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New-York tribune., 1919-03-11

was nothing the matter with the per-
sonnel of the Air Service. It was sec
ond to none in the world Our boys
were all right, but they did not fight
with American machines"
Major La Guarda declared that the
alleged proposal Of the army to sell
all its training planes and motors Tor
10 per cent OF their value was Illegal.
Despite their highhanded methods. -
he said. 81 doubt they would dare to
DO such thing. It would be an out
rage.
Bill for Air Department
Il ann preparing bin which / shall
introduce in the next Congress to es-
tablish separate Department of the
Ar This department VIII coordInate
all our efforts in aviation.
For instance when the Postof7icc De-
partment approached Congress for its
Appropriation the other day, the pro
posal 70 use army planes driven by
army pilots was refused on the ground
the postoilicc would have no jurisdic-
ton over the personnel.
"This is absurd Thpv might as
we'll ask for every locomotive cngi-
ncer and train conductor on the rail
roads to be postal employees.
MY bill Will provide for the estab-
lishment of various bureaus to regu-
late the different phases of aviation
to establish landing fields for military
and commcrclal purposes and for cN-
pcrimcntal purposes. Provision viii be
made 30 equip the airplanc Of man.
ufacturer with an engine for expert
mental purposes, and so supply air
planes for manufacturer who has an
aeronautical motor he wishes to test
"Therc are three things this coun.
try must do in order TO develop TIN,
air industry. Experimental station.
must be established, airplanc pilot.
must be licensed by the government
only in the same manner steamship
captains are licensed, ard LANDING
stations must be built in all the erca
cities.
Let us all work together to bring
back to this country the supremac,
it has lost since Profess or Langlc,
and the Wright Brothers taught Tho
world to fly, back to the land who's,
genius gave the art of Aying to man
kind
Yesterday was Aero Mail Day at tn,
Aeronautical Exposition. Otto PrAcgcr
Second Assistant Postmaster General
the guest Of honor, declared that be
fore the end Of April night postal ser
vice pctWcVll New l Oth ana (NlCdg'
would be established.
"Eightcen acroplancs are under con
struction for this servicc,' he said
"and delivery has been promised b.
April IS, The service Will be on
schedule of from eight to ten hours
We hope to extend the rvice the
from Chicago to st. Louis, Chicago t
Omaha and Omaha to st. Louis. Servic
between Chicago and Minneapolis is
possibility by the fall
Between May 10. 1918, and March
1919, the aerial mail operations be
tween New York and Washington coy
cred 112,22S miles, or | 536 hours j
the air. In all this flying there wer
only twcnty-ninc forced landings.
"ln the l12.22S miles flown bctwee
New York and Washington we hav
never had a plane falr out of the SIX,
We have never killed or crippled
pilot on this mail route
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
Liberty Bond Conversion
Privilege Again Granted
Secretary Glass Announces
Per Cent Issues May Be
EXCHANGED for 4 l-4s

WASHINGTON. March 10.-Secretary
Glass, acting under authority con-
ferred by the Victory Liberty Loan act,
to-day issued an order reopening to
holders of converted bonds of the first
Liberty Loan and of bonds of the sec
ond Liberty Loan the privilege Of
having their bonds converted into A. !
per cent bonds. These two classes OF
bonds now bear interest at per cent.
The conversion privilege. which OK
pired November 9 under the loan act
then in effect. is reopened under the
order as of March 7 and the exten-
sion is indefinite.
Holders of the bonds may present
them for conversion at any bank.
Regulation forms of applications have
been prepared and viii be available
within i few days. At the time the
bonds are converted, coupon bonds may
be exchanged for registered bonds.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
American Air
Policy Attacked
By La Guardia
Not One German Brought
Down by L. 5. Plane on
Western Front, He Says
Calls Situation Gloomy
Representative Prepares Bill
for Aviation Department
With Cabinet Member

"Not a single Bochc Machine was
brought down on the Western front by
an American acroplane.
America is behind every other civil
lizcd country in the development Of
aviation.'
In slashing attack upon the gov
ernmcnts "Iack of policy toward the
future of aviation, Major f. II. La
Guardia, aviator and member of the
House Of Representatives from the
18th District, of this city, made these
statements yesterday. During a tour
Of inspection with his bride at the
Acronautical Exposition he declared
"thc only salvation for acronautics in
this country is the immediate cstab-
lishmcnt Of separate department Of
the air, with a Cabinet member at the
head Of it.
"Thc present situation is so gloomy
he said, "that in my opinion it will be
at least ten years before we can begin
to consider commercial aviation on
anything like a paying basis"
He declared the army, Navy and
postal departments were responsible
for the rctardaton Of aviation develop
ment "through their overlapping au-
thority in all activities connected with
aviation" He then said that Congress
would adopt a policy of starvation to
these departments in order to bring
them to the realization Of the impor-
tance of separate department Of av
alton.
Started in Last Congress
"Wc started this policy of starvation
in the appropriations asked for in the
last Congress- he said.
Before we lay any plans for recon
structon, or development of aviation,
he began, "thcrc are three stern facts
we must look in the face:
"First. the United States is the mos
backward country IN the world in avi
alton.
"S-cond the so-caled great Amcri
can motor does not exist. it has ye'
to be developed.
"Third. we have wasted over a bilior
dollars in our aviation programme anC
have less 60 show for it than any Other
nation. The only thing to do is t'
forget this waste, start over again, ant
prevent future waste
Speaking of the Liberty motor, 'h'
said "In our aviation programme We
put all our eggs in one basket, in tho
development of the Liberty motor. We
have 100-horsepower motor that does
not represent the ultimate thing il
universal power for aviation
Wastcfulness to Continue
"lt looks as if the War Department
is to continue its wastefulness in avi
alton. The department has no hxe'
policy for the disposal Of its 80, 00i
Liberty motors, and is taking no step
to store them properly in Oil. From
the way the motors placed in the Rocl
Island Arsenal have been stored, the.
will be worthless junk within twelv,
months. The same seems to be true o
aeroplanes.'
Going back to the fighting in Eu
rope, he said: "When say there wa!
not a single Boche machine brough
down by an American machine, ] don
want you to misunderstood me. Their
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11

CLEVELAND, March 10 :. Unitse
had s.S'sc charge Of the De6s prosecution
cogr. Cow W. Would not reach Cleveland prob
ably for thirty days. Until It was re- e.
ceiyed ne said, Debs would not Dc
taken in custody.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11

along the River Vaga are strengthen
ing their positions against the possi-
biity Of furtner Bolshevik attacks, al
though there has been no sign of in
fantry activity during the last three
days.
The Bolsheviki continue to shell Wis
tavka and enemy airplanes are active
along the Dvina. Snow fell yesterday
hampering operations.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
nens Had Active Career

n.5s eour tines a candidate for
p,osi5e.. peos' -q9' Of .he tinted States, began
n:e f. as locomotive fireman on ;3roaa the
Fer Fer's yeaTs l1r. he was prominent in the
Firemen's F1r sgs. Bro.herhood, PLAYING an ac, 1r
iss5 isjg he was member Of the Indiana
Lsgs'a.ure. Lev n 1900 he ran for Presi, Pres,
and and he vas the candidate OF the Social
=, 49,. In 1904. 1903 and 1872.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
L. S. Russian Front Quiet
Snow Hampers Operations of
BOlsheviki

ARCHANGEL, March (By The AS
sociated Prcss). All sectors of the
Archangcl front continue compare
lively quiet. American and other troops
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
Condemned by Defence Body

Then it developed that only fort
night before the outbreak Of the war
the project had been definitely con-
dcmncd by the Committee on Imperial
New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
Britain Resumes
Plans for Tunnel
Under the Channel
Bonar Law Says Government
l. Considering Project,
Rejected by Defence Ex-
perts, to Employ Troops

LONDON. March 1O.-A tunnel under
the English Channel is being CON
sidercd by the government. Andrew
Bonar Law, government spokesman,
announced in tho House of Commons
to-day, saying he was discussing the
matter with Premier Lloyd George as
a means Of finding employment for dis
charged soldiers.
The Daily Mali claims to have
definite information that the British
and French governments have agreed
to the construction of tunnel un-
der the channel and that the details
are now being discussed by "A special
commission in Paris, which also is
considering the building of tunnels
under the Bosporus and the Strait of
Gibraltar.
TO Start Far Back
at is proposcd.' says "Thc Daily
Mail,' "to start the tunnel some dis
tancc inside both countries, instead
Of near the coast, as was originally in
tended, 50 as to avoid the risks Of a
fall of the cliffs, such as already has
occurred on the British side near the
point whore the work would have been
begun.
ain addition to tracks the tunnel Will
carry telephone and telegraph wires,
supcrseding the present sca-bed cables.
and also pneumatic tubes for carry
ing letters and parcels. The French
and British railroads concerned are
willing to finance the scheme, but the
two governments wish to exercise CON
troll and some sort of joint state
finance for the work may be adopted -
The engineering plans for the chan
mel tunnel, according to "The Daily
Mail,' are 50 far advanced that work
could be begun Immediately.
Fear of an invasion of England ha.
been for fifty years the chief obstacle
to the driving Of a railway tunne
under the Straits of Dover. In 19l;
this fear, fostered chiefly by the ante
bellum military advisers of the British
government. was overcome to the ex
tent that plans were publicly discussed
for rcsumine the start that had beer
mads in 1852. But while engineer,
were still talking Germany started tn,
war
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES
portland and Weston haye mue

Portland and Weston have much
in common leach being the com.
mercial center Of lis particular ter
ritory. We are prepared to admit
that Portland's especial bailiwick
is a trihe larger than weston's. but
our live commercial club may yet
overcome that handicap, What we
particularly wish TO bring out and
emphasize without further verbos-
ity or circumlocution is that Port
land and Weston weather were pre-
cisely similar on Groundhog Day
We all know what wcston's weather
was on that auspicious occasion. and
Portland's Is thus set forth In the
esteemed oregonian published the
day after Grounding Day. As betits
a subject of so much Importance. It
was printed on the first page
Portland is assured six weeks OF
fine weather and an early springv
all because the groundhog yester-
day, according to annual custom,
ventured from his hole, didn't sec
his shadow and so stayed out.
"Thc weather man Is authority
for the fact that there was no
sunshine yesterday, his instruments
failing 10 record single beam.
although some persons there are
who maintain that they saw a
glimpse Of sunshine at various
fieeting moments early in the day."
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
BAR AGAINST FO0D
EXPORTS REMOVED

Washington. most sweeping re-
moyal Of restrictions upon the expor-
tation OF foodstuffs made since the
signing OF the armistice was announc-
ed by the war trade board.
Commodities removed from the *.
port conservation list were barley.
corn and rye. including flour and
meal made from these grains. oats
and oat products, brewers grains.
bran and middlings. beans, dried and
split peas. sugar and hydrogenated cot.
ton seed oil.
These articles constituted q majority
OF the food items on the restricted list
and their removal 10 effective imme.
diately.
Attention was called TO the fact that
wheat and wheat flour remain on the
restricted list. There was no indIca-
tion when the embargo on those COM
modlties would be removed, but II was
said that II probably would remain In
force until the governments agree
ment with the farmers for maximum
price on the 1919 wheat crop had or.
pired.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
STRAIN MAKES ROAD TALK
AT LOCAL CLUB MEETING

In a carefully prepared and IN.
formative speech, c, p. Strain OF
pendleton told the Weston CONNER.
cial Club Tuesday evening all about
the proposed county road bonding
measure. Mr.. Strain Is u deliver.
and as usual had his subject thor
oughly In hand, II was In truth
an admirable presentation, and ev-
cry one of the large number OF eiti-
Ecns present left the hall much bet
ter informed on the road improve.
ment program In Oregon and Una
tilla county.
As II Is impossible to review the
address In the limited space at tho
command Of q country paper, the
Leader will not attempt TO do 80.
After he had left the hall, Mr..
Strain sent back word TO the club
that he had forgotten to bring up
an important point, namely; the
different allotments OF the road
bond will be plainly set forth upon
the ballot at the special election,
which will probably be held on
March ith next.
The speaker Of the evening mo-
tored up with d. II. Nelson, prcsi.
dent Of the Umatilla County Good
Roads association. who when invited
TO the floor made a short and char.
actcrlstlc address full OF pep and
earnestness. In accordance with a
suggestion advanced by Mr.. Mel.
son, the club voted unanimously n
resolution favoring an emergency
clause In the state road bonding
bill.
S. A. Barnes advanced the plan
Of building a memorial In Weston
for the Umatilla county pioneers
and the umatilla county soldiers,
He suggested that this take the
form OF a large log cabin, the logs
for which could be secured In the
Blue mountains near town. This
could, be used for storing and
displaying pioneer relics and war
relics and the walls could be hung
with pictures portraying pioneer
life, while the building would lie
available also for public library and
other purposes. A memorial COM
mittee was appointed by President
Porter as follows; S. A. Barnes,
E. c. Rogers and Frank Greer.
The club voted TO change It's
meeting night TO Monday. This
will not take effect. however, until
after the meeting next Tuesday
evening, when Sergeant Sidney
Barnes will address the club on the
subject Of camouflage and other
work which he followed in France.
A short musical program will also
be given.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

modified to apply only TO future cam
paigns. was so amended.
The conference report and final rc'
draft will be called up in the house
Friday, with the expectation OF It's ap'
provai before adjournment II will so
to the senate saturday and Chairman
simmons. OF the senate managers said
its passage was certain.
Absence OF President Wilson. the
conferees said. made doubtful the ex'
act date the new tax law would be-
come effective. but would not inter
fere with treasury plans for collection
OF new taxes.
The final draft, like both house and
senate measures, provides that OF the
gross levy, war excess profits and In
come taxes shall bear tho heaviest
burdens.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

Note that a tree grows from its
roots rather than its branches, and
the house builder begins with the
foundation instead Of the super
structure. The railroad magnate
first constructs his main line and
then gives attention to his feeders.
And accordingly the through high.
ways should be well improved be-
fore much money is spent on the
lateral roads. The former are also
market roads-of far more import
ance as su.h than the laterals. At
ter these are improved, we will be
much more apt to improve the
feeder roads; but we will hardly
start at the many ends and work
to the middle.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
ARMY CASUALTIES
ARE TADULATED
Total Of 5a,S07 Americans
Killed and Missing
In War.

Washington. official taoulauon
BY divisions for the American eSpod''
tionary forces. % per cent complete
10 date, was made public by the war
department. showing that major cas-
ualties in the sist (oregon, Washing
ton and other western states) totaled
i7os.
The elst division did not get to the
front until about three months before
the armistice ended hostilities. How
ever, Il saw total OF as days OF sc'
tual battle. although all regiments were
not engaged for this number OF days.
Its losses, therefore. are exceptionally
heavy in comparison to those OF divi'
sions which reached the fighting zones
earlier in the war.
The totals for all divisions exclu-
sive of the two regiments Of marines
in the I'd division are:
Killed in action. 2T,162
Died Of wounds. 1886.
Missing In action, 1853.
Total killed and missing, 5S,So7.
Prisoners. 27S5.
Grand total Of major casualties.
$500.
Examination Of the losses by regi-
ments shows clearly that the brunt OF
the fighting fell on the infantry. In
every division that got into action.
losses were many times greater. even
proportionately to the strength OF the
units, than those Of the artillery. ma
chine battalions. trench mortar bat
teries or engineers. A score Of regt-
ments lost fully one-third Of the full
strength Of $500 men in killed. died of
rounds, missing and prisoners. When
figures on the wounded are available,
officers believe the total casualties
now in several regiments may equal
The full strength.
The first regular division. built up
out Of the original force General Per
shing took to France. suffered the
heaviest casualties with a total Of
524s. This division was first to reach
The line and was almost constantly in
action until the end.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

Approximately 10000 out OF os,uuv
acres OF the lower klamath lake
marsh lands. which are being reclaim.
cd by the installation Of gates at the
Southern Pacific crossing Of the Kiam.
ath strait, have been drained. with .
total lowering Of the water OF two
feet in the is months since the gates
were installed, according to officers
Of the klamath drainage district Al.
though the water ID off the land, II 10
not yet sufficiently drained for cul'
tivation, and II is not expected that
the land will be ready for use for .
year.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
Notice to Creditors

In the County Court of the State OF
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Orwell
Thompson Douglas, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed execu-
trix Of the above-entitled estate by
the above-entitled court, and rs such
executrix has qualified as by law re-
quired. All persons having claims
against said estate are notified TO pre-
sent the same. properly verified as by
law required, to me at Weston, Ore
gon, or to my attorney, Homer ].
Watts, at his Office In Athena, Oregon,
within six months from the first publ.
cation Of this notice.
Dated January "a, 1919.
HARRIET ELIZABETH DOUGLAS.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
The rich won't grow much rich

The rich won't grow much rich
er. glory be. under the new tax
law. Tabulations show that a per.
son with a net income Of a million
and a-half will have to give up
more than a million to Uncle Sam,
The man with a million dollar in
come will have to relinquish $685.
O30. The half million dollar man
will pay more than three hundred
thousand. Here's where the coun-
try editor gets the best Of the
game Of life. Shake, Kernel Boyd.
across the bloody hill!
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
LISTER RELlNQUlsHEs WORK
Names Two official Advisers Owing
20 90 Health.

TO w Heattn.
Olympia. wash.--Yielding TO the adj
vice OF his attending physicians and
personal friends, who were alarmed
over the condition OF his health, Gov
ernor Ernest Lister announced that
he would virtually relinQuish the du-
ties OF his office for several weeks,
In a formal statement issued, the GOV,
ernor named DIR. Henry SuEEallo, pres
ident OF the University OF Washington.
and Attorney General w. V, Tanner,
as his official advisers in connection
with legislative and administrative
problems and policies. Or. Suzsallo
will at once take up his headquarters
in the executive offices.
Governor Lister, it was said. will
not leave the state. but probably will
20 away from the capital and seek
seclusion. With the increasing work
made by the session OF the Legislature
the governors physicians feared he
would be unable to stand the strain.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
AGREEMENT REACHED
ON WAR REVENUE BILL

washington. THE war revenue bill,
revised 10 raise about $4,000, oo.0oo
by taxation this year and $4,000, ,OOO.-
600 annually thereafter, assumed final
form when the senate and house con-
ferees reached q complete agreement
on the measure.
The tax on campaign contributions,
a senate provision. which the house
voted to reject. and later to accept II
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
ADVERTISING RATE,

Non-skid kicks" are needed to
safely negotiate weston's concrete
sidewalks after q thaw and a
freeze.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

The Pendleton Tribune's Liberty
edition is an achievement which its
publishers may we'll regard with
pride. Few except those I'm the
game" have any conception Of the
work required to get out such a
number.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
The big Bolshevik meeting at Ia
coma shows that the damphool
tribe in not confined to Europe.

Our society editor is much con-
cerned over the strike in the pater.
son. New Jersey. silk mills, saying
that it may interfere with his get
ting new supply Of silken under
wear.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

Today's strike news brings an un-
comfortable feeling that Assessor
Strains verbal picture Of what
might happen was not so greatly
overdrawn- the picture Of Ameri-
can Bolhseyists prodding farmers
from their ranches with the bay.
onet.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
Is it that the longest Pole will
knock the German persimmon?

Where in hell could we have
sent the kaiser?" asks Won Bern
storff. Well. perhaps His Satanic
Majesty might have objected.