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MEDFORD, OltEOOX, TUESDAY, YKUIWAHY 1, 1919
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SUPREME COUR'
'-CASEOFSftEEN
japi an n .
PflQQCQQinM bLUdtU di o I Kmc
rUOOLOOlU H niir WAQP P.I IT
OF TEUTONS
Mlkatloo's Demands Causlnii Grave
Concern at Pence Conference
Would Succeed Germany In Orient
Threatens War Uiion China If
Latter Makes Public Secret Treat
ies Made Under Coercion De
mands Islands In Pacific.
I'AlttS, Feb. 11. (Ily Associated
I'reas.) Tlio Chlnono doloKullon lum
pub lis hod cahtukrama received from
China ovorwhelmlniily favoring tho
activities of Iho delegation mid dir
ecting that tlmro lio restitution to
China of properties In HluintuiiK.
- Japan linn roltiirntail her Intention
to hold Ilia Marshall and Curolliia
lalauds In Ilia 1'arlflc which aha took
from (iaruiuny during tliu wnr, a
well mi lo Insist upon Iho oxocutlon
of liar uKreeiuent reached In Septem
ber lust, with China rcKurdliiK Shan
t mi K. A -formal alittcutoiil to'llila af
fix;! by JnpniKwo rs irunulullvoM hua
boon in oilo puli lie hero. ',"
An regards Iho Paoifie ihIu ui)k
'IiiIiiin or Japanese, tin' American i ni
hil ion HI tllll PCUI'O Conference llllH
been unofficially represented nt one
of opposition In annexation niul
of insistence iiiinii I ln iuicriintiounli
lution of nil I ho Pacific island tnUrii
from (icrtnnnv. Tin Mnrshnll iiml
C'nrolinii croup lie directly cast of
tliu Philippines.
Causing ;rno Concern
WASHINGTON, Kob. 11. (By Aa.
aoclulod Proas.) Jnpun'a attitude
toward China in t ha pouoo conference
la causing: grnvo npprohonalon among
Iho roprcaontatlvoa of Iho other aa
aoolnled powora. According to offic
ial diplomatic Information reaching
hero, Japan virtually luia threatened
war If China makes pulillo sorrot
troatlon butwaen too two countries
und fnlla to carry out an agreement
to tnako Japan iho auccossor of tier
many In rlKhlB, property and roncos
nlnnn hutd by tlnrmnny ul Iho out
break of tlio European war.
China la rolylng on tho ponce con
furonco, where her delegates uro aiild
In have made nn oxcollont Impression
and la nookliiK support from tlio
United States and I! rout Ilrltnln.
Treaty Copies Htoli'll
Advlcoa from tho Orient thru dip
lomatic chiinnulB any Amur Iran Min
ister ltolnsch nt Poking, sucking to
rnussuro tho Chlnosororolgn ntlnlstor
with statomonta of tho friendship or
tlio United Stutoa Rovornmont, wna
told frankly Hint thu forolgn m In In
ter did not aao ho'V at thin tlino tho
Unltod Stntoa or Groat Ilrltnln could
divert tliolr iillonllon to Iho Orlonl
whon tho lCuroponn Hltuutlon de
manded an much attention.
When tho CIiIiioho pouoo floloRntea
arrived In I'arla, thu Information now
available (IIhoIobob, thoy roportod
that tliolr coplna of I hh secret trontlos
wore stolon !rom tliolr bnnitarto whllo
' they woro pnaalnK thru Japan, mid
GuiiHoquontly. thoy worn unulilo lo
enrry out luolr purpoio of making
thorn public al Hi la conforenco.
OfflolnlH of tho Htuto ilopnrlmont
ducllnod to innko any formnl com
lnont today on tho situation, Tho
ImprOHHlnn wna Klvon that the whole
mutter wiib bolng hnndlod In I'arla.
S. 0. S. GALLS FROM
U.S. NAVAL VESSEL
HALIFAX, N. S., Fob. 11 A wli
loaa call Haying tho American oil lank
atonmalilp J. M. Outfoy was taking
water In tho forchold and was Henil
1 ti PC out 8. O. 8. calls whs Inturcoptoil
hnre today. Tho vohboI'r poHitlpn was
Klvon na off Capo Race. 'CAvnod .by
tho Gulf Hoflnlnn coin puny, the tan
ker aallod from InvornoBS, Soot land,
an January 21 for llninplnn Itoailn,
Viv, ' ,
UUL unuL UUI
Connor Properties of Arizona District
Paralyzed By Lack of Hands
Men Declare No Strike But Refuse
to Work on Reduced Waqes Called
(or In Schedule I. W, W. Blamed.
JKIiOMK. Arli.. Kob. 11. Copper
mliiM of Iho Jerouio dlatrlet ure par
ulyti'd by lark of lianda, nllho the
orKnuliutloua affllliilod with the In
ternational .Mine, Mill and Rinellar
Worker hnvo derlared no Hlrlko fol
IowIiik the uko cut of TJ cvnta a
day which went Into effuct yoatorday.
Un tho roulriiTy the labor council hua
determined that thorn will bo no
atrlko culled until after tho arrlvul
of Federal Mediator llavlea, roportod
to bo on Ilia way from WaahliiKtou
under luntructlona from Secretary of
l.ubor Wtlaon.
Minna I'limplhu
Tho mlnea aro piimpltiK and Iboro
hua been no dUorder reported, but
mine offlclula and police otflcora ilo
clnre Hie altiiutlon la serloua. They
uaaert Hint tho trouble wua atartcd
by miuhbora of thu I. V. W. und that
tlio union workers aro afraid of vlo
deneo If they obey, the Inalruetlona
of their louclcra unit rolurn to the
ahufla.
Only four men reported for work
at tlio I'nlted Verde today. There
were aeut away and tho aamo cou
dlllona aro milil to obtain In tho other
I. IK ahafta, practically nil tho 4U00
miners of tliu district remaining idle.
JKUOMK. Ariz.. Kcb. 11. Jerome
pnxM'tl u nialil of iiHiirelicnsiun fol
lowing u iluV of lunuoil iirceiuiltitcil
bv a ""i-i'ciit cut in the wniies of
I. (Ml eoiiper niiuerx niul Miieltormen of
Iho Jerome ilislrii'l, i
Karl toiluv mine officinlH aaiil the
strike culled vesterduv nl'tcrnonon at
a mnss mci'tins held nn the outskirts
of the town luul not niitlerinlir.cd.
DKXVKII. Colo.. Feb. U.Clmrles
II. Mover, iirc.-idcnt of the Imluslrinl
I'liion of Mine, Mill ami Smelter
Workers, in n slaleiiienl toilnv on the
notion nf miners in the Jerome cop
per dislriel in striking ns n result of
ii out in wimcs iiuuoiiiieeil last week,
said:
"These men tire incmliers of tlio I.
V. V. and me in no manner con
neelcil with the Mine Workers' I'liion.
Hur men in the Jerouio dislriel are
snlislieil with their contract with Iho
mine owners nnd have been exiievtini;
u untie reilnelion."
''The men rcsponsilile for I lie dis
turbance ul Jerome nro members of
Iho mime branch of the I. W. W. that
has created nil of tlu troiiblu in
Unite."
niCNVHIl, Colo., Fob. 1t. Tho
twonly-flvo public achonls closed yoa
torday by a slrlko of Iho stationary
engineers remained elosud today (lo
spllo eftorls of school officials lo fill
Iho plnftis of slrlko8. Seventeen
thousand studonts and 425 toachors
at the schools uro uffoctud by tho
strlko.
"11. Is Imposslblo to toll when tho
schools will reopen," said Curios M.
Colo, superintendent of schools to
day, ,
BELFAST STRIKERS
riF.r.FAST. Feb. ll.-Tlie strikers
of llell'nsl have agreed lo dike n bal
lot on the iiueslioii of a selllement
of (he slrike. Pending (he halloling,
the city resumed ils normal activities
loduv. The si reel car service was re
sumed and the electric power current
sliirled uniiiii,
REVOLUT ON IN
SEATTLE OVER ;
Last of 30.000 Workers Who Went
Out On Sympathetic Strike With
Shipbuilders Rct.rn to Work. With
Exception of Some Members of
Lonashoremen's Union.
SKATTLK. Feb. U. I.nsl of the
30,0(111 workers who went out on u
KVUipathetic strike with 'J.'i.OOU metal
tradesmen f local hlii)Vrd Thurs
duv lust, returned to their work ut
noon toiluv. when the strike ollieiullv
ciime to un end. With the exception
of some members of the loimshore
men, who usserteil thev luive a epa
rnle crieviinee to consider, und ore
slill out, nearly every union uiuu was
back at his work early this morn-
illL'.
Itevolullon la Over
"The revolution Is oveV."
That is wluiL Scuttle rend nt ils
hreiikfnst luble loduv us the oiicnins
piirnuriipli of an editorial niipcurim;
on the fiml unte of the I'ost-lntel-liueucfr,
in which the first ueneral
strike iny Anierien. now in its sixth
dnv here' was discussed. Tlio acn
crul strike "ol'liciiillv'' was not ended-
until i o'clock noon., ;-
Slrikins; slrcet cur men. who re
turned to. their cars Siindnv. remain
ed ut their posts, followinir n vote lo
this effect bv the executive commit
tee of the street cur men's union
lust nit-'ht. Others did the same.
On I he oilier hand musicians nnd
stuue liunds nt hit; downtown thea
ters after reluming tu their work,
and alter these theaters hud filled
Willi patrons, went out nu'iiin last
niulil. In one house the music of the
musicians ceased and niinonnecnieut
of their action caused the music to
ho followed bv hisses.
Soldiers Itemnln on Duty
The strike was called in svimmthv
with the strike of J.'i.UOO metal
trades workers. The metiil workers
still are out seek:ns liuihcr wages und
Seallle's great shipbuilding industry
still was tied up.
Soldiers remain lo protect tho eitv
and hundreds of special policemen
will continue their beats and in re
serve until Mavor Hanson nnd arniv
officials determine that possible dan
ger to properly or the persons of
Scntlle c'.ti)tcns has pnssed.
ALLIED THREAT
T
COI'K.NIIAOK.X, Feb. 11. Great
lirilain und Franco have sent notes
to Motions Kr.bergor. president of the
German armistice coinniisison, the
Weimar correspondent of tho Llerlink
sko Tidcndo learns from reliable
sources, dealing wilh the failuro of
(ternianv lo deliver loeuiuolovics niul
agricultural macliinervus agreed, lie
says one of the uoles virtuullv con
slilues a threal to llenminv. v
The correspondent utlds that n
similar notes expected from tliu L'ni
led Slates. ,
WKlMAli. Feb. 111. (Hv tho As
soeinted Press,) The Oermiin na
tional assembly has adopted tho pro
visional c Institution with liltle ameiiii
inenl. The Unlional president will
ho elected Tuesday,
SAX FUAXC'ISCO, Feb. U.-Xo-lice
from Iho Pacific district council
of hoilcrmnkcrs thai it contemplated
calling a coast wide strike of its nf.
filinled unions al n dale to bo deter
mined upon Inter, was received bv tho
Oakland lioilennakers' union todav.
According lo the message the coiin
cill was meeting in the Collins huild
ins; in Scuttle,
STRKERS BACK
PEGGY; MARSHlAND; HER
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nwi'
" ""tits'
1 She's a Ixindon showgirl wbo lived with enry Field, grandson of
Marshall Field, famous Chicago merchant, before young Field was
married. To obtain for herself and son. Henry Anthony Marsh (whose
father she doclarcs is Henry Field), the income she says Field prom
ised her, tho young mother went into court and obtained frbm the Field
cstato a life Income consisting of the interest on SI 00,000. Field died
soon after marrying Nancy Perkins, a Virginia heiress. A question
still undecided is whether young Henry Anthony Marsh, now aged
2 1-2, will inherit his father's share of the great Marshall Field estate
whother the young son whose mother admits she never wedded
Field is an "issue" of Field in the sense i .eant by Marshall Field's
will.
MADE FOR LEAGUE!
E
I.OXDOX. Feb. 11. Progress on
the furiuution of the society of na
tions was very satisfactory. Premier
l.lovd (Icovac said todav in (lie house
of commons in discussing the work
of the peace conference. He said lie
hoped that u report would be issued
soon bv the commission appointed to
consider responsibility for the war
and enemy mil rages.
The premier in answer to a nucs
tion, said t lie British representatives,'
like the others, would sign the I rent v
of peace provisionally and that the
trout v would he presented to parlia
ment for ratification. If Iho bouse
of commons choose to repudiate it.
the house was all powerful, he said.
The peace .commission on indemni
ties the premier said, he hoped would
issue ils report soon.
If industrial unrest continues the
conscuuonces will he grave to trade
and industry. The government, be
said, would agree to any kind of an
investigation into the causes of the
unrest. .
Special war conditions, Ihti pre
mier thought, had contributed to the
unrest. Among the conditions worn
the strain of four vcavs of wnr and
the fear of imoinplovipoiit.
WASHINGTON', Feb. H. Future
licenses for export of American goods
to noutrnl countries, under a decis
ion 'announced today by the war
trade hoard, will be stood until used
Instead of bearing the limitation of
nlnoty days lmposoil heretofore, ;
IS DEC S ON M
$100,000 FIELD BABY
tf.
ALIENS ARRIVE
NEW YOKK. Feb. 11 Fiftv-four
radicals alien bom anarchists. In
dustrial Workers of the World nnd
I others arrived nt lioboken todnv on
a train from the west en route to the
j Kllis lslniul immigration station, for
j deportation. As a grouii of men was
led from the train to the boat three
I cheers tor the P.olsheviki were given
turn tnree more lor the I. . .
! When all of the 5:1 men and one wo
man hud reached .the decks of the im
migration boat the police ordered the
I. W. W. members lo separate them
selves from the others and move to
one end of the vessel.
One 1. W. V. member objected anil
slruck a policeman on the nose with
his fist. Others of the 1. V. W. clos
ed in. nnd the police cnnie to the res
cue of the man attacked and not until
clubs, luul been used frcelv and ef
fect ivolv were the 1. Y. Y. members
subdued. .
Another vers'on of this disturbance
was luit. one of the 54 hud through
out the iournov from the west, been
suspected of being a government
iigenl in disguise. ' .
A strange scene "was presented ns
the arrivals stepped from the train
shortly after dawn. Mnnv wore flnm
inr rod tics. The woman had on a
far coat and a black sailor hat. The
men had been plaving curds most of
Hie night and showed tho want of
sleep and were unshaven. Canvas car
pet hags of Hie kind immigrants car
ry were included in an odd assort
ment of baggage, with here and there
(a shiny new suitcase. Some of the
men wore no hats.
SAX FKAXCJSCO. Feb. 11. The
resignation of President Ileniainin lile
Wheeler of the I'nivorsilv of Califor
nia was presented to a meeting of the
university board of regcnls hero to
day, . ; ' ,
Construction Cost
Siskiyou Highway
Raised by Decision
Splits the Difference Be
tween Engineers Esti
mate and Contractor's
Claims County Saves
by Litigation.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 11. The su
preme court today affirmed -the de
cision of Judge Davis in the case of
John V. Sweeney vs. Jackson county
Ul the suit for accounting relative to
road construction on the Pacific
highway in Jackson county. The
opinion was written by Justice Bean.
The supreme court decided in fa
vor of Sweeney for the sum of $82,
533.20, tho U. S. National bank of
Portland being given a Hen of $39,
990.50. The court held there was
no error, in the trial court in refusing
to dismiss th0-"case.- or in rendering
its decree. The court finds the Port
land bank a proper defendant. It
finds that mistakes were made as
charged by the forces of Assistant!
Engineer Kittridge under State En
gineer Bowlby. '
Jackson county, the decision as
serts, placed too much reliance and
responsibility on the state highway
engineer, and after the contract was
lot changed the route specified, in
creasing the length 16 per cent. The
court finds that Engineer Bowlby
spent but two hours checking up
2000 force account bills.
Changes made in the Dollarhide
bridge, increased the work of the
contractor, while no price was fixed
tor excavation of adobe and hardp&d,
and the claim of 75 cents a cuW
yard is sustained. The court allows
Sweeney S1.S44.16 in addition to the
sum granted by the trial court.
By the decision of Judge Davis,
Jackson county was required to pay
$51,904 more than the state highway
engineer's estimates of the cost of
building the 12 miles of the Siskiyou
highway from the California line to
Barron, bat saved $33,S64 of the
amount claimed due by Contractor
Sweeney. If the interest claim Is
eliminated, the saving will be $47,-
175, out of which must come the cost
of the litigation.
Story of Suit
John W. Sweeney was the contrac
tor who built the Siskivoit section of
the Pacific highway, the work bcini
done under the jurisdiction of the
state highway engineer, the money
being provided out of the proceeds of
the .foOO.OOO road bonds issued by
Jackson countv. The contract was
let January .11, 1914. nnd' the engineer
made the final estimate March, 2i)
1SU.
. The final estimate showed a bal
ance of .'fo.'i.riTH due Sweeney, who
under oath verified this as the true
and correct hill for the work, March
;il, 1!U.". April 1 Sweeney assigned
FIGHT TO A FINISH
SKATTLK. Feb; 11. Sanction of
Hie shipyard strikes in Seattle and
T'aooma, involving about 33,0(10 mem
bers of metal trades unions, has been
given hv the executive council of the
Male Federation of Labor, according
to an announcement tbduv bv James
A; Taylor, president of the Seattle
Metal Trades Council. Tnvlor is also
a member of the executive council of
the state federation, lie said the
Metal I rades Councils would now
make plans for a- prolonged fight lo
win their demands fur higher wages.
and that calling off of Iho sympa
thetic strikes m TacoiiHi and Seattle
would not affect the shipyard strikes,
Tho situation was to be discussed nt
the meeting of the Metal Trades
Council tonight, .. .:
the voucher to the United States Nu-
tionul bank of Portland, for the evi
dent purpose of .making them a de
fendant in the suit brought after
wards by Sweeney, so that the trial oE .
the case would be Held in rortlumt
und the countv be put to extra, ex
pense. Sought $121,241
Sweeney alleged that the engineer': ,
estimates previously accepted bv hun. .
were incotrect and insufficient under '
the contract, alleging that he should
-have been paid the sum of $277,500.
had been paid $130,321. leaving a
claim for Kil21.24.l. ; for whifc lio
brought suit in the circuit court of
Multnomah countv. . .'
The ense wns tried before Judge
George X. Davis of Portland who
overruled motions for demurrer unit
change of venue bv Juckson countv.
and after n brief deliberation, split
the difference between the $3o.')7:i
admitted due bv the countv. nnd the
4121.241 claimed, bv Sweeney, giving?
judgment for $82,533. An appeal
from this decision was tuken to the
supreme court at the March term.
1917. and final arguments were sub
mitted early last autumn, since when
the case has been before the court.
Jackson coantv was represented
bv Attorney A. E. Reames. Swcenev
bv L. II. McCarthy. Robert D. Senrcv. -
S.. 15. Houston. Carev and Kerr and
the United States National bank bv
Chamberlain. Thomas. Kruemer niul
Humphries.
. I.OXDOX. Feb. 11. King George,
in opening the new parliament todav.
utter alluding briefly to events since
the dissolution of the last parliament .
just after the armistice, urged ouick
and decisive action on reconstruction
measures and asked parliament "to
spare no effort in healing the causes
of the existing unrest."
The king stated that a government
bill would be presented in simplifying
the procedure in the house of com
mons, so that the lower body might
expedite what the government con
siders imperative measures. Among
iho measures, ho said, were better
housing, formation of n department
-of health, fulfillment of pledges to
labor that unfair competition should
ho prevented, nnd betterment' of tho
agricultural situation through im
proved transportation.-.
SAIL FOR JI
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Four
transports und a cruiser will more
I lum 10,000 troops aboard, have sail
ed from France and will arrive at
New York and Newport Xcws between
February 10 and February 20.
Tho 1114th infantry complete, prac
tically all of the lt)2nd infunlrv und '
part of the Itilst infantry of tho 4st
division, composed ot National Guard
troops from Washington, Oregon,
Montana, North Dukitii anu the Dis
lriel nf Columbia, are included in tho
units noiv cni'vuto home, : .. .