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Vol IX., No. III). BOLSHEVKS MAY OVERRUN THE GERMANS WELL OIMJAXIJCD KDIU'K WORK I Nil WAV WEHTWARD FROM lit HSI.t CAI HKH ALARM H1NDENBURS TO SAVE THE DAY la Organising' Volunteer and IUlly tag Old Guard In KxiwcUttkm of lUg OffonaWe Coition. Mar. 10. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg li planning to use volunteer unlU In a drive against the Bolshevlkl, with Labau as the base of hla operation, It is Indicated by Information which haa reached American intelligence officers. According to the American ex pert, who In the line of their duty are keeping In touch with the pro gress of the readjustment of the enemy' force. Gorman great head quarter iMim to be following a pol icy of eecrecy a regard the eaatern front troop question. Thla I believed to be due to the fact that the Bolshevlkl now have a normal military organisation and so will he able to utilise any Informa tion they might obtain concerning their enemy. Apparently the Ger man headquarter In Korberg I di recting Ita energies again toward or ganisation on the naltle front In the confidence that there is no longer any Immediate oceaelon for concern over the Polish front. Field Mar shal ron Hlndenburg Is In Kolhnrg. The total number of volunteer on the eastern-front or about to proceed there la estimated at nearly 100.000. Some of the' old army troops are now on the eastern front. Weimar. Saturday. Mar. 8. Frau Broenner, an authoress and publish er and a delegate of the German democratic party in the national as sembly, baa left for home In Koenlgs burg to organise the women of East Prussia Into a border militia against the Bolabevlkl. " . Frau Broenner declare her action waa prompted by report that a Bol imevlk force a million strong was advancing toward the German fron tier and her fear that the men alone would be unable to withstand the Bolshevik hordes. FOUR WOMEN IS THE IT AH LEGISLATURE Salt hake City, Mar. 10. Four women occupy scat In the 13 th Utah legislature. One 1 in the senate and three are In the house. It 1 not considered a novelty to have women legislators in Utah, and they always have consistently worked tor lawa af fecting the welfare of women and children. El London, Mar. 10. There is a lugcnd In the United States that Englishmen are great walkers. It they arc, the recent tube strike showed t b'py don't walk in London. When this strike forced Londoners to walk they didn't even know the way home. Polloemon were .amazed. One big "bobby" who Jceeps the traffic straight at the tool i)f Ludgate Hill declared that "city" business men had kept him busy tolling them how to got .to some or the 4est known localities In Londor. the R,rst day of the Btrlke. "It's past belief," he commented with' some indignation, "that, a man can rVde on a bus for years between his hme and hi office and still not .know the way when he has to foot It." ) i WHEAT CROP VMS 15 Hit l'r wilt of Htnte Totl Crop De livered to Mills and WnrchouM. Iiarlny In Storage Portland, Msr. 10. The total 1918 wheat crop for Oregon Is esti mated by the U. 8. bureau of crop estimates at 15,228,000 bushels. Re ceipts from farms, as tabulated by the Grain Corporation Indicate that 83 per cent of the total estimated crop had been delivered to mills and warehouse by February 7, 1919. The reports also show that about two thirds of the wheat delivered to mills and warehouse was still in the state on March 1, 1(1 9. Only a very small part of the grain In country ware houses Is still owned by the produ cer, however. A rather surprising feature of the situation Is the small movement of oat and barley. The records Indi cate that only a small portion of the total crop was delivered to mill and warehouses, and of the amount so dollvered nearly 90 per cent of the oat and 89 per cent of the barley remained In storage or as mill sup plies on February 28, 1919. Ilt. HEDDV FOUND GUILTY IIV SAX FIUNTIMCO UH'ItT Ban Francisco, Mar. 10. John F. Roddy, who waa chief of police In Spokane in 1903, and later was may or of Medford, Ore., was found guil ty of a charge of battery on the -per son of E. H. Wedokind, a mining engineer. He waa taken Into-court on a bench warrant. Issued after be had failed to appear following bl re lease on bond. He attempted to en gag In argument with court at tendant and waa severely admon ished by the court, prior to bla trial. The trouble grew out of the fact that Reddy struck Wedeklnd follow ing an argument between the two men. MARKEE TO APPRAK BEFORE TUB HOARD OF CONTROL Salem, Ore., Mar. 10. Command ant R. C. Markee, of the Soldier' Home at Roseburg, has been In structed to appear before the board of control Saturday for a hearing relative to complaints of mismanage ment of the home, the governor an nounced, following a conference with District Attorney Neuner, and Ad jutant Grlnsted of the Home. GOVERNOR OLCOTT TO Salem, Ore., Mar. 10. Governor Olcott let it be known that In event an adjudication may be obtained ot the question of whether or not he would still remain governor in event he- resigns as secretary ot state and it 1 determined by luch adjudica tion that he will remain governor and not automatically forfeit the of fice by so resigning, he will surren der the office ot secretary ot state and name a successor for the office. He let it be known further that he will use none of the salary ot the office of secretary of Btate, and will u ho only the salary ot $5,000 a year attached to the office ot governor. The 14,600 a "year, which would be his constitutional right as secre tary ot state, will be allowed to re main in the general fund of the state with the reservation that In event some important einorgency arises, where It might become obligatory that a portion of the salary be used tor either of the offices or their work that It might possibly be used In such emergency, rather than to go to the expense of calling together the emergency board. In no event, however, will any of the ealary ot secretary of state be used by the new governor personally. He made this point very plain and distinct.' MILLION QUANTS PABH, JOSEPHINE OOCNTT, STUDENTS DROWNED IN RIVER BY SPARTACANS Many Germans Killed in Street Fighting at Halle-Martial Law in Berlin and Dasseldorf Peace Negotiations to Begin at Versailles on March 20th Amsterdam, Mar. 10. The Spar Ucana Sunday occupied the Berlin auburb of Llchtenberg, after the po lice atatlon there had withstood Spar tacan attacks since Tuesday. Many people were killed in the fighting at Halle. The Spartacans are reported to have drowned many students and officers In the river and pillaged part ot the city, but government troops eventually gained mastery over the situation. Saturday night the 8partacans hoisted the Imperial standard over the palace at Derlin, but the flag was KANSAS WILL TEST Washington, Mar. 10. Steps to have the supreme court determine whether Postmaster General Burle son has the authority to tlx telephone rate within the states, were taken with the tiling of a motion by the state ot Kansas asking permission to Institute original proceedings In the court against Burleson. NAPTHA EXPLODES Worcester. Mass., Mar. 10. One man was killed and tour badly In jured when a barrel ot naptha ex ploded here today. WILL RECLAIM MILLION ACRES OF DESERT LAND Pocatello, Ida., Mar. 10. An am bitious and far-reaching project In Irrigation and water conservation is presented In the plan ot the Snake River Development association. It involves the reclamation ot 1,200,000 acre of dry land In what is known aa the west district of the upper Snake river valley, or on the "des ert." It Is part of what was once known as the old Dubois project, abandon ed before it was fairly started, un der the supervision of the federal government, and would amplify the government's project by a vast acre age. Business men, farmers and other Individuals ot the towns ot Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Dubois and other communities have organised for the purpose of inducing the federal gov ernment to agatn go ahead with the plan and to Induce the Increase ot an appropriation to further the pro position. . " The peculiar circumstances sur rounding the scheme Is that It has been determined that seepage .or waste water can be conserved. Year ly, a vast wastage of Snake river water drifts Into the "desert, or goes on to the ocean, unused. The water ways ot Little and Big Lost rivers as well as Birch creek, eventually seep into the desert, to reappear low er down on the Snake river later In the soason. The phenomena If such It could be called has been noted for many years. SHIPYARD STRIKERS WILL RETURN TO WORK Seattle, Wash., Mar. 10. The shipyards here are to reopen tomor row, the men having voted to return to -work. Workmen at Tacoma and Aberdeen will also go back to their Jobs. OREGON, MO.NDAV, MARCH Immediately removed by government troops. Martial law continues in Berlin and ha also been proclaimed at Dus seldorf. The situation is quieter at Munich. The majority socialists are In the ascendency. Berlin, Mar. 10. It I believed that preliminary peace negotiation may begin at Versailles about March 20. The German foreign minister Is arranging for a small party of bus iness men to accompany the German commercial commissioner as ex pert. AMERICANS ARE BEATEN; ; FOR PLAYING CRAPS London, Mar. 10. Corporal C. R. Zimmerman and Private L. N. Nel son, American military police, In jured in fighting between the Lon don police and the soldier and sail ors, are in the hospital. ' The trouble began when Zimmer man and Wilson demanded the civ ilian police to turn over to them two American sailors arrested for play ing craps near Eagle Hut The po licemen beat both the soldiers se verely. GUILTY OF -SLANDER University of Oregon, Eugene, Mar. 10. That it Is a crime under the laws of Oregon to defame the character of an institution of learn ing and Its students was demonstrat ed in the circuit court at Eugene last week when James Fulierton was convicted for publishing a pamphlet called the "Hornet" which asserted that "immorality was rife" at the University of Oregon. Mr. Fulierton was sentenced Sat urday, at 10 o'clock, to one year In Jail, at least 30 days ot which must be served. About 50 witnesses were placed on the stand, and the state undertook to prove not only that the charges were untrue and lacked any possible foundation, but that the university was In a position to know a all times the circumstances surrounding all Its students, and that an excep tionally clean and wholesome atmos phere existed. . j The defendant was allowed, "with out objection from the state, to re cite to the Jury everything he had ever heard or suspected about .the university, its president or its stu donts. . Not only did he. tail to ad duce evidence that immorality exist ed, but the university took the stand and laid before the Jury its entire dis ciplinary history since 1872, Includ ing cases that Fulierton hftd never heard ot. In all that time not a single woman had ever gone to the bad according to the evidence, and cases ot discipline among the men students had been astonishingly few. In the recent army examinations, which every male student had to un dergo, the army authorities reported that there was, on the microscopic test, ' not a single case of venereal disease, and through the whole term of the war not a single request for prophylactic treatment.. 10, 1910. $60 BONUSVILLBE Pi TO SOLDIERS Those Who Have Been Discharged Should Make. Application at Once. Boniu Not Paid to Heirs Washington, Mar. 10. Section It 06 of the revenue act approved February 24, 1919, authorizes the payment of a bonus of $60 to offi cers, soldiers', field clerks and nurses of the army upon honorable separa tion from active service by discharge, resignation or otherwise. This bo nus 1 not payable to the heir or representative ot any deceased sol dier. Those who are discharged hereaf ter will receive this bonus on the same roll or voucher upon which they are paid their final pay. Those who have been discharged and have received their final pay without the $60 bonus, should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C, stating their service since April 6, 1917, the date of last discharge and their present address to which they desire their bonus check to be sent and enclosing with this letter their discharge certificate or military or der for discharge and both. It both were issued. Upon the receipt by the cone fin ance officer, Washington, D. C, of this Information and the soldier' discharge certificate, this officer will cause checks to be drawn and mailed to the claimants tn the order in which their claim were received by him.' The discharge certificate will be returned to the soldier with the cheek. , ....... ,... . i, , It Is estimated that at least one million and a quarter persons have been discharged from the service who are entitled to the benefits of this act and while payments will be made as expeditiously as practicable. It will manifestly take considerable time to write and mall this . many checks. C. A. Stdler, ot the local board, advises that those who send their papers to Washington should be sure and register them at the postofflce. CARPENTERS AT DENVER STRIKE FOR MORE PAY Denver, Colo., Mar. 10. Six hun dred carpenters struck here today due to the refusal of general con tractors to grant an Increase in wages. Almost all building has been affected. Y. M. C. A. LOSES 5 LIVES IN THE WAR New York, Mar. 10. The Young Men's Christian association carried I the Red Triangle into the camps and trenches abroad at a cost ot 57 lives, a sacrifice proportionately one- quarter as great as that In the Am erican army, according .to a state ment issued today by the national war work council of the Y. M. C. A. Of these fatalities 39 were due to di sease, and the remainder to shell fire, bombs, gas fever, drowning and wounds. Ten ot these were women, one ot whom was killed by shell tire and another In a German air raid. There were also 55 non-fatal casu alties. These were due principally to machine gun fire, gas, shell fire, and motor transport accidents. Nu merous cases of slight. wounds and gassings which were attended at dressing stations, but were not re' ported to headquarters are not In eluded. These casualties occurred in a force which at no time exceeded 9.0D0 workers, ot whom it is reck' loned that more" than one halt were never sent ' to thefront, being em ployed in the hundreds of huts main talned throughout the tratnlng areas and the "leave areas." WHOLE NUMBER 2nit. TRIG DESPERATELY TOOUTYIKS START AIRPLANE BOMBING RAIDS BUT EXPLOSIVES DO NO GREAT DAMAGE KIDISH CHANGES HANDS OFTEN American Withdraw Gradually, Bat Inflict Heavy Losses on Forces of Leolne 4 Archangel, Mar. 7. The Bolshe- . vile took advantage yesterday ot the first clear day with the thermometer above the freezing point, by attempt- III 9 tn hnmha rrl (Via k m arltsn rwval. tlona on the Vaga from an airplane. The machine was the first one ob served to bear the new red army identification mark, a six-pointed red star. ' The bombs fell without causing any damage. Since the beginning of the campaign last summer there baa been much confusion on both side of the line because the Bolshevik air planes bore the old Russian mark- rag, a red white and blue circle. This . was so similar to the marking on the allied planes that It was hardlv possible to distinguish the one from the other. The situation on the Vaga front waa unchanged today. Late vester- rday the enemy renewed his bom-' bard men t on the TJvtni. On the railroad front the Bolshe- vlk yesterday afternoon twice be gan sneuing, out were speedily si lenced by the allied guns. The vil lage of Kadlsh, which has changed hands six or seven times. Is again In the hands of the Bolshevik. The Americans found it useless to hold the almost destroyed village and withdrew to their old positions at the bridge across the Emtsa river. Archangel, 'Mar. 6. The lull ' In the Bolshevik offensive on the Rus sian northern front continued vnxter- day, all being quiet in tfie Vaga and Dvina sections. The Bolshevik let down is believed to be due to the se vere losses suffered by the enemy repulse. . ROSEBURG WANTS ST. JOHN OX COMMISSION Roseburg, Ore., " Mar. 10. In the event that the resignation of R. A. Booth, from the state highway com mission is accepted, a strong effort will be made to induce Governor Ben Olcott to appoint W. E. St. John, of Sutherltn, now a member of the county court to the office. PROMISING SILVER E AT OWL MINE A rich ledge of ceragyrlte, or horn silver, is the lucky reward that tell to the lot of Silas White this week, while prospecting on the confines ot the Owl Chrome mine, on French Hill, of which he Is a one-fifth own er, says the Del Norte Triplicate. The strike is right on a contact, and, according to assays, will run up to as high as 75 per cent silver. Mr. White is highly elated over his find and It the statements of local authorities, who know silver, can be considered authentic, Del Norte county will soon become one of the silver producing counties of the state, for ore carrying this percent age of stiver could be profitably mined if it had to be packed out on a man's back. Luckily, however, a road constructed by the chrome peo ple for trucking chrome ore, runs right through the .property.