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Newspaper Page TextOronn Historical Soo a Public Auditorium Mail Tribune The Weather i . r . - . Maximum '4Wlrdiiy....07 H Minimum (odiiy '10 Predictions Tonight anil Sunday, ltnlii. pslly PourloMilh Your, 1'urty-iiliiUi Knur, .... , MEDFORD, OKKGON', fUTUKDAY, AVML 19, - 1919 NO. 24 B0LSHEV1K1: SUFF1PGBUS MEDFORD DEFEAT E ( 12 Allied Troops In .Sudden Offensive, Rout Bolshevlki Forces Guns and Prisoners Taken Complete Con trot of Lake Vluosero Is Secured Victories Also Reported in Siberia ' Reds Show Slans of Weakenlna Bolshevlki Claims Not True. AttCMANOKL, April 18. (Hv tho AsKomnlml 1'renn.V HiiMsinn nnil British forces enrlv todnv occupied Urn village nt liolshio Otorki unil are imrHiiiitir tlio Bolshevik! uh thrv flee southward over roads knee deep in iev Hliihli townril the ounniv bno un (lie Vologda railway at Plcnolskava. LONDON'. April 10. A retirement nlonir virtually nil of Hie front in eastern KtiHxiii'ix admitted lv the so viet government ill n wireless m suue received Item toilnv. . . I.ONPOM; Airil 10.-r-In'n success ful attack . Tlinixlnv liv HiiHHinii troops attached to llio allied forces operating on the MiirtimnMk niilwnv south ot Ki'in. allied force gain ed complete control of Limit Gigos ero and thu main road north to the Wbilu on. according to nn official statement from the llritish war office tod n v. Tint Bolnlievjkl wero driven 12 mile aoutliwnrd from VuinniKal ma nt the southern end of Luke Vig owero. and tho first objective of tlie ultnok. Tlio iniiiii mud to tlio Whito Hen imfKCH through YoiinoMiilinti. After capturing tho town, flio Hu- ftiunH pursued tio Bolshcviki toward Povicneta and tlie northern shore of Lake Onega. The HoMieviki at tempted a stand, lint wero driven on southward with henvv losses. Two machine guns were captured from the onemv. , . , Tho statement snv Hint tho claim of the Bolshcviki t It it t thov hnd enp- lnrAl TTmynrn ill mttrnn. The trooiui entered the villnirc without opposition. : the Hulnhoviki having completed the work of ovno uutinn dttrinir the ntuht. The oecupntinn of Holshio Or.crlti. after months of fighting restored tho Hocond lino of , conimimicallion be tween Oliorersknvn. on the Vologda niilwnv. nnd Onega . to the north went. . . . i, . . -.1 '. I Washington. April 10. Dovoi- opment of the Siherinn ( offensive against tho Holshoviki on n Inrue scale is described 'in offieinl cHh pntches from Omsk received todaV bv the Itussiiin embiiNHv here, nnd the dofinlte prediction N miido thnt nil the Volim territory will ho occupied thin spring. ,. ,', .. ; Tho despatches cite vorious inci donts to show general doninrulir.ation of tho Bolshevik forces, nnd to rocord the forward movement of tho drive on Kaitkn in tho Kiirnpoan Russian onniptiign. Thrco Bolshcviki clivin ions nro declared to hnvo mutinied nnd withdrawn in n haltlo with the Roil ftrmv when Admiral Kolohuk's forooB oaptured Stcrliliimnk. V ., EETI IGIII Tlioro will Imi nn Inipnrtnnt moot ing of Alodfonl lmHlnoM men nt the library nt 8 o'clock Monday night to iIIbcunh tho Mixlfonl rnto ciiho which comeii up for nil,lulltloii soon nt KnnHnH City. Tliln ciwo Is of miiiremo iiiinortiuico to JlixUonl nnd iiiiinodl nto action nuiHt lin taken to "en that Modford'ii'. liitorratN nro proiiorly lookod nrtor. AH oitirans nro in'B" to nttoml. " I ' MORE U: S. TROOPS ARRIVE 1 j NCLUUINU UUU WUUNUbU ? , : ' . ..... FEW YORK. April .in. Throo of ficers nnd'lUU men of tho 102 neio snundroiii throo officers nnd 113 ittnn nf'tltn itM.'itll nllllllllllllOO COI11I1II11V and Hcattored '" cHRlials nnd (100 wounded soldiers wore Anione the 2.8112 . trootiR , who returned on tho transport Von Stouhon today. MILES IMPORIANTM COUNTCZERNIN TRIES TO FLEE IS Former Austro-Hunaarlan Forelan Minister Nabbed at Swiss Fron tierSerious Fiiihtlna Reported In Bavaria Strike Leaders Rounded Uv By Government., I1K1U.LV, April 19. (Via Copon hiiKon.) Count Ottorknr rzernln, former AuHtro-lluitKurlnn ' foreign milliliter, win nrrented Wednraday by tho (larman-AuntrlAn nuttjorlllen when ho attempted to cross tho Swing frontier. Tho arrest was made at foldklrch, a few miles east of tho 8wlss frontier at nucha. nEKLIN. April 19. (Via Copon huiionl llumlierK, which has been the seal of tho Bavarian Rnvornment of Premier Hoffmann, was tho scone today of a stronic communist upris ing, nccordlng to' tho Votslscho Zolt llnK. Tho communists occupied tho central railway station, the former royal residence and all tho military barracks In numbers;. 11K1U.1N. Wednesday, April 16. (lly Associated Press.) (Jovornmonl troops on Tuesday surrounded and captured 400 strike lendars In the nuhr rexlon who had left Kssen to hold a secrot meotlnK In tho net Kit -borliiR town of Worden because proc lamation of martini law proventod a nice (tit it In Kssen. Many of the strik ers who nttemptod to escape.: were wounded by the tire of the troops. MERLIN. April 19. (Via Copen hagen). Serious fighting between llnvurlan communist and government troops occurred Krlday near Frolslng, resulting In fairly considerable losses for both sides, a Munich dispatch to the Tagoblutt says. PLANES IN DANGER HALIFAX. K. S.. April 10. Cap tain Irvine of the Ciinnrd liner Cur mnuiii. which hits arrived hero from Liverpool, fears that tho siiniuls of tho aviators who are to atart from New Kmindland for the trunx-Atlun-tio fliuht will bo liiiHtindcrstood bv steamers, lie said ho was instructed on Icnvinir Livrrpool thnt the Mar tinsvdo airplane would dianlnv n white Imht nskinir for its position nnd a red aicnal to indicate distress. Last Siindnv ho was advised hv wireless that the Sopwith dIiiiio would nso n white liirht as n siininl for distress. Cnptnin Irvine suid thnt'owiuir to the conflictimr orders thoro was crave danirer of tho Biennis hoinir misun derstood with serious conscauoncas in case of distress, . . HUNIPEACE ENVOYS' . L A MILITARY GUARD PARIS. April 10 Tho Oor-' man doloiriitoii to tho penco oon-' pr0B8 are cqmimr to France by t wav of Spa. Heluium; to which point thov will travel in their own convevnnucs, savs tho Petit Joiirnal'lodnv.' At Spa ft spo- einl train urovidod bv the 'French authoritioa will nwait them and their iournov therico will bo mdex under' niilitni'V unard. At. Versailles a Wilitnrv deleitntion will uondiict them to' their lodijiims. . . . 'IMia r4f.rniin innt'na'mititlV(ifl will bo treated, eoiirleouslv but will bo roirnrdod ns cnemios' ns lonu as tho trcutv. romnina un- simiod. Thov will not bo nllow- cd 'tp cro nhout ns thev itlonso, nor vill nowsiifipor men bo per- J miltcd to interview thorn, on pain of fieinc idinrircd with cominunU- "f T mifiiiir wittr thi Ittiomv. T A. ARRESTED SIGNALS ''ft'' ' ywi!,"xxM;-'-'p BY RIOTERS IN CAIRO April 10. Threats were mndo recently bv terrorists to throw vitriol on nil strike breakers ns thev wero lonvim; their work, and tho of ficial communiotio todnv dealing with tlio current . dWrdors 'reports two enses of vitriol throwing on Tnea dnv. one man hoinir totallv blinded.' In coiiseoueneo of tho vitriol throwinir ineidonts an order has been issued that porsons who throw corrosive substances or cnuso them to be thrown nro liable to the death pcnnltv. Tlio order also provides that that persons possessine corro sives without legitimate reason arc liable to 1" years' imprisonment and cnrlv in the week north of Lahore, nro uuiltv of n criminal net. ' LONDON. April 10. The lntcst feviow of tlio situation In India re ceived hero todnv snows no improve ment in tho Puninb nnd the rctrion of Delhi. ' ' , Tho strike continues at Delhi. Thj? peoplo nro reported to bo maintain ine a siillon iittitude. Tho "preven tion; of .seditions nicotines net" has been put into force ht Mtiltan, sonth wost of Lnhoro nnd at Julliindur. cast of Lahore. Communication with the northern Puninb has boon inter rupted. A sorious'outbrcak occurred onrlv in tho week north o l'Lnhoro, and n' railway station' was wrecked. Mrs. Annie Bcsnnt, theosopicnl and nationalist lender, it is milled, has is sued a statement condemnini! the ex tremists. 1 E BOOM SO GREAT LIMIT NEAR i NTW YORK. April 10. Life jn snrani'o companies now tiro handling mora business than ever, boforo, ,nc cordinir to a report iiiiide imlilio Uv dnv bv Josso S. Phillips, state super intendent of insurance, which show ed nn increase of 100 per cont for tho first ounrtor of 10.10, ovor tho snmo period last vonr, So irrcut luivo been tho trains, thnt oiuht Now York compnnios mnv hnvo to refuse further business after Oc tober 1 whon according to a table compiled hv. Mr. - Phillips,- thov. will reuch tho limit set bv law to tho an nual amount each compnnv mav han dle. . ; ...; .. . Sprouting STARTS i'AT FALLS IN SEA LIMERICK. Ireland. April 10. Major J. C. P. Wood, the British aviator, who left Eastchureh. Enor Innd. vesterdnv afternoon in '..is nir plune for this citv. fell into the Irish sea last niirht. Major Woo and Captain C. C. Wvlie. his navigator, were uninjured. ... .... 1 The' accident occurred near IIolv hcad. to which place Navigator Wvlie went for assistance. , No detnils of the accident hnvo been received here. Woods.' -machine, will bo repaired nt Holyhead and it is hoped he mav start again . tin his ., trans-Atlantio fliuht as eusrlv as Monday. Major J. C. P. Wood left Eosl chnrch. Enulnnd. nt 8:15 o'clock Fri-dnv-afternoon.- Dnrine- the. evening he was. reported . to have passed Shccrncss on tho Thames, a short distance from Eastchureh and then wns lost for several hours. .- f . t LancnHter Parker, another aviator, left ' Eustchiirch soon niter Major Wood. ' ; .. - LONDON. April ' 10. Miiior Wood's airplane Which foil into tho THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF "BY1. ASSOCIATED. PRESS. -.April 19. With tho Question of Poland's western boundary settled, the council ot tour ot the peace conference In Paris was prepared today to take up anew the problem ot the Adriatic for definite disposition. .' :.. . -fi:.' As a result of the council's deliber ations yesterday Danzig, the Baltic port clnlmeyd by Poland, is to becomo an international harbor, it is understood.- Poland will be given a Corri dor thru Oormnn territory, so that she may have freeaccess to Danzlgi Whether this corridor coincides with thnt dollnonted by the peace confer ence some weeks ago is not known. Italy's claims to , Flume and the Dalmatian coast will be laid before the council of tour by Baron Sonnlno, the Italian foreign minister. . ' A final decision on the question is expected today. (. , : . ' Irish Claims Next ' ' Representatives of Irish societies In America will coRfer with Colonel E. M. House ot the American mission today relative to the claims. of. Ire land. It Is understood that they will ask that throe Irish delegates be per mitted to go to Paris tor a hearing. . ' . ... ) .. IS F PACIFIC COAST , SAN FRANCISCb, April 19. The establishment of an air service acad emy1 6n the "Pacific coast, develop ment of Alaskan railroads and navi gation between Seattle and Alaska and the strengthening of the coast defenses were, topics of discussion at the annual session here today ot the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific coast. 1 Speakers were Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the Uni versity of Washington; Paul Clag- stone, San Francisco, field secretary of the United States Chamber of Commerceand representatives of lo cal chambers. ' ' ' ' Henry Corbett, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Portland and the associated chambers, was to have presided but was unable to at tend. Irish sen last night, has been towed into Ilolvheod. according to the Dnilv Mail. The machine wns undamaged and Mnjor'Wood -and his navigator are safe. Another nationalist movement within the British empire may - .be brought to the official notice of the delegates by representatives of Egyp tian elements which ar: demanding Independence for their country. The Egyptlnns are expected to lay their case before the conference. Condi tions at Cairo are reported to be grave as a result of this movement. 4 German -Troubles Continue " . 'It is announced that Roumanian troops have been ordered to occupy territory which was provisionally al lotted by the peace conference to that coyntry In Transylvania, formerly a province 'of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Turning over of this partic ular territory to' Roumanla was one of the causes of the overthrow of the regime headed by Count . Michael Karolyl. , , Oerman government troops and Bavarian soviet forces are believed to he fighting tn or around Munich but little as to the trend ot events there has been learned. In northern Germany labor troubles continue, Bremen, being the, storm center of what appears to bo a serious strike, while strike movements also persist In, Berlin. ' , -: MARSHAL FOCH DEMANDS WEST . BANK OF RHINE Allied Generalissimo Insists On Sira teqlc Frontier In Peace Treaty French Senate Supports General Text of' Treaty to Be Announced April 25th or 26th. '. LONDON. April 19. In political circles here much-significance is at tached to the resolution adopted bv the French senate demanding the in- scrtion in the peace treaty of guar antees suggested bv the allied high command., The resolution mav. per haps, be read in connection with the interview with Marshal Foch hnd bv a correspondent of the Daily Mail, in which the tallifcd generalissimo in sisted on the necessity for regard ing the Rhine 'as the real barrier against another German attack, be cause the Rhine could be held with a small force, whereas the political frontier west of the Rhine ns pro posed under the peace treaty, would as the marshal explained, have to be held with large forces all along its whole length. There are - rumors that Marshall Foch insists strongly , on these guar antees. . - - . i . . . . . - PARIS. April UJ The text of the preliminary pence .treaty will be transmitted to the pres&.Fridav,;or Snturdav of next week. April 25 or 26. the Petit Parisien savs. :, The Echo -de Paris declares that in case Germany refuses to sign the preliminary peace a special train will immediately be put at the disposal of the enemy delegates for their return to Germany and the allies will take military and naval measures to en force the treaty. TO 1 ; WASIIINGTON. April 19 In on- notincing today ; that 4 the ninth bi weekly, offering of treasury certifi cates of indebtedness in anticipation of the Victory Liberty Loan hnd been over subscribed ; bv , nenrlv 30 per cent. Secretary Glass disclosed tluvt a subscription of $50,000,000 bv tho Jnpnnese government had been re ported from the . New York federal reserve district. : - ; . "The action of 'fhe Japanese gov ernment." said a treasury statement, "is verv helpful in its effect upon international exchange and is greatly appreciated bv the treasury." : Secretary Glass said the total sub scriptions to certificates aggregated $046,024,500 on an offering of $500. 000.000. The total amount of cer tificates now outstanding is approx imatelv $5,315,878,000. ' .. , BERLIN. April 19. A Ger- y man professor figures out that tho abdications 'nnfl ripthronn- v- nients in Germnhv include 278 persons. Bavaria, lends with ; one king, one queen, 15 princes, v 16 princesses, five dukes and t one duchess. Prussia ltns sunt. 33 royalties in exile, including the emperor. , empress. 20 Princes and. 11 princesses. The two -tinv ttrinctniilittns nP Pours. whose nren is hardlv one three- T hundredth uart of that of Prus- sia. have exiled 36 royalties. : . Most extraordinary is the ense of Sehaumhtirff-Ltiine. with its area of -130. snnnrA milns. -where there nre nenrlv one Vov- ' ol pcrsonngo for every five square miles. , These included the reigning prince, 17 princes, v" nnn spvpti nrinenssoa. ','..'.' 278 CROWNED HEADS! UPSE1 IN GERMANY MICE WAR ENDED 114000 NEEDED FOR CASE OF THE P. & E. Medford Citizens Respondinq Royal ly. Final Call Issued Bv Committee List of public Spirited-Citizens , Who Have Donated Is Your Name On the List? : - "'.. The committee" jn charge of the P ' & E.. subscription list . are ..workinar hard today in a final effort' to se- . cure the balance of the necessary $30,000. With but very few excep tions the citizens are subscribing to this worthy project.- A glnnce at the list of mimes below will show thnt Medford has not lost her "pep.", and is coming back for sure. Is your name on the list? If not. why nolf Your help is needed, to finally put it over. The balance to be-raised is $4.000 ioin in with the other loval citizens and put this proposition over the top. now ! ' - - ' LIST OF BOOSTERS 1 . M UI1V.U1K 1.1 , 1 ' I. linn Wl. UMIUM, public spirited citizens who have ftnhcrihpl tn rliita- tn stm.tr in thn company to take over the 'P. & E. rail way: . .: ,: . . . ' ' ' ..' . f. ; -. A - ' V . -; Andrews. J. B. : '. ' . ', ' . . V." : ; ' Big Pines Lumber Co. s x v -m'. Big Bend Milling Co. . :: Barker. Geo.' W. - . . Bardwell Fruit Co. ..Wii... .: ,, 'Browne. Walter, Jr.",. v'.-i.rV,-..K. Boggs, O. C. Breier & Petersen. ' '.,,'": . :W.... J . O '..' K:r,;:-y;:y, : - Crater Lake lardwarojCo. - " Conner. Guv" W. r v Cnrkin & Taylor. ' - - ' Crowson's. ' ' i -.' ..v' 1 . Dow. Dr. Mc. M.'M. ' ' f ' .:-':- :: . - ' B '" "" Elden. Ralph Waldo. - ' '--,'" Elwood. E. D. " ' Elliott. Dr. Bert R. tlliott & i;ook Auto CO. Emmens. Dr. J. J. . Electric Shop. . '' P Fichtnor. Carl ' . G ' ,:" :' " .'.'' . .i " Gnrnett. II. C. ; Gates. C. E. Auto Co. ; Gaddis & Dixun. ,. It Hutchinson, Lnmsden & VOjWtor, Helms. J. L. Hart, Henrv. i . . Hubbard Bros. .; . Hoover, C. C. Huskins. Leon B. ... '. .' -Holmes. R, A. . ... , .... - - Jf Jacobs, J, W. . - ' '' Justin, Gus. ' : ' ':'... i ' ,' K " i Kidd. CM. ' ' Kroschel, S. A. ; '.'-. ". ' II ' '' ".. ';..,.' '.-. Lamport E. H. ! , : -, , Loyal Citizen. - . -: , . .-. .- m :" .v;.:;;.... McDonald C. W. Miles; T. W. t l '-' " Mann. J. C. ' . Mohr. Emil. ' - ' Mason. Ehrmnn & Co. v : : ' ; Medford Printing Co. ; - :. - Merrimnn. Thomas T. - , . Medford Domestic Laundry Co. Medford Iron Works. Marsh. II. E. . Medford Grocery Co. ' . ' Medford lee & Storage Co.- - (Continued from page three.) ID WASHINGTON. April 19. Pres. ; ident Wilson has : cabled Senator Hitchcock; retiring chairman of tho ' foreign relations committee in the senate, his thanks for the senator's recent message assuring him that tho entire country will be in favor of tho . league of nations. Senator Hitch- " cock's message wns sent after the re vision of the lenguo covenant, con taining referenco to the Monroe dos- trine. - . '"' '' '. -.'.';:. "I am warmly obliged for your message" the president said, "it cheers nnd encourages me, and I am delighted to know- what we have dono has so brightened the prospects of the league," ,