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Orennn Hhtorlrnl Sob " piiuiii! Auiiimnflin The Weather . niitxlniiiiii yoNlttnlny nil Minimum today .....II Prwlplliitlnn U Predicno" . Tonight nml Tomorrow, ' Fair. EDFORD M Corty-elglith Year. ally 'iltiLitlt Yr. MEDFORD, 01 1 KG ON, "WKDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1919 NO. 293 M ML TRIBUNE GE IN Disorders Multiply and Anarchy Reigns In Certain Sections Where 8parblcans Have Seized Power and Are Looting and Bumlno Machine Guns Used to Restore Order Plan to Seize Koenlnsbera. East Prussia, to Open Door to Russian Bolshevlkl. HTHNE, March 5, Dnrliii tele criuiiH t'lirrv nliiriniiig reports of lh Kitiiiilimi in Hallo. Tbcv declare that tho troops liavo used machine trims mill that n number of officer nml striker Iiiivo been killed. According lo tlio VorwiuTlH. tliuru Iiiih been loot ing mill arson liv tlio communists. . Absolute miari'hv reigns it t ciln, HotithwvNt of Irf'iiMin. According l reports, both Ihct women nml tlio hourgeoiso tiro on strike anil n num ber of persona have been killed or wounded in street fighting. Tb town haw bWi-ii in darkness for several nights. I'urt of tlio troop thoro are Hniil to remain lovat to (bo govern ment. . lliotcr Hnir.nl officer of tlio irov ornmont force nt Hullo ami throw litem into tlui Kivvr Snulv. wlioro thov tiermittiid tliom to drown. Thoro wan mui'h looting ami I ho property loss is xaid to bo lion v v. Tlio Sparlnonn flod from tho oitv nnd are reported to hnvo In ken a largo amount of oitv fund with thoin. Tho government troop hnvo proclaimed n Htato of seigu in (lalle. To Holxo Koeiilgnburtf , MERLIN, Mar. B. y Associated ProM.) The flparlneans Imvo Inaug urated movoinont lo sol Koonlgs borg. East Prussia, nnd thereby npon roil lo 0 communication to Moscow o that liolnliovlk arm leu from Russia mlnlit movo lo tho assistance of the Bpartacan forces, according to mi of ficial government bullntln today. The government, howevor, the bul. lotln ntntos, hn sent forcoa i Into Kaonlgsburg with the ohjoct of put ting down tho 8partacan atrlke movo niont for 1ho solium of tho town. Government roopi at pollco head quarters rired.on rioters In the neigh borhood Into today nnd sovornl caa ualtloa are roportod. The troops had 'boon called to disperse crowdM which wore gathering In Increased numbor. Ik'i-lln lUnnnlnn Qnlot III'" KLIN. Mar. B. (lly Associated I' mm.) Greater Dorlln was qulot op till 2 o'clock this nttornonn. The proclamation of martini law by tho Prussian mlnUtry had a snlulnry ef fect, tho quick rocovory of strutoglr points In the city by tho Halnhnrdt brlgado nlito serving to dampen tho Spartlcldos' ardor. - Government aoldlori aro concen trating again on tho Moult vicinity, the police hoadquartora, tho chnncol-lory-mid tho Imporlnl bank. ' Socialist Predictions PARIS, Tiiosdny, Mar. 4. Hugo llnoiio, Independent aoclnllHt, doclur od at tho minority aoclnllnt conclnvo at Berlin yesterday that tho Gorman rovolutlon win not ovor yot and p ro il Ictod that It would end In a triumph for Intornatlonnl socialism. "Tho present powers In Qormnny," ho said, "cannot stay tho courso of tho revolution by promising soclull intlon to tho mnssos with tho aid of tho bourgoolslo nnd tho conlrbita. Tho futuro belongs to tho Indopondont so. clnllsts." SEATTLE. Mnrch 5. Approval bv tho Htato supreme court todnv of n $15,000,000 Seattle ntroot car pur cIiiiho bond isstio, uloarB tho wnv. fto- oordinir to n statement issued hero to day by Mtivor Olo Hanson, for the iminoilinto purcliaHO bv tlio oitv of tho linos nnd nlnnls of tho I'pKOt bound Trnntion, Iiicht nnd Power comunny. Afavor HanHon has fought Imnr for tho puroluiHo of thn linos, - In lus Htiiloinont todnv ho pointed nut that tho proposed pitrohnso will nialto Bonltlo the largost owner of publio utilities in America ns tho oitv will own prhotionllv all its our linos, nil its water svstom, port facilities and liuht and nowor plants. "Sonttlo'will ho tho first American oity," .ho said "to unin control of virtuallv all its car linos." - Tlio mayor said tlio oitv prnhnhJv would take over tlio linos within a UNGLE SAM TO IL HandlcaiMied Bv the Failure of Con gress to Appropriate Money. Hlnes " Savs Every Effort Will Be Made to Continue Operations and Avoid Lay-off Employes. WAKIIINOTON. Maroh 0. The government has no linmodiato inten tion of rcIiiiiiiiiNhinir conlrnl of rail roads as a result of tho failure of eon gri'Ms lo aiipriipriato funds for tlio railroad administration. Director Clou oral Minus said todnv. Mr. nines iiIno oxiilnined Hint cv1 orv effort would bo made to continue onerat'oiis as usual to avoid lavintr off emplnvvs nnd to fiiiimoe the rail roads through private loans or thru advances from the war financo cor poration. ' Although tho railroad ndiuinitrn tinn's urogram of eapilal cxpond;lurcK for oxIoniiionM. iiuprovotnonts and new buildings mav be modified, the gov ernment will Irv to pnnliniio tho pro mots plannod through the next few months. No Ibilwvl Hate The rn'lroail ndininihtralion. Mr. (lines said, did not rontomplato rais ing rates as a means of dcnl'ng with its fiiinnoial proilionmcnt, !fefcrrini to the congressional sit uation rosiillini' in failure to appro priate foods, Mr. Hines in n state iiiiii'I aid: "This iinoxpeeted result nuts upon llio ilireelor wiioral tho neopssitv fur ilevisin" railioallv different methods of denlim' with tlm cjetremelv diffi oiilt sittintion. I believe thnt the vorv ilifiriillios tlieniaclvea- will result jn obtaining natriotin eo-oneration of all business inlorests involved. At the moment there is no occasion to dis cuss the ouestion of relinnnis.hmcnl of llio-riiilronds. Mv first purpose is 10 Irv to kotvo the problem in oilier wnv.':'. .' Xo Cnuo for Alarm "Kumeroiis mo'l'iii's must be devls. 011 for (lonlimr with different, pluisos of the KiibiCot and eneh will rcnuire U sennra'e slmlv and norbups a lene-Tite idnn of oo-operntinn. Ttlt I lKl!e-n Unit on tb" "nr of all re sponsible interests nffoelod llier" will b n prompt reuxonan to mv own defi nite nHim of findir a wnv In meet the difficult, and I do not believe nnv one sboold give wnv to nlnrm on ceonnl of the condition wli'"1' has been so itnnxitontmllv nroduceil." GQODNOW 10 DRAFT POLISH CONSTITUTION I'AUIS. March 4. Dr. Frank floodnow, president of Johns Hopkins I'liiversitv, lliiltimore, Md., has been sclented to assist in framing a consti tution for the Polish government. Dr. Onodnow. who was tho const! tutiona,! advisor of the Chinese re public when he was called to the pros idenev of Johns Hopkins in 191.1. is nn international authority on political and ceononiio nucstions. ' LLOYD GEORGE LEAVES FOR PEACE MEETING LONDON, March 5. rroaiior Lloyd Oeorgo loft London this morn- tntr fill Pnritt tn rimiimn Wnrlr with tho peneo conference delegates. Tlio premier was accompanied on his trip Uv John. WV Davis, the American am hnssndor, nnd Mrs. 'Dn vis. OF WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. A cable gram from (lonjrai Pornhlng made publio today at tho war dopartinont charges that a campaign of criticism against the handling of tho embar kation camp nt Brost, Franco, grow out of the trial by court martial of Major Alfred 'W. nlrdsall, formerly of the Now York Evening Tologrnm. The moasngo said tho "violent newspapor attneks" npon the Brest camp began about the time Major Blrdsall roturnod to tho Unltod States after having boon roprlmnndod,, re duced In grade nnd flnod for striking nn enlisted man. It added thnt Major Ulrdsnll threatened before ho lofl that ho "would got uoinwno at Brest" HOLDRA ROADS W U ID WILSON IS TO COME BACK WHENITSOVER' Presidential Party Leaves Hohoken On Georqe Washlntiton On Return Trio to Paris Small Crowd Wit nesses Departure Harbor Deserted Because of Strike. NEW YOHIC. March .1. President Wilson sailed todav on his second vovago to France, determined, as ho said in his Metropolitan Opera House speeeli hero last night, not to "come baek 'till its ovor over thoro." The transport (lonrgo Washington, hear ing the presidential pnrtv left the llolioken, N. J., pier at 8:15 a. m. The chief executive's departure was marked hv 41 simplicity which con trasted with the noisy demonstration given him when the Oeorgo Wash ington carried Mr. Wilson on his first iourncv to Paris Inst December. Only Kinnll Crowd Todnv there wns nnlv a small crowd of persons assembled at the pier. To these the president, hat in band, nnd Mrs. Wilson waved farewell greetings as tlio Oeorgo Washington swung out into the lower Hudson river while the band on tho transport Orcnt North ern, berthed noarbv. nlaved the Star Hpnnglcd Banner. Standing nn the bridge, the president and bis wifo saw the American flag raised nn the staff at the stern and heard the booming of tlio presidential salute of 21 guns. As (lie transport turned her none to ward the Statue of Liberty nn escort of destroyers got under wav ahead. Tbe harbor was nenrlv deserted ho causo of tho strike of marine work ers. Mr.' Wilson had been up nnd about tho deoks for nearly two hours, hav ing been tho first of the presidential party to appear. Most of tho 'others wero asleep when the transport snil. cd, ,., Tarty Alumni Ship ; In ndilition to the president nnd Mrs. Wilson, the pnrtv on board the (leort'o Washington im-luiled Miss Kenbnin, secretary to Mrs. Wilson. Hear Admiral t'arev T. Grayson, nide to tho president: former Attorney flencrnt Thomas W. Gregory. PretiK son Orcv of tlio United Stales food administration; Jrwin ' II. Hoover, chief usher at the White House: Gil bert K. Close and Charles M. Sworn. About three thousand tons of sup. plies for the nnnv in Franco nnd Oormnnv are being carried on tho Oeorgo Washington. Tho Oeorgo Washington passed iiunriintiuo nt 0.10 a. 111. and was sn luted bv 21 guns bv the United States steamship Ampbitrite nnd bv whistles blown bv all the stenin craft in tho lowor bay. , POKTLAND. Mnreh 5. A special train bringing 484 men and tivo of. fieers of the liOtb regiment. Const Ar tillery corps, all from Oregon and Washington, arrived hore todav. Bareheaded, the men stood iu the rain greeting their friends nnd relatives nt tho station. Later thov marched through tho streets, cheered bv thou sands of persons, to the municipal auditiriuui whoro breakfast wns serv ed and they were welcomed by the city otticials. Kntortninmcnt throughout tho day wns provided nnd several hundred of the men were to be guests of .the city boxing commission tonight nt a bo ing program nt tho auditorium. The train wns scheduled to leave early tomorrow morning for Clunp Lowis whoro tho regimont will be demobilis ed. Major Marion of Seattlo wns in command of tho (19th todnv. , OBJECT TO t . . ZIONIST PALESTINE PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 5. A statemoat Blgnoil by throe hundred prominent Amorkan Jews setting forth, tholr objections to tho organi zation of a Jowlsh state In PaloHt,tno aB proposed by the Zionist soctotlos In this country nnd Europe, to be presented to tlio penoe conference In Paris, wns. mode public here last night. Objootlons to the sogrogntlon of the Jews ns a nationalistic, unit In any country Is also made In tho stntomont which will bo presented to tho ponco conforonco by lioproaetv tntlvo Julius KiUm of California. 69TH ARTILLERY ALPORTLAND WIBSQN : FOR 1 LEAVING " THE "JAM" TOTTHEOTHER" FELLOW g- SENIORlfE " Sfil WASHINGTON Marim'SSciiior itv of rank will obtain in the republi can membership nnd choice of chair men of the 11 prinoipiil house com mittees of the next congress, it wns dooided tentatively todav at the meet ing of the republican committee on committees which is framing the pnr tv unraninition for control of the next house. i'" - The agreement if finally adopted would result in tbe chairmanships be ing held ns follows : Appropriations Good, of Iowa. Ways and means Fordncv. Michi gan. " Military Knhn, Cnlifomin. Naval Butler. Pennsylvania. Interstate commerce Ksch. Wis consin. " . AgriciiUure HnuL'hen, Iowa. , Foreign affairs Porter, Pennsyl vania. Postoffico Stccnorson, Minne sota. ... Hivcrs nnd harbors Kennedy. Iown. . ... Juilieinrv -Volstead, . M'li'nesota. Kules Campbell. Kansas. GERMANS REJECT PARIS, Mnr. 5. At a meeting of the German cabinet Monday morning attendod by party leaders and dole gates of ship owners It was agreed unanimously, It is understood, that Gormnny could not submit to coer cion from the ontonto powers, either In the armistice negotiations or tn the peace pour parlors proper, ac cording to a Zurich dispatch to. Le Journal. Demands . regarding the requisition of shipping are hold to be absolutely Inaccoptable. Germany also will oppose dismis sal of the Gorman crews from ships requisitioned. ' ; A press campaign has alroady been started against the armistice and the preliminary peace conditions. WASHINGTON, Mar.-, 5. Tho de partment of agriculture's bureau of markets today began enforcement of the new cotton futures law which, as a rider' to the wheat guarantee bill became effective last midnight. The futures provision limits the numbor of grades of cotton that may ho de livered on future contracts to 13 In cluding those grndps above low mid dling. All other cotton must be clas sified by government ngonts. Many outstanding orders will have to be tend Justed, ' AND TAFT PLEAD LEAGUE OF NATIONS FROM SAME PLATFORM HOLD FUNERAL OF GOVERNOR AT ' SALEM, March 5. Arrangements for the funeral of Governor James Withyoombe were completed here to-', day. The services will be held Thurs day tit 2 o'clock and mtei-Meat ti'ill be in the locnl cemeterr. Judge Wallnce MoCnninnt of Portland will speak briefly and Dr.' Richard N. Avison. pastor of tbe Methodist church here will conduct the services, which will be simple. . Honorary pallbearers will be judge McCainmnnt. Adjutant General Chns. F. Kcebee. Thomas H. Tongue. V. B. Aver. Actiinr Governor Ben W. Olcott nnd Kalpb V. Hovt. The active tmll bearers ehosen were Harvev Wells, Chester A. Moore, secretory of the governor: Carol D. Shoemaker. Henry J. Schuldcnnnn, A. H. Lea nnd Mark D. MoCnllistcr.. , Among the men of prominence from whom messages of sympathy were re ceived bv;thc governor'sfaniilv todav were Governor Stephens "of California. Governor Stewart of Montana, ;and Acting Governor Hart of Washington. ; Aoting Governor Olcott issued a statement todav asking that as a tribute to tho memory of Governor Withvcoiubc. nil departments of. the state government remain closed all of Thursday, tho dav of the funeral. ALLIES REPULSE . BOLSHEVIK ATTACK ARCHANGEL, Mar. 5. (By Asso ciated Press.) After artillery prep aration, Bolshovik forces launched an Infantry attack yesterday against allied positions on the right bank of the Vaga river between Kitzka and Vlstnvka. They wore repulsed with considerable losses. Along this front and also on tho Dvlna river, the Bol shevik! continue artillery firing; . NEW YORK, Mar. 5. Q. Carroll Todd has rosigaod as llnitod States assistant nttornoy-goneral, It bocame known hore today prior to tho de parture of President Wilson for Eur ope. Mr. Todd had charge of prose cutions under the Sherman anti-trust law and had been mentioned as a possible successor to Attorney Gen eral Thomas W. Gregory. A recess appolntmont for A. Mitch ell Palmer for attorney-general was signed by tho president soon after midnight aboard tho George Wash Taft Depicts What Failure of League Means to World and Wilson Tells Ideas and Aims Governing Peace Makers NEW YORK, Mar. 5. On the eve of his return to tbe peace conference President Wilson delivered an ad dress here last night at tho Metro politan opera house urging establish ment of a league of nations.' Former President Taft, speaking from the same platform, also outlined his rea sons for believing that a league should be formed to prevent future irs. Governor Smith of New York, pre sided at tbe meeting and introduced both President Wilson and Mr. Taft. The president went to the cloak room, where he met Mr. Taft. Mrs. Wilson was escorted to a box in the first balcony. The president and Mr. Taft walked onto the stage arm In arm. They were applauded for sev eral minutes. Tbe audience remain ed standing until the president took his seat. . Greeted by Cheers A wave of cheers swept over the house as the president and Mr. Taft took the center of the platform. The president stepped forward and bowed to all sides of the house. Mr: Taft then stepped forward and acknow ledged the cheers. Cleveland H. Dodge called tor three cheers for President Wilson and three more tor Mr. Taft. ; They were given with a will. , Then some one in' the house called tor three more cheers for the president and the audience burst forth into another wave of applause. Enrico Caruso, introduced by Gover nor Smith sang the "Star Spangled Banner."' Governor Smith opened his speech by paying a tribute to the part the New York soldiers had played in the war. ' '';.; ;.."''.;.' "The war Is not yet won," he said, "and will not be until the golden rule is written into the International law of the world." ' ., v : ' ' j Taft Introduced He introduced' Mr. Taft as the man "who had worn the purple of the president of the United States and with grace and honor." The president smiled broadly when Mr. Taft referred to the resolution introduced In the senate last night by Senator Lodge, proposing rejection of the league of nations constitution as now drawn. ' , "If the president Insists, as I hope he will." said Mr. Taft, "that the league be Incorporated In the peace treaty, and brings1 it back, then the responsibility for postponing peace is with tho body that -refuses to ratify it." :' : :).. Washington's Position -' Referring to the agreement against a league that participation by ' the United States would be in opposition to the principles laid down by George Washington, Mr. Taft declared he be lieved Washington, if he lived today, would .be "one of the most earnest and pressing for the covenant." Washington's attack on "entan gling alliances," he said, was an "at tack on defensive and offensive alli ances with one nation against anoth er." ' ..''. ' ' Mr. Taft ended his speech at 9:45. Governor Smith then introduced Charles Hackett, tenor, who sang "America." The rank and tile of the American people are standing firmly behind President Wilson, declared Governor Smith, In presenting "the world lea der of today the president of the United States." : : President Cheered Mr. Wilson was cheered for three minutes,-while the band played; ;',M won't come back till It's over over there.''."'; ' f ''' "'" "I accept'' the Invitation the band has Just played," said Mr. Wilson.j "I will not come back till Its over over there." . '. The president declared he was con vinced "by uomlstakable evidence from all parts of the country" that the nation was In favor of the league of nations. ' ."1 am more happy because this means this is not a party issue," he said. "This Is not a party Issue, and not a party in the long run will dare oppose it." President Wilson said: : President's Speech . "My fellow cltlaens, I accept the intimation of the air just played. I will not come back 'till It's over over there.' And yet I pray God, In the interests of peace and of the world, that that may be soon. "Tho first thing thnt I am going to tell the pooplo on the other side of tho water, is that an ovcwheluilng majority of the American people la In fator of the league of nation. I know that that is true, I havo unmis takable Intimations of it from alt parts of the country, and the voice) rings true in every case. I count my 1 self fortunate to speak here, undor; the unusual circumstances of tbi evening. I am happy to assorfato . myself with Mr. Taft In this grcht cause. He has displayed an oleva- . tton of view, and a devotion to publio duty, which is beyond praise. Hot a Party Issue "And I am the more happy because this means that this Is not a party issue. Cvo party has the right to an- ' proprlate this issue,- and no party; will in the long run dare oppose It. . we have listened to so clear and , admirable an exposition of many of the main features of the proposed covenant of the. league of nations. that it is perhaps not necessary for me to discuss in any particular way -thevontents of the document. I will seek rather to give you its setting. I do not know when I have been mora Impressed than by the conferences of the commission set up by the con ference of peace to draw up a coven ant for the league of nations. 'The representatives of fourteen nations sat around that 'board not young men, , not men inexperienced in tho affairs of their own countries, not . men inexperienced in the politics of tbe world; and the Inspiring influ ence of ..every meeting was the con currence of purpose on the part ot all-those men to corns to an sgreo mentand an effective working agree ment with regard to this league of . the civilized world. , . ; Must Be Done . v "There is a conviction in the whole -Impulse; there was conviction of more than one sort; there was the conviction that this thing ought to bo done, and there was also the convic tion that not a man there would ven- ' ture to go home and say that he had not tried to do It. "St. Taft has set the picture fop you of what a failure of this' great purpose would moan. We have been hearing .for all these weary months thai this agony of war has lasted be cause of the sinister purpose of tho central empires, and we have made -maps of the course that they moant their conquests to take. 'Where did the lines of that map lie, of that cen tral line 'that we used to call from, Bremen to Bagdad? . ' 1 Map of Conquest ' ' ' "They, lay thru these very regions to which Mr. Taft has called your at-. tention, but they lay then thru unit ed empires; the. Austro-Huhgarlan empire whose integrity Germany was bound to respect as her ally lay in the path ot that line of conquest; the Turkish empire whose interests sho professed to make her own lay in the ; direct path that she Intended , tl tread.-''..:.,.: ?,'.;' '-''.'. '..'' ,--'-" "And now what has happened?) The Austro-Hungarian ; empire ha gone to pieces and the Turkish, em pire has disappeared, and the nations that effected that great result for it was a result of liberation are now responsible as the trustees of the as set of those great nations. You not only would have weak nations lying In this path, but you would have na tions in which that old poisonous seed ot Intrigue could be planted with, the certainty that the crop would bo abundant; and one of the things that the league ot nations is intended to watch Is tho course ot intrigue. In trigue cannot stand publicity, and if the. league ot nations were nothing but a great debating socloty It would ; kill intrigue. ' All Nations Invited "It Is one of the agreements of y this covenant that it is tho friendly right of every nation a member ot the league, to call attention to any thing that it thinks will disturb tho peace ot the world, no matter whero ,: that thing Is occurring. "There is no subject that may . touch tho peace of the world which. Is exempt from Inquiry and discus sion, and I think everybody horo present will agree with me that Oor- , many -would nover have gone to war .. if she had permitted the world to discuss the aggression upon Sorbin for a single week. v ': ."The British ; foreign . offlco plead that thore might -be a day or two dolay so that the roproHentatfvns of the nations of Europe could get together and discuss the possibilities (Continued on Page Three,) ; mouth. . ' . ;, : ; ... . : .:
