Orm-on Historical Soo X Public Auditorium The Weather Predictions Tonight uiiil tomorrow Fair. v EDFOK.D AIL TRIBUNE Maximum liwtcriloy ,...BI .Minimum ioiluy...,..,,,...li5 H iorty-oliritli Your. lly Tlilrloonlh Year. . MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANtJATtY 28, 1919 NO. 2G2 M M BOLSHEVIKI FAIL TO DRIVE YANKS ON DVINA RIVER Efforts to Force Allies Back Defeat edGeneral Attack Planned but , Enemy Gets Lost In Woods Artll lery Duel Continues Reds Burn 8lienkurrsk. AltCHANOIil., Jan. 88. (lly An loclatod Pro.) Ilolnhovlk forces 'fallod In un ut tempt lnt mld-nlght to clrlvo American' unit British troops from tholr position ut Till Ban on the Dvlim rlvor, authnl of Arch' angel. Knrllor tlio onomy hud bom liardod I lid poaltlon with urllllory. On tho rlxlit bank of ilio rlvur the American troop mot n small enemy patrol and drove It buck, On Ilia luft bnnk Ilia nllla encountered lfiO Dot shavlkl Ih In morning and dlnporcd Ilium, inking U prisoner. Tlio iil llo mifrorod no caualtlo. , Tho prisoner nld Hint a general atluek hud hauii planned, but a ma jority of tho nolithevlkl lout thimt- aolvu In tho wood, Allied acout found ft coiwldorablo iiuinbor of tho ii n mu y In tho upper Tulga river, from which tho tillltnt outposts with drew, Tholr artillery then ahollod tlio evacuated poHiilon, Tim artillery dual continue, Hlinnkurxk DoMroywl On a lino of tho rlvor Vuga, In the Khonkursk region, tho llolnhevlkl have followed tho American to fli'o mlloii no ii til of HIiCKovnmk, whore Amorlcan patrol now 'nre In touch with tho onomy. Accordion to refugee who aro floo Inif along rlho snow-covorad road from HhciikiiMK lo afly In thu American lino, tho Ilolnhovlkl have burned Bhunkursk nnd mnnrrod many of Ilio Inhabitant. Tlio Amor lean Intelligence officer aro trying to confirm tho report. ' Tho 'llolnhevlkl woro shelling Tu rovo, 40 mile mini of 8hankurk, to. day and apparently woro proptirlug for another Infantry attack In this region. A HI I lory activity! continue alouii tho Vologda railway. Ilohdiovlkl Cliilnm LONDON, Jan. 28. Further ue cono for tho llolnhevlkl In Ilio north, south unit oast are reported In a llulan government wlrolo men sago roeotvod lioro. UctorrltiK to op. aratlnna on tho uorthorn front up to January 24, tho mosago report tho capture of a number of vIIIoko and 600 prlHOnors and say that boforo the Uolahovlkl attacked Shoukuruk "Iho white Hod." Un tho aouthorn front, about 00 vorst north of TznrlUnn, tho men- Bno say, "our detachment occupied Davldov.ka, forcing tho onomy bnck to MnlRMilvuiiovlui." JAPANESE CLASH ON ZEYA RIVER OMSK. Control Siberia, Friday, .Tan. 17. (lly Associated . 1'ronH.) Death nlnlkod with Bolshevism In Perm until tho cfly was capturod by (ionornl. (Inlilu, nccordlng to tho of ficial report of jin InvoHtlKiitor. There aro no children no lens than a year old In Perm, all having dlod, nys tho report, which adds that In throo month the whnlo population would probably have porlshad. Tho report Btatcs that tho Ilolsho vIhIh regarded nil llourgaoln of tho city an outside the law. Whon the Jhll waB ovororowdod tlio Inmates who had boon Imprisoned longest woro shot. Thoro are woll authenti cated cases of torturo, snyB tho ro port. ' ; VLADIVOSTOK, Satlirdny. Jan. 1 8 (lly Associated ProsB.J Jnpanaaa troopa at'Mazonova, on tho Zoya river north of niagovostchansk liavo clusli ed with 'Uolshovlst forces numbering about ona thousand, according to re ports rocolvod hero. Tho JapunoBO lost two klllod and eleven woundod. RtiHBlnn police agents had nrreslod sovorol Bolshevists and tnkan thorn to Mazonova, but people of Hint vil lage nttemptod to roseuo the prison ers. Jnpnnono forcos Joined In Iho fighting, which lasted soveral hours. Sovontoon cossocks aro reported cap tured by thoillolshovlsls and two Jup nnoBO. were drowned whllo trying to swim across tho Hoya river. KRASNOYARSK, Control Slborln, Frlduyy Jan. 24, (Hy Assoclatod I'i'ohs.) Allied military authorities have raided a IlnlshovlBl rendezvous lioro and hiivo nrrostod tho Iniidors. Jmporlnnl dfiCumpnlB woro seized, PACKERS UNITE IN DENOUNCING INTERFERENCE Lealslatlon Deslaned to Control Will Only Muddle Thlnus Up Says Mor rls Hltih Deuree of Efficiency1 at Present Swift Objects to Political Dictation. e I., . i WASHINGTON. Jim, 2B.Aiiv leg islution designed to I'onlriil or ri-uu Into Iho meat inilnittrv "would iust mnitillo things un." Kdwnrd Morris, president of Morris and company. un id tiiilov in cuntiriiiirni Iiim ostitmiii v before the lioosg interstate couinicrce l'0lllllilllH. Ill) hllill III' I'llllld KlltfUt'Xt no Icuihlutinn that would have u bene fii'iul olTect. Ileforo Ilio NCiuili' nirriiMillure coin inilloii vchleriliiv. .). Otrden Armour, tiri'HiiU'iil of Armour nnil ('"inunnv, iiilvociilcd (- iiin ri'uuliilorv luilii lion and caiil ho and hi counsel were ilral'liiiL- ii bill ivhirli lie exncclcil lo xiilniiit iik ii Hiili-tililte for ximilnr mi'iiKimw now liet'ure coneri-H, after it hud been Niiliuiitti'd to other iiaeker for their iiiinrovnl. Kfflcloncj' Shown Mr. Morri nnid ro.rnv that Ilio meut industry in heiiik' onerutcil lit the hiuht'ht ilcttico of I'fficicncv nnil thiit both in'oiliicerx nnil niickcix were hc intr iuxtlv treated. So loos iim that continued, lie said, the iiui'kerM hlimild ho left nlono. "TIiih in nnrliciiliirlv Irue." lie xnid. ''bccniiM" the imi'kcrK uro now fueinc a ureal ln-n im the result of the Mid den cndinir of the war. Iluvo oiiaiili tii'i of meat nre on hand Tor which liiuh prices were tmiil and for which there nre no market. Kniii-luicnt of IcuiKliitiini now could rcnult in nolh inir Iml dixlurliintr Ilio mickertt at a lime when their ciwrcv t-hould he con- lereil on uctliiiir buck to n nro-wnr UllK'K." LiiiliH K. Swift, iiresidoiil of Swift an ileouiminv. teolifvinif todnv before tho Hi'iinlo iiurii'iillure committee, on imikciI tho uruvioiiiim of Ihe Kcndriek hill o reuulnle the meut indiiHlrv on the urouuil Hint thev would make nn-ti-lniMl Inwrt uiuiliciilile lo ii Himile individiuil mu) mil reu'iilulion wholly in (lie IiiiiiiIh of the xccrctiirv of tie rieullure. Fvll of I'olltlrnl Control , IiuibiiiiicIi lis everv iiernon lind bis own idea of wlmt wiik reiimiiuilile. Mr. Swift Kiiid. a nnckcr coulil not tell whether bin profits were leuul until bo bud been ordered to retrain bv the secretary of nuriculluro or convicted bv a jury. "No man would invest," be added, "where mieccKH or failure depended on the whim of a political appointee, ininornnt of the nnekiiic business. Kv orv person who refrniiied from bovine until prices were lower would bo opon (o Ihe charge Hint his notion was for Iho purpose of ilepressimr or enhnne Inir prices nnil would bo subject lo prosecution." Affidavits, were presented lo show Unit Swift and eompnnv's advertising expenditures were $1,700,000 in ,1018 and ont $1,000,0011 a month us has been slated. Mr. Swift said Ihe big puckers tried to keep all ninrkels on a level with Cbicnco.. bill that Chicago prices were determined! bv Ihe other markets as well. . .. n. SEATTLE, Wiisb., jnn. 28. Offi cers of the Senltlo Metal Trades Council said todnv thev were plan ning to send telegrams to all metal trades unions in the nation asking Hint thev walk out in u general striko.in sympnlliv witli Seattle shipvnrd workers, who, aniiroximutelv 2o,000 strong, struck IuhL Tuesday for high er wages. Members of 1 MO unions affiliated with the Senltlo Central Labor council todnv continue voting on tbo nues lion of calling a general strike hero l'obrmirv .1, m svinpnlbv Willi the shipyard workers. Last night Ilio plasterers, structural iron wdrkers and engineers voted in favor of a general strike, Tho Seattle Citv Fire Fighters' Union last night announced iln consliliilinn forbids pnrlicipulion in strikes, A walk out of the engi neers would lie up gas service, it was said. ' : RELIGIOUS SERVICES ' HELD FOR FORMER KAISER AMKliONOKN. Jan. 27. Religious services were held in Ihe castle chapel here lodav in bonoi"of the birthday of William llnbenzollerii, the former German emperor. 200,000 OUT ON STRIKES TYING-UP BRITISH PLANTS Half of Strikes Are In Belfast Which Resembles City of the Dead Most of Walkouts Are for Shorter Hours With Same Pay and Privileges Question of Waaes In London Only. 1X)ND0N, .Ian. C8. It I estlmut oil that Hourly 200,1100 men and wom an are Idle In the I'nlced Kingdom and Ireland bacauso of strike In various trade, creating one of the most sarlou situation Industrially that the country ha had to face In many year. 'Half of tho strikers are In Helta!, where tho strike move ment I spreading. Tho city of Iiolfat by night vir tually Is in total darknoBs, the hospi tals being tho only place whore lights cun bo' shown without danger of at tack hy strikers. 1 Everywhere clno tho dlaplny of a light linn cauned either tho stoning or tho storming of tho premise. In case where such drastic action was not taken, tho peo ple were forced by threat to screen tholr light. Kvcn In the private houne It I not considered sate to usa mora thun one cundlo and tho supply of candle Is rapidly diminish ing. I'likcling Kxtcnslvo Fortunately, last night was snowy ami wet by turns, otherwise, It Is considered, there might have been more trouble. This morning men lo various of tho smaller industrial plants who hud romainod at work came out for safety's sake, the pick eting having hecomo more extenslvo. One .of the morning newspaper was forced to suspend publication. Tho shipyard worker uro opposed to the strike and are endeavoring to ar rango a meeting for Wednesday. Thoro Is no change In tho situation on tho Clydo whore 20,000 shipyard workers are out, nor In London whero 15,000 ship repairers liavo struck and have refused an offer to refor thn question of wages to a committee. To thoso miiKt he added 24,000 KlfoHhiro miners, G000 South Wales miner, !i000 Edinburgh shipwright 4O0O .Manchester dockers. 4000 South Walos shipyard mon, und a number pf (ilnsgow municipal worker. Shorter Hours Demanded Except In London whero tho ques tion at stuko is ona of wages, all these strikes are due to a demand for shorter hours with tho same prlvll eges and wages ns prevailed when longer hours woro worked. Thoro are ouo hundred thousand people Involved In the strike at Bel fast aad 20 trades are affected writes tho llolfast correspondent of tho Mull, adding: "llolfast is like a dead city, its ontlro social life Is paralyzed. The mala cuuso of the trouble lies in tho fact that tho workors In electria and gas plants hove joined tho shipyard workers la demanding n forty-hour wock. Grave diggers joined the strlko on Monday." SENATE FIGHT ON WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Action on tho president's rcnominatton of Kodoral Judgo Charlos K. Bunnell nnd District Attorney It. F. Itoth of Fairbanks, Alaska, has boon held up In tho senate at tho request of Sena tor Jones, of Washington, republican, who said today ho Intended to pre vont confirmation Uocnuso of ulloged political activities, particularly in the recent Sulzor-WIckorshnm contest for tho scut In tho houso'' ns delegate from Alaska. Tho senate judiciary committee nppolntod n sub-committee hoadod by Sonntor Overman of North Carolina lo hoar the Washington senator's ob- j oct ions. 10 A PA HIS. Jan. 28. fleneriil Pershing reports Hint by April lie will bo dis pnlehiii"' American troops homeward ut' Iho rate of ,'100,000 monthly. This nppenrs lo be considered as rapidly as (leuerul Pershing's forces .can be safely demobilized wilhonl adding to Ihe difficulties of iineniplovinent. Tho demobilization committee ,of Ilio pence conference now bus been divided, with Iwo sub-committees working on ilifl'erenl brunches of the problem, ' ' " WILSON PRESENTS PLAN TO PUT COLONIES OF GERMANY lHj UNDER LEAGUE OF NATIONS l THE LEADING CHORUS mm) FOUR YEAR PERIOD WASHINGTON' Jan. 28. Legisla tion prohibit iii-j general niimigration for u period of four years following tile signing of the pence 'treaty was approved tentatively todnv bv the bouse immigrution committee. It is understood the committee is divided 7 to 2 for the legislation with six members absent. Prohibition of immigration during the peace re construction period has been strongly urged bv representatives of orgunized labor and others at bearings before the committee. The bill would permit an nlicnt res ident, to bring bis wife nnd children (except bovs over 18 veurs old) into the United States' orphan nephews under 18 venrs nnd nieces of nnv age also may be brought into the country. Tourists would not be bnr erd from entrv for temporary stay. ' The decision on Ilio four-venr pe riod wiis-imidc on the nuestion wheth er the committee should adopt Hint provision or one providing for only two years' prohibition. Europeans Ideals PARIS, Jaa. 27. The European workors bellevo that labor has the right to go and come freely wherever employment is to be found regardless of frontiers, declared George Nicoll Hnrnes, labor representative oa the British pence delegation, In discuss ing the proposal to prohibit Iminlgra Hon Into tho United States. Euro pean labor, he said, was strougly op posed to such a law. Tho European labor market, Mr. Barnes pointed out, was full, while tho field for employment In the Unit ed States had hardly boon scratched over. Mr. Barnes said ho thought a provision should be made, however, for employment ot emigrants before they embark for a foreign land. ' Drafting Measure .' Mr. Barnes was In conference to day with dolegotos from the British trades unions regarding the draft of a monsuro for the proposed Internat ional labor bureau, which when com pleted will ho submitted to tho repre sentatives of 'British employers. Aftor this has boen done tho measure will bo taken before the poace confer ence. Othor drafts. It Is expected, will be submitted by othor nations. All aro to be consolidated Into n final project for submission to the confer ence. - . 'i I OIL PRICES NEW VOIilC Jiin. 28. Tho Stand ard Oil eotnpnnv of New York todnv advanced the price of refined petro leum tor export one cent h gallon, milking cases 20. 2o cents, tanks ().2." cents and standard white in barrels. J.i,2j ceiis, 1 .jir. rsArxtKc? i FAVORPROHIBITING TWO DIVISIONS OF IMMIGRATION FOR GERMAN TROOPS TO ATTACK POLES PARIS'. Jan. 28. Two full corps of German troops have been assembled bv the general stuff to march uguiiist the Poles, und eight troop trains are Pussine: throutrh Krankfort-nn-tbe-Oder duit v. according to a Zurich dis patch to the Journal from Unden-Bu-dcn. . ' HER LIN". Mondnv. Jan. 27. Forces murebiiig on Libnu on the Bal tic coast of I'ourbind have been halt ed bv German volunteer forces which, though greatly outnumbered, forced the soviet iirmv buck across theWin- , dim river, suvs a dispatch to the Zei- tuug am M'ttng. It is said the Bol shevists suffered lieuvv losses. Bol shevists are reported to have killed 000 . people in Dorput and Wesen bcrg in Kstbonin. The German com missioner in Lithuania' who arrived here todnv said Bolshevists are still 2(1 miles cast of Kovo. The line Is being defended bv German volunteers. E RELIEF EALI WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. Final legislative action was taken today by congress on the administration bill appropriating $100,000,000 request ed hy President Wilson for European famine rollet. Tho conferees' report was adopted by both senate, and house without debate and the mea sure now goes to the president for approval. ' There was no debate In either house. Some of the money Is author ized for the relief of people In Eur ope and tho Near East outside Ger many, German-Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey at the discre tion of President Wilson und provis ion la made for Including Armenians, Syrlnns, Greek and other Christian and Jewish populations of Asln Mlnor, now or formerly subject to Turkey, among thoso to receive the relief. One of the amendments adopted requires that wheat used for relief shall, he bought as far as practicable In America. , WASHINGTON, Jan. '28 Secre tary Daniels todnv instructed Rear Admiral Usher nt New York to in-, vestigute and report on tho suppres sion bv a niivnl guard nnd jiolieo ro- Wu i,... inuf ,,;.,i,f ..c .ii... of . .discharged soldiers, sailors and marines nt winch the speakers criti cised (he government. Internationalization of German Holdings Is Proposed-Freedom of Seas Being Discussed i PARIS. Jan. 28. President Wilson is credited bv the French press with having brought forward during - the discussion of the subiect-of the Ger man colonies the plan under which thev would be placed, so to speak, under the cuiirdiunshin of the League of Nations, which would appoint one of its members to administer them. When the supreme council of the IK'uee conference assembled todnv there were present, in addition to the lull membership of the body. Pre mier Hughes of Australia, one of the Chinese representatives and several technical advisers on colonial mat-. tcrs. , Before the council met. what had threatened to be a conflict over the representation of smaller powers on committee had been entirely cleared awuv bv the unanimous agreement bv spokesmen of small nations, and the peace negotiations in general are con tinuing to move forward with- 0 de gree of progress indicating definite agreements at a reasonably- earlv stage. . . . - To Internationalize Colonics , Attention for the moment, is cen tered chiefly on the plan presented bv President Wilson for the interna tionalism -of the German colonial possessions. : This, indeed, now is virtually monopolizing the attention of the council, which has summoned representatives of New Zealand. Aus tralia and China into the conference lienrinss. '. Premier Iluubes claims German New Guinea for the Australian oom iuouweuitli. while New Zealand claims Samoa. Japan desires the Marshall and Caroline irroups of aslunds. A reported secret treaty between Eng land and Japan giving Japan the is lands north of the collator and the British the colonies south of the eoun tor. stands in the wuv of the inter nationalization plans: but it is gen erally believed that all secret treaties will give wuv before the League of Nations. The impresison seems to be that tiie disposition of the German colonies will be finally arranged bv Hie five great powers without refer ence to the peace conference at a plenary session or to the various commissions..''..'.'.. . -.-'..' Pacific Island Phase The Pacific island phase of the colonial claims now before the. coun cil is particularly interesting to the American representatives because of the American interests in tho Pacific. FROM MANUFACTURE OF NEAR BEER W-ASHUNGTO.V, Jan. 2S The food administration announced today that President Wilson signed a proclama tion in Paris on Junuary 23, remov ing restrictions ou the manufacture ot socalled near-beers. , It was stuted, however, that the proclamation could not become effec tive until ' the seal ot the United States was attached thereto hy the state department, and the adminis tration warned the public that no one could "safely net on this infor mation until the proclamation has become effective." 'No reference was made to the re strictions on the manufacture ot beer or other intoxicating brewed bev erages. Undor presidential proclamation the brewing of beer, near beer, and other malt beverages was stopped on December 1 us a war-time conserva tion measure. t ffl SUPPORT LEAGUE : WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. The Ar gentine minister ot foreign affairs has Informed the. United Slates am-, bassador, tho state department an nounced today, that tho Argentine mlnlsted to France had been Instruct ed to support President. Wilson's plan for a League of Nations, - notablv through Amcricnn possession of Hawaii and the Philippines. Thoro lias been no official announcement off whnt Japan proposes (be poivim should give her for. her part in the war. but there have been reports that Julian was willing to turn Kiao Chow back to China, hut wished to retain the; German rights to-the develop ment o fthe Hinterland. ; There has been un indication of liow fur she would press her claims to the Pucilio island. ; . '- (iiange in Plans A change has been made in tlio i nmn nf Hip imnnrtnnt pnmmittne of ,h. . onneTenc,e whH,h is to deal with the subject of damages suffered through the war and compensation for ihenij Instead of being the com mittee on indemnities, as originally planned, the committee will now bo known ns the committee on repara tion. -. '. : -.-' -.;iv r- '-'- '". The American delegation to tho peace conference, it nppenrs. has de cided to keep the question of labor to the fore as fur as possible iij the conferences here. President Wilson and Colonel E. M. House have ar ranged for a meetin? of the Auiericnn labor men to be held tomorrow to formulate the program. Freedom of Seas The conferences among the pence conference delegntes are beginning to touch tipon the Question of the free dom of Hie sens which probably is the one question upon which the Ei.ro nean deleirates seek the most immc dite enliu'htenment ns- to President Wilson's views. . . . - Some of the foremast uiternntional "nw experts seem to be of the opinion Hint the freedom of the seas ro solvcs itself into the question what is contraband, since the freedom of the seas reallv means nothing more than the right of private property to niovo upon the seas in time of war. Dis cussion is ranging around the propo sition that the League of Nations shall decide what is contraband, so that the question shnll never be set tledw bv nnv one of the nations inter ested. This, it is thought, mnv pro duce a solution of the problem. , , The nuestion of disarmament has already been discussed in its initial phases, and the related problems of revising international maritime prac tices will go bund in hand with i, : Thus the freedom of tbeens and all questions which bear upon it are be ing approached with consideration for their relationship with one another. Fl E OF FOREIGN CABLES PAH1S. Jan. 28. Captain' Andro Tnrdieu, Freuch high commissioner to' tho United States, and a French delci gate to the peace conference, in his speech Monday ut a luncheon to mem bers of the foreign press, repeated the pledge given by the French gov ernment that no censorship of foreign cables will be exercised bv Franco and the promise that every reason able facility would be given foreign newspapers during the conference. On the, first point, ncocrding to the of-, ficiul report of the captain's speech which now is avuilablc, bis words were:-.- .V ! , -. " ' ' - "After rapidity of transmission, vour second need is freedom. 'This liberty which vou liavo from . tlio French point of view is total, abso lute and unreserved. Wluit vou writo will be transmitted just ns vou "write. "The French press, iih von know, is still under censorship and the gov ernment bus the right to suppress nnv information liable to threaten tho ' sntetv of Hie country butsido as well as- inside. This government on tho other band will not limit the liability of criticisms .its iiiilgments and ar ticles nro to to. bo censored even when as sometimes happens they nro not particularly complimentary, to tlio ministers nnd our administration." C D. Colby of Salem Is visiting friends In thot city today,