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; rolversUyotOre.Unr DAILY EDITION BANK ROBBER DAVIS CAUGHT Si FRANCISCO 1 "OUT LAND YOUTH IS TAKEN Will US ENTERING NEWLY PUICIIAMKI) ('All IN UMw MjuIo Ily Mrs. IxU lUIdwin, Portland Police Woman, Now Hngaipxl In War Work Baa Francisco, Dec. 17. Halted by Mra. Lola Baldwin, Portland, Or, tmllcewoinan, Juat a ha was Juki about to atep Into bla lluiotulne, Ar thur C. Davit, Portland bank robber, who left with about $20,000 In cash and liberty bonds stolen from an tiuatslde bank three weeks ago, waa Treated. Davla hud ovor $3,000 on Ms person when taken In custody. Mra. Baldwin has been In Ban Vranrlsco for the past month doing war work and recognized Davis from descriptions furnished her. A re ward of 1500 Is posted for the cap ture of Davis. UP OCCUPATION ARf Washington. Dec. IT. The iM division (National army Xo-rrnoa) provloriHly assigned thy' Genera! i cr adling for early convoy homo, in to e kept In Europe, the w;tr depart ment announced today. The change In plans Is V"-vd to be due to the selectljn or trls divi sion as a reserve unit to reinforce the army of occupation. kahm mxxmn noons now HEADY FOlt DELIVERY Oregon Agricultural Collwgo, Cor- vallls, Dec. 17. farm rocortl books, for 3000 of llio 1 0,00 J Oregon fnrm era expected by the Oregon bankers iq Keep rnrm rccorda, next year aroj . . now off tho press nml ready for dls-l Copenhagen, ,lcc. 17. General trlbtitlnn through the county ngents. Von Mackenscn, commander of the Tho record book-was rHlRned by Its German forces In Roumanla, has author. It. V. tiunn, farm manage- been Interned by the Hungarian kov invnt demonstrator nt the college ornmont ut the request of the allies, Jo meet Oregon farm conditions. It Is reported. ALL THOSE DOWN AND OUT NOT HOBOS -THAIS POLICE FOR THEIR KINDNESS As evldeneo that Is Is not always an act of Justice, for officers cf the law to grab every transient who looks like he might bo first cousin to a hobo and especially boys j an u iui uiem in wio strong uox lor nafo koeplng, Is evidenced by the following lottor frqm Portlnnd, re ceived by Chief of Police Mcl.ano of this city: t "This Is to Inform you that John Arrived yesterday morning and' to state that we were greatly surprised at John's condition, not knowing anything of his "hobo" acquirements and never thought that he would attempt such exploits. . But boys will foe 'boys and we may look for many things to happen. "His foster mother and mint, a'so my wife and another aunt, with mo to express their deep appreciation to you for your kindness to him Jso please express to the doctor John, does not seem to remember I Is name our appreciation. "From what . John tell us. !t It seems that you Grants Past peo ple have "the milk of human kind ness", wonderfully developed, and would atate that while he is quite lame he seems to be improving. He NO PEACE PARLEY UNTIL AFTER 1ST PiwMidont Wilson WU1 Spend Inter vratlng Tlrue In IWwomln Acquainted Paris, Dec. 17. After conferences today President Wilson understands fully why the peace conference can not get under way before the first of the year. Getting the American and other missions settled in offices la a tremendous Job. The president will apend a part of the Intervening time in .getting acquainted with the men with whom he la to deal, as he believes there are plain things to be said, and antagonism to be avoided. YOUNG TURK OFFICIALS POST AltMEI) GUARD8 Athens, Dec. 17. The situation In Bmyra la becoming critical. The young Turk officials have posted armed bands In the towns and these have been bombarded by allied fleots. GOVERNMENT WANTS E! London, Dec. 17. Premier Ebert declared today In an interview at Berlin that he did not know of any logal method by which William Hohenzollern'a surrender could be forced. He said the present govern ments wants the ex-kalser exxposed. niO STOCK FOlt MASK MALL 1HHGILSK9 UNEARTHED London,' Deo. 17. An Inventory of former Emperor William's private belongings has led to the discovery of the famous Imperial wardrobe. In cluding 698 German and foreign military and naval uniforms, accord ing to the Boerscn Zeltung of Ber lin. Several thousand horses In sta ples formerly belonging to Herr luiiviiftuuurii uuve uvea conuscaiea. EN Is now my pal and we are gln? to work together for our mutual bene fit." The above loiter Is from K. 1,. Price, and he refers tn h nonVmu ------- . r" " John Jleston, who, with another 14 year old boy of Portland, stopped In Grants Patig recently on ' their way north from California. The bovs had boarded a box car In the Golden State, were locked tn unintention ally by a brakeman, and for two days and nights had nothing to eat nor drink. When they arrived In this city they , were about Vail in" and Jn forlorn hopes. The letter of appreciation written by tho boy's uncle eholtid be a guide, a "hunch" as It were, to all officers of the law In every city to use a little more discretion in handling transients, for, "somewhere" that hoy who ,1s temporarily "down and out" has a mother and .relatives who are wondering where their boy "wander ing boy" is if he Is well and hap py, or ill, or in Jail. . All men and boys who look 'down and out" are not hoboes, but are often made such by harsh, relentless treatment. , INTERNED IN ROUMANIA QUANTS PABfl, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OnEOON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1918. BUN BOYS AND GIRLS PARADE DEMANDING VOTE Demand That Corporal Punishment Be Abolished and that Premier Ebert Be Removed-Juvenile Strike Threatened Berlin, Dec. 17. The central con gress of delegatea of soldiers and worklngmen'a councils from many parts of Germany Is opened today. There are three women among the 4 CO delegatea. During the organization of the congress It became evident that the ndependent socialists and the' 8par- tacua group, were greatly outnum bered. None of the Important posts , In the congress were given to the dele gates from Berlin. The 8partaeus group made a futile attempt to in timidate the congress. Llebknecbt entered and made a speech from a WIRES FLASHED QUICK 'London, Nov. JO. (Special cor respondence.) It required only six minutes to inform the BrItHh Urn England was at war on the night of August 4, 1914, says Lord Har- court, who was then colonial secre tary. . "On that unforgettable nlEht." he said to the Empire Parliamentary Association, "I was In the cabinet room, Downing street, with a tew colleagues; our thoughts on one subject only; but there was a feeble effort to direct our conver sation to other matters. Wa were waiting for a reply, which we knew full well would never come, to our ultimatum to Berlin. "When Big Ben struck 11:30 midnight in Berlin we left the room knowing that the .British Empire was at war. "I crossed to the colonlil office to send a war telegram to the whok of the British Empire. I uskod ibe official In charge of that dutv how long It would take. He said 'about six minutes.' "I asked him to return to my room when he had done his work. In seven minutes he was back and be fore morning I received Hn acknow ledgement of my toleKram from ev ery single colonial protectorate, and even Islet. In the Pacific. "So the grim machlnerv of war bognn revolving In perfect order and with perfect preparation be cause, more than two years previous ly, an Individual wnrbook hnd. been prepared by the colonial committee of defense for every single protector ate and Island. It was at that mo ment locked In th8afos of each gov ernor or commissioner and they knew at once what to do." DISSOLVE ALL DRAFT Annapolis, Md., Dec. 17. Local and district draft boards will be dis solved at the end of the present month, Secretary Baker said la an address today at the governors' con ference here. After that time, how ever, .they will maintain an Informal organization to jasaist employment bureaus in placing returning soldiers in Industry. FINLAND FREED OF HUNS Washington, Dec. ,17. The last German troops leave Finland today under the command of officers of high rank, according to an official dispatch from Stockholm. window. A contest Is expected when the question of summoning the national assembly comes up. 8everal hundred boys and girls paraded the streets to the reichatag buildings, carrying red flags, and demanded votes for persona 18 years of age, abolition 'of corporal punish ment In schools and participation by children In school administration. The youthful orators demanded the removal of Premier Ebert and Philip Scheidemann, and threatened a Ju venile strike throughout Germany It their demands were not immed iately accepted. E SPENDING GASSED COIN Paris, Nov. 21. (Special corres pondence) Gassed monev has made its way to Paris to be spent since tne small townspeople refuse to take It in trade. A Youna- Men's Christ ian Association secretary In a village protested when an aged woman store Keeper refused the jet-black onln he offered, briefly explaining "no gooa." "But," explained the Red Trian gle man, "these coins are perfectly good. They were new and shiny when I put them in my pocket. I have been through a gas attack and the fumes have turned them black. See " And he took out his knife and scraped until the bright metal was revealed. "Non," replied the madam, still unconvinced. "Ceq'est pas bon." And she went on to explain that af ter a coin had been gassed, she did not want to have anything to do with it. "Finally the man who made the purchase was obliged to borrow enough from a fellow-worker to pay for what he had bought. ,ylt is bad enouuh to ko throueh the danger and discomfort of a gas attack without bavins perfectly good money ruined,"- mused the Y. M. C. A. man. 'This matter ought to be held against the Bodies when the final settlement comes. It is the worst of all their crimes." COOS BAY PEOPLE SEEK Washington, Dec 17. Hugh B MoLaln, postmaster of Marshfield, Oregon, and the representative of the port of Coos Bay, appeared today before the committee of rivers and. harbors In the Interest ot the im provement of the inner harber of that port. He appeared with Con gressman W..C. Hawley and aBked that the appropriation ot $130,000 asked tor this work be made. He said that the Coos Bay port had spent $600,000 on the port, and that it had gone the constitutional limit ot taking for harbor purposes and has spent praotlcally all the available funds. Mr. McLaln said that the harbor had silted up, and that to make deeper water available in the Inner harbor would require the mon ey from the fedral government for dredging out the silt. Mr. MoLaln re turns to Marshfield tonight. GERMANY HAD 25 MEXICABSTATIONS Marconi Vice President Claims Wire less Stations Were Under Con trol of the Enemy - Washington, Dec. 17. Over 25 wireless stations In Mexico were un der German control during the war. Edward Xally, vice president of the Marconi Wireless company of Am erica, told the house merchant ma rine committee today while testify ing in opposition to a bill proposing government monopoly of radio sta tions In the United Bute. . ADMIRAL CASTRO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL Lisbon, Dec. 17. Admiral Can- toy -Castro has been elected presi dent of Portugal, taking the piace of Dr. Bldlno Paes, assassinated on Saturday night. FIRED ON BY HUNS Zurich, Dec. 17. German sol dlers at Cracow are reported to have tired upon Russian prisoners who refused to wark, killing six and wounding seven. The incident oc curred since the signing of the arm istice with the allies, It is reported. ABE RCEF LOCATES OX RANCH NEAR KLAMATH Klamath Falls, Ore., 1 ec 19 Ate Ruef, of California, well kaWwn to the public, arrived in Klamath F; lis a few days ago to tnt. tor the fl'ft time; l is large, rancb, purchased by him several months age in tli- Swan Lake country, 14 miles from this cliy The property "onsists if 300 aur.'a rnd is one ot ei beat and .Iciest ran-? t-s in the dlstrut an ! I devoted to rtock raising. E Stockholm, Dec. 17. The English squadron bombarded the Bolshevik! positions along the southern coast of the Gulf ot Finland, it is reported here today. . , BELIEVES SIBERIA WORLD'S NE T GREAT Where Is the next "Land of Prom ise," the next Klondyke, the next El Dorado? U the question that is on many a tongue. AVlth the' changing ot the 'world's geography, the shifting of nations, all of which will precede the quick ly-following reconstruction period, many men. with venturesome spirits men who will brave many dan gers and who are not dotered - by distance are casting their eyes about for the next land ot oppor tunity! I While the Balkan states, whose natural wealth is said to be yet hardly touched, despite the oldness of that country, is receiving some consideration, Siberia seems to , be the cynosure of all eyes. It Is a coun try twice as large as the United States and as yet undeveloped. Its natural resources are many, while the recent announcement that much gold Is, toeing discovered there has given many an American the. fever to explore its vast domains. A tew local. men are interested In Siberia and the (Balkans, and one of these men, El. W. Allen, In response to an Inquiry, has Just received the fol lowing letter from the Seattle cham ber ot commerce: WHOLE, NUMBER 2512. IB TEAMS BUSy REPORTS ENCOURAGING. . AL THOUGH SOME COMMITTEES MEET REBUFFS ," FIFTEEN IN ONE CROWD REFUSE aty Workers Will Assist Outlying Districts Tomorrow In the Solicitation Work Workers, team captains and tha executive , committee of the Red Cross Christmas membership drive were all busy yesterday. The re ports which come In continue in the main to be favorable, although some teams have met with a slowness In responding to the call ot this high ly serviceable Institution. One man- solicited yesterday gave the response that his wife attended to such things. This mornin:. how ever, that moral executive common ly known as conscience, had been , working over nleht. and thl nm man came to headquarters and con fessed that he really had no wife, and handed over his dollar. In one business institution In this city two solicitors, after receiving the subscription of the proprietor, went into the back room where some 15 men were playing cards. After receiving several more or less dis courteous replies the committee left the place without securing a single subscription. . These' men will , ot course be visited by a more husky committee. i The out country work is slow on account of much sickness, but the drive will be thoroughly made. Some town workers will go out tomorrow to assist several of the outlying dis tricts. , . v.. ,i !,--., .. Remember, the solicitors are for your convenience, If you do not see any of them, bring your subscription ' to headquarters immeditely, as ' It is .hoped to close np the campaign early with' the us al 100 per cent . record. TOO MANY HOGS ARRIVING AT CHICAGO STOCK YARDS Chicago, Dec. 17. An embargo was placed today on fresh loadings of hogs for this city. The congested condition of the stock yards was given as the reason.' . ' - WILL BE SCENE OF "In reply to your letter of Decem ber 6, addressed to the .Seattle Star iuere can be no question but what an enormous development will take place in Siberia within the next ten years, bat there is considerable question as to Just when this devel opment will get under way and the general circumstances attached 1 to it : -. : , : "!At the present time Siberia Is be ing policed by the allied troops, the Czechoslovaks and volunteer troops organized by the Siberians. . That does not mean, however, that stable conditions prevail In Siberia. Such a condition cannot prevail until such time as the people ot Siberia organ ize a satisfactory democratic form ot government that they will admin ister themselves. "Because of the lack of education among the Russian people them selves, and particularly because , of the type ot sporadic leadership that seems to develop there, we are in clined to believe tbat stable conditi ons of government In Siberia ..may not be established for many months. In. tha, meantime, a sort of benevo lent protectorate will probably be established by the allies. ... DEVELOPMENT (Continued on page 2.)