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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,