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f ' V An Independent Newspaper ' Printa the News Mm Day It Happen. Phone The Observer the Nwa an4 , Tour Want Ada. Main ST. Section One MEMBE OF THE. ASSOCIATED PBE&8 Six Pages volume xvm SIX PAGES LA liRANDK, OKKOOX. AVEDXKSPAY, MAY 7, 1919 SIX PAGES NUMBER 188 IS TOLD QH TERMS PEACE MAY BE HAG OFFICER OF PH VISIT TO U i II I GRANDE MID BAKER . ? WILSON GALLS A SESSION SPECIAL MEETING OF CONGRESS ON MAY 19. President Not Expected to He Present at Opening Day, Which la Ear lier Than Anticipated. (By Associated Press to The Observer) WASHINGTON, May 7. President Wilson has issued a call by cable for a special session of congress to meet Slay 19. White house officials said the President was guided in naming an early date by Secretary Glass, due to the necessity of passing the annual appropriation measures which failed in the closing days of the last session. The President is not expected to be here on the opening day. The date is much earlier than democrat leaders had expected.. GARRISON CASE TO JURY TOMORROW (By Associated Press to Tho Observer) SEATTLE, May 7 Ruth Garrison's mother did not take the stand regard in her daughter's mental weakness. ' The case will go to tlie jury tomorrow, probably. EXPERTS WO UK OX 1SOMBS Bureau iif .Mins Finds May Day E.vpIoMvu of I'. S. Manufacture WASHINGTON, May C Exports of the bureau of mines analyzing the bombs used in the attempted May day outrages proceeded far enough to convince them that the gelantinc dynamite used was of American manufacture. It is ex pected that the firm producing tho explosive can be identified from the chemical formula and the perpetra tors perhaps traced in that way. Y NOT SIGN TREATY (By Associated Tress to Tho Observer) PEKING, May 7. The ' Chinese cabinet has decided to instruct the Chinese delegates not to sign the peace treaty, assigning German rights in Shantung to the Japanese. Cautioned By Japan. TOKIO, May 7. Japan has notified China that the anti-Japanese agita tion in Peking is liable to cause mis understandings nnd that it would be well to prohibit the ''national dis grace?' meeting planned today in Peking. IMBLER BANKER WILL ENGAGE IN BUSINESS HERE T. K. Bellamy, formerly with the State Hank of Iinbk-r, has remove'! . with his family to I.e. Grande and .will open an insurtrre office hero as Boon as rooms can be securel Mr. Bellamy represents the Oregon Fire Relief Association, of McMinn ville. tlie .company that subscribed 151,000 to the Victory Loan. 4- . 4. 4. 4. 4. .-. -j. . . 4. TiMKti' thai ii:i!; run , 1 torn 4. The trnop train carrying 4 400 -soldiers of SlfiiJi Sanl- tarr train i rt u to arrive In -I-La Gr.inde at 5:15 this after- -;. noon ar,-l it -is un.lertl'i)d that it will rmi9 r.'To for one .; f.-t-j' This will be one o? y th lAtfc'-'Bt returning bodies of ? line of 1e Jth supply t oo a.d many La Grander 4. way ioil fri'-mls among tJi'-n. Thl unit u part of the 91a' division ard wi-h It are OH ien(f ot tor iitith supply tiain,n As the men are .et- CHINA i A ed Ut) he h(-re ,3 V"') din'r d A.ur R.-.oand Solvation Jsi'rn .kers Vr nmafiie J. Dren;lr.-itlr,B to fj- a great many of them 1 Army Must Be Reduced to to Be Razed occupation 01 liermany jxeaucea in Proportion to Reparation Made Assent to Trial of exKaiser Any Violation of Conditions An Act of War Recognition of League of Nations, But Without Membership Delegates Say They Will Sign, But That Germany Will Not Pay. VERSAILLES, May 7. (By Associated Press.) Germany was told this; afternoon the terms ou'wliich the allied and associated powers' will, make pence with her. Delegates ot the Twentv-seven nations which arc parties to the pact attended the nicinorahle assemblage. Say Germany Will Not Pay Indemnity. PARTS, May 7. German delegates to the peace con ference declare that they will sign the peace treaty, hut chat Germany will not pay an indemnity. League Covcnanl Presented. "5" 1 r PARIS, May 7. The league of na tions covenant is the first section of the peace treaty, which is the longest ever drawn, being about eighty thou sand words. It is divided into fifteen sections. It does not deal with the questions affecting Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, except insofar as it is binding upon Germany to accept any agreement reached with her lormer allies. Germany, by the terms of the treaty restores Alsace-Lorraine to r ranee: accepts internationalization of the Saar Basin, temporarily, and of Dan pig permanent. It agrees to terri torial changes toward Belgium,, Den mark and East Prussia; it cedes most of Upper Silesia to Poland, and re nounces all territorial and political i rights outside of Europe, especially to .Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Liberia and Shantung; also recognizes the total independence of German-Austria, of Czecho-Slovaltia and Poland. Military Restrictions. - Germanys-army is- to be reduced to 100,000, including officers. Con scription within her territories is abol ished, all forts fifty kilometers east of the Rhine are to be razed; all im portation, exportation and nearly all production of war material is to be stopped. Allied occupalion of parts of Ger many is to continue until reparation is made, but will be reduced as Ger many fulfills her obligations. Any violation by Germnny of the condi tions as to the zones east of the Rhine will be regarded as an act of war. lteriiirlinn of Navy. :- i- i. ij ine uermaii .. w to six battleships, six cruisers and twelve torpedo boats, but without sub-1 marines. The personnal is not to ne over 15,000. Germany is forbidden to build forts controlling the Baltic and must demolish Heligoland, open uie Kiel canal to all nations, and surren- der fourteen submarine cables. No fnwnB am nermitted except un- armed seaplanes to detect mines. Must Make Reparation. Germany must accept full respon sibility for all damages caused to the Allied and associated governments and nations, and agrees specifically to re imburse all civilian damages. It is to pay the shiping damage on a ton-for-ton basis by cessation of a large part of her merchant, coasting nnd river fleets and by new construction, nnd is to devote her economic resourc es to the rebuildiag of the devostated regions. Accept League Without Membership.! Germany is to agree to return to pre-war tariffs without discrimination, to allow freedom of transit through her territories; also to agree to the trial of. the ex-Kaiser by an interna tional high court for a supreme of fense against international morality. A league of nations is accepted by the allied and associated powers as opera tive and by Germnny in principle but without membership. Summary U Be PuMiohfa". NEW YORK, May' 7. An 11-000-word sumamry of the peace treaty is to be published today. (Br aoclai4 irci to The Obnorecr) ;, rAftI,-W 7. As a ba'is for re suming r,,',i' in the, liaiice ne-goti'at!-;i!, JtitmtcT Orlani' accepted X the proposal War. Italy adgmiei; X. r'snme a a mandatory of the league X "f nations0 ontil (923.' Bftpr yijme.'a to revert ,o ILW arosovcr Flit UNDER 100,000 Forts East of Rhein HOMES SHOW IHE COLORS UK.XEIIAL 8CHKJ1K OF DECOHA TIOX ADOPTED lls Kirtley Issues Order to Every Homo Owner Itiisiucss Houses to Doll l'p An order issued this morning by Kllis Kirtley, head of the docoratidu committee for the home-cominp; ""'out of the Hostltl Unit, states that It is expected all homes of the city will she the colors and other wise beautify the premises in honor of tho boys who have been in the great world war airl who are coming 'home to us on May 14th, Tho fourteenth Is now supposed to bo the exact date of arrival but this Is subject to slight change, and decorations should be arranged so that they can be put up immediately when the word arrives stating the exact hour of arrival. "I believe with ?.!1 my heart that La Grando homes v. ill be alive with flags and bunting, that flowers will adorn most of the porches and en trances to tho homes, for this Is the one great day of a. generation thr. iluv we bring back to UH altllOrtl T110 liOOQ uniii niui -.- , 1018 handled e- total of 110,000 box es of fruit. mostly Ncwtowns an" s,, ,,,. ; killed 60 Injured, property damued to extent of $21,240, is the )ortlan(i Vecoid M auto accidents ,nngnK fr0m bent fenders to wreck caI.8 or at tlie rate oi neunj 0 d y- . Tha ice cream sundaes anu all kjn(is of soda water drinks are going rapidly at Silvertnorn s louniaiii. . cream cones are still 5c each. Why not try the fresh strawberry sundaes with whinned cream, at their foun- tain. 5-5tf CI - - nil iifi . - A i BANDIT CHIEF OK POLICE KALPII GIB BON, OF THE DALLES, IS SHOT BY FUGITIVE. WASHOUGAL BANK ROBBER IS SUPPOSED ASSAILANT Had Arrested Iwo Men, AY hen One Fired the Shot and Uolh Made Y.s cupe One Whs Kecantured and n Posse la In Putiit of the Other Lynching Wan Threatened. iBy Associated Proas to Tho Observer) THE DALLE&, Or., May .7 Chief of Police Ralph llibbou, of Tho Dalles, was fatally shut this morrniiifc when he arrested twoj men, thought to bo the Lewis Brothers, wanted for the robbery of the VusIkhikiiI bunk. Both escaped but one was recaptured. A hastily organized posse is in pursuit of the other. I Lynching Was Threatened. A crowd of citizens tried to take the bandit away from Sheriff Chris tian when he was recaptured, but the sheriff held them off at the point of gun and put the prisoner in jail. The other robber escaped across the river into Washington. When Chief of Police Gibbon 'nt- rested the men he had not searched them when one of them pulled a gun and shot him on the street, while on the way to jail. The chief of police died two hours after he was shot. Third Bandit Also Escapes. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 7.-Twenty-five hundred dollars of the Washougal bank-money was recovered last night when tho bandit, known ns Primrose, was arrested. He later es caped, after wounding one of tho posse in the hand. He is still ut large. 7,'y''Vf ',.?")7."! FRANCE 10 HAVE GUARANTEES i-S-i, -- c Aii-s-m l fH&jl Union County Bar Association Entertains the Justices at Luncheon Splendid Time Enjoyed By Everyone Present Visits May Be Made a Part of the Court's' Program In the Future." Reaching La Grande this morning on a Cot-nequatutod-wlth-the-stnte trip members of the Supreme court ot Oregon have enjoyed tho day as suuais 01 mo union county uar as- sedation In. a very pleasant manner. ! It has boon a delightful day lor La Grande people tor many hqvo had tho pleasure ot mooting the dif ferent court members nnd learning from tlioiu that the supremo court i not ull intellect and dignity. They proved to bo finest kind of "folka.'' At tho noon hour tho Bar Asso elation dined the Justices at tho E DECISION TO IIAVI-i- A 11IO TIME THIS V 10 A It Judd Goer nnd - John Dean, Fruit Men, Here Interviewing tho County (Aunt The city of Cove will have Its an nual cherry fair this fair. This haB been determined once and for all by the peoplo ' of that section of the valley and today Judd Goor and John P. Dean, two of the loading lu.cna it nil 11 lilt ijiowein, aiu nuiu Interviewing tho county . court on the possibility of county co-opora-tion for tho exposition. Last year Cove laid off bocause' of the war. She was also hit by a freeze which took a gooil doal of the pep out of tho people as well as tho blossoms oft the trees. Thero wub a lurking suspicion that tho Kaiser at that time wns controlling the weather and visiting this punish ment on Covo because of her patri otic work during the wur, but thin year It Is different, and whllo thorn has been some frost it Is ostlninti'd there will bo nt ler.st fifty carload of cherries shipped from Covo dur ing tho season. With such a crop tho Cherry Bhow Ib a certainty. ItlOl) (iUAltDS KILL ItlOTEIM Four Hundred Moscow Citizens Ro- ........ i... .. ..'.i..... LONDON May 7 Four hundred persons wero killed In Moscow last! CHERRY SHOW week when the Hed gunrd wus cull-1 enllro Oregon country, nil minii to rllfmnrrfu rioters, savs iiii!il neighbor talks to a Kucliiinen Telenrnnh dWnntch mint- lug advices from East Germnny. d when crowds! g food and shouting "Down wit 1th Llnlno and Foley hotel and a few citizens of tho county outside tho CMiuciatioii w-qr Invited. Judge J. W. Knowles acted as tonatninster and his knowledge ot each meuihor served him well for ho kept a vein ot humor running .""B""ui ins uurouuetory spoecn- i uu nrsi speaser cuilea upon wus Oregon's Brand old man, Chief Justice Thomas Mcllrldo. lies id ch his rmnnrkttblo wisdom JudgOv Mc llrldo Is u "regular" fellow in every respoct. and the romarks he inadi at tho dinner ploased everyone. Years ago. Just about 1S63. Judge Me Bride mined In the Auburn mines ot linker county, and today he admitt ed that tho reinunerutlon for that work was considerable innro In pro portion than ho Is receiving today. But at that, the Judge Is happy and loves his work. Justice Iloan ot Lmntllla county made a talk on how un Eastern Ore gon man got on tho Supromo bench and In n very Interesting man ner told of his expoiioncos. Ho said that a Judge of flie Supremo court is Uko a base ball player, it he can't make a-Htrlko they r.ut him on tho bench, which brought forth gener ous applause. Justice Lnwrenco T. Harris, of Eugene, who is the youngest mout her of tho court, talked In a vary pleasing mnnnor about tho work of the court, the development ot tho fit lite, unci asked that La Grande make an opportunity so that tho members could Jluy a roturn date oro ln tbo future, Feeling porofctly at homo Justice Henry L. Honson assured the others ot the tribunal that ho know Jusl. how tho circuit Judges of Eastern Oregon feel toward tho Supromo court, namely that boiiio very per fectly good opinions of the circuit Judges uro badly mused up by the Supremo court. Ho know because for fiftoon years he was a circuit Judge in Klamath county and said without reservation that ho had Hnent many days In the sago brusa wiuiilerlnir why u Supromo court dW not get a bettor understanding of things bolero rovorsing n clrculi; Judge who was right. And tho Jus tleo ulso admitted that since ho took u seat on tho bench ho had noi; been ablo to chango tho habit of thf court. Tim i..kI sneaker was an Eustern election Oregon man who on last received u hundnoino ,,. n,i hv i..' . .. ... n mnnitier ol : court, This man wasUio ---"S riiiit'leK A Johns, former y oi uim- amines . jtiiiuo, . or, and well known throughout mo neighbor, for most of the men present wore bin personal friends of long standing. After the adjournment at tho din- Ilor i,U- Hutomlbles were provided ,.,,,1 n,u court was taken over thf valley. At 4 o'clcck they left for Ilukor whero they will moot the peoplo of that city. The Idea of makln? n visit to dif ferent pints of tho etnio Is a new onii for the Siipiomo court of Ore gon. Each member enjoyed the oc-i-unlon fully and 11 Ib believed that II will be written In the" program o( the court that tut uro trips will hi taken. POST OFFICE CLERKS PASS WITH HONORS Chief Clerk A. S. Itund, of Port land, was lii town yesterday and gave the regular examinations to the mi-iiiheiH of th'; local pout offie'i staff and Post Master llriigg a'l nounced with pleasire- this morniirt thai all the nieinheri of his staff had paHi-d the examinations with n mark bi-tt'-v than ninety-nine p.T I cent. MIhs Uiever toek the exauiin ulliiim with 100 per cent. ALLTO RETURN - BEFORE! LONG tlr AM'icUted l're loeTNs Obnrvra' VaKIIINGTiN. May 7. Secretary Ilaker announced tli'. by August the la$ man of the expeditionary forces ill have b-n withdrawn fromiE France. Three hundred th0-s'' : monthly will lie movl Vi the Unid , i States? More thas '.:alf of t'ft expe litii.n irv f. rr 1 . l,ii-lift FrnnceT START CAMPAIGN FOR GOOD ROADS AD CLim DELKGATIO.V V1.H1TED IM1ILEK LAST -NIGHT Program for County Outlined and Support of Two Now Meiuurcs by All Voters Wus Urged Some twonty-flvo local buslnosl men comprised the good roada del egation which wont to Iuibler last night as representatives of the Un ion county Ad Club to talk to the tax payer of the Imbler district on matters concerning the good roada program which has boon outlined for Union county, Imbler'a repre sentatives at tho meeting were few but they wero vory representative and assurance la felt that consider able good tor the cause resulted from the mooting. The mooting wan held around the dinner tnblosSvhlch at the sitting down ot the visitors had been fairly loaded with a good, old-time country supper. It was no longer loaded 'when the dlnors got hrough, but It put everybody in ' fine spirit and contributed 'that bond of congeniality so necessury for tho succoss of meetings where people have to be talked to about opening tholr pocketbooks. The Proposition Explained Sam Brooks, of Imblor was chair- mun, and artor the dinner was over started G. L. Lurlson off on his fa vorite pastime boosting for county- wldo hard surface roads. Mr. Larlsoa ' displayed map ot the county, show ing the roads, that have boon plan nod, together with all facto regard ing cost per mile, resulting Increase of taxOB, and the time necessary to rutiro the bond Isbiio which must bo put over to build tho roads. To put a paved road Into every town In tho county from tho stato highway will cost about $2,700,000; tho resultant incroaso will bo five mills on the dollar; and ln twenty years tho wholo Indebtedness, with interesti will be paid ott, said Mr. Larison. Ho then explained the two new niunsurus which will bo voted upon nt the elections Juno 3rd tho six por cont. county Indebtedness ' bill mid tho one mill murltot roads bill thlB latter being tho measuro lntro-i duced by Sonator Walter M. IMorco. . No llond lxguo Juno llrd Tho value of these visits which have been arranged to tho various towns was nrovoa last nigut uy me renuests or tno liunier men anu ot m- " ..-,n Mtnun tt-n tiinnnurnninn tH nnd i,...iin . ii i..!io,l nuiuB to wnai iney woum iuiu u tho oloctlon next month. It seemed to bo a gcnoral Idea Hint there was to bo a bond Issue submlttod Juno 3rd, but It was oxplalned that this was not tho case. Ab the speaker expalned, thero could bo no bond la buo voted for more thun a two por cent. Indebtedness under tho pres ent state law, and ns a two por cent Iwiiio would not bejtln to cover the (Continued on Page 2) . - . DOKIES PLANNING FOR A BIG TIME AT THE CEREMONIAL, Big. doings are planned by tho brigands of Khaled Temple No. 170 Knlehts of Kliornian at their big 'r-eiemonlal In this city tonight. A I class . of twenty tyros will bo on 'hand nnd with the brigands who will 'Inter Initiate them into the Itiyster les of the order will enjoy a feast 'thlB evening at the First M, E. j church. Thero will bo visitors present at 'this ceremonial from Union, Wallo. wa and linker counties, among whom will be Grand Vliler Marlon Davis, of Union, and Mnkona Baker, thief of the brigand), of Wallowa. IIEDS ( I AIM .F UH STOPPED I COPENHAGEN. May 6. A Buda pest report Buys tho eustern division !nf the lied 'ainiy claims to have '.Tholss- securely and that the Czechs ihavo not advanced beyond lhkolci. to Advertisers AM anpV f"r advertise e menls to appear In the Sunday. Morning Observer s should he in as -airly. In 5 . the week as luwBible and in- So ca.-g later flian A Ttinruititv noon. 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