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MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1920.
NO. 38
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CALIFORNIA
Error in Transmission Loses Hoover's
Lead in Los Anneles and Johnson
Carries Nearly Every County
Jdhnsonrtes Jubilant While Hoo
ver's Manaper Declares Former
Food Administrator Will Be Can
didate at Republican Convention
LOS ANGELES, Mav S.-Rcvon
hundred twenty-seven city nnd coun
ty precincts complete give Jolinson
47,759: Hoover 42,11!). The reversal
from totals lute lust night of about
120 precincts less was snicl by the
registrar to hnve been partly duo to
an error of telephone transmission on
a group of country precincts, which
caused a Johnson gain to he credited
. to Hoover.
SAN FRANCISCO, Muv 5. II. J.
Carnahan, western campaign irnin?.-
ger lor benutor Hiram Yv. Johnson,
today, issued tbo following statement
in comment upon yesterday's state-,
wide presidential preferential pri
mary election:
"Hiram Johnson has scored the
greatest triumph in the history cf
California polities. lie has defeated
Herbert Hoover by over 100,000 voles
more than he ever defeated unv other
man who opposed him in a primary
election in this state.
"Hoover's opposition in California
has served the one useful purpose of
demonstrating to the country bow
thoroughly Hiram Johnson's achieve
ments are appreciated by his own
people."
Defeat Conceded
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5. Sena
tor Hiram W. Johnson stood today
as the preferred presidential candi
date on the republican ticket of the
voters of California, his native state,
on the face of primary returns from
approximately two-thirds of the
state's 5,729 precincts, Herbert C.
Hoover, Senator Johnson's only op
ponent, also has bis home in Cali
fornia. Three hours and a half after the
polls closed last night, Ralph P. Mor
ritt, California campaign mummer for
Mr. Hoover, conceded Senator John
son's' success. He predicted, how
ever, that the principles for which
Mr. Hoover stood would prevail and
Hint Mr. Hoover would be nominated
for president hv the republican na
tional convention in Chicago.
Johnsonitcs Jubilant
Shortly before, H. J. Carnahan,
western campaign manager for Sen
ator Johnson, predicted n plurality
for the senator of "55,000 in excess
of any Hiram Johnson has had in n
California election." He called the
result of the primary "tbo greatest
sweep in the history of California pol
itics in a primary election."
The vote tabulated this morning
stood :
Johnson, 288,779 : Hoover, 1,58.504 :
Democratic 7084; Prohibition, 0CI.
Total 454.927.-
. This represented 3918 precinct?
and came from all except four of
the state's counties. The missing
counties, Del Norte, Lake Modoc and
Mono have sixty-six precincts. Tbo
ballots accounted for in this tabula
tion totnlled slightly over two-fiflbs
of the registration of 1,111,192 for
the primary.
Hoover Wins Stanford
Mr. Hoover curried three of the 54
counties represented, on the face of
the incomplete returns. Thev were
Los Angeles, where he had a plu
rality of 9200: with more than half
of the precincts still to report; Ven-
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CONFRONT COUNTRY NEXT 6 MONTHS
WASHINGTON, May 5 Earning
of the federal reserve system this
fiscal year were estimated at $100,
000,000 by Governor Harding of the
federal reserve board, in testifying to
day nt the house rules committee
hearing on the resolution proposing
an investigation of the administration
of the federal reserve act.
Theso earnings, ho Baid, would ex
ceed bv $10,000,000 those of last year,
which he said represented a return
of 110 per cent on capital stock.
FOR TREATY CHANGES
DENIED BY ALLIES
l'Al!IS, Miy 5. The reply
of the conference of ambassa
dors to the Hungarian objections
to the terms of the proposed
peace treaty was delivered to
day to the secretary of the Hun
garian delegation at Versailles.
It is learned that the reply de
nies the demand for a plebiscite
in the territories which the pro
jected treaty detaches from
Hungary.
The ambassadors also refuse
to malic changes in tho new
boundaries of Hungary as estab
lished in the treaty.
L FIGHT
'S VOTE
KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 5.
Chief interest In the republican state
convention here today centered in
prospects of a lively contest over the
tone of the endorsement expected to
be given Senator Hiram W. Johnson
as Michigan's primary choice for the
presidential nomination.
By reason of his 44,371 plurality
in tho primary early in April Senator
Johnson's supporters were prepared
to ask for unqualified Instructions
on his behalf of the delegates at large
but Major General Leonard Wood's
backers contended that inasmuch as
their candidate won eight of the
thirteen congressional districts In
the primary, tire way should be left
open for an expression for him after
the delegates had discharged their
obligation to Johnson on the first
ballot.
GOVERNOR COX GEIS
20 VOIES KENMCKY,
LOUISVJLLK. lvv., May 5. Only
Kentucky's delegates from the stale
at large were instructed lust night
bv the democratic stateconventiou lo
vote for Governor James M. C'o.v,
Ohio, "as long as his name remains
before the national convention." no
mention being made of the district
delegates. Governor Cox, however,
will have twenty of the state's twenty -six
votes, sixteen ot the delegates
having been ordered bv their distiivts
to do so. The other six are unln
strueted. Tho report of the resolutions com
mittee was unanimously adopted. It
denounced what it termed obstructive
tactics used bv republicans in con
gress toward constructive legislation ;
indorsed without reserve the adminis
tration and called attention to hit
"war achievements," as regards the
peace treaty the report indorsed the
administration's stand and approved
placing the issue before the country.
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PANAMA, Mav 4. General Per
shing, after an all-day hunt in which
two alligators were lassooed and cap
tured alive, todav boarded the trans
port Northern Pacific and will sail
for New York bv way of Porto Rico
tonight.
Without explaining his statement,
Governor Harding told the commit
tee that serious problems confronted
the country in the next six months.
Complaints of country bunkers
against the universal par clearance
order of the reserve board, he said,
were to the board "like fleas to a dog
who must have fleas to know he is o
dog."
Mir. Harding said he had no objec
tion to nnv investigation of the
board's methods.
FLEET U. S.
np
Secretary Daniels Orders New Di
vision Atlantic Fleet to Sail Imme
diately for Key West There to
Await Orders Mex Rebels Claim
Border States Will Be Subjugated
in Few Days Carranza Uses Plane
Patrol in Defense.
NEW YORK, May 5. Six destroy
ers, accompanied by the tender Black
Ilnwk, left their anchorage with the
Atlantic fleet in the Hudson river at
2 p.. m. today and sailed for Kev
West, for possible duty in Mexican
waters.
WASHINGTON", May 5. Secre
tary Daniels today ordered a division
of destroyers, now at iNew York with
the Atlantic fleet, to sail immediately
for Key West where they will be held
for possible duty in Mexican waters.
The destroyers are commanded by
Captain IJyron Long on tho tendor
Black Hawk, which will accompany
tho flotilla. Captain Long was in
conference with Secretary Daniels
here last night and left immediately
afterward for New York to get his
ships ready to sail today.
The secretary said today that Cap
tain Long had been given full in
structions as to policy to be pursued
in the evont it becomes necessary to
send the destroyers to Mexican ports.
The vessels should report at Key
West tomorrow night or Friday.
Thus far no reports of any Borlous
disturbances In the Mexican ports
have reached the government but
revolutionists are active not far from
the places.
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, May 5.
Itqvolt or subjection of the border
states of Coaauila, Nuevo Loon and
Tamaullpas Is a matter of but a few
days, it was announced at military
headquarters of the revolutionists
here today.
Revolutionary forces are active in
all the states, it was said, and confer
ences are under way like those con
ducted which led to the revolt of
Juarez.
In Monterey Nuevo Leon, Carranza
forces were declared concentrating in
fear of attack and the seme concen
tration was reported at San Luis Po
tosi, further south in the state of the
same name.
Monterey and San Luis Potosi are
considered tho two most important
points in northern Mexico for the
rebels now to take. With these cities
in their possession all rail communi
cation between the United States and
Mexico City would be cut and the oil
fields would be isolated, except by
water. dJoth cities have large rail
road yards, machine shops and other
facilities needed by an army.
Carranza Uses Planes
(WASHINGTON, May D Apparent
ly unable to got under way any of
fensive military expedition against
the revolutionists, President Carran
za has .-:begun using airplanes to
harass rebel-held towns in the neigh
borhood of the Mexican capital, ac
cording to advices to revolutionary
agents here. Cuornavaca, capital of
Morelos, and Cuautla In the same
state, are two of the points that have
been smartly bombed, the reports
state. The Information through of
ficial channels yesterday that Pablo
Gonzalez, formerly an ardent suppor
ter of Carranza, had entered the revo
lution at the head ot a detachment of
revolting federal troops, also was
contained in the rebel advices.
General Dieguoz's force that had
been trying to make its way thru the
state of Jalisco northward Into Nay
arit to check tho Sonorans on their
march to the south Is reported to
have been turned about.
SI. PAUL IS DEFEATED
ST. PAUL, Minn., May 5. Mayor
L. C. Hodgson was re-elected by more
than 2,400 votes over his opponent,
William Muhoncv labor eundidate, in
yesterday's city election here, accord
ing to almost complete unofficial re
turns early today. With six scattered
precincts missing out of 132 Hodgson
had 20,783 votes and Mahonev 13.
437. For eouncilmcn, three labor candi
dates apparently have won in the face
of returns from more than half the
city. Six positions on the council
were to be filled.
CTQflVEPQ
U I iU I LitU
TO MEXICO
SI
PRIMARY. IN CLOSE
RACE 1H JOHNSON
INDIANAPOLIS, Mav 5 He
turns from 2,520 precincts out of
3387 in Indiana for the republi
can presidential preference in
yesterday's primary give:
Wood, ()4SS: Johnson 59.
225: Lowden :il(.0 1 ; Harding
lli.OtKI.
Wood's plurality is MiliX.
Indianapolis, Mav 5. Major
General Leonard Wood continu
ed to make slight gains over
Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia, his nearest opponent for
the Indiana presidential prefer
ence vote in yesterday's state
wide primary, as returns con
tinued to be tabulated here to
day. With 2249 precincts out of
3387 in tho state reported.. Wood
was leading bv a plurality oli
(1,540. The vulo was Wood,
00,475; Johnson 52.9:15; Gov
ernor Frank O. Lowden of Illi
nois 20,834; Senator W. G.
Harding of Ohio 14,002.
ESCAPES FROM A
WYOMING JAIL
WITH A NEEDLE
RAWLINS. Wyo.f May 5. With a
needle obtained in tho prison shirt
factory as his only tool, Bert Loften
hns escaped from the state prison
hero. William Smith, his companion
was captured while trying to scale
the prison wall.
LoEten and Smith wore confined to
tho death house cell because of their
known desperate character. Lofton
found that a softpiece .of steel cov
ored a drain. With his great patience
and skill, he slowly cut a hole thru
the steel with the needle. After 're
moving a pipe and a plate they crawl
ed thru tho hole, picked the lock of a
steel door connecting with tho main
corridor of the prison, scaled tho
tiors of cells, cut holes thru the slate
roof and dropped to tho ground. In
the prison yard, they found a steel
bar, which the prisoners bent into a
hook, to fasten an Improvised rope
on tho prison wall,
Loften oscaped but Smith was
caught by a guard.
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SOLD TO RENSHAW
PRICE IS $11,000
Among tho notable rocent real
estate sales of fine homes in tho city
Is that of tho homo of James Logan
on the hill at the end of East Main
street to E. Ilonshaw for $11,000.
The property was formerly owned by
Will Brown who sold to Alexander
Nlbley. The sale was mado thru
the Page-Dressier company.
Mr. Itenshaw, a former resident of
tho valley who some tlmo ago return
ed, is showing his confidence in the
valley's future by his extensive pur
chases, hnvlng since his return pur
chased the IJeeson ranch near Talent
for $23,000 and the 10 or 12 acres
on 'the Crater Lake highway outside
of the city on which he now resides,
for $15,000. He takes possession of
the Logan place within the next 30
days. Mr. Logan is In the highway
contracting business.
IS
IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The fam
ily food budget in February was ex
actly twice tho suni expended ior the
same articles of food In February,
1913, according to the department of
labor statistics.
During approximately the same
period in Great Britain the Increase
was 130 per cent while in Italy It was
187 per cent. Germany outranked
all countries enumerated with an in
crease of 224 per cent.
Increase In prices of clothing In
Germany, tho statistics showed, ex
ceeded 1000 per cent. A man'B suit,
which before the war cost $20 now
sells for $238.
During the year ending last Feb
ruary In this country sugar increased
In price 78 per cent. Potatoes went
over tho top to the tune of a 275 per
cent Increase since February 1913.
0. S. SENATE
Resolution to Declare War With Ger
many and Austria at End Is Sub
ject of Bitter Debate President
Flayed Bv Senator Knox Who
Opens Fight for Resolution-
Treaty of Versailles Discredited
Country Cries for Peace.
WASHINGTON, May G. Opening
debate on his resolution to declare
tho state of war with Germany and
Austria at an end, Senator Knox, re
publican, Pennsylvania, doclarod In
tlie senato today that President Wil
son was arbitrarily maintaining that
the nation technically was at war in
order to coerce the senate into ratify
ing the treaty ot Versailles.
"There was no excuse whatsoever
for greatly prolonging the war be
yond the signing of tho armistice,"
Senator Knox said, "and tho only ex
planation for so doing was tho delib
erate aim to retain all those auto
cratic compulsory powerB witli which
the exocutive had boon endowed for
tho prosecution of the war in order
that they might be used for other
purposes.
Peace Imperative
"Tho wolfaro and safety of tho na
tion imperatively demands that we
know wo have peace. The whole
world seethes with revolution. Our
own nation is in fermont and toll.
Force and strife are rampant and
threaten the destruction not only of
our property but of our free Institu
tions and even of our lives. And yet
we stand, and havo stood for months
as a rudderless ship.
"The course of the prestdont ever
slnco he cruised to Europe to partici
pate in tho peace conference," contin
ued tho former socretary of state,
"leaves no chance for doubt that he
will contlnuo hereafter as heretofore,
to thwart so far as ho is nble, ovory
attempt to take any action
affecting tho provisions of tho treaty
of Vorsailles as it came to us fresh
from his signature.
"Ho has conjured up every power
within his domestic domain in his
effort to compel this senate to surren
der Its will and judgment to him, to
becomo the mere automatons to reg
ister his will to approve this treaty
in its last minutes of detail as ho sent
it to us."
Senate lias Power
Launching Into a 30,000 word dis
cussion of his resolution, tho senator
said the senate had the power to
"unmake" any of Us acts and conse
quently had tho power to repeal the
resolutions declaring a state of war
with tho Imperial German govern
ment and with tho Austro-llungarlan
empiro.
Pointing out that tho war declara
tion by congress was directed against
the Imperial German government,
Senator Knox Bald that government
had ceased to exist and with It the
enemy named by congress.
Supporting his contention that In
ternationally the nation actually and
legally Is at peace, tho senator dis
cussed the terms and effect of the
armistice, declaring that by this docu
ment Germany had conceded Its ca
pitulation. He contended also that
ratification of tho treaty of Versailles
by Germany and the allies made
peace for tho United Stntos.
Treaty Is Discredited
Reiterating opposition to the treaty
of Versailles, Senator Knox said It
was almost universally discredited
and that the senate reservations did
not Americanize the League of (Na
tions but merely made It safer for
America to Join. Instead of the
league, he urged, "an arrangement
for the codification of International
law, the establishment of a court of
International justice and the out
lawry of war."
Senator Knox summed up tbo legal
aspects of the question as follows:
"First War is actual hostilities.
"Second That It was so under
stood by our constitutional fathers.
"Third That the power to declare
war was exclusively with congress,
which created the status ot war by a
law which, like any other law could
be amended, modified or repealed.
"Fourth That the purpose ot the
war powers of tho constitution was to
give the national government the le
gal power and practical ability to
conduct a successful war, thnt Is, act
ual hostilities. i
Fifth That war powers could not
be exercised after actual hostilities
had ceased.
"Sixth That tho powers of tho
president came from two sources,
that of the chief executive and that
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IS
ESTED. SELLS LAMB
100 PERCENT PROFIT
BOSTON, May 5. Profiteer-
4 lug in meat was charged today -J
4 against Armour and company 4
4 nnd its New England manager, 4
John K. Wilson. Tho latter was
I arrested on a warrant issued by H
4 United States Commissioner
Hayes on evidenco transmitted 4-
by the United Stales district at-
torney's office that lamb bought 4-
for less than ten cents a pound,
plus freight charges of about
4 four cents a pound, hail been 4
4 sold here for 25 Vi cents. 4-
TAX TO FARMERS
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 5.
The mass convention held hero yes
terday by tho state federation of la
bor, the Non-Partisan league and
various representative bodies of far
mers and organized labor for the
purposo of nominating independent
candidates for governor, lieutenant
govomor and attornoy general, adopt
ed a platform favoring tho exemption
of farmers and worklngmon'a homos
from taxation; stato ownership of
flour mills, packing plants, etc., so
far as necessary to rostoro competi
tion; municipal ownership ot storage
and public utilities; co-oporattve
banks; bettor sularles for schoor
teuchors and stato and federal bonus
for soldiers. Tho platform opposes
the code bill, tho amendments to the
state constitution, establishing In
dustrial courts and tho fair price fix
ing committees as now operating.
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Til
BE MADE IN JULY
WASHINGTON, May 5. Further
advances in print paper prlcos are to
bo mado by the International Paper
company July 1 said a telegram from
Chester W. Lyman, vice president of
tho company, which was presented to
day to the senato commlttoo investi
gating tho paper shortage.
The inossngo, addressed to Joseph
Pulitzer, Jr., publisher of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, said: '
"Alarming rise In prico for pulp
wood, other materials and mill sup
plies, togothor with Inevitable in
crease In transportation charges, will
necessitate a higher selling price for
Inst two quarters. Impossible to fore
toll extent of Increase on account of
uncertainty of conditions. Increase
In cost likely to contlnuo to turning
point reached In general Industrial,
social and financial conditions.
"Only remedy for present trouble
Is rigid economy by publishers In
their use ot newK print. It would be
tho holght of folly for government
to attempt to regulute or lower spot
market as It would result In
diversion of many specialty mills now
making news print to their normal
product."
Barber's Prices Not Raised.
CHICAGO, May 5. Chicago bar
bers have decided to keep the price
of hair cuts and shaves nt the pres
ent standard. Some barbers con
sidered raising the price for hair cuts
to seventy five cents.
NEW YORK, May 5. Tlorbort
Hoover Issued a statement here today
In which be expressed surprise that
under the circumstances so large a
voto should hayo been cast In Califor
nia for the delegates favoring my
nomination."
"For my friends, in entering my
name. Introduced no personal Isbub
but asked opportunity to registor a
protest to Senator Johnson's extreme
opposition to any loague to prevent
war and reduce armaments," said the
statement.
"With a group ot amateur clubs
LODGE TO BE
CHAIRMAN
AT CHICAGO
Maassacluisetts Senator to Be Tem
porary Chairntan and Make Key
note Speech. But Pronressive Will
Be Permanent Chairman E-Sen-ator
Bcveridoe Favored by Borah
No Contest Over Honors Expected
Declare Party Leaders.
WASHINGTON-, May G. (Bv tho
Associated Press) Division of
honors of presiding over the republi
can national convention nt ChicuRO
between the regulars and the progres
sives, appeared prohublo as a result
of negotiations going on today -bo-tween
prominent members of both
wines. Information from party
sources was that an agreement vir
tually had been reached to have Sen
ator Lodge of Massachusetts as a
representative of tho regulars, act as
temporary chairman and a progres
sive as permanent chairman, : .1 .
Senator Borah of Idaho, prominent
in the progressive councils nnd one
of Senator Johnson's principal sup
porters, asserted today that he fa
vored former Senator Albert J, Bov-
eridgo of Indiana for . permanent
chairman, with the understanding that
benutor Lodge was to be temporary
chairman and make the keynote
speech. Senator Borah said he wa3
not an aspirant for chairmanship
honors und would not regard himsolf
us available. . : :: '.
That there would bo no contest over,
tho chairmanship honors was predict
ed today by -republicans i of i both
groups. Leaders of the progressive
wing snid there was no disposition to
oppose selection of Sonntor Lodge as
temportrv chairman and they expect
ed to elect one of their group as tho
permanent chairman without opposi
tion. '
RED SOLDIERS
LOOTING KIEV
IWARSAW, May 4. (By Associat
ed Press). Russian bolshevik offi
cers are reported to be looting houses
and stores at Kiev, preparatory to
abandoning the city. Advances indi
cate groat contusion there.
iPollsh military officials plan to oc
cupy Kiev lute this week, It Is, be
lieved. The Amorlcan Red Cross has
chartered a special train to take gup-'
plies there.
LONDON, May 6. Great quantl;
tlOB of oil fell Into the hands of the
Russian bolshevik forces when they
captured Baku, the Important petro
leum center on the weBtorn coast oC
the Caspian sea, April 28, according
to an official statement under Tues
day's date received today from Mos
cow. "Work In the oil wells continues at
full speed," the statement continues.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 4. -(By
Associated Press.) A bandit chief
tain named Abrahim has been arrest
ed at Aleppo, Syria, charged with the
murder of James Perry and Frank
Johnson, two American Y. M. C. A,
men near Aintab, February 4th.
T
only a month old, they were, 'Of
course, handicapped in opposing the
regular party organization but the
real situation is that the people ot
California have been much torn be
tween the loyalty and friendship to
the senator for his able rescue of the
state during bis governorship from
vicious corporation control, and his
too narrow vision on our Internation
al necessities. The fact that In these
circumstances 'taore than a third ot
the party protested against this latter
view should strengthen the support
of the republican majority In the.
senate." i