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HERS
MKAHHCK8 AUK HKIXO IllHIIKD
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RELIEF OF HOLD1K11K
6,000 ARE IDLE IK PORTLAND
Would Have Highway ('omnUtwlon
Mart Work at uro lo Employ
. l.OOO Men
Suleui, Ore, Juo. 16. As a remit
of a conference between Portland
delegatus, headed by Mayor Maker,
'with a Joint ways and menu com
mitted of tbo legislature last night,
two measure! wore Introduced today
for the Immediate relief of the dis
charged loldlom.
. Ono of these measures would In
struct tbo highway commission to
Immudlatuly begin enough units of
road work to employ 1,000 soldiers.
The other bill would create a sol
diers' and sudors' commission of
five members and giving It $250,000
for Immediate relief.
James Kerr, of the American lied
Cross, said at the conference: "If
we do not aid 0,000 soldiers walk
Ins; the streets of Portland, other
forces will, The I. W. W. are giving
thorn, beds, clothing and food to
make them converts and emblttor
them against the government."
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16. J: 19 p. m.
The house 10 minutes after con
vening adoptod the resolution tor
fjlghway work to relieve soldiers. It
Is believed that work will begin this
week. The house also unanimously
pissed the bill placing 1250,000 In
commission's hands for the rollef
of soldiers. The Tulea were sus
pended. The bill was put through
In 84 minutes. The senate will
probably aot on the measure later In
the, day. or tomorrow.
Oregon Is the first state to propose
aid. In, a financial way, for the re
turning soldiers. .
BY MIMED RIFLEMEN
Berlin, Jan. 16 it has been learn
ed here that Dr. Karl Ltubknocht,
the Spartacan leador, has been cap
tured by tho officers and men of a
dlvlHlon of mounted rifle guards,
who arrived In Berlin yesterday.
Munich, Jan. 16. Spavtacans
marching on Munich to attempt to
overthrow the Bavarian government
were dispersed by government
troops.
10,(100 MOKE TO COMK IIOMK
Washington, Jan. 10. Additional
units containing 10,000 men have
been assigned for early convoy
home.
FRENCH HAVE EYE ON
ONE OF "BIG BERTHAS"
Paris, Jan. 16. The French peo-
jiWk want one of the German "Big
Berthas"' or supercanon which bom
barded Paris to display In the Place
de la Concorde s a souvenir of Ger
man frightfulne'ss that failed of Its
purpose, to destroy French morale.
The armistice does hot stipulate
that, one of these Instruments shall
be surrendered but thore Is a mdve-
mont to urge the government to de
mand It. There Is no expectation that
the Germans will Include one. or
'these weapons among the. 2, B00 guns
they; are required '.to give up under
Ihe .armistice.'
DRYS GQiDVER TOP
WITH FINAL RUSH
.Vt'ltnwka Is ilOUi Htnle to Ratify
Prohibition Aini'iKlfiH'iit I'.rtcc
tlve Yew From it(o
Chicago, Jan.- 16. The United
Slates today completed legislative
process of voting Itsolf dry.
When tbo word flashed over the
wires that the 36th state, Nebraska,
had ratified the amendment, pro
hibition leaders declarod that the
accomplishment was the greatest
piece of moral legislation in the his
tory of the world.
Chicago, Jan. 16. Missouri and
Wyoming bave ratified the amend
ment, which now becomes effective
one year after date of final ratifi
cation. Meantime the nation will
go dry July 1, as a war measure, un
ions President Wilson rescinds the
law before that time.
WOMEN TO CIVK JOBS'
HACK TO THE HOLDIEItH
Albuquerque, N- M., Jan. 16.
Prepared to relinquish their posi
tions when America's soldiers re
turn to claim their proper place In
the country's Industrial life, the
women of New Mexico are sturdily
performing the work of men In sev
eral lines of endeavor.
POLAND TAKES LITTLE
London, Jan. 16. The Polish
government provisionally has taken
over the administration of Lithuania,
to protect that country from the Bol
shevlkl. This action was taken at
the request of the president of the
Lithuanian republic.
AllTiU It ('. IAVIS, ROUBElt,
HEttl.NS TERM IX PRISON
Portland, Jan. 16. Arthur C.
Davis was taken to Salem this morn
ing to begin serving his sentence of
from one to 10 years in the state
prison. Davis pleaded guilty to rob
bing the East Side .bank of about
$40,000. Presiding Judge Stapleton
this morning signed an order turning
over to H. H. Newhall; president of
the' bank money totaling $7,687 and
Liberty bonds and papers aggregat
ing $34,448.85, which were In Davis'
possession at the time of his appre
hension. With the American Forces on
Dwlna, Dec. 15. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Wild tur
key, ducks, grouse and big edible
Jack rabbits have relieved during the
autumn the monotony of bully beet
and tinned - stew in the mess halls
of tho American -forces fighting the
Bolshevik! on the Dwlna. The
Yanks are operating In a famous
hunting country and most of them
spent their Hours of loave In chasing
game. The few shotguns available
were In almost constant use and
some of the soldiers developed al
most uncanny marksmanship In
bringing down ducks with tbelr ser
vice rifles.
Tho marshy country is a duck's
paradise, and there are thousnnda
upon thousands of a quail-like bird
called the "rabohtk." When the win
ter drives the ducks south there will
bo bears to hunt in, the woods.
One of the billets where Ameri
cans are located at one river town
was originally, built as a hunting
jlodgo for the late Emperor Nicholas
i who, however, was Imprisoned before
.he had a rfhance to use it. Now,
(over the huge fireplace In the kitch
en, the logs crackle under stewpots
filled by the Americans' rifles.
COUNTRY
0RA1TT8 PAHS, JOBEPHISB COPXTr. PRECOX. THI'IIBDAV, IA.VIAKV 16. 1019.
I0LD DEPORT PUBLICITY IS
All DISLOYAL THORN IN SIDE
warn
SENATOR DIMK'K OFFERS KK.HO
LITIO.V IX 8EXATK AX1 HAH
PREPARED LIST OF NAMES
NCLUDES !94 UH0ES1RABLES
Strike at Those Who Cancelled Clt-
Izciuiliip PttTs Mother Tlian Go
. to tho Front '
State Capitol, Salem, Jan. 16.
Deportation of all alien slackers who
cancelled their etlsc.ahlp papers
rather than be Inducted Into the
army under the draft law is to be
demanded in a joint resolution being
prepared by Senator Walter B. Dim
Ick, of Clackamas county, and which
he will Introduce In the senate early
next week.
Senator Dlmlck has prepared
complete list of those men of draft
age who renounced their Intention
of becoming American cttizens as a
means of avoiding the draft, and
the resolution which he la preparing
III name each individual who dis
played these un-American tendencies.
The resolution will ask that the
national congress enact Immediate
legislation N for the deportation of
slackers, and that they be forever
prohibited from returning to the
United States.
According to federal statistics.
gathered by Senator Dlmlck, there
are 94 such slackers in the state of
Oregon
The list shows there were
38 Swedes, 21 Norwegians, 17 Swiss,
10 Spaniards. 3 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2
Bulgarian and 1 Russian.
iseuner uregon nor tne united
States has a place for such disloyal
persons, and the sooner we rid the
country of this class of slackers the
better will it be during the crltleal
period of reconstruction," said Sen
ator Dlmlck today.
Portland, Jan. 16. A Chicago
bank filed a petition today to fore
close against the Coos Bay Lumber
company, for their Inability to pay
interest on a $3,000,000 mortgage,
due January 1. A receiver has been
asked.
Portland, Jan. 16. A receiver
has been asked by eastern bond hold
ers for the paclflo & Eastern Rail
way, from Medford to Butte Falls.
London, Jan. 1. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.) Editors
and publishers of American trade
journals who recently visited the for
mer bnttlefronts In France, sent a
letter to President Wilson during his
stay In England in which they pro
posed punishment for the German
loaders and their agents tor piracy,
murder and pillage. -
After stating that they had vis
ited the battlefields, ruined cities
and obliterated villages of Belgium
and France, they added In their let
ter:
"The devastation and njln wrought i
are not the work of one man or. a
group of men. They are the result
of a system the policies-of . which
have been executed with thorough
ness by a willing people. The. evi
dences of organised pillage and van
dalism are on every hand.
"Every law presupposes a penalty
tor Its violation. . The laws of na-
EDITORS PROPOSE PUNISHMENT FOR
HUN LEADERS FDR MURDER AND PIRACY
OF DELEGATES
IXTLMATIOX MADE THAT MANY
waxt to no m sixers be.
MXD CLOSED HOOIW
;T
Homo Would IJoilt Information to
the World to Mere Official State,
menu of Leaders
Paris, Jan. 16. The supreme
council after considering the matter
of relations between the conference
and the press, decided to call a meet
ing late today to be attended by
members of the press and represen
tatives of the various nations in con
ference to interchange views on pub
licity methods.
It was announced yesterday that
proceedings of the conference would
be kept secret, and information lim
ited to official statements, prevent
ing President Wilson or Lloyd
George from discussing affair with
correspondents of the British press.
The' American correspondents ' pro
tested. OBEGOX WILL HOXOR TEDDY
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16. Flags over
the state capltol are to be lowered
at half-mast for a period of 30: days
In honor of Theodore Roosevelt fol
lowing the adoption of a motion' of
Senator Orton. Under the motion, a
committee of three will be appointed
to wait upon Secretary of State 01-
cott and ask that this be done. The
.committee Senators Orton, Shanks
and Handloy was Informed that
the flags had been at half-mast for
three days, the nsual observance, at
the death of public men, but Secre-
tary Olcott. sold that without further
action of the legislature he would
lower them for the 30-day period.
Coblenz, Jan.' 16. Twenty Ger
man girls at Andernach, near here,
have been arrested charged with
violating General Pershing's orders
prohibiting them to talk with the
American soldiers. Approximately
the same number have been proven
guilty and deported to points within
the German lines. The military po
lice will Interfere If the officers or
soldiers attempt to talk to German
women on 'the streets or in the cafes.
tions that "civilization has so plain
ly built up through centuries have
been wantonly violated for four long
years. To fall to enforce these
laws now would be tacitly to concede
the power of repeal by the criminals
themselves. These laws must be
reestablished. To our minds, the
enforcement of complete restitution
and reparation by the people of Ger
many and the punishment of the
leaders and their guilty agents for
the crime committed In violation of
existing laws against piracy, mur
der and pillage will do more than
anything else could to insure that
future laws made by agreement of
the nations will be observed.
"We are writing this to you know
ing that . the Bentiments expresed
would receive the support of all
Americans, could . they eee these
things as we have. seen them, and
hear the terrible evidence from the
Hps of the unhappy victims."
FOCH CINCHES UP
A NOTCH
HUNS
300,000 Frenchmen Will lie Out of
Work I'ntil Germany Returns
Stolen Machinery
London, Jan. 16. The new armis
tice terms to be presented to Ger
many, by Marshal Foch are unofficial
ly stated here to include the follow
ing: , . '
First Retribution upon the Ger
mans for the. murder and ill treat
ment of allied prisoners.
Second The machinery and goods
stolen by Germany from France and!
Belgium to be at once given up. It
is pointed out that France alone has
500,000 men who will be out of
work until 'this machinery is re
turned.
Third German gold, amounting
to more than 100,000,009 to be
moved from Berlin to a safe place,
probably Frankfort, and protected
from Bolshevism In Germany en
route. Certain other property to be
surrendered.
Fourth Germany to give over
her shipping, of which-she is believed
to have 4,000,000 tons, to carry
food supplies to countries in Europe
in need of them.
Fifth Any U-boata on the stocks
to be handed to the allies for their
disposal, or to be destroyed, and no
more submarines should be bullL
ES
MANY PRIVATE HIPS
New Tork, Jan. 16. All Ameri
can ships requisitioned by the ship
ping board during the war, have
been released to their owners, with
the exception of those actually en
gaged In the army service.
RUSSIAN REDS MIRDEUIXG
AXD BVRXIXG, IX RIGA
Berlin, Jan. 16. Riga Is - npw
completely in the hands of the Rus
sian red army, according to a Mltau
dispatch to the Vossische Zeltung.
Bolshevik forces have advanced from
Dvinek and occupied, the station; at
Neugut, 81 miles from Mitap.
Mitau is overflowing with refu
gees. German soldiers, the last per
sons leaving Riga, report that IJie
city is burning in several places and
that the Russians and Letts are mur
dering and plundering. ,
IT
POWERFUL ENGINE
London, Jan. 16. One of the fac
tories which manufactured two of
the airplanes which aided to estab
lish the supremacy of the British
aviator over the German In France
ns now preparing to make a new en
gine which is expected to develop
from S00 to 1,000 horsepower. It
is 'claimed here that the new engine
will be the most powerful airplane
engine in existence and that it
should do much to solve the problem
of commercial aviation.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DIES
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 16. Dr. Rod
riguez, president-elect of Brazil, has
died. He had been critically III for
some time. There will have to be
a new election held.
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Portland, Ore., Jan. 16. John
Oyrll Laird, murderer of Frank
Twombley.. a traffic officer, has been
sentenced to life. Laird's ' mother
was hysterical in court, and declared
that her son was Insane.
WHOLE XV3IBER SOM.
STATE BUDGET
PREDICTIOX IS MADE THAT CTTS
WILL BIUXO IT WITH 0 PER
CEXT LIMITATION
AIM OF SOW TO RETRENCH
A. C. and V. of O. to Receive
Little, Above MilUge Tax .
Allowance
Salem, Ore., Jan. 16. The Joint
ways and means committees of the
two legislative -branches, at their
first ' meeting to- go through the
state budget, made tentative cuts ag
gregating $761,382 and gave Indica
tions that enough further reductions
were In sight to cut the total amount
more than one million dollars and
bring the total within the six per
cent limitation. The first big re
duction was the $680,000 estimate
of state aid for the Industrial Ac
cident commission, which will Be un
necessary according to the commis
sion's own reccommendation and
that of Governor Wlthycombe.
The estimate of $298,205.12 for
the national guard was passed by at'
the first meeting but It la expected
will later be reduced to $155,000
and outs of some hundreds of thou
sands of dollars will be made. It la
predicted, from the estimates for the
University of Oregon and the Oregon
Agricultural college. Some legisla
tors claim H is apparent that little
will be done for these Institutions
and the Oregon normal school, above
the millage tax allowance.-
Severe criticism of. the normal
school policy marked the joint meet-
ouuio luemoers aeciarea tne
policy is not up to the standard and
It was made known that a- bill will
In i, Oam. t .
be introduced in th in
lowing graduates of the state univer
sity and agricultural college to teach
in the grade schools so that these
Institutions may bedepended upon
to furnish some of , the teachers . in
the state.
Some committee, members favored
eliminating publication of the Blue
Book by Secretary of .State Olcott,
but others upheld it and there Is
Ukllhood that it will be retained.
The governor's plan to,, reduce ap
propriation for bounties on wild an
imals, from the $75,000 estimate to
half that amount and to make It
correspond to a federal appropria
tion, changing the method of deal
ing with predatory animals and'elim
innting the bounty system, did not
meet witn full approval. General
sentiment seemed to be that the
amount should be reduced to $37,-
soo with the bounty system retained.
It seems likely that all delegations
waiting upon the committees will be
required, tq name their spokesmen so
that as much conversation as pos-
SHhla ton ha nlln.L.l.J i ....
-- uiuiiuaiDu ul confer
ences. KILLED EVERY YEAR
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 16. If all the
rabbits killed by hunters were con
sumed they would furnish between
200,000 and .300,000 tons of food
yearly, according to estimates made
by the biological survey of the de
partment of agriculture. Their" hides
would have a value of $20,000,000.
These figures are based on estimates
that the number killed yearly Is
200,000,000.
The biological survey has been
called upon frequently to help west-,
ern farmers In coping with the rab
bit pest. In view of the probable
economic value of rabbit meat and
fur, their energies, however, may be
directed to conserving rabbits as a,
valuable resource.
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