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G HA NTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COCNTT, OREGON,
MONDAY, APRIL 28, J 91 9.
WHOIJi NUMBER 2A58.
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TO
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KOREANS IK AMERICA ACTIVE
Involution Was t lie "Piuwlve One,'
No Ylolnneo Committed, tiiul I'un
Ifiliiitciit Tnki-n In Silence
Bhunghiil, Mar. 22. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press.)
Uirht Is shod on the Koreun Insur
rection. Its origin and 'development,
In the renort of conditions In the
"llormll KlnKdom" written by an
lAmerlcuu observer and forwarded to
tha'Amerlean minister at Poking,
copy of which wan seen by a corre
spondent of tho Amtoclated Press and
reference to which was made In an
other dispatch a few duya ago.
The American. In hl Htory which
oovera the flnit two week a of tho
outbreak from March 1 to March
IS and which he prepared tor
transmission to the ntuto department
f at Washington, glvoa what ore pur
i ported to be the Inside fncta aa to
the causes of the revolution. He re
Iterated the rumor regarding the
death of the aged former Emperor
Yl, that many of tho Korean believe
he wna a aulclde In the hope of
averting the inarrlaKe of hla aon',
Prince Kon, to the Japanese princess
Hashimoto. Yl died. upowd)y of
apoplexy, on Januar 22. one week
before tho time aet for the wedding
"Dtwiffoolod Koreana In America.
Hawaii, Manchuria, China and Japan
have kept tip a constant agltntlon
against Japanese rule In Korea ever
Vlnco their occupation of. the ponln
ula," the observer reports. "When
(Continued on page I.)
GERMA!
1SHADNEW
FIGHTING PLANES
Worn l'rpMirMl to Make TdTlble Air
OITciiKlvn on Allies When Armis
tice Wan Signed
Diirllu, Apr. 28. Germany was
Just nbout ready, at the time the ar
mistice was declared, to launch a tre
mendous aerial offensive by meuna
of a fleet of now airplanes which
had boon iierfecled after months of
experiment and testa.
Those maehlnea which today
stand, nearly ready for service, In the
former Zeppelin work at Staaken,
near Berlin would probably have
caused a revolution In flying, for
they are constructed from nose to
tall and wing tip to wing tip, almost
entirety of aluminum and therefore
are Immune to that greatest of aerial
dangers, burning.
They are two-seated planes of the
observation rather than the "chasing
type. Tho only part of their con
struction not aluminum Is a small
bit of the wing, the part that tilts
and tips to give the machine upward
or downward direction. And the ar
mistice ciime Just In time to halt ex
periments that should have eliminat
ed even this bit of Inflammable ma
terial, and inn do the machine every
bit aluminum. Ita speed Is 125 miles
an hour.
The most notable airplanes which
Germany was accumulating she had
used them a little and even had lost
one through defective orientation
Is the five-motor, 12G0 horse-power
machine, capable of carrying a score
of passengers, or a ton and a half of
bombs and a crew of elgtit, and
which, German experts claim, far
surpasses In size, strength, flying
DUTCH WILL BE ASKED TO
GIVE UP ROM REFUGEE
Former German Kaiser and Officers of Old Military
School to be Tried For Offense Against Inter
national Morality, by Court of Five Nations
Rome, Apr. 28. Amerloan Am
bassador Page has left this city for
Paris.
Washington, Apr. 28. The allied Germany is quieter than for several
uti.t tuuMiMuf ,,! nrtwari lmVA rieter-1 Weeks. :)
mined upon the trial of the former
German emperor for "supreme of
fense against international morality
and sanctity of treaties." .Holland
will be requested to surrender the
royal refugee for arraignment Before
a court composed of five judges
named by the United States, Eng
land, France, Italy and Japan.
Germany will also be required to
deliver all persons within their 'bor
ders who are ohurged with acts in
violation of the laws and customs of
war, for trial by a military tribunal.
Paris, Apr. 28. This promises to
bo tho most eventful week yet of the
peace conference, with final action
on the covenant. It 1s hoped that
tho treaty will be ready by the end
of the woek and the Italian situation
may resolve Itself before then.
Conditions In Italy are watched
with concern, but there la little in
formation
Paris, Apr. 28. The peace treaty
with Germany, as drawn, contains a
clause providing that the former em
peror be tried by an international
tribunal. There will be a separate
tribunal to try the other military officers.
-;A new article proposed for Inser
tion to 'be considered today Includes
one in which the allied and associ
ated powers publicly arraign the for
mer emperor, not for offense against
the criminal law, but for the su
preme offense against international
morality and the sanctity of treaties.
SUPER
PATRIOTIC LEADER
Man Who Turned Hungary Over to
liolshevikl. Is Crafty and Pluys
for the lime Light
Geneva, Apr. 28. Gustavo Ador,
president of the Swiss federation,
has received an urgent summons to
the peace conference and left for
Paris Sunday night. Newspapers
state that he has Ibeen invited by the
I allies to act aa arbitrator In the oues-
At the plenary session of the meet- tlon of the Adriatic.
Ing the peace conference revised the .
ability and general effectiveness the " to M presentee, japan win Par8 Apr. - 28. Baron Maklno,
largest and best of the new British Pronauiy try ror an amendment wr
racial equality.
London, Apr. 2. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press) The prom
inence given to Count Karolyl, the;
Hungarian premier who is credited
here with turning the government of
that country over to the "bolshevlki,
has recalled to one his London ac
quaintances that be Is a "millionaire
racing man, never weary of remind
ing Europe that one of his ancestors
was executed by Francis Joseph as
a rebel in 1849 lor having taken up
arma against Austria in the name of
'Magyar liberty." .
The present Count Karolyl," con
tinues the" correspondent writing to
a newspaper, "is always careful to
conceal the fact that he has always
been at outa with the other Magyar
magnates on one point, namely, the
keeping under of the subject peoples
by the Magyars. He has often parad
ed his friendship for the entente, but
as a hussar officer he fought eagerly
against the Russia, Serbian, Ruman
ian and Italian.
"With the duplicity of a Tisza,
Karolyl has not even the excuse of
fanatical conviction, whether politi
cal or religious. He is a time-server,
always playing to the gallery for his
own end, which may be summed up
In the phrase 'popularity . at any
cost.' To secure the plaudits of the
mob for his racing colors, Is his
prime political consideration. So
now he comes out as the super-pa
triot and socialist."
II TO
THE LEAGUE OF
NAfflN PACT
TWO NEW POWERS INCLUDED
AND OTHER STATES ARE IX.
VITED TO JOIN
MEXICO LEFT OUT 1H THE COLD
Wilson Makes Fight for Monroe Doc
trine but Japan's Equality of
Races is Quashed
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COVENANT IS ADOPTED 4
Paris, April 28, 4:15 p. m4
The revised covenant of the 4
league of nations was adopted 4
late today without division
and without further amend 4
ments at the plenary session.
or Italian airplanes. - They are Im
posing aerial monsters.
Now York, Apr. 28. Four sailors
from the United States destroyer
Roll wore drowned when their motor
dory was itruck In a collision.
The Russian bolshevlki suffered
reverses on the eastern front, but
head of the Jananese delegation, said
he regretted th omission"' of : the
racial equality clause, and said Jap
an must revert to her original posi
tion on this question. - .
POWDER
IV
MILE ID
A! I
HUNS BUTCHERED ALL
, THE DOGS AND CATS
Sydney, Australia. Apr. 2K. The
600 German civilians Intornud In a
concentration enmp at Iluldsworthy.
Dear Sydney, recently killed all the
dogs and cats In tho compound In
an attempt to compel the camp com
mandant to rescind an ordor tem
porarily stopping their supply of food
and water. The Germans either ate
the Australian pels or pretended to
have done so. Anyway they 'raised
the heads of the anlmnls on pikes.
The conflict arose over the arrest
nnd confinement of two of the Ger
mans for attempting to escape from
' the compound. The othera went on
strike to compel tho commandant to
release the two men nnd when he cut
off their food and water they killed
the camp pets. Nine of the ring
leaders were, arrested and the dom
onstratlon nded when half rations
were Issued. .
OXK YB.Ul MiO TODAY
SIX MILLION ANIMALS
ARE KILLED FOR PELTS
St. Louis. Mo., Apr. 28-'More
than 6,000,000 pelts, valued at ap
proximately $10,000,000 will be auc
tloned at the International Fur ex
change In the next two weeks.
A feature will he the disposal of
10,000 .dressed, dyed and machined
Alaska sealskins for the United
States government. There also will
be 1,500 silver fox and 8,300 Rus
alan sables for sale. Pelts from every
fur-producing country 1ri the world
will be offered, the largest lots be
lng 900,000 moles and , 880,000
muskrats, and the . smallest two sea
otter and 28 polar bear pelts.
'Germans hurl fresh divisions
agnlnst the tired allies to force
advances In the Plcardy battle.
Continuously BHwuiltlng linos
fon-e the allies back from Mt.
Kommol and Wystaeche.
. Ilalg's "back to the wall"
defense desperately holds the
Huns out of Ypres.
Germans grind down allies'
resistance In advances north of
l.ys.
Only first units of America's
national army being rushed to
American mobilization camps.
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deep; old battlecryofcowboys
Helena, 'Mont., Apr. 28. "Powder
River, Let 'er Buck" "battle cry or
the 91st, Wild West division, com
posed of Montana, Washington, Ore
gon and California troops, is the old,
war cry of the Montana cowboy. Be
4 fore it rang on the Argonne, it had
been heard for more than 50 years
from the Rio Grandelo the Canadian
line, In many a'hardfought battle.
To grasp the significance of the
cry, one must master a Die or geog
raphy. The Powder river rises In
northern Wyoming and crosses the
Montana line near Graham, in the
newly-creat'ed Powder River county,
to pass through that county, Custer
and Prairie, In which It flows Into
the Yellowstone river, between
Blatchford and Kamm. "Powder
River, a mile wide and an Inch deep"
was the battle cry of the puncher
and abbreviated as above it became
the battle cry of the Montana sol
dler in the great war. In the days
London. Anr.28.-tA British field when the West was the west ana
gun, which was tested to some extent the puncher reigned -supreme, cow
during the closing stages of the war, boys were migratory. There were
has now been perfected to such el few who did not. know the Powder
nolnt that It is said to be considered River. It Is the cowman's Ideal of
tho best of Its kind in the world. It a stream.
Is claimed that the new gun will fire It is -nowhere a mile wide, of
the 18V4 pound shell used In the or- course, except in flood; and it is
dlnary quick-firer a greater distance everywhere more than an ,ncn deep
and with more rapidity than has ever though it does sometimes threaten
been attained with a field gun be- to dry up altogether, in torrid sea-
fore. The range Increase Is said to sons, But it is sluggish, wide and
shallow. Here cattle may water in
It 'without peril. Swift, deep rivers
r
' SMALL CANNON MADE
be more than 8,000 yards over, the
old field gun and the new weapon
can discharge 28 rounds a minute.
Whatever the cause, the cowman
as a cl&ss knew and loved the Pow
der river. Those were rough days;
skirmishes and pitched ibattles be
tween cow outfits were common.
Gradually, the Montana puncher be
gan to adopt "Powder River, Let 'er
Buck!" as his cry. v
The cry entered politics. The
eastern, "the cow" counties, began
to use the err at political meetings
and rallies.' ' Then came the Spanish
war and Montana sent a due per
cent' of punchers into Roosevelt's
Rough Riders.
When the Second Montana was
organized, the eastern counties, piled
In. They made "Powder River" the
battle cry of the unit, with unani
mous consent. They saw some ser
vice in the 'IMcDonal Rebellion," in
Butte in 1914. Later they went to
the 'Mexican border, where Pershing
observed them and saw that they
were good.
Then the great war. The Second,
one of the first regiments called, be
came the 163rd United States Infan
try. "Powder 'River a Mile Wide and
an Inch' Deep, Let 'er Buck!" was
painted on their regimental band. It
was the official war .cry.
iAe the unit, the 163rd never en
tered a battle. When It reached
France Pershing distributed the men
among the First and Second divi
sions to fill the gaps In the regular
regiments.
From Cattgny to Sedan, men of
the outfit fought and '"Powder
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New York, Apr. 28. lAmong the
2,200 troops which arrived today
from Bordeaux on the steamer Texan
were 36 officers and 1,148 men com
prising the headquarters detachment.
field and staff, medical detachment
and companies A to F inclusive of
the 18th engineers for Camp Kear
ney. Many Oregon men were Includ
ed. Several other transports have
also arrived.
UCRLESON READY
f TO RETURN CABLES
'
f Washington, (Apr. 28. Pres-
f ident Wilson haa been asked hy 4
f Postmaster General Burleson to -f
4- approve the Immediate return
f of the American cable lines to
f private ownership. -f
f Mr. Burleson also recom- 4
4 mended to the president that 4
4 all the telephone lines he re- 4
4 turned to private owners as 4
4 soon, as congress can enact leg- 4
4 l8lation necessary.. Mr. Burle- 4
4 son he hoped that the cable 4
4 lines could he returned hy May 4
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Washington, Apr. 28 The revised
covenant of the league of nations, as
it will be presented at Paris today
to the peace conference in plenary
session waa made public by the state
department. Its essential feature
already had been disclosed through
an official summary Issued two weeks
ago. '
Attached to the text, however, is
the hitherto unpublished "annex" re
ferred to in the covenant, in which
are named the 31 states, including
the 'self-governing British dominions.
which. re to Je .the. original mem
bers of the league of nations, and
3 states to he invited to accede to
the covenant. ........
The original members are all the
nations which declared war on Ger
many, and in addition the new states
of Czecho-Slavokia and Poland.
Those invited to become member
by acceding to the covenant are
the three Scandinavian countries.
The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain
and Persia and the 'American repub
lics of Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
Paraguay, Salvador and Venezuela.
Mexico does not appear In the list.
Provision Is made In the covenant,
however, for the admission to the
league of any fully self-governing
country which will give requtred
guarantees, upon a two-thirds vote
of the assembly.
BURLESON IS DICTATOR
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means loss of stock and consequent River" was heard in every battle.
worry to punchers,
It was, moreover, a landmark oi
a watermark, perhaps It should be
called flowing ' through the great
stretch of plateau Prairie In northern
Wyoming and southern Montana, It
could be seen from any low butte,
4 of Portland, exceeded its quota 41 for a long distance. ' The weary
4 Saturday night. Portland has 41 puncher who had lost his way after
4 approximately 50 per cent of 4 a long day in the saddle, after strays
4 her quota subscribed. 41 could lope up e hill and locate him-
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4 STATU OK OREflON 4
4 EXCFKDS QUOTA 4
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4 San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 28. 4
4 The state of Oregon, outside 4
It was the drafted men that gave
the cry to the 91st division. They
took it to Camp Lewis with them and
there, the err caught the fancy of
the California, Oregon and Washing
ton men with whom f hey were bri
gaded and 'was adopted with enthu
siasm. ,
The Germans heard the cry on the
Argonne and In Belgium and the
9 1st came 'back with a ' reputation
second to none. ,'
HARD T8 FILL QUOTA
Portland, Ore., Apr. 28. Metho
dlBt Sunday schools all over the
northwest are working tooth and
nail to guarantee their quotas for the
8105,000,000 'Methodist centenary
drive which begins May 19.
Sunday school pupils are being
asked to contribute 813,000,000
one-eighth of the total, on the basis
of one penny per week per member.
, Two hundred and seventy-seven
Methodist Sunday schools in Oregon
Washington and northern Idaho have
already forwarded to Methodist cen
tenary headquarters at Portland
their' guarantee and pledge of their
share of the 12,600.000 of the north
West.; . ;.! v' v .,., .- '...'! v ,
(Continued on page S.)
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New York, Apr. 26. Samuel
Gompers of the American Federa
tion of Labor Issued a statement as
follows today:
"The troubles of Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson which in a recent
statement he attributes to a plot or
a conspiracy on the part of American
publishers, are not due solely to any
dispute there may have been between
the postmaster general and the pub
lishers, to whom he refers. The most
recent example of Mr. Burleson's
autocratic nature does not come as a
surprise to those In the labor move
ment who have come into contact
with his administration. , .
'Labor was long ago forced to the
conclusion that Mr. Burleson was
completely out of sympathy with the
trend of American thought and was
totally, unable to comprehend what
America meant when it declared war
upon autocracy everywhere. ; Mr.
Burleson needs only a wider field
and a better opportunity to fit him
tor succession to some of the world's
best known, but unlamented ex-dlc-tators.
The only difficulty in Mrv .
Burleson's way is that the world has
reached the decision that it wants
no . more, dictators, , The , United
States . postoffice department is one
of the very few places In the world
not yet In accord with that decision."
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