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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAUCII 11, 1919
NO. 298
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ilruanth Tnr,
Medford
BUNE
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READY FOR
SIGNATURES
Draft of Peace Aureement Finished
' and Will Be 8lgnM Before End of
MonthGermans to Be Asked to
Slpn, Without Discussion of Prlncl
v pal Articles Adlustment of De
tails to Be Referred to 1 Special
Commission.
LONDON? Wnr.li 11. Premier
IJiiviI Ooorgfl itiMl FtfreitfYi Secretary
lliilt'our have sent word to their col.
I a I.... II... I ftiM i..ntMM (.mfjirimitl.
II'UKIK n ll"l V lll t." ,,.
ha niMirlv completed it work. the
Kveuiug Ni-ttn biivm it understands,
The draft of the pence trimly already
Iiiih been finished nnil will hi) signed
before tlm end of Mnr.'li.
Wlu'n the Germans nro summoned
to 1'nriH, tlio News nil.lx. tlto treaty
will Im read to tlii'in mill tfiev will bo
invited to sign it. There will he no
discussion whntovor to alterations of
the pr.ncipnlo article of the treaty
If it is thought necessary, question
involving tha iiiljiiHtiiiont of details
will he referred to n special coiiiihih-
PARIS. March 11. Military Oer-
liuiiiv 'will L'. nut (if existence iih the
ri'Miilt of iiilonliiiii hv tlio supremo
council IrtHt night' of the militnrv
temiM of German disarmament iih thev
will uo into tha ponce treutv. Thexo
tenim provide for a sweeping reilne
lion of the German niiliturv establish
iiient down to 10(1.000 men with 4.1)00
officers, the nnnv to bo recruited bv
the vohintnrv system for the period of
12 venm. The effect of thw is to
limit Germany's niiliturv Mromrth to
los then the number of men fewilzer
lnnd linn in her nnnv.
t To Aboludt Conscription
, . Other provisions, in tlio military
terms limit tha arm mid munitions,
(lennnnv mnv linvo to n quantity suf
finient for 100,000 men nml nil the
remainder immt bo delivered over or
destroyed. Tho Oermnn fortH uliine
Hie Rhino nlso must bo destroyed.
The imiieriitl general staff in uholish
cd iih the result of redneinir the force.
' Ono of l'nimier Uovd Oeorue'n
main imriioxeM in xiibNtitntinif volun
tary pervieo for the coni'rition rvs
tem wiw to puvo tlio wnv for tho din
niipenriinee of tho ooimeriiition rvb
tein throiiithout Kiirone. n it wok bo
lievud Hint tho offoet of the nbolition
of the svHtem in Oermiinv would be
'tluit Hie other Kiironenn countries
would ffonernllv follow it, tlum endiuir
the mcnaeo of lurifo otnndinar nnnicR
mil thuir iirnvoenLion o Wiiroflll'u.
Tho council linn nlremlv ndontoil
tho nnvnl terms of tho treutv except
for ft few roKcrved provinions, whieh
will bo diHeiiHHod tomorrow.
B'onco Trent jr Itcndy
Tho . proi'reHH that linn been mndo
...:il. II n-l, t,P Ciittilm llin iinnitA
llll liiu WWII 'i
treaty eiiHiirow tho complolion of the
lank by Wnrch 20. Tho firnt ronuli
draft will bo in roadiiuwH when Prewi.
dent WilHim arrives in Krnneo ThurH
day, and tho rotHion will'bo eon-
1 eluded before tlio 20th, It IB tho pros
to call tho dermaim to VorHaillca soon
nl'ter Wuroh 20, probably March 22
to March 25. Tlio document will then
bo delivered to tho Oermnn dolcgnto4
nnil in onso tlioy nro not propnrcd to
nun it at onoo tbov will bo oiven tho
'j- i ..i ' i.. n ..
OppOl HUUl-V 10 ruuil ll to viuniiiiii w
xnnHiiliie it nnil returnod for tho form-
Ill siifiiinfc at VorsailloH. ' '
This plan obviutos tho noecssitv of
. holdimr HOHiols for dobalo at Ver-,
miilles nnd retrietH tho' funetinnp to
(Contlnuod on pago two.)
IRISH OFFICERS
LONDON, Mnroh 10. A petition
Iiiih been Bubmittod to Kinir Oooviro
bv it numbor of prominent Irish out
ooi'H who Borvod in tho Hritish urinj:
iliirimr tho war, pravinir that Irish
liomo rule bo Hiiliinitteil to tho pence
eoiiferoneo. : . .i , ,., :. ".- :,
' Tho petition' points out that 200,
000 men in Jvnlnnd' nnd an cnnnl
number of Irish from Oront Hrilnin'
ovei'Hoiis (luiiiinioiiH voluiitourou lor
Borneo in llo war' . ,
No Protest
By Britain
Onlreland
T.OS'DON. Wnr.lill.-Tn im-
HWIT lO II (HIOHlioll ill tllfl llOHSC T
of commons iniliiv. V: H. llnruiK-
ual I..- ..... V 1 ...
',wonn, iHiucr-nviwtjmrv lor ior- -,i'iKii
affairs, Miiiil tluit the HritiHli
government woiilil mil protest
against tho Irixli resolution
ml.iiiliiil In. flu A iiiiiiiiiiii eon. -
PONTIFF APPEALS
FOR EARLY PEACE
Fl
PAKIS. March 11. (IW tho Ahbo
ciated l'reHM.)' It bus become known
that Pope llciicdiet has mldreHHcd an
appealo the powers -ttipluii.inur the
urirencv of the spocdv coiiclHsion of
peace with Ocniiiitiv.
It is unil.Thtooil that ilia pontiff
states that the vntieiin po8esKes rc
liable iiifonnntion that tho situation
in (lennnnv. Mi.'iiillv and cconouiiciil
Iv, is v. TV irrnve und that be feurs
tho stiroiid of illotshevwin with such
mpiditv that it miuhl n'siilt in the
CHtiihliNhmeiit of a lfolshcvik state
which uiiiibt hecomo allied with llol-
hevik ItiiKNiii.
The pope is reporledto have said
that he feels that the only way to
avoid such mi eventuality is n Npeedv
peace u peace, ha savs, which will
not humiliate tho (.Ionium peoplo.
OF SHEEP GROWERS
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 11. In
dian Comiiiissioner Cato Sells has do
nicd the application -of tho Central
Oretfon Wiol Growers' Association
for n trail across part of tho lands
in tho Warm Sprimrs Indian reser
vation, nceordinir to word received
hero today from Washiniitnii.
Tho application was made to save
irciinir around the reservation and
would have lessened the trail bv from
50 to (It) miles for 20.000 head of
sheep. Thev now hnvo to bo trailed
to Mend nnd from thero to tho sum
mer nllotmont. Tho irrowers proposed
to pav. a cross'nir tax of five cents
a bead and to build, nt their own es
pouse, a bridi'O across tho Deschutes
river. .
The objection to the plan was based
on tho fact that tho trail crossed tax
land ulloted to Indians individually
and it was held impoSHihlo to U'ot the
consent of all Indians whoso land
was crossed.
EXEMPTIONS COrtR
ENTIRE YEAR OF 1918
CHICAGO, March 11. An import
ant extension of tho exemption pro
visions of tho income tax law is con
tained in a riilimr hv Commissioner
Holier mndo publio hero today. It is
that tho exemption for wile or child
rcn.novers tho whole year of 1018,
oven if the wife were wed. or the child
born, on the last day of tho your.
DENY RECAPTURE OF
RIGA BY GERMANS
COPENHAGEN'. Mnr. 11. Tho ro
nnntlv rnnortni! recanturo hv (Ioniums
ol Blnn on the Daltio const Is donlod
In a DoHIn disunion roeolvod hoco
Tho German troops, It Is Bald, ore
still a coaslderablo distance from
Ulgo. ' .
' Tlio ronorl ot tho enpturo ot JtlKa
ronchod IiOndon March 7 In a dis
patch to tho Dally Telogruh.
J Kress,
INANCE ROADS
BY ISSUES OF
u.s.
New York Bankers Propose Loanlnq
100 Millions for Six Months War
Fiance Committee Has Money to
Assist Over 700 Millions Needed
to Jtine 30 Warrants as Collateral
WASHINGTON;'' March 11. Tho
fiiiiincinl predicament laced bv rail-
ronds as n. result of depletion of the
railroad n.lministrution's funds with
out further iipprnpriatiou hv ronuross
was diseiisscii today at n conference
between Director General I lines, lead
inir railway executives, bankers nnd
olficiuls of tho war finnnco corpora
tion. .
A few New York blinkers have pro
mised oruanixntion of a bnnkim; pool
of more than 100.000.000 to advance
to railroads for not more than six
months, This, it is undersood. was to
ho laid before the railroad administra
tion today. '
War finance corporation directors
explained that the onrnnixat ion has
about t:i:i7.000,000 available for loans
to railroads, but said that adeouato
collateral must be furnished. A studv
to dctermino which companies can
produce this security has been under
taken bv the railroad administration's
finance division. It is proposed that
roads finnnciallv Sound should borrow
from the war finnnco corporation or
blinkers, and return advances pre
viously made bv the milroiid aamin-
istrntiou, which would then have
funds nvuilablo for loans to weaker
roads.
j-vtk'riu warrant
Issuance of federal warrants for
liinnunts due railroad corporations
orobnhlv wilt bo tlio method cmplovcd
bv the railroad administration to meet
the situation caused bv the failure of
cnnirress to pass the railroad uppro
priation bill. .
It was estimntcd that $701,607,692
would be needed bv tho railroad ad
ministration up to June 30. 1010.
Director General limes stated today
after a conference with railroad ex
ecutives and cpvorntnent officials that
he wns considenne this plan, . Such
warrants would servo ns collateral for
railroad corporations desirine to mnke
loans through banks, nnd would be
taken up bv tho rnilrond administra
tion when eoncrcss made tlio appro
priation needed.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 11. Double
censorship of cablegrams Is abolished
under the terms of an aEreoment do.
iwnnn thn United States and Great
Britain made public today. The two
countries aereo that hereafter cable
communication thru the territory ot
nllhnr nnuntrv will be subject only
to the censorship ot the country In
which tlio message originates.
Thn United KtntM the announce
ment nf the nuroement saVB. desires
in HincnntlniiA cAhla censorshln en
tirely nt the earliest possime moment
but "as long ns the allies consiaer it
nnnnnsnrv to continue tlio blockade-
it will bo necessary to continue tho
consorshlp." Howovor, every modifi
cation consistent with tho blockade
will be made.;' ; ' " V
20,000 TROOPS TO
FIGHT SPAR1ACANS
IjONDDN, Mar. 11 A iBer'lIn dis
patch received today thru Coponha
gon. and apparently somewhat belat
ed, says the Gorman government
Bont more than 2O.000 troops into
Uorlln the end of last week, but that
the work ot driving the Spnrtacans
from their strongholds was proving
a severe task, .
FIRE DESTROYS GARAGE
AT MYRTLE POINT
MAKSHFttSLD. Ore.,' JVInroli 11.
Fire Into this nornins flestroved the
Hiikcr nnd Caiiipboll curaire nt Myrtle
Point, toitothor vith several automo
biles. Tho loss is estimated at $15,-
000. Tho building was owned bv
Thomas Guorm, a hotel propriutor at
Myrtle l'oiut, , . ,, ;,.
WARRANTS
PRINCESS AND PRINCE WHO MAY WED J ,
'' K" I II ' (w)f
I'"' . - ,f4 ''i If
r K rw mm ;
i
For three years the possibility
of Vales and Princess Yolande or Italy has been dlsciissd. Now that
me war is over ana tne prince is expected soon to take a wife. It is .
renewed. Yolarde is one of the most beautiful and wholesome of rqyal
princesses and there Is said to have been a real attachment between
tat pair. , . . -.. .-- ' .-
TRALIZATI
E
PEACE MEETING
PARIS, March 10. (Bv the Asso
ciated Vress.) While the possible
neutralisation of Austria has not ns.
vet colne before the "Bis: Five" in a
forninl manner, it is lieinir discussed
here. Certain sociulistio elements in
Austria are strivin chard lo prevent
neutralization, but there nrc other in
fluences which are anxious to sco it
effected, ns it would cive Austria pro
tection similar to tlio eniovod bv
Switzerland. . ;
i German interests nro. endenvor'nu
to effect a division of Austria so that
tha German section mnv bo annexed.
Many of the members of the entente
ore unfavorably disposed toward the
neutralization of any port of Aus
tria as it is regarded as undesirable
and cmbnrrassinir to a country scek
inc: membership in the Lenmic of Nations.-
Switzerland's neutrality pre
sents mnnv problems to the supreme
council as her status would be uncer
tain, should she be admitted to the
leattiio and still retain her neutrality
us sho desires. ...
There is n possibility, however, that
tho pence conference will consider the
neutralization ot the -Austrian trvol
which would afford protection to the
northern Italian frontier, i
TALKS 150 MILES BY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11. Secre
tary Daniels talked today by. radio
telephone with Ensign Marry Eagen
water In a navy Hying boat enroute
from Washington to Hampton Hoads.
Communication was established at a
distance of more than 150 miles, by
tnr the longest transmission of radio
telephone signals with an airplane In
flight ever achieved. ;.
COMMISSION OFF
10 FEED GERMANY
;PAIUS, March 11. The intor-nllicd
commission will leayo Taris on Wed
nesday for Hvussol's to resume tho
nouotintions with the Germans for the
release of tho German merchant shin
pinir and the provisioning of Germany.
The American jnombcrs 'of tho com
mission are Thomas W. Lament, Her
bert C. Hoover -and J, H. Uobitisou.
4
of a marriage between the prince
MITCHELL HEAD
. OF AIR SERVICE
REPLACING KENLY
WASHINGTON. March 11. Moior
General William L. Kenlv. director of
military aeronautics, was relieved of
tbat post today and in his permanent
tirade of colonel, was ordered to re
port to the chief of field nrtillery
duty. ' Brisndier General William
Mitchell' will be detailed to command
the army avintion service.
The change in command of the bu
reau of militnrv aeronautics, it was
saW at the war department todnv. Was
a natural development of Hhe reduc
tion in that brunch of the service.
Very larse 'cuts already ' have been
made in the personnel of the aviation
service and it was considered thnt an
officer in the araile of major ceneral
was no lonucr needed to supervise the
operations of the bureau.
Colonel Kenlv is. bv special trainine
an ''artillery ofticer and his new de
tail will take him to the Work for
which he is particularly fitted. He
was called to the,, directorship )of
militnrv aeronautics when the air ser
vice was yeorcanized nnd divorced
from tho smiiiil corns, ' ;.
General Mitchell has been in charee
of the flvimr service of the American
expeditionary forces and is one of
the senior p lots of : the Ajueriean air
service. Before his departure for
Trance he was in chnrsro of the flvine
soct'on of the siirnnt corps and had
spent his cntiro time in the army as a
siKiiul corps officer.
SEEK INFORMATION ;
T
WASHINGTON", Mar. 11. Inquir
ies as to the accuracy ot reports that
Australia has prohibited the Impor
tation ot all except British products
were made today by tho department
of commerce thru diplomatic and
trade channels at the request ot
American manufacturers. Jn the ab
sence o't official Information It was
thought here that the reportB were
erroneous, probably arising from the
Australian order limiting the impor
tation of dyestuffs to those of British
make. '
AUSTRIA PLANS TO
; " BANISH EX-EMPEROR
PARIS. March - ll'. Information
lirta reached responsible quarters in
Paris that the Austrian government is
contcniplatini' enactment of n, law
buuishiiin former Emperor Charles.,
BRAND
KAISER
ARCH CRIMINAL
ALL T
Faie of Former Emperor Fixed in
Peace Treaty All Nations to Unite
in Placlno Blame for War Even
His Own Countrymen Will Be Called
Upon to Subscribe to Declaration.
PARIS. March 11. It will be the
fate of former Emperor William to
be branded for all time as an arch
criminal bv the solemn declaration of
all the nations assembled at the peace
conference to which even his own
country mnv be called upon to sub
scribe in the peace terms, according
to the present plans of what is be
lieved to be a majority of the com
mission on responsibility for the war.
The report of this commission will
be readv within a few days. and. the
indications are that the members are
Harmonious on the main points. There
are likely to be differences, however.
recardins subordinate German offi
cials, nlthoueh at present a majority
of the commisison is understood to
hold that thev can be. punished for
orders eiven or acts permitted bv
them in violation of the national laws
of Germany or the rules of war. Such
n rule would applv to the officer who
evpciitivt rnntn'!n Frvutt. but not to
the executioner of Edith CavelL who
it is pointed out might have been tech
nically eutliv of espionape. No, doubt
is felt ns to the libnilit v of punishment
of a German officer taken prisoner of
war and found emltv of. atrocities.
Settling Disputes j
The'Droirram of the work for the
supreme council for this week an
nounced today indicates that nn ef-
ford will be made to brine about a
speedy conclusion of important mat
ters remainins to be settled.
Todav the council will 'take no the
Contentions -. of . the .- Czecho-Slovak
eovernemnt. that there is a German-Austrian-Hnnirnrian
plot ' aeainst
Czecho-Slovakia. It also will consid
er the eastern boundary of Germanv.
On Wednesday the final military,
naval and air terms of the peace
treaty and the northern boundary of
Germanv will be considered. The
western boundary of Germany will 1
considered Friday and financial ar
rangements with Germany Saturday.
Small Nations Represented
The supreme council today closed
the question of the representation of
small nations on the economic and
financial commission bv nuikintr the
followine appointments:
- Economic commission Represen
tatives of Belgium. Brazil. China, Po
land. Portuiral. Rumania, and Serbia.
Financial commission Represen
tatives of Bclirium. Greece. Polnnd.
Czecho-Slovakia. Rumania. Serbia
and one country to be named.
STRIKE TIES UP
NEW YORK, Mar. 11. With
many of the great trans-Atlantic
steamship lines here tied up by the
strike of longshoremen, which was
called yesterday in support ot the
striking harbor workers, threats were
made today by the Marine Workers
Affiliation to renew the strike
against the railroad administration,
based on the alleged violation ot
some of the terms ot the recent set
tlement. The Independent boat own
ers again have rejected the terms
under which the settlement of the
railioads and their, employes , were
reached.
A number ot large liners, ready to
sail tor Europe, were still In port to
day unable to proceed for lack of
coal. Among these were the Cunard
liners Caronla and Mauretanla; the
White 6tar steamer Lapland and the
French line steamship (.Niagara.
PARIS, March 11. An investiga
tion of German-Austrinn and Hunga
rian intrigues against the new state of
Czecho-Slovakia us. soon ns documen
tary evidence is received, was decided
upon at the meeting of tho supreme
counuil toduv. "
FO
RED ATROCITIES
BR1NGDEATHT0
Last Suartacan Stronghold Attacked
bv Government Troops Summary
Executions of Rebels Underway
, -1 ... .
Force to the Uttermost in Suppress
sion of Revolt. ,
iliERLIN. March 10. (By the As-
soicated Press.) Government troops ,
were busy todav in ilrivinir Spnrtacan
bands from various sections of Berlin
nnd in preparing for a determined ef
fort seainst the Spnrtacan stronir
hold of Liehtcnbere. n suburb to the
east of the city. The Spnrtacans are
reported to have laree . depots ot
weapons and ammunition in Licliten-
berer. Government troops sent t
Lichtenbere Sunday to protect the
postoffice nnd police station were an-'
nihilnted by the Spnrtacans.
AH the soldiers and police officials
who were pot killed durintf the ficht-
ing for the postoffice and police stn- ,
tion or who did not escape from tho
buildings were murdered bv the Spnr
tacans. Mnnv were tortured and kill
ed in the streets. At least one woman
was anions the victims. The police
archivesr in Liehtenberar were. burned
and 80.000 marks' were stolen from
the postoffice. ' -r.
The number of persons killed in the
present' nprisine is, believed to ex
ceed 150.
.i e , ', .. Spnrtacan Atrocities .-.i .. . j
i Reports of Spnrtacan atrocities
continue to pour in and resulted today
in the issuance of an order bv Heer
Noske. the minister of defense that
all found opposing the government
troops with .weapons would be shot ,
immediately. Many Spnrtacans were .
taken prisoner during the forenoon
and summary executions . began at
once, the order of Heer Noske being
welcomed bv the embittered govern
ment forces. r .
Armed "civilians ; stopped a Red .
Cross ambulance today nnd killed nnd .
wosiided all the persons in it. 'An
other band of Spnrtacans clubbed two
soldiers to death nnd killed a house
holder who attempted to interfere.
The independent socialist newspa
pers Die Freiheit and Die Kepublio
have been forbidden to appear. Al-v
though the independent socialist
lenders protest that thev are not con
nected with the insurrection, they
continue to make attempts to embar- .
rass the government and to play into
the hands of the Spnrtacans bv de
manding that the volunteer troops be '
withdrawn from Berlin. Many inde
pendents are known to be fightine
in the Spartacan ranks.
Force to Uttermost .
The government's preparation to
put down the revolt uidionto that'
force will be used to the utmost.
The government military command
ers expect that it will take at least
two days of steady fighting to cup
tnre Lichtenberg and the suburbs of
Kopenick, Weissensee and Rummels
burg. all on the eastern outskirts of
Berlin. ' There communists, with help
from the .criminal and hooligan: ele
ments, continue to offer stout oppo
sition. Government troops oro tak
ing no prisoners.
The government forces hnvo also
the task of combatting tlio insur
gents who are separating into small
bands nnd terrorizing districts which
heretofore had been unmolested. -
COBLENZ, r March 10. (Hv tho
Associated Press.) General l'ershinu; :
will nrrive in Coblenz Vedncsdny bv
way of Luxemburg on an inspection
trip which will take him over virtually
all the area occupied bv the Ameri
can Third army. He will review und
inspoct the six divisions of the nrmv
of occupation,' including tho Fortv
secortd (Rainbow) division which will .
begin entraining for Antwerp nnd
home April 1. '
BAKER AND MARCH
: VISIT CAMP DODGE
DES MOrNES, Iowa, March ll'.
Newton D. Baker, secretary, of wnr.
and General Peyton Cj March, chief
of staff, arrived hero toduv for it
visit to Camp Dodge nnd Fort !cs
Moines. Thuv leave lute tonight for
Omu.hu. ' , ,,
REVOLUTIONISTS