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MED The Weather Maximum yostoi-duy Minimum today 41 jreciIitMUo!i Traco ford Mail Tm Predictions Probable Kuiii. BUNE fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year I 1 STRIKE Insurgent Walk Out Spreads in Eastern Part of Country and Fresh Walk Outs Reported in Many Localities President Calls First Cabinet Meeting Since Illness to Consider Situation Department of Justice Secures Names of Strikers WASHINGTON, April 13. Coin cident with reports todnv of crow ing seriousness of the rnilrond strike. President Wilson today called a meeting of his cabinet for tomorrow to discuss "tlio general situation." It will bo the first timo Mr. Wilson has met with his official family since last August. Atlomov General Fulmcr had ex pected to innko a decision today as lo whether the government would inter vene in the strike. Department of justice officials refused to say whether the cabinet meeting would cause postponement of the decision Simultaneously with the announce ment of the cabinet meeting, the White House made public the names of tho new railroad labor hoard, The department of justice today sent telegrams to tho executive of- ficinls of tho Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads asking that they supply tho names of the men on striko on their lines, indicating the leaders of tho movement. Form New Union Reports from field agents of the department today said a new union was being formed among the strikers in i iiiMjurg una, vinculo, -too or n:,,..i i mi.. 'conization was identified as "tho rail road workers' union" with temporary headquarters in Chicago. Department ugents at Chicago ad vised that John Grunau had been de posed as head of tho Chicago Yard men's association. Efforts were made to loam the identity of the new of . licers whot the reports said, were af ' filiated with tho Industrial Workers of the World. Farther complications in the situa tion were apparent from investiga tions of federal agents, which As sistant Attorney General Garvan said indicated that the strike leaders were attempting to secure tho co-operation of railroad shop workers in tho walk out. Propaganda urging tho shop men to nnit their iobs has been circu lated in at least five great railroad centers, the telegrams from agents said. CHICAGO, April 13. Tho. main strength of the striking railroad strik ers today was oxorled in the section east of Pittsburg and in the Pacific Northwest, with conditions, according to railroad brotherhood leaders and railroad officials, in tho remainder of the country townrd ft return to nor mal. Around New York passenger service was hard hit and in the Pennsylvania steel and iron regions thousands of workers were threatened with enforced idleness. At Jcrsoy City armed soldiers with unnv motor trucks wero culled in to handle mail. ' , Fresh difficulties wore encountered bv the railroads at the Pacific north west. Great Northern mid Northern Pacifi,. switchmen at Everett, Wash.. "iiiKod out at midnight last night. n'tiuiiiiftuu o.y uruiut:i muuu ,. "s today the entire situation was: West Vastly better. Chicago Much improved. East Vastly worse, particularly York. From the Ohio river to the const, no brotherhood leaders said, the strike was "burning out." Chicago Improved hiChieago, where tho strike start- .(Continued on Page Six) FLARES BP ONCE MORE STARKWEATHER TO OPPOSE CHAMBERLAIN, MRS. THOMPSON FILES p01tTLAXD, Ore., April 14. Itar Tv 0. Starkweather, for the last two Vears chairman of tho democratic state central committee in Oregon. 'n(nv announced that he was n candi date for the democratic nomination Ior Vnited States senator. He will joose Senator George E. Chamber n for the democratic nomination. Niniillaneonsl.v .Mrs. Alexander Wompson, prominent in what is ER CAMPAIGN IN OREGON IS OPENED BY R. C. ELY OF N. MEXICO I OKTI.ANI), Ore.. April l.X Kalph C. Ely, former food ad ministrator of New Mexico. opened the campaign in Oregon m nenaii ot tlio candidacy of Herbert Hoover here todnv in an address before the Hoover Re publican club, lie declared Hoo ver the greatest master of eco nomic forces in this country today, saving no man under con sideration for the presidency had dealt so coiirnirennslv nn.l so independently with the nues- lions allectmg the relations of capital and labor as has Hoover. 4 UOSTOW, April 13. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood today cancelled tho leave of absence which he obtain ed to make a campaign for tho repub lican nomination tor president and said ho would leave later in the day tor Chicago to resume his duties as commanding general of tho central department. Ho stated that his ac tion was duo to railroad striko con ditions. General Wood in making tho an nouncement said: Tlio situation of growing serious ness in the country is such that I feel it my duty to return to my district ot command in Chicago. Tho situation is not one which allows personal con siderations to enter into the matter in the least." The general now is on a two months leave which was granted him by the war department March 20'. CHICAGO, April 13. General Leonard Wood's campaign for tho presidential nomination will not bo affected by his return to army duties hero said his campaign managers this oniing. The general will make Buch short speaking tours as he can with out interfering with his duties at cen tral department headquarters. Army officers hero have .neon watching tho strike developments closely for several days. Colonel lumnhreys, chief of staff, loft Mon day on a tour of tho eastern section of the department. L R. GRAY IS ED DIRECTOR OF 0.W1&N. PORTLAND. April 13. Carl R. Gray, president of tho Union Pacific system, was tooay eiecieu u uhuhui of tho Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation compnny at tho an nual meeting of stockholders hero. Gray succeeds the late W. V. S. Thome. All other directors were re elected. J D. Farrcll, vice president of the Union Pacific and C. E. Cochran, as sistant secretary of the Oregon-Washington cast the paxy votes for absent shareholders, most of whom reside in other states. The directors re-elected were: J. D Farrell, R. L. Gerry, W. A. Harrlman, Marvin Hughitt, .Jr., Otto H Knhn, Robert S. Lovett, C. A. Pcabody, Wil. liam G. Rockefeller, J. H. Schiff, C B Seger, C. C. Stillman and F. A. Vanderllp known as the "Wilson ring." of the Orcon democratic party, announced her candidacy for the democratic nomination (or congress from the third district. Nomination pe ition.-, for both Mr. Starkweather and Mrs. Thompson were to be filed this after noon nt Salem, it was announced. An active campaign is to be waged tbrongho.it the state bv the ilson adherents against the democratic sup porters of Senator Chamberlain. GENERAL WOOD 10 REIN 10 POST CAUSE OF STRIKE MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920. BLUEBEARD LIST WIVES REACHES 27 Richard Huirt. Alias Walter Andrew Watson Proves to Be Matrimonial Sensation of Ane Dozen Wedding Rings Found in Effects Said to Be Homely Gent Cross Eyed and Pock Marked Will Be Charged Tomorrow. ILOS ANGELES, April 13. "Wal ter Andrew Watson," who has been known to the police and sheriff's of fice here as Richard Huirt, was slow ly recovering today at the county hos- pital from self inflicted wounds In his nock and wrists, made in two at tempts at suicide. Huirt was guard ed by two deputy sheriffs and u hos pital interne. It was hoped he would bo sufficiently improved today to bo questioned about the letters, memor anda and articles found in his effects which indicate, the officers soy, that he has married at least twenty wom en, of whom five are missing. Deputy sheriffs were engaged in sorting the documents, which task thoy said, would occupy sevorul days. Scores of receipts, wills, marriage licenses and business instruments wero found, in all of which feminine names appeared. 'No formal chargo has yet been placed against the man. It was said one would bo filed today or tomor row. An automobile and a camping out fit owned by "Watson" wore found yesterday at Santa Monica. The of ficers believe the man has a room somewhere In Los Angeles where they will find further documents and personal property. They wero search ing for such a place today. A dozen wedding rings and numer ous articles of feminine jewelry' were found In Watson's effects. His de scription, as officially shown by the sheriff's records, states: 'Age 32, five feet 7 inches, weight 135 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, sallow complexion, smooth shaven, stoop shouldered, small scar-like pock left cheek, walks on hcois, left eye out of line, homely, English de scent, wears one and one-halt carat diamond ring on left hand, carries watch in outside upper coat pocket.' lAfter a morning spent in examin ing Ilulrt's effects the sheriff's offi cers engaged in the work announced that they had found letters and docu ments from which thoy coneludod that they could add soven moro wives to tho former list of twenty. Tho names thoy gave out as those of worn- on who had probably wed. Huirt were Mrs. Elizabeth S. Milliken of Colo rado; Mrs. M. Briggs and Mrs. Cath erine Watson of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Sarah A. Durham, Mrs. Lillian plpher and Mrs. Alma Estelle Snyder of Spo- kano, and a woman referred to "my dear little Alice," whoso identity was undetermined. A. E. KINNEY OUT FOR A. E. Kinney of Ashland, has an nounced as a candidate for county commissioner on the republican ticket. Mr. Kinney has lived in the county a number of years, was a suc cessful business man In Ashland for several years, and is one of the coun ty's substantial citizens. He has al ways been for good roads not only on the main highways but all over the county, and promises, if nominat ed and elected, to glvo the people a practical, economical administration, Dilano Named Receiver. WASHINGTON, April 13. Fred- crick A. Delano, of Chicago, was ap pointed today by tho supreme court as receiver in the lied river valley oil land controversy between Oklahoma end Texas. Fulton to Box Negro. SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. Fred Fulton has been matched to box Jack Thompson, negro, in Mjlwaukie, Ore., on April 21, it was learned to day. Thompson comes from Tulsa Okla. MFFALO. ApriV lXThe Even ing Telegraph's Dublin correspondent wires under a statement thnt the cabinet is about to grant the de mands of the Irish hunger strikers. SALBM, Ore., April 13. United States Senator Miles Polndexter to day filed as a candidate for president of the United States, his name to go on the Oregon primary republican ballot. GENERAL IRISH STRIKE CALLED AS A PROTEST AGAINST GOVT. ACTION LONDON. April 13. A gene ral strike began in Ireland to day in protest against the treat ment of the political prisoner.-! in Mount.iov jail at Dublin, who are on a hunger strike. Early reports to the Irish of fice here said that the striko bud gone into effect, but the of ficials gave no details regarding the scope of the movement. Tho strike call eliminated employee of newspapers, those in the telo graph service, (he humanitarian services, tho bakers and neces sary workers caring for cattle and horses. The latest official report given out here said the hunger strikers all wero weak, and Homo were Hearing the danger mark, i ST. FOR FOURTH PLACE (WASHINGTON, April 13. St Louis, fourth city of tho country in 1910 had a population of 773,000 January first this year, and showed an increaso of 85,971 or 12.5 per cent over ten yoars ago, The rate of growth during tho last ton years was the smallest of any decade since the founding of the city and tho increase in number was smaller than in any decade since that ending in 1880 when the rate of Increaso was 12.8 per cent. . i u i inuiufi. Alir. - .13. Whether St. Louis or Boston will rank as the country s fourth largest city as a ro- sult of the 1!)20 census added inter est to the announcement today of St. Louis' population. Boston's popula tion has not vet been made public. St. Louis ranked fourth in l'llO. Since 11)10 Boston has annexed the town of Hyde Park, having a popu lation in 1910 of 15,507. St. Louis nnd Boston wero the mil cities within the G00.000 class in 11)10. Cleveland, Baltimore and Pittsburt ranking sixth, seventh 'and eight h were the only cities within tho 500,- (11)0 class. A change in thai? rank in for 1920 is not improbable, nnd Dc troit, Buflalo and Sun Francisco, ranking ninth, tenth nnd eleventh, the only cities within the 400,000 class, may advance into different rank. The population of none of theso has" been announced. ' St. Louis 773,000, increase 85,071 or 12.5 per cent. Perth Amboy. N. J.'. 41.707. in crease 958(1 or 29.8 per cent. uniontown. rn., 1D.U09, increase 22(i.) or 17 per cent. jiias.suoii, unio, j increase 3519 or 25.(1 per cent. C'liillicothc, Ohio, 15,831, incrense 132.1 or 9.1 per cent. Vinita, Okla., (revised) 5010, in crease 928 or 22.7 per cent. Watertown, N. Y., 31,2(13, increase 4.1.1.1 or 1 per cent. Galesburg, III., 23,785, increase 109(1 or 7.7 per cent.- Charleston, W. Va., 39.008, in crease 10,(112 or 72.2 per cent. . West Iloboken. N. J., 40.0(i8. in crease 4005 or 13.2 per cent. wuoucsni, I'a., j!),ul, increase 3284 or 20.9 per cent. Helluiro, O., 15,001, increase 2115 or 10.3 per cent. Martin's Ferry, O., 11,634, increase 2501 or 27.4 per cent. Tamnouia. Pa., 12,363, increase 2901 or 30.7 per cent. Burglars entered the home of I). W. Driskel at 83(1 East Main street last Sunday night while the family was in attendance at the Christian church services, and after thoroughly ransacking the house, pulling' out drawers and overhauling everything. carried awnv with them a lady's gold watch, a lady's gold neck chain, a hair watch chain ornnmented with gold, and other articles to the viiluc of about $200. The police arc vet without a clue although circumstances lead them to believe Hint Hip burglars were ama teurs. . ..- R. R, LABOR IS President Wilson Names Members of Board Created bv Cummins Bill to Act as Court of Last Resort in All Disputes Between Roads and Em ployesMeet at Once to Effect Settlement Present Walk Out All Factions Represented. WASHINGTON, April 13. The railroad labor board was uppoiutcd today by President Wilson. The members are: licprcsenting the public George W. Hanger, Washington, 1). C; Henry Hunt, Cincinnati; U. M. Burton, Tennessee. , Representing the railroads Hor ace linker. J. II. Elliott and William L. Park. Representing Ihe employes Albert Phillips, A. 0. Wharton and James J. Forrester. Tho board will bo authorized to meet in Washington at onco to take up the grievances of the railroad em ployes now on strike. The nomina tions went to tho senate at noon to day and prompt action bv that body is expected. Former Cincinnati Mayor Mr. Hunt, one of tho public repre sentatives is appointed for one year. Ho is a former mayor of Cincinnati. and u former member of the Ohio house of representatives. During the war he was a captain in the national army. Since 1915 he has been n mem ber of the board of trustees of Cin cinnati Southern railway, a city owned utility. Mr. Hanger another representative of the public, is appointed fur tw years. He is assistant commissioner hot' the United Stntcs board of mediir- tion and conciliation and as a mem ber of that body has had considerable experience in handling Inbor disputed. Judge Barton, Ihe third member, is a former judge of the Tennessee court of appeals and is appointed for three years. Horace Baker, who is appointed to represent tho railroad executives for a. three-vear term, is a former geno ral manager of the C'neinnnti, Now Orleans and Texas Pacific rnilrond. J. II. Elliot, ol'Tcxss, appointed for two years, formerly was general man ager of the Texas and Pacific rail road, and subsequently was a colonel in Ihe transportation corps of the American expeditionary forces. Mr. Park is vice president of thr, I luciigo Great Western railroad nnd is appointed for ono year. Union V. Jresident Nnmed Mr. Phillips is vice president of Ihe Brotherhood of Locomotive Fircinon nnd Engincnicn. lie is appointed for three yenrs. . Mr. Wharton of Missouri is nn of ficial of Ihe railroad employes -de partinrnt of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the boarii of ruilwnv wages and working eon ditibns of the United Stntcs rnilrond administration. His term is for two years. Mr. Forrester is president of the Brotherhood of Itnilwnv Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers', Express nnd Station Employes. His term is for one year. Under the transportation act :he railroad labor board .is the court of Inst resort in disputes between the roads and their employes. Its first work alter considering the present strike, will be to tnko up the whole railroad wage ciucstion which has been pending for nearly n year. i. C. Walker is the only one seek ing the nomination for county treas urer on the republican ticket, so fur. his announcement appearing today. Mr. Walker has lived in the vnllcv several years, is at present a depute assessor nnd possesses the necessary qualifications to fill that office in A practical, business way. Harts Won't Return. COBLENZ. April 13. The Ameri- can lorccs in Germunv have been notified bv the war deportment thut Brigadier General William W. llnrls. chief of staff of the armv of occu pation, will not return from the Unit ed Slates lo resume Unit post. A AP I COMPLETELY TIED OP BY UNOFFICIAL STRIKE PITTSBURG, Kus.. April 13. Almost complete pnralvsis of the Kansas coal industry is reported todav. Tire announcement at the headquarters of the cftol opera tors as to operations said that only four steam shovels were working. No deep miner were working. The report shows that lio more than 2110 miners out of tho more Ihnn 12,000 in the district lire at work. No striko has been culled and the men lire refrain ing from work on their own nc count, so far as the records show. SULTAN DECLARES A IHE NATIONALISTS COXSTANTINOPLR, April 12. (By Associated Press). Sultan Moh mod VI., ot Turkey, has thrown all his political nnd religious powor into tho balance as a final measure In combatting the nationalist movement in Asia Minor. ' "Wrath of J leaven nnd eternal tor monts of hell," are called down on the heads of all Moslems who do not support the sultnn, by Uurrizudo Ab dullah Bffendi, the now slielk-ul-islam. Ho excoriatos the ' national ists and declares "all Miissulmcn who kill nationalists will bo blessed by Allah and all who dto fighting the robels earn domd! glory lierouftor." Mobilization ot the sultan's adher ents has begun In the inlands in the Son ot Marmora and along tho shores of tho (Black Boa. There is littlo disposition on the part of the Turks In this city to join Hie sultan's forces. They say thoir fathers and brothers aro fighting in Mustuplia Komnl's army, and thoy will not engago in a civil war. LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE OREGON CITY, Oro April 13. Tho Clackamas county grand. Jury Monday roturned'' an indlotmoiit charging arson against C. A. Klwell, former poslmnslcr nnd merchant at Jennings Lodge. It Is alleged that Krwoll, who con ducted tho storo at Jennings Lodge on December 2(1, 101!), burned tho building and tho contents. ASTORIA, Oro., April 13. Oliver Milton Weekly, 18, was arrested hero last night for robbery of loggers In tho bunk house nt tho Holland, liriggB and Avery logging camp on Grays rlvor, Wtash., early Sunday night. Wcokly was arrested hero by. Sher iff 'Nelson whoa ho arrived on the steamer Butto. Tho youth, who was armed with a 45 caliber army revol ver, at first refused to glvo hlB namo and said ho know nothing of the rob bery. Later, however, when tho offi cers found $l!l5.2.ri 111 ensh and one of tho logging company's tlmo chocks for $39.1 G In Ills possession ho con fessed, the sheriff said. SALBM, Oro., April 13. -Declaring that they would leavo their work and the institution bofore they would work with nn ex-convlct, forty em ployes at the Insane asylum hero this morning presented a petition and ul timatum to Dr. R. K. Leo Stoiner, superintendent demanding the re moval from tho forco of tho former convict. Threo employes wore dis charged by tho hospital head and tho others wore Invited to come in for their tlmo, but up to noon nothing has developed. STATE SUPREME COURT OF SALKM, Ore.. April 13 Tho stuta supreme court today, in an opinion written bv Justice Johns, placed its stamp of approval on the purchase of the Reddish farm near Kugene bv the state fish nnd fame commission bv reversing the ease of II. A. Holmes against Hen W. Olcott. as secretary of slntc, O. P. Hoff, ptate trensnrer. nnd the fish and game commission. XO. 19 SETTLEMENT FISH FIGHT State Fish and Game Commission Takes No Action on Macleay Set tlement Reuulations of Lentith of Season anil Fishinq Methods Are Not Approved Will Call in Fish and Legal Experts Shoemaker Resigns to Become Secretary of Commission. PORTLAND, April 13. Comploto segregation of tho commercial and game Interests hitherto handled front one offico of tho stato fish and gamo commission and tho uppoinnicnt of two new heads of tho latter depart ment woro uccompllRhod nt tho meet- ing of the Joint commission yester day. . r State Oamo Warden Carl D. Shoe maker tendered his resignation, eN recti vo May 1, in ordor that he might become oxocutivo secretary of the fish, commission and Captain A. K. Burglu duff, overseas veteran, was appointed to take his place. The position of state biologist, which has boen va cant sinco tho dismissal of William L. Klnloy last December, will bo filled; by Stanley Jowott, who for the past ton years has been with, tho United Statos biological survey. A largo Bharo of tho aftornoon wad given ovor to the discussion ot tha Rogue River fish controversy and A settlement. An agreement submitted by various interests on the river sug gesting change in. the length of sea? son and regulating methods ot .fish ing did not meet with entire approval and the attorney goneral, a represen tative of the United. States bureau of fisheries and porsons on the. rlVep who did not figure in tho petition will first be consulted. -f ! Other important buslnoBS that waa put thru during the day inoludOB ap propriations for the dovotopmont o$ trout hatchorlos. . M FRENCH AFTER A BUFFER STATE ON HKRt-rN, April 13. A seml-offic-lal Btntonrant published hero quotog from what purports to"bo a report b n conforenco of Kronen officers oC high rank, rocontly hold at Mayonce, at which It was said to havo boen agreed that tho "line of the Hhine" was necessary for tho protection of Frnnco against tho "revenge ideas ot Gorman military circles." It was thoroforo considered, adds the roport Hint a buffer stato must be croatod which should Includo that part of tho right bank of tho Rhino comprising DiiBsoldorf Industrial district, the; Ruhr roglon, and Frankfort ond its) neighborhood. , Wvory ombnrrassmont ot Cormany should, tho report says, bo oxploltod to tho host advantage. i '- .. Don't Forget to Register. Registration books for the primary election close April 20. f you haven't ulready register- od and did not voto at the last general election, do so at onco. 1 vou dont know vour place of registration, call The Mail Trib- une, and the information yvill be iriven von. ! HOLDS THE FARM LEGAL The court henrd the enso en banc. The decreo means that the secretary! of stato mnv now audit an intt'nl claim of $2,000 as first payment on. the farm, ultimately u total of 7,680, the amount to be pnid for the fniru, nnd that the state treasurer will bo renuired o pay the amounts. The opinion is a reversal of a decree- bv Judge Oeorge 51. Dilham oS the lower court for Marion county, POSTPONED