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MEDFORD, OREGON', -THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 19J8
NO. 218
M
EDFORD
MAIL
WILSON
STOW
T
WHILE AT SEA
President Answers Letters anil Tele
arams, Receives Callers, and Keeos
Busy at Office Work Presidential
8ulte Not Fitted Up Luxuriously
, Weather Cold and Misty.
O.V BOA III) U. 8. 8. CJICOIUIIC
WAtMIUNf'TON, Doo. B. Iy wlro
lo to tho Associated Press). Presi
dent Wilson spout most of tho first
day of tho (rip on this steamship
-worklnx In 4ho office of IiIh sultu.
After acknowledging from tho bridge
tho itreetlnits that woro given him an
tho ship put to, Hon ho turned to tho
pllo of loiters mid telegrams awaiting
- him and spent nevoral hours workliiK
-with hln tcnonritliura.
In tho afternoon, on tho ndvlco of
Ilia physician, Roar Admiral t'nry T.
llrnyiton, he lay down and routed for
a timo becnusa of a slight cold that
wan affecting hlii voice.
t.ator tho proitldoirt rccolvod callH
from offleluU on board, IncludliiK
tho Italian and Pruned ambassadors.
Following this ho took a walk 'on
dock with Mm. Wilson. '
Mo Luxurious I'lttliuo
Tho presidential party dined quiet
ly In the evening, lioInK lerved by a
wnltor who claimed to have attended
Emperor William and tho omprcsa
lit tho same autto on tlto rial trip of
the Oeorgo Washington.
. Tho reports that tho presidential
ullo had boon fitted up In a luxur
loiia manner aro untrue.
In tho dining hall muslo waa fur
nished by thoablp'a band and ft quar
tet of tailors., The prealdont la keep
ing In touch with official bualnosa by
wireless.
The escorting destroyers, with tho
uatttoahlp Pennsylvania leading tho
column, are knoplng In clone touch
with tho steamship carrying tho
prealdont.
'Mliie-iiwnopuni aro running boforo
the bow of bla ahlp. They aro loaded
with ateol blllota to Inauro their deep
draught '
' The weatlior la cold and mln'ty, but
tho icft Is calm. " '
' ' ltoli'iiMi Carrier PIucoiih ' ' '
In the evening Mrs. Wilson rolous
d from tho Ueorgo Wushlngtou car
rier plgoona bearing note of thanks
to Vice Admiral Ulcaves for tho suc
ceaa of tho arrittigomonts mado for
tho doparturo.
Roproaoutnllvcs of tho Associated
Pross. tho United Press and ho In
ternational N'ows Service, aro accom
panying 'Presldon! Wilson and party
to Europe aboard tho ileorgo Wash
ington, Arrangements wero mado In
advance to permit tho correspondents
to Bond brief Individual messages
from tho ship by wireless, tho first
dispatches bolng roloasod for simul
taneous publication 'at 11:30 a. m.
oaatorn tlmo today. '
450 Mile Out Today
President Wilson's ship this morn
ing was 450 miles out, steering n
steady course at a speed of 17 knots
an hour. 1
The woathor today, was clear and
cold, the palo sunlight mnklng tho
escort olisorvablo from tho decks of
tho president's steamer.-
Tho prasldont slept lato and took
broakfast with Mrs, Wilson. Aftor
ward tho president worked with his
stenographer and oxamlnod tho of
ficial .wireless message which Includ
ed sovoral applications tor clemoucy.
A pouch of official mall will bo put
off at tho Azoros on Sunday and bo
hurried buck to tho United Statos on
board a dostroyor.
Tho, president has his own typo-
wrltor nn board and la using that at
IntorvHls In working upon tho
sp".hes ho o.vpootB to dollvor In
Kranco. ,
WASHINGTON, Doo. 5. Ponoral
Pershing's communique for AvodnoB
day follows: '
' "The Third army, ' continuing Its
advanco south of tho Mosolle today
reached the gonoral line Dorncastlo,
Mnlborn, Otzenhausen. IN'orthwost
of Derncnstlo our lino romninod un
changed. ' -. .
BAKER BOYS CONFESS TO
STEALING LIBERTY BONDS
' T"t !
DA KICK., di e,. Dee, fi. Fivo bnvK
J nun thu Maker high school, nrroslod
toilnv hv Mie sheriff. confessed to tho
theft; ol $2,100 in Liberty bonds und
$100 in war savings stumps .from the
home of J. I'!. Lonhiivd hero, the slier
iff iiniioiinc.od. Tho howls anil stumps
worn tftolou ou TlmuksKiviiiK tiny-
II
WORKING
"FATHER1AND ME
DOWN ANDIOUT"
-CROP PICE
Frederick William Says Former Em
peror Is Broken Man "Isn't That
Punishment Enouqh" He Asks Al
ways Favored Enqlant! Himself
British Do Not Need Helgoland.
LONDON, Dec. B. German phy
slolans summoned from Ilorlln on
Tuesday by tho former Oormun em
peror arrived In 'Holland today on a
special train, according to an Kx
chnngo TolcgrapU dispatch from
Amsterdam.
LONDON. Dec. 5. "You Knulisli
clamor to net father and mo uwuv
from Holland. We lira down and out
and in v father is a broken man. Isn't
tluil oimueli punishment f " (he form
er Herman crown iirince suiil in nn
interview on the Island of icrnigcn.
where lie is ititerned. with n corres
pondent of the Daily Mirror. .
Frederick William added that ho
nlwavK favored nil agreement between
(lenniinv and Ureal llritiain und
wished tin-in to work together. A
iiiimher of liis best friends were in
I'liuliind und lie onlv wished ho could
live there us a private citizen.
"I quarreled wild inv father ill rc
uard lo Orenl llritiain," he continued.
"I told 1 1 iiii Britain would he against
lis. He never believed this and would
nut luke into iioeotint that possibil
ity." Domn'l Vent Helgoland
LONDON. WeiliifMlnv.. Dec. 4.
Tim Hritisli nnvnl authorities have
decided that it will be uniicceHKiirv to
demand Ilia return of Helgoland to
Orcat Britain from (lerinanv. Win
ston Spenrer C'hiirehill. the niinwter
of munitions, announced in a speech
at Dundee toniuhl.
Mr. Churchill nine said tho irovern
munt hail decided noon the national
ism of the ruilwavB.
('Wo enter the pence conference.
said Mr. Churchill, "with the nhso-
lule determination that no limitation
shall bo imposed to our richt to main
tain our naval defense. . Wo do nut
intend, no mutter what aru'iiiiicnts and
uppeals are adilresi-ed lo us, to lend
ourselves in unv wuv to anv fetteriim
rcstrielions whieli will prevent the
Hritisli now in in t it iiii iitr its well tried
and well deserved supremacy."
l'unlsli Kx-Kinporor
LONDON. Dec. 5. The sulislnnce
of discussions in London this neck
between representatives of Great
Hriliiin, rriinco and Itulv with rcmird
lo tho comiiii! pcaco conference, were
cabled to the American government
and it is believed the uiessiiL'C.s reach
ed President Wilson before ho sailed
for Kiirnpu vesterdnv,
liouler's Limited savs there Is rea
son to believe the president's advis
ers think the views of tho conference
regarding; former Kniperor William
are like! v to conincido with those ol
the president. Kesponsihli? opinion
holds that the ex-eiiinoror and oilier
persons ituillr of breaches of inler
national law shniil dbe dealt with bv
u tribunal of llio itssocialcd uoVcrn
incuts. LOVETT REINS AS
WASHINGTON, Doe, 5. Unbelt S
Ijovctt has resigned ns director , of
tho railroad administration's division
of capital expenditures and will re
turn Januurv 1 to his former duties
ns chairman of tho executive commit
tee of tho I'nion Pacific. .'
Mr, Lovott hud been considered for
tho position of dlreclor-Konoral to
auccood Mir. McAdoo mid It Is under
stood his resignation docs not ollm
Inato him entirely ns a possible up
polnteo. In announcing tho resignation Mr.
McAdoo, referring to Mr, Lovett,
said: i -. .-
"1 lo has sorvod with such signal
ability and such' slnglo dovotion to
tho Interests of tho country during
tho trying period during tho past
year that no commendation, howover
strongly exprossod, could do Justice
to him." : ' - :
Mr. Lovott said he had takon tho
railroad administration position only
for tho period of tho war and his
health now demands a rest.
2,000 YANKS ARRIVE AT
NEW YORK FROM OVERSEAS
NEW YOlflC, Dec; -.--Tlie British
transport; Orcii, with 1 .1)22 American
troops aboard, arrived hero toilnv
from Liverpool, Sho is Hie fourth
U'liuspojt y brintf rcturnim? soldiers,
OLD SYSTEM OF
E
Rockefeller Declares Business Must
Be Reorganized Upon Basis of Jus
tice and Co-operation Under New
Order Following War or Invite Open
War That Will Result.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Dee. 5.
An industrial creed for "tho four
puricM to industry," capital, man
agement, labor and tho community
was outlined bv John I). Hockefellcr,
Jr., in un address toilnv before the
war emergency mid reconstruction
conference, in session here.
Asserting that cupital and labor are
partners with common interests and
not enemies. .Mr. Hockefellcr stated
10 tenets of his industrial creed.
These included advancement bv in
dustry of social us well as material
well being of employes, opportunity
bv employes to cam a living under
conditions of fair wnucs. reasonable
houra und proper industrial envi
ronments, reward for initiative and
efficiency, machinery for uncovering
and prnmiillv adjusting erie'finecs,
adcouato representation of all the in
dustrial parlies with aiiiiual joint con
ferences, to assure industrial har
mony and prosperity, in each plant,
with Ibis system extended "to include
all plants in the same indiistrv. all in
dustries in a community, in a nation,
and in the various nations."
tV; lloekcfollor's 1'lra
"As tho lenders of industry face
thin period of ro-cousl ruction, what
will their altitude be? Will it be Unit
of the standpatters who lake no ac
count of tho 'extraordinary changes
which havo come over the face of the
civilized world, who snv 'what bus
been must continue to be with our
backs to the wall we will fight it out
along the old lines or uo down with
tho ship-Z whctjittenipt stubbornly to
resist the inevitable, and arming
themselves to the teeth, invito open
wnrfiiro with the other parties in in.
dustrv, the certain outcome of which
will be financial loss and suffering
to all. the development of bitterness
and hatred, and in the end the bring
ing out through legislation if not bv
force of conditions fur more drastic
and radical than could now be amica
bly arrived at through mutual con
cession Ihrouuh eonferencc?
Keeks Co-operation
"Or will there bo an attitude, in
whieli I, myself, profoundly bclievo.
which takes counizaneo of the inher
ent right and justice of the princi
ples underlying the new order: which
recognizes that might v changes arc
inevitable, niiinv of them desirable;
which, not waiting until forced to
adopt new methods, lakes the lend in
calling together the parties in inter
est for a round table conference to he
held in a spirit' of justice and broth
erhood, with a view to working out
some plan of co-operation which will
insure to all thoso concerned nde
(itiatc representation,. nn opportunity
to earn a fair wage under proper
working and living conditions, with
such restrictions as to hours as shall
leave time not alone for roerention,
but ulso for the development of the
higher things of life."
INDUSTRY GON
AS
1
TIipsc Huns rirc on their homeward wny, happy thouch defeated, because 4hcy are to
sec their families and friends again. In the center one plays an accordion. In the fore-'
. ground an olliccr lias an arm oyer the shoulder of a comrade at arms, . Kigkhly of discipline is
(jonc, j .."..., . . .
THE' SEAT OF
mnnroT 'iiiinno
FOR VALOR GIVEN
THREE AMERICANS
WASHIXOTOX, Do;. 3. Three
Amorlcun soldiers a colonel, a cap
tain and a private havo been desig
nated by I'resldont Wilson to receive
tho highest military decoration given
by tho United States for valor in ac
tion, the Congressional medal of
honor. They havo won the first of
tho medals awardod during the war
with Germany, and their names are:
Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey,
308th Infantry. ,
Captain George G. Mc.Murlcy.
Private Thomas C. Noibaur.
Colonel. .Wbltt-fetoyt. then, . major,
und Captain McMurley, were at
the head of the famous "lost"
battalion" of the 30Sth which lost
bait Its man holding out against the
enemy when surrounded in the Ar
gonno forest until relieved fivo days
later.
Private Noibaur distinguished
hlmsolf when the Rainbow division
took Cotte 'do Chutillon la October,
by stopping an enemy charge against
a ridge single-handed with his auto
matic after all others of his patrol
detachment bad been killed or
woundod. In spite of wounds thru
both knees', he completed the exploit
by bringing In eloven Germans at the
point of his pistol. . .
10 SPEND T" FUNDS
NEVA yOHK. Dec. 5. Georee W.
Perkins mid Mortimer L. Sohiff, rep
resenting the V. M. C. A. and the Jew
ish welfare board, engaged pnssnge
on the stcniuer Miiurctnnia today for
Europe, where they will supervise the
expenditure of the $'J0:i,000,000 Uni
ted Wnr Work fund.
HAPPY THOUGH WHIPPED
ga
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GOVERNMENT
CHILE SHAKEN BY
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
'BUKXOS AIRES. Dec. 5. Latest
reports from northern Chile where a
severe earthquake occurred Wednes-
day are that ten persons are dead
and 100 Injured seriously. The
earth shock was felt most severely
in tho district between Taltal and
Coplapo. Telegraphic communication
with Chile 13 greatly delayed.
Heavy material damage was caus
ed and railway lines were destroyed
at many points. ' Hundreds of homes
are reported to be in ruins. - The
damage is said to be serious thruout
tbo provlace of Ttacamaj-aoji --the
southern part of Antafhgasta prov-
Inve. ...
A tidal wave at Caldera. south of
Antofagasta caused heavy damage
and destroyed the harbor works.
Enrth tremors wero still being felt
at tho La Plata seismograph station
at 8 o'clock last night.
GLASS NOMINATED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Repre
sentative Carter Glass of Virginia,
was nominated today by President
AVilson to be secretory of the treas
ury.
, Mr. Glass will go into office on De
cember 10 under an agreement with
Secretary McAdoo.
The nomination, which had been
prepared by President Wilson before
his denanure Tuesday night, w-as
sent in from the White House upon
word from Mr. Glass that he would
accept the post. Mr. Gloss has serv
ed eighteen. years in the house.
. Ko changes in policy of the trea
sury are to be expected at present.
If at all, Mr. Glass said today. (
PLANS OUTLINED
FOR SOLUTION
OF RAIL PUZZLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Discusses Question of What Shall
Be Done With Railroads and Out
lines Avenues of Inquiry to Be
Studied to Aeach Conclusions
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. In dcnl-
intr with the Question of what may
be done with the railroads in the fu
ture, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in its annual report to the
congress todays, suvs :
"The conditions, without precedent
or parallel, which the war haa pro
duced now press upon the congress
mutters of the gravest national and
international eoneern. '
While we do not deem the present
conditions and moment opportune in
which to recommend concrete propos
als for legislation, wo may indicate
certain lines of inquiry which must
be pursued in order to reach sound
conclusions.
Fundamental Alms
Whatever line of policy is determin
ed uion, the fundamental aim or pur
pose should be to secure transportn.
tion systems that will be adequate for
the nation's needs even in time of na
tionnl stress or neril and that will
furnish to the public safe, adequate.
and efficient transportation at the
lowest cost consistent with that ser
vice. To this end there should be
provision for fl) the prompt merger
without friction of ill the earners'
lines; facilities, and organizations
into a continental and unified sys
tem in time of stress or emergency:
(21 merger within proper limits' of
the carriers lines and facilities' in
such part and to such extent ns may
be necessary in the general public in
terest to meet the reasonable demands
of our domestic and foreign com.
merce; (3 limitatiottufTari-waT con
struetion to the necessities and con
venience of the government and of the
nnblie, and assuring construction to
the point of these limitations; and (i)
development and encouragement of
inland waterways and coordination
of rail and water transportation, sys
tems. .
Among the plans which will doubt
less bo proposed are the following:
(1) Continuance of the present plan
of federal control: (2) public owner
ship of carrier property with private
operation under regulation: (3) pri
vate operation under regulation with
governmental guarantees: (4) re
sumption of private control and man
agement under regulation: and (5)
public ownership and operation. Ad
ditional plans and modifications or
combinations of those enumerated
might bo listed.
For Legislative Action
If the policy of private ownership
and operation under regulation is
continued, the following subiccts will
require legislative consideration: (1)
Revision of limitations upon united or
co-operative activities among com
mon carriers bv rail or bv water; (2)
emancipation of railway operation
from financial dictation: (3) regula
tion of issues of securities: (41 es
tablishment of a relationship between
federal and state nuthoritv which will
eliminate tie twilight zono of juris
diction . and under which a harmo
nious rate structure und adequate
service can bo secured, state und in
terstate: (31 restrictions governing
the treatment of competitive as com
pared with , non-competitive traffic:
(0) the most efficient utilization of
equipment and provision for distrib
uting the burden of furnishing equip
ment on un equitable basis among the
respective carriers: (71 a more liberal
use of terminal facilities in the in
terest of free movement of commerce;
und (81 limitations within winch com
mon carrier facilities and services
may be furnished by shippers or re
ceivers of freight.
lublc Ownership '
Should the policy of public owner
ship and operation be adopted, there
must be considered: (1) The nist and
fair price at which; and the terms un-
(Continued on Page Six.)
BILLION CUT FROM
WASHINGTON. Dec. Ji. More
Hum n billion dollars has been cut
from the pi'.vy'.s estimates of expendi
tures for the coming fiscal year. .Sec
retary Daniels disclosed todnv that
Hie estimates sent to congress Mon
day were based on tlio war program
and that the redivtion process that
already has been effected has elimin
ated over a fifth of the $2,(!0l),000.
000 total is coutiniiinir, 1
GERMAN REDS
PLAN REVOLT AT
BERLIN FRIDAY
Terrorist Revolution Under Leader
ship of Liebkncct Scheduled 15,
000 Reds Armed for Frav Ma
. chine Guns Used to Suppress Food
Riots at Cologne.
PARIS, Dec. D.-T-(Havas.) A ter
rorist revolution uader tho leader
ship of Dr. Llebknecht, the radical
socialist, will break out In . Berlin
Friday evening, according to advices
received by the Zurich correspondent
of the Journal,.', Llebknecht, the re
port says, has '.15,000 men well
armed. '; ;;''.. .;:.,.
The population of Berlin, accord
ing to reports,; Is at the mercy of
gangs of marauders and there ap
pears to be no authority there.
. . Machine Guns Used : ;
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 5. Machine
guns were used la suppressing food
riots In Cologne on Tuesday, accord
ing to reports received here. ' Several
stores In different parts of the city
were plundered. There were a num- ,
ber of casualties in the ranks of the
demonstrants. ;
After plundering the stores a great
crowd gathered at the food depot,
but the "welfare committee" of tho
city decided to Suppress the distur
bances without mercy. The mob re
treated when the machine guns were
brought Into play. ' .
Other casualties occurred In con
flicts between mobs and the police
thruout the night.: s '
To Spread Anarchy
PARIS. Dec- 5. -(Hsvas). ; A
number of formerly prominent offic
ials of Austria-Hungary have arrived
In Switzerland with large sums of .
money to further a campaign of Bol
shevism elsewhere than In Switzer
land, the Zurich correspondent of
the Journal reports. Among the men
are the former grand admiral of the
imperial fleet, a former Austro-Hun-
garian foreign minister, and a former
member of the Hungarian cabinet.
The correspondent- adds, that ottier
men are to be sent .to, Alsace-Lorraine
to spread Bolshevism.
Eisner Ready to Quit
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 5 Kurt Eis-'
ner. the Bavarian premier, is reported
to have privately declared himself
ready to resign, when the national as
sembly have regulated the country's
affairs, according to a Munich dis
patch. .''
Addressing the soldiers' and work
men's council. Premier Eisner declar
ed the Bavarian' government was op
posed to anv idea of separation from
Germany as a whole, the security of
which he, regarded as obtainable onlv
bv the creation of a federal state. ,
SENATE REFUSES TO
WASHINGTON, Doc. 5. Bv unan
imous vote the senate foreign rela
tions committee today disapproved
the resolution of Senator Cummins of
Iowa, republican, proposing to send
a senate committee to Puris for the
pence conference. : -
A resolution by Senator Poindcx
ter of .Washington. 'republican, usk-.
ing a report from the war department
or whether nnv steps have been taken
toward investigation of spruce pro
duction, recommended in the Hughes
aircraft report, was adopted today
bv the senate without discussion,
CERTIFICATES CALLED ?J
FOR REDEMPTION
SAN rilANCISCO, Ike. 5. Uni
ted States treasury eertiiicutos of in
debtedness doled S-pt. 3, 1018. and
maturing. Jan. 2, 11)19, are called for
redemption Don. 10. 1918, Secroturv
ot the Treasury McAdoo telegraphed
the federal reserve bunk here today,
interest on all certificates of this sc
ries will censo on December .19, tho
telegram nidV' '' ,
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
TO BE RESUMED NEXT YEAR
CHICAGO. Dee; 3. The positivo
announcement that professional base
ball would bo resumed in tho maior
leagues next season, with government
sanction, was mado bv President Ban .
Johnson of t lie American I.cuguo tonight.