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M EDFORD, OlfKOOX, MONDAY,. JANUARY 20, 1910.
NO. 255
wlai
n CEASES RUSSIA SUBJECT
nnTn.T nnu OF DISCUSSION
urra uiun
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Order for Discontinuance of Service
On Paolflo and Eastern Railroad.
Part of Hill System. Issued Bv
Federal Judge Wolverton at Port
landEffective In 10 Davs Cost
of Operation Exceeds Income Blu
Timber Owners Fall to Oner ate.
PORTLAND, Oro.. Jim. 20. All
order fur Iho dlscontluunnco of opor
ullon of tlio Pacific & Eastern rnll
roml. n port of llii) HIM railroad sys
twin, ti lino riinnliiK between Mmlrord
mul liutto Full. Oro.. was IhkudiI by
JuiIko Wolvorlon In llto foflnrnl court
hero tmlity. Tlio rood will dlseon
ttntio operations In inn liny. Appli
cation for u receivership fur Ilia road
wan granted inst week mill . K.
Turner, president of tho Hpnkmic,
Portliiiul and Soiittlo (railroad, wiih
named rocolvor.
Tim application for discontinuance
win mutlo liy lltH'olvor Turner. Itep-re-iMilliiK
n total Invoatiumit of iilmtit
I'.', OOO. Olio, tlio iirrup valua of tlio
road, according to careful ontlmatin
ninda by engineers, Ik about Has
OtiO. Tlio company has $500,000
capital stork, nil owned by I ho Hpo
kane, Port land tt Heattto, which ad
viincotl iho necessary fund to cover
the deficits occurrlnie under private
ownership. Hut wIikii Iho roods pass-
ml undor fodorul control tills boenmo
Impotutlhla, as tlio foilurnl govern'
ment Ih taking till of Iho rovenuo pro.
dticd by tho larger system and tlio
small rood was left to (lulu In own
luittlo.
Tbtiro nro about 13 persons now
actively employed In Iho service of
the railway. It was employing 25 up
liup abort lluio uko, whon It bornmo
apparent that no relief wna fortheoir.
I m: to mnlntnln tlm rond unil the
forco wa reduced na much na poa
Iblo. Protest to ll Mndo
Tho Modford Conimorclnl club will
probably protost tho order ordering
Iho I'aclflo & Eastern's disroot Inu
anco and will do everything possible
to bring about a alluttloii whereby
tho road will bo oporntml permanent
ly and with belter freight and pns
BeiiKer patrontiKO.
Thin can possibly bo done, It la
pointed out, by tho bltt timber Intor
eata along tho lino Ktinraiiteelnic
much frelxht pntronnKO and tho peo
ple and bualuoaa Intereata of Kimlo
Point fullliiK In lino and Riving tho
road their passenger and froltthl traf
fic, I
Tho discontinuance of rallro.nl
service would bo a bnil blow to tho
development of llutto Falls and Eagle
J'olnt, as wall na Moilford.
lilts l,ocl Concerns
The court's orilor hlla Iho Applc
gnto Lumber company with u payroll
of 25 men, and tho Tomlln box fac
lory. both of which concerns aro In
tho midst of building new nod larger
plunls at the Orator Lnko Junction of
tho Pacific &. Eastern and tho South
orn Pacific - road. Tho Applegnto
Lumber company plant Is practically
complotod and work was to start
thorn within a short llmo, Tho old
plant had been dismantled mid tho
mnchlnory movod to tlio now plant.
Tho, Tomlln box fnolory's now plant
was stnrtod a short time ngn and was
to Include a, snw mill. Tho old plant
of this factory la still In operation.
Tho lumber problem will bo a diffi
cult ono to aolvo.
Tho people of Eagle Point section
nro partially responsible for tho Pa
cific ft Eastern's failure to pay opor
ntlng exponses and tho consoquont
discontinuance by ordor of tho fod
ornl court, thru their proforrlng to
pntronl.o Jitneys hotwoon Kngle
J'olnt and Modford, and having tholr
freight hntilod by auto trucks bo
twoon tho two points.
HOMESTEAD LAWS
TO BE
WASIMNOTON, Jan. 20.
hill nimlifving honiONtcnil
-A Rcnnto
laws to
shnrlen Iho period of rcsidenoo ro
miircil of Bctllers in mounlain re
uimm of Ilia west wiih passed today
by tho lintiso willinuf nmendineiit. The
liroscnt Inw ronuires seven monlhs'
rnsiilenco n venr for llireo vears, but
llio bill would nerniit bind office reg
isters lo reiiuiro six months for fouv
von in, or five mnnlliH for fivo venrs.
in regions whero climnlio eondilions
miiko the longer period iiiipriiclicnblo.
ORDER
AT PEACE MEET
French Ambassador Recently Back
From Archanuel Addresses Su
preme Council Upon Conditions
Prouress In Plans for Leaime of
Nations reported.
I'AKIS, Jim. 'JO. Tlio nittiutiiin in
Hussin wiih tuKcii mi bv tlm supreme
council nf Iho Vencii conference t
duv. Joseph XiiiileiiH. llio French nin-
hussiidor In Hussin, wiih present. Tho
next niccliiiL' of llio council will lie
held tomorrow ut lOi.'lh o'clock.
The text of (lie otlicinl coiiiiiiiiiiiniic
iniikiiiL' Ihitl unoutici'incnt is ns
Minus :
"Tlio presiilcnl of the jiiled Slates
of Aincricii mid Hie uriuie ministers
mid foreign niiiiislerH of llio allied
governments, nssistcd hv Huron Muk
inn mid Ihe Jiipniicxo nmbnssndor in
1'nriH, met ut the Ouni d'Orsnv thii.
murium: lintwccu Hh'IO mid 1:
uVlock.
".t. Kiun. I lie Frenc h mnbiissn
ilur to Niptsiu, who returned n few
ilnvs ago from Archangel, addressed
the meeting nml cave particulars of
the situation III ItllK-IU.
"The next mectinc will tnke uliuv
on Tuesday nl IHilO oVluck in the
inoriiing to heiir Ihe ri'iiiurkx of M
ScnviniiH, the UniiUli minister in l'e.
mgriiil. who left the llii.-Kiml ciinitnl
very rocenllv.''
Ill .Memliera Pcnt
Arthur J. Ilulfnur. the Hritisli fur
eiL'U sccretnry. wax iiccompiiliied to
the meet inn hv Lord Kobcrt Cecil, who
him Iiccii nliu'cd esiieciullv in chmce
of Ihe Huhjci'l of n Lenuue of Notions,
on behalf of (treat'' llritmn. Huron
Niibiinki Miikino, chief of tlio Jnp-
iiiic-c mission, nlteudcd the council
for the ln'-t time, reiiresenliuu Jmmn
toucthcr with Huron Miit.iui, Iho am
baoKiulor to Kranee.
Lord Koliert f'ecil reiunincd al the
foreiL'ii olfii'i'i where Ihe meetiui; wan
held, for oulv n few moments nml
did not enter llio council eliamhcr
where the session locluv wiih an exec
ulive one.
Orlniiilo Arrive
The council ns it met todnv com
prised 10 inctnlierH two from each of
the five uroiit powers President Wit
son mid Secretary of State l.iin-ini:
reiircscnlinc the I'niled States. The
three udditioniil ini'inhers from each
power did not attend, as full nicctiuus
of the luemliershii) of 25 lire nsscm
lilcd only when suliiecls of especial
importance are under consideration
hv the council.
Vittorio Orlando, Ilulian premier,
arrived from Koine locluv.
l'AIMS. .Inn. 20. As Iho supreme
council of Ihe lienec eoiiL'ress resuin
eil Hillings liidnv marked progress wns
heinir made in the business of com
paring various plans for tho formn-
tion of n League ol Nations and hnr
monir.ing them into a unit v of iileas
which can he t alien up as a concrete
proposition.- '.Much headway wns
made last night ut Ihe conference at
the Mural residence, which wns al
tended hv Mr. Wilson, Lord lloherl
food, Ihe llntisli representative
charged with working out a idan for a
Leiigiie of Nullum) : Leon llourgeois
(lie French proponent of a plan for
such an organiKatnin, nnd Clenern
.Ian Christian Smuts, who lias form
ulalcil.n plan for n league,
Leoguo of Nations
I'roliminnrv conversations over llio
slruclui-o of u League of Nations arc
slriclly Hpcakiiig, still in Hie static i;
being discussed in meetings of tin
supremo council, and me not teelini
enllv before the pence eongres.v ns n
whole, hut the luet that tho eonsrres
lias nilviiiieeil tins question to II:
foremost pluco in its program is In
nen to indicate Hint such progress
being made in the supremo council u
to warrant expectation that a dcl'inil
and somewhat detailed program wil
he soon evolved. This progrnni, it
uelioveil, will present tlio common
thought of Ihe lenders of Iho United
Stales, Great Hritaiii nnd France, nni:
lliorefore ninv furnish n starling
point, from which nil tho pence dele
gales inav piirlicipnle, President
Wilson is personally pressing forwnri
(Continued on Page Six.)
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SALONIIsT. Friday. Jan. 17. fHv
tho Associnled I'resss.) Niholai
I'aehilch, tlio Serbiau premier, has ro
signed, l'rinco liegenl. Alexander Jin
Inskcd Slovnii l'rotitch, llio finnnc
minislcr in the l'nchilch enhiuel, I
form n neC cnbinct, for Iho Soil
Cioiil-Sloveno kingiloui.
EGISLATURETO
VALIDATE BILL
Amendment to $100,000 Appropria
tion Necessary Hlqhwav Commit
tees Meet Commlsisoners Tonliiht
Carkin in Salem to Consolidate
Government.
SAI.RM, Jan. 20. An amendmonl
valldulinK tho bill pasaed last week
by tho legislature, providing one
hundred thousund dollars for Iho re
lief of discharged Oregon soldiers,
was expocted to bo passed by both
houses bore today. Tho measure was
declared unconstitutional becauso It
fulled to vent In tho secretary of
statu tho power to draw necessary
warrants.
There was soino sentiment express
ed among legislators today in favor
of reducing tlio appropriation but
millers expressed themselves against
any change.
Tho statu highway commission and
lie highway committees of tho two
houses will meet tonight to formii-
ato a working basis for employment
of returned soldiers on road work.
Ono thousand men are to bo given
mmediato work.
Curkln on Hceuo
With a bill carrying out tho rec
ommendations of the consolidation
commission, John II. Carkin of Med-
ford. tho lawyer member of tho com
mission, arrived upon tho scene today
and It Is anticipated that the mea
sure will be one of tho storm centers
of tho session, for in one way or the
other It strikes ut almost every state
department and commission.
Immediately following tho Intro
duction of tho bill It will be referred
to tho joint consolidation committee
of the two houses. Altho tho com
mission docs not expect that the leg
islature would, embody all of Its roc.
oimnendatlnns Into law, it Is confi
dent that many of thorn will be
adopted. Tho consolidation commit
teo will have probably to adopt such
as It considers feasible and those con
sldored Impractical will be discarded.
Joint Memorial
The houso this morning passed
Joint memorial No. 5, Introduced by
Representative llurdlck, memorializ
ing congress to paiy tho Sinnott rec
lamation ana urainugo uiu. i no inn
will miiko available funds to coin
ploto tho Deschutes project, affecting
300,000 acres of land In Oregon, ond
giving employment to thousands of
returned soldiers.
PRINCE JOHN OF
LONDON', Jan. 20 President Wll
son has sent n telegram of sympathy
to King George on the death of his
youngest son. Prince John.
LONDON', Jan. 20. Tho death of
Prlnco John, youngest Bon of King
Qoorgo, came so quickly and unex
pectedly Saturday night that thoro
was no timo for nursos to summon
the king and queen to his besldo be
fore ho oxplred.
The delicate health of Prlnco John
hnd mnde It necessary Hint he nlwnyi
have nn attendant, lie wns never
soon on public occasions with other
members of the royal family. V
PLAN TO EXTEND
FOREIGN MARKETS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Prepn
rntious for a combined effort under
the Webb net lo extend the foreign
market for Americnn textiles were
completed todnv bv the Textile Al
liance Fxport corporation of . New
York, which filed papers of orunnizn
tion with the federal trndn commis
sion ns reiniircd by law. Tho four
great, textile associations formed the
now combination. .
ITALY ASKS HUGE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Italy
wns the worst sufferer from fuel
shortage among llio allied nations,
according to Hie report of Iho com
mission sent to Kurope bv Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield, Italy, the com
mission suiil, usks' an nnniinl national
supply of 12,000,000 tons.
TOAIDEX-YANKS
TfieIown Pi
Cosh, fotkt. he oeart ooen shoes Thit thovt Fricdrtch Wilhclm
H ohcnzollcrn, poor limp, as he used lo looli m Chotmany anu as he looks
(otaji in Holland. Yesterday, spic and span; today, doon and out;
tomorrotv sho knovsf . And notice that tiie corners of his mouth, trhich
used lo turn up, now fum DOWN. '
AS
LONDON. Jan. 20. Dttails of the
proposed new constitution for Ger
many drawn up recently. ure civen in
nn official wireless dispatch from
Berlin.
It slutes thai the empire is to con
sist of its former component slates,
besides nnv terrilories which bv vir-
tuo of the right ol selt-determination
lesirc to be received into the empire.
The dispatch declares the people
hnve the right, regardless of former
frontiers, to erect new German tree
states within the empire providing
nnv sncli free state has n ponulntion
of 2,0(10,001). If the people of u bor
der country wish lo ioin the Germnn
empire the assent of the Germnn peo
ple shall be rcipiired.
The imperial president, who is to be
elected bv the people, must he o.i
years old nnd must hnve been a citi-
sen of (Icnnanv for 10 venrs before
his election, lie will be elected by
an nbsolnte mnioritv of nil tho votes.
The president will represent the em
pire, but declarations of war or con
clusions of pence rest with the reich
stng. Treaties for fortign states re
duire nsseiil of the reichstne. As
soon as ii League of Nations, the ob
ject of which is the exclusion of i
eret Iron ties bus been formed, nil
treaties with Ihe league shnll TCinure
the assent of the reichstng. The im
pcriul president's tenure of office
will bo for seven venrs nnd bis re
election wil Ihe permissible. The im
perial government will be composed
of chancellor nml ministers who will
lie chosen bv the president of the
renchstng. The government mu
have the confidence of the house of
deputies nnd shall be responsible to
tho renchstng. .
SEAT TLE? -SHIPYARD
SKATTLE, Jan. 20. Seattle ship
yard workors numbering 25,000, ac
cording to their lenders today hnd
all plans mado to strllta tomorrow at
V( a. m. to press tholr domnnda for
higher wages.
All tho Seattle yards wore open
today. Hoports circulated yesterday
said it was thought some of the yards
would closo of tholr own accord to
day. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
FELT AT VALLEJ0
VAI.LKJO, (-ulir.. Jan. 20. A dis
ticl cnrthnimko shock was felt here nt
1:110 n. in. todnv. hilt ns fur ns is
known, caused no damage.
'met
SERVICE MEDALS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Practi
cnllv all nrniv corps and division
commanders of I he American expedi
iomirv forces, together with tho
heads of the staff departments, have
now been awarded distinguished ser
vice medals by General Pershing for
conspicuous service. The war depart
nient todnv made publ.c citations o
27 officers, in addition to the list of
2-t given out vesterdnv. Minor Gen
oral William 11. Johnson, commnnder
of the 01st division, is on today s list
Among the officers decorated were
Mnior General John F. O Rynn. com
mnndins the 27th (N. Y. Nutionn
Guard I division, the only gunrd di
vision commander to retain his com
iniind throughout Ihe war, nnd Mnior
Geneful John A. LeJueno of the Jin
rine corps, commanding tne 2nd di
vision of Murines, Ma jor General K
M. Lewis, commanding the 30th (Wild
Cat) division, also wns decorated.
Th:s division and the 27th served with
the. Hritish a nnv and helped to sums!
Ihe famous Hindcnbitrg line.
Two other officers on today's lisl
Major General Ireland, surgeon-gen
eral of the nrmv, and Major General
Clarence C, Williams, chief of ord
nance, were formally decorated Snt
urdav bv Secretary, linker under
these citations.
PROSECUTE SALES OF
HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 20. Mon
tuna grocers and druggists who arc
selling flavoring extracts and other
preparations will be prosecuted for
violation of the prohibition law. de
clared Attorney General S. C. Ford
todnv. The attorney general said tb
merchant's who are selling these arti
cles with n view to testing Ihe law will
attain their ends. "It is clearly
violation of the lew," lie said, "nnd
the dealers will lose not only their
cases but t heir entire stocks of goods
nnd store fixtures. The law provides
for confiscation, not only of. tho nl
ooltolio preparations, but of all el:
in the ijtore." r ',
SUE EX-EMPEROR FOR
llll
GENEVA.-Jan. 0. The Commerei:
Hunk of liudnpest bus decided to sue
former Emperor Charles for $1,000.
000 crowns, which he subscribed t
the oighlh war lonnd nnd which he
refuses lo pay.
NEW WORLD DAWNING BASED
UPON COMMUNITY OF INTEREST
WILSON TELLS FRENCH SENATE
Polncare. Foch. French Cabinet and s
and Plead for Her Cooperation in Arranaino for Future at Luncheon
Tendered Him Euloqlstic Greet! na Extended bv Antonin Dubost Savs
France Has Earned Brotherhood of World, and Mankind turns to Her
to Champion Liberty of Those Who Love Freedom.
PAULS. Jan, 20. President Wil
son, guest of the French senate nt a
uncheon todnv, delivered an ad
dress in replv to the eulogistic greet
ing extended him in the name of the
senate bv Antonin Dubost. its presi
dent. President Wilson began by express
ing bis pleasure nl tne coruiniiiy oi
the welcome. "A new world is com-
ng into life," he said, adding that the
world has awakened "to its commu
nity of interest and it knows its fu-
uro depends on this community of in
terest."
The future of free institutions nnd
of civilization, he added, depend
upon it.
Polncare and Koch Present
President Wilson drove directlv
from the foreign office, where he had
been attending the meetine of the su
preme council, to Ihe Luxembourg
palace, where the luncheon took place.
He was accompanied bv Premier
Clcmeneean.
President Poincnre was one of the
guests as were all the French cab
inet members, the members of the sen
ate. Paul Deschnnel. the president of
the Chamber of Deputies and Marshal
Foch.
President Wilson ns he arrived at
the Luxembourg palace was received
with great ceremonv.- The Republican
Guard in dress uniform, was drawn
ur in the court of honor, - A fanfare
of drums and trumpets marked the
president's appearance. This wns fol
lowed hv the plaving of the American
national nnthem.
President's Speech
President Wilson tsaid
r- , - ,, , -it., t l Know mm i nine iiie itrv uis- ,
"Mr. President of he senate. Mr.,,. honor rcpresent a
uv i t"e.rcl,u','icV . tion whose heart is in this business.
"oi. have made me fee your wd-l j nm d , wok for ,he De0.
come in wonts as generous as iney
nre deliehtful nnd I feel that vbu hnve
graciously called me vonr friend. May j
I not in turn all Ibis company a
company of mv friends, for every- j
thing that von have so finely said.!
sir. has been corroborated in everv
circumstance of our visit to this
country. Everywhere ire have been
welcomed not onlv. but welcomed in
the spirit anil with the same thought,
until it lins s.eemed ns if the spirits of
two countries came together in an un
usual and beautiful accord.
At Frontier of Freedom
"We know the long period of peril
through which France has gone.
France thought us remote in compre
hension and sympathy and I dare sav
there were times when we did not
comprehend ns you comprehend, the
danger in the presence of which the
world stood.
"There was no time when we did
not know how near it was. and I ful
ly understand, sir. that throughout
these trying vears, when mankind
has waited for the catastrophe, the
anxietv of France must have been
the depest nnd most constant of all.
for she did stand at the frontier of
freedom. She hud enrved out Her
own fortunes through n long period
of eager struggle. She had done great
things in building up a great new
France. And iust across the bor
der, separated from her onlv bv a
few fortifications and a little country
whose neutrality it has turned out
the enemy did not respect, lav the
shadow enst bv the cloud which en
veloped Germany, the cloud of in
trigue, the cloud of dnrk purpose, the
cloud of sinister design. This shadow
lay nt the verv borders of France.
France Did Not Tremble
"And vet it is fine to remember
here that for France this wns not a
Deri!, but n challenge. France did not
tremble. France ouictlv and in her
own wnv. prepared her sons for the
struggle that wns coming. She never
took the initiative or did n single
thing that wns aggressive. She hnd
prepared herself for defense, not in
order to impose her will upon other
people. She hnd prepared herself that
TO AMERICAN TRADE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. rnles-
tino was thrown open again to Ameri
cnn export nnd import under nn or
der todnv bv the war trade board.
Figs, dates and tobaccos aro among
the most generally known articles of
.commerce made available by this new
older.
enate Hear President Praise France
no other people might impose its wil!
upon her.
"As I stand with von nnd as I mix
with the delightful people of this
country I see this in their thoughts:
'America always was our friend. Now
she understands. Now she compre
hends, and now she has come to bring
ns this message; and ,thnt. under
standing, she will always be ready to
help.' And while ns voa say. sir. this
danger mav prove to be a continuing
danger, while it U true that France
will nlwavs be nearest this threat,
if we canont turn it from a threat
into a promise, there are many clo--ments
that ought to reassure France.
Xew Awakened World
"There is a new awakened world. It v
is not abend of us, but around us. It
knows that its dearest interests are
involved in its standing together for
a common purpose. It knows that the
peril of France, if it continues, will
be the peril of the world. ,It knows
that not only France mnst organize
against this peril, but that the world
must organize against it.
"So I see in these welcomes not
only hospitality, not only kindness,
not only hope, hut a purpose, a defi
nite clearly defined purpose, that men.
understanding one another, must now
support one another and that all the
sons of fredom are under a com
mon oath to see that freedom never
suffers this danger again. v That, to-,
mv mind, is the impressive element of
this welcome. I know horn much of.
itf sir, nnd I know how little of it to.
appropriate to nivsclf. , , -:
. r Won Brotherhood
."I know that I have the very dis-
ple I represent. But I know that von
honor me in a representative capac
ity. I delight in this welcome, there
fore, as if as I had brought the peo
ple of the United States with me. nnd .
thev could see in vour faces what I
see in the tokens of welcome and af
fection.
The sum of the whole matter is
that France has earned and has won
the brotherhood of the world. She has
stood at the chief post of danger, and
the thoughts, of mankind ond her
brothers everywhere, her brothers in
freedom, turn to her nnd center' upon
her. If this is true, ns I believe it to
be. France is fortunate to have suf
fered. She is fortunate to hnve
proved her mettle as one of the cham
pions of liberty and she has tied to
herself those who love freedom nnd
truly believe in the progress mill
rights of man."
EH
BERLIN, Jan. 20. (By Associat
ed Press.) The streets of Berlin to
day were virtually buried under a
deluge of election dodgers, while
fronts of houses and available win
dows were plastered with huge pos- .
ters hung up by campaign workers
during the. morning, frequently with
out the knowledge of house or store
proprietors.
The spectacle was one wholly new
to Berlin, where the billboard priv
ileges are strictly confined to the fa
miliar columns on the street corners,
while the distribution of hand bills
Is ordinarily severely restricted by
police regulations..
NEW PHONE RATES
I IN EFFECT TONIGHT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. W. II. ,
Lnnuir, solicitor of the postoffice dc.
pnrtment, nnd n member of the wiro
control committee, said today that
now long distnnce and toll telephone
rates established bv Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson would bo put into effect
nt midnight tonight despite efforts ot
stnlo regulative bodies to Biispcnd
or otherwiso inodifv' npplicniioli of,
the rules. . , .- .