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Orctori Historical Soo X Public Auditorium The Weather Maximum oni-rlny ,....1M Minimum unlay HM.rt IVoeliilliillnn p 01 Mebford M nn Predictions ' Tonight mill tomorrow t lliiln. ,- i'MBUNE 'nrly.iililh Vnnr. MED FORD, OJ f 150 ON, WK I N KHDAY, ' J A X UA IiY 22, 3919 NO. 237 I'Mlly 't'h hlrtoimllj Your, PEACE COUNCIL RUSSIAN POLICY AIL ADOPTS 1 L E T 10 Five Great Powers Reach Definite Aareement Reaardlna Russia- Supreme Council of Peace Confer ence Decides to Send Mission to Poland Comprlslna Elulit Deleuates, From Each United States. Great Britain, France and Italy. LONDON. .Inn, '."2.-Tin- five ureal iowcrn Grail Britain J'rmico. Ihe United KtnlvH, Itiilv mill Jnpiin. Iinvc reached ii Uf mU agreement re curding UiiKMiu. nt'cnnling to a Paris tlinpotfho tu the (Vnlriil News tmluv i; PAIUS. Jim. 22. Tho supremo council of tlm ponce coiiferi'iiea thin morning wiiiKiilrruil tli I'nlixli one linn uml decided tu hi'inl ii tiii-wiun to I'otllhd. TIllH llllllllllhl'l'llll'lll U'lIK lUlldc in tho official Matciucnt ii f tlm pro ceedings of llii' conference. A proposal fruiii I'ri'Kiili-iil Wilson ri'Uiiriliinr the Hu-inii nuciitinii will lie cliHiufHvil Hum afternoon, the state ment mlili'ii. The supreme council uf the ponce conference took up the Polish rnics- tinll when it iihhiiiiiIiU'iI luiliiv. Mur hIiiiI Kuril, tilt! allied commander in cliii'f, w nri'Hi'iit und was consulted on the subject. Tho discussion resulted in n'llu pinion lir thu rniini'il In scud nt once lo I'liliiml n iiiin-.ic.il comprising eight delegatus, oni military and one civil. from oiicli of tin? I nit I'd States, Grcnt Britain. Krnneo nnil lliilv. Tlir council then took tin again the oncstion of tlin Kiinhuui situation. President Wilson look n prominent part in this. reading 11 prupoKul on the Niihici't to tin' Council, which planned to discuss it nt (lie ufti'rnoun session beginning nt '.) u clock. Itinodim Problem frin 'iplt'S of iii'tinn Imve been de cided I pun in llio main uml virtually nil that remains is to reduce the nurccmcni to writing nnil get final iissenl lo it bv the di'leuiiles. There was no iiiilii'iiliuii nt the opening of today's nii'i'limr iim to which nnu of the three proposals already considered hull Iiitii neceplod, or whether nn en tirolv now plan had been worked out. Ilic policy of building n wall around Bolshevism hv encouraging lawful uovprnmi'iil in j-HPoki-n of u being foremost muting thn possibilities. When the supreme council of tho pence I'uiifi'ri'iii'e mot (hero unto pres ent, in addition to nil the memherH of the council. Marshal Koch, thn allied I'oinmiiiiiler-Mi-i'hiel : General W'uv L'linil, liin chief of staff, nnil Hear Admiral Hope, ileputv first sea lord of thn British uilniiriiltv board. It was iiNKiiuu'il from the presence of then military nnil naval officer (hut the ItitsNiiin situation on llm llaltic and on tho land front was discussed, Wilson nnil (.'oorgo Agroo President Wilson and David I.lovd Gaorgo. the llrilish premier, urn In complete iigrcoiuenl uh regards Iho Uussrjfn situation, nt'cnnling to the J uris edition of tho' London Dnilv Mail.' Thev reirard it Rotllement of tho ItiiNhinii nuestioii uh uliHoliitelv iieceHNiirv preliminnrv to tin formn lion of it I.ciiLriio of NatioiiH, tho newspaper dechiren, uml thev nro i nn.vioiiH to ROi'iiro Iho evidence of ac credited ItolHliovik represenlntives ns to the HtittctiM of lliiHsian nl'fuii'H. "French opinion," continues tho newspaper, "in not nt present in fnvor of even this admission of tho Bolshe vik rouinio." . GIRL BELL HOPS CHICAGO, Jim, 22. A ntovomont to dlaplncfl Klrl "boll hops" In hotels , which omployod thorn bocatmo of tho war lafior Bhortago was begun today by A. B. T. Mooro, national aocretnry of tho Gtdoona, anting nn a resolution .adopted at a recent mooting of the exocutlvo commltee of tho organisa tion, . lle aildrofwod a loiter to Iho Amorlciin Itotol Jinn's Protoctlvo aa Boolutlon iirtflng that glrln bo roloim ed' from thono poaltlnna which, ho Hiild, Kiihjnela Ihnm to Improper In-fluoncos, g REPLACED IN CHICAGO T 1 13 Who Refused to Wear Uniform and Did No Military Duty. Liberat ed From Prison at Fort Leaven worth and Unexecuted Portions of Their Sentences Remitted. WAHIII.VCITON', Jim. 22. Sucro- lur' llnkor Imluy ordered llio roleuvo of 113 coimelalitloim objortorii hold nt Kort Louvunwortli, tho ronilniilon of llio iinoxucuied iiorlloim of Ihnlr noulDiieoa, tholr "honoralilo roolorn tlon lo duty" anil Immoilliito din chnmo from llio army. Tho men nileunod comurlno two clumuiu. In ono (sroup nro thirty men who horetoforu have, boon recom mended hy llio board of Inquiry headed hy Jtiilgo Julian Muck, for furlough. Group two I no I u den thono men whom tho hoard of Inquiry on ro-iixamliiailon found lo lio nlncoro and who lit lla juilKinoiil would have. been recommended for furloiiKh If (hoy had hud opportunity of belnK examined tiy It boforo the court mar tint proreadltiKii. Secretary linker limtruetod that tho dlaehiirKOH trained thono con nclentlouH olijoetom nhoulil bo writ ton on a upefliil form which Includes tho followliiK remark: "Thin la a eonaelenlloua objector who linn done no military duty what aoovor and who retimed to wear the uniform." The policy of granting farm or other furloiiKha to aueh men aa wore ndjudued ulucere. Hocrolnry Maker uld In hla order, wax adopted o thut tho co a a try mlitht huvo the ben efit of atich lulior aa Ihoy could per form conaclentloiiHly Instead ol hav ing lo pay for their rare and sulmlR tones wtlh no corresponding benefit. Tho aecrelnry'a nellon doca not af fect tho atalua of thoao eonaelenlloua objectora who wero found to bo Inain core In their objections. HOPE TO KEEP V P.&E. AS UG ROAD A mooting of citizens wan held Tiieadny to cIIocuhh tho attention canned by iho court order suapeiidliiK service on iho l'nclflc & lOastern Jan. SI, and a commltteo appointed to communicate with timber owners und lumber operators, to secure their cooperation In offorta to keep llio road In operation na a logging road nt lonat until tho lumbermen huve tlmo to tormu:nle aonio plan for tho future Another meeting was hold this afternoon which was attended by II I). Mills, uiHintHur ot tho Hut to Kails I.nmbor company, and nrrnngomontB will bo miido to send u delegation to 1'ortlund to take up tho modification of tho court order and aocuro the toniia of tho receiver for thu pur chiino of the property, with a vlow to enlisting capital and freight guaran tees. .Mr. Mills stated that tho Butte Kails Lumber company had exponded $140,000 tho pust your in modornlis Ing Ha equipment ami was now. for tho first time ready for continuous operation. Tho mill la now cutting 50,0(10 feet of lumber a day. bus a million foot manufactured and await ing shipment and two million feet ot logs eut. Two carloads of lumber a day enn bo furnished. , Tho Applngnto mill will hftvo ii similar capacity and furnish n largo toniiURp In logH. Tho Tom 1 In Box factory' und. small sawmill will still further lncreaso tho tonnage In ulght. ' PARIS, Jim. 22.' -The monarchist mnvomont in Portugal, according lo advices rocelved' hero, nppeurs to be making progress A monarchist proc lamation was read at Vnlmicn-Do-Mlnho In the presence of tho garri son. ' Tho rniuililleaii flag was then lorn down nnd 'hyrnnd and tho mon archist flag holstpd In Us plnco, DEN ous OBJECTORS SET FREE BY BAKER SERIES OF BILLS AIMEDIOSTRIKE PAVING TRUST Thomas arpj Sheldon Both After Scalu of Hard-Surfaclnq Monop olyAttack 10- Year Maintenance Guarantee Thomas Resolution Forces Appearance of Commission. SAI.K.M, Jun. 22. Sonalor Thom as' resolution calling for nn appcar- anco of tho highway commissioners boforo Iho leglsluluro which he fought thru both houses over deter mined opposition, culminated lust night In a session thut brought the roud question out of chaos and placed It boforo tho legislature In clearly defined linos so that exact needs are known. Sentiment In tho legislature and with tho commission centers about tho figure $10,0110,000, tho amount tentatively agreed upon by tho com mittees' to bo ombodlod aa a bond Is sue In tho liMls to be Introduced at tnis session. Slrlko at I'uvliig Trust The first ot a series of bills that havo beoit drufted with tho view of administering a solar plexus blow to tho paving trust were Introduced In tho legislature today ono In the seniilo and one In the bouse. Senators Thomas and l.achmund, who, with Senator Dlmlck, have been lending the flfthl against tho hard surfacing monopoly In the senato. aro tho authors of tho meusuro In troduced in that body, and Keproson tativo Sheldon, who has been Its foe In the house, presented the one in troduced In hat body, lloth strike at tho socalled 10-year maintenance giiuruntee, tho most effective Instru ment employed by the paving trust in corruiing naru-siirinciug couirucio. OF WASHINGTON, Jim. 22. Use of water routes lo relieve crowded rail road lines, consolidation of ticket of fices, unification of terminals and pooling of repair shops were among tho war time reforms Instituted by tho railroad administration Indorsed as worthy of continuation by Julius Kruttschnltt, chairman ot tho South ern Pacific, In testimony today bo foro the somite Intorstnto commerce co m m It toe. Standardisation of equipment for nil railroads under federal control, proposed 'by the railroad administra tion, was said by .Mr. Kruttschnltt to bo Inadvisable. Tho short routing of truffle, Mr. Kruttschnltt said, hud not resulted In us largo benefits ns hud boon claimed. In siiiiimarl.lng tho attltudo of tho railroad executives toward railroad legislation, Mr. Kruttschnltt said: "Profiling by experience acquired under both private nnd government lerntion tho carriers earnestly do- siro to provide a better system of op eration liy combining tho Initiative and beneficial features ot competl Hon Inhoront in private ownership with the benoflts developed during operation by the government under propor legislation," SAI.fMf, Jan. 22. The joint con solldntttm committee of tho somite and the houso ndoptod a program to day which It will follow thru tho senato. Tho urogram calls for six sopuruto bills, covering everything on tho subject of consolidation which tho prcsont legislature will have tb consider. Tho Blx departments to be affected nro labor, health, agricultur al iigenclos, boards regulating cor porations, sttilo Institutions and water nnd foreHls. John Cnrkln of Medford, will pro- pare the btlhjj IWt Photo jpf -the Underground Wireless. ill ' -iP i With this wlreloaa equipment messages may be received and sent by wireless without the aid of aerials and the equipment may be ready to tune up and receive messages via underground In five minutes. Atmospheric conditions give no trouble Ihere. James Harris Rogers, who ia hero shown, with the equipment he developed, has received nies agei from Berlin. Paris and Rome at his homo In Hyattsvllle. Md. The system was used by the U. S. during the war. for the little box mw be carrleswtnywhoro. and la ready tor business when a wre is stuck Into the ground. E WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 Disasters was predicted as certain to follow continued government operation of , the merchant murine, by Charles Pnge, mombor of the shipping board, I today at the opening session of a morchant marine conference here to discuss the future of. American aiiip- ping. Mr. Page asked the advice of the conference on problems which he said the shipping hoard must meet Immediately. .. , "Wo havo during tho war commit ted tho board and constructors to a program of building twelve and a half million tons of steel 'ships, and two and a half million tons of wood en ships," ho said. "There are ser ious misgivings as to what should be done today, in the matter. Should the contracts for Bhlps' not yet laid down bo cancelled, and how are the effects upon labor and inarkots to be met if they are cancelled? "Then comes tho question of dis position of ships already built. Be cause of the war wo have built some ships of types, lot us say frankly, that you ns shipping men wouldn't think of buying to operate In world competition. Tholr si.o, or tho mo tive powor that was Installed, makes that almost Impossible. DIMMED TO HEAD COMMITTEE SAI.EXr. Ore.. Jim. 21 Senator Wilder A. Dimiek ii Clackamas county, wits today elected ehnir'ninri ot the joint siiccinl committee on consolidation, reeciviinr four votes to one for Heiiresentntive (Iriilinni. Hcn roseiitiitivo Herbert Gordon, chair man ow the wnvs and muting commit tee, in the house, was iipiiointed u member of the coiiunitteo hv Speaker Jones to take the pliieo of Juscph G. Kii'hnrdson. resinned. 'f"' J REDUCED RATES Off OCEAN TRAFFIC WASHINGTON, Jnn. 22. Hothiecil iii'oiin l'roiuht rates over various routes announced todnv by the shin pine; hoard include: , Cotton from American attlf ports io Ghent, llclu'ium, t".10 per 100 pounds; eonl from American milf ports to Chile, $lti..i0 per sross ton: eonl from Hampton lioucls to Hawaiian islands, sU 0 per ton; linrlcv I'rom the' I'ueifle coast to the I'nited Kiilsjdoin (for the fond, adminisl ration) $.V2"iO tv short ton, , ' SOCIALISTS FAIL TO WIN VICTORY GERMAN ELECTION COPENHAGEN, Jan. 22. It is re- ported unofficially from Berlin that 319 delegates had been elected tosthe national assembly I'rom 2$ districts in the returns up to 5 o'clock Tues- day afternoon. They were distrlbut- cd as follows: Majority socialists 132; German democrats 5S: centrists 57; German national party 28; independent so cialists 22; German people's party, 12;, scattering 6. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 22 AlthoucU the majority socialists obtained nn absolute majority in Berlin and the suburbs Sunday, nccordinsr to n Ber lin dispatch to the Handelsblnd. they cannot consider the results satisfac tory ns the lloiirucoise parties iouud more suniiih't than had been expected. The l.oknl Anzeiuer of Berlin esti mates that the Bourceoiso parties up to Tuesday afternoon had traicd as ninny scuts ns the two socialist par tics combined. One of the arent surprises of the election was the success of the so cialists in Kust Prussia, where thev we're formerly detested hy the voters. The conservatives polled tv heavy vote throiu.'hout the country. . COPENHAGEN". Jan. 21. Pnrtiul reports from the elections in Lower liimirin and I nncr l'luil show thut the Bavarian people's party won five seals, the majority socialists two nnd the peasant alliance two. In Schles-witr-Holstcin uml I.uheck the majority socialists won fve stats nnd the Ger man democrats three. Tho independ ent socialists and the Christum peo ple's purtv. formerly centrists,-failed to win u sinalc sen. LONDON; Jnn. 21. In I Inmburs. which was considered n stronghold of the Spartnciins and Independent socialists, the majority socialists se cured seven seats out of eleven, ae cordinir to u Central News dispatch from Ainsterduiii. The Gorman demo crats won three scuts and the inde pendent socialists one. IAL PARK ENLARGEMENT SAI.EM, Ore.. Jan. 22 The Jack son coiiutv uelesntion in the house of representatives have introduced it .memorial to'conarcss urainir the passage of Senator McXnrv's hill in coneress extendim: the limit ol Crn- Icr Lake national park to include some of the scenic hultes north of the hike. II is-cxpeeted tho memorial will be adopted t nn wily ditto, PACKERS PASS INCOIVIE TAXES Tl Armour Admits Earnlnas Shown in Annual Statement Did Not Include Millions Set Aside for Income and Excess Profits Wants Reasonable Price for Livestock. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. Appear. lng for the second day before the bouse interstate commerce commit tee, J. Ogden Armour, president of Armour and company, was question ed further today by members of the committee as to operations of the meat packing industry. Establishment of a central agency to control shipments of meat animals to market was advocated toy Mr. Ar mour as a means ot stabilizing prices and preventing gluts in the market He said, however, that supply was not the only factor in fixing the mar ket price for livestock, which depend ed also on the fluctuating demand for meat. Mr. Armour said the consumer could protect himself in a measure against high prices by refraining from purchasing, but that the pro ducer of livestock, like the packer, had to take whatever the market was paying at the time he sold. "We are very much Interested in maintaining a reasonable price, much more so than In having a price so high as to discourage the eating ot meat or too low to prevent the rais ing ot cattle." Mr. Armour said. ...Bringing out -that tho 113.000,000 earnings shown in Armour's annual statement did not include ?6, 800, 000 set aside for income and excess pro fits. Representative Stephens ot Ne braska said: "Then you are passing that on to the consumer?" "That may be so," Mr. Armour re plied. Replying to a question, Mr. Ar mour said his "company's advertising campaign was necessary as a result of the federal trade commission's "crusade, or whatever you call it, against the packing Industry." $100,000 RELIEF BILI SALEM, Ore.,. Jan. 22. After scoring the upper house of the legis lature tor making a "political foot ball" of the bill appropriating $100,- 000 for the relief of returned soldiers and sailors, the house today sent the measure back to tho senate with re fusal to concur In a senato amend ment. Tho amendment would have provided that soldiers receiving money from the fund must make complete statement concerning them selves and their circumstances, to be filed with the secretary ot state. Representatives declared them selves opposed to "putting strings on their gratitude," or cross-examining the boys before giving them a cent.' A house conference committee went back to the senate with the bill. The conference commute reported later that the senate had receded from Its demand for amendment and the bill will go thru as originally drafted. - SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. A bill do signed as nn offset for tho raise in rates, from 25 to 100 per cent, put into effect in Oregon yesterday bv the Hell Telephone company, wns mtro duced into the house here todnv bv ltopreseiitntivo C. Schuebcl of Ore eon City, The measure would cause five per cent of -the telephone com ponies' gross income to revert to tho state in tnxes. "Tho people undoubtedly will hnv to pnv the arbitrary raise in rates,' dcclured Representative Schuebcl in offering his bill, "but thev will nt least have (he satisfaction, if thi: measure passes, of knowning that the extra inoiiev thov pnv will sro to the state treasury and not to that of private corporation." - . CONSUMERS RISK ENVOYS SENT TO PARIS Address to Free Nations Issued De- mandina National Riahts and Inde pendence Leaislative Powers to Be Vested in Deputies Elected From Existing. Constituencies. DUBLIN, Jan. 22. Accordinu to tho provisional constitution of tho Irish republic now before the "Dull Eireann," legislative powers ore to be vested in deputies elected from ex istinir parliamentary; constituencies. The ministry will consist of a presi dent and four executive offices secretaries of finance, home affairs, foreign affairs and national defense. All revenues will be raised on tho vote of the "Dial Eireann." The con stitution may be altered upon several days notice, tjouni i-iunKeti. rro fessor Kdwurd DcValena and Arthur , Grii'fits will probably be appointed Ir ish delegates to the peace conference today. . . ., Aauress io canons . ; The address to free nntions. Tend t, the parliament yesterday, was in part as follows: ' ' "The nation of Ireland, hnvtne ner i nutionul independence, culls through, her elected representatives in parlia ment assembled, upon every free na tion to support, the Irish republic bv recognizing Ireland's national sta tus and her right to vindication at the pence conference. , : ; It declared that Ireland was radi cally distinct from England in race, language, customs nnd traditions. Ireland, it. said, was one bf the most ancient nations of Europe. She has never rclinnuisheil her nationr.l rights, which she had defiantly proclaimed every generation throughout the era of English usurpation, "'down to her lust glorious resort to arms in 191G." After referring to her geographical position, the nddress continued: . Independence Demanded ., "Ireland's independence is demand ed. Bv the freedom of the seas her great harbors will lie opened to all nations, instead of being a monopoly to England. Today these hnrbors aro empty and solely because Irelund ir revocably determined nt the dawn ot the, promised era of self determina tion ami liberty that she will suffer from domination no longer, culls ev ery tree nation to upnoin ner na tional claim to complete independence , as an Irish republic against tho ar rogant pretensions of. England, which were founded on fraud und sustained bv overwhelming militurv occupation. -She demands to be confronted public ly with Englund nt the congress or. . nations, thut the civilized world, hav ing judged between English wrong and Irish right, may guarantee Irelund its permanent support for the mainten ance of national independence." - FOR SEA SERVICE SALEM, Ore., Jan. 22. Governor Withycombe received today n tele- . gram from Hcnrv Howard, director of the recruiting service of the United States shipping board stating that the board wants two thousand men on its training ships at Atlantic and Pa cific ports. T . The message says . tho ' shipiune board "notes that there are indica tions of n coming of surplus of labor in vour state." and asks that pulilie . attention be called to opportunities offered bv the merchant miirino. Men between IS and 35 years of age aro wanted for firemen, sailors or gtcw urds with chances of advancement to officers' positions. ; pope'sIre BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. Without formality Archbishop Boiiitvcntiirn Cerretti, under secretary of stule nt the Vatican, today presented J'opn Benedict's greeting lo Curdiriul Gib bons on tho occasion of the eardln cl's golden jubilee of his episcopate. The formal celebration look place hero last autumn, hut due In war con ditions the nope was unable a anv one nt (hut time, - , . m PEACE MEETING
