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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919 .
NO. It
Mail Tribune
' - ' ' .:
MEBFORD
.J -
FINAL DRAFT
OF LEAGUE
IS FINISHED
' ' '
Dfaftlnq Committee Comulotes Its
Work New League Covenant Has
27 Articles Tension Not Yet DIs
pelted But Feeling Gradually' Im
. proves Rumors of Speedy Ad
journment Consideration of Com
pleted Draft Postponed.
. fARIS. April 8. Tho meeting of.
the poucu conference coiuiuixHion on
tho Lviigua of Nation lor coimiilurii
i tion of tho completed lira Tt or thu
covenant which hud hi'ou planned' for
tonight, bun hcen1 iMMlixmod until
Thursday. It U 'understood tho
postponement wan iioeotiMituled bv
tho Inability t,f -President Wilson to
attend a uuf tiuir curlier than Thuin
duv. .
PARIS. Anril 7. (Hv tho Abho
eiiitcd Premi.) Tho (lniftinir coin
miltvo of tho League of Nations Iiiih
completed iU work. Tlio covenant
n ruvixod contains 27 article. A
full meeting of tho lcnguu of Kiitidim
committee will ho hold toinorroir.
I ho overnight tunxmii in penco
conference circles lind not been iUh
ixdled when tho council of four met
toiluv. In conference circles, 'how
ovcr, it wn felt tliut Hid session to
duv would serve to clear tlio uliiios
1 ulinro.
The first question token m ut the
fori'iioun session of the council, nt
which Colonel I Ioiihq represented
'President Wilson., was Hint at Pro
eedure. in nu effort to accelerate tlio
work of thu council. - ...
It wiim planned to dovolo tho af
ternoon Kcxion to tlio sullied of re
Himnsihilitv for the war, ini'liidinir the
question of ft tribunal to trv the
former Gorman emperor, tlio former
crown prince nnd oilier on which di
vided rciiortM hnvo been presented.
' It wutt said hv Americnn meuibcrK
of Hie tMMiee conference Ihrtt Ihe
general situation wiim improved Home
what todav hecaiixo of tho agreement
roncliod hv the commission on ropnr
tiouu on tho niiiin features of tho
reparations question, leaving oulv a
few unessential (let nils for adjust
ment. Gonornllv. n more hopeful lone pre
vailed nu the dnv went on.
Arcmherx of tho Aincrieiin deltiirn
tion declined to irivo 'an explanation
of the ninnv rumor in circulation
' that the conference would complete
its work xliorllv. Ono iiiemher when
nuked for del mile inforniiitinn snid:
"Vou know the George Washing,
ton hax been ordered Id Hroxt. That
is n Kood Niilncct for Hpeciilalion-'
OF MEXICO IS A
MEXICO CITY.'April 7. Tho re-
iu'nntion of Knl'uol Nieto, for four
voarx under aoorelnrv of the trensnrv
' nnd for more : than ,n venr in full
cliuruo o T tho (lepnrtnient, wnx no
enpted todnv bv I'roBidontr Corrnnr.ii.
Lum Cabrera, former secretary of
the trensnrv. Hiieocds linn.
Sonor Niolo ix cMioctod to ontor
the onmpaiKn for tho covcrnorship
1 of tho stuto of Knn I.ins Potosi. .
WASIIINaTON. April 8. Luis
Cabrera, unpointed bv President Cnr
ranza to Riiececd Ha fact Niolo aft
IicikI of tho Mosienn troiisurv, is re
garded in Wiixhinuton as ono of the
ullteroxt otionueg of the United hlntcs
in Moxii0. Uurinir tho war ho toured
Latin-Ainerieiv ondonvorinc; to nlicn
thn Ijiitm rennlilics in a policy, of noil
trnlitv with Moxico. ;
DiiniiK tho revolution Cnhrorn wns
cIoho In Ciirriin.n nnd to him is nt'
trilintod Iiivl'cIv tho adoption of f
now constitution which pormitted tho
"confiscation" of properties ncninst
, whbdi.tho United Stales. Hritisli and
J'roncli irovornmunlB Hnvo pt'olOHteil
SPANISH FORCE NEARLY , '
' CRUSHED BY RAISULI
PARIS, April 7. A helulod I,Tiivii8
(lispnteh from Tiniitier. , Morocco,
xnvs tho Spanish forco situated in
cump Civo miles from Twiian wns nt
tucked Mui'cli 21 hv tho B.iodnla
triliOKinon under Rnisiili, tlio ono-liiiin
. lirotmiiler to thu . Moroncnn throne.
The Hpaniarils suffered heavily nnd
were reforced to riilrout preipiliilelv
but wore nhlo to retrain Ihuir camii.
TREASURER
JEWELS AND MONFY
, IttmAPHBT, Sunday, April .
(Ity Assoolulod Press.) Wlilio
General Jan (Ihrlittlitn Smuts,
who win sont horo liy tho poaco
conforonco at 1'nrln, had author-
Ity to. arrange a now nrmlstlco
between llungury and tho on-
tanto power. It appears that bo 4
did nut do to. .
Hrltlsh residents of the city
will leave for Paris hy way of
Vienna Monday. With them will
KQ tho American wlvot of Hun
garians who will bo permitted
to tako with thorn Iholr monoy
and effects. Tho government
Booms to bo doing everything
noBalhlo In favor of Amorlcana
and othor foreigner.
OF JUSTICE IS
I!
COPKNIIAOHS, April 8 The mo
tor car In which llorr LandnliorR,
iiilnlxtor of Jimtlco In tho nntlonnl
Gorman government, was being taken
to Jlrunnwlck after hln nrrot yotor-
ilay nt MnKdnliiirir by revolting ol
dlera, wax utonped uV llolmxtad and
tho minister liberated, a Derlln dlx
natch anys.
The uiachlno wnt accompanied by
a afronir oiicort of the InntirKcnla, but
tlio pollco at Itulnmtnd disarmed
them, llcrr Ijindxberg wont to tho
police hoadquurtors. ... . ,.- ..
As a result of tho nrrost of llorr
Uindsbartt. a stale of bIcko was de
clared at MaRduburK and a sufficient
forco of troops was sot In moromont
to brlnit thnxo rexponslbla to Justice,
accordlnic to a Berlin soml-offlclul
statomont.
COPKNIIAGRNY April 8. llorr
I.andulicru, minister of Justice In tho
national Gorman aovornmont, was ar-
restod ynxterday nt MiiKdoburK, enp
it 1 of Prussian Bnxony by mombors
of roRlmenls stationed thoro, a 'Man
doburit dlspotch roports. Gonoral
von Klalst, In command of the Fourth
army, and hla staff also wore arrest
od.
Former Deputies Drnndes and Pll
kol also waro "tarrostod. Other ar
rests of soelnl-domocrnts nnd mom
borfl of the bourKoolate aro planned
Tho majority of tho Magdeburg
anrrlson sympathizes with the Inde
nondnnl socialists, tho niessaiio adds,
I
4 MORE
SIEEL STEAMERS
' POUTI.AND, April ... 8. -At lonst
four stool stonmors, ono from each
stool ynrd In the Portland district
uro expected to bo lnunchod this
month, shipping board offiulnls said
todnv.
It is hopod by tho food ndmlnlstra.
tion grain corporation to have at
lonst two more steaniors allotted In
tlio nonf futuro to carry flour from
this port. An 8800-ton vossolnmny
bo assigned from this tloot as the
next cnrrlor from tills port for th
Pacific StoiimshtD company on Us
Oriental line. .
Tho flrBt of the stool fleet to tnko
Us Initial dip will bo tho West Hnr
grnvo, 8800-ton stool freighter now
under- construction by Columbia
Hlvor Shipbuilding corporation
Other vossois to bo launched are tlio
nnoo-lon stonmor Waban, now bulla-
lug nt G. M. Slnndltor Construction
corporation at Vancouver, tho stool
rfiniin nt llm Nnrlll
wost Stool company nnd tho 8800-ton
stool stonmor Glymont at Alblnh En-
irlim nnd 'Mnchlno Works. Shln.l of
tho Glymont 'ypo find rondy ubo In
tho sugar trade out of San Francisco
to Hawaii, .; . . . v
Plant Trees for Fallen Heroes
WASHINGTON. April 8. Com
nioncemoiit dnv nt ninny colleiics will
hnvo for part of tho proBi'nin this
venr tho plaiilinir ol! meinoriiil , trees
in honor of former students who miv
their lives or offered their lives to
Ihoir conntrv in Hie World Wnr. A
hov Dnv will bo morn widely iiinrUod
tliiu yiie Ihnii in'cr before, hcentise
of memorial (reo pliiiitim?,
CL
ULSUN
PEACE VIEWS
Matin Ridicules Stand Taken By
American Executive On French
Claims Danzig Goes to Poles
German Reparation Agreed Upon
Geneva Selected for Capital.
PARIS. April 8. (llnvas.)
?rxident Wilson's utlitude on French
Iniiux before the penco conference
put forth bv "certain Americnn dr
ies.' are declared bv the- Matin to
be "entirely funtnstic." President
Wilson, tho Mntin savs. is conscien
tiously ,Htiidvinr tlio final details of
tho iireliininiirv pence, Tho Petit
nrixien ciiiphnticnllv denies that
here are nnv differences between tho
French nnd American delenntionx. cs
pccialv reirnrding financial oiiextions.
The Pnnx newxiiaperx predict that
the meetinifx in Versailli probably
will take place within 1.1 or 20 dnvs.
According to I Joiirniil, the plan
for n buffer state nt the mouth of
tho Vistula Iiiih been abandoned, the
handing over of Dnnr.iir to the Poles
to be nrobublv the course adopted.
The Kcho do Puns savs it is able
to slate tliut the solution of tho rciin
rations uuextion reached hv the con
fcrence provides for eomplele repnrn-
ion. Tho plnn. it adds, culls for
the annual meetintr of n inler-allicd
ommixsion to decide upon tho sum
that Gcrmnnv shall pnv tho following
venr. ' ' " '' "
It is bchpvcil. thw newspaper also
slates. Hint Geneva has been defi
nitely chosen as the scat of the So
ciotv nf Knlions. -The nlull for I
riiimiiluil nnrnde in Paris .nlomr tho
Champs F.lvsco nppiircntlv has been
abandoned.' it snvs.
I.KAVKNWORTIt.' Kas.. April 8.
Warrants cullimr for tho deportation
of it) men servinif Kcntenccs in the
federal prison here, including 12 of
tho I. W. W.'s recently admitted to
buil. Hemline rehenrinir of their enscs.
were served today bv an iniiiiurrntion
official. Tho warrants cull for de
Vortntion at tho end of their sen
tences. .
Tho members of the I. W. W.
ngninst whom warrants were served
were :
Chnrlca Ashley. Chieneo: Racnnr
Johnson, orgnnir.er of construction
workers; .Louis Parenti. Cnn Fran
cisco; hoo I Lnukki, nnti-drnft ngi
tutor; John Avila. editor of newspa
per at Peterson, N. J.: Vladimir I.os-
sieff. liiiHsian exile; W alter, T. Nerr.
MiiIiuIcIpIiiii: Cbarlos I'lnlin, Llu-
cniro: Fred Aelsnn-; I hnrles Hotn-
fishor. editor of n lliiniriirinn weekly
nt Chieniio; Francis Milcr, textile
worker; Siegfried' Sternberir. '-'
T B0LSHEV1KI
SHOW SOME SENSE
nUDAPRST, Sunday, April 6.
f-Dy Associated Press.) Great ear
nestness Is displayed by the members
of the new gdVernmont in carrying
out tho work nsalgned to them. They
dm rnn.lv In illRiMtaR thfllP nlann and
(thov rofraln from nbuslMg capitalism.
Jules Alpnrl, a prominent commu
nist, and Julos Sovresi, peoples' com-
nitsslonor In cliargo or socialization
(of fnctorlos, nrgua that communism
Is tne oniy motnoa oy wniuu comni
Kurono can be saved from total ruin
Capitalism, they maintain Is unnblp
Ho cope with tho throat of brtnkruptey
high wngos and tho unwillingness oi
laborers to work. Thoy point out
Hint undor communism workmen
cannot strike nnd nre obljgod to ac
cept a ronsonnblo wage. "
S. F. TRADE COUNCIL REJECTS
'NEW WORKING AGREEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO. April 8. Re
iection by tlio Sim Francisco Iron
Trades Council of (he now workins
nsToeiiient for the Pncifio const ship
yards, drawn up bv n recont Wash
inglon con ferciicc, wns announced
hero todnv. ' The council represents
movo than fiO.OOO workers in the San
Francisco hav reuion.
An extension of tho awards of tho
Into Federal Snip Huildinif Labor ad
justment board Until Oetobor 1, nnd
tho Snturdny lutIC holiday, were tho
principal items of tho new nnreement,
Tho executive committee , wns v
striiclcd to ilnnv tip a new nirrceinmit
to be subiliilled to the shiji exeeulives
here, . .-
ARE FANTASTIC
MICHIGAN, VOTES TO
RETAIN DRY LAW
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
DKTIlOIT, Mich., April 8.
Cub ling the heaviest voto ever
recorded at a bionnlal -spring
election, Michigan electors on
the face of Incomplete returns
early today rejected yesterday
4 a proposed amendment to recall
4 tho prohibition law, adopted a
$30,000,000 road building pro
gram and gave the republican
ticket of minor stale officials an
overwhelming majority. The
eood road bill provides for a.
4 paved boulevard along the lake
4 shore connecting with Detroit.
444 4 444 44444
Fiunk W. Woolworth Who Started On
. $50 Capital Dies With Income of
$8,000,000 a Year Laughed at as
Vlsioparv Established Over 800
Retails Stores America and Europe
: NEW YORK! April 8, Frr.r.k W
Woolworth, who nUrted a five and
ten-cent store at IHlco, N. Y., lorty
years ago on a capital of 150 and
eventually ljee.sfe the- millionaire
proprietor or a great chain of these
stores In tho United states, tnnauii
and England, died suddenly early to
day at his country home ut Glen
Cove, Long Island. In addition to
establishing a business with profits
said to be nearly S8.000.000 yearly.'
Mr. Woolworth built the celebralea
51-story Woolworth b.ulldlng In 'Low
er New York, said to be the tallest
building in the world. .'
.He was born on a farm at Rodman,
Jefferson county, Now York, on April
13.1852. Until he was 21 years
old he worked on his fathers farm.
obtaining a meager education In tne
district school nnd later at a business
college. His first- position was ob
tained In a drygoods Btore and grad
ually he was advanced until he be
came a cleric and salesman, during
which time he married on a salary
of S8.50 per week. Me worked six
vonrx in the drygoods Business in
various stores before a euccesstui
bargain countor sale gave turn tne
idea of the possibilities of making
substantial profits from nickel and
dimn nurchnscs. His - Idea . wnen
broached to his employers was term
ed visionary and he was advised to
stick to "the old-fashioned", plan of
conductlne a store. Nevertheless
winniwnrth was determined to ;iesi
the plan and his first venture was at
lltica In 1879. He had but $50 in
cash nnd gave his personal note for
the goods, i In a year he had paid off
his debt and saved some money, nos-
tnir out his store he located at Lan
castor, Penn., and established not
only a store but the foundation oi
his fortune. "
His rapid rise from a small "pigeon
hole" store to the palatial wooiworm
biiildlim In this city with more than
oight hundred branch Btores in the
United States, over sixty in Canada
and England forms one of the most
Interesting business romnnces in tne
history of the world. Tho business
was Incorporated several years ago
for $65,000,000.
In addition to being presiaent oi
the firm of F. W-. Woolworrh and
company, ho was the director oT
number of banks and business enter
prises here; He maintained a resi
dence on Fifth avenue noted for Its
rare paintings..
LEAGUE OF. NATIONS'
, WASHINGTON. April ' S. hlna
iisod on the Whtto House table for
the dlnnor conference February 26
at which Prcsldont Wilson on his re
turn from France discussed.. V
League ot Nations with members qf
the foreign relations committees pt
congress, has toeen consigned to a
jonbinet along with other sets used by
presidents on historic occasions. It
.is a plain dinner set, decorated with
a single stripe of gold, and was used
for the first tlmo at tho .-'League of
USiatlons dlnnor. !
5 AND 1 0 GENT
STOREMAGNATE
DIES AGED 67
MUNCH
REDS
A
Bavarian Soviet Formally Renounces
Ebert Regime. v Declares War
Against Capital Everywhere Join
With Russia anl Hungary Order
All Workers to Leave Jobs.
MUNICH. April 7 (Bv the Asso
ciated Press.1 Complete severance
from the old German imperialism.
mnriifest ih the Ebert-Scheide-
mn irnvnrnment. nnd .the resumption
of a "brotherly connection" with the
rtnunn i.nd llnnimruin peoples IS an
nouneed in the proclnmntion of the
soviet government lor uavann
formed here. The text of the docu
ment reads : ' . ' '
"Th ili.eiHifin arrived nt lor 15a-
vnrin is the formation of a council
of the republic of revolutionary work
ers nnd peasants of Bavarin. includ
ing nil our brothers, now united, sep
arated bv no party laws. From now
r,,. nvnloitntinn or oppression will
Kn lnll.nl led. The dictatorship of
the proletariat now has become
fnet. Tho legalization of a centime
socialistic community now is achiev
ed, in which every working man mnv
participate in public me ana in
iiist socialistic aee. .'
' Bureaucracy Ended
"The LitndUis has been dissolved
And the old ministry retired. Peoples
onmmiuanrica. resnonsible to the peo
ple and chosen bv a council of the
working people will, receive -extraordinary-
powers to be employed in
certain labor fields.. Their assist
ants will be -intellieent men from all
parts of the revolutionary ana so
ninliktm community. Countless, val
officialdom, especial
lv from the:lower middle class, will be
nsked to co-operate in the new wore.
The bureaucratic system will be ab
solutely cliniinutcd and the press will
be socialistic. . ', .
Create Bed Army
"'A a protection for the Bavarian
council of the republic against revo
lutionary .Attacks front without and
witlr'n. a red nrmv will be crcatea
immediately and a revolutionary
court will pursue ruthlessly every nt
tempt upon the council.
."The Government ot the anvnrinn
council republic follows the .example
of the Hunenrian and Russian peo
nlos.- It will resume immediately
brotherly conection with these peo
pies, but it declines any connection
teVh .the .contemptuous i,oe
Scheidemann government, because
that government is continuing under
the flag of a socialistic republic the
imperialistic, capitalistic and military
business of the disgraceful, broken
down German empire. It calls upon
nil German brothers to take the same
view. It greets . all proletarians
wherever revolutionary s.ocinlisra is
fu'htinir in Wuorttemburg. in the
Ruhr district, in the whole world.
AH Work Ceases ; J
"As n sieii of iovous-hope for
fortunate future for all humnnitv
establishes April 7 as a' holiday for
all humnnitv. As a sign of the begin
ning of the departure, the flight,
the age of capitalism, all work
stopped. Havana ceases, on April
insofar ns it is not neccssnrv for tho
welfnre of the working people, to do
labor. .
'Long live free Bavnna ! Lone live
the council government: Long in
the world revolution!"'
Protests against the formation ol
the" soviet government, voiced nt
political meeting in Jlnmbcrg. ortu
ern Bavaria, nre reported in dis
pntehos from that citv. Deputies
(Continued on Page 811.)
U.S. SHIPBUILDING
as?
RECOVERS POIS
'WASHINGTON. April 8. Amer
ican', shipbuilding has : recovered
largely .frdin the temporary decline
caused by the armistice In November.
In the first qunrte.- of this year, It
was announced tooay, tne oureau oi
navigation officially numbered 136
steel sea-going vessels and 107 wood
en ships, making a total sea-going
tonnage for three months ot S0S.0SS
groBS tons, or at the rate ot more
than 8,000,000 tons a year. Tho
non-aeagolng vessels numbered 210.
with a tonnage of 27,683. '
Steady Increase In the numbers all
told by tho bureau was seen In the
three months of the quarter, 255,750
tons 'being numbered In January,
264,201 In February arid .286,141 in
March. The.best record ever made
was last November, whon 349,000
tons wore nnmborod; '
PROCLAIM
WORLD
WAR
iTACOMA SOVIET. IS
TACOMA. Wash.. April 8.
The home colony of anarchists
at Luke' Bav. near here, may
soon be a thine of the past, an
action for tho dissolution of the
society hnvine been started in
superior court here toduv. The
society has been divided into
two fuctions for gome time, it is
asserted.
The society has been more or
less notorious for some venrs
and has afforded various sensa
tional news stones, the most
celebrated of which was enti
tled "Xudes and Prudes-
, The constitution of the socie
ty provides that its lands can
never revert to private owner
ship. Judge Card ruled this
MAntinn. thut. - n ; distribution
would bc'ordered if the dlssatis-
action. - - vi. s
CHANGE OF DATE
WASHINGTON. April 8. In an
nouncing 'today that the presidential
transport George Washington would
sail from New York for Brest Friday
instead bf next Mondav. the date or-
iirinnllv fixed for her departure. As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt disclosed
that the change had been made as the
result of a cablegram yesterday irom
Admiral Benson at Paris inquiring
when the ship could sail. ' . !
NEW YORK. Aprii 8,The sailing
date of President Wilsons steamer.
tho Georcc Washington, has been ad
vanced from April 14 to April 11
which is Fndav next. ' . , ;
.
WASHINGTON. April 8. So far
as could he. learned- todnv no infor
mation, has been received at the
White House or in other official
quarters about tne situation which
dispatches from France indicate had
arisen there. Officials coniidentlv
declare their belief that the president
has nd idea of leaving Paris prema-
turelv and that the inquiry about the
transport merely was a precaution to
insure the presence of the ship when
the president is rendv to return home.
The transport s sailing hour is
fixed at 4:30 p. m. for Brest. She
should arrive there about April 17.
LE
REFUSE TO DEAL
COPENHAGEN, April 8 -The Ger
man national government will not
recognize the new soviet republic of
Bavaria, a semi-official press bureau
message receled today from Berlin
declares. It holds that the soviet
organization has not conformed with
the provisional constitution for uer-
many which provides that represen
tatives of tne state council snnu ue
chosen at a general election and shall
enjoy the confidence of the people.
Therefore, the national government's
decision Is that the only legitimate
government in Bavaria is tne won
man government-
Advices from various parts ot Ba
varia show varying receptions of the
soviet proclamation. At Nuremburg,
after several hours of debate, tho sol-
.dlers' and; workmen's council reject
lad the soviet republlo Idea -by a vote
of 138 to 70. At Ansbach the soviet
republic was "proclaimed yesterday
and work was at a standstill on the
occasion of the general holiday or
dered for tho day. Tho banks were
.occupied oy troops.
i At Nassau, close to tne Austrian
frontier, a meeting called by tho sol
diers' and workmen's council de
clared for the introduction of tho
soviet republic and for an alliance
between Hungary and Russia.
I - . -
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8. De
nial of a writ of habeas corpus to
pecure the release ot Pavel Melncdff,
iniiegea uussian anarcnist, wno is us
ing held tor deportation, was an
nounced oy unitea BtaieB ... uisincc
Judge E. E. Cushman here today. A
motion to reduce Mehicoff's -bnll of
1$ 1 0,000, was doiiied also.
WIIIWHEVIKI FREEDOM OF CI1Y !
wheat'sets
NEW MARK
837 Million Bushels Estimated April
1st. Valued lat $191.620152
Million Bushels Lamer , Than ,
Former Hioh Record of 1914. and
248 Million More Than Last Year
Condition Highest for April Since
1882 Nearly Double Averaqe.
WASHINGTON, April 8,-he lar
gest crop of winter wheat ever grown ,
was forecast for this year by the dec
partment of agriculture today foaalng; v
Its estimate on conditions existing
April 1. The enormous . yield ot v.
837,000,000 bushels was announces,
which at the government's guaran- '
teed price of $2.26 a bushel, places.
the crop's, value at $1,891,620,000.'
This year's winter wheat crop, u .
no nnfavorable ' conditions develop,
between now and the time of harvest, -
will be 152,000,000 bushels larger
than the previous record crop pro
duced In 1914 and 248,000,000 bush
els more than was grown last year.
The department ot agriculture Is- . .
sued a statement commenting on tne
condition of winter wheat; saying:
Ninety-nine and eight-tenths per
cent Is the highest percentage on
record, on the -largest acreage ever i
planted In this country. The condi
tion improved during the winter, an r
unusual occurrence, due to the very
favorable winter weather, particular
ly the absence of alternate freezing .
and thawing.. A striking feature ot
the., present situation -is a -uniformly
good condition in practically all im
portant wheat producing states, rang
ing from 104 in Ohio down to 96 In
North. Cawlina, among -the states
having one million acres or more. .
Kansas, with approximately 11,000,
000 out of the United States' total, of
49.000.000 acres, shows a condition - ,
of 101. I The present moisture condl-
tions thruout the entire country ale
very favorable. -
The winter wheat promise on
April 1 ot 837,000,000 Is nearly dou
ble the yearly average production In
the United States lor the five years
berorel the war (442,000,000 In 1909- ,
1813) and is nearly fifty percent lar-
ger than the production during the j
war years 1914-1918 when the aver- ,;
age was 562.000.000. ;
"The condition of the crop Is high- -er
than has been reached on April 1
since 1882, and the indicated yield la
higher than any actual yield In any;
year with the exception of 1914 when
the yield per acre was 18.5 bushels
per planted acre following an April 1
condition of 95.6." ,
Production of rve was forecast bv-.
the department of Agriculture at,,'
101.000.000 bushels', compared with
89.10i1.000 bushbls fast year, (12.-
933.000 bushels in 1917.. and 44.547.- . "
000 bushels, the uvbrago of tho pre
ceding five yenrs. ;. , ... . ,i.
NEW YORK. April 8. Conferring
on themselves the "trceuom or tno.
city," nn unknown number of vegg-.'
men spent the week end here cracking ,
seven safes Saturday night and Sun
day, obtaining nearlv $15,000 in loot:
and getting away with all of it. uc-
corning to u rciiiuiuiii, .huiiusbiuii o.v
the police. '". '
The boldest of tlio. safe breakers
CONFERRED UPON
N. I YEGBEMEN
motored up to tho home of n brokor ,
in daylight, entered the-house and
carried off a 500 pound safe which
thev broke open in a meadow in Cen
tral Park, two miles awnv. Thev ob
tained about $2,000 in cash nnd Lib
erty bonds nud $0,000 in iowelrv. i
Another party of "wcek-cndors" i
entered a .-drug store in the honrt of
tho city, drugged tho Rafo from bn
nonth n light which had been left
burning for the benefit of passing
patrolmen, and rifled it of $")00 in a
dark corner. ' ' ;' - : ' '
Explosion of . a nitro-irlvcorino ,
churgo employed by other veggomcn
to open the safe in n manufacturing
plant attracted n score of residents
of the neighborhood - but a casual
-stranger readily convinced them the
explosion wns the "bnek fire" of a
passing" automobile and thev went
buck home. The thieves then de
parted leisurely with 'nhout $5,000.
Tho other rubbories were prosuio. '