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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOTNTT. OREGON,
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1010.
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Mow York, Ayr. 4. Prompt re
llof for tli people of (Montenegro
who rn ofticially reported to be d
Inn from starvation is urged In
loiter written by Alexander Irvine,
an Kngllsh friend of Montenegro, lo
Herbert O. Hoover, the food imIMIu
Istrator In l'nrls. copy of which
hut been received her. Id bit let
tor Mr. Devine charged that there
had been "very gross unfulrnowi to
Montenegro In the endless delays
and olwtai-lua which hud 1en placed
In in uav' 4n r.ff.irlM tn Wt.favn ,A.
Heme. Apr. .-!. arm..-. -" . for .,, Montanon,
. . .. a 1... Ili.tuliuu 1 1 unt'. I
U,o communu ui i. Mr Doy,ne ros lhllt he flnit
eminent In HumhIu comprise approx- nmH t0 the British authorities In
lmatoly HU0.UU0 men hut only about bohalf of the Alontenegrlna In 19 1 6
o.UOO of thorn are actual combat- but that up to the signing of the
...r.ii,. i Information re- rmlHtle, "not aa much aa a grain or
l-iut Tlil Many Former lluwlan
Army Officers Have Jollied HxW
la Worry to Allies
PHIIIPPIIS
ASK IMMEDIATE
INDEPENDENCE
HKXI HPIXIAIj MIHHIOX TO
WAHIII.NGTOV TO CO.NFKR
WITH HA K Kit
T FAVORS f
aula,
i.olvod hero from sources usually
considered reliable.
Tlieno forcoa ure dlvldud Into 1.1
uriiilea of 17.000 cojiibutanls each.
Twelve of thorn are o rlbcd aa
oomiiletely oruauUed. Kach army
coiiMms of two or three dlvUlons
unit i.nrh division of two. throe or
four n-Klmonta. The number ot of
lleers and men In each regiment
varies from a few bnudred'to 2,000.'
The First army la under command
of General Michael Touhatchevakl.
rice wan ever ,ermlUod to enter
Montenegro." AftiT the armistice
ho renewed hln efforta nd finally
was referred to Mr. Hoover In Parla
but for two montha waa unable to
obtain paaiHrl to go to Parla and
toe him and Colonel Anderson or
the American lied Croaa. Finally,
Mr. Devine wrote he had arrived In
Parla to find Mr. Hoover, absent
Meanwhile, be declared. American
rollef ships had arrived at Oattaro
but "the relief t fell Into the hand
of the Serbians and aided them In
(HiMacU'N of Few Year Ago Relieved
to Have Reen Removed Philip
llnoa Have Confidence
NO FRICTION
BEJIENJI
GREAT POWERS
Bolshevik Cavalry Dmerte and Join
Kolcliak's Force Cnrtain LKi
ed on Arcliangcl Situation
i,loid oixiu;i: dkxikb there
AUK DISSK.VKIO.SS HKTWKKX
K.NGLAXD A.V1 FRANCE
Willi TO GO THE LIMIT
I
KiikIIIi to Gladly Slake Freh ttacri-
flcea to Secure Pence and Inde
onWwe for French
who, until the Bolshovlk revoluUon (ber 1H)!lUcal ,urpMM against king
look pluco, waa a atmplo lieutenant Bm, collIltry, y)ieta delays and ob
In an infantry regiment. HI mill- tiacm Mr. Dovlno told Mr. Hoover.
lury euuaiion is ir inmi ' I demonstrated unfairness to Monle
Iml hla general ataff la compoBed en- n ro tndi h)J adde(li haVe no
tlrely of offlcera who formerly ue-
longed to the Rtiaalan nonoral alafr,
o that they componaate for the de-
fUUmcloa of their commander-ln-
chlof.
The Second army la headed ly a
wiumunlzud liuneral ataff whlohl
Includea three colonels who former-
sense of having obtained Juatti-e dur
ing these long weary montha of
waiting."
Since iMr. Devino'a letter waa writ
ten, a commftmlon baa been sent to
Montenegro by the American peace
delegation In France and 4ias re
ported that the situation In Monte-
Waahlngton, Apr. 4. "Members of
a apodal mlawlon of the Philippine
loylttlature are here "keeking imme
diate Independence for the Islands
They were told tiy. Secretary Baker
that he epoke Preeldent WHaon'i
mind when he eald he believed the
time had come to grant complete in
dependence denired by the Phlllpplno
people, and eald he believed the Am
erican people loved liberty too dearly
to deny it to others.
Secretary Baker read a letter front
President Wilson when the latter
went to Rurope, expressing the hope
that the mission would result in
bringing abount the desirable ends
set forth in a Joint resolution of the
legislature.
France Burton Harrison, gover
nor-general of the Philippines, de
clared that he waa convinced to ob-
obatacles to Independence which ap
peared to exist a few year ago
have been cleared away. Manuel
Quezon, chairman ot the commission
declared that there la now stable
government on the islands, managed
and supported by the people them
selves.
Paris, Apr. 4. in a statement to
the Petit Parisian, Lloyd George to
day denied that there are diasentlons
between England and France regard
Ing the guaranteea for France
against Germany. ' He declares that
the understanding between the two
countries la complete and that "Eng
land la ready' to make fresh aat-rlflcea
if necessary, to secure the peace and
Independence of France."
London, 'Apr. 4. Dispatches from
Omsk report that during the last few
daya the bolshevlkl have been retir
ing on the Orenburg front so rapidly
that the Siberian armies In pursuit
are unable to keep in touch. Bol
shevik desertions continue. As an
example, tu miles aoutn of Ufa a
Whole regiment of bolshevik cavalry
joined Kolchak's forces and turned
their weapons on their former com
rades. The bolshevlkl bad accumu
lated at Orenburg over 3,000,000
hundredweight of grain which they
had seized in the Cossack villages.
They are trying under the greatest
difficulties to transport this grain to
Samara and are evacuating Ored-
burg.
ly belonged lo the Itusaian general negro la desperate and the people
ataff. actually dying from starvation. The
The commander-in-chief ot the Amerloan Kod Crosa line been try-
Third army la an individual who, up Ing to supply them with food
to the time of the llolahevik revolu
Hon, 'waa a sergeant In one of the
roglments f Slborlau Infantry. He
also is supported by a general staff
rtfttmifitteu ol former HhsbIbu ataff
officers.
Tlie faot that ao n any offlcera oi
the former llusslan army havo con
ented to serve with the Holshevtki
la one of the worst features of the
situation in Uussla Without them
the Bolshevlkl would have 'been tin
able to organUe such military forces
as are now at their disposal, and
their dictatorship, based aololy on
vinU.iPB .would have ibeen ended
long ago.'
The artillery equipment of the
iiniuhnirik armies is declared to be
very Incomplete. A division has, on
tho average, from five to eight
rima iMiinltlnni are said to be
source and their supply l diffident
Munitions for the Infantry also are
running short,
The ohler of- the central general
inff if ha Bolshevik foiroa la a
Lett named Watsoda.
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BEAT BACK THE ALUES
Ixiniloh, Apr. 4 'Bolahevikl forcea
deilvered an attack on the Archan
:el front without artillery prepara
tion during the last 4 8 hours but
were beaten off with a fair amount
of Ions, according to reports received
hero. The allied losses were light
The attack occurred at Bolshola
Onera,
UNITED Fi
"RECREATION HUTS"
TO REPLACE SALOONS
Washington, Apr. 4. Rear Ad'
mlral Grayson cabled from France
today that President Wilson Is con
fined to his bed with a severe cold
but says bis condition is not regard'
ed serious.
Sacramento, Cal., Apr. 4. The
state senate has sent a cablegram to
Secretary Lansing at Paris, asking if
the discussions proposed on the anti
Japanese legislation by the Califor
nia legislature would em-baraas the
president.
London, Apr. 4. A proposal that
Pollnh troops of General Halter be
taken by land route from Lunnsvlll
across Germany to Poland baa been
made to General Foch by Errberger,
a Berlin message says.
San Francisco, Apr. 4. A cable
gram to the Korean national asso
ciation from Shanghai says that Son
Pyung HI, head of the principal na
tive religious sect in Korea .has been
named president of the recently de
clared Korean provisional govern
ment
New York, Apr. 4. Espionage In
dict men ta brought last September
agajiiHt John Reed, a former Port
luiuler, havo 'been dismissed.
MEDICAL OFFICERS
CARELESS. SAYS CI
Washington, Apr. 4. The chief
surgeon of the expeditionary, forces,
in a circular published by the public
health service, charges many medical
officers with gross carelessness and
negligence In preventing and control
ling the spread of typhoid and para
typhoid fevers during offensives on
the western front. .
RUSSIA'S LATEST ARf.lY GROWS FROM
OF MEN TO COMBAT
HANDFUL
REDS
IRI
ARIES
PURSUE THE REDS
London, Apr. 4. The curtain was
raised for tbe British public on the
poaition of the allied armies In north
Russia for the first time this after
noon. Tbe serious situation in the
Murmansk region and the attempt
by the bolshevik! to drive the allied
troops on the Archangel front into cal year ending
AYS PEACE I
MORE COSTLY
T
UEP, GOOI OF IOWA ASSERTS
FOl'H I1ILLIOX IMIXAR COX
GRESS IS TO COME
STRICT COM IBXSSHT'
Appropriations for War Period and
Fiscal Year Ending Jane 80,
Over $47,110,000,000
Washington, Apr. 4. The passing
of the "billion dollar" congresses of
pre-war days and the forthcoming
peace period of a "four billion dol
lar" congress was predicted today la
a statement by Representative Good
ot Iowa, who will be chairman of the
appropriations committee in the next
house.
Reviewing the financial problems
to be faced by tbe next congress,
air. Good estimated that the appro
priations "necessary tor the various
government expenditures" in the tia-
June 20, 1921.
the sea are the cause ot nruch anxiety.
The London afternoon papers cir
culated posters through the streets
with startling phrases, of wiilcb
"Tbe British army Imperiled" was
typical. The public bought the pa-
would total more than $3,800,000,
000. Strictest economy, he added.
would be necessary, to hold expend!- -
turea down even to this total. .
'The "next congress," said Mr.
Good in hia statement, "will be
brought face to face with many new
pera eagerly having no idea which Mi Intricate problems, and many
army was referred to. Some of the
papers declared that another Kut
surrender or Khartum tragedy
threatened.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the explor
er, who haa Just returned from Rus
sia, where he superintended the win
ter outfitting and feeding ot the ex
pedition, confirmed the danger to
the allied position and armies. He
la credited with stirring British of
ficials into a keener realization of
the seriousness of the position in
Russia. -
of them will call for large expen
ditures of money. It is impossible
to estimate what expenses wni he
Involved In tbe future in the admin
istration ot the railroads, operation
of our merchant marine, the war
risk Insurance payments and to pro
vide homesteads for our soldiers.
If we assume that both the mili
tary and naval programs will be
greatly reduced and that our stand
ing army will be limited to 250,000
men, it will require rather strict
economy to bring the regular supply
bills under $2,150,000,000."
Mr. Good estimated that the ap
propriations made by congress for
the war period and for the fiscal
Salem, Ore., Apr. 4 Only through year ending June 30, 1920, totaled
the intervention of Governor Olcott more than $47,110;000,000. The
was a fist fight averted between T. revenue to meet these appropria-
B. Kay, former state treasurer, and tlons he estimated at $16,657,000,-
Edgar M. Lazarus, a Portland archi- 000 to be derived through customs
tect, at a meeting today ot the 'board I receipts and Income and other taxea
o fcontrol. and $25,888,000,000 to be raised
A word controversy botween Mr. I from the sale jf bonds, notes and
Lazarus and Mr. aKy reached a ell- war savings stamps.
max when -Mr. Lazarus arose from
his chair and shouted: "You're a
liar; you're a liar."
Instabtly Mr. Kay leaped across
the board table an dlunged at iMr,
Lazarus. He grabbed him .by the
(fliCOTT ACTS AS "ItKFEREE'
COL. MAY RETURNS CHECK
Portland, Ar. 4. Colonel John
M. 'May, commander of the old Third
Oregon regiment, which served iu
coat and tore off a button, but be-iFYance as the 162nd Infantry, today
fore be could strike a blow the gov- cneck for i ooo to Mayor
Indianapolis. Ind.. Apr. 4. Amer
ican miners will stand "shoulder to
Bhoulder" with the miners of Great
Britain on the question of wages nnd
working conditions, according " to
Frank Farrlngton, president of the
Illinois district ot the United iMlue
Workers of America.
Mr. Farrlngton mode the state
ment In explaining the objects ot
Chicago, Apr. 4 "Hocrenuon the throe principal recommenaauons
huts" to replace the saloon aa a recently emboarea m tne report oi
Blithering iplace will foe established the igcneral ipollcy committee of the
soon 'by the Salvation Army in the United Mine Workers, which call for
large cities of the western states, ac- Increased wages, shorter hours nnd
cording to -an. announcement 'oy nationalization or minos. ine re-
Thomas Estill, commander of the commendations, .which were made
organization In the western district, by Frank -J. " Hayes, international
Before July 1 when 'prohibition be- president, serve as notice to tne
comes effective, a aozon or 'more oi unnea emu en guionuuoui tu
tho "huts," patterned after 'those the British government that the at-
operated In the war tone, will be tltude of Great Britain miners is re
opened in Chicago, and If they prove fleeted In America, Mr. Farrlngton
successful the string will be extended said. ",
to St. Louis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, He added that only through na
Omaha, Kansas Otty, Denver and trionaHzatlon ot mines could a six
other western citlos, Commander Ee- hour day, a five-day work week and
till said. . 1 Increased wages be brought abuut.Mlant stand
London, Mar. 12. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press.)
French from Odessa, an Englishman
whom the correspondent met at the
British foreign office, has given to
the Associated Press the first com
plete account that has reached Lon
don ot one ot the most remarkable
developments of thetruggle in Rus
sia against bolshevlsm. It Is the
story of the volunteer army, organ
ized by General Alexieft and now
commanded ibj General Deniklne,
which in a year has grown from a
handful of homeless men, devoid ot
equipmont and supplies, into a mill'
tary force which has reconquered a
large portion ot Southern and South
eastern iRussla, suppressed the dis
ruptive elcTnents in the region oc
cupied and set up a 'working civil
government.
"No one over here," said the
traveller, "seems to realize that in
the South of Russia there 4s a small
force pt men which tinder the 'banner
of the volunteer army and in the
cause ot United and Free Russia, has
made against overwhelming num
hers of the ''Red Terror' a moat gal
ernor and
them.
Dr. ' Steiner separated
The volunteer army, he continued,
has been recruited fmm novnml I
classes and from every part ot Rus
sia. Fighting against great odds, H
has paid a big price. Twice it has
met defeat in campaigns on the
river Kuban, and its losses Included
its leaders, Alexleff,' KorniloB , and
Markoff, and 80,000 volunteers and
Cossacks.
"The army," he aald, "had 'whole
battalions formed of officers. The
first Kornllolt regiment, now reduc
ed to less than 500 fighters, has had
BREAKING OF THIS
Baker 'With a note stating that no
opportunity had presented itself to
use the money for the men under
his command. The money waa given
to Colonel May prior to the depar
ture of the regiment for France. It
was a part of the Oregon boys' w.ir
emergency fund raised through tha
staging ot entertainments at the
publio auditorium.
Great Falls, iMont., Apr. 4. Dan
Jones, superintendent of No. S mine
at Sand Coulee, is convinced that
the breaking ot a mirror does not al
ways mean seven years of bad luck
are to follow. Jones was laliuly
shaving himself in his sback one
morning recently, when he chanced
IN LIST OF OIL STATES
passing through its ranks more thain to notice the reflection in the mir-
5,000 men. The 'regiment of Death'
has lost 6,000 over a similar period
"To me, an observer, 1t has been
a miracle how the volunteer army
got any recruits. There was no co
ercion. The recruits came volun
tarily, knowing that their lot was
most likely to (be a wooded cross or
the life ot. a cripple. 1
"Today the volunteer army has
cleared' the 'Great Belt' of Russia
by Its own efforts and the help of
its neighbors, the Don ' Cossacks,
and holds the territory stretching
from the. Black Sea to the Caspian,
Oklahoma City, Apr. 4. Oil pro-
ror ot an ore car in front of the duction in Oklahoma in 1918, aver- .
window behind him. Without tak- aged 204,650 barrels a day with a
Ing time to think, .Jones Jumped daily commercial value ot $500,000
through the window beside him, based on present prices, according
glass and all. Just as he cleared to the report ot the state oil and gas
the frame the car came crashing conservation commission. The report
through the house. gives the first oil production total
The car had Jumped the track at announced by any state for 1918. '
a switch besides Jones' shack and it The Tulsa district still leads In oil
did not stop until It had punched a production, with a daily average tor
hole completely through two walls, the year of 66,000 ibarrels, the re
Tbe mirror was broken, hut Jones port states.
takes It as a sign of good luck. Had There are now 23,561 wells in Ok-
he not seen tbe car as he did, hellahoma producing oil or gas, , the
would have been killed, he believes. I commission reported. , ,.,
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