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Newspaper Page TextCrf-an Historical 800 X ' Public Auditorium , Ml MEDFOE0 11 ail Tribune The Weather JHiixliniiin yesterday 7N Minimum today,., HH Tonight Hint tomorrow, fnlf . pally iPnurtKiinUi Year, MEDFORD, . Om-XION, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919 ho.- 32 AMI iMiriy-iilntli Yuttr. I OF LEAGUE IN I Virtually Decided to Hold Initial Ses sion League of Nations In Ameri can Canltal In October Wilson First President of Leautie--No . Decision Reached On Jap Question PA It IS, April 20.- -II lm been vir luiillv decided (luit lli first meeting of (ho League of Nations shall Iiu held in Washington next October. PARIS.' Anril Utl. A proposal 1 mi font in liulil til" first uicclhlg of tin Lcnuiic of Nnlioii hi Wishing tun iliirinif llic current vonr. Should tlxi iikmiiiiIiIv meel firt in Witi-himi ton. il in said I'nwiili'iit WiUnn dniibt- IhsnIv would Iiu asked Id hucomu the first president of thn Icnmut. Confer With Jnptmcno ' PARIS. April 29. Itcforo . the meeting " f I In' council of three this morning. ' President Wilson received Damn Mnkino. betid uf tli" Japanese mission, mid Viscount Chimin, his culli'iiiiiiii. Tlmir confers-iieo lasted nearly tin limir. Presumably II"' iiiuwtiuii lif Kino Chun wim under dis iMiHoiiin. Tim council nt the beginning of its session received n committee from llio llclcinn .cabinet iiml iriivu it hearing regurdimt the question of in- lemnil ivh. I In run Miikiuo Iiml Viscount, Cliin iln remained willi - lliu council throughout Itw .session which Him n protracted one. AMSTERDAM; April 20. The in toranliiinnl aoiiinlWt conference in session nt Arnhoitii bus inicd 11 resolution Hint Palestine should bo nil independent Mule iiml Iiu nilmiliuii to tlie League of Niitiniin. ROMK. Anril 28.' (Hv tlio Asso ciated I'rvMi.) Thornim Nelson I'iiiio, thn American ninliniKmlor. iiml (Premier Orlniiiln lodnv. Tim two uten had a friendly conversation in which tlio premier expressed r 11 ret of the situation Hint hud nriseii. f ho nniliiiHmlor snid ho llioiiulit tlio situation Iiml been nugrnvnlcd bv 1 11 litt 11 newspaper eriticiMn based on 11 wrong interpretation of President Wilson's nttitmiv. 11111I added (hut nil those interested in preserving eood rolutioiiH .between, tlio two countries Hhonld do tHoir best to prevent such disturbing factor from having nlitv. Premier Orlnndo in rcnlv unid lie cnnHiilo(iil tlio Nitmilion vorv noriouH lint lliiit bis dcHiro wim to nnuliiirnto mid roHtoro culm. Tlio (lrtmiior miid lio doonlv reu'roltcd Hint tlio incident Iiml ooonrrod nnd lind been much dis turbed over it. .' Orlnndo Not to ltcturn , PARIS. Anril 20. (Hv tho Ahso- cintud I'reKH,) AnibiiHKndor I'iiko toleirrmihcd from Homo todnv thut bo hud unthoroil from I'reimor Orlnndo in n limir eontert'iieo Alondnv tlint tho promior did not intend lo return to 1'nrin for tho fciuninir of tho nenco trenlv. Tho premjor xpivmhoiI ro uret (lint thu timo 'wiih no hort be fore tho nrrivnl of the U or 111 mm. 11 1 ! Klx Soeretnry'n Siilury PAIJIS. April 21). The Hiilnrv of Sir Erie Drnmmoml, Hoerolnrv of tho I.oiiiruo of NutionH, iH to bo $25,000 veurlv. with n Hiniilnr iinmunt .for tlio expoimon of tho office ineludinir tho clerical Htiiff, necordinir to the roproxentntivo of Houtor's Limited in I'liriH.' " ' ' PARIS, April 20. HccnuRO of tho 24-hour Rtrilto sot for Wiiv 1, cspc ciullv uffee.timr triiiiHportntion nnd communiRntiniiH, Kome doubt was ex prexKcd todnv whotlior tho penco tonus would bo presented to tho flor 11111ns on Hint iluv. ns luid boon pi mi ned. It wus tliinudit tho function prohiihlv would lio postponed until Kridnv. Mjiv 2. y VICTORY LOAN IS LAGGING BEHIND WASHINGTON, April 20. Addi llnnnl' reports of Liberty lonn sub- RO.rintiona todnv -rnisod tho total nliuhtlv nbovo tho" $830,470,000 tub uliitod Inst niulit. but tlio oxnet now ' I'iirnro wns not nvmmblo. Orciton, oxnliulinuf tbo oiU of Port- limd. hns reached its miotn. Althouch official fiftwos from the' Allnntio distriot show onlv $0,384,000 subsoribod, distriot mnnniiors bolinvo total Biibseriptions to ditto, Inelmlimr ihoHO not vet'voported bv bunks, nro MEETING WAIN OREGON WETS LOSF FIGHT TO GET STATE REFERENDUM 'SALI'r. April 20. Tlio su- a .....ihI ..f li.trfiii l.i.tnV. - htiNliiincd n di'iniirrcr bv Altor iikv (lenornl Ilrnwn tn tlio 1111111 iliimoUH action brotiuht nuniiiHt the atlorni'v umieriil bv Orevmi mid California linu.ir iiitci'cnt to force him lo draft 11 ballot titlu for 11 referendum measure to refer I Iiu net of (bo leumlu turo in nppriivim; (ho nroliihilioii nmenilmeul to the national con Htiliitiiin. Tin. fictiim of (lie lit 1- luir inleriiHlM wiiu IohI liv llio nil- prcme eourt's deciKion nnd tho rclVrcndiiin ciinnot bo placed on lllll lui lint Tlu,.til.trM Itittl n,lirf.u(ttll!lltr ' - ........ rnliforniii trape urowers, ns- Hislcd Attorney Dan Mallarlicv of Portland lo present tho citso iilm.himL lliu 11II1. rimv oenerjit. Postmaster General Has Merely En forced Autocratic. Laws Sanctioned By Law Makers Says Idaho Sena tor Undemocratic Legislation Should Be Repealed at Once. WASHINGTON', April 29. Ulnme tor much of tho novoro criticism of I'ont mauler -Oonoral ' Hurlcnoii wns plnrcil on cniiKrcnii todnr by 8enator Month of Itlalio, ropulillcan. who In a Ktutement said the potitmastor-Ken-oral In only exercUlnit tho law which conKreM paued conferring drastic and unlimited powers undor tho gulaa of war powers. Tho beat rem edy, tho sonutor nald, would be for cotmretis to ropeal those luwa. "Congreaa hua Krnnted Mr. Burle son," Honntor Ilorah sold, "unlimited undotlned drnatla nnd arbitrary pow or; grantad them In violation of the moat fundamental and chorlxhed principles of froo govornmont. Wo grunted thcao powers undor tho gulae of war nocoaalty but no nocosally ex isted for any uch grant of powers. War upon tho part of n republic nover noceasltutos tho sacriflco of the fundamental principles upon which tho ropubllo Is organized. ' Congress to Illume "Ho Is not oxorclslng any authority not within the provisions of tho law which congress passed. If ho Is exer cising It arbitrarily how did congress oxpoct arbitrary laws to be executed oxcopt In on arbitrary way? If bo Is oxorclslng that power, despotically how did congress oxpect tho laws to bo oxoculed oxcopt In a dospotlc way? They are cruol,' arbitrary and at war with ovory principle of rroo govorn ment nnd should bo repealed. "For Mr. Burleson to lio dismissed and to lonvo thoso laws upon tho atntuto booKB would Indeod bo a trnv. osty. If wo do not wnnt nrbltrnry powor oxorclsod In this country, the law-making body Is the body lo np ponl to mid not to sonio ndmlnistra tlvo otflcor." Irosldent Approves WASIIINQTON. April 29. Presi dent Wilson has approved PoatmhS' tor Oonornl Burleson's reconnnenda' Hon that the telegraph and tolaphone systems bo roturnod to thwlr owners upon tho enactment of; legislation doomod n'ocosBnry, and that the American cublo lines bo restored to tltolr ownorB forthwith. Tho .president's approval was an nounced IA a cnblogram to tho White IlottBO. Mr. Burleson stated yoster- day that ho hoped to offoct tho roturn of tho caliloB by Muy lO.. 15 MINERS DIE E niRMlNOlIAM. Aln April 20. Piftoon miners, omnloves of thoMn iestio Coal Mining eompnnv, nro bo lievod dead, and fourtoch hnvo been rescued, lmtllv burned, ns tho result of what is thought to hnvo boon n gas explosion in tlio Mniostio coal mine, 22 miles north of hero, shortly lifter nooil Itidtiv. Vivo bodies hnv jntoii recovered nt 11 o'clock Ibis nf BORAH BLAMES CONGRESS NOT MR. BURLESON tornoon, v . ; .. .. . German Peace CHICAGO. April 29. Tromondous price smashing took place today on the bonrd of trade. Holders of grain and provisions competed on a' big scale In efforts to unload and to stop losses on a declining market. A long threutonod free movement of corn and hogs from, rural sources - was largely responsible for tho general rush to sell. v BreakB as shown after raid-day amounted to cetrts a bushel on corn nnd $1.30 a barrel on pork.. .. Accompanying tho break In prices and forming a powortul aid to the sentiment for a greatly cheaper level of values was a notice from the fed oral wheat dlroctor that the govern ment would discontinue until further announcement any further purchases of wheat flour for export excepting' first clears and victory mixed flours. Tho purpose of this notice was stated to be to stop speculative fever.; . It was declared by the federal food dlroctor that If necessary all Impor tant restrictions, on foreign wheat nnd flour would' bo taken off. Ho snld, however, that there was plenty of AmorlctHi whont and flour It the speculative tendonoy, wns stopped. The announcement of the reaerai wheat dlreotor was followed Immedi ately by further dropB In the corn market. As an evident result, tno market foil to $1.5514 for July torn, a descent of 9 V4 cents overnight. May dollvory of corn showed tho ereateat weakness..' dropping to 11.67 ns against St. 03 to $1.6l at yestorday's flnlBh. July delivery at $1.5714 was off more than 13 cents from yesterdny'B top level. Tradlnu In tho corn market was especlnlly on a broad scale, with' in' dividual operations counting for lit tlo. . ' BY COSTLY FIRE YOKOHAMA, April 20. (Bv tho Assuointcd Press.) Tbo monetary loss in vostortlnv's great fire is osr timntcd at 15.000.000 von. or ap proximately $7,470,000 itntlor tho pro-wnr rato of oxchongo. Thousands of pooplo nro homeless. Tho loss of lifo was two killed nnd 30 injured. Sixtv blocks in tho Jnpanoso onnr tors voro burned. , It was tho most disusterous conflagration in the his Inrv if Yokohama. Foreigners living in tlio Bluff, soo tion of tho city witnessed nn nwo iiispiring spectacle, fivo fires rijjf ing simultaneously, Tho mayor hns sturled n roliof fund, Delegate Arriving IINST GOVT OWNERSHIP ST. I.OriS. ' Anril . 20. Foreien trade and transportation will be-important factors in America's future prosperity and should be given clos est studv bv the public, speakers de clared todnv nt the trade convention of the I'nitcd States. Chamber of Commerce. " George Edward Smith, president of tho Amcricnn Manufacturers Ex port Association, said .''foreign trade represents more than an opportunity, it represents a., responsibility' Hint we cannot shirk. American- machinery and inventive genius belong to the world more than ever at this time. Sound business .unices nnd our duty to liumnnitv command us to become real exporting' nation. Tho railroad committee todav sub mitted n report urging the roads be returned to their owners as soon as- remedial legislation can be enact ed." ' ' " It recommended 'further that roads be permitted to' consolidate .. into strong competing svstcms. Other ree ommetlntions included creation of a federal transportation board to pro mote development' of a national sys tem of rail, water and highway trans portation. - , J.BRYAN CANDIDATE FOR CHURCH OFFICE LINCOLN. Neb.. April 20. Wil liam Jennings Brvnn is a oandidate for the office of moderator of the Presbyterian church of tlio United Stntos. according lo mi announce ment received bv local newspapers from J. B. Wootnn of Now York, pnb licitv director for the Prebvtcrinn church. Tho moderator is . to be chosen nt the church's gonornl as sembly at St. Louis. Mnv l;-2.. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. , (April 29, 1918.) ; . Battle tired British troops forced back to lines of 1914 in Flanders fighting.' . ; - , German storm troops reach Voormezeele, two miles south of Ypres. .. (- v: Artillery storm batters allied lines clinging to de fense of channel ports. ; ; , Germans test mettle of allied troops at St. Mihiel '' wifh trench raids. ' ' ? ' " r. ' Troops of the old regular U. S. army reach Franco in small numbers. .-' SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE VICTORY LOAN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID FOR VIC TORY THEN. at Versailles ";' HON DELEGATES . E VERSAILLES. April 28. (Bv the Associated I'Jjss.) Eiehtv-seven members of the German peace com mission arrived here tonight, being the second party to reach the scene of the. presentation of 'the peace terms. Of these. 3Q were women. The Germans include the commission on limitation of nrmnments. compos ed of Doctors Von Becker and Schall and Major Botticher. and that on commercial affairs. Sixteen of the latter commission nre women. With the pnr(v were- the official courier. Von Bismarck, a doctor, a barber, and Rudolph -Brand, the press rep resentative. There was also a num ber of telegraph and telephone op erators. ' . The nartv left the train at the lit tle stnt'on of Vaucressen. 12Vo miles from Paris, from which place they drove to Versailles in automobiles. While there will be but few wit nesses t. the signatures of the treaty in the Hall of Mirrors, the mavor has asked that the public be admitted during the dnvs following that event so they innv see the arrangements of the historic apartment. All the buildings here will be decorated with flags on the dav the treaty is sign ed. '" ... '' .. Count Von Brockdorff-Rnntznu, the Gorman foreign minister, is ex pected to arrive. tomorrow with the rest of the enemv delegation. :. Cahles Return On Mav 2nd. WASHINGTON. April 29. Post master' General Burleson issued an order todav returning the American cable system to their owners, effec tive at midnight. Mav 2. Asnulth Mav Be U. S. Ambassador. LONDON. April 29. Herbert H. Asqtiith, former premier, is likely to succeed the Karl of Rending as am bassador to the United States.' ac cording to lite Evening News todnv. 3 U. S. SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN FIGHT WITH S.A. NEGROES T.flrr)OV. Anril 20 Tliree Americans were killed at the WTnchcster repatriation cnnw-J last niuht in a fiefbt with South AfriiMin tifirrA unldinrH. an K- cliaiiL'e Teleernph disputch from T Winchester Hrivu ' l. ' . The Winchester camp wns es- tnblished for Americans who aprvpl in Ihc Rritiwh nrmv and niw v.'f.itinir tmnmtnrtfitinn hnme. The fecline between the force nf Himth African hlnckil nnd 'lmorinflns liau Keen utmntf 4 WORLD POLICY LEAGUE PACT Nine Principles Adopted , Bv Paris Convention 8-Hour Day. Abol ition of Child Labor. Right of As sociation Among Important Meas uresLasting Benefit to Workers. WASHINGTON.1 April ; 29. The nine clauses proposed bv the com mission on international labor legis lation . for insertion in the peace treatv asfadopteoV bv the pence con ference in ... plenary session at Paris yesterday were made public here to dnv hv the state department. Among the principles incorporated are a standard 8-hour day. a week Iv daV of rest, the abolition of child labor, eatialitv of pay for men and women and workmen's right of as sociation for all lawful purposes." "First The guiding principle that labor should not be regarded merely as a commodity or article of com merce. ' ' "Second The right of association for all lawful purposes bv the em ployed as well as by the employers. "Third The payment to the em ployed of a wage adequate to main tain a reasonable standard of Iue as this is understood in their time and country. . ' ''Fourth The adoption of an 8- hour dav or a 48-hour week as the standard to be aimed at where it has not already "been obtaufed. 'Fifth The adoption of a weekly rest of at least 24 hours which should include Sunday whenever practicable. " . I'Civth The nhrdifinn nf child la bor and the imposition of such limi tations on the labor of young per-r sons as shnll permit the continuation of their education and assure their proper physical development. "Seventh The pnnciole thnt men and women should receive equal re muneration for work of equal value. 'Eighth The standard set bv law in each country with xespect to the conditions of labor should have due regard to the equitable economic treatment of all workers lawfully resident therein. " ' 'Ninth Each state should make provision for a system of inspection in which women should take port in order to insure the enforcement of the laws nnd regulations for the pro tection of the emploved. "Without claiming that these meth ods or principles are either complete or final, the high contracting parties are of the opinion that they are well fitted to guide the . policy of - the League of Nations and that if adopt ed bv the industrial communities who are members of the league and safe guarded in practice bv nn adequate system of such inspection, they will confer lasting benefits upon the wage earner of the world." . ' BILLY SUNDAY TO TOUR PORTLAND. April 29. Key. Billy Stindnv. accompanied bv Mrs. Sun day, will leave Hood River Saturday morning for a tour of central Ore gon under direction of the speak ers' bureau in the interest of the Vic tory loan. He will speak at Bend Saturday night and will conduct re ligious services in one of the churches there Sunday morning. Leaving Bend Sunday forenoon he will arrive in Klamath Falls in -timo to speak there Monday. Ho will go to Lnko- vtow nnd -speak there Tuesday or WcdiiesdiiY. OR LABOR EIUME COUNCIL TRANSFERSCITY TO THE ITALIANS But Apparently Italy Has No Thought of Annexlno Flume Without Sanc tion of Allies Italian Parliament Expected to Take Action Soon Regarding Adriatic Problem. ,' !"; BY THE ASSOCIATED TRESS. April 2ft. The stage is rapidly being set for the final phase' of the peaco i negotiations. Yesterday's' plenary -session of the pence , conference stamped its approval on the coven ant of the League of . Nations, while today Germany's plenipotentiaries are expected to arrive nt Ycrsnillcs to ioin the memhers of the mission al ready there. '. Some points in the pence treaty ft . be presented the Germans are as Vet unsettled, but it is considered: prob- . able that the clauses involved will shortly be ready for incorporation in the document, so thnt the complet ed treaty will be readv for the enemv . delegates by the week's end. Italy was not represented nt the plenary session yesterday but dis patches from Rome indicate the prob ability that her delegates will rotum to Paris after- a brief period. Tho . Italian ' parliament will meet today and it is expected that Premier Or lando will at once appear and lav be- fore it the situation which arose nt Paris when President Wilson mado his public statement relative to Flume .. and the Dalmatian coast. ; . Slay Return to Paris Action by the parliament which will bo-in effect-a luandute to' the Orlan-" do ministry will be. requested, there . beinar an effor to . secure a, unani mous vote. on the resolution demand ing thnt Italy's claims on the eastern . coast of the Adriatic be-recognized. If this is -done .it is probable that Premier Orlando and his colleagues will immediately reappear at Paris. - Piomo Takes Action v Advices from Rome state thnt the semi-official view of the situation , there is that Italy has not definitely withdrawn from the peace conference but hns merely suspended participa tion. If the vote of the Italian par liament is favorable to the position taken by Premier Orlando it is prob . able that the diplomatic battle will be resumed in Paris. - There is apparently no thought, for the present at least, to annex Fi- . ume to Italy by -.preliminary action, it being planned to demand notion on the part of the conference.? f - The national council -at.f.Fiume however, hns according to report, handed over all the powers of the state and municipality to a represen tative of Italy there. ' -' ' . ' Munich Surrounded - ' ' German government . troops are slowly encircling Munich, which is held bv soviet forces, but it is prob able that it would be several davs be fore a general attack on the city is launched. Gttstave Noske, the Ger man minister of defense, is in com mand of nil the government troops. Bavarian and Wurttemberg forces bo ing placed tinder his control.- ' !. Rumanian attacks against . thq soviet' army of Hungary are making progress, according to reports, which state that Bela Kun. the head of the Hungarian Bolsheviki. has admitted the troops under his command are being defeated. Hundreds of people are being arrested at Budapest nnd are being held as hostages bv the Bolsheviki, who threaten wholesale executions if the Rumanians continue to advance. The withdraw of American forces from most of the front line positions in northern Russia is reported. It is said that thev will leave the coun try as soon as practicable. j TO UPHOLD LEAGUE WASHINGTON, April 2 9 Sonator McNary of Oregon, republican, an- , nounced today that he would support the league covenant as finally adopt ed In Paris. ; w ': -."''(" '''''. "In my opinion," he snld, "the co venant has been amended to meet all the - legitimate objections - raised against It. Whether It la perfect In all Its details or not. 1b Insignificant as compared wth the high principle It Is calculated 'to serve which In time will be perfected as far as hu man efforts can achieve and will bo as devotedly respocted as the consti tution of our own country. That feeling In ltsolf will bo sufficient to guarantee everlasting peace." , more than IH30.000.0UO. ,,1V. li, 1. ..to,'.L.L.M.i,l..