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Pl""'c AudllorU The Weather Maximum y tin 1 11 rrtii y ....... .-I i Minimum today,. UN Precipitation OI MEBFOKB m Prediction Tonight mill Tomorrow Fair. Corty-olKMh Tour, ally ThlrtooiilU Tnr. MEDFORD, OIlliOON, MONDAY, FJiHMJAKY .17. 1M9 No. 279 AILTR BENE ARMISTICE RENEWED WITH HUNS German Government Accepts Uncon ditionally New Terms Imposed By Allies Renewlnti Armistice Ger many's Financial Condition Report ed 8erlous By Financiers to Na tional Assembly Indenbufo Cen sured for Extravaaance. COI'UNHAOKN, Feb. 17. Tho (lerman novcruniciit on Sunday night acccplod tho nlllml toruia for tho ok tnnalon of tho armlalloe, according to a dispatch to tho I'ulltlken from Wol. mttr. Tho inn.luit at wli'eh tho am all iance wun doi'ldcd iiion, Iho I'ullt Ikon's correspondent aoji., was at tended by loaders or Iho various pur. Ilea. LONIX, Feb. 17. Tho Clormnn cabinet dlncuxned tho armistice terms from 10:30 ttuudny mornlnii until 4 o'clock In Iho aftornoou, when an ef fort waa mailt) to summon tho nnl V loual annoinuly to docld upon tho nnawer, according to nil KxcliniiKO Telegraph dispatch from CuioiiliaRcii. It waa found Impoiislhlo lo auuimon Iho aaaotnhly mid utlvr 3 conference with tho parly loader it wna decided to accopl tho leruia unconditionally. Financial O-M WKIMAII. Saturday. Fob. 15 (Uy Anaoclatod I'row.) Tho Gorman peo ple generally do not - understand clearly tho flimnrlal altuatlon In which tho war haa loft thrill and duty ro too optimistic, declared Dr. Bclilf ' for, mlnialor of finance, In an nd ilroaa lo Iho (lorinau natlonnl annam bly today.' Ho appuronlly astonished tho linuso whan lia allowed atatlatlca lo ahow the war had ooat 101,000, 000,000 marka. Hcrr Schiller then ,nnhod Iho aa aomltly lo voto u credit In tho form of a loan for 25, 1100, 000,000 mnrka, tliu greatest loan the (iormnn people have ever neon aakad lo ralae. Ho ex-' plained that Inat October tho govern ment atood on tho vergo of financial exhaiiHtlon. It aakod for a credit of 1 , 000,000, 000 mnrka. hut when thla waa rofuaod raised It by nionua or. bank nolo laauva. The speaker wna applauded when he remarked that truth and openncaa ahould bo tho buala of all politics and flnnnco. KtiKintliturm Listed Tho flnnnco mlnlater said Iho ex penditures woro divided aa follows: . 1UH, 7,000,000,000 mnrka; lltlu, 3.1,000,0110.000; mm. 20,1100,000, ooo; ion. an.iioo, 000,000; ims. 4K,r00,000,000. ' In addition, 0.000. 000,000 mnrka In treaaury bonds wna Issued and thero were credits of 0, D00, 000,000 marks to allies of Clor innuy, mnkliiK a total of nearly 101. 000,000,000 which oxcoodod by II, 000,000,000 tho credlla which had benn granted. Crodlts made avail able by loans tntallod Oil, 000, 000. 000 marks and bonds and notes Issued totalled rH, 000, 000, 000 marks. . Tho minister condemned the wosto Ihruout tho war and. characterized Iho war flnancos as a "program of dosporntlon." Dr. Schlffor emphasized the Im perative need of economy. Ho sajd tho government would neod 19,000, 000,000 marks during tba current yoar to cover Interest imyments ulono. Ho said tho government ex pected to rnlso 3,000,000,000 marks from the salo of nrmy stnros. ''liiiiiicul Crisis Kxlsts No ono was In u position to any whothor Germany would bo nbla to extricate horsolt from the prosout flnanolnl situation, Iho flnnnco min ister snld, but It would dopond In part on tho kind of poaco tho allied po'worn doclded upon, Uormnny must bo patient and wnlt. "Our expandlturos havo lucronsod (Continued on Pag 6lx.) NTW YOU'v-Fob. 17. Captain ThriHtv Muthcwson, former mummer d' tho Cincinnati National r,oniiuo IliiKcbiill club, returnod toilnv on the I rii iih port Uottorilum. Mnlhowsoii wns connected with tho chomicul wnr foro sorvieo of tho nrmv. Mnlhowsoii expressed tho belief Hint not mnnv of Ihn bur league play ers in Hie n nil v in Franco will return in time lo lake part in. tho opening iriiniPH of I he season. Afiilhewson said lie vt'us nol under conl riii'l Willi liny baseball club. Patent on Paving to Be Fought SAI-K.r. Feb, 17. Wnr to Iho kit i IH wiin iloelnroil on Iho piivimr IniHt in Hie Iioiino lodiiv when uiiilcr n MiHpenxioti of Iho ruli-s it nut throimli I ii-wt uml nci oiid rciiillnuH a bill npiiroiiriiitiiiv 1'tiniln for Allornov Clenerul t llniwn lo Net usiile (lie iiiiIviiIh belli bv Wnrren Hrotheri on it inituiil iinvvmi'iit uml miiile it n 4 nixm'IiiI onlor for loujoi row fore. noon, A mi-iiMire ilrnftcil bv Itenrn- hciiliilive llnre in eon junction with AHoir.i'v (li'iieriil llrown. in Iroiliii'i'il bv lli'iircwiiliilivo dm- hum, of Wvhinutoii (mini v. u member of Ihn Iioiihh liiuhwnvN 4 committee, it ml hml Iho Kolid lini'kinir of the cnmmitlco itself on lilt floor. Wliilo llie mciixtiru i" tii'iicrnl in it tcriiw. it ix nimi'il lit the 4 Wnrren HrnlberN mill llie'r will- hiiHurv I'omiuiuv. the Wnrren cnnKlriii'tion coiiiimiiiv, Tl) iioHiircil mikitnvc of the bill. liutelhiT with uHiiiriinrcK on Iho floor bv tbe Miienker Hint further iinli-linviiiL' IriiKt cu'ilu- lion would be nresi'iiti'il in con- 4 NlriK'd to menu Ihiit n romiire- licliive iirovriun on thin hiiliiecl w ill be eiinrtcil bv the Iioiik. 4 4 US I'DAItl) I'. 8. S. (IKOIfdK WASIIINtlTON'. Feb. 10. (Hv the AsMiciutfit I'ri'Milcnt Wil- miii KiH-nt hi firwl Sundiiv nt xen in nlti'iiilinir rhiiri'h xcrviecs, Nlccuim: mill rtt iiiL'. He cotiMilcrcd no offi eiiil liiiNiiien wliulever mid received no olTiciul iliHimli'lii'H. The ireiilciit rend with irreut inlrr ct it windesM iliuot of newMiiiticr opinion uml nxproxMonu in coimrcH Hiomil ciri'leH rcuiinlin the couslitu lion of the l.euuue of Nutionx. It is unite mfl of I lie iiuuetioti I lint Hie Kennte will be citllei', upon nl prcHeiil lo net upon lite l.euuue of Nulionn Irenlv. Hi it will nol bo perfected un til the prcHiilciit'x return to I'lirix, uml it kccuih iirobiilile Hint the cov ennnt ilrnft iih il bus been imlili-licd will be hiibjucli'il lo Kunie chnuuc if il in put into lien tv form. The prehiilcnt'K pliins nro Htill bused on hit rcluruinir lo Kurope immeili utelv lifter Hie ndinurnmenl of eon ervtH with Hie possibilitv Unit he will remiiin nbroiul until Rummer. ' The ehunfPN Heem to fnvor Hie eullimr of nil exlrn session of Iho Semite mid poHKiblv one of conuress. nftcr Hie work of (be pence conference in fin ished, lo pnK.i upon Ircnlicx mid tuke i ii v necessnrv leuiNbilive iiction. 65TH iTOMORROW SKATTI.K. Keb. 17. All Senltle preimred loiliiv lo we come homo lo- inorrow -1(1 ol'fieei'H mid DUO men of the (bth Ooimt Artillery I'euimenl, or minizcil in I lie I'uuct Sound ilislriet. upon their return from oversells ser vice, ltrenkfusl service for men tr-(-ivinif cnrlv will be firovideil, with liincbeoii for the entire conl invent el Mnsonic Temple. A pnrnile through tho bnHiiU'HM Hlrcelx bv Iho nrlillcrv mon with weleoniinir IiuikIh nnd ulher uuils is schcilulcd for noon. Autoiuo hile rides in (lie iiflernoon uml theu ler ntlrnctions ut niclit will bo pro vided, with n dinner under the nus piccs of the Nntioniil Leniruo for Wo men Service, wilh u ui'iind bull fo lowimr. The iirlillervnieu will lenvc Senltle Weilnesilny morninir for Cnmp hcwis, llunr deuioliiliznlion point. DEAD FROM BULLET TOHTUNn. Ore., Veb. 17. The body of J. II, Ilollirook, prominent Portland real eslnlo denier, with n bullet wonnd llirouuh the hour!, whs found in the locker of thu Alultiioinnli Amateur Allilelio club. A revolver was nenr I lie lindy, Tt was not known whcllier llie itliontimr was iicciilenlu.l or premptliliiled, AMERICANS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM RUSSIA President Sends Notice That Allies Are Strenqthenlna Positions With New Troops Preliminary to Safe Withdrawal of Forces Bv Spring From Northern Russia. WASHINGTON'. Keb. 17. Steps lownrtl Nlrciiulhcnitiir the position of American nnd allied I mops in North ern Ituhkiu lis ii preliminary lo llieir safe withdrawn in the near future nrc under wnv ul the direction of the su premo wnr council, Secretory linker. IriinsiuittiiiK this iiifoiiniitioii from President Wilson to llie house mililnrv committee lodiiv. suiil nil the American soldiers should be mil of llussiii this sprinir. To facilitate the withdrawal, nilili lionul forces nro bcine; ilispntcbcd to the scene. Great llritain is sendini; '.'.lllll troops nnd tho I'nited Stutes railroad cnuiiicer units numbcrinc about iillO men. Soerctarv linker nol'fied the bouse iiiililnrv committee todnv that Presi dent Wilson had informed him of the pIiiiik, nnd nifii in L've assurance that the Amerjeau soldiers were in no dun ucr of beiiiii etit off. The bouse mililnrv committee, bv a divided vote, todnv directed C'ltitir inmi Dent to unplv for a rule inukinu the committee's' proposed legislation niilliorir.iiiL' enlistment of half a mil lion men in order on llie new mililnrv impropriation bill. Secretary linker also said General llliss hml informed him Ihut the llrit isli mililnrv nuthorilies fell no nppre bensioii as to the military situation at Archiinuel. - ' At I'ewo Oonrerenroi . PAKIS. Feb. 17.--fIlv Iho Asso ciitti'd Press.) Atleulion of Ihc dele cates lo Ihc pence conference will fo cus mi Itussin todnv, the supreme council ItttviiiL' decidcil Hint, ns the time allowed for acceptance of Iho in vitation to the Prinkipo conference has expired, soinclliim; else must be done. Winston Spencer Churchill of Great llrilain bus proposed that the invita tion be renewed nnd that some of the conditions that made the first invi tation iinaceeplable lo most of the different Itii.ssinn factions be omitted. If the supreme council ncepts this nosilion, ns seems possible, it prob ably will not insist (hat the confer ence he held nl Prinkipo Island. It is iiossible thai instead of a General Hussion factions, direct negotiations imtv be initialed or commissions will be appointed lo net into touch with the opposing elements (bore. Women Iteprcseiitatlvo Tho committee of Iho inler-nllicd women's suffrmre eonsress which 1ms been iplerviewinif statesmen in search of support for President Wilson's plan to e.ive women representation in the conference nnd in tho Lcniruo of Notions has achieved o ercnt'succcsa in the estimation of its members. Satisfactory nsurances have been iriven bv President Poinenro nnd Jules Cnmlion, one of the French dele enles lo tho pence conference and bv Forcitn Jlinisters Hvmes of Heluium. Premier Clemencenu in addition has promised lo support n bill irivinsr wo men llie riitht of municipal vnffrnce which is now pendinir in the French chamber of deputies. FTO RADICAL AGITATION WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Another measure tlesiencd to check radical nuitntioii was introduced today bv Scan tor Jones ' of Washington. "It would punish persons who mired re sistance to law or ehunues in th'e form of uovcrnmcnl with five years' im prisonment nt hard labor or n fine of .$.1,01)1).' Aliens convicted would be deported alter serving- senlenccs. FOR SOLDI SA LKM, Feb. 1 7. To provide stiile aid to honorably discbamed soldiers. sailors and murines desirimr to study in the institution of bieher learning in the stale is provided hv Senate Hill No. litil), passed bv Iho senate today The measure applies both to public nnd private lusliliilions and provides Hint the student henel'itled shall re ceive $'J."i n month from the state or not, Ig exceed JVJOQ a year, TAFT PLEADS AT PORTLAND FOR POPULAR SUPPORT FOR ALLIES LEAGUE OF NATIONS FORMER PREMIER OF CANADA PASSE8 AWAY f ffl Xl. V W ut L i -A i ) -t 51B VIUFRI D LAUKIER.' OTTAWA, OnC, l-'eb. 17. Sir Wilfrid Ijjorlcr. former premier of Oin. adn, died of paralysis hero this afternoon, oncil 78 jcars. Ho was mado premier 111 1N1MI "Hir -10 years lie u iu, leader of Hie French Canadians. SEATTLE STRIKERS VOTE TO STAND-PAT E SKATTI.K. Feb. 17. At the end of a moruintr'M session the conference committee of the Seal lie Metal Trades Council announced nt noon today thai it hnd decided to "stand pat" on the strike involvim; approximately illl.OOU striking metal trades workers in Miip vnrds and contract shops here. The committee's statement was siiv en in answer to the announcement yesterday bv the steel nnd wood ship builders of Senltle and Taeonui that thev would reopen their vards Wed nsdny moraine, re-emplovimr union men nt the Bates under the Mncv waro scale prevailimr prior to tho striko of January 21. Tho commit tee's statement added that if the yards rc-opencd Ihev would not em ploy men affiliated with the loenl trades council. SKATTLK, Feb. 17. James Mar tin, president of the lloilcrmnkers' lo enl No. 104, containiiiiir l.'i.OOl) mein. niers. todnv issued..n enll for n muss mcctimr of tho union membeis at 10 o'clock Wednesday momim: lo dis cuss tbe nut 1 1 ee of whether tho men wish lo return to work. It was cen erallv admitted n vote would be taken on thcuiiiestion. METAL TRADES ii -SESSION AT PORTLAND rORTI.ANI), Ore.. Keb. 17. Votes from delegate represeiiline; 21 loenl councils of llie metal trades confer ence of Iho Pncifie const, which met here today in annual session, were to decide lodnv or tomorrow,, whether Senltle shipyards strikers nro to be riven support in their contentions. Some deleirnlos to tho conference sird indications were that the whole. coast would be put on record ns beinsr be hind Ihc strikers. Thev predicted that sympathetic' strikes or walkouts might he ordered on behalf of the Seattle members. ' , . WASHINGTON., Fob, 17. Final suppression of tho revolutionary movement In Portugal has been pro claimed by the government nt Lisbon, nccordlng to dlspatohos recolved to day at tho Btnto department..' Wire communication Is now being main tained' between Lisbon and Oporto, nnd railway communication' Is being Inaugurated, ' PACKING HOUSE EMPLOYEES GIVEN 25 PER CENT RAISE CHICAGO.' Feb. 17, Packins bouse employes were given a 2") per cent advance bv the decision of the arbitrator. Judge Alschuler. who ad noiinced the award tuduv. i The advance is retroactive lo No vember 10. In addition the award grants 2',- cents an hour raise to all workers under 21 venrs old. wbos" earnings are less than 42,,i cents un hour. -'' Time and a half is given for over lime, with double time in certain in stances. Overtime begins ntter eight hours und there is compensation also, for men who nre required to be ut work before 5 o'clock in the morninir. The overtime scale becomes effective March 2. The award applies to the plans of Armour nnd company. Swift nnd company. Morris nnd compnnv, Wison' nnd compnnv and the Cndnhv Parkins,, compnnv 'throughout- the country.; Tbe advance is based on the ad vance ol' the cost of living. The award also deals with u number of minor comphviits. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. All plans for considering railroad legislation at this session of conuress were aban doned todnv by the bouse interstate commerce committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. . 17. The bouse interstate commerce committee unniiimoiislv decided lodnv to hold no hearings nt this session of con gress on the lull lo extend the period of liiivernnient control of railroads for live veurs. 'An appropriation of $750,000,000 for Ihc operation of railroads under "overnment control was approved to dnv bv the bouse appropriations com mittee... .Former Director General Me Adoo asked for Hint .-amount to bo mlded lo the $.)00.0lin,000 revolving fund provided for in the original rail rondveontrol net. V4 AMERICANS AT C0S1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. An agreement iust reached between the I'nited Slates und British govern ments on the amount to be paid for the transportation of jVhierican troops lo Frnnco during- the wnr in liritish ships is based on cost of transporta tion, with up ninrgin for profit, TAFT'S LEAGUE Former President Taft Explains In Detail Many of the Provisions of the Covenant Announced in Paris. Endorses the Plan and Answers Criti cism of Senators Who Oppose Its Adoption and Ratification Extends.; Monroe Doctrine to the World. PORTLAND, Fel. 17 The North western Congress for a League of Na tions, working for tbe first time with a knowledge of the concrete provis ions for an international association, as announced by President Wilson in Paris last week, found added Interest In Its sessions here today. Delegates showed increased energy and the speakers, including William Howard Taft, former president of the United States, and Henry Horgenthau, for mer ambassador to Turkey, expressed satisfaction, at what they considered proof of how far human opinion has advanced towards a realization of the ideal advocated by the League to Enforce Peace. Mr. Taft explained in detail many of the provisions of the covenant an nounced in Paris, endorsed tbe plan and answered Senator Polndexter's and others who have criticised tbe constitution and opposed its" adoption in the senate and the. ratification of the treaty of which. It will form a part. -, .-.-:',....,-. V. '-;. ' PORTJA-ND.-Qre,! Feb! , ,1-7 En dorsement of the constitution of tbe League of Nations, comment upon some of its salient points, and the statement that "on the whole,-, we should thank God that such a great advance toward the suppression of war and the promotion of permanent peace has been taken." were features of the address of William H. Taft. former president of the United States at the first of three sessions here to day of the Northwestern Congress for a League of Nations. . . Taft Kxplains League ' "The constitution os read In Paris by President Wilson Is indeed wider In the scope, of Its purpose than was the platform of our league to enforce peace," said Jtr. Taft, in describing the purposes of the league. "The platform of our league was a mere skeleton. It had prepared a tenta tive draft of a treaty to give It body and constructive details, but that tentative draft was never given to the public, because it was thought wiser by governmental authority to withhold it. . "The sole object of the League to Enforce Peace platform was to pro mote peace and avoid war by Instru mentalities for administering Justice between nations. It did not even contain a provision with respect to the limitation of armament. The purpose of the constitution reported at Paris which we may propery call 'the great covenant of Paris," is much wider. It Is to organize a real and permanent league, whose first object Is to provide for tbe just settlement of differences between nations and the preventing of war, and for this purpose to limit armament. Its sec ond object is to exercise executive functions in the administration of International trusts like the govern ment of backward peoples whom this war has released from the sovereign ty of the Germans, and the other cen tral powers. Its third object Is to promote co-operation between the notions, with a view to the better ment of the condition of labor in all the nations, nnd for joint action in respect to other useful matters. Covenant Is Formed "The league is to be formed by a covenant which recites in its pream ble Its general purpose, nnd then states In twenty-six different articles the agreements Included In the co venant. "The present membership ot the league is to consist of the fourteen nations who are to be signatories to 10 NF,W VOltK. Feb. 17. The execu tive council of the building trades department of the American Federa tion of I.nhor todnv cabled to Sumtiel dumpers in France asking him to re ipiest l'uropeau labor leaders; to op pose conli'ncts sought in Franco nnd Belgium by the Building Trades F.in-ployers'-Asspeiiition of this city. OF IDEALS OF TO ENFORCE PEACE ' 1 the covonu.it and lo figu th treaty of peace. TH-; moM numerous acting governmental b'rnncii of tbe league is a body of delegates to meet once a year or oftener. If necessary, to con sist of at least one representative and not more than three from each na tion, with but one vote 'for each state. This body of delegates Is Xo pass upon the (.ueitlon of member ship of other rations applying to be admitted. H-?!o.-e a nation shall be admitted, it must show :ti,elf able and wjlli, i:; to--loin'orm to the coven ant and 'must receive the vote of two thirds of the member? of the league. This is drawn to keep Germany -put, until she is fit. : . Monroe Doctrine Kxtcpdcd "Article ten of the cohstitulion extends our Monroe doctrine to the; world by making it an obligation of tUe league' members to respect and) preserve as against external aggres sion, the territorial integrity and ex isting political independence of statetf members ot the league. In cast of any such aggression, the executive council shall advise upon means by w'hich the obligation shall be ful filled. This covers all ot the Monroe doctrine except the part of it for bidding a nation in the western hemi sphere to sell to a foreign country its territory or any part thereof without consent cf the United States. It this is deemened important, tho thero is very little likelihood of ' danger i from it, the president can doubtless secure a specific provision of this. sort In the treaty. "The punishment of a universal boycott, to which all the members ot the league are 'pledged, is a very for. midable instrument of repression and as this is very likely to be sup ported by the voluntary military ac tion of some membrrs of the league, especially Interested, the outlaw na tion will find itself in various stages ot war with the whole civilized world. We may reasonably hope that this prospect will minimize the tempta tion to make war and so secure tbe object of the league. Plans Are Similar "The original plan ot the Leaglio, to Enforce Peace and the present con stitution of the League of 'Nations In the matter of preventing war really differ but ' little except as to reduc tion In armament. The plan' of re straining war until submission and judgment is the same. The plan of -boycott is the same. The plan of military enforcement differs only lu that it is voluntary among the mem bers of the league In the official con stitution, while it was obligatory In the League to Enforce Peace. - But the provisions creating a state of war between the recalcitrant member add other members ot the league are so complete in the Paris covenant that the difference is not great. "This Paris covenant has " been made by the five nations' who are to prescribe the terms ot the treaty of peace. It has been made In view of the necessities ot that treaty, and the machinery required for Its execution. This is a very fortunate circumstance IK the creation ot the league and Us growth Into a league of all nations. A convention ot all the nations would never have agreed on anything us practical as this. . - , Forced by Necessities "Tho the ultimate object of tha (Continued on Page Six.) "NEW YORK, Fob. 17. The Rocky Mountain club today Issued a call to all New Yorkers formerly residonts of western states to Join in the move ment to extend a welcome to the fa mous "Rulnbow Division" and other divisions made up ot western boys when they land In New York. It la planned to have a committee ot men from each western state extend the "western handshake" and It possible arrange for dlvislonul and regimen tal parade be To re the troops are demobilized,