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C3Medford Mail rrn Predictions Rain, Dally Fifteenth Tear. Weekly Klflloth Year. MEDFOKD, OliKCON", AVKDNKSDAY, MAKCH 1 !)21 NO. 292 ROGRAD fctaoa IS E HANU5 u y ttssa &F (tea V OVERTHROW r OF SOVIETS nnrnmTpn rKtuiiiitu , . . ' i London Reports Fighting in Russia, With Center of Dis turbance in Moscow and petrograd--Kronstadt Gar fisoni Joins Insurgents : CossacKs Fight Boisheviki. ' 'LONDON,, March : 2. rtoports re ceived In official BritlBh circles to day 'confirm dispatches tolling of an anti-soviet rising in Rusisa. They state- that the situation In Russia Is serious. The latest official news re ceived however, did not Indicate Mint the soviet government had lost con trol. CONSTANTINOPLE, March . 1 . (By tho. Associated Press.) liutum Is being evacuated by allied traders and bankers and by some refugees .who reached that city from Titlis. Russian bolshevik troops In large numbers are Invading Georgia from all directions, It is said in dispatches received hero. Tho ninth sovlot army lias crossed tho Kodor river and is driving' Georgian troops southward toward' Poll. itSad ' railway communications are handlcappping both sides. 1 The Georgian government has ordered mobilization of all ablo-hodied Mo .lianiuiednnsj who are. .instructed to support tho Christians dofeuding the cduntry. - . LONDON, Mar. 2. Reports, from Russia rocoived today In Holslngfors by way of Esthonla, disclose a situa tion "which may rosult shortly in the complete overthrow of Boviet rule,' says the Central News Holslngfors cor respondent. Fighting is proceeding In many parts of Rifssiawlth Petrograd and Moscow as the centers of tho revolutionary movement. Tho fighting in Petrograd is of gi gantic proportions, according to the Tooorts. for 300.000 strikers arc de clared to bo arrayed against tho soviet troops, whose oxact number it is im possible to estimato. "It is rollnbly reported," tho dis patch says,"that very many have been killed or wounded on both sides in street fighting and that tbore has been considerable nronorty damage. The naval 'arrisoli' a'i '$r'pnstadt has joined mo reupis. . .: , . ' Miscow Situation Dim "Reports of the revolution in Mos ' cow are'm'eaKer.'doiibtless owing to the censorship. 1 pne ' ' message' Indicates that large, numbers' of former officers of the Russian army are leading the insurgents there. ". "' ":." "In Petrograd' tho military cadets, who have; been among tho most reli able supporters of Boviet rule, suffered heavy casualties.- Combined forces of laborers ' and marines, of whom 100 were former service moil, attacked the cadets, drove them through the streets ,to the schools and'quickiy overwhelm ed them.' The surviving cadets mii obtained shelter when soviet reinforce ments were rushed up. . (Continued on Pago Five) : uniinr .. . ... tn nniinrniiiii ii nw iiiniv i 1 PL I AM i v ' UN HU NH KT n .m VJUUUL LHIU O UU.HJLUIIU.U.U. COMWllTTEt FOR . . WASHINGTON, March 2. ac Cfptance by Federal Judge Lannis i .1 v.... ... , .,.,. ,u. f.,ll "nur is inconsisieni wnu me " aequale performance of his ""ue8 s Judge and constitutes a serious 1 s Judge and constitutes a serious im Propriety on his part, the house Ju eiary committee held today in rec ommendlng full Investigation at the, said (jMrkt )U(1.C an,i tha t s8lon of congress of impeach-, 1 nitca ; ' tu,.Uule serious ment cliarges made by Representa-1 said ai - of 8;li(! "ve Welty. democrat. Ohio. j.mpropnet; on The report of the sub-committee Judge. senator Iia'- wa adapted unanimously by the committao .m...,.i. rh.irmn lead :iZT."r; .A in. minority report. The Rllh-enmnilltap Raid Johnson Charges a N eed less Sacrifice On Armistice Day WASHINGTON. March H. Charges of needless secrlfice of tho lives of American sol- diers on Armistice day were stricken from a sub-conimlttoe report today by tho houso war investigating committee after three hours' debate. Itenresen- tativo Johnson, republican, South Dakota, author of the sub-committee report, fought to retain the charges and when . unsuccessful, changed his vote to pave the way for re-consid- oration and final action tonior- row. .j. WASIlSNGfTON, March 2. President Wilson signed today the $1 0,500,000 diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, ' while congress completed and sent to tlio Whito Houso the ag- ricultural bill carrying $38,- 000,000. OUT BY COURT District Court Opposes Plan to Sell Stockyard Interests Cudahay Plan Is Approved and Trust Company Will Be Named. WASHINGTON, March '2. Tho substitute proposal of Swift and com pany and Armour and company for tho sale of their stockyard interests was disapproved today by Justice Stafford In tho district supreme court. The court decreed that a Washing ten trust company should be named to take over the Interests of Morris and company and Wilson and com pany in stockyards, stockyard ter minals and market newspapers and dispose of them. Morris and com pany's plan was modified, howovor, so as to require that tho sale bo con summated within one year instead of thirty months ns proposed. The Cudahy plan for disposing of its interests met with tho approval of the court and a trust company to tako over tho interests will be named later. Swift and company and Armour and company had proposed that their stock In various yards be sold at the folowlng figures: Union Stockyards company of Omaha, Ltd., $110 a share; St. Louis National Stockyards. $120; the Den- ver Union Stockyards company, ?00; Sioux City Stockyards company pre ferred ?90; common $00. WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. A. T. Hert, republican national committeeman from Kentucky announced today that he was not a candidate to succeed Will ii ii.ivr ns chairman of tho national committee and that it would not be possible for him to accept if elected ACCEPTING SAL ' ,i.. i ,,,.,1 moral character' of Jud - j"" , . , jn ,ictepting cm ui i . nt as i..,i,..M nibitrator at ' ' , i. . ,'i00 a year aim unit!.. i,j rmind "that sum an ' o . . . . ..t ... in. ,., ,,t nfnrcriaid 1 ce',u" ' :, ,;pir opinion at least tnc eiui"; - it P1 .,, ,! ade - ; incons si. " ' h dlU of a - iuate perlmma ce o fuiii " " ; '.,., ,.. ,tna. offered vol - denioc iner i ban iil- a resolution to msK ! fr federal iuilc to hold more COMPANY SCHEME-THROWN imt u:isiu'-ii CHI CLARK DIES, AFTER HARD FIGHT Former Democratic Speaker Finally Succumbs to Pleu risy After Courageous Rally Aged 71 Years Con gress Takes Recess Mrs, Clark Voted Year's Salary. WASHINGTON', March 2. Champ Clark died horo today at 2:10 p. in. in his seventy-first year and within two days of his retirement from the house of representatives after ser vice of 2G years. i Death was due to an attack of plou risy and a complication of diseases incident to his advanced age. Up to 10 days ago, however, when ho de veloped a scvero cold, Mr. Clark had shared activ61y in proceedings in tho house as democratic leader. 'Members of Mr. Clark's family left the funeral arrangements to congres sional leaders, who expressed the wish to havo services Saturday in the rotunda of the capltol before sending tho body to Bowling Green for burial. A largo delegation of representatives and senators will accompany tho body to that place.. .",: Pay .Mrs. Clark $0,000 : v Immediately after- the djcath or Mr. Clark was announced, the house recessed for 30 minutes. Represen tative Ruck,B-iy.. democrat,-' Missouri',' who mado the dnnouttcomdnt!, said it as 'Mr. -Clark's wish as cxprosscd through his son, that thoro bo no In terruption of congress In Itfl closing days. Immediately on re-convening nf- ter the thirty minutes rocossJ the, bouse adopted a resolution providing for tho payment to Mrs. Clark of a year's salary, totalling about $0,000. His Liust limit's. 1 I To his last conscious moments the former speaker's mind was engross ed with memories of his long legis lative careor. Just boforq ho lapsed into final unconsciousness early to day those at his bedside heard him whisper: "The question Is on tho adoption of tho coutcrenco report." At. i.Mr. Clark's bodsldo when the end canio worn Mrs. Clark, their son. fionnet Clark, and tholr daughter, Mrs. .lames M. Thompson, of New Orleans. Arrangomcnts for tho fu neral havo not been completed, but tho body probably will bo sont to tho old homo In Bowling Groon, Mo. 'Mr. Clark prosldod ovor tho house throughout the world war, relin quishing the speakership after eight years when the republicans regain ed control last year. Ho was tlifn chosen as democratic Jcadcr In the houso. , ' . During tho present session It wa appafont that, tho former speaker's health was falling. He walked slow ly with a dragging step. While ho usually was on tho floor and follow ed proceedings closely, he rarely en gaged in debate. Grandchild Hies. ' Close friends believe his death was hastened by tho death a year ago of his only grandchild, "Champ Clnrk Thomson,, three year old son of .Mr. and Mrs. Juntos Thomson. During the summer and fall, bow- ever, he regained vigor and took an active part In his campnign for' re election in Missouri.' Although he ran, ahead of his ticket, Mr. Clark una defeated bv nnnroxlmatolv HOO0 votes, Judge T. W. Htikrlodo of War- renton, Mo., boing elected. The formtr speaker first waB sent to congress in 1SK2, and after serv ing ono term he was defeated for re election. Two years later, however hr was again returned to congress and had served continuously slnec that time. Ho soon became a na tional figure and wai chosen speak ei when the democrats gained con trol of the house during the last yea. of President Taft's administration He was the only democratic candi date to secure a. majority of the votes at a national convention and not gel the nomination. He was defeatea In- Woodrow Wilson, largely due to the work of Wm. Jennings Bryan OLYMPIA, Wash., March 2 Th' Washington state senate today' paid Rica Volunteering For War on Panama SAN JOSE, J Costa Rioa March 1. Hundreds of citizens of Costa Rica ure volunteering for sorviBo ngalusu Panama i-.and patriotic spirit is being shown in all parts of the coun- try. Tho national assembly hns given President Aeosta a vote of confidence, and declared Itself In solidarity with the govorn- ment in defending tho intcgrl- ty of the national territory. RETIREMENT Far Eastern Republic Asks for Definite Date From Tokio- Japanese Charged .With Plot to Overthrow Boisheviki Re gime by' Giving Aid to Semi noff Charge Atrocities. PEKING, Mar. 2.-Deinands that Jnpnn fix a definite (into -for tho evac uation of Siberian territory havo boen (sent to tho foreign offlco In Toklo by the minister of foreign! affairs' of the Far Eastern republic, it is said in a dispatch rocoived horo. . .1 Tho note closed with a demand thnt there bo no Jupancso- iuterfcronco- in that region. Allegation was innde thnt tho Jap anese army wns "making life unbear able for the people residing in terri tory whore the troops aro located," and that "Russian citlos and vlllagos in the zona of intervention are enveloped in a poisonous atmosphere of c robbery, murder and unspeakable crimes." It was charged that trainB had beon hold up at Grodokova, near tho cast- torn Matnchurlan frontior, by "criminal persons" and that passengers had boon robbed, beaten and abducted, and the Far Eastern government at Chita had boen unable to remedy tho situation, owing to opposition by tho Japanese military command. , Protoction and patronage was given General Semenoff, untl-bnlshevlk lea der in oastem Siberia, It was charged, and assertion was mado that this was dona in a' manner which suggested challenge to tho Chita government - It was said the presont activities of Gen eral Somcnnff "promise It now adven ture, in the spring," with Japanese help. " The Japanese foreign office wns ask ed whether It would receive a mission from Chita In view of tho presence in Siberia of a Jupanese diplomatic mis sion. WASHINGTON, Mnr. 2. Tho hoiisu stood pat today for nit nrmy of l'tO.000, refusing to concur In a senate nmendment to the army ap-in-opiintimi u jrovidins ' 'undri for 175.000 enlisted men lifter June 3U. I.ilierlr Koiitls. NKW YOUIv, Mar. 2. -Liberty bonds rinsed: , 3'Vh $91.02; first 4's I80.07: first 4Vi'n S7.20; Victory 3's $!7.4C; Victory 4 'h $87.46. LONDON, Mar. (Hy the Asso elated Press) Peace will be signed, probably tomorrow, but at any rate before the week end. between France and the Turkish nationalists, it was learned here today. The signing will take place in Paris. DENVER. Mar. 2. Fire of nndeter- mined origin broke out in the F. W. Woolworlh and company department store here today and destroyed tock and fixtures estimated at $100,000. Other building were undamaged. Hi YAP IN GRAVITY League Nations' Reply Shows Pacific Possession Mandate Up to Supreme Council Difficulty of Situation Is Ad- , mitted U. S. A. Attitude to League Stressed. PARIS, Mar. 2. (My Associated Press.) Tho League of Nations is hot concerned with tho allocation of the former German possessions in tho Pa cific which includes tho Japanese man date for tho Island of Yap, tho Amer ican government is informed in the roply of tho council of the league, to the American note on the mandate question. ' The allocation was made by tho supreme council of tho allies, tho note points out, but the council invites' tho United States to bo represented at tho meeting of tho council in May or June when the other classes of inundates are to bo taken up for final determina tion. Council expresses "satisfaction in tho Interest shown by tiro United States government in tho question of mandates which tho council hns long felt to bo among the most Important and also the most difficult." "Tho council," It adds, "not only welcomes but feels Justified," in claim ing tho sympathy and' support of tho governments which dovisod tho scboino the council Is required to administer.': Regarding tho fundamental c'ontcn Hon of tho American government that tho approval of tho United Statos Is essential to tho validity of any deter initiations rosiionting mandates, the note says tho rights which tho ITnitod Stntos acquired as r.no of tho lending actors In tho war and In tho pence ne gotiations is not likely to bo challeng ed In any quarter. ' ' . U. S. A. Out of League It points out, howovor, how the' sit uation Is complicated by the fact that tho United Statos has not ratified the treaty and has not tnkon a seat In tlio council of tho loagtio. Tho nolo invltos tho United Stntok to participate In tho discussions of the coming meeting of tho council, In April when' final docisloiiH aro to bo taken regnrdlngthe class "A" und class "IJ" mandates. 'Tho council reminds Secretary of State Colby that tho allocation of ho class "C" mandates, covorlng tho Gor man Islands in tho Pacific ullocatcd to Japan, was made by tho supremo coun cil of the allies and that the League of Nations is not concerned with tho allo cation, but Is only occupied with tho administration of 'the, territories In volved. Tho council adds that It has forward ed tho American note to tho French, British, Italian and Japancso govern ments. Spirit of Friendship "Tho council might easily have dwelt on the "controversial aspects of the Amorlcan nolo but this procedure would Ill-represent their true attitude. They prefer to examine tho subject from tho broad basis of international co-oiieratlon and friendship' In tho be lief that this courso will appeal lo the spirit of Justice of tho government and peopto of the United Suites." In referring to tho postponomcnt of the consideration of the mandate for the former Turkish possessions, in cluding Mosopolamln, which would rosult- In a delay for final accoptnnco until the' United Statos had opportu nity to express Its views, the note, after inviting tho United Stales to take part In t lie mandate discussion because or tho value of personul con tact, pointed out that tho council is without the same liberty of action rn Harding the- mandates for tho Pacific, as thoso of other types. Island of Yap . Tho note continues: "The main American objection In this caso. It is understood from your excellency s note, Is to tho effect that the Island of Yap was Included by tho council In the mandate given Japan, whereo.8 your excellency states that the United States has on several occa sions refused to agree to the allocation of this island to any one stato. The council of the League of Na tions would remind your excellency (Continued on rap Eight) Hope of Enactment Soldier Bonus Bill This Session Ends WASHINGTON. March 2. llopo of enactment at this ses sion or tho soldier bonus bill was abandoned today by Its pro ponents. "WASHINGTON. March 2. Prospects for passage of tho nil- vnl appropriation bill wore said by senate leaders to havo lm- proved when the senate rccon- veiled today to continuo tho struggle. Senator Poindoxter, rnpubli- can, Washington, In cbnrgo of tho bill, gavo notlco that ho in- tondod 'to keep the seiuito in continuous session until a voto was had. Some senators said that tho navy bill was being used ns a buffer to prevent con- sidorntlon of tlio soldier bonus and other legislation which vn- rloiis senators oppose. State Witnesses Swear to One 'Thing and Defense Wit- nesses to: Another R. H. Hines Takes Stand- for Evans Sheriff Testifies. Testimony ami records wero Intro duced In tho case of Ijirk Eviins.joii trial In tho circuit ' court charged Willi assault and robbery loading to show that at tho tlino on September 13, 1!1!, when tho prosecuting wlt ncsH, W. G. White, a Grants Pass Jit noy driver testified Evans was hold ing him up, he was employed in the Mines and Snider cnrnKO in this city, and engaged in putting a vacuum tank on the Hluo Ledge car, driven hy Sam Sundry. The time book and tho timo slips of the auto firm wero introduced by tho defense, which be gan its case this morning. . . It. f). Hines, a member of the thou existent firm of Hlues and Holder was tho first witness. Ho testified that lvans wont to work for them and that ha saw tho defendant on the afternoon of September Htth, us ho did on every day of bla employment. Ho testified tliat Evans worked but :ono Saturday, and that Saturday, was September Hi, and that. Kvans was discharged on September 17th, a Thursday. HinoB testified that bo dis tinctly remembered Evans working on tlio afternoon of September 13th, 10111, becauso ho had sent htm to the A. W. Walker Auto company for n birgor vneuum tank than tho bno on the Hluo Lcdgo car, and that when he looked out Of the offlco window he saw Evans putting on tho same sized vacuum tank, and that ho went out sldA and called bis attention to it with' tho remark: "That is a boob trick to do." 9 On cross examination, Hines main tained hlH original story, and in'i-e sponso to (Uerlcs said that his in terest In tho case was because he "did not believe Evans guilty," and that after he heard of Evan's nnest for tho robbery he had taken the firm records to then District Attorney Itobcrts, and showed them. Ho also Continued on 1-iee Eight) HARDING IS GIVEN A TESTIMONY IN L. EVANS TRIAL . IS CONFLICTING BT HUMt HJU15-.AI- IVIAKIUN, UH!U ' MAHION. t., .Mar. 2. President elect Harding's neighbors in Marlon and nearby towns bade him God speed ifi the tusk of the presidency today In a formal farewell that brought to tho famous front porch one of Its largest gatherings. ( Marion schools and business bouses closed their doors for tw-j hours to observo the occasion and as the final frost porch meeting began, rlvjrrh bells and factory whistles mingled their voices 111 a sonorous message of good will. As part of the farewell cccincny, tho city presented to the . president elect and his wife a silver plaque L GEORGE AGREES TO :-INVASION Evasive Actions by German Envoys Ends British Pre mier's Opposition -4o Use "of Armed Force Occupation, of Ruhr and Mannheim Is . Sanctioned. . ,. LO.MlOX, Miirrli Sir. Lloyd George, tlio pi-lino minister, consented today to the employment of armed , force ngainst Ciermnny In tho cvont of her non-complinnco with allied reparations demand, to the extent ot tho occupation of Mannheim by , Brit ish, French und llclglim troops,, and also of tlio Itiihr ports on tlio ltlllnc ivlicre coal Is handled. . . : ... :' : LONDON,. Mar. 2. -(By Associated press.) Notice to Germany that, her roparation proposal would not be dis cussed and that the allies' were:.ready to enforce the paymout of Gorman obli gations was In preparation today ;by the co'mnilttoo of the supreme couuqil appointed to frame a, reply.:: : i K;V' Instructlons given this ;CommIttee wero in substance: ' : V .f ' ', f- S-- "Flrst The allied governments . dp cllno to discuss proiiosals advanced wllh evident bad faith. . ..:' ;,';'.?;$ VBecond Gormany. shall be :re.tnlntiV ' ed of her various violations of ' thtt :-peiice .troaty. . .. "Third The Gorman government . , . shall bo informed of Immediate steps ' the allies aro dotornilneu .to' take. '.In beginning to nnforco tho collectlou ot ; Gormaiiy's obligations,'.' , '- : vi "i': Gorman customs receipts In ;,the,dCi' cuplod territory will be taken over1, as tho first stop In forcing the payment of Germany's obligations, should that ; stop' prove necessary, under tho plans being drawn by the" committee. -V ' Boiler was expressed in sevoral.quat1 tors that tho Germans have not srJoken their' last word relative to the repantj Hon torms fixedly the supreme coun-', cil at Paris, i, : ; 1 vv '. : Offer Is Fantastic Today's newspapers wore unanimous In doclarlng tho German offor yoster. -day of tho equivalent of $7,500,000,000 In reparations was wholly Inadequate. "Impudent," "ludicrous," "fantastic," . and "grotesquo," wore some of the ad-. . JectlvcB tho principal newspapers used,'.' n '' In commenting on .jq Gornfantcrnis! ' r-jvon mo pucuiHi, uuny ouwb w fessod it was, at a losa , t-jtinUprsl'htf tho German montallty. , ' ',. ,' ,,.). ' "It Is; not easy to siiea'k ' ,,P' . tlonco oi; this' combination of, litislncss cunning, ,;cnicunery unu saoyr n donce.Vi assowtcd the London ,'t'lracsV "Doubtioss' tho Gorman delegates Are! nrniod with a wholo Beries of succes sive schemes, each giving a llttle more thnn Its predecessor. But when; her bluff is called she will abandon It".,: . The Pally Telegraph declared no body was prepared for such a Vfantns tio" offer, and adds: "Groat Britain must support Franco whether naval action or economic pressure should be decldod on." ' No Indication that the allies -Intend to occupy additional German territory appears in the Instructions given ;by tho allied lenders to this committee Continued on Page Eight) . LOYAL FAREWELL ..I ' -, " ' which boro tho . Inscription '.'God's, blessing to yotk" ', Tho program arranged for tho fare' well ceremonies began shortly bi-foro noon and was a simple one. Alter' the presentation of the plaque a 10-' ception was held. : '. .--... For his text in tlio presentation ad--dress, Dr. Thomas H. , McAfee,, pastor of President-elect Harding's church, took the Inscription of tho plnqua: "To Warren Gamaliel Harding and his wife, Klorenco Kllnff Harding. Lfrom the citizens of Marion, In testU mony of affection and gratitude foC loyal friendship, devotion to the pub lic welfare and service to tho highest eonception of American citizenship.; God's blessing to you." - Hi t-iltf !l t' the j one o. ; (font inued on Page Eight) 'H5 : r5es of Mr.-yVaJty Involved, the jected to aim
