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VOL. IX., No. Hit. OLCOTT WANTS T E ASKS IK l!K WILL HTILL UK UO. KRNOIt IK UK ItKhKJNH AH HFA'HKTARY DOES NOT SEEK WE POWER On Mnn-h SMI Highway Cotnmliwlon Will IbM-Hve ItiilH cm Five High.. way lmirvrrui'ii( Project Salem, Or., Mar. 13. In letter to the attorney general today. Gov ernor Olcott asked for the speediest olutlon of the question aa to wheth er be could resign aa aecretory of atate without giving up the gover aorahlp. The governor pointed out that particularly now wlion great prob lems confront the stale there should be throe minds working "on them, on the bonrd of control, Instead of two minds with throe votes. Baleni, Ore., Mar. 13. The state highway commission at their meeting t Portland on March 26 will receive bids on five highway Improvement projocte, two In I'matlUa, one In Yamhill, one In Lane and one In Wbeeb-r county. Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 13. Eugene V. Debs In an address said that Trot sky and Lenin "were the foremost statesmen of the age." He tailed the supreme court Judges "bewhls kered, powdered old fossils, who never decided anything." I II J. B. Horner, professor of history and head of the department of his torical research at the Oregon Agri cultural College, baa Just Issued a book entitled "Oregon." Th book deals with th history of tbe state, ber great men and literature and la dedicated to tbe heroes and heroine of Oregon. Mr. Horner begins his history with the earliest account of this great state and relate most of the Import ant event from that date up to the present time. Besides the historical part of the work, the book I beau tlfully Illustrated and contains choice selections from Oregon poets It Is on sale at bookstores and is a book thai should be of great interest to all Westerners. WILL FIGHT MEL WITH PLANES AND MACHINE fll'NS Paris, Mar. 13. The first aerial duel in history waa arranged today The principal are Captain Sohrel ber and Captain Vaudoornne. They will use Nleuport single seat ma chines, equipped with machine guns Their seconds, Captain Wadon and Pilot J3abo will take the air at the same time. The circumstances resulting in the duel were not learned. The ex act date of the encounter was not given out, but It wa expressed to be shortly.- WYOMING SOLDIERS JO GET BRONZE. MEDALS Choyenne, Wyo., Mar. 13. The "Wyoming legislature has authorized the Issuance of bronzy medals for very soldier enlisted from the state. One side will contain the sol diers name and rank, the other an Inscription: "In recognition of loyal service In the world war, from the State of Wyoming." m on K OFFICES N Two (JcmiHii Cable Cut during War lly llriIh ( UlmiHl by KiigtnfMl. I('KI KxptTtd Arguo Paris, Mar. 13. Realizing the possibility of a virtual monopoly of able communications by Great Brit ain should ber claim to the captured German cables fa sustained, the Am erican detonates to the peace confer ence are endoavorlng to make a strong presentation of their case.- The naval experts were unable to agree and the aupreme council reterred to legal experts the question of title. These experts are being pressed by the Americans for a decision. Early In the war the British cut the two German cables from Emden to America by way of the Atom and also the cable between Monrovia, the Uberlan capital, and Brazil. They took one end of the German-American cables to Halifax, thereby secur ing another trana-Atlantto line for themselves. The other cfble tbey gave to the French government. The British now claim that these cable are prlxos of war. They do not Intend to allow their return to Germany or to regard them as sub ject to disposition by the peace con ference. The American delegates, however, contend that the ' cables were unlawfully cut and unlawfully reconnected, because the United States wasiot at war when thla was done and bad an Interest In them. Nor, they claim, waa ther proper warrant for the cutting of th cable between Liberia and Brasilia both these countries were neutral. CLOCKS WILL HE KKT AHKAI ' ON THE BOTH OF MARCH Washington, Mar. 13. Under the daylight saving law all tbe clocks In the United States are supposed to b turned forward one bour at 3 o'clock lu tbe morning on Sunday, March 30, And all of tbe railroad In the United State, Including those outside government cqntrol will be ordered to make their schedules con form to the new time. A movement to repeal thla day light saving law was started In the laat congress, but the protest from working people- In Industrial centers poured In In such bewildering num ber to members of congress that the repeal was never passed. Under the law, the saving period run to tbe last Sunday In October, on the morning of which day at I o'clock the clock will be turned back one hour to obsorvatory time. HMiS HSVE Mi Ml) Pit BMW Pari, Mar. 13, A balance sheet drawn tfu from official data by the Paris Information ahows the state of account on February 1 as between France and Germany for destruction and damage to railway plants: On tbe debit side, destroyed by the Germans: ....' French northern aallway systems. 2063, miles of track. French eastern"', railway system, 1,43? miles ot track. Bridges, aqueducts and culverts destroyed, 1,510. Tunnels destroyed. 12. .Telegraph and telephone lines des troyed, 1,987 miles. ., Railway building destroyed, 590. . Food depots destroynd,s165. Metal tubing and pipelines des troyed, 20,000 tons. ... , Twenty-five great machinery re pairing centers have been entirely wrecked (or sorlously damaged, In cluding those of Lille, Douai, Arras, Valenciennes, Camliral, Rhelms and Verdun. ' On the' credit tide: One thousand three hundred and elghty-flyo engines and 34,971 cars surrendered by Germany to France out of the 2,600 engines and 70,000 cars stipulated by the terms of the armistice,1 . ," ' lis; BRITAl SCRAP FOR CABLES CHANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, AMD ALLIED IF ItEFl'HEl), ASHKKTK THAT Bt'8 HIA WILL SHORTLY ISECOME HOPELESSLY DKKl'KRATE LIVE IK FEAR OF Willing to Do Own Fighting, Hut Want Allien to Help Hold the Ground Won From Ited Pari, Iar. 18. Former Grand Duke Alexander Mlchaelovltch, who arrived In Pari recently from tbe Crimea, told tbe Associated Press today that unless armed allied In tervention In Russia began st once. tbe -aituatlon In Russia would be come so hopelessly desperate that It would take years to restore a semblance of order in eastern Eu rope. The former grand duke, who Is a brother-in-law of the former emper or, continued: "I do not ask the al lies to fight for us. We merely ask them to keep order In the territories wrested from bolabevlsm by the gov ernment already fighting In tbe so viet. "I came here In January in an at tempt to help my country as a pri vate cltlten. I thought I would Jind Justice and sympathy at the peace conference but have bees disappoint ed aa 1 found visible only personal Intrigues, party politics and national egotism. ' "I requested President Wilson to receive me, but be replied through hi secretary that he was too busy with peace conference matters. What matter can be more momentous to the peace conference than tbe Rus sian problom? I asked to be al- lowed to go to England, but was refused a passport, yet tbey received Kerensky. I dare not request 'per mission to visit America, not wish ing to Invite rebuff." Referring to the proposed confer ence on the Prince Islands, : the grand : duke said that the proposal was a mistake, as the bolshevikl are claiming that the allied governments have recognised them because they feared the bolshevikl. "On January 25," tbe grand duke continued, "seven days ' after ' the Princes islands proposal, tbe bolshe vikl led my two brothers and two cousins from the fortress ot St. Peter and St. Paul and shot them without trial. "They never would have dared to do this unless they bad been sure of tbe moral support afforded by the semi-recognition by the peace con ference. "Had President Wilson come out strongly and surely with a repudla tlon Of and non-recognition ot the bolshevikl, it would have encouraged the governments warring against (Continued on page t.) FOR BIG CONVENTION Vancouver, B. C, Mar. 13. Min ing men from many parts ot Canada and the United States are expected to attend the International' Mining Convention to be held here March 17, 18 and 19, according to the local mining officials who are arranging for the meeting. ' T. A. Rickard, San Francisco, mln- authorlty, editor, studeut and trav eler, will be one of the principal speakers at the meeting. He will talk on "Mining as an Investment." Mr, Rickard, It 1 said here, Is known In nearly every mining community on the globe, having spent . years Journeying and visiting mine. INTERVENTION ASKED BY DUKE OWXWX, TIHIWDAY, MARCH llll GETTING SAMPLE OF OWN BRUTAL ACTS KPAKTACANS APPLY METHOD OF OLD GERMAN GENERALS ON BERLIN PEOPLE EIIT LOSSES SMALL One Version U That Sitartacan Groups Are Formed for Sole Pnrpoae of Plundering Copenhagen, Mar. It. German government force after lively fight ing, aucceeded In driving the Sparta cans out of the eastern section of Berlin, Including Llchtenberg, a Ber lin dispatch filed Wednesday says. The occupation of tbe district was aystematlcally carried out by the government troops. Considerable amount of arms and munitions were captured. Losses on the government side were not heavy; The message says "the bestial sets of cruelty by the Spartacan has been fully confirmed." . London, Mar. IS. A Ulspatch ssys the nature of fighting between government troops and the Sparta- cans In the eastern suburbs of Ber lin seems to indicate that tbe local Spartacan groups were formed for no other purpose than to plunder the city. . - - Paris, Mar. 13. Negotiations At Posen between the Germans, and members of the inter-allied mission to Poland over the Polish' frontier situation have been broken off by the German delegates. It is reported, "as a protest against their treatment by the allies." VICTORY LOAN DRIVE TO START ON APRIL 21 Washington, Mar. II. The vic tory liberty loan campaign will open Monday, April II, and close three -weeks later, Saturday, May 10. Secretary Glass announced the dates today, together with the fact that short-term notes maturing in not over five years would be Issued Instead ot longer term bonds. . The amount ot notes to be offered was not disclosed, but It has been gen erallxnnderatood that the. loan would be for a minimum of $5,000, 000,000 with the treasury reserving the tight to accept all over-subscrip tions.! . ". " " Mf. Glass said the Interest rate on the notes and the amounts to be ex empted from taxation would not be determined until a week or two be fore the campaign, as they would be based upon financial conditions at that time. It. was intimated, how ever, that the notes might bear In terest In excess of 414 per cent, the interest rate on the third and fourth loans. ' E London, Mar. 13. Actual con struction work already has been be gun In connection; with the projected Cape to. Cairo Air Servjco, the Brit ish air mlnlatry announces. Aero. dr.omes are being set up every 600 miles, the present non-stop , limit, from one end ot Africa to the other, the principal ones. being built at Cairo, Khartoum, and two In German East Africa, at Kampla and UJiJi. The route then passes Into Rho desia, and along the course ot the railway to the cape. ' Long before the famous Cape to Cairo railway Is tn operation It Is confidently expect ed that airplanes will be covering the route on regular schedules. .The distance is 5,200 miles. . 13, 1019. BOILER EXPLOSION III CORBETT BLOQ Three Injured, While ilrl Elevator Operator I Imprisoned ('age Torn Apart for Her lU-leaae . Portland, Ore., Mar. 13. A boil er In tbe basement of 'the Corbett building exploded today, probably fa tally Injuring George Udy and se verely Injuring Chief Engineer Jas. Asber. The elevator operator. Miss Pauline Hendricks, was overcome by smoke and steam when the 'elevator stalled between tbe basement and the first floor. Tbe cage bad to be torn apart to liberate her. Everybody was ordered from tbe building until the fuel oil fire was extinguished. Only slight damage was done. Later the hospital authorities stat ed that Udy, Asher and Claude Hoff man, another man of the engine room force who jvaa injured, all would probably die. . DRINK-CRAZED MAN SENDS.' THREE TO HOSPITAL Chicago, Mar. 13. Two policemen and civilian are In hospitals today with bullet wounds Inflicted by a man barricaded In bis own house, while the latter lies in a morgue with part of bis bead blown off by turning his weapon against himself. From 10 o'clock last night until 1 o'clock this morning, George Ondeck, real estate dealer, held more than half hundred policemen at bay, lex- changing, ahot for shot and driving the . beseigers to cover to adjacent fences, sheds and eottagea. . When Ondeck was reduced to his last cart ridge, he . turned hi, rjfle against himself. ... , ' Forty-five minutes later the police crept cautiously Into the house. On deck lay dead on the floor. . The house was filled with -gas, a beseig- ers bullet having broken a gas pipe. In a rear room, lying on the floor and close to the walls, were Mrs. On' deck and .her several children, where they, had thrown themselves to es cape the bullets. Ondeck is said to have been drink ing and the police were hunting him with A warrant . charging . cruelty. sworn .out by his wife. They had gone to the bouse when the eldest boy had hurried to the nearest po lice .station to summon aid against the father who was threatening the family. Three of them went ' and were fired upon. . They summoned thereserve. . T LEAGUE WILL START San Francisco, " Cal , Mar. IS. All of tbe clubs ot the Pacific Coast baseball league are quartered at their respective training camps and undergoing their workouts' prelimin ary to the regular training season Along with the veterans, there are dozens ot newcomers who are be Wig given an opportunity to show their knowledge of the game. A few of these may be beard from. The ma jority, as a rule, fail to pass muster. The various training grounds to gether with the respective managers on- whom will devolve the task .of building up teams are: Portland, Crockett, Cal., McCredie. San Francisco, 'Santa Clara, Cal., Graham. Salt Lake City, Pittsburg, Cal Herr. Seattle, Taft, Cal., Clymer. Vernon, Vernon, Cal., Esslck. Sacramento, Sacramento, Cal. Rodgers. Oakland, Oakland, Cal., Howard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal Klllifer. The season will begin on Tues day, April 8, which Is one week la ter than has been the opening date ot the past, thus allowing additional time in which to round up the teams. The pairing ot the teams tor the opening day games are: Seattle at San Francisco, Oakland at Sacramen to, Los Angeles at Portland and Ver non at Salt Lake City. - WHOLE NUMBER Ml. JOHNSON SAYS HESOLD OUTTO JESS If LARD FORMER WORLD'S CHAMPION SEEKS ANOTHER BATTLE WITH GIANT WHITE HAN mUJO TERMS IT BIG JOKE Asserts "Big Smoke". Is Down art Out and Wants Money Will Not Fight Colored Mea Havana, Mar. 13. Jack Johnson,. former heavyweight champion pugu list of the world, in a signed article given to the Associated Press, de clares that his fight with Jess Wil lard here tour, years' ago was a pre arranged affair and that be allowed Willard to win for $30,000, all mov ing picture rights, an the promise of aid to settle Johnson's difficul ties with the federal authorities. - Johnson now says that unless WI1- lard agree to fight him within a reasonable time lie will claim th world's title. Tbe proceeds of tha bout would go to the Clark Griffith's bat and ball fund. ' A Cuban con gressman Is backing Johnson. - 'Lawrence, Kan.. Mar. 13. Jess Willard said In reply to Johnson's statements that the . latter simply needs money and is trying to pat over another match; that there Is' absolutely sotting to the charges - ts simply a big Joke. Willard "does not Intend to fight Johnson or any other colored man." ' - FOCH S GREAT PLANS CQWED THE .GERMANS San Francisco, Mar. 13. Writing from Verdun-enr-Meuse, L. Bean man, former division engineer tor the Stockton division of the South ern Pacific, and now engineer, ma-. intenance of way, in the cone of ad vance, says that at Mont Homme, (Dead Man's Hill) , . a short way from 'Verdun, the- engineers came across the "Crown Prince Tunnel" where comfortable hotel apartments "bad. been constructed and equipped with tbe latest Teutonic conven iences, Including a subterranean brewery. After the St. Mlhlel drive, Beanman reveals that tbe allies were preparing , the super-drive ot the war near the Swiss border, and trains were moving thither on double " track every nine minutes... It was , knowledge of these preparations that caused the Germans to con-' elude peace on any terms. Salem, Ore., Mar. 13. Announce ment is made here that business men ' of Portland and Salem, who are In terested in the Charles K, Spauldlng . Logging company of Salem and the Crown Willamette Paper mills ot Oregon City, will establish a paper mill in Salem on the site of the old Salqro' Flouring mills. The con-structlon-of the plant. It Is said, will begin at an early date and will in volve an Investment of $500,000. F. W. Leadbetter, of Portland, Is the moving spirit in the project. LAYS BLAME FOR WAR T Berne, Switzerland, Mar. 13. A priest here charges that the assassin ation of Archduke Francis Ferdi nand and his wife at Sarajevo In 1914 resulted from a deliberate plot, by the late Count Tisza, former Hun garian, premier, who wa responsible for the war. The priest was-spiritual adviser of tbe archduke's wife.1