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Newspaper Page Textr nn Predictions The Weather Maximum yesterday 3(1 Minimum today Medford Mail EtlBUNE n.ny Fourteenth Tu. Forty-ninth Yew. PRESIDENT 10 DECIDE 1 R. SHE Chief Executive to Have Personal Conference Tomorrow With Three Representatives of the Railroad Brotherhoods Will Decide on Jus tice of Demands White House Officials Declare Situation More Serious Than Public Realizes. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-Iiepre-fsentiitive Wanton, democrat. Texas, made public today a letter to I'rcsi .v v;iti nvnrtiinr the hope that lie "would not permit Mr. I lines to neeede to present railroad demands." Jib. Blanton told the president mat ot few months lie had re ceived more than 5.000 letters from .l..,..i.nfin vi.teiHj asserting that "it the administration truckles to another demand from organized niuor, incv will no longer vote the democratic He asserted that n "show down must come sooner or later," and now is the "opportune lime. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The union representatives have chosen R XT .townlt nctinf nrosident of the railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor: YV. J. fanion, president of the Order of liailroad Teleirrnpliers and limoiiiv Shea actmc president ot in Brotherhood of Firemen and Enci naN in mm.f the nresident. It was said at the White Housi! ti.nf tl.A nmuiilent had been yiviiic. 41, a ..nlmn:! titllllfimi KCI'illUS tllOll'-'Ilt for several days and that it was his own suecestion that ho see the union men. lie was understood to have felt that be could bniidlc the situa tion belter if be saw the representa tives personally. WAKIITYflTOY. Feb. 12. rresi dent Wilson will have a personal con ference tomorrow with three repre sentatives of the railroad nroincr v.nn.lc in discuss the wuire demand: of the 2,000,000 railroad employes which ne to be reterred to mm to day bv Director General llines. Before nicotine the brotherhood of ficials the president will study in de tail the report on the wnire negotia tions which Mr. Ilincs will submit through Secretary Tumulty. Decision l"p to Wilson The director general was in con ference with Mr. Tumulty this morn ing and then returned to his office to complete his memorandum for the president, who will be asked to make the final decision on the demands presented bv the railroad worker.? nearly a vcar nco. u'liiin TTrncA officials declared that the genernl public did not realize the serious nature ot issues invoneu. Union officials, with the excep- i: f .n;tnnnnAn nP WtlV CmlllOVeS and the brotherhood of railroad trainraen,"appnrentlv were willing to leave the easo in the lianas ol it nn.:.in4 it wno evident that the inrniticui. j i .. ...t - . ,...:.. C.tf Hint nnothor oppor- II11IUI1 1111.11 in" . - tunitv should be given for adjustment e ii, .i;rr.,i.onpna which have been held in abeyance at the president's reouest since they were submitted last July. R. It. Men Impatient W. G. Lee. president of th-j Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, was to confer with the director gene ral on his individual reasons for in validating the agreement which Ins organization has. Notification of in tention to break the agreement was given Mr. Hines January 2:!. which, under the thirtv-dav clause will leave that organization without a worKin inu UUIIOIULUO GOLD TO PAY LONDON. Feb. 12. The nuetion was raised in the house of commons todnv whether the eovernment had under consideration the suinfeftion of Curler Olass. recently retired sec retary of the treasury, that the Unit ed States be pnid her international debts in eold. It was! nsktd also whether, in order to h"'- meet this request the British owners of orna mental eold. such as trinkets nnu plate, be invited to hand them to the treasury in return for interest-bearing bonds and thereby assist the po sition of exrlinnire between. England pnd America. "nnrt" minririn nun BUB olANrltLu WILL UCAN PRIMARl PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Itoli- ert X. Stanfleld, former speak- cr o the Oregon legislature, today announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for United States senator. If nominated at the primary on May 21, Stanfleld will be the candidate of the republican par- ty ugainst Senator tieorge E. Chamberlain in the general elec- tion next November. " Stanfield's name, will appear on the ballot as a resident ot Multnomah county, us his home Is In Portland and he is regis- tered here as a voter. In tho last senatorial contest ! in Oregon, Stanl'icld, who' Is a wool grower with large Inter ests In eastern Oregon, was de feated for the nomination by United States Senator Charles 1,. McNnry. . W. W. CASE THRU BY NEXT WEEK AinVTKSANO. Wash.. Feb. 12. Court took a holiday today In the t.-inl r.f p even alleged 1. w. " . ,.i, i with the murder of Warren O. Grimm. Centralia Armistice day parade victim. The holiday came just as the state was in the midst of pre senting some of Its most Important testimony. Yesterday two important state ,..iu niwmi in lie a confession and supplement thereto wore introduced into the court record as eviuencu uuu two important witnesses offered tes timony tending to establish the chain of evidence the prosecutors are weav ing in an endeavor to convince the ti,,.t tho Idllinir of Grimm and three other ex-soldiers was the result of a pre-arranged plat. rc..,.ti,n,. toQtimnnv Introduced tend ing to strengthen the state's case was to be offered tomorrow oi uuub .i n,iiiinns In the 1. W. W. hall in which the alleged conspiracy planned, it is said. Th.it nil nf Mb evidence may be cnmnleted by next week was intimat ed by the prosecution. LONDON, Feb. 12. The allied su preme council toduv after discussing Ihe situation arising from Germany s violent protest over the extradition demands agreed on the ouestion of insisting upon those demands, it was slated tonight. Colonel Dav Passes Awav. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. The wife of Colonel F 'crick K. Dav, former chief of stuff in the Philip pines, died from an attack ot near. failure at a local hotel enriv louav. contract with the railroad adminis tration on February 23. The action ot Mr. l.ee ntlniiueoi is giving administration officials con M.. T oo contended his organ ization had reserved the right to press its grievances tor ndpistment sepa ...i..T.. Ilo declined to odd to hi: statement of yesterday which assert ed the trainmen had waited suffic iently long for the government to force down living costj innniiiu ulu DEBT TO UNCLE SAM Tn timer nn est ions Austen Cham i..i..;., ii... ,.li:inrelliir of the cxehe oner, replied that he had taken steps to have the proposals indicated care fully examined. Premier Llovd fieonre was asked bv a member whether he could see a wav to enforce a drastic reduction in the importation of luxuries. Tlu premier replied thut the eovernmcnt was not in a position to cniorce am restrictions upon importations of foreign Hoods, lie said that less than two per cent of the imports from America were ot articles ol luxury. IfMlIN IN FNR1 AND INSISTS (IN PYTBnMTinN I Ull LiiinuiuuM MEDFORD, OUKGOX, Tlll RSDAV, FKliUl'AliY l: BAYONET IS ONLY LITTLE WAY MEAD Warren S. Stone. Railroad Labor Head Scores Anti-Strike Leqisla tion as Forerunner' of Trouble Not Much of a Country Thafs Run bv Injunctions and Bayonets Co-operative markets Stmuested As Cure for H. C. L. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. Truck trains currying farm and dairy produce di rectly to co-operative markets in the ilios together with government owned railroads which will haul the produce to larger centers will bring moderate prices in Ibis country, W'nv ren S. Stone, rail labor head told ilOO farmers and labor representatives here today for the American I'lirmcr I .ill.... iiii-nmirntivc oollirri'SS. Need for better understanding and more sympathy between the larmer and the city worker and the grind ing need lor relief from the high liv ing cost were the keynotes touched bv all speakers. Mr. Stone scored the proposed anti-strike legislation. "When von make laws that tell men that they shall not have, the right to strike II, n 1... ..minis nrn wmlv 11 little WUV iff" Im u.iwl "And when vou have to run a country with injunctions and bnvonets there isn t niucii or u country left to rim." Applause fol- luii-i.,! tin.: utntiitiiinit. II. A. Fuller of the American So ciety of F.ouitv. St. Paul, Minn., wa ninniilr 1 iwi L'l'I'S Olid I'llVO U lllC tieal talk on co-operation methods he has employed succcsslully in Missouri and Iowa. "Vim ..nnbt wenr Ibis niackinnw all your life without wearing it out." be said, holding up a Heavy plain coat. "In the open market it would cost .f.'i.'j or $10 if vou could buy it. Wi cm sell it for about 14. And there len't ,1 bit nf liodllv ill it." TllC coat, he explained, was manufactured bv the Co-operative Woolen liood- Al.iiiiir.w.lni'iiio. Iimni'li nt the SOCIftV This enterprise has machinery which 41. n .i.m.l tVi,n tlin i'lirm III "the back of the city working man," he said, and nnvs the farmer 28 cents for the wool where he formerly got 10 or 12 cents. Tim furiiin.. imicl bo tiindo finnn ciallv independent bv a co-operative system ot oanKing. ne simi. I. S. OIL YIELD 1919 cm. riTV Pa . TiVh. 12. Oil nro- duction In the United States during 1919 was 360,255,811 burrels, an in-ci-oiiko nf more than 24.000.000 bar rels over the Drevious year, according to the annual review of the Oil City Ilernck. mane nullllc today. The 1919 report is a new high record In the annual petroleum cut- put of the United States, according to the review. Fields which showed gains were North Carolina, Texas, North Louisiana, tiulf Cdast, Ken tucky, Wyoming and the Lima dis tricts. Losses were recorded for Kansas, Pennsylvania, WcBt Virginia and southeastern Ohio. iSHOFROTH TO SUCCEED PAYNE ON SHIP BO. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Former J,.., I. ,l,n l.'riniL'lin Sbnfroth ol Denver. Colo., is understood to have been selected bv President ilson to lin iilm i rnimi n f the shipping board to succeed John Harton I'avne. who was chosen) todnv as secretary oi the interior. RICHMOND. Vo.. Feb. 12. flVuire was defeated in Vinrinin, today when the house oi delegates adopted. (12 to 22. the l.ecdv ....wnlntinn reiei'tiliL' Ihe Susan H. Anll...nv nmendment. to the federal constitution. The senate, by a vote of 21 to JO. previously hud udopled the resolution. INI 200 DOUGHBOYS AMERICAN' 11EA 1) Q U A lt TEHS, t'oblenz. Feb. 12. Two hundred and fitly soldiers of the American tones In Germany who hqve married European o-ii-lu linvo been instructed to start soon for America with their wives, in accordance with a recent order oi Major General ! Henry T. Allen, in command. Army authorities announced they would not consent in future to marriages; of American sol- diors on duly in the occupied area, contending that men with- oat wives In Germany are better soldiers. About 200 soldiers have mar- rled German girls Bincc the American forces reached the Hhine, the others have married principally French or llelgian girls PLAY TO GALLERY this HAGUE. Wednesday, Feb. 11 It is declared in reliable quarters Hint former Crown Prince rroooiieu William was serious in making his offer to the etitonto governments io .,,,..,., I,.,, himself iii nlace of the Germans on the extradition list and that he Ib inclined to believe inai uie allies will accept his plan. it i learned here that lormer r.io peror William is strong In his disap nrnvnl I.t ilia SOU S aCllOll. xtnii,i.,cr wno known at Wiercngen of the ex-crown prince's Intentions before his message to tno uoaus o. the various governments had been dispatched, and tho only notification given bv Frederick William was one to the Dutch, government wnen ne sent the communications abroad. Nowspaper reports io inu euui.i Hint tlin irrund duke of Hesse and his son and llkewlso seven German gen erals named in tho extradition list had escaped into Holland are discred ited at tho Dutch foreign ouico. BY GRAVEL TRUCK sai.km. Ore.. Fob. 12. Clifford win. 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fltts, this city, was killed at 10:30 o'clock this morning when tho wheels of a truck, carrying ubout five tons nt .rninl nnKHOll OVCr Ills UOUy. me lad was riding a bicycle and hanging on to tho side of the truck Just ahead of the back wheels. Wnen the wheel ...I . i. i.!.,in pump in contact with U'l IIIW UH.Ji-ivJ - a street car track it swerven ana ried young Fltts under the wheol of tho truck. He was rushed to the Willamette sanitarium by a passing motorist and died a few minutes later. MEETINGS IN FUTURE J. ... . nnuTTAV l,.l. V The next meeting of the I'nbi a. , i.i :il 1... ....1I...I mifl r net prooainv " 4. JU . i I... llmu limit IVl - presided ovci u . c..P,.l.,ri. l.iinsiiiir said to- . " ''." . I.:...., i' lav lie mm wriucn i-uumci A I- ,i...i I1.....1. ivmilil Im no ' liccr.s linn mil.- .-" -- . more reculur sessions ot the A :.l .' ..fli,.l,.l t'liniilv fur - presnicni " win - -- . tl.A ..i.i.nt He won il oner no i in. in explanation but it was under- stood that his letter was writ- jl . . . .i: ,.r r a'ilnn len iv oiiecuniii "i. .'ii. , .......... . Tlimnidiout the president's illness Ihe cabinet has met rcu'u a . ... ... l ...I i... i uii.:L-n - . a. r lariv aim win--" " A situation beeaine acute the meet- j. . .. . i r..... i,. ' HUTS Were llli're.ieu jmiu uin: 4 ......L-lv There ivns no C i: ....1 .....in v unil nniin r 4. ..ii i. I.. .1.1 i.........p - W ill Hi' licio iimiwi i.i" . . For several weeks now the president has Iteen takiiur more ' llllll more Ol ll mnill ill mi- :"ii 4 ..r tt'ii.i,il himincu Sec. relorv Tumulty said today he . j l.. li.nl. - nan iit-ici i'ii 11H.-7"" inir belter. . AT CROWN PICE'S SALEM BOY KILLED PRESIDENT WILSON TO PRESIDE OVER CABINET PASSPORT IS SCORNED mi nnrwinn ; BY IVItAtbU American Citizen Denied Admission Into Mexico Because of Testimony Before Senate Sub-Committee Mexican Consulate-General De clares He Acts Under Special Orders From Mexico City Can t Wish to Visit Country. Fl. !'SO, Texas, Feb. 12. When V. li. Simons ol' I'enver presciile.i his itassport for vise at Ihe Mexican consulate general here volerdnv. he t. .. ni ol, .i i-ct'iisnl because hi had testified unfavorably to Mexico before the senate sub-committee in- ;iguting Mexican al'laus. two davs Iw.iWo. according to an olticial an nouncement made toduv bv Alberto liuiz Sandoval, acting consul gene ral here. Senor Sandoval said he acted under special instructions Iron'. Mexico t'itv covering Mr. Simons sc. "II Is inconceivable to inc. Hint, a man should testily that dilimis in Mexico Cilvare as bad as thev could be. on February !l and then ask to be admit ted into Mexico on February 11," Senor Sandoval snid in explain ing the reasons lor Ihe refusal. "I do not ouestion the right of anv man to have his own on'nion. i merely contend that it is illogical for anv one to wish to return to a coun try in whose capital city conditions are so hail." V Mir. Simons wished to proceed to l'arral, Cliihuuhuu at Ihe lima he I presented his passport to the consul. The passport was drawn up bv the Fnited Slates immigration authori ties here, Senor Sandoval said. N. Y.-BUENOS AIRES KAY KUAYCISCO. Feb. 12. 'I'll- I'nitcd States srovernment has com pleted iilans for an international nil' service between New York upd lluc. nos Aires and can nut Ihem into ef fect within two weeks, iiccohIihl' to an announcement hv the Latin Ameri can committee ol' the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce here today. Acoordinir to a lirominent committee member who was a delegate Io the recent Pan-American financial con gress in Wnshinuion, announcement, was formally made by the govern ment in an executive session of the congress that the service only wail ed a necessary annroiiriation. . RESPECT TO LINCOLN WASIMN'tlTON, Feb. 12. Tho nrifiiiini loiii'haiid inunuscrlnt of Lin coln's Oetlysburg address was rcud In the senate today by Senator Keyes, republican, Now Hampshire. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, of the Benato printing committee, an nounced that a photostat of tno au-iii-nuu wmiiil he nt-infed in the Con- iri'iiuuionul Uncord. The senate then adjourned us a further mailt of re spect. CHICAGO TO NEW YORK ninrAflO. Feb. 12 Wireless tele phono service for commercial pur poses will be established netwoen Chicago and New York, It was an nounced today, following a success ful conversation held last night. Hon .ri i.' r.nwnn. in New York. Inventor t-f 'the radio telephone, talked for thirty minutes with It. II. li. -Mainews in Chicago. Pcrcl Sur.eeds Deschanel. PA HIS. Feb. 12. Haoiil I'erct was t, ..!... i.l,.(.(i.il uri.iile nt. of the Cham linr ..(' I I, MM. I CM by :!72 III' till' 42.1 vol est cast. M. Perot succeeds Paul Deschnncl. who was recently elect ed president of the republic. Arthur II. Allan of the Oregoniun. Is among tho guests ut tho Medford. PLAN AIR SERVICE ILLINOIS, SELECTED TO SUCCEED SECY LANE WASHINGTON', Feb- !- John llarlon Payne of Illinois im been selected by President Wilson to lie secretary ol" the interior to succeed Franklin i. l.ane. Mr. Payne Is now chair- man of tho rniteil Slates snip- plug hoard. Mr. l'ayno will take over ins v new duties March 1 when Mr. l.nno retires ai his own request. Mr. Paynes successor as cii.to- -- man of the shipping board has ! not yet been announced. Before becoming chairman of the snipping board on August i, III IX, Mr. l'ayno was general counsel of Hie railn.ad admiais- I ration and before that he was ! general counsel of the inner- gencv fleet corporation. He is a native of Virginia and Is tl.'i years old. Ills homo is In JL flili.rii.ii LANSING PAYS A HIGH TRIBUTE 10 AVASIllNfiTON. Feb. 12 The American people were uurned today bv Secretary Lnnsiiitr to find in the life of Abraham Lincoln the inspira tion to fornet self in devotion to country and Io the I undaniental na tional principles of liberty and ius- "The memory of Lincoln." said the secretary of stale, "of bis humble, oriuin, of bis atlaininenf lo the high est honor in the uit't of liis fellow countrymen, of his unsurpassed ser vice lo the republic and of his char acter as a man and as a public ser vant is one of the meat spiritual as sets of this nation. . on iu in tiiriiimv our ihouirbts lo the career of this treat American that we learn Ihe true meanini: of ....4 ..J..! tiii mwl irniii n true conception of the opportunities which America ,lfcrs to those who inspired by lotlv IV ideals press onward iilomr tin pal b of unselfish public service. "In conimemoratiiiL' the Inrlli ol Abraham Lincoln, we do honor to the American spirit of which he is the personification. lie is the typical American for future generations, the inspiration to us all to forget self in , i. ..... li,. n in inn. coiiiitrv anil to the eternal principles of liberty and ol iustice which arc Ihe hie blood ol the nation." TOO BAD YOU WEREN'T NORTH AM I'TON, Mass., Feb. 12 Silver and mild were thrown away here yesterday to illustrate a tall; on the wasle represented bv the al iened carelessness umiimr factory workers. The treasurer of a hosiery ciiinpanv told Ihe operatives that in a week 11,7(1(1 needles, worth one and one-unartei' cents each, had been lost. Tin. effect was the same, he sun!, as if $1 17 were thrown' from the shop window, whereupon the treasu rer took from his desk a pile of 1-17 silver dollars and tossed them out of the window. B0LSHEVIK1 DRIVEN SEMENOFF IS HARDIN. Thursday. Feb. 0. A dispatch from Chita reports that the forces of General Kappell, comman der In chief of the western armies of the nll-rtiisslun government havo re captured Irkutsk and established con tact with General Semenoff. General Kuppell's force found no trace of Admiral Kolchak. former head of tho all-Husslan government, whoso fate Is unknown, tho dispatch adds. i ABRAHAM LINCOLN, -I HAliniN, Wednesday, Feb. 4 (By Associated Press.) The troops of General Kappell, commander in chiof of tho western armieB of tho nll Itussian government have Joined with the Czechs aijd are fighting the bol shevlkl In tho vicinity of Cherem kova. Chcroinkova which Is tn the NO. HOUSTON IS New Secretary of Treasury Declares Outlook is "Very Briuht" Last of Floatinn Indebtedness Redeemed MomlaVi People Lose Siuht of What Eurone Has Received From U. S. A. Since War Total Will Reach 4 Billions. WASIllNCiTOiW Feb. 12. An nouncing thai tho last remaining floating Indebtedness of tho govern ment would bo redeemed Monday, Secretary Houston said tho position of the treasury was "very bright" and that government officials saw nolhlng in tho present financial situa tion which they would regard us ex tremoly grave. Only about $00,000,000 of short term certificates requiring to be re funded nt maturity remain to be ro . iieiimeil. ( mist ii iidhiir lax certificates issued in anticipation of Income and profits tax installments dates for tho purposo of. relieving the quarterly strain on the banks, amount to $2, 935,919,500 but in no instance ex ceed the estimated amount of taxos and accordingly no funds will have to be provided to meet thorn. "People loso sight of the many ways In which wo havo been assist ing lOurope. since tho armistice," Mr. Houston said. "In addition to gov ernment loans, wo havo furnished thorn $70,000,000 worth ot surplus urmy supplies, $100,000,000 for food rolief, probably $ 100, 000, oou In pn- vato loans to roreign iinnuors nnu a ccnstderablo amount of accrued In terest on tho government loans, so that tho total probably would read $4,000,000,0110. In addition Europe has boon selling securities hero." Mr. Houston said all reports from Furopo indicated that "reconstruc tion was going on while they were talking about it," citing the rebuild ing of French railroads and bridges as a notable oxaniplo of what has boon accomplished. As to the domes tic situation, ho pointed out that ap- prOXimaiOly L.OUU.UHU.UUV wuuiu w spent this year and next in roaa building under arrangements mauo whllo ho was secretary of agriculture and that building permits, always a good Index to business conditions, iiiiiicntiiil Hint the country was rapid ly making up tho shortago ot nouses cuuscd by tho cessation of construc tion during tho war. THE LATEST SLOGAN CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 12. Closer co-oporatlon between employer and employoes and elimination of their mlsundoratuiidlngs Is the aim of the munnHi i-uction conference of the Lin coln Americnn alliance hore today. About 300 business, labor, political and university loaders of the country are attending. "Wo are trying to spread the gos pel of Lincoln, who stood for concilia tion and co-opcratlon in all Unea oC Amorlcan endeavor," Dr. John Wes ley Hill, chancellor of the Lincoln Memorial university at Cumberland Gap, Mil., declared. "Today's con ference Is -the first of a series to bo held In all sections of the country, for which wo have adopted the slogan I Llncolnlzo America.' " OUT OF IRUTSK JOINED BY WELL trans-Siberian railroad, SO miles northwest of Irkutsk, has been re taken from the bolshovlkl. LONDON. Fob. 12. A wireless dispatch from Moscow today says: "Tho American troops guarding Ihe Siberian railroad aro being with drawn from Vladivostok. The Amer ican mission has left Chita for Har bin. "The whites are hurriedly evacu ating Yekatorlnodar, which Is about to fall." ' 0PT01STIC OVER HEY Orders for tho withdrawal of the American forces from Siberia were given last month and the movement of tho troops to Vladivostok hps been In progress for sevoral weeks. Yekntcrlnodar Is In Ciscaucasia, about 7i miles from tho Black sea.