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Newspaper Page TextMail Tribune MEDFORD The Weather 3 lax i mum yesterday 511 Minimum toriuy 80 1'rocipitation ,5 Predictions Fair. Light to heavy frost. Fiftieth Year. Dailv Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL Hi, 1920. NO. 22 ft 1 CHANCE IS GIVEN 10 R.R.STRIKER8 Eastern Railroads Deliver Ultimatum to Jnsuroents Must Return to Work hv Tomorrow Noon Thous- lands Flock Back to Yards 4000 Men In Toledo Vote to Quit Walk Out Force at Portland 75 Per Cent Normal Labor Board Meets BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. April '1(1. Return of strikers xnui improvement in sorvico was reported toduv lv railroads in various sec tions oC the country ns (he nev.lv appointed railroad labor board as sembled in Washington for its first session to consider wage demands of rail workers. In the New York district there were conflicting reports concerning the number of men. who had returned nfter the railroads last night had de livered on ultimutum that their lust chance would expire tomorrow noon. Some roads announced thut strikers were flocking bock, but others re ported sporadic walkouts. Somo brotherhood officials ex pressed fear that the men might re gard the ultimutum as a challenge and prolong their walkout. With passenger servieo generally improved throughout the country, in creased freight shipments were re ported in the New York and New England districts. New England points reported ar rival of more freight, including coal, than any day sinee the strike spread to the east. Proposed drastic cuts in railroad schedules and n general industrinl shutdown were believed to have been averted. 75 Per Cent Norma ' PORTLAND, Ore., April 16 Rail road officials here reported 21 switching crews working locally to day. This is about 75 per cent of normal, they declared. An additional crew was at work today at the Brook lyn yards of the Southern Pacific, while another crew wus being re cruited bv the S. P. and S. Strik ing railroad men, to diito, are under stood to have token no action in con nection with the ultimatum requiring them to return to work bv tomorrow or lose their pension, seniority and other privileges. ' TOLEDO. 0., April 16. Bv a large majority, four thousnnd insurgent railroad switchmen of Toledo voted this afternoon to return to work im mediately. Thev agreed to nbide bv conditions submitted by the Balti more and Ohio, which provide that the trainmen return to their positions, that no discrimination bo shown ngonst the men and that everything be dono to see that their requests for increased pay and better working conditions arc granted. ; TITTSBURG, Pa.. April 16. Fiva crews of striking vnrdnien'in the cast bound section of the Pitcnirn yard of the Pennsylvania railroad returned to work this afternoon. This is the first notable break in the ranks of the strikers in this district. Clinrtcrs Aro Revoked CHICAGO. April 16. Charters of three lodges. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were revoked today bv A. P. Whitney, vice president of the (Continued on Page Eight) THE UNAUTHORIZED CHICAGO, April 16. Plans of the Industrial Workers of the World to advocate the one big union move ment during the present unrest among railroad workers was reveal ed in a statement by William D. Hay wood, former general secretary and treasurer of the I. W. W. and John Sandgren, editor of the One Big Union Monthly, published here today. The two leaders were quoted as denying any connection between the I. W. W. and insurgent railroad or ganizations now on strike, but said efforts have been mado to institute "Industrial unionism" in the unauth orized rail strikes as In all other strikes of importance. "We have- always agitated toward securing recruits for the One Big talon Idea," Haywood was qubted. START FINAL ACTION TO KEEP HENRY ALBERS FROM PENITENTIARY PORTLAND, Ore., April 16. As a last possible step in the defense of Henry Alberts, wealthy Portland miller, sen- tenced in federal court here over a year ago to pay a fine of $10,000 and serve three vears at McNeil's island for alleged violation of the espionage act, attorneys for Alhers have serv- eif upon United States District Attorney Humphreys a petition fur n writ of ....i-;i,.ri,i mI.w.I, ii' granted, would take the) case before the supreme court of the United States for review of the record. If the petition is denied bv the supreme court, no re- hearing will be possible, it is said, and no other recourse lies open to Alhers hut to serve the sentence. CIVIL WAR AGAIN POLITICS IS CAUSE SHANGHAI, China, April B. -Serious disturbances havo occurred fn the province of Honan and civil war Is Imminent, according to advices re ceived by Chinese officials here. This situation is the result of a change of tuchuns, or military governors In the province by. the Peking government. Jt was announced recently that General Wu Kwan Hsin, formerly in spector general of the upper Yangtze provinces had been appointed tuchun in Honan to succeed General Chuo Ti. ., ... Murmurs against the appointment were at once heard and after open threats had been voiced by military subordinates of the Honan incum bent, an open clash between troops of General Chao Ti and those of the appointee, General Wu, occurred at Bin Yang Chow, on the Peking Han kow railway. General Wu's troops are scattered thru the northern part of the province in a way calculated to bottle up those of the tuchun he is seeking to replace with the author ity of Peking behind him. It is esti mated in Shanghai that General Wu commands about 40.000 troops while General Chao Ti not many more than half that number. i E BREST, April 16. Young people of this city who have been dancing at one of the large American bar racks noar town have just been ap prised of the fact that they were lit erally "dancing upon a volcano." The Americans left behind a large num ber of boxes upon which were words in English, but the dancers, not un derstanding that language did not know the words were "dynamite," "lyddite," "guncotton," and "detona tors." LEFFINGWELL. ASST. SECY. OF TREASURY. RESIGNS WASHINGTON. April 16. R. C. Lcffingwcll, nssistant secretary of the treasury has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by President Wilson. W.W.'S BEHIND R. R. WALKOUT "We did so In the Gary steel strike, and we probably will do so as long as we are an organization for we con sider that the goal of all industrial organizations. ' "The plan which the I. W. W. has been advocating Includes a complete organization for a One Big Union with the ultimate goal of taking oyer the railroads and operating them by the union. "These plans are, briefly: The use of both verbal and printed propagan da to wean the railroaders away from all other organizations until the One Big Union would have sufficient strength to declare a general strike on all lines, and all crafts, thus pre cipitating the crisis thru which it is hoped the companies will pass into the hands of the union." HEW KAISER OUTBREAK RERUN NEAR Baltic Troops Hoist Kaiser Flag and Defy Government London Mail Correspondent Declares Germany Has Every Appearance of Prepar ino for Civil War Russian Revolu tionaries in Germany Busy Allies Threaten Blockade Aqairf. LONDON, April lti. Germany has every appearance of preparing for civil war, says the Daily Mail's Ber lin correspondent. The Baltic troops arc defiant. They arc in camp at Muenstcr, where they have hoisted the "Kaiser flag," says the dispatch. WARSAW, April 11. (Bv the As sociated Press) llunzig dispatches received assert that an intercepted wireless communication indicates that Russian reactionaries in Germanv'nrc raising German-Russian detachments at various points, including Silesia and at Haiumcrstcin, West Prussia. Conditions Are Grnvo BERLIN, April 15. Government troops wero massed in the center of Berlin last .night following the return of Herr Severing, Prussian minister of the interior, from the Ruhr dis trict, where he was sent to conduct operations. It is presumed this military move ment was a result of rumors of n new revolt impending. Severing ordered the public barred from the quarter of tho city contain ing government buildings. Grave conditions nrc reported from Pomeranin, where reactionaries nie active. PARIS, April 16. "The representa tives in Berlin of France, Great Brit ain, Italy and Belgium will join in a warning to Germany that she must execute witnout delay the disarma ment and demobilization clauses of the peace treaty, according to present plans. It is understood the charges d'nffairs will also sav to the Ger man government that in case tho in surrectionary movement in Germany is not suppressed tho allies may ro fuse further deliveries of foodstuffs. BERLIN, April 16. Paul R. Dn Mott of Patterson, N. J.; who wn shot and killed at Wcsel bv a German sentry recently, was mnlimir n Holili. crate attempt to escape from prison when tired upon, uccording to an oral report by a representative of the American commission hern, whn Ims just completed an investigation. LATEST NEWS OF THE STATE SALEM. Ore., April 16. Todnv. the last on which candidates for po litical office mav. under tho Oregon law, file their declarations with the secretary of state, shows many of the aspirants tordv in bringing or send ing the statements to Salem. PORTLAND, Ore., April 10 Judgj II. C. Levens of Burns, Ore, a mem ber of the circuit court bench of Ilarnev county, died in a local hos pital today at the age of 5!) vears. Besides a widow, he is survived bv a sister, Mrs. R. S. Sheridan of Bo'se. Idaho, and two brothers. Grant Lev ens of. Walla Walla and William Levens of Glendale, Ore. PENDLETON, Ore.. April 16. The largest coyote warrant ever issued in Umatilla county was today given to John Mef'ulloiigh of Stanfield. for $112. MoCullough found thirty-six puppies and one female in raids mride on coyote dens in his vicinitv. The pups' pelts commnnd n bounty of .3 each and the female's a bounty of $-1. SALEM". Ore, April 16. The name of Henry Cnbot Lodge, United States SPnntnl from Mfl:nclltiuntta rtrna tn day filed with the secretary of state us a cnmiwute tor the republican nomination for vice-president of the United States. PORTLAND. Ore.. Anril 16. Knrl W. Oster, former secretary of the Oregon branch of the communist labor pnrtv of America, found guilty .March 20 of violation of the state criminal syndicalism net, was today sentenced to serve five vears in the state penitentiary. HEAVY FIGHTING IN CONSTANTINOPLE, April 15 ('By Associated Press.) lies- I sages have been rocoived from the Aintab area, in northern Syria, Indicating that Turks and Armenians are engaged in heavy fighting, the Armenians occupying the American mis sion buildings. This news has 3 aroused unoaslncss regarding t the position of (he thirteen 4 American relief workers at Aln- tab. i . IDEA SPREADS Movement to Reduce Hiqh Cost of Clothing Sweeps Through Kansas Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama. Ken tucky and Arkansas Mayor of Emporia Inaugurated in Blue Jeans KANSAS CITY, Mo., pril Hi. Th "ovurall club" movement. Intended ns n protest against the high prices of clothing, is spreading rapidl throughout the southwest. Dispatches saiil clubs had been formed in numerous places in Mis souri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, Tho movement in Missouri began at Jefferson City, .whore state hous officials and employes are signing pledges to wear denim until clotlumj prices nre reduced. Kansas City, Kus., Salina, and Wichita nil report large followers of the movement. , Mayor Adopts Overalls The inaugural outfit of the Rev. Joseph Brognn, mnyor-alcct of Em poria, Kus,,' and president-elect ol the Emporia Overalls club, will be overalls, according to his announce ment. The Emporia club reports several hundred members. Announcing the organization of an overalls club at Kansas university Chancellor Frank Strong said he would lead the membership among the young men in wearing ovornlls and that Mis. Strong would set an example for tho voung women of the univorsjty by adopting tho cottage apron as the approved garb for both home and street wear.. The movement in Oklahoma is of stnte-wide proportions, Oklahoma reports said. Dallas and Amarillo, Texas, and Pine Bluff and Hot Springs,' Ark , were among tho towns in those states reporting the foundation of the clubs; LOUISVILLE. Ky.. April 16. An "overall club" was formed iii Louis ville today bv the Exchange club in an effort to force down the cost of clothing. Eighty-five members pledg ed their support to the movement. It is proposed that women ioin the movement by donning gingham dresses. A parade of members dressed in overalls and ginghams is planned for next week. Alabama Joins In BIRMINGHAM. Alii.. April 10. The lowly overall today supplanted tho "pinchback"' in Birmingham. Rainy weather served to fortify the wavering intentions of thoso who had resolved "to see what the other fellow did," before thev donned denim themselves. As n result the pledge to put 'em on today was universally kept. City commissioners functioned in denim; judges applied the law in th; same uniform; bankers, doctors, law vers and merchants woro their over alls with an assurance which could only have been acquired after low: practice before the mirror. The women had quietly "organized" nt home. Towards noon manv np pcared in dresses of calico and ging ham and the variety of colors gave the downtown section the nppcarancc of a carnival. Retail clothiers have advertise!1 "bargain sales" in men's wear nnd lower prico marks were observed in some store windows. The cost ol overalls is .$6 and there seems to be an unlimited supply, "I would rather pav $6 for nu overalls than $60 for a suit," said Judge William E. Fort of the circuit court. "This movement is no inks H will brine down the cost of elotb-j uig. i .. i .. . OVERALL CLUB OVER COUNTRY STATE ASKS DIRGE BE SET ASIDE Commonwealth of Nevada Brinns Suit to Annnul Mary Pickfortl's Decree Alienations of Fraud. Col lusion and Connivance Between Moore, Mary and Douglas Fair banks are Entered Claim Doug and Mary Engaged to Wed M'lNIIKN, New. April 1 0. In tin interest of the state of Nevada a suit asking that the decree of divorce grunted March 2, 11120 bv District Judge Langau to Gladys K. M'oorc. more familiarly known as Mary Pickford, from Owen E. Moore, be set aside will be filed in the district court here this afternoon by Leonard It. Fowler, attorney general. Tho complaint is based on allega tions of fraud, connivance nnd col lusion between Moore, his wife and Douglas Fairbanks, to whom the former Mrs. Moore was married a short time alter her divorce was granted. Fairbanks is brought into the ease through allegations that there was a conspiracy between him self nnd his present wife to defeat that provision!)!! the California law which requires that a year elapse be fore a final decree of divorco be granted, bv having Mrs. Monro get a divorce in Nevada. In that respect it is alleged in the complaint, that an engagement anil Agreement to wed existed between Gladys Moore and Fairbanks prior to February IB, 1920, the date on which Mrs. Moore came to Nevada. Other allegations are that Moore came to Mindcn solely to bo served with summons in the suit, t lint no sub stantial facts were given in court to warrant a divorco and that Miss Pick lord concealed her identity from the judge up to the moment of taking the witness stand. As Judgo Langnn is one of the witnesses summoned for the state, another judge will hear the complaint. GIRLS ARE CALLED NEW YORK, April 10. Revival of the lost art of walking up stairs was forced upon thousands of reluc tant porsons in New York today by a strike of union elevator operators. Tho union claims a membership of more than 17,000. Tho operators, who voted last night to strike for Increased pay and shorter hours, did not show up for work this morning. Women who ran the lifts during war days wero being sought as strike breakers. Petulant workers, many ot whom already had been held up by trans portation difficulties, iiad to make the long, tedious climb to ofrices on tho tenth, twentieth and thlrtloth floors. The operators claim their strike has the sanction of tho American Federation of Labor? They demand wage Increases ranging from $5 to $10 a week and the eight hour day with time and a half for overtime NEW YORK, April 1(1. A call for mother cats to nurse baby silver foxcB was received in Now York to day from an upstate fox farm owner. X. 11. Ilacon, president of the New York Fur Auction Sales corporation, to whom the appeal for cats was sent said the fox farmer wug willing to take all the cats he could get. A mother cat can e$rn $2.50 for six weeks endeavor, he said. At the end of six weeks a litter of baby foxes bocomes sufficiently mature to take solid food. Free Lectures. J. R. Stilwell. editor of the Stil well Magazine of Metaphysics and Psvco-Phvsics. will lecture in the A It hen Hall, Main street nt Central Sunday, March 18, 8 p. m. Admis sion free. Questions unswercd. FORMER AMBASSADOR AQI0 DflllTC BLAMES WILSON FOR nOhO HUUlL CONDITIONSJN MEXICO ARNIY WASHINGTON. Anril 111.- TUDII II 0 K WASHINGTON. April Hi. Mexico's present condition is "due to the unfortunate and mis cbievious policy of the Wilson administration," llcurv Lane Wilson declared today before a senate committee investigating Miexiean affairs. Tho former ambassador told the committee (hat in the six years since his resignation every prediction he made then as to the results of President Wilson's policy had been justified by the events. "President Wilson's theory that any number of Mexicans are struggling for liberty is er roneous," he said, "it is simplv a free for all struggle for loot." HOLDS RECORD IN T 'WASHINGTON, April 16. An In crease of 4113 por cent in the Inst ton years In the population of Muskegon llolghts, Mich., announced today by the census bureau Is tho largest yet reported In the 1920 census. From a population of 1C80 In 1910, the town has grown to 9514. The largest Increase previously an nounced was. that of Scotts Bluff, i.Veb., which showed a growth of 295.9 percent. Uattle Crook, M1ch., 30,164, In crease 10,897 or 4.1.1 por cent. Enid, Okla., 16,576, Increase 2777 or 20.1 por cent. 'Hillsdale, Mich., 5476, Increase 475 or 9.5 per cent. Owosso, Mich., 12,575, Increase 2936 or 30.5 per cent. IDowllng Green, Ky., 9638, In crease 4 65 or 30.6 per cent. 'Macomb, 111., 6714, Increase 940 or 1 6.3 per cent. ILufkln, Texas, 4878, increase 2129 or 77.4 per cent. Phllllpsbury, N. J., 16.923, ' in crease 3020 or 21.7 per cent. South Bridge, Mass., 14,245, In crease ,1 653' or 13.1 por cent. Gloucester, N. J., 12,162, lncreaso 2700 or 28.6 per cent. THEODORE N. VAIL 10 BALTIMORE. MM.. April 16. Theodore N. Vail, chairman of the bonrd of directors of the American Telephone ami Telegraph company, died nt Johns Hopkins hospital this morning of n complication of cardiac and kidney troubles. Mr. Vail was brought here from Jekyl island, Georgia, last Sunday in his privalo car. He was in a serious condition when he reached the hos pital and his death was not unexpect ed. Mr. Vail relircd as president of the American Telephone anil Tele graph company last June und became chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Vail had visited in Medford with Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union, brother of E. W. Carlton of Table Rock, anil was known to several people here. i 4 CHICAGO STRIKE LEADERS PLAY THE ROLE OF MARTYR BY GOING TO JAIL CHICAGO, April 16. John Gru nau, president of the Chicago Yard men's association, and II. E. Rend ing, president of the United Engine men's association, the two "outlaw" railroad unions, announced this morning they would go to jail on the government charge of conspiracy to violate tho Lever act. Tho two, with twentv-two of their followers were arrested yesterday bv federal ngeuU and released on their own recogniz ance until 2 o'clock this afternoon to give them a chance to obtain $10,000 bond. "I can raiso the required bail with ease," Gruuuu said, "but I don't in II lU U.O.H. United States Under Pressure by Car ranza, Declares State Department Want to Attack Sonora Rebels in the Rear Natural Defenses Too Strong on Mexican Side Sonora Calls Troops to Defend In Antici pation of Granting the Demand. WASHINGTON, April 16. Mexico has asked permission from the United States to move troops through Ameri can territory so as to attack tho state of Sonora from the north. No action on the request has yet been taken. The Carranzn government wishes to move its forces on the Mexican Cen tral line to El Paso, thenco through American territory to Douglas, Ariz.,, and across tho boundary to Acua Prietn from which point a movement against Hennosillo, the capital of So nora, would bo undertaken. The only other point of nttaelc against Sonora is through the Pul pito Pass, between Sonora and Chi huahua and it was said that this pass could bo defended by a very small fori'o of Sonora troops. ' - In making known today that Mexi co hud requested permission to move troops through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, officials said the Unit ed Stntes was "under pressure from the Miexiean government." Honora Troops Ready AGUA PRIETA, Sonora. Mexico, April 1(1. Troops of tho Republic g Sonora stationed at Cananoa, num bering 800 have been ordered to pro-"' eerd at once to defend this port, ao cording to General J. Ml Pina, in order to proparc against possible in vasion of the state bv Carranza troops from United States torritorv in event permission is granted the federal government to route troops through tho United States. . ' Sonora troops continued their march toward Culiacan, capital of the adjoining state of Sinaloa today, uccording to information given out at military headquarters here. Military authorities said that suc cess of the Sonora troops in Sinaloa would give the stnto militnrv power necessary to ovorcomo nny force President CnrTiinzn might Bend against tho northern state. . Carranzn, according to reports re ceived bv Sonorn officials, press dis patches and Mexican official federal advices intends sending at least threo armies against Sonorn. Backers of tho secession movement declare the state hits ample financial backing to care for any military cam paigns and that the roventies that formerly wont to tho contral govern ment from tho stnto are available, against Cnrranzn. ; Influential Mexican refugees who have been living in tho United Stntes, nrc declared to have pledged credit for the compnign against Carranza. Reorganize State Department. ' WASHINGTON. April 16. Reor ganization of tho state department, recommended bv Foreign Secretary Lansing was begun today .bv Beorc tnrv Colby with the appointment of Wilbur ,1. Carr, director of the con sular service, as assistant to the sec retary of state. Mr. Cnrr has been given charge of personnel, administration, business methods nnd general management of the department in addition to his duties in the consular service. ' ' tend to do it. I question the right of the government to arrest me. I havo committed no crime against tb,e laws of the country, nnd if the gov ernment officials want to put me in jail. I won't hindor them." Rending declared that "it's prin ciple that prompts me to go to jail rather than give bail." "The organization will not disband" he said. Department of justice agents were hunting today for five men who escaped the dragnet spread over union! nicotines vesterdav. -One of the five is Bennett G. Dolan, a "four minute" speaker during the War and brother of a former municipal iudw.