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tf you want further IrHllinnny on
' the disturbed and iiiircrUIn kind
of world we're living In, tuko a look
at Itouutti, Coloiublii, Houlh America.
Homi'lhliitl provocatively Intoienl
Inil In ll'ilnu uil there. Juat what It
In, Oil writer doran'l kimw. An tliran
wunl nie wrlllrn, this la about ull
Hint meets the rye:
We were holding a tiulle - the
America - a K a I u a I comiiiunum
meeting. On the surface, ull accuicd
nmy. (everybody waa aiculiiat roiiimu
num. Nobody wanted uny C'mmIio
alovnklna In the Western Hemisphere,
everybody mIU an in riumnit word.
Then
Wham I
There was a rrvoltitlon on the
doorstep.
IX last nlitht, nun buttle tailed
In Uie treet of Ilmiolu. A din
jmlcl lobvlonoly pretty heavily
cAiaurvdi any llila morning:
"As dawn came. KHima allll roamed
the atreeta, acltluii new Urea. Mhoot
11 iu broke onl ojkii uil Ic nlly, but by 0
fill. Ht waa vetllnit llitht by then,
ami audi affaire thrive better 111
darkneaa Ulan In daylight i the
atreeta wero alinoat deserted, Tho-ie
who remained iked around the re
main III the looted, burning shops
... No Jiollcc or troops' weie aeen
on the main atreeta . , . Apparently
they atlll were i-onlincd to the area
of prealdciilliil palace."
At last account tin morning,
delegates to this Ninth tntcrnaltonul
Conference of American Htalea
iw ho, aa previously atated, were fix
Imi everything up lor pence and
quiet III thla part at Uie world) were
ciMiieit up In their headillartera,
facinif a ahorugo of food. Hrcrctury
Murhall rciNirted by telephone to
WoahlnKluu lual nliihl that he and
hla ataff are all nllvc and aafe.
UOW did It all atari? That la
pretty badly confuted.
It tecliia lllat aomebody auiSAal
luted a leader of the liberal party.
Thereutkiti, the hbcrala arote In aud
den revolt. They niailo provreaa
enough to be able to act up what la
called down there a "Junta" (a Junlu
la a aort of provisional government'.
Hut later accounta assert that Uie
coiuenallvea iheaded by a alrong
man preaideut named feren are
"regaining control of the altuatlon."
I'realdenl I'erea tuya the COMMU
NIHTe) alarled II all. Diplomatic re
port reaching our atate department
Uila mornliik aay the commuulata
(there are aald to be about (oou of
thrin in Colombia i "apiear to be
abettink the revolution and helping
attempt to provoke a atrike."
nLOMATlC official In Waalilug
Mon are aald to be "scanning'"
BiiiU report "to determine Jtiat
what role the communlai are play
ing" In the ruckua. Thu writer hai
an Idea Uiey are doing their damdeat
along the general line of hell-ralslng.
Hituatlnna auch aa Uiat are made to
order for Uielr purposes.
PHIS writer haa another notion.
It teenu quite probable that the
communlai big ahot In the Kremlin
are chuckling today and saying to
each other: "Well ahow theae
American how to come over and
tart flre.i In our front yard. We'll
lei 'em know we ran atari flrea in
TIIEIK front yard."
TT'S a sasly met.
It ought to help to leach u that
Una atruggle for aupremacy between
the forcea of freedom and Uie force
of slavery In which we are now In
volved I no caauul backyard game
of marble for fun. lit for keep.
If we're going to win It, we've got
to be good.
Search On
For NG Plane
PORTLAND. April 10 IPi An
Oiegon national guard plane ap
parently crashed late la.it. night or
irlv today In the clnud-rovered
Southwestern Washington hills
north of hero.
The A-'J(1 attack bomber with
three Portlander aboard disap
peared In the same area In which
an army C-s7 crashed last month
with the loss of eluht lives.
On a routine fllitht from McChord
field. Wash., to Portland. It last re
ported bv vdlo at 8:1(1 p m. when
some minutes south of Toledo,
Wash.
The twin-engined plane had
enough fuel In stay nlnfl until 1
m. today, but no further word
wns heard. Other airports In the
aren snlri no plane had attempted
to Iniid.
Aerial search started at once. A
plnne from Longvlew looked over
the hills, 20 miles north of here,
where the C-47 struck, but fog pre
vented good observation. McChord
field sent two radio Jeeps and a
weasel to aid senrch.
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Comigiriss
Vetoes Controls
Vic Livingston, Redmond,
Named Star Farmer Of
Oregon At FFA Meet Here
Vie Livingston of Redmond wa
named Star Tanner of Oregon at
the laigeal Future Fanners of
America bunquct ever held In the
atate. The banquet waa held at the
Oregon Vocational achixil Prlduy
night and approximately 800 KI'A
member and 100 gueat were aerved.
Llvlugnton received Uie award on
hla outstanding accomphxhinciitt In
agriculture during the putt your. Art
Pom, slate PKA treasurer, made the
presentation.
'Hie Karl R. Cooley Keystone
honor award went to Ullverton KKA
chapter and waa accepted by Hob
llarnea. president of the cluiiter,
from Jack Orcnz, district vice presi
dent. Piesldllig al the banquet was De
Lane Try, atate PPA president with
lister Drmmln aa loastmaster.
llunorary membera were given a
special Introduction al Friday's banquet.
Red Action
Expected In
Trieste Deal
HAHIIINfiTON, April 10 ll'i
Nome apeetaeular Ituaalan act In
llifluenee Italy's election to expect
ed by American offlrtala after the
bruaque western auigeatlon that
Ituaala make up her mind about
Trieste.
The United States. Britain and
Prance yesterday asked the U. 8.
8. R. to take a aland without fur
ther delay on their proposal to
turn the disputed city back to It
aly Moscow has kept silent since the
plan was advanced unexpectedly
March 20 and quleklv accepted by
Italian Premier De Gasperl's anll
cnmmunlst government.
With nntr elehl days left before
the crucial Italian election, the
western power asked the fiovlets
lo meet In Paris eaHv next month
to work out the Trieste transfer
details. It would mean revision of
the Italian oeaee Ireatv which went
Into effect last September.
Moscow mlKht hope to win Italian
votes for communism by accepting.
But some Bnvlct action more posi
tive and spectacular then falling In
step with the western oowers Is
considered far more likely by au
thorities here.
One such action could be a Rus
sian offee to give up the M0O.IMV0.
Me. In Italian reparations granted
In the peace Ireatv. The other new
er renounced their reparations
claims when the naet was drafted.
Moscow has given no advance
hint If such a strike has been de
cided on. Rut In seeking to onen
negotiations for a (rnde agreement
wiUi Ttalv Issl week Russia Insisted
the reparations question b taken
up.
Other awards won at the conven
tion Included the following:
Parliamentary contest Enterprise
KKA chapter, first; Ontario, second;
Newbcrg, third.
Are Welding eonlnit Melvln Mil
ler, Hlherlon. first. Oold certificate
wluuera: Pat Davis, Pendleton;
Dunne Hayes, Myrtle Point; Merle
Marshall, Oregon City; Dud Ruther
ford. Forest Grove. Ullvcr certificate
winners; C. Rusiiell. Oervuli; Duvld
Guile. Union; R, Oleson, McMlnn
vllle; Ken Miller. Oretham, Kmery
Cameron. Adrian; Vernon Ham
mack, Knlerprlte.
Acetylene Welding Vernon Zc
alou, Milton; first. Oold certificates:
Alvin Lush. The Dulles, and Ken
Lewis, Pendleton. Hllvcr certificate:
Hilly Water. Lakevlew; Garland
Kottrrs, Ontario; Charles Thun,
Can by.
Crop Identification Curvallla,
first: Malm, second; Redmond
third; Hlllsaoro. fourth. Individual
wiiinrr receiving gold certificates:
Ken Rlhl. Amity; Vernon Hulet,
llltlaboro: Jim Swift. Redmond;
Cliff Buillh. Corvalll; John Caateel,
Amity. Silver certificates: Melvin
Van Demelln. HllUboro; Richard
Dodlc, Independence; Carl Riijnus,
Malln.
Tool Identification d. Mcttlck,
Oervala, flrtl. Gold certificates:
Charles Milton. Roseburg: H. Snider,
Katacada; Ancel Reisch, Molalla;
Kay Olrod, Salem. Silver certifi
cates: Ted Judd, Ore-sham; Cecil
Kill, lleppner; Ken Vandyke, Forest
Grove: Joe Cribble, Molalla; Don
ald Coleman, Malm.
Chapter Secretary books Robert
(Oallaiis aa Fat S, t tlima I)
Retriever
Trials Open
Here Today
Klamath's first AKC-llrensed dog
trials, sponsored by the BhaaUt-
Cuscade retriever club, opened this
morning at Cove point on Upper
Klamath lake, with the running of
field trials for Junior stakes and
non-winners class.
Bitterly cold wind and snow
whipping across the trial area
slowed up proceedings, and han
dlers were apprehensively eyeing
the Icy wster which their dogs were
to battle in this afternoon's water
trials.
Some 28 retrievers competed In
the junior stakes, for dogs less than
two years old. and the non-winners'
event saw about 40 retrievers
competing.
The open all-age stakes, usually
considered the highlight of dog
trials, will begin tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock. Thirty-nine entries
have been registered for this event.
Field trials will be mn In the morn
ing, with water work scheduled to
strt n the afternoon.
The field trial dinner will be held
at the Winemn hotel banquet room
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Outstanding Woman Chosen
Russians Move To Hamper
US Flights Into Berlin
BERLIN. April 10 (P American
and British officials said today the
Russians have proposed banning of
commercial flights to Derlln In
move to hamper air communica
tions of the western powers with
the German capital.
The Russians were also moving
to interfere with telephone and
telegraph communications between
the western powers and Berlin, the
officials said.
This was the latest development
In the apparent move by Russia to
forro the west em powers out of the
Oorman capital. The Russians
already have Imposed road and rail
Paraguayan Police Scotch
Attempted Communist Coup
ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 10
M'i Paraguayan pollen announced
loday they had scotched nn nt
l"tnpled communist coup. They said
II was coordinated with similar
moves In other rniinlrles alined at
Interfering with the Inter-Ameiicaii
conference at Hogoln. Colombia.
Police said four comintinlst lead
ers were arrested and rifles nnd
hand grenades were seised.
(Tho communist party has been
inlawed 111 Paraguay since tin
middle of 11)47 when the govern
ment nccused romiiiunlMts of Riding
the rebels In the civil war.
Police said n radio transmitter
has been captured and that. 8000
copies of plans for a revolution wero
Helped.
A police communique said n plan
for revolt Included at I neks on police
stations nnd telephone exchanges
simultaneously throughout the
country. Foreigners nnd govern
ment officials were to have been
n.ssnsslnntcd.
The plotters were anld to have
planned n new government of mili
tary men sympathetic to the liberal
febrrrlslR parly.
restrictions on the western allies In
Berlin.
The Russians have proposed a
number of "Mr aaiety regulations"
covering nir traffic over the Russian
xone corridors. British nnd Amer
ican officials said these are designed
to restrict air travel between the
West mid Berlin.
In addition to banning of com
mercial flights to Berlin, the Rus
sians seek to bar night flying nnd
limit training and engineering
flights. Berlin Is a terminus of the
American Overseas Airways trnns
Atlantlc flight. At present two
planes a week fly to Berlin nnd the
nlrllne had planned to Increase Uie
flights to four weekly, starting next
month.
British and American officials
said the Russians have also refused
to renew permits authorising their
signal corps crews to supervise nnd
maintain telephone nnd telegraph
lines to Berlin passing through the
Soviet Entie.
The present permits expire April
18. The Russians said they will take
over supervision nftcr that date.
Tho Americans hnve maintained
a crew of five mei nt Weimar In
the 8ovlct lone to supervise nnd
repair cables carrying nil U. 8. tele
graph nnd telephone communica
tions with the American cones.
Meanwhile the Russians nnd
British took steps toward a two
power Investigation of the nlr crnsh
over Berlin which killed 18 persons
last Monday.
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Mn. lawTence French, Irft, rerrWine from Mrm. Mutt Kohn the
annual award from the KoropUmlit club for outstanding public and
community contribution on the part of an individual woman. The
prnrntalion waa made at a dinner lait night (See story In society
section I. Mrs. French's major work has been in connection with Camp
Fire OirU.
Pilot Dies In
P-51 Crash
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. April 10
MV Tho flight leader of a groii
of P-M flghcTS wiu killed wester
day when engine trouble sent his
plane crashing Into Cook inlet,
near Fire island.
His body was recovered from the
wreckage by n barge crew.
Air force authorities at Elmen
dorf field, the squadron's home
btse. withheld announcement of
the flier's nnme pending notifica
tion of next of kin.
Navajos To Work
On Oregon Farms
PORTLAND. April 10 (1 The
destitute taya)os . may ivors: . n
Oiegon farms this summer.
A regional director of the fed
eral employment service said some
already have worked in California
fields, and up to 20.000 will be avail
able for farm jobs this summer.
The director. Fay W. Hunter. San
Francisco, suggested they could be
used In place of Uie Mexican labor
Imported In recent years.
Council
Pleads For
Regulation
WASHINGTON. April 1ft tJPi !
New Inflation warnings from the'
While House again ran Into this
blunt retort today from the repub
lican congress thumbs down on
federal controls.
President Truman's council ot !
economic advlaers raUed the alarm.
In a "guns or butter" economic
report, the council analysed the Im
pact on the nation's economy 01
(6,000,000.000 In foreign aid spend
ing, the 27-day-oId coal strike and a
proposed $3,000,000,000 outlay tor
defense. Then the president's ad
visers urged:
1. Administration power to say
how scarce products will be dis
tributed, plus Indirect manpower
controls to steer workers Into rital
Industries.
2. New taxes to cover future
boosts in federal spending for
military preparedness.
3. Enactment of the "standby"
price, wage and ration authority
asked last year by Mr. Truman,
as well as power to control bank
and consumer credit.
The reaction of Rep. Wolcott
iR.-Mich.i, chairman of the house
banking committee, where most of
such legislation would originate, was
cold.
"It seems unnecessary. he told
reporters, "to restore any controls
until we see the impact on our econ
omy of the military spending and
foreign aid.
Paul G. Hoffman, economic co
operation administrator, said yes
terday that voluntary methods are
preferable to federal controls. Borne
"fringe" controls might prove neces
sary later, Hoffman said.
The council ot economic advisers,
headed by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse,
called for a -systematic and vigor
ous discipline" to meet the pressures
on the economy. Its quarterly report
was made public last nieht by the
White House after it was presented
to the cabinet.
100 Americans
Narrowly Miss .
Renewed Battle
WASHINGTON, April It UP Approximately 100 American clUiem)
were removed to safety from embassy offices In downtown Bogota today
and 10 minutes later shooting began again In the aren.
This Information came in a dispatch delivered her through th,
state department from American correspondents In the mob-battered
capital of Colombia.
The dispatch filed at 11:39 a. m.. in Bogota reported that the down,
town atmosphere In general waa quiet but that an nlr of ancerlalnly
prevailed.
ERUPTION FEARKD
This feeling waa due at least partly to fear that the funeral for '
the assaaalnated liberal leader whose shooting started the revolution
yesterday might bring n new erup-1 ,
tion of violence.
The rescued Americana had taken
refuge In the U. 8. embasiy offices
in two buildings on opposite sides of
(he street. They spent a day and
night of peril aa shooting rioters
invaded their street, and fires broke
out in the buildings.
Within ten minutes after they
were safely away, shooting started
up again around the building.
Colombian shot
A Colombian was shot dead by
soldiers on the very spot where one
evacuee had stood, because he failed
to obey their commands.
Most of Uie Americans had not
had sleep or food. They were taken
to their homes.
The Colombians first cleared
streets of the ares with rifle tire of
the last vestiges of last night's
drunken mobs. Then troops arrived
with a bus and trucks for the Ameri
cana.
The dispatch said that the evacua
tion took place dramatically while
the area was surrounded by 100
troops with rifles nt the alert plus
an armored truck bristling with
machine guns. (An earlier report
to the state department had spoken
of tanks In the evacuation, possibly
in confusion with the armored
truck.)
Snow Falls At
Crater Lake
Crater Lake national park had
82 Inches of new snow in a week,
from April 2 to 9. making Uie snow
depth now 165 Inches.
Snow was still falling Saturday
morning nnd more snow Is predict
ed. The temperature Saturday
morning was 22 degrees and Uie
maximum Friday only reached as
high as 28 degrees with a minimum
of 13 degrees.
Roads are clear to the rim but
chains are required for motorists
at Annie 8pring nnd recommended
before that.
Skiing is fair and expected to be
excellent when the trails are pack,
ed down.
One bear wns reported by park
rangers to be out of hibernation
for a short time this week.
Eisenhower
To Stay Out
Of Politics
WASHINGTON, April 1 (jvi
Gen. Dwlrht D. Eisenhower sail
today he "meant every word" in his
statement of January 23 taking
himself out of the presidential
nomination picture.
The retired army chief ef ataff
talked with reporters as he left s
conference "ti defense with Presi
dent Truman. , ,
Asking for a direct statement oa
the presidency, Ike said he did not
talk pollUcs with Mr. Truman. Ha
added:
"I made up my mind to say nothr
tug more. I wrote a letter and meant
every word of It
No Mora Talking
"I told my aides they could da
the talking from now on. I'm not
talking any more. I find it doesn't
do any good."
Eisenhower in a letter to a New
Hampshire publisher last January
23 aald he could not accept a prest
dential nomination. He said his de
etsion to "completely" remove him
self from the political scene was
"definite and positive."
That letter was written at a time
Ike wns being mentioned proud?
nenUy for Uie republican presiden.
uai canaiaate.
Since then Eisenhower has-been
talked of tor the democratic nomi
nation. " ?
" The general, who takes aver as
president of Columbia university In
June, was In uniform as he called
on Uie president for a 30-minute
talk. ;
He said Mr. Truman wanted to
discuss with him Uie "general lay
out" of the nation's defenses and
the subject of "balance" of the de
fense program.
Sunday's 75th Anniversary Of Canby Massacre
Recalls How Army Man Marked Spot With Cross
By MALCOLM EPLEY
Sunday, April II, marks the 75th anni
versary of the Canby massacre, sanguinary
highlight of the Modoc Indian war of 1872
73, that drew the nation's awed attention to
the rugged Modoc lava beds near Tule lake.
A lonely wooden cross, held upright by a
pile of stones, stands today ot the scene of
the massacre, exactly as it was placed there
66 years ago by Lieutenant John S. Parke of
the United States army.
This weotherbeaten monument, easily ac
cessible from the west side Tulelake road or
from the Lava Beds road by way of Newell,
is worthy ot a pilgrimage by those aware of
its significance and interested in the Indian
war that made the most stirring chapter in
the history of the Klamath country.
The story of the war and the massacre
has been often told, but few may know how
it happened that the cross was placed there
on a windy September day in 1882.
Lieutenant Parke thus marked the spot
on his second visit to the lava beds. Fortu
nately, the lieutenant was a writer of no poor
ability, and after making two trips into the
historic area, wrote a complete account for
the Historical Section of the Army War col
lege. A copy is owned by Don C. Fisher, pres
ent custodian of the Lava Beds national
monument.
Parke first visited the lava beds in 1880,
just seven years after the end of the war,
going into the area from Gillem's bluff on
horseback. (It wos wild, unsettled country
then, with no roads such as are available to
the modern traveler). The lieutenant was ac- .
companied on the trip by John A. Fairchild,
whose ranch was 22 miles west from the
lava beds. On that occasion, he first saw the
scene where Ceneral E. R. S. Canby ond Dr.
Elezear Thomas were killed at a peace con
ference with the Modocs. Parke himself gives
a graphic account of the meeting of Indian
leaders at a council tent with the peace com
missioners, which included Canby, Thomas,
a Methodist minister; L. S. Dyer, Indian
agent, and A. B. Meacham, Indian superin
tendent. This occurred on April 11, 1873. Al
though warned by Frank Riddle ond his
squaw, Winema, that the Indians intended
treachery, the peace commissioners went out
fo the tent a mile in front of the army en
campment near the present entrance of the
Lava Beds national monument. In the course of the in
terview, they were attacked; Canby and Thomas were
killed, and Meacham was wounded. Dyer escaped to the
army camp. Winema, who had befriended the whites
throughout, was present at the conference as on inter
preter, and a shout by her, probably a false warning
that soldiers were coming, saved ttie lives of Meacham
and Dyer by frightening the Indians away.
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Canby Cross, as It appears today. The fair sightseers are unidenti
fied In this familiar postcard view.
Lt. Parke, on his first visit in 1880, wai
tremendously impressed by the significance
of the scene of this incident. He found ther
an old board, with an inscription almost oblit
erated by the elements. He wrote:
"It wos with a feeling of awo that I stood
on the spot to still and quiet then, which now
is seldom disturbed by human footsteps, and
on which few eyes ever rest save those ef
tome wild bird as he wings his flight orer
its bloodstained rocks." "
The army officer recalls his second visit '
as follows:
"My second visit to the lava beds wo
prompted by a desire to see that the exact
locality of these stirring events, and especi
ally the place where the council tent stood,
should be so marked and when this historic
place comes to be visited by the interested
ond the curious, it may not be of such un
certain location as to be a matter of specula
tion and discussion, but that the visitor may
say when he visits this spot, This is whera
Ceneral Canby and Dr. Thomas were mur
dered by the Modocs.'
"Accordingly, on being ordered to Fort
Klamath in 1882 on some temporary duty,
I took advantage of the opportunity and
asked permission of the department com
mander, Ceneral Miles, to go a little out of
my way on my return to headquarters for
this purpose: As it involved no serious loss
of time, nor expense to the government, my
request wos granted.
"I stopped at Fairchild's on my way,
hoping he would accompany me as ne had
done on my former visit, but he was on the
eve of departure for Yreka and could not
go. He gave me every assistance, however,
and his carpenter made me a cross for the
monument I was to erect. I had It made from
lumber about six inches square, twelve feet
high, with arms of four feet.
"We conveyed this in two pieces, on the
backboard, to the top of the bluff overlook
ing the lava beds. Arriving there lote In the
afternoon, we gave the cross a priming coat
with some paint we had taken along, and
the next morning took it to the base of the
bluff on our shoulders.
"I put up the cross, applied another coat
of paint, piled the loose lava rock around it
to one-half its height, put the following In
scription on it: .
" 'GENERAL CANBY, USA, WAS MUR
DERED HERE BY THE MODOCS, APRIL 1 1,
1873"'.
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