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Newspaper Page TextCr-nn Historical Soo Public Auditorium Medford Mail T The Weather Maximum yimlcrilny 78 Minimum today 15 Predictions ribune Tortiiy, 1'iilr. Pally Fourtnimth Tsar, orly-nlulb , W I5DFORD, ORI'XJON, HAT.UM)AY, J UN E 21, 1919 NO. 78 HUN CREWS SINK SHIPS AT SCAPA Interned German Warships With Ger man Flaps Hoisted Sent to Bottom Germans Ouen Sea Cocks Ad miralty Reports Enemy Sailors Now In Custody Number of War ships Sunk Not Announced De tails of Affair Lacking. LONDON', Juno 21. Announce, incut Hint certain of the' interned (ionium wurshipii nt Henpii flow wore sunk ninl abandoned bv their crows wiih iniiilo bv thu British nihnirnltv thin afternoon. The Clt'nnnn crows hnvo been On tnincil in mifo cutttoilv. Tbu German ships hiiiiIc. tbo nnut- bir of which in nut vol known nt (Im iiilmiriiltv, bd not been iiiunucd ninri' tlinir internment. It in believed they Wt'ro mink bv mieniiig tbo sen cocks. The Exchange Teleuniph coiiiiuinv report, which wiih eiiiiecllrl Julnr. niiuI tbnt according to limner in the vieinilv. tbi) Oennnu flair wiim hoisted on tbo German ships ut Srupu flow iih tbo rruws prepared In sink them i LONDON. Juno 21. It is reported this nl'tcrnnon thnt, the ships of till' German wur fleet nt Senna flow luivi' Won mink bv their crews. The nd mirnllv has promised tu make n i-lnlc- luont thin evcninir in Ibis connection lUilxlipvlkl Pnfcntcit KKATKRINODAH. Southern. lu. ciii, June 17. Tim force of Gcni-rul Dciiikinc. the -nnli-llolshevik lender in Southern ItiiAMin. are iidvuiniii rnnidlv lowurd Hip Vnli'ii in 'imriill of tin dcnionilir.ud societ troops. The ii....:l: i1.. ....... ...... ...:.i.:.. on of TmriUin on tlm Vuluu. south of Saratov. . ' . Hilt Uh Favor Aid l'AHIS, Juno 20.-fllv the Asso. cinteil Press.) President Wilson mi'l tbo American lunnilicrii of t ho mmri'mp economic commission todnv Jo onn Hitlor whether tiiut hodv should be ilin ooutiuvil. It is understood (lint llor bort Hoovor, director general of the intrr-kilicd relief oruniilzutiuti. fa von n discontinuance of tbu commis sion mill tbo return homo of tbo American members, whereas tho Brit ish favor itM cnntiniiiincn with hrnnil or duties, incliitlimr shipping mid othor branches fonncrlv oniiiliieled bv n hoimnito commission. TEST VOTE i Y WASHINGTON. Juno SI. Under n plan framed todnv bv senate oppon- mix of tho longuO of nations tin effort will ho niiidii Monday to soouro u test voto on .Somitor Knox's roHolution de (hiring opposition to acceptance of tho I ni u mi rovonmil iutor-twiui'il with .tbn tii'iioo lornin. It in iMiiiMiddrod likoly thnt Inter nvxt week mi effort niuv bo mnde to priHH n ri'Holution iloidlirinur thn wnr nt nn end ho iih to relievo coimress ot lilnmo for deliivinir neneo oonditinns HbouliNrntificntion of tho trcntv ho (lolnvod. , , j.; IRISH PRESIDENT ES IN UNITED STATES TO I.Y. , NEW VOUK. Juno 21. An nouncemont whs mndo boro to dnv thnt 1'rofoHJior Kdwnrd Do Vnlerii. president of tho Irish Sinn Kohl ropuhliu.' bud lnndod in Amorioiv mid wuuld ho in Now York CitV Sundnv. Do Vnlofa loft tho Ilritish Isles 10 dnvs nun, nceordiliir to Hurrv J. Uohiiul, bis Kooratnry. nnd is now in (inclusion in this country. His mission to Amoricii wns mndo In, tho hope of plitnin- inir ol'fieinl vadniinilion of tho United irisli ropnblio bv ' tho Sliilos. v . ALL GERMANY BUI PRUSSIA CRIES PEACE Provincial Press Insists Treaty Be Signed at Once Southern Ger many a Unit for Acceptance Op position Endures Only, in Prussia and Baltic Reqlons. WKIMAU. Juno 20. (Ilv tbo As mieinled I'rvhM.) It luokM inoro mnl miiro uk if Kduiiril Unvid would he I ho mieei'HMir, not oulv of l'liiliim Selieideinnnn, tbo eliiineellor. but (if H'nunt Von Itrockilorff-Hnnli'.iiu. for- viu'n ininirtler. llin tenure of both of fieeH will uuiloubteillv bo.onlv fur It nhorl time. . l'AHIS. Juno 21. HimmlehoK ro. I'l-ivcil over tbu Auu'rieun iniliturv wire into (iemiunv oiirlv tbrn nflnr- iioon hluli'd (but lierr Mueller ImviiiL' fnili-il to for inn nilnnet. Dr. Kilunnl fulled to form n minuet. Dr. Kdimrd tioniil nxHoiiihlv. buil been iii-ked to iiHNiimo tbo tllltk. l'AHIS. June 21. 1'p'fidont Kbcrt Iiiin muic-ted llennun Mueller, lull ioritv hoeinlibt leiuler. to form 0 new Oermun ciilnnel. iici'orilimr tu uil- vieen reeoivoil bv tho American ponce deleL'iiliuu. Mmbiiix Krr.borucr nrobublv will henil the (lermiin pence delegation. Tho (Icruiuii iiroviui'iul ureH ih itroiiL-lv uruiiiL' the mioedv siuninir of tho trcntv. Ilerlin iiilviecK to tbo Amcricnn dcl eL'aliiin Hiimmiirir.inii thu situution .-how the Hcntimcnt Ihrouubout (ler- miinv to lie in fnvor of norriitintr tin immicc tcniiH, The nilvieen cover l.eii) ziir. Drcxdcu. C'liiiiuiit x mid other ron rmciitntivo rolfionn.' (leoiirniibicullv aiuilvr.ed. tho ai- ivccK iinlieulo thnt nil tho ttnuthorn (iermiui ntntc nro I'nvoriiblo to tbo iieceiitnnco of tho trcntv. while the l'rUNiun reuiunn uro niiiiiilitiniiii; Mime oiiposition. HKItldX. Juno jn. tltv tho a- cmteil 1'resH.) Mill Iiiiim l',r.lieri;er, mentioned iih nrobuhlc bend nt the new Clerinun iH-neo delcmition) in re ported to have hi nt n nolo to l'remier Clenicneciui im president of tho nouco eonferenre. nskinir wbether tho nllios will uuroo to tbo inimediutu nduiixxion of (Icrmunv to tho l.euuua of NutionH. llerr r.rr.heritcr iumo desiros to know if tho powers will coiikoiiI to tho limilulion of Oermnnv's indemnity to lOIMXm.imn.lltm aU murkM mid ro noiineo tlicir cltort to imvo loraicr KuiPiiror William mirreiidercd. Tbo nolo does not miv whethor Oermunv will hiun the peace, trcntv but tbo iiiforeneo Keenm clenr that bo would necpt tho (rent V if these eon- crxHionH wore mode. It ix known thnt difficullv m beim: pxperieneed in Koeurimr n inn iorit v without the Oerninn democruts for tbo I'ormntion of n trovernmont. and the eonditionH iiiuuod bv Hiirr Kiv.beri:er uro thoKO upon which tho democruts would re-enter tbn nuiiurilv block. Tho center pnrtv nlwo bus (lectured thnt it desired minilur oonceNsinns but its iHisiliun has not been rcuiirdcd ur mi unsjiukiililu one. An to ItcmrntlonN PARIS. Juno 2t. Tbo council of four of the nenco eonferonco received n note toduv from tbo fiormnn penoo deleiintion, nskinir if Premier Gleni- enceiiu's nolo oxiihiiniiiur tho roniirn tioiis clauses of fho peace trentv was it hindinir port of tho trentv nnd hiivini; tho sumo forco cs tbo trcntv itself. Tho council ut its morninc session considered this note. 11a rim aonni no, tho itiiliun iorcmn minister, was present. Ilcl'oro tho receipt of . tho Uermnn nolo tbo council hnil resumed consul oration of tho uncompleted portion ol thu Austrian trentv. .Aooordinir to n lierlin (lispiitcb Vt duv nitrlil ho Oermun noto to tho ponce conl'erehco ciles 12 insthnees in which the covcrimr noto of tho ul liod roplv to tbo Ooriunn's nniiouncod concessions which nro not continued in tho nlterod toxt of tbo penco trenty PAIUS. Juno 21. (llv tho Asso cuited Press.)' Tbo official copies o tbo penco trentv. to bo sinned liv rep rosontntives ol Oorninuv nnd tho nl lies, now nro beinif prcpnred in tho offico of tbo conornl scerotnrv of tho penco eonl'orenco, nueordimr to tho Echo do Pnvis. Kiiuh ol! the ulliod reprosonlntives whoso names must nppeiir on tho docnniont hnvo boon nsked forinnllv for HpocinieiiR of their siannturos nnd their scAls. ' ii ; I ' Martial Law in Hamburg. t'OI'I'.INIIAUIflN, Juno 21. Mor tinl law bus been.vroelniinod in th entire zone, nl llnmhiirir hnrlinr nn n consciiiicncn of nn incroiiso in mills upon lood depots, , . . . He Piit It HUN EFFORTTO E NOTi.GIVENUP Sentiment in Germany Strona for Peace But New Government Won't Sign Without Effort to Obtain Con cessions Erzberaer New Leader Nittl New Italian Premier Pro-Slav. ItY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Juno 21. While tho trend of Gorman sentiment is declared in novices rciichinc tho pence conference to lie continuing stronnlv in fuvor of siun inif the .penco treaty, it is boeominir upnarent that the Germans do not in tend to ninko their ultitudo officinllv known without an effort to ohtniu modificntions in tho terms. lu thu first pluco. thev wish to know definitelv what thev nro sicn in, and hnvo nsked tbo penco con ferees if tho terms of tbo eovorinir noto mnv bo considered ns part of the ilooumont itself. In addition thev nro reported to Imvo nsked the conference if the nl lics would ucroo to admit Gormnnv iinmedintelv to tho I.omtuo of Nutions, consent to limit Oermauv's indemiiilv ot one bundrpd billion irold murks nnd trikoout tho ronnircinent for the surrender of tbo former German em peror. , Tho Uermnn enbinot situntion is stilj, ii mixed one It is dofinitolv known tlint tho Scheidcmnnn enbinot has rosianod. Whotbcr.a successor to llerr Schoidomnnn has hpen chos en seems doubtful. Orlnmlo looses In Italy Tho advices seem to indicnto that Pfosidonb Kbort will rutnin office, at least for, tho time beinir. Mutliins Er.horitei' seems sure of a, iilnco in tho sovernmont. proliahlv ns "minis ter of reconstruction nnd, fulfillment of tho trentv" and ho is pointed to as tho likelv head of tho now German ponco doloiration. Amonc nuuies mentioned for tho premiership nro tlioso of Gustitv Nosko. minister of defense, nnd Dr. Ediiurd David, form er president of the national assembly, nnd llerr Mueller, majority socialist loader. Fnincosco Nilti. fonnov .Italian miuistor of finnnce, who rcsiened from tho Italian enbinot last 'January bocauso of n disaurcement with Pre mier Orlando ovor tho hitter's foreign policy, has been nsked to form tho now Itulinn enbinot, it is scmi-offi-oinllv nniiouncod. ' ' ; . Slirnor Nitti is snnposod to favor a coinpromiso with tho Juao-Slnvs in roferenco to oonflictin1 claims to ter ritory on the custom eonsl of tho Ad- rmUo, .. .. ... SECUR FAVORS in His Pipe and Smoked It PORTLAND POLICE GET IN1 CARLOAD LOTS FROM THE S. P. PORTLAND, June 21. Forty-two quarts ot Kin and 98 pints of whiskey woro confiscat ed early today by deputy sher iffs when unearthed In a South ern Pacific sleeping car at tho local yards. TIiIb was the sec ond tilg haul In 24 hours, 49S pints of whiskey having been secured from another car not many hours 'before. PORTLAND, Juno .21. Mu nicipal Judgo Rossman today fined' John Jones, a negro por lor, $200 for violating tho pro hibition law. Pollco say the negro had a suit case containing 13 quarts of whiskey -whon they captured htm after a chase in which thoy fired several shots In the air to stop htm. IRE IT LEAVES EUREKA EUREKA, Calif., June 21. A 12 venr. wide world search tor milium W. Stevens, a New Zenlnndor, who is traveline somewhere, not knowm; thnt a fortune awaits him, todnv bid fair shortly to come to nn end when n de tective learned Stevens had been liv inir here nnd recently had lctt for Orcsron. He was. known hei-e ns nn itinerant photourapher and painter. A sister. Miss Ailecn Stevens of Wuiriipn. New Zealand, and Stevens, were nnmed heirs to a Inrire cstite shortly utter the latter started on his wanderings. She has been twins to locate bor brother ever since. . , Police departments and Sheriffs' offices north of hero, hnvo been no tified to look out for him. r' CALIFORNIA AVIATOR I I KILLED IN TEXAS "Houston. Tex-.,' jnno 21. Ueu- tinnnt 0. K. Grazier. Richmond, Cal ifornia, and. Lieutenant Willinm K Baor, , Detroit, -wore; the two arrav aviators killed, wlion their piano crashed' to the eround nt Pel Rio, Tex., yestc.rdnv. nccordinc to official report rcijcivcd at Ellington Kicld hero today. . ... v. CRACK U.S; ARMY INI GERMANY Best Equipped Force Ever Assembled Ready for Drop of Hat Boys Hope Germany Will Sinn But If they Don't LoolrOi't Germany! First and Second Divisions Advance. WASHINGTON, June 21. Army officers here said today the American army now preparing to advance Into Germany could operate as an entity separate from its home base for a year or more If circumstances should require. They declared the force of 225,000 men probably was the best equipped that ever had been assem bled. . Tho personnel was described , practically "hand-picked" with equipment of the most modern type. Great depots situated In the area be hind the Cotilenz bridgehead were filled with the best of the reserve supply. v In the event of an advance. It Is the opinion here that the First and Second divisions will be the active elements with the Third and Fourth as the Immediate reserve and the fifth holding the third line. . i CODLENZ, Wednesday, June IS. (By Associated Press.) Divisions ot the Third Army, after being awny from bnttloftelds and war scenes for seven months, have again plunged Into the stirring activities which general!)- precede the actual thunder ot war. An army, unperturueu, ny tne work: of. the peace conforence and thinking much of home, has sudden ly boon galvanized Into the life the soldiers knew before the armistice and endowed with renewed vigor. It is today moving forward toward the edge of tho great semi-circle which marks the dividing lino .between the occupied areas and the neutral sec tions of Germany. ' The Second 'Division was tho first to "move, getting under way early to day. Along the Sayne valley which moots tho Rhine noar Npuwotd which has been tho division headquarters, tho Second, with Its infantry, ma chlno guns, artillery and nil tho paraphernalia of war, pushed for ward. Tonight tho American soldiers aro sleeping beneath the sky in tho open fields while tho country In every direction Is dotted with smouldering flros where the soldiers' hurried sup per hndiboen prepared. Tho concentration of the First dl vision Is well under way and will be completed before Saturday night. As the men worked and marched today they sang as men only can. Officers said the doughboys waded Germany to sign the treaty and after that to go home, but "It the Germans did not sign look out Gormnr.y." WILSON POLICY IS Watchful Waitina Officially Re nounced In Favor of Watchful Pre paredness Army Now Ready to Cross Border at First Sianal of Trouble Can'anza In Bad Way, WASHINGTON, June 21. Recent developments along the southern bor der and within Mexico Itself,-it was learned officially today, has brought radical change in the attitude of this government toward Mexico. It can be stated on positive authority that "watchful waiting" has been discarded for "watchful prepared ness." The war department has perfected plans to throw a punitive expedition of adequate strength across the Rio Grande the moment official word is received of reprisals on the part of Villa for the Juarez Incident, or In case of other contingencies tending to bring the Mexican situation again to a stage approaching the crisis of last Sunday. Orders for the advance of this column, however. It was said would be accompanied by Instruc tions for the military occupation of territory necessary to Insure the safety of the expedition and absolute protection of the border thru the creation ot a neutral zone south of tho line. Further movement of the expedi tion would Bepend entirely on subse-' quent developments. Villa. Not llclieved' ; Military observers here place little credence In the reports that Villa has abandoned his offensive to the north. Economic as well as military, neces sity, .it was pointed out, call for the elimination of the Carranza garri sons now stationed on the flanks of the territory Villa now controls-and possession of a frontier port would give the rebel chieftain fresh sinews of war in the shape of customs duties and equipment. Altho three federal generals now are operating ugairtst Villa in nor thern Mexico, confidential reports to the war department aro not. optimis tic regarding the .success of the Car- ranzista campaign there while tne withdrawal ot badly needed troops from the south tt Is expected will be followed bj fresh incursions of the Kellcistas, already at the very gates of the capital. The Carranza mili tary establishment according to. of ficial reports filed here actually in cludes less than 40 per cent of Its paper strength of 160.000 and Its military value .Is decreased by the doubtful loyalty of some of the high officers and the fact that hundreds of recruits woro forcibly conscripted. rnrrnnM in Itml WllV . -, Anseles. a - Villtsta general. Ysi characterized rn official circles hero as "undoubtedly the most skillful military leader south of the - Rto Grande. ' The Villtstas aro conser vatively estimated to number tun thousand equipped with fairly mod ern arms including cannon up to 105 millimeters In caliber. So serious Is the condition fa"cd by President Carranza lhat he is said to bo bending every effort to secure the direct support of tho Unitoit States. This, according to officials here, accounts tor the ease w'th which the Jiiirei incident was closed. ENGER SHIP IS SUNK, NONE LOST NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. June 21. The steamer Northland of the East ern steamship line, bound from New York to Boston, with several hundred passengers and a large cargo ot froiglit. ran aground on West Islnnn, about ten miles from tho Buzzard Bnv eutraiico to the Capo Cod cnnul shortly after 5 a. m. today. . BOSTON. June 21. A message re ceived at the offico of the Eastern Steamship company, said that all 3."i0 passengers on board the Northland had boon taken off snfclv and carried to New Bedford. The transfer was made bv tugs and small boats. Tho message to the steamship company said the damage was con fined to the outer bull of the North land. ' SIEGE DECLARED IN MUNSTER SPARTICANS ARE BUSY COBLENZ, Juno 21. (Bv the As sociated Press.) A state of 'niece has been declared in tho district of Minister, in Westphalia, northeast of Cologne, been use of Spartacun dis turbances, according to information rencliing Ainericaii lieadiiuaiteis ABANDONED TOWARD MEXICO U. S. LABOR VOTES AID TO JAPAN American Federation to Assist Labor Movement in Mikado's Kinndom Samuel Gompers Re-Elected Presi dent Apainst Opposition of Radi calsDeclares Result an Answer to Labors' Traducers and Oppo nentsUnionize South America. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 21. Samnel Gompcrs was to'da v. re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor, in convention hero. Mr. Gompcrs in a speech said. the selec tion was American labor's answer to its traducers and opponents. i When the delecates arose to thcr feet to cheer the veteran workmen's leader. James Duncan of Seattle, the onlv deleeato who voted "no" and Perlcv Grow, of Los Anaeles. and i other so-called radicals remained seated. Tho proportion of these, however, was small. Mr. Gompcrs declared in his speech that a certain element in labor had for months been trvinu' to brinz about his defeat and that munv anti-labor-nnd anti-American publications had been used as advertising mediums to , attack orennized labor in ccncral. and its lenders in particular. - - "It was organized labor's right to determine who should lie its presi dent, whether anv one else liked it or- not," Mr. Gompcrs added. "I hnvo " SAMUKL (JOMPKRH Once more Is elected head of Amer- lean Federation of tabor. given all that is in mo to servo the cause of labor . primarily and thu masses' of people generally. M.v highest conception of ilutv.hns been service and protection of. the rights of the great masses so that each suc ceeding generation mnv he nssured it will receive everything that righttul ly belongs .to it." Cooperate A Ith Japan The convention voted to cooperate with the workers ot Japan so ns to assist them in organizing in order that there might he a better under- tnnding between the working men of the United States and Japan. The convention also authorized tho sen'' ot n delegation ot tlie ieu cration to include mining it Mr. Gom pcrs to the International Triples Lu ton Congress in Ainsteruum, Julv 2o. Approval was also given to send a committee, on which Mr., dumpers was to be a member, to the l'an American Federation ot Labor to bo held in New York Julv 7. The con vention recommended that the c.- (Continued on Pace Six.) IS 10 WASHINGTON, J unO 21. A proposed, nmonilmont to thn pending prohibition enforce- mont bill giving tho president authority to repeal tho war time prohibition act, insofar ai It affects the sale of light wlnos and beer, was defeated today by the house judiciary commit tee 12 to a. " : "!J"