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OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most importan
Daily News Items.
COMPILED FOR YOU
Events of Noted People, Governments
and PaciGc Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
For the first tlmo since November,
1915, the dollar is quoted above par In
Norway, Consul-Genernl Lotcher at
Christlunla reported Saturday.
Three ships, tho Cascade, Qulttlcns
and Remus, havo been assigned by
the United States shipping board to
load at Seattle in April for Vladl
vostok.
Persistent rumors that all Europo is
on the verge of a financial collapse are
not Justified by tho facts, a prominent
American financial expert in Paris
said recently.
Count Michael Karolyi, former prcsl
dent of Hungary, has been arrested
and will be brought befdro a rovolu
tionary tribunal for trial, a Vienna
dispatch says.
Fifty per cent of tho inhabitants of
northern Labrador perished during the
winter from an epidemic of influenza,
smallpox and measles, according to
dispatches to the Montreal Star.
Boris Savinkoff, acting minister of
war in the Kerensky cabinet, declared
in an Interview given at Paris that
300,000 Russians are ready to fight
against the bolshevik!, but lack arms
and equipment.
The German government has not
yet been able to prepare a new budget
for 1919 and has submitted to the
national assembly provisional esti
mates for April, May and June. These
total 3,000,000,000 marks.
In the house of lords last week
Viscount Milner, secretary of the
colonies, said the country was still far
from a well-established peace, there
fore, he declared, the army and navy
estimates could not be reduced.
The state attaining the largest over
subscription to the victory liberty loan
will be awarded the American flag
which floated over the capltol dome
on a number of historic occasions
after the United States entered the
war, -the treasury has announced.
Sales to foreign governments of
more than $200,000,000 worth of sur
plus war supplies were announced by
the war department Saturday. Most of
the material went to France, where
purchases included smokeless powder,
acids, copper, cannon and steel plates,
for which $155,000,000 was paid.
Prince Osman Fouad Pasha, who
claims to be a son of the late Sultan
Abdul Hamld of Turkey, and is said
to have gone to northern Africa for
the purpose of setting up a govern
ment in Tripoli, has surrendered to
French troops. He has been turned
over to the Italian military authorities.
Chambers of commerce of the coun
try were requested in letters sent last
Friday by Chairman Arthur Woods of
the emergency employment committee
for soldiers and sailors, to urge re
turning men to go to their own homes
and take their former Jobs, if unable
to secure better positions Immediately.
Agaplto Madrid of Luz Canyon, N.
M., died at tho age of 115 years ac
cording to reports. His son said he
had never been ill.
Although growing pale and thin as
the result of their five days' fast, 12
alleged I. W. W. members held in the
Topeka, Kan. Jail continue to refuse
all food offered them.
Germany is to receive through the
Swedish Red Cross, with tho consent
of tho associated powers, 200,000 bar
rels of salted herring from Sweden.
Tho cargo Is already on tho way to
Germany,
Doth Premier Orlando and Premier
Lloyd Gcorgo must return to their
respective capitals noon us their ah
nenco st tho present moment Is mora
Hcutely felt -because of llio uproud of
WORLD
H
KINS
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Within tho next month 11 end will
be able to offer tho uso of n free
camping ground to automobile tourists
passing through thcro.
Fire starting In trash pllod around
tho burner resulted Friday in tho de
struction of tho McKtnley sawmill
near Bend. No iusuranco waB carried
and the loss is estimated at $5000.
Tho plant will bo rebuilt.
$1,000,000 bond Issuo proposed in
Linn county for road construction
may be voted upon at tho special elec
tion In Juno. A meeting of roprcson
t:tlves from various sections of tho
county with tho county court will tnko
placo In Albany this week.
Botween April 1 and 5 tho Booth
Kelly Lumber company will start Its
sawmill at Springfield on a double
shift, adding a night crow of about
SO men and Increasing tho day crow
by 20 men, according to announce
ment by A. C. Dixon, manager of tho
company.
At a meeting held Saturday Tho
Dalles poultrymon perfected n co-op
erative organization, adopting a con
stltution and by laws. U. L. Upson
poultry expert from O. A. C, explain
ed the State Poultrymen's association
and the local body will affiliate. Plans
also wore made by tho poultrymon for
grading their product
Albany people from present lndica
tions will enjoy very fow of tho straw
berries raised In that vicinity this
year. Such high prices nro being of
fered already by canners and shippers
that it is said there will bo very fow
berries for homo consumption. Many
growers are contracting tho delivery
of their crops already.
That tho bulletin on rural school
architecture prepared by J. A. Chur
chill, superintendent of public lnstruc
tion, for the uso of tho boards of dl
rectors in rural school districts of this
state is attracting attention in all
parts of the United States Is shown
by requests being received by tho de
partment for coptes of this bulletin.
The present week will see the ma
Jor portion of spring planting in -cast
em Umaillla county completed.
Heavy rains up to tho latter part of
last week left the ground In unusually
go.od condition for planting and nros
pects for heavy crops are good, a
considerable portion of last fall's seed
Ing was frozen during the winter and
much of this had to be replanted.
Coos bay, although the probability
seems quite hopeless, has not nban
doned the desire to prevail upon tho
doned the desire to prevail upon tho
house naval affairs committee to visit
that port, and has sent to Portlnnd
Charles Hall, president of the State
Chamber of Commerce, who is author-
zed to invite tho committee there and
guarantee any expenses In connection,
Both the Medford-Klamath Falls
road and the Crater lake national park
road will be undertaken and- pressed
to completion this year, A. F. Potter,
acting United States forester, advised
Senator McNary recently. Prepara
tions wero making to start work on
these roads when tho war started, but
the work was abandoned awaiting
peace.
A pure-bred Duroc hog association
for Wasco county was organized Sat
urday at a meeting held at Dufur.
Charles Doyle was elected president
and A. R. Chase secretary-treasurer.
A committee on organization nnd sales
was elected as follows: Charles Doyle,
R. Chase, Dr. G. K. Sanders, A. W,
Greenly, Ira Waterman and J, C.
Johnson.
Tho Rogue River Lumber & Box
company, a new concern, composed of
Stanley Blshoprlck, S. Bcrqulst, M, W,
Malcornh and J, Safford, Portland tlnv
bcrmcn, havo purchased from Prcssly
& Hackett tho old Gold Hill Lumber
Railway company's sawmill plant
on Sardine creek, six rnllofi north of
Gold Hill. A largo tract of valuable
saw timber tributary to tho plant pass
oh to tho now owners In tho ileal, Tho
now owners propone to begin opera
lions ut once, and extend tho railway
Into the Umber, und also rebuild their
box factory at Gold Kill tlio coining
nesson, i
NATION 10 SETTLE
SHIPYARD CLAIMS
Officials and Yard Owners Hold
Conference at Washington.
WOOD PLANTS ARE HIT
Losses Due to War Measure Not to
Exceed $3,000,000-Stcel Yards
to Continue.
Washington, D. C Plans for wind
ing up tho government's war venturo
In wooden ships woro laid Tuosday at
a conference between tho shipping
board and representatives of 34 yards
In 13 states on the Atlantic and Quit
coasts.
"Reasonnhlo concessions" in pay-
mont of claims made for Investments
in yards, as well as fur cancolod con
tracts, woro promised by Chnlrman
Hurloy. Prompt sottlomont was as
sured. General Manager Plez, of tho
emergency fleet corporation, will bo
given authority to closo tho govern
ment's accounts with tho buildors as
soon as tho claims are properly certi
fied and no mora contracts for wooden
ships will bo lot.
With tho government's rotiromont
from tho woodon ship Industry, ono of
tho developments of tho national emer
gency virtually will bo abandoned, ac
cording to tho builders.
Claims for losses duo to tho crea
tion, as a war measure, of shipyards
which now will havo to bo scrapped
as worthless, are expected to nggro
gato not moro than $3,000,000. It has
not boon possible to cstlmnto tho
amount necessary to sottlo contracts
claims, becauso Inventories of expen
ditures for material and labor on ships
which will not bo completed havo not
been made. A total of moro than
$100,000,000 in contracts has been can
celed, but In many Instances work had
not begun, so tho amount to bo paid
by tho government will bo correspond
ingly less.
Satisfaction with tho action of Chair
man Hurloy and his associates was ex
pressed by executives of tho yards,
who, later, at a separato mooting, dls
cussed plans for presenting their
claims. Each yard will act indopond
ently as tho etnergoncy fleet corpora
tlon will pass on each claim on its
merits.
Tho shipbuilders wero frank in stat
ing that the decision of tho shipping
board to conflno its futuro construe
tlon to steel vessels meant that at
least 98 per cent of tho facilities for
building wooden ships would ho uso
less In the future.
OCEAN PLANE TRIP
BEING ARRANGED
Washington, D. C. Naval seaplanes
which are to attempt a flight across
tho Atlantic ocean In May will start
from Rockaway Beach, L. I but tho
actual "Jumping off" placo will bo
much farther up tho coast, possibly
at somo point in Now Foundlnnd.
Whether tho machines will steer a
direct course for Ireland or follow tho
long routo via tho Azores apparently
has not been determined.
Acting Secrotary Roosevelt an
nounced Monday that tho destroyer
Barney had boon ordered to proceed
to New Foundland to Investigate tho
harbor facilities along tho coast for
tho pur P08O of dctormlning tho best
baso from which tho planes could put
out overseas and harbors in which
landings could bo mado if it becamo
necessary to descend In tho voyago
from Rockaway to tho flight baso.
Senator Pilots Airplane.
Washington, D. C. Tho first flight
over Washington of a machfno piloted
by a member of tho United States
senato wus mudo Tuesday by Senator
Henderson of Nuvuda, In a piano
equipped for two-pilot control, Senator
If endorsou UHccnded with Major W.
O, Ockor, un unity aviator, After
reaching n height of 0000 feet, Major
Ockor turned oyer llio .work of pilot'
lug to llio Kouutor, who munauvored
llio Pluno over (ho city for about uu
hour,
CASUALTY LIST TO CLOSE
Last Publication to Appear April Gth
5300 Men Still Missing.
Washington, I), C On April 1 tho
war department will discontinue tho
method of Issuing casualty lints whloh
has hitherto mndo thorn nvallublo for
simultaneous publication In all nawa
papora throughout tho country. This
has been decided upon, It was explain
ed Friday, becauso practically all tho
casualties Incurred In fighting have
boon announced and fow remain, ex
cept deaths from Injury or disease
slnco tho Blgnlng of tho armistice.
Tho action was taken on tho ground
that tho casualties nro not "fighting"
casualties and that they nro In tho
same clasa with deaths in tho navy or
in tho army camps In this country
which nro not formally announced.
Tho war department will furnish
full lists for mailing from Washing
ton, hut they will not bo Issued for
publication on any specified data and
may bo published whenever -nowspa
pers recolvo thorn. Tho last list Is
sued undor tho prosont system will
bo published In tho newspapers of
April G. Thereafter It Is probable that
only tho killed In action will bo dls
trlbuted by tologrnph.
Gonornl Porshlng reported to tho
war department there wero still 5500
officers and men of tho expeditionary
forces llstod as missing. This total
compares with tho British official fig
tires of 101,800 missing and tho French
of 290,000.
All of tho 5500 names havo been ro
ported ns "missing" In casualty lists
already published, the report said. Re
Interments of bodies from Isolated
graves In tho centralized cemeteries Is
furnishing additional identification In
a numbor of cases, and for this reason
tho records of tho grave registration
service aro being carefully studied.
Reexamination of grave registration
roports and also of hospital records
aro referred to by General Pershing,
was said by officials at the war depart
ment to explain tho "killed In action,'
and "wounded in nctlon," casualties
still appearing In tho dally casualty
lists sont out by tho department.
Tho British war offlco, General Per
shing's report said, had adopted tho
policy of cbnshlorlng 20 wcoks in tho
case of an officer and 30 weeks for an
enlisted man tho length of tlmo after
tho men had boon recorded as missing
before death Is presumed. In tho
French army, ho said, no deflnlto po
riod has been fixed.
No nccurato estimate of unreported
deaths can bo given, said Qonornl Per
shing's report. "Thoro are, howover,
approximately 5500 missing to bo nc
counted for, nil of whom havo been ro
ported to Washington ns missing. Re
interment of bodies removed from
Isolated graves to centralized come
torlcs is furnishing additional Idontlfl
cation of deaths hitherto, reported as
missing.
"Deaths of American soldiers In
French hospitals, of which only men
ger and ofton Incorrect records nro on
file, nro likewise disclosed by rohuriat
of theso bodies, resulting in complete
identification."
Army Ration Is Increased.
Washington, D. C. American sol
diers, already regarded as tho boat fed
fighting men In tho world, aro to bo
furnished with on ovon moro diversi
fied monu. Announcement was mado
recently that upon tho rocommonda
tlon of Mnjor-Goneral Rogers, quartor-master-general,
Secretary Bnkor had
authorized tho issuing ns a part of tho
army ration nftor April 1 canned corn,
peas, string beans, pumpklnH and
squash. Hcrotoforo such things have
been bought as extras out of tho com
pany mess funds, Tho canned tomato
portion of tho ration also will bo In
creased. Candy and tobacco recently
wero added to tho rations Issued to
tho soldiers overseas.
Cyclops Still a Mystery.
Berlin. Tho German admiralty says
it Is unablo to glvo any assistance In
solving tho mystery of tho disappear
anco oarly In March of last year of tho
United States naval collier Cyclops,
whllo bound from Brazil for tho IJni
tod Stales with a craw of 1C officers
und 221 men, 57 passengers and a
cargo or manganese, Admiralty of
ficials ituy thoy received no report of
tho Kinking of tho Cyclops, Thoy add
hut no German submarines woro opor
utlng ut lliu tlmo In Went Jiullun wu-
torn,
HUNGARY IN GRIP
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Overturn of Budapest Govern
ment Reported Complete.
FOREIGNERS ARE SAFE
CrliU In Part Held to lie Due to Peace
Conference Territorial DecUlon
Claims Held Intolerable.
Washington, D. C Advices to tho
state department Monday from three
whloly soparntod Kuropoan sources,
tended to Increase tho nnxluty of of
ficials ovor tho situation In Hungary,
llolshuvlk elements apparently had as
sumed comploto control of tho govern
ment of Budapest with a throat of ro
uownl of hostilities.
Thoro was no Indication ns to tho
extent of tho control of tho now reg
ime beyond tho capital nnd, in tho ah
nonce of this nnd othor details, offi
cials woro reluctant to discuss tho sit
uation nt length. It nppoarcd from
Monday'a advices, howover, that tho
crisis resulted from tho lino of do-
mnrkatlon established by tho penco
conference In circumscribing tho ter
ritory of Hungary, and tho gcncrnl
economic situation In Budapest.
Tho recognition of tho oxtremo
claims of tho Roumanians and Czecho
slovaks and tho establishment of neu
tral zones between tho linos and tho
limits allowed to Hungary, which zona
was to bo held by tho French until
tho final poaco treaty was completed,
was said to havo boon moro than tho
old Hungarian government was nblo
to accept nnd remain In power. It
was suggested that tho fact that thceo
linos wero not to bo tho final limita
tions of tho now Hungnrlan stato wan
not appreciated by tho Hungarians,
who apparently proceeded upon tho
theory that they wero to loso ovon
tho neutral zono occupied by tho
French.
Tho snfoty of foreigners was n foa-
turo of tho nows that appeared cheer
ing to Htato department officials. A
numbor of Americans aro In what wan
formorly Austria-Hungary on various
missions for tho peace conforeuco and
tho Inturnllllcd food commission, but
most of them nro In Vienna.
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of tho
senato foreign relations committee In
a statement, referred to tho situation
In Hungary, and said ho boltovcd It
would do much to wlpo out differences
between tho nations represented nt
tho poaco conforeuco nnd would aid
In bringing about final adoption of tho
league of nations plan.
PARIS SILENT ON
HUNGARIAN EVENTS
Paris. Prosldcnt Wilson mot Pro-
mlors Clomonceau, Lloyd Goorgo and
Orlando nt tho foreign offlco at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon for an hour's
conference boforo tho nssombllng of
tho Hiipromo war council.
Both tho conforeuco and tho su
premo war council woro hold amid n
fooling of concern over tho revolution
ary developments In eastern Europo
and tho lack of deflnlto rosults thus
far reached in tho Paris conforeuco in
stabilizing Kuropoan conditions.
Prosldcnt Wilson was known to ro-
gard tho situation as scrlouB and as
calling for onorgotlo action toward
hastening tho work of tho conforeuco
to completion,
Marshal Foch was prosont during
tho discussion of tho eorlous situation
In Hungary, hut no announcement was
mado concerning uny action decided
upon. It was rosolvcd to sond a Joint
telegram to tho Poles und Czocho Slo
vaks asking them to submit their dif
ferences to tho commission on tho
ground there Instead of forwarding
complaints to tho poaco conforeuco,
'hi proposul wan mado by tho United
Mule it ml uffucl llio TohcIioii coul
Holds, to which both llio Polos und
(Jttwhu Hlovuktf uro luylng clulm,
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