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Newspaper Page Textford Mail Tri The Weather Maximum yesterday 47 Minimum today its m Predictions I"robnhIy niln. NO. 2.'2 Daily Fourteenth Yar. Forty-ninth Tear. MEDFORD, OKI-WON, FRIDAY, .TANU-AHY Ki. .HVJO wo? IVIJCi OF p 1 I ft v loTIK IN PARIS IS A QUIET ONE Protest of Irish Aqitator Only Formal Communication Received All Members Except America. Whose Absence Is Generally .Reqretted. Are Represented Earl Curzon Pledp.es Enqland's Support. South America Heart and Soul in Leaque. PARIS, Jan. 10. The council of the league of Nations received the first formal protest to he presented to It almost before It came into being with today's initial sessions. The protest was from "the envoys of the elected government of the Irish re public." against "the unreal English simulacre of an international league of peace." No mention of the protest was made during the meeting of the coun cil, but copies were handed to the newBDEDer correspondents after tnej left the foreign office. The docu ment was signed "Ouaklaigh Duffy." It reentered objections to the "pre tended League of Nations," and de clared the league to be an "engino of eniDlre. designed to secure and per netuate English hegemony thruout both hemispheres." The ordtest insisted that the league was illusory and Incomplete, lacking authority and sanction, and declared that the United States stood out in Indignation and repudiation of it. PARIS, Jan. 16. Representatives of France, Great Britain, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Japan, and Brazil, members of the council of the League of Nations, met in the "clock 100m" of the French foreign office at 10 o'clock this morning for the first meeting in the history of the league. The council organized at 10:30 o'clock by electing Leon Bourgeois chairman and confirming the choice of Sir Eric Drummond of Great iin- tain as eeneral secretary. The first official act of the council was the appointment of a commission to trace upon the spot the frontiers of the territory of the Barre Dasin. JU.ss America Leon Bourgeois, French represen tntlvn. who presided, said: "The task of presiding at this meeting and inaugurating this great international institution should have fallen to President Wilson. Ve re spect the reasons which still delay final decision by our friends in asn inirtnii. hut express the hope that their difficulties will soon be over come and that a representative of the Great American republic will occupy the place awaiting him among us. The work' of the council will then assume definite character and will have that particular force which should be as sociated with our work. "January 16. 1920, will go down In history as the date of the birth of a new world. Decisions to be reached todav will be in the name of all na tions adhering to the covenant of the league. It will be the first decree of all free nations leaguing themselves together for the first time in the world to substitute right for might But the organization of the League of Nations will not be complete until the assembly of all the states meets. Kncland's Policy Outlined Earl Curzon, British secretary of -state for foreign affairs, and that na tion's representative on the council of the league, said: "On behalf of the British empire I desire to express the loyalty of my government and the external aomin Ions of the British crown to the spirit iindorivtn the covenant of the League of Nations. It is our inten tion by every means In our power to loo., its -nractical efficiency. It is our firm belief that thru Its Instru mentality alone we can hope to in- ure 'that such miseries that the world experienced during the past five years shall not be repeated and that a new era of international rela tionship shall dawn. "The League of Nations Is an ex,- presslon of the universal desire for saner methods of regulating arrairs of mankind, and provides machinery by which practical effect may given the principles of international friendship and goM understanding The success of the labors of the peace conference is a good augury for the tContioued on Page Six) JAPAN IS NOW READY 10 HAND BACK RIGHTS fr t tokio .l.in IT). iitv ihe Aofintixl Pi-ess.) Tin- .Iimnn- esc government, according to the newspapers todav. sent instruc tions last evening ti Yukiohi pbata, the minister to China, to notify the Peking government that Japan, having succeeded to Germany's rights in Shantung on Janaarv 1(1 liv virtiire of the treaty of peaoe, was ready now to negotiate at any time for Iheir return. 4. 4. SOVIET RUSSIA IS E SHE HrXKINGFORS. Jan. 10. Radical gitators deported f rom America will be carefully exemanied lip fore tliev arc permitted to enter Russia online to n statement made to till1 correspondent of the Associated ress by M. Klishkc. secretary of the soviet delegation lit Dorpnt. when in terviewed on the subject a short time at!0. M. Klislike and his colleague. 11 Bcnkendorff. were asked what Uns siu would 'do with the radicals boim sent to Europe on hoard the "soviet ark" Huford. Thev professed to he uninformed on the subject but said Soviet Russia will not allow il self to be used as a dumpinir group for agitators from America.". Finland, in ncceptm!r custody ol the party, is said to be planning1 to use the prominent members ior the purpose of securing the excliamre ot innish political prisoners held in so- ict Russia. As it is regarded as un certain whether the bolslieviki will onsent to receive all members of the party, considerable speculation bus been caused bv the nuestion whether those denied admission will be turned loose between the Finnish and soviet lines to shift the best tliev can. It is understood the Huford will not leave Ilnngo until the party has crossed the Finnish border. GET SECOND PLACE T OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls, Jan. 16. Wasco county school children proved most energetic in the 1919 state wide thrift campaign and won the $o0 prize offered by the Oregon Bankers' association. Jackson county, which was at the head of the list in 19 IS, took second place. The Oregon Bankers' association. Jackson county, which was at the head of the list in 1918, took second place. The Oregon Bankers' association will give a similar prize this year and in addition a prize of a traveling 11 hrary will be awarded by the Oregon State Teachers' association at the general session to the county having the highest ratio of thrift activities to the school enrollment. Now that the nation wide campaign is in operation the thrift campaign is expected to be conducted with even more vigor than in the past. J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction, was head of the forces. Thrift instruction will be come a regular part of the course of study in both the city and rural schools this year. Habits of thrift will be urged on the boys and girls so the nation may be strengthened, that children may learn the value of money, and that conditions in com munities may be bettered. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. !(!. Kverv pupil and everv teacher exposed to smallpox will have the choice of sub- mittinir to vaccination or remainiir.' nwav from classes the 21 davs set forth in state board of health reL'iila- tions. This is the edict issued bv'! the school board in compliance with a rcouest made bv Citv Health Of ficcr Parrish and Thornton T. Mun ter, secretary of the city club. CLEMENCEAU DEFEATED Blf OWN PEOPLE Tiqer Loses in Race for President and Is Eliminated From Public Life President of Senate Wins Caucus After Characteristic Chanqe of Front On Part of Temperamental Gauls Clemcnceaii Retires In Fa vor of Poincaire. IPARIS, Jan. 10. (By Associated Press.) Premier Georges Clemenceau went down to defeat at the hands of his countrymen today in a caucus of the senate and chamber of deputies to choose a candidate for the presi dency of the republic. M. Clemenceau thereupon announc ed hlB withdrawal from the contest and asked his supporters to cast their votes for the re-election of President Poincare. Senators and denutles. after the caucus In which Paul Deschanel, nresident of the chamber,- led the pre mier by 19 votes, generally expressed the opinion that the vote means the elimination from public life of the futher ot victory,". Premier Clemen- cinii lielnc neither a senator nor a deputy. M. Ulemencenu's friends already are searching for another candidate, as President I'olncare is reported to have refused to accede to the demand of a deputation of Senators and depu ties that he be a candidate for re election. He is said to have renewed emphatically the expression of his de termination not to be a candidate. Unprecedented Interest Never before In the history ot pres. idential elections In France has a plenary caucus been attended by such a large number of deputies and sen ators, 821 out of 92 4 being present. Heretofore it has been the custom to ii iv ni tha nui-tiea of A.- tA m nnoMinnnl ..i .1,0 !,, ..miiriiitn Imth nt 11,0 ohnmlini- and senate all the parties. Neither Premier Clemenceau nor M. Deschanel were present at the caucus hut former Premier Brland Andre I-afevro and Edouard Ilerriot, the. latter the new president of the radical nartv. were conspicuous In marshalini! the Deschanel forces while Georges Mandel, formerly Pre mier Clemenceau's confidential sec retary, and Edouard Ignace were can vassinE on behalf tf M. Clemenceau Those presiding at the voting table were fairly swamped by the vener able senators , and young deputies anxious to cast their votes before the polling closed at four o'clock. A few hets wore recorded wun m.itne cnrorccmcni iu uecoiue uik- riemencemi iho nronounced favorite, There were naturallv two views ol the defeat of the premier who for morn than two Tears, by his forceful nersonalitv and courage had ruled imih houses of the Darliamcnt with an iron hand. One of the senators who was opposed to the premier re - marked: "M. Clemenceau has been victor- ions against many atatcks in tne chamber and the senate in the past two years. This was because he was fightlng for France, when lie sceKs personal honors, however, he goes down to defeat." Many of the deputies and senators who had supported the premier lln- gered In the courtyard after the close of the balloting, Badly commenting upon the outcome. REFUSE $15.90 SUGAR HOSKHUHG. Ore.. Jan. 10. Two of the lar'cst dealers in this citv and one restaurant proprietor, refusinc In line the ouotntioii of 10.00 a sack i" o. h. Portland, for sui;ar. have can celled nirureL'tite orders with whole salers lor nearly 12 tons. The price was declared to be pra ticallv prohibitive. The dealers al lured that thev would be compelled to retail the sonar at 18 eents, which Ihcv said the people are unable to uav. Iietailers state that there is enoimh of the present supply to last lor u couple o weeks or s. INTRODUCE A BILL TO INCREASE SALARIES OF SALKM. Ore.. Jan. Hi. I'mler : hill introduced in Hie house vesterdav the salary of Ibe county iiulue of Jackson county would be increased to .'2.400 vKir: county comiiii-sioiieis $11 a dav: treasurer. -.nilll a vear deputy treasurer 1,'2II0 a vcar clerk $;l.000 11 vear: deputv clerk 1..")00 a vear: sheriff :!, tiOO a year: deputv sheriff $1 800 a vear: assessor 2.-U)(l a venr and county school super intciiilciil $2,400 11 vear. The bill was introduced by the Jack sou county delegation ' END OF BOOZE NEW YORK, Jan. JO. The bibul ous fraternity m New iork, Having staved mi nil niuht at the wake of John Iinrlevcorn in the cafes and hotels nloiitr the white wuv. put on its dueppst mourniiiL' todav in prcpa- lation for the final ohseiiuies at mid- niirht. Statisticians were silent as to tin1 nv.iel shiinkiiL'C in the liniior supply New IIS the result ol last mum s well attended preliminary ceremonies, but il whs admitted there was euouirh lo provide for todav. no matter how firm the deleimnialion liuuht oe to leave not a drop undriiiik upon Uh dawn of the dry era. - The revelry in the iashionable ho tcls and restaurants last niiiht was declared to have put to shaiiic all previous celeiirauons oi a similar na ture in New York. Hut the mourn ers declared that last niuht's nffa'r was only a "tnniiitr up' process lor the last farewell toniirht. Lienor broudit almost unlxllcvablv hiirh prices but that apparently was not the lease of the worries of the thii-s lv. Officials as a rule mannned not to be lookinc at the lonir "packnire parades" todav. but solemn warninsis were issued bv Colonel Daniel L. Por ter of the L'niled States internal revenuo service that the law would lie riuidlv enforced in every particular comnicncniL' one minute alter miii- niejit. WASHINGTON'. Jan. Ki Prohibi tion Commissioner Kramer has com pleted oriiani.ation of the machinery lor the enforcement of constitutional prohibition utter llie amcniimeni aim live at niidni'.'lit. Commissioners liave been appointed lor prneiicaii all slates as well as for the districts I into winch tlie coiimrv nas neen 111 vided for the purposes of enforce- nient of the law. The export of intoxicating Honors 1 will cease with the comma- into lorcc ol the amendment. An enormous amount of whiskey has been sent out 0f the country wiiinn me pasi iew weeks, but lartre stocks still remain in bonded warehouses and ils disposi- tion will be watched eloselv to pre- Vent illegal sales. Liouor held in warehouses ami elsewhere lor private account must be moved in homes or other places of residence bv the owners before mid- nitrlit. Anv remnininir in stora'.'o will be subject to seizure. Home brewuiir ol beveniL'es con- tnininir more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol lilso will conic under the ban. Enforcement of the new Honor law will be left laraelv to stale, county and municipal officials, but Commissioner Kramer has uiven wnrninir that where these fail to use due dilitreiice 'he federal authorities will step in. Hesoliilinns ur.'inL' "loval citizens" to remind tho-c who are indifferent or hostile that unless Hie national pro hibition law is enforced lawlessness .. ;il l.n ...). H-nr ,1. .1 vam tcrdnv bv the executive committee of 11.,. .!; ui,, I ,.,.,.,10 .,f A ,,.,., -ii V...I...... 1 ..ii.n.;t;,.u n-urit tier,.,! i i. i ..,- ;j ,1.1 ;,. ii, slates hostile to prohibition. Three vear old I.ubcro Courtie of San Francisco was scalded to death vesterdav bv a pot of boiling soup which wus accidentally overturned. .1 RHITISH SfF I IUI1MBUII ULL fBi DISASTER IN nrn AniiAimr KtUAUVfllM Chiefs of Army and Naw Hurry to Paris to Confer With Lloyd-Georqe Entire British Empire in Near East Threatened Denikinc Army Collapses Black Sea a Bolshevik Lake Reds Victorious for Past Two Months. LONDON", Jan. 111. The impres sion prevailed here lodav thai in the uiiference at Tims ol I'reiuicr l.lovd (ieorirc. Winston Spencer ( hurclml, the war minister. Waller llmne l.otii:. first lord of the admiralty; Huron Hcnltv. ciniimaiider of the trniiid Heel, mid Field Marshall Sir llenrv Wil son, chief of t In imperial staff, il would be decided to lake some delen sive action aaainst bolshevik military airiii'cssion. The I'ersiiin uovcrniucnl has rc uuested Ureal Hriliiin lo stale what assistance can be urivcn Persia in the event of a bolshevik invasion nn.l what defensive action bv l'ersia would accord with 'I lie Hritish policy. An unconfirmed report from Her li n savs that Knver Pasha, former Turkish war minister, who was re cently crowned kiim of Khurilislan. has been in Herlin and has proceeded lo Asia Minor. This raises the nuestion of whether he was trvimr to enlist the support of German exlrem ;st elements in cinrvimr mil eoopeni lion between (he Turks and the bol slieviki. LONDON. Jan. 11!. Addition of Ihe Hritish people is fixed on tin Near East where recent bolshevik successes have carried Ihe red Has sian armies almost up to the thresh hold of India. Persia, Mesopotamia and Asiatic Turkey. Cabinet mem bers and duels ol Ihe llnlish armv and navy are in Paris today wliilher Ihcv were hastily summoned vestcr dav and are conferrinn' with Premier Llovd (teorire on military and naval mailers in connection, it is believed. with conditions in southwestern Asia. Apprehension was aroused bv issuance of a scmi-of ficinl statement vesterdav pointing on! the situation that has arisen lhroiic.li the collapse of General Dciiikinc's armv in south era Hiissia and bolshevik penetration of TransSaspia. Not only was it ad- in'tted the menace from a Kussian bolshevik invasion, of the Near Kast is very real, but it was pointed out Mint internal condition in Persia Turkey and Afghanistan were threat cniiiir. Ilrltlsh Hani Pressed In Mesopotamia 'ti o. the Hritish are forced to contend with difl'icul tics arisine- from racial dissension Il was said that a soviet advance that captures the Crimea would make the Black sea virtually a Kussian bolsbe vik lake, and it was further indical ed that trrcnt liritain could hope lor lillle help from Ihe new republics ol Georgia, Dnubeslnn and Azerbiian which arc directly in (lie path of the soviet advance. While there is a possibility III bolslieviki mnv .launch an overwhelm inir attack against Poland, the slate nient issued vesterdav showed the greatest preoccupalion of officialdom was over the debacle ol Denikinc arni'es and the rapid advance of the soviet forces toward the Persian and Afghan frontiers. Series of Victories The situation which now confront Great- Hritaiu and more or less Japa and China is not of sudden growth, however. For the past two' monll or more Ihe lioWieviki have hud an almost unbroken series of suecesse-i which have swepl them forward on all fronts where Iheir forces are be lieved to be fonirdable. Admiral Kolcbak's nrmv in Siberi: seems to have been completely de fcated if not dispersed. The red; i.re toilav' far east of Krasnoyarsk and aie moving nearer Irkul-k. Whil ports from Siberia have dealt ai ! ""' entirely w ith operations alon the Siberian railroad, occasional ml 'vices nn ve inoicaicii me ooisuevn, 1 have moved far south of that line and have established themselves near th 1 Mongolian frontier southwest of Irl; nlsk. . Hcd Line 'sjno Mil,., rerlher to Ihe s(tolhwes the so . (Continued on Pago Six) OLCOTT SIGNS BILL PUTTING FISH BOARD INTO STATE POLITICS V J V V V V SALKM, .Inn. 1. CnvtM-nor Oleotl today affixi'il his signa ture it.' t In Xorhlml-I landli'V Monti Huh and 1:111110 ciminiiHsioii 1)111 and Kimv it rurrUu) an emer- ni'tn'V clatisi1. it is now a law. The executive said when simi- inn th measure that he ennsid- ored the segregation (if the eoni- menial fishing and game inter- eats "of great importance," and that it muttered not whether he or the legislature should ap- jK.'iut the commission the mea- sure creates. 4 t ! 4 ! ! ! "JAP" CITIZENSHIP SALEM. Jan. IB. The house of the Oregon legislature, by iiunnimom: vote, today adopted a Joint memorial to congress asking that national leg islation bo enacted which would pro vide Hint the children of such aliens as cannot by law bo naturalized must retain the nationality of iheir par ents. Tho memorial Is aimed directly against children born In this country of Japanese parents, Its authors, In peeches before tho house, declaring tho laws should be amended so as lo prevent all Japanese no mutter whore thoir birthplace might bo from be uming American citizens. SALEM, Jan. 10. M. Vernon Par sons of Eugene, former member of Ilia legislature, told friends here to day that ho will, In a foy days, an nounce himself as a candidate, for secretary of state. SALEM, Jan. 1 0.--Hucauso both houses have passed u -resolution to adjourn sine die at noon tomorrow President Vinton of tho senate an nounced today that speeches on final passage bills will be limited to five minutes as called for la rule two of tho senate. No senator will be allow- ed to yield his time to another, It was said. LEAD! CHICAGO, Jan. lfl. Reginald Do Koven, American operatic composer and conductor, died hero early today of apoplexy. Mr. DeKoven graduated from Ox ford In lftxn and studied music Stuttgart, Florence, Paris and Vien na. Besides writing music ho served as musical critic on various New Yor publications. Mr. DeKoven, who had beea hero for SQveral weeks superintending the production of his opera, "Itip Van Winkle," was attending a dinner at tho homo of Mrs. Jacob Fish, when he became suddenly 111. He died within a few minutes. The body was taken to the home of a brother law, Robert G. McGaan. in Mrs. DeKoven had been with her husband until three days ago, when she returned to their homo In New York. A daughter, Mrs. 11. K. Hud son, lives in New York. Mr. DeKoven was the founder the Washington symphony orchestra of which he was also conductor. was tho composer of a number of op eras, and also had written various music for orchestra and piano. He also had written a largo number of songs, Including "Oh, Promise Me and "A Recessional." Among 'DcKoven's best known op eras are "Kip Van Winkle," which hd Its premier in Chicago two weeks ago, and "Kobln Hood," tho "Man dnrln." "Her Little Highness," and "The Wedding Trip." DeKoven was born at Mlddlutowu Conn., April 3, 1861. NAVY HAL HtSI a. a 11 mm j& mm j ALL HISTORY " 1 Admiral Sims Declares Daniels' Pol icy of Medal Award Has Entirely Destroyed Morale of Service Awardimi D. S. M. to Commanders Who Loose Shins Unprecedented in Naval History Not a Personal or Political F inht But a Patriotic One. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (Hv the ssocinlcd Press.) On taking. tho land todav Admiral Suns said he had received a reply to his Iter lo Mr. aPniels criticisms; the methods ol making the naval awards: Unit the replv was personal mil siiuplv saiil noj'inal ardor, uu the awards had been made. Admiral Sims said somo newspa pers hail been mistaken in ascrimiig; personal motives to some or. thosu ho hail criticised the awards and ill assuming that advantage was taken f the incident lo make a personal at tack on Ihe secretary. Nothing could be further from the truth," he said, adding that "in all probnbililv in the nearly unanimous opinion of officers of the navy," cer tain mistakes were made in tho wards which involved not. only tho niieslioii ol nisi ico, but the morulu of the fighling force. Vssuining llie existence of thesis convictions on the part of naval of- icers." Admiral Sims continued, "it is apparent Hint it is the dutv of the officers. Hie advisability of whosu iecorations is in nuestion. officially. ' o present their criticisms and Bug- geslions in accordance with the nil-'' tliorizalion prescribed for such eases hv Jhe regulation issued by the nuvy lepartinent. The making of such criticisms is, therefore, not only a duty that tho of- icers indicated, owe their service. but it is perfect lv legal and perfectly proper and does not involve, ns somo Press coiimieiils have stated or im plied, anv flavor of insubordination. "Our navy lacks constructive eriti ism from the public and necessar ily so because our naval officers are forbidden to publish anvthing with out the permission of. and usually censorship bv. Hie department. This is, to sav the least, n singular regu lulion to be enforced in a democratic. form ot government : and the lticvit- ii : . . I. .. i 1 1. A : I. nine resun is nun uiu jiiiicrictin piiu lic know less about naval mattcri than the public ol! anv other consid erable maritime power, becauso tha officers of the latter are permitted, under certain regulations, when not on duly, to publish anv articles in" criticism or suggestion which In their judgment would be of benefit to their service or Iheir country. A similar permission graiiled to Americnn na val officers would not only be of great - benefit to the public nnd the navy. but the navy cannot attain its maxi mum efficiency without it." Koforring to the case of Com mander David Worth Hairlcv, brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, whoso recommendation for a navy cross was changed bv the secretary to a distin guished service medal. Admiral Sims aid Commander Haglcv was one of the most capable voung officers in the service. The admiral read ft let ter he wrote Commander Baglev con gratulating him on his conduct when his ship, Ihe destroyer Jacob Jones, was sunk bv u submarine, nnd then presented a letter from Mr. Daniels asking the admiral what recommen dation he had made for medals for Commander Haglcv and olher officer of the Jacob Jones. Admiral Sims suid lie replied that in cases where commanders of de si rovers won actions against subma rines special distinctions were recom mended but that lie did not recom mend anv special distinctions in cases where the "notion resulted in defent." Declariii!' that he had rend state ments in tho press that lie had recommended every officer on his staff fur n D. S. XL. tho witness said he had recommended only 10 officers! for that decoration out of 202 on his staff, lie characterized the services of these officers ns "paramount im portance,'' nnd reviewed their rec ords to show why ho recommended them for decoration. "Whntevor of recommendation, praise or credit T mav have gotten out (Continued on Page Six)