s VOU I.Y., N. (IU. 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. "