Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 21, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text, Ore-nn Hlstnrlfn! 800 X ""Ml,, Andltm-lun) Medford Mail f ei The Weather Maximum yiwlciill))' ,,'IH Minimum luduy.:,. i,a Prediction Tonkllit mill Hrttiirduy, Probably Jliiln. I'orty-elalitli Ynur. lully Thlrlqunlli Tr. MEDFORD, . 01 1 150 OX, FRIDAY, F15IJRUA11Y 21, 3919 NO. 283 BAVARIAN PR LLED BY ASSA bdnk EmlERKI BRITISH AID ARRIVES AT ARCHANGEL Arotic Journey of Great Matinltude. Directed By Shnckleton. Brintis Re inforcements Across Snow and Ice to Beleaguered Allied Troops In North of Russia Hundreds of Slelnhs Drive Simile Fllo Over the Frozen Tundra. AI1CII ANGKL, Fob. 21. (Ity As sociated I'rcM. All Arctic Journey of prulmbly the Krcalnt muiciillude iiliiro Hip famous Klondike gold rush linn brouKlit additional British troop (u tho ArcIiKiiKol front tu rulnfomi Krenlly outnumbered troop fighting tlio llulnhovlkl. 1 1 it nttrfitn of sleighs ilrlvlim In xIukIo (Hit ovur frozen Wil li m nml along ronitH cut thru pluo forest routpivtml tho most (lurlculi part of tlinir UOO-mlla trip In 12 days. Tho trip was planned mill directed by members of Sir lOrnuat II. Shack- niton' Antarctic expedition, Including Dr.' Marklln, niul wan n alKiial suc- ces. Mr KrnnMt hlumolf, ultho mil participating In tho journey to tho front, arrived nt Arctium!!'! on n Ice-breaker with llin first doturhmuni of reinforcing" troopa. The correspondent drove a day' journey by IimU from tho American fluid headquarters to meet tho flmt dutnchmetit. Tho detachment Marled with ov oral relndoor drawing- bIoiIh. hut those Arctic beaut could not Mnttd I ho lime low Journey mid had to bo iihot, while sturdy lltilo MiaRicy horse which hnvo long been performing marvel of transport nl tlio front load tho Journey niilntnl liljy. I.lllht wind-proof JackatH mid trou cr dmditnad by lliono of long exper ience In tho Arctic, woro worn over tho soldier' uniforms and undor henry nhooimkln contii. Thoro wan ono lieutenant of Nor wegian birth who helped to outfit tho expedition who linthod nuked In - tho Know each dny. Ho advised nther to follow ttlK oxnmplo, but hnd no con verts. , WASHINGTON. Fob, 21. A reso lution designed to provont President Wilson from cIImcuhhIiik publicly tho proposed 'League flC Nutlons. until ho linn comniiinlcntod details of tlio plan to tho sonato foreign relations com mlltoo wim Introducod lodity by aon otor Hliormnn nf Illinois, republlcun, Consideration of tho resolution wont over undor tho rules. The rosolutlon declares that to dis cuss tho plan mid (ho proposod con stitution before submlttlnK tho do tnlls to tho sonalo would bo "iiiiwIhoT tindlplomatlc and cnleulntod to pro molo discord" botwoen tho Rovom monl's two trimly-makliiK powors, and calls upon tho president to "pro survo an unbiased and Impiirtliil mind" until ho has dlscussod tho mutter with tho suntito. 8KATJ liK, Feb. 21. Uemnl wiih mnilo nl 1 ho eilv iiiil loilnv liv Willinin Jliiniinil (li'iMsiim. J oriimi. eiislnei' ol Ilia Cliicimo Hunk ol' Cuiuineien nnil HiiviiniM, tlint lie wiik responsible lor Hie wrocliimt of Unit, iuslilulioii, for which lie wiih nrresteil here vesl'iilnv on n t'liieuiro wnrnint. l.oenl oi rieers ol' I ho American Surelv cmniuuiv, who eniiseil his uirest, ehiiiiieil tlml flfifi Nom lieeitvo involved in llin hunk's nl' .I'nirH to tho exlenl, of 2.(l(t,nOO. (Irin koi Inilav wiiil lie luul been iiliinninu: to velum In Cliienao nnd Hint if lie did rid ii ni lie would "umfinlilv lell what wrecked" lh bank. Ho nniil lie lost evervlhiliir lie luul in (ho bunk I'n i In !. but llml lV Hurreiiileriiiu; lniiei'lv nnil stuck owned luul liiiule uouil :n'nv losses Hiil tet'i'd Uu'oimli liis owu kutioua, .,..,..:.., ....... Patent on Pavement Outlawed KAMCM. Fell. 21. AHer pc- 4 riixinif mi niiiiiimi rendered bv Alliirni'v (.Iciiernl llniwii unci tlio ease u' Kviuim vn, Wnrrcii in lliu federal circuit court of cluneals. iittornevK here liicluv uiiiinimiius- W agreed I lull llin Wnrreii I (millers Inivu been divested of whatever patent rights thi'V imiv liuve ever held lo bilhiililiiiu pavement, ulnl llml llio highway foiiiintKiiiii eiiii Kiil'eiv iirneeed to In v Hie pavement without puv- intr llll.tii H Mlllt'lit dullnr ill roV. llllV, Allurnev (Iciiernl IIiowii'h iii- t) iiiiim wiih rendered in response to I hi' I lure resolution piiscd bv the liiniMf several davs ii'.'o. nml holds llml the Wiuren llrulli- 4 urn I'.MII patent has eMiired. 4 SAI.iar. Feb. 21. Willi nn emer ueni'v eliiiiHc alliu'lied, imikimr it ef fective tis kiioii as siiiiied by llie tov ernor. the .1II.IIII0.UU( roud liiuid bill luiHm'il the M'luite of the llreifon leiiis Inline laic yeslcrdav. It had lro vioiiklv iiNvd Hie liouxc. The bill provideH tlutl the money be rniHcd bv I lie sale of llie iirniiiiwd bond iue cliall be I'Xiieiiilcd ill the earlv liuibl uiir of roud under direction of the liie.liii;hwiiv ciitiiiuiffiiiii. ii ii nrin eiluil feiilure of llie Oreunii reeon ntriii'tiou iirorraiii. Oulv four votes were eimi uuiiiii"t llie iiieiiure. Thev were iSeimliirs Ilimiek, l.n Kolletl, I'ieree and Slraver. 1'AlilS, l'-el..-2n.Uv Uie Aso einled d'ress.l t'aiilaiii Andre Tar dieu, ono of tile I'leni h ileleiiales lo the iieace coiiferetiee, snitl loniu'lit lli.il l.Vi...t .....iil.t ifMmil ,1 bill Pof 4.0,0(MI houses which have been de stroyed. This does not include fac tories, r M. Tardieu snid the allies had mrreeil Hint licniintiv must imv tu I lie limit of her eaiuieitv. which is now hcinit delerniined bv the committco on reiuiralions. TOIALl T WASIIINOTON. Kelt. 21. At tho rciiiot of the llrltlsh and Fioni'li Rovcrnmenla (ho slu(o department has adopted a policy undor which horonder passports for travel In IlioM countries will bo refused to nil porsons except those going on essen tial business. Doth (irotit Urllaln and France rocontly miido formal re (luestH that passports bo limited as. rlKldly us posslblo becauno of trans portation dICflcullles mid abnormal COIlditiOIIH. An official donlal was mado today of reports that tho. llrlilah tiovorn- mont had roiiunsted iimtlcularly that passports bo rofusod to prohibition uRllultm. 'SSI 'AO "ALLEN He TOPKKA, Kns., Fob. 21. "Oen oral Trnub's stnloment that no com plaint has beott inado of, Iho conduct of tho bntllo pf tho Ai'Konno except by civilians was iisliiiindliiR to me, In view of tho fact. Hint my outli'6 pros; ontatlon was from tho testimony of his own officers and men," said (lov eriinr Henry J. Allen today In a for mal sliitoiiienl. IhsuoiI upiiuJilH return from WnshliiKtoii whoro ho npiienrod before coiiki'cshIoiiiiI committees ln- vestlKHtinR charges that tho llulli ill vision was liuulouuuloly Btipporlod, FOURVOTESAGAINST HIGHWAY BONDS PREMIER SEES COLLEAGUES OF E Clemenceau Passes Good Nluht and Receives Supreme Council Members! at Home In 43 Hours Will Be Out! of Danner No Congestion Yet An-J parent Has No Fever. I'AIilS, IVIinuirv 21. "rcmier Cleiiieiicciiii will receive his cullenune of llie suiiremu' council at his hoiiio this ul'lei'iioon to diNciiNs certain im portant mutters with them. Au- i,..i,,,,.,.iti..,il l.t Ihii. ,,il',.,.t U'tiu iiilulo hilini-llv lii.l'.ir,, 11,1,111 liiflfiv. I The premier's tdivsicians when thev left his home after the mornine ex- aiiriiaiioii, were iiiiiuirciiiiv niiiiniivn j wiiu uie milliner in ivoicn inu iircinicr was proL'Tcssinif. lie luul pa'sscd nu excellent iiiubl, and he was in uh kouJ spirits as ever Ibis inoniinL'. Only rrohuhlo DallKcr "M. Clcnieiiceau hud about five hours' miod slceo during the nislit. which is his norma! amount, nnd is prosressiiiir as well as possible. Wc shall not feel nllonether reassured fur 18 hours, but then he will be out of ilnimcr," said (ieorizes Manilel. l're mier C'leiiieiiceauV chief clerk, lo Mur ed lluliii, editor of the Kcho dc Paris, over the telephone curly todnv. M. ('lemeiiceiiu at thai time was rest inu and iniiuircrs were informed tluit his condition coiilinucd satiKfiictiirv. X "The oiilv ljossible ilnnuer," said iv celcbnited Kreiieh surueon who was consulted bv the Matin, "and., it is fortunately a verv problematic ono. is the appearance of local uulmonarv eonuestion, caused bv reaction. If bv tnmorrow niu'bt there is no tempera -tore our coutidctice niav be ohnnced lo an assurance of absolute recovery. Kverv dav that passes without fever unpeariui: doubles tlio patient's chances," IMiysb Inns' Itiiilctln I'AKIS. Keh. 21. Premier Clemcn- eeau's comlilion was sutisfiiclorv 4ind iini'luiiicd this uiornitnr at 4 o'clock. His doctors consider him out of daniier inn! therefore uuthorir.cd him to receive the ministers this ufter noon. The physicians believed ho could resume his politico! activities on,Mon du v. An official statement issued at 0 o clock nils morains nv i rcmier 1 lem- ceau's plivsiciiiiis rends: "Tenipcratiire 'M.T (ccntiirnule) fiibout !)S r'ahrcuhcin : lmNe 72. Gen eral slate verv uoocl. ' 10 FRANCEiARCH 5 WASHINGTON". Feb. 21. Secre- liii'v llmiiitlu iiiintiimccl toilnv tltlll. President Wilson would embark on the (Icorae Wnsliinuton aliuiit March a for his return Irin lo France. WASIIINOTON". Fell. 21. Presi ilenl Wilson's first., Inline ciuinir ad dress will lie delivered Monday af ternoon ul Itoslnn and he will leave soon afterward for Wasliinuton. lie is expected to be at his desk in the White House earlv Tuesday. The president's- address will lie de livered exlemporiiiieoiislv. lie is ex pected to leave del ailed discussion of the pcRce conference mid the l.eamie olNations fur his dinner conference Wednesday eveniuir with, members of the oiincressioiiul foreign nlfuirs com niilees. Local cominitteo 'have amumcd a home couiinir celebration hero for him nnd in honor of relurirnsr soldiers Thursday, ONE YEAR ENLISTMENTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-1 louse conferees on the bill aiilliorizinir ro snniplinn ol' voliintarv enlistments In llie nvmv were appointed todnv wilt inslvui'lions lo insist on tho house nuicnilinenls, proviiliiur that, enlist ments be fore one year with no ro niiireiueuls for further service in the reserve iinnv. The bill oriamullv pro viiled, as did the pre-wnr law for Ihieo-veui' eiilislnienls nml yours' service ill the. resmo, foul' PEACE M IG KURT EISNER SHOT; KILLED BY NOBLEMAN LONDON'. Fell. 21. Kurt Eisner, the premier of IJiivai ia, lias been sliot and killed. 2 t' Km--. . Hurt eijmer lie was heading a Spartacan movement against-the moderate and conservative factions in Bavaria. Tho Areo Valley family has been prominent in 3avaria and Germany for years, a count of that name having died at Hio Janeiro in 1909 while German minister to Brazil. Eisner, a Jew. was horn in Oalieia and at one time was editor of the Vorwaerts of Berlin. Eisner was not a delegate to the Gernian national assembly, having been defeated by an overwhelming vote in tle elect ions. , .. UKRAINIANSiFIRE PRESIDENT PLANS UPON DELEGATION i TO.SPEND WEEK OF ALLIED IV)ISSI0N IN i WASHINGTON WARSAW, Thursday, Feb. 20. (lly Associated Press.) Members of tho lntcr-alllcd conimtsslon to Poland were fired upon by Ukrainian sol diers while traveling today from Cra cow to l.emborg ou a Polish armed train. The delegation, which includ ed Professor Lord, ono of tho Amer ican members of the mission, return ed to Cracow. The dolosation from the mission wns on thoway to Lemberg to at tempt to arrange nn armistice be tween the Pules and the Ukrainians. Sovon Poles on the train were wound ed by Ukrainian bullets. Before milking another attempt to reach I.cmberg the delegation will notify tlio'L'kralulans that It Is com ing. PARIS, Thursday, Feb. 20. The first contingent of tho American Rod Cross commission for Poland left hero for Warsaw 'today. Anothor group will follow on Friday. The groups will merit at Heme, l.loiiten-ant-Cotonol Walter C. Bailey of Bos ton, Mass., heads tho commission which consists of fifty members. CALLED BY PAINTERS NF.W YOliK. Feb. 21. Prior to the cnilfereiice here Ibis -afternoon be tween officials of liuililimr trades em ployers' association nml labor leaders in an nttempt to settle the nation wide strike of the association basic buildina; trades workers, William I.. IIiitelu'Miii. president of the Interna tional Urotheihooil of Carpenters mid Joiners announced Unit a sympathet ic strike of painters and pnporhanc evs employed bv tho nssoeialiuii had been culled lodav. T MARTIAL T! FOR EMILE COTTIN PARIS. Fob. 21. (HavasL Emllo Col tin. assailant, ot Premier Clemen conn, will he tried by court martial Instead of by a civil court, Captain Bouchiirdoa, who Investigated the Uolo Pasha case, will conduct tho In vestigation. Tlie promier was kill ed this morning, qceord ing to a .Mtuiicli disjiatcli received in Amsterdam, ly Lieutenant Count Areo N'alley. The count was wounded severely by a guard and is report ed to be dying. Kurt Eisner, who seiz ed the reins of govern ment in Havana after the deposition of the royal family early in No vember, was a socialist of the more radical type and recent reports from Munich have' been that WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Presi dent Wilson plans to spend just one busy week in Washington before sail ing again for France. Wireless dispatches from the presi dent on board the transport George Washington today announced that tho ship, after landing the presiden tial party at Boston Monday, would proceed to New York to discbarge the soldiers she carries and would be made ready for reimbarkatlon on or about .March 5. ,. . This means that the president ex pects to leave the capital on tho night of March 4. a few hours after he has signed the last of the measures rushed thru congress during the last Ldays of the session, which ends at noon. Tuesday morning the president will bo at his White House desk, and if the present plan is carried out he will start one week from that night for New York to board the transport. Tentatlvo plans have been made for a conference of state governors with the president to discuss unem ployment. His short stay may Inter- fore with this. LANEf APPEALS FOR L " WASHINGTON", Fob. 21 Secre tiirv Lane, before llie house rules committee todnv appealed for inline diate notion on legislation providiii! n 1 1)0.000,11110 fund for reclamation of land throughout the country for settlement, bv men disclinrucd from the military service. Action bv the columittee was deferred until next week. . 5EPI TROOPS PAST WEEK WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 There were no epidemics anions' troops in home ennuis during the week endini February .14. the surgeon general of Die aniiv reported mid only scatter ing cases of influenza. The health nl' the expeditionary forces in Siberia tlio report suidj was excellent, BORAH DESIRES REFERENDUllN NATIONS' LEAGUE Idaho Senator Delivers Promised At tack Upon Proposed League of Na tions and Declares Ex-President Taft's Assertions Are Misleadino Departure From Traditions, WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Senator Borah of Idaho, republican member i of the foreign relations committee, delivered in the senate today his j promised attack on the proposed League of Nations and referred to i It as "the most radical departure I from our policies that we hare ever I considered." i Statements made by former Presi dent Taft that the proposed League of Nations did not contravene with Washington's doctrine against engag ing In entangling alliances with for elgn countries, or with the Monroe doctrine, were declared by-Senator Borah to be "to the utmost degree misleading." Wiints ltcfereiiidum "The people of the United States have the undoubted right," he said, "to change their form of government and to renounce their established policies whenever they see fit. I would not oppose any change in an orderly fashion as may meet with the approval of the people at any time. I believe, however, that whenever. that radical departure from estab lished policies is proposed, the people ought to be consulted." Senator Borah also declared that before any action was taken upon the question it should be referred to a vote of the people of this country.- , Senator Borah said he would have deterred his remarks upon this sub ject until later had it not been for an Interview recently given by former President Taft in which Mr. Taft as serted that the program did not de stroy the doctrines of Washington or the Monroe doctrine. Says Taft Misleading That statement. Senator Borah stated, was not founded upon fact and while he did not believe Str. Taft Intended to mislead, yet his state ments were to the utmost aegree misleading." To Mr. Taffs suggestion that op ponents of the league were "reaction ary," Senator Borah declared that the word "Is not unfamiliar in the ex-president's vocabulary." Many expressions of President Washington against entangling Euro- nean alliances were cuea o mt. Borah, who said the distinctive lea- ture' of the first president's adminis tration was its foreign policy. PARIS. Feb. 21. A delegation from Denmark will be heard bv the supreme council today in connection with the future of Schleswig-Holstein, which Germany took from Denmark in 1 Still. Tho delegation proposes o plebiscite for the northern section, but not for the southern section whicn includes the Kiel canal. 1'olish nnd Albanian delegations, it was expected, also will be heard by the council todnv. - N'icholns Tscliuikovsky, president of tho Northern Russian government nt Archangel, who has been in. Paris for several da vs. has consented to the participation of his government in the lU'oposed meeting of Kusisan factions on the Princess Islands. to FOR NEXT WEEK WASHINGTON". Feb. 21. Weath er predictions for the week beginniii! Monday, issued bv the weather bn reau today, are: . .-. Northern Hockv Mountain nnd pin tenu regions: Snow cnrlv in the week and again toward the closo of the week. Nearly normal tempera tures. . i Pai'itii' stales: Freuuent nuns over northern portion and generally fair over southern portion with neiiiiy normal temperatures, GERMANYRULED BY E Allied Food Specialist Returned From Extensive Investigation Savs Kai ser's Reaime Everywhere In EvU rience Present Lull Unnatural and Revolution Likely. " ' ' I ; , -.' i PARIS, Feb, 21. (By Associated Press.) "The Germau government Is the same bureaucratic regime of the kaiser's day, with the same atti tude toward labor and capital and does not represent forces which caus ed the revolution," says Dr. Alonao E. Taylor- food specialist, who has i Just returned from Germany, where he made extensive investigations la behalf of the supreme food relief council. -, . . "Count von BernBtorff Is In chargd of American affairs and the foreign office and the bureaucrats ot th old school are In evidence every where," he added. "The Germans are) becoming Russianized. ' They arn afraid to put untried men into tha service and consequently they tolert ate the old order of things." To Restore Militarism The German army has apparently been disorganized and demobilized! Dr. Taylor says, , but he believes Its will be possible for a well-organized bureaucracy to restore militarism Many Germans believe they will re cover their battleships and merchant fleet and do not expect to give up any, territory and in Dr. Taylor s opinion, a grave political upheaval Is probablo with the signing of the treaty of peace. . . . The present lull Is regarded as un natural by Dr. Taylor, who says It wns possibly created by the payment of'large indemnities to unemployed persons. ' Unemployed men in Ber lin are paid eight marks per day; while railway workers and street cleaners receive only six marks dally4 Consequently the men prefer-to re main idle. ' . J Public Morale Low Plays so immoral that they would , have been prohibited under the im perial regime .are now tolerated a looting is common and the general public morale is very low, Dr. Taylor, remarks. He says the food situation! is critical and that In spite of tho great reduction made in rations, the! nation cannot live until next harvest unless supplied by outside powers. The death rate has Increased, espec ially among children between fiva and fifteen years of age, children un der two years faring better than the rest Uiru self-sacrifice of their moth ers. Lack of fuel and raw matorlal has closed virtually all Industries and the railroads are hampered because they have little coal. Labor condi tions are so bad at the coal mines that there is little prospect of att In crease In the fruel output. , .'... " .... '. Jti STATEfCONIROL TO BE RECOGNIZED WASHINGTON, Feb. . 21. Decis ion of a federal court fixing powers of state railroad commissions to reg ulate intrastate rates under the fed eral control act will be sought In a friendly suit, according to a decision reached by representatives ot several state commissions and Director Gen eral Hines,1 It was announced today. Mr. Hlnes today issued instructions to railroad managers recogizlng the authority of the state commissions In police regulations within states. . Traffic directors were instructed to keep state commissions fully in formed In advance , of any proposed rate changes. 1 WASHINGTON, Fob. 21, Tho "honorable discharge" emlilom to ho issued by the war department to sol dlors leaving the army will be a bronze lapel button somewhat similar to that ot the G. A. R. It was an nounced that a design had been sel ected from 15 models submitted by j American artists and sculptors, OLD 1 BUREAUCRACY