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Newspaper Page TextOregon Historical Soo Puiiilc Auditorium . Mail Tribune The Weather Maxlniinii yextorduy 40' Minimum today.,..,. IH i Predictions Ituln tonight Hiil IVIduy. , 'Warmer. Korty-flgliih Year. lJully TlilKooiitli Yonr. MEDFOIID, OHECION, TIlUItSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919 NO. 21(5 .MEBFOEB REDS FIRST PEACE Lloyd Geow Detained In Loudon V But Informal Meetinns Held Bv Other Premiers With President Procedure Adopted to Be Sim- plest Possible Outline, ol Plans Aoreed Unon Formal Conferences Begin Next Week. PARIS, Jim. 0. I'ri'iiiior Clemen cmih of France, iiinl Premier Vcni iii'Ioh nf Orrero conferred 'this niorn inir with I lie American pernio ilolcmi lion. ' ,, PA IMS, Jim. 0. A French prolornl. (tivinir a detailed program of tho procedure of Iho pcuco nnf,rnn,i. Iiiih been submitted to tli Ainerineii nn (I other delegation. I'AKIS. Jan. It. (Ilv Iho ANHiu-iiit-tii Press.) President Wilton's con ferences with the premiers of (Itvut Britain. France iiiul 1 1 it 1 v. which were to oiHn toiliiv. prohnlilv will not lie itin before rnrlv next week. Mr. I.Lovd lleoruo ix detained in London. Premier Orlando of 1 1 ill v. duo horn toiliiv. will probably rwturn to Home, where hiit presence for 4H hour in neuj'Hsiirv because of mat ters miller oonsiilerutiuii bv Ilia I Inl inn purliumrnt. There will, however, he n meeting todnv nl the pffleo of Stephen t'irlmn. foreign minister, attended hv Mr. Wilson, I'romior Orlando unci Japan ese representative, lint it will he in. formal. It wiih considered best to liold tlut meetitiu and clear nn Home preliminary points, nml it is believed Unit nniMirtiiilt details or iiroeedtire will ho xetllod. If this ix done the delegates will lie in n iioxilion when Mr. I.lovcl George nrrivex. In rapidlv complete preliminary work und clear ui mntlors for tho oncninir coiifer eneex on Monduv nml Tuesday. I'ioh ident Poineiirn nuiv definitely munin ii 1 11 tndiiv (he French delegates to the pence congress. Simplest Prormlmo Tlio procedure Hint will he adopted will he the simplest poxxilile, xiivimr the advantage of avoiding laborious pour purler und exchanges of notex between chancellories. Ax regards nneHtinnx concerning rneinv vountriex, it ix understood that IhniHe concerning Germany will he taken up find, then thoxe of Austrin Huhgnrv und finiillv thoxe relntivo to Bulgaria nml 'furkev. It ix not expected that tlio nro mier'x eonfereneo will deal with more than the moxt general principle. In i'aet, it now xeemx doubtful that moro than a broad general agreement will bo reached heforo President Wilson returns to Ameriea in February. The procedure now- being diseuss cd is 'rouah.lv ax follows: Outllno of rinii First, u ceneral agreement between Iho United Slates and the entente belliuerentH for tlio creation of a League of Nations, or similar machin ery, to onforcc Iho terms of pence and preserve it. Second, the sotting up of new inde pendent states growing out of tlio . War. ' Third, tlio assessment of damages and Indemnities and tlio manner of their, payment. , I'Yiurth, - the conclusion of pnnco (Contlnuoa on Pago Six.) 10 PEACE CONFERENCE PARIS, Jan. 0. (Hnvns,. Otflclnl announcement wan mndo today that 1ho council of ministers hnd irpprov- od the nominations as tho Kronen representatives In tho penco congrosa of tlio following: . r Cloorgon Clomonconti, tho promlorl Htoplion Plc.hon, foreign' mlnlutor; Louis Luclon Klotz, flnanco minis- tor: .Andre Tarillou, Kronoh high commlHslanor to tho United States; Julon Onmlion, former amhnsandor nt. Horllu. i . 'Paul nutastn, Fronch nmhnsmulor to Swltzorlnnd, will ho socrotnry ot tbo Krcnch dologutlon. UNDERWAY FRENCH DELEGATES -' OVERTHROW ALLIED EFFORTS RAILWAY CHIEFS mmiooiA nMiv oiidiiit mAMO innuooiHUiiLi oudiyiii tlhiio li ufAn nirAoiinro YtHll iyilhouhlo Operations Friendly and Not Hostile Towards Russian People Declares Hitchcock Landlnu at Ports Mill-, tary Measure Directed Aqalnst Ger- ' many During War, WASHINGTON". Jan. 9 Amorlcnn und allied operntlomi In Ituimla urc friendly und not IiohIIIo to tlio Itiin iilun people, ultho hi opponltlon to (iiirmnn-lloUhvvIk fiirecu, Cbalmiun llltclicock or tlio senate forelKn rcln llonn comniltlun aid In nn nddreaii today. replyliiK to tlio recent demand of Bannlor Johnaon of Cultfornlu, for mi official Hliitemunt of tho Ameri can pollgy In KuhxIii. Henutor llltclicock prepureit Ilia mldreaa ntter conaultliiK with ActlnK Horrotury l'nlk ut tho alato depnrl nieat. Iteferrlng to eluro of Vindl voatok, Murniiinak mid Archangel, ho mild : "In each ratio It wna dono sa a mouaura of war aKulnat (iormuny and not u k n I n x t Ituaaln. No HiunIh Klxlx "Thore la no Ituaala. Whnt wna Kiixalu la n vnal disorganized uggro gutlon of local gnvernmoiila. Itnlne and TrotKky havo tlio great clllea of I'utrograd, Moacow and aomo othera, and thua havo Iho comer of the wrockod nation, but It l tho moat unhappy, moat luwleaa, brutal and moat bloody. Other pnrta of Ituaaln nro comparatively calm and orderly. "Tho very fart," anid Senutor Hitchcock, "that n Una of communi cation acroaa Siberia fiOOO miles long from Vlndlvoatok whoro our troopa nro, to tho I' rut mount whoro the Ufa government and Ctecha ore. to gother with a amall forco of llrltlah und French, la tho beat evidence that we and tho allies aro on good terma with Kuaala." "Wo aent about 10,000 men to Vladivostok, tho Pacific port," aald Senator Hitchcock, "and nbout 6000 to Archangel, 1ho Arctic port In Kuropoun Ituaaln, and Murmnuak, tho port which loads to the Murmnn const. Ax War Mtuxurn "Thnso liindlng nt Vlndlvoatok aro for tho moat part still thero or In that nolghhorhnod. Those landing nt Archangel and across the Whlto sea at .Murmansk, whllo still holding those porta In connection with the llrltlah and French troopa havo pene trated a short distance Inland In each caso probably ubout 100 miles as n monauro of protoetlon for their bases. In ono caso they hnvo gone up n river, In tho other they huve hold tlio lino of railway both means of trans portation. "In all cases, tho occupation ot the Russian ports was made aa a war measure, urgod by the supremo wnr council In Pnrla at it time when our war with (lerniuny was nt Its height." DKNVF.H. Col.. .Inn, 0. The Colo rado legislature hex not vet rati fied the federal Vrnliihitinn amend ment. Tho Kcnale Into vexterdav 111! lo 1, approved the resolution on third und final rending. Toiliiv'lho house I'oC roprcxcnliitivos passed it on sec ond reading and it is expeeted to pass on final reading tomorrow. CHARLESTON. W. Yn.. Jan. !. The West Virginia legislature todnv completed its ratification of tho fed oral prohibition amendhienl, being the twenty-third stale to take this notion. 10 PEACE MEETING PARIS, ..lan. !. Tho promlor of Sorbin hns notlflod Korolgn Minister IMchon thnt tho ,lugo-Slnv ropreaon- Intlvos nl Voraiilllos will bo Nikola 1'. Pnchltch, tormor promlor of Sorbin; llr. M, R. Vcsnltch, formor Sorlilnn mlnlator of rinnnco, and M. Trnm hltch, prcsldont of Iho Dalnintlnli diet. HROW; OERIAI GOVERWMEWT TO MERGE LINES Comprehensive Pronram for Private ' Ownership Under Strict Govern ment Retaliation Submitted Bv Rail way Executives Unification of Operation and Pooling Provided.' WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. A com prehonalvo program for prlvalo own ership and management of rallroada under strict government regulation was laid heforo tho sennto Interstate commerce committee today by T. Do wltt Cuylor, chairman of tho associ ation of railway .executives, repre senting practically all leading roads In tho United Stales. The plan in cludes provision for merging sys tems, a lurgo measure of unification of operation, pooling of facilities und In contain cases of eurnlngs, and en forcement of adequate service under supervision of a socrotnry of truns-J portnllon, a new cabinet office, with tho 'Interxtnto commerce commission acting as a supreme court of review ot rata disputes. Adjustment of Wages Wugo and employment disputes which could not be Bottled between omployos und managements would be reforred lo an adjustment board within tho department of transporta tion under tho plan, and strikes and lockouts forbidden pending Investi gation. . : .Moat operating reforms . offocted during unified management by , tho railroad administration would be continued but tho oxocutlves object to Dlroctor General McAdoo's propo sal for five-year extension of govern ment control. Their suggestions aro similar to the recommendations of the Interstate commerce, commission presented to the senate committee at hearings earlier this week. SernMitry of TnuixMrtntIon Suggestions include: Secretary of transportation should Issuo permits for new and brunch lines and expen sive terminals: carriers should Initi ate rates subject to approval ot sec retary of trnnaportntion, and Inter state commorco commission; creation of regional rnte tribunals appointed by president with one member from each stute In each region to deter mine complaints subject to review by tho Interstate commorco commission; federal incorporation of Interstate carriers; government supervision of security Issues; and funding by the govornment ot railroad Indebtedness growing out ot fodornl control dur ing tho war. Railroad exocutives have pledged Director Goncral McAdoo tholr co operation and have urged him not to relinquish fodornl control until con' gross hns hnd opportunity to legls Into, Mr. Cuylor declared. BERGER GUILTY OF DISLOYALTY CHICAGO, Jun. !. Victor I.. Her gor, Socialist congressman-elect from from Wisconsin, was found guilty ot violating tho espionage act ill the federal court here last night. Four Socialist co-dofondnnts with Dorgor also were found guilty. The case went to tho Jury at It o'clock this morning. Tlio verdict was ronchod aftor 6 hours 4" minutes of dollhorntlon. A motion for a now trial was tiled and Judge Landis announced that ho will hear arguments on tho motion on January 20. Aftor the verdict wus rendered. Uergor, when nsked for a statement said: "I havo boon following my prlncl- ploB for 2" yonrs. If 12 mon sny I am guilty I must suffer. ATTEMPT TO NLU PASICI., Jan. fl. 'An nttompt lias beon mndo nt Prague to assassinate llr, Karl Kramnr., tho Czecho-Slovnk promlor. Eight rovolvor shots woro flrod nt him, none of which, however took otfect. CONFLICTING NEW LEADER LOOMS, BIG IN BERLIN c r.; . Si or jo v- . ' ? 'i If f" i Wtto Wels, frieod r Micri, crsiuhilo lalHir union sceroxnry, and com nutmlcr r the gnvrninient forces nnd polico forco ili-fending liorlin from tlio KimHiicmiM. .w - STRIKE TIES UP ALL SHIPPING IN NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Except for a small fleet ot ferry boats, tugs and lighters engaged In debarkation ot homecoming "troops and loading or perishable supplies for the American expeditionary forces, harbor shipping wfts at a standstill today ns tho re sult ot tho strlko of 15,000 marine workers In nn attempt to force arbi tration of their demands for higher wages nnd an eight-hour day.- Suspension of ferry boats between Stolen Islnnd, tho New Jersey shore and Long Islnnd left residents there dependent on small boats, bridges or subway trains. Subway entrances were choked with crowds. New York's supplyj&f fresh veget ables, milk and fuel was curtailed. WASHINGTON', Jan. 9. Secretar ies Daniels and. Baker called . Into conference . todny representatives of the railroad administration nnd slilp plny hoard to consider the New York hnrhor strike situation. Keports were current thnt either the nuvy or tho wnr . department would take oer operation of all Tior bor facilities. ' , FAMINE RELIEF BILL SIDE-TRACKED WASHINGTON. ,lun. !). Ilv n Vote of 5 to 2 the house rules committee todnv refused to report n rule sivinil privileged status to the bill npni'o nritning the $1(10.000,00(1 rcnuestcd hv President Wilson for Enropcnn re lief work. " . The hill now aoes lo the calendar where its opponents snv'it will stnv until (tho president uivos more dclit nito information. - ENGLAND AND ITALY -DELAY FAMINE RELIEF PAltlS, Jun. !. England nnd Italy have not as yet appointed tholr members of the International . food commission and consequently revlc tunlllng plans under tho dlroctlon ot Horbort C. Hoover have not", boon perfected. This has delnyod also purchasing of foodstuffs urgently deeded by tlio populations of regions evacuated by tho Uermun armies. , REPORTS TELL K 3 we us FALSE REPORT OF CHANGE IN .HIES WASHINGTON. Jun. P. Food ad ministration . officials authorized the statement todnv. that no recommen dation whatever had been made as vet concerning chance in restrictions upon 'the importation of Arccntme corn. At the war trade bonrd it was said not liinw had been heard from the food administration on the subject. The statement thnt no recommenda tion for removal of restrictions hnd hecn made was reiterated at the food administration when attention was called to nu assertion to the con trary bv J. ,1. St renin, chairman of th coarse srniin division nt Chicago. It was said that Mr. Stream favored such action but that it had not been taken. ;J . CHICAGO. Jan. P. J. J. Stream chairman of the coarse trrain divis ion of the food administration, seen on the floor of the Board of Trade this afternoon stilted that the food administration has recommended re moval of restrictions on the importa tion of Argentine corn. The corn market declined on the statement. He was nt n loss to explain denials from Wnsh'mrton. he said. : Kxtrcme weakness in the corn market ouicklv followed Mr. Stream's statement. Prices fell UVi to 7-isC a bushel, as compared with 24 hours be fore. The close wus excited at the lowest furores of the dov with Jan uary $1.4-1(T 1.44V.. and Mav 1.3.'i(S) I.:i5. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Practic ally nil companies ot tho 37th Engi neers "and remaining units of the 20 til Engineers have been assigned to early convoy home. Those with other units on today's list comprise 1ST1 -officers and 4343 men. They nro:- -; Regimental headquarters 1st bat talion headquarters and companies A, :B. C, 1), 10 nnd V ot tho 37th Engineers; headquarters, 1st 'bivt taltpn medical detachments, 1st 2nd, 3rd 'luid 36th companies 20th engi neers; 'base hospital No. 6B, 17th 148th, U"i7th and 630th' aero squad rons; lat and 3rd, 4th, 117th, SOSth, 314th and 815th trench mortar bat torlos; pomont'iiilll companies IStth nnd 227th, 30th company, 20th engi neers, 312th sanitary train headquar ters; Stli trench mortnr battery; air sorvlco casual company No. 1. OF BLOODSHED IN BERLIN RIVAL GOVERNMENT PROCLAIMED AND BOTH SIDES CLAIM SUCCESS f IN BERLIN'S i Paris Reports Ebert Government Overturned and Independent Socialists in Control and New Forces Sent Aaainst Capital Wireless Messaqes From Berlin Tell of Bloody Fiqhtinq and Claim Success for Govern ment Spartacans Reported Driven Back and Ebert Master of Situa tionArtillery Participates in Battle and Chaos Rules Capital. PAR.IS. Jan. 9. (Havas). The Ebert-Scbeidemann government In Germany has been overturned, the extremists having gained the upper hand in Berlin after sanguinary fighting, according to the latest Ger man advices. - . t- A new revolutionary government has been proclaimed, composed of in dependent socialists. A part of the government troops is reported to have gone over to the rebels and the Spartacans now hold the principal points In Berlin. Civil war. is spreading to other parts of Germany, and parts of the Dhenlsh provinces and' Bavaria now are reported to be involved. Knemy Overturned . Gustavo Noske, commander-in- chief of the: German government troops, will send new forces against the capital In. an attempt to regain control-ot it,Jt is reported. A des perate reaction by the more conser vative elements is expected. . Casualties in the Berlin fighting are reported to have been heavy. . The independent socialists said to 1 be at the head of the new govern ment are Ueorg Ledebonr, Herr Lleb mann and Herr Tiek. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the leader of the Spartacans, is continuing his activities, (presumably in an effort to Install a governmenjf of his own choosing.) LONDON, Jan. 9, 4 p. m. German government messages picked up by wireless hre say that parts of Berlin are scenes of bloody fighting. The government, It Is added, is taking all necessary measures to de stroy "the reign ot terror." ' The messages say that some parts of Berlin already are without light and water. Provision depots have been stormed by the Spartacans and the feeding of soldiers and civilians has been Interrupted. LONDON, Jan. 9. At 6 o'clock Wednesday evening there was little change in the situation In Berlin, altho the government had made some progress In strengthening Its posi tion, according to an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Copenhagen. lihnl Government BERNE, Jan. 6. Telegraphic re ports from Berlin today state that tho rebels there have formed a new government under the title of "The Revolutionary Committee," compris ing three members, Herr Liebmann, Georg Ledebour and Herr Tiek. The last named the president of the Spar tacan lea gue. The Spartacans thus appear still to be working with the socialists of the left, or Independents. - (The dispatch would also seem to Indicate the possibility that the new government set up Is a rival one to the Ebert-Scheldemann government and has not In fact displaced it, as today's advices thru Paris report.) ' BASEL." Jan. !). Troops loyal to the Khert government have arrived in Berlin from l'ptsdnm and driven the Spartacans as far as tho Tieraarten and re-ocupiod the printimr works, according to tho Frankfort Zcitung. ' AMSTERDAM. . Jan. ' P. Street fighting in Berlin attained the great i LONDON -Tim R At lli, nnliminl. ist congress being held at Delhi, In dia,' snv reports, a resolution was lldonted fnvnvintr full tivnvinpitil ni, tonoin'v and against special elector ates for Europeans. The congress missed formal resolutions of loyalty to tlio crown.. REIGN OF TERROR est intensity between 11 o'clock Tues day night and 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, according to n Berlin tele gram to the Frankfort Nachrichten. Heavy artillcrv lire continued unin terruptedly. Tho dispatch suvs tho government is still master of the sit uation. Largie bodies of troops, particular ly artillery, it is ariedd, continue to be sent to Berlin. Premier Ebert is re ported to have told a friend that he had no doubt nbout the issuo of the fightings.' . ' . ' Artillery Kmployed ' AMSTERDAM. Jan. 9. Severe fighting in which artillery was em ployed, took place in Berlin yesterday near the central telegraph ol ficc. Tho Spartacans renewed their attempts to seize the chancellor's palace, it is de clared in Berlin dispatches to tho Hilndelsbled. hut were driven back with the loss of 30 killed and 45 wounded. . ; .: '. .. Chuos prevails in the government 'offices,.- .. . ', :-: The government lias been concen trating troops in Berlin and on Wed nesday the advices odd, the Sparta cans were driven from the Potsdam and Anhalt railroad stations, '' tho Brandenburg gale . and the central railway office. The correspondent reports that the Spartacans obtained 18.000,000 marks in paper money when thev cap tured the government printing office. , Fighting Continues BERLIN. Jan. 8.-(ll a. m: Bv tho Associated Press.) Heavy lighting continued throughout Inst night nt vnrious points in Berlin. The civil warfare already is estimated to have cost twenty times as many lives as were sacrificed in the overthrow of the Hohenzollern dynasty 00 days ago. The corespondent is informed thut the government troops have been re pulsed in every attempt thowmnde to recapture public buildings from tho Spartacans. The oposition forces hold theTcichstag building, the approaches to the Brandenburg gate mid the Sil esian railway station. -v The excitement in the eitv is 'so great that it is impossible to secure details.. . . ':!':'). ,rf''.'-;t: Since Monday the Spartacans havo not repeated the-attempt to captura the government hendounrters in tho chancellor's palace, which is strongly guarded bv soldiers. . . .. . . . . . I Negotiations Foil ; LONDON. Jan. 8. Negotiations! between the government and revolt ing elements in Berlin were in pro gress all day yesterday, sav Copenha gen and Amsterdam dispatches, but no definite result was npaprent. None of the leuders. it appeared, had any real control over the masses in the Berlin streets, and . spnsiuodio fighting took place in various parts of tho city. .- .! The Spnrtaciis group lias pro claimed a general strike for Jnnunrv 19. The Spartacans declare thev will prevent the elections to the natimal assembly bv nil possible moans. It is asserted that the entire railway svstem of Germany is in their Hands, Outside the capital, the messaaen state, tho Bolsheviki moven;cnt Is weak. - '- - . MITIGATE BLOCKADED OF CENTRAL PARIS, Jan. 9. Representatives of the allied nations here Intend to give Immediate consideration to tho question of mitigating the sevorlty ot the blocknde of the central powers In order to pormlt movement of food Biippllcs for Czecho-Slovakla, Poland, and sections of Russia and oihar ter ritory. .