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MEDFORD, OUMXiOX, TUKSDAV, MARCH Hi, 1!)J0.
xo. ::or,
CVIL
GENERAL WOOD
SCORES KILLED CLASHES
BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND
RAGING GERMAN CROWDS
Germany's Two Governments. One in Berlin and One in Stuttgart. Locked
in Struggle for Supremacy Ebcrt Denies Comiiromise Considered
Kaon Feels Effect of General Strike Von Hindenbiirq Condemns
Uprising Washington Anticipates Restoration of Ebert Regime.
After Sporadic Fighting New Government's Power Appears Con
fined to Berlin and Prussia Repudiation of Treaty Terms Urged by
' Pan-German Leader.
BY ASSOCIATED PIIUSS, Mar. 1G.
Civil war seems imminent in Ger
tnany as H result of the refusal of the
Hbert govornment now sitting at
Stlltlpait to curry en negotiations
Witt, tho reactionary regime which
Rted power suddenly lust Saturday
Tnornlng. Unconditional surrender
of the men directing tho new govern
ment is demanded by President Hbert
who announces he will continue, to di
rect the affairs of tho troubled coun
try from Wurttemberg. Tho Gorman
national assembly will meet in Stutt
gart tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
BiTlIn Is in tho grip of a general
strike nailed by socialist and labor
IwMlwrs as a counter stroke to the as
Wtihptlon of power by tho govorn
ment headed by Dr. Wolfgang Knpp,
who has Issued a decree threatening
all ' strike leaders and pickets with
death: If there is Interference with
Vital public services. Extreme mea
sures will bo taken under the decree
from 4 o'clock this afternoon and it
is pcsslblo tho crisis of the new revo
lution will quickly follow.
Details .Still Obsiliro
Details of tho situation thruout
Cormany are somewhat obscure but
there seems to bo reason to believe
tho Ebert government Is still holding
cdntrol in tho southern and western
Boctions while the Knpp regime Is
rather firmly ciitronchod in north
eastern Prussia and in Silesia, where
many towns and cities are reported
to have declared their udherenco to
the new government.
Fighting Is lioneral
'Klghting is reported at various
points and It is said there was blood
shed in suburbs of Uerllu yesterday
but it would seem tho clashes so far
reported have been between militia
units and disorderly crowds. So far
as is known, armed forces of the two
government!! have not come into1 col
lision. In sonio quarters tho opinion is ex
pressed that Chancellor Kapp will be
satisfied if ho succeeds in definitely
disposing of the former regime; that
his coup was merely a means to an
end. He had announced that no plans
for the formation of a cabinet havo
been made.
Tho sitting of tho linden Landtag
today dovck.'ped into un impressive
demonstration in fayor of tho Ebert
government.
I'nronditinnnl Surrender
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Ger
many's two governments the one in
Berlin and the old In Stuttgart are
still locked in a struggle for suprem
acy, while reports thru Puris today
icitorate that negotiations are in pro
gress for a compromise, tho Ebert
WASHINGTON, Mar. Hi. No new
WHrshlp construction Is authorised In
the annual navy appropriation bill as
ordered favorably reported today by
the house naval committee. Requests
for appropriations for building two
giant seaplanes, twice tho size of the
trans-Atlantic 11-4 and a mammoth
dirigible also were refused. The mea
sure carries a total of $124,450,000
cr $200,000,000 less than the las ap
propriation. The only funds for construction ap
proved by the committee was $104,
000,000 for continuing work, on the
imfinlsheO. 1?15 MOKTOi ;
V.-:r-' . . - . .
government in Stuttgart is equally
positivo that no compromise can be
considered.
On the face of tho announcements
by the rival governments today prom
ised to witness the beginning of a
determined contest for control.
Chancellor Kapp already fells the
effects of tho strong weapon the so
cialists havo used to combat him
the general strike. Against this he
declares that most drastic measures
will be taken immediately.
In Stuttgart Ebert and his follow
ers not only denied the report cur
rent yesterday that an agreement had
been reached with tho Kapp forces
but declared thero could be no nego
tiations except upon tho basis of un
conditional surrender by Dr. Kupp.
Against Treaty
GENEVA, Mar. 10. One of the
conditions proposed to tho Ebert cab
inet by General von Liiettwit. was
that demobilization of the army of
tho emplro as providud by tho Ver
sailles treaty must not ho executed
and war materials not destroyed, ac
cording to Premier Bauer of the old
government, says a Stuttgart report
to the Neuo Zurichor Zeitunng.
GENEVA, 'Mar. 16. Premier Bau
er also quoted General von Luettwil.
as saying that tho empire Instead
should prepare for a new war. The
premier added:
"After such a condition, what alms
Kapp and his accomplices aro pursu
ing can bo judged."
Press Kmlmrgo Off
BERLIN, Mar. 111.: Chancellor
Kapp today ordered tho release of
the Bauer cabinet minister and other
individuals who had been detained
with the exception of Prince .loachim
Albrecht of Prussia, who was Impli
cated in the anil-French demonstra
tion at the Hotel Adlon, and Dr. Levy
the communist leader.
The embargo en tho Berlin press
also was lifted but the editors were
warned that their journals would be
suppressed if they were found guilty
of malicious criticism of tho new gov
ernment. Tho strike, however, tied
tip tho big newspaper plants.
:i( Killed Hamburg
COPENHAGEN, Mar. lij. Thirty
persons were killed, including some
women and children In yesterday'B
fighting in Hamburg between citizens
guards and Baltic troops, advices
from that city state.
Among the killed was Cuptain
(Continued on Pago Eight)
Altho tho permanent authorized
strength of the navy is I t;;, 000 men
the committee provided pay on a
basis of an average force cf 12 0,000
for the next year.
For repairs on the vessels the com
mittee provided approximately $,
000,000; for provisions $27,000,000;
for fuel $10,000,000.
The appropriation for aviation was
$13,800,000 including authorization
for small seaplanes and dirigibles and
for the establishment of six aviation
bases in the continental Ttiited States
on sites to be selected later.
The permanent strength of the
.Bjariue. c?rjs was, flsed aj S 1,4.9.0,
BY HOUSE NAVAL COIVI M 1TTEE : BOLIVIAN IB attacks
, : nrniiwiAii nniioiii ait
STRIKE FOR
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Senate Leaders Strugqling Desper
ately to Secure Final Vote on
Treaty This Week. If Ratification
Fails Resolution Declarinq Peace
Will Be Put Forward by G. 0. P.
Majority New Reservation Con
sidered. WASHINGTON. Mar. Semite
leaders worked today fur an agree
incut to vote on ratification of the
peace treaty this week, so that the
pact nnulit be sent to President it
son or laid u.siile to permit consilient
lion of other business.
If the ratification vote fails of the
necessary two-thirds majority, a mo
tion to reconsider is expected mime
diatclv. probably bv majority lead
ers. in the hope of slampediuL' some
of the opposition into changing their
votes.
Adoption -yesterday of the substi
tute reservation to article ten, lv n
vote of Ml 'to-till, removed the last
obstacle to n vote on the treaty itself,
although a number of other questions;
remain to lie settled first. Fourteen
democrats voted with tho majority,
hut that number was loss than .half
of the strength which ardent rutifi
cnlionists had promised to deliver,
With the disposal of the article ten
qualification, tho limit on debate ex
pired. In the opinion of most sena
tors it will not be necessary to re
strict speeches again.
A new reservation setting forth a
general declaration of policy toward
European affairs was under consider
ation today bv republican lenders.
The reservation was understood to
follow ill character the terms of the
Ino. resolution which i'niled last ses
sion, declaring that in any case of a
European disturbance threatening
civilized institutions throughout the
world, tho United Stutes would inter
vene.
It is indicated nlso that if ratifica
tion failed, republican leaders prob
ably would bring forward a resolution
declaring a state of peace.
FLEET MANEUVERS TO
BE HELD EARLY JUNE
Washington:. Mar. m The
first joint maneuvers of the Atlantic
and Pacific fleets will be held in
Panama buy early in June, it was
announced today ut the navy depart
ment. lecision io assemble the two fleets
in the Pacific at that time was reach
ed at a conference between Secrtarv
Daniels; Admirals Wilson and Kod
nian. (lie fleet cominiinders, and Ad
miral Ivoontz, chief of operations.
Announcement also was made that
the annual practice cruise of the mid
shipmen next Hummer would include
u voyage to the Powiittnn islands and
to several spots on the Pacific coast.
Hattlcships will compose the prac
tice squadron which wilt begin the
cruise June 8 with some ;iOI) mid
shipmen aboard.
LIMA. Mar. Hi. The Peruvian le
gation at LuPaz, tho Bolivian capital,
was attacked last night liy a mob of
a thousand men, according to official
advices today to tho Peruvian foreign
office. Tho Peruvian consulate and
nrivMtp residences of Peruvians were
also attacked, tho dispatches declare.
The govornment shields on tho oi
ficial building were torn down and
windows wore broken.
The mob. the advices state, was
headed by General Ismael Blontes,
formsr jjrsj(lpt st PfYli' -
A
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UPON PAC
ttKUVIHN bUIULrtlt
WINS
HOLLAND GUARDS THE
FORMER CROWN PRINCE
WITH A TORPEDO BOAT
THE HAUTE, liar. 1U. A Dutch
torpedo boat has arrived in tho har
bor of Oeslorland, Wlcrlngcn island,
to guard the former Gorman crown
prince, according to the Niuuwo Rot
tordamscho Courant.
THE HAGCK, Mar. 1C. Holland
so far is recc'gni.ing only tho 'Ebert
govornment of Germany and is deal
ing only with the representative of
that regime there, it is learnod from
government sfmrces. No other action
will bo taken until the present chaos
in Germany is ended.
The Dutch government has slightly
strengthened the guard ut tho Ger
manf rontier. A particularly close
scrutiny is being made of uulomo
biles. LITTLE BLUFF
Admiral Sims Declares Feint by Ger
many in 1918 Would Have Para
lyzed Transportation of Soldiers
Between This Country and Europe
North Sea Mine Barrage Praised J
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1G. A little
"bluff" on the part of the Germans in
HUM, at tho crucial point of tho war,
would have paralyzed transportation
of soldiers and war materials between
; this country and Europe, Hear Ad
iiulral Sims today told tho senate
(naval sub-committee.
I Information from authentic sources j
I Indicating that the Germans were:
'building two heavily armored modern
buttle cruisers for a desperate last
hope raid against troopship convoys
I was transmitted to tho navy depurt
: incut, Admiral Sims said and immo-
idlutely ho was besieged with cable-j
grams from Washington outlining !
'various plans of action, all of which, t
he testified, were Impracticable, al-1
I tho such a contingency had been un-!
der discussion for nearly a year and ;
there had been ample timu to pre-1
pare.
Admiral Sims discussed four plans!
proposed by the department for de
feating Germany. They were: A pro
tected lane thru the danger zone; the
blocking of German ports by sinking
ships in tho entrance; mine barriers
of nets anil mines of types then in
use; mine barriers of mines of a new
type. All except the last were Im
practicable, he declared, and much
tinio was wasted by the insistence of
tho department that they bo tried.
On .May 11, 1917, the navy depart
ment first suggested tho idea of 'a
.barrage of mines across tho North
I sea to trap tho German sea forces,
Admiral Sims said, and at that time
he opposed the plan because the allies
: could not afford to divert the men,
Continued, cm Pas? -Tvej,
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WOULD HAVE
HALTED SHIPS
IN MINNESOTA
HINOENBURG GENERAL WOOD LEADS IK
ASKS KA
TO RFSIGN
Field Marshal Ejects Self Into Ger
man Mix-Up With Marked Effect
Advises President Ebert to Hold
Elections Matbias Erzberger Is
Arrested New Field Equipment
Delivered to U. S. Troops on the
Rhine.
COLOGNE. Mar. 10. I'P.v the As
socinled Press) The resignation of
Dr. Kapp, chancellor of the new gov
ernment in Itcrlin. is considered im
minent, it was declared todnv in re
ports received here. I''ield Marshal
von 1 1 iiiiU-titiiii'-r has written to Dr.
Kami advising him to withdraw.
The field marshal bus advised
President Ebert to hold elections. The
letter of von 1 liiidonbnrg is declared
to bo having marked effect.
LONDON. Alar. Id Malhias Ew-
I bergcr. former finance minister ol
the Ebert government ol liernianv.
i has been placed under arrest accord
ling to a dispatch to the Exchumte
I Telegraph company filed in llcrlin
AfondaV night.
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I LONDON. -Mar. Hi Eighteen nieet-
inus of communists and independent
socialists were held al Leipzig lust
night and a ircneral slrike was pro
claimed in that cilv. according to a
telegram received here. Alter the
meetings street fighting took place.
and several people, including two
street car conductors, were killed.
When this news reached oilier work
ers all street car employes left ears
where thev stood.
M:AD1(II). Mar. I.'i. Spain will not
recognize the new (icriuan govern
ment until after that slop is taken bv
a ma jority of the allied governments,
according to announcement here.
COBLTNZ, Mar. 10. (Hv the As
sociated Press) Tho American army
...... in ,:i I i , n . numbering 18.1)110 men.
is being issued full field eouipnienl
j under orders issued before Ihe Gcr
jmau revolution. There have been no
' movements, however, to reinforce
anv possessions or any tuilitarv
iuclivilies. except those concerned with
I policing the occupied territory.
"SAN KUANCISrO. Mar. Hi. To
the Chamber of Commerce, ModforJ,
Oregon :
"Rainfall California onlv one third
normaL Conditions indicate ureal
shortage pear crop unless more rain.
Dcmoud for future canned pears
heaviest ever known. Caution all
growers not to sell before .lone when
California I'car Growers Association
will advise northern growers unoiii
nri.x. I'.ivn this HC Wl III I ll'P tllllllicitV
iiuinediatclv. Advise us what buvcM
of I'criinr.
"THANK T. SWKT.T.
"Manager California Pear Grow
ers' Association."
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XUKSII TIKI.lt. Ore. Mar. 10.
Tlie third trial of Harold Howell, n
vouth of ISniidnii. Ore., for the alleged
murder of Lillian Lcuthold of lian
don has been postponed until the Mnv
court term at (,'ouiiille, it was offic
ially stated todav. This decision was
reached through a consultation be
tween the attorneys for the defense
anrl prosecution and Judge John S. j
Coke, who heard the two former
trials. . - ,v
MINNESOTA
HOOVER DEFEATS LOU
Army Officer Will Get a Majority of G. 0. P. Delegates With Senator
Johnson Close Second Surprise of Primary Is Strong Showing Made
By Hoover, Who Beats Governor Lowden Hoover's Name Not Print
ed on Ticket and Supporters Had to Paste Name to Ballot Latest
Returns in Minneapolis Give Wood 6.819: Johnson, 5.740; Hoover.
4,113: Lowden. 2.465 Johnson Supporters Claim Result Will Be Re
versed bv Returns From Labor and Rural Districts.
ST. I'ACL, Minn.. Mar. Hi. Slnle
wido returns from nearly every coun
ty on the republican president iul
preference priimirv hod niaht, com
piled up to 1 P. in., indicated that
Major tieneral Leonard Wood would
have a majority of the delegates to
tho state convention hero Saturdav,
and that Hiram Johnson would have
most of the remuiniiur deletrates.
Governor Trunk O. Lowden of llli
..;u unnmimrlv finished fourth. Her
bert Hoover polled a surprisinirlv
lursre vote in districts where his sup
porters were active in providing stick
ers.
Although Woods' state oniitnizu
tion lit I li st claimed every county
delegation, it was necessary to re
vise this predict ion.
About ''ll.tbltl ' votes were cast, in
Minneapolis. The available return
gave Wood, (i.Hl!: Johnson. .-:
II....,-..,. a.i l:i mid Lowden. 2.4(i."i. In
St. Paul about two-thirds of the pre
cincts gave: Wood, l.bU.r. .Johnson.
1,41)2; Hoover. HUH; Lowden, :ili(l.
Johnson supporters declared the
California!! would carry the twin cit
ies and anticipated a heavy and lu
vorable labor vote.
Johnson Close Second
kt PAI I. Minn.. Mar. Hi. Min
nesota's republican preference pri
mary held last night in rain storms,
sleet, blizzards mid howling gales
M'..;..r Gi.iii.rnl Leonard Wood a
plurality of several thousand voles
over Senator llniim Johnson ot Cull
t'ornin on tho faco ot available re
turns.
Herbert Hoover, not an avowed
01111111(11111. received such slrong sup
port ill the twin cities, that returns
from about -loll precincts showed him
lending Governor Trunk O. Lowden
of Illinois. Stickers were used to put
Hoover's iiamo on ballots in mul
count irs.
Latest available totals show the
following vote :
Wood, l'J,HU7: Johnson. 8.517;
Hoover. 4,-lHO and Lowden, U.fill).
This total included a majority ot
the precincts of St. Paul and Minne
apolis. Although General Wood was lending
Senator Johnson in Minneapolis and
Kt. Paul, Johnson supporters declared
that a final tabulalioii would include
n number of labor vote precincts
which would reverse the result.
Wood Asks Leave
ST. I'ACL, Minn.. M'iir. 1H. A
statement issued at hcaduiiarterH of
Major General Leonard Wood today
claimed Unit Wood curried every
county in Ihe state at last night's re
publican presidential preference pri
I. W. W.'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE
2 JURORS IN SPOKANE TRIAL
S TO KANT.. Mor. 10 As n result
of charges made in superior court to
dav bv two prospective jurors in tin
easu of James Stevens and Charles
Hulls, alleged Industrial Workers of
tho World, on trial here charged with
criminal syndicalism, Ihal efforts hud
been made to influence their opinions
regarding the case, an entire special
Venire was dismissed mid the case
was contiuued until the April term
of court.
Y. C. Brandt and S. K. liege, the
jurors, told Iho court that a man who
mi Itu jvu 'tout Bi'UtUc. sullvd b!
VOTE
WHILE
mary, that Wood delegates would be
in conl ml at the state convention here
Saturdav and that the delegation to
the national convention would he in
structed to support the Wood candi
dacy. ; ,,
WASHINGTON, Msir. 16. Major - .
General Leonard Wood todnv naked '
for and was granted n two month's
leave of absence to conduct his cam
paign for tho republican nomination,
for president. '
Major General Georgo Bell. Jr.;
now commanding Camp Grant, Illi
nois, will act as head of tho central
department of tho armv with. hoilUj-,)
uiiarlers ut Chicago, durins .General .. .
Wood's leave of absence , . Mi vivu
General Wood's leave of . absence (w
will begin March 20 and i!OiiH0iU.qn.th'I:i
will expire eighteen days before th..j.
opening of tho republican Iiatiojiui v
convention nt Chicago Juno 8,
Secretary linker said General Wood
would he permitted to wear, civilian. ,
clothes during his leave if ho bo dc--;
sired.
LONDON, Mar. 7. Sunken trea
sure worth fit), 000. 000 pounda ster
ling has been raised since tho war bo
gun around the llritlsh isles.
The Itcstorer and tho Holiant, two
salving vessels that wero bought by a
Itrltlsh concern from tho Amorlcan
navy havo a new dovico, an oxy-ucoty-leno
flume which Is worked under"
water for cutting holes ill tin) Bides ot
submerged vessels.
SLORAKIA FOR LIFE
s
WASHINGTON. Mar. 10. Dr.
Thomas G. Miisarvk, first president
of Czecho-Slovakia, will eonliuuo in
office for life, according to the na
tional constitution, recently adopted
at Prague. Provisions of Iho new .
constitiiliuii, iiiudo public todnv by
the slute department, limit the terms
of all future presidents to two suc
cessive terms of seven vciirs each.
liiiir homes and engaged them in a
discussion of socialistic doctrines,
after having tried to induce them to
subscribe for an alleged rudicul pub
lication. The jianel was dismissed on mo
lion of Depiitv Prosecutor T. T.
Grant, and efforts wero initiated bv
the prosecuting attorney's offieo to
locale the man declared to have up
prouched the jurors.
A motion bv counsel for iho de
fense that the special venire be dis- .
missed on the ground thnb it was not -rogulnrlv
called hud not been decided
by. Ui souxt yet, . - '. - ' ,,