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MEDFORD, OREGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920.
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BY THREAT TO
Minnesota Delegate Says Oakland
May Get Convention In June Ac
count of Lack of , Klotets, Etc.
Leading Bourbons. Hiphly Excited
Over Loss of Gathering. ... '.
CHICAGO, April 8 Fred Lvnch,
national committeeman from Minne
sota, said hero todnv that dissatis
faction of democratic purtv leader1!
with the convention accommodations
nt San Francisco will bo aired at the
national committee meeting hero
April 20, when a proposal to inovo Ihj
convention ncross the bay to Oakhmd
will bo precntcd.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. The
statement of Fred Lynch, democratic
national committeeman from Minne
sota todav, that a proposal is to be
made in tho coming meeting of tho
committee tnat the national conven
tion 1)0 removed from San Francisco
to Oakland was called an "innccti
. raev," by Postmnstor Charles W. Fay,
who was one of those most promi
nent in bringing the convention hero.
"Tho delegation headed by Lynch
already has secured its quarters in
this! city," he said. . "Furthermore,
ns I understand it, the committee is
to moot for tho purposo of putting its
stamp of approval on the arrange
ments made for tho eonvention in San
Francisco. I hnvo heard of no dis
satisfaction with the arrangements
here and most certainly I am in a
position to hear nil complaints. Ar
rangements for the convention vir
tually, have been completed and I can
not conceive of tho committee over
turning them now." f
; George F. Mara, assistant' to Ho
mer S. Cummings, chairman of the
democratic national, committee who
has been here for some months per
fecting eonvention plans is " in the
southern portion of the. state. At
his office it was announced that no
information had been received there
of any proposal to change, tho con
vention from San Francisco to Oak
land. "Tho matter is settled,'' said Ga
vin McNab, one of California's lend
ing democrats, and who figured
prominently in winning tho conven
tion for San Francisco,
"Abundant hotel accommodations
ore provided for all delegations. As
to jealousy between delegations ns to
the pick of accommodations, that
would be impossiblo to. avoid," he
added. -
Concerning auditorium accommo
dations, ho said :
"If it were possible to provido an
auditorium sufficiently largo to iu
commotlnto nil thnso who wished to
attend tho convention, i Would be fit
tile, for they could not heur anything.'
MOVE MEETING
If SOLD FOR $40,000
VILLISCA, Iowa, April 8. A
thoroughbred ' Poland China hog
which the Williams brothers, breeders
of this place, bought about fifteen
months ago. from L. B. McClarnon
of Braddvillc. Iowa, for $'26') bao
been sold by them at private Bale to
U. II. Ellsworth of Goldfield, Iowa,
for tho record price of $40,000, de
clared to be the highest prico over
paid for a hog in the United State's
if not in the world.
DEFEAT OF COMPULSORY MILITARY ;
WASHINGTON", April 8. Defeat
of the compulsory universal military
training provision ot the army reor
ganization bill was conceded today by
senate proponents of the plan and to
stave off a vote on the issue they
planned to substitute a program for
voluntary training of four months
for all youths 19 or more years old.
When consideration of the army
bill was resumed Chairman Wads
worth, of the military committee, ad
mitted that the opponents of compul
sory training were in the majority.
It was understood that a canvass of
the senate showed fourteen or more
republicans against the measure.
. Senator Frellnghiiyscn, republican,
36 U. S. AIRPLANES GO
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DOLLAR FiRE DALLAS
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DALLAS, Texas, April 8.
. Several airplanes, large supplies
or lumber, the engine houso
building and . the ' unloading
sheds at the army aviation ro-
pair depot, north of Dallas,
wore destroyed by fire early this
t morning. The loss was estimat- t
ed by army officers at ono mil-
lion dollars. . '
Thirty-six airplanes valued at
4- approximately 1288,000 were
destroyed. Tho planes were
packed and were to be shipped
to various flying fields. The fire
4 was discovered Bhortly before
daybreak by a Bentry. The
commanding officer was unablo
to say how the fire originated. ,'
PICE AT EASE
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 8. Quiot
and solitude appealed to Edward
Prince of Wales, today, as a contrast
from the proceedings of yesterday, in
which he turned himself over to tho
direction of a local committee before
lunch and wound up tho day by danc
ing with a score or more of San Diego-
maidens at a ball which continued far
beyond midnight: At the prince's
personal request therefore, today was
left virtually open.
; tThere will be a reception aboard
the Renown, his cruiser, at three
o'clock, but no other function - is
planned.
: It was believed that Prince Edward
might either take an automcbile ride
over some of the California roads
concerning which ho made Inquiry
yesterday or might visit the Coronado
golf links and take some land exer
cise after his threo weeks &board
ship. ' I
Late today tho Renown will Bteam
for Honolulu, thence tel the Jijis and
to New Zealand, with Australia as
the ultimate. destination. The return
will be made thru tho Panama canal,
according to present plans.
HOLY CITY UNDER
BRITISH GUARD
', JERUSALEM, April 8 Althou.'h
martial law was proclaimed hero Mon
day and the city is under heavy ii.v-
1-rol by British troops, scattered
fights occurred between Jews uno.
Mohammedans MVmdav and Tuesday
in the narrow lanes of the old citv
and outside the walls. Several per
sons were killed on both sides mid
about 250 were injured, most of them
slightly. ..
When martial law was established
entrance to the citv was forbidden,
but this rule relaxed today and nor
mal conditions seemed near.'
Clark Trial Reopens. .
EUGENE, Ore., April 8. Opening
statements were to bo made todny
when court resumed at the second
trial of M'nrtin A. Clark, chargud
with the murder of Charles L. Tay
lor, near the summit of the Cnscadc
mountnins last July. Selection of the
jury which will listen to the evidence
was completed late yesterday. Judge
Skipworth adjourning court until this
morning.
iN'ew Jersey, condemned opposition to
military training founded on the
theory that the men who fcAigbt Ger
many can be called upon again.
"They have carried their portion
of the burden," he said. "It must
be remembered we had an unmarried
army, and that even now hundreds of
thousands of its membership have
married.
"The last war has taught us that
wars are inevitable. We are" some
what estranged already with the na
tiopg which united with us in the
fields of France. Mexico no longer
respects us and some day we must
show her too, that she cannot always
murder American citizens and abol
ish American property rights."
RAILWAY UNON
SPLIT HAMPERS
T
Insurgent Strikers Form Branches at
Stragetic Points in East Regular
Officials . Strive for Loyalty
Packers Employ Motor Truck De
livery. DETROIT, Mich.. April 8 An un
authorized strike of switchmen which
began in the local yards of the Michi
gan Central railroad this forenoon
with tho walkout of a few crows, 1m,!
extended this afternoon to other
yards, and according to' representa
tives of the strikers, more than 1,000
men had quit by 2 p. m. More than
300 locomotives, it was stated, had
been laid up.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 8 The
switchmen's striko has spread to Los
Angeles, where early todnv the Yard
men's association- between 500 nnd
1,000 men on tho Southern Pacific
Santa Fe and Snlt Lake lines had
walked out in sympathy witli tho
strikers on twenty-five eastern roads.
The strikers said their action was
the result of being underpaid and
predicted the entire Pacific coast.i
not tho whole nation, would bo af
fected soon.
. CHICAGO, April 8. fhe "Insur
gent" railroad striko, which hogan a
week ago in Chicago had spread to
other parts of the United Statos to
day. East and westbound' freight move
ment across the continent, already
restricted by thp Chicago strike, was
hampered further by switchmen
striking at such strategic gateways as
Buffalo and Kansas City and at such
centers as Joliet and Decatur, 111.,
and Gary, Ind.
. Strikes were threatened today at
Milwaukee, St. Louis and East St.,
Louis, openings to' tho, northwest and
the southwest:" Strikers predicted,
also, that 25,000 men In northern
New York would join them, cutting
off freight trafflo from Buffalo to
New York and Boston.
The Yardmen's association, insur
gent organization which called. the
strikes, was forming branches in nu
merous terminal centers, reports In
dicated. . " .
iRallroad brotherhood officers who
came to Chicago to assist railroad
managers in an endeavor to break the
strike, declared that reports for to
day would reveal traffic in Chicago
yards to be at least sixty per cent nor
mal. , ,
Tho strikers, however, claimed
that by tonight no switch engine
would be operating in the Chicago
district. Officers ot the Yardmen's
association held to their estimate of
10,500 switchmen out in the Chicago
district in addition to engineers, fire
men and engtno hostlers.
The Insurgent onglnomen's associ
ation had enrolled 10,000 engineers,
firemen and hostlors at Chicago, ac
cording to Its officers.
Officers of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmon continued with
their plan of bringing loyal members
to Chicago to take the places of
strikers. .
A dispatch from Sheridan, W.yo.,
said that sevoral membors had? start
ed from there to join those from
points nearer Chicago.
(Industries thruout tho Chicago
district had begun to feel tho offoctB
ot the strike seriously today.
A motor truck freight service to
Illinois and Wisconsin cities was
started by one of tho packing bouses.
Fifty motor truck trains loft Chi
cago' at dawn, each loaded with 30,
000 pounds of fresh meat, billed to
nearby towns.
Thopacking company which Inaug
urated the service expects to servo
its regular routes in northern Illinois
and southern Wisconsin In this way.
Each train consists of a tractor and
three cork-lined refrigerator cars.
LOST IN DEATH VALLEY
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 8. A
telegram from Death Valley Junction.
Cal., announced the arrival there of
JGlton Moore, .camera man, and M.
K. Wilson, geologist, who went into
the vnllcv more than two weoks ago
on a government photographic mis
sion and for whose safety fears had
been expressed.
An airplane search over tho valley
yesterday was unsuccessful, the avia
tors reported today.
The telegram from Moore said he
and Wilson had been forced to aban
don the automobile in which they
started for the valley, but gave no
particulars, . . , .....
NATION REI
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TACOMA. April 8. In tho
warfare on honor violations in
western Washington, 13 addi-
' tionul persons were indicted bv
tho federal grand iury today.
Eleven were indicted vesterdnv.
Mos of those who were charged
by tho grand jury ure accused of
transporting liquor in automo-
biles. Three men were charged
with operating distilleries. Tho
grand jury is still in session.
VILLAGE, BESIEGE
IE
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 7 (By
Associated Pross.) Turks havo de
stroyed the villngo of Harounyl,
northeast of Adana and burned the
American orphanage there. Two
thousand Armenian orphans were re
moved undor fire and taken to Adann
in safety by William Gilbert,'. Jr.', of
Yonkers, iN. Y. They will probably
bo sent to Cyprus. ;
Turkish nationalists havo takon
over control ot the village of Bardlzaj
about fifty miles from Constantinople
but thero are few indications of trou
ble in Anatole. ' .
Hadjin, north of Adana, is still cut
off from tho outside world and other
Armenian villages are being besieged
by the Turks. Hundreds of refugees
are arriving in Adana daily.
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
: Tho new; German minister of de
fense, Horr Gesslcr. announced yes
terday in an interview that in the
ovent it should becomo necessary to
proclaim a stnto of exceptional law
in any district, special civil commis
sioners and not military commanders
would bo invested with cxooulive
power. ' I
Five Mexican outlaws have been
lynched by neighbors of John Hicks,
an American, whoso mining camp
near Guadalupe, Calno, Chihuahua,
was rnided bv them recently,- an El
Paso dispatch stated. .,
The daughter of tho former Ger
man emperor, tho Duchess of HrmiM
wick, returned yesterday to Germany
from Amorongen, where she passed
the Enstertido with her parents, u
dispatch from Amorongen said. , ,.
; Tho former German emperor is per
mitted to leave the castle at Amcr
ongen only on urgent necessity. Sinci
tho Kapp outbreak he haH only once
visited his Doom estate, to give ii.
struotions concerning tho work. Dur
ing tho stay of his daughter nnd soi-in-iaw
there, he was not permitted to
show his estate to his guests.
An incrense in salary of 40 per
cent for tho faculty of the Western
Hoserve university nt Cleveland was
voted yesterday bv tho trustees. This
is in addition to a 25 per cent In
crease granted last June.
Then million dollars in gold bul
lion arrived in New York lust night
from Liverpool on tho Cunnrd liner
Carmnnia. - '
Willium Johnston, nntionnl silicic s
champion, nnd "Peck" Griffin, wen;
defeated in an exhibition indoor ten
nis match at San Francisco last ni"ht
bv Roland Roberts nnd Johnny Stra
chan 0-4, 0-3. 9-7. . '.
Census Returns
WASHUXOTON. April 8. Popula
tion statistics announced today by
the census bureau Included:
Brockton, Mass., 66,13$, increase
9260 or 16.3 per cent over 1910.
Auburn, N. Y., 36,142, increase
1474 or 4.3 per cent. . .
Marshalltown, la., 15,731, Increase
2357 or 17.6 per cent.
Memphis, Tenn., 162, 351 Increase
31,246 or 23. S per cent. t
Johnson City, Tenn., 12,442, In
crease 3940 or 46.3 per cent.
Vallejo, Cal., 16,853, Increase 0513
or 48.6 per cent.
Richmond. Cal., 16,843, Increase
10,041 Or 147.6 percent. . .'
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PART IN
Daniels' Mistakes Not Vital and
Holds Sims' Charnes Not Sustained
By Facts Admiral Wilson Ex
plains Lack of Action at First Part
of War to Senate Committee. ,
WASHINGTON, April 8.-The ves
sels on tho active list of tho niivv
were never better prepared for war
than whon tho United States joined
the nllics and the navv department
had "full and complete" plans to
combat a Goriniyi offense iign'iial the
coast of the United States, Admiral
II. H. Wilson todnv told tho senate
cominitteo investigating the navv de
partment's conduct of the world w ar.
Admiral Wilson asserted (lint "from
the moment war was declared the en
tire navv, the department as well us
Ihb fleet entered into the prosecu
tion of the war with the greatest
cuorgy and its accomplishments (lo
scrvo tho commendation of tho na
tion." : '
Admiral Wilson, now commander
in chief of the Atlantic fleet, com
manded the patrol force that first
protected waters adiuccnt to tho
United States and later, based at
Brest, France, co-operated in nio
tccting allied convoys in the war jwnc
and hunting U-boats.
Within four davs after tips coun
try had ontercd tho war representa
tives of the allied admiralties were
in conference with Secretary DnnieJs
PMd naval officers in Washington
outlining the means bv which the
most effectivo assistance could be
rendered by this country, the witness
declared. So far as ho knew,' Admi
ral Wilson said, every suggestion or
proposition put forward bv the allied
officials was promptly agreed to and
efficiently enrriod out. The fact that
;tbo groator part of tho American
army, was transported over j 3,000
miles of Water without- a lifo bcina
lost through efforts of the enemv tes
tified to the success of this co-operation,
tho admiral asserted.
listaltes (he navy made during the
war wcro so "relatively unimportant
that Ihoy were hardly worth consider
ing in comparison with its achieve
ments, tho witness said. '
' 'He f erring to Admiral Rims' chargo
that an insufficient number of small
vessels was sent abroad during tho
first few months of Americnn par
ticipation in tho war Admiral Wilson
declared that' at a conference between
Socrotarv Daniels and allied admir
alty representatives about April 10
1817, tho foreign officials did not
express any diro need for help nnd
suggested that tho United States take
over the work . of patrolling tho
waters ad jacent to this country and
ono ronrescntiitivo suggested thut the
United Stutos send "ono destroyer
abroad invordcr that tho flag nicy
bo shown to let it be known that tho
United Stales , navy has actually
joined tha naval forces of the allies."
LONDON. March 23. One member
of the house of commons wants an
investigation of tho newspaper bust
ness in' England. Captain William T.
Shaw asked Premier Lloyd Georgo in
the house the other day, whether he
would - consider appointing a com
iniltee to iimuiro into the profits and
business methods of tho "great news
paper trusts in Great Uritain." lie
wanted the committee especially to
ascertain whether the prices for news
papers and advertising wcro reason
able.
Mr. Lloyd George replied that "the
whole subject of trusts n"-l their of
I'ectH on prices is under careful con-
siderat:on."
FAMOUS BERNE LIGHT
PHILADELPHIA, April 7. Heme
Light, one of the oldest lighthouses
on the Atlantic roast, which has af
forded a great ileal of material for
fiction writers, is to bo torn down.
heijnuse its foundation is being under
mined bv the sen.
The Lighthouse lliircau at Wash
ington has decided it would cost too
much to save tho structure, nnd it
will be replaced, probably, bv a light
ship and a beacon light at the mouth
of Dnriiegiit liny.
AHA
SAYS
NA
WAR
ENERGETIC
$10 PER WAITER; NOW
10 CUB OWNER,
RESULT IS DIVORCE
CHICAGO,
April
8. Mm.
Besslo Webb Weeghman was
victor today In dlvorco proceed-
ings brought against Charles
Weeghman, part owner and for-
mor president of tho Chicago
'Natloaul league baseball team.
Superior Judge Charles A.
McDonald iiullcatod ho would
graat .Mrs. Weeghmun a decree,
$400 a month alimony and cus-
tody of Dorothy Jano, eight year
old daughter. An additional
'settlement was said to have been
made out of court.
Sirs. Weeghman said Weegh -
man's liso from a $10 a week
waiter to millionaire restaurant
nnd movlo theater owner had
"caused his matrimonial fail
ure." E
GOES TO ALTAR
SAN FIIANCISCO, April 8. Mrs.
Marguorlto Doo Rogors of San Fran
cisco, the "million dollar Bocloty girl"
who served threo years as an ambu
lunco driver and hospital workor In
Franco and England, was marrlod
hero .yestorday to Jooffroy Stuart
Courtney of Santa Barbara and Lon
don. ..-.-
iFollowIng the marriage tho couple
loft for Portland, Oro on their wed
ding trip.
Mrs. Rogers, daughter ot the late
Benjamin Doo, San Francisco lumber
man, was divorcod from her former
-husband, Elliott Rogers, in 1919 fol
lowing her failure to return Jrtm war
work abroad. Rogers also soryon in
France in the ambulance corps, and
was Invalided homo in-1917 after six
months work with the iFronch and
American ambulance organizations
and as a hospital ordorly at Soissons.
iMrs. . Rogers remained abroad,
working with the Itritlsh canteen In
Paris and later In London.. In Do-
comber 1919 Rogers filed suit on the
ground of desertion and Mrs. Rogers
accepted service of tho papers by
cable to London, whore she was rest
ing aftor her arduous work in Franco.
SHOW BY PLANE
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April S.-
"Mercury," n horse left Los Angeles
today by airplane to ontcr tho horse
show in progress at Santa Barbara.
The trip was miido in an especially
equipped plane, piloted bv Duvid C.
Thompson.
.. Don't Foract to Reqister.
' Registration books for tha
primiirv election close April 15.
If you haven't already register-
od and did not vote at the last
general election, do so at once.
If vou dont know vour place of
registration, call Tho Mail Trib-
line, and the information will bo
4 frtl'iin
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GERMAN MOB.
, MAYENCE. April 8 Official re
ports' relative to yesterday's disor
ders at Frankfort, where Froncb
troops clashed with a German nrowd,
killing six persons and wounding ').",
hnvo not as vet been received, but a
well authenticated report slates a
force of 200 Moroccan soldiers was
surrounded by a threatening mob
about 1 ::t0 o'clock in the nfternoon.
The officer becume separated from
his men and was hustled off bv the
Germans. His men believed him in
danger. Ono fired his rifle and the
othors charged with tho bayonet. One
German officer was wounded.
: Stores in Frnnkfort were Open yes
terday morning ns usnnl, but were
closed when groups of young meu
gathered throughout the town. This
HECKLING HE NE
FIRED UPON BY
NC FORCES
Machine Guns Used to Quiet Frank
fort Hob After Order Ignored
German Population Feels Military
Heel No Allied Protest Paris
Regrets Incident. '
PAWS, April 8. (Havasl Gor
man regular troops have bombarded
Dusseldorf with gas shells, accordinir
to a Mnyenec dispatch to tha Matin.
FRANKFOHT, April 7. (Rv the '
Associated Press) This nfteronon'tt
clash in tho Scliillerplatz .between '
French troops nnd tho population, re
sulting in Iho killing of six Germans '
nnd the wounding of some two score
others, was followed bv a strong Ois
plav of French military force which
brought the restoration of order by ,
the timo darkness bud sot in. . '.,
It wns a rumor that tho French had.
been forced bv the pressure ot the,
allies and the United States to with-.
draw from tho citv that started tho
trouble. Tho crowd iccrod and taunt
ed tho troops, yelling "you'yo-, got .
to get out." . - " i . ; . ; ;
A French offieor ordercd.tho crowd
to disporso and whon tho order wai t
ignored a machine gun was brought ,
into piny. i ! r !!!,
The firing attracted n great orowd:
to the square encircling tho troops. ,
Tho 'French their began to bririg inv
reinforcements, four' tonks botwou'n I
solid columns' of soldiors, rolling n -
ready foi; action. - ' . 1 1
The German polieo aided in tho an-,
tion taken to restore nuiot, rtuleklV
stationing groups at strategic point '
to control tho crowds. -'-' - ', I
l.n : ln .H,..M.(inn will, lUl
correspondent tonight. ' ' .; ' .' '"
"Tho French authorities extremely
regrot this occurrence," ho said, ; 'j !
'l'l,n .ofliof. tun nt flif.".lnV' iuii "
passod by' tho French in eompltitl.nc,
thoir oceupnnv of Frankfort, 'ty js
understood thai an entire division is '
employed in, Frunkfort and "its vj- '
einity but tho plans wore ?to reduce!
this foreo Inter, to tho sizo of a roBjw
Tho city appeared to bo contihulr.!:
its normal lifo although the nows- i
papors'woro not pormitted to appear. '
Editors of tho daily journals doflifiocl
that tho nowspapcrs vrtmld not bo.
published oven if permission ; woro
granted, so long as tho French main
tnined their censorship. , v :. ; -
FULTON WINS, BUT
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PORTLAND, April 8 Fred ViiUoii "
put "Gunboat" Smith out In the sec
ond round of thoir scheduled', 10
round affair last night at Mllwauklo.
Smith went down twice In tho first ,
round, but he did not appear to have
boon hit hard. Those at tho rlngsldo
said ho was frightonodand; tfie ref
eree warned him at the ond .ot tho
round, but Smith Insisted that ho had
boon properly knocked to 'the. floor.
Frank Farmer won a ten round de
cision over Hugh Walker. Joe Man
dot and Muff Bronson, lightweights,
fought a six round draw. . Billlo Mas- -cott
was given the decision over!
Qanny Edwards In tho six round ban
tamweight contest, and Carl ,3Iarlln '
was glvon tho decision over Woddlo
Lough in tho four round lightweight
contest. - - ' 'Vi
EXCITEMENT INTENSE
eavo the impresjsion Hint pat of Iho
population Wns acting in obedienco to
orders. Incidents occurred in various,
pnrts of tho city. A Gorman woman,
stated -she suw a French guard houco
threatened bv a hostile crowd; and
tbnt tho soldiers had to fix bayonets
to freo themselves. . J, ' '.
PARIS, April 8. The'' ', French;
forces which havo occupied , frauti-i
fort and other Gorman cities will Ire
reinforced, the Temps says today. A:
regiment has been nt Mulbouso since,
Sunday ready to reinforce the French '.
Uhine garrisons. The first bftttal-;
ion will loavo Friday morning, whilo:
the remainder of the regiment will oV- i
part during tho day, the newspaper
adds. : - r -