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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL G, 1920.
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JOHNSON IS
VICTORIOUS
MICHIGAN
Irreconcilible Senator Carries Detroit
by Overwhelmlnq Majority and
Leads in Other Cities Wood's
Vote in Northern Part of State
Cuts Down Johnson Lead Hoover
Leads in Democratic Primary and
Fourth in Republican.
DETROIT, April 6. Returns from
1286 out of 2421 precincts in the
state on yesterday's presidential pref
erence primary give:
For the republican indorsement,
Senator Johnson 113,3126; Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood 65,767.
Approximately one-half of the pre
cincts In the state show for the demo
cratic endorsement: ..i
(Herbert Hoovor, 13,152; Edward
I. Edwards 11,352; William G. Mc
Adoo, 1'0,617; William J. Bryan,
8786; Attorney General Palmer 6731.
DETROIT, April G. Wood led in
Grand Rapids, where complete re
turns gave Wood, 4,734; Johnson,
3,0f9; Saginaw virtually complete
(rave Johnson 2.9IUI: Wood. 3,991)0;
Flint, half complete, gave Johnson,
2,940: Wood Muskegon virtu
ally complete save Johnson 1,4")0;
Wood .890 : Jackson, virtually com
plete, Johnson. 1.808: Wood. 1.397.
Johnson led Wood in a number of
"tho principal cities outside Detroit.
The 1,280 precincts gnvc for Low
den, on tlio republican ticket, 35,949.
DETROIT, Mich., April 6. With
approximately one-halt of tho pre
, , clncts In this morning voting in yes
! terday's presidential preference pri
mary tabulated this morning,' United
States Senator Hiram W. Johnson
held a lead of 44,667 votes over Ma
jor General Leonard Wood for the
republican indorsement. The figures
from 1200 precincts gave: Johnson
106,556; Wood 61,899.
Included in the figures was the
complete vote of Detroit, virtually
complete figures from Grand Rapids
and more than half the precincts in
other industrial centers of the state.
Johnson was running behind in the
state outside of Detroit. The com
plete Detroit vote, however, gave him
69,004 against 16,143 for Wood.
Keturns from the northern penin
sula, which the Wood campaign man
agers claimed as one of their strong
holds, were slow in arriving, figures
from 125 of tUe 257 precincts in that
peninsula, however, showed Wood
; 10,742; Johnson 8,011.
Hoover Leads Democrats
.Herbert Hoover, whose name ap-
' peared on both ballots, was leading
the democratic ticket with 11,469
against 10.250 for Governor Edward
' I. Edwards of Mew Jersey. William
G. McAdoo had 9268 and W. J. Bryan
7267. The democratic vote seeming
ly was much lighter than had been
anticipated.
Reports from the western part of
the state were that returns In the
rural districts might not become
available for 48 hours, owing to dis
rupted wire comlmunlcatlon and Im
passable roads caused by Sunday's
Bnow storm. '
HEAD OF KB (Ml MINERS
! PITTSBURG, Kns.. April G. Six
-f of the .nine m'.es not operating vos
l terdav because of tt strike of miners
in protest against the awards of the
national coal commission, were wovk-
ing this morning, it was announced In
st tlio Operator's association. Two
mines working vesterdnv and three
, that were closed vesterdnv were idle
, s today. About 1,000 meh are not work
ing today.
Twenty-four miners were under
summons todnv to nppenr before the
Kansas industrial relations court, sit
ting here, and explain the wnlkout.
PITTSBURG. Kns.. April 6. Alex
' nnder Jlownt, head of the Kansas coal
miners, definitely refused todnv to
so into the industrial relations court
nnd purtieipata in tho investigation
i of the coal mining industry.
"We will not recognize the indus
trial court," Howat declnroJ.
DETROIT VOTES FOR A
MUNICIPAL STREET R. R.
TO
DETROIT, Mich.. April 6.
The proposal sponsored by Muv-
or James Couzens. to bond tho
city for $15,000,000 with which
to begin the building of a mu-
nieipullv owned street railway
system to compete with tlio pres-
cut Detroit United Rnilwnv. ear-
ried at vesterilav's elcotion, ae-
cording to complete figures tnb-
ulnted this morning. The vote
was 89,285 in favor of the bond-
iug issue mid 51,193 nguinst.
Mayor Couzons announced to-
day that with the consent o the
city council, he would beirin x-
cavation for the new car tracks
at noon today.
JOHNSON FIGHT.
NEW YORK TO BE
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NEW YORK. April 6.' Republican
contests in seventeen congressional
districts and one in the state at lurtA;
for delegates to the national conven
tion furnished -the principal interest
in today's state-wide primaries. Willi
the exception of the seventeenth dis
trict in Manhattan, whore two inde
pendent candidates for delegates arc
pledged to support Herbert Hoover
lor the presidential nomination, nil ol
the contests were made bv candidates
favoring the nomination o Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California. The
"regular" republican delegates, named
bv the unofficial state convention last
February, will go to the convention
uninstructed.
The onlv contest for places on
either the republican or democratic
"big four" delegations was that made
by former State Senator William M.
Bennett of Brooklyn, who is pledged
to support Johnson. Thirteen of the
contests were waged in Manhattan
and Brooklyn congressional districts.
Except for two tests of strength
for assembly district lenders, there
were no contests among the demo
crats in this city.
NIIRY'S FOREST BILL
PASSES THE SENATE
WASHINGTON. Anrnl 6 Sena
tor McNarv's bill enlarging tho Ore
gon National forest bv adding 14,000
acres on its northern and western
boundaries including Larch mountain
and scenic gorges of the Columbia
river, was passed today by the sen
ate and sent to the house.
USE YUDENITCH MONEY
TO MAKE WHITE PAPER
STOCKHOLM. Mar. 22. Bank
notes issued bv General Yudcnitch
for the northwest army are being con
verted into paper pulp at an Estlion
inn paper factory, snvs the Helsiug
fors correspondent of the Tidninen.
TO RECOGNIZE COURT
Hownt said that the resolutions
adopted by the recent district con
vention of the miners had ninde the
position of the miners clear.
NEW YORK. April 0. The situa
tion in the bituminous coal fields of
Kansns, Illinois und other states,
brought about bv the dissatisfaction
of the miners with the new wage "will
be satisfactorily adjusted within n
few days," John L. Lewis, interna
tional president of the United Min
Workers, declared here today.
Other union officials declared the
trouble was due to an inndonunte
wage award bv President Wilson's
bituminous coal commission to the
dav men employed in the soft coal
fields. The day men, it was pointed
out, were given onlv a $1 a duv in
crease, or 35 cents less than the 2'
per cent advance warded other
workers. ' , ... ...
R. R. 11
BREAKS IIP
BIG STRIKE
Traffic at Chicago Will Be Restored
by Saturday Declare Railroad
Managers Strike Breakers Fur
nished bv President of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen Unpre
cedent Situation of Union Men
Aiding R. R. Managers.
CLEVELAND, O., April 0. ,Y. G
Lee, president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, today issued tho
following statement regarding the em
plovment of brotherhood members as
union strikebreakers in tho Chicago
switchmen's strike :
Jiegardless of reports issued bv
John Clriinenu, leader of the strike of
switchmen at Chicago, such strike is
illegal and members of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen and others
will be full v protected in accepting
positions as switchmen or switch ten
ders made vacant bv such illegal
strike.
The question of increased wages
had nothing to do with the present
trouble, but the removal of John Gru
ncau from a position as yard
ductor, was the causo of a few
switchmen in the Chicago, Milwnu
kee and St. Paul railroad yard who
were members of a renegade organi
zation beaded bv Gruncau, iiuittin
work. The question in the increases
of wages was later injected for the
purpose of playing upon the sympa
thies of other train and yard mon
who naturally feel that tho federal
railroad administration dil not grant
fair and omiitablo wages during gov
ernment control.
Normal Traffic Saturday
CHICAQO. April 0. Railroad
managers estimated today that traf
fic in Chicago terminals, crippled by
an unauthorized strike of switchmen
on eighteen roads hero nnd Sunday's,
blizzard, would be nearly normal bv
Saturday, following the arrival or
yardmen sent bv the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen to take the place
of the strikers.
A shutdown at the stockyards be
cause of light cattle receipts threaten
ed to throw 00.000 men temporarily
out of work. Morris and company
stated that 75 per cent of nil their
employes would be laid off "if pros
ent conditions continued for a few
more days."
John Grunau, leader of the strikers,
claimed that 10,500 switchmen had
quit in the Chicago district. He said
the strikers were financially able to
stay out a month. Railroad mnna
gers asserted not more than 2,500
men were' out.
A. F. Whitney, vice president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
mon, said 000 brotherhood men from
Cleveland and 300 from Iowa, to
gether with surplus road crews, were
ordered here.
Striking members of the Order of
Railway Conductors were npncalcd to
return to work bv S. N. Berry, Cedar
Rupids, Iowa, senior vice-president of
tho organization. "
The city's supply of dairy and form
products was cut short bv an ex
press euibnrgb.
S.F.
DECLARED ON AGAIN
SAN FRANCISCO. April C An
nounccmeiit that they had been unable
to reach an agreement with the sh'n-
yards of the San Francisco bav dis
trict to end tlie strike that began las
October was made here today bv
James O'Connell, head of the Metal
Trades department of the American
Federation of Labor, nnd eight other
national officers jof Metal Trades
unions who had come here for the
purpose of ending the dispute if pos
sible.
Thev sniil thov were returning to
(he east with the intention of prose
cuting the strike more vigorously
than before, and urged that the men
stnv out rather 'than accont the so
called "American plan," under which
tha shipvnrds re-opened after the
strike had been in progress many
weeks.
FILES AS CANDIDATE
PORTLAND, Ore.. April ti.
Mrs. Frank O. Northrup. mem
ber of a pioneer family of Ore
gon, today filed with the secre
tary of state at Salem her decla
ration of candidacy for dele
gate) from the third congres
sional district to the republican
national convention. Mrs. Nor
thrup is said to be the first
woman of this state to enter the
race as a candidate for dele
gate. In her declaration she an
nounced that she would support,
the people's choice for presi
dent. ;
F
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Taxpayers and School Patrons Adopt
Drastic Action to Clear up School
Situation Onlv Two Members Can
Be Recalled Palmer and Garnett
Selected.,
Inasmuch as the school board has
rejected all offers of mediation of the
public school controversy tho lurge
audience of taxpayers and patrons ol
the schools nt the mass meeting at
the Page theater lust night decided
as the best wav to bring about even
tual peace in the deplorable situation
to use tho recall, on the two members
of the board, the onlv number that
can bo recalled.
Hence, by overwhelming majority.
in fact, almost unanimously, the seve
ral hundred people that composed the
representative audience, adopted a
resolution thut Dr. R. W. Clancy,
chnirnlan of tho meeting appoint u
committee of three to draw up a re
call petition which will be put in cir
culation within a week, recalling B. J.
Palmer and 11. C. Garnett, nnd to
name two men to be voted on nt the
June school election to succeed them
on the board.
Tho terms of Dr. E. G. Riddcll,
president of the board and J. W.
Wukefield expire in Juno, and hence
if the recall of Messrs Garnett and
Palmer is brought about, E. M. Jan-
nev would be the onlv present mem
ber on next year s board.
Dr. Clancy will appoint the com
mittee of three within a dav or two.
Onlv qualified school electors will be
eligible to sign the recall petition.
Hoard Still Ignores
Although the members of the school
board and Superintendent Davenport
wore invited to Inst night's meeting
or to have some one present to repre
sent them, they nnd the representa
tives were conspicuous bv their ab
sence. Neither were any out nnd out
adherents of the board present; or it
they were they preferred to remain
quiet, although Chairman Clnnev in
stating tho purpose of the meeting,
urged champions of both sides to nir
their views freely without personali
ties about the best plan to pursue
for the good of tho schools, and n it
to bring in any matters not perti
nent to the question. Mrs. Stover
was called from the audience to net
as secretary of the meeting.
In opening the meeting Dr. Cnncv
gave a brief history of how the board
had several limes rejected the propo
sition to submit the controversy to
arbitration and was still standing put
on its position. lie told of bow the
committe appointed bv the parent
teacher's circle to trv and bring the
hoard to arbitrate, fiiinilv had the
board members a little inclined to the
idea, and nt the last meeting onlv the
question of a possible fair medium of
arbitration seemed to stand in the
way, nnd the committee parted with
the board in a hopeful condition.
But a dav or so later, before tlio
board's final answer had been given,
he explained, the looting of the high
school auditorium bv five of the stu
dents had occurred, which so incensed
tho board that thev refused to con
sider further any arbitration, and re
sumed their stand put position.
In tho meantime, while thev
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MASS
AVORS RECALL
HO
BOARD
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RUSSIA FOR
WAR DRIVE
Washington Informed Attack in Si
beria Caused bv Action of Bolshe
vik! Troops Battle Is Still Raging
Japanese General Declares
Troops Will Be Withdrawn When
Order Is Restored Allies Dis
turbed by Developments Far East.
WASHINGTON, April C (I3y As
sociated Press.) Tho Japanese attack
on Vladivostok which gave them con
trol of the city resulted from "threat
ened and aggressive nctH of a pc'rtion
of tlio Russian army," according to
an official dlspntch from tho Japa
nese war department received today
by Major General Knzutsugu luouye,
the JApaneso military attache hore.
The dispatch Bald tho Japanese
commander, after disarming the Rus
sians issued a proclamation that his
action had no mieanlng other than to
maintain order. It was added that
the Russian authorities woro "now
being negotiated with la an endeavor
to' arrive at a harmonious future pol
icy." Tho dispatch said that tho battle
between the Japanese and Russian
army at Nokolsk and Khabarovsk
was continuing. This battlo was said
to have been forced "by the sudden
aggressive action of tho Russian
army."
'HONOLULU, T. April 0. (By
Associated Press.) Cable advices re
ceived hero today from Tokio by the
Nlppu Jlji, a Japaacse language news
paper, state that Minister of War Ta-
naka has dispatched a note to the
social revolutionary government at
Vladivostok saying that Japan will
immediately withdraw her troops
from Siberia if the Russian revolu
tionists will settlo tho unrest in Vlad
ivostok. General Ol, commanding the Jap
anese troops, has Informed the social
revolutionists, the cable stated, that
the troops would be withdrawn If tho
Russians would restrict the move
ment of Koreans to Siberia and guard
the railroads. No tlmo for the with
drawal of the Japanese was announc
ed.
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U.S. JUR SERVICE
WILL CUT DEATHS
WASHINGTON. April 6. Creation
of a special "aviation medioul serv
ice" in the unnv medical corps is ex
pected materially to reduce fatalities
umrihtr fliers on nctivo service, nc
cording to an official announcement.
Statistics compiled bv British mili
tarv authorities wore quoted us show
ing that during the first year of the
war 1)1) per cent of the deaths among
tho British nviutors were due to phys
ical defects of pilots, eight per cent to
defective planes and two per cent to
enemy nativity. After the establish
ment of the air medical service which
made a special study of the qualifi
cations necessary in an aviator, the
percentage of deaths due to the faults
of the pilots was reduced to twelve,
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
MOSCOW. Mar. 20. At a meeting
of the Persian communist party held
March 27, a manifesto was issued
saying:
"The timo is not far distant when
the red flag of the free proletariat
will be raised in the east." accord
ing to advices received here.
VICTORIA. B. C April (i. Hotnrv
club members of the northwest dis
trict in convention hero last night,
elected C. K. Cochran, Portland, dis
trict president to succeed Clayton M.
uliuius, Everett. . .
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MEIERS ARE URGED
TO ATTEND MEETINGS
Members of tho Chamber of
Commerce are urged not to over-
look the importance of the
group meetings now being held
at headquarters. From these
meetings is evolved the program
of work, or the thing's that the
Chamber of Commerce will
undertake to do.
If the press of business has
lircvnntc.l Vilin nttmiiliimwt nt
any of the regular appointed
meetings, make a special effort
to attend the meeting tonight at
eit'llt n'flni'lr in Itli. f'ti n mht.r nt'
Commerce headquarters. '
HARD BOILED U.S.
GENERAL
BY
WASHINGTON, April (i. Cl.nrgcs
that "strong armed, blood thirsty po
lice companies, swept tho streets of
Paris, making wholesale arrests of
American soldiers," were denied to
dnv before a house war investigating
committee bv Brigadier General Wil
bum V, Harts, former commander of
American troops in the Paris district.
General Harts, who was ordered
home from Germany, whero ho is
ohiof of staff of the American forces,
to testify, also denied that prisoners
wore "put through a third degree to
obtain confessions of crime," or that
thov were "beaten, threatened and in
humanely treated."
Representative Bland, republican,
Indiana, who questioned the witness,
read reports of specific cases in
which officors wero said to huvo ns-
saulted soldiers and asked whether
General Hurts took action in those
cases.
General Hurls said he always fol
lowed recommendations of inspectors
"That's the trouble," Mir. Bland re
turned, "hard boiled, strong arm
praeticos wcro used constantly nnd
no one was punished."
"I object to the words strong
armed," said General Hurts.
Representative Bland charged that
soldierii wero "put through tho third
degree," but General Hurls said ho
had not been informed of such con
ditions, "That's whv you are before this
committee," Bland roplied. "I have
always eontonded vou didn't know
conditions, but vou will be informed."
FOR'H WORTH, Texas, April 0.
The executive committee of the Amer
ican Legion of Tcxus, meeting here,
adopted a resolution asking National
Commander D'Olicr to demand tho
resignation of Thomas W. Miller us
chairman of the legislative commit
tee of the legion. The resolution de
clared that Miller, who is campuign
manager for Major General Leonard
Wood, would violate tho constitution
of the legion bv remaining in office.
BREST, April 0. The United
States transport Mercury will leave
hero Friday for the United States
with the bodies of Hl.r American sol
diers who died in France.
RISH WOMEN AGITATORS PUT ii :
OFF STREETS. GO UP IN AIR
WASHINGTON, April C Disre
garding warnings of the federal gov
ernment that thev would bo prosecut
ed under federal penal statutes, three
women favorable to nn Irish republic
resumed todnv the picketing of tie
British embassy, which led vesterdnv
to two arrests.
A few minutes nftcr the women ap
peared carrying banners thev woro
warned by the police to lonve and
when they failed to obey were ar
rested. As soon as tho word of tho arrests
HUN
T
THEE
French Army Occupies Frankfort and
Other German Cities In Neutral
Zone Gernton Troops Retire. No
Clashes Reported America Re
fuses to Sanction Action. Taking
a Neutral Position for the Time
Bcinn.
WASHINGTON. April 0. (Bv the
Associated Press) The French gov
ernment, through Embassador Juseor-
iind has asked for an expression of
opinion bv President Wilson as to the
French occupation of cities in the
neutral zno beyond the Rhino. :
It was learned today that the
French embassador presented a state
ment of tho French position to Sec
retary Colby yesterday nnd asked
that it ho communicated to the presi
dent. Presumably this was the com
munication referred to in recent press
dispatches from Paris as bavins- boen
sent to tho American, British and Ital
ian governments, v .. :-:'.
At tho stato department todnVv.jt
was 'said that the United. States bid
made no statement with rogard to t(ie
ndvanuo of the French forces Inhd '
that it was unlikely that any would
be made for tho presont at least. Tp9
position of the Amoricnn governmq
wns described as that of merely ' in
interested spectator. - ri.-, v .u-'
Officials said Great Britain - and
Italy had taken the same view as the
United States, that there Wns no ob
jection to the movement of German
troops into the Ruhr district to nuell
disturbances there provided thev were
withdrawn as soon ns normal condi
tions had been restored. .' - - ,
MAYENCE, April fl, 10:30 a. m.
('By Associated Press.) At '. B:Z0
o'clock this morning French , tanks
entered Frankfort. They were follow
ed by a battalion of sharpshooters
and a company of engineers and these
troops occupied' strateglo points and
the railroad station. Half a dozen
tanks wore posted near the station
and the barracks and another force
was Btatloned near police headquar
ters and the postotfice. j
These troops held the important
entrances to the city until 9 o'clock
when a battalion ot chasseurs de
trained at the station. , . . :J r
German Troops Retire '
MAYENCE, April 6. (By Associ
ated Press.) French troops entered
Frankfort at 5 o'clock this morning,
finding only a small Gorman force,
left there to afford police protection
for the people. The occupation ot
the city was a mere military march
and was not attended by any fighting.
Darmstadt was entered - shortly
afterward 'by French forces. -: The .
Gorman government garrison of tbot
city had left at midnight to avoid
contact with tho French and this
morning was six miles east o( the
city. ' i :
General De Goutte has Issued
proclamation to the cities and towns
within the area to foe occupied, de
claring French troops have crossed
the Rhino to compel the Berlin gov
ernment to respect Its agreement
with tho allies, and asserting there Is
no hostile Intent toward the people ot
that region. ;' - !
The proclamation says the Trench
troops will withdraw as BCoa as the
German government forces have
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reached the headnuartdrs of the
women nt a hotel, two thore pickets
with banners were sent to the em
bassy nnd it was announced that the
pickets would bo sent out in rolavB as
rapidly as thoso "on duty" wore ar
rested. Later it was announced that since
the police were interfering with the
picketing on the street, it was planned
to send women up in an airplane to
drop literature on the embassy. The
first flight, it was said, would take
place ut 4:30 u. m. today, ;
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