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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE The Weather Maximum yesterday 1 1 .Minimum today 4- Precipitation Triico Predictions Fair uiul warmer. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OUIXJOX, FIJI DAY, .MARCH 1 !). XO. 4 DTP RED REVOLT IN GERMANY GAINING FORCE WHERE IN ,E C0HAEFR0M?i Senator Borah Declares That War Profiteers Trvina to Control Con ventions of Both Parties Satur nalia of Corruption Unless Con gress Calls Halt Wood Testimon ials Being Bought in Indiana for $2.50 Each. WASHINGTON'. Mar. 20. Cliaro iiiff that ''war profiteers'' hail com bined to control the republican aii'i democratic national conventions. Sen ator Horuli, republican. Idaho, told the senate today that the pie-convention expenditures of some presiden tial candidates presented a "shame less situation" promising a "satur nalia of corruption," unless cultures- called a halt. Senator Borah's cliaraes were made in presenting his bill for limita tion of pre-eonvention expenditures. Hcadinir a published storv that "testimonials" indorsing 5 La jo r Gene ral Leonard Wood were bcinsr pur chased in Indiana at the rate of $'.2.50 apiece. Senator Horah said he had been advised that "plenty of affidavits to the same effect were on file in a neighboring state." "Gc nil Wood's malingers state that the managers for Governor Low den are spending more nioncv than thev are. That is their defense. I am inclined to think that is true. There are some evidences of it. Where Is It I'lnm? "If these gentlemen will frnnklv tell us where the nioncv is coming from, I would he willing to accept their explanation, lint when thev re main silent, there is onlv one infer once to be drawn and that is that the charges arc true." Senator Thomas, Colorado, ami Ashurst, Arizona, democrats, asked Senator Borah to give I lie, mimes of democrats who were spending large sums of money and the speaker said he would do so at the proper time. 'If I knew anv democrat who was spending nioncv excessively,'1 said Senator Ashurst, "I should feel il niv duty to see that lie didn't get some delegates lie might otherwise get. And if I though! anv democrat was Irving to gel a third term, I would uot. destitute to tell the people thai that was wrong. Wilson Deserves :ird Term "If the senator doesn't know that n democrat is seeking it third term." rejoined Senator Borah, "then he blessed with an innocence of which 1 would not suspect. J think the president is entitled to a third term, for who else would lead the fight for tde treaty" "lloesn't the senator mean a third nomination?" asked Senator Moses, republican. New Hampsliire, who is manager of General Wood's Wash ington bureau. "Well, if the candidate of the sena tor of New Hampshire keeps up his practices and is nominated, it will be a third term," Senator Borah re plied. Senator Horah minted a newspaper (Continued on rage Eight) ADMIRAL FLETCHER SAYS HE DID NT RECEIVE LOYAL SUPPORT AT BREST WASHINGTON". Mar. 20. Kirt evidences of friction at the head inmrtcrs of Hear Admiral William IS. Fletcher at lirest cume with the ar rival there of Captain Thomas I'. Mji'jruder. commanding tho third iiect of American craft sent to that iiort. Admiral Fletcher testified todav bc fore the navv board of innuirv in-ve-stientine his removal from the Hrest command bv Rear Admiral Sims after tho sinking of the transport Antilles in October, i?17. RA13E IN SUGAR PRICE 10 BE INVESTIGATED SAN" 1-ItAXCISCO. -Mar. 20 Announcement that he hoped to present evidence to tlio federal grand jury next week, possibly on Tuesday, In relation to re cent advances in the price ot sugar by refineries which servo I ho whole Pacific coast from this city, with a view to deter mining if the Lever food con trol act has been violated, was made here today by Ben Oeis, acting United States district attorney. Itecent sugar transactions of both tho refineries and the job bers are to be investigated thor oughly, Cleis said. Two advances were announc ed here by the Great Western Sugar Refining company In a period of four days. The California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining company announced on .Marred 2 4 it would not change its tar iffs for at least three weeks. LA. CHINESE HOLD UP U)K AN'MKLKS. Cal., Mar. -Mi-Two noliee offieers. a civilian nn.l tun women an? under arrest here on charges of liavinir held up a Chinese dull yesterday ami having taken .101. ."t) from ahout forty Chinese plavinir ranis. The police stated one if the arrested officers had con fessed and had told of a plan to hold np other establishments in the Chinese onniier in an attempt to oh tain :tO,Oill) in gold said to he kept there, as well as considerable opitnn. The live under arrest are: Pa trolmen M. M'. O'flm-a and V. K. Mortimer. K. K. Chillis. Mrs. .Jessie Kllintt and Miss Madge Itrown. Mor timer is the one said hv the police lo have confe.-sed. Childs was de clared to have driven the automobile ir. which I he three men escaped after the Chinese establishment had been held up. Miss Brown was said to be an intimate friend of one of the officers ami Mrs. Kllintt lo be an associate of Miss Urown. Another man and his wife, said to he implicated have not been ar reted. According to the statements made hv I he 'hinese to the police, two "plain clothes men'' appeared while the card games were in progress, took T-liil.r.P from (lie tables, fold the pin vers thev would he summoned later to the police station and the.i departed in an automobile. Amdher policeman on dutv in the Chinese ouarter recognized one of the "plain clothes men'' and the ar rests followed. IM JUTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 'JO.- Miss Kose Powell, emplovc of a local de partment store, was fatallv injured here todav when struck hv all auto mobile driven hv another woman. Miss Powell succumbed shortly after being taken to a hospital. Identification was delayed because of several cards found in Miss Powell's purse. On his arrival Captain Mn'-iruder showed treat disinclination to shore ervi'-c, Heteher said. Suliseulient lv, a letter from Sims said M;i'ruder was to he retained at sea. hut Fletcher said no command suitable for an of ficer of In- rank mi- nvuilahlc. "Oid Captain Maerudcr support von lovallv anil carrv out vour order- ?" Admiral Fletcher was asked. ''I cannot testifv as to his having carried out mv orders." Admiral Fletcher said. "I do not think he supported me loyally," JOHN BULL'S lAVnUlEDi i ON ITS HEAD ! Rear Admiral Plunkett. U. S. N.. Tells Senate Committee German Gunnery Got Best of it at Battle of Jutland Daniels Responsible for Lack of Men If Anainst Ger many Alone, U. S. Would Have Lost. WASHINGTON, Mar. 2i. The Germans, by their superior gunnerv, "turned the British on their heads," at the battle of Jutland Kear Admi ral Plunkett declared today before the senate committee investigating the navy's conduct of the war. Admiral Plunkett was testifying as to the need for keeping the navv per sonnel at full strength so men might be adequately trained, lie did not go into details as to the Jutland h-it-tle anl was asked no questions re garding it. Tht admiral, who commanded the L'reat naval battery of 14-inch cans on t ho western trout, was the fourth wiimss in (he investigation of K-.ar A'.i'niral Sims' charges, lie told (he committee that the navv was with cit sufficient men when the war begi-n. "I I we had been up against Ger many at the outbreak of the war.'' he said, "we would have been paving indemnity todav. and all because we did not have the trained men. Daniels HlaitPNl ''We didn't have the men because Mr. Daniels wouldn't let us have them and wouldn't let us do anything to get them." Charges that (he navv department took steps to prevent reports reach ing the public regarding a shortage of personnel in the navv before the I nited States entered the war, were made before the committee by (lap tain Joseph K. Taussig, of the naval war college at Newport. K. I. Captain Taussig, who was on duty at the navv department prior to the war and later served on destroyers overseas, said Secretary Daniels in his annual report in I!H I, stated that the numerical strength of the navy was adequate and in l!H5 said that only an additional 10,000 men wet1;: needed, while Hie navv general board in its l!H 1 report had stated that I U ,00(1 men were necessary. NEW YORK. Mar. 20. Ceorses Carpentier. the champion European heavyweight boxer, cnincd a host of American admirers here earlv todav li v his display of speed and clever-res- in an informal shirtsleeve spar rim.' exhibition with Maior Anthonv .1. Drexel Middle of Philadelphia, be fore a thousand L'licsts at a dinner ot the International Sporlimr club. It was the French boxer's first ex hibition in this country. The "match" of two-minute rounds was staged in the center of the Mo tel Commodore ball room. Tex Itick urd was referee. The boxers merelv removed their coats, vents and col lars. At the outset the Frenchman dis--plaved liirhtninir sliced, his shift v footwork and feintinir heinir very clever. Major Ihddle. an amateur boxer of considerable ability, scarcely landed a blow. HANIION. Ore.. Mar. 20. 0. A. Oavis. lit vears old. employed as a deck hand on the steamer Dispatch, was drowned in the Couuiile river vesterdav. His parents reside at Ilenver. Colo. He was formerly a member of the IJandon (oust ziinrd. The body has nu( been recovered. iiOFFERED HONE IN HUNGARY BY HORTHY fIF.N'KVA. MW !! It socinted l'rcss) Admiral I Ioi-l hv. the rc-rcnt ol llunuurv, litis secret I v 1ml officially offered the llnimurian thron cto former Kmpcrnr Charles, with the assurance Hint oven-thins has hc.cn ai-raniicd I'm- the return of I he Ilniishurir inonni'i-hv, with the con sent of the minority of the popiila tion, accordinu to information from Praniriiis wher.e the ex-cmneroi- lives. Paul Little. 12-Ycar-Old Son of Lex inntoti. Kv., Capitalist. Telephones to Parents From Hotel Where He Had Been Held Captive Since Wednesday. EEXINfiTON, Kv., Mar. 20. I'aul Eittle, 12 vciu-s old. son of E. li. Lit He, l.exiiiu-ton capitalist, who has been held lor raiisom hv kidnapers, was found this morning locked in a room at a local hotel. M'r. and Mrs. Utile, first learned the whereabouts of their sou when he telephoned his home from the ho tel room, lie said he had been kept prisoner there since Wednesday niuht. lnve-lii;ation disclo.-ed that llle room had been reserved ill advance bv a man registered as J. C. Cox of Cincinnati. The boy disappeared Wednesday afternoon when playmates said he hail been inconver-ution witlj a man. Thev said thev had been civen a dol lar to deliver a box of cnnih. Soon afterwards, the lather received a note statinir that his sou, I'anl, was beinir held for ransom. Little intimated that the amount a-ked for was 2.).(W0. He declared he would abide. bv the kidnaper's dcmmids. Unit b. fiid not mind pnvinir the inonev and only wanted the safe return of Ins son. At 7::il) o'clock last nit'lit. Utile deposited a package -on t n inin-j- the money in a Main street trarhaL-c can. When he returned a half hour Inter the packa'c remained intact. Ilcliev I inir the kidnaper failed lo show up lor fear of bciiiL' "double crossed.'' Utile pocketed the nioncv. I At 7 o'cljick tins morniii'.' the kev j for the room in which the hov was i found was turned in at the hotel de-k. 'At 7:l- Mrs. Little; was called to the telephone and heard her son's voice. ! Nothing has been seen of the "Mr. ;Cox" since he left at hotel at 7 o'clock. Seattle Man Named. WASHINGTON. Mar. Koseoe M". Knimheller. Seattle, ha-; been nominated bv President Wilson a collector of customs-, KIDNAPPED BOY POUND LOCKED IN HOTEL ROOM CANDIDATE i IN MEXICO ER0K1 U.S.A. Bonillas. Educated in America, and Formerly in Mexican Embassy at Washington, Latest Aspirant for Presidency Election Calculated to Restore Belter Fcelinn Between Two Countries Carranra Switches Support to Latest Aspirant. WASHINGTON. Mar. 20. The re ception accorded Ambassador Ycna eio llonillas on his arrival recently in Mexico City from the I nited States and his formal acceptance of the nomination for the presidency on the civili-la ticket, opens a new phase in the political eampaitin now in full swine in Mexico. Hoiiillus will have I the support of President Curran.u ! auainst General Alvnro Ohreiroii, I another leadinir candidate. The first effect of Hoiiillus en- trance into the campaign apparently i bus been to lessen the chances of (General I'ablo Gonzalez, formerly military head in Hie federal district and at one time Carrnnza's candi date for Hie presidency. Mr. lio nilhiH will meet the desire of a larire element which wishes to he relieved ( of the domination of Hie armv. It is believed his loim- residence in this country, where he received his edu cation, and his cxperince in the em bassy, have made him familiar with American views and nivcn him an j uudcr.staiidiii'j- of this country's atti ittnlc, in Pan-American affairs. General Obreiron will have the sup ' port of revolutionary leaders, incliid ' i ri tr Francisco Villa, according to re ports. Ilarriiur another revolution, which iiuiny Mexicans opcidv predict as a result of the elections, officials here believe that which ever way the elec tions oo, an era of belter iinderstand iiiL' between this country and Mexico will result. MEXICO CITY. Mar. 20.--Circu-Inrs ursine; measures to prevent emi iri'iition of Mexican workers to Hie I nited Slates were sent lo nil stale adiiiinislr.-iliniis veslerdnv hv the in terior dcpiiilinciil. II is pointed mil that niiiiiv Mexicans arc in a miser able pliidil in soiilheru stales, where thev can find no work. It is also said thai unrest ricled ciniral ion en dangers. Mexican aricull urc and in dustry. INVESTIGATE THE !E FUEL OIL WASIIIMiTUN'. Mar. 2i. Favor I iihlu rM)'rt Iiiih lici'M onliM'ed bv the i house jndiciiirv 4i'oiinnitlt'e mi tlio ! icsoliitKHi (liiccliiiL' the tVilcral trnd I t'ommi.i.sittii to make; an immediate rutin into rurunt advances in th ; prices of fuel nil, kerosene, caso ; line and other pet minim uroductH. j The enmmissinn would he required i to report tn eonuress hv June 1. I The eninmissinn in ntakini: its re ! port would consider the sources of j supplv, profits of the oil business and whether anv combination existed to j restrain trade and if so wat effeel i it had on retail price--. ! A report drafted lor the commit tee bv Iieprecntative lvcr, republi can. Ali-soiiri. declared that nt the present time the dUpo-dtiou ,T ami ! the price of motor fuel U in the hands i of two enorniou.-lv powerful capital J i.-it combines, world wide' in their source and if improperly used a dangerous power. SAX FRANCISCO, Mar. 26. After 'a rare but succcRHful operation on Mb (heart to overcome the effeetH of a bullet wound, Calvin J. Gilmer, an automobile Halenman, form err ly of j Spokane, died of pneumonia SPOKANE BOOSTERS 10 i IMPORT 250 GIRLS TO ! RELIEVE K. M. SHORTAGE SPOKANE. Wa-h.. Mar. 20. To relieve the shortui:e of dome-tie servants in this citv which it is declared is acute, local business men are pkiunitiLr the oriiiiniziitiou of an associa tion to brine; 2.i0 viinnii' women from Europe, accordiiiL' to an nouncement bv (', P. Oudin. president of a larc industrial concern here. It is our plan to scud a re sponsible woman as our repre sentative to select these e.irls. act as our uccnt in bookiiiL' their passage and all expenses. To cive the plan official standing in the eves of the fami lies of the irirls employed, the approval of the inavor and citv council will be asked. Mr. Oudin stated. BITTER ATTACf IS E I'AIilK, Mar. 'Jli. A bitter attack upon Premier Uovd-Geor-re of Great Hritain, was delivered in the cham ber of deputies vesterdav bv Jean Louis Hnrthau, the former premier, ir. connection with the discussion of France's foreign policy, of which he had uiven notice. Mi. linrthim declared that the Brit ish premier was in agreement with the allies in the sending of stern notes to (lennnnv and that he had been politically benefitted in Knir land from a vigorous policy toward fiennanv. 1 lowever, M". Hart lion added, "when these stern notes were sent to (icrmanv thev Imre the si-matures of ('leincnceau or Mlillerand. while when i-oniessions were allowed (iermanv the mites were signed bv Mr. IJovd Oeorire. Thus Km net) is lefl alone facinir flermanv as the eountrv towards which (tcrmnnv must pre pare her revenue. "France is iml a militaristic nation. There is no military dictatorship in France. She desires no conquests, but she asks no restitution. ' M. Mfirllioti advocated the resump tion of relations with Itussia, saving that all the uciuhhnriiiLr countries hud resumed or weri preparing to resume such relations ami that Italy's stand alontr this line was heintr supported bv fi rent Hritain. "(Treat Hritain knows how to de fend her interc:-ts,' added the ex premier. "France is still strong ennui; h tn defend hers with her al lies, if thev auree. and without them, if thev withdraw.' In addition to the attack upon Premier Llovd (Jen rue and advocacy of the resumption of relations with the soviet L'overniueiil, the outstnnd inu feature of the speech was the deputy's insistence upon the strict application of the pence treaty nd the pursuance of a hands-off policy towards (iermanv so far as a choice of ii government for herself was con cerned. REBEL YELL CALLS I.OnSVII.I.l'.. Kv.. Mar. 2(1. A rebel battle yell sounded throughout tho Confederate home at Pewcc Val loy. Kv.. IS miles from Louisville, nl 0 o'clock last ni'.dit as the first alarm ofa lire that three hours later had destroyed the institution. Commanded bv Screen nt (ins Head, who durinir the civil war was the keeper of John Monau's mount, the one hundred veterans of the home able to walk filed from the buililinir with precision similar to Unit which VETERANS FROM BURNING UN OF REVOLT Premier Bauer Rasifliis Whilo Civil War Ratios in Many Parts of Em pire Wesel Heavily Bombarded bv Revolutionary Workmen, Who Threaten to Destroy All Mines anil Factories in Western Germtany Reorganization Efforts Fail. PARIS. Mar. 'Jti (llavns) Tho Ccrinan cabinet, headed hv Premier Oiistav llaiier. has resigned, necord imr to a message received here from Herliu lodav. IlKIIMN. Afar. ''(!. Dr. Herman Mueller, I'orciiin minister in the Hanoi cabinet, has been ramies'" to Xoiiu a new cabinet, it was iiiioffie'uillv liorted todav. PAU1S. Miir. 20. The allies luivd not as vet irivun or refused permis sions for (lerman reKiilar trooris to enter the allied zone oE occupation or the neutral zone to the oast estab lished bv the treaty of Versailles, no cordinir to semi-official iufornnltlori todav. Accoi'dinir lo (he same source there is no further uuestion of inter-allicil intervention in the Ifuhr district. I.ONIONr. Mar. '-S. Minister o Posts (leisbeiis has returned to Her iin from the Ruhr resinn. I To con rirnis reports that Wesel is Still hohl imr oul. despite a bombardment this morniiiL' by the revolutionary work men, accordini; to n wireless mcssneo from the (iernian capital. LON'IKIN'. Arnr. 2(i. AVorkcra I'orccs entrenched alonsr the Linpe river, Ihrcalcii, if thev fail to can lure Wesel. In destroy nil fuetoric3 anil mines in western (ierinnnv. says n disimlch to the fOxchnntro Telcsraiih eoiuininv filed in Herlin this moni inir. The reds have eslablished irrent heaihiiiiii'lcrs similar to that of tho old (icriuiiii a no v. Workers llrfiisn Pence AMSTI'.llllAM, Arur. 'JflDccision not to abandon the slrucdo ill tho Ruhr dislrict of (Iermanv was reach ed at a iiiccliiiL' of roprcsentlitiueH oE labor councils of the Rhiueltind and Westphalia at. Ksseu last nieht. Tho onlv condition under which tho work ers will consent to pence is tho with drawal of L'ovcrnmenl forces from tho Miiciislcr lnililarv district, skivs a dispatch received hero. ' I'nlil these forces retire, armed workers will undertake to maintain public order in the district. Itl'DKRISII, Rhenish Prussia. Mnr. '."i. (Hv the Associated Press) I'.bcii mivernment troops still held Wesel. across the Rhino north oi! this citv, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Pinhtinir. which had been in tiroeress duriii',' the day was seeminu'lv Eivins way at that time. Today's battle opened during tho forenoon when aovcrnnient troops at tacked worker forces which had od- (Contlnued on PaKe Eight) CONFEDERATE E made the armv ot the eoufcdoriiev fa mous. Calmly the hundred aravs marched lo the hospital biiildine, made litters of the cols and carried fifty invalid comrades to the little stone church nearby. After Scrsrcant I loud, in tcrso man ner, had called the roll, tho men sat cross-leinred upon the arass. and with tvpical southern stoicism, waitod until the Kiiiouldcriiie ruins resembled but it bivouac of davs gone bv. then trmlL'ed slnwlv to the little church, spread their blnnkcts and slept.