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' ' 7" VOL. IX., No. 17ft. GRAXTg PAM, JOflEPUIWH OOtTfTT. OREGON, BATlttDAV, MAV JM, i19. WHOLE .NUMBER 967. AM AND 111! DEMAND QUICK AH iKKKN rIKUW Tl ltKI TO IMH, LAIW WlllliK FKUT THIN NIXG IH OHIKH OF DAY CROPS WITHOUT WATER SUFFER ounly Agent Thuipon Cilvs (Jen - tal Oop lU-viow in Jimcphlnr. CtMllln Moth Ii IIito Crops lu gumiral la 'Rogue Klvor vulluy are looking very good at thin aline. Tall sowu grain looks much bolter than at Dili time Iwal yar. 'On of the moil promoting grain crops right now In full sown barley. A considerable acreage of this crop was planted last fall and In almost very lustane tho prospect la good for a satisfactory crop. Kali howu barloy la a comparatively rucent pro duction with us but ao far aa It baa been triad out It Is proven one of our beat grain producers. Rye. the old atand by, Is looking fine and much of it has been made Into hay already. A (rood many farmers have tried owing spring barley In thin alfalfa fields. This la giving a convlderable Increased return In hay from the first cuttng and at the same time has kept the weeds down to a great ex tent. Crops grown without Irrigation avre needing rmln very badly Just now. In fact so badly that If rain does not come in a few days It mean crop failure in many cases. Strawberry harvest la in full blunt and the crop Is good. Apples, pears auid peaches are a good crop, gener ally. Thinning Is In the order of the day and Is going to be a big Job. "With tbe present scarcity ot labor It means that every man, woman and child available will be called Into ervire in order to do this work as it should be done. Some growers are Inclined to wait for tbe ao called "June drop." From present indica tions the one who waits tor this will find himself with more of a Job on lils hands than he can take care of. Aa heavy as the crop is. the June "(Continued on Page S) FIGHT FOR ESTATE Of IE FAILING IDrtland, Ore., May 24. The will -of the late Xarfla Jahe Falling was , uphold today by Judge Taawell of the circuit court. Hie late W. Ty ler Smith, of SherldaifJ contented the will as a cousin of tbe testator, al leging undue Influmee by C. Lewis Mead and Thomas N. Strong, chief fceneflclarlos under the will. The state Is valued at $600,000. All tut 127,000 goes to Strong and Mead. DAZING PARIS WALL Paris, May 24. By authorising the demolition of the 'wall of Paris and the cessation of the site and the t military one outBlde the wall for city Improvements, the French par liament has Just removed the prln cipa obstacle to a "Greater 'Parts." The city twill thus obtain the elbow room It needs, arid one of the most -remarkable parks in the world. With a, width of 250 yards and a length "of 25 miles, the park will completely surround the-city, adding one more to the circular systems of Improve ments that 'have successively taken the place of disappearing walls since the time ot Philippe Auguste which (show the .growth of the city a rings . mark that of the oak. WAR GOES MERRILY E Poles 'turo (lly anil 2,000 Pris oners KuMioniiuis Heating liack tlie nolhaovlks Ionrton, 'May 24. Polish troops have captured the Important town of Lutsk, northeast of Lemberg, from this Ukrainians. A Central News dispatch from Berlin ssys the Poles took 2.000 prisoners. London, May 24. Great fires and loud explosions have occurred In and around Petrograd. according to re ports from the Dally Malls corre spondent, under dnte of Thursday. it U Relieved that the bolshevlkl. pressed by the Ksthonlsn advance, are destroying munitions.' PASSENGERS SAVED Norfolk, Va., May 24. The stoam- er Virginia burned early today. All passengers were saved, hut it Is be lieved that three firemen lost their lives. ItOHKIU IU? CARXU'AL IHIAWINO mo CHOWIW Koseburg, Ore., May 24. lirge crowds were present the second day of the Douglas county strawberry carnival. The event Is proving a big success. Paris, May 24 Lieutenant Roget, French aviator, 'started today on a flight from Paris to Morocco, ' from whence he plans a flight across the Atlantle to Bratll. I OF FRANCE BY JUNE 1 2 Washington. May 24. 'Revised plans for the return of overseas forces provide for the sailing from France ot all trooi except the regu lars by June 12. General March, chief ot staff, announced today. Do-'l mobilisation has now returned more than CO per cent ot officers and men to civil life General March an nounced. NAPA CAL, PEOPLE ENJOY CHAUTAUQUA The Nairn. Cat.. Register has "the following to say ot Chauttuqua and of Judge Alden, who lectures -on Thursday: 1 , ; "Those who attended Chautauqua on Tuesday evening enjoyed the fin est entertainment provided so far. "It was well worth the price ot the whole season ticket worth twice the sum and then some. "Judge Alden Is an eloquent man. He is also a comedian of great ver sltlllty and he so blended the heav ier thoughts of his theme , with strains of a lighter vein as to pro duce n altogether pleasing mixture that it was easy to take. According to Judge Alden the greatest, neeff or the hour is a return from the pursuit of graft and, greed to the ideals ot Christianity. He declared that the trend of modern times was away from the worship ot God and to ward the worship of gold. He asked for 'more Bible reading in the homes, more 'honesty in the petty dealings between men, 'more modesty In the dress and conduct of the members ot the gentler sex. It does not make any difference What church a man may belong too s long as he car ries the teaching of true Christianity into actual performance in his every day life. He paid tributes to boy hood, to girlhood, to motherhood and to fatherhood that were most eloquent." ' ' . NORTH EURDP ALLIES LOITER WHILE GERMANS Peace Terms Handed Austria Tuesday-Will Strip That Country of Navy and Reduce Army to 15,000 Men -Conflicting Views of Allies a Worry London, .May 24. There is an appreciable pause in developments at Paris and Versailles so far as making peae with Germany Is con cerned. The peace conferees have boon devoting much time to the shaping of the treaty to be present ed to the Austrian delegation. As a result. It is announced that the treaty with Austria will be laid be fore the allied resresenUUvae Tues day and handed the Austrian rep resentatives the following day. Dispatches from Paris Indicate that following the signing of trea ties with the central powers, the work of adjusting conflicting views among the allies will occupy the peace conference for a considerable time. Tl TO LIFE T The (Dalles, Ore., May 24. Ed ward Primrose, who killed Chief of Police Ralph Gibbons here after par ticipation In the robbery . of the Washougal bank, pleaded guilty ot murder today and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Dolph Lewis, ar rested with Primrose, pleaded not guilty. WERE SACRIFICED Washington, May 24. 'American soldiers were not needlessly sacri ficed on the morning ot November 11, 1918, the day of the armistice in the European war, according to General iMaroh, chief ot staff 'of the army, who ibased his statements on the subject on a report from Gen eral Pershing. The senate committee on military affairs has been planning an inves tigation of reports that American soldiers were slaughtered needlessly on the day the armistice was signed. Previous to this decision, Harvey's Weekly instituted an inquiry into such reports and appealed to Sen ator Chamberlain, then chairman of the committee, in an open letter. Senator Chamberlain consulted with Oeneral March on the subject and has received from him a reply to a series ot questions as follows: (a) Were any United States sol diers killed in fighting in France af ter order to cease tiring at 11 o'clock November 11, when armistice went Into effectT" Conclusions: No cases are known of any United States soldiers who were killed in 'fighting In France after order to cease firing at 11 a. m., i November 11, when armistice went Into effect. Probably there were no such casualties. In any event, they could have occurred in very Iso lated cases only. (b) Was there any tiring at any place along the 'American line in France after 11 o'clock November UT Conclusions: Firing-was general ly stopped on the American .front In France at 11 a. m. November 11. In the case of an isolated organiza tion, which did not 'receive notifi cation until 11:10 a. m November 11. 1918. firing was continued until 11:30 a. m November 11. (cf 'Did the firing along the Am erican line continue in full force up GE ERA I H to 11 o'clock November 11T PICK FLAWS Washington, May 24. The peace treaty with its league ot nations cov enant was debated for three hours In tbe senate late yesterday and at the adjournment the resolution which furnished the vehicle for the dlscua. slon went over aa unfinished bus iness to come tip again when the sen ate reconvenes Monday. The resolution merely calls on the state deoarlnient to furnluh ate with the complete text of the treaty, but as the debate nron-essed discussion shifted to the merits of the league and treaty themselves. A dozen senators, including the lead ers or both sides, were drawn into the discussion and sharp exchanges presaged the bitterness of the fight that Is to come when tbe treat act ivity come up ror ratification. IS Washington, May 24. An appro priation ot 11,200,000,000 in add! tlon to the $500,000,000 already provided for the railroad administra tion waa requested today ty Direc tor General Hlnes. An estimate re vealed an operating deficit for the first four months this year of $250,- 000,000. DEMIES THAT YANKS AFTER ARMISTICE Conclusions: Firing along the American, line continued in full force up to 11 o'ctak November 11 In the case of the two American dl visions serving with the French army In Belgium, different condi tions existed and the tiring was not continued in full force due to the fact that no opposition waa encoun tered to the continued advance, (d) Is the report true that offi cers in command ot British and French forces ordered firing stopped as seon as they learned that the armistice was to o into effect at 11 o'clock November 11, 1918, that Is, several hours before 11 o'clock on this date? Conclusions: There was no au thorization tor officers In command of French and British forces to or der firing stopped as soon as they learned that the armistice was to go Into effect. There Is a possibility that such orders were given without authority 'by French commanders of small isolated bodies. No definite cases ot the Issuance of such unau thorized orders are, however, known. (e) Were there military reasons tor continuing the firing up to the very hour the armistice went into effect? Conclusions: There were military reasons for continuing the firing up to the very hour the armistice went into effect and orders were issued from these headquarters to insure such action. There orders were dic tated by the necessity for taking every opportunity to render certain the complete acceptance Iby enemy of the armistice and were undoubt edly concurred in by the allied com mander in chief, who himself Issued orders to the same effect. With reference to question fe) Oeneral Pershing's reply Included a quotation of the orders of Marshal iFoch directing that the pressure be maintained along the whole front up to the last moment. ' INDIAN WINS LOVE OF SOLDIERS' WIFE Willie Hubby Is Serving I ncle Sum, Wife and Two Children Cbooae Xow Protector ,He was only a big buck Indian, but he looked good to Mrs. Paul Winton, who came in with him on the Crescent City stage last night. Mrs. Winton never stopped to pack up tbe household goods, but hurried her two children Into the automobile stage and "beat It." Evidently she Intends to hang on to them, even if her husband and the children's fath er Is with the army of occupation in Germany. When the tour arrived in Grants Pass they did not tarry, but took the southbound train last night, possibly tor Sunny Southern California, The Indian'a name is Roy Grimes and he Is said to be quite good looking. A . letter was received at Sheriff Lewis', office this morning, notifying the officers to look out tor, and ar rest the Indian and white woman, but the notice came too late. The matter is a ease for the federal au thorities and they are probably busy on the trail at this hour. N'C-4 NOT TAKING DE6PKRATE CHAXCE8 Washington, May1 24 The weath er is still unfavorable for the flight of the NC-4. A message from Ponta del Gada to the navy department said the start for Lisbon would not be attempted today. - MAN WHO SERVED IN- RUSSIA WILL SPEAK Bx-Rabbl Goldman has returned to this city after having spent sev eral days in Medford in conference with Jewish people there. He will speak to adult classes in the Chris tian Bible school tomorrow morning on' "Hebrew Life and Customs." At the fl o'clock service he will speak on the "Home Coming of Israel." He plans to sail from San Francisco the 15th of June en route to the Holy Land, where a great reunion of Jew ish people will take place. In the evening at the same church Mr. Goldman will give a lecture on "The Inner Life of Russia." Be cause of having served in (Russia as a 'Rabbi when persecution was severe he understands the situation there as do few men in. the United States. WILL SEARCH FOR OIL IN STATE OF OREGON Dallas, Ore., May 24. (According to advices received from Senator Charles McNary at Washington, the United States government is con sidering sending out experts to Polk county and other places in the state to explore the oil fields which are supposed to be located here. In a well drilled on the Whlteaker place, east of Dallas, several years ago, a considerable amount of oil was obtained and it has always been the opinion of the promoters that the driller spoiled the well by driving the drill too far down. Gas was ob tained in large quantities in the same hole. Eugene, Ore.', May 24. 'Develop ment of any territory in Oregon and Washington that shows a favorable prospect tor oil is the aim of a con ference of oil men to be held In San Francisco eoon, which will be at tended Iby Dr. E. 1 Packard, profes sor of geology in the university. Dr. Packard left yesterday for San Fran cisco At the close of college next month Dr. Packard will leave for a four months' field trip in Oregon and Washington In the interest of Cali DEMOCRATS SKIRMISH FOR PARTY- LEADER A FEW KlriT.FST PFIIUHTVfi TV WOOD HEADS JfATIOXAL RE PUBLICAN TICKET EXPECT MUCH FROM SLOGAS Would Fight Republican Military Nominee With Cry of "Dowi . With Militarism" Washington, Way 24. It will not be surprising It the presidential cam paign next year is pitched upon much the same issues as those upon which the battle was fought out in Ul. With stron indications that Gen eral Leonard Wood will be the re publican nominee, the democrats are preparing to set up issues rather than to spend 'time looking for a can didate. In 191 the democratic vic tory was. won on the issue of paci fism as defined in the slogan, "he kept ns on of war," which swept the west and scored the rotes neces sary to re-elect Woodrow Wilson by bare majority. There is a tendency among many of the democratic leaders to assume that General Wood will be the re- AtlhUMi psnHMaU Anil Hat publican platform will place the par ty squarely on record for universal military training and opposed to bolshevism, I. W.- W.lsm, . pacifism and all other bide to revolution and terror. The democratic leaders are simply awaiting the republican more and preparing their answer. Democratic party opinion, how ever, is not in perfect accord as to what the democratic answer should be. A tew democrats suggest the nomination ot General Pershing, In the event that Wood is the republi can nominee, iwHh.anappeal to the Americanism of the con u try to ontdo the republican ibid to the patriotic impulses of the voters. But this class of democrats la In an almost helpless minority. ' . The weight of democratic opinion and particularly among those demo crats who follow Woodrow Wilson, right or wrong, is that, with a mili tary chieftan as the republican nom inee, the democrats should select a civilian. The democratic campaign then would be a cry against "mtlttar- iem," denouncing universal service as identical with what the kaiser practiced as a means for building up a military machine. lAn appeal, ' it this element had its way, would then be made to radicals ot every' shade, and Woodrow Wilson would be chosen to lead the fight as more nearly than anyone else typifying the pacifist and radical school of thought i There is little doubt, if the demo cratic fight is pitched on these lines that the Mooney case would at once become an issue, and the San Fran cisco dynamiter would be paraded before the country as a martyr to "social injustice" and what notv President Wilson already having made two or three appeals in behalf of Mooney, it would not be going to further extremes to use the case as a campaign issue. COLLIDE NEAR SEATTLE Seattle, Wash.. May 24. When two automobiles collided early this morning near here Louis Cook, city fireman and Miss Frances Hayward were killed, and Carl Chlldberg, son of J. E, Chlldberg, . president of the Scandinavian bank, was badly, in jured, and Mrs. Lydla Hayward less fornia oil companies. seriously hurt.