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Oration Historical Sou . fluilHarlMm The Weather ; Maximum yesterday no ' Minimum today..., .....im I'l-oclpllnllnn MI MEDFORBJI Prediction , Tonight nnil Tomorrow Until. Forty-l-hth Tiar. MEDFORD, ofcEQOJ?,; Mil DAY, MAKCH 14, 191p no; 301 uaiiy tii iilrtMntb Yaar. Pub ail Tribune WILSON BACK A ON ER I President Arrives In Paris and Is ' Welcomed Ba Polncare Earlv and Positive Results In Attalnlna Peace Predicted American Public Ouln : Ion Interests French. OWIND-UPWAR PARI8, Mar. 14. Proaldont Wll on roturnliiR to the pnnco conroronco after bin trip to ilia United HtntoH, , arrived In l'urla ahortly after noun today. , , , The demonstration attending tho president's arrival lucked (ho magnl- tudo of that upon tho occasion of his Inltlnl appoitrunco lust Decombor. INovertholuss.lIt wna apoiitiinooua and cordial. , ' Mot Itjr Volncnro Tho people had been kept In Ignor ance aa to which railroad atatlon lila (rain would ontar. Tho president had roqueetod tlila, na ho desired to come Into the capital thla time merely aa a prlvato citizen. . Nnvorlhalma; the population hoard early In tho day that tho atailon aoloctort waa mo in valldos and they had aasomblod there In ureal numbera by tho tlmo hla train waa duo. .-. ' Tho presidential party waa met at tho atatlon by President Polncare and Madame Polncaro, Premier Clemen ceau, Foreign Minister Plchon, Andre Tardlou, Oonornl Bordnulnt, Iho mill tary governor of Pnrla; Major Gen eral Mordacq, head of tho military retary ot Htalo Lansing, Oonornl Toe ker II. Iillaa, Henry Whllo of the peace mtaalon; Ambassador Shar and Admiral Itonaon. President Polncaro gnvo Proaldent Wilson a cordial greeting during a brief conversion. Willi Promler Clomencoau tho American exoeutlvo poke for aome tlmo, congratulating tho Kronen atntuamun on hla vacapu from death In tho recent attempt to assassinate him. Proaldent Wilson appeared to bo In .OUColleut health, and aplrlls. , eilartx to Work nt Onm Proaldant Wllaon not to work Im mediately after hla arrival at hla now realdence In tho I'laco dea Ktnts. Pre mier Lloyd tloorgo waa waiting thoro for the proaldunt and tho two had a long confarnnco. Tho prcaldont thou arranged for a conforonco at tho Ilotol do Crlllon thla attarnoon with (Premlor Clomencoau, Promlor Lloyd iaorgo and Colonel House. . Tho roturn or the proaldont la wol . corned by tho mornliiK nowapapora In odltorlala. Tho Journul auya that It moana early and positive roaulta from tho poaco conforonco, addlnK: "Thero la no doubt tho proaldont comoa back with tho full rvaolvo to wind up tho wur promptly." Comment of Prota Tho odltorlnl wrltera alao aro occu pied with tho proaont atnto of public opinion In Amorlca. Tho Flgnro aaya that tho United Slatos, by enuring In tho war and by tho promlnont rolo It la playing at tho poaco conforonco, haa becomo ono ot tho principal bc tora In European and world policies, but adda: "Dut wilt the Unltod Statoa doslro to bo ot tho aumo mind onco tho troaty ot poaco la signed! Will' It not rathor yield and go homo for good, leaving old Eilropo to work out Its aalvatton by ItaoltT The auddon withdrawal of the United Btatos would havo rogrottablo conaoquencos bocauao thoro are aovoral probloma which wo, tho British, Itnllona and French would Bottle In quite a dlffor. out way than It Amorlca waa a. fac tor. Aa far aa can bo judgod, how ovor, It dooa not aoom that auch an oyontuallty la to bo foarod. i . "Making all allowances for Inter- nal political quarrels In Amorlca, It may be said that 'Proaldont Wilson's policy In Ita main Unas la npprovod by a majority of hla follow cltlxona, Many ot thorn, It la truo, ask modifi cations of tho Longuo ot 'Nations plan, but nftor all, nt tho prosont tlmo, It la only a draft of tho toxt." E RELIEF WASIIIiNOTON, Mnr. II. Ap polntmont by Soorotnry Inno of tho rollof commlastnn to atljuat claims growing out . of government offortn to atlmulato production ot mlnornls needod In war, waa aununcod today at the . Interior dopartmont. ' Tho members nro Philip Mooro of St Louts, mining nnglnoor; 3. V. Shot' roth, former senator from Colorado, mid M, D. KnBtor, fnrmor rnproHonln tlvo from IlllnolH, . ' GERMANY FACES STARVATION UNLESS FOOD COMES IN API LONDON, Thursday, Mar. 13. If Cormuny does nof got qulto largo food supplies during April, literal starvation will result, anya a Itnuter'a dispatch from Ilorlln. "Tho government was forced to ralso tho hraud ration wooks ago to keep tho people evon relatively quiet," tho moaaage rends, "drain siippllos will ho abaolutaly ex hausted by May, Only hulf a har vest la expected thla year. In tho tuountlmo tho apactro of Bolshov lam la taking on flesh and blood." BERLIN REVOLT 11AKF.L. March IX Tho Berlin in surrection ninv'lio considered na sup pressed, (jiistov Nosko. tho minister or dctcnuo, announced in the national assembly nl Weimar today, u (lentian dispatch reports. Only una milnirb re mains to ba cleared of Ilia Knorta onrts, tho minister slated. ' Tho din armament of the population must he hufclciicri, llerr Noxke tmid. ' "It if I'Hiiecinllv thfl I'liiilt of cer- tiiin ncwMmpiTK. imtiililv the Kriehuil and the llvd Hiilv' said the imniHtcr. "that iii'Ih of nillau'C. bricundimo mid niiinlcr halo been coniimlleo in Her I in . iih thuv hiivo boon iiicitititr the pen. iile for uuiiilliH iinsl. The indeiiend' ent siii'ialiU did nil thov could do to Niinnorl I ho diHerucoful, slnuneleH na tioim. The urcut mnits of the work men of llerlin nro honest men. but. na in nil treat lunViiinvnlH itnnuro ole ini'iitH seem to have crept in ninmiir tho lovll. thom.'litfnl workers. The hcadH of thn revolution hcunn In in tritiiifi lioforo martial law was pra elaimrd and before tho I ronps hud been ordered to advance on'Ilerlin. PEACE COUNCIL PARIS. Mar. H. (By Associated Press.) Tho Russian problom will bo prominent boforo the supremo council next week Captain Tardlou said today, us tho delimitation of tho Polish boundaries and tho settlement of tho stunts of Ksthonln and other llalllc provinces will forco considera tion of tho gonorul ontonto policy toward disrupted Russia. Professor Gaorgo D. Ilorron, one of tho American dalcgates on Russian affairs, has roturned to Gonova, and llttlo Is hoard concomlng the pro. posed Prlnklpo conforonco. Tho Kronen papers havo coasod to discuss this subject nnjt apparently tho con' faronco haa boon abandoned lompor arlly with a view to finding other means of approaching tho. Russtun quastlon. ' , I CASES E WASHINGTON. Mnroli I I. Sntia fuelorv heiiltli conditions in nrmv cumi nt heme with n decided decline in the n am her of infliienr.ii and pnou nioniiL cnsoH, w noted in the report of tho minioon ueneral for tho week ondinir March 7. made public today nt tho war department. . Tho report from France is not so siiti.sfoctorv. There worn throo times ax, many cases of pneumonia in pro portion as thoro wcro nmone tho Ironps nt rioino, and out of n. total o 510 doutliH in tho oxpcdilionnrv force durinir tlio week 414 were duo to pneumonia. . ' 15 YEAR SENTENCE BRtJSSEr.S. March 14, M. Cooro mnns, principal secretory of tlio niin istrv of oris and seiencos, Iiiim been Hcnlonccd to 15 venrH lmrd labor bv a llclirian court martial. 'Correnmna wns ncoimod of iieceplinir from tho tlei'inims (he pout of chief secretin' of the Flourish sopnvntinl niunsti'V. ALLIES TO LIFT BLOCKADEUPON IS Financial and Commercial Embargo to Be Raised to Permit Food .to Enter Germany and Business to Be Re vivedAllied Decisions Presented at Brussels. , nUUKSI'XS. March 13 decisions of tlio allied nowen. rirovidimr for turniiiir over bv (lennanv of mcr- hunt shins mid securities in cxcluinuo for food wns presi-ntcd'to a German dolcmition here today bv an allied commission. The Hermans wore per mitted to as nuction but no dis (Mission was allowed. To Lift lllockiKle rAHIS. March 14.r-Tho finiincial blockade uiriiinst Clorumnv is expect vd to ho lilted an a result of novo lialioiiH goinir on nt Rrusscls. This hlockudo was applied nt the same time ns the commercial blockade, all neu tral money centers beins informed that any loans to Oennnnv would re sult in the termination of their fi nancial relations with the allies. Kcu tral hankers furnisbintr funds to Ger many were similarly blacklisted, anif tho result has been to virtually shut out Germany from tho money markets of tho world. Hv fciisimt tho block lido.-neutral money markets will be. opeudd to Germany us n means of oh- laininu' loans for payments of food. Tho Scnmlinnviun countries, particu larly Denmark, are said to havo such lurito resources that further importa tion of cold has been, prohibited These largo resources would bo open ed to Oennnnv hv tho liftinc of the financial hlockudo. German lHdegailon PARIS, March 14.--Tho ficrmnn delegation nt Rrussels vestcrdav wns under Iho presidency of Under hecro tarv of State Von Uranm. nnd Dr. Theodora. Melchoir of Wiirliunr, and cntd'pniiv. bankers of llumliun:i was virfe president. '';-....-....,-. It is said that Von Bra an had pre pared n speech in which ho would tell tho allies that tho fecdintr of Ger many was iv matter of interest to nil western powers. Tlio nllies havo of fered to furnish food until tho next harvest, but it is said that tho Ger mans were ready to uru'c that the only measures that would cnuso a irreat improvement in tho internal situation in Germany would bo tho sending of food in otiiimitics proportionate .-to Gonnanv's needs and the fixing of financial, conditions which nro satis factory. ' Poaco Delegation WEIMAR. Mn reh 14. All Mio Gcrt man delcurnlcs to Iho peace confer eneo will ba on an equal footing, nl thoutrli Count Von Hrockdorff-Bnnt- r.au. Ilia foreign minister, will bo their lender. Tho pnrtv will not have the power to mnko finnl docisions. thnt being vested in tho cabinet. It will bo accompanied to tho conference bv a largo, although as vet unnamed group of experts, clerks-ami secretaries. Tho selection of the nonce confer- eneo delegates was .reached after a long cabinet meeting which began on Voilncsdnv and lusted far into the evening.', Count Von Bernstorff will not bo n doleeato. OF PORTLAND. March 14. Robert Lovo caused the nrrost hero Inst night of Ralph Hnllingcr, also known as "Tillamook Kid," according to tho do lico. A charge of robhorv maybe placed against Itallingcr. tho polico said today. Love alleged that Ballin gor inveigled him to n lonely spot near Johnson crook, 20 miles from tho citv on tho pretoxt that ho had three ten gallon barrels of wlriskov to sell for 7o0. - I.ovo declared that Ballincor knock od him down, took tho $750 nnd ran to his waiting niitomobilo which had bocn left with tho engine running at' tho roadside. Two othor men were with Rnllingor. neeording to Love, and tha throo escaped. Love pursued tliem in another car ns.soon ns ho re covered, ho siitd. SUSQUEHANNA SAILS WITH 2.400 TROOPS WASHINGTON, March 14. Sail ing of tho transport. Susouohniina from St. Nar.airo on March 11 to nr rivo at Now York Miirch. 24 with (5(1 officers nnd 2,!I2H men, was announc ed todnv hv tho war department. The 2ith rognnont of railwnv engineers voiiipleto is on (ho transport, GERMAN POR MORGUES 100 SMALL TO HOLD BODIES OF SPARTACANS VICTIMS COI'KNIIAflllN. March 14. The victims of the latest Hparta cun disturbance in llerlin. accord ing lo tho Berlin Xcitung nin Mil tug aro H6 numerous that it is dif ficult to find accommodations for the bodies in . morgues. Many buildingo have been destroyed bv bombs. " , - The dispatch snvs (hat onlv a few messages are reaching Copen hagen from llerlin and that those ore delayed. LI CITY OF S1VIYRNA PARIS, Mar. 14. Tho report of tho commission of the peace confer ence which baa -been considering Greek territorial claims la not unan imoua concerning reglona which should be apportioned to Greece In the peace settlement. The majority of the commission favors, giving Smyrna to Greece aa the city haa a large Greek population and Ilea Im mediately opposite Athens across the Aegean sea. United States members of the commission took a different view, however, holding that Smyrna was essential as a port of entrance for the vast, commercial enterprises of the Hinterland of Asia Minor Thus tho report goes before the coun cil of the great powers for final de cision. '','.' ; Concerning the Dodecansus Islands the commission waa unanimous in recognizing tho Greek population of the islands and the American dele- gates uvor the ' Incorporation in Groeco, ..but tho other delegates In view of tho aecrel treaty of London, withhold their approval until tho subject can bo" diplomat really adjust ed with Italy. ' . '- . SHORT CROPS FOR RUSSIA IN PROSPECT ARCHANGEL, Mar. 14. (By As sociated Press.) Information receiv ed from the allied food committee in North Russia nnd from persons reaching Archangel from the Interior Indicates that the American people must deprive themselves of bread- stuffs, until .the Russian question Is settled and tho country is again placed on 3 souud agricultural basis. Peasants are hesitating to sow any moro grain than they, themselves need, as they fear ita seizure by the BolBhevikl. Owing vto the shortage of seed grain, which has bocn used for food. Russia will be comparative ly without crops in 1919 and this condition will extend into 1920.. even if the country Is restored to pence. ASHES OF AVIATOR THROWN TO WINDS SEATTLE. March 14. Ashes of Sergeant V. A. Hudson, Scuttle, nrmv aviator who died here recently of in fluenzn, were thrown to the winds over Seattle Wednesday from nn air plane bv Eddie Hubbard, local flier, it became known todny. . Hubbard upturned the urn ns he wns flying over tho citv during tho home eominir celebration tendered the (Klrd Artillery corps. Hudson belonged to the- 870th ncro snundron. Hubbard disposed of the ashes nt the rooucst of Hudson s par ents. - 0LC01T REAPPOINTS SALEM, March 14. Governor 01 eott todnv" reappointed Vhil Melshnii, Jr., nnd W. J. Hoffman, both of I'ort- laiul, members of tho finance commit tee of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association. Other 'members are from Washington nnd British Colum bia. Both men have served since the committee was formed but their re appointment wns made necossnrv hv a bill passed hv the legislature, appro- j printing $50,000. to carry out. the worn oi tnu association. KOREANS SEEK INDEPENDENCE FROMJAPANESE Movement a Natonal One in Protest to Japanese Regime of Cruelty Rely Upon Appeals to Western Nations for Justice 40.000 Patriots Im prisoned Bv Japanese. PEKING, Mar. 14. (By Associat ed Press.) The leader.- of the Kor ean Independent movement havo ar rived in Peking and declare that the movement Is a national one with three, million adherents Including Christians, Buddhists, Heaven wor shippers and nearly alt the students The leaders say tbey do not counten ance force in obtaining their alms but are relying upon appeals to the gen. eroslty of the western nations. Widespread I n rex t The Independent leadera declare there Is widespread unrest In Korea and that 40,000 persons already have been arrested and that Japanese statements to the contrary are not true. , They report aeveral instance of Japanese mistreatment, li- one In stance a girl who particlpted In a Korean independence demonstration waa holding a manifesto in one hand when Japanese soldiers cut oft the band with a sword, she rauea ner other bend, the Koreans add, and it also was cut off. Korean prisoners are tortured In Japanese prisons, it is declared. . . , The leaders assert that the Korean independence movement 1b affecting the entire Orient and express the be lief that the peace conference cannot Ignore It. , , Vase Cliinoie Concessions PARIS, Mar. 14.--(By Associated PresB.) The supreme council of the peace conference baa virtually decid ed to Include in the preliminary trea ty of peace a requirement that Ger many shall relinquish' her lease hold of Tsing Tao and i all properties and concessions on the Shantung penin sula. " . .". - " s- . . No attempt, it is understood, will be made at proscut to render a decis ion as to the ultimate possession of Germany's rights, which is now the subject of a controversy between the Japanese and Chinese delegations in Paris. It is expected that the final adjust ment will be made In the definite peace treaty or by the League of Nations' unless, in the meantime, tbe principals to tho controversy roach a mutually satisfactory agreement. . PAU1S, March 14. Emil Cottin. Iho assailant of Premier Clcmenceau. first conceived tho idea of shooting tho premier in May. 1018. according to nn officiul record rend nt the court martini of Cottin -which opened today. In May, 1918. the employes of Avin factories were on strike. Cot tin practiced shooting after that, it wns said. . - . When the court martial opened the clerk read the report describing the attempt on the premier. The report showed that Cottin fired twice with out moving nnd then fired five times while .running behind tho niitomobilo to which he wns so close thnt one wit noss believed he had iimlped in the rear of tho cnr. It wns shown thnt Cottin aimed at the scat in which Pre mier Clcmenceau wns sitting and fir ed so accurately that two bullets nl most touched it. OF WHITE SLAVERY PORTLAND, Mar. ',14. John S. Wilson, indlctod on throe counts for white slavery, selling liquor to a sol dier, and subornation of perjury, was found guilty here late last night on the first two chargos. ' The defen dant had naked to be triod on all throe' chargos concurrently, nt a sin gle trial. Wilson was found not gull- ty.of the perjury charge. Ho brought a girl to this city from Tacoma and sold liquor to a uniformed soldier of the national sorvlce, the evidence showed. . A local precedent In the federal court was broken when Judge Rudkln of Seattle, who presidod, returned to the court room last night to receive tho yordlct after tho jury had boon out soven hours, , S!0.sjaies i FIGHT DUEL IN AIR mm m TO SETTLE QUARREL AMAIN Aft , . AT TIENTSIN PARI3, Mar. 14. The four sec onds of Leon Vaudecrane and Robert Schreeber, former army aviators, who proposed an aerial duel, met this morning and de cided that as a state of war still existed. It Is impossible to permit any 'duel In France. Therefore, the question of the challenge has been postponed until tbe treaty of peace la signed. IANS CL OF LOST PROVINCE BRUSSELS, Mar. 14. Premier Delacroix announced :u the chamber today that the supremo council of the peace conference had decided the treaty of April 19, 1839. between Belgium and Holland must be revis ed. Parliament and the country will receive the decision with satisfaction. They will aee in it the forecast of ac tions which will have a profound in fluence on the destinies of Belgium. On March 12, 1839, exactly 80 years ago, these walls heard tbe farewells of representatives of Belgian prov inces which the constitution of the treaty was about to separate from thla country. The house canno hut be moved by such a memorable coin cidence, said the premier. The deputies atood while the pre mier was speaking and there was en thusiastic applause from, all parts of the chamber. In that treaty Belgium was deprived of portions of the piovw lnce of Llmburg.- Shj now-demands back this territory by which Holland gained control of both banks ot the Scheldt. Belgium waa deprived of much- of the advantage ot her great port of Antwerp. f- ---".';.' Vj 3 PARIS, March 13.--At a banquet given last night in honor of the Por tuguese delegates to the peace confer ence. Eias Momz. Portuguese foreign' minister, described Portugal's effort in the war. He said that 110.000 men had been sent to the front and 150.000 tons of shipping had been provided. In outlining Portugal's claims he said that thev included the restitution o a small territory which Germanv took from Portugnl in 1892 in East Africa, reparation for damage done to Portuguese ports, colonies and fleet and the repayment of war expenses. , DEATH PENALTY IN OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 14. Act ing Governor Louis i Hart today signed a bill- passed bv the Wash ington legislature intended to restore the death pcnnltv in Washington for first dogrce murder. The bill is subject to referendum for ninety days. It was said here to day thnt a campaign to suspend its operation may bo started. Hanging was' abolished several years ago. The last legul execution was on February 25. 1911. nt the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. LONDON, Mar. 14. The revela tions since the opening of tho Inquiry into the cOal mining industry have confirmed the miners in their suspic ions of profiteering by the owners, the distributors and tho government, William Strakor, secretary of the Northumberland Miners' association, declared before the commission of in quiry today. Straker added that it was therefore useless to ask the min ers to withdraw their notices to strike until the government had ac cepted the principle ot nationaliza tion. . , ' . " Straker wns tho first wltnoss on behalf of the workers. As Result of Japanese Cruelty to Dis orderly Soldiers. Mob of Marines Storm Consulate and Inlure Con sulOfficial Investiqatlon of Riot Underway. , PEKING, Thursday,' Mar. 13. . American marines have raided the, Japanese concession at Tien . Tsln. forcing 'their way-Into the Japanese consulate and assaulting the consul, according to dispatches received here. The trouble is sid to have been caused by the rough treatment given American soldiers who became dis orderly In the Japanese quarter. Jap anese soldiers drove out the Ameri-. cans with fixed bayonets, wounding two of them Bcxiously. , ; . The next day 200 angry marines, who were offduty paraded thru the Japanese concession and It Is alleged they attacked every Japanese encoun tered. ; When the marines reached tbe consulate tbey forcibly entered, . IHs reported, and assaulted the con sul, whose Injuries are understood to be serious. ; . : The consular body Is deliberating; on measures to be taken to restore normal conditions. It Is said that, feeling is running high at Tlon Tsln. WASHINGTON., March 1 1. A nliifth hetween ' American . trooisr a Japanese policeman and some' civil-. inns at Tien T.sin, was reported to the state department todnv by Minis-' ter Reinsch at Poking. The minis ter said he had sent First Secretary Spencer to Tien Tsin to investigate and report. .- ' - - - -. No mention was made of a raid bv American marines in the Japanese cnnanlntA ..find thn woundinnr of the. f consul, reported in a Peking dispatch to the Associated Press, i he minis--ter's message was brief and gave no details. '.. ' .-. In tbe absence of complete infor mation, officials werenot willing to discuss the' incident lor publication. Privately, however, it was said if the Japanese consulate had been violated o feourse the guilty wonM be punish ed .and a proper 'apology would be made to Japan. - The Japanese con sulate is located in a saloon and -res taurant section of. Tien Tsin and brawls there in the past are said to have been not infrequent. TOBEINDEMNIFIED BRUSSELS, Thursday, .Mar. 13. Tho Belgian senate today discussed the bill authorizing a loan of throe billion five hundred million franks. The premier replying to several dele gates, said there was no reason for Belgium to reproach tho allies. "Wlhen we have established the amount of our damages," he said, "there is every reason to believe the figure will be accepted. ' If the total amount of indemnities must be re duced the reduction will not be ap plied to Belgium." - .. The Derniere Heure says that a. billion francs of the Belgian loan will be floated in Spain. -, ' BOLSHEVIK! EXECUTE LONDON,. Mar.' 14. The Bolshe vik general staff at Moscow clalma that during the months of January and February the Bolshevik army oc cupied territory the size of France, having 1055 miles of railroad under Its control, and declares that tho soviet troops will reach Archangel by May 1, according to a Helslngfors dispatch to the Mail. After the Bolshevik enteiod Kiev they, are said to have oxecutcd Pro fessor Baronovsky, nn economist who was recently appointed to represent Ukraine in Paris. iProfossor Zabolo tlj, Professor Efiminko, General Bal-bachan,- 11 newspapermen and tho president ot the municipality aro also reported to havo boon shot by tho Bolshovlk. , CZECHS REFilSn TJ - EVACUATE MIME FIELDS WARSAW. March 13. Notwith standing tho request of the intr-nl-lied committee, the Czechs have re fused to evacuate part of the regin near Tcscben and the situation seems to be delieuto. '. ...... ;' ' V
