the corridor
of Ihe courthouse yesterday, Mrs.
Sherman said she bad, but she did
not remember much of the conversa
tion. Asked it she did not, sav
in effect, "we will have evi
dence to meet anvthiii'j: Ibev brinu
up," she said she minht have made
such a remark, hut thai she did not
remember it at Ibis time.
'Vim feel that vou want to help
out the defense, do vou? Is this
your frame of mind.''' Asked Spec
ial I'loseeiilor W. II. Abel.
"Yes," replied the witness.
(In re-direel examination Mr-.
Sherman said she wished lo help the
defense because she did not think
a iiia.ioritv of the men on trial were
u'liillv. She could not testify defi
nitely whether the shooting or aliened
laidimr started llrsl.
Tailor Aisfi Testifies
John Meaden, tailor, Cenlralia, was
the second witness called bv the de
fense in an attempt to prove an overt
act on the part of Warren (). Oriniui,
for whose murder the ten men an
beini: tried.
Meaden. in company with Milton
Suvre, followed the parade north on
'fewer avenue as far as second street
he testified, lie saw the uniformed
nun rii.-h toward the hall. hcarinr
some one snv "come on, let's l'o,
let's act them" be -nil!, lie walked
toward the 1. W. W. ball then back
and eros-ed Second street, lie saw
Crimm, wounded, behind the A.x Ilillv
confectionary store, at the corner
of Sec mil and Tower, and be saw a
physician attendintr him, he said.
At that time be did not know it
was (Irinini who was wounded, he
te-tificd. tin cro-s. examination
.Meaden le-titicd be did no! hetir itttv
(CoutinutiU oil Page Eiht)
C. E. HUGHES TO LEAD
PROHIBITION FORCES
PUnVIM'.NCK, I,'. I., -JS.-t'liarlcs
M. Unfile inlciuls ni'l .Mnii
dav lo file i I i.m in the . I mini
Stale- supreme emit rcim-l 'in: per
IllisMoll In file a lili.-l ;i- jut iiinica
diiriae on liehah l a iiiiinbcr ol
-laics named h ( i.i , imr Millil-cn,
CHARLES EYAJi5
of Maine, as desiiuiis of uppearimr
hi opposiliou to h'lindc Island ill that
stale's action to have the national
prohibit ion law declared uuconstttu
tlomtl. Attorney General liice of lihode
Island, when asked lodav bv .Indue
Unfiles to permit the lilinir of the
brief bv consent, declined on Ihe
uround that so far as he had been
advised no tielion had been taken on
liehalf of the states named bv Gov
ernor M-illiftcn to be made parlies in
i be case now boiuir pressed by Khude
Ian. I.
TO KILL PACT
Senator Kellwia Springs Surprise in
Senate With a Serious Charge
Against the Democratic Leader
Charues Hitchcock in Aiiance With
Borah to Kill Pact.
.WASHINGTON, Krh. 28 Amitln'r
ncfw (Hi'inciii whs liroiiKlU into the
.uuiia( ii'-liHl! (iii the Iroaty of Wr
s:iilli;.s today hy Senator KrllotfK, of
.Minnesota, onti of Uin mild rcserva
tionists, when Ik; congratulated Sen
ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, Ihe ad
ministration leader, and Senator
al), rei)ulilian, Idaho, a leader of the
irroroneilalde.fi on "their ii'-w alii
aine" lo dirloat the treaty.
The two .senators a short time bo
fore had heen in consultation on the
seiialf floor and Senator kelloi;, r-
lot rlv.K lo reports that t hey wort
wcrkiiiK together to prevent ratifica
tion, with the republican reservations
declared he bad believed for a. loim
time that it is the purpose of the sen
fit r Iroiu Ni-braska to defeat the.
treaty, with republican votes, if he
can, but if not, wit h democi at ic
votes.
Senator Hitchcock, in reply, charg
ed that Senator KelloRg had joined in
the "conspiracy to stuff tho fcreiKn
relations 0111 mi t tee with senators
pledged to defeat the treaty."
"While at ways assii ui inft t o be t
frienrl of the treaty," continued Sen
ator Hitchcof k. "h joined bis col-
leaK'K'f later in seeking to prevent
everv effort at coinproniise, and then
he voted for i he very reservations
that were supported by tho treaty's
enemies because ,hey thought it
could kill the treaty.
"As lor mysolf, I think tho country
will be able to decide whether I have
been for Ibis treaty or against It.
There are nome senators whose posi
tion no one has ever been ublo to de
termine." JVtaluinii, ('nlit'., todnv hippOi to
Sew Y'irk litleen' enrlonds ol' ".":,
3,yi5,UUU in ail.
If
if
SAYS HITGHOCK
IN CONSPIRACY
FRANCE
tied yp ey
R. R. S
R;iilroail Men Havn Btickinii nf Fede
ration nf Labor Government Con
siders Arrest ami Prosecution of
Leaders for Provocation of
So'diers to Abandon Dutv Strono
Military Forces GuardJiti Lines
Radiatiiui From Paris.
IWIilS, Keb. :JS. -The striking
empbiVes of the Krelleli f:i i I V;l v line-
will have the len-l;iii'' nf the general
Kedera t ion of l.al)ii- in their in'c -enl
eniilcl. i( aniieiiuced (hi-. ecn-
ni. A shit eiueiit issued bv the hilior
feilcrali.iii miv- il ":t--iii'es the Kede
ration uf liail w;i tnen ul' it-- support
in I he si rii'jule."
Tlie iiiiestiun nl' nrre-t and prose
cution nf the leader- of the railmad
slrike was tlisciised at the ministrv
of iiistiee thi-. atternniiii and 1'uMie
I'rusei-tilor SelierdliiiL' was en Hod
into con feiein-e. touel her with t he
indues of the Sjme tribunal.
It is lield auidim leu a I experts (hat
the order for a ucneral strike issued
todav alter uiobil'a ri-ii is a vinlatioii
ol' the taw of ,lulv. 1 SSI , coiistilule.-.
provocation ti tlie suldii'rs to nhan
don militarv dutv and refuse obedi
ence lo their militarv bailers, mid is
punishable bv mie vear in inil.
PAKIS. Feb. JH. - (Inters for a
"eneral railroad strike have been is
sued hv (lie Nntional Ketlerat ion lii
Kiiihvavmeii. liepiu ts were cui're'nir
last n'-lil thai this aclion had la Hit
taken, but emiliriiialinn could not their
obtained until tale this at'tocuoonUTivl
Conditions were considered iica
risis Ibis morii'iiu. (Iporatiny v
nilioiis on Ihe I'uris, Lvoiis and Me
lirranean tine and ther roads iRED
leeted seemed to be sliulitlv improved
last n ulil.
Il whs believed Itiaf mobili.ation
order- senl to men ol' Ihe l'aris. I.voiis
aml Mediterranean and slate roads
wmild brim: a snl'liidenf toreo to
earrv on normal Irall'ie.
Mmntr miiltarv forces ure Lruard
inu (racks inside the eil.v Innits ot
l'aris ;ind a law autliori.'nu' the
reouisitinniriLr of nuloiiiohiles, motor
trucks and airplanes in rase of in
terruption of railroad Ira fl ic, whs
passed lasl niiihl bv Ihe cliamlier ol
deputies.
E
WASHINGTON, Keh. j s. ( Hy As
sociated Press.) The Japanese diet
has dissolved by imperial decree us a
result of a profound difference of
opinion between (bo cabinet and the
majority parties In the diet regard
ing the extension of the franchise.
This action was taken hy I ho em
peror last Thursday ut the reipiOHl of
Premier llara. according Ic, cable ad
vices received here today from Toklo.
It followed the recent violent scenes
in par If anient over the suffrage
finest ion.
N.Y. DELEGATES G. 0. P.
4
II IMVV V V Kl 'Si
Will am liiirric-. former member
of Ihe rcpublicnn national coin-
niittee ami Stale Sciiat r Heni'V
.M. Suire. who have lit en recom-
mended by the republican state
co'iimitlee as delegates to the
national convention from Ihe
'Jhtb congressional district, is-
sued a statement todav favoriinr
a platform deelaratinii "piovnl-
in: for a liberal revi-inn of tlie
prohibition enforcement act."
I
CONVENTION FAVOR A
REVISIONJFJRY LAW GERMAN UNIONSIGE GOVERNMENT -
lint to pnnnrMnrn yrnnuHiTniirM
" CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN TlW'fijjBjltl
BRAZIL OPPOSE EXCESS unluJAUJUtJ
OF WIN DRESS!
A. .- A. A. J. A. J. J- A J. J. J. A l
E cai'maiJna'aiMM ' ' Prevailing I 1 I j f A l
tiunles iii t'ciiiinine attire in lariii- UllULL f I II I I
' eitie- nl ltra.il lias been man-
otb.die .ler-v.
flit 1 v advi-i'd
ili-IIV I'lillllll Mil P MT
present, -d liiein-
"sehe- nii-iiitablv jiHifed. while
iin an iibe hup ha- made Ihe ev
uuueral inn nf l ashinns the sub
ject nf a ;i-Im!;iI letter.
Mniisiiinr Ma iiniaim Leile,
Ihe Vicar ucneral. deelared then'
w;is jui of nuilttv in femi
nine jartiieiils prnl'iiiindlv lan-ut'iiMi-
to moral-. The heat of
Ihe cliiiiiile. he -iiiii. was made
the prctevt lor l;imcnt;ilile ev
esses. 4.4ff
INTERNAL REVENUE
WASHINGTON. Keb. L'S. UeslK
nation nf Daniel (.'. Itoper as commiu
sioner of internal revenm; will leave
vacant one of the most Important
posts in the government.
,.ir. Itoper's intention to leave the
bureau of internal revenue, which lie
has expanded until it is perhaps the
greatest tax collecting agency in the
world has been made known to offlc-
mn LMioifing inu naiion
wide prohibition law. There has been
no intimation t.'f who will he named I
as his successor. 1
UOSKIiritf!, Ore., Keb. 1!S.
Titles involving five sawmills and
logging eiuipmenlf toelher with IliO
acres of timber, today passed from
Ihe Grove Lumber company to a l(A-al
company composed of Charles Me-
Klhcnncy, H. ,. Whipple and Krnest
Whipple. A targe amount of lumber
also goes with ihe mills and the total
property Is worth approximately
$ri),()0n, it Is said. The sawmills
have a capacity of la.ooo fuel dally
each.
A pail of the plant is located In
Houglas o.'unty and one is at Ituekley
near Collage drove.
NO ENTRIES FOR INCE
MKW YOHK. I'Vb. 'JH.- Conlesl nl'
I'ii'iuls nl' Iin Aitii club nt Anu't'iru
issufil tmluv n "Inst I'itU" fur entries
for tin' "ill,IMMI in-izi' (il'IcnMl liv
Tluinuis II, Iiiim' I'm- Hit; first trnns-I'ui'ilii-
uir l!ii:lit. Tu 'lute nut :i
s'nu'ie enlrv lius been reeeiveil, it wus
liiteii. nwitiL' to Ihe innbilitv to ub
t il ill suiliilile seuptunes.
l;i;i!LIN, I'ri.lav, I'eli. 27. One
hundred and twenty vessels, includiicj
eiubl battleships nnd a number of
cru'sers, will be handed over to the
entente next week by the Herman
uoverntueut muter the terms of the
treulv of Versailles, at rdimr lo an
announcement nuide at a meelin'r of
Hit? A-soeintion of (iernum Fisher
men at ilaniluirL' todav. These ves.
sels. Hie iiiiiouticemeiit suid, would
unrated bv the
' lie n - it i I
llir. ilei-V 1h
lo Ibu-e who
(h
C It
mui iu ou(fmuL( muonttmmm
Senatnr KHIoo.il. Republican of Min
nesota. Criticizes President Wil
son's Action in Adriatic Does Not
See Why Italy Should Not Defend
Herself Forsees Trouble if Sucli
an Attitude Is Taken Toward
Euronc in General.
WASIIINCTON'. Feb. 28. Tlio
l.resiilenl's euurse.in liic Adi'intic
inntter wus erilieiseil tmluv in tho
seiuile iluiinu' Hie first ilebnte mi tlio
-nbiei I. Senator Ki-lli iirir. reimblienu,
Minuesoln, one of the mild reserva
tion ri'iiuhlieiins, who has been wor'.;-iii-r
for rulilienlioii of Ihe trcutv.
look I lie lend in Ihe iillnek nnd hu
v.ns ioineil bv Ihe treaty's irreeon
eiluble foes.
Senator Kelluui; said Ihe president
without iusliliealion bail "undertalien
to dictate absolutely" all Adrintin
seltleiuent. He added that Ihe de-'
c!omcn! was "diseounmiiiK to
friends of tlie peace treaty. . The
sennlor said be did not know "why
Italy should not defend herself."
None of Om Affair
"Mv position is that il is none nE
our business," he continued. "I do
not believe Ihe president is justified
in atteuipliiiL' lo dictate an adjust
ment. If we're uoiiiif to dictate, in
I hut wav before wo have anv trealv
at all, what are we irointr to eet into,
until we have an adeuunte reservation
to article ten, after the treaty is rati
fied.''' Uuotinir from the president refer
ences lo sell'-determination in his re
cent notes to the allied premiers.
Senator Kelloirir asserted that in
many cases territory vas "parcelled
out" at Versailles without rccurd to
Ihe people interested.
lieplyiiiL' to Senator Kello!.'!.', Sena
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska deelared
that attacks on Ihe president fur fail
inir to carry out all of his proposals
for self-determiiuition eaine with poor
crace 'from senators who had tried
to discredit him duriiii; the lieuolia
t tons.
Wilson Is Criticized -LONDON,
Keb. 'JS. Correspond
ence between the allied premiers mid
President Wilson relative to the Adri
atic settlement is iriven milch promi
nence in this uiornintr's London news
papers, but several refrain from
collllllellt.
"So ends the attempt ot Premiers
l.lovd fleori:e and Cleiueneeaii to co
erce Ihe Juno-Slavs." says tho Times,
which tliroiiuhoiit lius supported
President Wilson. "Mr. 1lovd Oeonre
nnd Premier Millcrand have rushed
into Ihe true path into which the
American president lias driven them.
We imuuiuc he will continue to shep
herd llieiii nliinir it, perhaps with n
somewhat urini smile,"
Tlie Chronicle sharply Hcores Presi
dent Wilson and declares llis original
note was "scarcely less than vio
lence.'' Itrnntlcgco Fulminated '
Senator Urandetree, republican.
Conncciicut. joininc in the debate on
Ihe Adriatic uuestion, said "tho
League of Nations is t'tilmi nil t inu: over
there mid our nllies nnd their asso
ciates have come to a little differ
ence of opinion,"
"And nil the papers," he continued,
"arc tilled with the remarks oE Lloyd
GeoiL'e, nnd Millcrand and our presi
dent as is about agreements broken
be manned hv officers oE tho German
mercantile marine.
Kxeitement prevails nl Gorman sen
ports as the time approaches for
di liverv of the last German commer
cial ships, nnd several unions hlivo
applied to the L'overnmcnt. ndvoent
Mi'' the retention of tho boats. It is
pointed out that reconstruction of.
Ihe industry inav be impossible nnd
that new disturbances in the labor
market are inevitable.
I