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o- o o o o e CO o o O ' Phone The Observer the New and Tour Want Ada. Main S7. An Independent ; Newspaper. PrinU the Neva Ihe Day It Happena. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS :- VOLUME XVIII EIGHT PAGES . LA (il.ANDE, OlM-XiOX, EI? I DAY, MAKM'll 7, 1919. EIGHT PAGES nummou.uk;. o- 0 o o o my REFUSES L WILL NOT ASSENT TO L'SE OF HER MEltCIIANT SHU'S BY - THE ALLIES. COUNTER PROPOSAL HAS BEEN OFFERED Will Release Ships in Return for Defi. nile Promise That Enough Food WW Be Sent to Germany to Offset the Bolsheviki Movement Negotiations Temporarily Halted. (By Associated Press to Tlio Observer) ' 'PARIS, March 7 Germany has re fused the proposal for use of her 'president to have a free hand dealing merchant ships by the allies made to with the present situation. President her. by the armistice commission atfEbert declined to accept the rosignn Spa. The Germans made a counter j tion and asked the cabinet to remain proposal that they will release the German ships desired in return for - definite assurance that enough food will be sent to Germany to enable the government to withstand the 'Bolshe viki movement. Temporarily Halted. LONDON, March 7. A German wireless message says that negotia tions at Spa regarding the shipping questions have been temporarily called off. (By Associated Press to Tlio Observer) BONDS STOLEN EW YORK ' NEW YORK, March 7. Robbers jections to the organization of a Jew operating in the brightly lighted cor-jis, state in. Palestine, as proposed by ridor of the Adams Express company j tne Zionist societies in this country building oil' lower Broadway, today !anj Europe, to be presented to tho robbed a broker's messenger of $50,- j peare conference in Paris, was made 000 worth of Liberty bonds and other public ilcre Tuesday night. Objec securities. The messenger boy is said:tjons t the segregation of the Jews to have been badly beaten. . Jas a nationalistic unit in any country ' lis also made in the statement, which COXEY'S ARMY : will be presented to the peace conlcr- ; TO MAKE FIGHT cnco Representative Julius Kalm of , - California.... ... (By 'Associated l'i .s lo The Obrver I . NEW YORK, March 7. "General" Jacob Coxcy declared here Thursday j that he proposes to lead another! "army to wasningitm as n jirju-ni-ifjiy o.ninst. national nrohibition. Ild his decided, however, that he will not go .wireless dispatch says th:it part ofjtina's tho mortality Is so great that on. foot, but will travel in a touring, tl)e Set.ond BUar(s regiments and thoUhe llolslieviki have Issued a Bccict car and motor transportation win uo, Guard Fusiliers regiment have pone provided, he said, for all his cohorts. jovcr to the Spartacans. The reported "General" Coxcy. who is at st i-ike may end today as a result of n Waldorf 'Astoria, said he had discussed Compromise renched at Weimar. the project wili many ousiness men in this and other cities nnd that mostv lyr--. Tniured of them hove volunteered to enlist ini lulu-16 his "army." COLORADO SENATE INDORSES. LEAGUE j (liy Associat-d Press lo The observer) minus' a thumb and finger from the DENVER. Colo., March '7. The sen-!right hnnri.lue to an accident that oc nte today adopted a resolution favor-!curred yesterday while he was work ing the adoption of the League of ing in the box factory at the Gcotge Nations. STARVATION AND DISEASE ' WORKS HAVOiC !N RUSSIA .LONDON, March 7. Starvation 'daily. Typhoid or "hunger typhus" is prevails throughout ISohhcvik Russia j carrying off young and o!u every and is killing off the population by; where and jn Moscow gknidera is epi- thousands. Diseases due to under-cmic. . . nourishment are rampant and food isj Th:e is no .fuel for lighting and si scarce in Petrograd and Moscow millions live in darkness afler night that cats sell for ?3 each. The under- 'fall. The troubles of the llus-inns.uic takers rsnnot fopc with conditions aslfurthcr aggravated by lack of coal and there is not cnongh wood for ffins. jwood which can lie obtained only by The Rriti-h g.ivcrnment.rcMv.ved these the very lirh or' by the favorH-n .livl reports within the last wee!; from pari.sitcs'.f the I)i!:-hck government. Ttrifish subjects rcecm'.y returned from! Store Fuel in Pamovs Krfeiliii. jju5!.ia ' j rl'he fam.Wi Kinnlin i'i .Mo'-eow, at- Their Mirlnra i: un.inimi.us tint ror.ling to ie.f.rt.s, i., now d as a l,o fn d ii,i.li..n is teriildc !-H thai W means arc not found lo alleviate it limiting materials for the r? .l-h-v s ; AnT. ),i aiih.whu'a tiiey previously re- jewis n. w.i iT i.i i.ioeuii. namr .i. !-i,.i.,..i. ,.f UnKh. vil; P.ussia government. T?ie l!o! hevil 1 di:.- Raided. haid, as "bifiibwhackers.". da-.y. bru iry 1 ',, mlioinb was found mav starve to dea'h. The' Bntrdiers isayothnt the plibt of Ru'sia is n di lect Jesuit of the p ign of anan hy and terror instituted by Lcnine and Trot 'y. Thr- declare that, the Ili.fsian problem becomes a question of com mon humanity. . g, Famine Kiiiini; I'nplr. Thousands ar? dy:ag dailv in l'.'tro- grad, Mosc. . , ::' li te-. I III ::! lit Petrograd :nc thc inc three wec';s g" .itns from i 1 numbered 2 COAST TROOPS HAVE LANDED LATE ARRIVALS INCLUDE AERO SO.UADRONS. Two Steamships Reached New York Today With Large List of Re turning Veterans. (Ey Asj-vclated ProsB to Tlio Obsorvor) iirw vnwif mmi. ?am orno troops, who are members of various aero squadrons the steamship Meaehy an arrived from St. Nazaro today, j Forty-four hundred more arrived from ov, iNuzare on me .uuK'iuuu, mcm-iuiif three officers and one hundred and sixty men from the 310th trench mor ula uui..- ui w um .. m. -, tional army troops from the Pae.fiej coast. DOES NOT ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION (lly Assoeitited Press to The Observer) AMSTERDAM, March 7. Chancel lor Scheidemann handed in his resie- I nation to President F.bcrt to enable the in office. SHOE FACTORIES TO QUIT Seventy Thousand Swedes to He Idle as Result, It Is Said. WASHINGTON, March 7. Seventy thousand Swedish shoe workers will bo .thrown out of employment April II) by suspension of operation in all shoe factories of the country. Dispatches te the state department said manufacturers had decided to close their plants because of over-production during the wnr and "unsound speculation" since the armistice. JEWS OBJECT TO SEPARATE NATION (By Associated Tress to Tho Observer) PHILADELPHIA, Match ""7I A statement signed by 309 ' prominent American Jews, setting forth their ob- MORE DESERTIONS TO SPARTACANS Ansoeiaita itcss 10 jiio misorvcrj t riKMifiM M..rch 7 A German in Box Factory, at Palmer Lumber Mill Clarence Campbell, a 'young man about 10 years old, will go. through life Palmer mills h-..ii,.iing place for woo fu-l an-l ti :buGnir sysW'i has fall, n don and j ,'.rks onl' to the adv;.nt:iLc of t.e i ;"emmen'. id its siipf-.i'. is. ' at. milk and Pi -"t.'bi. ; com mard enonAius liricer. vbell 'hey c-.n f ; obtain, d. Theie is a great luck oLmcdh ! nnd il'w-tors. ' Th Ro'-h-vik nan 'rr.l'je In ceiiy 'iwfans w.'fttsc to txcr. ,f0a ISLAND CITY M & M CO. CHANGES HANDS Business men of La Giando will now agree that anything may hnppen in the bus in ps 3 world, for todav Fred J Holmes made public the informaXon that the Island City M. & M. company i"OM un.im,.i..iu o. i ! erement of n now corporation to be plement company, with H. K. O'Brien nnd Edward L. Holmes of Wallowa as active managers and principal stock no(jers 'I am pleased to state,' said Mr. Holmes, ''that Ln Grnnde will have as permanent 'citizens Air, O'Brien and Edwnrd L. Holmes, two of the1 livest, known busim,ss men of Enstepn Oregon. They have for several years been the hardware business in Wallowa and it is a matter of common' knowledge among hardware men of the state that they nre certainly ty-third (degree men in their line, as well as excellent young men for tho community." , When asked .what he intended to di now that he was about to relinquish bis manag-ment. of t'.o 1 ' .cotjv.i, II. E AMERICAN RED GROS DANGERED IN BERLIN Ff (By Associated Press to The Observer); LONDON, March 7. When the Spartacans captured the telegraph office in Berlin American Ked Cross missions, ing, took refuge in a hotel behind the battery of machine guns. The fighting was the tween two and three hundred . . .The government forces are day.' . . - (Hy An.-ooiaL'd Press to The observer) ' PORTLAND, March 7.--Mrs. J. R. Norton of Hood River, was drowned in the Sandy river today, when the automobile driven by her husband wmt down nn embaikmcnt into the river. He swam ashore. V B I M w UHUWNbU IN r . SAND! RIVER (Hm: IK oitDIOIt S! Al'-HTi:Upanies from.Texas, Iowa and scattered STOCKHOLM. March 7. Typhoid j ncpr( compnniCH. Is raging. -accoidliiK to advicoH from Th(, IIojinfiia cnrrVi, the 102nd that city. In ono hospital , 8000 , , ,mtlaliu(, sitrni.i corn Persons dio monthly. In tlio pro- older to kill tho incurable cases, hop ing thus to cjuutenct the caul iigion, which" it is tfilmoKt impossible to mop ly any other. means. Hardly any medicine Is available. YANKEE HEROES HOME Xew York Soldiers Who Helped Lrci.k llihileiilinrg Line Hate Iteli'mert. NEW YORK, Mii-.vh 7. Fourteen thousand N-'W York soldiers, ilieni- hers of the famous 27th division, who proved that the "iiupregniblo" Ilindenburg line could be broken, ar rived here yesterday on the tran's I purls Leviathan iu; l Maurotania. Maj.' Gen. John O'Ryan, coi'niuan !der o'f "New' York'e own," aiid: li "The hi'.'h opinion that has been held of til e .fighting qualities or ! American soldiers I believe ban been justified." he said. "Our troops were looked up to by the liitih and the ! rencli and also, 1 might say. by the' enemy." Initiative and dash of the Ainori-, en troops brigaded with tho Itrtt i.sh In the campaign which began b. plemtier 2'.l lust for the St. CJuon- 1:.?. c;inal and resulted ill bleakifig the llindenburg lin.?. were held t"' Imve boon tho "deciding lactor" In the war by l'-riK." Gen. Falinor K. lieice, comiuande-r of the 51th bri r.jde, a part of the I7th division. Gtnei.il I'iwcij was warm in his . praise of til-: fleht'nc of the New .Yorkers nnd'tiol's fioai all other states. Jle :il the flennans now W"ie couiinentin or the "wond.-r- fnl l.seii.iin shown liy the OI I I I issri: " WAstlllNGTON. Mir.li.? An of- rim: of J.M.iHSHin.ooiain a new ser- of treasury cerllfiiaft. of (JndiTit- .'.W-ss l.ulO dated March fei, payable ' ug.isl i -ilgosl IA i:l'.. wnn inierrse a. rnv:v hs: r iO.. p.i.. ,.f 4 12 r c ut was an? Kstri.l ' at-.! tl: ii.Pm..l Tlmr.-day Ig i'i' Ir. guiy. : eh:(rycit -" Satis, riiim: O tiooks this ser-' :!.. c!,Mareh 20 . I which he has held so long nnd which is so well known to everyone in East ern Oregon, Mr. Holmes remarket): '! have hit the ball for a good many years. The ups and, downs have been many, hut throughput it all I have had a good time in business. From now on I nm going: to kick up my heels, as it were, and take, life easy. It is time fur the, younger men, to do the business and, I have been very fortunate in securing young men that arc the right kind to take over a busi- hoss which I have nursed and looked after until it has almost become part of mvsclf. To. the multitude of r'n V"uml ,ly'. Y"cn customers of the company I wish to tima was the commercial center of the say that the new managers will be on m"- In S ho 8tock of tho, con the job every minute nnd the best of rjiny waa reduced from a general mer- service will be given, while nt tliei same time the co-operation of this j thir-(compnny which has long been in exist- ence to every customer will not be in nny way diminished." . Company Has Great History. The Island City M. & M. company was organized December 11, 1884, and has been continuously in business S ra yesterday, members of the endangered by the snoot worst Berlin has seen. Be were killed. attacking successfully to MORE LEAVE FRANC Fivo Transports Sail From Hrcst for Home Ports. ' - (Ry Associated Pri'iis to The Ohscrvor) WASHINGTON, March 7. Five transports, bringing home 242 officers and (Hi H) men, sailed from Krest, Mar scillcs and Bordeaux Monday for New York. The ships are- tho I'Vnncescn, Italia, llollandia, Agamennon and Awa Maru. The I'Vnncescn has aboard casual companies from South Dakota, Cali fornia, Colorado, Nebraska and the regular army. The Italia is hrinrrinir casual com- There are HO officers and 3:1(1 men on the Agamemnon, including the sanitary detachment sorond bat taiion heal(unrtns and rompanies and F of the Kl.'nd engineers, casuil j companies from Cnlifoifi'n, ono pnny of marines and 52 casual officers three general prisoners, n number of nurses, civilians and clerks, ifrest convalescent detachments numbers 8o to 111 inclusive, five naval officers unil four French army officers also are on the ship. On the Awa Maru' are casual com panies from TercaK,' the fith heavy mo bile ordnnnce repair shop and de taehments from the Hth heavy mo bile ordnance repair shop, thirty cas ual officers and twelve civilians. E fl:y A'.n,:j.?'.'i IT.' to The (ilVti;rver COl'KNHAGKN, March 7. The po lice hcndquarteTS Kt Heritn. besieged by the Spartacans for tint d..ys, was cut off from all communication with other government forcts yi-'terday when the Spaltactins cot the teh-'phone wiles. Ijgfit were killed and a num ber fl'junded in tlie f filling Thursday. Titv to lio.Mis sva;o(;i k b'ALONIKI. M.ucJi 7An null inltlc niovruenl o. serious propor tions in l:ulc,atta ii report d In the the (x-nlral Jewislt synagogue to Cll(H. In .firf It w.ft tiin-d wh n Ihe editi.e wo.il.f hae b en fil.l Willi worsliera and it is al ledged that It w is 'W .cod llieio b, )!ull:arians. 9 w M'Ksflll'KV MtDS W.roitn ),AfiA5iNeb., Mrrch B.I he Omaha stockyard broke nil ords for TTo receipt .juririp- month of January with a total of H'j;Wl had. MM 5 SPARTACANS CM 1 I- since that date. 'It was organized by Charles Goodnough who acted ns.iis managor until 181(7, when Fred J. Holmes took charge of tho work. Mr, Goodnough passed nwny in 1!)U7, but the last few years of his life were not devoted to tho company. .He had for his partner nt the beginning R. M. Steele, railroad contractor who built the O.-W. R. 4 N. railroad from Huntington to Umatilla. Mr. Steele lived temporarily at Hilgard, but his permanent home was ill St. Johns, Mich. , The early days of the company were ' . ............ ...... ".' ' "''" -V-upyiu vo uuimiiiK inuv nun houses the Gallowny-Reesc garage. Erection of the present handsome home of the M. & M. .wan hogun in October, 11)08, nnd on May 1, 1U0P, the firm moved into the structure. Mr. Holmes will, as soon as he gets the M. & M. company collections and other business settled, devote consid erable time to the fca Grande Nation al bank, another institution with which he has been long associated. NORMAL PRICES ARE PREDICTED (Hv AsHoclated Tress to The Observer) WASHINGTON, March 7. A gen eral tendency toward a restoration of a normal price level Ik foreseen by Sec retary Kedficld. The industrial board jto determine'fair prices met for tho first time today. WEATHER FORECAST. PORTLAND, March 7 Eair, mod erate southwesterly winds. WILL STOP THE (liy Associated Prna to Thi Observer) PARIS, March 7. "If the Irisji question is not settled by the, peace conference, friends of Ireland will stop ratification of the League of Nations in the American congress," John O'Kelly, delegate of the provisional Irish republic to the peace conference, declared today. He expressed u doubt that the league will be formed. STUDENTS SUSPENDKII Stanford Men Who Held Parade Women's Garb Let Out. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, Cal., March 7. Suspension of RAT FIG 0 forty-throe male students until thojhlKh standard of physical oxamlna com-(opening of the fall semester in October was ordered todny by the student af fairs committee of Stanford univcrs'Ly because of a Washington's birthday parade held by freshmen in women's Knrb. YOUNG MEN IN CHARGE Wyoming Im a Young Statu With Young lllnoil ut the lleliu CIJEVE.NWIC, Wyo.. March 7. Robert I). Carey, governor of Wyo ming, Is no exception to the preced- ent that young men have been lii Ku o. .a... a....... .. , o-, ,. ,.uu Ap,,, , ,,u aoseui a mo.un io,,utJr n thl, zon ,.,.,, !,.,! tiy Amer- mlng entered tho union. Only four : close up the business .rperntiom oflrn m ,,,, w,ir u,1f,11.I.J of tho eleven Kovetnors Ihe stale , ht t.Xptditionury forces. Many hijfl when limy appear in the street, ar Ims li.il we.o SO years of age when I ,, ...r,s rM)llin to .f l ;l, as the :cor(MK , orill.r ,rff)vtw Thurs taaiiKurated. J. M. Carey, father rCBUt of lhc prcst,ee abroad of mil- j ,,y. sll(., -by General IMckmiin. of the present governor, was the oi l- ion(1 1)f Amri, soldiers. Thn OI,,.r R n resale or tendency on' cut ifovitrnnr tin; k(.iIi li:id. Iifint' . t . i. vr .. :! . ...... . " " ; . i whenln a.iKurated, Governor tatey; is ,o yn:irs oiu. Wyoming s youngest t'iiVt'rntty was j. r,. wsoonio vim ussoini ii oi - nee ui ..... r. r.. urreii. was i : i A. W, HaTlieV. 41; W. A. III. hauls, 4C; Do P. Itlchaida, 5:1; peiiliii.no Chatlcrtoli. U. Ii. Ilrooka. 4:1; .lohu It. Keuilek, 17; I''rauk L. Houx, &7. J,i;VI.TH.t !.lil.S c,oiM MAV .YOUK, M;u-li 7. Tin iiteaniKhlp Levi i than v. ili troo) lla 27i h dtvliiiori dm k d ye::t'idav I'Iki troops on tho l,;vM li.ni limn- hfTH more Ihau Ht.ooo (tiher troops are I'i tfUf:TA and mii of tlio 1 '!tlt- in;u'hfu iin' bat t.il ion, f 1 v) off if oiH a tt 2 4 iH" of tlio .old- tnfontry lirU- ulo liiKl6-1 liurteiH; 42 olfn -i hiicI 'I I t 0'-ti t- iituj (1iihlon' lif-(ul)ii;trti-r:i; vv of-; h itrs i'l : ni" of tli; divn l'in'st i he:idftiail:rM Irnops one nlfi-r and clx iihmi of lhe(i"litlri(; dctaeh inont Al th ol vl.iih .u are K) cas imI orric-xf O' hran' h" of Him .-!: nur h i.l l lann, to frthr vrt'i H7: U wounded. SiiOTTHEAD OF COMMUTE OREGON CONGKF.SS.MAN IN LEAD O.N PUBLIC LANDS. Agreement Renched on the Orgnnlza t tion of the Next Congress and . Important Places Filled. (Uy Associated Vrvsa to Tha Ob.servor) .WASHINGTON, March 7. With every important committee chairman-! ship settled, Republican leaders on the committee on committees yesterday; completed the foundation of the house i organisation for the next congress, but held in abeyance selection of the floor leader, whip and steering committee. ' Strict application of the seniority rule prevailed in the assignment, including the chairmanship. - . Today the committee began tho assignment of, new "members-elect to committees. Wliilo soims members thought selections of floor leader, whip and steering committee might be postponed indefinitely, others said la ter decision might result in the entire organization being completed before the committee eluts its present session. Heads of Important Committees. Among tho important chairman ships determined Thursday were: Hanking and currency, Piatt of New York; public lauds, Sinnott, Oregon; education, Eess, Ohio; insular affairs, Towner, lown; public buildings, Lang- ey, Kentucky; immigration, Jqhnson, Washington; Indian affairs, Snyder, New York; territories, Currey.vCalifor- nia. At tho request of Representative Kitchin of North Carolina, Democrat ic leader hi the last house, who will be the ranking minority member of the ways and means committee during Re publican control, the committee de cided to increaso tho membership of the committee to twenty-five, so as not to displace any Democratic members. Tho Republicans will havo fifteen memberships. 99 PER CENT SHELL SHOCKED RECOVER American Soldier Klmul Thltf Typo of War Injury IMter Than Thorie of Other Nations - .NEW. YORK, March 7. Nlnnly- nlnu per rent of all shell shock ons. oa in tho Amorirnii army In Franco completely recovarod, according to COI. Thomas Salmon of Now York, chief medical nfricor In charge of siieh soldiers, who rotunnod Thurs d:iy on tho Leviathan. "There was less Insanity in tho Anioricnn army than In any of tho othnr allied armies,'' Bald Col. Sal mon. "Only 1 per cont of tho shell shock rases hud to bo returned to tho Hulled States for troitmont. Of the remaining 09 por cont, G per emit recovered In field hnspltnlH, 30 por cent In nvnciuilto.ni hospitals, and 4 per cent in special hospitals for' the treatment or nervous illsoases. Col. Soln nttribulod tho recov eries In the American army to tho Hon required for all soldiers going abroad. SEC, BAKER TO GO TO FRANCE illy Atu'orhited l'r.-Mfl lo The Ohserver) WA.SIMNt.TON, March 7. Secro- i tai y of War Baker will sail for France I rii-rii-wipy tn ivy umit h w ro,0 nexl wt.ok nnh N'tilM'.PItH WILL ItETl llV . (A1J Mar.ll 7 The 1 Kith en - (lilM'OI'H reached this city Thursday, on thtdr way to Fort Collins. Colo., wImii' tiny will b mustered out.) Tlio unit will reach Kort Collins. tn day, and thuld,tho men expm-t lo ho-to appear In elvllian cletluH at will. dff' liai vni wllhln, throo or fonrTho new ord"r also rails for uSvtM'U days. Tin' nieii aro all well and an- y rfMlKtivttlon of vrf UiTun offl xi'iu t-i M-jtrh lln'lr hopio towns. rr and solder on duly In tht (:.." 0LC0TTJA1TS1.M-E.- ' ik me mmm cm . - ;ai.i;m, X irt-li 7. InimediaSly . . I ... ia beiri" orn into off ice today r:, ... o..r di ott iici r.ii.ncil his first . ....:..: t I... .1. I.T., a - - . Ii. A. II.k.Hi, a king Una lo re. on U his announced decision to resign, ,lu' tale highway eomunOiin. Tli nor hope, to keel. this,wah emotion during the adimnn tin- . -... :...:.. ..,:t, ,i. Vj. -.,r...r,..,nnl rT1" ,",n r no me iii.v'v' "'"'i 1 o 0 ol OCCUPIED GERMAN 0 ii TIIK KKSIDICNTS OF IWOCCIIIUKD roimoNs of coVntuy hf,i:k A ZONK OF BAFIiTX AMERICANS ADOPT A ' RULE OF RESTRICTION All Who S.Hk to Enter tho Occu pied Tortious Must Ho Provided With lk4Ujsea mid Tlu'so Ai-o Ad nitsNublo Only on (.rotfiidH of l'i Kent llusinesg, - (By Assoclutod Tress to Tho Observer) COM.ENZ, March 7. Disturbances in Berlin and other parts of unoccu pied Germnny have resulted In such an increase in tho number of civilians eager to reach tho occupied area where conditions arc more near normal that tho Americans have been compelled to prevent tho Germans overreachine; t!ioi occupied region along tho Rhines , All Germans must havo passes, which aro issued only to those vhu have urgent business. i WORK TO BEGIN AT PENDLETON .PENDLETON, March . 7. Work' on two now wings for tho St. An thmny's ' hospital to cost JI50.UU0.' will Btart about- April 4. according, to Sister Superior Regulata of the Sisters of St. Fmncla. ., Architect! L. Beezer of Huo.or Ilrothors of' Soatllo roturned lust nighty after, spondlng a day looking over 1 thu hasplttnl.' HI frrm will " roimnenc -on the plans at once ivnd work will bo rushed to completion. , It In hoped the wings will ho randy for occupancy this fall. Ono of tho. wings will bo added lo tho west of:, fhe presonl hospital and tho other to', tho oast side. ; HUNS MUST I'AY UP FIRST French Socialist to Ask 'No Tax Be. Demanded of r'rruch. . PARIS, March 7. The radical so-, cialist group of the chamber of depu ties, the largest group in that body, held a meeting yesterday to discus., the attitude it would assume in' tomor row's financial debate and unanimous ly agreed that no tnx should be de manded of the French taxpayer before Germany was obliged lo pay the ut most sho wns nble. The group ngain asked for the im mediate disarmament of Germany, TWO UNIONS VOTE AGAINST STRIKE (tty AnftVlnti'd Vrva to Tim Oksorvnr) SEATTLE, March 7. Two unions havo voted to return to work. Others are balloting, and the results will bn announced tomorrow. HUN OFFICERS . MUST. SALUTE COIILENZ, Rnrmany Uarcb 7. officers nnd men 'on All Goi'inun i;tnn part oi ce-i.iiii urrmaii sonior or- ;frorfl t() wo.,r (:lviun (:int,.M to invade a general order to snlutn nil : American orrircra. Tlio Germans 'claimed tlvie it was illsl.islofiil fur (lerflian oirieers of rank to havu tu .salute American lieutenants. The Germans were taking ndvn- taKo of llwir p.isltions In being nblo llSSIOfl 'as 3 Is, and has announced lh.it ho will Ycaipoinl or"niinlssnO,cr W. I,. i Thompson of Jkiidleton. as that was i II... li.ln I :.iV..ii, OM il I. e. Im'u - oniion. J.istice Mcgj ale ndniinislerid tho . ;oath of ofn-t'. Olcolt was overcome. t '"O of i ene onio oi omces. en 1 1 . 1 o o 0 " o Or, O, v o i O O O o 0 o ! L 0 00. o
