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VOL. IX., No. 117. grants pass, jofiErininE county, okeqon, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1010. WHOLE XCHBER 2648. PRESIDENT IS SWING Ell FOR THE LEAGUE KOT FRIGHTENED IIY ITALY'S ATTITUDE XOH II Kit THREATS TO WITHDRAW lumr Tht Jrmny Will Not HI ten, lU'Knnllc of t'oiwwiucnccs, I n. Itwa Alllin Negotiate Washington, Apr. 22. A cable gram from Parla advise administra tion official that in considering the peace problems, uch a Italy' claims, President Wilson would take no anion which might In the slight eat degree Jeopardise the league of nation or conMlot with It funda mental princlpio. Pari, Apr. 22. Premier Orlando waa absent today when the premier mot. Prealdont Wilson, Uoyd George and Clomenrtiau met. Pari. Apr. 22 It I probable that the mooting or the allied and Ger man delegate will not occur until April 28, due to the Impossibility of having the draft of the treaty ready. Germany 1 reported to be ready to call for a plebiscite on the treaty, and some believe that the German people will refuse tbo term, over looking the comequence. unless the Hies agree to negotiate term with Germany. The Italian situation I grave and it I hot certain whether the Italian have permanently withdrawn from the conference. Paris, Apr. 22. Thl morning's newspapers see In Germany's vending 'couriers" Instoad of delegates of proper (landing to Versailles noth Ing but evidence of bad faith and a transparent maneuver to gain time, The Echo de Paris says: 'The allied and associated govern' wonts are determined not to accept subordinate personages, and Ger- many will bo Immediately notified that she must send delegates equip' ned with full powers to conclude peace. Upon their arrival at Ver sallies the first stop will be to de' wand from them ovldence that they hold those powers." The Oaullos, Indignant at what It describes ."the Impertinence of Gor many's coup de theater" which It re- cards as a refusal to sign the treaty nays: "The next word will be with Mar ahal Foch." Paris. 'Apr. 22 (Although the Ital ian jieace conference delegation has made no announcement, a member of the delegation told the Associated Press that he considered it useless for the Italian delegation to partici pate further in the conference unless the allies were willing to grant their requests. , . ' . , TESTS PROVE OREGON IY FINE Corvallls, Ore., Apr. 22. The 877 cows teBted in Oregon during Feb ruary averaged 502.75 pounds milk and 21.85 pounds fat, The best as sociation was the Nestucca, 358 cows averaging 770 pounds milk and 30.5 pounds fat. The best herd was Wil liam GUck's of Nestucca, 11 . rows averaging 951 'pounds milk and 40. 40 pounds fat. The .best cow, Wil liam Click's grade Jersey, . Cream, gave 1,228 pounds imllk containing 67.5 pounds fat. "Run these figures over again," said the O. A.- C. press bulletin, "and see whether it pays to test." E. 'U Westover, of the college dairy department, will help the com munity organize for testing, v SEAPLANES WILL H FLIGHT H(rt Next Month With Crew of Five to Kncli Machine and Wl'l t'w Liberty Motor Washington, Apr. j!2. Three nav al seaplanes, the NC-1. NC-8 and N'O-4 will attempt a flight aero the Atlantic ocean. They will leave Rock way Ileach early next month, but no decision a to whether the route will be direct from New Found- land to Ireland or via Aiorea. Kach euaplane 1 to oarry a crew of five, and will be driven by four Liberty motors or a total of 1,600 horsepower and carry enough gao line to make stop unnecessary, un less storm or h,evy wind aro en countered. OXH YEAR AGO TODAY Two wedges In allied lines lines threaten collapse of the allied western front. German ready to hit a third blow from Yproa to Rhelms. Hun trench raids along the Avre river menace British, lines. Heavy German guns open way tor attack on the Somme river. Small American ' reinforce ments are training In cones back of the fighting front. Subscribe now to the Vic tory Liberty loan what you would have paid fqr victory then. mmm most OUT OF MIR TRAINS Juarex, Mex., Apr. '22. 'American soldiorB In Franco who rode In atock I cars marked for 30 men or 15 horses had the beet ot It compared to the Mexican federal soldier whenxtravel ling on troop trains In campaigns Cavalry horses are given the prefer ence over the sbldlers who are forced to ride on top ot the stock cars with their families huddled under crudely improvised tents made from scraps of 'canvas or pieces of tin. The us u al way of loading troops trains la to put the horses In the cars, the sol diers and their families on top and the Impedimenta under the car strap ped to the 'brace rods. Women and children even ride under the cars, on these brace rods. The. makeup of a Mexican troops train la: Locomotive, tender, armor- ed cars with machine guns, stock cars with soldiers, their families and cavalry horses; flat car with a steel turret containing a revolving moun- taln'gun, caboose for the. use ot the train crew, -private cars for the staff officers and the private car of the commanding general at the rear end. IIATTLENIUIV OREGON TO VISIT PORTLAND Portland, Ore., Apr. 22. The bat- TRY OCEA tloshlp Oregon will arrive here on Marmora In 1913 and 1914 and who April 27 and leave on-April 29, the during the present war were expell vlslt to be In connection with the ed from Macedonia Iby the iBulgar3. Victory loan. A big demonstration Is planned when the Oregon arrives. ; C- 1ES1L ATTEMPT TO Portland, Ore., Apr. 22. Director General Walker D. Hlnes and party! arrived here from the north today, and are to leave for California late today, i He says his policy is to at- tempt, as far as possible, to restore the railroad service to that sort of servlce rendered before the war, they may be, turned back to private owners to he operated on a success - ful basis. , . ' SOVIET PROPAGANDA HAS REACHED LAND OF TURKS Wild Riots in BudapestCzechs Join Roumanians and De feat Hungarian Soviet-Red Government Collapses in Bavaria Bo!sheviki Again Defeated in Russia Paris. Apr. 22. A revolution has broken out In Turkey and a soviet government ha been declared. The revolutionary committee bas estab lished headquarters at Constantin ople, a telegram ifrom Kiev says. Amsterdam, Apr. 22. The Hun garian government, headed by Bela Kun, has resigned under pressure of Roumanian troops, a Vienna dis patch quoting news from Budapest says. Wild chaos prevails at Buda pest. It Is reported that the Czech forces have Joined the Roumanians and dofeatod the Hungarian soviet troops. Advices Indicate that the social democrats will take over con trol, headed by 8lgmund Kunff, commtoeloner of education In the soviet cabinet. AT KLAMATH FALLS Klamath Falls, Ore., Apr. 22. Fire originating In the rear of the Rex Cafe here . destroyed several buildings In the center of the city. The loss is estimated at $50,000. It is rumored that one or two persons were turned' to death, in the Rex Cafe upstairs, but the rumor is not confirmed, i Spokane, Wash., Apr. 22. Major General William H. Johnston, com manding the 91st division, has been assigned permanent commander at Camp ILewls, a special dispatch from Washington says. OF PERSECUTION ONLY BY if,1ASSACRE OF ILliS Salontkl, Apr. 22. High up on the 'hills of this bustling Macedonian city is a picturesque , settlement where 3,000 Greek refugees, driven from Asia illnor by the massacres of 1914, make their, homes. , Hun . ... , n.av. .k r. in. terned by the Bulgarians In Dobru dja during the war have Joined them recently: The houses In this refugee camp were constructed by the Greek government. A space equivalent to a large- New York furnished room Is allotted to a family ot from five to eight. As the Associated Press correspon deni. was visiting the village, two ox-carts loaded -with Greek refugees who had been driven by the TurkB trom the villages along the Sea of, made their way slowly up the steep mountain road. The refugees had Just come from Dohrudja, to .' the south of Rumania, where they were practically exiled by the Bulgars. They had been nearly two months on the ' way, and virtually all the food and aid they got came from the American 'Red Cross, which has re lief posts along the line leading from Bulgaria ' into " Macedonia. Many were little tots from one to five years old". The wonder 1 was how these little ones, sickly and under- nourished, were able to survive the long trip by train, motor truck and ox-cart. I The, faces of these returning retu- sol gees wore an inexpressibly sad and I harassed look. For five year they 1 were driven hither and yon by Turk land Bulgar and had never known 7 London. 'Apr. 22. The military situation In Bavaria Is' Improving, The soviet government collapsed Sunday. The Spartlcldes, -who took the town of Dachu by violating the armistice with the government troops, have een repulsed and gov ernment forces are holding the place. Reinforcements are. moving toward Munich. , , ' . . . Paris, Apr. 2 2. --On the Ural front, In Russia, the Omsk all-Rus sian government forces have again defeated the bolshevik!, who are re treating, demoralized. London. Apr. 22. The Important city of VUna has fbeen recaptured from the bolsbevlki, according to an official admission In a Russian irl re- less dispatch. TEXAS BUILDS SHIPS Beaumont, Texas, (Apr. 22. Texas shipbuilders Ibelleve there will be market for all the vessels they can turn out and will continue , opera tions, regardless of the Emergency Fleet Corporation order cancelling contracts for (boats on which work had not started. 'At the shipyards here and In Orange no men have been discharged since January 1 and the ways show as great activity as in war time. - Officials of many yards says that with the revival of the Am erican merchant marine they expect to keep up capacity operation indefi nitely. what it was during that time to have a roof and shelter. . Under the Bul- gars they were forced to live in the open fields or In dugouts or stables. Eighteen hours a day at hard labor under constant Intimidation, waa the lot of some of them. Three-fifths ot a pound of black bread a day was the pitiful ' recompense they received from the Bulgars. Often those too weak to work were 'beaten by their ruthless masters. One refugee declared to the corre spondent that at -one time there were more than 60 deaths .a . day among the refugee colony in Dobru dja from -mal-nutritlon, exhaustion and exposure. ', In certain sections, he Bald, the Greeks were forced to live largely, on the rinds of. water- melons which the Bulgarian soldiers threw In the streets. , V The older residents of this refu gee "suburb" 'of Salonikl, most of whom lhad fled from different . parts of lAsla Minor during the wholesale massacres there in 1914, have hitter experiences to relate about . their treatment by the Turks. Some of these people lived 'in the 1 city "of Phocis, .where the whole Christian population either was ' driven out or were killed by the Turks. The women wept as they told about the outrages of the Moslems. The worst story iwas that told by an Intelligent peasant woman, who declared that In a butcher shop opposite her home in Phocis, she saw the Turks take a young girl, who was considered the most attractive in town and cut her body to pieces. They hung the pieces on meat ihooks and offered them for publlo sale, ahe eald, to show' the Turk's contempt for Greek 'Chris- GREEKS EQUALLED tlans.".:".'," " ; ' '-.,,' BUYBOHDSATBANK IF Victory Lima Drive Comes In Busy Season About $26,000 , Have Been Raised in the- County . Two day of the Victory loan drive have passed. In Grants Pass and Josephine county many solicitors have 'been busy and some solicitor have finished, canvassing their dis tricts. For the greater part, how ever, so many people are busy that It is impossible for solicitors to de vote all their time to the drive. Es pecially Is this true of the farmers who must make the test of the pres ent good weather to get their crops planted. As a result, many country districts have scarcely fbeen touched. Chairman Stott stated this after noon that, roughly estimated, about 1 2 5,0 00 have been subscribed .for the county. This is tether low and those who have not been approached by solicitors should remember that they can buy Victory bonds at any of the banks.' , Victory bonds are a fine Invest ment. They bear 4 per cent in terest and the ipayments are easy. The second payment will not come until July, and final payment In No vember. The bonds run four years and in case a bond buyer snouid need money ibefore maturity, money can be borrowed on the bonds at any bank. i LIVESTOCK MEX TO HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLICATION Denver, Colo., Apr 22, The Am erlcan National Livestock associa tion, the largest association of live stock men In the 'United States, will commence on June 1, to publish a monthly , magazine, to be known as 'The Producer." The publication -will contain a careful review of livestock condi tions in the United States and throughout the world and will voice the policies of the stockmen ot the United States, as expressed through their national organization. Head quarters will be in Denver. ' Washington, Apr. 21. About 7,000 officers and men of the Rain bow division sailed from Brest on April , 18 on the Leviathan and are due at New York on April 25. MILLER. ALIAS HILLEY WILL RESIDE AT SALEM G. ill. 'Miller, alias. Joseph Hilley, who has been held at the county Jail tor many weeks, accused of stealing articles from a cabin near Murphy, will he taken to. Salem tomorrow by Sheriff George' 'Lewis. Hilley plead ed guilty to the oharge. HiUey is the prisoner who,' while assisting the Janitor at the court house here several months ago, -made his escape and went to Portland. 'He was picked up in that city by Sheriff Lewis when the latter was returning from Salt Lake City with R. W. De- Witt and returned to the Josephine county Jail. He deserted his family in Los (Angeles about five years ago and is a member of the I. W. W having had a membership card to that organlzadon on his person when arrested.' ,-. i; ' SOLDIER KILLED WHEN AUTO TURNS TURTLE Hood River, Ore.,' Apr. 22. Don aid Shreve, recently discharged from the Bremerton navy yard after a year's service, was . fatally. ' Injured when . an . auto turned turtle on a steep grade near Underwood, Wash., last night, and died shortly after the accident". . Harry Sonnicksen, driver ot the car, was badly hurt and taken to"a Portland hospital. -V NOT SOLICITED IN TO BIG 75 PEOPLE 10 VERSAILLES BOW TO ALLIES' DEMAXIS BUT ; WILL NOT ARRIVE BEFORE NEXT 5IONDA1T t i SIX DELEGATES ARE CHOSEH Germans Seem Determined to Take Peace Treaty Home for Purpose of Discussion Paris, Apr. 22. Germany has no tified the allies that she accepts all the allied conditions respecting the Versailles) congress. Germany will send the following . delegates to the Versailles congress with full powers to negotiate: Count von Brockdorff-Rantzan, hnlra mtnUlav Kan TjAtlristhftrff. IVIV'b- W , ... secretary for publicity, art and lit erature; Dr. Theodore Melchlor, general manager of the Warburg (bank; 'Herr Leinert, president of the Prussian assembly and of the na tional soviet congress; 'Herr Gels- berg, minister of posts and tele graphs, and Herr Schuecklng. ' In. all the German party will num ber 75. The arrival of the delegates cannot be expected before April 28. Paris, Apr 22. 'Although the , ' peace conference apparently was taken (by surprise by the announce ment of Germany's intention to send receive the text ot the treaty, the plan is really old and Berlin and Weimar dispatches ot the Associated Press more than a month ago indi cated that the German delegates : would not have power to make final decision. The determination of the German foreign office was based on misap prehension ot the program tor the initial meeting of the German plenl- nnionlfflplaa ritfi tha ronPMtn a 1 1 VtM " - of the peace conference. It has been understood through press statements that at the first meeting the German delegates would merely be handed the text of the treaty, but would 'not " be (permitted to discuBS its' terms and would be sent back to Germany to - confer with the government and the national assembly, returning after a stimulated Interval to Versailles for the actual discussions. : unoer me circumstances, as i.dudi . von Brockdorff-Rantzau, foreign mln- , I - . 1 1 1 A i t..AJ uker, ts&piiuueu cu mo Awiuciaieu Press, the German government con sidered it unnecessary to send entire peace delegation -more than 100 persons, headed by six plenlpoten- -ttarlea to Versailles merely to re- celve the draft and return to Berlin with it and would therefore send a smaller delegation and later proceed' to. Versailles for the actual discus sion and the' signature ot the treaty. The ton or more of old clothes col lected by the Josephine Chapter Red Cross for the European refugees was shipped today. , While the . amount asked for could not be reached, the , committee in charge is well pteased , with the liberal donations and the ., good quality of afce clothes given, , and they desire to thank each donor for the generous response. , : . The Kerby chapter sent, In addi tion to a large consignment ot clothes, a large box of 'bed quilts, and the ladles ot the Christian Sci ence church gave a large number of cut out children's garments and sev eral yards of new goods, .i.; . The committee, composed of Mrs. Alice Mallory, Mrs.'. Emma Hqyt,. and Mrs.. Hattle Peterson, eel that Jose phine county's donation wilt not be surpassed by any other country of similar size. . v ' '.-'