Onvnn Hlstnrlra' Soe Puhllc Auditorium The Weather Maximum yostarriiiy (Ill MIiiIiiiiiiii ycntoiilii). ....... ..-to I V II ll '.J II 1 II 1 1 1 II 11 . II u : i I 1 1 r II II J II lift. II II nil I I VI II J i VV 7 " i ' .Ji,! , JUL , U olHJl, V- JiA-JXT i. l n it J n 11 un n i 7 a n i- r , j , ..i : ; - - - ' i - . . , . , - , ' !';,7S',. v ; Wfctt&'y ' ,MEDFORD, .'OBKaON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919 ' ' . ' j ' : O- r '' , , MWi CANADA STRIKE n WYMSI 7 (ljpn ll PRhDc o CONTROLLED BY WBW'ymW WITH GERMANY lriil nRMANilFQ i f Hv JP- r--- mm. c pp U Llll fill U LU 4.000 Veterans of War Hold Mass .' , ". i s&J&i '' ; Modifications Mot to Llahten Burden 1 1 1 1 1 1 L I 1 1 L' i ' Mcetlnu In Winnipeg Pledge Them- i . , li-gft' But Bender Execution . Easier - ' , ' ' " A. '-; Senator Hitchcock Declares Charqes By Lodw and Borah Monstrous Insinuated Copies Peace Treaty Allowed Financial , Interests By President . Wilson Lotto Denies MentlonlnQ Financial Interests Stormy DeUate In 8enate Follow,, ' WASHINGTON. Juno aV-Tho limk in diplomatic cIhiiiiicIk thmtiuh which il htm been cliniKod conies f thu un iiiblixlictl pence Iruutv Willi (.Winiinv Tni'lu'il certain ' inter! in New York win I Im MiliiiM't of mother ntnrniv debate today in (Im Hi-nuto. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, in calling .no hip rcuolutiun for a Mtiniite invvMliunllnn. doi-lured state ments of Senator Lothn nf Miihii vIiiiwUm mi J Ilnniti. of lduhn. renuli lii'n member i)f the committee ro. vnTtling III a presence f rtniii'H in Now York cotititnt"l n "uion-troiiM vhnnic." If this rlinrve Itiul been uindo in Iho interest of the public, lip Miiil, nml nul merely in order to nt tnek the treat v. the senator making it wnukl linvo dcinnndcd Hiniilorinl in vestigation, 'flin hih'I'cIi drew replies from linlli M. Lodge unci Mr. Hornli. "f presume." miiil Mr, llili'lii'iirk. tlnit there will hi no sulitnntiiil oh. inctinn to thin proposal. It in n mut ter f6 tlin most tramoiidntiH iirtrciifv thnt Ilia inviMtluiiliiin should bo hnd f chnruc mmlu mum I ho rcpoiiKi WHtv of tho two senator tlmt reives 'nf ,thn trentv have fallen, into the linmU of New York interests while being withhold from I ho Kcnnto of tho Unit.! Hull. '.'Tlio.ruaimst tr llii invoKllcnlinn hhonlil hnve been made hv hn noiiii torx who limited into the somite thin Korioiix I'hnruo. Tbcv ilo not tntxiir lii rnnlixo the iiiiiliiirrnitKiiiir iHiNilion in which tli wv placed themselves liv not nking mi invcMtiuiilioii." A ilwlii ml ion liv tho Nebraska senator I It it t Senator Lmlgo nml Iliiriih hull "iiiHiniiiiU'il liromllv that tho president permitted conic to go to business concern in New York Citv," brought Mr. Lodge lit onoo to hi foct. "I mi ill nothing whatever iihout fi niinninl interest." iicrlcd Iho Mas HnnhiiHi'tlK senator. . "It in poihlo." replied Mr. Hitch cock. "Hint there iiiiiv bo miiiic dif ference between tho position nf the two senators in Hint respect. Thev concurred, however, in their ntlnck." "ThiM clinrL'u involvoH nn iitlnrk on tho iiremili'iit of thu I'nitod Kttitvx of Iha'moHt Hi'iuiilnloiiH mitiiro. It imnoiirM to Im n now cliiintor in' tho nttnok on tho I rout v itmilf. It in n inonNtroiiK olinruo. Men who niiiko Hiioh n rhnnru owo it to tho niihlio tu iloiniinil invoMtiunlion nml Ihov woulil linvo doiiinmli'il invpxtiuiitioii if Ihov hm) hoon mnkiii" it in tho piililio inter out' nnd nut for tho iiiiriwHa of tmrt inir tho trout v." Somitor llitelieoek ileelnroi thnt if Now York InleroKtH huil trentv oopios. Ihov nmmrcntlv nro in doner eom luiiniention with pnvtniox of tho Iron tv Until with t'rienils of tho trentv." ; : ' . Htoleu (lomtfi "If lie hehl the trentv in IiIh hiinds." xlioiitoil iSemilor llitoltooek, reforrtiiL' to ; Keiuitor l.nilao h Nlnloment an iniiilo in the ncniito, "ho held stolen itooiIh; ffoixlH iirobnlilv Hoeiired hv briherv. biioiIh whleh tho Amorienn ronroHontntivoH in l'nrin innnioil not to niiiko mililiu. It Ih n Ntronir Hhito Inenl foe n umiiilnp nf lltn tTtiilml SlutoH to mnko Hint tho proHiilont if witliholiline eopioH of tho trentv nml iillowmir it to ito Noinowhora oIko. Sonntor WtlliuiiiH. (lemoernt, of MiBHiHHippi, referred to tho ro I'iikhI (Continued on rage Eight,) I AV TFI FPHflNF RABI KEY WEST TO HAVANA SAN j(lAN, Porto Jlloo, May 80. (CorroBpondonco ABBodatod .FrosR.) Dlroot tolophono Herrloe botwoon lioy Went and Hnvana will . bo roullty by . Uooombor, n coo riling to Colonel SoBthonoB Uohn, who un nouncoB that tho submnrlne tola phono oablo oonnoothiR tho niiilnlund and Cuba which wab plnnnod hoforo the war will bo lnld within tho noxt few months, At present the most prominent American nnd Ungllfli engineers aro ' working on the nohomo, according to Colonel Bohl and tho laying ot the cabin will he commenced thin sum nior, selves nd Resources to Put Down : i , SV:,-- -fTT. . , 7 - Four Years Instead , ol. ;Two Inl .' ,,, , fl v , ih. r,w n..- ,..-.- r... C A TTrr- Mi I I I. A " . u ....... -hast,v . Disaster Visits Goal Mint, u ...ww., ..-,,,.,. moi- ft7 -C; . M-3W i VA I K-l II I 1 I II I I nimn tu rai-vuuii m , ,,.,-.. .i..i. ' ing Run. Hlai, ' ' - iW-'--' fl l f " and 8aar Basin Reaulatlon..' ... TTZWTTTVT Wj3PTm ZfjtSmy : VI I I I I 1 J- I , der Carried On Train Contrary to ;' ; w.v. .. T .. 'V 'JkrM'jrZ&M " V- i----i Ll : Law cause of Exolosion Scenes of - f. ; WINNII'HO, Mun., Juno 57 Moro than 4.000 Winnipeg votnrani of the groat war, Including icorei of offi cer and hundrodn ot union men. after standing at nttontlou In the auditorium this afternoon and sing ing "(lod Huvo the King," pladgod Ihoinsolvos and tholr resources to mulntaln law and order In Winnipeg and to stamp out Holshevlsm and anarchy from tho forces of Wlnnlpog luunr; Tho mass mooting wss still In ses sion early this afternoon. Resolu tions wero passed demanding thnt tho authorities Immediately arrest and punish all persons , responsible for tho strike slluutlon In Wlnnlpog who have attempted to overthrow constitutional government. Deport ation of "all undesirable aliens" also was urged. Mayor Charles V. Cray addressed tho mass meeting nnd said thu 'city wnnled two tbouiuiml special con stables' from the ranks of returned soldiers "to protect honost. labor from .Intimidation, to provldo food for all classes and to safeguard ovory branch of municipal nnd civil life." A roar In response "wo uro at your sorvlco followed tho mayors re quest. The city will pay tho con stables f 0,00 n day. Tho mass meeting, docldod to ap point a committee to visit tho strike headqtiartors In the labor tomple today and to demand that the strike leadors Immediately announco tholr Stand on tho local . food situation end the alien question. - It was In- tlniutnda that If the strike leader' reply Is' not snllsfnctory, tho (Inlegs- Hon of returned - soldiers "would tnko things Into their own hands." City IMntrttiuUw Milk . Tho city today took ovor tho dls trlbutlon of milk uud was arauglng to provldo for bread distribution If necessary. It was roportcd that strlko leadors wore proparlng to re scind tholr order of yesterday order ing all union hnndlors of foodstuffs to go on strike. Mayor Gray said that milk stations would be opened In nil puhllc school buildings and that "ndequnlo protection would be iiirnlshod. ' Humors woro current on tho stroats nnd In local nowspnpor of flcos that the central strlko commit loo was considering the advisability of calling off the sympathetic strike, Invlow of tho tnipondlng action by wnr'votorans. I'nlon Men Weaken It wns stated at tho Board of Trade that hundreds of union men wero ready to roturn to work dospttc contrary orders from tho strlko com mittee, ns soon ns they wore assured "adequate protection." Tho strlko situation soemed to bo completely roversed, I.nbor leadors who have publicly and nggrosslvoly ottomptod to combat ovory fodoral provincial and municipal attompt to rostoro tranquility In Winnipeg wero asking "for protection," It was lenrnod at the olty hall. ENGLAND CAN HAVE TRADE FOR ASKING l-ON'IX).V. .Juno, 4.Uollof that (I rout Drittilti can havo tho trado of South Amorlcn .for tho asking, do spite tho competition which tho Unltod Stntos has built up thoro dur lug tho1 wnr, wan oxprosBod by, Gor don Hobb, formorly, financial editor ot tho UuoiioB A Iron Stnndnrd, In an addroBB bo delivered dinro rocontly Mr. Moss Is quotod ns Baying that thoro Is In Home South American ro publics a ioalous foar of the oxlen. Blnn of tho Influence of the Unltod Stntos and ho ropoatod tho .Btnto mont that It had boon cynically said In South America thnt the Monr.oo doctrlno moaht not bo much. 'Amer ica for tho Americans" as "America for North Americans." - - Mr. Hobb told his , hearers that British noglect ot advertising In South America hnd nn Important ef fect upon their trade;- that It wus Im portant that cntaloguas should be published In the language of tho people nnd that -prices should bo quoted In the currency of (he cniui try. ; . u i ' i . ... . . M ; than .000 Winnipeg veterans of the , fA 1 TTWf' ' - V " June 5. Austria's attitude toward Horror Defy DeSCriDtlon Bodies . f groat war, Including scores of offl- ' ""SMC '- '''spi,' '' ' ' tho pence tcrmH irescntcd her repre- Brought to Surface , Burn Llko . ' 1 A lnSSfe. 1 's ha not boIificiniiv made' known Torches Foreigners In Panic. ; : MEAT TRUST WILL PEOPLE SHALL EAT riNCISNATI. Ohio. Juno 5. . Williiim H. Colver, ehnirmiin of the fedenil Tnido C'nniiiiiH- nion. in Huenkitiir before the No- lionul Whole.Hiilo Groeern' nnso- edition convention hero-today ndl'ricntorl Ilinf the crrpilt nmnt ltntcn if ln nnintliv Im limit cd to tho field of meat nm-kine nnd to tho manufacture of pnek- inn Iioiiko hv products. "I believe it iH onlv n mnttor of time." wiid Mr. Colver. ."nn- less present tendencies are htnpped. when these five con- corns, or iierhtiiw tho one or two of theni which ninv oiwmolv or secretlv nhsorh the others. will absolutely dietnto to the people of this country what thev "k1iiiII cut nnd whnt thev ahull J pav for whnt Ihov cat." . SOUTHERN STATES WILL FIGHT EQUAL WASHINGTON, Juno 6. With tho fight In ctngrcss won after nearly 40 yoars of effort, advocates ot woman suffrage today turned tholr nttontlou to the various s'tato legislatures, throe-fourths ot which must . ratify tho ' constitutional amondment boford victory can bo won. , Konllzutlon ot tho hopos of the loaders In tha equal suiffrago campaign untno Into yesterday .with adoption In tho sonnto ot the hls torlo Susan' n.-- Anthony constitu tional nmondmont resolution which wns adoptod In tho house May 21. Tho vote was 60 to 25 or two more In favor than was nocossary. Although Biipportors ot tli,e meas ure uro continent or nnai success, there Is a division of opinion among lenders ns to whether .the ratification by tho Btutos ot the proposed amend ment can be secured in time for tho women all ovor tho country to vote In tho next prontdontiat election. Senator liny of Louisiana, in oppos ing tho rosolution yesterday, (pre dicted that thirteen states would re fuse to ratify the amondment, thus causing its defeat. . ' Lister Is Improved. , iSEATTLK. Wash., June 5. Gov ornor Krnost Miter, who is .seriously ill m it Senttlc hospital, wns reported sliirhiiy improved touny. 3 MEASURES IN STATE ElECTION ARE DEFEATED Five. Mi.Von Dollar Reconstruction Bill. Bond Bill and Lieutenant Gov ernor Lose In Second Dav Count Industrial Hospital in Doubt All Other MJisures Safely Over Too. PORTLAND, June 5..' Returns from outside counties, chiefly Doug las, . Washington, Marlon, Linn and Lane, were found today to have over come tho lead given some reconstruc tion measures by Multnomah and othor conntteB ot Oregon, and three measures were known to have been defeated In Tuosday's election. These were the five million dollar reoon structlon bill,) the reconstruction bond amendment and the lieutenant governor amendment. One amendment, that providing for an Industrial and reconstruction hospital, was in doubt. The meas ures which Were, successful in the election were the six per cent In debtedness bill, the Roosevelt high way bill, the Irrigation and drainage district ' lutorest gucrantee, market roads tax and soldiers' educational aid bills. OF STATE FUNDS SALEM, Ore., ; June 5. State Treasurer O. P. Hof'f yesterday desig nated 1.119 Oregon banks as state de positories and the United States Na tinnal l.ank ot Salom is named as active depository for state, funds Tho law requires that one active depository be maintained. In Salem Among other banks In tho state nam- el as state depositories were the fol lowing: . . Citizens Bank ot Ashland and First National Bank ot Ashland; Cen tral Point State Bank, Central Point; Olandalo State Bank, Glendale; Jose phine County 'Bank and First Nation al Bank ot Southern Orogon, Grants Pass; the Gold Hill Bank, Gold Hill; Grants Pass Banking Company, Grants Pass; Bank of Jacksonville, Jaoknonvllle: First National Bank and First State and Savings Bank of Klamath Falls; Jackson County Bank, 'Medford (.National Bank, First National Bank 'and-. Farmers and Fruitgrowers' Bank of Medford, and State Bank, of Talent. Tlent, Ore. :l '-s-'' T CHICAGO." Juno t 5. Amelia ' (ill Giilli Curci. opera sinter, todnv 3 through her nttoniev denied all chantes nshinst her character ninde in a recent nnswer to;, her bill for divorce which was filed bv. her husband. At the same time she filed in the superior court an affidavit alleging thnt Curci ha$2o.000 in Italian se- euritios jliich rijrhtf nllv , belone to her. )She asked that $15,000 of this amount be paid to her nt once ur lier support pendinir .de- termination of her suit, the-re- muinin? $10,000 to be paid when the ense conies to final settle- ment. The divorce case comes up for heuriii" on June 17. . . , . W. W. AGITATOR E SEATTLE, June 5 James Bruce alleged Industrial Worker ot the World, was found' by a jury here to day not guilty of the charge of crim inal anarchy. The charge was placed against Bruco as a Jesuit ot his activity during the general Btrlke horo In February. Soveral score ot I. W. W, members who were in tne- court room ex pressed great delight and showered Bruce . with congratulations -when the Jury announced Its verdict. , In his ' instructions to the jury yesterday, Suporlor Judge Walter M. French, in whose court Bruce was tried,-defined criminal anarchists as men following the doctrine advocat ing the ovorthrow ot organized gov ernment. ' ; ' ''' Judge French told the jury mem bers they had a right to find Bruce guilty li .they believed him to be a member of, the 1. W. W. and it they found, that the organization's doc trines were anarchistic. When the jury retired It took with it a mass of I. w; W. literature, which was In troduced during ' the trial as evl dence." ; The prosecution based its conten tion- on a supreme court decision which was said to rule that mem bers of the I. W. W. were criminal anarchists. ' Bruce was arrested February 20. 1919, with other radical leaders, whose trials are yet to come.- The Brue? triaj w-aa the first, BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 5. Austria's attitude toward tho nence terms presented her repre sentatives at St. Germain on Jfondav has not becaifciqll v made known to tne ant however, ci satisfactn tt chorus tion. Th theiess. t are Home Complel several insr in Mi liklv to with Germnnv scemi imr definite form, sceordina to ad vices from Paris. These alterations, it is snid. are not planned primarily to make, the .terms hVhter for Ger mnnv. but to render them easier of execution. ' . -.. ' , Kxtend Time ' Annarentlv there is a disposition on th" part of President WilKon'.,t'rt mior Movd Oeorce and Premier Cjemr encenn, to f;x n dnflhile Finn. .o'fu- nroximntelv -2.-.miO.n0O.pO, -as the air-nnnt of inilamnjtv Genrtsnjr will be celled mvrtfo pflvi and itji'-e.mR tos-. o'ble thnt "flip ti yT lnstulliient o'f alioMt .'.nonnOfl.: yruHj pot'havc to be nnid withV -i vears'. ns now stinitlated. bnt'w...,ri four vears. . Tb terms relative to Silesia and the St e reirions. too, jftav be alter d.' There seems, however, to be n wnerol nCTwncnt that Gernjonv will, nnr ne nemi'itcq to en'er me r,"ione nf sVations. nt one. VremiT Orlcn do is stnndittf nlnof from "these dis missions, ns itnlvs uirerest is mi m i""i-h in Hie Gcnnan ns in f lie Auslr:n trentv. , .... Khenlsh Rcpubllo Poubtful The establishment of the Rhenish republic bv the people of tho Rlunc Innd provinces of Gcrmanv is not looked upon seriouslv in American circles nt the peace conference, it is said. It is pointed out that no prom-, inent men in the Rhineland are iden tified with the movement and there in some doubt as to the spontnnitv of the demnnd for a republic. Dis patches from German sources de-' clare that French authorities have taken a prominent role in the setttnz un of the new eovernment. President Wilson is likely to sro to Ftriis;fl np.Tt week nn bis loner defer red visit to Beleiiim. but fne specific dates' mentioned' in Brussels dis patches are characterized in Paris as inaccurate. There is as vet no intimation as to the date he plans to sail for America, although his ship. the Gconre Washington, has been or dered to be readv to steam for the United Stntos on 12 hours' notice anv time after midnight tonisht. . . . Jugo-SIav Invasion, Jinro-Slav forces which are invnd- ini: the province of Carmthin. are re ported to be ndvancine, the village of Volkermarkt. northeast of Klaeen- fiirt. capital ' of Carintbia. having been evacuated bv the Austrian troops defending it. The reported capture of Petrograd which was announced early this week in a telegram from Vnrdoe to Copenhagen. ' seems to be without foundation. bsthonuin torces are nuite a distance west of the former Russian capital nnd are being sub jected to heavy attacks bv the Bed sheviki. ' LIEUT I. H. I0F SALEM IS NAMED NEW PAROLE OFFICER SALEM, June '6. First ideuten ant Louts H. Compton of Salem, Whose appointment as state parole officer to Biiccecd Joseph F. Keller was announced by dovernor Olcott last night;" was secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Salem for six years be fore going to France as a soldier, and upou' hls roturn recently took up the same work again. Compton was not a candidate for the position, according to the gov ernor, and leaves a position which commands a higher salary than the parole office, because he believes he will be able to render a greater ser vtco. Compton was twice wounded In , France and was decorated with the crolx de guerre, .... , .'. , June 5.- thelr lives in unnel of the 'oal company (and 31 were .list given' out Is at noon to re been IdenU identified- The ber of lnjuredVim. imo ,mi ma .A . . :r . A ; tW. SB i n Ins im; i. . - B B. Identification o' niost impossible, '' charred bevi limb of on are OiiKHlg. "' dAi;jtiis or ilijd died , . . , i The death list As tne bodies are- mine, living and dee on the irreen about the of the injured lived but a- . '.; Hundreds of women, men- - i ren gathered about tbe tnnD1 ss ing and crvirig. they lifted'h.4 s ets from the men." Women & 3 men lost their nerve and Childress away in fright.- ' '- ; '- -, -. It has been estabuHhed that tiit'T; i ; extdosion awiansd- by -R 1rea!c in ; T the trollev wire. This ; wire gained t conflict with the powder and sparks did the rest.-. :- ' .-.. , The death list wns made large bv the flames' nnd" the sulphur fumed which filled' the tunnel. , -- - . , Law Is iolntl Resetters got into the mine' with hose and pliwcd stream of water on the -flames. While thev were do- . ing this, the cries of the 'dvine and the injured were heard above the roar of the -flames. . ; , '.''.. ,! Todav s accident is a. direct yio- , lation of tbe law. , Permission was . given the men to. ride the trip to their place of work and a special train was provided. ' ' It is a violation of the mine luw to .carrr powder on a train. , The law is specific that powder ' and other explosives must be transported alone. There were a dozen kegs of powder in one of the rear cars, all of which . exploded. . , , Monies Hununp - Some of the first bodies brought . from the tunnel .were burning when thev reached the surface. Clothes had , been burned away and the flesh wns roasting from the intense hent. Water was poured on these to put out the fire. It was such sights as this that r made brave hearts turn sick. ' . , At 10:30 o'clock the companv offi cinls announced that .71. men wero ' . dead and that 35 were at the hospit als. It was stated thut the death list will increase. , , Thomus "Dougherty, a miner, one ot . the survivors, was thrown out of n car bv the blast and saved hunself by jumping into n ditch. He said : "We were riding along about 50 ' feet in the tunnel. There was n blinding flash. 1 was thrown from the ear. I saw the witter an dhnrlcd myself into it. .Bodies were-all.about. Some I know wero dead, others wero , crying. The flames -wore terrible. Thev were nil about. We were in a ' voritablo hell. No man could possiblV hope to escape with his lifo unless he got in the wator, 'buried his face arid .- rolled over and over as I did.' Thoro was vowdcr iu the cur. Thoro wore abodt 10 kegs und besides there woro a kegs carried bv tho men.-"' Of course. -I do not know what set: them off. , but I -believe tho trolley wire broko and thut sparks ignited tho powder.'' . : Over tho month of the i .tunnel in, great big (. white letters are painted.' the words "safety first." . ' TOLEDO, Ohio. June ' 5. Waller Monuhun, chief sparring purtner for. Jess Willard. is nursing a lumpv iaw todav as a result of the punching ho received in his first work out witii the champion vestenlav. Willard caught him on the chin with a right hand blow that did .not travel mint, than six inches nnd Mnnnhnn fell to the canvas knocked ptlt,.' ' . . , t- . - - , no