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VOL. 1X No. I II. O HANTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1019. "WHOLE XU.MItEK 2042. 1 VICTORY LOAN CAMPAfGNWILL OPEN MONDAY t il HUMAN T. M. HTOTT MA HI APPEAL FOR UNITED HlTMHtT OK T1IK PEOPLE "Victory lmn Is (Juration uf Notion nl Honor mi V'I1 us Duly," Hays Mr, HtoU With tho opunlug of tho campaign lor subscriptions to the Victory loan, only one wk distant, 1, as chair man (or Josephine county, wish to Main call attention to tho splendid record of our county In all previous Liberty bond and war work cam paigns. The quota for Josophlnc county ha not yet been received in Ktatu headquarters, but the amount will In all probability bu the unit as lor the Fourth IJborty loan, which wu In the nuUlilxirhood of 1150,000. We hoar some argument on to the need for thin Victory loan nd 1 think that we thould all fool that tho fundi! to be rained by thU loan are urgently needed by our gov ernment else thoy would not have made thla call. Although we may consider the war as over, our government haa on bund enormous supplies of munition nd war material orderod before Germany quit and these must be puld tor. The Victory loan la therofore a question of national honor aa well duty. Another year of war would have coat the Uvea of thoueunda upon thousand of American aoldlora, and surely It la better to lend our gold than give our dear onoe aa a sacri fice on the ImttloTlold. The hour of victory will not atrlko until wo the people, not the bnnka subscribe every cent the government la asking of us. The daten set for thla campaign cover April 21st to Way 10th Inclu alve, and although It la tho Intention to cover tho county com plot oljr with solicitors we hope thnt no one will tall to autocrine If he should be missed by tho aollcltors. All or the banks are pleanod to take subscrip tions 'by mall or In persons bo do Dot 'fall to Ret on a subscription Ilk tor this last and Victory loan. May I therefore assume that evory resldont of Joaeplilno county will take a personal Interest In helping to complote the wonderful record es tablished on all previous Liberty loan and war -work campaigns. Stick with this Victory loan to the last man and to your last dollar, T. M. OTOTT. OF HOLDS UP TOURISTS Mr. and Airs. John Banfaeser, of Thompson Palls, Mont., stopped In the city laat night on their way north from a trip through Callfornla.-They report little trouble with the roods south of this city and loft thla morn ing; for Qlendale where, with the oc cupants of 20 other automobiles, they will await Southern Pacirio cars to take their autos on to Riddle. The road between Olendale and Kiddle Is expected to toe blocked for about two months yet and the gov ernment, which Is said to be respon sible for the blockade, Is the recip ient of many uncomplimentary . re marks from the tourists. Because of the congestion the ho tels at Qlendale are said to toe filled to overflowing and some of the tour ists are sleeping In the depot and other buildings. Medford, Ore., April in.- A hurd freeze In the valley 'Monday rooming badly Injured the peach and. pear crop where ttoerb was no atnudglng. CQUNTV QUQTAABQUT$150,QQ0 SALMQ SEASON S E Klght H' "it Willi lrlft Ni'U lltisy l-iort Xltclit WaU-r 1 1 lull itnd Hwirt and l Vt Mulit's ath KmuH The salmon fishing season opened on the Rogue lust night at midnight and eight iboats, with two men to the boutlmmcdlaloly toocame busy with their drift-nets. Among the fisher men are tho following: Bin ml I Olden burg, Frank Oldenburg. Bert Hol comb, U U. Curler, Chas. Ware, Henry lluerlts, George Kowler, Henry Pylo, Frank MacFarlan and Ooorge Dora. II. IS. Gethlng, of Oakland, Ore., who handle! the fish for the fisher men luat yeur. Is again In charge this teuton. 'Mr. Gethlng stated that only about 200 pounds of salmon were taken last night. He says the water Is high and swift and the river still rising, and does not predict any heavy catches until about the middle of May. While there are a number of sal mon Juat below the dam, Mr. Geth lng says he does not believe there are many In tho stream at pronont. The irlco, however, Is very flatter ing, the fishermen receiving 16 cents a pound for the salmon. lit-YEAH OLD Olltl, KILIA II Kit F.VriIKH AMI HTKPFATHF.lt St. Ixmls, Apr. 15. Ursula Bro derlck, 13-year-old, shot and Instant ly killed Josoph F. Woodlock, ber stepfather. In their borne here this morning after an alleged attempt by yVoodlock to atUck the child. The girl shot and killed ber father, Thomas Broderlck, Gl-yeara-old, Oc tober 6, 1916, .according to tha po lice. Broderlck was alloged to hare been abusing the girl's mother when she took a revolver from bis pocket and fired twice, killing him. E Omsk, Slberlu, Feb. 12. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) Silierla, , which has forced world attention, by reason of the Import ant iiolttical exents there. Includes all the Asiatic possessions of Rus sia with the exception of the trans Caspian and trans-Caucasian regions and the government . general of Turkestan 'Whose capital, Tashkent, was captured by the bolshevlkl and whose American vice-consul, . Roger C. Trodwell, was arrested and left to languish In prison. Since the Mongolian Invasions In the 13th century, Siberia has been the home of many tribes, descended from that race. To the foreigner the Tartars are perhaps the most In teresting. Their great center Is Ka zan though the national Tartar coun cil, which like Ukraine and other re gions of fftussla, seeks the develop ments of Its "national aspirations," Is now located at Petropavlovsk, not) far from Omsk. This Is on account of bolshevik terrorism. The Tartars are true followers of Mahomet and (.heir, , mosques are found In almost every city. They are, estimated to number 1,600,000 in the dlstrlots of 'Kazan and Crimea. They are keen'aeekers after educa tion and many Tartar boys and girls receive lessons In' French, English and German from 'foreign Instruc tors In places like Kazan, Samara and Ufa. The. last two of these places were occupied several months ago by the toolshevikl armies. The Tartars have an oval face, . black eyes, placed obliquely, and ' their skin Is brown. . Their costume is un usual, the distinguishing feature be ing their coiffure over which Is worn a tight fitting calotte, or skull cap. JAPANESE WILL TALK THE MATTE II OVER Washington, Apr. 16. Viscount Irhll, Japanese ambassador, .' is , to leave next nonth for Toklo tor a conference with his government. P H AIM MEET GERMAN DELEGATES ON APRIL 25 All Plans Set For Meeting at Last Guns Were FiredFrance and England to Receive Lion's Share of The Indemnities' n Paris. Apr. 15. Prospects for peace have suddenly become bright er as the result of agreements reach ed by the council of four. Announce ments Indicated that within a short time Che war-torn world will begin to return to something like normal conditions. On April 26, 16S days after tha laat gun as fired In the great world war, the allied and German delegates will gather at Versailles to discuss the treaty. President Wilson Indi cated that the treaty wHti Germany will be completed In a very short time. Meanwhile, the conflicting claims of Italy and Jugoslavia will be given preferential consideration. Probably the Germans and the allies will be called at Versailles almost Immediately after the German dele gates have 'passed on the allied terms. , Germany, bj the terms of the treaty, must pay 100,000,000,000 TO BECOME BIRD MEN London, Apr. 15. The fact, that only young' men 'capable of , passing severe , physical testa were , accepted for aviation work during, the war has caused the belief that flying aa a sport -will be barred to persons past the prime of youth, That la a mis take, according to British experts, who say that tor ordinary peace-time flying there should be no age limit. The only qualifications they set are good eyesight and a sound heart. Flying an airplane, it la pointed out, is muoh simpler, and far less nerve-racking than driving an auto mobile or sailing a yachl. Any man who has lived a decent open-air life, especially If he baa played games and hunted, will -find that learning to fly at the age of 50, Is quite an easy business, experts say. A mo dern airplane will virtually fly Itself and the controls are so arranged that a man, even on his first trip, it is argued, does the right thing Instinctively. ROCHES WANT TO DICTATE PEACE TERMS FOR ALLIES Berlin, Apr. IB The German gov ernment Is firmly resolved to refuse to dlsctiBS at the peace congress the future allegiance of the Saar terri tory, according to a Berlin news agency .on wha it terms competent authority. The government wilj "re solutely reject any proposal to tear the Saar territory from the empire by means of a general plebiscite." SEATTLE COPS ACCUSED of: Seattle, Wash., Apr. 15. Two Se- attli police, Sergeant. Gua Hasselblad and Pajtrqlman W. , F., Patton,. have 'been , arrested by federal officers here charged, with the .theft of . I30.0P0 worth of liquor, . which was .. stolen tram the federal customs appraisers' stores on March 31, It is alleged that the officers carted' away. S. 000 fuarta in a truck,'( .':.,. .'.v ' ."i '. ". ' ' HAWKER MAY START , OX FLIGHT TODAY I St. Johns, Apr. 15. The weather today is improved! and Ueut. ,Hw- xertmajr begin hia fught across the lantio today. , , r ;r,,c Versailles, 165 Days After gold marks, equivalent to $'23,820, 00,0,000, at the pre-ware rate of ex change. It la reported that the Germans must withdraw all troops from a cone 25 miles wide on the right bank of the lthne. , ' ;; ,It It Indicated that France and England are to receive the major portion of the Indemnity, probably 85 per cent. The smaller powers will get their share out of the remain der and are expected to be dissatis fied. RIottous disorders continue' In Germany,, while tha situation In In dia Is rather disquieting. Paris, Apr. 15 The Echo de Paris says President Wilson Intends to sail tor the United 8tates on April IT or t. after being present at the open ing session of the Versailles confer ence. Colonel B. M. House will then act for him. . ",'.' SANDERS CASE GOES : OVER TILL SEPTEMBER i The following cases have, been dis posed of by Judge F. Mi Calkins dur ing the court terms this week: In the case of Lambert vs. Bram well, a verdict was rendered in fa vor of Lambert. The case of Baumgarner vs. W. P. 'Counts, to recover money on a log ging contract, is being heard this afternoon. The case of Grover C. Grimmett vs. Gil mo re was settled out of court. A verdict was rendered In favor of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company In the case of A. D. Knight vs. that company. The case of George Sanders has been postponed until September. Mr. Sanders did not appear last Monday, the day set for his trial. MORE TIME FOR FILINO INCOME TAX RETURNS Washington, Apr. 15. Further extension to June 15 of the time for tiling corporation Income and profit tax returns was ordered today by Internal Revenue Commission Roper. The iflrst extension was from March 15 to May 1. ARCHANGEL SITUATION , , REPORTED SATISFACTORY Washington,. (Apr. . 15. Brigadier General Richardson, the new com mander of the American forces in Russia, reports that the military sit uation there Is satisfactory. ? 91ST DISEMBARKS AT NEW YORK CITY New York, Apr. 15. Nearly 3,500 troops of the 91st division which ar rived here yesterday have disembark ed and rwent today to their army camps around New York, prepara tory to being sent to camps nearer home, for demobilization. They are mostly of the 361st and 362nd In fantry. " :- New York, Apr. 15. Among the 91st dlvlnlnn tmnm tutmlinplrlnv here today were headquarters 2nd and 3rd battalions, machine gun company,' and omrpanles D. E. F. O. H, I, K, L, and M of the 861st infan try. ffllUS PILLAGE (mununlMU at !lalapet Reported to Have Murdered Three Prominent German Leaders Paris, Apr. 15. Aa American steamer laden with food for Poland was pillaged at Hamburg by the Germans, a Warsaw dispatch states. London, Apr. 15. A Copenhagen dispatch says that German newspa pers print reports -received from travelers to the affect that the com mu nists at Budapest have executed Archduke Joseph; Dr. Alexander We kerle, former premier and Baron Joseph fizteprenfl, the minister of commerce, but tbe report Is not con firmed.' SPAKTACAXS AitE -UKlXd JAILED IN GEK.HAX1' , Berlin, Saturday, April 12. The soviet congress was informed today that George Ledebour who to"" con fined in iMoabit Jail and whose re lease waa demanded on March SO by the communist workers' council, will not be liberated. , Independent socialist newspapers print an attack written by Ledebour, while in jail, upon Herr Heine, Prus sian minister of justice, accusing him of mistreating Spartacan pris oners In the Moablt jail. He de clares himself in dally fear of being murdered and that Kairl Radek's life was in constant jeopardy while he was In prison. Ledebour claims that ha has heard groant, ot. ..arrested Spartacan adherents who, he ' says, were (being .done to death in some hidden recess of the prison." He de clares that he has also heard rifle shots "indicating wholesale execu tlons there." MANY YANK HEARTS Paris, Apr. 15. That cupld was nearly aa busy as Mars . with the members of the American expedi tionary force ' and " that romance bloomed in France, in spite of war's alarms is shown by the soldiers with in one year. The majority of the French girls' who have become Am ericans through marrying men and officers of the American expedition ary force are stenographers, sale- girls or teachers with a sprinkling of peasant girls and, those of the mid dle class or bourgeoisie. The romances are in most cases very similar. A soldier would be billeted with a French family a mem ber of which would be a girl of mar riageable age. Together they would delve' Into the intricacies "- of '' the French language, sign language be ing promptly superseded by a com bination of Anglo-French jibberlsh The clean cut, healthy physique ot the Americans, their 'politeness and generosity would appeal to the heart of the French girl who saw In the American the realization of her dreams. As a rule, the Americans also made ho secret ot the partlcu lar sympathetic feeling they had for the French girls and so as a natural sequence, marriages resulted. Many such pairs now are puszled whether the wife should accompany her husband to America or the bus- band should make htB home in France. It Is expected that fully 50 per cent ot the ibenedtcts will adopt France for their 'future home. JAPS THREATEN TO WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE Washington, Apr. 15. Withdraw-? al of the Japanese delegates from the peace conference Is ' held entirely possible in diplomatic quarters, 1 , It is strongly hinted in Jan an ma diplomatic- olrcles here flrat a league of nations pact, refusing to admit racial equality, will not be accepted by the Japanese people. LOYAL TROOPS BATTLE WITH NT! LIST OP DEAD AND WOUNDED MOUNTING A3 STREET BAT TLES RAGE UNCHECKED COMMUNISTS MAKE GAINS Soldiers Cheering for Soviet Are Dragged From Cars Dr. Levies , . Steals 2,000,000 Mark Berlin, Apr. 15. The latest news received here is to the effect that tbe communists in Munich have not yet been mastered and that heavy fighting is raging In the street of Munich between red guards and iroops loyai to tne government. The central railway station, the postoffice and telegraph office and several other public buildings again are in -the hands of tbe communists. who used heavy mina throwers la their recapture. A number ot persons have been killed or wounded. ' Earlier advices reported that tha whole of Bavaria, excepting Hot, had , been reealned br the Hoffmann srov- ernment, which provisionally' remains at Bamberg. , " , , . . , " . On Sunday, according to the Lo kal Anzelger, armed soldiers drove ing tor tbe soviet. ' They were drag ged out of their cars and roughly handled. ' ; ' -' ' Railway stations and' postal," tele graph and other government build ings fell Into the hands of the gov ernment without resistance. Dr. Le vlen Is said to have fled to Switzer land with 2,000,000 marks of state money". Paris, Apr. IE. A proclamation Issued by the Bavarian government announces that the garrison of Mu nich has swept away the Hoffmann regime and re-establlehed transpor tation and that General 'nailer's Po lish army will start across Germany for Poland today.' ' , Berlin, Apr. 15. Many persons were killed or wounded in the cen ter of Berlin at noon yesterday dur ing a collision between troops and street vendors. The troops tired on the vendors. . , , , PORTLAND MAN INJURED FN SAN DIEGO EXPLOSION San Diego, Apr. 15: Four of the ten men Injured in yesterday's explo sion aboard the submarine chaser. inducting E. J. Gaynor, of' Portland, Oregon, 'are in a serious 'condition and their burns will probably prove. fatal. ' j Tn.: . ' T 'i' t'v ) ni Mi EGYPTIAN BALL WORM Seattle, Apr. 15. To combat the Egyptian iball worm, a dangerous pink worm which insists on visiting Seattle every so often, : nearly 31,000,000 worth of cotton Is fumi gate by scientific process each year. In two government fumigating sta tions maintained In Georgetown, a suburb. " The hair worm," It Is said, has spread throughout the , whole world except the United States, and because of its appetite for all classes ul liiiui uie, rigorous inspecxioa methods have been enforced to pre vent Its entry Unto this country. ' Cotton shipments from' India' and China received here are promptly transferred from dock to these fumi gating .stations where the cotton is placed in a' farge,"falr-lght apart ment if Hied' iwith poison air.' "Man churlan and Australian corn 1 have also been subjected to much the rams treatment here . to avoid tbe apreed Ing of new ipeeta. v