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MEDFORD, OR K(l OX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25," 1M0,
NO. 260
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GREAT
BRITAIN LEAVES
HUN COLONIES
TO PEACE MEET
Disposition of Mesopotamia. Pales
tine, and German Colonies Left Bv
British to Conference to Decide
Future Russian Democrats Pro-
test Conference With Bolshevlkl.
LONDON, Jan. 25. "(Irnnt llrll
nln'i ilm'litlon lu Innvo such questions
in tlm futuro of Mesopotamia, Pains
lino and Ilia (inrinnu coloiili-o to tlm
l.anituo or Nnilonii la profoundly Ini
liurtmit." says llio Dully Nttwa. "The
adoption of auch a policy by III Hrli
IhIi delegation lm established the
IflDKiia In It trim place In rolullun
10 III poace congress iiml Invests the
whom prorocdltiKS of the conitrnaa
with nn ulmosphero of confidence
anil good will, created by tlio nifusiil
of a great nation to luko advantage
of the accident of military possession
of vnlunblo territory.
"If (irnnt llrllaln la rendy to give
auch an elfecllvo plcilKO of her faith
In Ilia League of 'Nullona, nn txlmr
power la lofl with an excuse for hold
InK back. Tlio decision may wall
provo to bo llio groatest victory of
tho war." s
' PAUI8, Jan. 23. Tho council of
llio national anil democratic blue': of
Itiualun ' political orKnnltnllona
nhronil liua sent n strongly-worded
protest to I'roiulor Clomenccuu
aKnlnnt (tin decision of llio miprtjmo
council to rnll a confnrenco of Iho
Russian faction. , '
"Wo would ha in (1 n without lionor
and courago If wo accepted for a sin
Rio moment a truce audi ua propound
to uto whllo nil that aro dour are In
danger of death- violent death by
execution or assassination or alow
death thru hungor," tho protest snys
In part.
"Tho lnteret of Immunity In gen
eral and democracy In pnrtlculiir."
llio pratoat adds, "roqulros the cslnb
llahment In Russia of a regime liaaed
on Ilia aoverolKnty of Iho people free,
ly expressed. An Improvbtod mooting
, ill tho I'rlncea lalmida cannot lie an
expreaalou of thin aort. lunula hua
long clamored for tho freo oloctlon of
a constituent naaomlily, Tho ntempt
wna'atlfled by tho llolahovlkl by rori'o
of arms, and lliey nro today naked to
make tho voice of Rtisala hoard."
PARIS, Jim. 2.-1. President Wil.
son on Sunday will lmvo hi first
view of llio Imvoo wrought in north
era Franco bv llio OermniiK. On that
lnv ho will miiko the first of n se
ries of short trips hv going to HlteiniR.
from which hu will lour tile surround
ing district in nil nrmv motor cnr.
Litter llio president expects to
miiko nnother visit to llio hnttlo era,
lirnlmlilv the region of Verdun.
Tho president will tnku n vcrv
snuill pitrl-v. It will intitule Mrs.
Wilson, Hcnr Admirnl (Irnvson nnd
n French nrmv officer fnmiliiir with
tho field nnd mililnrv operations that
took nliioo thorn nnd who will explain
' tho situation to tlio president ns (hoy
no iilone.
GIANT HUN LINER
NEW YORK, Jnn. 25 Clormnn
ships allotted to tho Unltod States for
trnnaportntlon of troops nggrogntlug
n total of 450,000 tons Including tho
Klnnt Humburg-Amorlcnn liner Im-
porator, It wua authoritatively learn,
od today,
BOLSHEVIK FLEET
; SUNK AT REVEL
LONDON. .Inn. 2o (British Wire-
loan florvloe.) Bolshevist nttompta
In l.nmhnrH Hnvnl. ono till of lCntho
nln, from tho sea have rositltod' In
enmplolo fallnro, nccordliiR to. ro
porla, Kvory vosaol In tho floot l
said to havo boon mink.
ALLIED FORCES
DRIVEN BACK IN
NORTH
RUSSIA
Retirement of Analo-Amerlcans From
Advanced Positions Necessitated
Bv Superior Bolshevlkl Forces
Ample Troops to Handle Situation
Ufa Taken Bv Enemv.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2!.-Rellre-meul
of tho allied forces holding ad
vunced positions In tho ArchanKel
nitclor beforo attack by auporlor
forces of llnlahevlkl la reported in an
offlciul dispatch diitod Jununry 23.
tho aubainncn of which wua made
public lodny liy Genernl March.
Tho polnta ntluekcd by tho enomy
lay generally about 100 mlloa from
Archutngal- General March, sold tho
Inler-nlllcd comuiander thero had
adniiinlo troop to reinforce tho ad
vanced elements and to' hundlo tho
alluatlon.
Tho nionnngo reported tho Amor
lean losses In one of tho action at
I'm I'edeiiKa na Ion enllalad men kill
ed, 17 wounded and II mlsalUK. A
Inter dispatch an Id subsequent at
tack wore repulsed when delivered
nn tho positions taken up by tho
American forcoa.
Two American Companion
An Intor-nlllfld force engaged nt
Bhonkurat consisted of a llrltlsh do-
tnchiiienl, two companies of Amer
icans nnd two companies of Kusslnns.
Those worn attacked on thrco ldn
and compelled to evacuate their po
alt Ions na wore also tho allied patrols
holding I'st Pendongn. The Amer
ican iroopa falling buck look n posi
tion midway hot ween Ibla point and
Hhonkurst. In one of tho attacks re
ported 1000 enomy Iroopa wero In
action agulnst tho small allied forco.
General March pointed out again
that tho whole military ltiiullon at
Archangel was under tho control of
tho intur-nlllod high command In
Franco. Jlo Intimated thnt should
reinforcement bo doomed neceasury
any action to Biipply thorn would
havo to coma from tho 111 nil com
mand nnd after recommendation
from Iho llrltlah rommnndor-ln-chlcf
of tho forcea In Slbarlit.
Vfn C'liptiirrd
OMSK, Monday, Jan. 24. (By the
Associated I'reaa.) Ufa has fallen to
tho nolahevlsta, tho roverao to the
Russian and Cxocho-Slovak . forcea
thero lioInK aald to ho chiefly duo to
failure of arm to arrlvo from Vlad
Ivostok. The troopa which dofended
tho city have fallen buck to Zlatoust.
140 mllea fo Iho northoaat whore
they nro mnkliiR a courageous stand
In tho eoricos of tho Ural country
Thousand of rifloa linvo nrrlvci at
tho front nnd havo boon ruahod to
Chollnhlnak. which la not believed to
bo In dancer.
Military experts hore reallr.o that
tho weak points on tho 1'rnl front are
botwoen Ufa nnd Chollnblnsk and
further south, nt Orenbura, whero
Ganarnl Duloff's Cosaacks are report,
od to 1)0 worn out by constant proa
auro from superior forces of llolaho
vlata. NcKotlntlons for the dispatch
of allied contingents to OronhiirR aro
now going on, but havo not na .vet
boon brought to a successful couclti
alon. Tho character of OronhiirR
would Rlvo Iho llolnhovlsla control of
tho railroad runnliiR Into a rich sec
Hon of Turkestan and would Incrcnso
Iholr ability to roslst nlllod nnd Rus
alan forces, (Unconflrmod reports re
ceived In London, .Innunry 211, uiated
that Oronhui'K hnd boon taken by tho
Dolshovlsts. )
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' PARIS, Jan. 25. Tho followliiR
drnft of n rosolutlon In rcRard to
reparation for presentation to tho
ponco conforonco was given out to
day: .
"Thnt n commission bo appointed
which Blinll comprlso not moro than
three roprosontutlvcs nploco from
each of tho flvo Rront powers nnd nn
moro than two roprasontntlvos apiece
from llolgliun, Qreoco, Poland, Ron
mania and Sorbin, to oxamluo nnd re
port:
"First, on llio amount of ropara-
Hon which tho enomjr count rlos ought
to pny: second, on what thoy nro enp
nblo of poyliiR, nnd, Ihlrd, on tho
method, tho form and tlmq within
which pnymont should bo mado."
YANK ARMY IN
FRANCE LARGER
THAN BRITAIN'S
On the Dav Amlstice Declared Ameri
can Armv Second Only to That of
France 1.950.100 Yanks 1.718.
000 British. 2559.000 French Sol
diers Then.
WASHINGTON'. Jim. 2.5.-On Hie
(lit v III' uimislice wuh si'.Mied (he
Anienean nrmv on llio wcslcrn fnnit
was second ill streiiL'th onlv to Hint
of Kriincc itself, (ji'nerul Mnreli said
toilnv Hint on November 11 Iho I'ni
Icd Stales was represented on the
western front bv 1 .ll.'id. 1 1)0 men.
I'rnnee. on November 1, the Inst dale
for which official finuri's were avail
able, hud U..V!.noO. The Kritish and
the l'nrtiiuiii"-c nllnehcd In the Brit
ish nrmv totalled $1,718.0110 while (lie
llck'iati mid Italian forces on the
western front nirreuatcd about 2(10,-
000.
Over (MIO.IMM) IHscliarRi-il
I'd to Jnniiiirv 24 the l:nitel Stales
had actiiiillv disehurucd .r7.:il(i offi
cers and H"H.l 17 men. The !ritisl nn
Jiinuiirv 1 1 hnd iliseharL'cd 12. ""ill of
ficers nnd (il 1.11.10 men. The total
ordered for ilischiinie ill this coun
try now is i.nno.iion.
(icneral March announced that
punishments of war time severity for
mililnrv offenders in the I'uiled
Stales have been slonped by the war
leiiartiuciit. from now on militiirv
offenses at liome will be ininishud in
aeeordnnee with nn order issued liv
the presiilenl before the war, which
set out maximum sentences which
would lie approved bv mililnrv of
fenses in time if uence.
lhe new order does not npplv to
hoops in France, Serbia, or Italv,
and does not menu commutation of
seiiliinccs nlrendv imposed nt homo.
Retain Insignia
General March said that men dis-
ehnrued from the nrmv will be ner-
niitted to retain the divisional insie-
nia which thev wore while in service.
rei'cnt uriler of the department lire.
scribed that the wenrinsr of these in-
sitiiiia would be ncrniittcd up to the
date of disehnrL'e. So far s the
men in the rnuiilnr nniiv nro eon-
ccrncil tho rci:ulat:oiis conccniins:
iiintorms will bo iiiaintnincd nnd thev
do not permit soldiers to wear in
signia of the divisions with whioli
thev formerly served.
FREQUENT RAINS PROBABLE
DURING COMING WEEK
WASHINGTON. .Inn. 2.Y Wenlher
iir,dielions 1'itr I be week liOLrllinititr
Moudav. issued bv the weather bu
reau toduv. are;
l ueiiie suues .Minimi icmiiem-i
t nre nnd f riynwij iins arc probalili' J
Piieific states Normal tempera-
What . a
This is the scene of the wreck of a hugs tnolnssos tank in Boston which let loose 2,000,
000 mtlloiis of the fluid when il exploded nnd killed a dozen persons. No. 1 is the base of
Iho lank. No. 2 is the roof. No. 3 is a side blown out by the explosion. No. 4 is the spot
' whore a dozen persons were killed as the side of lhe building was smashed in. No. 5 is the
ruins of a' house sucked into the river by the receding tide of nWasses. No. b indicates lha
wrecked spans of a railroad bridge, underniiiK'd by the force of explosion which occurred
just ul'ler a train had passed. ' ' .
PARIS CONGRESS CONSIDERS
RESOLUTIONS MAKING LEAGUE
AN INTEGRAL PART OF PEACE
OFFER WORLD LEAGUE
PLANS
.y
'T - .IT' 'J'. "
,LEON BOURC5-EOS
TeotsERx"
CECl
' Bourgooiso has framed a plan
for a world longuo based on the
Kronch Idea. Cecil has prepared a
plan from tho British viewpoint,
and these two men have been del
egated to the peace congress by
their governments to give special
attention to this phase of the work
of the congress. They will be
spokesmen for their' countries
when the forming of the world
federation is under way.
MYSTIC SHRINE TO MEET "
IN INDIANAPOLIS IN JUNE
lNDiANAl'ty.IS. Ind.. Jan. 2.V
This year's annual nicotine of the Im
perial Council of the Mvstie Shrine
will bo held in Indianapolis. June 10.
11 and 12. Announcement to. that
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PRESIDENT TELLS
PEACE MEETING
Wilson Address Conference On Sub
ject of Leaaue of Nations A Rep
resentation of Peoples. Opinion of
Mankind Must Be Reaarded.
PARIS. Jan. 2'). When the second
session of the full pence conference
met this afternoon, it was addressed
bv President Wilson on the subiec
of the I-cif.'tie of Nations. The presi
dent ileelnred the conference had sol
emn obligations to make n permanent
settlement.
The present conference, the presi
dent added, could' not complete its
work until sonic further ninehinerv of
;ettlcinent should be set up. The
president spoke carne.-tlv.
"We are not hero alone.", he said,
'as representatives! of irovcrnnients,
but ns representatives of peoples, and
in the settlements we uiade.wc need
lo satisfy not the. opinions of i:ov
eriiinents. but the opinion of man
kind." '
President Wilson contended that a
Leainie of Nations must be a vital
tiling nnd not casual or occasional.
It must have continuitv.
v. j,:i, -.... i.i,. -i i, ,i
elnred.
On his travels, lhe president said,
people everywhere had greeted' the
leaaue ns the first thinir in their in
terest.
FOR POSTAL EMPLOYES
WASHINGTON1, Jan. 23. Besides
recommending salary increase for
virtually all postal service employes
the annual postoffice appropriation
bill as revised and reported out to
day by tin? senate postoffice commit
tee, proposes appropriations of $200,
000,000 dn-lng the next three years
tor construction and maintenance of
roads. ,
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PROBE OF AUTHORS OF WAR ASKED
Resolutions Dealing With Creation of Leaaue of Nations. Inquiries Into
Responsibility for War and Violations of International Law and other
Topics Presented Peace Conference Leaaue Should Have Perma
nent Orqanization and Committees
PARIS. Jan. 25. A series of reso
lutions dealing with the creation of a
League of Nations, Inquiries into re
sponsibility for thevar and violat
ions 1)1 iiilci uaiiuuai inn nuu dimdi
topics were In readiness for presenta
tion to the peace conference session
today. The preliminary draft for the
creation of a league says that the
league should have a permanent or
ganization to carry on the business
between meetings of international
conferences of all tho members.
It says that the conference should
appoint a committee representative
of all the governments to work out
the details of the constitution and
functions of the league.
The draft calls for the . appointT
ment of a commission composed of
two representatives of the five great
powers and five .representatives of
the other powers to inquire and re
port on the responsibility of the auth
ors of tho war.
This commission shall also Inquire
into breaches of . laws and customs
'of war committed by Germany and
I allies on the land and sea and in the
lair during the war,' as well as the
degree of responsibility for these of-
fenses attaching to. particular mem
bers of the enemy forces "including
members of the general staffs and
others, however highly placed."
The statement officially given out
Is as follows:
"The conference, having conatd-
' ered the proposals for the creation of
!a League of 'Nations, resolved that:
"It Is essential to the maintenance
of the world settlement which the
associated nations now are met to
establish that a League of Nations be
created to promote international ol
ligations and to provide safeguards
against war. This league should be
XE WYORK. Jan. 25. Lieutenant
Floyd II. Hart, of Medford. Ore., a
member of the 90th aero sonadron,
who foueht at the Arconno nnd St.
Sfjliicfl, ll'turned yesterday on the
transport Accomnc. Hart is official
ly credited with one enemv plane
which ho shot down when attacked
bv five enemv machines while pro
tecting:, the lii'ith infantry from air
attack. The tail of his machine wius
shot to pieces and he made the
American lines with onlv two-thirds
of a rudder, lie has been recom
mended for a distinsuished service
medal bv his commanding officer.
Lieut. Hart is a son of Dr. Hcnrv
H. Hart of Medford and n brother of
Lieut. John" Hart, who is with the
medical corps of tho American forces
at Aarchansel.
OF
GUILTY OF SEDITION
FOIiTLAXD. Jan. 2o. After two
hours' deliberation in . tho United
States district court a iurv in the
case of F. W. Hold, Klnmnth county
rancher, accused of -violating the es
nionnjre act. brought in a verdict of
cuiltv late yesterday on two of the
live counts making up tho indictment.
Sentence will not be passed for at
least :!0 dnvs pendingg argument on
n motion for a ne wtrial. , ,
About SO witnesses of the inhnliit
nnts of Bonanza, the lit tin town close
to Hold's homo testified for or atrninst
him, Mold is out on $3,000 bail.
T;
of All Governments.
created as an Integral part of tho
general treaty of peace and Bhould be
open to every civilized nation which
can be relied on to promote Its ob
jects. .'
"The members of the league
should periodically meet in internat
ional conference and should havo a
permanent organization and secre
taries to carry on the business of the
league in the intervals between the
conferences. . .
"The conference therefore appoints
a committee representative of the as
sociated governments to work' out
the details of the constitution and
the functions of the league."
The draft of the resolutions In ro
gard-to breaches of the laws of waif
for presentation to the peace confer' .
ence reads:
"That, a commission composed or
two representatives apiece from tho
five great powers and fivo represen
tatives to be elected by the other
powers be appointed to inquire -and
report upon the following:
"First, tho responsibility of tho
authors of the war, second, the facts
as to breaches of the laws and cus
toms of war committed by the forces
of the German empire and their al
lies on land, on sea and- in the air
during the present war; third, the
-degree of responsibility for the of
fenses attaching to particular mem
bers of the enemy's forces, including
members of tho general staffs and
other Individuals, however higfily
placed: fourth, the constitution and
procedure of s tribunal, approprlato
to the trial of these offenses; fifth,
any other matters cognate or ancil
lary to the above which may arise in
the course of the inquiry and which
the commission finds It useful nnd
relevant to take into consideration."
DEFEAT MONARCHISr
IN MM LISBON
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LISBON, Jan. 25; The fight,
ing in Lisbon between the re-
publicans and monarchists has
ended In a victory for the re-
publican forces. 4,'
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LISBON, Portugal, Jan. 23
Fighting between the republl-
cans and the monarchists was
in progress today In various
parts of the city. The monar-
chlsts appeared ' to be giving
way. -
A semi-official note says ar-
rival of reinforcements from the 4
provinces will give the govern-
ment means to put down the re-
volt. The main forco of the
monarchclsts is said to have fal-
len back In the direction ' of
Queluz, north of Lisbon. One
monarchist battery surrendered
to tho government forces.
A government destroyer torn-
oarded Oporto, the monarchist
stronghold yestorday.
All the stores in Lisbon aro
closed. f .
.
A pleasant social function was
housed at tho home of Rev. L. Myron -Boozer,
718 West Fourth street, last
night when the members of Mrs. E.
N. Warnor's btblo class of the Pres
byterian church with their husbands
and the officers of the church with
tholr wives, called as a surprise party
on Rev. Boozer and daughters. Thoro
wore about seventy-five persons In
tho parly,