The Weather
Maximum yesterday .in
Minimum todny jh
Sat. and Hun- prec'l :tl
MEDFO
RD MAE
Predictions
u
Haiti nml warmer tonight.
naitr Fourieenu
..Fourteenth Tui,
MEDFORD, OIJKCOX, MONDAY, MARCH" 1"). 1)J0.
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j I-ONIMIX. .Mm-. ,.-,...A ,,.Vljt J
A has broken out nine, ii- several
"iiits o' ,. ,,.,.., tnM . ...
Berlin Dispatch Declares Minister of
Defense in Ebert Govt. Reaches
Agreement With Head of Reaction
ary Forces New Govt, to Be
Formed Revolution Met With
Sliflht Support 9 Killed in Clash
at Leinsic.
HKRWN, aim'. 15. (Itv Wirclcss
lo LoihUiii ) It is reported here Ilia!,
Ibe south Gernuui ircuerals and the
Saxon troops have iriven their ad
herence to (Justav Noske. minister
K of defense in the 'Chert 'overnment.
PARIS, Mar. 1.3. A Hcrlin dis
patch received this evenim: states
that nn mrrccmeut has been reached
between Chancellor Kam of the now
ovemmeut and (iustav Noske, minis
ttt of defense in the Kbert trbvorn
incnt and tliat llic government crisis
inOenuanv has ended.
A new L'uvenimenl for Germany
ill be constituted under the iiL'iee
uent between the old government and
the new a t lavas iiU'eney unnoiiiice-
imt states,
(By tlio Associated .1'rc-ss) Ger
und's new irovornmc-ut in lierlin is
liecd with extensive strike, move
We're off at lust. Thai first well
of the Trigonia company which every
body is hoping will bring undreamed
of prosperity to Medfc'rd and the en
tire valley, was started yesterday and
the heavy drill is at Its unceasing
8 Kits at inunv ooints throughout the work of l'Mruting deeper and deep-
lation, but as vet. serious outbreaks
1 lave been averted in Dcrlin and oilier
1 hhec centers: ' A clash nt Leipsic bu-
va :..
' . 1 acciirdinr to a wireless
dispatch seal on! IV . svi,,t
government at ,,. The sul
""''' ripped oil their .-boulder
sirups and substituted red
stl s Hie di-patch savs.
Growth r tH. revolutionary
movement in Korea also is re
Ported bv the dispatch which
"us mat the Japanese aulb
lies nave made manv arre
ill the same ti t,e message
asserts, the Japanese novoni
incnt is takin- special asm-es
io injur the eiininiuni-t
incut at home.
llCI'l-
sts.
move-
IS ADOPTED
4.
500 PEOPLE SEE
OF
j Inch troops of the, tiunl'd and a rad
Jwl mob in"" Wlilo.h nine men were
blled, wits reported through Vienna,
Wlius not been confirmed hv'di
net advices. " ",
"too nalioim'l' lisscmlilv, which the
"tat rciriino counts; iipon for sup
Mrt, has been culled to meet tomor
mr al Ntnttaort. Where the old itov-
(niment's headquarters now are.
$ llieh troverninent officials in I,on
j ion refer to the possibilities of civil
!nrresultiniri'roni the present con-
The new German trovei niuent is re
torted as niiikintr overture's to the
JiH eovcrninent to prevent stoppa'.'c
transportation throuuh a ticnerul
;liikc on the railways had already
n called after the Kami novorn--'thad
failed to tuiike concessions
the labor leaders reirardiin.' the
uleni) of (be new cabinet.
Jbc situation in Bavaria is inicer
'" The socialist sovuriiiuent there
Snorted to have resigned. A mes
to a Paris newspaper declares
the restoration of the Havarian
:narciv has been Droidaiined. In
iU'ral, however, it is declared ill of-
'! advices to London that the new
wtrniuenl is not receiving a urefit
,!iint of support outside of I'rus-
Kvcn in n,.,.i; ,ii,-....( i.
tbere appears to be little popu-
irr nolitieal support for it.
Kaiser Is Nervous
MEIiONGP.N, Mar. II. (Itv the
'oriateil l'ress) Kornier Knipcr
'"illiinn ,,i II... ........i ,-t
;-ai- i II i .... . , n .
it "'c u-aroen 01 isenuncK casue
j-re he naced up and down with
1 "v evidence of heintr under area l
jous tension. KeliL'ious services
i.'t omitted to.lav. The strain of
j.nents of the last few davs seems
eildi so lii'ii viTv tmoii his mind
'! lie
eaniiot tolerate the conipanv
"Ihers,
Wl)ON M'iir. l.-). l'reniicr l.lovi
-'e. relerrincr in the house ot
;ons t,av to the German revo
. said the allied L'overnnients
"feimid with nnxietv anv move
J 'Wcsontinir 11 momirehial or
react ion. hut that it was well
it developments before taking
er into the earth and bringing nearer
the lime when all doubt of whether
oil exists here in commercial nuan-
titles will he dissipated one way
the other.
Without any fuss or feathers drill
ing was begun Sunday afternoon at t!
o'clock, the seliedulcd hoiir, and when
wt.'rk was discontinued for the day
the drill hail penetrated l."i feet into
the earlh. The cold stormy weather
and a driving snow and rain storm in
tlio afternoon not only prevented a
great crowd of people from Medford.
Ashland and other parts of the valley
from witnessing the "spudding In" of
the well, hut als(,' the christening and
taking of moving pictures. The chris
tening and moving picture, taking was
postponed until next Sunday after
noon. As it was only a comparatively few
people who had braved the storm
were present when the drilling was
begun at ,"t o'clock, but more arrived
every monieiu. iieiweeu uiu nuiu-i i
1 and ! o'clock probably not less than
,ilil neople who came in I till automo
biles had visited tell well and watch
ed the drilling with eager interest.
I'hcy did not stay long because ol inc
inclement wcainci.
.Most of tho visitors, many ot whom
were stockholders, looked at the
derrick and drilling sniiaieu in urn
midst of tho beautiful I'ern vaiio
with awe. Here it was ai iasi, n;
much talked of well was being bf.Ted
for oil after months of preparation,
years of speculation and education as
io the rosy possibilities.
Drilling was resumed mis moii.ms
d continued all day. The night
drillhiK will not be begun uniii un
well is down a couple of hundred tcel
and that long expected Hi-Inch cas
ing is on Ihegn.'uiui. inn ...
ing lias arrived and the casing Is on
freight train somen ion
here and Sacramento.
S-clal Music ltialto
A special musical feature
ltialto during tho "cek of
.i. :.. ..rrnrpi ine i.it""i
I" . .. Mi-
er ny tne iiLHms-
14 Democrats Vote With G. 0. P
Leaders for Reservation Denying
Obligations of Article 10 Last
November Only 4 Democrats Voted
for Similar Measure Taft Com
promise Reservation Is Rejected
by 45 to 31.
at the
Man h
of this
Hunnarians Kejolce
'"'-W. Mar. .U-Bohind the
.'""ditto overthrow the Ebert unv-
of (;..., i ,.iwiiii..
"".''tive miiiistrv stiind well
; '"muarv leaders. ineludiiiL' ( ot
iL. "l!r' nl has the reputation
"'L' Ilu. ...... I
1 1
VJ i C"I,B ir-v. Hii-s tJfUo
Ki' i,ls "ro reioieimr over the
r uernianv and claim it is pis
fet, ",' -thc'ir anmuicnt thut so-
ucs are incapable ot sur
. elever staff officer
in
vQiintrjes where for ccntur-
Kussian Violinist
Isaacs at in"
nunibe.s by rnu
llerioi
t
popular the
Hunt.
Leonard C. I'ettit
-iili Irene Hampton
..!..., will render
............ Mnenet. Ch. l
(llirig th evening lntern.ls.1.
Irene Hampton l-'8 '- dn a''She
tto misiress of tho keyho. I Ihi
l,e-iuty of her art reveals Itsttr along
all emnracMis -
which is as rare
and an
trealmcni
refreshing.
have hei
ie the pcol
io miniarcliifs.
S"frs from Germanv. s.
., i;.. ii.enilicrs "I ""'
me ir"i.i.
;,, n.valisl partv
-i rules the allies
wroinr track m
ral inelinni " , ., " ,,, .V1 dool.l
todav.
are Koin:
uiipre-siie
of PO'l'lc
Inter the (ierinim i"
i., restore the
here it lew
lid one ol
n the
the natii-Sn'iliel"
WASIII-NtiTO.V, Mar. tr, The new
reservation drafted by republican
leaders lo deny the obligations of ar
ticle ten of the peace treaty was sub
stituted in the senate today for the
reservation which was adopted last
November.
The vote by which the substitution
was made was SB to 21, with Mi dem
ocrats voting ror it and ono republi
can against it.
The sulistituto was then adopted by
the senate, j tr,' 2(i, fourteen demo
crats voting wllh the republicans. Tho
original reservation was adopted last
November 10 to 31!, with only four
democrats supporting It.
Without a record vote tho senate
rejected Senator King's substitute.
declaring that no obligation would be
lssumed m advance by the United
Slates but that congress would con
sider recommendations of the loague
council to protect territorial integrity
of any league membor.
Hy a vote of as to -15 tho senate
refused to strike out on motion of
Senator Walsh; deiiir.'rral.. Montana.
the proviso inserted in the rQpuillcaji'
substitute Saturday. at the suggestion
or the irrecohcllahles, detailing. thai
all controversies relating to question
ol political independence and torri
toriat Intergrlty are included in the
,1ni-,l ..I.II.T..II....
All tho republicans and four, dem
ocrats voted against Senator Walsh's
mot ton.
Walsh Amendment Hilled
Another amendment by Senator
Wash, democrat, Montana, declaring
this nation would deplore any exter
nal territorial aggression menacing
the peace of the world and would as
sure American co-operation to "end
such threat," was .voted, down 4 1 to
:t-l. .Mr. Walsh said it fallowed
declaration by Senator Knox of Amer
ican policy.
A substitute by Senator King, do
claring that advice given by the
league under article ton should bo
considered "only advice "which each
member nation is free to uccept or
icjcct." was defeated 17 to 31. Six
democrats voteil with the republicans
against the King substitute.
ALLIES FLATLY REFUSE
lONDON, -Mar. 1.1. One of
the first acts of tlio new govern
ment in Herlin was to request
recognition from the.allied com
missions in Germany, according
to an official ltritish message
today. The request was Ignored,
the commissioners taking the
attitude that they would not ex
tend recognition 'even to the
extent of answering tho communication.
10 ARRAIGN
1EI.M.
NEW CHARGE
Tnf't'H Measure Itejtten
WASHINGTON, Mar. la. Paving
I he way for a final vote on tho roser-
ation to urticle ten, tho senate to
day rejected, 5!l to 17 Senator l're-
linghuysen's substitute proposing
summary disavowal of all obligations.
The senato also promptly rejected,
Hi to 30 tho substitute reservation
drafted by former I'residont Taft,
which was offered in the bi-partisan
conference by Senator Hitchcock and
presented to the senato tcilay hy Sen
ator Kirby. The Taft draft disavow
ed any legal obligation but gave con
gress power to act under a moral ob
ligation.
The reservation worked out but not
agreed to In the bi-partisan confer
ence was offered by Senator Kirby.
democrat, Arkansas, and was rejected
l.'i tc 3 1. All the republicans and
Senators Gore, need, Shields, Wil
liams and Harrison, democrats, voted
ugainst It.
Another substitute, by Senator
Simmons, democrat, of North (aro-
lina. was rejected a I to 27. It pro
posed an obligation for use o"f Amer
ica's "friendly offices," to' protect na
tions against external aggression hut
disclaimed any liability for use of
American military or economic forces
"unless In any particular congress
should so provide."
ilvnastv t"
bflou'.':.
the phici
lltokell lllllleifly at IJIieily
The llroken Butterfly." a master
piece ot IOVO ana pauios, auapicn
from tho great story by Penelope
Knapi), produced under the direction
of the great master of screen drama.
Maurice Tournoiir. is the attractu.n
now playing at the Liberty theatre.
The settings are sumptuous, ine
photoplay superlative, and the cast
riir above tho average. Pauline Starke
and Atay Alden giving Cody excellent
support. , . , v
I!
LEFT N. DAKOTA
BISMARCK, N. 1)., Mar. 13.
North Dakota faces tho unique sit
uation of a presidential preference
primary on March Hi with but ono
candidate. Senator Hiram W. .k.hn
son, entered. Intra-party delegation
contests, pivoting about the Non-Pu-tisan
league, constitute tho chief
barbed wire entanglements on the
voter battlefield.
.Major Cicnoral Leonard Wood and
Governor Frank O. Lowduu of Illi
nois, refrained from filing nomina
tions after a second republican state
convention had voted that delegates
to the national convention should go
uninstructed. , . William Jennings
Bryan withdrew his name as demo
cratic candidate. ' -i !lll'!1
Tho : primary is to elect, foe leach
parly a: national committeeman; fivp
prosideat-ial electors and ton: national.
convention delqgatcs. ' "" ::i-,
Political observers deelarn both rq
publieuns and domr.Truts have 'been
divided'on Lho issue of tho non-parti
san leugue.
There is consideraldo speculation
as to whether republican- delegates
will ho bound to voto for Senator
Johnson ift tho Chicago convention
Under tlio state law the dologalc
takes an oath that ho will faithfully
carry out tho wishos of his party as
expressed by the primary.
For tho first time in this state,
women will veto for presidential elec
tors but cannot vote for delegates to
the national conventions, altho the
state may bo represented in those
conventions by women delegates, two
of whom have been nominated by the
republican party.
6hechan and Smith Freed From Mur
der Charge by Jury Saturday
Night Taken to Chehalis for Ar-
rniqiiinsnt on Charge of Murder
ing McElfresli Vandcrvcer to File
Motion for New Trial Crowds
Leave.
l.i
LATEST NEWS
OF THE STATE
PORTLAND, tMar. 13. Campaign
plans for tho teachers' part in sup
porting the two mill tax levy to In
crease stato funds for educational
purposes have been outlined by the
executive committee of the Oregon
State Teachers' association, in the
courthouse, it was announced today.
HOOD ItlVKIl. Ore., Slar. 13. it
Is not likely that Hood River will
hold a celebration of blossom festival
this year, acccrding to an announce
ment totlay. Indications at present
point to the Columbia river highway
being closed entirely to traffic nt the
blooming period. Citizens, however.
are planning on a strawberry festival
in honor of visiting Slirincrs in June.
PORTLAND, Mar. 13. IMiss Mil
dred Johnson of Corvallln is the first
woman to make application for civil
service examination for tlio position
of grazing assistant In tho forestry
service, it was announced today.
MOXTKIIANO. Wash.. Mar
Nine ol' the ten aliened I. W. V. mem
bers, whose trial lor the murder ol'
Warren O. Grimm at Centralia on Ar
mistice tlav. ended at M-iulcsnno Sut
nrdav niaht. will be niTniuncd on u
eharue of murdering Arthur McF.I
fresh, a second Armistice dav pa rail.1
victim, it was aiiuouuccil here todav.
F.linor Smith. 1. V. W. attdrnev iiud
Mike Shccbaii. who were uciiiiillid
ol" tlu' murder ol" Grimm, have been
taken to Cbebalis and probablv will
be arraiuiicil todnv. Arraiunmenl of
Hie other seven men will nut Like
place until nl'lcr sentence has been
passed mi their first conviction.
Altoi-ncv Geiirc Vanileivccr. lor
the defense, has mil vet tiled lion
for a new trial, anil Ihoiiuh the lime
for filinir such a million exirres to
dav. an extension of time likelv will
be liiven him. Considerable. Icewnv
also is iriven in the matter of lilin.'
affidavits L'iviiiL' reason for the new
trial apid'calion. which liccoidimr to
law must ho presented within two
dnvs"itlter applicaliou lor new In'iil
' ' Sentence on the seven Vonviclcjl
men- win noi ne passcit until arii
ilifnts iiit the new trial million hhvj
bt'eit'liearil." Ft'lini ol" motion, of fltj
suppol'lllur :i I (nil) vit and nlunieills
upon mem are expected to occupy
ten davs lo two weeks.
nionlesano is descried todav hv the
hundreds who attended ami look pari
ill the trial proceed ns. .Indue Wil
son. attorneys for the stale anil do
icnse, an, i must ol the newspaper
men have loll (be cilv.
CF.NTIUI.IA. Wash.. Mar. V.
Miner Smith and Mike Sheehnn. al
leged Industrial Workers of tin
World, went lo hi. arrnitMiod nt file
lialis. Hush., todav on a ohnnre of
murdcrim.' Arthur McKlfresh, Cell
triilia Armistice dav parade victim.
tsmilli and Micchan were found not
iliillv at Muntesano Suliiriliiv nitlit
of the murder ol' Warren (). Grimiii,
another parade victim.
I lie Iw-i dclendauls were (nken
troni Alontesano lo Chohnl's vesler
dav. Seven other alle-cd I. V. W.
I'' 'I cuillv ol' second decree unit
der al Montesauii, remained in ini
there, pcnilniir Ibe presenliiiL' of an
application lor a new trial.
10 INVESTIGATE INTO
STATE TREAS'RS OFFICE
S.U.U.M, Mar. 13. Drawing a :
grand jury to investigate the
handling of public funds took
place hel'ore Judge Percy O.
Kelly in the circuit court hero
today. Without mentioning any
department, the court said Cov-
ernor Hen W. Olcott had called
upon the attorney general to iu-
vestigate thru a grand jury
charges of mishandling of slate
money.
Judge Kelly cited a supremo
court interprolalion to the Mt-
feet that intent of a public of-
ficial Is not materia! if violation
i.'f (lie statute can be shown lu
that the state has been injured
ill tile bundling of public funds.
.
ASTORIA. Mar. 13. .Mrs. Kva It.
Pcntilla died today from injuries sus
tained Saturday night when she was
struck hy an automobile driven by
Corporal Mauritzen of Fort Stevens.
.Maurltzen is being held pending the
result of the coroner's Inquest.
U-Boat Wrecked.
SAN I l Will. Cel.. Mar. 1.'..-Nn
t art her radio advices from warships
tandin' bv the sidtmurine ll-l which
went ashore at Maudalena Itav. Low
er California Sitturdav mill on wlii'di
Lieutenant Commander James It.
Webb. Machinist's Mate II. N. Gilc.
anil Seamen Joseph Kaiil't'man and
M. II. IJelainariiic were either drown
ed or asphyxiated, had been received
bv navy officers here up to !l o'clock
this morning. . .
L
LARGER VESSELS
WAKMIXGTd.V. Mnr. 1.3. Heavy
I ra ft ships 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 k i ii passu"-c of
the Panama Canal probablv will Ik.
itbieot to occasional delay ol a day
or to as the result ol' i-oliliniiinir
landslides al Ciiearneha. the war de
partment has been ndvised bv Gov
ernor llardiliL' of the I'uiiaiiiii j allni
zone.
Ibe ileparltucnl announced today
that ( lie L'overnor had cabled that the
lirsl spile occurred Friday iruht, ru
siiltinu' in holilniu up six ships of. n
draft of 2r, leel or more, but that
six olher vessels of a draft of ''2
feet or less passed throin;li.
j'tin iielaved ships wcic .-Tpcoterl
to pass IhroiiL'b yeslerdav.
"Governor llnrdimr reports,'' said
the nmiouiicctuciit, "Hint I'l-oni a per
soiiul iiispeclion i," the slide, lie an
lieipales ititeruiillent inovemenl lor
few weeks with Hi., possibility of
an occasional delay of a dav or I wo
lor heavy dealt ships. The ('ucarn.
ilia slide is on the east side of Ibe
canal immediately -.atlli ol' Gold Hill.''
KKATTI.F, ;,r. 1.3. - llii-h M.
Cnldwell. former iinnv inaior. became
niavor ol" Seattle todav noon. No
ceremony of any kind was held when
( aldwell look over the office from
C'. II. J'itzu'cruld, rctiriii" uiavor. i
s
AS CO. TREASURER
It was wllh cnnsiiieralili! surprise
in court lioutso circles and antoiiK uur
many friends turnout tho county (hat
it. bmiamu known today that. Mrn.
Myrtlu Hlaludcy vt Modford, the
county trcatiuror, oxpectod to louder
hor formal resiKnation Konmtime to
day to thu county ourt to take offuct
iiH aoon ih pnsHihln, and that she has
acceittf'd a position with tho I'nrtland
Heaver (Yineut company at (iold Hill
and will asst'liiio cliai'Kt! of the com
pHhy'H Cfficn 'the latter part of thfs
week. ' :i '" "J " '' '.
."Urn. Klakeloy who 1h now Ke.rvlhfc
hor Hocond elei'tlvo lenn of two yean;
nn county ''rrohfiircr, ,Knif today she
Wim Influenced to make I ho r hanRU
heeaitHn of Increased remuneration
tiho would receive in the hew position
in privale life. Iter term doiH not
expfro until next!' January, and her
roHiKDalion can not ho formally acted
on until the next meeting of the c.Onn
ty court, the first WodneHday In April
at whlt h timo hIio will ho rcleaHcd hy
hor hondsmen.' Hut kIio expects to
usKiimo tho position with lho cement
company the latter part of this week
while still carrying on the responsf
hillty of tho county treasurer's offico,
which sho will placo in charge of hor
assistants.
Mrs. Ulakeley's resignation will he
received with much regret on tho
part of tho general puhlic, an during
her over three years' incumheucy ns
county treasurer she pn-Ved an aide
and courteous puhlie . official and
made many new friends with those
of tlio puhllc who had dealings with
tho county treasurer office.
3 FRENCH
CORPS SENT
TO R1E
France Plans to Double Forces on
German Frontier. Occuiiyinq Wies
uoden. Ncustadtt and Bnun U. S.
Troops Numlicriiiii 13.000. Will Not
Take Part in Advance Without
Specific Directions From Presi
dent Failure to Ratify Treaty
Complicates Situation,
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1.3. Two
members of lite American expedition
ary forces al Vladivostok were burn
cd to death in n lire which dest roved
the American barracks al that plaec
Miireh (j, and two others are inissiiitr.
the wur depnrtiueiil was advised in
a cnolcurain reocivetl loilav Inuii Ma
jor tieiieral Graves. The men were
rrivates Alexander V. I.uhcnii.
iiiinrleriuaster corps. Oakland, t'al.;
Merrill I). Martin. Coinpaiiv ML illsl
infuuti'v, Tulsa. Okla.: Julius W. Mor
ris. Conipanv l, .'list infantiv. Kim;-
lord, N. J.: James A. lirantlev. a7tli
in I n nt rv. Filz''cral(l. (in.
ine Homes ol two ol the men were
found in the ruins, bid were so baillv
burned that identification was not
possible.
COI'IJSIIACK.V, .Mar. 1.3. Latest
unofficial figures rnlatlvo to the pleb-
osclto held yesterday In lho second
zone in Sehlcswlg shi.w that 13.02.3
votes -wero cast for llenmark, while
4H.14S wore in favor of (icrman con
trol. The districts of doling. Ilede
husuin and Uterstin show Ilunlsh ma
jorities. Itusulls In four districts
huve not been learned.
PAItIS, .Mar. 13 (llavas). Franco
conlemplales seniling three more
army corps to Wiesbaden, -Noustadt
and -Honn, thus douliling iior forces
along tlio Uhlne, according to tho
Petit Parlsien. Iteports reaching:
hero stale overy step has been tuken
to maintain order in occupied dis
tricts of (lermany.
InrormuHf.ii would seem to Indi
cate the utmost calm Is prevailing In
(lermany, altho severo censorship in
Iteriin may he responslhlo for a lack
of detailed news from Glut city.
Advices from other sources, how
ever, indicate the reactionary, move
ment begun Saturday morning Is con
fined lo Herjln, and that mobs nro
busy looting stores In scnio quartors
of lho city. . i '
Military forces at Leipzig appear
lo ravor the now regime, while u. con
trary view of the situation is taken
by lho pooplo generally, It Is report
ed,, ,,Thn,,Gttrmii.nl iiatloiiiI, aHsftrnly
has been-suminonod to iniiot, (It Stutt
gart Tuesday. ,; i ..',,,... ,-,.,1,,
' : n d.,1.1 lie-
WASHINGTON, ,tar. l.3,7-(iUyiA-
soclnlod. Press.) .White,,,, toclnnlilly
slill under lho direction, of-Marshal
Foch, American troops (.'n thqlhlno
would not parllclpato In any,, allied
advance into (iermany wltllpiit. spe
cific directions from I'residont .Wil
son, il was sahl totlay at tho war de
partment. 'Officials said the situation so far
as lho American forces wero concern
ed was a complex one. Tho Unltod
Slates is tho only nation having
troops en tho Rhino which has not
become a parly to tho treaty of Vor
salllos, 11 was explained, and conse
quently tho American dolirchmont Is
governed -by tho terms of tho armts
tlco. Under those forms thoy still
wero subject technically to tho orders
of .Marshal Foch as tho supremo al
lied commander. , , ,
Slops being taken overseas for pos
sible military action against Germany
as a result of tho revolution .wore Do
ing clcnely followed hero. Interest
centered in Marsha 'Foeh'a confer
ence today with lho ulllod comman
ders at Mayenco and in the ropoi'ts
from Paris that after this cohroronco
he would cull a meeting of tho su
premo war council. Tho United
States Is not now represented on that
council.
Tho American forces on the Rhino
consist or about 1 ;i,000 troops under
Mujc'r General Henry T. Allen.
The latest, big orchard siilo report
ed Is tho purchase of lho Alberta
orchard, one-liulf mile east ot Central
Pc'Jtit, formerly owned by Mrs. Fioro,
mother of A. Conro Fliiro, by Llou-
tonant Paul Seherer of tho U. S.
navy, whoso homo is at Pasadonu.
Calif., for a $:!:, mil) consideration,
Tho placo consists of 7 7 acres, 4'J
of which are in bearing apples and
pears, and has a nice cottago, a pack
ing house and a burn. The property
was purchased of tho Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance company, and tho suto
was made thru tho real cstuto drill ot
Itrt.twn &. White.
Lieutenant Seherer will reside on .
tho properly and develop and Im
prove It, as soon as ho rocutves his
discharge from tho navy sometime in
May. He has been hero several times
in the past month and It Is under
stood that ho only mado tho purchase
after looking ovor the other orchard
sections of tho state,