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Daily fifteenth Year.
MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY,. .MAY 26, 1920.
NO. 5G
TRIBUNE
Fiftieth Year
$500,000 IS
ADVANCED TO
NAiuiFMinnn
mm mm
a in mil. uuu
William C. Proctor. Ivory Soap Mil-
' it . .1 ' l - ,, i " ; iit
iiunaire, Mnniiis ne uuanea nan
' Million to General's Funcf, But Only
Donated lO.OOO-Attornev Gene
ral PalmerV Funif $59,610 Ex
Federal J udtje Gave $2000 and Oil
Magnate $10,000,
WASHINGTON, May 26. "William
C. Proctor of Clnclnnutl lias advanc-
wl fr.nfl nnt ' tt.n nnmnnl.., flinil nf
.ll,IJV 11J Ilia bnillUHlhU 1IUU
'iWajor General Leonard Wood, he tes
tified today at the senate Investiga
tion Into- pre-convention presidential
campaign financing.
Mr. -Proctor said this sum was
"more than the total contributions"
to General Wood's campaign fund
from other sources.
He! added that he had contributed
i Avcingo 88000 a State
s Mr. Proctor told the committee that
between- sixtv und seventy per cent
of the Wood fund hud been spent for
v.,),!!r,t iinil tlm Itiiln, tnn nn cnontniM
mid headquarters,
i "We've spent, I think, an average
of $8,000 a state," lie suid. Chairman
' Kenybn nuked if contributions wer-2
considered ns additional 'to the half
million dollar advance.
''Thev ure not," was tlld reply.
The witness said ho did not have
personal knowledge of any other largo
contributions, adding, "our treasurer
will tell vou exactly." Senator Reed
took up the point.
; , Wrh!lcy Is Contributor
I'T onlv know of a single large sub
scription ebsides iny own, that is defi
nitely;" Colonel Proctor said, "that,
I was $20,000 from Ambroso Monel,'? .
Senator Jtocd demanded further
light. . . . .
"I do not nkhow definitely, about
lubseriplionsj"; Colonel Proctor said.'
-The trouble ..is, men do not like td
have .their nunics mentioned ia a con
nection of the kind"."
a "We've insisted on it willi others,"
ftSenjitor Heed said. , ' -
"pell, thore's u fellow named
?Vriglev," M'r. Proctor said,
it "William WriKleyJ" Senator Reed
j put in.
H "Yes, he's a fellow like me," Colonel
!l'roetor replied.
"How much?" asked Sonutor Reed.
"Now, I don't know," Colonel Proc
tor said. .
g WASHINGTON, May "26. Contri
butions to the fund for Attorney Gen.
tirnl Palmer's campaign for the demo
cratic nomination for president were
placed today at $59,610 by former
jflepresentatlve C. C. Carlin of Vir
ginia, his campaign manager. -i
The largest contributor was James
jtlcCliug Gurtey op PIttsbur'g,'-who
(uv.e $1000 and was Identified as an
"Oil man and prominent In democratic
'.politics In Pennsylvania. .The next
Jargest contributor was former Fed
fcral Judge J. Harry Covington, trea
nurer of the Palmer organization,
(who gave J2000 Mr. Carlin said. '
When Mr. Carlin concluded, Wil
liam C. Proctor of Cincinnati, general
chairman of Major General Leonard
Wood's campaign : committee, was
called to the stand.' ' He was delayed
In nrrtvlnv : t nQfn' f h nf th a nmm lt
t too announced that former Federal
f Judge. J. Harry Covington, treasurer
of the Pahner. campaign ifund.had
Covington Is Probed
,'. Frank L. Crocker of New York was
(Continued on PHge-Eight)
JOHNSON LEADS BY
DECLARES HE
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 26.' Com
plete and official returns from twen
ty of Oregon's 30 counties, complete,
but unofficial returns from ten coun
ties find incomplete returns from the
remaining six counties in last Fri
day's presidential preference primary,
rompilod todav from returns received
bv the'Assoeiated Press, Telegram
'and Oregoniun. givo Senator Hiram W
Johnson a plurality of 2061 votes over
fMuior General Leonard Wood.
The missing number of votes is esti
:ated to be less than 2000 The total
ote. tabulated ot 10:110 o'clock thh
rooming cave: Johnson 45,319;
Wood. 43,288.
' 'Nine of the ten delegates to the
SI
ASK RATIFICATION OF
'
MONTPELIER, Vt., May 20
The republican state conven
tion declaring itself in favor of
woman suffrage, urged Governor
Clement today to call the legis
lature in special'scssion to niukc
possible ratification of the
cighteeth amendment. .
Woman suffrage was favored
bv Major General Leonard
Wood, candidate for the republi
can nomination for president, in
an address. 11c said it would
make for cleaner politics.
The convention deplored what
is termed the "aulocratie con
duct of President Wilson in ne
gotiating (he treaty of Ver
sailles." SOVIET FORGES
OVERRUN PERSIA.
ADVANCE ON KIEV
LONDON, May 26. Bolshevik
forces continue to pour into Persia
and have occupied Hcsht, from which
P.ritish troops have retired toward Te
heran says the Daily Sketch.
The newspaper declares Iudian re
inforcements have been landed at
liatuni. to be followed by other troops
us soon as transportation is available.
" LONDON, May 20. Retchitsa, a
villa on the right bank of the Dnieper
river, approximately 125 miles .north
of Jviev, has been occupied bv Russian
bolshevik forew?. which are also ad
vancing on tho fortified outskirts of
Bobruisk, on the Bercsina river, ac
cording to an official statement from
Moscow;;:' ;,! . '. '; ; '. '
Attacks bv Polish and Ukraniau
troops southeast of Kiev, along the
Kiev-Poltava .railway, huve been re
pulsed. - '
Along llio upper rcuchcr of the
Bercsina river soviet forces are said
to have occupied a number of villagon.
L
OF COTTON WASTE
LEEDS, England, May 10. Exper
iments are being conducted at the
textile institute in manufacturing by
a chemical process artificial wool
from cellulose derived from cotton
waste. These efforts are said to
have been very successful, and, al
tho It is only n "substitute" for wool,
it is sajd to-have great wearing possi
bilities, especially If used with other
fabrics.
ITALIAN AVIATOR
TOICIO. May 25. Announcement
that Masinro Ferrari, the Italian avia
ator. who is making the flight from
Rome to Tokio, arrived in Seoul, capi
tal of Korea at four o'clock this
afternoon and was given nn ovation
there, was made bv the war depart
ment here today.
WILL VOTE FOR WOOD
republican national convention vill
vote for Senator Johnson, following
cut the dictates of the mnioritv of the
voters. The tenth delegate, Walluce
McCamant, has announced that he
will not vote for Johnson, hut will east
his vote for General Wood. His right
to vote for Wood, he states, is duo to
the fact that he sought the sVnt ns a
convention delegate by petition to
have his name placed upon the ballot
and thnt he is not. because of such
petition, compelled to vote for the
presidential candidate securing n ma
jority or plurality. Other candidates
for delegate pledged themselves to
vote for the presidential candidat?
who should receive the highest num
ber of votes.
CARRANZA WAS
BETRAYED BY
MEMBER PARTY
Official Investigation Shows End of
Mexican President Result of
Treachery on Part of Herrero
Placed in Hut Which Is Attacked
From All Sides by Guards.
MEXICO CITY, May 26. Formal
investigation for the purpose of clari
fication of the part taken in the
death of President Carrauza both by
Colonel Itodolfo Horrero and mem
bers of the Carranza party, is recom
mended by the commission of four,
named by Generals Obregon and Gon
zales to Inquire Into the tragedy at
Tlaxcalantongo. The commission sub
mitted its report last night and cited
ten points which the members had
agreed had been proven from stories
of witnesses. It was added that in a
number of points many other storlesi
purporting to tell the actual circum
stances could not be confirmed and
were unworthy of credence.
A summary of the commission's re
port, which is the first authoritative
story of the; death of Carranza fol
lows In part:.
"Colonel Herrero joined the Car
ranza party at Putla, Btate of Puebla
May 20 following a conference with
General Francisco de P. Marlol. Gen
eral MaTiel then left the Carranza
party. '
"When Carranza reached Tlaxca
lantongo he was led by Herrero to
the hut where bo was to sleep. Before
retiring Carranza ordered Captain
Suarez to assist in placing sentinels,
all of whom were Herrero's men.
"Herrero later told Carranza that
a messenger had informed him his
brother was injured, whereupon Her.
rero left the village. At three o'clock
on the morning of May 21, three of-
Herrero's men entered the presi
dent's hut, stating they had been or
dered to report to hi in what the sit
uation was, adding that nothing new
had occurred." '"' -' ...
(The report says this move was
lor the purpose of ascertaining It all
In the hut were In bed and whether
Carranza had changed his position.)
.' "Half an hour later tho hut was
attacked from all sides. ,
"President Carranza was heard to
cry 'I can't get up; my leg is broken
Ho then begged for a carbine so that
he could defend himself but was an
swered by a volley which ended his
life instantly.
"Tho other occupants of the hut
fled and there was great confusion in
the village. Herrero, at the headof
his men, captured many of the party
who were taken twelve miles away
while others were left in Tlaxcalan
tongo. Four or five of these prison'
ers were forced to sign a statement
that Carranza had committed sui
cide."
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
The Berlin Vorwaerta, which stat
ed yesterday with great detail that
the next revolutionary movement
would be from the right and immedi
ately follow the June elections, pub
lished a dispatch from Trepetow
Pomerania, whore lightning caused a
fire on a well known ' nationalist's
country estate. During the salvage
work large quantities of hidden hand
grenades and machine gun ammuni
tion came to light, the newspaper
said.
The liner Kaiserln Augusta Vic
toria will sail Thursday from Liver
pool. The steamer, which is man
aged by the Cunard line, was post
poned from sailing May 15 because
250" stewards and cooks refused to
sign articles for the voyage owing' to
dissatisfaction with their accommo
dations. '
PARIS, May 20. Protection of op
erators against the effects of X-rays
has' been assured by neutralizing
ultra-violet rags with a simultaneous
application of Intra-red rays, accord
ing to Daniel Berthelot, who yester
day announced that his colleague, Dr.
Pech, had perfected this system.
A decision to release Tom Seaton
former pitcher of tho San Francisco
club of the Pacific Coast league If tne
league directors would rescind its ac
tion expelling the Hanford team be
cause it refused to dismiss Seaton
was recommended by tho directors of
the Hanford club of the San Joaquin
Valley league yesterday.
PAVAMA. Mhv 25. Three neeroes
at the Mount Hope powder magazine
May 7 were sentenced to death by
Judge J. W.i-Hanan in United Slates
district court here today,
SECT. DANIELS DECLARES
STEAM ROLLER BEING
...
WASHINGTON. May 26. Re-
daring that a "steam roller"
was being used on him, Kecrc-
tury "Daniels told the senate na-
val investigating committee to-
day he would appeal to the full
committee if Chuirman Hale in-
sistcd in putting into the record
"an unfair and unfounded"
statement as to conditions of
Arnpriejin u-nrshina when ttn u-nr
began.
Before the secretary's an-
nonneement, Senator Pittman.
democrat, Nevada, warned
Chairman Halo that he would
protest on the senate floor
" against charai'tor of questions
which the chairman was asking
Mr. Daniols. ' . .
I
CO. COMMISSIONER
The people of Jackson county were
much shocked as word flew far and
wide this noon of the sudden death of
George Owen, the widely known and
popular county 'commissioner and
prominent farmer, livestock man and
citizen. ,
. His death came without warning
at 11 a. m. today at the regulnr meet
ing of the county court in the court
house at Jacksonville. As far as can
bo learnod he had been in his usual
good health up to the time ot his
death, altho it Is understood that he
had had a little heart trouble for
some time past.
He was seated at the tuble,and the
county court session was just about
to begin when he suddenly leaned
forward, rested his head on -his arms
and expired Instantly. His colleagues
and others present laid him down
with a pillow under his head and sent
for Dr. Robinson of Jacksonville who
pronounced death duo to a stroke of
apoplexy. '
Mr. Owens was 58 or 59 yoarB of
age, was born In the state of Cali
fornia and had been a .resident of
Jackson county for the past 25
years. He was a prominent member
of the Ashland lodge of Elks and was
a past exalted ruler ot that lodge.
Mr. Owens' home was on his farm
about wo miles southeast of Ash
land, and his stock ranch was located
In the Dead Indian country. He is
survived by his wife and daughter
who is Mrs. Sumner Parker and who
resided with her parents.
Mr. Owens had served one term
as county commissioner, that term
being about to expire next January,
and he was not a candidate for re
election. OF
CIVIL REBELLION
LONDON. May 20. Messages from
Durazzo picture Albania as in the
throes of civil war, the ultimate con
sequences of which it is impossible to
forecast, according to nn Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Rome today.
ROME, May 25. At least six per
sons were killed and more than thirty
wounded in the clash between royal
guards and students which marked
the close of yesterday's eelebratiou
of the fifth annivedsnry of Italy's
entry into the world war, according to
reports from reliable sources. Other
reports place the number of dead at
a still higher figure. .':
The police todav took -into custody
all residents of Dulmatia and Finnic,
who were in liomc with the view of
rcpntdialing them or sending thtci
w here it would be impossible to insti
gate disorders.
PORTLAND, May 20. A little fin.
ger print left on a broken pane of
glass by the burglar who robbed the
homo of James Manary, here on April
24, was responsible for a charge of
burglary of the bouse being filed
against William Whitney today.
About $500 worth of diamonds and
Jewelry were stolen by the burglar
who broke In a window. He took
hold ot a piece or the pane to lift It
out and this little piece ot glass was
carefully taken to police headquar
ters,. ' : ' '.- "
ASHLAND GETS
HALF MILLION
HEALTH RESORT
Eastern Syndicate Purchases Munici
pally Owned Sprinqs and Hotel
Austin Will Put Up Big Sanitar
ium and Conduct $250,000 Adver
tising Campaign Vinina Engineers
ASHLAND, Ore., May 20. An
nouncement wus made hero last
night of the closing of a contract
between the city of Ashland and
syndicate headed by Mr. Jessie Win
burn, Now York millionaire and head
of the Car Advertising company of
New York, whereby the surplus llthla,
sulphur and soda waters and carbon
dioxide gas from the municipally
owned springs are made available to
the syndicate for sanitarium . and
marketing purposes. - The contract
calls tor the expenditure of at least
two hundred thousand dollars in san
itarium and allied development. The
synillcato has- purchased the Hotel
Austin which will be practically re
built as a modern hotel with mineral
water bath establisnment In connec
tion.. :
The easterners have taken options
on the Siskiyou mineral springs own
ed by J. M. Wagner, the mineral
springs owned by J. J. Murphy and
various other properties in and near
the city and conterifplate resort de
velopment - on an Immense scale.
Plans are'belng considered which will
Involve tho immediate expenditure of
at least a half million with later de
velopment involving millions.
A national advertising campaign Is
included in the plnns with a quarter
of a million dollar budget for this
purpoBO. The various llthla, soda
and other waters will be advertised
and marketed thruout the country
and the resort advantages of Ashland
widely heralded.
Prof. Irving Vlnlng, Ashland lec
turer whoso winters are spent In and
around New York where he Is much
In demand, responsible for the In
teresting of (he Now Yorkers who arfl
behind tho new development.
Ashland, In the municipal park and
springs development, laid the founda
tion for a' real mineral water resort
and the calibre ot the men behind tho
hotel and' mineral water projects now
contemplated assure the development
of the leading mineral water resort ot
the .coast in the Rogue River vulley.
WOOD DEFEATED
I
WHEELING, W. Vn May 20.
Returns from yesterday's primary
election in West Virginia, being com
piled here by the Intelligencer, showed
early today thntj Sonator Howard
Sutherland continued to lead Major
General Leonard Wood for . tho re
publican presidential preference. Only
4411 precincts out of 1,860 in the state
had been tabulated. ' The vote was:
Wood, 6841; Sutherland, 0751;
William G. Webster, New York, 47.
No names were printed on the bnllbt
for the democratic presidential pref
erence. UP IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Mav 26. Buying of
German exchange unparalleled sinco
the armistice was reported bv dealers
in foreign bills todav forcing marks
up to 3.15 cents apiece, said to be the
highest auotation in more thnn a ye ir.
It contrasts with the minimum auota
tion of one cent last February. '
Purchases ran to large individual
lots, in some instances approximating
1,000,000 marks. Much of the buy
ing was clieved to bo speculative and
bnsed on reports that Germany's in
dustrial condition is showing decided
improvement.
2 AMERICANS TAKEN
BY MEXICAN REBELS
. WASHINGTON,' May 26. Tvro
Americans, Homer Carr and a ninn
named MncDonald,-have been taken
prisoner at Jimincz. Chihuahua, ac
cording to n report to the state de
partment todav from the American
consul nt Chihuahua. No details
were piven. 1
LEVI P. MORTON LEAVES
$10,OOD,DODESfAIE10
FAMILY AND SERVANTS
WASHINGTON, Mav 20. An
estato estimated at $10,000,000
is disposed of in the will of
Levi 1. Morton, former vice-
president of the United States.
which was filed in federal dis-
trict court hero todav for uro-
bute. Tho document was cxe-
cuted Juno 29, 1920. and was
modified bv codicils of March
30. 1911, June 4, 1911 und Juno
24, 1911.
Mr. Morton diei at his home
near Pouchkecnsie. N. Y.. at the
nirn nf Ofi Mnis
The monev and pprsonal nf-
feots are variously divided
v among members of Mr. Morton tt "
family and servants.
OLE HANSON IS
A
SUSPICIOUS DEAL
SEATTLE, May 26. Ole Hanson
former mayor of Scuttle, in whose
administration the city purchased the
I'uget Sound Truction, Light and
Power company's Seattle street rail
way linos, for $15,000,000, said todav
lie will inukc a statement later regard
ing the nllcgation thnt the city had
paid n excessive price for the
property. .
Mr. Hanson returned to Scuttle last
night, muking the trip from Los Auto
leg by uutouiobilc with tho members of
his family. During his ubsenco he
lectured in 45 stales. ;
Declaring his belief thnt tho oity
had f aid an exorbitant price, for the
municipal railway system, Mavor
Hugh M. Caldwell on Thursday lust
began nn investigation to nscertnin
the possibility of recovery by the
oity of n portion of the purchnso
pried. Thus for, the investigation lias
disclosed thut valuable data on the
value of the property prior to its pur
chase bv the city arc missing from the
oity decords. ,
T8 YR. OLD DAUGHTER
GEORGE GOULD WEDS
PHILADELPHIA. May 26. A dis
patuh from Elkton, the Maryland
Gretna Green, says Edtih C. Gould,
said ho bo a daughter of George
Gould, and Carol L. Wainwright, both
of Now York, were married there this
afternoon by the Hev. John McEl
moylo ath the town's 1 Presbyterian
church, '
Tho couple arrived in Elkton bv
automobile and after obtaining ' u
marriiigo licensor motored to tho
mnnso, whedo tho clergyman resides.
The brido gave her age as 18 and the
bridegroom Buid be was 21.
SALEM, Ore., May 26. Following
dofeat In the Portland special city
election last Friday of measures de
signed to relieve the Portland Rail
way Light and Power compnny of
specified burdens of expense, the
company today filed with the public
service commission here a new appli
cation for relief from decreasing re
turns on Its Investment.
LEVER ACT, IN AID STRIKING
INDIANAPOLIS. May 26. (Three
sections of tho Lever act were hel l
unconstitutional bv United Statos Dis
trict Judge A. B. Anderson in fede-
rul court today and nunshed twelve
of the eighteen counts of the indict
ment against miners and operators
based on these sections in ruling on
tho motion of Charles E. Hughes to
quash tho indictments.
Counts one, two, three, four r.i.d
seventeen, based on section nine of
the Lever act which the court held
Valid, were doclnred operative and
were not nunshed bv the judge.
Tho twelve counts in the indictment.
6, 6. 7, 8,- 0, 10, 11, 12, 13. 14.
18 nnd 18. based on sections 4 nr.!
20 nnd amended section 4 of the Lever
acti were quashed.
DEMOCRATS
TO
E
Senator Hitchcock Administration
Leader. Will Not Support Wilson's
Request for U. S. Mandate Over
ArmeniaSenator Williams Said ij
Be Onlv Prominent Democrat
Favoring Such Action Taft Agr&fS
With Mr. Bryan. -. V r ' .;";.1
WASHINGTON. May 86. Senator
Hltchcqck of Nebraska, admlnltra
tlon leader In the treaty fight said to.
day he did not expect tq,support, -Pres.
Idout Wlson;s request (ojr! authority
to accept a mandate oyer 'Armenia. ; .
"I understand other, democratic,
members "ot the foreign j '.reiatjoloa,
committee also will not glve'tholr ap
proval," Bald Senator Hitchcock.,:
The senate committee plans to dis
pose of the president's request i ad
versely tomorrow. ', . . t , . '
. Sonator Williams . ot. .Mississippi
was said today to be the only-democrat
committee member favoring as
sumption of a mandate. .. ., i ,:
. The meeting ot the house foreign
affairs committee called to consider
the president's request for the man
date was postponed today because of
tho Inability of Secretary Colby to at
tend. . ;'. , . V-'.'l .- ,
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ABERDEEN, Wash,, May 26 The
United Stntes - cannot, undertake' .,
mundate for Armenia' - under-ii the
League of Nations since this county
is not a member of the league,,. ac
cording 'to William H. Taft.'f.tpririjar .
president,' who lectured ;here i-lasj
night. Mr. Taft said he was- not leer
tain whether the mandate should tia
undertaken under any .circumstance's,
and that bo was lncllned.'ta' gre
with W. J. Bryan,, who yesterday, iif?
nouncod his opposition to the man
date. ' Mr. Taft said, however; i Ar
menia should be helped because son-;
dltlons there were about- as bai, ad
they could be, but the mandate 'Was
"open to discussion." -' '-'.'ijf ' V
"The Armenian question,". he atld,
"Is too complex to' say off-hand whe
ther wo should accept the mandate
proposed by Mr. Wilson. I notice that
Mr. Bryan 1b opposed to It, and I' am
Inclined to think Mr. Bryan 1b about
right. If President Wilson had; In
cluded Turkey In .his proposal, per
haps I should (favor the suggestion..'
To undertake a mandate for Armenia
would mean the dispatch ot a large '
part of our army to that country; en
tail a heavy cobI and Involve Ui In
complications for a long time to
come." ' :.'-..':. :, :.'",
Mr. Taft left this morning for Seat
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PRESIDENT
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PARIS, May 26. Zeno SohmlUui
JupanoBO tennis player, champion of
Japan and India, la the sensation ot
tho world hard court titular tourna
ment here. He reached the Mml
tlnal round yesterday by eliminating
Nicholas MlBhu, the Rumanian itar.
In a five set match, which the latter
defaulted,' due to exhaustion. Scbmlt
zu took the second and fourth. ' Alt
English players had been eliminated
and there Were no American entrant!.
' I
, The motion to quash the indictment
was made bv Charles Evans Huirhns.
former justice of the supreme oourt,
on behalf of tho miners May 7, ,'j .
Count 15 of the indictment, based
on section 37 of the criminal code,
was also quashed. ., -
INDIANAPOLIC. Mav ' 26.--The
motion by Mr. Hughes chnllengod' the
constitutionality of tho Lever : 'jact
principally on the ground that It is
vague and indefinite and does not
contain sufficient penalty provisions.
The sufficiency of the indietmnt ilso
was challenged on the ground that the
coal business during the time covered
by the indictment was governed by
rules promulgated by President JJ'iU
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