Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 13, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Jlavimum yosterdiiy I2 Minimum today lu liwiliilution 01 Bedford f-n Fourteenth Twi. :r-iy-nlnth Ter. ULUUULLUU IlLIULU I lUll i IS FNRINFFRFI1 RY PAN- nmilflllin rnrrvr rirrnli titKIMNS, tBtKI UttSil i Mail Tribi Predictions Ilalll. MEDFORD, OREGON, SAT lT 1J 1 )A Y, "TA.li( 'T I VX ' HL'O TOVER LAI fill ED D DAVID WARHELD IS T: 10S ANGELES PLAY IS CALLED OFF New Government Proclaimed by Reactionary Leaders and Former" War Governor of Belnium Put in Charge of Army Berltii Socialist Newspapers Seized and Socialists Declare Strike Workers 'in All Parts of Country Walk Out Very Little Violence or Bloodshed Re portedAllies Plan to Steu Aside and Watch Developments Con tradictory Reports Reqardina Source of Revolution Received From Berlin Official Washinqton Not Surprised General Sentiment Is Revolution Will Not Seriously Disturb World Affairs Ebert Gov ernment Moves to Dresden. , COPENHAGEN. Mar. 13. A Uer iin telcyram to the Herliiursko Ti dendc. dispatched on Friday ovenim:, says that Minister of Defense Xoske had ordered the arrest of Field .Mar shal von llindenblirir and General l.u dendorff. but that1 neither of theia could bo found. ; ' BERLIN. M'nr. IX (Noon) An imperial .miniHtrv has been lorined It is provisionally .composed us fol lows: I ; ...: 1 i-, , Imperial, chancellor.. .r'JV-. Kiipp: niiuister. .of. defense. , General Huron vim Liiettwit.: minister of finance. (lie jOherl'iiitinzpit JJunk;. minister of laihlie, worsliip,".l r.1'J'aab.1 The idher ministers have not as vet uucu nppoimcu. "BKRUN. Mar. li-thc proehiniil tion issued bv the old reninie. cnll ins'nn the people for n' reneial strike, declared that it is' the only means iiniiiti.st. the return of William II. regular annv forces bat anions public security i-uurds. PA HIS. Mar. IX Tim t-cncral pillion expressed at the moment is ! that the allied governments will take Ian attitude of aloofness and detach ment toward the civil strife in Ger many and permit the (icrmnn people themselves to determine the form of their irovertiiiicnt. The armed dis orders in Germany are looked upon as most unfortunate both for tbnt country and the remainder -of En rone at Hie liiiic when reconstruc tion' luid been bcmin. .licit sinks to (.nils HKHLIN; Mar. IX (By the As- KRANKFORD, Germany, Mar. 1X A sencral strike has been declared here. A irrcat procession of work men is paradintr the streets. ' LONDON, Mar. IX Official ad vices rcachinsr the Press association ' tJencral Von HindcnbuiR is pro rlnlmed new president or 00!!!!!'. "re that the revolutionary trnop--have Jirouylit artillery into Berlin. They state also that the members f the Kliert irovernment have pro ceeded to Dresden to set up their rc-sinie. 1.03 AXGKLES, Mar. 13. David Warfiold, the actor, spent an easy night and was resting comfortably this morning accor ding to a report from the hospi tal where ho was taken last night. -Mr. f Warfield was run down yestorday on a busy street hero and received a eompc'und fracture of the left leg and some superficial lacerations about tho head, all of which, it was said, would heal without leaving scam. Performances of "The Auc tioneer" scheduled here were cancelled and seat money re funded; the balance of the eight week Itinerary also was can celled. SiigS$!,,S-$'-tt-S no. no i 1 DEFEAT OF MOV E LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS IN GOOD HEALTH; WILL ROW SURE Senator Lodtic in Effort to Reunite Republican Forces Adds Another Amendment to Article Ten Reser vation, But Wilson Leaders and Irreconcilibles Declare They Have Enough Votes to Assure Defeat' Borah Gains Point. DEFEAT "SUBS" ALONE SAVED ALLIED CAUSE MMMs flT!tt.tyt,w1ilWJ , ! HHlfl.I-N, Mar. 13. Accordimr to reports reaoliinir here this afternoon 'he reviilutionarv movement under he direction of the extreme censor-1 vutives has already spread far into "id provinces, not oulv amoiiL' tho l FRIEDRVCH vv. ebejzt l'resiilcnt F.hcrt after holding "ov- eriiinciit together is finally over thrown. . sociatcd Pros) The members of n,n i.'l..,.t Miix-crniiicnt are retaining their offices, although thev have left (he eiipital. acconlinir to the I,oki.i Anzciucr in a special addition iust issued. The newspaper savs the old .,.1,11. tit refused to comply with an ultimalum presented bv l.enerai Erhardt of the naval brigade whicn expired at 7 o'clock this moiniiur. the L'ovcrnmcnt officials lenvinir Berlin by motor car without rcsiuiiinir their posts. Kerlin has been threatened durin -the niuht liv the immediate danger ol a violent revolution, it be ne known at inidnidit and revolutionary bodies of troops bad bcL'iin to move on Ber lin from Doebcrilz. tienerals von Oldcrshauscn and Von Ovun and Lieutenant I oloiici (Continued cm rago Six) jaiSnilLlD BY STRIKES: 400.000 LABORERS HAVE WALKED OUT 'AKIS. Mar. lit. Nearly IIMUMin "crsons are on strike in France, ac- 'orilinsr to estimates made today lv wticials of the Federation of Labor. the Lyons reirion spveral thous- ""1 hands in the silk mills have ironc! "t. hrin-rinir the number of strikers , lht're to a total of 00,000 in the vu-, n'is industries. 'n the department DuXord 20.000; ?oa miners have struck in sympathy I with the strike of an ennui number i ',is de Calais, and tins develop ment has streic-tliencd the hone ot radii-als iimonL' labor Icaitcrs luai u general coal strike mav oe eiie-ieo. Strikes of L'.oOO to .". bnililinL workers are reported from various regions amoni' them AiiL-ers and Tou- '"'tIk' Paris region seems freer from strikes than most parts of France. .- .,'( -victl.M'IJ III I ; lit ;itll II Herbert HtwVen 'While: Refusmq'Uo Get' Entanaled t Navy Wranqlc, Admits'! Allies. Were on VeroVof Starvation From ApriUto Sep tember. 1917. " ' WASMINOTONi mr. IX Herbert Hoover, culled into the senate inves tiL'afion of tho navy's conduct of the war at the reuuest of Hear Admiral Sims, refused toilav to discuss the navy's policy or its work during the war. He told the committee on in oiiirv that he hud little knowledge of the subject. Mr.. Hoover said, however, that thu allies were on the verge of starvation from April to September, 1017. unit that only the defeat of tlermanv's ruthless submarine campaign pre vented 11 eullapsc. The anti-submarine campaiun, ho added, was one of the most important contributions of the I'nited States in the war. WASHINGTON, Afar. Hi. Documen tary evidence in support of bis charge that the navy department fail ed to keep him informed as to its poli cies and plans was presented today 1 bv Kcar Admiral Sims to the senate I investigation committee. ' llecause of his ignorance of the department's plans, the admiral con tinued, the allied admiralties carried !on direct negotiations with the navy ; department in Washington. Allied Ileum work was impaired and Ameri jcun interests suffered as a result, he I said. ' Admiral Sims said the first iutima- tion he had that he was not in the I full confidence of the department 'came sooiraftcr he submitted his first I reports from London. He Icitrncd j then bv accident, be said, that an agreement had been reached by the iiiavv department and Itritish ami Trench nnvitl officials in Washington 1 early in April regarding the disposi tion of American naval forces. The I terms of this ngreeiuent were cabled to Admiral Jellicoe bv the Itritish I representative on April l.'l. 1017, ho declared. The officer also charged that with out notifying him before hand, tho j department arranged with the French j 'naval attache to send ten or more i vacht-. to combat submarines off the: 1 French coast; arranged to establish j : Iwo naval bases in France: sent na- j al aviation forces to that country:; I di.-patched six destroyers from l.tos-; ton -.sent a hundred cannon to France 1 on naval colliers: started 11 campaign ! 'in the newspapers lor 11 North sea; niiue barrage: dispatched the fill 11 i ! destroyer souudron from St. Johns to j ! Ouocnstown and sent four additional 1 destroyers from New York to join his forces. j F'AMIS. Mar. 1.1 ( Havas) Oeora !cs t'arpeutier. heavyweight pugilistic champion of Europe, and his wife, embarked today at Havre for the ' I'nited ijtutes. . . . . WASIH.NOTON, Mar. 111. So Kloomy did tho outlook for a peace treaty compromise become today thai republican and dcmc'cratle loaders virtually UKreed to vote .Monday 011 all DcndliiK and proposed reserva tions. Tho result, they predicted probably would bc a ratification vote before the middle of next week. PARIS, Mur. i:i. The execu tive council of tho League of Nutlons met today In tho Clock room of tho foreign offleo. Leon Hourgeols. who prosided reviewed the work of the coun cil, llu raid that while thero was se'ino skepticism rcKunlinK the success of tho league, it had not retarded tho leuKUo's work. I'p to the present time, ho de clared, tho ieauac had shown its reality and vitality. A resolution was adopted pro viding for the appointment of a commission of ten members to make tho proposed investiga tion into conditions in Kussia. jPARtNT-TEACHERS COUNCIL 1 CALLS ON SCHOOL BD. TO I AGREE TO ARBITRATION At ! 65 MILLIONS Mcetinq Friday Afternoon Plan of Mutual Accommodation Is Drawn Up and Endorsed Leave Solution to No Interested Parties, But Representative Committee of Citizens Before Which Every Faction Mav Be Hiiard Board Given Until Monday to Answer In Formal Statement to Public School Board Stands on Record and Deplores Publicity Given to School Affairs Willinq to Resign. But Convinced Thev Are Supported bv People Who Believe in Better Schools Davenport Tactless. But Efficient, and Board Is United Behind Him Hone Growina for Settlement of Controversy. WASHINGTON, .Mar. 13. In an effcrt to reunite, tho republican sen ate forces. Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts, the party loador, today added an amendment to the substi tute article ton reservation offered to day. , 1 I ' Tho change, proposed at the sug- fiotftioipof' Senator florali, rnpuhlican;(j Idaho, 'loader of the irrcconoiliiihlus, would insert tho wonts, "Including'! all -eontrcvorsfeH relating to torritoW-. ial '.integrity or political ilnilopch-il deuce" in describing, tho international controversies :in wUreh the.-' United States would not Interfere. : -Republican leaders predicted tlh'at the amendment would bring back into line some of the reservation re publicans who had Indicated opposi tion to the draft presented yesterday. Tho chungo stirred up more trouble on the dcniGtarntic side, whore com promise advocates had not yet com pleted their poll 011 the original sub stitute. In presenting the amendment Sen ator Lodge made no statement except to say that it had been suggested by soiuo of his associates. Altho some compromise advocates atill clung to h(,po of success, admin istration and Irroconctliahlc leaders doclarcd they had positive pledges of enough -votes to beat the treaty with the repubfean article ten substitute us modified today. LOPPED FROM NAVY PROGRAM In the Interest of Economy 3 Naval oiProqramji Recommended ;bv 'Socnv itaryA'DanielS Arc. Disapproved' iNava-,Bass on. Pacific Const' Are -(Dropped From List.! : .if: T TIED UP BY STRIKE NK WYORK. Mir. 13. The Htrilte of Incnl (Hii.'.shoreiiiL'ii, checkers nml dock workers for n increase in wnires and iHl.juhtment of working hours, which was iiniiniinoiislv votetl last niiiht. became effective th:r mornini;. The unions invilvel claim a mem Thev ilcvmml $1 an hour and -.00 Steamship owners said if the full membership walked out. coastwise sliippinir would be nearly tied itn. Companies jii'fccted include the Mal lorv. Clvdc, Moriran, Old Dominion. Southern Pacific and the Ocean Steamship company lines. iionirshnrt'tiien are now paid fi.i tents tin hour for a basir eiuht -hour dnv with 1 an hour for overtime. Thev demand $1 tin hour and an hour for overtime. The checkers want an increase from $25 a week to! $.18..") ( and a reduction of four hours a week. The dock workers want a 2't ; per cent inereasc in waires over their present scale of .3," a week. ! Steamship owners declared thev ' were unable l meet the demands be- : cause thev were bound liv the ward j of the national adjustment eoiumis-1 sion, which was to remain in effect! until September Hl'20. , WASHINGTON. Mar. Hi. "In the interest of economy." the three, naval construction pro-Kraais recommended by Secretary Daniels, depending on disposition of tho peace treaty were disapproved today by a Uouho nuval sub-committee. An appropriation of $72,000,000 for continuing the unfinished 1916 program was. decided upon by tho sub-committee us tho only ship con struction funds to be provided for the next N.scal year. The KUh-i'ommittce decided, allho yet tc( bo approved by the full com mittee. Is regarded virtually as final. Total appropriations for tho depart ment under the suh-eommittcc -bill would bo approximately $400,000,000 or $l(ir,ooo,ooo less thun required by, department officials. The sub-commit tee voted against recommended appropriations for de velopment of naval bases of .Sal) Kranciseo l!av, San IVdro and I'ort Antreles. Immediate development of Pacific shore facilities approved include &'2r0.IHI0 for a Submarine und du st rover base at the mouth of the Columbia river and $7.(l, 0(111 for a de stroyer base at the present shipping board shipvurd at San l)!ei;o. It alsu va decided to expand the I'earl Har bor, Hawaii vard, but the appropria tions fur that purpose have not been determined. The sub-committee voted to build a warehouse nnd trujninu station ut San DicL'o, but the amount of the appropriation was left to fu ture decision. GETS NO MONEY A I'lir-mirhinir slci Inwards a scd llcinciil liv ailiilralinii all Ilia is sues involved in the nulilV sidimds nmtrovorsv was Itrmndit 1'orlh vos lerdav nl'li'nimin hv unaMiinous vote ol' the 'I'll rent -Traehcr t'oiiin'il. whii-h is cniniiosed of Ilia nt'ficrrs til' tlia va rious parent -toui'hcr eireles of tliv city, fidlowinsr a eiilin discussion of tho situation. The. plan, ill the form of a rosolut'on addressed to Ihi' school hoard, has heen seal lo that Imilv. wliifli is itisl nictiwl tit have ils j'iicclMilijiice or reicclion in the hiindn Ihe council on or hclore Moiidav. i 'im... : ..... i 1 1. II... ....1.....I I III. II,SUC IIIIVV IL'.II!,. llll IMC hoard. , ,., , ,,. ...j ,, , Keiinrls Here lirsl . Received at ihe couiTcil niecliiiii:. fruiiv each parem (eachcr circle,: liich had jaet earlier in the afternoon, us to its littitudc in the eontroveiiiV. ' . T10 reiiorb. iif every circle hut thai of Jackson school wiis practically the same, in that its mcmliers desired the school hoard to reconsider its action in droppiiiL' the well known eapahle teachers. The Jackson school circhi slrudillcd the issue and expressed ils sympathy to the school hoard, and superintendent and the 'deposed teachers, for the unfortunate situ ation thai has arisen. Boozer Proposes (lie I'ltm The ma n credit for pulliiiL' Ihe compromise credit settlement, plan liefpre t lie council., which Hint hody adopted lifter full discussion is duii Hev, I,. MVron Hoozer. who has ex pressed no opinion whulever in pnh lic or privnttj on Ihe controversy, hut has acted in the sole interest of what is hest'lor the public schools, holh as a-citi.cn and as a parent with chil li ron in the schools. lie advised that the time had conic to seltle all difference tliroinrh a fair tribunal hclore which ench side could throw- down ils cards openly on the table and testify as lo itK position and iM'icvanccs. The plan he out lined, it was explained bv him. was not entirely his own, hut had heen compiled after hearinir Ihe views of many pf-rsons with only Hie Lrood of the schools and citv at heart. The .SelllcnifnL HcnoIiiI loll , The proposed setl'.cincnt plan reso lution uniiiiiiuoiisly adopted hv tlx! Parent-Teacher's Council, is ns fol lows : ''To the members of I lie Hoard ol Directors of -Hie Mcdlord Public Schools : "Whereas, I here has developed na unfortunate stale of affairs in Ihe schools of our city Hint threatens Hie efficiency of the cnlire optimization, und California Golf Tourney On. SAX KHANCISl'O. Mar. IX The northern California open volt' cli.nii pionship niectinir opened hero today with some of the best professional plttvera on the I'u'.-iiic coast entered. CIHCUH), .Mar. l.'l. Henry An thony Mursh; three yeuiH old ton of tho Into Henry Kleld and .Miss I'OKgy -Mamh, a eliorua Kirl, will rwelvo no sharo of the estaie of the lato Mar shall Field. Superior JuiIko Sullivan today ruled tho boy was not cntllled to tho $L',0ilil,i)i)ii share In a trust fund cre ated by tho merchant prince for his Brand children, of whom Henry Pleld was one. Henry Field and Miss .Marsh nml. In l.ondi n while the latter was In tho chorus there. Prior to his death Kleld Riivo tho girl approximately J.'.O.oimi and a k reed to sett In $1(10. 000 on her son. Following his death two years bko tho Field family car ried out his plans. .Miss .Marsh is said to ho living with her Bon In .New Ha,ven, Cona. "Whereas, we desire to express our deep and vital interest in the whole mutter as directly affectinir the lifo of our children and the trcnoral wolr fare of the whole community, and "Whereas, we wish to trb on record as havinir implicit confidence in tho inleiirity and sinuero purpose of. Air., Davenport am) the members of tho hoard of directors to promote , thu best interests of the schools, anil "Whereas, our interest in Ihe teach ing force of our schools lends -uh ,to wish for '(hem linfipv lihd',hhi'tt'An ious i-elnlions w it It the iiilihihistra't'lo'n' of Ihe schools and onli' Kitcll trrint. ment us their efficient iltld flitfhfiU perforniance would ilesc'rVc'.' jlnil' ."."' l-'oi- Piililic'(io(H jh'iy; ,.' ,nMj "Whereas, 'we wish -to express our convielion Hint th interests lof rithu mineral public, especially the. ijhidr; hood of our eoiiiinunitv, is ubovo the; interest of every oilier croup and this interest seems to us lo ho Imperilled at this lime, therefore we most ear nestly petition and hereby renolvo tba followimr plan : "He it resolved, that wo ask tho Hoard of Directors and Mr, Daven port, as one interested party, tho on tirc teaidiinsr force of the oitv schools as u second party, and the general public, represented hv the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, as the third party to appoint three persona, one by each croup, theso three lo se lect two others, all of roeoznizctl slandinir, the majority of tho corn inillce to he patrons with children in the schools, and known to bo not luirti.an in the present issue to, not as a eiiiiimiltee of mediation to Heck and recommend u course of ae.lion ucceptablc to all purtiea interested. This eoimnittee to hold BUch hear invs as are deemed necessary and to ha.u the riL'ht to suiiimon nil parties interested and after careful investi gation to make their report, which report shall become hindihir on ull the parties concerned therein," To the public: - The board of education reuxets very much that it should he necessary lo further advertise the unfortiinalu iiiisiiiiderslandinL' and consentient friction which has arisen over school affairs in our city. In our opinion the sensational front pau'e write up in The Mail Tribuno, of Ihe meelinir held Tuesday uvenilll.' ill Ihe hieli school buililinir was most ill ndvised and uncalled lor, that mcet iiitf was a disu'race to Mcdlord nml must L'ive to Ihe oulside world the worst kind of an impression regard inir our comuiunitv and our schools. (Continued o-n Piixe Six) PROFITEERING INDICTMENTS AGAINSf SPOKANE DEALERS ARE SUSTAINED ! SPOKAiNK. .Mar. III. Iremurrers 'I of Iho Spokane DivkikhIs ei.'nipany. jthe Culbertson-droto-Uunkln com Ipanyand Hill Urol hers Shoe company of this elty to Brand Jury indictments .tluirBliiK them with proflteorliiR i were oyorrulcd today by t'nllcd jfilates District JuiIko F. II. Itudkln. I Judge Itudkln, In his decision de clares that while congress may have 'transcended its constitutional pow ers, rendering the l.ever fodl control act void, ' ho Is not prepared so to hold,, The allcKatlonsrf tho Indictments, JuiIko Itudkln ruled, clearly dlstlosed extortionate prices, and If theso con ditions are permitted to continue In definitely "tho people nro without remedy except thru governmental ac tion." Ho expressed the opinion that the state and nation havo sufficiently strong constitutional powers to cope with tho situation, but declares "it Is to lo hoped that such a recourse will not bo found necessary."