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Medforb Mail tee The Weather Maximum yesterday 78 Minimum today U7 Predictions Fair. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREO OX, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1920. NO. 32 WOOD LEA BUNE m N 10 LEADS JOHNSON BY SMALL VOTE Closest Race in History of Primary Staged in New Jersey Wood's Lead Less Than Thousand, But Wood Delegates Running Ahead- Edwards, Wet Candidate, Leads ' Democratic Delegation by Biq Margin. NEWARK, N. J.. April 28. Al though 1.893 out of 2,025 election dis triots cave General Wood a lead of 684 with a .talnjt,jJ',5Q,7,55 matched against Senator Johnson's 50,071, the result ot the preferential contest ami assignment ofbcVsYnVe's twonty-cight delegates remain in doubt. '-, At' present, Wood is suro of one member of tho "big four" and five of the twenty-four district delegates, while Johnson is assured of the sifp port of six district delegates. Incomplete returns indicate that Wood may win scvon more, Johnson three, and that three may go to Chi cago unpledged. Complete returns from the twelfth district showed that Johnson had obtained two mono district delegates, bringing his total to six as compared to Wood's four, ' In this district both Johnson and Wood candidates fur outstripped two pledged to (Senator Harding of Ohio. This, was the only district in which the name of Harding adherents ap peared, NEWARK, N. J.. April 28. Muio. General Leonard Wood was still lead ing Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California this afternoon in New Jer sey's presidential preferential pri mary contest. Tho Culiforninii, who took tho lead on the first returns last night, but who was 7iS8 votes behind IiW opponent at 7 o'clock this morn ing, managed to cut down this mar gin at one time to 332, but later the rcnirnl regained ground somewhat. At J 2:45 o'clock revised returns for 1.859 election districts out of 2,025 gave Wood 49,770 and Johnson 40.237. Returns for district delegates still were incomplete. Republican results were known only in fivo districts, which elected five Wood delegates, four Johnson and one unpledged. In complete returns from six other dis tricts showed a closo vote, but indi cated election of eight Wood, two Johnson and two unpledged delegates. Governor Edward I. Edwards, who lias announced that he would carry the fight against prohibition onto the floor of the San Francisco conven tion, was elected head of the demo cratic, "big .four." Other democratic delegates at lurge elected, all without opposition, wcro James R. Nugent, Essex county democratic leader; Ma yor Frank Hague of Jersey City and Mayor Frederick W. Donnelly of Trenton. Democratic voters did not have an opportunity to register their choice for "president, there being no candidates' names printed on the bal lot, although all of the "big four" and virtually all of the district dele gates are pledged to the candidacy of Governor Edwards. ' BORAH 10 LEAD IDAHO DELEGATION WITH MAJ0RI1Y CAECB D'ALENE, Idaho', April 28 When the Idaho republican state convention, in session here today to select eight delegates to the national convention at Chicago, adjourned nt noon until 1:30 p. m., to permit con sideration of reports bv committees, it seamed that five of the eight dele gates would be favorable to Major General Leonard Wood, and that Unit ed States Senator William E. Borah, a Hiram Johnson man, would head the delegation. In claiming six members of the delegation, the Wood men conceded Place to Senator Borah, it was re--son Ported, and it also was reported tUalngTecd on for temporary champion, AN .AFFINITY IN SPIRIT FOR CHICAGO DIVORCE CHICAGO. Anril 'R Afr. Lillian P. Clayton had a divorce rWroa ft.. l,a.,n..c3A band wrote her from the Pn- oiftn nr.net Unit k. UnA I 4 finity in the spirit world from whom he received love messages. Mrs. Clayton charged that her husband, Robert C. Clayton, eloped to Senttle with the wife of Wellington Glover, his best friend, in 1918. Mrs. Glover died recently. T Clayton informed Mrs. Clayton that ho could not return to her, as ho received "daily messages of love," from Mrs. Glover, ac- cording to letters introduced as I evidence. "Death has not . not changed mv love," he wrote. SOCIALISTS OF FRANCE RALLY TO RED BANNER Every Radical Member Chamber of Deputies Comes Forward to Sup port Valliant Coutrurier Who In cites Troops to Disobedience Feel ing Runs High. - PATHS, April 28. Uvory unified socialist member ot tho chamber of deputies has come forward in sup port ot Doputy Valllant-Couturicr, who on April 23 published in the newspaper I.o IPopulaire an article addressed to the ir.-0 c!a"s of re- crults, which has been considered an c"ort to incite the troops to disobe dience. Tho articlo was re-published in L'llumanito today and was sub scribed to by tho sixty-five members of the party. Removal ot parliamcn tary immunity so that M. Valllant- Couturicr may be prosecuted has been demanded. "Soldiers and comrades," says M. Vaillant-Couturier's articlo, "you are to bo sowers of hatred and new war. You, along with colored troops, are the sole hope of the bourgeoisie, which feels the tide of revolutionary truth mounting. Sanguinary liba tions always attend tho funoralB of moribund regimes. It is not simply a case ot mutinying at tho hour of those funerals, it Is incumbent upon you to understand now whero He the interest of tho country you love. It is a case of know now if you desire your country to bo veritably yours. "Assassinations at Frankfort and occupation of the noutral zone of Germany east of the Rhine have done more for the cause of German re venge than twonty years of political action led by skillful pan-Germanlsts. It is a government of treachery which now, under the pretext of ob taining execution of a still-born treaty which seeks to crush the paci fist revolution in Germany. "Remember that on May 1st, last year, whllo the Parisian guard, with fists, clubs and sabres, repulsed so cialists crowding against tho infantry barrage near tho Madeleine, pale sol diers, with fixed bayonets, opened their ranks and permitted the red flags to proceed." PLEDGED 10 WOOD the 'eighth man on the delegation, as proposed, would be M. H. Weamun of Idaho Falls, said to favor Governor Lowden of Illinois. , A further complication developed, it was said, with tho demand of American Legion members that they have two members of the national delegation, one each from the north and south. Thcv also were reported as demanding a new nationnl com mitteeman in place of Senator John W. Hart of Rigby, who issued a statement that he had no intention of withdrawing as national commit teeman. It was stated tlm Will m of Mountain Home had been HARDING IS OHIOWINNER OVER WOOD Favorite Son in Presidential State Leads Military Man by About 10,000 Votes Politipal Sensation Are Number of Votes Written in for Hoover and Johnson Former Food Administrator Gets 3753 in Cin cinnati, Johnson Gets 2753. COLUMBUS. O., April 28. Re turns from 5488 precincts of 5882 in Ohio give: Iluidiug, 118,454: Wood, 105.348. COLUMBUS. O.. Aoril 28. Late returns today from yesterday's presi dential primary election in Ohio from all but 582 of tho B.8S9 nreftinefe in tho state showed that Scnutor Hard- was leading General Wood bv WARREN. G, HARplNG- 12,281 votes. The vote in 5,300 pre cincts stood : For Harding, 111,89.1; for Wood, 102,012. Additional returns late this after noon indicated 38 and posiblv 40 of the 48 delegates from Ohio to tho re publican nationnl convention may be pledged to Senator Harding on fust choice. COLUMBUS, O., April 28. Latest available returns today on vester day's presidential primary election hows that Hiram Johnson of Call fornia polled 15,009 votes, despite the tact that his name was not printed on the ballots and had to be written in CINCINNATI, O., April 28. While Senator Warren G. Harding carried Hamilton counyt (Cincinnati) in yes terday's presidential primary bv a plurality of 1,817 over Ma jor General Leonard Wood, tho voto given Her bert C. Hoover and Senator Hiram Johnson caused comment among poli ticians berc.today. Hoover and John son's names were not on the ballot and had to be written in. Hoover's vote was 3,753 nnd Johnson's 2,573. Johnson carried one city ward nnd ran second in another. Hoover did not carry nn of the wards. rOrrVHUS. (I.. Anril 2fi Tn 4 1120 precincts out of 5,882 in Ohio guvs Harding 100,404. Wood 90.230. COLUMBUS. O.. April 28. Re turns earlv this morning on yester day's presidential preference primary election in Ohio from all but 1,111 precincts out of a total of 5,882 in the state, showed that Senator War rcn G. Harding of Ohio was lcadin; General Leonard Wood of Massachu setts bv a liitlc more than 9,000 votes. The vote stood : For Harding. 97.490: for Wood 88.381. Fourteen counties, including the larger cities of the state, bad report ed complete, nnd incomplete returns had been received from each of the other seventy-four counties. Although their names were hot printed on the ballots, Hiram John son of California received 12,708 votes and Herbert Hoover of Cali fornia received 8,283 votes in 3,440 scattering precincts. The name of Governor James M. Cox of Ohio was the only one ap pearing on the democratic preiden- (Contioued oMpage Eight). E PATROL I FORESTS WAR DEPI. WASHUNOTON, April 28. Because ot the depleted person- 4 nel only one aviation squadron will be detailed for forest ob- servatlon thiB year, the war de- partment announced today. The ninth squadron .will be based at Mather Field and will cover the various forest reserves of Call- 4- fornia. IN"o squadrons will be available, it was said, ror the 4" reserves of Washington, Orogon 4 Nevada or Utah. INTERPRETED BY E PORTLAND, Ore.. April 28. If a person is tried in the stale court on a state liquor charge and acquitted ho cannot be taken into federal court and prosecuted on the same charge by reason of former jeopardy, accord ing to tt decision handed down oruUy vostcrdiiv bv Federal Judge Bean during the trial of Clyde Jenkins, under federal indictment for an al leged violation of the national prohi bition act. Jenkins had been tried in the district court op a churgo of hav ing liquor in his' pcjssession. Ho was acquitted beforo District Judge Hawkins. The federal authorities then look charge of tho case nnd returned an indictment, the first count of which contained tho same charge of posses sion of liquor illegally. Judge Bean held that the wordin. of the federal prohibition amendment which states that both the. govern ment nnd states shiill have concurrent jurisdiction in the prosecution of liquor violations means thnt the power of each were identical and that if u man were prosecuted bv one sover eignty ho could not bo compelled to faco trinl on the sumo charge by the other. Two other counts in the indictment against Jenkins contained charges which are not covered bv state law-, and for that reason Judge Bean al lowed the case to go to the jury on tho two additional counts. Jenkins is alleged to have manu factured nearly 500 gallons of gin, which were sold in Portland from De cember until his arrest, January 17. CLAIMS GIRL ASKED TO '.ONLY IN THE WAY" PONTIAC, Mich., April 28. An son Host, formerly of Flint, Mich., confessed onrly this morning, ac cording to Prosecutor Glenn C. Gil lespie, that ho killed Miss Vera Schneider, 1 $ years old telephone op erator, whose body was found early Sunday morning on the porch of an unoccupied dwelling. "She asked mo to kill her," Rest was quoted as saying, lie, declared. according to the prosecutor, that he met Miss Schneider for tho first time late Saturday night. Sho oven drew the handkorchiefs from his pockets and asked him to tie them together and place them about her neck, Host said. ' Her only reason, ho said, waB that sho was "simply In the way of othors." TOTAL 768 RADICALS DEPORTED SAYS POST WASHINGTON, April 28. A total of 708 deportation warrants have been issued by the department of labor as a result of tho so-called radical raids bv the department of justice. Assist ant Secretary Post said today in a let ter to Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee. He wrote in reply to an inquiry by Sir. Johnson, FRANCE WILL WITHDRAW NEAR FUTURE Premier Millerand Informs Chamber of Deputies France Agrees to Leave Neutral Zone Soon as Excess Ger man Troops Withdraw Hun Forces Ruhr District Reduced to 10,000 by June 1 0th Turks to Re main in Constantinople. PARIS, April 28 Premier Miller and, in making a declaration to the chamber of deputies today on the re sults of the supreme council meeting nt San lfeino. said that the'Frunkfort and Darmstadt territories would be evacuated by the French as soon as the allied commissions have establish ed that tho Gorman ariiicd forces over tho number allowed bv the convention of August, 1919, had been withdrawn. The whole German forces in tho Ruhr region, the premier declared, must be reduced to 10,000 men bv June 10, next and bv July 10 all the German soldiery must bo withdrawn and. replaced bv a police force of 10. 000 men. "The details of the treaty with Turkey," lie continued, "cannot he divulged before Turkey's plenipoten tiaries come to Paris May 10, but I can sav that tho Ircatv is in con formity with the outline already made public, the Turks being, maintained in Const a ntinoplc. and the territories in which they nra in the majority." BERLIN, April 27. Conflicting French, British nnd Italian views were compromised in framing the finnl al lied statement issued lit the Sun Remo conference, according to the views of newspapers here. A member of the allied conference is cited bv the Vossiscdio Zcitung as saying that "Premier Millerand pre vailed in the mailer of form, but Pre mier Nilti, in tho matter of fact." FUME SUFFERS FROM ITALIAN BLOCKADE TRIKSTIi, April 27. (By the As sociated Press) The blockade which Fiumo is now undergoing is admit tedly the most severe to which it has been subjected. Tho town's commit1 mentions have been' completely cut. Regular Italian troops tore up sec tions of tho railway and brought up machine guns to guard tho frontiers. Passage ill and out of the city is for bidden, not even milk iroing in. Con nection with the outside world bvtlic sea route also lias been severed. Gnbrele d'Annun.io. the insurgent leader has threatened reprisals. RETREAT FROM URFA PARIS, April 21.. -Official ac counts of tho French retreat from Urfa, Asia Minor, confirm tho reports that tho retreating column was am bushed, altho tho French had an agreement with tho Turks which they bollovcd would insuro a Bafo re tirement. Tho French loft Urfa. only whon food and water were lacking, after a siistulnod sioge of two months. Tho French losses in tho siege are said to have been small, while tho admitted Turkish casualties totalled 500. BRITISH AFTER NAVAL E HONOLULU. Anril oa o T.lt. tie and A. I. Perfect arrived here vestcrduv en route to Fanning island with five tons of surveying and boring equipment for investigation in behnlt of the British admiralty. Fanning island has been conside; I for a pro posed naval base by the British gov ernment for many ycurs. y STARTS ADVANCE ON 180 MILE T INTO UKRAINE WARSAW. April 28 (By tho Associated Press) A general iirlviiiwi liv Polish forces nlon" a 180-mile front into tho Ukraine was announced in today s com- v muniqiic bv tho Polish general staff. The movement, it is set forth, is for the expulsion of the foreign invaders. ( Russian bul- sheviki). Ttw Pnhw envornd nbout fiftv miles the first day of their for- ward movement, their advanced line taking tliciu within sixty miles of Kiev. The advance was explained in a proclamation issued in tho name of General Pilsudskv. head of the Polish state, which an- nnunccd that alter the expulsion up tlm foroifrii elements the Poles would remain in the Ukraine only until an authorized Ukranian government should take control. U. S. Chamber of Commerce" Author- : Izes Committee to Visit Europe With View to Onenina Trade Rela tions With Russian People R. R. Labor Condemned for Attitude. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. April 28. -.-Tho board of directors of tho Unit ed States Chamhor of Commorco to day nuthoiizod appointment of a commission to proceed to Europe to Invostlgnto tho possibility of rosump tlon of trade relations botweon tho United StatcB and ttia 'Russian poo plo. 'President llomor I.. Ferguson was directed to namo tho mombors of the commission nnd given authority to "bring tho project to a successful termination." i The foreign commerce group of tho chnmher previously had unanim ously adopted a resolution proposing American trade with Russia bo ro sumed and characterizing tho soviet government as "a falling regime." Discussion In tho convention's gon oral and group sosslons today cen tered about problomB of transporta tion and production as bearing upon the high cost of living and with or ganized labor's attitude toward re cent legislation. George A. fPost, chairman of tho ohambor's railroad committee, de clared, "we have tho right to oxpoct and Insist that the railroad employes will co-operate with their offlcera and keep the wheels rolling, and not paralyze commorco with quarrels among thomselvos. "Tho attitude ot organized labor toward the railroad labor board is dooply to bo doplored," ho said. "So bittor was tholr opposition that aftor the passage of tho transportation act (Continued on Page Eight) SENATOR LODGE AND EASY WINNERS BOSTON, April 28. The organi zation slatos of republican and dem ocratic candidates for delegates at largo to tho national conventions were elected by substantial major ities in yesterday's presidential pref erence primary, according to the complete voto today. Sonator Ilonry Cabot Lodgo led the republican "big four" who head ed the ballot as u group. He was followed in tho order named by Speaker Frederick H. Cllllatt, of tho national houso ot representatives, former 8enator William 'Murray Crane, and Edward A. Thurston, for mer chairman of the republican state committee. The democratic regulars were BUSINESS IN FOR RESUMING RUSSIAN TRADE ATTACK ON I1AZATLAN IS STARTED Important Mexican Port West Coast Is Attacked bv General Flores 4000 Carranza Troops Chihuahua Revolt Aqainst Government Car ranza Deserted bv Garrison at Sa lina Cruz Where Plunderino. Is Started Rebels Occupy Alvarado. AGUA PR I ETA. Sonorn, April 28. Mnzntlan, Sinaloa, a port on the Pmnl'i,, i-oiwl. nt' Mpvien. is hoin at tacked by revolutionary forces under General Angel Flores, according to nn uncoil firmed report received at milU fnrv Iwiiilnmirtors hern tndav. Gene ral P. Klias Calles announced tho nt- tuek hud been expected since yester day. , AGUA l'RIF.TA, Sonora. April 28. Aimrovimiiiclv .1000 Caranzii troops at Parrul and .limine,. Chihuahua, re volted yesterday, according to infor mation given out hero today bv Gene ral P. Klias Calles, commander of the revolutionists in northwest Mexico. WASHINGTON. April 28. Advices from Mexico today through official channels slate Hint rebels have occu pied the town of Alvarado, on the gulf const south of Vera Gruz, and that fedcriirTroops liavhceH'thiH!; ' from Vera Cruz in nn effort to ro" gain control of the port. '",' At Salina Cruz on the Pacific coast all business places wero roported ' closed veslcrdav as a result of the revolt of the government garrison of seventy men, who robbod tho post office, telegraph office, express of- fieei stores disarmed tho police and -customs officials, cut tho telogruph wires and look all the available horses in the city. Mexico City newspapers vestordav confirmed reports that had reached here of the revolt of Gonerol Cosio Rcbclo, nnd General Maveotto nnd an nounced that General Rafael Garzn. and Giinjurdn, near Mexico City, ha l joined the revolution. KL PASO. Texas, April 28. Ruiz Sandoval, consul general here for the Mexican federal government, tpdnv confirmed reports of a rovolt in Chi- . Illinium City, capital of, the state of -Chihuahua, hut said he wan without .. information us to detnils. , "There was lighting, but beyond that I know nothing of the situation," said Sandovnl. , ) , . , E 10 OBEY COURT PORTLAND, April "28:-T-;Dan . J. Malarkoy, attornoy for tho Northwest Steol company and the , Columbia Itlver Shipbuilding corporation, an nounced today that he would refuse to turn over to tho fodoral grand Jury tho rocords of those companies, as ordered yesterday by Federal judge Bean. i THE "BIG FOUR" IN MASSACHUSETTS olectod by majorities of three and four to ono over former Congressman Joseph F. O'Conncll who made his campaign on an anti-prohibition Is sue. Those elected are Senator Da vid, I. Walsh, Richard H. Long, twice democratic nominee for governor; District Attorney Joseph C. Pellotler and Daniel F. Dohorty. . Of the 3d republican delegates, In cluding thoso at large, 29 are un pledged but sovoral of these have an nounced tholr Intention to vote for Major Gonoral Leonard Wood. Two are pledged to Wood and four wore doscrlbed on the ballot as favorable to him. Tho entlro democratic dele gation Is unpledged. The "big four" republican candi dates carried 21 ot the 38 cities.