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IA GRANDM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1919
NUMBER 199-
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BY GERMANY
ewtlll TH.VJC THE POWER. OK
THE GERMAN AIOIS HAS
BEEN UrtOKEX
BUT CLAIM THEY ARE
NOT ALONE GUILTY
Peace DucUineii t Will Ho Examined
Willi Good Will and n ih0 Hopo
Tlmt the 1'iiml Itosult Will He
Tlint It May He Subscribed to by
All Parties Concerned
. VERSALLIES, May S.-After re
ceiving the treaty of peace from the
hands of George Clemenceau, presi
dent of the peace congress, and In
reply to Mr. Clemor.cau's speech,
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau,
head of the. Gorman delegation,
speaking In Germnn, said:
"Gentlemen: Wo are deeply Im
pressed with the sublime task which
has brought us hither to give a du
rable peace to the world. We are
under no illusion ub to the extent
of our defeut and the degree of our
want of power. IVe know that the
power of the German anus is
broken. We know the power of the
hatred which wo encounter here,
and we have heard the passionate
demand that the vanquishers may
make us pay as the vanquished, and
shall punish those who are worthy
of being punished.
Germany Not Alone Guilty
"It is demanded from us that we
shall confess ourselves to be the on
ly ones guilty of Ihe war. Such a
confession In my nouth would be a
He. Wo are far from declining any
responsibility that this great war
of the world has come to pass and
that it was mado in the way in
. which it was made. The attitude
of the former German government
at The Hague peace conference, its
actions and omissions in the tragic
12 days of July hive certainly con
tributed to the disaster. But we
energetically deny that Germany
and her people, who wore convinc
ed that they were making ar war ol
defence, were alons guilty.
"Nobody will want to contend
that the disaster took its course only
in the disastrous moment when the
successor to the throne of Austria
Hungary fell the victim of murder
ous hands. In tho last 50 years the
imperialism of all the European
states has chronically poisoned the
.International situation. The policy
of retaliation and the policy of ex
pansion and the disregard of the
rights of peoples to determine their
own destiny have contributed to the
Illness or Europe, which saw its
crisis In the-world war.
Germany to Accept Htinlcn
"The German people In their
hearts are read)' to take upon them
selves '.heir heavy lot, If tho bases
of peace which ha a beon establish
ed are not any more shaken.
"The peace which may not bo
done in tho name of right before the
world always call for the new resis
tance against it. No body will be
capable of subscribing to It Willi
good conscience, for it will not bo
possible of fulfillment. Nobody
could bo able to take uponhimsell
the guarantee of its 'execution
which ought to Ho In Its signature
"We shall examine the document
handed to us with good will and in
the hope that the final result of our
Interview may be subscribed to b;
all of us."
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15 AT LARGE
THREE OTHERS ARRESTED
THE ROBBERY CASE.
IN
Max Lewis. In Hiding. Is Believed to
Be Wounded, and I'erhapa
Helped By Friends.
.(By Associate rrvM v . .
ca. co The Observer
(TVASHOUGAU Wash., .nay o.
U'tih Ed. Primrose. Dobs www ami
Aid Johnson arrested at The Dalles
in
BriW.i ,iti witn jne uan. mx''j
murder
of Chief of Police
Gibbons", interest centers in the bunt
for Max Lewis, who is believed to be
wounded r.J !idin ,ne where near
5 Cope Horn- is beiievd friends an
,hicldir.g him. -3
WEATIIhi F(tKCAST.
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BANDIT
ALIENISTS ON STAND
IN GARRISON CASE
(By Associated Press to The Observer)
SEATTLE, May 8. Alienists are
testifying in regard to Ruth Garri
son's .sanity.. There are some ol
each side.
WOODMAN MAY COME BACK.
Los Angeles Mayor Wins Nomination
at City Primaries.
LOS ANGELES, May 8. Returns
from the Los Angeles municipal pri
maries, available at 8 o'clock last
night, an hour after the polls had
closed, indicated Mayor F, T. Wood
man, acquitted last Friday of a charge
of bribery, would be one of the two
nominees for mayor at the city elec
tion next month.
Three of his opponents, Sylvester
L. Weaver, G. Williams and Meredith
Snyder, former mayor, were running
so close that it was simply a matter
of waiting to learn who would make
the race with Woodman. -
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LIQUOR DEALERS
ARE ' HOPEFUL
ATLANTIC CITV. N. J., May 8.
Confidence that the nation will
remain wet for at least one year
after Januury 16' next, exists among
the delegates who Tuesday began
the 26th annual conference of the
National Retail Liquor Dealers' as
sociation.
Tho organization Is formed of
from one to three delegates from
each of the wet states. They claim
to speak for the entire retail trade.
but not for the distillers and the
wholesalers.
INTOLERANT
GERMAN DELEGATES REPORTED
AS AGGRESSIVE.
Believed That Three Members Will
Return to Germany to Report
to Their Government.
(By Associated Press to The Observer)
PARIS, May 8. It is believed that
three members of the German delega
tion will return to Germany to con
sult their government. The treaty
was sent last night.
Some officials said the attitude of
the German delegates at Versailles
during the session yesterday was an
intolerable insult to the conference.
Clemenceau spoke standing, but von
Brockdorff-Rantzau kept his seat
while he replied. Some said that the
Germans were impudent and aggres
sive. HELD AT ALICEL
GOOD ItOADS ItOOSTKItS KX.
COlltAGKD JiV ItECEI'i'lOX
Im GiuikIo Ladies Spring Surprise
oil Hubble and (jet In on Fine
Supper Also
A fine reception was given tho
La Grande good roads boosters when
they visited Alicel last night, and if
the other towns In the county all
show the same spirit and enthusi
asm which the Alicel people display
the chief, athocat? of the good
roads legislation have little fear of
the failure of their two measures
to get a big vote in this county. The
program was much the same as at
the I in bier meeting the night before.
Everybody had a fine Bupper the
best that the country afforded and
the way that G. L. Larison and Fred
Holmes and a few more of the crowd
ate was Just as good as saying that
If they were youn; and single once
more they would stay right there
and hoe corn for any Alicel farmer
who had a daughter able to pre pa
such dishes as they purrounded last
nicht.
There was a somewhat better at
tendance of local farmers than wan
seen at Iinbler Tuesday evening and
at the meeting held In the church
arter tno dinner tnre was no on
upoke unless he iad a good word
(or the cad&e. There may have
.een objectors-prevent, but they did
,not advertise me :aaana hub ch-
courage the boosters to believe that
aollttle missionary . work' will swing
all the voters over 'o the .right sil'
of the fence.
As at Imblcr-' the map of the
bounty showing tSe proposed paved
roadn i
aVfcxnlblte by O. L. Larl-
with a detailed statement of
the jo8ttion upoir which efTie
CONDUCT WAS
MEETING
ALLIES OF
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GOME NEXT
PEACE SETTLEMENTS TO BE
MADE WITH AUSTRIA-HUN-GARY
AND BULGARIA.
TIME THUS GIVEN GERMANY ,
TO STUDY THE TREATY
It Is Indicated That Germany Will
Prepare Some Objections to the
Proposed Peace Terms Regarding
the Financial Responsibilities of the
Vanquished War Power.
(By Associated Press to The Observer)
The Paris conference is now turning
its attention to making peace with
the other Central powers, Austria
Hungary and Bulgaria. It is probable
that a settlement with German-Austria
will be first reached.
Representatives are due in France
early next week. German-Austria
will be asked to pay a portion of the
enemy indemnity, estimated at 5,000,
000,000 crowns.
Meanwhile the Germnn government
is expected to begin consideration of
ihe terms of a peace which will reduce
the German empire to a minor power.
They can accept, reject submit the
terms to a plebiscite. .
The speech of Count von Brock
dorff-Rantzau indicated that Germany
would prepare objections to some fea
tures of the treaty, notably regarding
their financial responsibilities and
their economic position.
Serious disorders are reported from
Peking as a result of a protest over
the treaty. .
AWARD CAPTURED
" GERMAN CANNON
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Four
German cannon, captured in actlor.
by American troopj. will be award
ed as Victory Liberty Loan prizes In
the twelfth federal reserve band dis
trict, according to advices from tlui
treasury department received Tues
day night by loan publicity head
quarters.
"It will bo absolutely impossible
to obtain any more cannon for yoi;
under any circumstances, " the mes--sage
read.
The distribution of the cannon
will be decided by district loan of
ficials. It was announced, and the
plan of dstrtbutlon' will be decided
upon Wednesday and announced Im
mediately. After serving as a rural mall cai-
rler out of Oregon Clly for 15 years,
Fank Whltcmnn, lias been discharg
ed by the government, charged wllb
placing literature of a Bolshevist
ifature In the mall boxes.
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Idaho Life Insurance Co.
Buys Victory Bonds In
Union County This Time
The Idaho Life Insurance- com
pany purchased $2500 worth bl
Victory bonds In Union county yes
torday and tho amount will bo cred
ited to Ihe Uiflon county apportion
mont . ..
Recently tho .Idaho Life h.s beer
doing a lot of business in this coun
ty and its' representative, W. L.
Weeks, thought It proper for tht
company to buy some of its bonds it
this county. It was through the ef
forts of Mr. Weeks that Edward S
Chadwlck, the company's manager,
was convinced that the deal for
bonds should be made hero whore
Ihe heavy business for the company
was being done.
DIVISION
CORDIAL
VOTKltANS
ItKt'UlTIOX '
GET
Ited Cross and Salvutioii Army Did
Their I anal Splendid l'ait
When Troops Arrived
La Grande gave K real reception,
though an Impromptu one, to the
four bundled odd men of the iit
division who passed through tho city
lusi evening on tneir .way to Cnmp
Lewis from overseas. The fact that
the welcome had been arranged In a
hurry mado it all liio more welcome
to the men, because it was informal
and evoryone was intent on giving
them a good time during the hour
they stopped here, If they wore
willing to accept Ihe hospitality of
fered. The train did not arrive here un
til almost 6 o'clock. When tho
men stepped out of tho coaches they
found the Salvatlm Army at one
end of the depot platform with tholr
ice cream and other rerreshmenln
and at the other end the ladles of
the Red Cross canteen, with ample
supplies of coffea and sandwiches.
Tho sight of some eighty automo
biles waiting for the men to pile In
to them almost put a damper on
the work of these two splendid
bodies of women for. a while, as tho
men Blmply moved across the depot
grounds In mass formation" uutfl
they had tilled all the automobllos
available and gone for a spin arouml
the country. Their huur's stop here
gave a good opportunity to have :i
took around. The muchines had
.been arranged for by an Ad Club
committee, lieadel by T. J. Scrog
gln nnd this part of the welcome
was certainty appreciated by the
soldiers. They returned to ttio can
teen and tlio Army stand luter,
however, and practically cleaned up
what had linen prepared for them.
Those who did not care to ride
crowded around the O.-W. band and
enjoyed the first niuslc that had
greeted thnin since they left' New
York. The band received many
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THE LAST DANCE
SOLDIERS GIVEN
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OVER SEA
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THREE NAVY AIRPLANES LEFT
ROCKAWAY BEACH EARLY
THIS MORNING.
ENGINE TROUBLE IS RE
PORTED ON ONE PLANE
Aircraft Are Due at Halifax, a Dis
tance of Five Hundred and Forty
Miles, By This Evening L. L. Harin
a Portland Man, Is One of the Piloti:
On the N. C.-l.
I3y Associated Tress to Tho Observer)
NEW YORK, May 8. Tho, first
trnns-Atlantic flight was begun when
threo N.C. Navy-Curtis hydro alr
plnncs left the government air station
at Rockaway Beach, for Halifax, 640
miles nway. The NC-3 took the air
first, then the NC-1 and NC-4. They
should reach Halifax by night. L. L.
Barin, of Portland, Oregon, Was one
of tho pilots of tho NC-1.
One Una Engine Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Mny 8. It is re
ported that the NC-4 is delayed by en
gine trouble. The other planes art.
proceeding successfully.
BRITISH ARMY AVIATORS
ON FLIGHT TO MADRID
MA'RTGATE, England, Mny 8 Ma
jor Darloy, of the 'British army, with
two lieutenants and three mechanics,
started from here at 7 o'clock Tues
day morning on a flight to Madrid in
a-f our-engincd llamlley-Pago airplane.
The fliers expected to roach tho
Spanish capital at 5 o'clock in the af
ternoon. CLEMENCY GRANTED
TO FIFTY MEN
(Ity Asaoclalod Press to The Observer)
WASHINGTON, Mny 8. President
Wilson hn9 granted clemency to fifty
men convicted of espionage, who have
served one year. The list includeii
Theodore Olson, Hanry Jones and An
ton Jucobinson, all of Oregon.
ASK CONGKKKS TO ENACT
ANTI-LYNCII1NG LAWS
CLEVELAND, May 8 A resolu
tion petitioning congress to enact a
federal anti-lyiu'hing law was unani
mously adopted by the federal council
of the Churches of Christ in Americaj
at the' opening of the three-day con
vention Tuesday.
The Christian Reform Church tn
North America and the Church of
God in the United Stales were elected
to the council.
THIS COUNTRY MAY
BECOME MANDATORY
(By Associated Tress to The Observer)
PARIS, May 8. It is expected that
the-United States will be asked to be-
como mandatory for Armenia. It is
probable that President Wilson will
submit the matter to congress.
ESTABLISH AIR MAIL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, May 8. Air mail
service between Chicago and Cleve
land will bo established Mny 15 with
trips daily except Sunday. Tho post-
Mrltico department said the service
would bo extended to New York as
soon as sufficient machines were ob
tained. BRITISH CELEBRATE JULY 18.
LONDON, May 7 With a pageant
ry and music London is planning to
honor tho war work of the British
mercantile marine on July 19. There
is to be a procession on tho Thames.
from Blackfriurs to Chelsea bridge, of
hundreds of merehnnt ships' lifeboats
decorated with the colors of the var
ious lines represented nnd manned by
snllors who risked their lives during
the war. A ncwly-forincd League for
National and Civic Ceremony is ar
ranging the celebration. The Thames
Embankment is to be elaborately deco-
orated for the occasion.
lU'KE OK llKVONSHlltH WILI,
ItHTIHH FItOM CANADIAN' JOH
LONDON, May 8. It Is under
stood that the Duko of Devonshire
will shortly rotlre as governor-gen
eral of Canada and the Mall says the
office will be offered the Earl of
Athlone, brother of Queen Mary.
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WHEAT CONDITION IS 100.3 PER
CENT NORMAL.
Increase Tn Estimate Output Is Sixty
minion iiuHhels, For the
Month of April.
(Uy Associated Press lo Tho Obaorvurl
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8. Tho
winter wheat production will bo
8!M),15,000 bushels, according to tho
Department of Agriculture forecast
today on May first conditions, which
was ono hundred and fivo tenths per
cent normal. The area to be harvest
ed is 4H,!M,000 acres. The rye pro
duction foreenst is 122,94(1,000-bushels,
or ninety-five per cent of normal.
Tho wheat increase during April was
00,000,000 bushels, -i ,
CITY ASKS RENT
a yi;au wantkd
C'OUHT Hl'll.l)l.(J '
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31a! Irj- Wiw Among Those Illxcusscd
iMhl MuM 111 Meeting or llou'ifl ,
of City 1'oiiiitilNtloiicrs , ...
Two resolutions, ono for laylna
cement sidewalk on tile south sldu
of Adauia avenue' to tho city limits,
nit'i ono tor Imrci'ilnK tho flow of
water, in an lirlnatlon ditch were
passed lust nU'ilt by Ihe city com
missioners ut their weekly mooting
The sidewalk on Adums now runs to
Spruce street. For tlio ollior matter
tho en lu i MiiK of a culvert on Juffer-
soii will be necessary. This was ask
ed for by several fanners whom tho
ditch serves, who ;laiin that the cul
vert wus not larao ciioukIi to let i
Biirtlclent flow, of water throiiKh.
County Judne I'hy made tho city a
proposition regarding tho rentlnK of
the court bouse for a lorin of two
years' after their present, louse ex
pires next l-'obriiavy. The county
has been getting tho use of the court
house ever since It was moved bore
for the renlul of 11.00 a yokr, and
the city some time pgr; decided that
the county should elHior buy the
building or pay a ill er rent f :)o'0
a year was the rental asked, and
Judge Phy lt DluV mado The com
nlsslon' an offer of 12.000 'yearly
rental. It Is then the idea (o hsvo
the cosnty tax payers 'vote throe '
yuars trmn tTifig summer on the mat-1
ter of .cither puirhaslnR the court!
hatise or of bullil'iiit a hew one.!
While the master was not decided i
last nlgliL'tho city pffirlals wiee not
InetliMd to towrr 't'lelr price iiy, !
ifixiirlagotliat arnh the expense of ?
fe'-eplne tllaehuikU lifrr-lialred 1:1000:
a it would ma be fjall a hlgrf
'lK,lre-Q O. 6 ' j:
A dtfgation oftiro cltliins-tfaltg.
lug oop'hu boaitj wlih a "'iacU foi
Oil
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LEGION III :
SESSION
ORGANIZATION OF MEN IN MILI
TARY AND NAVY SERVICE ;
DURING THE WAR.
LIEUT. COL. ROOSEVELT T
IS PRESIDING OFFICER
Strong Effort Is Made By National
Guardsmen tn Exclude the Regular
Army Men From Legion, Though.
Preliminary Vote Admits All Men
and Women Who Saw Service. '
(By Associated Tress to The Observer)
ST. LOUIS, May 8. The American
Legion, composed of men in the mili
tary and naval service during the war,
opened its session with over a thou
sand delegates. Lieutenant-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt presided. Indica
tions of the caucus are not entirely
peaceful. . A strong effort is being
made by 1 the national guardsmen to
exclude the regular army men from
the Legion, although the temporary
executive committee voted to open the
membership to all men and women
who saw service.
WAR DEPARTMENT SELLS '
TRAINING CAMP EQUIPMENT
WASHINGTON, May 8. Sale ot
eight national guard and four miscel
laneous camps for a total of $548,000
was announced Tuesday, by the war
department The bidders assumed alt
damage claims against the govern,
ment. i " '.
The sites of the camps were rented
or loascd and consequently no trans
fer of land was Involved. Tho war
department retained the hospital and .
principal storage facilities ut each of
tho camps.
The city of Montgomery, Ala., se
cured Camp Sheridan, Ala., and tha
stuto of North Carolina will take over
Camp Polk, N. C. Tho other camps
went to individuals and firms, except
Camp Kondrick, N. J., which waa
withdrawn from the auction and ia to
be retained for the navy, and Camp;
Sovicr, S. C, for which no reasonable
bid was received. "
MUAT 10AT1NG INCItlSASlXa
DENVER, May 8. Auioricans aro-
bccomlng blggor moat eators, ac
cording to figuros compiled by a lo
cal packing and provision company.
n spite of the war, the consumption
of moat por person In 1918 was
17.5 pounds more than tho year
previous. Each person, on the av
erage, ate 193.5 pounds of meat
last year, as compared with 170
pounds In 1917. T'ie figures Include
dressed beof, veal, pork, mutton
and gnat and extra edible parts,
such as livers, kldnoys, hearts and
lurd.
CLERKS 10 GIVE
DANGE THE 9TH
Tomorrow night at Rox hall the Re
tail Clerks' Association, of La Grande,
will give the dance which they post
poned about three weeks ago. Music
will be furnished by the O.-W. orches
tra and all dancers may foci assured
of a thoroughly good time. There
are a 'sociable and live bunch uf
young people among the clerks and
they know how to put real enjoyment
into an evening, as they demonstrated
ut thoir first dunce this spring, cele
brating the first anniversary of their,
organization.
Though disappointed because their
da.nce had to be postponed after it had
been ndvcrtised for a date some trjreo
weeks bark, the clerks' do not antici
pate . that their friends will now be
any less anxiou t put on their glid
ing shoes, nd they expeM a big turn
out tomorrow night.
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