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J i I4 ' ' v. " ' i yjj;.:;::v-::.r.::r:-, IP V vol j. ix N. a 10. r f f ? ,"51. TOHN rito.M MtMHtlXGH HY heavy wind afteil mkhi'kh. ate htiu;;i,kIto laxii .GIVES OUT AT SEA ItrllJxh t.n lUtf Will Muke Short Htop; Stiii't Tm-wliiy on IU liirn iuhI Will UiikI lu HihiIu Washington, July 5- Contact will) ihu UirltlHU dlrlgrble R-34, whose t-KllM for help continued lo ttrow inoru urgent all flay an hIio nearcd tho finish of her triuw-'Atliuitlc Jour-m-y. only to find gasoline and sus taining hydrogen ftu enhaiutlud, wan established at 1:40 p. m. by tho des troyer llitm-rufl of tho I'nltod Statu navy. The Hanorort nt that hour, ux-cord-lug to iiie5iijo which rein-hod the. navy demrt inent, was Intll'lng thi dirigible ua It proceeded southwest across th On If of Maine. Th R-34 wub Htlll under her own pmwcr. Mlneola. X. Y.. July . -Great Britain's supcr-dlrlglble 11-34, tho flint Ilghtor-thun-alr tnurhln to itohh tho t Imti lt ocean, anchored here at Roooell fluid at t r 4 u. in., loduy 1;S4 p. in. G. M. T.l af tir un aerial voyage of 10H houm and 12 minutes which covered 3,130 knot or approximately 3, COO land inline. , - - . , - , Mliieolu, X. Y July 5. Tho dir igible Ut-3 4 v ill put In ut lUwlun lo refuel and will proceed lo Roosevelt Ili-ld hero Sunday, according to a message fi.ini Commander Sroll, dal-t ed tit 11:04 p. in. and relayed to Mlneola by the naval department of communications - at Huston. The message requested that the dirigible bo kcit Informed an to weather changes through the (iniiiiainiaiit of the fimt nvu4 district nt Boaton. Tho followiiiK message wo . re ceived from tho. H-34 at the navy de partment at 11:3 p. m.: "Flying 1500 foet nbovo sen. Come down and 'moot iih. .Making for Mos tou. UuhIi. Very abort of kuso llne." LMIiieola; X. Y July 7. The H-34 wae torn from Tier mooring ropea this mornlnit by a vlolont gut of wind, unil a hole alx feet 'by three wiih ripped in the ga bag. ' The Klant dirigible wua saved from holnu 'blown awy by 300 men who seized ropea hanging fnini her aides und held Jier with difficulty. , No change haa heen made for the departure overseas, 1)Ut the start will not be made today. The dirigible will take a southern course, leaving trora Bme anlddle-Atlantlo portv'and lending directly tor Spain. The Htart will ibe made a.t 5 o'clock tomorrow morninK, 'flying over Boston. ' Wiashlngton, July 7. The weather report ent to Mlneola today by the navy department safd the weather conditions would, be untavWahle for the rotnrn of the flight of the H-34 durlaif the next 48 hours. This ma delay the departure. V Home,. July 7. "rder has ieen restored tn (Florence and several other, cities where there were dis orders due to the food situation. There were .demonstrations at Milan, leghorn, Alessandria and Hrencla. TO FORGET THE PAST iMexiIoo Olty, Mex., July 7,-Yg-. liaclo IBonlllim, Mcxloaa ambassador to tho United States, sold He would go to Washington next week, carry ing Instructions from President Civr ranxa to try, and remove causes of misunderstandings and bring about an era of good fooling, v.; ' ' BIG DIRIGIBLE A ALMOST MATCH FOR 300 IN FINANCES WORRY FORMER KAISER Not Vet Hhort of Money, Kill Antlou n lo I 'm lire; Hold KyiiiMilliy of l-'tiruuv HuhJixiM j Aineronccn. July 14 ffiorrenfton- dnro of tlie lARHOclalnd I'rewO 'Tin former Cerman eniiM-ror him liwn dli:uiiHlnK M floandal proMcmn for more than wm-k with Doctor 3. Krltt!, , who baa been In cbnrno of the liniM-rlal enUilen und fundtt In (Jornmny ulnen tlm llohenzollem ab dication. lr. Krle'fte, on of the former Or tna'ji fnntHlonniiea of the Ceruian forelrn offlee, tntg bn here In con ference with llerr llohonxollern when the Intter waa tiot eniruged In wood- awln Tho niarMtial of ths fierman emperor's oourt, von Oontard, iilno Itirt1-I()iited In tha dlH'n.HloiiH. Thu fort it emperor la not nhort of money. u he powtenod a oonnlder- abl amount on depoalt In Holland before -war beuan. Thla waa added to appreciably while Jotllttlen were lit proven. Durlns the few ntlrrlns weekfi preredlnst lil tbdlcatlon. Wil liam am! hla followers traniifocred further lance mini In ready raah. Hut William 4a troubled to the fate of til real nutate. H powH-nsed no tewer thnn 55 xantloe, hunting hoxc-a and country aeata (('altered over the empire. The revenue of tbeae propertlea are for the present at leaat In the handn of the new sov ernment, which hitherto has pMd from Uiolr proceeda all Herr Hohen. xollern'a bills. forwaJ-ded to Uerlin for aetiltiment. Thine account have iM'en quite formidable, an tho'linper- lal rehigee la railed upon to pay for everything he consumed, well im for hl uocoinmodntlon and, the up keep of his ulte, bealdea paying the wage of the gardenere and dumen- Ilea of the 31entlnck estate who ren der him Horvlcea -hlli woiMl-cuttlnir or in the household. The Cermiii gm'ernment'a Inten tions ooncernlnn tho formor emper- or'a private fortuno cannot lie glean ed here. CermanH recently from the KntherliCnd declare there it a treat deal of aympathy Tor William amonK all cIubkcb nnd that It in likely he will rerelvo a InrKe port Ion of the value of what be owned. Ill RI,KSO TAKI-S HAI IX STIUKK Wushlngton, July. . 1'okI master (lenernl Hurleon has invited the managers and employes of the Pa cific, Const Telephone 'companies 0 submit their strike to tho wire con trol board for arbitration. Modford, Ore;, July 7. tickets havo boon -.placed before the ex changes here by girl operators for tho (first time during the strike. vA branch of the iPortland union was or ganised here Sunday. . Service l practically normal today, y r' CRESCENlCiTYDRY After some sixty years as u soggy oasle for wandurinK souls, Crescent City gargled, gu.zlod and whooped Itself Into itho rangs (vf prohibition on the strokb of 12 'Monday night, solys the Del Norte Triplicate, A heavy Influx of Oregonlans. and some from Washington, was notice able several days proimi, and on the last night a grand tank parade was 'perpetrated 'by the celebrants. Tho grand flourish and finale glor ioso wea staged at the corner land mnrked by Ye Olde Corner Saloon, which died-as It had. lived, amid a flood of the snlu'brlous fluid. In strict ' keeping with the law,: "TaT son" .Murphy,, at the stroke of 13 waved ihls hands to the barfceeners and 'the flood gates were immvdlate- ly-olosed, three cheers given by the celebrants who filed outside to the mimlo at the. Italian hand whleh played the funeroJl' dirge. t ' J HANTS PAHS, GLASS CLAIMS SECRET. GOVT. .MYTHKH riUWIIHWT OK FKAM- i.j ttirxnii 6v ii:fknhh in ioiik win ii: i,.i!i:ii t IImui Witnla 4M-n Keoxlmi; Ad-iIi-i-hm-4 Senate TliurNiIiiy anil l'l ,' Koiii Wart HM-nkJiiK Tour VaMhinn'lon, July 7. Charges that I'repldcnt Wilmm organized the council of national ditfermo before tha war was declared. In absolute violation of the law end thereby cre ated a nccrei government of the I'nltwl Slates -which formulated war levinlatlon and dictated the KiIlcie tho eouiiiry waa to pursue, nnd be friended big biiHlnees, .ns made by Chairman (ilnss of the special house committee now InveotiKAtlng war department expenditures. ' Iteoauxe the trenty would be under dlHciiRKlon, some doubt was ex preaiHMl who! her the senate would be In oh-ii ncHslon, but it U iilidt-rstood that the president desired that the Heiwlon be oix-n. President Wilson will probably leave lotit the middle of next week on a npeaking tour, but he has many i:nirtH,nt hills to sign first. WaKhlngton, July ".-President WIImoii will address the senate on the pcji.n treaty and league of na tions at 1 2: 1 5 o'clock Thursday, it is announeed. 1 1 6 Is expected to ar rive in New York Tuesday afternoon at 'Washington Tuesdny nlgh't, and is inparing his address aboard the ship. GRANTS PASS WINS Ft Before a large crowd of siecta- tors Sunday at the 'Ashland baseball park, Orants Pass took the third gjime of tho season from the Ash land tea.'m, by a score Of a -to 3. It was a fast "game and - the 'urge crowd of Ashland Tooters tid their boat to "rattle" tho horsohlde tossers from this city. . Sunday's g-aine was the only, one the' Grants Pass toaJn participated in during the celebration days, , but Ashland played three games with Yrelta, winning two, after which she beat the Klamath Palls aggregation. Remembering the bitter dose of mediolne administered 1iy the Grants Pass 'boys,' the Ashland team gather ed Jn recruits from various partof California: and Oregon; they even went to Corvallls, where they se cured the .great college pitciher, Mil ler. And Miller did good work. He struck out 13 men, the same number that was retired by Ernest Frye, the star slah artist of Orants Pass. The score stood, 2 to 2 until the 7th, when Grants Pnse forged ahead. In that Inning Frye fell into a hole 'there was a forced run and no out hut as usual on such occasions he "tightened wp" and the lAshlnnd bunch did not score.' , ' Ashland got three hits off Frye, while Groiits Pass wm credited with 15 off Miller. lAiuong the spectacu lar plays was two-base drive by Pernoll. two ..triplicates and a two bagger hy Ion Frye, end a two-bagger by Miller. - ' following was the line-up for Grants Pass: Rrnest Frye, pitcher; Gail Smith, catcher; Howard Bearss, 1st base;' Hoffman, 2nd base; Ixn Frye, , 3d base; Miller, short stop; t'ernoii, center. field:' Rlggs, left field; Cornell, right field. . A game is scheduled to be played la iGranta Pass within d few days, possibly , iwlth Ashland or Klamath Falls. , ... WASORWED JOSEPHINE OOU&TT, OREGON. TREATY OF 1839 lU-liofiiiU'li lionler Trooblm, Iti-gon . Venn, Ag, (lven Hearing h' ' Hw iirpnt Powers I'arls, July 7. Holland has scored In the first heat of the diplomatic tourney with hr neighbor lelgium over the clauses of the treaties of 1839. whltli have aroused a good deal of feeling on both side of the Hclgo-Dutch border. It was these 80 years old treaties that gave l!l1aiid yie iMtoburg "pen insula," ibe narrow .elongated strip of land opularly known as the Dutch appendix" hy crossing whlrh, the Crcrmans In their retreat last fall Huvcd themselves a detour of some 40 miles and possible capture by the allied armies. ' . The Belgians dug up ancient re cords showing that several towns an1 vllli&efl situated in Dutch Mmliurg had, In the thirties of last centunr. Iietltionod the first Icing of the Bel gians to be Joined to his new king dm. Although the Tuoh Llmburg- era of the present day are said to have no such desires, an Influential section of Belgian politicians clam ored for the annexation of Jjfmhurg to Belgium. . Also, to safeguard the future po sition of Antwerp, the Belgian an oexationirtit claimed the territory known as Dut4i Flanders, situated on the southern bank of the Scheldt estuary, which the treaties named had also given to Holland. These territorial claims aroused a storm of patriotic Indignation in Holland. Queen Wllhelmina visited the disputed parts of her dominions. and there was a good deal of flag waving and shouting about "dying In the laet ditch" Wore givine iro na tional territory. The situation was becoming nnpleasant." Cool headed elements In Holland realized that an estrangement from the 'Belgian sister nation would he fraught with disastrous consequences. When a conference was called bv the five great powers to reconsider the trea ties of 1839. a dolegation of eminent Dutch JuriBts. eame to Paris with the firm reeojve to avoid anything In the nature of a breach With Belgium. On the cession of territory; how- over, thcr Instructions were definite and the Dutch standpoint has 1een npnelcj by the five great powers." Verdun, July 7. Monuments to commemorate the, achievements of the 'Americans in the battle of the Argonne are being built, details of the work being attended to by dif ferent army units. ' iA series of concrete monuments adorned with Cerman machine guns oiid In some Instances with Cerman helmets and rifles has been put up to mark the front line of a division advance or to tell of the capture of a certain village by some regiment. Most of the monuments ore'- being ploced in prominent places near the main roads, when possible, so that they will serve as guide posts for tourists visiting" the scenes ' where the Americans, fought their greatest battle on French soil. i STREETS OF HAMBURG Treves, July t.Matl -from Hamburg"-.passing through the American censorship indicates a! gloomy con dition of affairs, there socially and economically. (According to letters from Individuals wrltingVto relatives or friends In the American occupied area, since all the navigation com panies had to surrender their ships to the entente there have been B0,- 000 to 70.000 men walking the streets In search ot 'work. ( . FORECAST FOR THI-V PERIOD ;. ' OF Jl'IA' 7; TO JVIiY 1 Washington, July 7.1 Pacific Coast States: "Generally fuirand nor mal temperature. '! ' "'" " ' ' ' BROUGHTTOLlGHT 11INTS1LMARK WHERE YANKS FOUGHT MO.VOAV, ni'V.. 7. lltt. .'; , BRITISH ARE GETTING FOR EX-KAISER XrT A.NXIOI S TO lUK IX IMIKS. KS4TC OK AIU1I Ml ltDKItKIt HI T WIIX W IH TV BILL EUmiG THE SUMMER Siiw log. Ducks F'ruin the Itnin and )lingl- With ;nnlen Help: . , IW-glns (UHMIth Tree Iondon, July 7. The allies have not yet made official representations to the Dutch government regarding the extradition for the former Ger man emperor, but necessary steps are being taken, Andrew Bonar Law told the house of commons today. One member eaid: "Nobody particularly wants the ex-kaiser brought here," which brought forth cheers. . Amerongen,July 7. Wil!iam Ho- henzollern, former emperor of Ger- many,, has decided to stay bere at least until the end of summer and perhaps throughout, the oiitimin, ow ing to the difficulty whW'h has been encountered 1n finding a suitable dwelling elsewhere. Count Hohen 7-oilern -passes two or .three hours daily at log ea'wing, tak ing shelter with his assistants be neath a garden shed when the down pour of rain Is most severe. He ex pects to complete the sawing of ls 6000th tree this week. ' MOltK PKOPLE K1M,K1 IV EVROPRVV RIOTS Copenhagen, July 7. Several per sons were killed and many, wounded in disturbances Sunday at Kattowitz. Upper Silesia, according to the dis patches. The Germans and Poles par ticipated In the (fighting. SPREAD TO THER COUNTRY London, July 7. British ; govern nient officials are convinced that the uprising In Afghanistan, i being fos tered, "by the Rusian bolsheviki. - It is stated that the ! government - has positive information that the amir is in close touch with ;the bolahe-lki in Turkestan and Mosi-ow'and that 'Rus sian ' emissaries have been sent to Afghanistan. ' i It is be1eved here (that the amir is delaying answering .armistice terms , which he requested, .until' he can urther concentrate his forces, stir iij more trouble among frontier tribes 'and get assistance either in the form of propaganda or money from Russia. ; ',,' Recent successes of the bolshevik! in Transcaucasia are 'regarded iwitb ajpprehpnsion and as likely to ,1m. press the Afghans. ' tv' "'. .' The bolshevikl asiirations un doubtedly are two-fold. Officla.1 opinion here is that; they ..hope through these metl)orta to sitread their doctrine among 'the people of the.' near east -Trtdetaing- their Influ ence and. embarassdng' the ' t'nited Kingdom. ' k , i .! " " ' A.MERIC.iX AMBASSAIMHt IXOKS MF.DFORD MAX'S RkLaTIVIOS , Washington, July 7! Instructions have been sent by th state depart- merft to tne t nitea States ambassa dor ait Rome to iget (n communica tion with the mother-i,n-law and sis ter-in-law of F. M. Radoian, of Med ford. "Ore., botb 'of whom are sup- posea to 'oe in 'Jjamiaaa. ' - ' Mr,. Radovan has tried for a long time jo communicate with the am oassaaor ana,, Tiniaiiy appealed 1 to Senator McNairy to belp Mm. .j SOMlf n'WXS have v v... . L-, XO FORkMOOXRY , Portland, pre., July 7,--Only the metal trades workers and' the boiler mekei-s'are out on the Mooney strike here. The other unions have not obeyed the strike OTder. , . '-v- , , i ( , bUUtST TO KILL OFFICER ,Hlalli n lliiud of M Minnvllle XiKbl - '..l-emui Wll Svrt lAt try.. , Mc.Minnville, Ore., July "7. Night Policeman J. E. Clark, with his left hand shot off and thrrfj bullet pass ing through His hat. saved bis life by i leetnees of foot at 3 : 1 5 o'clock Sunday morning. While making his regular rounds of the city Officer Clark saw a light colored automobile standing near the city hall. Cpon approalng the. ve hicle be was railed by one of the occupants who asked Che direction to Tillamook. Before he could re ply the officer waa told to throw up his hands. An instant later the man opened fire with the result that the-officer's band was shattered.. , Mr. Clark then, turned to run. The man near the automobile continued to shoot and a' subsequent investlga- tlon revealed a number of bullet .marks on tne walls of the city ball ', towards which the officer ran. Mr. jClark was taken to a hospital where band was amputated. Sheriff j Henderson was notified and is mak- '"K & search of this vicinity in hope cr apprehending the man responsible for the shooting. The city has offer ed a: reward of $.10 for the arrest of the man. . - - . ' The wounded officer sayn one of the four men in the auto was dres sed in a 'brown suit and wore a brown bat. 'Another man wore gray suit. Descriptions of the other two men are lacking. Residents In the vicinity of the Yamhill river bridge heard the ehootiirg and are sure that the car crossed the; bridge shortly afterward. IXM.K MAY REPLACE , ' . SI-X-UET.VRY MXSIXG Paris. July 7. 'Frank- L. Polk, acting secretary of state in Washing ton, has been asked to come to Pari to replace Secretary Lansing as hea!d of the peace mission, providing Mr. Polk's health will permit. im.MK PAID FOR KIXG.r - ltXTIAC, HOItTBIX BVM. 6 Belvedere. X. J.;' Jfljy 7. King Pont lac, a famous blooded iHolstein bull, was sold today by Mrs. Helen MasRehat of the Pequest stock farm here to !B. B. Hager of (Algonquin, tH..',fOr $10.6,000.. ' '; ;: , Jasurance of $70,000 Is cairied on King Pontine. 'He is five years old and. weighs, about. 2,1,PQ. bounds.,.. Albany, Ore., July . 7. A branch of the Portland' telephone operators' union was organized here- Sunday. Today 27. :f ,the- 29 operBtors here struck. 'Five- girls have; been obtain ed to replace them." . ;'; ' -! I '. '. , , ft;- MEDFORD REGISTERS- M. the iriontbli jneetitig et t he nlu tA f 1 c K 'nnd cva'vV -v nirrt tr L.x( , n n i Portland Thursday, the"' 'North fork of iRogue river aud( jn ,,trysftarlee above .the-ivAtaral ia,ni, iuciulng Union, creek '.were closed: to. fishing for a period of three years, to .permit the , restocking ' of the depleted streams, to trout," says the Medford Tribune." This month 250,000 Rain bow trout fingerHngi from the Spen cer creek hatchery iwlll be planted and a still greater number will be placed in the streams next eir. Complaint regarding conditions at Anient dam, which arq Rgtiln report ed as .bad, was ordered inventigated and the state wurden and his depu ties In southern Oregon - ordered lo remove the Obstruotlon and Hear, the river so that fish coin ascend. It 1s reported that thousands-' ot flsh''lire being 'collected below- theamr- -all fisltways are out of commission, and the only wy fish -Jean ' asoend 1 laryiiKu iiib uperiure at me iiaae oi the dam,' wbkiltiiit..rlogged by Iron frame work, and but few fish suc.-eed In making li,....foachj!pii arebuy and no aicention 'iwin to tne laws The lAment dam Is not nmed. ..for water or ipower purposes,-. aiiti ! has been for years a. iiRelees-'olwii.'riie't'toii In the stream. ,',- . v.;. m AMENT WHOLK XI . Mill It 2711- RED RUPERElO PEKITEiBi FKDEKAV CHAM;: . WIIJ B K HEM IS ABEYANCE PKXIIN IXC.illCERATIOS AT AIKM 'RED" ALMOST WRECKS JAIL Aided by Drunken .Mexican He Al most Make Escape nt Ilrawley; (iimn Pale When HnmUtiltol Salem. Ore., July 7 WHltom Ech former sheriff of Marion county, has left for Las Aneelee county to bring back' "Red" Rupert, who was cap tured near Brawley, near the Mexi can border. " 'I' Rupert wiM be brought to the pen itentiary to finish bis term. .The federal charge against him ' will be held in abeyance, ipendlng the state prison term. Brawler, Cal., July 5. -Clyde J. Red','" ill u pert almost wrecked the new cHy jail of OBrawley last night. He bad been iplalced in an outer cell which is walled withNconcreted, and is usually used for minor offenders. Rupert waa confined with Mexican who had over-celebrated the Fourth of July. "When the nlghtwatchman made bis rounds at 4 o'clock this morning be heard a. scra,'piu sound. Investigation revealed that boles had almost been pecked through the walls. . . The two prisoners, who pretended to be asleep, denied all know-ledge of what had happened. ' The aunty, sheriff ww' itotlfi and a.t noon Ru-pert wan removed to El Centro and placed in a steel, cell In the county Jail. ., J 'A second telegram from vrden Steiner of the "iegon penitentiary reported that full descriptions of Rupert -were eent to sheriffs of Ig ..Angeles ' and San Bernardino coun ties at the time of bis escape. Sheriff Apple8till has telegrafflied foe them. They are expected in the morning wnen it is Believed (Rupert's identi fication -will be completed. s Rnperf shoWed first signs of weak ening today when be was removed to S3T Centro. f.Up to that time he had no apparent Interest in Ms fate. When the handcuffs ,were damped on mum he rew pale, later he was incline to talk and asafn denied his identity. . , ' . When first arrested Rupert denied any knowledge of the crime In Ore gon or of any criminal hy name of -Rupert, but 'today he V said he rnaat e the man's double,' 1 pr be bad been picked tip on a? similar :usnl- clqn at .Sacramento, bijt had- been abje to convince the officers of bla ".Mitch" Shovels Snow rn Vacation "Mitob," of IMurphy, returned last week from a tw-o weeks' automobile vacation -whih ' incluiTe.-l -a. n.i through Crescent Ctty, iBurc'k'a, Red-. ding, ' Klamath .'Fulls ; and Crater Iiojke. Tl)e two MH.heircars were thi firstvars at the" lake this season' and Jos Wgan ...twas, the third car, al of the men et the iparty shoveling through deep snow banks to make t)he road pabsable. j5 the Mitchell pajrty wtth two; cars were Mr. and Mfs. L. M. Mitchell, of Murnhv. Min nie and Utba IMItchell and J. M. .Mitchell, sister and uncle f vi,-h alj of Greenfield Mo.. C. JA Mitchell, . another brothet. and wife of Fort Dadge, la.. an another Bister. Mrs. J.ITV. Leith, of.' Worden rl PRESLEY COWulTS SUiCiDE i.i:uver, soio July 7, ,J). E, PreBley, once tampion broncho bus ter at the iPeudleton roundup,' was '""il'.1 "1 tx&y wHb revolver by his side. ""Frlmid said hfj.was .des pondent, due 'to, Inn ''trouble con trarted In thu navy, mid he 'feared that he could never ride again. He was 24 years of a;ge. fei- - " ; ' i, 1