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MEDFORD, OREGON', MONDAY, MARCH S, l'L'O
XO. 29(j.
WILSON NOT OPPOSE
lUFT A TT
I III II tVk II II
IVJlilMj
Sj Ikh
SUP. COURT
W SON
CONTINUING
PEACE TALK
President in Letter to Senator Hitch
cock Understood to Reiterate
Objections to Lodge Reservations.
But Not in Such Lanquaqeas to
Dissuade Democratic Senators
From Continuing Compromise Ef
forts. WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Presi
dent Wilson's letter to Senator Hitch
cock regarding the peace treaty is
understood (o reiterate- the presi
dent's objections to the republican
reservations, hut not in sui'h language
as to dissuade 'democratic senators
1'rpui continuing their compromise ef
forts. . WASHINGTON,' Itai 8. Presi
dent Wilson will state his position on
the Lodge reservation to article ten
probably today, it was announced at
tho White House.
His attitude on Ibis and other nues
tious will be outlined in a letter to
Senator Hitchcock of. Nebraska, the
administration lender:
Ho will not sec Senator Simnlons,
democrat. North Carolina, as rcnuest
od bv Senator Hitchcock, hut will
write Scmltor Simmons telling liim
the matter is sufficiently covered in
Ills reply lo I litchcock.
The president's letter to Senator
Hitchcock was put in final form this
moraine:.
Administration officials said the
president would not accept the Lodge
reservation to article tiub Tbev dis
closod that he had discussed the so
called Tuft reservation to article ten
with Senator Glass Of Virginia and
that while he had not slated his ap
proval of it, he did not say he would
not accept it.
L
BACK TO 1914 IF
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Unless
: provision Is made to maintain the ef
flcncy c'f tho present naval reserve
force by systematic training, the navy
within a tew years will be faced with
tho same lack of potential man power
as when tho country entered the war,
Secretary Danlols today told tho
house naval affairs committee. In
other war, tho secretary said, there
probably would not be tho "same op
portunity for preparation."
An active reserve . forco of 27,000
men, enlisting fcJr one year, was rec
ommended by Mr. Daniels as neces
sary to provide an adequate trained
reserve. Ho approved the bureau of
navigation recommendations for a
total reserve of approximately 200,
000 men bo enrolled and divldod into
two classes, 100,000 to bo trained for
service with the floet and an equal
number for duty on merchant vessels.
!E
FRENCH OFFICER
BLHL1X. Mar. 8. Guslav Noske.
minister of defense, has ordered the
provisional arrest of Prince Joachim
Albrecht of Prussia, Cousin of the
former Emperor William, and Baron
von Ha ten, for engaging in an assault
upon Captain Houghevin. a French
officer with the intcr-nllicd mission
in this citv Saturday night.-
The assault occurred in the dining
room of the Adlon hotel, the prince
and his friends hurling candles,
crockery and other missiles at Cap
tain Koushevin nd Us purty. who
MUSI ASSERT RIGHTS
BOSTON, Mar. 8. Grow
ins; weakness on tile part of the
men in the country is develop
ing a sinister feminism. Cardi
nal O'Connell told a gathering
of men at tho Cathedral of the
Holy Cross last night. Mian, as
the head of the house, he said,
should assert his proiier author
ity in the ohme.
Failure to do this, the cardi
nal nsscrtixl. leads to a lalse
feminism, which unless it is
curbed in time, will have disas
trous . results for humanity.
''The women are becoming
masculine, if you please, and the
men are - becoming effeminate.
This is disorder."
Cardinal O'Connell riucstioncd
how a father could "look on and
see his children, especially the
girls, running rampant without
any consideration for modesty."
AT ALL TIMES
James E. Gheen. Director of Cham
ber of Commerce Campaign De
fines Proper Aattitude of Civic
Organizations Take Staiicl on
Measures. But Not Upon Candi
dates. ltlltlltTII K CIVIC
iii;.i,ism
"If we are to regenerate our
cities, to preserve their beauties
and to inako them better, moro
Is required than the good inton-
Hon of a group of technical ex-
ports or public servants; for this
end a veritahlo civic conscience
must be doveloped In all cit-
i.ens. When people begin to
feel the ties which bind them
together as citizens and which
attach them to the place which
they Inhabit,, when they shall
understand their their prosper- !
Ity, that their dignity, that their
happiness, are bound up with
the welfare of tho city, when
they have learned to cherish
their homo city, their love for
which unites with and intensi-
fies their lo'vo for the nation
and love for humanity itself,
then will arise In our country
an increased community vital-
ity, and this expansion of the
civic' consciousness is not the
least of the benefactions that
wo can expect from our adoption
of comprehensive programs for
future civic rlnvnW nmont ' &
Camnaign Committee. !
James K. Gliccn, director, of Ihe
(Continued on Page Six)
IN A BERLIN CAFE
had refused to sfand while the orches
tra was playing "Dcutschlnnd l.'ber
Alles." Captain Boiighcvin was
beaten anil bis clothes were torn.
LONDON'. Mar. 8. General Mau
rice N'ollet. iiead of the French mili
tarv mission in Berlin, has demanded
nn immediate audience with Foreign
Minister Mueller to protest nL'uinst the
attack on the French partv at the
Hotel Adlon Saturday night by Prince
Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, and his
friends, savs a dispatch to the Daily
Muil front Berlin todu,y, .
C OF COMMERCE
NON-PARTISAN
KNOCKS OUT 1916 INCOME TAX
VILLA WEEPS,
hsks Rn nnn
IS. RANSOM
! i ,
: Bandit Leader Moved to Tears After;
Killing 19 Guards and Holding
Joseph Williams, U. S. Citizen, for
Ransom Reference to Genl. Ange
les Cause of Emotional Outburst
Kidnan Trust Is Operating on the
Border.
EL PASO, Texas, Mar. S. Joseph
Williams, an employe of tho Amer
ican Smelting and Refining company
plant at I'cdrlcena, Mexico, is a cap
live in the hands of Francisco Ville,
held for $50,000 ransom, according
to passengers from southern Chihua
hua, who have reached .luarc.. Wil
liams who is an American citizen,
served In tho world war, and suffer
ing from tho effects of German gas,
was returning to the United States
for treatment when the northbound
Mexico City-Juarez train, on which
he was traveling was held up, Thurs
day mCrnlng last, near Corralitos,
Chihuahua, 400 miles south of El
Paso.
In a battle between Villa's men
and tho train guard, ten of tho ban
dits and nineteen of tho train guard i
were slain and the 'balance of tho de-
fenders, fifty in number, either!
wounded or driven off. Tho train
and Pullman car conductors were
among the dead, tho latter being
killed by a shot from Villa's pistol.
Villa in Team
When tho fighting ceased tho ban
dits herded the pussongcrs to a small
hill near the track where Villa har
rangued tliem and threatened them
with death. Later, according to eye
witnesses, ho broke Into tears and
told them he would spare their lives
out of respect to the memory of Gen
eral Felipo Angeles, who recently
was executed by the Carranza author
ities at Chihuahua City.
Williams and an Arabian morchant
M. Nassar, wero forced to accompany
the bandits when they rodo away,
leaving tho balance of tho passengers
marooned In a desolate country, be
reft of their belongings and many of
them without, thoir clothing, which
hud been taken by tho robbers.
According to It. .1. Peltier, an
American citizen, resident of Mexico
City, who was roughly handled and
threatened with death, tho bandits
num'bered about Ii00. They stopped
the train by placing a charge of dyna- I
mito on tho track which wrecked the
engine.
Kidnapping Trust
WASHINGTON, War. S. Discov
ery of a "co-operative kidnaping asso
ciation" having for its purpose "tho
kidnaping and holding for ransom of
foreigners, preferably Americans," is
announced by the Mexican foreign of
fice, according to advices toduy from
Mexico City.
The announcement says this
unique company is made up of Mex
icans and Americans on tho border,
this statement being based on reports
from various consular officers. The
foreign office says tho "association"
also is engaged in "the ignoble task
of creating trouble between the two
countries."
Acting on the information present
ed by tho foreign office t lie war de
partment, according to these advices
has issued Instructions to tho mili
tary commanders In the state of Chi
huahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuovo
Leon and Tamaulipas to break up the
kidnaping organization. The govern
ment Bays it is believed tho instiga
tors of the kidnaping organization
are rebel agents who recently circu
lated handbills advertising tho "re
organized government of free Mex
icans," and announcing a coup
planned for May 5. " I
liccauso of the frequency of attacks !
on railroad trains the Mexican gov-J
eminent plans to erect blockhouses
along the railroad lines except where
they already exist, other reports from
Mexico say. The blockhouses would
be of reinforced concrete with a
guard of fifty soldiers in each.
lMIsh Dora Gebera and Miss Gladys
Perkins spent the week end In Grants
HENRI S. GRAVES, HEAD
U. S. FOREST SERVICE,
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.
Henry S. Grave, bead of the
federal forestry service since
Clifford Piuchot, has resigned lo
return to private lite. Mr.
Graves headed the Yale forestry
school before entering govern
ment service and was at the head
of the lumber operations con
ducted bv the American Expedi
tionary forces in France.
MONTFSANO. Wash.. Mar. H.
Testimony of William Spears, Kos
lvn. Wash., coal miner, given last
Saturday as a defense witness in Ihe
trial of ten aliened 1. W. W. for the
murder of Warren ,0. Grimm. Cen
tralia Armistice daf parade victim,
was attacked by the Mate in rebuttal
at .tin? opening of the seventh week
of the trial today. Spears had testi
fied thai he iiad been advised bv li.
H. MoFudden. deputy sheriff of Kit
titas rouutv. to not come to Monte
sano to testify in tho I. W. W. trial.
To rebut Spears' testimony. Mi'.
Fadden was (railed bv the state to
day, and he denied Vehemently that
he hud so advised Spours. lie, said
he did not know Spears had witnessed
tlie Ccntrniia shooting: until he read
it in tile papers last Saturday.
The testimony of John Patterson
also was attacked. Pntterson had
testified to being close lo t lie hail at
the time of t lie tragedy. Today Miss
Kuth 'Godfrey. 1". a neighbor's child,
testified that she was in the Patter
son home on the moruinir of Novem
ber 12 and heard Patterson tell his
wife that lie had seen nothiinr of the
affair. J. A. Pollock, also a neigh
bor of Pntterson, testified that Pat
terson had told him lie was a block
away from the trouble, having been
compelled to take bis children 'back
homo when thev became frightened
at the shooting. Pollock declared he
was not in sympathy with the !. W. W.
Four defense exhibits, newspapers
containing stories of meetings held at
tlie F.Iks' club in Centralia, were ruled
out of the evidence toduv upon mo
tion of slate counsel, court holding
that the connecting link lo show thai
Orinmi bail anv part in those meet
ings, or that lie bad anv connection
with alleged threats said to have
been made at those meetings, had not
been established.
RED CROSS SHIP
UPON BLACK SEA
CONST A'NTINOl'LK, Mar. X.
Death pursued xon refugees who fled
from Novorossi.sk on tho steamer
Navujo at tho approach of Hussian
soviet forces, aftor nmny hud died or
disease, cold and starvation. The.
craft arrived here with emaciated and
starving passengers.
Kightcen hours after leaving port,
the vessel, which had been chartered
by tho American Had Cross to bring
tho fugitives out of southern Itussla,
wus struck by a blizzard which for
two duys prevented the ship from
making headway. Food and coal
supplies wore all consumed. For
four days the iXavajo drifted In the
Black "sea while a hurricane raced.
Typhus then appeared o'n hoard and
tho refugees saw tho bodies of scoros
consigned to the waters. At last
another refugee ship picked up the
Navajo. Hundreds of the passengers
arrived here with hands and feet
frozen,..
ARM
THE
KAPITOL
Constantinople Taken Over bv Italian
British and Trench Troops. Accord
ing to Report From Paris Rein
forcements to Be Sent General
Gourand Operations of Kemal
Pasha. Turk Nationalist Leader,
Hastens Action.
PA I? IS. Mar. 8.- Constantinople is
actually occupied by allied troops
under provisions of tlie armistice, it
is pointed out bv the Petit Parisien
Ibis morning, which siivs that citv is
henduiiurtcrs of General Fianchcl
d'F.spcrc and there are in the citv one
division and one brigade of French
troops.
In addition there are in Constan
tinople one regiment of Italian and
a battalion of British troops, and
there are other British forces in the
region of tlie straits. A British di
vision is spread over Anatolia, be
tween Scutari and Brusu. while the
French have a division in western
Thrace, the newspaper savs.
PARIS. Mar. 8. French losses in
Cilicia from the end of January lo
February I."), which includes the pe
riod during wliich disorders occurred
at Marash. were lfiH killed. 27!)
wounded, ami 181 missing, according
to tlie Temps. Losses of French
regiments and native troops nro in
cluded in these. futures.
To ItHni'oico GotiraiHl
LONDON. Ahir. 8. Premier Llovil
ticorve miuhmiikhmI in Hie htiusu nf
commons toiluv that prompt measures
had been taken bv the Krendi irov
eminent to send reinforcements to
Genera! Gouniud, commander in chief
oi the French tWes in the east i'or
the purpose of re-estahlislojiti? his po
sition and preventing further attaeks
on Armenians.
LONDON. Mar. H. While definite
news of allied occupation of Constan
tinople is still awaited, it is stated
in some iiuurlcrs that this operation
is rendered all the more inevitable
owing to information that Kcmul
Pasha, tin1 Turkish nationalist leader,
is strengthening his forces in Asia
Minor and that Turkish bands are
concentrating in eastern Thrace in
contravention to the terms of the
armistice.
England Quotes (cruril
LONDON. Mar. 8. Commenting
upon unconfirmed reports Ilia! Brit
ish troops and seamen have actually
occupied Constantinople, I lie London
Times sn vs :
"Cardinal Gibbons, James W. Gcr
ard, former American ambassador)',
Berlin, and other notable Amcricin,
demand that the Turk' be expell--I'roin
Constantinople and that Anne
nia from Ararat to the sea, be givi
the fullest autonomy. This mnnifc"
lation of the best American opinio
will be exceedingly welcome to th
allies, but we do not observe that I
contains anv proposal i'or America!
assistance in eurrving out (be polic
which is approved. Allied people
will not hear of schemes which involve
the sacrifice of more money anil
blood, except I'or objects which con
strain them in conscience himI bonoi
to it 1 1 it in. Tlicv will not liubl for
concessions to communities or tribes,
and international couccsMon hunters
who are now active in plans lor
carving up Asiatic Turkey according
to their desires."
Carpentier Is Married.
PAWS, Mar. 8. --Georges dirndl
'.ier, heavyweight boxing cbainpion of
Furope was married to .Mademoiselle
Georgette Liiuricntia Klsasse at Hie
"itv hull today. The religious ecru
monv will be celebrated at a Paris
church today. The civil marriage oc
curred some hours before the lime
originally set, in order t' avoid
crowds.
Dr. and Mrs. .1. .1. Kmmens arrived
home this morning from thoir long
sojourn ini.New York city.
ATI!. GEN'L,
AGAINST STATE TREAS R
fr V v V
SAI.F.M, Ore.. Mar. 8. I'pmi ;
rcdiiest of State Treasurer O. P-
Huff, Governor lien Olcott today '''
called upon Attorney General
George M1. Brown to conduct u
grand iurv investigation relative
to the purchase of securities bv
the stale treasurer with funds of
the industrial accident conimis-
sion. Newspaper charges that
certain purchases bad resulted
in profits to a bond bouse led
to the treasurer's demand for a
probe. The attorney general is
asked to investigate particularly
the purchase of bonds of the ''
cities of Wnrrcnton. licedport,
Monmouth. Oakland. Ontario.
Yamhill, lininicr and the Port of ';'
Bay City, Oregon. '
'T
ADRIATIC PACT
Leaving Settlement Italy-Jiiflo-Slavia
Controversy to Countries Involved
Accepted bv Wilson "With Reser
vations'Unalterably Opposed to
Treaty London. ,
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Whil
expressing satisfaction at tlie "ml
altered desire" of the allied leaders
to reach "an dilutable solution.
President Wilson ill his last note
to the French and British premiers
accepts with reservations tlie pro
posal that Italy and Jiigo-Slavia.
themselves, be permitted to settle the
Adriatic dispute.
While tlie president refused to
agree to a withdrawal of tho Brilish-Frencli-Aiiierieaii
mcuioranduin of
December I), be indicated his unalter
able opposition lo tlie execution of
Ihe terms of. the treatv of London
except . insofar as tlie United States
government "iiiav he convinced that
those lerins nuty lie intrinsically iusl
and are consistent witli the iniiinte
nniice of peace and settled order in
southeastern Kuropc." .
While he said be would gladly ap
prove a mutual soltlcniciit between
Italians and the Jiigo-Slavs which
would be without prejudice to the
interests of any third nation, the
president declared he cannot, "pos
sibly approve anv plan which as
signs Jiigo-Slavia in Ihe northern dis
tricts of Albania territorial ooinpen-
U," i sluiis .deprived of
A-k y
JJe
in Me
Btil; a standard car made
experts.
ACCEPTS
CONDITIONALLY
M A TO
uii CfifliifTbcB
UULU ILYliU IVLI
AGAINST THE POLES AND FINNS
LONDON. Mar. 8. Kiissian soviet
forces have launched allacks against
jthe Poles and the Finns on Ihe wesl
: ern und northern fronts, according
. (o advices received here. In both in
fsdinccs, it is said, thev have been re
pulhcd. and the Finns are reported to
have launched u counterattack which
has pierced the, red lines. . .
Polish units holding the line run-,
ninir through the Pripet inurslics
out of llobruisk aid said lo have
IliCOI TAX
UPON STOCK
IS NOT LEGAL
Bv Vote of 5-4 Supreme. Court Holds
Tax on Stock Dividends Is Contrary-
to Fundamental Law
Holmes. Day. Clark and Brandeis
Dissent Government Must Refund
Morqan, Herbert L. Pratt and
Standard Oil.
WASHINGTON, Mnr. 8. Stock
dividends mav no! be taxed as in
come, tlie supreme court held today
in declaring unconstitutional Ihe pro
visions of the lillli income tax net.
taxing as income such dividends de
clared bv corporations out of earn
ings and profits accruing after Marcli
1. l!)i:i.
The court divided 5 to 4. Justice)
i'itnev rendering tlie ma.ioritv opin
ion, Justice Holmes and Day .ioiiiiinr
in one dissenting opinion, and Jus
tices Clark and Brandeis ill another.
Under tlie court's ruling, tho fede
ral government must refund millions
of dollars in taxes, collected on stock
dividends since the 101(1 law hectroa .
effective. Internal revenue bureau
officials said today the exact total of
tho refunds could not bo estimated .
ill this lime and (hat it would not be,
known until claims had been filed mid,
computed. .
Federal Court Upheld
The court upheld federal court db
orees denying tlie authority of con
gress to tax stock dividends' and
awarding to Myrtle II. Mlieombor
!rl.:io7 which she had paid under pro
test on 11(10 shares of new stock re
ceived in January 1918 as a stock
dividend from the Standard Oil Com
pany of . California. The ease was
one of a series in which J. P. Mor
gan, Herbert L. Pratt and others)
had uuestioncd tlie validity of the act.
Court officials said the case was
one of the most important at : thi t
term and thai determination of tho
lines! ion involved a fleets thousands
of investors. ' : '' ' ' .:
NKW YORK. Mar. 8 Erroneous''
reports issued bv financial- news
tickers .'Hint the United States su
preme court had declared stock divi
Icnds taxable took1 Wall street bv
surprise today and caused bcavv
selling of tlie general list. Keactiolis
of to 1 1 points from tho high
pric 's of the morning wero tmulo bv
all lite active issues. '
Tim market nindo full recovery
when if was found that taxation of .
slock dividends us income lind beeu
declared unconstitutional. In a few
instances stocks exceeded their high
est riuotations of the morning. ;
The Majority Opinion
Justice Pitnev, ill his luuioritv
opinion, said a stock dividend "is in
essence not a dividend, nut rutucr tho
opposite." m
panv is separated from tile common
fund," he said, "nothing distributed
except paper certificates that evi
dence an antecedent increase ill the
value of the stockholder's capital in
terest resulting from accumulation of
profits by Hie company, but profits
so far absorbed in the business as to
(Continued on 1'age Six)
ULSED IN ATTACK '
been under attack at two points, the
; soviet armies advancing on (he north
and south soles ot (he marshes. It
is recalled the Poles Inst weak reject
ed overtures for un armistice pending
j peace negotiations, holding tho bnl-
sheviki would strengthen tlunr lines
during the time thev are protected 1
bv the provisions of the truce. 'In
the mcuntimo delegates from the Bal
tic states 'are expected to meet at
Warsaw next week to consider tho
soviet peuce tcruis, ,