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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920.
NO. 11
Medford Mail
RIBUNE
NO APOLOGY
FOR SUPPORT
SAYS HOOVER
"It Was My Duty to Support the
President Durina the War." De
clares Republican Candidate and I
Offer r No Apologies" Urges
Friends to Sling No Mud at Oppon
ents, Who Are Patriotic Honorable
American Citizens.
NEW. YORK, April 3. Horbert
Hoover, who has announced he is
ready to accept the republican presi
dential nomination if it is demanded
of him issued a statement today in
which he requested he be not further
embarrassed by suggestions of seine
Independents that his name be placed
before any other party, as "a primary
sense of team work in any party or
ganization would preclude such a
possibility."
Mr. Hoover said in his statemont
he had no great record of partisan
activity and "admitted" that his po
litical activity was confined to mem
bership in a prominent republican
club and allegiance to the party ever
a period of years. He added that lie
cause of his profession of a mining
engineer, continual shift of residence
had prevented him from exercising ns
much as he desired the privilege of
every citizen at the polls.
No Personal Canvas
Asserting that his administrative
duties in vurious relief organizations
would prevent him from making a
personal canvass for the nomination,
Mr. Hoover said he expected Hoover
organizations thruout the country
would have to expend certain
amounts for printing and other ex
penses, but that tie hoped they would
confine thomselves to minor subscrip
tions and expenditures and would be
prepared to open their books to pub
lic inspection.
Hon't Sling Mud
Mr. Hoover requested that men
and women advocating his nomina
tion "bear in mind that personal
criticism of the other names before
the pnrtv is chiefly of service to the
opposition!"
"All these men," he said, "arc pa
triotic, honornblo Americans. They
have all served the country well nncl
are entitled to respect."
Because he had refused to allow
his name put into the primaries, Mr.
HooveHdeolnred there wns "little or
ganization" on his behalf and nt this
late date no organization is possible
that could compete with other organi
zations. lie urged that his sup
porters confine their enemies to
"promotion of their views to the coun
try and to the delegates already
named, with full respect to their prior
pledges."
The Partizan Scored
Sir. Hoover said that he had no
expectation that his entrance into the
presidential race would bo welcomed
by the "typo of person who conceives
that fitness for office, patriotism and
citizenship, depend upon placing sheer
partisanship above" national interest
or who requires years of demonstrat
ed participation in work with me
chanical politicians."
' "I cannot assist these people with
explanations trying to prove that I
belong; to their class," ho added.
Did Support Wilson
"Some people of tins sort feel great
trouble of mind that in a letter ad
dressed to a friend last year I ex
pressed mv alnrnr at the then glow
ing partisanship and pressed the
need' for unity of action between
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ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER STARTS
. DRIVE ON SOFT COAL PROFITEERS
'WASHINGTON. April 3. Fede
ral district attorneys were instruct
ed today bv Attorney General Palmer
to receive nnd consider complaints of
profiteering in bituminous coal,
"which may arise in your district
under the Lever net."
Mr. Palmer's telegram was pre
pared after some bituminous coal
operators had stated publicly that the
new wage scale agreed oh under the
terms of Ihe award bv the coal strike
settlement commission would result in
nn increase of from CO cents to $1.25
st ton on coal.
Pointing out that the total increase
in wages had been estimated nt ap
proximately $200,000,000 a year Mr.
TANK EXPLODES. TWO
KILLED, MANY INJURED
POHTF.RSVILLE. Oil.. April
3 Two men were killed, another
lies in n critical condition, seve
ral others were injured and the
lives of scores of citizens en
dangered bv the explosion of nn
oxveen tank today that demol
ished the rear of the City ea-
' ' C." L. Hilliurd, 2l'. buttery
man, who was working in the
rear of the gurngo. was blown
to pieces. Paul Holmes, 26,
tractor salesman, who had his
automobile parked in the build
ing, wns standing moro than ,10
feet away when a large frag
ment of the bursting tank struck
him 011 the head. He died on the
way to- the hospital.
. 4
INCREASE IN EAST
'WASHINGTON, April 3. To date
population of 253 of the approxim
ately 14,000 incorporated cities,
towns and villages in' the country
have been announced by the census
bureau. , Virtually all show increases
and some have more than doubled in
size. Some of the larger cities, in
cluding Chicago nnd Now Orleans,
are being prepared for announcement
while New York's portfolios are al
most all In.
Figures for only ten of the fifty
cities of the group having 100,000 or
more inhabitants in 1910 thus far
have been made public. Of these To
ledo showed the largest increase with
44.3 per cent. ,
Of the 5!) cities having 00,000 to
100,000 inhabitants in 1910, six
have been announced.- Schenectady,
N. Y., leads the increases in this
group with 21.8 per cent.
(Population of 28 incorporated
places of the 119 which in 1910 had
from 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
has. been announced. Knoxville, Tenn.
leads in this group with an increase
of 114.1 per cent.
Scott Bluff, Neb., has the highest
percentage of increase of any of the
incorporated places thus far announc
ed with 295.9 per cent. Other in
creases over 100 per cent are: Eldor
ado, Kas., 251.4 per cent; Cicero, 111.,
209.1; Alma, Mich., 173.6; Knoxville,
Tenn., 114.1 and Oak Park, 111.,
104.8.
(Manistee, Mich., has shown the
heaviest decreaso with 21.7 per cent.
Other decreases are: Shelburn, Ind.,
11.7. per cent; Jeffersonville, Ind., 3
per cent.
IS. KIMBALL FEARFUL
LOSING ART TREASURES
CHICAGO, April 3. Fearing art
thieves were planning to loot the
house, conservators of the estate of
Mrs. W. W. Kimball today asked the
Chicago Art Institute to take charge
of the Kimball collection of paintings,
ade and other art objects. Mrs. Kiio
ball is the aged widow of the piano
manufacturer. Experts who recently
examined the collection valued the
pictures at "far in excess of $2,000,
000." The jades and other pieces
were pronounced "valuable beyond
estimate."
Palmer said that if this entire nmount
were "added by the operators to the
price, if would only mnke nn incrcaso
of forty cents a ton."'
"If, however, the operators absorb
the 14 per cent increase which be
came effective in December," said the
attorney general, "there would be left
only SflG.nCIO.OOO to be pnsscd on to
the consumer. In this event the in
crease in the price of coal at the mine
should amount to twenty cents n ton.''
Air. Palmer said lie understood
operators had estimated the demand
for export coal would bo 100,000,000
but that port facilities arc only ade
quate for the export of .10,000,000
tons. This, he said, should not be
made an excuse for raising the price.
U. S. REPORT ON
ARMENIA SENT
10 THE SENATE
President Wilson Transmits Report
of American Commission Header!
bv Major Harbord First Year's
Cost of Mandate Would Be Only
$275,000,000.
WASHINGTON, April - 3. Presi
dent Wilson transmitted to the sen
ate toduy tin? report of tho Ameri
can commission, headed bv Manor
General Harbord, which investigated
conditions in Armenia. The report
had twice been asked for by the sen
ate, first last November nnd then
under a resolution adopted scveri'i
weeks ago.
The commission made no recom
mendations us to the United Stales
establishing a mnndato over Turkev
and Armenia, .but its report contained
extensive arguments for and against
such action.
No mamlate should bo taken the
commission said, without formal,
agreement with France and tlreat
Britain and also "definite approval"
of Gerninnv and Russia. Tho inhabi
tants, the commission stated, desire
America to lake the mandate first,
with Great Britain their second
choice. '
The principal arguments advanced
in favor of the United Slates accept
ing n inundate were that the influence
of the United States would tend to
avert wars, that the inhabitants want
ed American protection and that this
would give Ihe United States an op
portunity to do a great humanitarian
work. .
Reasons advanced ngninst a man
dale were that, it "would weaken our
position relative., to the Monroe doc
trine," that "liumniiiturinnisiii begins
at home," and that tho first year's
cost would bo $270,000,000. including
$88,500,000 for the army and nuvv.
Mandate versus "War
"Better millions for a mandate
than billions for war." said tho rec
ommendations favoring u mandate.
"If America nccepts n mandnto for
the region visited bv this mission.''
said General I larboard, "it will un
doubtedly' do so from n strong sense
of international duty and at the unan
imous desire, so expressed at least, of
its colleagues in the League of Na
tions. .
' "Accepting this difficult task
without previously securing the as
surance of conditions would be fatal
to success. The United States should
make its own conditions certainly be
fore and not after acceptance, for
there are a multitude of interests that
will conflict with what any Ameri
can could consider a proper adminis
tration of the country.
"In our opinion there should be
specific pledges in the terms of for
mal agreements with Frnncc-nnd Eng
land, and definite approval from Ger
many and Russia to the disposition
made of Turkev and Trans-Caucasia
and n pledge to respect them."
In administration and sanitation,
the report said, America could aid
the peoples residing in the territory
nnd against the cxpenso it would save
the nmount now given charitably for
Near Eastern aid.
TAX RESTRAINED
SALEM, Ore., April 3. Every
county In tho state and three laws
passed by the legislature of 1919 are
said to bo affected "by a decree of the
Marlon county circuit court yester
day, restraining the county court and
the tax collector from enforcing the
collection of taxes under a special
separate levy- in excess of the 6 per
cent limitation amendment to the
Oregon constitution.
Census Returns
WASHINGTON. April 3 Popu
lation statistics nnnounced today
bv the census bureau included:
Pottsvillc. Pn., 21,875, nn increase
of 1,54!) or 7.7 per cent over 1910.
Logansport, Ind., 21,020, increase
2,507 or 13.5 per cent,
Conncrsvillc, Ind.. 0,001, increase
2,103, or 28 per cent.
Lorain. Ohio 37,205. increase 8412
or 20.1 per cent.
Wnukcgan. III., 10,199, increase
3130 or !.; per cent.
Pekin, 111.. 12.080, increase 2189 or
22.1 per cent.
Millville. N. J.. 14,001 increase
2210 or 18 per cent.
DON'T SELL THEM, PLEA'
STI
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April
3. Governor Stephens today is
sued a letter in which he said :
"Now is the time to purchase
Liberty bonds nnd Victory notes,
not to sell them. Thev are below
par chieflv because those who
purchased them during the war
are now forcing their biddings
on the market in excess of the
demand.
"All financial authorities are
agreed that Liberty bonds and
Victory notes will be worth
considerably more than par long
before their maturity.
"Thescbonds and notes of the
United States government are
the safest investment in the
world. Thev can1 be purchased
at this time very advantage
ously. Instead of selling your
bonds keep them and buy as
many more as you can."
WILSON POLICY IN
TURKEY AROUSES
BITTER FEELING
CONSTANTINOPLE. April I (Bv
the Associated Press) President
Wilson's note to the allies intimating
that the Turks must get out of Eu
rope, enine us a shock to all Turk
ish parties.
Mir. Wilson's note appeared in a
slightly censored form which made
the position of the United Slates
seem harsher than it appeared in the
full text of the communication. .
The note wns oouullv displeiming
to the Greeks, who wero much of
fended at the American president's
apparent unwillingness to grant their
claims to a large district about
Smyrna and his insistence that Adri
nnoplo bo given to tho Bulgarians.
American business men here are
apprehensive over- the effect of the
president's stand nnd there is con
siderable uneasiness ns to (he effect
it will hnve 011 Asiatic Turkey where
500 American born teachers and re
lief workers are considered to be in
considerable danger if the protection
of Turkish forces should be with
drawn. LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
PORTLAND, April 3. According
to a bulletin just issued by the West
Coast Lumbermen's association, the
128 mills represented in Its report
made total rail shipments last week
of 2248 cars, or 67,440,000 feet and
new business accepted was 83,416,-60-8
feet, of which 61,950,000 will
move by rail and 2,246,819 will be
delivered locally. Of water shipments
10,236,034 feet will be exported and
8,983,755 feet will go to domestic
markets. .
FALLS CITY, Ore., April 3. An
18-inch snowfall In the mountains
southwest of here necessitated the
closing of two logging camps Wed
nesday, giving an enforced vacation
to about 170 employes. Operations
have ceased at both the Spalding
Lumber company's camp and the Wil
lamette Valley Lumber company's
camp, and will not be resumed until
the weather moderates and some of
the snow leaves. .'-
EUGENE, Ore., April 3. 13. R.
Spencer, county commissioner, has
been elected president of the Lane
county fair association. He succeeds
W. C. Yoran, who was elected secre
tary, taking tho place of Hay H.
Wood, who has resigned and will
leave at once for Salt Lake City,
Utah, to reside. Roy Woodruff was
chosen as vice president to succeed
Mr. Spencer.
ARGENTINE ELECTION
BUENOS AIHES. April 2. Can
vass of the votes cast in the recent
Argentine elections show that out o!
158 seals in the next congress, which
will convene in Muv, radicals will hold
at least 102. The count is coinpleteu
with the exception of one province,
where only one seat is involved. Con
servatives and democrats, who were
allied in the campaign, will have 45
scats and the socialists 10.
EXPECT WATER
IN VALLEY BY
SPRING 1921
Judae Calkins Renders 'a Decision,
Which Makes Prompt Construction
Work on New Fish Lake Project
Practically Certain District Has
Right to Sell Bonds Savs Court.
The filial decision of Judge Calkins
handed down on Friday confirming
the acts of the directors of tho Med
ford Irrigation District and allowing
tho issuing of bonds voted bv the
landowners in September, 1018, re
moves the last obstacle to immediate
construction work and makes it
almost certain that wilier will he de
livered on the laud in the spring of
P.I2I.
The decision comes 11s tho end of
a bitter fight against water bv a mi
nority of lam! owners and is sweep--ing
in its findings. Kverv point
prayed for bv the board of director-
of Ihe district, has been settled in
its favor.
The board of directors announced
lust night that the final report of the
Little Butte project upon which its
engineers have been working for the
past four mouths is in final shape
and wll be reported to the state en
gineer within a few duvs, This pro
ject has been handled throughout with
the help of Mr. Ctipiicr and under his
ndvico so it will receive his approval
without the shadow of a doubt. Com
pilations of acreage nnd land values
have been completed and tho direcors
report to the State Irrigation Secu
rities Commission is readv for imme
diate filing. Everv effort is being
made to begin actual construction
work within six weeks and one of the
conditions of the contract will be the
completion of the works in time for
tho 1021 irrigation season.
District, of 10,000 Acres
President Leonard Carpenter of the
Medford Irrigation District gave the
following out lino of tho Little Butte
project today:
"Since the formation of the dis
trict threo years ago every water
source nvaihible has had a thnrouUi
investigation. Bv a process of elimi
nation controlled on the one hand bv
the excessively dry venrs and 011 tl.c
other by the constantly increased cost
of construction tho Little Butte pro
ject for ten thousand acres has been
arrived at. This project contemplates
tho erection of dams at Four Mile
nnd Fish Lake with he necessary
canals to bring the water to the high
point of each ownership which can
be reached bv gravity. Data hnv-i
been assembled bv specialists and
submitted to the board upon every
disputed point. Geological recom
mendations have been made bv the
state geologist. Water, findings and
records bv the bend of tho U. S.
Geologic Department in Oregon.
Water duty and general irrigation
practice bv the head of the Irrigation
Department at the O. A.' C. nnd by
the local county agriculturist.- Engi
neering by the head of the U. S.
Reclamation Servico west of the
Hoekv Mountains. In everv resnuct
the directors have been satisfied wish
tho reports submitted before talcing
the next stnv."
Offer lllds nt Onco
"Judge Calkin's decision confirm
ing the organization of the district
nnd allowing the directors to use the
bonds voted in 1918 makes it possible
to immediately advertise for bids
upon the bonds nnd for the construc
tion work. Final copies of tho re
ports to the state engineer and the
Irrigation Securities commission lire
being made and will be sent to Salem
on Monday. Actual construction
work should be commenced within six
weeks nnd tho dams nt the two Inko-i
will bo completed in time to impound
the run off waters of 1020-21. More
than half of tho acreage embraced
within the district will receive the
benefits of water during the growing
season of 1921. During the past few
davs many acres for which elimina
tion petitions were filed hnve been re
petit'oned into the district. Some
what more than 50 per cent of the
entire acreage is orchard property.
Less than 250 acres arc at the pres
ent lime uncultivated and nil of the
waste lands have been eliminated.
One of the immediate results has been
the number of prospective new land
owners who have visited the irriga
tion offices to assure themselves that
lands upon which thev have options
will be retained in the district. Alto
cclher, the directors are more than
pleased with Ihe success which has
crowned llicir three years of constant
effort. It is to be regretted, that the
whole acreage of he Medford Irriga
tion District will not receive the bene
fits of water, but enough land has re
mnincd in to nssure n measure of
prosperity to the valley, comparable
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DEPOSED N.Y. SOCIALISTS
TTO
NEW YOltlC, April 3. Offlc-
ials of socialist party organiza-
tlons in New York City, meeting
today to plan thoir campaign
for ro-seuting of the five soclnl-
ist assemblymen ousted from
the lower house this week on
charges of disloyalty, decided to
demand that Governor Smith
call special elections to fill the
vacancies caused by this action.
It was announced that if this
demand was granted, tho quin-
tot would run again for office
and wero confident of bolng re-
elected.
34 CASES OF FIZZ
PORTLAND, Ore., April 3. Depu,
tv sheriffs seized 31 cases of cham
pagne and nineteen enses of assorted
wines in n storo room here today,
the biggest haul of liquor taken in
months, according to tho authorities.
Harry Jones, whom tho sheriff's
deputies say has admitted shipping
the wine from California, was arrest
ed and turned over to federal authori
ties. Tho manager of tho storeroom
whero the liouor was found was not
held by the district nttornov because,
he is (Minted ns saving, there was
nothing ho had done for which' he
could bo prosecuted. According to
Deputy Sheriff Christ of fcrson, Jones
told him he bought tho wines in Cali
fornia two months ago and arranged
for their shipment here. The boxes
containing the wino were labeled
"paper napkins." Jones pleaded
guilty when arraigned and wns fined
tsoo.
ST ERL1NG EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, April 3. Denlors in
exchange reported nn active market
for London remittances today. The
rate for demand blldls roe to $3.97
with cables at 398.
fThese are the highest quotations in
this market since last December and
show a recovery of almost fifty bor
cent from the low of February when
demand fell to $3.18.
French and Italian quotations were
only nominally better today and re
mittances to other continental Euro
pean centers were light.
Railroad Strike Settled. '
liOANOKK, Vn., April 11. Em
ployes of the Norfolk and WcRtern
railway returned to work toduy. The
strike of approximately 12,000 work
ers representing fourteen organized
crafts, hns been settled bv an agree
ment between officials of the railroad
and bv local and international rep
resentatives of the unions.
PROMINENT URUGUAY EDITOR IS U'
KILLED IN DUEL BY EX PRESIDENT
MONTEVIDIO. -Uruguay. April 2.
Political excitement prevails in this
city tonight, ns a result of tho denth
of Washington Bcltrnn, editor of the
r.ewspaiicr El Pais in n duel with
louiier 1 resmeni josb name v proli
nes this morning. After the hist elec
tions in Uruguay, the nationalists ac
cused the "Bntllistcs," the party
headed bv the former president, ot
frauds, Beltrnn's newspaper, in ou
editorial discussing tho elections,
enlled Untile the "champion of fraud."
It was this utteranco that led to tin)
fatal duel.
The opponents met in the midst of
a rouring rainstorm nnd waited for
tln-e h-iirs for the rnin o cense.
Beenuso of the rain the two men de
cided to keen on their hats, but Bel
tran changed his strnw hut for n felt,
so ll'ot both might bo on oven terms.
Standing 25 pnees npnrt, tho duel
ists wero given the word to fire, both
missing on tho first exchange. Before
Eellran could fire n second shot, he
was fetruok by a bullet from Bailie's
GOV'T ARMY
I S SWEEPING
BACK REDS
Ebert Troops Advance Rapidly
Airainst Insurgent Forces in Ruhr
District Dusenberg Harbor and
Ruhrort Rhenish Prussia Are
Taken Left Wino Advancinu
Toward Hamm General Strike In
Ruhr District Called Off.
COBLENZ, April 3. (Bv the As
sociated Press) The reichswehr
captured Duisberg, Ithenish Prussia
nnd Huhrort, tho harbor of Duisberg,
Into this afternoon, after much street
fighting, according to advices re
ceived this evening.
THE HAGUE. April 3. The gene
ral advance of tho German govern
ment troops nloug the entire front
against tho insurgent forces in tho
Ruhr and neighboring industrial re
gions which began nt 7 o'clock Friday
morning, has been very successful, ne-
corduig to well informed Dutch
sources. The troops forced the reds
to retreat across the Tcsterbere and
the government, forces have already
penetrated llnmborn, the advices
stnto.
At tho center of the front the gov
ernment troops have taken Reckling
hausen, 13 miles northwest of Essen,
while the left wing is advancing from
Iliimm westward. Companies of the
red nrmv have hecn named . after
prominent Russian and other extrem
ists, bearing such , names us "Com
punv Lcnino," "Company Trotzkv,"
and "Compnnv Karl Lichknecht." The
personnel, however, is -mostly Ger
man, - .1 :
COPENHAGEN, April .3. Decision
to call off tho general strike in the
entire 'Ruhr industrinl region was
reached nt a plenary session of tho
cxeoutivo council of the district yes
terday, according to n disputoh from
Essen. It will be renewed, howevor.
if tho Berlin government fuils to ful
fill obligations entered into with the
workers. ; .
7 CO. P.
TO OPEN IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO April 3. Three moro
republican candidates for the presi
dency are planning tc open headquar
ters and join the Wood and Lowden
forces on "Presidential How" In a
downtown hotel, it was announced
today. ,
Rooms have been reserved by
friends of Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia university;
Covernor Coalldge of Massachusetts;
and Senator Miles Polndexter.
The Harding and Hoover forces
also are expected to open their head
quarters here prior to the convention
June 8,
Predicts Normal Weather. '
WASHINGTON, April 3. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday arc:
Pnoifio States: Except for, occas
ional rains on the north Paclfio fair.
Normal temperature probablo. .
pistol nnd Bank to the ground roor
tullv wounded.
There is a law against duelling in
Uruguny, but it is understood that
one of the conditions agreed to by
Bcltrnn nnd Bntlle wns Hint neither
would prosecute the other in ease 'of
injury. Duels nro infrequent in this
country.
Bntlle who wns twice president ot
Uruguny and now is a! member of the
nutionul administrative council vol
untarily gave himself up to the po
lice following nn order by the stats
prosecutor for his arrest, ris well ns
that of doctorsrscconds and other
persons connected with the duel. He
is being held incommunicado in a po
lice station.
Tho chamber of deputies at a spec
ial session lute tonight unanimously
adopted n resolution creatine? an an
nnnl pension of $3,000 to Boltran's
widow. The chamber also Bent ix
messngo of sympathy to the widow.
Beltrnn's family hns requested thnt
tho body lie in state in the chamber
of deputies, pending tho funeral.