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VOLUME XVI,
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PAKAT1
WILSON TAKES
OF BLAME
BRE
R DELAYS
But Points Out Thafitlt Does Nut
Lie With Any PaLlar Country
or Its Represent;
Talk Has Passed ffime for lie-
suits Has Arrived
(By Associated Presi'lie Observer)
PARIS, April 1.- eeling of ap
prehension over lac promises on
the peace treaty per in American
circles, although it i id in authori
tative circles that I differences
which have arisen not reached
the status of a (lea ft
The principal differs have been
found in settling up& reparations
according to the nevfchods of pay
ment suggested by ffle.
Takes Share Mia me.
President W ilsonPiy explained
that he was willing t'pt his share
of the responsibility!' the' peace
conference delays, fits careful to
point out that the Bess was not
due to any single cpv or its rep
resentatives. He iced emphati
cally that the time fqk is vinual
ly finished and novfg the tina to
show results. j
j
A Note of Wag.
PARIS, April 1. $",is construed
a warning that tfa'ti could not
long countenance ftfrtielay in the
adjustment of peacS, delivered to
the allied premiersfaiilitary rep
rsenlatives of the Ranted powers
by President Wilson yesterday.
He arose in conferfencd solemnly
assured the conferee his belief
that they should I& a their pow
er to unite on pcar ttupon which
a treaty might bespred to Ger
many.
VKIIAI.M ANS ItHiD)
TALK.Il
lrc-:t Ti
Al.1,11 s
DEHNK, Marcitv Tho coin
mandcr of the L'lqtai forces h.is
sent a message sy ess teleg
raphy to the allied Jg nents stat
ing that the UkrniMac ready to
enter into ncgotiwoooking to
a cessation of hatiiwith the
Poles on conditi'fc tthe allies
Bet a line of deimfciiin accord
anco with the p nienile front.
A high Amerlc:4i' r aud his
staff, consoiiuentli 1'irrived at
Star.islall, military! ititlieast of
Lcuihorg, to negoiaUntly with
the members of tjja i military
mission to l'oland pii'lpoles and
Ukrainians at a 4"'thwest of
Leniberg.
are era
t.
IPy Associated Pr.B tlObslTTer)
WASinNGTOXApLAll meat
packing concerns joie, re)ea?ed
from the control f t :s adninis
tration, under a !h'K'Un signed
by President Wiln aB-
INSISTS ONjTE
' BORDER Qgi'lON
IBt Aaaclalsd l-r.jsjs f'bc-wr! i
r.4BI9, April & AfcnJent af;
IisJr frrwtitr t3i,teP.por
r"virj ith thf.fOB r is bsittL.
ft trfjn bv Prrrc.?- a ,nn
fm4 ith PnlidA t,n Thc
.("wmrii agreed Woj' imlian
qfttsn.
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BERLIN. April "--1,
iyIEATPAGHS
1
iproident othe '"Snmittce.iout recovering consciousness,
of the Soldiers' and Wa ,J:,D a 2
of tireater !erlin.,was . . clmi.t
day. 4,110 is raspe.. ;,.
a le.'lu.-r OI ine
with C.corir Lciln asr,
jail for several wk,. ,
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SIX PAGES
PLANS FOR-OVERSEAS- FLIGHT
ARE RAPIDLY -
(By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April l.While
final plans for the projected trans
Atlantic flight on naval airplanes are
rapidly taking form, the officers in
charge have not decided upon even a
tentative date for the start. It wait
explained officially at the navy: dc
partment that the get-away would
be controlled as much by windstorms
current at New Foundlund as by clear
weathar. ,
After the machines rench New
Foundland from Rockaway beach
Long Island, they must be given a
final tuning up and then the start
must be made between storms which
sweep down from the Arctic ever."
three or four days. The beginning of
the flight must be so gauged, it
explained, that the machines will not
overtake one storm as it slows down
before dissipating at sea and yet will
not be caught in a second squall.'
Before "jumping off for the actu
al crossing of the ocean, the seaplanes
will be called upon to make p
longer vovage than has yet been ne
gotiated by naval machines tha
from Rockaway beach to New Found
land. At least one stop will be mad'!
on this flight, probably at Halifax, for
fuel.
It may be necessary for one or more
of the machines to descend at other
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AGAINST
THE ALLIED POSITIONS.
Great Increase of Enemy Forces Ap
pears to Indicate That an At
tack .Will Follow Soon. ,
(By Associated Press to 'Plus Observer)
ACHANGEL, April 1 Bolsheviki
artillery has subjected the allied rail
way front and positions south of
Dozerskaia to the heaviest bombard
ment in many weeks. In the mean
time the enemy is moving considqr
able forces through the woods, indi
cating that an attack may follow
soon.
BUDAPEST IS
E
(Hy Associated I'ress to The Observer)
PRAGUE, April 1. Communists
have set up a reign of terror in Buda
pest, according to a member of the
Czeeho-Slovak mission, who returned
today. Famine is feared and the situ
ation is grave. The population had
hoped for allied intervention.
TWO GIRLS KILLED
AT POCATELLO
l-'all Krom Horse l-'alal to Young
Woman; Child Ci-llslici lo
Death by Caving of Sandpit
POCATELLO, April 1. Miss Ida
Edwards,' age IX, daughter of Lou
Edwards, died at St. Anthony's hos
pital Sunday, as a result of injuries
received by being thiown from a
horse earlier in the' day, When-tho
horse slioped. on the pavement,
throwing Miss Edwards heavily to
the (round. She was rushed to the
hospital, where s he died is a few
noun, from internal injuries, -without
recovering consciousness.
Miss Edwards was popular and a
graduate ot
th I'ocatello hif.il
ssrThed hy her pr-
school. She
ents- nod
several brothers and st
ters.
Josephine WhltaW.. 3-?r-old
daughter of William Whitsker, st
smothered and crush-d to tl'ath Hun
day evenine by bin burled tn the
cavein of a snd pit. While pls
ing with her brother she'ran tnto tils
. . t, .in tn hnr rpsene.
dred hlmselt 0115 ana, .men
rued his,, At'tcr, but she died with-
W... R,t. L. r..i'min
aM son.
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BOLSHEVIKS
GUNS ACTIVE
I A
''.;:,i Grand, from California, w-r ;
.i ,i.hv had been novating for
caler part of Ih, l- I
a own - "-
LA fiKAXPK,
TAKING SHAPE
to The Observer
points and it is to select possible land
ing places that tho destroyer Barney
was sent on its cruise alontr the coast
from Maine to New Foundland. Tint
destroyer is now held at Halifax by
ice floes, but it was said at tho de
partment that she would proceed to
New Foundland when tho ice clears.
DIG
STEEL FREIGHTER
LAUNCHED AT NIGHT
NEWARK, N. J., Anril L By the
light of twenty-five huge searchlights
the fabricated steel ship Montgomery
was launched here Monday night. The
5,r.00-ton vessel, named after the city
of Montgomery, Ala., was the first to
be launched at night in a Newark
shipyard.
COl'IST TO IH I.E OX IIO.M) TAX
1'. ti. Tribunal Asked In Decide uos.
' I Ion of Indirect Taxation.
LINCOLN, Neb., Apr! 1 1. Tho
United States supremo court will be
asked within . the next few days to
entertain jurisdiction or tho- con
troversy between Mio First National
bank of Aurora, N-'b., and the tax
collectors of, Hamilton county over
tho question of whether Liberty
Bands can bo even indirectly taxed.
The Hamilton coujty district court
decided they could not, but was ov
erruled by the Nebraska supreme
court. The latter tribunal held that
.iberty bonds cannot be directly
taxed; that tho law does not con
template levying of any toll upon
Bonds can he even indirectly taxed.
to assoss shareholders of the bank..
The First National bank of Aurora
has invested almost all of its capi
tal and surplus in Liberty bonds
It asks for an oarly ruling in view
of the approaching Victory Loan.
Following tho ruling of the state
supreme court the federal department
of justice Intervened, and District
Attorney Allen Monday received in
structions to hasten an appeal to the
high court at Washington.
I .
LARGE FORCES
(By Associated Tress to The Obsorver.t
PARIS, April 1. Germans are re
ported to he concentrating large
forces in eastern Prussia under Von
Hindenburg to defend the railway
line from Danzig to Posen.
FOCH TO CONFER
WITH ERZBERGER
(Uy Associated Press to Tho Obsorvyr?
PA RIS, A pril 1 .Marshal Foch
leaves tonight for .Spa to discuss with
Erzbergor thc allied demand that Po
lish troops be permitted to use thc
port of Danzig. Foch has full poweir
to negotiate.
GODSOL'S WKCHAIEGE IS
rPHEM) I'PON APPEAL
.
His Extradition was Sought by France
on Allegation of Profiteering in
French War Contracts.
Illy Associated Tress to The Observer'
WASHINGTON, April l.-The do-
cision of the District of Oliiml.:. w
iirnnMi nnnrt nr-ilio ititr diceh'l I trf- f Mill
custudv. on habeas cornun prnoreed-
iriRH, of Piank J, C.-ulfol, a 1'rtMiih
citizen, whose extradition was sought
by the French government on a ohargf
of making Hcvernl million in unnutho-j
ri zed profits on motortruck rontract, ;
was upheld Monday by the district
court of appeals.
Godsol came to this country as an
attache of a French war miion. Ik
was arrested March 8. PUS. the.
French embassy complaint reciiin,:'
that he "had been indicted in Franc'1.
Political charges developed durHig tho
progress of the case in th? lower'court.
TKe defense alleged that AHm"-
Thomas, former minister of murt'itior ,
w'a the real target of the pmwut'o'i
nd that.Godol was brought in b11
cnUK rlo afisociation wit'i,
Thomas. fidel e-jntendcd he hsd
not'.rejirfnt th Vrtnch rov.-rn-
irrt in iny' Vjr ia Uw tianartiuii; '
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Christian rj-mh. oiil g;ve ! h '.h
Riiile rT-K'i, ftxt lot int the1-
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W WASTE
JUSTIFIED
STATK VICTORY LOAN IHItlX.TOlt
THINKS MOXHY WAS WELL
-SPENT
ETHERIDGQ AND ZURCHER
' BUSINESS MEN'S GUESTS
Victory' Loan Cnniuiii in Colon
County Launched at Linn lieon in
Foley Toiliiy. Speaker Confident
Count)- Will I'pliholil Its Splcn
llitl Support, ,
' i L.
The first gun," heralding tho
launching bf the' Victory Liberty
Loan- campaign in Union county was
fired in La Grando et noon today, at
the business men's weekly lunch
eon, SOt. Off not bv tho snnilr linl
by the fierce biazo d! patriotic sen
timent kindled by State Director
Hthorldgu and his ahlo lieuii
James Zurcher, fleid man for tho
loan campaign. Tho visit of Mr.
Ethorid,-;o and Mr, Zurcher was ar
ranged hy E. E. Ui-UKK, lialrman of
tho luncheon today, through E. E.
Kiddle, who attondod the confer
ence of ictory loan chalriiuin In
Portland last week, t
Mr. Etherides' brief address was
full of punch, and conveyed also di
rect compliments to Union county,
tho first county In the stuto lo hn
uganized for tho lust loan and the
ono after which tha organizations
of other counties was patterned. Tho
speakor remembered with pleasure
that on his last vlat hoio, the. even
ing before the" opening of the last
loan campaign, tho towns of Union
and La Grande had both already
subscribed their quota. Ho was con
fident, ho said, that Union county
would not fall this year below 1U
last yoar u rocord.
Mr. Elheridgo spoko of tho men
who, now that tho war is over, are
ready to quit. Ho had had this
put up to I1I111 by a rrlund In Port
land, whose opinion -was that the
Victory loan was going to bo mighty
hard to put over and ho wanted lo
know if llio stuto director was not
going to resign boroio lie should lose
tho prestlo ho had gained In pre
vious campaigns. "1 am not doing
this work for tho picstigo I may
gain from it, "Mr. I.llicrldge declar
ed; "aud 1 am goni3 lo slirk to II
because I, like the reKl of you gen
tlemen, am a 0110 hundred per cent.,
red blooded, honesl-lo-liod patriot
ic American." Tile speaker had
heard 11 said titat tho spirit of pa
triotlsm in Aineri'j-i was crucified
on November 11th. the date of the
signing or the armistice, and he
drew a round of applause when he
said that if the statement was true,
then the morning of April 21st would
see that spirit restincrted aud glor
ifled througuonl the land.
j One good point ho empliasled that
. particularly 111 ;de an Impression wan
Ihis, that nr lei how much 111011
ley was wjsted in t ! - - prosecution 01
!the war. if it h roiigiit Hie war to a
close III -mills, or yeais. earlier than
' ,' v' i-" 1,r' ''l'P;''-'. '
willing tn p;.y lib; bit towards II
';ow.
No mailer il it cost five null'
died dollars, ho sull. lo take out u
spruce tioe, if It got thai tree to
(Continued ou Page 6.)
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, lh:i. 0, ,.,, ul(i
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! a service .170 & cent of tfe
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SALEM FAVORS
PiiRiin PrinuF
i UULIU I IIUI1L
iURlGSlRS THllTl; 0 1 J II
GERraANY HAS HAD ENOUGH Oh WAH
t
One hundred and forty-three men
of tho 37th. Engineering Corps wore
on board throo extra coaches on
Nov. 17 when aho woit through this
city this morning.. All ot them wors
on their shoulders tho Inslgmi of
tho army of o.'cup.iiion, tho loUol A
within u small clrcla. No La Grando
boys wore on tho train, but one from
Elgin and il couple from Wallowa
county; wore reported aboard. No
17, though nn hour lata, stouned
hero long enough to allow the iiion'ho continent was maiW In excellent
to clean out tho lied Crross can- Hme, as they left Newport News Feb-
teen, which they did with a thorough
ness that was very gratifying to tho
women who had priylded a pile of
good t nines for them. These mo:
were part of a special troop train.
their coaches having been dlve.rlnd ill
Green River, tho la.-'ger part ot tho
train going on to California. As the
cooks' car went on with tho larger
section of tho train, Jlio boys hero
this morning had no hesitancy iiboul
lining up in front of tho canteen.
The Elgin boy on the train wns
Roy Spencer, whoso rarents, Mr. and
.Mrs. Harry Speneor, row livo at Im-
bier. They were hero to moot htm
and llio reunion niado Roy quite
satisfied to go without his break
fast. His sister and her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. BeiibCiietller, and his
parents-iti-lttw, Mr. and Mrs. John
Neidorer and their eon, Leo, all of
Suininervillo, were also hero tn
greet him. His wifo 1b nt Eugene,
attending university. Ho was ono
nt the first Americans, he said, tn
roach the bridge head at Coblonz,
Gorninny, and was In thoro two days
before tho last trucks of tho retreat
Ing German army left the city. With
tho exception of Chateau Thierry, he
saw all tho big scraps lust Bummer.
but ho says bo can scarcely bollovn
yet that ho has coma out unscathed.
Ho was slightly nasscd In the Ar
gonno I o lest, whore he and a chum
built an electrical station, and on
ono occasion a chunk of shrapnol
passed between bis arm and bin
body, toarlng his clothing awny lu'
leaving him unscrathed. Tho chum
who was ill tho Argorno forest with
(By Associated Truss lo Tho Obsorvor)
LONDON, April 1. JPucharcst ro
ports say that entente troops arc be
ing landed at Constanza, on thc Ulath
sea coast, en route to Hungary.
HOCKEY SERIES
IS CALLED
OFF
(liy A.iKorlnlcd Press to The Obsorvor)
SEATTLE, April 1. The world':!
championship hockey Belies between
.Seattle and Montreal has been caller1
off as five merhbiis of the Montreal
team and its manager have influenza
COMMl'NISTS DKMANI)
t KELEASE OF PUISONEIIS
German Chancellor llVqueHted hy the
-Radical Council to Proclaim Am
neHly to Poliliral Offenders.
(Hy AMtochitrd I'ns to The Obsurvt'r''
BEIiLIN, Anril L The executive
council of greater Berlin has udopled
the appt.'.'it oi the cfitnmuiiiKt work
nten' council for the release ol" George
Idebour and other political pcison
ers. It was decided to demand of
Chancellor Scheidfinann that he ef
feet the releane of these men immedi
ately On the hauls of a proiftise made
or March"'.. Oil th;it date the chan
cellor tn'' he was unable to grant am
nesty until "order nd quiift ha been
restored in Berlirt."
H?rr Geissberg, minisUr of ponti.
end telcgranhs. it the -rime time rave
hi u-nril fif bnnrii- tl Vis wr.ubl r.
ss.al ..-Uo .-l.Ssvss
soon is- m-rijn was fiuil
The executive eoiinril ,l.im. ,w!
order has been re-estaiiii hr.i sTvij...
mauds that the proustse li. rcWmerl.
i.i:r s fv . in i:m
I'ldrt isid.v ti. .t i.i;.M:.vr
HfiNOI.ri,!'. atiieii j. Korea
fl:iS fornied a pro'. lsiOtl;il KOVI lilnelil
in M.inehutla. annriliiiE; to cabled d
vires fiom Korfns in SlitiphP re
flslivod bv a loratprij.inizatlonof Ko
ens. Troops of tl ew s;iivernniellt
itfro-sell the TuninnkHtvg, rtv(Mi freiVi
Minrlmr t Inln 'to,.. iL
said. Durinr the deiuon.,ij.-itlonr
hhh oc-iirred In Kimil AiMurrh
i March
:r, and ?ii 'h sidrsOiered 6a!
. It ;..
..Hhfj adj if-r
TROOPS LAND
ON BLACK SEA
Q. VV . .. I "M,... .I"..
V'
M i v i.-..,.. 15?, ,
, for J Ia 1
i .ort tl:n
ji.k e.'w'her,, S m 'it
i .ort time itt f aJSs S
"SIX PAGHS
him, died ou thu return trip from
flu. .
I'lio 37th lud Im'n Ion months In
France and were uluong tho first
Iroi-ps in Germany. They - I if I
Cobleiu January 12ih lo return, but
woio-li'eld up nearly six weeks in
Franco on ar -mint ot lack of ships to
bring llicm Inline. Tho return trip
iicihss Hie Atlantic too.c ion days,
anil they landed nt Newport News
February 20th. The!.- trip across
ruary Utih
Asked rs i what Im thought ot
inn posibilitieH of the Grimms tak
Ins iilf arms uj:uin, 01: of tho men,
whoso Ii.h:k is at JltMi.l P. Ivor, aaid
ft Is plain to thos ? who have boon, in
Gutuiau roeiiil that l ho hubb nf
tho people thoro have had mora
than enough of war and are very .anx
ious to mako a permanent settlo
ment without delay. Those In tho
distrits which tho American army
occupied, ho paid, show Indication
of a deslro to form themselves Into
u separate statu. TIia mou who worn
In tho army havo been all deniobil
Ized and aro again following tho
pursuits of penco and order in the
toriitory. 1 ss
Palph Heynohls, a colleKo chum of
Norman Frees was with the return
ing veterans. They attonded Stanford
together.
IS SUSPECTED
OF BEING SPY
AUKEST OF JAM E.S SPOIIU SANC
TIONED UY HAKElt.
Suspect Ih Naturalized American and
i,laj-Believed to-He- in League v1
With German Plot.
(y Associated Truss to TIia Obsorvor)
WASHINGTON, April 1. Secre
tary of War Maker has approved thc
request of tho British military autho
rities in Turkey that they he permit
ted to arrest James Spohr, a natur
alized American citizen, and his wife,
on charges of treason, Spohr is de
clared to havo been HoRoly associated
with tho head of the Germun spy sys
tem in Palestine and among the Brit
ish Indian subjects, lie has been pro
feasor of the university at Jerusalem.
SjHihr will he brought buck to thc
United States for trial..
JMAHY BILLS
1IIKEE OUT OF SEVENTEEN
CASES "NOT TKL'K."
Investigation of Autonmhile Stealing
Case Absolvt-H Youth From
Sligma,
The grand jury which had been,in
vf.stigaliug circuit court canes since
the iMith ult., fini.died their work yes
terday and were disrharged hy Circuit
.finite Knowles about Ui o'clock Ijnt
night. In their report they returned
fourteen true bjlls aud three not true
The not true "bills were' in the case
of Chester Itoberts, a youth' who wui
chai ged with attempting .to steal an
automnl)iIe; Win, K. Buf.k, whosu wife
had Hlfeged his fhilure to support hli
family, ifnd Frank Wilson, a Un'on
youth Mtcsitnst whom a statutory
t hariff h;
I Itten preferred. Th evi-
j dencif in thir r;tHs wis cfnuiilereif in-
SUIIU-.WK.to os cnai upon.
Sl liliMTS f(lHT I.K.M.VK'
y A N i'R.VNClStXI, .April 1.- Mayor
li(,rie .lt.'iker ef i'nrtl.nd is hes or
hi .sv fa'itrte from Wellington, pro
.l I.-iir' of Wcsffitl Stall's"
foe s1' nr..-iotf thcecunomie and 'in
ilu.tlial ialere.tj of III Pacific Ciast.
He would b;ive id! the chamiiers of
cotnnici'-e, labor unions and ralj
elu'lif join tin-'proposed Kairuee
Oi'lTime Coni-ert next f ritia
I rvl'i'E'' al'tfie I'hrir.ti, church prom
iseip even better thangt was he
is'-isp
(il foieuj it.
eijieeled to altrjrt fill
lv asaigrOa eiowt The fite 'Aad
:.:.P.;.. - .a?..- Zi if.
'jnts for children. JJtTeO aro now
on sate at SiK'er thorn? dnif- stnrn
JURY RETURNS
d-'e o ...
- - ? :
TO BE USED
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WILL NOT
BE UETAINEI) ON ACCOUNT
OK IMPENDING TROU1ILE
WORD COMES TO LONDON
FROM PRESIDENT WILSON
Officials at Washington Have Main
tained That tho American Army in
Europe Will He Relumed Home as
Rapidly as Transports Can Be Pro
vided. - '
(By Associated Press to The Obsorvor)1
LONDON, April 1. President Wil
son informed oilier members of tho
American delegation that no American .
soldiers should be used in nny trouble
in eastern or southeastern Europe, ac
cording to a dispatch received in Lon
don today.
Department officials nt Washing
ton gave out the word Inst week that
tho impending troubles in Europo
would not affect tho plnns made fo
the return of the American soldiers us
rapidly as transport service could bn fl
provided. There has boon no change
in tho program of scndinir tho men
homo nt the late of 300,001) a month,
.MISSIONS I. HAVE IH DAI'KST
l'AKia, April 1. Tho French, -
British and Serbian missions which
wero in Uudnpost when tho Hungar
ian revolution broko 'out, have ar
rived at llolgrado. Thoy woro Im
prisoned in their living quiti'tonf,
but. pot sent t,ct.JtiH -.
DEBS THREATENS
GENERAL STRIKE
(Dy Associated Tress to The Observer)
AKHON, O., April 1. Eugene V. -
Debs, Socialist leader, yesterday
threatened to call a general strike of
hia party throughout thc country un
less ho is granted a rehearing in Jhu
courts on charges up tn which ho waa
convicted under the espionage act. ;
Debs was confined to bed with a
bud attack of lumbago at tho homo of
Mrs. Margaret Prevey, hero when
notified that the United States ku
pre. me. court had refused him a rc
nearing. He refused to sen newspa
per men, but through Mrs. Provoy
sued thc following statement to thu
press:
''The matter is in the hands of my
attorney, Seymour Htcdman of Chica
go. I do not know what legal uction
they will follow as I havo received no
word from them as yet.
"Unless something further can bfl
done, tho program of the party to tie
up thtt country in u general striko
will be fulfilled. I am prepared to
fight to the end." .
Mrs, Prevey said Debs'1 condition' ia
not serious and that he will be able to
be out within a few days. '. :
ACCEPTABLE
III EUROPE
ROOT'S PLANS
(My Afsnctutftl 10 Tho Obnrvcr .
PAKIS, April t. Commenting' on
the six amendments to the pvice cove
nant as-Suggested Jy Elihu Hoot, It
was laid hy one ot 4hc Ick:i1 pecial--ists
BKsociateir witlthe American con
ference delegates th;. he' believed thut
alt the amendment offered wou'l bo
sH't'eptablo to th Anwrka-w i?eleg.a
tion. ' m
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I.OMHW, April l.-ft-rious riiff
oei iirretl .Moncijy aio-'iankfort
Main. It is reported that crov
wu-ked the police station and
frisoners. They also set fii
building, but order was evci
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