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VOL. IX., No. 03. CHANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEHRUARY 20, 1010. WHOLE NUMBER SSfM. BIG BOOZE RING ROUNDED if 9IST DIVISION II U.S: In Advance I HuhmmmmI Only by Both Division Lewis In NnmlxT i of PHsonws Taken DOUGLAS CXH.NTY SUIU'OEXAED TO OFFICIALS APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT SHOOTING HOPKINS" ASSISTS DoiiUvKKor Hltot by Kainoua Coyi' Vlllo lenity May Turn Stale's Evidence Trial at Portland Deputy U. S. Marshal Musi, of Portland, arrived In tola city for the purpose of serving federal subpoenal on Deputy Bhorlff nalluty and Die trlcl Attorney Ooorge Nouner, who re to offer testimony against the Baker brother, reputed leaders of a bootlogglng ring, believed to bave been operation In Oregon for aeveral months and who are to appear be lore the federal court In Portland ays the Rosoburg Review. The Baker brothers were recently convicted on two charges of white slavery, and one, the younger, was released from custody recently after furnishing ball In the sum of $3,000. His brother Is still Incarcerated, but the younger of the two upon being liberated la alleged to have openly stated that be would, by the Illicit ale of liquor, raise sufficient funds with which to secure his brother's release from the Multnomah county 111. According to v-Mr. Mass, Jack Brennon, who, It will be remembered was. shot by Deputy Sheriff Frank Hopkins some time avo near Can yonvllle, when the man then en gaged In the liquor traffic refused to comply with the officer's demand to bring his automobile to a stop, was found guilty on a charge which grew out of bis apprehension here, that of transporting liquor Into a dry terrl tory, but aa yet sentence has not been passed and It Is believed that the one time partner In crime of the Baker brothers will turn state's evl dence. , "Slim" Warren, who conducts saloon at Hilt, a small lumbering town Just across the California line and who was arrested by the federal authorities charged 'with conspiracy In connection with tha wholesale liquor transportation through Ore gon, alleged to be carried on by the Baker brothers and their subordt nates, recently plead guilty before the federal court at Portland and was promptly fined In the sum of fl,500 and sent to Jail for ten days Warren was Implicated in the af fairs when he sold liquor to pur chasers, knowing that the "wet goods" were to be transported Into dry territory. .' - With the conviction of the Baker brothers, the federal authorities feel that the largest bootlegging ring in tho state, anil long slvlng the officers trouble, lins been broken. All members of the allotted gang, who have been brought before the courts, have entered pleas of guilty and the testimony of the local au thorftles, Including Sheriff - Qnlne, who Is now In Portland, will be used, It Is understood, to wind a web of evidence around the Baker brothers that will perhaps assure their Just IS 4 UKRAINIANS SENATORS IN - VILLSTAEEIHCOrJE BOND ISSUE OF AND POLES MIX' BIO ARGUMENT TAXDRIVEIH L1ASCH $5,000,000 IS NEAR HRG The 91st Division (Wild West) scheduled to sail for home on March made a splendid record abroad, according to the following summary of their deeds In action, Uken from the Stars and 8tr1pes: The record, compared with that of 1 other divisions, shows that the Wild West division advance of J4 kilometers was surpassed only by one division, the 80th, which ad vanced 17 kilometers. The division lesds In number of prisoners taken. with 11 officers snd 2,400 enlisted men. The record of the 91et aa tainted in the 8 tars and Stripes Is as follows: National army of Alaska, Wash ington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Utah, divisional headquarters ar rived In France July 12. 1918. Ac tivities: Argonne-Meuse sector near Vauqules, 'Soptember 20 to October (Argonne-Meuse offensive, Sep. tember 28 to October I); west of Escaut River, Belgium, October SO to November 4 : east of Escaut River, Belgium, November 10-11. Prisoners eaptured: 12 officers. 2.400 enlisted men. Guns captured $S pieces of artillery, 471 machine guns. Total advance on front line, S4 kilometers. POLES LOSE HOME GROUND BIT OCCUPY CITY AND RAILWAY NEAR MEIUNEPKA . ' OVER LEAGIJ B Miltoa A. Miller, Collector, Will Sta tion Two Men at Courthoune to Assist Taxpayers SOME STRONGLY DENOUNCE IT, DECLARING IT MENACE TO AMERICAN LIBERTY REDS HOLD TOWN OF Oil Move Forces I'p Along River Nle- men Brtaans Bombarding .Towns In Weatphalia London, Feb. 20. The Ukrain ians who bave resumed their attacks against the Poles who are defending the city of Lemburg, captured all points between Prsemxyl and Gro- dek, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. FRENCH ARE BUILDING CONCRETE SHIP FLEET Paris, Feb. 20. The Comatran I, which has lust been launched on the Seine, Is the first of what Is ex pected to be a large fleet of cement ships to be In France this spring, mainly to carry coal from England. These ships are of a standard type of about 1,000 tons displacement and the French are proud or the fact that all the material used in the construction of this first unit of their new cement fleet was pro duced In France. The Conafran I Is French built throughout down to the smallest detail. The steel used in the construction of the frame' work was scrap. metal from the bat tloflolds. The. vessel was .launched stem first, said to be the first time this has been accomplished with a ce ment shin of this tonnage. Many French shipbuilding experts had ex pressed tears of, mishaps, but noth Ing untoward occurred. LAl'NOH CONCRETE SHIP 20. The steamer Vancouver, Wash., Feb. W.-I, the first concrete built In the Northwest, was launch d here today. deserts. t NORTHWEST ROTARIAN8 -.; , OPEN TWO-DAY SESSION Portland, Feb. 20 The Rotorlans of the Northwest have opened a two days' session. Entertainment of the many delegates Is the principal or der today. THIS GIRL ELIGIBLE FOR 1 TANKER TOMCAT CORPH Los Angeles, Feb. 20 Rosa Voi ds got even. When her aunt re proved her for staying out late at night she broke all the. dtRhes. .tnrq E SACR1F1 The following information baa been received by the Courier from Milton A. Miller, of tie Internal revenue service: Urgent requests having been made to this . department by taxpayers throughout the state, for assistance In preparing Income tax returns, I am now authorized to assign Income tax officers to such work. In mak- Hliufroth, of Colorado, Says League tag tne assignments, every conslder- Waraaw, Feb. 20. Northeast of Warsaw the Poles have occupied Volkovoysk and taken the line along the river Nlebjnepka. Bolshevists hold the town of Olida and the line along the river Nlemen. Copenhagen, Feb. 20. The Spar- tacans are bombarding the town of Rotteop, Westphalia, according to a message from Muenster. GERMANS THOVGHT 1ST , BOYS WERE REAL INDIANS San Francisco, Feb. 20.-Captaln Dean Witter1 widely known. San Francisco business and club man. arrived borne Friday from overseas, where be was stationed at the head quarters of the general staff of the 91st division. He went through the Argenne and Flanders battles. Dis cussing his experiences abroad. Cap tain Witter said: "The people of the Pacific coast can well be proud of the work of their soldier representatives over seas. The 91st division was engaged In many battles, In the Champagne and In Flanders. They were pre pared to. double their good work when the armistice was signed. "The casualties In the 91st were pretty heavy. The division is proud of Its own record and might well be so. It proved a most important fac tor in the Argonne woods. . 'The enemy thought the boys from the tar west were Indians. They carried the line forward fully 18 miles at one point.". Will Stop Nine-Tenths of All Future Wars ation has been given In arriving at the most advantageous locations with, the result that your district Iwlil be served as follows Washington, Feb, 20. Vigorous . income tax officers O. V. Wimber- criticism of the proposed cons tit J-Mr and W. F. Hammer wlil be sta tion of the league of nations was tloned at the courthouse at Grants voiced today In both houses of con- pass, Oregon, from and Including gress. Match 6th, to and including March Speaking for three hours before g, 1919, inclusive. crowded galleries. Senator Pciudax- Where forma have been sent out, ter of Washington, republican, pre-1 the parties receiving same should cipltated a discussion in the senate produce the forms to the officer as which embraced other subjects snd reference number is assigned, es- consumed practically the entire ses- sentlal to the return of such party, slon. However, there was no formal The treasury department has ex- reply to the Washington senator tended the time for filing income tax from the democratic side. . I returns to March 15th, 1919, and Discussion In the house was on-1 anyone not thoroughly familiar with . expected and was not general. Just the provisions of the income tax law as the members were settling down and their obligation thereunder, tor a night session, Representative! should at once make inquiry or tne Fess of Ohio, chairman of the re-1 above mentioned officers or write publican congressional campaign this office direct, aa thla will be the i - committee, delivered a carefully last opportunity to ao so in conueo- Dreoared addrees In which he took tion with the tiling of returns or up the constitution section by sec- Income for tho year 1918 prior4to tion and denounced the whole . as the due date of tuing. abridaino- the sovereignty of the Aa oon,aa possible after March United States and containing -Jfrto-1 17tH.U gnTriv?rmf - w ioua possibilities." - made taxing la tne entire state ana :..:..v. s n.i.4 Iheavy penalties will attach wnere UTO Bill DOUBLES THE TAX Senate Protests to War Department for Showing Leniency and Ex tending Pay to Unworthy - persons liable to tax have failed, to disclose their liability and make turn on or before March 15th? 1919 ter and Representative Fess were the first prepared bnea made in con gress since the constitution of the UtairtiA mam nnhltahAlt tnil fltnCA p,m wn. -.o.n.a h. WANTS TO SEND BIG - "T";:r:;r r: akmt to whip -reds vuhiuu uv nyuuev hum m vwu.u confer with member of the senate and house foreign affairs commit tees at the White House next week. When Representative Fess ' con- - -Washington, Feb. 20. As a sub stitute for the resolution of Senator Johnson of California, urging .the eluded there wa. no further discus- withdrawal of American troops from slon In the house, but during Sena tor Polndexter's - address, Senator Hitchcock ef Nebraska, republican leader 'Lodge and Senators Knox of Pennsylvania 'and Brandegee of Con necticut, all 'members of the foreign relations committee, briefly Inter jected comment on questions Involv ed in the' league.. (Continued on page 4) Russia, Senator McCumber of North Dakota Introduced a resolution to day declaring It to be the duty of the United States and Its allies to send Immediately to Russia a suffi cient army to defeat the "murder ous bands known aa Bolshevlki" in order to enable the Ruslsan people to establish a stable government The substitution will be called up for consideration later WAR LEAVES FRANCE SHORTOH ENGINES AND CARS- AMERICA TO FILL DEMAND ARREST KAISER'S SON Copenhagen, Feb. 20. Prince Joachim, youngest son oi the for mer kaiser, has been arrested Munich, according to a dispatch cetved here, on suspicion that was connected ' with "certain trlgues." at in Washington,'- Fob. 20 Major Gen eral Peter E. Traub, who command ed the 35th division In the battle of the Argonno, denied ', beforo the house rules committee today' tho charge that men of his division MIsBourlans and Kansans, were sacrificed by failure of artillery sup port. . . !.';.."'.' ' '' 444 44 VICTOR L, MERGER ' " ' GIVEN 20 YEARS 4 ' .; ,:,'', ' 4 Chicago, , Feb. 20. Victor 4 L. Berger, and four- other so- 4 clallsts, who were recently con- 4 vlcted of .violating the esplon age law, -were today sentenced 4 to 20 years imprisonment by 4 i4 Judge Landls, who overruled a 4 up the table linen and then spanked I motion tor a new trial. Paris, France, Feb. 20. France, as a result of the war, finds itself short of 3,000 locomotives 'and 100, 000 cars, while the '. transportation manorial that is still nominally on the active list, is badly out of repair. The shortage of rolling stock has become very acute- lately, for tho number of locomotives and oars out of commission for various defects has incrqased since July last by 10 and 30 per cent respectively To meet the growing difficulties In the matter of repairs, the state munltton factories at Lyons, Tool ouse and Hoanne have, since the ar mistice, been turned with all speed Into railway repairing shops. The French government has lnitf,' hesitated to place orders In. the Unit ed States, where alone new rolling st,ock could, be procured, tor fear of depressing the French rate of ex change unduly, but the country's needs became so pressing that or ders have now been given, it 1b un derstood,, for purchasing 800 loco motives and 32,000 cars, while 27, 000 American cars that were to have been shipped to France tor the' use of . the , American Expeditionary 4 Force have also been acquired! Perhaps the biggest task oeiore the French transportation experts is the restoration of the destroyed railway tracks in the invaded part of France. - An army of 75,000 workers will be engaged on this great work for months. It includes the reconstruction of 14 tunnels and 16,000 bridges, for which 50,000 tons of metal are required. FREIGHT RATE INCREAS Washington, - Feb. 20. Grain In addition, hundreds of miles of growers of Oregon, Washington and UPTOWNS EW STATE PENITENTIARY TO COST $500,000 IS ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS ON BILL Salem, Ore., Feb. 20. As finally settled by the reconstruction com mittee for presentation to the legis lature, the state reconstruction pro gram carries a proposed bond Issue of 15,000,000, Including a new pen itentiary to cost 1500,000; Oregon university, $500,000; the Agricul tural college $500,000; the Eastern Oregon hospital, $150,000; the Roseburg Soldiers' home, $25,000; the armories at Medford, La Grande, Astoria and Baker City. $100,000. , The senate adopted a resolution protesting to, the war department the leniency and pay extended siacx ers at the Ft Leavenworth barracks. The automobile license bill finally drafted approximately doubles the present licensee and provides that one-third of the collections be turn ed back to the counties. ' Idaho, of the Inland Empire Ship pers league, filed with the inter state commerce commission today an attack on the 25 per cent increase in freight rates from points In the three states to Portland. 5 Restora tion of the former rates and repara- maln and branch lines have, been temporarily "borrowed" for mill tary purposes from elsewhere, and must now be relaid. The departments affected ' have been divided up Into sections, for each of which a '"chief reorganlzer" has been appointed. Each of them tlqn is demanded by the league has been required to give an under taking that he will have his section In proper working order as regards transportation, in the course of the present year.' An appropriation of 120,000,000 francs has been' made by the gov eminent to enable the railway com' panles -to' purchase rolling stock for urgent pnbllo needs. The minister of public WDrks has declared that, In IS vocational tra!;;i;;g Washington, Feb. 20. "There Is no mystery .about the work of re training war disabled men. ao as to make them 'efficient, today," de clared Dr. Chas. A. Prosser, director of the federal board for vocational education. "It is simply the appli cation of good -common sense edu cation and good judgment . It Is merely the utilisation of the abili ties remaining to the disabled man. which, can be so trained as in most cases to be Just as effective If not more so, than the ones which , he lost by reason of his Injuries. "It is surprising the number of things a man is capable of doing. If he has been engaged In an occupa tion which requires the nse of his leg, such as operating a foot power press, we do not throw away his trade knowledge, but he is educated to use his hand, or perhaps the stump of his leg by means of a spe cial adjustment, and can continue doing that which he knows best Just as well as "before he received his In Jury, or if he is disinclined to con tinue that work, he is reeducated for some other phase of the same Indus try which he knows well, and which appeals to him, thus preserving his trade knowledge, r "This reeducation is given in the various industries apd factories as well as in the leading technical and trade schools of the country. It is absolutely free to the disabled man; If he Is single, he Is given $65 a month support fund, all other ex penses being paid, and It married or other are other dependents, a larger allowance is made. The federal board for vocational education is anxious to get in touch with all disabled, discharged men, and will gladly ' correspond with them about their coses., The ad dress is simply Washington, D. C." FARMER-EDITOR ,18 ARRESTED FOR LIBEL Eugene, Ore., Feb. 20. Jas. Fullerton, ; a farmer,' has been arrested following an indict ment for ': criminal libel by printing In his publication. The Hornet, charges of graft and his view, the restoration of France's N5 gross immorality at the Unjver- 4 northern' and eastern railway sys- 4- slty of Oregon, and accusing 4 terns should be made a first charge 4- President Campbell of the re- 4 unon the war indemnity to be paid 1 4 sponslblllty. i 4" by the-enemy. ;., I ''4-4- 4-'4 LEGISLATURE VOTES TEX MILLION FOR ROAHS Salem, Ore., Feb. 20. The house finally passed the $20,000,000 road bond bill late Tuesday, by a vote of 61 to 5. Several personal encoun ters were narrowly averted during the debate after Representative. Schuebel charged that the . alleged paving trust was "trying to put something over." . The bill now goes to the senate." ...