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, 0," Historical q.i' The Weather Minimum yesterday TH 1 Minimum today..., ....81 Fiilr tonight nml Tuesday. rally Va urly-nln KourteiinUi Tfr. ' MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APIUL 28, ;1919 T NO. 31 Ill Your, f I Medford Mail Tribune mm BSBBBggBBasu L-Ji.JJl-.UJlJ HL.JJ-.LJ LJl ',11,1' SOBSSSSSSaStSBBSLL.il I I I, II , J JJ III -J I ) I ', I . IN I, L B,sg'gl--' - - ...I. .'.;. POWERS ACCEPT REVISED COVENANT K 4) 4 4, , ' '! ' . ''. ' . , :..- i, BURLESON GIVES UP CONTROL E IS AT Revised Covenant Passes Plenary Session Without Division or Amend ment President Makes Presenta tion Speech Sir Eric Drummond First Secretary General Belnlum. Brazil. Greece and Spain Included , Some Oblectlon to Details. PARIS. April 28. The revised covenant of. Iliu l.-m.'iio of Nations wiih adopted bv Hit! uli'imrv session of tlie pence conference this nl'tcr iKioii without division nml without amendment. Tliu covenant liml been moved bv President Wilson. 'Presentation of. the amended League of Nations covenant liv President Wilson marked the oiwninj of the session. The president thin explained I ho vriou alterations. 1'nofuVnt W'Uhoii. ill liix . speech explaining the revised covl-muit of tli tongue of KiitioiiH. Hniil Hint Sir Krli llriimnioiii of Ureal lirilttin. uud ' been iiuiucd ns the first secretary general of thu Icitmio, ! ) Tlie nrwidtifit moved tliut the now or nnmo representatives to form n , committee of nino to prcimro plans to organise the league and establish Iho sent of the league. Regarding the comnoHition of the executive council, the president said thnt Belgium. Iimxil. Greece nnd Kpuin would ho represented on the council in addition to the five grcol powers until n permanent choice lind been made. Huron Miikiuo nnnpunced Hint Hie effort would be continued to hnve the rnciul cnunlitv principle adopted ns n part of the covenant. 1'niil llvmiins. chnirmnn of the Bole-inn delegation, expressed regret that Brussels had not lioea selected 'as the Rent of the Icuguo of Nations, llowever. he did not offer nn amend ment changing the scat of the IcnKiie from Oenevn to the Belgian capital. WASHINGTON. April 28. 1'nldi cation bv the slnto department todu. o f tlio revised covenant of tlie I.ensue of Nations L-avo the text of tlio docu tnont to the American people several ", hours in advance of its presentation , to the pence conference in plcnnrv session nt Paris. The suhstuiico of Iho covenant, including materinl changes designed pnrticuliirlv to meet criticsms in the United States, bad lieeii disclosed two weeks aito throuuh nn official summary. Several Clmngcs The now article specifically ex empting international engagements and reEinnnl underHtandinuti. ".such ' as tlio Monroo doetrino." had been nnoted vorlmtim in the Riimninrv. (Continued on Page Eight.) A IS : OLE HANSON'S MAIL SEATTUO. April 28. Polieo 1 l I ...,.,,,.,.. Il,.,t II ... T ' ' jlDllllllllliricin iiiiiiuiiiii m urn. ,ii'v .I..:... r rin ii..an., i.i -r ' UlllOU UL illUVUi, VIU AlUlloilll i. , tho oitv-countv b'uildinc, roeoiv- ed a broken bomh in the mnii, Colorndo on 'a 'Victory loan sponkimr tour, ' Aoid from tho hrokon bomb spilled onto-Iho tablo-where it was found in tho mail today. Muvor Hanson has recently delivered a nunibor of addresses denoiincinir Bolshevism. Ilo irainod natiun wide fame whoa ho attacked radical labor load- ors nnd branded Soalllo's recent ' ffonornl strike a revolution, U.S. ENVOY 13 CALLED TO Ambassador Paae Leaves Rome to . Confer With President Swiss President Also Called Rumor Italian Problem Is to Be Left to Arbitration Sonnlno Given Warm Reception In Italy Barzalla Not to Return to Paris. IIOMK. Anril 28. Tlmiium Neinon l'nue. the American iimbnHKador to Ilalv, Iiiim Iclt Homo for I'nrw. An Italian newHiuiiier report from Home received bv tha AHKocialcd I'rcRH April 2.'i. Kiiid that AmliaHNaior l'ime him offered Iiih rcHiiitintion be cause he had been made "acouiiinled with President Wilson's views on the Italian claims." The statement was uulborir.cd at the statu department in Wnshinuton on that dev. however. that there was no foundation fur tills report. May Arbitrate " GENEVA.'. Aprd' 28. Oustnve Ador. pivsident of the Swiss fedcrn tion. bus received an (intent tniin- iiions to the peace eonferonce in Par is and left for Paris Siindav nicht. The newspnpers licre stnte that he bus been invited bv the allies to act ns arbitrator in the auestiuu of the Adriatic. , ' PARIS. April 28. Pnron Makino. the bend of the Jnpnnoso iMIcuution.1 in n speech at tlie idenurv session, said ho recreltcd the omission from the covenant of the T.eauuo of Na tions of a rnciul eoulnitv clause, Jap an, he added, was utilised to revert to her oriuinul position on this ouoi- tion. ROME. April 28. Foreiun Minis ter Sonniuo who left Pnris Saturdav nl'tornoon, nrrivod in Rome ut 0:30 o'clock lust nmht. lie was iriven an enthusiastic reception. Ilaralai Won't Hoturn ROME. April 28. I.arao crowds cheered Koreimi Minister Sonnino and former Premier Snlandrn in ml the towns where their special tram stopped Kundnv. In a speech lit Gen oa, the foroiim minister asserted that Iho government is determined to ob tnin whnt is duo Italy, PARIS, April 28. Tho newspa pers report that Salvator Parr.alui. n member of the Italian nenco dclecn tion. declared thnt lie did not intend to return to Pnris. Bariulni is a re publican dcinitv nnd a former mem ber of the Italian cabinet. Ho left Pnris with Premier Orlando Friday niitht. ' PORTLAND Anril 28. Six Minn drcd blno.inckots from tlio United States ship Qroiron. now in the Port land harbor, nnd 22(1 overseas vet erans of tho Wild West division, who arrived hero today, marched in n- Victory Loan parado hero today. Crowds, alone tlie sidewalks snm.' "The Anmv nnd Navv Forever." Tho soldiers included i'i7 men of the !ll(lth enirineers nnd 72 casuals of the Wild West, division. " ' . , SPARTACANS FAIL IN . ATTEMPT AT GOV'T LONDON, April 28. Spnrlncnn forces httcnipted to overthrow tho covornmont in Hromon vesterdnv. but were defeated after hard stroot fiitlil itiir. A dispatch from Stellin trans milled bv the Kxohanuc Tulournpli company reporlinir tlio outbreak adds that, revolvers and hand evenndes were used freely in tho iiirliliuij. , is I SAN FRANCISCO. April 28; Country - districts eenernllv in the Twelfth reserve district nro report ing amounts and number of suli reiiplions couiparine; favorably iviih records at this stave of previous loans, -it was announced todav nt Liberty loan henduuartcrs. l'outund has npproximntelv 50 per ecnl of its ouotii subscribed nnd reports show tho entire stnto of Oreiron ouioidu of Portland, bad CNceeded its auotn at tlie eloso of business Saturday niirhl. 1 WASIIINOTON, April 28. One bil lion dollars bad been subscribed to dav to the Victory Liberty loon, ao- cordinir to unofficial reports. It was considered doubtful, however, that the official furores which the trens- ury roeniniir.es, would reach tho bil lion dollar mnrk bv tonicht. .' '". At tho openimr of .tho second week of the tlireo weeks' ennipaiun. reports to tho treasury reflected a tendency nninnir , hundreds' of communities which nro iippronchinir or hnve pnss cd the coals set for them to over subscribe, K in compliance with'tho trensurv's latest ronnest. . It 'will be necessary to'rniso $310, 000,000 subscriptions u dav .bctwoen now and Mnv .10. tho last dav of tho eanipnii.'n, to subscribo the $4,300, 000,000 total of tho loan. MICTIONS ON y WASHINGTON, April 28. Reply ing to a request that somo steps bo takon to restrict Importation, of Gor mnn potash Into this country, Presi dent Wilson in a cabloKram today advised Senator Hitchcock of Nebras ka thnt It w(ib doubtful whether any restrictive measures could ho made offectlve In this matter without fur ther action by congress. Ho pointed out that potash wns one of tho arti cles' which the alllos had soon fit to permit Germany to export In payment tor food nnd that Franco now wns ot forhiK potash for export from Alsnco Lorraluo. ' , , I Cyclone Season. . v. r : w 1 - ' -i ' . t ' K OF COASTV DIES SAN FRANCISCO. April 28. James Kennedy Lvneh. Governor of the United States Twelfth federal re servo bank in this city, died enrlv to dav at his home in Alameda, near here, from an attack of heart dis ease. ' : ' ; The denth in action in the Areonno bnttlo of his son. Lieutenant Law rence S. .Lvneh, was n shock that slipped the vitality of the banker and the emotions aroused bv the home.-. cominu;. of the troops of the Hist di vision of which the son had been n member, wns believed contrbutory to the denth. Mr. Lynch wns a veteran banker of San ' Francisco. Son of James Lvneh. pioneer' of California, of 184(i. Mr. Lvneh started his bnnkine career with, tho First National bank hero in 1878 ns n teller. In Aucust. .1017. Mr. Lynch became Governor of the Federal Reserve bank He wns former ' president of the Americnn Bunkers' association. Mr. Lvneh wns 62 vears old. ' Selection of a new covornor ;for the federal reserve bnnk here will be niiide bv the board of directors. noeordimr to William A. Dav, nssist- nnt deputy covornor. Tho next meet- ins of the board is scheduled for Mav 0. -L. f ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. v : ' (April 28, 1918.) f . : Germans' hurl fresh divisions against the tired .allies to forceadvanees in 'the Picardy battle. ;: , Continiiously ' assaulting.' .waves" force the allies back from Mt. ivennnel and Wystaeche. . ; Haig's "back to. the wall" defense desperately holds the Huns out of Ypres. ; ' . Germans grind .down allies resistance in advances north of Lys. , . ' s-Z:-. : '' " " " v' ; ' ' ' ' : -' Only fii'st units of Anioriea's National AiTri'y be ing rushed to American mobilization camps. .-. ; ; SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE VICTORY LIB-. ERTY LOAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID FOR VICTORY THEN.' FEED BOLSHEVIKI S PARIS, April 2S. (By Associated Press.) Ut. Frldjot Nansen's plan for the neutrals to supply food to Moscow and Petrograd Is apparently making little headway. As yet he has been unable to communicate with Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier ot Russia, and opposition to the plan among the Russians here as representatives ot the anti-Bolshevik governments and In the French press is becoming more pronounced. The Russian representatives Insist that the armies which are now mak ing an excellent showing against the Dolslievlkl should not bp handicap ped by movements which tend to en courage the Lenlne-Trotzky troops. The defeat of the Bolshevikl at Kiev, in the Archangel section, on the Baltic front, and along the two branches ot the trans-Siberian rail road, Is regarded by Nicholas Tschal kovsky, .head bt the provisional gov ernment ot northern Russia, and his associates as proof that transporta tion facilities are falling the Bolshe vikl and that they are no longer able to shift their armies quickly enough to meet attacks. ; Ivy and Lester Carr were Sunday guests at the Nash from Eagle Point. OF CABLES PEACE TREATY All Hiqhest Held for Offense Aoainst International Morality and Sancti ty of Treaties Court of Special Judo.es. One From Each of Five Great Powers. WASHINGTON. April 28. Trial of the former' German emperor "for a supreme offence neainst interna tional morality and the sanctity of treaties"-has been determined upon by tie allied and associated power?. Holland will be remiestcd to surren der the royal refueee for nrraien- mt-nt before a court composed of five nidges named bv the United tSates. Great Britain. - France. Italy and Japan. The state department made pnbhc todav proposed articles for insertion in the treaty to be considered this afternoon bv' the peace conference in plenary session, providing for the trial of William II of Hohenzolicrn, and also reouirine Germany to de liver all prisoners within its borders chareed with "bovine exercised acts in violation of the laws and cus toms, of war.": f on1 taraienment be fore military tribunals of the allied and associated powers whose nntion- als suffered throush sack offenses. , I Lsnsiug Was Opposed Thus the peace conference' coramis-1 sion on responsibility for the war has' solved its most weiehtv problem. The state department's announcement of the solution was received here gen erally with surprise, because it was known that Scoretarv Lansinff. chair man of the commission, had stead fasti v. opppsed any attempt to bring the former kaiser before an interna tional tribunal. , Mr. Lansine con tended there was no law by which such an offender could be reached bv the conference, and that it would be contrary to tho constitution of the United tSates for the American dele-, irntes to participate in the execution of a sort, of international ex-poste facto law. At that time; however, it was proposed to charge criminal and military offenses, and it was sug gested that the decision to base' the indictment upon violation of interna tional morality and .the sanctity of treaties was taken ; to meet the American viewpoint. V PARIS. April "28. The peace treaty for Germany as drawn for pre sentation to the Germans contains a clause providing that' former Em peror William be tried bv an inter national tribunal, it was learned to day. 'A separate tribunal will try other military officers. " - . ', WASHINGTON. - April 28. New articles proposed for insertion in the peace treatv. to Jie considered at the plenary session of the peace confer ence, the stnte department announc ed tadnv. include the following: "Article 1. The allied and asso ciated powers publicly - arraign Wil liam II ; of Hohenzollern, formerly German emperor, not for nn offense against criminal law. but for a su preme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties," It is proposed that a special tri bunal be constituted to trv the ac cused consisting of five indues, one appointed bv each of the five great powers: The United States, Great Britain, France. Itnlv and Japan. Tho allied nnd associated powers will re ouest Holland to surrender the form ' Persons accused of violation of er emperor for trial.' (Continued on Page Eight.) ASHLAND. Ore.. April 28. The Pacific highwav from Ashland ncro3 the Siskiyou runge to the California line is open for travel.' Road Super visor True with a crew of men. in spected tho road last week nnd found snow goiio Irom (he highway. Tho hcctvv crnvol slides hnvo boon roir.o cd and-tho roads, aro drying fust. , BURL TO Postmaster General Yields to Wide- spread Demand Requests Presi dent to Return Wire System, to. Private Owners Soon as Proper Legislation Is Secured Cable: Lines to Be Returned to Owners tat Once. WASHINGTON. April 28. Presi- dent Wilson has been asked bv Post master General Burleson to approve the immediate return ot American cable lines to their private owners. In announcing his action today, the postmaster general said he hop-1 ed restoration of the properties could be effected by JIov 10., - '".''.'' The following statement was is sued: -.:..;.' "-.i--.-. -' v . "The postmaster general hns rec ommended to the president that the government return the cable lines to their respective owners. This action is made -possble b-v-tbe .fnct that the. ,; congestion resulting from war eondi- tions has largelv passed. The onemv commercial blacklist bos beoit abol ished and the tremendous volume of government cable messages from and. to the war trade board have ceased.: The bar to commercial code messages has been removed, thus material v les sening the cable loads. ' The use of the riables in connection with the peace conference has been greatly di minished.' ti ." . ' . "The postmaster general' 1 hopes! that the return of the cables may bo effective not later than May 10. I This statement was issued by Mr. Burleson:-1 r r. j The postmaster-general will rec-; ommend that the t olograph and tele phone lines be restored to their re spective owners as soon as legislation can be secured from congress safe guarding the Interests of the owners in every way that it is possible to , safeguard them.' "The information of the postmas ter-general as to the condition ot the wire companies convinces him that it is imperative that such legislative action must be had before the var ious telephone' and telegraph linos are returned., . v -t . i "This is not true as to the cable lines which are In a condition to be returned at once." 1 i w t 4 U. S. SAILORS LOST : NEW! : YORK.1 April , 28. Four sailors were drowned ear-. ly . this morning when a motor dorv belonging to tho lUnited States destroyer Bell -was sunk v in a collision with tho .United , States, ship Henlev. according to nn official statement issued ihic nffemnon from t.hp ntfice of the chief of staff o Rear Admiral Ashley Robertson. , . Sflilnrfl from lllft huti.lflsllijn Mississippi . said -the launch struck a submerged log, that T they rescued one man and that a crew from the Nevuda rescued nnnthnr. Fnlivi mnn wprn Tft-. ! ported saved by other crews,. . It was learned the launch was. from, the destroyer Bell. -f ''' Charles Piez Reslans. . Washington. D. C. April 28. Charles Piez, director generul'aid manager and seven other adminis trative officials ' of the shipping board of the Emergenov Fleet oorpor ation will retire' from office May li to resume private business, jt wus uiu iiouiiecd. liot'o today. . . v WIRE
