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Orfnn Historical 800 Pub'.lo Autlllorlum MailTri The Weather Mji vllillllil y ml orduj' 4H Mllllllllllll IimIiij' ua Prediction 1EDF Tonight mid Saturday, Probably Itiiln. pVrly.olKhlh Yimr, llully Thlrlounlll ' MEDFORD, OIcEGON", HATClMUY, FKHKUARY 22, .1919 NO. 284 llly Tlllrloulllll Ysar. ULJU1J-1LJJ,. , L "IU1.J.J., AVAR A ORD BUNE 1 REPUBLIC N 8 PERMANENT 2L APMIQTIPP FOCH S MANDATE HKIlllOllUL Tfl nillT PnSFN bU U U 0 Supremo War Council Completes Mil itary Treaty With Germany Dis arms and Demobilizes German Forces Down to Small Police Basis of 100.000 Men or Less and DIs mantles Frontier Fortifications Also Ordered. I'AHIH. Feb. 22. Tho supremo war council linn completed tho uiatn details of Ilia military treaty which Marshal Koch will present to tho Ger man. It will bo further perfected at 11 mooting ot tho council .Mumluy and than finally passed upon ly (lio council of II10 vtrout power on Tucs day. This document In a permanent ar mistice and In effect a military treaty dlnarmliiK and demobilising tho Gor man forcua down to n smiill police basis, uuilurntuoU to lio bolwocn five and ton division or lo.onu men eucli, with a almllar complete nnvnl and anrlnl disarmament and tho (Human tlnmiuit of tho frontier' fortlflciulnnii aa woll na llolxolaud and tho Klol canal. Kooiimiilr yii".nn Left Tho ocoiiomlu and boundary que tlona with Oermnuy tiro left for later dntarinlnntlon, hut from Ilia military and nnvnl standpoint thla treaty will be completely effective In terminat ing tho war, mnklim lmpoiiHlllo any resumption of It. Tho treaty also will liuvo tho effort of roll-using nil tho alllod I roups except In tho eslnb llahvd aroas to bo occupied iinlll tho definitive ponco treaty la alitncd. Thla military treaty will bo ao of- focllvo In 0 ml I nit tho possibility of hostilities Hint It la construed n sumu quarter na definitely ondlim tho war altho tharo niuy mill bo tho technical question whether tha (lnul end Inn of tho war does not await tho signing of tho final treaty ot peace. ItoMroy (ieriiinii Wnrnlilp Out of tho great number of con tradictory statements being publish ed concurnlnR tha disposition of tho German warahlpa which huvo been Belled, thla much mnat bo accepted as a definite official fact: Grout llrllnln Innlstn that those ships bo destroyed. This proposition will bo put before tho supremo war council as a part of tho llrltlnh proposals for definite peace terms. Tho published nssurllou Hint Oicho ships will bo destroyed would aeem promaloro since thoro la couslderublo opposition to tho plfm, especially on tho purt of France (Ireat llrltnln " docs not proposo to destroy tho en gine or other pnrls of 'tho ships which have Industrial lmpnrtiinca, Hho would romovo theso pnrla and than destroy tha IiuIIh mid nrmnmonl fcliiMi'lhiitlnii ImiioNilbln Tho basis of IhO llrltlsh ndmlrnlty plan which will bo submitted to tha supremo war council Is that tho Gor ninn ships should not bo retained as warships and It la Insisted Hint bo cnuso of tholr construction they liuvo no commercial value. Tho ndmlrnlty decision Is snld to hnvo boon Influenced largely by tho bollof Hint'n sntlsructory distribution . of tha ships nmntiK tho allies was Im pnsslblo. In fact, It Is added, tlront .llrllnln would claim n mnjor portion of tho ships. This would only servo to Ineronso.hor preponderance ot sea power which, It Is hold, might bo ob jectionable to other nations. HOME, Fob. 22. King Emmnnuol has slgnod n docroo of nmnosty to nol dlors and momhors of tholr families sontencod for political nnd economic oftousos, treason and speculation nlono being oxclndod, Tho proiimhlo of tho docroo concludes: "Wo also colohrnlo In our lionrtR, with sincere fnlth, tho pact of tho Society of Nations, which must ho tho Intnngihlo chnrtort of limnnnlly. Tho whnlo Itnllan pooplo nniHt rocolvo and understand with joy tho high value of thla pact nnd lln Immorlnl menu Ing." "Hold Present Position to' Last Breath" Aiinlnst Poles Is Reply of German Troops Battle Stiil Raues for Lcmbera Poles Advanclna Aiinlnst Bolshevik! in Lithuania. DKItl.l.V, Feb. 22. (Hy Assorlul- od I'roHS.) (Ieriiinii troops defending tho I'osen front agulust tho I'oles lit lllriibaiim huvo addressed n commu nication to National AsHomblymnn Ohlor, protesting ukuIiibI tin official order to vacate territory held by I hem. In accordance with tho urmis tlco conditions. Tho communication declares: "We propose to remain in the po sitions hold by us so Ioiik aa we have a rarlrldKo left and so Ioiik as a spark of fire remains no Polo will succeed In invading our linos. The tun li to tho point deslKiiatvd by Mar shul Koch will lead ovor thodend bod ies of thousuiids of (ierman men. If .Marshal Koch is determluod to force mutters to the uttermost extreme ho will find us ready. Wo will open the gates to IIoIhIiovIsui which will over flow Europe." In a supplementary communication tha officers of tho corps at lllrnbaum declared Ihut It is considered a mat ter of honor "to hold tho presuut po sition to tho lust breath." rigtillng nt Jo'liiberic I'AKIS. Kelt. 22. Tho bnlllo nl 1.1-mberK hns been resumed, nccord- I11K to u lluvtis dlsputcli from Cracow filed Friday, t'kralniiiiis attacked violently. They nro credited with tho object of capturing tho city before the arrival of tho lutor-nllled ml slon. tjo fur tho small Polish garrison of l.aniberK has. beaten off all Ukruln Inn attacks. After beKlnnlii)! an attempt to open negotiations for on armlstlco the lu-tor-ullled mission bus left Cnrcow for Warsaw, where it will continue Its offorts, Poles ill l.ltliuanlii WAHflAW, Kelt. 2U. Illy Assocl nted Press.) Tho campulun of tho Poles In Lithuania und 'nlso In the provinces cast of Ilriwt-l.ltovsk Is proceedliiK actively. Tho ltolshevikl huvo beeu driven out of .Mnnlowlrx in Volhyniii, leuvliiR behind them largo quantities of munitions. Thoro has bean mudo public a de cree for military and civil occupation of theso provinces which means that Poland's frontiers nro boliiK extended to tho historic boundaries of the kingdom. WHEAT GUARANTEE WASIMNOTOX, Keli. 22. The wheat uuurtiutcc hill, nullioiixinu' Hie president to use exist itnr niroiieies or erealo new ones In huv wheal of tho I II 1 8 nnd .1 DID crops at the uovern- nieut uunriinlecd price and dispose of it ul market prices was passed to day bv (he house by a vole of 277 to l.'i. Tho mciisuve, which curries nil ap propriation of n billion dollars, wns passed with mil v two important amendments, one clmim nir the iliito when the net slum cease to lie e.l lee livo from October lo, 1!I2(I, to Jtlno 1. IP2II, and the other uivimt Hie presi dent creater aulhorily in reslrietint; iinporlnlions of wheat to prelect the liiivernment from undue loss. The presidiml is L'iveu blanket nu lliorily to" provide all tho mnehinerv for haiullinu the wheal from Hie time it is pmchased from Iho i'urnier ttnlil sold lo Iho consumer, with control over millers, wholesalers, iohbers and linkers, importers, mamifaettirers and oxeliances. SAT.lr, Feb. 22. I.lttlo opposi tion was offered and fow votes wore enst nlvorsoly In tho sonato yester day on neprosontatlvo Schuohel's house bill No. 2 for tho creation of a board of arbitration and conciliation to lnlorvono In controversies botwoon employers and employes. Tho sena tors working for tho bill conceded that under tho Oregon laws that bonrd cannot have power to compel arbitration It was generally held to he a more Inward maintaining Indus, trial harmony. ;., , Crater LateM PAYS ijiven sum Asked for WAKIIIV(!T(IK. .OM. All Iho northwest imrliH urn well cared for in the appropriations 1'ur their support mid muiutcn- mice continued in the Kiindrv ui- prnpriiiliou bill iusl reported to the house. , ' ('ruler Lake park receives nl- iiiokI the t ot n I kiiiii uskrd lor bv Hie interior ilcotirluient and Hie I mini named w ill cure for nil reiiliifeiueulH iix iiriiclicnllv nil Hie roml con-l ruction is rinixli- el anil the iinnv engineers who Iuivii lii.i'ii utirkin.' oil this itn- irovcniciit liuvo turned the work ....... I.. It .1 ....,.,.. 1,1 t LEGISLATURE 10- ASK PEOPLE 10 SAI.KM. Feb. 2.'. The Orocon Icir ixlntui'c. operntint; at hiuh sliced in its first duv's inectiiii; Kinee the eon slilniioiial forlv tlnv sesHion expired IiihI nu-lit, acted on miiiiv imporimit measures toduv. The (.t nulu iidonlcil it ioint -(.'-o!n-tion to extend the m'snions of the leuixlntiire In 110 duvi iiihteiid of for tv it.H at unrseiit, and to increase the pnv of lawmakers from three to live dollars tier dv. Tlie inciiKtire will Co before the people at the special eleclion in June. A resolution authori.iiie the Vci- versitv of On on to make a Btirvev of dcliniiuenl and ilependeul persons ill the shite, was udopted bv the sen ate. The measure for reinslatimr capita! iitnihmciit as a law of the state was defeated ill the house. The lltirlcv hill, iirovidimr for physical (minim; und military drill in Oreixon hiuh schools and the crea tion of a military tniinine commis sion was passed in the senate vester duv hv n iiinrein of one vole. The house has not vet laken aelioii. E BILL EMASCULATED BY LEGISLATURE SAl.iar. Feb. 22. The land reeln- iniitionists who have been liuhtinu the MeKarland measure lo make a bird reserve of Jlalheur lake, Ilarnev county, this inoiniim lined in) enoiiuh voles in the house to re-consider tho hill and kill it from Hie seuato where il was in 111" hands of Iho committee on fish and liiiiue, The house Hum went into it commit tee of Hie whole nnd so amended the measure that it is now satisfactory to holh sides. The bill ns it now stand does but little lo Malheur lake besides uive il Iho name of Hie lioosevelt bird reservation, li'chls of the irritiulion- ists lire prelected. It is forbidden to drain the hike for a period ot two yours. The stale lund bonrd is spe eil'ienllv directed lo emit hum its in vest imi I ions lo the title. If the lake is found to be mivisahle. it will he the properly of the stale, if not naviga ble, it lieloims lo Ihe holders of ri parian riuhls. If found lo ho a swamp, it heliums to tho federal uov eriimenl until the stale files for it under the swamp hinds net. OUT AGE OF 87 WATKIITOWN, X. Y Feb. 22. Nr. Marv Wnlkor, ngetl 87 veins, died ut her home on ilnnkerllill near Oswego at H o'clock last night niter n long illness. She wns a surgeon in the Civil war ninl wns awarded a con gressional medal of honor. She gain ed considerable fame -by being the only woman allowed lo appear in male MALHEUR LAK attire by nu net of congress. BY QUIET FOR OVER-EXERTION Clcmenceau Fatiuucd Bv Activities, Yesterday. Compelled to Rest Bv Doctors Indiunant Over Suuaes tion of Morphine Inlection Ac cuses Doctor of Beinti Bo'slievik. PA MS. Feb. 22. "Premier Clem cnecnti is sonicuhnt fulimied nnd will j receive no one todav.'' siiiil lr. ('iiu-j tra of the medical stall' nttendiiiul . Premier t'lcniciieeuu alter the exiiuiiii-! alien of the premier chortlv after 0j o eiov-K mot iiioiiiiir.. ' - . The nl'lieiui bulletin on Premier t'lciuctiecauH condition, issued Hi. morning, read-; "The premier is n little more fn tigued anil will receive nobody today, lie is' absolutely forbidden to speak. Temperature 118.7 I Fahrenheit ). uulsc normal, 72." ItcfiiKCs Jlorphlno . .. ! Alexandre Jlillerund. former min ister of war. was one of Premier (.'leineiieeau's earliest visitors today. "The premier." said M. .Millornnd after his Visit, ''is rather more tired today. Yon know, he was a nutiuhty hov ycsterilpv ninl over j-xerted him eslf. However, his condition is ueii crallv satisfactory," All of Premier (.'lemenccnu's usual fon-noon callers were nt his residence before 0. o'clock. They included (leorues Mii idel. his chief clerk. Ma jor (ienenirtlonliirii. from the minis try of. war. mid .Stephen Piehon, the foreign minister. Premier Clemeneeau was able to rest well during the niulit and sccm- inglv snfferi'd no ndverse effects from his exertions vostcrduv. Dur ing the day he saw no less than AO persons, which the doctors considered excessive for a mun of his age with a bullet in his back, hut M. Clcnieneenu is an arbitrary gentlemen who does exactly as he pleases. Premier Overexerted All the physicians agreed that the action of the premier's lungs should he reduced as much ns possible, as the movement causes the edges of the wound to rub ngunist each othur. The only nuv of effecting this was an in jeelion of morphine, which no one u red lo proposoto the premier, fore seeing how he would receive the sug gestion. At last Dr. Lanbrv volun teered, savs the Petit Journal, tie appealed to the premier ns n "broth er doctor," hut M. Uemenceau sprung up. seized the physician by the shonl- lers and shouted : "What, what, morphine, morphine! You waul to finish mef Are you in the pay of Ihe llolshcviki ? " Or. I.aubrv threw up his hand nnd snid: "There yon arc. We waul lo give your chest a rest, and von nearly burst it." WASHINGTON7. Feb. 22. llahie born in 11118 will bring varying in come tax exemptions to their parents, depending on the month of their birth. A child born in Jnnmirv. 1!U8. gives .fjtltl exemption, in addition to the $2,0110 allowed married persons, but if n child wns born in July Ihe parent is entitled to exemption of only $100 in the infant's account. If the child was born in October, the tax paving niirenl is allowed only $."i0 exemption. Vnder another regulation of the revenue bureau a person living in one coiniuiiuitv noting ns the principal support of n person living elsewhere nuivJie considered the bend of u lum ilv and. entitled to exemption ot' $2, 000. - CAMP D1X, ,N. Y Fob. 22. The list or Sunset Division passed into history todav when its lifea's an or ganization ended with the demobiliza tion of its heudemurters, under di rection of Ihe demobilization dcpnrl inent ul fulnp Dix, where the division is repelling in sections us il ret urns from overseas. MINISTERS SHOT MELEE FOLLOWING PREMIER'S MURDER 10 PRESIDENT OUI IN MID-ATLANTIC WASHINGTON'. Feb. 22. Secretary Dmiieis transmitted u telephonic greeting to President Wilson todav bv mivul radio. From his desk at the navy de- OMi-tmcnt Ihe secretary's voice was curried to the transport George Washington, ncarlv 8UO miles off the Atlantic coast. As the George Washington is not couiiuied for Ion.' distance Mr. Dsn'els talked without re- reiving n direct replv. and nc- kiiowledgeincnt of the greeting rume' bv ordinary radio. --' f t IE IN BUDA PEST PAKIS. Feb. 22. A communist re volt broke out in Iiudupest Thursday night. sHivs n dispatch to the Matin from Zurich uuoting a Swiss news agency message from the Hungarian capital. The revolt is under the leadership of agitators who lire for the most part Germans and Russians, the dis patch states. The insurgents storm ed the offices of the socialist newspa per Nepzava and occupied the elc graph office nnd the railroad station. Count Karolvi. provisional' presi dent, culled a meeting of the cabinet. The ministers sat far into the night and decided to take alt necessary measures to ouell the outbreak. Mar tial law was proclaimed. Government troops, the message adds, have, already recaptured the railroad station. v Tho nietul workers of the citv. it is said, lire preparing liu anti-eomuiun- ist manifestation. ARMOR! BILL SAI.EM. Feb. 21 As a part of the general reconstruction building pro gram inst introduced in the state leg islature specific provision has been iniide in the bill, through the .activi ties of Kepresentativc Sheldon, ehuir mun of the house reconstruction com mittee, for an appropriation of $25. 000 for a state armory at Medford. The prov'sion is made contingent upon either the citv or county adding not less tlinn,$2.".IIOO additional. Only three other cities in the state received appropriation) for armories in the program, those cities being Astorim l.a Grande and linker. The bulk of the a propria t ions un der this reeonstruet:on program' go for the following items: New slate Penitentiary ...$oOO.OOO Reconstruction hospital ut Portland itoO.OOO Oregon Agricultural college 500.000 Fnivcrsity of Oregon 500.000 Oregon Normal School 100,000 F.astern Oregon Hospital for : Insane 150.000 Soldier's Home lit lioscbnrg.. 25,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 2. Amend ment to fix n maximum price in the domestic potash hill introduced by Sohator Henderson of N'ovnda, de signed to safeguard American pro ducers by regulating; Imports thru a licensing system for two years after peace has been restored, was ordered favorably reported today by the sen ate mines committee. Tho maximum prlco for potash for the first twelve months would ho fixed at 5'--n a unit and for tho succeeding twelve months, $ 2.00. "ING AND LOOT! i 1 Soldiers' and Workmen's Council Proclaim Soviet Republic 10.600 Work men From Suburbs Plunderino Shops Ultra Radicals and Spariacans Unite in Effort to Save Political Control Parliament Scene of Wild Riot Following Assassination Deputy Oesel Amona the Slain. , BERLrXi, Feb. 22. (By Associat ed Press.) Bavaria last night was declared a soviet republic by the sol diers and workmen's council in Mu nich, the Vossische Zeltung . today says. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 22. Minis ter of the Interior Auer of Bavaria has died of bis wounds, according to the Munich correspondent of the Po litlken. Deputy Svelller, the dispatch adds, fired the shots which fatally wounded Minister Auer and killed Deputy Oesel. Uerren Hoffmann and Frauender fer, members of the Bavarian cabinet the correspondent says, were wound ed by a man In uniform who fired from tho gallery. . Instantly Killed LONDON', Feb. 22. According to an Evening News dispatch from Ber lin, Deputy Oesel, who is a Catnollc economist, was instantly killed dur ing the shooting In the Munich diet. Herr Carres, a representative of the war office, tho News advices state, was wounded by the second shot fired. Under-secretary Jahrels also was wounded. Herr'Unterleitner, the minister ot social affairs, was wounded at the time Premier Eisner was killed, he being the premier's companion. It Is declared In this dispatch tnat Count Arco Valley, who shot Prem ier Eisner, was killed by a naval guard. (The first dispatches report ed Count Arco Valley wounded and in a dying condition.) Tho count is said to have been a young student. Itlotlng by Mob LONDON", Feb. 22. Tho troubles in Munich took a still more serious turn yesterday afternoon, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company. Church bells began ringing, 10,000 workmen from the suburbs marched into the center of tho city, and a short time later violent firing was heard, it is said. The mob is reported to have begun plundering shops. The dispatch characterizes the con ditions now prevailing in Munich as virtually those of civil war. Minister Shot The attempted assassination of Herr Auer is interpreted as an act of revenge for the killing of Premier Eisner, according to advices from various German sources. The men were bitter opponents. Herr Auer is a majority socialist minister and had boen looked upon as a man likely to f ON BOARD U. S. S. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (By wire less to Associated Press.) Favored with continued good weather. Presi dent Wilson's steamer tonight was less than 1000 miles almost duo east of Boston, traveling at a speed of 1 1 knots. The president continued with the work claiming his attention, with in tervals for rest and exercise. The plans for his reception at Boston have been vlrtunlly completed. They call for a speech by him during the afternoon and possibly a reception by tho Massachusetts legislature, and his doparture immediately thereafter for Washington. Tho president's speech may not be so comprehensive as generally had been expected. It seems probable that he will confine himself In Bos ton to a speech appropriate to the welcoming ceremonies. IN El displace Herr Eisner as premier. Tha latter was the Idol of the ultra-radi lcals. ' The political situation In Munlcli has been drifting rapidly to the point of an explosion and the ultra-radical who comprise the Independent social. Ists and the Spartacans are Buspectcil of uniting In a final desperate at-4 tempt to save their political control , Auer Still Alive BERUX. Feb. 22. (Bv the Asso ciated Press.) Bavarian Minister o the Interior Auer was still alive last evening, according to reports receiv-( ed here from Munich.- He is despcr-i atelv wounded, however, a bullet hav ing grazed his heart. ' The assassination of Kurt Eisner the Bavarian premier, caused a tre- mentions riot in Munich. The streets adjacent to the parliamentary build-i ing were thronged with crowds durint) the day and the chamber .where thu diet was in session wus invaded bv a mob. . . Minister of Justice Tinim nnd Min ister of Soeial Affairs Vnterleiter ofl Bavnria were wounded during the shoting which took place at tho Bin varinn Landtag yesterday when lleru Auer. Yavnrian minister of the intex-i rior. wus shot. , ' General Strike Called 1 Having fired at Herr Auer. a mnni sprang iu among the deputies and fired further shots ut the minister's! bench. At the same moment several shots were fired from the strangers'' gallery. A scene of indescnbablo confusion ensued', the deputies scrauw bling to escape from the room. Suartacans and independent social ists have culled for a general striko at Munich and sanguinary incidents ore feared, as the military eoiumunu has declared that it cannot undertake any protection and will not oppose persons conducting demonstrations. The iniiiries' liitlieted upon llcrf Auer and Herr Timm are such that they are not expected to recover. LEASI WASHINGTON', Feb. 22. Vnrging action on the coal and oil land leas ing bill. Senator l'ittman of Nevada charged in the senate todav that cer tain senators were attempting to pre vent a vote and declared his intention of "forcing them into the open." Ho protested against discussion of tho league of nations while the confer- : enee report on the oil bill was under consideration, saying tho oil mens- . lire was the most important legisla tion as far as the west wns concern ed that had been before congress in vein's. - "Which is the nioro important?" Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, re publican, "the oil leasing hill or il nuestion revolutionizing the entire po- : litical system of tho world?" Senator Pittninn replied that while realizing the importance of the lciiguo of nations, vet that was a matter which could be discussed Inter whilo action on the oil Ijill was limited to the present session. Denying charges that the bill fa vors the Standard Oil company. Scn n tor Pitlmnn said tho .measure's ob ject was lo light monopoly and to furnish competitors for the great oil companies. .' , , ,
