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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 70
Minimum today ill
Predictions
Heavy frost,
Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year.
MEDFORD, OTfECiOX, TUKsDAY, MAY 4. 1920.
XO. 37
M AIT. l?IWTlTF,
BLUEBEARD
LIS MEN
TO GULCH
Husband 27 Wives Goes Straight to
Grave of Nina Deloney Stranne
Cavalcade Headed bv Ambufance.
Carrying Bigamist and Murderer,
Winds Through California Desert
Grinding and Groveling Watson
Pleads Insanity.
DIXIELAND. Cnl.. May 4. IIivs
Kiird, white-faced, with storms eve?
nnd trcmbline limbs, due to his physi
cal condition, but composure un
shaken until his victim lav in view,
Walter Andrew W'alsnn todav cahnlv
pointed out u spot where. uccord;n?
to his own statement, he had place!
the. body oC Nina Lee Deloncv. one of
the -women he had married in tle
course of his lonsr and complex ea
rcro as a biirnmist.
"There's the eulch," said Watson,
as his ambulance, licadimr a proces
sion of automobiles n half mile Urns.
drew nenr the spot five miles north of
Coyote Wells, Imperial county.
The ambulance halted. Watson,
supported bv Sheriff Applestill of Im
poriiil county and a deputy from Los
An&rcles, mado his way slowly, halt
ingly, but with unerrine steps towards
- a k'dtro of rock, near the road, but
over terrtorv too rouerh to be tra
versed by the ambulance.
Culprit Is Kceblo
As he walked feebly nlomr a scor;
of officers ana! public officials fol
lowed him: then came a little croup
of newspapermen with photographers
and motion picture men and then a
hundred or more curiosity seeks, who
had followed the ambulance and its
accompanying caravan over the lorn;
miles of highway from El Ccntro un
intervening points. Seventy-five auto
mobiles, carrying nearly 500 peoplo
had made the trip.
"There's the ledge," said Watson,
pointing to a rocky spot a few yards
from where he stood. Deputy sheriffs
with shovels stepped forward end
turned a few bits of earth, while
cameras clicked and the crowd stood
watching.
! Canvas Shrouded Form
Then one of the men started hack,
dropped his shovel, and bent for
ward: an instant lntef the canvas
shrouded form of the dead woman
was taken from a small grave into
which it had been thrust, distorted
nnd almost broken bv the exercise (.f
tho force that had been applied to
plnce it where it lay.
Tho canvas was opened inst enough
to make sure that there was no mis
take. Then it was allowed to rest
until n casket arrived, and the pris
oner, the body of his victim nnd their
escort of hundreds started again for
EI Centro where on inquest was order
ed to he held immediately.
Watson Collapses
Watson, who was self-possessed
until the body wns found, collapsed
when it was uncovered nnd had to
be assisted to the nmbulnnce.
The spot where the body lav was
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26 STILLS NOW FLOURISH NEAR
WASHINGTON. May 4. Proba
tion enforcement will cost fSS.OOO,
000 annually. Representative Ga'Ii
van, democrat, Massachusetts, de
clared today in the house.
There are more illicit stills now
than before prohibition became effec
tive he said, adding that tho bulk of
Anti-Saloon league funds are usel to
hire special agents to locate stills.
"There were 20(lli stills found in
Georgia in 1918." he declared, "1534
in North Carolina nnd 26 in Nebraska,
the home of the first apostle of grape
juice.
"Blind tigers are now surround".!
by romance if not respcctabilitv.
Members of coifcress could tell inter
esting personal interviews with boot
leygers who have become respectable
HELD UP BY U. S. COURT
WASHINGTON, May 1.
Farm loans aggregating moro
than $50,000,000 have heon
held up by tho litigation over fr
tho validity of tho farm loan
act, it developed 'today at tho
conference of farm loan offic- J
lala here.
Commissioner Tvobdell of the
farm loan hoard said a majority
of tho applications for govern- fr
ment aid had reached the stage (
where only final approval was
needed to complete the loans
when it bocamo necessary for 4
the farm loan banks to suspend
loaning operations.
Tho general situation con-
fronting the loan banks and
county associations was describ
ed by the commissioner as
"exceedingly regrettable."
Many banks, he said, are
Fkelutonizing their organization
and marking time until a court
decision will permit the flota-
tion of a new issue of bonds.
4
Postmaster General Burleson Admits
Federal Control Was Expensive,
But Offers Alibi No Loss Suf
fered if Control Had Been Retained
Little Longer.
WASHINGTON, May 4 Operation
of tiii; t ;!; 1:1 oil and telephone com
panies durin-; the war cost the uov
ernment $14,005.f)65, Postmaster Gen
eral Hurleson informed congress to
day in asking immediate appropria
tion of that amount to liquidate the
affairs of the federal wire adminis
tration. "The deficit," wrote Mr. Burleson,
"is tho outcome of operations involv
ing gross revenues of over $000,000.
000 and therefore represents less than
two and a half per cent of tho total
gross revenues,"
Tho postmaster general said that
when taken over bv the government
many of the companies were not earn
ing operating expenses and a fair re
turn on the investment becnuso of in
creased Inbor nnd materials cost.
Mr. Burleson disclosed that no
agremcnt has vet been reached with
the Maekav companies for the use of
(heir land lines, forming the Postal
Telegraph system. He said the Pos
tal earnings during federal control
were $2,123,302 more than the com
pensation awarded bv him and that
suit for this sum would be filed by
the government.
Mr. Burleson said that no loss
would have, been suffered had the
government retained operation of the
lines "a few months longer," or had
rate increases not been temporarily
halted bv court injunctions.
citizens of the communities in which
thev live.
"During the vcar w-hen prohibition
was young over liOOO stills were cap
tured bv prohibition inspectors and
300.000 gallons of 'moonshine' con
fiscated." Control of congress nnd the presi
dential election may be decided by
the prohibilion question, Mr. Galli
van declared. "You can no more set
tle the prohibition question or keep
it out of politics than you can sweep
back the ocean, ' lie said.
"Kverv tea kettle and stew pan 's
placed under suspicion since the Vol
stead act bus become effective. It
prohibits everything with more than
one half per cent alcohol nnd vet the
sap of every tree flows in violation of
that law." .... .
WIRE CONH.
COST COUNTRY
k LARGE SUM
STRIKEWAVE
RISES AGAIN
MIDDLEWEST
Railroad Manafiers Refuse to Rein
state Switch Strikers Without Loss
Seniority Riohts Iron Moulders
Strike for $10 a Day. Carpenters
for $1.10 an Hour Waiters and
CooKs Likewise Go Out Street Car
Employes In Cleveland Walk Out.
CHICAGO, Jlay 4. Tho switch
men's striko still was In effect today
following tho refusal of tho railroad
managers to accept tho offer of John
CIrunau, the strikers' leader, that the
men would return to work if their
seniority rights were restored. Wil
liam Nelson Pelouze, president of the
Illinois Manufacturers association,
interceded for a settlement because
of a shortago of raw materials, in
manufacturing plants.
(irunau claimed 19,000 men "who
havo not taken other work," still
were out.
Want $10 Per Day
About 125 of the 1200 union iron
moulders in Chicago were on strike
today for flO a day minimum wage.
Ninety per cent accepted a S2 a day
increase to the $6.40 basic wage for
eight hours.
Employers today informed 4000
striking carpenters in wood working
mills that unless they return to work
tomorrow offers of settlement would
be withdrawn. The men, who were
getting 85 cents an hour, demanded
$1.10 an hour from May 1 instead of
June 1 as offered.
Striking waiters and cooks used
picketing "sandwich" men today to
inform people which restaurants were
"unfair to labor."
Ice cream drivers, who threatened
to strike today; wore said to have
leached an agreement with thoir em
ployers, i
Cleveland Striko
CLEVELAND, O., May 4. Union
motormen and conductors employed
by the Cleveland Railway company at
mass meetings laBt night and early
today rejected the company's maxi
mum offer of seventy-five cents an
hour, an increase of fifteen cents,
with a minimum six hour day and
voted overwhelmingly to striko at
midnight tomorrow. Approximately
3000 men will be affected.
The men demand an increase of
thirty cents an hour and a minimum
eight hour day.
The company withdrew counter de
mands for an open shop and the em
ployment of women conductors.
Food Is Scarce.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Mny 4. The
food situation hero is becoming acute
as tho railroad striko continues.
Sugar is virtually unobtainable even
for babies. Wholesalers have been
without sugar for several days and
restaurants are substituting syrup.
This serious food condition, cou
pled, with reports that 35,000 men
are idle has caused the city council
to telegraph tne railroad labor board
at Washlagton asking for quick ac
tion on the men'B demands.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., May 4.
The gates of all the cotton mills In
this city were opened today and par
tial operations were conducted in
each. Leaders of the striking textile
workers claimed an increase In the
number of strikers since yesterday.
'PHILADELPHIA, May , 4. Three
thousand of the 7000 carpenters who
struck Saturday last, returned to
work today, according to a statement
by union officials. They assert a.$S0
a week wage scale has been granted
by 119 contractors. The new wages.
$1.25 an hour for a Isx day week, will
yield as high as $80 a week with
overtime.
HOUGHTON, Mich., May 4. In
dian timber workers on striko In Ba
raga county have discovered a new
sourco of pleasure in the strike pa
rades. They paraded Baraga yester
day. They are good naturcd and
there has been no trouble In the dis
trict.
MADRID, Mav 4. Eduardo Dato,
former premier nnd liberal lender, has
accepted King Alfonso's invitation to
form a new cabinet. Marquis Dc-
Icmn will probably bo minister of
foreign affairs.
CONGRESS REFUSES 10
REPEAL INCREASE IN
SECOND CLASS RA1ES
WASHINGTON. Mlv 4.-The
house postoffieo committee re
fused todav to act favorably on
the Kess bill proposing repeal
of tho graduated increase in
second class mail rates for 1020.
1021 and 1922.
The vote was seven to eight
under the measure which wasjn
iroduced bv representative h'ess,
republican, Ohio, at the request
of the American Newspaper Pub
lisher's Association. The 1011)
rates would have been continued
in effect while a congressional
committee worked out a policv
of second class mail rate
charges.
Committee members said the
bill might be called up later for
reconsideration.
4. .j. ..
Pall of Juarez and Extension of Rebel
Lines From South Renders Mexi
can Government Position Precar
ious Carranza far From End of
Rope Is Washlnnton Opinion.
EL PASO, Texas, Mav 4. (liv the
Associated Press) An attempt to re
volt against tho Carranza govern
ment last night at O.iinagn, Chihuahua
by Colonel Salinas, the commander.
was defeated by loyalists of t he g:u
rison, according to a telegram to A.
It. Sandoval, acting consul general tor
the Carranza government here.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Relief
was shown both in government circle?
and by revolutionary agents here to
day when it became known that Jua
rez, Mexico, where revolutionary
fighting always has ben a potential
international danger, had been taken
by the rebels without a fight.
I'ntil now the rebels have succeeded
in taking from Carranza almost half
bis territory without a buttle, but
military men here who have watched
the developments of the revolution
assume n few stubborn contests are
inevitable. Mexican agents here per
sist in their assertions thnt further
eases of government troops deelinine
battle will hasten the end of their
si niggle.
Carritnza Fails
Information available here indi
cates that the two campaigns begun
bv Carranza have been failures. His
effort to attack the Sonora tro.'-
from the state of Chihuahua has
been brought to an end bv the defec
tion of every garrison in that slate,
and the expedition sent from the
south through the slate of Jalisco to
check the soulhward movements of
rebels through tho slates of Sonora,
Sinaloa nnd Navarit has not suc
ceeded, largely because of the harass
ing by small rebel groups. In tho
stale of Sinaloa there remained a
federal garrison at Mazatlan, but too
small, military observers suv, to as
sume the offensive nnd not strong
enough to withstand n heavy attack.
The occupation of Juarez makes it
Possible in the opinion of American
military men. for the rebel leaders 1 1
divert their Sonora forces to the rout"
southward from Chihuahua towards
Torreon.
Possession of Torreon gives its
holder the advantage of opcrntin-j
eastward through the state of Coahu
ila to Saltillo and Monterey, nwnv
to the south.
Carranza Strong nt Homo
C'nrranza's strength in Conliuilu.
his own stale, appears almost unim
paired, but in Hie adjoining state of
Nenvo Leon. Andrew Almnzon, nm
minor rebel leaders have made pro
gress south and west of Mututrioro
at the south of the Rio Grande. With
rebels on the east and west the only
outlet to the American border left the
Mexican government is through La
redo and Engle Pass.
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CARRANZA IS
STRUGGLING TO
HOLD COUNTRY
REDS IKE
FINAL STAND
01 DNEIPER
Fighting for Possession of Kiev Gointi
on N id lit and Day. Is Now at Its
Height Report of Fall of Citv Pre
mature Poles Within 48 Miles of
City Use Modern Equipment
Send Flotilla South Below Pripct.
WA.USAW, Slay 3. (By Associat
eil Press.) The T)o:slievlKl are en
trenched in tho hills on tho west bank
of tho Dniepor in a great circle with
their backs against Kiev, the Ukrain
ian capital, according to information
today from tho front. Tho fight for
possession of Kiev is at its height,
raging day and night along the line
thru the valleys and rivers. Tho re
ported fall of the city was prematura.
'Both sides are using artillery, but
Kiev has not yet been bombarded by
the Poles. It is reported that the
Polos who are within 4 5 kilometers
(approximately 2S miles) of Kiev,
are making effective use of modern
equipment. Prom the north tho Poles
are proceeding southward below the
Prtpct and Dnieper rivers with a
flotilla.
Reports received here say that the
plans of Leon Trolzky, the bolsheyik
war minister, for tho defense of Kiev
callod for the replacing of Genoral
Mlezeckow by General Szwlezdow.
Disorder in Kiev
WASAW, Sunday, May 2 (By
Associated Press.) Disorder and con
fusion prevail In Kiev, nccording to
reports recolved here. Koine dis
patches state that the bolshevik! aro
evacuating Kiev whilo othors say
General Mlezeckow, tho 35 yoar old
commander of the twelfth red army,
is making extensive preparations to
defend Kiev.
LONDON, May 4. A considerable
number of Russian boureolslo who
fled from south Russia to Asia Minor
perished during a storm in the Black
sea, according to a wireless dispatch
from Moscow today. Fourtoon ships
laden with refugees were lost.
Voluiitceis HiiiTender
Tho remnants of tho Russian vol-
untcor army In the Stotchy region of
the Black sea coast numbering sev
eral thousand, have surrendered to
tho bolshevikl, tho statement con
tinues. Tho volunteers wero headed
by (icnerals Morozoft and Uhreoft,
All wero granted life and liberty with
the exception of tho leaders of the
uprising.
WARSAW, Muy 3 Two mon wore
killod nnd nine wounded In a conflict
between civilians and military at the
railway station nt Praga, a suburb of
Warsaw, wbero troops from Posen
were entraining for the front today.
According to the military authorities
the conflict arose between some of
the soldiers and a group of Jews.
NEW VENEZUELA
UNITED STATES
CAKACAS, Venezuela. May 3.
Marked cordlallly toward the United
States featured the message of Dr.
..arqucz Bustlllos, provisional presi
dent, to the Venezuelan congresB to
day. Ho announced that Venezuela
had been admitted to tho League of
Nations formed "on 'the generous Init
iative of President Wilson," and re
ferred to this step as "a supremely
important point."
"It is vory significant," ho pointed
out, "that the minister of public n
structlon has Instituted the teaching
of Knglish in the primary schools of
Venezuela."
'Conclusion of a reciprocal agree
ment between Venezuela and the
United States respecting commercial
travelers wan announced.
Venezuelan finances are in a high
ly satisfactory condition, Senor Bus
tillos said, last year's revenues being
29,000,000 bollvaro abovo thoso of
191S.
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FEAS1S ON DOG MEAT
KOKOMO, Intl., May 4.
Princess Kokomo of tho Ior
rotos is t ho first child of hoi
tribe to ho born away from the
5 native islands. Ilor father,
f Chief 1'anninyaniB and her
mother head their triho in a
i circus, and yesterday tho girl
f baby arrived.
The arrival of Princess Ko
I knmo was tho occasion for cele-
hrntion anions tho lnorrotes.
With Chief ranniayaniK and his
wife at tho head of a camp firo.
I both smokinR pipes, tho other
members gathered solemnly
about, dipped their fiiiReifl Into
I ho hugo pot and helped them-
t selves to a feast of dog moat,
fr Chief Panmayanifi said it was
t a stiporstition that a child born
I away from its native land would
have n "npell" cast over it, and
fr herotoforo prospective mothers
f hnd always been sent back to
their home in tho Philippines.
Hiram's Supporters Claim Hoover
Will BC Snowed Under by 200.000
Majority Intense Interest Mant
(est Large Vote Expected Wood
Claims Indiana Victory bv 20,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4 Whoth-
or California's delegation of twonty
six to tho republican national conven
tion will bo pledged to tho candidacy
of Sonator Hiram W. Johnson of .Cal
ifornia or Herbert lloovor, was tho
chief Issue In today's presidential prl
mnry oloctlon. Tho democrats and
prohibitionists also will elect an
equal numbor of delegates. The dem
ocratle list Is unpledged. Weathor
conditions wero favorable for a heavy
voto. Tho registered vote of the state
Is 1,111,192 or which 693,767 aro re
publicans; 247,737 democrats and
1824 prohibitionists. Tho remnlndor
aro listed as progressives, socialists
and "scattering." Two to one
bets Johnson will win stato havo been
reported, while Johnson supporters
claim thoir candidate's majority will
bo oyer 200,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Mny 4 Fair
weather and a deep rooted Intorest
In tho campaign Is expected to pro
duce a heavy voto today In tho Indi
ana preferential primary. In tho re
publican presidential contest Major
General Leonard Wood, Governor
Frnnk O. Lowden of Illinois, Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California and
Senator Warren G. Harding havo all
bad tho activo support of state wldo
organizations.
There aro no candidates for tho
democratic nomination for president
on the ballot and the Indiana law for
bids tho writing in of names.
INone of tho presidential campaign
managers has made definito predic
tions on the outcome except Harry G.
Hogan, General Wood's state man
agor, who declared last night that on
the basis of estimates from all parts
of tho stnto ho believed the general
would receive a plurality of 20,000.
SAYS UNITED STATES
PHILADELPHIA, Mav 4. Tho
United States hh n tuition hns turned
away i'rom Christ, as in evidenced in
the trenernl trend of school nnd col
Icue education, popular current liter
ature, nnd favorite current ninusa
mciiN, according to Itishop Phillip
M. Khinclnndcr, who addressed the
13(ith annual convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal church of the dio
cese of Pennsylvania.
"Ah for nmnseinenls, immodesty in
dresH, looseness in sexual relation,
bestiality and crime us the chief at
JOHNSON IS
CONFIDENT OF
EASY VICTORY
JOHNSON IS
BEATEN IN
MARYLAND
General Wood Easy Winner in Yes
terday's Primaries With Two to
One Majority Over Californfa
Senator Unusually Light Vote
Cast General Will Probably Get
Entire 16 Delegates to the Chicago
Convention.
DALTIMOIIU, May 4. Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood dofeatod Senator
Hiram W. Johnson of California, In
an unusually light vote yesterday in
tho primaries for Maryland's prefer
ence for the republican nomination
for president by a majority of 7841
according to .virtually complete re
turns today. Tho few missing pre
cincts tiro Bcnttorod ano aro not ex
pected materially to nltoi tho results.
fl'ho voto was: Wood 15,900; John
son 8059.
Genoral Wood carried all four leg
islative districts In Baltimore and all
but two of the 23 counties Alle
gany, in the mining district and
Washington. Johnson's majority In
Allegany was 801 and In Washington
fifty. According to the returns Gen
eral Wiood will havo 110 of the 129
delegates to the Btato convention,
which will name sixteen dolegates to)
tho national convention. Those will
bo Instructed, in accordance with the
state election laws, to vote as a unit
for Wood as long as In their "consci
entious judgmont" he has a reason
able chance of winning the nomina
tion. United States Sonator John Walter
Smith, democrat, was unopposed for
renoiulnntion. His republican oppo
nent is Ovington 10. Wollor of Balti
more county.
L.
LOS ANGELES, May 4. Tho body
of II. J. Robulns, a woalthy retired
banker, formorly of Omaha, waa
found in tho rear of a vacant hoUBO
In cno of the hotter residence sec
tions hero today. Mr. Itobbins had
been beaten to death. A considerable
sum of monoy, his watch and other
valuables wero undisturbed,
Mr. Robbins lived not far from the
scono of his death.
The body had a rope around tho
nock, and police investigators said It
had been dragged about thirty feet
from a spot where there was some
evidence of a struggle. It had been
thrust between two bales of hay.
PERSHING WILL GO ON
PANAMA. May. 3. President
Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre of Panama
tendered a dinner to General Per
shine tonight. Twenty-three guests,
nil men, attended. General Pershing
will hunt alligators tomorrow.
AS A NATION
tractions in theatrical stows and
photo plays, unbridled license nnd ex
travagance in nil things," Bishop ,
Ithinelander said, "aro so much the
established order of the day that the
most respectable anions Us havo
ceased even to slimcr our shoulders.
Apply theso teats of literature,
amusements and education to our
world, that is tho world as we know
it, nnd see in ouch enso there is evi
dent a definito anti-Christian drift
which seems to be increasing in mad
ity of force and movement."