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M EDFORD, OREO ON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919
NO. 258
Yanr.
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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.