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sic , The Statesman receives the leased wire deport of the. As sociated ,' Press, the , greatest and most reliable press as sociation in the world. xiik weathj:r Thursday rain, increasing'- soath erljr winds. ; .............. I'- SIXTY-EIGHTH YJSAJU-XO. 331 SALKM, OREGON, Tlll'KSllAY MORX1XG, JANUARY 10, 1910 PRICE FIVE CEXT3 I . 4 . RATIFICATION STILL NEEDS SINGLE VOTE Legislatures of 35 States Go on Record as Favoring A Prohibition Amendment to j Constitution 1 INTEREST NOW CENTERS ON CALIFORNIA ACTION Officials Think Country Will Become Permanently v; 7 0 Dry in July j WASHINGTON Jan. 15.T.egis Jatiires of 3. states one less than the required three-rourths have , ratified the, prohibition constitution al amendment. Several state as- seinbiieg new in session are expect ed to lake action tomorrow with a -probable; race :etween Nebraska. Missouri, and Minnesota as to which will be the; thirty-sixth one in the 1 Vatintatlon was comnleted to day by the legislatures of live states low. Colorado. Oregon. New Hampshire and'Utah making a to tal of 12 fn two days. Of the 35 states that have taken action, only fourteen3 have certified their action to the federal state department They re Virginia. Kentucky, North Dakota. South Carolina. Maryland. South Dakota." Texas, MontanaDela ware. Massachusetts, AriaonaT Geor gia, Louisiana and Michigan. - Effective- in Year. ' . The amendment, under Its provis ions, become effective one year frcm . the date or its final raUfication. Ad ditional legislation by congress is necessary to make it operative and ground work for tftis already has been laid. This 'legislation will pre scribe penalties for "violation of the amendment and determine ihow and hy what agencies the law shall be ' enforced. r . '," If ratification is completed this month., many officials-here believe the country will become permanent ly "dry" next July l. the date on which the special war time prohibi tion j-ecently enacted by congress goes into effect. This law. prevents the. manufacture and sale of intoxi cants for beverage purposes and re mains n force until the demobbliza- tion of tne nations war armies is completed. " . Court May Act. Court action to prevent the amend ment becoming operative already had been started in California where an order temporarily restraining . (Governor Stephens from signing rati fication of the amendment has been obtained." It has been intimated that similar action mar he taken in nth. er staters in which, it fls said, state laws reqHire that federal constitu tional amendments must he submit ted to a referendum. The prohibi . tfon amendment resolution passed hy congress provides that ratifies - lion shall be by "the- legislatures of the several stifles as provided by the constitution. -The resblution follows: .Resolved By the Senate and House of Iraoresentatlves of the United States of America in congress assembled, ( Two-thirds - of ea-h House concurring therein) t" that th . following amendment to the consti tution be. an hereby is. Proposed ty the states to become . valkl as a part of the constitution when ratified ty the legislatures of the several states as provided by the constitution: language Ii Plain. "Sect on-opes After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale or transporta tion of intoxicating liquors within, the inipoftatioh thereof into, or th? exportation thereof, frOmr the l nitcd States a nd all territory subject to the- jurisdiction thereoj for beverage Is; hereby prohitMtea. "Settion two: Thecongres and the several states shall have concur rent powers to enfoice this article ly appropriate legislation. Section three: This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitutor by the legislature" .of the several states, as provided in the constitution within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by congress.' This resolution was rafeswi by the senate. r, to 20 on August 13. liri -.and hv the House 282 lo lJXn - Vmhr 17, 1?17. MisKisKipr was tlie first sta.te" to ratify the amend ment. Its IrciBlature acting ob ? liary K. 1S1R. -1 ' : STEPHENS HAMPERED SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. '. 1.- No action had ben taken by Cover .v,nor WIHiam I Stephens in certify ' Ing to the secretary 'or state a Wat-hineton passaze by th; Cajifoi nla lcgillature of the senate conc'ir rent resolution ratifying, the con cresslonal resolution proposing a na tlonal prohibition amendment to th . constitution, it was announced to night at the governor office. Regardless of whether Governo Stephens gives formal notice of the (Continued on page 6) Swarms of Wild Bees Novel Defense Used Against Allied Army SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15 Swarms of wild bees were used by German troops when they sought tot prevent the landing of British troops at Tanga, German east Africa, making possible the effective use of machine guns according to R. M. Eward. superintendent of ; the British East African police, who arrived here todayT en route to London. - , The 'German troops. Eward said, instructed natives to col-, lect millions of wild bees in wooden hives. These hives were. , kept in readiness and when the British troops landed the bees were released. "The angry insects swarmed about the men and horses," Eward said, "and while the men were fighting them off, many of them suffering in tensely7 from scores of stings. the Germans turned loose with machine guns inflicting severe losses. - " PORTLAND WILL BE SUPPLY BASE FORSQUADRON Part of Pacific Fleet to Work from Willamette River Port SUB CHASERS COMING Steamer Beaver Is to Be Re tained Tor Mother Ship SAN DIEGO, Cal.,,, Jan. 15. Rear Admiral Fullam . today announced that 19 submarine chasers, vanguard of the powerful rieet that will he mobilized in the Pacific in the com ing summer will be sent to this oast within a few weeks. . These chasers have seen service in the Azores, off the uban coast' and along the Atlantic seaboard. They will b divided among the naval districts of the Pacific coast as follows: thre to the fifteenth district with opera ting uose at Balboa, naval zone; six to be the twelfth with operating bases at San Francisco and San Die go; ten to the thirteenth, with bases at Seattle and Portland. It Is expected here that a squad ron of battleships will be cent to the Pacific from the Atlantic within two months and that they will include the Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin. owa, Kcafsarge, and Kentucky. none of which is being utilized in transporting troops from France, ac cording to word received by Admiral ullam. . It is announced that the Beaver. formerly of Portland and San Fran cisco steamship company, 'ill be re tained as mother ship of the eleven submarines now operating oy this coasj.. ., .- REORGANIZATION TO BE TAKEN UP Army Program Will Be Ex plained Before House Military Committee WASHINGTON'.- Jan. 13. The ar my's reorganization program will be explained before the house military committee: tomorrow by Secretary Baker and General March." The bifl submitted to Chairman Dent by the war department providesjor tempor ary organization of the regular army at a strength of approximately 500, 000 men to replace present war ar mies, and for legalization of the gen eral staff and war department organ ization built up during the war un der emergency authority. It does not propose any military policy nor deal with the question of the nation al guard, a.s department officials hold a permanent military policy. cann4t be dealt with intelligently. -Reorganization of the army as pro posed new provides for the legaliza tion of all new military services cre ated during the war; for -distrfbu lion of officers in grade in the regit 'ar service which will make way for appontment or a large number of re serve or national guard officers to permanent commissions; for the number of divisions, regiments or other units which ran bo maintained and strength of each unit in officers nd men; for the pay schedules of the army, throughout and other nee ssaxy detailed authority. The new army will be raised by voluntary en listment. ' I Joe Adoiph returned from Ban Francisco yesterday after a xhreo weeks trip. Whilo away h suffered from an attack of influenza. REVOLUTIONS SWEEP OVER MANY TOWNS Riga Completely in Hands of Russian Red Army Bol sheyiki Forces Advance from Dvinsk, PEASANT UPRISING IN INTERIOR THREATENING Rebels Object to Excessive TaxesCommittee Mem bers Killed IBv the Anso-iatd 1'rtun) -BERLIN, Monday. Jan. 13.--Riga is now completely in the hands of the Russian red atinyr according to a Milan dispatch to the Vossicbe Zeit ung. Bolshevik! forces have advanc. ,ed from Dvinsk and occupied the sta tion at Neugut, 31 miles from Ml tau. . Mitau is overflowing 'with ref-1 iigees, German soldiers, the last per sons leaving Riga, report that 4hc city is burning in several places and that the Russians and Letts are mur dering and plundering. " Bolshevist Papers Seized. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15. -A violent peasant rising in the interior of Rus sia, against the imposition of exces sive taxes by the Bolshevlki and against the committees for fighting poverty which exercise a tyrannical dictatorship in the villages, is report ed In a Petrograd dispatch. The peas ants in ther Tula government merci lessly killed members of such com mittees. Solshevist Papers Seized. BERLIN, Jan.. 15. The wife and youngest son of Dr. LiebknechtJ head-of the Spartacans, who were ar rested when Liebknecht's house was surrounded by soldiers and search ed yesterday have been liberated. Many incriminating Bolshevikl doc uments were seized. Liebknecht's eldest son .is ill in the hands of the police. Among others arrested was Frsulein Jakob, socialists Spartacan union. Still nothing is known of the whereabouts of Dr. Liebknecht, for mer chief of police Iechho'.ti, or Resa Luxbourg. Modifications in Bone Dry, Bill Are Now Sought VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 15. With the avowed purpose of sect ring modifications in the British Colum bia prohibition act the people 3 moderation party" announced its formation here today through Aitker Tweedale, acting secretary. . Mr. Tweedale said that the party's' mem bership included many influential men and w"ouren. merchants and fi nancier. Believing that the present prohi bition act and manner of its enforce ment were "del ri mental to the best interests" of the. province he said the party had determined to reqet the government to allow the sale oi light wines and btr and the sale of liquor. Opposition to the "treating system" was expressed.' - RECONSTRUCTION-BILL READY FOR INTRODUCTION AT SESSION OF Unless a hill which will he Trained this morning carrying an appropria tion of 1 4 on.OJJ.0 or fOO.ooo for re turning soldiers and sailors passes both houses today, it was tentatively agreed ariiong legislative leaders a the conference in the governor's of fice last night, to remain in session the balance of the : week until the bill was passed. " Provision will be" made 5n the bill if present plans do not go awry, for an approbation of about $30,0" to be. nsed in giving each returning soldier or sailor,who cas show posi tively thaUhe Is in need, $22 to tid him, over the. emergency, and an ap propriation of $ 100,000s to provide for trai t poi tat ion of soldiers and sailors home to the point of enlist ment, the federal government Ret ting the men down now at the point of induction, which may be many miles from their home. decision was reached along Ihese lines after a delegation from Port land, headed by Mayor Maker, had toH the governor. President Vinton of the senate and Speaker Jones of the, hose and members of the joint Crews of German Mine j Sweepers Even Demand t More Pay for Service t : utKUN, Monday. Jon. 13 Crews of the German mine sweepers, according to the Co logne Volks Zeitung are re fusing to serve unless they re ceive increased pay and a" new schedule calling for sums as high as 100 marks daily, ex clusive of the insurance guar antee. The increase would amount to .400.000,000 marks. Mine sweeping in the Baltic and North sea has ceased and the fishing industry has been t t sus suspended. , ROAD PROGRAM IS OUTLINED Senator Lachmund Delivers Effective Blows at Pav ing' Trust The senate roads and highways meeting at a session last nicht vot ed tentatively to draft a bill provid ing ior a jiu.uuu.000 bonding enact ment for the next two years. The measure will contain a clause reriuir- ing the construction of trunk roads fiist, of secondary roads next and lastly the feeder roads. Two other provisions to go into the bill upon motion of Senator ioiiis urnmund or Marion county are effective body blows at the pav ing trust. (One-prohibits the use of patented pavement and requires non patented material exclusively, or pavement on which no royalty is paid. The other requires the state highway commission to prepare all plans and specifications and all bid ders to be confined to . those speci fications. This is designed to pre vent outside interests from slipping in their patent product surreptitious ly. The committee agreed upon two other tentative yn. One doubles the motor vehicle tax acd the other places a tax of 3 cent a gallon on gasoline and distillate. Senator Smith, of Coos and Curry counues along oppoaea tne xio.uwu, 00 bill, holding out for a provision -lfonl7 $6,000,000. Thousands of "Alaskans' Vaccinated for Influenza SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 13. About 20,00 residents of the Alaska coast section between Juneau and Kodiak were vaccinated with anti influenza serum by a party of doctors and nurses sent north from here by the federal government to aid fn combatting the influenza, according to Dr. Emil Krulish, head of the ex pedition who has returned. Serum for3000 additional vaccln ations was left in the north by the party. AUT CtfM'WTOIt IMKH NEW YORK. Jan. 1J. Heniy l)u veen. widely known art dealer, who aided . in bringing together some of the host collections fn the United States, died at his home here today in his 63th yar. Among the collec tions with which he was connected .were those of the late J. 1. Morgan and John 1). Rockefeller. CASKS OF "KM'" IXCKKASK ' SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. An increase in the number of deaths from influenza and In new cases was annojinced tonight by the board o' health. Fifty deaths were reportd and 510 new cases. Yesterday's to tal Were 4(59 cases and 44 deaths. ways and means committee, of the leplorablc conditions surrounding scores and hundreds of soldiers and sailors who are now flocking into Portland and present an augury of what- may happen when thousand." more of "them continue to flock in during the coming months. Mayor Itaker soujided a warhinr as to Bolshevism and the I. V. W. who are laying plans to take the dis couraged soldier oflt of a job. -give him material aid and endeavor in that manner to convert him to their cause.1 James II. Kerrrwcll known attorn ey or Portland. Franklin T: Griffith-prr-sident of the Portland Railway. Light & Power company. KJ J. Stack, secretary, of the Eta t federation of labor and others ' spoke. ' including Vinton, Jones, and rueiahers of the joint committee and Governor Withy combe., ' ' -Franklin T. Griffith, James B Kerr and the chairmen of the re spective judiciary committees, were selected, as a committee last night to frame the bill which wil be submit ted to the Joint ways and means com LEGISLATURE PUBLICITY ON PEACE CAUSE OF PROTESTS American and British Dele gations at Council Oppose Secrecy Regarding Pro ceedings THREE COUNTRIES TAKE STAND FOR SUPPRESSION French, Italian and Japanese Vote Prevails Memor ial Submitted (Hy Thtt Astociatrd Pre) PARIS, Jan. 13. The question whether the peace conference is to bo secret or wholly open to the eye-, and ears of the world, the settlemem of which has been long awaited. va brought to a focus today when It wa. announced an agreement had beer, made to confine information given tc the public to a daily official commu nique and that a gentleman's agree ment prevailed among the delegate not to discuss, or In any way give in formation of the meetings in the for eign office. No written announcement of thif purpose was issued, but word waf passed out to this effect, and it waf followed by an explosion of protests Which drowned out the doings of the peace commissioners. The under standing Is that the American and British delegates opposed this decis ion, but that the French. Italianf and Japanese, voting together, pre vailed. Correspondents Roused. ' The British newspaper corres pondents immediately joined in a memorial of protest, which they pnt before Premier Lloyd George. The American newspaper correspondents united in what is a round robin to President Wilson in which they pro tested in" measured terms, against the decision, and reminded the pres ident of one of his 14 points which specifies, "open covenants of peace openly arrived at." The memorial was before the pres ident tonight and there is every rea son to believe that such a storm has been raised as will force the question before the meeting. The ouestions of whether tbe meetings are to be open or closed haf been smouldering for Peveiui - nays It is associated with condition? which have surrounded the lack of method in making public what ha actually been going on in conference for the nast month. The American nowsnaoer corresoonder t . of whom there are about 100 here to repor". ho iwaco Drocecii1 h ',ve been re ceived dailv a:iTv b-' the Ameri ran eomniissioT!e-s .r.der the stipu lated condition ' what was de veloped was .'or their guid ance and r o he i -potf d as bear ine the star.-T of authority of comins from the mission. To llrccivo 'Vnt. PARIS. Jan. 1". M.ivas) Tho rhamber of deouttes ha; decided to receive President WUsmi at a formal meeting. The ceremor.y will be pre. cedfd bv a reception to President and Mrs. Wilson and thr members of parliament in th room or the pres ident of the chainKT. The date ha: not been fixed. DURING DAY mittee. The. committee, according to presnt plans will report it In favor ably. In the afternoon there will b joint meeting of the two bouses and the same delegation tba. spoke-last night will speak before the joint com mittee i-nd Immediate artlon on pas sage or the bill wiji then be urged Predictions are made that thebill will he passed by tonight. If it is not. determined members say, then the legislature will not adjourn. thi week until it is passed. "Mather" Brings $400,000 in One Load for Shipment SEWARD. Alaska. Jan. 13. Rob Griffith, veteran Alaska, "mnsher" with" a heavily armed guard and two dog teams, arlved' here today with S 100.000 worth of gold dust from the Idarat for shipment to Seattle on the steamer Alameda. Many natives are reported dying or inrinenxa at the end of the Kanla peninsula. The white population thus far has not been affected. ...... J Nine Meet Death in I Of mm 4 'cihaiDPT nt Mnlntsr Following Explosiion BOSTON. Jan. 13 Nine per sons are known to have been t killed and about 30 injured hy J the explosion of a huge lar.k of molasses on the water front I off Commercial street, near J Keany Square, today. Eight bodiesr. were removed and' one man ded at the hospital. Most of thes injured suffered only from bruises. . The cause of the explosion has not been definitely deter mined.' Walter L. Wedger. ex plosives exptrt-of the state po . lice, said that he was not, pre pared to jrive a final opinion, but that it seemed probably to him that it resulted from gas fumes generatea by fermenting a molasses within the tank, which was not fn!l. The mo- Ir.st-e? had been kept warr.i by steam heat from, a plant at - f Soqie distance from the tank. CHILD LABOR IS DEALT ANOTHER CRUSHING BLOW Act Declared Unconstitution al by Supreme Court Is Adopted by Conference TAX DISPUTES TAKEN UP Removal of War Postal Rates Also Accepted by House Members . ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 The sen ate amendment to the war .revenue bilL levying at tax of 10 per cent up on products of child labor entering into interstate and designed to have the same effect as the child labor act recently declared "unconstitution al by the supreme court was adopted today by senate and house confer ences. A separate vote on the amendment will be taken in the bouse before final passage ot the bill. Besides the child labor provision the con feres reached a complete agreement today on nearly all of the miscellaneous tax disputes, and have left for disposition only a few im portant questions. Tomorrow they will again take up the war excess profits taxes and hope to complete their work by next week. Several of the conferes believe now that -the bill will go to -the president before February 1. Another important senate amend ment accepted by the house confer ence today was that removing war taxes on first class postage next PuIt 1, when the pre-war rates of two Cuts an ounce on letters and on cent for postcards would again he effective. At tion on the second class mail provision of the senate, proposing re peal of the present zone system and f establishing new modified zone rates, was deferred. ' ' New provisions creating an advis ory tax board to aid in administrat ing the-new law were adopted b tho conferes after being amended to pro vide a board of five nfembers at an nual salaries of $9,000. SOLDIERS FIND WORK READILY Manager b f Local Labor Bureau Says None Have Been Turned Down ' That returned soldiers in Salem are having none of the difficulties being experienced elsewhere I n searching for employment is the statement made yesterday byJ. R. Coleman, manager of the federal la bor bureau in this city. Just a month ago. Mr. Coleman made a thorough survey of Marion. Polk and Yamhill counties and did not find one employer who refused to make Rood for every star on his service flag. : "Take it from me.", he said yes terday, "every soldier who Wants to get back can. And what is more we haven't ffound anj' people out- of work on this account yet, even though they "have had to .let return ed men have precedence. Of course, if the government decided .to turn all of the enlisted boys loose at once we would have a, harder time, but every one that has come In Jiere so far hasn t been disappointed. " For one" thing it's a matter of economy to put back the former 'employes'-in place of the present high priced ones.. ' "The first shot out of the gun for 1919 in Salem." he continued, "was the re-opening of the Spauldlng mill. U.S.CRU1SERS AT SCENE OF HUGE STRIKE Admiral Capterton in Charge. British Vessel Is Thought, to Be on Way to Buenos' Aires PORTION OF RAILROAD NEAR LIMA BLOWN UP Labor Disturbances in Ecua dor May End Within Next 24 Hours JlOXmilUX), Jan. L5 The United , States cruiser linburg- C level xnd. Tacoma and lenTer, u- dcr Admiral CiptMloa, have arrived here. The IIritifi mihcr ItrtMol ha alM arrived and probably ulIl pro ceed to lluenos Aires. LIMA. Jan. 15 Uncom firmed re port has been received here that strikers have dynajnlted the. power transmission lines on the Moroceocha propertii of the Cerro De Pasco company, flooding the mines. Cav alry reinforcements were dispatched to Morroccoha - this morning. ' jm S DoidneM SoTpended . WASHINGTON. : Jan. 15, Dis patches to the state department to day said business between Lima and , Callao. Pern, had been suspended as a result of dynamiting of a portion of the Central railway during- strike disturbance which began in Lima Monday. The city lighting system was attacked with resulting darkness through the city and an unsuccessful effort was made by the strikers to interfere with the city water supply. The city is being patrolled by both policemen armed with, rifles and by soldiers. 1 . A cablegram to the Peruvian, lega tion today from the Peruvian minis ters said it was said that the strike wonld be ended within 24 hours. Tha message said the police and military Were amply sufficient to maintain or der and that the attitude of the strikers, who demand an eight-hour day was calm. COUNCHJilEN GET PORTLAND VIEWS Delegation Attends' Meeting of Commissioners to Dis- , cuss Influenza In attendance noon the meeting ot the city rommisFioners in Portland yesterdyy when the resolution to compel people to wear Inflnenza masks was voted down, was a com mittee from the Salem council com- , posed of Mayor -C. E. Albln. Paul Paul Johnson and V. A, Wiest. Af ter listening to the arguments for and against the proposed health mea sure they consulted W. E. Coman and Dr.- E. A. Sommer of tbeconsoiidated health bureau and found that senti ment. in that city favors masks. ' It is not unlikely that Information gleaned on the trip will be submit ted for the consideration of the lo cal board of health at its next meeting-Ten new cases of influenza were recorded Tuesday In Salem- and four weron the books" for yesterday, the latter .figure being very Incomplete 3'Tbe number of new cases Is gradually toming down. City Health Officer J. Ray Pemberton remaked last night. "I believe that we are slowly getting the epidemic under control. However. . this does not mean that we must relax our present restrictions." Calls for assistance continue to pour into Red Cross headquarters and Mrs., A: M. Brown, a Tisitlnr nurse from Seattle is answering on an average of 15 to 20 calls daily. In one home she fonnd fire peopl seriously ill with pneumonia: Forest Service Promises Preference for Soldiers SPOKANE Wash.. Jan. 15. -So far as possible returned soldirs and sailorp will be given preference in" employment by the forest service In Idaho and Montana, it was stated here today. "Disabled soldiers san be nsed for lookout work." state an official. "We . employ about SO principal lookouts now. In former years we have used about 500 extra men at the opening of the fire season. This year, however, the number will be Increased to from 750 to 1000." The conference closed with final reports of committees. v Lumber camps will follow snit soon and this will fce a big help la pro viding work."-