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MEDFORD, . Om-XION, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919
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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.
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