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MEDFORD, OKKGON', fUTUKDAY, AVML 19, - 1919
NO. 24
B0LSHEV1K1: SUFF1PGBUS
MEDFORD
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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, . .
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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
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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.
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IS
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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.
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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: . .: ,: . . . ' ' ' ..'
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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'
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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. . ... ,
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Jacobs, J, W. . - ' ''
Justin, Gus. ' : ' ':'... i ' ,'
K " i
Kidd. CM. ' '
Kroschel, S. A. ;
'.'-. ". ' II ' '' ".. ';..,.' '.-.
Lamport E. H. ! , : -, ,
Loyal Citizen. - .
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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," ,