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Vol. IX., No. I Ml. ,
RED LEADERS
SEEKING HELP
OF PRESIDENT
RUMOR MAYS THKY ARE EN
"liEAVOIUNO TO SECURE
HrXX)G.MTfON
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ARE UP
Conferee Kiild lu Ho Arranging to
Include All HrlllRon-nU In the
Great Treaty
Purl, Mar. 28. Tbe rumor It
current that lh United Staahs liuaj
'received a note from Premier Lcnlnej
and Trot ky, nuking recognition of,
tho snvlrt povernmnnt, according to
Marcel Hutin In Kctio 4g Parti. Ho'
say he "cannot any Unit President'
Wilson la (1 Inltirllnod to Rive the re
' quest favorable eonaldrratloii."
Parla, Mar. 28. The counrn of
foreign minister and foreign secre
taries of England, tho Putted States, ,
Franco and Italy ha been created .
to work simultaneously with the pre-1
mlera and President Wilson ion thei
different branches of the great tech-!
nlcal questions Involved In peace
settlement. Action lion been taken
In the Intercut of speed will probably'
consider the Itallnn and Russian" sit-1
natloni and the feasibility of ar-
ranglng the ponce treaty to Inolude
all the belligerents.
Paris. Mar. 28.--The Roumanian i
and Csecho-Slovak governments have)
taken military mensuroa against the
Hungarian revolutionary govern
ment. Two Roumanian army corps!
have crossed the frontlor of Eastern
.Oallcla, Geneva dispatch says.
KAIHKIl WOILD FLEE HOLLAND
Geneva, Switzerland. Wednesday.
Mnrch 26. Former Kmperor Wll-;nam,ni two jnose girls, a Hun
llam or Germany, alarmed by the re-:garlan mMi two Spanish women and
celpt of threatening letters, Intends oM GoorK)n colored man filed In
to leave Holland and seek refuge In ' l0 a ciroon! recently for their reg-
BwlUorllind. according to the news- iB. .vnnlnir atnriv nt lh Lewis and
paper 1 41 Swlsee,
German and Austrian nobility are
seeking houses In this country at
moderate prices.
4.000 ENEMY ALIENS
,
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- Washington, Mar. 28. Attorney
General Palmer dlacloscd today that
4,000 enemy aliens were intorned
during me war. tig saia paroios m the service,
will be granted to some 600 of theh
harmless class, while others will foe
repatriated. Nine hundred danger
ous persons will be held Indefinitely,'
Including 200 I. W. W., whose oases
will be referred to the department
of labor with a view of doportatlon.
GATES PLACED ON DUTY
Washington, Mar. 28. Lieutenant
Commander John Gates haa been de
tailed to duty In command of the
Atmtro-Hungarlan ships at Spalato.
OLD BUFFALO BULL :
MET HIS WATERLOO
Pueblo, Colo., Mar. 28. Denver ft
Rio Grande officials are wondering
just what a certain huge buffalo
thinks of its passenger trains. The
beast recently tried to atop a train
over La Veta paae at. night, but
found the . (locomotive stronger than
Its (head. :. Undaunted It came hnok
apd rammed the train again and n
second time rolled off Into the ditch.
The train waa running slowly, othor
wlse it Is (believed the buffalo would
have heen killed. -
MANYDIEATHANDS
OFIKlfS
Wlilln t'onro l-l-pilr Talk, Thou
Mttiiln .M.M-t Donth In Wild IUU
In Korea nn1 Annelid
Philadelphia, Mar. '28.News of
massacres In Korea waa received
from Shanghai today In a cablo mes
sage to Ir. SynRinan Rhto, ropreeen
tatlve or' the Korean National asso
ciation. The message, which g slgn
od -by the roprMriitatlvos of Korea
at Shanchnl, rendu:
"Thlrty-throo offlcera of the Inde
pendence Union of Korea, nlao load
era of Christian -churches, heaven
worshipers, nuddhliitii, students,
merchants, rising everywhere. The
whole of Korea la under martial law.
The Jaiano army li firing on the
peoplo. Eleven thousand arroeted.
Many tortured and massacred. One
thousand men, women and children
peered. Schools, churches and
hope destroyed by Japanese labor
era. Tho etrlke movement la grow
ing. MIsHlnnarlcs offering resistance,
uprisings In Siberia and Manchuria.
Dmnnd artwolute Independence from
Japan."
Athenii, Tuesday, Mar. 25. Ad
vices from Constantinople state that
a maenacre of Armenians by Moslem
gendarmes occurred recently at Alep
po. It reported that 48 Armen
ians were- killed. 111 seriously In
jured and 160 slightly Injured. It
in alleged that the gendarmes at
tacked the people assembled In the
market and' that the troops In the
barracks at Aleppo did not arrive on
the scene until two hours later. The
authorities have arrested two hun
dred persons.
HOW WOULD' YOU LIKE
Spokane. Wash.. Mar. 28. Eight
joonia men. four Swedes, one Chl-
Clark high school, this city. They
were part of the cosmopolitan array
of students who are taking the op
portunity to become good Americans.
All wore members of the English
olaas for foreigners.
Mrs. Pauline Trine, a Spanish
woman from Valparaiso, Chill, who
speaks French, German, Spanish,
Italian and English, "but does not
know how to read and write English
correctly, waa enrollod In the class.
A woman 60 years of age, a mem-
ber of the class, stated ahe was learn-
in g to write so that ahe can write
to her two sons who are In France,
NEARLY MHUOrl MEN
FUB 8111 III nw
Washington, Mar. .28. If anyone
thinks the great Amor lean game was
not as popular with the American
doughboys abroad as It always hns
been at home, let htm glance over
ine louowing figures waicu easily
establish baseball as tbe leading
sport of the overseas forces.
Nearly 800,000 members of the
A. E. F. participated In baseball
games In France between August
and December, 1918, and as a fur
ther proof of the popularity of the
sport it was estimated that 2,915,681
Interested spectators witnessed the
games which were staged under the
direction of the Y. M. C. A. athlotlc
directors.
ItVTH GARRISON ARRAIGNED
' Seattle, Wash.', Mar. 28. Ruth
Garrison; accused with poisoning
Mrs. Dudley Storrs in this city, will
be arraigned today. Her attorneys
say she will plead not guilty.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY,
HIE URGES
10
T
GETS llt'HY WITH WIRELESS
MESSAGES AXI PROMISES TO
FINANCE THE MOVE
HIS F
Americans Raid to IUvq Nipped In
tbo Hud Groat rprilng by Spar
tarans at llorlin
lyondon. Mar. 28. Premier Len
InoTiaa sent a wlrolees message tp
tho Hungarian government urging It
to send an army against Vienna, a
Budapest dispatch says. Lenlne
promised to advance 100,000,000
kronen to finance the project.
London, Mar. 28. Count Michael
Karolyl, former Hungarian premier,
is enjoying complete liberty In Buda
pest, as are other members of the
government who woro Compelled to
ign when the soviet uprising took
place, according to a Hungarian gov
ernment wireless message.
London, Mar. 28. Action by Am
erican troops looking after Russian
prisoners In Germany are believed to
have nipped In the bud an Important
Bolshevik plot, Berlin dispatches
say. The Apart oca na had planned a
big uprising Thursday In Spandan,
Intending to arm several thousand
Russians from Ruhleben camp. The
Americana, however, rushed the Rus
sians aboard trains Wedneeday
night and scattered them under Am
erican troops throughout Germany.
HOOTII WILL REMAIN
5 OX THE COMMISSION
Salem, Ore., Mar. 28. R. A.
Booth announced today that he will
remain on the state highway com
mission, at least until all contracts
covering operations for this year
have been let.
FRANCE GETS 1M),(MM,(MM MOKE
Washington; Mar, 28. France
was given a credit of S.OO.uOO.OOO
by the treasury today and Greece
was given . 13,858,000 additional
Total allied loans to date are 9,
036,269.000.
TROPHY TRAIN WILL
VISIT MANY CITIES
Portland, Ore. Mar. 28. The
Northwest trophy train will visit the
principal towns of Oregon the com
ing week. A committee from Ore
gon will meet ttuTtraln at Dunsmuir.
The first 'showing will he at Klam
ath Falls on Sunday. The trajn will
visit Monday; at 'Ashland, Medford,
Grants Pass, Gold Hill, Glendale,
Riddle and Myrtle Creek and on
Monday evening will make a stop of
three hours at Roeeburg.
Coos Bay towns will he visited on
Tuesday, Eugene Tuesday ntght and
CorvalUs on Wednesday; also Al
bany, Salem, Woodburn, Hubbard,
Aurora, Canby, Oregon City and at
Portland on, Thursday.
The tour Is (being made in the in
terest of the next liberty loan.
OF
ON NEXT BONDS EASY
Washington, Mar. 28. Terms of
payment In the new Victory loan an
nounced today are the most liberal
ever offered Iby the government. De
terred payments may he extended
over a period of six months from
May 10 to November 11. v
S S
AKEINNA
OREGON, FRIDAY, MAIICII 2H,
ITALY DOES
T U.S.
TO
E
ADVISE TS TO FOLLOW "HANDS
OFF POLICY IN KEGAKD TO
, BALKAN STATES
mUMS ARREST MANY SLAVS
Stick to Their Secret Treaty and
Hamper Finishing Touches to
' Peace Term
Paris, Mar. 28. The Italian re
ports of disorders at Spalato are not
confirmed by American reports di
rect from that place. These latter
reports show the Serbs working ef
fectively end peacefully, while the
Italian admiral is reported to he ar
resting a large number of Jugo
slavs. When the Americans Inter
vened, the Italian reply, the reports
state, was that the United States was
not a party to the secret treaty of
London and, therefore, bad no sta
tus In the controversy. Such condi
tions as these. It Is pointed out, are
seriously hampering the solution of
the Adriatic question
. Has Jugo-Slavia declared war on
Italy? was a question asked by a
member of the Italian delegation to
the peace conference on learning
that the council of ministers at Bel
grade bad prohibited any commerce
with enemy countries, any importa
tions front Italy to Jugo-Slavia and
the transportation of Italian goods
to any country across J u go-Slav ter
ritory. - ;
The decree issued at Belgrade
urged all Jugo-Slavs to abandon any
business they have in countries with
which commercial relations are pro
hibited. METEOROLOGISTS ARE
The secretary of war has Issued
the following notice to recruiting
stations: ' , '
1. There Is urgent need in the
meteorological section of the signal
corps tor 100 meteorologists, and it
is desired that recruiting officers
make an effort to secure recruits of
the following qualifications for this
branch of the service: .
Men of . Intelligence,' high
school graduates with training
In algebra, trigonometry: and
physic, or men who give prom- .
Ise of learning new work quick
ly. 2. Men accepted under this au
thority will he sent o the usual re
cruit depot or depot post tor enlist
ment and will be reported for assign
ment as required y war department
circular No. 101, 1919. In addition
to reports already required, special
report will Ibe made by mail, atten
tion room 46, by the commander of
each recruit de"pot or depot post, at
the close of each week, showing the
number of men enlisted under this
authority. "
E COULD BE
. RIGHT HERE IN OREGON
Santa Barbara, Cal., Mar. 28.
Thirty thousand pounds of walnut
meats were shipped recently by the
Santa Barbara Walnut Grower's as
sociation in one consignment to a
Milwaukee candy concern to he made
up Into confections. This shipment,
the officials of the assolatlon eay,
oleana up the nuts held in storage
for the season. The consignment
was valued at $15,000.
' Nuts picked and cracked by the
growers during the season just over
brought about 76,000 pounds of
meats, valued at $40,000. ,
IT IN
hNTERFER
1919.
DETERMINE ITER
RIGHTS OF ROGUE
Judge Calkins to Hand Down Ills
Final Dorreo April fi. Which Will
Affect People tit Three Counties
Judge F. M. Calkins will enter his
final decree on Saturday, April 5, at
Jacksonville, in the matter of the de
termination of relative rights to tbe
use of the water of Rogue river and
its tributaries.
This adjudication affects the water
rights in Josephine, Jackson and
Curry counties. The state water
board made its findings some months
ago and the appeals to the circuit
court upon these findings hare J?st
been completed. The signing of the
decree will be looked for favorably
by the water users of these counties,
It Is said, for the reason that they
will then know definitely of what
their water rights consist.
Any water user who may be dis
satisfied with the decree of the cir
cuit court will have the right to ap
peal to the supreme court of Oregon.
MODERN WOODMEN TRY
TO AVERT BANKRUPTCY
Chicago, Mar. 28. A convention
to save the Modern Woodmen of
America from (bankruptcy met here
Tuesday. A. R. Talbot, head consul,
described the situation as critical.
In October, 1918, he Bald, the society
had a general fund of $10,000,000
In securities. This has dwindled to
$640,000 owing to the ravages of
Influenza and pneumonia, he ex
plained. War claims also figured
1 During the war the society by a
special assessment raised a fund of
$6,000,000, out of which all war
claims were met, and there remains
In this Xund f!, 000, 000, the speaker
stated. The war claims, he said,
were as nothing compared to those
due to Influensa find pneumonia.
OF
SEAS CLEAN PLATTER
Papeete, Island of Tahiti, Feb. 18.
(By Mail) The gaBtroomic cap
abilities of the South Sea Islander,
who is famed as a trencher man,
was evidenced recently at a native
feast when 250 guests disposed of
50 full grown pigs, 104 chickens, 43
ducks and great quantities of plan
tain, -bananas, grapefruit and pota
toes. The feast lasted for three
days.
According to the account of a for
eigner who was an eyewitness, "the
Islanders 'stayed with it' until it was
all consumed. Most of them were
so gorged that their legs could no
longer support them and they were
rolled aboard canoes .'by the handful
of survivors and navigated to their
several abodes.'r
This resident of the Islands states
that suckling pig 1b the supreme
delicacy Among the natives and "the
only part of a pig that escapee at a
native feast is the squeal."
FEAR POLITICIANS
WILL CONTROL VOTES
San Juan, Porto Rico, Mar. 28 j
That women In Porto Rico should -share
all rights granted to men un
der the existing laws, is the proposal
of an act introduced Into the house
of. representatives hy Rprreeentattve
Gonzales Mena.
"he Womans' 1-onguo of . Porto
Rico, with over 2,500 members
throughout the island, and which Is
working to obtain the vote for wom
en, is not In favor of the bill as it
1 considered too sweeping In' its
terms. The league fears that If the
rote Is given to Ignorant and Illit
erate women throughout the island
U will mean only more votes to ibe
controlled hy the politicians.
. WHOLE Xl'MBEIt 2027.
NEVARMYTOBE
ORGANIZED BY
HUNGARIANS
SOLDEHS TO RECEIVE S01.35
PER MONTH AND KEPT AT
EXPENSE OF STATE
WHIG THE PROLETARIAT
New Government Claims Revolution
Was Won Without Sacrificing a
Single Life Food Plentiful
Basel, Mar. 28. The new Hungar
ian government has begun reorgani- .
latlon of a revolutionary army to he
recruited from the organized prole
tariat and tbe soldiers and workmen
now mobilized. The chief of the Red
army, reports received from Buda-
pest says, is the adviser of the revo
lutionary government, hut control of
the conduct and organization will be
in the hands of the people' commis- -sloner
for military affairs.
The soldiers will get 450 crowns
($91.35) monthly and will he equip
ped, armed and fed at the expense
of the state. Two or more soldier
belonging to the same family will
get an extra allowance of 50 $10.15)
a month, and those who have de
pendents will get extra pay of 300
crowns ($60.90) every six months.
A Hungarian wireless message
say that complete peace and order
reign In Budapest and throughout
the country, and that the revolution
was carried out entirely t without
bloodshed. Neither fn Budapest nor
the provinces was a single person
wonnded, let. alone feeing killed. The
food supply, of the capital and the
country Is declared to he adequate.
Provision shops and markets are '
open and the population can obtain
adequate supplies of food. Security
for life and property has been guar- '
anteed hy govern m nt decree and
the proclamation of martial law. It
is added that enactments have neen
made giving illegitimate children
equal rights with those of legitimate
birth and making marriage a simple
civil ceremony. -v
Decrees also have bee'n issued reg
ulating the circulation of money at
hanks, allowing holders of current
accounts up to 2,000 kronen to re
tain control of their money. Direct
ors of banks'are to retain their posts
and fees, hut only to a maximum of
3,000 kronen monthly. The banking
business Is proceeding In an orderly
manner. '
The communication adds that the '
government decrees give complete
guarantee of security to life and pro
perty of all foreign subjects in Hun
gary. It declares untrue the report
that Count Michael Karolyl had been
succeeded as provisional president.
Detroit, Mar. 28. Six armed men
this afternoon hold up a branch of'
the ifederal state bank and escaped
with $50,000 after locking up 12
persons, including patrons of the
hank and employes.
CASUALTY LISTS END APRIL 6
Washington, Mar. 28. On April
1 the war department will dlscon- .
tlnue the method of Issuing casualty
lists which has hitherto made them '
available for simultaneous publica- -
tlon in all newspapers throughout
the country five days later. This
has been decided upon, it wag ex
plained today, because practically all
the casualties incurred in fighting
have heen announced ' and few re
main, except deaths from 'injury or
disease since the signing of the armistice.