Owon Hhtorlral 800 Public Auditorium .j,,, , ,1.1 muum-'" The Weather Aliixlniiini yeMleriliy VJ MIiiIiiiiiiii today llu Precipitin Inn .......II Medford Mail Tribune Predictions Tonight mid Friday, Fair. rorly-ljililh Yiwr. MEDFORD, OREO ON", TIIUIfSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1919 NO. 288 Irlnnlh Tr. TOILERS OF BRITAINASK NEW ORDER Parliament of Unions Declare Work ers Are Tired of System of Society That Rennrds labor ns Mere Com modify Demand to Become Real Partners In Industry Causes of Unrest to Be Investigated Premier Addresses Workmen. LONDON'. Fell. 27. The iiidustriul conference, called liv Ihe gnvcrni Imliiv mluplod it resolution moved liv Arthur Henderson, llu lubor leader, Inn 11 ininl citiiimiltcu consider tin1 niio-tiim of Imiirrt itml wngos of wirkinguicit iintl women nnd general riinililiniiN of cmplovmcnt. All umenilmonl offered liv Premier l.luvil George llml 1 110 coinmitlcn in vi'hliu'iiln onuses fif unrest nml re luirl l" Mm eoiil'ert i nut later lliini Ann fi also was minuted. Tlic blockade nf (Ifniiiinv could mil lin mixed null (lermnnv linil sutni' n ponce I real v which would mnko war iiuiiomnhlc, Premier l.luvil Ueurge mi iilnriiiL .. Th premier said lie liiini'il Unit within Iho next few weeks if prcliinin II I V IIC'lll'll would li Hiumtil. IHMtr unit L'nret Pence linil been vlrlimllv establish ril, 1 1m premier Muted, lint the spec tre nf unrest IuiiI reappeared, linn nun tiuii.1 lui iMittitn rid 111. In his reference to the iinltislrin ' situation. Mi", Unvd George iloclnrrd tlu uliiiimplicrc ' of suspicion was thickening inlotnl nf clearing. There wiri Inn t on Imtli.NiiliH, no run mini. Thocmpliivera, Im snid. must trust the workmuti mir. Industry would nut thrive miles slim worker fell thi'v linil tin interest in it. The old sectional eontroveriscs must Im notion rlit of. the premier insisted. '-Wo will do tlmt urndunllv. ho Nllill. Mr. l.luvil Gi'oriro said ho hopei Hint thin Hiinimor Iho cost of living in the workingmnn's household wmilil ho reduced fmir shillings week. Iliil Hint reduction wnnlil occur hv lh cud of Mnron. it mm his hope. British Industry Assembled LONDON. Fob. 27. Tho iiiduslrin niirlinini'iit. composed of represent!! livt'M of employers nml employes nml ciivoninionl. ol I'iciuIh, assembled (Yntrul Mull, Westminster, this morn inif. - Tlio nn iliiimotit wits opened lv Sir Itnherl Stevenson Homo, minister o labor, who ntltinunocd tho premier wus anxious to hour tho views of the mootinir. Tho ohioel of holding tho purlin niont was to uivo tlio government nn opportunity to moot representatives nl' ltrilish industry nml leiirn their Views. The dologulos to tho pnrliiinient nnniher HOfl. Mora Hum 10,(111(1.00(1 workers are represented. A million wiin submitted hv Sir Al Inn Smith of the Engineering Einplov its' I'Vili'i'iiliiin, for the furinntion o nn iniliwlriiil ennimilteo emisiKtini: o a renroNcnlnlives ot emploverH. repreHonlnliveH of trmlos unions nml n eertnin number of renresentntiveH of tho ttovernmenl. This eommittoo ivnnlilVcDort lo n further meetinir o ' tho piirlininent on tho piiiihos of Iho iii'imnnt iinrcHt nml on metluiits in jiiifoifiinrilimr interestd of workinir penpln, emplovers nml tho slnlo, Wnnt Blmro of 'U'cntth Jnines llenrv ThomnH, member o Diirliiiinont nml ironornl Renreliirv o the Nntiuiinl Union of lliiilwnv Men Hiiid ho wiih ilnpiitiRil to miika Iho fol low in; oliKcrvnhon lor tlio tripla n linneo of minerH. rnilwiiv men nml I niiiKimrt workers: Tho orunnizpil workers ot Clrent nritnin hove innilo up (heir minds oliliiin for theiuselvos nn inerenijinir ulmrn nl' l ie wen lh wliii'h thair lulu Iiiih proiliteod nml is prndiiHinu'. Tlie Workers of the throo fold ormmi.iilion nro determined to shnrlen ninlvrinllv tlie hours of lubor in Ihoir respeelivo Induslries. Thov nro dissulisfied wiih Iho svslom of soeielv whieh tronln ilieir lubor power ns n mflro euminod- (Continuod on I'ngo, Throo.) VAHHtN0TON, Fob. 27. Norman llnpgood of Now York, was nomtnnt od today to bo minister to Denmark, succeeding nr.' Maui'lco Kgnn, who rooontly roslBtiod bocuusovof poor NEGOTIATIONS OVER ARMISTICE REPORTED OFF Swiss Papers Report Sudden Suspen sion of Conferences With Departure of German Commission From Spa- Reason Not Given Washlnuton Discredits News. fiKNKVA. Feb. 2H.'l'liis ovoniim's wish nowsiiiiners iiruu n noriin iiih- nnti'h Hlulimr Ihnt owimr to Iho siid- ii HiiNiienKiiiii or iirmiHlii-o neitoiiu inns, t in lienilllll oullllUIHHlon ii'ik Snu Ibis iniiriniik' for Herlin. II"' roiiKon fur tho reported suspension is lit uiven. (ienerill Ludenilurr is vx- iieeleil lo nirive in llorlin tomorrow ml Field Miirhnl ou J linileiiliurt' will wo there shortly. No Wont of fVUIs Xeuutiiitiuiis between nllieil nml (Ionium riliiineiiil. eeoiiomie nml mil- liirv mixsioiis have been in nrouress Sim for some lime bill Ihoro bus tct' ti mi intimation I'roin nllieil souree hat anvtbiiiir in the iiutiiro of n en- sis IiikI ilevelolied there. Ill Iho lib seiieo ol' ileliinle inlormutioii, it would seem nrobable that tho ineol- inus. if they had been broken, ns re purled, have siisiionded only temiior- arilv. On February M. Mnrshiil 'm il presenled lo Iho (lerinnn nrmis iee omnmiNSioti III I roves tlie provis ions for mi evft'ii-inn of the iirmistieo lelween the allies mid (ieniinnv Tbeso urovisions were neeoiiled bv (lermaiiv, utter heinir referred to the nntiiinal assembly nt Weimar, ami were sinned by Iho (lerinan delettnles on the ovenintr of Febriinrv HI.' plm-nilltM IU'port k WASIIIN'tiTOX. Feb. 27. Offieials hero believe Ihal Iterlin ilispatenes published in Switx.oiland roferrinc to 'su-iieiision" or the iinnistiee npirn liiiliima en ber were liased inmn lillt.nl foriiiatiiin'iir hnve bi-en lniseonstriied bv tho Swiss iinpers. No nilviees have been reeeixed in Wnsbimrton to east doubl iiihiii earlier (lisimtehe reiiurlinu eoneliinon of the noetir.n lions witb l ie iieeentunee liv in (lerinnns of drastic ronewiil eondi lions. TAXES WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Pbvsi oinns, dentists, drunuisls und manu Inoturers or dealers who sell or nn minister nnreotio druss are reuuire under Iho new reveifuo hill lo register and pnv license luxes to revenue eol lectors within the next 10 dnvs. Thi umondment of the llurrison nurcotie drug net iilso tuxes opium, coeiminc mid derivatives or medicines eon tniiiiiiL' these, nt Iho nominal rate o one cent nn ounce, nml makes it illesnl to sell drugs; nut beiiring revenue slumps, Mnnuliieliirors, imtmrlers nml whnlesnlers hercuflor will be eom pellod lo niako monlhlv reports. I'Iicko new lounl provmioiw nro re- carded as police measures by which revenno officers hope to wane n union strnimer fialil ngamst narculies. VILLA CUTS OFF TROOPS AT JUAREZ JUAUKi, Mox Fob. 27. Frnn clsco Villa's porsonnl commnnd yos- tordny buriiod tho rnllroad station nt Moctozumn. 110 mltos soiilh of horo, cut tho toloarnoh wires, toro up the railroad and Isolntod (lonornl Jesus Cnstro and h 1b commnnd In Junros, whoro Iho cnminnndor of tho North' eastern r.ono nnd sttb-floerotary of war hns boon slnco Sunday propnrlng to tnko Iho field ngnlnsl Villa. A work train preceded by a troop train loft horo onrly today lo ropnlr tlio burnod brldgon and roconnoltor along Iho rallrond to locate tho Villa force. Flitbllnit in oxnoctod today south of horo. AT OFFICIAL TASKS PARIS. Fob. 27. Promlor Clo moncoan rosumod his- official tasks lodny. Ho was at tho ministry of war from 10:. IB o'clock until 11 SPECIAL ROYALISTS PLAN COUP D'ETAT TO Old Officer Class Has Whin Hand In Germany and Plans Overthrow of Present Government and Restora tion of Old Order Strikers Tear Uo Railroad at Weimar. LONDON', Fell. !7. Tho monar- rlilfilH of Germany are conleniplntliiK an early coup d'ottit, In tho opinion of tho Mull's' correspondent at Hnrlin who HHyn tlio old offlror elans bus been Krniluully Rettln,; tlio whip-hand til or (i nlnco January 13 and now holds tho Kovernmont in III power. "Tlio threatened roup would he carried out In Merlin ulono." . he writes. "A larito number of officers nro unlit lo bo associated In tho plot, which alius at iho overthrow of tho present Rovcrumont rud thu rtstora tlnn of tho old ordar of tiiliKs. "A secret meolluB of m i.nrchlst officers wn hmJ nt Cha-loitenburi! on Fobrtinry 10. Thirty officer at- tendod and onch pledxed lilmsolf to hold In Ills resldenco n quantity of munitions ready for ari-emorRcncy and to ussomhle ot a eertnin pluce when called upon. Kvcry member of tho plot hns been requested to enlist as many officers loyal to the former emperor as possible. Tho government has been warnod of what Is going on." The correspondent says the organi zation of new bodies of troops by the government, a atop which alono can snvo it from tho Sparlacans and other oxtromlsta, has been posslblo only ly reason of tho government yielding to tho old officer class. Tear I'll Itnllroad WKIMAU, Feb. 27. (By Associat ed Preiis.) Tho special assembly train running dolly lietwoon Weimar and llorlin was diverted by the way of l.olpslg yesterday because strlk era at Halle have taken up the rails. Tho Inst train over the former routo passed thru Hallo at full speed be cause It had been learned that Spnr tnrnn adherents wore planning an at tack upon it. There Is danger of the strike spreading to Uclpslg. IlErtLIN. Wednesday, Feb. 26 (Ity Associated Pres. Tho parlia mentary special for Wolmnr. which loft llorlin this morning, hns 'been stopped nt I.clpBlg. ItERUN. Wednesday, Feb. 26. ( By. Associated Press.) Tho govern ment has sont nn ample force of troons to Unite. Saxony. Tho com- mundlng offleors have been directed to nuell disorders In tlio sternest mnnner. , President for Snwiny nASBU Swltnorlnnd. Feb. 27 The now chamber of doputles of tho "Free Stnlo of Snxony" met Tuesday and elected Julius Frnshdorf, a majority socialist, as president, according to n dispatch from Dresdon. Dr. Dlestol (ionnnn democrat, was named first vlro prosldont, nnd Doputy l.lplnsky. nn independent socialist, second vlco prosldont. LOST VOHT OH FORI). Ore. Feb. 27 A hill's (Nthin, uboul 12 feet in length, honrinc the nimio of tho stenmor (leoruo l.oomis. wns found yesterday on tho bench near here, fins is be lieved lo bo the first definite indien linn that Iho nil tanker, which disap peared several weeks ago during a storm off the Oregon ,eonst, sank or wns wrecked with the loss ol nil on bun nl. It was Ihouiihl for n time that the George l.oomis might hnvo nttoniplod to roach llunii iiln. if driven from ber course, bill Iho continued absence tt' news from the vessel caused shippiu men lo give tin hope Unit sho had weathered the storm.- SAN FRANCISCO. Feb; 27. The Standard Oil tank steamer Gedrgo W Ijiiomis, tho cabin of whiidi was found on tho bench near Port Orford, Ore. voslnrdnv. disappeared in n storm off tho Oregon const in tho Inltor linrt of bcoembor, of I or clearing from here fur Cons llnv wiih n cargo of oil."' The l.oomis had been given up for Inst nml slnto industrial accident eluinis were paid lo widows nml oilier RESTUREKAISER rolulivos ol tho crow ot JO nicu, CALL NO SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS UNTIL PRESIDENT RETURNS AGAIN FROM PARIS WILSON DEFIES ,' WASH IXGTOX, Feb. 27. Tn coufcri-iir.f.s nt. tho Onpitol late today with' iwiiiIkth of tho sonatc Prcsi dfiit Wilson rcitci'atcd with emphasis, his decision not tO'cnll i-oiif'i'es.s in cxtnmrdinai'y session until ho returned agnni from France. He re(iiested adrninis Iration leatlers to so advise re))ul)licaus. ; , Administration lenders advised tlie president that they believed tlie republicans were determined to de feat the Victory Liberty' .Loan bill and thus force an early call of the new congress. President Wilson, it was said, set his jaws, and with emphatic gestures, told the democratic leaders to tell the republicans that they would be responsible for failure jof the bill and that, regardless of their at titude, he wonKl not call congress together until he returned. legislature to T IF SAI.F.M. Feb. 27. After fniline to carry out thoir iilaiis for adioiurn mcnt yesterdnv. legislators here woro still engnucd in debnte tndav with prospects that the :10th legislative session of Oreon would roach an end sometime durin? Ilk duv. Tue resohu tiun providine fur orcution of the of fice of lieutenant governor, im office not nt present existing in the state. wns the center or nninmcnl toilnv. The house passed a measure creat- ing a commission for tho cure-of de-, linouent nnd dependent children, ap-1 preprinting $(1,000 for the work. Tito i senate 'concurred in house nmend-1 ments to the $.1,000,000 reconstruction bond bill, for state construction to provide work for unemployed. The bill providing for completion of the Tumiilo irrigation project wns passed hv Iho Semite. Governor Wilhvcombo ve.sterdnv forwarded lo O. C. Inciter, in Kcw York, n messnge unnouncing the per sonnel of "the Oregon overseas wel come commisison ,for returning sol diers, sailors nnd murines," of which Mr. I.eitcr is chairman, and the func tion of which is to offer nn nppro prinle reception to-Oregon soldiers upon their landing in New York from service overseas, llesiiles Mr. l.citer. the members of tho commisison are Thomas C. Ilurke. Sum C. Unit ton. Itabbi Stephen S. Wise nml Walter j.. Whilllescv. all in New York now but who hnve been residonls of Ore gon. WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. Presi dent Wilson today accepted nn invi tation to speak In Now York next Tuesday night on the eve ot his sail ing again for France. Former President Toft is oxpectcd to speak at the snmo meeting which will bo hold under the.ausplces of n non-pnrtlsnn committee of represen tatives of various societies ndvocat- lnir formation of a League of Na tions. President Wilson Is snld to be very anxious to have Mr. Tatt on tho program with him. . . Tho invitation- to the president wns extended by Governor Smith In a tologrnm from Albany. Secretary Tumulty said tho presi dent expected to leave Washington for Now York about 2 p. m. after the adjournment of congress nt noon March 4. Ho will sail from New York for Franco Iho following day. . ESTHONIANS REPULSE II STOCKHOLM1, Feb. 27. An offi cial F.sthoninn statement reports se- vore fighting near , Narva, Pskov Volmnr and Silisburg and claims the F.sihoniuits hnvo repulsed Iho Holslio- viki. inflicting serious losses in killded iiud. woumled, OPPONENTS BY THE WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. A Milch ell I'ulmer todav was nominated bv President Wilson to be nttornev gen eral. Mr. Palmer probably will take of fice Mjireh 4. the date tentatively fix ed bv Attorney Oenernl Gregory for ll:s .retirement when he resigned sev eral months ago to return to private prnetice of law. . . The res:nation of Mr. Palmer as alien proiiertv custodian mis not been announced, nnd there hns been no in- tinialion a to who mnv succeed hira in that office. i Mr. Palmer is a sativc of Strouds- hnrtr. I'n., and 47 vears old. lie grad uated from Swarthmore college in 1801 nnd two years later was ndmit ted to the bar. In 1008 he wns elected to congress nnd served three terms from the 2Glh Pennsylvania district, becoming n member of the committee on wnvs and means nnd framing the metal schedule in the Underwood bill. Since 1012 he has been n member of the National Democratic committee. In 1015 he was unpointed bv President Wilson n judge of the United States court of claims, but declined to ac cept. It was generally reported that be was offered the war portfolio in President Wilson's first cabinet, but asked to tie excused because he wns ix Quaker. In 1017. President Wil son named him alien property custo dian. LABOR PARTY E NEW YORK, Feb. 27 The organ ization committee of" the American Labor party of New York made pub lic today a resolution supporting the proposal for a League of Nations and recommending indorsement of the plan, together with President Wil son's "14 points"' by the Central Fed- orated Union of New York, the Brooklyn Central Labor Union and tho Women's Trado Union "League. The committee called attention to the activities of "the bitterest enemies of organized labor in. conducting a vig orous campaign against the princi ple of the League of Nations. The resolutions express "comment hope that the plan now being consid ered will bo extended to include rent self-determination. In Ireland ns well as In all other disputed territory.- CUT INCREASES E MOTOR CAR LI ' .'SALUM. Feb.27. The roads and highways committee nl a meeting last night reached a final decision upon tho schedule license fees to bo as sessed nguinst motor vehicles for the noxt two vears as part of tho road building program. In tho fees for au tomobiles, proper, the bill wns ninondcd bv milking increases ranging from.' 5 Ip $U for the different types uf oars, ' Wilson Confident Success of Plans for Nations9 League After Conference with Congressmen-Explains Clause WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. Confi- I donee. In the success of plans for a 1 League of Nations was reiterated by the president dtjring the conferences with senators this afternoon. "Its success Is Inevitable." the president was quoted as saying. "The United States cannot afford to fail the world in this emergency." Details of the president confer ence with congressmen last night continued to develop today. One of the developments was the apparent certainty that the president does not Ish any formal expression at this time on the tentative draft. Some republicans who were at the conference stated today that the pre sident's discussion emphasized the need for amendment of the tentative draft to establish precisely many im portant principles beyond controversy or question. President Wilson, It was under stood today, did not venture any pre-' dictions as to when peace would eventually be established, but inform ed the committee members that he was straining every nerve toward the conclusion of peace, adding that every day of delay Increased the dan ger ot complications, especially in Germany. Willing to Amend Some ot the committeemen gained the Impression that the president was willing to accept a specific amendment ot the proposed constitu. tlon to guarantee maintenance of the ! Monroe doctrine. They said, however, that he Indicated any such amend ment might raise issues ot a related nature which would prove so difficult of adjustment that the possibility of Its adoption was remote. President Wilson does not approve the sending of a joint committee of members of the house and senate foreign relations committee to an in ter-allied parliamentary conference in Paris during the negotiations. BILL TO PRESERVE RESERVE KILLED SALEM. Feb. 27. Indefinite post ponement was the senate's action ves terdnv on the MeFarland bil to relin quish to the United States govern ment the rights of the state to Mal heur lake relative to migratory birds. The bill was indefinitely postponed upon motion o Senator Gill, chair man of the committee on game. . Senator Pierce's oleomargarine bill passed the house yesterday in a badly mangled form, nfter a grand pow wow and wrangle thnt lasted half the morning and most of the afternoon. Moth factions ngTeed upon n compro mise, which was satisfactory to neither. Senator LaFollettc s hills to abol ish the state parole offiee were com mitted to the crave vard vestcrdnv after having lnin dormnnt since the envlv dnvs of the session. The house last night passed the new state health eoxle. introduced bv Senntor Eddv. Stiff opposition de veloped, led bv Mrs. Thompson. Dr. Moore nnd Christ Sehucbel were largely instrumental in putting tho now code through the house. FEDERAL ATTORNEY WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Nomin ations sent to senate by President Wilson today included : To be United States attorneys: J. D. Clements of Holonn, Mont., dis trict ot Alaska division (No. 2. Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams of San Francisco, northern district of Cali fornia. Charles L. Rtgdon ot Cheyenne, Wyo., district ot Wyoming. To he United Stntos marshals: Samuel J. llurrls, Denver, district of Colorado. The president feels. Chairman Hitchcock of the sennto eommittoo said today, that the sending of such a committee to Paris might cause confusion. To Irotect France r While discussing the armament provisions of the leaguo's constitu tion the president was asked the rea son for the clause referring to con sideration being given a ' country's geographic situation In' determining its armed forces. Ho is said to have answered that the clause referred chiefly to France, whose people fear ed Germany might 'become strong sometime in the future and again threaten Invasion. It was asked it the provision might not also help Great Britain in retaining its great navy and the president answered this might he the result because of the wide distribution of the British col onies. . . - " - ' .' Senator Brandegee asked how til- : ture American congresses were to be bound by acceptance of the league and the president answered that the legislative body could not be bound. In this connection. Senator Knox said that treaties could not change the constitution of the United States but that a treaty, if acceped, would be ' doubtless observed in the future as a matter of good 'faith. . ' Jnpans Position The possibility of Japan's getting a base in Mexico was referred to during the discussion. It being asked If Mexico might sell or lease a part of Its possessions, such as Magdalena Bay to Japan. Senator McCumber was the first to answer, asserting that the league wonld prevent such a transaction. Senator Lodge replied that no court would prevent such a sate or lease, but that the United States would seek to do so as a mater of self-preservation. . The president, it was said, did not reply, but noddlngly approved the position of Senator Lodge. PRESIDENT LEADS WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Wash-, higton gavo President Wilson its for mal welcome home today bv turning out in thousands to cheer a. nnrnde down Pennsylvania avenue headed bv the president in honor of homo coming soldiers of tho capital. Marching with a swinging stride, the president took the lend as the pro cession started from Pence monumont . at the Capitol grounds. - Army air planes and dirigibles hovered over-i head., . It was the president's first pulilio appearance here since his return from France. He wus given an onthusias tiee greeting bv tho crowds lining the broad, avenue. He marched behind the Marine band, shouldering n big flag and escorted by h committee of citizens. 1 The line began to move promptly nt 1 o'clock, and 35 minutes luter Mr. Wilson had marched nearly a milo und a half nnd was taking his sent with Airs. Wilson in a reviewing stand bo fore the White House. - . NEW YORK, Fob. 27. Tho trans- ; ports Wilhelminn. tllua nnd Cnsertiv arrived todnv from French ports with 44!l(i American troops. The Wilhohninu brought men from convalescent dotachmcntH nt , Bordeaux-. Company M, 345th infun'trv und several medical and cnsmil units. 1 On tho Ulna were tho 317th supply truin, the 3.17th trcnch mortal bat- tcry tho 325th field signal battalion. All these troops are negroes, ', The Cnsortn transported the B3rl coast nrtillerv regiment made up of 30 officers nnd 1,300 men of th regular armvand seven officers nnd 100 men from replacement units re cruited throughout tho country.' . Uonltl). , .,. , ,: ,.. o'clock this morning, . ...,