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MEDFORD, ORECOX, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 19l().
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No Candidate Will Enter the Conven
tion With Any Decided Advantage
Wood Will Have 145 Delegates,
Johnson 100, Lowden 78. Harding.
39, But Even These Are Contested
All Candidate Managers Make the
Usual Claims.
CHICAGO, Mnv 20. WitU the re
publican national convention onlv IS
days away and 8!)i) of the !)84 deto
nates already elected the situation
facing the republican candidates is
that no candidate will enter the con
vention with enough votes pledged to
him to give him any decided advan
tage over his opponents.
Forty-seven ofthe fifty-three states
and territories have chosen their dele
gations and are sending to Chicago
537 tininstructcd delegates, forty-,
four more than a majority of all those
who will sit in the convention.
Major General Leonard Wood on
the face of returns to date, will show
the most strength on the first ballot,
for of those delegates, who have been
instructed or who have expressed a
preference, 14; are pledged to him.
In addition ho carried the preferen
tial primary in Vermont, but that
state's eight delegates have not yet
been chosen by the state convention.
Johnson Has 100
Senator Ilirnni Johnson of Cali
fornia, who commands an even hun
dred votes, is second, while Governor
Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois with 78
votes pledged to him, is third. Sena
tor Warren J, Harding of Ohio, has
39 votes from his home state.
There are, however, contests pend
ing in twelve states and the District
of Columbia, involving 104 delegates.
Thirty-five of tho contests are on
Wood delegates: si$ on Lowden men
and 03 among uninstructed delega
tions. The credentials committee will
meet here May 31 to thresh out these
contests.
Xo Nomination 1st Ballot
Campaign managers at Chicago for
the various candidates agree '.';
there will ho no nomination on the
first ballot. The complimentary vote
for tho large list of "favorite son's"
may, in fact, thev saw be so large
that it will destroy the usual signifi
cance of the first bnllot as an indi
cator of the strength of the various
candidates.
Among those oandidates who are
expected to divide the uninstructed
vote on the first ballot, in many cases
commanding all or part of the dele
gates from their home states, are
Governor Sproul, Pennsvlvanin: Gov
ernor Coolidge, Massachusetts: Sen
ator Sutherland, West Virginia : Sena
tor Poindexter, Washineotn: Senator
La Follette. Wisconsin: Dr. Murray
Nicholas Butler, New York: Herbert
Hoover, California, and Judge Pritch
nrd, North Carolina.
Senator Poindoxter has fourteen ini
Btructed votes from Washington;
Judge Pritchard seventeen from
North Carolina: Governor Coolidge.
thirty-three from Massachusetts, and
the other candidates have, or expect
to have, varying numbers.
Claim tho Earth
Campaign managers here of the
three candidates who are leading in
delegntes actually instructed have
made definite claims as to the vote
thev expect to receive in the conven
tion. Major General Wood's head
quarters has issued a statement
claiming he will hnve from 297 to
302 votes on the first ballot: that he
will gain from 12 to 20 on the soeonii
bnllot: and that he will be nominated
on the third or fomth.
THE PUBLIC DAMNS
BARK
FAVORITE
A CHICAGO
THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE
WASHINGTON, May 20 The gen
eral public "this socalled innocent
third party," was arraigned as "the
only wrong-doer In industry," today
by Henry Sterling, chairman of the
legislative committee of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor, appearing
before a senate sub-committee to op
pose the Poindoxter anti-strike bill
for railroads.
Tho proposed legislation was
founded on the theory that the public
must not be Inconvenienced he Baid,
and added:
"Did it ever occur to you that the
public does not care a d n for the
JOHNSON SPENDS 100
IIMF. TOURING
TO TEND TO HIS JOB
WASHINGTON, May 20
Charges of Senators Kenvon of
Iowa and Johnson of California,
that the senate steering com
mittee had sidetracked the meat
packers regulation and other
bills drew a reply today from
Senator MeCumber of North
Dakota, committee chairman. He
made the counter assertion that
Senator Kenvon had discussed
irrcvalent subjects and that
Senator Johnson had spent six
mouths uwuv from the senate
in his presidential campaign.
Li
SI. PAUL
WASHINGTON, May 20. Denver.
Colorado's largest city, which ranked
as the twenty-seventh municipality of
the country in 1010, has outgrown
Louisville and. St. Paul, which ranked
twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth, re
spectively,. ten years ago. The census
bureau today announced Denver's
population as 25(1,3(1!), an increase of
42,988 or 20.1 per cent over 1910.
Louisville's population has been an
nounced as 2:14,891 and St. Paul's
as 234,f95.
WASHINGTON, May 20. Tacoma.
Wash., !)C,!)cr. Denver. Colo., 25C
309. Increases, Tacoma 13,222 or 15.8
per cent. Denver 42,988 or 20.1 per
cent.
New London, Conn., 25,688, in
crease 0029 or 30.7 per cent.
Elizabeth, iT. J., 95,082, increase
22,273 or 30.3 per cent.
Englowood, N. J., 11,017, increase
1093 or 17.1 per cent.
Garfield, N. J., 19.3S1-, increase
9168 or 89.8 per cent.
Hamilton County, Ohio, containing
Cincinnati, 493,672, Increase 32,946
or 7.2 per cent.
HAS ESCAPED 10
EL PASO, Tex., May 20. The El
Paso Times today prints a story quot
ing a refugee Carranza official here
as having advised other Carranzistas
in tho united States that Venustiana
Carranza, deposed president of Mex
ico, accompanied by his son in law,
General Candido Aguilar, has found
refuge on the Mexican gunboat Pro
greso. '
Carranza, this Information said,
dodged thru a net of robels surround
ing the besieged presidential party on
the mountains of the state of Puebla,
after a hard ride thru tropical jun
gles, made his way to the gunboat,
the captain and crew of which re
mained loyal to Carranza when Vera
Cruz turned rebel.
The report further said that Car
ranza has issuod a manifesto aboard
the Progreso directed to all his for
mer officials and partisans saying he
wanted them to stick to their posts
and he would guarantee their salar
ies.
Carranza is believed to have car-
Iried a large sum of gold aboard the
gunboat.
LABOR THEREFORE
I man who works? The public is the
!ono great sinner in the Industrial
field. It makes all the bad condi
tions. It Is positively criminal in its
! indifference."
P. J. McN'amara, vice president of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Engi
neers, said the bill "made serfs and
slaves of men."
"Congress couldn't pass a law pro
viding Involuntary servitude," Chair
man Poindexter interrupted him.
"Well, if It is passed, It will be
something the radicals can use to stir
up more unrest among our men
McN'amara responded.
PEACE CAN'T
PARTI1
AMP
Wilson's Running Mate Gives Keynote
Speech Before Democratic Conven
tion Indiana Not a Democratic
War, Can't Be Democratic Peace
No Man Should Be Read Out of
Party for Stand on League of
Nations.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 20. A
boom started for Vice President
Thomas H. Marshall at tho democra
tic state convention here today for
the presidential nomination at San
Francisco, was nipped in the bud by
the vice president.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 2 0. "Equal
and exact justice to nil men," as a
remedy for unrest was prescribed by
Vice President Marshall in his key
note address today before tho state
democratic convention. He also urg
ed jail sentences for profiteers and
increased production to relieve the
high cost of living.
Tho vice president expressed the
hope that President Wilson and the
senate would reconcile their differ
ences over the peace treaty and that
it would bo ratified; but said no man
should be read out of the democratic
party because of his opinion on the
League of Nations.
"This was, as I understand it," the
vice president snid, "an American
war. The peace should be an Amer
ican peace. Tho war could not have
been fought successfully as either a
democratic or republican war. The
peace' cannot bring that real peace
which the American people want it it
bo made olther as a democratic or a
republican peace."
.Hacks President
Vice President Marshall said his
comments on the treaty would bo
brief for he had no hope of lighting
the "Cimmerian darkness which now
envelops it," but added:
"A lifelong advocate of a resort to
courts and not to force, I gavo my
unqualified Indorsement to the altru
istic views of the president, in the de
fense of which views ho has broken
his body."
Any let-up In the enforcement of
national prohibition until legal
change has been made in its provis
ions was opposed by Mr. Marshall.
"While the prohibition amendment
remains It must be enforced in ac
cordance with its provisions" he said.
"If crystallizing public sentiment
does not as the days go by get back
of it, the people will find a way law
fully to lessen what some deem to be
its rigors."
Freedom of Siccch
Restoration, now that the war is
ended, of freedom of speech and of
the preBS with punishment, for those
seeking to create disorder or over
throw the government by any other
than legal means, was urged by Mr.
Marshall who also advocated read
justment of taxation after govern
ment expenditures have been reduced
to a minimum, In order to place tho
burdens upon those most able to bear
them.
While omitting any direct refer
ence to soldier bonus legislation, the
vice president said he would say to
the former Borvlce men "sound of
body and mind" that they can obtain
almost anything they want from con
gress. "It will bo afraid to resist you," he
continued. "But looking back upon
your glorious record, I beg you to
consider whether you want to go
down in history as of the tribe of
Nathan Hale or of tho tribe of Oliver
Twist."-
ASKS PRESS TO AID
WASHINGTON, May 20. The
treasury department appealed todav
to the press of the United States to
aid in improving the Liberty bond situ
ation by carrying in their columns n
statement as to the intrinsic value nf
(he bonds and their present prices.
The statement explained the reason?
for the present bonds price and sug
gested methods for their improvement.
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
VETOES DAYLIGHT REPEAL
ALBANY. X. Y.. May 20. Day
light saving will remain in effect in
New York state. Governor Smith to
dav vetoed tho Fowler bill designed
to repeal the daylight savins law.
STATE ASKS FOLLOWERS
TO DEFEAT H. JOHNSON
PORTLAND, May 20. The
I League of Nations covenant is
the paramount issue in Oregon's
primary election tomorrow, both
the republican and democratic
contests tending to servo as a
gauge of public sentimont in
the state on this momentous
controversy.
Altho the name of Horbert
Hoover appoars on the ballot
as a candidate for the republi-
can nomination, his managers in
Oregon have askod republicans
to throw their strength to the
candidate who favors treaty
reservations 'whom you think
has the better chance of defeat-
ins tho 'no league candidacy of
Hiram Johnson.' "
CAR SHORTAGE IS
CREATING ACU1E
NEW YORK, May 20. The car
shortage, coupled with labor distur
bances on the railroads is rapidly cre
ating an acute Bituution here, it was
suid by businessmen today, who as
sorted that building operations were
being seriously affected.
Announcement was made by tho
Merchants association yesterday that
a number of additional manufactur
ing establishments had been forced to
close because of lack of raw materials
and others would closo perhaps
every day from now on unless some
thing drastic was done to relieve the
situation.
SEATTLE, May 2 0. Tho railroad
labor board now meeting in Chicago
to adjust wage grievances of switch
men and other rail workers must
grant these workers a substantial in
crease in pay; that Is the only fair
thing for the men, Bald Bird M. Rob
inson of Washington, D. C, president
of tho American. Short Line Railroad
association who is In Seattle today
conferring with representatives of all
smaller railroad lines In western
Washington with regard to their
needs.
American railroads, confronted by
difficult financial problems must op
erate during tho present year with a
shortage of more than threo hundred
thousand freight cars, Mr. Robinson
declared.
"Not only the largo roads, but the
smaller lines are giving orders for the
purchase of equipment but it is al
most Impossible to obtain these sup
plies at the present time," added Mr.
Robinson.
SOLOIER RELIEF
BILL PASSED BY
THE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, May 20 The
house ways nnd means committee to
day ordered a favorable report on
the soldier relief bill, with a provis
ion levying a ten per cent stock divi
dent tax retroactive to last March 15
included.
Efforts to eliminate the stock tax
provision were defeated 13 to 12, the
same voto bv which the provision was
adopted earlier in the day. Three re
publicans and ten democrats support
ed the provision.
The vote approving the bill as a
whole was understood to have bcon
15 to 10, eight democrats and two
republicans were said to have op
posed the bill, which was supported
bv 13 republicans and two democrats.
Tentative plans to bring the bill up
in the house Saturday was agreed
upon by republican leaders.
WASHINGTON. May 20. The
senate voted today to retain in (hi
house merchant marine bill, scmiic!
committee provisions exempting from
excess profits taxes (he net earnings
of American-owned ships engaged in
foreign trade, providing a ' similar
amount is re-invested in new ships.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mnv 20 led
Thve, middleweight wrestling cham
pion of (he world, had too much -class
for Sailor Hoffman, 170 pounder of
New York, nnd threw the latter twice
within an hour in their match at the
Olympic gvmnnsiuin hull here last
night before n packed house of enthu
siastic wrestling fans.
NO SUGAR
SHORTAGE
IN U.S.A.
Investination by U. S. Department of
Justice Shows Present Hiqh Prices
Pure Inflation Caused Throuflh
Hoarding by Siicculators National
Canners Will Stay Out of Suflar
Market Until Prices Come Down to
Normal Attain.
NKW YOHK, May 20. The Na
tiunal Preserves and I''ruit Products
association anounced here todav that
its members will stay out of the sugar
market until (be price of sugar comes
down from Us present high level. Tl
association claims to represent 85 per
cent of the manufacturers of the
country who make jams, jellies and
preserves.
"The so-called shortage of sugar
does not exist," read a .statement by
Marcus Bliikcmorc, president of the
association, who has investigated
available supplies with the help of
(he department of justice and rep
resentatives of the refining industry
"Present prices represent pure in
Ijation, caused through hoarding by
sugar speculators."
lie said that witli the sugar that
has lalrijidv been received in (his
country anil the amounts contracted
for ami available on (he Cuban mai'kel
are in excess by more than 500,000
Ions last year's consumption.
Campaign I'rged
It is tho hope ol'lho association Mr
Mukemoro said, to start a nation
wide movement among nmnui'nctiirers
using sugar and also among" the
housewives of the country aimed a
the present high prices.
"If the housewives want to help,
thev should begin by using up the
small supplies of 25 to 100 pounds,
which most of them have stored
away," he snid.
"As soon as the dealers see tlint
buying has ceased, prices will tumble
and the enormous stocks now-storei
in warehouses and freight cars will
become available at reasonable
figures."
Foreign countries which never be
fore shipped sugar to tho XJnitei
States, are now invading the Ameri
can market, content lo deprive them
selves of their normal supply in order
to profit hv the high prices this coun
try is willing to pay.
Air. Illakcmoro said (hat other as
speiuti(ns of 'Manufacturers Insini'
sugar largely were expected to bud
port the preserve and jam makers in
their stand against high prices. He
said that the National Association of
Manufacturers of Fruit Svrnps and
Soda Water Flavors had recommend
cd that its members make no con
tracts for sugnr at present prices, nnd
(hat the candy manufacturer's asso
ciation was expected to take similar
action during (heir convention next
week in St. Paul.
Coiifercnco Called
OC1DKN, Utah, May 20. Tho pre
serving of fruits in Utah will be cur
(ailed considerably bv reason of high
prices of sugar, according (o II. I).
Olson, secretary of the Utah Cunnor
association. Mr. Olson said the can
ners individually have decided to pad
only sufficient fruit to meet ndvuncj
orders.
CONTROL 26,000
ACRES OF FROIT
Tl.a numlimi P tlin Oreimn f!lYlWir
Co-operutive Association held lit the
libnirv vcsicniav was uiicnueu
bv
over 100 members. H. C- I'nuli
sules niiinncer. outlined the selli
us,
ng
policy of the association ami explni
in-
ed in detail the methods enplovcd
in
distributing western fruit in
the
eastern slates.
C I T npfrtiiMViili,.,, ,nnmif
:er,
slute.l tlinl Iho nssncinl if tn nnw h
IllS
nearly 1300 members controlling 20,
000 nercs of lruit. 1 be acreage
the Medford district now totuls o
5000.
C. C. Cute urged the growers
Ion,, a tl,,,,-,, U',it,'li f,r Ml, .1,1 tirli
has appeared in many orchards dur
the pust few days.
IF
THEM YOUNG ENOUGH
CHICAGO. Mnv 20. Marry-
ing (wo voting girls under age
docs not constitute bigamv. it '
lias been decided bv a jury in
Judge Pain's eourt and Anton
Harilow was found not guillv of
the bi'Mimv charge, lie married
Freda Newman, aged 111 and
later married Charlotte Lazarus.
aged 15. The jury held (hut his
marriage to Miss Newman was
not legal as she was under age, v
and hence his second marriage '
was not bigamous.
10
KEEP CLOSE IF
WASHINGTON"', May 20. In order
(hat closer supervision may be given
government deposits In banks the
treasury department has created a
section to be known as the division of
deposits. Secretary Houston has
named Roland A. Croxton, formerly a
member of (he treasury war loan
staff, to bo the new division's hend.
NEW YORK, May 20. Tho attack
by banks on high prices thru credit
restriction was reflocted In todny's
stock market.
Additional losses f 1 to 3 points
at the feverishly activo opening, with
extensions during the course of the
first hour, wero generally attributed
lo further unforced liquidation for
out of town Intorests.
The furthor reaction was believed
largely to have resulted from tho
more pressing noods of morchants
who found their credit Impaired by
tho vigorous methods ndoptod by tho
banks nt the earnest solicitation of
the federal reserve board.
The head of a large local bank ex
pressed the opinion that financial
conditions thruout tho country al
ready have been strengthened in con
sequence of the prico reduction made
in many lines of merchandise. He be
lieved, however, that the movement
might get beyond reasonable bounds
and work unnecessary hardship to
small tradesmen.
SPOKANE. Mav 20. Tho nrico
cutting movement hero sprend today
with the anpouncement by a large
clothing store that all its lines except
"contract goods would go on sale
today at a 20 per cent reduction.
On largo department store yestor
rinv nnnnunced a 20 ner cent reduc
tion, effective today, and another said
the same reduction would go into ef
fect next Monday.
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 20. Crop
and fruit conditions in the Pacific
Northwest, especially in the Oregon
and southern Washington country,
could not look better nt Ibis time
and witli continued favorahlo grow
ing weather both bumper grain nnd
fruit crops will he brought in Ibis
coming season, according to officials
of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle
railway, who have just completed a
thorough canvass of tho counties
adjacent to their lines.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mnv 20. -
Thirteen deaths out of sixteen cases
reported to the bureau of health is
the record set by lethargic encephali
tis, tile "sleeping sickness' which
first appeared in Portland last De
cember. The thirteenth victim of the
mysterious 'disease was Krnest A.
Heugles, age 50, who died nt his home
here.
TWELVE KILLEO, 3
BATTLE IN
M ATEWIAN, W. Va., May 20.
With 100 deputy sheriffs, armed with
rifles patrolling the streets and de
tachment of the state constabulary
expected to arrive at any moment, the
situation In this mining villago, the
scene of the killing of twelve persons
last night In a battle between private
detectives and citizens, was quiet
early today.
Last night's shooting, In which
Baldwln-Kolts detectives clashed with
citizens and Matewan police, resulted
according to tho authorities, from
action of the dotoctlves who ovlclod a
number of miners from H(one Moun
tain Coal company houses yesterday.
ENGLAND S
PANICKY AT
Seizure ofEnzeli and Invasion of Per
sia, Together With Crushlnq De
feat of Poles Alarms British Gov
ernment Northclif fe Attacks Govt.
Policy in Near East Oil Resources
'an Issue Bolsheviki Claim Big
Captures and Booty.
LONDON, Mjiv 20. The Anglo
Persia Ireatv does not place Qroat
llriltiin under obligations with regard
lo the bolshevik invasion oE Persia,
it was stated in (he house of com
mons todav bv Andrew Honar Law,
I lie government leader. '
LONDON, Mav 20. Invasion of
Persia and the seizure of the port of
F.nzeli by the bolsheviki, with the
evacuation of that town by British
Iroops has created a stir hero nnd the
Near Eastern position is pxtremely
grave, it is declared in some quarters.
Newspapers ask what tho British gov
ernment is going to do, in view of
its ngrcement witli Persia, which was
concluded last veur.
Tho Times sharply attacks he
British government bocnuso of its past
attitude toward Persia. . .'
"The Persian issue,' it adds, "can
not be considered npart from that of
Mesopotamia. We are not prepared
lo assent to any arrangement which
would saddlo on British tax payors the
cost of holding Mesopotamia as far
north ns Mosul. If wo sink oil wells
there, they will have to bo surroundod
by legions. We do not now desjro to
express a definite view about (lie Sot
did squabbles relative toMjosopotn
mian oil which seems to he develop
ing hctwoen various British, Dutch.
American and Clermnn interests, but
whoever gets tho oil, must pay the
hill. This country will not Consont to
maintain a big garrison in Mesopota
mia for the benefit of partially foreign
oil companies."
T nvnrvv nr,,., on ti. pc.:.,
........ , .i, .iiu uiiuiimvu
begun lust Friday by the bolsheviki
against (he Poles along a. fifty-mile
line on the northern tront was con
tinuing successfully uo to Wednes
day, according to an official state
ment from tho soviet government re
ceived Hy wireless from Mosoow to
day. The Polish retrofit, wn nnntlnn.
ing nnd was panicky nt some points,
(He statement declared.
The capture of n large numbor of
prisoners nnd immense amounts of
supplies is claimed.
The bolsheviki report their advance
in Mm CllerkllSOV nwinn nlnn Ik.
' ...,, hiuuk flfv
Dnieper to the south of Kiev to be
continuing, but stato that there is no
ehnnge in the situuion in the region of
Kiev itself. i .
OF
INDIANAPOLIS, Intl. May 20 In
completo returns into nntionnl head
quarters here indicate that approxi
mately 80,000 new mcmbors were ob
(ained in the first two days of the
American Legion nation-wide cam
paign for increased membership. Na
tional officers believe this figure is
conservative because many points Id
thickly populated districts have not
roportcd.
SOVIET COUP
SOUTHERN MINING TOWN
Two Stone Mountain Mine company
mines were closed recently when it
became known that an effort wai be
ing made to unionize them.
A shot, said by authorities to bave
been fired from a coat pocket by
Albert Felts, a dotectlve. and whlob
ended the life of Mayor Cabell teBter.
man of Matewan, started the battle.
An instant after ho fired, Felts, ac
cording to authorities was killed by
"Sid" Hatfield, chief ot police ot
Matowan. The shooting then became
general and when the battle ended,
seven detectives, the mayor and tour
coal miners were dead and three oth
er persons badly wounded.