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Oiwm HJafnrtrnl 800 Public Auditorium M Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum jo-doi-day '.. OH Mliilminii (winy '. 4 1 Picclpltnlloii .411 Predictions Rain tonlKlit mid tomorrow. EDFORD Kurty-oluhlh Vnnr, Iully Tlilrluuiitll M EDFORD, OREO ON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919 NO. 258 Yanr. ORE) BEGIN WORK HUE OE NATIONS Commission Sent Bv Supreme Council of Peace Conference to Princess Island to Meet Representatives of Various Russian Elements to Reach Satisfactory Compromise While Awaltinq Reolv. Formation of League of Nations Is Unoermost. l'AIIIS. Jim., 'ay. Willi replies fruni lliv vnrioiiH countries to liip-iuii I'nctiuim lu Hi proposal fur 11 confer ence being aynilcd. tint supreme council of tlio iit'iii'i' conference met nt 1 0:11(1 o'clock loilnv. .Menmvliiki till iiiinl iillicil oonimi-ision is being mode tin, nlllioiitli 1111 Humes have Ihm'ii announced. All lliv members uf llio rnnni'il were uri'xi'iit w licit Hie meeting bo irnn. After dlicuasliiK the proceduro for Saturday's mnelliiK Ilia council, nc c rill nil to I ho official announcement, considered lulomniloniil IckInIiiIIoii on Inbor; responsibilities anil punish tncntH In connection with tho war: reparation for war iliunaKo ml the International control of porta, water way! and rallwaya. Tim council llion took up consideration of Iho prococd uro o be adopted rcKnrdliiK lliv lorrl- loriiil question. ItllKolnilH Hold McctliiK Tho rupriweiilntlvm of iho various Kuaalan governments now In Purls met today with Sertllua Haianoff, the former Ituaalan minister of forcing nffalra and now foreltin milliliter of tho Omak Rornrnment, to discuss the declalon of tho aupremo council here to no ml n commliiiilon to Princes Inland to moot representatives of the various Russian olomonlH. Tho Russian representatives dceld 01I to urito their frlemlH In IliiKBla to aupporl the niovemout for tho pro posed conference. Irfvitrue of N'ntloua PARIS. Jim. 2:i. (Ilv thu Asso (In I I'd I'rcuH.) Having disposed of the HiiNsinii iniCMliiiu for tlio moment, (lie Miprcme council nf lliu ponce con bto turned toihiv In tlio cslnblish mcnl nf n League uf Nations. This otiostioii promises to command vir tunllv lliu iiuiliviilcil iiltculion uf Die dolociitos unlit their nction roBiirdiiif Russia kIiown results one wiiv or 11 11 -other. Ah tho Itiissiiin delegnles ore nut expected nl Prince's Islands until February 15 this iiiciiiih Hint nenrlv the whole nttcntiiiii of the congress will be turned In tho League of Nn tioiiH until President Wilson's depnr lure for America. Out of the Russian negotiations it in Imped Unit Home iinuii inuniH ngree ment will bo renebcil (lint will bring roprescntntivos of Hint couulrv into furtlier sessions nt Pnris. Dolomites uf nil tlio tissocintod governments Imvo expressed Die miinion Hint n secure peneo pun liunllv bo considered lo linvo boon made while Hiisiu ro nmiiiH on fire, Any rinn Aoeoptnblo Mr. Wilson hits told bis oulloiiguos Hint lie hns no personal prido of au thorship in llio plan for Hie leniruo of nutinns nnd is niiile rendv to pbioo himself in n position of Kupporlinir Homo oilier mil ion s plnn rntber limn rtronosimr 0110 of his own, if ho feels that proooilnro will best servo the common purposo. If dismission coon on according to Ihis plan, it nppenrs likely Hint bolh Iho llrilisb nnd French plans will bo dismissed boforo the president brums out Ins own which is now entirely oonniloled nnd rendv for presentntion nt nnv tnno, President Wilson will co nheiid with (Continued on rage Two.) PARIS, Jnn. 2.1. (Hnvns.) Tho Kronen l.onguo of HlRhts for womon has sont lo tho French parliament a proclamation demanding that French womon bo glvon the fnuiolilso; Tho proclamation docluros that tho right of women to voto Is recognized In en emy nnd allied countries, nnd In stances Hnglnnd nnd llin Hulled Htntns, FRANCHISE WANTED BY FRENCH WOMEN ERSP.&E. 1 OF Zlnovcff. Bolshevlkl Governor In structed to Surrender Cltv With out a Fluht. If Attacked Bv North ern Army Esthonlans Claim De feat of Bolshevlkl a Route. LllNIIIIX, Jan. 2:l. l.ci.n Trolzkv. tho KiiHHiaii minister f war. has or dered Zitiouctf. the llolshoviki gov crnor of I'clroijriid. to Kiirreniler Hint citv without 11 fight, if it is ultacked bv the luirtbcrii Hussion forces ne oordiiig to 1111 Exchange. Tclcuruph ilil 111 1 ill frmii ('iiiciihui.'eii. ITiic I'urcmiinu cmrccts ilispntclicri receiv ed from London lnl niubt which np piiicnllv were irnrhlcd in trunMiiis sion lii-lwceu London mid Coiiculin uen. The dispatches last iiiuht inudu it appear that the lliilsheviki had been ordered to surrender a town named "Siuovcfl" which does not appear on available map-, the iiaine huviiiL' been confused Willi 4 Zinovieff. Iho coin uimiiler of I'd rotrrad. ) In mil I hern Russia, the dispatch adds, the llulxlieviki forces have been ilcfeiiled nnd a Inruo part of them hnvc surrendered. In nililitiou, ureal ntimlieis of peasants nre reported to bo in revolt in various parts of Hot- slicvik Kussiu. icuo'ieff is n close nssociate of Premier l.ciiine. lie has been in com mand in IVlrm.-nid most of the time since the llolsheviki capital wim re moved to Moscow. A Coniplclo Hoot f LONDON. Jan. ail. Ksilmninii of. ficiulM claim that Hie defeat of the Holshevihls after the capture of Nar- vii amounted to n complete roul, ne coriliuir to n lleUinufors dispatch to the I luil v Moil. F.stlioiiinn ndvauce uuards now nre winin "." miles of I'etrocrad and continue to capture prisoners and munitions. The Ksthonians intend to push us far ea-t as the Lima and I'liusn rivers, to encircle the citv of 1'skov. TO MKXK'U CITY. Jan. 2.1. A pro ject for the division of national lamia of .Mexico nmoiiK muni! farmers and ranchers la ox poet ml lo ho presontotl by I'roHltlnnt C'lirruntii lo tho proa out aenslon of the Mexican congress. It la proposed to orgitnliu uKrliiiltural colonloa with aliilo support and su pervision In tho s(nt08 of Cotihulln, Nuovo Leon, Chlnpns nnd Chihuahua. Tho plan Involves Iho development of Irrigation projects which already hnvo boon proposed by tho depart ment of development nnd to comprlso cotiHorvntlon of natural resources. The outline of a new series of laws to Rovernment tho relations bctweon employers nnd tho employed, to limit tho working day to eight hours has been suhmittod to the representatives In congress. Tho proposod lews nre Intondod also to protect the wngo of workmen, provide hygienic surrniiiid Ings for workers, compousutioii fqr Industrial accidents, protection of womon employes, and arbitration of Industrial disputes, SHIP IN BREAKERS II ABHtlDRUN, Wash., Jnn, 23. An unlilontlflod flvo-nuistod achooner, nollovod to bo a Drltlsh vessel Is lu tlio broalters flvo miles north of the north Jotty nt tho ontrnneo of Grays Harbor, according to ndvlc.es reach ing; the World today. Hooch resi dents sighted tho vossot this morning nnd sot out to got help. Tito llfo- snvlng station nl WoHtport has boon notified by tolophono linemen, but tho life-savors hnvo not yet roachod tlio sceno, which Is nhout ten miles from tho station, The schooner Is flying dlstross slgnuls, but Is too tar out nnd tho wnves are brooking ovor her loo high to mnko out hor nnmo. A torrlflo gnlo rnvngod tho coast Inst night, reaching n grout holght nhout 7 o'clock this niornluff, when It Is ostlmnlod tho wind reached n veloc ity of 70 inMos (in hour nt tlnifn, m SKY ORDERS CAPITULATION PE R RAO Ml SWISS OUTLINE ATTITUDE UPON PEACE ISSUES Expect to Be Admitted to Peace Ne uotlatlons Affertlnq Neutrals In sists Upon Maintaininq Neutrality Approves Leanue of Nations Wants Free Trade. I'AUIrt, Jim. 23. Tho presidents of the Culled States and Switzerland will moot lonlglit at 7:30 o'clock. President Adur, who arrived today, will heforo he meets President Wil son, confer with President Polncare, Premier Clenivnroau and possMtly Premier Lloyd-George. Ho coinoa to Paris bearing an official statement of tho views of the Swiss government on ponding International questions which will bo luld beforo the peace congress. Tho statement follows: Kuiss Want Volco 1 Hwltxorlund expects to be ad mitted with other stales to the peace negotiations as far as they will deal Willi her own problems In genoral Importance. Noutral states not having been called upon to make as heavy sacrifices as belligerents, have nevertheless suffered severely In con aoqueiifo of the war. All have been able, especially In the case of Switz erland, to render considerable service to humanity. 2 Swltcerland highly approves of tho creation of a League of Nations for preserving pcaco, and expects from It a comploto reform of Inter national relations. . The maintenance of pouce must be founded upon a general Interdiction to parties In conflict not to resort to arms. Inter national conflicts must be solv ed either by arbitration tribunals formed by the freo consont of ine pnrlles or else by a permanent Inter national court offering every" guaran tee of political Independence, All other International disputes must be submitted to a procedure of media tion thru which lasting settlements on the basis of equity and Justice can be arrived at. To Mntntnln Neutrality 3 Switzerland recognizes the ne cessity for action which may ultim ately consist of military pressure within the systom of the Lcugue of Nations. Nevertheless, Switzerland Is determined not to abandon her neu trality, which Is luld down In the Swiss constitution and based on tho tradition of 4 00 years of peaceful politics. In case nrmod conflict should, nftor nil, occur under the rolgn of tho League of Nations, the oxlsteuce of tho several permanently noutral and Inviolable states would tie a great boncflt also for the league Itself. The Institution of the Red Crocs must ho based on tho existence of such noutral torrllory. 4 Freedom of production and commorce Ib of vital Importance for Switzerland. As far as HmttU' Hons will bo Imposed concerning Im portation, exportation and free pas sago of goods and raw materials, all slates should mutually accord each other most favored nation treatment. Wiinls Access to Sons 5 Switzerland highly np- provos of the principle of free accoss to the sou. Switzerland attributes great Importance to tho maintenance nnd Improvement of tho existing In ternational waterway of tho Rhine from Basel to tho North sea. Swltz orlnnd fully expects that it will soon bo posslblo to come to an under standing with Franco nnd Italy for opening the Rhino nnd Pottcono riv ers for nnvlgatlon on a big scale, nnd obtain recognition of similar prldcl plos rognrdlng those rivers, as are In voguo for already Internationalized wutorways. It also Is of vital inter est to Switzerland to obtain the right of pnsange ovor railroads to the son nnd thru Kuropoan states onstward. 0 Tlio political, legal and econo mlo principles formulated hy Presi dent Wilson aro so entlroly In con formity with the traditional wants of Switzerland that she will adhere to them, whatever difficulties mny Ho In tho way of their renllzution." ALLEN CHAIRMAN OF INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION SALKM. Jan. 'IX Wilford Allen who more thun n venr nuo wns np poinled hv flnvetiiw Withvooinbo to membership in the slulo industrial nccidenl commission pendinif Iho re I urn of Lioulcnunt Colonel Curl Abrams from oversells, wns elected chninnnn of the committee nt. Hie bi- cpniul ornupiztilion yeslerdfty, ROAD LITTLE JAP PRINCESS WEDS KOREAN PRINCE TO BIND COUNTRIES CLOSER PRINCESS MASAKO Korea, taken by Japan con trary to the wishes o'f her people, has never been reconciled. Now the little princess of the royal house of Japan will marry a prince of the old Korean royal house and the union Is expected to make the Koreans feel better to ward the Japanese. Princess 5'asako. granddaujh- F NEW YORK. Jan. 23. The trans port Orizaba returned 256S troops to American soil today. About 380 are sick or wounded. The hospital ship Mercy with 390 sick or wounded ar rived from France together with the Surlnumo, bringing 3G officers. WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. The transport Martha Washington has sailed from France with 3400 troops. Including 250 sick and wounded. She Is expected to reach 'Newport News January sa. The battleship Connecticut also Is due at Newport News February 1 with about 1000 men. and the (Vans port .Mallory is expected to reach iXew York January 31, with 1S00 men of the ,127tli Field Artillery and a num ber of casuals and wounded. The arrivals on the transport Ori zaba include tho o2nd ammunition train complete mid 12 casual com panion ot tho signal corps, chemical warfare service and other branches of tho service. The vessels left Brest January 14. Tho 52nd ammunition trainV is a const artillery organization, niado up almost entirely ot California men. It was organized at Fort MacArthur and loft for France last May. Tho unit has seen considerable service. e; SAN FRANCISCO. Jan.- 23. Southwestern cales rnnstiiur from ilO miles nn hour off Mendeneino. Calif., to 7'J miles off the Oresron and Wash ington const lino last night made it difficult for shipping but did little dnninge otherw ise, the weather bureuu reported here todnv. . The winds car ried u generous rain .40 inches fulling nt Kurekn. where the culo wns se vere. At Orovillo, .04 nnd nt' Santa lioso .0."i inch fell before 1 u. m. Tlio J'neil'ic Telephone nnd Tele graph eoinpanv reported its lines' be tween Jledford nnd Portland com pletely prostrated bv the gale. A trace nf vnin fell in San Fran cisco nftor fl u. ni. The bureau fore casted rain wilh' niodernte soutli enslerlv winds throughout northern California for tmluv and tonight. The forocn.it for southern California, wis fair. ' STOCK DIVIDENDS NOT SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX NEW YORK, Jan. 23. United Stntes Judge Julius M. Mnver decided in a test case todav that stuck divi dends arc not sub.ieet to federal in come, tnx under Iho income lax Inw-of 1 1) HI, .'.' TRANSPORTS BRING ITALIANS CAPTURE AND PRINCE YL ler of the late mikado, niece of the present emperor of Japan, be comes the bride, January IS. of Prince Yi, Junior, son ot the for mer ruler of Korea. Among the ceremonies which preceded the union of this royal pair was the reporting of the mar riage to the spirits ot the Imperial ancestors, a ritual performed by the emperor ot Japan. SERB BOAT FLYING AMERICAN FLAG NEW YORK, Jan.. 23. According to information rece.vej by the offic ial Information bureau of the king dom of the Serbs, Croats and Slo venes, a Serbo-Croatian vessel, the Dlanurn, flying the American tlag and having a navigation license is sued by the American naval comman der In the Adriatic, was seized at Jelsa, January 16 by Italian forces who hauled down the American tlag and carried off the ship under Italian colors. "In spite of the flag and papers' In order," said the bureau's statement, "the commander of the Italian troops in Jelsa ordered the capt ln ot the vessel to follow htm to the military post, where he was kept under arrest for tbrco hours. During this time, the Italian commander informed his superior officer In Stari Grad, (CItta Veocbla) who arrived soon with arm ed soldiers. They seized the vessel, hauled down the American flag and left for Str.ri Grad flying the Italian colors." BUTTER DROPS 5 CENTS A POUND CHICAGO. Jan. 23. Butter drop ped five cents a pound todnv whole sale. This makes a total fall of 15 cents a pound in less than two weeks. Wholesale trade in butter today was described as not merely demor alized but puralvzod. Oemnnd both fore:gn nnd domestic was almost nt the zero point. Stoppage of government nnd for eign buying ns n result of client) sup plies ubrinid, espeeinllv from A its t ni hil and South America, started the decline. Excessive high prices in the domestice trade did the rest. Many retailers were said to be still over stocked with high priced butter nnd facing sharp losses owing to the present senntv call nnd the piling up of the wholesale supply. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 2.1 William B. Colver, chairman of the federal trade - commission, discussing the commission's report on the packing industry before the convention of tho American National Llvostock associa tion today declared that the packers In attacking the report of the com mission, devote themselves. to criti cism of the commission Itself but do not deny the facts rontnlned In the report, . ' "f '' PfPlllWG PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ORDERS POSTPONEMENT OF PACIFIC AND EASTERN CLOSURE Senator Thomas Presents Protest to Commission On Behalf of Jackson County Interests and Citizens and Matter Is Taken Ud With Receiver to Insure Operation of Railroad at Least Until Hearina Is Had In Court of Interested Parties Commissioner Williams Claims Railroad In Jurisdiction of State. SALEM. Jan. 22. (Special Cor respondence.) State Senator C M. Thomns appeared before the public service commissUin todnv and secured a postponing order against the siw oension of operation of the Pacific & Eastern on January HOth. Fred Williams of Grunts Pass, who is a member of the commission nnd iiersonnllv familiar with the forma tion nf the I'. & E. took a special in terest in the ruse nnd wiis influential in securing the order which was sent to Receiver W. F. Turner, as follows : Commission's Letter "Supplementing our telegram of the 22nd current, we preface this communication bv calling vour atten tion to the provisions of our statute, section G880. L. O. L.and amendments thereto ns to the term "railroad." This we think Is comprehensive enough without explnnutorv remarks. "We do not nccord with vour order or the attempt nt its enforcement, for the law certainly contemplates that the patrons of the Pacific & East ern railwav. ns well as the citizens of Medford nnd Jackson county and nnv other nerson or nersons interest ed shall be1' hciirdirlef nloite such a drastic ' order ns proposed. Under vour proposal von would preclude the commission from exercising its iuns diction, nnd, ns we view it. that would result in einic:.aistrib::ig both this tri bunal nnd the people of the district served bv this railroad. ' "Until a further showing, nnd until those interested, including the peti tioners hnve their "dnv in court" the order is received for reference only, open nnd subject to such further pro ceedings ns mnv be meet in the pre mises." Serious Consequences Mr. Thomns in filing his protest called attention to the serious conse alienees of the prooosed suspension and the implied .contract between the Pacific & Eastern nnd the citizens of the districts served, which be argued. could not be summarily broken. What the outcome of the commis sioners' nction w ill be cannot bo defi nitely known for several days. Ac cording to one member of the commis sion, however, the P. & K. being en tirely inside the state of Oregon is absolutely under the control nnd ju risdiction of the comniisisoner nnd the owners of the rond must either operate or abandon the prooerty nnd give the people served hv the railroad a ehnnee to operate it. In filing his protest C. SL. Thomns snid: ( , Thomas Files Protest ''I nppenr before the public ser vice commission on behalf of the citizens of Jackson county, Oregon, pertnining to the order made bv the distrrct court of the United States for the District of Oregon on January 20, 1019, under the terms niid conditions of which a notice has been given Mint the operation of the Pacific & East ern Railroad company will cense nt (i p. m. of Jiuiniirv 30. 1019. nnd Hint no trains will be operated after Hint time nnd no business will be done other than that necessary to the clos ing hp of the nffuirs of the company and the care of the property' during the roeeivership nnd foreclosure pro ceedings. "Gentlemen, if this order is carried out nnd the operation of this railroad censes it menns the absolute destruc tion of a number of exceedingly im portant infant industries located along this road, and it means the iso lution of the toyvn of litttte Fulls lo cated at the northeast terminal, n town of 1)00 people who hnvc no other way or no other means of tfieopin BERLIN, Jan. 23. (Dy Associat ed Press.) Ot the American soldiers taken prisoner by the Germnns on the western front only one now re mains in Germany, the Associated Press correspondent has learned. He Is nt Stuttgart, too ill to be removed in coinmcrciul touch with civilization except through the operation of this;. road. kurposcs of Line ' "A number of venrs niro there was a virgin timber tcritorv tributary to the citv of Medford which timber wns! owned bv n number of prominent cit izens of the state oT Oregon who made plans to construct this railroad for the primary purpose of enabling them to cut this timber and get it to tho trunk lines of transportation. But, secondarily, this line wns built with the ultimate purpose, yvhen conditions , would warrant, to extend nbout 150 miles in a northeasterly direction to the citv of Hcnd. which would cive southern Oregon nn outlet to the enst of the Cascnde mountains coneetin? with eastern nnd western railroad lines. These plans were announced, contributions were extensively made, the rond was constructed, nnd npon ' the implied promise connected neces sarily with the plans suggested and the construction of this road., the country settled ud and the citv oE Butte Falls came into being. Many people have gone into that country and invested the savings of n lifer time with the knowledge of the exist ence of this railroad and believinir tbnt it was u fixture. - Damage to Industry -.During the lust veur a saw mill has been erected nt the junction of this; rnilrond with the Southern Pacific at the Citv of MMford. It has only ; recently commenced operations. The timber that feeds the snws comes from the timber near Butte Falls n.t the other end of the route. . A second saw mill is being contemplated and a box factory which has been opern ing in a small way during the last venr was about to be extensively en larged. This is the only box factory in the Rogue river vullcy except in the neighboring citv of Grants Pass, and is essential to the development of the gre'-it fruit industry in producing and delivering box shook at a minimum price. "This rond is the only feeder to that section of the Rogue river valley . and this order brings distress to thoso who have invested their monev in Hint locality un-J others who have purchiiK cd homes with the hope of latest re sources being developed, thereby pro viding employment. "I neglected also to mention tho town of Eagle Point situated about midwav between Butte Falls and tho city of Medford. Outlet for Products "The produce of this whole coun try lias its outlet over this lino and, as stilted, it is going to produce a sit uation of financial chaos in southern Oregon und bring disnster to all those who have located in that vicinity with, the hope of being one of the instru ments und n part of the machinery that should bring about its develop ment. In passing, let me snv that the greatest undeveloped mineral terri tory, including the valuable und much desired manganese deposits lio in southern Oregon nnd northern Culi- (Contim.ed on Page Two.) J PARIS, Jan. 23 Cltntlons for 208 Americans are contained In French army orders, according to the latest Official Journal. The list Includes Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt, Major General John A. LoJoune, Brigadier Generals A. -J. Rowley and W. C. Neville; Colonels William Mitchell. Hugh G. Myers, Jr., Edward Davis, Hiram B. Beams, Edward Stono, James Rhea and Frederick li. Wyntt; Aviators Edward V. Rlckenbacher and Douglas Campbell and Chaplain Thomas G. Speers. American sanitary section No. 504; the 2 8th Infantry; company O, Bth Engineers; American sanltnry section No. 583 and the 7ttr mnclilne nun battalion were also cited.