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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.
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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."