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Newspaper Page TextOwon Historical 800 Public Auditorium The Weather edeord Mail Tribune Pred iction , Maximum yiwtonlny ... tH Minimum todny III! Ilnln; Warmer Tonight. Eorly-elghlli Your, oily 'flilrlwnlh Inr. MEDFOItD, OKttGOX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919 NO. 281 NCEAU S I1QE BY A CLONE HIT In CONFERENCE OFRUSSIANS REPUDIATED Governments of Siberia. Archnmtel and Southern Russia Formallv Re luct Panna Mnetlnn Prnnosetl (or " Princess Island.' Refuslnu (0 Meet With Bolshevlkl. Who Are Dcnounc ed as Traitors and Fomenters of Anarchy. WABIIINOTON. Feb. IB. Formal rejection of tli proposal that limy IIIKKl Willi tlRlCKUtOH of Ihi) IIoInIic vtkl mill other Russian governments nt I'rlurnn I Hi a ml wiih handed to (ho pence ciitifitrniicft lit 1'urln todny ' rnpri'sentullvcfl of tlto govornmcnlH of Blherln. Archangel ami southern KtinHln. according to n dlsputch to I ho Ituimlan mnbny lii'ra trum Am bassador llitkhmetaff nt Paris. In tholr nolo tha throe milil t liny Kindly accepted ilia offer of t ho ill I lo lo collaborate In Iho liitorlnr paclflca- I on of HiiKKlu. lint thai more couiii he no conciliation between thorn nnil tha llnlnhovlkl, who wero denounced a traitors and fainoutera of anarchy. , 1 . Hovrrnl I'liinx Considered PARIS. Fell. 10. Several plnnB for a Holution of tha Russian problem have been laid before thn auproiuo council. Only ana of Ihoxo nliin In vnlvm tho una of force. II In based 011 the men that uio reluctance t the allied powen to lliu mio of their nrniloN minlnnt what ioiiio of thorn rogurd an only a worklntsmon'R gov ernment" con ho met hy roroumo to a volunteer army. It la held Hint no difficulty would ho encountered in raising almost any desired numher of Roltllera for a RimhIrii rampnlKn from tho millions of men now being dis charged from tho armlet of tho en tente and America, Several membera of tho council flaunt, however, whether tholr gov ernmenlK would caciipo aoclnlUtlc wrath hy even this direct mm hod of comhnttliiK Bolshevism. Wntrhful Walling Indication!) nro that Iho aiiprome council will full hack Into n waiting attitude, nllho It mny ho found pos Rlhlo to do something In a poncefiil, hut offcctlve, way lo weaken tho ao vlots thru economic rcHtrlctlon. Tho reparations commltteo of the peace conference la speeding up Its work ro in to ho ready to submit oriI matoH of tho damages Qormany must pay when datn In required In connec tion with tha framing of tha treaty of penco. It In believed that this can. not ho long after President WIlBon's return to Franco. AIlEfcf I 10 BURN IE AT BUTTE BUTTE. Mont.. Feh. 19. A Binnll flro nt tho Speculator mlna of tho North nulla Mining enmpnny, aula lo havo boon of Incendiary orlKln, was (Uncovered and extinguished last night hoforo It had galnod hondway and an apparent nttompt to dostroy tho Riirfiieo worklngR of tho proporty fruntralod. Tho bluzo wan discovered by'Oon orul Manager Normal llrnley, who traced tho blnzo thru tho Riiinll of smoke, ills flonroh ro'vonlad that Homo parson or poi'Rons had not flro to a pllo of nowly whittled Hhnvlng, paper and RnwdiiRt aot up ngaliiHt a wntchmun'R cabin nl tha onlrunco to tho property. - 10 AS POLISH LEADER WARSAW, Feb. in. Ocneriil Pil Riidski bus iiniioiiiiood bis inlenlioii of roHiBnimr as eliieC of the Polish slate. n........l lillun.luL't Iiiih hnntl milillirv lender of tho Polish irovo.rntiumt nnil 1'irnviotiH to the roininainieuon ol me (roveriiment liv Ittiiaeo Jan I'mlorow Hltl he was ilinlutoK of Poland, He eont dispatelies from Warsaw report ed l'liderowski mid l'ilmulski would lie eiimliiliiloH for tho prcsiilonov of i Poland in the mitiounl assembly. DANGER SEEN IN NATIONS LEAGUE BY POINDEXTER Washington Senator Declares Propos ed League of Nations Government Similar to That of Soviet Rule in Russia Sees Surrender of Na tional Rights Bv America. KAN FRANCISCO. Fell. 10. .."The gentlemen In Ibo noniilo who ur Rolling out lo unrein Hi Ih Leaguo of Nutlona aro those 1 would not trust overnight," former President Wlllluut II. Tnfl anld hero today at a lunch- eon In hl honor hy civic organ- iKitlloim aa ii part of tho pro- iiram of tho Pacific count con- grims of tho l.onguo to Knforco Pence. - WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Ill tho firm prepared addromi on Iho lyCague of 'Nations dollvored In tho Bonate slnco tho coiiHtitullon of tho propon ed letigue wiin inuilo public, Bonutor I'olndvxlvr of Washington, republi can, todny flerliirod Iho entranco of tho United Slulea Into tho league would mean a surrender of American rights, privilege and Roverolgnty. luo nbuudoiimeiil of tho Monrou doo irlno and it vl.dnt'on of tho constitu tion. Tho coiinlttutlon of the longuo, he amieriud, wna t'otifllullnK, Indetlu uu and uncertain and Hits machinery which 11 propone to am up "aimlliir lo Iho aovici Kovuriimunl of itiusMiu." Thru purllcipauun In tho drafting of tho louguoa coimtliuliun, Senator l-olndoxter declared iho tntted Stnlea had buu leu lo a point wueru wo nie now tuciiig au abyaa, " I Iho aimulu ahoiiid ruuiy the prupoaed conaiitutiuu ii ihi nuucuon mo cu iriuico ot tho Untied Slulea into u l.oumio of Niuloiin, without aiilimlR- rUiii of tho (lueaiioii "lo uio American peoplo in u polilicul campaign, where it ahull huvo been muilu tne maue unu upon which lliey will luivo nn oppor tunity to render Judgment In un elec tion," hu declared, 'luo aeif-Bovern- meiit In America will huvo Uiaap- peurod." in iidopiitig or i ejecting una con- million," amu .Mr. 1'oiudoxier, "uuU theioby bueomliig or not becoming u meiubor ot tho luuguo catublined un der It. Iho government und tno peo ple of tho United Suites will oeier in I ii u whether they are to remain tn great aovereign uud Independent na non, u peopto controlling their own dummy, uoiormlning for tnomaolvea tho oxtont ot tuelr mlliinry piepuro lioiiB, tho alio of lliuir urnuoa ami naviea, and omiibllmiing tor them xolveH their Interniiilounl ruliilioiiai or wlioiniir they ura to merge lliuir iteHiiniea with mono of otnur niiuoin. of tho worlo; iiiring their uuraoua, piirtlcliinting in tbuir iiuiirrcia aim oecnming a liurty to alt inieriiiitioiiai comiiltcationH." ' llofeirlng lo tho roquost of Presi dent Wilson that tho congroHR retrain from discussion of tho lenguo until ho could moot with tho foreign at fairs coininlllooB, Senator I'oimioxter nssortod It was a manor of "loo much liiiportanco for us to remain alto gather sllout'' Hint that "no harm cun ho done by full discussion" of a doc ument of which tho world "was pur posoly kept In ontlre Ignorance" until "It canio forth full panoplied, as tho born from tho head of Jove. Taking up tho provisions of tho U i. ..adIIIiiII,i tlwi antiulni llO- clnrod Hint the documonl coiitultioiT: no provlslona for Its abrogation or for tho withdrawal of a nation. He said that doubtless the league's ad vocates would contend Hint tho agreomonl might bo abrogated at any ttmo but ho said such action ot many ot tho stntos which Joined tho fodorul union, would bo only to learn dlffcr onlly thru tho bloodshed of a civil war. WASHINGTON, Fob. in. Wiro Iobs tllBpnlchoa to tho Whlto Houno todny rrom tho presidential trans port Goorgo Washington Indicated that tho, ship wns making Bitch good sncoil that Bho might drop anchor In Boston harbor Sunday night. In that ovonl, President Wilson probably would dollvor his address In Boston MonUiiy. ' , GERMAN AM CHIEF INSISTED E Mathlas Erzberqer States That Iron Compulsion of High Command Forced Prince Max to Sue for ' Peace and Hindenburq Ordered Ac ceptance of All Terms Demanded. WKIMAII. I'Vli. 10. Otv Ilio Asho eiiiltil I'rcHH.) .Mnlliiii Kr.lieiL'cr, of the (leriiiiui iirmiHtie cominissior. I'oiiimiNHion, iiL'iiin lii'lii the center ol the Hliiue nt Tiii'Hilav uflernonii'is sc hion. of the national iihkimiiIiIv. out liiiimr the entire liiMtorv of tbe nrm iisticc ncEotintioiiH. Htiiteinent wiim ill reply to n bitter pcnmiiiil nltiiek upon him bv Dcleuiilc Voluer. of. the (leriiiiui I'eonle'H nlirtv. The house wiim in nn imronr for Die better imrt of nn hour, first in protest iiL'iiinst lierr VolenrV nttiick ami then in eiitliusiiiilie KUnnort oi llerr Kr.heruer. Ordered hy Hinilriibiirff llerr Krieiiheruer told tho house liiaiiv tliiimn nhoiit tho nrmiKtiec which either ptiknown to or hud only been HtlHiiei'ted bv bin hcnrern.' One of these wim hi uniiuiilified Klutement that it wns Prince Maximilian of Hn- den who hnd rtiiiironehed the entente heeaiiKe of the "iron fomimlsion of the liith military foiiimnnd for nenee." It wim Field Mnrshiill Von Hindenhiinr who demamled and nutlmrir.ed the niiiiiiiur "f tlie first tenns. Herr hn lierL'fr ileelined. llerr Krihergcr. who Keeminttlv bnR lieen verv uniioiiiiliir on iieeount of lliu work in I lie nrniiHtice ncL'otintiViK, rei-KtnliliHlieil himself bv hi siwecli to'lnv with all hut Iho conservntives. In hw attack on Muthias hrabcrtrcr, llerr Voder said that Krr.bercer had failed to consult cxwrts before en tering llll" IIVK"H",' ' railiviiv iiiid nurieiiltiirnl iiuiolitncrv and eritieised bim for siunine the nn- vnl conveiitioii in the fneo ol ener- eelin protests from "eonuietent nu thorilies." tiiwyefi insiruciions llerr Kiheriier. in reply sniit thai Volter's most serious complaints, were based on n eompleto underslanilinir of actual events and were n skilled mi- roii'fVscntiition. Ho declared that his whole official notivitv consisted in cout'iinnllv lisleninir to experts. tin the eveninu' ot November 10, llerr Kr.herirer eontiiiued. lie received a wireless from the (ierninn hmh com mil ml askimr eonecsMniiK on nine points, but also contiiiiiini; the pliriise. now iniule liulilie for the first time, thai "even if vou do not succeed in ohliiiiiinir concessions on Iheso points you must sum the nrm-stice. 41 ST DIVISION IS E NEW. YORK. Feb. .1!). The truns noil Canonic arrived hero today with :i-l olfii'ers iyid l.'-'Ol men of the Ki'.ind itifiinlrv of tho -list division (former National Uiiurd troops oj Wnsliinalon, Oreiioii, Montana. Idaho mid WyomiiiK.) Thev comprised the field nnd stuff, lieiidiiiiintcrs machine cun comimnv, medical detachment and compnn'es A, 11 nnd C. and a de tachment from Company I'. Also on hoard were IS4 ensiiiil officers'. r.Mil men nnd 'J4 iiiivul officers and civil inn employes. Tho Canonic left Brest on Feliiunrv 8. A majority of tho Canopuvs sol diers nro 'from Oregon and woro used nR replacement troops for tne list division, suffering heavy casualties. Thoy arrived In France In Soptcmbor, 1917. l.loutcnnnt F.ugono Mnaon, Salom, Oro., enmo homo with the distin guished service cross for capturing a machine gun noat In the Argonno. HIGHWAY COMMISSION AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE SAt.KM. Feb. 10. The st a to lliirli wnv commission is authorized to nur ehnso materials and supplies for road work iniloiienili'iit of nnv nartieulnr or Hiweifin job, and also to employ counsel, under Hie direction of the at tornev irenernl, bv tlto. provisions ol1 Kill :tn7. which was missed liv Hie seniilo todnv. The commission is niilhori.cd lo fix (lie duties nnd the eouuiciisiilion ol such counsel us mnv bo employed, . PNAillSTIC FRENCH THREE TIMES BY BULLETS; IS NOT SERIOUSL Y WOUNDED i ! NO INCREASES IN WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 No ship building wngo advances are being considered. Director Gonernl Plcz of tho Emergency Fleet corporation said todny, referring to Seattle and other places whoro labor troubles , have arisen. ' . "Ineroases aro not justified now," Mr. Plox said, "and besides that. It will be Impossible to secure appropri ations' from congress to pay for thom if the fleet corporation were disposed to do so. We have been asked at Seattle to promise an In crease after March 1, tho men agree ing to go back to work in the mean while, but wo cannot promise any thing nnd will not do so. 'While tho whole structure on contracts for ship construction isnow being thoroly examined, only a few cancellations have been proposed. We have, howover, suspended contracts for 20 ships held by Sklnnor and Eddy (Seattle) within the Inst few days. 'Nothing is certain ns to the future ot the ship construction pro gram yet, but l do not think that congress will allow an advance to bring any higher the present scale of J6.40 average in the Pacific yards." T SAI.EM, Feb. 19. The bill for construction of a const military high way, tho vote on which was tempor arily deferred this morning when a technical defect wns discovered In the bill, 8eoma assured ot passage hy tho house. No opposition has dovelopod. The moaBiiro Is entitlod "a bill for an act to provide for tho construction of a highway to bo known as the "Roosevelt Const Military Highway" to be located from tho city of Astoria thru. Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos nnd Curry coun ties of tho state of Oregon to tho California state lino, snld highway to be ownod, constructed and maintain od bv the United Slates; appropriat ing $2,500,000 contingent upon the Unltod Stntos appropriating "a like sum of $2,500,000 for the construc tion thereof, . . f V ! ?' J' i PREMIER STRUCK PREMIER ON WAY TO VISIT HOUSE Delav in Work of Peace Conference Forecasted as Result of Attempted Assassination of Clemenccau Was Work!na On Treaty. , PARIS, Feb. 19. Tho Amerlcair delegates to the peace conference, when they learned of the attempt upon Premier Clemenceau's life to day, began to consider the effect of tho event upon their own plans In connection, with the conference. On the assumption that the official re ports minimizing the nature of M. Clemenceau's injuries were correct, the belief was expressed that there would not be any great delay In the execution of the comprehensive plans laid out for the proceedings of tbe peace conference during the absence of President Wilson and David Lloyd (Jeorge, the British premier. Premier Clemenceau. when he was shot, was on his way to a conference with Colonel E. M. House, of the American peace delegation, and Ar thur J. nalfour, tbe British foreign secretary. An -. Important- question was to have been taken up concern ing more rapid procedure before the supreme council. Owing to. the fact that If. Clemen - cenu had in hand personally certain subjects now under negotiation, it as a dangerous anarchist, according) sociotcd Press that Premier Clemen follows that so far as these are con- . to a Central News dispatch from ceau rushed up to the assassin nnd cerned there must be a suspension ot activity for the time being. These subjects related to consummation of an early treaty of peace. T AT OLD WAGES SEATTLE. "Feb. 10. Shinvurd strikers must return to their work, under conditions prevailing Jnnunrv 21. when they, struck for hisher wnges, before the covernment will consider their demands. In the mean time, the sliipvurds will not ho per mitted to oneh. This declaration was embodied in a statement issued nt l2:4."i1odv bv Dr. L. 0. Marshall, of ficial representative of Charles Peiz, llcnrv MoBridc. local Mi'iev hoard ex aminer, and Cnntain John F. Hlnin, district representative of the shipping board, ' - A recommendation will be made, the statement said, that all contracts of nnv shipyard nttemntimr to open in defiance of the committee's instruc tions, be cmiccllcd, ami nil its wurk discontinued. , SEATTLE. Fell. 1!). Poilermnkers. Iron Shipbuilders nnd Helpers' Un ion of Seattle, who attended n mass meetinsr todnv, voted to stand with the Xletnl Trades .Council and its strike committee in. whatever action is tnken concernim? -the" shipyard l1..M. I' .1 OT MA I siriKe Ol more iiiiiu .i.ouu woruiucii. Ai.n,.i i i mm ,,.;.,.. ...... ik. .m tlm:v" ' " hoilermnkers' nicmhcrshin. BREAK ALL RLCORDS ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Jnnunrv exports from the I'nited States valued nt $82!1,000.000. were announced lv the department of commerce todnv ns execediiiir nnv' previous month in tlie history of American commerce. Thev pompnro with ' if50o.000.000 for Jnn tinrv. 1918, nnd f"(iti,000,000 for Do eeniber, 1018. . :: Imports diirine January Were val ued at $21.1.000.000, the report said. h.nvin;y n net trade hnintice in' favor of" the United States for tho month q $110,000,000. SEVEN SHOTS FIRED BY ASSASSIN AS WAS ENTERING George Clemenceau Wounded Bv Emiie Cpttin. Well Known Anarchist. Who Is Captured Bv Police One Bullet Enters Right Shoulder. Lodoinn Unnder Leqt Shotder. Missinq Sninal Cord Two Others Strike Arm and Hand Two More Pass Thruugh Clothes. PARIS, Feb. 19 Georges Clemen ceau, the French premier, was struck three times by bullets in an attempt to assassinate him today. One bullet entered the right shoulder and lodg ed under tbe left shoulder, missing the spinal cord and the lungs. - Tbe other two bullets caused scarcely more than abrasions of the skin on the right arm and the right hand. In all, seven shots were fired at the premier point blank by the assas sin, Emile Cottin, known in anarchis tic circles as "Milou," who was ar rested directly after the shooting. Two bullets passed thru the clothing of the premier. LONDON. Feb. 19. Premier Cle menceau will be up In a day or so. Andrew - Bonar .- Law,-; government spokesman, announced In the bouse of commons today. f - LONDON. Feb. 19. Cottin. who snot Premier Clemenceau, is known Paris. When questioned, Cottin took an responsibility for the shooting of the premier. The physicians in attendance on Premier Clemenceau say that the bullet entered tbe premier's left shoulder and had been located in the region on his right shoulder. The bullet has not yet. been removed. Al tho the premier coughs a great deal, there Is no evidence of blood from the respiratory tract. Heports Contradictory ' PTARIS, Feb. 19. First reports of the incidents of the shooting were contradictory, especially as to wheth er the premier was Inside or outside his automobile when the shots were fired. It seems to have been estab lished, however, that M. Clemenceau was already in hisautomobile. . The car was turning a corner of the Rue Franklin into the Rue del Essert when a man standing on the sidewalk jumped toward the door ot the auto mobile and fired several times.' One of the bullets penetrated the interior of the car and struck the premier in the right shoulder. The premier had tried to open the door ot the car when the first shot was fired, and it was while he was thus engaged that the bullet hit him. His chauffeur, Brabant, also was slightly wounded. Thus three of the assassin's bulets, it appears, took effect, one upon the premier, another upon the chauffeur and the third upon Policeman Gour- sat, who was one ot the police agents who guard the premier. " It was in the struggle with the as sassin that the police officer was wounded. Meanwhile, the premier had' stepped out ot his automobile and walked into his house. The actual arrest of Premier Clem enceau's assailant was made by Po lice Agent Labaugh. He also made : fi0. avnntnn.tA . l'AKIS. Feb. Ii). Premier Clem eneeim was very sliubtlv wounded the attack made upon him this morn ins when he wns struck in the shoul der bv n bullet. The premier was able to wnlk to his home. SAW NO RUSK WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Colonel S. Hurban ot tho Czecho-Slovak army continuing today his story ot the sil- nation In Russia before the senate committee investigating lawloss pro paganda in this country, snld of all the Bolshevist agitators he saw In Ituasla, not one was a Russian. POINT BLANK ' AGED STATESMAN AUTO AT RESIDENCE PARIS, Feb. 19. Gcorso Clemen- conn, IVnnee's nscd but vicoroua pre mier, was shot and sliirhtlv wounded tins morninz as he was entcrins his automobile for a drive. Five shots were fired bv the as sassin, and it wns at first reported that the premier had been wounded , in the head. It developed Inter, how ever, that the wounds were in M. Clemenceau's back and shoulder and he apparently is not dangerously hurt. Five Shots Fired The shootinc took place at 8:55 o'clock this mornimr as the premier was leaving; his house . in the Ruo Franklin to ao to the war office. The assassin was an . ordinary lookiue man. dressed as a workman. Five shots were fired, of wliieh one, took effect. in the premier's shoulder; Tho nssailnnt was nrretscil. Policeman Gonrsnt, who was wounded in the risht eve. altliouali not seriously, bv one of the assassin's 'shots, told a representative of the As;- erappled with him. The premier's wonnd is not rcsnrd- eil us danserous in itself, but it is felt that there might be serious eonse ouenees from it. considering the asa and infirmities of the victim. At about 11 o'clock this mornimr.. however, it was officially announced that M. Clemenceau was not seriously wounded. ' Think Assassin a Russian It was learned nt the citv hall that the assailant of Premier Clemeneeau was a man named Emile Cottin, 25- ' vcars-old and born at Creil. The man said his home wns in the Montrouse Qiiurter of Paris. . The police, how ever, do not believe the miners ha possesses belonir to him nnd are in-' elined to think him a Russian. He is' fair with Ions Iisht hair anl is tall of stature. One of the witnesses of the shoot-' ins, Henrv Moulin, a barber's assist ant, told the Associated Press repre sentative that when he heard the first shot fired he believed it was the Americans firinsr in the air "as t,hcv are in the habit of donm," he said. Moulin rushed out of his shop when, he saw what was luippenini;, however, ervinir "thev have assassinated Clem enceau." He closed with the pre mier's assailant, Moulin added, anil the man threw nwnv his revolver and held up his hands, i' ' Assassin Is Captured Waiters from n nourbv restaurant l'oined in holdine the nssassiiu whom tha police had some difficulty in set ting from them, and before the police secured the assassin he wns beaten bv the crowd. One of the men in the crowd seemed to wish to help the pre mier's assassin nnd the crowd beat , him badly. According to Policeman Gonrsnt tho assassin entirely emptied K weapon. All the windows. of the pre mier's nntomobile wero smashed by the bullets. When the first shot was fired Pre mier Cleineneenu immediately tried to open the door of bis cnr. It wns while he was attempting to do this thnt he wns struck. He was ablo to ?o on foot into his own house, whero . (Continued on Page Five.) OTiirisEATnT o s FOR GAMP LEWIS SEATTLE. Feb. 19 Nine hundred men and heir officers 'of tho flfilli rcuiment, const artillery corps, back from France, left here about 10 o'clock for Cnmn Lewis, lo uuiiit demobilization.