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Railroad communication between
Berlin and Munich has ceased. Bam
berg, w hich is still the seat of tho Hof
mann government, also Is cut off from
Munich.
Virtually -10 per cent of tho moro
than 400,000,000 bushels of wheat pro
duced in Australia In the seasons of
1915-1916-1917-191S is still in stock, n
government announcement says.
A general strike has been proclaim
ed in Bremen. It Is effective in most
of the large works and on tho tram
ways. The gas and electric lighting
svstems, however, are operating.
German passenger liners turned
over to the United States for troop
transport service will be fitted out dur
ing voyages instead of being laid up
after their arrival in the United States.
Rear-Admiral Sims, who command
ed the American fleet during its war
time activities in European waters,
said Friday that he believed there
were "205 German submarines at the
bottom of the sea."
Continued successes for Russian so
viet forces along almost the whole of
the western Russian front from the
Baltic to the Black sea Is claimed In a
Russian official wireless dispatch re
ceived Saturday In London. r
Professor Henry Morse Stephens of
- the University of California, promin
ent educator and author, dropped dead
at the union ferry depot in San Fran
cisco Thursday after attending the
funeral of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst.
More than $1,100,000,000 has been
collected as the first installment of
tax payments, due one month ago, it
was disclosed by Internal Revenue
Commissioner Roper in an address on
Saturday before the Southern Whole
'sale Drygoods Association of Louis
ville, Ky.
During the battle of the Sommo In
191C the British array used 4,000,000
rounds of artillery ammunition, ac
cording to a statistical announcement
published by the war department.
This is the largest number of shells
used in any single engagement so far
as records show.
Soldiers and non-commissioned of
ficers in the German army are protest
ing against the order placing the rate
of pay on the peace-time basis, and
have manifested their Intention of
striking If the order is not rescinded,
the Berlin correspondent of the Frank
furt Zeitung says.
The Polish government is preparing
to purchase $450,000,000 worth of sup
plies in the United States this year,
according to E. LevinskI Corwin, a
Polish economist, who delivered an
address Friday night In New York at j
merchants in America.
San Francisco policemen subscribed
$12,000 In tho Irish liberty fund drive,
which resulted In total subscriptions
of $105,000 In that city, It is announc
ed. The quota for California was $50,
000. Tho police department led tho
list of subscribers.
Charging him with malfeasance In
office for his part In tho Rathbun par
don caso, tho Iowa liouso Judiciary
commltteo will present a majority ro
port to tho house recommending Im
peachment of Governor W, L. Harding.
A minority report will recommend,
censure.
Vaults in tho old courlhouuo mid
other untiBUul Btnrugo places In Heat
tlo vrero proved Into service Wodncn
day to storo um lugul ovldonco 31G0
quart of bonded whisky, null to ho
worth Jjout C0,700 ut alleged boot
)KKtr prjcou, which woro wilxud by
HUorTll John MrUwr.
WEEK
MILITARY SYSTEM DEFENDED
Object of Courtmartinl, Say OIHccin,
! la F.lllclent Army.
Washington, D. C. Tho system of
military jurisprudence is designed to
produce nn efficient, dependable fight
ing army, not to do exact Justlco to In
dividual soldiers, according to the
views vigorously presented Friday to
tho commltteo of tho American Bar
association by nrmy officers of fluid
experience, Including Major-Gonernl
Edwin F. Glenn, organizer and com
mander of tho S3d division, now In
command of Camp Sherman.
In attaining that objective, the of
ficers contended, the present machin
ery for enforcing military discipline
had proved both efficiont and fair,
the final product ot the system closely
approximating justice to tho individual
In addition to producing what General
Glenn described ns tho best disciplined
army In France.
Cases of court-martial sentences so
cxcesslvo in tho penalty awarded ns
to be ridiculous were freely admit
ted by the officers. Such sentences
only served, General Glonn Insisted,
to prove that oven In tho early stages
of military-legal proceedings, tho ac
tion of tho courts In no caso being
final, fairness was the general rulo.
Judge Gregory, chairman ot tho com
mittee, and General Glenn, engaged in
considerable argument which brought
out that tho officer, speaking both
from his military cxperlonco and his
special training In civil law as n grad
uate of the law school of the Univer
sity of Minnesota, saw llttlo In com
mon between tho purposes of civil
justice and its milltay equivalent.
Major Charles II. MacDonald, Gen
eral Glenn's divisional judge advocate
at Camp Sherman, and before the war
an attorney for the federal trade com
mission, followed his chief and ex
pressed the same views.
SLAVS TO BE FED IF
REDS QUIT FIGHTING
Paris. The allied and associated
powers are prepared to aid In tho re
lief of Russia with foodstuffs, medical
supplies and other necessaries, pro
vided there is a cessation of hostili
ties "within definite lines in the terri
tory of Russia." This fact became
known Saturday in correspondence
which has passed between Dr. F. Nan
sen, head of the commission appointed
to feed Russia, and President Wilson
and Premiers Clemencenu, Lloyd
George and Orlando.
Dr. Nansen, in his appeal to the
council of four for aid in bringing re
lief to Russia, where he said thousands
of persons were dying mouthly from
sheer starvation and disease, suggest
ed a neutral and "purely humanitar
ian committee" for tho purpose.
The council of four, In reply, recog
nized with sympathy the situation in
Russia and gave assurance of Its readi
ness to succor the stricken people of
Russia along tile lines that Belgium
was fed and ministered to, but with
tho fundamental proposition that a
cessation of hostilities would be'
brought about.
Premier Clemenceau withheld his
approval of tho proposition temporar
ily, but added his signature later to
those of Premiers Orlando and Lloyd
George and President Wilson, thus vir
tually assuring tho immediate econo
mic relief of soviet Russia, as Lenluo
Is known to bo willing to accept food
on tho conditions outlined by Dr. Nan
sen and discussed with tho bolshevlkl
by various neutral representatives at
Moscow.
Richard Crane is Chosen.
Washington, D. C Richard Crane,
private secretary to Secrotary Lansing
and son of Charles R. Crano of Chica
go, ago 33, Is understood to have been
selected to become tho first American
minister to tho now republic of Czocho
Slovakia. Mr. Crano has been con
nected with tho statu department for
more than four years, having first
been appointed clerk to tho secretary
of stato and later becoming Mr, Lan
sing's secretary.
Train Robbers Get $6000.
Marlon, Ark, fit. LoiiIh & Hun Fran
oIhco train No, 80, on routo from Ht.
LouIh to Memphis, wuh hold up ho
twww this city nni Jlrlilgo Junction
Friday iiIkIiI by thrvn luunkwl muu,
who wcttped with about 1C0QO In culi,
It U roporlcd hero,
WILSON MAY STAY
Tl
HUNS
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President Probably Will Bring
Treaty to U. S.
PLANS ARE STUDIED
Teutons Expected to Arrive for Con
ference April 21 Relief Meas
ures Taken Up.
Paris. (p- tho Associated Press.)
Now that tho Germans liavo boon
called to Vorsallles on April 25, tho
Indications arc that tho proceedings
may movo with such dispatch that
President Wilson can remain for tho
signing of tho treaty and thus bo nblo
to tako back the completed document.
This was tho view of tho president's
Intimates Wednesday when their at
tention was called to tho reports In
Fronch papers that his doparturo had
boen fixed for April 2S. It was de
clared that no such Intention had been
formed nnd that tho progress on tho
main questions now gavo promlso that
tho president would not only attend
tho opening of tho congress nt Vor
sallles, but would remain long enough
to SCO Its work carried through. Pro
longed delay by enemy delegates
would, ot course, prevent such action.
Preclso details ot what Is to bo
dono on tho arrival ot tho German
delegates aro being worked out. Pre
liminary to their arrival, a plenary
session of tho peaco conference Is to
be held nt tho foreign office for deter
mination of the final course to bo pur
sued by tho allies before entering Into
relations with tho German plenipoten
tiaries. Whether tho treaty and covenant
will both bo presented has not yet
been decided, hut it is probablo that
the treaty portion of tho document will
not bo made public until after Its de
livery to tho Germans.
Tho procedure with tho cnomy pleni
potentiaries also is receiving atten
tion. One plan under consideration Is
for tho council ot four to hold tho
first meeting with tho Germans and
deliver the document. This would not
bo a public session nnd Its main pur
pose would bo to arrange effective dis
posal of tho business without pro
longed discussion.
An alternative plan Is for tho entire
membership of tho peace conference
to proceed to Versailles for a formal
session, ut which tho treaty would be
delivered. President Wilson, E. M.
House, the members ot tho council
and officers of tho protocol aro work
ing out these details.
Tho council has received the report
of the director-general of relief meas
ures effected by tho Unlttfd States
showing that 388,000 tons of suppllos
to the value of $111,280,000 havo boon
distributed. Tho council considered
measures to Increaso supplies and
shipping during tho current months.
Tho serious doflcloncy In coal In
Italy led the council to appoint a com
mittee to dovlso means for an Imme
diate Increaso of tho supply.
Tho supremo economic council Is
considering tho question of permitting
Germany to havo certain raw mater
ials before tho peaco treaty becomes
effective, with a revision of tho block
ado regulations to that oxtont, and It
Is understood tho prospects uro good
for favorablo action.
Long Search Successful.
Ronoburg, Or. Mrs. Eva Mason Bell
of Aberdeen, Wash., who was separ
ated from her mother many years ago,
wrote to Sheriff Georgo Qulno asking
If he could locato her mother, who
she said might ho living In Douglas
county, Tho letter was printed In a
Roseburg newspaper und Mrs, Thomas
Alexander, living a few miles south of
Itosoburg, wuh located, Mother and
duughtur worn separated 10 yearn ago.
Shooting Will Be Probed,
Washington, I), C Tho Hlato do
purtimuit Tuesday ordered a thorough
InvoMtlKutlou or the shooting of two
Aniurluiw cltlzuiis by Mexican bandits
In Iho Tuinplcio oil dlNtrldt and I ho
robbing of u puyjuuNlor of Dm IIiiumIm
uu Pulroluum ooinpuny of 1G,000 jjohoh,
Tim ulluok ouourrmJ April 10,
STATE NEWS l
TTT BCITCC
To redeem Lake and Klamath coun
ties, bringing them back commercial
ly Into Oregon, tho stato highway com
mission Inst week decided to co-opnr-nto
to tho limit with those counties,
and to urgo additional cooperation
from tho government. Roughly, about
400 mllofl aro Involved In tho plan, 148
miles la Lnko; 145 miles In Klamath
and 10G inllott connecting Lakovlow
and Klamath Falls, the mlleago being
about equal between tho two counties.
For Lnko county tho statu will put
up $200,000, tho county will bond Itself
for $200,000. which Is Its limit, and
tho government will bo asked to con
tribute $400,000. Tho contemplated
road Improvements In Klnmath will
cost an cstlmata ot $801,980. Tho
county will turn over $20,000 now on
hand, and bond Itself for $300,000, and
tho Indian department will glvo at
least $25,000, as tho road will go
through tho reservation. Tho rest of
tho money necessary will bo raised by
the stato and tho government.
Not a great deal can bo accomplish
ed on this Lnko-Klamath program thin
year, for tho projects for cooperation
must ha taken up with tho government
which, It Is understood, Is willing to
help.
Tho plan calls for development of
the 105 miles from Klamath Falls to
Lnkovlow, which will cost $557,074 for
tho lake end nnd $234,594 for tho Kla
math oud. There la 130 miles of road
projected from Lnkovlow to tho north
county line, which will cost nbout
$557,674, and this road will connect In
Deschutes county and continue on to
Bend. From I.nkevlew south to New
Pino creek, connecting with the high
way In California, in 15 miles, to Im
prove which will cost $38,159.
In Klamath tho policy calls for
building a road from Ktamath Hills to
tho north county lino, 118 miles, at
an estimated cost of $309,088, nnd a
road from Klamath Falls Houth toward
Agcr, tapping tho California line, with
a mileage ot 30 miles, estimated as
costing $213,527.
Paving and widening of the road be
tween Scaelda mid -Astoria was de
clared a post road project and will bo
handled ns such when tho government
approves. Clatsop county has $05,000
to uld and tho commission agreed to
accept It toward tho cooperation.
Contracts wero awarded by tho com
mission ns follows:
Hemlock to Beaver In Tillamook
county, five miles, blttillthic pave
ment, Warren Construction company,
$112,803.
Jefferson to Beaver In Marlon coun
ty, seven miles, hltullthlc pavement,
A. I). Kerns, $133,008.
Deer island to Rnlulor In Columbia
county, 20 miles, hltullthlc pavement,
Warren Construction company, $342,
038. Wolf creek to Gravo creek In Jo
sephine county, 4.0 miles, hltullthlc
pavement, Warren Construction com
pany,. $105,528.
Rlckrcul to Monmouth to Independ
ence In l'olk county, 8.3 miles, hltu
llthlc pavement, Warren Construction
company, $204,122.
Marshflcld to Coqulllo, In Coos coun
ty, II miles, concroto pavement, Per
ham, Dean, Brown & I(ogito company,
$318,781.
Central Point to a old Hill In Jack
son county, 8.9 miles, hltullthlc pave
ment, Clark & Honry Construction
company, $231,689.
McMlnnvlllo to Sheridan, In Yam
hill county, 8.3 milos, hltullthlc pave
ment, V. R. Dennis, $192,411,
Baker to .Middle brldgo, In Baker
county, 18.75 miles of grading, J. A.
HoskiiiH, $92,234.
Hcuppooso to Dcor Island, In Colum
bia county, 14.2 miles grading; L. G.
Horrold, $68,581.
Stago Road pass to Wolf Crook,
Josephine county, 4.5 miles grading;
Joplln & Eldon, $38,197.
Divide to Douglas county lino, In
Lauo county, 1.2 miles grading; J. II,
llawloy, $11,144.
Myrtle Creek to Dlllard, In Douglas
county, removal of slide; II, J, Jllldo-
burn, $19,550,
Mrytlo Crook to Dlllard, In Douglas
County, 12.8 miles paving, Oregon Hits
hiiiii company; $310,000.
Amity to Holmes gup, In Yamhill
county, 8.3 miles, puvlnu, Orogou Inde
pendent I'iivIiik company; t'Hi, 170,
Oakland to Yonoullu, In DoukIuh
county, puvliiK iQA miles, Clark
llmwy (foiiHfrugilnij tmmpuiiyj UVi?
311.
GERMANS CALLED
TO SIGN TREATY
April 25th Date Set for Con
clusion of Peace.
BIG PROBLEM SOLVED
President Announces Work So For
Along m to Warrant Summon
ing Huns to Versailles.
Paris. A statement by Preiildoiit
Wilson In behnlf of tho council of
four says that tho questions of peaco
are so near a complete solution that
they will bo quickly ami finally draft
ed. This announcement wns contained
lu nu official bulletin, which ndded
that tho Gorman plenipotentiaries bud
been Invited to moot at Versailles on
April 25.
Tho president hopes that tho ques
tions of Italy, especially relating to
tho Adriatic, wilt bo brought to n
speedy agreement. Tho Adriatic ques
tion will bo given precedence over
other questions.
Tho settlements belonging especial
ly to tho treaty with Germany, tho
statement says, will thus bo got out
of the way, and at tho sumo time othor
settlements will bo completely formu
lated. "In vlaw of tho fact that tho ques
tions which must bo settled In tho
peace conference with Germany havo
boon brought so near a complete solu
tion that they can now quickly bo put
through tho final process of drafting,
those who havo been most constantly
lu conferonco about them havo decided
to advlBO that tho German plenipoten
tiaries bo Invited to meet tho repre
sentatives of tho associated belllger-'
eat nations at Versailles on tho 25th
of April.
"This does not menu that many
other questions connected with tho
general peaco tfottloinout will bo In
terrupted or that their consideration
which hns long boon under way will
bo retarded. On tho contrary, It In
expected that rapid progress will now
bo inndo with tho questions so that
they may also presently bo expected
to bo ready for final sottlomout.
"It Is hoped that tho questions most
directly affecting Italy, especially tho
Adriatic questions, can now bo brought
to a spcody agreement. Tho Adriatic
question will bo given, for tho tlmo,
precedence over other questldus and
pressed by continual study to Its final
stage.
"Tho settlements that belong espe
cially to tho treaty with Germany will
In this way bo gotten out of tho wny
at tho same tlmo that all other settle
ments aro being brought to a complete
formulation. It Is reallzod that,
though this process must ho followed,
all the questions of tho present great
settlements aro parts of a ulnglo
whole."
PROHIBITION AFTER
ALL QUESTIONABLE
Washington, d, c. Legal advisers
of government agencies Interested In
liquor regulations examined statutes
anil executive ordors Tuesday without
finding Bpcclflo logal authority by
which tho Internal rovonu'o bureau
might enforce war-tlmo prohibition
after July 1.
President Wilson, under tho Over
man act, giving him power to transfer
functions from ona department to an
other, might delegate tho authority to
tho revenue bureau, somo lawyers de
clared. However, this still would
leave tho bureau without adequate
funds to pay tho costs of maintaining
a largo federal police.
Suggestions received havo not
changed materially tho air ot uncer
tainly ovor tho question of how prohi
bition Is to bo enforced ns caused by
liitcrnul Itovouuo Commissioner Ro
per's announcement that his bureau
haii not tho authority nor (ho funds to
curry out tho enforcement incuuureu
properly. Many lolegraniM reflected
lMiii Interest by Individuals u ml or
guiilitutloiiM throughout tho country In
Iho Hiatus of war-tlmo prohibition, Mr.
Ilopnr milled tiolliluif In IiIm ululiuiient
In ruplyliiK lo IIioku qunrluK, It wum
NUllI,