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MEDFORD, OUKOOX, MONDAY, MARCH , I'li'O.
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JUNE
W. S. BENSON
RESPONSIBLE '
STATESSMS
Rear Admiral Sims Before Senate
Committee Divulges Name of Of
ficial Who Told Him U. S. Would
As Soon Fight England as Ger
manyReluctant to Give Out Name
But Committee Chairman Hale
Insists.
WASHIXOTOX. Mar. 22. Rear
Admiral William S. Henson, then chief
nf naval operations, was the official
who told Hear Admiral Sims "not to
let the Hritisli null the wool over your
eves; we would as soon l'itrlit Ihci.t as
the Germans," Admiral Sims testi
fied todav before, the senate commit
tee investigating the navy's conduct of
the war;
Admiral Rims said the remark was
mndo iust after be had received his
final instructions from Secretary
Daniels preparatory to his departure
for Kncland on the eve of the entry
of the United tSates into the war. lie
added, however, that it was not made
in the course of formal instructions,
hut during a conversation in the of
fice of Rear Admiral Palmer, chief
of the bureau of navigation.
The witness told tke committee that
Admiral Henson repented his admon
ition during a conversation the fol
lowing day and that he made the
snmc remark six months later in Lon
dnn.
Henson Antl-Rrltish
Admiral Sims said he did not pay
particular attention to the statement
at that time because he believed Ad
miral Henson was intensely nnti-lirit-ish.
He added that this belief win
entertained generally throughout the
service. The witness was reluctant
to give the name of the officer, but
Chairman Hale insisted.
"Then I will tell vou the whole
story," said Admiral Sims, "early in
April 19171, I was ordered from mv
post at Newport to Washington.
When I arrived I reported to the
navy department bv telephone nnd
was told not to eomo to the depart
ment, but to get in touch with the
chief of the burcnu of navigation,
Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer.
Everything was verv secret, the way
thov liked it. I could not get in touch
with the ehief of navigation then, and
so I reported to him later at the de
partment nnd then I had an interview
with the secretary of the navy in his
office. Xo one else was present, as
I remember it! The interview was
very brief. I was told that I was
going abroad to confer with the al
lied admiralties and that Ambassador
Page had requested that an officer
of high rank be sent there for that
purpose. After leaving Secretary
Daniels' office or iust before going
there I don't remember which. I went
to the bureau of navigation. The ad
miral was there and it was at that
time that the remark the chairman
has asked me about was made."
"Whom do vim refer to as the
'admiral?'" asked Chairman Hale.
Admiral Sims said he did not wish
to indulge in personalities, but when
pressed bv Chairman Hale, he said
ho referred to Admiral Benson.
Reported to Daniels
Admiral Sims said ho included Ad
miral Benson's remark in his letter
to Secretary Daniels January 7, re
carding the navy's pnrt in the war
because "if n man has n prejudice
ngainst men fighting along side of
him it has an unconscious influence
on him."
(Continued on Page Four)
AMERICA'S NAVY WILL BE EQUAL
TO GREAT BRITIAN S IN FOUR YEARS
WASHINGTON. Mar. 22 "Ameri
ca's navy will about einial that of
Great Britain in fightine power by
1924." Chairman Hutler of the nayal
committee told the house todav in
defending the provision in the naval
appropriation for continuing work on
the eighteen capital ships now under
construction.
"In the next four vears," said Mr.
Hutler, "tile Tnited Stutes will put
out the most formidable armada the
world has ever seen produced in a
similar period."
In !)24. he continued. Great Brit
ain will have sixtv battleships, the
I'nited States, 47: France, 2li; Japan
1.) nnd Italy IX While Kneland ivili
buvc wore ships, be added, those of
IFHSI GUN FIRED IN
LONG HERALDED ATTACK
i fr
WARSAW, .Mar. 22 (By As-
! sod at d Press.) Uolshovikt Fri-
day and Saturday launched re-
pouted uttacks along various
parts of the Polish front. These
are considered by the military
authorities to he preliminary to
the lung-heralded general spring
offensive. Tho attacks wero re-
pulsed by tho Poles, nine nun-
dred , bolshevik! being taken !
prisoner in tho two days fight-
ing. fr
h Bolshevik officers who de- f
sorted to tho 'Poles report that
h the soviet army is preparing for
a general offensive in an effort
fr lo recapture iMozir, Kovno and
4 Proskurov. 4
SOCIETIES RULE
EMERALD ISLE
IyOXIIO.V, liar. 22. Dispatches
from Ireland show tho murtler of
Thomas MacCurtain, lord mayor of
Cork, to have produced an intense, if
subdued sensation thruout Ireland.
This tragedy, says tho London Times
correspondent in Dublin, closed one
of the blackest weeks since the rebel
lion of 1916. He gives a long list of
outrages in various parts of the
island, including five murders c-f po-
tlicemen and others nnd an attempt
to kill Professor Stockley of Cork.
The motive of the murder of the
lord mayor continues as mysterious
as ever. Among the theories advanc
ed Is one that MacCurtain was mur
dered as a warning to others because
ho recently had the courage publicly
to1 deprecate an attempt to murder n
policeman in Cork.
London newspapers declare Ireland
for the moment is largely under the
domination of secret murder societies
the members of which are sworn to
kill those whom they believe to stand
in their way.
It is remarked as a phenomenon
that murder societies members after
a while begin to be suspected of mur
dering each other. Existence of those
supposed societies is declared possi
ble owing to the "moral cowardice of
the Irish public." The crimes the
societies commit are repugnant ro tho
better sort of Sinn Felners. who, how
ever, keep silence, fearing the conse
quences if they condemn assassina
tions, the papers say.
Even newspapers which support
home rule, while condemning what
they regard as the present evil system
of Irish government, also denounce
Irishmen themselves for condoning
methods which, they say, aro fast
establishing a condition of anarchy
and terrorism.
The anti-home rule Morning Post
again attacks tho government today
and denounces Field Marshal French
and James Ian MacPhorson, saying:
"They are bringing about the hid
eous necessity of reconquering Ire
land by force of arms," aad "civil
war is wlthia sight."
WARinXCiTON", Mar. 22. Helen
Hamilton Gardener, of this citv,
widow of Colonel S. A. Duv. and au
thor nnd lecturer, was nominated to
dav bv President Wilson to he n mem
ber of the civil service commission
to succeed Charles M. Calolwav oi
Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Gardener, first woman to be
appointed to the commission, was
born in Winchester, Va., vears
airo, and has been prominent in suf
frage work for Years.
the I'nited Stales will be aboul ennui
in. power. Representative Mondcll,
the republican leader, said that con-
sidering foreign exchange values the
j .42.'i.W)n,miO total of the proposed
t American naval appropriation cx
j ceeded the British estimate for the
: year bv lOO.iKlli.miO.
j "For the t'irt time in many vears,"
he said, "the only naval establish
ment and program in the world at all
comparative with ours is that of Kng
land. No other navv or naval pro
gram is of a size and strength even
remotelv npprnaclrng ours. In fac:.
since the practical wiping; out of tho
fiermnn navv. all the remaining
navies and naval programs of tin
world, exclusive of England, do not
equal ouro,"
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OVER THE TOP
Barraqe Starts at Sunrise Tuesday
Morninq Forces in Action bv Ten
a. m. Prouress First Hour Prom
iscs to Be Sensational Enthusi
asm Is Shown on All Sides.
:
II. J. Palincr Heals Harrier
Chamber of Commerce mem
bership Xo. 1 was received a I,
!;,'() o'clock this morning from
B. .1. Palmer of l!:U Kast Main
street, jiit twenty-four and one
half hours ahead of the sched
uled time for the enrollment of
members. Tins is an lit. nor, how
ever, which Mr. Palmer did not
plan for himself. Fearing that
he would not bo in the city to
morrow, and desiring to do his
hit, he called at headquarters,
tendered his "check and Director
CJlieen a firm believer in "get
ting the getting while tho get
ting is good' accepted the check
in nnyment for membership
dus.
The enrollment drive will not
begin until 10 a. m., tomorrow.
f. j f j j j 5 t
Willi the heavv artillery set in
iilnec, the enihankmeiiis thrown up.
the ammunition dumps carelullv pro
tected and the morale of the field
nrmv one hundred per cent perfect,
the Chamber of Commerce forces are
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11. C. (i.Alt.NKTT
MciuIht of excculive coniiiiiltco
i'haniher of Commerce.
rsting on thcN- arms todav, awaiting
the "zero hour" in the offensive for
a Greater lledford, which is set for
30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
entire command from one end of the
line to the other will wage five days
relentless war fare on pessimism,
shriveled prejudice and non-progies-sive
civic drones.
At 10 a. m the nrmv of approxi
mately 3 00 workers under command
of two majors ami eleven captain.i.
will go "over the top" in the drive,
No ouarler will be asked and none
will be given. It is a fight to the
finish for the Jlcdl'onl of li)2"i the
Medford of tomorrow and the sup
port o' every one is needed.
ltivision majors, team captains, and
members of teams have been directed
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s
ft
& l
F -v.
A. I.. II ILL
Jleinbcr of exci-iilive roinuiltti;o
Cliainler of t'oinincrcc.
to report cither at campaign head
ouarters at a. ml, and proceed
from tln-rc to the public library where
tlicv will be pliolograplo'd in a group
at 10 o'clock sharp. Those who arc
not on' hand at the appointed hour
will not be in the picture, as the field
nrmv is to get into anion promptly
at 10 o'clock anil will not tolerate
any delay.
There is not the slightest shadow
(Continued tO I'uga Six)
COFCOMMERC
VOLUNTEERS
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CUTS WIND PIPt AND
BUI FEW ILL EFFECTS
GliKAT FALLS. Mont.. Mar.
'2'2. Declared bv alti'iidum1 phy
sicians to have severed both
iutiular veins ami his windpipe
with a razor todav, ,1. Weslev
MeClure of this city was de
clared to show few ill effects
after tho severed passages had
been sewed together and a tube
inserted. McCluiv on parole
from (he slale inline hospital.
LEAVES CHILDREN
AFTERESCAPADE
A married woman of Alodfon! who
deserted her husband and two youuK
children last Wednesday, after she
and another Medford woman had
been in a joy riding, escapade with
two Portland traveling salesmen, be
came reconciled with her husband on
her return to tho city last Saturday
nif,-ht from Sacramento, and tho fam
ily left Sunday for another part of
the state.
The erriiiK wifo and mother re
turned to the city thru the efforts of
Chief of l'olico Timothy, who had
worked on the case since last Wed
nesday. Tho other woman was re
leased into- tho custody of her father,
anil the two traveling men will prob
ably bo arrested on a stale booze
charge when they return to tho city.
Their joy ride taxi bill of $2r Is still
unpaid.
The quartet started their joy ride
Tuesday evening, which catted at
about '.i a. m., Wednesday, during
which much booze obtained at Ash
land, was consumed. "Wednesday
forenoon tho wife fearing discovery
of the escapade by her husband and
possible arrest, too, left her children,
aged 3 and (1 years, with an acquain
tance, drew $4 70 out of the joint
bank account of herself and husband,
and pretended to go to tho Sacred
Heart hospital in a taxi on account of
illness.
She dismissed the taxi at the hospi
tal steps and after it had gone ro-
turned at once to tho city and with
the other woman left that night for
Sacraaionto. The husband in the
meantime arrived home, missed his
wife, soon located the children where
their mother had left them, anil was
told sho was in the hospital. Inquiry
quickly developed that the woman
had not been at the hospital and he
also soon learned about the money
drawn from the bank.
The wifo was worried about tho
situation here and wired back Friday
from Sacramento to tho woman tho
children had been left with about the
children's care and asking if her has
band "was on." The tempcrary care.
taker of the children took tho tele
gram to Chief Timothy who after
consultation with tho husband wired
back in the caretaker's name tho fol
lowing message: "llavo not wired
husband. Come -at once on account
of tho children. Important."
Tho worried wifo and mother
quickly wired back that she would
bo home Saturday evening. She and
her woman companion were, passea
gers on train 111 Saturday evening,
got off at- Ashland, camo to .Medford
on tho interurban and went hoinif at
once.
In the meantime the husband and
Night Policeman Adams who- were
watching at tho depot, when they
saw that the two women had not ar
rived hero on the trainH from the
south went to the erstwhile broken
up home where tho two women were
found. The wife and mother still had
$100 of the $ 170 she had drawn from
the bank. The reconciliation follow
ed and the ramilv left yesterday for
Klamath Kalis.
EXCITED FLURRY
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NKW YOHK. Slar. 22. One of the
most sensational movements in the
recent history of the stock market
took place during the eurlv part ol
today's session. General Motors,
which featured last week's bullish
operations, added '2(J points to its re
cent advances at the new high record
of I0!l. This was followed within
the first hour's active trailing bv i
precipitate decline of !lt points.
The movement in General Motors
which was apparently directed large
ly against the short interests, was
marked bv gains of 2 to 10 points in
other stocks, notably Stut. Motor.
which also made a new high record at
2Jb, .
RAISE PRICE
: OF GASOLINE
IS EXPLAINED
Standard Oil Comnanv of California
Declares Increase Necessary to
Increase Production and Conserve
Supply on Coast Otherwise Gas
Goes East.
SAN I'l.'AN'CISCO. Mn,.. 2-2.-Tl
Standard Oil company of Cahforui
through its president. K. h King?
bnrv, in mi open letter today ad
dressed to the state railroad com
mission, ib'l'ciidcd its recent advaiu
in titel oil prices "in the hope that
aiyincrease of L'.'i cents a barrel would
stimulate production and restore lu
balance between supply ami demand."
I he letter was issued as a .rcsiill
of ail illoiiirv addressed to (lie
company hist week bv the failrnad
com n i ission asking why an increase
was necessary. As many pfihlic util
ities operate their plants wiih power
oniaineu irom tiici on, me commis
sion said it believed the pittilic should
know the reasons for tlie increasr
The oil situation in California, whicl
the eompaiiv declares tojbe seriou.
is reviewed in detail in 1 lu company',
letter, which poin'.s out "that an in
crease in price tends lo conserve tin
use ol fuel and to check the, depletion
of stocks. This is the oiilv knowu
remedy.
On the subject of gasoline,, which
the company says has an eiimil inter
est with that of fuel oil, the'tcltcr
says: v.
l'li-vent Shipment
"flasoline must be kept at a p'ricc
level where it will not be shipped to
other markets in oitnntitics sufficient
to deplete the California market, for
example, at the present time gaso
line is selling in New York at 'J8U,
coins a gallon wliolcsale. I'revious
lo the recent advance here, it was
selling: nl !!',:, cents per gallon whole
sale, ai d'ffcrcncc of nine cents
gallon. I he rail rale lo New York is
seven cents a gallon, and I he waler
rate not lo exceed four cents. Ob
viously unless u proper differential
exists between the I'acifie coast
prices anil the eastern prices. Pacific
, ,,.lsl ,MHflUut, wiM ,, shi,lt,(1 0HH,
bv wholesalers, lubbers and others
and sold at a profit to the complete
demoralization of the local market,
('as Supply Short
"That the gasoline market is short
may be illustrated bv the fact that
this company, to supply the rcnuiro
mcnts of its trade, several months ago
purchased about 0(1,000,000 gallons
of gasoline in the Mid-Continent field
which the company is shipping to
Points customurily supplied from
California.
"In this connection il may be noted
that the price of gasoline has re
mained practically constant com
pared to the increased cost of other
commodities. In July, l!ll!), (ho rice
of gasoline on this coast was in
creased one cent per gallon. This
was the onlv advance that hail been
made since December. l!)lli, except
an increase of half a cent a gallon,
which was' ordered in 1fllH by the
lucl administration to absorb the
general freight increase throughout
the country."
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. Victor
G. Cozad of Oregon was renominate. 1
today bv President Wilson lo be reg
ister of the land office at Hums,
Oregon.
POKTI.ANI), Ore.. Mar. 22--Frank
C'usiick, alien, said by local immigra
tion authorities, to he one of the
most desperate radicals in the North
west, escaped from the Good Samari
tan hospital here some lime last
night, it became known today. Cu
sack has been at the hospital, under
Liiard. since his arrest here last Jan
uarv for possible deportation, when
the local headquarters of the com
munist labor party were raided.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mar. 22. Sepa
rate trials for -h of the 21) al
leged I. W. W. charged with viola
tion of the state criminal svndienl
i in act, was asked bv defense coun
sel George F. Vandervccr when the
eases were called todav. ,loe I.alllldv
is the first of the defendants to be
bro ight to trial. Judge Harry V. Holt
of Dallas, presiding.
POHTI.AND. Ore.. Mir. 22A loss
estimated at 00,0110 was suffered
by the Porlliind Railway, Light and
Power company here early todav
when one of its power sub-station
was completely destroyed bv fire. sn:d
lo have been due to the explosion of
an oil switch. It. is understood th
Jobs is covered by uiuruucu.
M 10 BEAT SENATOR
A.B. CUMMINS DF: IOWA
f 4
W A S 1 1 1 N C, TOS . Mar. 2 2.--Si'nator
t'u in in ins, rrpu Miean,
Iowa, is 0110 of ilio nu'inln'i's of'
conn rest- organized labor will al
ttmpt to (lei'oat in November,
areonliiii; (o L. Slicppanl.
WMiiiK presideiU of tile Onler of
Itailway ('oinlurtoi- who is in
Washington ti.vlay attcmliiig tin
railway v:mi I'onfeiviH-i'.
Senator ( 'tun in ins was tho
author of the anti-striU' provis
ion of the railroad bill which
was thrown on! in ronlWenre.
Mr. Slieppanl iniliraiinl that,
union of I irials wim-o carefully
si ihlyini; (he reeunl of rvory
infMiihiT of congress with re
import ti.' his stand on this proViK
ion ami other tabor mattors.
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AGREES STO KI
At tho meeting of tin- citizens in
the assembly room of the public li
brary on Saturday last, where the
Hcnlimout favored lmiiiediale action
in the matter of thu public schools,
as a compromise the resolution pass
ed 'by the Parenl-TeacherH council
and presented to the board of direc
tors a week previous was enacted in
preference to cue of mnro drastic na
ture, tho vote of (!ii to fit) merely rep
resenting the majority that favored
tho arbitration measure. A commit
tee composed of .Mr. Hoozor, Mr. New
man and Judge ColviK were appoint
ed to present tho resolution to the
hoard tl directors iMonday morning.
ThiR committee presented the matter
to the board mid asked for a meeting
with the hoard at. tho first opportun
ity, which request was granted with
tho further statement on the pnrt of
tho board, that It was highly Improb
able that any outside teachora would
bo omploycd before such meeting and
It wiih impossible for tho board to
consider the resolution today, but
would meet with the committee
In a day or two.
HUENOS A IRKS. Mar. 22. Chile
has replied to the United Slates' note
asking the former country to "leava
nothing undone to prevent a aon.flicl
helwccn Peru and Jlolivia," according
to Santiago dispatches. Chile has no
other desire limn for pencil, savs the
note which expresses fall confidence
that Ilotivia will appreciate her duties
in respect to foreigners domiciled in
her territory.
The Peruvian charge d'affaires
here, interviewed today bv La Nacion
said :
"Official dispatches received at Hie
lcgalion give the impression of a dis
appearance of the possibility of a se
rious conflict between 1'eru and lio
IrTiu." NKW YOltK, Mar. 22. Iloxing
promoters and enthusiasts assembled
in New York to welcome Georges
Carpentlor, French pugilist, who with
his bride, was a passenger on the
Htenmship I, a Savole, which arrived
off this port early today. Carpentler
will remain here five days and then
will depart for tho Pacific coast. Dur
ing his stay In the I'nited States It Is
expected ho will .sign a contract to
meet Jack Dempsey.
PAINIED 100
lUBIll.IN, .Mar. 21. Conditions in
Germany were described by the min
ister of defense this morning as ex
tremely serious.
"You cannot paint tho situation
thruout Germany as too black." an
official at the ministry declared to
tho correspondent after n survey of
tho roports that had como In during
the night.
Tho sit nation In Iterlln Itself was
characterised as "bad." In one enso
a company of volunteers had been
ovorpowered by Spnrtacan forces, its
officers killed and their bodies muti
lated. Tho southern and eastern parts cf
(jermauy are reported unlet..
NEW PARTY,
FIGHT DRYS
IS THREAT
Senator France. Republican of Mary
land. Warns That Republican Liber
als Mnv Form New Party to Fight
Esnionaqe Act anil National Pro
hibition in Effort to Restore Indi
vidual Liberty Democrats Are
Scored.
LMVASIIIXOTOX, Mar. 22 Warning
that "republican liberals" might form
a iiiV political parly to "fight bour
bon atocracy" in an effort to restore
iudiviikjiul liberty was sounded in tho
senate today by Senator Franco, re
publican, .Maryland.
With Vepeal of national prohibition
and thel
espionage act as tho chief
planks III
its tentative platform, Ben-
ator Krakicn declared that liberals
need not
hesitate "to raise the battle
against
autucrac
nier."
he reactionary forces . of
M and un-American bourbo-
"Tho d
mocratic party, under auto
lership," he said, "inglor-
cratic le
iously aliindoued the sound doctrlno
of the sovereignty of tho states, vot
ed without scruple huge powers to
tho chief executive, who In violation
of the constitution aad of ovory
cherished principlo of liberty, created
tho most powerful despot In the x
world."
If tho republican party shall not
now beenmo the parly of liberalism
and of liberty," he declared, "then
there must bo a now and liberal party
which shall express the aspirations
of the millions of Americans who
now demand restoration of thoir..lib
erty and of their llhortios." .- '
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22. A bill
proposing a separate peace between
tho United States and Germany and
Austria for tho purpose of "peaceful
commerce" was introduced today by
Representative Britten, republican,
Illinois. ,
'Creation of an lOuropenn trado
co'unell to promoto trade with Europe
generally, was proposed.
STATE CONFERENCE
AiIiANY, War. 22. Action look
ing to a solution of tho teachers'
salary problems In Oregon is expect
ed to bo taken at a conference that
has been called for March 20 In this
city, when cducntional leaders from
all parts of Orego'n will consider
plans by which tho instructors may
bo paid a sufficient wago without
working a hardship upon school pa
tronR and taxpayers.
. The Albaay Hchool board took the
Initiative in tho movement, having
Hont out hitters requesting the pres
enco of representatives of tho largest
schools in Oregon at the conference.
Hack of the action of the Albany
board Is the request of teachers In
the schools here for an Increase In
wages.
In viow of tho fact that other towns
of the state had experienced similar
agitation and that tho teachers' sal
ary question had devolopod into one
cf state-wide Importance, tho Albany
board appointed tt special commlttoe
with power to act In the matter of,
calling a state coaference.
BLACK SAYS BERLIN
To tho north of tho Spree In the
liorlin district, tho outposts of tho
regulars havo been withdrawn, leav
ing detachments to guard the stock
yards and railway station,
Tim marine brigade and the Initio
I roups, which occupied Berlin during
tho Kupp regime, have been cleared
out from Charlottenburg and havo
Joined tho other military units at tho
Doehcrttz camp, where all aro refit
ting. These troops, it was . Btated,
will be counted as the chief protec
tors of Ucrlln. Neukoolln and Tem
plehof, tho worklngmen's residence
quarters in tho suburbs, whore dis
orders occurred Saturday, have been
quieted by government troop actlv
ltloa. . ,
ALBANY MARCH 26