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GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TVE8DAV, JAXCAHY 21. 1010.
WHOLE NUMBER 2370.
BOISKS
BEATEN BY THE
ESTHONIANS
Say Tln-y Are lllitlily Civilized, Yet
Are lilt In Ihn Face With Injunt
Immigration Law ..
TAKIC TOWN OF NAUVA ON UK.
VAL-rETROGRAI KAILWAY.
IIOIM) VP I'ltlHONKIW
Tro4ky IUNrtHl I'rmN'iit at Ihe llal
Uo, Hut I'pon Flrt Sign of
IhuiKor Mnko Getaway
IaiikIoii, Jan. 21. A notable sue
com ha been won against the Hoi
shevlkl and Esthoulan troop oper
ating northeast of Iake I'elpus, say
n Esthonlnn offlrial statement. They
tiava taken the town of Norva on
the Reval-Petrograd railway, to
ftother with many prisoner.
The Finnish troop cooperated
with the Esthonlan. A quantity of
looty foil Into the hand of the Tar
loua victorious force.
lieon Trotsky la an Id to have been
present during the fighting, hut fled
after the Bolshevik defeat.
THE NEXT GRAND JURY
The caae of M. E. Young, accused
of illegally transporting liquor Into
Oregon, was heard today . before
Judge F. M. Calkin. Several wit
nesae were called and teatlfled, af
ter which the court asked the de
fendant it he rarod to make any
atatement. Mr. Young aald that be
did not care to do ao, and he was
jlacod under 1500 bond to appear
before the next grand Jury. It li
thought that the bond will be rained
W. O. While, who waa driving the
Jitney at the time Young was taken
from the car, testified that he was at
ibe time last Saturday hired by
W. A. Sharp to take the latter to
Waldo and was not aware that Mr.
Young was to accompany them. He
stated that Mr. Sharp waa to pay him
for the sorvlce and that he bad no
doallnKS whatever with Mr. Young
District Attorney Miller stated
that this being Mr. Young's second
offense, the minimum penalty would
be. It he was convicted, $250 fine
and three months Jail sentence.
' During the court session Judge
Calkins modified tho sentence Im
posed upon Lee llolman. The orlg
Inal sentence, which whs from one
' to ten years, was cut to from one to
seven years.
APS FEEL STIGMA
OF
BEING
SOLQNS WOULD
DEAL HARSHLY
WITH I. W. W
London, Dec. 81. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Pro.)
Dean Inge of St. Paul's Cathedral,
speaking at a meeting here of the
British-Italian leugue, rocounted a
conversation he had the. other day
with an Intelligent Japanese about
the leaguo of nations: '
The Japanese asked the Dean If he
thought the league would succeed
I don't know," tho latter replied,
but I think we should try It."
Then," Doan Inge went on to ro'
ate, "ho suld: 'We Japanese consid
er that we are a highly civilized na
tion, yet If we want to go out as col
onlnta to the United States or A us
trails, we are prevented from doing
so by laws. I want to ask whether
It we consent to disarm and Join a
league of nations these disabilities
will be removed or not?'
'I was obliged to say, 'I am afraid
not. That la a working man's ques
tion, and as long as the Japanese
workman gives better value for his
wages than the European or Ameri
can or Australian workman, they will
shrink from no vlolonce to keep you
out.' To that the Japanese replied.
Welt, then, why should we disarm
and Join a league of nations.'
"That," commented the speaker.
Is Just one of the difficulties which
besot us. There are a good many
supporters of the league of nations
who are by no means lovers ot peace
at heart. They only want another
kind of war than that through which
the world haa-ben .passing.", .
Dean Inge said the league ot na
tions was a remarkable Instance of
a Utopian dream whloh apparently
was about to materialise.
HEVERK MKASl'HKH AIVOCATKI
TO RKPREHH DISLOYAL SOL
DIKHH AND 8AILOHH
STILL WEAR THEIR UffOBMS
STATE POLICE
BILL ILL BE
FOUGHT M
Monarchist Movement ItcMrted Suc-
cessfnl Manuel Is Proclaimed
King, hut Spurns the Job
Hcuator Smith, of Josephine, Says
HulilJcr Are Offered 50 Cents Per
Hour Ilut Pew Accepting
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. Chairman
Herbert Gordon,' of the house ways
and moans committee, and other leg
islators, advocate stern measures In
repression by the state against any
soldiers and sailors who Join the I,
MANY WILL SUPPORT MEASURE
. HKCAISE RECOMMENDED BY
GOVERNOR WITHYCOHBB
PASSAGE CALLS FOB 160,000
One of the Main Alms of the Rill
Would Be to Assist In Enfordog
Prohibition Law
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. Members
of the legislature have Indicated that
there will be some opposition to the
passage ot Senator Orion's measure
creating a department of state po
lice, on the grounds of unwarranted
Madrid, Jan. 21. The monarchist
movement In . Portugal, headed hy
Palva Conceiro, has been successful
In northern Portugal and a govern
ment has been formed at Oporto, It
Is reported here.
A Lisbon dispatch last night stat
ed that a revolution had occurred in
Portugual and Conceiro had pro
claimed former King Manuel king of
Portugual, but Manuel sent a. tele
gram asserting that he did not count
enance the movement.
SAYS PROPOSED LEGISLATION
MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
W. W. or Bolshevlkl organizations, expense. The bill is expected to
or make trouble, after the state ap
propriates 1100,000 to assist them.
Senator J. C. Smith, of Josephine
county, told ot conditions .In Port
land. He said that the soldiers were
being offered 50 cents per hour, but
that few were accepting. The police
are nuzzled.
The lawless element are planning
parade headed by soldiers andj
sailors, and the police are afraid
someone will get hurt. The action
is causing resentment against the
soldiers all over the country.
Mrs. Thompson, a member of the
house, said that she believed that
there are ten loyal soldier to take
care ot every one -who Is disloyal.
Senator Smith said the soldier and
sailors among the-Bolshevlkl are still
wearing the uniform. 'Senator Lach-
mund said the uniform should be
taken from them.
STRIKERS WALK OUT
AND INDUSTRIES STOP
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 21. Twenty
five to thirty thousand workmen, ac
cording to their leadors, walked out
of the shipyards today to press de
mands for higher pay. In the ship
yards and machine shops work was
halted.
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 21. Fifteen
thousand members of the metal
trades craft struck today.
Abordoen. Wash., Jan. 21. The
strike here and at Hoqulam failed
to materialize.
KOIll'K HI'HITH BROUGHT
UK PRICK DURING WAR
TOO BIG TO ESTIMATE
Hrussols, Jan. 21. Thus fur it 1ms
been Impossible to estimate the ex
tent' ot tho damago caused in Bel
glum by the Germans or to fix, even
approximately, the amount of .Indem
nity which Belgium will domand
ffonv Germany.
In the majority of the factories
which the Bolglans were allowed to
operate during the Gorman occupa
tion, the plunt remains, but every
where all stocks ot raw material
have been entirely removed.
In the other factories, which the
Belgians were not allowed to oper
ate, there was a systematio removal
ot all the'' machinery which was dis
mantled and sent to Germany. The
names of the German manufacturers
to whom the machinery was shipped
have been ascertained.
Belgian lndustrlaPclrcles seem to
"be divided whether to. attempt to re
' cover the stolen machinery, from
Germany, now necessarily worn, or
to buy new machines abroad and to
make the German pay tor It.
find support from many legislators
from that fact that It Is In line with
a recommendation of Governor
Wlthycombe.
The Orton bill call for an appro
priation ot $60,000, or as much of
that amount as appears to be neces
sary, to put the department in opera
Hon. Further It call for a superln
tendent at a salary of 13,000 per
year, a deputy superintendent at
$2,400 and It police at salaries of
$1,600 each, a total ot $23,400 an
nually In salaries.
One of the purposes for which the
police would be created, as set forth
In the bill. Is to aid In enforcing the
prohibition law. The argument will
be made against this on the ground
that nation-wide prohibition soon
will be established, making a state
police organization unnecessary for
enforcement of antl-liqubr laws.
Washington, Jan. 21. J. Ogden
Armour told the house Interstate
commerce committee today that
pending legislation regulating the
packers was "reactionary" and prob
ably unconstitutional.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. The bill ap
proprlatlng $100,000 for the soldiers
and sailor passed the house again.
but the senate may slash the appro
priation to $50,000.
Senator Dimlck has been elected
chairman of the Joint special . con
solidation committee.
GRANT) JURY DOES NOT
INDICT MARIE LEBAUDY
MInneola, N. J., Jan. 21. The
county grand Jury failed to ,lndlct
Marie Lebaudy, who shot and killed
her husband, the eccentric Jacques,
several weeks ago. -
MEW BILL IN LEGISLATURE EXPECTED
TO BE OBJECT OF A BITTER CONTEST
' Salem, Ore., Jan. 21. A bill that,
in one way or another, affects al
most every state department or com
mission and Is likely to become one
ent educational agencies and a re
ductlon In the number of regents for
state Institutions; also that the su
perintendent ot public instruction
of the hotly contested measures of be appointed instead ot elected
the legislative session, Is that carry-1 Sixth: Merging of all labor agenctes
Nome, Alnska, Oct. 28 (By mall)
Kobuk spruce, from the- farthest
north airplane timber camp in the
world, has met a. gratifying recep
Hon at the .hands of tho United
States Spruce Production commis
sion. The commission reported that
the wood stood all the tests well,
that It was of rine grain, tough,
light and would not splinter. A
price of $175 per thousand feet is
paid for the spruce landed on the
dock t Seattle. .
ALL UNITS OF THE 91ST
L EMBARK Fl
Washington, Jan. 21. Two trans
ports the, Conia and Susquehanna
and the cruiser Frederick are on
their way home from' France with
over 6,000 troops. , The war depart
ment also announced that the 27th
30th and 87th divisions are Instruct
ed to prepare for embarkation home.
All units ot the 91st division, now
on the priority list, will be embarked
as, soon as ships arrive. ..
ing out the recommendations of the
consolidation commission. John H.
Carkin, of Medford, attorney and
member of the commission, is here
with the bill. It Is to be considered
by the Joint consolidation committee
of the two houses and while the com
mission does not sxpect the legisla
ture to adopt all Its recommenda
tions, most of them probably will
find their way into the measure that
finally goes before the law makers
for approval.
The recommendations of the com
mission briefly are:
First: Submission to the elector
ate of a constitutional amendment
creating the office ot Heutenont gov
ernor. Second: That the auditing
powers of the secretary of state be
broadened and that he be relieved of
serving on boards and commltteos
when It Is necessary to audit ac
counts which he participates In con
tracting. Third: Abolltjon of , the
state printing board, the office of
state printer and secretary to the
board and the creation of the office
of a superintendent ot printing and
supplies, Appointed by the governor.
Fourth: That the state tax commis
sion he abolished and the governor
be vested with power to appoint a
single salaried commissioner, to con
stitute, with two deputies, a board
to whioh may go appeals fromtcounty
boards of equalization. Fifth: Cre
ation of a new board of education of
seven member to replace the prefl'
ORTUGUAL HAVING
1
T
ROUBLES
HUNS SOON TO
BE SUPPLIED
BY THE ALLIES
.NEW ARMISTICE TERMS WILL
PERMIT SHIPPING OP FOOD.
VIENNA RECEIVING AID
MBOCKSEMBinOIET
Incomplete Return From Germany's
Election Show Majority for Bur
geolse Parties
MONTANA EXPECTS ERA
OF GREAT PROSPERITY
Paris, Jan. 21. Delegations are
studying the blockade and kindred
problem. The Americans would re-'
lax the blockade slightly and allow
foodstuffs and lubricant to go Into
the enemy countries. Already food
1 being tent into Vienna and liber-.
ated regiohs and will be supplied
Germany nnder the terms of the
armistice extension.
The peace conference ha the Rus
sian situation under examination.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 21. With
thousands of acre of new land under
the plow aa a result of the war, and
with accumulated building opera
tions, postponed because of the war,
either contemplated or under way to
total of more than half a million
dollars, state official here predict
that the progress ot Montana in
every line will be greater in the next
three year than in the decade pre
ceding 1914.
Copenhagen, Jan. '21. The new-
German national assembly will meet
at Weimar It wa reported, hero to
day. . . - . :
BARS BOLSHEVISM
Copenhagen, Jan. 21. Incomplete -
returns from the German elections
how that the democrats polled
1,234,000 votes, the majority social
ists 2,603,000, tho Independent so
cialist 401,000, the Christian ;: peo
ple's party, 1,110,000, the conserva- i
uvea 417.U00, na tne uerman peo
ple's party 268.000. The- Bnrgeolse -parties,
all together, will hare a ma--'
Jority tn the national assembly over '
the majority socialists. V ' ,
GREAT FRENCH COAL MINES .
BADLY CRIPPLED BY HUNS
into the state industrial accident
commission, to consist ot a single
commissioner and two deputies
Seventh: Creation of a commission
of health and consolidation ot all
existing health agencies with the
department. Eighth: Creation of
the state department of ngrlculture
and consolidation with it ot the state
fair, board of agricuUhre, lime
board, livestock sanitary board, stal
lion registration board and agricul
tural duties ot the dairy and food
commission. Ninth: Creation of a
department of trade and commerce
with the corporation commissioner,
Insurance commission, banking de
partment, public service commission,
weight and measure department.
grain Inspection department and
pilot commission merged Into It.
Tenth: Creation of the department
of public welfare with the board of
control and parole board merged into
it. Eleventh:' Creation of the depart
ment of public works and domain
with Jurisdiction over the water
board, desert land board, highway
commission, bureau of mines, for
estry board, fish and game commis
sion and abolition ot the conserva
tion commission and the geographic
board. Twelfth: Civil service regu
lations tor all state employes below
the chief deputy, who shall be ap
pointive and subject to removal for
any reason, including : political
Thirteenth: Enactment of A law pro
hibiting nepotism. '.
Geneva, Jan. 21. The Swiss gov
ernment is determined that ' Bolshe
vism shall be barred from the can
tons of Swiss confederation.
The federal council is firmly de
cided to close hermetically all the
doors of Switzerland to the instiga
tors of disorder and to their danger
ous propaganda, is the way Presi
dent Calonder outlined the govern
ment attitude to the Associated Press
correspondent. . "Switzerland," he
went on, "will continue to take the
most energetlc measures against all
bad and subversive elements coming
from abroad and who are still on her
territory."
The president asserted that the
efforts last month to provoke a gen
eral strike in Switzerland had a rev
olutionary tendency. The strike was
undertaken to enforce a protest by
the socialist committee against the
sending ot Swiss troops to Zurich to,
maintain order.
"This movement has completely
failed," said President Calonder, "in
presence of the firmness of the fed
eral council which made It under
stood that it would not tolerate acts
which would not he In accord with
our democratic and onstttutional In
stitutions. "The defeat of this movement is
due also to tho fact that the federal
assembly immediately met and de-
Coolens, Sunday, Jan. 19. Amer
ican engineers who hare inspected :
the coal mines in the Lens region,
northern France, estimate it will be
two years before the mines are again
In full operation, according to Chas.
M. Schwab, who has arrived in Cob
lens after visiting Belgium and the
battlefields of France.
R. W. DM RECEIVES
12-YEAR SENTENCE
Judge ,F. M. Calkin convened
court here this morning, having two
Important cases to dispose ot. Reu
ben W. DeWitt, who yesterday plead
ed guilty ot having helped rob the
Boswell gold mine ot $6,000 in gold
bullion last spring, was brought be
fore the court this afternoon at 1
o'clock to receive sentence. DeWitt,
when asked by the court whether he
had anything to Bay before sentence
was passed, made a few brief re
marks. He stated that for two or
three years prior to the robbery he
had been coaxed by others, and es
pecially by Jeff Howell, his partner
in the crime, to .turn highwayman.
He finally consented. He said that
clared a by great majority that ltit was his partner and not himself.
would support the federal council In
all measures against antl-constltu-tlonal
intrigues and invited the coun
cil to act with the greatest energy
against anyone who tried to disturb
public order or the quiet ot the country.
THAT BRITISH GET OUT
Dublin, 'Jan. 21. The Sinn Fein
assembly met at the Mansion house
and' issued' a declaration of independ
ence and announced the establish
ment of an Irish republic. They
have demanded that the British gar
rison evacuate Ireland. ' -
that drew the gun on the Boswells,
but that did not excuse him in the
eyes of the law. He said he was 45
years ot age and had been married.
but had not lived with his wife for
about four years. He stated that
she is now in .Salt Lake City.
After Attorney Johnston, counsel
tor DeWitt, had made a tew remarks
asking leniency for the prisoner, and
District Attorney Miller had spoken
ot the gravity of the crime commit
ted by DeWitt, Judge Calkins Im
posed a sentence pf 12 years upon
the convicted man. DeWitt took the
sentence calmly, and tears came to
hi eye as he was led back to his
cell by Sheriff Lewis. The minimum
penalty for the crime, said the court,
was ten years and the maximum pen
alty life: .
DeWitt' will probably be taken to
Salem tomorrow. "