Medford mail tribune., March 29, 1920, Page 1, Image 1

dford Mail Tribune
The Weather
La.J)iiuin yesterday 50
Minimum -today :14
Predictions
Fair.
Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year.
MEDFORD, ORKUOX, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 19'JO.
NO. 6
LLED. NATION-
Me
SCORES
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93 KNOWN DEAD MIDDLE
WESI, 78 IN
PROPERTY ROWING
Unprecedented Wind Storms Lav Waste to Vast District Thousands
Homeless Property Totallinq Millions Destroved in Twisters. Which
Visit Various Parts of Middlewest and South Illinois. Indiana. Ohio,
Michigan, Georqia and Alabama Suffer Most Severely Floods Add to
Suffering 29 Killed in Chicago and Suburbs Elgin. Illinois Suffers
Worst Catastrophe in History.
CHICAGO. Mar. 2!l Willi wire
communication gradually being re
stored with the various sections of
tho middle west states, which were
swept bv the tornado yesterday, the
known dead at noon today was placed
at !).'!. Late reports from Ohio in
dicated 20' lives were lost, while In
diana reported 27 and Michigan !).
ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 20. With
78 dead, several hundreds injured and
thousands rendered homeless, the list
of casualties growing out of the tor
nados which swept sections of Geor
gia and Ahihaum vestcrdav continued
to' wow todav. Additions to the list
are expected as wire coinmuniculi n
with stricken communities is re-,
covered. Cu.sualties :
La Grunge. Ga., 50 dead. 100 in
jured. West Point, Ga., 10 dead, injured
unknown.
Milner, Ga., one dead.
Macon, Ga., one deiul, number in
jured. Agrieolu, Ala., five dead, several
injured.
Alexander City. Ala.. 11 dead.
Communications Cut
West Point. Ga., still was cut off
from communication at noon todav.
The last report was received from
there at 5 o'clock this morning ,v the
Red Cross hcnddiiurtcrs here, stal
ing the pontoon Ifridge across the
Chuttahuochic river had been washed
away.
Telephone reports from Ln Grange
todav. where the loss of life was
heaviest stated that of the fifty dead
there. 25 or ;1U of the victims were
white. There were eighty wounded
in the hospitals and a score or more
being eared for in private homes.
Tho property damage was estimated
at $51)0,0(10. .More than 10U homes
were reported destroved.
Tho property damage at Jueon
was estimated at several hundred
thousand dollars and at Washington,
uu .f.'ou.uuu. J lie Ockninlgce river
at Alucon was out of its banks.
Ulglll Dcud at tllgin
ULGIN, III., Mar. 29. HlRin today
began digging itsolf out from the
wrcckago of yesterday's disastrous
tornado, which claimed eight lives,
Injured more than. 100 and did daiu
. ago to property estimated at $1,000,
000. Merchants and professional men
joined hundreds of laborers in clear
ing tho streets today.
'.Many guardsmen and ex-soldiers
on patrol last night luid aside their
rifles at dawn and with picks and
shovels, attacked tho heap of lirick,
timbers and shattered glass.
Several blocks of the business dis
trict where the damngo was greatest,
remain roped off this morning whilo
workmen prepared to raze tho totter
ing wrecks.
A three-story brick business block
was totally destroyed and In falling
airshed an adjoining shoe store.
City. Is Paralyzed
Kfforts to restoTo light and power
facilities have proven unavailing and
Elgin remains without lights. All
factories without tholr own power are
shut down. No newspapers can be
printed today.
Tho night passed quietly and there
wore no reports of attempted looting
'Elgin remained cut off from sur
rounding towns and roads rendered
impassable by yesterday's torrential
downpours mnko it impossible to de
termine tho damage in tho outlying
districts. Tho few persons who have
been able to reach Elgin report farm
houses and dairy barns blown down,
with heavy loss to tattle.
Seven Head in Lima
LIMA, O., Mar. 29. Seven persons
dead and immense property damage
was the toll of last night's windstorm
over this section of the state. Three
wero killed at Van Wert, three at
Moultcn and one at Lima.
LA GRANGE. Ga., Mar. 2J. Cas
ualties resulting rom tho Ptorm
THE SOUTH,
which swept Ibis scclii.1i late yester
day were placed today at about fifty
dead and 100 to 125 injured. Ap
proximately one hundred homes wero
destroyed and tho property damage is
estimated at $500,000.
ATLANTA. Oa., Mar. 2! Because
of demoralized wire conditions few
additional details of last night's tor
nado which struck Georgia and tho
eastern part of Alabama bad come in
early today. Tho death list still stood
at approximately forty, witli many
hundreds injured. Properly damage
was expected to1 run well into tho
millions.
La Grange, Ga., seemed to catch
the brunt of the storm. Twenty-ono
bodies have been found there and it
was believed the total dead would be
almost double that number. West
Point, Ga., also was hard hit, ton per
sons being reported dead there
Agrocela, a small settlement in Ala
bama had a death list of five.
Reports tr&'m virtually all over
both Georgia and 'Alabama told of
heavy downpours of rain and winds
that reached cyclonic velocity. In
ninny places buildings wero razed or
theirs roofs were carried away, trees
wore uproo'ted and havoc was
wrought generally. It was feared. the
rains would cause the rivers to over
flow their banks and add to tho suf
fering. Hailroad, telephone and telegraph
sen ice today either was suspended or
greatly impaired and last night many
places were in total darkness as elec
tric wires were down or powerhouses
wrecked.
CHICAGO. Mar. 29 Material aug
mentation of tho known death list of
77 and property damage estimates of
many millions of dollars loomed to
day when restoration of wire com
munication would permit compilation
cf accurate reports from tho six cen
tral west states hit by a series of tor
nadoes yesterday.
The most foreboding rumors early
today were from tho southern Mich
igan peninsula and tho rural districts
or Indiana and Ohio. In thoso states
wires wore prostrated in every direc
tion and it was said it might bo days
before some of the co'miniinlties were
heard from.
Tho Chicago district, with 29
deaths, was tho heaviest sufferer, ac
cording to reports early today. The
remainder of the known death list
follows:
West Liberty, Ind., 7; Kenton,
Mich., 7; Zulu, Ind., 5; Nashville,
Ohio, 4; Greenville. Ohio, 4; Sylvanla
Ohio, 2; Geneva. Ohio, 2; Toledo,
Ohio, 2; Itaabs Corner, Ohio, 2; Ge
neva, Ind., 3, and ono eacli at Mon-
rocvlllc, Ind.; Townley, Ind.; Hart,
Mich., East Troy, Wis.; Cleveland, O.,
ancf St. Louis, Mo.
Thousands Homeless
Thousands of persons wero made
homeless by destruction of dwellings
turnout the six states and outside re
lief was necessary for a number of
places.
Elgin, 111., thirty miles west of Chi
cago, whore eight persons wore killed
suffered approximately $ 1,000,0(10
damage when the tornado wrecked a
largo portion of the business quarter
and part of tho residence section
iMilitarv law was declared In Elgin
and former service men volunteered
to preserve order and prevent looting
From Elgin the tornado swept
northeastward around Chicago
smashing thru Melrose I'ark, Evans-
ton, Wilnicitc and other suburbs with
a trail of wrotkago und deaths. Sol
diers of a National Guard regiment
which was called out when the extent
of tho damage became known, also
assumed control at Melrose I'ark and
Wilmctte.
Kiinil Districts Suffer
Thn twisters which Bwept thru
Michigan and Ohio and Indiana ap
parcntly were distinct from the Illi
nois storm.
In each instance, however, it was
(CoQUpued vo Page Six).
POUT LAN1. Ore.. Mar. 20
What arc said to be the first
presidential pardons for ac-
cused moonshiners since na-
timml i,nilitbit!on went, into ef
fect were recorded todav in fed
eral court here. John M'. Da
vis and H. E. Long, both charg
ed with operating whiskey stills
were pardoned by president Wil
son. Hoth men bad been sentenced
sonic lime ago, I (avis of Hcaver
tou to six months in jail ami a
line of if.-(t)(): Long to Ihirlv
davs ami a fine of $100. Holh
alleged violators wero first of
fenses, according to internal
revenue officers.
OFFERS PLANS
OF SETTLEMENT
Italian Leader Expresses His Friend
ship for Jugo Slavs Willing to
Give Un Fiume if Treaty of London
Is Carried Out in Other Particulars
Socialists Object.
KOMI'), Mar. 28. Premier Nitti de
dared in the chamber of deputies to
day that be bud never regarded the
Jugo-Slavs ns enemies, but hud re
garded them ns friends. He ex
pressed hope that thev would soou
partake of Italian economic and cul
tural advantages, und deplored whut
he described ns "a dangerous press
campaign which is calculated to fos
ter distrust among the Jugo-Slavs.
"While anxious to bring about a
friendly understanding with the Jugo
slavs," he declared, "there is another
solution, to demand the enforcement
of the pact of London. Franco and
'Great Iiritnin have staled that u
Italy desired the application of the
pact thev would not. reluse us thev
d themselves bound bv it. It Italy
onipclled to demand the carrying
out of the convention it will be necs
sarv to ask its complete enforcement
without including Finnic.
Signor Nilli condemned that sec
tion of Hie press demanding Hie pud
inil also Finnic und said lie hud toln
the supreme allied council in London
Hint if Italy renuircd Hie enforcement.
if Hie Ircalv. she would concede an
tinomy lo Ibilinatin.
"If no other! ngreetnent can be
readied, ' lie continued, "a mini so
lution of the Adriatic oiiestion may be
to accept, with suitable modifications.
proposals forinubited bv Great lirit-
ain, and France. This solution is de
sired still less bv Jiigo-Slaviu than
by Italv. but nevertheless it is neccs-
n ry to keep it in iiiinil while continu
ug our efforts to reach mi adjust
ment bv an amicable understanding
with the Jugo-Slavs."
'flic premier was applauded bv the
whole chamber, with the exception ol
the socialists und asked for a "clear
and unmisinknhlc , vole oi conti-
deiuc" With his uddrcss the debate
was adjourned.
HE'S NOT CANDIDATE
I'OIfTLANI). On;.. Mi"-. !!!. Ilm
bert llnnvcr lliis liljMilult'I v rnl'iisfl
to ullow his mime to ln tla'l on the
(li'inocnitie luiHot ns mndiilatu for
the ltiTsiflcnliiit mini inn t inn accord
intr to a telcirnun from litin to for
mer coventor 0wnll West, received
by Mr. West here lodav.
In the six week's campiiiirii cnlnii
natinir in the nurture, fit' Novorussis!
and the occuuation of the Northern
Caucasus, the boUheviki capture!
rieh oil wells from (ieneral Irnikiries
tmoiis, took 12.000 officers and 100.-
000 men and seen red tin enormous
quantity of booty, according to a
Kussian bolshevik wireless communi
cation, nreived in Luuduu yesterday,
PREMIER NIIII
SUBMARINE
FORCE U. S,
INADEQUATE
Rear Admiral Grant Tells Senate
Committee Took Two Years to
Convince Navv Board of Need of
Larger U-Boats Many Submarines
Not even Sea Worthy Describes
Trip to Azores as Evidence Sup-
portinu Statement.
WASHINGTON". Mar. 2!t. The
navv s submarine lorce was cniiien
inadeiiuule. to meet the demands ol
war against. tJeniianv. Iteur Admiral
A. V. Grant, formerly in command
of (he Atlantic licet submarine force
testified loilnv before the senate com-
n.itlcc investigating the navy's con
duct of the war. The submersible
he said, were too small, of widely
different types, of small radius of
notion, iiinilciiiiiilflv nrmed nnd poor
lv designed as lo engines.
"It look nearly two years of propa
giinda lo get Hie navy department to
realize the importnnec ol buildimj
submarines capable of combatting the
SIM ton German U-boats," the wit
ness declared.
Admiral Grant said Hint soon lifter
the United States entered the war be
was instructed to prepare and send
1" submarines abroad. Ho told the
department, he declared, that if such
an expedition arrived at the Azores
islands safely the vessels would hav
to be laid up for repairs virtually all
of the lime us thev hud been since
thev were commissioned.
Four submarines of the "K" tvpc
finally started overseas, the admiia
said, although one had to be lowed
because ncilber engine -would run.
lie reiut the log of the trip to show
the continued engine troubles nm
minor casualties that characterized
the voyage. When the submersibles
reached the Azores the K-l was en
tirelv disabled, the officer said, the
K-2 was available for limited service.
the K-5 slightly belter off and the
K-ti entirely ready for dutv.
Most of the opposition to bis plan
for larger submersibles before th
war came from the navv general
board, the officer said. His recom
meudalioiis for building larger sub
marines were made in 1015. Ibe iiilini
nil said.
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
LA GHANDi:, tire.. Mar. 2(1
Forty head of purebred Ilcrl'onl cut
tie were sold here Saturday alter
noon at puhlic auction hv Andrew
and Garrett lilokland. The biddiu
was very low.
Hidders from t'nion county. Hen
and taker, bought the stock, the total
amount raised bv the sale being $10,
881). The highest paid for any of
the animals was by Guy Glenn, wiio
paid $8(1(1 for one choice bull.
KL'til'.Ni:. (Int.. Mar. 211. -Two
new sawmills will tie creeled in ttio
upper Willainelle country southeast
of Kiigcne at once, noeording to an
nouncement made here todav. I''.. K
Smith and associates, under Hie name
if the Oak Itidge Lumber company
and who rcccullv I ght 7.ton,(IWI
feet of government timber on Salmon
Creek above that town, have bought
the inuoliinerv for a mill of 'I'i.OPIi
feet capacity. The other mill w-ill be
creeled bv the Kthvarils Lumber com
pany at I.andax and this plant wi'l
have a capttcily of 'J").IMItl led.
SAl.K.M. Ore.. Mar. 'J!!. fourteen
cents a pound is being offered bv Sa
lein buyers for Hie slrawbcrrv crop
tor 1!I-(L according to announce
incut made here today. Several con
tracts at this price have been cxr
euted while other growers are said
to be considering the offer. It is sai-1
that the product is for shipment to
eastern markets for Use of a friiil
juice corporation.
Light thousand Armenians wer
massacred at .Vanish last month and
fifteen Turks were killed during f'c
disorders, according lo estimates ol
casualties received in Constantinople
from Americans. There arc 10.00!:
Armenian refiigee-i in Marash
Vhvm 2.0W ure uLder American cure.
HIMSELF A KING IS
SHOT BY 2 DEPUTIES
4. f4
SKATTI.Ii. Mar. Tom
KeiiL'. :10. Industrial Worker of
the World, was in a Seattle
pital today Mif feWim from two "
bullet wounds in flirted hv depu-
tv sheriffs when thev arrested J
him ve-1er!nv at InsmuuIi, v
Wash., near here, where he had
openiv proclaimed himself as
"kiui:" and had fired on several
resident and into a number of
homes. Ijeirir paraded the lssa- v
otiaii streets for an hour
driving all pedestrians to cover. v
OVER THE TOP
Camnaiim Ends With 401 Members of
New Orqanization, One Over Goal
Set Budget Drive Lags, But Work
Will Be Continued Sheldon Side
Wins Honors.
l-IXAfi 8TAX1)!. OK TKA.MS
MIOMBlOlt.SMII'
Women's Division
Captains. Previous. Today. Total
Sutchwell !J1 4 ilil
.Major lloiiierguo's Division
Fun-ell Sit 2 34
McKeuny 4 2 (J 4 a
Uobcrls 2U a 32
Vance -i-i 3 Sio
Walker 30 4 34
Totals
15
1G7
.Major lien SIicIiIoii'm Division
Brown
... 2S
... 4 a
... 3SS
... 3(1
... 4a
28
.Mears ....
Uoodrich
Loucks ..
.Mooru ....
Totuls
63
3D
31
48
18 12
Previous. Today.
(Jrand total 370 31
ULDUICT
Women's Division
Cuiilalns. Previous. Toduy. Total
Satcliwcll f tin -flu.) $ 21u
Major DouiorKiie's Division
Karroll
. uUI $ $ t.0-1
. 3112 31)2
!j islu
Al'cKcany
Huberts ...
Vaneo
Walker ..
275
'Totuls WUl $2211
.Major lieu Sheldon's Division
Brown
3li2
t75
4 25
302
.Meurs
Goodrich ..
Loucks ....
085
U70
uU5
4Ut
.Moore 4(jii
Totuls $2158 $135 $25113
Previous. Today. Totul
Grand total. .$4SU'J 2i $.ii)4u
Tho above tabulations represent
tho results obtained by thu various
teams tu tho close of ihe drive. To
Mujor lien Sheldon's division Koch
thu honor or securuiK thu Krcutcsl
number of members, wuile Caiiliiln
K. W. Mears carried ott individual
team honors, itul to every team
worker belongs the honor 01' having;
florved the Cnuiuhcr of t'oininore.
and the city -of .Medftrd. TI10 sutls
luvtioa of haviiiK served one's com
inuniiy transcends results If an lion
est effort Is really made.
Itarbara Cashing. Sheldon took out
citizenship papers on Kunrlay and bo-
foro she was twenty-four hours old
her public spirited und enterprising
pater had solicited her for member
ship in thu Chamber of Commercu,
Hen suys he wanted her to' net started
riKht In Ihe community. Thus to tho
little 'Miss Sheldon IioIoiiks the (lis
Unction of being the youngest mem.
ber of tho 'Medford Chamber of Com
merce, if not the youngest chamber
uf commercu member in the country,
aged ono day.
Continue on Hudgd
While tho Intensive drive closed
with the luncheon at tho Holland
Hotel today, membership and budget
will continue to come in constantly
as a result of tho great civic awaken
ing brought ubout thru this cum-
(CoyUuucd oil rage Six).
C.OF COMMERCE
DRIVE SWEEPS
GERMAN TROOPS ENTER
OCCUPIED ZONE WITH
OUT LEAVE OF ALLIES
France Alarmel at Action Anneals to Supreme Council in London No
Excuse Whatever for Sendino. of Troops Declares Paris Interna
tional Strife in Germany Quiets Down With Government Winninq All
Along the Line Communists Anxious for Peace as Soon as Pos
sibleRadicals May Call Second Strike Ebert Demands Uncondi
tional Recognition and Restoration of Police Powers.
I'AlilS. Mar. ".N.--Absolute
fii-malioii of Ihe entrance ol rcgitlu.'
Gcriuan ariav troops iulo Hie I'idii
district, on Ihe edge of Hut allied zone
of occupation, without any pcrinisMoii
from the allies has been received bv
the l-'rench foreign office, it was de
clared todav.
Tho subject, il was slated, will
probably conic up before Ihe supreme
(imicil 111 London. Ihe I'renoli sav
they can find no excuse whatever
the sending of troops into this
section.
ltl'.KI.lN', Mill'. Un. Knergetic
usures to restore order nnd lo pre
lect Ihe (Icruian people Iroin illegal
nets" will be taken bv Ihe government
pgninst communist forces operating
in the ifulir region, sum u niannusio
issued bv the government todav.
Thn followinir stum ations iiro laid
down ns conditions upon which the
(iveriinicnt will refrain lrom taking
drastic, stens lo punish those who
liavo opposuil its aiilhorilv.
"Uticonililionnl recognition of con
sfitulional authorities,
"Uesloration of olficinl civilian
and polico services, proiding thev
and police services, providing thev
muni supporting the reactionary re
gime set up bv Dr. Wolfgang Kapp
March Li.
"Immediate release ot prisoners.
If those conditions are accepted the
government will not intervene, but
it thev lire not, tlcnernl Von Walter,
commanding government troops in
the Ruhr district, will receive lull
powers to proceed.
Communists Jsc
KSSKN, Mar. 28. (Bv the Asso
ialed Press) A conference held in
Kssen lodav between representatives
of Ihe lierlin government und inc
communists in the Huhr region heard
Paul Lew of Frankfurt, president ol
the communist parly of (leriiianv (Ic
hiro Ins parly could not win its light
under thu present conditions.
"Wo want lo break oil' tins light
is soon as w'e cull." were llerr Lew's
words. "We cannot fight singlchand-
ed againsl (he rest of (lerinniiv.
1'lie spokesman lor the conimunisl.s
declared what his faction objected lo
was militarism.
llerr Lew insisted Unit the out
01110 of Ihe movement in the indus
trial field might have been different
the men had not spent their enthu
siasm in the general strike.
Order Soon llestorcd
KI'.RLIX. Mjir. 211. The news from
Ihe Ruhr industrial district, the
Rhiuelainl in general anil from West
iilialia permits the conclusion that
order will be gradually restored in
those regions, where rebellious forces
of workingmcu have been operating,
it was declared today.
At a mceling held Sunday at llagen,
Westphalia, the three socialist par
lies decided to withdraw from the
Miiclhcim licaibiuiirtcrs. Ihe scat of
the rebel control and if necessary to
fight the Miielheiiu 1'nolion under re
publican leadership. I lagcn'dispiitcbcs
said. Tho behavior of Ibis taction,
chariiclerized ns "anarchistic" was
declared lo be held bv socialists 11s
constituting a danger to the industrial
region.
l''U(htinK Quiets Down
COPKNIIAOKX. M'ar. 2!l Many ol'
of the majority socialists who have
been in the ranks of the rebellions
workmen in the Ruhr district ol' '!er-
111 n 11 V have unit the fighting front
iiml now ure being followed in their
action by the independent socialists,
according to a telegram from MuciPi
ter today.
The niiinagcr of the Kruno plant 11I
Kssen denies that the plant is manu
facturing munitions for the insur
gents. The executive council of the Kssen
workinguicn has withdruw-u its order
permitting the seizure of food in pri
vato houses, tho message ndds, be
VUUbu llto PlivilcKU lit4 bi'i'U made, a
con-pretcxl for the plundering of the bet-
ler class houses lor valuables.
A dispatch to Ihe I'olitikcn from
Mueiisler siivs Hint General von
Walter's troops opposing the insur
rectionists number :!.".000 men nnd
Hint reinl'ormoccnts uro urrivinK
daily.
I.egien Not Satisfied
llLlil-IX. Mar. 'JH. (Hv' tho Asso
ciated Press) One of the leaders ot
Ihe majority socialist party, asked
by Ihe correspondent tonight ns to
whether Carl liiidolph Legien. presi
dent of the Oerinnn federation o
trades unions, hud mudc a definite
peace with the government, said:
"Leigen is nnvtbing but satisfied
willi Ihe reconstruction cubinet."
Legien is out of tuna with the en
tire solution of tho recent politico
crisis, the correspondent wtiH told,
and was only reconciled to it bv his
conviction Hint n coalilion block was
tho only possible basis of tl atablo
government.
"Legien wisely mndo biniHelf tho
spokesninn for Ihe radical cicmcnit
as well," the correspondent's inform
ant staled lie added that tho labor
leaders recognizel the iniincdlllto need
of holding the erratic labor elements
in check.
Rumors were current in Berlin to
night Hint the radicals under Ernest
Dauniig, with tho nssistuneo of the
communists, would nttempt to loren
mother general strike in an ot'fort to
extort still further concessions from
the government. Responsible labor
loaders leclare the movement would.
be doomed to fuilure ns moderate ele
ments woull unttigonize it.
Furthermore, it was stated, the
workiuginen prefer to guther higher
wages rather than strike.
CHICAGO. Mar. 2!). Nearly fitly
thousand employes of piicklmr com
panies here will bo thrown out p
work if the workers of tho Union
Stockvurds and Transit compnnv.
who went on strike Sutiirilav at mid
night remain out. pnekinz cumpuiiio'
officials said lodav.
"We have enough livestock on band
for todav." said nil official ot Ar
mour anil companv. "Alter that we
must gradually close down if the
strike continues, and a week will se.i
all dcparlnients of Ihe plant closed.
The Chicago Junction railroad has
notified railroads hero thai no live
stock for the Chicago lnarkiit, other
than horses will be accepted. Stock
in transit lo Chicago will ho handled
as conditions permit.
Packing company officials sav
I hat tho number of men on slriko is
only nboiil 1)11(1. This includes llio
stock handlers, the elcancrs und Iho
unloading men.
Officials of the stockyards com
pany admit that all of tho men urn
out. Their employes sav thev uro
striking for an increnso of $30 to $45
a month and the diminution of Sun
day work. At present thev are re
ceiving from $115 to $154 a month
with time nnd 0110 half for overtime,
according to the companv officials.
Rev. L. W. H. Jiiekimin, nn Ameri
can medical missionary in India, has
entered an uppeul from the vordiet
under which ho was found Kiiiltv last
week of "culpable homicide, not
amounting to murder," for having
shot nnd killed Major H. D. Gloete
tit Sudivu, Assam, suys a- Bombay,
dispatch, , L. , ,. c