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MEDFORD, OK'lXiON, AVKDNKSDAY. MARCH 121. lJVji).
XO. 2
WOOD LEADS
LIGHT VOTE
IN DAKOTA
Returns From Over Half of Precincts
Show Wood Lcadinq Lowclen by
Approximatelv 5000 Johnson Is
Close Third Women Vote But Re
turns About Same as Pre-Suffraae
Totals Bad Roads Cut Rural Vote
Count s Slow.
SIOCX FALLS, S. I)., Mar. 21
Will about nine tenths ot the citv
vote thioiiL'lioiit the state recorded,
tubulated results of vestenlnv's pri
miirv election on indorsement of a
republican candidate for president
todav showed these totals from 70S
of 1.740 preeincts.
Wood, 22,b!l7; Lowden. J!).2S3:
Johnson, 17.")00.
Senator Miles Poindexter, an inde
pendent eandidale for republican in
dorsement polled a sniufl vote. Tlie
Inraest total reported from anv ooni
munitv nunc from Pierre, where he
.received 04 votes out of about 1.100
east. In most counties Coindextor's
totals as reported, ranged from five
to fifteen votes and available figures
show his total from about '.i coun
ties to be1 less than 700 votes.
Ten counties, mostlv in remote sec
lions such as the Mad Lauds retrinn.
have not vet reported. Those coun
ties have 142 voting precincts and
manv of them are isolated from rail
road and wire communication.
Returns Are Slow
Returns which came in rather
briskly from the cities hist nibt were
beinir received slowly this forenoon.
In the counties west of tiie Missouri
river, mountain time is the standard.
Comparison of returns ill counties
which reported a complete or almost
complete vote showed (hut Cue bnllot
inir was lisht, when the fact thai
wo.nen voted was taken into con
sideration.
On the face of available returns
Wood is leadiue- in :il counties, John
son in 11 and Lowden in II.
Wood and Lowden are tied on an
incomplete total in one eountv. John
son carried Minnehaha eountv
(Sioux Kails) and received a major
ity of the votes in Lincoln eountv
(Canton). Western counties, par
ticularly in the Hlack Hills.' rave
Wood stronir suport. Lowden carried
Davison county (Mitchell).
In counties where the vote was
overwhelmingly for Wood, Lowden re
ceived most of the remiiiniii!." ballots,
while in counties which supported
Johnson heavily, the Illinois anv
ernor was "the second choice.
IN TROUBLE AT SAMOA
SAN FliANUSCO, Mar. 21 V.w
schooner Arm::. ml, bound l'roin Kii
rekn, Cal., to Svdnev, has int into
the port of Apia, Samoa, in a leaking
condition which was ho serious that
she had to jettison her deck loinl. nr
cnnlinir to a cablegram received here
todav bv the marine department of
the Chamber of Commerce.
LEAGUE NATIONS OFFICIAL
TO BE HOOVER S SECRETARY
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2.1. Chris
tian A. Hcrtcr of New York, n spec
ial attache to the state (lepiirtuient
in charge of matlers pcrtaininir to
the League uf Nnti' lias resiLMiod
to become secretin' v lo 'Herbert
Hoover.
SATIRIST. KILLED BY VILLA IN 1915
SAX FRANCISCO, ititr. 'J I. A
signed statement that he has posi
tive evidence that Ambrose Bierce.
noted satirist who disappeared in
J Ml"), was put to death bv H Villista
firinir sntiad near the Mexican vil
lage of Ieaiuoli, on the trail to Monte
rey, was made in the San Francisco
1 1 1 1 1 t in todav bv James II. Wilkins.
a special writer, who has iust return
ed from Mexico Citv in search for
evidence retrnrdine Bieree's fate. Wil
kins' informant, he said, was a mem
ber of tho band that executed Bierce.
i nd showed the writer a picture of
Bieree taken from his clothes after
tbe execution. ... . .
FATHER SHOOTS SON
10 SAVE HIM FROM
GOING TO THE DEVIL
CHI C A (J O, .M a r. '1 1 . Krank
Pinano. 17 yc.ii'H old, lay on a
I cot in t lie county hospital today
- seriously wounded while his !
father, who shot him "to save
his soul" awaited anxiously the
i outcome of the boy's stniKgle
for life. The father used his
revolver last night to keep his
wayward sou from crime.
i "I am not sorry," the elder
Pinauo told the police. "Rather
than have him hung or shot I
shot him myself. I was always
afraid he would turn bandit.
My hoy was in bad company."
The elder Pinauo last night
found his sou on the street in
company of a gang and after a
few words with him fired three
bullets Into his body. He wait-
ed over the wounded boy until !
the polite arrived.
5 SOCIALISTS
N. Y. Asscmhlv Judiciary Committee
for Unseatinq of Members Who
Belonu to Socialist Party Report
Will Be Made to Assembly Next
Monday.
ALISANY. X. Y.. .Mar. 24 The
assemmv puliciarv comnnuee, wuicn
investigated (he churues of disloyally
nuainst (In live suspended socialist
members of the lower house, will hold
an executive session late todav,
Chairman Louis M'. Martin an
nounced. At (his time, it is expected,
the committee will decide the case.
It was reported todav that seven of
the thirten members of the commit
tee favor the expulsion of the five
socialists, four will vote to re-seat
them, and that one is undecided, but
mav cast his ballot for the majority
report.
The report will be submitted to t lie
assembly next Monday niiiht. in the
opinion of Chairman Martin!
ALBANY. X. Y.. Mar. 21. The
five suspended socialist members of
the stiite assembly "are ineligible anil
disqualified to occupy seals,'' coun
sel for the assembly indieiarv eoni--mittee
asserted todav in a brief filed
with the commit lee, which enndm'ted
an investigation into the. (diaries of
dislovallv against the men.
"It is hv Ihe oruaniznl ion to which
thev belong thai Ihese men nlust he
.iuilncd," xiivs the brief. "Their in
dividual a.-ts ami deelarations in
sofar as thev have been proved serve
niereiv 10 illumine ami show in con
crete the principal purposes and uro
gram for whieh the organization
.stands ami to eonfirin the seditious
purposes of the party to wliieh they
belong.
"Socialists are trviinr to brinu'
about a rhniuro of .jovernnienl hv po
litical action, hacked up by a reneral
strike, the two heim: employed as the
two strung' anus of a ejant to pull
down the structure of our uovern
ment, which has been built and main
tained throiich the inspiration, the
toil ami the blood of countless loyal
citizens of this republic."
ROSKUt-Rf!, pre. Mar. 24. lios
sic, Wane and Irwin Rreitenbiitclior.
three youiigsleru of the eighth graiM
at Ten Mile are believed to have not
a record In thrift for the entire Btatn.
FAMOUS
The Mexican po-ilivelv refused to
part with the photograph. Wilkins
said. "There is no price it can be
bought for.'' he told Wilkins, nccord
ins to the statement. "It has served
its purpo-e. Now r. must be de
stroyed." After Ihe split between Villa and
Carranza, Bierce was attac bed to the
Larranza torces as a military expert,
ncordinir to Wilkins' statement, lie
was captured while directing a mule
train bearin;.' a shipment of arms out
of Toreon. and shot to death with an
Indian prisoner, the Wilkins' state
ment said.
MAJORITY FOR
EXPULSION OF
TURKS 1ST
OUITEUROPE
SAYS COLBY
New Secretary of State's First Paper
Outlines Wilson's Policy in Near
East Turk Must Go and Armenia
Be Given Her Independence Fear
of Mohammedan Uprisinu Not
Entertained Open Door in Turkey
It Demanded.
AVAS11 1 XGTOX, Mar. 2 I .The
original position of the American
government that the- Turks should be
expelled from Kurope is re-stated in
a unto to the allied supreme council
which has been prepared at the state
department and which will ho trans
mitted soon. Tho note will bear the
signature of tiuinhridgo Colby, the
new secretary of stale, and will be
tho first diplomatic paper to be sign
ed by him.
The communication in in reply to
an Inquiry from the French and
Mritish governments as to this ecun
try's views on tho Turkish settle
ment.
The Culled States Is said to take
the view that the contention that ex-
pulsiou of the Turks might he resent
ed by the .Mohammedans, is not sup
ported by the facts, since the war in
the Near Kast was won largely by the
aid of Mohammedans.
Tho dtiled States, it is understood
desires that Armenia be set up as an
independent state and that it cm
brace as much territory as the Ar
menlan government can control. It
also takes the position that any ar
rangement that is made with regard
to Turkey should guarantee to all
nations equal opportunities for com
merce and that no belligerent should
be given paramount claims in any
part of the Near Knst.
The position cvf tho Cnited States
it is said, Is tiiat in any arrangement
for the government of Constantinople
and the Turkish states a place for
the participation of Russia should be
made as tho American government is
convinced that no plan of settlement
can be successful in the long run
which does not take into account the
interests of Hussia in the matter.
MOSCOW, liar. 2-1. - Tin? ninth
annual convention of the all-liussnin
communist, party, which will open
here March 'J7 will be of vital impor
tance to the future ot soviet Iiussi;
as it will be e.ivcu Ihe task of out
lniiiiLT the internal economic policy o
the country during the coiuine: year.
Three principal matters will be be
lore the convention, these lieniir in
dustrial rehabilitation, the iiL'rieiiltu
ral policy and the development and
status of the co-operative societies
Two distinct parties have been form
ed, one favorinir the centralization o
power, and the other opposing that
policy. The former proposes handling
Ihe industrial ouestion tliroii'jh tin
mobilization of workinir forces. It
also favors extensive development oj
agricultural communism and complete
uowinmciilal control of co-operative
societ ies.
Jh( decent rabsts favor urealer
latitude for local trade unions, sum
land L'rants and no iml)lediate de
velopment of agricultural commune
STAR WITNESS STATE
L, FREE
CKNTUAI.IA. Wash.. Mar. 24.
Tom Morenn, arretted in the I. W. W
hall following the Ccntralia Armis
ticc day massacre, has been release
from custody, it lieinir maintained
that there is instif t ieient evidence to
convict him. Ilurin-j the recent trial
at Monteano Morgan was u star
witness for the slate.
Dean Martin Dies.
IiKNVKR. Mjir. 'J4 Dean Martin
II. Hart of St. John's Cathedral in
lliis citv for forty years, died at his
home this morniiiL' of pneumonia
Dean Hart was born in Km-land 82
years uo,
3 U.S.
T MARTIAL
FOR LOSS SUPPLIES
4
KL PASO, 'IYa. Mar. 21. '
Three- officers uf of the S'Jnd '
field artillery M aliened here
have been recommended for
court martial in connection with
the loss of mnnv thousands of
dollars worth of .mimiiiiitiiu juitl
L'overnment supplies from i'ort
Bliss, it became known todav.
The officers, it was said, were
not personally connected with
the losses other than the ammu
nition and supplies were lost
while under their care.
Ammunition, mm?- mid equip
ment in Lrreat it'iautities have
been stolen from border a run
posls during the past year, il
was said, which have been
sm lulled into Mexico. The
stolen munitions were sold to
.hot h Mexican government of
ficials and rebel leaders in Mex
ico particularly Villa, aerotd
itiir to reports made to A tueii
cau authorities.
IEHMI0N AIDS
II
WASHINGTON, Mar. n I. Failure
of the Roverniiient lo aid former ser
vice, men has resulted In tho 1. W. "W
making a drive to geL such men into
that organization, t lie house ways
and means committee was told today
by .1. K. Moldon, statu adjutant of the
American Legion in I'lah.
Organized propaganda by tho I
W. W. tc discredit government aid
and undermine tho American Legion
is spreading thruouf the country, he
said, and many unintelligent former
service men aiv hoing gathered into
the organization as the result of the
propaganda staling that ttie govern
ment has done nothing for former
soldiers.
"It is hard to come back," Holden
said, "and see the I. "W, W. under
mining the principles and ideals of
fcrmer service men and plotting the
overthrow of the government."
.1. G. Strughani, a member of the
legion's executive committee, told
the committee there was much dis
content among both former service
men and women anil that immediate
relief was necessary.
They feel they haven't gotten a
square deal and are chafing with un
rest," Strughani said, urging passage
of a composite hill framed by tho le
gion and providing privileged land
settlements as suggested in the Laue-
.tontlcll hill; homo building aid; vo-
i-ational training and payment of ad
justed compensation at tho rate of
$l.r0 lor every day of service.
Uoprosentatho fiarner, democrat,
Texas, wauled to know how the funds
lo carry out the legion's plans were to
bo raised.
Tho wilness said he would leave
that to the committee, but he estim
ated the total cost at approximately
$2,1UU,OUO,00.
L
TEACHER TANGLE
Tho committee having in charKe
the mailer of the resolution passed
at a public nientiiiK and addressed to
tho board of directors ot the public
school, report a meeting with the
board held last evening diirinK which
tho en lire matter of endeavor to
tiring about a peaceful adjustment of
existing difficulties was disdissod.
The hoard wished for lime to fur
ther consider and formulate their an
swer which will be given at an early
date. The committee feels warranted
in saying that tho outlook for mutual
approach is at a most favorable stage
and ask the indulgence or the public
while it continues negotiations. In
the meantime It has tho confidence
(hat no teacher will suffer an injus
tice at the hands of the hoard pend
ing the consideration and answer of
the resolution.
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 24. The
Cortland city council todav declined
to consider a resolution offered bv
Mayor Raker eallintr for expressions
of tbe various civic clubs on a pro
posal to enact a daviiulit saviutr ordi
nance tor I'ortlitntl. .
DELAY IN B11IS
A A
CHAOS
EL
Captain Harry Laninti. Assistant
Chief Bureau of Navigation Cor
roborates Sims Before Senate Com
mitteeChaos Reiuned When U.
S. Entered War Secretary So In
terested in Petty Details Couldn't
Pay Heed to Definite Plans.
WASHINGTON. Mar. -J I.-Virtual
chaos existed ill the navy department
at Ihe time Ihe l llited States entered
Ihe war. Captain Harris Lanim:. as--islant
chief of the bureau of navi
gation iluriinr the war testified today
before Ihe senate invcsliiaatiui; com
mittee. Captain Lamini said no one
knew what to do after a plan of ac
tion submitted by Hie bureau of oper
ations had been disapproved and
lliat Ihe "personal characteristics of
the secrlcarv of the nayv often mude
it impossible to -jet approval of really
important policies.''
"Whenever a plan or policy was
presented lo Ihe secretary he almost
invariably delayed action on il," Cap
tain LaniliL' declared. "The personal
interest he look in all matters con
nected witli the department absorbed
so much of his lime that he never
had much left to aive to the more iin-
l-orlant affairs."
Amazed lit Itesillts
When important policies and plan:
were submitted to Secretary Daniels
Captain Laninir said directions would
he mven to leave the papers tor con
sideralioii." ami usually these in
structions meant the mutter would
uol be hcitnl from auaiii until the
office interested looked the papers1
up anil then frenuentlv Ihe paper-s
could not be found.
"Conditions finally became so
bad." the witness said. "Hint officers
used every means possible lo put their
plans and policies tbroiiuh without
obtaining the reiniiied authority.
"1 was. and slill am amazed that
the navy was able lo accomplish th;:
remarkable work it did, but it is cer
tain that what it did l nplish could
have been done much more ouieklv
and efficiently it we could have had
,i plan from Ihe start."
Captain l.animr said many offieers
found Ibis condition lo be true uud
be offered to furnish the coiiilulltee
the names of oilier officers, who, he
said, would corroborate his testi
mony in this respect.
IE
DROPS DEAD IN
WASHINGTON. .Mar. 21. Repre
sentative W. .1. Hrowiiin'' of Camden,
X. .1., dropped dead todav in a barber
shop at the capitol.
XIV. l,.rowiiill'r was about to step
out of the barber's chair when In:
was stricken witli an attack of heart
disease, lie died before physicians
could reach the shop.
Born in Camden. N. J., seventy
years n'jo, Mr. Itrowninv; had reprc
scaled Ihe first New Jersey district
in coiiL'ress since Hill, haviii'j- been
elccled while serving as chief clerk
of the house of represent at ives. He
was the ranking' republican member
of Hi iiavul commiltee and handled
the naval bill ill the house where it
pa.-sscii late yesterday.-
WILSON TAKES FIRS!
TRIP OUT OF CITY
WASHINGTON. Mar. 21. Cresi-
dent Wil-oii today made his 'irst trip
outsi.'c of Washington since he was
Inki n ill last fall. Accompanied b
Mrs. Wilson ami Rear Admiral On".
sou. his i iivsician. he drove into Vit
t."ltlla a- ar as Alexandria. .No slop
were made and tiie president w:iv
awav lion; I Ik- White House less Hum
two hours.
Davton Gains 31.1 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2l.--Copu-lation
statistics for CI2M announced
todav bv the census bureau included :
Uavton, Ohio. loli.S.'HI. an increase
of H7,25J or Jl.l per cent over 1910,
T
RESOLUTION OF PEACE
OVER PRESIDENT VETO
WASHINGTON. Mar. '21.
Congress has no collstituliolial
authority to pass over ihe presi-
deal's veto a ioint rcsolulion de- v
clarinir a stale of pc; between '
Ihe l llited Slates and Gernianv, ''
Senator Tholiuis. deniociat, Col-
orado. declared todav in the
senate.
The senator said he had heard
reports that leaders in coneress ''
planned to adopt such a resolu
tion, and in tlie event of its tlis
approval to pass it over the ''
president's veto.
A resolution so adopted, be v
said, would be ineffective he-
cause under tlie constitution, the
presidclil is empowered to wane
war and therefore must hae a v
part in terniinatim: it. v
s
E
DAY OF DRIVE
No Stoppinq Shock Troops in Of'
tensive to Gain Permanent Pros
pcritv in Medfnrd and Rotiuc River
Valley Talk on "Dry Bones" Is
Given.
llelow is tho standing of thu teams
to date:
MKMm.KSIIII'
Women's Division
ADVANC
MARKS SECOND
Tiles. Wed. Total
Satchwell 7 1(1 17
Major Doinergiie's Division
Fnrrn.ll 17 II 211
JUKoany I 2:1 27
Itoliorls 1 I 1 Ui
Vaiico II 2 1 :!
Walker Ill 11 2 2
Totals 59 1 4 1 10S
Major lien Slielilou's Division
llrown tli :i 1!)
Mcars 27 HI :S7
Goodrich IS J 1 2!l
Loiicks 21 I 25
Mooro 13 11 2 1
Totals 95 tl9 1 :t -I
Tiles. Wed. Total
Grand totals.... 1(11 90 2,11
Following are the amounts of llud-
get obtained by the various teams:
IH'IKil'iT
Women's Division
Tiles. Wed. Total
Sutchwoll ? 25 $ 2S $ 51!
Major Domei-gue's Division
Farrell $ 4 15 25 $ 4 10
.McKeany 711 1 55 225
Roberts ... 755 755
Vaneo 2 25 22 5
Walker 2511 250
Totals $1715 - USD MS'J5
Major lien Sheldon's Division
llrown S ixii mo $ 2 si;
Mears 250 175 425
(ioodrhh 2S5 :!0il 5X5
Lencks ::; i 75 4:tr.
Moore lull 25 425
Totals $1171 $ 775 $22 It!
Tiles. Wed. Total
Grand totals. ...$:!2 1 1 SS:i $4094
Wo don't know of any existing
government medals that are awarded
tor gallantry in action In Chamber
of Commerce drives. If there he any,
(Continued on Pago Klght)
OCKKNSTOWN. Mlar. 21. Sixty
five Sinn Fein prisoners, under heavv
military escort were brouirlit bv motor
lorrv from the Cork iail to this citv
this iunrnim.r. where thev were put
aboard a British sloop which depart
ed, presumably for FiiL'land. The
sloop was accompanied bv two de
stroyers. The prisoners sincr repub
lican Sonus and returned the fare
wells of the walchiiiL' crowds us the
vessels left the harbor.
CORK. Ireland. Mar. 2:1. More
troops and roval Irish constabulary
have been sent here, and empty
houses at strateuie points havo been
occupied by the military uud, police
ALLIES WILL
ALLOW HUNS
USE ARMY
Permission Granted to Germany to
Enter Ruhr Valley in Occupied
Zone With Government Forces
Coal StiDiilv in France Depends on
Order in District Chaos Continues
to Rcitjn Throughout Germany
Many Killed.
DAIi'lS, Mar. 21. Two German of
ficers, who arrived here last niirlit
from Berlin lo explain to the allien
the necessity for permittine tho Ger
man niniv to cnler the occupied zone
to restore order saw l'reniier M'jller-
. a . 1 ' .1 T.'l 1
ami toilav anil loin iiim ine cocri.
covcrumcut bud maple forces ready
to deal with Hie situation in the Ruhr
valley.
It is understood on L'ood author
ity the allies have decided to civu
the permission.
Tlie French uovcrnnicnt woubl
I'.ave preferred inler-allied action in
the occupied zone, while the British
and Italians favored srrnnliin: per
mission for operations bv the Ger
man urinv. The French srnve ivuv on
(bis point in view of the dependence
of Franco on supplies of coal from
the Ruhr district.
French coal production has de
creased from the old fisruro of 4(1,
llllll.lllll) tons lo an averau'c of about
IS.IIiMl.tlllO tons yearly. Bv the terms
of the treaty of Versailles Germany
is bound lo (rover the deficiency, un
to a total of 20.(1110.(100 tons a Year.
On the restoration of order in tho
Ruhr vallev, therefore, depends
laru'elv the continuation of Frontal
industries.
WKSUL, Germany, Mar. 24. (Via
Heme). Six thiiisand government
troops, reinforced by armed country
men, had a skirmish with communist
guards numbering about 15,000 nenr
hero last night. Iteports stuto 62
were killed and upwards ot 10U
wounded.
HIU'DKItlOII. 'Rhenish Prussia,
(Across tho Rhine from Wcsol), Mar.
24. (S:80 a. m.) ('By Associated
Press). Tho government troops from,
the southern part of the Ruhr district
all of whom havo been besieged In
Wesel sinco Monday night, wore still
hcldlng the town safely Into last
night.
Tho government forces are keeping
open the northern sido of the town to
admit reinforcements, or to provldo
tor a possiblo forced rotreat.
Heavy firing was hoard from tho
direction of Wesel during tho night.
All thu Indications are that tho Kbert
troops are safo hut very nearly sur
rounded by lines ot workmen whose
guerilla warfaro has driven tlio. gov
ernment troops steadily out of tho
Industrial district in five days time.
In a combined relreut and concentra
tion movement, to tho strong fortress
at Wesel on the Rhine.
Itelglans Aid (ioveriiinent
About 100 interned prisoners who
fled across tho bridge from Wesel
last night, uro hold horo by tho Bel
gians. A dozen German woundod.
also woro brought ovor during tho
night and treated at tho hospital
hore.
A small detachment of Hclglan
troops, with artillery, arrived horo
last night and promptly took up a po.
sltloirnear tho brldgo. Tho Belgians
stopped all traffic in tho direction of
Wesel and interned all who came
from that city.
The eastern end of tho brldgo runs
into tlio city cf Wosol and provides an
(Continued on Pago Eight)
REPUBLIC AS SAIL TO TOWER
forces. The Sinn Fein organization
is nininlninim: secret watches . and
iruarils lo protect its leaders, some
of whom are reported to have ro
ceived thiin ten in.' letters similar to
one delivered to Thomas MaeCurtuin.
lord mayor of this eitv, beforo ha
was murdered last week.
Last niiibt troops supported bv
constabulary wero stationed nt va
rious points in the citv with armored
cars and machine trims. This protec
tion was maintained while the streets
were tbromred, but Inter when tho
crowds dwindled, the extra tniards
were w ithdrawn. Soldiers and poliea
olficers. however, remained in their
barracks all niirht ready for any
eincrj;cncy, , -
lit