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VOI.. IX., No. 1MIH.
0 HANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE! M' XT, OREGON, KATIRIJAY, HKITKMIIKK 13. HMO.
WHOLE NUMBER 2789.
'Us The Climate
INDIANAPOLIS
(HQ CHEERS
FOR JOHNSON
tULIHHlNIA HENATOK HAVH UK
MAY lK "IJTTI.K AMERICAN,
HIT IH AM. AMERICAN"
TUFT HONORED, HOT WM
tin) "Our Holrtlem Won War fr
Amrritu ami Not Iu K11-
Senator Hiram Johnson's speech l
InaiDUMllii Urrl ht audience to
a high pttou. In introducing the
Benator. Henry lane WIIhoh. for
mer United State ambassador to
Mexico, said:
"Uke the late Colonel Theodor
llooiwvelt. Senator Johnson calls
thing by their right nm."
There w cries of "You are
Tliclit; you are right." "" Senator
Johnson insisted that American
trooim should Immediately be
brou ulit buck from Russia. Tie wa
frqunlly Interrupted In the course
of hi attack on the league of na
tion by cheers. Sonutor Johnon
began with thin doclnratlon: "I am
hero and you ar hero because Amer
icanism atlll lives."
"President Wilson bait wild the
liirnA wan tinlnir oitiosnd by lltllo
American." bo aald. "I confess 1
i I.... f .,. nil
am a lime Amcrnnu. i -
American.
"Our aoldlora who 'won Hha war
fought or America, for you and for
m and not for any league of na
tion. Friend of the league admit
U la lmiorfrt. but say we must try
H because It In the only league of
nation' presented. Under that theo
ry J upiose If we had but on egg.
and that egg won rotle-n. we ought
lo eat It because it was the only egg
wo had."
Iln referred lo the. official props -vnnda
Issued by the national admin
istration at Washington, and added:
"They pick taxiiayera iMwkcts to
IioIhoii the .public mind."
Whim ho naked the crowd If It
favored the league there wore loud
ahout of "No."
The audience laughed when the
speaker referred to William II. Taft
a "a! distinguished ex-proldent
whom many respected out none fol
lowed." "PnuiMnnt Wilson addH to bla
Tenraome HiarHh names, appeala to
our material Interesta. and even
taxea the two month that the leasne
nnd treaty havo been lefore tho Am
rlmin people' and senate with Uie
. TiU'h eoat of llvlnit." aald Senator
.lohnaon. "He conveniently forget
The eight montha iho apnnt abroad,
wvrotly .pledging our resource and
our nianpowor to Kuropean and Aa
latlo Kovernmenls. The two month
of HsnRlon by our people andour
nonate in the open of 'what he dis
cerned secretly for eight month haa
nad, of course, no bearing npon.jwd
tho reasonable ddacusalon In the fu
ture cannot poaslbly affect, the high
coat of living. If any single (Individ
ual can lie charged with mnponalbll
My for the high coat of 'living that
man 1 Woodrow Wllaon."
St. Mollis, M Sept. 18. Senator
Hlraim Johnnon, declared last night
that the outstanding question of the
league' of nation controversy is
whether the United Statos will do
Kb duty as lit sees It, or whether she
will subject herself to the will of
Great .Britain and Japan. The sena
tor was given an 18-mlnuta ovation,
nnd hundreds were turned away from
the hall.
MINI' ItS KXIHHJSR
TUB PII'M 15 Hi.VN
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. IS. The
Vnlted Mine Worker' convention
haa indorsed the IPlumb plan for the
nationalisation of the railroads. They
halve invited the railroad 'brother
hoolg to Join tlu alliance for action
FIRES KILL FISH
MONTANA
CREEKS
Tm Vptr Ifc'forw ( riH'ki Can llr
K.-Mim II cut and) A"lntt Tk
Much for Hni')' Trllm
llulto, Mont., Mept. 13. Korent
flnw have bcn reAitoualble for Hie
killing of many million of flub and
In Home dlatrlctii. of Montana It will
lie two year before the alreani will
rout a I n any large enough for the
angler to bring homo, according to
J. II. Ilronaon, state superintendent
of fish hatolierlmi, hre recoully from
hi 'Helena hea(uartor.
"The fire ,IUclf destnjj the na
tural walorahnds," aald Mr. Hronsun,
"and the beat from the flame warms
the water to such an entent that the
rinh wlilcli are not killed outright
beoome dlfvasd And luter die. Tho
ahe settle In the bottom of the
stream and smother the egg so
that K will 1e at least two year be
fore any fish will apinsar In the
streams which have iM-en directly af
fectix! hy the fires."
JELLS OP FAVORITISM
SHOWN IN THE ARMY
l'ortland. Ore., Hept. 1. While
tint aoldier employed u spruce pro
duction under ileneral Dlsque lived
In comfort, worked only ellil hours
a day and drew liberal wages, the
American soldiers engaged In lumber
iroiluci1oii In Kraiu-e worked ten
hour day In hiioa from three to
seven feet dcop, at regular army
ooiuix'imatlon, I Jem cnunt -Colonel
Coorge If. Kelly of Kugena t.itlfled
here.'loduy. He aald some of the I.
W. W. agitated for eight hours, but
were put on bread and wafer for
their action.
L
IS GETTING CHESTY
Nogalns, Sept. 13. ticnoral Alva
ro Oliregon. former minister of war
under the Carranza cabinet and can
didate for president next year, an
nounced today that he would take
the field agaliiHt the I'nlted States,
In event of tinned Intervention by
the Cnlted States.
I XITi:i KTATKN MAY ItKTAI.V
M,l.i:il (ilvlLMAN LINK Its
Washington, Sept . 13. (ieneral
March announced today that some of
tho selr.ed liermim liners may be re
tained permanently 'by the Cnlted
Suites as part of tho army transport
etfrim,
COST-PLUS PLAN COST
Washington, Sept. 12. Among
the many amazing facta brought out
by (congressional investigation com
mittees was the recont disclosure
Unit a shell-loading plant which was
estimated to cost $1,350,000 really
cost the government $14,000,000
and was unrompleUd whon the ar
mistice was signed. Here wag an
Increase of over 1000 per cent over
the estimates one more testimonial
to the Inefficiency of Inexperience in
the war department. Assuming that
only half of the excess cost ' was
waste, it will take the proceeds of
the sales of 60,000 hundred-dollar
Liberty bonds to cover the waste.
The plant referred to was ere.-ted at
Fort Delaware, under .Secretary Ba
ker's ."cost-plus" plan. Evidently,
there was plenty of the "'plus" In the
?ost. A surprising feature of the
evidence was that the department
has requested an appropriation of
1185,000 for purchase of more land
-djolnlng the property, mostly
wamp. '
1
OUR DUTY NOT COWIPLETE
UNTIL TREATY IS RATIFIED'
President Says We Most Not
Great Ovation at Spokane and Tacoma Asserts
Germany Wants Us to Reject the Treaty
Tucoina, Wash.. Sept. 13. Read
ing part of hi uddreas to congress.
asking declaration of war with Ger
many, President Wilson declared
tluvt the puriKMw therein outlined
man not yot fulfilled and would' not
be until the treaty was ratified. He
asked then for completed freedom
from autocracy and guarantee for
liberty everywhere. 1
The president aald that was the
program which had been adopted
without respett to party, and which
it now waa proposed in some quar
ter to abandon. When he asked
whether the people wanted It aban
doned, there were shout of "no, no"
and a continual roar of cheering af
ter he had finished speaking.
3okane, Sept. 12. In reply to
objection that Great Britain would
have a preponderance of voting pow
er In the league of nation assembly,
I'realdent Wllaon said here today
that any poaatble danger on that
score wa removed by the fact that
decisions must be unanimous.
The president sKke to a' crowd
which filled the Spokane arnlory,
where the 4500 floats had been dis
tributed 'by lottery, and waa repeat
edly cheered. On hi way to the ar
mory he had ridden through a riot
of cheering and riag-wavlng, the
crowds in the downtown section
surging fa out 'beyond the curb.
Increasing to say there was an
"element of bitterness In the league
controversy." the president said
some people seemed to think that "a
man named Wilson" had originated
the league. Adding that he wished
he had done no, the president assert
ed hat on the contrary the Idea had
EPISTLE FROM BAGDAD PRAISES U. S.
AS THE GREATEST
'Ry Blancho Brace
Uncle Sam, who used to atuy at
home before the war and tend to his
crops, Is known today all the way
from li'ekln to Ua&dud. as has Just
been proved by a picturesque tribute
to the gentleman of the htsb. hat nnd
the flying coat-tails, recently for
warded through the department of
state to Albert il.u:-as. secretary of
the Joint distribution committee of
American funds for Jewish war suf
ferers In New York. Kellx War
burg Is the chairman of this com
mittee The tribute hailed from illagdud,
was accompanied by a letter from the
American consul there, Oscar S. Hcl
zer, and was all In Arabic, so that
Just at first It was a bit hard to tell
whether Uncle Sam was being called
names, or Kissed on ooin cneeas, as
the saying goes in Europe. Arabic
looks astonishingly like an Insult, in
line original. !A translation, nowever
proved that this was quite the re-
verse, and that Uncle Sam nas been
elected an honorary Sultan of Bag-
dad.
A speech made in Arabic by the
Arahlc teacher iln the Aron-Saleh, a'
Jewish orphanage In Bagdad, upon
the occasion of the distribution of
700 new uniforms to the orphans of
that Institution, by American Jewish
relief agencies, referred to the Am
ericans as "the light and the lamp
of all knowledge."
"I refer especially to the Ameri
can people, the defenders of right,
alders of humanity, and protectors
of mankind from evil and ' oppres
sion," says this address, according
to the official translation as made
nubile hy the American Jewish re
lief committee. "America Oh. iwhat
Abandon Our PurposeGiven
grown out of years of
largely on the part of
discussion,
repubHcan
statesmen.
Taking up the proposed reserva
tion to article 10 the president said
the vote of the United States would
be required to Insure any decision of
the league Council.
"Yet I hear gentlemen say," he
continued, "that this is a Tlolatlon
of our sovereignty. If it i anything.
It I an exaggeration of our sover
eignty. This extends our sovereign
ty to saying whether other nations
shall go to wir or not."
It has been proposed at Paris, said1
the president, that the covenant pro
vide that the members should auto
matically be at war with a covenant
breaker. But he added that he had
opposed the suggestion because It
would take, away from congress the
power to declare waT.
On the proposed -Monroe doctrine
reservation, the president said the
peace conference tried to define the
doctrine as clearly as possible.
"That Is the most extraordinary
sentence In the document," he con
tinued. "Because up to that time
there wasn't a great ppwer In the
world that was willing to admit the
validity of the Nfonroe Toctr!ne."
It was "absolutely Irrational,"
said Mr. Wilson .to asjc for anything
more. y
"Germany wants us to stay out of
this treaty," said the president,
"Xot under the delusion that we
would seek to aid her, but with the
knowledge that the guarantees would
not be sufficient without America.
She wants to see America alienated
from the great powers from which
she herself has been alienated."
NATION ON GLOBE
a good name, a name which increaoes
the heats of my heart, and makes
me tremble with joy on hearing It!
They are a noble race, willing to s?e
rlflce themselves for defending the
right, and to rescue the wronged and
oppressed nations, and to save hu
manity from the hands of the ty
rants. They are the light and the
lamp of all knowledge:
"In the words of the poet, "They
are a race, If they promise, they ful
fill, if determined, they stand firm,
and If they fight in a battle, they do
their best.' They have supplied the
needs of the world, and contributed
most liberally for relief purposes,
They have fed the hungry people
and rescued them ifrom starvation
and led tham to places of safety and
freedom. Wonderful people, the
Americans are, they have very lib-
eral hands, and have very keen and
gharp thoughts. Civilization is their
motto, delicacy and purity of soul is
their usage. They help the went
and take him by the hand, and shout
with all .their mls-ht. The rlo-hl nf
the weak Is as sacred as the right of
the strong. ,lt is needless to speak
of American , beneficence, as ' thev
have overflowed the world with their
charitable and benevolent works,
May God reward them on our behalf
with his best rewards."
In'accordance with the request of
Consul Heizer, Secretary Lansing
sent the Arolbic address (fortunately
with Its translation) to the Amerl
can Jewish relief agencies in New
York who ihad iglven the money to
buy the uniforms and whose funds
are caring for these destitute Jewish
orphans in the ancient city of the
Caliphs.
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EXECUTES THREAT
DW-luirge Kelson From Hoard of
Commlswioam Because Nelson
, Kmi'loyed blacker '
Salem, Ore., Sept 13. Due to the
refusal of Thomas Nelson, of Astoria,
to dispense with the services of Ha
Inae Fritjof Huttula, an alien, or
resign from the state bo surd of pilot
commissioners as Governor Olcott
had suggested, the governor notified
Nelson today that he will he dis
charged from the board.
Huttula is employed by the fish
packing company of which Nelson is
manager. The American Legion de
manded that he be discharged be
cause he cancelled his application for
citizenship papers during the war,
ItfH'MAXIA TO UPHOLD
NATION'AI, DIGXmr
Paris, Sept. 13. The situation be
tween Roumanian and the entente ap
pears brighter. The Roumanian dele
gation has expressed lts( desire to
safeguard their national dignity, but
uphold the avowed Intention to re
main friendly with the entente.
SHIPBUILDERS NEXT
TO BE PUT ON CARPET
ten Francisco, Set. 13.; Alleged
shipbuilding frauds in the Northwest
are to 'be probed by the department
of Justice, with a' view of Indicting
the guilty persons, E. N. Blanford
head of the department's investigate
lag bureau, announced hers today.
The department will investigate the
alleged substitution of cheap mater
ial for contract material in vessels,
and other frauds.
Washington, Sept. 13. General
Pershing has re-established head
quarters of the expeditionary forces
at the war department, to wind up
the overseas army business.
The house has considered a reso
lution proposing a gift of a' $10,000
sword to Pershing. This is the Gen
eral's 69th birthday.
TKOl'RI.K IX CHILI
Santiago, Chili, Sept. 13.-
-The
Chtlean ministry has resigned.
GROWN MEN WITH THE
BRAIN OE A CHILD
Paris, Sept. 12. Inhabitants of
the mountains of iMontenegro live in
ignorance of the most elementary
rules of hygiene and the strangest
superstlttlons concerning diseases
still flourish among them, says a re
port of the mission of the American
Red Cross which has Just returned
from that country. '
The mountainers 'believe that phy
sical ailments . were carried on the
wings of baleful breezes and , that.
contagious diseases were distributed
during dark nights by evil spirits.
Thus they slept with their windows
hermetically sealed and tuberculosis
reigned supreme. The peasants re
eelved the advices, suggestions and
medicine of the American Red Cross
without enthusiasm.
One aged man suffering from i
chronic affection of the throat Insist
ed that It was caused by his tongue
being too small. He refused to make
use of the antiseptic gargle supplied
by the "Red Cross until a doctor told
him It would make his tongue grow,
He was the most surprised Montene
grin In the 'world when after a few
days he was cured. ;
GOVERNOR LCD
VILL BE FIGHT
10 FINISH IN
OLD BOSTON
STfUKLVO POIJCKMKX WUJi NOT
BE JUaXSTATEU GOVERXOR
BACKS VP CITY'S 8TAXD '
ill KILLED, WOMAN WOUNDED
Policemen's Offer to Return Cam .
Too Late; Authorities Premrln I
. for the Worst
Boston, Sept. 13. Police Commis
sioner Curtis announced today that
the (posts deserted by the striking
policemen were vacant and that they
would proceed to fail them.
The policemen offered to return to
work after Samuel Gompers request
ed it yesterday, but the request to b
reinstated was denied.
A woman and a man were shot
this morning during an attempt of.
the state guards to make the loiter
ers move on. The man was killed
and the woman wounded In the
knee.
The state takes the attitude that
it is a fight to the finish ana the
governor has indorsed the attitude
of Commissioner Curtis. 'A general
strike Is threatened, and the author
ities have taken step to meet the
worst.
SOLIMWISKECEPTIOX
t ' AG A IX POSTPONED
-f
On account of the wet condi-
tion of the grounds at Riverside
park, the reception tor returned
soldiers, sailors and marines
which was to have been held
"tomorrow; has again toeen post-
poned. The committee in charge
of the proposed reception are
considering an Indoor entertaln-
ment of some kind, as the
weather at this time of year is
rather uncertain. ,
100,000 ACRES UTAH
LAND PUT ON MARKET
Salt Lake City. Sept. 13. More
than 100,000 acres of choice land
lying within the boundaries of Kane .
county,' Utah, will be thrown open to
entry in the local United States land
office October 15.
Announcement to this effect was
made by the register of the United
States land office here today. ... .
R. Ri AD.MIXISTRATIOX
ACCEPTS XEW PROPOSAL
Detroit. uMich.. Sept. 13. The rail
road admlntstratton,will unreserved
ly accept the proposal" of the United
Brotherhood for the maintenance of.
way employes and railway shop la
borers for a new working schedule,
It was announced here todav. There
will ibtf no strike.
WILL REOPEN FAMOUS
CALIFORNIA MINE
? Portenille, Cal., Sept. 13. Indi
cating a' revival of mining at White
River, the once famous "Tail Holt"
of ibonanza days in California, Grass
valley gold miners have Ibougat the
claims of Blue Mountain Mining
company, situated in the White river
foothills. The company has been re
organized, capitalized at $400,000
and the new owners have announced
that a large force of men will be
put to work on the property at one 5.