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MEDFOKD, OREaON; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 38, 1919
NO. 75
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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
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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. :'': . ...