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TON EADER VOLUME 42 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 8, 1919 NUMBER 10 WES OEECGH HEWS NOTES OF GEIIEBAUNTEBEST Principal Eventi of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Retdere. ' Dallae I to have poet of tbe Ameri can legion. Klamath telle to assured of euuthnr lane box factory. A 110 ft nion Hi rals In aalarira greeted Fosell larhra. Work on the highway between Pallee n4 BaUm haa been bedim. MIm Iran Appll, (0 year old and t pioneer of 114), died at Ynwella. Tha Baaaon hotel of Portland liaa been eold to ax Governor L. V. lUnna of fargo, N. D. Tha city of Yamhill, through Ilia tata board of haalih. haa flfd plana for nw wator eyetera. Governor Olcolt la at Cannon Beach, wher ha will p few daya with Mr. 0!tt and children. Kugen raal eatat wen daclara that thart la not a alnglo dealrabla reel dane In tha city for rant Tha Aatoria board of aducatlon haa soar completed tha eorpa of II teach ara for tha next achool year. Notification haa reached Merebfleld national guard offlcera that tha Marab fleld company haa been accepted. Tha lumber ehlputent from tha Co lumbia In July ehowed ft eoneldernbl increeea over tha prvlou month. Summer apptea ara moving from Hood River to Portland In hoarier quantities than in any former eeaeon. Salem and Roeeburg are likely to be (he baaea of operation for'alrplanea on foreal aervlce patrol duty In Ore gon. Tha annual report of 0. C. Drown, eounty superintendent, ehowa there are 1897 puplla of achool age In Douglas county. Succaaa of tha airplane foreat fir patrol In Oregon to aaaured, according toft etatemeat of F. A. Klllott, atata foreatar. County rrult Inapector E. C. Arm strong of Denton aud Polk countioa haa bn named blight Inapector tot Doug laa county. An Increaa o( nearly 40 per cant was made In Eugene bank clearing for tha month of July over tha tame period laat year. Judge John S. Coke In tha circuit , court at Marahftold haa upheld tha atata law prohibiting the ahlpment of crab from Cooa Day. I'ortiand r.mi i cured tha contract for 1100 cases of eggs advertised for by the Alaskan commlaalen fur ahlp ment to the far north. With tha opening of tha Stanwood aawmlll for tha aawlng of railroad tlaa, there ara now five aawmllla actlv In tha vicinity of Brownarille. Stat Insurants Commlaaloner Har vey Welle haa cloaed up the affalra of hla office and turned It over to A. C. Barber, hla former deputy. Unless tha demand for lime in creaeee the atate plant at Gold Hilt will oloaa Indefinitely, according to C. W, Courtney superintendent Membera of tha State Fair board, dealgnated September S3, the first day of tha 1919 fair, aa Wlthycombe day," In honor of the lata Oovarnor Withy- COmb. Sine th organixatlon ol th Oregon Fruit Grower Cooperative associa tion three week ago a total of 8000 acres of prune orchards baa been signed. Eight workmen war fatally injured is Oregon -Curing th week ending July 31. according to th weekly re fort of th state Induatrlat accident ; oommlaalon. Tha V. R. Dennla Construction com pany of McMlnnvIll and C. W. Cook of Sheridan were awarded th contract for paving Sheridan streets at approxi mately 13 per yard. W. J. Edward of Mayvllle waa cboaen president of the pioneers of Gilliam and Wheler countle at a meeting at Julia Henderson pioneer grounds pear Foaall. "Spray or suffer the consequences of worms in your apples," la tha warning Bounded to Oregon fruitgrowers by Leroy Child, superintendent of tha Hood River experiment station. Since the enactment of th Irriga tion district law by the atate legisla ture In 1917 bonda In th aum of 13, 608.000 have been certified by. the lr rlRR'lou aecurltlea commission. Th purchase of two tractora for uae on tha farma of tha state achool . for feeble-minded end the boys In- duatrial training achool Is under con- ideration by th itat board of con- tro). IVrry Cupper, atate engineer, nse I n ked to approve plana fur the Ijhii-'II alley Irrigation dlalrk'1 In southern Klamath c.unly. Approxi mately an.nno aorea ara Included In the project. , Mia Klla May Harmon, Umatilla oouuty'a new homo demonstration agent, haa begun her dutlea at I'eudl ton, aurceedlng Mlaa Lorene Par her, who recently realgned to be married ahortly. Mlaa Harmon cornea from Boxeman, Mont The tlanlnn fire departmeut, Com posed entirely of volunleere, haa had printed a tig aupply of good eliud tHMitxra. warning tha public to b especially careful of fir during Ik dry eeaeon. lveopment of tbe roe I deposits In the Coa Hay region la Indicated In artlclea of Incorporation which wer filed with Corporation Commlaaloner Bt-huldermsn by th Coqulllo Coal a Coke company. Telegram auggeatlng a couferenca of Pacific coaat may ore to formulate plana to fight tba high prlcea of food stuff were aent to chief executive of all leading coaat cltlea by Mayor Baker of Portland. George 8. Cooper, until recently lo cated In Peru where ha acted aa Ameri can vice-consul, haa been appointed dlatrlct deputy for the Modern Wood men of America and will make hla headquarter In Salem. Disposition of WOO acrea of awamp land In tha aouthern part of Klamath county will depend upon aa opinion aa to tha till of this land, which haa been requested of Attorney Oencral Brown by tha atata land board. Two boya ware arreated at Bandon and taken to the county aaat at Co quill for aa Inveatigatlon of their poe alble connection with the murder of Lillian Leutbold. the 1 year old Ban don girl, who waa shot laat Sunday. Ira William, state geologist: C. B. Osburn of tba federal bureau of mines, and V. O. Sinclair have been Investi gating about tbe mouth ft the Colum bia river for oil Indications, but found no evidence of oil In commercial quan tities, Docletv defeat of the movement to place the "red" faction In control of the 'Portland Central Labor council waa administered when the conserva tlv ticket, beaded by Harry Ander son for president, won a sweeping victory In the acnil annual election of the council ITnlesa Governor Olcott takes the Initiative It la not likely that any ac tion will be started to determine hla tenure of orflc until th tlmo arrive for filing nominating petition prior to th next primary election. In the opin ion of t. II. Van Winkle, assistant attorney-general. R. W. Alton, who for more than teu years In th employment of th atate and government haa worked on tho agricultural problems confronted by settlers on the Umatilla government projoct, had realgned to engage 1q farming at Stanfleld, whara h baa pur- chased an 0 acre ranch. Two Oregon war mothera ar to re- celv 'French decoratlona with gilt atara for hoy who wer killed In ac tion, according to army recruiting of flcera In Portland. Mrs. II. Schaffer, S81 Twenty-fifth street north, Portland, la on or these, and Mr. Evelyn Wall ing of WalKrt, Or., la the other. Through tha efforts of Representa- rawium, puhvi.iv vuuuui, m ....... . 1 1. 1 1 . I .. - . k orpnan rroin uoraoaux, was admitted to the United State to be taken to La Grande by Captain Jerry Ruak, former speaker. of the Oregon hous of representatives, where she will make her home with him. At a meeting of Adjutant General Btafrln and general staff of the Na tional Guard of Oregon in Portland, Colonel John L. May' resignation aa colonel of th Third Oregon waa ro colved and tiled. Thar la no colonel of th regiment at present. -An elec tion for colonel by th regimental of flcera will be held shortly. Tb body of Charlea L. Taylor, road supervisor of th McKenxle bridge die- trlct who had been mlaalng alnc July waa found by Harry O. Hayes, about 3H miles from tho spot where Taylor'a hunting companion, Clark, aaya they separated that day. A bul let hole In the body Indicated that Taylor had died from an accidental shot from hla own rifle or had been shot by someone else. Skirts will be wider this fnll, and shorter. The object Is to, mnlte walk ing easier and to woke women buy new-style skirts. Two thousand tlermnns ar to b afn( i0me. If necessnry, w could, without undue hardship, apnr a few more , . The Pigs are m mjrm ---awn m mmwM HIGH FRIGES CAUSE V HEW LABOR CRISIS Washington. A new labor crisis, trowing out of tba high coat of living. la facing tbe railroad v'nli.letratloa So preeelng are the demaude cf the railroad employe for man pay to maintain their standard of living that Praaldent Wilson, followlnc extended JVAvJ'J! I. FT. conference with DIrector-Oeneral be 610,000 reguiara, wnua in remain- jroor aona" sobs uj suunais aaa pro- Ubor ahaU reprtaig qaAnj. -Hlnea. aaked the house of represent. 4er would be young men who bad serve for 'all tim th preeent fv; Th.t ,h puMic, tt- operators and tlvea to abandon a proposed rece of five weeka, aad remain la Waablngton t. MHi,i.r i ha maiion of a commls- alon which would determln all que- tlona concerning tha wage of railway worker. The president took a new step In railroad legislation la auggeatlng to congress that the act to create tbe com- mission should "make th declalona of that body mandatory upon tb rate- making body and provide, when necea- nary. Increased ratea to cover any reci ommendatlona for Increases In wage, and therefor In the coat of operating the railroade." - This was the first time -that con gress ever was asked by the chief ex ecutive to order the Interstate com merce commission to advance ratea. ROUMANIANS SLAY AND ROB Demand Hoetagea and Will Kill Five for Every Invader Hurt. ' Paris. Telegrams from American officials at Budapest atate that Rou manian troop upon entering Budapest atarted plundortag In the suburb. Fifteen or 20 clvlliana wer killed by Uie Roumanians during th day, It Is added. The Americans reports said the Rou- manlana were demanding hostages, and threatened to kill five hostage for each Roumanian aoldier injured in Budapest Some membera of the new Hun garian ministry, the telegrams, atate, hav been arrested by the Rouman ians, who have mounted machine guns In varioua parts of the city and de mobilised the local police. The city la absolutely under military control. Ruaalana Massacre Jew. London. : Semi-official Polish aourcea have received reports that General Gregorleff'a troops, which aro occupying Odessa, suwounded the Jew h quarter and began a massacre which lasted three daya and nlgbta. The End of a i , AV.a , C!s--. SK-r 5 re Jfa1? in the Clover "B nn;T- cr . . t -fi 1 mm 60$ Xb ARMY OF 1,250,000 MEN IS PROPOSED Washington. Maintenance of on field army with a war strength of 1.250,000 men la proposed In a bill establishing a permanent military policy which waa aent to cougresa by Secretary Baker. Th acUv fore of thl rmy would taken a thr montn.' m.utary train- Ing course, watcn would o compuiaory for' alt 19-vear-old youths. Tbla re- aerv atrength would be need to fill out the JO Infantry divisions and on cavalry division into which it la pro- posed to divide the regular army, Under the measure all special acrv- feea built up during tha war would U maintained aa separate branches except tha chemical warfare service, which would be merged with the en- cineera corpa. HUNGARYJS SUPPLIANT Overturee to Allies for Peace Made by Socialist Premier. Vienna. Overturee for peace with the alllea have been made by the new socialist government of Hungary, whlch h" bn ,et UD in ,uccf?8l0U of the Bela.Kun regime. Th peace overture were mad by Jacob Weltner. president of the sol diers' and workers' soviet of Hungary. Arriving In Vienna from Budapest, Horr Weltner asked Col. Cunningham, leading representative of the allies at Vienna, and the other allied officials here, to recognise the new government and to treat for peace. The new Hungarian cabinet la pro dded over by Jules Peldll, who was formerly minister of the people's wel fare In the Count Karolyl cabinet ' Dust off the Jobs nicely etid let th boy know Unit all they hav to do la warp right In and qJt the bull. A serum to combat measles Is an nounced. But seleuee seems unnble to cope with ordinary spring fever. Germany la planning to try lts"lend era for losing the war, failure being a crime It cannot condone. Few women give much worry to the problem of dressing lu style or dress ing In a tuanuer that would be really becoming. - IT Perfect Day I I THE BUGABOO ABOUT ARTICLE (Bo-o. Wratd. Jua n, A dangerous misconceptioa haa I a ted from the start la th mind of many Americana aa to what I In volved In Article 10 of th Covenant of tba League of Nation, to which article Senator Jobaaoa aaya, "It 1 anthlnkabl that any American caa subscribe." This article aaya: "Tbe membera of the league undertake to respect and preeerve a against external aggre slon th territorial integrity and x latlng political Independence of ail membera of tha league. la caa of any such aggresaloa or la caa of threat of danger of eucb aggreaaioa, tha council aball advla oa tba means n. which tbla obligation aball be ful tllad." Tbia means atmply and aolely that external aggression must end. It doe not mesa that boundary lines ex isting today or existing whenever th aggression occurs most be maintained. Nothing exiata In th covenaet which provldee for the maintenance of th eta t us qua Th framera of tha cov enant had no auch abaurd notion that a crowing, constantly changing world should be rigidly preserved al It ex iata when tba treaty la algned. There ar nnmerona waya la which change caa be mad wlthoat aggression: by purchase. Interchange, or aome kind of amicable agreement, eapedallr If preceded by removal of economic bar rier. There la only on way by which changes cannot be made that la, by external aggreaeion. When Senator Jobnaon aaka, "At y ready. Americana to pledge your eon a and ting up In Europe?" be la conjuring up a ridiculous proposal nver to th minds of th tramers of tb covenant Radicals aad reactionaries alike hav atumbled over this plain statement and aome of them wickedly, some of them Ignorantly. read Into It what la not there. Enormous consequences depend upon the Immediate rectify ing of thl gross misunderstanding aa to th article which la th backbone of the whole covenant Let It be remembered, military op . position to external aggreaeion ta to be tb last agency, not th first one. . used.- Each nation Is now to be its brother's keeper and should help la th great work of forestalling aad pre venting trouble. Economic prewmre la to be th first deterrent A nation tbat will not aend ita caa to court, that begins on external aggresaloa, will - in the first place know tbat not a chip will enter Its ports, not a railroad ear or telegram paaa its border line. If complete boycott falls, then a small quota of soldiers may be requisitioned from each country, but only when oar represents tire on th council votes for It. We csn never be compelled to send oar troop " agslnst oar will. Tho aent will be volunteers, not conscripts, and they will simply stop aggression. They will not conquer or continue punishment if aggression ceases. Let Americans refuse to be fooled by specious arguments at this most, critical time. Th question la, shall a fraction of th ninety-six men in th American Senate prevent world or ganixatlon and the beginning of tb end of external aggression aad frus trate th world' hop? LTJCIA AMES MEAD. Let Your Senators Know That Yon Want Them to Ratify the Peace Treaty Without Reservations or Amend ments. ' Choice of a republican nomine tor president In Oregon rests with William Howard Taft, Charlea Evana Hughes and .General Leonard Wood. Those senators who are interposing objec tions to the league of natlona peace treaty have little or no support Senti ment for the league la stroug in the state. Such is a aummary resulting from a q-jestionnair sent out by The Portland Oregoniaa to the independent republican press of tha atate. Interest on irreducible achool funda amounting to 1408.745.35 baa been ap . portioned among the several countiea of Oregon by the atate land board. Th report wfcs prepared by State Treasurer Hoff and ahowa a total of 209.615 children of achool age In the atate. This is an increase of 3929 pu pils when compared with the report issued a year ago. The amount ap portioned also ahowa an increase of 332.842.63, while the per capita la boosted from ll.N to 11.95. Bulter wraps at Leader shop. RAILROADERS FAVG3 PUSUC OYffiECT Formal Demand is Made Labor for Retirement of Private Capital. by Waahlngtoa. Organised labor cam oat Tuesday with tbe anequlvocal, formal demand tint prlvat capital be retired from the railroad. A trl-par-tit control, composed of ta public, th operating aaaoagement and th employe, la demanded Instead. Addressed to th Aatcricaa public and undersigned by th engineers, th firemen, the conductor and tha Amer ica Federation of Labor, a formal statement was Issued announcing thi proposal, which will be carried before coagreaa. Th proposal, la th word of It authors, "mark th alep by which organised labor peases from the de mands for wag Increases to demand that th system of profits la laduatry be overhauled." . Briefly, labor's plan demands: -That prlvat capital be eliminated from the railroad. That th privet owners receive for them government bonds "with a fixed Interest return for every hoaeat dol lar that they hav Invested.' That th tri partite control be es tablished In corporations which ahall lease th roads and in which th pub lic, th operating; managementa aad the wage-earner snare equally all revenue In excess of th goaraste to prlvat capital, by granting to th operator and th employ one-halt the savings which ar expected to b made by auch a perfected organ liar tlon. and to the public the other half a consumers, . either by increasing aervice without adding costs or by reducing; coata. "This role originate with labor, aaya the atatement "becaua labor happens to have firm orgsnlsatlona through which It may become articuV late." . To Reduce It C. of L. Washington. In th face of grow ing unrest over th high coet of living. many government agenciee moved In ef forte to- effect a return to normal price levels. Immediate sal of alt eurplua food stuffa purchased for th anay. Instead of only canned goods, waa ordered by the war department Millions of pounds of meat, beans, pumpkin, squash and other commodities will be offered to the public Monday. August 18. through tha parcels post system, at ' price materially lower than those now prevailing in the market Purchasers will have to pay postage charge from tb place of storage. Price tor necessities would be lim ited to the amounts charged Novem ber 11. 1918, under bill introduced by Representative Huddleston, demo crat, Alabama. ... Tb president would be directed 'to appoint a war trade commission of. five member to fix maximum sale, as and aarvic prices for all necessities. Pood, clothing, toodatuffs, medi cines, furniture, building material, tools, iron, steel, coal products, elec tricity,, transportation and rent would be defined as necessities. Tbe board, which would continue operation for five years, would adopt regulations for th distribution, transportation, sale, handling and atorage of tha necessities and to iesu licenses tor dealer to conduct business. Dealers would be required to mark the original coat and sal price of article on th package. Boy Facea Charge ef Murder. Marshfield, Or. On the statement of Samuel Whetstone, a gunsmith of ronume WBO declared it wss his opin- ion the bullet removed from th head of . Miss Lillian Deuthold, who waa found murdered on a lonely road near Bandon, and one tired experimentally from the Steven rifle, which Harold Howell of Prosper carried on th after noon of the murder, wer both fired through the Steven rifle. Judge C. R. Wsde of the county nd Juvnll courts held Harold Howejl to answer to tbe grand jury at Ita next aesslon on a charge of murder. Th boy I 14 year old. , Coblens. Ali American aoldlers t ceprlng about ,e wb wm remain on tbe Rhine Indefinitely, -vill b out of fiermany by AJut 20,