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MEDFOltD, ORFXIOX, -MONDAY, 'JANUARY 13, 3919
NO. 249.
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PUN TO OCCUPY -GERMAN POR
A
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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
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,, 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.
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WILSON RIDING IN PARIS DURING PARADE OF WELCOME
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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, ,