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Forty-ninth Ter.
MEDFORD, OREGON', FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, I'fJO
NO. 2S2
NEW YORK
fi. 0. P. FOR
Immediate Ratification of Peace
Trtbtv With Senate Reservations
Is Plea of New York State Repub
licans in Party Platform Want
Revision of Article X and Monroe
Doctrine But No More Debate
Great Menace Is Class Domination.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Immediate
ratifiention of the treaty of peace
with the senate reservations retained
jiivius the United States its right to
withdraw from the Leuetic of Nations
on proper notice, a declaration
against article ten in its present form
and demanding protection tor the
Monroe doctrine "in letter and
spirit," were advocated in the. plat
form adopted here today by the New
York state republican convention.
"The republican party of the state
of New York reaffirms its unvieldintr
devotion to the constitution of the
United States and to the guarantees
of civil, political and religious liberty
therein contained. It will resist all
attempts to overthrow the founda
tions of the government or to weaken
the force of its controlling principles
and ideals whether these attempts be
made in the form of international
policy or of domestic agitation.
"We fuvor the immediate ratifica
tion of the pending treaty of peace
with such distinct reservations and
declarations us shall make it clear
to all the world that the United
States retuins its unconditional
rights to withdraw from the I,etigue
of Nations on proper notice; that
the United States ussumes no obli
gation, either legal or moral, to send
American soldiers or sailors for ser
vice abroad unless the congress, in
the exercise of its constitutional pow
er, shall so Authorize, and direct: that
the Monroe doctrine is protected both
in letter and spirit; that no princi
ple of forciirn power shall have any
control whatsoever over the domes
tic policies of the United States and
that the government and the peoide
of the United States shall not be
drawn by the operation of part XIII
of the treaty, the so-called labor
clunses, into the net spread bv inter
national socialism.
.Opposed to Article X
"Article X of the covenant for a
League of Nations, ' in its original
form, cannot and should not be rati
lied by the senate or accepted bv the
people of the United States. To do
so would not only contract any con
trol bv the American people of their
own policies and acts, but would
certainly embroil the country in an
endless succession of wars, great and
small.
"We believe that the proposed eov
enant for a League of Nations is
eravelv defective in thut it attempts
to substitute discussion instead ot the
Tule of law, for force in the settle
nient of international differences.
Kavor High Justice Court
"We declare it to be the policy of
the republican party, when the
treaty of peace is ratified, promptly
to take steps for the institution of
an international Inch court ot uis-
tice to hear and decide, in accord
ance with the principles of law and
equity, disputes that are justiciable
in character arisincr between nations,
and for an international conference,
meeting at stated intervals, to declare
and to revise the rules of internn-
(Contlnued on Page Eight)
Si TO JOUR
PORTLAND. Ore.. IVb. 20. A
ship to tour the ports of the Pacific
with on exhibit of all-Oregon pro
ducts is the plan announced bv J.
Fred Larson, vice president of the
Pacific International company, n lo
cal importintr and exporting firm.
Larson's idea is to obtain from
the emergency fleet corporation the
allocation of a vessel for this scr-
vice, and then, fill the holds with ev
erv thine crown and manufactured in
the state. On reaching a port. Ore-
son-made knock-down houses will be
hoisted from the hold and erected
and the entire deck space of the ves
sel converted into a floating bazaar.
A series of booths would be ar-
ranged around the deck, one filled
with exhibits of canned coods, an -
PACT ACTION
WHO REFUSES TO SELL
SOCKS FOR 10 CENTS
CHICAGO. Feb. 2D. Richard
Ptttz, aged 1(1. walked into a
haberdashery Mure and asked
for a pair of soeks. J. F.
Hurchan, 1 lie clerk, showed him
u nair. Pntz offered a dine in v
payment. The elerk asked a
nnarter. Putz drew a lidii and'
shot the clerk twice, liuehun
died this morning and the bov
was booked tor first decree v
murder.
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LEAGUE NATIONS
THE HAGCE, Thursday, Feb. 19
-Increased armament, speedy insti
tution of a permanent high court of
justice and Immediate admission cf
all civilizations desiring to enter,
were demands attached to the resolu
tion passed today by the second cham
ber of tho Dutch parliament approv
ing Holland's entrance into the
League ot Nations.
During the debate it was explained
that these demands did not constitute
reservations, as reservations were not
permitted but were suggestions that
the Dutch government would enter
with the idea of having these prlnci
pies adopted. Farther procedure is
considered mere routine, as tho first
chamber will certainly approve the
motion.
In connection with the delay of
America to enter tho league It is
learned that several European neu
tral states which up to some weeks
ago were inclined to wait for the
final decision of America have since
decided it was desirable tc hasten
their entrance regardless of any ac
tion by the United States.
DUBLIN, Feb. 20 Willi a lank
and two armored ears the military
today carried out a raid near Graf
ton street where thev arc reported to
have made several arrests. The raid
followed carlv morning fights be
tween civilians and police in which a
constable and a civilian were wound
ed and several persons were arrested.
It is believed the early morning dis
turbances were part of an oriranized
plan for a simultaneous attack upon
the police in different parts of the
city. The plan was frustrated for
the most part bv arrests of suspi
cious persons, many ot whom were
found to be heavily armed
Several of the students froim Med
ford, at the University of Oregon, are
taking work in the department of
public speaking. Helen Brown Is ma
jorjng ,n that departmenti aml
Charles Mi!'r and Edith Kubli are
cast In plays to be produced by the
university company for public pro
duction. Charles Miller is cast in the
play "Engaged." and Edith Kubli
is cast in the play "Huckleberry
Finn." Naomi Wilson and Marjorie
flyers also are taking work in that
department
THROUGH FAR EAS1
other with fruit juices, another with
farm machinery and so on througl
the entire list of Oregon-made goods.
A prospective buver in China, for
example, might be impressed with ;
display of canned fruits or dried veg
etables. Down would to the slim::
into the hold to hoist him out 100
tons of whatever he desired, and in
its place would be deposited 100 tons
of its equivalent in value of tea, cot
ton, silk, tobacco, or whatever the
i purchaser had to sell,
j Thus the vovnge would
continue
through China, Japan, the Philip
pines, the Straits settlements. Au
tralia and New Zealand. South and
Central America and back to Port
land, with u cargo of imports for
j which Oregon exports had been ex
1 changed
ARCHANGEL IS
CAPTURED BY
ARMY
Whites" Abandon the Town and
Troops Join Bolsheviki Capture
Means a Material Weakenina of
the Dvina Line Present Offensive
Was Started Thursday.
LONDON. Feb. (. llolshevil,
lorces have captured Archangel, on
the White sea, according to a wire
less dispatch from Moscow today.
The "whites" abandoned the town
and tho troops and joined tile bolshe
viki, the message declares.
The last advices to the liritish war
office on the north Hussian situation
were that, on February 18 the red
forces were. 711 miles south of Arch
angel. Holshevik possession of the
city would mean a material Weaken
ing of the Dvina line.
Archangel lor u long period dur
ing the war was the main port of en
try for war supplies from the a Hie
to the armies of the old regime of
Hussiu and after the revolution to the
forces of the Kerenskv government.
With the advent of the bolshevik
rule in Kusisa Archangel was main
tained bv the allies as a base for
contact with interior Russia anil lat
er as the supply depot for the lorces
of the north Hussian government es
tablished in opposition to the hoi
shevik and for the allied troops, in
chiding a considerable number of
Americans, sent in to help protect tin;
north Russian area from bolshevik
incursion. ?
Abandonment of the Archangel ex
pedition by the allied and associated
powers was determined upon last year
and the British, American and cither
allied forces there were withdrawn
during the summer and fall.
London advices bearing Thursday
lute reported the Uouimiiiiir of an of-
tensive bv bolshevik forces on- the
front south of Archangel.
LOCAL CMS!
RAISE $50 FOR
A movement wns stijrted in Me
ford Inst niuht bv a number of men
: know nothing uhout tho case ex
eept what thev rend in the newsim
perri to raise a fund to help defend
Harold F. Howell, the 15 years old
Bandon, Ore., vouth, in his third trial
on a murder charge which benins in
Marshit'eld on February This
fund reached $r0 bv early this af
ternoon, m eontnbutions of $1, 50
and 25 cent pieces, which sum was
forwarded to the nrinnled fsiiher of
the Howell vouth, who spent his all in
defendinn- his son at the two previ-I
ous trials, in both of which the .jury!
disagreed. I
The Mod ford men who hope that
the movement will spread all over the
state, know nothintr about the facts
in the ease ns to either the truilt or
innocence of the boy, but their hearts
have been touched bv the fact that
the crippled father, who believes in
his son's innocence, has uone broke
in his defense and can raise no money
for a defense in the third trial.
They are contribulini: to the fund
in the interests of iustice and to see
that the vouth is iriven a fair show
at his trial.
The money was sent to the despair-
father today as from "a bunch of
trood fellows from Medford." and ef
forts will be made nuietlv to raise
more money for this purpose. Any
.Medford people who desire to con
tribute can yive their donations to J.
W. Mitchell. Bert Thierolt or K. W.
Walker, the commiitee in chartre.
IT
BOY IS KILLED
PriUTIwWVD. Ore., Feb. 20. Gil
bert K. Kuehl, need V.t, son of A. A.
Kuchl, wiis killed todav when struck
bv an automobile driven bv W. II.
Dauahcrtv. Just how the bov came
in contact with I.-ttmihertv's machine
mav never be learned. Apparently
there were no witnesses to the ac
cident and Dauchcrtv claimed he did
not see the bov. who was ridintr a
bicycle, until after his own machine
hail come to a stop after skiddinir
iuto the curb ot the intersection.. .
SVI
TRAI!
FUTURE POLICY O.'S. A.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 2".
Tho principle of universal mill-
tary training as a part of the
nation's future military policy 't
was approved today by I he
house military committee by a
vote of 1 1 to 9.
This means thill tho commit-
tee's armv reorganization bill v
will contain a general training
provisU.ii. Details have not yet
been worked out, bat it was de
cided that the training proposal
would become effective July 1,
19!!!!.
The vote In the committee
was along bi-partisan lines,
three democrats joining with
eight republicans in putting tho
training plan thru. Four re
publicans and fivo democrats
opposed it.
Tl
HEltl.lN, Wednesday, Feb. IS.
Newspapers here arc giving unusual
prominence to dispatches from tho
United States bearing on the Wilson-
Lansing episcdo and also the attitude
of President Wilson on the Adriatf.-
question.' What little editorial com
ment there is attempts to establish
the fact that there is "an Insurrection
against Mr. Wilson at home and
abroad."
The Tngeblatt declares that Mr.
Lansing's caso has been "converted
Into Mr. Wilson's case." and that
while this is a purely Internal affair
of the United States, outsiders are
"forced to make the somewhat de
pressing observation that the anoint
ed of one great nation who was hail
ed as tho herald of world democracy
and liberty is closing his career in
open contradiction to the will of his
people."
E
11ELKNA, Mont., Feb. 20. A cold
wave which spread generally over"
Montana sent temperatures down 15
to 24 degrees within the 24 hours
ended this morning. Helena showed
the maximum drcp and registered 10
degrees abovo zero. Moderate snows
are reported east of the divldo and
the cold wave is expected to extend
to the southeastern part of tho state
today. Other temperatures reported
today were: Hillings 10 above; Havre
12; Missoula 20 and Kalispell 22.
HALTS I. W. W. TRIAL
.MONTKSANO, Wash., Ken, 20.-
Trial of ten alleged I. V. W. here for
the murder of Warren O. Grimm,
Centralia Armistice day parade vic
tim, wan halted temporally today he
cause of the illness of Edward Parr,
cne of tho jurors. Phyfians said
that it would he unwafe to atik the
juror to attend court today because
of a high fever, and Judge Wilson
decided to postpone the entire day's
session.
Mr. and Mrs, James Grieve and Bon
returned Thursday from a month's
tour in California and will he here
two or throe days before tfolng to
their home at Prospect. "I'm not
kiddin", said Jim, 'when I nay there
is not a city in California the size of
Medford and larger that is as clean
and up-to-date and whose people are
as wide-awuke and progressive
your folks. Kveryhody is talking of
the Rogue Hiver valley and Med
ford."
As evidence that U was snowing
hard this forenoon at Grants Pass
the "Us the Climate." slogan city
the passengers on the first section of
the southbound passenger train which
arrived here at 9:35 a. m. reported
snow as falling at "the Pass." and the
second section pulled into Medford
an hour later with two or more inches
of snow on its engine and the roofs
of the cars.
WILSON DENIES
AN AGREEMENT
WITH ENGLAND
President Answers Senator Brantle
qce's Resolution Concerninn Sale
of Former German Liners hut Pre
sents Atireement Willi Allies Which
He Exiiects Fulfilled.
WASHINGTON. Fell,
20.
I'
dent Wils"M m reply to Senator
Bramlei:ee resolution, informed tho
senate today that he had not entered
into nnv agreement or understanding
with officials of tlreat Britain nm-
eernini- the sale ot tornier tu'ituar.
liners seized in American ports nor
hail he entered into any agreement
or understMiidinir. with respect lo
what deposit ion should he made ot
(hem bv the I'nited Slates.
At the same time he transmitted
to the senate a copy of a "proposed
agreement" between the allied and
associated irovenuuents at Paris un
tier which each is to retain as its own
"the complete title to and use of all
ships captured, seized or detained
duriiiLT the war as a war measure,"
and to ''own the same free from nnv
hi itn of an v of t he allied oY nssocjat -d
governments."
This agreement furl her provides
that in case the ships so retained bv
mv allied or associated noverument
are in excess ot the claims oL such
irovernments for war losses in mer
hunt ships such liovcinnient shall
not make a claim for a share of otli
hips ceded under the treats' of
peace. Mups so ceded will he dis
trihuted unions' the other uovern
menis on me misis oi ion lor ton ami
lass for class of the ships lost and
not replaced by the enemy ves:
seized or captured by them during
tiie war.
It also provides that since th
ips to be retained bv the Fniled
States, Brazil. China and Shim would
xceed their claims for merchant tou-
nnire lost the commission shall de
termine a reasonable value of the ex
cess ami tit it f those countries slui II
pay such sums to the commission for
the credit of (lermanv in making rep
aration for war losses of merchant
hiits.
The president said that while he
felt; confident that congress would
make the disposal of the funds to
which he bad agreed h chad no au
thority to bind it, to that act, "but
must depend upon its Inkum1 the same
view in the matter that is taken bv
the joint signatories of this auree-
ment."
AT PAGE THEATRE
2 P.M.
The following prournni will be
uiven bv the Medford l.eeion at the
'aee theater r'ebraarv '--, at 2 p. m. :
Marseillaise Orchcsttn
Opniiur remarks bv commander ol'
American l.cuion, Ralph Cowuill.
I'raver Kcv. lioozer
"France in liatlle l-'lamc"
Kdwin Markhouse
Mrs. K. M. McKcanv.
Address I'rolcssor Viniua
Sonsr . "The Americans Come"
William Vuwtcr.
Ucadini: ol' the Honor Roll,
I'AHT TWO.
Presentation ol' the 7th C'onnianv
O. kA. ('. colors to (Ireatcr Medford
Club bv Captain A. .). Vance and
presentation bv Colonel Saruent on
behalf of flrcaler .Medford Club to
Medford Post No. l-'i, American l.e
L'iou. "Star Hp.'iiialcd Hnnncr"... .Orchestra
Henediction liv Father Powers.
The executive committee and all
members oi' the American Leuion are
urecntlv rcfpicstcil to appear in uni
lorm. In the event that all of the French
War Service certificates arc not re
ceived in time for the ceremony thev
will be mailed to the nearest relative.
Maior Smith Lands Seattle.
SKATTI.F., Feb. 20. Maior A. II.
Smith, armv aviator, arrived here to
day from Portland, Ore., ciiinnli-tiiitr
a tliL'ht up the coast from San Dieio
Mrs. Jean Hoke who developed to
day symptoms cf pneumonia was
taken In an ambulance from the
Hoke apartments this forenoon lo
tho Sacred Heart hospital.
Captain Lewla C. Shilling, 88 years
of ago, who nays he was an adopted
son of Kit Carson, and came west
with the first Krement expedition, Is
seriously ill In Loa Angeles.
M'ARTHUR OFFERS A
BILL TO KEEP CHIEF
EXECUTIVE AT HOME
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 'Jib '
Keliresentntive .MaeArtlmr. re
publican. Orecon. introduced a
bill today lU'olosiim that
eoiisccnt ive davs' absence 1'roin
continental I'nited State- or di--abliiiL'
illness lor a like period
on the part of a president would
cause the vice president to as
sume the duties ol'.the office.
The measure would become et
fcclive March -I. IH'JI.
EUGENE WILL BE
FI
KtKJKNK, Ore., Feb. '10. It Jias
been reported here in connection with
the return of the ruilronds to private
ownership that the thru freight divis
ion whieh has heen located at Junc
tion City for many years noon will he
chunked to Ku);ene. All thru freight j
trains would then he made up in i
Kugeno it ' end of Junction City,
whieh is 1 l miles north tE Kugene. I
Tho truin'.uens' runs would extend :
from Portland to Kugene and from
Eugene to Uoseburg.
ltefore the government took over'
the railroads tho company changed
the local freight division from Junc
tion City to Kugene and it was semi
officially annruiu'od at (hat time that
the thru freight division would also
1)0 moved to this city hut soon after
ward tlu war ciime on and plans
were dropped for the tlmo being,
Kugene is tho terminus of tho Coos
Hay branch, tho West Side branch,
the Wendling branch and the Oak
Hidge branch, and trains from all of
theso make this city their headtiuur
ters. JAPS FIGHT CHINKS
LONDON', Feb. 1!0.-Tiu'lilimr has
been in progress on the Amur river
Siberia between insnrirent forces
end Japanese, a Moscow wireless
lucssnne states. "White" troops re
inforced the Japanese and a fierce
strimule is rnuimr with the insurg
ents supported bv Chinese, the dis
patch declares.
In rcuard to the situation in south
Russia a bolshevik commuuiiiuc to
dav savs:
"Knemv ships have bombarded
Qeniehcsli ton the Sen of Azov .
Stubborn fichtimr is occurrimr 2f
versts northeast of Stavropol ( (on
the left bank of the Volna.)"
PORTLAND "FLU" DROPS
BELOW 1000 MARK
'PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Tho num
ber ot flu cases In the city fell below
tho thotiHand mark today. Only U4
new canes were reported while 1 4 CI
patients were released from quaran
tine. There are now !IS0 cas of flu In
tho city with 00 patients In the flu
barracks.
Three deaths from the disease
were reported to the local health
bu reau.
ELEVEN WOBBLIES FOUND GUILTY OF
INAL
MONTKSAN'O, Wash., Feb. 'JO.
Woven nllcL'ed 1. W. W.'s charged
with criminal syndicalism under the
statutes of Washington, were found
utiiltv todav bv a iurv in the court
of Superior Jtidu'e Ben Sheeks.
Thirteen were oriuinallv charged, one
bcinsr dismissed for lack of evidence
and another beimr dismissed because
of illness which prevented him attend
ititr trial.
All of Hie defendants were arrest
ed in southwest Washington shortly
after the (,'enlralia Armistice (lav
parade shootiiiL's.
The 11 men found truiltv todav are:
.foe Ilelmhelter, John Hradtdinw,
(leonre Miller. Stanley Hewitt, Sid
ney L. Scott, (iconic Drobic, Elmer
DISCOVERER
NORTH POLE
PASSES ON
i
Rear Admiral Robert Edwin Peary,
Retired, Dies After 35 Blood Trans
fusions Fail to Save Life Will Be
Buried With Full Naval Honors
Siicnt Life and Fortune in Effort
to Discover North Pole His Con
troversy With Cook.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 20. Hear
Admiral liolierl Kdwin Peary, re
tired, Arctic explorer and diacoverop
of the North pole, died at his homo
here today from pernicious anemia
from which he had suffered Tor sev
eral years. Arrangements for tho
faueral havu not heen completed, but
lie will tic buried with full naval hon
ors. Admiral Peary submitted to
bluod transfusion at a hospital horo
ten days ago. 11c later was removed
to his homo and his condition then
was reported as somewhat improved,
lie gradually grew weaker, howover.
anil the end came early tills morning.
Dr. It. F. Strine. the admiral's physic
ian, disclosed that the transfimion
this month was tho thirty-fifth lo
which Admiral Peary had suhmittcil
within two years.
In 111 1 3 ho was promoted to the
rank of Hear Admiral In tho navy and
Kivcn the thanks of congress by a
special uct. Turning his attention to
aviation, Admiral Peary became a
strong advocate of aircraft develop
ment by the govornmeut and tinio
and again urged adequate coast pa
trols In this country, especially dur
ing the war period.
Discovered I'olc in tlt)l
If was on tho afternoon of Sept. 0,
1 Still that tho following few words re
ported to1 tho civilized world for tho
first time this crowning achievement:
of throe centuries of effort:
"Indian Ilarhor, via Capo Itay, N'.
F., Sept. t! To the Associated Press,.
Now York.
"Stars and Stripes nailed to North
Pole." Peary."
Peary's actual attainment of tho
Polo had been just five months heforo .
on April G, 1909.
When this dispatch came, tho
world, quite unltnown to Peary, al
ready praising Dr. Fredorlck A. CdcK
as the discoverer. Only four days
1rovlous to the Peary announcement.
Cook, who wan on his way back to
Copenhagen on hoard a Danish steam
er, hail telegraphed tho claim that ho
reached tho Plo on April 21, 1908
nearly a year ahead ot Peary.
While Dr. Cook's claim did not go
iinciuestloned from tho first, ho hud
for four days at least been widely ac
claimed as the discovorer of th Pole.
With Peary's message there arose ono
of tho greatest controversies of all
ages over tho honor of actual first
discovery. There can bo no one who
has forgotten tho dispute. Poary's
assertions were not seriously ques
tioned, but among newspaper readors
thero came to be two great camps, for
and against Cook. ; ,
Seven Trips to Polo
Peary with his record ot ' seven
successful trips to tho Arctic,' his of
ficial standing In tho United States
navy and In scientific circles, easily-;
held the commanding position 111 the
controversy. Uut It was only after
tho scientific bodies ono by cno had
sifted tho evidence and pronounced
Cook'B claims unfounded Hint Peary'B
tlllo as discovorer of tho Polo was
really won.
Tho bitterness of this eplBodo Is
only ono item in the iirice which.
Peary paid for the Immortal famb
that In now acknowledged to be his.
(Continued on Pago Eight)
W. Saleno, Anton Keo, Hialmer Abo,
Al Hoetcher and August Kallio. Tho
two men dismissed during the trial
were I'.rncst I.chto and Auirust Jlal
kula. The case went to the iurv yes
terday afternoon and a verdict was
not reached until nearly noon todav.
County Attorney J. K. Stewart and
J. K. Sullivan, Seattle, conducted tho
prosecution, Ralph Pierce, Seattlo,
defending the men.. Passing of sen
tence will not take place, it is under
stood, until arguments for a new trial
are heard.
Exhibits in this trial were missing
Thursday when court convened, it be
ing found that a new janitor, nut -knowing
their importance, consigned
them to tho furnace. , .