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' MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APIUL 28, ;1919 T
NO. 31
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Mail Tribune
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POWERS ACCEPT REVISED COVENANT
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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.)
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: OLE HANSON'S MAIL
SEATTUO. April 28. Polieo
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' 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. ,
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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.
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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. "
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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.
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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
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