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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919
NO. 83
Medford M
GERMANY
F
General Situation Becomlnq More anil
More Serious Suartacans Admit
Hour Has Come News From East
lncreaslno.lv Alarmlnn Beta Kun
Hunaarlan Radical Declares Ger
many Will Slan Peace 'and Revolu
. tlon Will Follow.
11KHNK. Kwilxurliuid. .Intin 27.
The general situation ill (Icriniinv in
becoming steadily inoro serious, ac
cording to Uiu lalcst dispatch. Tim
railroad strike is about li extend
throughout lliu whole country. Kpnr
tncniiH do not conceal their belief llml
their hour has 001110, in view o' the
(riiiiHiMirliilioii strike mill Iho poor
I'noil supply, rionio ri'ixirlH stiilo. Unit
famine niiK-am imminent. On lite
nt hor I111111I, it in Hiiiil, n counter rovo
lotion seems to lia browing in tliu oust
f ml tho news from tlii'ro in inerons.
inglv ulnnninir.
icnrnt Hoffman IHnmlaiml
llKltl.lN. Juno 27.-liv tho Ao-
oillteil I'ri'MH.)' Ocllcrill I lol t MHtll.
win was n nriinu mover in the ncgo
tiiitinnH lending lit) to tin. liri'st-l.ito-vnI
Irciitv with Russia. Iiiik been dis
missed rroiil his command in llli' i'iinI
urn district, ImviiiL' declared ho
would di'fi'iid that district to tho lust
man in defianoo of tho govcrnmcnt'i.
ordi'i-N mid never recognize tho ponce
I rent v.
1IKUI.IN. Juno 2U. (Bv the Ao
rintcd Press.) Tho American relief
nssocinlions hero hnvo received ;i
dispatch from Colonel ltvan, hciiI
from Hamburg WVdnesduv. It hiivh:
"Thorn wn ootiKiilornliln street
fighting Inst night mid this inoi-niuir
hotwiion government troops mid civ
ilianH, Machine iiiiiih worn used on
lioth sides nnd 11 niimliiT persons
Worn killed and wounded. Rumors
indicate that tho government troops.
are temporarily losing itroiinil. Ail
ilitional troops uro reiiorled coming
from outside the eitv. The Amorioan
destroyers llorniirdu and I'pshur are
hero nnd tho food ship Kllut in ulso
in Itamhtirir liarhor. Tho lloiiiu, nn
nlhor food ship. In coining tin tho
river."
Tho dispatch hiivh Amarienn relief
workers aro not disturbed and will
I'ontinuo work.
llrln Kiiii'h Statement
llt'DAPKKT. Juno 27. f Itv tho
Associated Press.) "Tho allioil pol-
iev toward Hungary should ho one of
non-inlorforeiieo in our inlerniitional
nffairN and the allien iiImi should raise
tho blockade," Belli Kun. the lliiugn
riun foreign minister. I old tho Assn
oialed Press correspondent, lodav.
Discussing reiiorled frieliou with
Iho A list rin 11 republic, hn said:
"It is ultouether iintruo. Austria
is seeking lo deceive. Iho public so
Jlml il mnv eontiiio llm domiiuilion of
ilnpsliurir capitalism,
"Our policy is peace Premier Ton
ino of Russia, Ik not dictating our in
leriial noliev."
"Yoh, communism will Biieeoed
hern." ho sniil in answer to n ouch
tion.
Asked if Hungarians wauled com
miinism, ho Niiid :
"Tho mnjorilv !h missive, but tho
minority is active. Anvwnv, il is im
possible for iik to work under cap
itnlisni oven with tho latter passive
HlK't, Then ItevoK.
"I know Iho (Ioniums will siirn I lie
ponce terms mid I am L'lad of it, for
it melius n revolution in (lermiinv.
After such n pencil eaiiilalism will ho
ineaimhlo of organizing enpilnl llioro.
Nor would it nay. politically, lo try
to do ho. I'eaeo will bring class war
nnd revolulioiiH in oilier cunnirics, ns
J'oroHocn bv Lcnino, who is tho groat
est man in the world."
PARIS. Juno l.V-rieneral Zitkuus.
(Continued on Page Four.)
ANARCHISTS PLOT TO
KILL KING ALFONSO
WASHINGTON. Juno 27. Rumors
of an anarchist plot to assassinate
lung Alfonso of Spain iliirmi; (lie
,.....uu;.,., 11,.. ...... i 11,,, (',...i.,u
TuchiIiiv wore reHPotisilile for tho mid--
.Int. ..Iimirrn tP llm u.ietie .if llm nni'n.
monv from Iho elininbor of deputies
wncre it usually is nein, 10 inn senaie
liniiHO ndjoiuimr Iho nnlaee, Iho stale
department, was informed lodav in
...i... .1: 1 ..t e mi.. .!..:.!
uiucilli uispiiienuH uopi jh.ihiiiu,
EXPECT TREATY
TO BE SIGNED
SATURDAY P. M.
German Deleuates En Route to Paris
President Wilson Bids Goodbye
to Newspniier Men Expects to
Sail Sunday Paris Worried Over
What Will Hauuen In Germany.
I'AKIH, Juno 27 PI a in woro eom
tilolod liy tho council of four today
for 1lio hIkiiIiik of tho iionco treaty at
3 o'clock Buturdny.
I'retililont Wllnon roenlvoil Amer
ica 11 nuwHpupor corrcHpondcntn at
tho Hotel Da Orlllon at 2 o'clock thin
afternoon ami mild It In Hood-bye to
thorn.
It In hollovnil tho (iurinnn iloloKiitnn
will nrrlvu In I'lirla lonlKlit lit 0
o'clock.
IIY AHHOCIATKI) I'HKHS, Juno 27
Dr. Hermann Mueller, (iormnn for-
oIkii milliliter, nnd Dr. Johanneii Hell,
mlnlMer of tho colonleH, uro on their
way from Derlln to VorBulltin to lKn
ho treaty of nouco, havInK pawieil
thru CoIokuo th In niornliiK. ArraiiKO
nientn uro procuodlng for tho bIkiiIiik
of tho trouty at 3 o'clock Saturday
uftornonn. Not wlthHtundlnK tho
probability that tliu formal aligning of
I ho treaty imcnm near to sccompllnh
moiit, I'lirla reporu Intimato that
I bore Ih a foulliiK anionic tho allied
deli Kiilen ihut 111" hIkiiIiik may not
brltm to a clous tho toima altuatlon
lietwuon Iho allien and tiormanii. A
had liiipromilnn aa to the inability of
iho proHout (icrman government ban
biton created In Turin. It Ih pnlntml
out Ihut there la no provlnion In tho
treaty uh to when Cernniny niimt rat
ify tho document anil It la feared
thoro may lio vexatloua dnluya before
peaco In netually ronlorc-d.
.Meanwhile u StuttKnrt dliipntcli to
a Merlin newnpapor statoe that for
mer ICmporor William la plannliiK to
return to Ciorinany before tho allien
can item n nil bin Rurrondor by The
XutherbiuilH government.
DlHpatclioii roport tho Inlernal alt
iiatlnn In (lormuny bcconilnn Incrcaa-
InKly aerlmui. Affairs at HiimburK
nra conccdedly In a bad way nnd
thoro nra niimcroun reports of com-
inunlht niovemenlR In cxlstonco or In
pronpect, while a countor-rovolutlon-
nry niovcinont la Bald to ho urowinK
In Iho eiinlern part of the country.
PAHIS, Juno 27. Whllo no offlc
Inl announcement has boon niiida ro
KurdlnK tho timo for Iho ceremony
of HlKiilnR tho peaco tronty with Cier-
muny, nrrnnKomcnlii for tho event
are proccedlnK on tho undorstandlng
that It -will occur at II p. m., Satur
iluy. Tho council of four wan In dor
lnn I bis innrnluK porfpctlnK plans
for Iho hIkuIiir.
If tho RlKiilnit occurs nR contom
plnted, 1'roiildont Wilson plans to
loavo for Brest Immediately after
word, mitllnk" for tho llnltod Slates at
noon Sunday.
On 1 ho advice of tho council of
four tho eiilnono doloKnt linvo
imreed to hIrii tho treaty nnrosorvod
ly with tho liuilornlanilitiK that u
protocol later will bo added Btul Ihk
that they slKiiod with tho under
RtandliiK that Japan would return
tho SlinntiiiiK concessions to China
within a stipulated time.
COlll.HNZ, Juno 27. (By Associ
ated Press.) Korelsn Socrotafy
Muollor and Colonial Secretary lloll,
Iho two Gorman peace doloRatoB on
their way to Versailles, punned thru
Colnunn ut 11:45 o'clock this mor
al UK', n tolephnno mousngo from Co
Iokuo ropnrtcd.
A llorlln dlspntch lo tho Coblonr.
nnwKiiniinrfi rrvr that Iho German
doloKalos undnrsliind that thoy aro
lo slitn tho tronty n,t 3 o'clock sntur
day afternoon.
f'OUI.KXZ. Juno 27. Aot'ordinit to
advices reeeivod hv Iho Amorienn nu
Ihorilies heVe, Ministers -Muollor nnd
Hell left Herlin in the irrealost seerocy
on a special train, foiiriui; an atlciupt
on their lives.
OHTLAND Juno 27. Securities
valued at till), 1)1)0 which- had been
stolon from tho vnult in the offices
of tho Hammond I.undior company
sometime between last Saturday night
and Monday moraine, woro recovered
early lodav. An employe of Iho com
pany found them in n vnennt room
next to tho oltieo lroni which thev
had been slolon, neeordinB to n roport
iiuiiio lo Iho tiolice. Tho seeurilios
ffvfu inm-m'ttplmblo,
r -.THE WORUJ IS HIM!
SfH nAKnTAlALUED UBOR WILL IKITRHIN nFNIFS
ELECTION STILL
IS IN DOUBT
KAHGO. X. June 27. Tho out
come of the North IJIakotn referen
dum election remains vcrv much in
doubt. '
Important eiiin have boon made
hv tho opponents of the IcnL'iio in the
lied river vullev counties.
As vet very few returns hnvo boon
received from the western counties,
which nro Icmlmio strongholds.
Tho voto is vcrv nearly uniform on
tho seven hills, nnd there wns very
little "splitlini;."
ORAM! KOHKS. N. P.. June 27.
With ima out of 2.8rui precincts
heard from, the voto nuninst the Non
partisan IjCiiL'tio measures is .12.218
and Iho vole lor them 28.4:i:i. in Iho
referendum election yesterday.
FAIifKV Tl . .lime 97. V.'illi Hie
voles of Iho lamer cities apparently
nuninst the seven Non-I'artisau
I.ohlmio laws snliinilled to the North
I )n kola voters for a referendum bul
bil, interest centered lodav in the ro
lurns from Iho rural districts.
Koor hundred and Iwenlv-seven
precincts out of 2S,"ili precincts in the
slalo, reported this mornim:. civo 12.-
0-1(1 voles lor the rson-rarlisnn
l.oiiiiiio laws and 21,58(1 votes ntrainst
tho laws. This is Inre-lv n eilv vote.
and represents about ouc-fonrth of
tho total voto east.
Tho rural voto is runuiutr nt least
two to nno for tho leaeue laws, which
average, if mainlained, will trive the
Non-riiYtisun laws a inaioritv of lo,-
000.
POLISH ATROCITIES
WASI1INOTOX. Juno 27. Presi
dent Wilson advised tho senaie today
Ihrouu'h tho slalo department that he
wits considerincr sendinir nnolher com
mission to Poland to invcslii;nto ro
ports of Jewish massacres. Ho said
n decision would bo reached after ho
had eonlorrod ut Paris with Much
Gibson, American minister to Poland.
HUNGARY IS NIPPED
HKRNE, Juno 27. A counter revo
lutionary movement. in Hunsury dur
ing which n monitor on tho Danube
was seized bv nn nnti-sovcrnmont
forces, has been put down, nceordins
In advices lo Iho Vienna correspond
ence, bureau JLroiii (ludnpesti . . . .
PROTEST JULY 20TH
AGAINST WAR POLICY
Km-TIII'niJT Pn,.l,in,1 .Tune
27. British. French and ltulian
lulirti i-.,itn,o,nl livo ItiiVft .lo-
eided to make n ccncrnl demon-
stration Julv 2(1 or 21 to pro-
test mrainst allied intervention
in Kiissia. This announcement
wns made bv Arthur Henderson.
Hritish labor leader, nt the lubor
conference here todav.
The conference later adopted
n resolution enllimr upon the
Trade I'nion Conirrcss to take
industrial action in order to
compel the Hritish uovcrniuont to
fit.tti nhi.nitinn4 ill Itlwtu 4
TO ESTABLISH
PRUSSIA STATE
HKUUX. Juno 20. (liv the Asso
ciated Press.V Details of n secret
plan to create n separate state in
northeastern Germany nro revealed
bv tho Ilanzii: correspondent of the
Taceblall, who snvs it was the inten
tion to coopernto with the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburff in tho establishment
of either n rcpuhlio or a monarchy
to include East Prussia, West Prus
sia nnd Posen.
llorr Witr. the nritional commis
sioner for Posen nnd the two Prus
sian provinces, tho correspondent de
clares, wns to head the movement.
Tho military forces woro to make nn
immediate nttaek as soon ns the
peaco treaty was sitnicd.
Tho plan was disclosed, it is add
ed, when various conoruls interested,
had a oont'oronco with tho irovcrn
mcnt leaders nt Weimar. General
Groener. at prcsont tho chief com
mander, it is declared, wns tho first
to decide to abandon the lilan. Mu
thias Krzberccr, head of tho German
armistice cotnmisison. and llerr lloer
sinir. the commissioner for Upper Sil
esia, also were involved. flustov
Noske. minister of defense, the cor
respondent asserts, had n difficult
task in persuading lloorsintr to civo
up Iho plan. The government, it is
declurcd, feared that lloorsine, m
stead of operating ncainst tho Poles
with tho troops under his command,
would turn about and inarch on Ber
lin, in nn a I tempi lo reestablish the
former emperor on ho (hrtmo,
DISCOVER PLAN
mi uiiiii l.i i ib,w
EXTRAVAGANCE
OF DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON. June 27 Statc
ents of republican lenders in tho
house that their party had saved the
people $1,500,000,000 bv climinntin
"democratic extravagance" from sup
ply bills passed bv the house this ses
sion were denounced on the floor to
day bv Representative Kitchin, demo
crat, of North Carolina, ns "master
pieces of political deception."
The former democratic house lead
er discussed nt some length a state
ment given out last week bv Republi
can Lender JJondcll and declared "it
was rich in talse .impressions, wrong
inferences and bald misstatements of
fact."
"During the last session the demo
cratic house passed everv needed war
measure and public supply hill. This
enactment was not completed, but
whvf. Their defeat was caused sole
ly bv the detestable, indecent filibus
ter made bv the republican is the sen
ate during the closing days of the
session.
"Now the republicans como nnd
snv their efl'ieicnt work has made
passage of the bills possible." ,
Taking mi each of the supply
measures in detail. Mr. Kitchin -declared
the reductions which had been
made in them were due. not to re
publican economy, but to Democratic
efficiency in running tho various de
partments. "It is said Hint tho republicans
saved $-1110.0011.0011 in the armv hill
alone." ho said, "when in reality they
didn't snvo tho people n single penny
in that measure, nor in any other. The
$-100,000,000 was niuilo possible bv
tho war department's splendid work
in carrying forward demobilization
faster even than any one considered
possible last spring."
PROHIBITION BILL
TO BE CONDENSED
WASHINGTON. June 27. The
house iiidieiafv committee todav vot
ed 17 to 2 to report out nil prohibi
tion enforcement legislation in ono
general bill, with tho war timo en
foreeinent measure set down ns part
one.
The three sections of the enforce
ment hill nro: War tune enforcement,
effective upon its npproval: consti
tutional prohibition enforcement nnd
regulation of tho manufacture of in
dnstrinl alcohol. Pnrts two and three
will become effective January 10.
when the country will go dry hv con
stilulionnl ameililnienf,: ...
WILSON
IDEAL
DEAL OF
PEOPLE
President Polncare In Farewell Dinner
to President 'and Mrs. Wilson Pavs
High Tribute to Chief Executive-
Wilson's Aims Are French Aims,
But Viciilanre Is Necessary.
PARIS, Thursday, Juno 26. The
allies' duty to ho vigilant In enforc
ing the peace terms, and a tribute to
American participation In tho war,
were among subjects discussed by
President Polncare at tho dinner
which be and .Madame Poincaro gavo
to President and Mrs. Wilson and
delegates to the peaco conference at
the presidential palaco hero tonight.
President Poincare's speech preceded
that of President Wilson, who bade a
farewoll to Franco and the French
people.
Thcro were present diplomats and
delegates from all countries attend-
Ins the peace conference. President
Wilson and President Polncare were
seated at the head of the table with
Mrs. Wilson at the host's left and
Mme. Polncare at President Wilson's
right.
' Spirit of Justice
President Polncare, In giving a
toast to President Wilson, asked that
he 'be allowed, at the moment when
his guest was preparing to leave Eur
ope, to render homage once more to
the high spirit of Justice In which
President Wilson bad prepared, with
other representatives of the allied
and associated powers "this great
laborious peaco In which the Justice
saved by our country is going to
definitely Inscribe Its will in favor
of reparation."
President Polncare, referring to
the treaty, said: ,
"The treaties once signed must be
wholly applied and persistence on
our account will be no less indispen
sable to their executions Tho dele
gates of the victorious countries have
not met In order to retain in their
hands nothing but a simple piece of
paper.
Fnvor Society of Xutions
"We want, all of us, as you do, Mr
President, that this peace be not vain
words, that It bo not a fugitive hope
and that it be not a passing flash of
Joy appearing for ono evening In
bloodstained Europe. We want, as
you do, that the society of nations
shall become a beneficient reality.
We, want, as you do, that all the
clauses to which our enemies are go
ing to subscribe, bo loyally observed
"The disposition shown by viola
tions in advance of a treaty that one
is going to undertake to respect
makes It our duty to watch carefully
to see that criminal bands do not
rekindle sooner or later tho confla
gratlon which we have smothered
No 'Signs Rcixrntnnco
"German ships sunk by their
crews. French flags burned, and
demonstrations 1)010 tho new Pol
Ish frontiers aro not signs of ropen
tence.
"Wo must remain together, firmly
united to gather the fruits of the vie
tory that we obtained together.'
President Poincaro concluded by
raising his glass and proposing In
honor of President and Mrs. Wilson
a toast to the Immortality of Franco
American friendships and the inde
structible union of the allied and as
sociated powers.
0. S. NAVAL AVIATORS
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. June 27. The trans
port Zeppelin, carrying tho crews of
the threo NC seaplanes winch par
ticipated in the navy's trnns-Atlantio
flight, arrived at Sandy Hook nt 1:25
o'clock this nfternoon. A dnzzlinjr
ruin made it necessary to cancel part
of the elaborate home coming recep
tion program by aircraft from sur
rounding stntions.
NEW YORK. June 27. An armada
of aerial cruft was assembled earlv
today to welcome America's trans
Atlantio airmen returning nboard the
trunsport Zeppelin. In addition to
tho members of the crew of the NC-4,
headed bv Lieutenant Commander Al
bert C. Read, nre Commander John H.
Towers, commimder of the expedition,
and Lieutenant Commander P. N, L.
Bellinger, and morabers of their crows.
Disaaree on U. S. Army.
WASHINGTON. June 27 House
nnd senate conferees reported a dis
agreement todav on the section of the
armv appropriation bill providing for
an armv of 350,000 men next vear.
The house managers were instructed
not lo ngree lo an army of more
Hum 312,009, .
ALSO
FRENCH
FLIGHT OF
HUN HEIR
Crown Prince Officiary Reported Safe
On Island of Wierinaen After
Peace Sianed Expects to Return to
Silesia Estates Expects Another
War in Ten Years German Offi
cers Continue to Anneal for Kai
ser's Safety.
TUP. If AritrK .limn 27 Frederick:
William IMicnzollcrn. the former Ger
man crown prince, whose escape irom
Itlln,w1 I,, flomifinv bnd heen report
ed, was still at his residence on tho
island of Wierinzen in the Aiiyder Aoo
this morning, it was otticialv nn
Tiiia infnrrmitinn wns disclosed bv
an oficial investigation made bv tho
Dutch minister of the interior. ;
LONDON. June 27. "After penco
is signed I will return to Germany to
livo on mv estates in Silesia, nnd per
form mv duties ns a landowner, said
the former German crown prince in
an interview last week at Wicringen,
according to a Brussels dispatch1 to
the Daily Mirror.
The prince is nlso quoted as de
claring thut "East Prussia nnd Sile
sia will never consent to bo governed
bv Poland. There will be another
war in ten vears." .
PARIS. June 27. The council of
four, newspapers state, bus decided to
cnll the attention of the Dutch gov
ernment to the erave consoouences
which might follow the former orown
prince's escape, and to ask that the
watch over former Emperor William
be increased in vigilance, t vj
COBLENZ. June 2C (Bv the As--sociated
Press.! The following ad
vertisement is nppenring in neWHpam.
pent in various pnrts of iihocupied
Germany, being a port of the cam
paign that is going on throughout tho
countrv under tho auspices of tho
Officers' Alliance: '
"We have telegraphed the llolland
government ns follows: -.
"'The German Officers' Alliance,
filled with gratitude of the hospitality
afforded the German kaiser bv Hoi?
land, in the name of millions of Qer-'
mans, renuest the government of The
Netherlands to refuse to deliver tho.
kaiser to the entente. We cannot now
defend our former war lord with our
bodies, hut we expect the magnanim
ity of the Dutch to spare ns this fi
nal nnd most humiliating disgrace."
No newspapers appearing in tho '
American occupied area have been
permitted to print the advertisement,
which is addressed "to all Germuns."
PARIS. June 27 Thursday's re
port of the oscaiie of the .former
crown prince from his internment in
Holland, it appears from the avail
able advices, came from British, of
ficial sources in Paris. Tho necitrnev
of the news nppuretit.lv was-accepted
without (iiiestion in peace conference
circles. : ; v -i
FOR HOME RULE
LONDON. June 27 Establishment
of self government in Ireland within
the British empire .is proposed in a
manifesto issued todav bv the "Irish
Dominion League" and signed bv Sir
Horace I'lunkett and other Irishmen.
LONDON. June 27. The new move
ment in Irish politics, organized by
Sir Horace I'lunkett under the title
of "The Irish Dominion Lcuguo" is
receiving great encouragement, no
cording to tho Daily Mail. Sir Hor
ace will issue a manifesto at an early
date.
VANCOUVER VOTES
ill
VAXCOUVER,-B' C. Juno 27.
Union Vancouver workers, now out on
a general strike, todav voted over
whelmingly in favor of continuing
their walkout ns a protest BKiunsa
alleged discrimination nguinst certain
strikers.
The vote was taken at a mooting o
strikers todav. Tho count stood 3778
in favor of continuing the strike und
748 against.
When the Winnipeg strike ended
recently it wns believed the Vancouv
er strike would also be settled ns it
wns called in sympathy with the Win
nipeg movement, : i. ;,. .
CANARD