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IT.lvwv.Hj ot Ore. Litrrr 'IPI 1 4 J i . .... ' VOl IX., No. HH. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARV 8, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 2539. PECEMBER WAS EXPENDITURES I .1 fit i I ".in' v I 'W-.lt .(.f ACTUAL .'AHTKIt (a, ASH HAYS MONEY HPKNT IjAWT MX MONTHS 18 HUGE HIM TWO BILLION IN DECEMBER j 'i mi t ' 1 11 r ,! .if'"- I 1 r-i)i I Ainrrlt-M Had IU-imJhmI Pink f Pro duction WIiimi ArmlMlco Was Hltpinl AHN'1 1U 11 kern ' GQLDMINEROBBER .:ri:: h It. V. IhAVHt, Who Hi'lped Itoli Mil Ihwncll Minn of $0,000 In Gold lt May, I In Jail Sun Krtui'Uco, Jan. K. Sucrelury t tli Treasury Curler Uluss In a tolegraui to Governor James K. lynch of the Federal Roaorve bunk today aimed thai the actual cash cjutno of tti.uoo.OOO.OQO apent . by tba government in the month of Ie oamber wu the hlghoat reached dur ing any mouth of the war. Actual money spent during the last . alx months ending December 31 exclud ing transaction In the public debt aa 110,632,000,000 according to the telegram. The December total la $40,000,000 leva than estimated from . flftiiret compiled by the . treasury- depart tnaot New Years day. nBarretary Olaaa followed 1 tht wtatemetit with an appeal to the baakr ot the country to oversub scribe the current issue of treasury certificates of indebtedness. "America had almost reached the peak of production of war material and auppllea at tha moment when the armistice was signed," declared the secretary of the treasury. "Her Mtlnted effort In men and matorial undoubtedly had decisive effort in brio-lug the war to an early con elusion. The bills are now pouring lav. which require the government to pay the price of this great effort. "We shall not shame ourselves In the eyes or our brave soldiers as tbey return from the battlefields of Frame by failure to support the credit of the country for which tbey were willing and ready to die. "The war is won, the vwar bill must be puld. The welfare and pros lierlty of this fair land of ours can only be preserved If the war expen ditures of the government now at their maximum are promptly and ungrudgingly provldod. "With entire confidence 1 call up on the bunkers of America to sub acrfho and oversubscribe the current Jshiiu of trcusiiry certificates und future Ihhuos which must be made bi-weekly In accordance with tbo Plan outlined In Secretary McAdoo's letter of November 27." It. W. DeWItt. who, with J. K. llowull, robbed the -Uoswell mine near Holland ot $8,000 In gold last May, has been captured and ia await Ing at Bait Lake City, the coming ot -Sheriff George Lewis of this coun ty. Sheriff Lewi will leave for Salt Uke City this evening after the prisoner. Howell Is still at large and hli whereabouts are unknown. - The robbing of the lioawell mine would make a first class Diamond Dick story. Mr. Jloswoll and his son, Itobert Jr., wore at their retort working when DeWItt and Howell, using handkerchiefs for masks,, sud denly closed In and with drawn guns ordered the Iloswella to throw up their hand. They tied thoir vic tims' to a tree and proceeded to se cure the $6,000 in gold, then after Joshing with their helpless victims. made a clean getaway. ' Robert Boswell Jr., baa since died In the sorvlce In France. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 8. Robert Wesley DeWItt, who haa been working for several weeks aa police man for the Oregon Short Line rail road,' has been arrested tor com plicity In the robbory of two miners near Oranta 'Pass, Ore., on April 19, hen $6,000 in gold bullion were stolen. DeWItt admitted hie part In the crime,' according to the deputy sheriff. ' - ' 1 POLKS PIT UP STIFF FIGHT NKAlt LKMIIKKG Warsaw, Jan. 8. Stiff fight ing continues around Imhorg, where tho Polos are defending themselves tenaciously against the Luthanlans. 132 DEATHS TO JANUARY 4 ON ARCHANGEL FRONT Washington, Jan. 8. Total deaths among the American expeditionary forces in Northern Russia to Janu ary 4 were given as six officers and 126 men, In a cablegram received at the war department today from Colonel James A. 'Ruggles, Ameri can military attache with Ambassa dor Frahcls at Archungol. T OFFICI BEGUN BY PRESIDENT Pari, Jan. '8. Informal confer nces with the entente statesmen to lay the groundwork for the peace conference will begin Thursday. This 'Will probably be President Wilson -only official activity prior to the con ference. BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY ' .') il r 1 - ii Hundreds Killed Hindecbarg Arrives on SceneGerman iiFactioaslWcll Armed Wjlh Modern Weapons Are - ,' Massed For'a.Big Clasli Movie Operators Bcsy . U ) I ftf t 1..... I Iondon, Jan. 8. Several bun- .....k. .... . dred persons were killed In the fiKhtlng In Berlin, says a Copenha gen ' dispatch, but no detail of the conditions there have been received. The government aeems at leaat pro visionally to be maatere of the sit uation. n ' ;; Early Tuesday the ' government moved Its troop to close outside the city ready to enter. Von Hlndenburg I reported to have arrived at Berlin. The atreet fighting la particularly sanguinary owing to the fact that the Spartana have plenty of -weapons. taken from the munition factories at Spandau. While the machine guns are firing and bombs are dropping. BRITISH INT UN TO CURB SEOAIHEIS London, Jan. 1. the Dally Gra phlc take exception to the recent attitude of Secretary Daniel in urg lug that the United State create for Itself the greatest navy In the world. In an editorial characterizing such utterance a "threats," the Gra phic says: 'The speeches of Secretary Dan- ft -'j;r-'ft, 1 I - ' Sfc , 1 n Photo by American Tress Asaoclntton. Jossphus Daniels, Seorstary of th Navy, the movie operators are busily en gaged recording the scenes. It waa recently announced that the American army had sent movie operators to Berlin. The Spartans refused all offers or the government to negotiate, and at tacked the foreign office, the chan cellor's palace and other mlnlsterles. Berlin, Jan. 8. Tuesday ' the Spartacu group were being massed and furnished weapon and armored motor cars for the attack. . The gov ernment troop witn machine guns were on top of the Brandenburg gate and other buildings. The troop In the government buildings had flame throwers. ' ISKRfiElt IS POIND " . GriLTT OF CONSPIRACY 4? . ' 4- Chteago, Jan. 8.rr-Congresa- 4- man-elect Victor L. -Berger, 4- 4 publisher - of c the Milwaukee 4 4 Leader, and fonr otber socialist 4 4 leader were today found guilty 4 4 by the federal court for con- 4 4 splracy to violate the espionage 4 4 law. 4 LrrrliB JtiAirY5 HAii thk fix-' Loa Angeles, Jan. 8. Mary Pick ford, the motion picture actress. who baa been suffering with influ- enxa is reported much Improved and out of Janger. 4 TWO STATES RATIFY - TROTSKYAHO PAL HAVE FALLING DU T Arrest His Partner In Crime, Len- ine, When Ranch of Thieves t - Have Dinagreement Copenhagen, Jan. 8. -Nikolai Lenlne, Bolshevlkl premier of Rus sia, baa been arrested at the com mand of Leon Trotzky, minister of war and marine, who has made him self dictator, according to a Moscow dispatch to Sweden. . . . . Trotzky was prompted to make the arrest because of a difference of opinion with Lenlne concerning Bol shevlkl reforms. Lenlne desired to effect a coalition with the Menshe- Tlkf or moderates, ' while ' Trotzky wished to continue the reign of red terror. 1 . : v -?, - marBtes at oyster bay ill ,f', to 1 ittn:t GRAVE OF ' FORMER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN FAMILY PLOT " overlooks' LONG 'ISLAND 1 STORM E FOR SUNSHINE Widow Bids Goodbye to Companion's Body In Homo Where They Had lived for Years . Warsaw, Jan. 8. The Bolshevlkl troops are closing In on Vllna on three sides. They are said to be no less than 12 miles from the city. OLD CENTRAL OREGON CONTROVERSY IS SETTLED THE DRY AMENDMENT Boise, Idaho, Jan. . 8. The Idaho legislature today ratified the prohibition amendment. Nashville, Tenn., Jan." 8. The prohibition amendment waa today ratified by the gen eral assembly of Tennessee. . MVRDER CHARGE MADE AGAINST OLYMPIA MAN BIG LIVE STOCK SALE rU V t tas. There will be sold at public auc tion at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., January 10, 1919, and con tinued until all animals are sold, ap proximately 3,000 head ot horses abd mules, viz: Nine hundred and thirty cavalry horses; 730 artillery horses; 1,050 draft mules; 240 pack mules. These animals are being sold be cause the government has no fur ther use for them and not because they are worn out. A great num ber of excellent animals will be found among this lot and doubtless can be purchased at a reasonable figure. These anlmnlB ' all passed government Inspection . when pur chased, have had very little it any service and have been at this camp since first purchased. A good halter will be given with each animal. The terms of sale are either currency, certified or cashier's check Olympla, -Wash., Jan: 8. County Prosecuting Attorney T. I O'Leary haa filed complaint, here charging N. E. Burnett, m ship caulker, with murdering his wife and two small children. Officers believe the three bodies found on Hawks Prairie, near here last week are .bodies of Bur nett's wife and children. - Prosecutor O'Leary and Olympia's chief of police left today tor San Francisco to question Mrs. Burnett's mother regarding Burnett's actions THE PRESS OF IXNDON ON ROOSEVELT'S DEATH iota appear to have been framed al most as if It were his deliberate pur pose to give offense to Great Britain. A fowdays ago he was insisting that the United States must have a navy equal to that ot any other country. He goes further now and declares, If the Versailles conference does not agree upon limitations of naval ar maments, the United States must bend Its energlos toward the- crea tlon of the greatest navy In the world. "In plain language, that Is meant for this country, and' between friends threats are out ot place. It would be well If President Wilson were to cable Mr. Daniels to put little restraint upon his language. "in this country we have every ( Continued-oni page Four)1 London, Jan. 8. In discussing tho death of Theodore Roosevelt, the Times says this morning: "In politics, as in all else, he was a vlKorous llgnting man ana aeau hard, blows. "He cannot be ranked with the lofty creative geniuses of politics but his name will go down among those of American presidents with something ot a character that at taches to the name of Lincoln." The Post says: "It is not every voice that carries across the Atlantic, but Roosevelt's did." The- Chronicle says: "History places some big things In his record, but bigger than any, per haps, was the challenging Impact ot hia personality era the- world In which her lived'." Salem, Ore'., Jan. 8. Another step toward the settlement of almost 20 years of dissension and -trouble on the Central Oregon : Irrigation pro ject, Oregon's largest Carey act se gregation, was. taken today when the Desert lnd hoard voted to approve a contract between the Central Ore gon irrigation district and the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation company, whereby , the district takes over the project from the company. About 42,000 Irrigable acres are Involved In the proposal, and -the "- company agrees to release Its rights for $20,- 000. , y HIRAM GILL VICTIM tao 3 3. so t aw-1 ilJUf r:,i Seattie, Wash., f Jan.,r 87 Mayor Hanson said today that the city gov ernment -will arrange an official-trio ute- to the-memory of -Hiram, GiU, who died yesterday trom influenza. rjfi n" iij ci'mVI nil 3':i' London, Jan. 8. British air raids upon German towns and military ob- Jectlvea during the last 12 months of the -war were nearly 5 times as numerous as the total number of air raids made by Germany over Great Britain during more than four years of war. This comparison Is shown by official figures which disclose mat rrom October, 1917, until the signing of the armistice the British Royal Air Force made 709 bombing raids over German territory. In all, more than 660 tons of bombs were dropped on these raids. 1 The base of the -Royal Air Force was at Nancy. The average distance covered by each squadron on a raid varied from 120 to 160 miles. Un der favorable conditions fllchts of 200 miles and more were made on many' raids. ro v AHEATILE MORE SOLDIERS ARE Ti . ' .-i:Iii iv.-,l tri Washington, Jan. .8. The battle ships Montana and South Dakota, the hospital ship Comfort and trans port President Grant, have sailed from France .with 7,700 soldiers, r "A fr v 'A i, y" t j s fx" . 1 -'I t ' David Lloyd George, who won sweeping victory - British election Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 8. The- body of Theodore Roosevelt waa laid to rest at 1:43 o'clock today In. the family cemetery plot, overlook ing" Long Island Sound.' Sixty persons attended the services at the home "where the rector read the Ninety-first Psalm and offered a prayer. - A morning's snowstorm gave way to' brilliant sunshine as the automo bile cortege started toward' the church." Thousands viewed the pro cession. Mrs. Roosevelt, sharing her husband's antipathy to fnneral cere mony; decided not tor attend church or join the- procession to the ceme tery. She bade goodbye to her com panion's body In the house where they had lived for so' many 'years. ' ' a ed? e)(;.'i ?t o i, tod t wi- Berlin, Jap. .7, -.Less than two years -before William' II, the former German emperor, came to the throne of Germany, his father 'Frederick considered It dangerons to allow him to have any hand In tbo foreign pol itics of the German empire, Fred erick, in fact, bad an 'extremely low regard ' for' his son's 'mental equip ment and ability, end "It is frankly set forth In a letter written to Bls- mark, September 28- 1888- -from Portotlno, Italy, and which has just been made public. " William' principal defecU at that time, as his father saw them, were "his habit ot making ' snap Judg ments in a manner tending to exag geration," lack of "actual learning" which was "still full of gaps," and "an Inclination to conceit'."'"' '" M' . -J - I:-"...' - ", 5 BCCHTEL HEADS THB ' ' PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION recently In the 1,4(10,000 TON'S OP FOODSTUFFS FOR HUNGRY IN EUROPE Washington,' Jan.- 8 Ten ". thou sand additional soldiers, mostly Tex as and Oklahoma troops, have been 'assigned 'for return' from France! '' Washington, Jan. 8. At least 1,400,000 tons of foodstuffs, costing approximately $350,000,000 deliver ed, will be needed to carry through, until the next harvest, the popula tions of the districts thus far inves tigated by the American staff of the Commission on . (European relief. This estimate was sent by Herbert Hoover to the food administration in a cablegram' reviewing ' the condi tions 'as found ' In - Central''' Europe and the Balkan states, Finland, Bal tic states, Serbia, Jugo-Slavia,, Vien na, Tyrol, Poland, Roumanla, Bui garla, Armenia and Czecho-SIovakla. Portland, Jan.. 8. Fred S. ,Buch tel was elected chairman of the Pub-' He Service commission of Oregon on Monday at the Organization meeting of the new commission, which con vened at Salem and adjourned . t'o Portland, closing Its deliberations at the office of the commission In the courthouse.' ' 'Fred A. ' Williams, elected a member at' the 'November election, was sworn In by Secretary of State Olcott-Monday forenoon. Immediately thereafter the official bond of the new commissioner was filed and the initial meeting ot the commissioners was adjourned to Portland because of important mat ters pending here that required at tention. ,. . , . In assuming the duties . of chair man, Mr. -Buchtel suggested radical changes in methods ot procedure and proposed financing the commission by means ot a percentage tax upon public utilities earnings. , , LAST OF CASUALTY vitt..j.. : Washington, Jan 1. ia1 -mv i't' 8. The com plete list ot casualties ot the Ameri can' Expeditionary' -Forces has reach ed Washington Und thousands of ad ditional clerks -have -been ,"put ".to work, getting them out speedily., '. ..v -tri -; -!-. t: -;M : , -.