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Newspaper Page TextOre-fm Historical 800 X Ptb.'lo Auditorium Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Minimum yoKlciiliiy no Mliilniiim today,,..'. '17 PlXXllllltlUII UO Predictions , Tonight mill Hntiirdajr rain) strong aoutiiciuitcrly gales. t'oily-olKlilh Yimi mlly Tlilrlnoiiui MEDFOIID, OREGON, , FK1 DAY, JANUARY 17, 1919 NO. 253 1 Your. PURLICITYAT PUCE MEET American. British. Italian. Serbian Belqlnn Corresponilents United In Demanding Admission to Slttlnus of CouncilFrench Alone Onpose Clemenceau Wants Preliminary Discussions Secret Until Agreement Is Reached to Present Solid Front. NTW YOltK. Jim. 17.-Prcm-ili'iit NS'iIhuii luiliiv rubied Henry I'U'wh. chairman of tho executive committee jif the 1'ivii! Korum, llmt the uruMioi'lM fur 1111 imroc incut iiihiii n t.i'iiiiiio uf Nutinns wore lit prciteiit most fiivurulilu. PAfllB, Jan. J 7. At tlio oponlng of the peace congress tomorrow t'rtialilont Wllnun will lit at thu rlKlu of Premier ClomMiccau, who will presltlo. Premier bluyd-Ooomo will alt at tho liifl of -Premier Clumencouu. Itoprnacnlntlvo of tho proas prob ably will lio ailmllleil to tho openliiK session of tho congress lomorrow. Tho auproino council of tho ponce conforenco mot aiiulu toiluy accordlmt to program. At noun It took a ro cess until 3 o'clock. - 1 It wai announced that no official statement rognrdlng tho proceedings of tho conforonco would bo Hindu until tho conciliation of tho aflurnoon session. , Thore waa a full attoiidnnco toiluy of tho members of tha council.' Jo eph Noulons, tho French wnlmssa- dor to UuimhV was flivlled by tho council to moot wild It nud express hl views of tho Unxatitli situation. Imi Not l ulled The council waa presented with a atatomont of tho action taken by tho press representatives of tho varloua counlrlua In restriction of tho news of tho poaco conforonco proceedings. Tho atatomont sots forth that the American, llrltlsh, Itullnn, , Bcrblnn and llulglan correspondent asked 1ho admission of tho prona to tho alt tings of tho council. Tho Kroncb press doloKnllnn, on tho oilier bund waa unnnlmoiia In Inking tuo con trory poaltlon. , ' Thua, no common resolution waa presented and tha press dologntlon of each country la led liberty or action In prottontliitf IU viewpoint to Its own delegation. In addition to tliln a resolution Introduced by tho proas of Amorlca Oroat Britain. Italy and tho imallor nations acting with tptm, also was presented. H orrery Kulo Held I'p l'AKIS. TliurHilnv. Jim. HI. (rtv the Ashiieinted I'i'ckh.) At tlio ill Htnuee of rrcsident Wilson llio sii- nrcmo inlei'-nllri'd council decided to dav to bold in nhevnneo tho propoHeil rule for virtual xccroev rominline il (lelibeintions. II wiih doeided to re fluent representatives of tlie lli'ilish. Anierienn uiiil Ilnlinn prosx to prcHcnt Home plan for rcporlint! thnmeutinir. Iliitihh rnrrcsponilcntx held n mecliue and ndoplod rtmoliitintM nsk inir llmt no Ilritisb preHK repre.scn tntivo bo ndmitlcd to ftitlinuR of tbo eontrrcHH. American mirrenpondenlH also ndoploil resnliitiniiH, ileelnriui; they would ho satisfied with notlliuii Ichh than free necess to all delib erations, 1 ' Thcno roHolulionn were bromrht bo foro n meotinc at which were prcKMit roprcHentulivoH of tlio pccmh from nil the nntioiiH. iiHNueiated in llio war HKiitnNt Qenntinv. A eommittco wiih appointed to report lomorrow. Clnmoiioonu KvplnliiH ' rromier Clempiicoau Blioko Huh nC tornnnn in the chamber of dentition on the decision to keep procoedimiH of (Contlnuod on Page Six.) IENINE REPORTED DEMANDED MAOrttn, Jan, 17. 'Ndkolnl Lonlno, tho Dolshovlst promlor of IlUHsIa, lunilod lit Burcolonn recontly. according to iiowspa- nors horo. PEACE SECRECY T FROM SENATE Borah Advocates Sunnort of Presi dent's Demand for Publicity at Paris Conference and Is Joined By Williams. Lewis and Johnson People Must Know. WASHINGTON'. Jan. 17.Kciiii lor I in 1 1 11 f I1I11I10 iiililrexhcil the nch- iile luiliiv in protest ugiiiimt Hocrccv lit the ni'iii'o conference. He mud the mii'Miim wiih whether President Wil nun iiihiii lor open iliiiloiuucv wim tu lie iliheiirded entirely. Seuiilor I lorn ll declared III! believed tlie mutter of publicity uh to t lie proeeecliiiKH In he one of Ilia moot vital iiropu-.il 'onw before the confer. enec and niuiIjI ought to he known llmt the Nciiiile wiih in svnipiithv with llie euinniii'niiiiierH oiiptming KcerciiV Senntor Williams of Mississippi iuiiieil Svnntiir llurnli in I he-demand for open iirocccdincs, having lie wiih chul In -ee 11 reimlilienn helping Pros ideiit Wilson in his field. I-iivcn (iorm of War Secret diplomacy. Senntor Borah said, hud left n ireiin of wnr in every pence eoiiu'resH fur 2.10. venr. "If wo nro proposjnv n Men to ward Permiiiieiit pence.'' lie said, "I he people must know conditions oC the netlicincnt. "I hiivii no ilouht," Niiid Kcnnlor illllllllH. "tllllt llll HIltlMllintllll HlCIIS lit the eoiiference will lie communicat ed. Of course, there, will be iirivale convcrsiitluiiK between mildiii men, but everything arrived nt. step liv slen, hhould bo conimunienled to the world." I'llldlclty leiiiiinclcd Senntor Lewis of Illinois', dcclurci that if seeieev wan to Kiirround the peine. neuotiiitioiiK. u re-openiuir of the wnrfurc intent result und. that tin1 smaller tuition ol Imii'opc woultl re vnrd the Mien with suspicion, Ptvsidoiit Wilsmi. Senator Lewis said, Iiiih nsHiired this country that nil that trnnspireK nt the conference will be made public mid Hint there will be no censorship, mid the Kuropean com iiiissioneis must not be iiennitlcd to lietrnv liim. Senntor Johnson of California, re publienn, also made it vigorous ml drcsH in dcnuiudinir publicity at I 'a lis. TO BECOMEPREMIEROF TAWS. Thursday. Jan. 10. Ig- naco Jim Pndorowskl, the Polish lea iler, and (icnernl Josopli IMIsudHkl tho mllllury dictator of Poland, have reached an UKreoment, tho Polish nut lonnl committee hojidnuiirtera horo announcod tonlKht. Tho atiitomont follows; - "Negotiations betwoon M. Pader owskl, roprosentUig the Polish mitlon and Gonornl PUsudskt havo resulted In tho establishment of a basis of (iKi'oemcnt. Upon this bnslB a recoil structlon of tho cabinet Is expected aoon with M. Pndorowskl nt tho bund of tho now ministry. Tho tonus of tho compromise Include, a definite ngroomont upon dolegntos to the poaco congress. M. Domoskl, president or tlio pol ish nation, and former Polish IciKlor In tho Russian dumu, has been decld- od upon iib dulognto by both Bidos, It was unnouncod. SAIL FOR HOME WASIIIWOTON, Jan. 17. Tho trnnsnort Molltn. bringing 300 offl com and 1300 men from Krnnco, will nrrlvo nt 'Uoston Jnnunry 2.1 and the transport Orizaba with 100 officers and 2000 moll is duo nt Now York January 23. Units aboard tho Molltn, tho war department nnnouncod today, lncludo casual companies composed ot mon from Mnssnchitsotts, Ohio,, Iowa nnd Missouri : the 4;irfl noro squunroii and mobile hospital No. 30, both of which nro destined for Camp Oovlns, a detachment from the army anti aircraft school, a provisional anti aircraft roplairomont buttery, which will bo divided among seven cninps and 231 casual officers. The Orizaba also Is bringing about .100 sick and wounded, and tho til! ml ammunition train completo, about 30(1 of which Is composed of Califor nia men nnd five casual companies of BRINGS PROTES BOTH BRANCHES OF LEGISLATURE TAKE VACATION Adlournment Taken Until Monday- Thomas Highway Resolution Jeao rdlzed By Politics. Petty Jealousy and Activities of Paving Lobby Amendment Forced. 8AI.KM. Jim. 17. lloth houses of tho legislature, under a concurrent resolution adjourned yestorday after noon to meet at IV o'clock Monday morning. .Most of the legislators left for Portland or their homes last night al- tho a few will remain over In Salem until Monday. V Politics, petty Jealousy and the ac tivities of tho paving lobby are- said to bo Jeopardizing the passage In the houso of Henulor Thomas' resolution calling on (ho highway commission to prosent its road program to the highway committocs of the two houses In order that the lciilalature muy proceed to draft sound highway legislation of its own, and friends of tho resolution are aporehenslvo lest Speaker Jones and his following will bo unublo to muster sufficient strongth to rescue It from a grave In the legislative cemetery. Contention Apiears Scarcely had the resolution been Introduced In tho senate before pol itics and Jealousy entorcd upon the scene a coterie of senators, who havo been perfecting a sennto organ' tuition assuillng It on the grounds thul It had a tendency to disrupt the organltallon. uud also t hut It was usurping tho y prerogatives ot the highway comialtteo. Senator HUuor. who waa a mem ber of tho houso highway committee of tho lust session, took umbrage at Senator Thomas' remarks In intro ducing tho resolution, and which wore to the offect thnt the, SO, "00, 000 paving net was a vicious piece, of leulslatlon. and that It had been rullroaded thru the legislature, Orion Jealous Consumod with Jealousy because under the resolution It would de volve on President Vinton to preside when tho highway commission ap peared before the two houses, Sen ntor Orton, chairman ot the highway committee from tho outstart began systematically hammering It, and at tho meeting of the resolution com mlttoo yesterday sought to defeat It on one nrotcxt and another until Senntor Thomas, divining that Orton was ambitious to presldo at tho meet ing, suggested the resolution be amended so thnt 11 be held under the ausplcos of tho two highway commit tees Instead of tho legislature. Son ntor Orion Inunedlutoly withdrew all objections to tho resolution and eag erly embraced tho suggestion with tho result that tho committee unan imously reported it to the aennto with an amendment to this effoct, and with tho lurthor'amondment that tho meotlng should bo hold Thursday ovonlng, nud thnt after being consid ered by Hie highway committee It should recommend tho passage of tho resolution. Tho resolution, however, ued to curry the namo of Thomns ns the Introducer. contin Senator Pt CONTINUE S1RIKE WASHINGTON', Jim. 1". Strik ers ut l.inin, Peru, havo voted to con tinue the strike lndctmilelv, nccora inir to advices reiiehinir tho state de partment todnv. Further denuinds for hicber wanes have been miiite nv rail road workmen,' conductors and mo tormeii ami the hotel waiters. . OLD BEN FRANKLIN, -THRIFT SIGNALS "CARRY ON" TO -V .1" Bullets End Careers of Km I Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg , . , 1 " i , i '. ; ' Leaders of German Radicals and Or- aanizers of Revolution Killed Sol diers Shoot Liebknecht as He At tempts Escape Mob Kills Com panion. AMSTKHDAM. Jan. 17. Officers eoiiiiiiandiiig the troop escorting Dr. Karl Liebknecht und liosa l.ujcm bunr when thoso two radical leaders were killed, have been provisionally arrested, according to a Hcrlin ciis- unleh received here, which adds that all persons implicated in the incident. will be severely punished. I1KIU.IX. Tburlnv. Jun. 10. (Bv the Associated Tress.) Ur. hurl I.iebkneefit and Hoo Luxemburg buvc been killed. When it bccinnr known vestcrdnV thnt lir. I.eiliknci'ht und Hosii I.ux- einbnrc were at the Hotel Kden. in the western nurt of the citv. II crowd rapidlv concreaated und stormed the hotel lobbv. lloth were spirited to n side entrance, but the mob forestalled the attempt of the troops to save Frniilein Luxemburg. She wns beaten into inscnsibilitv and then thrown into an automobile bv the crowd, which in tended to take her to prison. . ... Iftwn Luxemburg Shot A few blocks down the' street the machine was halted bv a second mob und ns the presence of Fruulein Lux eiiiliur.' been me known, a man iuiupcd on the running board of the car nnd shot her through the bead. The body was dragrcd from tlie automobile nnd carried off. It is supposed Hint it wns thrown into the caiml. but it has not been found. ; In the meantime. Dr. Liebknecht wns hurried into aUlier automobile by officers nnd troops nnd the enr was hen ded for the Muiibit prison While uo'ne through tho Tiercnrtcn the machine was halted bv n punc tured tire. Dr. Leibknceht was asked to cot out bv the officers, who intend ed to huil nnother niitomobile and continue toward the prison. While waiting. Dr. Liebknecht made an at tempt to escape nnd wns shot dead bv soldiers, who had anticipated such an attempt on his part. Denied His Identity When Dr. Liebknecht wns nrrosted nt the home of a relative on Munn- lieimer strasse vestcrdnv mornine. he stoutly denied his identity. Alter bo ine escorted to the Eden hotel he was searched nnd his monogram "K. L." wns iliseovered on his shirt. Dr. Lcibknecht's capture was due to a telephone conversation overheard hv detectives in which ho nnd Rosa Liixembiin; ncrccd to' meet at tlio homo of n man named Mnreusson in the subunr of Wilinersdorf. Dr. Licbkneeht's attempt ut escape wns the Inst desperate dash for free dom on the part of a man who had left prison only last October. When the automobile which wns enrrvintr him broke down he was warned neninst nnv attempt ut flight. The officer in charge usked Dr. Liebknocht. who was bleeding from a mine wound in the head, whether he felt able to wnlk to the next street where a mew uuto mobile could bo found. Tries to Kscupo Dr. Liebknecht snid ,he could nnd the pnrtv started. When near n croup of trees Dr. Lcibkncet pushed aside the soldier nearest him nnd dashed for the underbrush in tho tiergartcu. The soldiers ordered him to halt. Ho paid no attention to their demands and several shots were fired nt him. One bullet struck him in tho base of the neck, snnnrclv between tho shoul ders nnd his death wns virtually in stantaneous. Dr. Karl I'nul August Frcdench (Continued on Page Six.) : Todny is the 213lh anniversary of Benjamin Franklins birthday. , - ;- ;i , ; t ' All over the United States it is being celebrated as an occusion for impressing the American people with the fact thnt tho end of the war has not ended the necessity for THRIFT on their part. Benjamin Franklin's thrift writings and sayings, so perti nent in his day, are just, as sound and true now as they wero then. Here arc some of them, familiar in American homes: "Save and have." "Every Utile makes a mlcklo.'V- . . "tAHtk before, or you'll nnd yourself behind. : "Ho thnt waits iiihiii fortune Is nover sure of a dinner. v "All things are cheap to the saving;, dear to the wasteful. "11 you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. - "lleuurc of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. , "A iionnv saved la two pence- clear. A pin a day Is a groat a year. ' 1.J..1.. h iniiurnrv and uncertain, but OJcpenso is constant ". ..V"' 1 "It Is easier to uppi'oss the McioT SUPPRESSES FAKE PARIS. Jan. 17. Premier Clemen ceau in the chamber of deputies to duv gate wurninir against false im ports concerning the peace confer ence. citing as an instance a cable gram addressed to the New York Tribune. .."1 saw vestcrdnv n telccrum ad dressed to the New York Tribune.' he itnid. "in which it was snid that President Wilson has threiitcncd to withdraw nil his troops and himselt retire if certain stipulations of his were not grunted. When I showed this telegram to Jlr. Wilson this morning, he replied to me: "What an nboiuinauie utlseliood. When thin dispatch was shown to Gnrct Garrett. nmnn::ins editor of the New York Tribune, he snid: "The Tribune bus never' received nnv such statement from Paris nnd none even reuiotclv resembling such a stntementus was denied bv President Wilson has even been published in the Tribune." From this incident it appears that, notwithstanding assurances to the contrary, dispatches filed bv Ameri can correspondents in Paris appar ently are still bcins censored nnd per haps withheld bv the French authori ties. The Paris dispatch shows that tho cable addressed to the Tribune was shown to President Wilson, and evidently was suppressed nt the or der of the 'reneh government. EPIDEMIC DECREASED PORTLAND. Jan. 17. The heavy rains now falling Is proving a factor in helping to down the influenza epi demic, according to physicians here. Dr. E. A. Sommer, who is in charge of the local campaign being waged against the disease, declared today that the epidemic is under check with the number of new cases de creasing daily. Recommendations of the local ministerial association that all churches, theaters, schools, lodges, dances and public gatherings bo closed for thirty days, probably will not be adopted. Dr. Sommer de clared. ,;. . EXPERT -o. WAR SAVERS .;. v . first desire than to satisfy all thnt 46 MEMBERS OF I.W.W.CONVIGTED AT SACRAMENTO Alleged Dynamiters of Capitol, and Destroyers of California Crops and Lumber Mills Found Guilty of Con spiracyDefense Attorney Says I W. W. Is Religious Organization. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 17. Sentences ranging from one to ten years Imprisonment were Imposed to day by United States District Judge P. H. Rudkln of Spokane, Wash., on 43 of the 46 defendants convicted In the Industrial Workers of the World anti-war conspiracy case. Sentence on Miss Theodora Pol- lok, only woman defendant; Basile Saffores and A. L. Fax. the only three defendants represented by an attor ney, was held up by their counsel, who said a motion for a new trial would be offered. rrisoners Address Court The sentences came as a climax to a morning of oratory in which a large number of the 43 defendants who had maintained silence thruout the trial made Impassioned addresses to the court. Judge Rudkln offered but little comment in passing sentence. The following sentences were lm posed: Ten years In Leavenworth, Kas., federal penitentiary: Mortimer Down ing, chairman of the "silent defense" trial committee; Frederick Esmond, Chris Luber, Philip McLaughlin, John Graves, J. T. Tori, James Quin tan. Ed Quigley, George O'Connell Roy Connors, John Potthast, Henry Hammer, Peter Bernardinl, Myron Sprague, Elmer Anderson, Caesar Tabib. Robert Connellan, Frank El liott, Hariy Gray, Gibe Brewer. God frey Ebel. William Hood,' Vincent Santelli; George Voetter.. Five years In Leavenworth peniten tiary: Edward Carey. John L. Mur phy. Herbert Stredwlc. Four years In Leavenworth peni tentiary: Robert Freehan, James Mulrooney. James P. Price. Three years In Leavenworth peni tentiary: Joseph Carroll, Otto Eisner, Frank Moran. F. Reilly, Elmer An derson, Felix Cedno. One year In San Francisco county Jail: Harry Donovan, W. H. Faust Charles KoeniK. Wilbur Miller. Al bert Whitehead. Informant Sentenced Julius Weinburg, another defen dant, who pleaded guilty before the trial and appeared as a government witness was sentenced to two months In the San Francisco jail. Miss Pollock, Fox and Sufferers were given their liberty on $2500 bail, and their cases were postponed Indefinitely, because Judge Radkin said he could not determine at this time -when he would be able to return to California and near arguments on the motion ot their attorney for a new trial. ' i SACRAMENTO. Cnlif.. Jan. 17. All of the 4(i defendants in the I. W. W. conspiracy case were found guil ty in the United Stutes district court( here last night. Bie boxes full of phosphorous substances, poisons, explosive com- penents und chemistry text books were introduced ns evidence against the defendants. Documentary and other evidence was presented to con nect the defendants with bisr fires in Portervile, Fowler, Fresno, Uosedulc. Modesto. Wcstwood, Weed nnd mnny othor places throughout the state. Their alleged conection with big in dustrial disturbances in the lumber cumps of the middle and northwest were shown also. EXTEND ARMISTICE AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17. The ar mistice between the allies and Ger many has been extended, the agree ment to take effoct being signed by Mnthias Krzberger, the German ar mistice commissioner at Treves, laie Wodnesday, according to a Berlin dispatch received here. PARIS. Jan. 17. (llavos.) The German armistice has been extended one month bv tlicK-omniissioncrs who have concluded their session ut Tre ves. ' The clauses offered bv the allies concerning- agricultural implements Russian prisoners of unr, naval con ditions and the restitution of material stolen bv the Germans from invaded countries, were signed bv the enemy FAMINE RELIEF FUND PASSAGE NOW ASSURED Bill Aporopriatina Hundred Millions Favorably Reported Bv Senate Committee Returned Senator Speaks of Famine and Fear of Bol shevik! All Over Europe. WASHIXGTOX. Jan. 17 Tho home bill appropriating .f 1'OO.OOO.OUO desired by President Wilson to relievo starvation in Europe was reported to the senate today bv Democratic Leader Martin with the indorsement , of the appropriations committee. Sen- -ator Martin announced that he would call ud the measure tomorrow, nnd leaders of both parties predicted its prompt passage. Committee hearings made public to day discloid thnt the committee adopted a resolution directing Sena tor Murtin to cable President Wilson and urae "a firm arranEement for allied assistance." Senator Hullis of New Hampshire. democrat, who just returned from. Kuropc. said there was tremendous destitution in Europe und that prom inent men of Switzerland, Italy. Ruh- sia and C'.echo-Slovokin all wero "much afraid of Bolshevism." 'Bolshevism." said Senator IIollis. "is a very real terror to nil irood cit-.. izens of western Europe. It is ev erywhere. I spent six weeks in Spain. It is there, nnd it is nuite likelv to overthrow the organized govern ment of Spain. It is in France. It f is everywhere nmong tlie troops. I he troops in Pnris have had to he con- . , stnntly shifted because the people were afraid thev would ru nnot. "I still feel that there is very great dancer that the war is not over. There is "even danger of friction among the allies. There is friction now between Italy and the Jmro-Slnvs." GIFTS OF STEAK MADE TO MANN BY MEAT T WASHLnGTOX, Jan. 17. Hugh Mclsaac, an investigator for the fed eral trade commission in Its meat packing Inquiry, told the senate agri culture committee today what he found In examining papers from a private vault of Henry Veeder, attor ney for Swift and company, which the courts declined to allow the com. mission to make public. The whole color of the correspon- dence Mclsaac declared to be "sinis ter." He said there was a great deal in the files about money spent to oppose the Borland resolution for a packing inquiry. Mclsaac said refer ence to campaign contributions also was found, including S10l)0 to for mer Representative Joseph Taggert ' ot Kansas and a small contribution to Representative Mann. Senator Page of Vermont, vigor ously denounced the references . to Mr. Mann and declared tho Introduc tion ot testimony by Francis J. Heney relating to the alleged gift of steaks and horse to the republican leader was a "trifling thing to bring up here." Mclsaac said he agreed, but added that the correspondence showed there was a very close relation be tween Veeder and Mann. He said correspondence given the commission would amplify what he had to say. "I do not want further informa tion," Mr. Page answered. "1 regard It almost as an impertinent attack on Representative Mann." 10 Bt MADE SALEM, Jan. 17 Court servico on any foreign corporation operating In Oregon will bo possible regardless of whether It is represented by an attorney jn fact if a bill Introduced by Senator atrnyer oi uaaer couuu, is enacted Into law. . The law now provides that ser vice can be had on such corporations by serving tho attornoys In fact, but if it happens that the attorney In fact Is out of the state or Is no longer with the company there Is no means of redress. Senator Strayer proposes an amendment whereby servico woiilil be possible by serving the corpora-. Hon commissioner, vRANKUN " - tollovy it," delegates, custom mon, .