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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920.
NO. 39
BOLSHEVIK
MIES ARE
Red Army Thrown Into Panic by
Rapid Advance of Polish Forces
Soldiers Flee iii Confusion, Throw
inn Away Arms and Equipment
Poles Can Enter Kiev Whenever
They Care to Wait for Ukranians
To Come Up.
BERNE, Mav 5 Reports that two
Hussion bolshevik armies huvo been
routed and virtunlly destroyed in the
courso of the Polish-Ukraniun offen
sive nguinst Kiev seem to be con
firmed by dispatches.
Bolshevik troops were thrown into
n panic by the rapid advance of the
Polish and Ukranian armies and re
treated precipitately from some parts
of the front, leaving large quantities
of arms and 'ammunition on the field,
it is said. Ukranian peasants in ter
ritory still held by the bolsheviki arc
declared to be in rebellion.
WARSAW, May 5. Fighting be
tween tho Poles and bolsheviki for
possession of Kiev, capital of the
Ukraine, continues day and night. In
the entire semicircle of tho Kiev
bridgehead the Polish infantry is in
contact with tho bolsheviki infantry.
The Poles nro slowlv pushing back
the enemy in the face of machine gun
and artillery resistance.
PARIS, May 0. Advieos received
at noon bv the foreign office with re
gard to the Pob'sh offensivo against
the bolsheviki in the Ukraine snv that
the Poles could enter Kiev, the Ukran
ian capitul, but are waiting to permit
the Ukranian forces to bo the first
to enter the city. ; - -,
LONDON, May 6. Tho capture .)f
a village forty-seven mileR north of
Kiev by the bolsheviki is unnounccd
in an official stntement received to
day from Moscow under date of
Wednesday.
FLOCK TO RUSSIA
MOSCOW, May 3. Resumption of
Intercourse between Russian and al
lied countries Is at present impossible
officials of tho soviet bellevo. They
take this view as a result of tho Pol
ish offensive and the stand taken by
Premier Lloyd Georgo,of Great Bri
tain against receiving Maxim Ltlvin
off as a membor of the Russian dele
gation for reopening trade, rolations.
MOSCOW, May 3. Three hundred
'Germans, tho vanguard of many
skilled workers planning to emigrate
to Russia, are expected to arrive here
soon. The men will engage in truck
farming.
LIFORNI
SAN FRANCISCO, May 0 Com
plete returns from 5,239 precincts in
California out of 5710 give the John
son group of delegates 3b'0,2G9 and
the Hoover delegates 203,011 votes
in the presidential primary election of
'nst Tuesday.
ANN
A
641,900 VETERANS OF WORLD WAR
MOST BE SUPPORTED BY UNCLE SAM
NEW YORK, May 6. There are
641,900 veterans of the world war
dependent upon the bounty of the
United States for future existence at
annual cost of $325,000,000, accord
ing to Dr. W. C. Rucker, chief med
ical advisor of the bureau of war risk
Insurance, who reports this number
discharged from the army and navy
with disabilities. These figures, said
to represent the first authentic tabu
lation, were made public here today
by the committee for aid to disabled
veterans and referendum on the
bonus.
Pr. Rucker's report shows that
LEAGUE OP NATIONS
WASHINGTON. Mav 0. A
full program awaits attention of J
the council of the League of Nu-
tions, duo to assemble in Rome
Muv 14 for its fifth meeting. An
outline of preparations shows
that first steps are to be taken
toward carrying out such pro- "
visions of the league covenant as
international disarmament, pub-
lieation of nil treaties entered
into by league members, plans
for the first meeting of tho
league assembly, admission of
J new members and many other
matters.
BILL IS OFFERED,
WASHINGTON, Muv 0 Investiga
tion of all presidential campaign ex
penditures, republican and democrat,
was proposed in u resolution intro
duced today by Senator Borah, re
publican, Idaho.
Mr. Borah proposed that the senate
elections committee conduct the in
quiry. Another phase of the proposed
investigation would be into use of
means or influence, including prom
ises of patronage.
Mr. Borah, who has been support
ing Senator Johnson of California fcr
the republican nomination, offered
his resolution after consultation with
prominont republicans and democrats
of the senate.
Senator Borah recently in the son
ate charged that tho campaign man
agers of General Leonard Wood and
Governor Lowden of Illinois, were ex-,
pending largo sums of monev in the
campaign.
L
T ISSUE IHE
BONDS ASKED FOR
SALElC, Ore, May 0. That there
is nothing for tho state board of con
trol to do but issue bonds to tho ex
tent of .$2,500,000 as requested by
tho stute highway commission, was
the conclusion reached by the board
today, when informed by S. Hcnson,
chairman of the commission, that the
highway board had entered contracts,
without available funds to pay the
contractors assuming the board would
issuo.tho bonds.
The board of control two weeks ago
rejected bids for $1,000,000 of the se
curities, but today it was ascertained
that the issues would be nbsoluteh
necessary to protect the credit of the
state under obligations that hnve been
entered into bv the highway commis
sion. Mr. Benson said todav that for the
board to refuse to sell the bonds
would mean that the highway commis
sion must no out of business and that
it would break the contractors.
Mrs. Gompers Near Death.
WASHINGTON. May 6 Mrs. Gom
pcrs, wife of the president of the
American Federation of Labor, is se
riously ill at her homo here. Mrs.
Gompers is 00 vcars old and has suf
fered two strokes of paralysis.
there are at least 76,588 cases of
neuropsychiatrlc diseaso among the
disabled discharged men, divided as
follows: Endrocrlno-pathics 4 823;
epilepsy 6985; psycho-neurosis, 13,
944; inebriates 1859; Insane 12,544;
feeble m'nded 22,538; constitutional
psycho-ii.forlors 6609. In addition
there nji 46,310 cases of tuberculo
sis; 7o000 surgical cases; 62,869
eye, eaj, nose and throat, and 22,847
miscelp neous.
"To! the above figures," said Dr.
Rucke, "should be added enough
men to make 641,900, which is be
lieved to be the maximum number
discharged with disability."
HEALY HITS
PALMER
LABOR HATE
Fireman President Bitterly Assails
Attorney General for Deceiving
People Into Belief U. S. Labor Is
Disloyal Refuses to Heed Protest
Labor Board Head Against Criti
cism Govt. Official May Day
Scare All Bunk Time to Call Halt
WASHINGTON, Mav G. Assailin,
what ho described as "a despicable
propaganda nguinst labor," Timothy
Iiealy, president of tho Hrotherhood
of stationary Firemen and Oilers
charged before the railroad labor
board todav that "a high official of
the government has been used to more
thoroughly deceive the people into bo
lieving that if a man works for wages
lie is an enemy of our government."
Mir. Healv did not name the official
to whom he referred, but much of his
long prepared statement to tho board
had to do with the announcement bv
the department of justice concerning
threatened strikes and violence last
May day.
. Chairman Barton of tho oonrd pro
tested against criticism of oilier gov
ernment departments before the board
on the demands of the railway work
ers for increased wages, but Mr.
Iiealy said tho men ho represented
were wrought up over attacks on
labor bv government officials and he
had been instructed to lav before the
board a statement on tho loyalty of
railroad men. .
Anti-Tjabor Propaganda
Mr. Iloalv told the board that the
propaganda nguinst labor began in
less than ,24 hours after tho signing
of the armistice. Labor was accused,
lie declared, of being responsible for
the high cost of living.
"Many honest and sincere people
have listened to the poisoned tongues
and read the output of poisoned pens
until thev believe that labor is dis
loyal," continued Mr. Iiealy. "The
crusude of this high government of
ficial is undoubtedly for the pur
pose of aiding in the campaign of
certain employers of the country to
secure laws establishing involuntary
servitude.
"Sedition laws were suggested that
would tie labor hand and foot."
Mr. Iiealy declared that May day
bad been selected ns a day for
"imaginary terrible things to happen
because contracts of somo unions
custnmurily expired April 30."
"There is one peculiar thing about
a newspaper editor." Mr. Hcaly said.
"He believes everything ho reads in
everybody else's paper and ho never
changes his mind with tho changes in
prncecduro'of the labor movement."
. Trade unions as thev grew older,
ho added, had discovered that May 1
was not always u good limo for their
agreements to begin, nevertheless, lie
declared, newspaper editors continued
to sneak of May dav strikes.
"This made them fall for tho prop
aganda sent out of great strikes,
slaving of high officials arid public
men Mluy first last." continued the
labor spokesman. "Representatives
of all the newspapers in the United
States located in Washington were
called into a conference nnd told of
the great dangers to the American
government. May day was to be a
day of slaughter, a red letter dav in
the annals of 'government overthrow,
crs,' but May day came nnd passed.
It was as peaceful a day as any other
in the year, outside of newspaper
columns nnd tho minds of certain
government officials, all was content
ment. "This was a deadly blow to the in
stigators of the conspiracy to place a
more virions stigma on organized la
bor than nnv vet used. Kven the
editors waked up to the fuct that
they hud been deceived."
TO
$16 PER BARREL
MINNEAPOLIS. Mav . Flour
made it new record' high price here
todav with an advance of fifty cents
n barrel. An advance vestcrdav in
wheat with a good steady demand is
the reason ascribed for the increase.
Today's nuotation $10 a barrel when
sold in 08-pound cotton sncks in car
ioad lots represents an advance of 2
a barrel for standard flour in ' 11
month, 1
3 PEOPLE ARE KILLED
BY ANTHROX GERMS
FROM AUTO CUSHIONS
1
CHICAGO, May 6. Thrco
deaths from nntlirax, two ro-
ported by tho coroner and ono
by tho county hospital, wore be-
ing Investigated today by Health
I ! Commissioner Robertson fol-
lowing discovery that all threo
victims wore omploycs of tho
Chicago Curled Hair company,
manufacturers of automobile
cushion stuffing.
The factory of the company
fr was ordered closed pending In-
4 vostigation of whether the an- 4
thrax germ was imported in raw
hair. 1'
I 4 Bornard Horwlch, president
of tho company; said today tho
cases were tho first he had
hoard of in twenty-five years in
the business. Anthrax, ho said
4 was a sheep disease and tho 4
4 company handled no sheep wool. 4
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4 44.
TO OVERRIDE
Senate Considers Amendment of Im
migration Law to Meet Secy. Wit
son's Edict That Membership Com
munist Party, Doesn't Warrant
Alien Deportations Wilson and
Post Are Condemned by Senate
Leaders.
WASHINGTON, Mav 0 Immediate
amendment of tho immigration laws
was considered todav at a special
meeting of the senate immigration
committee, called iisr a result of the
ruling ycstcrdiiv bv Secretary Wilson
that membership in the communist la
bor party is alono insufficient cause
for deportation of aliens.
WASHINGTON, May (I. As a re
sult of the ruling yesterday by Scero
tary of Labor Wilson that membership
in the communist labor party docs not
of itself constitute sufficient ground
for deportation of aliens, tho course
of the department of justice as to
future action against radicals will not
bo determined until Attorney General
Palmer has had an opportunity to
study the opinion.
Assistant Attorney General Gorvan
declared that bcciiuso of the ruling
the case of the department of iustice
fulls flat and there is nothing moro it
can do in apprehending persons such
as constitute tho communist labor
party and which tho department, he
said, believes are a mcnuco to the
government.
Chairman Johnson of the house im
migration committee, was the first
witness. He criticized Secretary Wil
son and Assistant Secretary Post nnd
urged prompt passago of tho hous;
bill extending the nnti-nlicn laws.
Senator King, democrat, Utah, also
denounced tho communist labor rul
ing.. "It is npparcnt from the attitude
of Secretary Wilson nnd Mr. Post,"
said Senator King, "that we shorn.!
transfer deportation powers from the
labor department to the department
of justice, particularly if we're to
have such men in office as Mr, Wilsoul
and Mr. Post."
Census Returns
WASHINGTON, May 6. Census
returns:
Ann Arbor, Mich., lO.olC increase
!0!0 or HI. 7 per cent.
Until, Maine. H.7J1 increaso ffil3."i
or fb8 per cent.
Mexico. Mo., 8013 increase 74 or
l.J per cent.
Hammond, Ind., 3(1,004 inoroane
15,070 or 72.1 per cent.
Monroe, Mich., 11,573 increase
KiKO or 07.0 per cent.
Jacksonville, Flit., 1)1,543 increase
33,844 or 5S.7 per cent.
Baton ltoiigc. La. 21,782 increase
0885 or, 40.2 per cent.
Hurricane at Gibraltar.
CADIZ, Mav 0. A furious hurri
cane is raging in the straits of
Gibraltar and much damage has beer,
done, reports stnting that fifteen
fishing boats have been sunk.
AMEND UW
LABOR EDICT
U.S.ADMIRAL
ADITS HIS
STATEMENT
Admiral Benson Refuses to Deny He
Told Sims U. S. A. Would as Soon
Fiqht England as Germany Claims
He Feared Sims' Pro-British AttI
tude Might Get Him Into Trouble
Feels Great Injustice Has Been
Done Him.
WASHINGTON, May 0 Admiral
William S. Henson, war time chief of
naval operations, told the senate nu
vh! investigating committee today that
both before and dur'ng tho war ho had
warned Admiral Sims not to let his
friendship for the British unduly in
fluencc his official ucts.
Admiral Benson said he could no
deny that he had told Admiral Sims
in March 1017, "not to let the British
pull the wool over vour eves; we
would as soon fight them as tho Gcr
mans," as he could not recall all of
the details of tho interview.
The witness did snv, however, that
n wrong interpretation had been plac
ed on the statement attributed to him
bv Admiral Sims and he added that
us a result he had been done 11 grave
injustice, lie denied that ho was in
nnv wav unfriendly to tho British.
Asked by Chairman Halo what in
structions he gave Admiral Sims bo-
fore that official first sailed for Lon
don, Admiral Benson said he can
tioned him to be enrcful of his con
duct in view of the delicate situation
and to remember the United States
was si ill neutral.
"I felt very strongly regarding the
situation and probably used very
forcible language lo impress upon him
the seriousness of tho situation, but
what words I used I cannot recall,"
the witness said.
Can't Deny It
Admiral Hcnson added that if Sims
said he had been told not to let tho
British pull the wool over his eyes it
would "have to go at that."
"You do not deiw it?" asked the
chairman.
"I cannot deny it under oath," ro
plied the admiral.
"I do deny I ho interpretation that
has been pluceil or attempted to be
placed on it. 1 don't think anything
could huve been moro confidential
thnn mv conversation with Admiral
Sims."
"How could you snv that we would
as soon fight the British 11s tho Ger
mans?" asked the chairman.
"Merolv us a figure of speech to
impress on bun the seriousness ot his
task," was the reply.
The witness denied that when he
was in London ho repealed tho lan
guage Admiral Sims says ho used be
fore he went abroad.
"I feel that a great injustice bus
been done me Hint should be correct
ed," said the admiral. "I can never
visit Great Vrilain again as I should
I'ko to and I have many dear friend?,
there and have bicn honored with one
of the highest decorations that gov
ernment can give."
T
MARINE PAY BONUS
LOUISVILLE, Ky Way 6. Ship
ping board bonds for soldier and sail
or votorans of the great war is sug
gested as a solution of the bonuB
question in a lottor written by Samuel
II. McMoekln, commandor, Jefferson
post, I.oiilsvlllo, to tho executive
committee, American Legion, at
Washington.
Mr. Mc.Mcokln's lettor suggested
financing the bonus thru Issuance of
Interest-paying shipping board ship
bonds, backed by several thousand
profit-earning shipping board vessels.
In support of his plan, Mr. Mc
Mcckln said It would afford Imme
diate financing of the bonus question
without additional taxation as all in
terest accruing on the ship bonds
would be earned by the ships. More
over, ho said, It would Insure Amer
ican ownorshlp and operation of a
vast merchant marine.
New Cabinet in Spain.
MADHID. Mav 0 Premier Kdunnlo
Dato's new cabinet took tho oath of
office las night and later the minis
terial council met nt the palace under
Ihc presidency of King Alfonso.
LLOYD-GEORGE WILL
TAKE NO COGNIZANCE
LONDON, Mav G. Premier
Lloyd George will not take cog-
mznni'n nf tho inessnL'tT from
American congressmen relative
in Ireland.
"This sort of thing has ceased
lo cause nnv stir here," an of fie-
ial at ten Downing street told
tho Associated l'rcss this morn-
ing. "Wo long since have como
to believe that resolutions nnd
' messages coming from America
nro political maneuvers and that
thev do not represent American
.sentiment.
"Conscoucntlv thev have little
4- ,v,.il,i "
INE
NEW HAVEN, Conn., liny 6. Re
vision of the Volstoad act so as to
permit the manufacture and sale of
boor and light wlnos, was favored by
tho democratic stuto convention to
day. A recommendation of the stuto
central committee that tho Connecti
cut delegation to San Francisco bo
instructed to .vote as a unit was re
jected. Homer S. Cummlngs, chairman of
the democratic national committee In
his keynote speech last night, crit
icized the republican party for the
rallure to ratify tho peace treaty. Ho
said the democratic party had "placed
moro useful and constructive legisla
tion on the Btatuto books than the re
publicans. haLplaccd there In a gen
eration."
A plank in relation to Irish affairs
was as follows:
"Wo sympathize with the aspira
tion of tho Irish pooplo in tho forma
tion of a government of tholr own
choosing, and favor tho recognition
of the republic of Irolnnd."
Tho four dologatos at largo choson
wore David E. Kitzgorald, Now
Haven, tho state chairman; L. J
Spollacy of Hartford, assistant United
Statos attorney gonoral; Charles v.
l.ockwood of Stamford, and Bryan V.
Miihan, of New London. Ton district
dologatos also wore choson, and each
will name his nltornate.
PLATES OF GOLD
KAN FRANCISCO .May 0 A
"gold" dinner to bo served on cold
plates to discuss tho gold problem and
urgo legislation to stimujuto the
country's gold production, will bo
hold in San Francisco it was an
nounced todav bv Fletchor Haniitlon,
stato mineralogist. Stuto and gov
ernment officials, bankers and min
ing men of tho gold producing stales
of the west will bo in attendance, ac
cording to Hamilton. He said he would
urgo at the bunnuet that the Mk:Fad
den bill bo enacted bv congress, pro
viding for tho collection of $10 1111
ounce on tho salo of all articles con
taining gold or gold used for other
than monetary purposes, to create n
fund from which the gold producer is
to receive $10 for ovcry newly pro
duced ounce.
L. A. BLUEBEARD PLEADS GUILTY TO
, TO BE
LOS ANGKLKS. Cul., May 0.
Wulter Andrew Wutson pleaded guilty
in the superior court here toduv to
a county grand jury indictment charg
ing him with murder in the first de
gree for the killing of Nina Leo Pe
loncy. Sentence was set for Monday
at ten o'clock. In the menntime Wut
son will be examined bv two physic
ians to bo named bv the court, on his
own initiative, to determine tho man's
mcntul competence.
Watson sat with bowed head while
the grand jury reported nnd was then
ordered to the bar, There lio stood
REBEL NET
IS CLOSING
ON CAPITAL
Torreon Garrison Joins With Antl-
Carranza Forces, Castro Flees
Rebels Plan to Capture Mexico City
Before June 23 Defections From
Federal Banks Continue Revolt
tlonary Forces Appeirip Will
Startlinq hapidity Everywhere
WASHINGTON', May 6. Uncon
firmed advices received today by
agents here of the Mexican revolu
tionary movement Bald that the Car
ranza garrison at Torreon under Gen
eral Pesario Castro had revolted and
that the city was under control of tho
revolutionists. Celso Castro, brother
of the commanding genoral, the re
ports Bald, has fled to Mexico City.
Othor advices received by agents ot
the revolutionists said no trains were
bolng permitted to leave Mexico City
and that tho Carranza minister ot
railways had ordored all available
railroad rolling stock concentrated la
the capital. ,
Kobels Friendly to V. 8. A.
WASHINGTON, May 6. Official
intorost in the dovelopmontiof the po
litical phases of the swoeplng revolu
tion in Mexico has been stimulated by
government reports which continue
to indlcato a rapid weakening : ot
Carranza's grip.
Agonts of the state department
have studied carefully the promul
gated program of the rebels and 'tho
assurances of Alvaro Obregon and
othor leaders ot the revolt that a
moro friendly attitude toward for
eigners will be adopted.
Agents ot the revolution bore have
refrained from making any overtures
to the United States government and
It is understood no plea for special
consideration will be made until the
success of the robels is assured.1 Tin
the evont that Carranza is forced out,
the attitude of the United Statos, ac
cording to some officials, will w be
shaped to a cortaln extent by :tue
robol attitude.
Captiiro Mexico City v .'-
Tho progress ot tho revolutionary
movement already is such that the
robels aro planning an early comple
tion of their program which callB for
tho selection of a provisional presi
dent "when Mexico City is oooupled
and a majority ot the state, have
adopted the plan of Agua Prieta." Tho
plan provldos tor the selection ot a
"supreme commander" of the army
within sixty days or before June 23.
Official and unofficial '. advices
agree that tho revolutionary forces
are appearing with startling rapidity
in almost all parts of the country and
that stops toward tholr co-ordination
are woll undor way. Army officers
hero who have been Btudylng' tho sit
uation do not agree that Moxlco City
will bo taken within a week or tea
days, but they are convinced that
Carranza will experience difficulty in
extricating himself. The onjy avail
able information from Mexico City
was that ho was making a determin
ed effort to got under way an expedi
tion toward tho north to reinforce
tho garrison at Torreon hut unoffic
ial reports wore that the .federals
thore already had raised the flag ot
revolt and placed tholr commander,
Cosario Castro under arrest, '. . . .
WASHINGTON; May 6.-Samuot
W. McCull, former governor of
Massachusetts, was nominated today
by President Wilson to bo a member
of the tariff commission. '
Mr. McCall will take tho place en
the commission which recently was
declined by former Senator Thoodore
F,. Burton of Ohio. '
SENTENCED MONDAY
while the long indictment was read to
him.,
"You hnvo heard tho indictment.
James Watson, how do you pleads"
said tho deputy.
"Guilty," was tho whispered re
sponse, -'jr-
Bcforc the grand jury reported.
Deputy District Attorney D6rnn told
Watson that he had been known by
various names and asked which was
his tmc name. He said it was James .
P. Watson and ho was indicted ae- -cordingly.
A large crowd filled the courtroom
in the Hal! of Justice where the frrand
jury reported nnd the plea was heard.
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