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I , VOI IX., No. j-J. 1W.W.LEADERS ' HURRIED EAST ON A SPECIAL HAVE UKKX HOI Mi;D CP IN WASHINGTON M'lUN'U T1IK PAST YEAR luteiulttl Attmnpt to Itclt'iwtc I'rlwou n at llutto Fruktratcd by llv routing Tmln Chicago, Feb. 10. Flfty.four membors of the I. W. W. passed through Chicago last night In a eie olal train under heavy guard, en route to an Atlantic port, where It la aald they will be deported. Forty of those prisoners are from Seattle, where they took part "In fo menting the general itrlke. All. of them were aliens. . The deportation was ordered by Secretary of Labor Wilson, after hearings before Immi gration authorities of various cities. t was Intended to attempt a . de livery of the prisoners at Butte, but hls wss circumvented by re-routing train. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 10. The 41 alien agitators deported from here last week were persons arrested throughout the state In raids dur ing the past year. T MOUNTAI T Vlsalla, Cal., Feb. 10. Old timers ' of this section, who are experienced In mountaineering, declare It pos sible at the present time to make the trip from the western slope of the Sierra Nevadss In Tulare county acrowi the Mt. Whitney, range Into Lono Pino, Inyo county, afoot. Such a trip, In other years, would have been considered Impossible but the pioneers declare there Is less snow In the mountains this year than tor a decade. , The usual snow storm period has passed with a fall so light as to creato some ' concern among wator liners of the lowlands, who pre dict the Irrigation streams will - bt very low during tho late summer, RlfcL INTRODUCED TO HELP COLLEGE "HOLDIEHS" ' Salem, Feb. 10. A bill Intro dijf od by Sonators I. S. Smith and f ierce, provides that the state pay expenses In Oregon colleges of the men who served In the army and navy during the present war. "' A favorable report from . the commit tee is assured. ONTO THEIR RIFLES Munich, Feb. 10 So many Bavur Ian soldiers have failed to return their rifles and .munitions that ths Central German government has' Is sued an order demanding the return of this property to the authorities within a specified tlme'nndor pen alty of heavy fine or Imprisonment. The same order applies ' to those possessing any army property such as wagons, automobiles or horses. FRENCH 75'S ARE Were Inni-l to Aux-Hcnna, but Frenrlt InNiti on Doing All ltcpnlr Work Camp Lnwli Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 10. How "the 846th Field Artillery, wlili U left tor France as pact of the Mat "Wild Vet" division, displayed such efficiency s upon arriving In France that the organisation was re I loved from the division and design ed as "artlllury" was told by men of the command upon their return here. - Since September, 1918, the 146th, comprising men of the Pacific coast, has been a member of the- .division but equipped with motor drawn French 7&'s. have been "army artil lery." Soon after the regiment arrived In Prance It was ordered to Sonne, an artillery training camp, where the men received five weeks Intensive ar tillery Instruction. So high was the standard set by the American! that they were given their new tlte arm ed by but one other outfit In the United States expeditionary forces tho SOlst. While the 75's were loaned to the. Americans by France It was speci fied that any repairs to the recoil mechanism should be done by Frenchmen. This part of the famous French gun Is a military secret and despite the friendship between the two nations France -Insisted that the guns be repaired by her soldiers. Officers of the S46th said here to day that so delicate are the recoil features of the cannon that a glass of water, placed on the barrel, would not spill a drop as the' gun dropped back Into placement follow ing fire. No French T5, the officers stated, had ever been raptured by the Germans without breach mechan ism being wrecked beyond the pos sibility of repair or duplication. WOMAN SUFFRAGE AGAIN DEFEATED . Washington, Feb. 10. Tho senate again defeated the worn- an's suffrage amendment. The house resolution for submission failed of adoption, 55 to SO. - ' Mexico City, Feb. 10. Since the first of the year, the army has been try and 100 regiments of artillery-and other 'arms.' . uavaiit i General I Maximilian Kloss, an Austrian who recently tqpk out Mexican citlsenshlp papers, will djrect the commission ot engineers charged with the study of the valley ot Mexico for mllltar operations. V . . , SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTION Salem, Ore., Feb. 1 0. The senate adoptedhe joint resolution to sub- mlt to the voters the proposal to re. store capital punishment. The reso lutlon now goes to the house. IIKKMX RIOTS PROVE ' j .. FATAL TO SIXTKOPLK ; ... 1- :" London, Feb."' 10.There were repeated encounters Sat- urday' al iBerlln. between" gov- t em ment troops and . a I mob, partly Bpartacan.. Six : people were killed and 14 wounded. ' f GREATESTOF GUNS Git ANTS PAHH, JOSEPHINE COl'NTY, OREOOX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1010. LARED 0FF--M w TO OLD JOBS Car Men' and Restaurant Hands First to Return to Their Old PlacesQuiet at Olympia and Tacoma Shipyard Employes at Oakland Take Holiday to Vote on Strike Seattle, Wash., Feb. 10, 2:1! p. m. The general sympathetic strike was declared off this afternoon and the general strike committee order ed all strikers to return to work at noon Tuesday. The committee re quested all those who have already returned to work to go out . again and , resume with the others tomor row. v Seattle, Wash., Feb. 10. The gen eral sympathetic strike still held Seattle In IJs grip when the general strike committee met today to call oft the walkout. It Is said, unofficial ly, that the strike showed Increased signs of disintegration and soma of the radical union men were said to have admitted that developments of the past 24 hours would end the strike regardless of the action the committee might take. The executive committee.. Of the teamsters' union ordered men back ALL NOT SMOOTH ' OVER AT PARIS ' Paris, Feb. 10. The ques- tlon of removing the peace con- ference to a neutral country la a possibility, owing to the ob- structlve policy of the French press and French officials. ' Washington. . Feb. 8. Pacific Coast States Occasional ralps over southern portion- Knd frequent rains over northern portion,' with snow In mountains. Temperatures below normal. - "' ' MANY - KINGS" CALLED, IKED BEST Paris, Feb. 10. A Frenchman, a small merchant of Paris, offers this as one explanation or the -peculiarly popular" demonstration with ' which the Parisians received President Wil son.. ' .;,, " "We have had many rulers, come to visit us in these lute weeks," he said, "but crowned heads like the kings of England, Italy and Belgium i their military rank. They come in tTCuuuuii.ui - uuii.utuiB.wiia euiuufagB glittering with braid and decora tions. .Essentially their receptions had to partake of the military as- ed to meet their share of S700.000. pect In a dominant manner. To the Another misapprehension is the salutes and cheers of the" crowds view taken by some people that the these rulers had to make only the u,000 must all be subscribed In stiff military salute ot acknowledge- money. This is not the case, as in ment. x Naturally this Is not very per- eluded in this amounts are the pro- sonal. Even a king's salute Is like ' fits to be derived from various agree that of any other officer. V ments and options made, in which 'But,", he continued, "your presi - uem came in ctvuian oioines, very ,,lalni ,who,ly undecorated, not even a ribbon In his lapol. His hat .was constantly off. . He was unhampered by uniform. He smiled, even laugh ed outright, in greeting to'the Pari sians people now and then Caught his direct glance. It was " personal. very ; .human - and we Pari slans like that. So the infection of tnis personal touch went through, the crowds. , There you have It. It was different. r .' . . j , ,." ; "He Is a little reminiscent of our late President Faure," he ended. "'His smile and the Intimate bow are much alike." , n I LL RE TOMORROW to work today. Street car service Is normal and the resturants are open. Vote at Oakland Today San Francisco, Feb. 10. Oakland shipyard laborers took a holiday to day to vote on a strike for a flat wage of 6.40 per day. Two thou sand Boilermakers' helpers, who struck last week, were still oat to day. ' All Qnlct at Olympia Olympia, Wash., Feb. 10. All shipyard labor troubles here have been satisfactorily adjusted. The Sloan wooden shipyard resumed op erations today with full crews. . All Working at Taooma Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 10. All union men returned to work today following th declaration yesterday of the end ot the general strike. Washington, Feb. 10. Sixty- five members of the national women's party were arrested last night by civil and military police after they, had burned President Wilson In effigy ' In front ot the White House as a protest against the threatened defeat ot the equal suffrage resolution in the senate today. Several thousand persona wit- nessed the demonstration, hut there was little disorder. When taken to police stations the women, who represented 16 states, refused to furnish bonds for their release and were placed tn the house of -de- tention to await trial tomorrow. EXPLAINED BY PAPER A meeting was held at the city hall, Tuesday evening, by a number of local business men, at which was discussed ways and means ot getting sufficient signers for the railroad bonus asked by Mr. A, G. Ross. There seemed some difficulty in getting the people to understand that the $300,000 asked Was part, ot the whole sum asked, which is a .mil lion dollars and out ot which the big timber interests, etc., are expect- 'the railroad interests are fo share to the extent f one-fourth of in. creased valuations over present land f rices tn the options held by them. It is Immaterial to. Mr. Ross, and hts associates whether the sum is raised in money or future, profits secured by agreement. Another fea ture explained, was that in getting the agreements signed, which was published last week, Mr. Ross hound himself and associates in each in- stance to an agreement to absolutely start construction work within four months and to' positively assure the signers that the road would be com. pleted in Its entirety. Del Norte Triplicate. ' 1 PUIS IS HEW DISEASE III AiY Men Become Excessively Depressed But Cases Curable Praise for "Wild West" IrivMon Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 10. The army has a new mental disease, known as "military paran oia" and many men who were abso lutely sane In civilian life have con tracted It, according to Major Robert P. Smith, of the 91st ("Wild West") division who has returned here from overseas. ' Major Smith is division pajtchiatrist, a mental expert, and the tint officer of the division repre senting men of the Pacific coast to return. Major Smith arrived in advance of his division to catalog cases of shell shock as well as those wound ed men whose ailments come within the scope of psychiatry, which Is a study ot mental conditions. The major la particularly Interest ed in "military paranoia" the chief symptom ot which Is excessive 'de pression. - : "Most ot the cases are curable." eald Majojr Smith, "but the patient must have the proper surroundings and treatment,' ' Major Smith . had nothing but praise for the men ot the 91st divi sion declaring: that they ' were the shock troops for the French and Bel gians during the last three weeks of the war, ,'-.....' "There is nothing' grander in the war," declared the officer, "than the way men of the 9 1st division distin guished themselves In the St. Ml- hiel drive and In the Argonne forest. Everyone In the west has a right to be proud ot the division and every man In It. A silver belt buckle bearing the familla- "Gott Mit TJns" has been brought tor what Major Smith terms a "concrete illustration of the disil lusionment ot a German soldier.' The former owner ot the buckle en- countered an American soldier arm ed with t trench knife, and shortly after lost all Interest .in the future ownership of the bit of silver. Although here to, arrange tor the preparations tor his soldier patients, Major Smith took time to secure a , 10-day leave to spend on a honey moon, his marriage to Miss Ethel Knapp ot Seattle taking place the day ot his arrival here from New York.: '.' ." ", E Trier, Prussia, Feb. 10. A car load ot chocolate billed to the Ameri can Army of Occupation was wreck ed near Trier recently -and several German chlldrsn of families living nearby ate such quantities- of the sweets that doctors had to be called in to treat them. Many of the chil dren had never tasted chocolate be fore, this form ot candy being among the "luxuries which Germany wss virtually unable to supply during the war, and before the American salv age cre'ws got to work the young sters consumed their fill and then started homeward with all they could carry.' - - . ' - - .-, JAPANESE OFFER TO SETTLE BOLSHEVIKS , Vladivostok, Feb. 10. Re ports from Omsk say that the Russian government has accept ed the offer of Japan of men and money to settle the Bol- shevlk difficulty, following re- ports that the allies are to withdraw their forces. WHOLE XUMHEIl 2587. BUTTE STRIKE LEADS TO USE OF BAYONETS ARE HALTED ON THEIR WAT TO MINES Br l' XI TED STATES SOLDIERS. CROWDS FORBIDOEH DH STREETS Those Who Would Argue and Move Slowly Prodded on by the Sharp - Sting of Bayonets Butte, Mont., Feb. 10. Strikers In the mines who went out when a re duction of $1 a day In wages was promulgated last week, were halted at the foot of a hill leading to the mines today, by guards under United States soldiers. Those, who wished to work were permitted to pass. Con gregating on the streets Is forbidden. Those slow to move have been made to feel the sting of bayonet points. Butte, Mont,, Feb. 10. Major A. M. Jones, tn command ot the federal troops here, announced today that martial law wonld be declared In Butte unless the financial Interests of the city come to the rescue ot the municipal administration with funds to pay the salary warrants ot the city employes. YEAR'S IMPRIS0NWEI1T r' lit London, Feb. 10. Because he re ferred to the Germans aa "Huns" Sergeant E. A. Boyd, a British air man, who was captured was sentenc ed by them to a year's Imprisonment, He has now returned to England. With a lieutenant, Boyd was pa- trolling oft .the Belgian coast In a ' seaplane. They were shot down by enemy destroyers and while . Boyd was In the water he wrote this mes sage: "Shot down at 6:42. Being picked up by HunB." The pigeon to which he entrusted the message was unable to fly and tell into the hands bt the Germans. The two airmen were taken to Bruges where they were sent for by Admiral von Schroe der. ' ."He was frightfully angry over my message," Boyd relates, "and be gan to swear in broken 'English. The only thing we understood . clearly was that on the following day one ot us was to be shot. I had told him that I had written the message. : "Lateral was courtmartlaled and the court held that by calling the Germans 'Huns' I had insulted the officers and men of the .German des troyers, and I was sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment. "For the first six months I was absolutely starved: I gave away my watch for a slice of bread." . T : .. . '-v o - Munich, Feb. 10. The new Bavar ian government has undertaken sys tematically to- organise the recon struction ot industries, and the de velopment of, trade by the organiza tion ot a new state commission to be composed of engineers who will en deavor to solve many of the Intricate problems ot a return from' a war to a peace basis. The new organiza tion is to be known as the commis sion tor the furtherance and develop- ' ment ot Industry and trade.