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Newspaper Page TextOrison Historical Soc . V Public Auditorium"" Tribune The Weather AliMlimim yrvttnriluy 7tl Minimum iixliiy UN Precucciop , Tonight mill Tomorrow 4'ontluucd fnlr. EDFQRD M Hullr Viiurtomilh your, l'Wiy-iiliiili I'i'iir, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919, . NO. 8 SPEED PEACE-' TERRA PRESIDENT SAYSWQRLD CAN'T WAIT Arises In Conference and Ratty De clares Will Not Countenance Fur ther Delay World Has Rldlit to Expect Early Results Wllllna to Accept His Share of Responsibil ity for Delays No One Country Blamed Demand Final Acatlon. HAMS. Auril 1. (Bv. tho Asso tinted l'rum.)--Vliiit in construed tin (i wuriiinu that tho would could not liiiiir cnunlurdincn further ttolnv in tlio adjustment of peace wiih deliv ered la Ilia allied premier nnd mill- IlirV representative (if UlO IIHMO(illt- id powcra liv President Wilson yt- titrdiiv. ' It is learned llnil nt n lit f o hour on Mondiiv hit uroso iltiriutr Ilia confer uneo liikine iiluoo in I'remier CIimii chim'Uii'k room nt the Kronch war of fice, and Holi'innlv assured Ilia run forces tit liiH belief tluit lliov hIkiiiIiI do nil in tliulr power lo lirintr In. Bother tlio loose ends in llio debate in nn effort to linito on pouro term upon wliit'li n I rout v miulit ho pre. Henled In Germany. ,. Wilson Insists cm Bpocd it is uiiiliirHlood Unit tua premilont linlnled oht -frankly Ilia ilulav Hint hnva occurred in Ilia work of peace llliikiliir. I In iliwlnntfl tlml tlifi world wnn nwnllinir Ilia eonoliision nf the tusk of tho conferees nnd Hint it liud l nir lit to exiicet oarlv results.. The president's anneal for nn ax IHdilI effort followed n lonir session in which there had been, mora than Ilia usuiil oralorv. It cuino lit the clone of n dnv when financial exports hnd been called be lore tho president nnd tbo premiers. Tbev hnd explain- od tlio diffvront noinU of view that hnd nriHn duriiiir tho consideration of tho micstinn of roiuiration, Mili tary oxncrtH likewise hnd boon con united nt lonitlh reirurdiiur th dispo sit on of tho Hunr vnllnv. Iho loft hank of Iho Rhino, tho problem of Dunciir nnd other uueslions in which MtrnloKio issues woro involved., PARIS. April 1. l'rosidont Wilson today explained that ho wiih willine to accept Ilia sharo of rosponsibilil v for Iho neiico cunforcnco delays. Ho was careful lo point nut that Iho slowness of Iho negotiations wiih not duo lo any h'iiiiIo country or its row rosontutivo. PARIS. March 31. (Bv tho Asso ciated 1'ross.) A foclinir of npprc honsinn over Iho lack of protrross on the ponoo treaty persists in Amori can circloH horo ulllinimli it is said in niithoritalivo nnnrtorH tlmt dif ferences which hiivo arisen have not reached tho Hindis ' of- n dondlook. , JtciarnOoiiH Bother . rni . t i I'nn' ...ii . 4HU ll llllllll llll I IUIIII V HUB lieeil found in soltliiur upon reparations ucoordinir to tho now method of pay ment stiL'L'cHtcd bv tho French dolo faition. This Wan was presented on Sntiirdnv hororo tho council of four. H is said Hint tho frontier iiucHlion tiima on tho Hocurinir of .military Hafotv nlonif tlio Rhino, : ' PARIS, April i.-T-Prosidoiit Wil son wiih niruin. in tiltondanc today nt tho moolinir of Iho ominoil of four dealinir with poana problwim. lic twoon Iho sessions of tho council tho president rocoivod tho llishoo of Kpai'nlo. roDrOHOntimi Jtn;n-Slnv in terests in tho Dalmatian coast ooiir. trovonw. . : . ' In tho forenoon tlio president had n conference with Josnphiia W. Dan inlR, tlio nonrotary : nf ' tho navv, shortly hoforo tho lnltor'B dcpartui-e for Italy. . U.S. STEAMER JASON IS '. IFAUKAX, N,' S., April 1. Tlio American stenmsliip Jason, which Hiiilod, from Now. York March 22 for Ilnyro, Franco, was towod in horo to day by tho Hritish Hloamship Bnv coln. Tlio oirmilation pump of the liisoii was (lamnu'cil povonil (lavs nito land slio had ti bud list "Whon ulio molted lior. v . . .. COLONEL HOUSE IS VICTIM OF PARIS APRIL FOOL JOKE f PARIS. Aiiril 1. Hoinchodv t started n nlorv IhiM morninir t y that Colunol K. M. Uouso hud iinnoiincod that tho peaco Iron- tv had been siirned. Tho ronort t riilliillv Mormiil ill.r nil I'nriutin.l Iho lolciihono wires to American lioadiiiinrti'rM in tho llntvl Do t'rillon hcciinio hot with iniiuir- lea iiH to tho trulli of tlio rii. inor. It did not luko lonir, however. for innnircrs lo realir.o tho chanicter of Iho report when tlifv woro rctnindvd that today wum Anril t'irsl. President Issues Proclamation From Paris Lets Down Bars on Meat Profits-Packers Claim Edict Will Have Little Result on Prices Pur chase of Livestock Unaffected. ' . ASJllOTo. jprii 1. ah moat packers woro released today from food administration control. Under n proclamation signed bv Prosidont Wilson ut Pnru". effective today, "nil poihoiih, firniH, oorporn linns or associations cairaucd in im porlinir, muniifacturiin;. including nnckimr. .Htoriinr or distribution of fresh, canned or cured beef, pork, mutton or bird," nro released from li cense bv Iho food administration. A ciihloktram from Herbert Hoover at Paris notified food administration officials of tho proclamation. : It 'was stated nt the food adminis tration's offica Hint the president's notion released packers from super vision of everv kind exorcised bv tho food ndimiiistration. including re strictions upon inariiins of profit. ' . CIirCAOO, April j! Pucker ropro scntatives hero, upon roeolut nf tho iiowh of rclenso from uovornimintnl control, loduv said tbev wished to rend Iho text of the neyn order ho foro discussinir it offoets. Not Much Kfroct Sovoral said that tho effect proh- nhlv would bo- tiouliuiblo. Wholhor livostock tirices advanced, olio pnek inif huso ropresentntivo thouirht. loponued on tho fnroien market, and ho said 'ho does not know what ef fect, if any, tho rolcnso miuht have on Iho export market. Another point ed out Hint na Iho packers last voar nmilo Ntnalliir profit than tho food this limitation was not likolv, in bin administration permitted, removal of opinion, t ohuvo much el l cot. The limitation wiih I) tier cent oil capital invested in incut food products, and 2 'A per cent on turnover. ; . At tho Unitod Stales bureau of iiinrkotR horo, it was pointed out thai tho removal of (ho restrictions im plied dirootlv to doalinirs in pncklnir house products nnd not dirootlv to Iho piirohuso or sollin1.' of livostock. All dealers in lovestock nro still sub. lect to envornnumt license, ibis li cense is from tho bureau of markets of tho United. States department of nirrieiilturo. . " r . . ' HALF U. S. FLEET I SEATTIiK, April .1. Half of America's Atlantic warship fleet is lo bo nssiiincd to pormnnont. stations on tho Pacific momliers of the hnuso ot reproKontulivos of naval ul'fnirs oom miltoo dcolare.d horo todav. "It will bo a fiO-fiO proposition, tho floot hointr enunlly divided," Hepvo. sontnlivo William J.' Brownintr,. Now Jorsov, ropliod whon naked tho num her of vosels to bo sont to tho Pa- tifio. ', " Roiircsonliitivo Brownimr' said ho did nol. know whon Iho cliuniro would ho made, but supposed plans i'ur tbo vIiuuko will bo, started svou. MEAT PACKERS RELEASED FROM GOVTCONTROL L Score of Unions Go Out In Behalf of John Fltzpatrlck Police Called to Put Down Disorders Most Bitter Campalpn In History Ends With Result In Doubt. ! J CHICAGO.. April J. Eloclor of the' city are ballotlnn for mayor and other city offlcos today, after a cam pulgn (aid to bavo boon tho rnont bit tor In tho history or the municipality. With nix condldatOH In the Hold (or mayor, partlmin, rollKlnua and racial hatred (lamed high during tho cam paign, which ended luat nlnht with rlotoua sconca In tho control dtnlrlct which extra police details had diffi culty In controlling at times. The candidates (or mayor aro: William Hale Thompson, (republi can) Incumbent. Itoliort M. Swoltzer, (democrat) county clerk. Maclay lloyno, (Independent-democrat) atnto's attornoy. " . John KlUpatrlck, t labor) president Chlcaxo Federation of Labor. John M. Collins, (socialist). ' Adolph 8. Conn, (soclullst labor.) . A. heavy vote In tho mayoralty election todiiy was presaRod by tho early balloting. In the first hour and a half from 20 to 25 percent ol the vote had boon recorded, accord ing to the watchers. Tho weather was cool and clear. . ; . ' A feature ot the day was a techni cal strike of more than a score of unions in behalf of John Fltzpatrlck. Tho "strlko" was for tho day only and was lo pormlt "strlkors" full freedom to oloctloneor. It was the theory of Btudonts of local politics .that the . Fitxpatrlck voto would come largoly from demo cratic sources and that the voto for Hoyno would he recruited largoly from that which -would go to the re publican candidate. Mayor Thomp son. Women as woll as men are ellg Ihlo votors and a total voto of 700.- 000 was prodlctod, , ' . ifejjjt LONDON. April 1. President Wil son him informed othor members of tho American delegation to the pence conference that no American soldiers should bo used in nnv trouble in cirst ern or southeastern Europo. a Cen tral News dispatch from Paris savs. NKW YORK, April 1. Claronco H. Mucknv, president ol' tho' Postnl TeloBrnph Cable oompanv, in n state ment suid that tho 20 per cent in crease in toleirraph rates ordorod bv Poiitwnstor Gcnomr, Burleson means a loss of 10,000,000 n venr to tclo irraph users. Ho declared his com pany would restore tlio old rates nt onco if Mr. Burloson woujd rclinuuish control of tho Postal lines. . TO KEEP SHEEP MEN ' ON THEIR JOBS ... PORTLAND. April 1. Mar- tin' C. Gray. : who hrouiiht six nunrls of Honor from Weed, Calif., was fined $250 in fodornl Icoui't Iiore vostordav. for tho of- fonso. Prank lliu'ifis, n sheep- man of Malhonr countv, wns J onuirht with 40 pints which htf said ho was brineiiu? to tho mon in tho shoop camps so they would not ouit thoir iohs. Ho was fined ifllOO, 1 t - CHICAGO A SUES FAVOR LABOR MAYOR HON ELIHU ROOT l - 'J lf:;-A? 5 ill !J i! 1 1 - j I . k ! I ' - If ti M i ELIHU. Kllhn Root, former senator and BOcrelary of state, recognized as ono of the loadlnm stalcsmen of tho country, recently declared he would sup port tlio propoit leamio covenant If certain amendments were tncorpn. atcd. Tlicso nmendn'ienls, n'orJiii to cablo advices from Purls, . nre acptabIo to tlio American pcarO dclefcntlon. : During tlio war Mr. Itoot uus sont to llusslu by Tresldcnt Wilson as a siicclnl rcprcseutatHc of the Vnitcd Ktatcn. . - ' ' U. S.t CITIZEN IN AS GERMAN SPY WASHINGTON. April 1. Secre tary Buker has approved n rcuuest of tho British military authorities in Turkey thnt they bo permitted to arrest on chorees of treason James Spohr. a naturalized American citi zen, nnd his wife, declared officially to have boon "closely associated with tho head of tho German spv svstem in Palestine and umonir British In dian subjects." ; I Tho plan is to hiivo the couple brouuht to tho United States for trial. Boenuso Hie United States nnd Tur key bnvo not bocn at wnr the arrests could not be made bv the American military authorities, but the- iudce advocate general's office held that the British military commission "un der tho common . lnw, of military . oc cupation" could earrt out its plan of takimr Spohr nnd his wife into eirs todv nnd tiirninir them over to tiio Unitod Stales.'. . . . Spohr, said to be of "German or iirin, hus been employed ns a pro fessor nt tho Snlndin Avouli Univo-r sitv in Jerusulom. His -wife is of Scotch birth, but,, nccordinsf to the chnnres, is known to have lived at German headuuarters. Both, arc n oused of liavinir omrauod in violent anti-British nnd nnti-Ainerican propaganda.' ; principallv tlimnuh speech niakintf nnd distribution ot inflntinnatorv filorntnro. . DANZIG FREED FOR .. WASHINGTON, April 1. Tho wn(; trado board announced today re sumption of trado with Poland and wlth Esthonln. .. ; : : a-. Action by tho board ' pormlttlng persons In the, Unitod States to trnrio and cominunlcnto freely with the two countries ' was taken concurrently with tho associated governments and followed a decision reached In Paris. Shipment ot commodities to Po land should be routed via Danzig, the announcement said.; The allies nre believed to have the situation rela tive to Dnnnlit so woll ln hand that shtpmonts thru tho Herman port may be aiRdo WHU etoly, , OF NEW YORK reOOT V : TO DEFENSE OF ' LOS ANGELAS. April 1. Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, todav ap peared before. the citv council here, which was considerine the advisa bility1 Of siispendimr Jfnvor F.'T. Woodman nnd mndo tin iinpnssioned plea Hint Mr. Woodman' should toot bo condemned untried. .'"If churces such as those made asrainst your mayor hnd been made nsninst inc." said'Hanson. "I would consider it cowurdlv if tho- council should suspend me without a benrinc and send me into (he hinhwnvs as a thrief and n craftor, This council is to bo congratulated that it has not suspended it mnvor'without hcariiy; the evidonco and before he has a trial before his peers. . ; . "Your mayor mav be uriiiltv: I don't know; ho mav bo innocent: I hope so: hut whether cuiltv or" innocent, he should not he condemned without a fuir trial. It the ninvor is tniltv ho should bo sent lo th" penitentinrv. but until he is proved cuiltv tho coun cil' should stand behind hiin." THEATRE EMPLOYES W ASK HIGHER WAGES THAN STAGE STARS ; LONDON, Mar. 24. (Corros- pondonco of Associated Press.) In vlow of tho movement among theater employes for a minimum 'Wage ot S15 a week and pay. for rehearsals someono has un- earthed the- payroll ot the Queen's theater of a half con- tury ago and given It to the pub- Ho for tho purpose of comparf- son. : ; V0 ; ' In It Sir Chnrlos Wyndham Is shown ns receiving $15 a week, while Sir Henry Ir,vlng received less by about S2, Toole, the loading stan, was pttid $55 nnd Miss Ellen Terry, the leading lady, was pnt down nt $35, . " ;'" ; ; -:. : f . ROOT CHANGES ACCEPTABLE 10 US. DELEGATES Six Amendments Suqaested By New York Senator Agreeable tp Amerf can Specialists In Paris Comoul story Arbitration and Limitation of Armaments Important Changes. ' PARIS, April 1. Commenting on the six amendments to the covenant of the League of Nations suggested by Elihu Root, it was said today by one of the legal specialists associated with the American peace conference delegation that : be believed all the amendments were acceptable to the American delegation.'. ' i NEW YORK, April 1. -Ellhu Root declared himself an advocate ot the League of -Nations covenant made public by tlio peace conference, pro vided it Is amended, primarily, by writing enforcement clauses Into the articles calling for arbitration and limitation of armaments, by restrict ing to five years the unanimous guar anty of the present political and ter ritorial status of members and by protecting from non-interference the affairs of the American continents. He made bis approval contingent also upon amendments assuring peri odic revision of international law and a general redrafting of the covenant in an atmosphere removed by several years from the lsBues attendant upon Uhe settlement of the world war. , - , ' To dispel doubt as fo -toe rlgbt of withdrawal from -the league, he fa vored specific reservation ' of ' this privilege to any signatory, coincident with or after the proposed redrafting conference. - - . Six Amendments Proposed If these changes could be made, the former secretary of state asserted It would be "the clear duty" of the United States to enter Into the league agreement. In keeping with what be termed the apparent general desire of the American republic that the country "do its full share toward the establishment of an effective Inter national brganizatlon to preserve the peace of the world." " Mr. Root reviewed the league pro ject and proposed his amendments. six in number. In a-letter to W ill H. Hays, chairman of the ' republican national committee, which the latter gave out for publication. The discus sion was in response to a request by the party leaders, who advised the former cabinet member and senator that citizens in the republican rants "determine to do alt that can pos sibly be done toward the maintenance of peace without sacrificing our own supreme nationalism," and seeking the "beBt judgment" to aid them m reaching a conclusion, would appre ciate a study of .the covenant, from Mr.' Root. : . ENTERS A PLEA . OF NOT GUILTY SKATTLE. April 1. Attorneys for Miss Uuth Garrison. 18, chanted with murder, todav entered a pleu of not guilty, holding that their client was "mentnlv irresponsible at the time of the commission of the crime chanted. " .. Miss Garrison recently' confessed she poisoned Mrs, Grace Storrs be cause she was a rival for the love ot her husband. D. M. Storrs. Miss Gar rison, police said, lold how sho put tho poison in a fruit cocktuil served Mrs.. Storrs nt lunch. Many people, mostly womon, pack ed tho court room todav to seo Miss Garrison. Somo of ' them hromrlit their lunch and arrived nt the court liouso soon after court opened. ' RESTRICTION ON FERR0 !v MANGANESE RJM0VED WASHINGTON, April 1 .--Re strictions on y importation of ferro manganese nnd spieteleisen were removed today by ; tho wnr trade board, and these commodities may be broueht to the United States from Grent . Britain, Frances .Hilly. 'Bel gium nnd Japan, or from their pos sessions, colonies or dominions un der general import licenses, II M Y SEA COAST Entente Troops Belna Rushed to Huntfary German Concentratlna s Forces East Prusia Foch Leaves ; to Confer With Enberper Serious Riotino Breaks Out Alona Rhine Blockade to Be Enforced Aqainst Bolshevik! In Hunqarv. . LOIViDON, April 1. It is reported from Bucharest that entente troops aro being landed at Constanza, on the Black sea coast, on their way lo Hungary, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News today. PARIS, April 1. The Germans are concentrating large forces In Eastern Prussia under command of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, , ac cording to tbe Paris edition of the New York Herald. The ' German forces are being assembled in Graa denz and Thorn in order to defend tbe railway line from Danzig to Ppsen. . . . V- , ' -. PARIS, April 1. (Havas). Mar shal Foch will leave Paris tonight for Spa to meet Mathlas Erzberger to dis cuss w.ith him tho allied demanit.tbftt. Polish troops be permitted to use tho port of Danzig. The marshal has re ceived full powers to negotiate with German representatives. 'He will be in constant communication with the pminell nf fnnr. , The inter-allied shipping commis sion has completed preparations, to transport the Polish-troops to Danzig. TXNDOX, April t: Serious rioting occurred Monday at , Franiort-on-the-Main, according ' to tTCentral News dispatch from iof Jterdam. Crowds attacked the poll I station, released the prisoners and ret fire to the bi tiding, but order was eventual ly restored; ; !,;:; iLONDOX, April 1. Regarding a published report that the blockade ot the Central 'Powers had been raised generally, the blockade department ot the foreign office explains that the blockade was lifted from German Austria, but not Hungary. Along the Adriatic, the allies raised the block ade scne time ago, but the Italian naval blockade remained In force until a few days ago.. As far as Germany Is concerned tbe blockado has been changed to tho extent of sending four supply ships there under allied control. STUTTGART, April 1.- A bour geois counter-strike has been started here as a reply to the general strike ot workers. Most shops are closed, railroad and postal services suspend ed and eas works and electric powor nlants shut down. . 'v SETTLEMENT OF - PARIS, April 1 3 . Sottlomout y of Italy'n frontier question . contompor- aneousiy wun ioul vi i' miicu nn i- sistod upon today by premier Orlan- uo at . a conteronee witn - J'resiaoni; Wilson Just before tho council of four convonca to aiscusB ino lianan iron-, tier nucstlon.' . ' , '. . . ',' . : 1V liuiliill ..h:iiih-i . unnru uiij president whether hu did not think it itavisaoio lo .iiuyo on . jiilouhui '.IUII1KU HI. H). Wll HIV vl.llll lorn, cspecialv as 1 retards the Ad-' riatie, beloro it is presented to tlio council. The "president replied that ho shared his view, hut owini? to liressure ot worn nan neon milium nerMnnnllV in study t.h .Italian nnes' tion, ' However, he promised to do hu. ' WASHINGTON, '.'April i. Assimi- ment oi cencrai sian oincers ro make tlio annual inspection of mlli- t.arv ilpimrtiiicnts. of ediWMitional in .1 II IILI.IM III' .,iii.,ii i.i.iiii. tiiiuy I H'ejT on; nil iiiii v y urii uiiiiwiiiiuut.' toduv .is tho war depattmeut. ; ', - '