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Newspaper Page TextOronnr, Historical Soo Public Auditorium Medford Mai tThc Weather1 . Mnxlimun mlorlny.,'. Ml Minimum toiliiy ,BH Predictions Tonight Mid Wetlnesdajr s .- prnlmhly showers. V f ! bully rotirtiilli l'orty-nlnlli Your. Ynr, MEDFORD, prGON, TUESDAY, APRIL J5, 1919 NO. 20 E P. & E MINE TO F ROAD TO BE JUNKED UNLESS SUPPORT IS GIVEN BY CITIZENS Timber Interest Offers to Sub scribe $30,000 If People Will Equal Their Subscription "' Final wowj Iuih 'Wen received in Medford indieating : that unlfWH immediate niTilnRomentH are made for the purelmso of tho P., & E. railroad, it will he junked witli ' out further delay and a the result of this 'ixwHibility a ; meeting; of tho buKineHs men wan held at the Library Monday afternoon to dinciiHH ways and means of saving the situation.' f ' Operation of tho above road ceased January 31st, 1919, and since, that time several of Medford citizens have ap- Soaled to the large timber, owners, whose holdings urc irectly served by this line, with the view to getting them to purehasc and operate the road, hut with two excep tions nothing has been accomplished. . Tlio l'nrifio & Eastern was built nt a cost of approximately 2.000.. 000. . Tli in roud run todnv bo iunked with n nut return to (lie owners of approximately (lie price linked, which i Mro.ooo. Tito Itutte' FnHa Lumber company Inst year expended in excess of 100.000 preparing for an operation of ooinddernblo mneiiitiido,, which op eration' wns '.hint Butliinf under way when the rond "topped running. ' . ''The Applocnte Lumber comrtinv find just completed tho tvmovnl of its mill to lira junction of tho 1, & K. nnd Houthcrii Pacific linen and deliv- , ery of :hiro from the Biul'inciiXum hot poiiipuiiv'h enmp near Butte Fa IIb '.wuh on In enrncst. . The Tonilin Box comunnv hnd pur fhanod a hHo Tor a 'modern box fac tory In iModford ,und construction started. , , IOOO I'ny Itoll Icwt .Now Ihcso industries nro idlo nnd It dtiilv pnv mil in excess of $1,000 has been lout to thin community. 1 il)o tho citinciiM of Medford rcnlixc what this moans f A conservative estimate bv one lliorouchlv fumilinr with tho' P. & K, bused on tho tnnnniro now in sight, iihows it stihstiintiiil earning enpnoitv of tho rond over nnd above till oner ntinor and fixed . charges, including Interest on proposed .purchuso price. Medford citizens for yours have stated that tho timber resources tributary to this eilv. woro sufficient to support n town twice its present siie. nnd now that wo nro about to rnnlixo this prediction nro-wo to Iohc this oppnrtunitvf : Certainly nut. ' i 5 llllllon Pert Timber Bulto Kalis nnd trilmliirv limber holding nro eonservntivelv estimat ed at over fivo billion feet; Vliich would nupport -an operation prgOO.- GETTINGDESPERATE . r MERLIN, April M. (Bv tho Asso dated ProHB.I-rTho ooninuinist gov orumont in Mttninh nppnrontlv roal ;Uing 'that its' days wore nntnborod, issued n long list of orders inoro rad ical than Hh proviottn do'crces. Ono Ordtr provided for tho communica tion of .vwoipen.'- "including wives." Another order disblnond nil innnnernrR and diroc,tors of industrial ONtabliHh itiontiH nnd gavo thoir places to the wnrkniep. ; 1 . . 'i" UoportH from Munich nv Ihoro Is nliioh talk; there of tho advisabililv of moving tho communist Bovornmont from Munich to Ansbnch, . VI ; LONDON, April iri.--ftusHiiin no-. Viet troopH. nflor heavy .milling, have compelled tlm IHumunians to hogtn a ganornl rotront into Bessara bia from ho lino of Iuimonetn-JDn-hilov along tho Dniester in Podolin, a Russian wirolcsa mosHiigb RavH. Further north, in western Ukrainin, tho .nmHBago nddH, tho troops of General Potlura h'avo beon driven from tho lino of Kitinonotii-ProMku-rov-Shopiotovko, . , . , BAVARIANSOVIET MONTANA CYCLONE 000,000 feet per annum for. 25 vonr. Should this operation bo realized it would mean nn annual pnv roll lo Medford nnd Butte Kails of M.000,. 000. ' Thousands of cords of fuel line along this road which would have been available for tho tiso of everv household in Medford hud tho rond remained in operation. What was tho result! Wood $12.75 W cord nnd n scarcity nt Unit. .Lumber Company to Aid Tho !'. & E. Hailroad company hnvo offered the rond for 270.00O J terms 1mO,000 cash and the bnlnnoo Ihov will enrrv "for ft'Ionif term of vonrs nt B per cent. A definite nnd what Is thought verv satisfactory proixwition hn been made ,v one of tho Inrire timber in tercls to purcluiHO thu rond on tho following hnsix! "." Kixtv thousand dollars to bo raised, MO.OIIO of which will ho used to make tho initial pavinent. leavinu' $10,000 as n working capital. Of thin tho above mentioned com pany agrees to take $'10,000 of the stock if Medford nnd vicinity will take tho hahinco of tho capital stock. This in of vital concern to cverv citir.cn of Jackson count v, nnd n oom miltcn has boon nppnintvd to sell this M0.000 of capital stock, which must ha accomplished within 48 hours, or tho opportunity will lie lost. This slock must bo sold nnd it 1" up lo von. Mr. Header, to buv nnd btiv libernllv. He roudv for the com mil tea when it call.'. ' Head nnd re-rend this that von lunv fully understand the proposi tion prior to their rail. No delayed subscriptions should be, necessary, in fact such will he daiiircrous as thin road must ho 'purchased immediately if it is to ho saved to tho community. I QHEAT FA M.S. Mont.. April 15. Heportrt coming from nil sections of Northern Montana regarding tho honvv windHlorm of Thursday night nnd l-'ridnv nro to tho effect that tho dninhga will run into an unostimuled amount through winter whont being swopt out of tho ground, as well as spring whont whoro sown. , Tie wind wnt) almost n hurrienno nnd tho dry condition of tho cultivated soil aided in making the destruction possible, it in doclarotl.. In In a n v sections tho dust lies In drifts throo nnd four foot docp. enn- ,nls uro filled, fences coyorod and hoiiio ileitis imdlv striped soil. DIVIDE PEACE TREATY . INTO TWO PARTS ' PARIS, April 15. (Unvos), Tho pouco trouty -will bo divldod Into two parts, according to tho Intost Infor mation In tho French presB. Tho flrBt part will concern Oormany and will Incliido a clause by which she will pledge horsolt to comply with all agroomants to be concluded with her former allies. Tho second part will not concern Germany dlrootly and will be signed only by the Austrian, Bulgarian and TurkUh dolagatos. - E FOR FIRST FLIGHT f v . 4 8T. JOHNS. N. V.. April 15. Weather conditionH hai ininrov! t cd Miiffioientlv todnv to lead t1 Avintor llnrrv Hawker, Aus- tnilinn pilot of the Sopwith bi- pluno team, to express the opin- ion (lint Hawker and Command- er OrievoH. his navigator, might start their attempted trans- Atlantic flight late this .after- noon. High winds hnd carried wav the fog of the lust 48 hours and clouds were forced to higher levels. A drizido was falling this morning after the heavy downpour of Inst night but Lieutenant Lawrence Clem- ents, meteorologist of tho Hovnl Air forces, predicted . clear weather this afternoon; Hawker plnns "to take off from tho soft ground at Mount Penrl plateau if there is no other obstacle to tho start. TO OF Postmaster General Directs Telephone 1 Manaaer to Replace Strikers and , Maintain - Service at Any Cost Walkout Ties Up Telephone Com munication in New Enqland. P.OSTON. April 1,1. Telephone communication throughout most of New Knglund, except Conocticut. was suspended lodav bv n strike of op erators of tho New Knglnnd Tele phone and Telegraph company and tho Providence Telephone company. The union demands incliido pnv in creases and tho right of collective bargaining. ; 'WASHINGTON. April 15. Hold ing the New Knglund tolophono strike without justification, (ha postoffice department todav instructed tho manager of tho company nt Boston to roplaco tho strikors or take anv other steps necessary to maintain service unimpaired. ' Officials said the department had expressed willingness to bargain col lective! with the cniploves, its posi tion on that nuostioii being "entirely harmonious"- with principles laid down by' tho war lnbor board. The employes, it was said, wero asked to prosont n schedule of the. wage in creases desired, but refused to do so and tho department hnd nothing on which to net. S. F. BANK CLERK IS ROBBED OF $3,544 SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. De claring that he had boen held up and robbed of S3, 544 by two armed thugs In broad daylight today In the-business soctlon of the city, Charles Craighead, 'a bank mossenger, bleed ing from cuts nnd with his hands tied wnlkod Into the Bank or California where he Is employed. The money, which consisted of old bills, was be ing taken by Craighead to the sub troasury In exchange lor no,w cur ronoy. ' . " ' RACE CLASH IN GEORGIA , RESULTS IN SEVEN DEATHS MILTEN, Gn April 14. A raoo clash at Burkhoad Church in this eoimlv vostcrdnv resulted in sovon dantlis," it wns learned todav when news wns.tofloivod of tho lynching of a negro takon frour tho .Jail hero. ! BURLESON BREAK IK OPERATORS CALL GERMAN PEACE1 ENVOYS TOVERSALLES President Wilson States,. Treaty of Peace' Will BeSlqnd In a Short Time All l.noojlant Terms Aoreed Upon Meanwhile Unrest Tbrouah out Europe Increases. : BY ASSOCIATED'1 PHB38, April 15 Prospects of peace have sudden ly become brighter as the result of agreements reacbed by the council of four "at, Paris, announcements from which Indicate that within a short time the -war-worn world will begin to return, to something Mike normal International conditions. ' On April 25, which will be 165 days after the last, gun of the great war was fired, allied and German delegates will gather at Versailles, to discuss the treaty. " . . A statement by President Wilson last night Indicated .that the. treaty with Germany would be completed In a very short time and that meanwhile settlement of the conflicting claims of Italy and Jugo-SIavls to territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic would be given preferential consider ation. ' - '- ; V ', v. r' ' " Call German Allies It Is probable that tho allies or Germany will be called to Versailles almost immediately after the German delegates have received the. allied terms and have passed upon them. Germany by the terms of the treaty will be calleVtapon to pay one hundred billion gold marks, which at the pre-war rate of exchange would be equivalent to 1 23,820,000,000. Of this sum there must be paid within two years an amount equal to 14, 764,000,000 and during the next thir ty years twice hat sum must be turn ed over to tho- allies. A commission will determine when and how the re maining $9,528,000,000 of the repar ations fund must be paid. . Germans to Withdraw , There seems to be an agreement on the vexing problem of the Franco German frontier. It Is said that the Germans will be compelled to with draw alt troops from a lone 25 miles wide on the right bank of the Rhine while the allies will hold the left bank of that river until the first In stallment of the Indemnity Is paid. In 'Hungary whore a soviet repub lic has been in power tor several weeks, the execution of Archduke Jo soph of Austria, Dr. Alexander Wek erle, former premier, and Baron Jo seph Szteprenyl minister of com merce. Is reported. Confirmation Is lacking. Disorders in India Riotous disorders continue In Ger many. In Bavaria1 .there aro indica tions that the government led by Pre-. niter Hoffmann, successor of Kurt Eisner, Is gaining ground and that the soviet regime, which threatened to take over complete control,' may be ousted. In Berlin there have been rlotB and troops have tired on street vendors who are alleged to have been dealing tn stolen goods. In the In dustrial region, of Wiestphalla the strike continues, but no further fight ing has been reported. , n ' A rather disquieting situation has' arisen In India whore there have been disorders of a serious character. The siAiation In Egypt Is reported to be in control of the military forces com manded by General Allenby. LOGGI UP AT COOS BAY MARSHFIEI.D, Ore.. April 15. The Smith-Powers logging camps at Powors were started this : morning after a shutdown of nearly ;' two montlia. . The first work will be prin cipally tho delivery of logs cut before the camps closed, The company's camp at Sumner opens tomorrow and the Bay City mill will resume some tlnie this weok.. GET 1,000 JACK RABBITS IN DRIVE NEAR BEND BTND. Ore.. April 15. One of the most successful rabbit drivos held in Centrnl Orccon this vear was- report- rA Inilflu IVnm Tlimiiln .wltnn mrttn than l,000,,inek ribbits were " killed. riuntors externum; in n line two nines lonif, rounded up tho jnck rabbits for the lauRhter. -. y WILSON PLANS BIG POWERS 101 i TO SAIL HOME ON APRIL 2 TH President to Depart After Attending Openina Meetina of Versailles Con ferenceCol. House to Take His Place Peace Deleaates Take Uo Questions of Italy and Adriatic. , PARIS, April 1 5. President -Wilson Intends to sail for the. United States April 27 or 28 after heing present at the opening meeting of the peace conference at Versailles, the Eche de Paris says today. After his departure. Colonel E M. House will act for him, the newspaper adds. PARIS, April 15. The council of four of the peace conference went Into session again this morning with the question of the Adriatic before it. Arthur J. Balfour. British secre tary for foreign affairs, took the place at the council Session of Pre mier Lloyd George who went to Lon don yesterday. - ' The supreme economic council is considering the question of permit ting Germany to have certain raw materials before the peace treaty be-1 comes effective, with a revision of the blockade regulations to that ex tent, and It Is understood the pros pects are good for favorable action.' The economic council members are also considering a plan for the con servation of Italy's coal supply. . Belgtum has been asked to name a delegate to sit on the economic com mission. . .; .;;.' '.-'..; BOYS 'WILD WEST TO HOME SHORES NEW VORK. Anril 15 Nearly 3.500 troops of the Ost. (Wild Wes'tV division, which arrived vesterdnv on the tmnsports Edward Luckenbnch and Texicun were disembarked today and sent to camps around New Jork. prennrntorv to beinc sent to camps nearer home for demobilisation. Most of thq men wero from tho 3lilst'and 302nd infantry reiiimcnts. onranized from drafted men of tho far west. . Thev first saw action in tho St Mihiel offensive and later took part in the final Meuse-Anroiine opera tions of the war. Officers of tho 3G2nd reeiment re ported that on October 20 it sustain ed 005 casualties in 45 minutes when it was sent to take the town of Gcsr nes. The total . casualties of the 362nd - infnntrv wns 1.354 enlisted men of whom. 259 wero killed and 63 officers, of whom 18 were killed. The casualties of the 361st reei ment were 37 officers nnd 1,226 men. SOVIETSONCEMORE BERLIN. April 15. Street fitrht iiiir in the Bavarian capital is in ereasinir; Many civilians have been killed or wounded.. Reinforcements for tho loyal troops nro beiner hurried to Munich from vurious parts of -Bavaria. BERLIN, vira Copcnhaccn, April 15. Munich nirnin is eomplotolv in tho hands of the communists, aocord intr to the Taecblutt. but troops lov ol ,to the government have received reinforcements are ure usine artu lcrv. nicninst the communists, . S. F. UNIONS ANNOUNCE 1 v SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY SAN ; FRANCISCO. ' April .15.- Notification tlint'nll of tho unions af filiated with the Snn Francisco Iron Trades conned will beem takincr a Saturday half holiday next Saturday was served on tho employers and contract shops in tho buv district to day. About 10.000 men are affected. it wns announced. No opposition, wns looked for on the part oftho employers, council of- ticinls said, GET85 PER CENT iOF INDEMNITY Fifteen Per Cent Will Be Divided Be tween Belgium. Italy. Serbia. Ru mania. Russia and Others Bel Alum Not Content Russia's Share Goes to Her Debtors. PARIS, April 15. (By Associated Press.) . The problem of reparation settlements still has troableous tlmc. before it In connection with the ques tion of the distribution of the war in demnity. Smaller powers are still to be heard relative to their shares of the reparation fund, particularly Bel slum, the claims of which are en' titled to first consideration . under various pre-conference pledges. The tentative scheme of dlstrttm tlon which Great Britain and France have advanced apportions between 80 and 90 percent, probably 85. of the total sum realized to these big powers leaving perhaps 15 percent to satisfy the demands of Belgium Italy. Serbia, Roumania; Russia and others.- This is a smaller proportion than the secondary powers expected. It has been suggested among the ex perts on the reparations commission that Roumania, Serbia and other na tions have received reparations thru the acquisition of territory, but this reasoning will scarcely appeal to Belgium. ' Reparation to Russia . A share of the reparations fund will, according to the present under standing be assigned to Russia for damage to invaded Russian territor ies but probably will be turned over to Great Britain and France to apply on advances made to the old Russian government during the war. Altho the contributions payable by Germany are characterized as repar ations, the very considerable part of the first S3. 000, 000. 000 will not be available for reparation purposes, since It has been assigned to the pay ment of the expenses of the armies of occupation and Ship supplies as must be furnished Germany. Since the oc cupation of the left bank of the Rhine will continue during the entire two years covered by this first pay ment, the expenses, particularly of the French occupation army will eat deeply into the $5,000,000,000. American Claims - Xo announcement has been made regarding the classes of damages for which Germany is required to pay. It can be stated, however, that the five categories adopted comprise repara tion for actual damage, -to life and property; pensions for crippled and families of slain Boldlers; compensa tion for enforced labor exacted of Inhabitants of occupiod regions,: In cluding work done by deported Bel gians; remuneration for Hlegally .ex acted labor by-prisoners of war and payments tor German requisitions In occupied territories. It is understood that no offset has been allowed Ger many for the maintenance of prison ers of war in Germany during the war, the . associated governments holding that the prisoners were chief ly supported at their own expense thru food parcels by which alone the prisoners were able to maintain exis tence during captivity and that the surplus has been covered by work the prisoners performed for Germany. Another financial question requir ing settlement between the allies Is that of repayment of advances made by Great Britain and America to the associated powers. A sub-commtttee was appointed to consider this ques tion, but the British and American representatives have thus far not participated in its deliberations. u;s. WASHINGTONY April 13. Confi dence was expressed at army air ser vice headquarters today that no harm had befallen Lieutenants Otto and Parker and Mechanician Hornby, from whom no. report has been re ceived since they -left Bluefields, Nlc. aragua, Sunday, on the second lap of a flights from the Panama canal zone to Key West. The officers are flying In tlio DS-2, a big plane of tho latest type, driven-by two motors. From Bluetield they were headed for Ma vantt, but they had not landed there last night. , JAP ENVOY RECALLED TO TlilO Japanese Ambassador to Return for Conference With Government Re cent International ' Developments Not a Factor According; to State Department Baron Goto Declares Japanese Rule In Korea Identical With American Rule of Colonies. , WASHINGTON, April IS.-rTho state department was -advised for mally todav of ' plans - of . Viscount rshii, the Japanese ambassador to the United 1 States, to leave-here next month for Tokio. At the Japanese embassy it was said that the ambas sador was returninir for conferences with his Government, v " ' 'i - State department attaches were in-. formed several weeks - aso of Vis count Ishii's plans and. it -was maid todav that recent international de velopments were not a factor.. Also it was said there has'been no smrees tion of retirement of Viscount-Ishil. except as political affairs in. Japan mav bear upon his' personal: pluns. '. There will be no. of ficiu announce-.: ment for-the present as to the am bassador's return to the . United States. It is understood that will de pend entirelv upon developments af ter he Teaches" liome. ...Ha.-is expoetcd to snil f rom Snn v Francisco about the middle of May.- - - t : j - -SPRINGFIELD. HI.. . April 15. The position- of Japan with Korea was explained in -an address here to dav bv Baron Sbimpei Goto; f ormep Japanese minister of forciim affairs. The baron defended the attitude of his country against tho chareo ' of misrule in Korea. ' .rt - "What we did in Formosia and Ko-.v rea does not' differ from, what ta United States did in Porto Rico and the Philippines." the baron said. "In fact, the archives in the state depart-! ment nt Washinirton show that every political step taken bv Japan was made with the full cosmizance of tho. United States government. ' ' ' "At this time Japan is beine charg-f ed with criminal intention and crim inal deeds in Asia. Japan's position is that of anv well incanine .house holder deeply interested in. keepinsr auiet; clean, immediate surroundings, and who-is unfortunately disturbed bv family brawls .and incompetent sanitation of disorderly neighbors.'' IS IN RETREAT ,. -- r-? si LONDOST, April 15. A jetroatfof 10 miles in tho Murmansk regioit.la admitted by the Rnssum soviet gov ernment in a wireless message re--ceived here todnv. The message says: "In the direction of Murmansk our troops hnvo retreated 10 miles to the south of Uros station and' Urns lake." . . General Mavnnrd. the allied com mander in the Aturmansk region, ac cording to a British war office state ment issued Sunduv. on April 11. had forestalled a Bolshevik attack with an attack bv his own forces at Uros Ooro. The Bolshcviki lost prisoners, three guns nnd material in addition to 30 killed. DENY 2 AMERICANS KILLED BY JAPS ' WASHINGTON. April 15. Inves tigation of tlio clash between Ameri can soldiers and JiiRiincso nt Tien Tsin is still in progress with ovorv indication that tlio incident soon wilt bo adjusted satisfactorily, it wan said todav nt the stnto department. In regard to a cablegram from Shang hai to tho Snn ' : Francisco Chinese World saving the Japanese govern ment hnd paid $270,000 for tho kill ing of two Americans m tlio dwturjj nnce, officials said no Americans were killed so fur as information in the department showed. , j. .