Sherman County observer., January 30, 1920, Image 1

M o ro , S h e rm a n
E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 .
J. R. Morgan
3Don.tJ.st
MISS AGUINALDO
Office on Fir»t street,
MORO.
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D r.C . E. Gard
D E ÌN T IS T ?
Office ¡jfthe^Bank of Moro build-
injt.upstairs. .
OREGON
DR. W A LTER W. HART
D E N T IS T
Vogt Bldg.,
T H È D A L L E S ./-
O R EG O N
D r. C . L . P o k y
Physician and Surgeon.
Moro, Oregon.
Office in resid en ce.
, Residence phone M 72
Office phone 463
J. Carlos Bhorraley, Ml
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office opp. Hotel Sherman
WASCO,
:
: ? O R EG O N
Dr. F. W
. CURIE, 0. P. T.
EYE S P E C IA L IS T ,
Miss Carmen Agulnaldo, daughter of
he noted Philippine leader, who is a
udent at the University of Illinois.
JOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
SEVERAL AMERICANS
C hita, E ast S iberia.—Colonel B lunt
and seven o th er A m erican en g in eers;
Miss F ord, C aptain C h arette and sev­
eral o th er m em bers of th e A m erican
lied Cross and an en tire Polish arm y,
composed of form er p risoners, have
*>een captured by th e bolBhevlkl s '
K ljm dilnskaya, according to a garbled
telegram received from Joseph HT.' Ray,
ex-American counsul a t Irk u tsk .
T he dispatch from Mr. Ray was
sent from som ew here beyond Nizh-
niudinsk, Ja n u a ry 14.
I t was some­
what garbled In tran sm issio n . Kllu-
-hlnskaya Is on th e tran s-S ib erian ra il­
road, 100 mill’s west of N Izhniudinsk.
The Czechp are fig h tin g a re a r ­
guard action w ith th e reds n ea r K ras­
noyarsk.
Bolshevism is g ain in g In
Chita. E rn est L. H arris, form er A m er­
ican counsul a t Omsk, Is still In Chita.
.T h e B ritish , .Jap a n ese and F ren ch
m issions and m em bers o t th e Red
Cross have arriv ed in H arbin.
Wickcrsham Optical Co., 617-18 85 RADICALS ARE INDICTED
Oregonian Bldg.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes Is One of
PORTLAND. O R E G O N
W ill visit Moro on regular schedule every
two weeks. W elch for announcement.
Phone
Hours by Appointmen
DR. C. H. JOHNS
Chiropractor
[MORO, ORE.
Office at ¿Residence.
V u lc a n iz in g
RUSSIAN ARMORED
TRAIN IS RAPTURED
Cossack General Slain While
Leading Unprovoked Attack
on American Force.
OREÇON
MORO, - :
C o u n tv , O re v o n .
Those Accused.
V ladivostok. — T hirty-eight A m eri­
cans, m em bers of the railro ad guard
d etach m en t on duty a t P solskaya near
V erkhne-U dinsk, on Ja n u ary 10, cap­
tu red one of G eneral Sem enoff’s a r ­
m ored trains.
T he Cossack general com m anding
It w as killed and all officers w ere cap­
tured. T he train , w ithout provocation,
had attac k ed th e A m erican d etach ­
m ent, w hich w as sleeping. In box cars.
S erg ean t Carl Robbins of Louisville,
T ennessee, and ' P riv a te Jo h n Mont­
gom ery of N ew ry, Pa., w er^ the two
A m erican soldiers killed in th e sk ir­
m ish betw een th e A m erican railroad
g uard d etach m en t and th e a rm o re d ^
train .
On th e evening of Ja n u a ry 9, th e
com m ander of th e R ussian arm ored
train arrested th e statio n com m andant
a t V erkhne-U dinsk, b ut w as forced to
release him, m eager d isp atch es from
trans-B aikal said. R elease of th e s ta ­
tion com m andant angered the R ussian
gen eral and he proceeded a t 1 o’clock
In th e m orning tow ard P so lsk ay a with
his arm ored train .
T h e R ussians drew alongside th e
box ca rs co ntaining th e sleeping
A m erican troops, th e d isp atch es said,
and w ithout provocation opened with
m aebine-gun fire. The se rg e a n t com ­
m anding the A m erica^ d etac h m en t o r­
dered his men to defend them selves’
and~they rushed th e arm ored y a ln In
«.he face of th e m achine-gun flra.
C U m berlng o ver th e arm ored sides
the A m ericans routed th e R ussians
and cap tu red th e tra in nod its occu­
pants.
COMMUNIST PARTY
HELD REVOLUTIONARY
W ashington.—T h e com m unist party
of A m erica was held by S ecretary W il­
son of the labor d ep a rtm en t to be “a
revolutionary p a rty ” w ithin th e m ean­
ing of th e s ta tu te s providing for d e­
p o rtatio n of alien s who affilia te w ith
such o rg an isatio n s. In th e specific
case of E nglebert P reis, a n A ustrian,
a rre ste d In recent* raids, execution of
a d ep o rtatio n w arra n t was ordered by
Mr. W ilson, paving the way for d epor­
tatio n of a large num ber of aliens now
custody ag a in st whom sim ilar
ch arg es have been brought.
T he ruling w as m ade In a form al
opinion In which docum ents relatin g
to th e com m unist p arty a re discussed,
and in conclusion the se creta ry said:
T h e only conclusion 1 b th a t the
com m unist p arty of A m erica is an or­
ganization th a t believes in, teaches
and advocates th e overthrow by force |
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or violence of the governm ent of the
lla/J Qtutna
U nited
8taJ.es. ”
Chicago. — In d ictm en ts ag a in st 85
m em bers of- the com m unist p arty of
A m erica w ere retu rn ed by a special
grand Jury Investigating radical ac tiv ­
ities ip Illinois.
P ro m in en t am ong those indicted are
Mrs. Rose P a sto r S tokes, who is said
to be a m em ber of th e national execu­
tive com m ittee of the organization and
an active organizer, and N icholas
Hourwlch of New York, said to be
editor of ^ o v y Mir, the new spaper
which em ployed T rotzky before he re
turned to Russia.
In d ictm en ts retu rn ed by th e grand
Jury num ber 123. The Jury will now PASS AMERICANIZATION BILL
tu rn Its atten tio n to evidence ag a in st
Senate Passes Measure Providing For
m em bers of th e I. W. W.
Education of Illiterates.
Martens Says Rede Can Fight World.
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Send yourtires^and tubes to Wasco
Vulcanizing fetation for repairs.
All work guaranteed.
GUY CHAMNESS
Wasco,
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Oregon
W ashington. — R ussian soviet or­
ganizations -have becom e "stro n g
enough to fight th e w orld.” Ludwig
C. A. K. M artens, soviet ag e n t to the
United S tates, told a sen ate in v esti­
gating com m ittee. Because of this,
he said, th e soviets have ceased to
urge in te rn atio n a l revolution to sup­
port them .
Reds Reported In Persia and India.
W - N. JO N E S
AUTO TR U C K
t DRAY
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Phone Main. 314 Moro, Oregon,
Freight and Express
Handled Promptly. Moving
Efficiently Attended To.
Subscription Orders Taken
For the 1
D a l l y O r e g o n ia n
D a lly J o u rn a l
E v e n in g T e le g r a m
At the Observer office, M oro.'
Ground Gripper
Shoes
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Caa be ordered by mall for
the whole family. The eaai-
eat and best shoe made tod ay.
A Seal Correctivs Shoe.
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GROUND GRIPPER SHOE STORE,
M IH W m
London.—A w ireless m essage from
W arsaw gives a bolshevik rum or th a t
red cavalry has en tered P ersia and
India.
D’Annunzio to Conscript Men.
T rieste.—T he Fium e n atio n al coun­
cil has authorized G abriele d ’Annun-
zlo to co n scrip t Qve olasses of citizens
W ashington.—The senate by a vote
of 36 to 14 passed the Kenyon Amerl
zation bill which would req u ire all
resid en ts of the United S tate s of 16
to 21 years of age, not m entally or
physically disqualified, and all alien
resid en ts betw een the ages of 16 and
45 who can not speak, read or w rite
E nglish, to atten d school not less than
200 hours a year.
A dm inistration of the b ill’s provis­
ions was placed in th e hands of the
se creta ry " of thq interior, w o rk in g
through the bureau of education. The
m easu re req u ires th a t the sum appro­
p riated be apportioned am ong the
sta te s in ratio to the num ber of resi­
d en t illiterates,* providing, how ever,
th a t thq s ta te ap p ro p riate an equal
sum. N ot less than $5000 will be al
lotted to one sta te a year. .
Senate Refuses tp Censure Sims.
TH E MARKETS.
.
Portland.
O ats—No. 3 White feed, $62 a ton.
Corn— Whole, $67; cracked, $69..
Hay— W illam ette valley tim othy,
<20®28 per to n ; alfalfa, $31.50.
• B u tter F a t—59® 60c.
E ggs— R anch, 60c per dozen.
P o u ltry —H ens, 30@34c. _
C attle — B est steers. $11.25 @12;
good to choice, $10.50© 11; m edium to
gpod, $9@9.75.
• H ogs—P rim e mixed, $15.50@16; me­
dium mixed, $15@16.50; pigs, $12.50®
14.50. \
Sheep— E a ste rn lam bs, $15@ 1<;'val­
ley lam bs, $14.50@16; ewes; $»@10.60.
- Seattle.
H ay—E astern W ashington tim othy,
$38@39 per to n ; alfalfa, $35.
w
Better Fat-*-60@62c.
E g g s—Ranch, 48®52c.
P o u ltry —H ens, heavy,-dress'
light, 40c. .
H og*—Prim e, $16@1*
to choice, $16® 16, pl|
Cattle— Best steers,
ers. $9010; eslTta, I
W ashington.—T h e ' sen ate rejected,
33 to 30, an effort by S en ato r WalBh.
Mont., to call up his resolution propos­
ing to censure R ear Admiral William
8. Sim s for disclosure of Inform ation
of a "confidential ch a racter" In con
nectlon with his appearance before the
su b c o m m ittee investigating naval deo-
o r a t Ion aw ards.
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Houston W ill Succeed Glass.
W ashington.—Edw in T. M eredith, of
Iowa, editor of Successful Farm ing,
will be nsm ^d se cretary of ag ricu ltu re
th succeed S ecretary H ouston, who is
to becom e se creta ry of the tre a su ry In
the place of C a rter Glass. Mr. Mere-
dlth ts 64 years old and his home Is
in Des Moines.
Committee F o r Compulsory Training.
E rid a v . J a n u a r y
30, 1920.
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C astle of Nsu&chwanstein
N
EW S com es from B avaria th a t
th e naw governm ent th ere Is
n egotiating with th e ex king.
Ludw ig III, now living as an
exile in Sw itzerland, for a legal settle­
m ent on th e s ta te of his landed prop­
erty in B av aria. I t th is is so, it doubt­
less Involves th e m ost gorgeous trio
of palaces b uilt by any European mon­
arch in- m odern tim es. T hese stru c ­
tu res, says th e New York Tim es, w ere
well known to to u rists before th e w a r ;
in fact, so la rg e and sum ptuous are
they, so hopelessly hey an d th e mixleet
needs of th e B avarlun royal fam ily
did they prove, th a t fo r a long tim e
th e ir only use w as to provide a little
revenue through the fees charged to
th e thousands o f vlsltofs who passed
yearly through their Rpaclous hails.
T he palaces in question a re Neu-
schw nnsteln, L lnderhof and H erren-
chlemsee, all th ree b uilt by th e “mad
king,” Ludwig II of B av aria, who
reigned from 18C4 to his trag ic death
in 188(1, and cost B avaria sueh huge
sum s by his ex trav ag an ce th a t he was
Anally deposed and locked up as In­
curably insane.
D uring (he tim e th a t L udw ig wns
pouring out h is own and th e s ta te ’s
funds in rebuilding old ensties and
building thffe new ones th a t w ere to
m ake his nam e a synonym fo r extrav-
ngance
ne w as nounfi
agance he
bound in in tim ate
frlendshIp w Ith R ichard W agner, the
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fam ous compogpr. T h e signs of this
friendship mny he seen in one o f the
castles, Neusehw nnstein, w here there
are ninny paintings of scenes from the
legends upon which W agner based his
world-fam ous operas.
The W agnerian leanings, which weri
so Im portant a p art of King Ludwig’*
life, are evidenced again by a series ol
frescoes, showing scenes from the lift
of Siegfried, T anhhaeuser, Lohengrin
and P arsifal, and from the lives of
those two fam iliar figures In th e "Mels-
tersln g er?’ Ilan s Sachs and W alter
von der Vogelweide, which adorn the
magnificent npartm ents of th e third
floor. In the gothic bedcham ber, Wag­
n er again comes to the fore, for it is
adorned w ith scenes from the story
o f “T rista n and Isolde.”
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Product of Wild Extravagance.
Llnderhof, an o th er of Ludwig’s fan ­
ta stic palaces, Is some seventy miles
from Munich. L ike NeiischwansTein, tt
also Is In the B avarian highlands, sev­
en miles from the famous town of
Obernmmergnu, renowned all over the
world for Its “Passion Play.” L in d e r
hnf is In the rococo style, and was
built between 1809 aijd 1879, when
Ludw ig was nt the height of his wild
career of money-spending. Its .princi­
pal featu re Is the beautiful gardens
th a t surround It, which a ttra c t large
num bers of tourists, who combine a
trip to the castle with a visit to Ober-
am m ergau.
In these gardens Is a bronze eques­
tria n sta tu e of Louis XIV of France,
evidence of th e mad« Bavarian mon­
a rc h ’s hallucination flint there was
som ething in common between him nnd
the great French ruler. T his crops up
again In the decorations of the interior
of th e palace, which Include a series
of p o rtra its olj French celebrities of
the tim e of Louis XIV and his suc­
cessor, Louis XV. Ludwig did not for-
Neuschwanstein Most Remarkable.
get<a statu e of himself, which Is one
O f Ihq th ree g reat p alaces which
of the adornm ents of the gardens of
mny rev e rt to the B avarian s ta te as a
Llnflhrhof. A nother object of interest
resu lt of th e negotiations betw een the
is an artificial grotto, w ith a small
exiled B avarian king and th e govern­
lake and w aterfall, which visitors may
m ent which o verthrew him, the most
have illum inated w ith electric light,
rem arkable, botli In location and arc h i­
provided, however, th a t they num ber
tectu re, Is N euschw anstein. It is about
a t least te n ; or, if fewer, pay for as
eighty-five miles south of Munich, in
m any ns ten tickets—a good Instance
the B avarian highlands, th ree miles
of th e frugality which ruled In Bavaria
from the quaint old town of Fussen,
following Ludwig I l ’s career of ex­
ami close to the old castle of Hohen-
schwnngau, which originally belonged travagance.
I.lnderhof’s gardens also boast a
to th e house of Guelph und w as p u r­
kiosk. In the Moorish style, w ith sta-
chased in 15(17 h.v th e dukes of Bavu-
lnstlc vaultings.
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rin. H ohenschw angau w as th e fav o r­
An Imitation of Versailles.
ite resident*!* of the m ad King Ludwig,
T he ttilrfl of the fyrles of Ludwig
''but, tiring of staying long In one place,
foltjes” Is H errenehlem see, an Im­
IT’s
he conceived the Idea of building a n ­
itation of the great palace of Versailles,
o th er castle-palace, In th e m an n er of
situ ated on an island in the Chlemsee,
th e kings of the m iddle ages. H is eye
n small lake fifty-seven miles s o u th lW
fell upon a precipitous crag close to
of Munich. Dollman nnd Hoffman, two
H»»henschw*ang:iu, and there, betw een
of the architects who built Neuschwan­
18GD and 188(1, arose th e splendid pal­
stein (th e form er also did Llnderhof),
ace which ranks as th e g re a te st of all
w ere engaged by Ltidwlg to design
the m any m onument* to L udw ig’s
H errenehlem see. T hey worked on It
building mania. Its nam e, Neusch-
betw een 1878 and 1885. hut left It un­
w ansteln, Is due to th e fact th a t the
completed. ns by th a t tim e the Bnva-
near-by castle of H ohenschw angau wus
rlnns had had enough of the king’s
form erly called Schw ansteln.
wild ways nnd w ere getting ready to
Ludw ig set th ree of th e best-know n
B avarian architect»—Dollm an, Riedel lock him up.
Ilerranehlem sce Is built on three
and Iio<Tmni\—to w’ork on th is creation
sides of a* square, In which are fine
'o f his wild fancy, an d "they reared for
fountains—w ithout w ater, .though, for
him a grand stru c tu re In th e Rom an­
many years. In th e vestibule Is a
esque style, planned som ew hat a fte r
beautiful group of enameled peacocks
the style of the W artburg. H ere the
—these birds were grent favorites with
Influence of W agner qn th e king may
Ludwig. From the vestibule opens a
be traced, for the W artburg, In T h u r­
court paved with marble, on the right
ingia, Is where T an n h ä u ser and other
of which Is a staircase splendidly
singers meet, In th e W agnerian opera
adorned with m arble, stucco and p ain t­
of th a t name, to com pete for th e lund-
ings.
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grnve’s prize.
The mnd king never renll.v enjoyed
N euschw anstein, how ever, wns built
any of his palaces. Ilia m alady grew
on a much la rg e r and m ore magnifi­
upon him from y ear to year, nnd he
cent scale than th e W nrthurg. I t Is
spent much of his tim e restlessly won-
splendidly fitted np throughout, and
derltu; from one palace to another, in­
from Its windows th e re are su rp assin g ­
dulging In wild night rides w ithout
ly beautiful view* df th e llohen-
definite aim, craving solitude.
schwangau, the Alp-See, a U tile Ink*
A« «MM-ly as 1880. sixteen years a fte r
fa r below, and I he wild gorge of the
Ids accession to th e throne, Ludwig s
P ollat.
extravagance had brought financial
W ashington —By a vote of 9 to 5,
th e sen ate m ilitary co m m ittee ap ­
proved provisions providing for com ­
pulsory m ilitary train in g for hoys be
Visitors ascend to the showrooms
tw een 18 and 21 years, Inclusive, and which are on the third floor, by weam
ordered a favorable rep o rt upon the of a stairway In the main tower, whlcl
army reorgifelMtlon hili.
) Juts up to a height of nearly 800 fe e t
f c ’
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ruin upon him, nnd It b ecera^ a p p aren t
’hat somethlqg had to bo done to check
lie follies. On th e 8th of June, 1880,
a s was adjudged Inaana.
TRIAL OF REUS AT
MONTESANO BEGINS
F i v e C e n t*
PRESIDENT MILLERAND
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Presiding Jndge Wilson Denies
•Change of Venue to Ac­
cused I. W. W.
Montesano, Wash.—W ith Judge John
M. WIlBon of the superior court for
T h u rsto n and Mason counties presid­
ing, a tria l of the 11 alleged I. W. W.
charged w ith the m urder of W arren
O. Grtnim, opened Monday m orning,
here.
T he crim e w ith which the Reds are
charged was com m itted while the
American Legion parade in honor of
th e signing of the arm istice was pass
lng the I. W. W. hall in C entralia the
afternoon of November 11.
F o u r American _ Legion members
m arching in a parade were killed by
bullets fired from the I. W. W. head­
q u arte rs and from the upper windows
of two hotels across the stree t from
th e Red hall.
Ten alleged I. W. \J. are charged
w ith the m urder of L ieutenant W arren
O. Grimm. Elm er Sm ith, alleged Red
attorney, ' is to he tried a t the same
tim e on a charge of know ing the shoot­
ing was planned.
As the first move George F. Vandoy-
veer, attorney for the defense and
counsel for the I. W. W„ argued a mo­
tion for a change of venue, alleging
undue
prejudice and
propaganda
ag ain st the defendants in G rays H ar­
bor county and asking th a t the case
bo rem oved to Tacoma.
Judge John M. W ilson of the supe­
rio r court, presiding, ruled th a t no
additional reason over those p rese n t­
ed a t the previous hearing had been
furnished to show cause for change
of venue, and dism issed the motion.
Sim ilarly, the defense failed to
score in its attem p t to procure a sep­
ara te trial for Loren Roberts, one of
the accused men, whose signed con­
fession, im plicating others, is lu the
hands of the state.
Alexandre Mlllerand, governor of
Alsace-Lorraine, who was elected Pres­
ident of France, to succeed President
Poincare.
EX-SHIPPING BOARD
HEAD IS ARRESTED
Seattle, • Wash.—C aptain John F.
Blain, form er n o rth Pacific d istric t
m anager of thé em ergency fleet cor­
poration, was arrested here following
his Indictm ent by a federal grand Jury
on charges of having accepted secret
com m issions while head of th e ship-'
ping board In th is section. He was re­
leased under $10,000 cash bail.
It is charged In th e tru e bills th a t
Captain Blain divided h is com m issions
from the Stew ard D avit A E quipm ent
company w ith F ra n k T regonlng, who
turned C aptain B lain's share over to
Mrs. C. H. Boyer, who Is« C aptain
B lain's mother-in-law.
These- secret
commissions, federal agents assert,
P aris.—The dem and of the entente were later given to the shipping board
powers th at Holland deliver up to officer.
,
them form er E m peror W illiam of Ger­
many, th a t ho may be tried “ for a
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
suprem e offense ag ain st international
m orality and the san ctity of the tre a ­
The C alifornia state board of health
ties,” has been refused by Holland.
announced th a t there was approxi­
In a note delivered to the foreign m ately 10,000 cases of Influenza in
office by the Dutch m inister, H olland th e state.
tak«’s the ground th a t the Dutch gov-
It is reported th a t Admiral Kolchak,
e m in e n t is not a party to the peace form er head of the Omsk governm ent
treaty, which condemned W illiam in Russia, is a prisoner of the revolu­
Hohenzollern. and th a t It cannot recog­ tionists at Irkutsk.
nize as an in ternational duty the neces­
Consolidation of the New York Sun
sity to associate Itself w ith "th is act and New York Hergld. under thee
of high in ternational policy of the name of “The New York Sun and
powers.”
H erald," lias been announced.
It declares also th a t the constituent
At a special called m eeting of the
laws of ¡he kingdom and the trad itio n N ational L utheran council steps were
of the country, alw ays a ground for taken to call a world conference of
refuge for the ¿vanquished in in te rn a­ L sth e ra n s in Am erica In 1920.
tional conflicts, will not perm it the
F orm er Em peror W illiam of Ger­
governm ent to defer to the wishes of many, it Is reported, was not surprised
the entente by w ithdraw ing frrom the by the forntpl refusal of the Dutch
form er em peror the benefit of its laws governm ent to comply with the allied
and tradition.
demand for his surrender.
President Wilson Is said to be plan­
JAPS WANT TROOPS TO STAY ning to leave W ashington for South­
ern C alifornia for a prolonged rest snd
Protection of Railroad and Garrison change of clim ate by order of his
Held to Be Necessary.
physician.
The Brotherhood of Railroad T rain ­
T o k io —The dispatch of Japanese
reinforcem ents to Siberia was unavoid­ men, which has a membership of about
ably necessary to assist the Czechs 200,000, will ask the railroad adm in­
and guard tho extensive railw ays, P re­ istration for a definite answer to its
m ier H ara declared In replying to in­ demand for a general wage Increase
terp ellatio n s in the lower house of the of about 40 per cent.
The senate passed and sent to the
diet» It also was necessary as a m eans
house
a bill authorizing the shipping
of assuring the safety of the Japanese
board to adjust the claim s of wooden
garrison, he asserted.
T h ere was no reason to withdraw shipbuilders growing out of the can­
the Jap an ese "droops, added the pre­ cellation of contracts. The board has
m ier, simply because the A m ericans estim ated th a t the m easure will af­
were being w ithdraw n, the p o sitld i of fect about $15,000,000 in claims.
BUTCH REFUSE TO
GIVE UP EX-KAISER
the Jap an ese and Chinese in the far
ea st being far different from th a t of
th e U nited 8 ta te s or G reat Britain.
Also, h«r pointed out, the future moves
of the bolshevlkl in Siberia could not
be forecast.
No A greem ent on Peace Treaty.
W ashington.—The fate of the com­
prom ise negotiations on the peace
treaty rem ained In doubt after the bi­
partisan conference had discussed
w ithout decision the refusal of the re­
publicans to com prom ise on article 10.
Watsrways Bill Passed by House.
Democratic leaders, replying to the
W ashington.—All attac k s on the
republican ultim atum regarding article
“porkless" riv er and harbors appro­
10, would ngt present a definite refus­
priation bill failed in the house and
a fte r num erous am endm ents had been al to go on with the negotiations.
rejected the m easure was passed with
Navy Railway Guns Go to Army. r
Its appropriation of $12,400,000 for the
W a sh in g to n —Seven railway m ounts
m aintenance and continuance of work
on projects under way. The vote on for 14 Inch naval rifles, m anufactured
passage of the bill, which carried the by the navy departm ent during the
sm allest appropriation of any m easure w ar for use in F rance an d -so m e of
whiff» aaw actual service on th e w est­
of its kind in years, was 167 to 26.
ern front with special gun crew s, h a t*
been
tran sferred to th e arm y on rec­
Am erican Export» 8how Decline.
W ashington.-—December exports de­ om m endation of the Joint arm y and
creased In value $60,000,000 from the navy board.
$741,000,000 recorded for November,
Trial of 8enator Newberry Opena
while im ports dropped to $381.000,000.
Grand
Rapids, Mich.— United Btato
s decrade of $44,000.000, the com m erce
Senator Truman H. Newberry and 123
dep artm en t reported.
men prominent in Michigan poMtics
went
on trial in federal district court
’ Poles Prepara to Flght.
Copenhagen.—The Polis!» cabinet here T uesday, charged with oonapi
has algnsd a mobUluttoa ordef, sa?« toy fraud and oomi>üon Ü (to U U
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