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University of Ore. Library WE’RE TELLING THE WORLD ♦ " IT’S THE CLIMATE canto GRANT« PANH. JOHEl’HINE COUNTY, OREGON, VOL. X., No. INI. WaahluMlou, Dec. 5.—¡Presi dent Wilson today reserved judgment on the Mexican altua lion until be oouid examine the evidence submitted by Senator Fall, on which 'the senator Ixsed his fharges that the Mex ican ambeeeador and consuls had distributed "Red” propa- ganda In the United Htwtes. Senators FaU i und Hitchcock ♦ conferred with . the President 4 nearly an hour, Senator Fall ♦ said, replying to question«, 4 that he was "entirely satisfied ♦ with the president's condition, ♦ and with hie ability to handle ♦ the Mexican alt nation.” IS DECLARED SEVEN COUNTIES ARE AFFECTED 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 COME AND ENJOY IT” FRIDAY. IIW-KMHKK », IPIO. W HOU: Ml MIIKK 2M.Í». I NENATOKM CONFER WITH PHEMDKNT W1IJ4O.N ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • • • • SIDE OF LINE ♦ Washington, Dec. 5.—Presi dent Wilson has no intention of withdrawing the peace treaty from the senate for the pres ent, Senator Hitchcock an nounced following his visit to the president with whom he ♦ discussed the treaty question ♦ briefly after the conference on ♦ the Mexican situation. ♦' The President thinks the fail ♦ ure of the senate to act on the ♦ MAX HELD AT YREKA (XINFEH- treaty st the special session •4 i SH8 TO HAVINO HELI! UP shifted the responsibility in the ♦ RUCKER CREEK MINERS matter to “other shoulders,” ♦ Hitchcock said, adding: “He Is 4 just going to let It stay where ♦ it Is at present.” OF BOSWELLS NOT RETURN TO UMITED STATES I 4444444444444444444 ♦ ▼ ♦ ♦♦4444444444 4 1 Mobiler» W ill Guard IHMrict» \\ liere Miners Who Were Eiuphiycd In Ihr Soft < oal Minen Are Out Itoblier* Again Flee tcross tile lUver Will Be Forwarded on the First Ship After th<- Ntoreliouse hail llevn Available for Their Trans- I looted of Supplie« jMirtation McAllister. Okla., Dec. 5. <Jov er nor iltoliertaon. of Oakland, tine te- day Issued a proclamation declaring martial law in seven counties of the Aiinomirrmcnt TbM Heavyweight state, effective Immediately. The < hainploii I» Already I n'lcr Con- proclamation said that the entire na trnct to Meet French Battler tional guard organization of the state was called into duly to aid in malntalnance of order In the ofiera- New Orleans. I»ec. 5.—Jack Demp tlon of the coal mines within the district effected by the strike of the sey, heavy weight champion, Is al- ready under contract to tueet bituminous coal miners. Georges Carpentier, who was the winner of the fight last night with Joe Beckett at Ixindon, a local pro inoter(announced, the fight to take place here. Zapata, Tex.. Dec. 5. «Mexican bandits last night raided the Clareno ranch on the American aide of the Rio Grande, eleven miles southeast of here, escaping with all of the.pro- v is ions from the ranch store. The storekee|»er was bound and gagged. Admits Many Daring Ventures Lur ing Past Four Years That Netted Him (her «26.000 New York, Dec. 5.—Alexander' The Weaverville bandit, the man Berkman and Emma Goldman were who held up and robbed the Trinity sent from the main land of the County bank at Wearvervilie of over United Htatea today, probably never, $18,000 on November 13th. and who to return. They were taken to the! Nothing Else Believed Sufficient to was captured after being severely Ge« Signature of German» to Ellis Island immigration station, wounded on November 2let. has Peace Treaty Protocol where they will be held until a ship confessed that he ia the man who is available to carrying them to Rus- , with R. W. DeWitt robbed the Boa Houston. Texas. Dec. 5.- General sla. well mine, near Holland, in Febru- J. F. Wolters, commanding the Tex Paris, Dec 5.—Coercion is the ary, 1918. The bandit, who had as cavalry, today received advices of j only argument likely to make an 1m- been going under the name of F. B. a raid by IMexioan bandits on a store t Salvation Army ,Xm«> Cheei pression upon the Germans and in- Davis, states that his true nine is near the itorder. 11 miles south of Our plans are to give Christmas duce them to sign the peace treaty Jefferson F. Howell. He admits hav Zapata. information was that the dinners, Christmas trees and 'enter- protocol. According to today's news- ing been the chief actor in several owner was bound, after which the tainments to the deserving poor of papers, it is said this conclusion was of the most sensational robberies of place was looted, the bandits fleeing our efty; toys and suitable present, reached yesterday, in a secret ses- the northwest during the past few across the border. and also clothing for those requir- sion of the council of five, Marhal ¡years, included in the last being the ing assistance. We are not appeal- Foch presiding. holding up of the East brook Dredg * Washington. Dec. 5.—-President ing to the public for money. The ing Co. superintendent in June. 191$, ! Wilson will see Senators Fall and Salvation Army has appealed to the when he obtained $2.000 in amalgam I Hitchcock this afternoon to discuss public for Its home service campaign. Ix>ndon,, Eng.. Dec. 5.—There was and $100 in cash: a like robbery the Mexican situation. Senator Fall To all who have contributed to that a persistent rumor in the stock ex of the superintendent of the Ameri The strike of the bituminous coal [announced that immediately after fund the Army expresses grantitude. change today that the supreme eonn- can river dredge tn June, 191T, miner» centered a long way from t’<e conference he would make pub There will be no solicitors sent out ell at the peace conference had which produced about $2,200; the Grants Paas, but It Is having Ila di lic the evidence on which he based this year. Our "kettles” will be threatened Germany that unless fin- robbery of the Boswell mine, in Feb rect influence u|x>n the life and the I charges that the Mexican ambassa placed upon the streets for the con aJ peace terms were agreed to. the ruary. IMS, when, aided by DeWitt, happiness of our i>eople here, as Suiein, Ore.. Dec. 5.—J. M. Devers, dor and consuls to the United States tribution of the generous public. We allied troops would occupy Eseen and he obtained $6.000 in gold; the rob well as now becoming a most dls- turbing factor In many western In- attorney for the state- highway de- were circulating “R^d" propaganda. are depending upon this method and Frankfort. Up to the time the mar bery of the Guggenheim dredge on ¡»artment haa filed in the supreme Fall and Hitchcock were named yes our home service campaign to supply ket has been unaffected by the re American river, tn April. 1919, from duatries. The local railroad agent court a mandamus action to compel terday as a committee to call on the the necessary money for the worthy port. which he secured $1.800 in amalgam, has been directed by the authorities the state board of control to issue president and discuss Fall’s resolu I activities. Thank you. The compli and last the robbery at Weaverville, higher U|> to follow the regulations from which he secured over $18.000, for the distribution of coal Issued .$1,000,000 In Bean-Barrett highway tion relative to severing diplomatic ments of the season. Ensign J. E. Strautin. «commanding officer. a total of over $26,000 in the series by Fuel Administrator Garfield. Un bonds to match government appro relations with Mexico. of robberies. der the instructions, which affect all priations. The suit la Instituted as a test of R. W DeWitt, who was the part coal dealers, the dealers are ordered ner of Howell in the robbery of the to confine the delivery of coal to the elasticity of the Bean-Barrett act to determine whether morel than the Boswell mine when the two Boswells Applicants In the following order: $1,800,000 specified in the act which | were bound and the gold from thefr First: Army, navy or other recent cleanup was taken from them, branches of the federal government. was i»assed in 1917 can be Issued. I From June 30. 1919, to June 30. was found guilty of the crime in the Second: State, coufity and munlcl- 1921, about $4,000.000 is available i F. L. Ray is in the city today from circuit court In this county, and is pal Instilulions and private hoa- the McDow Consolidated placer min now serving a sentence of 15 years from the government If the state pltala. for ing property on Onion creek. He in the state penitentiary for the will match the amount dollar Coblenz. Dec. 5. American Intell- Third: Public utilities, plants fur The Indies Auxiliary, after a per comes for supplies for the winter as [ crime. dollar. gence officers in the occupied area power, niahing light, heat, water, At the time thy Bean-Barrett act recently started a campaign against iod of inactivity, is again arranging the snow is now falling in the Howell, who is now in a hospital transportation, manufacturers and was passed only $1,800,000 »a« German food s;>eculators who were a strenuous cani|»aign along civic in Briggs creek and Onion creek coun- at A’reka. was shot in the leg when users of news print paper. available from the government and held responsible for the high prices terests, and the public welfare of . tries till it will soon be difficult to he was captured November 21st. his Fourth: 'Public buildings, offl get to the outside world. The pla leg being badly shattered. the act was framed to meet that of food in Coblenz and vicinity. The1 stores, bakeries, laundries, r the city and county. At a special cer which Mr. Ray is developing is amount. Under the act $1.200,000 first day of the ’ ’ round tip ” 20 pro- , dences, apartment buildings meeting of the club held recently it owned by himself and by Assessor has been issued. flteers were dejtorted to the unoccu other buildings housing families. To get the question before the pied Germany, with Instructions not was decided to continue the organi Eclus Pollock and Deputy Hays, and Fifth: Gold storage plants. zation. and work in conjunction with the prospects are developing so court the highway department re to return. • Sixth: Creameries, milk bottling the Chamber of Commerce, city rapidly into something tangible and quested the 'board of control to issue As an example of the nature of and milk canning' council and other organizations for with the yellow color that they are the additional $1,000,000. This was the dealings carried on by the specu fleventh: Refiners of petroleum. the upbuilding and welfare of the much enthused at the outlook. Mr. refused, opening the way for the lators. or “ Schlebers. ” they are called Eighth Plants not Included In community. At the regular meeting Ray states that he is now building in German, an incident 4 cited by above list only to extent necessary filing of the action. of the club tomorrow. at 2:30 p. m., a reservoir on Onion creek that will the Americans of a carload of starch to protect against fire and freezing. one of the founders of the club will give them an ample supply of water shipped into Coblenz. It cost the Eureka. Cal., Dec. 5.—Te Hum These instructions to be applied on tell of the différent activities of this for the pipe line and the No. 2 giant original purchaser 40,000 marks, coal now on band. In yard and here boldt county supervisors have bought organization in past years and the la that is Installed. The mine is also The car remained untouched In the after released. Dealers will not de dles will decide whether any of these notable in having the largest sluice for $6.500 a tract of 40 acres in the railroad yards while it was sold from liver coal to any consumer in any can be continued and what the auxil boxes ever built in the county. The South Fork redwood district, where one man to another, each time at an of the above classes having a supply iary will undertake as its work for boxes are 10 feet in width, and the an effort is being made to establish increase in price, until the carload on hand equal to one week’s require the coming year. Bring your hob largest boulders are sent through was finally disposed of for SO,000 ments. bies and ideas and let there be a them with the powerful head of a national redwood park. Arthur E. Connick of the local Mexlco City. Dec. 5. Federal marks, just double what the first discussion as to the different lines water that is held in reserve in the Two More Farms Change Owner»— forces recently rescued T. G. .McKen- purchaser paid. of work most needed, whether civic.! •reservoir. The gold In the »nine is Redwood Park Committee, reviewing the steps taken for saving the red The firm of Heath A Herman an zle. American manager of an electric moral or child welfare, f ’" - lose f^ÇaraP and \fr Ray \t the aoTne woods in the vicinity of the state nounces the closing of two farm power plant In Camargo, state of an informal iiallot will be taken. All fine nuggets in the clean-ups. highway in the South Fork of Eel sales yesterday, one being the trans Chihuahua, who had (been captured former members and women inter River ¡Basin. said that when the fer of the old Sevferth plaice, near and robbed by rebels and held with ested are urged to be present. state legislature reconvenes, an ef- Holland, which has been owned and ' a view to ransom, according to re fort will be made to secure an ap farmed for a couple of years by A. | ports reaching here. propriation from the state for $250,- C. ILIchen. to a Mr. Duncan, who Mr. McKenzie had set out on horse lavnibsons Were Surprised— 000 to further the project through came here from enstern Oregon. This back from Parral and was taken cap Mr. and Mrs. T. B. latmbson. who the purchase of timber. farm consists of 220 acres, nearly all tive iby a small band of men who an- have resided on West G street about The price so far fixed has been Washington. Dee, 5.—The Ameri under Irrigation, having one of the pounced he would be held for rnn- a year, are preparing to move to a arrived at by a cruise of the timber, can embassy at Mexico City has no oldest water rights on Sucker creek. soni. A small -boy hiding in the ranch four miles northwest of the and the fixing of a valuation of $3 The sale Included the stock and Im- bushes witnessed the attack and rah tified the state department that Con-i ' efty. To express their regard for plHiiients. and the purchase price was to Parral where federal forces were sular Agent William O. Jenkins had them. their near neighbors perpe-f Tampico. Dec 5.—It is announced a thousand feet, standing. The present purchase makes an $19,000. Another sale was that of advised and pursuit begun. The ban been released. The advices said trated a simon-pure surprise upon that some of the oil wells tn the gulf 10 acres by W. H. Pankey to L. M. dits were overtaken at nightfall and. that Jenkigs was liberated last night. them Tuesday evening, Those pres- region of Tepetata. in which are lo aggregate of 340 acres of land pur Mitchell, the tract being one mile after a sharp encounter In which While the release served to relieve. ent were Mr. and Mrs. Webster. Mr. cated some of the biggest producing chased. the first 300 acres held In from town on the lower river road. three bandits were killed and one In a way. the tension here over the and Mrs. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Chail- wells in the republic, appear to be trust by the county under the dona tions by Rtephen Mather and Wil Mexican situation. the officials ex- wounded, McKenzie was rescued. son and daughter. Christine; Mr. and exhausted and are now flowing salt liam Kent of $30.000. plained that the Jenkins case was FIRST GERMAN VESSEL Mrs. Erickson and son. Alion; Mr. water instead of petroleum. Produc only an Incident In the situation. AT VEH I URI Z RINCE WAII land Mrs. Hedlund, of Klamath Falls: tion in this region has totalled more Mr. and Mrs. Masiker, Mrs. John than 100.000.000 ¡barrels annually. California Man Purchases— Redlands. Cal., Dec. 5. -Redlands, Pole and daughter, Mrs. S. A. Car- Geologists who recently surveyed the Vera Crux. Mexico, l>ec. 5. The Or. Dillingham has sold his home Ixdpslc, Germany. Dec. 5.- The as a municipality, lias gone into the lenter, Mrs. Alfred, Mrs. Julia Erick- region declare that they would ad property on Prospect avenue, adjoin first, (lerninn vessel to arrive here since the beginning of the war has congress of Independent socialists amusement business. on and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wurts- vise drillings further south. The-first ing the city to C. W. Wheeler, who I It has pur ha sed a theatre and Itaugh. The entertainment consisted big well in Tepetate was discovered comes here from California'. reached tills port with a mixed cargo Thursday unanimously adopted a The of hardware and drugs from Ger program declaring for a Soviet, sys made* AV. L. Fowler, city trustee, of vocal music, cards and games. A nine years ago and development has deal includes the two-acre tract and manager of It. tem of government in Germany. many. lunch was served. ' been rapid since. the residence. • » t * I
