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Newspaper Page Textnn The Weather Maximum yesterday i. 00 Minimum today ii8 FORD MAIL UNE Predictions l'robablo rain. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY APRIL 12, 1920. NO. 18 LliliS UNCLE SAM TAKES HAND III STRIKE U. S. Government Issues Ultimatum to Striking Railroad Men Return to Work gr Get Out Government Ready to Aid Railroads Getting Men Trains Must Run Strike Is Broken in West and Middle West. But Grows in East. CHICAGO, April .12. The United Slates government delivered mi ulti matum to the striking railroaders this afternoon it was reported ut the fede ral building. District Attorney Clync ut a meet ii;g with the strike leuders notified thorn that the men must either return to their jobs or quit and hunt other employment. . The trains must run, CIvnc do ..mi ;c ti.n .1.. ..... turn to work the government will hack the roads in denluring the strikers' positions vacant and aid in obtaining men to fill them. Conditions Improve PORTLAND. Ore., April 12. A noticeable improvement in the switch men's strike situation was .reported hv railroad offieiuls here today alter the hours for the crews to report had passed. Six orews were reported at work at the Alhina yards of the 0. W. B. K. & N. Six erews nlso were also reported nt work at the Union station here, divided between three shifts. . . Sufficient men were working nt the Brooklyn 'yards of the Southern Pa cific to handle nil business, it was said. At Umatilla the switchmen walked out but returned to work within a half honr. Switchmen aiso nuit at La Grande, but .their places wero immediately filled, railroad of ficials reported. Men on strike at the S. P. and S. yards were to meet with the superin tendent nt noon today. " CHICAGO, April 12. Develop ments west of Pittsburg in the switch men's unauthorized strike today were regarded by railroad brotherhood of ficials as pointed toward a gradual dissolution -of the insurgent forces, hut in the east, where the walkout was joined in several districts by trainmen, the situation assumed a more serious aspect. In the central and far west numer ous reports of defections from the strikers' ranks followed the report of the first important break nt Colum bus, 0., whero (100 switchmen voted to return to work. At Chicago, admitted keystone of the walkout, rnilrond officials were presented "terms for settlement of the strike," which Included rocoffni tion of the new-union formed bv dis senterR from the Brotherhood of Rnil rond Trainmen and the Switchmen's Union of North America. Radicals Offer Terms In the settlement offer, proferred by John Grunnti, president of the Chicago Yardmen's nssocintion, who called the strike, at least one radical concession, was made abrogation of the claims for hack pay demanded bv the older organizations in their con tracts with the government. That possibly would mean a saving of hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the railroads, it was said. Other clauses in the proposed settlement agreement demanded granting of tho original wngo increase called for in the strike, announcement, to bo effective upon, the return of Jhe men to work: eight hour basic dav and timo and a half lor ovortimc, Sundays and holidays, and double time for overtime on Sun days and holidnys. (Continued 011 Face Six) LEADER KANSAS MINERS CALLS : ALLEN A SKUNK OF A GOVERNOR OIRARD, Kas., April 12. Alex ander Howat, head of the Kansas Miner's union,' siwnking bv permis sion of the sheriff of Crnwford coun ty, denounced Governor Allen as "a skunk of a governor," before n crowd of several thousund persons, mostly miners nnd their wives, gather ed in front of the jail hero shortly after noon todnv. PITTSBURG. Kns. .April 12. Mnety per cent of the coal miners REQUESTS NAME KEPT P SALEM. Ore., April 12. A personal telegram was received today bv the secretary of state from William II. Tat't, requesting that his name be not allowed to go on the republican primary ballot in Oregon as a candidate for president. If petitions are filed by Oregon Tnft supporters' asking that he he listed as one of the candidates the name will not be withdrawn, regardless of Mr. Tnft's wishes, it was said here. This would be in pursu ance of an opinion bv the Ore gon supreme court in llllti, in which the court ruled that the name of Charfcs Kvaus Hughes could not be kept off the ballot if his candidacy were petitioned for bv the required 11(00 electors. Ally. GEN. PALMER JS READY TO ME E WASHINGTON, April 12 De velopments here today in connection with the railroad strike were: An announcement bv the postoffice department that vigorous action would be taken if the movement of the mails was obstructed. Attorney General Palmer returned to Washington and studied reports as to the situation so as to determine whether action by the department of justice were (Warranted. An announcement of Chairman Cummins, of the senate inter-state commerce committee that investiga-' tion of the strike bv his committee scheduled to begin tomorrow, would not be conducted nt this time, as it was desired to give the new railroad labor board an opportunity to settle the strike. An announcement from tho While House that the members of the labor board would be appointed within 24 hours. Senator Frelinghuvsen, republican, New Jersey, told the senate the strike was nearing "red revolt." IVE E PORTLAND, Ore., April 12. Plans for the funeral of Mrs. A. M Beach, daughter of Colonel J. N.. T. Miller, noted pioneer of northern California and southern Oregon, who died here vesterdav, were completed today. Services will be held here to morrow, cremation to follow. Mrs. Beach was a native of Jacksonville. Ore., and was one of the first white children born in that famous mining camp. CDflM CAMDEN, X. J., April 12. Lieu tenant Richard W. Wright of Cleve land died here today of injuries re ceived in his leap Saturday from a blazing postal airplane 200 feet In the air. His wife reached his bed side three hours before his death. Lieutenant JIark C. Hogue of Port land, Ore., pilot of the plane, who did not jump, left the hospital today. of Kansas are idle todav. The miners refrained from work as a demonstration of protest against the imprisonment of Alexander Howat, their president, nnd three other dis trict officials. This announcement was made at the office of the mine operators. A crowd of miners marched on Gi rard todav where the officials nre in carcerated. The mines arc in opera tion, but it is stated the are running with short crews, . .... - FRANCE WILL AV WREN COAST CLEAR Great Britain Wins in Clash With French Diplomacy Paris Aqrees to Withdraw Troops Soon as Ger man Forces Leave Ruhr Valley- All Danger of Break Within Allies Past Reply of England Delivered. LONDON, April 12. The latest French note on the subject of the French organization move received here this morning savs that Hie French troops in Frankfort nnd other occupied cities will be withdrawn im mediately upon the withdrawal of the German troops from the Ruhr region. It promises, it is stated, that 110 fur ther independent action will be taken bv France. The solidarity of the entente is emphasized in the French communi cation. In British official circles the -opinion was expressed todav tha all the dangers with which tho sit tia tion was fraught had definitely been dispelled. Up to noon Sunday there had been undisguised nervousness here over last week's cross channel exchanges. PARIS, April 12. (Bv the Asso dated Press) It was declared todav in a reliablo source that if the su preme council meeting at San Reno was to discuss the misunderstandiiH between France and Great Britain Premier Millernnd would not attend. A personal talk on the subject with Premier Lloyd George would bo we! coined bv tho French premier if Mr. Lloyd George could find it convenient to come to Paris but it is considered in official circles thnt as the point at issue interests France and Great Britain onlv,"it is' needless to discuss it before the representatives of the other powers. PARIS, April 12. Tho- Earl of Derby, British ambassador to France. delivered to Premier Millernnd nt one o'clock this nfternoon, the British re ply to the French premier's note of last evening. M. Millernnd refused to discuss the contents of the note with the newspaper correspondent!. I PESTS OTTAWA. Ont., April 12. Use of poison gas similar to that emplovcd in tho war, has been suggested for the extinction of grasshoppers nnd gophers in western Canadian agri cultural nrens by O. R. Gould, mem her of the federal legislature. Mr. Gould todav read to the house numer ous letters nnd telegrams describing the situation as serious. Mr. Gouid said it was proposed to take advan tage of heavy winds to drench the ground with heavy fumes. Prairie chickens would withstand the gas, be thought. ELEVATED RONS OFF TRACK, NONE KILLED NEW YORK. April 12 Passen gers on an elevated train hnd remark able escapes from death todav when they were cntapaulted to tho street, a distance of. twenty-five feet, nmidsf the debris of the car. The car was knocked off the ele vated structure on the Ninth avenue lino bv a collision with nnothcr train and demolished. The wreckago was wedged in between the elevated struc ture and the side of the brick build ing a dozen feet nway. Tho dozen passengers sifted through the debris to the street bety'w and several were removed , to hos pitals. The niotormun was missing Shopkeepers said they saw a man in uniform running away alter the cor fell. .. Don't Forget to Register. Registration books for tha primary election close April 15. If you hnven't already register- cd nnd did not vote at the last general election, do so nt once. If you dont know vour place of registration, call The Mail Trib- linn nn1 4lm in fttnn t inn wilt tiA given you. L. A. BLUEBEARD HAS II WIVES, 5 MISSING, POLICE INVESTIGATING . , LOS ANGELES, April 12. v Richard Hutrt, alleged bigamist,. was under guard in a private hospital today recovering from self-inflicted wounds made while ho was In San Diego Sat- urday and yesterday. While formal proceedings against Huirt were held in abeyance until he would be ablo to appoar ln court, the officers continued their search for persons having knowledge c'f his affairs. They said today that they had ldenti- fied seventeen wives, of whom ffvo were said to he missing, and they appealed thru the papers here to any of tho missing woni- en who. saw accounts of the caso to come forward and lessen the labors of the search by disclos- ing their Identity. The police said they had learned of wives In Spokano. Seattle, Santa Wc'nica, Hanger, Texas, Alberta and Los Angeles. Those of Spokano and Seattle wero said to be included in the missing five. LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE KUGKNK, Ore., April 12. During a period of three hours last night. five robberies were reported to the police. Three watches nnd $-10 in cash was the total of the bootv. In one ense a thief entered a bakery and made away with till, money and all. No arrests'" have vet been made. These nre the first burgluries report ed during the last three weeks. ASTORIA, Ore., April 12. A masked robber entered the bunkhouse of the logging company opcratinc at Gravis River, Wash., ncross the Co lumbia river from hero Into last night, lined up the 12 men occupying the house and relieved them of .VG00, ac cording to reports received here to dav from Grays River. The man escaped, according to the report. L APPEAL SUP. CI. MONTESANO, Wash.. April 12 George F. Vanderveer, Seattle I. W. W. attorney, is here today taking pre liminary steps towards carrying the. Ccntralin armistice day murder ease to the stnte supreme court on appeal in the hope of'sccuring a new tiial. for tho seven convicted I. W. W. who liave been sentenced to from 25 to 40 years in prison. After secur ing affidavits in M'ontcsano todav. Vanderveer will go to Olympia where he will ask an order for n transcript of all testimony taken in the murder trial this to' be used in muking his appeal brief. .The appeal will be mado he said, upon claims of errors in the law nd of insufficiency of the evidence. IS - BY ITALY TOUaSfTO, Ont., April 12. Lie tenant Colonel William G. Barker has been awarded a second . silver medal by the king of Italy for hero ism in October 1918, when he attack ed sixty German airplanes single- handed nnd shot six down before he was downed. Colonel Barker, it Is said, holds more decorations for bra very than any other living British airman. Census Returns WASHINGTON, April 12. Popu lation statistics announced today by the census bureau included: "Flint, Mich., 91,599, increase 53,048 Or 137.6 per cent oyer 1910. Adrian, Mich., 11,878, Increase 1115 or 10.4 per cent. Wabash, Ind. 9872, Increase 1185 or 13.6 per cent. Emporia, Kas., 11,273, Increase 2215 or 24.5 per cent: Freeport, III., 19,669, Increase 2102 or 12 per cent. CIVIL WAR IS NEARER IN MEXICO General Pino Declares 13 States Have Followed Sonora's Example to Se cedeTroops Recalled to Guard Boundary Against Expected Car ranza Invasion Accurate Infor mation Lacking, With Important Developments Expected. ACUTA PRIF.TA. Sonora. Mexico. April 12. General ,1. M. I'ino, com manding the first divisional army of the state of Sonora, advised the As sociated Press that he has receivco semi-official information thnt thirteen additional states of the republic had voted to follow the examples of the state of Sonora ii) seceding. Defi nite details as to the list of states is lacking, however. Detachments of state troops num bering in the niutihhorhood of 1, 500 who were recalled from guarding the Sunora-Sinaloa boundary havo been ordered to return to the stnte line stations and again take up patrol work according to a statement todav by military authorities of Sonora to the Associated Press. The detach ments had been guarding the boun dary to intercept any attempt of Car- ranza forces under General Manuel Dieguez to invade Sonora. Couriers intercepted tho state troops as they were returning from the boundary after thev bud been ordered to disband and return to their garrisons. The men- had been drafted foi boundary line duty. The military nlso said that the mounthin passes along the Chihuah state line wero well guarded againfd any possible invasions -from the cast l-NTOGALES, Sonora, April 12. Of ficials of the new "Republic of So nora", which withdrew from the Mex ican government Friday, today await ed the next move, which they de clared must come from the Carranza administration. In the meantime they prepared for any military activity against the state. Carranza has but one channel open for him to bring the state back into the federation of Mexican states, they said. Ho must accede and guarantee Sonora what they claim is the state's right, that he will not send troops Into Sonora against the wishes of the state government. Volunteers Culled The Sonora officials accused Car ranza c'f forcing the break In rela. lions by ordering federal troops Into the state despite tho state's demand the order be cancelled. They said Carranza planned to set up a military dictatorship and oust the present state officials as part of a scheme to defeat the presidential candidacy of General. AlVaro Obrogon, a citizen of Sonora. 'Before the break came open threats were made that If Carranza trotps attempted to enter the state they would be met by state troops and revolution arise. General P. Ellas Calles, former governor of So nora, and until recently a member of the Carranza cabinet, has been mado military commander of the' "repub lie." Calles has called for volunteers to resist any attempted Invasion of the state by federal trocps. Custom houses and all Mexican federal property thruout tho stato have been seized by the state govern ment. ' Several days ago Carranza was re ported to havo 3500 soldiers mobiliz ed on the southern boundary line of Sonora. No report has since been re ceived of the dlsposltltn of this forco. AGUA PRIHTA, Sonora, Mexico, April 12. Nothing of consequence developed in the Sonora situation thruout yesterday and all parties con cerned awaited developments with expectancy. - Tho state military received a re port from Nogales this morning to the effect thnt word had been re ceived at army headquarters there that General Illunco1 was marching overland from Chihuahua points with approximately two thousand soldiers and should reach the Sonora state line within the next few days. Word also comes from Nogales tsat the telephone and telegraph lines be tween thnt city and llermosillo, the state capital had been cut at variouB points during the night and that line men, guarded by state troo'pa, had been sent out to repair the damage. Yaqul Indians Itendy AGUA PR! ETA, Sonora, Mexico, April 12. Word has been received (Continued, on Pace Six) 7 KILLED, 200 INJURED LONDON, April 12 Two hun- drcd persons Injured in the ex- plosion of a munitions dump at Hotensteln, near Koentgsborg, East Prussia, yesterday, have been rescued, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Dally Mail. Explosions aro contlnu- ing and rescuers wero ablo to apprUich tho scene only in armored cars. ' Fuses wero being removed from big caliber shells at tho dump when one was ignited and thirty tremendous explosions followed, wrecking dwellings and shattering thousands of windows in tho city. . BKItLIX, April 12. Seven persons wero killed in yester- duy's explosions at Hotensteln, according to dispatches rocolved fc here. THOUSANDS STAY AT EINN.Y. OF STRIKE I.VEW YORK April 12. Now York with Its back againBttho wall, strug gled desperately to free Itself from the tentacles of the octopus-like epi demics of unauthorized railway strikes. Out of tho mnze of conflicting re ports of now strikes called, and oth ers threatened railroads prcfossed to bob a ray of hopo, because .Bomo passenger service had been maintain ed and food and milk trains managed to. creep Into the city. it was admitted by the railrond offices, however, that the situation still was grave. I Thousands of porsons were unable to reach their places of business here until hours after the usual time, while other thousands gave up the at tempt and remained homo. The Chicago express on tho Brie railroad, which was abandoned yes terday at Port Jorvis, New York, while members of tho crew attended a meeting of the new union, arrived In Jersey City this morning more than ten hours late. The train car ried mail and it was predicted that federal authorities might take cog nizance of the delay. TO A LOW LEVEL INEW YORK, April 12. French, Belgian and Italian money went to new low records In the foreign ex change market horo today. French francs sold at 10.82 for a dollar, off 65 centimes; Belgian francs at 15.60 for a dollar, off 60 centimes and Itah lan lire at 2G.27 for a dollar, Olt one lire, 50 centimes. Demand sterling tpenod at 3115 , off 1 cents. Revolution in Guatemala. WASHINGTON, April . 12. The long threatened revolution ill Guate mala against President F.strada Cab rera finally has broken out. Re ports today to the state depnrtmenl said the opponents of the president had gained control of Guatemala City after some street fighting. A marine guard from the cruiser Tucoma nnd submarine tender Nia gara tins been landed to protect (he American legation. NDEXTER OFFERS RAILROAD STRIKERS IN THE ; PEN WASHINGTON, April 12 Legis Intion to deal with railroad strikes was proposed today bv Senntor Poin dexter, republican. Wnshington. The bill proposes ten year's imprisonment and 10.000 fine for nnv person who advises, solicits or persuades others to join strikes which interfere with inter-statc coinmorce. Porsons using force, violence or threats against others remaining nt work in moving inter-state commerce would be pun Khed by fifteen years imprisonment and $15,000 fine. The measure wag referred to the GOVT. LOST $78,531,521 WAR CAMPS Majority Report of Committee In Congress Scores Waste and Inef ficiency in War Department Cost Plus Contracts a Scandal Favor Law Making Profiteerinq In War Time Treason Minority Report Praises Baker. WASHINGTON, April 12. (By Ih'o Associated Press)' Two opposing re ports on the long congressional in vdstigntion of tho construction! of thirty-two nnnv camps and canton ments were submitted todav to. tho house bv war expenditures commit tee nnd debated for sevoral hours. Tho majority report presented bv re publicnn committeemen, criticised government agencies nnd offieiuls in charge of the war building program, while the minority report of the deinq cruts defended the administration. The government lost $78,531,521 on tho sixteen national nrmv enntonr ments it was estimated by the mif iority report, which nsserted this was due to "waste, inefficiency, and graft," resulting from cost plus con tracts, which wero snid to be "wido open." ' " , . ;'...- No estimate of loss on the National Guard camps was mado by the ma jority. . . Dissenting from the majority find ings, tho minority declared that tlie construction work was equivalent to building of 32 cities, ench with 37,' 000 to 4(1,000 populntion nnd nddod: "This tremendous task was virtu ally completed in three monthsVand stands out ns one of the greatest achievements of the wnr." ' , " '"'.. Reprosentntives McTenzie, Illinois, nnd MeCullough. Ohio, . republicans, nnd DorcmiiB, Michigan, democrat, were the committeemen who conduqt ed the investigation. ; ... . Make Profiteering Treason .. .- " The majority submitted six fecom mendntions for legislation by con gress including the submission to the states of a constitutional amendment making "profiteering in war time treason." It also urged thnt the dn- pnrtment of justice be asked to in vestigate work nt every camp. No recommendations were mado in the minority report, and it listed two conclusions, one condemning the niB iority report nnd the other defending Secretary Baker, who the tnajority declared, "must bear the final re sponsibility." 1 ' !' The majority cites several items, amounting to many thousands of dol lars, which it was argued donld le gally be recovered bv the government from contractors. Tho majority declared Secretary Baker should not have permitted a, departure from the old method of competitive bids. "The minority is of the Opinion." added the report, "that if views of the majority had been adopted , at the beginning of the wnr the whole build ing program would have been in a, state of chaos, many of our troops would hnve perished with cold or died of ilisense in the winter of 1917, and the German army would have been in Paris before our soldiers could have, entered tho battle lines." 1 . , i General Strike in Ireland. DUBLIN, April 12. The offioials of the Irish trades union congress nnd the, labor party todav issued a call to the workers of Ireland for a1 general strike throughout the country tomor row ns a protest against the treat ment of political prisonors. ' BILL 10 PUT inter-stnte commerce committee. " ' The Washington senator said the strike was nothing less than revolu tion. ., "It is bnlshevism pure and simple. It is backed ui by every Anarchist nnd revolutionist, alien or domestic, both of the outdoor and parlor sa nely. ,' "I tho control of eommcree Is to be Keeured bv the revolutionary means of cutting off supplies from the people; then congress has been divested of its powers nnd free government is' suspended."