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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.