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DAILY EDITION
VOI VII., No. M.
: GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON, ;. MONDAY, I AH VARY 9, 11T
WHOLE NUMBER IMS.
No Other Town in tlic World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service,
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LEGISLATURE
INSESSION
program is carried out in
ORGANIZING MOTH HOUSES
OF LAW-MAKING BOOT
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Ilea t Withdraw M (laadklat lor
Speaker of lite Hom of Repre
entail re aad Stanfeld la
Elected to PoalUoa
Salem, Jaa. I. Elections want
through according to program when
' the Orfloo slate leglalatur convened
today. . , .
Following the withdrawal ot U E.
Baa, of Eugene, Robert N. Stan
field, of Umatilla county wai elected
speaker of tho bout. 8oator Motor
waa Darned president of the senate.
Associate Juatic Moore of tbt atata
aupreme court awora la theaa of
ftclala. Bean nominated Staafleld, after
having made a hot fight for . tha
speakership. Mrs. .Tbompaon of Hood
River and Wasco acoadad. Tha nom
inations wara closed and Btenfleld
chosen unanlmonaly.
Stat Senator W. D. Wood of
; Washington county called tha aee
alon to order at 10:10 a. m. today.
Within three mlnatea after the' open
Ing Senator Hawleyhad been named
temporary president, John Cochran
of Portland elected chief clerk and
Senatora Dimmlck, Barrett and Oar
land appointed aa a committee on
credential. Committee for other
routine work were organised and a
abort reeeaa taken to aire them time
to report
IN CASE AGAINST BOPP
San Francisco, Jan. 8. A modern
Portia took her place in the court
room of Federal District Judge
Hunt today and held spellbound the
' enormous throng that had gathered
to attend the closing aeeslona of the
trial of German Consul Frani Bopp
and associates of neutrality violation.
Bbe waa Mrs. Annette Adams, deputy
federal attorney, Uncle Sam's only
woman prosecutor, who waa playing
the star role of her legal career.
She opened tha argument for tha
government la one of the moat im
portant case In Baa Francisco's his
tory. Men and women fought and
crushed each other la the corridors
of ttha federal building for tha priv
ilege of . entering the ( courtroom
Promaeat lawyer and Jurists who
two years ago raised their ' brows
-when Mrs. Adams was appointed,
ame, now to listen.
8he waa prlnolpal of tha Modoo
county high school when she began
to study law and detormlned to shins
la a profession heretofore taken
largely by men. Her appearance to-
day proved she had "arrived." '
She was not awed by the attention
'cnntftrcd on her, She did not at
tempt any oratorical flights, but
spoke In a calm, deliberate manner
and dltcuised the evidence pretonted
'To her fell the tatk of summarUIng
succinctly and rapidly the hug mist
rf testimony taken during tha patt!
five weeks, She waa given the clos
est attention at any attorney who hat
appeared during the present trial.
: Mrs. Adama will be followd by
three attorneys for the defense, after
, which District Attorney Preston will ,
apeak, The ease will reach the Jury ;
"Wednesday night. . .
1.101 PUT Of SENATE
SOU SLATE
NOT EVEN CRACKED
California' Ilator Who Stayed
; . . Out of Caucus PaaUhed by
Loss of Patronage Ihtr
. lag Beaaloa
Sacramento, Jan. t. Senator
Breed ot Oakland waa unanimously
ohoeea preeldent pro tem of tha state
senate and C. 0; Crouch of Berkeley
received 78 out of 80 rotea for speak
er of the aaaembly, when the legisla
ture convened at noon. Tha atx sen
ators and It aaaemblymen who bad
chosen to atay oat of the "Johnson"
caucus, realised' their hopeless task,
and Toted aJI the way down the Una
for the administration's slate. Tha
action of Hawaoo of Fresno voting
for Qujnn of Eureka for apeaker and
Qulnn voting for Hawson Injected
a bit of comedy Into tha balloting.
In tha senate the selection of
Clifton Brooks of Oakland waa made
unanimous, alao tha ' selection of
Thomaa Brown of 8aa Francisco as
sergeanl-at-arms. Rev. laaao Dawson
of Sacramento as chaplain, and
Joaeph A. Beek of Los Angeles, min
ute clerk. J. W. Kavanauga of Val
lejo waa appointed aaaitant secretary.
la tha aaaembly tha organisation
required longer time. At 11:45 a
committee waa appointed by Ueutea-ant-Oovernor
Stephana, presiding
over tha senate, to wait upon Govern-
or Johnson. At one o'clock thta com
mittee arrived with the governor's
biennial message, reading of which
started forthwith. .
As a. penalty for refuting to come
Into tha ."Johnson" caucus tha si
senators who stayed out will ha
granted only fit of the 1500 a day
patronage. ,f . r .
OPPOSITION TO GOV
JOHNSON IS SMALL
Sacramento, Jan. 8.-Openlng the
forty-second seasloa at noon today,
the state legislature was practically
In complete control ot Governor Hi
ram. Johnson, champion of California.
There is some opposition to the
governor, but it Is faltering and
feeble. Democrats and "anti-Johnsons"
of previous sessions winced
when they received copies of the ad
ministration's cauous call. To get la
on the administration caucus they are
required to sign a thorough and un
alterable endorsement of the admin
istration's ideas aad policies aa set
forth by the governor during tha past
six years. ' .
But leave it to wise 01' Hiram, he
has "counted notes." and realises
that ha can run both breaches area
It the "anils" aad democrats unite
against him. . The ."antlt" realise
this, too, and. when the time cornea,
some of them will swallow tha pill.
Tha governor, It Is known, wants an
organisation oa which he caa de
pend and those who balk are due for
a characteristic Johnaon whipping.
IS IN THE SADDLE
Phoenix, Arli., Jan. 8. The third
state legislature convened at noon
today the anti-Hunt wing of the
democratic party 'barely .'succeeded
In organising both houses 'by the el
ection of D. H. Clarldge of Graham
county,, preeldent of the senate, and
A. A. Jones of Yavspal, speaker of
the house, ,
.' Both Campbell and Hunt were In
the oapttol, but neither was recog
nitor! id any waty by either house.
The exolted flash on the floors
were averted by an eleventh hour
caucus. : Both houses adjourned un
til tomorrow afternoon after effect-'
Ing a partial organisation. '
III
BY HIGH COURT
DECISION DENIES RIGHT OF
RAILROAD TO CARRY LIQUOR
.INTO DRY STATES ,V'
RECOGNITION OF STATE LAWS
Supreme Tribunal Holds ' Congreaa
Ha Authority to Prevent 1st-' '
tetwtato Commerce
of Liqnor
Waahlngton, Jan. 8. Constrnlag
tha Webb-Kenyoa act, the supreme
court today affirmed a ' Maryland
court's decision refusing to penalise
the Weatern Maryland railroad and
tha Adams Express company for re
fusing to ship liquor Into "dry" West
Virginia. ,
Attorney for tha distillers argued
that eolicKIng ty nail and delivery
by aa express company did not con
stitute sale within tha dry state,
which It forbidden by tha Webb-Kenyoa
act. The lower court reverted
itself after reopening the case aad
dealded that It did.
Tha Kenyon law. by the supreme!
court's
decision, waa held constltu
tlonal.
Tha decree la of nation-wide
Importance', affecting every dry atata.
Chief Justice WhKe. who read tha
opinion, upheld the law in Its broad
est sense. Congreaa. lie aaid. has
the undoubted bower to prevent' In -
Jteratate commerce from being used
to violate laws. The structure of
government, he said, rests on
eo.
operation ot state and nation.
The decision It a severe blow at
distillers, who had contended Inter
state commerce laws do not have any
thing to do with state laws.
PORTLAND REAR AWAKE
FROM WINTER'S NAP
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. Portland, Jan. 8.-Aroused from
their wntcr quarters by. unusually
warm' weather, bears at Washington 1
park too today walked ia their sleep,
wobbling lastly around the . cages,
Naturalists believe tha bears will soon
resume their long sleets,
Washington, Jan. 8. The name ot eroes-examlnatlon, Thomas W. Law
Jamee W. Gerard, United States am- ton, who. was aot present when his
basaador to Berlin, was mentioned name waa first called,' entered tae
for the first time before tha house room.' Tha committee recessed for
street of advance information of the
peace note to belligerents, while Pre-
Ideotial Secretary Tumulty waa being
croas-examlned. '
TumuWy had made a oodlprehen
slve denial of reports that he waa
concerned In the leak, supported by
an authorised statement from Presi
dent Wilson that the eeoretary knew
nothing of tha note, i He had testi
fied that' President Wilton wrote the
note himself on his own typewriter.
Representative Chlppertleld asked
Tumulty whether he had ever visited
a local atock broker, o ' 1
Tumulty replied yes, and after fur
ther questioning, he said he had In
troduced Ambassador Gerard at, the
offices of W. B. Hlbba ft Company.
Tumulty Mid he visited Hlbbs & Com
pany's office once.
"Gerard wanted to buy soma bonds
and asked me If there waa anybody I
could recommend." I told ' him 1
could recommend Hlbbs, so I took
him there and introduced him." , . ;
Just before Tumulty finished hi
OFFICIALS PAY
CONGRESSMAN SEEKS TO HAVE
PRESIDENT AND OTHERS RE
IMBUR8E SPECULATORS '
Would Place Responsibility of Loss
of Million Because of Pra
tnator lafotuaaUoa Vpoai
' . Governmeat Heads
Waahlngton, Jan. 8. Assessment
of the salary for one month of the
president and each aad every repre
sentative, senator, cabinet officer,
stenographer and clerk to help pay
lossea of Wall street speculators on
the leak In tha president's peace note,
waa proposed today In a reaolatlon by
Congressman Kent of California. The
resolution provide that all losses of
e peculators from December 18 to De
cember 14 be paid and that the eon
tigent fund of the noose be drawn
on If necessary to- help" tha officials
pay It ;.v-; -Si'l4r i;. ..
Kent declared there had been fric
tion between tha co-relative branches
of the government located respective
ly In Walt atraet and Waahlngton.
fa,-bila. the- Waahiagtoa branch
inougni peace aaviaaoie, Watt street
believed la war.
Special Assistant Attorney General
' Hffrman, M argument began, filed
a brief in the auoreme court, de
nouncing the railroads for "trying to
delay the test of the Adamsoa law
and asking a reversal of tha lower
oonrt'a decree holding the law un
constitutional." .
I Railroad attorneys immediately
filed a brief ia answer, denying they
' had tried to delay the ault and atat-
Ing that a "promise not to test the
government, waa hinged on the
paaaage of the pretldent'a whole rail-
road program, Including particularly
the atrlke prevention measure,
Davis, opened argument for tha
government, held congress aa the
undoubted power under J supreme
court opinion to legislate both hours
of eenrice and wage.
after Tumulty left the stand. . I
secretary, of State Lansing wai
called aad gave a history of the pre
paration of the note, y . ,, ,,
Lansing said there never had been
any violations ot his confidence by
newspaper men at least "net until
now." He admitted three mennot
reporters were present when he
made his confidential announcement
He named the three as C. H. Snow
den, New York; R. Oalyord) civil
engineer, United States nary, and Dr.
M. T. MoLean, United States,1 navy.
Lansing aald he never dealt In
Wall street. '
The committee next called Lawson,
who stepped smilingly to the chair.
"I have reason to believe I will be ,
(topped," ' Lawson complacently re
marked.' Asked his occupation, Law-
son paused, then aald -
"Well, we will call It farmer," and
a roar ensued.
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After explaining bis lawyer
had
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THREE ARE KILLED
JipDfCK
Conductor and Two Trade Laborers
Loa live and SU Other
-" Are Injured oa Waeh ' : '
''K ' lactam Road.'- I:
l Port Angeles, Waah., Jan. I.
Three were killed this afternoon aad
81 Injured when a saw track fill oa
the Twla River railroad extension
cared in. BU of the Injured will die.
.:. Tha dead: r .: '
' Conductor Clyde Glbeori, of a work
train, aad two track laborer.
When the fHl coUapaed. a loco
motive aad one of the cars rolled
188 feet dowa an embarkmaat' The
dead and Injured were brought to
Port Aageiee this afternoon. - '
fireman' Ferguson ; wag tarrlbty
hurt. ' His skull was 'crushed, wrist
broken, aad entire body acalded. ,
Engineer Harry Lagear proved the
hero of the wreck. BadlT aealded.
he climbed from the debria and raa
half a mile to the nearest telephone
to call nelp. ' ' '
Oonstrnctloa Foreman Gibson had
both' legs broken Conductor Gib
ton, tiled, was canaht nnder a hnrs
boulder, 'which amashed through tha
wreckage. Those of the . crew who
escaped pried the rock off his body.
It -waa' almost ; nnrecocnliaMT
mangled. .;;.: 'h-'
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Portland, Jan. 8. Edward (Bar
tholomew, convicted of killing John
Linnd, concealing the body in a trank
and dumping It into the Willamette
river, was sentenced to lite imprison
ment today by Judge Davis.
As he stood up for 'sentence Bar
tholomew made a speech, in which
he protested hit innoaenca, but ad
mitted, that he might be called aa
accomplice in the murder. .
The "green trunk mystery," which
resulted from the slaying, startled
Portland a year ago. Linnd, a
rancher, who had come to Portland
with money to invest In land, waa
known to have roomed " wKh Bar
tholomew. After a year'a search.
which extended all over the United
States, Bartholomew waa arrested la
Seattle, brought here, tried and ooa
victed of second degree murder.
There Is no first degree murder and
capital punishment ia Oregon.
WOULD LIMIT NUMBER
' OF PUPILS TO TEACHER
Sacramento, Jan. 8. -vA maximum
of 40-pupil to a teacher It proposed
In a bill today framed by Assembly
man Baldwin.
"In many cltlea la California the
average ta 80 pupils to a teacher."
Baldwin say, "and thla ia neither
fair for pupils aor teachers, because
they cannot possibly do their , best
work." . . ' '; '
CHINESE LOTTERY AGENTS
ARRESTED IN PORTLAND
Portland, Jan. 8. Chinese lottery
agents were placed under aurvell
lance by police today In aa effort
to locate the murderer ot Lew Sua,
tailor, beaten to death In his shop.
Lew waa evidently attacked with a
gas pipe club, His skull was Shush
ed. .Scattered around the corpse were
many lottery tickets, soma represent
ing' heavy winnings, i i. .
; Detectives . believe the man - was
ktlle after having made a olean-up.
LANSING ASKS GERARD s
, FOR COPY OF BERLIN SPEECH
Washington, Jan. 8, The state de
partment today cabled Ambattador
Gerard at Berlin requesting a copy ot
the epeech he la aald to have made
at the banquet ot the American As
sociation ot Commerce and Trad at
Berlin last Saturday night. , ;
JOSH'S
MO
NEW GRAND ' JURORS' DBAWt,
f BUT BOOT ADJOURNS TO
APRIL 2ND
Admlaltrator of Eetaie of Um Wh
.' waa- KKM by Traaa Tear
p.. Ag Bring Acttoax .:
Tha first business before tha cir-t .
cult court which convened this morn
ing for a jury term waa ta ).
Uon of a new grand Jury which will "
n in charge of tha arobf aa Into tha .
co ad net of the eftiaen ot Joaephlaa "
county during the aext ate moatha.
The aevea petit Jnrora whoa aamaa;
were arawa ware A. B., Ragaa, Jos.
SehmHt J. C Dutches J. M. Sey
ferth. J. & McFaddea. F. 'A. Top- '
ping aad 81a Kaadorf. 1 There being'
ao buatuata to coma before the body
at thla time, the jury stood adjocra
ed i April lad-.v:'-.;; '
The 'flrat cas to be called, upoa "
the docket waar that In which tha "
Southern PadfUs Railroad company -la
being sued for damage for tha
killing of C. F. Dillon, who lost all
lif when hbr aatocnobUa wai strcck
by a trala at a crossing near Hugo"
a year ago. Tha actioa la broagbt ;
by E. E. Blaachard aa adminlrtra- '
tor for the Dillon ertate. The lurr j
to bear thla case was aot completed -
till a late hour thla afternoon. ,
Floyd Overstreet who had beea '
held In the county Jail for some time
upon a charge of perjury, aa Jndlet- -
meat having beea returned by tho
grand Jury, wa arraigned before
Judge Calkin and entered a plea of ,
guilty. It waa charged that Over-,
street had made false affidavit as to
his ago whea he had Honor ahlxmed
Into the city, h not yet being of
age. He will be sentenced tomor
row.. '' ' . ' ; .;. "... . ' ....
3910fuO!i:;Ll:
TAil
luuiO
Berlin, via Sayvtlle,' Jaat 8. Foe-
saal waa captured by tha' Qermaaa
yeateray, with 8.810 prlaoaara, to- ,
day's German offldal statement aald.
; Forcing back of Roumanian force
from the atrongly fortified " mala
pass ot (Mgr Odobest to Pataa aaV "
storming In bandto-haad ' flghtiac '
of enemy potlUona south of MHcora,
waa reported.
'!Ptishing beyond we gave' tha ana-'.
my ao time" to settle in second line1 '
positions on the canal between Foe-'' '
aaat and Yareetea,'" the' atatameat
continued. . 'This position was plero-
ed and pressing farther, wa croaaad
the road ifrom Fooanst to Boloteatl.
'This morning (January T) Foo-
sanl was captured. From tha coa
quered fortification we took 8,818
prisoner,, three heavy cannon aad
several machine guns."
1 Focsant lies nearly 100 mile north
ot Bucharest. It Is aa Important
strateglo point attnated exactly mid-'
way between Hungary and Russia In
the narrowest part of the neck which
connects Roumaaia with the northern
province of Moldavia, Roumaaia. The
city la nearly 80 miles northwest of
Bralla, recently captured by tha G
mans, and which la their northern-;
most point on the Danube, I '.. -
Don Jolly arrived thla morning
from Montague, where he hat beea '
spending the patt tew months. He '
will leave tonight" for. Portland.' '
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