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Me The Weather XiiAlinum yesterday 41 linlrnuiii today, ;t DFORB IV Predictions liniii. 1AIL TRIBUNE Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATl'IfDAY. MARCH ?. 1!)U0. " N0 5 GERMAN WORKERS LED BY RUSSIAN SOVIET OFFICERS CAPTURE KRUPP FACTORY One Hundred Bolsheviki Officers Sent to Germany l)V Lenine to Assist in Attack on Ebert Forces Allied Officers Discover Larne Quantities of Arms in Germany 3,500 Three-Inch Field Guns Found Near Ber linResistance to Enforcement of Peace Terms Suspected Lahorite Named Minister in New German Cabinet With Mueller as Premier Workers Control Saxony and Are Gaiuinti Strength in Western Ger manyReports Continue to Be Conflicting Regarding the Exact Situation. LONDON. Mnr. 27. One hundred Russian officers sent to (Icrinunv I) v Nicholni l.cninc. Russian bolshevik premier, ore assisting in Ihe opera tions of the (lennnn workers armv before Wesel, snys a Copenhagen !is pateli to the London Times oiioting mi interview- with an Kbert govern nient officer al MHienstor bv the cor respondent of 1 ho Politiken. The dispatch snys the workers hnvc taken over control of the Krnpp works nt Kssen. The officer expects Wesel to be evacuated bv irovernnicnt troops in order that devastation and bloodshed may be avoided, the cor respondent says. BERLIN. Mar.' 7. Formation of n new cabinet for Cleimanv with Ifer thronghout Clernianv as well as (iOOO secretary, was announced today. The minister of labor is Ilcrr Schlicke, a socialist, as is the premier. The min "ster of economies is llcrr Schmidt, also a socialist. Find Hidden Arms . PARIS, Mar. 27. Three thousand five hundred three-inch field cans have been found by the inter-allied commission in the vicinity of Hcrlin alone, and altogether 12,000 of these Buns have thus fur been discovered man Miieller as premier and i'oreitrn airplanes intact. According to the terms of the treaty of Vorsuilcs the German army should now have only 204 three-inch Kims and no airplanes whatsoever. These discoveries and other infor mation havo euused considerable skepticism nmong authorities here as to the reason iriven for the request of tho Berlin government that it be per mitted to send troops into the neu tral and occupied areas. Avoid (lie- Trcuty The fact that tho request came be fore the Germans had executed any material clause of the treaty although tho time limit has expired on some three score of its provisions, is de clared in French official circles as luying tho Germans open to suspicion of attempting to avoid the Versailles treaty provisions. Particular signi ficance is attached bv the French to the discovery of the euns since the Germans, in a communication to the allied commission to which their ex cess of war material should have been delivered bv March 10, said it made no difference whether this material he deliered) or' destroyed, and that they preferred to destroy Thus far, however, it was staled b n Inch official here today, no evi dence had been obtained bv tho com mission of unv destruction of ma terial bv the Germans. Lists lurve been furnished, it was said, but it has been impossible to vcrifv them up to this time ns Premier Millcrand do clared yesterday in the chamber of deputies, ' Fugitives Iteach Holland IiOTTKIi DA M. Mar. 27. Hundreds of fugitives from the Kuhr district LONDON. Mar. 27. Two Ameri cans. Rhodes scholars, helped Oxford materially in defeating Cambridge here this afternoon in the first ''"al inter-vnrsitv track and field games to be held bv the rival universities since March, J 1)14. The final score was Oxford GV4 events: Cambridge 4V events, first places onlv coiint ine in the meet. H. S. White, formerlv of Bowdoir college, won the running high iump for Oxford with a leap of 0 feet, 7 nre ncarniL' tuo Initfli tnniiier. ao Pnnlintr to :i ctirn'simiitU'nt ol' the Counnit. Sonus arrived nl Stpmihiinr Inst night, lnimiiiir stories of the red terror" in towns thriitiirli winch Spiii-t Jieits luive driven armored en rs. I'liev confirm reports, the eorrcs- pondent savs. Ilia! the worker's forces ;ire b(.'insr ltl bv liussmns or other foreigners. The irovernnicnt nl Mnoiister. it is said, has had to contend with a so viet dictatorship after the linssian model, which has been irettinir help from .Moscow. Spartaeist forces in the Kuhr val ley have enough nmmtmitioit, but their rations are very had. In addi tion to foreign officers, there are anv Prussian eoaunaiulers directing operations in (hat district. Workers (Jain Control FALK KXSTKIK, Saxon v. itfar. 2r. (Hv the Associated Press) Work ers have, taken control in towns nr.d eilies of lower Saxon v, but there is an impression their ascendancy would he short lived as they are not .suffic iently organized in a military wav to resist pressure successfully. In tiiU little town, tucked awav in a pretty valley fifteen miles from I'lauen, Max IIoclz, whose regular job is lecturer in a moving picture theater, is direct ing affairs. Widespread reports he had established a soviet republic made I him famous throughout Germain - a few davs ago but these rumors arej declared unt rue. The burgomaster fled when the upheaval came and workers have since been co-operating with the other town officials. One hundred workers, under the di rection d' IIoclz entered IMauen Sun day night and kidnaped ('ilv Attorney Hubert and held him until he gave up data he had gathered for the prosecu tion of trade unionists and commun ists accused of political agitation. Uerr Hubert's wife came to Falken stein and secured the release- of her husband, alter he had been a prison er for ''ive hours. Time Not Jtlpe Iloelz has estableshed headnnarters in the castle of Kreiherr Kalkenstein. who has fled from this region. The red flag waves from the tower. I', was in a room of this castle that the Associated I'ress correspondent in terviewed Iloelz tonight, lie is a small, young appearing man. J I said in part : ''The time is not ripe for the estab lishment of n soviet form of govern ment. The agriculturists would not approve of it and we would be tiuit-klv starved out. We recognize the abso lute helplessness of workers in ease of armed conflict and wo will not at tempt to physically resist military oc cupation of Falkenstein. If the troops appear we will again call a general strike." Iloelz. for whose arrest there is p reward of ",()00 marks, said the (Continued on Page Three) E inches and immediatelv followed with an exhibition jump in which he added l.vo incbes to his nert'onnnnee. L. J. Feather, an American Miotics M-bolar, won the hammer throw; with n throw of 100 feet. 11 inches. LONDON. Mar. 27. Cambridge wen the cii:ht-o:ircd boat race from Oxford on the Thames course tolnv It was officinllv announced that Cnmhrilgc won bv four lengths. The. liuic was 21 minutes, 11 seconds. A STATE HOOVER CLUB $$!$'$' i,ifl,ti$ fPOHTLANI, Mar. 27. A Hoover republican club of Ore gon 'was organized here hint night. O. C. Inciter was eleoted secretary, Chester (!. Murphy, e hair man, and Welborn liueson of- Ashland was named a mem ber of the state executive com mittee to represent Jackson county. The work of the com mittee will be confined to secur ing sufficient signatures to1 place Mr. Hoover's name on the pref erential presidential ballot. "Mr. Hoover is not a candidate but will agree lo run if there is a widespread demand for him," said one of tho club officials today. "We have no funds from outside the state, wo depend upon voluntary subscriptions from men und wc.'inen who be lieve in Hoover. All wo ask is tho republicans of Oregon be given a chance to vote for him." $,,i4$.4t4t4'!,S LOWDEN 10 TELL AVASHIN.OTOX. Mar. 27. Follow ing up hlscharges or excessive expon ditures In the Interests c'f republican presidential aspirants, Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, today wired to Governor Frank O. Lowden, oE Illi nois, asking that he send a represen tative to Washington to make a de tailed statement ot money used in the Lowden campaign. The telegram was in response to one frcm Governor Lowden offering to furnish such a statement. Senator tiorah also wired Edward L. Dohenoy the California oil magnate, asking for further information in connection with tho latter's denial that he had contributed to the expenses of Major General Leonard WoMl. WASHINGTON, Mar. 27. A tele gram from Edward U Uoheney of California, denying reports that he had contributed to the campaign fund of .Major General Leonard Wood, was put into the senate record today by Senator Phelan. democrat, CalifcTnla It characterized statements on that subject published In the New York orld and quoted in the senate yes terday liy Senator Uoroh, republican Idaho, bb "ungrounded, unwarranted and without basis." LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE I'OKTLAi.VD,, Mar. 2 7. Eddie Shannon, Tacoma lightweight, won a ten round decision from Freddie An derson of Vancouver, Wash., here last night. SAUMI, Mar. 27. It is unlawful to muke vinegar, according to ud vices received today by District At torney Gehlhur from the federal pro hibition director at Portland, unless permission is first obtained from the government. EUGENE, "lar. 27. Ten million feet of logs will be cut by Kirby brothers, logging contractors in the vicinity of a new camp Just estab lished on Lake Creek, Oregon, ac cording to I-. C. Kirby, member of the firm, who is in Eugene buying sup plies for the camp. This firm has sought on additional tract of tlmbe in that locality. S.VI.KM. Mar. 27. 1'or the con- triicHnn of nost and forest roads. the state highway commission nas requested the state hoard of control to Issue $2,500,000 of state highway bonds to meet aid from the federal government under the co-operative federal aid law enacted at the peclal session of the legislature. NOUTII HKND. Ore.. Mar. 27. The minimum seule for common labo is the various sawmills of Coos Bav has been increased from $4.80 per dav to ..).3I) er dav. as the result of a conference between five em plovers and five representatives of the I.ovul Lesion of Loggers and Luuiberiutu. POLE GOV T TO POSEI Berlin Reports Bolsheviki Attacks Force Polish Government lo Move Back 25 Miles Attackina on 25C Mile Front Reds Capture Many Towns. But Fail to Cross Slutch River Denikine Swept From the South. London! uw 27. The lN.iish (iviMiiinenl" removed Thurso":! v from Warsaw to liroinbenr in I'oli.-.Ii I'tiscn, twenty-five miles ntirthwe.-l of Thorn, aecordiinr to u llcrlhi !is- itch to the Kxrliiirie Telytrrnph niipnnv, (itiotiuir rumors in tlml citv. A stat't' corrcsponlciit C the Aso- liitctl Tress siiuinncl at Warsaw, filet! a dispatch from that citv Thurs- ty, which contained n hint of anv intention on the part of the Polish government to leave Warsaw, nor were there indications in the military news contained in the correspondent's messaiie'of anv reason wHy it should Icel impelled to make such a move at lis .juncture. CIlHiSTFANA. Ntn-wav, Mar. 27. S.mwlt F,,,-,., nf Pi,.l.,.nl.-,. Hi- Afiirmansk reLrinn. hurned (he liionns- terv and several other buildings there before ahandoninir the place to Hie Kussian bolsheviki, aeeordmtr to frn flcri 11 vrivitur n t TrnMKnn Oi . eupation of the place bv soviet troops oecurreo uarcii LONDON, Mar. 27. Novorossisk. the last base in southern Itusia under control of General Denikine. as been captured by the Hussian bol sheviki, according to a wireless dis patch from Moscow. WARSAW. Mar. 27. Hussian so viet forces swinuimr south ol' the I'ri nct niarsb countrv between Mozici and l'insk and altackiiiL' l'olisb lines at various points over a front of ap proximately '250 miles have captured seeral towns nlonir the Slutch river, it is admitted in official statements issued at l'olisb armv hcaduuarlcrs here. The encmv however, has been unable to cross the river despite per sistent efforts. Bolshevik attacks Wcdncsdav were (hicl'lv directed toward the vilhure of Olcvsk. Infanti'v nnd cavalrv were launched at the Polish lines under heavy arlillcrv lire, while soviet air planes bombcil strategic pidnls nhuu: tile Irnnt. In the nciuhborbooil of Z.-islavl the Poles virtuallv annihilated a soviet briniidc, amonir the killed bciiu; a bol shevik colonel. On his person were found orders dircctiuL' that Xnslavl bo laken reL'.-irdlcss of the cost. The town is still in Polish hands. PAWS. Mar. L'7. Odessa, the ercnt Kussian port on the libick sea. has been occupied bv 1'kranian's under (lencral Powlcnko. comiaandcr ol"lhe Lkraniaii naliunal armv. accordieir to inl'onna!i"ii received bv the L'kranian mission in Paris lodav. JOINS THE LOCAL The far-reaching effects of the Chamber of ' Commerce campalKn were felt Priday when It was reported that a prominent Ashland merchant. Mr. Henry Knders, had taken mem beriihlp (n the new .Medford organl zaticn. This action on the part of ho prominent a businena man from our neighboring city speaks volumes for the respect and admiration that the surrounding community hold for the business men of Medford. The local organization cannot ac cept it otherwise than a tribute to their new organization -'which really plans to do big things for this com munity. Our hats are off to you, Mr Knders, in appreciation of your un selfish attitude and spirit of co-opcra-tlon. IV HOOVER AS "CITIZEN' -t 4 WASHINGTON. Mar. J7. Herbert Hoover replied today lo the impiiry ax to campaign ex penditures addressed to presi dential possihilities by l.attor, t he railroad union's week ly, hy sayiu; that "as I have no cam paign, I have in.' finance." He reiterated his statement ol' Mar. S that ho was not a candidate Tor the nomination to the presi dency and wys not seeking pub lic office. "A number of clubs have sprung up dointc me the honor of advocating my nom ination," said Mr. Hoover in his letter. "I have no knowledge cf their resources which are probably very small. I havo no douhl that they would he only too ghid to keep t heir hooks open for inspection al all times" Mr. Hoover added (bat "as a cil izen I advocate the accom plishment of full public! I y and proper res! riet ions," t.'a cam paign expenditures. T GREATEST NEED THE HAGUE, Mar. 27. A block ade against. Russian ' vermin is a tig seated in the place of a commercial blockade, hy the correspondent of t1m Amsterdam Hnndelsblad, who ha re cently visited soviet Russia. After telling of experience with various arietiea of the pests, tho ccrrespon dent pays: "I had with me soap which the other occupants of this particular cottage looked upon with envy. The family had not aeon soap for a year. f was told that in the red army, at least at the Polish front, no measureK were taken against vermin at all. The officers and men had become lined to them long age and everyone vtUa was subject to the typhus had died of It already. "It is not only holshevlsin which has been lurking in the east but nlflo all that which has been tho result of dirt nnd disease. "And now cholera, plague and smallpox are threatening. Could all the nations not give their resources to establish a gigantic hygienic circle about, thl ft tremendoUH new Halkiins into which a great part of Kurtpe and Asia has already been changed?" II. NIGHT HS MAYI-'JIOI.I), Ky., Mur. 27. The firm outlimik of niKht rldor IroiililoB In wcHtnrn Kentucky In thirteen yearn (.'ccurrert last nlRht when between 2 on anil lino tobacco (jroweiK from the northern suction of (iravcB coun ty visltcil the Jlayfleld tobacco chuto and applied the torch. Tho renewal ot riiiht ridlni! in said to he the result or the fight of to bacco grower of this section of the plate against tho dropping prices of tobacco. Growers recently organized and hundreds agreed not to sell their rops on any warehouse floor, ite cently twenty McCracken county growers, at the point, of shotguns, torced several growers coining to I'a ducah with their tobacco to turn back I'OKTI.AN'I), Ore., Mar. 27. The ouestion of the price of irasoline in .Multnomah eounlv is to be placed in the hands of the federal district nt tornev. it was announced today hv Citv Commissioner C. A. Uiirelow, who has iust completed an investi gation of the prices in this state und in Washington. HEIil.lN. Mar. 27. After n con - fceiice at llnucn, the three socialist parties' ilch gales have decided t" send envoys lo Wesel in an attempt, lo bring about a cessation of fightinrl there, according to the Yossischc ZJ- ' tuu. . ROGUE RIVER HSU BIN CONTROVERSY IS SETTLED IT A TO Agreement Entered Into March 2lst iat Mouth of Rotiue River Abandons All Seines and Anrees to Use Onlv Drift Nets Will Assist in Incrcasinq Pronatiation of Steel-, head and Promote Antilcr's Snort Wherever Possible Law Embody, intl Terms uf Auifemciit to Be Introduced In Next Legislature Roquo River and Contt ihutaries to Be Restocked and Area for Commercial Fishinti at Mouth of Rotiue Extended Aureement Marks End of Bit ter Controversy That Has Raqed for Manv Years. I'he Ivoiiiie lfiver I'ish coat roversv sullied. At least I'm- the tune bein-jr and iierhais for all time. At a recent conference between Ho.lcrick McCleav of Toi-tlnnd owner of the cnuneries at Hie mouth of the ltunuc h'ivcr, anil Attorney C. M. Thomas, rciiresentinir lha local and state sportsmen, the airreeinent below was sinned tin and endorsed hv the interested narlies on both sides of the ouestion. 'In this airreeinent. said (. M. Thomas today, "we are trcttiiur much more than we had hoped for and in mv opinion as a result, "ood steel head lishinir on lioano lfiver is as sured for an indefinite period. Mr. Mi-Clenv has abandoned the use of all seines, set. nets, diver nets and trammel nets, all salmon I'ishinir ho inir confined to the use of drift nets huvinir a mesh of not less Hum ei-jht and one half inches. Mr. JleCleav has taken this nction because he realizes that the sportsmen of the slale are aroused and that il is to his interest to L'et the matter settled lie fore il is too late. I'crsonallv. 1 am very L'lad that we have been able to reacla mulunlly satisfactory nirree. ment, without iu.iurinc Mr. MeCleav's industry, which the sportsmen never desired to do if il could be avoided." "Aureement of selllcnien in com promise of the Wound lliver fish Metiers. "This aareeinenl. entered into this 21st dav of March, 102(1. bv and be tween Ibe McClcnv Kslale Co., h H. L. MeClcav of Portland. Oreuon, parlv of the first part and the lio'.'iie liiver l-'ish and Oainc l'rotective as sociation of Ashland, Orciron, und other kindred or'.'unizations of Southern (Ireaon, pnrlics of the see ond part, "Witnessclh : Whereas, there has been a conflict bclwccn the party of the first part and his predecessors in interest, owners ol commercial can ning interests at und near the mouth of lioiriie lfiver nnd onrnnizntions and near (he mouth of Kolmic River and oriruniz.-ttiuns and individuals in teresleil ill I'lsliiiiL' and nn'.'liiiL' ut dif ferent points on the upper portions of said Ifou'iie liiver. and: "Whereas, these conflicts nnd dif ferences have each vcar, for a lone period of years, been bitterly wusred and contested before the legislature of the State of Orciron and bv initia tive nnd referendum before the peo ple of llm stale, resultinir in ureal expense lo Ihe interested parties and created n bitterness and at tinie-i radicalism and ill fuelitiL' lo Ihe end that Ihe probable termination (till re sult either in the destruction of com mercial I'isliiiiL' in Ihi! lio'.'iie lfiver ol of ii n-'I i n tr in Ihe upper river, nnd: "Whereas, it is the earnest desire of all the parties lo this contract K compromise and adiiist the differ ences heretofore cxistintr. and exist intr at this time, so that the industry of commercial fishinu may survive nnd at the same time Ihe treat asset u nCOMA. Wash.. Mar. 27 Whole sulv indictments of liuuor traffickers wiU be asked of the federal grand hvy which convenes here April (1, it 1 q announced bv federal officials bdnv. i Donald A. McDonald, federal di- rector of prohibition, is assembling evidenco gathered bv his fiedl force for presentation to the grand jury, Tout tho liquor traffic in the state S' top hi; Made Public Owner of Canneries lo Soulhern DreKon of nndine in Ihe Hot'iio liiver muv bo restored: "Now. therefore, in tho spirit oC compromise and with the earnest nnil sincere desire to work out this prob lem inn parlies hereto holiovimr in t lit fairness ol' each other have airrecd upon Ihe following: Seines l'rohlblted "1. The use of all seines, set nols, diver nels und trammel nuts shall bo prohibited. "2. All commercial fisliiuir othor than hy hook and line shall be con lined to the uso of drift nets hnv iiur a mesh of not less than 8 'A inches. "I!. The commercial fishini; season, as provided bv Ihe net of Ihe ceneral assembly of Oreiron of! 11)1.5, provide that commercial I'ishinir ho permitted from April 15 to Aiurust 25 and eom mouco nurn in on September 10 anil continue to November 20. Undor tho , present iiL'reement commercial fiBh imr shall be permitted anil be continu ous from April 15 to September .10. 11120, with the exception of from (J p. m. every Saturday to 0 u. m. tho followinir Sunday. "I. Under the present law conw mercitil f'ishitur is permitted to a point approximately ;i(J miles from tho ocean. It is uirreed herein that thoro shall ho no eonimereial not fishini; above the township lino dividinff ranees 3:1 and 1-1 where tho same in tersects the liomie River niid beinu a point hear Ihe mouth of Lobster Creek, und approximntelv 12 miles from the ocean. Screen All Hitches "5. It is reeoL'iiizcd bv nil tho parlies siirnalorv hereto that ener getic action shall ho taken toward the screeninff of nil irrinittion ditches takinir water l'rom'tlio Kocue Hivcr and its trilmlaries nnd each and n ol" the parties hereby pledce thcui- selves to co-operate together and iisp evcrv effort to see that screens nra iustalli-d and niaiiilaiued ut the proper points. "Ii. The parlies herein further iiL'i'ee lo earnestlv nnd sincerely co operate and use every effort and in tlucnce ut their command to secure Ihe removal of the present obstruc tion to the ptissnuc of fish, which i-.ow exists at Ament clam. "7. Tho parties hereto nirree to co-operate in the enactment and en-, fon-einent of such leirislntion ns will prevent the diimpiuir or plaeinir of anv deleterious substance, or substances, into the liocue River or nuv of its tributaries which destroy or iniuro the fish therein. "8. This contract-shall, as be tween the parties, ho of full force nnd effect immediately upon the signing thereof in so far ns the provisions do not conflict with the present laws. "It, It is recognized that tho pres ent salary of the district nttorney of Cnrrv county, Oregon of $50.00 per month, is entirely insufficient nnd I hat under present conditions ho can- ( Continued on Page Riz) hns reached nmazing proportions and is carried on with startling bravado was admitted by Mr. McDonald to dav. There are hints ot a largo "whiskey ring'' which includes soma prominent men in various cities who are attracted bv the enormous profits: bootleggers arjsaid to bo milking. Much of tho 'contraband liquor la coining in from Canada, it was said, nnd every effort is bointr tnudo toj brc,uk up this trade, . ,,,, j
