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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1920)
" IT’S THE CLIMATE • • WE’RE TELLING THE WORLD • • • • X‘ÌD ENJOY IT (Ôtante puss Daily Couder GRANTS PASH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, J INI ARY 12, 1020. WHOLE NI M BE It 2M«WJ I THE U.S.ARMY OFF FOB Great llriiahi Again to He IG-preeent- «si nt the Sent of German Government London, Jan. 12. fx>rd Kllmar- I nook left today to act us the BrftMi diplomatic representative at Berlin. 'The doparture marks an Important Uep In the rcesiabllshment of diplo matic relations between Britain and Germany, which will be effected al most Immediately. Veseela Not Yet Turned Over to the Allie» May Be Scuttled is lief x mt Was First Business, to be Transacted by The Special Session Which Convened at The State Capitol This Morning—Acting Governor Sends Message Salem, Ore., Jan. 12. The. Oregon bery of any kind; burglary, or as legislature in a special session here sault with intent to kill. today, ratified the amendment to tbe ”1 would have the word go forth,” national constitution granting suf be Bald in his message." that Oregon llailnuy <«»mnil»«lon Will Ixsir Hr- frage to women. It passed the sen will in tbn future meet such offen- fore the Troop«, I» llc|M*rt From ate at 10:50 and the house six min sen with a flat penalty that will be M u-hington Today utes later. The vote was unanimous carried out to the end.” The gover- In both houses. An Interesting race nor would increase the mininium for introduction of the resolution de sentences in al! cases of grave Washington. Jun. 12. The 8,000 veloped between Senator Farrell, of crimes, for, he argued, "only by a American troops in Siberia will be President Bramwell, of the Cham- Multuomah county, and Mrs. Alexan stern and unyielding application of gin their homeward movement soon her of Commerce, has received a der Thompson, democratic represen the law in the cases mentioned, will after midnight of February 1st, leav- telegram from John H. Hank, who is tative of Wasco county, Mrs. Thomp the potential criminal realize what is Ing to Japan the protection of the nt Washington city, stating that the son winning. awaiting him If he oversteps the --------- . bounds of the law.” Trans Siberian railroad. The Amer house mining committee Is now hold Salem, Ore, Jan. 12. Restating' Governor Olcott refers to the wave ican railway commission, which has ing h.'s rings on the war minerals I resolution, this being the resolution his proposition made plain when he of crime which has recently swept been directing the operation of the In which chrome producers of South Isatied the call for the special legis over the country, citing cases from railroad, will come out before that ern Oregon have spe lai Interest. Mr. lative session. Governor Ben W. Ol which Oregon has suffered, and he time, it was learned today. Iluak asks that messages be forward cott asked the special session of the recommends the repeal of the present ed Congressman Hnwley without de Oregon legislature to confine Its constitutional inhibition against cap lay asking that he appear before the work to subjects he outlined In his ital punishment and the enactment I committee In behalf of claimants message, read at the opening session of such law as will allow the question ' who seek relief because of loss in. here today. being submitted to the voters of the chrome production. It is stated in Besides those subjects treated at state at a special election to be held I the telegram received by Mr. Rrnni- length In bls proclamation catling an In connection with the regular pri well that the committee Is Inclined I extraordinary »«wsion, Governor Ol mary election. May 21. this year. I to give relief to the chrome prodn- cott in his message today devoted Workmen’s - compensation, which cers. hut that It is necessary they considerable space to a discussion of was announced by the governor In make as good a showing as iwselble. criminal legislation, recommending his < all for the special session as his changes in the parole laws of the particular reason for calling the spe state which virtually would suspend cial session, was treated freely iu his of I laminai tori < nr Iteri — Ixindon. Jan. 12. -Capture them. The executive recommended message today. He strongly urged The Southern Pacific exumlnation over 25.<*•••• prisoners Is claimed in ' that the legislature so amend the pa- that cojnpensatlon payments to in an official statement Issued today by car la in thè city today. side tracked ' role law that Its operations will be Ju red workmen be increased to ac al thè freight station. the soviet government, at Moscow, , suspended and "that H cease to func- cord with the present living costs. ! tion entirely as to all persons con- Recommendations of a committee giving details of the results of bol I vifted of commission of crimes which the governor appointed to con shevik! operai ions on the Southern sider the question, for a flat increase against the person.” front between December 21st and of 30 per cent on all» compensation No Parole for offen«l«-r January 9th Governor Olcott declared there payments, retroactive to December 1, could be no ]Milliatlon of such of 1919, were approved by the execu fenses as homicide, rape, where vio tive. Legislation to provide for use lence is an element of the crime;'rob- / Contin ied on page J.) Copenhagen. Jan. 12*—Plans to LEWIS ASKS THAT HEAT OF GOV scuttle the German w?rsbips not yet ERNMENT HE TAKEN FROM turned over to the allies are being, SALEM considered by officers of the German I navy, according to Information re ceived by a majority of the socialist party leaders. A Berlin message quotes Die Freiheit as declaring that a high German officer bad so Inform _____ ed leaders. Senator TI xmumh Would Remove State Aid From the Commercial Fishing Industry DEATH PEIALH O APPEARS Salem, Jan. 12.—Representative ID. C, I^ewis, of Multnomah county, introduced a house joint resolution I^aredo, Tex., Jan. 12.—The rich today to remove the capital to Port mineral lands of the Mexican stale land. of Zacatecas are to be exploited by American capital, according to Mex Salem, Jan. 12.—The names of all ico City newspapers, which say cap members of the senate, with the ex italists from the United States al ception of Senator Banks, of Mult ready have entered that field. Plans and specifications for new mining nomah, and Senator Strayer, of Ba shafts for new smelters and other Im ker, were attached to a joint resolu provements have been drawn by Ain- tion introduced in the upper bouse, The referring to the people the question erican engineers, it is said, newspapers say all machinery- and of the capital punishment penalty. other supplies for operators in Zaca tecas will be purchased in the United Salem, Jan. 1 ".- Senator Thomas, States. of Medford, today introduced a joint resolution to refer to the people a Tt BEIM'I l/OSIS TAKES HEAVY TOLL IN VIENNA proposed constitutional amendment Vienna. Jan. 12.—According to to withdraw aid from commercial medical statistic» just published, one fishing. death of every three occurring in re cent weeks has been from tubercu- Salem, Jan. 12.—The fish and lords in its various manifestations. game controversy made prompt ap- pearance In the legislature today im mediately following organization rep resentative Bean, of Eugene, offered a resolution calling for an investiga tion committee. NEWBERRY ARE UPHELD Grand i Rapids, Mich., Jan 12 — Validity of the Indictments against : 1 Senator <Now berry and 131 others, j charged with violating the election I I laws In 1 the 191 S senutorial election. i was upheld in the federal court here Washington. Jun 12. A formal today when a demurrer for the in call for the first meeting of the dicted men was dismissed. longue of nations council, which Is to be held in Parla Friday, will be Issued l>y President Wilson, probably today, Il was nnnnun ed at the state department FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS URGE HUN STRIKERS Ï0 EXTENSION WOKKER.H MEET IN l'olii NI.I.IS Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis. Jan. 12. Several national Berlin, .lari. 12. The government loaders In boys* and girls' club, coun . has Issued a manifesto urgently cull ty agricultural agent, and home dem ing upon striking railway men to onstration agent work are leading in resume work Immediately, pointing discussions this week at a confer <iut, among other things, the conse ence of extension workers. Repre quence of the strike on 400,000 war sentatives from all parts of Oregon prisoners "whom your tactics are aro present. shutting out from wife nnd family." Vancouver, 11. C., Jan. 12. -Offi bo.'vrd show that more than 5,000 cial survey of the activities of the soldiers have decided to take up land returned service men who have tak and that 2,500 are actually on home- en up homesteads in British Colum-, steads. Various soldier settlements bla during the past year, has caused have sprung up. the leading ones provincial officials to predict thnt the being at ('amp iMerville, on Vancou various soldier colonies established ver Island and Camp Lister, near In 1919 will be merged Into one Creston. About 10,000 acres near great, colony, directed by I soldiers Prince George also Is to be colonised. who fought In the great war. 'n the soldier colonies, no one -Hut Success of British Columbia’s sol- -rvlee men and their families reside, dler colonies has attracted attention All of the officers, even represents- throiigliout the British Empire. The nvos ln lhp provincial parliament are onlj’ serious problem which has aria- men who fought, Some weeks ago on In the province Is the heavy In German and Austrian colonists made flux of returned soldiers from other vigorous efforts to settle in a fruit provinces. It has been estimated region, adjacent to one of the small that several thousand returned vete er colonies. They were "informally rans, who enlisted in other parts of deported” despite their protests. The the Dominion, are seeking to become government did not take any nction, resident* of British Columbia. as the "deportation" while rather Records of the soldier settlement vigorous, was bloodless. 12.—ße part Washington. Jan. ¡.mental and divisional commanders ! met here today at the call of the secretary of war, to discuss army re- ; organization, Included were Lieu- itenant General Hunter Liggett, and Washington, Jan. 12.—The su Major Generals Wood. Edwards, . Hines. •Lewis, Sharpe and Harbord. preme court today denied permission for the New Jersey retail liquor El Paso. Texas, Jan. 12.—The new dealers association to bring original ’ railway, from Cuatro Cienegas to proceedings in the supreme court to i Sierra Majada. State of Coahuila. test the constitutionality of the na ' Mexico, is about 60 per cent com- ‘ tional prohibition amendment, and pleted. according to Angel Peimbert. [ to enjoin its enforcement. The New chief engineer of the INational Lines ' Jersey court held it had no jurisdic- In .Mexico, at Juarez. The line will j tion. tap what is said to be some of the j richest un<levelc;«ed mineral land oil Washington, Jan. 12.-—Bituminous the continent and American develop-1 coal miners will accept without re I »rot e Fowl Over fiUMkijrouf ment is expected to follow completion Lloyd Stevenson arrived here Sat of the road, liecause of tile proxi servations any derision made by the president's coal commission in the urday fro mDorris, having driven a mity of the district to the border. . settlement of the coal strike, John Ford over. He reports some snow on When completed the railway will connect the lines of the old Mexican L. I^ewis. acting president of the the Topsy grade but ery little snow United Mine Workers, declared at on the Sisktyous. He experienced no Central and the Monclova branch of what was formerly known as the the opening of the first public hear trouble. Mr. Stevenson will spend ing of the commission. the winter at Wonder. Mexican Central and the Monclova branch of what was formerly known as tho Mexican international. It will cross the famous "El Bolson de Ma- pimi” region, heretofore considered ■ an impassable desert, known only to i goat herders in the rainy season and to prospectors who ventured to tra-l verse it In search of reported fabu lous riches of the Sierra Majada { range. New York. Jan. 12- Nearly 1,000,- 000,000 persons, women largely, are \t present, according to Senor' 000 foreign-born laborers have left 1 drawing aid from their governments Peimbert, 1 SO-gilometers of earth the Imi ted States for 'Europe since , in the form of pensions, are factors work of the road are completed and the armistice was signed and 1,000,- which detract from the Incentive 115 kilometers of track laid. He ex 000 more will depart as soon as pass- heretofore existing for foreigners to pects to see the line completed with port regulations are made less strict seek their fortunes ln the United in three or four months. according to a statement issued here States.” by the inter-racial council of which A nation-wide educational move General Coleman du Pont is chair- ment among 30 nationalities in this ma n. country, having for its purpose the fens of thousands of aliens* are endeavor to “adjust the foreign-bom reported to be giving up their jobs to .American life.” has been under preparatory to returning to their taken by the council which has held home lands. it was said. and many numerous conferen-es with leading of these "as the result of ractal pre-| representatives of each race. More Judices will take back with them thr~ ; ! than 400 industrial and financial or Peking, China, Jan. 12. — Dr. A. L. stories about America which will ganizations of the country are said to Shelton. Christian missionary cap make this country less attractive to be interested tn the council which advocates "a liberal attitude on the tured by bandits near Yunnan Fu, immigrants.” "The independence that has been part of the public toward immigra on January 3. is being held for ran- son, according to reports received granted the countries of Europe." it tion" as a result of the reported un was stated, “and the fact that 30,- skilled labor shortage. here todav. t » Salem. Ore.. Jan. 12 No evidence was found to substantiate the charge of mismanagement In the administra tion of the workmen’s compensation fund made against the state indus trial accident commission by Le Roy E. Keeley. Portland attorney, ac cording to the committee of nine, which concluded its investigations of the affairs of the commission Sat urday morning, and filed its report with Governor Olcott. Numerous re commendations are contained in the report of the com mittee, Including the following: The appointment by the governor of a committee of throe member«, representative of the public, the em ployers and the employes, to meet semi-annually In January and July, for the purpose of going over the ad ministration of the law by the com mission and to hear and Investigate complaints, to make such recommen dations as may he deemed advisable and to report to him. Visiting at Roseburg— Mrs. F. L. Johnson and children, of Grants Pass, arrived here yester day for a short visit with relatives and friends. They will return home tomorrow Roseburg Review. London, Jan. 12. Regret that the United States did not participate In the ratification of the treaty of Ver sailles was expressed In today's news papers. Some editorials strike a dole ful note. I
