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The Weather Maximum ytuitcriliiy,. 7.1 Miiiliniiiii iiiiliiy.,... -10 AELT Predictions Twin)-, probably riiln. pnlly l'ourloiiiilh Yoar. 1'urty-iiliilli Vnur. MEDFORD, OREGQN, BATUUDAY,' MAY 24, 1919 NO. 51 Medford M RIBUNE WILSON DEFERS IE E President Informs Council of Four to Be Prepared for Refusal of U. S. A. to Assume Protectorate of Any Part of Ottoman Empire Person alty Is Not Opposed. PAH IK, Mnv 24.(lrv the Ahho edited Press.)-- Prcniilotit Wilson Iihb informed l lin council (il' fiiur. U'wiih reported ill ii'iii'( conference circles loduv. thnt I hi' other iiii'mber nl' the council should h prepared fur the llllitl'd Ntlltl'lt IKlt to 1 11 U 11 II lllllllllllto for Cnusluntinoplo or iiiiv other pnrt of Tiirknv. Tint U intiTort't t'i mil ns tlui hit niiiiiiI inclination of tlio president nguinst ii mniiiliilu. lint iix it pnn'iiii tinn in I'lixo congress doe not ni Prove of n Turkih.iiiurdnto. Tim reported stnnd nf lliu president Iiiim Ii it il I lie effect ill starling two distinct- movements with roliitimi to tlui liirkiHli problem. ' I lie first l to plneo ('iiiiHliiiitinoiilii under lin in tcrunliniiiii coinuiinHiiiii' in which nil the grout powers wmilij have n voice. Should this tint iirovu acceptable (lie second iiliin would lio nut forward. This lllllll IK llllKI'll Oil tllll UHKIIIIIIltioll Unit it' llm rivalries among the great powers lit Knrntw iiiiiUu it inexpedient for Urcnt Britain. France or Italv t tnlto the iiinndnte. to entrust it to Oreooe with I ho support of th grout powers. Previer Yenixelmi tinn lot it ho known that (Irccee in rendv to nsmimo tli niiinilnta if wither tho I nhed Spates nor mi inti'rnntiiiiinl couimls Hin in prepared to assume lesponsi bilitv. , . : WASHINGTON. Mnv 24. Tim gov crament linn been nivied thnt Grand VUor Forid Piielm hemls- tho now Turliif.li eiihinot unit thai ncnrlv nil tho minister who resigned in urn test, against tlio occupation of Binvr nn hv the Greek hnve decided to ro lupin. ' GREATEST HERO OF IS BY SECY. TUMULTY WABUrN'aTO.V. May 24. 8or goant Alvln C. York, Toihiohiimo's mountaineer war Intro, pronounced liy Murahal Foch mid publicly no- claimed n "tlio greatest of ull," linil a memorable day In tho national enp Itnl. Frosh from Ills reception ycatordny In Now York, anil eiioorloil by Con grossmun Hull of hla natlvo Rtnto and a. dologutlon of ndmlrlng townamon from Pall Mali, York vlaltod tlie wnr (lupnrtmont, wlioro ho mot 8ocrotnry linker, tho Whlto HoiIho whiiro ho mat Socrotory TumUlty, mid Inter th cnpltol. "Amorlca owoi you a (treat lobt of gratitude." unlit Seorotnry Tumul- ty to Sergoant York, who modestly declined to recount his exploits nnd mt off In a corner In Tumulty's of fice while Uopraaontullve Hull did tho tutklng. ' York anld on leaving tho Whit llouao tlmt ho would rut urn to Cam iMorrltt tomorrow to rooolvo lib dis charge. . - i , "Thon I'll go homo and soo moth or," anld ho. .4 Sergeant York rocolvmt a Congroa- Hlonnl Moduli of Honor for tho might lout single-handed achievement of tho .work In which ho klllod 0 GormnnB, took 132 prlaanorn nnd put ilfl onomy mnchltio gun nests out of, busliiOBs In tho Argoiino. PLAN U. S. ARMY OF WASHINGTON, Mnv ji2l. Stops to axpoilito 1 ho nnnv, hill were dm oiishciI toiluv hetweon KanuVor WiiiIh worth, imwpei'livo ehniriiiun of tho ntuifilo mi ilui'V iomiiutlco, niii Chnirmun Ktihn of tlio Iiouho conitnit too. Immnilinto nmiroprinliotm for sn .rent nxumiHOS in iihillliod with pont IKinomiuil. 'of nrmv pnltov leinlnlion Mr. Knhn mini Uo , tiiimitnt 1110 urn hill should tiniviilii niotiov for n" "nv eniiro" n rm v of- nhout 000.000 men iindor oxnoctntuitiM thnt tho ' nrmv would noiiHiHt of iihout ono million imm ilulv I. nml ho riiilui'cil to :100, TO CONGF N TURK MANDAT 000 or 'J00.000 hv mid winter. UBBY CHARGED WITH LARCENY FOR TAKING (MUCH AMD, Want!., Muy 24. .CbiirKixl with lurvouy In huv. Iiik takon pomiviinliiu of tlio bmly 4 of IiIh molhwr-lu-lBW, Mr. Klu- ka, who died a faw days ago In Ciinlriillii, J. J. Trxunalnwakl of I'viill today wiih nrrvMted on 4 complaint of bin lirotbur-ln-Inw, Anton Klimku, of that pine. Trr.iwiilowHll la aiirrulary or the I'ollah National Alllunco for tho ulutim of Wnalilngton, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Tlio a.rroat la uu outcome of a fuctloiiut row luiiwi'on iiiombera of two I'olluli (.'ulliiilli; churches nl I'imiII, It Ih ritportod, follow- lug tlio denlh of Mm. Kluaka. Tlui body was aunt to Pool! for burial. M'NARY 15 GIVEN WASII1XOTON'. May 21. Sunalor Mi'N'nrv of Oreeoii n nwiiciu'il to it v to the i'liiiiriiinnhin of tho im Hortniit woiiimitliH on irrmnlion mnl rei'liimaliou of nriil IiiiiiIh. The iih- L'nnn'iit ' in of iimiMiiil iiiiiKirlum i' or u new netiutor, but whh conccdrd ii him on ni'couiit of lux recent netiv il v in bi'bnlf of irruiiit:on iiroicclH lor lie northttt'Kl. lie in iiIm) iii-ML'ni'd to he I'omiiiitti'v -on coiiiiiieri't'. which Ih o formuhito the uoveniuiijiit'u Hliiiiiiinif uoliov. Senator Jnmf of umIiiiiuIoii hiiirmiin of the committee on com- iiien-e. wiih iiiirticuinriv tivairoiiH iiipi Senator McXarv he anMsiiod to thin coinmiltKe hccnufcc of hut lumiliuriiT with Hhiiuiinir nroblemx ponfroiitinir the Xorlli I'noific cuiiht. Another jipw eoinmitlee for Senntor McXurv iH nu riiMilturc. IicmiIch which he retitinn meuiherrliii on Indian nlfnirx. mmiu fnctiirfN. I'ni'ifio riiilromls. I'bilni nincH, iiiiiiiii. ncniin nun niiiioiiiu (iiiirraiitiiio IiiiiiIh. NC-4 WILL LIKELY HOP OFF I'ONTA DK.I.OADA. Mnv 24. (v the AKimciatcd I'rena.l Wenthi reportH received thix mornins indicate tlmt llic NlrniiL' eiiHterlv wiiiiIk be tween hero nnd Lisbon will continue loiln v nnd tomorrow. Huh tniikCM llic Mtnrt of tho seniihino Nt.'-l for Us boil unlikely before Monduv. WASHINGTON. Mnv 24. Wonlhc condition-! Htill were iiiifiivorahle fo the nnvnl Hpiiiihine NC-4'ti tnrt from I'onta llclL'udn for LihIioii toiluv. A mesHnee iinnouneiiii: the fliulit would not he nltciniilediwuH received hv the navv ileiuirtnient from Adnifrnl Jnck son nt l'oiitn nclmidn thin morniiiL' DEATH LIST STARCH E C'lCnAIt IIAPIOS. lown. Mnv 24. 'Pliia mnriiintr the niiiiiber of know dead iih ii resit I ol. the explosion anil fire at tho Doimhis Slnreh works here Tbursdiiv pveiitnir had iTmthed l.l and t ho official lils of missine stood nt 35. The work of movimr tho do hris is heinur unshod ns rnpidlv ns pes siblo nnd it is expected that addi tionnl bodies will ho uncovered diirintr tho day. Germans Return 'Smlllna. VIOHSAILLKS. Man ' 24, Count Vim Hroc.Uilorff-KiinUatt nnd tli ntlior momhors of tho Gorman poneo doleirntion who went .-, to Spiv on Thiirsdnv, returned here Ihis morn imr with thu excontion of Dr. Theo (lore Melehoir. finnncinl oxport. All tho members of the purtv wore sniil im? mid Rooined in goiid spirits. ' Sliowers on Coast. WAfllllNOTON. Mnv 24 Wenlh liroilicitioiis for tho week bouliinlne Monday, issued hv tho wonther b runit tmtnv.'nroi..". :' I ' Paeifie stales! Oecnsionnl show nvs nru nrohalile on tho North Pacific coast, otherwise tieneruly fair with lionnnl leiiiperntnro. , . , DIRECTOR HIS ASKS FDR OVER BILLION DOLLARS Railroad Administration Ooeratinq at Deficit of . Over ..S80.000.000 per Month Aouroiirlatlon In Addition to $500.000000 Anreadv Provided War h Blamed for Failure. WAKlllXOTOk. Mnv 24.-Ani.ro- ririalion of l.'.'uii.tHMi.iiuti in nuoi ion to 511(1.(1110.(11111 alrcnilv provided r iihw of the railrond adiuiiiiKtration iiniii' I II I M Mint linn wiih rnnui'Hieii oilnv hv Director fienerul llinc" The entimnto rcvciued Hint there ml hecu an oiieruting deficit of :ill,lH4,H40 iliiriuu the hiKt ciilemlur ear and ul $j.iil,uiui,uiiii ntirinir ine in.1 four monllm of 1010. Mr. I Unci Miid thnt in hm iiidL'inenl he ooeruliiiL' ih-ficitH for 1(118 nnd .r the four inontliH of Kill) were Icurlv due to the war nnd to nhiinr mill ii It it the wnr condition. He iiiiko of the ijrcHeiil chnncinir eiuidi- ioiik. lie iicciiiicd lo uiiiKe tinv pre ii'tion of the f naiiciiil results of op eration diirinu Ihe retnuinder of the car. Mr. Milieu' letter, which wns written hccrctnrv (iIiimh nnd trunsiiiitted by the hitler lo eonurinH. find The opernliiii: deficit of $2.1(1.- 8 !.! Ill for the venr 1018 wiih due tn rtrt'lv lo two faetn: Kirxt. the win- ler of 1018 wns unprecedented in its severity and its its costly effect on railroad nncratiomt and. second the increiiHes in pnKsenuer nnd freight rates nveraginir about 2" per cent were in effect for only n few dnva in excess of six months, while heavily iierensed exwiiiles due to wnr condi ions were effective on nn ascending scale lhroii"hout the 12 month. Tho niH-riilimr deficit of npprox imntelv 2.'0.00(1J)()0 for iho first four months of 1 til H is due in onrt to lie eumulntivo high levels ot cost irfiiu.lit iilionl bv the wnr for lubor nnd materials nnd in part to tho su'd- li.n ..ii. I nbiioriiiiil fn inn off of bus- iness as a result of the cessation of war tictiviticH. Iho sudden drop m the dcmiind for fuel for other basic commodities mid Ihe general state of licMlnncv due to Iho transition from war conditions to pence, conditions, the fact thnt tho present period is trmiHilioiiul nnd npnarcutlv on the eve of imuortiiiit chungcs has made It expedient to defer nnlil the matter can be more aeciiralelv measured, the consideration of the nuestion now freunentlv rnised of an increase in rntci ONLY LEAVE THE RE E WASHINGTON, Mav 24. Uevised nlniis for tho rctiu'ii of the oversea lorccs nrovido lor the sailing mini Franco of all troops except those in Ihe regular divisions bv June 12. Gen eral March, chief of staff, announced todav. I'nits now in the service of supply are scheduled to sail 100,000 in Mnv. 200,000 in Juno and Ihe small remainder in Julv. -A definite schedule has been arranged for closing all tho suprilv sections .in.l leave areas now under control of tho A. 10. K. headuuarters, - ' General hoadiiiiurtors nt Chau- hflont will ho closed earlv in Juno nf - ter which time Ihe (.'oblong sector Willi be supplied direct from, Antwerp. . Doniobil mat urn of tho arniv has now returned more than (10 per cent of officers and picn to civil HIV; it wns also announced olticiullv. Iho tola including pnrt'iil reports to dnte, was given ns lo.tui, ot wnom it iiitl wero of licevs Snilings from ovursens since Novemher.il Inst huVc totalled 1.182.427. L VOTE.ON BOOZE OLYM.P1A. Wash.. Mnv 21. Tlio Wushinglon statu supremo' court bv ,n volo of 5 to 4 lodny decided in fa- vor of tlio CiiUtiirnin (li'iipo Urowors' nssneintion in nn. nation broiurht bv tlio nssojn(ion to compel'tho socro- tnrv of stnte to submit Wiishington's ratification of Iho national prohibi- lion amendment to n voto of the poo- plo, $2,000,000 TO AID DKXVKII. May 24. (lift of 2.0(I0.000 to the . Northern HiuUi"! convention lv John. U Hoekefeller eontinuent uiion eoinpletion of. the (1.(1(10.(1(10 fund jiow heinir riiised. wns ml nounced to tho convention todav hv. V. W. Aver of I'hiladclphia. preiilenl One-half of 'the Hum is to uo to the foreign niixioniirv so eietv at lioHton, the other half to the home misHion Micictv at New York. Five million, live hundred thoiiHiind dolliirs nlrendv ha been suljserilied to the (1.00(1.- Illlll rimd. Mr. Iloi-kL'Mli.r lire vioiislv had eoi.lributed i7.')0,- 00q to tho fund, ' I 46 OF NOftKCfMC, Vt, May 24. Alfred Coleman, negro, was arrested here thla afternoon by the redoral author ities on the charge of setting fire to ,ho virelnla. The wnrrant waa sworn out by a etovedore employed on the Virginia. NORFObK. Va., May 24. The steamer Virginia of the Old Day line, Haltlmore to Norfolk, burned to the water's edge off .Smith's Point, Ches apeake Day at 12:45. this morning. The survivora wore pitted up by the steamers Florida'.' City of Baltimore and tho City of Norfolk. It wns not known whether there was loss of llfo. BALTIMOPK. ld., Mny 24. Tho ateamer city or Annapolis, also or the Chesapeake line, arrived here thla morning with tour passengers ot the Virginia. Captain Dougherty of the City of Annapolis Bald that his ship was about 25 miles away when the burn ing Virginia was noticed. He pro ceeded to tho spot at full speed, as did also the masters ot the ships Florida, City of Haltlmore, Southland (running from Washington to Nor folk) and City of Norfolk. When he arrived close to the Virginia ho found that the fire was blazing so fiercely that ho could not approach her. Ho managed to pick up tho four survi vors who wore in a lifeboat. Tho steamers City of Baltimore, with about 100 passengers of the Vlr- glna, and the'Floridn with passengers aad members of tho crew of the Vir ginia on board, followed the City of Annapolis Into port. Captain W- G. I.nno of the Virginia, was aboard the Florida. He was said to be Injured. Officials' of the steamship company however, expressed their belief that the loss of llfo would be small, but they could give no detlnito figures. Tho fire started In the freight hold. Its origin wns undetermined. The office of the steamship com pany Inter gave out a list ot sur vivors that totalled up to the number who are said to have sailed lust night on the Vtrglnln. Only 16 of tho 62 embers of the crew, however, have been accounted for. Wool Consumption Grows. WASHINGTON. Mnv 24. Manu facturers used during April 45,000,- 000 pounds of wool, nn increase of :12 per cent over March. The in- creased . consumption mtlicntes n 4 "rapid return to normal conditions,' tho bureau of markets declared in o statement today. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF T1Y THE ASSOCIATED PHESS.tho hands of the Anstrinns are to be Muv 2d. There is an appreciable omise in developments nt Puris and Versailles so far as the mnkine ot police with Germany is concerned Tho pence conferees hnvo been do voliiur much attention to tho shaping of tho pence treatv' to bo presented to the Austrian delegates. As n re sult it hns been nnnouneed thnt nt a piciltirv .session ua iiiu peueu to..' Icrenco to be held on Tucsduv next tho tVeutv with Anstrui will bo for mallv laid bet ore tho representatives of tho allied nutious. Tho next dnv, il is.oxpected the terms will be handed the Austrian reprosonuuivcs. The militarv tonus ol! tho (loeu- menl, it is utnterstooit, will provide thnt Austria's great nrmv. in 101 1 second oiitv to thnt of florinnnv. be reduced to u mere limidlul of 15.000 men( All iiiiplemcnts ot wnr now in BAPTISTS WILL NOT JOIN IN : CHURCH UNION Denver Convention Rejects Offer of Presbyterians Am'.!l Great Enthus. lasm Baptists Can't Be Delivered De'eqates Go On Record Auaiiist President's Beer and Wine Reauest. DKXVKII. Col.. Muv 24. The Northern Hiiutist convention todav unniiiinoilslv rejected a pronosal for a .conference to consider an organic union . of evunuelictil churched ol Amcrcn. The pronosal was made hv the Presbvterian church. A i resolution presented hv I)r. Sbiiili-r Matthews, dean of the divin itv sclrool of the University of Chi- envn. rccommcndiiic; that the conven tion .refuse to send delceutes to the ironosed conference was followed bv cheers lasting nearly one minute. "There is no centrnlixed body that 'fimld deliver the Baptist churches to nnv merger or corporate iinitv," the resolution stated. "If . Baptist churches do not have organic unitv umnne themselves, thev obviously can not. hnve oreunic unit-v with other denominations. The democracy which is the very bas s of our de- nominat:onal life makes nnv organic un'on with groups of Chnstiuns bold in opposite iews unwise and impos sible. . : . . ' , An nrnondinent to the'' resolution nsklne consress to ignore President Wilson's renuest for ,repenl of war time prohibition was adopted, omit ting all reference to President Wil son and his recommendation to con ffress. ' The proposal for an inner church federation for financing religious work wns expected to be presented ot the afternoon session. - Henorts on vountr people's societies nnd work among the negroes were nresented nnd n recommendation adopted that a conference of north crn nnd southern Uaptist conven lions, netiro Baptists and Cnnndian Bapt:sts, be held to discuss post wnr problems. 2 KILLED. 7 HURT IN SEATTLE. Mnv 24. Two Seattle residents were killed nnd seven, in iured, two seriously, when two big automobiles, which viiHims snid were racine each other,, crashed together a few miles north of -here shortlv ufter midnight. . One of the infured said the machines were specdiin' n 63 miels nn hour. f The dead are Louis Cook. 3S.Seat- tle city fireman: Miss FnfnceF llav ward. 22. Seattle. , ' Those seriously uiinred were: Carl E. Chilbcrs. 26: Seattle, son of J. E. Chilbenr. president Scnndinnvian-American;-bunk, concussion of the brain: Mrs. LVdia , llayward, 38, Seattle', fractured limb. ' NEW RULES MADE FOR THE REGULAR ARMY WASHINGTON. Mnv 24. A rc nuirement that" men enlisted in the regular aruiv prior to April 2, 11)17, could ro-onlist only for. the three venr term wns revoked todav bv the wnr ' department. These men now mnv he recnlisted for one or three venrs at the option of the applicant. Orders will be issued also annulling tho rentiirement that seven venr men serve their full time in the reserve and authorizing their immediate re onlistinent for n new Hire venr period alter thev hnve completed one such Period in netive service. I destroyed and the further mnnufac- tnro ot luunitions is to be torbuliieu. The naval terms, published in part some time ago, sweep away tho whole Austrian navv. Dispatches from . Paris indicate thnt tho Work of the peace conference will' not end. with tho signing of the treuties between tho allies mid the central empires, Bulgnr'n and Turkey It is said thnt the work ot adjusting conflicting views on subiocts which nrc important to the nllies is likeiv to tnke considerable time. It is.be lieVed, therefore, thnt American rep resentatives will remain in Paris af ter tho;' pence hns been mnde nnd President Wilson hns left for tho I'niteil" Stntos, to consider - with the representatives of other governments tho varied subiects st.ll ileiiinnding attention, HOUSE PREPARES FOR OF PRESENT TARIFF 4 444 444444 WAStllVriTOV V OJ Chnirmun Kordnev of tho wnvs and means committee announced in the house dtouv thnt comrnit- tec hearings will be held soon 4 "will. tttf. vipu ttf it ,..,, ntoto TO vision of the tariff." Preceding these hen rings, be said, the com mittce beginning next week would consider the repeal of the various consumption taxes, Mr'.' Kordnev criticised the 4 rniirmiil mlmm'sl ration, snvinnr 4 .u Wiilni't i.iii fin frpi.'lit rtilpw nn mtinv -import urticles. moving from the Pacific to the Atlantic .....ut- U'f.u "r,.rlni.li..ti ..C Inv 4 rates." and was ordered bv tho administration "without consult ine onv other government de partment." 4 4444 4444 1444444 TO BREAK WILL OF PORTLAND. May 24. Bv a decis ion rendered today. Judge George Tazwell. in the circuit court, upheld the will of the late Miss Xarifa Jane Failing, which has been contested bv the late Dr. W. T. Tyler Smith, of Sheridan. Ore., on the ground that C. Lewis Mead and Thomas N. Stronc. chief beneficiaries under the will, had unduly influenced the esta- for. '-' Miss Failing died in 1917. Her es tate was valued at $600,000'. She left; $27,000 to various charities nnd de rided the balance to Mead and Strong. who had been her business associates. Smith-brought suit as her nearest rel ative. claiming to be a cousin. lie died while the litigation was in pro gress. Cov Burnett, attorney Smith estate, gave notice of appeal from the deeisiop. Dr. W. Tvler Smith wns the father of Tvler Smith, formerly circulation manager of the Medford Sun and well known in the citv nnd vallev. IF GETS SHANTUNG AMOY. Chiun. Mnv 23. At n mass meeting here todav attended bv a great throng of people protests were adopted ugninst the terms of the pence treatv with Germany ns thev affect Tsine tao and Shantung.. An address to the American press on the subject wns adopted and telegrams also were ordered sent o the Pans peace conference, the Chinese peace lelegntes nnd the legntions of tlio nl lied and assoeoted powers in Peking. With China's declaration of war nil previous treaties including thnt uf- feeting Tsing Tno were rendered vo'd," the address, ro the American press rends. "Justice demnnds the di rect restoration of Tsing Tao to China. China is willing to ninko Tsing Tno nn open port nnd indem nify Japan for nil the expenses of her eonouest. - i nrcntcns itcprisnis 'The allied powers justify Japan's retention of the economic interests of Slumtung becniise of the Kao Su and Tiashun treaties, but overlooked that the said trenties being concluded un officially and not having been rati fied bv the national nssemblv, are void. If the Chinese -claims for the Shantung interests nnd Tsing Tno fails. Chinu will never forget the in- iust:ce and her resentment will result in Japan's losing more thnn she Cains. "The Chinese people are now ns watchful as before thev were ana thetic. Wo must ensure our ideals being fully expressed before the world. Admiring vour noble princi pics1 of justice nnd eounlitv we Chi ncso renuest vour co-operative ef forts in our cluim in order to secure expression for President Wilson's 14 points and the loftv aims involved in the calling of the international peace conference." Texas Votes on Wine and Women DALLAS. Tex., May 24. Woman suffrugo and prohibition umendincnl to the constitution tire the principal issues in n rencrnl election being held throughout Texas toiluv. THREATENS BOLSHEVIKI CAPITAL PEOPLE RISE Russian Reds Retirina From Petro- qrad Burn Ammunition People Reported In Revolt Bolshevik! On Defensive Throughout Country U. S. Enoineers Do Great Work. , LONDON, May 24. Great .flreB and loud explosions have occurred In and arounI Petrograd, according to reports forwarded by the Dully Mull's correspondent at Holslngofrs -under date of Thursday. It la believed that the Bolsheviki, pressed by the Estho nlan advance, are destroying the mu nitions In Petrograd. Machine gun firing also has been heard In Petrograd and It Is reported that the population has risen agulnat the Bolsheviki. LONDON, Friday, May 23. (Brit ish Wireless Service.) A great change has come over the situation In Russia thru the successes of the various anti-T3olshevlkl forces. Petrograd Is closely threatened by the advances of the Finns and Eathonlans on either side of the Gulf of Finland and ly that of General Maynard in the re gion ot Lake Onega, while Bolshevik; attacks on the Archangel front have ceased, and the Bolsheviki have been unable to check Admiral Kolchak'a forces weat of the Urals. , - - ARCHANGEL, Friday, May 23. (By. Associated Press. ) American! railroad troops are playing an Impor tant part In the-rapld advance ot the allied troops southward along the Murmansk railway. The Bolsheviki, as they move southward, are destroy ing.bridges in an of fort to impede tha c allies. Tho Americans, however, are working hard putting the track Into shape again. , : ,: American motor . launches 1 have . been brought on flat cars from Mur mansk and it is expected will soon be operating with other rjraft on-fcake Cinatrn rtrUlfh la nnnnMprl hv rtVPMt for tbe,an(j canaja with. Lake Ladoga, the largest In Europe; the Neva river and Petrograd. v. . . i The artillery continues active on the Archangel front and there are . occasional raids but no serious fight ing. Several hundred American in- . fantrymen are still in the .fighting, , line on the Dvina and Vaga sectors. They will soon be relieved. American engineers, however, continue to work . on nearly all aectors. ' . . ALLIED GENERALS COBLENZ. Mnv 23 (Bv the As- souiuted l'ress.) ueneiai &ir vn linm Robertson, commanding the Bnt--ish nrmv of occupation, eiilne hero toiluv for n conference with Liouten ant General Hunter Liggett, com-.' minder of the American Third nrmv; regarding allied military ' action hould the Germans fail to accept the peace terms. British aviation officers also have arrived at (.'oblenz nnd hns discuss ed with the heads of the Third Army plans for aviation activities in enso these should be necessary in connec tion with n militarv movement. DOCTOR MAKES CALLS BEAVER- CITY' Neb., Muv 24. Dr. K. A. Brewster of this citv. using nn uirplnne here recently purchased for making long professional calls, flew 60 miles to McCook. Neb., this morning to perforin two surgical op erations. The trip was made in 50 minute. He plnns to return bv plnno this afternoon.- '. - Dr. Brewster completed his first long distance 8 flight ' vestorduv. Leaving Denver Citv at 2 p. m. he flew to Ilemdon. Kns., 55 miles distnnt, performed a surgical operation on u patient whoso skull hud been frac tured in a Kansas oil derrick acci dent, nnd. returned via tho neriul route before sundown. Ilis no til n I flying tome to Hcrndon nnd return WUS It'SM UHIU lU IIOIIl.s. ' " T ., I Mexican Ambassador Leaves. ; ' - WASHINGTON.' Mnv 24. Arnhns sndor Bonillns of Mexico is lenving here for Mexico Citv todav to hnvo n" conference with Prcstiliuit Cnr run.a. -,'.'.. '.. . ADVANCE.