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MEDFORD, OlMOOiON",, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1919
NO. 263
imiiy j i
blrteiuilit Vonr.
ACTUAL
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NAT
ONA
PROHIBIIION
NOW
TY
DRY NATION
PROCLAIMED
AT CAPITOL
Ratification of Prohibition Amend
ment to Constitution. Effective
January 16. IB20, Formally an
nounced by State Department
Over Three-fourths of States Act
Favorably Bryan and Shepnnrd
Given Pens Used.
WASHINGTON". .Inn. 20.
Ilnlil'ieiitiuii of III" prohibition
iiini'iiilini'iil In tlio federal iron.
Htiltilioii. effective Jnnuiirv 111.
ld'JU. wn proclaimed toilitr in n
proclamation signed nt 11:20 n.
ni. nt 111 Male dcpiirlmont liv
Acting Secretary Polk.
'ri.- I....,li.., u'nii uit.tiiil
nt exnollv 1 1 :20 o'clock ill the
presence f Si'nnlor Khmipnrd of
Texas, niilhur or the niiietnliiieiil
resolution, former Secretary
llrvnn. Ilrmi'it'iiliitivn Randall
of California, prohibitionist
member of llio house, mill nffi
fiiiln of the Auli-Snloon League
of America. tlu W onions Chris
linn Tenipcriinoo I'nioii nnil
other iinti-salnon orciinixntimii.
Mr. folk iiKcil several pens in
if fixinir hi Miniature mid pre
sented them lo Senator Shop-
WASHINGTON'. Jnn. 29 The pro
hibition proclamation U an follows:
To nil to whom tliono presents hIiiiII
pnmn erecting:
Know Vt, thnl llio congress of llio
United Hlnton nt the Second session
Sixty-fifth congress begun nt Wnsh
Inmon on llio third (Uiy of December
In tlio year ona thousand nlno nun
dred and iovonloon, passed n resold
Hon In llio words nnd figures follow
Inn: to-wlt:
Joint Resolution
Joint rmiolullon. proponing nn
amendment to llio constitution of tlio
United fitotes:
Resolved by tlio senalo nnd house
of ronrcsontntlvcs of tlio I'nlted
States of America In eongreiw assem
bled, (two-thirds of each house con
riirrlng therein) Hint Hie following
nmendmnnt to tho conBlllutlon,. bo,
and horcby In, proponed lo tlio stnlos
to bocomo .valid n n pnrt of llio con-
i Htlliillon wlion rnllflod by tlio login
liituren of Iho noveral Rliitcs as pro
vldod by tho conntltuilon.
"Bectlon ono Aflor olio yonr from
ihn rntirirntlon of thin nrtlclo tho
nmnufnctiffo. nolo or trnnnportnllnn
of Intoxicating liquor within, tho
Imnorlnllon thereof Into, or tho ox
portnllon thereof from Iho United
Btnlon nnd nil lorrllory subject to tho
Jurlsdlotlon thoroof for bovorngo pur
noses Is horoby prohibited.
. "Saetlon two Tho ongres nnd
tho sovernl states shnll hnvo concur
rent powor lo enforce this nrtlclo by
appropriate loglslnllon. ;
Itnllfii'iitlon Coiiiplelo
"Section throe This nrtlclo shnll
lie Inoporntlvo uiiIobb It shnll hnvo
been rnllflod no nn nniondniont lo
tho constitution by tho legislatures
ot tho several stntos, nn provided in
tho constitution, within sovon years
from the dato of the submission
hereof to tho stntos by Iho congress."
And, furtlior Hint it npponrs from
official documoiits on fllo In this rio
pnrtmont Hint tho nmonilmont to the
constitution of tho Unltod Stntos pro.
posed ns nforoBiild has boon ratified
by tho legislatures ot tho slatos or
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colo-
(Coutlnuod on Page Six.)
FRENCH SUFFRAGISTS
CALL UPON WILSON
PARIS, Jnn. 28. (Ilnvns.V
President Wilson this: innriiinc wi
cniveil n dolcirntion ot llm French
llninii fur Wmiinti Stillrntro. led bv
Mutlnmo lie Witt Seliliitnliertter. In
(he nl'lcrnnnn the iiroHiilenl. rneoived
n ileloL'iilion of Ihe Uiiiim op Women
vt I''rimce. led bv Miummu tiuvu.
P&E Quits
Operation
Thursday
UiiIchh lumbermen or nuttn Falls
nnil Mmlford. assisted liy local Inlor
eitlM, put up u $20,000 linud to Insure
Itoculvor Tumor ot tlio I'nclflc &
Kuatorn rullrouil against further loan
In operation, llm rnllroiul will cease
operation Tliursdiiy dvoiiIiik, Jiinuury
,'10, tiinlrtii'iloim to suspend opera
tions mid dlschnrgo employes have
already been received ut ineul of f !.
Tlio rnllroiul will bo advertised for
tain and Junked.
A mooting of thoso Interested lit In
progress till afternoon nt tlio Dig
I'lnes l.iiinbor coinpiiny offlco. A. I..
Hill, who roprommttxt tlio Commer
cial dull commlltuo before tlio public
utilities commission nnil tlio receiver,
stales tlint (lit) surety will probably
Imvo lo tin In thn form of Liberty
bonds or other securities.
Tlio Hlnlo cnininlsslnn In wlllltiK lo
do nnylliliiK In ll pownr to aid the
pooplo, but U apparently powerless
lo net.
L
PA
I'OHTI.ANI). Jnn. 20. Testimony
of 10 vitniNKiH will be introduced bv
IIik coVfrmui'iit nuiiiiiht J. lU'iirv Al-
bi-nt. wfiiltliv miller, now on trinl here
nn I'imrucK of iIihIuviiIIv nml Keililimn
ut tern lire ilurintr Hie wnr. The jury
wild hri'iirt'il lute vi'slerdnv. I nitui
Stnti'M Altoriii'v II line v, in bin mien
inir iiddro-K to lite jury said the iov
eminent would not i-cnv Hint Albert i
...I .. :..el - .... ... I
was under the influence of honor lit
the time lie ix suiil In Imvo made scili
Iioun Hliileinent. lie denied infer-
'iiei'H bv counsel for Iho defense t lint
ilie eiiso wiih n "friiine mi."
Jtiilsmi A. .Meade, nn ml man of
I, oh Aimeles. wiim the first witness
for the envernmcnl. lie was u pas-
senter on the train with Alber. en-
niulo from San Francisco to rort-
land nnd testified that Albers ileelnr
cd he was n Herman "and vlml of it."
mid expressed Hie opinion Hint the
I'liiled Stilton "could not liek the
knisor, not in u thousand years."
"Once u (Ionium, nlwnvs n fiermnn,"
was another remark attributed lo tlie
mill limn bv Meade.
Kriink II. Tii'bciKir, n demit v l:ni
teil States marsluil, also nn the trn;n,
corroborated Monde's tcstininnv. lie
had told Meade that lie iirnbablv
would he wanted us n witness nuaiust
Albers,
T
SUMPTER VALLEY
SAI.KSl. Jan. 21). A plan bv which
tho Similiter vnllov rnilrond will be
nhlu lo receivo nilililioiinl lVvcinie
has practically been decided upon. It
follows out n simuestion of ro-orann-iznlion
bv the public service commis
sion mnile in n letter of Coiuinissioiior
Corey lo Juilirc (J. A. I'roitlv, director
ol' Irnl'Cie in Iho office of tho direc
tor irolieinl, This will ho u revision
of some tliroimh rates established hv
tho O. W. H. and .'. coinpanv nnd it
in estimated Hint the Similiter Vnllev
rond will benefit to the extent of
$25,000 or $10,000 niiiiunllv. enoiich
neeordinir to Jitiluo I'routv, lo cnnble
tho road lo pay operntinii expenses
mid somethiiiir on its bonds.
"The rnnd miner this iirranceiiient,
snvs n loiter from Jmliro I'routv,
"will ho us well off us all rouris un
der federal iminaireiiient liiken iistn
whole nro todnv on nn nvernno."
STOClCHOI.Iu". Jnn. 28. Premlor
I.onlno, nccordlng to a roport from
Itovnl, has ordored tho Holshovlk
troops to rotnlto tho town of Narva
from tho HslhonlniiR within n woeit,
lo sack tho town nnd to kill all tho
nmtrgoolso. I.onlno In reported lo bo
Btiiylng In tho town ot Yamburg, oust
of Nai'vn,
WITHDRAWALOF
AMER1CANSFR0M
RUSSIA SOUGH!
Senator Johnson of California De
mands Recall of Yanks Savs Ac
tivities "Wicked and Useless." and
Intervention Criminal Opposes
Efforts to Establish New Nations.
WASHINGTON, Jnn, 29 Another
demand for Immedluto wllhdrawul of
American troops from ltunnla was
mudo In tlio senate loduy by Senator
Johnson of California. In an address
vigorously criticising the Russian
course of tho United Stales and the
allies. Ho denounced military activ
ities In Hussla as "wicked and use
less" nnd a "erlmlnnl pollry of Inter
vention" which hud .helped bold the
IlolHhevlkl In power while starving
thO'ltussliin people.
"Wo have engaged In a miserable
misadventure," ho added, "stultify
Ing our professions (ot friendship for
tho Husslans) and setting at naught
our promises. Wo suffer the
odium nnd Infamy of undeclared war.
fare."
CYltlrlws Iolny In I'enco
Senator Johnson also criticised de
lay In Hie peace negotiations and de-
clored anew for an American policy
to bring homo all American troops
from foreign soil at tho earliest pos
slblo moment. '
Speaking of tho Paris ngreemeut
cnlllng for Iho mooting ot Russian
factions tho senator said
"We nro wholly In tho dark as to
what Is contemplated when, all par
lies meet on an almost uncnanea
Island, but we are becoming accus
tomed to tho open diplomacy which
In dally communiques with few words
telling nothing soothe tho perturbed
... ... . ... , .
spirits or ino aeniocraiic peoples oi
the world."
frltlrlRM I'so of Yanks
Senator Johnson criticised use of
American troops-to old in sotting up
unit mnlnlniulng Independent coun
tries In Kurono.
Tho senator suggested that the
Kuropenn nations, soma by secret
troatlos which would bo enforced
woro 'llkoly to thwnrt the altruistic
purposes expressed By President Wil
son in his It principles.
Tho first point, for open diplomacy
hnd boeif lnrgoly Ignored, while the
second point, regnrdlng freedom of
the seas, ."has been lost for a consid
erable period now In historical mys-
lory and rests In oblivion with the
unrealized dreams of the Akound ot
Swat."
"Tho third, fourth and fifth points
of tho presldont on the removal of
economic bnrrlers, reduction of arm
amoiits nnd Impartial adjustment of
colonial claims," he said, "apparent
ly have been submerged In weightier
questions."
Trentlcs That llinil
Itegnrdlng territorial adjustments
Senator Johnson said:
"Tho difficulty of the presldont In
Interpreting his peace points '
Hint long ago England, Franco nnd
Italy reached their conclusions nnd
tko president Is up against tho con
tracts,' signed, sealed nnd delivered
and In the porkots of tlio allies."
If Iho presldont could causo these
secret treaties to bo disregarded nnd
"compol tlio altruistic peace of which
ho has so often spoken," said Senator
Johnson, "it would be the greatest
nchlovomont of nny stntosman of any
time."
OF
CIHNHVA, Jan. 2!l Presldont Ous
tnvo Ador returned today from Paris
whoro he conforrcd with pence con
foronco dulogntcs. With reference to
tho proposed Uonguo of Nations, M
Ador said Hie allies hnd been largely
ongagod In discussing conditions t
bo Imposed upon tho eonquerod na
tions and hence neutrals had not
been admitted to thoir collectlv
councils, llo nddod, howovor:'
"Whon the socloty of nations takes
form wo will cortnlnly bo lncludod.
GERMAN DOCTORS AT
WILHELMSHAVEN STRIKE
PARIS, Jnn. 21), The doctors
Iho (lorninil purl; of WillinlniHlinvr
which is in control of tho Spnrtaoiin
hnvo uonc on n strike, ncoordinsr lo
ijtlt'icli d-sptilch to the Mutiu.
CHATTER IS ITS
HOURLY GROWING HUNSiFOR CHEERING
IN THEIR EXTENT
IX).VDON, Jan. 29. The strike on
ho Clyde was reported today to lie
growing more serious. iNenrly on
the big ' shipyard! - and engineering
works nro on the vorge of closing
down or carrying on their work with
small forces.
The strikers say their object is to
'remodel trades unionism" and to
establish on a national basis the pol
icy of "direct action." of which this
strike Is an example.
The loaders of the Glasgow strik
ers are said to be trying to link up
tho strlko on the Clyde with strikes
in Delfnst and London, notwithstand
ing the differences In aim.
LONDON. Jnn. 29. Tho Belfast
strlko committee which wields Im
mense power, has taken upon Itself
with tho Involuntary acquiescence of
tho civil authorities, some of tho at
tributes of nn "Industrial soviet," the
Belfast correspondent, of the Man
chester Guardian reports. .
Tho strike committee. It is added,
peremptorily discouraging vio
ls
lenco.
4
LONDON, Jnn. 29 Weakness and
subordination of convictions to their
porsonul interests is charged against
many of the trades union lenders by
Food Controller George H. Roberts
In nn interview printed In the Mnll
today. He says that this Is one of
the chief causes of tho "present an-
achy" In the Industrial circles of
C.ront Brltnln. -r
BILL STOPS SALARY
GRABS AT LEGISLATURE
SALEM. Jan. 29. By a joint reso
lution Introduced today Senator Far-
roll hopes to hove placed upon the
ballot at tho regular election in '.No
vember, 1920, a bill to deprive tho
legislature of authority to Increase
tho snlnry of nny official ot the state
to toko effect during the official's
incumbency.
Senator Farroll s resolution grows
out of tho numerous salary bills al
ready introduced nt the present ses
sion. A total of 19 salary monstircs
have been submltcd. .. . .'.
THOMAS STILL AFTER
PAVING MONOPOLY
SALKM, Jan.. 29. Furthar ; pro
tection ot Hie public ngninHt tlio op
erations of tho paving, trust la' con
templnted by a bill Introduced loduy
by Senators Thomas and I.nchiinind.
It makes it compulsory on nlllitdders
for road work to submit their bids on
plans nnd specifications prepared by
tho state blghwny commission, other
public body, or '011101018 having
charge ot such work. : . ' ,
MIDDLE NAME
I.AIRACH. Jnn. 20. Reports from
Xrnrlnirir state that quite a serious
disturbance broke out. there on the
Arrival of an American "debivrkntion
oniiimittoe." Five persons were re
ported killed nnd 30 injured. General
Muistcr of the Jueo-Sluv nnuv is
said to have restored order.
Nothing' in recent tljpnt.-ljcs would
seem to explain the presence of an
American commission ' in . Jlnrbui
which is in Austria.
I.ON'nOX. Jan. 21). German resi
dents of Mnrbitnr. Stvriu. ninde n
demonstration in the streets ot that
town Monday in honor of the arrival
there bv nn airship of an American
mission headed bv Colonel Miles. Ac-
oordine to nn Exchange Teleernph
dispatch from Vienna, the action of
the Germans aroused General Sinis
ter, the Jiuro-Slnv commander, who
ordered the nconle to disperse nnd
when his orders were not obeved. the
dispatch added, he commanded his
troops to fire, with the result that
eisht persons were killed nnd many
injured. '
COURTS REFUSE TO
ENJOIN PHONE RATES
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jim. 20.
The Vnited States district court has
un liinstiiction in crnnt nn iiiuuii---fiion
nsuinst collection of the new
lone distance telephone rates ordered
into effect bv Postmaster General
lliirleson. Jtulce A. It. Anderson de
cided here todnv. The temporary re
striiiniiic order neainst tho rate in
Indiana was dissolved. ,
INDEMNI
OOPEN.IIAGKNY Jan. 2S. The
Norwccinii sailors' orcnninulion has
passed "n resolution dcclininc to as
sist in onrrviinr food to Germnnv until
the Gorman aovorinnont has pnid an
indemnity of $1,000,000 for 'members
of their orgnnir.ntion victims of sub
marines.
CALIFORNIA ENJOINS i
NEW PHONE RATES
i SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. An
action' to. restrain 'tho Pncifio Tclo-
phono nnd Tclccrapli company from
ooiiooT-inc rules itecuircd iiv l'osimns
tnr General Ilurleon wns to bo filed in
"sonio locnl court today" hv the state
railroad commission, Dotialns Hrook
.ninii, .attorney for tho commission, nn-
uouueed -today. ..
Independence
Poland Recognized
By United States
France Proposes Recognition of Finland Supreme Peace Council Consid
ers Case of Poland Disposition of Former German Colonies Discuss
edAmericans Insistent Upon Internationalization Plan United
States Favored as Guardian of turkey and Former Turkish Provinces
Treaties Discarded. " - .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Ilecoe
nition of the provisional covernment
of Poland has been accorded bv the
American covernment,: of tSlfinls ' of
the state deportment said todnv in
makintr public n messnee which Sec
retary Lnnsine- at Paris hns sent bv
direction of President Wilson to
lanace Jnn Paderewski. the new Pol
ish premier.
Finland Next on List
: PAHIS. Jan. 20. The French cov
ernment, accordine to the Jonrnnl,
has proposed to the powers that Fin
land be recoiraized as an independent
nation.
The supreme council of the peace
conference had before it for consid
eration on assemblinc this moraine
the Polish ipiestion and the instruc
tions to be civen the allied mission to
Poland. The proeram called for the
appearance of Polish and Czecho
slovak representatives before the
council. - - -
PARIS. Jan. 20. (Bv the Asso
ciated Press.) The future of the
colonies taken f roiu Germnnv has as
sumed a place in which it i$ one of
theTuost interesting of the immediate
base of the mnnv problems under con
sideration b'- the supreme court of
the peace conference, llenrincs are
now beimreiven bv the supreme conn
oil to members of the conference and
to eolon-al experts upon the dispnsv
tion of the colonies. The council is
at the same time proceedinc with the
consideration of n eencral policy
which shall be adopted bv the five
erent powers in this matter.
At present it appears Hint these
powers, throucb the supreme coun
cil, intend to dispose of the. subject.
confident of the approval of its de
cisions bv the conference itself. The
henrincs have alreadv proeressed to
the staee where the existence of views
ercntlv at variance with those set
forth in President Wilson's fourteen
points have been disclosed.
' Americans Insistant
This development has determined
the American delecates to remind the
other powers of that fact and to urs;?.
the adoption of the American plan nt
fhe very outset in order to keep the
rival claimants within the bounds of
fairness.
This pKm, which was discussed
Monday and is receiving immediate
further consideration, looks to in
ternational control of the colonies,
backward nationalities nnd tribes bv
NO RED FLAGS
PORTLAND, Jan. 29. Tho city
commission passed today an emer
gency ordinance forbidding the dis
play of red or black flags or other
flags or any emblem or device Intend
ed to be "antagonistic or opposed to
the constitution of. the United States"
In the city of Portland. The measure
also makes it compulsory that the
American flag be displayed at all
street meetings. . .
The commission passed, by a vote
of three to two an ordinance provid
ing that influenza masks must be
worn during tho epidemic. The or
dinance becomes effective in thirty
days, as a unanimous vote is required
for omergency measures.
20,000 AMERICANS
PARIS. Jan. 28. At least 200,000
Americans will remain In France, ac
cording to a statement made by a
prominent member of the American
colony in PariB and quoted by the In
translgeant today. The majority will
remain. It is said, because they wish
to marry French women and the rest
because they are charmed with
trench life and see groat opportuni
ties here for Auiorlcau energy. .
of
individual powers or by aecnts to ho
known ns "mandatories" .of the
League of Nations. These aecnts are
to derive nil their powers from tho
league nnd to net entirely on the linen
of policy dictated bv that body. .
The distribution of these guardian
ships is to be made bv' the League ot
Nations: so it again hnpuens. as in
the case of manv of the projects of
reform broached at the conference,
that its successful application is
wholly dependent upon the consum
mation of the league.
Mandatory Power '
One argument against the league's
control of the colonies advanced bv
the British colonial officials was that
the "mandatories" might feel them
selves saddled with enormous finnn
r.;i ,.j..,...t.:i.:i.:... : .
develop themselves, nnd yet be sub-
lect fn criticism in the event that thev
failed to bring tbem forward.
President Wilson felt himself coll
ed upon to answer this argument bv
the statement that the American plan
contemplated -that the mandatory
power would be liable only for ad-
ministrntive expenses; other expen
ditures would he made only when an-
thoi-ied by the league, unless the
colony was able to finance itself out
of its own resources .- , .. r 5
America's Portion !: '
While the plan has not progressed
to p iioint where nny attempt hns
been made to assign particular na
tions to these guardianships, the mat
ter has been the subject of special
thought and consideration, tn Iho
case of America it has been suggested
that owing to its large influence in
Turkey throueh the numerous grad
uates of Robert college and because
of the conviction among the Turks of
the disinterestedness of America, if
it is called upon to assume such
charge, it might naturally first tnko
upon itself the guardianship not only
of Turkey in Europe, hut also a con
siderable portion of Turkey's former
provinces, including Armenia.
Up to this moment the whole pro
ject is still subject to complete read
justment. Nevertheless, it is felt bv
some of the" delegates that if the
League of Nations is assured on a'
basis of freedom from discrimination,
the grout powers mnv be willing to
abandon their plans for the complete
annexation of former German colo
nies nnd separated sections of lute
enemy states, although opposition is
expected from the colonial govern
ments to such a scheme.
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STOCK INCREASED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Speculative
transactions In Swift stocks,
were inquired Into today during the
cross-examination of Louis F. Swift
before the senate agriculture com
mittee by members ot the committee
and Francis J. Heney. .-,
: Senator Norris ot Nebraska, read a
newspaper account to show there was
a $140,310,000 gain in market value
In stocks ot Swift nnd company.
Swift International and Ltbby, Mc
Neil and 'Llbby from November, 1917
o November, 1918.
"We had no idea there was going
to be such an advance when we sep
arated our three concerns," said Mr.
Swift. "Swift and company didn't
profit by the transaction but tho 25,-
kOOO stockholders." v . ,
i "But while you say Swift and com
pany's earnings showed a falling off
last year," replied Senator Norris,
"as a matter ot fact, the three Swift
companies show an enormous In
crease In the opinion of stock buy
ers." ,"
Mr. Swift said ho personally hail,
not dealt In Swift Blocks to affect the
market. .' : -( '.
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J. M. King of Derby Is In the city
today on business,