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! Fiftieth Year, Daily Fifteenth Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920.
NO. 57
WILSO
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ALL
JUNE
Wk Warn p&L a n m
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Khox Resolution 'Would Place an In
; Waceabie S&ln Upon the Gal
' lantrv' ahd,'4Jonor of U. S. A.
.. Means U8 Wishes to Draw Apart
and Pursdeniertsts of Its Own
Omits Oblflpts or Which America
; Entered War."f
5 WASInjjCrtpW'.rMnv 27. Tho re
pubjieanpeaoofesolution was vetoed
today ty-Hrfifleat Wilson.
The presidents message follows:
',. i'To'the iroi)se-jof representatives:
J'l roturhlieiewith without my sig
nature, hbusoint resolution 327, in
tended to; repeal" the joint resolution
of .'April 6i-1017,' decmring ft statu of
wiir to cxistlbatwcon the United States
lind Goruirijiy'dnd.lhe ioint resolution
of .Dce'emhef declaring a
stitte of war tO'Cxist between the Unit
ciJ'Statos h;id the Austria-Hungarian
uoyernipcht, uljd to declare a state of
pence., .,1-havc'. not felt at liberty to
sign this joint'; resolution because I
oaunot bring, ipysrjlf to become party
Ip ao action.Mvhich would place inef
faceable stniiii'nbop the gallantry ahfi
honor of' the United States. The
resolution 'seeks-to establish pence
with the German 'enipiro without ex
acting from .the, .'. German government
nnv, action b.v 'ivay of setting right the
infinite Wrongs, which it did to the
peoales whom it attacked jind whom
we prof ess it- our purpose to assist
when we entered the war. Have we
sacrificed the lives of more than
100,000, Americans and ruined the
lives, of thousands of others and
brought upon thousands of American
' families un 'Uhhnppiness that can
never end for 'purposes which we do
not now care to state or .take further
steps to attaint The attainment of
these purposes 'is provided for in the
treutiY of Versailles bv terms deemed
adequate ' bvi the lendintr statesmen
and) experts of all tho trreat pc-'""
who were associated in the war
against GeruTu'HyV Do wo now not
care. to join ih the effort to secure
themf ' ' " ' ' ' ; '
Why .We Fought
'' "Wo entered the war most reluctantly-'
Our people were profoundly
disinclined to take part in a European
war, and at lust did so. only because
they become convinced that it could
not in truth' be regarded as onlv a
Eurbpcan war; but must be regarded
as a war in which civilization itself
was involved and human rights of
every kind as ngoinst a belligerent
covernment. - Moreover, when we
entered the wnr we set forth very
definitely the purposes for which we
entered, partly because we did not
wish to be considered as merely tak
ing part in a European contest. This
joint resolution, which -I return, does
not seek to accomplish any of these
objects, but in effect makes a com
plete surrender of the rights of the
Vnited States sb far as the German
government is concerned. A treaty of
peace was signed at Versailles on the
tweptv-eighth of June last, which did
seek to accomplish the objects which
We had declared tp.be in our minds,
because all the great governments
and peoples which - united against
Germany Iliad adopted our declara
tions of purpose as their own and
had in solemn form embodied them in
communications' 'to the German gov
ernment preliminary to tho armistice
(Continued. en Page Twor
E
STAINS ON
Washington; May 27. xext
year's naval budget was fixed at
about 43G,0OO,00O under a complete
agreement on the naval appropriation
bill reached today by senate and
house conferees. The original house
bill carried $423,000,000 atffl the
reaate about ! 467;000,000.
The conferees agreed on twenty
million dollars for navy aviation, a
compromise between tho $15,500,000
PERCY CUPPER; STATE
ENGINEER. TO EXAMINE
Fl
'!
SALEM, May 27. Percy A.
Cupper, state engineer, left last
night for Medford and will In-
spect several irrigation projects
in southern Oregon. Efforts aro
being made to organize a new
district at Sutherlin, Douglas
county, and Mr. Cupper will give
his assistance, lie will inspect
the Medford irrigation district
which has entered into a con-
tract with Pat Welch of Spokane
for construction of the projoct.
This district represents about
$1,250,000.
Other districts to be inspected
aro the Talent, Eagle Point and
Grants Pass districts.
ACQUITTED OF
,1
ROSEBURO, Ore., May 27. Ar
thur Thompson, charged with the
murder of Odle Bates at Riddle sev
eral weeks ago, was acquitted yester
day by the trial jury within an hour
after tho caso was taken under ad
visement. Thompson put up a plea
of self-defense, alleging thaj Batos
was the more powertui ana to save
himself from harm he used a pocket
knife. Tho thrust penetrated the
lower part of the heart and the
wounded man started away, dying
before he reached his house.
The fight ending In Bates' death
occurred over a trade . in which
Thompson accepted a horse for a
cow. Alleging that the horse was
balky he took the animal over to
Bates' cabin, untied the cow and was
leading the animal away when he was
stopped by tho owner and in the dis
pute following tho matter, camo to
blows. After tho stabbing Thompson
took the cow home wlh him.
ERA MOVEMENT
10 BE GONTINUED
PHILADELPHIA, May 27. The
IXew Era movement will be continued
until tho next general assembly. This
was unanimously voted today by the
132nd general assembly of the Pres
byterian church In the U. S. A., In
session here. In taking this action
the assembly voted to cut the annual
new era budget from $900,000 to
$400,000.
DROUGHT RUINS CROP
OF AUSTRALIAN WHEAT
WASHINGTON. May 27. The
wheat crop of New South Wales has
been so disastrously affected by
drought that the yield probably will
not be sufficient to meet domestic
consumption in Australia, said a re
port today from the American con
sulate at Sydney.
The crop was estimated at only 4,
296,000 bushels, the smallest yield In
twenty years.
THE
I
voted by the house and $25,000,000
by the senate.
In lieu of the senate appropriation
of $1,000,000 to begin work on the
new Pacific coast base In San Fran
cisco bav. tho conferees authorized a
!rnnc?rciRlnnai mmmlRPion of five sen
ators and five representatives, to In
vestigate available sites on San
Francisco bay and report to congress
not later than December 31.
Virtually all Increased aviation
items were for Pacific coast projects.
DEADLOCKED
CONVENTION
IS CERTAIN
Primaries Ei;d With No Candidate
Havinq Distinct Advantage Wood
Leads in Instructed Delenates With
153: Johnson, 109; Lowden, 74;
While Uninstructed Delegates Total
648 Final Rush to Capture 493
Votes Starts in Chicago Today.
CHICAGO, May 27. Candidates
for the republican nomination for the
presidency today opened their final
drive to capture the 4!):i votes that
spell victory in tho convention which
opens here one week from next lie
day.
The last of the 984 delegates who
will sit in the convention were select
ed vesterdav when Vermont rcpubli
cans chose eight delegates.
Major General Leonard Wood,
present returns show, will enter the
convention with more instructed dele
gntes than nnv other candidate, but
his toinl of 133 is less than one-third
of the number necessary to win the
nomination.
Tho division of strength among
the largo field of "favorite sons"
practically precludes ''any -possibility
of a nomination on the' first ballot.
Even the mos.t optimistic campaign
managers here are not claiming vie
tory before the third ballot and the
more conservative party leaders pre
diet the break will not como before
the. filth or sixth nt the earliest.
One hundred and forty-five con
tests have been or will bo filed or
more than one-seventh of all the
seats in tho convention. Tho na
tional committee which meets her:;
Monday will decide these contests
and prepare the temporary roll.
Vood-Lowdcn Contests
The principal contests are between
supporters of. Major General 'Wood
and Governor Frank O. Lo'.vdon.
Senator Johnson and other enndi
dates are not directly interested in
theso contests, but may raise ques
tions regarding primary contests in
South Dakota, New Jersey, Imliana,
Michigan, Nebraska and other states.
In addition to the 14' contests, 64
surplus delegates, with fractional
votes, hove been chosen from ten
stntes and the republican national
committee's rules provide thut their
right to scnts shall also be contested.
Senator Hiram Johnson nnd Sena
tor Howard Sutherland of West Vir
ginia, were the principal eaincrs in
primaries and conventions held in
four states during the past week.
Senator Johiison, returns indicate,
will get nine of Oregon'." ten votes
and Senator Sutherland 10 from Vest
Virginia. The official count has not
been completed in Oregon and West
Virginia. Texas republicans split into
two factions, each of which elected
an uninstructed delegation with 23
votes.
How They Stand
Figures compiled hero show the fol
lowing division of tho convention
vote :
Major General Leonard Wood. ...153
Senator Hiram W. Johnson : 10!)
Governor Frank O. Lowden 71
Favorite sons nnd uninstructed f48
In the favorite son list, Senator
Warren G. Harding has 39 votes from
Ohio: Senator Sutherland 16 frm
West Virginia: Senator Miles Poin
dcxtcr is expected to receive Wash
ington's 14 nnd Judge l'ritchard of
North Carolina is expected to get 17
of his state's 22 votes.
Campaign managers here of the
thrc leading candidates all claim
victory in statements issued !ost
night. The Wood nnd Johnson camps
make definite predictions as to their
first ballot vote, the supporters of the
general claiming 385 votes and those
of the senator 23C. The Lowden
forces, while professing their confi
dence, are not prepared to nuote exact
figures.
LsUAI Claim .ilaric
"Leonard Wood," snvs n statement
from his headquarters, "has so in
creased his votes in the Inst week that
a first ballot prediction of 385 votes
was made today nt Wood hendnunr
ters here. This is more than the
combined instructed vote of all other
candidates. On the first ballot, he
will be a big lender and thwtntal
(Continued cm rage Six)
FINAL COUNT OREGON
GIVES JOHNSON 2129
PORTLAND, -May 27. Com-
plete returns from Oregon's 36
counties, 29 of which are offic-
ially reportod, in last Friday's
presidential preference primary,
compiled today by the Portland
Telegram, give Senator Johnson
a plurality over tionerul Wood
of 2129 votes. This is the final
compilation until returns are
canvussed by tho secrotary of
stato.
Johnson's .total vote, accord-
ing to these compilations, is 4 5,-
SS2. That of Wood is 43.753.
Senator Johnson carried twen-
ty counties, General Wood 16.
Johnson carried Wheeler county
which is complote and official,
by three votes. Wood carried
Morrow county, complete and
official, by two votes.
OLCOTT RESIGNS
SECRETARY STATE,1
KOZER STEPS IN
SAI.EJf, Ore.. Miiv 2S. Ren W. OI
cott todnv resigned the office of
secretary of state, an office which
he has held jointly witli that of gov
ernor of Oregon since the death of
Governor Withvcombe in March 101!).
Simultaneously with his resignation
Governor Olcott announced tho on.
pointment of Sam A. Kozer as secre
tary of state.
Kozcr has been chief deputv secre
tary for a number of venrs and in the
republican primary election last Fri
day was nominated as the republican
candidate for the office. His ap
pointment bv the governor carries out
a .statement made by Governor Oh'olt
last January that he would resign
after the primary election and appoint
as his successor the man receiving
the reinihlicifn nomination.
STAGE EMPLOYEES GIVE
CLEVELAND' .0., Mnv 27. A gift
of $10,000 to their retiring interna
tional president, Charles C. Shay of
New York, was made by members ol
the International Alliance of Theatri
cal Stage Employes and Motion Pic
ture Operators of the United Stntes
and Cnnnda at the closing session of
their annual convention here vester.
dnv, it became known todnv. James
Lcinkc of Troy, N. Y., was elected
president.
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
SALEM, May 2 7. The world war
farm and home building act, a bill
Introduced by Senator Borah of Idaho
providing an appropriation of $300,
000,000 and designed to provide
farms and suburban homes for ex-
service men, from the point of view
of irrigation, will not accomplish the
purpose of (he Western States Recla
mation association, in the opinion of
Percy A. Cupper, state engineer and
member of the executive committee
of the association. ,
PORTLAND, May 27. Tho forest
service today announced a sale of
25,000,000 feet of timber composed
of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar and
white pine on Carbon creek in the
Rainier national rorest to the Man-ley-Moore
lumber company of Taco-
nia. The consideration was $2.75 a
thousand reel ror llr and pine, $3 for
cedar and $1 for hemlock.
Census Returns
WASHINGTON', May 27 Decatur,
III., 43,818, Increase 12,678 or 40.7
per cent.
Pratt, Kansas, 4 716, increase 1414
or 42.8 rcr cent. ,
Bradford. Pa., 15,525, Increase 981
or 6.7 per cent.
Florence. Ala., 10,529, Increase
3840 or 07.4 per cent. '
A
ANA
TO
Son of Famous Republican Leader
Agreed to Raise $500,000 td Fi
nance the General's Campaign
AnyConnection With Frick Dinner
Denied $1 13.100 Raised for Hard
inn McAdoodle Club Has No
Funds $40,550 Raised for Butler.
.WASHINGTON, May 27. Dan
Hunna of Clevoland agreed to raiso
$500,000 to finance tho campaign of
Major General Leonard Wood, tho
sonate campaign Investigating com
mittee was told today by John T.
King of Connecticut who first wns
the manager of General Wood's na
tional, organization.
Mr. King said this agreement was
made at a meeting at New York be
tween himself, Mr. Ilnnna nnd Mr
William Loeb, former secrotary of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. The
witness said Mr. Ilnnna "was to go
out tyiid gather It In for eighteen
months work."
He added that It was not discussed
with Gonernl Wood.
The witness denied that the financ
Ing of General Wood's campaign was
taken up at the much discussed din
ner at the IXew York homo of Henry
C. Frick. lie also (loniod that he had
discussed the subject with Goorgo W.
Perkins.
$II!t,IO for Harding
WASHINGTON, May 27. A total
of $113,109 has been raised for the
campaign of Sonator Harding, repub
lican of Ohio, and $107,704 spent,
the committee wns told by Harry M.
Daugherty, representing tho senator.
WASHINGTON, May 27. Dr.
Nicholas Murray miller's' candidacy
for tho republican presidential nom
ination has been financed to the ex
tent of $10,550, Judgo John H. Da
vios of New York City, tostlfiod to
day before the senate committee of
inquiry.
Five men, Including W. C. Butler
of Kvurott, Wash., gavo $5000 each
tho witness said. The contributions
ranged from $500 to $2500 per Indl
vidual, Tho entire fund wns spent
on general publicity, the witness tes
tified.
In reply to a question by Senator
Pomercne, democrat, Ohio, Judge
Davies said Dr. Butler would not ac
cept a $500,000 contribution.
"It was understood nt the start,"
he added.
The witness ngreed with Senator
Edge, republican, Now Jersey, it
would cost $4,250,000 to give nation
al circulation of a single platform
pamphlet for a candidate.
McAdoo Is Penniless
The committee then wont Into the
question of a campaign for W. G.
McAdoo, democrat, calling Dr. Burrls
Jenkins, publisllvr of the Kansas City
Post.
Dr. Jenkins produced a letter from
Jouctt Shouse, assistant secretary of
the treasury, which Bald in asking
him to come to Washington that "we
have not even the money to pay your
expenses."
Chairman Kenyon askod how many
federal office holders were on the
Mlstourl democratic delegation.
"I doubt If there are any," Mr.
Jenkins replied.
"Know of any funds being raised
for the McAdoo candidacy?" Chair
man Kenyon pursued.
"No sir; on the contrary, those
gentlemen last night said they had no
funds."
He was excused.
ONLY FAMILY QUARREL
SAYS HIRAM JOHNSON
CONCORD, N. C, Mav 27. Sena
tor Johnson of California declared in
a political address here today that he
would nof bolt the republican party
at Chicago if he should not be chosen
as the republican presidential nomi
nee there.
"I am now engaged in a family
euarrel, wholly a family quarrel,"
Senator Johnson said, "nnd when the
selection is made nt Chicago in two
weeks tho quarrel will be ended."
AGREED
BACK W
OLD BRETHREN CHURCH
RULES AGAINST TALK
: I.OGANSPORT, Ind., May 2 7.
Ruling against tho use or
presenco in tho homes of their
4 membors of all talking ma-
chines, phonographs and grapho-
phones, the aununl conference
of tho Old Order branch of the
Brethren church camo to a close
Inst night after a five days ses-
sion on a farm twolve miles east
of hero. !
Somo mombers sought to ob-
tain from the council action for-
! bidding tho use of tho nutomo- 4
! bile, culling it a "devil" machine
but they fulled. '
4
N TO
PORTLAND, May 27. National
h end quarto is have been opened in
Now York by tho committee for Aid
to Disabled Voterans and Referendum
on tho bonus for a campaign against
tho bonus by cx-sorvlco men whoso
leaders ussert their organization ox
tendB Into overy stato and five hun
dred cities.
Col. Henry L. Stlmson is chairman
of tho organization committoe. Ho
asserts the American Legion rcpro
sonts but twelve porcent of tho cx
scrvico men and that If a referendum
voto of all ex-servlco men could bo
taken, the majority would be opposed
to tho bonus. Tho bonus opponents
fear that tho bonus will Interfere
with justice to tho wounded, dlsublcd
and dependents.
Tho committee Is bringing pres
sure to bear oa congress to realize
that 6 41,000 men hnvo been dis
charged with disability nnd thut it
will require a large annual appropri
ation for some years to caro for these
mon nnd the dependents and to pro
vldo proper vocational training.
Those needs havo boon overlooked bo
causo of the pressure for the bonus.
Tho committee is therefore urging
congress to postpone any action - on
tho bonus until after the disabled aad
depcadonts havo been properly cared
for and a referendum of all ox-servicc
men has been taken on the bonus.
Tho local- work of the committee Is
being handled by A. R. Watzek of
Portland, as state chairman.
E SUSPE
WORK LOSES OUT
WASHINGTON, Mnv 27. Bills de
signed to suspend further nssossmouts
on mining properties in the United
Stntes and Alaska were voted down
todav bv tho house mining committee.
The law requiring n claimant to do
one hundred dollars worth of work
on ench proicct a year was suspend
ed thro cvenrs ago because of the
labor shortage. The proposal fi,r
Alaska mines contcmninted suspeu
soin of the tnx for this vcur onlv, but
another measure provided for perma
nent lifting ofthe tnx, both in Alaska
nnd the United Stntes.
BOY! PLEASE PAGE
NEW YORK, May 27. Officials ot
tho federal reserve bank here could
throw no light on the arrlvul in San
Francisco of 113,480,000 supposed to
be enrouto hero consigned to . the
United States mint.
Tho treasure was unloaded from
tho tramp steamer Charlton Hall,
bound from Far Eastern points to
Havana. A rumor that the money
was shlpcd from Omsk In payment
for military supplies formerly stored
'.here by tho United States has not
been confirmed.
A MANDATE
FOR ARMENIA
VOTED DOWN
Senate Foreign Relations Sits en
President's Proposal bv Vote of 1 1
to 4 Armenians Send Delegates ta
Bolshevik! in Effort to Escape De
structionNow Exposed to At
tacks on One Side From Turks, and
On Other From Reds.
WASHINGTON', Mav 27. Presi
dent Wilson's proposal for nn Ameri
can mnndate over Armenia was dis
approved today by the senate for
eign relations committee. Only four
democrats opposed adverse action oa
the president's request. '
Bv a vote of 11 to 4 the committee i
reported a resolution doclaring-that
congress respectfully declined '-'to
grant to the executive the power to
accept a mandate over Armenia. ,
PARIS. May 27. The Armenian's
have accepted an invitation from the
Russian bnlshcviki to send delegates
to Moscow, according to information
received by tho French foreign office.
A Tiflis dispatch to tho foreign of
fice says tho Georgians have olroudV
reached an ngrccmcnt with Moseow
tinder which tho Tiflis government
undertakes to prevent Georgian, ter
ritory being used as a baso for at
tacks against tho bolshoviki. . .-. " .
Tho reported willingness of the Ar
menians to negotiate with the bolshe
viki is explained in official circles 1
here l:' the fact that thev are exposed
to attacks bv the Turkish nationalists
on the one side nnd bv the bolsheviki
on tho, other, nnd probably have in i
view an arrangement assuring thera
tranquililv on their northern' boundary.
SUTHERLAND fAD
OVER WOOD GROWS
WHEELING, W. Va., May 27.
Senator Howard Sutherland's lead
over General Leonard Wood In the
Wost Virginia primary election ot
last Tuesday, today continued to in
crease. One thousand five, hundred
and twenty precincta out of i860 In
the state gave Sutherland 28,006;
Wood 23,129.
WASHINGTON, Mnv 27. Flat op
position to government ownership of
rnilronds, endorsement of federal
control of manufacture and distri
bution of "necessary commodities"
nnd elimination of excess profits
taxes in favor of higher taxes on in
comes from investments characterized
the reply of Attorney General Palmer
made public todav, to the recent aues
tionairre submitted bv the National
Bonrd of Farm Organizations.
MR. DIOGENES: 13
J. P. Morgan and company an
nounced today that they had received
at San Francisco another shipment of
bullion valued at $20,000,000. This
gold arrived Monday at Vancouver
on the Empress of Russia from Hong
Kong and was brought to San Fran
cisco In two express cars by heavily
armed guards.
It is understood this metal wilt be
sold to the New York federal reserve
bank. The shipment Is reported to
have been mado by the British gov
ernment In connection with maturity
of the Anglo-French loan next tall.