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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.
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primary election close April 15.
If you hnven't already register-
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registration, call The Mail Trib-
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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."