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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail nn The Weather Maximum yesterday 07 Minimum today 0 Predictions Irobnblo rain. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OKEGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920. NO. U 0 mm m in N, Y. DEFEAT Ex-State jjiayjfnj. H. Bennett Pledged to Johnson Suffers, 'a Crushing Defeat No Jojinson Candidate. Elected in Any of 12 Congressional Districts Hoover Candidates Also Defeated First : "Dry" Primary Is Orderly. NEW YORK, April 7. New York state's "big four" uninstructed dele gation to the republican national con vention rolled over the opposition of former State Senator William M. Bennott, pledged to the presidential eandidacv of Senator Hiram W.' John son of California, in yesterday's pri maries, according to virtually com plete returns early today. With only 126' election districts out of 2,571 in the city missing the vote for the "biff four" was: Nathan L. Wilier 70,043: Senator James W. Wudsworth, 'Jr.,' 70.39G; Senator William M. Catde'r, 73,501; Colonel William Boyce. Thompson 88,104. Bennett's voto was 25,501 of which his Ihotnc boroueh, Brooklyn, con tributed 14,317. The vote was lighter than anticipated by party loaders. Scattering returns from up state where the voto was also light indi cated that the organization candi dates had! won over Bennett by a wider margin than in tho city. No candidate favorablo to Senator John son was clecled in any of tho twelve congressional districts where contests were waged. The organization mon also defeated two candidates pledged to Herbert Hoover in tho. seventeenth congres sional district in Manhattan !v a ra tio of about two and one half to one. This was tho only district in the state where candidates favoring Mi-. Hoover wero entered. There wero no contests among the democrats and the party vote was proportionately smaller than that cast , for the republicans. Women turned out in large nnm berstand proved active workers, par ticularly as watchers after tho clos .ing of tho polls. It was the city's first "dry" pri mary and political leaders and po lice officials declared it was tho most orderly ever held hero. Not a single arrest in connection with the primary was made. Canada I. W. W.'s Sentenced. WINNIPEG, Man., April (i. Five convicted lenders of Winnipeg's gene ral striko were sentenced here today to one yenr in iail on each of the six seditious conspiracy counts against, them, and to six months on the one count charging that thev committed a common nuisance. Sentences will run concurrently. Lumber Prices Drop. DENVER, Colo., April 7 Lumber prices dropped approximately five per cent in Denver today. Deniors announced "decrease in production costs" was responsible. STATE GAME WARDEN DECLARES WAR PORTLAND, Ore, April 7. Wur has been doclured on comnierci.-J fishermen who are now being tempt ed to operate Illegally during the closed season on account of the un usual demand and high price for sal mon, according to Carl D. Shoe maker, state game warden. The Co . Iumia river inv the vicinity of Port land seems to be the favorite haunt and in the last ten davs seven fisher men have been arrested near Port land and their gear has been taken and sealed. "In order to put a stop to closed season fishing," savs the game war den, "I have issued orders to all of the wardens to confiscate nets and boats, remove the gear from the fish- T 10 SET PICKFORD'S OF DIVORCE RENO, Nov.. April 7. A suit to set aside the decree of di- vorcc granted to Marv Pickforil, now Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, v will be filed next week by the attorney general of Nevada, ac- cording to a statement mado to- day by Robert Richards, deputy attorney general, who has been investigating the circumstances under which the decree was granted. The suit will be based on allegations that collusion and conspiracy wero resorted to in conducting the case and that be- causo of the insufficiency of tho residence of cither party to the case the court failed to acquire jurisdiction. ' E First National Immiqration Congress Held in New York Agitation Against Foreign Born Opposed- Many Laborers Leavinq Country America Short 4,000,000 Workers Unskilled Workers a Crying Need NEW YORK, April 7. The first national Immigration congress ever held In America began here today to discuss naturalization and immigra tion laws, the shortage ot labor, the exodus ot emigrants from America and the condition of unrest among the foreign born with a view to for mulating recommendations to con gress. Tho meeting was under tho auspices of the intor-racial council of Now York and delegates included rep resentatives of thirty racial groups and spokesmen for Industry, agricul ture, capital, and labor. William H. Barr, president of the inter-racial council and spokesman for Industry and General Coleman Dii Pont, chairman of tho hoard of direc tors of tho inter-racial council, op ened tho meeting. A statement pro- pared by E. T. Morcdith, secretary of agriculture, was read. "America is 4,000,000 men short as a result of the dwindling of Immi gration since tho war," General Du Pont said. "Thousands of immigrants are going back. Other countries aro making organized efforts to attract immigration. Tho United States is not. "The indiscriminate denunciation of the foreign born, which has been taking place in America, is resulting in many of them leaving this country. It is resulting in growing misunder standings between native and foreign born residents and in a general 'de moralization of industrial and social life. "The immigrant no longer will come -to America to enjoy freedom of worship or the right of free speech but the "imlpelllng reason will be eco nomic," Mr. Barr said. ennan and put that man out of busi ness until the opening of tho season The spring closed season from March 1 to May 1 is designed to permit the fish to migrate upstream to the spawning ground. Wc have five pa trol boats on the river, nil of them of the high-speed tvpe. and, together with the two boats which the state of Washington has on the river, the Columbia will be better patrolled this year than ever before. "Violators who are caught will not onlv be required to pnv their fine, but will suffer loss of their gear during the remainder of the closed season The commission will decide later whether it will be disposed of or tun cd back on May 1, when the season LAUNCH MOV CHECK EXODUS FOREIGN BORN opens, . . . . H WALK IN 8,500 Members Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enqinemen Defy Union Officials and Walk Out Complete Tie-Up of Traffic Is Feared Enqinemen Refuse to Work with "Scabs" Buffalo Switchmen Declare Strike. CHICAGO, April 7. Representa tives of 8,500 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen employed in the Chicago switching district today had defied their union officials nnd voted to join the unau thorized switchmen's striko called nearly n week ago. Freight traffic through the expan sive Chicago district already was re stricted seriously and both sides agreed that if tho force of strikers was augmented such traffic would be brought virtually to a standstill. The voto of the! engineers and firemen came in the face of predictions of grand officials of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switch men's Union of North America, that by Saturday tho strike would be broken by loyal union men rushed here from other cities. The engineers and firemen declared thev Would not work with "scabs" as they termed tho loyal union men, and also demanded nn increased wage. Engineers nro paid $5.70 a day -and they demand $1.50 an hour: tho fire men, paid from $4.16 to $1.28 a day, demand $1 nn hour. Passenger trains would not he in terfered with, the strikers said. Meanwhile supplies of certain foods and fuel were beginning to run low in Chicago and nearly 20,000 em ployes had been thrown out of work nt tho stock yards by tho stoppage of receipts of cattle. It was stated that unless receipts of livestock was resumed shortly, approximately 50, 000 men would bo made idle. Railroad offices announced this morning that passenger trains were moving virtually on schedule time, and. that considerable nuantitics of trcight were being moved. Only eighty cars ' of livestock reached the stockvards this morning us compared to a normal daily re ceipt of 1,100 cars. The switchmen continue their strike under nn ultimatum from tho Brother hood of Railway Trainmen that thev will forfeit their union memberships unless Ihey return to work bv to morrow night. They also would lose their seniority standings with the railroads. Their strikers claimed early today (hat 10,000 men already were out in the district nnd that by night 25,000 would bo on strike. Railroad offic ials said about 2,500 switchmen and yardmen wero out. Office clerks nnd superintendents joined the union strike breakers in the vnrds yester day. William L. Bond, treasurer of the switchmen's rinion, said 19 trunk lines and five belt lines "were para lyzed" by the strike. Eighteen rail roads were affected to some extent, officials admitted. Switchmen's strike leaders early to day said delegations had been sent to Milwaukee, Kansas City and other cities to call strikes. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 7. Five hundred switchmen on tile night shif's of all railroads entering Buffalo with the exception of the Erie and Penn sylvania lines, went on a strike last night and this morning, virtuullv tio- ing up all freight in and out of the city. Up to 10:30 o'clock this morn ing the day shifts had not reported nnd it is believed the strike will be general. F. J. Sheehnn, president of the Switchmen's union, said the strike was unauthorized. CLEVELAND, O.. April 7. W. S Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men had received no official report early today of members of his or ganization joining the striko o switchmen in Chicago. "So far as this orgnnistition is (Continued on Page Eight) CA E OF WALES IS GUEST OF SAN DIEGO GIVES BRIEF SPEECH SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 7 Ed ward, Prince of Wales ami heir to the British throne, arrived off Point Lo mo early today and there the cruiser Renown, currying him lo the Anti podes, lay to and awaited events planned hero for today and tomor row. The prince nnd members of bis party are to be guests of Snn Diego for tho two days. A committee of citizens and prominent British resi dents wen; taken to tho Renown at 11:30. Thereafter luncheon was served aboard tho New Mexico. After luncheon the prince and his party came ashore and were guests on nn automobile rule to nearby points. The ride turininaled at Snn Diegoi's outdoor nuditorium, where the prince spoko briefly, using a sound amplifying device that was tried out when President Wilson was linnirl Incit ,,,! 1... (I, ..J.l .,( which it is said that 50,000 persons can hear a voice. Tho prince will he! taken to the hotel Del Coroniulo, tonight where he will l.n Mm ,li,. ,. ., i- II ...; Mrs. Wildo of San Diego. The day's events will conciudo with n hall. , UNDONE FLEES ON BRITISH SHIP, AIDEJS KILLED .'CONST A NTRN'OPLK, April G (Dy AHHodatod Press). General Denlklno, former commandor ill nnti-Dolshovik forces In southern Russia, arrived hero last night, and Is today a fugitive on board a British warship. Immedi ately after ho landed ho went to tho Russian embassy with General llo manovsky, his formor chief of staff, and it was whllo ho was there Hint tho lultor was asxasHlnnlcd. Uoncral Denlklno is believed to 1io in danger because of tho high feeling that pro vails among Russian officers hero, and went on board the warship undor a guard of British soldiers. 'General HomanCvsky's murderer has not been apprehended and there Is littlo chanco he will lie caught as attaches at the Russian embassy say, so far as they can dotermlne, nobody saw the tragedy. j Generals Dcnikino and Romnnovs- ky were talking with Princo Gergai ln and several other Russians In the sit ting room at the embassy nnd Ho- munovsky left to arrange for a motor car to bring his luggage from the steamer. A few minutes later revol ver shots were heard and General Ro manevsky was found In a dying con dition In the billiard room. General RomnnoVBky was unpopular with the officers and soldiers. CHAMBER COMMERCE BALLOTS 1ST BE IN BY 8 O'CLOCK TONIGHT All Chamber of Commerce members are requested to have their primary ballots into the headniutrtors before 8 o'clock tonight, when the polls close. ' This does not mean that thev T ojm be mailed before 8 o'clock l.,,t ,,.l l, in tl, l,,lo p ii, l1l,. r.l II,., I i;,n A BY BOSCHE Occupation of Neutral Zone is Con demned as Violation of Justice, Reason and Humanity Treaty of Versailles Did Not Prevent Resto-i ration of Order No Disorders Re ported in Ruhr District England Embarrassed. BERLIN, April 0. The German chargo d'affaires In Paris was in structed today to hand tho Fronch government a note protesting against tho French occupation of Frankfort and other territory on tho right bank of the Rhine. "We must in tho namo of Justice, reason and humanity," tho Gorman note says, "make tho sharpest pro tost against the action of tho Fronch army, it cunnct possibly hnvo been tho intention of tho treaty of Ver sailles to prcvont Germany from re storing order as quickly as possible In the part of Its territory most ser iously disturbed by bands of robbers. "Tho movement in tho Ruhr region if it had not boon quicjtly opposed, would have shaken tho republic to1 Its foundations both politically and eco nomically. "Everywhere that tho troops ar rived, tho movement quickly col lapsed." I Tho note points out that allogod violations of tho treaty must, undor tho terms of that instrument, bo re dressed by ull tho signatories on the allied sido and not by a single ono, acting independently. Occupation Is Peaceful COIDLWNZ, April 7 Two thousand communists havo crossed tho Rhine into tho British zone of occupation and havo been interned. Twelvo hun dred more are expected to arrive to day. Flight of largo numbers of the communists Into occupied territory Is considered an indication that tho ro volt in tho Ruhr region Is near nn end. Tho situation in tho Ruhr val ley is bad and living conditions are almost unbearable A ruilroad strike at Essen Is roportcd and no trains aro running. i Tho reaction locally to tho move ment ot Fronch troops into Gorman cities cast of tho Rhino has not die turbed tho population. Firm convlc tion is expressed by Germans that tho action of tho French will solidity moro than over sentiment all over Germany against tho allies. Tho chief of staff pf Amorlcan forces hero has repeated his declara tion that ho has no direct concern with any action outside of American occupied territory except on spocific instructions from Washington. , Fuulnnd KmbaiTasscd - LONDON, April 6. There Is littlo probability of Great Britain particl Dating in tho French advance Into Germany ns fur as can bo ascertained at present, and, according to a state ment current In some quarters the British government feels itsolf placed In an awkwnrd position by the Fronch occupation ot German cities. When such a move wsb discussed recently at the meeting ot tho ambas sadors' council, It Is said Great Bri tain and Italy dissented or at any rate strongly urged tho necessity of careful consideration boforo talcing any definite steps, consequently it was net expected that France would proceed to occupy tho neutral zone without their formal approval. NEW YORK. April 7. The follow ing statement was issued at' the na tional headquarters of the Hoover National Republican club at the Hotel Vnndcrbilt bv J. F. Luccy, tempor ary chairman of the organization: "In view of the discussions as to the large expenditures that it is said tire being made in the primary elec tion, about which the people hnve a right to be informed, I deem it mv duty to state Hint not a single con tribution in excess of $1,000 has been received by the provisional Hoover National Republican club. Approx mntelv $5000 has been spent on its work up -to date, ll for the ordi nary routine expenses of clerical Jiire stationery, quarters and the liki necessities of organization, ERNOR EDWARDS IS JUBILAN1 OVER VOTE JERSEY CITY. N. J., April 7. Governor Edwards today de clared tho vote for him in the Mjehigun primaries "indicates an awakening of the people to the dangers of an invasion of their personal liberty." lie was enthusiastic over tho results, notwithstanding ilatest returns indicated ho ran behind Herbert Hoover. "It was not opposition to pro hibition so much as opposition to being deprived of a personal right without an opportunity to pass upon tho question that brought out tho voto for mo in Michigan," ho said. "It was spontaneous. I did not lift a hand for it and no one cam paigned for mo in that state." SEATTLE BURNS 2 ARE KILLED Spectacular Fire in Family Hotel Early This Morninq Leads to Dar- Intt Rescue Society Girl of Berko ley, California, and Father Junip to Death. SEATTLE April 7. Another body, believed to bo that of Miss lilancho Crowe Seattle, 20, was found in the uins of tho Lincoln hotel hero today. Mjss Crowe, it was thought, was an emplovo of o Seattle restaurant. Chief of l'olico Joel F. Warren said today ho believed possibly more bod ies would bo found in tho Lincoln ruins. "I fear there aro more dead to bo found" he said. "There were 300 people in tho hotel and wo have n way of telling how many escaped. Firemen continued pouring water into tho smoking ruins today. Ihey said they did not belicvo a search for bodies could be mndo until lato to day. KF.ATTT.F,. Anril 7. Two nersons ura bmiwn 1m ,lmid. five hlilH'nd and a number of others received minor hurts as tho result ot tiro l,;,. ,.-t,, l,l .1,, el I thn Hn. tel Lincoln, a family hotel at Fourth avenue and Madison street, in the downtown district, with a property loss estimated at approximately $-100,000. Tho dead : l,'.n.l n ir,,i,,',llmi fin. IWkelilv. Cal., killed bv leaping from fifth lloor. MVuu f!,. IIM,ill 91 dniiirl-.tpr of Fred R. Hamilton, iumped from filth floor. The injured: Charles L. Cusse, fireman. Martin Elliott, fireman. H. Folgelquist, fireman. C. W. Tebaull, newspaperman. An unidentified woman. Jump to Death II, .,!,, r.l.. ,,n,,r,,l,,,-u ,rn 11, ,,.-! in tho streets saw Hamilton nnd his 20,000 ACRES, MtUSCATINE, la., April 7. A break in the Mfisenlino island levee nt a point about twelve miles south of this city late last night has inun dated thousands of acres of farm land and tho overflow of a consider able part of south Muscatine is threatened. At least 20,000 acres of farm hind will be covered bv from three to six teen feet of water. Hut littlo live stock was saved. Hundreds of workmen are engaged in erecting a barrier across a slough which extends upwards from the flooded area to the city. Only the HOTEL LINCOLN SOCIALISTS VICTORIOUS WISCONSIN Socialist Mayors Elected In Milwau kee and Rhinclander LaFolletto Candidates to Republican National Convention Endorsed Labor Party Candidates Victorious In East St. Louis and Other Towns In South ern Illinois. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 7. Complete but unofficial returns from Milwaukee citv election show thnfc Mayor Daniel W. I loan, socialist, was re-elected over Clifton Williams, pres ent city attorney, and running on a non-partisan tiskct, by a majority of :i;)7x - Under a new law Hoan's term will run for four yours. Honn led hia ticket nnd was the only ono of tho three principal officors to pull through. His voto was' 40,004 and Williams' 37,231.- The list of delegates to tlio repub lican nntional convention appears mostly to bo thoso npprovod bv Sena tor LaFolletto, though only a fow hundred precincts havo been board from. Tho LaFolletto candidates car ried Governor 1'hilipp's homo coun ty, Milwuukoo. RIIINELAJsDER, Wis.,' April- 7. Sam Perinier, socialist, was eloctn'l mayor of Rhinclander over J. N. Bil ker, non-partisan cnndidutti in tho municipal election hero vostordnv 1y a two to one. voto. Ho wns supported bv a stronar labor voto, it was said. This is the first time a socialist has been eloctol mayor of this' city, i VIST OT TI-1TIIH 111 Ani-il 71 Cmnpleto returns today showed that the recently organized laiwr party was victorious in yestordaV's muni cipal elections hero and in Belleville, Hnrrisburg nnd Eldorado, ; . ' Reports from five other counties in tho southern Illinois mining dist triet indicato that tho labor party is in the lead. ' daughter jump to their deaths. Fire men, climbing tho sides of tho build ing with scaling ladders, rescuod a number of guests whoso cscapo had ben cut off. Oivcr two '. hundred guests, scantily clad, mado tnolr wny to safety down smoko filled stair ways. , - ' The building, a seven-story brink nnd frame structuro with basement and sub-bnseinent, was wrooked by falling walls. Littlo of tho contents was saved. ' ,' , . A. A. Wright, night olork, sitting at Die telephone switchboard, heard the tire start with an explosion in the basement. Smoko immediately began to pour up tho elevator shaft. Wright stuck to his switchboard, working ns fast as 'ho could ringing; the room telephones and arousing tho guests. Ho said ho had no idea how many rooms ho renched. Wright worked nt the board until he was' ho choked by smoko he could not speak. . Froncji Pnilu Iturfc I One firo victim, Leon B. Hanan, who said he was n Fronch war veto ran, leaped from tho second storv in (Continued on Page Three) : E LEVEE H THREATENS THE CITY success of this enterprise will stop the necessity of sovoral thousand people leaving their homes. The lower part of Musnntine island which is famed for its' truck orops, is nn inland sea many miles in ex- U'lll. The break occurred within a mile of tho point whero a similar flood originated four years ngoi A 30-foot gap soon extended the length of a cjty block and the roar of the onrushing waters could bo heard miles away. ' It is expected that the break horo will result in a lowering of the stago at other points, thus reducing tho dnngor of floods elsewhere.