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VOL. IX., No. 77. KNEU SOUNDS FOR OLD JOHN BARLEYCORN DllV AMKNUMKST NOW A I'AllT OK TIIK f. H, (X)XHTITl'TIO, HY PlltK'LAMATION mm of mm iff After One Year Ihn Manufacturr, Halo or TruKrtiou of Liquor Will Ik) ITollll.lHl Tliu proclamation ratifying tho prohibition amendmeut to tb fed eral uuwUluUuu, liHtuud yesterday t "Washington by Acting Secretary of Stuttt I'olk, road am follow: "To all to whom those present hll come Greeting: "Knvw ye, , that. tU coar.wt , ol tho L'nlled Status at tlie second wlun, G5th cougrt'.bguu at Wash Jncton on the 3d day ol December, In tbo year 1917. pawed resolution Id tbo word and figure! following, to-wlt: "Joint resolution, proposing, an amendment to tbe constitution of the United Males: "Resolved by the aonale and bouse of representatives of . the United Bute of; America, lo . congress as sembled (iwo-tblrds of; each, house concurring, therein), that the follow ing amendment to the cooalltutlon b and hereby la proposed to the state to Ifocoma valid aa.a.parl of the constitution when ratified by the leglalaturea of the several, states, as provided by the constitution. .. ' "Suction 1, After one year from the ratification of this article . tbe. manufacture, sale or transportation of Intoxicating, liquors .within, the Importation thereof Into,, or, the ex. porUUon thereof from the United Hates and all . territory subject, to the Jurisdiction thereof, tor bever agn purposes In hereby prohibited. "Suction 2.. The congress and the several, stales shall, have concurrent power to enforce this article by ap propriate legislation. . . "Section 3, . Tila.,aHlclq ahull be. Inoperative unless It shall have been ratified as an amendment to the constitution by tho legislatures of the several states, as provided In the constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the congross. "And further that it appears from official documents on file In this de partment that the amendment to the constitution or the I'nltod States proposed as aforesaid, has been rati fied by the legislatures of the states " of Alabama,' Arizona, California, Col orado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, KansaB, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montona, Nebraska, New JlampHhlro, North Carolina, North Daliotu. Ohio, Oklnhomn, Oregon. I South Dakota, South Carolina, Texas IHnh. Virginia, Washington. West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. "And further, that tho states whoso legislatures bovu so ratified the said proposed amendment., con etltute . three-fourth of the wholo number of states In the United States. "Now, tlioroforo, be It known that I, Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of state of -the United States, by virtue and In pursuance of Roctlon 205 of tbe revlsod status of the United States, do hereby certify that the umondment aforesaid , has become valid to all intents nnd purposes as a part of the constitution ot the United Statos. . "In testimony whereof, I have hereto sot my hand and 'caused the aeal of the department of state to be affixed. " "Done in the City of Washington, this 29th day of January, In the year -of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun dred and nineteen. "FRANK L. POLK, " ' "Acting Secretary of. State." L FIGHT US AT PARIS ('ouIcikIm Tlmt Amrrlrans Who Orn l'roM-iy In Mexico lluvo No Itluhl t Inlcrfrre Now York, Jan. 80. The Mexican government Is planning retaliatory measures against the action of the national association for tho protec tion of America rights In Mexico In consolidating all the interests having conflict with the Carranza govern ment. Alberto Panl, who recently sailed for France as the representa tive of the Mexican government, will have entire charge of presenting the ease of his country, which Is expect ed to stand In opposition to the con tention of American business men. The chief point which I'anl has been Instructed to present I tbe so callod Curranza doctrine which was enunciated by President Carranza In a message to the Mexican congress on September 1 lost. This Is to the effect that no nation shall have the right, to Interloro In. the affulri of another country even where the pro perty rights of citizens In a foreign country are In question, that being the province onjy of the, country. In wblch.the rlRhj are bejd Panl will also, support another Carranza contention that a govern ment by alteration .of Its constitution can. legally take such properties wltji- ln lt borders agythe demands of the government mar., indicate. , The.oli Interests. Identified, with the., association,, neve, appointed, aa their delegate to Paris B. U Dob soy, president of the Mexican Petrolenm company. Mr. Qohanjr; expects to sail on - February. 1,. aod.no w. Is. in Washington to arrange for passports. -I 11 u V t All.' ! Washington,' Jan.) 30. The aban donment of 14 of the 16 national guard camps and.; purchase by the government tof all; the national army cantonment waaurged,ib, Secretary Baker before the house military com mittee. The only guard campa pur chased would 1 be - Camp Kearney, California, and Camp Sevier" South Carolina. IN THICK OF FIGHT Philadelphia, Jan. 30. The (15th const artillery arrived today. Thoy sailed from Drest on January 15. It is composed of Pacific const men and entrained this afternoon for Camp nix." This reglmont hnndied the heaviest mobile armament used by tho American First army and fired 15,000 tons of explosives-nt tho Ger man lines. "' During the 70 days this regiment was in action, tho casualties amount ed to only three men killed and 09 wounded. This was largely duo to Lxoollcnco m tho art ot camouflage. The records Bhow there was no court martial. POTASH FROM ALSACE FOR AMERICAN f ARMS H. T. Hull, ot the "Lakeside Fruit Ranch, who recently wrote letter of Inquiry to The Country Gentle man, In regard to potash, has re ceived the following reply "Many of the former Germon pot ash .mines are located In .Alsace bnd are now nnder the control of the al lies. There are other extensive mines in Germany proper. Plans are al ready being made to . ship potash from Alsace .to this country." . .', 1 MEXICANS IL OIMJfTa PASS, i08EI'HXK COUNTY, OKEGOK, THCR8DAV, JANTARY 80, 1910. JAPANESE ANGRY-WILL CLAIM PAC Old Treaties Mast be Torn Up Ideas -President Said, to be Firm Italians Avow Claim to Fiuxne Allies Preparing Bills for Damages Iondon, Jan. 30. England's re ported acceptance of President Wil son's theory of Internationalization aa applied to captured enemy col onies, saya the Paris correspondent of the Paris Dally Mall, Involve the admission that the treaties regard ing Islands In the Northern Pacific, and 'with the Arabs regarding Syria, and the understanding with France as to the future of Kamerun, must be arbitrarily modified. If not torn up, and says the Japanese delegates are angry and 'alarmed and declare unalterable determination to claim the Islands as promised. These Islands are really the crux of tbe whole situation. The Aus tralians believe Wilson's firm stand is due to fear that the Japanese oc cupation of the Islands would Impair his prestige In the United States and that he fears- a hostile congress If ha agrees. The Italians frankly .avow their claim to Flume and their pact with London, and frankly say Wilson's at titude regarding Flume contrad'ets his declaration of rights of prplci In his 14 points. THIS "CHICKKX" HAH A MIGHTY RIGHT ARM New York, Jan. 30. Soldier Pretty girl. "Whither. Kid?" Zowle! .(She sure slung a wicked Nftt). Police court. Pretty girl, removing disguise, re vealed as Policeman Geo. Leclalr. . Private Henry Werner, nursing Jaw, languishes In jail. - AMERICAN BALL PLAYERS ON PATROL DA Chicago, Jan. 30. Somewhere in Germany Grover Cleveland Alexan der, the $50,000 pitcher with the Chicago Nationals, - and three other major league players attached to the American army of occupation, are Impatiently counting the days when thoy will board. a homeward trans port. ' "What a grand and glorious feel ing that will be tor the gang; we all have said it' will- be the happiest days of our lives," writes Sergt. Charles Want of the 34 2nd flold'ar tlllery, a, part of-tbe 89th division now stationed In Germany. With Ward, who formerly was a member of .the Brooklyn Nationals, are Pitcher Alexander," Otis Lambeth, ot the Cleveland Americans, Johnny Noyes of 4he Philadelphia Natlonal8.4gIve 1Ig 8ome feedi aa you wollld and Waited of the Pittsburg Nationals.. I The players are members of the same detachment doing patrol duty In ono of the German towns 'on the Rhine. . s Ward's letter relating , his . ex periences while en route to the Gor man harder was dated December 10. It follows in part: . -we are wen on our way into bad while playing ball and wishing Germany and are now resting in a that we were again in the real coun German village called Spang tor a! try, the good old U. S. A.. Kettlns few days. We started on this jour ney f torn a town called iBeney in France being mounted on horseback.. I experienced little hard luck with my mount when, his' back . became sore from the saddle after riding for three days steady. I had to walk for the remainder, of the eight days ot the Journey,' making 11 days In all that we were on the road, and '.believe me, we-were all-in when we .reached this town.. Can you imagine Alexander, Noyes, Lambeth, Lleuten- if England Accepts Wilson's I Paris, Jan. 30. The British and French governments accepted In principle President Wilson's plan concerning mandatories from the league of nations for the administra tion of captured territory, It la an nounced, i Tbe acceptance, however, is subject to learning under what conditions the plan will be carried out. London, Jan. 30. The Paris cor respondent ot the Evening Standard says the peace conference has elim inated any Intention of calling on Germany and associates to pay the allies the cost of the war or Impose heavy Indemnities. ' There will be full and ample reparation for unjus tifiable damage, however. Serbia and Belgium have formu lated claims. The Idea that Germany should return the Indemnity she took from France In 1871 has been abandoned. The British claims will be made for damage In air raids and the sink ing of merchantmen. ' MI ST OVERTHROW RV88 REDS ' v isew lorx, jan, so. "Aussla la a ruined nation,' eorfnps, starving and with a hopeless future unless " the Bolshevik! are overthrown," accord. Ing to Mme. Catherine Breshkovsk- aya, the 75-year-old' "grandmother Of the Russian. re volution," who ar rived, here today from Chicago. ' Hundreds of. fellow, countrymen and many Americans greeted the aged revolutionary socialist ' with ! kisses and flowers at the station. ant Walte and myself traveling ror miles on horseback pulling big bat teries behind us and going Into big shell holes large enough to bury a whole detachment? "As soon as we put foot on Ger man soil we really thought our treat ment from the Germans we hud fought would be altogether different from what we experienced In he al lied country, and above all, we would not receive any more good eats. But to the contrary, we teaBted fine and only last night we were dished out a grand German meal with excellent apple butter thrown in. I had some German homemade bread, and It was like mother used to make. We al ways leave a few marks, when we are leaving, with the people that think that they were being- handed 81,000 the way they rave over It. A mnrk Is about 20 cents in our money. : "Our Infantry Is two days ahead of us and we will all be happy when 'we get to our destination. Alexan der, Noyes and Lamberth and myself sat down in one of the towns of Luxemburg for .over two hours, re lating some ot the great times we ready for the spring training trip to the southern climate, Instead of try ing to make these people understand us. We. can hardly wait tor the time to come when we will again board a ship that will take us across the At lantlo to our dear old home, the land of the stars and stripes. We have all Bald that It. will be the happiest day of our lives when we hear our commander say get ready to sail for home. What a grand and glorious DDAYS OH DIAMQ feeling that will be for the gang." HIGHPRICESBQOST E Held to Be Worth Half It II lion Dol lars More Than Any Pre vious Year Washington, Jan. 30. High price and Increased production swelled the total value of farm crops of the country in 1918 halt a billion dol lars, more than the total of any pre vious year. The aggregate value of farm crops for the yesr ha been placed at $14,090,769,000 by the bureau ot crop estimate of tbe de partment of agriculture. The pre vious record value year -was 1917. The value of last year's crop was doable the average value for the five years, 1912 to 1916. Illinois ranked first In the value of all crops as did that state In 1917. Iowa, Texas and Georgia were second, third and fonrth, holding the same rank tbey did in 1917. Min nesota took fifth rank, jumping from ninth place which she held in 1917. Ohio dropped back Into sixth place from the fifth rank. North Caro lina moved up into seventh rank from the eleventh place. Indiana re-' talned her eighth place. Missouri dropped into ninth rank from the sixth place she held ' the previous year. . Pennsylvania moved Into tenth place from the fourteenth po sition. Nebraska, which held the seventh place In 1917, dropped back to the seventeenth place. California dropped from tenth rank to' 21st. ..The 18 principal farm crops corn, wheat, oats, barley,' rye, buckwheat,- flaxseed," rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tame hay, tobacco and lint totton which formed almost 80 per cent of the value ot all the country's rops tn 1909 as reported by the cen sus bareaa, were valued In 1918 at U. 115,998.000. "KAISER S MAN' F HEAD TO F00TT'-ALBERS Portland, Ore., Jan. 30. A San Francisco manicurist, Miss Olga Go-, mer, testified today that . Henry, Al-bers.-ln. an automobile between San Francisco and, Palo Alto last, April, aid he . was a "kaiser's man from head to foot," and a spy. RED. FLAG: BILL' PASSED- El . Salem, Ore., Jan. 30. The Gor don anti-red flag bill passed , the house. ' It would make the display of any emblem In defiance ot the American government a felony. The bill passed by a vote of 40 to 3, The criminal syndicalism bill, at tached heavy penalties, on all forms of sabotage, or setting. in motion vio lence tor political or economic pur poses, went- to the governor today. The house passed the bill yesterday. Salem, Ore., Jan. 30. Governor WIthycombe Immediately signed the criminal syndicalism 'bill, carrying an emergency clause, making it im mediately effective. L NAME WITNE: IN TRIAL OF PACKERS Washington, Jan. 30. After hear lng the testimony of five leading packers on the charge of the ted- leral trade commission that they had combined to control prices, the house interstate commerce committee ten tatively agreed to the demand that the trade commission' submit the names of witnesses on whose testi mony the changes of collusion are VALU Ffti CROPS based. ' ' . WHOLK MMBEA 2578. PIEZ SAYS LEI ALL JOBS REST UNTIL LATER DIRECTOR GEXERAL OF EMER GENCY FLEET CORPORATION MAKE STATEMENT YARDS MEED BREATHING SPELL Infer That Government Will No Continue to Furnish Work at Extremely High Wage Washington, Jan. 30. Charles Plez, director general ot the Emer gency' Fleet corporation, announced that It will be tbe government's pol icy In shipyard strikes to "let the Job stand." Mr. Plex referred particularly to the situations in Seattle and San Francisco where atrlkes are threat ened. , He declared that' most yard needed a breathing spell and did not think the government would con tinue to furnUh work at extremely high wages, nnlesa increase skill and' output Justified It, and he believed It ' extremely unwise for shipyard workers In their own Interest to call strikes at the existing scales. ' PORTlAND:TELGRAr.r Thua Wlcka,' tHe Boy Bolshevist, adolescent apostle of anarchy, heaps" maledictions upon, our devoted head' say the Telegram.. ' From, the Western Socialist this: "The Wheeler outfit, publishers of the Portland 'Telegram and land' thieves extraordinary, are ontdoing all the other .harlot In the Portland Journalistic red-light district, In their niliflcation of the Portland council or workers, soldiers and sailors. -Every, day.-they publish- columns of ' deliberate lies about the movement on the Pacific mmL "The Wheeler aggregation of highbinders, thieves and inciters to murder have their own kind In the law-making bodies., They accuse the. workers as enemies of . society,, hut they are the real criminals. . , ' "The publishers of the Portland Telegram and their tools In the state legislature are as rotten an aggrega--tion of pirates a ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat." Oh, Wicks!. HUNS ARE KILLED' FOR: Lalbach, Jan. 30. Reports from Marburg state that quite a serious disturbance broke out there on the arrival of an American "debarkation committee." Five persons were re ported killed 'and . 30 Injured. Gen. Majater of the : Jugo-Slav army is said to have restored order! Nothing In recent dispatches would seem to explain the presence of an ' American commission .In Marburg, which' Is in Austria. London, Jan. 30. German resi dents ot Marburg, Styrla, made a demonstration in the streets ot that town Monday In honor of the arrival therg by an airship of an American mission headed by Colonel Miles. Ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vienna, the action of the Germans aroused General Majs- ter, the , Jugo-Slav commander,, who ordered thn nnnnln tn rilsnnriia and . - . , ,. when his orders were not obeyed, the dispatch added, he commanded his troops to fire", with the result that Bigut persons were ainea ana many lihjured. .