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MEDFORD, OUIXJOX, FIJI DAY, .MARCH 1 !).
XO. 4
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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.