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, VOL. IX.,: No. HI. GRANTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OKEGON, TIES I) AT, FEBRUARY 4, 1019. WHOLE NUMBER 232. SMS LINE t UP TO BATTLE PA1G TRUST VINTON TO LEAD FIOHT FOR ANTI-PAVING THIHT LKUIHLA. TION ORATORY EXPrXTED TRUSTS HAVt STAUNCH FRIENDS Muveuiiwt on Foot to Hef Trust .LfgUUtlim Inlil $10,000,000 Bonding IUU Faases . GAZZAM HAS FAITH ill OREGON L1INES ftnys Enurmoiu KiMwnrcea Have linrt'ly Mccti (Xmlfhi'il I-lkm Climate mid M ill Irfx-ate Ilt-re t Salem, On., Feb. 4. Whether fu ture highway construction U to be controlled and manipulated by the paving truxt la the big Issue that will :o put aquarely up to every legisla tor for derision thla weok, and It li expected that lt presentation on the I floor will precipitate a battle royal, .for the paving- monopoly la not with out IU frlenda In either home, and Ita powerful lobby la working by day .and by night. The Initial clash will come In the -aonate, where aeveral anti-paving trust bllla Introduced by Senators Dimlck, Thomaa and Lachraund are pending In committee. Anticipating It, a conaldorable number of aenatora advocating thla claaa of legislation .Saturday tentatively formulated their plan of battle, and are now marihallng the anti-trust forces for 'the fray. Prealdent Vinton, who has always been a champion for free and open competition In highway cot) atrnctton, la scheduled to momontarl ly surrender the gavel and lead the fight for anti-paving trust- legisla tion on the floor. He will be' tup ported by senators of snch caliber as Dimlck, Lachmund, Thomas, Moser, Strayer and Pierceall of them first claaa fighting men and of pronounc ed oratorical ability. ' - ' Besides mapping out plans for the tight they expect to wage on ' the floor, the senators at the conference decided to ask the aenate commit tee on highways to Immediately re port out the four anti-paving trust measures they Intend championing, and It will be the third time that the committee will have teen asked to expedite this legislation.. Learning that there waa a movement on foot to defer anti-paving trust legislation until after the f 10,000,000 bonding bill had been passed, and realising that this would hurl It Into the whirlpool of politics and log-rolling, Senators Thomas and Lachmund ear-'days, 1y Inst week,' demanded aotlon. "Oregon has bolter mineral pros pects than any state In the union,' said W. L. Gazzam, of Urania rass. former Seattle business man, In ad dressing the Joint ways and means committee of the legislature recent ly In' bubalf of an appropriation for the stale bureau of mines and geolo- gy. Mr. Uazzain bad Just retired from business In Seattle when the war came on and there waa a great call for chrome by the federal gov eminent. Interesting an Alaskan mining friend, he went to aoutbern Oregon and was so Impressed that ba organized a company and put bis own money In mines near the south' ern boundary line of the state. Speaking to the Joint ways and means committee Mr. Uazzain said I don't believe you realise tbat the mining possibilities of Oregon have only been scratched. You have euor- moua resources. Oregon has the same geological formation, for oils and minerals thai California has, The past year the atate produced 95 per cent of all the chrome mined Id the United States. "I have been so Impressed with the climate as well as the ' mining poaslblltles of southern Oregon that 1 have decldod to move there and take my family.- An Alaskan friend of mine tells me that mineral depo tits In southern Oregon are the greateet In the world. The alno king ot the United States who lives at Joplln, Missouri, told me he waa more Interested In aoutbern Oregon than any part of the country." TAXING DEALERS IV GASOLINE 1 CENT A GALLON IS MADK EMERGENCY KILL - Hchulxl Illll for Hoard of Concilia tion) and Arbitration Has Been ' Passed ' " ' '' G. hWh IN CHARGE'GAS DE ISE A recent Issue of the Engineering and Mining Journal of -New York publishes the following Item regard ing al former resident of thla city "William Hv Hampton baa been olaced In charge- of- miscellaneous aas apparatus at the Long Island laboratory, gaa defense division the chemical welfare service,!-U.. army. ' Ho Is stationed at Long Island City. New York." Mr. Hampton was a prominent resident ot Grants Pass In the earlier helm a mlntnit engineer. He went to Alaska from here about 20 years ago. 1.422.626 BARRELS OF PETROLEUM DAILY Mexico City, Feb. 4. Mexico pro duced in 191S a total of 5S,1R6,239 barrels of petroleum, according to official announcement, which . adds thut this Is only a fraction of the potential production of tho .. fields. The dally potential production Is es timated at 1,422,620 barrels. - 111 LI, FOR SPECIAL ELECTION f BILL. BEING RUSHED BY PROMOTERS ISUfUKHTO STRIKERS ft DETERMINED TO WIN DEMANDS HOPE ABANDONED FOR PEACE FUL SETTLEMENT AND NORTH- , ' . WEST IS ALARMED ' ; t : i '. i Soviet Government Set tp State of Siege Declared In East Prussia. Spartacana Active London, Feb. 4. (Bolshevist are now masters of almost the whole of Eastern Ukraine. A soviet govern ment la reported established ' at Khartov. ' ' TO Strike Leader Says "Labor Is Able to Demand and Will Get What It Salem, Ore., Feb. 4. The Joint roada and highways committee has agreed upon a bill taxing dealers In gasoline one cent a gallon and 1-2 cent on distillate. The bill will be made an emergency act, aa will prob- bly all ot the highway program, in eluding the 110,000,000 bonding en actment. The house yesterday resurrected Schubel's bill providing for the i tablishment of a board of concilia tion and arbitration to handle all the disputes between capital and labor, and paaaed It 41 to II. The bill wai defeated last week by labor represen tatlves, who have since changed their views. Seattle, Feb. 4. Leaders of or ganized labor say tbat between 40,- 000 and 50,000 men and women will walk out Thursday. Hope for peaceful settlement has been prac tically ' abandoned. Street car men, printers and Jitney drivers will quit The newspapers, except the Union Labor Dally, may suspend publica tion temporarily. The strike is to be called as a sym- REDS ARE LlASTEHS OF EAST UKRAINE Copenhagen, Feb. 4. MOBt of the government buildings ' at Koenigs berg, East Prussia, have been' seized by the Spartacana from Berlin. The governor has declared a . state ot selge. ' '' ' J" ' HUN COLONIES ARE THE CAUSE OF PROTESTS ERZBERGER, HOT COMMISSION ER PROTESTS DEPRIVING GERr, " ! MANY OF POSSESSIONS RUSSIANS M TO TO HE Greek Territorial Matters to Be Re ferred! to n Commission of ' ' Expert'' GOVERNMENT OF PORTUGAL IS STILL IN THE BALANCE Madrid, Feb. 4. Both '. monarch ists and republicans claimed victories in dispatches received here from var ious Portuguese sources today. An official statement issued by the re publican government in Lisbon said the monarchists fled after nine-hour fight near Aueza, la which they sustained great losses, Including their commander. The statement al- pathetlc move to help Striking metal o denied royalist claims ot the cap- trades workers, who walked out the Seattle shipyards recently press their claims for more pay. House Passes Kills. , Salem, Feb. 4. The bouse passed bills today by McFarland, amending the dentists' licenses and examina tions, and raising tees by the Joint ways and means committee, raising the salaries ot medical assistants at Salem, and the Pendleton atate "hos pital bill by Martin, increasing - the salary ot the Insurance commission er to 3600.- The senate passed the bill by the Douglas county delegation to allow all livestock, except swine and goats, to run at large.' .- 05TII ARTILLERY TO . -RETURN IN 10 DAYS Washington,' Feb. 4. The adjut ant general Indicated today that the 65th artillery will be home in a week or ten days. They will be routed through Portland and demob ilized at Camp Lewis. ' MAJORITY GLASGOY. ' STRiKERS M WORK Salem, Fob. 4. A bill was Intro duced today providing for a apeclal olection on October 14, 1919, to vote upon all measures which the legisla ture submits to' the people. - A bill was also Introduced fixing . eight hours as a laboring day. " London, Feb. 4. The situation In Glusgow, Scotland, has improved but the strike In London Is growing, ap parently. The big majority ot tne Olusgow strikers have gone back to. work. ' . XNGUK8S!ONAL MP.DAIA " ' AUK AWARDED 80LIHEIW WILL: HOLD SWIMMING MEETS BY TEL EGRAPH .L'J .,TCi 1 VICTOR UKHGElt ENTKJRS PLbJA FOR NEW TRIAL Seattle, Wash., Feb. 4. Seattle today faces the dread prospect of a general strike that, threatens to tie up every Important Industry In the city, demoralise Its commercial ac tivities and interfere seriously with the most ordinary domestic and per sonal routine of ita citizens. The strike order la effective at 10 o'clock next Thanday morning and nothing but a peremptory order from the : central labor ouacn -or uncom promising concessions on the part of the employing shipbuilders, ? against whom the original strike waa direct ed, can prevent it, and anyone fa miliar with the past record1 of the Seattle central labor council ; knows how slim are the chances for Inter ference from that source. The shipbuilders say they cannot negotiate with the strikers at all un less the men first go back to work on the same scale of wages that was paid at the time they quite' two weeks ago. The reply ot the' ship yard workers, with whom are j allied the employes of scores of foundries, machine shops and other industries not directly connected with the ship yards nearly 30,000 In number al together la the general strike. "Why a general strlkeT" the peo ple of Seattle are beginning to ask Why must the street car operators, the milk wagon drivers, the cooks, bakers,- waiters, telephone girls and retail clerks quit work it the ship yard operators and their employes are unable to agree on a scale of wageaT How Is that going to help the riveter or the boilermaker at Skinner-Eddy's or at Duthle's to get the money to which he says he is entitled? "Well, It is going to show that la bor Is able to demand what It wants, tore of Avelro and Chaves. A monarchist wireless statement said royalist troops 1 were advancing southward and that a monarchy had been proclaimed throughout the country. Basir, Feb. 4. Mathias Erzberger. Germany's k armistice ' commissioner, has protested against Germany1 be- -lng deprived of her colonies. Speak ing before the Colonial Society at Berlin Erzberger said: "If we no longer have troops or arms, we have our rights. The allies have accepted Mr. Wilson's fourteen points as Germany has. He demands broad and Impartial regulations on all colonial questions, but the allies are seeking to impose the will of the stronger nations. President ' WIlj son's program gives Germany an Inviolable right to bar colonial pos sessions." . . 1 BISHOP TORTURED AMD MURDERED BY REDS i ,i .j it. i . - i Urbana, 111., Fob. 4. Holding in- Washlngton, Fe.b. 4. The war da- tercoUeslate swimming meets by partment has awardod congressional telegraph is the latest innovation In medals ot hlghoat military decora- j'tne western conference. All aquatic Hon to two officers and 19 enlisted I meets In the "Big Ten" this season man of the army in France. 7J L Washington, Fob. 4. The depart ure from France of nine ships to ar rive within" the next three weeks with' 7,600 men from the American expeditionary forces 'was announoed jtoday by the 'war department. '-' Vladivostok, Dec. 14 (Correspon dence ot the Associated Press.) Bishop Hermogen of Tobolsk, ' was tortured and murdered by . Bolshe- rlkl according to a private letter re ceived here. - Since the early days of Bolshevism the bishop bad fear lessly denounced their work and for ths was forbidden to preach. I The 'aged churchman defied the Bolsheviki and In his preaching dis played greater energy than ever in condemning the Soviet authorities. The Bolsheviki arrested him and took mm to Ikaterinburg. Thereup on the population ot Tobolsk prov ince, who greatly revered their old Bishop, sect a delegation to demand his liberation. ; . - '. The Czecho-Slovaks at that time began to occupy .Western Siberia and the Bolsheviki feared to provoke the peasants of Tobolsk. They re leased the bishop' and started him. back to Tobolsk und-r escort of Red uuara troops. A steamer was pro vided and the delegation, headed by the Bishop, -proceeded triumphantly as far as Pakrovak Village. , Here they met a steamer carrying . the Czecho-Slovaks or-' White - Guards. Rather than have the bishop liberat ed by them, the Red: Guard decided to kill him. The-old man was beaten and forced to carry heavy, burdens of ammunition during the flight ot Paris, Feb. 4. The Russian soviet 4 government says "it will take all measures to bring about an - agree ment with the entente," in answer ing the Invitation to the 'Princes Is lands conference. ' Washington, Feb. . 4 It la an nounced by Chairman Paget, of the house .naval committee, that Presi dent Wilson's Insistence npon naval expansion led to unanimous approval of a three year construction " pro gram; 'i i-r'-:- -re- trnn Paris, Feb. 4. The supreme coun cil has agreed that questions In the statement of Premier Venlzolas con cerning the Greek--territorial Inter ests, be referred to a commission of experts whoee duty it will ba to make recommendations for a Joint settle ment. Two representatives of the United States, of England, France and Italy -will -compose the commit toe. ti o -r t .: " . vt-.? TELLS OF SURRENDER will be conducted by telegraph, ac cording to EI. 3. Manley, coach, ot the University of Illinois -team, "J , "The varsity swimmers will com pete with each other, or with Inellgl- blos and the opposing teams will run similar events at the same time.- Tho resultBt.wlll.be telegraphed. From these reports the points will bo computed and the winners deter mined." , ... , Thft' new telegraph meets, Coach Manley. said, will eliminate travel ling expenses and will-Interest other than first ieam men in acquatlc sports.' Chicago, Feb. 4. A letter from Governor K. U l'nlllpp giving WISt cousin a clean bill of health tor draft delinquency was Introduced as evidence by Attorney Henry Cochems attorney for Victor Berger here yes terday, When the- hearing" ot a mo tion tor a new trial was, opened in Judge Landia' court. Berger and four co-dopenduut soclullst leaders were convicted last" month on sedi tion charges. The letter was Intend ed to show Berger and his associates had not hampered war preparations. Presenting arguments for a new trial, ' Seymour Stedman, - general counsel tor the defense, said the mo tion was based on. IT points. The I points included the following: JUdge Landis overruled motion to quaBh. ! " !.' Verdict was contrary to law In case. ..Verdict not supported by evidence. " Incompetent evidence admitted. Court erred In refusing change ot venue. " . . V ; Court erred In refusing to admit a verdict ot not guilty. the convoy. When he could go no and get what It demands," to use thejfurther, says' the Informant, his tor- blunt words of ono of the strike lead- turers tied a rocK to nts feet and era: and he Is considered one Ot the i threw- him Into , the river.; V . i .; more conservative element, at that. I The body was recovered later by his people and given burial in Tob- B, Ifl HANDS OF tJURY olsk. TYPHI'S RAOIXO IN PERSIA i Portland, Feb. 4. Arguments in the Henry Albers case closed at noon today, after Henry McGinn made a final plea for the defendant, follow ing Instructions to the Jury a i The case is expected to go to the Jury late today. ' 1 Washington, Feb. 4. Famine and typhus are sweeping Tabriz, Persia, according to advices today to the state department.' .. .' SINN FEIN LEADERS ' ESCAPE FROM PRISON London, Feb.' . Professor Edward Devalera, Sinn Fein leader, and Mtl roy and McGarry, also Sinn Fein members of parliament escaped from the prison at Lincoln last night. IS E. ' Washington, Feb. 4. The senate committee adopted the resolution ex tending the powers ot the senate committee investigating "German pro paganda, to Inquire Into other activ ities which seek to overthrow . the government. It Is alleged that law less propaganda la attacked. ' less Service). The surrender - ot General von Lettow Vorbeck, the German commander in East Africa, with his command ot about 6,800 Europeans and natives which took place on November 15, is graphically described by the Rhodesian Herald. According to this paper, General von Lettow's command included 400 armed natives, machine gun carriers, a medical unit ana numerous women who had followed their husbands through . the hardships of years of campaigning. The surrender took place on the Chambezl river near - Kasama, Rhodesia.. ' The surrendering . troops were formed Into three lines and General von Lettow read his formal surren der to General Edwards. Von Let- tow then ordered his native troops to lay down their arms but the Euro peans among them were allowed to retain theirs In recognition ot the hard fighting they had experienced. The natives were then marched away to the internment camp.- ; ' - . "Tf ua ft mncttt ImVtraantvA una- tacle," says the Herald. .The sur-. rendering forces numbered 1,555 Europeans', 4,277 natives ' and 819 women. The men were all veterans of a hundred tights whUe the wom en who had gone through long cam paigns were carrying huge loads and many of them had children born during the war. The native carriers came In singing with r undisguised Joy at the. thought that their labors were ended. ...