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Hi CHANTS PARH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AI'IUL 1, 1010. WHOLE NUMBER 26)10. . . x . ..... d. . 1M1 NO. 120. y ' 1 GREAT STIES IN IMPROVING PUBLIC LANDS MILLION'S OF ACKKH ADDED TO tXHXTRVH VHOV ACREAGE IN IiAHT TEX VEAIIH TEXAS LEWS All THE STATES l iwlo Hum lUnmtm (1,717,000 FuniM, Willi Ouc-nrth TtHnl An l ii. (! CtiltlMillon WnvhlnKtoii, Apr. . More than DO, ODO, 000 acres have 'been added to tbo country's aggregate crop acre age In t ho last ton yearn. Htatlstlcs JuhI announced by tlio douartnieiit of agriculture ttliow tho country's aggregate luMt your to have been 3fl7.738.0O0 acres, or 005,840 square tnllos. That in more than one fifth of iho total luntl area of t-uuilncutal United tilnlos, n I in out two HUtl ono hlf tfitiwM the size of the stnto of Texas bihI about Ion times tlio in nil area of 4 Mi entire Now England slates. . The number of farm In the United States la estimated at 0,717, 000. Texas line tlio turnout aggregate crop arroage with 25,328,000 acres, or a little mora than one-sixth of her total land area. Kannaa la second 'with 22,584,000 ) aereiv or almont one-half of her en tire land area. lllluols li third with 21.727,000 feres, or about three-sevenths of tier land area. Iowa In fourth iilace la very close iV.o Illinois with 21.613,000 acra, which Is about three-sevenths of her lund area. I Oregon has 2,2X1,288 crops acre age, Including: 52,000 farms. 10 PEOPLE lJUV nrlstol. Fa., Apr. 1. Prom 10 to 40 persons were killed or drowned lato yesterday when a temporary scaffolding extending around the stem of a boat on the ways at tbo 'Merchant shipyard at Harrlman, near here, collupsed, while nearly 150 persons were standing qn It to view the launching ot the freighter Waukati. - Jl'MPH S,!MM FEET TO TEST NEW PAH.UHUTIi Seattle, Apr. 1. 41. E. Caddln, an Anverlcun soldier, leaped from an airplane and was carried 3,300 feet afoly to earth yesterday near f uinp Lewis. The leap was to dem onstrate a new stylo parachute at tachment. ON ALLIES IN RUSSIA Archangel, Apr. 1. Bolshevik ar tillery subjected the allied railway front and positions south ot Odozer kta to the heaviest ibombardment in many weeks. Meantime, the enemy is moving considerable forces through the woods, Indicating that an attack may follow soon. , SALEM BUSINESS IN i TO Salem, Ore., Apr. 1. The city council has authorised the mayor to appoint a committee to consider es tablishing municipal telephone system in event the public- service commission allows the increase In telephone rates. The council assert' d that a plant could be established for $200,000 and give service at 70 iper cent of the present cost. REIGI1 OF TERROR S 'oiiiiiiuiiIhU llrtve a 1'luu of Their Oh li Fuinlito FiMired- Alllos Start Troop Movement Prague, Apr. 1. The communists have not up a roigu of terror In ilu dapvst, according to a member of he Czechoslovak 1 mission -who re timed today. A famine Is feared nd the coal situation Is grave. The population hoped for allied Interven tion. London, Apr. 1. lluchareitt re ports say that entente troops are be- in K I u nil I'd at ConUiuu, on the llliu-k sea roust, en route to Hun gary. l.ondon, Apr. .Serious rioting occurred today at Frankfort on-the Main, It Is reported. Crowds attack ed the police station, released, pris oners and set fire to buildings, but order was eveutuully restored. DAHO TRIES CUTTING Holso, Idaho, Apr. 1. Forty- eight state departments and offices went out of existence yesterday and reorganization of the stato govern ment Into nine divisions, oach-hoad-od by a commissioner directly re sponsible to the governor, Is taking place today. A bill authorizing these changes was passed by the re cent legislature at the request of Governor D. W. Davis. ' -. - The nine commissioners will com prise a governor's cabinet, thus bringing to the chief executive ren rallxod control of the state's admin Istrutive civil offices, wljlch hereto fore had been loosely coordinated. No attempt had been made by logts latures In creating new offices to modify the original scheme of gov ernment adopted at statehood to ah nnrb tho new ibrannhes without over lapping of responsibility and tunc- lons, so thaf the governor was be- ln held responsible for admlnistra tion failures -which he was power- ess to prevent. It was argued to the legislature. VOTERS FEW AND FAR Toklo, Apr. 1. A revised election aw, -having been approved byv the privy co u noil has been Introduced In tho house of representatives. Mr. Tokunaml, the home minister, Intro duced the bill with an explanation that the government's motive Is do ing so was to moot the altered con ditions ot the times as, well as the nation's advancement In political thought. Public Interest In the bill centers In the clause extending the franchise. The number of voters under the ex isting law is 1,460,000 or 2.6 per cent of the total population, the min imum tax requirement being $5. The present bill would give the vote to 2,800,000 persons with the payment of at least $1.50 In taxes as the standard. MINERS ARE ENTOMBED IN CXHiOIUDO COAL- MINE Trinidad, Colo., Apr. 1. Thirteen mon are reported entombed In the Empire mine of the Empire Coal company near Agullar, Colo., which was' -wrecked by an explosion of gas yesterday morning. . Twenty-three: out' of 36 miners who were In the mine at the time ot the explosion, came out iby a con necting shaft an hour after the ex plosion and reported that the fan which had not Jbcen wrecked was working and that conditions were good for the safety ot the men en tombed. '- GRIP BUDAPEST PRESIDENT SAYS TIME HAS COME FOR RESULTS Does Not Seek to Shift Responsibility For Slowness Foch, Given Full Power, Leaves For Spa Reparation, .According to French Method, a Sticker Paris, Apr. 1. President Wilson encos which have arisen have not today explained that he was willing to accept bis share ot the responsi bility tor peace conference delays. He was careful to point out that slowness was not due to any single country or Its representatives, and declared emphatically that time for talk Is virtually finished and now was the time to show results. Paris, Apr. 1. General Foch loaves tonight for 'Spa to discuss with Erzberger of Germany the al lied demand that Polish troops be permitted to use the port of Danzig. He has full power to negotiate. The German are reported to be concentrating large forces In easterq Prussia, under General Hindonbnrg, to defend the railway line from Dan zig to Posen. Paris, Apr. 1. Commenting on the six amendments to the covenant suggested iy Ellhu Root, it was said by one of the legal specialists associated with the American con ference delegation that he believed all the amendments were acceptable to the American delegation. Paris, Apr. 1. A feeling ot ap prehension over the lack ot progress on the peace treaty persists In Am erican circles, although It Is said In authoritative circles that the differ- MAN WITH T6 PINTS ' FACES TRIAL TODAY A man registering at the Swlnden rooming house Saturday night, un der the name of S. Woe J. wus ar rested tMonday forenooa "by O'.iiet ot Police McLane, on the charge of bringing liquor Into the state. He was placed under a $350 'bond to ap pear for trial and his case Is being heard before Judge Holman at the courthouse this afternoon. The Judge's office Is tilled with spectat ors, many of them women. Wood had one grip containing 16 pint bottles of whiskey, and a small box susposed to have been packed with bottled goods, but which could not be located by the chief ot po lice. For his bond, Wood had a great assortment of valuable Jewelry which "was accepted In lieu ot money for his tond. PORTLAND OIT TO RUSE f 10,000 FOR HOSE FESTIVAL Portland, Apr. 1. A campaign for the raising of a fund ot $40,000 with which to meet the expenses ot the Victory Rose festival, was start ed here yesterday. . ' Airplane flights wfU feature the amusements. Several Oregon aviat ors will be among the entertainers. Cincinnati, Ohio," Apr. 1. Despite the fact that water may become a more popular drink in Ohio after May 26, when the State goes dry, prohibition will result In sale losses of more than $100,000 a year to the Cincinnati waterworks, according to W. F. Von Hoene, comptroller. He estimates that Cincinnati brew eries, ' distilleries, manufacturers ot accessories or intoxicants and - sa loons annually consumed water for which they paid the city more than $100,000 and this Income wilt be discontinued under prohibition. ' reached a status of a dead-lock. The principal difficulty has been found In settling upon reparations, accord ing to the new method of payment demanded 'by the French. Paris, Apr. 1. Supplement of Italy's frontier question contempor aneously with that of France was insisted upon by Premier Orlando of the conference delegation, with Pres ident Wilson today. The president agreed to study the Italian question. London, Apr. 1. President Wil son today informed other members of the delegation that no American soldiers should be used in any trouble In Eastern or Southeastern Europe, according to a dispatch re ceived here. ' Paris, Apr. 1. What is construed as a warning that the world cpnld not long countenance further delay In the adjustment ot peace, was de livered to all the allied premiers ajid military representatives ot the associated powers by President Wil son yesterday. He arose In the con ference and. solemnly told the con ferees of bis belief that they should do all in their -power to unite on the peace terms apon which a treaty might 'be presented to Germany, LIVE AS PS DICTATE Budapest, via Geneva, Mar. 31. The Hungarian government has sent a delegation to Berlin to conclude a treaty of alliance against the entente allies. German officers formerly belong ing to Field (Marshal -Mackensen's army have arrived In Budapest to reorganize the Hungarian army along German lines. The army now numbers 100,000 men. , Budapest, Mar. 31. The plunge of Budapest Into antl-capltalism con tinues with feverish efforts to show, that th.e reign of law and order is undisturbed. The city is outwardly quletv since the first few days In which there was much looting,- es pecially of Jewelry shops. As a re sult of. the looting, It la reported, 150 persons were executed by the new regime, their communistic ideas apparently being too violent. The new freedom exists tor those who are willing to live as the gov ernment dlotates. Seattle, Wash, Apr.- 1. The world's champtbnship hookey series between Seattle and '.Montreal .. has been 'called off as five menvbers of the 'Montreal team and their man ager have the influenza T. Washington, Apr. 1. Secretary ot War Baker has approved the request ot the British- military authorities In Turkey that they be permitted to ar rest James $pohr, naturalised Amer ican citizen, and his wife on charges of treason. ' ' Spohr and his wife are declared to .'foe "closely '' associated wlth the "head of the German spy system In Palestine and .among; the British Indian 'subjects." They. will be (brought to ihe United States tdr 'trial. Spohr had 'been professor of university at Jerusalem. PEACE PLANS ARE WORRY TO 'BIG 4' Whole Week Man ted and IteJegaU-s Are Not In the Ilet of Tempt-r to Proceed Paris, Apr. 1. Unless conditions In the peace conference change for the better, the world is likely to be treated to a great sensation, says a special Paris correspondent for the Chicago Tribune here. A consider able number of those greatly con cerned In the peace negotiations feel that nothing Is to be gained by con cealing U'O true situation. The truth of the matter Is that an Impasse has been reached in the ses sion of the so-called "big four." All of last week was wasted. The thing nearly came to a head Satur day and the condition grows worse. Early in the week it was thought that an agreement on the subject of reparations had 'been reached. The French accepted the American prin ciple that reparation should be gauged by the amount of damage the allies had suffered and. the amount of Germany's ability to pay, probably between $20,000,000,000 and $30, 000.000,000. The French have shown a disposi tion to accept no adjustment that did not in a "large measure approximate their 'demands. So it was felt that when the French agreed to the American method of adjustment of the reparation problems peace might be In sight. But the whole situation . has changed. -In some Way not yet fully understood outside of the inner council, Premier Clemen ceau insist ed upon making - the reparation agreement dependent npon the ter ritorial queatloa affecting the Saar valley. The French position . was that Ihe whole valley of the Saar should to ceded outright to France by German. While there is no information of what took place it is to he assumed that both President Wilson and Lloyd 3eorge protested. But details ot what occurred are not necessary to an understanding of the true situation that confronts the peace conference. The big men ot the world are in a deadlock and their tempers are not of the host STATE MADE MONEY Milwaukee. Wis., Apr. 1 Wiscon sin profited to the extent of approx imately $16,000 from its five per cent share of the receipts from ox- ing bouts in the last two years, ac cording to the 'biennial report, of the 'boxing (board. The report shows that the state collected $37,989.32 since the sport was legalized. The expenses of the commission' have been ; $21,687.61, leaving a balance ot more than $16, 000 in favor of the state. In addition to the war, the epi demic of influenza cut into the re ceipts of the commission as the sport was' Just getting back on its fdet when the "flu" 'han gave It another setback. MEAT PACKERS RELEASED FROM FOOD ADMINISTRATION ' Washington, Apr. 1. All meat packers were" released today from food administration control, under a proclamation signed by President Wilson at Paris. METHODISTS TO RAISE , ; HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS Portland, Apr. 1. Of the f!00 Methodist Sunday schools in . the Northwest, 166, or one-third, have already underwritten $100,000 or the $105,000,000 Methodist centen ary, according to an announcement 'by Dr. W. 3. Wasses, centenary rep resentative tor Sunday schools In tho Northwest. This is probably a I'oener snowing man any otner sec- jtlbn in the country can produce, said I Dr. Wasser. DEBS WOULD TIE COUNTRY UP IN STRIKES TIlitEATE.VS DIRE THINGS TO C. S. IF NOT GIVEN A KE-HEAK-IXO AT OXCE SAIS HE Will FIGHT TO FISH Is at Liberty on Itail Bat Confined to His lied With Lumbago.-Refuses Reporters Interview Akron, Ohio, Apr. 1. Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, has threaten ed to call a general strike of his party throughout the cotfntry unless he is granted a rehearing In the courts on charges upon which he was convicted under the' espionage act. Debs was confined to bed with a bad attack of lumbago at the home of Mrs.' Margaret Prevey here when noUfled that the United States su preme court had refused him a re hearing. He refused to see news paper men, but through Mrs. Prevey issued the following statement to the press today: "The matter is in . the hands ot - my attorney, Seymour Stedman, of. Chicago. I do. not know what legal -action they will follow as I have rec eived no word from them as yet. "Unless something further can 'be done, the program of the party to tie opthe country in a general strike will be fufilled.,' I m4repard to fight to the end." Mrs. Prevey said Debs' contrition is not serious, and that he 'will be able to he out within a few days. Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 1. No ac tion will be taken In the case ot Eugene V. Debs until the receipt ot the supreme court decision, which will take about 30 days, federal court officials said today. ' In filing his motion for a rehear ing Debs claimed the court's opinion amounted to the trial of a person for an undisclosed "state of mind," that he had been denied the privilege of showing his motive in making the speech for which he was convicted and that the court had failed to de cide all ot the questions presented to It for review. Unless executive'' clemency is' de tained, Debs now must serve his sen tence. He is at liberty on 'bail. PITTOCK LEFT ESTATE OF Portland, Apr. 1. Valuing the es tate of the late Henry L. Plttock at nearly $8,000,000, the appraisers of ' the estate completed their work this morning and filed with the clerk ot Multnomah county a 41-page report ' showing in detall'.thelr estimates: ot the worth of the estate left 'by the late pioneer published exclusively to his heirs under a will which provides tor a trusteeship until 1939. Mr. Pittock'g most valued single possession was his 470 shares out of 700 hares outstanding in the Ore gonlan Publishing company, apprais ed at $3,762 a share, or $1,768,140 In the aggregate. IS FOR WESTERN LEAGUE San Francisco, Apr. 1. Mayor George Baker, of Portland, who is here on his way home from Wash ington, nas proposed a "league of western states" for advancing the econimio and industrial interests ot the Pacific coast. He would hare all ihe chambers of "commerce, la bor unions and rotary clubs join. m '