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The Weather Maximum yesterday (I'.i Minimum today :tl Predictions lYobnhle rahi. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD. OKlXiOX, Tl'KSDAY, MARCH ;:0. 1 !)(. NO. 7 MEDFORD I S. FLEET h . K. IN 1917 A3 1 Atlantic Fleet Never Better Prepared Than Just Before U. S. A. Entered War. Former Commander in Chief Testifies Before Senate Committee Admits Short in Men and Certain Units. But Fleet Is Short Now Sims' Testimony Refuted. WASHINGTON". Mar. 'M. Rear Admiral M'avo. war-time commander (if the Atliiiitiii licet, replied before the scimic miviil inesli'riitiii'.' cotn- mittce today ti niiitiv of the chanrcs made iiirainst the navv liv Rear Ad miral Sims. Slavo told the rimiiiiit tee that the national policv of ncu tralitv. confirmed liv the people in the presidential eleetion in Novem her, llMli, was irimarilv responsible for the inahititv of the 1'nited States to throw the. full weight id' its re sourees into the war immediately upon entering it. There was a feelinir he said, not onlv anions our leuislulors, hut ex lendinir to some extent to our mili tarv establishments, that tin partici pation of the United Slates would eonsist larirelv of i'nrnishinir money and supplies, Takinir up Sims' ehnnres that the nnvv did not have a broad general poliev when war was declared, he said the office of the chief of navai operations, responsible fur prepara tion of such plans was not organized until lfl.lf and that; without this of fice conditions in the navv imme diately precedimr and duriiur the war would have been "chaotic." Iterates Sims The admiral testified that the im pression triven ''in previous testi mony" that submarine movements w-erc accurately followed from the time. the United States entered the war and that conseouentlv no de stroyers were needed to screen am! protect the Atlantic fleet was not coi rect. "As a matter of fact," he said, "it w-as not until the latter part of 1017 or early in 11118 that, the system of loeatinir submarines became accural? and reliable anil even then all a sub marine had to do to avoid hein? lo cated was not to use ils radio. Hence takinir the ships of the fleet to sea without, scrcenim.' them was not ius tificd." . WASHINGTON, Mar. SO. The At lantic fleet never was hnltcr prepared for war than when it came from Cuban waters late In March, 1 ! 1 7 after lis winter battle, practice, itcar Admiral Mayo, former commander in chief of the fleet today told the senate committee investigating the navy's conduct of the, war. The personnel was on a peace basis and was 'somewhat Inadequate the admiral said, but officers and men were confident and well trained and target practice in southern waters had shown gratifying results. No written plnn of policy ft.T the participation of the fleet In the war was given him when tho United States joined tho allies, Rear Admiral Mayo testified, but In conversations with Admiral "Benson, chief of naval opcr- 'i (Continued on Page Eight) PARIS, Mar. 'lo. It was said at tho foreign offico today that the French point of view regarding Tur key and Armenia is In agreement with that of President Wilson as to the desirability of the largest possible Armenian state and tho expulsion of tho Turks from Constantinople. The question is raised, however, as to how these ends can be achieved without the force necessary to deal with the trouble, certain to result among the Mussulman population. ( President Wilson's note on the Turkish question was delivered to Premier Millerand by Ambassador Wallace during the session of the council of ambassadors in Paris yesterday). SSmZ BIG TORNADO bryan will fight wet forces MEDFORD ASSOCIATION Uiu limiwuu AT TUr nmnnnATin nnniiniTinii mam $50,000 pji j AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION KtT.KNK, Ore., liar. 30. The Oregon Growers Co-operative association has purchased the fruit packinK plant of the Itofcuo Hiver Fruit ami Produce association at Jledford accord ing to announcement of J. O. Holt, manager of the packing department of the State Grow ers' association. The plant hero after will be operated by the larger association and will lian-dln-applcs, pears and other fresh fruits grown in the vicinity of Medford. The purchase price, it is said, was sno.OOO. Mr. licit said today that the Growers' association had signed up I'.ono acres of fruit in the territory between Medford and Grants Pass. L T TREATY TERMS Ehcrt Government Assures France Onlv Troous Allowed hv Versailles Treaty Will Be Sent to Ruhr Dis trict Revolution Disappears as Quickly as It Came. PARIS, Mar. 'Ml Assurances have been irivcii bv (lie (rcrmnn L'overn ment thai, it will not send into the Ruhr valley more regular troops limn are allowed hv the terms of I he Ver sailles treat v. A (lenmui delegation called on Premier MUlerand late last nilit, t old him the (icrmnn troops in the Ruhr district did not exceed the number allowed and declared no more such troops would be sent there with out nutlmrizniinn from the allies. liceeivinyr members of the French press last evening M. Millerand de clared it' the Uermnns violated th, terms of the t realv by sendim: a stroller armed force into the Ruhr district. Fnmec would oceunv pari of the neutral zone., whether the allies agreed or not. TIM: HAWK. Mar. :if. (Ilavas) The Hutch rmcrnnicnt reported to have :iven (icrmaiiv -1. MM) tons ot wheat and barlev for rcvietualtm; towns in the Ruhr vallcv. KSSKN. Mar. HO. (liv the Asso ciated l'res.-O All hut one stipula tion of the licilin government rela tive to a cessation of fiuhtinir in the Ruhr district have been accepted bv the central committee in charge of nnti-irovernmcnt operations here, ac cording to a notification sent to I'er lin toniirht. K.xcentions were taken to the fourth condition retrardimr the surrender of arms and ammunition. The irovernment was informed that this condition will he accented if con strued in accordance with the Hiele l'eld agreement. Otto l.owcnsipen. military com mander of the reds, who has iit (Continued on Page Kight) L It would require a force of Fevcral hundred thousand men to back up a decision to eject the Turks entirely from Europe, a high official said. The establishment of an Armenian state of large dimensions also would involve the necessity of a military force to protect it, as In a great por tion of the new state the Armenians would he in the minority and exposed to the hatred of their enemies. This task, it was declared at the foreign office, always had been c onsidered the great humanitarian task for Pres ident Wilson to perform. The ques tion was. it was added, whether he was ready to furnish the required force. GERMANY Wll VIOLATE TOTALS 165 Reconstruction Work Starts in De vastated Areas Property Damaiic Is Estimated From $10,000,000 to $15.000.000 Indiano and Georoja Are States to Suffer Most Red Cross and Citizen's Relief Conn mittees Get to Work. CHICAGO, Mar. 30. Scattered re ports as wire service is restored to isolated sections of nine states visited by Sunrtny's series of tornadoes, to day raised the death toll to ltiii. Reconstruction work in the devas tated regions is well under way. with the Red Cross and citizens' commit tees providing funds for tho inline diate needs of tho sufferers. Kstim ates of the total damage done range from $10,OOl),(MtO to $15,000,000. Tabulated reports by states at noon today gave the number of dead as fol lows: Indiana, 37; Illinois, 27; Ohio, 30; .Michigan, 12; Georgia, 3S; Alabama 17; Nebraska, 1; Missouri, 1; Wis cousin, 1. CHICAGO, iMar. .10. The death toll of Sunday's tornadoes which ripped paths of destruction thru sec tions of olght states stood early to day at 13 8 with fears expressed that reports from isolated regions and deaths among the injured would in- crease tho total. Stricken communities were emerg ing today from tho wreckage wrought by the storm and relief measures for tho thousands of injured and home less were well under way. . Tabulated reports by states today gave the number ot dead as follows Indiana, 'tfi. Illinois, 27. Ohio, 2(1. Michigan, 12. Georgia, 38. Alabama, 17. St. I.oitis, Mo., 1. Hast Troy, Wis., 1. An unverified report that fifteen white persons "were killed at Stovall (Jii., a village near La Grange, was being investigated and should this prove true tho death list would he increased to 1 7 .'I . A number wero reported missing in various localities and it was feared that some of these might be found to- have been killed. 'No accurate estimate of tho total property damage, which runs into the millions, could be mado today. In Illinois it was estimated that the ma terial Iosh was Jii.nnu.diili; in wes tern Ohio, $2,000,1100; Michigan. $2,- nun, 000 and Georgia, inoro than 1 1,000,0(10. State troops still patrol the storm swept areas of Illinois and the Jted Cross and civilian committees are giving aid to the homeless. Jttit ono death occurred yesterday among tho Injured and hospitals ro ported that most of the hundreds of patients would recover. T PORTLAND, Mm. GO. Gordon Nelson, of Coquille, Ore., is in the county jail here today charged with having issued a worthless check for $17.1 drawn on the First National bank of Medford and cashed by the Northwestern National hank of Port land. 'Nelson, according to information in tho hands of the sheriff, has passed spurious checks in several Oregon towns. PENDLETON. Ore.. Mar. 30. The Fnited States biological survey office for Oregon and Washington, located here since 1915. when the office was established, will move to Portland next Monday, it was announced here today. Offices wilt be in the post- office. Stanley Jewett, inspector, is in charge. The effice employs from 20 to 25 trappers in the two states Inspector Jewett will move also his collection of birds and mammals, the largest private collection In the north west and exceeded by few eastern collections. ii ri DKNYKR. Colo.. Mar. :t0. William .lenuiiiL's P.rvan. upon arrival in Den ver this morniiiLr from Lincoln, Neb., en route to Los Anueles denied he a candidate for nomination as president of the L'niled Slates. HKNVKR. Coin.. Mar. HO. William Jenniiiiis P.rvan told Denver demo crats in a. noon meelimr here toib'.v that- "the outlawed institution of the saloon with its whiskey' would nor be championed hv the democratic party at (he San Francisco conven tion in dune if be could prevent it. T E CIJICAOO, Mar. Ii0. No fresh re ceipts of livestock were on hand to day at the stock yards here and trade was confined to dealings in a Tew animals held over from yesterday. The strike of stock yards employes continues, and quotations were not available on any branch of the mar ket. 'CIIICAfJO, 'Mar. lU). Livestock shipments to the Chicago market, with the exception of horses, were under an embargo today as the result of a strikn of Iton members of thei Livestock 1 landleru union employed by the Union Stockyards and Transit company. Provisions were being made to divert hundreds of cars of stock on the outskirts of the city to other markets. Cattle receipts dropped yes terday to l,"on head and hog receipts to L'OOO because of the embargo. Demands for increaKes of from $30 to $tn a month with elimination of Sunday work were presented by the strikers. They now receive from $ t I ." to $H." a month, according to com pany officials. The union heads have telegraphed Washington asking that federal me diators be sent here following refusal of Federal .Judge Alschuler, who has arbitrated other (dockyards troubles. to act unless tho men' first went hack to work. Calling of the strike caused no in-1 crease in meat prices, altho the five; big packers say their plants will he J entirely shut down within a week if! tho strike continues. Average hog prices yesterday were $l i.7-", as com- j pared to $l."i.n; last week and Jilt."."., a year ago. J Red's Sentence Delayed. NKW YORK'. Mar. :tll. A stav of -entciice today was ranted to ilarrv WiniKkv. executive secretary of ti c communi-t purtv here, who was sen tenced veMcrdav to from five 'o ten year in slate pri.-on for criminal anarchy. t NKW YORK. Mar. .'ill.-The Na tional Retail DrvL'oods association will hold its sprinir convention at San Francisco, it was announced todav. The dates will be either in late Muv or earlv June. Twenty prominent iiritisb merchants will be present. Mr. Hrvan chaired the liipior in terests wilh delavinir the vote on woman suffrairc in Delaware atel proposed sending a plea to Ihe legis lature of thai slate lo put. the name of the commonwealth on Ihe roll of honor without further dolnV. Mr. Divan declared he will attend the national convention ejlher as n delegate or a cili.en and will make every effort to keep universal mili tary trainim:' out of the democratic platform and inlroilucc a plank to curb profiteering. OVER ITS BANKS E WAI'SA I K EE, Wis., Mar. :I0 The inter-stale bridge here, a 4S0 foot steel struct ure, collapsed under the strain of the flood waters and Ice of the iMenomince river. The river had raised to II feet above normal when the supports gave way and Ihe bridge plunged into the water. The loss is estimated at $."i,t)00. LA CROSSE, Wis., Mar. 30. Rait read tracks leading lo factories and jobbing houses along the river front were under water this morning. With a stage of 13. 1!, over a foot above flood stage, the .Mississippi is still rising. Tlie water lapped at the flooring of the ('Union street bridge crossing Ulack river, which was in danger of being swept, away. The main freight track of the Hur Itngtou railn.ad was only a few inches above the water line this mor ning. In .North La Crosse twenty-five families moved ho n Heboid furniture from their homes during the night and a targe additional residential area Is flooded today. La Crosse is nearly surrounded by water but the main part of Ihe city In in no danger, being on high land. j PARIS. Ky., Mar. 3U. Swooping down unexpectedly upon officers who ; wen taking C.iant Smith, negro, to j jail at Paris last night, a crowd of forty men capr ured the negro and (hurried him in an automobile out the M ays vi lie-Lex pig ton pick at May' I Lh k, Fleming county, where he wan i hanged to a telegraph pcle. Smith, who Is 40, disappeared two months ago after alleged assaults on Ruby Anderson, I I, daughter of farmer of Flerningsburg, Fleming county, Kentucky. Mo was arrested in Michigan last week, ilsippil BOLSHEVIKI AGREE TO PROPOSED BY POLAND LONDON, Mar. :t0. George Tchiteherin. the Russian soviet v foreign minister, has notified Poland of his willingness to open peace negotiations April 11 as ' Poland has sii-iicsted. aecurtliii-j: lo a wirelos message from Mos- cow todav. ' M. Tchiteherin sniru'ests (hat the mcetiiiL' he held somewhere ' in Kslhonia. WARSAW. Mar. 'Ml Russian bolshevik forces which have been attacking I he Polish trout in Podolia. have suffered hO vere losses and at points have withdrawn to the Kastward, sa vs an official si a lenient is sued at armv hejidnua rters here todav. Polish troops have pur sued the cnem v ami have re taken lerritorv which was lost in the savaire fiuhtiiu: of last week, it is said. 4. 4' IN FIGHT FOR Mississippi Senate Reverses Action of Several Weeks and Ratifies tlie Federal Suffrauc Amendment If House Follows Suit Women Can Vote in Comitin Election. JACKSON. Miss.. Mar. III). The Mississippi slate senate todav rnli- lied the Federal woman suFFrau'e amendment thus reversiiu.' the action of several weeks a'-'o when the amend ment was rc.ieclcd. The vole on the ralil'iealion reso hition was a tie and Lieutenant. Gov ernor Casteel cast the decidim.' vote. The mil call showed Unit Inn sena tors bad reversed their positions since the unfavorable vole several weeks nun. The bouse rejected the amend ment l-'cbruarv 1H, bv a vide of lllti to 'J.". House leaders, Icariiiuir ol' the senate's action, said the session which was to ad.jnurn Saturday, miuht be nrolnnucd to allow another vole in that bodv. Sul'Frntre leaders who had aban doned hope ol Favorable action, im mediately iintil'icd their supporters throiiL'houl Ihe slate to return al once lo the capital and renew the battle. Should the bouse act Favorably or. the resolution ol' rutil'iculinn. Missi ssippi's action would complete the necessary thirtv-six stales For ratil'i eation oF the amendment and would permit women to vole in the Novem ber presidential election in most ol' tilt; states. IHIVRU. Del.. Mar. HO. Tim limine conimitiee on revised statutes, to which the joint resolution For the rati fication of ciinal sulTruifc had been rel'erred, voted todav -1 to 'A. to re port the measure out "on its merits.' The negative votes were cast bv democrats. lioth the senate and house com mittees probnblv will report tho rati fication resolution this uFlcrnnon so that a vote ma v be taken tomorrow. VICTORY LOOMS WOMENSVOTE GIVEN 5 YEARS AT HARD LABOR NKW YOUIs. Mar. 'HI. drover (.'levehind llonrdoll, wealthy vonim Philadelphia!! recently court mar tialed For desertion because of his alleged failure to report lor mililnrv service under the draft was sentenced to Five vears in prison, aecordinir to a decision of the court made public here todav. The sentence, effective todav. is tor hard labor in the jail at fiov ernor's Island. In addition. Herir doll's rights of citizenship are for feited us u result of his conviction. TEDDY JR" IS AGAINST EXPULSION Assemblyman Roosevelt to Vote and Speak Aqainst Oustinq of 5 Social ists From New York Leqislature Majority Report Officially Sub mitted Brands the Socialists., 'as Traitors and Unfit to Take Politi cal Office or Party Membership. At. MANY, .Mar. 1(0. "I cannot ap prove of the expulsion of tho entiro representation of a party from tho legislature," Colonel Itoosovolt Bald today. "Whatever I may do or say I shall do as an individual and not as a part of any movement agreed upon with others." .Mr Adler, whe on tho first day of tho session introduced tho resolution demanding tile suspension of tho so cialists, saiil his position was virtual ly the same aH that of Colonol Itooso volt. 'I am not a party to any concortod action," he added. Sovon of tho thirtoon members of tho committee signed tho majG'rlty report. ALBANY, N. Y., SInr. .10. Brand ing tho socialist parly as "an organi zation composed exclusively of per petual traitors," n majority of the judiciary committee ot tho Now York ntnto nssom'bly, In a report transmit ted to tho lower houso of tho loglslft turo today, rocommended the expul sion of tho fivo socialist assombly inen, August Claessens, Charles Solo mon. Louis AValdman, Samuol Orr and Samuel A. Dowitt. Minority reports wero submitted by members of the commitloo who dis sented from tho rindlngs of tho ma jority. Action on tho reports will bo mado a special order of buslnoss In tho assembly tomorrow. ' : While no concerted action has been taken by those who aro opposed to the expulsion of the socialists, Ma jority Leader Simon L. Adler, of Monroe and Assemblyman Thoodoto lioosevelt of Niishiiu, will speak and voto against that program. ibinctmcnl of a law to provent any organization which admits aliens to its membership Trom occupying tho position of a political party on tho (,'ffcial ballot of tho state Is advocut cd. The report reviews evidence heard during tho recent 2 1 days trial, pur porting to show thut tho socialist par ty opposed prosecution of tho war, opposed all legislation for industrial and military conscription, pledged Its members to work for tho repeal of the cr.nsoriptlon law, advisod resis tance to conscription of life nnd labor and urged tho repudiation of war debts. Disloyally Charged "Tho socialist party of America," says tho roport, "is not a loyal Amer ican organization or political party, disgraced occasionally by the traitor ous act or declaration of a member, but Is a disloyal organization com posed exclusively of perpetual trai tors. Therofore, tho act of a mombor of that party In subscribing to tho constitutional oath ot offico to sup port tho constitution of the United Slates und tho constitution of the state of Now York should bo uttorly disregarded as patently sham and a mere cloak for treachery." (Conttnuod on rago Eight) The findiiiL's of the court martini were approved todav bv Lieutenant General Koberl. Ic Milliard, com mander of the department of the east and immediately communicated to lieru'doll, who has been in a cell at the island. Herirdoll was iruillv of desertion From Aiiuust 8. 11)18. when he failed to report under the draft. Ho was ar rested at Ins homo January 7. lust. In addition to the prison .term, tho sentence provides for dishonorable discharge from tho armv and the forfeiture of all pay and allowances.