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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 2C, 192Q JAPS WANT TROOPS iTO STAY in SIBERIA Protection of Railroad and Garrison Held Necessary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN PARTY AT FIRST MEETING IN CHICAGO. , I A w 1000 LIVES SACRIFICED Immediate Withdrawal Impossible, Declares Foreign Minister in Lower House of Diet. TOKIO, Jan. 25. The dispatch of Japanese reinforcements to Siberia was unavoidably necessary to. assist the Crechs and guard the extensive railways, Premier llara declared In replying- to interpellations in the low er house of the diet yesterday. It also was necensiry as a means of as suring the safety of the Japanese gar rison, he asserted. There was no reason to withdraw the Japanese troops, added the pre mier, simply because the Americans were bein?- withdrawn, the position of the Japanese and Chinese in the far east beim? far different from that ot the United States or Great Britain Also, he pointed out, the future moves of the bolshevikl in Siberia could not be forecast. Foreign Minister Uchida also said that immediate withdrawal was im possible, because the Vladivostok Si berians wero supporting the Corean independence movement while others wrre conspirinsr with the bolsheviKi BCHinst Japanese interest. War Minister Tar.aka told the house that 1,000 Japanese lives bad been sacrificed in maintaining order in Si beria. CHICAGO CALLS NURSES tl 750 Sew Cases of Influenza Re ported; Deaths Reach High Mark. CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 25. (Special.) ' The scarcity of experienced nurses to assist in combating the influenza rpldemic has become so serious that the health department last night tele jrraphed volunteer aid in all parts of the middle west and even in Canada urging them to hasten to the bedside of Chicago patients. Of the 10,712 influenza cases re- ported last week there are 2600 de manding the attendance of nurses. 'rom 9 A. M. Saturday until 5 P. M. today, 1750 new cases were reported to the health department. Pneumonia cases for that period numbered 327. Heaths from pneumonia reached a high mark of 65 in the 32 hours. In fluenza deaths numbered 74 in the same period. REDS TAKE AMERICANS (Continued From First Paire. of happenings in the Irkutsk region just before and after the overthrow of the government of Admiral Kol chak: . . During removal of a pontoon bridge on December 21, preparatory to the freezing of the Irkutsk river, several pontoons were lost, this action evi dently having been premeditated. The station was cut off on Decem ber 23 and a social revolutionary gov ernment was announced. This fol lowed the revolt of an infantry regi ment, quartered near Irkutsk, under Captain Kalchinkoff. The latter pro claimed himself leader of the revo lution and moved toward the station. , Government forces threatened to bombard the station, but the allied representatives protested against this, paying t would endanger allied trains. They arranged a neutral zone at the station. i mrchm Obtain Railroad. On December 26 the Czechs assumed control of the railroad at Krasnoy arsk and Messovaya. ' Upon the ad vance of allied representatives the American Ked Cross nurses were or dered to board the train of Krnest L. Harris, American consul-general. All foreigners left the region on Decern ber 28. FIghing between Admiral Kolchak's forces and the revolutionaries con tinued for two days, the former driv ing the revolutionaries across the arm of the river. General Semenoffs armored train arrived on December 30 with several hundred troops. A fight ensued in which the general's troops were re pulsed. Many were killed. Japanese Troopa Used. The revolutionaries again con trolled the station on December 31 and fighting was renewed in the city. Major-General Janln, commander of the Csecho-Slovak forces, was advised on January 1 by the Czech com mander at Nijinie Udinsk that a revolutionary government had been formed there and that Admiral Kol chak was being held. It was added that the revolutionaries had posses sion of the gold reserve and that the officers of Kolchak's staff and body guard had joined the revolution. On January 1 200 Japanese troops arrived to guard foreigners and Jap anese and to assist in the evacuation. The allied representatives charged the Cxechs with responsibility foi guarding Admiral Kolchak and fur nishing him with a safe conduct. Trace Arranged for Day. On December 24 the allies had ar ranged a truce of one day during which time Consul-General Harris ar ranged for the evacuation of the wom en. They arrived at Verhnl-Udinsk on January 5. All Americans left this place on January 11. Trouble later developed between the Cxechs and General Semenoffs troops at Messovaya, the former capturing an armored train and 1000 men of Kemenoff's command. January 12, American forces clashed with Semenoffs troops at Verkhni 1'dlnsk, three Americans being killed. The Americans captured an armored train. The city is now quiet and is patrolled by Americans and Czechs. Consul-General Harris and the 1 American women have arrived safely at Chita. "COL. BLCXT" VXIDEXTIFIED War Department Has 'o Record of Officer Repotted Captured. VASHIXGTON, Jan. 25. War de partment officials tonight were un able to identify the "Colonel Blunt" jnentioned in a dispatch from Chita, East Siberia, as having been captured with other American engineers and Ked Cross workers by the bolsheviki. There is no Colonel Blunt on active duty at tire present time, it was said, and the only other officer by that came, Major Wilfred M. Blunt. Is now in command of a battalion of the 11th cavalry at Calexico, Cal. Army officers were of the opinion that ininsmuch as the dispatch was re ceived at Harbin in a garbled condi tion the names of all those captured might have been garbled. M ' I V' :f ' .z - ' ' ':' ' ' - ' If 2 . 5 "Sir3? K ' - - - -. rii. - - V - "?T?. . f . h 'It r J v V"v S ' - - - r t v t i - - . ..'"It m 'P.- ' ; I' i x " ' I fit ' ' - - ' . f ' iii , LEFT TO RIGHT MRS. JOHH G. SOUTH OF- KENTUCKY, MRS. FLETCHER GARRETT HAY, This photograph of the executive gress hotel, Chicago, where was held republican party, of which they are RUSSIA VIEWS FINANCES COXGRESS OF XATIOAlj ECON OMIES IN SESSION. Bolshevik Editor Declares Efforts Must Be Redoubled Now That Allies Have Lifted Blockade. LOXDOV, Jan. 25 A Moscow wire less message records the proceedings of the third all-Russian congress of national economics, the' exebutive body of which is composed of M. Buk harin, Milutin, Rykoff. Tomskj-j No gin, Kotlaroff and .Kutuzoff. Two hundred and thirty-five delegates are in attendance. M. Bukharin, editor of the bolshe vik organ Pravda, in addressing the delegates, said the congress must de cide a question of enormous import ance, namely, utilization of the live forces in the economic life of Russia. He advised careful ooservance of the entente's attitude. ' The entente, he declared, "removed the blockade and altered the policy regarding Russia, hoping there would be dissolution in Russia." "This forct us to work several times faster than usual," he con tinued, "in order t face the enormous problems which hitherto have been unknown. The Russian proletariat must become the model for all coun tries and overcome Russia's economic disorganization." CHANGE WILL BE ASKED (Continued From First Pskp. cution is prepared by many counter affidavits to show that a fair trial can and will be procured here, and that the character of the investiga tors employed by the defense, and who have signed affidavits of preju dice is such as to cast doubt upon the wcrth of theso documents." Affidavit la Made. One of the affidavits of prejudice is signed by Roy Lampitt of Hoquiam, an investigator employed by Vander veer to sound sentiment in GrayB Har bor county. Lampitt, who sets forth his record of service overseas, naming the battles of St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne and Meuse-Argonne, declares that three weeks of close inquiry have-convinced him that a propaganda against the defendants has been extensively conducted. Exhibits which will ac comDanv the affidavits of prejudice when they are read to the court this morning will be articles and editorials from various northwestern news papers, including the Hoquiam Wash ingtonian. The Aberdeen World, the Centralia Chronicle and the Monte sano Vidette. It will be alleged that an editorial from the Centralia Chronicle was printed and circulated in pamphlet form as propaganda against the de fendants and that investigators for the defense found this pamphlet had been widely distributed in Grays Har bor county. Similar affidavits are made by Vanderveer himself and by J. H. Schroyer of Aberdeen, another investigator, while a Joint affidavit, setting forth their belief that they cannot be afforded a fair trial in this county and praying for a change of venue, will be presented by the 11 de fendants. Affiants Are Attacked. Counter affidavits prepared by W. H. Abel and other attorneys of the prosecution, will show, according to Mr. Abel, that both Lampitt and Schroyer, investigators for the de fense, are men long affiliated with labor agitation and prominent in lum bering and logging: strikes of the past "We will submit affidavits showing that Lampitt." said Mr. Abel, "was an active principal in the logging strikes of 1917. and that he has always been identified with the radical labor ele-q ment. We will further show that he was advertised as a slacker, and that his services overseas was, in fact, nothing but a forced service. As for Schroyer, he was at one time secre tary-treasurer for the Timber Work ers' union, and is Known widely as labor agitator." Of general circulation throughout Grays Harbor county and the north west has been a pamphlet of the 1. W, W. defense committee, purporting to originate in Butte, Mont., but in real ity mailed from the Seattle labor temple. The prosecution will present this as evidence of propaganda activ ities on the part or the defense. In vestigators employed by Vanderveer to sound sentiment regarding the case are said by the defense to have em nloved an obvious subterfuge to.de termine the leanings of the public and of prospective jurors. The citixen would be approached either with a re quest to join the Triple Alliance or the Non-Partlsan league. It is said, or would be asked to subscribe either to the Seattle Union Record or Soli darity, the latter an official organ of the I. W. W. Vaon his replies his status for or against the defendants was dettr CHAIRMAN; MRS. C. H. SEVERANCE committee of the national women's republioan party was taken In the Con the first meeting of tire executive members. mined, in principle at least, it is al leged. In his own affidavit the I. W. W. counsel asserts that the news paper articles referred to and other publicity given the case have been designed to create a belief that the accused men fired upon the - Armistice-day parade in Centralia without provocation, and that they "made no unprovoked, premeditated and mur derous assault." He declares that the defense will produce 75 witnesses, some of them .marchers in the. parade, to testify that no shots were fired until the American Legion men had attacked the I. W. W. hall. Against this plea of self-defense the prosecu tion will set some 200 witnesses, many of whom, it is understood, will testify-that the shots which slew four American Legion paraders were fired without warning and from ambush, and that the rush upon the hall was made only when dead and dying le gionnaires lay upon the streets of Centralia. Tonight, on the eve of the trial, Montesano is thronged with transient visitors summoned by the sensational case, veniremen, wit nesses, members of the American Le gion, attorneys and newspaper men. The last available room is taken for the duration of the trial, and a spe cial eating house has been opened by the American Legion in the city hall. Belief prevails that the counter showing to be made by the prosecu tion against any change of venue will dispose effectually of the affidavits of prejudice filed by the I. W. W. counsel, and that the case will go to trial in this city as announced with but brief delay. LETTERS BUG IN MONEY INCOME TAX RETURNS ROLL INTO COLLECTOR'S OFFICE. Large Number of Responses Re ceived to 4 5,0 0 0 Statements Sent to Portland Residents. Milton A. Miller, collector of inter nal revenue, has a letter-writing rec ord in Portlano. which he asserts will stack up alongside that of any busi ness firm in the city. A big feature of the collector's letters Is that they do Just what every business man hopes that his letters will do when ha puts on the 2 -cent stamp and drops J them down the slot they bring in money orders and checks of many varieties and amounts. i Shortly after the first of the year Mr. Miller sent out more than 45,000 letters to Portland citizens notifying them that the.1919 income tax state ments and payments are due and that remittances would be appreciated bv Uncle Sam. While a large number of responses have been received, Mr. Miller declares that not nearly all to whom letters were sent have an swered. Income tax statements and payments are now due. he declares. and all should "come early and there by avoid the rush." Soldiers, sailors and marines who were in service in 1919 do not need to count any money received, for such service in on their 1919 return unless they received pay at tfce rat-e of more than $3500 a year from the govern ment, Mr. Miller explained vesterdav. This question b,ad been puzzling many iurmer service men who have been discharged since January, 1919, and gone back Into private life. NORTH BEND MINE LEASED Plans Are Being Made for Opera tion of Gilbertson Property. NORTH BEND. Or.. Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) It is announced here that btanne brothers, experienced coal miners, have obtained from the own er, George Gilbertson, a lease and op tion on tne wuoerison coal mine, lo ca.ted on Kentucky inlet, and that preparations for operation of the mine on an extensive. scale now are being made. A tunnel several hundred feet long wa driven on the property about ten years ago ana a iour-root vein of lig nlte coal waa encountered. On ac count of the low price of coal privi leges at tnat time, coupled with trans portation difficulties, the mine wa rot developed and It has remained idle since. The coal produced will be delivered here by barges and will be nanaied by local dealers. Kurnall R. Babbitt Dead. NEW YORK. Jan. 25. Kurnall R. Babbitt, a lawyer who for many years waa identified with copper mining projects In the west, died at hla home here Saturday, after an illness of nearly a year. He was 66 years old- Spanish Author Is III. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25. Vlncente Blasco Ibanez, Spanish author, is ill here. On the advice of his physician his secretary stated, ne cancelled a lecture engagement here tonight. - Photo copyright by Underwood. DOBBINS OF CHICAGO, ILL J MARY OF MINNESOTA. committee or the national women a KLAMATH TO BUILD SILOS SUNFLOWER EXPERIMENTS IN TEREST DAIRYMEN. Forty Farmers Attend Demonstra tion Under Direction of Farm Bureau Committee. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 25. Special.) Experiments with sun flower ensilage conducted by H. A Talbot during the past year bid fair to advance dairying in Klamath coun ty further in the next year or two than in all its previous history of the industry especially in the dry-farm ing sections of the county. Forty farmers gathered at the Talbot ranch a few days ago for the demonstration held under the direction of the field demonstration committee of the coun ty farm bureau, which plans to place at least one silo in each of the five farm bureau districts of the county in 1920. Before they went away two had decided to build silos and halt a dozen others were ready to figure wun a contractor. Mr. Talbot's slid is the first in the county. It is a pit silo. 10x18 feet and about 18 feet deep. He furnished his own labor in excavating the pit ana lining it with concrete. The ce ment cost $12. Six acres of Mr. Talbot's sunflow ers, on non-lrrlgable land, produced 50 tons ot ensilage. On part of the field the crop produced ten tons to the acre. It cost J2.60 a ton to pro duce the sunflower ensilage and put it in the silo. It costs from $12 to 18 to put up a ton of alfalfa hay. SCHOOLS ORDERED CLOSED Smallpox Develops "in Several Lane County Districts. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) ine ecnoois or Mapleton, Swiss home and Westlake, all in the ex treme western end of Lane count? are closed on account of smallpox in the districts. The teacher at Swiss home is afflicted with the disease. At Mapleton. where it first appeared, mere are only four cases. Miss Mary Brownell, county health nurse, wno nas Just been through that Part ' tne county, saya many of the people in the several districts are being vaccinated. None of the cases is severe, she saya. RON OUTPUT DECREASES Effects of Steel and Coal Strikes Felt on Ore Production. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Iron-ore production was hindered by the shut- tins down of blast furnaces last year during the steel and coal strikes and the. total output was 60,466,000 gross tons. , . .. :.. This is a decrease of 13 per cent compared with 1918, according to pre liminary estimates announced today Dy tne geological survey. North Bend Count Is Made. NORTH BEND, Or., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The census enumeration is prastically completd here. Mrs. Wey- mere, local censjs enumerator, has made the canvass of the residence and business section of the city, and with the assistance of a committee from the chamber . of commerce Is now checking up on the absentees and the payrolls of the various industries, in order that none may be omitted or overlooked in the count. It is ex pected that the work will be finished by Tuesday. - Trainmen to Query Hines. CLEVELAND. Jan. 26. The Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, through its general executive committee and grand lodge officers, will press Dl rector-General Hlnes for a reply to their demand for Increased wages at a conference in Washington February 2 or 3. instead of on Tuesday next, as previously announced. President W. G. Lee announced last night. U. S. Prohibition System Urged. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Federal Judges would have the right to sus pend sentences under a bill Introduced Saturday by Representative Lonergan democrat, Connecticut, proposing the establishment of a probation system for United States courts outs id S the District of Columbia. Typhoid Kills 6000 Russians. STOCKHOLM. Jan. 25. Six thou sand Russian troops have been killed in the typhoid epidemic, according to a special dispatch from Reval. The situation in that territory is grave owing to the lack of medical supplies. B. & H. Green u i T.. i rA stamps for easb. Main 153, G60-2L Jascha plays at the Heilig Theatre January 28 Hear this famous Victor artist I . Extraordinary interest attaches to this Heifetz recital because f of the double opportunity it affords the music-loving public It is a privilege in itself to hear this great violinist, and added importance is given to the event in that it enables you to compare his wonderful art with his Victor Records. Attend this concert and note the individual qualities that distinguish the magnificent renditions by Heifetz Then go to any Victor dealer's and hear the Victor Records by Heifetz. Note how faithfully his interpretations are portrayed on the Victrola. It is because of this absolute fidelity that Heifetz makes Victor Records; that the greatest artists of all the world are Victor artists. Victrolas in great variety of styles from $25 to $950. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month. Victro K I Victor DIAMOND RUSH TO START SOUTH AFRICAX DESERT TO BE SCENE OF BIG CROWD. Men Quit Good Jobs to Prepare to Stake Out Claims; Hundreds of Women to Dig. JOHANNESBURG. S. A., Jan. 24. Tlarlng, a waterless, treeless and vir tually garnelesa desert near Taungs, In Bechuanaland, promise to be the scene ot the biggest diamond-claim staking rush In South African his tory, . It is understood that Tlaring will be proclaimed open for diamond dig ging about March 20. Amazing stories are afloat con cerning the wonderful richness of the district and prospective diggers from the Cape to the Zambesi and Mozam bique and even the Congo are pre paring to try their luck in the new field. Despite warnings of possible failure, men are abandoning good Jobs In various parts of the country in order to be free to atake out claims whan the proclamation is- issued. Hundreds ot women also are arrang ing to go to the new diggings. The government Is preparing to cop with the anticipated rush to Tlarlng. and a townslte to receive th new community is being laid out. Taungs Is situated about 40 miles south of Vryburg and about 100 miles north of Kimberly. the last named place famous for Its great diamonds. LONG' CONTEST NEAR END January 31, Midnight, " Set for Close. Is Hour The contest for a state song for Oregon the words are asked by the Oregon Society of Music Composers closes Saturday, January 31. at mid night. AU persons having poems to submit should see that these reacn tne eec retary of the society. Daniel H. Wll Hleifefe Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. son. 613 Bus It & Lane building, this city, in time. ADAMS LANE CANDIDATE Automobile Dealer Would Succeed Representative Graham. EUT3ENR, Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) E. J. Adams, former state highway commissioner, last night announced his candidacy for the nomination of representative In the state legislature from Lane county. This announce ment was made after David Graham of Eugene had given public notice that he will not seek the office again. Mr. Adams said he will make no campaign for the office, but If the people want him he will gladly serve as he likes legislative work. He has had previous experience in such work, having been a member of the Michigan house in 1S97 and was speaker durinsr the session of 1899. Mr. Adams now is engaged in the au tomobile business in this city. Yakima Woman Wins Suit. TAKIMA, Wash., 'Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) After three attempts to obtain a divorce in the superior court of this county, and a series of defeats. Mrs. Alva Barnhart yesterday obtained her desire through a remittitur from the supreme court, which recently over ruled Judge Holden of the court here and directed judgment for Mrs. Barnhart. The higher court held that she had established a clear case of desertion and was- entitled to relief. French Arrest Alleged Thugs. PARIS, Jan. 25. The police have arrested Joseph L. Gac and a man named Charros on the charge of being Implicated In the attack last Decem ber on American officers at Brest. On that occasion Lieutenant John Camp bell Cleave and Lieutenant Charles Nevin were seriously wounded by thugs, Cleave 'dying from his injuries. Beet Growers Ask Fund. TAKIMA. Wash, Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The Yakima Beet Growers' association has asked the Yakima Commercial club of this city to con tribute S50 toward the expenses of two delegates from this valley to the beet growers' convention. which ;;:: ' i ' &?y-$ ) C 7 "v HI lfev'' mJ j) O'. m.;,. voi J ci' meets In Denver next week. It Is said the Toppenlsh and Kunnyaide clubs have agreed to contribute, and that the balance of the 1300 needed will be raised among the growers and their association. Sportsmen to Feed Ducks. ABERDEEN, "Wash.. Jan. 23. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen sportsmen are pre paring to feed the ducks which re main on South bay during the con tinuation of cold weather. The freez ing of the ground has rendered it difficult for the ducks to obtain their normal winter supply of food. The money to buy grain for the birds will be raised among sportsmen. A resi dent of the South bay district has volunteered to see that the grain is spread on tho feeding grounds. Labor Man Files Candidacy. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) G. K. Wellman.' prominent union labor man, has- filed his can didacy for the council from the first ward. He is the only candidate from that ward to date, W. R. Oldaker, in cumbent, having removed from the ward. J. A. Taft. who has filed from the fifth ward as opponent to J. M. Walker, was a member of the first and second city councils of Aberdeen. Ban on Irish Journal Lifted. DUBLIN. Jan. 25. 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