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Newspaper Page TextCr"nn Historical Soo X Public Auditorium V..'-. "WEAT11 Eft-Maximum Ycrilenliiy, 30; Minimum Today, 12. - FORECAST Tomorrows Fuir; Continued CoM. Medford Milt Tribune hih Tw. MJODFOIID, OJiEGON, TUESDAY, DKCEMBER, .31, 1918 irlMBUI IMI, NO. 230 '! II. RESIDENCES OF L r. , . 1 .1 .- . v,i I -.';: : . ' Much Property Destroyed but No 1 Llvei Lost Revenae for Enforclno Uw Aaallnst 8edltlon Believed to Be Motive Supreme Court Judqe. Police Superintendent Are Victims. PHILADELPHIA. Doc. 31 Slirnp nel shall loaded with nitroglycerin or T. N. T. wore exploded lute lout night at th borne of three mon prominent In public llfo. There wan coiuddorabl destruction ot property litn'no one. was JOIled. .! .... . ilRovetiKa imnliut too Judicial and 'polio Authorities tor enforolnu; the law- fe.ifoltiat, sedition and tlio display of th NKl tlBi? of aqarchy In this city poll ctjlolala ,nld, furnlshod the The homo attacked were those of Justice Robert Von Moschtlskor of the. Pennsylvania uproino court; Krnent T. TrlKK. president of Iho Phlladolphla rliainhar ot couimurco, and Win. II. Mills, acting luporliiten Jmit of police. KlKht house adjoin ing theao residence wore dnmoKod. The threo homea are In widely p arated aecllona of tho city. Tho authorities believe tho TrlKK bomb waa Intended for tho homo of .Munic ipal Court Judgo Gorman, who re Idea next door. Pollco Work on Cnoo Tho ontlro pollco forco of tho city la working on Iho caso. All federal agnncle aro cooperating One theory la that ono party of men, using an anlornolillo had cununlttod all threo outrage. ' At tho scene of the exploalona the pollco picked up clrculara which con tained the tlnfl of the bomb throw er.' The headlnn road : "To the ex ploiter, tho Judges, policemen, the . prtcata, the soldier. " This-was -followed by 200 worda of a hnrrangue on the right of tho poople, , Justice Von Mosrhxlnkor today ex preaaed tho belief that his homo waa attacked (Imply because ho la tho highest court officer la Philadelphia, Arret la Mmlo ' Announcement ot nn arrest won inniltt this afternoon bv Superintend ent Mill, who declined to nuikc known hia name or lull where lie was a r rest ed. ' . "Th's dim n in probably responsible for tin' explosions," said Mills. "Ilu Iihh been connected uelivelv with Bol shevism nnd Iho. I. W. W. Wo will not lei nnv Inwvor ace tlio prisoner mid wo will not permit Iiih relatives to ap proach liim." : A fourth bomb, a "dud'' which fail ed, to vxplodc, is Niiid to hnvo been found bv n policcmun. one of several btouph dispatched to tho homo of promnunt ciluona uftnr tho explo sions to search for bombs. , Tlio intended victim'. oC tho bomli wbicli did not explode1 Superintend cnt Mills said, in widely known. Dim report was Unit' the houso where it wqh found in oei'iipiod either bv a hiah nruiv or nnvv official. 5 . ! ', Duo to llolnliovlkl Superintendent MillH said todav: ""There is no doubt these outrages aro due to a combination of Bolshe vism und I, V. W. because of tho ac tivity Nhown bv the polico and ttjo courtH cnforeinif tlio Inws against se dition during the war. "Mv lifo Ihik boon threatened half a dozen times raeontlv bv unidentified porsouH who hnvo called mo on tlio tel ephone or sent mo nnonvinnus letters after I hud prevented tho holding of meetings which Pconmdcrcd would bo NcditiOllH Assemblages," Local annv ordnanco officers sav there is no basis for n rumor Hint tlio .hoinhfl uhccI wcro stolen from ordn anco plnnts in this vicinitv. : leninTcrusIs peasant revolt PARIS, Doe. .11. Tho nttitudo of tlio pousnntH in tho region of Moscow is alarming tho Lenino uovonimont according to tlio Potrogrnd corres pondent oC the Journal.. Kmlv in Do ccmbor, ho roportH, tlio poasnnts no tivolv rovollotl, nnd it wna n week bo foro tliov wcro subdued. Tho Bnlahoviki Hod Ounrrl hrokc down oppoHition with utmost sovcr ity. The ponHiintB woro poorlv nrni cd nnd forced lo surrender in Inrtie riuniborH," Numerous .villncos wore nitod bv iirlillcrv and lnrico liiimbcrs of peasants were nuissacrcil. The iSciiHiuils, however, niainliiin llH'ir'utlHiKlu op'opiiosillon, .. EXPLODE T ADEPHIANS BERGER TAKES DENES HE'S PRO-HUN Conqresiman-Elect On Trial (or Se dition Savj No Socialist Could Be Pro-German or Pro-Kaiser Op posed to Revolution, In Favor of Peaceful Evolution, C1IICAOO, Dec. 31. Victor h. Horuer- conKrossman-olect from Mil waukee, took tho wltnosa stand In his own dofonno at tho opening of to day' session of the trial of hlmsolf and four other socialist lenders on chargea of conspiracy to violate tho antl-aodltlon law. All tho other de fendant hnvo preceded him. llerxor told tho story of socialism In America and of his own anti-war activities as a lo adar ot tho socialist purly. Narvou at first, tho witness soon regained his composure lie spoke with strong Oorman accent which waa explained by his opening tostlmony to Iho effect that ho was born In Austria and waa 20 yours of age when he caino with hia parents to tho United mates. OriUnlM-d tho IV -iy Ho went to Mllwnukoa 40 years ago and for nluo years waa a public school toucher. Uitor he bocamo a writer for "Vorwaorts," a Oorman languugo socialist papor. lie auld his conversion to soctullsm took place In 1 HK 1. Ho trncod the development of tho socialist movement from 1880 to 1SV7. In the latter year ho and others, ho said, organized tho proaont socialist party. In 1910 Iho socialists carried Milwaukee and Ilcrger was elected to congress, being thus the first socialist to attain ihls success. Whlla a congressman ha filed Im peachment proceedings against Fed oral Judge llanford, who later ro slgned. This statement was brought out by a (iiiostlun from Judgo 1-npdts, who requested that "If you havo done anything about any crookod Judgo, lot us hoar about It." HoclnllkU Averted War Tho Milwaukee Leader, ot which ho Is publisher, Ilcrger said, was founded In 1SU1, and most of the securities aro owned by working mon. Ho sketchod tlio International social ist mm'omont nnd Insisted that on several occasions threats of tho so cialists to call a general strike had avorted war. He rclntod tho unsuc cessful offorts of International so cialists to avert tho war Just closed., Ho said ha was no pro-German. "No socialist could bo pro-Ucrman or pro-kalsar" said the witness. Opposed to Involution Horner's opinion of tho war nows of 1914-15, ha said, was expressed In his Instructions to his sub-editors who woro told to "lead with tho ller lln )les and follow with tho Kronen and Kngllsh llos. Ho said his orders, howovor, wero to print all tho war nows nil tho time, Uargor said ho worked to havo tho socialist move ment dovelop along peaceful, ration al, legal lines. Socialism, ho said. Is tho samo tho world over, tho only factional differences being lis to mothnds of procedure. "I havo novor," he said, been ono ot tboso radicals who bellovud that tho world could bo turned upside down ovornlght. I believed In evolu tion rather than revolution. Human society Is an organism which musk bo gradually altered as It grows." I'robls Ant I-War Dorgor said that tho prohibition party platform was ossontlnlly as strong against war us tho socialist platform. Sections ot the prohibition platform woro road In court. Tho witness said ho had obsorvod that tho fowor socialists thoro woro In a community tho more radical they woro. In Mllwnukeo, ho said, with 30,000 socialists, thoro was a much moro conservative view boeauso thoro was opportunity for frequent opon mootingH and discussions. Merger said that ho did not approve of tho Young I'ooplo's Socialist leaguo. Ho also sulci ho novor know of any codo lottors nor of nn underground route to Mexico for Blnclcqra. Of Prof. Carl Hnosslor, who Is serving n 12 year prison term becnuso ho refused (Continued on Fage Six.) IS WASUINWON, Dec it!. A list ot prisonors released from prison enmps in Gormnnv was announced todnv bv tho war department. Christian A. Korenson, Hiir Snndv. Stout., is reported lo have arrived nt l.eilh, Scotland. Horace Shidler, Klumalli Fulls, Ore., is reported lo have arrived in j'Vnnco, ; ..,,.. ' MAY THE 1919 WEAPON PROVE- AS WORTHY AS THE 1918 SWORD iff " " i HEWV6AR- 4jtY Jr T) J evEn-Y body 0 ARMY ADVANCING ON V UKRAN A French Force With Volunteers Now Cuttlno Wav Through Bessarabia From Rumania Situation In Arch anncl Reported Favorable to Amer ican and Allied Troops. COXSTANTIXOIM.K. Occ. 31. (Uv the AssDciated I'ress.) A volun teer annv nnd n French force arc nd vancinir from Kumiiuiii tbroiiuh lle.s sarabin toward Kiev, the 1'kruinian capital, nccordintr to u report from Odessa received here. Theudvuneinir forces, tho report savs, aim at trainiiiir control of the railroad between Kiev and Odessa from tlie republican separatist forces in the 1'kraine. A French force under Clcncrnl I!er tbclot has been in ltumania for nioiv than n inoiilh and aided the Hni;ar, iuns in forcins the Cleriniins to re tire from tlie count rv. WASHINGTON', lice. IM.-Fnvor-nble reports on the situation in the Arehiinnel recinn ot Hussin. where somo unofficial accounts havo pic tured the North Russian, allied and American forces as racinsr destruc tion at the hands of llolsheviki in ovorwhelniiii!; niimliers, hnvo been iriv en to the state department bv 0. A. .Martius.ine, representative hero of tho Arcluuittel government.. It. was officially stated todav that Mr. Martiuszino hnd conferred with Aetins Secrctiirv l'olk and that his in formation showed tho situation well in hand from I he viewpoint of tho al lies, . Accordine to these reports, tho llol sheviki soldiers arc officered bv Her mans and consequently nrb tibia to make irood nso of their urlillerv nnd rapid tiro linns, hut thev havo no stomach for fihtine- thai does not keep them at n distance from their opponents. Weekly Food Price Optional. WASHINGTON. Jlcc. 111. Contin uation of the food administration's weeklv fair price list Ihroutrhoul tho counlrv litis been left optional to stale food administrations, it was said nt bv lood mlminislriition tt'dliYi DR. IVlARiE EQUI IS GIVEN THREEiYEARS AI 1 f . i. rOHTI.ANH. Ore. Dec. 31." Dr. Marie Kqui. recently convict- cd hero of violation of the cs- pionasc net. was sentenced to- duv to three years' imprisonment at McNeill's Island federal petit- tcntiarv and to puv u fine of Fcdlowinsr the court pro- cccdinus todav, Dr. Knui and u woman coinpnnion were sent s)i-awlinir on the lloor of tho courthouse corridor bv William U. Hrvon. representative of tho department of justice, who dc- ('hired the women had blocked his way and insulted him when he went to protect Federal At- toincy llanev from possible nt- lacks. The defendant is said to' have mndo threats prcviouslv aixuinst noverninent reprcsenla- lives. ITALIAN CRISIS PEACE MEETING PARIS. Dee. 31. (Uavas.y--The resiiiiiation of three Italian ministers tunv delav openiinr of the pruliininurv peace conference until January l.". aeeordinir to the Echo de l'uris..- In addition to l.eonidn ltissohiri, minister of military nid and war pensions, Siir nor Harcnini, minister of education, and Sicnor llnri, min ster of public works, are said to have left the Or lando, cabinet.- - PARIS. Dec. 31. Plans for depar ture of President Wilson for Rome on Wednesday nictht will not bo affected bv the Italian cabinet crisis which is said to be purely political. NO ISSUE MAIL TRIBUNE f- ON NEW YEAR'S DAY In accordance "with its usual custom ' the Mn'il Tribitna will issue no paper New Year's Dav, Wednesday, January 1st. A JOINS BOLSHEV K AS D REPUBLIC German Province Joins With Sparta cus Group Miners With Loaded Rifles Compel Owners to Sign All Sorts of Documents Spartlcans Break With Independent Socialists. , COPENHAGEN, Dec. 31. Tho congress ot the Spartacus group, In session In Berlin, has adopted a reso lution declaring "no honorable prole tariat must havo anything to do with the Independent socialists.". It was resolved also that a new party should be formed under tho title "The Com munistfc Labor Party of the German Spartacus Bund." ; The congress was addressed by M. Radek, head of the Bolshevik mis sion in Berlin. LONDON". Dec. 31. Bolshevism broke out in German Silesia on Sat urday, according to a Berlin dispatch to ' the Express. Miners on strike. under menace of loaded rifles, have compelled their employers to sign "all sorts of documents." the dispatch says, v Thoro has been murdorlng and pil laging. Silesia has been declared a Bolshevist republic. , Itcfiise Polish ltcqucst LONDON, Dec. 31. Germany has refused to accede to the demand of the Poles that Polish troops bo per mitted to use railroads from the Pol ish border to Vilnn, aocording to Warsaw advices to the Mail. Tho Berlin government based its refusal on the ground that permission from tho entente nations was necessary. The Germans have demanded) that German troops returning from Rus sia be allowed to use Polish railways. Tho Poles hnvo' consented with the stipulation that the German troops be disarmed. Trouble In Poscn y COPENHAGEN, Dec. 31. Herr Locbe, whoso appointment to a place in the cabinet was announced yester day, hns informed tho Central Coun cil of Soldiers and workmen of Ger- (Continued op Page lx.) ROYAL COUPLE SEE PRESIDENT OFF AT STATION Queen Mary and Mrs. Wilson So En grossed in Conversation Latter Nearly Loses Train Kind and Queen Wave Handkerchief Until Train Out of Slaht Crowds Cheer. LONDON. Dec. 31. President and Mrs. Wilson left Victoria station at 9:18 this morninir on a special train en route to France. DOVER, England. Dec. 31 Presi dent Wilson and his partv sailed from Dover for Culuis at 11:20 o'clock this moraine. LONDON. Dee. 31. ICinir Gcorqe und Queen Mary accompanied Mr. and -Mrs. Wilson to the station. Premier Lloyd Gcorce was on the platform and saw the president and his wile depart. The Scots Guards formed th cuuril of honor and the band of the Irish guards plnved. Mrs. Wilson chatted with Queen Murv and shook hands with all pres ent as the train pulled out, the kins and queen .wuvine their handkerchief: and the band playing as it left the station. Crowds Line Streets It was a dark nnd rainv moraine, but crowds lined the streets from Buckingham Palace to the station nnd cheered as the procession passed. President Wilson and km? Georse were in the first eurriose. Mrs. Wil son and Queen Murv and Princess Murv in the second, and members of the president's partv and court offi cials were in the three other carriages Mrs. Wilson's umbrella was raised on account of the rain, but she nodded and smiled to the crowds at the sta tion. ..-.. , ,, Mr. Wilson and Kinir Georee in spected the L'liard while the band played "The Star Spaneled Bnner." President nnd Sirs. Wilson bade fare well to Kiuc Georuu. Queen Murv and Princess Marv in the wnitincr ; room and then took their leave of Premier IJovd Georee. Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Robert Cecil and. Sir Eric Gcd- dcs., who were at the station. Play Over There As Queen Mnrv and Mrs. Wilson, followed bv President Wilson and Kins Georce left tlie wuitine room on their wav to tlie royal salon, which was beautifully decorated with flow ers, the 'band plaved "Over There." The euests on the plutform applaud ed enthusiastically. Queen Marv and Jfrs. Wilson car ried on a conversation to the last mo ment. President Wilson having to call Mrs. Wilsons' attention to tho fact thnt the train was pulling out. -. DOVER. Dec. 31. The presidential train reached Dover at 11 o'clock and little time wus lost in boarding the steamer. Brighton, which set: out al most immediately on the cross chan nel trip. ,.- The morning was cold and raw, with a sharp cast wind whipping the channel into white caps, indicating that the crossing was likelv to be a rough one. President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson remained on the bridge of the Brighton until the steamer left her pier. They smiled und waved farewells to those on shore.' while the band played the "Star Spangled Banner." The president wns received here bv Commander Boyle, secretary to Vice Admiral Sir Roger Kevcs, Admiral Kcvs being indisposed nnd unable to attend in person. Telegraphs His Majesty As the president wns leaving Eng- lund he telegraphed King George a message expressing deep npprceintion of Ins entertainment und wishing the English people n happy New Year. The president returns to France, members of the partv indieutcd, feel ing thnt great progress has been made toward achievement of his peace ideals. On the trip to Dover Premier ClemenceUu s speech wus discussed among the Americans. No cxpresr sion, however., was forthcoming to sive any clew us to President Wilson's feeling regarding it. 'TERRY Wl'GOERN DEAD FROM BLOW, IN1R1NG BOSTON. Dec. 31. Tevrv McGov- ern, of Philadelphia, a boxer known in private life ns Frank Di Leo. in jured in n match last night with Frunkie Britt of New Bedford, died at the citv hospital today. His skull was fractured bv hitting the floor when ho was felled in the sixth round, Hl'ilr wfts arrested today. U. S. WAR COST $18,160,000,000 December Expenditures Over Two Bil lions Breaks All Records Total Cost of War $24.50O.000..00O Over Half for Armv Two Billion for Navy. ; : ;:' : 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. It cost! the American people about $18,100, 000,000 to run its expensive war gov- . eminent and make loans to allies In. the year ending today, treasury re ports show. , ';', . '. ' 'I'V: December expenditures abovff two billion dollars, the record of th na tion's history, sent .aggregate! war costs to date to approximately 124, 500,000, ooo.:'''-;' yi,;: T Of the 18, ICQ, 000, 000 paid out In 1918, probably ten billion dollars went for the army and the general military establishment;; about two' billion dollars for the navy, a billion, for the shipbuilding program, a bil lion for ovher civil government needs and S-i, 150,000.000) as loans to America's brothers in acms. PubUc Pays One-Third That the public has paid only about one-third of the war's expense, excluding foreign loans,, in taxes la cash, and two-thirds, as loans to he paid in another generation, is indi cated by treasury figures. With the last four days of theyear not yet tabulated receipts from.' taxes, cus toms and miscellaneous revenue amounted to $4,637,063,000 of which. $2,949,032,000 came, from Income' and excess profits taxes alone. Liberty Loan Results Daring the year $6,038,000,000 has come into the treasury from the Fourth Liberty loan and $4,171,000', 000 from the Third Liberty loan. In addition $13,802,000,000 -worth ot certificates -ot": indebtedness have . been sold and subsequently' largely redeemed from Liberty loan receipts. War savings stamps and xertificaten have brought 948,0,0tipp.,V ; Tho xray in whclf V'ar expenses have mounted from month "tp month is shown by the following table ot expenditures: . January. 1918 $1,050,000,000 February ... .... 1,012,000,000 March 1,155,000,000 April .. .. 1(243,000,000 May J I;up8, 000,000 June ,3,,5i2, 000,000 July 1,608,000,000 August 1,805,000,000 September . , 1,557, 000,000 October -1.664,000,000' November : , 1,935,000,000 December 2,100,000,000 (December partially estimated.) TRANSYLVANIA S1GNS:PACT Kill's.. BUCHAREST, Monday, Dec! 3jj. (Havas). The mission ot the Trau sylvanlan govenment sent by the national assembly of Roumanian Transylvania to hand King Ferdin and the pact of union with Roumanla was received in Bucharest with great ceremony. The mission was acclaim- , ed 1y the populace and was lodged at the royal palace.- King Ferdinand received the depu tation and declared he. was obeying the will ot the Roumanian peoplo in accepting the mandate to reign over tho region trom the Dniester to tho Theiss. . ' ' " Tho Trnnsylvarila national' 'iisloin bly, which met in December, docBired the freedom ot the Roumanian. dis tricts of Transylvania as well as tho desire ot those districts to.be Joined with Roumania under King Ferdin and. The Dniester river flows thru Gallcla and Bessarabia to the Black sea while the Theiss flows northward from the Danube northeast ot Bel grade and swing eastward to Its source In the mountains between Bukowl'na and Transylvania... Noar tho Danube it flows thru the region known as Banat. The addition to Roumania ot these districts will al most double the area of Roumania as It was before the war. ' B0LSHEVIKI CAPTURE TWO VILLAGES REVAL REGION LONDON. Dee. 31 Forces of tlio Russian llolsheviki government hnvo captured two viliaacs in tho region of Rcvnl, according to n liussinn wire less mcssntse today. The 'Vnomv." it is added, hns landed ,"()() men nnd four guns, (evidently on the Kslhoninn cons in (.ho region of Kevul.) - ; IN