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Orenon Historical sue '.." Public Auditorium 1 WMm Medfoed . - n-rr nn The Weather Mnxlmiim y"t'r(lHy..,.....Ha Minimum twin)' ...v.... ...art Fair tonight nnil tomorrow. Pnlly l'ourteimlh Tgar, MEDFORD, : OltEOOX, THURSDAY, . MAY 1, 1919 NO. 31 ruriy-niiiiii loir. 1 1 1 1 IWII A W AY i M 01 MAILS MADE U. 8. Intelligence Office Declares Fulminate of Mercury Not Obtain able In This Country Mechanism ' Same as In German Mines Be- ports Show Terrorist Camnalan of Tremendous Proportions More Senators Favored. NBW YORK, May 1. Tlio polieo totlny rocolvod Information from tlio naval liitolllganoo otflcog that tho conntructlon of tlio bombs Mont in llio Dinlli to prominent poron nhowod a tartllitK renomblunco In oooratlon nd principle to the typo of Gorman mliiM fonnd by tbo navy off .the eoait. - - Tho UKontfi or tlio dnpartmant of Junttee oxpremiod their bollof Hi at tho Infornnl machines wore of Gor man orlKln and possibly Importod from Clernmiiy. They sold that nit . rchlu In 'thin country could not olitnln tbo fulmlnnlo of mercury unoil In tbo manufacture ot tho bombs. WASHINGTON, May 1. Tho pout mauler at Hnllnbury, N. C, tolegraph- , od I bo pontofflco dopartmont loduy that packago containing a bomb nlmllar to I bono found In Now York hud boon rocolvad thoro addroiwod to Senator Overman. Tho postmaster In holding tho packago. ' A acting chan-man of tho donate judiciary commitloo. Senator Over man had charge of tbo espionage act ami ninny other measure doullng with law enforcement during tho - war. tie alio, l chairman ot tho apo dal aonntn commlttea Investigating pro-Gorman and other radlcul propa ganda. , if---.--. - -s. ' I'-or Overman Wedding 8AL18BUHY. N. C. May 1. Had tho packago.- bollovod to contuln an Infernal machlno similar to thoso ro colvod by Senator Mardwlck, Judge Landlt and others, which corao to the Salisbury postoftlco lust nlh'ht from Now York addressed to Senator Loo 8. Overman boon dollverod at tho Overman home It probably would have been oponed, as two duuKhtors of Honulor. 'Ovormnn woro Innrrlod Inst nlKbt ana many girts wore re ceived by mall. . Sonutor Overman alitlod today that ho had rocolvod loiters rocently , threatening his llfo because of. bis ac- tlvltles as chntrmun of tho apodal sonata committee Investigating dis loyal propngnndu. , Tho Hnllnbury pnekago bore the Olmhol Brothers mailing label. Bomo Inspectors expressed tho opinion toilay that praotlcnlly tho wholo anarchistic output hud boon locatod. Mni ftAiiutora Favored NEW YORK, May 1. Throe moro Infornnl machines mailed In tho, May Unf plot to kill prominent men nro reported to havo been discovered at (Umbel's dopartmont store, linvlnii boon Innocontly roturnod thoro by tho postoftlco authorities tor additional postage Thoy wore said to Havo been addrossad to United States sen ators. . (V A olork at fllmbol's storo who dis covered the packngos and turned them over to t,bo postoftlco ntithor lllos said that, as ha rocallod tho nd dressos, tho names on two ot tho packagos woro thoso ot Sonnfor Smoot ot Utah and Sonator Cummins ot Iowa. ! ' Xnnn nn Vaunt SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. No bombs aro bolng hold by Pacific const postofflcos, contrary to roports from tN'ew York last night thut 14 bombs woro rocolvod nt const stntlons, Ste phen H. Morso, postoftlco Inspoctor In charge horo, said today. "W!o nro making ovary posnlblo ot fort to detect tho rocolpt of any fur thor bombs." . '. ' ' , V , NBW YORK, Mny 1. Two bombs, v ono ot thorn addrassod to Senator . Hood Smoot of Salt Inlco City, nnd , tho othor to nn unknown addressee In Utah, ware returned to dlmbol's : dopartmont storo for . additional pos- tage nnd Innocently romnllod Tues day by a shipping clork, postoftlco Inspectors learned today. . . . - Salvador Qirake Violent. RAN 8ALVA110U. April !I0. Tlio onrtlniunko Moiuluy wus tho. lrtowt violent ever roitista'rod in this coun try. Tremors ot Iohs violence luivo linen 1'olt Hinco, ; Manv people nro ' rfleepinif in tho pni'ks nnil 'plnzns. ' Kloclrii! liglil nnd wuler sci'vloo hiis boon rostored, . ., ,, . . . FIRST STEP TAKEN IN SIGNING PEACE VKIIKAII.I.KA. Mhv 1 In n m'Hitiini , liHitimiiiiur ul 8:11) f u cluck thin nllenioiin nnd IiihI- inir burulv fivo iniiiiilcH. tho Uumiuii nlcniiiuluiilitirit'd of tho poni'O rongri'HH prcHcntcd tlieir crmlciiliiilx, - It . wiih tlio firat atui) in tho pence iieu'otlutions. ' VKRSAIM.KB; Muv 1. Tlio firt offlriul iiu'.oliiiif hetwovn the allied reiiriMeiitutiveH nnd the (lornuin prune dulcifiites ; will tiiko pliii'e at !l o'clock Ibis T nlleriiiHin. A I'oiiunittee from tbn iilliiM mill tlm l!titlml KlntcH will rociiivo tlio Ocmiun crcdculIiilH at that time. " . ALLIES ADVANCING IIKI.SIXOI'OIIS. April 30. rlro until in being evniMintvil bv tlio llol- nhvviki, reporlx from relinhle source hiiv. Miiuv ot the iiibnliiliinti are beinir Kent nwnv nnd tho IlnWievik uovcriinient in Inkinir viuorotm ineitM u rcn to prevent the Hewn ot tho linp- li'iiini.'rt nt Oliinelr. from rencliinir the tHiople. -.),. t-ONDOS. Muv 1. Alowf ' the Murmansk railway tho JloUlipvik trooim under iilllcd proHKiiro have withdraw to new poxitiiiiiH MO miles wont of I'etmr.nvodNk on tho wont hank of Luke Oiieuii. ' ; RiiHNiun wircJiwd nuwiiiuo ve pnrtinu the withdrawal kiivh thut the llul-licviki luivo enrrii'd out an ud vane on tlio front aoulu'of Arehan- ul and llinl on tbo oaKturn front the Siberians luivo been driven hack 20 miles in I be rcuinn of Orenburg. ARCHANOKf,. April 20. Tho Iliilshevik flotilla, n primmer reporla, is uliout half wnv between Kotlux and tho allied pomtiuim south of llerer.nik. I , Prepunilions nro under wnv' to rush an allied flotilla southward as soou lis tho ico elenrn. ' . CORN JUMPS UP AFTER DECLINE CHICAGO. May 1. Corn wont Himrinir in price toiluv and overcinne miifh of tho! HOtisntiotuil deelino which a couiilo' of ilnv nco nc- ciiinpiinied the eneruetiu drive which Iho federal wheat - director, Julius IliirncK, made aKninst limb east of fulidstiiffs. Keulii'.nHion that country denlem had to a great extent begun to hold back their corn was consider ably responsible for tho new advance of the corn market. 4000 GOLD STARS IN PRESBYTERIAN FLAG NEW YORK.- May l.--Four thou sand gold slurs will be raqulrod far tbo l'rosby(orlan service flag to Tie displayed at the sessions ot tho Pres byterian gonoral assembly In St. Lo-iils May 15 to 23, Nearly 200,000 slars will bo nocossnry to roprosont I'roshytortnns In army or navy. Sunday, May 4, Is to be obsorvoa as omptoymont Sunday In all " tho Presbyterian churches. ' , ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. V ;'',';-.:: : '."May 1,1918. ;:. "'i'X-: lfitish linos stnggor before relentless assaults of tlio Huns oil fifteen mile front in Flanders. V v Appalling losses fail to halt German assaults in ; he Noyon sector. - ; " ' ' Yprcs salient still held by tho French and British but at a tremendous cost. .. . . . . . f'-, rr; . Gcrmnns massing thouisands of reserves at Licgo to, force .decision regardloss of losses. V ." , ; "A , Vanguard of .American V millions, lend small re eivforcemenrto hard pressed Allies. , . v ' ' Subscribe now to the victory loan what you would have paid for vic tory then. :' '''" BELGIUM NOW THREATENS TO QUIT PARLEY Klna Albert's Delegates Protest Against Share In Indemnity i Brussels Paper States Belgium Will Not Accept Terms Laid Down Bv Council of Three. , LONDON, Muv 1. One of the prineipul features of . tho arrunuo mciit for iiidemnilv , to Hclitiuin ugaiiiHt which Ileluiiim is nrotesting is thut that country will receive 1. 000.000 pounds us n part of the 1. OOO.OOO.OOrr nounils which Oormunv will bo asked to tmv bv tbo end of next venr. as part of a totul repara tion to ba exuded later nceordibg to the Mail's I'aris correspondent. Tho Ituluiun delegates, it is added, decliifo, to accept - tho arrangement without consulting their government. A Keiiler. dispatch from , Paris stales Unit thiA'a members of the Itolgiun caliinet will he sent to Paris to instruct tho Heluiiin delegates. lHtfSSELS. April 30. Strong iiieiisures relutive . to Ilelgium's do miinilH at tho pence conference havo been decided upon bv tho llclniiin government. The 8oir kuvh : , -"Ilelgium will not uccopt tho tenns tho council of three desire to impose upon her. Slio will demnnd a com plete fulfillment of tho promise con tained in. tho declaration nddresscd to her bv France. Cireat Britain, Itulv and Juimn and thai expressed in the seventh of 1 'resident Wilson a '14 points.' She will refuso to sign any treutv which does not restore Rclgium to noli t lent and economic, independ ence nnd does not entirely indemnify her for dnninge.." Fi PKKINO. April 30. (,By the As sociated Press.) Both houses of the Chineso pnrluiment passed n resolu lion todav protesting to the dolocntes ot tho fivo greut powers at Paris against the transfer of control of Kino Chun to Japan and rconesting that Km Clum bo. restored directlv to China. Thcv ask that ' railway concessions ho cancelled too. v- TOKIO. Mnv l.-fBv tho Associat ed Prosg.V Tho diploma tio advisory council voted todav to adhere to Jnnnn's attitude relating to tho Shun tu'.ig peninsula and to muko no.eou edxsions at Pfiris, according to news pu'.iers hero. ' ' PARIS'. April 30. (Bv tho Asso i'intcd Press.) Voriod opinions prevail in conference circles ns to llin itFftxM thn mwiirimmiun nrrnllErnd Lin the Kino Clum. controversy will iiitt'n m K np h narnrn nrrnirtt. .ini nnese dologntos nro plonsod over the transfer of (Jerman uroportv to them and sav the agreement -virtuulv onr- iintt inln nl'fnnt t.lln nrnvisinnia nf tlle Chiiio-JapnneHo treaty of May 25. llll.). ,) ' ' Tho Chinese withhold-any statement ponding issunneu of tho actual word ing of .tho " agreement in the pence treaty. , - I Tho ownors of tlio railway out of Kino Chan.will use polieo onlv to pro tect trnffie. This force willo oom niiMii.l nf riiinimn. with .YnniinoHfl in structors to bo nppointod bv the Oi- ncso government, Japanese military forces arc to bo. withdrawn as soon as-possihlo ' ' : ; ' ERNATIONAL IS PLAN ADVOCATED BY - SECY DANES H H t t t t ,t f f ., : - . LONDON. May 1. A large naval inlcrniiliontil police force will bo necessary under the the Ixsugui! of Nations plan lm- inediateiy after peace is dcclar- J t ed. ui the opinion of JoscpIuih W. Duniels. Ainerieun Kecreturv 4 of tlio nnvv, and one of tlio ol- .ieeta. of his trip abroad is to discuss with Ihe admiralties of Italy. France and Knglund soino details nn fo this force, pnrtieu- Inrlv tho tvpes ot vessels de- siruble. ." : , "Tho ik'sirc of connucst huiv still linger in the heurtx of some nations after pence." said Hoc- rcturv" Daniels, "mid sucji nn- lions must bo shown that it wouU bo ; iinprofilnblo to at- tempt tu'iiccuinplish those de- sires."-. ': : ,. ' " . 4 4- 4 4 4 IF GOVT DOESN'T TOPKKA. ICns.. Kay J. In a Vic turv lunn address here todav before the Topckit Chamber of t'ommerce. Muvor Olo llunsou of Seattle, do nolineed tho poliev pursued by the government towards anarchism and tho I. V. W. as "a skim milk, weak, vacillating unit chunireublc" ono and pronounced n wurniuir of a. "wide spread, nutlonnl effort to overthrow tho government and society bv vio lence." lie declared tho government was "on tlio wrujiit truck in starting AajorHancow. conferences, instead of cemeteries in dealing' with, the- I. YV. . W..' ndd in singing of hrothcrlv love and turning loose these enemies of society." As to tho revouted bomb: plot in which he wus ono of tho intended victims, the muvor said: . "I trust Washington will buck up nnd clean up, nnd either hang or in carcerate for life oil the anarchists in tho country. If tho government doesn't . olenn them no.' I will. 111 irivo iioinv mayorship' and start through tlio country. ' We will hold niotmgs and have hanging plnces." . Ho declared ho believed the V. W. W'. wus nt tho bottom of the bomb plot. -. "Tho conspiracy to overthrow the government is widespread. . It per incntcs every state in tho union.' be continued. "Thesa men must be nil-' cd bv a rod of iron ; kindness means weakness to them." : Concerninir tho ponding I. W. W convention, Mayor UnnsYm said : ; "Anv ninvor that will permit an I. W. W. convention in ins citv should be recalled nud banished from Aiuor- leu. , Ho js not nn Amorioan." U.S. OREGON TO GO OF E PORTIiAND. Mnv'l Efforts to havo the huttloship Orogon porma- nentlv assmnod to .Oregon waters received a sotlmck todav when the folluw'ing nicssngo was recoived. bv Cloorgo Qunilo. soeretnrv of tho state Chnnibor of Cpmuiorco from Assist ant Secretary of tho Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt: -- - ' . v : "Tho battleship Oregon is to go out of commission nt Bremorton nnvit vnrd on completion of its present duty, owing to tho oeut'e shortage of personnel. The department regrets Clint iv,is not. pruoticublo to grant your requesti". . . ' OLE HANSON'WiLL HANG BOLSHEVIKI U Vh. : Ill A , MANY INJURED IN PARIS MAY ' v DAY CLASHES Crowds hi' Paris Break Throuah Line of Troops Reachina Place de Lla Concorde-Soldlers Use Swords. Ho Shots Fired Traffic in Cltv Tied Uo. . . PAKIH. May 1. Several persons were slightly injured in clashes with troops resisting the pnssane of crontds toward the Place de I.uCon- cordo during attempts at ilav Day demonstrations here this afternoon. No shots were fired, but a few in dividuals in the crowd were slashed with swords. '" ';. . ' - . . U !; , PARIS. 'Mnv 1. Crowds which trruduullv hud been assembling in the I'luce Madeline broke through the in funtrv cordon stretched between the Madeleine and the Pined de Laton corde und swept down the Rue Rivoli. t'uvnlrv a: hurried them buck- ward into the side streets,, but sev- nl thousand reached the I'luce de Concorde. ' ' . . " PARIS. Hbv l.-Ruin and cold this mominir were unfavorable fur celebnition of Mav Day. Pans pre sented a cloomv asi3ct. there being no carriages; auto busses or taxi cabs on the' streets. No newspapers appeared. .: ; ''- .'.- , ' The . Molropolitain rnilwnv wns shut down this morninc in 'conform-, itv with the decision to cut off elec tricity for two hours. .. , Wou Han to Walk PARIS. Muv 1. (Bv tlie Asso cinted Press.) Becnuse of the ob servunee of .Mav Day. ' President Wilsgn and othc : American peace delegates wore obliged to walk today, Rrigudior'.Generul William W.: Harts issued nri order" vesterduv airohibit- ing the circulation of American nnnv automobiles and forbidding soldiers from strolling on the streets. ' i The council of three will meet nt the "White HousV and it is antici pated that Premiers t'lemenceau and Uovd George will have to walk to the session been use of the entire suspen sion of street traffic. ' American delesa'tes put. in a supply of provis ions today. "'- ''' " - ',: : PARIS. Muv 1. The most con spjeiious features of- the. govern nennt's meiksures against possible trouble was tbo occupation of the Place tde La Concorde bv cuvulrv lo insure enforcement of the . order ngninst street demonstrations. This afternoon detachments of in fantry , occupied positions near the Hotel do Crillon. henduuurters of the Ainerieun peace delegation. Sound runs of Hcpublicnn Guards assem bled in the streets leading from the principal boulevards. the tie op of tho transportation lines wus - broken somewhat bv the appearuneo ot a few taxieabs on the streets. -''. '''' 1 : $496,900,000 PAID OUT TO ; ; ? FAMILIES OF MEN KILLED WASHINGTON. Mnv 1. Eightv six' thousand .cheeks wcro mailed to day bv the bMreau of war risk insnr nneo to -beneficiaries of .men who died in the military or hnvnl service. Since October. 1917. mbre thnn 15. 000.000 checks have been jssued to talling $4!),!)00,000. - THE EUROPEAN SITUATION IN BRIEF BY. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Mnv 1. I'ossiblo deluv m. (he. hand ing of the pence tenns to tho Gcrninn delegates nt,' 'Versailles, is indicated in, Into ndyicos ' from Turis; The function mnv hnvo to go over to next week while nuostions as to tho powers of the enemies' roprosoiitutivcs are being looked into. Tho Germans' to day wcro to hand over their creden tials for examination, but dispatches filed from Versailles lust night mndu it appear probable that this presen tation would bo postponed until Fri day.' , ( ' '.: " - . ' The Chinese-Japnneso '. dispute over Kio Chan and tho adjoining Shantung provinco torritorv has boon settled bv the council of three. An nouncement is mndo that the former German holdings are to be given to Japan, which would enirace to hand tho Shantung peninsula back to Chi na, with relations between China .and Japan nnd the ' future integrity of China to bo under control of the League of Nations. ' ' , - - Germnn rights in Slinntung nro to ho lield bv Japan.-,. The Kino Chnu rniway will be gmrded hy -'?eoial U. S. BUSINESS MEN . WITHDRAW REQUEST " FOR WIESONS RETURN -i' ft t f -. ' " y :-'. ST. LOCIS. Mnv 1. After nWlntino n rmtfilitiinn , lirfMnc? PrcHident Wilon to haBten back , T to Amenna ond call niT extra iKfiifin of f'nntrrcHM. the United Hlfitnu rThrnnltf.!. if flnrnmprae reconsidered its fiiioil todnV 4 ,.n.l nlimlnnlc.fi r,.P,iri.nett in the president's return. ' The amend- ed resolution said it was hoped "that the president immediately i.:.. ;if ,..,,i,i UMiil iciiuu mil naociiimi. congress in extraordinary ses-. sion for enactment or Icgism- ' tion.nccessurv to safeguard our social and business structure.", ' .-''. :.'. :' 4,"': t HOTEL TRIANON VERSAILLES, Wednesday. April 30. (By Associated Press.) The spacious dining room of the Hotel Trianon today received Its peace con gress installation three long tables In horse-shoe form, covered with the traditional green cloth of diplomacy. Tbo Installation Is Imposing In the Izo of each of the side tables, which extend some 40 or 50 feet thru the room. At the head of the apartment is a table about 35 feet long at which the representatives of the great pow ers will be seated with . President Polncare or Premier Clemeuceau In tho center. . . Inside In the horseshoe is a table covered with red plush and in the space between one side ot the horse shoe and "the windows is a similar table... In the window openings are smaller tables for secretaries. , , .This Is a scene (or the handing over of the terms of peace. The date ot the ceremony has not been an nounced but it Is assumed it Will be Saturday. -s . ' The credentials of the German plenipotentiaries . must be ' verified first, and there Is some uncertainty as to when the draft ot the treaty can bo completed. Should a delay occur a preliminary meeting with the Gerv man delegates will occur probably Friday. ; At this meeting their cre dentials will be submitted for exam ination to a commission headed by Jules Cambon of France. The German delegates were out for a stroll today despite the inclement weather. There was a busy coming and going of subordinates between the hotels occupied by -the mission. The Germans excite little curiosity in Versailles. MEN TREATED IN ELKS '.- NEW YORK. May 1. Ten officers and 144 men of base hospital 46. or ganized bv the Grand Lodge of Elks of Oregon, and in commnnd of Lieu tenant Colonel I. C. Yeunev of Port land, were 1 aboard the.' steamship Finland which arrived todav from St. Niunire. Thev went overseas Inst June nnd saw service at Bnznilles-Riir-Mcuse. . -:-' . police forces. .. All Jnpaneso- mill turv forces aro to be withdruwn as soon ns possible. Jupnn is given the right to ostnb lish n settlement rit Tsing Tao. on tho extrcmltv of tho uoint of land which juts southward ' from the Shnntung . peninsula., tho trategio base held bv Germans after the Boxer rebellion. ' .Although China is said to be do- manding nbsoluto return to her of Shantung province and Kio Chnu, it is considered iinprobtiblo that the nuestion will bo reconsidered. I'uris and Rome reports seem to indicate a disposition on the part of both the council of throe and the Italian government to reach un under standing as to Fiiune Hint will permit tho Italiun delegates to return to the conference. - Conversations between Premier Orlando and Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador, took plnce yesterday at Rome, Mr.- Page later reporting to President Wilson. Reports state that the soviet ro eime nt Munich has been overthrown but other dispatches state that the Germnn govorinnent truops still nro .jsome distance away from the city. ONE KILLED fiMVIIIinT I Bolshevikl Demonstration In Cleve land Ends In Battle Between Reds and Police Three Policemen Shot Manv SerloWv Injured. Including Women Army Tanks for Liberty Parade COlled Into Action Red Flaa Seized Bv Soldier. rr pvEi.lvn fnv 1. One man is dead, three policemen were shot and probnbly 200 persons were oaoiv in- no i mm ! nun REDSJIOT in hospitals, nnd more than 100 per- ,-; sons were arrested up to 6 ociock :..;. title .mnnn na tha result tof a SO' cinlist-Bolsheviki-I. W. W. Mav DnV demonstration which ended in a noz- ; en different riots in the down town section this afterrtten.' ' f The dead man wns a bvstondcr wno ws Itilled bv an officer's bullet when the patrolman fired nt a rioting marcher. , ':. . two roHccmcn Shot ' Tn-n nnlMflmctl Wlm ftltrifc llV thfl marchers and 12 persons, men and ' women were in hospitals shomv uticr the riot started. .The first riot broke out when a. , parade of more than 500 socialists, many currying red flags, parsed a . Liberty loan truck on Superior ave nue, near Enst Ninth streot. -'I The riot broke out in the downtown cAftinn whan n rp.l flnff carried bv it r marcher .wearing a soldier's uniform ; leading a socialist Mav IJ.av parauo.: -who was knocked down bv a re turned soldier who ' took " the flng away from the marcher.. This started, . a eenernl fmbt. scores" ol, police, sol- , r diers and civilians battling with tho .v marchers. ' . Two Score Injurca Afnrn Minn two score persons, many : of them women, wore injured. All police reserves. Liberty Loan . 1 1- - .J ... (.nl. ra rta 11(1 LluL-na uuu n miAll i.te flint ttirpnteneil fur a timo to envelop the entire down-r 1 town business - section. , ' v Itiots in New York NEW YORK. May 1. The main i entrance of Madison Sounre Garden, ; where : thousands of workers were , assembled to take part in a May Day ,- . labor demonstration, wns stormed by nbout-150 soldiers and sailors in uni- form this nfternoon. While a pro-, vost marshal's guard formed a bar- , rier, the service men. who declared . ; their object was to "make the Bolshe-, iki sing the Star Spangled Banner" were nddressed bv the police author- ; -ities nnd 'consented to disperse. When the labor committee insido .' the garden heard the soldiers', buclo shrilling the "cull to v arms" and . , learned what was taking place at the doors, it wns derided to eliminate all ,: speech mnking and confine the pro- , gram to musical selections. , , 7 Trouble In Boston BOSTON. Mav 1. Reports o : rioting in tho B&xburv district reach ed the police todav and reserves . were ordered out from several sta- ; . tions. . -'ip.r , The trouble started when a polieo . officer sought i to ...take a red flair away from a man lending a pnrado of 50 or 75 persons,,, One person was reported to have been shot, and two -policemen injured. - . , . EAGLE POINT BID PROSPECT TO LAKE PORTLAND, Muv 1. Five bids, wcro received todav bv the local of- fice of tho United Stutos forost nor- vieo for the construction oE a road 22,2 miles long between Prospect anil the boiindurv of Crater Luke National park, on the highway from Mcdford to Crater Lake. The lowest bid up- : piCrentlv -was submitted )v Brown nnd Von der Hollen of Eagle Point nnd Mcdford. tho amount being $227. 815. Anton Gicbiseh of Portland.', nppurentlv was second,- his proposal approximating $244,000. . Others bid- ' (lei's woro J.. If.: Logun of Uruntfl Pnss; Guy F." Atkinson of Portland, and J. F. Reddv and W. B. Cull of Medl'ord. The proposals wero ull re-, ferred to engineers for tabulation bv District Forester Cecil. . . As soon ns the contract is award ed construction will start, ns it is tho plun to hnvo most of the grading on . ,tho highway performed during tho early summer. . ' . . ' it-, - fi-