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VOL. X., No. *JM.
GRANT* PAHS, JOHEPIIINK tot NT Y, OREGON.
MATVHBAV. MAV 22, IMO.
W HOLE Ml MBKR 207».
Deposed President Was \»>.ax*lnat>'<l S.xretary of State Colby Tells the
by Ilia Own Followers, Haya Gen
House Committee to Take Any
i •
eral Obregon
Action Desired
•
California Senator Leading in Incomplete Count; Strong in
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Senator Gets Over Hundred Plurality; Jesse Johnston and
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Washington, May 22.—Secretary
♦ of State Colby wrote Chairman Por- •
♦ ter of the house foreign affairs com
♦ mittee today that nothing connected
♦ with the foreign relations of the
4 I United States should deter the com-
♦ , mlttee from any action It felt im
♦ pelled to take on legislation propos
Mexico
City,
.May
22.-
-Re
Portland, May 22. Returns com from 17 counties. Including 96 com
With complete returns in from 20 election, he won easily except In the
ports received here early today ♦ ing the recognition of the Irish re-
plete
precincts
in
Multnomah
county,
plied at 2:30 thia afternoon from 27
of
the 25 election precincts in Jose case of representative, Attorney
say General Juan Barragan, ♦ public by the United Stataa.
eountlea Incomplete, Including 144 gave Hoover 2346; Ixiwden 2013;
phine county, Senator Hiram John
chief of the presfdental staff; ♦
Jesse Johnston winning this nomina-
complete precincts in Multnomah Wood, 7229; Johnson 8296.
son of California is Indicated as the
Ignacio Bonillas, former Mexi
:
county give the following vote for
winner over General Leonard Wood tlon from C. A. Sldler, the Incum
can ambassador to Washington; ♦
president: Hoover, 4041; Johnson.
in
the county, as he seems also to be bent.
Portland, May 22.- -The 68 pru-
General Marciano Gonzales and 4
14,275; Jxiwden, 5610; Wood. 12,- clncts complete in Multnomah coun-
In
the state, as the preference of the
Eugene Coburn, local candidate for
General Federico Montes, who 4
169.
voters for republican nominee for the nomination of secretary of state,
ty In yesterday's election give John-
accompanied Carranza in his 4
president of the United States. The received practically the solid vote
son 1 847; Wood 1398; Lowden 644;
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flight, are safe.
Portland, May 22
Incomplete re | Hoover 431. The state returns are
vote as compiled at a late hour this of his home county, complete re-
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turns from 23 counties Including 144 (exceptionally slow coming In, the
afternoon in the county gave John ' turns from all but three ot the pre-
complete Multnomah county pre I latest figure» showing Wood leading
Mexico City, May 22. Venustlano
The Hague, May 22.- -The new son 4 96 votes; Wood, 358; Hoover, , clncts giving him 990 votes as
cincts give Hoover 3747; Johnson outside by about 300 votes. Fifty- ('arrunza, who fled from this city
against 85 for Koger, his nearest
American minister to the Nether 130, and Lowden, 106.
12,116; Ix.wden, 132 1; Wood 11.- six complete Multnomah county pre May 6th and took flight into the
Republican voters turned out in competitor. Next highest for this
lands. William Phillips, considers
358.
cincts give Chamberlain 650 and mountains of Puebla following a bat himself a victim of an instance of force at the primary election, but the office was Jones with 27. Then came
Sanfield McDonald, ihe state man Starkweather 366.
tle near Rinconada, was killed at 1 profiteering In rent. A wealthy spec democrats were shy about reporting ixy-kley with 31; Parsons with 24;
ager of tho Johnson campaign, today
o'clock Thursday morning at Tlax- ulator has purchased the commodi at the polls, there also being a dearth 'Wood with 18, and Bchuldermaa
claimed the state by 12.000 plural
with 17. Buchtel recived a two to
Portland, May 22.- Returns early calantongo, according to an official ous building which for a long time of democratic candidates upon the
ity. baaed on tho returns at 11 30
announcement here today. His com was occupied fy the American le ballot. Chief Interest of the day lo- one vote over Cousins for pubHe
today
In
yesterday's
primary
Indicat
this morning.
panions, tho names of whom are un gation and haa notified the Ameri cally centered around the contested service commissioner, ari ‘Pan'’-•ifl
On the fare of return compiled at ed that General Wood had carried known. also were killed.
can diplomata that they will either county offices, chiefly thc?e of the leads Abrams by a wide margin tor
the
state
outside
ot
Multnomah
coun
11:30 a. nt . Senator Johnson had re
have to pay a greatly increased rent legislative ticket, and for clerk and the nomination for U. S. senator.
ty
and
that
Senator
Johnson
had
car-
gained ills load over General Wood
The vote as tabulated this afternon
school superintendent. In every in-
Venustlano
Carranza.
elected or move out.
Thu figures al that hour compiled
(Continued on Pano Four»
president of Mexico. March 11, 1917,
(Continued on pace 4.)
The American charge, Mr. Gun stance where an official sought re-
an co and tho wearing of the uniform by the largest vote ever cast In a ther. has been seeking new quarters INVESTIGATION TO START
should he regarded as an Inviolable presidential election in his country, but has been handicapped by failure
OF PRIMARY EXPENSES
order. Both G. A. R. and American stepped from political obscurity to of the American government to pro
national
and
international
promi
vide for the purchase of a legation
Legion members will meet at the
Washington, May 22.—Frank H.
courthouse at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow nence on the graves of the hopes of Jtullding.
Hitchcock, former poetmaster gen
General
Vlctoriano
Huerta,
the
usur
and every ix’slonalro Is urged most
eral, has been summoned to appear
OI/COTT WILL FLY FROM
emphatically to be on time and bring per, and bls followers.
Monday before the senate presiden
Simultaneously
with
General
Huer
BLAIN TO CALIFORNIA
any who may hesitate, There is no
tial expense investigating committee
Attention of the members of I be adequate excuse for an absence to- ta's coup d'etat and the assassination
The first military ball to be given
as the representative of General
American legion is called by the morrow, which might be made to the of President Madero, the news went
Stockton. May 2 2.—Governor Ben Wood. Bernard Baruch has been in Grants Pass since the war will ba
poet commander to the fact that to- G. A R
the Ix»gion must come out to tho world that General Venu W. Olcott, of Oregon, will accompany summoned to appear as the repre given next Thursday evening at the
stlano Carranza, elected governor of Lieutenant Ralph Kelley tomorrow
morrow, Sunday, May 23rd, Is thu through.
Waldorf ball by the American Le
the state of Coahuilif in 1911, re on a flight from Blaine. Wash., to sentative ot McAdoo.
day set aside by the (I. A. It. for
tton. The dance will be given at
the
Memorial Bunday, and that
fused to recognize the usurper and Stockton. Calif., to attend the adver-
FAVORABLE REPORT WILL BE
the
conclusion of the drive for new
promise ot the Jxtglan to loin with
tising men’s convention, The army WILL FORCE PAYMENT
GIVEN FOR SOLDIER All» would resist him by force of arms.
OF TAXES FOR ADMISSIONS members which is being carried on
the (J. t. R. In attending tho Mem
“Madero's revolution was politi plane will endeavor to establish a
by the national organization.
The
orial sermon at the Baptist church
Waahlugton. May 22.—»On a strict cal," Carranza is quoted as having fl :ion-stop record.
• dance will be for all ex-service men
must be absolutely fulfilled
The party vote the house rules commit said. "Mine is a social one "
tv ashington, May 22.- Internal in the countyt the admission to the
■ervlce tomorrow Is not to, be con tee ordered a favorable report on ths
Born of parents In comfortable
revenue collectors were Instructed j affajr being free.
Power
AVas
Off
—
fused with the observance of Mem resolution giving soldier relief legis circumstances in Cnatro Cienagas,
The Courier was late again last today to begin a campaign to force
No one is to be admitted to the
orial Day, which falls on Monday, lation the right of way for house con State of Coahuila. December 29,
night
as the electric power was turn the payment of admission taxes col dance tin less he appears In the regu-
May 31, as provided by Oregon law sideration. The rule will not be l>re- 1859, Venustlano Carranza was edu
lected
by
theaters,
and
movies.
Re
cated in the public schools of his na ed off for several hours yesterday ports from the treasury department lation uniform of the branch of the
for cases where Memorial Day falls Rented before next Tuesday.
tive state and later studied law at and it was impossible to set enough were declared to reveal that prob service in which he was enlisted. The
on Sunday. The services tomorrow
type to till the paper.
Include only tho sermon at tho Bap MARTIAL IB« Di t i. MIEI»
*- ably 5,000 such amusement places American Legion dance committee is
I < <>minoed on pace 4)
busy arranging details for the occa
tist church, and according to the re
IN THE I'l.F.ltlSilTE AREA
had failed to t^irn in the taxes col
sion and every means will be taken
quest of tho G. A. it . American 1.x»-
lected from patrons.
to make it an elaborate affair. This
glon members will attend In uni
Prague. May 22. Martial law was
will be the first dance given by the
form, The commander of the lx*gion declared Wednesday In the Teschan
Daughter Born—
Legion that is for ex-service men
directs the attention of ' all members plebesrlte area by the Intenatlonal
A daughter has been born to Mr. alone and it is hoped that everyone
to the fact that at the Inst meeting commission. Bitter feeling has pre
and Mrs. H. M. Harter at Reynolds. will be out. Invitations may be se
of the local post It was i unanimously vailed recently in the district be-
Illinois, according to a telegram re cured by applying to the American
voted that tho lx»glon attend tills I tween the Czocho-Slavak and Polish
ceived from Mrs. Osborn who is vis Legion in this city, either to the
service in a body, and that the re- workmen. Some clashes are report
Buenos Aires. May 22. The Ar-
Vienna, May 22.—Complaint that iting with Mrs. Harter, wh. was for members of the dance committee or
quest of tho G. A. II. na to attend- ed.
gentfne patriotic league, a citiren's
to Dr. Billick, the post adjutant.
farmers refuse to plant food crops merly Winnie Osborn of Murphy.
! organization, has called a congress
of workers to be held -here in May, for sale to Vienna and other cities is
in an effort to free Argentine labor frequenti}’ heard here.
ers £rom the spirit of bolshevism
At a meeting of the Vienna Medi
which was manifested recently in an
(attempt to start a communist revo- cal Association it was charged that
lution.
the Alpine farmers are confinlng
It is proposed to agitate* for im-
their planting to just what they will
proved labor legislation and to dis-
Tho Hague, May 22. A draft lor tional justice Is provided for in Ar- cuss ways and means of bettering the need themselves and that even less
B-iet.<>i Aites» May 23.- It it truenance from British to American In
the permanent court of International tide XIV of the convenant of the condition of the workers through produced than last fall will be avail that tlie > . 'ted States gained th-
terests. and that was in tin plate,
Justice of the league of nations, as league of nations at a session In Iztn- I pacific methods. Representatives of able for Vienna at the next harvest,
supremacy of the import trade of Ar
Great Britain also lost in barbed
It hus been offered to the secretariate don In February announced that a I every union in the country have been One speaker said that while Austria gentina during the war. passing
wire and lead, but the American
of the league in tho naan of Nor- committee of 12 distinguished inter ! invited.
had more ntllch cows than Switzer- Great Br tain, but the Vnited States gains, says Dr. Klein, “seems to be
way, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland national Jurists Including Ellhu Root
“We must sever relations witli the
land,
children were dying here for has net as has been contended by quite as much at the expense of Ger
and Holland, has been made public of the I’nited Slates had been Invlt- I exotic element," says an announce
• .»mo Br!*ish interests, taken tais many in one case and Spain in the
by tho Dutch government. It Is tho «d to prepare plans for tho conatitu- ment by a labor member ot tho or- tho lack of milk. In the provinces
h y other aS they were at the cpst of
t-x'c troin tLc British while
result of tho conferences held In the Ron of tho court. Mr. Root accepted 1 conization.
it was being fed to pigs.
uer
lares
I :. Great Britain." The United States
were
ficiii't
•_
the
war,
peace palace at tho Hngno In Fwbru" tho Invitation ns did Ixtrd Phllllmore
I'lllus Ll« in. t a'ted Stu tee commvr- gained at the expense of continental
wry.
1 of Eng'land, Baron Descamps of Bel-
cial attache in Argentina.
exporters, particularly Germany’s, in
Accordlng to tho plan the court glum. Dr. Ixider of Holland and M.
He quotes Argentine important cleaned rice, sugar, print paper, cot
would consist of 5 Judges and six Vesnltch ofc Jngo-Slavla, No plans
statistics to show that very little of ton prints, writing paper, dyed cot
aubatltutos, who must all bo recog- ns formulated by the committee for
this expansion of Argentine trade ton cloth and cotton stockings,
nlr.ed authorities on International the organization of tho court have
with the Vnited States has been at though there was some decrease
justice,
Its members would bo1 yet been announced.
tho expense of the British. On the shown in imports from Great Britain
choson by the assembly of tho j
other hand, he says, it has been won of the latter item.
league; the Jndgos to lie appointed
from the continental countries of
Clearly a new factor in the Argen
for nine years, the substitutes for UNITED
TO
Europe, especially Germany or is en tine market, the commercial attache
six.
tirely new business created by Am points out. Is the American automo
Tho members would be elected
erican enterprise.
bile trade. Tn 1913 France, out of
22.
Paris,
May
Ainbaasador
Wal-
without regard of their nationality
Dr. Klein has made an analytical a' total of 5,000 cars imported, sent
but no more than two Judges of the lace informed the councll of ambas-
comparison of the changes in the dis 1.800 and the United States 1,300;
same country could hold office In the sadors today that ' President Wilson
tribution of Argentine import trade whereas In 1917 the total number
court. They would be re-elTgible but had announced that U m I’nited
during the war and since, which was imported had risen to 11.000 virtu
States
would
accept
the
role
of
arbi
they would have to resign when fifi
published today in the Standard, a ally all of which came from the
years old. They would then have a trator In fixing the boundaries of
British newspaper of Buenos Aires. United States.
right to a pension, which, like their | Arn’rnl,(-
The statistics show that during the
On the other hand the United
salary would be fixed and paid by,
.
first nine months of 1919 the Unlt- States lost in cotton seed oil and
PEACE TREATY WILL BE
the league.
ed States supplied 37 per cent of Ar- sewing machine*. In the field of
SIGNED ON JULY FOURTH
The duties of the court would be
gentian's Imports comparesi with 14 snnpHe* and rowing stocky for rail
to adjudicate differences between na-
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per sent in 1913, while Great Brit- way uses and in wire and cables for
tlons and It would bn competent to j Paris, May. 2 2.- The penes treaty
aln's sharo had fallen from 31 per J electrical uses, Dr. Klein »ays, Am
Wet on all cases In which Its declalos J wKh jjungarV Was decided by r the
cent to 21 and Germany’s from 14 erican exporters made some gains,
Is naked.
(council of ambassadors to ba signed
per cent to aero.
but no where near enough to fill the
at the Grand Trianon pal*.'* »1 V»r
In only one Instanc« waa lher* a' defidency toft by the elimination of
The permanent court of Interna- sallies on J Tv r-»» ,
clear cm * of transfer of predomf- the United Ktnffdsm nnd Germany.
Mullet mab; Kozer Appears to Lead for Secretary
of State in Early Returns
El Paso, May 22. President
Carranza waa assassinated by
his own men, according to a
telegram from General Alvaro
Obregon, re-elved by revolu-
tlonary agents here today.
Out of the Melting Pot
I
J. C. Smith Leading for the Legislature; Coburn
Receives Support From County