The Weather
Maximum ytuitcriliiy,. 7.1
Miiiliniiiii iiiiliiy.,... -10
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Predictions
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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.
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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.