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; : : 2!lif l-NJ!!!!: OimrW PASfl, JOBErKl.VB COUNTY, OREGON, FKiiMY, MAY 8, 1019 WHO.RH,mrn' sliM?.!?.. . BSE!IJ! "VICTORS' PFARF" MAY Ioldobegobhaybe; hun ASSEMBLY l i inn n i hi k hhi . .w ...... iwm rii rTiTr E HlltMKil KOHKIll ltd KIMTOH AC THi:i OK WOKnlNti Hll.tllY in:.w, at i,i;;ihi,ati itn ClJINTOil ALSO OH THE CARPET O'ttiue Farm Mwurtil liy IwIIIiik. Clitiiu Hli mill (iiiiiio inmlwliii IIm Aul'xrtlr I'uwrr Portland, Ore., May 2. Attorneys for Cliarliw Olln, fisherman, have filed a complaint In tho federal court alleging that revt-ral member of thn stale flu)) and game commis sion, mul Perry Kttzmlller, an em ploye of (lie commiiulon, conspired mul procured ltuiHlailon from the lout legislature re--onflncutlng valu able flxhlnn rights on tho Columbia river belonging tuOlln, In ordi r thn t Kltsuilller mlKht approprlale them. Game Warden Shoemaker and Su perintendent of llatclmrln Clanton are uIbo llgMl in have linen In the conspiracy. Legislation prohibited the iKBIIIIIU Of llrilHI to persona not eltlznns of thn United Slates. Eugene. Ore.. May 2. Behind proposals of the stato flub and same commlwilon to eetabllsh a game farm near this city In a atory of political Dargaining and log-rolllnii In rnnmv Hon with the enactment oUhe gme rode by the recent legislature a wory or how a member of tho com mission aud one of it oINrom nrm. l"d to establish tho farm In ri urn for the Hiipimrt that Representative u h. Hcan could command for the code. rrank M. Warren. re"riioniiiiiva of the cannery Interest on the com munion and their lobbyist during tho nraninn, was Iho commissioner, and snoemiikor, tho game warden th officer, Both, were lobbying uie cone through tho leirlHliiinr u.i encountering conHlderable opposition in me nouns, they solicited the sup port or 'Mr. Dean, who wan a floor leador and the directing hend of a machine In the house. After driving a nargain with them that the com mission Should locata a im fa-... In line county, .Mr. liean piloted the cone inrough the hoime, and It was rushed through the senate during the closing hour of the session with n emergency clause. Besides vest ing the commission with autocratic power, the code 1e said to contain a considerable number of Jokers, and the emergency olnuse was attached apparently to prevent the sportsmen Irom referring it to a vote of the electorate, FEDERAL JUDGE SWATS THE CHILD LABOR LAW Oroonsboro, N. C., May 2. Fed eral Judge James Boyd today declur ed unconstitutional-the child lthor seotlon of the war revenue bill plac ing a prohibitive tax on products of child labor entering Interstate com merce. Last year he declnrod the original child labor net void. The supreme court, annuled the act by the margin of one veto. ITALIANS AUK (XMUN OFF Washington, M.y 2. .Dispatches from iRomo to the state department Indicate that feeling among the Italians' waa quieting down and that the Italian statesmen were consider ing the Flume question with a great er degree of soberness than has boen manifested In the last few day. Ot nicials here 'feel that the situation ' ahowa a decided Improvement. AV hem AdviM'uluN "llMitKlnu I'IimW anil Hii) I Im Mayor Who I'l-rmlla Iti'd . ' riimilin Sliotilil lie hiHrt4d Toiioka, Kan., May 2. In a Vic tory loan address here Ixtfore the Toieka Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle, de nounced the policy pursued by the government towards anarchism and the I. W. W. as "a skim milk, weak, vacillating and changeable" one and pronounced a wamlnr of a "wlde- "PWd. national effort to overthrow the government and o!loty by vlo loiico." Ha declared the SYiVArnniAtil was "on tho wrong track In starting conferences Instead of cemeteries In dealing with the I. W. W.. and In tinging of brotherly love and turning loose theee enemies of society." As to the revealed 'bomb ulot in which he was ono of the Intended victims, the mayor said: "I trust Washington will bui'k un and clean up, and either hang or In carcerate for life all the anarchists In the country. If the government doimu't clean them up, I will. I'll give up my mayorship and start through the country. We will hold meetings and have hanging places." Ilu declared he bellovml the I. VY W. was at tho bottom of tho bomb plot. "The ronsplracy to overthrow the government la widespread. It per innate every state In the union." he continued. "These men must be rul ed by a rod of Iron; kindness means weakness to thorn." Concerning tho pending 1. W. W. convention. Mayor Honson said: "Any mayor that will .permit an I. W. V. convention In his city should be recalled and banished from America. He is not an Amer lean." KING READY TO ENTER IY Vienna, May 2. KJng Ferdinand of Itoumanla, accompanied by a Ironch general, Is about to enter Budapest, the capital of Hungary, at tho himd of his troop i, a Il ivhar cut dispatch says. WfLL ELIMINATE STEEP Judge C. G. Gillette and K. E. Hodgomun, of Modford. division en gineer for the Pacific highway, re turned lust night from their trip over tho post road to Waldo. The purpose of the trip was to view that stretch of highway with a view of making It a standard road from Wll dorvllle to Waldo. Engineer iHodge- mnn saw where the road could be straightened and all steep grades ollmlnatod to bring It down to a -5 per cent grade. The atate highway commission will later make esti mates of the cost and take the mat ter up with the government, which will then make a complete survey. The distance from Wlldnrvme fn Waldo is 30 miles. POLICE INTERFERE Paris, May 2. Two hundred and fifty policemen were hurt here dur ing .May Dny disorders. Only ono person was killed. - The socialists and leaders or labor unions are In dignant over yesterday's fighting. They claim the day was a magnifi cent demonstration of the power and dl.'clrllne of tho ' laboring class and was marred onlyby ithe brutal ity and ferocity of the police. : GRADES ON WALDO ROAD BE SIGNED UP MAY 21 Germans to f be Given 15 flenary Session Tomorrow-Italy Still Absent BeK giura Has Prior Claim on $500,000,000 Ixiiidon. May 2. If the work of carrying out the lust phase of the peace negotiations progresses ac cording to the program outlined 1n "arts dlsjMUches. the treaty will probably be signed early In the week beginning May 25. The treaty will be presented to the Germans today. Reports indkate that it will be a victors' peacat and there will be no oral conversations, except the merest tormalltlos. The enemy will be given 15 days to consider the treaty, with a few additional day for exehanee of views between the allied and Ger man delegations. Tnus May 27th should see peace. The secret plen ary session of the conference will be held tomorrow and the meeting for tho organization of the league of na tions' Monday. Italy Is still not represented at the conference, but ber ambassador has been asked to attend such con ference as the regular delegation would attend. The council of three yesterday gave Belgium prior claim on $500, 000,000 of reparation money to be received. I lndon. May 2. The military and political collapse of Germany was not a costly exoerlnnca for ih Itelchsbank of Berlin, according to copies of the annual report which ha Just reached lxmlon. There was an unexampled increase In money' requirements, while the stock of gold decreased. The total turn over was 3,345.- 000,000.000 marks, being 1,313,- 200,000,000 marks more than the enormous figures of tho previous year. Gold stocks showed a total decline of 144,000,000 against 114,- 000,000 In 1917. Money requirements found expres sion in a grea' Increase in note cir culation, the end of the year seeing 22,187,000,000 imarka in outstanding notes as compared with 10,270,000, 000 at the close of the year before. In addition to this market loan bills amounted to 10,242,000,000 as com pared with 3.978.000,000 In 1917. The bank had at its disposal for eign money to the value of 13,218,- 000,000 marks an Increase or 5,230, 000,000 during the perlcul covered by the report. Total profits ahow the record sum of 814,000,000 mark against 364, 000,000 In the previous year. Of this amount 330,000,000 was reserved for war losses. The net profit is given as 111,000,000 marks from which, the stockholders received 15, 600,000 marks in the form of a div idend of 8.68 per cent na compared with 8.72 per pent the year before. The imperial treasury received In' all from the bank, 390,500,000 marks as compared with 207,000,000 in 1917. TO IIRING AMBRICAX HOYS HOMR FROM SntFRIA San 'Francisco, May 2. Prepara tion are being made today to bring home the American soldiers on duty In Siberia, and large numbers ' of them probably will be landed In San Francisco within the next two or three month. MUNICH OAPTURKO Paris, May 2. It Is reported here that Bavarian government troops have captured Munich from the com munist, 'ii REICHSBANK OF BER Days to Coosider Secret Paris. ,May 2. The naval terms to bo embodied In the peace treaty with Germany are finally completed. They do not provide for the sinking of the larger ships, the disposition to be decided upon later. New York, May 2. It is reported that messages have been sent to members of the peace delegation, warning them against opening pack ages. The police are examining a large quantity of explosives confis cated at a house located on West 45th street yesterday. Washington, May 2. President Wilson has cabled Secretary Tumul ty that In his opinion the labor pro gram adopted as part of the peace treaty "constitutes one of the mom Important achievements of the new day in which the Interests of labor are to be systematically and Intelli gently safeguarded and promoted. The president think no other single thing done would helD more to ts blllxe conditions of labor throughout the world. WORST OF THE DEAL London, May 2. One of the prin cipal features of the arrangement for Indemnity to Belgium against which Belgium is protesting is that that country will receive 1,000,000 pounds as a part of the 1,000.000. 000 pounds which Germany will be aeked to pay by the end of next year. as part of a totaj reparation to be exacted later according to the Mail's Paris correspondent. The Belgian delegates, it Is added, decline to ac:ept the arrangement without consulting their government. A Reuter dispatch from Paris states that three members of the Belgian cabinet will be sent to Paris to Instruct the Belgian delegates. Brussels, May 2. Strong meas urea relative to Belgium's demands at the peace conference 'have been decided upon by the Belgian govern ment. The Solr aye: 'Belgium will not accept the terms the council of three desires to Impose upon her. She -will demand a com plete fulfillment of the promise con tained 'by the declaration addressed to her "by France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan and that expressed in the seventh of President Wilson's 14 point.' She will refuse to sign any treaty which does not restore Belgium,, to political and economic Independence and does not entirely indemnify her for damage." JOHN CASSIDY OF THIS CITY DIES IN FRANCE Bordeaux, France, May 2. Cor poral John J. Caasidy, former resi dent of Grants iPass, Ore., and a member of company B, 18th ' engi neers (railway),, died after a brief Illness at the l&th engineers' camp at Beau Desert. He was burled with military honors. -', Corporal Caasidy waa 28 yeaxa of age. He was a resi dent of Grant Pas during the four year previous to his enlistment at San Francisco. Hi mqther live at Syracuse, N. Y. During the early day of the Spiker, the 18th engi neer magailne. Corporal Caldy was Its circulation manager. . Not KnouKh Men to Spare to Man the Old IlutUer To lie I'sed for Historical Purposes Washington, May 2. Acting Sec retary of the Navy Roosevelt said 'today that a shortage of men Is about to cause the navy to place the battleship Oregon out of commission. If the state desires, the government will probably turn the groat shin over to be maintained for hist . leal purpose, without expense to the navy, but the war department would first atrip the old battler of material valuable to the navy. SKVENTV.KILLKI HY KARTIIOI-Jtlf F A . . San Salvador, May 2 Seven- ty people were killed and over 500 Injured by the rucent earthquake. Fort Worth, Tex., May 2. A hun dred and six men were killed at the three big government aviation fields between November 15. 1917, and the recent close of aerial activities, ac cording to official figure Just made public. In the same period. - the three field now, being closed turned out 1.475 -finished aviators, most" of whom were sent to the western front A thousand commissioned aviators were also sent here from other schools to finish their gunnery course at Taliaferro field. The statistics made publio show that during the training period the actual flying hour at Carruthers field totaled 35,000, at Barron field 26.608, and at Taliaferro field. 32,- 488. The tall spin and nose dive "were responsible for a large majority of the accident, according to officers in me entire training period not a single American cadet was killed on the first solo flight. This 4s attri buted to the thorough Instruction in ground work. Three British filer were killed on eolo flight. While the tall spin and nose dive were chief factors in the fatality list, there were many other contributing causes. Captain Vernon Castle, the Ameri can dance Interpreter, who had faced death numerous times over the Ger man lines as a British aviator swerv ed his machine sharply to avoid hit ting another aviator here. He laok ed height for the manoeuver. crash- ed and was killed. NOISY AOTOS IRRITATE NERVES OF SOLDIERS Chicago, May 2. Authorities in a number of central west cities have taken steps to prevent motorcyclists and automo'blllsts from driving with the muffler of their motor open. It is declared that the sudden explo sions have the same effect as burst ing shell and machine gun fire on the shattered nerve of returned sol diers who are suffering from shell shock. '.' The authorities say that manv shell ehock victim who had vlrtu aJly recovered have had to returirto nospuais as the result of the sudden "pop pop" of a motorcycle engine be- hlnd them. Winnipeg, May Z. A bill hlblUng speculation in grain and other food product on Canadian graln exohanges ha been nrenared by th .Manitoba Grain Grower' as sociation and submitted to It parlia mentary representative at Ottw rt C. Hen'ders, of Macdonald, -Manitoba. MANY IN LOSE LIVES LEARNING AERIAL GAME WILL GO BACK TO OLD BERLIN GERMAN'S IIKAK THAT POL8 ARE PLANNING ADVANCE OX GERMANV IX POSEX H unitarians Offer CYecho-Slav Terri tory If They Will Ceae Hcwtlli Ue Czech Attack Basel, (May 2. The German na tional assembly probably will be transferred from Weimar to Berlin next week, the Tageblatt of Berlin report. Berlin, May 2-Mathlas Erzberger chief of the German armistice dele gation, in note to Marshal Foci. says Germany has information that the Pole are planning soon an ad vance against German territory in Posen and Upper Silesia. After such an attack, he said, the German gov ernment could not permit the fur ther passage through Germany of the Polish 'troops of General Haller. Copenhagen, aiay 2. The rine of government troops la closing around Munich, according to Berlin dis patches. The villages of Schongau and I'mfing have been captured from the soviet forces without loss. They are about 40 miles northwest of. the "city. ' - London, May 2: The Hungarian communist government, a wireless meaeage from Budapest says, has of fered the Roumanian government territorial concessions and requested an immediate cessation of hostilities. The Hungarian war office state ment of April 30 says that the Franco-Serbian, Roumanian and Czecho-Slavok. force continued their advance on Budapest, the Rouman ian capturing 'Mezc-Tur, 80 mtle southeast of Budapest. The Hungarian government also has asked the Jugo-Slar government for a cessation of hostilities. Offering territorial concessions. The military statement say that on Tuesday the Serbians and French captured iHodomezo-Vasarhely. while the Roumanians also occupied Szen- tea and Kun-Szent-Marton, south of Mezo-Tur. . v 4 The Czech attacked with strona- force, it Is added, against Czao and Satoralja-UJhelgy, northeast of MIs koloa, and also in the Hernad and Upper Sajo valleys. The Hungar ian retired from Chara. ' Tourist, both north and eouth bound, report more or less trouble with fcad roads, although with per severance they are managing to got through the state without the assist ance of the Southern Pacific. Cow Creek canyon, between Glendale and Riddle, 1 still giving some trouble and many cars halve been held up there during the past few days. But the fine weather Is drying the mud and the contractors on that stretch of the highway promise a much bet ter road within a few days. ALIEN BOMB PLOTTERS San Francisco, , May 2. Immigra tion Commissioner White stated to day that parties of alleged' alien rev olutionists are being made up In the coast cities for importation, aa re ult of the bomb conspiracy. ' COW CREEK CANYON ROAD NOW PASSABLE