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The Weather Maximum yesterday 48 Minimum today ....35 Jreeipitatlou 12 Predictions Itain Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, 6BEG ON, '-WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 1920 NO. 20 , - ' r-tyt SENSATION tilBt ATTEMPT TO . tpi- J oddiimp dv m P1N ST!(F HB1M (lllllEE0 P" WINNER INI iTTw nrMM :: rnTQrnnrT; pA,uS. a,.,, : DDCQT ZK Q Aliril : HMMfNTAlH II I I V la rill I nOSBUURG. Ore., April 14 II P P I Nil till Conclusion of a defensive mill- r II I I 1 I I 1411 II President Duvid 1'. Harrows ot J I III IB I I 1 1 I U I I '111 I I" 111 If In order to combat the high cost 111 I I III I tary entente between Belgium I l HJ f lyj the University of California, ex- U 1 1 1 lt U I I I I la Til I I ULII Ll or woarlnir annarel. many of the I 1 la I I UUWI'" arid France Is imminent, accord- . . oeutivo head of the American Le- .. ' K Evidence Presented 'at Cabinet Meat Inn Shows Russian Communist In ternationale Is Fomenting Switch men's Walk-Out for a Mass Strike Followed bv Revolution Insuraent Walk-Out Is Merely One Step in Plan of Lenlne and Trotsky. TVASlflNGTON, April 14 Evi dence obtained by the department of justice' was .said today to show that the Russian communist Internationale' is and undertaking to use the rail road strike as the vohiolo far the ere-, ntion of a mass striko in the United States. ' Reports from federal agents were said to have disclosed thut the com munist party . was , financing and otherwise aiding the striko through the agency of the Industrial Workers of the World.' - ' Evidence which the department has received was declared to justify the statement that the strike was to he merely a stop in the well-known plan of the communist group and that the end and aim was a mass srike to be followed by a revolution. ' ' . .Reports regarding the communist .Internationale's part ' in the striko were understood to have been laid be fore 'President Wilson and the cabi net today by Attorney General Pal mer, but , those present persisted in their silence as to what decision had been reached tit the cabinet session. Senate Quits as Usual WASHINGTON. April 14. The t.l., fn'oA tn net nn the noli) DCUU.O ........ 1 ;..i;.,o p members of the rail road labor board after discussing Hit nominations in executive session for nearly two hours, the senate finally deferred action vintil tomorrow. 5 ! i-'' B. P. Conditions Better . v PORTLAND. Ore, April 14. Fur ther improv.ement in the unauthorized swftchnien's strike was , noted ; here ..again today, the Southern Pacific re porting the dispatching of three mam ' I.-. 1,,1 fm;nl,t frnina hist niL'ht. and !,.. hvani.li linn lncnl freights. A .:..:i.,.. mnuamanf. ia.Axnected today nuiiuui u... , ........... - ..officials said Crews nt Dunsmuir ..-.j Aahinnil otill ifue' out on the Southern Pacific, however. . Conditions remained unchanged on the. Oregon-Washington Railroad ond Navigation oompnny while an im provement was noted on the S. P. & S.. where three crows were work ing last night and nnotlier promised for today. , Strikers Iao Strength CHICAGO, April 14. Improved freight traffic conditions were re ported today in the central west with "insurgent" . ruilroad men returning to work nt several points, but the in dustrial situation in Ohio and Michi gan reached, a crisis ns a result of stoppage of fuel supplies and in the J'nr west a dozen' passenger trains were reported stalled in Southern California.' '" " Both insurgent lenders and of in:" :i .p n.. uin.tnl" ltrnthprhoods pre- il UL UIW ....... - dieted the battle of the strikers would be a "linger affair." but brotherhood '.' (Continued on page Eight) WALL STREET FIREMEN, STRIKE ' NEW YORK, April The first volunteer trains for commuters 'on the Erie railroad were greeted at sta tions by crowds waving flags and cheering. "The millionaire special" from Up per Montclalr rolled Into the Erie terminal after a 45 minute run. The firemen were Richard Sanderson, New York manager of the Baldwin U.....1.. .!,. ori j. R. Quinn, the 'New England representative of that company. Another crew Includ ed PAnloln rhrli Mett Of J. P. Mor- . gao and company and Joseph Andress MILLIONAIRES nOSBllUHG. Ore., April 14 A Tn nrrtpr tn combat the high cost of wearing apparel, many of the leading businessmen of the city, including a number of county officials have signed an agree- ment pledging themselves to 4. wnnr hlno overalls and soft 4- s aiiirtu until such time . as the j. nrinn nf plnthlnn is reduced Among the numes appearing nn thn agreement are bankers, i' " " . mniiv rinnlnrs. cunltullsts. clerks and contractors. ' ' - j..j.A.j.a.i.J. RISH STRIKERS TO BE RELEASED DUBLIN, April 14. (Bv the Asso ciated Press) Removal ot the hunger strikers from the Mount.iov prison was begun nt five o'clock tins afternoon. In the presence of groat n,.,l.lnnnaQ Mirried the first ITUBUS umm.ii....vB of the prisoners at that lipur to. the Mater Misencordia nospuui. 1 i . rmnT Txr A,.vil 11 All the hunger strikers among the political prisoners in Momit.iov nut wno'are-ppnsiu.u in danger by the prison aooior, win he released, the lord mayor in nil- dressing a crowd this ntternoon, sum the vicerov had informed him. ' . DUBLIN, April 14. The ' general strike declared yesterday in .protest against the treatment of ;- the '.Irish i - r4.;i-iri in Arni'intiov-rjrwon HllllUCl- - continued today with added tenseness and increased tears or serious -velopments. Sixty thousand workers in Dublin alone are on strike and a f ecline of pronounced excitement pio vailed throughout tho capital. ; The day was marked eorlv bv a fatality. Constable Hurry Kells being shot (lend while on plain clonics uui? n 1 t,,nt lhi mnrnincr. The 1U VJIIIIHIUI. ...... assailant was an iinidontifiod young man who fired two shots and escupwi before he could be apprehended.' OFFER $40,000 FRENCH .TiirvFAPOI,IS. April' 14. Mike rn:.,o Minnminlis boxing promoter t.i '..fCnmil flpnTOOS Carpenticr. French heavyweight, $40,000 to meet Tommy Gibbons in tins city some u nnSc l.na imstcd a certified check of $10,000 as a forfeit, the money to be used as a side bet thai the St. Paul light heavyweight can beat the invader over the ten-round route. Sugar Price to Be 20 Cents SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. A basic price of 17 cents on rclmvl : ..nrlnnil lots was declared hv the Western Sugar Refining company here todnv. a rise ot ivs . pound over previous nuotntions. It is expected that the retail price will be 20c a pound. ACT AS BREAK SPECIALS Jr., son of the vice presiaeni. ui . , . - nn Bank of Xew York. .Mayor Charles H. Martens of East Orange. N. J., and Frank L. Kramer, for several years national champion, fired a tram trom ui Orange to Hoboken. n frrtTTl iHW JU1SCJ ivr. - n ,h trains eaulpped with traveling . j ,.n if necessary, to Dags anu piov-. - " spenu tue N,- ,. , ,, In accept ng mn . . .lnir and citizens Rtuaenis. lormc. . , to operate trains, railroad on.cm. declared tnat tne lie would bring tho sinne tu -f--, close. A - PRISONERS Mystery Surrounds First Meeting of Cabinet Attended by President Since His Illness Some Plan of Action Reached. But Public Is Not Informed President in Rare Good Humor Meeting Does Good. Says Doctor. WASHINGTON. April .14. Presi dent Wilson and his cabinet distfusscd tho railroad striko for more than an hour today and' apparently, reached snmn conclusion, hut there was no ;.f!fif w. nn tn ilQ nnt.urn.. Attorney Genernl Palmer made this ctniomnnt ii he left the White House ."II-. ic fnin tn cnncludo that the strike situation was discussed, but I am not prepared to say what eonclu Qinna n-nra oncllCfl." Other members of the cabinet would mnKO no suuemeui. uiii" u.H ers to the attorney general. Some intimated, however, that delimte de cision had been mndo one way or another as to government interven- MV Pnlmnr went direct from the wmtn lTnncn tn his nffice and imnit diutely summoned for a conference of his assistants who have been kcepin-.' in close touch witli the strnce suim: Irioilr--.--" . ' !(.,,. A.lm ml (4rnvsnn. the presi dent's physician, said the president mm i nniavea meuiiutc niiu "-a "It did him) good," declured Dr. n w ,oCno. r,nnlH .... nil fi. Mr. W son.. . i"!,,l.inot nffinprti dnclnred the oresi-l :dent hud been m excellent numor aim hml . lmiehed nnd toked with mem. TheV expect that meetings of the cabinet will be held weekly in Ac fu- tore. TERM YANKEE CAME . FROM THE CHINESE rnrcin inrM 14 The name "Yankee' eame front a Chinese phniso "Yang jung" by v ot where tho words were corrupted to. "Yang Gee." according to ieu xi ir;.,l, Cliinnen 'lnlinr leader who re cently arrived here to establish rela tions with the .American Federation of Labor. "Yitng Gee" menus "vou .. n n vminn fnreiirncr." Mr. Teh believes tho word laniccc was first applied to New Knglnnders bv English or Dutch sailors who hud learned the phrase m the orient. CHICAGO TO ESTABLISH HELLO GIRLS HOME riirfAfin Anril 14. A home for telephone gins witu nuineruus icwi- tions will be established hero soon. & tlOnS Will PC USLUIJIIBIICU lid" rtv... " nrtv.eiv rnnm nnnrtinent building, to l.n..n nl.nl, f ail.Illv f.!rtn. IS linin? f-.On- VertCU UV HIO iuiuijuuiik i.ww.i.t.... a boarding house. The! dormitory ... , I ..nn l.:innnn . .... .1.- .l l...nn flnmllllHll inlH will nave a. iiirue mci..,ii:u mim". dining room, luundrv, and a niunbcr of sewing rooms. Each apartment will be furnished with a phonograph or a piano. STRIKE COURT TOE ELECTION ISSUE TOPEKA, Kas. The new Kansas intrtoi i-nnrf Is to be the "para- i.a" nt lnhnr In the coming lllUUHl loo - .. .. .i...in ...nriUni tn I f Rta state eiovtiwii, v....n m ... ii,n. Onnatlon VIC, lUpWIta ItXXJUt ..i.n. . tn hn sent to nearly all ju.i.. k. thn atntn labor oreanl """"""I"' ."" ..... ".m zatlon. Tne more connei mn'o ' ito the uiscoverv. inuiwKmi' ment of labor Is said to sanction the g(.VernI women were found in the .room ' .... . nt thn lalinrl , ! I ll..:-l I. .1..1....1 t-n nnlln nilt. Industrial court, . auiuu . i..i hnvinn- indorsed It In public announcements. . .. . .. , PARIS. Anrll 14. (ilavus). Conclusion of a defensive mill- tary entente between 'Belgium and France Is imminent, accord- inir to a statement by Baron Do Uuiffier d'llestroy, Uelglan am- 4. lmuu.wlnr in the l'etlt- farisicn, r but the nature of the under- 4. uin.wiinir finnirht between the two count l ies has not been clearly defined hitherto. Hoi- glum was the .only country to 4- join with Franco in sending troops Into the neutral zone when the Kliert forces advanced.. WIDOW TYPES ,.. LOS Angeles Bluebeard Made Spec laity Marrying Widows Property Gain Gfven as Cause. Defendant Now Seriously III Another Oregon Wife Found. ' LOS ANGELES-. April 14:-f-A tola- cram today from rChief of Police J T. Welsh of Salem, Ore., informed the local officers Hint another wile 1UW. Kiitherine Kruse. had started here to identify the man.. She saw her husband had desertea ner mure ..i. l.wfl nftni tlioir iTlftrriaffe' in .. . B c in lgl3 - ...... ....i i - A list or names ..a,, been used byllmrUin his matrimonial ndventurcs included, to dato, Walloi Andrew Watson. Charles . Newton Harvey, Harry Lewis, touis. A. Hilton, Andrew Iluirt, James Wood and II. L. Gordon. . . .. 1 T.na AMF.T.F.S. Cal.. April 14. r;;,.l,,.,l iinirt hold for investiga tion of circumstances indicating thc.t I ho has murricd more than twenty women without divorcing any of them. wna Vcnnrted to be seriously ill nt the countv hospital today. Iluirt was whow he -w hoM ftP,i,. had cashed, his under guurd after he had gashed, his throat and wrist in two attempts (it suicide. ' Yciterduv's developments inolmU-d Hie discovery of u room occupied at intennls bv the suspected man. linn which' tho landlord of tho hotel fihid had been continuously relnined for weeks: the discovery of blink:, de posits totalling more than $8,000 rtml the disappearance of one woman who had been corresponding Willi tiuir.n, and who was living at a beach hotel when the nows of his arrest became Miuiii: . . ' , , ..i.i:,. Tho case had now developed, tiie App; until tn n niiowtinn of sifting the numerous facts at hand in an ef fort to tell .lust how many women Iluirt had married, if he had married, n.l linnr mnnv nf ilmm Were uliVO. They said a revised list indicated that iney suiu kw H.-.I. he had marnco nuoiu iweniy -i.uu..-.. I ne mill . . in fifteen venrs, nnd that five or oos I Qllllv HI Y flf the twenty h-' mysttr- iwuniy ,1i.-.c.......- - t Three of tho alleged wives are in lr- . nH oltpl,nn tnWnn. finil ..... .. .l,DI,nC,IKlfl ios iiim.-: ....... v. the officers said they would confront Huirt with the women na soon ns his condition permits. Iluirt, they said, specralized in widows: he was alleged to have mar ried 'onlv two or three Women why hn nnt itnd nrnviniis nmtrimoninl ex perience. Ihcv said nis prciercnce was probnblv due to tho luct iniu widows usually had a little property trliArMn sine e . women were no. nlwavn an nrnVlflpd. Pniinn v-erf tnrlnv endeavoring to establish ownership of a fur collar and silk skirt found in a room in n Snnta Monica hotel occupied liv I - 1 Tr..;- ......... . -. . - I n.. r efnina nn the (rnrments were I ..... n n..-...-. eni.l hr tho police to hnvo caused - l tnnn. tn ntlnnh nnrtintilnr itnnortnnce - V-V i... ... r wmen iimrt i uctmicu iw m,-. v - "Jmncs Lawrence of Oak- I land, CaL" MUCH MARRIED MAN FAVORED Carranza Escapes Assassin, But Re bellion Grows Gonzales Deserts Chief and Demands His Resigna tion Sonora Busy Mobilizing for Expected Attack Passes Guarded Carranza Trooos En Route to West Hostilities Expected Soon AGUA PU1ETA, Sonora, -Mexico April 14. An unsuccessful attempt upon tho .life of President Carranza wns made In Mexico City last Friday aftornoon, according to private ad vices received by Roberto Carrlllo until a few duvs oko chlof of tho Cur rnn.fl aOOFPt Service for tills district. and who hnB now associated himself with the new Sonora repuunc, WASHINGTON, April 14 Private nrtvlcnn received here today from Vonvn I.nrpdn. said that General Pab in nnnznlns. formerly chief military leader under the present Mexican government, had rejoinea nis com mand and issued a proclamation call (nn nn Cnrrnnvn in reRlen. '- He said the supreme court snoiim name a president to noia elections. nana,.., i nnnv.nlnn at the same time withdrew as a candidate for president and requested General Obregon and Vgnaclo BonlnaB; amDassaoor to tna United States to follow his example. Gorman Steamer BclMxl i . A report received today at first di visional army headquarters said the steamer.-- "Vorwaertfl,"- re cently seized at the port ol Guaymiis by order of the Carransa government for carrying arms and ammunition to the rebel forces, .has been taken over by the republic of Sonora and now is being refitted as a cruiser. Slie will PDmr niv mounted cannon, and at the same time will be used ns an army transport along tho weBt coast ot Sonora. .iGeneral J. M. Plna said today re--.n'.ia vn-chinir first divisional hoad- ouarters revealed that during 'the if is hnnrs thlrtvrslx hundred re cruits have Joined the ranks of the new Sonora army, wnue it is riun from Hormoslllo that approximately snnn Ynnnl Indians have now associ ated themselves with Calles. ' MAY LET KANSAS WIND R. R. PRATT. Kas., April 14. Snils for trains in western nnd central ICim Oo Imvii liMi-ii advocated as groat fuel uconoihizers by railroad meu here since the recent "Htunt", .pltived bv the wind in driving a box cut 20 miles, on the Missouri Pacifio truck, from 1 ilka to Olcott. ' The cur was started bv the high ,.-;,! fm,n a fiidiiii' nnd "made the run". of twentv-six miles in less than an hour. When it dashed through p-..ui.,n I In, mieriitnr wired ahead in nicntt nnd the runaway was derail ed and stopped at that point. Census Returns - WASH INGTONi, April 14 Popula tion statistics announced today by thn ennnun liurenu Included: Washlnaton. Ind.. 8708, Increase si nr 10.0 nnr cent over 1910.' Ionia, Mich., 6935, Increase or 37.9 per cent. .-', : Port Arthur1. Texas. Z2.Z5I, , in nrenan 14!B88 Or 190.4 Per Cent. Douglas, Ariz., 9916, increase aim or B4 per cent. Plymouth, Mass., 13,032, increase 891 or 7.3 per cent. Winston Salem, K. C, 4 8,395, in crease 25,690 or 113.2 per cent.' Admit Mexican Laborers. . WASHINGTON. April 14. An nnfar wn issued tndav l)V SecretlirV Wilson suspending tho immigration laws so as to admit laborers iroin Mexico and Cnnuda "for the exclu sive purpose of cultivating and har vesting sugar beet crops in the stiikM if Colorado. -Wyoming. Utah, Iowa and Nebraska, OAKLAND. Cal.. April 14. ! Pi-nciilnnl llnviil P. Iliiri-ltWS of the University of California, ex ecutive head of the American Le gion in this state, has called n meeting of the Legion state of ficers tomorrow night when ho will offer to resign from his po sit ion as n rcsultHi.f the criticism made bv Sun Francisco nnd oilier mists of his opposition to cx-solilicrs' bonus plan. !E TO GOVT. FORCES AGUA PR1ETA, Sonora, April 14 This border town, tho objective of Carranza troops under Colonel Fox In the opening of the campaign to bring Sonora back into the Mexican fold. Is being prepared to meet the Invaders with force, . Ttulldlnn of trenches and fortifying of vantage points was begun Monday berore the first movement of federal, troops towartl this 'state was report ed... Carranza' trooos: scheduled ' to leave Juarez today, will travel 135 miles by train to Casus Grandog and tnenoe by root over uesert country and mountain nasses for 200 miles before they can reach here. Sonora, officials estimate the first battle 1b still a week distant' and this week will be spent in preparation. Troop patrols nave been 'guaro.ing thn Slnnlnii and Chihuahua frontiers all this week. Special attention will be given to guarding Pulplto pass thru which the invading troops must come. Military officers assert that the pass can be guarded with a small force against a far greater number. Tho state troops also are reported well equipped with arms and ammu nition. ; - In a statement Issued yesterday at Hernoslllo, Governor Adolfo De La Uimrin nrnvlslnnal president of the republic of Sonora, declared the en tire state was supporting him In the secession movement. He declared that tho Btate's action was legal and In dotonso of state rights under the Mexican constitution. General J. IM. Pino, military com mander hore, declared his troopB, largely mllltla and recruitB from this district, will be available successfully to meet any attompts to capture this town. Federal troops In tno- state are declared by the state officials to havo gone over to the state govern ment. (In the moantlmo customs collec tions aro being made as usual and hnnlnpua is not Interfered with. Gov ernor Be La Huorta in his proclama tion promised to protect tne rignts oi foreigners as well ns Mexicans. nnn't Fnrnet to Reulster. ' -D...:.,l-..finn LnnLa fdP tllA prinuirv'clection closo April 20. T TP vnn hnven't nlreadv rcnistcr- 4 ..i .... .i:j . ... ..... n tlm Inur. - fill mill I11U HUb .wo n, . irnnnrnl election. An so at once. If you dont' know your place of registration, call Tho Mail Trib- .1 .U. :.. J. ...... ll... ...111 l.n given you. RESISTANC L1TIA CALLED OUT TO QUELL RIOTS IN F SI'RINGFIF.LI). III.. April 14. Adjutnnt General Frank Dickson to day ordered several units of the .Illi nois reserve. militia to Kcwnnco; III., at the request of Sheriff Wilson, of llonrv nmintv. who said strike riots had gotton beyond his control. KEWANKK, 111.. April 14. Sheriff Samuel Wilson ot Henry countv to day appealed to the governor to sond troops here to maintain order, fol lowing a scrieB of fights between 1 ' '1 E Illinois Governor Carries Primary by! Comfortable Plurality With W008 Second Surprise of Election . Is I Showing Made by Jolinson Nearb 50,000 Voters Write In Name oil California Senator Mayor Thomp son Captures Cook County. . CHICAGO. April H.-Aooording nil unofficial returns Governor Trail I O. Lowden of Illinois won the, Illinois I presidential preferential primary, in I his homo state yesterday by a plural-1 ity of 04,574, on returns frdm all btp I 430 scattered prooinots. although I General Leonnrd Wood carried Cook countv ( Chicago I by 27.443 and Sori- ntor) Iliram Oohnson of C&liforttk I whose name h.1141 to oe written onne ballot, surprised political leaders 'by rnnnincr un a vote of 45.193 . Votes. Innl.wllno.' Aft SRI i in ' Cnnlf V. nnlllltv. I There were no democratic candidate wore written in by a-few ; hundred voters.-'" ','"''- vify V Mlvyor William Hale Thompson; of Chicago,: republican national bomhtljp teemnn for Illinois oarriod V, ever V ward -ekcepb -one "fpr :eomniU)tBmal. thereby, gaining .domplote 'dqUol""? the Cook organization tot foijr.Vearil. ,';'. ;r .:'HiUt Vote Cast' J Wliile less than half tbo yiie in thi state was-cast and bttlv a. fifth, as mnny women ns men wcht to the polls, feminine thrift added to the plurali ties bv which four bond issues foy $34,000,000" for muniaipal improve ment were defeated, in Chicago. On' the primary candidates the proportion of women to men was about the same for the two leading candidates. . j Uuneral Wood, the only canuinaif n...l.n a namnainn in tltA Dtafa. Mh tn muln ft -nnmnniirn in tltA Rtntn. fl.&Tm ried MoDonough, Alexander and Puf Inski cphntios in addition to Cook but all tho other 08 counties' went to Gov eronr Lowden, who on the incomplete unofficial roturns scored a maioriY ot li),al over ms opponents. . . ? The governor rolled ' Up a' Vote nnu'n.Bfntll tlmh rAltnllA A marffin at ns high ns 7 to 1 in one or two oonn ties, bringing 1pm to tha uoon county line with nearly 100,000 lead pver General Wdod. . ' !, Johnson Is Surprise The snriirisn nf thn nrimarv. ac cording to supporters bf. both Gov? ornor Lowden nnd General Wood was the largo number of voters who wrote in llin nnniA nP Senator. Johnson who mado no speeches in Illinois and had no organization, supporters pi botn regular candidates asserted that, the Johnson vote hurt theiri candidate. tot the benefit of the other. Never in Illinois or possibly national politics had so mnny voters voted a sticker ticket.: The largest pwvidus sponton eous vote recorded in Illinois was that for Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 when some 12.000 votes were written in foi him. In Chicago, where the bulk of the Johnson vote was cn.it, the John son vote showed a smaller percentage of women than .that for eovernoi Lowden or General Wood.' The lead ers polled about one-sixth as mat female ns male votes while the Cull fornion polled' onlv one seventh ni mnnv women ns men. - t (Continued on Page Eight) T T workers nt the Walworth Manofnn t . j 1.-1. . n Ar luring company and between 2.001 and ?,000 strikers. ;. . .4. y The sheriff's action ' followed ft: attack on workers and deputy sh iffs this morning in which a deput was struck bv a briek and serioual injured. Other disorders have oc currcd. ' . ' Kmployes ot tho Walworth com pnny, a valve and fitting plant, strue four weeks ago for recognition 0 their union, the closed shop and nior money. . . ...'.l.l . ... ',' ACTORY