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MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1S)10.
ALASKA IS TERRORIZE
BUNE
The Weather
Maximum yesterday 73
Minimum, today - 44
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U.S. CUHER
DISPATCHED
TO
Algonquin Equipped With 3-Inch
Rifles and Machine Guns Ordered
to Hydar to Quell Disturbances
Federal Officials Marked for Death
bv Radicals May First Attorney
General Palmer Issues Orders to
Quell Disturbances.
WASHINGTON, April 30 Activ
ity of alien ngitotors in tho vicinity o
Hydar, Alaska, resulted in the des
patch today of tho coast guard cutter
Algonquin from Port Townsend.,
Wash., to that place.
Announcing the departure o the
Algonquin, tho coast guard service
said the vessel would co-operate with
the local officiuls in maintaining
order. The Algonquin carries a crow
of 71 and is equipped with four 3
inch rifles and two machine guns.
Dispatches to tho coast guard sor
vico did not give details as to the
situation nt Hydar.
Radical agitators have long beon
nctivo in Alaska and complaints of
the situation thcro have been made
before congressional committees bv
Alaskan officers and others. Gov
ernor Riggs recently announced that
he would ask congress to provide for
a constibularv to curb the radicals
who, he said, threatened to demora!-'
izc industry.
' Proccct U. B. Officials
WASHINGTON. April 30. Fede
ral agents have been instructed to "go
as far as tho law will nllo'w." in
breaking up May day radical demon
strations. In making this announcement to
day. Assistant Attorney General Gar
vnn said department of justice of
ficials were concentrating on ef
forts to protect the lives of officials,
federal and state, who bavo been
marked for destruction und to pre
vent violence generally.
WASHINGTON. April 30. Warn
ing that they had been selected by
radical elements for assault or as
sassination as part of a Mav day
demonstration has been received from
department of justice agents today
by more than a scoro of federal and
state officials. Announcement of the
discovery of the plot bv government
agents was announced Inst night by
Attorney General Palmer.
The assassinations and assaults
were to have been a part of tho May
day program planned bv the com
munist labor partv and other radical
groups, Mr. Palmer said, adding that,
tho contemplated violence was to be
incident to attempts to bring about
strikes in all the basic American in
dustries in behalf of peace with so
viet Russia.
The propaganda used in the tex
tile manufacturing districts, Mr. Pal
mer said, included the argument that
strikes would reduce the high cost of
living.
i
' BOSTON, April 30. An appeal to
workers to show their strength bv a
united strike Mav 1 is contained in
posters purporting to be the Mav day
proclamation of the central execu
tive committee of the communist
partv of America, which are being
circulated here. Tho appeal is head
ed "hail to the Soviets."
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CHICAGO, April 30. Two restau
rants in the business district here
had in effect today a price reduction
of five cents on seven, standard
"orders." The restaurants are part
of a chain group.
Tbe management asserted that
elimination of wastage had reduced
tbe cost of "orders."
A federal grand jury investigation
of restaurant profits will be made,
ALASKA
AND EX-LABOR LEADER
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, April 30.
Henry Jones Ford, professor of
politics at Princeton university
mwl .Tnmes' Duncan of Ouincv.
Muss" n former vice president
of tho American Federation of
Labor, .were nominated today bv
President Wilson to be members
of tbe inter-stuto commerce
commission.
M!r. Ford will succeed Com
missioner James S. Harlan
whose term expired more than a
year ago and Mr. Duncan is to
take one of the two new posi
tions on the commission created
by its enlargement under the
transportation act.
White House officials said u
nomination for the other va
cancy mightl he made in the
near future, thus bringing tho
commission to its full member
ship of nine.
WATER POWER
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T
Wafer, Power Bill Agreed Upon in
Conference Creates Federal Power
Commission to Have Control Over
All Water Matters Adds 4 Million
H. P. to Nation's Resources.
WASHINGTON, April 00 De
scribed by Chairman Jones of the
senate commerce committee, as leg
islation alTecting every citizen of the
United States, tho water power bill
as agreed upon in conference would
create a federal power commission
composed of the secretaries of war,
agriculture and interior This com
mission would have authority over
all matters pertaining to the devel
opment of water power in which the
federal government has jurisdiction
or In which It is interested as an
ownor of lands or other property
necessary to such projects.
The commission may, issue prelim
inary permits allowing applicants
three years In which to make exam
inations of water power projects,
prepare plans and make financial ar
rangements. The commission also
may issue licenses for a period df
fifty years or It may reserve such
projects as should bo undertaken by
the federal government. Preference
must be given by the commission to
states and municipalities if they are
equally adapted to utilize water re
sources.
The bill also would encourage the
building of head-water storage reser
voirs to equalize power production,
prevent floods and obtain water for
irrigation purposes after being used
for generation of power. Provision
is made for construction of locks in
power dams in navigable streams so
as to extend navigation into the up
per reaches of rivers.
At the expiration of the fifty year
license the government under the hill
is given the option of purchasing the
hydro-electric plants by paying the
licensee his net investment or it may
issue a new license to the original
licensee or to a new licensee who
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according to an announcement today.
The seven items reduced by the
restauranteur are:
Soup, formerly 10c. now 5c.
Beef stew 20c to 15c.
Corned beef hash 15c to 10c.
Haked beans 15c to 10c.
Frankfurters and potato salad 25c
to 20c.
Corn beef and potato salad 25c to
20c.
Two eggs and toast 25c to 20c.
UNDER CONTRO
QFGOVERNMEN
BLUEBEARD
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TO
Husband of Twenty Odd Wives Ad
mits Killinp Nina Lee Deloney
Married So Often Can't Remember
All Their Names At Least Three
Other Wives Died bv His Hand
Salem Woman Mentioned in List
All Possessed Property.
LOS ANGELES. Cnl April 30.
Walter Andrew Watson, confessed
bigamist und murderer will bo in
dicted by a county grand jury next
Monday for the murder of Nina Lee
Deloney; he will then appear in court
and plead guilty and in considera
tion of his plea and tho saving to the
state, tho district attorney will ask
for a sentence of life imprisonment'
against him, instead of the death pen
alty. This statement was made her,
today by W. C. Doran, chief deputy
district attorney, after a conference
with WnUon's attorney.
LOS ANGELES, April 30. Mur
dor, and not bigamy, will ho the
charge to be faced by James It. Huirt
who last night admitted, after an in
vestigation extending over nearly a
month had enmeshed him .. beyond
hopo, that he had killed two women,
had at least contributed to the deaths
of two more and had married at loast
twenty, including the four who lost
their lives.
The murder charge, according to
tho officers of the district attorney,
will be based on the alleged confes
sion of Hulrt that he killed Nina Lee
Deloney, one of his "wives" in Los
Angeles county, and afterward con
cealed her body at a lonely place In
tho mountains of Imperial county,
whence he carried it, over a travelled
highway, wrapped In blankets and
laid in his touring car.
After Huirt had finished his state
ment at midnight last night, District
Attorney Leo Woolwine, two deputy
sheriffs and other investigators left
by automobiles for the spot described
by the prisoner as the place where
he had hidden Mrs. Deloney's body.
The trip will require at least two
days, and It was said that no formal
charge of murder would bo filed
until the party had returned. Enough
evidence, even without tho finding of
the body of Mrs. Deloney, or the ad
mission of the alleged confession, is
already available to support such a
charge, the officers said.
Known as Watson
The murder charge and all subse
quent proceedings, will be brought
against the man under the name of
Walter Andrew Watson, it was said;
this course will be taken because the
defendant told the officers, they said,
that he did not know his true name
but was most frequently known as
Wlatson; because the marriage with
Nina Lee Deloney, which preceded
the alleged murder, was solemnized
under that name, and because It was
tho name most used by the man in
Los Angeles county.
Watson's story was told last night
in the presence of District Attorney
Woolwine, Chief Deputy W. C. Doran
a shorthand reporter, two deputy
sheriffs and J. M. Marmaduke, an
attorney who hau previously brought
and abandoned a writ of habeas
corpus in Watson's behalf. The state
ment was given in response to ques
tions and more than four hours time
was devoted to its completion. It
was transcribed at once and will be
presented to Watson for his signa
ture today. The presence of Watson's
attorney, and the complete delibera
tion with which the matter was han
dled, caused sheriff's officers to ex
press the belief last night that some
promiso of Immunity from the death
penalty had been given the man In
exchange for his aid In clearing up
the involved mysteries of his mar
riages and es a consideration for the
expense that would be avoided by
eliminating a trial.
Xatlvo of Tenncssw
Watson's statement, in brief, was
that he was a native of the south,
probably of Tennessee; he said hi
first memory was of finding himself
in an orphan asylum where he re
mained until he was about ten years
old; then, he said, be went to live
with a family named Harper and re
mained with them for about five
CBN
MURDER
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FINES! ELKS LODGE
IN THE WORLD 10 BE
ERECTED AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, AApril 30. Se-
attle Lodge No. Ill', Heucvolcnt
nn Protective Order of Elks.
tndiiv mirchitsed the site of tho
Lincoln hotel, recently destroyed
by fire, which, witlt tho ground
ing adjoining, gives tho lodge un
entire half block, on which it is
preparing to build tho finest
Elks temple in the United State.-!,
according to a statement by
Geor?n Iloucknert. exalted ruler.
The newly acquired ground, 120
1,,. 1)0 fnnl ,.uf H,n l.1.r.
&1 fill 11(10. it wllw nminnr.pi.il.
Senator Edge of New Jersey Tells
Academy Political Science Not
Enough Business in Government
Too Much Government in Business
Congress PlaysPoliticSi
NEW YORK. April .'10 Construe,
tion rather thnn re-construction, ii
the great task confronting this con
gross, the next congress and perhaps
even the sixtv-cigbtli congress, Sen
ator Walter E. Edge, of New Jersey
said, speaking at the luncheon meet
ing of tho Academy of Political Sci
ence.
Senator Edge declared "there is too
much government in business and not
enough business in government."
"The United States must open and
cultivate world-wide markets for its
goods," he continued. "The people
of the United States cannot consume
tho entire production of the land, nor
would there be anv profit for them if
tlicv could and merely interchanged
dollars among themselves; so, cither
world markets must bo won and culti
vnled, or American production must
be curtailed, with resultant poverty.
distress and unrest.",
Assistant Secret arv Leffingwell of
the treasury declared that tbe gov
ernment of the United States
oeadlocKCfl against itsell, a govern
ment of obstruction."
' Govt. Is Divided
Failure of the government to deal in
a constructive way with nnv one of
the vital nntionul problems, he attri
buted largely to the fact that the. gov
ernment is "divided against itself."
"At this most critical moment in
the history of Europe," be continued
"when, our financial and economic
stake in Europe's affairs is so great
that disaster there could mean onlv
disaster hero, ninnv of our own people
hnvc turned gamblers and wasters.
For plain living and high thinkin.
we have substituted wasting and bick
ering. Wo om'ov high living while
we grumble at the high cost of liv
ing." Mr. Leffingwcll assaulted the gov
ernment's administrative nolicv a
"penny wise and pound foolish." re
citing how "congress hud struggled
to effect economies nt the expense if
efficient administration while it takes
time to add $65,000,000 to Civil War
Pensions.
(tonus Is Onlomned
"Instead of telling the pontile
trnnklv and boldly," be said, "tluil
prices arc nign iiecausc tlicv pin
wasting, wo fix prices nnd prosecute
profiteers in order that the people
may buy more nnd tiav less. Instead
of telling the voting men who were
drafted to fight the war. nnd who
came hack better nnd stronger nnd
more fit to fight their own battle
than tlicv ever were before, to'go In
work and save their monev and look
out for themselves as any self-re
speoting man should, we listen "om
plaectitlv to their organized demands
for a bonus, euphemistically called
adjusted compensation.
LONDON. Anril .10. Oermnn lnl
defense troops will march into the
southern Ruhr district tnr tlm i,
tection of public order and industry.
says a wireless message from Bcrli
MORE BUSINESS
IN GOVERNMENT
IS GREAT NEED
today. , ,
POLES ROUT
RED ARMY
IN SOUTH
Bolshsviki Lines Give Way Before
Onslaught of Polish Army 15,000
Prisoners. 60 Cannon, Hundreds of
Machine Guns, 76 Locomotives
Taken German Troops Aid Poles
Soviet Message Admits Reverse
Near Kiev.
WAIiSAW. April 30. (Hv the As
sociated Press) Tho resistance of
tho bolshoviki bus been broken in
louth Ukraine, according to today's
official coniniunidue, which an
nounces that tho Poles have captured
iMobilev and are now moving south
east along tho Dniester.
The Poles bttvo captured l.i.OOO
prisoners, 00 cannon, hundreds ot
machine guns and 70 locomotives
since their offensive begun, the con.
munii'iue adds.
WARSAW, April 20. (Bv the As
sociated Press) Polish nnd Ukran
iun troops, driving toward Kiev, haw
occupied tho town of Malin, about 00
miles northwest of Kiev. The advance
is continuing toward the Dnieper river
except on the southern sector of the
front tt-licre'tho Russian bolshevik
forces are making a stubborn stand
along the right bank of the ling river.
In an action which resulted in the
occupation of tho village of Koztitin,
southwest of Zhitomir, Polish eavalrv
cupturcd 2000 prisoners, ten cannon,
one tank and the colors of the fiftv
eigbth bolshevik division. Pocn
troops which fought during the great
war in tho German army, aro en
gaged in tho advance.
LONDON, April 30. The loss of
Zhitomir, eighty miles southwest of
Kiev, to the Poles is admitted in an
official statement sent out todav by
tho soviet government at Moscow.
The messuge also refers to a Polish
threat against Kiev. ,
ALASKA DELEGATES
TO GO UNPLEDGED
JUNEAU. Alaska, April ,')(). Addi
tional and utmost complete returns
from Tuesday's primary election in
crease the election of John C. Mc
llrido for republican national com
mitteeman and George C. llazelet and
f. M. Heed for delegates to the re
publican natiomil convention. Tip
delegates are unpledged and have not
declared their preference for presi
dential nomination.
WONDERFUL LOVER, BUT
SHE KEPI HER
VANCOUVER, 11. C. April 30.
"lie wus a wonderful lover, hut be
fore I married him I placed an in
heritance of $10,000 in trust for ii.v
children where neither of us could
reach it for twenty years," said Mrs.
II. L. Gordon, referring to J. If. Huirt
held on a murder ehurge in Los Angc
lcs. As II. L. Gordon. Huirt is al
leged to have married Mrs. Gordon in
Winnipeg in April, J01!).
Mrs. IScutrice Andrcwnrthn, of
Vancouver, is believed bv local police
to have been one of Huirt's victims.
She has not been seen since February
12, 1019.
PLANE SMASHES AFTER
TRIP TO LIMA, PERU
LIMA, Peru, April 20. Pilot Simon
and V. Wheeler, mechanic, Americun
commercial aviators were seriously
injured when their airplane crashed
nt the military aviation field hern I
day plinftlv alter its arrival from
New Orleans. Tim machine was
wrecked.
SENATE COMMITTEE
OFFERS RESOLUTION TO
DECLARE WAR AT END
t
WASHINGTON. April 30.
The state of war with both Ger
nianv and Austria will he termi
nated tinder a resolution pre
sented today' bv tho senate for
eign relations committee as it
substitutu for the bouse resolu
tion to end the war with Ger
niany alone.
The volu on the resolution
was nine to six with all of the
republicans supporting it, and
all the dembcrats lining mi solid
ly in opposition. Senators M!o
Cuinber, republican, North Da
kota, nnd Shields, democrat.
Tennessee, we're absent nnd did
not votu. -
It is planned to call up tho
resolution for debato in the sen
ate next week and final action
is expected within two or three
weeks.
FIVE PLANS TO
HELP SOLDIERS
Soldier Relief Bill Finally Completed
by Ways and Means Committee of
House Nearly 2 Billions Increase
in Revenue Regulred bv Measure.'
Many Plans Offered.
WASHINGTON, April 30 The sol
dier relief bill finally was completed
today hv a majority of the republi
can members of the bouso ways und
means coniinitteo and will bo con
sidered tonight at a conference of
house republicans. Present plans are
to bring it up Monday for immcdiuto
passage.
Fivo optional plans for payment of
adjusted compensation uro provided
as follows ;
Adjusted service pay at $1.23 for
each day's services in excess ot 00
days between April Ii, J1I17, and Jnnu
nrv 1. 1020.
Extension of .vocational training
at $1.7.') for each day's attendance
on a course of instruction declared
suitable by the federal bourd for Vo
cation ii 1 education.
Offer Insurance I'lnn
Purchase or improvements of city
or suburban homes with compensa
tion at the rate of $1.75 for ouch
day's service.
Issuance of paid no insurance til
the rato of $l.u lor each day s .ser
vice. Such insurance will he payable
twenty years after issued or in case
of death. Loans could be obtained
at any time after two years.
Establishment of n "national vote
runs settlement board,' composed of
the secretary of the interior and four
members to be appointed bv the presi
dent, at least three of whom shall be
former service men, which would b
authorized to make loans to servic
men not exceeding $1,000 for tin
reclamation and development of farm
lands.
IteqillrcH ?I.H(10,(IOO,0(M)
Revenues lo pay the compensation
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SUBMITTED
DOUGLAS. Ariz., April 30. The
United States government will allow
payment of customs duties bv Ameri
can firms nnd citizens to tho de f:icto
government authorities in Sonorn and
having made such payment thev lire
freo from further obligations, accord
ing to n telegram received bv a hank
here todav from llainbridge t'olbv.
secretary of state.
The telegram was viewed here ?s
recognition bv the state department
of the belligerency of Sonora.
WASHINGTON, April 30,-Foity
THE WORLD
MUST SAVE
AiEARl
. t f
Entire World Must Tighten! Belt
There Is to Be Enough for I
Paul M. Warburg Tells Acade ,
Political Science Call Halt j "
Bank Credit for Speculation
Protection of Essentials and i
Europe. i! ..
NEW YORK, April 30. Tho t,
tiro world must tighten its belt if thj '
is tu bo enough for all, und that t
is n strict control of bank credit wi i
out which the world will oontinuq
gorge itself and inflate, declared T?
M. Warburg, banker, discussing -'
fin t ion, its causes and remedies '
fore the Academy of Political Solo .
here today. ; '- .: '
Summing up ho said : ' ,
"First we must fight inflation
all tho means nt our disposnl; bv; .
resting the further increase of Ri i :
eminent indebtedness, end if possj -
reducing it; and by calling a halj :
further bunk credit and note issue' '
iifinsirin We wnnM thnrnhv llpstflC
the atmosphere of ensy jhonoy
paper prosperity tbnt makes for
dividual and eorpornto oxtraVngiu
iimi fVislcrs diseunt nut iitnnno' I
misses, renderiii'' them disinelinenT7
give their full measure of work. --J-includes
tho most difficult tusk '
curging tho production of Uiiohh Ay
tin Ih and of stimulating tho prod )
tion of essentials. i fiSXtt
Ktimululo Production .
"And finally wo inust fight ris
prices bv stimulating cssontilll r
dilution, both hero and abroad, wit
means that we must furnish Euri
with the materials required in or
to rehabilitate her industries, so t.'
once more sho mav become self -si " "
porting. As far as this involves' 11
granting of further oredits it sho "J""'
be our determined purpose to prov . 'n
them from our snvings. If we 'l'01
incapable or too irresponsible fo
coinplish this, we must submit to pj
ing for the unsaved balance bv , , ,
flntion, that would prove, as wq It) J! t
seen, a wasteful arid highly ""f-tji,7'
table alternative, hut It is easier frr1
UK to bear the sacrifice thnn for t
rope." '-, ri
Iduiks to HcNtrte Credit VS
PINEIIURS'f, N. C April 30" M
Tho executive council of thd Am(? ,!09
yan Hankers association today if'00,"r
pointed a special committeo to c"
with the federal reserve hoard "
orderly methods of bringing Ubott'
deflation of credits. '
Tho opinion of the council, ns
pressed in n resolution, was tbnt 5
onlv means of diminishing tho
mcndoiiH demands on the banks
credit wns a well considered ratic;3 '
ing of credit, progressively .apply,', frl
from the federal reserve biJm.(
through the financial and common,, nt
structure of the nation. , WTlt
The resolution said credit for
scntials must not he unduly restricting
but bunks should not advance futjj nj
for speculative purposes. Tho covjj
oil unproved an amendment to oie
income tax law, exempting intereHtniiiij'ii
bunk deposits of non-resident nlie hsso:
The object of the umendniont isjioii
encourage foreign trade. f nil m
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RECOGNIZES THE
OF
9iot
oil no
hvM
. loweu
! t laidd
thousand Chinese in Mexico, witlind
consular protection, have pctitiokMfl
the state department for permissJr '.
to cross tho border in case they iphhH
threatened ns an outcome of tho pr,i,,oj
cnt revolutionary uctivitios. Tj gf
matter is under advisement at tho , B
partmeiit. . - , J(,u,,
Through official channela it
learned toilnv that the revolution,
forces still hold tho port of FrontojJt52
The rebels in the state of Quern
mid Michoacnn, have proclaimed tly-M n
sympathy with the Sonorn toKST
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moicment, ,
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