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.