MEDFORD
The Weather
Maximum yesterday 73
Minimum today 47
Predictions
Fair.
Fiftieth Tear. Daily Fifteenth Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY .13, 3920.
NO. 40
WILSON
11 PUIS
AX TO Bill
President Vetoes Annual Appropria
tion Bill Carryinq $104.000,000
Section Givinq Congress Censor
ship Enroachlnq on Executive
Functions Cause of Action Con
gress Would Prevent Information
Being Given to Country.
WASHINGTON, Muy 13. Presi
dent Wilson toilav vetoed the execu
tive, legislative nnd iuciicial bill be
cause of the section mitliiiir under
conirressionnl control all e:ovcriiment
publications. . This section, the presi
dent said, would ejve coimress a
"censorship" enronchinir on executive
functions.
Chairman Good of the appropria
tions committee conferred with other
republican leaders with a view to
undertaking u vote on thereto, late
today.
This measure carries the annual ap
propriations for the legislative, execu
tive and iudieiul branches of the gov
ernment and its re-pussie bv con
gress will be necessary. The total
carried by tho bill is $101,000,000.
The section of the bill at which the
veto was aimed provides that "no
journal, magazine, periodical or other
similar government publication," shall
be issued except' under regulations
prescribed by tho congressional joint
committee on printing, nnd u proviso
is ndded including in the cntegoiv
"mimeographing, niultigrnphing nnd
other processes used for tho duplica
tion of typewritten and printed mas
ter, other than official correspon
dence and office records."
Restrict Information
"The obvious effect of this provis
ion," said the president, "would be io
give to that committee power to pre
vent tho executive departments from
mimeographing for otherwise dupli
cating nnv niatcriul which thev de
sire, nnd in that way power to deter
mine what information shall be given
to the people of the country bv tho
executive departments. With
out raising nnv constitutional ques
tion, I think that this section "
is an enronehment on the functions c-f
the executive nnd incompatible with
good government.
"I am in entire sympathy with the
efforts of the congress and the de
partments to effect economies in
printing and in the use of paper and
supplies, but I do not believe that
such a provision as this should be
come law.
Try Budget System .
"If we are to have efficient nnd
economic business administration
the congress, I believe, shoidd di
rect its efforts to the control of pub
lic moneys along broader lines.
This can be accomplished bv
establishing an effective budget sys
tem which I have heretofore urged.
"The congress nnd the executive
should function within their respec
tive spheres. The congress has the
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OREGON HIT BY GASOLINE FAMINE
EIFTY CENTS A GALLON IN ROSEBURG
ROSEBURG, Ore., May 13. The
record price of gasoline was reached
in Roseburg today, when that prec
ious liquid sold at the high figure of
' 50 cents' a gallon. One car of gaso
line arrived Just In time last week to
save tho town from being without
motor fuel, and again today there
was a very meager supply and Stan
dard OH company gas Bold In five
gallon cans at 50 cents & gallon.
Small quantities at the garages also
sold at this price.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., May 13.
While the gasoline famine, which
threatened to tie up hundreds of
power spraying machines and tractors
of orchardists, has been relieved here
the Standard Oil company Is alloting
dealers about a third their normal
supply of- fuel. The oil agency here
O.S. GENERAL MOTORS
NEW YORK, irnv 13. Sir
Hum' McGowun, chairman oC
explosives trades, limited, hn
buuuht shares of the General
Motors corporation amounting
to five million pounds sterling
at 40 pounds a share, according
to cable advices received here
todav.
It is believed that 125.000
shares of the old common stock
was sold to the British inter
ests at the above i'iirure. This
would brins: the total amount
received for the stock up to
about $20,000,000 at the normal
rate of exchanjre.
Sir Ilarrv was elected a di
rector last week. At the sama
tiaie Arthur Chamberlain of Ex
plosives Trades limited, and
William McMnster of Canadian
Explosives limited, a branch of
the English company, were also
elected directors.
TIS
WASHINGTON, May -3. Impera
tive necessity for concerted action to
relieve the freight congestion oi
American railroads in order to pre
vent serious curtailment of production.
engaged the attention today of all
government agencies which' deal with
the national arteries of transporta
tion. Reports from important tenni
ruls agreed that the situation still
threatened a L.'u'"i::g ('own of in
dustry. Shortage of ears was given bv most
nuthoi'ties as principal cause of the
congestion, with lack of udeounte per
sonnel and motive power as important
contributory causes. The fact that
the strike of railroad employes still
was in progress in some districts had
depleted train' and vard crews at im
portant gateway connections.
The committee on car service of the
American Hailway association esti
mated 235,000 cars were tied up or
delayer in transit at this time.
PEACE VOTE SET
4 P. M. SATURDAY
WASHINGTON, Mav 13. The pro
vision in the republican peace resolu
tion requesting the president to open
negotiations with Germany for n sepa
rate treaty was stricken out todav
on motion of Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, the republican lender,
After the provision had beeii
stricken out, agreement was reached
for a final vote on the resolution jt
four o'clock Saturday.
is giving preference to Industrial pa
trons in the distribution of the gaso
line.
BAKER, Ore., May 13. The gaso
line shortage has hit Baker hard and
there is hardly a gallon to be hud in
town.
Efforts are being made to have the
state officials release a quantity of
gasoline which does not come up to
tho specific gravity test demanded
by the state.
ALBANY, Ore., May ' 13. Forty
and one-half gallons of gasoline will
be allowed garages and other dealers
during the next three weeks of tho
shortage by the local branch of the
Standard Oil company under a com
pany edict put in force yesterday, ef
fective also at other Willamette val
ley points. i
LOOT TAKEN
8? REBELS
Government Funds Carried Away
From Mexico City Captured by
Revolutionists Fugitive President
Surrounded by Enemv But Fights
Desperately to Avoid Capture
Former General Beus to Die With
Chief Revolution Believed Over.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 13
Mexican rebel forces seem to be
rapidly closing In on President Car-
ranza and all that remains of his
army, entrenched in the hilly country
between San Marcos and Aplzaco,
150 miles i northwest of Vera Cruz.
Tho stage for the final act of the
drama of the revolution is apparently
being Bet and rebel chieftains are ovl
dently determined to capture the
president, who fled from his capital
last Friday.
General Trovlno, n revolutionist
has gone to Aplzaco, state of Tlax-
cala, for tho purpose of protecting
tho life of Carrnnzn If he is captured
Dispatches appear to clear up some
obscure details of the flight of Car
rauzu nnd what threatens to be his
final stand. When ho left Mexico
City, Carranza Is alleged to have
taken with him government funds
amounting to 27.000,000 pesos. HIb
trains were stopped between Apnm
state of Hidalgo and Rplzaco. state
of Tlaxcnla, hut the president and
the troopB accompanying him in his
flight made tholr way down tho rail
road for a distance of approximately
35 miles before being hnlted by rebel
forces coming . northward thru the
state of Puebla. Dispatches declare
the treasure reported to have been
taken from Mexico City by Carranza
has been captured by the rebels.
Pledras Negras has gone over to
the rebels without a struggle, the
Carranza officials fleeing across the
international border and thus escap
ing capture.
Governor Do La Huerta of Sonora,
who has been nataed supreme leader
of the revolution is preparing to go
to Mexico City to take over control
Dispatches from Vpr& Cruz state that
rebel leaders hope to hold the presi
dential election late in July. For this
purpose, they desire the appointment
of a provisional president who will
give assurance the election will be
conducted fairly.
Cnlles Is Killed
YUMA, Ariz., May 13. Captain
Carter G. Calles, a nephew of General
P. Elias Calles, was shot and killed at
his doorway in San Luis, Sonora,
small garrison town, twenty-fivo
miles below the international border,
early today, according to a message
received here early today.
' According to the message, a for
mer lieutenant of the Carranza forces
then took charge of all arms and mu
nltlons at San Luis and announced
that he held the place for the Car
ranza regime. The small detach
ment of troops commanded by Cap
tain Calles had been aligned with the
Sonora revolutionists.
Captain Cnlles was well known on
the American side. He had an Amer
ican wife and three children, now liv
ing in Tucson.
The Yuma Irrigation project has a
pumping plant valued at $250,000
near the border opposite San Luis.
United States troops from tho local
garrison were sent there today as a
precautionary measure. .
It was reported here that tho for
mer Carranzlsta who took command
was accompanied by only a half dozen
former Mexican soldiers who had
been on the American sldo of the
line, nnd crossed over during the
night.
ruiTnnzn Is f.nnic
VEnA CRUZ, May 13. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Furious fighting be
tween rebel troops and forces com
manded by President Carranza oc
curred yesterday at Hacienda Tarn
arlz, on the Mexican National rail
road north of San Marcos, state of
Puebla, according to dispatches re
ceived here. Tho area of the battle
field is reported to be approximate
ly five square miles. President Car-,
ranza is said In wireless messages
from Mexico City to have personally
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UN EAST FOR
BUSINESS MEN'S VOTE
NKW VOHK, Mav VI Sena- '
tor Hiram Johnson will make
a tour of the larger cities in the
east and middle wer-t between
now and the date of the republi
can convention in Chicago with
a view to placing his caudidacx
for the republican presidential
nomination before business men
it was announced at Johnson
headquarters here todav.
It was said the itinerary wotdd
include New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburg, Cleveland ami Ohi
eat;o. Senator Johnson's speeches
on this tour, it was stated, would
be designed to counteract a flood
of literature disseminated anions
business men picturing him as an
extreme radical.
4
F,
KNOX RESOLUTION
WASHINGTON, May 13. A status
of peace must be obtained " in some
other way" if it cannot lie secured by
ratification of the treaty and League
of Nations, Senator Kellogg of Minne
sota, ono of the original "mild reser
vation" republicans -in. - tho treaty
tight, declared -today in tho senate
supporting the republican peace roso
lutlon. . i
"The time has come when some
thing must be done," he said. "Tho
nation as soon as possible must bo re
turned to normal conditions. I shall
therefore vote for the resolution de
claring the war at an end and because
it seems to me the only possible way
now of accomplishing- this object."
"I voted for the treaty and the
League of Nations," he continued,
"and I would do so again, but nevor
if American sons and American re
sources must be called at the behest
of any foreign country to sustain the
tottering and turbulent nations of
Europe; never if we are to sacrifice
the century-old Monroe doctrine;
never If foreign countries can inter
fere in domestic policies or bring
American labor to the level of Euro
pean or Asiatic; never if this country
is to be denied an equal voice In the
council!) of the League of Nations."
'Mr. Kellogg expressed confidence
In the effectiveness of the resolution
to accomplish its ends.
CHRISTIANITY IS AT
STAKE SAYS WILSON
WASHINGTON. Way 13. Presi
dent Wilson, in a letter todnv to th'.
southern Baptist convention here.
said it was of "special siiniifiennoo
and timeliness that n uront Christum
convention should be held in Wash
intrton, because the nation now faces
nothing less than the question whether
it is to help the Christian people in
other parts of the world to realize
their ideals of justice and orderly
peace."
"I am sure." Mr. Wilson wrote,
"that the nntion will listen with the
Greatest deffcrence to the utterance
of your convention."
SAYS SCOTLAND WILL
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION
vnr vAui.' -xr..,. ii fn....i.:i.;i:,...
will soon come to Scotland." was the
prediction mntle lj V .MnL'istratc .James
Gardiner of Glasgow on bis arrival
here yesterday. "Heccnt plebiscites
,.c -..ri. ;,.,.. iw.u- ii.,, i i,i, i;.,
time comes to vote, prohibition will be
enrned two to one, ho said.
Rejume Horse Racinq.
MONTH KAL, Mav III. fter a
three-vear suspension due to the v.;ir.
lini-oA f.ir'intr ivill )w rnknmnd til
Canada tomorrow when the Mount
noyul trucks reopen.
CONVICT NO.
m HEADS
THE PARTY
Eugene V. Debs, Federal Convict
Named bv Acclamation for the
Presidency of United States Four
Delegates Brtak Down and Weep
Durinq nomination Speech Dem
onstration Is Continuous Debs
Lauded as Lincoln of the Wabash
NKW YOHK. Mav lil. Kuecne V.
Debs, federal convict No. '2,2o3 vus
mnucd bv acclamation for the presi
dency ofthe I'nited States at the
socialist party's national convention
here today.
Debs was nominated as the
Lincoln of (lie Wabash" bv Kdward
Henry, a delegate from Indiana, Dobs'
home state.
In his nomination speech llcnrv
described wilh such effect a visit
which ho had paid Debs shortly after
tho socialist leader entered the peni
tentiary that four of the delegates
hroke down nnd wept.
Din Is Continuous
Cheer upon, cheer itrected the num
iiiK of tho socialist leader, now sorv
inr a ten yeur's sentcilce' in the fede
ral pctiilcntiurv at Atlanta, Ga., for
violation of the espionuttu net. The
din was continuous us all those who
hud been able to crowd their way into
the convention hall strained forward
eyes bent on the platform, where wim
set n life-sized portrait of Debs,
framed in black.
Morris llillquit, one lime candidate
for tho New York mnvorulity nnd
chitirman of the convention's platform
committee, has predicted that tile
party in ID-JO will poll from 2,000,000
to :t,000,0(M) votes.
In 1008. when Debs ran for the
presidency, he received 420,0117 votes,
In 1012, ho received 087,011.
NEW YOHK, Way LI. lCueeno V.
Debs, nominntcd todnv for president
on Hie socialist ticket, now is convict
number "J'JaU in the federal penitun-
tiarv at Atlanta, Ga.
lie bcKiin Kcrvintr a ten year's sen
tence for violution of the wnr time
espionage act April lil, 1010. Och.
who is (." years old, has been given
the presidential nomination I) v lus
party four times previously. He was
a democrat bcloro lie became a so
cinlist. In the late seventies he served
two terms ill the Indiana legislature
from' Tcrre Haute, his home town
He was once u candidate for conurcss
from' the fifth Indiana district. In
1891, from May to November, he serv
ed n sentence in iuil for contempt of
court ill an Illinois conspiracy case,
Honored by Lenlno
His present imprisonment resulted
from investiu'iitiun of! a speech in
Canton, Ohio, June 1018 which
led to his arrest two weeks later for
opposing the wnr nnd limine; labor
to cease all activities which any way
tended to prolong; it.
Kvery atom of influenco nnd cncjirv
n the socialist party went into th
futlit to keep Debs out of jail, but
each uppcal was turned down. The
American Federation of Labor con
vention in June 1019 voted down
resolution fuvorinir clemency for him.
The name of Debs ns ."heml of the
socialist party in America" has Konc
around the vorld.
Soviet Kussin sought his release in
appeals tlirouirli diplomatic chiinncb
With Premier Lenino of Kussin he
last June was elected an honorary
president of the Korean labor Con
frcss. Seymour iStcdmnn received the
nomination for vice-president over
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hiire of Kan
sas City, now scrvinif a penitentiary
sentence for violution of the espion
age act.
Census Returns
WASHINGTON, Mhv Kl. Census:
Camden, N. J.. llfi'llllj. incrn.iK
21.771 or 23 per cent.
Concord, N. II.. 22.1(17. increiisc
070 or 3.1 per cent.
Parsons, Kns.. lfi.028. incrcn-..
3005 or 28.0 per cent.
MAY 22ND CLEAN-UP
OAY FOR MEDFORD IS
Meilford's clean up day is set
bv Mayor C. K. Gates for Satur
day, Mluv 22, in the following
proclamation, issued todav:
"It is the duty of every citizen
to assist in niiiiiit :i iniuir the
beauty and cleanliness of our
eitv, nnd it is generally conceded
that M'edford is one of the most
beuutiful metropolitan little cities
on the Pacific coast. I believe
we should use every menus pos
sible to keep pace with our repu
tation or improve on it if pos
sible. "In consideration of the above
I hereby declare and proclaim
Saturday. Mav 22. 1020. as Mcd
ford's clean-up dnv. and request
the eo-operation of everybody
in our efforts to make this the
cleanest and best eitv on the
Pncific coast.
C. E. GATES,
Mayor
A
'13UTT13, Mont., May 13 Following
the action takon by Metal Mine Wor
kers' Industrial union No. 800, I. W
W' Butte branch, last night In de
claring Its Btrlke In tho mines off, a
number of men made application this
morning for employment as minors
To last night's resolution was attach
ed a rldor that the men "strike on tho
Job," which, it was explained, would
moan that they would - do as llttlo
work as possible to hold their post
Hons. The mine managements put
practically no men back to work to
day. In line with tho annonucomont
yesterday that the various operating
companios will no longer - employ
members of tho 1. W. W. It was de
cided to employ no more men without
a thoro Investigation, the object be
lug to determine whether applicants
were members of the I. W. W. At
the employment office of tho Anacon
da Copper Mining company, the lar
gest employer of miners in the dis
trict, no men were tuken on today.
s
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 13.
Johnny McCnrthv, Snn Francisco,
won a close decision over Frnnkic
Murphy, Denver, after ten rounds ol
f irhtinir before the Milwnukie Ath
letic club last night. Tho men are
weltorwaights nnd both foucht furi
ously from cone; to coutr.
' Hilly Mascot was irivcn n decision
over . Sammy Gordon after eiuht
rounds of millinir. The men ure ban
tnmweiKhts. Joe Mandot. New Or
leans, lightweight, nnd Muff rlronson,
Portland, fout'ht an einht-ronnd draw.
Joe Gorman, Portland featherwoiuht.
won from Johnny Kiske, Hock Island.
III., in n six-round contest.
REIGN OE TERROR BREAKS OUT IN
DUBLIN, May 13. At loaat nine
teen police barracks In various partB
of Ireland were wiped out In the
courso of widespread destruction of
public property and other activities
by bnnds of armed and masked men
in various parts ot Ireland last night.
Five Income tax and customs offices
also were raided and papers found In
them burned.
Two mall cars and one mail train
were held up and official papors
taken from them.
Ono man was killed Ip tho out
NAVALORDER
WAS FORGED
SAYS SECY.
Secretary Daniels Makes Gray
Charge in Sims' Controversy
Naval Order Produced by Admiral
Never Signed Declares . Sims
Should Produce Forger and Make
a Public Apologv Finds Original
Dispatch British Embassy.
WASHINGTON', May 13. Charges
that a cablegram produced before the
sennto nnval Investigating committee
during tho testimony of Rear Admlrr
al Sims, boro a forged signature were
mndo today by Secretary Daniels. He
roforred to a message which Admiral
Sims had presented as part of his
criticism of the navy and which pur
ported to have been signed by the
secretary.
"Somewhere, somebody was guilty
of Blgnlng my name to an official din
patch which tho original, here pro
duced, shows I novor signed," Mr.
Dunlols told the committee, "or of
altering a dispatch by erasing the
roal signature and , substituting
'Daniels.' " ...
iTho concluding paragraph ot the
cablegram read: ...
"In regard to convoys I consider
that Amorlcan vessels having armed
guards aro Bator when sailing Inde
pendently." . , , ... i
Mr. Daniels testified that immedl-.
ntely upon rending the admiral's tea-,
tlmony he-knew he never sent such a
cablegram and ho started ail Investi
gation. ... ,,, ,'
Signed by A. P. Cnrtor
Tho secretary said he finally found
the original dispatch In the British
embassy thru which it had been sent
and that the name signed to It was
"A. K Carter, by directions of the
chlof of nuval operations."
"The statement that It was signed
'Daniels' Is untruo," said the secre
tary, " No such telegram . signed
'Dunlols' was ever sent to Admiral
Sims. In hlB testimony he reiterated
that this dispatch made him 'about
ready to jump overboard' and that It
was signed with my name, convoying
tho Impression that the civilian sec
retary ot the navy had personalis'
passed upon tho question of a partic
ular method to protect shipping and.
was resisting the adoption of the con-,
voy Bystem. I knew I never enter
tained the opinion stated in the dis
patch displayed." .'.
Admiral Sims should produce the
person who changed the signature,
Mr.' Daniels doclarod, adding the ad;
miral owed "an apology to me and to
tho country for the Impression under
taken to be made by his testimony
based upon a falso signature." '
T NOMINATIl
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Con-firmation
of former Governor Hunt
of Arizona to be American minister
to Siam, was recommended todav by
the Semite forciun relations ' com
mittee bv a voto of 11 to 4. The vote
uus delayed pending inquiry into tho
chiirKOs that Governor Hunt had ex
pressed sympathy with the I. W. W. '-'
skirts of Dublin, whore barracks Were
burned. . ,
Tho Rev. T. G. Wilkinson, one of
the canons ot the Down cathedral,
at Down Patrick was shot and crit
ically wounded while pursuing raid
ers on the street. "iL". . t
The houses of two newspaper edi
tors were raided and one anti-Sinn
Koln editor was tarred and feathered,
Somo of the police barracks de
stroyed were unocoupled and others
wore Inhabited only by the custo
dians. ' Vv -
The reports of the raiders' activ
ities have been pouring In all day
from numerous sections.
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