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Public Auditorium ,
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The Weather
Minimum yesterday M
Minimum todii)' .' no
Predictions
Today, Fair.
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MEDFORD, OUEflQN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919
NO." 57
MedfordM
GERIVJANY WILL
REFUSE TO GIVE
Uf TERRITORY
v
No Chanties Without PlcUcsclte. Cos
slon of Unoer Sellcla. Prussia and
Memll femohatlcallv Relectetl
Offerrf to Pav. Indemnity Not In
Excess of 100 Billion Marks.
- '
HKIII.IK.'Miiv 97. Mlv (lin Assn
eintod I'rOKS.l Ocrliinnv h counter
l W'linm i III.' ll-lllin ' I nt.l -, ,
treaty presented Id luir ulciiipoloii
tinrioM nl Versailles iiii'tniln llm I'ol
lowing iioiiitH .according l mi unof
fii'iHl Hiiiiiimirv available today :
(Icrniaiiv offer lo disuriu "II of
her bnllleships, mi roinl it imi Hint n
Hurt of lnjr iiii r i-ii 11I il fleet liu ru
stored to her:
Shu propose that there hIiiiII Ii no
tentorial elmiiL'cx without coiimiiIIu
Hon of thoi populations affected;
The cession of I'ppcr Silesia nml
tlm cliiiiim to KiiHt Prusaiu. Went
l'ruHHin mill Mi'inil arc emphatically
roleolod:
It In Ntiimlali'il II111I Danzig hIiiiII
become n free imrt find tlio river is
lulu 11011I rulirnl : '
Occupied li'rrilorv to' bo evacuated
within nix montliN:
If Hut U'iiciio of Nations U ckIiiIi
lishpil will) (icrmnnv iik 11 member,
Gcrmanv shall continue In administer
her colonies in necordimco with tlio
liriiii'inluH of tlio league 11 h iIh man
dnlorv:
Germany offers to nnv 20.000.000..
Out) mark in colli liv the venr 1020
Hut indemnity, nml to make annini
payments from 1027 onward In n to
(nl not in excess of iuo.iMiu.nno.nno
murks in cold.
It wns expected toilav thai the
counter proposals would hp of fii-iull V
mndo knoifn on Wednoiidnv.
llKRMN'. Mav 27. fftv tlio Armo
i,i..l.,.l tltwaa t.K'I'lm fli.,iii niantiler
propoiaU to the ternm of tlio treatv
of peace will in tlio onenimr miction
nrtrito for the eii-tineo of Oeriiianv'
eon I met lira I rieht to.it tieaeo biioil
on I'nutident Wilmill' fourteen point
hecnimo th enlenle nntionx imreed
to a pence on that IiiihIm. anil neither
Mr. Wilmiii nor (be repreHeiilativoti
of nnv other allied ttovijriilnent have
Kinco demaiided that peace he cntul)
liclied on juiv other lumin..
The Hocond Hoction will deal with
the contradiction between tlio draft
of the treatv nml the nrevimm iiHHiir
nncea from entente HtaleHmvn anil the
ueneral iiUialx of iiiteriiatioiuil riuht.
MlKbt Over niKlit
' The reptv complains that "miulil
before riL'hl" iIominatoK the whole
ullieil treatv.
Ohieetion in cxpresned lo tho do
innnd that (lermaiiH ho Hiirrendered
for trial in pncniv eonrlK. tho reply
ciinteiidinir that an impartial aiilhor-
itv ouuht lo bo iiiHtitnted t ei-tiililisli
nil violatioiiH of international law
hv whomover committed.
It in deed" red hv tho (lermann that
iiIiIioul'Ii Hip H(eech inadn bv 1'reMi
dent WiIhuii in October, I II 1(1. reeoir-
nir.cd that TPNpniiHlhilitv for I ho war
reated on tho entire I'.nroiitMiii kvh
tent, (lie treatv reonireH (lerninnv to
' neknotvlcilee that alio and her allies
wero responsililo lor nil (lamimo Hiit-
fered in oiiposimr coanlrieK. II
HHHorloil tlint it in inconleslablo thai
Homo of the allied and nsKociiited
powers, niicIi iih Italv nnd Itnmanin
enlered Hie war for tho Hako of ter
ritorial conniiest,
No .Iicmtuo of Nations
, Tbo HlaliiH of the I.pnirno of Nn
lioiiH. it in further itHHerted, contra
diet numefoiiH iloclarnlioitK niadn bv
Iho itovornmenlH opposed to (Iermanv
and tho lenuue m mefolv it eontiniiii
tion of the encniv eonlition.
It is ndded that there is no rcnli-
' nation of a real Ikmiitho of Nations
mil that in itH present form tho
Inuguo rocstiiblislieM in effect tho nl
lianeo of 1815.
! Tbo rOnlv nt'nintaliiH that tbo trcntv
hIiowh Oortnnnv n ft njitlnn wliinh ift
. Himplv to bo ilOHtroveil anil ndim
"This h' a oomploto ropudiation of
tho ideit that ovorv nation bits it rmht
to oxiHtoneo nnd violate tho riuht of
, Holf dotonilinntion."
Tho ' counter propoRft Riwa tlial,
tho troiitv ' involvoH doHtruetion o
flormnn oiionomin life nnd HiibioetH
the Onrmiih people to u financial Mil
vorv "iinpnralled in tho historv of the
world." 1
1'iVwli W'nr Ilornlilnd
! If Hiieb.a treatv enmo into forco,
it !h doelnroil. it would mean a fresh
eatiiHtrotiho tor tho wholo world, Tlio
ri . 1 -.1.1- .
Mormnn aiaiemeiit anus;
"A (Wirier philoHoidiv of imperial
. intic nnd 'eapilnlistle tendencies is
hero oolobrnlintr il hint tornlilo in
- umph, Wo appeal .to tho ,imil
' l'iitlit of men and nalioiiH, under
which the HrltiHli stale tlovolopod
tho Dal cli pooplo hhoratcd thorn
. Helves, tho North Amcriean nation
cHlnlilisliedj it h indepeiidenco mid
Friinco Bliook oft 118 nlwolnliHin. The
E
HAWKER AND GRIEVE
SPECIAL AIP CROSSES
. LONDON, Mnv 28. llitrrv
11 u..u.t,.... .....1 1 ;,.i 1 I......
mnndcr Mi'Ki'iir.lu Grieve, who
reached hern vcstcrilnv from
TliurHo, Hi'otlaiid, nfler being
riiMiMU'd in mid ocean when their
airship-in which thev warn nt-
1111111111111 In i-rtixrf t)i Allniitii!
alighted near tint Diiiiii.li stcain-
or Mnrv. worn received hv Kinir
Ooorco lit lluckiiichiiin pulaco
todav.
King Ocorcn bestowed on
Hawker and Oricvo tlm insiuniu
nl' I In air i'nrcii cms. Thnv lira
tlio find, ai'tual recipients of
this order.
Tlio cross in 11 new honor
which is bestowed for "ih'Votiiui
to duly."
WASHINGTON', Mny !. Iloln-
Ktntemnnt of coiitrni'l with Pacific
coiuit Hlitpyunln whleli may buvo boon
unjustly trealoil til tho caiieollntlon
of onliim for uteul ships ulnco tlio
IkiiIiik o( tho nrmtittlco wiin prom
IhciI by Chairman -Hurley of tho hlp-
nihil hoard, nt a conference today
with Went Const iihllihullilori and
Honator nml reprenenlatlvo front
California, Wnshlnitton and Oregon
Tho liullilom told tho ahlppiUK
honrd Hint Ihoy had not bean fairly
treated and Mr. Hurley concoded that
prohauly noma Individual Injustice!
hail ronulied from tho luaponalon of
contracla.
y ' 1'iirtfle Count Itrcord
lliirrlson ItoliliiHon of San KranulK
rn, spokesman for tho hnlldem, unlit
1 .7 4 r,02 4 tons of iteel vessels hud
been built by tho 18 Paelflo const
lilpyurils hnloeii AuKiist 3, 191
ml May 15, 1919, or C5 percent of
ho total production In the United
States during that time. Whon It
enma to cancellations, no sum, mo
board had loft tho yards Willi 750,
000 torn of contracts, conceiting
S.I.OUO, whereas on tho Atlantic
coast 2.250.000 tons wero being
built. Paelflo coast costs, ho suld.
woro $100 a ton, while at Hog Island
they bnd nvoraRoil (250 per ton on
tho first 17 ships.
Wo'll not know tho cost at Hog
Island until 23 or 30 ships hare boon
delivered," Chulrmon llurloy Intor-1
ruptnd blni. "I think your coats uro
little high. ' '
.Mr. Itohlnaon rojolnod thnt tho
uovernmont was furiilshlnir tho nlant
nt I log Inland nnd had to provide fori
other costs as woll which Iho Pacific
count builders woro Inking caro of
themselves. , ; '
Honator Chnmborlaln, of Oregon
demanded to know why tho board
was continuing to build nt Hog
Island nnd Mr. Hurley, rnspondod
I hut It wns becnuno tho yard was on
Its hands.
TO THE BRITISH
Ani vi cu i wis, jviav b. Atiiutriu
MeKean told the committco todav
fewer men wero used on Ilritish
ships than on American craft -.of the
samo tvpo, partly because Great Urit-
iini has more men trained to the
work. '
."1 want to snv. thoucb." tho ad
miral added, "Hint tho British nro hot
n whit moro efficient than our own
men. As a wholo I beliovo our mon
stoiek up bettor, tnkintr ovorvthinc
into consideration. This is proved
in part bv tbo fact thnt iho Uritish
navy w imtterniiic itself in many
wnv.s nflor ours." ,
Tho cost to tho United States of
each miin in tho navy nvcracod $1200
n year, tho witness Hiiiil
Few ohnniroH in the plans of . tbo
luttlleships now liuinc oonstritetotl
havo been neeessarv. tho admiral
said, and those, woro in lino with
modern devolopmenls.
Ao .. l,..l l. ,.,l,l.,.l il inn
boon romiirkiiblo how fow chnmros
1,.. I. ...1 It ,' .. ut.ibinir
domonslrnlion of tbo efficiency of
tho men who drew up jlio plans."
siislainet'S of a snored tradition can
not refuse it to li popple which basl
lust won the power lo live accordinc
to lis own free will, '
iTurleTproIises
ship:contracts
pacific coast
AMERICAN NAVY
MEN SOPERIOR
WEATHER
WA
r
t
ER FLIGHT :
British Aviator Blames Failure On
Water Bolllno In Coollna System-
Lieut, Commander Grieve Gives an
Interestlnu Account of Trio Above
the Clouds Wireless Failed.
LONDON. Mnv 28. (Hv the Asso
ciated I'resH.l DfKcrihitiL' weather
oiidilinnH diirimr lux attempted flntht
across the Atlantic, I In re" (1. Hawker
Maid to u riiprcKi'iilativo of the Dailv
Mail:
'I he weallier was no hindrance
and wo should have made tho flichl
but fur the triiilhlu occasioned bv the
water hoiliiiL' in our cooliuic Kvslem
We could bavo ul Ihronuh Iho woint
of the weallier in n couple of boiirH.
"We bad very ililtleult trround to
riic from on the other side. To .rise
at nil we had to run diaconallv across
the course. Once wo eot-nwnv we
climbed well, but in about 10 minutes
we pnHsed from n finn clear wenthot
into New Koiindland toe blinks. We
wit well over these, however, nnd ot
course at once lost sight of the sea.
"The sky was anile elenr for tho
first four hours, when the visibility
became vorv bad. Ileavv cloud banks
wero encountered nnd eventually wo
flew into a heavy storm with rain
hiiuiiIIs.
"At this time we were flvinir nbovo
the elriuds at a heiidit of nhout l.1!
0(10 foot.
We. of conrso. realized, Hint until
II pipe wn cleared we could not riso
much hither without usinir a lot ot
motor power. When wo were nhout
12'i hours on our wnv the circulation1
svstem was still uivine us trouble, nnd
we realized that we could not bo on
nsini up our motor power.
"Then it was that tffe reached the
fi'tvfnl decision, lo plnv for nafetv.
We chanced our. conrso nnd beirnn
flvine dia'onnlrv across tho mo;ji
shimcnir route for about two nnd n
half hours, when to nur trrenl rebel
we smhled n Danish steamer, which
proved to be the tramp Mnrv
"Wo sent up our verv liirht dis
(rcss pitriinls. Those were linRwered
tiromnllv, and then we flow on nhout
two miloo nnd liinded in tho wntoi
ahead of the steamer. '
AVIn'Icss a Palluro
"The wireless wns not a crcat sue
cess." I.ioiiU'nnnt I ommnndcr Mc-
konxio Grieve said. "On stiirtine we
found tho simrk verv feeble nnd onlv
n small ampernce obtainable, owing
lo the undersized propeller used to
dr've it. I sent out messnces every
half hour and thine Ihev should have
been beard if anv shin had been neai
lenonirh. bat never bad anv replv. Mv
chief ohiect was to let them know
I wo were still in the nir. Durine the
Inst few hours when the eneino had
been throttled down, tho speed ot
tho machine wns insufficient to drive
the wireless eoniiimcnt nnd no anark
could bo cenerated. but I sent 'S. O
S.' siunals ovorv minutes on an off
chance of tho spark operatinc.
"Kroin a niiv'catinc point of view
f placed no reliance on the wireless
other than as a menus of ask in? the
positions of such ships as wo nuch',
pass. The ships had previously been
asked bv wireless from St. John's to
mnko known their positions if Ihev
saw us bv dav or if wo fired Verv
lichts bv nitrlit. A we Raw no vessel,
no Hchl was fired. One vessel has
reporled havih" seen n'licht. but the
observers on board mnv have de
scribed tho red irlow of the exhaust.
Sen Not Vlsllilo
"Wo preferred to naviciito chiefly
bv colestialiTibservatiouH and mv po
sition as I worked it out bv the still's
U'llfl virllltlllu npm.tf I r,,,,ti,l l.llnn
,ijk,.,i iip. I used n cloud horizon in
stead of a son horizon us the sea wns
hardly yis'blo anv of tbo time wo woro
in the nir. Durinc tho first four
hours after leavinir ,wo passed ovor
foe banks., Iho clouds bolow wero
liko n sen, civinc a perfect horizon
T had onlv to judco our distance.
(Continued on Page Biz.)
IS
KILLED AT GERBER
A SI I LAND, Ore.. Muv 28. CSpo
eial to Mail Tribune.) Al Irwin was
f'ilt,i)l. lilt 11 in,1 vi,uti,i'ilii u ill tlm ritil
rmi.l vnrriu 111: W ioi I'll f nil,) oil
on a train while heinc taken to the
Sunt Him iu, f ! wish hi nt Snn
liruiicisco. . , ,
Mr. Irwin was watchman in tbo
flerbor vnrds and ..was bit by a
froiifht train. Flo . wns formerly on
the Ashland police force, the family
livinc here, Mrs, Irwin left for San
Francisco on train No. 13 Inst nicht,
HINDRANC
HAWK
IF HUNS REFUSE TO
mnil Till" 1 1 1 irn liiil l
H Int ALLIti WILL
LONDON. Mnv 27. liritiftli
U''1..I..mm tiurvlu 1 MM,.. ,,li;,l r
hloi'kndn council at Paris Iiiih
completed nil arrangements tor
put Unit the blockade of Gor
niiinv again 'into forcu in aiixa
the Oariimn didi'iratt'H rofiiMe to
siun tlio pcai-e trfiitv, while
I'liinoh-ti! idaiiM hnva hucn
worked out for the fnlluMt o-
oiiprntion lii'twiM'ii thv imlitarv
and ecenotiua fori'CK winch' will
ha cnililoveil in cane of ncrc
Kitv. Immi'dintolv followim; a fail
ure of tlm Ck-mians to xiun I ho
treatv. fliirmnnv will ho irivcii
72 bourn' notico of tlm termina
tion of theiimiiMtice. On the ex
piration of lllis period, the Hnt
ii.li. Krcneh nnd AmerieunK will
advance into (iermanv. Kimiil-
taineoiiHlv. the blockade will he
enforced iik tmhtlv iih noHKihle.
BURLESON NOT IN
FAVOR IMMEDIATE
WASHINGTON. Mnv 28. Post-
master General Burleson in n letter
toduv to Chairman Sims of the house
commerce committee declared that
the present situation with respect to
tho teleirrapb and telephone systems
reouired determination of a broad
eovcrnment policy rather than imnie
diate return of the lines to their own-
cm iik provided for. in the resolution
introduced bv Chninnau JStecnerson
of the house twstottiec committee
Mr. Hurleson-H letter was in reply
to one from Mr. Sims relative to the
statement sent to members of con-
ttreBs bv Clarence II. Miieknv. presi
dent of the Postal Telecraph Cable
company, who referred to immediate
pnssiiL'O of the Steenerson resolution
and offered to. reduce the telecrnpli
rates for his eompanv 20 per cent.
The postmaster cenernl said a casual
examination of teleeraph operation
'disclosed that this eompanv in 11)18
carried onlv $14,030.81)0 out of a to
tal of $i)(),000,0n0 of the telecraph
business" and thnt the snvintr to the
public "which Sir. MaeknV asserts he'
can accomplish bv n 20 per cent re
duction would necessarily bo limited
to $3,000,000 annuallv instead df
$12,000,000."
In tho situation now presented."
wrote Mr. Hurleson. "it would seem
to be a matter of public concern of
which concrcss micht well take coe
nizunoe. that the present hich operat
inc expenses have made it impossible
to operate these properties nt tho
pre-war charccs. To turn the prop
erties hack without mnkinc some ad
justment which Would enable the
companies to resume their operation
on a basis comparativelv omial to that
in which the eovernment took them
would affect their financial standinc
materially: and in some eases, in mv
opinion, disastrously, nnd would
cause not. onlv the investors, but the
uublia,.to suffer."
SPA R IS. Muv 28. (Hv the Asso-
oiatetV Press.)' Kim' Albert of
Helcium is expected to visit Wash
incton to attend the initial meetinc
of tbo Leacttc of Nations next Octo
ber.
a lamiiy uy hid naiao 01 reurmin
from Klamath Falls and for whom
Miss Veda Pearson registered, ar
rlvod In the city yestorday' and are
stopping at the Nash until they find
a suitable furnished house,
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 2S
-It Is expoctetV the German peace
delegation will present Its counter
proposals to the terms of poace at
Vorsttlllcs today. The Gorman reply
has been completed
Dispatches from Berlin and Paris,
indicate that the Germans will base
their proposals on the claim that
they accepted the offer ot the allies
to conclude pence on tho basis of
President Wilson's fourteen points,
and other assertions by alliod repre-
soiiuuivea mm mo peiiuo numu uui.
" "B ot " ." ' " u l
uuniuiim win emim lu unvtj iun
od the old imperialistic regime and
substituted for It a democratic gov
ernment and will for this reason ask
for amelioration ot the price they
must pay for peace. '
There .arb reports which seem to
rofloct a disposition on the part
OREGON MOVIEli
ACTRESS KILLED
IN AUTO SMASH
Edoa Civnor ani Georqe C. Held
PorJand Movie Man. Killed When
"Whitman Massacre" Bus Over
turns En Route to Clackamas River
Five Members of Cast tniured
PORTLAND. Muv 28. Two per
suns were killed and five injured
near here toilav when a siuht Kocinir
bus carrvinir members of a inovinsr
picture company to a point on the
Clackamas river, to film scenes in a
historical picture lo be known as
The Whitman Massacre ' overturned
and threw out the 13 passcnuers.
Miss Kdna Guvnor. 17. a movinir pic
ture netrcss nnd Geonre C. Held, a
oenl camera man and former news
paper iihotoernpher. were killed. The
inmred were Miss Ruth Kmmnr. airs.
A. P. DeKcvscr: Mrs. Ethel Dann. E.
E. Dcvcnport and Richard Multord.
all members of the movina picture
eompanv. None of the injured is
thoutiht to bo fatallv hurt.
Witnesses said the automobile was
traveling fast and in turnine to avoid
collision with another specdintr car.
skidded nnd overturned when a
wheel broke. .
The movine picture compnnv. re-
eentlv onfiinizcd here. -has been film-
inc historic events of Oregon history.
' The followine notice of the picture
mukinc wns received nt this office
todnv. from Miss Gavnor. who was
killed: ,'......,." .,'.
PORTLA'X'D, May 28. There is
being filmed In Portland, Oregon, a
drama tbat is certain to be one of
the best and most interesting that
baa ever been presented to the pub
lic. Tbia btatoric drama is based on
the Whitman Massacre of 1847. One
acene . filmed recently included the
Lewis and Clark banquet at St.
Louis, showing the rich gowns worn!
by the lady guests, beautiful table
ware in all its brilliancy. Gaily bead
ed Nez Perce Indians are also shown
in the background. ; This Instructive
picture is being filmed by Mr. Ray
mond Wells, the author, and Mr
Lewis H. Moomaw. head camera man
at the Btudlo ot the American Llfe
ograph Company at 33rd and. Halsey
streets for the Multnomah Film com
pany. .
The bravo Dr. Marcus Whitman,
who left New York State in 1835
and his honesty and bravery will bo
most Interestingly shown In the play.
Whitman, the missionary, was an
excellent physician as well and was
often called upon to perform diffi
cult tasks. At Laramie Dr. Whit
man cut from the back" of Capt.
Brldger an iron arrowhead three
inches in length which a Blackfoot
Indian had planted there.
The ' part of Mrs. "Whitman, the
beautiful, helpful bride, who left
her dear ones in Plattsburg, Now
York to accompany her husband and
assist him In missionary work In tho
unknown west,, will be played by an
excollent actress.
It is to be hoped that this Instruc
tive play may bo Been all over Amer
ica.
This drama Is entitled "Martyrs ot
Yesterday."
GRAB I. W. W. LITERATURE
AT EUREKA. CALIFORNIA
EUREKA. Calif.. Muv 28. Thrco
paekaccs of Industrial Workers of
tho World propneanda literature wero
seized at the express office by local
authorities uctiiisr on orders receiv
ed from the department of justice.
It was said one packaco had como
from Spokane. Wash., another from
'Chicago and tho third from Superior.
Wis.
the allies not to parley long If the
Germans actually refuse to sign the
terms. An Amsterdam , dispatch
states that the Belgian frontier has
been closed and It is further report-
ed that general mobilization ot the
Belgian army will be ordered as soon
as tt Is definitely known the Ger
mans will not sign the treaty,
Allied , commanders along tho
Rhine are reported to have held con
fereucea relative to action It the
Germans decline to conclude peace
on the allied terms
It may be that the treaty with
Austria will not be presented on Fri
day as planned. The Italian delega
tion Is declared to be delaying con
sideration of clauses of treaty deal
ing with the southern frontiers ot
Austria, insisting that the Question
of the frontiers shall ho coupled with
of I that ot the Dalmatian const
10
GET MODEL FARM
IN STATE PROGRAM
'fiiiVA f i i fiw. r..w o
Tbo first farm settlement unit,
purchased by the state, is now
bfinif developed hv n scheme
planned bv II. D. Seudder, Clair
Wilkes and Palmer Patton of the
farm mnnaurinciit departmen of
the O. A. C. it was stated todav.
The tract' of land is a (id aero
diversified farm plat two miles
Koiitb of Independence. The
(it) farm will be developed on funds
loaned bv the slate to the set
tler.
The land settlement board, ap
pointed bv the coventor, has
been authorized to select sites in
five different parts of the state.
Plans will lie drawn up and the
sites. cou'PiH'd bv the state. Two
farms will be in Eastern Orccon.
one on the. coast und one in
Southern Orecoti.
OF
1916 IS URGED
WASHINGTON. Mav 28. Rapid
completion of the navv's 1916 build
ine procram was ureed bv the een
eral board todav in' a communication
presented to the, house naval comr
mittee bv Secretary Daniels. The
board recommended that onlv slieht
chances be made in the plans of the
capital ships as oricinallv drawn.
The board's communication showed
that the idea of buildine a composite
ship to take the place of battleships
nnd battle cruisers hod been aban
doned for the time beins at least. .
Principal chances m the six batt.e
cruisers authorized in 1016. recom
mended bv the board would cive the
shiiis additional protection at the
sacrifice of speed. Secretary Dan
iels told the committee the board was
unable to snv now how much speed
would lie sacrificed to enin this end.
The ships were designed for 33 knots
speed. "
Rear Admiral SfcKean. acting chief
of operations, told the committee that
not less than 16 first class battle
ships with a total complement of 20,
886 men would be kept in commission
as a peace time force. -He said the
personnel of a shin could not be de
creased without decreasin the ves
sel's efficiency. '
1 2 BABIES DIE IN
PORTLAND, May 2S. Twelve In-
rants now have? died at the Waverly
Baby Home In this city, where an
epidemic believed to be Infections
dysentery has been claiming victims
for the past two weeks. The twelfth
child died last night .while a frantic
search was being made for a supply
of brandy with which to check the
disease. Superintendent Gcrtrudo
Lownoy said today. -
Twontv-one babies have boon 111
from tho malady ot mysterious or
igin since It started in tho home
Deaths in a few cases have occurred
with considerable speed and special
ists have been baffled by some fea
tures of the epidemic. Physicians
believe that the germ originalty was
brought into the home by some baby,
and thus got started among the seventy-three
inmates. Milk brought to
the home has been tested and found
In good condition, and physicians do
not believe that the disease is akin
to influenza In any way. ,
GERMANS TO MAKE COUNTER
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
VERSAILLES. Mav 28 The Ger
man peace delegation here, it was
learned todav. Will present a counter
claim of 12.830,000,000 marks for
damaco from tho allied bloekado as
an offset to the reparation demands
of tho allied powers.
The Medford offlce'ot the federal
employment service Is a busy place
these days. For the past week or so
Supt. Janes has placed an average
of fifteen men a day In orchard and
ranch work. There is a demand now
for hny hands-with not less than
half a dozen calls tor such dully from
tho ranchers.
RESIDENT WILL
IF LEAGUE
Democratic National Chairman Be-
lieves Decision Rests On Fate of
Covenant If Leaaue Fails Demand
for Wilson Will Be tremendous
War a Great Partv Triumoh.
CHICAGO. Mav . 28. President
Wilson's candidacy for a third term
will he determined larcelv bv the fato
of tbo League of Nations in tho opin
ion of Homer S. Cummincs. chairman
of tho democratic national commiltoo.
who came to Chicago today to preside
at a two davs' session of that body.
"While I have no information re
garding President Wilson's intentions
about becoming a candidate for tho
third term. I believe that the nnes
tion largely rests on tho fate of the
Lcucue of Nations." said Chairman
Cumnjincs. "If the Leasne of Na-.
tions should bv anv chance be defeat
ed, and .this to mv mind i unthink
able, the pressure brought to bear on
the president to run again will be
verv great and I feel certain that he .
would be reelected. . If the League .
of Nations is successful I do not :
think the pressure would be nearly as '
ereat." ' - ' ' . ' . i . ; , .
r MCAdoo ana rainier
In the absence of definite word
from President Wilson on the subject
there was little gossip of candidates,
among the partv leaders. The names
most freouentlv mentioned wore Wil-
Ham G. McAdoo. former sccretarv ot
the treasury, and A. Mitchell Palmer.
United States attornet general, who
will address the committee tomorrow
night. '.'i: - " "
Every state was represented bv
either a committeeman or a proxy
when Chairman Cummines called the
body to order in a session which
formally marks ..the openineot the :
presidential campaign of 1920. f
- Opposition Criticized ; ;
Chairman . Cuminings praised tbo
record of procressive achievements
of democratic national administra
tion and declared that the republican
partv . again is fnllinc under reae-- ,
tiopnrv leadership as indicated Dv mo
recent organization of concrcss. Ho
urged a closer cooperation between,
the different departments" of - the,
partv organization in prepannir for
the next national campaign and re
ferred to the important part women
will take in future political activi
ties. He said he expected to visit
everv state in the union before re
turning to New York m August. In
a few davs he will appoint a number
of committees to take no active work
for the next presidential campaign.
This meeting todav marks tno
opening of an active and mibtifnt
campaign for 1920." said Chairman
Cummincs in addressing the commit
tee. "We are nbleto point with pride
to tho record of President Wilson and
lli democratic, national administra
tion ill tho matter of progressive leg
islation. ' ' , -'' "'
Democracy Did It
"From the pnssage bv ooncrcss of
the income tax law to tho establish
ment of the federal reserve bank sys
tem tho movement of the Dcmooratio
partv bus been steadily forward.
When war came it seemed for a time
as if davliclit had dropped out of the .
world. The democratic partv suc
cessfully led tbo country through that
dark critical period.' No matter what
critics mnv sav. history will record
this period as the golden ngo of
American achievement and American
honor. When tho full storv is wntr
ten tho American peoplo will bo satis
fied and grateful. ' I look forward to
tho campaign of 1920 with utmost
cmiFiilencn. not onlv in tho righteous
ness of our cause but in its triumph;"
The. selection of the meeting plarto
of tbo next democratic national con
vention was informally discussed bv
tbo committeemen, .-.although the
ottestion wil not be deluded until next
winter.
GEIS STATE BERTH
SALEM. Mav 28. Governor Olcott
todav appointed Dr. W. W. Walker of
Grants Pass, a member of tbo stnto
board of dental exuminors to suc
ceed Dr. If. S. Olincer of Salem. Dr.
Olincer recently was named to sue.-,
eeed Dr. Alex McDoiigal. but did not
titialifv. stating thnt he would not
be. able to attend to the duties of tho
position, v ':
PARIS, Mav 28. Tho names of
the Duke of Devonshire and Gonoral
Jan Christian Smuts ure among those
now mentioned as possiblu uppotntces
ns Uritish ambassador to Washing
ton. ' . . . I
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