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TREATY TO
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IMPORTANT MATTKIt IS THAT OF
t-O.MI'ltOMISING JAPAN' AND
t'lUNUSU CLAIMS
ANOTHER ATTEMPT FOR
RACIAL EQUALITY PROBABLE
IUisslati Ilolslieviki Have Suffered
Iteverst'H on the Eastern Front
but th? Conditions in (icraiany Are
lteported to I to .More Quiet Thai
for Several Weeks Vast.
(By AsHodnU'd l'rcss to The Observer)
PAKIS, April 28, 2:45 P. M
The reviHed covenant of the
League of Nations was adopted
without division and without
amendment at the plenary sea
sion.
This has been the most eventful
week yet of the peaco conference
with final action on tho covenant.
It is hoped that the peace treaty
will bo ready by tho end of the week
and that the Italian situation my re
solve itself before that time. Then
the m out iuiporant matter of tho
peaco treaty to be tootled is tho prob
lem of a compromise on the Japans1
and Chinese claims to Kia.o Chau and
Chan Tung peninsula.
.The conditions in Italy are watched
with concern. .Little information
comes from tho plenary meeting ol
tho peace conference today. A revis
cd draft of the covenant is to be pre
aentcd. Japan wiil probably try
again for an amendment for racial
equality.
Tho Russian Bolshevik, have suf
fered reverses on tho eastern front.
Conditions irt Germany are quieter
than at any time !n the past few
weeks.
AIR FREIGHT COMES HIGH
Rates on Aerial Trip of 250 Mile
Reach $1 Per pound.
PARIS, April 28. Revictualline
the starving towns and villages of
northern France by dropping parcels
of food and clothing from the skies
had a romantic glamor about it that
makes most people overlook the busi
ness details of freight transportation
by airship.
Matter of fact persons who pinned
their faith to the humble motor truck
find their views amply vindicated by
a bill of expenses incurred by fifteen
airships which recently carried 3000
pounds of supplies 250 miles from Lc
Bourget to Maubcuge and Valenci
ennes. It cost just over a dollar for each
pound of merchandise carried, where
as by motor truck the cost would not
have exceeded $100 for the whole trip,
or three cents a pound.
It seems the motor truck has a big
start on the airship in the matter of
cost of haulage.
AMBASSADOR PAGE
LEAVES FOR PARIS
(Uy Associated Press to The Observer)
ROME, April 28. Thomas Nelson
Page, American ambassador to
'Rome, left today for Paris.
END I
KDKItAl, roXTHOIj
Oh' SHIP CONSTRICTION
WASHINGTON. April 28 Impor
tant steps toward exposing . of the
tremendous shipping kierests built
up by the 'government during the
war wero taken Saturday in the crea
tion by Director General Piez of a
new section of th? emergency fleet
corporation, designed to supervise the
disposal of million? of dollars' worth
of fnvesttnent3 to private concerns .
The hew section will be known as
the plant disposal section, with B. E-'
Grant, engineer of the shipyard
plant division, in charge. Sale or
the corporation's interests iij, wood
yards, concrete yards, sttel yard.
and fabrlratinc plan.':;, will be afftft
Ol under Mr. Grant'c direction, wlth
a view to putting the Immense h
buil'lln plan's into private 'hands.
Termination of the war brought
about anrtOIat ion of -am tracts wft
wood yards? ami will fce the
first interests to be plareif5 onthe
market by the nw action. In some
instaiQi' the wood yards oill hg
0ftin'd over to private owners, ho
plan to manufacliW 9oryn barp'-a
and tugboats.
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Oth?r3 ood yareG will
to ijtnf.triHl U?C5 o-
iillllied a repair vos;' Some few of
FOUR SAILORS
WERE DROWNED
(Uy Associated Press to The Observer)
NEW YORK, April 28. Four sail
ors from the United States destroyer
Bell were drowned today when a mo
tor dory collided with the ship.
CLARIFY PEACE TREATIES
Council of Three A V i 1 1 Cuear l'p Am
biguities in Short Time
PARIS. Arrtl 28. Tho Temps
Sunday bays that two or three days
will suffice for the council of three
to approve clauses in the peace
treaty that rouiain to be clarifed. 11
adds thatjthe committee preparing
the program concerning Alsace-Lor
raine, has achieved a definite draft
tn which all the claims of France are
admitted.
La Biborte says indications are that
the Italians endorsed all the treaty's
essential clauses before they left
Paris.
PORTIONS OF EIGHTEENTH EX
(UNEERS REACH NEW YORK
Several Additional Transimrts Ilearb
Destination Today Laden Willi
Troops From Owr Sous
TEW YORK, April 28. Among
tho 2200 troops which arrived today
from Bordeaux on, tho steamer Tex
an were 36 officers and 1148 men
comprising the headquarters detach
ment, field and staff, medical de
tachmeut and, companies A to F, in
clusive, of the Eighteenth Engineets,
for Camp Kearney. Many Oregon
men arp included in- the arrival od
tho Texan today.
Several other Transports with
troops from overseas arrived in Nov
York today.
BROKEN BOMB
REACHES SEATTLE
(Uy Associated Press to The Observer)
SEATTLE, April' 28. The mayor's
office received a broken 'bomb in the
mail today. Mayor Hanson i.-t now
in Colorado on a loan-speaking tour.
WILL ENFORCE
LAW WILL HE I.N EFFECT OX
THE FlIiST OF JLLV
Attorney .(icneral I'anu'i Announces
That His Depart mi nt Will I'li
dcrtaku to Punish Violators
WASHINGTON,. April 2 8. En
forcement of national wartime prohi
bition, effective July 1, will be un
dertaken by the department of jus
tice. Attorney General Palmer Sunday
night declared that ' as long as the
act remains in forco under its tortus
it becomes my duty to see that It is
enforced like all other laws by th
prosecution of such pi? i sons as viola i
it." The attorney general furthm
asserted that ho possessed no power
to grant amnesty 10 anyone who
might manufacture beer pending an
interpretation of tho law as to whai
percentage of alco'iolic constituent
brings beer within the meaning or
the prohibition act.
The statement of the attorney gen
eral definitely settled the quca.on f
the agency to taJce up -the enforce
ment of the at'J: which arose when
CommHsloner of Internal Revenue
had neither the fund nor a staf
available for carrying out tlw actV
enforcement.
OXE YEAH AGO TODAY
Germans hurl fresh divisions
against the tred Allies to force ad
vances In the ricaMy battrf
I (triinuously ao'aultinit waves
(force the Alliespbaclf IruuMt Kern-
jinel and Wystaeche.
I Ilafc's "At&k tjpt j TiirVdefen-
)pftpera(rly holds ttie Huns o of
Yjttea
ance in advances north of L.
Only firftounltn ot Amerir ta
iinliA Amiv bA;A 9jr.tl-A tft .k:nev
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icat aiobilzation canA e0 V
fribarribe war to lit ' t.ib-!c
erto loan wvu Snfi, woubi. i9 i:tid
MORE OREGON
BOYS LANDED
PROHIBITION
TRIAL OF
EX-KAISER
DEMANDED
IN TERN ATION A L TR 1 HUN A L
TO ISK FOIU1KI) TO TRY
MILITARY OFFENSES
IS
REQUEST FOR HOLLAND
TO SURRENDER REFUGE
Charge Will Not Re Based on Crimi
nal Law, but an Offen.se Against
International Moralitv and the
c,, e rV .: I many countries, and, as a result, there
sanctity of treaties Others Het. . ,. . . . ... . '
sides Williclni to Re Tried.
(Uy Assoc juti (I Press to Tho Obsorvtr)
PARIS, April 28. The peace treaty
with Germany as drawn contains u
clause providing that the former em
peror be tried by an international tri
bunal with a separate tribunal to try
other military officers. The new arti
cle provided for insertion wiil be pre
sented for consideration today. It pro
vides that the allied and associated
powers may publicly arraign the for
mer emperor not for an offenso
against the criminal law, but a su
premo offense against, international
morality -and the sanctity of treaties.
Announced From Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The al
lied and associated powers are deter
mined upon the trial of the former
German emperor for "supreme of
fense agaiihit international morality
and the sanctity of treaties.''
Holland will be requested (o sur
render the royal refugee for arraign
ment before a court composed of five
judges named hy the United States,
England, France, Italy and Japan.
Germany will also be required to
deliver nil her sons within Tier. border
charged with acts in violation of the
laws and customs of war, for a trial
by a military tribunal.
ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE
DECLARED UNDER WAY
PARIS, April 28. A project -for
in alliance between France and Amer
ica actually is under way, the Echo
de Paris says. President Wilson, Ihr
newspaper adds, is withholding action
until he can place the matter before
the American senate.
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FOOD SUPPLY
VERY SCANT!
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FACT
ENORMOUS SHORTAGE
Total of 29,000.000 Tons Is Necessary
but the Shipping Facilities
Arc Not Satisfactory.
PARIS, April 28. In the harvest
year from August, l'JJS, to August,
1U1U, Europe must import 29,000,000
tons of foodstuffs from overseas and
to meet this there is available a total
of about af),000,000, tons, Herbert C.
Hoover, chairman of tho food section
of tho supreme economic council, said
Sunday ih reviewing the present world
food situation. The supply available
is sufficient to meet the needs of Eu
rope, but shipping conditions ure not
satisfactory on account of strikes
surplus will be absorbed.
"We arc now at the worst phase o(
the European famine that was inev
itable after this world war," Mr. Huov
cr said. The United States, Mr. Hoov
er continued, will supply to Europe
during the year ending next August
foodstuffs valued 'at $2,500,000,000.
Enemy countries and neutrals will pay
cash for what they receive, while the
allied countries arc being aided by
funds appropriated by congress.
To Keep Down Prices.
The food relief authorities arc. do
ing their best to control th.e effect of
the large demands on the American
market. In connection with this Mr.
Hoover, mentioned that n statement
by him on the possible price of wheat
had been misinterpreted in some quar
tors.
Mr. Hoover said he wished to em
phasize that- the control of the price
of -wheat would be maintained to the
full extent of existing authority and
that tho American consumer need not
be alarmed that there will bo a mate
rial rise in tho price of that food es
sential. The relief administration propose?
that the last of the food ships under
its cohtrol shall sail from tho United
States before July 1. The harvest in
Europe will then enable Europe to go
on for some months without assist'
ance.
JAPANESE INSIST
ON RACE EQUALITY
PARIS. April 28. P.aron Mak'no.
head of the Japanese delegation, said
ho regretted the omission of the racial
equality clause. He said that Japan
must revert to her original position
on this question.
ARE MY KIND OF AN AMERICAN"
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UURLESON ASKS PRESIDENT
FOR PERMISSION TO END
FEDERAL CONTROL
WANTS CABLES RELEASED
BY THE TENTH OF MAY
Telephone Lines to Go Hack to Private
Ownership aa Soon a the U'gisla
lation That Is Deemed Necessary
, Can He Enacted by CoiigrcHH.
(Uy Ansoelutoil I'r'.ss to Th Oh.server)
WASHINGTON, April 28 Presi
dent Wilson was asked by Postmaster
General 'Purleson to approve the ini-J
mediate return of tho American cable
lines to private ownership.
Burleson also recommended to Wil
son that all the telephone lines he re
turned to private ownership as soon
as congress can enact tho legislation
deemed necessary, liurleson said he
hoped the cable lines could bo return
ed by May lOtlj.
RUSSIAN PEASANTS RISE .
STOCKHOLM, April 28. Tho in
habitants of Olonetz, 110 miles north
east of Pctrograd in the government
of Olonetz, have revolted againsb tho I
Holsheviki. The revolt is spreading
northward.
Tho allied forces advancing south
ward along the Murmansk railway
were last reported approaching the
northern shore of Lake Onega. Olon-etj-
is situated between Lake Onega
and Lake Ladoga. The allied force
u about 100 miles to the .north.
IH)PE RECEIVES SOX OF
ALLEGED .MOSLEM HEAD
ROME, April 23. For. (he find,
time In tho hbitory of the papacy, the
head of tho Catholic church Friday
received tho son of the comimiudiir of
faithful, us lMinco Kelmlal, sou of
Hussion Him All, king of llnljnz,
Malms h'H fntlior l.i be. Pope Hun
od'lct talked with Prince Felsda'
through an Interpreter, Abbot Ilbus,,
belonging to the Syrian marchites.
LOAN GOING FINE
OUTSIDE PORTLAND
Illy Aksol-IiiU'iI ITcks to Th Observer)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. Tho
stato of Oii'iion, outside of Portlnml,
hiul oxomlccl its quota Sutuidiiy
iiiKht. I'Di tlaml h:is nppioxiniHtoly 60
per cent subscribed.
.MKMCO ltWAI..8 MISSION
I'nillllii of lli'i'OKiiitlcill liy Ituliliv
ioirntiu'iit Is (jiv4-ii As t'uusu
III! ICNOM A 1 1! 103, April 28. Tho
AiKintjuu furt'lKti onuo It'iirns thai
tlio Mi xii'iin luivornmpiit In recalllm;
its diplomatic mission to Italy be
cause it lias not boon recognized by
tliu Italian Koveinment.
A dispatch from Mexico dated
Wednesday, mild that Mexico had ro
called Alhctiu Paul ns umlmssudor
(o France. It was anid I'd nl had not
been recognized by the French gov
ernment. OFFICIALS 10
CIIAS. 1MKZ TO I.KAVU THE SHIP
PING UOAKD.
Seven Other OI'ficialH of the lCmcrijeii
ency Kleet Corporation Are to
Leave Their Placet),
(liy AsKuMtileri Truss to Tho Olmorvor)
WAsillNGTO... April 28 fcharlua
Piez, director general of tho shipping
board, and seven other administrative
officials of the Emergency Kleet cor
poration, will retire on May 1st to re-
sumo private business.
SWISS DELEGATE
CALLED TO PARIS
(Uy AhkovIuIiuI ITvhh la Tho (Jbnorvor)
GENEVA, April 28. (Justnvo Ador,
president of the Swiss federation, re
ceived an urgent summons to the
peaco conference, and left for Paris
Sunday night. Newspapers slate that
ho has been invited by the allies to
net as arbitrator in the question of the
Adriatic.
WILL RECEIVE
liXTUA SlUSCKIITIONS W1IX fll?
ACCKPTKI)
This .Will Ho Done to Make I'p for
the. Localities Havinx u
llefick.
WASHINGTON, -AprTi 28. Special
effort to oituin overHulisefipt-itjiii
from communities to counterbalance
ossiblo uiiuersulSL-riitiiiUs from oth
ers, wilJ lie made this week by Vic
tory Liberty loan committees, at the
request of the treasury.
LABOR MEETING
TOMORROW NIGHT
There will lie a meeting, under the
auspices of tho La (irandu Central La
bor Council, of nil the local labor
unions al the city halltoiiKirrow eve
niiiK. Secretary Stack of the .state
l-'edonition- of l.nbor will be present
and matters of general interest in la
bor affairs will lie presented at the
meeting. The meeting is open to all
union labor organizations of La
Grande, '
u vim, u riutM'.wr .
PORTLAND, April 2X.- K,r Ore
gon fair jul cooler in cpvt portion
lonlKht with a ll;!it frost In the
soullM-ijst portion; ' KentN westerly
winds. '
A I-A run II IC I IMS AM v
LI.IIKI.I.f.V.l al , April 2S. Lee
Glut d'-otes liiiml oi ills thtie ttj bin
i:illnesi- lailpijl-y i.-, tied in tile lsl-ii-iit;.il
.' '.'rtliin. ' In b , s.l.iie lime he
r:iiH';s liiiwers tor s.i aivl, iueld'-nt-aliV-biiii:.ls
for III Vletoiy lalierfe.
I.S'ote. '
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j ri-rHons n.ii.Tg 'tis eslaKiHUui''A)l'
'i.ie ciiul.nihtriil by the following sign
prominently pWu cil 4,, In, gurdei
-'Lee Cnjl It.iln-l'y. tjae la4l!ry
ib-llvci 1 it horse waru.
.ll kind flower oisii!e. e
ll'li got Virlniy lloniL-
p-Vou (leitem?
RESIGN i
OVER QUOTAS
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Iti:'i:iTIO. COMMITTKK WORK
1N) OX I'LA.NS FOB A.
MKiHTY UUMONHTItATIOX
ALL COUNTY SOLDIERS
TO SHARE IN WELCOME
Hope EnteitaliuHl That Hospital
I nit Will HtHMid Wliolo Day Hen
Arrival Ijooked l'or Within Next
Week- Slrrat D:tiice In Evening
Will Do Dig Part of Celebration
Metetlng nt luncli today . noon nC
tho Foloy, the comnilttoo o looiil
buslnoaa men appointed to arninga
for tho recoptlon of tho holuceainlng
hospital unit discussed various sug
Kostlona renal ding a program for tho
day, olmlnuting the Impractical ones
and formed a fulrly ueflnlto outllno
for what will bo ono of tho happiest
occasions In La Graiido'g history. It
is intended to make tills evout a renl
gala day, in which ovory citizen ot
tho town and as many from nearby
towns as can bo drawn In horo will
partlelpato. . Every man In (ho coun
ty who has been In ti e service In tliiu
war, olthor at homo or abroad, Is In
vlted to bo ono of th1. gucRts of lion-
or and to share equally In tho wel.
couto to tho men of tlio hoRUltal unl.t
May Arrlvo In Few Days
Tlioro has been nil word yet as to
tlio dato of tho unitss airivul horo.
Tlx, Iimvr li!iv.t hoeii Rent In l:nnui
Morrlt, N. J., rwlth tho expectation
that they would bo started homeward
early this week. Borne bullova that
they will bo horo about Suturday.
It Is a fivo duya loiirnoy across tho
continent, however, und thoro wilt
bo ample tlmo to conclude all pro-
partitions once tho tlmo of tholr do-
parturo Is aacortnlned. It Is c-ipoct-
d thut they will arrive In La lirnndo
on No. 17, reaching horn at 8:00. a,
, unless tliey nomo on a Bpoclnl
train, and as a twolvo hour Bton
over was reuuested- for thorn, th
commllteo is working on that basis.
Tho Program Outlined
Tlio program, briefly outlined, la
this: When tho train arrives none
hut tlio parents, relatlvos and clos
est friends uf tho boys will bo al
lowed access to tho fenced-off area
around tho train. Outsiders will
havo to look on fram tho other ld
of tho ropes, und thm-o will be spec.
Inl men on duty sou that only
those who bear a pasa will get Jn
sidu. These passes. will Issued by tho
Army nnd Navy Auxiliary to all who
are enlltli'd to the n and should bo
secured In good time. Arter tho
greetings a parade will Ire formed ill
which tho service nion will inarch to
I In- Mormon Tabernacle, wllero' a
brier official welcome will 1)0 Un
tered before tlio crowds lets tho boys
get away from. them In thlH par ado
it Is asked that all men who havo
worn the uiiiforni in tlio present war,
In the Civil War, or Spanish-American
war will inarch.
llaiiciug oh Adam Avenue
After the brief program In the tnb
oiniiclo there will hi a few hours for
visiting, and then in tho evening; ft
big street dame will 1m; held. Two
blocks on Adams avonuc, from tho
Koley hotel to tho La l.ranuo Na
tional Honk will bo roped oft (or the
daliinTs and tliero will bo flno nnmlo
supplied by the O.-W. biyid, which
has nuked to lie grunted tho prlvileuo
of playing. The dam e will bo op.a t
others thun.Bo'diers, but tho reftoMi.
n.nt I I lis which, will be establish
ed at botn' eniln of Ihc dancing spaeK
will servo only ;m n In unlfonii.
This, service wfll h" gb.cn frm.by tho
ladles of tho Army and Navy ifuill
lary and all siddlors and llielr lady
frlemls will be welcoie.;d at tho
booths. Then; will be nojirlvate T
reptlon for tho members of .ho hos
pital unit, but rath-r cveiy part ot
of tho day program will honor all
servlei men eiimtlly. .
M'obliers J)teil to l!eport. .
It 4s. reiii'-slT-d "that all soldln't
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