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ASSOCIATED PEIfll
Associated Press Report,
"h (iUANfil-:. OllwiOX, SUNIUY, .TUNE '29, 1919
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NUMBER 133
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3:13 P. .
END OF WAR FORMALLY
NOUXCED BY NAMES
BEING AFFIXED.
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RMANS SIGNED FIRST;
PRES, WILSON SECOND
Ceremony Was Completed at 3:49 1.
. M. Chinese Delegates Did Not Sign
and Were Not Present South Afri
can Delegate Signed L'nder Protest
Not Bciiig Satisfied Entirely.
nr Associated Press to The Observe-)
PARIS, June ;8. The treaty of
peace between Germany .and the Al
lies was signed today in the historic
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, bringing
to an end the world war, which began
four years ago.
The treaty must be ratified by the
signatory nations and separate treat
ies must be signed between the entente
rations and those which were aligned
with Germarry in the war.
Today's event marked virtually the
close of the war.
The ceremony of signing began at
3:111 p. m., Paris time.
Dr. Mueller and Dr. Johannes Bell,
German delegates, signed first. Then
President Wilson and the other Amer
icans, then the British and those of
other nationalities in tum.
The ceremony was completed at 3:411
p. m., although cannon signals herald
ing completion began at 3:44.
The Chinese delegates did no', sign
and were not present.
Christian Smuts, representing the
Union of South Africa, signed under
protest, being dissatisfied with certain
territorial settlements.
The ceremony of signing the peace
terms was brief. Premier Clemen-J
ceau called the session to order in the
Hall of Mirrors at the Chauteau of
Versailles at 3:10 o clock. The sign
ing began when Dr. Hermann Muel
ler and Johannes Bell, the German
signatories, affixed their names. Hcrr
Mueller signer at 3:12 o'clock and
llerr Bell at .3:13 o'clock. President
Wilson, first of the allied delegates,
signed a minute later. At 3:45
o'clock the momentous session wai
concluded.
All the diplomats and members of
their parties wore civilian clothe."
There was a marked iacK or goiu wie
and pageantry, mere were iew Rot a pl.ine hpre for an exhibition
the fanciful uniforms of the middle (lilfhl u10 afternoon of the Fourth
ages whose traditions and practices llas hpen knocked in the. head, un
a're so sternly condemned in tlic great cliS t happens that Baker's-plane
seal-covered document signed today.
A spot of color was made against
this sombre background by the French
guards. A few selected members of
the Guard, were resplendent in their
red-plumed silver helmets and red.
white mid blue uniform.
Vashingtox IS QUI 1ST. .
WASHINGTON, June 28. Word'of
the consummation of place was re
ceived by the national capital with
scarcely a flutter of popular or offi
cial sentiment."
At the White House and the State
Department the news aroused only n
"quiet fcclir.n of satisfaction jtfut the
' trearranired program for th signing
I Versailles had' gone through. In
confess there was but a momentary
demonstration and on the atrit tli
crowds gave no show of interest. .
The story of the historic raramony,
Hashed over a direct wire to tlic
" Slate Departmeal, was given tv tb
pft'ss in hulletiuf, keeping eVi touch
. with tha devalopments Iti the Hall )
"sMiuore. Ttie w;cont ias brief arid
' it j:nnt officislt. . .
Aa ,)on at te t.eniTe Wi '-
tU'l rsi.lant WilamV na t) wonH a m IniKUi for frienU
3 a mcricaa iopl;nl"Unl1v theknWll Jjljibal c-lreba " f
o irMc ...... tJi,iir Hind .itit 'ami. a n ft.isrtai.
cha,-i'0or rcser.iru)n ;. a aM.'!'1 i .
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-inl notifo'i"n vift a
arral ofo.'Wr. O'Non n oe
Albert Sidney Burleson, Postmaster
sneral of the United States, now fam
ous as the man whose experiments in
Government ownership and operation
of public utilities is said to be respon
sible for the growing sentiment oppos
ing that policy. He is the object of
more attacks than any man in the Ad
ministration. Union labor, publishers,
evire operators and employes and mem
bers of his own party arc fighting his
retention in thn cabinet.
AIRPLANE TRIP
TltAXS-STATK .FLIGHT ITiO.M
POItTLAM) IS 1II0I.U IP .
I. a (iriiuilc Will Not Sec Plane
T'lpsdny, mid linker .May Nut
Have Machine for Fourth
Disappointment
Grande's lot. The
bo hero on Tuesday.
Is again La
aii ship will not
It has not re
float the crash
covered sufficiently
it took at Dallus a few dlays ago und
It so.ems to be Just a question whclh
er the owners will be able to tre! It
rapa'ired in time to keep their cn
gngment ut Baker the afternoon of
the Fourth of July. La Cranden
apo becoming soini-whut accustomed
to disappointments In matter of '.hi;--kind.
The last one of Importance
was when the, Avhlppot tank, touring
Hie state in the Interosts of the Vic
ory Loan campaign, Lioke down at
Bauer and then Jumped to Pendle
ton, spending (he day ' tin which
they were to haw beei in Iia Grande
on making lepai s to tlleir "war
baby." It may be. however, that this
timo La Giando will not be alone in
Her disappointment.
An effort will be, mode by the
Oregon Aire: aft Transpoi Ution
Company to gft another machine to
fill the Uakor engagement on the
Fourth, but the War Stamp cam
paign, in the InO'ieM.i of which the
plane v.ias to bring Fred Lockley, of
the Portland Journal, to this city.
has been Indefinitely postponed.
,t n,M s(1.lmB thll u,-I)ro,)0ai,i l0
airtves and I.a Grande
to get an hour or twi.
can ai.iange
lnti in the
a'ftetnoon from it.,
tho plum- are makin
The owners of
no guarantee
pa 4,0 their appearan"e In Baker on
tin- Fourth, .excepti'n.; tIDat they will
do their best to get thote.
GEORGE E. GOOD
(: or oi:Go.vj ii:st fcvowx
B. firf V'r.il-j, Pli.ini ll lliMel
9 MaU to f.;ft (t-ando And
Oilier lib e
flcrite B. (Tot'U - Urnvr.-n in Cnop
, gun ju of the Ix'st of hiel nr n
I fcii-jn .f fn '4.i1 rirch ait ou if
the .knUv. g'nl natT.:d lollops ho'
for I lie p.N fi w M
f until Jpsi bi-tore the 'nd. dfoiat''
hug eoP rn at.l. t9 at iff
t! , "inento ' H""! I-rn.
.fn.h lPar. hlsi. Kiii eon-
15 POSTPONED
DEATH CLAIMS
Secretary Polk Announces
Decidsd ChangeSoin the"
a final Draft of Papors
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IB HaicUtud Truss to The Oui'ervor
WASHINGTON', June 28. Acting
Secretary Polk informed the Senate
Foreiun. Relations committee "today
that th final draft .of, the league of
nations covenant showed some'ehungus
in wording, from the version printed
in this country.
TEXAS HATIHES Hl'Kr'RAGE.
(lr Asaoctsttd Press to Th Obstrverv
AUSTIN, Texas, June 28. The leg
islature of Teas tolay completed the
ratification, of the amendment to the
federal constitution giving suffrage to
women.
SIBEKI.VN WESTUEX A It MY HE
TIKES HUNDRED MILES.
Ufa Ik t'nder ltomburdinent Hy Hol-
sluvik (inns The Northern
Army (Joes Forward.- '
(Hy Associated Press to Tho Obsorvur)
OMSK. June 'JK The Kihoi ian west
ern army lias retired from V mtka I
river to Kama river, a distance of
about a hundred miles, before super
The northern !
ior Holshevik forces,
urmy, under General (laida, has push
ed forward slightly and occupied Cla
2ov, folding the line to the northward,
but being unable to hold the left bank
toward Sara put. Ufa is under bom -
bardment from Kolshevik juns.
PLENTY OF (iOOl) WATER AT
HEAVER CREEK.
Trouble Is That Pipes of Water Sys
tem Seem Too Small to Itring
Enough Water Down.
City Manager Collier wishes to as
sure the citizens of I.a liranue,
through the Observer, that there is a
good supply of good water in storage
in the big reservoir on Beaver creek,
lest the story of loss of water when
repairs were being made to the dam j
at the intake cause uneasiness among !
th- householders. The nressurc went
down, he says, because the water .-,t
away and lowered the supply in the
ttmari reservoir above the town.
The reason for the s'oortaire in the
BOLSHEVIK ARMY
PUSHES AHEAD
RESERVOIR HAS
A GOOD SUPPLY
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! left -t KB.. 'ffirV- Jit . ' ' Kljr 'YV .'.' . r.i'h!.r from Ibe
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FOR TIME
PRESIDENT WILSON. DECIDES HE
. 'CAN NOT LEGALLY TAK14
ACTION AT THIS TIME.
WILL EXERCISE HIS POWER
AFTER DEMOBILIZATION
Conference With His I'Kal Advisors
Huh Convinced President That He
Has No Tower to Postpone Abolish
ment of the Liquor Traffic Now
Cuble Iteceived at Washington.
il'y Assocluted Tress to The Observer1)
WASHINGTON, June 28. Presi
dent Wilson has decided that he can
not legally lift the war time prohibi
tion ban before the country goes dry
after midnight. Monday, but he ex
pects to do so as &oon thereafter as
his power has biotx made clear by the
completion of demobilization.
In a cablegram, made public tonight
at- the .-White House, the ' President
saitl he vtas convinced after cnnsulta-
t'on w'1 n's advisors that he
had no authority to act at this time.
''When demobilization rs terminat
ed,. . he continued, my power to act
without congressional action will be
.exercised,
I The message expressed no opinion
as to the authority of the President
when he makes his action applicable
only to beer and wine.
Government Troops Are
, In Complete Control at
Hamburg, la the Report
(Hy AftMnrlfited Press to The Observer
BERLIN, June: 3. --It is officially
announced today that the government
troops are in complete control at Ham
burg. No fighting has been reported
in the city and it is claimed. sufficient
troops arp arriving to restore condi'
tions to normal.
Seven Non-Partisan Laws
Have Been Endorsed By
North Dakota Voters
' (By Associated Press to The Obserre-J
I GRAND FORKS, N. I)., June 28.
'Seven Non-Partisan League laws voted
'ton last Thursday have been ratified by
the voters by a majority of five to ten
thousand! according to present election
returns, with 4011 precincts of the iy:iw
'n the stale year lo le nearu irom.
CANADA BKA'I'S i:. 8. AT AIX.
yKy AflsncUti'd Press to Tha Observer)
PKIiSIIIM; STADIUM,. Trance,
June iiH. Canathi defeated America at
baseball today by a score of 2 to 1.
Heirs Apparent .
SaeBlowers Get InTliei?
Woifc On Silvelton Firm;
Second Sae Hot Touched
(By ASBocrlited rrcg (oJThe (sorTor.
SALE, Jun The safe in the
storo of oSyrmg & Bunks' grocery
store at Silverto was nibbed Wednes
day Uiixht, according to reports receiv
ed here today of about 500. Tiie rob
oora mane preparation to blow, the safe
in the Julius Aim clothing stoie next
ioor, but apparently were frightened
off. The Aim safe ontuyied $10,000
in bonds.
THE WEATIJKIt.
PORTLAM.), June tfS. For the
Eastern Oregon country the prediction
is for fair weather, with gentle west
erly winds.
8-CENT BERRIES
SALEM' rUriTC-UOWKUS' CNION
CANNOT CANCEL CONTRACT.
'Courts Hold They Mimt Make (itnid
On Agreement Signed For
Period of Five Years.
t Hy Associated Tress to Tho Obsorvur j
-SALEM, June '2H. Judge Bingham
and Judge Kelly, in the circuit courts,
have Upheld tho contract between the
Phez Company, anil the Loganberry
growers of the Salem Fiuit growers
Union, requiring the growers of the
latter organization to furnish berries
to' the company at contract price of
three cents per pound. The open ni-tr
ket price is now eight cents a pound
on berries, and the contract between
the Phez company and the growers'
union runs for five years.
EVKIIYTHIXG LOOKS I'INK l'Oll
BIG DAY O.N l'OL'HTH.
Allllrtic I'onimitti'e Mnki'H Arrange'
menu to ltcporl I'mgreNH of
Biff I'rizc Tight In Toledo.
Pinna for L8 lirnnck-'a lilH Fourth
of July cclcbrntion lire all well co
ordinated lis tlie dny iipprouches nmi
committees In charge arc confident
that all. phases, of the program will
isuccesfuuiiy cojnoine 10 mime me ei-ie
bration the greatest and must event
ful I.a Grande has ever held. The pa
rade and the Hilly Sunday address
will 'fill th morning program to n
nicety, tho afternoon will be well tak-
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HOLIQAr-PLAIS
COW NICELY
(Coittimii d on Page H.)
r
ou probtdily koow something of
this notable, man. He Is U. S. Senator
Loilge, from Massachusetts, ami a pre
dominant figure in our politics. Theo
dore Roosevelt said of him in 1916:
"He has been on the whole the member
with the largest vision and the most
intelligent devotion to American needs
that we have had on the Foreign Af
fairs Committee during this genera-
ton. He will play an important part
in tho senate discussion of the peace
treaty, particularly us chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
MOV!'! OX I'Olt CITY ANDIOVNTY
TO COMMKMOItATK HOI.DIHS
Niinie I or New Amusement iound
.May lie "Libert v I'ark," U
In Stated
Thf rounty court of Union county
and tho romintHskmtvB of tho otty of
Ui CiaiuLe amy Jointly hold a ser
v.cit on tho Fourth of July, tunned 1
utidy followlnK Ibo roiulliiK of the
UnehKiiitlon of Indopendk'lico, at
which thuo (ho old fair KroundH will
In dediitited to tho hoys who ontor
d tl ureal, war from Union county
ait soldieiit, Huilorri and marines.
Th'H is a plan oontcuipluted by
City MamiKor Collior and It is un
d' ttdiMMl affierd to by tUe city und
county officers, The, old fair
KivHiniiu was purehiised borne time
ae, hy a numhor of pubhc aplrltod
cltiwii'v to keep It finui patwlnK Into
priv.ilo ownership. Thovtu clti'ions
offi'td It to the ity and county at
exactly tho prjco Mi.cy putld .for It,
und urtcr IXstrirt Attorney Hodgln
passril on the validity of such a pur-
(han the county court foil free to
procttt'd with ttn iirt of the pur
chase. Mkowlso t ho oily pasued Its
lights in tho nia'tter up to its leal
department and rwolvod a favorable
answer w.th tin rfsult tht tho com
mission Iti uuanliu'ous for the pur
chase.
While, the tlmo Ih hort for a net
proKiain on July Fourth for "the ded
toiiiiion Mr. Colllor Ih never -thrrletM
111' H'Mlcnlly working on it with tho
hope that tho ;iko iw1'r Hilly
Sunday will- ?viik will wltru-HH the
I'Mtlie county coiitt and city coin-
iiiiKHjon, soiuo nttt'iiitr r of which will
wH h appnipriale, roinarkH dedicate
the Kioumls lo the im'ii who eutened
tin v.Mr for hiimajtlty.
WILL REFEREE
.VIA II Kit TO (II TH'IA I
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At
litifitfi-iiinn, oiu-tif l-'iffbtfiN.
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MA DEDICATE
PARK ON FOURTH
WALLOWA MAN
i lit" I. ill Kioiuid tliu iKliUtnrLus, church. a
of "I hi'
l o'iMir is auri:cLliiK u(lon
I Ion all out
KiiHtetu OicKoi iml'i
from p:,'fll
liidlaiilotiH a I41KC
rruwil will
i'mi: rintH,
bo hp m nt1'' when the
III ai rali: ;pr," lliolr (lograft Ihil!
tin ii. ( . iori iii i' iv'-ll voliiriOd 0-
.ii.. 1 riulii'n i.i'uifie an In the I
:'a''iio:t "f II art lit Iji ttie IikIivOIkIiI
and i'hwiu Ihi' h"iivywotKht clos.j
i!ii'i3.r' i-iinl lili'iit tlinv luiin twolt
d mi l.? . b.MlWof th'Oi- AiyilvSriiper valley rnuiway compnny.
I'piiiatilon O'
niLhinn
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, rerords of tlu
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I'Ai'Ubl ohaujifinsblli
(lOatiiRjd on page 9
raw
STfllKBIS
DUETODAY
NGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE
pacific' company and
opekatoks ended..
' I'
OREGON AND WASHINGTON
WORKERS TO BE CALLED OUT
Manager of Uocul Company State
That He Does Not Expect Action to
Have Any Effect Locally. But That
Only Employea of Pacific Company
In These States Will Quit. '
(Br Associated Press to Tha Obsrvo-
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 28.
U C. Graaaer, vice-president of
tho International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, announced to
night that all further negotia
tions between the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
and its striking operators in C'hI- .
ifornla and Nevada were defi
nitely ended and that all telephone
workers; in Oregon and Washing
ton will be ordered out tomorrow
morning.
While the report from San Francis
co makes the genorul statement that
"nil telephone workers in Oregon and
Washington' will be called out today,
it is the opinion of S. D. Crowe, man
ager of the Home Independent Tele
phone Compnny, of this city,' that the
strike order will not extend beyond
the employes of the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph Company In theso two
UiWi.,aiul- that 'the employes of his
company will not therefore be affect
ed. Mr. Crowe made u statement to
this effect to the Observer last night.
CHILD OF LOCAL
LADY IS KILLED
FUAXCKH
i t i.ki;i!so, At;i;u
VICTIM OK Al'TO
Tnm;t;,
iiMtnilliH Arrive. Froth Portland
Tlibt MornliiK Funeral ut U
O'clock (his Afternoon
Francos Fulkorsnn. .the Illtlo
th av-yoar-old duughler of Mrs. J.
K. Fulkersoa. of Ln Grundo. inn;'
IriMt.n n t dnntb Friday In an nptmnD
lilln acclilont near Oitklund, Ui.
The sad iilcws- was recolved this
morning by Prnif. A. C. Hampton,
city superintendent of schools, In d
tnlcKPnm from the boniivcd moth
er. Mr. Hfimpton hui made ar-
runeemenlH for Itio funo.nl and l.lie.
service will ho held at the llohnen-
kiinip clwmiul ut 2 o'clock this .uftor
nobn, with Interment afterward la '
the Mtisonic cometory.
The tiaulc rliwth of the Hide girl
comes as a particularly Bevcve blow
to -Mrs. FulkX'i'Hon, Jurit atout a yeaii
after the death it hoc husband,
who was at tho time of his death
timclror pf tiiallmiiuihlca In the La
(innndo hlRl school and who had
hoiyi ob etod to Till , the position
of principal when the now Unrni op
liiii;ht Iwrp liort year hs a nuMiiber
i iK-d In tho full. Mrs. .Fiilkoison
of Mm staff of Central ndiool, i the
cbAo of the term n'b' aligned her
posllion
Mr. Fulkereon, ith her fhlldgnn.
hail, boon at Ouklaiwt, mijoylng
visit with a ulalor, ,nnd tlvey had
just ended the viijit and were about "
lo leave for'Nnw York stalo to irnvku
their horn .f"r u time wflh fclrs.
Fulk'ivonts broll?. Dotulls pf the
iioVlib nt'linvo not fet b.an roctavert.
H'lio fimoiii service 'his utturnoon
will bo conduotiMl by Ito'v. Ja.uies
;kn ftiuUli. puotor of tho PhsIbj-,
AAKf.lt M'MHKIt ()PANY .
f AKl-S UK, J lltfflOSM)
a
Qil, .Iwie a) hig fire hcra
S..11111I11V iilViTiimfl destroved lilai
coi-ds of slab wood in the ynrd.of thfl
yregon Lumber CinQpny, along with (
several i0uiar6'd summer (inches and
two locomotives, the propOity of tho
Three iraim otebimber, loaded anil
Three irairji otebimber,
ready for shipmjit, vS hauled away
from thelre, ongof cnrsaU hing
fire as it passed through the flames.
TJjic buildyigs belonging to the com
pany were not damaged.
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