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MEDFORD Mail Tribune The Weather Minimum yesterday ."0 Minimum today, 'J8 Predictions Precipltnt Ion 01 l'nir. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, ORKCi OX, "WEDNESDAY. MARCH l'VJO. XO. HOOVER IS REPUBLICAN! CAUDATE Former Food Administrator Yields to Demands of Friends and Agrees to Enter Race for Presidential Nomi nation on Republican Ticket Will Make no Active Campaign De clares He Opposes Both Radicals . and Reactionaries. SAIN- FRANCISCO, Mar. Her bert Hoover has placed himself be fore republicans of the country, an avowed candidato Tor (heir presiden tial nomination, tho a receptive one only. In a telegram to the llc-over republican club of California, ho an nounced last night that recent devel opments in the peace treaty situation, "stagnation" n adjustment of the country's economic problems, and ur gent representations concerning the situation in California, had Impelled him to confirm the action "my repub lican friends havo already taKcn with out consulting mo." Xot Sell'seekcr The former food administrator re Iterated his declaration that he would not seek the nomination, declaring lie would accept It only "if it. Is felt the issues necessitate it and it is demand ed of me." Classifying himself as "naturally affiliated with the inde pendent clement of the republican party," he declared that as conditions precedent to his support of that party III the coming campaign it must adept a "forward-looking, liberal, construc tive platform on tiie treaty and on our economic issues," propose mea sures for sound business administra tion of the country "be neither reac tionary nor radical in its approach to' our great domestic questions," and be "backed by men who assure con summation bf these policies." Mr. Hoover declared for adoption of the peace treaty, including the League of LVations covenant with res ervations, safeguarding American tradition and interests," as opposed to the extreme view against any league at all. Ho asserted ho stood as far from 'President "Wilson's "ex treme position' on his participation in purely European affairs," as lie did from complete rejection ' of the league. I JACKSON'. Jliss., Mir. The Mississippi legislature lale Indav fi nally refused !i mtifv the federal woman siil'l'rau'e nmcmlmrnl. The ac tion emtio in I lie form of a million In disagree with the senate resolu tion of veslerdav whieli favored rali iiealion. The million to disagree was carried 1) 1 to '2'i. BRUTALLY MURDERED F.LK CITV. Okla., Mur. .'11. Willi their heads haillv crushed and their throats cut, five small children of Mr. and .Mrs. Elmer Cownt, were found dead earlv todav in a tent in whieli thev had been makiiiL' a temporary home three miles south of here. The wife and mother lav beside the chil dren with throat hadlv slashed. An n.e, razor and butcher knife, all bloodstained, were found in the tent. SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Mar. 31. Advices received hero from Laredo state that Ygnaclo llonillas. a candi date for the Mexican presidency, was wounded yesterday in rioting in .Mex ico City, according to wireless report picked up last night by the Fort Mc intosh station. The report, which came directly from the capital, did not state the extent of Bonillas' in jury. The rioting followed a counter demonstration by followers of Gen erals Obregon and Gonzales. The report which was without con firmation here, indicated Obregon INGDLPLORES WASTE OF CHAMPAGNE AT SHIP CHRISTENING IMIII.AIH-XHIIA. .Mar. :il. Gem-nil IVrsliin.j- was a mem- Iicr iif the party tliat witnessed the huiiii-hini: of the nruiv Hans- port t'haiimunt here tmlav. .Miss Julia ('. Stiiison of Washington selected liv General I'er.shinu, was Hie sponsor. She served in l'Viinee as an army nurse, Tile ircm-rul's uniform was plenlil'ullv spattered with chain- pane when .Miss Stiiison broke '' tlie I'hrislenimr bottle on the prow, liel'ore the lnunt-hinir he had Iniiuhimrlv siisriro-U'd that the buttle oiiL'ht to lie opened ami a portion of its contents coilMimcil. "Half a bottle is plenty I'or the christenim:." lie ild.leil. The Cliauinont was named bv Hie annv heads in honor of (Jen- era! Pershing, who made his lieadnnarters at the French town of that name durintr the i:reater part of the time lie was in France. STREET CAR LINE PORTLAND. Mar. It 1. The city's pnriliasc of tho tracks of the Port land Railway, Light and Power com pany would not be constitutional, ac cording to an opinion Riven to the city council today by City Attorney W. P. LaRoche. That such an act would bo an un reasonable expenditure of power be cause it would lie lending public aid and credit to a private concern form ed tho basis of tho city attorney's de cision. Purchase of tho tracks of the com pany was recommended last week by the state public service com mission in an effort to avert bankruptcy which officials of the traction com pany say confronts it. The only alternative Is an increase In fares, according to the company of ficials. I.OlON Mnr. Itl.CjiWlo d.An- ntinziii liiis issued a manifesto at iiitiic, nrcnnlinir Id nn ' Kxchiin'j'' 'clfirnuili dispatch from that itv. lillcrlv l(i 1 1' ri n ii" Hint, liis officers lave permitted the distribution of leaflets ui"rinir the proclamation of a republic A popular risinir is expect ed as the people of Kiuine. it is as serted, are tired of the nrbitrarv rule of d'Aimunzio who has imprisoned more than a thousand of his oppon ents. ST LOUIS NEGRO IS A JEPFKItSOX CITY, .Mo., JIar. 31. Ir. William A. Venerable, a negro, today filed a declaration of his candi dacy for the republican nomination for congress In the twelfthtSt. Louis) district. The district has a large negro population, and at present is represented by L .C. Ilyer. and Gonzales several days ago pro posed that all three candidates with draw in the interest of peace and throw their support to a fourth man to be agreed upon. Principal opposi tion to this plan camo from leaders of the Uo-nilllsta group. Latest issues of -Mexico City news papers reaching the border indicate that a tense situation has developed in the capital with daily minor clashes between supporters of the three candidates. The Mexico City garrison has been ordered to a siee basis. DANIELS WAS UNFITTED TO DIRECT NAVY Rear Admiral Fiske, Retired, Tells Senate Committee Secretary of the Navy Temperamentally Unfit for the Position He Held Navy Not Only Unprepared, But Had No Plan of Action When War Declared Feud With Secretary Recalled. WASHINGTON, .Mar. 3 I. The navy was unprepared for war in 1117 because of tho "mental and tempera-, mental characteristics of the man at itn bead and of tho policy bo pursued as tho result of those characteristics" Itear Admiral liradley A. Fiske, re tired, declared today before the sen ate committee, investigating the navy's conduct of tho war. "To prevent unpreparedness In the future," Admiral Fiske said, "the most important step is for the public to insist that tho man at the head of the navy shall be imbued with the spirit of the navy, highly educated, open minded and acquainted with tho principles on which naval prepared ness is based and by following which preparedness can be secured." Admiral Kiske was aido for opera tions and senior adviser to the secre tary cf the navy for several years be fore the United States entered the war, but resigned as aido after dif ferences with tho secretary regarding the abolition of wine on warships and over preparedness. Xo JMims Prepared The admiral told the committee the nuvy was not only unprepared for war from 3915 to 1917 from a stand point of muterial and personnel, but lacked any well prepared war plan. U was not until August 1, 1917, that the navy department established an organization for the exclusive duty of making plans for war, he said, altho he and other officers had urged such an organization for several years. iXaval war plans in 1910 and 1911 when he was a member of the general board did not contain one per cent of what they should have embodied. Ad miral Fiske testified, and in 1914 the navy was "wholly unprepared for war." "Tho navy today could net carry out maneuvers such as the German fleet executed in 1913," he said, "principally because of lack of battle cruisers and aerial forces. Daniels I'nss U'vicet Much of Admiral Fiske's statement was devoted to a review of his differ ences with Secretary Daniels. ".Men tal characteristics and previous train ing," of .Mr. Daniels were such as to prevent a "broad and profound view" of tho needs of tho navy as a whole, ho said. .Mr. Daniels, ho declared, refused to appn-'vo plans for tho extension of tho navy's aerial forces, tho obtaining of sufficient personnel and proper formulation of war plans prior to 1917. 'Rear Admiral Mayo was cross examined briefly on his direct state ment of yesterday. Chairman Hale requested him to prepare a further statement on his remarks with reT gard to tho need of a well defined foreign pulley for proper prepared ness of tho navy for war. He was also asked to prepare suggestions whereby mistakes of tho recent war might he avoided in the future. PORTLAND, alar. .11. The snow situation In the mountains of Oregon is more fuvorahlo today than it was Hi the close of February, according to tho local office of the federal weather bureau. Considerably new snow ac cumulated in the higher mountains since February 29. the weather bur eau reports, and irrigation prospects are much brighter than they were at that time. The bureau reports the depth of sncw at various parts of the state as encouraging, altho the fall in the eastern part of the state is lighter than it was a year ago. WILSON'S NAME FILED IN PRIMARIES OF GEORGIA ATLANTA, fin.. Mar. 31. The name (if President Wilson lias been fifed with the state committee as a candidate for the democratic nomi nation tor president in the primary to be Ih-IU Aprils. . MARY PICKFORD AND DOUG. FAIRBANKS ARE NOW MAN AND WIFE LOS ANGKLKS, Mar. SI. Mary Pickford, who early this month ob tained a divorce at Minden, Nov.. from Owen Motre, is now the wife of Douglas Fairbanks, it became known late yesterday. Fairbanks' first wife obtained a divorce nearly two years ago in New York. The marriage li cense was obtained secretly last Fri day and the ceremony was performed Sunday night by the Rev. .lames Whitcomb ltroiigher, pastor of the Temple Itaptist chinch at the latter's residence. KKNO. Nov., Mar. :il. Tlie entire record of the Marv Pickford divorce case is under a close investigation bv Robert Richards, depot v ultornex ircneral of Nevada, for tlie nnoe of nKcertnininir whether it holds anv ir regularities or evidence of fraud or collusion that will iustifv un action beinir taken to set the decree aside. Tlie deputy attorney ircncral said this mornimr that when his investigations are concluded action undoubtedly will be taken by tjie state in case the fact- justify it. 'Must at this time." said the deputy attorney eneral, ''1 am unable to siiv what will develop in the Pickford case because the invesli ration I am makinr lias not been completed. I am iroine: over the entire record of tlie case and if there are irrou'iihirities or any evidence that a fraud was work ed on the court or that there was col lusion, some action undoubtedly will be taken to set the decree aside.'' LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE I'Oli'l'LAXII, (He, Miir. 111.- lVrt Inud residents awoke today Id find the streets covered with n snowl'iill of nearly ;in inch in depth, bill it. had disappeared in the downtown section bv nine o'clock. The entire seetion surroundim: I'urlhind was treated to a diversity of weather late yesterday, flashes of sun-dimc beinir uuicklv fol lowed bv Jails of snow. Snow flur ries were noticeable in some parts of the eitv this morninir. SAI.F.M. Ore.. Jfar. On all new maps of the slate hicjiwav svslem in the western part of the slate the road whieli heretofore has been known as highway No. '"I will he designated hereafter under the name of the Tualatin valley highway. The road that heretofore has been known as the Yanihill-Nestuecn highway will be known as the Mi-Minnvillc-Tilla-inook hiirhwnv. SAN' I-'KANCISCO. Afar. I.- The steamer Multnomah. San l-'runcisco to Portland, lost a propeller while neariiiL' the mouth of the Columbia river and was forced to summon as sistance, the marine department of the Chamber of Commerce was ad vised today. POKTLANH. Mar. 31. Ur. Itieh anl I). Iilllchunt, was elected dean of tlie medical school of this Univer sity of Oregon at a meeting of the faculty last n:ht. lie succeeds Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzie. who died last week. HALIvM, Mar. .11. K. A. HeHrilt. alias C. II. Harris, wanted here for obtaining money under false pre tenses, has Iteen arrested at Kidney, Mont., according to Information re ceived today by the sheriff's office. Ilearitt was arrested by Kidney authorities on Information from the sheriff's office here, but It was later learned that ho is also wanttd at Aberdeen, S. D., for alleged connec tion with a murder committed there several months ago. 1A UPROAR GAINST KING Refusal of Monarch to Anree to Com promise Results in Trade Unions Callina General Strike Walk Out Effective Throunhout Country NcxJ Tuesday All Classes Start to Hoard Food in Readiness for Trouhle. COPFNUAdF.V, Mar. I . A gen eral strike will go into effect thrnout Menmark Tuesday next, following the rejection by King Christian and tlie new ministry of an offer 'by the ( rudes unions to furnish a com promise- in tho political crisis, if the riksdag was convened immediately. The strike was declared by the trades union congress. COPENHAGEN, Mar. V, I . Offers by responsible trade unionists of a compromise by which a general strike might be averted if the rigsdag is called together Immediately have not been accepted by King Christian and the new Danish ministry, and a gen eral strike thruout Denmark seems inevitable this morning. All classes of tho population are hoarding food, petroleum, candles and water. 'No serious trouble has developed as yet as the police havo dispersed hostile street crowds. Independent socialists arc joining the majority socialists in demanding a general strike. The T-iebe ministry has issued an appeal to the popula tion saying it will resign as soon as elections are over and the ntw rigs dag has met. JAPAN READY 10 GIVE UP RIGHTS SAN KKANCIKCO, Mnr. :U Japan has notified tlie novcrnmeiits of tb I'liited States, Knlaiid and France. that she is reudv lo uive up certain concessions in the , provinces of Moil mdia mill M.uniburia in response to Pressure bv these powers, according to a cablegram received bv the Now World, a Japanese dnilv newspaper here todav from its Tokio corres pondent. The claims that Japan will relinquish were not specified in the cables. Negotiations will be opened in the near future with China to determine: the extent of tlie privileges (hat will be t:tvcti iti bv Japan, if was said The whole subject was covered in n treaty between China and Japan, "or t iuiis of which he Cnited States, I0nur laud a imI France asked Japan fo till rotate in order that absolute domin ion of the provinces mentioned mi"h be returned to China, the New World's correspondent announced The negotiations with China are the result of these demands. Gordon Corhalev Resions SKATTIjK, iMiir. III. tiordon C. Corhalev has resigned nS executive secretary of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club to enter private business, it wius an nounced todav. Uov O. lladlev, for merly of licllin'jlmm, will succeed bmi. Hoover Clubs in Iowa. DKS MOINKS, la.. Mar. 1. Or uani.atinn of clubs in all parts of Iowa to support Herbert Hoover fo! president will be started here toniuht at n mectini: of persons interested in hi.-- candidacy. Census Returns WASIIINIiTON. Mar. ft I. I-olnilnlion stati-ties aunouneeil todav bv the censii-. bureau. 411- elude: O-hko-h. Wi-.. XUliJ. in- eren-c lull, or !!.:( ner cent. I'eru. Ind.. increase l.l.'l ir !.". 1 oer cent. liraml Naiads, Win.. 7,21:1, increase TH'J. or 11.1 per cent. llnvuood. III., J'Jjrj". increase or hi) ( iicr ..cut llarrisbur"-. !'. 7.VOI7 ait in. reuse of 1.7111 or 18..! ner cent .. 1 01 11 WAS1I1NCTON. M:ir. :H. A juiiit roolut ion derlnrimr the state of war between the Cnited States and (iermanv at an end was jut rodm-cd todav in t lie house iiutiicdialelv alter its ap proval at a conference between republican leaders and members of the foreign affair committee. The measure was referred to the foreign affairs committee. Republican leaders plan to hrintr it up Friday under a special rule with the hope of final action be fore adjournment that day. At tention was called that this would be tiood l-Vidav ami that war was declared on Hood f'ri dav three years a 1:0. The rei-ohit ion provides for certain reciprocal tradiinr with (Iermanv and for repeal of the president's war powers. It al lows (Iermanv fortv-five davs after its adoption in which to aurreo not to assert any claims u:uint the Cnited States which she could not have asserted under the treat v of Versailles. A penalty of $10,000 is provided provided in cases of violation of the terms of the resolution as to tradimr. 1 T Wl MEDIATE STRIKE OIHOAtiO, Mar. 31. Fodoral mo-diatoi-H wore called In today In an at tempt to settle the strike, ur 000 union employes of Iho Union Stock yards and Transit company as pro duction or meat In tho urent Chicago packing plants ueared a standstill. Two mediators from the United States department of labor. It was an nounced, would arrive, today lo take u hand in compi.'shiK differences of the strikers and tho stockyards offic ials. One union official said if tho strike was not settled soon livestock han dlers In yards thruout tho country would be called out. Tho men receive from $1)0 to 11 month, union officials said. CHICAGO. .Mar. Ill llctween ."), 111)11 and (i.lllltl packimr house em ployes in ChiciiL-n are idle loilav as a result of the strike of 110(1 stock handlers of the dtion Stockvurds and Transit company. Manv more will be thrown out tomorrow ns the slock on hum! in the puckim: houses is used up- Meat prices are risimr. No porl; was offered in today's market, Alav lard rose from $'JII.7'J at veslcrdav's close to .t'Jtl.iltl. I'AIUS. Alar. :il-The breakiiiL' out of a revolution all over Turkey, ex cept in Constantinople directed toward the allies, is reported bv the i'esler-lvlovd of Mitdapcst, accordini. to a dispatch from llaslc to the Four nier aifencv here. PANAMA CANAL IS ALLOW PASSAGE PANAMA, Mar. SO. Illastlng op erations In ttie Oiilohra cut section of tho canal were nocosHary toilay ho foro tho British battleship Kenown, with the Prince of Wales on hoard, could proceed thru the wuterwuy. As the Kenown reached the point where landslides havo recently occur red, fmats went ahead and discovered a rock fifty feet square directly In tho vessel's course. After a wait of two hours tho rock was removed and the Hen(jwn was towed thru tho dangerous channel. When the Kenown arrived at tlie Atlantic end of the waterway it wan boarded by Governor Harding, Presi dent Lofovre, American and French representatives and commanders ol the United States military, naval and Isthmian forces. When Gatun dam was reached, Governor Harding ex FRANCE WILL SETTLE HUN i ALONE Great Siflnificance Attached to Di rect Negotiations With Germany on Use of Trooiis Without Participa tion of Other Allies Requests to Use German Troops In Ruhr Dis trict Turned Down Workers Re new Attacks Uuon the Government. I'AlilS. Mar. .1. The direct liesm lialions between the Trench and Ger man iroverninen(s. without the rnir tii inafion of the other allies, develop ed in tlie evclianire of communica tions todav concerninir the (mention of the -muition of the Kuhr vallcv, are rc-jarded here as of extraordinary significance. Ir. V011 Maver, the German eharae. made his reouest for permission to send troops in tlie liiihr region to tho l-'reuch uovcrumcnt alone and to Milleraud as premier of France nnd not as a member of the allied sunrcmn council. Premier Milicrnturs refusal of the reiiuest, delivered todav, is in the name of the iroverninent oC tho French republic without allusion to tlie entente powers. THI4 1IACIJH, Mar. HI. Tho array of rebellious (icrniau worklngmon 1)0. siCKiiiK the fortress of Wcsol, in ItheniHh Prussia, has received rein forcements and mado now attacks, according lo dispatches to tho Nicuwo C'ournnt of Hottordniu. Tho town of liiimm, and othor places in Westphalia aro reported to havo heen plundered. !At lessen, the advices stato, a gen eral strike has been- proclaimed anil carried out in tall force. Ited Control Again DUSSHMXirtF, Mar. 30. (By As sociated Press.) Tho oxocutlvo com mittee of tho Dusseldorf workors. representing the nindoruto faction which hail accepted tho government's demands for the cessation of armed activity In tho Kuhr region, Was seiz ed today by a company' of tho red," army returning from tho front. An agreement was obtained that a now coinmttteo ho appointed, nnd for tho withdrawal of the accoptnnco to tho government's ultimatum. Tho new cemmittoo contends that compllauco with tho terms of the ultimatum, particularly tho surren der of arms, Is a physical impossibil ity. A general striko Is threatened for nusseldorf ultho lata tonight no order had heen Issued. All activities aro proceeding normally at Dussol dorf just now, tho units at tho front having been recalled 'by tho deposed, committee. Truckloads of othor Iroi.'ps, howover, loft tonight for tho north. I'll lituil 11111 Sent HIOKll'.V, Mur. HI (llnvas) Load ers of the three socialist parllos hero have sunt nn ultimatum to tho gov ernment requesting that It rospect tho lllelefold convention and Immedi ately suspend all military measures in tho Kuhr valley. Tho government is given until three o'clock Thursday afternoon to accept or rojoct thlB re quest. Should It bo rojoctod an lm mediate, proclamation of a goncrnl striko will follow, Chancellor Muoller was Informed by a socialist delega tion. Tho oxocutlvo council of workers in tho Kuhr district at tho last mln- (Contlnucd on Page Eight) BLASTED OUT TO FOR PRINCE OF WALES plained tho operation of tho canal, the prince expressing astonishment at the magnitude of tho engineering feat accomplished thcro, A luncheon was given on board, tho only leasts being to President Wilson and King Georgo. Tho Brit ish minister gave a dlnnor, reception and danco at the Hotel Tlvoll tonight. Crowds greeted tho prince as his ship proceeded thru tho canal, while airplanes whirred ovorhead and scrvod as escorts. The prince appears to be In better health than whon ho vlsitod Canada and tho United Statos. The Henown will sail Thursday for San Diego after taking aboard 3000 barrels of oil at Balboa. From Snn Diego the noncrtvii wilt proceed to Honolulu, -whore she -will arrive April 16, and thence to tho Fiji Islands, New Zealand and Australia,