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Newspaper Page TextOrjonn Historical Sao "bllo Auditorium ml Tribune The Weather Maximum ynvtonlny... ... 7 I Minimum today ....Jlil v Fair mid Until frost. pnlly Kimi'lonhlli Tear MEDFORD, OREGON, lONDAY, MAY 5, 1919 NO. . 37 : 1' urly-Mliit ulli Your. M EDFORD m LEAVE FOR Orlando and Sonnlno to Return it is Officially Announced Firm Attl tude Bv Peace Conference Leads to Hurried ' Action Invitation to Austria Brlnas Matter to Head Peace Treaty In Two Drafts. One If Italy Partlclifated. One If Not. I'AItlfl Jluy 5. Vltlorlo Orlando, (ho llnllim prowler, mid Duron Hon ii I no, (ho furolKii mllitntnr. nro to ro (urn to I'urla, II Is ufrirlully announc ed this afternoon. They will lake n twin from lloinu for this capital to lilllhl. In Iho niounllmo It lind boon an nounced that MuriiuU Iiupurlull, tho Italian niiilmiomilor nt I.0111I011, had boon diwltinitled to participate for Italy and tho meeting thla uftiirnoon of tho oxocutlvo cominlltito of tho I.enKiio of '.Vnlloim. rAItlH, Riilidny. Mar 4 (Hy Awto clatud Press.) Tho hiiiIuh of Italy an ono of Ilia flvo itruat powers has been hroutthl Into quonilon liy hor with drawal from tho peuco conforenco, and It lit till matin which Jn proving a powerful lover In luducluic Italy to accept the Invitation to resume her place at tho peace latilo. . lroliloin incident to tho dlnpoid tlon of the Onruiiin colonic are left hy the trenty to tho (treat poworn, no that If Ituly (loon not, reeiimo her LI u place the tronty would exclude her from participating In disposition of iho colon let. . Two Forma )rlntHl Tho text of tho Iroaty has been do llvored to tho printers, with tho ex ception of soldo detulls which enn be rovlnod when tho complete printed draft la randy.. Owing to doubts n to Italy's stiitiis, tho protocol of tho treaty will bo propnrod In two forms ono Including Ituly ns a signatory and tho other omitting her. Both thoso forms mid tho ontlro toxt of tho tronty will bo prlfitod tomorrow. President Wilson today 'expressed his belief to a member of tho Amor- lean delegation that the dnllvory of tho tronty to tho Ucrmnns could bo mado Tuoedny afternoon, but this ceremony probnlily will go ovor until a later day to islva tho Italians tlmo (Continued on Pass Eight.) SELL WATSONVILLE CENTS PER LUG HOoil HIVKR, Oro.. jrnv 5. The dceidioiis fruit crop of tho entiro Pueil'in const is uoinit lo he phonnmiiinl, nnoordine to W. M, DicUerson, Sun Francisco district hiiIch iiircnl of the npple erowers' ussocintion, who ,wnn hero tndiiv. .DickerHon says the liloom of npples is extremely heavy in tlie Watsonvillo ilislrict of Ciilifornia end t Hut the ton nage will bo greatlv increased. Ion vv crops of pours, plums and nprlcots nro also oxpoeted in 1 11 morula, itisinoiH. boiiio Wnlsonvillo irrnworx will sell tlic.MO cropN Iho coniinu fall JOr 2:1 'OontH per orelia nl box, noti trnets linviiiur boon made Cor a liorioil of yours several sonsons ago. . - ' . t VERSAILLES CLEMENCEAU TO PRESENT PEACE TREATY MAY 8 Final Draft to Be Handed to Count Von Broekdorff-Rantzau at Ver sailles' Thursday Afternoon France Gets Absolute Control of Mines In Sarre Valley. PAH 18. 'Mil v 'S.TI10 limn for handing over the ponce trimly to the Oerniiius wiim sot loilnv for 2il5 o'clock Woilimsdnv iifloriwon. PAlilS. Miiv rt. (Iiv llio Akko 'iiiti'il Promt.) It in now certain, oc orilimt to t hu French press, tluil the Irenlv of peueo will lie solemnly liiiiiili'd to Count Von llruckdorff Kiinlxiiii. the (Ionium foreign minis ter. Iiv Premier ('leineiieciiii nt Ver kiiillfH on Thursdnv afternoon. Tim contents of Ilia first five chilli tern of, the Ireutv Inivrf nlrondv been outlined, dealing with I lie pernmblc. (Ionium frontiers, ti'rritorv changes. Oiinmin I'olniiii'x nml the military, niivnl nml ni'rinl feature of Hie pnet. The sixlh chapter will define the stn Iiih til" primmer of war nml the sev. enlh will eoiieoni llii' responxihililios of the fornier enmeror nml other (lor nmni for the war. The eiulith ami ninth rhtipteiK will lie devotwd to 'iiliiixex of the ri'imriitionK iirolilein nml riniiiiiMiil clnuHvM. The (until will ileal with economic lniiHitM. the elev enth witli nortx. riiilromlH nml watir coinmiiiiii'iitionx. The twelfth will concent internntioniil In'mr Ictrisln tion: Hie thirlccnlh will enilimce uiiiirniili'CH anil the foiirlcentb will cont ii ill ui'iicrul cliniHi-s deuliiiK with ratification. , Krnnco to Control Milieu ' Mnrrel Hiitin of the Kcho do Pnris lenro llint Kruticc will uct nlmolnte coiitroll of the milieu- in the Snrre viillev nml n irunriintee for their ex limitation, lie on vk that the nrcHi dent of the . iKluiipiKl rutive council will he n eiichiiin nndowill prob nldv luive 'executive powers. , 1IY TIIK ASSOCIATKI) PRESS, Miiv S, AiiHtrin'ti ilclcaiition to the eoiiferciice in reported to hnve met nt Vienna nml it prulmblv will reach Piirn Hoon after tho German, have received the treiitv nreimred for their eounlry. TI10 iIccinioii on Iho part ot tho conference to Hiimmon tho Ann triunH is expected to have some in fluiuice 1111011 the return of tlie Itnl imiH n well n the fact that Italy would he without a voice in the ilis- poHition of Clermiinv'it colonics, . llitilupcst In 1'anlo lndiunant nt the Hcir.ure of Hie Uuiiunrinn Icuiition at Vienna Iiv counter revoliilioniirv foreex., the so. viol Koverniiicnt ot 1 1 miliary litis de mmided that Clcnnnn Austria take iin- nicdialc action to arreKt those in volved in Iho reported seizure. Iludn- ue.Mt in renorled to lie 111 erious panic over the menace to the citv thmnuli tho near nppronch of C r.eoh. Serbian mid Kiimnniiin troops. Ilicro lieinir'iio lomrcr n Bemliliinco of order. Whether IIiiiil'IU'V will he nsked to join Iho trout v will dopenil upon the outcome of llio present , disordcin there. It is said tlml tlie Austrian trctitv will he feiiturcil Iiv llio oul liniiiu: of the liotindnries', of stulos newlv formed from the old cmpiro. Tho Tliiltruriiin nml Turkish treaties will follow hut the tutio lor Btiminoii iin the ileleir'ntcs from those nations lias not ns vet been fixed VICTORY LOAN BONDS SAN FRANCISCO, Muv 5. Vio torv bond notes in $50 and $100 de nominations hnvo arrived in Sun Krnncisco, and supplies of tlicm hnvo been innilod to tho BtntO'ohnirt mun of. tho Twelfth Federal reserve district. .This establishes a record of earlier receipt of bonds bv tho Federal Ucscrvo bank thnn nnv pre vious issues. Tlioso who pnv for small bonds in full muv tuko the notes liomo immediarelv. . ' . PORTLAND WOMAN ON WAY TO MORGUE RECOVERS I'Oim'AND, May 5.--Mrsr Joo Poimlo, ild, .iunipnd' from a window in her homo hero lust night, to the si root 110 fout below. Sho wns ho liuVort doud vlion piekod up mid n pnssing nuloist was on tho wnv to the moiguo with her when tho woman recovered ooiiscinusness. : Sho is ox pcol.od to rumivor, I lor husband glut? cd Iho woman lind been ill for several davs ami lust night looked hor door when he went nut In call n physician, sho .lumped from tho window, SEAPLANE SAVED FROM FIRE STARTS OCEAN mm e This Is tho N. C S, latest landing from her first trial flight Caotaln it. C, Ritscbarson being NKW YOltK. Miiv 5, Fire nt the naval air station 11 1 Itocliawiiv Heacli iodav iliiinnircil (lie naval seaplaneH Nt'-l nml N'C-4, which were to start totiiorrow moniiutr on tlie first leg of thif triiiis-Atluntin flight, The right wing of the NC-1 was complctclv dcKtrovcd mid this plnnc miiv be iiiinble to iittcmpt tho ocean cruise. It was believed Hint the M -4 could be rcpuirud in lime for tljp ".iuiiip-ofr." 1 be liluzo. which ( oiiiinnniler John II. Towers, in cluirgo of the expedi tion, declared was accidental, sturted frniti 1111 cliH-trc spark which ignited gasoline in the NC-1. The flumes en veloped the wings ' lind . siirend to BOLSHEVIKI FLEET IS DRIVEN OFF BY ALLIED BATTERIES ARCH ANGEU Saturday, May 3. (Ily Associated Press.) Tba Bolshe vik flotilla on i t,ho Dvlna again at tacked tho allied positions near the Junction with tho Vaga on Friday, ,but was driven off by the guns of the allied lund battorles which outranged the weapons of the enemy. . ARCHANCiEt,. Friday, .May" !.- (By Associated Pretis.) ; Allied forces succeeded yostordny lit topulalnK the first nttack by Ilolshevik gunboats on the Uvina. - Tho eneety fleet attempt ed to approach pfiltlon hold ' by American. Urltish and Russian forces on the right bank of tho river but failed, the allies having guns mount ed which covered all parts of the channel. Artillery flro continues from both the rlvor flotilla and the nolshovlk batteries at Tulgas, but up to this morning no allied casualties were reported. On the'Vuga sector tho Bolshevlkl suffered heavy losses yosterday when thoy attacked the vlllago of Bereinlk. which was defended by Russian and British Infantry and American engl nonrs. Another onomy force which attompted to cut tho allied line ot communications east of the Vaga also was repulsed. Artillery fire continues In this sector. The allied casualties thcro yesterday were only four wounded. WASHINGTON, Mny 5. Roger C. Tredwol, tho American consul, who was arrested by tho Husslnn Bolshe vlkl Inst October, has arrived In Stockholm. Ho advised tho state ilo- partmont today that ha. was taken from Moscow to Finland several weoks ago and tlioro rolensed. , . I GO 10 F ROME. Sundiiv. Muv 4. Gabriel d'Annnnzio, Italian poet, nfter speak ing, nt' tho Augirstoiim toduv wns taken ill with fover and .forced to go to bed. 1 ' . ' The municlpnlitv of Brescia, which had decided to present President Wil son with a copy of its famous sin too nt Vintfirv. luiu rm'nknrl the ilneision .....1 ...ill ,.ul. .l'Amiinivtn In I present the statue to Fiumo. ; PORTLAND CELEBRATION '-'...'. FOR I8TH ENGINEERS l'OUTLANO. Mav. 5. Mavor Ba uer received Iodav a telegram from Adjutant General' Kerr of Wnshiiig- j ton, U, ('., saving that dctnchmciits of Iho 18th Engineers, assigned to Camp Lewis for demobilization, hnvo been iiulboroir.cd to stop on route at Portland for a parade and reception. Thcro nro nuiiiy Oregon hovs in this regiment, mid nrrangoiiionts'for ii ool obriilion nro huing made. : ,i. Two Navv Aviators Killed. NKW YOHIC. Muv 5. -Two naval aviators, living a naval scout piano nt tho Hookawnv Bench niivnl air sta tion, todav woi'o killed whon the tun ebmo eollilled with t.lia ton of a hun dred fool. Iiurh hvdi'ogen lank. I 1 rrrt i Tin American entry In the transatlantic air race, photographed Just after at Ilockaway. N. V The craft cnrrieii nine persons .on her first soar, tb pilot. She Is hero moored at tho Ilockaway hydro-air station. lliose of tho NC-4. wluidi occupied the saiiie hiingur. Air station enipolveH cxtiiigiiilied the fire. , Cominandur To'wcrs nnnoiinced thut the 'Ktnrtyfur New Koiiiidlanil, where the '.triinM-A,lliintie -flight is schcilulcd to be begun, would lie miidc tomorrow, weather ' permitting, with Die NC-3. vcrv likclv with the NC-4 anil iosililv with the Nt'-l. ; The lilaze sturted when workmen were filling the gasoline tanks of the NC-1.' Ilotli the miner und lower right wings, which onlv recently were transferred to tpe machine from the NC-2. were bumed from their frnme. work. necessituting complete refitting of this purt of the big craft. SEATTLE SCENARIO SEATTLE." Muy .6.-u- Wearing what was believed to lie n false mus tache, n lone band t, , shortly after 11 n. in. today entered the down town icwolrv store of K. C Lawrence, thot wildly nt Ijiwrence. ransacked Iho safe and osenwilvnto th(.tfeet with several watches and uhout 300 in carfh. ... ; . ' . ; - J,llenrv Voss. shoemaker and neigh bor o Lawrence, ran out to stop the robber. The bandit knocked Yost to the sidewalk and shot nt liim. lie then ran into the street and ordered n' passing automobile to stop. The driver became frightened, put bis foot on his throttle, instead of on the brake, nml crashed into another car abend of him. - Knilinc to get the automobile r' I domnnded, the bandit ran into the lobby of 1111 office building nearby, took off his overcoat and dnshed back into the street. At tho noiut of a gun. he ordered another automobile driver to take him out. of the citv When the mnchine proceeded nhout seven blocks the robber ordered it' stopped, .pimped out and disappear ed. , U.S. FARMERS FAVOR W LEAGUE OF NATIONS NKW YORK, Muv S. An over whelming majority of tho 12.000.000 formers of America "favor' the en trance of the United States into the League of Nations." noeordiiH to nn imnotmeonieht hero todnv bv officiuls of the League to Knforco Pence. Resolutions have been adopted bv 1011 organizations, it .wnp said. "At the same time, it was stated, '55 prominent agriculturalists. rcpre sent'ne everv'slato in tho union, are mdbilis'.iiig the farmers ot the coun try for a "drive" on the United States seniite when the Lencuo- of Nations trentv is presented for ratification. AN APPEAL r WASHINGTON, May 5, 1919, (Special.) "The Viftory Liberty Loan campaign is two-thirds over but subscriptions have been reported for little more than one-third ot the loan. . ' ' , Is it conceivable, that the American pcople'who with heart and soul waged the fight for freedom will permit this loatv of victory and thanksgiving to fail.- , Our sons gave of their health, of their strength, , and' of their lives that i freedom might not perish.-: There are one and a half million American boys in France and Germany. Now that the war is ended it would bo as reasonable for them to dishonor the na- . tiou by deserting the flag as for the nation to dis-i honor 'itself by deserting them. . . -. ,,; ' ,-, Is it a large thing that we are now asked to lend our money io pay the cost of victory? ' Is American 'money less willing than American manhood? - Let, everyone 'of the millions who have bought Liberty bonds buy Victory notes and success is sure. '"CARTER GLASS, ' ' "Secretary of the Treasury." FLIGHT TOMORROW! ' y l COMMANDS U. S. OCEAN FLIGHT t5-M- ' Tower Is In charge of he fleet of three seaplanes which will start from America in the. trans Atlantic flight competition. Me is the commanding officer of Crew No. 1. BAKERS REFUSE TO TAKE $52 A WEEK SPOKANE. Mav 5 An offer of $52 a week for skilled bakers on the part of seven local bakeries whose emnloves are on strike had caused no defections in the ranks , of striking bilkers, it was declared -todnv at Un ion headounrters. The bakers are striking for wuaes of $32 to $36 a week, nn increase ot $4 over the present wage, with Siuidav's instead of Saturdays off. ' . ' . ' Non-union emploves of the seven bakurs which have refused to grunt the new scale todnv were working in the plant of a large wholesale bak ers here. 'in nn effort to snoplv their customers, it wns stated from both union, and emnlovers' source. Other bakeries of the citv have granted the wage increase and are operating with uiiion help. i,' ONLY 50 DELEGATES ATTEND ' THEI.W.W. CONVENTION ClUCiVGO. Mav 5. About 50 dele-, gntcs to the I. . V. national con vention were present when the meet-, ing was held here todav; Reporters were not admitted.. Depntv sheriffs were in the neighborhood,' but no po lice. Chief of Police Gurritv stud he hud no intention of interfering nn-' 1 less there wore disorders.' FOR AID. f' .- x - Mtsiiiffi m BELG1U M WILL e SIGN TREATY T Crown Council Decides Treaty Gives Satisfactory Terms to Martyred Nation Attention Called However to Serious Economic Situation and Need of Allied Aid T?Y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Muv 5. IJelgium will sign th6 trentv of pence in spite of the fcelinn at Brussels that the financial, econnmi cul and territorial aspects of the pact are not satisfactory. A meeting of the crown council was held at Brussels' Snndirv night and after the terms of pence had been outlined by Haul Ilvmnns, the head of the Belgian delegation nt the pence conference, it was decided that the trentv would be signed. The council met at 8 o clock and continued in session until midnight. Paul Hvmans. minister of foreign affairs and head of the Belgian dele. irntion at the peace conference. Speak ing for himself and for Ins colleagues. expressed the opinion that the treaty as it now stands gave honorable and sat;sfactorv terms to Belgium and recommended that it should be sign ed. - ' ..'-,.- The council unanimously indorsed M. Hvman's -'Views but was eauallv unanimous in expressing the opinion that the attention of the powers should be drawn to the financial and economic situation in Belgium and to the necessity that the allies assure Belgium- of complete support looking to her; economic - restoration. " The council' was further of the opinion that the allies should be : asked to support the initiation of negotiations with- Holland regarding' the settle ment of the question of the Sehedlt and the waterways; ; 2 GET $7000 FROM WASIIOUGAL. Wash.. : Mav 5. Word was received here at noon to dnv that a sheriffs posse hod lo cated the robbers of the Clarke Conn tv bank on the Hill ranch near Broad Prairie, some miles from Washou gal. The men were reported to have left their automobile and to have been surrounded. y . WASIIOUGAL. AVash if Mav 5. Twov masked men robbed the Clark County bank here of $7,000 in cur rency and silver at 9:30 o'clock to dav and escaped in a small automo bile. Both men entered the bank and one forced the cashier and two voung women assistants to hold up their hands, while the other took the money from the open safe. A customer who entered the bank during the robberv was forced to put up his hands and stand ouietlv un til the robbers tuado their escape. Fifty thousand dollars in Liberty bonds, which had just been taken from the safe, wns overlooked bv the men. - Police of Oregon and Washington were notified bv the bank officials und it was hoped that the automobile might be recognized..-' ' . When Knthrvn Keen, ono of the assistants in tho bank was ordered to hold up her hands, she backed against the desk where SoO.OOO in Liberty bonds had been placed, and thus concealed the pnekage of bonds. Miss Keep is the daughter of the manager of the bank. The automobile in which tho mask ed men escaped was said to hnve borne the Oregon license number 55,- 545. . . . JS 12 CHICAGO, Mav 5. The locnl corn market broke precipitately today, 10 to 12 cents from the high point, on news that the gruin corporation has arranged for the -iiiiportntion of n moderate amount of Canadian wheat. Before tho break new high records for tho crop had been established duo to wet weather. .Julv touched $1.72 and September i $1.07. Tho break curried Julv down to $1.02 and Sep fombcr $1.35. Just beforo tho close July rallied to .....l.li.'i'i mid Soptem hor to $1.(10. v 1H MEXICAN SITUATION IS SERIOUS Washington Worried : Over Develop ments Near Border Villa On Ram paqe Aoain WithTorreon as Objec tive 3.000 Employees American Minina Camp Forced to Leave Million Peso Indemnity Demanded Villa Resumes Terrorizina., WASHINGTON. Jfav 5. Tho sit, t. nation in northern Mexico is again re- ';. fleeted as serious in advices received ; , todav. ' The state lenartment lias been ndvised that 3,000 employes of f; on American minihg'eompnnv nt Snn--, ta Eulaiia have been removed to Chi- . sunhim Citv because of threats bv Villa. : ''.' '; In the eaotnrkj of Parral the entiro Cnrranza garrison, went over to tho Villa forces which now threaten Chi suuhau Citv. Americans in tho stuto capital are reported to be endeavor ing to obtain pnsage to El l'nso ns thev fear the garrison mav join the Villistas. . - " ' Torreon is said to be Villa's next . objective. Reports from the border sav the Cinchos : bridge nt Ortiz, south of Chihuahua City, hud been destroyed bv the rehejs. thus closing the road, for reififpretauts movinir northward.. .,1; 'i- : It is reported '"tftotvViilustns 'cnD- . tured Jiminez three; ?eea ago, nndA . that later thejfedeniC.tjioaos reeapr . tured the citv., iiWhjleLtl'ta is. doubted,;; it is admitted . that the 'situation' re garding Jiminez "is confused. , .--Villa has demande''fth' indomnitV qf 1.000,000 pesosfyom the Torreon region industries. The superintend ent of the Santa Kiilnlia mimes re ported that the- bandit, demanded :; taxes" for protection. 1 To - avoid paying the "tax" the superintendent -closed the mines and took -all tho men to Chihuahua. , i " la his neWhiovement to the south. Villa has resumed his terrorizing ttie-. . tics. c -' ' -'.' ' NOT GERMAN MADE WASHINGTON. Mav 5. Experts of the burea.'. of mines analyzing- the bombs used in the attempted Mav Da v outrages have proceeded far enough to convince them that the - geletine dynamite used was of American manufacture, t It is ex pected that the firm producing tho explosive can be identified from the chemical"iformula and the perpetra-. tors perhaps traced in that wnv. NURSE HOSPITAL FOR . E IS MARRIED AS INMATE '' ., - f i; ".:' -.,';V'''.,- SALEM. Mav 5. At the in- sane asvlum here Marv Ponce- low was an efficient nurse. Iter " knowledge of the insane and of shitn linsnitnl methods nimln her an excellent attendant. Sho to- signed a few months ago to be married. ' After she had been married sho became mentally unbalanced and was a patient in the hospital ward where sho formcrlv had been in charge. In checking ud her vast his torv asvlum ' officials loarned the she formerly was an inmate of the state insane hospital at C'lnrhida. Iowa. She escaped from that institution and camo ; to Oregon. . The Iowa authori ties had lost all trace of her. Her identification has been made certain bv officials of the Iowa .institution.' She was re- turned todnv to Clnrindn, Iowa. in charge of a hospital nttend- ant. Her niiina since her mnr ringe wns wilhheld bv hospital authorities."'' ; Austrian Deleaates Meet. PARIS. Mav 5. -Tho Austrian dol cgntes who will come to Pons to. negotiate the trentv bletweon their couutrv and tbu allies met at Vienna, Suturday. . , .