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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.