GOOD ROADS, GOOD HOMES, BEST CHEESE VOL. CLOVERDALE, X III. WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURREN! WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. CO M P IL ED FOR CLOVERDALE COURIER YOU Events o f Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Business was resumed and normal conditions restored Thursday, follow ing the one-day demonstration strike in Dublin. Direction o f the army’s great air craft production program has been placed in the hands o f a civilian, John D. Ryan, copper magnate, railroad man and financier. Governor Gardner, o f Missouri, has tendered to Champ Clark, speaker of the house o f representatives, the ap pointment o f senator to succeed the late William J. Stone. German newspapers received at Zu rich say two large powder factories at Glazenbach, near Salzburg, 156 miles southwest o f Vienna, have been de stroyed, according to a dispatch from Switzerland. T IL L A M O O K J A P S CO NT RO L CHINA New Demands Agreed to by Pekin Give Expeditionary Forces in Si beria to Control o f Japan. Shanghai—The statement is made in the first issue o f the Shanghai Gazette that the Chinese government has agreed to new demands made by Jap an, which are o f such a nature that the country has virtually been turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it has been in formed by a high official at Pekin that the Japanese demands are far more serious than those in group V o f the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. “ Notwithstanding the fact that the utmost secrecy is being observed,” says the Gazette, “ it may be stated safely that the following is not far from the true terms o f the agreement: “ Chinese expeditionary forces sent to Siberia shall be commanded by a Japanese. “ Chinese police shall be organized by Japanese officers. “ Japan shall control all o f China’s arsenals and dock yards. “ Japan shall have the privilege o f working mines in all parts o f China. “ Special privileges shall be granted to Japan in Outer and Inner Mongolia and the whole o f Manchuria.” A dispatch filed in Pekin April 4 said it was reported there that Japan had submitted a new series o f demands to China, including complete control o f China’s finances, the purchase o f 50 per cent o f China’s ammunition in Japan, operation o f Chinese iron mines and dock yards under Japanese control and recognition o f special Japanese in terests in Mongolia, as in Manchuria. The United States has agreed to permit the shipment o f grain to Switzerland in ships flying the Swiss DUTCH Y I E L D TO D E M A N D S colors with the flags under which the vessels is registered. It is probable Germans to Get Supply o f Sand and that American ships will be used. Gravel From Holland. For telling a friend that the naval ship upon which he was serving was to sail for Europe soon with troops on board, Lieutenant Walter S. Carring ton has been sentenced by court-mar tial to lose five numbers in his grade. Air observation shows a clear break o f 20 yards in width in the Zeebrugge mole at the inner end, and that a sunken object blocks the greater part o f the channel in the harbor o f Ostend, according to an official bulletin issued by the English admiralty. Charles M. Schwab, director general, o f the Nation’s shipbuilding program, late in May or early in June will visit the three Pacific Coast states and make a thorough inspection o f all ship building plants that are engaged on contracts for the government. Lieutenant A. J. France was drown ed in Gatun Lake, Panama, Thursday when a hydroplane in which he was flying caught fire at a height o f 3000 feet. The machine came down safely, but Lieutenant France was drowned while attempting to swim ashore. Another plea for local campaign committees not to stop working after committees reach their liberty loan subscription quotas, went forth Thurs day from Secretary McAdoo, prompted by recurring reports that workers in some towns are satisfied with 100 per cent records. Brigadier General Arthur B. Don nelly, a former Missouri National guard officer, is under arrest at Camp Mills, N. Y ., facing trial by court martial. War department officials re fuse to discuss the nature o f the charges against the officer or to say when he would be brought to trial. The former members o f the German consulate at San Frnacisco, who were convicted o f having participated in a conspiracy to foment an uprising against British rule in India, will not submit their case to the United States District Circuit Court o f Appeals, but will immediately begin serving the sentence to be imposed by Federal Judge William C. Van Fleet. Governor Simon Bamberger, o f Utah, a German-born American, de clared at Topeka, Kan., Thursday that “ the people o f Germany, millions of them, are hoping and praying that America will win the war. The real people o f Germany, the slaves o f au - 1 toe racy, are bound down by iron rule. The only relief offered them comes from America, America victorious in this great conflict,” he said. Walter Guion, o f Naponleonville, La., is named by Governor Pleasant to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen ator Broussard. London — Holland has yielded to Germany’s demands concerning trans port and the supply o f sand and gravel, although it is understood that the amount o f sand and gravel will be lim ited instead o f unlimited, according to a dispatch from The Hague to the Daily Mail, dated Sunday. It is added that a general undetak ing will be required from Germany that the sand and gravel will not be used for military purposes. Rumors are current in the Dutch capital, the dispatch adds,. that Dr. John Loudon, minister o f foreign af fairs, will resign. These, it is said, are based on the supposition that he could not retain office now that his un dertaking respecting the gravel must be revoked. ' In summarizing the situation, the dispatch continues, it is felt certain that the crisis with Germnay has passed, although the solution is in no wise an ideal one for Holland. Relations between Holland and Ger many have been at almost a breaking point for some days owing to German demands that Holland permit the transmission over her canals and rail roads o f sand and gravel from Ger many to Belgium. The controversy was a three-cornered one, as Great Britain had warned Holland to take steps to make certain that the sand and gravel would not be used for mili tary purposes. BANDIT S R E L E A S E G. A. K Y L E Fortland Engineer, Captive in China Since March 5, Given Freedom. New York—George A. Kyle, o f Port land, Or., the American engineer, who, since March 5, has been held captive by Chinese bandits in the province o f Homan, China, has been released, ac cording to advices to the State depart ment from the American legation in Pekin, forwarded to the Siems-Carey Railway & Canal company here. Two other Americans and a Chinese engi neer had been previously freed. The message to Kyle’s employers here gave no details o f how his release was brought about. Kyle was chief engineer o f the Siems-Carey company and was making a survey for 2600 miles o f railroad when captured, with E. J. Pursell, an other engineer, and a Chinese assistant engineer. Later H. J. Love, a Vir ginian, employed by the British-Amer- ican Tobacco company, was seized. All were reported liberated except Kyle, who was said to be held as a hostage for the return o f a relative o f one o f the bandit chiefs captured by Repbuli- can troops. C O ir ^ T Y , O lí EG O K , iL REGIME DECIMER RESTORED Stockholm Advised Grand Duke Alexis on Russian Throne. M AY ‘2 , The Nestucca Valley First, Last and all the Time. 1918. NO. 38. A LOST BANK CHECK When a Bank Check that is drawn in favor o f a deflnate individ ual or firm is lost, its payment at the Bank may be stopped. When money is lost, it is impossible to trace and recover it. The check is the best and safest method o f making payments, as your money is safe and secure at the Bank until the check is actually paid to the rightful person and then you have the paid check as receipt for the money. An account subject to check at this Bank will protect your money. 4 Per Cent Paid on Your Savings Account. MA Y B A T T L E T E U T O N S This is the Largest Bank in the County. ESTABLISHED IN 1902. TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK Rumor Says New Government Will Tillamook, Oregon Refuse to Recognize Peace Pact Signed at Brest-Litovsk. PRO FESSIO N AL C A R D S Office Ground Floor National Bid. Stockholm— Correspondents o f Swed ish newspapers in Finland telegraph T.H. G0YNE, that persistent rumors are in circula tion there o f important happenings in Russia. Conveyancing, Etc. The most definite rumor declares that the former Grand Duke Alexis, Opp. Court House, Tillamook, Ore. son of the former emperor, has been declared emperor, with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich as regent and C. W . T A L M A G E , that the new government would refuse to recognize the Bolshevik peace A ttorney a n d C oun sellor at L a v treaty with Germany. “ The rumors would be disregarded here were it not for the fact that a report from Vasa, Finland, last Thurs NATIONAL B L D ., - TILLAM OOK, O R E . day, declared that the transportation o f Russian civilian prisoners had to be suspended because o f current disorders in Russia.” COUNSELOR A T L A W Finland and Sweden have had no tel 106 Oddfellows’ Building, egraphic communication with Russia Tillamook, Oregon. in more than three weeks. Special Equipment for Making Income Returns and Reports. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch re ceived in London from Copenhagen Saturday reported that a counter-revo J. N. PEARCY E . J . MENDENHALL lution had broken out in Petrograd. It added that there were persistent ru ATTORNEYS AT LAW mors in Finland tdal Grand Duke Al exis had been proclaimed emperor and 928 C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e , that Grand Duke Michael was the real leader in affairs in Petrograd. PORTLAND, - - OREGON ATTORNEY AT LAW ROBERT H. McGRATH Bell Phone 5S-J P. O. Box 147 With Uollie Watson Abstracts on Short Notice by the PACIFIC ABSTRACT CO. L. V. EBERIIAR1), Manager. Complete Set of Abstracts of the Records of Tillamook Countv, Oregon. TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON A . 0 . E V E R SO N TILLAMOOK. ORE. Money to Loan Real Estate Agency See me for realty deals. Tillamook Undertaking Co. R. N. HENKEL, Proprietor. Night and Day calls promptly attended. Sixth Street at Second Avenue F.ast TILLAMOOK. - - OREGON Moscow, Tuesday, April 23, (via Vladivostok).— The council o f commis Tillamook Abstracting Co. saries has ordered the disarming of German and Ukrainian troops who in Tuos. C oatkh . P r b s i d k n t . vade Russian territory. This action COU PLE TS SET OF ABSTRACT BOOKS has been taken in accordance with a o r TILLA M O O K C OU N TY, O R K IO N . declaration o f the rada, which was confirmed by the Germans, that the TILLAMOOK CITY. OREGON. military operations in the Ukraine must not extend beyond the Ukrainian border. In compliance with Germany’s de mand regarding war prisoners, Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik minister of war and marine, has ordered that pris Write for Literature. oners shall be disarmed and held in ac cordance with international convention TILLAMOOK. • - OREGON and also that they shall not be allowed to carry on revolutionary propaganda. The Kiev rada has informed Rou- mania and the central powers that the Ukraine does not recognize Roumania’s annexation o f Bessarabia. M. Yaberzen has been appointed am T illam ook, Ore. bassador to Switzerland. F. R. BEALS REAL ESTATE The Todd Hotel ! TAKE THE WHITE I AUTO STAGE FOR— Tillamook- Cloverdale -AND- All W a y Points Safe anil Comfortable L. S. HUSHBECK, Proprietor. Taft Urges Large Army. Leave Cloverdale daily at Cleveland, O. — Ex-President Wil 7:30 a. m., arriving at Tilla liam H. Taft, speaking as a represent Dining Room run on Family Style mook at 10 a. m.— in time for ative o f the League to Enforce Peace morning train to Portland. Meals 35c. at the annual meeting o f the Federated Leave Tillamook at 3 p. m , Churches here Sunday, called upon arriving at Cloverdale at 6 America to abandon hope o f early p. m. peace and prepare at once to send an J. M. TRAXLEP., Prop. army o f 7,000,000 American soldiers to the western front. “ America must stop changing her ideas as to the prosecution o f the war every six months, declared Mr. Taft; must give up entirely the hope o f sep arating the German people from their LIST YOUR FARM WITH kaiser, and must immediately lay plans to overcome Germany by the force o f a tremendous army. “ America must calculate on a large war,” he said. " L e t us have a plan to put five or seven millieffis o f men over there.” IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT. Rooms 50 and 75 Cents, Special Rates by the Week, Taylor Real Estate Agency U. S. Guns Beat Off Huns. With the American Army in France — The enemy laid down a very heavy barrage in front o f the American trenches in the Toul sector at 3 o ’clock Monday morning, the bombardment lasting an hour. A fter an interval o f silence, he re peated the performance, and half an hour later the German infantry started for the American lines. So intense was the American counter attack that the enemy was repulsed without get ting close enough to be engaged by the American infantry. SEE TAYLOR FOR yo u r FIRE INSURANCE If you are in the market for a good Dairy Ranch we can show you something that will interest you. We have some excellent bargains. Money is made dairying in Tillamook County. Why not get a chunk of this money. T A Y L O R REAL ESTATE AGENCY Cloverdale, Oregon