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Newspaper Page TextOrflnn Historical Soo Pdi'.lo Auditorium The Weather Maximum )'4M(i'(iny...M.,ni) Mhiliinitii tmliiy. lit) .Predictions u Jjlght to heavy front tonight. . Tomorrow fnir. Iiitlly Koiirlixinlli Your. lurly-iilnUt Vwir. MEDFORD, ,ORK(JON, MONDAY, APJML 7, 19J9 NO. 13 mail Tribune MEDFORD SOVETS 1RY TO OUST COUP REDSSTART THE RECALL Ftaht to Finish With Bolsheviki De ' : claret Cltv Commission Want to Establish Ruslsnn Soviet System- Issue Warrant for Arrett of J. C Johns, Seattle Aqltator. Bnc ot Nickels Given to Ball Out Paddy Morris Trials Benin. ' TACOMA. Wni.li.. Anril 7. A nn answer to tli" KtuiiH Inkvn lv thu Central l.alior Council to attempt the recall of tho TitPiiinn eilv commission the city ol'ficiiils thin morning took slcim to arrest moro of the lender of tlio Tneoinn Soldier'. Sailors' nnd Workers' Council. Iho o menus do iduru thin organization U nolhiiiL' moro nor less thun u reproduction of a Russian, soviet. Trinl of tho till men nnd women nrrcstod on tho street Sulurdiiv for selling Iml'H for the benefit ot Dip council treasury will Jicuin thin nf tornnim, When tlio preliminary honrinirs nro hi'ld it is expected that (inch person under nrrcKt will demand a separate trlnl. : OoinnilKKlonrnt Don't Worry Members of tlio .cilv conmiiaisoh this inorninir vxurewcd little worry over tho recall movement. "Wo will fight it out on thin lino despite 00 roonlk" K. H. 141 tit. commissioner of'puhliu KiilVtv, who ordered llio nr rest. Saturday, declared. . Chief of I'olii'O Hurry Smith this morning announced thnl n wnrnmt would be issued for tlio arrest of John , C. John, tlio Seattle lender, who is charged with brine liiruolv. responsl bio for tho diturbiineo bore. Steve Burke, secretary trensuror of tho lo- col Soldiers' nnd .Sailors' Council. , U boini nouuht bv tlio offiwr nnd will ho urroHtod a hooii iih found, nnd 0. I,. Kcllinir. nnotbor of tho of. iivoi of tho locnl couni'il. who iiooh nn n returned Ciiniidiim Koldier. wnn picked m nt tbo nolii'o Htntion when ' ho enmo in to tnlk with tbo men nr roHtod Sntunbiv. "1 nrmint tho ino." m'u Afnvor C, M. Kiddi-ll. "If wa uro to bnve n ; filtlit botweon thu Himiim IloUhovik idon nnd tho Amoriunii idun of uov ornmont 1 urn for llio United Htnten. Tho netion of thin bunch Siitnrdnv .luHtil'icH tho act ion of tlio council In refiiNinc tbem linv coiiiuwHion to eol lei't moiiov on tbo BlreetH of llio fit v. Tbo council went into lliiH tbini! tbor ouirlilv. W knew what wo wen) do- , ine when wo refiiHed their tooiiomI. Wo inndo n enreful' invHtiL'ution nnd diHeovored iunt wlmt tho ttru'wil rn reuontH nnd ww deeiiled thuv'were not , "wlmt wo wnntod to eneouriiiro luirc. Tho bnd pIiiiho of tbo whole lliinir l Hint thovnro hidinc their true ehiir- netor behind tlio ebmk of honofittine tlio noldiorx whom wo nil want to help to tbo limit." , , IrfilHir Mnnibor for City ' ' ' OommisHioiicr II. Rftv lliirrinon. n member of nrirnnixoili labor nnd blm- hoIC n dcjleBiito to tbo Control I,nbor (. onncil. niiHomioiv roiimiuuuii ine element tbnt in in oontrol of tbo In bor eoiiwiil. "If tnv fnturn doncnild on tho BUiiport of tbo Itolnhcvik Clo ment-in labor, I want to fiiv that 1 will cot out," suid Hnrrison. "I nm ' .iiiHt ns mue,h n friend of lnbor ns I ovor wn but thoso who bnvo irot in power do not reproKont tbo intoroHts : of nhor." ' ' v ; ' l'olieo offieialH Rpont nil foronoon clicckinit up (bo linil of tbo (III pomnns nrreHtud in tlio' riot Snturdnv. Tho ' hail run into snmo' IhoiiKunds o dol lura, each Rack containinif about two : nunrtH of Rmall ehnimo brought in n bntr to lmil out "P.nddv" Morris, rndi- , enl lendor, wIioko bnil wns put nt $!, 1)00, tho ebnriru niruinKt bim lieinL' in (jitiiiK to n riot. .. ' ' . ' . , ! : WILSON'S SHIP READY FOR 1 WASHINGTON; -Xpril '7. Nnvnl oCfieiiilH Hiiid todnv nu nows bnd been roeoived in roirim! to llio tmnspovt Cloonto WuHhiiiifton, but that tlio vos noI wR nndentoinir hoi- usual "clonn up" nt New York, prepuratorv to Biiilinir for Hroat on April In, TIuh would' put her on tho other k'uIo in limn to start buck with Ilia president on bout'U bv May 1. , CHARGE 0. S. DEPUTY DRANK BOOZE TAKEN PORTLAND, April 7. Tho ChurKOH th lit , Deputy United Hlutun Murnhnl' Horry, who nr- rived In Portland Haturduy with two prisoners nrrcstod at Rose-. burg on tho charge of vIolatliiK tho ' prohibition amendment, drank noma of 'tho confiscated liquor whllo on tho way to Portland, wilt lio thnroly In von- tlKitlod, United Stales Marshal Alexander said today. Ho suid he already had koiio fur enough with Ilia Investigation to ho cor- tain that tho charges had boon grossly exnggarulod, at looat. . DEMAND FALL EBERT E Ratllcat Demands Presented Bv Dus seldorf Orpanlzatlon Want Union With Russian Soviet Government and Surrender Ebert Scheldeman to Council of German Republic. lll:KSi:i.I)OHK, April 0. (Itv the Affocintcd I'iviM.) Itndienl do- iniinds bnvo been funnubileil bv the workuion's omanir.iiticni here in its polilienl uenerul strike. Tho demund! include the immediate release of po- Jilieul prisoners, eliminiition of cIiibh; intuslieo, demolnlir.iition of tho null tarv fort'OK, coalition with tho IStis niun soviet uoveniment nnd surron- ler of tho Khcrt-Shculcmuiin uoveni ment to the council of tbo republic The threat tbnt the licwlv nrnved supply of food from entente sources would bo withheld in the event of n strike is .met bv tbo counter thrcnt that the men will not resume work until tbo food is I'orllieoniimr. KSSKN. April (1. rv tbo Asso- eiated 1'ress.) Tho strike situation here shows little clinnco todnv. The I reel car employes voted to join the Krupp workers,' so tbnt tbo eitv's transportation svsem is at n Mil mi st ill, Kssen is itlxp without liuhts be causa of the strike of tbo firemen. In the Kubr iudustriul district ns n whole there wus nn increnso vester; dav in tbo total number of strikers. BKIiMN, April . f Hv tbo Asso ciated l'ress. Tbo Atrrnrinn I.euL'uo lias sent n protest to tho nn liounl uiinistrv nnd tbo foreien sce rotnrv mininst its luck of netivo rep rcsentntion in tbo delegation to the I'nris conferi'iico. The Aitrnrinns de mnnd that tlicv ho represented bv n practical nirricullnrnlist. ADMIRAL WM. S SIMS AT NEW YORK. April 7. Vice Ad mlrnl Wm, 8. 81ms,' who! directed America's war time operations tn Kuroponn waters, arrived nt qunran tine at 11:80 o'clock this afternoon on tho British liner Mnurotnntn Kscortod by n flotilla of destroyers and niriilauos, tbe admiral's ship, which nlso brought home 2700 Amer ican soldlors, was met by n flcot of harbor oratt hearing naval and mil nlalpal oftlcors nnd momhors of' tho ovorsons commandant's family. ' NOW LLOYD GEORGE HAS SEVERE . LONDON, April 7. An Importnnt Btntomont on tho work ot tho ponco oonforonoo which Promlcr ' Lloyd Ooorgo bnd promised to make to night hns boen postponed until Tues day, according to a Contrnl News dis patch from Purls. Tho British pro filer, It. Is ndded, Is confined to his Purls homo with a sovvro chill, HUNWORKMENi REGIM FARMERS HOLD FOOD AGAINST MUNICH REDS Strona Opposition Develops Aaalnst Establishment of Soviet Govern ment in Bavaria Popular Support for New Reojme but Soldiers Re main Neutral. MUNICH. April 5. (Mv the Asso ciated I'ross.) Tho troops hero ex press M.vmpnthv with the soviet enuse. They bnvo declared their intontion. however, to maintain neutrality nnd to prevent riotimr. At nil public entherinus enthusiasm is shown in fnvor of the soviet iden. . NUHICMIIKnO. Itnvnrin. Anril 0. vin Copenbniren. Tho Hnvnrinn nn tionul conferenco of social democrats hero has voted 42 to 8 nirninut tho introduction of n soviet republic in Ilnvnrin. ' ,- HF.RI.IN. April 0. fnv the Asso ciated 1'ress.l There hns been no defhiito nows liej coneeniini; tho situation in Munich since tho reports wore received of tho enrlv existing occurrences. Vroin such news ns hns reached Herlin", , however, it soems orobiible that n soviet covernmcnt has not. vet been proclaimed in nnv nav that can bo retarded as official or bindine. . The proponents of the plan met with bI rone opposition in two ounr tcrs. The Huvarinn diet, it is true, enn .lmrdJv meet Tucsdnv,, ' bad been the pnieriun., because it ia not assured of tbo support of tho troops in Munich ( who were reported in Munich dispatches Snturduy to have expressed sympathy with the soviet cause but to iav declun-d' their in tention to , maintain neutnihtv. al thouth tbev would, notiiiirotecbithc diet huihlinir which is armed with mn- hino ituns." ,: Tho proponents of tho soviet ulen. however, bnvo met with crent oppo sition on the part of the bourceoise. on tbo one hnnd, nnd the peasants on the other hnnd. The pensnnts hold the trump card in their control of tho supply of food stuffs which thev hnvc declared thev would rcfuso to deliver in ense a soviet covernmcnt were proclaimed. Radical I-ejulor Opposed Tho nnoxneeted opposition to tho ostahllshmon't at present of tho so v lot form of government manifested by Ilavarlu's most radical Independent, Dr. l,ovln. hns not boon without Its effect, ns ho wields groat Influence In cortnln radical circles. Tho peasants' Icaguo llkowlso Is opposing tho plan with Increasing vigor and It Is both politically and economically a strong factor In Bavarian life,-. Tho rumor spread broadcast yes- tordny that the government and tho dlot might movo to -Hamburg, In nor thern Dnvarla, has beon officially do- nlod. . WARM SPRINGS PROJECT TO VOTE IRRIGATION PORTLAND, April ,7.-r-A specinl election bus iust been culled for Mnv 7 next bv tho directors of tho Warm Springs Irricution project, at which tho voters of tho district will record their will on h proposed issue of $(H) 000 bonds to complete tho pro.ioct, Tbo cull for the election wns issued followinc n mootiinr of tho Innd own era of the district, nt which senti ment dovelciped strongly fnvorinc tho PrOPOSnl. ' ; ' KOREA ASKS AID TO BUILD 1ST CHRISTIAN WASHINGTON. April 7. Dr. Syngmnn Rhoo, who according to cn blo dispatches from .Shanghai, has been named, secretary of. state of 5 Korean v. provisional revolutionary government ostublished in Munchuria, issued ' n Btntomont ; liero today in which ho doclured it tho intontion of tlio lenders of the movement to mnko Christian 'country out' of Koron "once it is froo of Jnpon." "Tlns,;' snul tho statement, ."would mnko Korea Ibn first .iniJcpcndcnt eoiniU'v in Asia lo become, Christian., ALLEGED VICTIM OF HOLD-UP HELD AS GUILTY OF PORTLAND, April 7. Trlco Blnglch, who had gone to the police station with an acquuin tance, Btato Nickalovitch, to re-' port that both ot them had been bold up and robbed while walk ing in the old Lewis and Clarke1 exposition grounds before day light yesterday! morning, was arrested by this police. Kach man said he lost SCO. Tho po llco said tbey bad learned that Blaglch bad been living on bor rowed money for several days, had proposed tbe walk and had ascertained 'first that bis ac quaintance was unarmed. , W E PLACE AS IN 1913 OMAHA. Nob., April 7. Heavy property damage but few personal in juries of consoqiionce resulted from a vicious tornado that swept across the western residence section ot omana last evening shortly after g o'clock. Dundee and Clifton Hill sutfored the greatest losses, many homes being unroofed and in some cases, practic ally ruined. . - : ' " It Is remarkable that this twister swooped down upon tho city the same day of tbe week as the more disas trous storm of Easter Sunday, 1913. and nearly exactly, six years after wards. Moreover, last night's torna do entered Omaha at exactly the same spot as did Its deadlier prede cessor and in general followed the samo path for a considerable dis tance. Prances Mlcklon, six-year-old, ap poars on the face of early reports the only one who may die as the result of the .visitation of the tornado. The girl lies unconscious at the Univer sity ot Nebraska hospital. Her back appears broken. ,. At Elmwood. where the storm reached the proportion of a tornado. every buildinc o nthe farm of Gconrc Lens -was destroyed. j , . Wlicn Mrs. Lens benrd the np prouch of the storm she climbed into bed with her three weeks' old bnbv. Tho wind picked up tbe bed. enrried it throuch tho nir for 200 feet nnd then deposited it on a pile of brush. Neither Mrs. Lens nor the child wns injured. LINCOLN, Noh., April 7. Wire communication in parts of southeast ern Nebraska was crippled today as a result of a violent windstorm . last night.- The greatest damage was at Elmwood, Neb. No, loss ot lite oc curred. " , UKRAINIANS WILL QUIT IF GIVEN THE LOOT LONDON. Anril 7. Tho Ukrain ians are-willing to cease fighting the) INEW YORK, April 7. The Italian Poles If a plebescite to deolde the I bureau of Information announced to ownership ot territory In dispute be- day the receipt of information from tween the two republic Is arranged Paris saying a wireless message from undor the control ot.the entente, nc - cordlng'to a statement by M. Holuho - vltch, premier of West Ukraine, quot- ed in a Vienna dispatch to the fblall. (M. Holubovitch claimed for Ukraine all' the territory between the River San' nnd tho Russian frontier. COUNTRY ' "Koreans will not stand for a heathen autocratic government like tbnt of Japan. - Thoy hnvo been trained under Amoricnn Christian in fluence and tho lenders nro nil im bued ' with American demoerntio ideas." '; ''.", ; .;,.'..'.. VAmoricn should help our cause for bor own suko. Koron is the natural buffer state in tho east, situntcd be tween Japan, Cbinii nnd Asiatic Rus sia, Like Belgium, for this reason,' she bus always been tho battlefield of bor neighbors, - Like Belgium also REPORT GOVT HUNGARY I 3e!a Kun Foreion Minister Declared Assassinated and Commune Oust ed. Soviets Reported In Control Saturday General Smuts In Bud apest Exact Situation In Doubt VIENNA. April 7. (Havas.) The Iliincnrinn communist, eovern nent in Hudupest has been over hrown, nccordine to rumors current n official circles, the newspapers sav. Bela Kun. tbe foreien minister, is reported to have been assassinated. ' The reports do not sav whether the attempted revolution in Budapest wes organized by the socialists or fl: boiirceoise pnrties. The communist covernmcnt in-Bud-npest wns , still in office Saturday and on that day Bela Kun. in a state ment suid n propostion bad been made to General J. C. Smuts, the chief allied representative in Buda pest, that representatives of the va rious states of the old Austrian em pire and Rumania hold a conference to discuss boundary and economic questions. . , Kcccnt reports from Budnpcst,hnve indicated that the communist covern mcnt , was not meeting with very strong opposition, at least in the Hungarian capital, in carrying out its measures. . . WASHINGTON. April 7. Advices reachinir tho state department today indirectly .from 'Vienna said a com munist counter revolution seemed im mincnt in German-Austria. RIOTS AND IN LAWRENCE STRIKE " LAWRENCE. Mass.. April 7.- Rioting marked bv orcmiscous firing by strike sympathizers and police opened the tenth week of the textile strike here todnv. The outbreak oc ourrcd in the vicinity of the Everett mills shortly before 7 o'clock, a few hours after the city have been stir red bv the explosion of a bomb in a tenement -house in the same neighbor hood. ' Enrlv reports indicated that no one wus injured bv the shooting although several rotcrs and policemen were injured bv sticks, stones nnd clubs. Twentv-thrce nrrests were made during the disturbances. , .. Women nnd children were netivo on the picket lino during the morning. It hnd been announced Inst night that Hie children of strikers would be kept from schools todnv becnuse of alleged nnti-strike activities bv teachers. In the mill districts women with stones in their hands drove nwnv children who attempted to bo to school. ' ' ITALIANS DENY THERE IS SEIGE AT FIUME . Rome officially denied that a state ! of siege had been proclaimed at Flume by the commander of the inter ' allied troops there. The South Slav press bureau at Flume reported the city to be tn a state of siege In a I cablegram received here March 30 IN ASIA slic maintained, bor independent ox istenee, .; until ten vcurs ago, when Jnpnn treacherously annexed her in spite of her solemn treaty nnd plodgci tq protect Koren 'apolitical indepond onoo nnd torntonal integrity. ' ; "The Korenns nre known as men of the pen, while the Jnpnnese nro men of tho sword. 1 only the Ko roans are given the opportunity to doveioo themselves without outside interference, they will produce n now model of ' Christum . civilization in Abiu." OVER HROWN GERMAN MAIDS STOP FLIRTING WHEN THEIR NAMES RE POSTED -. BONN, Rhenish Prussia, Mar. 31. To discourage fraterniza- t!on on tbe part of the young German women of Bonn with British soldiers the military authorities recently inaugurated a system of posting the names of women. Tbe first such pla card to appear was on last Sun day morning at the most prom inent street corner. In Bonn. ' The week following the auth orities reported that there was a falling off in the number of fraternization cases reported ot more than 60 percent. Secretary of War Accompanied Bv Pershlnu's 9-Year-0ld Son. New Ambassador to France and Con qressional Delegation, Expects to Be Gone Wook or Ten Davs. NEW YORK. April 7 Secretary of War Baker. Hugh C. Wallace ot Tucoma. Wash.. , the new United States ambassador . to France. 15 members of the house military affairs committee, and Wnrren Pershing, the 9 year old son of General Pershing, accompanied by his gunrdian. Ser geant Welz, were passengers aboard tho steamship Lcviuthan. which sail ed from, here at noon today tor France. " Secretary Baker is going abroad to attend meetings of tbe allied liquida tion commission in Pans and fours for settling payments between tug- land. France nnd the United States for war material He will be in France only a week or ten days. The congressional delegation aboard tbe big liner was headed by. former Chairman S. H. Dent of Ala bama, and wns accompanied by rep resentatives of the general staff of the United States armv. Representa tive Julius Knhn. of California, tbe new chairman of the committee is al ready in France. Mr. Dent snul the representatives would muke nn inspection tour of American camps and military bases in Franco and the occupied area." Secretary Baker saltt ne nopea 10 surprise General Pershing by pre senting his son, adding that the lad had been living with his aunts, Miss Mary Pershing and Mrs. D. M. Butler at Lincoln, Neb. - "This is a 'big boat, It doesn't rocK I am not going to be sick and there's moving pictures aboard," was the boy's general answer to scores or questions put to him by newspaper correspondents. ,'. TAKEN TO MOSCOW ARCHANGEL. April G. (Bv tho Associated Press.) M V. Arnold of London. Ohio, and B. R. Rvall of Bloomfield. N. J..- Y. JL C. A. work ers who hnvo been missing for sev eral days, and Hireo Amoricnn sol diers neaptured bv the Bolsheviki on the Bolsbie Ozcrki sector are being taken to Moscow, according to infor mation received in Archangel today from Obozcrsknin. Thev are appar ently boing well treated. ' MILLIONAIRE SENTENCED TO ; JAIL AS SUGAR SLACKER LOS ANGELES. April 7. Huliett Herritt of Pnsndenu, reputed n mil lionaire, was v sentenced todnv bv Judge Oscnr Trippot ot tho United States district court ""hero to serve five months in iail and pay n fine of $5,000 following his conviction of hoarding sugar in violation of food restrictions. Mr. Merritt gnve notice of appeal. BAKER SAILS TO ADJUST CLAIMS OF WAR COSTS SITUATION IMPROVES Bolshevik! Reverse and Report of Al lied Reinforcements Quells Ardor of Reds Threatened Finnish Re volt Checked Ambassador Read ing Denies Llovd Georae Intends to Recoanlze Lenine Withdraw the Canadians From Archanoel. LONDON. April 7. There , hns been ah improvement in conditions nt Kundalakska. at the base of the Kola peninsula on the White sea side, said ; an officinl dispatch from Murmansk dated April 5. - " - A risine of the Finns. Karelians and Bolsheviki had been planned on & large scale, but announcements that reinforcements for the, allied troops were on the way and that other mili tary preparations hnd been taken to meet the situation overawed tho lead ers. ' ''-'": '' '' ' '" 'V ' .,'' The leaders of the Finnish legion, (among which, according to recent London reports, a defection had been threatened! have signed an agree ment to the effect that they will i the future comply with the wishes of the commanding officer. This, savs the dispatch, does not imply that the danger has completely passcoV '' ' ,.'(. . ., .' 'i .,:.:' r Archangel. Xpnl (!. (Bv tbe As spciiited Press.) The Hussion of ficinl report on the f ightme in the Sred Mokhrenga sector Friday shows -that the Bolsheviki lost 700 dead and wounded in addition to the 108 prisoners taken bv the allied forces. ' The ullies sustnuied no ens- nnlties ' . 1 ; The Bolsheviki today resnmed the bombardment of the British') and American positions on the Dvma riv-, er. WASHINGTON. April . 7 Lor Rending, the British ambassador, au thorized the statement today that suggestions that .Premier. Llovd George had advised the recognition of Lenine or Trotzkv. the Russian Bolshevik leaders, were wholly un founded.: ;. There have been many reports out of Paris that strong influence was being brought to Dear to nave ine associated governments recognize the Bolshevik regime in attempting to work out a solution of the Russian problem. Some of these rumors hnvo connected the name of the British premier with the movement. ; VLADIVOSTOK. Siberia April .1 There is great rejoicing among the. Cnnndinii troops here over the offi-, einl announcement ' that Canaibun troops are to be withdrawn from here forthwith. Embarkation commences about the middle of April. General Elmslv will remain until tho end of May administering affairs. . PRESIDENT BETTER : BUT STILL IN BED ; PARIS. April 7. President Wil son's condition was improvod this morning but bv tho'direction of Rear Admirul Grnvson, his nhvsioian, the president will remuin in his room to day, attending no meetings. Appnrentlv the president s cold is in the last stages of the wearing off process. He hopes to bo nblo to ro sumo work on Tuesday. WASHINGTON. April 7. Presi dent Wilson is "steadily improving" nlthoiigh still oonfined to his bed, ac cording to a message received today at tho. White House from Pnns, INLAND EMPIRE FARMERS CALL LABOR FROM FRISCO ' SEATTLE, April 7. Farm labor Is needed so badly in eastorn Washing ton that Lawrence Wood, Seattle, stuto director of the federal employ ment bureau has sent a call to Cali fornia for help. There is a big labor surplus in Snn Frnnciso, Mr.. Wood has learned. About 1.000 men could bo used on Washington farms nt wiigcs from liO to $70 per month.