MM ,v, L'nlvernlty ot 'Org. Library. DAILY EDITION VOL. IX, No. 5H. GRANT PAM, KWEPHHOD OODflTT, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER S, 1918. WHOLE NUMBER 2529. UABCOB Ern 4 1-001 if' rr .. CHROME IN . ARE IN HANDS OF RECEIVER JUDGE CALK1NH SAYS TANGLED- . AFFAIRS OP IIARTON AND ItOWKX N KKD A DJU8TI NO ' EXPECT APPOINTMENT TODAY Itowrn Accuse Partner of IterehinK 50,000 In Halo and Keeping the Money Judge Calkins, last Friday and Saturday, at Jacksonville, listened v to the testimony produced by the parties In the raae of R. J. Itowen a. George 8. Ilarton and Harold E. Barton, upon a motion for the ap pointment of a receiver to take charge of the chrome Interest! ' of tooth of these parties under an al lefcod partnership. a In Mr. Rowen's complaint against these defendants, ho states that a partnership arrangement was enter ed Into In 1(17, whereby under the terms of It, all properties acquired by either were to come within the scope- of their partnership arrange ment, and that they were to divide profits and losses upon the basis of 60-GO. lie alleges that George 8. Ilarton received $50,000 from the California Chrome Company as first payment on the Gordon Moun tain property In Del Norte county, California, and that Mr. Ilarton kepi thl money and refused to account to him under hla agreement. Upon theso allegations, testimony wan taken at Jacksonville and upon Its conclusion the court announced his decision to appoint a receiver to take charge of the partnership affairs, the plaintiff having shown prima facie case. No one has yet been dnslgnated by the court as receiver. The properties Involved In this lit igation are among the largest on the Pacific coast, 'being the Gordon Mountain, Sexton Mountain, Hot Dog, .Waldo and others. The court room was crowded, as cfirome men from all ovor the coun try are Interested In the case. FOR THE GOLD FIELDS Marahtleld, Ore., Doc, 2. Seattle Sa holding something under her hat, according to news which Is current on Coos Bay and developed within the past few days. A short Item was printed recently stating that "4,000 shipyard slack er had' deserted, now the' war Is over, and there is shortage of help In the yards." This Item refer red to the yards at Seattle. Infor mation here is that the "slackers" are In the majority, 'preparing tor a big iboora on the Siberian eastern coast, 'where rumors of rich gold dis coveries are rife. It is claimed iby persons coming here from Seattle that number of firms are being established on the Bound for the purpose of exploiting the gold diggings and of going Into the vast salmon fisheries on the Si berian coast to open canneries and packing plants. ,, , Puget Sound people who ; have been here In the past week, recom mending shipwrights to seek employ ' ment with the new rush, declare that fabulous salaries are being offered skilled mechanics who can construct barges and hare knowledge of sal mon fishing and construction' of building. . y i'-'k;:.;-: -t (- i-'-v- PERSUING STATES YIMWS TIiono IU-tui-tiJni( From ' German Vrimm Poorly Fed and 1 limited, . Many Are Slightly IU Washington, Doc. J. General rshlng report that Amorlcah pris- oners released from Germany com plain of poor and scanty food, and bad housing. Most of them are suf fering from slight colds, but there are no evidences of discrimination against the Americans. KIKTAINS DKMUKUEH AND, QUASHES INDICTMENTS . 4 , Tuscon. Aril.. Dec. 2 Judira William Morrow, of San Fran- cIsco, sustained tho demurrer anl auashed tho Indictments in the Blsbee deportation cases 4 In a decision today. E New York.Dec. 1, Sunday. The British steamship Mauretanla. re turning to the United. States with the first large body of American overseas troops, anchored In Grave end Bay at 7:40 o'clock tonight. She was met 1y navy and army tugs. She will probably remain at her anchor age until early tomorrow morning. when she 1s expected to dock at Ho- boken. The navy tugs, it was renorted. had been ordered to meet the Maure tanla to bring ashore Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, who was returning from Eng land as a passenger. The army tug, it was said, had orders ' to bring ashore an army officer of high rank. Aboard the 'Mauretanla. as an nouncod recently by General March chief of staff, are several thousand members of .the air service, who were stationed In England. The ship also carried a number of casuals. UNUSUAL AITO AtTIDKNT MAY PROVE TO IIR FATAL T. L. Dean, of Mllllngton, was near fatally Injured Wednesday when tire exploded, the steel rim striking him across the forehead, crushing hi skull. Mr. Dean was rushed to the hospital where an operation probably saved hla life. Mr. Dean had Just completed inflating the tire and was attempting to fasten the serew top to the valve when the ac cldent happened. Being in a crouch ed position the rim struck him squarely across the forehead. Coos Bay Herald. ' NEW HEAD OF MORMON CIU'ROH IS SELECTED Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 2. Herber J. Grant was Saturday unanl moii8ly sustained as president of the Mormon church, to succeed the late Joseph P. Smith, at a meeting of the council of the 12 apostles. 1 70,000 GERMANSTO BE Copenhagen, Dec. J.r-Tbe . Hun garian government has decided to Intern the whole pf i Field Marshal Mankensen's army of 170,000' men, in accordance with the demand of the French government,' It la 'report ed from Budanest, by way of Berlin. Von Maokensen har declared he would yield UMAaaeclilon, SAYS IT S HIS DUTY TO BE PRESENT AICONFERENCE To Keep ia Close Touch With Cable "No Private Thought or Purpose" Applause Limited to The Democratic Side of House' Washington, Dec. 2. The house galleries were packed long before o'clock, when the president was scheduled to address the Joint ses sion of congress. The president formally announced to congress his Intention to go to the peace conference, saying that the allies accepted the principles enunci ated by him sad that it Is his para mount duty to be present. The president said he would bs in close touch with Washington by cable and wireless and that congress would know what be does on the other side of the ocean. He express ed hope that he would have the co operation of the public and congress as constant advice and counsel would be possible. Much of the president' address was devoted to the railroad problem. tor which the president said he had no solution to offer and recommend' ed a careful studyof the matter by congress, saying that it -would De a disservice to the country and the railroads to permit them to return to the old conditions under private management, without modifications. President Wilson said be was ready to release the railroads from government control whenever a sat isfactory plan of adjustment is worked out, anl that he hoped to see a formal declaration of peace by treaty "by the time spring comes. The president again appealed for the woman suffrage amendment. The president also endorsed the FIST ON POSTAL CO. New York, Dec. 2. Postmaster General Burleson dismissed .from the government service, Edward Reyn olds, vice president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph company, and A. B. Richards, gen eral superintendent of the com pany's Paclflo Coast division, for al leged Insubordination against the government's plans to amalgamate the Postal Telegraph company with the Western Union. HISTOBY AND CONTROL OF POCKET GOPHER GIVEN A fund of interesting Information London, Dec. 2. A plot to restore Imperialism and to secure the re turn of Emperor William has been discovered In Berlin, according to an Amsterdam dispatch. Field Mar shal von Mackensen, - General ' von Bern and General von Arntm are the chief men' behind the plot. -. Large sums of money have ibeen placed at the disposal of the leaders by the, munition makers. The plot collapsed because a secret service agent overheard a telephone, conver sation. ''; ' i . . v: Many arrests have been made. The government ha a long list of sus PLOT TO RETURN KAISER FOILED BY SECRET AGENT Congress by Wireless and new three-year naval building pro gram because he said It would be unwise to attempt to adjust the Am erican program to the future world policy,, which Is as yet vndetermln ed. 'He paid tribute to the people's conduct In the war, speaking par ticularly of the women' work. ' He said he had "no private thought or purpose" In going to France, but re garded It his highest duty to "play my full part In making good what the American soldier offered their life' blood to obtain." . President Wilson said that no definite program of reconstruction can be outlined now and honed that congress would not object to con ferring with the war trade board or other agencies the right of fixing ex port priorities to assure the ship ment of food to the starving people abroad. He endorsed the plan for Ting H.OeO.000,000 tax next year and notifying the "public- "that the 1920 levy wtU he 14,000.000, 000. The president left the chamber amid applause limited to the demo cratic side of the house. The president urged the senate to act favorably Immediately on the un ratified treaty of friendship and ad justment with Colombia, and urged that the development of public works be resumed promptly to provide work for the returned soldiers. He also called attention to Secretary Lane's plans tor the reclamation of arid, swamp and cut-over lands. on the life' history and control of the pocket gopher in the Willamette valley Is given In a new; experiment station t bulletin just Issued by the Oregon Agricultural college tor tree distribution. How the little pest builds his home, rears his family, forages and feeds, and can be pois oned and trapped by taking advant age of his habits, was discovered by. the author, Howard M. Wight, now at the late battle front The bulle tin reads like a story book In the descriptive parts. Send for free copy. CROSS INTO GERMANY - " ' Paris, Dee. 2. The allies have crossed the German fron- tier. Yesterday the Americans reached Ragden Saarholzbach. pects. There Is no direct evidence that William Hoheniollern was con nected with the plot, but it is be lieved that the outline of. the plot was brought from Berlin by two of his suite, who went ostensibly to tako his wife to Holland! , The plan, wa to organise a pro visional , government under von Maokensen, then urge the kaiser to return. The whole Prussian 'court was in sympathy with the movement. Von Htndenburg refused to Join, say ing that he wanted to retire, It la reported.,-. ,;-,;I,. ';., ( BOLSHEVIKS GET (111 AROUSED Steal Document lie longing to Swit zerland, Whose Interest Are Protected by Norway London, Dec. 2. The ' Bolshevlk 1st entered the Norwegian legation at Petrograd and , removed docu ment belonging to Switzerland, whose Interests are under protection of Norway, according to a Copenha gen dispatch. The Norway minister protested vainly. The newspapers are de manding that Norway break rela tions with the Soviet government. ' KINO NICK TURNED DOWN London, Oec 2. King Nich olas, of Montenegro, has been deposed by the national assem bly, according to a report re ceived here. LAIRD IS INDICTED FOR Portland, Dec. J. Second degTee murder and highway robbery were officially charged against John Cyril Liard, alleged murderer of Deputy Sheriff Twombly, In two indictments reported Saturday to Presiding Judge Tucker by the Multnomah county grand jury. Judge Tucker refused the prisoner ball In any amount on the murder charge and set 10,000 as bail on the robbery charge. The Indictment accuses the young ex-convlct of killing Deputy Sheriff Twombly on the night of November 19. The robbery indictment charges him with holding up C. G. Herman, toll-taker on the Interstate bridge and robbing him of $123. Immedi ately after tho Indictment were re ported to the court, Liard was re moved from the police station to the county jail. , TAKE PRESIDENT ABROAD New York, Dec. 2. The American transport George Washington, select ed by President Wilson to convey to Europe himself and other members of the American delegation to the peace conference, will be convoyed by the battleship Pennsylvania and a fleet of five fast destroyers.. The George Washington Is lying at her pier In Hoboken in readiness to sail on her history making trip' at a mo ment's notice. t . To . Rear Admiral Gleaves,' com mander of the cruiser and transport 'orce of the Atlantic fleet, fell the honor of providing ifor the presiden tial ship. ' TOMATOES TELL PLANT SECRET Tomato plants hy searching In vestigations have been made. to tell some of the secrets of crop growth and yield most valuable to the farm er. 'The balance between nitrates and - carbohydrates beat suited to steady growth of the plant and its production of fruit and seed of good quality, has been disclosed. How this new knowledge was obtained has been explained in a new G. A. 0. ex perlment station bulletin, . Wegeta tlon and reproduction '.with special reference to the tomato," by Dr. E J. Krause and H.: R.. Kraybm. , ., A careful study of It will make a bet ter farmer of any progressive farm er. " Send for free copy. ' ' ' ' UMMlrlS ASKS A COMMITTEE FROM SENATE PROPOSED THAT FOUR DEMO CRATS AND FOUR REPUBLI CANS GO TO FRANCE CONGRESSMEN USE PEEVED Rodenbarg Asks That Vice President Administer Duties of Wilson , WTille Latter Is Abroad Washington, Dec ... 2. Senator - Cummin today Introduced a resolu tion proposing that the senate send committee of four democrat and - tour republican to Franc for the .. conference, to keep the senate In formed on. the Questions arising there. . Representative Rodenburg, of Il linois, republican. Introduced a joint resolution, proposing that congress declare the president's trip const!- ' tote Inability to discharge the du- . ties of his office, and that Tie Pre- , ldent Marshall act as prestdent while . President Wilson is away. MIKE MALONEY ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL . At 1 o'clock today Constable Good man arrested M. C. Maloney, editor of the Marshfleld Times, on Informs- . tlon sworn to by County Commission er Archie Philip, charging him with ' criminal libel, the result of an ar ticle published In the Times on No vember 23rd. The action has created quite ' a- sensation in Marshfleld and the out come will be watched with interest. Coos Bay Herald. AGAIN OFFER SERVICES Washington, Dec. 2. Conditions arising from the war have drawn great numbers of teachers from the public schools, colleges and univer sities. Unless their places can be ' supplied by others whose education and experience tit them tor teaching, but who for one reason or another have recently withdrawn from school work, the children and youth of the entire country must suffer an Irre parable loss. This shortage of capable teachers. especially acute in some districts and in certain lines of education, is es timated by' the bureau of education at 50,000 for the various schools and Institutions of higher education in the United States. It is the patrio tic duty of all who can temporarily return to the ranks of teaching, to offer their services and to notify the school board service division of the bureau of education, Washington, D. C, of the offer. Often wives of soldiers and others in government service could return to teaching in grades of school work in which they have had recent ex perience. Former teachers of chem istry, manual training and the like now engaged In other work not so vital to public needs, might again - ' e up teaching tor a time. Minis- . ters and others who were once teach ers might serve a neighboring high school on half time until war de mands are relaxed. ' ' ' .' School boards, city superinten dents and other school authorities should seek out such persons . and prevail upon those of especial fitness come back Into the profession at least temporarily. ... -"v v . (Signed) WOODROW WILSON