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Gre"rm Historical Soo X Public Auditorium : Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum jiwli'nliiy ..111! Minimum loilny..,, ...y.llii Predictions TonlKltt mill Sunday, , Nhowor ... rally Vourlnimlh Yr. urty-ulnllt Your. MEDFORD, OREflOK, SATURDAY, APRIL J 2, 1919 NO. 18 THOUSANDS Mlilllii KOREAN RIOTS ' . ' . 1 r i ; , . . 1 - v I in korea BY JAPS Over 1000 Unarmed People Killed In Three Hours Shocking Brutality Reported By Pastor to San Fran Cisco Association Appeal for Red Cross Aid Japanese Consul Gen eral Declares Army Incited Bv Mobs Forced to Take Action. TOKIO, April 1'J. Tim iiprl-InK" In Kwm nra npi-radlng anil Ihrratim (it engulf the wliolo tciiiiniuln, nays nn. official tttoitient from (ha Jt nnmo government today. 'J'lii-ro hnvo lioon m-rluuit rlutH In tlio lust three iU) In linnilrmU of places. A nuin I Kir of policemen have Ixvn killed nnd several police hUiIIiiiih niul Kt office duntroyod. . -. BAN FRANCISCO. April 12. Jup. nmiMu bi'Kiin wlmt wnw described. ns n "iiiiikmiiito'' in Korea nt Scul, tho capital, during Ik demonstration March 28, according to n cablegram received here today bv tlio Korean National iiHKimiution from n native l'1iritinn pastor. The enlileeriim won filed from Bhanuhai.- According, to officials of (he Korean National assembly hero. Ilia infiirtiinlion wus xeut hv mosson ear from Heiml to Shitnuliui hv the iiHuooinlion's representative nt Seoul. Tho cablegram rend: "Japan begun iiiiissui'reiiic in Ko rea. OVer 1000 unarmed pooplo kill ed in Seoul duriutr three hours' dem onstration on 2Hlh. Jnonnosa troops fire brigade nnd civilians, nro or dered ahoot'ng. heating nnd hooking people morcilcHS.lv llirouitliout Koren.i Killed several thousand fiuee 2"th. Churches, schools nnd .. homes of leaden destroyed, Women made na ked nnd benten heforo crowds. epo oinllv lenders' families, tha impris oned heinir severely tortured. Doctors nro forbidden rnrinir wounded. Far einn Red Cross nivenllv needed." Information Hfcllnhlo , , Tho informntlon in thin eabloirrnm enmo from a native pnKtor known to bo reltuhlo and in touch with the Kit nation, neeordiuir to nn ol't'ieinl of the Korean Nutionn association. 1'ro vious moNHiteeH from t!ii pernon were Raid to nave been fullv eniifirmcd llin intoeritv wan vouched for. T. Ohtii. eonBul Renernl of Jnpnn horo, doinmentitut on tho Korean nit tiation. anvo tho AsHociutod Trotis thin Htnlement: "Durinif tlio firt tnirc of tlio Korean diHtiirbnnco tlio net iviti of tho moliH woro not ho sarinim. Their domoiiHtrntioiiH wero .confined to the cities nnd towna nnd tho autlioritien entrusted tha local . nolioo depart mcnts to control them bv means of npprehomlinir tha rinir lenders and itiHiierxine tno crown. ,. iiio inoiiH-, however, tnkintr ndvnntneo of tho len ient attitude of. the irovornmont. hnvo inerenned their netivities until thev amount In' InwIuRS'outrnires and hnvo ineroiiHcd tho uroa' of thoir opera tions , ovor tlio creator part of tho peninsuln. Tho accounts of the Inst three davs tdiow (lint mora than two hundred localities nra now affected. nnd lureo numliors of innocent poo. plo residinir therein nrd suffering irrontlv. Somo hnvo boon -forced o loin the bnnrtils and olhors nro ro- (Oontlnuod on Page Six.)' us: BE 2 AVASIIINQTON, April 12. T)o mobili.ntion litis roduced the total stroiiKth of tho American nrmv bolow two . million. Complete, reports to April 8, announced today bv Oonoral Mureh, showod tho neereirnte strciiKth on that date to bo 1,080,500. , Sinoo Novoinlior 11, 080.114 men have sailed for homo, and up to April 8, 005,722 hud" boon' landed. Thoro hnvo been roturnod to civil life 1,. 701,400 officors and inoni fid por ccnt of tho officers and 4(1 per ceiit of' tlio men who woro in tlio nnliv when tho iirmiHlico was pitrnod, llis cluii'KO orilors now lotul l,U20i00O, U. S. ALIENS LEAVING COUNTRY WITH TOUR FIFTHS OF CURRENCY NKW YOItK, .prll 12. All 1 ho MivliiKft banks In Ilia United Hiatus uro uskod In lot torn ntiiit out today 4iy tlio savings ank section of tlia Amorlcan Bank r' association to uld In check InK tlio exodus from thin coun try of ulloiis who aro suiting for tlmlr native InmU with millions of Aniorlcnn dollars. Duo to Bolshevik propaganda tha asso clutlon says, an "utarnliig" pro portion of tlio fourtoan million forolKii-born populutlon In tlio United Hlutim uro soiling tholr liberty bonds and withdrawing their monoy from tha banks. "It la ostlmuted that about 1,300,000 cannot ha stopped from going and that thay will carry with Ilium nearly . four hllllon dollars, or four-fifths of Ilia total currency In circulation and In resorvo in tho United Hiutcs beroro tlio war," said tho letters. DEPT. 10 CALL Detroit Woltare Association. Rela- 'tlves of Mutinous Soldiers. Pray Leniency and Prompt Withdrawal of Troops Gen. March Blames Red Propaganda for Trouble. DKTKOIT, Mich., April 12. Tho Detroit's Own Welfare aneoclatlon composed of rolutlvoa of mon In the 33iKh Infantry, a ptfrl of tho allied forces In Kussla, has appealed to tha war dapartmant for lonloncy In deal, lux with American soldlors who mu tinted March 30 when ordorcd to the front linos. Tho mossiiRO refers to "the odds against which the troops are fight ing" and renown tho roquotit that. they be withdrawn at an early date. . Tho 339th, known as "Detroit's Own," comprises tho greator part of tho Aniorlcnn forces In Husslu. Conimny Identified WASHINGTON', April 12. Com pony 1 of tho 330th Infantry was Idoiitlfled today by (lonoral March as tha unit . which rocently rotusod to return to front lino tronehos In tho Archangel sootor whon ordered to' do so by Ita officors. . A supplementary report to the de partment 'on-the Incident said It wae worthy of note that the questions put by tlio mon of Company I to tholr officors woro "Idontlcnl with thp quostlons which Holshovlk pronngnn. da advised that thoy put to them." The dopartmont has not recolvod copien of tho Bolshovlk loaflots con taining ilicso questions and General Muroh suld ho was extremely anxious to socuro one. "In my long servlco, (Jonornl March said, "I don't recall nnothor lnstanco whoro American soldlors did not want to go Into a fight. Thoy always havo said 'load us to It.'" - ,. .. . Mllltnry Hit nation Improves A roport from Murmansk . datod March 28 Bali), tho Ondu bridge on the railroad south of Murmansk had boon robrtlft, restoring communlcu tlon with the southernmost post of tho allies. . . . Willie the actual situation of the small commnnrts of tho expedition In north Russia Is not known, General March said tho reopening of comma nlcntlon to tho Bouth over the Onda bridge solved any military quoBtlon slnco It afforded a direct lino for supply and reinforcements. 1 Commu- nlcatlon ' botwaon ' Murmansk nnd Archnngnl Is bolng kopt opon with tho aHslstance of lco bronkors. Oonoral Murch did not lndtonto what the latest roports showed as to tlio present state of disciplines among tho Amorlcun .force,:, w , v ; - Alox Spnrrow, i superintendent of Crntor Luke national park, loft this morning for a Bovorul days sojourn at San Francisco from where ho will go for a visit of a wook or move At YoBomlto park, - ' REQUESTS WAR YANKS KOME MUNICH SOVIET ISOVERTHROWN BY MODERATES Bolshevlkl Forces Lose Ground .Throughout Bavaria Now Wllllno to Join Central Council in Advis ory Capacity Allies Threatened Food Blockade Against Reds. BAKK,, April 12. Tlio soviet re public' in Munich wiih - overthrown Friduv bv force of onus, tho Uord- deutHcho' Alluemcino Zeitune of Ber lin buys. , IlKltl.lN. April 12. (Hv" tlio As. sociiited J'resn.l A special dis patch from Humbert' to the vosuischc Zuitiunr hiivh that the Herman uov crniiient bus announced that tho en tcntu powers hnvo informed it that Dnviirin is not to bo included in the oncliiKiou of peuco nnd that incus ures will he taken to'prcvent anv en tcnto t'oodJciffs from reacbiiiK Uu vuria. ' . s i RKRL1N. April ll. Tho Germnn national usHcmblv has established a commit tee of 28 members which will bo fhiiruod with the dutv of carrv- init on pluco iicuotintions.. BKRI.1N. April 11. Reports rocoiv ed from Munich toduv state tliat an agreement has been reuched bo twecn tho central council and the communists. This is held to indicute Hint tha nioderuto elements in the Huvnrinn capitul buve Kuincd tho up per bund, . ' ,V 1'pr.lsliiK Ihvlndlcs riKHLIN, April 10. (Bv the Asso ciuted 1'rcss.) Tlio ministry of jus tice bus drafted n bill deaiinir with criminal procedure under one pro vision of which nnv woman mav servo on juries in tho lower courts. The measure niters the existing method of selecting the iurv lists so that it may bo dono.bv -populnr volet The bill will co before the national as scmblv in n few days. . From other parts of-Bnvaria it is reported that tho followinc of the soviet republic lenders is dwmdlinc. According, to the Lokul Anzcicer the soviet repuuno recuue nns ueen over thrown in Amberc.. Onsbach, Incol stadt, Fucrth and the upper Palatin ate ... Tlio communists declared . their readiness to loin tho central council in an advisory capacity. , ' FRAMCTORT. April 12. (Hn vas.) Marshal Foch in answerinc a .German protest has .declared that his decision is final recording the ooeuWtion of Grcishim, five miles west of Darmstadt, the cnpitali of Moiiso-Dmlmstndt. Greisbeiin is in the neutral xone on the eastern bank of tho Rhine. It is opposite tho French zono of occtipa tion. Thoro has been no report that tho town has been occupied bv allied troops. THE ALLIED SIDE VASHINOTON, April 12. After prolonged conferences with all tho allied governments, General March announced today a design has been approved for Issuance to every boI dler who participated In tho groat war on the allied side of a "victory medal" In commemoration of his ser vice to civilization. . Tho obverse side of tho medal will boar a winged Victory, and on the reverse will be In the , language of the country by which It Is Issued, the words "Tho Great War for Civiliza tion," and the arms of the allies. doslgn also has been adopted to con Blst of a ' "double rainbow" series with rod In the center. ThlB ribbon will be similar for all armies and is lo be Issued In the United States very SOOn.' '. :l ' "-' -'; A lapel button for civilian wear also has boon adopted, : ' Mrs. 11. Denvllla left for her home In Montngtio today following a short visit in tho city. BOLSHEVIK) PLAN BIG OFFENSIVE AGAINST ' ALLIES IN SPRING W'ASrilN'nTflV Ai.ril 12. Kvtenkive iirnnnrrrtioii hv . the Bolshevik icm'ernment of KiiBsiu " for o hitr militnrv offensive this T sprinc was described in ol'ficiul T dispatches received here today. T based upon n summary of. in- ffimintion renchins the Kcnndin- fll.itin .AllnS-id Tha HolHheviki were said to be eettinc readv for an offensive on tho Miirman front n soon ns T weather permitted and to be strcnBlhcninst the forces nlreadv faeimr the ll;es in the. Arch; nncel recion. ; ' ' ' ' ' In western Russia whole new armies are beiiic omunized. it wns said, miinv former war nrioner beinir mobilized nlonir wiih now rlflnelimdnlH. OPPOSES PLAN OF LABOR DELEGATES PARIS. Friday, .April It. (By Associated Press.)? v At. the meeting of the peace conference today before the report of the committee on Inter national labor legislation was adopt ed, Emlle Vandervelde, Belgian labor delegate; made what was in effect, a minority -report iHe advocated the admission to the international labor conference of delegates from coun tries with which a state of war still exists, saying that otherwise he felt there might be held another confer ence where' the proletariat from all countries will be represented and which would wield more power than the conference to be held In Wash ington next October. V : He concfuded by saying that the Issues relative to the adoption of an 8-hour day, equality of salaries for mon and women workers and legisla tion dealing with night work must be settled. , . ' "There are two ways to arrive at these results," he said. "One Is the Russian way, and the other the Brit ish method. I prefer the latter." M. Colllard, the French labor dele gate, spoke briefly, bespeaking French support aud approval of the report. ",,-' 1,6? DON. April 12. At nn impos ing ceremony on the parade cronnd neut the American militnrv head quarters' todnv. Muior General John Bidjro, the commander in the United Kingdom, deqorated Colonel llarrv F. Rcthers of I.os Angeles of. tho ounrtcrmrtster corps . nud Colonel Francis F.'.Lonclev of tho 20th en gineers, with the distinguished ser vice medals. At the request of the French government. General Biddle presented the war cross to Second Lieutenant James Y.'Slude' of the second engineers. ' . DIES AFTER COUNT MARYSVILLE. Calif.. April 12. Joe Baker, 18, died here todnv fol lowing; a boxine contest with Frank Evorott nt the Mnrvsvillo Athletic olub Inst night. Baker collapsed in tho third round. Everett is being held bv the police without chargo pending the verdict of the ooroner's iiwv.-v'-"-' : Northern Pacific Captain Quits. - SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. Deep sen vesesla have seen the last of Captain A. T. llnntor, former nav igating of ficor of tho stonnjor North ern Pacific, ns skipper, tho captain announced upon bis arrival here ves tordnv. He oxpeets to enter busi ness hero. ' Under Captain "Hunter's direction 'tho Northern Pacific made iniinv runs between Flnvel, Oro., and Suu Francisco and in tho war zouo. RACE EQUALITY DENIED APAN IN PEACE PACT Present Covenant Excludes Japanese Plank Also French Demand for In ternational Military Staff Both Countries Reserve Right to Bring Up Questions Later; 1. PARIS.' April 12. With the sinclo exception of the amendment specifi cally exempting the Monroe doctrine from beine affected bv the covenant, no 'vital chance was made bv the lenirue of nations commisison in that document in its meetincion Thursday and Friday meats. Last nieht's. meeting marked the conclusion of the consideration of the covenant. . Last nichCs d;scussion lasted four liouru. President Wilson attending the session nnd remaining until it 'closed. after midnicht.. No dnte was set for a plenarv session of the peace con ference to consider the covenant. . The covenant as the committee left it did not include anv section ernnt ine' Japan's request for the reeoe- n tion of racial eauolitv and neither was. a, section introduced- eoverinc the request of France for an inter national military general staff. Both the Japanese and France announced thnt thev. reserved the right to brine up the amendments thev desu-ed be fore a plenarv session of the con ference. : As it now stands the covenant con tains 26 sections. " CViiiKlftar Timmrinrle Mnnilav PARIS. Aprii.J2,V-Tlie council bf four of the peace conference expects to finish its examination of the boundary Questions in difcbute on Monday next and to summon the Ger man delegates to Versailles in the course pf tho next week, according to Journal today. PARIS. April ll (Bv the Asso ciated vPress.) The supreme econ omic council has announced an agreement between the associated governments providing that enemv tonnage thnt was acauired before and since the armistice would be divided among those government, according to their nbilitv to bring the ships into speedv use and in the case of passen ger ships, according to their relative needs. ; This arrangements will not prejudice' the ultimate disposition of the ships under the terms of 'the trea ty of peace. ', The( vessels will flv the flag of the allied maritime council as well as the nntionnl flag of the country under taking their management. geianTpuces F . BERLIN. Friday, April 11. (By Associated Press.) The housewives of Berlin have been supplied with the. first installments of the flour which recently arrived from the United States, the allotment being at. the rate of one-half pound for each person. The price fixed by the au thorities is two marks, twenty pfen nigs the pound, which Is seven times the amount that, was paid In peace times. - v : ' The food commissioner declares the high price set Is necessary, as the native supplies are rapidly diminish ing and conservation of the imported flour is sought to prevent a later rise in the price of bread for the pro duction of which the new supplies wll be needed. ' HOME GUARDS ACT - - AS CITY FIREMEN CINCINNATI. Ohio, April 12..-T- With the exception "of 143 firemen who refused to resign their positions the Cincinnati fire department today Is. manned - by the Cincinnati regi ment' of home guards. The .firemen resigned because tour mon who had presented demands to the city from the' firemen's union-had been dis charged tor Joining a uuton. PRICE SAYS DRUG HABIT IS OF THE NATION NEW YORK. April 12. As- sorting that three New York physicians recently Investigated had been found to have dlspens- ed 1,500,000 narcotic prescrlp- Hons to drug addicts In six months. Major Daniel L. Porter, supervisor In New York for the internal revenne department, declared at a conference with state- and municipal authorities that the narcotic evil was "the 'greatest problem of the nation." The conference was called to work out plans tor handling hundreds of drug addicts cat off from their source of supply by the arrest last Tuesday of six physicians and four druggists and to dlscnss means of check- lng the Widespread distribution of drugs- by unscrupulous per- sons.' . . .- . ' INCREASE ME! RATES UPHELD BY BURL Twenty Per Cent Increase Should Be . Compared With 100 Per" Cent in Other r Prices Postal Service Small : Can't Be Compared With Western Union Service Is Test. WASHINGTON, April t 12. In making available today figures upon which Is based the recent increase In telegraph rates the wire control board directs attention to the fact that while the Increase In prices of products and service of various in dustrial and mercantile corporations have. Increased one hundred percent, telegraph service has been, rendered at pre-war prices thruout the period when industrial and business profits were unprecedented. "The increase of 20 percent In telegraph rates," says the statement, "should be con sidered in comparison with the 100 percent Increase In other prices, and it Is less than that found necessary to add to the railroad freight rates and Is no greater than has been made generally in other public utility rates in order to obviate financial col lapse." ' Postal Business Small Discussing a. comparison of the self-containing operations of the Pos tal company with the smaller propor- tl nate earnings of the - Western Union, the statement ' declares that during the six months from August, 191S, to January, 1919, the Postal carried only about one-sixth of the business of the country, - limited to profitable fieids, while the Western Union carried five-sixths of the busi ness, much of which extended Into fields less profitable, but which gave a service' necessary to maintain the requirements of the public. During the same period the Postal carried only about one-twelfth of the govern ment business, carried at approxim ately 40 per cent of the commercial rate and claimed by both companies to be a loss of 50 percent of the op erating costs. In this connection, the board says. It is Informed that In structions were Issued by officials of the Postal directing their subbrdin ates to avoid government business whenever it could be done. . ' After citing figures to show the enormous cost in wages and material occasioned by the Increased scope of operations of the Western Union and declaring that the purpose of the wire board Is to make the lowest rate that will maintain the service required by the country, the statement contin ues: t - - ' Servlco to All "In making a rate sufficient to maintain the telegraph service of tho country, discrimination could not be made between two companies per forming this service. The fact that the Postal company could continue to carry business at the old rates and still earn Its compensation is of prac tically no significance in constructing a fair schedule of rates for the coun try as a whole. Such rates must (Continued: on Page Six.) ESON NEW LABOR PARTY IS Duty of Workers By Hand or Brain to Organize Politically Is Edict of Illinois Convention Room for All Who Perform Service to Society. ; Organized or Unorganized Plat form of Party Principles Are Given to the World. - . ' : SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 12. The Labor party of Illinois today is- . sued the following statement of its convention: : Labor is the primary nnd iust basis of political responsibility nnd power,. ; It is not merely the right, but the dutv of the workers hv hand or brain to become a political party. : v Tb Labor party is destined to ush er in the new dav of freedom in the United States freedom from. ; the grind of poverty, freedom from the ownership of government bv big bus- : uiess: freedom of the men and women who buy food otid clothing and pay rent, from exploitation at the hands of the money - kings of "kingless" America. ;...'.' ; ' - , . i -f Newspaper Slen Included Organized workers nrc Members of it. Unorganized workers are mem bers of it. Clerks, housewives, news papermen,; farmers, school teachers, storekeepers belong to it. Such heads of organizations nnd business con cerns as are not exnloiters or profit eers belong to it. There is no place in the' pnrtv for those who are not workers. .There is room within it for sU who perform service to society. The party enunciates the following proernmio which it pledges itself: : Democratic control of industry and commerce for the general good of those who worlc. r -. The unqualified right of workers to organize.' :. " . : The freedom from eConomio hazard which coms with n minimum wage based on the cost of living. S-Hoar Working Day A Vnnximum working day of C'ght hours nnd abolition of unemploy ment bv reducing- the hours of work still further, ns necessary 'to permit nil who are ableto work to find oc cupation and full pnv for those who., for a time are unemployed because of illness, accident or temporary loss of work.! . .: . Complete enfranchisement of wo men and eonnl pav for men and wo men doine similar work. .- . . t Reduction of the cost of living to a iust level bv the elinvnuton of wasteful methods and profiteering. Complete revision of the state con stitution. -. ''; . No Improvement Tux Taxation of inheritances nnd in comes nnd land values but not of im provements, . ' ' Public ownership nnd operation of all publio utilities, including grain elevators, warehouses, stockvurds, abattoirs, insurance and hanks: Development under public owner ship of the water power sites. Publio ownership, preferably federal, of the mines. ' - State aid to provide lnnds and homes for Illinois residents. ' Abolition of employment of nil un der 16. ,.' Old Ago Insnrnnce A : democratic system of publio education from kindergarten to uni- ( Continued on Page Six.) IS ORDERED TO PEN CLEVELAND. Ohio. April 12. The United States supreme court mandate ordering ihut Engeno V. Debs, socialist lender, bo taken to Moundsvillo. W. Vtt.. fedorul prison to begin a 10-vour sentence for vio lation of the espionage act, was re ceived this morning. TERRE HAUTE. Tnd.. April 12. Eugene Vv Debs said today he would leave on an enrlv traui for Cleveland, Ohio, in anticipation of going to tho prison nt Moiindsvillc, W. : Vu.t to licciu serving his sentence. LAUNCHED
