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MEDFORD, OKKOOX, WKDXKSDAY, MAWJl 17, l.
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NO. 30-1
CHANCELLOR KAPP QUITS
POST, RADICALS START
A COUNTER
Prussian Doctor Who Led Pan-Germ an Conn tl'Etat Follows Orders From
Von Hindenburq to Steo Out Danger to Ebert Government Veers
Suddenly From Reactionaries to Bolsheviki Hundreds of People
Killed in Larqer Cities Workers Proclaim Governments in Many Dis-
tricts While Soldiers Terrorize Inhabitants Another French Com
mission Mobbed. Members Nearly Lynched Von Hindenbura Is Re
ported En Route to Berlin.
BY THE ASSOCTATJOD PUKSS, Mir. 17. Tho Kapp
administration at Berlin, realizing- the futility of attempt
ing to hold the reins of power, lias decided to give up its
.short lived dictatorship. At one o'clock this afternoon,
Berlin time, Chancellor Kapp decided to resign, according
to official advices from the tierman capital.
Previous to this announcement forces of extreme radi
calism asserted themselves in various German centers.
There were increasing spartaean disorders and growing
talk among the radicals of the possibility of utilizing the
present disturbed conditions to establish soviet rule.
The list ol! killed reported from numerous German
towns and rutins in clashes
troops mounted into the hundreds.
There has been no direct
reports ot 400 killed m a bombardment ot Kiel by a war
ship, but there are apparently veracious reports of 100
killed and 300 wounded at Dresden, probably more than
100 billed in Berlin suburbs and the killing ot from a halt
dozen to a score of persons in others of the twenty-four or
more German centers where clashes have been reported.
LONDON, lijir. 17 Independent
socialists and communists in (lor
munv have commenced a violent nui
tution in favor of a soviet republic
and an alliance with soviet Kussiu,
according to.n Berlin dispatch to the
Exehaim-e Telegraph company.
. PARIS. Mar. 17. News from Ber
lin and oilier German points telling
of saniruinarv clashes at Kssen. Dort
mund, Leipsic, Mannheim. Frank
fort and Brunswick, together with a
report that a council of workmen had
assumed power at Chemnitz, has
given the impression here that there
is more to he feared from a revival
of the spartican movement than from
the activities of the Kapp govern
ment in Berlin. According to the
latest dispatches the military move
ment has resulted in bloodshed in -4
(ierinun towns.
Tho spnrtacans nre reported to
have risen in Dresden, where :i clash
with troops is declared to have re
sulted in a casualty list of 100 dead
and 300 wounded. Fighting in Hres
lau, Hamburg and Kiel also is re
ported. HAMBURG. Mar. 17. An encoun
ter last evening in the Harmheck
Quarter between spnrtacans and
troops resulted in ten deaths.
Workers Take tliuigo
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 17. A tele
crrnm from Kssen savs that at the
first sitting of the revolutionary
workers council held Monday after
noon, a committee of thirty-three
took over the conduct of affairs.
"Efforts arc being made." adds the
dispatch, "to secure common actioa
of all three socialist parties for the
lower Hhine district anil Westphalia
on the basis of a proletarian dicta
torship." The demonstrators whose activi
ties liuve resulted in clashes with se
curity' guards in Hamburg are appa
rently spitrtucnns, according to dis
patches from that eitv. In yester
day's hostilities the casualty list to
talled 17 in killed and wounded.
A dispatch from Oldenburg savs
tbnt at WilhelimdmnjjlMheoffi
18 M UD GI LOSES LIFE IN
N. D. BLIZZARD 10 SAVE MILE ONES
BISMARCK, X. D., Mar. 17. Five
known dead and thousands of dollars
damage to property was the toll of
the two day blizzard which swept this
state the worst In more than thirty
years. The storm today was reported
to be gradually subsiding with tem
peratures sinking.
One girl gave her life to save her
sister and brother whllt the heroic
effort of another youth to bring help
proved fatlW 4 he and his three
brothers perished on the prairies dur
ing the storm.
When their sleigh was wrecked by
the wind. Hazel Miner, aged IS took
off her coat and wrapped it and
Jjlankets around her small brother
ill
between demonstrators and
confirmation of last night's
cers of the garrison whose nttitmh
was "doubtful" namely about -III!),
were aVrestcd yesterday.
Workers Attack Troops
LONDON'. Mar. 17. Machine gun
firing was heard in Berlin between
11 and 1'J o'clock last night, savs a
message to the Exchange Telegrapa
company today from the German
capital.
Daring the day a detachment of
soldiers passed through the lirun
ncnslrasse. headed by a band play
ing "lleil dir 1 1 i Siegerkranz." Work
men immediately charged the troops
and a skirmish ensued in which a
number of men were killed and others
wounded, the message adds.
At Spandaa. sixty-nine persons,
nearly all workmen, were reported
killed and the fighting is continuing.
The correcpondent reports that big
trucks are (instantly passing through
the streets, loaded down witli armed
soldiers who point their guns in the
direction of the sidewalks.
The message reiterated the report
that Field Marshal von llindenburg
had "sent a telegram to Dr. Kapp ask
ing him to resign immediately in the
event the old government agreed to
hold new elections.
National Assembly to Meet
BASLE. Switzerland. Mar. 17. A
dispatch from Chemnitz, the indus
trial center in Saxonv with a popu
lation of more than 200.011(1 savs a
republic of workingmcn's councils
has been proclaimed there. A "com
mittee of action" has been formed,
comprising ten communists, six in
dependent sociali.-ts, four luaiviritv
socialists and one democrat.
STUTTGART, Mar. 17. It is be
lieved the national assembly will open
here late today despite the railway
strike. President Ebert and .Minis
ter of Defense Noske, as well as
1'hilipp Seheidcinann, former pre
mier, are here.
PALMS, Mar. 17. A mob has
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and sister near Center. For twenty
four hours they lay in the snowdrifts
before they were found. Hazel was
dead but she saved the lives of the
little ones.
Virtually no freight trains were
running In this state and passenger
service is slow. Two Great Northern
trains are stuck in the snow near
..tinot.
Reports from Devils I,ake said
that there are snow banks from twen
ty to thirty feet deep between there
and Minot. Hotels at Devil's Lake
are said to he unalde to handle the
stranded travelers there and many
persons were reported sleeping in
coaches iu the railroad jurdd.
pass treaty
ultimatum
FH BRYAN
William Jennintis Declares for Demo
crats Join Irreconcilihle Rcptih
licans Is Unthinkable To Deny
Right of Senate Majority to De
termine Policy Suicide for Demo
cratic Party Resolution for Irish
Freedom Defeated.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 17. W. .1.
lirvan arrived here today from Flor
ida enroute to New York to deliver an
address Friday night and immedia
tely became a participant in the
eleventh boar negotiations of demo
i ratie senators working for a com
promise on the peace treaty.
Ahhough Mr. Brvnn said he did
not intend to visit the senate nor in
tervene in the treaty situation, demo
cratic senators began to consult him
before he had finished bis breakfast.
Mr. lirvan gave out another state
ment urging ratification of the
treaty.
"For democratic senators to ioin
witii tin? 'irreeoncilubles' 'in defeat
ing the treaty," be said, "is unthink
able in advance of its being actually
accomplished and it would be un
speakable afterward."
Mr. Bryan said it would be "sui
cidal, for the democratic party to
deny the right of n majority of the
senate to declare the senate's policy.
"We have the right to appeal to
the people to reverse the action ot
tint majority," he said, "but we have
no right to resist, that majority to
prevent the people speaking through
the representatives.
"The democratic party cannot hope
lo make much headway coaibutting
the fundamental principle upon which
it stands."
Irish Move Defeated
WASHINGTON. Mar. 17. Hasten
mg to clear the way for final action
on the peace treaty the senate today
choked off a St. Patrick's dav de
bate on the Irish ouestion by tabling
VI to 121 a proposal to declare by
reservation that Great Britain should
proclaim Ireland free.
The motion to table was made bv
Senator Kellogg, republican. Minne
sota, who denounced the proposal as
"politics."
Thirty republicans and twenty-four
democrats voted for the motion,
while fourteen democrats and seven
republicans opposed it.
Ibe Irish declaration was proposed
by Senator Shields, democrat. Ten
nessee as amendment to Senator
Owen's reservation declaring that the
protectorate over Egypt was to be
c onsidered a war measure only. The
vote to table carried down the reser
vation itself and all proposed amend
incuts including that by Senator
1 nomas, democrat, Colorado, for Ko
rean independence and another by
Senator King, democrat. I'lah, pro
viding lor lreedom for the Philii
pines. I'orto Rico, the Virgin islands
and Hawaii.
Senator King said lie offered his
amendment merely to show how ri
diculous the senate was making itself
Senator Owen's reservation declur
ing that the treaty was not to b.
construed as modifying in anv win
the armistice terms was rejected V.
to f)".
SENTENCE L W. W.'S
f
MOIXTESANO, Wash., Mar. 17.
Sentencing of the seven alleged 1. W.
W. convicted hero Saturday of second
degree murder, for the murder of
Warren O. Grimm, one of four vic
tims of the Centralia Armistice day
tragedy, will occur Monday afternoon
if a motion filed today by the state
asking immediate sentencing of the
prisoners 13 granted.
The minimum penalty for second
degree murder is 15 years Imprison
ment; the maximum, life Imprison
ment. The Jury asked leniency for
Kugeno Harnett and John Lamb, two
of the seven convicted men. The
other five are O. C. Bland, Ilert
Bland, James Mclnerney, Hay Decker
and Britt Smith.
Boy Killed School Quarrel.
IM KUI,, Colo.. Mar. 17 Ted. the
11 vcar old son of Mrs. II. A. Ktiv
kcndnll, in a statement today short
Iv before his deulli. charged he hail
been kicked and injured bv iiv
schoolboys. Physicians sav the lad
cikd as a result ol tuee injuries,
MEN TO CRANK FIRST
TIME ICE OCTOBER
WASHINGTON'. M;u 17.
Pilot ouniplit'i'-s vTt: jiermittoil
to tttlu; their titst pictures of
President Wilson toilnv since liis
return from Ins western trip hist
September. Tin1 t resilient was
pliotouraplieil as he left the
White Mouse irnmmls on his fifth
automobile ri'Ie since lie went
to heil in Ik'tolier very siek
man."
I'ntler instructions from the
White House the police allowed
moving picture operators ami
photographers lo set up their
machines at the t.iithwcst irate,
and as the president's automo
bile came out the chauflcur
slowed down.
The camera incii had been
waitinir manv weeks 1W these
pictures.
The president was accompan
ied on his ride tieln v bv M rs.
Wilson and Wear Admiral (Irav
sou, his physician.
J .J, t A ! 3 4 4 4
TURKS FIRE ON
ALLIED TROOPS
COXSTAfTIiOPI.E, liar. 1G.
(By Associated Press.) Constanti
nople was occupied this morning by
allied forces under General Sir
George F. Milne of the British army.
This lonK looked for military demon
stration by the allies against Turkey
was carried out with only one un
toward happening, u serious clash at
the war office, where the Turks re
sisted the allied troops.
An exchange of shots resulted, in
which several Punjabi of the llnliMi
Kast Indian forces and a few Turks
were killed.
The excitement caused by the oecu
pation quieted down before darkness.
which brought absolute calm.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mar. 1G.
Allied troops have occupied this city
and the great guns or the British
dreadnaught Beubow and other giant
allied warships, moored to quays or
anchored in the Golden Horn, com
mand bcth sides of the Uosphorus
Kvery ship is cleared for action.
The actual arrival of allied forces
caused little alarm, nor were there
any signs of panic except fu Stam-
boul. Shopkeepers closed their places
when they heard the allies were com
ing, but tho troops inspired confi
dence and tho stores were soon re
opened. All the allied powers participated
in tho movement.
CITY OF 457 147
WASHINGTON', Mar. J7. Popu-
lation statistics for lOlit) announce!',
today bv the census bureau include:
Milwaukee. 4o7.1-17. "ii increase of
8:i30,' or li'J.:i per cent over 11110.
Milwaukee is the fifth big city, tho
population of which for HIL'O ha:
been announced. It rankciL twcll'tl
in 1010 with :i7:i.8")7, an increase of
:il per cent over 1 !)()(.
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 17 Rog
er Sinnolt. Portland lawyer and
brother of N. .1. Sinnolt, representa
tive in congress from enstern Oregon,
died suddenly from heart disease last
niirht at the family home here.
Mr. Sinnott was born at The Dalles
July lo, 187J. He had lived in Port
land for the past twenty years.
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 17 Plar s
for the canipait-'n to raise Oregon's
ouotn of the t:i.'t(i,777,r72 which
forms the national campaign budget
for 1020 of the Interehureh World
movement, will be perfected at a con
lerenee tomorrow morning at the
First Congregational church.
SALKM. Ore.. Mar. 17. liavmonl
Walsh, one of the resident engineer
of the state highway department. Inn
been detailed to work out n standard
silrn method for the intcr-statc high
way system, and at the next nieetin:
of the commission distinctive style o
hiirhwav simis probably will hi
UtlopttJt . ..
HOOVER HITS
WILSON FOR
POOR TASTE
Former Food Commissioner Declares
Publication of His Memorandum
a Breach of Good Taste Has
Modified His Ouinion Regarding U.
S. Representation on Reparation
Commission Must Protect U. S.
Interests Abroad.
NEW YOKK, Mar. 17. Herbert
Hoover tulay issued a statement in
which he said he had modified his
opinion, expressed In a letti-r to Pres
ident Wilson last April that the
I'nited States should not bo repre
sented on the various hoards provid
ed to enforce peace in Kuropo. He
now favors this country having a rep
resentative on the reparations com
mission in order that American inter
ests may be protected. He protests
against the publication of his letter to
President Wilson on the ground thai
it was not issued Troin tho White
House and he had not consented to
its publication.
Tho statement follows:
View 1h Modified
"I have seen in some of this mor
ning's papers a copy of a memoran
dum of mine that was prepared in
the course of the peace conference on
the subject of our participation in
the large number of International
commissions set up in Europe. As to
tho views expressed in the momc-ran-dum,
they were later modified as to
tho particular of our having a rep
rosentntlve on tho reparation commis
sion itself because of the largo eco
nomle control finally given to it over
u great part of Europe and the com
plete necessity for tho United States
to bo represented thorer,1!! at once In
order to protect American interests.
Ilremii iood Tawlo
"Regardless of any personal point
of view in this matter there is noth
ing that Is such a breach of good
taste or tho very foundations of rela
tions among government officiate us
for them to issue to the press corres
pondence that may have passed be
tween them and their superiors hi tho
course of their service without appro
val on both sides. I am informed it
was not Issued from the White Houso.
It is scarcely necessary for mo to say
that it was not released by mo and
that a searching Inquiry In my Own
office satisfies me that It has not
come from my staff."
In his letter to President Wilson
published today Mr. Hoover expressed
opposition to tho coutiauunco of tho
t lined btiit.es as a mumucr of the
various cominisiiionH sot under llio
i.uuCc ilcuo, Llio. hue n ulliuu
i euiuouaiin coma wtny ieau lo vudL
uiUkUiiy uiiu nuiiUilu ugaiusl me
ieugtiu ol .Nation.-). lOupiusenLUtWii
oi luo LiiiU-u auiua on mo couiuiui-.-.o
lift, he butu, wouiu men u Lhu to un
ity ll'UUiliK ItrtuU to too political UllU
tmuiiUiUi imui tiilh ot oilier tijoiii
meiii.V inii'iiiti puuiu, a an-uuliuu mui
inn a i. uu uiiLiity i.tnii3ivo iu our ml-
i.Oilill LiUHUlOltd tUiU lilUUls."
ura .Mono iteMTvo
lie uiku.u ttiUL he was hol ftiine thuC
I he l Lvoiinioii 111 FiUi upo to aa ovur
ami inuL " our peopiu aio noi'piu-pa-teu
lor us .o utiuortaKe luo in Hi
lary poncing ol Europe wiiilu il ijoiih
jihoil oai."
1 11c letter concluded:
grows upon 1110 dally that the
Unnuu Sluuuh is the one gioiU morui
reserve 111 mo world K;duy and tint
we cannot maintain indepumietieu-01
action thru which Lhm ie.suive is to
wo mainmnieu u wo allow oursuivuii
to be uragged iuio uolailed EUropoaa
entanglements over a puno- - years,
111 my views, 11 the allies can be
brought to adopt peace on tint basin
ol the fourteen points, wo sbould re
tire tram Europe, lock, stock ami bar
rel, and we should leiul to tho whoJe
world, our economic and polltlcuj
streugth or the world will swim iu a.
sea, of misery and disaster worse than
ttie uark agos. If they cannot be
brought to accept pence on this basin,
our national honor is ut stake und wo
should have tc make peace indepen
dently and retire."
J'OHTbAiXD, Mar. 17 An advance
In gusolino pricex of two cunts a gal
lon went Into effect In Oregon and
other Pacific northwest states today.
The price of gasoline at filling sta
tions and Harases here was quoted at
27 cents today. An advunco of 26
cents a barrel on fuel oil also went
luto effect here today. The advances
are a "natural and direct result ot a
shortage in the petroleum supply,
coupled with an Increased demand,"
according lo a statement made in Han
l-ranclsco yesterday by K. It. Kings
bury, president of the Standard Oil
company, ol Culiforuiit,
TO LEAVE HIS CASTLE
A MEKOiNt! EX, Mar. HiCon
siderable excitement was caused
here Sunday by an attempt by
a mysterious (Jerman woman to
visit former Emperor William.
She appeared at the gates of
MiMitinck castle- hut was iK-nii-d
admittance and later had a eon
versatii.il with the steward at
the castle, leaving a bouquet of
flowers for Count I lohenzollern.
There were rumors that her
name was ftapp, which is the
name of the chancellor of tho
new government but there is no
confirmation of this report as
yet
The former emperor -is still
engaged In sawing wood and
has no't yet been permitted to
leave the castle even for a visit
at Doom since Saturday.
OA
NO BREACH OF
WASHINGTON'. Mnr. 17 (Hy tin
AssoeintiMl I'riissl Tlur American
uoyernnu'iit lias sent two notes to
Holiyin mid is prepnrinir to send n
thinl rennestinir that there lie no
breach ot! peace in South America.
At the state department it was
said thut the representations made to
Holivia had lieen ''nruenl" and tlut
u second note had been dispatched
and a third prepared because no re
ply to the first had come l'rom lo-
li via.
WASHINGTON, Mar. J 7. Peru.
throue.li Ambassador I'ezet, has asked
the American irovernment to use its
friendly offices to prevent n breach
of the peace in South America irrow
hilt out of the attack by Bolivians on
the Peruvian leantion at La Pa.
IPOIITLAND. JIar. 17. Oregon's
income taxes for the year will over
shadow tho $1U,000,00I) paid last
year, Milton A. .Miller, collector of
internal revenue, said today.
The largest Individual tax paid by
a corporation in tho state will total
I 1,500,001), according to Miller, while
the largest tax assessed against an
Individual will be close to $1,000,000.
Taxes of from 1 100,000 to $ii00,000
arc not uncommon this year, the col
lector said.
"In general, the taxes show a most
prosperous year' ho declared.
SHELLY POEM IS
SOLD FOR $1 6.25G
NEW YOKK, Mnr. 17. The orig
inal manuscript of Percy Hyssho Bhel
ly's poem "Jiillun and Maddalo," was
sold tilr ? 16,250 to Krnost I). North
at an auction of tho library of the
late Hurry B. Korman yesterday.
Tho original manuscript of "Tho
Spectacles" by Kdgur Allen Poo
brought $11,100 at tho same salo.
IRISH VETS PARADE
JTKW YORK, Mar. 17. Tlu ira
ditional "wearing of the irreen" in St.
Put tick's dnv parades on Kiftb ave
nue irnvc wav todav to the wearing
of the green, white nnd vellow the
tri-:olor of the "Irish republic" in
honor of Kiimonn DeVnlera. horn! of
the unrecognized government who re
viewed the 'iVIM) marchers frr.m St.
Patrick's cathedral. The parade was
a "free Ireland" demonstration, rhe
like of which New York has never be
fore witnessed. It also took on a
"free Inibn" aspect, lor more than
MI00 representatives of that race
inif.ri'hed with the sons of Krin.
. . ty'hilu the colors of the Kmeruld
MINNESOTA
PRIMARY IS
CALLED FAKE
Senator Johnson Declares Stronfl
Arm Tactics Used bv Wood Sup
porters With G. 0. P. Machine in
Absolute Control Voting Hour
From 7:30 P. M.. to 8: 30 P. M
Disenfranchised Farmers Politi
cal War Breaks in State.
DKTlilHT. Mich., Slar. 17. The
Minnesota republican primnrv was
characterized as a "pretense" and
the "first stromr arm tactics of the
1 !'() mnimimi," by Vnitcd States
Senator Hiram Johnson in a sinned
statement issued here this forenoon.
lie chai-.'ed that "the republican
stale machine is in absolute control"
of affairs in Minnesota. "This ma
chine," tlie statement declares, "has
been eoinluctinir the Wood fieht."
Althouah the state's presidential
preference primary law bad been re
pealed, Senator Johnson said, the re
publican organization in Minnesota
called what it termed n. "primary,"
with a preferential vote for president.
Kixinir of the time of votiner botwecn
7:110 p. m. and HiMO p. m.. with coun
ty chairmen empowered to fix the
hours 7 to U i. in., be nlleced. meant
in the country districts no primary ,
at all.
Fanners Disenfranchised
"In mid-winter with tho present
condition of the ronds," he added, ,'it
was the disfranchisement o tho
farmers."
Contimiinir. tho stntemcnt savs:
"When I was reeontlv in Minne
sota, I demanded a hall: dnv in which,
citizens niiirhf express themselves.
i'ollowiiiL' this Hoover nndfLowdon
forces mndu a similar demand. Of
course the machine, in absolute, con
trol and represeiitincr Wood, contem
plnlinir a mere fako prirnurv. which
uiiuht'hc used to influence other
states, paid no iitlcnlion to our de
mand. I then advised mv friends iu
Minneapolis and St. Paul to iro to
these niirht polls and fitiht as best
they could. advices are that I
have curried Minneapolis and Henne
pin county and perhaps St. Paul.
"This one-hour, machine controlled
primary was a travesty on the risrht
of free expression."
Jolinsonilcs Take Control
MINNEAPOLIS. Mar. 17. Sup
porters of Hiram Johnson for presi
dent took control of tho Hennepin
county republican convention hero
today, named a new countv commit
tee anil elected State Senator Arch
Coleman, who has been opposed bv
the Wood state oruunization, as coun
ty chairman.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Mar. 17. Dcle
tralcs liledtred to the cundidauv of
Leonard Wood were in control of the
Hanisev countv republican conven
tion here today and succeeded in dc-
I'eatiiiL' the Johnson and Lowden delu-
I rtn..,ii,i'w viiv iinllIHe
county Wood organization. W'ood
forces produced n maximum of 270
votes out of a total of 502.
Two delegates to tho national con
vention from Kainsav countv. in
structed for Wood means that onlv
four deloL'iilcs out of Minnesota's 24
are iu doubt. Thcv are in the two
Minneapolis districts and are claimed
by Johnson and Wood. It has been
conceded that Wood has won the
four deleirates nt liinro to be named
bv the state convention.
IN NEW YORK
isle nnlurallv predominated, ths Stars
and Stripes led the parade, followed
by the "fighting Irish fl!)th." for
merly the Kiolh United Stntes infan
try. Kverv Irish-American organiza
tion here was represented.
lietween the great Gothie towers of
(tie stately cathedral floated ths
American flag and tho tri-color of
(he republic. In nddition to "Prcsi
ient" DeVnlera. fiovcrnor Alfred E.
Smith, Former fiovcrnor Glynn, May
or llvlan. Archbishop Haves and .a
host of. Catholic dignatnries were invited-to
the reviewing stand.. Pre
vious to the parade n pontifical mass
wua celebrated iu the cathedraL .
I