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ImMk VOL. IX., No. Ml. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, IttlH WHOLE NUMBER 2595. i . . CLEMEH SPECULATOR MINE HAS CLOSE CALL ATBilTTEISFIREO II DEATH I Ixiiid (iKTUit of WhUUr Announce to (lUaratM Tlwl Strike In Ended. Pull Shift at Mint AXftAHHIX FIIIKH FIVE SHOTS ATI UU9. M0-' " ire uuiievea 10 nave ueua wi iucwu- TIIK "FRENCH TIGER" , BUT FAILS TO KILL . I diary origin threatened the Specula tor mine but was extinguished be fore It could gain headway. MILLIONS FOR SENATOR SAjS ROAD BUILDING LEAGUE filil M AVAILABLE BE LIKE SOVIET , . r , . , ... - c '' '.V ... M' (i; -'- OmuniwikMier Roper Explains Work ing of New Internal Revenue BIU. Cooperation Aked 'DIRT WILL BEGIN TO FLY WOULD MEAN SURRENDER OF WITHIN 00 DAYS" SAYS DIS TltlCT ENGINEER HEWES AMEHCAN RIGHTS FOIt CON. GHEHH TO SIGN COVENANT ' PREMIER GRAPPLES WITH MAN Butte, Mont., Feb. 19. -Choruses I of whittle, hrlll. deep and me dium, loudly proclaimed to the elt I liens of Butte thla morning that Dullot ltv l"l' Shoulder A, normal' times had .returned. The Muwln, Thought to bo Ituiwlan, I whistle choruses of Butte announces Did Not Try to Escape STATES MATCH GOV'T. Fill POIECTER GETS ALL 'HET UP' I the change in shifts. Practically every mine In the lllulte district which was. not closed Paris. Feb. 18. Georges Clem- down for repair worjc before the re- emceau. France's aged but vigorous! cent strike of miners was working premier, was shot and sllgblly today. In nearly ell cases full shirts wounded this morning as he entered were reported at work and it was es- . an automobile for a drive. Flvf timated mat close to b.ouu men naa shots were fired by the assassin. returned to work already and that At first It was thought that the the number will have reached near premier had been wounded tn the 1 1.000 by tonight head, but It later, developed that the There Is no strike In Butte of any wounds were In his back and .snout- character at present, win tne el der, and were not dangerous, appar- ceptlon of one of about 40 city era enlly. His assailant, an ordinary pioyes wno are oui oecauae mej looklna- man. dressed as a worker. re unable to have their warrants rr.!it i rained., it has naa notning to ao PnitKiuAin .r:.nmni. who was with the miners' strike, woundod in the right eye but not urloualy, told the Associated Tress that the premier rushod up to the assassin and grappled with him. The assassin, aged about 15 years, gave bis name as Kmll Cottln and was bora at CrelL The police are rather Inclined to think that he is a Rus lan. He Is fair and tall, with long light hair. One witness to the shooting, a bar l... i. iHlit ha heard the first shot but ihmi.hi it was the Americans firing Mlddleton Island, about i ih. .ir ih.v are in the habit Um Yestrday they came to v;oraova whu iuu uiue ids saiui Dollar for Dollar . Plan WUI Give Declares Question Should Be Submit- Oregon Over 99,000,000, Most of ted to Americans la Political it Available Soon I Campaign Portland. Feb, 19. With a grand i Washington, Feb. 19. Senator total of $37, 649.970 aa the north- Polndexter, of Washington, republl wont's slice of federal and state, dot- can,, tn a prepared address declared lar for dollar, funds to build roads, I that the United States' entrance in- wlthin the next two working seasons, I to the league of nations would mean there ought to be jpork for everyone surrender of American rights,, of our and good highways should .become privileges,, our sovereignty and the common instead of a novelty. Ore- abandonment of the Monroe doc- gon's total will amount to 19, 186,-j trine and the violation of , the' con 888, most of U available within 101 stitutton. He said the. constitution days. of the league waa Indefinite, unCer. The "dirt will start to fly" with- tain and the machinery It proposes In the 90 days, according to District I to set op would be "similar to the Engineer L. I. Hewes, In charge of I soviet government of Russia." the U. B. bureau of public roads,. Senator Polndexter declared that District No. 1, which Includes Ore-1 the question should be submitted to MAN AND WIFE GAIN RAISING Cordova, Alaska, Feb. 19. For nine years "Joseph Ibuck and ' hla wife have been the aole residents of 60 miles of doing." The crowd beat the as sassin, who did not try to escape, before the police got to him. -' Pro.li1.nl Pnltwulm. the Amerl can ambassador and other official X y one except the crew of the valued at approximately $10,000 representing the fruits of one year's work on a spot of land never visited Immediately went to Clemenceau i house. Unless complications set In. due to his age, the premier Is tn no Immediatn danger. power schooner that takes supplies to the Ibachs and brings them to the coast. The Ibachs never find time drag' glng on their bands. Feeding of their foxes alone Is a considerable task, aa each animal required two ' Physicians say the bullet entered tha tuft ahnnlitnr and has been local- a i ,. ,i,rM .hnuldnr. hut It has Vowit of fish dally. With not yet been removed. The premier 150 ' on th work of coughs a great deal, but no ; blood, supplying sufficient fish dally tor Be waa on his way to a conference formidable in Itself. Seat with Colonol House and Lord Bal four. meat, and vegetables are also fed to the toxee. the vegetables 'raised by the Ibachi. London, Feb. 19. Emll Cotton, who shot Premier Clemenceau of Franco, Is known as a dnnncrous a . iMnlnv In '.'Pari' rita patches. He took all the responsi bility for shooting the premier, who was hit three times, two bullets grating Ms right arm' and right hand. , : NAVAL OFFICERS FACE OF CIUWFOBD BILL PASSES Washington, Feb. 19. Secretary Daniels has ordored tried by court martial two naval officers and one SEVERE PENALTY 3 I J i l J t J I 't i PIEZ STANDS 4 0 t, I ' I . !. : ' . -I i Washington, Feb. 19. Hpw doeswlLL NOT CONSIDER ADVANCE Uncle Sam deal with tax-dodgersT This Inquiry which wis prompted by the severe penalties provided In the new, revenue bill, has brought rrom Commissioner Daniel. C.... Roper , a frank, statement as to. the internal revenue bureau's attitude toward those who attempt to evade taxa tion: ' "Any person who deliberately con ceals tax liability, or who falsifies a return in order to evade or reduce any Internal revenue tax,. or who de liberately abets such concealment or fraud, Jinds arrayed against him the WAGES UNTIL PREVIOUS CONDITIONS RESTORED , YARDS HAVE ROT BEEN OPENED Metal Trades Union "Takes Vote on Calling Coaat-Wide Strike of Shipbuilders Seattle, Feb. 19. At 1.80 yester iIm aftArnnon tha Pnzet Sound ataal entire strength oLthis bureau i press- announced they would not reopen their yards today , aa planned. log for the full civil and criminal penalties. ; This Is the attitude to ward . the tax-dodger, expressed In one sentence, vyneiui.- .. . Wagn,ngtollf Keb- 19.No ,Wp. shiner, a steaimy iramcaer m u.u, bnd,nr vage advance, are being lorming oruga, or " "7 coiuldered, Charles Plez, of the Em- figures, a delinquent in making the sworn return the law requires, or a revenue violator of any other kind, the bureau Is charged with the duty of hunting him out and exacting the full punishment provided, in the law ergency Fleet corporation, declared today. Portland, Ore., Feb. 19. The Pa clfie Coast Metal Trades council la votlnz todav on calling: a eoast-wida Towards the taxpayer who. means Btrlke of .hinbullders. The vote may gon, Washington. Montana and Ida- the American people In a political t0 comply witn tne internal revenue no announced until tomorrow. hn . IcamnalKD where It should be made w. ""7 na nouesuj, Uon receiving, word that the oost- tn- : otherwise "safe govern- emends a helping nana, coopera- Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 19. Dr. Mar- r " I . a i ii . . I tf sin wit h Mi tavnilTftr IS OI1F W&LCD.- I . i wt office annroDriatloa had been agreed eni m Amcnci win nave aisap-i isnaiL, repreaenunK vovm u- upon by the senate and bouse con. peared." ferees at Washington, Hewes esti mated the Northwest's'sbara of the federal appropriation by meant of a chart received yesterday from. Wash. Ington. , ''...'.. "From the government Oregon will receive about $4,693,444; Wash ington, $3,971,782; Idaho. $3,555, 357, and Montana, $5,490,771.. The states, by the terms of the act will have to match these sums, bringing IS word and objective. ... , . .v-. Uonneed today that all shinworkera These two contrasts the teeth of I muBt return, to work under previous the law for the tax-dodger and tbe I conditions before - the government violator, and the aid of every lawful I will consider their demands. In the agency for the voluntary taxpayer meantime, no shipyards, will be per- are policies necessary tor the admin- mitted to open. - The bollermakers istratlon of tax laws under modern and. Iron shipbuilders hare decided conditions.' One of the most diffl- to stand with the strikers. cult of the many problems, in tax I : collecting Is to classify those who 'HAMPIOV' KISSER SUED ' " The Hague, Jan. 19. (Correspon- fail io fulfitl the obligations imposed FOR $50,000 AT CHICAGO dence of the Associated Press.) by law. The bureau is obliged to I Baron von der Lancken, formerly maintain 4 large staff and to use lhe I , Chicago, Feb. 19,; Sixty kisses, an Ml i li i IK. tntal tin tn 411797 70(1 which I.,- ...,.. m.. in i. . , I,, uiroug aiu luinour ui uciftmui, i uimoct discretion la Broinj-iuo'- uuui i. una ouirivi. " .v i .v.. r..-.fc. nH.J 1.,.. Th w.a tha raenrd of Aurelius U1B.JUMI, . .. . a. IVtlU. i fP-l .ttw1 MtltA AflAri. i ue rum us rotrciou uuui ucigiuui. uce is ubavj royuusiuuit7 ., uu v. ui icmu a. t A anikaa animna ftF fllltna fA Vftftflll I I . ' 1 - . AUUluvr aiuuivo it, UMM ava I V. J.. T snxlran voa trian man h L.U ar..1 IrHntra Mn tisV. I nt rlafAniinnt ftl A hreftCh Of DrOm- expenditure which goes to maae up whom the Amerlc8n mIn8tePf Brand Unquents be classified. ' - ' lse suit heard In superior court here the grand total la an annual appro- Whltlmk Ha,lvoPllrf M. v .DDeai ,..7 tflT. 'according to Miss Virginia prlatlon of 3.oou,uuOi ror to 8pare the life of Edith Cavell. the aeUnaaeIlcr wltn whirh we have to Foster. And each kiss was a T?E II OOoU' KS? EnB,l8h DUrM Wh 6XeCUted bT 52 the tax ayer who had and lingering one. Miss Foster Us add to the. 1,000,000. aireaay ajj i rvrnhnr. 191B. tot 'v t.. v. tifind. propriated for. thl. purpose.. . Ore- French -.B.!- IT, u' ' iS Mis. Foster asked $50,000.' She gon's share has neretoiore oeen t e trom Bel- " ' . . declared Turpln had failed to make mi nnn hut win nnv m mora man . .. cuuirui. dcwuuiji -ua " " . , goo a a promise co kivo 40x50 11 f ( wMilf ma-Pi- Itfm a.it -1 J sVI.J14h nAM-n uuivotu . w - " who wilfully evaded compliance M ' 'ame? ,1?om580 ..mUh with the law. Salem, Ore., Feb. 19. The bouse medlral officer, on the charge of has passed the Crawford bill, pro- taking a $1,000 bribe for passing an Vldlng for greator speed on counting applicant not physically, qualified ballots by opening tUe ballot boxes tor duty. .The seoretary sought an- every, half hour. P.532 MEN OF COBLENZ other case wherein Is Involved a $500 brlbo td secure detail permit ting an applicant to remain. at home Indefinitely. ' Two other cases, de veloping no names, have been an nounced. "The total for this district amounts . iBatlon. that .the sentence lm to $J,Z6a.xx tor. ioresi roau wn- d hjr the mmtary governor on structlon. Renllyj I oeiieve tnis . is ... - .. . d tnat the about the best thing that ever .nap- Lf, governor coui,j not overrule it, pened to the nortnwesu we can men von dej. jncken arrived now see what an important area mis here he went to the German legation, Is. It will surely be a big item in hllt . nrtnT to ohtaIn food -ards. he bringing about the readjustment of had tQ apply- to the police station affairs following tne war. ,.. where he failed miserably in his ef- "Already I have BO applications fortg t0 obtain" preferential treat for engineering work for former ment as a "distinguished visitor." A soldiers and they will be given tlielhance cailer there, found him In first consideration In alloUng the nne witn a group of unwashed refu work, was the. promise of Mr. gees, Hewes. . ' " . . " keeping with his surroundings. was com two hours before his wants were at tended to. C...,..rf AlnaVa Vnh 19 Seven o ouv won muiciunn i "" man. 13 STATE BAXKS IN MINNE SOTA FORCED TO CLOSK E MlnneapotlSr Minn,. ;Feb. Coblens, Jan. 28. (By ,. Mall). Coblons, a city of more than 0,000 lnhabltanU, last a total of 1,033 men killed In- the war, according to Ger many army estimates which reached the Army of Ooaupatlon headquar ters recently.' In the four, years ol war 11,728 men from Coblona were drafted Into the German army. Sev eral thousands of these already have returned and many have taken up their trades where they left oft in 1914. Since the armistice was signed 6.532 men of Coblens have been discharged from the German army, and every day additional soldiers are returning to civil life In the district now occupied by the Third Ameri can army, , , ., . ,.. , ... Hl'N MILITARY PART- SAID TO BE HIGHLY ENRAGED FLAT CARS FOR ALASKA Alnnka. Feb. 19. Seven ntM train of flat cars are to oe shipped by the government from the Lancken In Brussels It was necessary es below xero. Panama Canal, wnere iney were - . ' V- Vw,7. . i,n,w Flfty-stx children died trom the used, to Seward where they will oe .u.ss.....r ft put In the service of the railroad uuBm.j the government Is building between "ngs. the spectacle of this exquisite .13. ' Charles Fl Wyant, president of 13 Minnesota state banks, and William H. Schafer, promoter, were arrested here today charged with defrauding Paris, Feb. 19. The Polish na- aeiiosiLom uV n,.u...,. that the I estimaiea ai aiy".w w"m"i worthless notes and wildcat siocks. and I The 13 banks have been closed by ar- the state superintendent of DanKing. rived from Germany at the Polish frontier. The deported persons, the committee says, traveled by day and night .in open trucks la a tempera- t!. f f tional committee announces with his surroundings. He " "wu .. .T. " " peifed-to stand In line for KUU1CU UU WUV VUUUIBU amw E THE At the German frontier Poles! Seward and Fairbanks. London, Feb. 19. Advices receiv ed from Borlln, by way of Basel, to day are to the effect that the pan Germnn military party, headed .by Field Marshal von Hlndenburg, bit terly resents the new clauses In the armistice, especially thoBe " limiting the German army to the sir.e of a simple police force, the supervision of control of . ammunition factories and the demand that Germany pay the .expenses of the allied armies of occupation. 1 ' ' " ..' These conditions It Is complained, will throw out of work thousands of German officers, trom - generals downward, while the army of 600,. 000 volunteers reported by the per man press to have been organized mutt be dtsbsnde.d. - TO NEW KIND E .noMmon nf Prnaslan Innkerdom were deprived of their money, foot- . ' ' r , j uerne, owmenauu, . waiting his turn, in the tile amid V, ,R 7 ,1 Mall )-On the question of, freedom grimy proletariat afforded fcT '"K -as. Proper Frledrlch W. I lent uiustrauon oi tne ihubb w - are changed." f SEATTIiE'S "FIGHTING MAYOR" RUSSIANS RKFUSE TO ' - 4- . MEET nOLSHEVlkS f Seattle, Wash.,: Fe. - 19. Mayor the tack of freedom In using the seas . , 01e Hanaon U lying at his home to-ho, develop their commerce and In- . I . .1 V 1. J I . . . 1 . . . . T ffnn I Foerster, Bavarian minister to Swit zerland, said recently to a correspon dent of the Associated Press: "I must frankly admit the Ger mans had no reasons to complain of Honolulu, T. H., Feb.- 19. The Washington, Feb,. 19. Rep- day suffering a nervous jareaaao-WD-l dustries before the war. in inci, Hawaiian Pineapple Packers' , asso-1 V. resentattves of the governments -f I declared by his secretary to De tne I both America and Engiana piacea elation has, voted to expend gao.ouu pf of Siberia, Arcnangei ana.-v resuu or exposure uuu bucuuuuo no 0Dsiacies in ima rmiioci. . in the establishment of a 60-acre-ex- Southern Russia, according to a -f work during the general Btrlke. A I Dr, Foerster .declared that Prus- pertment statlorl. The principal ob-U- dispatch to the Russian embos- -f physician Is In constant attendance, gianlsm and militarism now are dead Ject Is to develop different varieties! -f sy, has handed the peace con- The mayor may , be connnea to his Hn Germany killed by tne war ana of pineapples which may be grown Terence at Fans tneir rormsi vioeo lor some ume, accormns io niinat uermany win oecom a 6ioi. in Hawaii., At present the Industry rejection of the proposal that brief bulletin issued by nis pnysician republlo on the lines or America out depends otu the Cayetfhe pineapple, they roeet with Bolshevlkt and at noon. Hanson waa to have been that the process necessarily must he and the growers tear that If It should -f other Russian n, delegates at -f the chief speaker before the Port- slow owing to international conflicts be attacked by disease the industry l-f Princess Island. . . -f land Progressive, Business men's land the differences between political Uk, i.- .vM.(..ul. H1i ...UnMnn I a.AA.A.L a.a.a! 44aaa4 I Cllln tnnftV '. . ' S I narrtna. UUKUk U mHHl.UTO .il" I..UVUU.. - t -r r - . -r ......... , , ... , f ... .