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Newspaper Page TextOnjnop, Historical J Medford M The Weatheri Maximum j moi .ly M Minimum today 10 Predictions ; '.: ' ' pally Fnurtiuinth Ir. MEDFOKD, OREaON; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 38, 1919 NO. 75 urijr-nii 'ninth Yr, TR BUNE outlawwar ?!HS wnwssm Uf I1HMUI10 Senator McCumhor, Reiiulillcan, Uro.es Ratification of Leauuo Cov enantOpponents of Measure Mis represent and Distort Most Im portant Document Anneals to the Heart (and Soul of Men Will Not Draw U. S. Into War. WASHINGTON. Juno 18. Doclnr IniC oppouonU of tho IrfUBUO o Nu tloni havo coiiduoloil a ciinpaltm of mlaropreiiontalloii and distortion, Beuator McCumber of North Dakota, republican mombar of Iho lorollin ro lntlonn cn-rmllloo, told tho nmnto to. liny (but tho loAKue covouanl offornd tho only propo:t of preventing fu ture mid mora tirrlblu warn. lie upheld tho I'.:i'ju an entirely cotmlattml with tho American conitl union and il'ivold of any ability to entanitla danKoroualy or curtail American Intorontn. "That Homo terma of tho covenant kro vrkuo I know," continued thol Knnftt.tr ",in.l an i,,..!,..... M , l.. Joctlonablo from particular vlnw Bolnli. Out thut It dlacrlmlnutoa AKalnat ua. or that It Impoana on ua ny obligation or burJon that la no', equally borno by ovory othor natl'in : moat omphntlrally lnny. It la ns urettoblo that lite tnltthiy power or cloiiunnco la mod to tlnfmuo and dlit tori tho tr.uo menlnK or an lntni iiiont, tho most Important that over appoulud to tho hoart or tho oul of man. Wlint If Wo lU'fiMO "Suppono we ixfuao to Join with tho rout of tho world In aomo achetnn to prevent war, what will happott? An auroly as tho aim ghnll rlao ovory H"at nation will proceed to dovlao muaiia for Iho wholrulo dent ruction oC notions.' Ho dnapornto will bo tho noxt war that all tho halo and all tho vonoin created by IIiIh HtriiKKlo will bo lnflnllenlmnl compared with tho next. And, uiitiliiHt what rnco will all theao woaponn of riontli bo iinod? Acalnat tho whlto race." QuotlnB tho declaration of Sonntnr Johnaon, ropubllrun, of California, that Aniorlca by vlrtuo of hor Inola tlon dooH not need tho Kuropnan powora "aa partnora," Mr. McCum lior sold laolatlon had Ioiir ainca bro ken down, a Kuropoan quarrel hav Iiik coat this country In tho pant flvo yoam fifty thouaand lives and S45,- 000. 000.000. Thoro la no moral duty Incumbent upon any man In hla ro tation to hla follow mnn, ho contin ued, that la not equally Incumbent upon nation In It relation to ovory othor nation. Ho on tho MHit ' '"Oh," nay oppononlB of. tho 1. cnuno of Natlona, 'wo can ninkn up our minds what to do when tho occa sion ariaea.' Whut I want ua to do In to bo rlaht thoro on tho spot when tho occasion arlaoa. Had tho United Huttos boon right on tho spot with nn URi'oomont signed by us nnd signed iby Oormany that (lormany would not maks war on Franco or any other country without submitting to A l.oaguo of Nations tho qnostton of tho rlKhtoousnosa of hor cause, tho world would have boon spared this awful conflagration. "You talk about our ontarlng this war for a groat world principle Tho man who makes that nsaortlon knows that ho fuiHlflcs tho rocord. Ho knows that wo novor onco said to (Jormuny 'you havo no right to maka wnr on Franco.' Wo basod our right of action' gololy on tho ground that by tho acts of Germany she had mndo war on us. I want to put ournolvos In. such a poBltloh that wo shall fcol It unnocossnry to roltoriilo such a falsehood. 1 No Mailt (o WIW War v VWo know all along Just what Oor many had In mind. Wo know hor purposo or world domination. I)ut wo had not the right under Intornat- (Contlnuod on Pago eight.) LORD NORTHCLIFFE IS OPERATED UPON r." , 1 ' ... 4 LONDON. Juno 18. Viscount Northcliffo, nowR)iimr owtior nnd former houd of tho British mission in tho United StutoH, imdorwont nn op eration todnv. A bulletin issued, by his physicians snvs thnt tho vis count's condition is satisfactory. ,Tho oporntion wns to romovo n deep-seated ndenomn (tin increase of' fibrous tissue) of tho thyroid gland . which wuh ciuwinir oonsiduniblo pros sure .,, ! - . ."- Telearaph Officials Issue Notice Per mlttlnu Strikers to Return Un to June 20th More Operators Walk Out In California and Nevada Seattle Operators Refuse to Strike. LOS ANOKl.KH. Juno 18. The city council today adopted u resolu tion bv Coiiuciltiiiin llulpli Criswcll asking the Southern California Tele phone rouiimuv ami it striking oiui iiIovch to terminate their differences Hpeedilv in the Dublin interest. Copies were ordered sent to the company uud slriko leaders. CHICAGO. June 1H. The Postal Telegraph company, with a view lo endinir the leleurupherH' strike so fur lis that company is eoneerned, to day sent u nnlieo throughout the couittrv lluit strikers would be per mitted to return "with continuity or service" up to and including June JO. Tho notice was sent out bv Now York officials of Iho comimnv and I'ldributcd over the signatures of district superintendents. "We feel that mniiv of the old cm- ploves ini'ndv have been misled and wo want to treat Ibein with tho ut most fairness bv permittinir them to return mill -resuinn work with their former htniidinirs." said E. V Col lins, L'encrul superinleudetit of the comimnv in Chicniro. He ailded that mnnv workers al ready had returned and that tho com imnv was opcratini; on u normal ba sis. What action the I'oslal strikers will lake depends laruelv on the decision of the American Federation of La bor convention which has before it resolutions deulinir with the situation, it was said. 1'nioii men said roports from all sections "were more cneournirinii tlmn nt iiiiv lime since the strike was call ed." KACKAMI'.NTO. Calif.. Juno IS. Helwcen "OU and union t-lcclrical wrkers cmplovcd bv tho l'ucil'ic Tclcpliiiiie and Tcltttirupli compunv in Northern California and Nevada ioincd lodav ill the strike of telephone workers bcuuu MVuidiiv in Ciilifor nin. SAN KltANCISCO. Juno 18. Ad vertisements for cirl opornlors were inserted in tbo newspapers hero tn dav bv tho 1'iteifio Telephone nnd Tclcirraph eompiinv. followinir tho strike of operators nnd linemen here vesterdav. Tho tie-up appeared to be more complete todnv than vester dav, ulthoucli emenrcnev nnd news paper culls were hoimr handled. The first move, in negotiations wns to t'omo tomorrow when representn lives of the International Brother hood of Kleclricnl Workers nnd the telephone compnnv meet. Efforts wero hcine mndo todnv to prevent union teamsters from tiikinc supplies to exchanges where, opera tors remained lit work. No change was noted in tho striko of Commercial telegraphers. SKATTM5. Juno 18. Seattle union telephone operators announced to dnv that llicv met Inst night and de cided not to ioin the California slriko. I RIOT. WANT TO GET BACK HOME LONDON, June 18 Unroot among Canadian soldiers In England be cause of contlnuod postponement of homeward sailings culminated last night In an attack by 400 Canadians on tho lOpsom police station. Sov- ornl pollcomon woro woundod, one, so seriously that ho died this morning, Tho purposo of tho attack was to ro- loaso a Canndlun soldlor 'who had boon nrrostod. During the last few days thoro has boon trouhlo In tho Canadian camp at Whltloy whoro tho soldlors 'burned huts and did othor dnmago, accord ing to ronorts. Thoro 1b much sym pathy horo for tho Canmllans, who ropoatodly havo been glvon dntoB tor homeward sailings, only to bo told that further postponement was nec essary owing to strikes of dook wor- kors at Liverpool and othor ports, or to lack of transports. - The unrest has not beon conflnod to tho Canadians. There also havo boon protests by, Australians and Hvg. Zettliiudors, ' : ' ; ' " , , SHOT. 1 3 SONS FAMILY OF 36 KILLED IN WAR PARIS, Juno 10. iCorros- pondonco of Associated Press.) Thirteen sous killed on tho fiold of bat tin, throo discharged with 4 gravo Injuries, ono wounded four different times, tho father and ono dnughtor summasjly shot by tho Germans for going to Llllo to colobrato tho conton- nial 'anniversary of a relative, 4 and another daughter killed by a Gorman sholl at Dunkirk, Is tho record of tho family ot M. Vanhoo, a French farmer of namlngho, near Ypros. 4 V. Vanhoo had 36 children, 22 sons and 14 daughtors, all of whom woro living whon tho war 4- broko out. Ono of his sons was valot to Popo Plus X; ho return- od to fight and was wounded In four dirferont engagements. 4 . . CALL A GENERAL WINNIPEG, Man., Juno IS. Sam niumborgo, a prominent Winnipeg socialist, was taken Into custody whon ho entorod tho office of Chris Now ton, acting chlot ot poltco. This makos cloven men connected with tho Winnipeg strike who havo boen arrostod.- It is understood that war rants havo been issued Tor throo moro persons. Dispatches from Cnlgary Indicate that union loaders there are agitat ing for a rmtlon-wldo striko as a pro test against the arrest or the Winni peg men, Calgary Is the organization cantor ot tho ono big union movo mont and all ot tho men taken In custody horo woro prominent In tho organization ot tho O. 13. U which has been repudiated toy the Tallroad brotherhoods and othor International unions. . Jv'BW WESTMINSTER, 13'. C, Juno IS. Tho New Westminster gonoral striko committee today Issued a call tor a gonoral strike In protest ot the arrest ot Wlinnlpog striko loaders. PrlntorB nnd postal omployoB will Ignore tho call, It was believed, Klna Alfonso Indisposed. MADRID, Juno 11. (Hnvns.) King Alfonso is slightly indisuosod. Uo is remaining in his room on tho oruor of liis duysioibds, THE REST ARE EASY PRESIDENT AND BELGIAN. TOUR Chief Executive and Wife Motor Over Belgian Front With Kino Albert and Queen Elizabeth Wilson to Stay In Bellevue Palace. Brussels Makes Speech Thursday. ADIXKERKE. Bcteium. -June 18. President nnd Mrs. Wilson nnd their party arrived here irom. Paris at 8:43 o'clock this morninc. Thov wero met bv Kins Albert nnd Queen Elizabeth of Belgium nnd at 8:50 o'clock left for n motor trip over the Bclcinu front. After Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have motored with Kimr Albert nnd Queen Elizabeth throuuh the devastated rc cion of Belgium, n special train will brintr tho partv to Brussels from Zee brnese. Mr. nnd Mrs. Wilson will tto with tho kins nnd nuecn to tho Brussels palace. After tho usual presenta tion of court disnitnries. the kins and nucen will accompany their euests to tho Bellevue pnlnco which will bo the president's residence hero. Tbursdnv's prosrnm includes n moraine visit to several devastated industrial districts, a' lunch at the American leention nnd a Teception nt tho Americnn colony. At 2 o'clock tlicro will bo a reception for Mr. Wil son in tho house of parliament where thoro will bo addresses made. Mr. Wilson's speech will bo translated into-French bv Brand Whitlock. the Amcrieun ministor.' From the parlia ment buildins tho party will return to tho rovul pnleo whoro Mr. Vilson will receive tho diplomntio corps. Then will follow visits to Louvnin and' Mechlin and the presentation of Cnrdimil Mercier. At 0 o'clock there will bo n reception in tho Brussels citv hull, followed bv a train dinner nt. tho rovnl pnleo. Mr. nnd Mrs. Wilson will return to Taris Friday mornin?. " TARIS. Juno 17. Miss Mnriraret Wilson, dnucbtor of tho prcsidont: B. M. Bnruch nnd Goncral V. W. Harts woro members of tho president's par ty which left tonieht for Belcium. Thov will bo conductod throutrh tho devastated reeions by two Belgian officers. House Repeals Davllaht Bill. WASHINGTON. Juno 18. Tho bill to reponl tho dnvlicht suvine law on tho last Sunday in October, wus pnss od today bv the houso. It now coes to tho sennto. Tho voto on the passage of the bill wns: Yens 233; nnvs 123: ab sent five. , : u.. AMERICAN LABOR MEN WILSON TO TAKE . ' ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June 18. : A resolution, askinc President Wilson immedintelv to remove 1 Postmaster General Burleson from office was adopt- ed unnnimouslv today bv the Americnn Federation of Labor in convention here. The federation adopted a res- v olution nskino- the house nom- mittce on merchant marine to in- vestiirnte nllesred fuilure bv Secretary Of Commerce Redfield to enfo-rce the seamen's act pro- visions aimed nsrninst illiteracy nmone crews of ocean coins vessels lonvine Americnn ports. The Giicstion of the telcsraph striko wns considered but no action taken beforo noon ad- journmcnt. ID FLAG REVOLT Y BREST, June 18. Two hundred French sailors, carrying a red flag. attempted to enter tho naval ' Jail here yesterday to Tescue imprisoned sailors. The attempt railed. There were no casualties. The imprisoned sailors were from tho French battleship Justice, which arrived here from Sobastopol, a Rus sian Black sea port. - Tho city Is more calm today, but the, situation Is (considered to bo still serious. , .' - .Brest has been doclarod out of bounds tor American soldiers and sailors. j PARIS, Tuosday, June 17. Contl donco In tho government was voted In the chamber of deputies today 341 to 137 following a tumultuous scene during which the mutiny ot tho sail ors T)t tho Black sea fleet was dis cussed. SACRAMENTO RADICALS ARE SENT TO JAIL SAN FANCISCO, June 18 Theo dora Pollok, Basil Suffores and Al bert Fox, three radicals convicted at Sacramento under tho espionage act, woro sentenced hero today in the United States district court by Judge Frank II. Rudkin. Miss Pollock was fined $100, while the .two men re ceived jnil sentences of two months each. . MEXICAN D WITHDRAWN ALL IS QUIET General Aaullar Who Yesterday De clared U. S. Raid Violation of Mex ican Soverelnntv Now Declares In cident Closed Resentment at Citv of Juarez Disappears. WASHINGTON. June 18. '"The Mexican Government considers ns closed the incident broueht about bv the crossing of American troops into Mexican territory." snid a statement issued here todav bv General Candido Aeuilar. President Carranzu's condi dentiul ambassador to the United States. The statement added that the Mexican government had approved "the maner in which this matter was treated before the department of state bv Confidential Ambassador Atruilar and Charge d affires od in terim Roio." General Aeuilar vesterdav sent to the state department a copv of a statement issued to the press in which it was said that the Mexican govern ment nnd peoplo regarded the pas sage of American forces into Sfexico as a violation of Mexican sovereignty, Officials of the department said this communication was the onlv one in the nature of a protest received from the Mexican government rthat it was not regarded as a tormai pro test, and that no reply would be made. Villa Located JUAREZ. Mex.. June 18. Villa and his forces were in the Galiana district of western Chihuahua late vesterdav. according to .reports re ceived ot military headauarters here today. General Pablo Ouiroga. who was sent to the relief of Juarez -with a column of cavalry, is pursuing the Villa column. ' . . - EL PASO. Tex.. June 18. Interest in Mexican developments on this bor der shifted today from the Junrez sector to the interior where Ameri cans are at the mercv of Francisco Villa and his force of rebels except in the larger towns and cities, should Villa start a campaign or reprisal against Americans because American 'troops crossed tho border Sunday night and drove his men awav from Juarez. . . . Tolcgraph Is Down Telegraph lines are down south of Juarez, the railroad . is completely wrecked between Juarez and Chihua hua Citv and wagon roads are dan gerous because of Villa's presence southwest of the Mexican town so that nothing can yet be learned of tho developments south of the inter national boundary. American min ing companies having American em ploves in isolated mining camps in the north have ordered their men to leave and mnke their wav to the bor der bv wav of Torrcon in order to avoid tho Villa bands now believed lo bo roving over tho country be ween Chihuahua Citv and tho bor der. Reports relayed from Parrnl to Jimenez. Torreon nnd Laredo stating that 2.000 Ynaui Indians of General Manuel Dieguez's command had nr rived there relieved tho fears of the American companies operating in that district. Mexicans Feel Better With the excitement of the battle of Juarez between Villa and Carrnnza (Continued on Page Eight) BRAZIL PRESIDENT DISABLED AT SEA WASHINGTON. June 18. A wire- loss message to the navy department oarlv todav nunounced that the French cruiser Jcanno d'Aro had been disabled nt sea and that the transport Impcrator had taken off Dr. Pesson, president-elect of Bra zil, nnd his party, who wero en ronte to the United States from Lisbon. Tho message gave no details other than that tho cruisor s engines bo eunio disubled vesterdav about 3 o'clock Greenwich timo and that threo hours later tho Impcrator cumo uo and took off tho Brazilians.' So far ns known hero there were no pas sengors on the Joanne d'Aro other than Dr. Pessoa and membors of his party. ' Later dispntches to the department said the army transport Mongolia was towing the Joanne d'Aro to the Azores nnd that good progress wns beinir made. : .' ', ..-. HUN CABINET OPPOSED TO ALLIEDREPLY No Statement Issued But Body De clared Almost Unanimausly Aualnst Slpninu Treaty Premier Schelde mann In Speech Counsels Patience l Cf MIC oevcio Dm nu uuuoa for Hastv Action U. S. Troops Are Ready to Advance. - WEIMAR. Juno 17. (By tho As sociated Press.) No statement hns been issued bv the German cabinet on the allied reply to tho German coun ter proposals, but the Associated Press learns that sentiment in tho cabinet is almost unanimously against signing the treaty, the onlv objection being the possibliitv of Bolshevism.-, and chaos in Germany. ' The cabinet met at noon and con- tinued its session until late in the day. The peace commission began deliber ating on the entente answer at u o'clock tonight. A number of tho cabinet members and other dignita ries staid np all night to read the al lied terms without delay. ' Indignn tion is said to be increasing in Wei mar. . , WEIMEAR. Juno 17. (Bv the As sociated Prcss.l Philipp Schoide-, man. the head of the German cabinet, in speaking to the'peace commission of the national assembly, here today., declared that the allied reply to tbo. German counter proposals!, without the complete text did not yet permit of final iudgment and that prematura tadgment would be a mistake. . . - "There is nothing new' in the gen eral accusations made . against the German people." Baid tho ; premier, "but we must note with regret that " the allies have rejected the proposal for the establishment of a .neutral iriDiinai wuicn aione cuuia uuuuruut lv examine these accusations. It also is lamentablo that the whole ' nation should be charged with the offenses and crimes alleged. : -" '- - f '"This charge is to constitute jus tification for the heavv conditions which, according io the second sec tion of the coverine note, are to ba imposed on the German people. . ; . Little Hope Hold , ". jf. "The justification put forward fo the projected settlement of affairs in. s the cast permits of little hope. that we can reckon for substantial con-, ciliations in the detailed memoran dum. That also holds good for the remaining territorial Questions, many points regarding which and also those regarding financial nnd economic auestions referred to in the covcrina note are still obscure. Counsels Belay -'-..' '. "In view of the obscurities at prcs-" ent," the premier said, "nnd the fact that all the material is not vet at hand, a decision cannot be taken to dav Tuesday. Only tho final nnd completo text of the enemy's answer can furnish a basis for deliberations between the government - and the peace committee. . -; "The German nation, the national assembly and the government are confronted with the most momentous decision It is therefore, their duty, whatever as individuals thev may think of the pence auestion, to ap proach this decision with an entirely open mind. No one must have anv doubt that the nation is confronted with verv hard times." ' .' Hcrr Scheidemnnn deplored tho nh seneo of ndeouato protection for the German delegates on their departure from Versailles. Ho said a protest hud been mnde. but that the govern ment would reserve its nttitudo until nn official report had been received. (Continued on Pago Three.) E GOV! OWNERSHIP BELLIXGIIAM. Wush.. Juno 18. Consideration of somo ot tho resolu tions now before thoj convention watt expected to bo tho principal order of business of tho Washington State Federation ot Labor toduv. - , Just before adjournment lust night n resolution supporting ubsoluto gov ernment ownership of railroads wan tabled. No other resolution bus been acted upon. About 50 resolution)! went into the hopper vesterdav and were assigned to committees. One re ferring to tho "Ono Big Union" idea brought cheers from tho radical ele ment of tho convention when rend by, title. :'': . ...