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J . m0 m . lite? DAILY EDITION VOI IX., No. Ml. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINII OODHTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 191H. WHOLE NUMBER 2327. . "v..- mi i ears i m njuii GOVFIORAIS ttlTOllllhiniiin niiicr. nnii Ahcc POLES HASSACBED lALUES DEMAND SQUARE DEAL FOR BUILDERS Ai'PfCAIJI TO WHXON TO PRO. THCT Of II MAIM INDUSTRY. WANTS CONTRACTS TO nOLD OPPOSES MERGER OF STATES Ortlwn Worth Hundred of Million of !llnra My I to lot Now brfriiiUtton Neresaary fialem, Ore., Nov. 29. Governor WKhycombo has appealed to Presi dent Wilson, asking that the wooden sfhlpbulldlng contract! be not cancel led. The governor strongly opposed the suggestion that Oregon and Washington wooden shlu dUlrlcla be tnorged. Washington. Nov. 29, Govern mont war contract. Involving hun dred of millions of dollar, ere Tendered doubtful by a decision of Comptroller Warwick of the treas ury, that ordori have not beon leg ally executed unless they were actu ally sinned by a responsible govern ment contracting agent and the con tractor. The war department has submitted a form of cancellation tin dcr which it in proposed to abandon without unjuit Ioks to the contrac tor, thousands of war supply con tract, but the comptroller refused to approve New IcglHlallon will be necessary to permit the framing of agreement for cancelling. YUMA HAS 33 YEARS OF DAILY SUNSHINE Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 29. For the pant 33 years a hotel here has dis played a large sign announcing to the publlo It will serve free meals every day the sun falls to shine on Toms. It I a tradition or the house that there has never been occasion for making good the promise con veyed by the sign. According to old Inhabitants, there ha not been a day In more than 40 years during which the sun failed to shine. OUTPUT OF AIRPLANE Portland, Nov. 29. More than 132,068,288 feet ot first class air plane lumber wa produced In the Pacific northwest during the war through the efforts ot the spruce di vision of the United State army sig nal corps, It was announced here. In addition 14.000.000 feet of lower grade lumber waa shipped for use In lees Important wooden parts of airplanes. IN BERLIN SAYS PAPER Amsterdam, Nov. 29. Represent tatlves from England, France and the United States will arrive In Ber lin shortly to discuss the question of the armistice, according to the Borltn correspondent ot the Cologne Oaactte. LUMBER IS STAGGERING IBBBBSMBSBSBJSBS) GUILTY TO TRIAL King Charlea, Grand Dukes and Many (enenJa to lie Prosecuted for flrlnglng on War lxndon, Nov. 29. The Vienna government Intend to bring to trial all person responsible (or the war, Including former Emperor Charles, Count Berchtold, Aiurtro-Hungarlan foreign minister, when the war broke out, and Count Czernln, for eign mlntstor at a later period, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. The Austrian grand dukes and a number of gonerals are also to be tried, according to these advices. Berlin, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The German-Austrian national council Is negotiating with the Hungarian and Czech governments for the purpose of securing their cooperation in the publication of diplomatic pre-war document and In an Investigation Into the responsibility for the con duct of the War, the Vienna corre spondent of the Vomtche Zcltung re ports. Recent revelations have been made he says, to the effect that former Emperor Charles has" secretly drawn 1,500,000 crowns on the army ac count while charges Invoking Arch duke Frederick and other high of ficers In connection with army con tracts alto are to be looked Into. 4444444444 44 4444444 4 TIKW. J. MOOXEY GETS MM3 IMPRISONMENT 4 Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 29. 4 4 Governor Stephens ha com- 4 4 mutted Thomas J. Mooney's 4 4 sentence to life Imprisonment. 4 4 The fate of Mooney Is now 4 4 no longor In doubt, but whether 4 4 the strikes called for December 4 4 9 will be carried out I an open 4 question. Labor leaders are 4 4 disappointed at their failure to 4 4 secure pardon for Mooney. 4 4 Mooney declares . that he 4 4 would rather hang than "be 4 4 condemned to a living grave." 4 44 4444 4 444 44 4444444 Washington, "Nov. 29. The com mutation of Mooney's sentence does not In any 'way settle the case from the viewpoint of organized labor, says a statement from Frank. Morri son, secretary ot the American Fed eration of iLabor, who takes the posi tion that perjury In connection with Mooney's conviction makes a new trial Imperative. KING CHARLES TOLD - TO LEAVE AUSTRIA Copenhagen, Nov. 29. For mer Emperor .Charles of Aus tria bo been Informed by the Vienna government that he must leave Austria, due to the counter-revolutionary move ment there. E Spokane, Wash., Nov. 29. That the state of Washington go Into the fire Insurance business and do away with the fight over the proposed In crease ot 10 per cent In fire insur: anoe rates by private companies, was suggested by City' Commissioner Fleming to the city council recently. On motion of Fleming, the council adopted a resolution pledging the support ot the city to the Insurance commissioner of the state of Wash' Ington In -his fight against private companies, "and "asking the citizens ot Spokane , to. lend, their aid. -YrinraKunmini P.111 HOLLAND GIVE Or PRlSENT REVOLUTION -sia-l-1 jp Y KUSER Planning For Triumphal Return-Bavaria Wants Separate Peace Lloyd George Says Germany Must Pay Cost ot War to Umit-W Pirates Will be Punbhed London, Nov. 29. The Dally Mall says that the former German emper or contemplates an early return to Germany to reclaim his throne, ac cording to news received In London through neutral sources ot high standing. , The revolution In Germany 1s be ing managed by officers of the Ger man high command with the view of causing Its eventual collapse and the triumphant return of the emperor. a Copenhagen, Nov. 29. Prince Maximilian 1 favored a first presl dent of the German republic, by dem ocratic circles. " London, Nov. 29. The liberal party In Baden has Issued a procla FOR WORLD TRAVELERS San Francisco, Nov. 29. The vast undeveloped reaches ot Alaska's 586,400 square miles ot valleys, streams and mountains offer a suit able habitat for America's returned soldiers. In the opinion of E. O. Mc- Cormlck, ot San Francisco, member of a commission authorized by Sec retary Lane to make a survey ot the northern territory. The reports of Mr. McCormlck, vice president In charge of traffic for the Southern Pacific company, and two others, L. O. Gabany, chemist and geologist, and George C. McFad den, coal mining expert, both of Chi cago, are to be used, McCormlck said, In connection with Secretary Une'a nlan to establish returned soldiers on the land and to acquaint the American people with opportuni ties offered In the territory. Alaska Is to be the mecca tor discriminating world travelers. It la the dream land of artists," he said. The territory' 120,000 reindeer, developed, from 1,280 Imported from the government between 1892 and 1902, will figure In the effect to sup ply the world with food, McCormlck said. Fox farms, where animals bearing pelts worth $2,500 each have been developed, and sxunK farms are among the many unusual pursuits of the region, he said. On the way to Fairbanks, reach ed over a solid automobile road are the Matanuska coal fields, where coal la being developed in commer cial quantities. These and other fea tures ot the vast mining district tap ped by the railroad were given par ticular attention by other members ot the commission. Forests of spruce, from which some was taken for America's newly built planes, fir and other timber lie along the railroad. "In this district are produced the finest of vegetables potatoes, beets, carrots, 16-pound cabbages, rhubarb four feet high and fine celery. Na tive grass in places grows eight teet high. Alaskan berries are already widely recognized." SENATE APPROVES REPEAL Washington, Nov. 29. The Senate finance committee has approved the repeal ot Increased postage rates, abolishing the cone Increase on sec ond class rates, to be effective up on enactment of the bill. Reduction of the first class rates would be ef fective July 1. i mation demanding a complete breach with Berlin, according to a Copenha gen dispatch. Paris, Nov. 29. It Is believed that Bavaria will probably ask to have separate plenipotentiaries at the peace negotiations and will claim conditions ot separate peace. New Castle, Nov. 29. Premier Lloyd George declared In a speech that Germany must pay the cost of the war to the limit of her capacity. He said that the submarine pirates must be punished and that whoever devastated the land of another country ought to be responsible for It Re declared that the authors ot the war should be sternly dealt with. THE FASTEST: AIRPLANE II Washington, Nov. 29. The navy department's program for making permanent the 21 coastal air defense stations planned for the war "was ex plained to the house appropriations committee today by Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the construction, who asked that $85,769,000 be pro vided for this -work next year. Squad rons ot fighting aircraft of every description will be included in the stations along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific and Insular possession. Among the new stations. Admiral Taylor said, are those to be erected at San Francisco, Seward, Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Guam and in the canal zone. Admiral Taylor said the fastest airplane In the world -was built In the United State. This ' machine, known a the Klrkham trlplane, de veloped a speed of 160 miles an hour and experiment are contemplated to see if it cannot do better than that. Since the signing ot the armistice, aviation contracts amounting to $36,000,000 have been canceled, Ad miral Taylor said. BRIT1SH WAR DEAD NOW , TOTALS NEARLY MILLION London, Wednesday, Nov. 27. It is officially announced that during the war the forces ot Great Britain actually' lost nearly 1,000,000 men killed or . dead through ' various causes. Recently it was said that the Brit ish losses totaled 658,704, but this number did not take Into considera tion men who 'were reported missing, who actually lost their lives, but of whom there is no trace, nor did It account tor men who died at the front from sickness. ALLIED LEADERS TO HOLD London, Nov. 29. The meeting of the allied leaders In London next week 'will be preliminary to , the peace conference, the Dally Express says. Colonel House and. Premier Orlando ot Italy will be there. Berlin, Wednesday, Nor. 27. The charge that the Poles, after cap turing Lemberg, the Gallcian capital. sacked the Jewish quarter, where the victims numbered several thou sands, is made by the the Lemoerg correspondent of the Berlin Tage- blatt, who says he left the Gallcian city November 24. He telegraphs his newspaper from Breelau a fol lows: "Since Friday Lemberg, which has been the scene of desperate street fighting, Is again in the hands of the Pole, after having been stub bornly defended by the Ukrainians. The casualties among the soldier and civilians are estimated a in ex cess of 1,000. A large section of the inner city waa completely destroyed. "Immediately upon entering the city the Poles proceeded to sack and burn the Ghetto district The street were filled with the charred bodies of murdered Jews. The Polish au thorities declined to take measure to halt the slaughter. Polish legions roped oft the street leading to the Ghetto and methodically proceeding to pillage, rapine and burning." 4 AUSTRIA LOST OUR 4 MILLION MEX IX WAR 4 4 London, Nov. 29. Austria- 4 Hungary lost 4.000,000 men in 4 killed and wounded during the 4 war. Eight hundred thousand 4 were killed, according to a Co- 4 4 penhagen dispatch. 4 Buenos Aires, Oct. 80. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press). t The building And repair of vessels or tne anted nations in this port nas been almost stopped by a labor union boycott on (Brazilian pine. A this was the only lumber on the local market the boycott on it use halted all woodwork on ships. - The boycott is believed by ship ping agents here to have been evolv ed by Germans and Spaniards in Buenos Aire partly as a hindrance to Allied shipping.', It has been al leged tor year or more that Ger man funds and German Ingenuity were behind the labor organizations here which are directed by Span iards. F AS A TRUST FOR ALL Winston Spencer Churchill, in speaking ot the "freedom ot the seas," gives his views on the subject as follows: "From the battle ot Trafalgar to the end of the 19th century we were absolutely tree at sea. We were the only nation whose ports were open to the world, whose markets were unrestricted by any tariff and whose coastwise trade ' was not held as a national monopoly. Even our kith and kin ifrom the United States whose affections and aid have been so dear to wa, never practiced that broad, liberal policy which we, tor a century ot unchallenged supremacy have shown upon the sea. If other nations of the world are content to allow us to keep the supremacy of the sea without demur it will be because we hold It a a trust for all." GERMAN LEADERS STRIVE FOB POWER, STARTING A REVOLU TION WHICH IS NOW OX SOU MAKES ANOTHER APPEAL Conflicting Reports About Famine Thousand Said to Be in line for Their Daily Soup London, Nov. 29. The entente al lies have decided to demand that Holland surrender the former em peror of Germany to Justice, accord ing to the Dally Express. London, Nov. 29, 2:18 p. m. The Berlin government, .according to a news dispatch from Copenhagen, ha sent a telegram to the former Ger man emperor in Holland, demanding the formal abdication of himself and and the crown prince. London, Nov. 29. At a Berlin meeting of the soldier' and work men" council, Herr Earth, secretary for social policy In the Ebert Minis-" try, declared that a counter revolu tion was in full swing, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company. Several general have Issued coun ter revolutionary proclamations and have attempted to dissolve the sol diers' and workmen's councils. Berlin, Nov. 28. The German- ' Austrian National council Is nego tiating with the Hungarian and Czech governments for the purpose of securing their cooperation in the publication ot diplomatic pre-war document and In an investigation into the responsibility for and con duct of the war. ' Hamburg, Wednesday, Nov. 27. Foreign Secretary Soil has (brought the charge that the Hamburg sol dier's and workmen's council is In Independent communication with the Russian soviet government The extreme radicals In Ham burg are now In editorial control of the official organ, the Red Flag. Indication point to an early rup ture between the Independent social ists and Spartacus group in Ham burg. Zurich, Nov. 24. Dr. W. S. Solf. the German foreign minister, has ad dressed the 'following note to the al- : lied powers: "According to an additional' note sent to the armistice convention by the allies, Belgium, France, Luxem burg and Alsace-Lorraine must be evacuated within a period of 15 days. This retirement must be made . In three stages, each to be marked on the map. The thtrd stage has already been reached and encroaches upon the 'Rhine country. "It seems possible that this en-, croachment may have been made with a view to attempting the an nexation of these territories to Al sace-Lorraine. The protest of the members of the German commission has not been considered. The Ger man government makes most solemn protest against all attempts intended to deprive Germany ot these terri tories." . ; , S. A. T. C. TO DEMOBILIZE Washington, Nov. 29. Complete demobilization ot the Student Army Training Corps, comprising hundreds of units, has been decided upon. Sec retary Baker announced that the de- . mobilization would start immediately. t' : 4