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v- . BIA'S BEPLY TO IE A WD HI III CPIIPI III Mill I UMr unTiiikin in NOTEDffllllFIIIK ISTBIKFP? st ITER BONDS TOiui BK THE STATE EHr wWllrlKtU UrrUNtN 1 0 "-J-rs. r pdid )M pijy i ..... was w I I GUARANTEE OF IlKI'KKKK.NTATIVK UALLAUIIKH JYTItOIUCKH III Mi TO KK.. CLAIM a.WHI.IMH) ACRES Iiu4mI lllll, AIiihmI to fMllo W. ptitM IW-twi-rn (ttiul and I.tMr, Killed la Hie Hihimi nttium, Ore., Jan. 31. To pave ine way for reclamation of over 3.000,000 act-on, Representative Gal lagher Introduced a resolution for constitution amendment, author!' log the Hate to guarantee dlntrict reclamation bonds. Thla and other -reconstruction legislation. may wnr- rant a special election after the leg lilature adjourns. 8aWm, Ore., Jan. 31. The bouse defeated the Bhuetml labor arbltra tlon bill for a state board of con dilation and arbitration to handle disputes between capital and labor. Labor representatives were against it IHmlrk for Itwalh Penalty Salem, Ore., Jan. 31. Senator IMmlck has Introduced a Joint reso- lotlon to put on the ballot a measure restoring the death penalty for trea son, and murder In the first degree. Would Prevent Ijoltbylng Balmn, Jan. 31. A drastic meas ure, governing lobbying, and making all lobbyists register with the secre tary of state and file expense ac counts, has been Introduced. This bill would prevent lobbying except before committees, In press or print ed statements put on members' desks. EUNNY MAY BE CARRIER OF SPOTTED FEVER hnt TliuMnml of Men to France, Who iMrr lUtntno Hklllod In . Vnriou Iiidutrii I'arls, Jan. 31. Utile has been said, and fow persons really know that China played a big part In win ning the war. Prance, early In the struggle Imported 160,000 Chinese laborers end used them, at the start, In that capacity alone, nut long be fore the war was over most of these men from China became experts In many lines a'nd are going bark to their native land as competent cha uffeurs, mechanics, road builders and with a keen Insight Into military af- ralrs, and the ways of good govern ment In the Christian world. They will play no small part In the gov erning of China In the future and Americans have been helping them In Europe and will help them when they got home. Soon after the Y. M. C. A. arrived in nance men from America were assigned to take charge of the cam paign among the Chinese. About 40 Chinese, graduates of Yale. Harvard and other large universities were se cured to lead In the work and many American Y. M. C. A. secretaries were assigned to work with them. No Americans Will Patrol Turkey-President Says He will Not be farty to Division of German Colonies and League of Nations Too Senators Attack Plan. Paris, Jan. 81. The peace confer ence has two replies from Russia. The government of Northern Russia formally refuses to meet with the Bolrhevlkl. The Omsk government. under Admiral Kolchak, while less categoric In reply, expresses a strong roserve. WILL NAME WITNESSES IN TltlAL OF THE PACK Kits Washington, Jan. 31. The names of witnesses upon whose testimony charges of colluslan among the five leading packers were based by the federal trade commission will be submitted voluntarily by the commis sion to the house committee. Fl DEADLY FIGHTING GAS New York. Jan. 31. The deadly phosgene gas once used on the bat tle front In France now ha been employed In the peaceful pursuit of bleaching sand used In the manu facture of eyeglasses and optical lansos, according to. Dr. David T. Day of the geophysical laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. This gas Is composed of chlorine, oxygen and carbon monoxide. 'It destroys the Iron oxide which causes the red and brownish tints or sand, says the American Chemical soolety. It adds that the United States has a Paris, Jan. 81 It develoiied todav that which ever force la sent to Tur key for garrisoning purposes there will be no American troous amone them. Their use may be Inappro priate as the United States was nev er at war with Turkey. In phrases stripped of diplomatic niceties, President Wilson told the members of the supreme council that he would not be a party to a division of Germany's colonies among the powers which now hold them, and then become a party to the league of nations which In effect would guarantee their title. There are Inferences that the president even referred to a peace of "loot." The atmosphere has been cleared by the discussion during the last two days. Washington, Jan. 31. Thn llean senators sharply attacked the pian ror dealing with the German colonies and Turkish territories id Asia, whleti Paris dispatches said had been proposed by President Wit. san and accepted in principal by the supreme council. Senators Lodge, Knox and Johnson ied the attack. ALBERS ADMITS "TOO DRUNK TO REMEMBER" Portland, Ore., Jan. 81. Henry Albers denied his disloyalty when he took the stand today. He said he was anti-German due to the mili tary trend of the kaiser. He declar ed that his trip from Oakland to Portland was a complete blank, as he was too drunk to remember. IE WASHING New York. Ja'n. 31. Nat O. Good win, actor, died at a hotel here at ter a brief Illness, due to a general breakdown following the removal of one eye several months ago when a drug clerk gave him chloroform eye wash by mistake. Not Coodwln was born In Boston In 1857. He was married five times and was soon to have married Geor gia Gardner of Los Angeles, an act ress, i 50 WOULD BE FARMERS jlexico City, Jan. 81 More 'than 50 generals of the Mexican army, who took up arms during the revolu tion have asked the chief executive to release them from their military duties so that they may return to civil pursuits. Most of them have been without commands and have not been engage -in active sen-Ice for several years. , Bowman, . Mont,, Jun. 31. That wild rabbits piny a part In the spread and recurrence of spotted fever, if they are not In fnct tho main resor-jgrip on the manufacture of volrs of tlins fatal iliHoase, In the theory thnt Dr. R.. 11. Parker, assist ant to the stiito board of entomology, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 31. Water, mostly from the high Cascade moun tains, ditched and flumed to the eastern plains below, has made over 250,000 arid Washington acres fer tile and has increased their value at least 100 times. 'Washington Is away ahead of other northwest states in irrigation matters," declares T. B. Hill, .sec retary of the state development bu reau of the Seattle Chamber of Com merce and an authority on land set tlement and Irrigation matters. "This Is due to several reasons, the main one being that we have studied irri gation thoroughly and have treated It as a big business." Records on file in Mr. Hill's of fice here- show that the Yakima val ley, a great area in central Wash- ' ,lngton, pjpobably contains more com- Phlladelphia, Jan. 31 Tight skirts 'l,leted "'Batlon projects than any worn oy women passengers nave np-.omer pan oi me siaie. nougn es IHISIAXA XKC.HO IS LYNCHED Monroe, La., Jan. 31. A mob last night lynched Sampson Smith, a ne gro "convicted at Columbus of the murder of Blanchard Warner, a white man. TIGHT SITS DELAY GROCXDHOCS ARE OCT EARLY IX THE EAST Haxleton. Pa., Jan. 31. Ground. hogs have declined to wait for Can- London, Jan. 31To the delight ?,1SmM n?xt month' the offlc,aI of several hundred American sol- I0' nem, t0 out from dlera but scandalizing m- n I uu,c m ln a ana meaning hut ma f.M M. !determine what tne weather will be BOXERS STAGE THREE .GOVERNISO POWER USURPED BY WORKMEN WHO RCLE LIKE AUTOCRATS ' SITUATION Rjfflffl. WORSE .wanted Police Are Called On at Glasgow, Scotland Several Per son Are Injured . London, Jan. 81. Belfast dl- patches depict the situation there akin to that recently attained in Germany under revolutionary rule. ine governing power has been usurp ed by the strike committee and the city is governed from' the Artisans' hall. No one- can do anything un less he comes, hat In hand, to the committee of trades onion leaders. The committee rriu-rtham places and Industries can have elec tricity. , There Is no prospect for better. ment In the strike situation, and the movement Is spreading. . Glasgow, Scotland. Jan. 318- eral persons were Injured when Mm police charged a crowd of strikers with batons. The mntintari iuiim were called out. set schedules on the railroads. The Pennsylvania railroad, with scientific acnurapv. hna f .mi n ,1 that flrm;slnce women have begun wearing phos- tight skirts the avesnge stopping nam Bnirm me avesage slopping gone gas with which -this country tim. r i - v uaiu A I a. BiaLlull la now was prepared to overwhelm the Ger-n .eoonda ,onger than lt wa when man armlen. This has clvon the th u4 I .... -m , v. v .1 .1 V 1 . Hlltl 1 UU 111 J -. - ine stung were en plans to work out on live wild rab- United States an opportunity to around the bottom. :200,000 YANKS WILL REMAIN fnrmnrlv n'Oia 1 in rt Arl n n si If In BwB(iuai,r " vi v iiiiiiuivuu. saiau Ik in announced that all the 151 .fI-Mm K"MAN TO GET WHEAT of glues now can be produced in this j country with ease. i bits from various parts of the state. I manufacture optical glasses which j lie nas rpqtieniea inai live rnunus ie sent In by the people of Montana for the purpose. '"Wo have asked that live wild rabbits bo shipped to us In ordor that we may work out our theory," said Dr. Parker. "At present the matter" still Is In tho theory Btage and nothing must be talcon as dlfl nltely conclusive that the rabbit Is the guilty agent in the spotted fover recurrence nnd spread." IF SHE HAS THE MONEY tlmates show about 200,000 acres of the valley are under irrigation. Private ditches In other parts of Washington supply water to many arreaIn the Wenatchee country, the Walla Walla section, the Spokane valley, the Okanagon - valley, and other sections. Central Washington land, before It was Irrigated, Mr. Hill estimates, was worth from 50 cents to $10 per acre. Now, this same land, having felt the magic touch of water, has risen In value to 8160 to $200 per meaning but old fashioned Darsons. was the boxing show pulled off here by a Baptist minister in his church In one of the London camp areas. The Y. M. C. A. had been arrang ing these contests between Yanks and Tommies,, but in this Particular camp there had been none because there was no suitable place to hold lt. Then the minister atnnnnH for ward and offered his church. The lieutenant-colonel of the outfit was the referee and "a merry time was had by all." as may be Judged from the fact that the six bouts resulted In three knockouts. ARMY OF 500,000 TO ' BE for six weeks after their nan haa been disturbed. Instead the little animala are al. ready prowling In the woods aronnd this city, their period of hibernation apparently having come to an end. Weather-wise citizens are claiming thla is a sure sign of the cessation of winter weather, but the skeptical ones are keeping their coal bins filled. E PRODUCERS YET GET RELIEF E IT IY INT TO E 'E IS Washington, Jan. 31. The house military committee unanimously de termined on an army of 500,000 New York. Jan. 31. Under tha'rlsen in value to $150 to $200 ner mea . . 8 determining an Keneral food nroirram nniiwrt hv , tk. i, laPProPrfton for army pay next m..v. v inuu wna um;e uucu ilium- ; van uormuny win oe aiioweajiy ror graxmg. Now it produces about 6,000,000 bushels of bread- crops worth from $60 to $160 per stuffs a month, mostly from the acre. - , united states, if she can find thej Many lrrIgatlon BV9t6m8 ln Wash ' l" "ington are projected. Greatest detailed statement of foreign grain all the projects is the Blf.Bend. CT1u. .auiou uy xieroen rioo-Con,mDla Bas)n to irrgate Of or over With the American Army of Oc- 'ir.u" . I Z ' preslaent 2.000.000 southeastern Washington mnmtlnn. .Tnn. S1 H.lm... nt vm, lua uml"u Ol"l-OB u,n corpora- ftcreg by taking water from th IN FRANCES AFTER PEACE type worn by German officers and i Between"1 n PUb" ?e,re t0",gh- ree river and using the men during the war ore being col-' ,ntnmof ,oM " ' ' T, ; - ,1,lr' a urene lake or Idaho and the WKwl h fh. nnl, B.t- J8tatement 8nld France an Will iFlathead lake of Montana . rr- Parls. Jan. 81. At let sun nnn k ttu a.... atement said; France and 1 .Americans now In the army will re- ing commission for the War College landeflOn;0?m?hAb'l8hf f Wth,08t main in France, according to a state- in Washington and the museum at ChllS he mTZlTT ment mode bv a nromlnent momhoJw... t.i. mu -...- v i while the allied governments will " -". ntD.ii.uii, ii.o luuouiuu mr racn t.u -,- -v,. IW.UUV.UUU (1118(1318 - ..ww. waa.w. a.v wiiuiuyu lll VHU1I of the American colony In Paris and .also will contain swords, of various quoted by the Intranilgeant today, ! kinds," rifles and revolvers, breast The majority will remain, it Is said, plates worn ty German snipers and "u W1B" o marry n-rencn otner styles or armour, gas masks. -w.M- nuu mi rout uoon-B ;tney ana .in fact, a sample of are cnarmed with French Uf sea great opportunities here f ssrlcan energy. sample of . nearly and .everything excepting the heavv artll. . . ... ! om ur nuur, io Dnna1 tneir bread ' - lL7. duX tbf br.th6 W-Pfl- normal, mo y from mans during the four years' war. ' the United Rtt '1 W I --ww. of oats. If restrictions are - removed nn cereal Imports to European neutrals they will require about 60,000,000 bushelB of wheat, rye or barley, In grain or flour, to lirlng their bread volra. The water would he dronnod by gravity through a ditch from the lakes to the soil. W'AIt BOARD TO STAND FOIt - IMPORT RESTRICTIONS Washington, Jan. 81. The war trade board will not take retaliatory measure on account of Import re strictions by England. AMERICANS LINING UP- IE Mexico City, Jan. 31 Th$ Mexican and American Chambers or Com merce in the capital report the re ceipt of thousands 'of communica tions from commercial bodies in the United States and Europe asking de- cans in regard to the demand in Mexico for foreign made goods. Ad. vices also have been received indi cating that there soon will innmr in this country a small army or for eign selling agents, chosen especial ly for their ability to speak Spanish and for their -experience in Latin America trade practices. Washington, Jan. 31. Producers of chrome, mangenlte, manganese and tungsten, and thousands wh& Invested In' these war mineral pro jects at the suggestion and request of the Eovernment. will ha oovoH from loss and ln some coses from full ruin. Senator Henderson, of Nevada, yesterday afternoon secur ed and amendment to the act vali dating war contracts that authorizes tne secretary of the Interior to as certain and pay all Just claims for losses of investors made under gov ernment direction or request or any of the so-called war mineral enter prises. The secretary ia authorized, empowered and directed to pay out of the $50,000,000 appropriated for stimulation of the production of these minerals all claims that he shall find Justnd proper. His find ing shall be absolute and final. The appropriation Is continued ln full force until the secretary shall have completed his payment of all claims made under the amendment. Only 90 days from the anDroval of the act is given to- claimants to fiin their , claims with the secretary of tne interior and failure to ma"ka such application within the remilred time will forever bar the claimants ror reiier, as no power is conferred to sue the government In thla -ae- ; count. - ... - ! ( .. .