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MEDFOItD, OKM'XlONj KIM DAY, MAY JO, 1919
NO. 47
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11 In I It Yr.
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U.SJSEAPLANES
SM SECOND
OCEAN FLIGHT
Forced to Return Because of Extra
Weluht Thursday Evening. Ameri
can Navy Filers Hon Off Aualn
NC-4 Arrived Last Nluht. Holies
Soon to Join Her Comrades.
'J'H KPAHHKY, N. Mnv HI.
Tho KC-:i K-rt her moorings lit 8:11
.Greenwich time (1:11 Now York
time) for the second attempt to flv
Herns Itm Allmilii'.
Tho NC-1 in tuning un to follow.
THKPA8KKY. N. Muv III.
Willi tho weather iilniiir tlui route to
tlm Azure III" IickI vct'repnrlcd, the
American imvv hciiiiIiiiioh Nt'-l nml
N(3 will attempt to ii rt tho train-
Atllllltill flight III IlllOIlt ll ll'l'loi'k this
afternoon. Now Piiundluiid time (t 111
Now York lime) Cuuuitindcr Towers
announced this fori'iiiiiiii,
Mcnitlimc repairs wore being rnv.li
pil on tliu NC-1 which arrived hint
owning from I In) i Tit x nml it' Ihov nro
conmli.ti'il in lime she will linn off
with her sister plane. If not. I.ieu
t iii ii n I ('iiiinmimli'r I it il ' llvi'r will
follow UN Kllllll II H possible.
Tim nvintors hold a conference to
doeido moan of It.KKMliiliir Hie, 2H.HIIII
iHiiiiiilH bunion which I'oiilriliiiti'il vci
torduv In tlm inability of tho NC-1
nml N(.'-:i In rise from tho mtcr. and
to Holuct n plnco for tlm "tuko oft."
Cut Down WrlKlit
ll wiii decided In attempt tlio ooonn
flight with tlio plane weighing UH.'Jhil
Hound, leaving behind hiiarti propell-
ler nml cutting down tlio minliiic
Minnlv from I.7SII to l.liill) gallon,
NolwithxtniuliiiL' the danger of chop.
I iv hoiih lirrukiiiL' the propellers, the
airmen determined to "hop off" from
.Mutton llitv. Jho harbor lieing too
muill In iKTiuit I hi' ncecssnrv surface
crmsc at high xuocil.
('nitiinmiili'r Tower Hinted that if
imp machine should nccnd before the
oilier", when tlio fliulit ix resumed, it
liroluihlr wonlil cruise alioiit to lonrn
whether the other Were utile to start.
Hi) would not muv whether tho Icnd
intr uliiiie, in the event the others
were iiniilile to flv. would nlnrt for the
AroroH alone, hut other officer were
willinif to waver that thiN wonlil he
the nroeeiliire. The aviators, having
IiiiiIii uooillivo to their hrother nf
fiecrs at the lump here vestenlav.
wero remlv Hum aftuiniion to hoaril
the il an cm.
Work on XC4 ,
Mechanic who worked all night
on the NC-1 were Mtill Iiiikv tliix morn
inir with engine anil iironelleil tests,
hoiiimr to liavo the piano in reailinpMN
to ht ii rt for the Azoro Hon tifloriinon
with tlui Nl'-l anil NC-II.
Coniinntulor Towers exneeteil at
niiihlav to liavu n report on. the
NC-4's eomlilion.
The cnnimaniler. anxious to have
all three iilnut'H ultemiit the ooonn
cruiMp, wum cntliiiMiiiHtin over the
speed records mailn hv tho NC-4 on
her triiw from Catham. .Mums., to
llalifnx. N. S ami theneo to this
port.
Am n result of the failure of tho
NC-1 ami i'('-:i to tuko tho air when
thnv uol nmler wav for the Azores
yesterday, it wum explained that the
"tn ko off" wonlil lie ntlomptoi! iu
ritle the liiirlior. The. rouuli hciim at
tho mouth of tlio hav iIiimIu'iI over the
heavily laileii iilaneM, ehillini; the
nviutors to the hone ami threatening
to plav hiivno with tho Htmiriiiir nppa
ratiiH, CoiiHtwiKD weather waa fiivornhle
for tho fliuhl. elear Hides anil fronh
wind pruvailiui.'.
Itrltluli Caution
ST. JOHNS. N. V.. May lfl.T-T.oonl
ponilitioiiM wero favornhlo toilav for
n Blurt of the proieeted ti'ims-oi'enn-
ie fliulit of llm llrilisli nirinen, hut
penilinif weather reporlH from mid
(Continued on' Pago TUroo.)
PARIS, Muv 3D. Tho Chinese
cabinet has l'PHiirned but tho presi
dent Iiiih refined to iiopupI tlio rt'Hii;
ii ii t i on . ne'eorilini: to ti teleuraui i'l'om
l'ekinifto the peaeo ponforenoe.
J ho poaeo eonlereneo lit Shatiuhai
between renreHenlitlives of Northern
mid Soul horn China, tlio tuleuram
iiiIiIn, has hrokpn up.
TriUliHIMY, TVrnV 15. Soriotts
fiuhtinir helween SorhinnH and Croa
IhniH at A urn m, lha Croatian eapital,
1h roporled in iu Vienuu diHpaleh tn
iiiithl to Ilin ' r.xehanirn Teleuriiiili
eompiinv. Munv of tlio eomhiilnnlH
lru Hi(l lo litvvc bwil UUlcil, ' ,
BELIEVE HUNS
1
FNALLY
SIGN TREATY
Distinct Imnresslon Gained at Ver
, sallies That Protests Are Mere
Bluff and Pronatiantla Suliorrlln
ate Member German Peace Com
mission Admit; as Much.
VUUHAlI.!.KB.,Miiy 10. A dlitlncl
InipriMKlon ninoiiK nouio of tho bu li
on) I lint o lunmherH of tho tiormnn
puneo mlnnlon Hint tho (ji)riuuiin will
Inn tlio peaeo treaty In ruflncloil In
tho rvniurk of ono of tlio nocrotur
Iom. who In quoted an auyliiK:
"What ola inn ho do hut nlxii?
Ws nro out on tho uround. your
knpen nro on our moiuuehii mid your
t hu m lm In our oy."
PA 1118. May 10. Tho (iormiia
licneo treaty, It ilnvoloped today, con
UiliiH a cluiiKOwhleli him not yet boon
Hindu puhlle Providian that rut I f I
eatlon hy Oermiiny and throe of tho
prlni'lunl amioelatod powem wilt bring
tho treaty Into form betweoen tho
rullfyliiK pnrtlea, oniitilhiK tho Immo
dlnto roMiiuiptlon of trade.
An tho romill of conference anionic
roprviietnllvua of tho powers which
wero heliiK roiitlniied today tho text
of I lie (iortnnn treaty proliulily wilt
ho nindo public by InalnJIiiiantH. It
In reported that tho financial and
boundurlei aoctlon will ho releanod
tonlKht.
It wiik polntod out today In con
mictlon with tho stipulation an to tho
ratification of tho Gorman treaty
Hint any nation which withhold rati
fication after three of tho principal
powom had ratified would be at a
ulnndvantuun In n commercial way.
PAH 19, Vny (Hva.) Kd
Hard 'liortitoln, (iormnu soclnl-domo-
crat londur, In an urtltlo In tho Vor
wnnrtH of llerlln, traiiHinlttod hero.
niiya tlio penco term bIiow ovldenro
of rompromlHeii on novonil polula and
that a nuimn of moderntlon la evi
dent, Ilo pnlntu out tbul many of
tho domnndH on Clerninny nro only
lompornry In character but lUcluron
that amelorliillon of aomo of tho
tornm mif, lit to bo ubtnlnod thru oral
dlKCUHHlon.
Ilerr llernateln ronchea tho con-
clualon that Germany must any "no"
to tho actual condition, but that thin
"no" iiiuat leavo "tho road upon for
tho allies. "
MAnitin, Mny 10. (llavna.) Ap
proval of tho pen co term presented
Germany I voiced by tho Mario I'al
voraal, (ho ormin of former Premier
ItomanoncH, tho Hpiuilnli llboral lend
er. Tho nowHpnpor doclurea that It
would bo unjust to nccuao tho allies
and associated power of Imperialism
after tho ravage sufforod by franco
and Italy.
10
URGE REPEAL OF
LUXURY TAXES
W'ASllIXnTON, Slav 1(1. Louis
lut ion to lie iiiven eoiiMiderution bv the
Iioiimo iiumediatelv after (he annual
appropriation hills tire disposed of
wiim agreed upon to'dav bv the re-
publienn sleeriiiL' Ponmiittpe suhieet
to the npprovnl of tho ponlereiiev ot
riipiililiean riipresenlnlivoH to be held
tomorrow tiiuht. .
As announced hv Ifeprcjenliitivp
Miindcll, I'hiiiiiniin of the eoiiiinitlee,
tho protri'iim includes initiiedialu re.
peal of the tax on souii-luxurics. lcir-
islntion for Hie return of telephone
and teleiiraph companies to private
control, railroad leu'islution, dolor
niinnlinn' of a national shinpinir pol
icy. pasMiiue of the woman muI'IViico
inneiidiiienl, iniutu'iii'tilion of n hitdiret
RVMtein, means for redueimr uovern
nient expenses, tariff leitislation. nnd
measures henel'ittiuir returned sol
diers nml sailors.
MYSTIC SHRINERS GIVEN
SPECIAL TOURIST RATE
rOli'J'r.ANI). Urtiv in. A speeial
rule from all l'aoil'in coast territorv
of one nnd one-third fare for tho
round I rip has been u'ranted bv the
l'liilroiul ndiumistriititin for the op
elision of the eoiitimr iinporinl ses
sion of Hie Aneienl. Arabia Order,
Nobles, of I litv M'vsliu Shrino. to be
hold ul liidianopolis next month
News of Ihe nelion eamo in n telo
vruin voeeived bv loeal Shriners from
Sotialor MoNnrv nl WiiMlinmlon to
tiny, ,
GIVING
Jfi ml 4j$x ; j r -4 Xr
. Her It the NC4 with a aquad
tor the transatlantic (light, with ber
lllirLU IVIHI DL
PLACED UNDER THE
CONTROL OF GOVT
WINNIPKO. Man.. Mav 10.--Tele-phouo
operators in jiU. Hie. .local ex
I'lianups ioiiied the iieneral strike here
todav. Mlmipini: till telephone commu
nication. Tho labor forces nml returned sol
diers nro in complete control of com
mercial mid industrial Winnipeg. Kx
trnordinarv iiuiot marked' conditions
in the downtown district and no dis
order hud been reported lo tho police
or newspapers from miv source.
Strike of the telephone operators
pnrnlvr.ed telephone service. A wire
from the south, loused from the tele
phone company hv nn American press
association, was abandoned todav
when the telephone strike cut off the
wire's batteries.
Formal approval of the striko bv
tho returned-soldiers was tho over-
hadowinir development since the
strike was called at 11 a. hi. vester-
Inv and it is understood this ne
lion is homi: considered bv govern
ment officials at Ottawa. In some
niiarlers it is expected Hint tho next
move in the situation might ho made
bv the federal government.
At n ineetint' held this morning the
.storotvpors mid welib pressmen de
cided to ioia the general strike. As
n result all Winnipeg newspapers will
undoubtedly suspend publication. The
strike committee is considering the
ndvisihilitv of the Labor News, n
weekly organ, to publish h daily edi
tion. Although the bakers nro on strike.
bread was being turned out in nearlv
all tho bakeries and was bought up
hv residents as fust as it appeared
on the bakcrv shelves. Milk depots
wero operated in various partstof the
eitv.
No street ears operated todnv.
Munv private niitomobiles helped
Winnipeg residents get to work carlv
todav,
Winnipeg wears a holiday nir. de
spite the strike. Ihe onlv excitement
is occasioned bv the freoiient nppenr
nnce of the file ilepai'lniont manned
hv volunteer firemen rushing to an
swer false alarms.
Ale rmii a Krnest liohinson, score
tarv ol the strike eoiunutleo, said to
dav there was mo ohango in the silun
lion. Tho strikers, he said. Were still
d'irm in their purpose to renin in out
to help the metal trade workers get
their ilenianded 8-hour dav, higher
pnv and belter union recognition.
SUE CABLE COMPANY
ETAX
NEW YORK, May 10. An income
tax and penally suit against tho Com
mercial Cubic, company was brought
by tho goverumont today in tho fed
eral court hero.
Tho complaint, fllod by United
States District Attorney Caffoy and
containing sovon counts, alleges. that
tho returns nindo by, tho company
betwoon Oocomber 1, 1909, and July
1, 19 III, wore "Incorrect, misleading
and raise, nnd failed to set forth and
show tho truo not taxable Income
within tho meaning and Intent of the
Income tiu lnw,'
uiMMinrn mkml
vvip
THE NC4 FINAL INSPECTION BEFORE FLIGHT
of mechanic and rlgsers climbing all
crew of five U. tj. navy aviators.
MAY ADJUST FIUME
BY JUGO
SLAV CONFFRENCE
PARIS, May 16. 'Xogotla-
tlona pondlnif for the adjnst-
mcnt of tho Adriatic contro-
versr contemplate a direct set
tlement between Italy and Jugo-
Slnvla, thru American media
tion. Ily this plan the Austrian
treaty would not specify the dis
position to be made of Dalmatia,
iHtrla or Klutne, beyond detach
ing them from Austria.
It Is quite probnble that the
Turkish and Uulgarlan peace
treaties will be negotiated and
slRncd tn Constantinople, Salo
nlkl or some other convenient
city in the Near East, according
to lieuter's Purls office.
EUREKA BUILT BOA!
SEATTLK. Mnv 10. J. II. Fawk
ner, recent I v appointed Seattle agent
of the Gulf Mail Steamship company
of San Francisco, announced todav
that his eonipnnv intends to inaug
urate a new lino of six carriers be
tween Scuttle. San Francisco. Mexico
Central and South America. Tin
Annette Holph. recently built in l'.u
rekn, Cuilf.. will make the first trip
on the new lino enrlv in June.
OAKLAND POLICE CHIEF
UNDER CLOUD RESIGNS
OAKLAND. Calif., Mav Hi Chief
of. Police .1. llonrv Noddoniinn. under
indictment in eonneotioii with charges
of bribery in tho department re
signed todav. Captain J. F. Lvneli
was appointed in his place.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF
HY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
May 10. Owing to the absence, of
Premier Llovd George from Paris,
the peaeo conference council of four
did not meet loduv.
Efforts to reach n solution of the
Ualinn controversy are continuing.
Claims of llalv to territorv on the
eastern shore of the Adriatic were
taken up again bv Premier Clemeu
oeait Yesterday with Premier Orlan
do and Foreign Minister Soniiiiio of
Italv.
Greek troops have been landed at
Sinvrna, Asia Miutir. tho operation
taking iilaoo Wednesday. An- inter-,
allied demonstration is to he carried
out. hv French, British and Italian
wnrships and Greek soldiers. J'Mvo
United States warships are reported
to have arrived at Smvrnn. - '
A l''iiinisli nrmv under the leader
ship of General Mimiieiheim, tho pre
mier, is reported bv Copenhagen to
be advancing on Petrogrnd. A llel
sitigfprs distU'h received Thursday
over ber, giving her the last "double-O"
TRACE
LOON
BELIEVED LOST
TREI'ASSEY. Slav 1C The navv
dirieiblo C5. which was swept to
sea vesterdav. now is believed to have
!heen lost. .The destroyer Edwards
which went in pursuit reported bv
wireless todav that she had been un
able after a search to find her and
was returning. The steamer which
had previously reported that she was
standing bv the big balloon snbse-
oacntlv sent a message that she was
linable to stand bv longer and pro
ceeded on her wav. according to in
formation from the Edwards.
The destroyer Edwards returned to
port this afternoon with no sign of
tho C-5 on her deck.
WASHINGTON. J'l-.v 16. The
runaway of the nnv- dirigible at St.
Johns vestenlav was an unavoidable
nceident due to wind conditions, said
the official account of the incident
sent to the nuvv department todav
bv the airship's eommander. Lieuten
ant Commander. E. V. Coil.
"All possible preenutions had been
taken bv the lauding partv," Com
mander Coil said.
FEDERAL LAW TO GET
THE I. H. AGITATOR
WASHINGTON, May 16. Senator
Overman of North Carolina, chair
man of the senate committee which
has been investigating the spread of
lawless propaganda tn United States,
announced today that a bill designed
to reach persons advocating over
throw ot the' government by force
will be introduced in the extra ses
sion ot congress. The committee
will meet next week to complete its
report. 1
stated that the people of Petrograd
had been advised bv the soviet gov
ernment lo lenvo tho eitv without de
lay. '
Farther south the forcos.of the nll
Rnssian government at Omsk have
captured the iniportiuit eitv of Sn
liinrn. in the Volga vallev, while Gen
eral Oenikine has captured Rostov-on-Don.
at the bend of the Sea of
Azov. -
Most of ' Hie ' Gorman protests
against the peace treaty tonus re
ceived by the allies are said to im
press the allied chiefs as being de
signed as propaganda. It is pointed
out that the (Ionium notes bear evi
dence of having been written before
the Oennan delegation- bad- seen the
treatv. the text of tho document not
being rpiotcd. No further notes were
presented bv the eneniv representa
tives on Thursday.!
Poland's reniiost for a part of the
German wnrships which were sur
rendered lo the allies wore refused hv
the council of. four, ' '
before ahe takes to the atf
'
BERLIN COPS PLEDGE
UECIION 10 ALL
FOREIGNERS IN CITY
' .
BERLIN. Thursday, May 15.
(By Associated Press.) Police
of Berlin have Issued a procla-
nation warning the public
against demonstrations hostile
to foreign residents. The proc-
lamatlon declared:
"We are fighting against the
nefarious policy of imperialism
not against individuals who are
not to blame for the policy of
their governments. It has been
determined to punish, excesses
with tho utmost severity and
any who instigate disorders will
also be punished."
SEATTLE. May 1G. Miss Ruth
Garrison. .18 vear old Seattle girl, re
cently neuuitted of the charge of
murdering Mrs. Grace Storrs. her ri
val in love, will be taken to the in
sano ward of tho siatc penitentiary
at Walln Walla Sundav, it was an
nounced here todav.
The state board of control, it was
believed., probnblv will order Mil's
Garrison removed immedinlv from
Walla Walla to a state hospital at
Medical Lake, as there are no ac-
oniiuodatioiis at Walla Walla lor in
sane lintienls. me lurv inni ac
quitted Miss Gnrrison found that .she
was metallv irresponsible.
JUNE 3D
PORTLAND. Mnv 10. All meas
ures submitted to the voters of Ore
gon at the special election June 3,
will have the indorsement of the Cen
tral Labor Council of Portland and
vicinity, according to announcement
made todav bv J. E. Stark, secretary
ot the Central Labor .Council, except
that providim" for the creation of the
office of lieutenant governor. Upon
the proposal for creation of Hint of
fice, no action was taken bv the la
bor bodies.
Third Orenon In Portland.
PORTLAND. Mav 10 Companies
E. P. and G of tho Ifl-'ud infantry,
formerly tho Third Oregon, wero en
tertained todav in Portland for sev
eral hours, when thev stopped off on
route to ("amp Lewis, where thev will
be discharged from service.
Dutch Schaefer Is Dead.
NEW YORK. Mav IB Herman
Schaefer, noted baseball plaver and
fonwiti)in of I bo iliiitnonil. died lo-
duv at Snrannt; Lake, N. Y. ;
GREEK
ES
LAND
SMYRNA
ALLIES ASSIST
Bia Naval Concentration Starts In
Connection With Mandate to Greece
to Administer CitvU. S.' Naval
Forces Take Part Italv On Hand
But Her Attitude in Doubt. .
PARIS,- May 16. An extensive al
lied naval concentration has been bo-
gun at Smyrna In connection with a
mandate to Greece to administer tho
city. "'
ATHENS, Wednesday,-May 14.
Greek forces landed today at Smyrna
the news being received here with
great enthusiasm. ..
A Paris dispatch Thursday stated
that "an important point" In Asia
iiinor would "soon be the theator of
an inter-allied military and - naval
manifestation In which Greek sol
diers and French, British and Italian
warships would participate. A Paris
dispatch received Thursday night
stated the United States battleship
Arizona and four United States crui
sers had arrived at Smyrna.
The British and the French each
have fleets on the scene with landing
parties, the Greeks have, a battleship
and five gunboats and the Italians
have five large warships. The United
States naval forces are the battleship
Arizona ' and four destroyers: The
various allied naval contingents are
drawn from the forces in the Adriatic
and the Black sea -
: Troops nlso are being concentrated
from Saloniki. It is understood that
British and French forces are coop- ;
. : -flp'aab .ArfmlnlBlraHlll ,
mandate.
The Italian attitude has not been
disclosed, but the recent landing of
Italian troops at Adalia, on the south. .
era coast of Asia Minor, and the pres
ence of an Italian squadron at Smyr
na leads to the belief that Italy Is
seeking to safeguard her Interests lo
Asiatic Turkey..
ALLIES PREPARING
A
PARIS.
Mnv' 16. (Havns.l A
answer' to' 'tlio German
peremptory
note registering objections to tho
treatv arrangements for the loft
bank of the Rhine and the Saar val
ley has been drafted bv tho special
commission on territorial affairs pre
sided over by 'Andre Turdieu, it wus
reported this morning. v
PARIS. -Mav 10. (Ilavus.l It
became known todav that tho German .
peace delegation was preparing to
send another nolo to the allied nnd
associated powers concerning tlio
pence treatv. The note is said to he .
in relation to Alsace and Lorraine.
Washington; Mav ic Tho fa--
minus Arctic ship Roosevelt soon will
be sold for commercial purposes by
the department of commerce. Tho
vessel was recent Iv sent for repairs
to the Bremerton navv vard on Paget
sound, where it was discovered that
the alternate freezing nnd thawing in
northern latitudes had sapped the
huge oak timbers of their, strength
and that repairs would cost more than
the original price of the ship.
Vntil congress authorizes n new
specially constructed vessel, tlio de
partment will use n wooden steamer
supplied bv the shipping board, but
this craft will not be capable of mak
ing tho late vovages when tho ieo
sets in. which wero undertnken bv
the Roosevelt,
As tho ship of Peary's expedition,
tho Roosevelt has a farthest north
record. c(iualed bv few other vessels,
FORMAL NOTICE OF OPENING
OF CONGRESS GOES BY CABLE
WASHINGTON.; Muv 10. President
Wilson will be of fioialv notified bv
ciiblo of tho nssemhlitig of congress
when both houses convene in extra
session Mdndav. Congressional lead
ers have decided Hint in view o
President Wilson being in Paris, uho
of the cable was the logical method
of going through with tho eiistoniarv
procedure of notifying lnm. . ...