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William Howard Taft will return to
Yaye university next fall as Kent
professor of law, It was announced at
the university Saturday.
Contracts have just been concluded
by which Canada will furnish credits
of $25,000,000 each to France and
Houmania, the credits to be expended
In the purchase of Important neces
sities in Canada.
The house has adopted by a vote
of 232 to 109 the conferees' report on
the oil and mineral land leasing bill
which opens up for development vast
areas of western lands. Action by the
senate is now awaited.
The Cuban government has placed a
60-day embargo on all importations of
wheat flour, the war trade board an
nounced Friday for the information
of American exporters. The board
said it had not received the particulars
regarding the embargo.
The house adopts the conference re
port on the new $600,000,000 postoffice
appropriation bill, after refusing to
instruct Its conferees not to accept the
senate amendment providing $200,000,
000 federal co-operation with the
states in road construction.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, accom
panied by her son, Lieutenant-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., visited the
grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roose
velt near Fere-en-Tardenols Wednes
day and placed flowers on the simple
monument which marks her son's last
resting place.
Harry A. Wheeler, president of the
United States chamber of commerce,
Washington, D. C, told 2000 delegates
to the trans-Mississippi readjustment
congress, which opened its sessions in
Omaha Friday, that better railroad
service Is obtainable under prlvat
ownership of the railway lines than
under public ownership.
Resolutions asking the government
to deport all aliens classed as enemies
or who were eligible for naturalization
during the war and failed to declare
their Intentions of becoming citizens,
were adopted Wednesday by the dele
gations of the Montana Federation of
Women's clubs at the close of their
convention In Butte.
Enactment of legislation designed to
maintain the liberty bond price was
suggested in the senate Wednesday by
Senator Jones, of Washington, who was
joined by several other senators in
deploring the fact that bonds are now
selling far below par. No agreement
was reached, however, as to what
measures should be taken.
Captain Walter Gherardl of the
United States navy, who has been in
Germany studying economic and gen'
oral conditions, has returned to Paris
and reports that he found much un
employment throughout the country,
He says Germany's food supplies are
limited to nearly exhausted reserves,
which cannot last longer than next
month.
The Gormans have accepted the new
armistice terms, which, It is under
stood, provide for the continuation of
the blockade during the armistice.
The 91st. or "Wild West division,"
lias been designated for return with
the latest date for embarkation set as
March 1, according to word conveyed
in a letter to Governor Wlthycombo
Just received from Major-General Wil
liam II. Johnston, In command of the
division.
Eighteen of the CC members of tho
crow of tho United States gunboat
Scorpion, Interned at Constantinople
from April 11, 1917, until last Novem
ber, married Turkish women and liavo
been left behind there, according to
Lieutenant Commander Herbert H,
JJubbltt of Houghton, N. V., former
commander of tho Scorpion.
HUN STATESMEN ARE SLAIN
Premier nnd Ministers of Interior nnd
War Shot Down.
London. A Gorman wireless mes
sage received hero quotes Phlllpp
Scheldemann, German chancellor, as
saying that llcrr Rooshaupter, Davnr
lan minister of war, has boon killed.
Bavarian Secretary of tho Interior
Aucr also Is reported slain.
Herr Scheldemann, speaking In tho
national assembly at Weimar, Is quot
ed as saying:
"With tho greatest sorrow and In
dignation, I have to inform you that
tho Bavarian premier, Kurt Eisner,
champion of tho rovolutton, has boon
shot by a fanatic. Munich Is tho scene
of a bloody civil war, and my friends
Rooshaupter and Auer aro said to bo
dead.
"The government expresses the
deepest sorrow and condemnation of
these shameful acts of murder. Noth
ing shows the breakdown of order
more clearly than whon murdor be
comes a political weapon. If tho sacri
ficial death of Herr Eisner has good
results they will bo bringing us all
together to do away with evil con
ditions. It would mean the ruin of
Germany if all did not tako this view
and Join in tills condemnation.
"The young German republic will, In
a very sort time, bo faced by a so
vero upheaval, if not a breakdown.
"The state and tho nation aro men
aced as to food supplies and tho con
duct of industries, not only by our
enemies, but our compatriots, who aro
now threatening our most Important
industries in tho Rhineland and West
phallan regions," ho continued. "The
ground upon which we aro standing
shakes, and perhaps will sink if wo
are unsuccessful In ending this mad
ness and crime in the Ruhr region."
The house stood while Chancellor
Scheldemann spoke.
NEW YORK WORKERS
TO STRIKE FOR BEER
New York. Strikes on July 1 to
make effective the slogan "no beer, no
work" have been voted by the New
York Iron workers, shipbuilders, long
shoremen, hatters, stationary firemen,
pavers and rammers' unions, it was
announced at a meeting of the Central
Federated union here tonight.
Erbest Cohm, secretary, who an
nounced the striko votes, said that the
strike would affect about 166,000 men.
The letter carriers' association, he
added, while unable to go on strike,
had voted to lend their moral support
to the fight against prohibition.
One speaker declared the prohlbl
tion amendment appeared to bo a
"scheme of a ring to do the liquor,
wine and beer business out of busi
ness, so that their own may be In
creased." "Coffee," he added, "Is tho natural
recourse when prohibition Is In force,
and that, of course, means the price of
coffee would bo greatly advanced."
INDUSTRIAL STRIKE
IN GERMANY GAINS
Berlin. The strike In the Ruhr
Industrial region is still spreading,
but it Is increasingly evident that only
a small minority of the strikers are
In sympathy with the Spartacans,
Marshal Foch Is reported to have
consented to tho sending by the gov
ernment of troops against Dusseldorf,
which Is In the neutral zone fixed by
the armistice. Tho majority of the
Spartacan recruits come from Dussel
dorf and tho cleaning up of that city
by the government forces would bo a
heavy blow for the communists, who
aro roported to have 15,000 armed ad
herents there. There aro said to bo
3000 armed Spartacans at Essen and
considerable numbers also at Ham
born, In the Dusseldorf district.
Tho Spartacans are occupying all
roads by which soldiers could come to
tho region.
Army of 500,000 Favored.
Washington, D. C. Establishment
of a temporary army of G00.000 men
Instead of 176,000 as provided for In
a bill agreed upon Saturday by sonate
and house conferees was urged before
tho sonato military commltteo by Sec
retary Baker and General Murch, chief
of staff. Tho committee Is consider
ing tho bllllondollur army appropria
tion meusuro recently passed by tho
house,
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14 Members Spanish Branch
Taken in New York.
ANARCHISTS IN JAIL
Prisoners Detained Without Hall While
Searching Inquiry by Govern
ment Is Being .Made.
New York. Fourteen members of
tho Spanish branch of the 1. W. W.
woro arrested by secret service men
nnd members of tho police bomb squad
In two raids horo late Sunday. While
they aro charged formally with having
seditious literature In their posses
sion, government agents claimed to
havo evldonco they were hatching a
terrorist plot.
Frank Francisco and Edward J.
Dowd of tho secret service, as well
as Now York detectives, who assisted
them In tho raids, declared they had
obtained ovldenco which would bo
used In an attempt to prove the pris
oners had planned to assassinate Pres
ident Wilson in Boston, but this as
sertion was discredited by Captain
Peter Rubino of tho secret service,
who directed the raids.
According to the police, two Phila
delphia men who frankly admitted
they were anarchists, stopped hero on
tholr way to Boston.
The gravo nature of the alleged plot
and the Imminence of the attempt to
carry It Into execution It was declared,
made it essential tho men bo Impris
oned at onco.
After being questioned at police
headquarters, where their fingerprints
were taken, tho prisoners wore locked
up without ball pending nrralgnmont
before a United States commissioner.
Meanwhile mechanical experts have
been assigned to assemble a compli
cated machine found dismantled In
one of the rooms raided. Tho secret
service agents said thoy were at a
loss to explain its purpose. Translat
ors wero put to work on a mass of
papers and pamphlots seized.
Ono of the houses raided had been
under police surveillance for several
days as a result of meetings held
there, It was said.
All the men, It was said, are Span
ish aliens, who have come to tho
United States during the past three
years.
According to tho sccrot service men,
a youth of 25, who gave tho iiamo of
Jose Grand. Is tho chief organizer of
the Spanish I. W. W. here, and Is tho
editor of a radical Spanish newspaper
published in Now York. In tho I. W.
W. organization, it was said, ho Is
known as Armolodo Sapatena.
Tho prisoners wero questioned for
several hours at police headquarters,
but for the most part maintained a
sullen silence.
Sixteen Perish at Sea.
New York. Tho French bark Hel
ena was sunk In a collision- with the
Norwegian freighter Gansfjord, off
Winter Quartor light, Virginia, and
10 of her crow perished. Eight sur
vivors, Including her skipper, Captain
Malsonouve, woro brought hero Sun
day. Tho survivors wero brought here
on tho Gansfjord, with her bows stove
In and her fore peak full of water. Tho
Holene, bound from Baltlmoro'to Nan
tes, was loaded chiefly with steel, and
went down llko a plummet.
Tho Norweglunfrom Cabanas,
Cuba, for New York, registered only
1087 tons gross, compared with 3450
for the sailing vessel, Tho collision
occurred at 2 A, 'M. during heavy
weather.
Ten Taken In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Ton Cubuns and
Spaniards woro arrostod horo early
Sunday by agents of tho dopartmout of
justice on Information received from
New York. A quantity of nllogod se
ditious literature was seized and tho
authorities say tho inun arrested hud
some connection with those taken Into
oustody In Now York.
AM
AI WILSON
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STATE NEWS X
IN BRIEF.
Bend sportsmen, protesting against
tho proposed draining of Malheur lake,
havo started u petition advocating leg
islation to protect thu eastern Oregon
game reserve.
W. W. Poland of Shedd, woh elected
president of tho Linn county farm bu
reau In tho annual meeting hold In
Albany last week. Archie C. Miller,
of Albany, woa elected vice-president
and Miss Bertha Beck, of Albany, sec
rotary. A mother nnd son are opposing
pnrtles In n case now on trial In the
state circuit court In Albany before
Judge Bingham. John II. Schneider,
Is suing his mother, Mlnnlo M.
Schneider, over tho title to n tract of
land near that city.
Tho senate has passed the bill In
creasing tho salaries of the district
Judges of Multnomah county from
2I00 to 3000 a year. Senator Karrell
of Multnomah was thu only member
of the delegation which opposed pass
age of tho measure.
A campaign to clean up all trees and
shrubs In Tho Dalles will be Inaugu
rated at unco by Carl F. Galllgau,
county fruit Inspector, who states that
pests which are Infesting the city trees
are proving a serious mcuuee to tho
fruit Industry of tho county.
Forty-three tracts of newly reclaimed
land on tho northern edge of Tulo
hike In the southeastern part of
Klnmath county will bo offered for
lenso to tho highest bidder on the fith
of next month, according to announce
ment mado by the reclamation service.
Captain Charles Barrett of Dallas,
who is a member of the U. S, signal
service, left San Francisco this week
for Siberia, where he will bo stationed
with the American forces. Captain Bar
rett recently returned from Frnnee,
where he spent several months on tho
fighting front.
The crusade started In Bend against
proprietors of poolrooms nnd cigar
stores that are said to number minora
among tholr patrons has resulted In tho
conviction of C. A. Stevenson, charged
with allowing boys under ngg In his
billiard parlor, and of George A. I.utos,
who pleaded guilty to selling cigarettes
to minors.
The question of the disposition nnd
use of the block owned by the city of
Albany lying east of tho block on
which the I. Inn county courthouse Is
situated Is again beforo tho council.
The project proposed now Is to 're
move the old central school building
which stands on tho block and uso the
site as a city park.
Marslifleld citizens are waking up
to tho probability that the armory may
not be secured, according to tho terms
Imposed by the state law governing
Its construction. An unusual effort
has been mado of late to enlist the
local company to tho required 100
members, but Information Indicates
that but 6! men are signed.
Tho farmerH and dairymen of the
Ilermlston part of Umatilla county
held an Institute In tho Carnegie li
brary, at Ilermlston last week.
Lectures and demonstrations were
given by E. B. Fills and E. L. West
over, of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege; II. K. Dean, of the local experi
ment station, and R. W. Allen, of the
government reclamation service.
While tho peoplo of Bend aro en
Joying the greatest prosperity In years,
with a building programme outlined
for the coming season which will total
several hundred thousand dollars, thu
city Is virtually bankrupt, Mayor J.
A, Eastes declared, Nineteen thousand
dollars In unredeemed warrants have
been Issued, nnd a local bank with
$0000 of this paper In Its possession
has declined to take more at any dis
count. That there Is a chance tho sheepmen
and cattlemen will get togolhor over
tho controversy on tho range lands of
Klamath county Is Indicated In tho oi
for from both sides to hold a meeting
with thu aim of reaching an adjust
ment, The feeling over tho bill Intro
duced by Kopresenlntlva George
Merrymuu last week, which provided
that no sheep could ho lawfully ranged
within a inllo of u homestead, has
been at tho highest pitch,
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Militarists Declare New Terms
Extremely Degrading.
CRITICISE ERZBERGER
SupervUion'of Control of Ammunition
Factories Gulls Party Mended by
Marshal lllndrnburg.
London. Advices received fronv
Berlin, by way of Basel, Wednesday
are to thu effect that the pouGurman
military party, huadod by Field Mar
shal von llluduuburg, bitterly resents
thu new clauses In thu armistice, es
pecially thoso limiting thu German
army to thu hIzo of a simple police
force, tho supervision of control of
ammunition factories and thu demand
that Germany pay thu expenses of thu
allied, armies of occupation on the
Ithltio.
Theso conditions, it Is complained,
will throw out of work thousands of
German officers, from generals down
ward, whllo tho army of 000,000 vol
unteers reported by thu German press
to havu been organized must be dis
banded. Thu udvlcos add that Indignation
against Mathlas Erzburger on thu part
of the military authorities Is Increas
ing. HOUSE ELIMINATES
ARMYJLEGISLATION
Washington, D. C. Legislation pro
viding for a temporary military es
tablishment of about 510,000 officers
and men during thu fiscal year begin
ning next July 1 was eliminated from
thu annual army appropriation bill
Tuesday night In thu house, uftur pas
sagu of tho sonato bill for resumption
of voluntary eullstmunts In thu peace
time army, which would bu restricted
to tho maximum of 175,000 men au
thorized In thu national defense act
or 1910.
Tho senate measuro now goes to
conference and will becomo cffcctlvo
upon Its approval by President Wilson.
Thu army bill also was adopted by
thu house without a rocord vote and
now goes to thu suuato with Its com
pletion there nt this session regarded
by many leaders ns doubtful. It car
ries a total or $1,070,000,000 for tho
war department for tho 12 months
after Junu 30.
It was explained by members of tho
house that tho senate bill did not af
fect the present wartime army, which,
under the selective service act, must
bu demobilized within four months
after peace formally Is declared by
presidential proclamation.
Labor Council Lays Plans
to Combat Bolshevism
Now York, Resumption of all gov
ernment work suspouded because of
the war, payment of soldiers' wagu
until thoy obtain employment, devel
opment of government lands with fi
nancial asslstancu provided to the ten
ants and prohibition of Immigration
for four years aro recommended In
tho draft of a legislative reform pro
gramme adopted and made public by
tho executivo council of tho American
Federation of Labor,
"If those measures are carried Into
effect," says u statement mado by
Frank Morrison, secrotary, "It will
prevent a critical situation and do
stroy a fruitful fluid which tho ropru
soutatlvoB of thu I, W. W. and tho
Dolshovlkl will havo for furthering
tholr propaganda."
Tho council expects to present theso
roforms to congress within a tow.
days.
Roosevelt Hlonway Proposed.
Dtilulh, Minn. "Theodore Hooso
volt Memorial Hlghwuy," a routo from
Portland, Me., to Portland, Or., spon
sored by Diiluth interests, was pro
jected at a meeting of good roads men
of thu northwest hero Tuesday night.
Nino cities of four states wero rupro
Hunted, and telegrams of acquiescence
wero received from dozens of clvlo
and commercial organizations,
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