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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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GOOD BUSINESS
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OF THE
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$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.
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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-
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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.
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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- ,
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