ARM ENIA MANDATE OPPOSED
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Importan
Daily News Items.
Democratic Leaders 'Forsake Wilson
on Far Eastern Question.
Washington, D. C.—Democratic op
position developed Wednesday to Pres
ident Wilson's request to congress for
authority to accept a mandate over
PRESIDENT VETOES
PEACE RESOLUTION
Knox Proposal Held Dishonor
able to Nation.
Armenia.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ad
ministration leader in the peace treaty
fight, joined republicans opposing the
measure and there were indications
that other democrats would stand with
him. The meeting of the house for
eign affairs committee, '.called to ob
Event« o f Noted People, Government« tain the views of Secretary Colby, was Versailles Covenant, Wilson Asserts.
postponed because of the secretary’s
and„Pad6c Northwest, and Other
[Embodies World Objects in Final
inability to attend, but there were
Thing« Worth Knowing.
many informal conferences by both
German Settlement.
parties at which members expressed
strong objection to any proposal which
The First National bank at Finley would send American troops to Europe
Washington, D. C.— President Wilson
ville, Pa., was held up and robbed of or Asia.
vetoed the peace resolution Friday and
Chairman Porter indicated that the informed congress that he could not
»115 ,000 In cash and bonds Monday.
president’s
message would be consid become a party to the peace program
A reward of 100,000 pesos for the
death or capture of Francisco Villa ered briefly and then laid on the table, framed by republican leaders of the
has been offered by the government which would end it.
senate and house, because he consid
Inasmuch as the senate has failed ered it would put an ineffaceable stain
of the state of Chihuahua.
to ratify the treaty with Its league of on the nation’s honor.
Mrs. Eleanor Hodgman Porter, au
nations covenant, republican members
To establish technical peace by such
thoress, known especially for her
of the house committee declared there
method, the president said in his
"Pollyanna” stories, died at her home
were legal objections to the presi veto message, would be to effect "a
in Cambridge, Mass., Friday night.
dent’s proposal. They contended that
Brigadier-General C. M. Bailey, U. to accept a mandate would be like complete surrender of the rights of
8. A., retired, died in Chicago Satur doing Indirectly what congress had not the United States so far as Germany
is concerned” and to relinquish all
day. General Bailey was born in New permitted to be done directly.
the high purposes which led the na
York in 1841. Ho was retired in 1899.
The president was asked In a reso tion into war and which were era
A 7-cent fare on the Seattle munici lution Introduced by Representative
bodied in the rejected treaty of Ver
pal street railway is provided in the Mason, republican, Illinois, for full in
sailles.
ordinance which was presented to the formation as to the cost and number
The
president’s act apparently
city council as an emergency measure. of troops required in connection with
brought to another and final dead
Scrubwomen, elevator men, janitors hts mandate proposal.
lock the efforts of the administration
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska said and congress to agree upon a peace
and window washers in the Chicago
federal building will resign July 1 un he did not expect to support President program. Republican leaders conced
less they are granted an increase in Wilson’s request for authority to ac ed they had no chance to pass the reso
cept a mandate over Armenia.
pay.
lution over the veto, though an attempt
COMPILED
FOR
YOU
An increase of »12,745,000 in the
appropriation of the army air service
is tentatively agreed to by the senate.
The house fixed the air service fund
at »27,255,000.
Flour made a further decline in price
at the largest Minneapolis mills Mon
day, family patent flour being quoted
at »14.75 to »15 a barrel In 98-pound
cotton sacks In carload lots.
The Walker bill was signed by Gov
ernor Smith of New York Monday.
The law legalizes the manufacture and
sale of beer containing not more than
2.75 per cent of alcohol by weight.
From »60 to »120 a gallon Is the
ruling price for whisky in illicit trade,
according to Secretary Houston. Mr.
Houston wrote congress requesting
»1,500,000 for 1000 watchmen to guard
bonded warehouses next year.'
The three shoe factories in Marl
boro, Mass., of Uice & Hutchins, Inc.,
will be shut down for a week begin
ning Wednesday, it Is announced.
“ General business conditions’’ were
given as the reason. The plants em
ploy 2500 persons.
PEACE AGAIN DELAYED
Revision D ow nw ard
of Prices Noted
Chicago.— A general revision down
ward of prices of all commodities ex
cept food, a growing tendency toward
thrift and improvement in the labor
situation are three factors noted in
tho report of the seventh federal re
serve district issued Wednesday.
A decided readjustment of the eco
nomic and social influences governing
national life is being anticipated by
the business world, tho report says,
with tho situation complicated by the
lack of any precedent by which busi
ness men might be guided.
“ Tho continued high price of food
is the most Important exception to the
downward trend,” the review states,
adding:
"Other living costs, however, offer
great encouragement, particularly the
price of clothing and shoes. Prices
of clothing and dry goods generally
hud reached such heights as to be
almost prohibitive and the public quite
naturally curtailed purchases ve-ry ma
terially.”
STATE NEW S
IN BRIEF.
Washington, D. C.— Next year’s
naval budget was fixed at about »436,-
000,000 under a complete agreement
on the naval appropriation bill reach
ed Saturday by senate and house con
ferees. Tho original house bill carried
»425,000,000 and the senate about »467,-
000,000.
The conferees agreed on »20,000,000
for navy aviation, a compromise be
tween the »15,800,000 voted by the
house and »25,000,000 by the senate.
In lieu of the senate appropriation
of »1,000,000 to begin work on the
new l ’acific coast base in San Fran
cisco bay, the conferees authorized a
congressional commission of five sen
ators and five representatives to in
vestigate available sites on San Fran
cisco bay and report to congress not
luter than December 31.
The Tongue Point submarine base
in the Columbia river near Astoria
was approved.
One person dead and moro than 10
Injured wus the toll of two tornadoes
Mark Up to 3.15 Cents.
that Saturday swept Castle Rock,
New
York.— Buying of German ex
Minn., a town of 200 population, and
a strip of countryside near Red Wing. change unparalleled since the armis
tice was reported by dealers In foreign
Minn.
Governor Ben Olcott of Oregon, with hills Tuesday, forcing marks . up to
Lieutenant R. M. Kelley as pilot, 3.15 cents apiece, said to be tho high
reached Stockton, Cal., at 2:40 P. M. est quotation In more than a year. It
Monday by ulrplane after a flight contrasts with the minimum quotation
which extended from the Canadian of 1 cent last February.
Purchases ran to large individual
boundary.
lots, in some instances approximating
\n unconfirmed report was received
1,000,000 marks. Much of the buying
in El Paso, Tex., Sunday that General
was believed to bo speculative and
Francisco Villa had ordered American
based on reports that Germany's in
Canada Presents Big Claim.
and other foreignowned mining com
dustrial condition is showing decided
Ottawa, Ont.—Canada's reparations
panies in Chihuahua to pay him »500,-
improvement.
claim against Germany amounts to »1,-
000 and Hint he had cut the power lino
871,000,000 and has been forwarded to
between Boquillas and 1'urrnl.
Archer Seeks Grizzlies.
England for presentation at the con
A detachment of cavalry from Fort
San Francisco.— With the Intention ference of representatives of all parts
Myer was called out Sunday night to
of slaying four grizzly bears with a of the British empire in London and
disperse a mob of more than a thou
bow and arrows, Dr. Saxton Pope, subsequently at an inter-allied confer
sand persons which surrounded the
praetlcing surgeon ut the affiliated ence at Spa. Germany, it was an
jail at Alexandria courthouse. 12 miles
colleges of the University of Califor nounced Saturday.
from the limits of the District of Co
nia, left here Wednesday for Yellow
The claim Is for losses sustained by
lumbia. T in mob was attempting to
stone Park, W. W. Surgeant. secretary the country and its citizens and in
obtain possession of William Turner, |
for the California academy of sciences, cludes: Cost of war and demobiliza
a negro.
announced. Dr. Pope, an expert In tion, »1,715,000,000; reparation allow
Americans have evinced no great archery, and his companion, Arthur
ances, »85,000,000; Halifax losses, »30,-
determination to become possessors of Young, will carry automatic pistols
000.000; army of occupation, »8,000,-
articles once belonging to ex Kaiser also, hut these are to be used only In
000, and Illegal warfare, »31,000,000.
Wilhelm. Seven lots o f gold embroid case of emergency.
Under reparation allowances fall
ered velvet hangings from the throne-
sums paid to dependents of those who
room of the imperial palace at Berlin
Gasoline Shortage Sure.
served in the military and naval
were knocked down under the auction
San Francisco.— A request that ail forces; Halifax losses cover damage
eer's hammer in New York Saturday
users of automobiles for pleasure pur to the city by the munitions explosion
for only »205.
poses curtail their gasoline purchases I in Halifax harbor on the steamer Mont
Authority to accept for tho United 50 per cent for ten weeks was framed
Blanc In 1917; army of occupation
States u mandatory over Armenia
was | Tuesday by oil and railroad company I losses Include costs of maintaining
asked of congress Monday by Presi
" '" i xecuttvea and the executive commit-1 Dominion troops In Germany after the
dent Wilson. The executive said he tee of tho California Stute Automobile
armistice, and Illegal warfare dam
wus conscious he was "urging a very association.
ages represent losses of Canadian
critical choice." but (hat he did so "In
It was announced that restrictions merchant and fishing vessels during
tho earnest belief it will be the wish on gasoline were not based on trans
Germany's submarine warfare.
of the people of the United States that portation conditions, but on actual
this should be done ”
shortage.
Bean Tariff May Go Up.
Indianapolis. E imates based on
Washington. D. C.— Increase of the
Incomplete report! s from all parts of
Japanese Banks Suspend.
I tariff on beans from 25 cents to Jt.20
the country ree Ived here indicated
New York.
Tho seventy-fourth
that the Anierlc
Legion had added | bank of Yokohama. Japan, has been H bushel is provided by a bill reported
between 400,000 and half a million nc
rloaed for a period of three weeks favorably Friday by the house ways
members to It« rolls !u the nation wide pending investigation of its books, ac- and means committee.
Democratic
membership campaign of last week. cording to advices received by far j committeemen declared the measure
New York, Tex«». California Virginia, east banking Interests here. The in - 1 would inciease tho cost of living,
Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania all «mutton, rated as one of the largest
Western bean growers have urged
appear as contestant» for first place In Japan, with reported deposits of enactment of the bill, declaring they
In the race on the basis of early re more than »30,000,000, recently was wore unable to compete with Jap
turns.
taken over by S. Mogl of Yokohama. anese growers.
DAYS
The Dalles.—Wheat price of »2.50 a
| bushel was established in this section
for this year when Louis Peetz of
Moro, Sherman county, contracted to
hell 5000 sacks at »2.50. A sack con
tains about two aud one-third bushels
of wheat.
Prlnevllle.— Plans are being made
for the only celebration of Independ
ence day in central Oregon. The cele
bration will be double-barreled, in
honor not only of July 4 but also the
completion of the Ochoco irrigation
project dam.
Sheridan.—The
local
city
council
has appropriated money for the use
of the civic improvement club in estab
lishing an auto camp ground in the
city park.
The Dalles.—Contract for a »19,800
modern school building for Mosier has
been let to the Baldwin-Swope Con
struction oompany of Hood River. The
new school building will be one story
with basement. It will have six rooms
and will be equipped with the most
up-to-date fixtures.
Eugene.— Higher water and electric
light rates for Eugene beginning June
1 have been announced by the Eugene
water board. It is no longer possible
to postpone a slight revision, says the
board, if an adequate depreciation re
serve fund is to be provided.
Pendleton.— Pendleton’s post office
will have classification as first class
after July 1, according to notification
received from the department by Act
ing Postmaster Lester B. Cronin. The
stamp sales for the local office during
the past year were over »40,000.
will be mado In the house tomorrow
Salem.—Advertisements for the sale
and on both sides it was predicted that of state road bonds in the sum of »1,-
the Issues of the treaty controversy 500,000 to match federal aid under an
would have to be fought out in the act passed at the last special session
political campaign with democrats of the legislature have been prepared
and republicans blaming each other for by R. B. Goodin, secretary of the state
the failure to consummate a state of board of control, and will be printed
peace.
in the Portland press later in the week.
In his message the president did
Salem.— Federal officers last week
not indicate whether he might again
raided the home of C. W. Cowfard at
submit the treaty to the senate for
Gervais and seized a still and large
ratification, but he said the resolution
quantity of liquor. The officers said
raised against the question of whether
the still had been in operation for
the United States cared to draw apart
some time. Cowfard formerly lived
from tho rest of the world or to join
at Albany, but later moved to Port
with other nations in attaining the
land. He located at Gervais last win
ends for which the treaty was framed. t
ter.
$436.000ll00TNNAVY
F U N D IS A G R E E M E N T
SCHOOL
Salem.— Dr. R. Lee Steiner, who was
temporarily in charge of the state pen
itentiary following the resignation of
R. L. Stevens as warden, said that all
Information gathered on his recent
visit to prisons in the eastern states
would be turned over to L. E. Comp
ton, present superintendent of the
penitentiary.
The Dalles.—A grain-grading school
conducted by Professor G. E. Hislop
of Oregon Agricultural college will op
erate in this city three days, June 14,
15 and 16. This demonstration has no
connection with that to be given by
the bureau of markets in this city
June 1. The subjects of wheat grow
ing and marketing will be taken up
by Professor Hislop.
False Prophets |
By GEORGE M A T T H E W
ADAMS
OW big n factor In your life are
the False Prophets—the long
faced, deceptive-eyed, purposelessed
semi-humans that are everlastingly
coining up to you and getting you dis
satisfied with your lot and seeking to
convince you of the wonderful success
you would be— somewhere else?
The only Prophets worth listening
to are the Prophets answering to your
own Will.
Accept the advice of no Prophet un
less he squares and measures fully up
to the Accomplishment Test. For It’s
the False Prophets who have theories
and great promises for everybody else
but who gre unable to prophesy six
inches into their own future to save
their neck.
Tlie only Prophets worth listening
to are the Prophets answering to your
own Will.
You own your own house and lot.
You live in your house and upon your
lot. There you Sleep, Eat and Plan.
Your doors are open to the outside
world only upon invitation. How then,
is it possible for an Alien personage to
dictate the terms of your happiest ex
istence where you are?
Tlie only Prophets worth listening
to are the Prophets answering to your
own Will.
No one is evef truly great until he
stretches out his nrms to embrace the
real joy of Independence. No man
truly smiles In Contentment and in
realized Service, until lie is able to
give audience to ids False Prophets
under calm observation—yet to abhor
their Prophecies.
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H
Ju^t Folks
Salem.—Company M, Oregon Na
tional guard, heard the pay call for
the first time since it was federalized
By EDGAR A. GUEST
several months ago, at the armory
here last Thursday. The pay included
TH E ROADS OF HAPPINESS.
the months of August, September,
October, November and December. Tlie Roads of Happiness are not
Hereafter the guardsmen will receive
The selfish roads of pleasure seek
their pay semi-annually, probably on
ing,
Where cheeks are flushed with haste
January 1 and July 1.
and hot
Eugene.—The gasoline shortage in
And none has time for kindly speak
Eugene continues and every day cars
ing.
are seen stalled on the streets or But they're the roads where lovers
stray.
country roads because of empty tanks.
Where wives and husbands walk to
Last Sunday many owners drove into
gether
the country as usual, taking a chance
And children romp along the way
on having enough fuel to bring them
Whenever It Is pleasant weather.
home. Some got back, but in other
cases the cars are still on the road The Ronds of Happiness are trod
side, miles from the city.
By simple folks and tenderhearted.
By gentle folks that worship God
Salem.—That it is contrary to the
And want to live their days un
best interests of the state to increase
parted.
further the untaxed area of Oregon There kindly people stop and talk.
by ceding to the federal government
Regardless of the chase for money.
lands embraced in Malheur lake to be There, arm In arm, the grownups
walk
known as the Roosevelt bird refuge,
And every eye you see Is sunny.
was voiced In a letter prepared here
by Percy Cupper, state engineer, and
The Ronds of Hnpplness are lined.
addressed to Baar and Cunningham,
Not with the friends of royal splen
consulting engineers of Portland.
dor,
The Dalles.—To Increase the city's
water supply the water commissioners
have decided to run a tunnel through
the solid rock near Hansen's mill on
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the east fork of Mill creek, about L>
miles from this city. Bids for the work
will be called about June 5. The
tunnel will be rushed to completion
in order that the city tnsy have more
water during the summer months.
Salem.— The Oregon public service
commission. In an order issued re
cently. granted In part the application
of the Eastern Oregon Fewer company
for the establishment of a new rate
schedule for electric current, with
cancellation of all contracts not n .«
conforming to these charges, and re
duced the prompt payment discount
on lighting bills from 10 to 5 per cen t
But with the loyal friends and kind
That do the gentle deeds and ten
der,
There fnme has never brought unrest
Nor glory set men's hearts to aching,
Diiere unabandoned Is life’s best
For selfish love and money making,
The Roads of Happiness are those
1,0 not lt'm* to Pon|P *n<1 glory,
But wind ntnong the Joys and woes
That make the humble toller’s
stoty.
The mads ttint oft we used to tread
In early days when first we mated.
When hearts were light and cheeks
were re«!.
Anil
i I m .. h
were not with burdens
frv.ghtcd.
iCuiorilgbl by FMgar A. Guest.)
-<v
Del etnlmi Mon reduces hard work to
©thing; procrastination makes hard
o’urk out of nothing.
Rann-dom Reels
By HOWARD L. RANN
THE
3 IU D
HOLE
mud hole is a great American
T HE institution
which comes in the
spring and stays until a new board
of supervisors is elected.
It then
moves over Into another township and
locates on a piece of road which has
not been touched by the profane hand
of tlie drag since the Mexican war.
Almost every county has a collec
tion of ancient, honorable and accept
ed mud holes which are never tilled
up with nnythlng except automobile
wheels, dragging differentials and pro
fane tourists.
It would seem that
when a mud hole 1ms established a
reputation which reaches into tho
next congressional district It would
be content to retire and not keep on
clogging tlie highway with tlie pros
trate forms of seven-passenger tour-
Tip J o K ce hap
A L oad O'
T imothy
S wamped
IT MAKES ME SlLlN MAD.
I RECKON WELL HAFT*
G i TUP A PCtiTiON
■meat
yema) y
Almost Every County Has a Collec
tion of Ancient, Honorable and
Accepted Mud Holes.
lng cars. But it is harder to make a
mud hole retire than It is to drug a
federal office holder away from the
pay roll.
Mud holes are caused by the sur
face of the road giving way at the
knee Joints and sinking due south un
til both running boards are anchored
firmly to the highway.
Some mud
holes are deeper than others and un
less acted upon at once will swallow
a highseated runabout with the top
up. When such a mud hole as this is
located in close proximity to a farm
er who owns a dredging outfit con
sisting of a team of docile mules. It is
worth more to the property than a
transcontinental railway.
Many a
farmer who lives next to one of tiiese
quick assets lias earned more money
yanking deeply imbedded tourists to
some haven of rest than by any other
form of endeavor.
There are not so many mud holes
In our public highways as formerly,
this being due to the fact thnt the
farmer is buying most of the automo
biles. After a farmer has driven into
one of these imitations of the bottom
less pit In a brand new car and taken
his family down with him, where they
can’t see anything but the tree tops,
either the mud hole or the road super
visor wlll.be removed at the next gen
eral election. It used to be the fash
ion to repair mud holes with live sod,
which stood erect In the road and Im
parted a smooth, gliding sensation to
people In the bnck seat. Sod is all
right in Its plnce, hut very little o f It
Is used In building speed ways.
The mud hole commits most of Its
crimes in the spring of the year, break
ing springs, twisting axles and caus
ing people to lose a lot o f hard-
earned religion.
It would not last
long If evenhody who wallows
through It would stay mad long
enough to bond the county for good
roads.
(C o iv rlg h t.)
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Not All There.
Rejected Admirer (bitterly)—Oh,
well, I was all broke up over a girl
once lief ore.
Revue Lady—Ah, I see. And some
of the pieces were lost—Blighty.