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Crvwi Htatwlml Sot A Puttie Auililarlum s The- Weather Miinlmiini yonti'rilii)'. ,......) Minimum today. ...,. lilt AILT FORD Fair, Heavy front tomorrow rorly-NinlliYonr. Jlnll-- I'oiirtwoiilh Year, BEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MA KCJf 31, 1919 NCT. 7 Med M EIBUNE FOCH TO INVADE ' HUNS REJECT Al ITHflRITV MEXICO GRANTS CORN PRODUCTS PI i, npH CONCESSION ON TRUST BUSTED BY ff SKc COUmON , ; t lUHIJinllUL MH"0" Ares Land ,n Lower Cal1' ComWn Mu- Be DissolveU ' Into ' - In Case Germnn Deleaatei Rofuso to 8ln Peace Treaty. Allied Armies Alana Rhine Will Go Forward Russia Seeks Peace Throuah Un official Feeler From Lenlne Man din Confers With Clemenceau Prior to Departure (or Balkans. LONDON. March .11. Tint Kien- illtl NfW KHVI4 it UllllliriUlllld-t Id nt rc- lid bid itifiiniiiitiiiii lin Iiccm rwlv od iu London (hut In cii-.u tliu (!rr limn ili'li'UiituH rufuso to kiuii the peneo treutv. Mar-dml Koeli lin au IlKirilv to order a aeneral advance of (ho iitlicd nrtiiie ntutiit (ho Khiiic. PARIS. March .11. 1'reuiicr Llovd (leiirua unit ('resident Wilson rnnfnr rril privntelv for nil hour llii foro mion lii-fore the council of four met ul the prciddctit'- ronidottco. It in tiiidi-r-'tiiiid that the purin-o of (ho comcri'iico wok iu i-xptuiiu vou ih-h.- procc-coifi-. -. - - " e ('(irnmn Attilnda LONDON", March Si. Tlio ilelmrt niont of the (leroiiin IWcii-n office hnvinir chun-fl f the ticnco nct:otla-li-in linn rent'lied n derision ns to iU attitude towAnl (lie nwiliiiliomi. a German wiri'lra im-shm-ci mivn. The iWiirtment litis tH'fiilvil Iho German eovpromoiit alioiild net only in ac cordance tt'ith I'rwiilvni Wilfon'e fourtuen iwiiitn. PARIS. March 31 General Mnn ttin, who it him been reported, will he iippointed to pomiimnd allied op nilioi)M in llm llnlkiuiH unil lliissin. Iind n conference with I'reminr Ch-in-oncpnii toduv ut (he miniMtrv of war. Only Leiilno tNscJcr . j LONDON, March Ut. I'plillcntion bv the Dnilv He'rald, tho now lnhor nmi-n miner, of n report Dint tlioso ill power in Hussin hud nuiilo comtire-lu-nivo pence proposals lo tho allied nnd associated power,- caused on stir in diplomitti oircles in London toil 11 V. . . i Thoso in n position to speak au thoritatively on lliis-iinn affairs snv tluit if such new proposals wore made tliov will douhttcsH lie eoiwiili'reit na not lioiiiB bontifiilc. nn huvo tippn oth r lirnimmilH or fueloru int forth bv Premier Lciiinc. v ; ltunBta'n lri)iHil LONDON. Aliirch 31. Gporcc I.miHliury, editur oV tho now labor noWBpiuipr. ' tbo Dnilv llernld, il ftlnroM tlint tho ullin linvn rpcoivpil h now nroiioNiil for tin iimlorntiindinir with tho tiroHont niUirn.of Kwiii nnd intimntON Hint tho ponilit:onH of thnt iindprHtnnilinir urn tho witlidniwul of trooiw from Kunia mid the nlmndon mont of tnido noliv of interforonce in lliiHHiiin nffiiirfi. lliissin, on her part, would lio willing not to intiir fiiro with tho hfftiirs of other na tions; nllow Kiiilmul, Esthmi'm, Ult rnino nnd otlmr rnimlilifls formed from tho hvitono HiwiHiin emin'ra to pliooso thoir own forms of eovorn niont:. mid to Dnv'HiiHsin's interna liotnil dob I . Tho writor mmimizos lAorioa of (Oontlnuaa on Pag Six.) L PAUI8, Mar. 31. (Hnvns). Tlio Oorinnn . financial : Bub-commlaBlon which Is to iIIbcubb penillng financial qiioxtlons with roiiresontutives of the alltoB has arrived at Spa. , ., . , Tho flnanolnl oonfaronoo hotwoon Oorman and allied representatives Bocordlng to first announcements wixb to be hold In 'Purls. .. hnlor nilvlooB Httld the mentlnpt wng .Illtoly to bo hold at Vovsalllos, aUho other places Including Cnmplogno bnvo boon men tioned. . . , , Million Acres of Land In Lower Cali fornia Develooed and Claimed By Americans. Whose Rlulits Were De clared Forfeited Reported Sold to Jauanese Bv Carratwa. WASlllNOTON. innb SI.TUb Ampricitn ' CTiilmwdV tit Mexico fit V wild iiiKtrui'tPil tudtiv to miikn iimiiir- ii'H I'oni-i-rnini! tli ri'imrl thnt tut' .Mcxiciin iriivcrmiii'iit b emnlvil ns rii'iilltiriil cdiiccMiiiiim In JiwuMve in Uiwer Culit'iiriiiii. mid to ri'imrt tlip I'liiMx mt'iinii'Ulv m isKilil. No officio) iiifiiriiuiliioi bun rciifb pil flip di'iinrtiiii'iit nloiit l(i chih'oh Kumrt and Huriirina wan occimioiiod by Dip iliximtrh from Mi-xivo C'itv vetcrdrtv onolintr Ociioriil, Airnido Amn'rri'. dcrrotiirv of devplmmieiit nnd' iiKrii'ulturp an wivinir tlu-v hud lipcji arnntiM). -Tho Aiiiprii-nn kov ernmcnt in intcrpHtod bolli becansp of the uttnnrvnt hiicppwr of Jiiinin in obtaining & limn Huuuht fimthold in Lower f'nliforniji, nnd, bpcniiKo ; lbc tract of Inn. I involved whh dnvclnfi cd und in cliiimi'd hv an American pomimiiv wluwii riubU were dwlnred forfcifed bv llm Mcxicun uovern nipiit in 1917...... ; Ovw; Million Acre The Imid. iiiiviirdf of a million nvrtw Iwlow the ('aliforniii border. vim urniitpil bv llm tbpn I'rpiwltfnl :ix In iit rfiliffirnin nnd Mexicin) Lund eonitmnv of Lo Ancolps. of! which Ocnornl Unrrion Clrixv Otin of l.m AihtpIcn. wiih tbn lendine fimirp. It vfiiH denert liinil with midline crow, ine on it but KituphriiRti. cupIiih and ih)nrrel. The soil, bowevcr. wuh rich, in idncpn 80 foot i1cpi, formed hv dupoNiti. for ecnemlioiifi bv tho Colorado river. 4t tiroduced notb iinf for Mexico- nnd tho pxiwnse of linliiiiir wnler on the limd wns so irrcnt thnt no ono in Mexico would undertiike it. The American oora imnv Hpcnt moro lbnn $V,fl0.000 irriifiition work before tho trnct wns productive. Ono of (he remiircmcnto of tb poticpssion wn that the land should i bo irriimted. Another wns thnt it should be seltlod with fiinii pix and runchera. Huth IUpko iiiiircmpnU nro wid to bnvo been mot bv Hip Amerieitn fomimv. 'crtlcal In 1017 . On April 7, 19 IT. the Mexican gov ernment tloc.lnroil tho trnct contlscat od, accordliiK to tho statements of Clouorul ARiilrro and thou apparently, tho Moxlcan Bovornment onnl ne Kottnllons with a Japnnnno Byndlrnto. Acting Secretary of State Phillips Bald today that the Los Angeles com pnny proposed about two years ago to grant a Japanese corporation long term leases on a largo portion If not all ot tho tract. At that ttmo the company was atlll nnnblo to maintain American Bottlers there, but whon the state ,dopartmont objoctod to tho proposed leases the company dropped Us negotiations with the .Innnneso. When Sonator Phalan of California recently Informed tho department that negotiations had boon ronowod tho company's altontlon was directed to tho Amorlcan government's atti tude. , ';'.;. , iPlieliin (o Aiicnt ' 8 AN FRANCISCO, Mar. St. III rect dlplomntlO' roprOBontntlons to .Mexico and Japan to prevent tho establishment of laud grants to Jap- (Oonttmied on Pago Six.) OOLD DKACII; t-'re. March 31. Qc.orito 1). Chonowudi, who sorvod in tho Orcaon lcailntuvo nt tho hiat ses sion, was in ini) hero todnv, bavinir siirronderotl to the nolico at Liimr Ioir, Sutuvdtiv niulvt ufter ho hud -ul,..l .....1 -(1..,,,n U.,il,,,n ,. IIJ.I. J. 1(111 VI.I.'IU,' J T ,11. 1. ...... .. vounif huoiicx rccentiv (iincaiuiiiHi from Rurvico, 1'muilv trouhles vvoro civon n tho Toimon., for tho kilUmi, wliieii wns oviilwitlv . proinodiliitod. iiceordinic to (lie police,' Kvdmitri nn1, roimrtcd In have tuum attentive to Cbcnowotli's ilnnuhlcr Vihen bo went to win1. mm OF CURRY MURDERS SOLDIER Combine Must Be Dissolved Into Component Comoanes Bv 1921 Unfair Competition and Price Fix ma Aliened Factories to Be Sold ' Reduclna Comoanv'i Outaut. NEW. YORK. Nfurcti n. Ditwolii tin of Ilia Corn Vrtxhwln llctmitie coinimiiv. which i reitiiired to sell lo compclitiin. before li)2i all bin llirwof'itK mmirirncturifieiilniM. hiih nrdcri'd liv Fcdcrul Judge iH'iirned lluml todiiv. The tlwrw, fullnwtn n ilixmia) bv tbo miprcme court u few lioiirii eiiriicr of (lie cortiorn tiotiV uiiHiil from u previous iude mvnt dinxolviua the confern, wns tit nwult of a compromise nereemem lictwpcti-lhe dcfcnilnnts nnd the eov enmient which churned that the cara )nnv wntt i iiummmlv. - , . ; Tho cintxirut'ion ')mc oropertici are vnlucd fit ii.O0O.0(IO. in permitted to return il ftietrie ut Aruo and Pekin. Ills-, nnd Kdaewntcr, N. J. It niiMi )'tnimna at Um iltanln at Ch'wteo. (Iraiiilu itv nnd Davenport, ills.: Okwpko..N. Y.. and Jersey Citv. N. J. The prom-rtie to be retniupi). E. T.'' Dolril, ' pridenf "of the ' oom imnv, Hnid nre the Inrccntv hut lie described the wdnnient "a liltle oro ilnslrie tbiin wo -pro williin'. fora lontr time to consent to.'' ; ; I'ufnlr CmiHHitlon In the t'orn ProiliictH- ense. the ttoverumcnt ctuirccd that tho com pany with Hnbuidinrv concerns, en eiiircd in unfair coinpetitioa, iixine vtit-M for its productH and linine other advontimcs over comiietitors thronuh tho pnvmpnt of freicbt re bnles tin sliipnicnt.s of starch, eln cosc. srnne siimir ami other uro ductst. . . . JinU'incnt was rendered in tbo fed eral disfriet court of New York niiainst tho defendants, resfrauiinc them from TCHiiminB the practices cited and orderinir tbo (l:.sso!i)tiojr of (bo, concern nlontr the irenerai lines ontered bv the federal court ia the Iirvester romtwny Case. To Avoid Litigation : . The decree was ncted upon, Mr. Bedford added, in order to avoid luiiur continuation of the lituiation. In view of the pennistiion to retain tbo Ari'o, 1'pliin and Kdircwiiter irs eOIlKKt- plants, ho said, tlio directors eonsid- .... ... , ... -..u. co.nurmu.so uuiu-uieu-. reasonnblv fair settlement, part.cn- larlv as f did not doslrov tbo orean- rat on nor take from the concern its trade murks. ... lho inoiones to bo sold, np RintDiV . . . wiaB ,.mM m wonbl reduce t),o crt,nttio.'S dailv j J" !" . 1 rl of the rri.id.n-t enpucitv bv 3.V00O bushels. I "l"'.5 o!SS Z The compimv. ifr. Ik-dfont said, f oeutlon and that Oodsol was owned 100 per cent of the stock of bought in because of ciose associa its snbsidiarie... manufacturers f "ViU T.homtta- Godso contended candy, starch, itlucoso and other corn . 1)6 hT,A ) Wt4 " ; government n any way in the Irana- (Cont)nuod on Pago Sit) actions in n-uestton. HUMPTY HERE'S riRST BRITISH i ACROSS THE ,r . . t '.sj; V r-.J,B mlsffs. :. :TuM- Sf-r-r-r in rr ii mil ni wrHTmmmm0m - '-J'- Hawker ia the British aviator wfto has gone to the New foundland coast to start a fliftfU for the London Daity Mail $50,000 priae. Hi machine is a Sop-worth, 2-seat bplane,' ; 375 hp. engine, boat-shaped fuselage. Hawker won the worid's ..'fiicora for cuuUauous flight, nnd the British Michelin prize for 1912. His lime up was hours, 22 minutes. ;v. . t SUPREME COURT WASHI.VGTO.V, Mar. 31. The. de cision ol the District ot Columbia supreme court ordering discharged Iron) custody on habeas corpus pro ceedings of Frank J. GodsoJ, a French ettfzen, whose extradition was sought by i iho French government on a charge of maklii-; several millions In unauthorised profits on motor. trucli contracts was upheld today by, the dlBtrlct conrt ol appeals. , ' ; ' llllon) ..win in thl..Mlinln n o on attache of a French war mission.' He .. ,ij m u c ,o,o .1.. " a u . . to ivu wmvn o, aoao, vuv. yTmch embassy complaint reciting tht a(, baon lnd(eed ( Frelt:e. Pollacal ..geg deveioped durtug , tha pl0gr698 ol th6 case to the Vo7(6 ' A ... i DUMPTV GER, PEACE TREATY ENTRY FOR FLIGHT ATLANTIC W8I0SIKE TO AID MOONEYi TNDIAKAPOLIS. tad.. March 31. The , United Mine Workers ol America will not tierlicivale in an general strike on July 4 n behalf of Thomas Moonev. convicted of com plicity in a bomb e-fplosion in Snn Francisco in a preparedness . dav parade. , , Annoimcement tbat the esecwtivfc board of ibo lame workers imd decia ed a-rainsC onrficipation ih such a ntrike was made here today throuch tho Tnitc-d Mine WoTkers' Jonmnl, offici) piiblicaiion of (be anion. The executive board says' the con vention of the. tnternationol Workers llcfense ijcai-iie of Snn Francisco. held iu Cliica-ro. ; wliich issued the s(r;"ke call, was not authorized bv tho American .federation of Labor and the' International Dnion Hie, I nitcd Jlinc ,lt orkers was not reo rasented officiatlv at the. convention. nnd . not bownd bv action, tnkcnf there. .Die ineniborship of the mine workers' or-rnnii;ation cannot partici- iHitc in tinv such strike without vio Int n? the fiinilnnientnl lns vovernr inirMlio tinion arid br-V tine the io'nt aureemont under which, miners how are workine. tho exocivtivo com iinllce smtY Lorn) unions had ask ed the international lieadminrters hero what was the ootiev toward the wraposed aonetai strike. . 3 E8 SALEM March. 31. V. V. Mnl kov of Porlland, has notified Gor cinor fllvott (hat he has resinned as a member ot the Soldiers' nnd Sntt or.s" comiins.sjii nm) Die sovvmfr to day nniKuiitcd K. 31. Oral of Port land, iu his place. Jtutkc.v was chair man of tbo commission. In replv to an iimuirv hv Mulkov. Attorney Gen eral iBrown recently held thnt mem Iwrs of tho vominisison ate evson n)W lmble for any -dart of the 000 iipprotitirtted bv tlie le-rislatiire in a tncusuTO creatuur the commis s on, wjii-'h is ftlavcd on donosit and it i.i t)ioiii)il tbis immv bnve been tbo reawn fur illr, Jfiilkov's resit-tiHtion other maiiiticvR., Jtiuies A. Cranston nlso rcsiuncd from tiro commission )mrt Liciiteniuit rolone) (leered H. Keltv, who loiientlv returned from I'vaiKi, v.aa nwwinted to his lifano. - f, ' V ',,"1 -". llfilUlricwwtal.AS vMttl ---- ! 1 MANY IF FRENCHTROOPS UNDER ATTACK 8YHUNGARIANS SroaSl Forte of Ftmm to MeulraJ Terrilorv Capture) Ullinialsn) Sent io C2eho-S)ov)t$ iniaslry at Standstill In Budapest as States Takes Over All Prooedv. PARIS, Mar. Si. (Br Associated Presal) A smaU lorce of: Fientl troops stationed In the neutrai zone between Hungary and ftoumanla has been attacked, by "Hung-Mian troo-i. 350 tI the French being 1aien pris oner, according to en olllelal report received, here. . On demand ot'tho Ftencti genetal Ihe release ot the prisoners ias been promised by the Hungarians. GreaUy dtatttrhed ccn-ttttona are TepDrte-1 to exist In Hunga-Ty. ' - Xa-I-wtry at Stau-JfatUl WASHINGTON, MaT. S. Indn-i- try s at a standstill In Budapest, ac cording to advices to the state de partment today. A, diRpitcti ttom. Vienna Btales that all iniUBlTlBl ac tivities ha,re oeen stopped In tae Hungarian capUat, that an inventory is being taken tsy ttie -aevf -.Boteneitk. aulhortilea ol all Jac) ory plBsts, banking- Institutions and shops' ot every variety. t AH property is being sequestrated, boln real and personal. THe aispalcn says every house is regarded by the authorities as belonging to the atate and arms apd 'ammnnlUtm ol every kind hare been requisitioned. ' Some prominent people have been arrested. It la stated also that the, ae rep resentative ot tbe 'Budapest- goyern- ment bad been formally accepted at Vienna and that the Budapest author ities nave ordered that tnY Tespeet no paid to flags ol foreign govern ments. ' ..;:. Vltlmatum to Czechs- BASEL, Switzerland, Mar. . 31. (Havas.) Tha ttungarU.a govertt ment'ia reported to Vienna dispatches to have sent an ultimatum lo tne Cfcecho-Siovak government. . . This aationj It Is said, -as -taken because ot tbe concentration ol Cj-ecbo-SloTBlt troops and a rnmor-that there wonld be a general mobilization, ia Bohemia In the near tutnre. USUI TO BE SPEEDED-UP YTAKHfKCWrVM , Wit i ces-ijty tor the prompt diseharze ot ait men who can 6e soared from the army and v-hose. enlistment contracts lift Tint Vinlil "rVlPTii lnevnTnl ilin imnnrl ol the war, is erapliasixed by Gen eral. ifarch. in a" circular iustrueVitt to -Jemobiliiation officers wiade nb )ie todav at tbe year department. The onler drrweis nso ihut nm- vious instructions shall be internret- eti so.tbav men will btt let ont ffbere there j no specific reason for their hl'il.C rctaiflcf? Hcpn thnutrh' ibo,t n.n not in the classes nntlore-l tor -oii- orilv ro (l)sc)j)irtf. . . Tl7)iere a camp ?.? 1st ht rrc fnr storaae purposes and wilt reouire ad ditional vversonnel to be Tetaineil on that account, Gcerl jtfnrob dirwis lliiit thf. fnntmimdiint: mf, tha ,,,,' ter to Washincton for decision. IN SUPREME COURT Washington; Mar. at, Federal court decrees dismissing mandamus proceedings brought by William F. Arant, seeking to have the secretary ot tbe interior iirected to show cause why Arant should be ramoved as superintendent q( Crater Lake Nat ional Tark, Oregon, ere viptield to day "by llio supreme court. . Aranl claimed that under civil service laws he could not be remoied ulUiout Ilrst being nDiitioi) in -writing ol charges mado against hlmv . 3297 Tl IPS 0F91STD1V1SI0N All SAFELY Helots M St, Mibiel, An)-Mi6 and Scbeii)) Arrive from Overseas . "WiWwest" Fiabterj Left issi Jv)y and Tomtit loni'muousiv )n Many Sectors Until Armistice. NEW YORK, Mitrch 31. Witfi more iban 3,W0 officers waA inen vl the Slst division, Valional army irashinetbn. Oreeon, California, Jie vada. Utah, Wnho. Montana, ami-' Wvoroinsr tbe steainsbiD &boDey arrived Irom Ut. HazmreJ. These inefmfed the 3ii.'frd mfantr-r head-iuarters-of the '2nd. battalion, tbe supply eonipany nnd eomwniP T..G. and H. 30 otticers and 8til men for Camps tvearnev. Lewis. Tay lor. Dodee. Funston and Rhe-rman-. an1, tbe 36ib jfantrv's fieW and staff headatmrters ol the 3rd bat talioa, (leadnuatters oC the sutintv and machine eun comviames, ord nance nad meoieai detachments and Companies A. B. I. K. I and ST. 51 officers and 219) iicn. for Civmp. Kearne-f . lnis, Sbermnn, luvlor, Grant. lir.. Vodge and Vunslon. - The Siboncv brought altoKcthcr 32'JT trooos, . iiu.(udinii. . -Id offieer. and 175;iDen e)s or vromiiieil, pni scattered casuals. ,; Saw Much, Sle-rvlee : ' The 3S3nl- ad :304(kH sailed last July for Europe and too ft uart in. the lotfelsske at St. Mihiel. ftynsbt at the i Artronne, were seat by Marshal Yoca ! to Beleraat, wiere fliey advanced un ,der cotnmanji of Kiue A.Hicrt ia tha lYpxes offensive in eoninnetion tsitli ! Britis)- anil French troops. Vnder ' tire the regiments constructed von , toon bridnes across the Scheldt ao,t ;in Belgium liberated . thousands of 1 civilians. Whoa the armistice was sianed" they were about to renew their offensive, 'if The 91si -livision papinreil 2-18i prisoners; 40 machine puns and artil lerv and tanfca. Its casualties were 1160 officers and men killed anil 500D wormAeb. . i Occupied Aix la Chapeiio " "YbeD Kinj? Albert i-eenlereil Brus sels these irestera troops aero with him, and -they parttciqatcd also utieji. ; the allies occupied the Qermaji city ot Jlix Ql-H?l)e. Ji'hon thev njv rii ed today under command of Lieu tenant Colonel dattua'C. Bennett, resnlnr army, 22 bad tfod iiiiiin--.nished service medals. r , NEW VORK, March 31, With 297 troops, all casuals, the- Trench lino steamship Lu r.orraine arrivecf Itcro todnv ftom Havre... TJmts included rasnai roropames of tifijcers ami army.. ; .. . 13 TRINIDAD, Colo., Mar. St. Thir teen men nin report ed entombed in the Empire mine of the Empire Coal company near Agutlar, Coa., -which. was urecked b an explosion ot saa this morning. , TKenty-three oat of SS . miners who were tn the mine at the time ot the explosion, came out by a connect ing shatl an hour alter the explosion and reported cliaC the fan which had not been wrecked nas uorklns ant that conditions were good lor tho safety ot the men entombed. . . THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS IH OREGON LAST WEEK S-tLEif, March. 31. -Tdree futaC aiScidents ivere -repoTteiJ lo lhe inilns tria) neeiilent commission during Iho week ending ilinrcl. 2J. - The victimx : were J. C. Kn-yuh-,. a, steel -worke! o FoTtlnnft; Moke I1. )onocl. a )oustir ol ytheeler, and 1. Yttmafnoto. a lumber worker of Astotiu.. . r These "Kere ncidents lapoitcil ior the -weeK, ot which 443 were Nui ieet to the provim'ons of the work men's coKivensiition taw. OS the - mniiMler 22 Tveru iTirm fiimorniiyn which h'tit? reiectcd the law and 14 from puhdc iifidttcs. which, are uo$ SWlljevt to it. ...j