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MEDFORD, OnEOOX. "WKDXKSIUY. MAKCIl It). 1!l0.
NO. L!)8
i.W.W. CASE
Will GO TO
JURY 13TH
Both Defense and State Declare Fate
of Alleged I. W. W. Murderers Will
Be in Hands of Jurv Saturday
; Centralia Barber Testifies Shoot
inq Started Before Anv Rush Was
Made on Hall Made His Wav to
the Ice Box.
MOXTKSAXO. Wash.. Mar. 10.
; Cc.nrinuntion. of rebuttal testimony
'.today in tl! trial of tun alleged 1.
;W. W. here fur tin- murder of Way
t(mi O. (ii-iiiiiii during tin' Cent I'nlin
'Armistice (lav nurude lirouuhl "ill
! further evidence to the effect Unit
'; the American Legion men tliil no!
,' break ranks until several shots lunl
1 been fireil. Three marchers in the
parade testifie.l to the effect Unit the
' coliunii of Centralia men had halted
" '-ami were either nt vest, at ease or
i marking time when the shooting
licaau.
, The prosecution expected to com
plete its rebuttal todav and it was
' expected part of tomorrow would be
devoted to sur-relnittal bv the de
fense. f Hoth counsel for the defense and
state, an tithe court expected the
case to be given to the iurv bv Snt
' urtluv noon.
' ltarlx-i- Testifies
MOXTESAXO. Wash.. Mar. 10.
t Walter E. Jordan. Centralia barber.
! testified today at tin? trial of ten
ulletred I. W. W. here lor the mur
der of Warren 0. Grimm, Centralis
Armistice day parade victim, that he
walked right into the hull and ran
back to the ice box where several of
the defendants were captured. Jor.
dan was walking down the street at
the time the shooting started, he tes
tified, lie heard three or four shot's,
started to walk quickly and then to
run, he said.
Jordan's testimony fixed the time
of the beginning of the shootim? some
moments befre the uhifrmed march
ers rushed toward the hull, lie saw
McKlfresh fall, he said, and then
begun to run toward the hall. He
fore be reached the hall he stopped
momentarily and helped undo the
tunic of the fallen legion member.
When the shootim.' started. Jordan
testified, all of the soldiers in the
line were in formation, lie asserted
no soldiers rushed toward the hull
before the shots begun. When Jor
dan reached the hall, he said, hp saw
two or three uniformed men at the
door. The door was pushed open, he
testified and he followed the soldiers
in. .
Jordan said be "got clean back to
the ice box." It was in the ice box
that linv Becker, Mike Shcchuii and
James Melnerncv were captured after
the shootim;.
N. J.
ALBANY, X. J.. Mar. 10. A hill
defining intoxicating beverages as
those containing more than three and
o half per cent of alcohol by weight,
was introduced in the legislature to
day by Assemblyman Maurice Iiloiit,
democrat, of New York. The mea
sure, according to the introducer, is
'Governor Edwards' New Jersey bill
adapted to this sta(e."
WASHINGTON. Mar. JO Presi
dent Wilson todav took his third
automobile ride since he was order
ed to bed last October. An open cur
nas used and Mrs. Wilson, Miss Mar
garet Wilson and Hear Admiral Cirav
son, his physician, iiccompiinied him.
SOUTH AFRICA VOTING ON WHETHER
TO STAY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE
LONDON', Mar. 10- Parliamen
tary election being lield todav in the
Vnion of South Africa will, it is
believed, decide the fate of the cov
ernment held bv Jan Christian Smuts,
which is contending nguinst strum;
Dutch nationalist elements, aided bv
the labor partv. The result ninv de
cide whether Cape Colon v, the Trans
vaal, Oranne Kree State and Natal
lire to continue British or are to
form n South African Dutch repub
lic under its own flag and with up
PHILADELPHIA. Mlir. 10
Decision of American Ketlera-
tion of Labor officials, reached
in Washington two weeks ago,
to oppose all candidates for pub-
lie office who are regarded as
foes of organized hihor, boro 4
fruit here today in the opening
of a ampaign against twenty- 4
five Pennsylvania and seven
New Jersey members of the 4-
house of representatives. 4
In a bulletin issued by the
Philadelphia Camden advisory
boards of the federation, atten
tion is called to the railroad hill !
recently passed by congnws and H
approved by the president and H
the defeat of all congressmen
voting for it is urged.
"See that neither you nor your
friends or aciuiiintant'ps ever
again vote for those who gave
labor a 'slap in tho face.' " said
the bulletin.
FORECLOSURE SALE
COOS BAY AVERTED
'PORTLAND, .Mar. 10. Litigants
in federal court have reached an
agreement, it was announced today,
whereby a proposed foreclosure Bale
of the property of the Coos Hay Lura
bar company, valued at $10,000,000
ot more, will not he made, and the re
ceivers company 'will have opportU'
nity to pay off the indebtedness now
existing againHt the properly.
The suit started a year ago, when
tho Continental and Commercial
Hank and Trust company of Chicago,
holders of about $H, 000, 000 in mort
gage bonds of the CoOi Hay Lumber
company, filed foreclosure proceed
ings in federal court and procured
the appointment of two receivers to
handle the affairs of the concern
pending the outcome. The receivers,
it was shown, had succeeded in set
ting aside a reserve fund now avail
able for meeting interest and princi
pal payments. That this stipulation
will have a far-reaching effect on the
northwest lumber industry was ad
mitted by the attorneys had it failed,
as it would put the present lumber
market in a precarious condition, it
was asserted.
BIG SHIPPING REVIVAL
WASHINGTON, Mar. 0 Hevival
of activity at the Port of Hamburg
was reported in official advices today
to the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce. Thirty-seven shipping ser
vices have been definitely re-established
and initial sailings made. Of
these four are to the Atlantic and one
to the Pacific coast of the I'uited
States, to Great Britain seven, France
one, Holland four, Hclgium two, Cuba
and West Indies three', Mexico and
Central America two. South America
eight, Africa one and Asia fi.nr.
ltegular steamer servieo between
Japan and Germany has been inaug
urated. Sailings of the German steam
er er Hans for Havana and Vera Cruz
with mail, marked the formal re
opening of the liamburg-Vera Cruz
service.
Two Killed. Plane Smashes.
MIAMI. Kin.. -Mar. 111. Charles
Sims. 1'ilot, and Mechanics Knrle an-1
I'liinchard. of New York, were killed
when their airplane crushed to the
ground cn route to Miami lust niutil .
elected president.
Smith Africa is valuable to fircat
lirituin because of its gold fields,
and separation, it i- believed, would
meet with strong opposition. Na
tionalist sentiment there is sn-d to
be so intense that in some instance-
families have been divided over tin
issue, whic h is a survival of the old
struggle which has been going on
between the Dutch anil the British
since the Netherlands ceded Cape
Colony to Great Drilain in 1SH.
1 0 WiiLLION TIMBER
WILLIAMS FREE
NO RANSOM IS
PAID 10 VILLA
Latest Victim Mexican Bandits Re
leased and Wires He Is in Good
Health Chicago Minina Company
in Sonora Blown tip bv Mexican
Bandit Renegades.
KL PASO, Texas, Mar. 10. Joseph
Williams, of El Pa.so, an employe ct
the American Smelting and Hefining
company captured and held for ran
som by Francisco Villa when the ban
dit wrecked a train on the lexican
Central railroad Thursday last, has
been freed, according to a telegram
from Williams lo his employers re
ceived today.
The message merely said Williams
arrived in Torreon last night and
would leave there tomorrow, arriving
here March 111 and that he was In
good health.
From the message it was believed
no ransom had been paid. It was
reported by fellow travelers on the
train Williams was being held for
$r000 ransom but officials of the
smelting company said no demand
was made on them.
Report that Williams' health was
good relieved friends hero c'f consid
erable anxiety as he was suffering
from the effects of a wound and gas
poisoning suffered- in France. He
was enroute here for treatment when
captured by Villa.
In the fight for the train it was
reported more than a score of train
guards, passengers and train crew
were killed. Two other Americans
on the train with Williams were rob
bed. A Syrian passenger was said to
have been hanged. Williams was a
native of Henry, Va.
AGl'A PrtlETA. SCnora. Mexico,
.Mar. 10. LIuildingH and tho mine
shaft of the Chicago Exploration and
Development corporation near To
nichi, Sonora, wore wrecked by dyna
mite two weokB ago by renegades,
said Franklin 1). Harding, consulting
engineer of the company, who ar
rived here today. He says the loss is
$12.000.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. .lames
M. Arthur, manager of the .Mexican
Consolidated Mining company, has
not been kidnapped by Mexican ban
dits, but is snfe near Nogales, Mexico
the American consul there reported
today to the state, department.
-Mrs. Arthur who is in Nogalos
Ariz., telegraphed her father, F. E
Avery at Columbus, Ohio, yesterday
saying that her husband needed
f 20(10 and this was said to have led
to the reports that ho had been kid
naped.
TAKE STUMP IN FAVOR
SIOUX FALLS. S. I).. Mar.
1(1. Kavmond Hobins will spend
10 davs speaking throughout
South Dakota in the interest of
the cundidacv for nomination
for president of Senator Hiram
W. Johnson of California, it
was announced last night by
Johnson hcadiiiiarters.
Senators Norris, Nebraska:
Kcnvon, Iou'a: nnd'Hornh. Idaho
are anxious to get into South
Dakota in the interest of John
son's candidacy and will prob
ably come us soon as the peace
treaty is ratified or definitely
set aside in Washington, it was
stated at Senator Johnson's
hi'iidiliiiirters today.
POUT DEPOSIT, Md., Mar. 10.
The aerial bombardment of the ice
jam in the Susquehanna river which
extends several niilow below here, will
he resumed this afternoon by the
army aviators who all days yesterday
dropped bombs in their attempt to
dislodge the gorge.
The army officers today expressed
themselves as satlbfied with their
work thus fur.
1FAILURE U. S. NAVY COST HALF
L!
ADMIRAL W
WASHINGTON, .Mar. 10. Knilurc
of the nuvy department to fully co
operate in the war during the first
six months ufter America's entry cost
hair a mi Hit. 1i lives, fifteen billions of
dollars, 2, T 00, 000 tons of shipping
and prevented a victory over Ger
many by July 19ls, Ituar Admiral
Sims told the senate investigating
committee today in presenting docu
mentary evidence in support of his
charges of delay against the depart
ment. Tho officer read to the committee
recommendations he had made to the
department immediately upon his ar
rival in London in 1917. A cable
gram sent late in April, 1917, said
the critical area where the war would
bo won or lost was in the eastern At
lantic at the focus ot all lines of
ocean communication to England and
France. Admiral Sitna told the com
mittee that altho ho repeatedly urged
that every destroyer and small craft
that could bo sent to sea be dispatch
ed Immediately to this area his rec
cMimcndation was not complied with
until about six months later.
He also recommended, he said,
that two divisions of the American
drcadnaughts bo sent to base on
Urest to guard against raids in the
English channel by German cruiser
forces, but this recommendation was
entirely disregarded.
''Failure of the department to throw
tho full force of the navy Into the
struggle, ho said resulted in tho "un
necessary" loss L'f 1,500,000 tons of
shipping by Kiihmarine attack in 1!U7
and 1,000,000 tons In 1!US.
"If tho tonnage lost in 1917 had
been saved by the prompt co-opera
tion of thenavy," ho said, "America
could have had a million men in
Franco at the beginning of 1!HS in
stead of HIHI.OOO." "
Admiral Sims said the German of
fensive of 19 IS was due to the failure
of the German submarine campaign
and that In all probability it never
would have been undertaken and the
morale ut the German people would
have broken if Ihe American troops
had been more promptly dispatched
to France. 'He estimated on the banis
of what happened when the American
forces did arrive that victory could
have been achieved by July 191S if
the tonnage had been preserved.
The navy department's first real
decision as to participation in the war
Admiral Sims said, was contained in
a cablegram to him 21 days after
America entered the struggle. The
message said the department intend
ed to send 3fi destroyers, c'ne tendor
and a mother ship to the British Isles
and asked for minute information re
garding the possibility of obtaining
necessary supplies at Kerehaveo, the
probable base. t
"All of these plans ahould have
been worked out long before we en
tered the war," the admiral said,
"and should have been placed In ef
fect, In substance at leastthe day we
entered the war."
Invoked Aid Pajie
Admiral Sims wild that when In
found that his own effort impress
upon the navy department the se-
j rumne-s ot the situation were un
i availing lie invoked the aid of th"
; late Ambas-ndor Piiye at London.
who on Annl 27, 1917, sent a confi
dential cablegram lo Secretary I.uns
inir and President Wilson declariiu
that "there is reason for the ureate-t
alarm about luc i-ue of lUc war.
1
f- -. 5 is ti f
V S SAYS ADMIRAL
M
5. SIMS
caused bv the iiicrcain'j success of
German submarines."
The ambassador uriied Ihe imme
diate assignment of everv available
Tailed States dest rover and subma
rine chaser to liritish waters.
Even this reiiuest was unheeded,
for some mouths. Admiral Sims said
The witness read a message to tin
department in 1JI17 savinir the liri!
ish ffoverntneiit "appreciated'' what
the Tinted States was doing to keep
flown .submarines.
"Incidentally," lie added, "that m
a case of international pnlitenesn,
Thev were thaidvirii: us for selidimr
six destroyers.'
Kcntly to Jump Overboard
Admiral Sims insisted he had been
handicapped bv failure of the depar
tiient to keep him informed of its
plans. He read excerpts from his
messages, uririn-j adoption of the con
voy system ami said :
"I will show that ureat hisses were
sustained due to the resistance of the
I'uited States to ta!;inir up the con
voy system."
He then read a department mes
saire sent him in iMay and signed bv
Secretary Hnnicls.
''In regard to convov," it read, "t
consider American vessels havintr
armed liuards are safer wheu sailing
independently.'
"When I L'ol that message I wan
about rendv to jump overboard," con
tinued .Admiral Sims. "I realized
that tht department did not under-
si a ml or appreciate the sil nation."
E COURT
DECIDES ON LINE
EMI), olihi.. Mar. 10. A decision
of the I'uited Slates supreme court
and treaties between the I'uited
States and Spain. Mexico and the He
public of Texas, makintr the south
bank id' the Ifed river - the hmm
darv line between the stales of Okln
hoiria and Texas, were cited in an
opinion eiven todav bv Federal .ludut
Voumans when he granted a tempor
ary injunction to the Judsonia De
velopment association ntrnin-d Sam
Sparks and other.
The case has been under advise
ment by JimIl'u Voumans since lust
week when he was asked to make th?
temporary re?d ra initio order issued by
.Indue John Pollock permanent. The
controversy is over a Kill-acre (raid
of land in the south portion of the
ed river bed and oil property esti
mated nt over $.'00,0110,000 is in
volved.
MOTHER JONES ARRIVES
TO SUPPORT S. F. STRIKE
OAKLAND, Cul.. Mar. 10. "Moth
cr" .Jones, need woman labor leader,
will arrive here Thursday to lend
her support to the bay cities shin
yard strike accordim.' to a tele
gram received by the secretary of tile
Abimedii county Metal Trades eouil
cU.
DEC!
WASllINliTON. rar. 10.
The loss to the government as
a result of the supreme court's
derision dci-hiriug stock divi
dends not taxable as income
will be nearly half a billion dol
lars, according to an estimate
today bv Colninissiolu-r of In
ternal lievcuue Kopcr.
M!r. Kopcr said a hastv search
indicates that $70.0011.(100 paid
in 1017 and I!I1S will have to
be returned while the loss in
lllicollci'tcil (axes in llllll will
be $1011.000.0011 and that for
!!J(I $.100.0110.0110.
. .Mr. Holier emphasized that
estimates of lite government's
loss arc not official and that
the loss might be found to be
larger than now estimated.
WILSON'S LETTER
PARIS, Mnr. 10. President W'il-
son'a letter to Senator lliteheok re
Kurding reservations to tho Versailles
treaty was Riven little spiu'e and a
minor position in most of thiH morn
ing's newspapers.
The Oatilols prints Its comment in
tho (irst pase under tho caption
warnings of Wilson."
"Mr. Wilson," it says, "takes re
venge for tho silence imposed upon
him by illness. In less than 21 hours.
ho presentu us with two documents in
which ho affirms In a singularly m;
Ki'csslvo manner that he had recov
ered full possession of his masterly
faculties.
"Ilo finishes the weakening of
governmental frameworks of cTdor
and discipline which he already lilts
so thoroly shaken. Ills 'antl-iniper-
list' formula will bring new encour-
igcnient to International bolshcv-
isin."
The Paris Midi says the accusation
of Franco as militaristic Is "impu
dent" and it refers to air. Wilsou's
'gratuitous insult to this country." It
adds:
"Mr. Wilson accuses Kranco c'f be
ing militaristic and at the sumo time
Josephus 'Daniels, secretary of the
Amurlcan navy, la tho only minister
in tho world who announces an un
limited program of armament."
I. 'Information says: "Today there
are men conscious of tho ovident
necessities of Franco, but there Is no
longer u militarist party, proporly
speuklng."
TO THE ALLIES
WASHINGTON'. Mar. 10.-The al
lied irovorninenlH will receive no fur
ther loans from the American t.ruv-
erntnent, Secrclarv Houston announc
ed toiluv.
Loan nuifle lo the ulties to date
total !l,li."iil.H.U.Ii!l I.i) l of the ten bil
lions authorized bv conuress. Mr.
Houston said, and it was not deemed
advisable to utilize the remainder of
the authorization.
Wootton Jurv Completed.
TOjrHSTON'K. Ariz., .Mnr. 10.--
The jurv to Irv llarrv K. Wootton
on it (din rue of kiilnatiiut: in con
nection with the deportation of l,Kti7
striking cornier miners and t licit- sym
pathizers from itislii'c was an
nounced toduv. '
PARENTS AND TEACHERS HAD NOTHING
'To the public: It has come to tho
notico of the committee of the Parent
Teachers circles, which met at tho
Hchool hciise last evening, that there
l some criticism being madu with
referenco to transactions at the meet
ing and that tho committee is bolng
accused of having pre-arranged those
transactions.
Tho committee wish It distinctly
understood that it met with the board
of directors by appointment and at
tho request of tho board Bolely f.T
the purpose of. gottlng a more defin
ite statement from the board with
reference to Its recent action, and
T
A
QUIT POST
School Supt. Defies People to Put
Him Out After Petition for Resig
nation Is Presented Will Continue
at Post Until Contract Expires
Hdateri Meeting Held at High
School Building Hoodlum Spirit
Is Condemned.
The most strikine: fenturo of the
most, sensational meetintr on school
affairs ever held in .Medforcl was the
cMiplmttc refusal of Superintendent
William Davenport Inst niirlit before
a lnri:e crowd of pn rents, patrons
and teachers, in t 111 hik'h school
biiildiiiir to hand in his resiunation
at the reiiuest of .luilire Win. M. Col
viir ufter the latter had rend a lie
tit ion to the school board renuestinc;
the superintendent's resignation,
sie;ncil bv "i:i citizens nnd taxpayers,
iiicludim.' John Mann, JtiuVc Glen O.
Tavlor. A. ('. Hubbard mid E. SI.
Warner.
"Without Koine: into details and
Hiving tin. reasons for droiHiintr cer
tain teachers for next year I abso
lutely refuse to resie.ii. Things nra
fair and sininre. All till' data is
there (pointini; to his and the board's
records Ivinir on the table) and sub
stantiated all the wav thi'ouiih. You
will find there some astonishing
tliinuH. There is pen and ink on the
table, but I inn not L'liimr to rcsitm. I
inn tioiuu to continue to tench in Jited
ford until the end ot mv contract for
another year and continue to do my
level best."
Situation In Deplorable .
While all the members of the au
dience which crowded the Willi school
assembly room and balcony to the
doors, hv nn overwhelming mapority
were not in sympathy with the su
perintendent nnd board, and roerotted
Unit school matters had come to such
u state and recoirnized that the situ
ation was unfortunate, deplorable
nnd disgraceful in a wnv, even the
fairest minded tire puzzled to seek
the best wav out. of the nnxzlincr di
lemma that has arisen for the fu
ture welfare of the sehoolB,
One thiiiL' that even tho most bit
ter opponents of the school adminis
tration insist on. is that no routtfr
what the difference on school poli
cies anionc the natrons nnd parents,
the school pupils must bo reRpeotful
and observe discipline. It wob
broimht to the attention of the au
dience bv President Hiddeli of the
school board that on the previous
niirlit some hierh school bovs rotten
eirued the office' of Superintendent
Davenport. Tho audience unani
mously disapproved of this disgrace
ful net.
Petition Asks for Itrt,ljrnat Ion
Judge Colviir in prescntinir tho pe
tition asking for Mr. Davenport's
resignation, explained that he taught
school in Illinois for three years after
the Civil War. had served two terras
as Jacjtsnn county superintendent of
schoc's from 1H80 to 1884. had Berv
ecl on the stato text hook commission
with such men as llnrvcv W. Scotl,
W. S. I.tidd, Professor Cntuphell of
Ihe V. of ().. und Judge Johns of the
state supremo court. Ho Baid that
he believed more in results accom
plished than in methods. .. Ho e.x
nluined that the 5.') signatures obtain
ed to the petition were obtained in
onlv a. litle over an hour's tune ves
lerdnv. The petition, which was addressed,
to the school bonrd, reiids as fol
lows :
"fientlenien :
"We, the undersigned citizens nnd
taxpayers of Meilloril, Oregon, hnv-
( Continued on Page Eight)
T
that tho committee disclaims any
part In connection with any remark
made or petition presented or other
action tuken at that meeting other
than tho remarks made by the repre
sentative cT the committee who stat
ed In his opening remarka that he
was appearing In behalf ot the com
mittee. The committee does not wish to bo
understood as In any way Indorsing
any other action that was taken at
the meeting other than that as out
lined by our representative. .
COMMITTER OF PAMBNT-
TEACI1ERS CIRCLES.