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VOU IX, No. 109
GERMANYTO BE
U 5 DAYS
FOR SIGNING
IIOHTII.ITIKK MAY UK ItFHI'.MKIt
IK TIIKATY .NOT MUNKI AF.
TKH it lAVK (JltAi:
BELIEVED GERMANY Will SIGN
II lilt ml urn lly KimIi Ihin lo flopping
of Troop Transferring From
Prance to Poland
Paris, June 14 ll 1h reixirtoil
that Germany will Iw given only two
days to consider und reply to tli
-allied riat ternia, whlrh will prob
ably bo invented Monday. Throe
days of grace would follow lief ore
the armlHtk-e would lie eutipendnd,
should the Germans refuas to sign.
In the event the Oonnana do not
.iKn, hoatllitle between Germany
- and tlio allied iKiwor might be re
eumed next Saturday. Tlin original
plan to Rive Ormnny five days In
which to sign changed.
There may ibe some tteluy In pre
senting tho treaty. Smaller nation
want to consider It In plenary ae
Ion. The head of tho great pow.
era think (rcrniuny will accept.
The lulMir covenant has been mod
ified In aome respects.
The 'Poles; are an Id to be consider
liiK the promised ploblnclte In Silesia
with wore favor.
General pch'a ultimatum to Oer
many waa no to the fact that Oer
many atoped the utoveiuont of (Ion.
ira nailers trooiw from France to
Poland, whloh hnd been going on
, for six weeks. Germany's ctlon l
aid to lie due to the alleged fart
that tho Pole intended to distribute
aome men along the German fron
tier.
Content, June 14. An iillliiiatum
demanding the Immediate continua
tion , of the movement of Pollen
troopi uaroHs Germany hna lNen sent
to the German irovernment ibv Mar
shal Pooh, according to dispatches
from Spa.
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MAY GIVE UP OFFICE
Peking, June 14. Duo to differ
ences created by the popular move
ment against pro-Jaimnene 'members
of the government, the cabinet baa
'resigned and Prealdent Hau Shir
Chang has Intimated hta intention
to quit office.
DAREDEVIL ENGLISH WOMAN
At the "hollilny flying" ill (Vickie
wond, KiiKlimd, recently Mis Sylvu
Borden ilemoiiNtrnled Mint women have
twenty of nerve mid grit. Who went up
In n Hundley-Page ulrplime mill
dropped to eurth In a pnrni hute.
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GOV. LISTER OF
VASHINGTG1
DIE
W Flnt Foreign Horn Man to
IWoiimi tiovcrnor of the State
of Wnhinictoii
Heubtlo, Wah., June 14. Gover
nor Mater died today. J
Kritest lister roae from a' poet aa
Taroimi Iron nnoudur to the office
of governor of the elate of Waahlng
ton. He waa elected governor In
1912 and 1910, Kmth time biting
the only winning Demix rat on the
atate ticket.
(iovernor Mater wua lorn at Ha1
I fax, Knglaml, June K., 1870. Hei-
orda ahow that he -wua the only for-
elgn-tborn man to be elentod gover
nor of Washington alnce U ibeeame a
state. 0 '
Ait the age of 23 Meter waa elected
to the Tayaia council. In 1897
Governor John It. Ilogera named
Wm chairman of the Waahlngton
late 1ord of control. When hto
term expired tie esUUIIahed the Ma-
tor Conntruotlon compujiy aj Ta no
ma and 4bK in lumber and finished
wood producta. At one time Meter
ran for congreHa lint waa defeated.
During the war Governor Lister
took un aotlve band In the activ
ities of the atitto council of defense
Ho waa ajleo prominent In the na
flonal organlwitlon of etale govern-
ore. In Waahlngon he urgod econ
omy In imbllc ajffaira. advocated ru
ml credila and waa a aupiKwier of
good roada.
Governor Mater haa been described
aa a very eotlve man with rugxod
neea of mentait prncceaea. When he
waa chairman of the atate board
of control his frienda pointed out
that he broke at custom bjr always
refuwing to accent iaaaes from the
railroads.
Governor "Meter waa married on
rVbruary 28, 1919, to iMias Alma
Thornton of Tacoma. They have two
children.
Washington. June 14. So a not
to Interfere, with the transportation
of soUUera returning from France
In ever Increasing niiDibera, Director
General Hlnea ordered that railroad
equipment for excuralon and recre
ation imrposos ibe limited to the ab
aolute imlnlmum. Among the per
mlta cancelled waa one for siieclal
cars to the Wlllard-Dempeey fight.
GENERAL VILLA HAS
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Kl Iaao, Tex., June 14. Doer
eklne at tlO.fiOO a hide 1a the top
price for these souvenirs of the hunt,
yet it waa what an American man
claimed to have -paid for two he has
In his 'possession. He was captured
'by, FrcCnelttco Villa's men and ran
somed for 121,000 in currency and
merchandise. When he was liberat
ed noair the border VHla 'presented
him with the two deer hides 'he had
skinned from the deer killed 'by
'himself the same morning, Baying
these were In return for the ransom
money paid.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
CROPS ARE PROMISING
Portland, June 14. Willamette
valley grain crous are in good con
dition, an la irrigated girain ,ln all
flections of Oregon und conditions
have Iboen generally favorable tor
fruit, according to the weekly crop
Bind weather summary Issued 'by the
locttil weather 'bureau. The temper
atnre, says the report, averaged a
little above normal but there were
sovoral cool nights during the past
week, with frost in elevated dis
tricts. . '
OnAW PAflg, JOBBPHIHB COUXTT,
AIRPLANES TO DEHUD
BE IN GRANTS GOES DIRECT
PASS SUNDAY SACRAMENTO
KIVK PltAMtf hl'KM) MUHT AT
tXITTAGK OltOVK AXI) MAKE
THIS t'lTV FIltST KTOP
RULES FOR PARKING AUTOS
Hi.T U Ul lie PreM nted WltU llogue
I liver Trout and Served With
Hot Coffee , t
Aa announced in the Courier on
Wednesday and Friday, the airplanes
from .Mather Field will be In Grants
I'tuw Bunduy. As yet there (haa been
no definite hour set for their arriv
al, but Inasmuch as they spnd the
night at Cottaee Grove, which Is
about 150 miles from this city, It
is probable they will reach here
about 11 a. tn., provided tbey leave
Cottage Grove at 9, the usual st&tt
Ing time. There are to be five ma
chines. '
It haa (been arranged that locomo
tive - hint lea will be blown about an
hour 'before the planes are expected
to arrive.
The public is requested to observe
the following rules before and during
the flight of the alrplanea:
Autos w ill line up on the east side
of the field aa close to the fence as
IKMwIble. On the west side automo
biles are to line up four rods from
the field Una. All autos should
face the field. Both ends of the
field nvuet be keit open.
The imbUc, and especially chil
dren, must be kept away from the
planes X all times. Sheriff lwls
has arranged to have a force of dep
uties on the field to insist on proper
parking and order.
The Grants Pass chamber of com
merce has arranged for hot coffee
and sandwiches for the aviators and
will present each of them with
mess of fresh Rogue River trout,
and will also send some to the gov
ernor of California with the compli
ments of Grants Pass end Southern
Oregon
The aviation field Is at the city
limits north from "Lawn ridge ave
nue. WHford Allen Here ,
Wllford lAHen of Salem, chairman
of the state industrial accident com
mission, and C. G. Elgin, one' of the
auditors, were In Grants Pass for
a few hours this afternoon. They
were enrotite to Klamath Falls 'by au
tomobile. Mr. Allen expeota to re
turn to Grants Pass , Wednesday or
Thursday and will meet his son,
Wllford. student at Stanford. They
will both send aday or two here.
AMERICAN
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lull view of the American trnnsnllnntlc senplune, nnd lihotoamphs of her crewT left to right : .Commander
Jiihii H. rowers, coinmnndliig ofilcer: Comtnander H. C. RtclmrdMon, pilot; Lieut. D. H. McCullough. pilot ; Lleuiennnt
(.nimiuider It. A. Lavender, radio operator j Machinist U R. Moore, engineer; and Lieut. B. R. Rhodes.
OKBOOX, HATIIUAY, JTXE
Ht'KKIaS FHOM lOItTL.AM TO
AM1AXV, HO MIliKH, IX HOIH
' ; A.VI 10 MIXITK8
GOV, FLIES TO COTTAGE GROVE
One Gov't Plane to Make Flight
to WahliiiiKtou Points and
Home By Reno
Portland, June 14. Five alrnlanea
started back to Sacramento making
stoi at Albany and Cottage Grove
today, and at Grants Pass and Ash-!
land Sunday.
The big De Haviland plane start
ed for Sacramento direct, leaving at
9:30 and hoping to arrive at 6:00
o'clock tonight.
On plane left here to male a.
flight to Tacoma, Seattle, Yellow
stone Park, Ogden and lie no.
Governor Olcott flew to Albany in
one of the planes today.
Albany. June 14. FIva a.lrnlai.
arrived, one of them brlneina Gov-1
ernor OlcoU, who decided to con
tinue the Qlgbt to Cottage Grove.
The De Haviland iplane, en route to
Sacramento, passed over the city at
11:10, flying the 80 miles between
PorthOid and Albany in 'one hour
and 10 minutes. . i
Hough Family Returns
A. C. Hough and family, who left
Grants Pass a year ago for Seattle,
have returned to this city, driving
their oar, and accompanied by Miss
Jessie Afasttn and Master Harland
Shank of Portland, who will spend
some weeks, here. The Houghs have
moved into their home on West A
street, but Mr. Hough has not yet
decided upon an office location.
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St. Johns, June 14. The Vickers
Vlmy 1)1 plane started on Its trans
AthOitte flight this morning at 4:13.
The Vlckers-Vlmy machine carried
two men. Captain Jack Alcock,
Britisher, pUot, and Lieutenant Ar
thur Whltton Brown, American nav
igator. This machine haa a wing
spread of only 67 feet, is equipped
with two 350-horse power Rolls
'Royce motors, and is said to be cap
able of developing a speed of over
100 miles an hour.
SEAPLANE NC-1 AND
14, 191
STRIKE EFFECT
FELT III
Itefiuul of Kttilroad Operators Piles
, t'p Mcwuagea at the Relay
Point
Chicago, June 14. 'Leaders of the
nation-wide strike or commercial
telegraphers declared today thaC re
ports have need received showing
that heavy files of Western Union
telegrams aje piling up at relay
points, due to the refusal of rail
road telegraphers to handle com
mercial business.
Portland, June 14. Telegraph
business in Oregon felt the effects of
the strike heavily today when the
railroad telegraphers refused to
handle commercial messages. Many
messages had to be mailed to many
towns from ihe nearest operating
office.
AUTO SPEED RECORD
New York, June 14. Tom Milton
made a new 10-mile automobile rec
ord today of five minutes and 21 1-5
seconds in the first beat of the 110
mile race at the Sheepshead Bay
speedway.
HUN RULES HIS WIFE
WITH AN IRON FIST
London, June 14. Henry de Hal-
aalle, author of a work on Germany,
told an ajudience at Holburn that
''wife beating" la quite common
among the German middle' classes
and that the law of Prussia sanc
tioned It.
"I once stayed in the house of a
Berlin merchant," said the speaker,
"and one evening heard issuing from
a room upstairs a woman's cries
and he sound of blows. . Presently
my host appeared and I asked him
the cause of the commotion.
' "I have Just been giving my wife
her Sunday thrashing,' he said. He
added that he administered the pun
ishment regularly every week end
whether ehe deserved it or not
' "You must' never let your wife
forget that you are iher lord and
master,' declared the German, rub
bing ill Is hands with evident satis
faction." llath House Open Monday '
The bath house at the city park
will be opened for the season on
Monday afternoon, June 16. Mrs.
Myers wHl be In charge.
HER CREW
Q Wwni n.mhhi Union s
OREGON
whom: xohjkr aoo-j
TWO KILLED IN
PORWiEN
PLANE FALLS
WAIXA WALLA RAXCHER LOSES
LIFE IX PRIVATV. n'RTI a
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AITil'LAXK
Plane Was Intended for I'ae Between
Two Hntcliinsosl Ranches in f
Rastern Washington
Portland, June 14. W. B. Hutch
inson, wealthy Walla Walla rancher.
and Sergeant John Milkowekl, army
mechanician of Sacramento, were
killed last night when a plane own
ed by Hutchinson fell.
The machine was a private air
plane driven by Hutchinson, in
which Sergeant Milkpwskl was a
passenger, and crashed into the con
crete sidewalk of East 29th street
following sensational fall of sev
eral hundred feet.
Hutchinson was a former army
air service lieutenant. He bought
the machine recenty in San Fran
cisco. It .was one of the Canadian
Cnrttss type. Ha shipped K to
Portland and completed assembling
t yesterday. It was his intention
to drive It to Walla Walla to use for
co mm imitation between his two
ranches. '
ALL CAL. REPUBLICANS
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San Francisco, June 14. A con
ference of all branches of the repub
lican party accepted a resolution ask
ing the republican - national conven
tion to nominate Hiram Johnson for
president, , 1
Miles City, Mont.. June 13. The
thirsty residents of Moorehead re
cently had he unique experience
of being bombarded Iby quart bottles
filled with whisky fcy he bootlegger
whom they were trying to overlain
on horseback and whose a'utomoblla
stalled in the middle of Powder river
while he wan endeavoring to cross
It at a ford. Before the bootlegger
learned that his pursuers were mere
ly thirsty horsemen instead of dep
uty sheriffs, he had thrown 28
quarts at them, ail of whloh went in
to the rtver.
A salvage party was organized
and much diving was done until a
large part of the liquor was rescued.
T NO. 7
The regular annual school meet
ing of School .District No. 7 will be
held at the Junior High school
building on 'Monday moraine at 10
o'olock for the purpose of nominat
ing la director for three years to suc
ceed George E. ILundburg. whose
term of office expires. The election
wHl ibe held in the same Piece in the
afternoon, the .polls being open from
z to 7 o'clock.
This meeting Is of great import-1
ance and shold 'be attended by elec-
tors of th district. Ordinarily the
vote of the district at elections Is
less tihan a dozen, when there should
'be several hundred.
serg. mwski nmm
AiUALSCHOO