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Public AudJtorrum Medford Mail Tr The Weather : Maximum yoxterdny till Minimum ((Mlny ,. l I 1'recP.iHntlcui li'J Pred icuods iitly -PntirtKoiilli Year, 'urly-nlnlli Yuur. INDEPENDENCE PiilPPINES PROIISED LIBERTY TO 7iT FPNn! lamm FOCH TO SEND , PLEDGES ANEW nioHop iN wmmn-' TROOPS BY RAIL M Jm A19T0FRANCE irv-JiD?n I llU III IU LU 2.IUM) officer arid soldier Enberger Offers Solution of Danzlo ,9:.;.?. fTV ffltFP 7)JLLb Even 50 Years Hence England Will fl 1 1 1 f 1 I fllllLU - t yLn Lt'js . Tart,e - hm n 7 Wujv " ' Bdadv to Pro,ect Countrv ' , .j--v Secretary Baker Declares President Believes Time Has Come to Grant ' Complete Independence Wilson's Letter Read to Vlsltlna Delegation American People Love Liberty Too Much to Deny It to Other Savs Baker Delegates Grateful. WASHINGTON'. April J. Mnn bent of the Miieciul iiiumioii of the l'bilipiiino iKitixluliini here' Hoekint: immediate jiidcpi'iidi'tico for tbn i lnnd, were told tdav bv Secretary linker that be xpoke 1'reNident Wil hoii'h mind .when bo snid ho believed the time had eouie to cnint the rum pleta iiidepenileiicn 'deMired bv Ilia Filipino iH'ople. The war neerelnrv alo miid he believed the million would ho nble to enrr.v home word that the American IMiople loved liberty too dearly to denv it to othem. lie rend a letter left hv President WIIhoii when ho went lo Knrope. ox proKMinu the hoim' Hint the mixnion would retiiilt ill "briiiuinir nboiit tbn dcmrnhlo endx Net forth in the ioint rcMolnlion of thn leuMliture." ... HnrrUon for Iiiilepcnileiico Krnneiit llurton Ilarrixon, aovern or general of the I'liilippinex, follow ed Mr. Huker with the Htntement that bin oKpericnco in the i-dandx had con vinced him that the oliNlaolcx to in dependence that nppenred to exift n few vearx nuo had been cleared awav. Declariuir there wax now n Ktalile irovorumcnt in tho I'hiliiipinux. mnn nued and Nilinmrtcd bv the people themxelvex, and that it can and will bo maintained if independence in granted thn bdnndx and irvinir that noWjix the npiHirluno ti'ae for pre ncntmir cluimx became of tho nfin riplux fur which tbft I'nited States entered the worbt war. "for the lib erty, tho xelf itoverumen land the lindiclnted developaient of all pen pIck," Manuel I.. Qiioxon. ehuirinan of tho Philippine commission, pro dented to Seeretarv Haker thn micx tion nf indepenilenco of the Filipino people. Mr. linker, who ix in ebariro of Philippine nffitirx, formally received tho entire, mission, numlieriiiL' about III mcmbcrx repreHentine nil elementx of Philippine life. Chairiuaii Unc Ton. former Texiileut eommixhioiier of tho islands in Wiixbinuton, acted nx xpokeaman. After nnnnuneinir that tlin inixxinn brouulit to Hie Ttiiled Stnlex n mex Hauo of uood will,, uralitude and re Hpeet from nil tho'inbahitantt of the islands, Mr, Quoxnu staled he bad been Kent bv lux people formally to mihmit to this government the urir ent question" of llioir indeiiendenco. ' Independence National Ideal "Independeneo ix llio orroal. nation al ideal nf the Filipinos." Mr. Oue r.on nxxertud, "and wo holievo-this is tho' proper lime lo present tho nuex tion," , Tho nnonker paid a trlbulo to. llio United HI ntox for tho Inimnor in which the a I' fairs of tho islands bad boon administered during tho period of Amerienn , occupation, which, Ihroimh tho cooperation of tho Amer icans and Filipinos, ho said, "bad brought prosperity nnd progress nn procodonlod." ' ' ' ' "You havo truly trontod its na no nation over before has treated nn othor under its swnv,". bo declared, "and vet von nnd nono hotter than voiu will understand why, even un der such conditions, our people still (Contlnuod on Page Eight.) El WIFE IS NOTIFIED DKNVKH, Colo.. April 4. Mrs. Hen II. Iindsev, wil'o of Judiro Hon II. Lindsov of the Denver iuvenilo court, left today for New York Oitv in re sponso to n telegram slating . Hint Jurlgo Lindsey wnx dangerouslv ill thoro. , Judgd . I.indsev's heallh has been failing .sincu hiH return several Miimlliu niKii fentn liVnncn. where he Hpetit ulionl. 'six months as it repre- Mentnlivo pi tue comiUMien nu pun lio inl'uriiiiiliviii Nunk. nworiiinir io Hdvin-H rrom j French Generals' private Car Jjr . -,VfcSflv.sarB -tA Against Hun Threat Denies Dis- of tlmi iiiv. Kcv.-nrt on board Empress Augusta Bealment DIs- . ? yU ft f.T . "'e I senslons Between Two Countries t TTbBki"lrkiII nsel o.f aTmd Bv Mlli,arv u"'or',,es VLfi A Will of the British for Entente. fiO'JO tons groxH. built tit I.iv- ' tiSlrL I 1 TiO'JO tons groxN. built at l.iv orno in JIIO'J and owned in Ven ice. She wax at Naples in De cember hist, hut lias not xinco hcell rnlliirli.fi in ttltiiitiifii' rffsiti. Leatllnti Ethical Societies of Ger many Address Appeal to Prcstfenj 'Rather Bolshovlks Than Slaves' Is S!,an Continuation Hate Pol icy Will Wold People Into War. niOHMN. Thvimduy, April 3. Hy Atwoclntcd Promt.) I.cudlnR ethical, phlloHopblral nnd rollKloim noctotlcB ot Cormany havo addromiotl an appeal to I'ronldent Wilson, giving warning DKiilnnl n dlxrogurd of principles to which 'Mr. WIIhiiii has plodged hlm itolf which, they claim, luiliiccd (!or many to lay down arms. The appeal doclivren that "If tho Gormana aro driven to doxperatlon, they would rathor bocomo liolithovlkl than iilnve," nnd charges tlio Czechs and Polos with anticipating tho conclu sions of the poace conference and watting the Wllsonlnn principles. It snyn tho allies aro "not only condon ing the acts of Ctochs and Polos, but uro supporting those nations." It Is nialntulnod tho nllios provok od anarchistic, conditions In tiormnny by refining to relax the blockade. . In discussing the possibility ot a rovlvul of militarism, tho appeal says: "Only nno thing could again wold tho fiorninns of ovory stato Into a wnr-llko power tho continuation of tho policy ot bate and annihilation Hint has boon pursued by tho nllios." '.Mr. .Wilson Is warned that tho United States with Ha groat fortunes and billion dollar trusts Is a fertile field for communism, and it Is sug gested that wonlthy Amorlciins, "had bettor support tho Loaguo ot Na tions." " , niSIlUN, Thursday, April !). (Dy Assnclntod Pross.) Tho government ot Wuorltuinhorg hns announced that tho strike In that section of Germany hns suddenly collapsed, according to a tolegrnm fronr Stuttgart,' and hns thornforo requested ibourRoolsa couu-tor-strlkors to rosumo work. TO FORM A CLUB ASTORIA, Oro April 4, The for mation .of n votorniiB' club to lucludo nil Clatsop county men who woro tho uniform In tho world war, will bo started at n mooting of nil ox-soldiers and sailors hero today. Until tho nion who went ovorsoas and thoso who wont no farther than tho train ing camps will bo Included In tho or gunlzatlon. The wnr sor.vlco records nro bolng compllod with tho nuslstnnco of touchers ot tho oounty. ADMIRAL SIMS SAILS FOR , HOME ON MAURETANIA s NF.W VOKIC. April 4, Tho Hril- isli IranslKirt Mnureluiiiib, bringing homo Admiral Sims and his stall, suited I'l'om Hrest April 1, for New York, and should avrivo Stindav or Miindav next, aceonlmg lo n. cahle gram roeniveil here Indnv bv llie Hriliuli miiusli'Y oL' sliipiinig, orno in IIIO'J and w-iicI in Von-. I I JyvJ) . in.. She wax at Nnplcx in lie- . LONDON, April 4. A proposal .-.'. XwST&'i Un V. comber hist. Iml hnx not xineo tlwtt the Polish troopx of Ocnerul ' Nyf5 f tSwTIJvv bMi reported in shiiMiing rcgix- Hullor bo taken bv n hind route from ' I : 'i' .; ' MVZ&MtH ' aH ' . Luncvillo across Germany to Poland ' . .ss'" 3' 'U f 1 ....... ......... oiim noon 1111x10 io iiinrxnni roon ni " m . , ... - Vi -" I 4 4 J Sim bv Mnlliiiw Krab.TKpr. the head , : ' .A of the Oinnin umiixti(!i coinniiHrnon. i f ' . ve&Z- WILSON POINTS : iy44 111 ill AN I'All ('ho wnt to Kim vcxU'rdnv to di- " n - llrl Willi llY ,'",iK niiostion or the return of : - -. III! If Hll llH I . the Polish Iroonn in Frnnro throimh . ..' v, !?:.. .. MEDFORD, PARIS. April 4. Havns.) Itni xlial Foeh.'ollied commander-in-chief (who went to Sim vesterdav to dis cuss the nucKtion oP the return of the Polish troops ill Franco throuuh Dant'g, with Oennan rcurcsenta tivox) had n second eon fcrcneo nt Spn with Slalhins Krr.herger. head of tho German armistice commission, after their initial meeting vesterdav morning, ndviees from Spa state. The first interview began nt 0 SKI o'eolck in Marshal Focli's privato ear and lasted 40 minutes.. The second con ference hoi; nn nt 11 o'clock and con linnea until 12 illO o'clock. . . With Marshal Foch were General Wevgnnd, his assistant, nnil Geucral Nndnnr,' tho finnrshnl' reprexentn tive stationed at Spa. Ilorr Krr.ber gcr wax aeeoinpnnied bv General Du ron Von lliimmerstein, a member of the German armistice commission, and another German government of ficial. HKHMN'. April .1, via Copenhagen. The niilitarv authorities Into todov began disarming tho Kmnress Augus ta regiment, which hail become in fected with Spartiican ideas. Up to (1: lOo'clook the disarming had pro ceeded without incident. MUNICH. Ai.rl 3. A further manifestation of tho movement which is spreading among manv of the (let ter classes in Havaria was the form ation here todav of tho "council of emigration," under the nuspiees of the League of South American Emi grants. Manv people nro preparing to leave the cities nnd settle in tho rural districts or in other German states. NEW STEEL PRICES TO BE SCHEDULED WASHINGTON. April 4. Steel prices in nil future shipbuilding con tracts to bo let by tho Emergency Fleet corporation will bo based on tho new sehodulo of prices ngrecd upon between tho industrial board of tho department of commerce nnd the stool manufiicturers. ). II. Cox, head of tho stool ship soetion of tho cor poration, today announced tho no coptnnoo of tho prices, .V PRESIDENT TAKES TD A SEVERE COLD . . WASHINGTON, April 4. President Wilson Is confined to his bod In Paris with a severe cold. ; Rear Admiral Grayson, tho president's physlclnn, cablod Secretary Tumulty today that the prosldont caught cold yeB- tordny nnd was unable to be 4 about, nltho his condition was not regardod ns serious, : . . ' PARIS, April 4 Altho Presl-' ddnt Wilson wns confined to his room today with a cold, tho 4 council of four mot In tho Paris "White llouso". as usual. It Is understood that necossnry matters, will bo referred to 4he 4 sick room, or that the conferees -will consult tho presldont per- sonnlly if occasion arises. 4 OIlEdON, FRIDAY,. APKLiV 4, 1919 , ail irn nrniu nr - 1 iiiuiiiiiinni ii i u i .1 ALLItb : KtrULbt oruKlolYltli rlLt BOLSHEVIKI WITH SEVERE LOSSES . LONDON,' Aprtl 4 The Dolshevikl delivered an attack on the Archangel front without artillery preparation during the last 48 hours, tut were beaten oft with a fair amount of losses, according to news received here. The allied losses were slight. The attack occurred i nt Bolshola Ozera. ARCHANGEL. April 2. (Bv the Associated Press.) At allied head ouarters this uftcrnoon it was re ported that tho situation wns un changed on nil fronts. The enemy hns made no new nttaeks since be ing severely repulsed yesterday, but tho artillery on both sides continues active in the Odezorsknin seotor. , After the Bolslieviki had held a position for several hours astride the road between Holshoia Ozera and Odoccrsknin Sunday afternoon, thev were driven 'out and it is reported by prisoners that' their losses were extremely heavy. One shell from a Riiss'nn battery exploded in the midst of a party of Holshcviki, killing 15 men. Tho nllicd machine mm fire also caused manv casualties. It was during tho period when tho oncntv held this road and wero raid ing tho nllicd lines to tho rear over a little used trail through tho woods that Hrymit U. Itvnlt of Hloomfield. N. J., n Y. Sr. C. A. soeretarv. and several soldiers, including, two Americans wore tnken urisoner. Ac cording to a Bolshevik prisoner brought into Archangel todav the American nnd British prisoners tak en in this sector wero removed to a village south of Rolshoin Ozera and wero wndl treated, " Tho Aine.icnn casualties . during tho last tto weeks "of iisbtlnc nhnut Holshoia Ozera include one officer nnd five men killod and seven wounded. N'ne others are uiiofli. cinllv reported missing. U.S. WAR RISK BUREAU T WASHINGTON. April 4. The war risk bureau now Is Issuing checks tor allotments, allowances, insurance and compensation In the same months that they -fall due. Announcement was made today that 1,062,5611 checks woro mailed In March, repre senting a total of ?39,HS,323.or. Stneo the bureau's establishment, nearly S419.000.U00 has been pntd out. . - ' ' '. Mechanical devices by which twen ty chocks nre signed with- nn actual pen signature at one time have been Installed to assist In handling the enormous volume of business trans acted by the bureau. - 1 ; ' ' ''' '' .".'s Richards Wins Tennis Match. NEW YORK, April 4. Vinoeiit Richards of Y'onkers, N. Y won the national singles indoor tennis 'chain-, pionship tniirnnment hero today, de I'enlinff William T.i Tilden. Jr., of Philadelphia, .in n five set mutch by scores of 3-0, 0-y, (1-8, (1-1, 0-4, CHARGES AGAINST nmi nnnrrnirn SALEM, April 4. Charges alleg ing Incompetency, Inefficiency, fail ure to protect game and enforce law violations and too groat consideration for tho 'commercial fish interests to the detriment of sportsmen, (havo beon filed against State 3ame War den Carl Shoemaker, within the past few weeks by niembere of The Oregon Sportsmen's League and Multnomah Anglers. As a result of the numerous charges, the state game warden Jias requested Governor Olcott to make an investigation and to assign an ex pert accountant to go thru the books, it was announced here today. Friends of Shoemaker allege that politics Is .behind the charges against him and that those preferring the charges hope to have Shoemaker, a republican, replaced by a democrat. LAUNCH LAST SHIP SMITH-PORTER YARD PORTLAND. April 4. The Al burla, thirty-first wooden steamer built by the Oranl-Smith, Porter ship yard here was launched yesterday. No more steamers will bo launched from this yard. Three hulls on the ways hve been ordered 4y the gov ernment converted into sailing craft. GRAVE DIGGERS OUT ON STRIKE; DEAD - .-. ,. , .,,. , SAN FRANCISCO. April ff- A tie-up of all funeral activities in San Francisco through a strilfe of the emblamers nnd ehnffeurs wns threatened bv John A. O. O'Connell. secretary of the San Francisco Labor Council ' hero todliv unless the demands of striking cemetery workers are granted within the nnvl fon itnvs. Snventv-eipht grave diggers and caretakers nre out following the refusal of their demands for a wage- ad- vanee of from $4 to $3 n dav. J 4 Five hi... cemeteries are closed and Ihe dead are being placed in "" .vaults to await tho end of tho 4". L.(.i1.'n fVr1,,,inll illtm,llntfl. ' 4" - "The embhlmers nnd chtif- 4" fours will bo called out unless la .Intnntwld nf tbe trikr nrfl 4 granted," O'Connell snid. "Then tho undertakers and cemetorv einplovers will have to conduct fniiomls as best thev can. More' than 200 workers will ho involv- n.l ! (I,., ,...i.,,l ulviln ' .'' .... : ..',.', ........'..', U4 f 4 t4t BOTE PARIS, April 4. In a statement to the Petit Parisian. Premier Lloyd George of'Great Britain denies there are dissensions between France and England regarding guarantees for France against Germany. He de clares that the understanding be tween the two governments is com plete and that England is "ready to moke fresh sacrifices, if necessary. to secure the peace and independence of France." The interview was sought, savs a Huvas . agency summary of it. be cause of the rumor recently m cur- dilation to the effect that Great Brit ain would oppose in the peace con ference the French demands for funrnntees. ' Although discussions were neces sary to settle the knotty problems frequently brought to the attention of the eonfereea.'Mr. Llovd George is quoted ns saving, the 'under standing between the two nations re mained absolutely- unimpaired. . Assure Complete Security . ; "Wc wish France to Itnow that it is the will of. the Britishpeople that France should have, complete secu rity for the future," the British pre mier declared. Even if it were HO venrs hence, the premier I ddcd. England would be readv at that time again to make sac rifices for the French if Germnnv should let loose the scourge of war on France for the third time. No Third Tlmo "I have seen the scourge of war twice loosed hv Germany," the pre. mier told the Petit Parisian. ."We do not intend that there shall be a third time nnd should be 50 years hence, France again will find England by her side with all her wealth nnd pow er, for innrk well mv words, the wild beast must be mastered. "It is mastered at present, but if one day it raises its head ready to sprins it will find itself again faced bv France and England, united in brotherhood." - ITS INDEPENDENCE SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 Son Poync III, head of the principal na tive religious sect in Korea .has been named president of the recently de tj.ired Koioan provisional govern ment with headquarters here todav by tho Korean national association from tho Rov. Hvun Soon, its repre sentative in Shanghai. A cabinet of eight portfolios was named. The soot of tho provisional govern ment is in an unnamed Manchurian city, the cable said. A Korean "battalion of death" consisting of GOO men, fully armed. has crossed the Tumnnkang river from Manchuria into Korea, pledged not to return until Korea is free, the cable said. I NEW YORK. April 4. Indictments charging violation of tho espionngo act against John Reed, magazine writer, and Abraham . I. Shiplaeoff. former stnte nsseniblvninn. wore dis missed in tho fedora! district court hero todav bv Judgo Knox on mo tion of tho district attorney. Keed ami' Shiplaeoff wero indicted in Sep tember, 1918, for alleged seditious utterances in which thev condemned the American government's policy to ward Russia. . ' Indictments for seditious writings against i Dr. Wm. J. Robinson nnd Samuel W. Simpson, who were identi- lied with a mnguzino culled "A Voice in llio Wilderness, also were (lis linssod." ,. ) ' ... i Tonight I'nlr; Light front In ' morning. ' . ' ; ' NO. 11 Surgeon General Charges Gross Carelessness and Negligence Among Medical Officers Typhoid Toll Is Large In Spite of Exper ience In Spanish War At Chateau Thierry 75 Per Cent of Men Af fectedDeath Rate Is High. , - WASHINGTON, April 4. Charges of gross carelessness and negligence in preventing and controlling the . spread of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers in the army are made against many medical officers serving with the forces overseas in a circular pub lished by the chief surgeon of the American expeditionary forces , and made public here today by the public health service in connection with a warning that vaccination' does . not ,. give complete immunity from ty phoid.; .... " . . ,. '." . :.. The chief surgeon cites many In stances where . cfldemlcs prevailed among troops, especially during .the lost offensives on the western front, and points out that ' the occurrence and distribution of diseases was con- , stantly brought to the attention ot ' the medical officers thru weekly bul letins. : : ' . ; Medical Officers Incompetent "It would appear," the circular, continues, "that many officers utter ly failed to grasp the significance of . these reports and warnings." ... The chief surgeon warns his sub- .' ordlnates that the excuse "there is a' war on" no longer will be tolerated and that they will be held responsible for proper supervision of the health of troops, nearly all of whom are In stationary training areas or in the army of occupation, where . proper measures can 'be. instituted and en-., forced. ' 75 Per Cent Afflicted During the Chateau Thierry offen sive, the circular disclosed, approx imately 75 percent of the troops en gaged were afflicted with diarrheal diseases, such as simple diarrhea, , bacillare dysentary, typhoid and paratyphoid. "The high incidence . of-intestinal diseases in this sector," the chief sur geon said, "was due to entire disre gard of the rules of sanitation;".'. . Pneumonia and Influenza Both dysentery and typhoid-paratyphoid fevers were demonstrated to have prevailed to some extent after, the St. Mihlel offensive, but the epi demics of pneumonia and Influenza prevailing at that time' overshadowed all other medical admissions. Following the offensive In the Ar gonne, typhoid and paratyphoid be gan to be reported from virtually all divisions engaged and, according to the chief surgeon, it was quite evi dent the initial cases were due In large part to the drinking of infected water. . In some Instances either the initial exposure was not, great, the organizations were under good disci pline, or the medical otacers naa a proper conception i of their duties and responsibilities and but few case? occurred. . In other instances the contrary was true, and many cases occurred. . Death Rate 8.42 Percent ' . In July, 1918, a replacement unit consisting of 24!$ men from Camp Cody, N. M.,' reached England with typhoid prevailing extensively! . 98 men, 39.5 percen, had the disease and the death rate was 8.42 percent. ' From the Investigation it was con- . (Continued on Page Eight.) POLICE OF PORTLAND PORTLAND. April 4. -Bv unani mous vote, members of tho Portland police depurtinent havo decided to unionize nnd affiliate with the Con trol. Labor Council hero, it was an nounced todav. The police snv tho public noed not bo ulnrmed over tho prospects, of a policeman's strike,' when crimo would run rumpnnt. for . the charter will J hav6.it non-strike clause. The union will stand against nnv decrease in wnges of its mem bers. The wages were raised .during the war. ,, ,. , ; , . ', UNION