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WW - GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE) COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1010. ' WHOLE XUMBER 2043. VOI IXn NO. 1 1 1." WILL RECEIVE ' MANY MILLION UY 1021 OVKIl fawi.(MM.(M)0 WILL IU3 AVAILABLE FOR HIGH. WAYS OK TIIK STATES FUN FEDERAL BUILDINGS Every KM-Un uf Country t Uo lU'im- filial HHilo A I1 m-iiuiU I M.n Action of Slates F1HECR0POUTLOQK BUT HELP SCARCE Grain Through Winter In Excellent ' Condition, Clover HtiffcTX, Hut 1 Frtilt Crop PmmUlnii Portland, Ore., Apr. IS. Farm work is unusually backward over mMt of western Oregon and farm labor It scarce, according to the wookly crop estimate Issued by the weather bureau here. The paet week wae moderately cool and frequent aboweri occurred over niont of the tate but there wae considerable sun ahtne between showers. Frost oc curred aeveral mornings and ve Re lation devoloped elowly. Winter wheat, oata and rye came throtiRh the winter In excellent eon dltlon except for a email amount of Washlnuton. Ar. 1 K Despite the winter Killing caused ny mo coin. failure of the taut congress to pas. . ..u,7. ..u local damage by exceealve moisture Inu'ortaut appropriation mea-iirea. )n WM((irn the felral government u g.-ttlng un- yH,nti, he state aummary says dor way a vast amount uf building Thene crops mode, alow but aatlsfae and construction work. Tlio depart- tory progress during the week. Boed- . . i,.w ..n. .liominn in lb. ""ring wheat and oata la pro . I auillna mhMIh awitant aihaea nAIA V fact that by the end of the fiscal 1-7 .,.,. year 1921 there will be available for " " Mt"rn federal aid for etate road building """""" J" i".-.." pernio URmoKO hn aunn iu tuwrry, parh and apricot bloom by front, TMJAHS-DEItRMINED -. SSJf IU linVL UIM Ul I IUI1IL Urge Careful . Scrutiny of Cases. Scott Warns AgaiiMt Weakening of 'Army Discipline ANNIHILATION OF BOilRGEOlSE BY RED ARMIES Germans Not Permitted to Discuss Peace Terms Lettish ' Government Ousted General Foch Framing Plans 1 to Use in Case Germany Refuses to Sign but In most of the commercial fruit dlatrlcta the staple fruits are not thought to be seriously Injured. Pears and cherries are blooming In many sections and prunes In some of the milder districts, while apple bloom Is just beginning to open In a few localltlea. Wild atrawberrlea are blooming. Fruit treea are In excellent condition. There its some complaint of win tor-killing of clover In the Willam- otte valley. Alfalfa wintered well and la making a good atart out needs warmer weather. Pastures and the lower ranges are furnishing ample feed for stock. ".. ' v SALEM ELKS AFTER NEXT STATE CONVENTION more than $266,000.00g. Congress passed the appropriation for $V 0(0,000 for new hospitals and lm- provemonts to old one needed by the publlo hoallh service and this building activity is .being rushed and will be under way 1y the end of the year. Rome of those projects will be under construction by midsum mer. More than 130,000.000 are In volved In the maintenance and oon- atructlon work eet out In the rivers and harbors appropriation bill pass ed 4y the last congress. The harbors and rlvera improve ment work takea In almost every sec- tlon of the country, much of It be ing planned for the southeast, the Atlantic coast and the Pacific states, More than a million dollars will be epent along the Mississippi river, approximately $3,500,000 on the Ohio river, and about ir.OO.OOO along the Missouri river. Thoro Is an appropriation of. fl, 500,000 for the building of a sana torlum at Dawson Springs, Ky the aurvey ia bolng mnde and for the alte and hospital plant at Norfolk, Virginia, $900,000 baa been appro priated. An appropriation of $sr0, 000 was made to take care of the hospital project in the District of Columbia and $190,000 waa voted for Improvements In the 'Marine hos nltnl at Btapleton, Stnten Island, v v i The anondlng of $296,000,000 ap- London. Apr. 18.-Uondoa acton nmnrin.mi for ffiderarald for road tlata who are observing the opera building depends upon the aeveral tlona of Spanish lntluenaa aay that .i.im flnm. a hesitating to avail ao far aa the BrlUah Ialea are con f iht. ononrtunltv to enloy federal cemod, It moves in waves. The aaiatance In toulldlivg etate roada; country la Juat recovering from the tW .tatea annear to te alow to third wave within a year. Ak advantage of the opportunity. ' The dl.eaee flret made Its appear- ii.. i. nr win hclanca here lost July and began to u.iinMo' n hA tfirtnml govern-1 subside toward the end of August m.nt la Anxious that states make the Bight weeks later, in October, It re- most of .their opportunities during appeared, and by the middle of No- i. n.t i,niMinl vmiifir ' had' aDDerently P run Its 1 1 1 (7 V Ul I nut on , , "I win Ac much to wtlmulate buelnosa course. The third wwre came In Jan and to (provide ibnffer employmeht taary, and iby the early daya of March for labor unUl the Industrial tran- had apparently aone us worst. Paris, Apr. 18 Conflicting claims to the city of Flume and the Dalma tian coaet, whloh haa ibeen laid be fore the conference here by Italy and Jugoslavia, will be brought to a de cision soon. The controversy baa aroused public sentiment In Italy and when the Italian parliament diiU April 24 Premier Orlando will probably be asked for a report, ao be la anxious for a settlement before then. The allied peace terms will prob ably not toe laid before the Germans until Saturday of next week and maybe not until the following Mon day. This will delay the proceedings and It la not expectedthat the Ger mans can go to Weimar and receive Instructions and return to Pari be fore May 8. , According - to the present plans, One Germans will be permitted to ask questions but no discussion of the terms -will be permitted. Only Salem, Ore., Apr. 18. The Elka here are determined to bring the 1920 state convention of that order to Saloni. They have decided to send a 1)1 K delegation to Klamath Falls In August. " E. COURSE OF THE TUT SOVIETS TAKE 70,04)0 IXCLCDIJfO WOME.V AXD CHILDREN, TO DVTNA RIVER CAMPAIGN AGAIKST THE FINS Washington, Apr. 18. Three ma jor generals of the regular army Leonard. Wood and Hugh U Scott (retired), former chiefs of the gen eral staff and each of whom trained and commanded divisions during the war and Jno. U CaabmerlaJn. lnspec- Presldent Wilson and the al.led pre- tor general, opposed yesterday atter miera will be present. . ,. noon betort the American Bar aa- Uuau haa been seized by the Ger-I.u committee inaulrtng into man and Baltic-German troops. The tne gttbJect of military Justice, any uettisn provisional agreement naa plan of taking fromthe president been ousted, it is reported, and aome LD( tne commanding generals the of the ministers Imprisoned. The control thev now exercise over court Hriusn mission la at Ldoau ana Bnt- martial. , tan warsnips are in me naroor. aomei Tha nre8ent eontroversy as to war-l Stockholm, Apr. 18. The bolshe- actlon may be Uken against thelttme sentences began with the pro-lvivM are carrying out a rapid and Uermanfl. I nnonl rvf T Joiif Ana.n t TnlnnAl ftflmuel I mlamsilft unnlhllntlnn nf all thm T. Ansel, then acting Judge advo-1 bourgeois elements in Riga, accord- Paris, Apr. 18. With the return cate general, to repose In he Judge ling to reports from libau. The vic- of Uoyd George the council of four advocate general final Jurisdiction of time are taken to the Island of Ma- Bolsheviki Claim Victories on All Battle Front, From Baltie to the Black Sea has resumed their deliberations. Paris, Apr. 18. ill Hilary experts under General Focn are drafting a report of what will be done it Ger many refuses to algn the treaty. It ia indicated that the methods of co ercion may . include the occupation of more German territory, 'blockade of enemy ports, and the discontinu ance of dispatch of food supplies to Germany. 1 ' .... ,r sen in the Dvina river and are said to number 70,000, including women and children. ' WAY 10 ARCHANGEL Archangel, Apr. 18. Brigadier General Richardson arrived here with his staff aboard the first big Icebreaker which has made its way Into the docks since the beginning of winter. He made publlo to the troops a telegram from General Pershing, calling on them to main tain their morale.- Tl'RKM DISCARD ARMENIA - GIRLS FROM THEIR HAREMS LIEUT. M'CONKEY 1 FOUND DEAD IN BED San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 18. Lieu- these cases. ' . The three officers heard today were tn agreement that the proposed change would impair the disciplin ary system although all of them say defecte in existing laws or- regula tions which should be remedied.. To meet complaints aa to excessive sen tencea, the officers were of the opin ion that the president should be au thorized by law to fix maximum pen altlea in war times aa well as . In peace. "But whatever is done," General driven southward,, to witnin Wood declared, "dont give us any miles or juptau poeeiibllity of a Harry Thaw case in the army. Give us a simple, direct process. . We . don't want the ' hag gling over- technicalities of civil court cases." ." ? .".,.' r " " .1 London, 'Apr. 18. Continued suc cesses ror Russian atmex iorces along almost the whole of the west ern front from the Baltic to the Black sea la claimed in a (Russian official wireless dispatch . received here today. . .-, 'v; ' . ..." . Wert of iUga, the LetU have been four West of Proskurof, the bolshevlkl have taken Volochysk, on the : for mer Russian Galician frontier and within 25 miles of Earnopol.- ' In the Crimea soviet -forces have General Chamberlain opposed tbecraa8ad the salt lakes and advanced suggestion that 'it be made manda-1 direction of Simferopol, cap- tenant Colonel Clyde J." McConkey.l t0ry that trained legal officers pre- Uui of the Crimea. camp lnapector at Camp Travis, was Bida over eourtSi round in a is quarters witn a ouiieu General Scott was positive In his hole through his head. A pistol waa assertion that control of discipline oeeiae .ine ooay. tie was sz years of age and unmarried. His home waa In (Minnesota and he had served in France. TOO LOTS OF crXTOWDKR ' TO BEAT SQr A It E-H E A DS" sltlon from war to peane has been effocted, 1 '. "' WILL RHOPKN DISCUSSION Washington, Apr. 18. President Wilson has instructed the Industrial board of the deportment of - com merce and the railroad administra tion to reopen the discussion in re gard to price stabilization and find common ground for agreement. They will await the return of Director General Hlnes next week. ; Physicians point out that .if the disease 4a 1 to remain for n" Indefi nite period another wave may be ex pected toward the end of this month, and are warning the people to take all necessary precautions New York, Apr. 18. Dispatches from Constantinople received today by the American committee for Ar menian and Syrian relief reported that the problem presented by the release of thousands of - Christian, women and children from Turkish harems In Asia (Minor la constantly growing. ' Many have been given shelter by the relief workers, but J there remain a large number wan dering about the rountrywdestltute, some of them craxed from . hunger and exposure. -" , ,. . ' . v .. Telegrams, have been received -in Constantinople from Gregorian, bish ops, pastors and leading business men In various sections of - Asia iMInor appealing tor help tor these women and children. "The . Turks, the message eald,' were casting adrift the Armenian girls they had taken into their homes and orphanages tor the purpose of bringing them up aa Moslems, believing that by thus setting them tree they themselves might be able to escape punishment. Washington, Apr. 18. During the battle of the Somme In 1916 - the Britlen army used 4,000,000 rounds was an essential function of com mand. "The weakening of discipline In the Russian army," - said General Scott, who was a member of ' the Root mission to Russia, "destroyed Russia.",., , . . , , . , The fundamental defect In our court martial procedure," General Wood said, "ia not In the machinery, but In the failure to carry out The statement adds: "We hare compelled the enemy to withdraw across the frontier' tn the region of Lake Sander, north of Olo-' nets, . On the whole of the Courland front the offensive continues to meet with success, especially In ,the region of Scholotsk, where the enemy's right haa been cleared as far as four miles from Mitau." " " " '" CONGRESSMAN SINNOTT r , TO KLAMATH FALLS Salem, Ore., Apr. 18. Congresa man Slnnolt left yesterday for Klani ath Falls and Bend, and will go from the latter city to The Dalles. : FOUR COUNTIES HAVE The mention by the Russian soviet its government of fighting in the region ot artillery ammunition, according- operauon property. ;-, ,t north or oionetx indicates mat me a attitiMi annnnnronmnt mih-1 uenerai ,-wooa, urged nat more bolshevikl iave resumed the cam- lished today ,by the (war department, careful scrutiny ehpuld bp given to paign against the, Finns. Oionetx Is This Is the largest number of shells cases oeiore tney were orougnt o northeast, of Petrograd and on tne used in any single engagement ao " Particularly Dy division or ae- opposite side of Lake i Ladoga. I nurtmnnt nnmmandera." t' I ' ' ' -' ' iht aa nwnrnfl anaw. . Second in amount of artillery am munition used was the battle of Mes-I sines ridge In l17v-when 2,763.000 rounds were used by the British. ! For a single hour, however, "Ameri can forces in the battle of the St. .M Uriel salient In 1918 tar surpassed this record, using 1,093,21,7 shells in four nours. , ? ITi ili : ; - ffiOUfE ACREAGE FANCV PRICE PAID FOR JOI0 CROP HOOD RIVER APPLES GUARANTEED QUOTAS Portland, Ore., Apr. 18. Wash ingtonrYamhtU, Klahath and tJnton counties have offlolally announced that they, have guaranteed their Vic tory loan quotas through their banks. v . '- -t...,. ., f4 .'4 ,4 4 JAPANESE TROOPS " V 4 BENTV TO KOREA 4 4 . 4 San Francisco, Apr. 1? Two 4 4 divisions of Japanese troops 4 ihave been ordered to Korea to 4 4 suppress revolutionary .uprie- 4 4 .Ings, a cablegram to a Japanese 4 4 newspaper here says.' Another 4 4 message says ,, 6,000 Japanese 4 4 troops and 400 gendarmes have 4 4 landed at 'Paean, .Korea.' . 1 4 Hood River, Ore., Apr. 18. A stir was caused among apple growers here by the purchase of the entire 1919 crop of A. I. Mason, Pine Grove orchardlet, by John Walgrcn, oper ating tor English Importers. Wal- gren will pay, according to the terms of the agreement an average of $1.75per box. for three grades of fruit. It is estimated that MaRon will have 10,000 -boxes. V Washington. Apr. 18.-AAttorney General Palmer ihas been asked by BILIilR SUNDAY wut'LU - RecreUrv Houston, ot the depart- t PUT HOllRLI'S ON HEINIES I ment ot agriculture, for an opinion im'to the legality of the movement Washington, Apr. 18. The league I among Southern cotton planters to of nations Is all Tight,, BlUy Sunday reduce thtlr acreage With the pur-' declared as he breezed into the 0f holding. up cotton prices. White House today. I'm for anything that will put the hobbles on that bunch of 'helnles,' " he added, as he slapped a big police man on the back and Jumped down five stepa at once. Sunday will make a trip through out the country In the Interest of the Victory loan. - "I am going Into the bolshevik strongholds," he said. ' RAINBOW DIVISION BEGINS V I- EMBARKING FOR HOME , Portland, Apr. 18. In order that work on . the Paotf lc International livestock ' 'exposition's ' : perma'rient stock, show building may beglii' ,at the earliest possible moment,; three shifts of men have been kept work ing, day and inlght. tUllngstn, the .de pressions on the, tp-acre -North, Port land site,, where the largest and most Important Hvestook exposition west ot 'the .'Mlsslaalppl Is to be located 8CIIMARINKS LOST 'V'v IN UEAVV STORuM 'London, Apr. 18. EJlghteen hun dred persons, including 400 women, were murded .by the bolshevlkl at Lia, according to a leiegrara - irom 1 Ufa, one ot the principal cities in the prenberg district ,near , the Si berian border, was taken by the bol shevlkl early this spring, but late in March was recaptured by forces of the Omsk all-Russian government, which have continued to press back Uhe bolshevlkl, In this region., Des patches from, Omsk, dated April 6, and received on Tuesday, announced the massacre by the bolshevlkl 'of more than 2000 civilians in and near the town of Osa, to the north of Ufa, in this district..; .., - - . ' .;. ... Cherbourg, France, Apr. 18. Sev en German submarines on their way here from England; in tow, have been lost In a storm. Of eight sub marines en route only one arrived safely. ' ,' ' .' LU.Ll.AX Chicago, Apr. KNEW Washington, Apr. 18. More than 4,500 officers and men ot,the 42nd (iRalnbow) dlvleton were lncluded ln troops , announced' , by the warr?" ' de partment today as having sailed from France. The Kalnbow division m'en are aboard four warships,' the battleships Minnesota and .South Carolina, due at Newport News. Ajprll 27, and the North Carolina and Montana due at New York on the "am;iday,:u' vv ' 4 ALLIED. SHELLING . ' , 4 4 ; BREAKING THE REDS 4 4 : ' :vm v.v 4 4 Archangel, Apr. 18. The 4 4' bolshevlkl have evacuated the 4 4 town of , Bolshie-Ozerkl, being 4 4 driven out by constant allied' 4 4k shelling. The bolshevlkl mor- 4 4s ale Is Impaired by the bombard- 4 4 ment. There Is a shortage of 4 4. supplies -due to thawing roads. 4 4 Officers are holding the Beds 4 4 In place, by machine guns In the 4 4" rear. -:. '.-' '.' 4 44-44 44 4 4444-4,4444444 18. Spiritualists - produced the shape of Lou House man tnr his dauehter. Ulllan."'He'a In splrltland," they said. "Wrong," corrected '' Lillian. "It's ' . Hot Springs." . J !-;.-.. ;. . BOLSHEVIKS BEATEN 1 M 1 T- Vlienna, Apr. 18. Bolshevik sym pathizers yesterday 'attempted'-'' to storm the Austrian parliament build ing but .were soon Aspersed. wUX Jew wounded. ( The clUr,f generally flu'et., rj.;-. ;'. ' . . , VM-ivvKf 11 .--J -.! i.( 4