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Owon Historical Soo a Puhilo Auditorium . , : i - i Medford Mail ' : : : ! ; ; : l : -t : Tribune The Weather ' Minimum yivitcrdny A7 Minimum tixMiy ;,.,...ll'J " Predictions Hnln. Dully Fnitrtntuilh Voir. l''ortyiilnlli Your. ilEDFORD, OREGON, .SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919 NO. 12 ENTEitE BOLSHEVIK 10 EXPEL RUSSIA LAUNCHES BIG OFFENSIVE, LAND AND SEA, AGAINST ALLIES Trotsky Orders Baltic Fleet Out - Offensive Ordered in North Russia-Allies Mush ing Aid to Murmansk Forces WASHINGTON, April 5. Doclnr li)K I Hut I ho ArchniiKol situation, from a military vlow, wiw woll In hand, General March said today 1C wu "Inorodlblo Hint tho alllod forco thoro can to driven Into tho sen by anybody." Up announced thut tho war department's plun wn to huvo the Amnrlcnn forcoa out or that por tion of Kussla by tho and or Juno. LONDON. April H.Uon Trolzkv. Holdievik minister of war. him or dered tlui HiiNxiun Hiiltin fleet Jo put to hpii ii ml nttni'k (lit) allien, threat ening to hnvo nil the crows shot if llicv iliHobov tlio order, miv tbe Wnil. . ' LONDON. April 5. Wimtloii Spencer Churchill. Hooretiirv of Ktntc for war. veslerdnv ont n telegram in bin own niinio to th Itritisli trooim in Northern Russia, auv tho' Mini. iruiiiiiiti( Hint thev would do sup portrd aud rtliovod lit tlio earlier txiHHililn mmm-nt mill that men who linve been thoro for uinitlliit will lie broouht Iiimiipiim oon n other troop urrivo to t'uko their iilmw. Tho uii'n for tlio relieving forces hnvo already 'been provisionally no- looted nnd lecture hnvo boon given k th i'in on tlio HiiHHiiin situation. Trooim kopt in tho nrmv under the militnrv Horvieo net will also In) in- ' vital l volunteer, kbvm lite Mail, iintl thoro mnv possibly ho mi anneal ex tended to demobilized men. Tlio militnrv nuthoritio nro Biiid to be confident that proimrntions be ing madu will nsnuro relief lint that tho next two ;iioutlm will bo filled with unxiotv; Crbiln In Oiletou LONDON. April 5. Tho nifuntion in southern ItiiMxiu has recontlv lie onmo distinctly worse 'from ,nn nl lied ' viowpoint. mninlv owing to n shortage of , food, according to dis patches lo tho Pros Association. It is not feared thnt militnrv reasons will compel I ho nlliuH to evacuate . Odessa, lint thoro 1 a possibility, it is said.' that tho o'tv will become bo short of food that it will bo unable to- Hiipport an occupying force. , ! , ' Finnish Kofcctlon LONDON. April 5. Imimrlnni Io velopnionts on tho Murmansk front in Northern Uussin mnv bo axuontud . in n fow ilavs owimr ta a throutuned dofootion of Finnish troops, nword inir to tho Mail. It. is said that it was to meet this dnmrer thut Ameri can .doliichiiuiiits wero sent on two . American cruiflorR which will roach. Murmansk carlv noxt woek. 1'roaiclent Wilson w roporlod lo hnvo ordered tho sailors of tho two oriiisors to Innd with tho troops, if noeessnrv. British relief forces hnvo Kono on bonril tho two ospceinllv con struetod , ino hroakinir transports . with which thev exiled to Set throuuh tho ico two weeks onrlier than thev . could on nnv other tvpo of vessel, ,' Vnplcnsniit Incident In BHtcrU aivUTSK. March 27.(Uv tho As Boointed l'ross.) An Amoricnn sol . dier is nlloireil to have torn iv Hus sion fine from tho roar pint form of n spoeiul train bcannir General Deid vinfiu. nnnitimtiiliir nP 'the CzocllO : ';. Slovak forces in Siberia, and Colonel ; Komanovskv, nn niiti-Ilolmiovik load er in tho Udinsk district, when it wns CROATSIASK ALLIES "FOR INVESTIGATION . PARIS, Friday. April 4, (By As i unedited Press.) . Huron 8onnlno, ; Itnllnn forolgn minister, rocolved '; dlspntch today rrom Stofnn Radio i - loudor of tho pousantB' par.ly in uro ' ntln. asking that a commission from ; tho ontonto powers ho sont to Croatia to ascertain the sentiment of tho , neoplo thoro regnrdlng thoir fuluro. Tho dlspntoh doclnreB that tho Cron llnns do not consider tlio Sorbluns thoir llborntors, . , . passing tbroiiuh (he villairo of Polka, Manchiiria. Officers on tho train ex pressed iiiiliunatioii over (lie incident when the train reached hero today, The officers wero espocititlv irri tated, since this was the second un pleasant incident in which American soldiers have fntnred recent I v. lhrue (lavs previously severul Americans from n troop train waiting on n sid ing at M ti I it station, Manchuria, tried to board tho sumo special train in spile of the platform -guard. Sev ernl ears filled with nrmcd cadets from the Vladivostok militnrv school wero attached to the special. What promised to be n serious situation was relieved when tho commander of the cuildt ordered the tram to start Deports of the incidents have been sent to Major General William S Oraves, coiiiiiiander of American ex peditionary forces in Siberia, bv Col onel Honianovskv. The hitler in formed (leueral uraves that tho men were intoxicated, and added: "I regret tho lack of disciplmo in Hicmc troops, which increases the nn imosilv of Knssinns toward Ami-ri ciuis." ',.' i . ' , - He aildeil that tho nonduet of American officers hnd been above re proach but that tho men seemed to be uncontrollable. (leneral Oraves bus telegraphed to Colonel Honianovskv expressing his regret, lie stated that an investiga tion had been ordered and that the guilt v persons UMiild bo severely punished, ' 1 Soviet In ArtluiiiKcl AKC1IANOKL. April 3. (Hv the Associated Tress.) Tho situation in nil sectors of tlio North Hussian front wns again eompnrativelv nuiet vesterdav and this morning. A Holsheviki prisoner, miestionod regarding the morale of tlio enemv forces, declared todav: "Tho soldiers of oar regiments nro mobilized peasants and the officers are voluteer communists.' Tho spirit of tho soldiers is low and overvbodv is 'fed up' with the communists. Tho soldiers nro treated verv soverelv and are shot for leaving their posi tions without permission. A new system of discipline has been inaug urated, different ranks and distinc tions being established nnd soldiers must salute nn penalty of death. The men nro suffering'- from tvphns nnd ook noon tho Hitunlion ns being one in which tho peasants are against the Holsheviki. Along tho road are posts garrisoned bv Chinese who search nil travelers and tako overvthine thev can find." GE1S HIGH l'OHTi.ANl). April 5. I.ioutcnant Colonel Goorgo A. White, ndiutnnt ireneriil of General Pershing's stuff on.l former Oregon ndiutimt general, linn been elected secrotiirv ot the Veterans' Association, tormcd Jn Paris on llarch 18. nnd lins nlso boon named n member' ai. tlio oxooutivo Committee of thnt orennixntioti. Word to this effect was received in Portland todav in n letter from Col onel Whito to his wifo. The election took lilnoo while Colonel Whito wns absent from tho sessions of represen tatives of-nll branches of tho United States service gathered ill Paris to orgniii.o n ncrinnnont iisosointion of American veterans of tho European war. - '' DISLOYALTY CHARGES WITH- tfRAWN AGAINST PAINE SAN FUANCISCO, April O.-r-Dis-misrtal of disloyalty charges ngninst Hubert Paine, proiiiliiont in Califor nia as a sculptor.' wns entered in the Unitod Slnlos district court. Iiore to dnv nftoi- having been ordered bv United States Coiniiiisisoiier Krull vesterdnv. Piiine was nccuscd of making seditious vemnrUs, but. the commissioner held ho was not guilty of iutonUoiinrdislo.vuU.Vt COLD IS 'DIPLOMATIC DENIED AT PARIS PAItlS. April B. Pronldont Wilson was "tllKhtly bettor" at noon today, an official bulletin on bin condition aald. Ilia cold, however, wai still pronounced onouKh to cauHo 8 slight temper- aturo. Trcsldent Wilson lias display- ed keen Interest In tho proceed- Inns of the council ulnce IiIb ab- sence and llkewlno In the attl- ,4- tudo or tho Uallans relative tp tlio dUposlllon or Flumo. Tho miKKcntlon that hli lllneu, hnd omeihlnK or a "diplomatic" 4- aspect round prompt refutation H la known that the president 4- had made clear hi position on reparations, the disposition of the tort bank or the Rhine, tho 4 8anr volley and Hume tho po- sltlon which was not shared by all or tho conroroes so that when his Illness forced his with- drnwal from tho tirocoedings thoro secmod little chance for an early Agreement. IS NEARIN6 THE 2 WASHINQTON, April 5. Demob ilization of the American army In cluding tnclmploto reports to April 5 has reachod n total-of 1,624,171, of whom 91,674 were officers, the war department announced today. Total troops ordered for demobiliza tion ore 1.830,500. . Tho strength of tho American army on April 5 was estlmntod at 2,055,718. This represents, General March Bald today', a demobilization or 44 percent or the enlisted, and 48 percent of the commissioned person nel. Sailings from France since Novem ber 1, 1918, General 'March said, number 627. ol9.. The chief of Starr added that he wns aiming at a monthly return ot 310,000 men na agnlnst the maximum ronorted In shipments overseas or 309,000. ' Reserve commissions have been is sued to 30,606 oftlcorfl and sppllca tlons ror commission In the regular establishment have beon rocelved from 15,101 officers. EnllHtmonts u'ndor the call tor 50,. 000 volunteers for overseas duty so far reported from Uio regular enlist- mailt offices totnl less than 5000 mon, HOLD DUTCH LINER PLYMOUTH, England, April 5.' Tho Dutch steamer Nlouw Amstordnm which loft New York on March. 26, Is bolng dotalned here by the British nuthorlMos. No reason is given. It Is reported thnt tho tormer German minister to Mexico, H. Von Eckhnrdt, Is on board. The IMlouwo Amsterdam nrrlvod hero-1 Friday and landed mails and passengers, Including, mall and pas sengers tor 'France. The agents ot itbo liner hore hnvo given out no stntoment. No one Is allowed board the steamer. on Contractors Given Notice WASHINGTON, April 5. Assist ant. Secrotiirv Crowoli gnvo notico to dav that contractors desiring to ad just cnni'cllod war contracts through tho luneliiiierv set mi bv tho war de imrliiient for that tuirposo must pre sent their chums prior to May , IS. next, .i . '...- 36 MILLION IS LOSS FEBRUARY R.R. OPERATION Revenue Falls 8 Million Below Pre ceding Month Over Million Less Than Correspont'ina Month 1918 ' Which Was Bad Record Because of Snow and Storms. WASHINGTQ.V, April 5 Railroad not ournlnns In Fobrimry continued Jo decline and were less than In Jan uary, or than In February ot last ('ear. The net revenue was about 110,109,000, or 18.674,000 less than fn tho preceding month and 11,7 H, 000 lesa.tUnn In February.. 191.8. The approximate loss to the "government on this basis or the guarantees, return was $36,590,000, about the same as January; ! -i V These flKures, compiled today by the bureau ot railway economics are unofficial, but probably aro nn accur ate torecast 'or tho Interstate com merce commission's summary to be Issued next iweek. . '. Operating revenues tor February wore recorded as 1351.748,000 or $45,000,000 less than In the preced ing month. , Operating expenses were 324.300'.000'or S36.000.000 less than in January. In February Inst year, a bad month ror rrolght tratric on account . of weather, operating revenues for the same roads Included In the prelimin. ary tabulation' were . S289.625.000. Revenues In February this year were 21 percent,-ErnwtMv-vExpenses last February.' however, were 24 percent greater than the $260,981,000 ex- penses of tho corresponding month a year nito. Net revenue to the govern ment was 14 per cent less than the $11,823, 000 ot February, 1918. ' AT PARIS, April 5 'President Wilson slopt until after 9 o'clock this morn ing and no bulletin was issued by Roar Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his physician. Altho be did not get to sloop until late In the evening, it was announced this morning that he bad passed a satisfactory night, t, When the president awoke It was announced that he was better. He m'ght sit up later In the day. It was said, and with Sunday's rest Inter vening it was believed to be possible thnt he might attend Monday's meet ing ot the council of four. - WASHINGTON. April 5. Presl dent Wilson was reported "better" in a message received today - at . the White House from Rear Admiral Grayson. The message, addressed to Secretary Tumulty, said: ; " "President Is better this morning but confined to bed. No cause for worry." , : TO IS. WASHINGTON. April 5. Evorv enlisted ninn on discharge, the war department announced todav, will be allowed to retain na his personal property the following nrtioles of uilifonn couipment : Overturns con (for men with over sens service, hut for . others)- olive drab shirt :: woolen coat 1.nnd,:oriin ments; woolen breeches; one pair shoes: ono pair leggins. one waist bolt : ono slicker nnd overcoat : two suits nmlcrwonr; four pairs stock ings; one pnir gloves: one toilet set: one barracks bag: gas mask and hel met (for overseas men onlv.)1.-: Soldiers who bnve already turned in their enuipnicnt, nro authorized to redraw them bv npplvinsr to the di rector of storage in this city. V GERMANY DECLARES TO 1 v ' ABOLISH STATE CHURCH 'PARIS, April'. 5. (Uavns.)r-The commisisoii on sonstitution of the German national assembly 1ms ailootcd a clause stipulating tluit thoro shall bo no state church, n dis patch from Woimnr snvs.l Siiudn.V is inaintumcil as a legal holiday. - MARK PRESIDENT BETTER BOSCHE COIvlPLY 1H . OF General Foch Quicky Brlnqs Hun Deleaation to Terms Danzia to Be Used ' Port for Landino Polish - Troops Germans Appoint a Rhine Commission. s '. PARIS, April 5 (By Associated Press.) It was officially announced this morning that tho arrangements .for the landing at Danzig ot Polish troops now In France and their trans port along other lines proposed by Germany has been arranged to the entire satisfaction ot the allied pow erg. ' ' PARIS, April 5 Marshal Foch has telegraphed the allied governments that the right or tbe allies to use Danzig as the port tor the return to Poland ot the Polish troops In France had -been formally upheld in the con ference with the German representa tives. . In addition to Danzig, it was de cided to use other means of transpor tation for the Polish troops proposed by. the German government so that the arrival ot the troops might be ac celerated, the . marshal's - message added. The use ot the port of Dan zig was provided for in the armistice ot November 1 1 last. The result was made . known with the giving ont ot a communica tion received by the allied govern ments from Spa, where Marshal Foch tbe allied. commander-in-chief, end his aides have been In conference with German representatfves. The communication reads: "SPA, April 4, 10:30 p. m. In conformity with, the decision of the allied and associated governments, the right given the allies by the ar mistice convention signed November 11 to land the Polish troops now in France at Danzig has been maintain ed completely. : "Furthermore, to hasten the arri val ot these troops in Poland it has been decided to make use of other lines ot transport proposed by the German government. "These arrangements as a whole are in entire agreement with the views ot the allied and associated gqvernments. . .' .: (Signed) "FOCH. - BERLJNt, Friday, April 4. (By Associated Press.) The German gov ernment, it was announced today has decided to appoint a special commission- to handle problems connected with the occupied territories on the left bank of the Rhine. V. SOVIET AGITATOR IS SPOKANE. Wash., April 5. Hnr- rv M. Wicks, who the police declare is an organizer here of n "soviet" patterned after tlioSe of Russia, was arrested here todav on a charge of violating n citv ordiance which pro- h'bits the odvocacv of dislovaHv to the .laws of the United States. According to Commissioner John II. Tuslov of the department of pub lic safety. Wicks has been advocat ing a general strike' on Mnv 1. to con- t'nuo until all political m-isoners have been released. Mr. Tinslev de clared he 1 1 s organ'j ed here tbe "League for Dcmocraov at Home." nt meetings of which from 300 to GOO radicals have been congregating. , The police declare xWicks came here some timo ago from Portland, where lie organized similar societies. PRESIDENT ORDERS AIR CRAFT BOARD DISSOLVED , WASHINGTON, April 5. The stole department mndo public todav an executive order signed recently bv President Wilson formally dissolving the, aircraft board croated earlv in the war. Its place is taken bv n di rector of aircraft production under the direction of air service. 7 California Troops Return. NEW YORK, Apr!l 5 Bringing 2182 trooifa of the 40th division former National Guard of California, Ncvndn. Utah. Colorado. Arizonn and Now Mexico, the stcanisbin Ed gar A. Luckcnbach arrived hero to DEMANDS MARSHAL dav from Bordeaux. I ' h ' ''' .' ' HUN IS TEN TO ONE General March Relieves Fears of Trouble in Germany Hun Armv Now 820.000. Allies Approximately 10.000.000 Germany Reduced to 15 Percent. Allies to 75 Percent. WASHINGTON. April 5. Ficiires on the latest xtutiM of the militnrv forces in' Europe, General March an nounced, tihow that tbe armies of the central Bowers as now organized constitute about 15 percent of their strcnirth when the armistice . was siened. while the allied soldiers still organized comprise 75 per cent of their total strength on November 11 Official dispatches show the as- eregnte strength of the central pow ers now as 1.125,000 men 'against their combined strength in Xoveni ber last ot 7.630.000 mei. The al lied armies in November totalled 13. 663.000 of which onlv 25 per, cent have been demobilized. The German nrmv estimnted offi cially tat 4.500.000 on November 11. has been reduced to 820.000: the Bulgarian armv has dropped from 500.000 to 120.000: tbe Austrian from .2,230.000 to about 60.000 and the Turkish from 400.000 to less than 20.000. E TO PARIS. April 5 (Bv the Asso ciated Press.) Asked if the Ital ians-would leave the peace confer ence if denied Fiunie. Salvatore Bar zilai, one of the Italian peace dele gates, said today: '' 'No decision has been reached as vet, but it is obvious the Italian dele gates feel thev must follow the 'will of the Italian peoole." He declared that the national council of Fiunie had unanimously adopted a law bv which the citv took the Italian flag as the banner of the city. ' .. Signer Barzilai contended that this was the best proof of Fiume's wishes to be joined to Italy under the Wil- soninn policy of self determination and added that the Italian people nnd parliament, without distinction of partv.Were determined thnt Fiunie should be a Dart of the kingdom. Signer Barzilai said that Fiume cannot live except ns nn Italian citv because it must "belong to a large country as it did when n tiart of Hun gary if its financial prosperity is to be assured. "Even now Fiume is burdened with a debt of several million crowns," he said, !'and the new Jugo-Slnv state lacks the resources to keep the city in a flourishing condition." KILLED. COOS BAY MARSHFIELD. Ore.. April 5. Ira Rowers was instantlv killed nnd Del Saunders was probably fntnllv in jured nt the Coos Bav Shipyards here todav when a high wind blow n plank from the upper deck of a ship under construction under which the men were at work. The plank struck the two men who were 75 feet balow the deck. v - : MUST RELEASE MEMBERS OF U. S. NAVAL RESERVE WASHINGTON. April 5. Bccnns'o of failure f congress to enact the naval appropriation bill, with its pro vision for an increased naval per sonnel practically all members of the naval reserve force on active, duty must be roloascd immediately upon tho declaration of peace. ' : The navy department said today that because of this fact nnd great need of officers, it would ho inadvis able generally to accent the rcsignn Iron of officers of tho temporary iuvy. '.''. i FORCE OUTNUMBERED SOIBAND SAILORS DEFY CITY POLICE Tacoma In State of Sieqe Followlno ,: Order to Arrest Discharqed Men Sellinrj Taos Claim Plot to Put City In Hands of Bolshevikl 100 Extfa Police Sworn In Labor Leader Declares Citv Officials Lookino for Trouble Can Have IL ; '' ' . ' . . . s . TACOMA . Wash.. 'April At , noon todav more tbnn 100 extra- po- licemen were put on downtown . streets to keep members nnd friends of the Soldiers', and Sailors' Coun cil from selling tags for the benefit of the council. . -, This action was taken when Hur ley Johnston, president of the metal Trades Council, declared this morn-, ing thnt 2.000 shipworkers would defv the police this afternoon nnd sell the tags. ; . "If the citv officials: want some trouble we will give it to them." John ston is said to have declared, nc- cording to a Teport to Chief of Pe nce Harrv Smith. . . . . ; . . . ; Hold Conference ' . When the action of the head of the Metal Trades Council became known. Commissioner Pettit. head of the citv department of rpublie -' safety, called a meeting, which members of the Soldiers' Council attended. Ho made it plain the citv will, remain firm, and he said if the shipworkers cause trouble the heads of the or ganization will .be nrrestcd on. , the charge of inciting a riot. .: The 17 members of the Soldiers' , Council who . were put in- mil this morning were given an elaborate nqon day meal by the council. . ' v Seventeen Aro Arrested . . i TACOMA. Wash., April. 5. Sev-' entcen former soldiers, nianv of them) vet in uniform, were nrrestcd bv Ta coma police this morning for sellingl tags on the streets in defiance of tho lnw. Other arrests are expected. The police this morning said at least 100 former sailors came from Seattlo to assist in defying the order of the Tacoma authorities that tags cannot be sold. ' ' ' The controversy largely is wnged around the purpose of the organiza tion thut is wanting to sell the tags. It is called the Soldiers' and Sailors' Council. The Tacoma citv council believes it is founded along1 the lines of the Russian Soviets.' "Leaders in . the organization declare its purposes are misinterpreted. ' The soldiers arrested- iWe re put in the citv iail. Bail wns fixed nt $5. -i When news of tho arrests Teitehed hendouarters of , tlio- Soldiers' nnt Sailors' Council additional tag. sell? ers were at once sent out. tho police have learned. , , , - An inventory of the .men rnrrcstcil showed sales of tags aggregating nil the way from 82 cents to $49.50. Tho purpose of the tag sale., tho soldiers' organization declares. ' is to - .assist soldiers and sailors who are in need. ; Overseas Men Arrested- . -- Early, this afternoon the police , were busy arresting persons selling the tags. , The patrol wagons wero filled as rapidly as thev could mnko trops from downtown streets to the citv jail. ;. ) - ,. ... .. The streets are filled with people, but tho" police have thus far made all arrests without great disorder. At least four soldiers who served, overseas have been put in mil. ' Shipworkers, who wero depended' (Continued on Page Six.) 1 HALF MILLION ISSUE : BAKER, Ore., April 5. At an en thusiastic mass meeting of cltlzeiia ot, Baker county, held last night. It wan . jvoted unanimously to bond the coun ty for $500,000 tor tho construction,: of trunk and market roads., The meeting was called by tho' county court lor the purpose of ascor-' talnlng tbe sentiment ot the tax payers on a constructive road .pro gram. ' The bonding oloctlon will bo culled for June 3. i . ,
