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K.M'K TO THE FAMILY
bwoop Ijow to lni Wreath of
laurel la Klnia of Konnrr I'n
IdnutV Munition
Oyster llay, Juu. 7. Mrs. Theo
lore Roosevelt received during the
night cablegram of yiupatby from
1'rosldent WIIhou, dated at Modaoe,
on the Franco-Italian frontier. The
mcmuite read:
'Tray accept my heartfelt aym
jtathy on the death of your dlstlngu
iahed husband, news o( which has
shocked me very much."
Oyiter Bay, Jan. 7. National
memorial services for Theodore
Itooeevelt may be held la New York
or Washington sometime after the
funeral. Captain Archibald Roose
vslt Intimated today In discussing
the request thai national honors be
acrorded the former president to
morrow. Over 500 telegrams and cable
grams came to Mrs. Roosevelt dur
ing the night, from private rltUens,
'Rough Riders, ambassadors, mlnls
t tfrs. congressmen and women.
High In the air over Sagamore
Hill army airplanes maintained a
ceaseless vigil, occasionally swoop
ing earthward to drop wreaths of
laurel among the elms near the man
sion. Obsoqules will be almost ol
Spartan simplicity, by Mrs. Roose
velt's wish. ,
Tarls, Jan. 7. President Wilson
signed a proclamation today, closing
government offices In America on
the day of Roojovelt's funeral, and
ordering the American flag at halt
mast all over the world.
MEXICAN DEVILS ROB
AND KILL PASSENGERS
Vera Crus, Mex., Jan. 7. More
than one hundred doatliB, uccordlng
to unofficial estimates, resulted from
tho latest attack by rebels on a Mex
ican railway paKBongor train from
the capital to Vera Crua. Tho rebels
wrecked the exploring train, ' carry
ing an escort of, 80 soldiers, but the
passenger train, which was follow
ing, was warned soon enough to
back out of dangor to Caniaron,
nenr which station tho attack was
staged.
Reinforcements drovo away the
rebels but ouly after 30 federal sol
diers, eight women camp followers
and other unidentified persons had
fceen killed. Seventy rebels are said
to have fallen.
85 PER CENT RECOVER
S
Washington, Jan. 7. Of 71,114
"wounded and Injured cases tabulated
In America's expeditionary hospitals,
between January 15 and October 15
, 1 ot last year, over 85 per cent re
covered and returned to duty. The
percentage ol deaths was S.8.
Will lie IltKlimM'oMrml Mobile
l-iuid ArtllliTy In World KH-lal
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Washington, Jan. 7. "The Amor
lean navy has duslgnod, built, and Is
now manning with bluejuckets spe
cially trained for land service,' the
largest and most high-powered mo
bile land artillery in the world," It
Is stated In the annual report of the
secretary of the navy recently Issued.
The type or gun referred to Is a
14-Inch calibre, hurls Its projectile
SO miles, and can be moved from
one end of Prance to the other, on
specially designed railway, cars on
which .the guns are permanently
mounted, as easily as can fluid ar
tillery. In comparing this type of gun
with the German long-range "freak"
guns which fired on Paris, the re
port says: "They (the German
guns) were built an permanent steel
and concrete foundations which
were eventually sought out by allied
aeroplanea and the guns subsequent
ly silenced. The shells were small
and specially built for long-range
flight. This tact reduced their mili
tary efficiency. The German long
range guns, while they had a certain
moral effect, were without great
practical military value. The Amer
ican naval guns fire projectiles ap
proximately seven times' heavier
than the sheila , the Germans used
against Parts." ..'
Other recent achievements of the
navy department, as shown by the
report, Include a special mine-loading
plant with a capacity of more
than 1.000 mines a day. This plant
has been established near York
town, Va. About 11,000 acres of
land was needed for the enterprise.
In Brooklyn the navy department
has built what Is said to be the larg
est concreto storehouse In existence.
The navy baa also Installed In An
napolis the greatest high-power ra
dio station In the world.
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Washington, Jan. 7. Opposition
to government ownership or opera
tion of the railroads at this time Is
expressed by the Interstate com
merce commission In a statemont to
the Benate interstate commerce copi
mlttoe, at a hearing on tho railway
legislation.
UKI OtONS SERVICE '
WILL UK 50XTINTK1
Chicago, Jan. 6. The Hod Cross
canteen Borvlce, both at homo and
abroad, will be maintained "until
every soldier Is home," according to
George F. Scott, goneral manager of
the American Rod Cross. Mr. Scott
was hore today conferring with Red
Cross workers.
WANTS DEATH PENALTY
FOR ALL PROFITEERS
Munich, Do. 7. The, discovery
yesterday ot a huge .hidden store of
clothing comprising 27,000 garments
lllogally held since April, 1915,
prompted the magistrate of Munich
to appeal to the ministry of foreign
affairs for a new protective law,
making profiteering punishable by
death. It was ascertained that from
time to Ime goods had boon taken
from this supply and sold at trom
two to six times their actual value.
The magistrate stated that unless
energetlo steps .be taken patience ot
the people would soon be exhausted.
ORAXTB PA88, JOSEl'HIJfE COUNTY. OREOO. Tt'KSDAr. JANUARY 7, 1910.
PEOPLE FEE
Spartacus Group Rally to Support of Dr.Licbknecht While
Rattle of Machine Guns Strikes Terror to Hearts of
Citizens Bolsheviki Revolution Said to be Fomenting
Copenhagen, Jan. 7. Berlin Is In
a state or complete anarch and civil
war has begun there, according to
the Munich correspondent or the Po
lltiken. All banks are barricaded and a
great number or the buildings are
In the hands or the Spartacus group.
Thousands of armed men and work
men of the Spartacus factions are
crowding the streets and tiring has
begun at several points. Today ma
chine gun fire could be beard in all
parta of the city.
Berlin, Jan. 7. The Spartacus
group haa engaged in a great dem
onstration against the government.
Tens of thousands of followers of
Dr. Liebknecht paraded Unter Den
Linden and In Brandonbergeratraase.
The government Intends trying to
storm the building of the police
guards and take possession of all the
machine guns, and cannon. .
Dr. Liebknecht is organising ' his
forces for a final fight. Hundreds
are fleeing from the city.
Copenhagen, Jan. 7. Adolf Joffe
and M. Radek, leaders of the Bol
shevik mission to Germany, are In
Berlin assisting Dr. Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg In fomenting the
Bolshevikl revolution. The inde
pendent socialists, whose leaders
were dismissed from the government
are reported to have gone over to
the Spartacus group.
TOO ITALIANS IN
RIVALS TALES
Home, Dec. 15. (Correspondence
of the Associated iPrera). It was by
swimming into .Pola harbor and
steering two small submarine mo
tors towing bombs that two Italian
naval officers destroyed the Austrian
dreadnaught Viribus Unitts just be
fore the Btgnlng of the armistice be
tween Italy and Austria. The swim
mers were In the water nine hours
and had to penetrate four 'barriers
across the harbor entrance, two of
which were composed of steel sub
marine nets. After they had at
tached their bomb to the side of the
dreadnaught, they were captured
and taken on board the vessel' nnd
wore there when the warship was
blown up.
They escaped without Injury and
have returned to Rome to tell ot
their exploit which is characterized
as one of the most daring and suc
cessful In the history of naval war
fare. Only the fact that the VlrlbuB
Unltls had been destroyed by Ital
ian naval forces previously had been
made known, but now the details
have been given out by the Italian
admiralty.
The officers who thus sent to the
bottom a 20,0,00-ton ship, one of the
most powerful- in the Austrian navy,
were Lieutenant Raffaele Paoluccl
and 'Major 'Raffaele Rossettt. The
attack was delivered on the morn
ing of November 1, 1918.
Tir-tow the bombs into Pola har
bor, the two Italians Invented small
compressed air motors to which
were attached bombs. For. six
months the two naval men practiced
In long distance swimming. The
Italian admiralty gave them the use
of a motor boat..
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ItrutoUty of Bolsheviks
Warsaw, Saturday, Jan. 4. The
names of Vllna, Lemberg and Kiev
are-being written in blood-red let
ters along the western frontier or
Russia, and scores of smaller cities
lying between the cities also are be
ing destroyed by the Bolshevikl. Ac
cording' to trustworthy reports
! adding the tortures of the dark
ages to the customary horrors of
Kuerniis wanare.
The Poles are making a gallant
defense of Lemberg with limited
means, but the Bolshevikl Ukrain
ians, aided by German guns and
German gunners, slowly are destroy
ing the city. The beselgers are es
timated to number 50,000.
Only a few ef the civilian popula
tion have been able to escape from
the city.
Polish troops are being aided In
the defense of the dry by many eit-
Uens of Lemberg, Including girls
and boys.
The archbishop' of Lemberg is
authority for the statement that
girls taken prisoners by the beselg
ers are outraged and tortured. The
archbishop says that the cruelties ot
the Bolshevikl have no parallel in
modern history. "
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, is
rapidly getting into the hands ot the
Bolshiviki.
DARIWG FEAT THAT
IN ARABIAN NIGHTS
Reaching the harbor entrance at
nightfall, the two daring men start
ed on their expedition swimming be
side their little motors and steering
them. To escape detection by sets
tries on a wooden pier across .the
harbor mouth, Paoluccl and Rossetti
had hats shaped like bottles, and the
sentry saw nothing but a couple ot
bottles tossed about by the waves.
When his back' was turned they ad
vanced and safely passed the first
barrier.
After infinite labor they fought
their way through the steel nets and
the Austrian fleet lay before them.
Reaching the aide ot the Viribus
Unitis, they attached the bomb to her
hull beneath the ladder which led
to her deck and timed the bomb to
explode at 6:30 a. m.
By this time they were exhausted,
having been in the water more than
nine hours. As they were leaving,
they were discovered and taken on
board the dreadnaught. At first
they refused to answer the questions
asked them by Admiral Voucovlch.
At 6:15, however, they told the ad
miral what they had done and he
I pave the order to abandon ship. Pao
luccl asked the admiral If he and his
friends might also try to save them
selves and he shook hands, saying,
"You are brave men and deserve to
live." Thnv nlnntreri tntn h
j and swam away, but ten minutes
later the admiral began to suspect
the bomb story and sent a launch to
bring them back. They were made
to walk up the ladder under which
they had set the bomb which was
due to explode in two minutes. The
(Oestlsaed em sags I.)
There Are at Present 81 Dry States,
Temperance Makes Gain Dar
ing tbe Year 1918
Washington, Jan. 7. A survey of
the wet and dry situation throagh
out the country just completed by
the Methodist Board of Temperance
sbows that there are 2,546 dry coun
ties and 851 wet counties. This is
a dry gain for the year 1818 of 460
counties. During the year the drys
won statewide victories in Ohio.
Florida, Wyoming and Nevada, with
a recount pending In Minnesota.
They were defeated In Missouri and
California, but elected ratification
legislatures In both states. There
are at present 81 dry states, not in
cluding Texas, where a state wide
prohibition law was held by the
state supreme court to be. contrary
to the constitutional provision tor
local option. At present, opening of
saloons in that state Is Being pre
vented by injunctions and refusal of
the comptroller to grant licenses.
The probability Is that the federal
constitutional prohibition amend
ment will be ratified before Febru
ary 1, 1919. Fifteen states have al
ready approved the amendment.
LEAD IN INTELLIGENCE
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Jan. 7. The level of intelligence of
the men of the Far West ia higher
than that of men of any other sec
tion ot the United States, In the
opinion of Captain R. H. Wheeler,
who returned yesterday to resume
his duties as professor of psychology
at the university. Cptaln Wheeler
has been conducting psychological
tests for 1C months at various army
training camps and in this time had
examined thousands of men from all
parts ot the United States. He says
that the northeast ranks next to the
Far West, the Middle West follows,
and the Southeast is the lowest in
the intelligence of its men.
A good education does not neces
sarily mean that a man will rank
high in the mental tests, says Dr.
Wheeler, for he has found that some
men who have not completed even
grammar school rank higher In the
tests than some college graduates.
BIG STRIKE CALLED
AT MARSHFIELD YARDS
. Marshtteld; Jan. 7. Seven hun
dred wooden shipyard .workers in
the two yards here today walked out,
as a result, of the refusal ot the
yards to unionize completely.
GERMANY PREPARES TO
UWU
Berlin, Dec. 4. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press). Forty
million voters, men and women,
must be registered for the election
ot a national assembly In Germany
on January- 19, It is estimated by
Professor Hugo Preuss, minister of
the. interior. In the last relchstag
election the voters, all male, num
bered only 14,000,000, he says.
They were scattered over 897 elec
tion districts. The new election bill
provides for only 88 such, districts
for the whole country which, Profes
sor Preuss adds, means more than
a million voters in each district. '
WHOLE NUMBER 885.
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WITH BLACKENED FACES HOLD
IT ARMY BANK, BUT ALL
MOXEY IS RECOVERED
MILITARY POLICE ON THE JOB
After Swift Chase Through the
. Woods Two Are Captured, Bat
Third Man Makes Getaway
Taooma, Jan. 7. Three men,
roughly dressed and with their faces
blackened, held np an army bank at .
Green Park, In Camp Lewis canton
ment, at 11 o'clock today and took
$1,000. They attempted to escape
through the woods, but a squad of
military police, after a battle, cap
tured two of the men, one escaping.
All the money was recovered.
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UVS FOR AIR SERVICE
London, Jan. 7. There will lie no
passenger or commercial airplane
service from England to any other
country until complete plans are
formulated for regulating; and con
trolling air. traffic, says an official
of the British air ministry. That
will he a task, he said, fraught with
enormous difficulties.
"To begin with," he pointed oat.
"there are - no laws of the air at
present, and to bring the air into
the commercial sphere without laws
would produce chaos. There would
be immediate trouble with the cus
toms authorities ot all nations. Ade
quate legislation will have to be
framed to prevent contraband mer
chandise being carried through the
air from one country to another.
"There will have to be a system
of air customs, and that in ttselt
presents many problems. Then.
again, the unauthorized carrying of
letters would bring In the postal au
thorities. .
"To police the air presents other
difficulties. Try to imagine an of
fender scudding away from an air
policeman, whose machine may be
the slower of the two, and hiding
behind a cloud until everything was
clear.
"It's a new world, and we's got
to make proper arrangements for
It."
W1CKERSHAM WINS
SEAT OVER SULZER
Washington, Jan. 7. The house
today voted 204 to 64 to seat Wlck-
ersham, republican, as Alaskan dele
gate, In place ot Sulzer, democrat.
London, Jan. 7. The British gov-
ernment has not the slightest Inten
tion of sending any more troops to
Russia, It Is announced here. Not
over 20,000 British troops are now
In Russia, some ot whom are non
combatant, and these are being re
turned. '