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FIVE-MILE DRY j ZONES ARE SET Secretary Daniels Takes Move to Protect Young Soldiers ' . and Sailors - WASTITVOTOV, March fi Jv 'rones five m'!1 -ld( fr'-petlv of Ineorporated cities and fwns with !n "these l'mitp, are p'ared 'around seven permanent naval train In-? post and the naval academy at Aa n a polls. Md.. In a general order an nounced to day . by Secretary Dan Jfls. Within the five mi'e zone, under authority of the selective service act. giving away of any alcoholic lienor Including wine or beer, or the Im portation of such liquor except fo merlcal or sacramentaly purposes. A" the army baa done In Its regula tions, an exception In made of the to rpt pimW of th family. In hi tte?rteT! fxfi?nfn the order, Mr,, :T)anie1a 1 djt had be come neeessarv to protect the yonn? swtlor pothered few- training.' He referred at lenrth to conditions .vt . yw torf and at Va1!e1o, Cal , near be Mare T'"' a" 4 trtiMnti. wMeh h rM tb" l'?""! n boTit! hrd! br v.fnlY nrped erre. "For mfnv nrtnths." , afd fhf .-rtatrmeif, "r! rHlfIn? fror the the "Jdnltr of eertifn nine; nnder naval Jrrrtdfeffon bia ben brt "rneatefllv to-he retention of, tb" 'Vprrtrnerif . Ttr virion roe th's Honor find? ft' - "-ev-fnt the ?el"n of cr.Hted mn of te st" and marine corn'9t'( at ft- ntawa, pn th. W'aT and 'nhyrlcl rcjfare of the men Is this serl- orflr rndifffTe'. -'' :, "A ' ao-eallod 'ry rone" f o't a Talf mile fn v'di anrrond'nr the ' rtatfons "onfd be Ineffective faa- aMe 8ea In wV"h ffc oMert'onahTe trade fn llfiner flonr'aba "iti'd not na he eovered, Tt fa, tberef"e. ft, rtrotic conviction of reanonafbto about tbec p'ee nhOijld b f"ll fire mllAa in wdth trre'nt" of the faef that an fn corpora t.f city ; "The department strongly eon enra In fe view wnd eondera that eondltfon amplr Jnatlfy tb etab!!bment . of, ncb on. which In , moat iamat1y recommended b? all that .are Intereated In the effi ciency at weirare or ine navai aer fce. " Tlier r cited below aome facta and onotations reratdln tb situation at the place mectioned," CASEAMST FiIAINISLOSED .Witnesses May Appear Today at Trial for Murder of 1 Fred Swayne ClirffrALIS, Wash., March The state had practically closed its Case against Oscar Main, on trial for tBe murder of Fred Swayne. wnen court adjourned this afternoon Tha prosecution asked permission to In troduce one or two more witnesses in thetnornlng if they so desired. " -'The! testimony of A. I. Coffman wa admitted this afternoon after a bitter legal fight. II testified that he had called Main to his office on November 27 nd tola him tno, trouble between Swayne and his wife was caused bv Main and Mrs, Swayne Vidlngi around in the automobile to gethefr and -warned, bJm that there would be Inyolted if be did not de !t. On eroaa 'exrminatlon the wit- neaa admitted that, neither Mr. nor. Mrs. Swayne baa told, mm mat mat had been the cause of domestic dif ficulties' He testified that Mr. Main had come to bia house several times for Mrs. Swayne. Ethel TV Schuhdin. a mail in the Swayae home, testified recrardln a quarrel which she said the Swaynes had one evening; shortly before the TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU HAVE TO SELL . ' v -' - - Is It a Farm, House, Cow, Horse, I or piece of furniture? A CLASSIFIED AD will dispose of it for you. THE COST IS SMALL ' TRY IT I STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY hi Phone 23 ' 1 ., , murder. Mr, Swayne was an?ry. che ! t iird to" Napiivln: 'vJ?h ilr Mala S b I autenohUe, U-avintx Swa rn" : i.iuil tbeii, little Rh4 In CTuhaU SV t ! I ! thnt-t'. favne 'b-eritnf ; ; f ?in'd tWall fight with Mr' au'TI t Mrs -faitTrf!twaa twyrr trr hnr-t" j h.-nd that if h- va she wnuM n-ver ! tion rh ta;d Alio All not br't M f I f -i-n tt,.y i,"r h'i.Kb-nd tbat ah- 1 ' .;-! v?,,5t.j ri lops? t'rre fr ht- h' ' , ;, ! ,nd i! ; i(r':'T h '"h '-al!-. t'--f r. fi'iri f e t-.tne v i h n -n 1 i 'bf.t f.41ed; f Ki.pour The teatfrrionic- of Chsiffog' B:-a- I ' and J. VY,' If'ucVnJ'a. T.-fniadet' (ivtF, a-Htel to Main's areed n vousnps when thev Infrvif .vr 1 hi t a few days after the murder. f It is expects! tbat the.defense w!p love to have, the rn?e takrn fron Jhe irv r,opn;as the s'at" ha flnlahrd Its case, .i Sunshine Brings Out ' Soldiers' Ball Outfits CAMP LEWIS, Wash., March C The warm antfshine brought on th (j'dlorn -!th.,tl'"t.i1? ontfit for tV 9lf hoifd-r 5 fbf aftornnon art'' "ore of ntejr Vere ffavet whe--ever thede was an opn space, iThe first' attempt at community f.lnrinp: at Camp Leh' tinder th4 loadershlp of Uobert I loyd ofs St Francisco, singing dI."ector, lat nii?ht mef with a heart reception f"om an audience of soHier? whi hsd crowded f he Liberty theater fo evening motion picture periorrnanri Mr. Lloyd 0gh,t the men three live ly marching Bong in twenty min utes and aftgr- the show aome on? In the audience eiafted singing ant the whoJeferowd took It up and" ria rchedfHTt;-lircpitg-time with thf miisl: ATTACK IS MADE ONERIC GEDDESS Dismissal of Admiral Jellicoc , Is. Jerrnedas jTatioiial Calamity' LONDON, 5fafh C--The dicmivt aal of Admiral Sir John It. Jelltcoe from the post cf flrat pea loa'rd lat December was the subject of attacks on Sir Krlt; CJedds,- flrt lord of th admiralty, in the bourse of commons this afternoon. - Sir Edward Carron, the' former first lord of the admiralty, termed it a national-calamity, lfe asserted that the war cabinet 0T Vhich he was a? tbat time a " member, was not re sponsible, and said tbat naval offi cers protested against It. i Admiral Sir Hedwortb, Meux de clared that.. Sir -Eric Geddes .had flonted the whole fleet. Andrew Bonar Law, spokesman for the government,-explained, how i Premier Lloyd George had summoned hem to the cabinet room. Geddes f wag there and said he had coma tol the conclusion in- ttie pnbitc tnterent mis cnange snonia be maae. ; Sir Edward Carson. InteriffpUag Mr. Bonar Law. interjected: J "If I; had continued to be first lord, I would certainly have resisted the removal of dmiral Jellicoe." ! Mr. IBonar Law, resnminsr, said! "Sir Eric told me at tho same time that the subject had not been men tioned to him for two months by the premier, and that he had come to the conclusion ubsolotely on: his own initiative. , I The Hrst lord here Interposed and said he thought tbat if the advice be gave was , accepted' by ther pr-emier. It became the decision of the govern ment. JI ; would Hke to say that from the day he accepfed office' un til Admiral Jellicoe left th admiral ty no suggestion had been made and Do pressure had, been put upon blm to make any change at the admiral ty. ; ",. f "That man ought to be arrested for beating bis wife." ; "How do you know be beats h's wife?" inquired Mr. Meektoa. "He confesses it." "Maybe what Tie told"you'-"vaSa confession and giiMybe It was , only bragging." Walt ajod; hear tb,e ladfji side of the atory."-Washlngton'Stif, 51 GO OVER TO NATIONAL PARTY : '' : I 1(50 Others TAav Join in Mer- ger; Prohibitionists Do Not Agree I'rvHO. Mnrcb C Fifty-one .-fi, . (fio I'T'h'': !"n ni'i"i il nv- tf. :on toalght bolted to the ne-v r '-?; T party . and approximately ,f,n "titer?, includ'Ins National Cotn ' t . Chal'-man VirIJ G. Hinhaw, "'z-'i'led the'r Intention Of jolnlup the" new party whlrh wa formed fty ,r.n))atq -h6- bolted frdm the St. t 'ul f-onv ntlon. The action wa j-boratio of tho fallnre of th T ohihitlon ronrfftlon to vote for a iioiKcr with the Nationals. Th fiftv-on bolter. led br Na ' 'onnl . Convention Chairman If, P. Parrf'a of Miaaourl. V.'. J. Calderwoo.l 'f Minnesota and State Senator K. f? Lobec of Minnesota formed rut Mi tho convention hf'i whn.vv r. f T'J'l !?tl VOfO 1 T efc";nf V vf . xitp's- anrir'i!"of-d thnt thoy ntd to toln tho "afty. A peore tnrv wrts nppolntejl to take their nnjea and after paying dues and re foivinir memljerahlp cardi they wero admitted to the convention and al-; 'or ed to rote. In addition to the individuals who, ir-irAm if vmn aonoimeod that many "tefpa yoiild romnletfly disband th'lr Prohibition oreanUatlona and join the National party. l)el-eatei from the following etatef announce 1 that their state conventions would tnke this action: Minnesota, -Wisconsin. New Jersey, M -ts'achusett, -r!bnetnn. North Dakota ani -ith Dakota. Maximum Wage for Spruce Labor 50 Cents an Hour PORTLAND. March 6 Standrrd w;ires of conmon laborers In !b" .npvtice and fir industry of Western OroLcoii and Wa.' hinjrtoii will be. cents iind hotir with'u tuaximum o! ."0 ctnts .an hour The yuvxitiiUM .vaco for Ip.boreif in the v.hito pin. section la the eastern portions cf the two sfaU-c '.will be iO centa a-t hour. Colonel Urlee p. Disque, II r'ector of tbe upruce productn bureau cf the army aipnal corps. noitnccd the rale tonight, lie hud been delegated to decide upon i.nd fl the wage by the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumberman In onter encc here last Monday. Time and a half will be paid for all overtime. Copies of the wge tcbedulo were mailed, by Colonel Disue to ail Jumbermen in the district today. RETURN FLOUR . IS FOOD PLEA ' V . . ;. - - t " at Washington i Administrator t ,j i U HUUiU liaiC WUI1I1U9VCMI . - Back to Dealers SPOKANE, -Wash., March 6. A request that all citizens of Wash ington who have on hand an exces sive supply of wheat Hour return to the dealers from whohin they obtain ed it or otherwise put on the market all of It except a 30-day supply was issued tonight by Charles Hebberd, federal food administrator for Wash fngton, through county food admin istrators of the state. Owing to a practice among some citizens of buving a year's supplv of flour each fall, instances of pos refslon of excessive 'ipnHes hav been discovered In mary parts of the state. Mr. Hebberd paid. Governor Sends Papers To Captain Joe Keller Governor Withycombe yesterday Issued requlftiUon papers for the ex tradition from California , -of Charles B. Smith, and sent the? papers to Parole Officer Joe Keller at ' San FVnncIsoo. where Smith will be al- :1 i m :!4 i 1 1 215 S. Commercial lowed a bearlaT on writ of habeas orpii tomorrow. St . i f Tli It 'ihe Ore iron parole -. .t' who had Jnt flnUhed a i -iit'-ate at San Qnentln when h . i taken Into csiKtody by Captain Keller who found it necessary 'pe'rsr Smith In lat icuf f a 1 f ore be f .iilil c ris him Into an autoruoblle. Kc-l'er w: - held up by Jiobeas corpun i ! ec edin.3! I' fore he rould s"t bacc Or?ori with the tuioner. !ovrnor Withyconibe had taken 'h roition th!tt Smith -was a fiui- r . fr u1 !nat'ee in Oregon with hia : ' rr sentenre not eonipleted, and f "-. th.t r'-aspn reinIlton papera not j u ; : r n cessarj'. . The ' governor's- position thnt ordinarily taken by state au thorities in the cases of parole reakers. OBITUARY Mrs. Robert . C. Martn, wife of Rev. Rotert C. Martin, a former itin erant minister of the Methodist Kphseopal Chu-cb Soufh, wan born In Gallena. 111., May 3, 1S3S, and died at Salem. Or., at the home f her or, 1467 Ctnter street, March 1'tis Sh b"d reached the age Tf "cir ?nd 10 month. t'1) li( crc'l fhe )lilna. tt?ng In Yamhill county, near Amity. In 1861 the family moved to Henton county. In 1SC2 be was tnarr!e-to Rev. Robert C. Martin, tho latter preceding her In death In 1910, at Rrownavll.'e, Or. Rov. Rob ert C. Martin ppen' fifty-five years 'n the inffneracy' o the Metho-lht denomination. There were eleven children, two of them dInK in early Infancy, anI two son hnvln paspd awav when grown to manhood. Seven children are still living: B. S. Martin. 1407 Center street. Salern; Marvin. Tra v MIp Susan Martin - and Gor- T-ide Christ inen, at Brownsville, I Or.. 'and Karnet and Hsbert fartSn at Twin, Wab. Rer. .Tacr Stocker of tho Kvan r:e1!cal assecNt ion officiated al tho -'"i icon at th bene of !5. S. Martin, 1I7 Center ptreet, from wliero th i 1 of ttjn drce'v:(l . vjta rr-nioied j to t?-oe.n,vl'U where appropriate i rn-jirid i 'U were ob.rvod at I be j Mctl'O.t t . cbr.rch, and where thA i lMiri.il to.-.k -phco -Rev. J. V. Craig-' ' t?ev. n'mnr" -hfl "linrct of th rrifc--t rt lirowusville. ENGLAND'S FOOD SHORTAGE ACUTE Earl Reading Says Response of U. Sm-to Hoover's Ap peals Striking NEW YORK. March 6. The mH son of fV'r Henry B.nbtnsrton Smith, who arrired 1n the United States to lav will Jfc lAaid. Karl Keadinp. th British ambassador to this countrv. in the direct wifpervlslnn of the work of a puwW bf British missions now operating bere and in Washington The lalaifs "5f these missions will deal c.hfefly !with the shipment of munitions, food, oil -and general iif nlies from the United States to Eng land. Earl Reading discussed here to day Knland's food sltnation, which he declared was "as serious now a it has been any time since the wa: began. " The. ambassador added: "The sltnation Is being relieved li the shipment of food, especially cer eals. from thia -country. We are now on closest rations of meat, .butter, margarine, flour and sugar, nation Ing secures equality of supplies both to poor and rich, for under it th- rich cannot outbid the poor. "I .am much impressed since T bave been here by the eagerness of the American peoeple to respond to the apepals of Mr. Hoover for the conservation of food supplier cm sure I neod not tell you how be holden we are to America for th fupplies which we are receiving more psrtktilarly the food supplle"-. at this moment and during the pas few montlkft. j "The value to- the allied cause o' these products is incalculable." TELESCOPE TO SPY SUBMARINES Costly Glasses Will Be Used by Officers of American Navy WASHINGTON. March f. A co t 1y tele-."oif. civcq to an AinTiar by :i Ocrn an -nperor. will bo nsH by offierf; of ti,- Anwriian n.ivy !o spy out Cit-nnKn Hibninrir..-.. It. In teon lent to the navy department to gether with n p;iir of binoctibn-.-; end a sextau'fby M. 1.. Ixt r of :-avan nub, t'Ja., in t'sjone to t' s nuvv'.i appeal for g!.is.'-cH fur nawl watch officers-:. The t'-leseope v;m pi'5ont'"l to Mr Dc-xtf-r's f tt!icr, ti 1:it ';pt;iln Low Dexti-r, for n.ary yfits inirte of tb I'acific Mat! S'' ;i mship enm p;in's Ktf-ai). r City of I'arn. Tb rosewood case In which the U-'e-opo is enclosel bear- this inscrip tion: "We, Wilhc.lm. by Ood's gra"e emperor, king of Prns a. frefly pre ecnt to Ship's Captain Tovy Iextc. for the many estet-med fc-rvicos ren dered the German empltf, this ack nowledgement" As the name plate cf the maker shows it was made in Herlin in 1879, the telescope is bel'eved to have been the gift of Wilhelm I, grandfather of the present emperor of Germany. In his letter to the navy, Mr. Dettej explained that hi father, while in Central American waters was ' o some fdigbt service to the German ravy." We will say this for the czar and the grand duke, they bad better looking whiskers than the Bolshy rlkL -Columbia Uecord, Redmond, Irish Leader, Dies From Heart Failure LONDON, March 6. John E. Red mond, the Irish Nationalist leader, died at 7:45 o'clock this morning. Death, was due to heart failure, fol lowing a recent operation for en in testinal obstruction. Tho news of the depth of the Na innsi!lt leader bronrht niesfaees of ufirrnw and rerot fiori all pectlo.ns of the community. King- Georc:, v.-hon he was informed of the event wa deeply shocked and -xpresed hlt profound reeret. Premier Lloyd George was sin ilarly movtd when he learned the norvs. NEW YORK. M; roh B. A tribute to John Redmond, the dead Irish Nationalist leader, was paid here to day by Erl ReadlnK. the British fecial ambassador to the United States. "I am upset at hearing of h's 'loath." Karl Reading said. "I had known him many years lie played a rreat part In Irish political life during my whole association with politics in' Eneland and from the f fBlonlnir of the war he always has ikon tho Msnd In vhe house of com thnt lh wi was a war for Mberty. I should like to express my deepest sympathy to all who wish for self-governmelt in Ireland." U. S. Not Expected to Operate Oil Fields NEW YORK. Hareh 6. Mark Reoua chief ot th ofl division of the Trnlted Statts f icl administra tion declared In a statement tonirht that there la at this time no expeeta t'on that the rovornmnt will take over and operate the oil fields of the country. IJe aid there Is amrde.oil territory available to maintain the ptocks of .petroleum and that the onlv serious problem to be consider ed is that of tranfportatIon. Eight-Hour Day to Be Extended to Mills, Camps UOISR, Idaho, ;March 6. The eight-hour day 'given the loggers and lumberman on the coast early in the week will be extended to the mills and camps operated by the Iloisa- Payettc Lumber company, C. A Barton, the general manager, an nounced today upon his return from 1'otHanU, where he and other operat ors met Colonel Urlce P. Diaque, head of the Spruce production for the federal government. In confer ence.! With the rhorter day will como a new scale of wages, bat this has not yet been worked put. The eight-hour day will be adopt ed in all mills and logging camps east of the Cascade mountains in Oregon. It will affect mill employes and loggers at Baker, La Grande, Hen and other Kastern Oiegon towns. Cornucopia Mayor's Body Is Discovered by Wife BAKER. Or., Mar-h 6. The body f Kred Stein, mayor of Cornucopia, n this county, was found.., there to !ay by his wife with bullet hoe brough his head. A note said to Tiave been left by Stein indicated -hat he had taken his own life, offi cers declared. Stein was active in lining- and had assisted in develop ing some of the principal properties f this district. Americans Repulse German Raid With More Losses HKADQUAUTEUS OF 'AMERICAN TROOPS IN' FRANCE. March 6. Vrnerlcan troops on still another Hi icp on the French front have been r.ilded by Germans, who were re 'ii!ed with losfes. TVil lc tia ftiKt tlm normlsston given to mention this engagement. n. ... . . . . . fl It. rne American tores rnierea iu Htlle line in a certain place in Lor raine. The Krench commander con gratulated the Ameiican3 on their behavior. " v The foregoing is confirmation of 'he French official statement of larch 2 which said that a German .Hack on trenches held by American 'orces in Lorraine on the night of Tarch 4 was repulsed. 16 Cents for Chinook Salmon Is New Price Set ASTORIA. Or.. March C Sixteen ents a pound for Chinook salmon md white sturgeon: ... 13 cents a ound for steel beads, fcilversides md graylings, and 7 cents a pound for gr-en sturgeon, are the prices for raw fHh as fixed l.v the Columbia fliver lihhnnfcns Protective union fo nrcvail on- the Columbia . river luring lb season to open May 1. rb'.-- frisf-s will lo sdhniil t il at a "onference with federal food udiiiiu--tration reiirS4'nta!ive8 which s t' : he'd in Portlahd. Tho pri-e cot for' chinooks Is about " ntH a pound blvher than the flatir" which p-evaih-d las' sason. The flshetmeh avr that 'his ad vance i-j wararntr-d 'v the Increased cont of living and -f equipii.ent ueed in fishing. Bill Would Loan Money For Farmers' Wheat Seed WASHINGTON. March fi. Repre sentative Baer of North Dakota, whoso bill to appropriate 150,00), 000 to finance farmers in the pur chase of seed recently failed of ap proval by the house agrltulture eom mlttee, today Introduced a measure which he said would meet the ob jections raised by members of that committee. It would appropriate $10,000,000 or which $7,500,000 would be loan to the farmers In the spring wheat belt to buy seed and $2,500,000 would be used by the government in mobilizing and trans porting farm, labor. Not more than Good Printing IS A MAEK OF GOOD BUSINESS , THE JOB PRINTING, ) DEPARTMENT OF THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. HAS ONE AIM THE BEST IN QUAITY AND SERVICE PHONE 583 215 S. COMMERCIAL UPSTAIRS i $450 would be loaned to any one farmer. Norlyn P. H off Seriously Injured by Fall in France mm f' Corporal Noryln P. Hoff, son of State Labor Commissioner Hoff, was seriously Injured when he fell from a dock in France, according to letter tbat has been received by his father. He suffered a broken hip and two broken ribs. He is connected with a regiment of engineers. f Council Rescinds Action, Ladd & Bush Awarded Bonds The Ladd & Bush bank Is an nounced as the highest bidder for tbu $31,000 worth of Salem improvement-bonds. To .award the bonds to Ladd & Bush it was necessary for lh council .to call a special meeting Tuesday night and rescind its action ot Monday night in making the award to Morris Brothers of Tortland. It is said a closer persual of the bid hhowed Ladd & Bush higher on the total by $514. Former Minister Chinese Navy Is Assassinated PEKIN, Thursday, Feb. 28. Ad miral Chen Pih-Kuan, former minis ter of the navy, has been assassinated at Canton. The assassin escaped. The motive fVr the deed, which was commltteed Tuesday evening, la not known. Francis Urges Peace Treaty Be Not Ratified VOLOGDA, Russia, March 6. David II. Francis, the American am bassador, today publibhtd a state ment declaring thai the United States j uiu voi uesjre lernijnai conquest in Russia. He said he already had rec ommended to his government that It recognjze any government the Rus sian people might choose and said she sincerely hoped the Russian people would refuse to ratify the separate peace treaty with the central powers. - .4 Germany Soon to Sign :h Peace With Finland BASEL, Switzerland, March 6. Baron voa dem Busche-Haddenhau-sen, German under-seeretary for foreign affairs, announced yesterday in the main' committee of the-relet stag that Germanjr very ehortly would sing a treaty of peace with Finland. Seattle's Hockey Team Beats Vancouver, 4-3 SEATTLE, March Seattle's hockey team beat Vancouver hero to night, 4 to 3. Next week the same team meet in the plajr-ofr, thj wiu nt of which becomes champion tf the coast league and meets the, East ern Canada teams for the world championship. J 1 ' Overflow of Slackers to Go to Jail at Yakima YAKIMA, Wash., March 6. Unit ed States immigration officera at eattie are negotiating with Yakima county for thai intcr.nent. here of a portion of the alacktr overflow of the King county Jail. There i3 un occupied room! in tho Jail hero lor about fifty prisoners. . Alien Germans Are Given j Another Chance to Appear Postmaster Huckesteln received word yesterday from the department of justice, Washington, D. C, that German aliens who have not regis tered, as required by law, can now do so In the offices of Upited States mar shals. The nearest marshal's office to Salem Is that in Portland. Espec- f s n'i V 4 ' '' - . - Fid - , ! : mm - ; : .Jwm I ial attention la also drawn to tin fact that an aliei enemy may b-j move his residence, even to anotw one in the same community, without first obtaining a permit from . tt chief o f police, or the postmaster, as the case may be. r ' Mr. and Mrs. Wilson ' at Camouflage Be" WASHINGTON. March 6. Pre:" dent Wilson and Mrsi Wilson attest ed a camouflage ball'fclven in a hoi:! here for the benefit of local cbatir;. Decorations were erected by th cam ouflage company, 40th engineers, i dlcating an American university, lht ballroom was transformed to repre sent a miniature section of Frenci front. Merchant Is Sentenced for Importing Liqz:r SEATTLE, Ma-ch 6. C. Tj. Orr, a hardware merchtnt of BelliBgham, Wash., sentenced to one year In tt Whatcom county Jail by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer, today .for violation of the Reed amendment which prohibits the importation c! liquor In dry territory. Orr was con victed of bringing forty-nine quarti of whisky from British Columbia last November. The sentence is one ef the heaviest ever Imposed here for violation of the federal liquor statoU. DR. MEDEIROS 'AGAIN CHOSEil Brazilian Germans Wanted U Overthrow Heads State , of Do Sul , PORTO ALEG RE, Brar.il, Feb. 3. Dr. Borges de Medelros. who b Just been again re-elected as presi dent of the state of Rio Grands da Sul. is the man the Germans Intend ed to overthrow when they planned to take over southern BraxU a German protectorate. He has a state well organized- under ths po era granted him by the constUatioa that it Is doubtful if anyone ercr could defeat him as n election t long as he cares to rule the t4v. In spite of this, he has been accusea many tlnes of favoring the Germans for the sake of their votes. . Dr. Borges was tn control of u government during Iho wild a"1;" German riots in th atate of E Grande do Sul, when property '4 . . . .1 . U 1 1 FAa oeing aesiroyea ami ' . 7Z, were tied up by strikes, while lao troubles were paralyzing for the mom ent several other Industrial prises. The situation was rapW7 gettin-; beyond control vhen ij Borges, without .-consulting eral government, called out his su troops and put the principal clU? under martial law, taking st"h ' ergetic steps tbat the disoidcrs vers coon stopped. . . The federal government dcmano an explanation. His reply was toi an apology and ncaicely an cxpwna tlon. - . Dr. Borges was bitterly crlticu by the people of his own state, were bent upon driving the t' mans out of their midst and tlTt?74 ing their i-operty, but his actioa In putting an end to the disorders was applauded in the rest of the re public and the matter was allowed w drop. - - ) r His confidence in his strength dently was warranted, for he w jf elected by ah overwhelming majorw and is now supporting measure en by the federal government. controlling the Germans in soutfler Brazil. ' OVEIt 1ILS HEAD., I wrote a pome entitled "Snow. Ye ed, he made short shift of He sent It ack, remarkintf that He couldn't catch tbe drift or- , Boston Transcri;