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Medford M me Tribune The Weather Minimum ycntci'ility I t Minimum toitity UH Predictions Tonight: Fair, rnliler. Tuesday fair. Koi'ly-nlulith iJiitly Thlrti "Ycnr, MEDFOltD, ORFXIOX, -MONDAY, 'JANUARY 13, 3919 NO. 249. tly Thlrtmmlli Your. PUN TO OCCUPY -GERMAN POR A ES IB FULFILl Supreme War Council In Session at Purls Presided Over Bv Marshal Foch Plan Punishment tor Ger many's Dilatory Methods Further Guarantees for Fulfilllna Terms ot Armistice to Be Demanded Pro cedure tor Peace Congress. PARIS. Jan. in. Illy Associated Press.) Tlio supremo war council rousHomhlmt nt tho French fornlKti otflco thin afternoon, l'nmliloiit Wilson niul French, llrltlnh, Italian ami Japaneno dolt-Kates wero present. It will thn first t lino that tho Jnp unio hail attended. lteprceiitiitloii I'nlti'il Tho first bUMliiOHH boforo tho su premo war council when It reassem bled thin mornlim wax thn settlement of tho iiuomlon of representation In Iho flrHL BOMKlon of tho liitor-ulllcd conference. M In mill unsettled whin nations will ho represented or Iho number of delegate which will he allotted to each. It lion developed. Iiowovor, that CIiIiih will not ho rep resented by Japan, but will have her own delegation. At today' session of Iho alllml military advisers In Paris, presided over by Marshal Koch, tho suKKeallon win mndo that tho allien occupy wiiio of tho Gorman ports, according to nn Kxrhatige Telegraph dispatch from Paris. Tho occupation would bo under taken an u guarantee for Iho carrying out by Germany ot tho armlntlco con- dltlonn and nn punishment fifr Gor mnny'n dilatory inotiinan in cnnipiy InK with noma of tho nrmlstlco terms. Armistice Quoittoii Tho armlntlco questions, taken up by tho nupremo council yostordiiy, proved moro difficult than wnn antic Ipated. and nvorylhlnif had to Blvo way before It. Tho question wnn not only of tho dilatory mothoda of tho Germans In carrying out thacnndltlnns relative. tn Iho handing ovor of material, etc. hut of other connldorntlnnn of a moro Konoral character. Tho altontlon of tho council wan particularly hold by tho roportn of Internal condition In Germany and tho revolutionary situ ation In Bremen. In thin connection nlno tho council ' examined Into tho I'ollsh hII Million Tho Oermnnn, contrary to tho stlpu latlonn of tho clnuncn In tho armlHtlco with rognrd to tho cnnlorn front, are reported to bo maneuvering In every way no nn to Impede tho Polos In or conliliiic their country and In defend- Inn tliomnelvon against tho advancing Ilolnhovlk forccH. . Moro (iiuirnntcc Asked It In undornlood that an tho result of tho vurloun reportH tho council do. oldod that furthor gunrontoos would bo required of Germany for tho ro- nownl of tho armistice. Tho giinrun toon, It wan nald, would ho both eco nomic and military, but In exchange It 'was added, tho provisioning of flcrmany might bo considered. Tho Mibjoct of those now giinran toon domnndod caroful ntudy from 'tho military viewpoint, and It wan thin fact that led to tho culling of exports together thin morning for consultation. The results of their do llborntlonn woro to ho submitted to tho. council thin aftornoon whon It wan hopod It would bo possible to draw up tho now tormn which Mar shal Koch would prosent to tho Her mans at Troves Tuesday and Wed nesday. Question" of Procotliiro The Hiipromo onune-il oC tlio pence congress ill voslerdnv s Hussion tool; (Continued on Page Six.) FOR SMUGGLING ARMS TUCSON, Ariz... Jim. in. Seven tirominent Mexican and Mexican American residents of Tucson iind I)ouk1iih wero iirrcKtod hero tndiiv bv .federal niilhnritios, chnrgod .villi Himiinrlinir tirois into Mexico in eon miction with a new revolutionary mnvomonl. Charges neiunst Ihem wero preHouloil ul oni'o to the fodct'iil ARMISTICE L ABOR BOARD F, I Tatt Recommends That Ship Owners Comply With Board Rulintt On Men's. Demands for Living Waue and Basic 8-Hour Day Employers Refuse to Submit Their Side. NKW- YOltK, Jan. 1.1 Tlio not Ion. a! wur labor board, convunnd by cabled request of President Wilson. decided loilny over tho objections of private harbor hont owners to mnko a finding" In tho dispute betwoen om- pluyers and crews, which resulted lust week In a strike of 111, nun in ur ine workers nnd In u lie-up of tho port. In tho cuso of tho railroad admin istration, tho war and nnvy depart ments iiuil tho shipping board, also parlies to the controversy, hut con senting to arbitration, he said that the usual form of award would be ado and would bo automatically ef fective. Taft Itrrlihn for Men Former President Taft, presiding. nnnnunced Hint tho tltidlng would be In the form of a rocommendatlon that the owners comply with the hoard's ruling on the men's demands for a "living wage," and a basic X hour day, I'rlvnto owners of 'N'w ork har bor boats whose employes togother with those of the railroad adminis tration went on strlko Inst week In an attempt to enforce arbitration ot their demands for higher wngen and au It-hour day, refused today to sub mit tholr nldo of tho controversy for decision by tho war labor board. Mny t'omnmndeer SIiIm WASHINGTON, Jnn. 13. Legal officers of tho govornmont nro look ing Into tho question of powors for fedornl commandeering of privately- owned harbor boats at Now York to moot tho necessities of tho civil population. Immediate drastic action as a ro- sult of tho refusal of tho prlvnto boat owners to Join with government agencies and employes In submitting tholr labor controversy to tho war labor board apparently Is not com tomplated. as Iho government proli' ably ban sufficient facilities already under lis control for Us own needs. 17 OF CREW OF llll H'lV V B l.iii l.'l Fnrtv. I nstnliii, in distress spi the const in Nnvn Hcutiii. linvo neeii rescued, snv wireless reports, Ono lifeliont eon- tiiiiiinil 1 men cupsizcd nnd two were drowned. Tin, rcseiiiiiLr shins nre Ihe Itergens f.iorl nnd Hie Wnr Fijian. A wireles i...... n,,. tr. Ir, i, v,,,,,l. "Wo liave now nicked ui most of the erew. I wo drowncil. Kvideiillv while t 111 men ill Hie eni sized lilelioiil were still riouiidorinir l ll,i, wnli, r llii, Win Villain ill nn rll. ilenvor to culm Ihe sens und miikc the work of rescue easier, emptied n i,n i'l ,il' litir oiiririi nf nit iivcriiiin i',i. At I till I n. ill. tins wireless Iimiii (lie Wnr Kiiinii was picked up: "Al'ler the oil Iind been spilU'd il was impossible to hold onto nnvlliiim in the wilier. Ihev wero lis slinnerv us eels. Ilesidcs, Ihev could not breathe. Nose und mouth choke. I. JOHNSON SEEKS y ITHDRAWAL WASHINGTON', Jan. .lo. AViso lution to record Hie somite lis I'nvor inir'villidrinvnl ol' Auicrienn soldiers from Kiissiu, "nn soon ns iirneticnble was introduced today hv Senntoi' Jolinson ol' Cnlirorniii, wilh nn nssev tion Hint iho United Stnles evidently had no Unssiun policy nnd wns invil iiiir disaster. PRESIDENT ATTENDS Y. M. C. A. HUT MEETING PARIS, Jun, 12. President Wilson nllended if incelinu: at n Imr i. Jl. A. hut here loiimlil. lie occmiied ii sent on tlio plaH'orm but did not RULES IN VOR N STRIKERS bpoali, PRESIDENTS POINCARE AND w.' .',;vi ii vr m v BOLSHEVIKI Ftt I ' MT.XOS A IRKS. Jnn. IX At o'clock litis mornini: it was said nt police heiidciuiirters that no serious classes Iind been reported anvwliero since It) o'clock lust nk-lit. At Hint' hour it was believed the government had the situation in hiind. Reports from Montevideo snv the authorities there are strcnulhcnini: their forces naiunst Ihe Jlolshevikl movement. I roups have been thrown around Villa de Cerro. loealizinir strike disorders to that district where there are American nnckini: houses. Severe fialitinsr i urred nt a smriir rel'inerv in Itosano vesterdav fol lowing Ihe declaration of a general trike. The niiiuber of casualties hm not been reported. Civilinn snnrds with nllcs and Irawn revolvers' pulrollcd Ituenos Aires Snndav. breakini: up erowdji and nrieslini; susniciiuis characters. It is announced that l.iO persons sus- nected of heinc iinplii'hted in n Hol- shevist niovemcnl ainied nt the over throw of the "ovcrnuient hud been ar rested. I'atrols of cuards were fired upon several times. Diuinir the cvcinns "repentant Xrxiuulist conlessed. ne cordimr to the mililarv nuthorilies, that there has been a plot to destine the I'laxa Hotel duriiiL' Ihe. nit'lit. A machine trim companv was sent to tjie liolel which houses the famiiles of several American business men on .missions here. t There was limited street car service on Siindnv, hut all the cars wero with drawn after dark, and all suburban "I rains wero annulled at I) o'clock in Hie cveniiur. , GLASSIT01SEND OUT 'S WASHINGTON, .Inn. 13. Of two and a halt million chocks for depen dents' nlfotmonts nnd allowances deducted from soldiers' pay for No vember nnd December, only 930,0(10 have boon mailed. Secretary Class said today nil October, pnymon,lB had boon miido and chocks for tho past two months would he out beforo tho end of January. 21 KILLED IN WRECK DATAVIA. X. Y .Ian. 13. Cause of ' II. x. V..... V.. I; P.,l,,l u',.b III ,, III.." w, , v.. i.,.. ....... ... Si, illi ltv'i',,11 vi.slnl'llnv ill whii'h 21 persons were killed in a crash of Ihe Southern limited with tlio renr sleep em of the Wolverine limited, remain ed n nivsterv today, ami ol'l'icialu con tinued then' itivoHtitrulion. Thirteen hoilies remained unidentified m Bn-titvitt. JL WILSON RIDING IN PARIS DURING PARADE OF WELCOME 0 ,. ... . .jo-. FIRST SESSION OF PEACE CONGRESS BEING HELD TODAY PARIS. Jan. IX The first nctual session of the peace eonaress is beimr held todav. iiltliouuli it is otficiallv desiunaled as one of the series of eiinvrrsiitioiis f,,r lavim; the ground-, work for the structure which will later lie presented to the formal as sembly. These conversations will tako up details of-the program to he carried oat what subjects will be considered at the meetings, the roles of expert advisers and the order in which va rious matters will be considered." Todav's meeting will lirobablv deal wilh ihe oi-aanizntion bv which the neiico congress will function. Jt is also expected to make a start toward n decision on the nuestion whether the sessions will he open or secret IiCuKtie of .ntions .. ., Nothing lias developed to niter the statement that the American delegates are primarily concerned with the crea tion of a League of Nations and make a just pence. Territorial ambitions, local (iiiarrels and rivnlrv for econ omic advantages among the European delegates nre secondary in the miuds of the Americans. Reports that the American delega tion has agreed on n working plan for a League of Nations mid that it will be one of the first thinas laid be fore the congress have- been current in I'hris. All outward evidences point in the other direction. It is known Hint as late as President Wilson's re turn from llalv he was Pot prepared to In v down n working plan and that ho preferred to have other plans or iginating among the entente delegates offered first. Tentative Plans Drawn Mr. Wilson lias selected five men connected with the Americuii mission lo draw up a tentative plan which he could compare wilh his own ideas. Out of the whole i( was hoped to frame some concrete proposition rcji reseiiling the best ideas of the Ameri can delegation. These men hnvo not finished their work. American internationa! lawyers are convinced that the great battle of wils will come ill the uncussion whatever mneliinerv is proposed to lessen the probuhil tv of war. "Their principal concern is Hint the structure of the ngrccinent, whcljicr . it is milled il League of Nations or somethinc else shill not he. framed, like The. Hague conventions, in Miialil'ving phrases which would nnderniino the whole structure. 1 , President Wilson nnd his commis sioners are work:ng on Ihe theory that Client llritain, V'rance, Italv ami tho rest ol! the world waul some new mnchiiici'v which will prevent wnr. I'pon such a determination thev iit'i' fimdiunentallv ngrced. The business of conversations which begin todav is (o find n common ground upon which nil can unite for such a purpose. It wns reported somo time ngo tiia! Hie most, that was 'hoped for before Mr. Wilson's return to the United States is a genernl .agreement on broad principles. There is no reason U0V to cluuiKO thaj iorocftst, ' 5 YEAR TRIAL OF I WASHINGTON. Jan. IX Commis Robert W. Woollev. the one member of the interstate commerce commission who suppported the pro posal to extend government operation of rnilror.iU; five vci-.rs, contended he- fore the senate interstate commerce couimtitce todav that only through nniiltmiimr t'l'ili'rill milUML'emeilt for & uiifi'!,.,..!,! iu.ri,l ftiirtntr liiiminl con ditions could tho present freight rate structure he rebuilt to give exnet Justice to the whole people rather than to the shippers nnd tho curriers as classes." lie blamed the present rate struc ture for manv of the country's trans portation evils nnd declared it "illogi cal and laden with preferences.''' lie also told the committee that ..nt.. u-ill, n imiriaH cvdpm ftp mil. nulls could competition between water aid rail carriers be eliminated, ami the. chpking of terminals prevented. The practice of cross hauling, he said, "is all in the interests of big business as opposed to little business.' T FAILS TO ACT PORTLAND. Ore.. : Jan. IX The Second llnttnlion of the Multnomnh Guard of this city, was assembled vesterdav bv its officers and spent six hours nt the armory, awaiting or ders to oppose any orgnuiaed action bv members of the newlv formed local council of workmen, soldiers and sail diers and sailors, who were reported to have determined to seize the nrm orv, it was learned today. Tlio ox peeled outbreak did not occur. Officers of the Multnomah Guard had been informed that members of the council, which is said to be made up of I. W. W. and ltolshevik elements find threatened to take possession of the armory, arm themselves, seizo the heads of local government nnd tako possession of the fit v. The guards men announced their ' determination to put down nnv uprising in its iticip- iencv. COFFEE RELEASED BY ..I"- WASHINGTON. Jan. IX An op- tioli of purchase heretotorc held hv the sugnr eonali.ation hoard on nil oof fee,' imported into the Vnited States has' been relinipusned, the wnr trade board announced, todav, nnd licenses hereafter ninv,. therefore, ' bo issued for importation from non-enemv countries without consultation with tho sugar equalization board. WILSON URGES CONGRESS TO ACT UPON FOOD BILL President States Bolshevikism Stead ily Advancina Westward. Cannot Be Checked By Force. Only Bv Food Requests Passage of $100.' 000.000 Famine Relief Measure. In n message todav solemnly urging congres sto appropriate the $100,000. 000 renuested for Europenn food re lief. President Wilson said bolshc vism steadily advancing westward. could not he stopped bv force, out could be stopped bv food, rood re lief, he said, was the kev to the whjle European situation und to the solu tions of peace. A message from Ilenrv hite. member of the American pence dele- ation. to the state department said the' "startling westward advance of Bolshevism" dominated the entire Eu ropean situation above nil else, and that it wos of the utmost importance ihnt the president's rciiuest be grant ed at once. ', Food Only Harrier Bolshevism, Mr. White said, "now completely controls Russia and Po land and is spreading through Ger many." and npparcntlv the onlv ef fective barrier is food relict. He ndu ed that it was impossible to inaug urate the peace conference under proper auspices without previous ade quate provisions to cope with this sit- untion. " - - - " . "-' ":"--.": The president's message, addressed to Senator Martin of Virginia, and Representative Shirley of Kentucky. j chairman of the congressional ap propriations committee, and that of Mr. White were read on the floor of the house hv Mr. Shirlev during de bate on a special rule to give imme diate consideration to the appropria tion bill. . Following is the president's mes sage : President's Message "I cannot too earnestly or solemn ly urge upon the eongres sthe appro priation for which Mr. Hoover hus asked for the administration of food relief. Food relief is now the key to the. whole Europenn situation and to the solutions of peace. Bolshevism is steadily advancing westward, is pois oning Germany. It cannot be stopped bv force, but it can be stopped bv food, and all the leaders which whom I am in conference agree that con certed action in this mutter is of im mediate nnd vital importance. . , ' "The monev will not he spent for food for Gcrmnnv itself, beceuse Germany; can buy its food, but - it will he spent for financing the movement of food to our real friends in Poland nnd to the people of the liberated units of the Austro-IIungnrinn empire, and to our associates in the Balkans. I beg Hint von will present this matter with all possible urgency and forces to the congress. : "I do not see how we can find defi nite powers with whom to conclude peace unless this means of stemming the tide of anarchism be employed." T SALEM, Ore., Jan. 133. The 30th legislative assembly of Oregon con vened hero toduv. Senator V. T. Vinton of Yamhill countv, was elected president of tho senate, nnd Assem blyman Sevmour Jones of Marion county was chosen speaker ot the lower house. Both elections wore un imous. Committee appointments wero announced in tho senate. The first spirited clash of the ses sion in the senate, occurred over the choice of calendar clerk, for which Robert W. Ruhl of .Medford, nnd Paul Harris, u returned soldier of Salem, were candidates. Burris was elected when Ruhl withdrew. Thomas wns named chairman of tho agricul tural committee, . AMERICAN RED CROSS CARES FOR PRISONERS PARIS. Sunday. Jan. 12. The in terests of 1,000,000 Rusian prisoners of war still in Germany will bo looked after hv Minor Cnrl Taylor of the American Red Cross delegation into Germany, Silesian Railway Station.: Boetzaw Brewery, Newspaper Offices and All Buildinos Fortified Bv Radicals In Berlin Captured Bv Loyal Gov ernment Troops Who Make Short Shift of Anarchists aftd Looters Scattered Groups Still Fiqht. BERLIN, Jan. 12, Sunday, 6 a. tn. (By Associated Press.) The Siles ian railway station, which was the last Important Spartacan stronghold in Greater Berlin, now is in posses sion of the government forces. The Spartacan defenders lost cour age when the troops began preparing; to attack the station, and fled with out attempting a defense. Xests Cleaned Out The Spartacan forces withdrew from the Doetzow brewery during the night, preparing to make a last stand In the Silesian railway station on the east bank of the Spree, southeast of the former royal palace. The num ber ot Spartacans at the station was 600, including a number of women. The station was strongly fortified. . Among the various Bolshevik nests which have been cleaned out by gov ernment troops is' the office' ot the Russian Bolshevik telegraph afcency which served as Bolshevik propagan da headquarters and also had a large part in handling Russian money fur nished the Spartacans. The person nel of the agency, mainly Russians, made a brief resistance, but was eas ily overcome and arrested. ' BERLIN, Jan. 12, 12:20 p. m. Rosa Luxemburg, Spartacan leader, is reported arrested by government soldiers. Dr. Liebknecht's son also is reported to have been taken. The capture of the Spartacan of fice was effected by the free use of hand grenades. The soldiers burned In the street an Immense quantity of Bolshevik literature. Police Quarters Seized Government forces have captured the police headquarters after a short bombardment. The capture of headquarters was effected early Sunday morning. In the bombardment the ' government troops used 10.5 centimeter field pieces. . The real revolutionary headquar ters for the entire insurgent cam paign has been in the building and its capture leaves the revolutionists without any important stronghold in Greater Berlin excepting the Silesian railway station and the Boetzow brewery, which they- have strongly fortified. Defend Building The troops began surrounding the building late last evening and ma chine gun fire was opened soon after midnight. The defenders- replied energetical ly and for some hours were able to keep their machine gun fire going. The artillery fire began at 4 o'clock in the morning and the fire of the defenders gradually died away and ceased entirely after 55 shells had been sent into the building by the soldiers. The attacking party In the final assault worked its way forward with hand grenades and stormed the buil ding from two sides. The number of Spartacans pulled out of hiding places and locked up is placed at more than 300. Nowpnpcrs Itetnkcn The determination of the revolu tionary forces to maintain their ten ure of the bourgeois newspaper of fices came to an inglorious end dur- ( Continued on Page Six) VIENNA, Sunday, Jan. 12. It will be possible to maintain the pres ent rations of bread and meat In Vienna and the remainder of Gorman Austria until the middle of February, the food ministry announced today, because of Its having beon supplied by the ontonto food commission with a quantity ot gruln, . . ffrund jurv, ,