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Newspaper Page Text.lumin Historic"! Sue -PiiV.lc Auditorium Medford Mail f rorty-tifhtn Tr. Dally TulrUcnlli Teal. MEDFOED, OUECIOX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918 230 Mim CAB1NE RIBUNE T QUITS; PLAN REPUBLIC EBERT RESIGNS PLAN TO FORM Disturbances on Tuesday Lead to Re tirement of Provisional Cabinet- Representatives of All German States Called to Meet December 29th Riots Thruout Empire. ' VAlUH, Dec. .11), Tho German irov. Turnout headed liv r'riodrioh Ehtirt linn resigned iii a result of events of Tuesday, according to n dispatch re ceived at Zurich from Stuttgart, suv tho Journal's correspondent llicro. Friodrioli Kbcrt, who wuh mimed ns ' uiiuwtur of lliu interior in tho cabinet ( I'rini'o Maximilian or linden. No vmber II. und became imperial chan cellor on November H. took command of tlio Hiliintiiin in Berlin following tho revolutionary uprising there. On November 1:1 it was announced Hint he had become premier and luid idiOK w his cabinet, miming IIiil'o llunso. l'hipill Si'lioi'lniiiMii. Wilhclm Dittiiiuii. 1 lorr Luiulshiirg mid fiichurd Itartli nn thu hccrclnrios in charge ot tint lie liiirliiu'iilH created liv lliu revolution urv uuveriiiueiit. ClH'EMIAllLN. Wciliiosduv. Dec. 1H, Thu ( 1 frm ii it government lint de viili'd to convoke a con forciioo of rrp rcsoutittiveii of nil tliv stale of the former empire on December '.ill. to elect n president of tlm Uerinan rc public, according to u I tori in report. This step in miid to have keen taken in order to avoid fresh outbreaks, ' LONDON. Dee. 18.-The KMlmniiin provisional government, controlling the territory covered bv tho former Russian llnltiu province of K.Ktlionm, Iiiih placed tho republic "under the common iiroleelioii of thu pnlente IHiwcra iicihIhilt tho decision of the peace conference." Tho Ksllinuiiin premier minoiiiicrd thin action in 11 telegram which reach ed London tonight in which ho called attention to tho difficulty the Ksth oniim troops were V-xporionoing in withstanding the llnlsheviki, who are attacking tho territory of thu repub lic from the pant, AMSTERDAM. Due. 11). Three or lliu principnl directors of the Krupp munition workH nt Essen, - including Dr. Ilrnnsonhersor, inventor of the "Hit? llfrlhiis," have been nrrcstcd bv the rovolntinnnrv eonimittuo in Hint city, according to advices, received . here. ' 7,1'HJCII. Dee. 10.Norioun disor ders have broken out lit Dnn.ig. West Prussia, neourding to dispatches ro ecived here. Civil and military pris on liiive been opened mid the inmiites Ret nt liberty, it is said, nnd street fighting is reported. ODESSA. Sunday. Dee. 10. (liv tho Associated Press.) Troops un der cominund of tho nuti-Ueruinn l.'k rnlninn louder, l'otliiru, today lira oc cupying Odessa, ' PRISON DEC. 5TH '1 COPENHAGEN. Wednesday. r0o. 18. (Hy tlui Asoniatod 1'ross.l Tho killnnr of Lieutenant Cohoonov, nn American airman, in tho Gorman pris on enmp nt Strnlsund, Deeombor 5. Is : reported l)V. three British officer.') who hnvo arrived hero. Tho Ameri can liouloiiiir.t, tho ofioors snv. went out'siilo tho barbed wire for n ino meiit nnd tho Gorman guards fired throe timoH it t him. Lieutenant to heonv wiih killod bv ft bullet through tho ehest. A British of tiecr was so riouslv wounded bv the shots. Tho guards refused to allow Co- hecny s oomriulos to roinnvo lug body M'ADOO SAYS FREIGHT RATES WILL BE REDUCED . 1 1 . WASHINGTON, . Doe. 10. Direc tor General McAdoo said today Hint willi. nn assurance of fivo veil in of covernment control of tho railroads. CNistinir frniitht nnd pnsseueer rales could bo materinllv rediieod within the noi:l euluuftnr your without any re duction or the eating VAUrtfttd cr1o, HUN REPUBLIC MARSHAL JOFFRE AMERICA FOR "IBit FOUR-HOUR DAY $63,300,000Sff M1LNER TELLS NOW IMMORTAL' AMERICANS IS SL AIM OFL W.W. PLANT DELIVERS WHY RUSSIA SON OF FRANCE SENATOR'SIDEA .... PROPAGANDISTS ONE U. S. SHIP WAS INVADED Victor of Marne Made Member of French Academy Function At tended bv President Heartfelt Tribute Paid to America and Wll ' son bv Idol of French People. VAIIIS, Doc. 10. Manilla! Joffro now Is forntully numborod uinoiiK Krn'in:o' forty Immortals. Tho vie tor of tho Mania wan niuilo a member ot tho French Academy tills utter- noon. Promptly upon tho mrulio of ono Mornhul Juttre arrived al tho Umtl tuto, cromilng tbo Soluo ovor tho l'ont ue Arts, accoiiiiianlod ny mi upon' or, CSakrlal lliiuotaiix, and bin aldo do on inn, Commiindiiiil Jouart. With the knowlodKO thul I'ronldont Wllnon wus to attend tho function, Krciil crowdH Intel Kiitliercd all aloiiK tbo route followed by tho marabnl crowds whobo chuom wore divided between tlui KretU soldier, tho Amor Ivan president und I'rosldeul l'oln caro of Krnnca. Tho Kronch presi dent uttuudud merely an a private cllltun and follow academician, Hefux'N to Drnm I p Mamlml Joffro wore tbo untlrean uniform of a marshal ot France, huv liiK domtirrcd at wcurliiK tho elabor ato coHtiimo ot an uouilemlclun. "It Is a a marshal of Franco thai I outer tbo iiciiilemy," aald tho noted soldier. "And It Is dressed as such that I shall present myself there." The iimrsliur well net framo 'bulk, od lioslilo Hint of most of his brother members of tho academy, llo deliv ered bis InauKurul speech In a deep, resonant voire which completely fill- oil tho chnmlior whero tho ccroniony took place. After rovlcwltiK tho part pluyoil In (bo war by Franco. llelKlum.nnd tbo other allies. Marshal Joffro said: . "It was In tbo conviction that they woro flKhtlne for rlxht that tho allied nations found tho streiiKth to sncrl- flco and tbo certainty ot ultlmnto vic tory. Tbo power of these noblo sen timents havo been evoked, In terms which are over proseut In our mem ory, by tho R-ronl President Wilson, while tboy inspired hi m to most gra cilis action." Happiest In Ameiirn Alluding to his visit to tho Unltod Slates In 1917, Marshal Joffro said: "While In tbo midst of crowds 1 was living hours which I number among tho sweetest of my lift. I had divined tho need for sacrifices on their part awukenod In the soul of those generous ponplo by tbo heroism of our soldiers nnd tho Justice of our etiuso, In order Hint Franca mlKht live In prosperity, (lint Belgium might ro-ostiibllsh herself, that liberty might reign and that right might 'be rolnstiitad, America nroso and resolv ed to throw Into tho fight her lust man nnd bor last dollar." II KILLING 15 CHS I'AHIS. Dee. If). (Huvas.) A German minu which lind been planted in u briduo nt Guiso has exploded, kill- inir 1.') persons nnd iniurinst 2.i, no eordinif to n Guiso disputed to the Miilin. Hie disinlc.h savs the explo sion occni'i'eil more lluin n month nf tor the nriiiistioo bemiii. LAUEDO, Tex., Doc. 19. Oonoral Isnnclo Morolos X.urugor.n, fornior general In the fodornl nrmy and ro contly chiof ot the Kollx Dlnz rovolu tton, was captured at the bond of his forces near Amnrlllo and was takon to Monterey, according to a dispatch rocolvod today by General Reynnldo Clarzn, commander nt Nuevo Laredo, Hetman of Ukraine Quits. ODESSA, Doe. 10. (Bv tbo Asso ciated l'ross.l Ukrainian separatist troops of tho' I'etrnrn forces entered Kiev, tho eivpital of Ukrnino on Snt urdav. Tho lietmun of tho Ukraine abdicitled yoslerdny, Senator Knox Disclaims Condcmnfna League of Nations In Advance but No One Knows What It Means Discusses Peace Terms Would Have Germany Cancel Own Debts. WASHINGTON. Dee. W.Con- certiiiiir tbo I.eiiL'iic of Nations. Sena tor Knox disclaims eondciniiimt tho leuituo plan in udvunee and snvs the object of his resolution vesterduv was to postpono the (iticstion for scpuratc consideration. "If a I.ciil'iio of Nations may not be a irood thiiiir. eertuinlv the n'.'itat ed duvs followimr u irrcnt war should not be seized upon to saddlo the country with a policy it ban not ex uiniued nnd which is not u nceessnrv nart of the mnkiiii; of peace." Bays the senator. ' "I for one, it tit entirely itinerant of what the president moans by n I.eauue of Nations. The American people do not know." "A Iciik'iio based upon populations would give less advanced nations power to impose their ideuls on mure advanced nations. i Americans and Americanism "I think the Aincrietiu people be lieve in Americanism. 1 do not lor one moment believe they would be willing to see this country ordered about bv a hetcroeencous. world league of nil nations.'' 'Itepiiralion 'is li mutter .of arith metic, of law nnd of eomituhlo ins tiro," Senator Knox declared, in eon sidcrimr pence terms. "In other as pects it ulso extends into the con ception of practical icuariintees fur the future. It is not improper tovon sider whether tho imposition of ex cessively onerous money payments miuht not have the effect of cither a desperation favorable to anarchy or else u ueeessitv to ullow Ucnniinv ureal furoimi trade facilities (if in deed she ean find customers for her unods) in order that she miuht pro duce the wealth reuiiired fur vast in demnities. (.'uncut Inleiiml Debt "The latter alternative uiiuht in thu Ioiil' run have the result of fore inu economic iiuuraudizemeiit upon n people, who. we have seen, cannot now be sat civ entrusted with trait power in thu world. It occurs to mo that to demand the cancellation of the Gorman internal bonded ivnr debt nnd thu allocation of thai sum to the funds for the indemnities of restora tion, etc.. initthl possibly bo consid ered. "As to uuuriiuteos, tbo condition of relative impotence to which Ger- innnv has been reduced bv the terms of the armistice, is, of course, the first of our real uuarantecs. The maintenance of that condition dur inir a Urns period is the first of real I'linrantccs iianiiist tho reerudseciicc of nnv similar German menace. Not Hot urn Colonies "As pin t of this iruiiruntee it seem ed entirely clear that her colouies should not lie returned to Germany, hut should either be divided nmonir I bo chief belliiicrents or elsu lointlv held bv thorn willi their respective au thority somewhat proportioned to their respective local interests und to their position as factors in victory "The settini: up of now free states ns u cordon to cut off tho future of the 'Mitlol Europu' nnd near eastern drenm of foundim! Teutonic world dc minion is, iis thi.s, respect, another practical measure in Ilia Proad eon oeption of real uuurniitccd for the fu ture." iS STILL AT WASHINGTON1, Doc. 19 Gorman propaganda still is at work in th United Stales,- the Btate department was Informed today in a dispatch from Tho Hague,. A Professor Brlnok inanu. who directed propaganda in this country from The Hague during the war, was sntd to be In charge of tho present operations. Officials here assumed that the In formation was sent from The Hague to explain the spreading of reports that tho United Stntos and tho allies are not In agrcomont ovor certain Is sues to ho dealt with al the ponce conference, O.MG, Alaska,' Dec. 19. Alaska. Eskimos, wbo are not 4 4r gouorally known as "Joiners" of the Klk, Ksgles, Moose, Owls and other fraternal organlza- Hons of the white men, are forming an order of their own to be known as the Benevolent 4 and Protective Order of Keln- deer, according to The Kskimo, v a government school publication Issued here. - 4 Helndecr heritors and owners aro directing tho formation of 4 the organization and are limit- lug charter memberships to Kb- kimos in tho reindeer business. Later they may admit hunters and trappers. A ritual, grips, and secret work is being planned. FIRST ME SENT TOliPARIS WAWSIIINGTON. Dee. 10.--Thc first resolution of congress rcouirini; the president's signature adopted since -I'residcnt, Wilson sailed has reached him ili-Iiiris. . Secretary Tumulty was notified bv rablc toduv of the arrival of a state department- courier who had in his possession the joint congressional resolution authorizim; the usual Christinas time advance payment of December salaries to covernment em- ploves. This procedure is to be followed in the ease of nil nets of con-ircss while the president is abroad. The president bus tun days in which V siun or veto legislative documents, und unless he does one or the other the legislation becomes effective without his signa ture. TO PEACE MEET PARIS, Dec. 19. It seems pro- bablo that German representor lives will not - figuro in - . tho peace preliminaries; and until theso are disposed of it cannot bo decided whother the neutrals will bo Invited to discuss the subject of a lengue of Nations. The consensus ot the best informed observers here seems to be that they ultimately will be so Invit ed. It Is evident that Americans muy expect that the announcements on tho progress of the conferences will be ot a .very llmttod nature - until nftor tho Now Year, the intervening time bolng taken up by exchanges which aro nocessnrtly confidential REPORTS BOLSHEIKi LONDON, Dec. 19. .(British wlre- losS service). Uoports that the Rus sian llolsbovists have rulsod an army of 3.000,000 nion aro discredited by- special correspondence to the Daily Chronicle. It Is said that the most reliable information puts the mini her of Bolshevist troops at about 180,000 scattered over most of the former Russian empire. - , IK BY GERMANS PARIS. Dee. 19. (Haviis.V Bisli op Mnglinns of Heme nils' rccoivod from (.'nnliiiiil 'Hartitiriiin.'areltbishop of Cologne, '20 Cases oonlniiiina re Unions ornaments which were taken from the diocese ol" Itbeims bv Ger man soldiers. Tboy will bo sent to i'rance. ... ORE Trial of Members at Sacramento Brings Out Details of Campaian Carried On bv Bolshevik! Cult of America Anti-War Tactics Prais ed in I. W. W. Papers. SACRAMENTO. Culif.. Dec. in. "The deadly peril." settini; forth op position to the 1. W. YV. to the wur. "made a hit" ut u meeiine in San Jose. Calif.. June 3. 11117. uccordin to a letter aliened to iinvfi been writ ten bv I'eter McEvov to W. D. Hay wood, which was rend here today at the trial of 40 persons chained with plots to disrupt war work. "Bulls'' nnd "Dicks ' lulled to pre ent the holdinir of the meetincr. the etter said. JlcKvov. formerly I. W. W. secretary ut San Jose, und Hay wood, former general seretarv-treas-urer, were convicted ut the Chicago I. W. W. trial. Both are named as o-coiispirutors with the Sucrumento defendants. "L'uiformcd scab herders." nnd yellow legged Dicks'' raided the I. V. W. hall in Kansas City. JIo.. nc cordiuir to notes from the I. W. W. paper. Solidarity, in June. 1917. An other note from Hoekford. Ills., said 138 men were imprisoned there June G. 1918. for participating in an anti war parade. . - After 4 Hour Day . t-; "We want moretihie so we can. so after a four-hour day and get it." said an excerpt from "Solidarity", under the caption. "Arizona Mine Workers." A Solidarity editorial stating the I. W. W. -is unalterably opposed to war"; was read. This added: "Wo consider the far fetched talk about freedom and ' democracy so much bunk."' and credited the war to the blood bloated money lenders of Wall street. Headlines nnd excerpts from The Industrial Worker, nn I. W. W. paper printed al Seattle. Wash., issues of July nnd August, 117. referring to u strike alleged to have been called bv Lumber Workers' Industrial Uuion i()U of Spokniie. Wash., were read. The headlines included: "71 Camps Hosed Down." "Oregon Joins Big Lumber Strike." "Aberdeen Shipyard Out Solid." and "Kntire Lumber In dustrv West of Mississippi Closed Down." 'The miners' strike will curtail pro duction of copper 1.000.000 pounds n day." said n (mutation from an nlleg- d Bisbee. Ariz., messnge printed m "Solidarity" and read todav. , PORTLAND FLU IS E PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 19. Only seventy Influenza cas.es were reported to thee city health bureau today, considerable reduction under the av erage for the past. week. The city health officers say the epidemic 'is now rapidly on the wane. . Tho city's emergency hospital went out of existence at - o'clock this af ternoon. Several patients were dis charged as cured yesterday and to day, and the rest were transferred to another hospital. GILLETT ISICANDIDATE - FOR SPEAKERSHIP WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Repre sentative Gillett of Massachusetts, republican leader of the house dur Ing the tllness ot Representative Mann of Illinois, today announced his candidacy for the speakership In the next congress, in opposition to Representative Mnnn. Former Speak. er Cannon of Illinois today declared his Bupport for Mr. Jlaijn. - Senate Rills Zone System. ' WASHINGTON. Dee. 1!). The sen ulo lute todiiv adopted :!4 to '23 tho committee amendment to the war rev Mine bill providing for repeal of the present r.une system of second elns: postuso vutcs and substitution of a rate of ono cent a pound within .lot) miles and one and one-hull' ceuts ft pound beyond, . . , Charles Piez , Manaaer Emeraencv Fleet Corporation Reports Upon Hoa Island Scandal Orhiinal Cost Estimated $21,000,00060 Days Before Yard Is Completed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 The cost of the great shipbuilding plant at Hog Island was estimated today at $63,300,000 by Charles Plez, gen eral manager of the shipping board's Emergency Fleet corporation. He said that the yard, which has deliv ered one ship and Has fifty keels laid, should be completed in 60 days. The original estimate of cost for the plant on a smaller scale was $21, 000,000 and this was Increased later to $27,000,000. Upon a survey to be made about January 1 to determine whether the American International corporation is reducing operating ex penses, Mr. Plez said, will determine whether the government shall take over the shipyard. . ' Lodge Asks Question WASHINGTON', Dec. 19. A reso lution asking the state department to Inform the senate whether the Amer ican peace commissioners are advo cating destruction ot German war ships or other enemy property and if so by what authority, was Introduced today' by Minority' Loader Lodge and without discussion, was 'left on the table. . . .. .... . . . Reports from Paris that the Amer ican delegation would favor sinking the German ships led Senator Lodge to Introduce the resolution.. Secretary Daniels said today that he had never heard officially of such a proposal. TO Li LONDON, Wednesday. Dec. IS. News that President Wilson consid ers coming to London next week was received by the British government thru an official channel today. It necessitated a hurried reconsidera tion of plans by Premier Lloyd- George who had intended to meet the president for a brief conference in Paris and then proceed to Monte Carlo for a few days' rest. The president will be welcomed whenever he arrives, 'but the date now proposed December zb nas handicaps as far as the public and the officials are concerned. No arrangements for the visit of the president had been made up to today hecause the government wish ed to consult with John W. Davis, the new American ambassador. KILLS 10 PROTECT WIFE PORTLAND. Ore., Doc. 19. N. Carlson, a laborer, shot and killed Gus Johnson, a fellow workman here today, in the garage which Johnson rented from Carlson. The murderer then sent for the police, explaining to them how the crime was commit ted.-and surrendered. Carlson de clared that his wife had been assault ed by Johnson a week ago and that he feared Johnson intended to . kill him. . ' KILL EXTENSION OF WASHINGTON; Dec. 19 The sen ate sitting in : iv committee ot the whole todnv Uatatlvely rejected without . recutd vote the McKollar amenrin-oht to the war revenue bill providing for an extension of the zone system of second-class mall rates with a maximum charge of six cents a pound where the mailer is sont 1809 miles or more, , British Secretary of War Declares Any Other Course Would Have Been Abominable Crime Bolshe viki German Allies Intervention Was Bio Cause of Allied Victory. LONDON. Dec. 19. In reply to a letter received from a correspondent, . Viscount Milncr. the secretary of wur. gives the reasons why British troops . were sent to Rusisa. The cabinet ' member goes over the situation creat ed by the success of the Bnlsheviki In guining control of Rusisnn affuirs and points out how their acts were adversely affeetini; the cause of the allies in the west and otherwise ham pering the winning of the war bv the -,. allied nations. . . "You ask me." says Viscount Mil ner in his letter, "what right we ever bad to send British troops to Russia to meddle with the internal affairs of that country nnd how long we mean ; to keep them there now that the war is over. Bolsheviki Aid Germany "The riuestion itself shows that von misapprehend the facts of the case . us well as the motives of the' govern ment. The reason why the allied, not merely British forces indeed the British are only a small proportion of the total allied troops were sent to . Russia, is that the Bolsheviki, -whatever their ultimate object, ;.were in fact assisting our enemies in every possible way. It was owing tp their action that hundreds of thousands of , German troops were let ioose to hurl themselves against our men on the western front. It was owing to their betrayal that Rumania with all its rich resources in grain and oil.' fell into the hands of the Germans. -: - Handed Over Heet' '' "It was thev who handed over the Black sea fleet to the Germans, and who treacherously attacked . the Czeeho-Slovaks when the latter on'V desired to get out of Rusisa in order to fight for the freedom of their own country in Europe., The allies, every one of them, were most anxious to avoid interference in. Russia, but it ,. was an obligation of honor to save the Czeeho-Slovaks nnd it .was. mili tary necessity of the most urgent kind to prevent those vast portions of Rus sia which were struggling to oscnpo , tho tyranny of the Bolsheviki, from being overrun bv them and so .throw ipen ns u source of supply .to the enemy. - . . . . -. "I say nothing of the enormous quantities of military stores, tho property of the allies which wero' still lying nt Archangel and Vladivostok ,. and which were in course of being ap propriated bv the Bolsheviki and transferred to the Germans until tun allied ocupation put nn end to tho process. i Intervention Successful "And this intervention was success ful. Rioting was stoped. The Czecho slovaks were saved from destruction. The resources of Siberia nnd south eastern Russia, were denied to tho enemy. Then tho ports .of Europeun Russia were prevented from becoming bases for Germun submarines from which our North sea barrace could buve been turned. . . ' . v- "These were important achieve- : (Continued on Page Four.) PERU CONSUL ISIS S.F. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. With a bullet wound thru the head the body of Dr. Louis Alvarez Calderon, consul of Peru in San Francisco, was found in his apartment today. A pistol was found close by the body. Police detectives working on the theory that Dr. Calderon had com mitted suicide searched the apart ments Iii vain for a clue to a possible motive. He had been indisposed for the last few days but this did not prevent him from attending to his consular duties, the police said. Dr. Caledron's parents terminated a six months' stay In this city last Monday, leaving on that day for f.eru. ..,:' ,' ,