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EDFORD
ABL TRIBUNE1
forty-lfMh Year,
billy TblrlMdli IW,
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1918
NO. 228
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ENGLISH FLEET
SHELLS COAST;
RUSSIANS FLEE
British Sauadron Opens Fire Alona
Gulf of Finland Bolshevlkl Forces
Retreat Don Cossacks Win Vic
tory Over Reds Serious Outbreaks
In Ukraine.
STOCKHOLM. Mnndnv. Den. 1(1.
An English Mnundron linn bombarded
llolshuviftt Position tlllllllf lliu HOtllll-
vrn const of tho Gulf of Finland, nc
cording to uti official Hlatciucnt in
Hltnd from the KmIIiiiiiIhii ii fin V IiimuI
iuuMorn. Bolshevist forces have boon
repulsed, nocordinutn tho report. The
Ntutomrut adds tliut tho mobilization
of the KHthoniiin nrniv i progressing
sntbifuotnrilv.
WASHINGTON. IW.. 17.Difcut
of Russian Bolshevik force with n
loss of 1.100 prisoner nml 'JO cannon
by tho Don cimmickH In tho Yorowcsi
region wnH reported in n dispatch to
il nv to the slate department,
ODF.S8A. Friduv. TW. Kl.-Ulv
Hie Associated Press.) Serious riot
iuir oi'i'iirri'il Intra lnt night when clo
inenlH opposed to tho fictmun of the
Okruine linriii'il tho eitv prison. Five
persons were killed. Kight hundred
prinncrrt. most of tlit'm adherents of
the hclmun'H rcaiuic, were released.
' ATHENS, IW. 17. Tho alllintlon
In Smyrna In erltlcnl, according lo
illapatchea from Mltylene. Young
Turk officials tiavo poatad armed
toandi In the town and thoao have
boon bomburdod by tho allied flcota.
ZURICH, Deo 17. (llsvas)., Gor
man soldiers at Cracow arc reported
to havo llroil upon KUMlan prisoners
-ubo refused to work, kllllnK nix and
wounding novan, nceuriiuiK l" i""
Stuttgart Tngohln'tt'. It la mated that
the Incldonl occurred alnco the algn
Ins of the amilatlce between the
allies and Germany,
COI'KXIIAOEN, Doo. 17. At a
monarehlslle mooting In Vlonna yoa
terduy which wa attended by a num
ber of genorals, Archduko Maximil
ian, tirothor of former Kmperor
Charles, was nominated na the suc
coiiaor to tho crown. Tho sutlallat,
a dispatch from Vlonnu adds. Intend
to tuko aharp moaauroi against tho
monarchists.
BEIILRV. Doc. 1 7. A revolution
haa broken out In Bulgaria, accord
tag to Information rocolvod by tho
J,olinl Anielgar from Bulgaria by way
of llUnKury.
TOURI
I
13 ARE MISSING
WINNIPF.G. Man,. Doo. 17. Ad
vices received hero todnv toll of tho
doHtmction bv firo of u tourist eoneh
on a Ciiniidiun Pacific train which
Jeft hero at 0:10 yi. m. for Toronto
mid Nov (hut LI passengers nhourd
tho conch nro missing.'. Tho firo. it
was indicated, started in a berth oc
cupied bv n fumilv pnrtv and niiicklv
Kprcad lo ths Ht of tlio conch.
Other cars on llio train escaped dam
age. Tho firo was diHcoverod cnrlv to
day when tho train stopped for or
der at .lionhcur xtntion, 120 miles
west of Fort William, Ont., neenrdinc
to h Htutcment issueo, bv tho Cana
dian Puuifio Unihvnv company hore
todnv. -1
Trninmcn walkincr iilons tho trnck
saw flumoH hurHtinir from tho front
end of tho tonriHt ear, Thov rushed
into tho car and rescued na mnnv of
tho passengers na thov could roach.
Kight rcHCiicd paHsongnrs woro slight
lv injured, It is possible tho ntnlo
mont fluid, that sovornl of tho 13 miss
ing oRcnpcd into the-. other ooiichox
and failed to report to tho oonduo
tor when tho list of fntnlities 'woro
made up. ' ;
PENROSE URGES PROMPT
PASSAGE REVENUE BILL
WASHINGTON. Doo. 17. Prompt
rwxxngo of tho war rovonuo bill wax
urged in tho xennto todav bv Senator
I'ouroBo of Pennsylvania, sonion re
publican monibor of tho finance com
mit I eo. .
; Without debnto tho sennlo ndoptod
tho individual surtax rates as rovixed
hv tho finance eommittoo, Thov range
from one per cent between $5,000 nud
fl,fl00 to 05 per cent oil tliut over
if 1.000,000. . ,
ST COACH
IS
President Is Deenlv Impressed bv
Warmth of Premier's Greetlna
French People as a Whole Are
Heartily Behind Peace Proqram of
American Administration.
PARIS. Mniidav. Dec. 10.IWi
dent Wilxon Iiiih been deeply imprcim.
ed bv the miiunil'iecnt recention uiven
him in I'm in, the more xo that nxKiir
ance.i are dei'lared to havo come to
biin that the French people at a whole
are xinecre in their iieceptnui'e of
hix iirincipleH an d will iinbold them.
That the peniile lire xupimrtcd in lliix
bv the iioverniucnt Heenix to be indi
ciited bv the I'iint interview betweeii
I'rc.iidi'iil Wilxuii mid Premier Clem
eiiu. There wax no luck of warmth
in the French HtntcHiimn't apprecia
tion of the American piixition, il wns
declared, il lieini; indicated, on the
other bund, that hix nttitudu wax
thoroughly NViupathetie.
l'AUIS, Monday. Deo. 10. Aflor
conforonroa In I'arla, I'roaldont Wil
xon baa coino to undoretand fully
why tho pvuco conference cannot k1
underway before tho flrnt of the
your. Tho more physical prnpoxlllan
of KottlnR tho American uilnalon to
tho conference nettled In Its offices la
a tremendous Job.
I'realdent Wllaou'a visit to the
American troops at the front and his
revlow of them In I'arla that la
planned will be out of the way by tho
flrnt of tho year. Meanwhile, the
Informal conference, which moan so
much in laylnK the ground work for
the pence conforenco, will continue
Tho proaldont Is seeking to got
acquainted with tho men with whom
be Is to deal so that ha may discuss
with tho greatest freedom tho prob
lems arising, and develop tho value
of tho personal oquatlon.
J'lnln Things to Say .
From tho president's paint of vlow
It Is Indicated, thero nro plain thlnRs
to bo said, and ho wants to say them
and avoid nnlngoiilsms bociiuso, not
withstanding all tho points upon
which wlda divergences ot opinion
have been expressed na representing
public opinion In Kngland Tnd
Franco, tho president Is confident
that an nmlrabla agrcomont will be
reached bofore tho peace conference
adjourns. Diplomatic history shows
thnt conferences of this kind usually.
If not Invariably, assemblo without
dnflnlto programs to work with and
that such a conforonco never accom
plishes precisely what, is expected.
OI0XKVA, Monday. Doc. 10. Tho
frontier of French Bavoy bordorlng
on Switzerland, was Illuminated with
groat bonfires last night in honor of
tho arrival In Franco of Vrcsldont
Wilson. At resorts like Evlun-Lea-Bnlns
there wns dancing an a largo'
scalo for tho flrnt time slnro the bo
glnnlng of tho war.
WILSON RECEP1I0N IS
GREATEST- EVER SEEN
PARIS. Dee. 17.TProsldent Wil
son's official visit to Paris came to a
clone last night. Tho Purls edition
ot tho London Dally Mall, In discuss
ing the prostdent'B reception, says:
"Ho has had one ot tho most re
markable recaptions evor accorded
guost of the French nation, nltho tho
prcsldont has boon careful to glvo his
vlow that In him Paris has only soon
tho representative of tho Amorlcnn
natloa."
"Ycstordny tho ceromony in tho
city hnll wns no formal function
given In honor of a distinguished vis
itor, but n grateful trlbuto to a sis
tor ropubllc whoso aid, arriving so
opportunely, assured tho victory of
tho allied arms."
WASHINGTON, Doe. 17. lio-
xpondinir to n senate resolution. Gen
eral Miinairor Pica, of tho' Kmerircncv
Fleet corporation, advised tlio senate
todav that from AuiiuHt, 11)17, to No
vembor 21), lust, '280 ships woro eon
struetod bv that orennizntion, nwiro
cntinir 1 ,21 fl,;HI7 irrons -tons.
. Mr, Pier, nlso reported that hoenusc
of inflated values due to tho war, the
nnrmnl vnluo of mnnv properties of
tho housintr division of tho fleet cor
poration, will be worth less than 70
per eont of their cost. Ho ultriliuled
much of tho hic.li eo.it to llio increased
i'leinlil i'u I us mid Ions litmls,
MEN AU
SYMPATHY
WTH
rPEMlGiF.OUROF VICTORY!:
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GliTiT rVM-liiiDio
DUE TO RUSSIA -SYSTEM1UNDER
SAYS EBERT
Socialist Premier Declares Old Sys
tem Collapsed Because of Events in
. Russia for Which Germany Was to
Blame Hope Kaiser's Guilt Will
Be Exposed.
LONDON. Dee. 1? (Dritish Wire-
less Service.) Fricdrieh Kberi. so
cialist premier of Clermiinv. dei'lared
in nn interview vestermiv Unit ho dtd
not know of anv lesial method bv
which William llohenzollcro's surren
der could be forced.
"I cannot think of anv provision in
law upon which the former emperor
would have to be iriven hp," he said.
"Hut that is not n niiestion which
closelv concerns as. We havo sepa
rated ourselves from nim and now de
sire onlv that emit for tho outbreak
of the war should be l'iunllv fixed in
order that he nmv be exposed, once
for all."
Asked as lo his view of the future.
Kbert replied :
"I am optimistic, hut vou must re
member that our influence upon the
course of events is limited. We can
not create bread for the German peo
ple. If the nation is allowed to
starve, then the inevitable will fol
low. That ti nation can. he brouuht
to n desperato pass and burst
throuuh all restraints has been
shown bv the experiences of the pnsl
venr. Our old system came lo the
Ground as a result of Hussion events
which il itself provoked. Il is poor
consolation, however, that in falliii'-',
ono limit's one's enemv to the ground.
To us anv other solution would be
preferable."
PAPAL SECRET
TO
CALL ON
PARIS. Dec. 17. Slonsianor Cer
rctti, pnpnl under-secrctarv of slate,
who is in Paris on his wav to the
United States, to pnrtieiiiate in the
iuhileo celebration of Cardinal Gib
bons, will call on Colonel K. M. House
today to ntnko nrrninreinonls to bo re
ceived by President Wilson, lie will
discuss ariamrcmeiits for tho visit of
tho president to the popo. '
U.S.ARlilORIS
KILLED AFTER FLIGHT
HIVKHSIDK, Ciilif.. Dee. 17. U.
R. L. Campbell of Now York, an nrniv
aviator slalioned at March field, near
here, was inslantlv killed bore "iusl
nfter niakina; a forced landiim.
Lieutenant Campbell was under tho
wiiur of his nirplano mid in crnwlimr
out he was nlruok on the head Uv llio
propeller which hud not cumo lo rest.
They put tlio kllxisli on tlio Hun!
Hero you sen President Wilson, and
tho premiers of oiir llirco chief wes
tern Mile (H'ln&taiii of France,
(Jeorgo of Ilrltnlii, nml Orlnurio of
Italy. President Wilsou is now con
ferring; with theso men regarding
fliuil pence term.
IN FRENCH HOTELS
NEXT TEN YEARS
PARIS. Dee. 17. fHnvas.)
The general, syndicate of French
hotel men e.iinounces that it has
decide! that for 10 years it will
not receive ai native of cneinv
countries nsi nil employe or ens-
tomer. Tho decision will be
transmitted ito onriumutions of
hotel men inv nil the nllied-eoan-
tries, an;l il is hoped German
waiters will be eliminated from
all hotels in the allied countries.
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CHRISTMAS EVE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The
American battleshii squadron relurn
insr from Knropc may not reach New
York until Christmns eve. on account
of delay in lciinrtiiur from the Brit
ish base.
A .-,
OUKK.NSTOWX. Jlondnv. Dee. Id.
Great crowds uathereil todnv to hid
farewell to the fleet of V2 American
torpedo boats which sailed Tor home.
It was a prettv picture. The Stev
ens, the senior ship, led the wav.
followed bv the Jenkins, Ba'.ch, Cas
sia. Torrv, Paul dins". Ammen, Cald
well, Conysham, llcCall, Sterrett and
Ti'inpc.
Tho deslrovevs will so first, to the
A mires where thov will ioiii tho tender
shin Dixie, which sailed vesterdav.
Rear Adnrrnl Thomas B. Howard
still bus several destroyers here and
it is reported that thov. with the
sMiardship Melville, will leave hv De
cember 'Jll. Other American destrov
ers attached to this base arc eruisim;
in F.iuilish or French waters.
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FRENCH WOMEN ASK .
FOR POLITICAL RIGHTS
PARIS, Dec. 17. Several trroups
of French women suffvuire advocates
have milled in lssnine n mnnile:?to de-
ninndimr that the political riclits of
women bo recoiiinxcd hv. the; isovern
motit before the next eleetiou.
I iui iu uuiiiiiul.
25 Wireless Plants in Mexico Under
German Control During the War-
Mexico Retained Title but German
Operators Worked at Plants With
German Marie Machines. .
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 17. More
than 23 wireless stations In Mexico
were under "Gorman control during
the war, Edward Xally, vice-presi
dent of the Marconi Wireless com
pany of America, told the house mer
chant marine committee today while
testifying in opposition to tho pro
posed government monopoly of ra
dio stations in the United States.
"Tho Germans were In full control
of tho wireless stations In Mexico,"
said Mr.' Nulla telling of an investi
gation 'mode lost year of the Mexican
wireless situation by an agent of his
company.
"Altho the Mexican government
claims title to all the wireless sta
tions." he said, "the apparatus is
strictly Gerrian and there have been
German o-erators in every one of the
20-odd stations. Moreover, there has
sprung up government electrical
shops with German superintendents
and the whole system has been su
pervised by German radio experts
who were formerly employed at Say
vllle and Tuckerton, and on the Ger
man liners , which were interned in
this country at the beginning of the
war."
SOCIALIST LEADER IN
.BRUSSELS. Dec. 17. The Belgian
government announced that its dele
catioji to the peace comircss will be
composed of Paul Hvmans. minister
for foreign affairs and former min
ister in London: Kmile Yanderveldc.
minister of justice and socialist lead
er, and Baron Von Den lluvel, Bcl
I'iim minister lit the Vatican iind
former minister of justice,
14 YEAR OLD FRENCH
AST
Y
' JERSEY CITY, N. Y., Dec. 17. A
homo for a French war orphan who
came over as a stowaway on tho
transport Leviathan Is being sought
by the Children's society here. He is
Ferdinand Dormier, 14 years oia,
whose father was killed at Chateau
Thlorry and whose mother nnd baby
'hrothor, according to his story, nlso
were killed by the Germans. The
lad followed Amorlcan soldiers who
befriended him.
MOTHER CROWN!
PlCESSiSAYS
I WAR BLUNDER
Grand Duchess Anastasie Hopes
Germany Will Admit Error to
World Many Germans Opposed
Military Policy Russian People
Need Help.
OENKVA. Dee. 17. (Bv the As
socinted Press.) Germany made a
ereat blunder in ontenne the war and
should admit she was wronir, declar
ed the erund duchess Anastasie of
Mecklenhurir-Schwcrin. mother of the
former Gorman crown princess, in an
interview today. The trranil duchess,
who is n Russian and a cousin of
tho late Russian emperor, came to
Geneva at the outbreak of the war
and now is about to eo to the Riveriu
for her health. She had mnnv rela
tives fiL'htine ntrainst one another on
all fronts.
The correspondent wns the first
newspaper man she had talked with
since the beeinnine" of the war. fic-
nlyinir to a nncstion about the former
emperor and the former crown prince.
she said nntheticallv:
"TJiere is a splendid maxim in vonr
lanstinire: 'Don't hit a man when he
is down.' ' Let us observe this nrinci
olc. this snortinc principle, dnrine
our conversation.
Asked' whv she had left Germany
ns soon ns that eonntrv beenn mili-
ktnry operations, the grand duchess re
plied:
Mistake Realized
"I could not remain in a country
which had declared war on my own
country Russia. This war came as
a creat surprise to me and mv son
(Frederick Franz IV. erand duke of
Mncklenburc-fcchwerin. who abdient
ed several weeks aeo.l although we
were in constant tonch with the rovul
families of Germnnv. Russia and Den
mark. It has been said that not more
than 20 persons in Germany under
stood what a cruel- mistake it wns
eoine to be. I was one of them
However, as I never meddled in poli
tics. I wns not able to interfere.
"But I continue! to think that
Germany made a rreat blunder in en
terinff this terrible strucsle. Now she
has lost all. Germany should re
create a political, financial and nrtis
tic nation bv openlv admitting : e
ef ted wrongly and we are sorry. '
The trrnnd duchess said she had no
news from her danshter. the former
crown princess, since September, ex
cept throuch a letter from her eld
est daughter, the oueen of Denmark
savins that both of them were well
She made nn appeal for help for the
country of her birth, sayme:
Must Help Russia ;
"If the allies abandon Russia. Rns
sin. is lost. About 78 per cent of the
Russians have respect for onlv two
things God and the czar. The peas
ants now sav we have no czar, whom
shall we obey?'
"It will take the population 50
years to understand the words re
public and president. The Russian
people want someone to worship be
cause it is their custom, their religion
and their lives. Let the allies take
note and help poor Russia before it is
too late."
MACKENSEN INTERNED
8Y
I
COPENHAGEN. Dec. 17. Field
Marshal von Mackensen, commander
ot the German forces In Rotimania,
has been interned by the Hungarian
government, according to Azest of
Budapest. The Hungarian govern
ment is reported to have Informed
the German leader that his Intern
ment was demanded 'by the allies.
Other dispatches received here
from Hungary say that the Rouman
ians have disarmed and interned the
rear guard of Field Marshal von
Mackensen's forces.
MEN FAVOR ALLIES
PARIS, Dec. 17. (Havns.l
There is an important movement un
der wav in Dutch commercial, politi
cal and financial circles, nccordine
to n dispatch from The Hneue to
tho Matin, mdicatme thnt the for
eign policy of Holland will assume
new direction based on closor rela
tions with tho entente nations.
Tho leader of the Dutch Economical
Lcatruo in a speech at Harlem, do
clnred his party recognised that the
River Scheldt should bo inlernntion
tilizcd, .
ASKS ALLIES
TO RECOGNIZE
7.
Military Head of New Nation Savs
Danaer From Bolshevlkl Is Great
Fears Deserters From German
Army Asks Military Aid From
Allies.
WARSAW, via Vienna. Dec. 17.
(Bv the Associated Press.) Tlio
government of Poland should he rec
ognized bv nil the allied powers in
order to deal properly with tho situa
tion in Poland. General Joseph I il-
usndski, the military head of the
present government, told the eorres- .
pondent todav.
General J'dsudski is opposed bv
none groups on the ground that he
is a socialist, but he .says he is a
democrnt. The correspondent saw
him in the villa of Belvedere Dout-
skirts in the outskirts of Warsaw
where he lives with his staff. He con
ducts the business of the Polish eov-
ernment in a suite of magnificently
furnished rooms occupied until n
month ago bv the Germnn governor
general. Von Beseler.
Transition Stage
"The government now is in a period
of transition." he said. "A perma
nent government will be established
after the January election to the diet.
"I am neither a socialist nor a Bol-
sheviki. but a democrat. I think the
Bolshev:.ki danger is imminent in Po-
Innd unless we are able to put up a
fence against the Russian influence.
Let me first say how hnppv I
am that there is a united Poland. Our .
independence is due entirely to the
allies, otherwise it would always have
been friction. Now we mnv Tealize
cherished ideals. Our present task is
to keep peace nnd order while await-.
ing the elections.
Need an Army
"We need an army." he continued.
"to avoid the danger of civil war anil
to guarantee the frontiers against
Dnlc-liDt.-)l. nnnnl.' tlta infillmlinn-nC
German troops, particularly those
from the army of General Hoffman.
tu :..iA mnnnnA
unless we can get help from the allies
in t.'-ie form of arms. ;
"11 the army of General noffmnn
breaks up. there is danger that the
200.000 men in it will drift over our
frontiers, robbing and causing disor
ders. The Germans are inciting an
tagonistic elements in Lithuania and
are creatine- trouble in Posen (Ger
mnn Poland.) Their troops of occu
pation in Poland are taking nn of
fensive attitude toward the population
with the result that I have been com-; -
pelled to send troops to 'various''
places. '.' " :
It is necessary that our governs
ment do recognizea dv ine nines. ,
present there are certain difficulties.'
The Polish committee in Paris repre
sents parties not in accord with the
others here, but this Internal matter
is being arranged. Personally, I de
sire a compromise.
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WOMAN GRABS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. Hail
ed by Mrs. L. J. Baldwin, Portland,
Ore., policewoman, as he was about
to step Into his new limousine, Ar
thur C. Davis, said to be -wanted in
Portland for the embezzlement of
$18,500 from the East Side bonk, in
which he was a bookkeeper, was
placed under arrest here today.
When searched he had twenty $50.
nnA (inn v. A AnA linn T l.n-, Dnl-ll
and $1500 In coin and other secur
ities on his person, according to the
police.
According to the police, Davis Is
21 Years old, and has a wife and two
children in Portland. A reward, of
$500 had been offered for Ills cap
ture. Mrs. Baldwin had been here for a
month, having drawn a leave of ab
sence from the Portland police de
partment to do war work here. Shd
recognized Davis from a description
which had been supplied her.
Celtic Arrives. 2.277 Aboard".
NEW YORK. Dec. 17 The trans
port Celtic, a White Star liner, with
2,277 troops, arrived in the. harbor
late todnv.
Marshall Presides Attain.
WASHINGTON. Den. 17. Vico
Prcsidtnt Marshall presided over tho
rcguliii' Tuesday cabinet meeting1
osaiu today.
POLISH
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