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House Pawes -Joint Resolution
; Directing Highway Board to
i ' Furnish Employment to Many,.
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Measure Appropriating $250,000
to Relieve Unemployment Is
Carried by Unanimous Vote.
r. r By Ralph Watson .
SALEM,, Jan. 16. Two hundred
and fifty thousand 'dollars
was appropriated by the house
V this morning In an emergency
measure and by a unanimous
vote, for the care of the return
ing soldiers, sailors and marines
who might need financial relief.
At the same time a joint resolu
tion was adopted and -sent over
to the senate directing tho state
highway commission immediate
ly to ; commence whatever work
co"uld be done on the statehlgh
f, ways ' under force account, and
; of sufficient scope aiii sxteht
' to care for .the employment of
at least 1000 men. " '
The two actions were taken as a, re
sult of themeeting held in the offioe of
the governor Wednesday night; at which
time . Mayor "Baker of Portland. J. B.
aKerr,. F, T. Griffith, E. J. Stack and
others met -with the governor; members
of the ways arid means committee of
the two houses and the two presiding of-
r leers and discussed the Question of un
employment. ; ' r
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V-Tho appropriation bill which was in
itroduced in Ihe house this morning by
? GSordon of .Multnomah proridea; tn sub
l stance that a committee of five members
. , known as the soldiers and sailors' com-
;, mission. ' It shall hold office during the
" pTeasure of the governor and shall be
X dtannHraui hvt hlat 'nrflnlimitlnn vliAnnur
. ine nurrai (ucrnmeui wiaii acuon
jJLto relieve the unemployment situation
; arising from the end of the war and tbe
' demobilisation of the army and navy.
The members are to serve without pay
and are to have the full control of the
expenditure of the funds given them by
-. ' the legislature, i --im 'V-vn-s.--
After the bill had been passed 'by the
' house under suspension of the rules the
: body took an adjournment until 3 O'clock
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(CoaetadcdT u Pu. Twa, Colana One)
Suggest That All Public Gather
ings Be Barred for Month;
Health Of ficers Memorialized.
.Declaring that all public gatherings.
- including churches, schools, lodges and
theatres.' should be prohibited for . 30
days In .order to check the spread of the
lnf luensa, - the f inlsterial association
' this morning by unanimous vote adopt
ed a vigorous memorial to the health
authorities, outlining a suggested plan
of procedure. ' The action was taken
in the belief that there is grave need
of a strong moral leadership in arous
ing the publio to a hearty cooperation
with the efforts of the city officials to
stem the progress of .the epidemic.
Reciting' the seriousness of the pres
ent conditions, the importance of isolat
ing the victims of the disease and , the
great mortality, especially between the
ages of It and v30. the memorial pre
sents these recommendations: v
"All . public gatherings, including
schools, . dances, theatres, churches,
lodges, etc be prohibited for a mini
mum period of 30 days, or longer, as
deemed necessary to bring the epidemic
within control.
. The adoption of a reasonable use of
the mask. - .
i "In view I of the presumed city-Wide
acceptance 5 of this program, with the
necessary? commercial and personal re
strictive "inconveniences and losses in
volved, that rigid enforcement of penal
ties for personal1 and official violation
of these regulations be observed,
ClPabUe to Cooperate j
That, in view of the fact that public
opinion' nd . cooperation are notedly
: more potent and effective in Portland
than in most cities of the nation, that
the public response to this appeal thus
made to more than an - average civic
: Intelligence , and initiative for public
good; be: recognised and accepted as a
crucial -test of our type of civilisation.
That the good conscience of the ac
knowledged and accepted leadership, as
bodied np to many men; and women in
our community, be appealed to to en
force these measures both by pains-
(Concluded on Paga Twenty-one, CoL -Brem
S. S; Belgic Arrives
With 49th Infantry
New Tork. Jan. U. P. The
British steamship Belgio reached here
today nith f practically all of the 49th
infantry aboard, v She brought 'a total
of J141 troops, in addition' to' 90 first
-sUss passengers, y
MINISTERS ADVISE
FLU CLOSING BAN
Bremen Declares
For Socialistic
Rep
ublic
Under
Rule of Dictator
Bolshevik Disturbances Reported
From Various' Parts of
Germany.
London. Jan. 16. (U. P.) Bremen has
been declared an independent Socialistic
republic and will "adhere to the princi
ples of Bolshevism." a Cologne dispatch
reported today. The dispatch said the
proclamation was issued by a selfap
polnted dictator, who placed the city
under martial law. Bolshevik disturb
ances were reported to have occurred
Monday in Munich. Stuttgart. Regens
burg, Elberfeld and Nuremburg.
Street Fighting in Berlin
Amsterdam, Jan. IS. (U. P.) Street
fighting continued in Berlin Wednesday,
according to advices received here to
day in dispatches from Berlin. Sparta
can forces attacked, the Stettin railway
station and railway headquarters, but
were repulsed.
Berne, Jan. 16. (By Agence Radio to
I. N. S.) Chancellor Ebert has ordered
th arrest of Karl Liebknecht and Rob
ert Emil Klchhorn, who led the Sparta
cans irj the recent fighting in Berlin.
Both are missing, but the arrest is ex
pected soon, said advices from Berlin
today. . ,
The German government has prohibit
ed the sale of cpunter-revolutlonary
newspapers and all merchants who vio
late this command are being arrested.
The systematic disarmament of ail
civilians in Berlin by the war ministry
is under way,.
? Dusscldoyf Again , in Tumult
Brussels, Jan. -15, via London, Jan.
16. (I. N. Sl) Forty persons were killed
and many wounded from, a fresh out
burst of fighting between Spartacans
ana government troops at Dusseldorf.
Two thousand Spartacans barricaded
themselves in many buildings terroriz
ing the city.' according to information
from there today. ,
British troops recently went into Dus
seldort to restore order and were re
ported to be masters of the situation
there.
i Americans to Demand Order -.
flmerlcan Headquarters : in ' Germany,
Jan. li. (U. P. (By courier to lancy I
rxither Germans nor Americans bihder
the forthcoming national elections. It
was ' explained .that he elections -must
be. free expression f the people's .will,
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t OWenburg ExeeutJve Interned ,
Amsterdam. Jan, J6. (U. P. The
pro-Spartaean ; president of Oldenburg
republic has been -interned by the work
men's and soldiers council of Wilhelins
haven, it was reported in dispatches re
ceived .here today. ' : . , ;
65thAjtillery Now
At Brest Ready to -Board-Transports
Albany, Jan. q.--The Sixty-fifth artil
lery, consisting mostly or Oregon men.
including a number' from Albany, is now!
at Brest. France, awaiting the arrival
of a transport to bring. it across the At
lantic, according to a cable message re
ceived this -week ; by Mrs. Case of Eu
gene from her husband, who is now in
France as a chaplain. 'Considerable
anxiety haa - been manifested over the
whereabouts of the Sixty-fifth, and it
was not until, the receipt by Mrs. Case
of the cable from her husband that any
authentic information could be had.
Storm Warnings on
Coast Are Ordered
Southeast storm warnings were or
dered by the United States weather bu
reau at 7 :30 . o'clock" this morning for
all coast points fromipoint Reyes, Cal.,
to Tatoosh Island. Wash. A maximum
wind velocity of 76 miles an hour was
recorded at North Head Wednesday and
strong southeasterly gales will continue
through the day, with a probable aver
age of 7fr miles velocity. The sea has
been moderate for the past 24 hours.
Camp Lewis Passes
8129 for Discharge
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 18. (U. P.)
Approved applications for discharge of
8129 members of the Thirteenth division
at Camp Lewis have passed through the
office, of Major W. G. Muller, division
adjutant, in the last two days. - This
number represents 44.8 per cent , of the
men in the division: All that remains
to be done before discharge is for the
men named In the applications to be
examined and . their equipment checked
in. .
ROLL OF HONOR
In the roll of honor printed below are tbe
name at the following men from tbe Pacific
Northwest: ,
OIKD FftOM ACCIDENT AND OTHER
CAUSES
Idaho '
PRIVATE THOMAS K. FIRTH, emertency
address, L. Firth, firth.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Waahlnston
PRIVATE LEWIS E. CHESSER, emergency
address Jin. Mary -Cbeaaer. Wilson.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
" Oreeen
Private Claud J. Pomerey, emerteacy ad
dress Milton K. Panieroy, La-irande. -
Private William R. Marsh, . emergeaey
dress Jasnss R. Harsh. Aferora. ..- ; .
Private Cheater Lareovt, etnerseney address
Tbomas Larson. R. F. I. 8, Salem. ; - -. - . ,
Private Letetier Norveil, rmerrencr address
J. !.. Norvsll. Melia. , , , ;i . -
" -Washlneton . "
. Private C McCart. emergency .. address
Mrs. U M,.. JJttCart. .444 - Uparker c. Tjicom.
iConeJnded oa Par Klrhteea, Comma Fotrrl
PRE M I ER ORLANDO,
who has been cornmis-rv-
sionedf to form a ;' new
ministry in Italy, the present
ministers having resigned.
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TO FORM CABINET
Old Italian Ministry Is Forced
Out by President Wilson's
Anti-Annexatfon Stand.
Rome, Jan. IS. (I. N. S.) Tbe Ital
ian cabinet resigned today. Premier
Orlando has been commissioned to form
a new ministry.
The downfall of the Orlando cabinet
was brought about by dissensions over
Italy's territorial claims. The first
break came -when Leonlda Bissolati re
signed as minister of public assistance
and pensions early in January. Then
came the threat of. Francisco Nllti, min
ister of the Italian treasury, to resign,
which resulted in the hurried return of
Premier Orlando from Paris' to Rome,
ElEsolati who is a member -of' the Go
claltst faction tha was favorable to bf
aon'a j<ey, . js ad against tha jolicyoi
annexaetons outlined, by Baron Sonnino,
the foreign ralnister In ihe- Orlando cabi
net ', r hi.-'""; T?' v--, .
BissolaU expresfiei-hlrhself as believ
ing thaMtaly would be shaping a dan
gerous course, if she. were to insist upon
the annexation of all of -Dalmatia in
opposition to Jugo-Slav -claims.
Baron Sonnino has been insisting upon
the enforcement of the treaty, of Lon
don and the complete occupation of Dal
matia. ,
Oregon Is Leading
In Cash Collections
On War Work Fund
Oregon has won another signal honor
to be recorded with her many other
notable achievements, this time by leading.-
at a long distance every state in
the' union with the percentage, of cash
collection on its United War Work quota.
Such is the information contained in
an official letter-to. B. Lee Paget, local
treasurer, from C H. Murphey, -assistant
treasurer of the fund, in New York.
Mr. Murpheys letter follows:
"We are delighted to say that Oregon
leads the United States In the amount
of cash collected.' - Her record of - cash
on hand in excess of her entire original
quota was not exceeded by any other
state, the nearest approach to it being
New York City, which, by the way, is
treated as a state because of Its tremen
dous quota. New York City has collect
ed close to . 75 -per cent of its quota in
cash, of which they have turned over
to us 50 per ceht. '.
"Oregon has done wonderfully- well
and you and ! your associates have our
best congratulations." .
O. W. Davidsop had charge of the re
cent campaign as state, director.
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Annual Meeting of
Bank Is Postponed;
H. L. Pittook Is 111
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Because, H. L. Plttock, publisher of
the Oregoniari, and ' president of the
Northwestern National . bank, is con
fined to his, home by illness, the annual
meeting at . which officers of the , bank
were to' have" been - elected for the ensu
ing , year. . was today postponed - in
definitely. .The meeting was originally set for last
Tuesday, but was postponed because of
the ..absence,, Of. Emery Olmstead, vice
president of the bank,, who ' was called
to . Minneapolis by the death -of his
father.' ..
Bolshevik Troops
Burn 200 Houses
1 Im Taking iMitau
' London, Jan. lt. (I. N. S.) Bolshevik
troops have occupied the Important Rus
sian port of .Mitau, on the Baltic coast,
said a Helsingfors dispatch to the Daily
Mail today. Two hundred houses at
Mitau were destroyed in the fighting.
President-Elect of
' Brazil Now; Dead
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i Rio' tDe Janeiro. Jan. 18.r-CUi P.)-
Rodiiguea AJvea, president -elect at Bra
zil who has never been, able to ass a me
the' duties) his- office on account -of
illness. a&j at i:40 a. xn. tod&yw
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Bill Defining Criminal Syndical
ism and Sabotage Is Passed;
Pierce Alone Voting Negative,
Dimick, Author, Moser and Eddy
Warn Immediate Action Neces
sary in War on Bolshevism.
By Will T. Kirk
SALEM, Jan. 16. By a vote of
29 to 1. the senate today ,
passed Senator Dimick's bill de
fining criminal syndicalism and
sabotage. The one vote ctfst
against it was the ballot of Sen
ator Pierce, who made an effort
to . have the bill postponed.
This is the first bill to be passed by
the upper house of the legislature. It
brought from Senator Dimick, Senator
Eddy and Senator Moser vigorous warn
ing that some action must be taken to
meet the issue which is spreading over
the world in the form of Bolshevism, i
"This bill, under the circumstances, is
one of the prime needs of the day." de
clared Senator Dimick. "I have been
told by Mayor Baker that 135 returned
soldiers and sailors In Portland have
enlisted in this cause. I have been told
that a large sura has been raised tn Se
attle for -use in enlisting soldiers tn Bol
shevism. It is their Intention to destroy,
tear down. They have no intention to
build up. Reading of the dally papers
shows that this tiling is moving west
ward. "You have to look this matter straight
in the face. The issue is here. -Honest.
Men Ket Affected,
"The time is here when we must say
there shall be no Bolaheyism,.X. W
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Equipment Not Surrendered Is
Found in Isolated Place; Heavy
Guns Being Motorized. ; j
. By AVebb Miller 4
- American -Headquarters In Germany,
Jan. 14. (U. P.) (By Courier to
Nancy)NearIy - 200 three-Inch- - field
guns, several thousand shells and more
than $1,000,000 worth of harness and
equipment not surrendered by the
Germans sunder the armistice terms-
were discovered in fen isolated work-
house near Coblens.
The Americans immediately seized the
whole store. , : Inasmuch as it was not
mentioned In ; German inventories-, and
not- given up as provided by the ar
mistice, these munitions became the
property "bf the United States.
A request for 112,000,000 to pay the
Third aAny's expenses during "February
has been sent to Berlin.
. Motorization of the heavy artillery
of the entire Third army is n earing
completion. All guns of more than three
inch caliber are being equipped with
heavy trucks and tractors.
- The first German flags to be shown
since the Ameriacn occupation ap
peared on occasion of i the death of
Burgomaster Closterman.
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High-class men discharged from the
military service are applying for work
at Liberty temple, soldiers' employment
headquarters. "
They are young men, stalwart, sound,
many of them experienced In trades and
a few with professional training. . Mili
tary training has strengthened , their
bodies, disciplined their minds, and ? In
nr.any-cases increased their efficiency.
They are the boys who went to war.
not afraid to face bullets or gas, not
afraid to die for their country, and who
are now eager to work for their coun
try. Among the scores that have called
at Liberty temple division-of tho fed
eral employment agency there hasn't
been a bum or' a, loafer.
Many Classes Apply
Among . the returned soldiers rwho
called - at, Liberty temple for , work,
Wednesday were : . Two engineers, a
drug clerk, two electricians, two .umber
men. 14 truck drivers, three riggers, 20
laborers, two loggers, a grocery clerk,
a fireman, two boiler makers, two. auto
mobile salesmen, three farmers, a paint
er, seven' salesmen, a? tractor; operator,
a miner. ' a blacksmith, two cooks, six
office clerks, a garage worker, fire
man, an elevator operator and restaurant
man. - - ...". .1. .
7 ' It-was said this morning that those
Lwho apply for work should 'call back
more frequently to. see it. wora uieyae
elre Is available, . for employers are re
sponding to the appeal to provide -work
for returned men and jobs are increas
ing In number. ' ' - - " i -
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Constantin
ople
as
ital,
In Peace Session
Greece Makes Suggestion in Lieu
of Her Failure to Acquire
Turkish City.
By Heary Wood
Paris, Jan. !. (U. P.) If Greece
cannot have Constantinople for its own
seat of government, it wants that an
cient city to be set aside as the per
manent capital of tbe league of nations.
This developed today during discus
sion of Premier Venlaelos' presentation
bf Greece's political and territorial as
pirations. Greek delegates pointed out that es
tablishment of Constantinople as the
capital of the league of nations would
automatically result in its Internation
alization together with tne Dardanell sa
lt was further suggested that the im
mediate hinterland on both side of tbe
strait should te placed under the eon
trol of the league. Thus the freedom
of the Dardanelles 'and elimination of
the Turk from Europe, two Important
problems of the peace settlement, would
be settled simultaneously.
Settlement of 'Balkan Question Soaght
Venizelos, who is regarded as the most
remarkable statesman the Near East
ever produced, seeks not only complete
unification of the Greek people, but per
manent settlement of all Balkan and
Near Eastern . problems in the memo
randum he has submitted to the peace
congress. His claim to Greece's own
right to Constantinople la based on both
historic and economic . grounds. The
city was the Greek capital for centuries.
Its present population Includes 300,009
Greeks, and there are IT Greek school
and 30,000 Greek scholars.
The Greek premier In his memoran
dum takes up four regions which he de
sires te Incorporate Into modern Greece
North Epirus, Thrace. Constantinople
and the Asia Minor littoral. .
Venizelos would divide North Epirus
between . Greece and Albania. He
would have the Greeko-Bulgarian
boundary follow the Ardar and Maritza
rivers, thus cutting off Bulgaria from
the Aegean sea, giving Greece a great
portion of ancient Thrace. Armenia, he
suggests, should be made a . separate
state, but the vilayets of Abrusa, Aidin,
Sanjaks and-Ismid. with the adjacent
Islands; should be annexed to Greece..
; ;Wid Give Tarks; Brass, :-
i The city tf Brusa. however; be would
turn ;yr U?- tha ww Turkish govern
ment. torether with; Its Zarmeran port.
Thla settlement vffcaQI stlR leava-more
than-100000- Greaka -ln Turkish .Arme
nia, but 'I Venizelos -today auggeated h
reciprocals tmtgratlon, these Greeks
moving into Aidin and Brusa,' while the
Turks .within the Greek provinces move
Ix. to Turkish territory. U
Venizelos reminds the peace delegates
that the entente promised Greece Im
portant territorial' concessions In Asia
Minor for her military- intervention,
whknvtha allies later turned down when
VenUelos -wae In a position to off er It.
The, ppemlar's memorandum la? said " to
ber a great moderation of the original
OTceaaiona,jf r-,
PerKins Is t&isighed
To Official Duties
As Oonunissioner
- In accordance with Tuesday's decision
of tha state supreme court, Dr. W. T.
Perkins has become a full-fledged city
commissioner, '.to r- serve until -;July . 1,
when Commissioner-elect Pier will enter
upon a four-year terjh. 1 .
Commiseioner 'Perkins has been as
signed to - the r department of finance,
taking over the . duties discharged . by
former - Commissioner Kellaher. except
the administration of the municipal fish
market, .which ' remains with -.Commissioner
Bigelow. -. ..-t
All employes in .the department of
finance will remain as they were, ex
cept Peter Mcintosh, assistant purchas
ing agent, who takes on the added func
tions of assistant commissioner.
couver cut-up plant r 300 men at SO
cents an hour.
Other opportunities listed were as fol
lows : . Salesman for automobile acces
sories, Janitor at public, library at 7S
month, three window cleaners at $4
to $S. a day,, a butcher and sausage
maker at 125 to 130 a weeki. autome
Chanlc t 70 cenfe an hour, two hospital
orderlies at' $50 - a month, room h
board ; laundry driver, salary and com
mission 10. average so a week: experi
enced"; furniture salesman for Eastern
Oregon, territory; blacksmith and shoer,
country -work, ;'.f for. eight hours u gro
cery nd meat erlrn snburban town,
$40 a month; room and board; six whole
sale drug clerks . at $100 month to
start r .window, trimmer at $1S a week
to Jstanf;ltodakfllm' developer- and
printer ; a nurfman for the navy at Bar
view, 4.50 a month. $45 clothing allow
ance enlistment one year r cook at the
same place, $73.30 a month, $4$ clothing
allowance, to cook for seven men; skid
road teamster, $4.59 - for eight ' hours,
and bolters-top, . machinists and fitters
for shipyard, work. ' , . ; , , -. -
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. Captain.' Con vlll, as director of the re
turned: soldiers' and sailors" employment
division ; kt Liberty, temple Is- assisted
by1 Edward WoJ f er (n charge of shipyard
eropkyfnont;i.iRoy -;Wllllama,i logging
camps," and C.B. Greerl. farm and mla
cellaneous employment. Klghty -seven
men -were placed Tuesday' and Wednes
day, about fne of fyery threo .applying.
Volunteer? women commit teeal receive
fcthe application and furnish 'general In-
Tormatioit:
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Proposal
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ORDER TO
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Peace Conference Delegates to
Meet; Correspondents as Re
sult of Protests Over News.
Method of Giving Out Informa
tion Regarding Sessions, It Is
Predicted, Will Be Modified.
By Fred S. Ferguson
PARIS, Jan. 16. (U. P.) The
peace delegates decided to
day to call newspaper correspon
dents of the allied representatives
Into conference for . an "inter
change of views." It was believed
, that the recent "secrecy" order
would be brought up and it was
predicted that it would be ma-
terially modified.
The lnter-allied conferences
were continued in the Qua!
d'Orsay aH030 a. m. today. The
same representatives that attended ,
'Wednesday's meetings were pres
ent. - :. j
in the 'meantime the storm of
. protest against confining news of
4th i conferences 'to . the - official
' communique was increasing. - In
, addition the announcement was
made" that correspondents would
not' be permitted Inside the for
eign office building, as they were
Sunday. A French flunky wore
himself out today exclaiming
"defendu" (forbidden). The cor
respondents were given the lib
erty of standing in' the court-
yard'andt watchlng-ther delegates V
":aprt 4 depart, in their autor.
Paria, f Jaiw : IftU. P.ThamocC
apeetoday to : get everything in readi
ness for the formal opening of tha tfull
peaca congress 'Saturday afternoon. Sev
eral of tho ' most' Important problems
upon which the Initial session . hinges
remained unsolved. -'Among these were:
Acceptance of the French outline for
Concluded on Paga Five,. Column On)
NEW HOME RULE
Scheme Proposes Three Parlia
ments for Erin to Have Con
. trol of Domestic Relations. -
-ByWMIlam H. Braydea
Special Wirejesa to The Journal and the Chicago
(Copyright, 1919. by Chicago DaUy Ntwa Co.)
Sublin. JanT 16. An influential Irish
association : has been formed to advo
cate a new plan of home rule which It
will be possible for England to pass
giving the Irish people control of their
own affairs. It provides for ' English
security by retaining for tho -imperial
parliament the army and navy and the
treaty-making powers and gives to the
Irish" parliament jurisdiction,, both leg
islative ' and executive, over- domestic
concerns.
The plan contemplated meets the
Ulster difficulty, for the scheme is fed
eral and allots to three local parlia
ments, one for Ulster, one for Munster
and one for the rest of Ireland, air purely
local business. ' The local parliaments
would be federated into one Irish com
monwealth. The scheme has zealous
men and good brains behind it. It Is
figured as the true colonial model.
President Denies
. N. Y. Tribune Story
New York, Jan. 1' I. N. S.) The
committee on public information today
issued the following statement "Presi
dent Wilson categorically denies making
tho statement attributed to htm In the
telegram to the New York Tribune to
the effect that he had threatened to
withdraw American troops, from Krance
unless the peace conference agreed with
bis view.?! :.-v':;
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Copenhagen. .Jan. N. Bit
ter fighting developed on Tuesday be
tween the: Poles and Germans near KoJ
tnar. In the Oerman province of Fosen,
according to advices from Berlin today.
Tbe Poles were said to have lost heavily.
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Washington. ? Jan-ly- -U. P.)The
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unitea oiaia)i Bmpping .wa.ru uwir re
leased from government control all ships
operated under requisition. '
PLAN FOR IRELAND
withycombe;
LEGISLATORS,
INOCULATED
SALEM, Jaa. . lv Slxty.f oar of
Oregon legislators aad persoat
eonaeeted with the work were
laeealated with the antl-Iaflaeasa
seram Wedsetday by Major A. C
Seely of the state board of health
who was at the eapltol" with bis at.
slstasts. He wlU retara Friday to
admlaltter the seeoad dose of the
seram aad begla the treatments os.
asy aeembers who with to take
the at aad did net have a sauce
Wedaetday. Governor rVIthyeomba
waa antoag those who took a dote.
SEATTLE'S MAYOR
Breaking Up of Open Air Meet
ing by Police Arouses Work
ers; Recall Threatened.
Seattle. Jan. 18. (U. P.) The big
labor union j of Seattle have taken sharp
Issue with the civic administration, be
cause of the alleged outrage of the po
lice in breaking up an open air meeting
called to discuss "The Truth About Rus
sia." V
Resolutions demanding the recall of
Mayor Ole Hanson and the removal of
Police Chief J. F. Warren, unless imme
diate punishment is visited on the po
lice officials, who assumed the respons
ibility of the breakup, were unanimously
passed by the Central Labor Council
Wednesday 'night.1
Mayor Hanson, appearing -before the
council in person, was- the target for
bitter, brisk questions from labor men,
concerning free speech.
The police officials whose punishment
Is demanded are Inspector of Police
Claude C. Bannlck. former chief of po
lice, and Captain of Police W. H. Sear
ing. - - : i '
An open air. mass . meeting by or
ganised labor to discuss free speech will
be. held at Fourth avenue and Stewart
street at 5 o'clock this evening. ; :
Carranza; Pleads
In Behalf of His
fCpaffiSuegs
dent Carransa,ln a .formal, statement to
tho -Mexican, people today warned.' tho
constitutional party that- it must main
tain harmony during the next electoral
campaign, a as enemies of . tho present
government were trying to get represen
tatlen of powerful moneyed interests.
He said. If , they succeed they would
elect a man wno wouia annui -aai re
forms made by the present government.
- Carransa announced that he would not
be a candidate for reelection at tbe ex
piration' of his J present term, two years
hence. He will retire to private life and
win . take no 3 further part In Mexican
politics. ,. -
J " " SaaaBBOJ- I
Turks Surrender , in
Answer to Demands
Of British Military
London. Jan. I. N. S.) The
Turkish- garrison at Medina a Holy
city In Arabia) - has surrendered to the
Arabian forces under King Hussein Hed-
Jas. said a dispatch rromj uonsianii
nople today. i :
The. surrender waa carried put on Mon
day. ,. ,". -
T, nrttinh TTillitarv - authorities re
cently served ah ultlmatlon upon the
Turks. : declaring that all of the forts
om the DardaneUes would do aestroyea
unless the Turkish garrison at Medina
capitulated. ;P T
Eulogizing Germans
Costs! Commission
. . ::-:t v-
Washington, Jan. -16. (I. I N. S.) Be
cause ho "promiscuously eulogized the
German people, particularly the German
spies, and seemed to side with the
Germans against the United States, and
said that the kaiser was a gentleman."
Captain Samuel H. Hodgson, medical
corps, . United States ' army, has been
dismissed from the service, tho war de
partment announced- today: j ' , . ; . ,
Sinn Fein Nominate
Their Peace Agents
Dublin. Jan. 1$. (U. P.) Count
Plunkett and Edmond Lera. have been
selected as the Irish delegates to the
peace conference. It hs announced to
day. . They were picked at Wednesday's
meeting . of ; the Sinn, Fein members of
parliament. - r .
Nearly 15,000 Men
To Come Home Soon
' Washington, Jan. (I. N. S.) Ad
ditional units of the -American expedi
tionary forces, comprising a total of
approximately V 14. -officers - and , 14,221
men, have been, assigned to early con
voy home,. General March, chief of
staff, announced today, r-
Princess Charlotte :
: Rules in Luxemburg
1 Paris. Jan. -tXJ. -. P.) Luxemburg
today notified - tho .French government
pi tho accession to tb throne of Lux
emburg of Princess Charlotte AhJegonde,
slater of tho retiring grand duchess. ;.
TARGET OF UNIONS
uEBiiHoiCiu
PUIS 0"C
LflSIBLB
Tfi irty-s ix : States Have Now
Voted in Favor of the Na
tional Prohibition Amendment.
Under the Terms of the Amend
ment the Country Will Go
. Dry One Year From Today.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16.(U.
P0 California, . one of tha
states whose legislature . has ratified-
the Sheppard dry amend
ment. Is the ' scene - today of a
legal battle for a. permanent in
junction to, prevent Governor :
Stephens Informing the federal
government that the amendment
has been ratified. ;
The wets argue that If the fed
eral government is not Informed
officially that California's legis
lature has acted it will never ;
know about it. ' Under the state
constitution the governor is the ";
only one ,who can . communiiAtte .
with the federal " government lie
.is , now temporarily restrained
.from-doing' this.
"The liqubr forees are planning
to s get similar Injunctions tn
other states," said Theodore Bell,
attorney for the California Wine
" Growers association.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16. (U. P.)
Nebraska today ratified the
federal prohibition amendment,
being the thirty-sixth and f lna I
stale necessary tinder the federal
constitution - to. act In making
prohibition part of the constitu-
-siThctpaiioa goes bnf dry. tin- ?
der this .amendment ono year -
from : today. - r--
' Waahlngton, Jan. 1. (U. P.) Prohi
bition became vart' of the basic taw
of the- United States today. Ratifica
tion of the federal amendment by the
Nebraska , legislature makes that
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DECLINE IN 'Fill'
CASES EXPECTED
Mask: Ordinance Killed After
Hard Fight? Physicians Indorse,
Masks in. Public Places.
The influensa situation :
New cases reported Wednesday. 314.
Deaths, 25.? V.';"- --' ,
New cases reported Wednesday morn
ing, 153. Deaths 10. New cases reported
this morning, 62. Deaths 9.
Material decline In the number of new
cases that will be reported today la
forecasted by the reports received up
until noon.'' There were 10 deaths re
ported Wednesday morning, so that tho
death rats today is apparently about the
same. ; -"'.',;'.'-: - .
The outstanding feature of the anti
flu campaign this morning Is the list of
instructions issued by the Consolidated
Health -Bureau to regulate local streetcar
and train transportation.
- Streetcar and railroad company offi
cials have been notified that all venti
lators in 'streetcars must be kept open
ail the time, and that doors of street
cars and railroad coaches must be kept
open while the cars are at terminals.
Car Passenger Llmltrd
The number of passengers allowed on
streetcars is limited to from nine to 20
persons In addition to the seating capaci
ty depending on the size of the cars.
Ktve persons are allowed on the plat- '
forms of the larger cars.
Police officers have been instructed to
see to it that the rules are enforced.
Drs. II. L. Rosenberg, R. A. Payne
and H. C. Bean volunteered Wednexday .
for service with the health bureau. With
Deputy Health Officers F. If. Dam
masch and Ralph Fisher, appointed latt
week, the bureau now has five addi
tional assistants to act as visiting doc
tors. Dr. Cslvln H. White has been ap
pointed director of hospitals, and Fred
Zlegler, C O. gabin, Homer T, Coffin
and J. A. Applewhite, all experienced in
pneumonia caaert have been asked to be
detailed here from Camp Lewis during
the emergency, - ;
Dr. . Karl - F- Meyer, . the San Fran -Cisco
expert and mask advocator, wl.o
has been assisting Dr. Sommer, and Dr.
Wiley Jones of Portland, are both vic
tims of the L"flu". and .are confined to
their needs, r
; Now that the compulsory flu-masking
ordinance has been helved.Dr. Sommer.
director general of the consolidated
health bureau's fight against the epi
demic, is appealing to the public for vol
untary wearing of masks. Dr. Bommer
maintains that the mask is the best pre-
ventivs known and . highly indorses Iti
tnm mm m mn nt ,,rt m 11 Ino- t ti . . 1
of the malady. -
" ': Haik Weeded la PsMle
It Is pointed out that , the mask )
needed in public gatherings and con.
Concluded oa Tage 11t, Column Four)
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